[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia III"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bc2 O-O (7... e5
$142 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3
Bf5 12. Ne2) 11... Bf5 12. Nb3 (12. Re1 $6 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Rc8 $15)
12... Rc8 13. Ne1 $5 {xNe4} Qb6 $5 (13... f6 $5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bh6 Rf7 $10)
(13... a5 $1 14. a4 $140 Nb4 15. Bb1 f6 $1 $15) 14. g4 $1 (14. Be3 $5) 14...
Be6 (14... Bd7 15. f3 Ng3 16. Rf2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nh1 18. Kxh1 Qxf2 19. Bf4 Nb4
$13) 15. Kg2 $6 (15. f3 Ng3 16. Rf2 Bxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Nh1 18. Nd3 Nxe5 $1 $132)
15... f6 (15... a5 $1 16. a4 f6) 16. Be3 (16. f3 Ng5 17. f4 fxe5 $3 18. fxg5 (
18. dxe5 Ne4 $15) 18... Rxf1 19. Kxf1 exd4 $32 $40) 16... fxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18.
f4 Nxe5 $1 19. fxe5 Qxe5 (19... Rxf1 $1 20. Kxf1 Qxe5 21. Nd4 (21. Bxe4 Qxe4
22. Ke2 Bxb2 $17) (21. Bd4 Qh2 22. Bxe4 (22. Nf3 Qxh3+ 23. Ke1 Qg3+ 24. Ke2
Qg2+ 25. Ke3 Rxc2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 22... dxe4 23. Bxg7 Bc4+ 24. Nd3 Bxd3+ $19
) 21... Rf8+ 22. Nef3 Qg3 $19) 20. Bxe4 Qxe4+ (20... Rxf1 21. Kxf1 dxe4 $2 22.
Rc1 $1 Rf8+ 23. Kg2) 21. Rf3 d4 $3 22. Bxd4 (22. Bf2 Bd5 23. Nxd4 (23. Nd2 Qf4
24. Qb3 (24. Kg1 Bxf3 25. Nexf3 e5 $19) 24... Bxb3 25. Rxf4 Bd5+ 26. Rf3 Bh6
27. Rd1 e5 $17) 23... Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxf3 25. Nxf3 Rf8 $19) 22... Rfd8 23. Qd3
Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxb3 25. Rxb3 $6 (25. Bxg7 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Bd5+ 27. Kg3 Kxg7 28.
Re1 $17) 25... Rxd4 $19 26. Rxb7 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Rf8+ 28. Ke4 Re2+ 29. Kd3 Rh2 30.
Rxe7 Rxh3+ 31. Re3 $2 $138 (31. Ke2 Rh2+ $19) 31... Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Rh2+ 33. Kf3
Rxb2 34. Rc1 Bh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {HarZvi} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ (6. d3 {
HarZvi} O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7
12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16. h4 $14 {/~~ Georgiev,
Kr-Petursson,M Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4
Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1
$14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {Hickel,J-Hubner,R
Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {RR} 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 O-O (8... Ne5
{HarZvi} 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. Rd2)
13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nh5
$36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) 10... Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12.
Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $10 {Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6...
Bd7 {HarZvi} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... c4 11.
Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V
Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 O-O (7... cxd4 {RR} 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 {HarZvi} 9. Be2
d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/FIDE-Wch k.o.
1997/CBM63/ [Har-Zvi,R] (52)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12.
Qe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rb6] /+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/
ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5
fxg5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)}) 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11.
Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {
Torre,T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06}) (7... a6 {HarZvi} 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4 {[%cal
Ga4c6,Ga4e4]})) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12.
Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har
Zvi] (58)}) (7... Bd7 {HarZvi} 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 $11 {
Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V Wijk ann Zee 1996 65/(193)}) 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9. Re1
e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11. Na3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3
Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 {/+/- 1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/
EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11. Bf1 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) (12... Bf5 {
HarZvi}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18.
Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM
30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}) 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {/\ c3-c4} (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11.
Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 {
1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12.
Na3 (12. c4 $1 $14 {>< Na5}) (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi this is certainly a move one
must consider seriously,since now the knight on a5 seems out of the game and
white's knight on "b1" is going to have a very good place on "c3"} Re8 13.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 15. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5] when white has slight
advantage}) 12... b6 (12... a6 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5] HarZvi} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8 $5 {HarZvi}) 13. Bf4 $6 {
/\ Nb5} (13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4) 14. Bd3 {
>< f5 /\ c4}) (13. Bd3 {HarZvi} Qd7 14. c4 Rfe8) 13... a6 $1 $13 {Har Zvi:
black's king is simply commimg and with a pass "h" pawn there is nothing more
to seewe can say very easily that white got nothing out of the opening,I guess
that because this was the second game in the match Anand did not want to risk
a lot and played a solid line not the usual Sicilian which we could expect
against Gelfand} 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13) 15...
Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16... Nb7 17. b5 $5 (17. Nd2 $1 Bxd5
18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ndc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 b5 22. Nb6 $14 {/~/=}) (17.
bxc5 {HarZvi} dxc5 {[%cal Gb7d6]} (17... Nxc5 18. c4 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Qd7 $140 {
[%csl Ra3]} 19. Nd4 Ng4 $36) 18. c4 Nd6 {when black's position seems very nice}
) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 h6 $4 {Har Zvi: black's king is simply commimg and with
a pass "h" pawn there is nothing more to seeunbelieveable mistake from a
player such as Gelfand at this stage of the tournament,a world championchip
one!! this was a normal game not rapid and this is move 18 so I have really no
explanation at all why this happened} (18... Qd7 19. Bxf6 (19. c4 h6 20. Bh4 g5
21. Bg3 $13) 19... Bxf6 20. a4 {^^, פb7}) (18... Rxa2 19. Qb3 (19. Nd2 Bxd5
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nc7 Qe5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rb2 $19) 19...
Ra5 (19... Ra8 20. Nd2 Na5 (20... Bxd5 $4 21. Bxf6 $18) (20... c4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Qxc4 Bf5 23. Qc6 $36) 21. Qb2 (21. Qd1 $2 Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 $15 {/-/+}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Nc7 $14 (24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxb6 $16)) (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 $1)
20. Nd2 $44 (20. Nd2 {HarZvi} Bf5 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxf6) 21. Rxe8+ (21. Nc4 Rxe1
22. Rxe1 Ra8) 21... Qxe8 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Qxb6 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxa5
Nxg5 26. Qxc5 $14)) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 (19... Qxf6 {HarZvi} 20. Nc7 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Nxe8 $18) 20. Nd2 $18 Bxg2 (20... Bf5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nc7 Qc8 23.
Nxa8 Qxa8 24. a4 {/\ Bb5+-}) (20... Bxd5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nc7 Qc6 23. Nxa8
Na5 24. c4 Be6 25. Qf3 $18) 21. Bxg2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxa2 23. Ra1 Rb2 24. Rb1
Ra2 25. Nf3 Qd7 26. Qe4 $1 {>< f5, g4, a4} Kg7 27. c4 h5 {/\ Qg4} 28. h3 $1 Na5
29. Bf1 Ra4 30. Re1 Rb4 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Qe8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4
34. Nxd6 Rc1+) 31... Rb3 32. Re3 (32. Qe8 Qf5) 32... Rb4 (32... Rxe3 $8 33.
Qxe3 {/\ Bd3, Nd2-e4}) 33. Qe8 Qxe8 34. Rxe8 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxd6 Rc1
37. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 {A typical Romanishin move} g6 4. c3 d5 (
4... Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 (6. d3 Bg7 $10) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. d5 Qa5+ {
the inclusion of g3 and g6 is good for black}) 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. d4 Nf6 (6... Bg7
7. dxc5 Qxc5 $13) (6... cxd4 {Boensch} 7. cxd4 $14) 7. Bg2 Qe6+ $6 (7... Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 $14) (7... Qe4+ $5 8. Kf1 (8. Be3 Ng4 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxe3
11. fxe3 Bh6 12. Kf2 O-O $13)) (7... cxd4 {Boensch}) 8. Ne5 Qa6 $2 (8... Bg7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Re1 $16) (8... cxd4 {Boensch} 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Re1 $16)
9. Qb3 $1 e6 10. Na3 {Suddenly white is winning} Qb6 11. Nec4 Qd8 (11... Qxb3
12. axb3 {black cannot meet the threat of Nb5}) 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7 Nbd7 14.
Nb5 $18 {amazing! White's insipid opening has produced a winning position in
14 moves There is something to be said for openings that look totally
refutable!} Nd5 15. Bf4 Ke7 {no comment!} 16. Nxa7 Kf6 17. Ne5 N5b6 18. Bg5+ $1
Kxg5 19. Nxf7+ Kf6 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 (4... Bg4 $142) 5. h3 g6 6. O-O (6. Bc2
Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 O-O $11) 6... Bg7 7. Bc2 O-O
8. Re1 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4) 8... e5 9. d3 h6 (9... d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. dxe4
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be6 $11) 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 (11. Qd2 Kh7) 11... b6 12. d4 exd4
13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb1 (14. Ba4 Bd7) 14... Bb7 $1 (14... Ba6 $6 15. Qb3 Bb7 16.
a3 Na6 17. d5 Nc7 18. Bd3 $14) 15. a3 (15. d5 $6 Nfxd5 16. exd5 Bxb2) 15... Na6
(15... cxd4 $6 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. axb4 $14) 16. Bd3 (16. d5 $2 Nxd5 17. exd5
Bxb2 18. Ra2 Bg7 19. Ne4 Nc7 20. Bf4 Nxd5 21. Nxd6 (21. Bg3 $2 Rxe4 22. Bxe4
Nc3) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxf4 23. Nxb7 Qc7 $17) 16... cxd4 (16... Nc7 $6 17.
d5 Nfxd5 18. exd5 Bxb2 19. Bxh6 $1 $40) 17. Bxd4 $6 (17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bb5 Re7)
17... Nc5 18. Bc2 Rc8 $2 (18... Nfxe4 $1 19. Bxg7 (19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4
21. Rxe4 (21. Bxg7 $6 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Kxg7 $17) 21... Bxe4 22. Bxg7 Bxf3 23.
Qxf3 Kxg7 24. Rd1 $15) 19... Kxg7 (19... Nxd2) 20. Nxe4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 (21... Rxe4 22. Qd5 $1 $15) 22. Qd4+ Nf6 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxd6 $11) 20...
Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 (21... Nxe4 22. Qd4+ Nf6 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxd6 $11) 22. Qd5
$15) 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Ba6 (20... Nd3 $2 21. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 $18) 21.
Nf1 Re7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 (23... Rde8 24. N1h2 $1 $11 (24. b4 Ncd7
25. Bd6 Re2 26. N1d2 Nd5 $36)) 24. Rxd1 Bb7 25. Rd8+ (25. N1d2 $5 $11) 25...
Kh7 26. N1d2 Nfd7 27. Bd6 (27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd4 Nf8 $36) 27... Re2 (27... Re6
28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. b4 Bf6 30. Rb8 $11) 28. Ba4 $6 (28. Bd1 Re6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30.
b4 Bf6 31. Rb8 Bxf3 32. Nxf3 Ne4 33. Rb7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Bxe7 $15) 28... Re6 (
28... Bf6 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxd7 Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Rxb2 32. Kf1 $11) 29. Bf4 (29.
Bg3 Nxa4 $1 (29... Nf6 30. Bb5 $11) 30. Rxd7 Nc5 31. Rxf7 Kg8 32. Rc7 Bxb2 33.
Nc4 Bf6 34. Nd6 Bxf3 35. gxf3 a6 $15) 29... Ne5 $2 (29... Nf6 $1 30. Bb5 Nd5
31. Bg3 Bf6 32. Rb8 Bxb2 33. Bc4 Bxa3 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Bxd5 Re7 36. Nc4 Bc5
37. Nce5 Nd8 38. Bh4 g5 39. Bg3 a5 $19) 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Be8 (
32. Bc2 Re2 (32... Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re7 (33... Rc1 34. Bb3 Nxb3 35. Nxb3 Rc7 36.
Nd4 $11)) 33. b4 Ne6 34. Rd7 Bc6 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Bb3 $11) (32. Bb5 $2 Ne6 33.
Rd7 Bc8 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. Ne4 Ra5 37. Re7 Re5 38. Nd6 Ba6 39. b4
Bd3 40. a4 Re2 $17) 32... Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re7 (33... Re2 34. f3) 34. Bb5 $138 (34.
b4 Ne6 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Bxd7 Nd4 37. Nc4 $11) 34... Kg7 35. b4 Ne6 36. Rd6 (36.
Rd7 Rxd7 37. Bxd7 Nd4 38. Nc4 Kf6) 36... Nf4 $138 37. g3 Nd5 38. Bf1 Rc7 39.
Bg2 $2 (39. Bc4 Nf6 $11) 39... Rc2 40. Ne4 $2 (40. Rd7 Bc6 41. Rd6 Rxd2 42.
Rxc6 Rxf2 43. Kg1 Rf5 $15) (40. Nf1 $1 Rxf2 41. Kg1 Rxg2+ (41... Rf5 $6 42. b5
$16) 42. Kxg2 Nxb4+ 43. Kf2 Na6 $44) 40... Ne3 $1 41. Bf3 (41. Rd7 Bc6 42. Rc7
Nxg2 $19) 41... Bxe4 42. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Rf1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Rd3 Nc4 46.
Bd5 Ne5 $1 (46... Nxa3 47. Bb3 Rb1 48. Bxf7 Rxb4 49. Rxa3 Kxf7 50. Rxa7+ Ke6
$17) 47. Rc3 (47. Re3 Kf6) 47... Rd1 48. Be4 Rd2+ 49. Kg1 f5 50. Bc2 Kf6 51.
Kf1 Rd6 (51... Rd6 52. Ke2 Rc6 53. Rxc6+ Nxc6 54. Ke3 Ke5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {This was a small surprise!No Alapin today.} d6 3. c3 $5 {
How should we call it delayed Alapin?} Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 $5 (
6... e6 7. Nbd2 d5 $13) (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 $13) 7. Nbd2 Bh6 $5 {An
interesting choice.However I soon felt that this is not better than the
regular fanchetto.} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bxc1 10. Rxc1 (10. Qxc1 Qb6 11. Rb1 O-O
12. O-O $14) 10... O-O 11. O-O e6 {I like this one more than the other
alternatives.} (11... e5 $14) (11... b5 12. d4 e5 13. Qd2 Kg7 $14) 12. Qd2 $6 {
Playing on the wrong side of the board.} (12. Nh2 $142 Nh5 13. f4 f5 14. exf5
exf5 15. Bb3+ Kg7 $14) 12... Kg7 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd4
Qa5 $11 (15... Qb6 $11)) 15... Qb6 (15... a6 $11) 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 (16... bxc6 17.
Qxd6 Qxb2 18. Bb3 $1 $16 (18. Qe5 Qb5) 18... Nxe4 $140 $2 19. Qe5+ Nf6 20. g4
h6 21. h4 $18) 17. Bb3 Qc5 18. Rcd1 b5 $36 {Black has a good Sicilian.Also a
knight fits this kind of positions more than a bishop.} 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 (
20. cxd4 Rc7 $15) 20... e5 21. Rd2 $2 {This is not active enough.This is a
very critical position in the game.} (21. Rb4 $142 $1 Rc5 (21... Rb6 22. c4 (
22. a4 $6 bxa4 (22... Rfb8 23. a5 Rc6 24. Rd1 (24. c4 $2 Rc5 25. f3 Kf8 26. Re3
Ke7 27. Rc3 Nd7 $17) 24... a6 25. c4 $14) 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. Bxa4 Ra8 $11) 22...
bxc4 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. Bxc4 Rc8 25. b3 Kf8 26. f3 Nh5 27. a4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Nf4
29. Rd1 f5 30. Rd2 $14) 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rfc8 $1 24. Bb3 R8c7 25. Rb8 (25.
f3 d5) 25... Nd7 26. Rd8 Rb5 27. Ba4 Rbb7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11)
21... Rb8 22. a3 Kf8 23. h4 a5 24. g3 Ra6 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. cxb4 axb4 26. a4
$14) 25. Kg2 (25. f4 Nd7 $5 (25... exf4 $5 26. gxf4 Re8 27. Rd4 Nh5 28. e5 f6
29. e6 Ng7 $15)) 25... Ke7 26. f4 Nd7 27. Ra1 (27. fxe5 Nxe5 $15) 27... Nc5 28.
Bd5 b4 29. cxb4 {White has to be careful with the pawn exchanges.} (29. fxe5
dxe5 (29... bxc3 $6 30. exd6+ Rxd6 31. bxc3 Nxe4 (31... Nb3 $4 32. Rb2) 32. Re1
f5 33. Rd4 $11) 30. cxb4 axb4 31. b3 $1 {was the way to go.} bxa3 32. Rda2 f5
33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Rxa3 fxe4 35. Ra7+ Kd6 36. Bc4 $15) (29. axb4 $2 axb4 30.
Rxa6 Nxa6 31. cxb4 Nxb4 32. Bc4 f5 $1 $17) 29... axb4 30. b3 $2 (30. fxe5 dxe5
31. b3 bxa3 32. Rda2 f5 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Rxa3 fxe4 35. Ra7+ Kd6 36. Bc4 $15 {
was the last chance.}) 30... exf4 $1 31. gxf4 Rxa3 (31... bxa3 32. Rda2 Nd3 $4
33. Bc4) 32. Rxa3 bxa3 33. Ra2 Nd3 $1 34. Kg3 (34. Kf3 Nb4 35. Rxa3 Nxd5 36.
exd5 Kf6 $19) 34... Nb4 35. Rxa3 Nxd5 36. exd5 Kf6 $17 {Now we have got a very
complicated rook ending.} (36... Rb5 37. h5) 37. h5 $1 (37. Ra6 Rxb3+ 38. Kg2
Kf5 39. Rxd6 h5 40. Rd7 f6 $19) 37... Kf5 38. hxg6 $4 {Harmen collapses.} (38.
h6 $1 {is the only move.} f6 $1 (38... Rb7 $6 39. Kf3 f6 40. Ke3 (40. b4 Rxb4
41. Ra7 Rxf4+ $19) 40... Kg4 41. b4 $1 {makes things pretty complicated.} Rxb4
$8 (41... Re7+ $2 42. Kd4 Kxf4 43. b5 $44) (41... f5 $2 42. Ra6 (42. Rb3) 42...
