[Event "Hampstead IM"]
[Site "Hampstead"]
[Date "1998.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Cobb, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Qd7 16. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf3d2,Yd2b3,Yb3c5,Ye1c1,Yc1c5,Yc5d5]} b4
$1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb4e1]} 17. Qd3 bxa3 18. bxa3 Rfb8 $1 {[%cal Yc6d8,Yd8e6,
Ge6c5]} 19. Rac1 Nd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. g3 $6 (21. Rc5 $1 Ne6 22. Ra5 $14 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 21... Rb6 22. Rc5 Qd7 23. Ng5 Rg6 (23... g6 24. Qf3 Ne6 25. Nxe6
fxe6 26. Rec1 $16) 24. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5,Re5e6]} (24. h4 $1 h6 25. e6 Nxe6 26.
Rxe6 hxg5 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. hxg5 $14) 24... h6 25. Nf3 $1 (25. e6 $13) 25...
Ne6 26. f5 $1 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Rg4 $1 (27... Rc6 $2 28. e6 fxe6 29. Ne5 Qe8 30. f6
$1 gxf6 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Qg6+ $18) 28. e6 Qc6 $2 (28... fxe6 29. Ne5 Qa4 $1
30. Nxg4 Qxg4 31. fxe6 Qc4 32. Qxc4 dxc4 $14) 29. exf7+ Kf8 30. Ne5 Qxc5+ {
[%tqu "En","How should white play to keep his attack going?","","","e1e3","",
10]} 31. Re3 $3 (31. Kg2 $2 Qd4 32. Qc2 Re4 33. Qxc7 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35.
Rxe5 Rd8 36. Re6 d4 37. Kf2 d3 38. Ke1 d2+ 39. Kd1 Kxf7 40. Rxa6 Rd5 $11) 31...
Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qb2+ 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ng6+ Kxf7 35. Re7+ Kf6 (35... Kg8 36. Qxa6 $1
(36. f6 $1 gxf6 37. Qf5 $18) 36... Rh4+ $8 37. gxh4 Qxa3+ 38. Qxa3 Rxa3+ 39.
Kg4 Ra8 40. f6 gxf6 41. Kh5 $18) 36. Qe3 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Qxe4 Qb5 39.
Qe7+ Kxf5 40. Nh4# 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Be6 $5 (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 $5 {/\ Bf6, Abramovic-Ivkov,
Bor 1984} (11... Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Ne3 Nh5 $5 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. a4 Bb7 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. Bb3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6
23. Bd5 Qe7 24. Qb3 Rec8 25. h3 $14 {Nunn-Rogers,I/Reggio Emilia/1984/0.5 (35)}
)) 10. a4 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 {>>, <-> f}) (10. d4 $5 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Nd7 12. Qd5 Na5
13. dxe5 c6 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qd5 Nb6 16. Qd1 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nxe5 Rfe8
19. Nf3 $5 $14 {Sax-Velimirovic, Sarajevo 1985}) (10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Nd7 $1
12. Nf1 (12. Qc2 $5 Bf6 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ne3 g6 $5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. a4
Qd7 18. Nd5 Rae8 19. c4 Ne7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nxd5 23. exd5
Nf4 24. Bc1 e4 25. Rxe4 {Ivanovic,B-Djuric,S/Vrsac/1983/1-0 (62)}) 12... Nc5
13. Qd1 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Be3 Na4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. Rb1 $10 f6 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bc1 Bc5 23. Nd2 g6 24. Ng3 Bf8 25.
Ke2 {Brodskij,M-Zaitsev,I/Moscow Alekhine op/1992/1-0 (71)}) 10... Bxb3 11.
Qxb3 b4 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 (13... Qd7) 14. Bb2 $5 Rb8 15. Qc2 dxe4 {><c4
} (15... Re8 $5 16. exd5 Qxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Nf4 $13)) 16.
dxe4 Qd7 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Qe2 (18. Ne3 $6 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxb2 20. Nf5 Bc5) (18.
Nfd2 Bc5 19. Ba3 $5 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rfd8 21. Ne3 Qd6 22. Ndc4 $14) 18... Bc5 19.
Ba3 $5 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 $14 {>< d5} Rfd8 21. Nfd2 Nd7 (21... Qg4 $5 {>< d3} 22.
Qe3 (22. f3 Qg5 $5 (22... Qe6 23. Ne3) 23. Ne3 Rb2 $13) (22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. f3
Nf6 24. Kf2 Nd7 {/\ Nc5} 25. Nb3 Nb6 $10) 22... Nd7 23. h3 Qe6 {/\ Qe7}) 22.
Nb3 {[#]} Rxb3 $5 23. Rxb3 Nc5 24. Rbb1 Nd3 25. Ne3 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Ne7 27. Rb1
h6 (27... Qc6 28. Qd3 $1 Re8 29. Qc4 $14) (27... g6 $142 28. h3 Kg7 $10) 28. g3
(28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Nxc4 Rd3 $10) 28... f6 $6 29. Rb7 $1 Qc6 30. Qc4+ Qxc4 31.
Nxc4 $14 Rd3 32. Rxc7 Rxc3 33. a5 Kf8 (33... Rc1+ $142 34. Kg2 h5 $5) 34. Kf1
Rc2 35. h4 g5 $6 (35... h5) 36. h5 g4 37. Ke1 {(.)} f5 (37... Rc1+ 38. Kd2 Rf1
39. Ne3 Rxf2+ 40. Ke1 Ra2 (40... Rf3 41. Nxg4 Ng8 42. Ke2 Rxg3 (42... Ra3 43.
Rc6 $5 Rxa5 (43... Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ne3 $5 Rxa5 46. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 47. Nf5
$36 {/\ Rc7}) 44. Nxf6 Nxf6 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Re6 $16) 43. Ne3 Rg5
44. Ra7 Rxh5 45. Nf5 $36 {>< Ng8, /\ Nd6, Rf7#}) 41. Nxg4 Rxa5 42. Nxf6 Ra4 43.
Kf2 $16 {/\ g4}) 38. exf5 Nxf5 39. Rc5 Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kg8 (40... Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kg5
42. Nxe5 $18) 41. Rc6 Ne7 (41... Nd4 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Ne3 Nf3+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kd1
Rxf2 45. Nxg4 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 Rd8 47. Rxh6+ Kg7 48. Rxa6 $18) 44... Rc1+ 45. Ke2
e4) 42. Rc5 Kg7 (42... Kf8 43. Nxe5 $1 $18) 43. Rxe5 Rxc4 44. Rxe7+ Kf6 (44...
Kf8 45. Re6 $18) 45. Rb7 Kg5 46. Rb6 Kxh5 47. Rxa6 Ra4 (47... Rc2 48. Ra8 Ra2
49. a6 $18) 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kc3 $1 Rxf2 50. Rd6 $18 Rg2 51. Rd3 Kg5 52. Kb4 h5
53. a6 Rb2+ 54. Rb3 Re2 55. a7 Re8 56. Kc5 Re5+ 57. Kb6 Re8 58. Rb5+ $1 Kh6 59.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Arkhipov,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d3 bxc3 $146 (12... d5 $6 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Qb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 $14) 13. bxc3 Na7 14. Nbd2 Nb5 15. Qc2 c6 $6 (15... Nh5
16. Nf1 Kh8 {/\ f5}) 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Bb3 $1 {/\ Nd2-c4-b6} c5 $2 (17... Nh5 $32
{/\ Kh8,f5}) 18. Nc4 Bc8 $6 19. Nb6 Bb7 20. Nd2 Kh8 21. Nf1 Ng8 22. Ne3 Bg5 23.
Nbd5 Qd7 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. g3 Nc7 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Bf6 29. Nf5
$6 (29. Ng4 $5) (29. Rf3 $1) 29... Qd7 $1 {/\ d6-d5} 30. c4 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Ne6
32. Qc3 Nd4 $1 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34. Qxd4 Qg4+ $5 (34... Bxe4 35. dxe4 Rxb3 36. Rf2
$10) 35. Kh1 f5 $1 36. Rg1 Qf3+ 37. Rg2 Rg8 38. Kg1 fxe4 39. Rg3 $1 Qxf4 40.
Rf1 $1 (40. c5 dxc5 41. Qc3 Rbf8 42. Bxg8 (42. Rg2 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 exd3 44. Bxg8
Bxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Rxg8 $19)) 40... Qh6 $2 $138 (40... Qe5 $1 41. Qxe5
dxe5 42. c5 Rgf8 43. Bc4 $15) 41. dxe4 Rbf8 42. Rd1 Rf6 43. c5 dxc5 44. Qxc5
Rgf8 45. Qe7 Bc8 $6 (45... Rf2 $5 46. h4 Qf6 $1 47. Qxb7 (47. Qxf6 R2xf6 48. e5
Rf3 49. Rxf3 Bxf3 50. Rf1 g5 51. hxg5 Rf5 52. Kh2 Kg7 53. Kg3 Rxe5 $10) 47...
Rf1+ $10) 46. e5 $1 Rf2 47. h4 R2f5 48. Bf7 $3 g6 (48... R5xf7 49. Qxf7 Rxf7
50. Rd8+ $18) 49. e6 Qg7 50. Qd6 R5xf7 51. exf7 Qxf7 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. h5 Bf5
54. h6 $1 Be4 55. Re1 $2 $138 (55. Qxe4 $1 Qf2+ 56. Kh1 Qxg3 57. Qe6+ Kh8 58.
Qf6+ $1 Rxf6 59. Rd8+ $18) 55... Qc7 56. Rg5 Rf5 57. Qe3 Qxa5 58. Qb3+ Bd5 59.
Qb8+ Rf8 60. Qe5 Qb6+ 61. Re3 Qb1+ 62. Re1 Qb6+ 63. Qe3 Qb4 64. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. c3 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 (10... Be6 $1 $11) 11. Bc4 $1 Be6 $5 {Objectivement ce
sacrifice n'est pas correct, mais il a envenimé la partie.} 12. Bxa6 $1 Ra8 13.
Qe2 (13. Bb7 Rxa5 14. Ra4 bxc3 $1 15. Bxc6 c2 $11) 13... Qb8 (13... Ra7 14. d4
exd4 15. cxd4 Qa8 16. Bb5 $16) (13... Bg4 14. Qc4 $1 $16) 14. d4 $1 bxc3 (14...
exd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qa7 18. Bb5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bc6
$16) 15. d5 $1 (15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Bg4 $13) 15... cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nb4 (16...
Rxa6 17. Qxa6 Qxb2 18. Nbd2 $1 Nb4 (18... Nb8 19. Qc4 $18) 19. Qc4 Nbxd5 20.
exd5 Nxd5 21. a6 $16) 17. dxe6 {Je pense que 17.Fb5 est meilleur.} (17. Bb5 $1
Bd7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Bc3 $14) (17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Nc3 Bxf3 (18... c6 19. dxc6
Nxc6 20. Nd5 $14) 19. gxf3 Nh5 $13) 17... Nxa6 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Ba3 (19. Ng5
Rf8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Ba3 Qe8 $1 22. Ne6 Qf7 23. Nd2 Rfc8 $13) 19... Nh5 {
Encore une fois le sacrifice est douteux, mais avec un point de retard sur le
leader, je dois prendre tous les risques.} 20. g3 {Après une longue réflexion,
Morozevich préfère jouer positionnellement.} (20. Nxe5 $5 Nf4 (20... dxe5 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qxh5 Qb4 23. Qe2 Nc5 $14) 21. Qc4 dxe5 22. Bxe7 $16) 20... Nb4 $5
(20... Qa7 21. Nbd2 Raf8 22. Qe3 $14) 21. Nc3 $2 {Après ce coup, ce sont les
noirs qui prennent l'initiative. La réfutation du dernier coup noir est
paradoxale.} (21. Bxb4 $1 Qxb4 22. Qa2 $1 {Le coup probablement manqué par mon
adversaire} (22. Nbd2 Rxa5 23. Rab1 Qa4 $1 $13) (22. Nfd2 d5 $1 (22... Raf8 23.
Rf1) (22... Bg5 $5) 23. exd5 (23. Qxh5 Qd4 $15) 23... Bc5 24. Ne4 Bd4 $44)
22... g5 (22... d5 23. Nbd2 $18) 23. h3 {L'attaque noire est facilement
repoussée et le pion "a" va faire la différence.}) 21... Nc6 $1 (21... Rxa5 22.
Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Nd5 $16) 22. a6 (22. Nd5 $5) 22... Qc8 23. Nd5 Rxa6 {Le problème
principal a disparu.} 24. Rec1 (24. Nxe7+ $1 Rxe7 25. Bxd6 Rxa1 26. Bxe7 $11)
24... Bd8 25. Kg2 {Morozevich me proposa nulle mais la position au classement
me forçait а continuer. Je pense que les compensations blanches ne sont pas
suffisantes pour le pion mais la situation au temps m'est très défavorable:
3mn contre 12mn.} (25. Qc4 Nf4 $1 $17 26. gxf4 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qxf3 28. Qxa6 Qh1+
29. Ke2 Qxe4+ 30. Ne3 Nd4+ $19) 25... g6 26. Qc4 Kg7 (26... Nf4+ $5 27. Nxf4
exf4 28. Bb2 Rb6 $1 $15) 27. Bxd6 $5 {Je pensais m'être prémuni de toute
agression et ce coup fut un choc. Mais heureusement je gardai l'avantage. Les
derniers coups noirs sont difficiles а commenter étant donné le peu de temps
qu'il me restait а la pendule.} Rxa1 28. Qxc6 Rxc1 29. Bxe5+ Kg8 30. Qxc1 Qe6
31. Qc3 $1 Qg4 32. Nd2 c6 $2 (32... Qe2 {posait des problèmes} 33. Bd4 Bg5 34.
Qc6 Ng7 35. Qa8+ Rf8 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Bxf6 Rxf6 39. Qd8+ Ne8 40.
Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Rf7 42. Qd4+ Kh6 43. Nc4 c5 44. Qxc5 Qxe4+ 45. Kg1 $15) 33.
Qxc6 Qe2 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Qe8+ {Après ce perpétuel, Morozevich
concéda une nulle tranquille contre Smirin avant de finir par deux victoires
et remporter le tournoi sur le score impressionnant de 8/10!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 {An unusual move order. The
idea is to develop the bishop to b7 first and wait for White. Then Black can
decide whether to put the other bishop on e7 or on c5.} 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 {
A very solid continuation. The standard move} (7. Re1 {is a bit more testing,
but then Black might continue with} Bc5 {instead.}) 7... Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2
({After the passive} 9. h3 {I would transpose into my second round game
against Jan Gustafsson which was reached via the Marshall attack. However, now
White has better options and can do without losing this important tempo.}) 9...
d6 {Black now protects the e5-pawn and prepares the threat of ...Na5 grabbing
the bishop pair.} 10. c3 {Securing the bishop on b3 and at the same time
preparing the comming d3-d4 break.} Re8 11. Ng5 {Just a simple repetion to
avoid possible time trouble later on.} Rf8 12. Ngf3 Re8 13. Nf1 {The knight is
heading either for e3 or g3 depending on how Black reacts. This move also
opens up the diagonal for the bishop and White is ready to play Bg5.} h6 {
Black would like to play ...Bf8, but first he must prevent Bg5.} 14. Ng3 {
Here the knight overprotects e4 in order to push d3-d4. The knight might also
be heading for f5 at some point.} Bf8 15. d4 Na5 {Black starts to regroup his
knight and also opens the bishop's diagonal from b7, putting some pressure on
e4.} 16. Bc2 Nc4 {It's important not to get stuck with the knight on the edge,
which could be the case if Black allows White to play b3. Now the Knight will
try to provoke some weaknesses and then head back to b6, from where it can
support the break d6-d5 later on.} 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bb2 {This position reminded
me of a game I had played against Thomas Ernst in the SWE-ch 2003. That game
was reach from the Chigorin Variation. The only difference now is that White
hasn't played h3 and instead used up two tempo to get the pawn to d4. However
the nature of the position is the same.} Nfd7 {This move looks a bit passive,
but it's very solid and actually it is not so easy to find a good way to react
for White.} ({After} 18... c5 {I would have used the same idea as against
Ernst in 2003.} 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. c4 $1 {Opening up the bishop's diagonal and
putting some pressure to the e5 pawn. White's main idea now is to transfer a
knight to d5 e.g} Qc7 21. Nd2 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rad8 23. Qe2 Bc6 24. Ndf1 Na4 25.
Bxa4 Bxa4 26. Ne3 Qc6 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. cxd5 {with an advantage to White in
Berg-Ernst, SWE-ch 2003. Here the addition of h2-h3 does not change the
assessment of the position. White has excellent chances to create an attack on
the kingside with the f2-f4 break to come.}) 19. Qd2 {Planning Rad1 and also
preparing for Nf5.} g6 {This prevents Nf5 and prepares ...Bg7, but it also
seriously weakens the Black kingside. An interesting alternative was} (19... a5
20. Nf5 a4 {but here after} 21. Rad1 {I believe that WHite has good chances to
build up a kingside attack.}) 20. Rad1 c6 $2 {This move blocks the diagonal
for Black's bishop and also weakens the d6-square. Now White's position is
preferable.} ({Stronger was} 20... a5 {to create counterplay on the queenside.}
) 21. Nf1 $1 {This knight has no work left to do on g3 and must now be
redeployed. Now this knight is heading for e3 where it will be excellently
placed.} Qc7 22. Ne3 {Prepares the central break c3-c4 but also threatens Ng4.}
Nf6 {This prevents Ng4, but also loses important control in the centre.} 23. c4
$1 {A well timed break in the centre with multiple threats. Both c5 and Qa5
are very serious threats.} Nbd7 (23... bxc4 $2 {is bad in view of} 24. dxe5
dxe5 25. Qa5 {with a strong initiative to White.}) ({Also after} 23... exd4 $2
{White is clearly better} 24. Qxd4 Nbd7 {but here} 25. Ng4 Re6 26. e5 c5 27.
Qf4 {with a crushing attack!}) 24. dxe5 dxe5 $4 {The decisive mistake. Now
Black is lost. Necessary was} (24... Nxe5 {and it's not all that clear although
} 25. c5 $1 Rad8 26. Qc3 {looks rather promising for White as well.}) 25. Ng4
$1 {This strong move forces the win of material. Black must go for an endgame
a pawn down without any compensation, but instead Stefansson tried something
else.} h5 $2 ({After} 25... Nxg4 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 {White will follow up
with h3 very soon and the e5-pawn will fall.}) 26. Bxe5 $1 {Now Black loses
even more material and so he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow,E"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bogoljubow:Moskau 1925. S.65} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 d5
(12... Qc7) 13. Qe2 {Ich würde den starken strategisch sehr wichtigen Zug
d5-d4 nicht ohne weiteres zulassen.} ({In Betracht kommt} 13. a4 Rb8 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. Nxc4 {dann wäre es Schwarz
nicht so leicht, einen Positionsvprteil zu erlangen; im Gegenteil, ermüte sich
zunächst der Deckung des e-Bauern annehmen.}) 13... d4 14. h3 Re8 15. g4 Qc7
16. Ng3 Nd8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Bf8 22.
Be3 Kh8 23. h4 $6 {Nachdem Weiß sich von dem Druck auf d4 befreit hat, steht
er ganz gut. Mit dem Partiezug verpflichtet er sich aber von neuem.} Nf6 24.
Nh2 g6 25. Bg5 Ng8 26. Ne3 Ne6 27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Qf3 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Rb7 {Schützt
sich vor Ta7 und stellt zu gleicher Zeit eine kleine Falle:} 30. Kg2 ({Falls} 
30. Ra8 {so} Bxg4 $19) 30... Be6 31. Rh1 Qd8 32. Qe3 Qc8 33. Qe2 Rd8 34. Ra6
Ne7 35. Rha1 Nxd5 36. exd5 Bxd5+ 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. Nf3 ({In
Betracht kam} 39. Ra8 Rb8 40. Qxe5+ Bg7 41. Rxb8 Qxb8 42. Qxb8 Rxb8 43. Ra3 {
mit voraussichtlichem Remis}) 39... Bg7 40. Ra8 Rb8 41. Nxe5 {Eine hübsche
Kombination, auf die sich der Partner natürlich nicht einläßt.} Qe6 ({
Natürlich nicht} 41... Rxa8 $4 42. Nxf7+ Kg8 43. Nxd8 $18) 42. f4 Bxe5 43. fxe5
Kg7 44. R1a6 $4 $138 {Ein unvorsichtiger Zug, der die Partie kostet- In
Zeitnot unterschätzt Romanowski die Gefahr, die seinem König droht.} ({E mußte
} 44. Rxb8 $142 Rxb8 45. Rf1 {geschehen, worauf die Oartie voraussichtlich
sehr bald remis geworden wäre.}) 44... Qb3 $1 {Nicht gesehen} 45. Rxb8 {
Es half nichts mehr.} (45. e6 Rxa8 46. Rxa8 Rxa8 47. Qxa8 Qxe6 $19 (47... Qc2+
$19)) 45... Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Rxd3 $17 {Nicht gesehen} 47. Qxd3 Qxd3 48. Raa8 Qg3+
49. Kf1 Qf4+ 50. Ke1 Qxe5+ 51. Kf1 Qxg5 52. Rg8+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Lugano Open-10"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 (11... Qc7 $2 12. axb5 Bxb5 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Nxe5) 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nb3 Rc8
17. Bd2 Bd8 18. h3 Bb6 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Be3 Qa7 21. Bb1 Nf6 22. Qd2 Qa4 23. dxe5
Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 dxe5 26. Rc3 {/\ Rc8,Qd8#} Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Nxe4 28.
Qxe5 Nf6 $8 29. Bc2 Qc4 30. Nd4 Qd5 31. Qf4 $10 Be8 32. Nf5 Qe6 (32... Kh8 $2
33. Qg5) (32... Kf8 $4 33. Qb4+) 33. Qd4 (33. Qg5 g6) 33... Bd7 34. Ne3 g6 35.
b4 Bc6 36. Bb3 Qxb3 37. Qxf6 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Kg3 h5 40. h4 Qe8 41. Kf4 Kh7
(41... Qe4+ 42. Kg5 Qe8 43. g4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 (8... b4 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O) 9. c3 O-O (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 $14
) 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qe2 Qb8 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. d5 Na7 (14... Ne7 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. b4 $14) 15. c4 c6 16. b3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7 18. b4 f5 $2
19. Nh4 $1 Qc7 20. Bb1 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4
gxh6 24. Qg4+ Bg7 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Qe4 Nf6 28. Nf8+ Kh8 29. Qh7+
$1 Nxh7 30. Ng6#) 23. Qg4+ Kf7 (23... Bg7 24. Nf5) 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. Nxd6 Be6
26. Nhf5+ Bxf5 27. Qf7+ Kxd6 28. Rd1+ Kc6 29. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Nach acht Jahren Abstinenz hatte ich wieder Lust auf diese
klassische Entgegnung.} 2. Nf3 d6 {Philidor} 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6.
O-O Nc6 {Zweispringerspiel} 7. Re1 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 {
Spanisch - am Ende eines atemberaubenden Blindfluges durch mir unbekannte
Gefilde überlegte ich nun, welche Aufstellung ich einnehmen sollte.} 11. Nbd2
Nd7 12. Nf1 Nc6 (12... Nb6 $5) 13. Ng3 (13. Ne3 Nb6 14. d4 $5) 13... Nb6 14. h3
Re8 15. Nh2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Ng4 f6 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Bb3 $2 (20.
d4 $1 $8 cxd4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ $10
) 20... Rad8 21. Ngf5 Bf8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne3 Be6 $1 {Vor 20.Bb3 dachte
Romuald,Schwarz müsse hier seinem Turm die a-Linie öffnen. Wer weiß,
wahrscheinlich hätte er ohne diesen Irrtum 20.d4 bemerkt? Den Rest ohne Worte.}
24. Bc2 f5 25. Nf1 Bd5 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. Bg5 Rc8 28. Bd2 Qf7 29. a4 b4 30. Ne3
Nd4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Qf1 dxe3 33. fxe3 g6 34. Rab1 Ba2 35. Rbc1 Bg7 36. d4
cxd4 37. Bxb4 dxe3 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rxc3 40. Qf4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 c5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ne3 c4 (14...
d5 $2 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxe5 $16) (14... Nc6 15. Bb3 {/\ h3,
Nh2-g4+/=}) 15. Nf5 Bf8 (15... cxd3 16. Qxd3 {/\ a4, Bg5}) 16. Bg5 (16. d4 exd4
17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. N3d4 Ng6 {/\ d5=}) 16... h6 17. Bh4 g6 (17... cxd3
$1 $8 18. Qxd3 g6 19. Ne3 Nc4 $1 (19... g5 20. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 {/\ Nf5->}
) 20. Rab1 $5 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bg7 $8 (23... Be7 24. Rg3
) (23... Re6 24. Bb3) 24. Bb3 $1 $13) 18. Bxf6 (18. d4 $1 {Komliakov,V} exd4 (
18... gxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8 21. Bxf6 $18) 19. Qxd4 $18) 18... Qxf6
19. Ne3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc4 21. Rab1 (21. b3 $2 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 d5 $1 23. exd5 e4
$1 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxc3 $19) (21. Bb3 d5 $1 (21... Nxb2 $4 22. Qb1 $18)
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nxb2 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. a4 $13) 21... Rc5 (21... Nxe3 22.
Rxe3 {/\ Bb3+/=}) 22. Nd2 Rec8 23. Ndxc4 (23. Bb3 $5 Qe6 {/\ d5=} (23... Nxd2
$6 24. Qxd2 Bxe4 25. Ng4 Qf5 26. Rxe4 $1 h5 $1 $8 27. Bd5 hxg4 28. Rd1 {
/\ Qe2+/=})) 23... bxc4 24. Qe2 h5 25. Rbd1 Qe6 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Qd1 (27. Bb1 $5
{/\ Qf3, Ba2, Red1}) 27... Rb8 28. Bb1 Qe7 29. Ba2 (29. Qf3 Qb7 30. Red1 $10)
29... Bh6 30. Bb1 (30. Qf3 {>=}) 30... Qb7 31. Qf3 Rb5 32. Ree2 Rb3 (32... Bxe3
$10) 33. Nxc4 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Qc7 35. Ba2 Ba4 (35... R3b7 {>=} 36. b4 Rd8 37. Na5
Rb6 38. Qf6 d5 39. Qg5 $1 $18) 36. Bxb3 Bxb3 37. Nxd6 Qc5 38. h3 a5 39. c4 Qa7
40. Qf6 a4 41. Qxe5 Qc7 42. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 (11... Nd7 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Ng3 Nc6 14.
h3 Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 Nb4 18. Bb1 d3 19. Nf4 Bf6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. a3 Nc2 22. Bxc2 dxc2 23. Qxc2 Rc8 {0-1 Fierro Baquero,M (2403)-Koneru
Humpy (IND) (2621)/Istanbul (Turkey) 2009 (53)}) 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ng3
(14. a4 Re8 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. Nh2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 b4 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Bd2
Qc7 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nb6 24. Ne3 g6 {1-0 Smirin,I (2555)
-Nikolic,P (2625)/Tilburg5.03 ') 1992 (59)}) (14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 (18. Ne3 Re8 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. a4 Bf6 21. Qb4 Nf4
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Be5 24. Qf1 Qh4 25. Ba4 Bxh3 {1/2-1/2 Lopez Martinez,J 
(2563)-Sutovsky,E (2637)/Dresden GER 2007/CT-2348 (32)}) (18. Bd3) 18... Bxb3
19. axb3 Nd7 20. Ng3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Bg5 22. Qf3 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 Qe7 {0-1 Maslak,K 
(2552)-Ozgibcev,A (2481)/Internet 2004 (77)}) 14... Rc8 (14... Re8 15. d4 cxd4
16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Bb3 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bd2 Bc5 22.
Qf4 Nf8 23. Rad1 Ng6 24. Qf3 Qh4 25. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Berndt,S (2500)-Piket,J 
(2635)/Neukoelln GER 1999 (58)}) 15. a3 {I am not so sure this novelty is
better than the previously played ideas. However, black seems to have already
got a reasonable game here} (15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. d4 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. Bf4 Bd6 20. exd5 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bxf4 22. dxe6 Bxc1 23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Rxc1
cxd4 25. Bb3 $18 {1-0 Movsesian Sergei (SVK) (2747)-Predojevic Borki (BIH) 
(2652)/Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovin 2009 (29)}) (15. Nh2 Nh7 16. Ng4 Bg5 17.
Ne3 Nf6 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Ne7 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 cxb4 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. Bb3
Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Nd4 25. Qxb4 Bxe3 26. Bxe3 {0-1 Sedlak,N (2518)-David,A (2591)/
Kusadasi TUR 2006 (53)}) 15... Re8 16. d4 $6 {Maybe Be3 and Rc1 was more
accurate} cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Bf8 (18... d3 $5 19. Bxd3 Ne5 20. Nc3 (20.
Nxe5 dxe5 {is fine for black}) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc4 22. Qc2 Nd7 $15) 19.
Nexd4 Bd7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Bg3 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 {white has
recovered well and has got a little pull here actually} Bc6 $1 (24... Qb8) 25.
Nxe5 {would tie the queen down to defending the pawn} Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qf3 $11 Nd6 29. Qxb7 Nxb7 30. Nd7 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Re2 {
of course the position is equal but making a draw is another story} a5 33. Rd2
Rc6 34. Ne5 (34. Rd5) 34... Ra6 35. Rc2 f6 36. Nc6 {if white wanted to make a
draw she could have just played} (36. Rc6 Rxc6 37. Nxc6) 36... a4 37. Nd4 Ra7
38. Rc6 Rd7 39. Rb6 Nc4 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Nxb5 Nxb2 42. Nc3 Rd3 43. Ne4 {
actually white could have played a similar sort of zugzwang/protection idea
here} (43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Rc7 {and the knight on b2 is without moves} Nd1 45.
Nxa4 Rxa3 46. Nc5 Rc3 $11) 43... Nd1 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. g4 (45. Rb1 Nc3 46. Nxc3
Rxc3 47. Ra1 $17 {is uncomfortable for white but better than the game move} (
47. Rb7 Rxa3 48. Ra7 $17 {but defendable})) 45... h5 46. gxh5+ Kh6 47. Ng3 Rxa3
48. Nf5+ (48. Rd7 $5 {is given by Rybka as better than Nf5} Nc3 49. Nf5+ Kxh5
50. Rxg7 Ne2+ 51. Kf1 Ra2 (51... Nf4 $2 52. Ng3+ $1 {and black must go for a
repetition with Kh6 as Kh4 loses the knight}) 52. Rg4 $5 a3 53. Nd6 Nc3 54. Ne8
{threatening perpetual} Nd5 55. Rd4 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ne7 57. Nxf6+ Kg6 58. Ne4 a2
59. Ra4 {and white is there just in time... fantastic}) 48... Kg5 $6 49. Ng3 $1
Kh6 50. Nf5+ Kxh5 {forced if black wants to win} 51. Rxg7 Rf3 52. Ng3+ Kh6 53.
Rd7 (53. Ra7 $1 a3 54. Ne4 $15) 53... Nc3 $15 (53... Nxf2 54. Kg2 Nd3 $1 $17)
54. Kg2 Rf4 55. Ra7 Rb4 56. Nf5+ Kg5 57. Ne3 Kg6 58. Ra6 Kf7 59. Kg3 Rb3 60.
Ng4 $2 (60. Ra7+ Ke6 61. Ra6+ Ke5 62. h4 f5 63. Kf3 f4 64. Nc4+ Kd4 65. Nd2 Rb2
66. Ne4 $1 $11) 60... Nd5+ (60... a3 61. Rxf6+ Kg7 62. Ra6 a2 $19) 61. f3 a3
62. h4 Nb4 63. Rxf6+ $2 (63. Ra7+ Kg6 64. h5+ $1 {was the last chance here}
Kxh5 65. Nxf6+ Kg6 (65... Kh6 66. Kg4 $1 (66. Nd7 a2 67. Ne5 Rc3 $1 {is
winning however}) 66... Kg6 (66... a2 $4 67. Ng8+ Kg6 68. f4 $18) 67. Ne4 a2
68. f4 Rb1 69. f5+ Kh6 70. Nf6 {and black must go for the perpetual with
Rg1-h1 since white threatens two mates}) 66. Nd7 $1 {and the position is equal
as white manages to get a knight to c6 e.g.} a2 67. Ne5+ Kf5 68. Nc6 (68. Ra5 {
is just fancy}) 68... Nxc6 69. Rxa2 $11) 63... Ke7 64. Rf5 a2 $19 {now its
definitely all over} 65. Ra5 Rb1 66. Ra7+ Ke6 67. h5 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Ne3 Be6 (15... g6 16. a3 Ra7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qb2 h5 21.
Nd5 Qd8 22. Qd2 a5 23. Ng5 Bh6 24. Nxe6 Bxd2 25. Nxd8 Nxd8 26. Red1 {1-0
Becerra,J (2545)-Ferguson,M (2385)/International Open, Benasque 1996 (38)}) 16.
a3 Rec8 (16... Nc6 17. Bb3 Ne7 18. a4 Reb8 19. Qc2 g6 20. axb5 axb5 21. h4 Bxb3
22. Qxb3 Qe6 23. Qc2 Bg7 24. c4 b4 25. Ra4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G (2480)
-Ilincic,Z (2490)/JUG-ch 1990 (35)}) 17. Nd2 $6 {this novelty is not better
than the previously played} (17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb3 Ne7 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. c4 g6 21.
h3 Bg7 22. Rb1 Rab8 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. Qa4 Rc6 25. bxc5 Rbxc5 {1-0 Becerra,J 
(2370)-Sisniega,M (2525)/Capablanca mem-A 1992 (39)}) 17... Qd8 $11 18. b4 Nc6
$6 (18... cxb4 19. axb4 Nb7 20. c4 a5 $1 $11) 19. Bb3 $1 $14 Be7 20. Ndf1 (20.
Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Nf3 $14) 20... Bg5 $1 {so both players take ideas
from the Sicilian Sveshnikov. The key square in this game so far revolves
around d5} 21. Nd5 a5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. g3 Rab8 24. h4 Be7 25. Nfe3 Bf8 $11 26.
Kg2 Kh8 {black would like to play f5 at some time and this prophylactic move
prepares it} 27. Kg1 Rb7 (27... Qd7) 28. a4 b4 29. Bc4 Ra7 30. Bb5 Ne7 31. Nxe7
Bxe7 32. Qc2 (32. Bc4 $5) 32... Rb8 33. Red1 g6 34. Bc4 Kg7 35. h5 Bg5 36. Bxe6
Bxe3 37. Bd5 Bg5 {the game offers little chances for both sides and they probe
for weaknesses for the next 10 or so moves} 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Kg2 Qb6 40. Rab1
Rf8 41. Qe2 Rd7 42. Rb2 Rd6 43. Qg4 Qd8 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Rc2 h5 46. Qe2 Qb6
47. d4 $1 exd4 (47... Rdf6 48. Qb5 Qxb5 49. axb5 $14) 48. Qc4 (48. f4 Bxf4 49.
gxf4 Rxf4 50. Qc4 Rg4+ 51. Kh3 g5 $11) 48... h4 49. Qc7+ Qxc7 50. Rxc7+ Kh6 51.
f4 Bd8 52. Rb7 $6 (52. Rc5 $11) 52... g5 $1 $15 53. Kf3 gxf4 (53... g4+ $5) 54.
gxf4 Bg5 55. f5 Rc8 56. Kg4 Rc3 {hmmmm, not exactly a dream position for
whitebut she has foreseen this of course} 57. Rg1 $1 Rc8 (57... Re3 58. Rb8 Bd8
59. Rb7 $1 Rxd5 $5 60. exd5 d3 {is Rybka's suggestion with a slight advantage
for black}) 58. Rd1 Rc3 59. Rg1 Rc8 60. Rd1 Rc3 {the players prefer to call it
a day} 61. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Na5 {Zhu Chen can be commended throughout
the game for trying to win and avoided repetition of position quite a number
of times} 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Bg5 Nh5 ({Kasparov-Kamsky
was similar except h6.. Bh4 was inserted} 15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Ne3 Nf4 19. g3 Ng6 20. a3 Nc6 21. b4 Rad8 22. Rb1 Qd7 23. h4 Qh3 24. Qe2
Nce7 25. a4 Bc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qf1 Qe6 28. Nd2 cxb4 29. Rxb4 d5 30. Bb3 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/Immopar 1992 (55)}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne3 g6 18. b4
cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc6 $11 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bb3 Ng7 (21... a5 22. a3 Ng7) 22. Qd2 Ne6
23. Rec1 Kg7 24. Ne3 Rc8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Ng4 Rf8 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Nxh7 $6 (28.
Nf3 $11) 28... Rf4 $5 (28... Kxh7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Qh7 32.
Qxe6 Nd4 $1 $17 33. Qxd6 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Nxc1 35. Qxe5+ Kg8) 29. Nhf6 Rxf6 30.
Qh6+ Kg8 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $15 32. Qe3 Qd8 33. Qh6 Qe8 34. f4 exf4 35. Qxf4 Qe7
36. Qe3 e5 (36... Nxb4 $15 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Rc1 Bd7 39. Rc7 Qg7 $13) 37. a3
Kg7 38. Qb6 Qc7 39. Qe3 Qe7 40. Qb6 Qc7 41. Qe3 Qd8 42. Rf1 Nd4 $15 43. Rac1
Rxc1 44. Rxc1 Bc8 45. h3 Be6 46. Kh2 Bf7 47. Rf1 Qh4 48. Rc1 Qf4+ (48... Qe7)
49. Qxf4 exf4 50. Rc7 Kf6 51. Rd7 Ke6 52. Ra7 Be8 (52... g5 $1 53. Rxa6 Bh5 54.
a4 bxa4 55. Rxa4 Be8 $11) 53. Rxa6 Ne2 54. Ra8 Ke7 55. Ra7+ Bd7 56. a4 $1 {
now itsonly white that can play for a win here} bxa4 57. b5 Kd8 58. b6 Bc6 59.
Rg7 a3 60. Ra7 $6 (60. b7 Bxb7 61. Rxb7 a2 62. Ra7 Nc1 63. d4 $16) 60... Kc8
61. Rxa3 Kb7 62. Ra7+ Kxb6 $11 63. Rg7 Be8 64. Re7 Bb5 65. Re6 Kc7 (65... Kc5
66. Rxg6 Bxd3 67. Rg5+ Kd4 $11) 66. e5 dxe5 67. Rxe5 Bxd3 {both sides must be
careful although the position is equal} 68. Rd5 Be4 69. Rd2 Ng3 70. Kg1 Kc6 71.
Rd8 Kc5 72. Kf2 Bd5 73. Rf8 Nh5 74. Rd8 g5 (74... Kd4 $1 75. Rd6 g5 76. Rg6 Ng3
77. Kg1 Ne4 $15) 75. Rh8 Ng3 76. h4 $1 Ne4+ 77. Kg1 g4 78. Rf8 Nc3 79. Kf2 g3+
80. Kf1 Bc4+ 81. Ke1 Nd5 82. h5 Bd3 83. h6 Ne3 $11 84. Kd2 Bb1 (84... Bg6 85.
Rxf4 Nf5 86. Rxf5+ Bxf5 87. Ke3 Kd5 $11) 85. Rxf4 Nxg2 86. Rg4 Kd5 87. Rxg3 Nf4
88. Rb3 Bg6 89. Ke3 Ne6 90. Rb5+ Kd6 91. Rb7 Nf8 92. Kf4 Ke6 93. Kg5 Be4 (93...
Bf7 94. Rb6+ Ke5 95. Rb8 Nh7+ 96. Kh4 Kf6 $11) 94. Rb6+ Kf7 95. Rb4 Nh7+ 96.