Rxb4 43. Rxd6 Re4+ 44. Kd3 $44) 42. Ra7 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 $1 (43. Kf2 Kxf4 44. Rxh7
Rh3 45. Kg2 Rh4 $19 {transposes to the main line.}) 43... Kxf4 44. Rxh7 Rh3 45.
Rd7 Rxh6 46. Rxd6 g5 47. Re6 g4 48. d6 g3 49. d7 (49. Re4+ Kf3 50. d7 g2 51.
Re3+ Kf4 52. d8=Q g1=Q $19) 49... g2 50. Re4+ Kg3 51. Re3+ (51. d8=Q $2 g1=Q+
52. Re3+ Kf4 53. Qe8 Rh4 $3 $19) 51... Kf2 52. d8=Q g1=Q 53. Qb6 $3 Rh4+ 54.
Kd5 Qg8+ 55. Kd6 $11) (38... Rb5 $2 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Rd7 Rxd5 41. b4 Ke6 42. Rd8
Rh5 43. b5 Rxb5 44. Rh8 Rh5 45. Rxh7 d5 46. Rh8 Ke7 47. Kf3 Rh1 48. Kg2 $11)
39. Ra7 ({or} 39. Kf3 Rb5 40. Ra7 Rxb3+ 41. Kg2) 39... Rxb3+ 40. Kg2 Kxf4 41.
Rxh7 Rg3+ $1 (41... Rb2+ $2 42. Kg1 (42. Kh3 $4 {walks into a mating net.} g5
43. Rg7 f5 $19) 42... Kg5 43. Rf7 Kxh6 44. Rxf6 Rb6 45. Re6 Kg5 46. Kg2 Kf5 47.
Kf3 g5 48. Kf2 g4 49. Kg3 Kg5 50. Kg2 Kf4 51. Rg6 $11) 42. Kf2 (42. Kh2 Rg5 $19
) 42... Rh3 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Rd7 (44. Re7 Rxh6 45. Re6 g5 (45... f5 $4 46. Rxd6
Ke5 47. Ra6 Kxd5 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Rb6 $11) 46. Rxd6 Ke5 47. Ra6 Kxd5 48. Kg3 Ke4
$19) 44... Ke5 45. h7 Kxd5 46. Re7 g5 47. Kf3 f5 48. Kg3 Kd4 $19) 38... hxg6
39. Ra6 Rxb3+ 40. Kg2 Kxf4 41. Rxd6 Ke5 $19 42. Rd7 f6 43. d6 Rd3 44. Rg7 g5
45. d7 Ke6 {And the pawn falls.} 0-1

[Event "TUR-ch"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 $5 {Katia comes up with what Jonkman played against
me in Wijk.} Nf6 4. Bd3 $5 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Bc2 e6 (6... d5 7. d3) 7. h3 Bh5
8. d4 $6 {An unexpected move in the center.} (8. d3 $142 $13) 8... cxd4 (8...
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 (9. gxf3 d5) 9... cxd4 10. Ba4 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13.
cxd4 Nb6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 $11) (8... d5 $142 $1 9. e5 Nd7 $15) 9. g4 $1 (9. cxd4
d5 10. e5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5) 9... Bg6 10. Nxd4 Nxe4 $2 {Here I have made a
wrong calculation showing lack of positional understanding.} (10... Be7 11. Nf5
O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f4 h6 14. Nd2 Bh7 $17) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13.
Qa4 $11 f5 {A sad necessity.} (13... Bf3 $2 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. Re1 $18) 14. Nd2
Qd7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qe2 h5 $2 {This was my last mistake in this
game.However it was gross!} (17... Bd6 18. f4 (18. Re1 e5 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Bxe5
$140 $2 Rae8 21. f4 Rxf4 $19) 18... O-O 19. Bd2 $11) 18. Bf4 $1 (18. Re1 $2
hxg4 19. hxg4 (19. Qxg4 Kf7) 19... Kf7 $17) 18... hxg4 19. Qxg4 Bd6 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Rae1 Kf7 22. Re3 Rh6 23. Rg3 $1 (23. Rfe1 Rah8) 23... Rg8 $6 {I have
cracked under pressure.} (23... Qe5 24. Kg2 Rah8 $14) 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Ree3 Qf4
26. Qh5+ Ke7 $1 {Best under the circumstances.} (26... g6 27. Qe2 Rf8 28. Ref3
Qd6 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qg4 $18) 27. Ref3 Rh6 28. Rxf4 Rxh5 29. Ra4 $16 {
White wins a pawn.} Kd6 30. Rxa7 g6 31. Ra4 $5 {I have found this slow during
the game.White's idea is very comprehensible:to squeeze black along the g line.
} ({I was for} 31. b4 {in the game.} Rh4 32. Ra6 Kd7 $16 {is bad but not
totally lost for black.} (32... Rb8 33. a4)) 31... e5 32. Rag4 g5 33. Kg2 $6 {
Slow.} (33. b4 $1 c5 (33... Ra8 34. Rxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 Rxa2 36. Rg6+ Kd7 37. h4
$18) 34. a4 cxb4 35. cxb4 d4 $132) 33... c5 34. h4 $6 {Exchanges on the g line
relieves black more.} (34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra8 36. a4 Ra5 37. Rgg4 e4 38. Rg3
Rc5 39. Rb6+ Ke5 40. Ra6 Rc4 41. Kf1 Kf5 42. Ra5 Ke5 43. Ke2 $16) 34... gxh4
35. Rxg8 hxg3 36. Rg6+ Kd7 37. Kxg3 Rh1 $11 {Black's center compensates for
the loss of pawn.} 38. Rg7+ Ke6 39. Rg6+ Kf5 40. Rc6 c4 41. Kf3 (41. f3 Rg1+
42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Rd6 Rxb2+ 44. Ke3 Rc2 45. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 46. Ke2 Ra3 47. Rc5 Rxa2+
48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 c3 50. Rc4 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 c2 52. Kd2 $11) 41... Rb1 42. b3
$5 {Katia having lost her advantage tries to settle for a draw.} (42. Rb6 d4
43. cxd4 c3 44. Rc6 e4+ (44... cxb2 45. Rb6 exd4 46. Rb5+ Ke6 47. Ke2 $11) 45.
Kg2 (45. Ke2 $4 cxb2 46. Rb6 e3 $1 $19) 45... cxb2 46. Rb6 Kf4 $11) (42. Rd6
Rxb2 43. Rxd5 Rc2 44. Ke3 (44. Rc5 $2 Rxc3+ 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Rc8 Rc2+ 47. Ke1
Kd3 48. Rd8+ Kc3 49. Re8 Rxa2 50. Rxe5 Kc2 $3 51. f4 c3 52. Rc5 Kb3 $19) 44...
Rxc3+ 45. Kd2 Ra3 46. Rc5 Rxa2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Rd3+ 49. Kc2 Rd4 50. Kc3
$11) 42... Rc1 43. bxc4 Rxc3+ 44. Ke2 d4 $1 {This turns the tables however it
is still a draw with proper play.} 45. Rh6 Rc2+ 46. Kd3 $5 {Active play
sometimes does not result in providing the desired result.After having given
two passers white has to be extremely careful.} (46. Ke1 Rxc4 47. Rh4 e4 48. f3
$3 e3 49. Re4 Ra4 50. Kf1 $11) 46... Rxf2 47. Rh5+ Kf4 (47... Kf6 48. Rh6+ Kg5
49. Rh8 {transposes to the game.} (49. Ra6 Kf5)) 48. Rh4+ Kg5 49. Rh8 $4 $138 {
The rook was needed on the first rank.} (49. Rh1 Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Re3+ 51. Kd5 d3
52. c5 Kf4 53. Rd1 e4 54. c6 Re2 55. Kd4 $1 $11) 49... Rxa2 $4 $138 {This is
unexplainable!Time trouble should not be an excuse for such a poor decision.
Obviously a2 pawn in this case has nothing to do with the position.} (49...
Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Re3+ 51. Kd5 d3 52. Rh1 d2 (52... Kf4) 53. Rd1 e4 54. Kd4 Re2 55.
c5 e3 (55... Kf6 56. c6 Ke7 $19) 56. c6 Re1 57. c7 e2 58. Rxd2 Rd1 $19) 50.
Rg8+ $4 {This unlucky check only helps black to bring his king near the c pawn.
} (50. c5 Ra3+ (50... Kf5 51. c6 Ra3+ 52. Kc4 $11) 51. Ke4 Re3+ 52. Kd5 d3 53.
Rh1 $11) 50... Kf6 51. Rf8+ $2 {Collapse.} (51. c5 Ra1 $3 (51... Ra3+ 52. Kc4
Rc3+ 53. Kd5 d3 54. Ke4) 52. Kc4 Rc1+ 53. Kd5 d3 $19) 51... Ke7 52. Rh8 Ra3+
53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kd5 d3 $19 55. Rh1 (55. Rh7+ Kf6 56. Rh6+ Kf5 57. Rh1 d2 58.
Rf1+ Kg4 59. Rd1 e4 $1 60. c5 Kf5 61. c6 Rd3+ 62. Kc4 Ke6 $19) 55... d2 56. Rd1
e4 $1 {There is no way to prevent Re2,e3 and Re1.} 0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 1st"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2001.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De Toledo, James Mann"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 e5 5. d3 h6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 g6 8. Nh2 Bg7
9. f4 Nd4 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. a3 exf4 13. Rxf4 O-O 14. Rf2 Kh7 15. Qd2
Nd7 16. Bg4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 ({A natural but wrong
decision.} 19. Rxf3 {was to be preferred.}) {[%tqu "En","White's last move was
a serious mistake. How would you prove it?","Use the disharmony in the
placement of White's pieces.","Use the shaky position of the knight on c3.",
"f5f4","After this blow Black gets decisive.material advantage.",5]} 19... f4 {
[%csl Rc3,Re3][%cal Gf4e3,Gg7c3,Gf8f4]} 20. Bxf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxb1+ 22. Rf1
Qa2 23. Bxh6 {The temporal activity of White pieces is yet an insufficient
compensation for the rook.} Rf6 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26. Qf4 Nh7 27. Qxd6
Qd5 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Nxe6 c4 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Be3 Kg8 32. Nc5 Nf6 33. Nxb7 cxd3
34. cxd3 Rxc3 35. Bxa7 Rc7 36. Bd4 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Wotulo Memorial"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Wahono, Awam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 e6 8. Ne2
Nf6 9. Nf4 O-O 10. c3 e5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Qb3 b5 14. d3 Rb8 15.
Nd2 Bb7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qc4 f5 18. Qxa4 g5 19. Nc4 f4 20. Na5 Bc8 21. Qd1 Qe8
22. d4 Qf7 23. dxc5 fxg3 24. fxg3 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Nf5 26. Rf1 Qxc5 27. Nc6 Rb7 28.
b4 Qxc3 29. Ra3 Qc4 30. Na5 Qxb4 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. Bxg5 h6 33. Bd2 Nd4 34.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. g4 Bg7 36. Be4 Qf7 37. Kg2 Qb7 38. Rc3 Be6 39. Qa4 Bf8 40. Qa5
Nb5 41. Rf3 Be7 (41... Bxd5 {loses after} 42. Bxd5+ Qxd5 43. Qd8 Qxd2+ 44. Kh3)
42. Bxh6 Bxd5 $2 (42... Bf7 {was more stubborn.}) {[%tqu "En","Black seems to
have a good compensation for a sacrficed exchange. Yet, one terrific strike
can decide the game at once. Do you see it?","Try to decoy Black's
dark-squared bishop.","Sacrifice your queen!","a5d8","This very elegant move
wins on the spot!",5]} 43. Qd8+ $3 (43. Qd8+ {, and mate is inevitable:} Bxd8
44. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Titz, Heimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Klagenfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. d3 d6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nh3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nf2 O-O-O 12. a3 e5 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. b4 Kb8 15. Rb1
Rc8 16. a4 c4 17. b5 a5 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 b6 20. Be3 Ka7 21. d4 Be6 22. c3
Rhg8 23. h3 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. g4 Nh7 26. Nh1 f6 27. Ng3 Nf8 28. Nh5 Nd7 29.
Rbd1 Bf7 30. Rd2 Qb7 31. Ng3 Be6 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 e4 34. d5 Rge8 35. Rd4
Nc5 36. Rxc4 Qxd5 37. Rd1 Qf7 38. Bxc5 d5 (38... bxc5 {is strongly met by} 39.
b6+) 39. Bxe7 Rxc4 {[%tqu "En","How can White finish the game victoriously?",
"Try to open the d-file for your rook.","Sacrifice your queen!","e2c4","This
powerful blow wins on the spot.",4]} 40. Qxc4 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rf7][%cal Gd1d7,
Gg2a8,Gd7a7,Gd7f7]} ({An impressive queen sacrifice, winning immediately.} 40.
Qxc4 {, and Black resigned in view of the line:} dxc4 41. Rd7+ Kb8 (41... Ka8
42. Bxe4+) 42. Bd6+) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Bd7 9. Re1 Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 e5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. a4 Bc6 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. Nc4 Rae8 16. g4 Nd7 17. h4 Kh8 18. Ne3 g6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Kg7 21. a5
Bxh4 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Bb3 h5 24. Rh1 Nxg4 25. Rxh4 f5 26. Bg5 c4 27. Bc2 fxe4
28. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 29. Kg3 Rf5 {[%tqu "En","Three pawns might be a sufficient
compensation for a piece, but Black has other problems. Can you see which?",
"Target the enemy king!","Try to destroy the pawn shield around Black's king.",
"h4h5","Opening the h-file allows White to develop an irresistible attack.",7]}
30. Rxh5 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg4,Rg6][%cal Ga1h1,Ge4h1,Gh1h7]} Ref8 $1 ({Making his
previous move, Aronian needed to consider also Black's knight thrust} 30... Nf2
{.This seemingly unpleasant move is elegantly refuted by} 31. Bh6+ Kh8 (31...
Kh7 {fails to} 32. Be3+ (32. Qxf5 {is winning as well)}) 32... Kg7 33. Bxf2)
32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Kxf2 {, and Black is defenseless against manifold threats:}
Re7 (33... Kg8 34. Rg1+ $18) 34. Bxf5 Rh7 35. Bg7+ {The text move might appear
very unpleasant for White, but he has an efficient response, allowing him to
neutralize Black's initiative.}) {[%tqu "En","Black's pieces appear very
active, but you have a possibility to decide the game in your favor. Do you
see the winning move?","Ignore Black's Troyan knight - try to neutralize
Black's pressure on the f-file.","Bring your a1-rook into play!","a1f1",
"Excellent! This strong move spells the quick end for Black.",9]} 31. Rf1 $3 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg4,Rg6,Rg7][%cal Gf1f8]} ({Black's knight is invulnerable:} 31. Kxg4
{loses after} Rf4+ $1 32. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 33. Qxf4 gxh5+ $1) (31. Qxg4 {fails to}
e4+ 32. Kg2 gxh5 33. Qxh5 Rh8 {winning. As one can see, it is not very easy to
avoid Black's traps in this position!}) 31... Qf7 (31... gxh5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33.
Qxf5 {is certainly hopeless for Black.}) 32. Qh1 $1 (32. Kxg4 $1 {was winning
as well:} gxh5+ 33. Kh4 {, and Black loses in view of} Rxf1 34. Qh7#) 32...
gxh5 33. Rxf5 Qc7 34. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 a6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rhe1 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Nd2 Bb6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxf2 19. Rb4 b6
20. Ra4 a5 21. b4 Kd7 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rc8 24. Ra3 Rc4 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26.
Rxe3 h5 27. Kb2 f5 28. Kb3 Rg4 29. Rg3 Re4 30. Rxg7+ Kc6 31. Rh7 Rxe5 32. Rxh5
Rb5+ 33. Kc3 Rc5+ 34. Kd2 Ra5 35. h4 Rxa2 36. Rh8 Kd6 37. h5 Ke7 38. h6 Kf7 {
[%tqu "En","Do you see how White can cash in his advantages?","","","h8e8","",
3]} 39. Re8 $1 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 a6 4. Bb3 b5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 e5 $6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Rb7 11. Ra8 Na5 (11... h6 12. Nxf7
Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qb3+ $16) 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb2b4,
Gb4a5]} Rd7 14. Nde4 Qc7 $2 {[%tqu "En","Black's pieces are poorly
co-ordinated. How to exploit this?","Use the shaky position of the a5-knight
and c8-bishop, but also bear in mind Black's king.","Use your knights!","g5e6",
"This is a deadly blow!",7,"b2b4","Not bad - White certainly gets a
considerable advantage, but you could do better.",3]} 15. Ne6 $3 (15. b4 cxb4 (
15... Nb7 $6 {[%csl Rb7]}) 16. cxb4 Nb3 $1 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. O-O)
15... Qb7 (15... fxe6 16. dxe6 Rd8 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qf7#) 16.
Rxa5 fxe6 17. dxe6 $18 {[%csl Ge6]} Rc7 18. Qh5+ $1 g6 19. Qf3 Be7 20. Bh6 Kd8
21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Qf7 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Rxg7 24. O-O Qc8 25. Qd5 Ke8 26. Ra8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. f4 Nd5 10. O-O N7b6 11. Bd3 Qh4 12. g3 Qe7 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nc3 f6 $4 (
14... Nxd3 $142) {[%tqu "En","How would you use White's very active pieces?",
"Target the enemy king, which does not have too many defenders.","Strike
immediately!","d3h7","White starts a crushing attack on the enemy king.",6]}
15. Bxh7+ $1 {White starts a crushing attack on the enemy king.} Kxh7 16. Qh5+
Kg8 17. Ng6 Qd8 18. Ne4 $1 Nd3 {[%tqu "En","How to continue White's attack?",
"You should gain control over the f-file in general and over the f7-square in
particular.","Use your e4-knight!","e4g5","",5,"b2c3","OK, you have all the
time in the world to finish your attack, but why to be so slow?! :-)",1,"e4g5",
"",0]} 19. Ng5 $1 (19. Bc3) (19. Ng5 fxg5 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. fxg5+ Ke8 22. Nxf8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-B 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ $8 (
7... Ne5 $4 8. Qa4+) 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12.
O-O {Black's play is very risky as for two pawns White has ample development.}
a6 13. Bf3 Qd4 14. Rb1 $1 g6 (14... b5 $5) 15. Rb4 Qf6 {[%tqu "En","Why has
huge deal in the development. How to use it?","Target the enemy king.","Hit on
the a4-e8 diagonal.","b4b7","This is the beginning of the end for Black!",4]}
16. Rxb7 $1 Bg7 (16... Bxb7 $4 17. Qa4+ Kd8 18. Ba5+ Kc8 19. Qe8#) 17. Qa4+ Kf8
18. Rc7 Bf5 {[%tqu "En","How to develop White's attack?","Exploit the back
rank weakness in Black's camp.","Try to gain access to the critical c8-square.
","g2g4","This lessens Black's control over the c8-square.",5]} 19. g4 $1 {
This lessens Black's control over the c8-square.} Bd3 $2 (19... Qh4 $142 20.
Bf4 $1 (20. Qc6 $2 Be5 $1)) 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Qd7 $1 (21. Rc8 $1 e5 22. Qd7 $18)
21... e5 22. Rc8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Bg4 $5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 $5 (8... Nf6 9. Nd5) 9. Ne2 $6 (9. Qd1 $142 Nge7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 $10
) 9... Nge7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. c3 (11. Qxb7 Nb4 $1 12. c3 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Ra8 $10)
11... Qd7 12. d3 d5 $1 13. Be3 $6 (13. exd5 $142 exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nf4 $10)
14. Bg5 $10) 13... b6 14. Rad1 (14. exd5 Nxd5 $15) 14... d4 15. Bc1 (15. cxd4
Nxd4 $15) 15... Rab8 16. f4 b5 17. g4 $6 (17. e5 $5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 $15) 17...
dxc3 $1 18. bxc3 b4 19. e5 (19. Qc4 $2 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rb4 21. Qxc5 Bd4+ $19)
19... Rfd8 20. Qc4 Nd5 $1 21. cxb4 (21. Qxc5 Bf8 (21... Rdc8 $5) 22. Qc4 Na5
23. Qa6 Rb5 $1 {/\ 24...Nc7 25.Qa7 Bc5-+/}) 21... cxb4 22. d4 Rbc8 23. Qb3 a5
24. f5 a4 $5 (24... Nc3 25. Nxc3 Nxd4 26. Ne4 Nxb3 (26... Qa7 27. Qe3) 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. axb3 exf5 29. gxf5 Bxe5 $17) 25. Qg3 (25. Qxa4 $6 Nxd4 26. Qxd7 Nxe2+
27. Kf2 Rxd7 28. Bxd5 Nc3 $19) (25. Qd3 $5) 25... Nc3 $1 26. Nxc3 Nxd4 27. Bg5
Rxc3 28. Qf2 (28. Qe1 Qa7 $1 29. Kh1 Rd7 $17) 28... Rc2 $1 $8 29. Qxc2 Nxc2 30.
Rxd7 (30. Bxd8 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Ne3 $17) 30... Rxd7 $17 31. Bc6 Ra7 32. Be4 b3 $1
33. fxe6 (33. axb3 a3 $1 34. Bxc2 a2 35. Ra1 Bxe5 $19) 33... fxe6 34. Bf6 Ne3
35. Rc1 (35. Rf2 Nd1 36. Rd2 Nc3 $19) 35... bxa2 36. Ra1 a3 37. Rxa2 Nd1 38.
Bd3 Nc3 39. Ra1 Bxf6 40. exf6 a2 $19 41. Bc4 Kf7 42. g5 Ra5 43. Kh1 Rxg5 44.
Bxa2 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden TU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 {Diagramm [#] Schon häufig auf höchstem
Niveau gespielt, auch wenn es merkwürdig aussieht. Auf c2 findet der Läufer
aber ein gutes Feld.} Bg4 5. Bc2 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Qc7
10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. Ndf3 Nde5 13. Nxe5 {Diagramm [#]} dxe5 (13... Bxh4
14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. O-O-O $11 {war ebenfalls spielbar.}) 14. g5 {
Weiß wählt die kompliziertere Variante.} (14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 {wäre
ebenfalls möglich gewesen. Der Punkt d3 wäre hier nur vermeintlich schwach:
Er ist bestens gedeckt.}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bd2 Kb8 16. O-O-O Ka8 17. Kb1 {
Diagramm [#]} b5 {Diese Schwächung der eigenen Königsstellung sieht nicht
gut aus, auch wenn noch nicht viel passiert ist.} 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 $6
(19... fxg6 {war stärker.}) 20. Qxf7 $1 {Diagramm [#] Damit hatte Schwarz
vielleicht nicht gerechnet. Oder er hatte die entstandene Situation positiv
für sich selber eingeschätzt, was nicht gerechtfertigt war. Die nächsten
Züge sind ziemlich zwangsläufig.} Rdf8 21. Qxg6 Bd6 22. Bb3 c4 23. dxc4 Ne7
24. Qxg7 Rhg8 25. Qh6 Rh8 26. Qg7 Rhg8 27. Qh6 Rh8 {Diagramm [#]} 28. g6 $3 {
Der nächste Schock für Schwarz!} Rxh6 29. Bxh6 Rc8 (29... Rh8 30. Bg7 {
hätte auch nicht wirklich geholfen.}) 30. c5 $1 {Trotzdem!} Rxc5 {Diagramm [#]
Mit dieser Stellung wurde die Partie auf "schachbundesliga.de" als Kandidat
für die "Partie der Saison" vorgestellt.} 31. Bf8 $3 {Auf diesen schönen
stillen Zug hat Schwarz keine vernünftige Antwort mehr. Der Bg6, die
Fesselung in der d-Linie, das weiße Läuferpaar, ein schlecht stehender Turm,
geschwächte Königsstellung - Schwarz kann diese Probleme nicht mehr lösen.}
Nxg6 32. Bxd6 Rc8 33. h4 a5 34. h5 Nf4 35. Bxe5 Qh7 36. Bc2 Nxh5 37. Rd6 Qf7
38. Ra6+ Kb7 39. Rxa5 Kb6 40. b4 Rd8 41. a4 Qf3 42. Rxb5+ Ka6 43. Rc1 Nf4 44.
Bxf4 {Diagramm [#] Weiß leistet sich jetzt noch einige Ungenauigkeiten, zu
denen auch dieser freiwillige Verzicht auf das Läuferpaar gehört. Der Sieg
des Anziehenden gerät aber nie in Gefahr, denn Schwarz hat den vielen
Freibauern auf Sicht nichts entgegenzusetzen.} Qxf4 45. Rc5 Qxf2 46. Rc6+ Kb7
47. Rxe6 Qf7 48. Bb3 Qf3 49. Bd5+ Kb8 50. Rb6+ Kc7 51. Rb7+ Kc8 52. Rf7 Qe2 53.
Rc2 Qd1+ 54. Kb2 Rh8 55. Rcf2 Qxa4 56. Rf8+ Rxf8 57. Rxf8+ Kc7 58. Bb3 Qb5 59.
Rf7+ Kd6 60. Rf5 Qe2+ 61. Bc2 Kc6 62. Rc5+ Kb6 63. Rd5 Kc6 64. Kb3 Kb6 65. c4
Qf3+ 66. Rd3 Qf7 67. Kb2 Qe6 68. Rc3 Qf6 69. Bd3 Qf2+ 70. Kb3 Qf7 71. Ka3 Kc6
72. c5 Qf6 73. Kb3 Qf7+ 74. Bc4 Qf2 75. Bd5+ Kb5 76. c6 Qe1 77. Rc5+ Kb6 78. c7
1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 $6 (6... Bd7 7. Re1
Qc7 $13) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. Qe2 b5
13. d4 {[+]} Qc7 14. Na3 b4 15. Nc4 Na5 16. Rac1 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfc8 18. e5 cxd4
19. Rxd4 Nc5 20. Rd5 Rd8 21. Nxd6 $1 exd6 22. exd6 Qd7 23. Rcxc5 Rxb2 24. Qa6
$18 Nb7 25. Rc7 Rb1+ 26. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nach einer zurückhaltenden Eröffnung bringt Weiß ein schönes Damenopfer
für eine Figur und drei mächtige Freibauern.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 $5 {
N; Ein neuer Zug, aber keine neue Idee. Weiß baut sich ' königsindisch ' auf.}
Nc6 5. Qe2 e5 (5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 e5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 a6 11.
Nbd2 b6 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ba3 Na5 15. Rfb1 $14 {Seret,JL-Koch,JR
FRA-ch (08) 1991 1-0 102}) (5... Bg4 $5) 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. a3
b6 10. b4 Bf8 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b5 Nb8 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 axb5 15. cxb5 (15. Nxb5
$14) 15... g6 $6 (15... h6 16. Nd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2 (18. Nc4 $2 Nb4 19.
Qb1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxd3 (20... Qxd3 $5 21. axb4 Qxc3 22. Rxa8 Qxc4 $13) 21. Rd1
e4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd3 Rd4 $10) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxb7 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Ra7 21. Bg2
Nd4 22. Bxd4 $14) 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Rae1
Bg7 21. Ne3 Nd7 22. Ncd5 Nf8 23. Nc4 Ba8 24. Qa4 Ne6 25. Qa6 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nd4
27. Rb1 Bf8 28. a4 Ra8 29. Qxb6 Qe7 30. a5 Reb8 31. Qc6 $3 Nxc6 32. dxc6 d5 (
32... Qe6 33. c7 d5 (33... Rc8 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. b6 $18) 34. cxb8=Q Rxb8 35. a6
dxc4 (35... Ra8 36. b6 Rxa6 37. b7 $18) 36. a7 Bd6 37. b6 cxd3 38. b7 e4 39.
a8=Q $18) 33. Bxd5 Qd8 34. Bg2 Qxd3 (34... Rxa5 35. b6 $1 (35. Nxa5 Qxa5 36. b6
Rxb6 37. c7 Rxb1 38. c8=Q Rxf1+ 39. Bxf1 $15) 35... Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Ra7 37. Rb7
$18) 35. Rfc1 e4 36. c7 Re8 37. b6 Rac8 38. a6 e3 39. fxe3 Bd6 40. Bf1 {Boensch
} (40. Bf1 Qd5 41. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 (6... Nbd7 7. Re1
a6 8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nh5 $36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5
axb5 13. Na3 $14)) 10... Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $10 {
Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) 7. d4 O-O (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15.
cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {Torre,T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32}) 8. d5
Nb8 9. Re1 e6 (9... a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 $14) 10. a4 a6 11. Bf1 exd5 12. exd5
Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4
Ne5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {^^} Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nf6 23.
Re1 Qf8 24. Bb3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 (26... Qd7 $5) 27. Bxe3 Kf8 28.
Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 h5 $6 (29... Nd7 30. g4 b5 31. axb6 Nxb6 $14) 30. Bg5 Kf8 31.
f3 Ng8 (31... Nd7 32. Ba4 Ne5 33. b3 $16) 32. g4 hxg4 $2 (32... Nf6 33. Be3 Ke7
34. g5 Nd7 35. f4 $16 {/\ Bc2;f4-f5}) 33. fxg4 $1 {h-o^} Be5 34. h4 Bf6 35. Bf4
Ke7 36. g5 $6 (36. h5 $1 g5 37. Be3 Nh6 38. Kf3 $16) 36... Bg7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38.
Ba4+ Ke7 39. Bc2 Kd7 40. Ba4+ Ke7 41. Ke3 Be5 (41... Bf8 42. Bd1 $1 Bg7 (42...
Kd7 43. Bg4+ Kc7 44. h5 $18) 43. Bg4 $18) 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. c4 $18
f5+ (44... Ne7 45. Be8 Nf5 46. Bxf7 Nxh4 47. b3 Ke7 48. Be6 Kd6 49. Bh3 $1 $18)
45. gxf6 Nxf6+ 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. Bc2 Kf7 48. d6 Ke6 49. Bxg6 Kxd6 50. h5 e4+ 51.
Kf4 Ke7 52. h6 e3 53. Bd3 (53. Kxe3 Ng4+ 54. Kf4 Nxh6 55. Be4 $18) 53... Kf7
54. Kf3 Nd7 55. Ke2 (55. Kxe3 Ne5 56. b3 Ng4+ 57. Kf4 Nxh6 58. Be4 $18) 55...
Kf6 56. Be4 b6 57. h7 Kg7 58. Bf5 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 (4... Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7.
d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O a6 13. Rb1
g6 14. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 15. Bb5 $1 Qf5 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rxb7+ $16 {
Hjorth,Gu -Inf.56/201}) 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 (8. a4 b6 9. Nc4
Bb7 10. Ne3 Qc7 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5
$15 {Kengis,E-West,G Sydney Cepacol (05) 1991 1/2 21}) (8. d4 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10.
Bf1 e6 11. a4 Bb7 12. a5 Rac8 13. h3 {1/2 Kengis,E-Gulko,B Viena op (07) 1991})
8... b6 9. d4 cxd4 (9... Qc7 10. Bf1 e6 $10) 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 (11... e5
$5) 12. Nb3 e5 13. d5 Nh5 14. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (14... f6 $2 15. Bd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Nbd4 Nc5 18. b4 $16) 15. Bh6 Ng7 (15... Bg7 16. Qd2 (16. Bg5 $10) 16... Nf4
17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bc3 $15) 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. Bxb7
Rxb7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Nbd2 a5 21. b3 f5 22. Rc3 Rf7 23. a3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nf5
25. Qd2 $2 (25. Bd2 $142) 25... Rc7 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Ng5 (27. Be3 $5 e4 $2 28.
Ng5 $14) 27... Bxg5 (27... Nxh6 $2 28. Ne6 $16) 28. Bxg5 Qa8 $17 {xd5} 29. Qd3
Nd4 30. Qe4 Rf5 31. Be3 Rb7 32. f4 $2 (32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Rc6 Qf8 $1 $17) 32...
Qa6 $1 $19 33. Rd3 (33. Bxd4 Rxf4 $19) (33. fxe5 Ne2+ $19) 33... Rbf7 34. b4 (
34. fxe5 $2 Ne2+ (34... Rxe5 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Qxd4 Rfe7 $19) 35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36.
Bg1 Rxe1 $19) 34... Rxf4 $1 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36. Qe3 Nc2 37. b5 Qb6 (37... Qxb5 $2
38. Rb3 $13) 38. Qh3 (38. Qd2 c4+ 39. Rde3 Nxe1 40. Qxe1 Re4 $19) 38... Nxe1
39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qh3 (40. Qd7+ Rf7 $19) 40... c4+ 0-1

[Event "Nettetal"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "1992.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Moiseev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Qe2 (4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 $10
(7. d4 Nxe4)) 4... Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 (7. d4 Nxe4 $15) 7... b6 (
7... Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 $14) 8. Re1 (8. d4 Ba6) 8...
Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. Ng3 Nd7 (12... Ne5 $5) 13. Bc2 Re8
14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Rad1 g6 $6 {xf6,h6} (15... b5 $132) 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd2 Bg7 18.
Bh6 Bh8 19. h4 $40 b5 20. h5 b4 21. Ne2 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nde5 23. Nh2 c4 24. d4
Nd3 25. Rf1 Qa5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ng4 Qh5 (27... Qxa2 $2 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rfb1
$18) 28. f3 f5 29. Bxd3 fxg4 (29... cxd3 30. Nf4 Qh4 31. Nxg6 Qh5 32. Nxh8 fxg4
33. fxg4 Qxg4 34. Nf7 $18) 30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. Bc2 Bg7 32. Rf3 Rf8 (32... Qh5 33.
Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rh3 $18) 33. Rg3 Qh4 34. Bg5 Qh5 35. Rh3 {Boensch} (35. Rh3 Qg4
36. Rh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 bxc6 14. O-O
(14. Nxc6 Qb6 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. O-O $10) 14... Qb6 15. Qe3 Qxb2
16. Rfb1 Qc2 17. Rc1 Qa4 18. Nxc6 Re8 19. Qb3 Qa6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. a4 Ne4 22.
Qb5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rcb1 Nc3 25. Rxb6 Nxa4 26. Rb4 Nc3 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28.
Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Nxb8 f6 30. h3 Kf7 31. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gran Canaria op"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5
Nb8 (8... Na5 $142) 9. Re1 e6 10. dxe6 (10. a4 $5 {Lutz-Khalifman (München
1992)}) 10... Bxe6 11. Bg5 $6 (11. Na3 $1 h6 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5) (
11... a6 12. Bc4 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bg5) 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 $14
{Torre-Gelfand (Jerewan/ol 1996)}) 11... a6 (11... Qb6 $6 12. Na3 a6 13. Bc4 (
13. Bf1 $5 Qxb2 14. Nc4 $44) 13... Qxb2 14. Bxe6 fxe6 (14... Qxa3 15. Bb3 {
>< Qa3}) 15. Nc4 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. Qxd6 $16) 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Nbd2 b5 14. Nb3
$6 (14. a4 Qb6 $11) 14... Qc7 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Nfd2 Nd7 {/\ d5} 17. Be3 Nb6 18.