Kf4 Bc2 97. Rc4 Bb1 98. Rc1 Bd3 99. Rg1 Kf6 100. Rg3 Bg6 101. Ra3 Bc2 102. Ra6+
Kf7 103. Ke5 Bd3 104. Ra7+ Kg6 105. Rxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 1516"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ottakring"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Na5 8. Ba4
a6 9. c3 c5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. a4
Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nh2 g6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20. Be3 d5 21. Rf1 dxe4
22. dxe4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Re6 24. Rd2 Ne5 25. b3 Bb7 26. Rdf2 Ned7 27. Rd1 Bc6
28. Rfd2 Rbe8 29. Bf2 Ne5 30. Rd8 Ng6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Re1 h5 33. Nf3 h4 34.
Nf5 Nxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Nxg5 Rf4 37. g4 hxg3 38. Nxg3 Bh6 39. Ne6 Rh4 40.
Nxc5 Rxh3 41. Nd3 Bg7 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 {Diagramm [#] Weiß gelingt es, den
vorletzten Bauern abzutauschen, doch sein König steht zu unsicher und die
bestens koordinierten Figuren schnüren innerhalb weniger Züge ein Mattnetz} Nh4
$1 44. Kf1 Nf3 45. Re2 Nh2+ $1 46. Kg1 Ng4 $1 47. Nb4 $1 (47. c5 $2 Nxf2 48.
Kxf2 Bd4+ 49. Ke1 Rxg3 $19) (47. Be1 Bd4+ 48. Kf1 Nh2+ 49. Rxh2 Rxh2 $19) 47...
Bf3 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Kf1 (49. Nd3 $1 Bc6 (49... Nxf2 $2 50. Kxf2) 50. Rd8 $1
$15 {um dem Lg7 das wichtige Feld d4 zu nehmen, hätte den Laden noch
zusammengehalten}) 49... Be5 50. Ne2 Rh1+ 51. Ng1 Nh2+ {Diagramm [#] und auf
Ke1 folgt ...Lc3#} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the Corus Tournament I agreed to annotate a game from the tournament
for CBM, obviously thinking that I might be able to win at least one game or
achieve something memorable. However, things did not go according to plan at
all as I made blunders or huge mistakes in calculation in almost every game I
played. The following game is not a very good game, but I came very close to
winning and the game was quite interesting.  Vor dem Corus-Turnier erklärte
ich mich bereit, eine Partie daraus für das CBM zu kommentieren,
offensichtlich annehmend, in der Lage sein, zumindest eine Partie zu gewinnen
oder etwas Denkwürdiges zu leisten. Doch die Dinge liefen ganz und gar nicht
nach Plan, denn in fast jeder Partie, die ich spielte, übersah ich etwas oder
machte riesige Rechenfehler. Die folgende Partie ist nicht besonders gut, aber
ich kam dem Sieg sehr nahe und es war recht interessant.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 {Hardly anyone
dares allow the Marshall nowadays, so I guess I'm excused for playing a
somewhat unusual line. Kaum jemand wagt es heutzutage, Marshall zuzulassen,
also kann man mir das Anwenden eines etwas ungewöhnlichen Abspiels wohl
verzeihen.} d6 (8... Bc5 {ist auch recht verlässlich, wie Svidler in einer
früheren Runde des Turniers gegen mich zeigte.}) 9. c3 Na5 (9... Be6 {is the
main line. ist das Hauptabspiel.}) 10. Bc2 (10. Ba2 {would appear more natural
now that I have played a3, but the bishop might get closed in here after a
future c4 by Black. Anyway, it was an interesting alternative. würde
natürlicher wirken, da ich ja a3 gespielt habe, doch dort könnte der Läufer
nach einem zukünftigen c4 von Schwarz eingemauert werden. Jedenfalls war es
eine interessante Alternative.}) 10... c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b4 {Trying to make
use of having played a3 instead of h3 as in the normal line. Versucht, die
Tatsache zu nutzen, dass a3 geschehen ist statt h3 wie im normalen Abspiel.}
cxb4 13. cxb4 (13. axb4 {would seem more natural, and might have been better,
though White does not have much to write home about here either. sieht
natürlicher aus und könnte auch besser gewesen sein, obwohl Weiß auch hier
nichts Besonderes erreicht hätte.} Nc4 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 (14... Ndb6 15. Nxc4 Nxc4
16. Bd3 {might be a little bit better for White. ist vielleicht einen Tick
besser für Weiß.}) 15. Nxd2 (15. Bxd2 Qc7 {Black looks very comfortable here.
Hier sieht die schwarze Stellung sehr bequem aus.}) 15... exd4 (15... Nb6 16.
Nb3 {is the point behind Nxd2, but Black should be fine here also. ist die
Pointe hinter Nxd2, doch auch hier sollte Schwarz ordentlich stehen.}) 16. cxd4
d5 {is an interesting option, and why I didn't go for axb4. ist eine
interessante Option und der Grund, weshalb ich axb4 unterließ.} 17. Rb1 (17. e5
Bxb4 18. Ba3 $44 {was interesting as well. war ebenfalls interessant.}) 17...
dxe4 18. Nxe4 {with a complicated position, but one where Black should be fine.
mit einer komplizierten Stellung, aber einer, in der Schwarz ordentlich stehen
sollte.}) 13... Nc4 14. Nc3 {Leaving the knight alone on c4 looks strange, but
I wanted to exploit the fact that the c3 square was free, and Den Springer auf
c4 in Ruhe zu lassen, wirkt seltsam, doch ich wollte die Tatsache nutzen, dass
das Feld c3 frei war} (14. Nbd2 {doesn't seem to promise much anyway . scheint
sowieso nicht viel zu versprechen.}) 14... Ndb6 15. h3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf6 17.
Rb1 {Shirov apparently found my play in this part of the game very strange,
which made me wonder if I was playing like a total idiot (which might be true).
This move however is quite natural, as there wasn't any other ovbious way of
bringing the rook into play, and the somewhat loose pieces on the c-file might
need some protection. Black looks very much fine here, which he should be, but
it isn't so easy for him to find a plan to improve his position further after
he has developed his bishop and put his rooks on the e- and c-files. Shirov
fand mein Spieler in dieser Phase der Partie offenbar sehr seltsam, worauf ich
mich fragte, ob ich wie ein Vollidiot gespielt hätte (was der Fall sein könnte)
. Dieser Zug allerdings ist ganz natürlich, da es keine anderen
offensichtlichen Weg gab, den Turm ins Spiel zu bringen und die etwas
unsicheren Figuren in der c-Linie etwas Schutz vertragen könnten. Schwarz
scheint hier sehr ordentlich zu stehen, was auch der Fall sein sollte, aber es
ist nicht so leicht für ihn, einen Plan zu finden, wie er seine Stellung
weiter verbessern könnte, nachdem er seinen Läufer entwickelt und seine Türme
in die e- und c-Linien gestellt hat.} Bd7 {This bishop could also be put on b7.
} 18. Rb3 Re8 19. f4 Rc8 20. Kh1 g6 21. Rf1 {Around here I started to like my
position, but it is nothing special. Etwa hier begann meine Stellung mir zu
gefallen, aber es ist nichts Besonderes.} Bg7 22. Nce2 Na4 $2 {I think this
move deserves a question mark, the knight doesn't do a lot over here, and he
loses the chance to play d5 as an answer to f5. Ich denke, dieser Zug verdient
ein Fragezeichen; der Springer leistet hier drüben nichts, und er nimmt sich
die Chance, d5 zu spielen als Antwort auf f5.} (22... Rc7 $1 {As suggested by
Simen Agdestein looks like a nice, flexible move, with the idea of bringing
the bishop to b7 and protecting the seventh rank. After Rc7 I think Black must
be fine, which is quite fair, as he has not "committed any crimes" so far. ,
wie von Simen Agdestein vorgeschlagen, sieht aus wie ein schöner, flexibler
Zug, mit der Idee, den Läufer nach b7 zu bringen und die siebte Reihe zu
schützen. Nach Rc7 denke ich, Schwarz muss ordentlich stehen, was auch recht
fair ist, da er bislang "keine Verbrechen begangen hat".}) 23. f5 Nab6 24. Nf4
Qf6 {This move took me by surprise, but it was not a very unpleasant one, and
I started to look for a refutation.  Dieser Zug überraschte mich, aber nicht
gerade unangenehm, und ich begann, eine Widerlegung zu suchen.} 25. fxg6 fxg6 (
25... Qxd4 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ne2+ {obviously loses at once. verliert offenbar
sofort.}) (25... hxg6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. exf5 $1 Qh4 29. Rg4 $18) 26.
Nf5 (26. Nfe6 Rxe6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 {This obvious computer continuation did not
impress me much. Diese offensitchtliche Computerfortsetzung beeindruckte mich
nicht sonderlich.}) 26... Kh8 (26... gxf5 {was worse: war schlechter:} 27. Rg3
$1 (27. Nh5 Qd4 28. Rg3 (28. Rd3 Nb2 $1) 28... Qxd1 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Bxd1 Rxe4
31. Bg5 $13) 27... Kh8 28. Nh5 Qd4 29. Nxg7 {This is the point, the capture
with the knight is far more effective than with the rook. Das ist die Pointe,
das Schlagen mit dem Springer ist weitaus effektiver als mit dem Turm.} Qxd1
30. Rxd1 Rxe4 (30... Rg8 31. Nxf5 Rxg3 32. Nxg3 $16) 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Nh5 {
When Black obviously has innsufficient compensation for the exchange. wonach
Schwarz offensichtlich unzureichende Kompensation für die Quailität hat.}) 27.
Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Rg3 (28. Rbf3 {was probably better. White keeps a pleasant
advantage, and his position is easier to play, because Black will always have
to worry about his king, while having no real counterplay. war wahrscheinlich
besser. Weiß behält einen angenehmen Vorteil, und seine Stellung ist leichter
zu spielen, da Schwarz sich immer um seinen König sorgen muss, während er kein
echtes Gegenspiel hat.}) 28... Rf8 {Here I felt that there had to be a forced
win somehow, but even after spending a lot of time I could not find one.  Hier
hatte ich das Gefühl, es müsste irgendwie einen forcierten Gewinn geben, aber
selbst, nachdem ich viel Zeit investiert hatte, konnte ich keinen finden.} 29.
e5 {The most direct, but probably not the best continuation. Die direkteste,
aber vielleicht nicht die beste Fortsetzung.} (29. Rgf3 {could be considered
here too. war auch hier zu erwägen.}) 29... Nxe5 30. Bb2 Nbc4 31. Nxg6+ {
The only consistent choice. However, it only leads to a draw, and I had not
calculated precisely at all, as it turned out. Die einzig konsequente Wahl.
Doch sie führt nur zum Remis, und ich hatte keinesfalls genau gerechnet, wie
sich herausstellte.} hxg6 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Bxg6 (33. Rxg6 Nxb2 34. Qh5+ Kg8
35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {did not look too great to me. schien mir nichs allzu Tolles zu
sein.}) 33... Bg4 $2 {We both considered this the only defence during the game,
but in fact it is a mistake. Diesen Zug hielten wir beide während der Partie
für die einzige Verteidigung, aber tatsächlich ist er ein Fehler.} (33... Rf1+
34. Qxf1 Nxb2 35. Be4 $1 Qh6 36. Bd5 {creates the lethal threat of Rg8 and
forces Black to give up material. stellt die tödliche Drohung Rg8 auf und
zwingt Schwarz, Material zu geben.}) (33... Qh6 34. Bc1 Rf4 {During the game,
I did not see this move, suggested by Fritz,.. It seems that Black is OK after
it. Diesen Zug hatte ich während der Partie nicht gesehen, ein Vorschlag von
Fritz... Danach scheint die Stellung von Schwarz in Ordnung zu sein.} (34...
Qh4 35. Bg5 $18) 35. Be4 Ng4 36. Kg1 Qf6 37. Bxf4 Qxf4 38. Rxg4 Bxg4 39. Qxg4
Qxg4 40. hxg4 Nxa3 41. Bb7 {is a strange computer variation leading to draw.
ist eine seltsame Computervariante, die zum Remis führt.}) (33... Be8 {is
another move I did not spot, and it seems to give a draw as well. ist ein
anderer Zug, den ich nicht gesehen hatte, und auch er scheint Remis zu ergeben.
} 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ Kh8 36. Bg6+ $11) 34. Rxg4 Qf6 35. Bd4 Qf1+ 36. Qxf1
Rxf1+ 37. Kh2 Nxa3 38. Bd3 {I had spend so much time searching for a win that
my only concern at this point was to not blunder anything before the time
control. Ich hatte auf der Suche nach einem Gewinn so viel Zeit verbraucht,
dass meine einzige Sorge an dieser Stelle war, bis zur Zeitkontrolle nichts
mehr einzustellen.} Rd1 39. Rg3 Nac4 40. h4 Nd2 41. Bc3 Ndc4 (41... Nf1+ {
was probably his plan, but after thinking for a long time he correctly changed
his mind. war wahrscheinlich sein Plan, aber nach langem Nachdenken überlegte
er es sich zurecht anders.} 42. Bxf1 Rxf1 43. Rg6 Rc1 44. Bd4 Kh7 45. Rxd6 {
and White wins easily. und Weiß gewinnt leicht.}) 42. h5 Nb6 43. h6 Nd5 44. Rf3
{Here I thought that the game would be over in a few moves, but he kept
finding resources. Hier dachte ich, die Partie würde in wenigen Zügen vorbei
sein, aber er fand immer wieder Ressourcen.} Nf6 $8 45. Bf5 Ng8 (45... Nxf3+ $2
46. gxf3 {leaves the knight indefensible, and illustrates the power of a
bishop pair in an open position. macht den Springer undeckbar und
veranschaulicht die Kraft eines Läuferpaars in offener Stellung.}) 46. h7 Nf6
47. Rh3 $2 (47. Rg3 Rf1 48. Rg5 {as pointed out by numerous commentators, is
the way forward , wie von zahlreichen Kommentatoren angemerkt, ist der Weg
vorwärts.} Rf4 49. Kg1 Rc4 $8 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Rg6 Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Nxh7 53. Be6
$18) 47... Rf1 48. g4 Rf4 {Here I realized that something had gone wrong. In
retrospect, I cannot even see what I might have overlooked. Hier begriff ich,
dass irgendwas schiefgelaufen war. Im Nachhinein kann ich nicht einmal sagen,
was ich übersehen haben könnte.} 49. Rg3 (49. Kg3 {does not lead anywhere:
führt zu nichts:} Rf3+ 50. Kh4 Rxh3+ 51. Kxh3 Nxh7 52. Bc8 (52. Bxe5+ dxe5 53.
Bxh7 Kxh7 54. g5 Kg6 55. Kg4 e4 56. Kf4 e3 57. Kxe3 Kxg5 58. Kd4 Kf5 59. Kc5
Ke6 60. Kb6 Kd7 61. Kxa6 Kc6 62. Ka5 Kc7 $11) 52... Nf6 53. Bxa6 Nd5 54. Bd2
Nd3 $11) (49. Bxe5 dxe5 50. Kg3 {was the last chance: war die letzte Chance:}
Nd5 $1 {The best way to save the game. Die beste Möglichkeit, die Partie zu
retten.} (50... Rxb4 51. Rh6) 51. Rh6 Ne3 52. Be6 Rxb4 53. g5 Rf4 54. g6 Rf8 {
and Black should be able to hold. und Schwarz sollte sich halten können.})
49... Kg7 $1 (49... Nfxg4+ 50. Bxg4 Kxh7 51. Bc8 $18) 50. Rh3 Kh8 51. Rg3 Kg7
52. Kg2 (52. Kh1 {was better, but far too deep for the time available,
especially as I had already got into time trouble. war besser, aber viel zu
tief bei der verfügbaren Zeit, vor allem, da ich bereits in Zeitnot gekommen
war.}) 52... Nxh7 53. Rd3 Nf6 54. Rxd6 Nexg4 55. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 56. Kf3 Rg6 57.
Rxa6 (57. Kf4 Kf7 58. Kf5 Rg5+ {or oder} (58... Ng8 {also doesn't lead
anywhere. führt ebenfalls zu nichts.})) 57... Kf7 58. Rxf6+ {Black will lose
the b5-pawn, as White gains the oppostion, but obviously not the game. Schwarz
wird den b5-Bauern verlieren, da Weiß die Opposition erobert, aber
offensichtlich nicht die Partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Lewis"]
[Site "Isle of Lewis"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 g6 (12... Be6 13. d4 Bxb3 14. Qxb3
Na5 15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qd2 g6 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bg7
21. Rad1 d5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxd5 24. Ne6 Qe7 25. Nxg7 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Nb4 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Bf6 Nac6 30. Rf8 Nd5 31. Ne8 Nxf6 32. Rxf7+ {
1-0 Polgar,J-Schroll,G/Vienna (07) ;CBM 26 1991}) 13. h3 Bg7 14. d4 (14. Nh2
Na5 15. Bc2 d5 16. Nf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Smagin,S-Razuvaev,
Y/Valby K41 (05) ;CBM 27 1991}) 14... Bd7 15. Bc2 Nh7 16. Be3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 hxg5
18. Qd2 Bf6 19. d5 Na5 20. b3 Be7 21. c4 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. cxb5 axb5 24.
Red1 Kg7 25. f3 f6 26. Qf2 Qb8 27. Nh1 $6 (27. Rac1 $5) 27... Rc8 28. Rd2 Bd7
29. Rad1 Be6 30. h4 gxh4 31. Qxh4 Rh8 32. Qg3 Nc6 33. Bb1 Kf7 34. Nf2 g5 35.
Ng4 Qb7 36. Rc1 Rac8 37. Rdd1 Rh4 38. Qe1 Bxg4 39. fxg4 Rch8 40. Qe2 Nd4 41.
Bxd4 exd4 42. Bd3 Bd8 43. Qf3 Qd7 44. Qf5 Qxf5 45. gxf5 Bb6 46. b4 Rxe4 {
Spectacular!} 47. Rc6 $1 $36 (47. Bxe4 $2 d3+ 48. Kf1 $2 (48. Rc5 $8) 48...
Rh1#) 47... Reh4 48. Re1 Bd8 49. Rxd6 Be7 50. Rd7 Rh1+ 51. Kf2 Rxe1 52. Kxe1
Ra8 53. Bxb5 Kf8 54. Rxd4 Rxa2 55. Bc6 Rb2 56. b5 Bc5 57. Rd8+ Ke7 58. Rd7+ Kf8
59. Rb7 Bd4 60. Kd1 Be3 61. Rd7 Bf4 62. Rh7 Be3 63. Rh3 Bf4 64. Rd3 Ke7 65. Rd4
Kf8 66. Rd7 Be3 67. Rd6 Kg7 68. Re6 Bf4 69. g4 Rd2+ 70. Ke1 Rb2 71. Be8 Bg3+
72. Kd1 Bf4 73. b6 Rd2+ 74. Ke1 Rb2 75. Bg6 $138 1-0

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. d3 (
8. h3 Bh5 9. Bxc6+ (9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nf1 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Ne3 Rg8
14. Nxg4 Qxg4 15. g3 h5 $13) 9... bxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13.
Bf4 Qd7 14. Rc1 h6 15. Qd3 Bf8 16. e5 $14 {Tal,M-Kuijpers/Moscow/1963/}) 8...
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 (9... Re8 $5 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Ng3 g6 13. d4 Bg7 14. a3
Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. b4 $14 {Gufeld,E-Petrosian,A/URS/1979/}) 10. Bb3 (10. Bc2 $5
) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Be6 (13... Bh5 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. h3
$14) 14. d4 Rfd8 (14... Rac8 $5) 15. Bd2 Rab8 (15... Nc4 $2 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17.
d5 {/\ b3/}) (15... Rac8 $5) 16. b3 Rdc8 $6 (16... Bf8 $5) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18.
Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 $5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxe5 {/\ c4/}) 19. exd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxe5 Rd8 $2 (20... Nf6 $5) 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 (21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qxf7+
Kh7 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh7 26. c4 Nb4 (26... Nf6 27. Bxa5) 27. Re3) 22. Qh5
Bf6 23. Bc2 g6 24. Qh7 $6 (24. Bh6+ Kg8 (24... Bg7 25. Qh4 Nxc3 $140 26. Qf6 $1
) 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 (26... Bg7 27. Qh7+ $18) 27. Rad1 Rg8 28. Qh5 $1
$18) 24... Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Re1 Qxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nc6 28. g3 Nf6 (28... b4
$5) 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh6 Rd5 $1 31. Bd2 Ne5 (31... b4 $5 32. Bg5 Ne5 33. Kg2
bxc3 34. Qh4 Ned7) 32. Kg2 Neg4 33. Qf4 Rbd8 34. Bc1 g5 (34... Re5 35. h3 Re2
36. hxg4 Rxc2 37. Qe5+) 35. Qc7+ R8d7 36. Qc8 R7d6 37. h3 $18 Nh6 (37... Ne5
38. Bxg5) 38. h4 Ne8 39. Bxg5+ Kf8 40. Be4 (40. Be4 Re5 (40... Rd1 41. Bc6 $18)
41. Bf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)BCM 1923. p,253 [Lasker,Ed]. The game was played in Cleveland.} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5
10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Rc8 17. Ne3 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Rxc2 19. Bh6 f6 20. Ne3 Rc5 21. Bf4 f5 22. b4 Rc6
23. Rad1 Bf6 24. Qd3 Bc3 25. Re2 Bxb4 26. Nd5 Bc5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qg3 Kh8 29.
Bg5 Qa5 30. Ne7 Qa4 31. Rde1 Bg4 32. Re4 Qxa2 33. Rf4 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 Qxf2+ 35.
Qxf2 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Bd7 38. Rc1 Ra2 39. Rc7 Ra3+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41.
Kf3 Be6 42. Bf4 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Ra1+ 45. Rc1 Rxc1+ 46. Bxc1 b4 47.
Kf2 h6 48. Ke3 a5 49. g3 a4 50. Bd2 b3 51. Bc1 Kh7 52. Ke4 g5 53. Bb2 h5 54.
Nf5 h4 55. Nxd6 hxg3 56. hxg3 Kg6 57. Ke5 Bd7 58. Ne4 Bc6 59. Nf6 Bf3 60. Ke6
Be2 61. Bc1 Bf3 62. Ke5 Bc6 63. Ng4 Bd7 64. Ne3 Bc6 65. Kd6 Bb5 66. Bb2 Be8 67.
Bc1 Bb5 68. Kc5 Bd7 69. Nc4 Kf5 70. Kd4 Bc6 71. g4+ Ke6 72. Bb2 Bf3 73. Ne3 Bb7
74. Kc5 a3 75. Bxa3 Ke5 76. Bc1 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 $6 9. d3 $1 (9. h3 $6 Bh5 10. d3 Qd7 $5 {/\ ...h6, ...g5}) 9... O-O 10.
Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Ne8 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. g4 $1 Bg6 15. d4 $1 exd4 (15...
Bf6 16. Nd5 $1 $14) (15... f6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd5 $14) 16. cxd4
h5 $2 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Ne5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 hxg4 20. Bd2 $1 $16 (20. Nd7 $6 $14)
20... Nb7 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. e5 Kh7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nf4 Rf5 $5 (24... Kg8 25.
Be4 $1 {25.Bxg6!?} Rb8 26. Nxg6 Rf7 $6 27. Bd5 $18) 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 Bc7
27. Rd5 Na5 28. Bxc5 Nc4 29. Nd3 Nd2 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rc1 Bd8 32. Be3 Nc7 33.
Rd7 Ne6 34. Nf4 Nf8 35. Rb7 Bg5 36. Rcc7 Bxf4 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Bxf4 Ne6 39.
Rh7+ Kg8 40. Bh6 f4 41. Rhe7 f3+ 42. Kf1 N4c5 43. Rb6 Rd8 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. a4 (13. a3) 13... h6 14.
Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 $1 Qc7 (15... Nc4 $142) 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3 bxa4 $6
19. bxa4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bc8 21. Qd3 Na5 22. c4 $16 Bd7 23. Bd2 Rab8 24. Rab1 Be7
25. Bc3 Bd8 26. Bxa5 Rxb1 27. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Bxc7 29. Qc3 g6 30. Nd3 h5
31. f3 1-0

[Event "North-West Region Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1926.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1926.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. a4 Be6 15. d4
cxd4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. Qe2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 dxc3 22. bxc3 f5 23. Qe2 e4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qa3 26. f3 Rb2 27. Bd2
Qa2 (27... Qc5+ 28. Kh1 (28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Bc4 30. fxe4) 28... Bc4) 28.
fxe4 $1 f4 29. Qd3 Bc4 30. Qd6 Bxf1 31. Qxc6 Bb5 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34.
Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kg8 (37... Ke6 38. Bxf4 Rxg2+ 39.
Kh1 Rg6 40. Bg3 $16) 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qxf4+ Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kg8 42.
c4 Qxc4 (42... Bxc4 43. Qd8+ Kf7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Bb4+ Rxb4 46. Qd6+ $18) (
42... Rxd2 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Ke7 45. Qg5+ $16) 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Kg8
45. h3 h6 46. Ra1 Bc6 47. Rf1 Qxe4 48. Qxe4 Bxe4 49. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nf1 Bd7 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Ra6 Qc7 19. Rea1 Bc8 20. Ra8 Rxa8 21. Rxa8
Na7 22. g4 Qb7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. g5 Nh5 25. Nf5 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Qd2 hxg5
28. Nxg5 g6 29. Nh4 Bh6 30. Ngf3 Ne7 31. d4 g5 32. Ng2 Ng6 33. h4 g4 34. Nh2
Nxh4 35. Nxh4 Qe7 36. Nf5 Qg5 {[#]} 37. Nxd6 $18 (37. Nxh6+ Qxh6 38. Nxg4 Qg5
39. f3 $16) 37... Ra8 38. dxc5 $2 (38. Nf5 $18 Ra1+ 39. Nf1 Qh5 40. Bd1 $18)
38... Ra1+ $11 39. Nf1 {[#]} Qh4 $2 (39... Qh5) 40. Qe2 $4 (40. Qd3 f3 41. Nf5
Qh3 42. Nxh6+ Qxh6 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Bd1 Qh3 46. Ne3 $18) 40... f3
$19 41. Qxb5 Rxf1+ 42. Qxf1 g3 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad-02 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1911.09.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bb7 $6 (13... Re8)
14. Nf5 Rfe8 (14... Bd8 $1 {Riumin}) 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bb3 $1 Nf8 17. Bd5 Ng6 18.
Bxe7 Ngxe7 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qh5 Nxf5 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qxf5+
Kg8 24. Qg6 Qd7 25. Re3 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
$2 Na5 9. c3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Bb7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. c4 Qc7 $1 16. Qc2 (16. cxb5 $142 axb5 17. Qxb5 Ba6 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2 (19.
Qc3 Rfb8 20. a3) 19... Nc5 $2 20. Nxc4) 16... Nb8 $1 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bb2 Nd4 19.
Nxd4 cxd4 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Bg5 22. Rac1 Qa5 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. c5
$2 {/\ 26.b4} (25. b4 $2 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qb5) (25. Bc1 $8) 25... b4 $1 26. Nc4
Qxc5 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Ba3 Qb5 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. Nd6 Qd7 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4
Bc6 33. Rb2 $2 $19 Bc1 34. Rb6 Bxa3 35. Qxa3 Qc7 $1 (35... Qxd6 $2 36. Qxd6
Rxd6 37. Rb8+) 36. Qc5 (36. c5 Rxd6 $1 $19) 36... Rxd6 37. Rxa6 h6 38. Qxe5 d3
39. Ra7 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Europa-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1942.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1942.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 (13. b3 Bg4 14. Nbd2
Rc8 15. Ra2 O-O 16. h3 Be6 $1) 13... O-O 14. Nf1 Bg4 $1 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 (
16. gxf3 Nc6) 16... exd4 17. Nf5 Qxc2 $1 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Qb3 $2 (19...
Nb3 $1 20. Nxg7 Nxe4 $3 21. Rxe4 Nxa1) 20. Qf4 Qe6 21. Qg5 g6 22. Nxd4 Qe5 23.
Bf4 Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Kg7 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. f3 Rc5 $1 27. Be3 Rac8 28. Kf2 Nd7 29.
Ne2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Nc5 32. Bd2 Nc6 33. b3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Nd3
a5 $2 (35... Nd4+ 36. Ke3 Ndxb3 37. Nxb4 Nxa4 $11) 36. Nxc5+ dxc5 37. Kd3 Ne5+
38. Kc2 c4 39. f4 Nd7 40. bxc4 Nc5 41. Be3 Kd6 $2 (41... Nxa4 42. Bd4 $1) (
41... Nxe4 $1 42. Kd3 (42. Bb6 Kd6 $1) 42... Nd6 $1 43. Bb6 Nb7 44. Kd4 Kd6 45.
c5+ Kc6 46. Kc4 b3 $1 $11) 42. e5+ $1 Kc6 43. g4 Nxa4 44. Bd4 $1 Nc5 45. Bxc5
Kxc5 46. f5 Kc6 (46... a4 47. e6 fxe6 48. f6 $18) 47. f6 $1 (47. e6 $2 f6 $1
$11) 47... Kd7 48. c5 1-0

[Event "OHRA Crown Group"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1985.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 (11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Na7 $10) 11... bxc3 12.
dxc3 (12. bxc3 $2 Nxa5 $1) 12... Na7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 $6 (13... Nb5 $5) 14. Qc2 Nb5
15. Nf1 Bc6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. h3 Qc8 (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Qb3
$16) 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Be3 c5 (19... h6 20. c4 $16) 20. Nd2 Qc6 (20... c4 21. Bf1
{/\ Ra4}) 21. Nc4 Nd7 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. f4 $1 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bf6 26.
Nh5 Be5 27. Qf2 f6 (27... Bxf4 $6 28. Nxf4 f6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Ne3 Ne5 31. Bb1
{/\ Ba2}) 28. Bc1 Qc7 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Qh4 Bxc4 $5 31. Bxc4 Qxa5 $1 32. Rf5 $40
Qd8 (32... g6 33. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 34. Nxf6 Re7 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Bh6
Qc7 38. e5 $1 $18) 33. Nf4 Bxf4 $8 34. Bxf4 $2 (34. Qxf4 $44) 34... Qe8 $1 35.
Qg3 (35. Rh5 $2 g5 $1 $19) 35... Rxe4 36. Bd3 Re7 (36... Re6 37. Bc4 Re4 38.
Bd3 $10) 37. c4 (37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Qxd6 Rxb2 39. Bxa6 Rb6 $17) 37... Nd4 38.
Bxd6 Re3 39. Qf2 (39. Bxb8 Rxg3 40. Bxg3 Nxf5 41. Bxf5 Ne5 $19) 39... Rb3 0-1

[Event "Match Capablanca-Teichmann +2-0=0"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1913.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1913.11.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bachmann: Schachjahrbuch 1913, S.330 ff.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6
12. a4 Be6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg4 17. Be3 exd4 18.
Bxd4 Nd7 19. Ne3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 b3 21. Bb1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Qe2
Ng6 25. Nd5 Be5 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Bxf4 28. Bd3 a5 29. Bc4 Qh4 30. f3 Rfc8
31. Bd3 Rc5 32. Rf1 Rbc8 33. Qf2 Qh6 34. Rfe1 Rg5+ 35. Kh1 Rh5 36. Re2 Rxh2+
0-1

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
$6 b4 $6 (8... Bb7 $5) 9. c3 d6 10. d4 (10. a5 $5 bxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 12. Nbd2
Rb8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 $14 {Tal,M-Spassky,B/Tbilisi(m)/1965/})
10... bxc3 11. bxc3 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nxc3 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bb7 $10) 11... exd4 (11... Bg4 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bb4 17. Qc2 $13) 12. Nxd4 (12. cxd4 d5 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. exd5
Bb7 15. Nc3 Nbxd5 $10) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Bb7 (14... Nxd5 $2 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxe7 $18) 15. Bg5 (15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxd5 18. Bc2
Qd7 $10) 15... Bxd5 16. Nd2 (16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 $10) 16... h6 17. Bxd5
Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. h3 Rab8 21. Rc1 Rb4 22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Re4 Nf6
24. Re2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d4 Nxd4 (10... Bg4 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Nd4 12. Nbd2 c6 13. dxc6
Nxb3 14. cxb3 Rc8 $10) 11... Nxe5 12. Nbd2 $14) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rb8 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 (17. h3 Ne5 18. f4 c5 19.
Qe3 Nc6 20. Bxe6 $10) 17... Rfd8 18. Red1 (18. h3 $5 c5 19. Qd3 (19. Qd2 Ne5
20. Qe2 (20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Rb5 $10) 20... Nc6) 19... Ne5 20.
Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bd5 $14 (21. Qxa6 c4 22. Bxc4 Rd6 $17)) 18... Qg5 19. f3 $2 Bxc4
20. fxg4 (20. Bxc4 $2 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 (21. Qxe3 Nxe3 $19) 21... Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxd1+
) 20... Be6 $5 (20... Bxb3 21. cxb3 Qxg4 22. Qc4 Qc8 (22... Rb5 23. Qxc7 Rc8
24. Qxd6) 23. Qc6 Rb5 24. Rac1 $15) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qc4 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5 dxc5
$15 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. b3 e5 27. Rd3 $6 (27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rf1 Rd4 29.
Rf5 Ke6 30. g5 $10) 27... Rd4 28. Rxd4 $2 (28. Rf1 Rb5 29. Rf5 Ke6 $15) 28...
exd4+ 29. Kd3 Rf8 30. Re1 Kd6 (30... Rf2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 c4 33. bxc4 c5
34. h4 $10) 31. e5+ Ke6 32. Re2 (32. Kc4 Rf2 33. Kxc5 Rxc2+ 34. Kxd4 c5+ 35.
Ke4 Rxg2 $17) 32... Rb8 33. Ke4 $6 (33. Re1 Rb5 34. Ra1 Kxe5 35. Kc4 Kf4 $17) (
33. Kc4 Rb5 34. h4 Rxa5 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Ra2 37. g6 a5 $19) (33. Rf2 $32
Rb5 34. Rf8 $15) 33... Rf8 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Ke4 Rb5 36. Rf2 Rxa5 37. Rf8 Ra2 38.
Re8+ Kd7 39. Rg8 Rxc2 40. Rxg7+ Ke6 41. Rg6+ Ke7 42. Rxh6 c4 43. bxc4 b3 44.
Rh3 b2 45. Rb3 a5 46. Rb7 a4 47. Kd5 d3 48. e6 d2 49. Rxc7+ Kd8 50. e7+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 $6 (9. h3) 9... b4 (9... Bg4 $5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5
13. d3 b4 14. Nd2 Nd7 $10) 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 bxc3 12. dxc3 (12. bxc3 $2 Nxa5
13. Rxa5 Rxb1 $10) 12... Na7 (12... Bb7 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Nf1 Nd8 15. Ng3 Ne6
16. b4 Rd8 17. Qb3 $14 {Liberzon,V-Nikolaevsky,Y/URS/1966/}) 13. Nbd2 (13. Bf1
Nb5 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nc4 g6 18. Bh6 $14 {Gipslis,
A-Nikitin,A/URS/1970/}) 13... Nb5 14. Qc2 h6 15. b4 Nh5 $6 (15... Nh7 $5 16.
Nf1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Ne3 c6 $132) 16. Nf1 Nf6 (16... Nf4 $6 17. Bxf4 exf4
18. Qd2 Bf6 19. Rac1 $14) 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bb2 (18. Bf1 Ng4 19. Nc4 f5 $132) (18.
Bd3 $5 Ng4 19. Nc4 $14) 18... Ng4 19. Nf1 (19. Bd3 $6 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Nc7 $132)
19... Qc7 20. Rad1 (20. h3 $5 Nf6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. c4 $14) 20...
c5 21. Qb3 Bd7 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nh4 $1 (23. Ne3 Qa7 $1 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Nc7
$132) 23... Bc6 24. Ng6 (24. Ng3 $2 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxh4) 24... Bxe4 25. Nxf8
Bxf8 26. Ne3 $16 Bc6 27. bxc5 $2 (27. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 c4 30.
Re4 Rc8 31. f4 $16) 27... dxc5 28. Qa2 Qb7 29. Ba1 Be4 30. Nd5 Nd6 31. Nxf6+
gxf6 32. Bf1 (32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Nc4 35. Red1 Kg7 36. Rd8 Rb5
$132) 32... Qc6 33. Qe2 $2 (33. c4 $5 $14) 33... c4 $1 34. Bb2 (34. Rxd6 Bxd6
35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rb1 37. Rxc4 Rxa1 38. Rc6 $10) 34... Rb3 $44 35. Ba1 (
35. Bc1 $5) 35... Bg6 36. Kh2 Qc7 37. g3 Qxa5 38. Bg2 Qb6 39. Bd5 Kg7 40. h4 a5
(40... h5 41. Kg2 Qb5 42. Bf3) 41. h5 Bd3 42. Qg4+ Kh7 43. Qf3 e4 44. Bxe4+ $8
(44. Qxf6 Bg7 45. Qf4 f5 $17) 44... Bxe4 45. Rxe4 Nxe4 46. Qxe4+ Kh8 47. Rd4 $1
Rb5 (47... Rb1 $2 48. Qe8 Qc5 (48... Qb7 49. Qxf8+ Kh7 50. f3 $16) 49. Qxf7)
48. Qe8 Rxh5+ 49. Kg2 Kg8 (49... Qb7+ 50. f3 Kg7 $15) 50. Rg4+ Rg5 51. Rxc4
Qb7+ 52. Qe4 Qd7 (52... Qxe4+ 53. Rxe4 Rb5 54. Ra4 $10) 53. Rd4 Qe6 54. c4
Qxe4+ 55. Rxe4 a4 56. Bxf6 Ra5 $10 57. Re8 a3 58. c5 a2 59. c6 Ra7 (59... a1=Q
$2 60. Bxa1 Rxa1 61. c7 $18) 60. Bd4 Rc7 61. Ra8 Rxc6 62. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {
Another theoretical line is} (8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 {1-0 Comp
Hydra-Adams,M/London 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (28)}) 8... Bb7 {After black
developed his light-squared bishop to b7, white doesn't need to lose the time
on h2-h3. Other options are:} (8... Na5 9. axb5 Nxb3 10. cxb3 Bb7 11. bxa6 Bxa6
12. d4 O-O 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Ra4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rxa4 16. bxa4 {1-0 Nay Oo Kyaw
Tun-Aung Aung/Bangkok 2004/CBM 103/[Marin,M] (39)}) (8... b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2
Be6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Red1 Qg5 19. f3 $2 Bxc4 $17 {0-1 Klinger,J-Hort,V/Biel
1986/MCL/[Dolmatov] (50)}) 9. c3 O-O (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 O-O 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 $146 14. Nb3 $5 d5 $5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. dxe5
Nxe4 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Hjartarson,J/Winnipeg 1986 
[Kupreichik,V] (47)}) 10. d4 {White has got the position from Zaitsev
variation, but instead of h2-h3 move, he has played a2-a4, that seems to me
more useful in this position.} h6 {covering the g5 square. Other possibilities
are:} (10... Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Be3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Sulskis,S/Vilnius 1997/EXT 98 (79)}) (10... Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nd7 Re8 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ra7
$11 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J-Torre,E/Biel 1985/IZT (58)}) (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5
12. Bc2 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Nb3 17. Rb1 c5 18. Rg4
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Bc4 Bf6 24. Rxg6+ {
1-0 Sulskis,S-Butnorius,A/Kaunas 2001/CBM 082 ext (24)}) (10... Re8 11. Nbd2
Bf8 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Van Haastert,E-Solleveld,M/Hengelo 2002/CBM 088 ext (36)}) 11. Nbd2 ({
Comes to consideration:} 11. Na3 $5) 11... Re8 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
cxd4 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Qg4 Qc8 17. Qg3 Qe6 18. Nf3 {1/2-1/2
Varga,Z-Petran,P/Eger 1992/EXT 97 (18)}) 12. Bc2 {transfering the bishop to
f1-a6 diagonal, and liberating way to the "b" pawn.} (12. Qe2 Qb8 13. Bc2 Bf8
14. d5 Na7 (14... Ne7 {Bulletin} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. b4 $14) 15. c4
c6 16. b3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7 18. b4 $16 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Kakageldyev,A/
Ashkhabad 1978/MCL/[Bulletin] (29)}) (12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 g6 15. b3
c5 16. d5 Bg7 17. h3 Qc7 18. Be3 $14 {0-1 Miulescu,G-Sofronie,I/Romania 1994/
EXT 97 (27)}) 12... Bf8 13. d5 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7c8,Yc8b6,Yf6d7,Yd7c5] It is not
an easy question where to move the queenside knight. Basically, black has to
transfer his knights to c5 and b6 squares. Dmitry chooses to transfer his
queenside knight to b6 via c8, while the kingside knight will be transfered to
c5 via d7. As we see, in this case black's knights has other routes- they
don't disturb each other.} ({While, after 13...Nb8 they would disturb...} 13...