Qc2 b4 19. Rad1 a5 (19... Na4 20. Nb1) 20. a3 $2 (20. c4 $15 {Epishin}) (20.
Bf4 a4 $140 $2 21. Nxc5) 20... Na4 $1 $19 21. Bb5 (21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc3
23. Bf4 Nxb2 24. Bxd6 Qc8 $19) 21... Nxb2 22. Qxb2 bxc3 23. Qc2 Reb8 $1 24. a4
$2 (24. Ba4 $142 cxd2 25. Rxd2) 24... Nb4 25. Qc1 Rxb5 26. axb5 c2 27. f4 a4
0-1

[Event "Brno-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "David, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Re1 e6 8. Bb5
Rc8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Bd3 Bg6 15.
Rb1 Qd7 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Re3 O-O 19. Rd3 Rc4 20. Nf1 Qc6 21. Qg4
Qa6 22. Rg3 Ra4 23. h4 Rxa2 24. Bf4 Rf7 25. Ne3 Qc6 (25... h5 $5 26. Qxg6 Bxh4
27. Rf3 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rxf4+ $15) 26. Rf3 Nc4 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28.
Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qxe6 Qa6 30. Qd7 Bf8 31. Qe8 Qa4 32. Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Nd5 $6 (7. d3)
7... Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. Be3 $2 (10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Re1 $10) 10...
Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Nf5 $17 13. a3 (13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 h5)
13... b5 14. b4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Qe2 cxb4 17. axb4 h5 $1 18. Kh1 Bg4 19.
Bf3 Bxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Rbc8 21. Ra3 a5 $1 22. bxa5 Qc5 23. Rb3 Qxd5 24. e4 Qc5 25.
Qf2 Bh6 26. Nb1 d5 $1 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Na3 $2 (28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Na3 Ra8 30.
Rxb5 Rxb5 31. Nxb5 Rxa5 32. Nd6 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 f5 34. Nc4) 28... dxe4 29. dxe4
Ra8 30. Rxb5 (30. Nxb5 Bf8 $1) 30... Rxa5 31. Rb8+ $2 (31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Nc4
Rc5 33. Nd6 Rc7 34. Ne8 Rc6 $1 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nd5 Rc4) 31... Kg7 32. c4 Ra7
$1 33. Rb5 Rc6 34. Rxe5 $6 Rf6 $1 35. Rb3 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Nb1 R1a2+ 38.
Kh3 Rf2 39. g4 $2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. a3
Bg4 9. d3 d5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Na5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Nce5 17. Qe3 Nb6 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qg3 Ned7 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. e5 Qc7
22. Be3 f6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. f5 $1 fxe5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nf3 Rf6 27. Ng5 Nbd7
28. Bc4+ e6 29. Qh4 Nf8 30. Kh1 b6 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Qg4 Ncd7 33. Rfd1 Rf5 34.
Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 (34... Nxe6 35. Qxg6 Qxc4 36. Rxd7 Ref8 37. Raxa7 Qf1+ 38. Kh2
R5f7 39. Qxe6 $18) 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qxg6 Rf6 37. Qe4 Nf4 38. Bxf4 exf4 39.
Qd5+ Rf7 40. Re1 Qxc3 41. Re8+ Bf8 42. Rxa7 Qc5 43. Rxd7 Qxd5 44. Rxd5 Kg7 45.
Re6 Bc5 46. Rg5+ Kh7 47. Rd5 Ra7 48. Rd1 Kg7 49. h4 Kf7 50. Rh6 Kg8 51. h5 Rf7
52. Rd8+ Kg7 53. Rg6+ Kh7 54. Kh2 Rf5 55. Rd7+ Kh8 56. Rh6+ Kg8 57. Kh3 f3 58.
gxf3 Rxf3+ 59. Kg4 Rf1 60. Rg6+ Kh8 61. Rc6 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Rf1+ 63. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-10"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Bc2 Nc6 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3
Bd7 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nb3 e5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc7 16. Be3 d5 17. Qf3 $1 Qf6 (17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 {/\ Bb7,Rd1}) (
17... Ne6 $5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 (19. Nxe6 exf3 20. Nxd8 fxg2 21. Kxg2 Rfxd8
22. Be4 $15) 19... Ng5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Bxb7 Rad8 $13) 18. Qg3 Rac8 (18... Ne6
19. Rad1 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bf3) 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bb3 $1 Nb6
(21... Ne7 $2 22. Bg5 Qb6 (22... Qe5 $2 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Nf3 $1) 23. Qf3) 22.
Nf3 $1 {/\ Bd4, Bb6, Ng5} Ba4 (22... Qxb2 23. Bxb6 axb6 (23... Bb5 $2 24. Rb1 (
24. Ng5)) 24. Bxf7+ (24. Ng5 Be6 25. Nxe6 Rc3 $5) 24... Kxf7 25. Rxd7+ Kg8 26.
Rxb7) 23. Rd6 $1 Qxb2 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Bxb6 Bb5 (25... axb6 26. Qf4+ Kg8
27. Qxa4) 26. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Kg8 (27... Bxf1 $2 28. Qh4 $3 Kg8 29. Rd7
$18) 28. Rd1 Ba4 29. Rd3 (29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+) 29... Kh8 30. Kh2 Qc1 31.
Ne6 $1 Qh6 32. R3d4 $1 {/\ Rh4,Qe5+} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 (6... Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6
14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 f6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 fxe5 20.
Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. h5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. hxg6 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8 26.
Qd2 hxg6 27. Re4 Rf5 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxe5 31. Rd7 {
Kindermann,S-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06/1-0 (41)}) 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 a6 (8... O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2
14. Nxe2 Nf6 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 Rxb7 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Bg5 Rc8 20.
Bd2 Qb6 21. Rac1 Rbc7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 h5 24. Ba5 Rxc1 25. Bxb6 axb6 26.
g3 R1c6 27. a4 Bf8 28. Qb5 Bh6 29. Rb1 Bd2 30. b4 Kg7 31. Kg2 R8c7 32. Qd5 Rc8
{1-0 Torre,E-Gallagher,J/Saint John op-2 1988/CBM 06}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10.
Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Qxa5 b6 16. Qa4
b5 17. Qa5 Bc3 18. Qc7 Nf6 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Qxe7 Qxa3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxf6
Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe4 25. Qxd6 Qe2 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. Qxa6 Rc2 28. Rg1
Rxa2 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. d6 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. d7 Ra8 34. Ne5 {
1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11.
f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a4 Rf7
18. Rfc1 Na5 19. Qe3 a6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. b4 Nc6 22. a5 Qd8 23. Na4 Rf7 24. Nc5
Qe7 25. Rf1 Raf8 26. Kg1 Rf5 27. Rab1 Qf7 28. b5 Nxa5 29. bxa6 Nc4 30. Qd3 b6
31. Na4 Qa7 32. Na3 Nxa3 33. Qxa3 {Lutz,C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50/1/2-1/2
(45)}) 9. Be2 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qa4+ Bd7
15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Bf8 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bh4 e6 19. Qb2 Bg7 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. c4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bc6 24. f4 b5 25. Nd6 Qb6 26. Rc5 Bd5 27. Be7 Rfb8
28. Rac1 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qd2 Qd8 31. a3 Rb8 32. Rc7 Qh4 33. R7c3 a5 34.
Rh3 Qg4 35. Rg3 Qh5 36. Rh3 Qg4 37. Qf2 b4 38. Rg3 Qh5 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rh3
Qxh3 41. gxh3 b3 (41... Ra8 $142) 42. Rb1 Ra8 43. Qg3 (43. Qe3 Rfb8 44. Ne4
Bxe4 45. Qxe4 b2 {/\ Ra1}) 43... Rfb8 44. Qc3 $2 (44. f5 $1 exf5 45. Nxf5 Be4
46. Ne7+ $1 (46. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 47. Rf1 b2 48. Rxf7+ Kh8) 46... Kg7 47. Rb2 Ra1+
48. Kf2 Ra2 49. Qc3 Re8 50. Qxb3 Rxb2+ 51. Qxb2 Rxe7 $16) 44... Ra2 45. Nxf7
Rf8 $1 (45... Rc2 $2 46. Qxc2 bxc2 47. Rxb8+ Kxf7 48. Rc8 $18) 46. Rxb3 (46.
Nxh6+ $2 Kh7 47. f5 gxf5 48. Qb4 (48. Qc5 Raa8 49. Qc1 Rfc8 {/\ Rc2, Raa2})
48... Rc8 $17) 46... Rxf7 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Qc8 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxf4+ 50. Ke1 Re4+
51. Kf1 Rf4+ 52. Ke1 Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. a3
Ne8 9. h3 e5 10. b4 Nc7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. a4 Kh8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Na3 Qd7 15.
Ng5 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Qh4 h5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Qg3 Qe6 21. Ne3
Rd3 22. Qh2 Be7 23. c4 Bd6 24. Ra3 Rxa3 25. Bxa3 Nd4 26. Qg3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5
28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qg5 Rf6 30. Nf1 Qf7 31. Ng3 Bxg3 32. Qxg3 b6 33. d3 Ne6 34.
Qe5 Kh7 35. Bc1 Rg6 36. Kf1 Kg8 37. Qd5 Kh7 38. Re5 Rf6 39. Bd2 Nf8 40. Qd8 Re6
41. Qd5 Kg6 42. a5 Rxe5 43. Qxe5 Qe6 44. Qg3+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Qd7 46. axb6 axb6
47. Qxb6 Ne6 48. Qa6 Qc7 49. Qa8 Qh2 50. Ke2 Qe5+ 51. Kf3 f4 52. Qd5 Kf6 53.
Qxe5+ Kxe5 54. h4 Kf5 55. Ba5 Nf8 56. Bd8 $2 {Shirov} (56. Bb6 $1 {Shirov} Ng6
(56... Nd7 57. Bc7 $18) (56... Ne6 57. Ba7 $1 Ke5 58. Bb8+ Kf5 59. Bd6 $18) 57.
Ke2 (57. Bxc5 $2 Nxh4+ 58. Ke2 Nxg2 59. Bxd4 h4 $10) 57... Nxh4 58. g3 $1 f3+ (
58... Ng6 59. Bxc5 Ke5 60. Kf3 fxg3 61. fxg3 h4 62. Kg4 hxg3 63. Kxg3 Nh8 64.
Kg4 Ng6 65. Kg5 Nh8 66. Bxd4+ $1 Kxd4 67. Kf6 $18) 59. Kd2 Ng6 60. Bxc5 Ke5 61.
Kc2 Nh8 (61... h4 62. gxh4 Nxh4 63. Bf8 $1 Kf6 64. Kb3 Nf5 65. Ka4 Ne3 66. c5
$1 Nd1 67. c6 Ke6 68. Kb5 $1 Nxf2 69. Ka6 Nxd3 70. c7 $18) 62. Bf8 $1 Kf6 $1
63. Kb3 Nf7 64. Ka4 Ne5 65. Bc5 $1 Nxd3 66. Bxd4+ Ke6 67. Kb5 $18) 56... Ng6
$10 57. Ke2 Ke6 58. Kd2 (58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Ke2 Ke6 60. Kd2 Kd7 61. Bg5 Ke6) 58...
Kd7 59. Bg5 Ke6 60. Ke1 Kf5 61. Bd8 Ke6 62. Ke2 Kd7 $1 (62... Kf5 $2 63. Bb6 $1
$18 {- 56.Bb6}) 63. Bg5 Ke6 64. Kf3 Kf5 $6 (64... Ke5 $10) 65. Bd8 Ke5 $1 66.
Bc7+ Kf5 67. Ke2 Nxh4 $1 (67... Ke6 68. Kf1 $1) 68. g3 f3+ $1 69. Kd2 Ng6 70.
Bd6 Ne5 71. Bxc5 Nc6 $10 72. Ke1 (72. Kc2 $2 Kg4 73. Kb3 Kh3 74. Ka4 Kg2 75.
Kb5 Kxf2 76. Kxc6 Kxg3 77. Bxd4 h4 $19) 72... Kg4 73. Kf1 h4 74. gxh4 Kxh4 75.
Bd6 Kh3 76. Kg1 Na5 77. Bb4 Nc6 78. Bd6 Na5 79. Kf1 Nc6 80. Bc5 Kh2 81. Bd6+
Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Knezevic, Bojan"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. d3
(8. O-O Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. d3 b5 12. Be3 b4 13. d4 bxc3 14. bxc3
cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Bd5 exd4 {Rogovski,V-Khmelnitsky,S/Frydek-Mistek opA 1997/
EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 8... Bg7 9. Bb3 (9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Qe2 d5 12.
exd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. d4 Nd7 16. c4 {1-0 Keller,D-Ghinda,M/
WchT 1985/MCD-ch (36)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 $6 b4 13. Be3 Ne8
14. Qc2 $2 (14. Rd1 $142) 14... Rc8 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18.
Qc4 {[%csl Ra4]} Nf6 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 (22. cxd4
Rb4 23. Qd3 Rxa4 $15) 22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 (23. cxd4 Rb4 $15) 23... Nc5 24. Rb1
{[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Ye4]} Qd7 25. Rxb8 (25. e5 $6 Ne6 $1 26. Qd5 Nf4 27. Qe4 (27.
Qxa5 Qc6 28. f3 (28. Nf3 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxf3 $17) 28... Ra8 $15)
27... Rxb1 28. Nxb1 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxa4 30. Qxe7 Re8 $15) 25... Rxb8 26. Ra1 Rb2
$2 (26... Qc7 $142) 27. e5 (27. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Yb3]} Rb8 (27... Nb3 $4 28. Qd1
$16) 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. e5 $11) 27... Ne6 28. Qd5 Nf4 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Nc4 Rb7 31.
Qxa5 (31. Nxa5 Ra7 32. Qc6 Qf5 33. Nb3 d5 $17) 31... Qe6 32. Ne3 dxe5 33. c4 (
33. Rd1) 33... Rb2 34. c5 (34. Rd1 $142 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Nd4 36. Ng4 f6 37. Qc3 Rc2
38. Qe3 Nf5 $15) 34... Qc6 35. Rf1 $2 (35. Rd1 $142 Re2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2
Qxa4 $15) 35... Re2 $19 36. Qb5 Qe4 37. Qc4 (37. g3 Rxe3 38. gxf4 Rxh3 $19)
37... Rxe3 $1 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Ra1 Rc4 (39... Rc4 40. a5 Rxc5 41. a6 Rc8 42.
a7 Ra8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 Be7 8. Bc2
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Na6 $2 (12... Nxd2) 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd5 16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 b4 19. Rc2 bxa3
20. bxa3 Nc7 21. Qd3 Qb7 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Bd2 h6
26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Ne1 Nb6 28. Nd3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Bb4 Kf8 31. a4 Ke8 32.
Kf1 Bxb4 33. Nxb4 a5 34. Na2 Kd7 35. Ke2 Kc6 36. Nc3 f5 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Kd3
Nb2+ 39. Ke4 Kd6 40. g4 Nc4 41. f4 Nd2+ 42. Kd3 Nf3 43. Ne4+ Ke7 44. Ke3 Ne1
45. Nc5 f5 46. g5 h5 47. Nb3 Ng2+ 48. Kf3 Ne1+ 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Nxa5 h4+ 51.
Kxh4 Nf3+ 52. Kg3 Nxd4 53. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Bor"]
[Site "Bor"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 (6... d5 7. e5
Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 $14) 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 {8...e5} 9. bxc3 Nd8 10.
O-O e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd4 Be7 (12... Nxd4 $6 13. Qxd4 Qe5 14. Re1 $1 Qxd4
15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Re8+ Kc7 17. cxd4 $18) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Qb3 h5 15. Bc4 Nc5 16.
Qc2 g6 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Bf4 Kg7 19. Bxd6 $16 Bd7 20. Be5 Rae8 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.
Qd2 Qc7 (22... Kg7 23. Qf4 f6 24. Qd6 Qxc3 25. Rec1 Qa5 26. Nb3 $18) 23. Nb5 (
23. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 24. axb3 Kg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxa7 $18) 23... Bxb5 24. Qd4+
Kf5 $1 (24... Kg5 $2 25. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Re5+ Kh6 28. Rxc5 Rxd4 29.
Rxc7 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 $18) 25. Bxb5 Rxe1+ $2 $138 (25... Rd8 26. Qh4 $16) 26. Rxe1
Rd8 27. Qh4 $18 Ne6 (27... f6 28. g3 {/\ Bf1-h3+-}) 28. Bd3+ Rxd3 29. Qe4+ Kf6
30. Qxd3 Kg7 31. Qe3 b6 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf6 34. Rd5 Nc5 35. Kf1 Ke6 36.
Rd8 Na4 37. Rd3 Nc5 38. Rd4 Ke5 39. f3 b5 40. Ke2 a5 41. Ke3 Na4 42. Rxa4 bxa4
1-0

[Event "Semmering und Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "Semmering/ Baden bei Wien"]
[Date "1937.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Keres"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In seinem Buch "Hundert Partien" schrieb Keres: Mein Spiel in den ersten 
(zwei) Runden war alles andere als zufriedenstellend, und ich kam zu der
Schlussfolgerung, dass meine Chancen im Turnier sehr gering wären, wenn ich
weiterhin den gleichen Stil beibehalten würde. In ruhigem Positionsspiel
waren mir meine Kontrahenten überlegen. Deshalb beschloss ich, Verwicklungen
anzustreben. In der Partie gegen Eliskases wählte ich das einen zweifelhaften
Ruf besitzende Gambit} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 {Schwarz bekam zwar ein
annehmbares Mittelspiel, doch im nachfolgenden Strudel der Kombinationen
gelang es mir, entscheidenden Königsangriff zu erhalten.} cxb4 4. d4 Nf6 5.