Nb8 {[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7c5,Yf6d7,Yd7b6]} 14. Bd3 bxa4 15. Rxa4 c6 16. c4 c5 17. Nb3
$14 {1-0 Milovanovic,R-Jakubovics,N/Tuzla 1991/EXT 97 (44)}) 14. b3 $146 {
White is preparing to strengthen his centre by c3-c4. In the preceding game
white continued} (14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a5 Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8
19. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galdunts,S-Hedke,F/Groningen 1993/CBM 038 ext (56)}) 14...
c6 15. c4 bxc4 16. bxc4 {Black's light-squared bishop's possibilities are
limitted by white's central pawns very much, so, black transfers it to a6-f1
diagonal.} a5 17. Nf1 {transfering the knight to e3.} Ba6 18. Ne3 Qc7 {Black
is willing to locate his heavy pieces on the "c" and "b" files.} 19. Ba3 {
It is the best location for the dark-squared bishop, as from here it presses
black's d6 pawn and covers the c5 spot.} Nc8 {transfering the knight to b6.}
20. Nd2 {strengthening the c4 pawn.} Nb6 21. Rc1 {White covers the squares on
the "c" file. Otherwise, he should have sacrificed the pawn:} (21. Qf3 $5 Nxc4
22. Ndxc4 Bxc4 (22... cxd5 23. Nd2 (23. exd5 Bxc4 24. Rac1 $16 {[%cal Ge3c4,
Yc2b3]}) 23... d4 $15) 23. Nxc4 cxd5 24. Ne3 d4 $13) (21. Qe2 $2 cxd5 22. exd5
Nfxd5 $17) 21... Rec8 22. Bb3 {opening the semi-open file "c" for the rook.}
Nbd7 {transfering the knight to c5.} (22... Nfd7 $5 23. Qf3 (23. c5 Nxc5 24.
Bxc5 dxc5 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Qf3 Ra7 $15) (23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd5 Rab8 $11) 23...
Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qg3 $13 {[%cal Ye3g4]}) 23. dxc6 $1 {White has to act
immediately, otherwise, black will equalize after transfering the knight to c5.
} (23. Qf3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 $11) 23... Qxc6 (23... Nc5 24. Nd5 $1 (24. Bxc5
dxc5 25. Nd5 Qxc6 $11) 24... Nxd5 25. cxd5 Nd3 26. Bc4 $16) 24. Nd5 Rab8 25.
Nc3 $1 {transfering the knight to b5 stronghold.} (25. Qf3 $5 Nh7 {[%cal Yd7c5]
} 26. c5 Ng5 (26... Nxc5 27. Ne7+ Bxe7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxe7 $14) 27. Qc3 dxc5
(27... Nxc5 28. Qxa5 $14) 28. Qxa5 Qg6 $11 {[%cal Yg5e6]}) 25... Nc5 26. Bc2 {
strengthening the e4 pawn, and keeping an important light-squared bishop on
the board.} Nfd7 {transfering the kingside knight to b6.} ({The exchange
sacrifce doesn't work here:} 26... Rb4 $2 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Nb5 $18 {[%cal
Yc1b1,Gb5a7]}) 27. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5a7]} Ra8 {covering the a7 square.} (27... Rb7
28. Bb2 Be7 29. Bc3 Qb6 (29... Bd8 30. Nf3 $14) 30. Rb1 $14) 28. Nf1 $1 {
Step by step white improves the position of his pieces. Now Artyom is
transfering his knight to d5 via e3.} Nb6 29. Ne3 $14 {White's position is
slightly better, thanks to space advantage. It should be noted, that black's
dark-squared bishop is extremely passive at the moment.} Qd7 (29... Be7 {
is met by} 30. Nf5) 30. Rb1 $1 {locating the rook on the open "b" file.} Qe6 $6
({Better was} 30... Rc6 31. Re2 {[%cal Ye2d2] , but, the position favours
white anyway.}) 31. Nd5 $2 {missing more attractive continuation...} (31. Nxd6
$1 Nbxa4 (31... Qxd6 32. Qxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxb6 Nd3 34. Bxd3 Bxa3 $16) (31... Bxd6
32. Rxb6 $18) (31... Nxc4 32. Nexc4 Bxc4 33. Nxc8 $18) 32. Nxc8 Nc3 33. Qd8
Nxb1 (33... Rxc8 34. Qxa5 Nxb1 35. Rxb1 {-see 33...Nxb1}) 34. Rxb1 (34. Ne7+
Qxe7 35. Qxe7 (35. Qxa8 Nxa3 $19) 35... Bxe7 36. Rxb1 $11) 34... Rxc8 (34...
Qxc8 $142 35. Qd5 (35. Qxa5 Bxc4 $11) 35... Qe8 {[%cal Ya8d8]} 36. Bxc5 Rd8 37.
Bd6 Bxd6 38. Qxa5 $16) 35. Qxa5 Nb7 (35... Bxc4 36. Rb6 $18) (35... Bb7 36. Rb6
$16 {[%cal Ye3d5]}) 36. Qc3 Bxc4 37. Bxf8 (37. Rxb7 Ba6 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Qxc7
Bxa3 $11) 37... Ba6 (37... Ba2 38. Qe1 Bxb1 39. Qxb1 $18) 38. Qa3 Rxf8 39. Nd5
$18 {[%cal Gb1b6]}) 31... Nxd5 32. cxd5 Qd7 {After black closed the centre,
his position shouldn't be bad. His well-located knight compensates lack of
space.} 33. Qd2 Be7 {transfering the bishop to d8, afterware, it would be
possible to locate it on b6.} 34. Qxa5 {allowing black to change almost
everything...} ({Probably, white should have kept the tension with} 34. Rb2 Bd8
35. Reb1 Rab8 $14 {/=.}) 34... Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Qxb5 36. Rxb5 Nxa4 $11 {There is
no reason, that black can be worse here. The endgame is deadly drawish.} 37.
Bxa4 (37. Rb7 Rxc2 38. Rxe7 Ra6 {[%cal Ya4c5]} 39. Rb1 $2 Nc3 $19) 37... Rxa4
38. Rb3 Rc2 39. g3 g6 40. Kf1 Rcc4 41. f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 768]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a3 {This rare continuation has its point- White covers the
b4 square, liberates the a2 square for the light-squared bishop. Also, this
move is semi-waiting: White waits for Black's actions, that will define his
plans.} Be6 {Black offers a trade of the light-squared bishops, which is
considered as the most popular continuation. Other possibilities are:} (9...
Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. Qb3 Re7 (14... Qe7 15. d5
Nd8 16. c4 axb4 17. axb4 $14) 15. d5 Na7 16. c4 axb4 17. axb4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb8
19. Na5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galliamova,A-Xie Jun/Kazan/Shenyang 1999/CBM 073/[Hecht] 
(84)}) (9... Kh8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Ne5 (12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bf5 $11) (12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nc3 Qd8 15. d5 Na5 $13) 12...
Na5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. d5 Na5
19. Bf4 Nc4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Grischuk,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 075 (39)}) (9...
Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 exd4 $146 {Taking with the e-P is a true novelty here.
The point is that Black can follow it up with Bg4.} (11... Qc7 12. Nbd2 (12. b4
cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 $13 {1-0 Suetin,A-Lengyel,L/Sarajevo 1965/MCD (67)}) 12...
cxd4 {The standard way to exchange in the Ruy Lopez.} 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Rac8 16. Re2 $14 {1-0 Suetin,A-Oldach,E/Bad Wildbad 1997/EXT 99 (32)})
(11... Nc6 12. Qd3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Minic,D-Milic,B/Beograd 1966/EXT 99 (20)}) 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nbd2 (
13. d5 Nc4 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Nd7 $13 {/\Bf6}) 13... cxd4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4
d3 $1 (15... Nxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Nb3 $14) (15... Bg6 16. Nxd4 d5 17. e5 Bxc2
18. Qxc2 Nd7 19. e6 $36) 16. Bxd3 Bg6 17. Nf1 (17. Nd4 d5 $11) 17... d5 18. e5
(18. exd5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... Ne4 19. Ne3 Nc6 {Already
the position isn´t all that comfortable for White. Short decides to break out
with an imaginative manoeuvre.} (19... Nc4 $11) 20. Nf5 $5 (20. Qc2 Rc8 21.
Nxd5 Nxe5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qd1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rfd8 $17) (20. Bc2 Bc5 21. Bb3
Ne7 22. Nh4 $13) 20... Bxf5 21. gxf5 Qc8 22. Rxe4 $5 (22. Qc2 Qxf5 $1 23. Rxe4
dxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxh3 25. Qxc6 Rac8 26. Qb7 Bc5 $40) 22... dxe4 23. Bxe4 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Almasi,Z/Pamplona 1999/CBM 075/[Wedberg] (42)}) (9... h6 10. d4
Bg4 11. Ba2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Qb3 Qe8 17.
Nc3 (17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Nxd4 $17) 17... Na5 18. Qd1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nc4 $15 {
0-1 Kharlov,A-Grischuk,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 075 (35)}) 10. d4 {taking control of
the centre.} ({Nothing gives} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Nh5 (11... Qc8 12. Nbd2 Nd7
13. a4 Nd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Nenashev,A/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (42)}) 12. d5
Na5 13. b4 Nc4 14. dxe6 Qe8 $36 {0-1 Azaric,S-Ziatdinov,R/Belgrade 1989/EXT 97
(40)}) 10... Bxb3 (10... Bg4 {leads to C91, a theoretical position with
White's extra tempo a2-a3.} 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 Qd7
15. Qb1 $14 {0-1 Suetin,A-Smagin,S/Moscow 1982/MCD (77)}) 11. Qxb3 Nd7 {
liberating the square f6 for the dark-squared bishop. Black tried also:} (11...
Qb8 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd1 c5 (14... c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Qc2 Rac8 $13
) 15. b4 Nb7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Nf1 a5 $132 {0-1 Suetin,A-Keres,P/Tallinn 1965/
URS-ch (40)}) ({The immediate} 11... d5 {doesn't equalize:} 12. exd5 Na5 13.
Qc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nc4 17. a4 Bf6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Bf4
$14 {/+/- 1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Hamdouchi,H/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099 (93)}) 12.
Qc2 $146 {moving away the queen from a possible Nc6-a5 attack. According to my
database, this position appeared for the first time.} ({In the previous game
White continued} 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Nf1 c5 16. dxc6 Qc7
17. Be3 Nac4 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne3 Qxc6 20. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Suetin,A-Stein,L/
Kiev 1964/URS-ch (47)}) 12... Na5 13. Nbd2 {covering the c4 square.} ({Worth
considering is:} 13. Rd1 $5 Qc8 (13... exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne5
Ra7 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Bf4 $16) 14. Nbd2 c5 15. b4 Nb7 (15... cxb4 16. axb4 Nc4
17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. dxe5 $14) 16. bxc5 exd4 17. cxd4 dxc5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Bb2 $14)
(13. b4 {weakens the spot c4.} Nc4) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 c5 {Black attacks
White's centre, hoping to open either a long diagonal for the dark-squared
bishop or the c-file for the queenside rook.} 15. b4 $1 (15. d5 {is bad from a
strategical point of view- Black is getting a long diagonal and the c5 and b3
spots:} Bf6 $1 {[%cal Yc5c4,Yd7c5]}) 15... Nc6 16. bxc5 {getting two pawns in
centre.} ({Nothing promises} 16. Bb2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bf6 19. Nf3
Ne5 $11) 16... dxc5 17. d5 Nce5 {White has more pawns in the centre, than
black. But, they are blocked by black's light pieces... Now black's plan
should be an occupation of the stronghold d3 by c5-c4 followed by Nd3.} 18.
Nxe5 (18. Bb2 Bf6 19. a4 c4 $132) 18... Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. f4 {White has to
push forward his pawns. Otherwise, Black will be better:} (20. Rad1 c4 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Nf3 f6 $15) (20. a4 c4 $1 $15 (20... Nd3 21. Qxd3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 c4 23.
Qc2 c3 24. Nf3 $16)) 20... Nd3 $1 21. e5 $1 (21. Qxd3 Bxb2 $15) 21... c4 $1 {
opening the diagonal a7-g1, thus, threatening mate.} ({If black captures the
e1 rook, his position will become unpleasant in view of losing the bishop:} 
21... Nxe1 $2 22. Rxe1 Bh4 23. g3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxd5 25. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Ge4d6]}
) 22. Rf1 {covering the square f2.} (22. Re4 {is a bit risky:} Bh4 23. g3 Qd7
24. gxh4 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Kg1 Rad8 28. d6 f6 29. exf6 Rxf6
(29... Rxd6 30. Ne4 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rd3 $15) 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1
Qxd6 $15) 22... Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ $2 {allowing White to get an advantage.} ({
Stronger was} 23... Bd8 $1 24. Rf3 $1 (24. Ne4 Qb7 25. Nc3 Ba5 26. d6 Rae8 27.
Ne2 f6 28. Ng3 Bb6 {[%cal Gf6e5]} 29. Nf5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qc8 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 $17)
24... Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Ng4+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Rf1 (25. exf6 Rfd8
26. Rf1 Qe2 {leads to the game.}) 25... Qe2 26. exf6 Rfd8 27. Qf5 $2 {throwing
away his advantage.} ({Better was} 27. Qc1 Rxd5 28. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Yb1c3]} Qg4
29. Nc3 $16) 27... g6 28. Qg5 Qh5 $1 {The queen rescues his monarch, coming
back in the nick of time!} 29. Qxh5 (29. Qg3 {leads to an unclear position.}
Rxd5 30. Nf3 Rd3 $13) 29... gxh5 30. h4 Rxd5 31. Ne4 Rad8 {[%cal Yd5d1]
threatening with the trade of the rooks.} 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Rf2 {Of course,
White cannot change the rooks. Otherwise, Black's c-pawn will become
unstoppable.} h6 {covering the square g5, thus, preparing to activate his
monarch, moving him to g6 via h7.} 34. Bc3 {White activates his bishop,
transfering it to b4.} R1d3 35. Bb4 Re3 $11 {Now Black is controlling both the
open e- and f- file. The position is objectively equal.} 36. Nd6 Rd3 $6 {
Inaccuracy, that gives White some chances. Now White will be able to take
control over the open e-file.} ({Stronger was} 36... a5 $1 37. Nb7 (37. Nf5
axb4 $1 38. Nxe3 bxa3 39. Ra2 Rd3 40. Nc2 Rd2 41. Kg3 Kh7 42. f5 Rxc2 43. Rxc2
b4 $19) (37. Bc5 Rd3 38. Nf5 (38. Nxb5 R8d5 $19) 38... Kh7 $15) 37... axb4 38.
Nxd8 bxa3 39. Nc6 Rb3 40. Ra2 Kh7 41. f5 c3 42. Nd4 Rb4 43. Rxa3 Rxd4 44. Rxc3
Rxh4+ 45. Kg1 Rf4 46. Rc5 b4 47. Rb5 h4 48. Rb7 Rxf5 49. Rxb4 $11) 37. Nf5 Kh7
{protecting the h6 pawn.} 38. Re2 R3d5 39. Ng3 Rc8 40. Re7 (40. Ne4 Kg6 $11)
40... Kg8 $2 ({Black should have continued with} 40... c3 $1 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42.
Ra7 c2 43. Ne2 Kxf6 44. Rxa6+ Kf7 45. Rxh6 Re8 46. Nc1 Rd1 47. Nb3 Re3 48. Rc6
$11) 41. Ne4 Rc6 42. Bc3 $14 {Now white's pieces become very active. Black's
queenside pawns are blocked, so White has got some chances to win the game.}
Rd3 43. Kg1 (43. Re5 {deserves attention:} Re6 44. Rxe6 (44. Kg1 Rxe5 45. fxe5
Re3 $19) 44... fxe6 45. Kg1 Kf7 (45... Re3 46. Kf2 Rxe4 47. Kf3 $18) 46. Kf2
Kg6 47. Ke2 Kf7 $14) 43... a5 44. Kf2 $6 ({White had more chances after} 44.
Re5 b4 (44... Re6 45. Kf2 $16) 45. axb4 axb4 46. Bxb4 c3 47. Bxc3 Rcxc3 48.
Nxc3 Rxc3 49. Rxh5 Kh7 {[%cal Yc3c6]} 50. Kh2 Kg6 (50... Rc6 51. Rf5 Kg6 52. g4
$18) 51. g4 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 Rc4 54. Ke3 Ra4 55. Rf5 (55. f5+ Kxf6 56.
Rxh6+ Ke5 57. g5 (57. Kf3 Ra3+ $11) 57... Kxf5 58. Rf6+ Kg4 59. Rxf7 Ra3+ $11)
55... Ra3+ 56. Kd2 Ra2+ 57. Kc3 Ra3+ 58. Kb4 Rh3 59. h5+ Kh7 {[%cal Yh3h4]} 60.
Kc5 Rh4 61. Kd6 Rxg4 62. Ke7 Kg8 63. Rd5 Rxf4 64. Rd8+ Kh7 65. Rf8 (65. Kxf7
Rxf6+ $11) 65... Re4+ 66. Kxf7 Re7+ $11) 44... b4 $1 {Black sacrifices the
pawn, in order to push his c-pawn foward.} 45. axb4 axb4 46. Bxb4 c3 47. Nxc3 {
There is no other way to stop black's passed pawn.} Rdxc3 48. Bxc3 Rxc3 49. Re3
Rc6 50. Kf3 Rxf6 $11 {The rook endgame three on two is theoretically drawish.
The rest needs no comment.} 51. Re5 Ra6 52. Rxh5 Kg7 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. g3 Ra3 55.
Rb5 Rc3 56. f5 h5+ 57. Kf4 Rc4+ 58. Ke5 Rc3 59. Rb8 Rxg3 60. f6+ Kh7 61. Rf8
Re3+ 62. Kf5 Rf3+ 63. Kg5 Rg3+ 64. Kxh5 Rg5+ $1 65. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Frolov, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 $6 (13... h6 $142)
(13... Bb7 {- C 92}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Ne3 Nd7 (16... Nh5 $2 17. Nxe5
$1 Bxh4 18. Nxc6 Qg5 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Na5 $16) (16... Nh7 $5) 17. Bg3 $1 Bf6 18.
a4 b4 $2 (18... Rb8 $14) 19. Nd5 Nb6 (19... a5 20. d4 Nb6 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Bd3
$1 {/\ Bb5+/-}) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. a5 Nd7 22. Bh4 (22. Nd2 $16 {><c4, b6, d6})
22... g5 23. Bg3 Nf8 24. Nd2 (24. Ba4 $5 Bd7 25. Nd2) 24... Be6 25. Ba4 Rec8
26. d4 $6 (26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. cxb4 cxb4 28. d4 $1 $16) 26... bxc3 27. bxc3 cxd4
28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. cxd4 Rc3 $1 $8 (29... exd4 30. Bxd6 $1) 30. Qb1 $1 Rac8 31.
Qb4 Bd7 (31... Rd3 32. d5 Rd4 (32... Bd7 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. Qxd6 $18) 33. Qxd6 $1
Rxd2 34. Qxa6 Rcc2 35. Rf1 $18) 32. Nf1 $5 (32. dxe5 dxe5 33. Nf1 Ng6 34. Ne3
Be6 $13) 32... exd4 (32... R3c4 33. dxe5 dxe5 34. Qb6 $1 R4c6 (34... Qxb6 35.
axb6 $16) 35. Qb2 Ng6 36. Ne3 Be6 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Rc2 39. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 40.
axb6 $14) 33. e5 dxe5 34. Bxe5 Qc6 35. Qxd4 Rc4 36. Qb2 Ng6 $6 (36... Rc2 $142)
37. Ne3 Rc5 38. Bd4 Rb5 39. Qd2 Nf4 40. Bb2 $2 (40. Rac1 Qd6 (40... Qxc1 41.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 Rbb1 (42... Rc8 43. Ba1 $18) 43. Bb2 $1 Rh1+ 44. Kg3 Be6 (
44... Nh5+ 45. Kf3 Bc6+ 46. Kg4 $18) (44... Rxh3+ 45. gxh3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2) 45.
Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh8+ Kg6 47. Kf3 $3 {/\ 48.Qg7 Kh5 49.g4} f5 48. Be5 $1 (48. Qg7+
Kh5 49. g4+ $2 fxg4+ 50. hxg4+ Bxg4+ 51. Nxg4 Rh3+) 48... Rb4 $8 49. Qf6+ Kh5
50. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 51. Ke2 Re4 $8 52. f3 Rxe3+ (52... Bc4+ 53. Kf2 Rxe3 54. g4+ $18
) 53. Kxe3 f4+ 54. Kd2 Bc4 55. h4 $1 Rh2 56. hxg5 Rxg2+ 57. Kc3 $18) 41. Rxc8+
Bxc8 42. Qc2 Qxd4 (42... Be6 43. Ba1 {/^a1-h8}) 43. Qxc8+ Kh7 44. Rd1 $16 {עh7
}) 40... Rcb8 41. Ra2 $1 f6 (41... Be6 $2 42. Qd4) 42. Ba1 Rb1 43. Rxb1 Rxb1+
44. Kh2 Nxh3 $2 (44... Qe6 45. Ng4 $18) (44... Qc7 45. Rc2 $18) (44... Rc1 45.
Bxf6 Nxh3 46. Nd5 Qd6+ 47. f4 $1 $18) (44... Bxh3 $1 $8 45. Qd8+ (45. Rc2 $2
Qa8) 45... Kf7 46. Rc2 Qe6 (46... Bxg2 $2 47. Rxc6 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Rh3+ 49. Kg4
Rh4+ 50. Kf5 Bh3+ 51. Ng4 $1 Bxg4+ 52. Ke4 $18) 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Re7 {/\ Qe8}
Qc8 $1 $8 49. Rg7+ Kh5 50. Qxc8 (50. Qxf6 $5 Rh1+ $1 51. Kg3 Ne2+ 52. Kf3 $13)
50... Bxc8 51. Bxf6 $14) 45. Qd3 $1 $8 (45. Nd5 $2 Qd6+ 46. f4 Rxa1 $1 47. Rxa1
Nxf4 48. Nxf6+ Qxf6 49. Qxd7 Qxa1 $19) (45. Rc2 Nxf2 $1 46. Rxc6 (46. Qxf2 Qd6+
47. g3 Rxa1 $19) 46... Rh1+ 47. Kg3 Ne4+ 48. Kf3 Nxd2+ $19) 45... Qc7+ (45...
Nf4 46. Qxb1 $18) (45... Rxa1 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Rxa1 Qd6+ 48. g3 $18) 46. g3 Qc1
47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qxf6+ Ke8 49. Qh8+ $2 (49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Bf6+ Kc8 51. Rc2+ $18)
49... Kf7 50. Qg7+ Ke8 51. Qg8+ $2 Ke7 52. Nf5+ Bxf5 53. Re2+ Kd6 54. Qf8+ Kc6
$6 (54... Kc7 55. Be5+ Kc6 56. Qf6+ Kd5 57. Qd6+ Kc4 58. Qc6+ $18) 55. Qf6+ Kb7
56. Re7+ Kb8 57. Be5+ Kc8 58. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 $5 9. d3 (9. h3 $1 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 (11.
Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 $36) 11... Bd7 12. d4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bb1
O-O 16. Nf1 Rfe8 17. d5 (17. Ng3) 17... Nh5 $1 18. Bd3 (18. Nxe5 $2 Qxc1 $1 19.
Nxd7 (19. Qxc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 dxe5 $17) 19... Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc7 21. Nb6 Rb8 $19)
18... Bf6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bf1 g6 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. b4 $1 Rxc1 24.
Qxc1 Nb7 25. Qb1 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Ng4 $2 (27. Kh2 {/\ g3+/=}) 27... Nd8 28.
Ne3 (28. g3 Nxh3+ 29. Bxh3 h5 $1) 28... Qb8 (28... f6 {/\ Nf7}) 29. Rxc7 Qxc7
30. Qb3 f6 31. Nd1 Nf7 32. Qa3 Qc2 33. Nc3 Ng5 $1 34. Nxg5 Qxd2 35. Nf3 Qc2 36.
Ne1 Qd2 37. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 (9. h3) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 $5 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Ng3 (13.
Be3 Bf6 14. a4 Be6 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. a5 Nc8 $1 $10 {Adams,M-Sokolov,
I/Donner mem-A/1994/}) 13... Re8 (13... Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Nh2 Re8 16. Ng4 Bg5
$10 {Benjamin,J-Timman,J/Donner mem-A/1994/}) 14. h3 Bf8 15. d4 Nc6 (15... cxd4
16. cxd4 Nc6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 19. a3 Na6 20. Bd3 $1 $14) 16. b3 Bd7 17.
Be3 $6 (17. d5 Ne7 18. Nh2 $13) 17... a5 18. Nh2 $6 (18. d5) (18. Qd2 $6 b4 $1
19. dxc5 dxc5 $15) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Rac1
(22. Bd3 Rc5 $1 $15) 22... Rc5 23. Bb1 Qc7 24. Rcd1 (24. Rxc5 dxc5 $17) 24...
a4 25. Nf3 g6 26. Qd2 axb3 27. axb3 Rc3 $6 (27... Be6 28. Nd4 Bg7 $15) 28. Nd4
Bg7 29. Nge2 Rc5 30. Nf3 $2 (30. Bd3 $1 $10) 30... d5 $1 31. b4 Rc4 32. exd5
Qd6 33. Ba2 Rxb4 34. Ned4 (34. Nc3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 $15) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Nc4
36. Qc3 Ra4 37. Bb3 Ra3 38. Qc1 Na5 39. Bc2 b4 (39... h6 $1 $17) 40. Be4 Rc3
41. Qg5 Qf6 $1 (41... Bf6 42. Qh6 $132) (41... Nb7 42. Ne6 $5) 42. Qg3 (42.
Qxf6 Bxf6 $17) 42... Qxd4 43. Qb8+ Rc8 44. Qxc8+ Bxc8 45. Nxd4 Bxd4 46. Bd3 (
46. Bxg6 fxg6 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Rxc8 b3 $19) (46. d6 Bc3 $19) 46... Bf5 $1 47.
Bxf5 gxf5 48. d6 Nc6 49. d7 (49. Re8+ Kg7 50. Rc8 b3 $1 51. Rxc6 b2 $19) 49...
Bf6 50. Re8+ Kg7 51. Rc8 Nd8 52. Rb8 Be7 53. Rb6 f6 54. Kf1 f4 55. Ke2 Kf7 56.
Kd3 Bc5 57. Rb5 Bd6 58. Kc4 (58. Rh5 Ke6 59. Rxh7 Be7 60. h4 Kxd7 $19) 58...
Ke6 59. Rh5 Kxd7 60. Rxh7+ Ke6 61. h4 $2 Nf7 62. h5 (62. Rg7 Bf8 63. Rg8 Ne5+
64. Kb3 Kf7 $19) 62... Bf8 63. g4 (63. f3 f5 64. Kb3 Kf6 65. Kc4 Bg7 66. Kxb4
Ng5 $19) 63... fxg3 64. fxg3 f5 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg,T} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 (13. Bg5
$5 Bb7 14. Ne3 $14) 13... Bf8 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. b4 $5 Nc6 16. Bb3 cxb4 (16... h6
{xg6}) (16... a5 $5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rb1 $14) 17.
cxb4 d5 $5 18. Rc1 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxb4 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22.
Qb3 $13) 18... dxe4 $1 (18... d4 $2 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Ng5 $1 $40) 19. Ng5 Re7 20.
Nxe4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Rd7 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qg4 $2 (23. Qh5 $14 Nd4 $2 24. Bg5 $16)
23... Rd6 $1 24. a3 (24. Bg5 Rg6 25. Bxd8 Rxg4 26. Bb6 Nxb4 27. Rc7 $1 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Rg6 29. d6 $36) 24... Rg6 25. Qh5 Nd4 26. Ba2 Bc8 $1 27. h3 (27. Qxe5 $4
Nf3+) 27... a5 $1 28. bxa5 Bxa3 29. Rcd1 (29. Rc7 Bd6 $1) 29... Be6 30. Kh1 Bd6
31. Bb1 b4 32. f4 $2 {?? Wedberg,T} (32. Nxb4 Bb3 33. Rc1 Qxa5 $19) 32... Bg4
$1 33. hxg4 Rh6 34. Qxh6 gxh6 35. g3 Rxa5 36. fxe5 $2 Bxe5 37. Bxb4 Rxd5 $1 38.
exd5 Qxd5+ 39. Be4 Qb3 40. Bd6 Bxd6 41. Rxd4 Qxg3 42. Rxd6 (42. Re2 Qh3+ 43.
Kg1 Bc5 $19) 42... Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 (12... h6 13. Nf1 Re8
14. Ng3 Bf8) 13. Nf1 b4 $6 (13... h6) (13... Nc6 {Wedberg} 14. Ne3 b4 15. d4
bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 $13) 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Ne3 Be6 (
15... Rfc8 16. b3 Ng4 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 $14) 16. d4 {White comes rather
easily to creation of a pawn center d4-e4, so black has to generate some
counterplay along c file to keep equality.} Rfc8 17. h3 $1 {Intending 18.Bd2
and19. Rc1} (17. Bd2 Ng4 $1) 17... Nc4 (17... h6 18. b3 {xNa5}) 18. Bd3 Nxe3
19. Bxe3 Qb7 $2 {The idea is right, but opening of the center favours white
with active rook sitting on e1.} (19... a5 20. d5 Bd7 21. Nd2 $14) 20. dxe5 (
20. d5 $6 Bxd5 $1 21. exd5 e4) 20... dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 (22. Qf3 f5 $1
) 22... Qxe4 23. Bg5 Qb7 24. Nxf7 $1 {Nice tactical shot, that is a direct
consequence of the position's nature.} Kxf7 (24... Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Bd5 26. Qd3 (
26. Re7 $5 Qxe7 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nd6+ Kh8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 $16)
26... g6 27. Re5 Bxg2 $2 28. f3 $1) 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Rxe6 Rc5 27. h4 h6 {
This forces white to win in a direct attack. Black should have hoped for the
difficult position with heavy pieces.} (27... Rf8 28. Qg4 (28. Rxe7 $2 Qxe7 29.
Bxe7 Rxh5 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. g3 Rc5 $132) 28... Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rc2 30. Re2 $16)
28. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ (31. Qe6+ Kg7 (31... Kf8
32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Rd1 {/\ Qg8+-}) 32. Bxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bg5 Bb7 15.
Ne3 Qd7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. N3xd4 (19. Qd2 $5 Re8 (19...
Ba5 $2 20. Qf4 $1 Bxe1 21. Bxf6 $18 Rfe8 (21... gxf6 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qg7#) 22.
Qg5 g6 23. Qh6 $18) 20. Bh6 (20. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kh8 $19) 20... gxh6 $2 (
20... g6 $142) 21. Qxh6 $18) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 h6 22. Bf4 Bb6
23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. Bb3 Bc5 25. Bd6 $2 (25. Be3 $142 $10) (25. h3 $142 $10) 25...
Ne4 $1 26. Bxc5 (26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Re1 Rc8 30. g3
Bf3 $19) 26... Nxc5 27. Bc2 (27. Nd6 Nxb3 28. axb3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bd5 30. b4 g6
$15) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. b4 Ne6 30. Bb3 Kf8 31. Rd1 (31. Bxe6 fxe6 32.
Ng3 Rd2 33. Rxe6 Rxa2 34. Rb6 Ra1+ 35. Nf1 Bd5 {/\ Bc4 -+}) 31... Rxd1+ 32.
Bxd1 Be4 33. Nd6 Bd5 34. a4 Nd4 35. axb5 axb5 36. f3 Ke7 37. Ne4 Bc4 38. Kf2
Nc6 39. Be2 Nxb4 40. Nc3 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Ne1 42. Nxb5 Nxg2+ 43. Kf2 Bxe2 44. Kxe2
Kf6 45. Nd6 Ke5 46. Nc4+ Kd5 47. Nb2 Kd4 48. Nd3 f5 49. Nb4 Nf4+ 50. Kd2 (50.
Kf2 Nd3+ $19) 50... Ne6 51. Nc6+ Kd5 52. Ne7+ Ke5 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Nd5+ Kg5 55.
Kf2 Kh4 56. Kg2 g6 57. Ne7 Kg5 58. Kg3 f4+ 59. Kf2 Nd4 60. Nd5 Nc6 61. Nc3 Kh4
62. Kg2 Ne7 63. Ne4 $2 (63. Ne2 $142 $1 Nd5 64. Ng1 $10 {(Santasiere)}) 63...
Nf5 64. h3 (64. Nf2 $5 Ne3+ 65. Kg1 g5 66. Nd3 h5 67. Ne5 g4 68. fxg4 hxg4 69.
Nd3 $146) 64... Ne3+ 65. Kh2 Nc2 66. Kg2 Ne1+ 67. Kf2 Kxh3 68. Kxe1 Kg2 69. Ke2
(69. Nd6 $142 $1 {Eduard Lasker}) 69... h5 70. Ng5 h4 71. Ne6 g5 (71... g5 72.
Nxg5 h3 73. Nxh3 Kxh3 74. Kd3 Kg2 $1 (74... Kg3 $4 75. Ke4 $18) 75. Ke2 Kg3 $19
) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 (11... Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. h3 Bb7 14. Ng3
g6 (14... d5 $1) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 d5 $6 17. exd5 c4 $1 18. b4 $1 (18. Nxe5
Qxd5 $132) 18... cxd3 (18... cxb3 19. axb3 Bxd5 20. c4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 b4 22.
Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxf6 $18) 19. Bxd3 Qxd5 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nxe5 Qxd5
22. Nf3 $16) 20. Be4 $18 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B/St.Stefan m (07)/1992}) 12. Qe2
Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 (15. Nxe5 $2 Bd6 16. Nxc6 Rxe2 17. Rxe2
Qc7 18. Re8+ Bf8 19. Ne5 Nf6 $19) 15... Bf8 (15... Bg4 16. Ng3 $1 (16. h3)) 16.
Ng3 (16. d4 Bg4 17. Qd3 g6 $1 {/\Lf5}) 16... Bb7 17. a4 b4 (17... Nf4 18. Qf1 (
18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxe8 Qxe8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 $15) (18. Qe3 $2 Nd4 $1 19. cxd4 cxd4
20. Nxd4 Nxg2 $19) 18... b4 (18... Qd5 19. d4 $14) 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8
21. Re1 Qd8 22. Ne4 $11) 18. Ng5 (18. Qe4 Na5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qh4 b3 21. Bb1
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 $17) (18. Rac1 Nf4 19. Qf1 Rc8 $15) 18... h6 $15 (18... f6
19. Nxh7 $1 $18 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. d4 $40) (18... g6 19. Qf3 Nf4 20. Bxf4
Na5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bg5+ Bxf3 23. Bxd8 Raxd8 24. gxf3 $14) (18... Qc7 $11)
19. N5e4 g6 20. Qf3 {[#]} f5 $2 (20... Re6 21. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 22. Nxc5 Re7 23.
Bb3 $16) (20... Na5 $1 21. Rad1 Re6 $17) 21. Nxf5 $1 (21. Bb3 Na5 22. Bxd5+
Bxd5 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxd5+ Qe6 $1 $17) 21... gxf5 22. Qxf5 Bg7 (22... Kh8)
23. Nxc5 $16 (23. Qg6 $16) 23... Bc8 24. Qg6 Nce7 25. Qh5 Nf5 26. d4 Rf8 27.
dxe5 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qe7 29. e6 Qxc5 30. Bxf5 Qe7 (30... Ne7 $2 31. Bh7+ $18) 31.
Bxh6 Rxf5 (31... Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Rf6 (32... Nxc3 33. Re3 $18) 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34.
Be4 $18) 32. Qxf5 Bxh6 33. Qxd5 Bb7 34. Qd7 Bg5 35. Rab1 Bc8 $2 (35... Ra7 36.
Rb4 {/\37.Tg4, /\37.Teb1}) 36. Qc6 1-0

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. a4 Be6 15. h3 {
Adams stays true to his style and prefers a slow build-up of forces.} (15. d4 {
is a more dynamic choice which is quite testing for Black.} exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4
(16... Nb4 $1 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nfd5 21. Nf5 {
leads to a very sharp middlegame position that is hard to assess - both sides
have their trumps.}) 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 {left White somewhat better in
Polgar,J (2722)-Aronian,L (2649) Hoogeveen 2003}) 15... Bf8 16. Nh2 b4 17. Bb3
$6 {= White seems somewhat worse after this, so perhaps it was already time to
start looking for improvements.} (17. a5 $1 {might be a good way to start,
trying to grab some valuable space on the queenside at the cost of a pawn.}
Nxa5 (17... d5 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. Nhg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 {gives White some initiative
at least}) 18. Ba4 Re7 (18... Bd7 $2 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qa4 Nb7 21. Bd2 {
gives White excellent compensation for the pawn}) 19. c4 $1 {White blocks the
centre so he can shift his attention to the kingside} Rc7 20. Nd5 {with easy
play on the kingside for White with f4, etc.}) 17... Rb8 ({Already Black can
start to take over the initiative with the thematic central break} 17... d5 $1
18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 d4 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. cxd4 Nxd4 $13) 18. Bc4 bxc3 19.
bxc3 d5 $1 20. Bxa6 Qa5 21. c4 $5 {An interesting but risky choice. Instead of
backing down, White sharpens the play even further.  Adams is a practical
player par excellence and always has been, hence the moniker "tricky Micky" 
One of the key attributes of practical play is to keep asking your opponent
difficult questions. In other words if you have a choice between two lines,
one of which is slightly worse for you but little chance of the opponent going
wrong, and a line which can be a lot worse in certain variations but contains
more chances for him to go wrong somewhere, you choose the second line every
time.} ({The more sedate} 21. Bb5 {would have enabled Black to keep the
advantage without the complications that ensue in the game after would have
enabled Black to keep the advantage without the complications that ensue in
the game after} Rxb5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $1 (22... Rbb8 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd2 $11)
23. Nc4 Qa8 24. axb5 Qxa1 25. bxc6 f6 $1 {where despite being a pawn to the
good, White will inevitably lose at least one back, and more importantly has
completely lost any hope of gaining the initiative.}) 21... Qxa6 (21... d4 {
Was the major alternative. This would lose the exchange, but Black would get a
rampaging initiative in return.} 22. Bb5 Rxb5 $1 23. cxb5 dxe3 24. bxc6 exf2+
25. Kxf2 c4 $1 {All of which looks extremely scary for White. The game might
conceivably continue with something like} 26. dxc4 Bb4 $1 27. Nf3 $1 Qb6+ 28.
Be3 Bxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxc6 {when Black seems better, though the game remains
terribly sharp.  Choosing between such tempting alternatives is one of the
hardest things in chess and must have been one of the factors that landed
Caruana in time trouble later.}) 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Ra3 Nfxd5 25.
Neg4 f6 26. Nf1 Rbd8 27. Ng3 c4 $2 {Up to this point Fabiano had played pretty
much perfectly, as he so often does these days, but now he hands White an
opportunity.} ({In a way this game reminds me of some of these famous
Kasparov-Karpov battles in the Ruy Lopez from the 1980s - where on many
occasions it would look as if Karpov was overwhelming Kasparov on the
queenside, only for Gazza to launch an astonishing attack out of nowhere. 