Bd3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8. Neg5 Qc7 9. c4 h6 10. Nh3 g5 11. Nhg1 Bg7
12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Ng3 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxc4 17. Bd3 Qd5 18.
Re1 g4 19. Nh4 Nb6 (19... Qxd4 20. Nf5 Qxa1 21. Qxg4 Kh8 (21... Nc5 22. Nxh6+
Kh8 23. Qh5 {#5}) (21... Qf6 22. Bxh6 Ne5 23. Ne7+ {#3}) 22. Nxh6 Qc3 23. Nxf7+
Rxf7 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 $4 26. Qd8#) 26. Bg6+ $11) 20. Rb1
Bd7 21. Re4 Rfe8 22. Rf4 Qd6 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Rxg4 Bxg4 $2 (24... Nc3 25. Bxc3
bxc3 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 $11) 25. Qxg4 Qf6 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Qh5
Nf6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Rxb4 Rac8 31. h3 Rc7 32. Rb5 Re6 33. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 (4... Nxe4 $2 {Ernst} 5. Qa4+
$18) (4... Nc6 $5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5
10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $36) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (
7... Nbxd7 8. Re1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. e5 $14 {Torre,
E-Kudrin,S/Lugano/1988/}) 8. Re1 O-O (8... Nc6 {Ernst} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 (
10... O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Be3
Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qd1 b5 20. Nf1 Qc4 21. Ne3 Qd3 22. Bxe5 Qxd1
23. Rbxd1 dxe5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 {Sepp,O-Rytshagov,M/Vilnius zt ;CBM 35
1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 (12. Re2 Rc8 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 O-O
15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bh6 Qd6 21.
g3 Nd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Qc7 Qf6 26. f4 Nd3 {Hebden,
M-Conquest,S/Dhaka (03) ;CBM 48 1995/1-0 (44)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Be3
(14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1 Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4 19. Ra3 Qc2
20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rxa7 Rc8 22. h3 h6 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26.
Kf1 Nc6 27. Ra1 e6 28. Ke2 Bf8 {Vajda,S-Bigaliev,R/Budapest FS06 IM (08) ;EXP
52 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (14. Rc1 e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op (11) ;EXP 19 1990}) 14... f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Rac8
17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Ng4 {
Kuijf,M-Fedorowicz,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B (01) ;CBM 20 1990/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 9. d4
Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne6 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Ernst,Th/Thessaloniki (ol)/1988/} (14... Ne6 {Ernst} 15. Rad1 Rfe8
16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 f6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22.
h5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. hxg6 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 {Kindermann,S-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki
olm (12) ;TD 88\06 1988/1-0 (41)})) 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 (11. e5 $2 dxe5 12. Nxe5
Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 $15) (11. Qe2 $2 Nc5 12. Qxc4 b5 $17) (11. Bg5
Nc5 12. Nbd2 Nd3 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... b5 $2 12. a4 Nc5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Nd4
$16) 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 (14. b4 $6 Nxa4 $5 (14... Nce4 15. Bb2
Rac8 16. Qd3 b5) 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Nb6 bxa4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe7 Nb6 $17) 14...
Qd8 15. Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. b4 $5 Na6 (16... Ne4 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Bd2 $14)
16... Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Bb2 $6 (20. c5 $5 e4 21. f3
$5 $40 f4 22. Nc4 e3 23. Rd3) 20... b6 21. Qa1 Rc8 22. Qa2 (22. f4 $5 exf4 (
22... bxa5 23. Rxa5 Qb6 $14) 23. Bxg7 Rf7 24. Bh6 fxe3 25. Qd4) 22... Rf7 23.
axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 e4 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rd1 (26. c5 bxc5 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Qe6
exd6 29. Qxd6) (26. Nc2 $1 $16 {Ernst /\ Nd4-e6}) 26... Rf7 27. h3 $2 (27. c5
bxc5 28. d6) (27. d6 $5 e6 (27... exd6 28. Rxd6 $14) 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxe6 $40)
27... Ne5 28. Ra1 Qd6 29. Qa6 Rcf8 30. Rb7 f4 31. Rxb6 Qd7 (31... fxe3 32. Rxd6
exf2+ 33. Kf1 exd6 34. c5 $16) 32. Nf1 Qf5 33. Re6 Qg5 (33... f3 34. Ng3) (
33... e3 $6 34. f3 (34. fxe3 $2 f3 $40 (34... fxe3 $17)) 34... Nxf3+ 35. gxf3
Qxh3 36. Nh2 $16) 34. Kh1 f3 35. g3 Qh5 (35... Qf5 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Ne3) 36. h4
Qf5 37. Kh2 (37. Ne3 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 37... Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 (38... e3 39.
Rxe3 (39. Nxe3 $4 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 Qh3 $19) 39... Nxe3 40. Nxe3 $44) 39. Rxf6 Rxf6
40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa7 e3 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43. Qxe7+ Rf7 44. Qxe3 Qh3 45. Qe5+ Kh6
46. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 15th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:41:40"]
[BlackClock "0:19:18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 $5 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 {is supposed to equalise easily.} (
10... d5 $5)) 10. d5 Nb4 11. Bb3 {The automatical move. And now comes the main
point of the move 9...Nc6.} (11. Nc3 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Ne8 {should give Black a
decent position, hoping for some sort of King's Indian Attack.}) 11... Nxe4 $1
12. Qe1 Nxf2 $1 {A nasty surprise for White.} 13. Qxf2 Nd3 14. Qe3 e4 $1 15.
Qxe4 (15. Bd2 $2 Qb6 $17) (15. Nh2 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 f5 {followed by ...b5, ...Qb6/
f6. Black is just clearly better.}) 15... Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxb2 17. Nc3 Bf5 18.
Qe2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 $2 {It took me quite some time to remember the whole
line and now, for some reason, I was sure my queen had to go to f6. But, some
simple moves would have put White in trouble.} (19... Rc8 20. Qd2 Re8 $1 {
(it is important to take the e4-square)} 21. Nd4 Bd7 {followed by ...Qe7 (idea
...Qe3) or ...Re5 and ...Qe7. Black is better.}) 20. Qd2 $1 {The move I
overlooked! I thought 20.Qe3 was necessary due to the hanging h3-pawn.} (20.
Qe3 Rac8 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Qe5 {followed by ...Bd7 and White is almost lost.
}) 20... Rac8 $2 (20... Rae8 {was necessary, and after} 21. Rf1 Bd7 {Black's
position should still be OK.}) (20... Bxh3 $6 21. Rf1 Bf5 22. Nd4 $36) 21. Nd4
Bd7 $4 {I must say I was so angry with my two last moves that I went
completely crazy and played this horrible move instantly, overlooking that
While is going to dislodge my queen from e5 with Nf3.} (21... Rfe8 22. Rf1 Re5
{would at least keep me in the game, since} 23. g4 $2 {is met by} Qh4 $15) 22.
Ne4 Qe5 (22... Qe7 23. Qf4 $18) 23. Re1 $18 {Not much to say about the last 14
moves of the games: everything in my position falls apart by force :-)} Rce8
24. Nf3 Qg7 25. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qf6 (26... b5 27. Ne5 $18) 27. Qe5 Kg7 28.
Nxb7 {Actually the most important pawn of the black position: the whole
strategy is based on a future b5+a5 push.} Re8 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Kf2 Rb8 31.
Nc5 Ke7 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Ne5+ Kc7 34. Nxf7 Rb4 35. Ke3 a5 36. Kd3 a4 37. Bc4
1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played at the 12-th round, that means at before last one.
Mammedyarov had 8.5 points, while me was behind him with 8 points. So it was
clear, that this game is decisive in struggle for the first place, while me
needed only win...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4
Nxe4 {Both of players are ready to go on sharp variation, that show their wish
to win this game!} 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. O-O {Quite rare move
in comparison to} (10. Nxe5 {, which is calculated as a main line.} Qxc3+ 11.
Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O a6 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. Rb1 f6 14. Re1 e5 15. Bf3 $44 {0-1
Garcia,G-Hodgson,J/Philadelphia 2000/EXT 2001 (63)}) 13. Bf3 {1-0 Delgado,
N-Dominguez,L/Santa Clara 2000/CBM 78/[Baburin] (22)}) 10... Nd7 {transforming
to 9...Nb8 10.0-0 Nd7 variation.} (10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd7 (11... g6 12. Qd4
f6 13. Re1 Kf7 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Re3 Bg7 16. Rae1 Re8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Nun,
J-Jirovsky,P/CZE 1996/EXT 2000 (36)}) 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bd4 Rc7 14. Re1 $44 {
1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Mas,H/Yangon 1999/EXT 2000 (57)}) (10... g6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12.
a4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rd1 O-O-O (14... Bg7 15. Bg5 $1) 15. a5 $44 {1-0
Feoktistov,A-Yagupov,I/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (28)}) 11. Rb1 a6 12. Re1 Nf6 $6 $146
{Dubious novelty. Black weakened the b6 square and would be punished for it,
if white played right. In this variation black usually occupies the c5 square
with the knight:} (12... Nc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rb4 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 $13 {0-1
Skrobek,R-Schmidt,W/Warsaw 1978/EXT 2001 (36)}) 13. Nd4 $2 {White's idea was
to prevent from black the castle, opening the "e" file for the rook.
Unfortunately, this idea wasn't good enough. White had much more attractive
option:} (13. c4 $1 g6 (13... Qxa2 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Be3 $44) 14. Be3 {[%cal
Ge3b6]} Qc7 (14... Bg7 15. Bb6 Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Bd4 Qb4 18. Ra4) 15. Bb6
Qd7 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Qe2 $44 {Black's position is very bad. His pieces are
paralized, he doesn't succeed to complete the advantage, even to castle he
can't...}) 13... g6 (13... Qxd5 14. Bf3) (13... Nxd5 14. Nb3 Qxa2 15. Rb2 Nxc3
16. Qd4 Qa4 17. Qxc3 $16) 14. Bf3 Bg7 15. c4 $6 {Another inaccuracy. White
position isn't still worse after} (15. Qb3 Qc7 16. a4 (16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qb4 b5
18. Qa3 $13) 16... O-O 17. Qb4 $13) 15... O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxa2 17. Rb3 $2 {
Serious mistake, which allows black to get a solid advantage. The main idea of
this move was to play Bc1-a3 on the next move, catching the black queen. Of
course, I calculated the next move of black, but I overlooked the 19-th
black's move.} ({Better was} 17. Rb4 Qa5 (17... a5 18. Ra4) 18. Ra4 (18. Qe1
Nd7) 18... Qd8 19. Re1 $15) (17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 $15 (18. Nxb3 Bf5 19. Rb2
Rfe8 $17)) 17... Nd7 $1 18. Ree3 $2 {Another mistake, after it black gets
winning position.} ({That's what I planned to play on 17...Nd7:} 18. Ba3 Bxd4
19. Re2 Qa1 {This move was absolutely out of my calculations...} 20. Qxa1 Bxa1
21. Bxd6 Rd8 (21... f6 $19) 22. Bc7 Nc5 23. Ra3 Rd7 24. Bb6 Bd4 25. Rd2 Re7 26.
Be2 a5 27. Rxd4 Nd7 $19 (27... Rxe2 28. Kf1)) (18. Rb4 Qa5 19. Rb1 Ne5 $19) (
18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Ne5 20. Be2 Bf6 21. Rc7 Bd8 $17) 18... Qa4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gd7c5,Ga4c4,Yg7d4] All the white's pieces are tied down, as a result of
it white is going to lose another pawn... and his position becomes lost.} 19.
Nc2 Qxc4 20. Ba3 Ne5 $2 {gives white some chance.} ({More simple was} 20... Qc7
$19) 21. Bxd6 (21. Be2 {doesn't change anything:} Qc7 22. Rec3 Qe7 (22... Qd8
23. f4 Nd7 24. Bxd6) 23. Rb6 Rd8 24. f4 Ng4 $19) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 $2 {
Decisive mistake.} ({Last chance was} 22. gxf3 Bf5 (22... Rd8 23. Rb4 Qa2 24.
Ra3 Qxa3 25. Nxa3 Rxd6 26. Nc4 $13) 23. Na3 Qa4 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) 22... Bg4
23. Bxf8 ({A little more resistant was} 23. Ne3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qc8 25. Bxf8 Bxf8
$19) 23... Qxb3 $19 24. Bxg7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Qe4 Qb1+ 28.
Kg2 Rf8 {Black is exchange and pawn up, he is going to neutralize the danger
of pushing forward of white "d" pawn, so everything he needs to win the game
is to play carefully.} 29. d6 Rf7 30. h4 (30. Qd5 Qb5) 30... Qb6 31. Qe6 Qc5
32. h5 Qg5+ {The most exact decision. The rest is very simple.} ({While} 32...
Qxh5 {was strong enough as well.} 33. d7 Qg5+ $19 {[%cal Gg5d2]}) 33. Kf1 Qxh5
34. f4 Qd1+ 35. Ne1 a5 36. Kg2 a4 37. Nf3 Qb3 38. Qe4 Rd7 39. Nd4 Qb6 40. Ne6+
Kf7 41. Qd5 Qxd6 42. Ng5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv Last Autumn"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 {The white's main idea of
that variation is to take control over the center with the next simple plan:
0-0, Bb5+,Re1 and d4. Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait
probablement éviter un débat théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de
la défense sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très
dangereux.  L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il
faut envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier,
ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi
éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque
Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ' Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler
qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat théorique, sur le thème des
grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu,
mais néanmoins très dangereux.  L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son
élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au
centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début
italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir
compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. '} g6 {There are
some other options for black:} (4... Nxe4 $2 5. Qa4+ {[%cal Ra4e4,Ra4e8]}) ({
One of them is to capture the e4 pawn, owing to white gets a strong initiative.
For instance:} 4... Nc6 5. d4 {Svidler: 'Un gambit prometteur imaginé par
Michael Basman.' Svidler: 'Un gambit prometteur imaginé par Michael Basman.'}
cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd8 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+
11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $44 {avec d'excellentes compensations pour les pions
sacrifiés, Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) 10. O-O e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd4
$44 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Suba,M/Blackpool 1990/CBM 18 (41)}) (4... Nbd7 {See 1-0
Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61[Svidler] (37) La réponse habituelle.
D'autres possibilités seraient:}) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ {Svidler: 'Une idée du
grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les parties de
Michael Adams.' Svidler: 'Une idée du grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre,
que l'on retrouve dans les parties de Michael Adams.'} Bd7 (6... Nbd7 {1-0
Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 51/[Wahls] (52)}) (6... Nc6 {1-0
Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Anand] (37)}) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (7...
Nbxd7 8. Re1 Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. d5 $14 {1-0 Huebner,
R-Landenbergue,C/SUI 2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 8. Re1 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11.
e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 $5 (12. Nbd2 {This move is a more popular one, but probably
leads only to an equal position.}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4 (14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8 21.
Rae1 Rcc8 22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Wojtkiewicz,A/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62}) 14... Rac8 (14... h5 {preventing h4-h5.}
15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Reb1 Rc7 18. a4 Ne6 19. Rb5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd3b1,
Yb1b3,Gb3d5,Gb5d5]} Rfc8 20. Qb1 Nd8 21. Ne1 {White knight is going to d3.} Kh7
22. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Qa2 Rc4 25. e6 $1 $16 {1-0 Ye
Jiangchuan-Wang Pin/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76/[King] (33) This game seems to me
very important for this variation.}) (14... Qg4 $2 15. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]
[%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7]}) (14... Nd8 $5) (14... f6 $5) 15. h5 Nd8 $6 $146 (15... Na5
{1-0 Timman,J-Van Wely,L/Breda 1998/CBM 65/[Van Wely] (41)}) 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. h6
$1 {[%csl Rg7] After this move black plays just without a bishop. This
continuation looks like very logical, so I was surprised when I discovered
that nobody played h5-h6 in such positions before me.} Bh8 18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Reb1
b5 {Black tries to keep a space on the queen side thus white would not to play
on two sides.} 20. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1c2,Yc2e3] This manouevre is a typical one for
this structure. From e3 white knight controls almost all the center.} a6 {
supporting the b5 pawn.} 21. Nc2 Rfc8 22. g3 $6 {[%csl Re4,Rf3,Rg4,Rh3] This
move weakens all white squares in white's camp. Before playing this move,
white has to defend his pawn on c3.} (22. Ne3 $6 Nf4) (22. f4 $2 Nxf4) (22. Rb3
$142 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ya1f1,Yf2f4,Yg2g3]}) 22... f6 (22... Ng5 $5 23. Rb3 (
23. Bxg5 $2 Rxc3) 23... Ne4 24. Ne3 $13 (24. Be1 $5 $13)) 23. f4 fxe5 24. fxe5
Ng5 $1 {This key move should have been seen before white's playing 23.g3.} 25.
Ne3 {Taking control over all weak white squares.} ({Deserved attention} 25. Rf1
$5 Ne4 (25... Qg4 26. Nb4) 26. Rf3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3
Qh3 30. Rf1) 25... Nf3+ $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (25... Ne4 $2 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Qe3
Qh3 28. Rf1 Nxg3 29. Qf3) (25... R4c6 26. a4 $1) (25... Rf8 $6 26. Rf1) (25...
R4c7 $5 {came to consideration} 26. a4) 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Rxc3 {Black is a
pawn up, but his bishop is absolutely out of the game. White has more than
sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 28. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Ya1f1]} ({The mistake
was to play} 28. Rf1 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find the strongest move for black.","","",
"h8e5","",10]} Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 29. dxe5 d4 30. Rf3 $8 (30. Qf2 Qe6) 30...
Qb7 31. Qxd4 Rc2+ 32. Nxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Kh3 (33. Kg1 Qxf3 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Rf1
Rg2+) 33... Qxf3 34. Qd8+ Qf8 (34... Kf7 35. e6+ Kxe6 36. Re1+ Re2 37. Qg8+ $11
) 35. Rd1 $1 Rc8 (35... Rf2 36. e6) 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. e6 Ke8 38. Rf1 Rc6 $11)
28... R3c6 {Of course, black hasn't any interest to change his playable piece,
because he will stay only with two playable ones. Also black doesn't want to
open the "a" line for white, therefore he played 28...R3c6.} (28... Rxb3 29.
axb3 {[%cal Ga1a6]}) (28... Qc6 $2 29. Qxc3 ({as well good} 29. Rf1) 29... Qxc3
30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Nxd5 $18) 29. Rf1 Qe6 $6 (29... g5 30. Qf2 Qe6 31. Qf3 {
attacking the d5 pawn.}) (29... e6 30. Rb2 Qc7 31. Qb4 $44 {with following
Rb2-f2}) 30. Rb2 Rf8 $2 (30... Rd8 $142 31. Qf2 ({good enough as well} 31. a4)
31... Rcc8 {with passive defence.}) 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qd1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf8,Rh8]
[%cal Gb2f2,Gd1f3]} Ke8 $138 ({Black cannot play} 32... Bf6 {because of} 33.
Qf3) 33. Rf2 $6 (33. Qf3 $142 {[%cal Re3d5,Yf3d5]} Rc3 34. Nxd5 Rxf3 35. Nc7+
Kd7 36. Nxe6) (33. a4 {as well leads to a big advantage.}) 33... Bf6 34. exf6
$138 {After Sasha and me got into the time-trouble, of course, we have started
to make more mistakes.  After two next moves black saved his position
reasonable:} (34. Qb3 Bg5 35. Nxd5 {[%cal Rb3e6]} Qg4 $1) (34. Qf3 Bg5 35. Nxd5
{[%cal Rf3c6]} Rc8 $1) 34... Qxe3 35. Re2 {[%cal Re2e7]} Qxh6 (35... Qc3 $2 36.
Rxe7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 {with winning position}) 36. Rxe7+ Kd8 (36... Kf8 37. Qe2
$18 {with unavoidable threat Re8.}) 37. Ra7 $2 {This mistake throws away all
of my advantage.} (37. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2e8]} Qf8 38. Re6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye6a6,
Ge2e5,Ge2e6] /+-} (38. Qg4 Rd6) 38... Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Kc7 40. Qxa6) 37... Rc1 {
[%csl Rd1][%cal Yh6c1,Rh6h1,Yc1h1]} (37... Qc1 $2 38. Qxc1 Rxc1 39. f7 $18) (
37... Rxf6 $4 38. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) (37... Qe3 $2 38. f7 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+
40. Kh2 (40. Kh1 Qe4+) 40... Qh6+ (40... Qf2+ 41. Kh1) 41. Kg2) {Actually when
I was playing 37.Ra7 I intended after 37...Rc1 to react 38.Qe2, but I
overlooked simple 38...Qh1!} 38. Rxh7 $8 (38. Qe2 $4 Qh1+ $19) 38... Rxd1 $2 {
It is the black's turn to make a mistake.} ({Black could achieve a draw with
the next simple way:} 38... Qe3 $142 39. Re7 (39. Rh8+ Kc7 40. Re8 Qh6 41. Rh8
$11 (41. Qxc1+ Qxc1 42. f7 $11)) 39... Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rxd1 41. Re6 Kd7 42. f7
Rf1 43. Rxa6 Rxf7 $11) (38... Qxh7 39. Qxc1 {White has a good chance to win
this endageme, because of strong pawn f6.}) 39. Rxh6 $18 {[%csl Gf6][%cal
Rh6g6,Yg3g4,Yg4g5] It's unbelievable, but this endgame is winning for white!
White is going to push the "g" pawn, connecting the pawns and making them the
decisive factor in this endgame.} Ke8 (39... Kd7 40. Rxg6 Ke6 41. g4 Kf7 42.
Rh6 Rxd4 43. Kf3 $18) 40. Rxg6 Kf7 41. Rh6 b4 (41... Rxd4 42. Kf3 {[%cal Gg3g4]
} Ra4 43. g4 Rxa2 44. g5 $18) 42. g4 Rxd4 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. g5 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5]
This position is simply a technical winning one.} Rc2 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. f7+ Kf8
47. g6 Ke7 48. Rh8 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 Rc4+ 50. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2003.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 {Black has the option to play} (4... Nc6
{, which is connected with capturing pawn on e4, while white gets the
initiative.} 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7
{Black has the following possibilities:} (6... Nc6 {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/
Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Anand] (37)}) (6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 O-O (8... Ne5
9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/
Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2
Be6 $10 {Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 {
Quite rare continuation. Much more popular} (7... Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10.
d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15.
Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund 1996}) (7... Nbxd7 8. Qe2 (8. Re1 O-O 9. h3
Qc7 10. d4 $14 {1-0 Timman,J-Kotter,R/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (67)}) 8... e5 9.
d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O $14 {0-1 Timman,J-Boensch,U/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (28)})
8. d4 O-O 9. Be3 {White succeded to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4,
which was the main idea of this variation. On the other hand, black is ready
to create the counterplay on the queenside immediately, pushing forward his
"b" pawn, thus attacking white center and opening the "b" file for his rook.}
Nc6 10. Nbd2 {Nothing promises} (10. h3 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qe2 b4 13. d5 $6 Na7
14. Rac1 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Romanishin,O-Tukmakov,V/Simferopol 1988/CBM 11 (36)})
10... b5 11. Qe2 $146 {In the previous games white tried} (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Qe2 a6 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Huzman,A/Kiev 1989/CBM 15 (12)}) (11. Nb3 cxd4 12.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 $1) 13... a6 14. Nc6 (14. a4 $14) 14... Qe8
15. a4 $14 {0-1 Sepp,O-Schandorff,L/Tallinn 1989/EXT 97 (43)}) (11. Rb1 a5 12.
d5 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 Radibratovic,P-Kosanovic,G/Kladovo 1990/TD (38)}
) 11... b4 $6 ({Deserves attention} 11... Rb8 12. Nb3 $5 $14) 12. d5 $1 Na5 {
Even worse than the move in the game:} (12... Nce5 13. cxb4 cxb4 (13... Nxf3+
14. Nxf3 cxb4 15. Nd4 $16) 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. f4 Ned3 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nc4 $18 {
[%cal Ga1d1]}) 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Nd4 (14. Rab1 $5 Nc5 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Rc2 $14
{[%cal Gb1c1]}) 14... Nc5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. b3 {Profilactic move. White
prepares to transfer the knight from d4 to c6.} (16. f3 {comes to
consideration.}) (16. Rc2 Qb7 (16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. N4f3) 17. Rfc1 f5 18.
Rxc5 dxc5 19. Ne6 Rfc8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxc5 Kg8 $13) 16... Qb7 17. f3 f5 18.
Kh1 (18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nxe4 22. Nc6 Nc3 23.
Nxb4 $14) ({Probably the most attractive option was} 18. Rfe1 fxe4 19. fxe4 $14
Nxe4 $2 20. Nxe4 Qxd5 21. Qd3 $1 e5 22. Qb5 Qxe4 23. Ne6 $18) 18... Rac8 19.
Rfe1 Rf7 $6 {allows white to occupy the c6 square on the spot.} ({Better was} 
19... a6 20. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1]} (20. Bg1 Bh6)) 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 fxe4
22. fxe4 Rcf8 23. Nc6 $16 {White's advantage became quite obvious. He realized
the plan of occupying the stronghold c6 by the knight and is going to win
material.} (23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Rf6 $13) 23... Bc3 24. Red1 Nd7 25. Bxa7 (25.
Bd4 $6 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc5 27. Nxb4 Rf2) 25... Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Be3 $6 ({
White should prevent the exchange of the bishops.} 27. Bg1 $16) 27... Bf4 $1 {
Without bishops black's chances for a draw are higher.} 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. h3 (
29. Rf1 $16 {was possible continuation.}) 29... Qb6 30. Rd4 Rf2 31. Qxb4 Qa6 $1
(31... Qxb4 {provides to RR endgame with good chances for white.} 32. Rxb4 Rxa2
33. Rb7 Rf7 34. Rcc7 Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Rff2 36. Kg3 Rxg2+ 37. Kf4 $16) 32. Rd2 $2 {
allows to black to get the draw on the spot.} ({Better was} 32. Qc3 Qxa2 33.
Ra4 Qe2 34. Qg3 Rf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 Qd1 37. Qe3 $16) 32... Rf1+ 33.
Rxf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. g3 Qe3 36. Rg2 Rf2 37. Qb5 ({Nothing changes} 37.
Qc4 Qf3 38. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qxg3+ 41. Kf1 Qxh3+ 42. Ke1 h5 {
and black can struggle even for a win!}) 37... Qf3 ({Of course not} 37... Qd2
38. Qf1 $1) 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxe7+ Kh6 40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9394 4th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. Qe2 Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nd7 $13 {
Lutz,C-Tischbierek,R/Dortmund op-A/1992/}) 6... O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 (7... Bg4) 8. h3
(8. Na3 e5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. d3 h6 11. a4 (11. Nfd2 Be6 12. g3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Ne4 b6 $10 {Lutz,C-Stohl,I/Rimavska Sobota/1991/}) 11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5
$10 {Visser,Y-Grosar,A/Groningen op/1991/}) (8. d3 h6 9. a3 e5 10. b4 a6 11.
Nbd2 b5 12. Nb3 a5 $15 {Manor,I-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv/1991/}) (8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nbd2 Qa5 12. Re3 $13 {Kamber,B-Nemet,I/SWZ-GP Suhr/
1991/}) 8... e5 9. d3 h6 (9... Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Na3 Qd8 $10 {
Hodgson,JM-Khalifman,A/London WFW/1991/}) 10. a3 d5 11. Qc2 c4 $5 12. dxc4 dxe4
13. Nh2 Nd7 14. b4 (14. Qxe4 $2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bf5 $19) 14... f5 15. a4 Nf6 16.
Nd2 Be6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. c5 Qf7 19. b5 Ne7 20. f3 exf3 21. Nhxf3 Nd7 22. a5 a6
23. c6 bxc6 24. b6 c5 25. Rab1 Bd5 26. Nb3 Rfc8 27. Red1 e4 28. b7 exf3 29.
bxa8=Q Rxa8 30. Nxc5 (30. gxf3 Ne5 $44) 30... Ne5 31. Na4 Be4 32. Qf2 Nd5 33.
Nb6 Nxc3 34. Nxa8 Nxb1 35. Bb2 fxg2 36. Bxg2 Nd3 $1 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 $19 38. Bxg7
Qxg7 39. Nc7 Qxc7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:14"]
[BlackClock "0:04:11"]

{As I first flicked through one of today's biggest clashes (in terms of names,
not countries) my first thought was whether I had time to quickly make a new
special featured game...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 ({To nobody's great
surprise, and the delight of his fans everywhere, Jobava 'repents' of his
overly mainstream first two moves, and avoids} 3. d4 {,though it doesn't quite
work out this time. Just who I am to talk, as a self-professed 1.d4 b5 addict,
is another question entirely.}) 3... Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 (6. h3 $5
Bh5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 {looks risky only for White}) 6... e6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bf4 d5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. e5 Bc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 {The position has now
taken on a vaguely French character. Black wants ...Qb8 or ...f6, so it seems
White has little choice but to grit his teeth and castle.} 13. O-O-O b5 14. d4
{Admitting to being worse.} (14. h4 $5 h5 (14... h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. g5) 15. Rdg1
{is another way of playing, and the position descends into beautiful chaos
after} hxg4 16. Rxg4 Bh5 17. Rxg7 Ncxe5 18. Qe3 (18. Bg5 Qb8 19. d4 $5) (18.
Rxf7 $3 {for shock effect, though it is easily defused by} Nxf7 19. Qxe6+ Kf8
20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qxd5 $15)) 14... Bxc2 15. Kxc2 c4 16. b3 $6 (16. Rb1 $5 b4 17.
Kd1 $17 {It may have been time for one last sprint to the kingside...}) 16...
b4 $1 {Not backing down. After all, one cannot really fear getting beaten by
an opponent whose king is sitting on c3...} 17. bxc4 bxc3 18. Kxc3 Rb8 19. Nb3
Nb6 20. c5 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qc8 $1 $19 {The pieces fall into place.} 22. a3 Qa6 23.
Qa2 O-O 24. Nfd2 Ba5+ 25. Kc2 Bxd2 26. Bxd2 Qa4 (26... Nxa3+ 27. Kb2 Nxd4 {
was a nice flourish}) 27. Kc3 Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Qxd4+ 29. Kc2 Nxe5 30. Nb3 Qc4+ 31.
Kb2 a5 32. Rhe1 a4 {A flawless attacking display starting from a nearly-equal
position. This game reminded me strangely of Polgar-Anand, San Luis 2005, in
which another highly creative 2700 player played a harmless opening, which
quickly turned very nasty indeed for them as if by magic; they were unable to
show their best chess, and their opponents were able to win with apparent ease.
} 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Porat, Shay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 {Quite poisonous set-up demanding from
black an accurate play to equalize.} g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Re1
b6 {Appearently looking for complications since black needed to win the game
to reach an IM norm.} (8... Nd7 9. d4 (9. d3 $6 Nde5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. a3 a5
12. a4 b6 13. Na3 Ba6 14. Qe2 Ra7 15. Be3 Rd7 16. Red1 Rd6 $13 {Cabrilo,G-Diaz,
J/Vrnjacka Banja 1988}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nxf3+ 13.
Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rfc8 $132 {Davies,N-Rashkovsky,N/Vrnjacka Banja
1988}) 9. d4 (9. d3 $6 Bb7 10. a3 (10. Nbd2 e5 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 d5 13. Bd2
Re8 14. Qe2 d4 $15 {Ivannikov,V-Anisimov,P/St Petersburg 2000}) 10... e5 11. b4
Qc7 12. Bb3 Rad8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd5 Ne7 $11 {Cabrilo,
G-Milovanovic,N/Nis 1995}) (9. Na3 Bb7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. d5 Nb4 13.
Bb1 Nd7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nbd4 $14 {Chiburdanidze,M-Sokolov,A/Bilbao 1987}) 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nf3 b5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Nd4 a6 $13 {Govedarica,R-Mirkovic,S/Belgrade 1984}) 10... Nb4 11. Bb3 Ba6 {
[%cal Gb4d3] Intending to bring the knight to d3, but it doesn't promise black
any dividents so deserved attention typical d5:} (11... d5 $5 12. e5 Ne4 13. a3
Nc6 14. Qc2 $6 Na5 15. Ba2 Bb7 16. Nh2 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nc6 $13 {Puljek Salai,
Z-Nutu Gajic,D/Split 1989}) 12. Bg5 Rc8 $6 {It wasn' too late for d5, but
probably black had in mind an exchange sacrifice that occured in the game.} (
12... d5 $5 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rc1 $14) 13. Qd2 Nd3 (
13... Nc6 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 $14) 14. Re3 Rc1+ (14... Nc1 $2 15.
Bc2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc1]}) (14... d5 15. exd5 $8 Rc1+ 16. Bd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Nxb2
18. Qe1 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxe7 $16) 15. Bd1 Rxd1+ {This move is forced
because white was threatening to take on d3.} 16. Qxd1 Nxb2 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Rc3
d5 19. Bxf6 $1 {It's very important to get rid of the knight.} Bxf6 (19... exf6
$5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Nbd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Bb7 23. Rac1 $14) 20. e5 Bg7 21. Qa4
Bb7 22. Nbd2 (22. Qxa7 $2 Qd7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf8a8]} 23. Ra3 Nxa3 24. Qxa3
Ra8 $15) 22... a6 $5 23. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rb6] White needs an open files for his
rooks so he invites black to play b5.} b5 24. a4 Bc6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Nb3 {
[%csl Ra6]} f6 $5 (26... Qc7 27. Nc5 Qc6 $14) 27. Re1 fxe5 28. dxe5 {[%cal
Gb3d4]} e6 29. Nbd4 Bd7 (29... Qe8 $5 30. Ng5 Bd7 31. Rxc4 $140 $6 a5 32. Qc3
dxc4 33. Qxc4 Qc8 34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35. Ngxe6 Bh6 $44) 30. Qb7 Bc8 (30... a5 $5)
31. Qa7 Qa5 32. Rcc1 Bh6 $6 33. Rb1 {White rook is finally ready to penitrate
to b8.} (33. Nc6 Qa4 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Ra1 Qd7 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. Rxa6 $18) 33...
Qa2 34. Rb8 $18 {[%csl Rc8]} Nd2 35. Qc7 $1 Qc4 (35... Nxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Qc4 37.
Qxc4 dxc4 38. Re4 c3 39. Rc4 Bd7 40. Rb7 $18) 36. Nc6 $1 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 $5 {Very solid variaiton leading to slow positional
struggle.} Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 {Keeping in mind to give up a
bishop.} (6... e6 $5) 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 (10... b5
11. a3 a5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Be3 a4 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Qe2 $14 (16. Qe2
Qb6 17. e5 $5 {[%csl Rg7]} Qa6 18. Bf4 {[%cal Ge5e6]} dxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20.