That's why I like the Ruy Lopez for White - his king is always much safer.
Even if something goes horribly wrong there's always a good chance that a sac
at the right moment will destablise the Black position.  Even though Karpov
was more the victim than victor in those famous games, as a master of
prophylaxis he would surely have sensed the danger here and found} 27... Kh8 $1
{White is left with this weak structure, so there's no need to rush.} 28. a5 c4
29. dxc4 Nf4 30. Qa4 Nbd3 {winning material.}) 28. Nxh6+ $3 {A hammer blow!
All of a sudden White gains a huge attack out of nowhere.} gxh6 29. Qg4+ Kh8
30. dxc4 Ne7 31. Qh5 Ng8 32. Nf5 $5 {White chooses to amass his pieces before
the final assault, a very human way to play.} ({Incredibly the engine points
out that White can already sacrifice a second piece here with} 32. Bxh6 $5 Bxh6
(32... Nxh6 {makes White task easier after} 33. Nf5 Nd3 34. Nxh6 Re7 35. Re4
Qb6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxd8 Qxd8 38. Rg4+ Bg7 39. Qf5 $18) 33. Nf5 Qe6 34. Nxh6
Rd7 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Rg3+ Kf8 37. Nh8 $1 Ke7 38. Rg7+ Kd8 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.
Rd1+ Kc7 41. Nf7 {when White is better as the Black king remains exposed while
his pieces lack co-ordination.  But this line is the suggestion of an engine,
unsurprisingly enough, (who would play Nh8!) and caculating and assessing this
line accurately in the limited time available would be almost impossible for a
human player.}) 32... Qb7 (32... Qa7 33. Rg3 Qh7 34. Ba3 $1 Nd3 35. Bxf8 Rxf8
36. Rg7 Nxe1 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qg4 Rf7 39. c5 {and despite his small material
disadvantage White stands incredibly well - the Black position is just in too
much disarray.}) 33. Rg3 Qh7 34. Nh4 $2 ({I ran into Mickey later in the
Persian resturant opposite the venue (he was there with his wife, Tara,
looking forward to a quiet meal when luck would have it they ran into the gorm)
and he pointed out that he could have won here with} 34. Re4 $1 {when Black's
defences collapse under the weight of White's forces -} Nd3 35. Reg4 Nxc1 36.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Nxh6 $18 {It was interesting that I
suggested to Mickey after the game that I thought Black was even better at one
point during the complications he reply was to the point - "maybe, but he has
a very bad king"  Players of that level seem to think in very sweeping, broad
terms. I might be thinking negatively, that Fabiano would beat off my attack
and win with the extra piece, but Adams is thinking in very much deeper,
strategic terms.}) 34... Ne7 35. Ba3 Nbc6 36. Kh2 Bg7 37. Bxe7 Nxe7 38. Rd1 Qg8
$1 {Fab plays this part of the game very well. He keeps finding the only moves
to fend off the White initiative.} 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Rd1 Red8 41. c5 {White's
attack has fizzled out to some extent, but Black remains with this bad king.
Over the board it's extremely difficult to play this for Black, as not only do
you have to worry about your exposed king but you have to keep an eye on
White's queenside passers as well. Fabiano quickly goes wrong.} Rxd1 (41... Rd4
$5 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Qe2 Re8 44. c6 f5 45. c7 {also looks quite dangerous for
Black. Even if objectively the correct assement is "draw by perpetual check",
over the board it's not easy to find all these perfect defensive moves.}) 42.
Qxd1 Rb4 $2 (42... Rd8 $1 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Qc8 45. Qb5 e4 46. a5 f5 47.
Qb6 Be5+ 48. g3 Kg7 49. a6 f4 {is still completely messy of course, but Black
should have enough counterplay to at least not be losing.}) 43. Qd7 $1 Rxh4 44.
Qxe7 {It turns out that the passed pawns are now almost unstoppable. Adams
does not give Black any more chances to save the game.} Rd4 45. c6 Qf8 46. Qb7
Rb4 47. Qd7 Rd4 48. Qb7 Rb4 49. Rc3 $1 f5 50. Qd7 Rd4 51. Qe6 Rd6 52. Qxd6 Qxd6
53. c7 e4+ 54. g3 Bxc3 55. c8=Q+ Kh7 56. Qxc3 $18 f4 57. gxf4 Qxf4+ 58. Qg3 Qd2
59. Qc7+ Kg6 60. Qb6+ Kh7 61. Qb7+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kg7 63. Qxe4 Kf6 64. Qf3+ Kg6
65. Kg2 Qa2 66. Qe4+ Kf6 67. Qf4+ Kg6 68. Qd6+ Kg7 69. Qe5+ Kh7 70. a5 Qg8+ 71.
Kh2 Qf7 72. Qe4+ Kg7 73. a6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 h6 $5 {Interesting.Normal is 9.-,Na5.10.Bc2,c5.} 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1
Bf8 12. a4 $146 (12. Ne3 Na5 (12... Bb7 13. a3 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. d4 c5 16.
dxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 c4 18. Bc2 Qc7 $10 {Smirin,I-Razuvaev,Y/Rostov/1993/}) 13.
Bc2 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 Be6 16. d4 $1 $14 {Krogius-Kostro,Varna/1969/}) (12.
Ng3 Na5 (12... Be6 13. d4 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Na5 15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8
18. Qd2 g6 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bg7 21. Rad1 $14 {Polgar,J-Schroll,G/Wien/
1991/}) 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 (14. h3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2/Smagin,S-Razuvaev,Y/Stary
Smokovec/1990/}) 14... Nc6 15. a4 Bd7 16. d5 Na5 17. b3 $14 {
Kostro-Zigzidsuren/Polanica Zdroj/1973/}) 12... Bd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Ng3 Na5 16. Bc2 c5 $10 17. d4 (17. Nh4 $6 g6 18. Qf3 Bg7 $15 19. Bxh6 $140
$4 Bg4 $19) 17... c4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nh5 $5 Nxh5 20. Qxd7 Qb8 21. Be3 Nf6 22.
Qf5 $5 (22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nb7 $10) 22... Re6 23. Ra1 Nb7 $1 24. Nd2 Nd6 (
24... Bc5 $5) 25. Qf3 $5 b4 26. Qd1 Re8 27. cxb4 $5 (27. Bc5 bxc3 (27... b3 28.
Bb1 $13) 28. bxc3 Nb5 29. Bxf8 Nxc3 $1 30. Qe1 (30. Qf3 Qb2 $1) 30... Rxf8 (
30... Qb2 $5) 31. Nxc4 Nb5 32. Rb1 Qc7 $10) 27... Qxb4 28. Ra4 Qxb2 29. Nxc4
Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Ra8 31. Bd3 (31. Ba4 Ng4 $1 32. Qxg4 (32. Rc2 Qb4) 32... Rxa4 $1
33. Rc1 Qb7 $1 34. f3 Ra2 $15) 31... Rd8 $1 32. Qc2 Qa1+ 33. Bf1 Qe1 (33... Rd1
34. Bc1 Re1 35. Rc8 $1 $132) 34. Qe2 Rd1 35. Qxe1 Rxe1 36. h3 $1 $10 Nh5 $5 37.
Rc7 Bd6 38. Rd7 Bb4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rd3 $1 (40. g3 $2 Nxg3 $1 $17) 40... Kg6
41. g3 Nf6 42. Rb3 Ba5 (42... Ba5 43. Kg2 Nxe4 $5 44. Bd3 f5 45. g4 $5 $132 (
45. Bxe4 fxe4 46. g4 $10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 (13. a4 b4 14. Ne3 Bf8
15. cxb4 cxb4 16. b3 d5 $10 {Smirin,I-Adams,M/Elenite/1993/}) (13. d4 Qc7 14.
d5 (14. Ne3 Bf8 15. d5 Bd7 16. b3 c4 17. b4 Nb7 18. a3 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4
g6 21. h3 Ra2 $10 {Emms,J-Tisdall,J/Gausdal/1995/}) 14... Bd7 (14... Nc4 15. a4
Bd7 16. b3 Na5 17. Ne3 c4 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. h3 Rec8 20. axb5 axb5 $15 {Adams,
M-Kamsky,G/Dos Hermanas/1995/}) 15. b3 Bf8 16. h3 g6 17. Be3 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19.
Qd2 h5 20. N3h2 a5 21. a3 Ra6 $10 {Kharlov,A-Hjartarson,J/EuCup/1993/}) 13...
Bf8 14. h3 (14. d4 Bd7 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. d5 Nh5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Kh8 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Be2 Be7 22. a4 $14 {Nunn,J-Maric,A/Hastings/
1994-95/}) 15. d5 Nc4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nb6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Nd2 g6 20. Ra5
Qc7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22. Ngf1 $14 {Adams,M-Piket,J/Moscow ol/1994/}) 14... Bd7 15.
a4 (15. Nh2 g6 $132) 15... Qc7 16. Nh2 b4 $1 $132 {<<} 17. Qf3 Qd8 18. Nhf1 Rb8
19. Be3 g6 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. cxb4 $6 (21. Qd1 $142 {/\ Nb3=}) 21... Rxb4 $1 $15 {
>< b2} 22. b3 Be6 23. Rab1 Nc6 $1 24. Nc4 Nd4 $17 25. Qd1 Qc7 26. Ne2 d5 $1 27.
exd5 Nxd5 28. Bd2 Rb7 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Qc1 Kh7 31. Bd1 Qb8 $1 32. Bf3 Rbe7 $1
33. a5 Nc3 $1 34. Bf4 (34. Bxc3 dxc3 $17) 34... Qd8 35. Nd6 Nxb1 36. Qxb1 Qxa5
$5 {The simplest.} 37. Nxe8 Rxe8 38. Bd5 Qd8 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41.
Qa2 Qb6 42. Qa4 e5 43. Bd2 Qb5 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. bxc4 Bf6 $17 {/\ Bd8,a5} 46.
Ba5 $8 Kg7 47. Kf1 Bg5 48. Bb6 Be7 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. g3 Kd6 52. h4 $6
{>< g4} Kc6 53. Ba5 h5 54. Ke2 Bd6 55. Kd1 Bc7 56. Bd2 Kd6 57. Kc2 Ke6 58. Kb3
Kf5 59. f3 $8 Bd8 60. Bh6 Ba5 $1 61. Bf8 Be1 62. Bxc5 Bxg3 63. Be7 Bf4 $19 64.
c5 Ke6 65. Bd8 Kd5 66. Be7 Bd2 67. Ka4 Be1 68. Kb3 a5 69. Ka4 Kc6 70. Kb3 Kb5
71. Kc2 a4 72. Kb2 Ba5 73. Ka2 Bc7 74. Kb2 Bb8 $1 75. Kc2 Ba7 76. Bd6 Bxc5 77.
Bxe5 Be7 $1 78. Bg3 g5 $1 79. hxg5 Bxg5 80. Be5 Kc5 81. f4 Kd5 $1 82. Bc7 Bf6
83. Kb2 h4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {Avoiding Blatnys
favorite Marshall} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 Nd7 $5 (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. Nbd2 Nd7 $5 (11... Re8) 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16.
Bb1 a5 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. b3 Na6 19. Bb2 g6 {1/2-1/2/Smirin,I/Hansen,LB/Moskva OL/
1994/}) 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. d4 $1 c5 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. h3 $1 g6 $2 (
14... c4 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 h6 $14) 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ng4 $1 $16
Bxg4 $8 (16... Bg7 $6 17. Nh6+ $16) 17. hxg4 Qc7 $6 (17... Qxd1 $142 18. Rxd1
$16) 18. g5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. a4 c4 21. Bc2 Nc6 22. Nh2 $1 Nd7 23. Ng4 Nc5
24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe3 Ne6 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Rd6 28. Qh6 Nb8 29. Bg5 Nd7
30. Re3 $18 Rd8 31. Rh3 Ndf8 32. g3 $1 {Black has no defense against the plan
Kg2,Rh1,Qh7!} Qb7 33. Kg2 Rd3 34. Rh4 $1 Qd7 35. Rah1 Rd2 36. Qxh7+ $3 Nxh7 37.
Rxh7 Nf4+ 38. Bxf4 $1 (38. Bxf4 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qa7+ 40. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final play-off"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1976.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Nachdem sein Turm auf d7 nach Ld6 eingeschlossen war, beschlich Razuvaev wohl
ein ungutes Gefühl, und er bot remis. Westerinen glaubte zwar etwas besser zu
stehen, war sich seiner Sache aber nicht sicher und akzeptierte das
Remisangebot.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bd6 14.
Nf1 Na5 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. a4 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb4
21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Nh4 Qxh4 23. Rxd7 Bd6 24. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Servat, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5
c4 16. h3 Nb3 17. Nh2 Nc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qa2
22. Re2 Qa6 23. Qf1 Nh7 24. Be3 Qc8 25. Bd4 Ng5 26. h4 Nh7 27. Qf4 f6 28. Rf2
Qc7 29. Ng4 Bc8 30. Nf5 Nd7 31. Ngxh6+ gxh6 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qg6 Rd8 34. Rf3
Ne5 35. Bxe5 Bxf5 $2 (35... dxe5 $142) 36. Bxf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6+ Bg7 38. Qxf5
Rf8 39. Qg6 Qa7+ 40. Kf1 Qe3 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8 42. e5 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kh2
Qxe5+ 45. Kh3 Qg7 46. Qe8 Qe7 47. Bg6 Qf6 48. Be4 Qe7 49. Qg6 Qg7 50. Kg4 Qe7
51. Kh5 Qe5+ 52. Bf5 Qe2+ 53. g4 Qe7 54. Qe6 Kg7 55. Qxe7+ Bxe7 {ungleiche L;
weit voneinander getrennte wFreibauern; einfacher Gewinn} 56. Bd7 b4 57. cxb4
Bf6 58. b5 Bxb2 59. b6 Bd4 60. b7 Ba7 61. Ba4 (61. Ba4 Bb8 62. g5 hxg5 63. Kxg5
c3 64. h5 Ba7 65. h6+ Kf7 66. Bc2 Bb8 67. Kf5 Ba7 68. h7 Kg7 69. Ke6 Bb8 70.
Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. a3
h6 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qd8 19. Bb3 Rb8 20. g3 a5 21. Bd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Ne7 23. a4 b4 24. c4 g6 25. Kg2 Bg7 26. Rh1 Rf8 27. Nf1 g5 28. Nd2 Qd7
29. Ne4 f6 30. Be3 Rf7 31. Qe2 Rbf8 32. b3 Ng6 33. Raf1 Qe7 34. Bc1 Rd8 35. Rh5
Rdf8 36. Rfh1 Qd7 37. Kg1 Re8 38. R1h2 Nf8 39. Kh1 Nh7 40. Kg1 Ref8 41. Be3 Qe7
42. Kg2 Rd8 43. Qf3 Qd7 44. Qf5 Qxf5 45. gxf5 Kf8 46. f4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Ke7 48.
fxe5 fxe5 49. Bxh6 Bf6 50. Be3 Rg8+ 51. Kf3 Nf8 52. Rh6 Rgg7 53. R2h5 Nd7 54.
Rg6 Nf8 55. Rxg7 Rxg7 56. Rh6 Nd7 57. Rg6 Rxg6 58. fxg6 {[#] Decisive passed
pawn. Technique. [#] Entscheidender Freibauer g6; Taktik} Nf8 (58... Bg7 59.
Bg5+ Nf6 60. Nxf6 Bxf6 61. g7 $18) (58... Nb6 59. Bh6 Nd7 60. g7 Kf7 61. Nxd6+
Kg8 62. Nb7 $18) 59. Bg5 $1 (59. Ng5 Bxg5 60. g7 Kf7 61. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 62. Bxg5
$18) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Kazan/Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1999.07.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. Qb3 Re7 15. d5
Na7 16. c4 axb4 17. axb4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb8 19. Na5 c6 20. h3 Qb5 21. Be3 cxd5
22. exd5 Bf5 23. Nd2 Rc7 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Ndxc4 Rc7 27. Na3 Qa6
28. Qb2 Bd3 29. Rc1 Qc8 30. Rd1 Qa6 31. Rc1 Qc8 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qc1 Qxc1+ 34.
Bxc1 Nb5 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. Be3 Ne4 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Nxc4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Rb4b5] [#]} Nc3 39. Na3 (39. Nb6 Be7 40. Nc8 Kf8 (40... Nxd5 41. Nxe7+ Nxe7 42.
b5 Kf8 43. b6 Nc6 44. b7 Ke7 45. Ba7 d5 46. b8=Q Nxb8 47. Bxb8 Ke6 $16 {
[#] In Stellungen dieser Art ist der Läufer mit dem "richtigen" Randbauern in
der Hinterhand die bessere Leichtfigur, um durch Zugzwang zum Gewinn zukommen.}
)) 39... Nxd5 40. b5 Nb4 41. Nc4 f6 42. Bd2 d5 43. Bxb4 Bxb4 44. Ne3 Kf7 (44...
d4 45. Nc4 Be7 46. b6 Bd8 47. b7 Bc7 48. Na5 Kf7 49. Nc6 Ke6 50. b8=Q Bxb8 51.
Nxb8 e4 52. Kf1 f5 $44 {[#] Der Springer als Nahkampffigur verfügt über keine
rechten Ansatzpunkte, um an die schwarzen Bauern heranzukommen. Deshalb sind
die Remisaussichten für Schwarz hier sehr groß.}) 45. Nxd5 Bd6 46. b6 Ke6 47.
Ne3 Kd7 48. Nf5 Bf8 49. g4 Kc6 50. Kg2 Kxb6 51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. f3 Kc6
54. h4 g6 (54... Kc5 55. h5 Kc6 56. Nh4 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Ye4g6,Yh4f5]}
Kc5 57. Kf5 Kd4 58. Kg6 Ke3 59. Kf7 Bb4 60. Kxg7 Kf4 (60... Be1 61. Ng2+ Kxf3
62. Nxe1+ Kxg4 63. Kxh6 f5 64. Kg6 f4 65. h6 f3 66. Nxf3 Kxf3 67. h7 $18) 61.
Kxh6 Kg3 62. Kg6 Bd2 {war eine riskante und am Brett kaum zu kalkulierende
Alternative, um zum Remis zu kommen. Hier gibt es sicher etliche
Verbesserungen beiderseits.}) ({Einfacher war sicherlich:} 54... Kd7 55. Kd5 (
55. h5 Ke6 $11) 55... g6 56. Ng3 Ke7 57. h5 Kf7 $11) 55. Ng3 Kd6 56. h5 f5+ 57.
gxf5 gxh5 58. Nxh5 Ke7 59. Kxe5 Kf7 60. Nf4 (60. f6 Ba3 61. Kf5 Bb2 $11) 60...
Bg7+ 61. Ke4 Bb2 $11 62. Nd3 Bc3 63. Nf4 Bb2 64. Nd5 Ba1 65. Kf4 Bb2 66. Kg4
Ba1 67. Ne3 Bb2 68. Nc4 Ba1 69. Kf4 Bg7 70. Nd6+ Ke7 71. Ne4 Kf7 72. Nf2 Bb2
73. Ng4 Bg7 74. Ke4 Ke7 75. Kf4 Kf7 76. Kg3 h5 77. Nf2 Be5+ 78. f4 Bc7 79. Ne4
Bb8 80. Kf3 Bc7 81. Ng3 h4 82. Ne4 h3 83. Ng3 h2 84. Nh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. a4 Bd7 14. d4 Bf8 15. d5 c4
16. Ng3 g6 17. h3 Nb7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh4 Bg7 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. f4
exf4 23. Bxf4 Ng8 24. Rf1 Nc5 25. Rae1 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Nf3 Rab8 28. Be3
Nf6 29. Bd4 Qe7 30. b3 Bd7 31. Qd1 Bc8 32. c4 d2 33. Nxd2 Nd7 34. Nf3 Bxd4+ 35.
Nxd4 Ne5 36. Nf3 Kg7 37. Kh2 a5 38. Re3 a4 39. Nxe5 Qxe5 40. bxa4 Ba6 41. Ref3
Re7 42. R1f2 Bxc4 43. Qc1 Rb4 44. Qa3 Rb1 45. Rf6 Rb3 46. Qxd6 Qxd6 47. Rxd6
Ra7 48. Rd8 Ra3 49. e5 Rd3 50. d6 Rd4 51. Rb2 Be6 52. Rbb8 f6 53. Re8 Bd5 54.
Ne2 Rd2 55. Nf4 Bf7 56. Ne6+ Bxe6 57. Rxe6 Rf7 58. exf6+ Rxf6 59. Re7+ Rf7 60.
Rbb7 Rxe7 61. dxe7 {2-2 B am K-Flügel + 2-0 vereinzelte Freibauern. 
Gewinnplan: Vorgehen des a-Bauern, Opfer des e-Bauern, Umgehung einfache
Endspieltaktik} Kf7 62. a5 Ra2 63. Ra7 Re2 64. a6 Re6 (64... Ra2 65. Ra8 Kxe7
66. a7 Kf7 67. Rh8 $18) 65. e8=Q+ (65. Ra8 Rxe7 66. a7 Ke6 67. Rg8 Rxa7 68.
Rxg6+ $18) 65... Kxe8 66. Ra8+ Kf7 67. a7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th final"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 $1 (12... Bf8 13. Bg5 $1 h6
14. Bh4 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. h3 Be6 17. d4 $14 {Smirin-Malanjuk, URS-56ch 1988})
13. d4 (13. h3 Bf8 14. N3h2 $6 d5 $1 $10 15. Qf3 d4 16. g4 $6 (16. Ng4 $10)
16... Nh7 $15 {Kharlov,A-Ibragimov,I URS-chJ, Kherson 1991}) 13... Qc7 (13...
cxd4 $5 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Ne3 Bd7 16. b3 $14) (13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bf8 $6 (14...
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bf8 16. b3 $14) 15. b3 (15. d5 $1 g6 16. b3 $16) 15... Nc6 $2 (
15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 g6 17. Bb2 Bg7 $14) 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. a4 $16 {
Kharlov,A-Galdunts,S URS-chJ Kherson 1991}) 14. d5 Bd7 (14... c4 $1 $10) 15. b3
Bf8 16. h3 g6 17. Be3 c4 $1 (17... Bg7 18. N3d2 $1 c4 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 a5 21.
axb5 Bxb5 (21... axb4 $2 22. b6 $16) 22. Ba4 $1 Bd7 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Nxc4 $1
Bxa4 24. Rxa4 $16 Nxe4 $2 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Qc2 $18) 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Ra4 $14)
18. b4 Nb7 19. Qd2 (19. a4 a5 $1 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. axb5 Bxb5 $10) 19... h5 20.
N3h2 a5 21. a3 Ra6 $10 22. f3 Rea8 23. Rac1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Re2 R8a3 (
25... Be7 26. Qe1 Qd8 27. Bb1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Nh7 29. Rc2 Ra1 30. Rb2 Bg5 $15)
26. Qe1 Qd8 27. Bb1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Nh7 29. Qd2 Bg7 (29... Be7 $5 30. f4 $1 (30.
Rc2 $2 Ra1 31. Rb2 Bg5 32. Bxg5 Qxg5 $15) 30... exf4 31. Bxf4 Bg5 32. Nf3 Bxf4
33. Qxf4 Qf6 34. Qe3 $1 $13) 30. Rc2 Ra1 31. Rb2 Bf6 32. Qc2 Bg5 $2 (32... Qa8
33. Ra2 Rxa2 34. Qxa2 Qxa2 35. Bxa2 h4 $10) 33. Ra2 Rxa2 34. Qxa2 Bxe3+ 35.
Nxe3 Qb6 36. Nhf1 Nd8 37. h4 f6 38. Qa8 $14 Kg7 39. Kf2 Nf7 40. Bc2 Nh6 41. Ke2
Nf8 42. Nd2 Kf7 43. Qa5 Qb8 44. g3 Ke8 45. f4 Ng4 46. Ndf1 Nh6 (46... Nxe3 $6
47. Nxe3 Nh7 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Bd1 $16) 47. f5 $6 (47. Kf2 Ke7 48. Bd1 $14 Be8)
47... g5 48. Bd1 Ke7 49. Nc2 g4 50. Nfe3 Nf7 51. Kd2 Qb7 52. Na3 Be8 53. Be2
Nd8 54. Bxc4 $5 (54. Bf1 Nf7 $8 55. Naxc4 $5 bxc4 56. Bxc4 Nd8 57. Bd3 Nd7 58.
c4 $13) 54... bxc4 55. Nexc4 Nf7 56. Ne3 Nd7 57. c4 Nd8 58. c5 dxc5 59. Nb5 $4
(59. d6+ Kf8 (59... Kxd6 $2 60. Nac4+ Kc6 $8 61. Qxd8 Qxb4+ 62. Ke2 $18) 60.
Qxd8 Qxb4+ 61. Ke2 Qxa3 62. Qe7+ Kg8 63. Qxe8+ Nf8 64. d7 Qb2+ $10) 59... Nf7
60. d6+ Kf8 61. Nd5 cxb4 62. Qxb4 Qc6 63. Nxf6 $2 (63. Ndc7 Qb6 $17) 63... Nxf6
64. d7+ Kg7 65. dxe8=N+ Qxe8 $19 66. Ke3 Qc6 67. Nc3 Nd6 68. Kd3 Nfxe4 $1 69.
Nxe4 Qd5+ 70. Ke3 Nc4+ 71. Kf2 Qd4+ $1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bg5 (14. h3
d5 $1 (14... g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 d5 $6 (16... Nc6 $14) 17. exd5 c4 18. b4 $1
$16 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B Sveti Stefan/Beograd (m/7) 1992}) 15. exd5 Qxd5 16.
Bg5 Qc6 $1 $15 {Illescas,M-Ivanchuk,V Linares 1992}) 14... h6 15. Bd2 Nc6 16.
a3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 (17... Qxd5 $1 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bc1 $10) 18. b4
cxb4 19. axb4 Qd7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rad1 Qc7 (22... Qxd3 $2 23. Qa2
Qd7 24. Bxh6 Qc7 25. Bg5 $16) 23. d4 (23. Bc1 a5 24. bxa5 Nxa5 $10) 23... e4 (
23... exd4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. cxd4 $14) 24. Nh4 (24. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxb4
$19) 24... Ne7 25. f3 exf3 26. Nxf3 Bd5 27. Ne5 Bxb3 (27... Qb7 28. Rf1 Bxb3
29. Qxb3 Qd5 $10) 28. Qxb3 Ned5 29. Nf5 g6 30. Ne3 (30. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 31. Bxh6
Qxc3 $15) 30... Nxe3 (30... Bg7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Rde1 $14) 31.
Rxe3 Nd5 32. Rf3 Re7 (32... Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. Rdf1 $16) 33. Rdf1 Rxe5 34.
dxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxf7 Bg7 36. Kh1 Qe6 37. Ra7 Qe2 38. Rff7 Be5 39. Qb1 Qh5 40. h3
Nxc3 41. Qf1 Qd1 (41... Ne4 $2 42. Rg7+ $1 Bxg7 43. Qf7+ $18) 42. Bxc3 Qxf1+
43. Rxf1 Bxc3 44. Rxa6 Kg7 45. Rb6 Bxb4 46. Rxb5 (46. Rff6 Bf8 47. Rxg6+ Kh7
48. Rgc6 b4 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. Kg1 $18) 46... Bf8 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Rf6 Rd1+ 49.
Kh2 Rd6 50. Rf3 (50. Rxd6 $2 Bxd6+ 51. Kh1 Be5 52. g4 Bf6 53. Kg2 Bh4 $10)
50... Rd8 51. Kg3 Bd6+ 52. Kg4 Be5 53. Re3 Bf6 54. Re6 Rf8 55. Kf3 Rf7 56. Rb8+
Kg7 57. Ke4 h5 58. Rbb6 Rf8 59. Rbc6 Rf7 60. Ra6 Rf8 61. Ra7+ Rf7 62. Raa6 Rf8
63. g4 hxg4 64. hxg4 g5 (64... Rf7 65. g5 $18) 65. Kf5 Bd8+ 66. Ke5 Rf1 (66...
Bc7+ 67. Ke4 Rf4+ 68. Kd5 Bd8 69. Ra7+ Kf8 70. Ra8 $18) 67. Ra7+ Kf8 68. Rh6
Be7 69. Rh7 Re1+ 70. Kf5 Ke8 71. Rhxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. d5 (12. Bc2 $5) 12... Na5 13. Bc2 c6
14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 $5 (17. a5) 17... Rc8 18. Bd2 (
18. Qxc4 $2 Bxe4) 18... Bf8 19. Rad1 Bb7 $10 20. Nh4 $2 (20. a5) (20. Bc1)
20... g6 21. a5 Bg7 22. Nf3 (22. Qf3 $5) 22... Qc7 23. Be3 d5 $15 24. Bb6 Qc6
25. Nd2 d4 $1 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Bxd4 c3 28. Nf1 Nxe4 29. Qf3 $6 (29. Ne3 h5 $1
{/\ Nd2=/+} (29... Nd2 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg4 $1 $132)) 29... Nd2 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8
31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Ne3 $2 (33. Nxd2 $2 cxd2 34. f3 Re2 35. Kf1 Bb5
$19) (33. Rc1 $8 Nxf1 (33... Bb5 $5 $17) 34. Kxf1 Bb5+ 35. Kg1 Kf6 $5 $17)
33... Rb8 $19 34. Rc1 (34. Bd3 Rxb4 35. Bxa6 Ba4 36. Rc1 c2) 34... Rxb4 35. Nd1
(35. Bd3 Bb5 36. Nd5 Rd4) 35... Rg4 $1 36. g3 (36. Ne3 Rg5 $19 {>< a5}) 36...
Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Bb5+ 38. Kg2 Ne1+ 39. Kg1 Nxc2 40. Rxc2 Ba4 41. Rc1 (41. Rxc3 $1
Rg5 $15 {Djukanovic,M} (41... Bxd1 $6 42. f4 {/\ h3})) 41... Bxd1 (41... c2 {>=
} 42. Nc3 Rd4 43. Kg2 Rd1 44. Ne2 Bc6+ {/\ Rd2-+}) 42. Rxd1 c2 43. Rc1 Rc4 44.
Kf1 Kf6 45. Ke2 Ke5 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. h4 h5 48. f3 f6 49. Rxc2 Rxc2 50. Kxc2 {
P 3/b1} Kc4 51. g4 f5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Kd2 f4 54. Kc2 Kb4 55. Kd3 Kxa5 56. Ke4
Kb4 57. Kxf4 a5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Kmoch/Belov"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.49 2)Glatman,Victor: Rubinstein} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 $6 (8...
O-O $142) 9. h3 $6 (9. d3 $142 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 $14) 9... Bh5 10. d3 O-O
(10... Qd7 $5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nbd2 g5 $1 $13 {(Tringov-Nej,Sofia
1969)}) 11. Nbd2 d5 $5 {(N)(11... Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Nd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ng3+/-
O'Kelly-Van Scheltinga,  Beverwijk 1963)} 12. exd5 (12. Qe2 $5 dxe4 13. dxe4
Bc5 14. Nf1 $14 {(/\Ng3)}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nf1 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Nf4 $13 16. Qf3 Nxd3 17. Rd5 Bd6 $1 $15) 13... Bf6 14. g4 $5 (14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Ne4 Be7 $11) 14... Bg6 15. g5 {Weit berechnet} (15. Ng3 Nb6 $15) 15... Be7
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nb6 18. d4 Nd7 19. Re1 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Qg4 $1
Qd8 $8 (21... Qxg4+ 22. hxg4 $16 {Kmoch: Die weiße Mehrheit am Damenflügel
kommt stark zur Geltung.}) 22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Kh2 a5 (24... Rfe8 25.
Re5) 25. a3 Rab8 26. Re5 Rfe8 (26... b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ba4 $14) 27. Rg1 (27.
Rae1 $142 {Kmoch:Weiß hat eine schöne Stellung.} b4 $1 {Belov} 28. axb4 axb4
29. Bc4 $11) 27... b4 $2 (27... Qd6) 28. Rxa5 $1 (28. axb4 axb4 29. Bc4 $15)
28... bxc3 29. Qxc3 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Rc5 Re2 33. Qg3 ({
Es konnte auch schon vorteilhaft} 33. Rxc7 $1 {geschehen (Lasker)} Rxf2+ 34.
Kg3 Qg5+ (34... Qf6 35. Rc8+ $18) 35. Kxf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Re8+ 37. Kd1 Bh5+ 38.
Kc2 Qf2+ 39. Kb1 Qxg1+ 40. Ka2 {Der weiße König ist nun in Sicherheit und der
weiße d-Bauer ist eine Macht.}) 33... Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Ein geistreicher
Zug, der mehrere Drohungen aufstellt.} 34. Qxd6 $4 (34. Rxc7 $4 Rxf2+ $1 35.
Rg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rxb3+ $19) ({Wie Lasker im Turnierbuch zeigt,
konnte Weiß hier mit} 34. Bxf7+ $142 $1 {gewinnen} Kxf7 (34... Bxf7 35. Re5 {
und die Doppeldrohung Qxg7matt und Rxe2 entscheidet.}) 35. Rxc7+ Ke6 36. d5+
Qxd5 37. Qg4+ {und gewinnt}) 34... cxd6 35. Rc7 Rxb2 36. Rgc1 Kf8 37. Bc2 Ra2
38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. R1c2 $1 Rxc2 $1 (39... Rxa3 $2 40. Rd7 $1 $13) 40. Rxc2 {
[%mdl 4100] R <-> R Die Stellung ist stark vereinfacht, ein Turmendspiel ist
entstanden., in welchem wohl Schwarz besser steht, da seine Bauern nur in zwei,
die weißen dagegen in vier Lager aufgespalten sind; aber man sollte meinen,
daß Weiß dennoch Remis erzielen könnte. Gelänge es ihm z.B. den Bauern d6
gegen die Bauern a3 und d4 einzutauschen, so wäre der halbe Punkt gesichert.
Rubinstein beweist aber in der Folge, daß Weiß verloren ist. Es ist lehrreich
und für jedermann empfehlenswert, sich in das folgende Endspiel zu vertiefen.}
Ra8 $17 41. Rc3 (41. Ra2 Ra4 $1 42. Kg3 Ke7 $1 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ke4 d5+ 45. Ke3
Kf5 $19) 41... Ra4 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Kg3 Ke6 44. Kf3 {I.L.Rabinovich,S.89} Kd5 $1
45. Ke2 $1 g5 (45... Rxd4 $2 46. Rxd4+ Kxd4 47. a4 $1 Kc5 (47... d5 48. a5 Kc5
49. Kd3 Kb5 50. Kd4) 48. Ke3 Kb4 49. Kd4 Kxa4 50. Kd5 $36) 46. Rb3 f6 $1 (46...
Rxd4 $2 47. Rd3 $1) (46... Kxd4 47. Rb7 (47. Rb4+ Rxb4 48. axb4 Kc4 49. Ke3 d5
$19) 47... f6 48. Rxg7 Rxa3 49. h4 $1 $11) 47. Ke3 $1 Kc4 $1 48. Rd3 d5 49. Kd2
Ra8 {/\Re8} 50. Ke2 Ra7 51. Kd2 Re7 $1 52. Rc3+ (52. Re3 Rb7 $1 53. Rd3 Rb2+
54. Ke3 Ra2 $1) (52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Rd2 Rxd2+ 54. Kxd2 Kb3 $1 $19) 52... Kxd4 53.
a4 Ra7 54. Ra3 Ra5 $1 55. Ra1 Kc4 56. Ke3 d4+ 57. Kd2 Rf5 $1 58. Ke1 $8 (58. a5
Rxf2+ 59. Ke1 (59. Kc1 Kb3 60. Rb1+ Kc3 $19) 59... Rb2 $1 (59... Rh2 $2 60.
Ra4+ Kb5 61. a6 $1 $16) 60. a6 Rb8 61. a7 Ra8 {/\Kc4-c5-b6}) 58... Kb4 59. Ke2
Ka5 $1 $19 (59... Ra5 $2 60. Kd3) 60. Ra3 Rf4 61. Ra2 (61. Kf1 Rh4 62. Kg2 Rh8
$1 {/\Rd8.Kb4}) 61... Rh4 62. Kd3 (62. Ra3 Kb4) 62... Rxh3+ 63. Kxd4 Rh4+ 64.
Kd3 (64. Kd5 Rxa4 65. Rxa4+ (65. Rb2 Rf4) 65... Kxa4 66. Ke6 Kb4 67. Kf7 g4 $1
68. Kg6 (68. Kxg7 $2 f5 69. Kf6 f4 70. Kf5 g3 $19) 68... Kc4 69. Kf5 Kd3 70.
Kxg4 Ke2 $19) 64... Rxa4 65. Re2 Rf4 66. Ke3 Kb6 67. Rc2 Kb7 {Bereitet Rc8 vor.
} 68. Rc1 (68. Rd2 $2 Kc7 69. Ra2 Rb4) 68... Ra4 {/\Ra6-c6} 69. Rh1 Kc6 70. Rh7
Ra7 71. Ke4 Kd6 72. Kf5 g6+ (72... Ra4 73. Kg6 Rf4 74. Rh2 Ke5 75. Kxg7 Ke4 76.
Kg6 Kf3 $19 {/\Ke2}) 73. Kxg6 Rxh7 74. Kxh7 Ke5 75. Kg6 g4 (75... g4 76. Kh5 f5
77. Kg5 (77. Kg6 f4) 77... Ke4 78. Kh5 Kf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kortchnoi/Portisch"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
$6 {Kortschnoj=:K/Portisch=:P} Na5 9. Nc3 (9. c3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Bb7 11. d3 O-O
12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Nb8 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bb2
Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Bg5 22. Rac1 Qa5 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Rc2 Rac8
25. c5 b4 26. Nc4 Qxc5 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Ba3 Qb5 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. Nd6 Qd7 31.
Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Bc6 33. Rb2 Bc1 34. Rb6 Bxa3 35. Qxa3 Qc7 36. Qc5 Rxd6 37.
Rxa6 h6 38. Qxe5 d3 {Yanofsky,D-Szabo,L Groningen 1946 0-1}) 9... O-O 10. d3
Re8 $146 (10... c6 11. Ne2 Kh8 12. Ng3 Ng8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. c3 Bb7
16. Bc2 Bf6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. h4 Nc4 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. Nh5 gxh5 21. Qxh5 Bg7 22. e5
f5 23. Nxh7 Re6 24. Nf6 Rxf6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Bg5 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Nxf7 28. Re7
Nxg5 29. hxg5 Rb8 30. Rae1 Ne5 31. f4 Bf8 32. Rc7 Ng6 33. Bxf5 Nxf4 34. Re4
Nxg2 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. g6 Bc8 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 38. Kxg2 a5 39. Rd7 d5 40. Re6 {
Nezhmetdinov,R-Borisenko,G Kiev 1954 1-0}) 11. Bg5 c6 (11... Bb7 $1 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Nd5 {K}) (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 $10 {P}) 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bd2
Nxb3 14. axb3 {[%csl Ra6]} c5 15. Ng3 Bf8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 16. c4 $1 {P} b4 $2 {
K/ ?? P} (16... Rb8 $1 $10 {P}) 17. Nh2 $1 {P} Nh7 18. Ng4 Ra7 19. f4 (19. Rf1
{[%cal Gf2f4]}) 19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Nf6 (20... Qh4 21. Nf5 $1 {P}) 21. Nh2 Nd7
22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. Rf2 g6 25. Raf1 Bg7 26. Kh1 (26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rf3 Qg5 $1 $44 {K/P}) 26... Ree7 27. Be3 $1 {
/\ d4 P} Qh8 28. Rf4 $1 {P} Kg8 29. Rh4 h5 30. Bg5 Reb7 31. Rhf4 Nc6 32. Bf6 $1
Qh6 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Nf3 Kh8 35. h4 (35. Rxf7 Qxd2 36. Rf8+ {K} Kg7 37. Nxd2
Be6 {P}) (35. d4 $1 g5 $2 36. Rh4 {K}) 35... Bg4 36. Ng5 Qg7 37. Rf6 Rd7 38.