Rac1 $14 {Benjamin,J-Gurevich,D/USA-ch semifinal 1998})) 11. Be3 (11. Re1 Rc8 (
11... b5 12. d4 b4 13. Ba4 Rc8 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. d5 Rc8 16. c4 $11) 12. Be3 $6
b5 13. d4 b4 $132 {Bitansky,I -Kundin,A/Givataim/1998}) (11. Rb1 b5 12. d4 b4
13. d5 Nce5 14. cxb4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 cxb4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Ba4 Nc5 18. Bc6 Rab8
19. Bg5 Bf6 $11 {Yudasin-Zagrebelny, Chigorin memory, 1997}) 11... b5 12. a3 $5
{Geting ready to push d4.} (12. d4 Rb8 (12... Rc8 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 Qb7 16. b4 cxd4 17. cxd4 a6 18. Rac1 $14 {Martinovic,S-Petursson,M/
Smederevska Palanka 1984}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd5 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. a3 a6 17.
Rfe1 Nd7 18. Re2 $14 {Shushpanov,R-Fiedler,B/Policka 1995}) 12... Nb6 13. Qe2
a5 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. d4 $6 {Missing 18th move of black. Much better was} (15.
Bb3 $1 Rc8 16. Ba2 (16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Bc1 a4 19. Ba2 Qb6) 16... a4
17. Ng5 e6 18. f4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5] with some initiative on the kingside.})
15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Bc1 a4 18. Bd3 $6 {Intending to force black to
play N6a5, but...} (18. Bxa4 Rxa4 19. b3 Rxa3 20. bxc4 Ra4 $11) (18. Bb1 $5 Qb6
19. Be3 $11) 18... Rc8 $1 {Defending the pawn on c4 and attacking d4 at the
same time.} 19. Bb1 {Admitting that I was wrong!} (19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. d5 Na5 $15
) 19... Qb6 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4) 20. Be3 N6a5 $15 (20... Nxe3 $5 21. fxe3
e6 22. Rf2 Ra7 23. Rdf1 Rac7 $15) 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. e5 {Hoping to get some
counterplay on the kingside.} d5 (22... dxe5 23. dxe5 b4 24. Rfe1 $13) 23. h4
b4 $6 (23... e6 $1 24. h5 b4 $15) 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. e6 Qxb2 $2 {Missing
white's combination.} (25... f5 26. Bc1 a3 27. h5 axb2 (27... Nc6 28. hxg6 hxg6
29. Ng5 (29. b3 Qxb3 30. Ba2 Qb4 31. Nh4 Nxd4 32. Qd3 Nb2 33. Bxb2 axb2 $19)
29... a2 30. Bxa2 Rxa2 31. Qd3 Bf6 32. Qh3 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 $44 {[%cal Gh3h6]})
28. Bf4 Nb3 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nh4 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Nxg6 $44) 26. exf7+
Kxf7 27. Ne5+ $1 (27. Bd2 $2 Rc6 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Qf3 e6 $17) 27... Bxe5 28.
Qg4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Re5] Suddenly black is in troubles!} Rd8 (28... e6 29. dxe5
Qxe5 30. Rfe1 Qd6 31. h5 $40 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3f3]}) 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Rfe1 Qd6
31. h5 Nc6 32. Qh3 $1 Rf8 $8 (32... Kg8 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Re6 $18) (32... Rg8
33. Qf3+ Ke8 34. Rxd5 $16) 33. Bh6 (33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35. Bxg6+ Kd7
36. Bxe7 Nxe7 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxe7+ Kc6 39. Qxa7 $18) 33... Rd8 34. Bg5 Rf8
35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Be4 $5 Ra5 (36... Nb6 37. Be3 d4 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Bxg6+ Kd7
40. Bxd4 Nxd4 41. Rxd4 Qxd4 42. Qxe7+ Kc6 43. Qxf8 $18) 37. Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Re7]
} Rxd5 38. Bxd5+ (38. Bxd5+ Qxd5 39. Qh7+ Ke8 40. Rxe7+ Kd8 41. Rc7+ Qxg5 42.
Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 g6 $5
$146 (7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Ba3 (10. Rd1 O-O 11. Ba3
Qb6 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Nc3 a6 $10) 10... Qb6 11. Nc3 (11. Nb5 Nc5 (11... Nxe4 $2
12. Qxe4 Bxa1 13. Nxd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ $18) 12. Nxd6+ (12. e5 Nfe4 13. Bxc5 Qxc5
$13) 12... Qxd6 13. e5 Qc6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 Ne4 $15) 11... a6 (11... Qxd4
12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Nxd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ Kc7 15. Nxh8 Rxh8 16. Rad1 $16) 12. Rad1
O-O 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 (14. c4 Rfd8 15. f4 Rac8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bc2
Rc8 {The idea of white's setup is to push d2-d4 at a convinient time, followed
by cxd4 and play for a strong center. For now black has put pressure on the
'c' file forcing white to unnaturally place his pieces in order to advance
d2-d4} 9. Na3 e6 10. b3 (10. d4 $6 {was still bad due to:} cxd4 11. cxd4 (11.
Nb5 Qc5 12. Nbxd4 (12. Nxa7 Ra8 13. cxd4 Qa5 $19) (12. Nfxd4 a6 13. Na3 (13. b4
Qh5 $17) 13... Be7 $15)) 11... d5 {[%cal Gf8a3]} 12. e5 Bxa3 {[%csl Rc2]} 13.
exf6 Qxc2 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. bxa3 Rxg7 $15) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 (11. d4 cxd4 12.
cxd4 d5 13. e5 Bxa3 $2 (13... Ne4 $15) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bxa3 Qxc2 16. Qxc2
Rxc2 17. Rec1 {with a very strong compensation for the pawn}) 11... O-O 12. Rc1
Qb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 (14... Qa8 {This was a very serious alternative
for the text, however, I decided that it's better to have the Q on b8 in case
my opponent does not let me take on c2} 15. Nd2 $1 (15. Qe2 $143 Rxc2 $5 16.
Rxc2 Bxe4 $36) 15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 {[%csl Ra8] the Q is useless on 'a8',
unless white takes on e4}) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nb1 (16. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 {
[%cal Gb8a8,Ye4e3]} 18. exf6 Nxf6 $17) 16... f5 17. exf6 ({White cannot bear
black N on e4, and with the pawn on f5 he will never be able to remove it} 17.
Qe2 Rc7 $15 {[%cal Gb8e8,Ge8g6,Yf8c8]}) 17... Ndxf6 18. Nbd2 $2 {White cannot
afford himself letting the black lady on f4 as he will be completely paralysed
afterwards.} ({essential was:} 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Re2 (19. Re3 $4 Nxf2 20. Qe2 (
20. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19) 20... N2e4 $19) 19... Ba6 20. Bd3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Bxd3 22.
Nxd3 Bd6 $15 {And although black's position is preferrable white should've
gone for this line}) 18... Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ge7b4]} 19. Bd3 (19. a3 $142
Ba6 $1 $17 {With domination} (19... Bxa3 20. Bxa3 Nc3 21. Bxh7+ Nxh7 22. Rxc3
Rxc3 23. Bxf8 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc3][%cal Gd1a1]})) (19. Qe2 Bb4 {[%csl Rd2]} 20.
Red1 {[%tqu "En","White is tied up with his pieces. Can you find a way to
exploit it?","","","b7a6","",10]} Ba6 $1 21. Qxa6 (21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd2
23. Nxd2 Qxf2+ $19) 21... Bxd2 22. Nxd2 (22. Rxd2 Nxd2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Qxc8 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxf3 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Rf2,Rh3][%cal Gf6e4] with
an easily winning position the black N and the white B simply cannot be
compared}) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Nxd2 (23... Ng3+ 24. Kh2 Qf4 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26.
Kh2 $11) 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8 Nfe4 27. Rxd2 $8 (27. Qc2 {
[%cal Gc2h7]} Nf3 $3 {[%cal Gf2g1,Gf2c2]} 28. Qb1 (28. Qd3 Nh4 29. Rg1 Qxb2 $19
) 28... Kh8 $19) 27... Qxd2 28. Qc1 (28. Qxe6 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kg1 Qxb2 $19)
29... Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Ne3 $19) 28... Qf2 $17) 19... Bb4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Re2 Nc3
$1 {Strangely enough the B on b2 can become a key defender of white's position,
and after it's exchanged everything begins to fall apart} (21... Bc3 22. Bc1
Ba1 23. Re1 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Nc3 24. Nb1) 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Re3 Ne4 24. Nf1 (24.
Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 $19) 24... Rc7 $2 {The idea is very strong- to free a
key square for the light pieces.The problem is that for some reason I wanted
to have the R on the 7th rank, however, it's much more important for the R to
be protected. After 24...Rc8 the game is won} (24... Rc8 $142 $1) 25. g3 Qf6 {
[%csl Rc7]} 26. Kg2 Bc3 {[%csl Rd4]} 27. N1h2 (27. Qc2 {[%csl Rc7]} Rc8 {
The main variation where the R should stand on c8, luckily enough in this
position it's not enough for white's saviour} 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxc3 Qxf3+ $1
$19) 27... h5 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} (27... Bxd4 $4 28. Ng4 $18) (27... Nxf2 28. Kxf2
Bxd4 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxd4 $18) 28. Bb1 $6 (28. Qc2 $1 {the best defense} Rc8
29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rxc3 exf3+ 31. Kg1 Rd8 (31... Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qf5 33. Nf1 $1
Qxh3 34. Ne3 h4 $4 35. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh3] And suddenly black is the one losing})
32. Rc7 Ba8 33. Rxa7 Qxd4 34. Nf1 Be4 35. Qc7 Qf6 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 36. Qxb6 Rd1
$19 {[%cal Gd1f1,Yf6a1,Ye4d3] White has no defense from Rf1, or Bd3}) 28... Bd2
(28... e5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nxe5 Qd6 31. Nc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Bxd4 33. Nf1) 29.
Rxe4 $4 (29. Re2 $142 Rc1 30. Rxd2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 {Black would still have to
face a lot of techniqal difficulties}) (29. Bxe4 $1 Bxe3 30. Bc2 $1 (30. Bb1
Rc1 31. Qd3 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Bxd4 $19) 30... Rxc2 (30... Bh6 31. Ne5 $44) 31. Qxc2
Bxd4 32. Qc7 Ba6 33. Qxa7 Bb5 (33... Bd3 $143 34. Qd7 Be4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36.
Qxh5+ Qh6 {[%cal Gh6d2]} 37. Qxh6+ gxh6 38. Kf1 Bc3 39. Ke2 Bb1 $44) 34. Nxd4
Qxd4 35. Qe7 Qe4+ 36. Nf3 d4 $1 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qxd4 Bc6 39. Qxe4+ Bxe4 40. g4
h4 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge4g2,Gh7g8,Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7d6,Gd6c5,Gc5b4,Gb4c3,Gc3d3,
Gd3e2]}) 29... dxe4 30. Nxd2 Qxd4 31. Qe2 (31. Qxh5 Rf7 32. Qe2 Qxd2 $19) (31.
Kg1 e3 32. Bh7+ Kh8 $1 $19) 31... Qxd2 (31... Qxd2 32. Qxd2 e3+ {[%cal Gb7g2]
The B that has moved only once on the 6th move has won the game}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 c4 6. d4 $1 Nxe4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nef6 10. Qe2 $5 (10. Bd3 O-O 11. c4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 $13) 10... h6
(10... O-O $2 11. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Rf7 13. Ng5 Ne5 (13... Qf8 14. Nxf7
Ne5 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. Qb3 $18) 14. Nxf7 Bxe6 15. Nxd8 $18) 11. Bd3 (11. Nh4 $1
d5 12. Bd3 $14) 11... O-O 12. c4 Re8 13. Nc3 b6 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qd1
e5 $1 17. d5 b5 $1 $15 18. cxb5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Be4 $1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 d5
22. Re2 g6 23. Rc1 Bg7 24. Be1 d4 (24... Nb6 $5) 25. Rc6 Nb6 26. Nd2 Nd5 27.
Ne4 Nf4 28. Rec2 Qd5 29. f3 d3 (29... f5 $15) 30. R2c4 Rad8 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh1
Rad8) 31. a4 Ne6 32. Bf2 f5 33. Nc3 Qd7 34. Ra6 $138 (34. b6 $1 axb6 35. Bxb6
Rc8 36. b5 $16) 34... Nd4 35. Qxd3 Qf7 36. Qf1 e4 $1 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Bxd4 $8
Bxd4+ 39. Rxd4 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Rxd4 41. Rxa7 e3 42. b6 e2+ 43. Ke1 $2 (43. Nxe2
$1 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Rd2 45. b7 $11) 43... Rf4 44. Nxe2 Rxb4 $1 $17 45. a5 $6 (45.
b7 Rb8 46. Kd2 R4xb7 47. Rxb7 Rxb7 48. Kc3 Kf7 $17) 45... Rb2 $19 46. b7 Rexe2+
47. Kd1 Rxg2 48. Kc1 Rgc2+ 49. Kd1 Rxh2 50. Kc1 Rhc2+ 51. Kd1 Rc5 52. a6 Ra5
53. Kc1 Rb6 54. Kd2 h5 55. Kd3 g5 56. Kd4 h4 57. Kd3 g4 58. Ra8+ Kg7 59. b8=Q
Rxb8 60. Rxb8 Rxa6 61. Ke3 Rg6 62. Kf2 g3+ 63. Kg1 Rc6 (63... Kh6 $19) 64. Rb4
Rc1+ $2 (64... h3 65. Rg4+ Rg6 66. Rh4 (66. Ra4 g2 $19 {R4/b}) 66... h2+ 67.
Kg2 Rh6 68. Rg4+ Kf6 69. Kh1 (69. Rf4+ Kg5 70. Rf1 Kg4 71. Ra1 h1=Q+ 72. Rxh1
Rxh1 73. Kxh1 Kf3 $19) 69... Rg6 $19) 65. Kg2 $11 {R4/b} Rc2+ 66. Kg1 Rh2 67.
Rb6 Kf7 68. Rh6 Ke7 69. Rg6 Kf8 70. Rf6+ Ke8 71. Re6+ Kd7 72. Rh6 h3 73. Rg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 $5 ({Another
possibilities is:} 6. d3 $5 {See comments to Benjamin,J-Gurevich,D/Denver,1998/
CBM 68 (1-0)(Har Zvi,R)(41)}) 6... Bxf3 $5 ({Also it deserves attention:} 6...
Bh5 $5) 7. Qxf3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Qe2 {White do not hasten to do 0-0,that met
most frequently in this position,and wait while black will make 0-0 to begin
attack.} Rc8 $6 $146 {[%mdl 16384] This place for my rook has appeared
unsuccessful.It was better:} (9... O-O $5 10. a4 a6 11. O-O Ne8 12. Kh1 Nc7 13.
f4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 $11 16. f5 b4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bb3 Qb7 19.
Qc2 Na5 20. cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Psomiadis,S-Georgiev,K/Athens,1998 (20)}) ({or} 9...
Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gb5b4]}) 10. a4 {[%csl Ya4][%cal Ya4b5]} a6 11. Nd2 (11. Na3
$143 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 11... b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nf3 {[%mdl 32] White N has
passed on more successful position.} Nd7 14. Bd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Yd2c3]
} ({Much worse is:} 14. Be3 b4 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rd1
e5 {+/=/=}) 14... Qb6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Very unsuccessful place for my queen.} (
14... b4 $142) (14... O-O $142) 15. h4 $1 h6 (15... h5 $143 16. Ng5 $14) ({
Can be recommended:} 15... b4 16. O-O bxc3 17. bxc3 O-O $14 (17... Qb2 $2 18.
Rfb1 Qxc2 19. Ne1 {[%csl Rc2]} Qxb1 20. Rxb1 $16)) 16. O-O b4 17. h5 g5 18. Nh2
{[%csl Rc4,Rd5,Rf5][%cal Gh2g4,Gg4e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5,Ge3c4]} e6 ({Badly:} 18...
bxc3 19. bxc3 $140 Qb2 {in view of:} 20. Ba4 Bxc3 21. Bxc6 Qxd2 (21... Rxc6
$142 22. Ra8+ Nb8 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. Bxc3 $16) (21... Bxd2 22. Rfb1 Qc3 23. Nf3
$18) 22. Qxd2 Bxd2 23. Ra7 $1 Rd8 24. Rfa1 $18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga7d7]}) 19.
Ng4 Nde5 ({Probably,a little better is:} 19... Ke7 $5) 20. Ne3 Bf6 {Black's
plan is:Rg8,g4(struggle for a point"e5").} ({Dubious:} 20... b3 21. Bd1 Qb5 22.
Nc4 Nxc4 23. dxc4 Qb6 24. Ra3 {[%csl Rb3]} Na5 25. f4 $36) (20... O-O $143 21.
g3 b3 22. Bd1 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 21. Kh1 Rg8 22. f3 $1
{Now is not visible what to do against plan:g3,f4.} Ke7 23. g3 g4 $6 ({More
stubborn resistance after:} 23... Ra8 $5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Nd7
27. Nc4 $14) 24. f4 Nf3 25. Nc4 $16 Qb7 26. Be3 $1 bxc3 $140 27. e5 {[%csl Rc5,
Ge3,Re7] Already here my contender saw a position which it has turned out in a
game after 30 moves of white.} (27. bxc3 $2 Bxc3 28. Rab1 Nb4 $15) 27... Ncd4 (
27... dxe5 $2 28. Bxc5+ Kd8 29. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]}) 28. Bxd4 $1 ({
Unexpectedly,leads to bad position.} 28. exf6+ $4 Kxf6 29. Bxd4+ (29. Qg2 $2
Nxc2 30. Nxd6 (30. Qxc2 $140 $4 Ne1+ {[%csl Rc2,Rh1]}) 30... Qd5 31. Ne4+ Kg7
$19 {[%csl Ra1,Rh1][%cal Gd5h5]}) (29. Nxd6 Nxe2 30. Nxb7 Nxg3+ 31. Kg2 Nxf1
32. Kxf1 cxb2 33. Rb1 g3 $17) 29... Nxd4+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Nxc2 32. Rac1
Nb4 $17) 28... Nxd4+ $8 ({Loses right away:} 28... dxe5 29. Bxc3 Nd4+ 30. Qe4
Qxe4+ 31. dxe4 Nxc2 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rf7]}) 29. Qg2 Qxg2+
30. Kxg2 Ra8 $138 ({Impossibly:} 30... Nxc2 {because of:} 31. Ra7+ Kf8 32. exf6
{[%csl Rf8]} cxb2 (32... Rd8 $143 33. Nxd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 33. Nxd6 Rh8
34. Rb1 $1 (34. Nxc8 Ne3+ 35. Kf2 Nxf1 36. Rd7 {[%cal Gd7d8]} Ke8 (36... Kg8 $2
37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Ng6 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 37. Rb7 $18) 34... Rd8 35. Rxb2 $18) 31.
exd6+ $1 {It is much stronger,than:} (31. exf6+ $2 Kxf6 32. Ba4 (32. Rxa8 $2
Rxa8 33. bxc3 (33. Bb1 c2) (33. Bd1 c2 34. Bxg4 $2 Nb3 $17) (33. Rf2 d5) 33...