Qf2 Kg8 39. Qf4 Ne5 (39... Rac7 $1 40. Rxd6 Qe5 $1 $44 {P} (40... Qe5 41. Rxg6+
$145 $18)) 40. Qd2 Nc6 {adjourned} 41. R1f2 $1 {P} (41. e5 $5 {P} Nxe5 42. d4 {
K} cxd4 43. Qxd4 Rac7 $1 44. N3e4 (44. N5e4 Be6 $13) 44... Bf5 45. c5 Ng4 46.
cxd6 Rc8 $1 $13) 41... Rac7 42. Kg1 a5 43. Nf1 $1 {/\ Ne3-d5 P} Bf5 $6 44.
R6xf5 gxf5 45. exf5 Ne5 46. Ne3 Rc8 (46... f6 47. Ne6 Qg3 48. Nd5 {K}) 47. f6
Qh6 (47... Qg6 48. Rf5 $1 {P}) 48. Nf5 $2 {K/P} (48. Rf5 $18 {P} Re8 49. Ne4
Ng6 50. Rg5 Re5 51. Nf5 $18 {K}) 48... Qg6 49. Ne7+ Rxe7 50. fxe7 Re8 51. Ne4
$2 {K} (51. d4 $142 {K}) 51... Ng4 52. Rf3 Rxe7 53. Qf4 Re6 54. Rf1 Ne5 $1 {
/\ Nd3 K} 55. Nxd6 $2 {P} Nxd3 56. Qxf7+ Qxf7 57. Nxf7 Nxb2 58. Nd8 (58. Ng5
Re3 59. Rf3 (59. Ra1 a4 60. bxa4 Ra3 $1) 59... Rxf3 60. gxf3 a4 61. bxa4 Nxa4
$19 {P} 62. Ne4 b3 63. Nd2 b2 64. Nb1 Nb6 65. Kf2 Nxc4 66. Ke2 Kf7 67. Kd3 Ne5+
68. Kc2 Nxf3 $19 {K}) 58... Rb6 $1 {P} 59. Rf5 Nd3 60. Rd5 Nc1 61. Rxc5 Nxb3
62. Rb5 (62. Rc6 {K}) (62. Rg5+ Kf8 63. c5 Nxc5 $1 64. Rxc5 b3 $18 {P}) (62.
Rc8 Kg7 $19 {P}) 62... Rxb5 63. cxb5 Nc5 (63... Nc5 64. Nc6 b3 65. Ne7+ Kf7 66.
Nd5 a4 $19 {P}) 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. a3 (13. Ne3 $5) 13... h6
14. b4 {N} (14. Ne3 $2 {[60/337]}) 14... cxb4 15. cxb4 (15. axb4 $6 Nc6 16. Ne3
d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bb3 Qd6 20. Be3 Rad8 $15) 15... Nc6 16. Bb2
(16. d4 $6 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. Rb1 Qb6 $15) 16... Bf8 17. Bb3 (
17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 (18... Nxd4 $5 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Nd7 $10) 19. Nf5
Nc4 20. Bc3 g6 21. N5g3 Bg7 $13) 17... Rc8 18. Ne3 (18. Nh4 Qb6 19. Ng6 Nd4 $10
) 18... Qd7 19. Rc1 (19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qb3 Ng6 $10)
19... a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Ba2 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Nc6 23. Qd2 $6 (23. Nh4 Kh7 $13 (
23... Nd8 $5 24. Ng6 Ne6 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Nf5 $36)) 23... Nd8 $1 24. Bc3 Ne6
25. Bb4 Nf4 26. Qd1 $2 (26. g3 $1 Nh3+ $5 (26... Ne6 $10) 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Nxg5
hxg5 29. Kg1 g4 $13) 26... d5 $1 $17 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 (27... dxe4 $6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7
29. dxe4 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxe4 $15) 28. exd5 (28. g3 dxe4 (28... Nh3+ 29. Kg2 dxe4
30. dxe4 Qxd1 31. Nxd1 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Kxh3 Rd8 $15) 29. dxe4 Qxd1 30.
Nxd1 Nd3 31. Re3 Bxe4 32. Nc3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 e4 34. Rf5 (34. Nxe4 Ne1) 34... b4
35. axb4 Nxb4 $17) 28... N6xd5 29. Nxd5 (29. Qb3 Nxe3 (29... Kg8 $5) 30. Rxe3
Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Re7 32. Qd1 (32. Re3 Qg4 $17) (32. h3 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 $19) 32...
Qc6 33. d4 Rd7 $19) 29... Bxd5 30. Nxe5 (30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Re3 e4 32. Ne1 exd3
33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $17) 30... Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxa2 32. Qf3 (32. Qd2 Nxd3 33. Re3 Bc4
$19) 32... g5 $1 (32... Nd5 33. h3 $15 {X Ba2}) 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Re8 Qxd3 35.
h3 {*} (35. Rg8+ Kh7 (35... Kf6 36. Qd8+ Qxd8 37. Rxd8 $17) 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37.
Rg8+ (37. Qg8+ Kh5 38. h3 Nxh3+ $1 39. gxh3 Bd5 $19) 37... Kh5 38. Qf3+ Qxf3
39. gxf3 Bc4 $19) 35... Nxh3+ $1 $19 36. gxh3 Bd5 (36... Qd1+ $6 37. Kh2 Bd5
38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qa6+ f6 41. Rxh6+ Kxh6 42. Qxf6+ Kh5 43. Qh8+ Kg6
44. Qe8+ Bf7 45. Qxb5 $17) 37. Rg8+ (37. Qa5 Qxh3 $19) 37... Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kg6
39. Qa6+ (39. Qg8+ Kh5 $19) 39... f6 40. Rxh6+ Kxh6 41. Qxf6+ Kh5 42. Kh2 (42.
Qh8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Bf7 44. Qc6+ Kh5 $19) 42... Qe4 {[Leko,P]} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Semifinal"]
[Site "Severodonetsk"]
[Date "1982.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Malaniuk,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. c3 (9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Ng3 Bc8
15. h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Nd7 (17... Nc6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20.
exd5 exd5 21. Nf5 {1-0 Kupreichik,V (2535)-Psakhis,L (2535)/Vilnius 1980/
URS-ch (35)}) 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. exd5 exd5 22. c4 e4 23.
dxe4 d4 24. Bd2 Rxf3 $5 (24... Nc6 $44 {:Malaniuk}) 25. gxf3 Ne5 26. Kg2 Naxc4
27. f4 Rb2 28. Qc1 Rxd2 29. fxe5 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Rc2 {1-0 Kupreichik,V (2535)
-Tseshkovsky,V (2595)/Vilnius 1980/URS-ch (43)}) (9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2
b4 12. Ne2 Rb8 13. Ng3 b3 14. cxb3 c5 15. b4 cxb4 16. d4 b3 17. Bb1 g6 18. Bd2
Nd7 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Qe2 exd4 22. Nxd4 d5 23. Nxb3 Re8 24. Bd3 Bxc3
25. bxc3 Nd6 $44 {Psakhis,L (2545)-Geller,E (2575) /URS Cup Kislovodsk 1982/})
9... d6 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 $5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qxb5 (17. e5 Nfd5 18. Qxb5 Ba6 19. Qa4 (19. Qd7 Bc8
20. Qa4 $2 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Nd3 22. Rd1 N5f4) 19... Nf4 20. Qd7 Qd8) 17... Ba6 (
17... Nxe4 18. Ne5 $1) 18. Qa4 Qb7 $1 19. Ne5 $1 (19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nd3 21.
Rd1 Qxe4) 19... Bb5 20. Qa1 c4 $1 (20... Nd3 21. Nxd3 Bxd3 22. Qa2 $1) 21.
Ndxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nc2 23. Bxf7+ Kh7 (23... Rxf7 $2 24. Qa2 Nxe1 25. Qxf7+ Kh7
26. Bxh6 $1 $18) (23... Kh8 $2 24. Qa5 $1 Bb4 {(?) >= 24..NxRe1)} 25. Ng6+) 24.
Bg6+ Kh8 25. Qa2 Nxe1 26. Bf5 g5 27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 $1 (28... Bxf8 $2
29. Qc4 {[%cal Gc1d2]} Qb4 30. Qc7+) 29. Qc4 Qb4 30. Qc8+ $2 (30. Qe2 Nc2) (30.
Qxb4 $142 Bxb4 31. e5 Nd5 32. Kf1 Nf4) 30... Kg7 31. e5 $2 (31. Qc3) 31... Ne4
$1 32. g3 (32. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ga6g6] :Laios}) 32... Nd3 33. Kg2 Qe1 34. Qc2
Ndxf2 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Kf3 Bc5 $1 37. Qa4 (37. Qxe4 $4 Qh1+) 37... Qh1+ 38.
Ke2 (38. Kg4 Nf2+ 39. Kf5 Qf3+ 40. Ke6 Qf7#) 38... Qxh2+ 39. Kd1 Nf2+ 40. Kc2
Ng4+ 41. Bd2 Nxe5 42. Qe4 Nf7 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
$5 {Dominguez does not seem prepared for Mamedyarov's original way of treating
the Breyer system.} Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 $5 {This relatively rare move
transposes to some sort of Yates system with an extra tempo for White (a2-a4).
But Black can hope that the weakness of the b4-square (after the possible ...
exd4) would favour him.} (10... h6 {is the most popular move.}) 11. Na3 $146 {
Just as in the Yates variation, White's main choices are 11.d5 and 11.Be3.} ({
If} 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 c6 13. h3 {the extra tempo a2-a4 would be useful both
after 13...Bxf3 and 13...Bc8, which are the typical reactions in the Yates
variation proper. But maybe Black could make use of the weakness of the
b3-square with} Bd7 $5 14. Nxe5 {(Otherwise he would be just fine)} dxe5 15. d6
Be6 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4]}) (11. Be3 {is a very sound
move, too, but here it is by far harder to analyse with just half a dozen
games available, since Black has many typical answers at his disposal.}) 11...
exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc2 Na5 15. Ba2 c6 {Black has a normal game,
with chances for counterplay.} 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. Nf5 Bb4 18. Re2 Nc4 (18... Bg4
19. Ng3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ng5 21. Kg2 f5 22. f4 Ne6 $15) 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 f6
21. b3 Nb6 22. Bb1 bxa4 23. bxa4 Nc4 24. Qd3 Bg6 25. Qb3 Bxb1 26. Qxb4 Bd3 27.
Re1 Qa5 28. Qb3 fxe5 29. Ba3 Nxa3 30. Qxd3 e4 31. Qxa3 exf3 32. gxf3 Rae8 33.
Re3 h6 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rb8 36. Rxc6 Rxf3 37. Ra2 Rf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
{In the semifinals, Shirov managed to equalize the score in the very last game.
Now, he finds himself in a similar situation. The most difficult thing is to
choose the "best" opening. "Should I jump over my opponent, or leave him
commit suicide because of the high nervous tension?" Maybe Aronian also drew
some conlcusions after his semifinal match, in which he allowed Carlsen to
equalize in the 5th game, the last where Aronian had Black.} d6 9. c3 Na5 10.
Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 {Given the fact that White has committed himself to d3
rather soon, Black can refrain from the generally unfavourable ...Bb7.} 12. Nf1
Re8 13. a3 {From the numerous moves played here (13.Ng3, 13.Ne3, 13.a4, 13.h3),
this is the least popular. Shirov might have counted on the effect of surprise,
but the further course of the game will prove that the first to be surprised
will be himself.} h6 {A useful move before retreating with the bishop to f8.} (
13... Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 {Black hopes to compensate the loss of two
tempi by the possibility of exchanging the dark-squared bishops. However,
given so much time, White should be able to maintain some advantage in the
centre.} (15... g5 $6 {[%csl Yf5,Yh5]} 16. Bg3 Nh5 $2 {The last two moves are
difficult to understand, given the level of the player with the black pieces.}
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxh5 Be6 19. Ne3 f6 20. Ng4 {1-0 Adams,M (2640)-Huebner,R 
(2605)/Garmisch Partenkirchen 1994/CBM 043 ext}) 16. Ne3 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18.
d4 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Ng6 20. dxc5 $5 dxc5 21. Qd5 {An interesting way of
maintaining the initiative.} Qxd5 22. exd5 Nf4 23. Rxe5 Bb7 24. Rae1 (24. Rd1
$1 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxd5 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Be6 28. Rd6 $14) 24... Rxe5 25. Nxe5
Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Lutikov,A-Krogius,N/Kiev 1964/URS-ch}) 14. b4 $5 {"Almost" a
novelty.} ({The other games between strong players went} 14. Ne3 Bf8 (14... Be6
15. h3 Bf8 16. Bd2 g6 17. b4 Bg7 18. Bb3 c4 $1 $13 {Bologan,V (2540)-Lalic,B 
(2590)/Linz 1995/Inf 64 (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 15. Bb3 Be6 (15... Rb8 16. h3 Be6 17.
Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nh2 Qe6 21. Ng4 {White has some hopes
to get an initiative on light squares, but Black's advantage of space and
excellent development should keep troubles away from him.} d5 $6 {Just
careless.} 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bxh6 $1 {Black has lost a pawn, but the weakness
of the d3-pawn offers him chances to get the material balance even in the near
future.} c4 $2 {and now, in Adams,M (2660)-Van der Sterren,P (2545)/Germany
1995/GER-chT (1-0, 41), White missed a forced (and not too complicated) win
with} 24. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29.
Re4 $18) 16. Nd5 g6 17. h3 Bg7 18. Nh2 Kh7 19. Ba2 Rc8 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Nf1 Nd7
22. Ng3 Nb6 23. h4 Rb8 24. h5 Qh4 25. b4 $14 {Bologan,V (2585)-David,A (2400)/
Dijon 1994/EXT 2004 (1/2-1/2, 34). White has obtained a maximum of activity on
both wings. However, Black's position remains very solid.}) 14... Be6 $146 (
14... Bf8 15. d4 $6 (15. Ng3) (15. Ne3) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg4 $15 {Kokkila,
T-Viljava,T (2235)/Finland 1991/EXT 2000 (1-0, 33)}) 15. Ng3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 {
The outcome of the opening does not look too encouraging for Shirov. For the
first time in this match when playing with White, he has not managed to put
any kind of pressure on his opponent. It would be interesting to know which
move he did not take into account (or just underestimate) in his home
preparation.} 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Nd2 Nb8 19. Nge4 Nbd7 20. Bb3 $5 Qxd3 $1 {
A brave decision. Aronian correctly estimates that White will not be able to
maintain the blockade on e4, which will make the weakness of the double pawns
less relevant.} 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qf3 cxb4 23. axb4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nf6 25. Nxf6+
Bxf6 26. Rxa6 Qxc3 27. Rb1 {White has no advantage at all. In fact, Black has
an active position. However Shirov's decision to offer a draw looks slightly
premature. With so many mighty pieces on board, things can still happen,
especially under the psychological pressure.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN GM 2nd"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun"]
[Black "Aung, Aung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Na5 9. axb5 Nxb3 10. cxb3 Bb7 11. bxa6 Bxa6 12. d4 O-O 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Ra4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Rxa4 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Qb3 gxf5 21.
Bh6 Bg5 22. Qg3 f4 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qxg5+ Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bd5 26. Rd1 c6 27. b4 Ra8
28. a5 f3 29. gxf3 exf3 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Rh4 Rg8 32. Rxh7+ Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxg5 34.
Rg3+ Kh6 35. Rxg8 Bxg8 36. a6 {Black's extra-bishop is hopeless against the
white pawns. In order to catch the a-pawn he has to sacrifice his c-pawn. Der
Läufer von ist gegen die weißen Bauern hoffnungslos unterlegen. Um den
a-Bauern aufzuhalten, muss er den c-Bauern opfern.} c5 37. bxc5 Bd5 38. a7 Kg6
39. h4 {and in view of the white king's marching in Black resigned. und
angesichts des weißen Königsmarsches gab Schwarz auf.} (39. h4 f4 (39... Kf7
40. h5 $18 {For the kingside fight the bishop is completely useless. The king
cannot stop the two pawns whose quadrat (e5-e8-h8-h5) touches the last rank.
Für den Kampf am Königsflügel ist der Läufer vollkommen nutzlos. Der König
kann die zwei Bauern nicht aufhalten, deren Quadrat (e5-e8-h8-h5) die
Grundreihe berührt.}) 40. Kf1 Kf5 41. Ke1 Kxe5 42. Kd2 Kf5 {This counterplay
fails to 2 tempi but otherwise White would force the enemy king abandon the
queen side by advancing the h-pawn. Dieses Gegenspiel kommt 2 Tempi zu spät,
aber andernfals würde Weiß den feindlichen König zwingen, den Damenflügel zu
verlassen, indem er den h-Bauern vorrückt.} 43. Kc3 Kg4 44. Kd4 Ba8 45. Ke5
Kxh4 46. Kd6 Kh3 47. c6 Bxc6 48. Kxc6 Kg2 49. a8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {A friendly tip - If you want to start playing 1...e5 as Black, or if
you want to improve your knowledge in this area, follow Ding Liren's games. He
has scored amazing results against the Ruy Lopez and the Italian, with high
quality play.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. a3 {A somewhat unusual way to play with the rook on e1.} d6 9. c3 (9. h3 $5
{keeping the flexibility of the c3-move:} Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. d3 h6
13. Bd2 $11 {½-½ (67) Harikrishna,P (2766)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Wijk aan Zee
2017, with a roughly equal position.}) (9. d3 Nb8 $5 {Since White already lost
a tempo with the d-pawn, Black is entitled to play ...Nb8 and ...Nbd7, because
a standard reaction against those moves would be d4!} (9... Na5 $5 10. Ba2 c5 {
is always acceptable}) 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nh4
g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (33) Van
Foreest,J (2609)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018}) 9... Na5 10. Ba2 {This looks a
little bit weird for White already, after Black's 10...c5.} (10. Bc2 {looked
more logical to me.} c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b4 $5 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 14. Nc3 (14. a4
$1 $14) 14... Ndb6 15. h3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf6 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Rb3 Re8 19. f4 Rc8
$36 {1/2-1/2 (58) Carlsen,M (2690)-Shirov,A (2715) Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 10... c5
11. d4 (11. b4 Nc6 12. d3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nbd2 Qd7 {and Black is also
fine:} 15. Nb3 a5 16. Nxa5 Nxa5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {1-0 (80) Mamedov,N (2614)
-Citak,S (2340) Konya 2010}) (11. d3 {is less committal but Black already has
a lot of space and may as well just play ...c4 achieving a similar position} c4
$1 {[%csl Ra2]}) 11... c4 $1 {[%csl Ra2] It will be hard to deal with the the
misplaced bishop on a2.} 12. Bg5 ({Taking the pawn doesn't make much sense
here:} 12. dxe5 $2 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 $17 {is very bad, ...Bb7
and ...Nc5 to follow.}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 $1 {A nice positional concept
from Ding - he wants to exchange the light-squared bishop, and create pressure
on the d4-pawn. The position will most likely become more closed, when the
f3-knight could have been useful for White.} 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. d5 $6
(16. Rd1 $5 {would be more stubborn. As the game continued, Black achieved a
great positional advantage, as we will discuss soon.} Nd7 17. Bxe7 (17. Bg3 Bf6
$1 $17 {forcing White to play either d5 or dxe5. Either move will give a lot
of life to the black knights, specially the c5-square.}) 17... Qxe7 18. b3 $1 {
trying to open up the bishop somehow, even that it costs a weak pawn on c3:}
cxb3 19. Bxb3 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rc4]}) 16... Na5 {[%cal Gf6d5] Black has
a trick with ...Nxd5 threatened now.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Nf1 g6 $17
{[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5,Ga6a5,Ga8b8,Gb5b4,Gg8g7,Gh6h5] Ok, now let's look at the
position: White does not have any pawn breaks, while Black has a clear plan to
bring his knight over to c5, and prepare a5 followed by b4, possibly targeting
the b2-pawn in the future. Another possible plan will always be to play f5
after proper preparation, and create something against the f2-pawn. Meanwhile,
the a2-bishop stays out of the game, and the f1-knight also does not have very
good prospects.} 20. a4 Qe7 21. Bb1 Nb3 22. Ra2 Nc5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4,Rc5] The
knight stands perfectly behind the c4-pawn in this structure.} 23. Bc2 Rfb8 24.
g3 h5 25. h4 Bh6 26. axb5 axb5 {Now with the pawn exchange, Black may even go
after the b2-pawn without playing ...b4, using the a-file.} 27. Rea1 Rxa2 28.
Rxa2 Kg7 29. Qe2 Rb7 (29... b4 $5 {was already good enough. After the exchange
of these pawns, Black starts to attack the b2-pawn with moves like ...Qb7 and
possibly ...Bc1} 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Nd2 Nd3 $17) (29... Qb7 $5 {[%cal Gb8a8]
preparing ...Ra8 and a further invasion on the a-file.}) 30. Qe1 Qc7 31. Kg2
Qb6 32. Kf3 Rc7 (32... Nd3 $1 {would exchange the strategical advantage for a
dynamic one:} 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Qd1 f5 $3 {[%cal Gb7f7] opening an important
front against the white king.} 35. exf5 (35. Qxd3 fxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rf7+ $19)
35... e4+ $1 36. Kg2 Qc5 $19) 33. Kg2 $2 (33. Qd1 $1 {keeping an eye on d3} b4
34. cxb4 Qxb4 $17 {Black keeps the advantage, but there is still a lot of work
to be done here.}) 33... b4 $1 {Ding finally goes for the b4-break, using the
same tactical idea mentioned on the 32nd move:} 34. cxb4 Nd3 $1 35. Bxd3 (35.
Qe2 Nc1 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Re2]}) 35... cxd3 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 36. Ra1 (36. Ne3 Bxe3
37. Qxe3 Qxe3 38. fxe3 d2 39. Ra1 Rc1 $19 {[%cal Gd2d1]}) 36... Rc2 {There is
no way to defend against ...Re2.} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {La mode actuelle} b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 (11... Nc6) 12. Nf1 h6
13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 (15... Qc7 16. h3 Nc6 17. Be3) 16. h3 Nxd4
(16... exd4 {La grande ligne} 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 $14 {Nisipeanu,L (2600)
-Graf,A (2585) Groningen op 1997 (7) 0-1}) 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Be3 (
19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rc6 22. Bc3 Re6 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Qd3 g6 25.
Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne2 Bg7 27. Nc3 Re6 28. Re2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc8 30. Re3 Rc5 31. f4
d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxe3 34. Qd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Re4 37. Ra8
Re6 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rc6 40. g3 h5 41. Kf2 h4 42. Ra7 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf6
44. Kg4 Ke6 45. h4 f6 46. c5 f5+ 47. Kg5 Kd5 48. Rg7 a5 {Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2710)-Karjakin,S (2763) Beijing 2011 1-0 (70)}) 19... Rc8 20. Bb3 $6 (20. Qd2
$142 Nd7 21. Rac1 Ne5 {Smirin,I (2666)-Grischuk,A (2581) New York op 2000 (9)
1-0}) 20... Bxb3 $146 (20... Rc6 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qe7 24.
Re1 Qe6 25. Bd2 Qxb3 26. Bxh6 d5 27. Bg5 Nxe4 28. Re3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30.
Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Be3 f5 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd2 Bb4+ 36. Kc2
Kd5 37. f3 Bd6 38. Bd2 g6 39. Bg5 Be5 40. Bd2 Bd4 41. Be1 exf3 42. gxf3 Kc5 43.
Bd2 Kd5 44. Bh6 a5 45. Bd2 a4 46. Bh6 Bf6 47. Bf8 Kd4 48. Bh6 c3 49. bxc3+ Kc4
50. Bd2 {Degenhardt,N-Von Spreckelsen,A Hamburg 1963 0-1 (67)}) 21. axb3 d5 $1
22. Rxa6 Bc5 $36 23. Qd2 Bxe3 (23... Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4) 24. Rxe3 dxe4 {
Le GMI s'est débarassé du P isolé} 25. Qxd8 Rcxd8 26. Nf5 Re6 $5 27. Rxe6
Rd1+ 28. Kh2 fxe6 29. Ng3 Rd4 30. Rc3 $6 Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]} 31. Rc5 Rxf2
32. Rxb5 Rxb2 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Rb5] Non seulement les Bblancs ont perdu un P
mais la Rb2 est active contrairement à la Rb5 mal placée devant le P} 33. Re5
Kf7 34. Nxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxb3 {Le Pe6 est isolé mais il est aussi passé et
les Blancs vont souffrir pour annuler} 36. Kg1 Rb5 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ra4 h5 39.
Ra8 (39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Kf4 Rb2 41. g4 (41. Kf3)) 39... h4 40. Rf8+ Kg5 {[%csl
Rf2,Rg2,Rg3,Gg5,Gh4] Les Noirs ont progressé avec un K actif et
l'affaiblissement de la case "g3"} 41. Re8 Kf5 42. Rg8 g5 43. Kf3 Rb3+ $1 44.
Kf2 e5 $40 {[%cal Ge5e1]} 45. Rf8+ Ke4 46. Rg8 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 {[%csl Rg1] Avec
un K aussi mal placé, les Blancs sont quasiment perdant} Kf4 48. Rf8+ Ke3 49.
Rf3+ Ke4 50. Rf8 Rc2 51. Kf1 Kd4 52. Rf5 e4 53. Rxg5 Kd3 54. Rd5+ Ke3 55. Rd1
Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Rd2 57. Re1+ Kd3 58. Kf1 e3 $19 59. Ra1 Rf2+ 60. Ke1 Rxg2 61. Ra3+
Ke4 62. Ra8 Rb2 63. Rf8 Ra2 64. Rf7 Rh2 65. Re7+ Kf3 66. Rf7+ Kg2 67. Rg7+ Kxh3
0-1

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. a4 {Once used by Kasparov. It's a sort of an anti-Marshall, although
Black can argue that he never intended to play the Marshall.} b4 9. d4 Bg4 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h3 $146 (13. Bc4 Bc8 14. Nb3 Bb7 (
14... h6 $142) 15. Bg5 Nd7 $6 16. a5 (16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Na5 $36) 16... Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Petenyi,T (2375)-Motycakova,M (2093)/Banska Stiavnica
2010/CBM 137 Extra (32)}) 13... Bxf3 {Hard to approve. The position does not
seem closed enough to give up the B for N.} ({Probably a better move was} 13...
Be6 {but here too after} 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bg5 {
The pawn structure seems better suited for White's pieces, especially due to
the colour of the Bs remaining on board. White has a very tiny edge and Black
may have to put in some effort to get complete equality.}) (13... Bc8 14. Nc4
Bb7 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe4 17. Nd3 $14) (13... Bh5 {leaves the B out of
play after} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 14. Nxf3 Bc5 15. Bc4 a5 16. c3
Rd6 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 (18... Nxe4 $5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Nb3 22. Rae1 g6 23. cxb4 axb4 $14 {seems like a slight edge for White due
to B vs N and the outside passed pawn.}) 19. Rxe3 Nd7 20. cxb4 $6 ({White had
a chance to win a pawn with a forced sequence of moves} 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. cxb4
axb4 22. Rd3 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Rd6 (22... Re6 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rb3 $18
{wins the b4-pawn.}) 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Nxe5 Nxa4 26. Nc6 Ra8 (26...
Re8 27. Rxd6 Nxb2 28. Nxb4 g6 29. f3 $16) 27. Nxb4 Nxb2 28. Rxd6 $16 {with
good practical winning chances.}) 20... Nxb4 21. Rc1 c6 22. Bc4 {White's
advantage seems too slight to give any real winning chances. The pawn that
seems isolated and weak on c6 actually helps Black to control important
squares that could have been used for anchor by White pieces. Also Black's
control of d<-> keeps the White Rs away from combining with the B.} h6 23. g3
g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h4 f6 (25... h5 26. Ng5 $14 {helps White.}) 26. h5 g5 27.
Be2 Nf8 28. Bc4 (28. Rc5 Ra8 $11 {is temporary. The R on c5 will be pushed
back after ...Nd7 or ...Ne6 and the Black R will return into the game.}) 28...
Nd7 29. Kh3 {The White K begins a bold march. The best practical try to create
some imbalance from this equal position.} Nc5 30. Kg4 (30. b3 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1
$15 {[%cal Gb4c2,Gc2d4]}) 30... Nxa4 31. Ra3 Nc5 $6 (31... Nxb2 $142 32. Rxa5
f5+ $1 33. exf5 (33. Kxf5 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 (34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. Rxc4 Nd3 {[%cal
Gd8f8]} 36. Rc2 Rf8+ 37. Kg4 Rdf6 $19) 34... Rf6+ 35. Kg4 (35. Kxe5 Nd3#) 35...
Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f2]} 36. Ra2 Rdf8 $19) 33... Rd4+ 34. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 35. Kh3 Nxc4 $17
) 32. Rxa5 (32. Kf5 Nb7 $15) 32... Nxe4 33. Kf5 Nxf2 34. Be6 e4 $2 ({Black
needed a N for >> defence.} 34... Nbd3 $142 35. Rca1 (35. Ra7+ Kh8 36. Rca1 (
36. Kxf6 $2 Re8 $19) (36. Kg6 $2 Rxe6 $19) (36. Rc2 Nh1 $1 37. Rg2 e4 38. Nd4
Rxd4 39. Kg6 Ne5+ 40. Kxh6 Nd7 $19) 36... Nc5 $19 {[%csl Re6]}) 35... e4 36.
Ra7+ (36. Nd4 Rxd4 37. Ra7+ Kh8 38. Kg6 Ne5+ 39. Kxh6 Nfg4+ $19) 36... Kh8 37.
Kg6 Rxe6 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 (39... Kf8 40. Raa7 f5+ 41. Kh7 $18) 40.
Rh7+ $11) 35. Ra7+ Kh8 $2 (35... Kf8 $142 36. Rf7+ (36. Rca1 exf3 37. Rf7+ Kg8
38. Raa7 Rxe6 39. Kxe6 Re8+ 40. Kf5 Nbd3 $11 {[%csl Rf6,Rg6,Rh6][%cal Gd3e5,
Ge5g6,Gf2g4,Gg4f6,Gg4h6]}) 36... Ke8 37. Rg7 Nbd3 (37... Rd3 $2 38. Ra1 $18)
38. Rg8+ Ke7 39. Rg7+ Ke8 40. Rg8+ $11) 36. Nd4 $1 Nbd3 $2 {The decisive
mistake. There was still a chance to fight.} (36... Rxd4 $2 37. Kg6 {[%cal
Ga7h7]} Rg8+ 38. Kxh6 Ng4+ 39. Bxg4 Rgd8 40. Be6 $18) (36... Nfd3 $142 {
[%csl Rc6,Rg6][%cal Gb4c6,Gd3e5,Ge5g6] This was the best way to put both Ns to
effective use.} 37. Kg6 Ne5+ 38. Kxh6 Ng4+ 39. Bxg4 (39. Kg6 Ne5+ $11 40. Kxf6
$2 Nbd3 $19) 39... f5+ 40. Kxg5 Rg8+ 41. Kxf5 Rxd4 42. Be2 $14 {White is
slightly better but Black seems to have some chances to hold.}) 37. Rxc6 $18 {
Fortune has favoured the brave.} Rxc6 (37... Rxd4 38. Rcc7 R4d5+ 39. Bxd5 Rxd5+
40. Ke6 Rd8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rag7+ Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Rhg7+ Kh8 45. Ke7 Ra8
46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rfg7#) 38. Nxc6 Rf8 39. Kg6 {[%cal Ga7h7] Mate is inevitable.}
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
g4 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Nd2 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne5 19. Nf5 Nh5 20. Nf1 Nxg3 21. N1xg3
Re6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Ne2 Qg5 24. Ned4 Rf6 25. h4 gxh3 26. Qxh3 Qg4 27. Qxg4+
Nxg4 28. Nc6 Re6 29. f3 Ne5 30. Nfd4 Ree8 31. Re2 d5 32. exd5 Nxc6 33. dxc6 Bg7
34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Nf5 Bxb2 36. Rd7 Re6 37. Rxc7 Bxa3 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Ng3 b4
40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Ne4 b3 42. c7 Rc6 43. Nf6+ $2 (43. Rb8 Rxc7 44. Nxc5 Rxc5 45.
Rxb3 {bot nicht zu unterschätzende Remischancen.}) 43... Kg6 44. Rg8+ $2 (44.
Ne4 {war die letzte Chance, den Kampf fortzusetzen, z.B.} b2 (44... Kg7 $5) 45.
Nd2 Kf5 (45... Bb4 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. c8=Q+ Rxc8 48. Rxc8 Bxd2 49. Rb8 $17) 46.
Rb8 Rxc7 47. Rxb2 $17) 44... Kxf6 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Rxc8 {[%tqu "De","Wie
sicherte Aronjan ab, dass seine Bauern den Tag entscheiden?","","","c5b4","und
die schwarzen Freibauern laufen durch:",3]} Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 4096] und die
schwarzen Freibauern laufen durch:} 47. Rc1 a5 48. Ke2 a4 49. Rc6+ (49. Rc4 a3
50. Rxb4 a2 51. Ra4 b2 $19) 49... Kg7 50. Kd3 a3 51. Ra6 a2 {[%cal Gb3b1]} 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1986.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 $6 ({If White wishes to play the system with an early a4,
he should prefer} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {as played by Ljubojevic, with the idea
of meeting ...Na5 by Ba2.}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 ({Now} 11. Ba2 b4 12. cxb4 Nc6
13. Bd2 Rb8 {is satisfactory for Black.}) 11... b4 {The best move. If White
takes the pawn, then 12 cxb4 Nc6 13 Bd2 Rb8 regains it without problems, while
otherwise Black has achieved the important advance ...b4 as soon as possible.}
12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. h3 Bxf3 {The capture on f3 had been recommended in Short's
analysis, but this was the first over-the-board example. 14 Qxf3 is well met
by 14...Nd7 followed by either ...Nc5 or ...Bg5.} 14. Nxf3 c5 {White is
already in a difficult position. Black has gained a great deal of space and
thanks to White's early a4 this can be still further increased by ...b3.} 15.
d4 b3 16. Bb1 {Not the move White wanted to play, but} (16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4
c4 18. Bf1 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 {would have been excellent for Black.})
16... Nd7 $2 {Too passive. The more dynamic 16...Qc7 17 Nh4 g6 followed by ...
c4 would have permanently sealed in the rook on a1.} (16... Qc7 17. Nh4 g6) 17.
Bd3 {White seizes his chance to unjam his queenside, since just at this moment
17...exd4 18 cxd4 c4 19 Bf1 is unclear, ...d5 not being available.} c4 18. Bf1
Qc7 19. d5 $2 {Just when White had escaped from his troubles he makes an error.
The fluid centre is awkward for Black, who must constantly defend e5. The move
played frees Black's hand and gives him access to c5. 19 g3 was better.} Bf6 {
The bishop transfer to g7 gives Black chances of activity by ...f5. White's
other worry is that in an ending he would have one rook tied down to defending
the a4 pawn against attack by ...Nc5.} 20. Nh2 g6 21. Qf3 Qd8 {White has
blocked the knight's return to f3, so Black takes the chance to threaten ...
Bg5. The exchange of black-squared bishops would mean that a knight on c5
would attack a4 permanently.} 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Ng4 {After 23 Be3 Black can
already play 23...f5.} Bxh6 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Rc8 {25...f5? 26 exf5 gxf5
27 Ne3 forks c4 and f5, but now that c4 is defended the move ...f5 is a
genuine threat.} 26. Qe3 $2 {White hopes for counterplay by Qh6+, but this
just allows Black to play ...f5 under favourable circumstances. 26 Ne3 was
much better, but Black keeps a slight plus by 26...h5 27 g3 h4 followed by ...
Qg5 reviving ideas of ...f5.} f5 27. Qh6+ Kh8 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ne3 f4 30. Ng4
Nc5 {Intending to create a permanent outpost at d3 by ...e4.} 31. f3 Rc7 {
The target is White's queen, which lacks any route back to friendly territory.}
32. Nf2 Rg7 33. Kh1 {There was nothing better, e.g. 33 Ne4 Nxe4 34 Rxe4 Rg6 35
Qh5 Qf6 (threat 36...Rg5 37 Qh4 Rxg2+) 36 Kh1 Rfg8 followed by ...Rh6.} (33.
Ne4 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Rg6 35. Qh5 Qf6 36. Kh1 Rfg8) 33... Rf5 {Now there is no way
to prevent ...Rg6.} 0-1

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,91,19,38,25,7,30,29,28,3,9,3,24,-16,-3,-3,14,-33,0,-8,1,-38,-21,-40,
-16,-21,-5,-18,-8,-32,-21,-12,-3,-24,20,13,36,21,21,6,17,8,26,37,42,32,35,35,
40,34,41,40,48,39,71,102,58,42,50,53,68,58,52,62,150,125,125,161,140,40,40,76,
64,68,68,86,67,51,71,16,257,319,316,346,259,141,396,369,417,425,457,487,500,
500]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. a4 b4 9. a5 {A rare line.} ({In 2016 Peter played against me:} 9. d4 O-O 10.
dxe5 {- this position is a frequent guest on a high level.} dxe5 (10... Nxe5
11. Nbd2 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Nc4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17.
b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {1-0 (38) Nakamura,H (2761)-Ding,L (2805)
Abidjan 2019}) 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Nb3 Rad8 16.
Qd3 Ba7 17. c4 Nb8 18. Nh4 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Svidler,
P (2742)-Postny,E (2616) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... O-O 10. c3 Rb8 11. d3 {Now the
position transposes into one of the quiet "d3 setups".} (11. Bc4 {is a funny
line, which I faced once.} Nxe4 $5 {Black has numerous alternatives, but this
one leads to a very unusual position.} 12. Bd5 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Nxa5 $1 14. cxb4 (
14. Rxa5 $2 c6 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5]}) 14... c6 15. Ba2 Rxb4 {Black got three
pawns for the piece.} 16. d4 exd4 17. Kg1 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (38) De Jong,M (2331)
-Postny,E (2581) Groningen 2017}) 11... h6 (11... Be6 {is a possible
alternative.}) 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Nc4 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 {There are
pros and cons of this structure. The e6 pawn covers important d5 and f5
squares, which usually compensates for the static drawbacks. The opened f-file
is useful as well.}) 14... Qc8 {Peter had already played this against non
other than Magnus Carlsen. However, during the game I wasn't aware of it, as
we reached this position by a different order of moves.} 15. Qc2 {Svidler
deviates from his own game.} (15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Ne3 d5 $11 {0-1 (36)
Svidler,P (2747)-Carlsen,M (2872) London 2013}) 15... Rd8 16. Ba3 (16. h3 {
is an invitation for the sacrifice.} Bxh3 $1 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Nh2 Ng4 19. Nxg4
Qxg4+ 20. Kf1 d5 21. exd5 Qh3+ 22. Ke2 Rxd5 23. Be3 e4 24. dxe4 Qh5+ 25. f3
Qh2+ 26. Bf2 Bh4 27. Rf1 Rg5 28. Ne3 Ne5 $44 {1/2-1/2 (42) Schmitz,A (2383)
-Grube,F (2221) ICCF email 2014}) (16. Bd2 {is an engine suggestion, but a
human player would be definitely concerned by} Bg4 {with a threat to spoil the
kingside structure.} 17. Ba4 Na7 (17... Bxf3 $6 18. Bxc6 Qg4 19. Ne3 $14) 18.
Qd1 Be6 19. Ne3 c5 {and Black should equalize.}) 16... Bf8 $6 {Too passive.} (
16... Nh5 $1 {was the right idea. Almost all white pieces are away from the
kingside.} 17. g3 $6 ({White can retreat:} 17. Bc1 {but, then it's just a
repetition of moves.}) 17... Nf4 $1 {is the point.} 18. gxf4 $2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4
Qg4+ $17) 17. Nfd2 $1 Ne7 $6 (17... d5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Ba4 Nxa5
21. Nxe5 {is in White's favour as he grabbed a more important central pawn.}) (
17... Nh5 {Now this idea is not effective anymore.} 18. g3 $14) (17... Na7 $1 {
would be the best manoeuvre. The knight is going to b5.}) 18. d4 Ng6 ({I can
not play} 18... exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Ne5 {and the fork on c6 is coming.}) 19.
d5 Bd7 20. Ne3 Ng4 {It is useful for Black to swap pair of knights.} 21. Nxg4
Bxg4 22. Rab1 Nf4 23. Bc4 Ra8 $6 {An ugly move, but I was worried to lose the
a6 pawn after the exchange of rooks.} (23... Rxb1 $1 24. Qxb1 (24. Rxb1 c6 $1 {
Black has enough counterplay.} 25. Rb6 cxd5 26. Bxa6 Qc7) 24... Qa8 25. Nf1 $14
) 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Nc4 h5 {I wasn't happy with this move, but I didn't know
what to do.} (25... Bb5 26. Ne3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $16) (25... f5 26. g3 Nh5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Bd3 $16) 26. Bc1 Be7 {I thought that it's better to allow to
take on f4 rather than to retreat to g6 and admit a total failure.} 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. e5 (28. Qd2 $1 {would be more accurate.} Bg5 29. e5 {The bishop on g5
is clumsy.}) 28... dxe5 29. Nxe5 Bf6 $6 (29... Re8 $1 {would be much more
flexible and only then to decide where to move the bishops.} 30. c4 (30. Qd2
Bf5 31. Rbd1 Bd6 $14) 30... Bf6 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Red1 {White is better, but
opposite-coloured bishops offer reasonable chances for a draw.}) 30. Qd2 Be6 $6
{I thought that I must try to hit the d-pawn, but it doesn't work.} (30... Bf5
31. Rbd1 Bg4 32. f3 Re8 33. Qxf4 Qf5 34. Qxf5 Bxf5 {would offer more chances
to survive thanks to the pair of good bishops.}) 31. c4 c6 32. d6 c5 33. Rb6 (
33. Qxf4 Rxd6 34. Nxf7 Rd4 35. Nh6+ Kh7 36. Qe3 {is also good for White, but
less human.}) 33... Rb8 34. d7 (34. Rc6 {is more convincing.} Qb7 35. Rxc5 Rbc8
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qb4 $18) 34... Qc7 35. Rc6 Bxe5 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Rxe6 $1 {
An obvious sacrifice. Now White keeps his d7 passer alive and gets a strong
initiative on the light squares.} fxe6 38. g3 Kf7 (38... Rb1 {would be more
tricky.} 39. Qe2 (39. gxf4 $2 Bxf4 $1 40. Qxf4 Rxd7 {Due to the double threat
Rdd1 and Rd4 Black wins the bishop.} 41. Kg2 Rd4 42. Qe5 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Rxf1 44.
Qxe6+ Kh7 {and Black should hold.}) 39... Kf7 40. Qxh5+ Kf6 41. Qxc5 Rxd7 {
I believe that a player of Svidler calibre should win this position, but it
definitely will not be easy.}) 39. Bh3 $2 (39. gxf4 Ke7 40. f5 {was winning
without much of a drama.}) 39... Ke7 $2 {I didn't use my chance to come back
in the game on the last minute.} (39... g5 $1 40. Qd3 Rh8 ({Another idea is} 
40... g4 41. Qh7+ Kf6 42. Bf1 Be5 43. Qxh5 Bd4 44. Qxg4 fxg3 45. hxg3 Ke7 46.
Bh3 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Re1 {with decent survival chances.}) 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Qe4 Rh6
{It's still very unpleasant for Black, but holdable.}) 40. Qe2 {[%csl Re6] Now
it's all over.} Rb1+ 41. Kg2 f3+ 42. Qxf3 Rf8 43. Qxh5 Bd6 (43... Rb2 44. Qxc5+
Bd6 45. Qg5+ Kxd7 46. Qxg7+ $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 44. Bxe6 Rb2 45. Qg5+ Kxe6 46.
d8=N+ (46. d8=N+ Kd7 47. Qxg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bagneux Librairie Saint Germain"]
[Site "Bagneux"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1982.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 (7...
O-O) 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {Une ligne secondaire} (9. h3 {La grande ligne}) 9... b4 (
9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Bh5 11. d3 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nf1 $14 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf1g3,Gf1e3,Gg3f5]}) 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13.
d3 c5 $132 {Ivanovic,B (2490)-Gligoric,S (2515) Plovdiv 1986 (8) 1/2}) 10. a5 {
[%csl Ra6]} Rb8 11. Bc4 {[%csl Rc4] La faiblesse "a6" a été fixée et le Bc4
est trés fort} Bb7 (11... d5 $5 {Cette ligne secondaire ne semblait pas
connue à l'époque selon les bases}) 12. Qe2 {[%csl Ra6] Gagne un tempo
important} (12. d3 Kh8 13. Qb3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Qa2 f5 16. Nbd2 g5 17. h3
f4 18. Rb1 Qe8 19. d4 Bf6 20. Bd5 Ba8 21. Qc4 Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Ndb8 23. Ba3 Be7
24. Nbd2 Qd7 25. Qa2 Bb7 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nc4 Bd6 28. Nxg5 Bc8 29. Nxd6 cxd6
30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Nd8 32. Bh5 Qg7 33. Kh2 Qh6 34. Qe2 Nd7 35. Bg4 Ne6 36.
Rd1 Nf6 37. Bxd6 f3 38. Bxf3 Nf4 39. Qf1 Bg4 40. Bxe5 Bxf3 41. gxf3 Qg5 {
Klovans,J-Tseitlin,M Soviet Union 1973 1-0}) 12... Ra8 13. d4 $5 $146 {Une
bonne nouveauté car sur 13.d3, les Noirs doivent pouvoir égaliser avec la
pousée d5} (13. d3 d5 $1 $132 14. Bb3 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3
Qd7 18. h3 Ne8 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bc2 Nd6 21. Nb3 Nb5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Nd4
24. Qd1 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Rfe8 26. Re3 Qb5 27. b3 Bc6 28. Bxb4 Bd5 29. exd5 Qxb4
30. Qc4 Qb7 31. Rc1 Rxd5 32. b4 Re7 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Rd6 35. Rc5 f6 36. f4
Rd4 37. Rc4 Rd5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rc6 Rd4 40. Re4 Rd6 41. Rec4 Rxd3 42. Rxc7
Rxc7 {Bertok,M-Forintos,G Belgrade 1962 1/2-1/2}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 {[%csl
Gd4,Ge4]} d5 $132 {[%csl Rd4]} (14... Qd7 $6 15. d5 $1) 15. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {
[%csl Rb1,Rc1] La faiblesse "d4" est fixée et il n'est pas facile pour les
Blancs de terminer le développement de l'aile-dame} 16. Nbd2 Qd7 {[%cal Gf8e8,
Ge8e2] Les Noirs sous-estiment les problèmes de développement des Blancs et
laissent un répit} (16... Nf4 $142 $5 17. Qe3 Bg5 $1 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 $36 {
[%csl Rg2,Gg5][%cal Gb7g2,Gf4g2]} 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Nxd4 21. gxf4 Nc2 22.
Rd1 Nxa1) 17. Nb3 Rfe8 18. Qd3 h6 {Un coup pas forcément utile et
l'affaiblissement n'est pas négligeable} 19. Bd2 Red8 20. Re2 $1 Bf8 21. Rae1
$14 {Les pièces Blanches sont un peu plus actives mais la position Noire est
solide. Pour l'instant le doublement des R est esthétique mais pas encore
très utile car il n'y a pas de cible} Qg4 $6 {[%cal Gd5f4] La Q est trop
exposée et les deux adversaires ont sous-estimé la richesse de la position.}
22. h3 (22. Qc2 Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e2,Gg4g2]} 23. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 24. Qc4+ (24. Bxf4
Qxf4 25. Qc4+ Kg6 26. Qd3+ Kf7 27. Qc4+ Kg6 28. Re4 Qf6 29. Re6) 24... Nd5 25.
Qxc6 $3 Bxc6 26. Ne5+ {[%cal Ge5f7,Ge5g4]}) 22... Qh5 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Ne5 $1 (
24. Re4) 24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. Rxe5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 25... c5 26. f4 $1 {
[%cal Gf4f5,Ge5e6] Les R doublées ont enfin trouvé une utilité et la
création d'un P passé est trés dangereuse} (26. e6 $143 $5 {[%cal Ge6e7,
Ge2e5]} fxe6 27. Re5 Qh4 28. R1e4 Qf6 $1 29. Rxe6 Qf5 $13 {La position Noire
semble tenir mais c'est trés compliqué à jouer.}) 26... Nc7 $2 {La Ra8
n'est toujours pas développée} (26... Rac8 $142 $5 27. f5) 27. f5 {[%csl Ge5,
Gf5]} Nb5 {[%csl Rb5] Non seulement la manoeuvre Nd5c7b5 est lente mais elle a
le défaut d'éloigner le N de la défense de l'aile-roi tout en permettant au
Bc4 de soutenir la poussée "e6"} 28. e6 $40 {[%csl Gc4]} fxe6 29. fxe6 {
[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6e7] Le P passé soutenu par les deux R est monstrueux} Bd6 (
29... Be7 30. Re5 Qh4 31. R1e4 (31. Qg6 $1 Qxc4 32. Bxh6 $1 {Les pièces
Noires ont déserté l'aile-roi et sans surprise, les Blancs peuvent sacrifier}
Bf6 33. Bxg7+ Bxg7 34. Rh5+) 31... Qg3 32. Be1 Qg6) 30. e7 {[%csl Ge7]} Re8 31.
Qd3 $5 {[%cal Gc4b5,Gd3d6] Trop lent} (31. Re6 $1 {[%cal Ge6d6,Ge6h6,Gd2h6]}
Bg3 (31... Bc8 32. Bxb5 axb5 (32... Bxe6 33. Bxe8) 33. Rxd6) 32. Rxh6+ $3 gxh6
33. Re6 {[%cal Ge6h6]} Kg7 34. Bxh6+ Qxh6 35. Rxh6 Kxh6 36. Qf5 $18 {[%cal
Gf5f6]}) 31... Bc7 32. Qd7 {[%cal Gd7c7,Gc4b5]} Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4e7,Gh4c4]} 33.
Qg4 $2 $138 (33. Bf7 $1 Qg3 34. Bxe8 Qh2+ 35. Kf2 Bg3+ 36. Ke3 Bf4+ 37. Kd3
Qg3+ 38. Kc2 $18) 33... Qxg4 34. hxg4 Nd6 $1 {Empêche Bf7} 35. Nxc5 Nxc4 36.
Nxb7 Ra7 37. Rc1 Rxb7 {Après la série d'échange, l'attaque blanche
s'essoufle} 38. Rxc4 Bxa5 39. Rc6 Bb6+ 40. Kf1 a5 $1 {[%csl Re7] Non seulement
les Blancs n'ont plus d'attaque mais le P"e7" est maintenant une faiblesse et
non plus une force.} 41. g5 {[%cal Gg5g6]} hxg5 42. Bxg5 a4 43. Rd2 $1 {
[%cal Gd2d8] Une dernière cartouche} a3 $1 (43... Kg8 $2 44. Rd8 Kf7 45. Rxe8
Kxe8 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. e8=Q#) 44. bxa3 bxa3 45. Ra2 (45. Rd8 Rxd8 46. exd8=Q+
Bxd8 47. Bxd8 a2 48. Ra6 Rb1+ 49. Ke2 a1=Q) 45... Bd4 46. Rxa3 {La paix des
braves} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 Bg4 15. d5
Nc4 16. a4 Nb6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. b3 g6 19. Nf1 h5 20. c4 b4 21. Qd3 Nh7 22. N3d2
Ndf6 23. h3 Bc8 24. Nf3 Ra7 25. N1h2 Kh8 26. Ng5 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Be7 28. f4 Nd7
29. Nf3 f6 30. Bh6 $1 g5 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rf1 Rg8 34. Kh1 Nf6 35.
Ng5 $2 (35. Qd2 Nh7 36. Rf2 $17) 35... Qe8 $19 36. Ne6 Bxe6 37. dxe6 Qg6 38.
Qd2 Ng4 39. Bf4 exf4 40. e5 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 {119} 9. h3 {Hari likes to play this move h3 in the Ruy Lopez as well as in
the Giuoco Piano.} Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. d3 h6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 a5
15. a4 b4 16. Nb5 Re8 17. c3 Bf8 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Be3 Na7 20. Bc4 Ba6 $6 21. Nc7
$1 {Harikrishna, alert as ever, picks up the light-squared bishop.} Qxc7 22.
Bxa6 $14 {With the light-squared bishop in his bag, White is clearly better.}
d5 23. cxb4 (23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bc4 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 $14) 23... Nc6 24. Bb5 (24.
Bd2 $14) 24... Nxb4 25. Qd1 Red8 26. exd5 Nfxd5 (26... Rxd5 27. Bc4 $14) 27.
Bd2 Bd6 28. Qe2 Nf4 29. Qe4 $16 {White is clearly better.} Nc2 30. Rec1 (30.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe1 (30... Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34. Bxa5 $16
) 31. Bxf4 $18) 30... Nb4 31. g3 Ne6 (31... Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 Ng5 33. Nxg5 hxg5 34.
Rh1 g6 35. Bxg5 $18) 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. h4 Rf8 34. Re1 Qd8 35. Kg2 (35. Nxe5
Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Nd4 $44) 35... Nc7 36. Bc4 Re8 37. Qf5 Qf6 38. Qh5 (38. Qxf6 gxf6
39. Ra1 $16 {White has a clear advantage here because of the strong
light-squared bishop and the protected passed a-pawn.}) 38... Ne6 39. Nxe5 g6
40. Nxg6 (40. Ng4 $1 Qd4 41. Qd5 Qxg4 42. Qxd6 $18) (40. Qxh6 Bxe5 $17) 40...
Kh7 $1 41. Qd5 (41. Ne5 Ng7 42. Qxf7 Bxe5 43. Qxf6 Bxf6 $11) 41... Nc7 42.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 43. Bxf7 Rxe1 44. Rxe1 Kg7 45. Ne5 Bxe5 46. Rxe5 Kxf7 47. Rxc5 $16 {
Although White is better it is not so easy to convert this into a full point.}
Ne6 48. Rc4 b3 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. d4 Kd6 51. Ke4 Nc7 52. Rc5 Rb4 53. Rh5 Rxa4 54.
Rxh6+ Ne6 55. f4 Rxd4+ 56. Ke3 Rd5 57. g4 Ke7 58. f5 Re5+ 59. Kd3 Nf4+ 60. Kc4
Re4+ 61. Kxb3 Ng2 62. g5 Nxh4 63. Rh7+ Kf8 64. f6 Rg4 65. Rh8+ Kf7 66. Rh7+ Kf8
67. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
{Not the most popular line. a4 and h3 are more common nowadays.} d6 9. c3 Na5
10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 $5 {Avoiding Ng5 or Bg5.} (13...
Bf8 $5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 (15... a5 $6 {is a computer suggestion. But the
light squares in the centre are in White's control for a long time and I think
it is quite difficult for humans to play like this.} 16. a4 b4 17. Bb3 Be6 18.
Bxe6 Rxe6 (18... fxe6 $6 {This can be good in situations where there is play
on the f-file. Otherwise this just weakens the king.} 19. d4 $1 $14 {Opening
the d-file and after the exchanges in the centre Black will be left with a
backward pawn on d6.}) 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne3 Re6 21. h4 $1 {getting ready to
answer g6 with h5 weakening the black king.} Rb8 22. g3 $14) 16. Ne3 Be6 17. a4
$5 {leads to complex play.}) 14. Ne3 {My opponent played this rather quickly
and I guess this was prepared at home.} Be6 {I spent about 12 minutes on this
move as a number of alternatives were available.} (14... Bf8 $5 {this has been
played in some correspondence games although at some point it looks like the
moves can transpose anyway.}) (14... Rb8 {Intending to avoid the opening of
the a-file altogether.} 15. a4 b4 $5) 15. a4 {The standard idea in such
situations. To create additional options.} Rc8 $5 {Not a very great idea to
give the a-file to White just like that but I was hoping to get in d5 quickly.}
(15... Bf8 $5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. g4 $5 {led to a mess in a
correspondence game in 2014.}) (15... Qc7 $5 {looked like the most natural
move. But it takes the queen away from the defence of the kingside.} 16. Nh4 $5
{This was what I was afraid of during the game. Although the computer says it
is quite fine for Black, it looks very scary for a human to allow the knight
to f5 (especially with the pawn on h6)} d5 $1 (16... Nxe4 $6 17. dxe4 Bxh4 18.
Nd5 $1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 $40 {looks
extremely dangerous as the black king is quite weak.}) (16... g6 $2 17. Nhf5 $1
{almost wins as too many White pieces start to migrate to the kingside
starting with Qf3.} gxf5 (17... Bf8 18. Qf3 $1 $40) 18. exf5 Bd7 19. Ng4 $1 $40
) 17. exd5 (17. Nef5 $6 {This burns the bridges on the queenside and puts
everything into the kingside attack.} d4 $1 {Gaining space and getting ready
for ...dxc3, bxc3, ...b4 creating a passer.} 18. Qf3 (18. f4 $6 dxc3 19. bxc3
exf4 $1 $15) 18... Kh8 $15) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Qg4 Kh8
21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qh5 f6 $1 (22... Re6 23. Ne3 $1 (23. axb5 Nd8 $1 {covers
everything}) 23... Ne7 $1 24. axb5 Rf6 $1 $13) 23. d4 Qf7 $1 {and Black is
hanging on.}) (15... b4 $5 {This looked more normal.} 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 a5 {Here I was not sure whether I can get rid of the
d6-pawn soon but the computer says Black has nothing to fear as the e4-pawn is
also exposed and supporting with f3 weakens the white king.}) 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Bb3 $1 {This move cost 10 minutes for my opponent. This is the best way to
proceed as the d5-break has to be stopped.} (17. Ra6 Qd7 {and ...Ra8 is coming
next.}) 17... Qd7 $1 {Clearing d8 for the bishop if needed and ...Ra8 is now
possible hoping to get the a-file.} (17... d5 $6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ng4 f6 20.
d4 $1 $36) 18. Bxe6 $5 (18. Nd5 Bd8 $1 19. Nd2 Rf8 $5 {Getting away from the
x-ray on the a4-e8 diagonal and preparing to get in ...f5 later on.} (19...
Bxd5 20. exd5 Na5 {This is mainly possible because of ...Bd8.} 21. Ba2 c4 22.
Bb1 (22. Qf3 Qb7 $5 $11) 22... Nxd5 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc3 25. Qxd6 Ne2+
$1 26. Rxe2 (26. Kh1 Qb5 $1 27. Rxe2 Qxc4 28. Bd3 Be7 $1 $11) 26... Qxd6 27.
Bh7+ (27. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Re6 $11) 27... Kxh7 28. Nxd6 Nb3 $1 29. Nxc8 Nxa1
30. b4 Bc7 31. Na7 Nb3 $11)) 18... Qxe6 $1 {I decided on this rather quickly
as I did not want to weaken my kingside.} (18... fxe6 $6 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Ng4
Nxg4 21. hxg4 $14 {and Black has a tough position with many weaknesses and the
g5-break to watch out for.}) 19. Ra6 $5 {Setting up an unpleasant pin along
the sixth rank.} (19. Nh4 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nhf5 Bf8 22. Qf3 Ne7 $11) 19...
Qd7 $5 {After 12 minutes of thought. The principled line with ...d5 leads to
massive complications and it was not easy to decide on it over the board.} (
19... d5 $5 {This was my original intention. But during the game I did not
feel like weakening the kingside with ...f6:} 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ng4 f6 22. Nh4
(22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. d4 (23. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 $17) 23... e4 $1 (23... Kh8 24. Nfxe5
$1 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd7 26. Qf3 $13) (23... Nf4 24. dxe5 f5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6
Rcd8 $1 27. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 28. f7+ Kxf7 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Nxc6 Rd6
$11) 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. b4 h5 $5 (25... Nxc3 26. Qc1 $1 (26. Qd2 e3 27. Qxc3
Bxb4 28. Nxf6+ Kf7 29. Qxe3 Qxf6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qf4+ Qf6 32. Qxb4 Rxe1+ 33.
Nxe1 Qe6 $15) 26... h5 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. bxc5 Qc4 (28... exf3 29. Rxe6 Ne2+ 30.
Kh2 Nxc1 31. Rxf6 Nd3 32. Raxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rf8 34. g4 $13) 29. Kh2 $1 {
one of those mysterious quiet moves. White simply moves away from the ...Ne2
fork and ...Re1 is not check anymore.} Nd5 (29... Qxc5 30. Qf4 $11) (29... Ne2
$1 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Rxe2 Kxh6 32. Ne1 $11) 30. Qd2 $1 exf3 31. Nf5 Qf4+ 32.
Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxc6 fxg2 35. Rc7+ Kh8 36. c6 $11) (25... f5 26.
Nxh6+ Kg7 27. bxc5 Kxh6 28. Qd2+ f4 29. Nd4 Qg6 30. g4 $5 e3 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32.
Qf2 $13) 26. bxc5 hxg4 27. Nd4 Nxc3 28. Rxc6 Nxd1 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Nc3
31. hxg4 b4 32. Nd4 Rxc5 $15 {Black retains some small chances of victory
although objectively it is more closer to a draw because of the reduced
material.}) 22... Bf8 23. f4 (23. Ng6 $5 $13) 23... Qd7 24. f5 Ra8 (24... Red8
25. Qf3 $1 $14) 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. c4 Bg7 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Ng6 {
I am inclined to think that White is somewhat better here due to the weakness
on light squares, but the computer says Black has nothing to fear as the
bishop on g7 defends well and Black has the d3 weakness to latch on to.} Kh7
$13) 20. Nf5 $5 {The right direction. White combines threats on the kingside
with control of the d5-square and aims at Nh2-g4 exchanging the f6-knight
which controls d5.} (20. Qb3 Qb7 {and Black continues with ...Ra8. However the
white queen is misplaced.}) (20. Nh2 {This was one of the alternative ideas I
considered for my opponent during the game after which I had roughly two equal
ideas to continue albeit in completely different directions.} Ra8 $5 {
Concentrating on the queenside.} (20... d5 $5 {The desired breakthrough.
Although I would have to find ...b4 at the end of the line.} 21. exd5 (21. Qf3
d4 22. Nf5 Kh8 $5 $13) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Bxh6 b4 $1 {
Surprising idea, the d3-pawn is under pressure anyway and Black is ready to go
for it at a more opportune moment.} (24... Qxd3 {allows White to activate all
his pieces quickly.} 25. Rd1 $1 Qc2 26. Nf1 Re6 27. Rd2 $14 {and the bishop
goes to e3 and the black king is weaker.}) 25. Qg3 Re6 26. Bc1 Rd8 27. Ng4 Rg6
$44) 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Ng4 Kh7 $5 $11) 20... Qb7 (20... Bf8 21. Nh2
$5 Qb7 22. Ra1 {tranposes to the game.} (22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxa6 24. Nxg7
Bxg7 25. Bxh6 Kf8 26. Qxg7+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Ne7 29. f4 exf4 30. e5
d5 $1 31. Bxe7 Qe6 $15 {and Black manages to beat off the attack.})) 21. Ra1
Bf8 22. Nh2 (22. N3h4 Ra8 (22... Re6 $5) 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qf3 Ne8 $13 {
with ...Kh7 to follow.}) 22... Re6 $6 {This is too passive although Black's
position remains quite defensible.} (22... Ra8 $1 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qf3 Ne8 {
was the right direction aiming for counterplay along the a-file.}) 23. Ng4 Ne7
$5 {Exchanges relieve the Black position in general. Here White still has
control over the a-file and it is not easy.} (23... Ne8 $5 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Qb3
Nxf5 26. exf5 Re7 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Rea1 $14) 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Ne3 $5 {Still
maintaining control over the d5-break as Pe5 is hanging.} (25. Nxe7+ $5 Bxe7
26. Qb3 c4 27. dxc4 Rxc4 28. Be3 Qc6 $1 29. Qa2 $1 $14 {and the queenside
pawns come under attack after the exchange of queens (either on a6 or a8).
This would have been very unpleasant for Black and would have underlined the
disadvantage of ...Re6.}) 25... Rd8 $5 {Aiming for ...d5 again.} (25... Re6 26.
Qb3 $1 $14) (25... d5 $6 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Ng4 Rg6 28. Qf3 $1 $16) 26. Bd2 $6 {
Time trouble and seeing that two of his team mates were already clearly better,
White decides to simplify but now the game becomes completely double edged.} (
26. c4 $1 {was required to stop the d5-break.} bxc4 (26... Rg6 $5 27. Nd5 Nxd5
28. cxd5 f5 29. exf5 Rf6 30. Qf3 Qd7 31. Be3 $14 {and the pawns placed on dark
squares would be quite difficult to defend in the long run.}) 27. dxc4 $1 {
and the d6-weakness and the misplaced rook on f6 provides some edge.} Re6 28.
Qd3 $1 Nc6 29. Bd2 $14 {Here it is important to note that White can eliminate
the Black knight on d4 with his dark coloured bishop whereas the knight on d5
stays strong.}) 26... Re6 $1 {Finally ready for ...d5.} 27. Ra5 $6 {
Miscalculation due to time trouble.} (27. Qf3 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Ng4 (29. c4
bxc4 30. Nxc4 f6 31. Qg4 Ree8 32. Bxh6 Nb4 $13) 29... Qb8 $11) 27... d5 $1 {
having defended the position for quite some time, this was my first
opportunity to generate a threat and so this was quite natural. The pawn break
allows all the black pieces to come into play.} 28. exd5 (28. Qb3 dxe4 29. Rxb5
Qa8 30. Rxc5 exd3 $15 {and the connected passed pawns are quite dangerous.})
28... Nxd5 {Here I had more than 15 minutes on the clock whereas my opponent
was down to his last five minutes to make it to the time control.} 29. Qf3 Qb6
$1 {Clearing the pin with tempo and Black is ready to attack d3.} 30. c4 $6 {
Clearly my opponent was counting on this trick but he had missed the following
queen sacrifice.} (30. Rea1 Nc7 $5 $15 {Stopping Ra6/a8 and Red6 is coming.})
30... Nxe3 $1 {I spent 10 of my remaining 16 minutes here before playing this
move. After the forced sequence White loses material.} (30... Nc7 31. Nd5 (31.
cxb5 Nxb5 32. Nc4 Nd4 $15) 31... Nxd5 32. Rxb5 Qa6 33. Ra5 $1 $11) 31. Rxb5 (
31. Qxe3 bxc4 $1 $17) 31... Nxg2 $1 {Breaking open the kingside.} 32. Rxb6 (32.
Kxg2 Qa6 $17) 32... Nxe1 33. Qb7 (33. Bxe1 Rxb6 34. Ba5 Rg6+ $1 $15 {saves the
exchange and Black quickly latches on to d3 with both the rooks and wins
material.}) 33... Nf3+ $1 34. Kf1 (34. Kg2 Nxd2 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Qb6 Rd6 37.
Qxc5 e4 $1 {opens the positions for the pieces to be activated.} 38. Qa5 (38.
dxe4 e5 $1 $17) 38... Nb3 39. Qc3 Rxd3 40. Qe5 Rd6 $17 {Black will manage ...
Rb6 and ...Nc5 blocking the queenside pawns completely.}) (34. Qxf3 Rxb6 35.
Ba5 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Rd7 $15) 34... Nxd2+ 35. Ke2 Re7 $1 {Avoiding the exchange of
rooks as Black has more of an opportunity to disturb the white king with more
pieces on the board.} 36. Qc6 (36. Qh1 e4 $1 37. Kxd2 exd3 38. Qf3 g6 {
clearing the back rank and ready to activate the bishop via g7 if needed.} 39.
Rb3 Re2+ 40. Kd1 h5 41. Rxd3 Rxf2 42. Qe3 (42. Qxf2 Rxd3+ 43. Kc2 Rxh3 $19 {
It is important to note White cannot get a passer on the queenside.}) 42...
Rxd3+ 43. Qxd3 Rxb2 $17) 36... Nb1 $1 {An aesthetically pleasing move and the
main reason I chose to annotate this game. Black's knight reaches the starting
position of its opposite number and continues to deny White's pieces some key
squares.} (36... e4 $5 37. Kxd2 Rxd3+ 38. Kc2 Re6 39. Qb7 Rxb6 40. Qxb6 Rxh3 {
Although this looked quite safe during the game, I was not sure whether this
was winning easily and hence decided to save the knight.}) 37. f3 Red7 $1 38.
Rb3 Be7 $1 {Getting ready to get the knight out.} 39. Rb7 $1 {The only
practical chance.} Rxb7 $2 {Time trouble.} (39... Rd6 $1 {keeps more pieces to
attack the king.} 40. Qc7 (40. Qxc5 Bf6 $19) 40... Bf6 $1 {It was hard to give
up f7 with check while calculating. But now Black co-ordinates everything.} 41.
Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Rb3 R6d7 $1 43. Qh5 Bg5 $19) 40. Qxb7 Bg5 $5 {Time trouble was
over and I thought Black had some chances to win but could not lose.} 41. Qb6
$2 {My opponent played this rather quickly to save time for the next control
but this is the decisive error.} (41. Qc7 $1 {The difference is ...Rc8 is not
available and Black has to give up the c5-pawn.} Rf8 (41... g6 $5) 42. Qxc5 Rb8
$1 (42... Bf4 43. Qb6 Ra8 44. Qb7 $14 {can become dangerous for Black as
passed pawns are now free to move.}) 43. Qxe5 Rb6 $1 $11 {and Black manages to
eliminate the pawn and secure the draw.}) 41... Rc8 $1 {Now White has to waste
one more move to get the c5-pawn and this tempo makes all the difference for
getting the knight out.} 42. Qb7 Rf8 $1 43. h4 (43. b4 $5 {This allows the
knight to escape but creates counterplay with the c-pawn.} Nc3+ 44. Ke1 cxb4
45. Qxb4 Na2 $1 46. Qb1 Ra8 47. Qb7 Rd8 48. c5 Nc1 $1 49. c6 Nxd3+ 50. Kf1 Nc5
51. Qa7 Ne6 52. c7 Re8 53. Qb8 Nxc7 54. Qxc7 g6 $17 {and Black will place the
bishop on f4 and activate the rook. Suffice to say White's play is unpleasant,
although not quite clear if this can be won.}) 43... Bf4 $1 {Now everything
was safe I thought because if White takes on c5 I get Nb3-d4.} 44. Qb5 (44. h5
Bd2 $1 {by placing the bishop on b4 Black stops all counterplay.} 45. d4 exd4
46. Qe4 d3+ $1 47. Qxd3 Re8+ 48. Kd1 Bb4 $19) 44... Nd2 $6 (44... g6 $1 {
avoiding the kingside fix and giving air to the king.} 45. Qxc5 Rb8 $19) 45. h5
$1 Rc8 $5 {Trying to gain a tempo into which White falls.} 46. Qb7 $6 ({
A much sterner defence was} 46. Qd7 Ra8 47. Qc6 Rd8 48. Qb5 Bg5 $1 49. Qb6 Re8
$17 {and finally Black manages to activate with ...Re6.}) 46... Re8 $1 {
Now it becomes easier as the rook reaches e6.} 47. b4 (47. Qb5 Re6 48. Qxc5 g6
$1 $19 {creating the h-passer.}) 47... e4 $1 48. fxe4 Rb8 {My opponent
resigned here. Black takes on b4 and pushes the b-pawn and the counterplay is
nowhere to be seen.} (48... Rb8 49. Qa7 (49. Qd7 cxb4 50. Qf5 Bg5 $1 51. Qe5
Rd8 52. c5 Nb3 $19) 49... cxb4 50. e5 Re8 $1 51. d4 Nxc4 52. Qa4 Rd8 53. Qxb4
Ne3 $19 {should win because ...Bg5 is coming next co-ordinating everything.})
0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "5.141"]
[White "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Black "Collins, Sam E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwicks Select"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {Taking two moves to reach d4. The loss of a
tempo doesn't always matter quite as much as it seems to here.} Qc7 12. Nbd2 ({
This was White's last chance to close the queenside with} 12. d5 {and he's
made to regret the omission.}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5
16. a3 ({Weakening the b3 square. Maybe} 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Bd2 Na6 18. h3 Rfc8
19. Ng3 Nc5 {is preferable, but White remains very passive.}) 16... Na6 17. Nf1
Nc5 18. Bd2 a4 19. Bb4 Qa7 20. N3d2 Bg4 $1 21. Qc1 ({Chucking in} 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
{and then playing} 22. Nf3 {isn't great but could be better than having the
queen forced to the uncomfortable c-file.}) 21... Rac8 22. Bc3 Bd8 23. Ne3 Ba5
24. Bc2 Rc7 25. Qb1 Rfc8 26. Bd1 Bd7 27. Be2 (27. Bf3 {is the best grovel
Houdini can come up with, when} Bxc3 28. bxc3 Na6 29. Nd1 {is not as bad as it
looks.}) 27... g6 28. Nd1 Bb6 29. Ne3 $2 {Worn down by the incessant pressure,
White blunders.} Nb3 $1 {[diag]} (29... Nb3 {Having spent the best part of
twenty years of my chess career grovelling around on the back two ranks in
positions like this, I feel I can truly empathise with White's plight here.
I'd imagine myself thinking, thus: "I could play} 30. Nxb3 ({or maybe} 30. Bd3
{, oh, but Black's got} Rxc3 $1) {but then he's got} 30... Bxe3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+
32. Kh1 Nxe4 {... you know what? To hell with it: why don't I just resign and
go to the bar?"}) 0-1

[Event "Rostock-A 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schoeneberg, Manfred"]
[Black "Stern, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Schoeneberg,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bc2 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung, von Lutikov in die Praxis eingeführt.}
Bb7 (9... d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Qd6 $11) 10. a4 b4 $6 {
Forciert die Ereignisse. Elastischer scheint} (10... Re8 {nebst Bf8 und
Umgruppierung des Läufers nach g7.}) 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 {
Mit Remisangebot} 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 {Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, dafür
aber das Zentrum aufgegeben. Außerdem neigt das Bauernpaar c7/d6 zur Schwäche.
Weiß sollte die etwas besseren Aussichten besitzen.} d5 $2 {Schwarz will
sofort im Zentrum klären, fixiert dabei aber selbst die Schwäche c7 und
schränkt den Bb7 ein. Gehaltvoller war} (15... Re8 {nebst Nd7}) 16. e5 Ne4 17.
Rb1 {Möglich war auch der Abtausch des Be7 mit} (17. Ba3) 17... Rb8 18. Be3 $1
{Jetzt versank Schwarz in langes Nachdenken. Weiß droht 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20.Nd2
mit Bauerngewinn.} f5 {Auf} (18... a5 {folgt} 19. Red1 Bb4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Ng5 Qd5 22. f3 $1 {Das Nehmen auf c3 degradiert den Bb7 endgültig.}) 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Bf4 $6 {Vielleicht besser} (20. Ne5 {,aber ich wollte nicht zu
schnell ein Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern zulassen.}) 20... Ba8 $1 {
Eine sehr gute Risposte, die auf einem taktischen Kniff beruht:} 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. Rxb8 (22. Bxc7 Rc8 $1 23. Bxd8 Rxc2 24. Bxf6 exf3 {,und ein Gewinn für
Weiß steht in den Sternen.}) 22... Qxb8 23. Bxc7 Qb7 24. Ne5 Qd5 {Es beginnt
Zeitnot von Schwarz.} 25. Qb2 Rc8 26. Bb6 Rb8 27. Rc1 (27. a5 Qxa5 $1) 27...
Bxe5 28. dxe5 e3 $5 {Kein schlechter Zug für die Zeitnot, aber Weiß fängt die
Initiative leicht ab, und mit dem Fall des e-Bauern entsteht eine Übermacht am
Königsflügel.} 29. f3 (29. fxe3 Rxb6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Qf2+ Kg6 (31... Ke6 32.
Re8+ Kd7 33. e6+ $1 {mit Gewinn für Weiß}) 32. Qg3+ $11) 29... e2 30. Re1 Qd1
31. Kf2 Qxa4 {Erneutes Remisangebot.} 32. Rxe2 Qc6 33. Qa2+ Qd5 34. Qxd5+ Bxd5
{Endspiele dieser Art sind trotz ungleicher Läufer wegen der Türme schwer zu
halten.} 35. Bc7 Rc8 36. Bd6 Kf7 37. Rd2 Ke6 38. f4 g6 39. g4 Bb3 40. Rd3 Bc4
41. Rh3 $1 {Mit diesem und dem nächsten Zug wird die Blockade des Feldes f5
durchbrochen.} Rh8 42. f5+ $1 gxf5 43. Rh6+ Kd5 44. gxf5 a5 45. Ke3 a4 46. Rh4
$1 Bb3 47. Rd4+ Kc6 48. Ba3 Rg8 49. e6 Rg2 50. f6 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Bb7 (13... h6 {
Chiburdanidze,M-Xie Jun (04)/WchW/1991/1-0/56/}) 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Nf5 Ne7 16.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. a4 Bf8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 $6 Be7 20. d4 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22.
Qe2 c4 $1 23. Red1 Qc5 24. Nh2 $2 b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Nf3 Nh5 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. g3 (28. Qxc4 Rec8 (28... Rac8 29. Qb3) 29. Qe2 Nf4 30. Qd2 $15) 28... Qe6
29. Kh2 Nf6 30. Ra3 a5 31. Re3 Bc8 32. Qf1 Rb8 33. Rb1 Ba6 34. Qe1 Rb4 35. b3
Reb8 36. bxc4 Nd7 37. Reb3 Qxc4 38. Rxb4 $6 (38. Bd3 Rxb3 39. Bxc4 Rxb1 $17) (
38. Qd1 $1 Qc5 39. Re3) 38... axb4 39. Bb3 Qd3 $1 40. Qd1 Qxd1 41. Rxd1 Nc5 42.
Rb1 Bd3 43. Rb2 Bxe4 44. Nxe5 Nxb3 45. Rxb3 Bd5 46. Rb2 b3 47. Nd3 f6 48. g4
Bc4 49. Nc5 (49. Nc1 Rd8 50. Rb1 (50. Nxb3 Rb8 $19) 50... Rd1 $19) 49... Rc8
50. Ne4 Bd5 51. Ng3 Ra8 (51... Rc2 $2 52. Rxc2 $1 bxc2 53. Ne2) 52. Ne2 Rxa4
53. Nc3 Ra2 $1 54. Rb1 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. a4 c4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Nh7 16. Bg3 Ng5 17. Nxe5 $6 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. h4
Nh7 22. Qg4 Qg6 23. Qf4 Nb3 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Re3 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qh5 27. f6 Nxf6
28. Rde1 Nd5 29. Qe4 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Rg3 Ne7 32. Be4 Rad8 33. axb5 axb5
34. Rf1 Nd2 35. Re1 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 Kh7 37. Rf3 Kg8 38. Ref4 Nc6 39. Bc7 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. d4
$1 {Otherwise Black can liberate himself with 15. - d5.} cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 exd4 18. b3 {Better than 18.Qxd4 Qc7 and eventually d6-d5.} Bb7 19. Bb2 d5
20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxd4 $14 (21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc5 24. Bxd4 Qd5
$10) 21... Qh4 22. Re3 Rac8 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qe2 Ba3 25. Rd1 $1 {25.Bxe4?
Bc1! is good for Black.} Ba8 26. Rg3 $2 h5 27. Re3 Red8 28. b4 $2 Bxb4 29. Bb3
Be7 30. e6 f5 31. Bb2 Kh7 {31. - f4!?} 32. Rg3 g6 33. Rd7 f4 34. Rc3 Rxd7 35.