Nxc2 $17) 32... cxb2 33. Nxb2 $14) 31... Kd7 $8 32. Ba4+ $1 (32. Nb6+ $2 Kxd6
33. Nxa8 (33. Rxa8 $2 Rxa8 34. Nxa8 Nxc2 $17 {[%csl Rf1,Rg2][%cal Gc2e3,Gc3b2]}
) 33... Nxc2 34. Ra6+ Kd7 35. Nb6+ Kc7 $13) 32... Kd8 $2 ({It was necessary:} 
32... Nc6 33. Bb5 $1 $16 (33. Nb6+ $4 Kxd6 34. Nxa8 cxb2 $17) (33. bxc3 $143
Bxc3 34. Ra2 (34. Rfb1 Bxa1 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Bxc6+ Kf8 $13) 34... Kd8 $1 $14))
33. bxc3 Nf5 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. Rfb1 Rxc6 {Here at me remained about one minute
to rescue a hopeless position.} (35... Bxc3 36. Ra7 Rxc6 37. Rb8+ Rc8 38. Rxc8+
Kxc8 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Rxg8 $18 {[%csl Rg4]}) 36. Rb8+ Rc8 37. Raa8 ({
Immediately won:} 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. Ra8+ Kd7 39. Rxg8 $18) 37... Kd7 38. Ra7+
(38. Nb6+ $5 Kxd6 39. Nxc8+ (39. Rxc8 $2 Rxc8 40. Rxc8 (40. Nxc8+ $2 Kc7 {
[%csl Ya8,Rc8][%cal Gc7b7,Gb7c8,Gb7a8,Ya8c8]}) 40... Bxc3 41. Nc4+ $16) 39...
Kc7 40. Rb5 $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb5c5]}) 38... Kc6 39. Ra6+ $2 ({Elegantly
won:} 39. Rc7+ $1 Rxc7 40. dxc7 Kxc7 41. Rxg8 $18) 39... Kd5 (39... Kd7 $2 40.
Rb7+ Kd8 41. Raa7 $18) 40. Nb6+ (40. Rxc8 $2 Rxc8 41. Nb6+ Kc6 $1 (41... Kxd6
42. Nxc8+ Kc7 {see the game}) 42. Nxc8+ Kb7 43. Ra7+ Kxc8 44. Rxf7 Bxc3 $15)
40... Kxd6 41. Rxc8 $2 ({Much better is:} 41. Nxc8+ Kc7 $140 42. Rba8 $1 Rxc8
43. R8a7+ Kd8 44. Rxf7 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rf6]}) 41... Rxc8 42. Nxc8+ Kc7 43. Na7
Bxc3 44. Nb5+ Kb7 45. Ra2 Be1 {[%csl Rg3]} 46. Re2 $6 ({Unique chance to be
overcome for a win was:} 46. Ra1 $1 Bxg3 47. Nd6+ Nxd6 48. Kxg3 f5 (48... Kc6
$6 49. Kxg4 Kd5 50. Ra8 {+/=/+/-}) 49. Re1 $140 c4 $1 50. Rxe6 (50. dxc4 $143
Ne4+ 51. Kg2 (51. Rxe4 $4 fxe4 52. Kxg4 Kc6 53. Kg3 Kc5 $19) 51... Kc6 $11 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 50... c3 51. Re1 (51. Rxd6 $4 c2 52. Rd7+ Kc8 53. Rd4 c1=Q 54.
Rc4+ Qxc4 55. dxc4 Kc7 $19) 51... Kc6 52. Kf2 Kc5 53. Ke3 Nb5 $44) 46... Bb4 {
[%csl Rb5]} (46... Bxg3 $2 {is refuted by:} 47. Nd6+ Nxd6 48. Kxg3 Nf5+ 49.
Kxg4 {+/=/+/-}) 47. Re5 {[%cal Ge5f5]} (47. Ra2 $6 Kc6 {[%csl Rb5]} 48. Na3 $6
(48. Na7+ $142) 48... Be1 49. Nc4 Bxg3 50. Ne5+ Kd5 51. Nxg4 Bxf4 $15) 47...
Kc6 48. Na7+ Kb7 49. Nb5 Kc6 50. Na7+ Kb7 $11 ({Also equality,after:} 50... Kd7
51. Rxf5 $1 (51. Nb5 $2 Ne7 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd7c6]}) (51. Re2 Kc7 52. Ra2 $140
Be1 {[%csl Rg3]}) 51... exf5 52. Kf1 $11 {[%cal Yf1e2]}) (50... Kb6 $6 51. Nc8+
Kc7 52. Rxf5 exf5 53. Ne7 {[%csl Rf5,Rg4,Rh6]} Kd6 (53... c4 $140 $4 54. Nd5+)
54. Nxf5+ Ke6 55. Nxh6 f5 56. Kf1 Bc3 57. Ke2 Bd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 $5 Nf6 $5 {Besides,black has few options:}
(3... Nc6 $5) (3... e6 $5) (3... a6) (3... e5) (3... g6) 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 $5 e6
$5 {[%cal Gd6d5] Other alternatives are:} (5... g6 $5) (5... a6 $5) (5... Qc7)
({Badly:} 5... Bg4 $2 {in view of:} 6. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 6. Bb3 (6. Bg5) ({
and} 6. O-O {-was checked in the previous games.}) 6... Be7 (6... d5 $5 7. e5 (
7. Nbd2 $5) 7... Nd7 8. d4 b5 $5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Re1 b4 12. Nbd2 Be7
13. Nf1 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Zakharstov,V/
Cherkessk,1997(15)}) 7. O-O d5 $5 ({Another line is:} 7... O-O $5 8. Re1 d5 $5
(8... b6 9. Nbd2 {-see comments to Morozevich,A-Petrushin,A/Krasnodar,1997/
CBM 59(1-0)(Har Zvi)(42)}) (8... Ne5 $5 9. d4 (9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 b6 11. d4
Bb7 $13) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5 11. exd5 (11. e5 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 $132 (12...
Nxd2 $6 13. Bxd2 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb3c2,Gf3h5,Ge1e3,Ge3h3]})) 11... exd5 {
-see comments to Kobalija,M-Forster,R/Biel,1997/CBM 60(1-0) (Har Zvi)(22)}) 9.
e5 Nd7 10. d4 b5 11. Nbd2 b4 12. Nf1 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Bc2 (14. Ne3 $5)
14... Rc8 15. a3 Re8 16. Ne3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb5 18. g3 Qa5 19. h4 Nf8 20. Rb1
Rb8 $11 {-see comments to Leko,P-Gelfand,B/Tilburg,1996/CBM 56(1/2-1/2)
(Horvath,Ta)(28)}) 8. Qe2 $5 (8. e5 $6 Nd7 9. d4 (9. Qe2 $6 g5 $36 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gg5g4]}) (9. Re1 $6 g5 $36 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5g4]}) 9... b5 $11 {
Hoffman,A-Quinteros,M/Villa Martelli,1997(0-1)(35)}) (8. Re1 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1
10. Bxd1 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf1 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. h4 Na5 16. Nbd2
c4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Bd5 $11 {Morozevich,A-De Firmian,N/New York,1997(1-0)
(51)}) 8... O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 $1 $146 (10. d4 $6 f6 $5 {It's a correct idea
not to take on "d4" since after it white gets a great square for his knight on
"c3".} (10... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (10... b6 $5 {Benko,F-Panno,O/Buenos
Aires,1977(0-1)(46)}) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 (13. Bh4 $5) 13... Bd6
14. Rac1 (14. Bh4 $5 cxd4 (14... Qb6 $143 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 $14) 15. cxd4
Nh5 $5 $132 (15... Qb6 $143 16. Qd3 $14)) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 $13 {-see
comments to Bates,R-Gormally,D/London,1998/CBM 66(0-1)(Har Zvi)(33)}) 10... Nb6
({Dubious:} 10... d4 {because of:} 11. Bf4 {[%csl Ge5] /\Nbd2(><e4,d6)+/=}) 11.
Nc3 $1 Kh8 {Besides,I have two options:} (11... f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 $1
exd5 $140 14. Be3 {[%csl Rc5]} Re8 15. Qd2 $14) ({and} 11... Na5 $6 12. Bc2
$140 dxc4 $2 13. dxc4 Naxc4 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b3 $1 $36) 12. Bf4 a6 $5 {[%cal
Ya6b5,Gc6d4] This move is better than:} (12... f6 $6 13. exf6 $5 (13. Rae1 $5)
13... Bxf6 $140 14. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]} Bxb2 15. Bc7 Qf6 16. Rab1 $36) (12...
Na5 $6 13. Bc2 $1 dxc4 $140 $2 14. dxc4 Naxc4 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe4 $40 {
[%csl Rh7]}) ({and} 12... Nd4 $6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 $14) 13. Rad1 $14 Nd4
14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f3]} a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4]
[%cal Ga5a4]} 16. Bg3 $1 ({Worse is:} 16. Nd2 {in view of:} dxc4 $1 17. Nxc4 (
17. dxc4 $4 d3 18. Qe4 a4 $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17... Nd5 $11) 16... Bd7 {[%cal
Gd7a4]} 17. Nd2 Ba4 18. Qg4 {[%csl Rd4]} Bxb3 19. Nxb3 Na4 20. Rd2 ({In my
opinion more strongly:} 20. Qe2 $5 Qb6 (20... Bc5 $5 $14) 21. cxd5 exd5 $14) (
20. Qxd4 $6 dxc4 21. dxc4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxb2 23. Rd7 (23. Rb1 $143 Ba3 $11)
23... Ba3 24. Rxb7 Nxc4 {+/=/=}) 20... Bb4 $8 21. Rc2 dxc4 22. Rxc4 Nb6 $1 ({
After:} 22... Nxb2 $6 23. Rxd4 {/\Qh5,Rh4 white has a strong attack.}) 23. Rxd4
Nd5 24. Qh5 a4 25. Bh4 $6 {[%mdl 64]} ({Better is:} 25. Nc1 $14) ({or} 25. Na1
$14) 25... f6 $2 {After this mistake white has a big advantage.} ({It is
necessary:} 25... Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4]} 26. Bf6 $140 Qb5 $1 {[%csl Gb5,Rh5]
[%cal Gd5f6]} (26... gxf6 $4 27. Rh4 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) (26... Nxf6 $2 27. exf6
$18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd4h4]}) 27. Qh3 $1 (27. Rh4 $6 Nxf6 (27... Qxd3 $6 28.
Nc1 $14) 28. Nd4 $8 Nxh5 29. Nxb5 Be7 30. Rxh5 Rfd8 $15 {_|_}) 27... axb3 28.
Bxg7+ $1 (28. Rh4 $2 Nxf6 $8 29. exf6 Qf5 $8 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Rxb4 bxa2 32.
Ra1 $15 {_|_}) 28... Kxg7 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Rh4 Nf6 $8 31. exf6 Qf5 32. Qxf5
exf5 33. Rxb4 bxa2 34. Ra1 $14) 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nc1 $16 a3 28. bxa3 (28. b3
$143 e5 29. Re4 Qe8 {+/-/+/=}) 28... Rxa3 29. Qe2 $5 ({Good enough:} 29. Qg4 $5
{[%csl Rb4,Re6]} Bc3 30. Ra4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 $16) 29... Ra6 30. Bg3 Rg8 31. Rc4 {
/\d4,Nd3} b5 32. Rc2 Bc3 33. Nb3 Qb6 34. d4 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3c5]} ({
Not bad in the beginning:} 34. Rfc1 b4 $140 35. d4 $16) 34... Ra7 35. Nc5 Re7 {
[%csl Re6,Ye7][%cal Ye7e6]} ({Badly:} 35... Bxd4 {because of:} 36. Qxe6 (36.
Nxe6 $2 Re7 37. Qe4 (37. Re1 $4 Rge8 $17) 37... Bxf2+ 38. Bxf2 Qxe6 $14) 36...
Qxe6 (36... Bxc5 $143 37. Qxd5 $18) 37. Nxe6 $18 {_|_}) 36. Rb1 b4 37. a3 $5
$138 {[%mdl 64]} ({Can be recommended:} 37. Qe4 $5) 37... Bxd4 38. axb4 Nc3 ({
Loses right away:} 38... Nxb4 $4 39. Nd3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rb6]}) 39. Qd3 Nxb1 $8
(39... Rd8 $2 40. Rxc3 Bxf2+ 41. Bxf2 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 $18) (39... Bxc5 $2 40.
Qxc3 Bd4 41. Qf3 $18) 40. Qxd4 {[%csl Rf6]} e5 $1 {[]} (40... Na3 $2 41. Qxf6+
Reg7 42. Rc1 $18) (40... Qd8 $2 41. Qxf6+ Reg7 42. Qxd8 Rxd8 43. Rc1 $18 {
[%csl Rb1,Rg7,Rh8][%cal Gg3e5,Gc1b1]}) 41. Qb2 Rb8 42. Qxb1 $6 (42. Nd3 $4 Rd7
$17 {[%csl Rd3,Rg1]}) (42. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Gh4,Rh8] +/-/+-(Yudasin,L)}) 42...
Qxb4 43. Qf1 $5 ({After:} 43. Qxb4 $6 Rxb4 44. Rc1 (44. h3 $143 Rc7 45. f3 Rb1+
46. Kh2 Rb5 47. Bf2 Kg8 $14) 44... Rc7 45. f3 {[%csl Rc5,Yg3][%cal Yg3f2]
black has a good odds on draw in the endgame.}) 43... Rb5 44. Bh4 $2 {Earnest
mistake.} ({Strongly:} 44. Nd3 {with interesting idea after:} Qd4 (44... Qd6 $5
$16) 45. h3 (45. Rc1 $5) 45... Rb3 $140 $6 (45... Rd7 $5 $16) 46. Nc5 $1 Rxg3
$2 47. Rc4 {[%csl Yd4,Rg3][%cal Gc4d4]} Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Rg7+ 49. Kh2 $18) 44...
Kg7 45. Na6 $2 {Again mistake.} (45. Rc4 $142 Qb1 $1 $13 (45... Qxc4 $2 46.
Qxc4 Rb1+ 47. Qf1 Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Ra7 {+/=/+/-_|_} (48... Kg6 $2 49. Ne4 {
[%csl Re7,Rf6]} Re6 50. Bxf6 Rxf6 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. Ke2 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rh7]})))
45... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} 46. Qxb5 Qd1+ 47. Qf1 Qxc2 $15 48. Qb5 $5 ({Loses
right away:} 48. h3 $4 {in view of:} Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rf1,Rg1][%cal Gb7b1]} 49. f3
(49. Kh2 $2 Rb1 {[%csl Rf1]} 50. Nb4 $8 Rxb4 $19) 49... Rb1 50. Be1 Qc1 51. Kf2
e4 $1 $19) ({Also badly:} 48. f3 $2 Rb7 49. Be1 Rb1 $17) 48... Qc1+ (48... Qe4
$2 49. g3 Rb7 50. Nc5 $8 Qe1+ 51. Qf1 Rb1 (51... Qxf1+ 52. Kxf1 $16 {[%cal
Gc5e4,Gc5d7]}) 52. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 53. Kg2 $16) 49. Qf1 Qa3 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge7a7]}
(49... Qc6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rg1,Rh4] An interesting idea which was mentioned by
Tseitlin,Ma after the game.} 50. f4 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Yc5][%cal Yh4f2,Yf2c5,Ga6c5]}
e4 $36) 50. g3 Ra7 ({After:} 50... Qf3 $6 51. Qg2 Qd1+ 52. Qf1 Qf3 53. Qg2 {
-at the minimum equality for white.} (53. Nc5 $5 $13)) 51. Nb8 $1 Qb2 $140 {
[%csl Rb8,Rf1][%cal Ga7a1]} 52. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc4g4]} Qxb8 53. Qg4+
Kf7 $8 54. Qh5+ Kg7 (54... Ke6 $144 55. Qg4+ f5 56. Qc4+ Kd6 57. Qd3+ {[%csl
Rf5]} Ke6 58. Qc4+ $11) 55. Qg4+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ Ke7 (56... Kf8 $144 57. Qh6+ $1
Kg8 58. Bxf6 Qb1+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kh3 Rf7 61. Qg5+ Qg6 62. Qxg6+ hxg6 63. Bxe5
Rxf2 $11) 57. Qxh7+ Ke6 58. Qg6 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 Qb7+ 60. Kh3 Qf3 $11 61. Qg8+ Ke7
62. Qg7+ Ke6 63. Qg8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "British CF-70 Championship"]
[Site "Southport/ Merseyside"]
[