Rxc8 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Qd2 Be7 $2 (37... e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Qxe3 Qe4 $13)
38. Qd4 $1 {38. - Kh6 39.Qg7 + -} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
(8. c3 d5) 8... d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. h3 h6 14.
Ne3 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 $6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 $5 d4 18. Nf5 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20.
Ba4 Bd7 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Ne7 (23... dxc3 24. Bxc3 g6 25. Nd6)
24. cxd4 Nxf5 25. gxf5 exd4 26. Ba5 $1 Qe7 (26... Qxa5 27. Bxd7 $18) 27. Qxd4
Bxa4 28. bxa4 Qc5 29. Qd2 Qc4 30. e5 Bc5 31. Rac1 Qd4 32. e6 Rb2 33. Qxd4 Bxd4
34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Be1 Bb6 38. Rc4 Rb1 39. Re4+ Kf7
40. Kh2 h5 41. g3 Kf6 42. a5 Bc7 43. Bc3+ Kxf5 44. Rc4 Bd8 45. Rc5+ Kg6 $2 (
45... Kg4 $2 46. Kg2 {/\ 47.f3 #}) (45... Ke4 46. Bxg7 Rb5) 46. Rc6+ Kh7 47.
Rxa6 Rc1 48. Bd4 Rd1 49. Bc3 Rc1 50. Ra8 Bc7 51. Bd4 Rc4 52. Be3 h4 53. a6
hxg3+ 54. Kg2 Bf4 55. a7 gxf2 56. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bg5 {Too
timid.} Nd7 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Nc6 19. Bb3 Ne6 20.
Bd5 Nc7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. d4 Rc8 23. Rac1 Na8 24. d5 Bd7 25. Bg5 $6 {Eric
usually doesn't show that much respect for GMs.This exchange leads for a
slightly better ending for black, which Victor skilfully converts into the
point. Any middlegame continuation would be better.} (25. Rxc8 $14) 25... Bxg5
26. Qxg5 Qxg5 27. Nxg5 Nb6 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. Rc3 f5 30. Rec1 Rf8 31. a4 fxe4 32.
Nxe4 Bf5 33. Ng3 Bg4 34. Ng5 Nb6 35. Rxc8 $6 {It was hard to see from that
faraway that white was needed to throw in f3 (move 43!), which he could have
done right now,holding the balance.} (35. f3) 35... Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37.
axb5 axb5 38. N3e4 Nxd5 39. Nxd6 Bd7 40. Nf3 Kf8 $1 $17 {Excellent judgement
from Victor.Despite the fact that white will temporarily have an extra pawn,
the endgame is hardly defendable for him.} 41. Nxe5 Ke7 42. Ne4 Bf5 43. f3 Bxe4
44. fxe4 Nxb4 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. Nf3 Nc6 47. Ke3 Kc5 48. Kd3 h6 49. Nh4 $2 {
The endgame must be winning for black,but not in 7 moves.} (49. h3) 49... Ne5+
50. Kc3 b4+ 51. Kb3 Kd4 52. Kxb4 Kxe4 53. g3 g5 54. Ng2 Nd3+ 55. Kc3 Kf3 56.
Kxd3 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2000.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Oratovsky,M} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14.
Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 ({Nothing promises} 15. Nh2 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 d5 $11 18.
e5 Nd7 19. Nf3 d4 20. Qe2 Bd5 $15 {Mokry,K-Pribyl,M/CZE-ch 1996 (40)}) 15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 (18... Bb7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bb3 d5
21. exd5 Bc5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Qc3 Nxd5 $6 25. Qxc5 Nxf4 26. Qc7
$18 {[%cal Gc7b7,Gc7f4] Liang Jinrong-Xie Jun/TCN Cup 3rd 1997 1-0 (37)}) (
18... Qc7 19. Bb3 d5 20. Bd2 (20. Bxd5 Nxd5 (20... Bc5 21. Bf4 $14) 21. Qxd5
Bb7 {[%cal Gf8d6,Gd6c5]} 22. Bf4 Qxf4 23. Qxb7 Bc5 $44) 20... Bc5 21. Qc3 Qb6
22. Qf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bb7 $17 {Abramovic,B-Mikhalchishin,A/
Lvov-Belgrade 1993 0-1 (37)}) 19. Be3 $1 $146 {Here white bishop placed better
than on f4,where it disturbes move f2-f4.} Rc8 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Rac1 ({Deserved
attention immediatly} 21. f4 $1 Qh4 $6 22. Bf2 (22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Bd1 Bg4 $132)
22... Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxf4 24. Nf5 Qg5 (24... d5 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f5g7",
"",10]} 25. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 26. exd5 Bf5 27. Qc3+ Re5 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Bg3 $18)
25. Qc6 $16 {and black has not enough compensation for sacrificed exchange})
21... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Ge6h3]} (21... Bxa2 22. b3 Nc5 23. Qb4 Bxb3 24. Bxb3 Nd3
25. Bxf7+ $18) 22. b3 Nc6 ({Losing} 22... Bxh3 $2 23. f4 Qh4 24. Nf1 $18) 23.
Bb1 (23. f4 d5 $132) (23. Red1 Qa5 $5) 23... d5 ({Better for white endgame
arisig after} 23... Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Rcd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24. exd5
Qxd5 ({Losing by forse} 24... Bxd5 25. Red1 Nb4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. a3 Bxb3 28.
Rc1 Nc6 29. Qd3 Bxa3 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh7g7,Gh7h8]}) 25. Qc2
g6 26. Rcd1 Ne7 ({Very interesting complications arises after tricky} 26... Qe5
$5 27. Bxh6 Bxb3 $1 28. Qxb3 (28. Rxe5 Bxc2 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxc2 Bxh6 $15)
28... Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Na5 $8 (30... Bxh6 31. Bxg6 $16) 31. Qd5
Rxb1 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Ne4 $14 {and very strong piese combination-Q+N
guarantees white better chanses.}) 27. Qb2 Bg7 $8 (27... Qc6 $2 28. Ne4 Nd5 29.
Rxd5 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 (29... Qc6 30. Ne4 (30. Rh4
$6 Nd5 31. Rxh6 Qc3 $132) 30... Bd5 31. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Kg7 (31... Bxe4 32.
Bxe4 Qc3 33. Bb7 $18) 32. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge4c5] with clear positional
advantage}) 30. Rdd1 (30. Ne4 Qe5 31. f4 Qg7 $13) 30... Red8 31. Ne4 Rxd1 32.
Rxd1 Qc7 {[#]} 33. h4 $1 h5 $6 $138 (33... Bf5 $2 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Bxf5 Nxf5
36. Nd5 $18) (33... Rd8 34. Rc1 Qb6 (34... Qf4 $2 35. g3 Qf3 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37.
Be4 $1 Rd1+ 38. Kh2) 35. h5 Qd4 36. Qa3 $16) (33... Nd5 $142 $1 34. Nf6+ (34.
Rxd5 $2 Bxd5 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nxd5 Qc1+) (34. h5 Qf4 $13) 34... Nxf6 35. Qxf6
$14 {[%cal Gb1g6,Gh4h5]}) 34. Ng5 $16 {now whites pressure becomes stronge
move by move} Bf5 (34... Rd8 $142 35. Re1 Bf5 36. Qf6 Nd5 37. Qxa6 $16) 35. Qf6
Nd5 36. Qxa6 (36. Rxd5 $4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ $19) 36... Bxb1 37. Rxb1 Rd8 38.
Re1 Qc3 39. Nf3 b4 40. Rd1 $18 {last point in the mutual timetrouble} Qc5 41.
Qc4 Qd6 42. Qd4 $1 Rd7 43. Ne5 Rd8 (43... Re7 44. Nc4 Qd8 45. Ne3 $18) 44. Nc4
Qf8 45. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Metropolitan Chess League"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Soultanbeieff,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Kashdan et son adversaire jouent volontiers et
avec succès la vieille ouverture espagnole contribuant а la réhabiliation (!!)
du coup 1.e4} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5
10. d4 Qc7 {Le fameux système Tchigorine est l'une des bases inébranlables sur
lesquelles repose l'art des échecs. La contre-attaque des Noirs oblige les
Blancs а dévoiler leur plan au centre.} 11. h3 {Reconnu comme le plus
scientifique en ce moment} Nc6 (11... O-O) 12. Nbd2 {Le gambit du P "d4" est
connu depuis longtemps mais peu de joueurs l'acceptent} g5 $5 {Cette attaque
vigoureuse par laquelle les Noirs veulent prendre d'assaut le roque des Blancs
est bien dans le tempérament du jeune maitre hongrois. Elle ezst d'ailleurs
inspirée par des nombreux exemples dans la littérateure échiquéenne dont l'un
des plus célèbres est la 20ème partie du Match Alekhine-Bogoljbow. L'idée de
cette variante apaprait dans l'esprit d'un joueur entouriné pour ainsi dire
mécaniquement lorsque "h3" a été joué et le oo a été retardé. Quand а la
justesse de cette idée, il appartient au flair du joueur de le reconnaitre.} (
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 $13) 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nf1 (14. Nxg5 Rg8 15. h4 h6 16.
Ngf3 Bh3 $44) 14... g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Ne3 h5 17. a4 $1 {Pour détourner
l'attention de l'adversaire de l'aile-roi et elle fut aussi appliquée avec
succés dans la partie susvisée} Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 (19. Ra3 $142 {
[%cal Gc3c4,Ga3f3]}) 19... Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gf6g4] Gagne un tempo important}
20. Ra3 h4 21. Nh2 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Gh5g3]} (21... h3 $2 22. g4 $14 {[%csl Gf5]
}) 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. Nf5 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Nf4 $6 (24... f6 $142 {Il vallait mieux
abandonner le P "h4"} 25. Nxh4 Nf4 26. g3 (26. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qh7) 26...
Nf7 $36) 25. Ng4 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qe7 27. f6 Qb7 28. c4 $1 bxc4 29. Re1 {[%csl
Rf4][%cal Ge1e8,Gf3f4]} Kf8 30. Rae3 Ng6 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Nxe5 $1 (32. Rxe5
$142 {RR: oublié dans les analyses de l'Echiquier} dxe5 33. Nxe5 Qh7 34. Qg4
Kg8 35. Nxg6 $18) 32... dxe5 33. Rxe5 Nf7 34. Re7 Qxb2 35. Qf4 Rd8 36. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 37. Qc7+ Kxf6 38. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 (
8. a4) ({and} 8. a3 {are the other main variations.}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10.
Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 (11... Re8 {is also common.}) 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 {A
logical plan by Carlsen. He would like to control the important d5-square.} (
13. Ng3 {is the other setup.}) 13... Re8 14. a4 Be6 15. d4 ({Last year Adams
played} 15. h3 Bf8 16. Nh2 b4 17. Bb3 Rb8 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Bxa6 Qa5
21. Bb5 (21. c4 $6 {A very smart move, but it is too much.} Qxa6 22. exd5 Bxd5
23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Ra3 Nfxd5 $17 {Adams-Caruana, London 2014, and Black has a
wonderful middlegame.}) 21... Rxb5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nc4 Qa8 24. axb5 Qxa1 25.
bxc6 f6 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed too.}) 15... exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 $146
{Aronian improves on the game which he played 12 years ago.} (16... Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd2 Bf6 (20... Qb6 $5) 21. Qxd6 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nf6 27. g3 $14 {
J.Polgar-Aronian, Hoogeveen 2003, with a comfortable position for White.}) 17.
Bb1 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bf8 19. Ra1 d5 $1 {A typical break-through in this type of
position.} 20. e5 Ne4 21. h3 Qb6 $6 {This is a slight inaccuracy, after which
White can win a P. Nevertheless Black will have some compensation for it, but
he will be fighting for equaliity.} ({After the natural} 21... Rc8 {Black
looks completely fine.}) 22. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 23. Bxe4 Rad8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Be3
Red8 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Qb3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 a5 {The previous moves were forced;
Carlsen is a P up, but Black's pieces are powerful.} 29. e6 $5 {Carlsen gives
back the P, and in doing so he creates a weakness in Black's position.} fxe6
30. Rae1 R8d6 31. Rc1 Nd3 $2 {A mistake, which allows a strong attack for
White!} (31... Rd3 $1 $11 {was the easiest reply to simplify the position and
Black doesn't have any problem.}) 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qa4 $1 {A nice
repositioning of the Q. From here the Q can threaten the K with Qe8 and it
also has access to e4 with lethal checks.} Qxb2 $2 {This was an attractive
move, because of the Q attack on f2, and moreover he takes a P. Nevertheless
this is a decisive mistake.} (33... Nb4 {was correct to avoid the Qe4,} 34. Qe8
Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qh5 Qc7+ {and still Black can hold his
position.}) 34. Qe4+ Rf5 35. Kh2 $3 {What an excellent cool-headed move! White
avoids ...Qxf2+ and is threatening Nh4.} ({The immediate} 35. Nh4 $4 {was bad,
as} Qxf2+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ $19 {and suddenly Black wins.}) 35... Nf4 {The best
practical chance.} (35... Qxf2 $2 {did not work because of} 36. Rxd3 $18) ({and
} 35... Nxf2 {is also losing, after} 36. Qa8 $1 $18 {with a decisive attack.})
36. Rc2 $4 {A big mistake probably in time trouble.} ({He should simply
continue the original threat with} 36. Nh4 Qxf2 37. Rg3 $1 (37. Nxf5 exf5 38.
Qxf5+ $2 Rg6 $1 {and suddenly Black has an attack on the g-file.}) 37... Rdd5
38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Rc7 $18 {and White is winning.}) 36... Qa1 $4 {A huge error
in reply! This move is completely based on an oversight.} (36... Qb4 37. Rc4
Qb8 {is very similar to 36...Qb8!}) (36... Qb8 $1 {was the strongest
continuation,} 37. g3 (37. g4 $2 Ng6 $1 38. gxf5 exf5 $1 $19 {and there isn't
a safe square for the white Q, because the R will win it with a discovered
check.}) (37. Nh4 Rd4 $1 {A very strong intermediate move!} 38. Rc8 $1 (38.
Qxd4 $2 Ne2+ $19 {and Black wins.}) 38... Qxc8 39. Qxd4 Rf6 $15) 37... Nd5 38.
Ree2 Nf6 $15 {and Black is a clear P up.}) 37. g4 $18 {Now White is clearly
winning.} Qf1 38. Ne1 {Perhaps this move was what Aronian missed when he
played 36...Qa1. Now everything is defended and Black is helpless against gxf5.
} ({The careless} 38. Nh4 $4 {loses, because of} Rd1 $19 {and suddenly it is
White who gets mated!}) 38... Nh5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Qc4 {and Black can't avoid
the exchange of Qs, so he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 $146 ({RR} 10... d5 11. h3 dxe4 12. hxg4 exf3 13. g5
Nd7 14. Bd5 Na5 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Qxf3 Qc8 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Be3 Nd6
20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Ne4 Ne6 22. Qg3 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Bd6 24. Qg4 Qb7 25. a4 {Rubery,
M-Kobese,A/Gauteng 1998/CBM 64 ext/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13.
h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 Nc6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. bxc5 Na5 19. Qa2
Rxc5 20. a4 Nf4 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Rh5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Bc3 Qe8 25. Nf1
Nxh3+ $1 26. gxh3 Qg6+ 27. Ng3 (27. Ng3 Rxf3 28. Bxa5 Rxh3 $1 (28... Rxa5 29.
Qxa5 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ $11) 29. Qe2 (29. Rab1 Rhxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxg3+ 31. Kh2
Qg4 32. Rb8+ (32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Kxg3 Qg6+ $19) 32... Bf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Qf2+ Rf3 $19) 29... Rhxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 Qg5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bf8 16. b3 Bb7 (16... Nb7 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Ndf5 Bb7 19. f3 Ncd7 20. Bf4 Ne5
21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Bb1 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G-Pavlovic,M/
Vrnjacka Banja 1988/EXT 97 (29)}) (16... g6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rad1
Rc8 20. f3 $14 {1-0 Emms,J-Hebden,M/London 1993/TD (65)}) 17. Ng3 Nc6 (17...
Rc8 18. Bb2 g6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Pavlovic,M/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 97 (23)}) 18. Bb2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
(19. Qxd4 $5) 19... Rc8 20. Bd3 d5 $5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qg4 (22. Nxe4 dxe4 23.
Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Qd3 (25. Qe2 $2 f5 26. Rf4 g5 $19) (25. Re2 Red8 26.
Rd2 Qe4 $44) 25... Bc5 26. Rd1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rexd4 Rxe5 $11) 22... Qg5
23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. Rad1 Ne6 $14 {White has the better P-formation, but Black
has a nice blockading square on e6. At this moment the pressure is on Black to
get some activity before White consolidates by placing a piece on d4.} 25. Bb2
g6 26. Ne2 Bb4 27. Rf1 d4 $5 28. Bb1 (28. Nxd4 $2 Nf4 $36) (28. f4 Bc3 29. Bc1
Nc7 $13) 28... Bc3 29. Bc1 b4 $6 (29... Kh7 30. f4 $40) (29... Kg7 $142 30. f4
b4 31. f5 Nc5 32. fxg6 (32. Nf4 $5) 32... fxg6 33. Nf4 Ne4 $13) 30. Bxh6 a5 31.
Bd3 Nc5 32. Bc4 Rcd8 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Bf6 $16 Bc6 35. f3 d3 36. Nxc3 $1 bxc3 37.
e6 Nxe6 38. Bxc3 Nf4 39. Bd2 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Be3 $6 (41. Rfe1 $18) 41...
Nc2 42. Bc1 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Nd4 44. a4 d2 45. Bb2 Ree7 46. Kf2 Nc2 47. Bf6 {
Resigning a bit too early. Black can still put up a fight.} (47. Bf6 Re8 48.
Bg5 Na3 $1 49. Be2 (49. Rxd2 Nxc4 50. bxc4 Bxa4 51. Ra1 Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2 Bb3 $14)
49... Rb7 50. Rxd2 (50. Bxd2 Rxb3 51. Bxa5 Bxa4 $16) 50... Rxb3 51. Bf6 Bxa4
52. Ra1 $16) 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ne3 Bb7 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. a3
Nc6 15. b4 Be6 16. d4 {+/= Krogius-Kostro, Varna 1969}) 13. a3 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bc8
15. d4 c5 (15... Nxe4 16. Qf3 $36) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 c4 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. h3
Be6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Ng6 22. Nf5 Be7 $10 23. g3 Bg5 24. Kg2 f6 25. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 bxc3 (10... Rb8 11. Bc4 (11. d3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nbd2
Nd7 14. Nc4 d5 $1 $17 {1-0 Saltaev,M-Smagin,S/Moscow Petrosian (01) ;CBM 46
1995 (23)}) 11... Nd7 (11... h6 12. h3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. d5 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nb4
16. Be3 Nd7 17. Na4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Smagin,S/
Cacak (09) 1991 (29)}) (11... bxc3 12. dxc3 (12. Nxc3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nd4 15. Qd1 c6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Smyslov,V/Moskva 2/273 1966 (20)}) 12... Na7
(12... Bb7 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Nf1 Nd8 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Qa4 Ne6 17. Qa2 c6 18. Bb3
Bf8 19. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Nunn,J/Wijk aan Zee 39/420 1985 (41)}) 13.
Nbd2 (13. Bf1 Nb5 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nc4 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7
19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Nikitin,A/
USSR 9/236 1970 (33)}) 13... Nb5 (13... Bb7 14. Qc2 Nb5 15. Nf1 Bc6 16. Ng3 Bd7
17. h3 Qc8 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Be3 c5 $5 {An interesting idea. Rather than going
for c6 and d5, Karpov gains space with c5.} 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. Nc4 Nd7 22. Rad1
Kh8 23. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 {0-1 Nunn,J-Karpov,An/Amsterdam 40/426 1985 (39)}) 14. Qc2
h6 15. b4 Nh5 16. Nf1 Nf6 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bb2 Ng4 19. Nf1 Qc7 20. Rad1 c5 21.
Qb3 Bd7 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nh4 Bc6 24. Ng6 $14 {Ulibin,M-Sturua,Z/Moscow olm (10)
RUS-2 GEO ;EXP 44 1994/1/2-1/2 (62)}) (11... Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 c6 14.
Bd3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nb5 16. h3 Qa7 17. Be3 c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Nbd2 Bf6 20. Nc4 $14 {
0-1 Horvath,J - Petran,P/H CH 1986 (33)}) (11... Bb7 12. d3 (12. d4 bxc3 (12...
exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nbd2 Qd6 16. Nb3 Nd8 17. Nc5 Ne6 18. Nxb7
Rxb7 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rec1 h6 22. Rc2 $14 {0-1 Milov,L-Frolov,A/
Alushta (04) 1992 (34)}) 13. Nxc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bf6
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. f3 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Bass,L/Zamora 49/405
1990 (26)}) 12... bxc3 (12... h6 13. Nbd2 Nh7 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf6 16. d5
Ne7 17. Bf1 Ng5 18. Nc4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Nxd5 20. Re1 Nxc3 21. Qc2 Nb5 22. Bb2 $14
{1-0 Mestel,J-Rubinetti,J/Luzern 40/425 1985 (36)}) 13. bxc3 Na7 14. Nbd2 Nb5
15. Qc2 c6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Bb3 c5 $2 {><d5} 18. Nc4 Bc8 $6 19. Nb6 Bb7 20. Nd2
Kh8 21. Nf1 Ng8 22. Ne3 $16 {Ulibin,M-Varavin,V/RUS-ch Elista (05) ;CBM 44
1994/1-0 (64)}) (11... d5 $5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bb7 15. d4
Bf6 16. Re1 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Klovan,Y/Kostroma 40/424 1985 (25)}) 12.
Qe2 bxc3 13. dxc3 Ra8 14. Nbd2 Ncb8 15. b4 Nf6 16. Nf1 Be6 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Bd3
Ne8 19. h3 g6 20. Bh6 Ng7 21. Rad1 $16 {Short,N-Ullrich,F/BL 8586
Solingen-Sindelfingen [4] 1985/1-0 (51)}) 11. dxc3 Nb8 (11... Be6 12. Nbd2 Bxb3
13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Nc4 Nd8 15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 g6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19.
Rad1 Kh8 20. Qc2 f5 $132 {0-1 Tal,M-Jansa,V/Sarajevo 1/203 1966 (41)}) 12. Nbd2
Bb7 (12... Nbd7 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Ng3 g6 16. h3 Ne6 17. Be3 Bf8 18.
Qd2 Bg7 19. b4 Bb7 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rab1 h5 $13 {Nunn,J-Ivanchuk,
V/Monaco rapid (05) ;EXP 46 1995/0-1 (49)}) 13. Bc2 Nbd7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3
Bf8 16. c4 g6 17. h3 Bg7 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. b4 c6 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Ba4
$36 h6 23. Bxf6 $6 (23. Be3 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. exd5 e4 26. Nd4 Nxd5 27. Rab1
$14) 23... Bxf6 24. b5 Rc8 25. Red1 Be7 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27. Rdb1 Bxa4 28. Rxa4
Nc5 29. Ra3 Rb8 30. Rd1 Rec8 $15 31. h4 h5 32. Ng5 Bxg5 $6 (32... Nb3 $1 33.
Qe3 (33. Qd3 $2 d5 $1 $19) 33... Nd4 $17) 33. Qxg5 Ne6 34. Qd2 Nd4 35. Rc3 Qd8
36. Ne2 Nxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Qxa5 38. Rg3 $1 $132 Kg7 $2 (38... Qd8 39. Qxh5 Rxc4 40.
Rxg6+ fxg6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. Qg7+ Ke6 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. Qg7+ $10) (
38... Qb4 39. Qxh5 Rxc4 40. Rxg6+ fxg6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ $10)
39. Qxh5 $40 Rh8 (39... Rxc4 40. Rxd6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe4 42. Rgxg6+ $1 fxg6 43.
Rd7+ Kf6 44. Qg5+ Ke6 45. Qe7+ Kf5 46. Qf7+ Kg4 47. f3+ {+-}) 40. Qg4 (40. Qg5
Qd8 $10) 40... Qc5 41. Qg5 Qxc4 42. Rxd6 Qxe4 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Rgd3 $1 Rf8 45.
Rd8 Kh7 46. h5 g5 (46... gxh5 47. Rg3 Rhg8 48. Rxf8 Rxg3 49. Rh8#) 47. R3d6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 d5 $5 {Yet another Marshall clone. Its very
popular right now to throw in d5 against lines where White tries to avoid the
proper Marshall variation. Its like saying: "Hey, you can´t stop me". In this
instance theres a big difference though, because Black started modestly with P
to d6. The justification for the gambit is that White has made three non
developing moves a4, a5 and Bc4, while Black has lost one tempi and made two
quite useful attacking moves on the Q-side: Rb8 and b4. All in comparison to
the well known Marshall gambit (C89).} (11... Bb7 12. d3 (12. Qe2 Ra8 13. d4
exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nbd2 Nf4 17. Qe4 Bd6 $36 {Varga,Z-Vajda,L/
Budapest FS06 GM 1996/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 12... d5 (12... bxc3 13. bxc3 Na7 14. Nbd2
Nb5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Bb3 c5 18. Nc4 Bc8 19. Nb6 $16 {1-0 Ulibin,
M-Varavin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (63)}) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf4
16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qd1 Na7 18. d4 c5 $132 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Zakharov,A/URS-ch31
Leningrad 1963 (39)}) (11... bxc3 12. dxc3 Na7 13. Nbd2 Nb5 14. Qc2 h6 15. b4
Nh5 16. Nf1 Nf6 17. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Sturua,Z/Moscow olm 1994 (61)}) (
11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. d3 d5 {1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M-Gomez,M/
Elgoibar 1995}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bb7 15. d4 Bf6 16. Re1 c5
{As opposed to the Marshall variation, Black is seeking his compensation for
the P on the Q-side.} 17. dxc5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 $146 {Keeping the Q:s on the
board increases Blacks attacking chances.} (18... Nxc3 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bb2
Ne2+ 21. Bxe2 Bxb2 22. Ra4 Bc6 23. Rc4 Bb5 24. Re4 Bc6 (24... f5 $15 {Nunn/
Harding}) 25. Rc4 Bb5 {0,5-0,5/A.Ivanov-Klovan/Kostroma/1985}) 19. Bxd5 Rbd8
20. Bf4 $5 {White has had enough and is seeking refuge in an equal ending.} (
20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qh5 Qc6 $44) 20... Qxf4 21. Qf3 Rfe8 (21... Qxf3 22. Bxf3
Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Ra4 Rxc5 25. c4 Rfc8 26. Re4 $13) 22. Na3 Qd2 23. Red1
Bxd5 24. Rxd2 Bxf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. gxf3 Bxc3 27. Rb1 Bxa5 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Rb7
Rc8 30. Kg2 Bf4 31. Nd6 Ra8 32. Nc4 (32. Nxf7 $2 a5 $17) 32... Rc8 33. Nd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A nice game by Michael Adams. Black slowly drifts into a hopeless ending.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ne3 $146 (13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Bc2 c5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Piket,J/Dos Hermanas
1995/CBM 47/[Hansen,LB] (42)}) 13... Na5 14. Bc2 b4 (14... c5 {is normal.}) 15.
Bd2 (15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Qb8 (16... Rb8 17. b5 axb5 18. a5 b4 19. Bb3 $14) 17.
b5 axb5 18. a5 b4 (18... Ra6 19. b4 $14) 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. Ba4 Qb7 $13) 15...
bxc3 (15... Qb8 $5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 c5 18. cxb4 (18. dxc6 Nxc6 $13) 18...
cxb4 19. Re4 Qb7 20. Bxb4 Qxd5 $13) 16. Bxc3 $1 Nc6 17. Bb3 $14 {White's minor
pieces are active.} Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 (18... fxe6 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. d4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Qd3 $14) 19. Nd5 $1 Re8 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd5 $6
(21... Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 $14) 22. Nxc6 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qg5 24. Qd5 Qxd5
$6 (24... Be7 $142) 25. exd5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb8,Gc4,Gc6,Rc7,Gd5][%cal Yb1b7,
Ya1b1,Ye1c1,Yc3c4]} g6 26. Rab1 Bg7 27. c4 Bc3 28. Rec1 Bf6 29. Kf1 Re4 30. g3
Bg5 31. Rc2 Rae8 32. Nb8 a5 33. Nc6 Kg7 34. Nxa5 Ra8 35. Rb5 Bf6 36. Ra2 $1 Bc3
37. Nc6 Rxc4 38. a5 Ra6 39. Rc2 $18 Rcxc6 40. dxc6 Rxa5 41. Rb7 Ra1+ 42. Kg2
Ba5 43. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
{A pity. I would very much like to see Kasparov play the white side of the
Marshall.} d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. d4
cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. Ng3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4
$146 (20. Qd3 Bc5 21. Be3 Qb6 22. Kh2 $13 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-German,G/Boca 1997/
CBM 58 ext (35)}) 20... dxe4 21. Be3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb4 $6 (22... Rad8 23. Rad1
(23. Bxe4 $2 Bb4 24. Re2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 f5 26. Rf4 g5 $19) 23... Bb4 24. Re3 Rd7
$11) 23. Red1 Bd5 (23... Rad8 $142) 24. a3 Ba5 25. Bc5 Bb7 26. Bd6 $14 {
Svidler has given Kasparov a slight but clear advantage.} Bb6 27. Bb3 Rac8 28.
a4 g5 29. axb5 $6 $11 (29. a5 $1 {Kasparov claims a win with this move on his
own website.} Ba7 30. Kf1 $16) 29... axb5 30. Bb4 Rcd8 31. Bc3 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Black "Igriashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 a5 $5 {This is sometimes a reasonable move in the Ruy Lopez. It's a
bit weakening. White can easily get a number of squares for his pieces on the
Q-side. On the other hand is Black gaining some space.} (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5
11. Bc2 c5 {is the theoretical main line.}) 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 {Now White has
c4 and even b5 for his pieces.} Rb8 12. Bc4 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 $6 {The B ends up
in the margin after this retreat.} (13... Be6 $142 {This looks fairly equal.}
14. d4 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 $11) 14. Nf1
bxc3 15. bxc3 $14 {The B is very strong on c4. Black has no play.} d5 $6 {
This is too loosening.} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Nb6 $2 {Losing a P for nothing.}
(17... Qd6 $142 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Ne4 $14) 18. Bb5 Na7 19. Rxe5 Bg6 20. Ba6 Bf6
21. Rxa5 Nc6 22. Rc5 Qd6 23. d4 $18 Nd7 24. Rb5 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qxa6 26. Rxb8
Rxb8 27. Bf4 Rc8 28. Rc1 c6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Bg5 31. Rc3 f6 32. Bd6 Rd8
33. Bc5 Rb8 34. Rb3 Re8 35. Rb6 Qa5 36. Qb3+ Bf7 37. Qb4 Qa8 38. a5 Bf4 39. a6
Bd5 40. Ne3 Bxe3 41. fxe3 f5 42. Qb2 Qa7 43. Qf2 Bc4 44. Qf3 Qd7 45. Rb7 Qc8
46. Qg3 g6 47. Qh4 Bf7 (47... Bf7 48. Qf6 Qe6 49. Qxe6 Bxe6 50. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ne3 (14. d5 Bd7
15. b3 Bf8 16. h3 g6 17. Be3 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19. Qd2 h5 20. N3h2 a5 21. a3 Ra6
$10 {0-1 Kharlov,A-Hjartarson,J/EuCup f (Bayern-Cheliabinsk) (1) 1992 (71)})
14... Bf8 15. d5 c4 (15... Bd7 16. b3 c4 17. b4 Nb7 18. a3 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20.
axb4 g6 21. h3 Ra2 $10 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Tisdall,J/Gausdal Int (05) ;EXP 47 1995
(27)}) 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Nb7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Qb1 Bg4 (19... Rb8 20. b4 Ncd7
21. Bd3 Nb6 22. Rc1 Na4 $2 23. c4 $16 {1-0 Cabrilo,G-Ziatdinov,R/Beograd 52/
347 1991 (46)}) 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Nxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Ngf6 23. Bd3 Nb6 24. Be3 Nbxd5
$5 25. exd5 e4 26. Bd4 exf3 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxa6 fxg2 29. Bxb5 Qc8 30. Kxg2
Nh5 (30... Nxd5 31. Bxe8 (31. Qf1 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Re1 33. Qxe1 Qxh3+ 34. Kxf4 g5+
35. Ke4 Qe6+ $19) 31... Qxa6 32. Qf5 Qb7 33. Kg3 $16) 31. Be3 (31. Bxe8 $6 Nf4+
32. Kg1 $8 (32. Kg3 $4 Qxh3+ 33. Kxf4 g5+ 34. Ke4 f5# {This mate is the point
of leaving the pawn on d5.}) 32... Qxh3 33. Qf1 Qg4+ 34. Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+
$10) 31... Re5 (31... Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qxc3 33. Be2 Qe5 34. Bxh5 Qxh5 35. Qd3 $16)
32. Be2 $6 (32. Qd3 $16) 32... Qxc3 33. Rc6 Qa3 34. Bxh5 Rxh5 35. b5 Rxd5 36.
b6 Qa6 37. Rc7 Rb5 38. Qe4 Qa5 (38... Qa2 $5 39. b7 Qb3 $13) 39. Ra7 Qe1 $2 (
39... Re5 $8) 40. Qf3 $1 Rb1 41. Qxf7+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kh8 44. Kg3
Qg1+ 45. Qg2 Kg8 46. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 47. Kf3 Rb1 48. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4] This is a model game in two ways. Firstly it's a nice example of how
to force back a N to b7 in the spanish. Secondly it's a guide to winning
against such a passive N on b7. The comment to Blacks move 33 shows one line
in which White is completely in command even a P down.} 1. e4 {Baburin} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5
10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bb3 (15. Nf5 Ne7
16. N3h4 Ng6 17. Bg5 d5 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rae8 $13 {0-1 Nunn,
J-Timman,J/London 1980/MCD (38)}) 15... Qd7 $6 (15... Na5 16. Ba2 (16. Bd5 $5)
16... c4 $132) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 $14 Na5 $2 (17... h6 $142) 18. axb5 axb5
19. b4 $1 {[%mdl 4] This move forces back the N to b7.} Bxd5 $8 (19... Nc6 20.
Ng5 $1 $40 Re7 (20... Rxa1 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 $18) 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
22. Qh5 h6 23. Re3 cxb4 24. Rh3 {/\Qg6} Kh8 25. Bxf7 Nd8 26. Qg6 $18) 20. exd5
Nb7 $16 {פb7} 21. Be3 Qf5 22. Qd2 h6 23. Qe2 Be7 (23... e4 24. dxe4 Qxe4 25.
Qxb5 $18) 24. h3 Bf6 25. Nd2 Qg6 26. Rab1 Ra2 27. Red1 e4 28. d4 c4 29. Qg4 Bg5
$6 (29... Qxg4 $142 30. hxg4 Ra3 31. Rbc1 $14 {פb7, /\Nf1-g3}) 30. Qd7 $36 Re7
31. Qc8+ Kh7 {Baburin: 'Black's knight is a very unfortunate beast and the
best way to prove it is to gain control over the a-file, which had been opened
by Black and which now works again him.'} 32. Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 4] White
sacrifices a P to generate play around the weak N on b7.} Rxa1 33. Rxa1 $16 f5
(33... Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qg5 35. Nf1 Qxd5 36. Ra8 $16 {/\Rb8, Pg4, Ng3-f5 ->}) 34.
Ra8 $40 Qf7 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. g4 $1 $18 {'!' Baburin.} fxg4 37. hxg4 e3 38.
fxe3 Rxe3 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Qh5+ Kf6 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rb8 Re7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44.
Nb1 {Baburin: 'This position would be an excellent illustration to the theme
'Piece out of Play', which was covered in CBM-50. Black's knight has
absolutely no future, which explains his decision to give up.'} 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 d5 $6 (12... Nd7 13. Ne3 Nb6 14.
d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nf1 Na4 19. Bxa4 bxa4 20.
Qxa4 Rb8 21. Qa3 g5 {Bologan-Savon/Nikolaev 1993}) (12... h6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Ne3
Be6 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Na5 18. Bc2 d5 {= Cheshkovsky-Savon/
Moscow 1992}) 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bb3 (14. a4 $14) 14... Qd6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Ng3
$40 Qc7 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 c4 22. Bc2
Ne7 23. Qg3 Nxf5 24. exf5 Bf6 (24... f6 $14) 25. h4 $1 Kh8 (25... Re8 26. Bg5
Qe7 27. f4 $16) 26. Bg5 Bb7 27. Rad1 Rbd8 28. Qe3 Rxd1 $2 (28... Bxg5 29. hxg5
f6 30. g6 h6 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 $14 {עh8}) 29. Rxd1 Qe7 $6 (29... Bxg5 30.
hxg5 f6 31. g6 h6 32. Be4 $16) (29... Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxd8
$16) 30. Qb6 $16 Bc8 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Be4 $18 Re8
35. g4 h6 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Kg3 a5 38. a3 Re8 39. f3 Re7 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Rd7
42. gxf6+ Kh6 43. Rxd7 Bxd7 44. f4 exf4+ 45. Kxf4 a4 46. Bd5 Be8 47. Kg4 Kh7
48. Kg5 Kg8 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. d3 {Avoiding the Marschall attack. Fewer and fewer seems to want to
enter that complicated line with White these days.} d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11.
Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. a4 Be6 (13... Bb7 14. Ne3 g6 15. h3 Bf8 16. Nh2 Bg7 {
is another setup tried in 1/2-1/2 Matanovic,A-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Zagreb 1955/
MCD (38)}) 14. Ne3 h6 15. d4 $1 {Even though White started with d3, d4 was
still the plan. White seems to have a slight pull here.} exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd2 Bf6 (20... Qb6 $5) 21. Qxd6 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 (25... Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bxd5
27. exd5 Bd6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Bd3 Re5 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 $14) 26. exd5 Nf6
27. g3 Rc8 $6 (27... Rb8) 28. Bd1 Qc4 $4 29. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Judit never
misses shots like this one.} Qxc1 (29... Qxd3 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Bc2 $18) 30.
Bxc1 Rxc1 31. d6 Nd7 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Bc2 g6 34. Bb3 Kg7 35. Qd5 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. a3 h6 14. b4 (14. Ne3 c4
$1 15. b4 cxb3 16. Bxb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Nd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Almasi,Z/
Kopavogur 1994/CBM 41 ext (48)}) 14... cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Bf8 17. Bb3 a5
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Playing this break with the R still on a8 adds some
interesting possibilities. The white setup is not giving Emms any dividends.} (
17... Rc8 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Rc1 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Ba2 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Nc6 $13 {
[Leko,P]. 0-1 Emms,J-Leko,P/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 46/[Leko] (42)}) 18. bxa5 Nxa5
19. Ba2 (19. Bc2 Nc6 20. d4 $6 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxe4 $1 23. Bxe4 Ra4
$17) 19... Qd7 20. Ng3 Nc6 21. h3 (21. d4 $6 {is just not functional} exd4 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Ra4 $1 $17) 21... d5 $15 {Black wins the battle for this
advance. In effect White is playing Black now.} 22. Bb3 (22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxe5
Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxa3 $15) 22... d4 23. a4 b4 24. Nd2 $6 (24. Bc4 $142) 24... Na5
25. Ne2 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qd8 27. f4 Nd7 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Qc2 (29. Bxd4 Ba6 30.
Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Nf3 Ra5 32. d4 Bb5 33. Ne5 Qe8 $36) 29... Ba6 30. Nc1 $17 {
White is in retreat mode. Black is looking for killer moves at this point.} Rc8
31. Qb1 Nd7 $2 (31... Qg5 $1 {would have won on the spot.} 32. Re2 (32. Rd1
Qe3+ $19) 32... Rxc1+ $1 33. Qxc1 Nxd3 34. Qc6 (34. Qc2 Nf4 $19) 34... Re6 $19)
32. Nf3 $2 (32. Bxd4 $142 $13) 32... Ne5 33. Nxe5 (33. Nxd4 $2 Bc5 34. Ncb3
Bxd3 35. Qd1 Bc2 $19) 33... Rxe5 $17 34. Nb3 Rg5 $40 35. Bxd4 Rg3 36. Re3 Rxe3
37. Bxe3 Bxd3 38. Qd1 Bxe4 39. Qxd8 Rxd8 40. Bc5 $2 Bc2 $19 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42.
Na5 Ra8 43. Nc4 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. Bxe6 (10. Nbd2 {is main line.}) 10... fxe6 {Now Black has a
clear and simple plan - to attack on the K-side, with moves like Qe8-g6 and
Nh5-f4. Doubling on the f-file suggests itself.} 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4
d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 Bb4 15. Nxe4 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxe1 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Be3 $16
{1-0 Wolff,P-Hartman,B/Toronto 1985/EXT 99 (44)}) (11. a4 b4 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. d4
bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 $11 {0-1 Yates,
F-Marshall,F/New York 1924/HCL (41)}) 11... Nh5 (11... Qd7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Qe2
Nh5 14. d4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. a4 exd4 17. cxd4 bxa4 18. Ng3 Rdf8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Matanovic,A-Smyslov,V/Zagreb 1955/MCD (37)}) 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5
14. e5 Qe8 $1 $15 {Black has a nice game.} 15. Nf1 Qg6 16. Be3 (16. a3 Rxf3 17.
Qxf3 Nxd4 $16) 16... Nb4 $1 {Winning material.} 17. Ng3 (17. Rc1 Nd3 $17 (17...
Rac8 $17)) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nc2 19. Rc1 Nxe1 20. Qxe1 c6 21. Bd2 $1 {
[%mdl 256] White sensibly opts for a closed game. The black R:s needs open
files to be effective.} (21. Rxc6 Rfc8 22. Qc3 Qe8 $17) 21... Rfc8 22. Bb4 Bd8
23. Bc5 h6 24. Qe2 a5 25. Qc2 {Interesting decision. Exchanging Q:s allows
White to activate his K. It also reduces Black attacking potential, which
makes it more difficult to break open the position.} Qxc2 (25... Qh5 $5 {
Black can only win this on the K-side with an attack, so why not keep the
strongest attacker on the board?}) 26. Rxc2 b4 27. Rc1 Bg5 {Here Black must
form a plan. One way to play would be to put the K on d7 and the B on c7 and
then to bring the R:s over to the K-side followed by advancing the g and h-P:s.
} 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Ne1 h5 $6 {This is premature and gives White some active
possibilities.} 30. Nd3 Bd8 31. f3 g5 32. Kf2 Rab8 33. Ke3 Rb5 $6 {The R is
doing nothing here.} 34. Rh1 Kg6 35. Bd6 Bb6 $2 {Black is locking out his own
forces. He has forgotten what K, R, B and N can do to a lonesome K.} 36. f4 $1
$40 c5 (36... g4 37. f5+ $1 Kxf5 38. Rxh5+ Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41.
Re7 c5 42. Nh5 $40) (36... Bd8 $142 37. Nc5 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 $14) 37. fxg5 $1 (37.
dxc5 $2 Bxc5+ 38. Nxc5 Rbxc5 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 $15) 37... cxd4+ 38. Kf3 Kxg5 (38...
Rc2 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. Rxh5 $40) 39. Nf4 Rh8 40. Be7+ Kf5 41. Bf6 {[%mdl 64]
It´s mate in two! A beautiful turn-around of the game.} (41. Bf6 Rh6 42. Rxh5+
Rxh5 43. g4#) 1-0

[Event "Aruba m2"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 (13... Bf8 14. h3
(14. d4 Qc7 15. d5 Nb8 16. a4 Ra7 17. Qe2 Rb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. h3 g6 20. Be3
Nfd7 21. Nh2 Bg7 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. b3 N6d7 24. Rf1 b4 25. c4 Nf8 26. Bh6 Bh8 27.
Ng4 Qe7 28. Bg5 f6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Bh4 Qd8 31. f4 Kxh6 32. fxe5+ g5 33. e6 Kg7
34. Rxf6 gxh4 35. Qg5+ Ng6 36. e5 Kg8 37. Nh5 Bg7 38. Raf1 dxe5 39. Bxg6 hxg6
40. Qxg6 Bxe6 41. Rf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7 {1-0 Cohn,E-Burn,A/Karlsbad ;HCL 01-33 1911
}) 14... h6 15. d4 Bd7 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Nb4 20.
Qf3 Nbxd5 21. Rad1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Rc8 24. Bb3 Qb6 25. Kh1 g6 26.
Ne4 Be7 27. Rf1 Kg7 28. Nc3 Rf8 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Be8 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Qb7
Kg8 33. Rc7 Bd8 34. Rc1 Bg5 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. e4 Qe7 37. Qxa6 Kh7 38. Nf3 Qxe4
39. Nxg5+ hxg5 40. Qf6 Qf4 41. Qxf4 gxf4 42. Rd8 Kg7 43. Bd5 g5 44. a3 f5 45.
Kg1 Bh5 46. Rxf8 Kxf8 47. Be6 Ke7 48. Bxf5 Kd6 49. Kf2 Be8 50. Kf3 Bh5+ 51. Ke4
Be8 52. Kd4 Bc6 53. Be4 Be8 54. Bf3 Bg6 55. b3 Bc2 56. Kc3 Bf5 57. Kb4 Bd3 58.
a4 bxa4 59. bxa4 Bf1 60. Be4 Be2 61. Bb7 g4 62. hxg4 Bxg4 63. a5 Be2 64. a6 Kc7
65. Ka5 {1-0 Emms,J-Balashov,Y/Cappelle op (03) ;EXT 92op 1992}) 14. h3 (14. d4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. Nf5 cxd4 17. N5xd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20.
Kh1 Bf6 21. e5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Qc8 25. Bd3 Qc6 26. Qh3
Qd5 27. Bc2 Qc5 28. Bxh6 Qxc2 29. Bg5 Qh7 30. Bh6 Kh8 31. Rg1 Kg8 {0-1 Ionescu
Baciu,O-Wang Lei/Calimanesti-W ;EXT 92 1992}) 14... Be6 (14... Qc7 15. Nh4 Bf8
16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng8 18. d4 g6 19. d5 Na5 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. f4 {
1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V-Ninov,K/BUL-ch ;EXT 88ch 1988}) (14... Bf8) 15. d4 cxd4 16.
cxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Nb4 18. Bb1 d3 19. Ned4 Bf8 20. a3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 dxc2 22. Bxc2
Bc8 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. f3 g6 25. a4 b4 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Qxb4 d5 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29.
bxc3 dxe4 30. Rb1 Bd5 31. Kf2 Rac8 32. Bd2 Kg7 33. Bb3 Ba8 34. Re2 Bd6 35. Ba2
Nh5 36. Rb6 Bg3+ 37. Kg1 Nf4 38. Re3 Nd3 39. Kf1 Nc5 40. Re2 a5 41. Rb5 Nxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Na5 (9... Be6 {There is a point to this move, since in the símilar
line 9.h3 Be6 White´s best is 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3. Now taking back with the a-P
is no longer possible.} 10. d4 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Nh5 (11... Qc8 12. Nbd2
Nd7 13. a4 Nd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Nenashev,A/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (42)}) 12.
d5 Na5 13. b4 Nc4 14. dxe6 Qe8 $36 {0-1 Azaric,S-Ziatdinov,R/Belgrade 1989/EXT
97 (40)}) 10... Bxb3 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2
Qd7 15. Qb1 $14 {0-1 Suetin,A-Smagin,S/Moscow 1982/MCD (77)}) 11. Qxb3 Qb8 (
11... d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Qd1 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. b4 Nd3 17. Re4
Ne6 18. Nf1 Nxe5 {0-1 Koehn,P-Smejkal,J/Germany 1999/GER-chT (18)}) (11... Nd7
12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Nf1 c5 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. Be3 Nac4 18.
Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne3 Qxc6 20. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Suetin,A-Stein,L/Kiev 1964/URS-ch
(47)}) 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd1 (14. Qa2 c6 (14... c5) 15. b4 Nb7 16.
Nf1 cxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 $13 {1-0 Muhutdinov,M-Shchekachev,A/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 
(32)}) 14... c5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Nf1 a5 $132 {0-1 Suetin,A-Keres,P/
Tallinn 1965/URS-ch (40)}) 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 exd4 $146 {[%mdl 8] Taking with
the e-P is a true novelty here. The point is that Black can follow it up with
Bg4.} (11... Qc7 12. Nbd2 (12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 $13 {1-0 Suetin,A-Lengyel,
L/Sarajevo 1965/MCD (67)}) 12... cxd4 {The standard way to exchange in the Ruy
Lopez.} 13. cxd4 Bg4 (13... Bd7) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Rac8 16. Re2 $14 {
1-0 Suetin,A-Oldach,E/Bad Wildbad 1997/EXT 99 (32)}) (11... Nc6 12. Qd3 Bg4 13.
Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Minic,D-Milic,
B/Beograd 1966/EXT 99 (20)}) 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nbd2 (13. d5 Nc4 14. Nbd2 Nxd2
15. Bxd2 Nd7 $13 {/\Bf6}) 13... cxd4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 d3 $1 (15... Nxg4 16.
hxg4 Bxg4 17. Nb3 $14) (15... Bg6 16. Nxd4 d5 17. e5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd7 19. e6
$36) 16. Bxd3 Bg6 17. Nf1 (17. Nd4 d5 $11) 17... d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... Ne4 19. Ne3 Nc6 {Already the position isn´t
all that comfortable for White. Short decides to break out with an imaginative
manouvre.} (19... Nc4 $11) 20. Nf5 $5 (20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Nxd5 Nxe5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7
23. Qd1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rfd8 $17) (20. Bc2 Bc5 21. Bb3 Ne7 22. Nh4 $13) 20...
Bxf5 21. gxf5 Qc8 22. Rxe4 $5 {[%mdl 768]} (22. Qc2 Qxf5 $1 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24.
Bxe4 Qxh3 25. Qxc6 Rac8 26. Qb7 Bc5 $40) 22... dxe4 23. Bxe4 Rd8 24. Qf1 {
White has a P and some Q-side pressure for the exchange.} Na5 25. Bf4 (25. Bxa8
Qxf5 $1 $17) 25... Qc4 {Black goes for a draw.} (25... Nb3 26. Re1 Ra7 {
Preserves the material advantage, but White can shift his attention to the
K-side with moves like Qg2, Kh1 and Rg1, so Almasi´s decision is well founded.}
) 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. b3 Nxa3 $11 29. Rc1 b4 30. Nd4 Bd8 31. Nc6 a5
32. Be3 (32. e6 $142) 32... h6 33. Bd4 Bg5 34. Rc5 a4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. e6 fxe6
37. fxe6 b3 38. e7 Bxe7 39. Nxe7+ Kf7 40. Nc6 Rxd4 41. Nxd4 b2 42. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin Tischbierek} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4
(13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 (14. Ne3 Bf8 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. b3 d5 $132 {Smirin,I-Adams,
M/Elenite/1993}) 14... cxb4 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. d4 Qb6 $13 {Polugajevskij,L}) (13.
Ne3 Bf8 14. h3 (14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. cxb4 d5 $10
{Kostro,J-Nilsson,Z/Polska/1969}) 14... Bb7 15. a4 g6 16. Bd2 c4 $15 {Reyes,
J-Hebden,M/Vrnjacka Banja/1989}) 13... Qc7 14. d5 Nc4 15. a4 Bd7 16. b3 Na5 17.
Ne3 c4 18. bxc4 (18. b4 Nb3 $1 19. Bxb3 cxb3 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22.
Qd3 Ra2 $17) 18... Nxc4 19. h3 Rec8 $15 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nxc4
Qxc4 23. Bd2 {Baburin: Among the Black pieces one particular piece is rather
inactive. Kamsky improves his position by moving his KB onto a better diagonal.
} Bd8 24. Qb1 Bb6 25. Bd3 Qa4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qa1 28. Kh2 Qxb1 29. Bxb1
Kf8 30. g3 Ke7 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Nd2 Ne8 33. Bd3 Ra2 34. Re2 Nc7 35. c4 $2 (35.
Nb1 $15) (35. Nb1 {Tischbierek} Ra5 (35... Ra1 36. Rb2) 36. Rb2 Na6 {/\ Nc5,
f7-f5}) 35... b4 $17 {/\Na6-c5} (35... Ra3 {Tischbierek} 36. Re3) 36. c5 Nb5 $1
37. f4 (37. c6 {Tischbierek} Nd4 $19) (37. Nb3 {Tischbierek} Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Nc3
39. Bd3 Ba4 40. cxd6+ Kxd6 41. Nd2 Kc5 $19) (37. Nc4 {Tischbierek} Rxe2 38.
Bxe2 (38. cxd6+ Nxd6 39. Bxe2 Bb5 (39... Nxe4 40. Nxe5 b3 $17) 40. Nxd6 Bxe2
41. Nc8+ Kd7 42. Nb6+ Kd6 43. f4 b3 44. Na4 Bd3 45. Kf3 f5 $19) 38... dxc5 39.
Nxe5 b3 40. Nc4 Nd6 41. Nd2 b2 42. Bd3 c4 43. Bc2 c3 44. Nb1 Nb5 45. Bd3 Kd6
46. f4 Kc5 $17) 37... dxc5 38. fxe5 Nc3 39. Rf2 Nd1 40. Re2 Ra3 41. d6+ Ke8 42.
Bc4 Ne3+ 43. Kf2 Nxc4 44. Nxc4 Ra1 45. Rc2 Be6 46. Nd2 c4 (46... c4 47. Nxc4 b3
48. Rc3 Bxc4 49. Rxc4 b2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. d4 c5 14. h3 (14. d5 {
Giving up the pressure against e5 makes Black´s life easier.} c4 15. h3 b3 16.
Bb1 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Smejkal,J/Ceska Trebova 1997/EXT
98 (35)}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15... bxc3 $6 {giving
away Black´s main trump.} 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Nc6 20.
Bd3 a5 21. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Jurkovic,A-Matijevic,H/Zagreb 1998/CBM 62 ext (54)}) (
15... b3 16. Bd3 (16. Bb1 Qc7) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 c4 18. Bb1 (18. Bf1 d5)
18... d5 (18... c3 $5 $132 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Kolev,A/Elenite 1993/CBM 38 (39)}) 16. dxe5 $6 {relieving the tension gives
Black an easy game.} (16. Qe2 $5) 16... Nxe5 17. Nh2 (17. Bf4 Bf6 $36) (17.
Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qe2 c4 $13) 17... Bf6 {[%cal Yf6c3] I see no problems for Black
here.} 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Ra2 Nac6 20. Bb1 Qb8 $17 {Strong pressure and a nice
anchor point on d4 for the N:s makes Blacks prospects rosy.} 21. f4 Ng6 22. Re2
c4 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Qe1 Rb3 25. Bc2 Rb7 (25... Rxf3 $1) 26. Bb1 Rb3 27. Bc2 Rxf3
$1 28. gxf3 Nd4 29. Rf2 $4 Nxc2 $1 30. Rxc2 Qb3 $19 31. Qe2 Qxa2 32. Qxc4 Qxc4
33. Rxc4 d5 34. Rc6 dxe4 35. fxe4 Bxb2 36. Bxb2 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Rxb2
0-1

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Bg5 (13. Ng3 g6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. h3 Qc7 $10 {Martinez,F-Vazquez,Rod/Novi Sad olm/1990}) 13...
h6 14. Bh4 g6 (14... Be7 15. Ne3 Nc6 (15... Be6 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 $10 {
Adams,M-Timman,J/Dortmund/1994}) 16. a4 b4 (16... Be6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bb3 Nh7 18.
Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qb3 Nf8 23. d4 $14 {
Psakhis,L-Tseitlin,MD/Beersheba/1993}) 17... Bxf6 18. Bb3 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Bd5 $14 {Psakhis,L-Milos,G/Novi Sad olm/1990}) 17. Bb3 Rb8 18. Bc4 Na5 19. Bxf6
Nxc4 20. dxc4 Bxf6 21. Nd5 $14 {Kharlov,A-Balashov,Y/Pinsk 1993}) 15. Ne3 $5 {
Playing for the d5 square, just like in Kharlovs game against  Balashov in
Pinsk 1993.} (15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bg7 18. f3 (18. Ne3 Qb6 19.
Ne2 Bb7 $132 {Smirin,I-Wiedenkeller,M/Rilton-Cup 1988}) 18... Bb7 19. b3 Rc8
20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. b4 Qc8 23. Bb3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 d5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26.
exd5 Nxd5 $10 {Smagin,S-Romanishin,O/Erevan/1988}) 15... Bg7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17.
Bb3 Be6 18. Bd5 $1 Rc8 (18... Bxd5 19. Bxf6 (19. Nxd5 g5 20. Bg3 (20. Nxg5 $2
Nxd5 21. exd5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 $19) 20... Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 $132) 19... Qxf6
20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. a4 $14) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. a4 $16 Qd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qc2 Ne7
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ra6 Qd7 25. Rea1 Nc6 26. h4 $1 {Black can defend his
queenside, so White neeeds a second target to probe.} Rb8 27. g3 Kh7 28. Kg2
Rf8 29. Qe2 Rf7 30. h5 $1 g5 31. Ng4 Rff8 32. Nd2 Kh8 33. Nb3 Rfc8 34. Na5 Nd8
35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Rc3 37. Qe3 Rbc8 38. Rd1 Bf8 39. Qb6 {Kharlovs combined
play on the two wings is wearing Nenashev down.} Nf7 40. Ra7 R3c7 41. Rc1 $1
Rxa7 42. Rxc8 Kg7 (42... Qxc8 43. Qxa7 Kg8 44. Qb6 $18) 43. Qb8 Be7 44. Nc6 (
44. Rg8+ $1 Kh7 45. Qf8 Bxf8 46. Nf6#) 44... Rb7 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. Nxe7 (46. Qf8
$1 Bxf8 47. Nf6#) 46... Qxe7 47. Qxb7 (47. Qxb7 Qxb7 48. Nf6#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 (11... Nc6) 12. d4 {New. But this is a
well known position with P on h3.} (12. Nf1 Nb6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. d5
Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 Bg4 $6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 $14 {Kudrin,
S-Ivanov,AV/USA-ch/1991}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. d5
Nb4 17. Bb1 a4 18. Nbd2 (18. Nbd4 $5 exd4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Nc5
22. Bb4 $13) 18... Bc8 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Be3 Nba6 21. Ng3 g6 $10 22. Bh6 Re8 23.
h3 Bf8 24. Bg5 Be7 25. Bd2 $6 (25. Bh6) 25... Bd7 26. Bc2 b4 27. Nf1 Bb5 28.
Be3 Rb8 $15 29. b3 a3 30. Qd2 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bd7 33. N3h2 Kh7 34. Ng3
Bf6 35. Bd1 Rh8 36. g5 Bg7 37. Bg4 Kg8 38. f3 $2 (38. Be2 $142) 38... Bb5 $17 {
><d3} 39. Rec1 Nd3 40. Rc2 Nf4 $1 $19 41. Kh1 Qxg5 42. Rg1 Qf6 43. Rgc1 Qh4 44.
Rc8+ Bf8 45. Rxb8 Nxb8 46. Ngf1 Na6 47. Bxf4 exf4 48. Qxf4 Qf2 49. Qg3 Qb2 50.
Qf4 Nc5 51. Qd2 Bh6 52. Qxb4 Bxc1 53. Qxb5 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {
I had expected a side-line of the Spanish but not this one.} Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10.
d3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Nbd2 (12. cxb4 $2 Nc6 $44 {[%cal Gc6d4,Gc6b4]}) 12... Rb8
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 b3 $6 {When it was suggested to me that I might like to
make a few notes to both my games from the Redbus Knockout, my first thought (
which I expressed needless to say without a hint of bitterness ) was that I
didn't understand this game, and if I had done I probably wouldn't have lost
it. This move is a particularly difficult moment. I simply couldn't remember/
work out whether this was something which white should not allow, or whether
it might just look like a tempting 'thorn' to stick in, but one which white's
side would adapt to with equanimity. In the end, vaguely remembering some
games where white has already played d4, and is able to answer this ...b3
advance with the more natural looking Bd3, I decided that I might be winning a
tempo. Soon I came to suspect that there was more to it than that.} ({In
retrospect I now think that it might be better for wait for d4 before
advancing the b-pawn, although here too the positions are obscure and
difficult.} 14... c5 $5 15. d4 b3 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 c4 18. Bb1 d5 (18... c3
$5 $132 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 Rb7 (20... dxe4 $5) 21. Ne5 Nb4 22.
exd5 Qxd5 23. Ng4 Qd7 24. Qf3 Nbd5 25. Bf5 Qc7 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. d5 $16 {
1-0 Adams,M-Kolev,A/Elenite 1993/CBM 38 (39)}) 15. Bb1 c5 16. Bd2 $5 {Another
psychological difficulty I experienced playing this position is that it looks
at first glance as if black has really buried white's bishop and must be doing
well - this was also the view most people expressed to me afterwards. In fact
black's major difficulty is to find a plan. White also can only build very
patiently and slowly, but at least he can build, ( albeit for the moment with
a light-squared bishop hardly worthy of the name and consequently one rook cut
out of the game) and this in any case suits John's style rather well. It is
not critical which 'slow building' moves white chooses here. What slowly
dawned on me is that of course he will simply avoid the d4 push now, and it is
very difficult for black to build the customary counterplay around the
advanced b-pawn, while the useful option of opening the b-file is lost for
ever.} ({Therefore I have to question} 16. d4 $6 Qc7 17. Bd3 exd4 18. cxd4 c4 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc4][%cal Gd6d5]} 19. Bf1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Bb4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Filipenko,A-Kuporosov,V/Sverdlovsk 1986 (28)}) 16... Nd7 $6 (16... Re8 $5) (
16... h6 {[%cal Gf6h7,Gh7g5] although it has to be borne in mind that white's
restraint from playing d4 is not irreversable.}) 17. Qe2 Re8 18. g3 h6 $6 19.
h4 Nc6 $6 20. Be3 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb3][%cal Yd3d4,Yf3d2,Yd2c4,Yd2b3] A useful
reminder that the advance d3-d4 might still be on the cards if I misplace my
pieces for meeting it.} Na5 {Pride swallowed, probably rightly.} 21. Kg2 Qc7
22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nc4 Nc6 {As John said after the game, my position around here
looked almost identical with that at about move 16, but nonetheless it is not
clear how much worse black is.} (23... Nxc4 24. dxc4 {[%csl Rb3,Rf6][%cal
Yb1d3,Ya1e1,Ye1a1] would allow white to connect his rooks, might leave b3
slightly weak, and above all not improve my chances of ever fonding a useful
square for my king's knight. It might not be obvious to the casual observer,
but for some moves now I have been hoping for a chance to break with ...d5,
and need to keep the knights on for that reason too.}) 24. Qf3 Qd7 {With half
an eye on white's king-side possibilities: for example to play g4-g5 etc.} 25.
Bd2 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8c7,Ge8e6,Gd6d5] I now felt that this slightly contorted
manouevre represented the best chance to get some counterplay with ...d5. Of
course with this piece on c7, any such break will leave the c5 pawn weak too,
but I felt the time for perfectionism had passed.} 26. Ra3 (26. Ne3 $5) 26...
Re6 $6 ({I am sitting here now trying to recall why on earth, apparently
presented with a rare chance to make the break I had long been seeking without
any particularly irksome drawbacks, I declined to do so! I think that
psychologically I was already far too pessimistic, but there muct be more to
it than that. To be honest I think I had some vague worries about the d6
square, but this is not very rigourous to say the least. So,} 26... d5 $1 27.
exd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 {seems to be just about OK for black. Usually black
would have to be very wary of this structure - b3, c5 and e5 all have
potential health problems. In the absence of a light-squared bishop it could
be very dubious, but white hardly has one either!} 29. Ne3 ({There are no
tactical problems either:} 29. d4 cxd4 30. Be4 dxc3 $5 31. Bxc3 Nxc3 32. Bxc6
Re6 $15) (29. Nd6 Re6 30. Ne4 Be7 {also doesn't help white.}) (29. f4 $6 Bc7)
29... Nxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Be7 {looks OK. I think it is more than illusion that the
more exchanges there are, the more stupid the bishop on b1 starts to look.})
27. Ne3 Ne7 28. Kg1 h5 $138 (28... d5 29. exd5 Nexd5 30. Nc4 Bc7 (30... e4 31.
dxe4 Nb6 32. Nxb6 Qxd2 $2 (32... Bxb6 33. Bf4 $14) 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34. Nc4) 31.
Qd1 $14) 29. Bc1 g6 30. Nc4 Ng4 $5 {[%cal Ge6f6]} 31. Qd1 {[%csl Rb3]} d5 {
At last. Now black does succeed in generating some counterplay, but it is
rather all in, since b3 is dropping, and with it all of white's pieces get the
chance to participate again. Also the time pressure, Fischer clock not
withstanding, was becoming quite serious.} 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Qxb3
Nxf2 $5 $138 {A rather desparate decision, made with little time. It causes a
little confusion though, and John had missed the idea which added to its
impact. My intended} (34... Rf6 35. Rf1 Nf5 {fails rather sadly to the simple}
36. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Yd2e4]}) 35. Kxf2 Rf6+ 36. Ke2 $8 Qf3+ (36...
Nf5 37. Kd1 Nxg3 38. Qb8 Rf2 39. Be3 $16) 37. Kd2 Qxg3 38. Qd1 Nc6 39. Kc2 Rf2+
40. Bd2 Bxh4 {White's king wriggles out. Black can amass a fair number of
passed pawns on the king-side, but once white's pieces emerge} 41. Ba2 $1 {
[%cal Ya2f7] Depressing - the bishop lives!} Kg7 42. Rg1 Rg2 43. Rxg2 Qxg2 44.
Kb1 e4 45. dxe4 Qxe4+ 46. Ka1 Bg3 47. Qf1 {The rest, somewhat affected by
time-trouble, but always headed one way, requires few notes. It is unpleasant
for black that the extra piece is the once buried white-square bishop, and
hence it on the white squares that havoc is reaked.} f5 48. Nb6 Ne7 49. Nd7
Qxa4 50. Nxc5 Qe8 51. Ne6+ Kh8 52. Be3 Be5 53. Qg1 Qc6 54. Qg5 Qh1+ 55. Bb1 {
And so to the 10 minute games, where John's greater composure in the 2nd and
rather scrappy game enabled him to win by seconds!} 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 Qc7 14. d5 Bd7 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] I decided to commentate this far from pleasant afternoon's
experience largely because I think this moment is highly instructive and the
key point far from obvious.  As so often in the Closed Spanish black is kept
guessing whether white will try to generate play on the king-side, the
queen-side or both. The problem with this rather 'routine' development is that,
while the move fits in fine in the event that white commences queen-side play,
it is quite innappropriate for handling the plan which my opponent sensibly
opted for in the game. Simply, when white plays for the advance f2-f4, it is
very important for black to have the possibility to capture ...exf4 and then
manouevre his f6 knight, via d7(!) to e5. Since black also has to beware that
his a5 knight does not become a bad piece, I should have preferred} (14... Nc4
$1 15. a4 (15. Ng3 {This line is for illustration only, of the advantages for
black if white continues with the same plan as in the game.} Bf8 16. h3 g6 17.
Nh2 Bg7 18. b3 Nb6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nfd7 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gf6d7,Gd7e5]}) (
15. b3 Nb6 16. Ne3 c4 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. h3 a5 19. Rc1 cxb3 20. axb3 a4 $132 {
Kosten,A-Boudre,J/Cannes 1992/ 0-1 [66]}) 15... Bd7 16. b3 Na5 $1 {This is
what I had failed to understand at move 14. I realised that 16...Nb6? 17 a5
was not satisfactory, but missed that, far from a waste of time, the manouevre
Na5-c4-a5 encourages white to create targets for attack on the queenside,
which would invalidate an attempt to win with the simple, undiluted king-side
onslaught.} 17. Ne3 $6 (17. Ng3 Rec8) 17... c4 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 18. bxc4 (18. b4
Nb3 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 19. Bxb3 cxb3 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qd3 Ra2 $15 {
Wedberg}) 18... Nxc4 19. h3 Rec8 $15 {Adams,M -Kamsky,G/ Dos Hermanos, 1995.
0-1 [46].}) 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. h3 Nc4 17. Nh2 g6 18. b3 Nb6 19. f4 $16 exf4 20.
Bxf4 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yf1f6]} c4 {[%csl Rd4] I felt that it was essential to
create some sort of play before such simple moves as Qd2 and Rf1 overwhelm
black on the king-side. Of course, it is very unpleasant to give the d4 square
as well.} (20... Bg7) 21. b4 (21. Qd2 $5) 21... a5 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Bd4 axb4 24.
Rf1 $5 (24. cxb4) 24... b3 $138 25. Bxf6 bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Ra3 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rf3 b4 $1 $138 30. cxb4 $6 (30. Raf1 $1 Rxc3 31. Rxf7+ (31. Rxc3
bxc3 32. Qxc3+ Kg8 33. Qf6 $16) 31... Kg8 32. Qb2 $5 Na4 {[%csl Rd7]} 33. Qd2
$1 Qe3 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxd7 Rxg3 36. Ng4 $16) 30... Qd4 $1 (30... Qxb4 $2 31.
Rb1 $18) 31. Raf1 (31. Rd1 Rxa2 $1 {is what Eran had missed on the previous
move.}) 31... Rxf3 32. Nxf3 Qe3 33. Re1 Ba4 34. Rxe3 (34. Qc1 $1 $16) 34...
Bxc2 35. Re1 Ra8 36. Ra1 Re8 37. Kg1 c3 38. Rc1 Bxe4 39. Rxc3 Bxd5 40. a3 Nc4
41. Rd3 Bxf3 (41... Bxf3 42. Rxf3 Ra8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 86th"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Scotland's 3rd Grandmaster already has a pretty broad opening repetoire
especially with white, and having been his second for one World Junior
Championship ( Zagan 1997 ) did not greatly facilitate my guessing his choice
of opening. Neither had any of our three previous draws reflected friendship
on the board.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 {So, my hunch that he would not want to debate the main
lines of the Closed Spanish was correct. This apparently modest move has some
distinguished British adherents, Michael Adams and John Emms among them.} Na5
10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 {In CBM 68 I discussed my game against Eran
Liss from Herzliya 1998. Here we are to reach at move 16 virtually the same
position which I there deemed satisfactory. Hence I did not much consider
alternatives here.} (12... Bf8 {is an important alternative, but I am not
crazy for defending} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 $5 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3d5]} (14. Bh4 {
is the main move.}) 14... Qxf6 15. Ne3 g6 16. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yc2b3,Ga5c6]} Ra7
17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb3 {It may not be so much, but perhaps white can create
pressure with no risk.} Be6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qb2 h5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Qd2 a5 23.
Ng5 Bh6 24. Nxe6 Bxd2 25. Nxd8 Nxd8 26. Red1 Bg5 27. a4 $1 axb4 28. axb5 Rxa1
29. Rxa1 Rb8 30. Bc4 bxc3 31. Nxc3 Ne6 32. Ra7 $16 {1-0 Becerra Rivero,
J-Ferguson,M/Benasque op 1996/EXP 53 (38)}) 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 Qc7 15. d5 Nc4
$5 {Still following my CBM 68 prescription. Black waits for white to create
tension on the queen-side before committing his c8 bishop.} 16. a4 Bd7 17. b3
Na5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be3 {Slowly, I came to realise that whilst black may
indeed need the open a-file to distract white from a direct king-side assault,
in the short-term at least, the a-file is rather white's domain, and black can
do little on this wing.} (19. Qe2 $2 Nxb3 20. Rxa8 Nxc1 $17) 19... g6 20. h3
Bg7 21. Nd2 $1 h5 22. Ra2 {[%mdl 4]} Rec8 23. Qa1 Qd8 24. Qb2 (24. Bg5 $5 {
seemed to me to leave black very unpleasantly tied up. However, he may live on
due to the resource} Nb7 25. Ra7 $140 Na5) 24... h4 $5 {Black has to worry
about both the a-file and the possibility of white commencing operations on
the king-side with f2-f4. The text usefully tackles both issues - f4 will be
prevented, and white must reckon with black giving a pawn to open the long
black diagonal.} 25. Ne2 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4,Ye2f4,Ge5f4,Gg7c3,Gb5b4]} Nh5 26.
Nf3 $1 c4 $1 $138 ({Since} 26... Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Bxf4 b4 29. e5 $16 {
is far from promising, this 'white-square' based attempt to create counterplay
is the only way to avoid being slowly squeezed. Surprise, surprise, 'zeitnot'
is also starting to raise its ugly, if familiar head.}) 27. b4 Nb3 28. Rxa8
Rxa8 29. Bxb3 cxb3 30. Qxb3 f5 $6 (30... Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gf7f5,Gd8c7,
Gc7c4] Rowson. I had only associated my pawn sacrifice with the need to make
swift waves on the king-side and against white's centre, but as Jonathan
showed afterwards, this more positional approach substantially holds up
white's attempts to utilise his extra queen-side pawn and rules out nothing on
the other side of the board. In the cold light of a time-trouble free day,
this consistent 'light-square' follow-up seems natural and logical!}) 31. c4 $1
bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rc8 33. Qb3 $6 (33. Qa6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye3b6,Gf5f4,Yb4b7]}) 33...
Nf6 $1 (33... fxe4 $2 34. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2e4,Ye2c3] only encourages white's
reorganisation.}) 34. Nc3 Qc7 35. Bd2 Qc4 $132 {Following white's inaccuracy
on move 33, black has created a fair degree of pressure on white's centre. The
h4 pawn is small fry in that context.} 36. Qb1 fxe4 $6 (36... Rb8 $1 $13 {
[%csl Rb4,Re4]}) 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Bf5 40. Rxh4 e4 $132 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Yc8c2,Yc8c4][%mdl 2048] The position I was heading for at move
36, perhaps encouragde by the knowledge that this sequence would take us to
the time control. Black has definite counterplay based on white's very badly
placed rook, and his own rather active one. Still it is 2 pawns.} 41. Ng5 {
[%cal Gg2g4,Yg5e4]} Rc4 $1 42. Rh7 $1 (42. Ne6 $2 e3 {[%cal Ge3d2,Gd2d1]}) (42.
Kf1 $2 e3 43. Rxc4 exd2 44. Ke2 Bd3+ $17) 42... e3 {A difficult decision, but
an excellent one. It looks as if black should have chances to win the b-pawn
without this material concession, but in fact it wins the time to prevent the
extrication of white's rook.} (42... Rd4 $2 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Bc3 Kf6 45. f4
$18) 43. Bxe3 Rxb4 44. Kh2 (44. g4 {I reckoned that such endings as that
arising from} Be4 $5 45. Nxe4 Kxh7 46. Nxd6 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rd1 {should be OK for
a draw.}) 44... Be5+ 45. g3 Bg7 46. Kg2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5]} Bc8 $1 {
[%csl Rd5]} 47. Bd2 Rc4 48. h4 Bb7 49. h5 Bxd5+ 50. Kf1 gxh5 51. Rxh5 $14 Rc2
52. Be3 Bc4+ 53. Kg2 Bd5+ 54. Kh3 Bc6 55. Rh4 Bd7+ 56. Kg2 Bc6+ 57. Nf3 $6 Ra2
58. Rc4 Bd5 59. Rb4 Be5 $1 $11 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ye5f4,Ye5d4,Ye5d6,Yd5f3]
Secures the draw. White has no way to make progress.} 60. Bf4 Ra3 61. Be3 Kf7
62. Rh4 {A very tough struggle, and if not the closest I came to losing in the
tournament, certainly the nearest to being out-played.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 (12... Nc6 {In the game,
this was reached by the move order 11...Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8.} 13. h3 Qc7 14. a4 Bd7
15. Bg5 Rab8 16. axb5 Rxb5 $6 (16... axb5 17. Ne3 $14) 17. Bc1 Ra8 18. Ne3 Qb8
19. Nc4 Rb7 20. Ba4 Ne8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Na5 Rc7 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Qa4 $16 {
Kharlov,A-Ginsburg,G Pinsk 1993}) (12... h6 $5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne3 Bf8 {Black's
setup looks extremely logical.} 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. b3 d5 $5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Qxd5 19. d4 (19. Bb2 Bg4 $1) 19... e4 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Bb2 Rac8 22. Rc1 Bd6
23. f3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 Rc5 26. g4 Be6 27. Bxe4 Nxb3 28. Rb1 Ra5
29. Rd6 Nc5 $15 {1/2-1/2, Smirin-Adams, Elenite (05) 1993}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Be7 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. a4 b4 (16... Be6 17. Bb3 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxe6 fxe6
20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qb3 Nf8 $10 {Psakhis,L-Tseitlin,MD Beersheva 
(06) 1993} 23. Qxb5 $140 Rb8 24. Qc4 Rxb2) 17. Bb3 $1 {This is possible now
that the knight is no longer on a5.} Rb8 18. Bc4 $14 Na5 19. Bxf6 $1 Nxc4 20.
dxc4 $1 Bxf6 21. Nd5 a5 $6 (21... bxc3 22. bxc3 Bb7 $14) 22. cxb4 cxb4 23. b3
$16 {><a5,d5,f6} Be7 24. Nxe7+ $6 (24. Qd3 $142) (24. c5 Bb7 (24... dxc5 25.
Nxe5 $16) (24... Bf8 25. c6 $16) 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. cxd6 Re6 28.
Rad1 Rd8 $10 29. Nd2 $140 Rexd6) 24... Qxe7 (24... Rxe7 $142 25. c5 (25. Qd3
$14) 25... Be6 $1 $132 {><b3} (25... Re6 26. Qd5 $16) (25... Rd7 26. c6 (26.
Qd5 dxc5 27. Qxc5 f6) 26... Re7 27. Rc1 $16 Be6 $140 28. Nxe5 Bxb3 (28... dxe5
29. c7 $1 Rxc7 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxc7) 29. Qxb3 dxe5 30. Red1 $16) 26. cxd6
$140 Rd7 27. Nxe5 Rxd6 28. Qf3 Qg5 29. Nc4 (29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 f6 $44) 29...
Bxc4 30. bxc4 Qe5 $44) 25. Qd5 $1 {><a5} Qc7 26. Rad1 $1 Rb6 $8 (26... Rd8 27.
c5 $1 $16) (26... Re6 27. c5 $1 dxc5 28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Rc1 Rc6
31. Nxe5 Rc7 32. Nc4 $18) 27. Nh4 $1 (27. Qxa5 $2 Bb7 {/\...Ra8}) 27... Rc6 (
27... g6 28. Re3 {Black will have a hard time defending against all of White's
threats, i.e. Qxa5, Rg3, and Rc1/\c4-c5.} (28. Nxg6 $2 Be6 29. Qd2 fxg6 30.
Qxh6 Qg7 $17)) 28. Nf5 Be6 29. Qd3 Kh7 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rd7 32. Red1 Qd8 33.
Qe2 Qf6 34. Rd3 Qf4 35. Nd5 (35. f3 $5) 35... Qh4 36. R1d2 f5 $1 {/\<=>} 37.
exf5 Bxf5 38. Re3 Bg6 39. Qf3 Rc8 $2 {Was this time pressure?} 40. Nb6 Rf7 41.
Qxf7 $1 Bxf7 42. Nxc8 Bxc4 43. Nxd6 $1 (43. bxc4 $4 Qxc4 {פc8,c1}) 43... Be6
44. h3 $18 Qg5 45. Ne4 Qe7 46. Rd6 Bf7 47. Red3 Qc7 48. Rd7 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+
50. Rg3 Kg8 51. Rd8+ Kh7 52. Rf8 1-0

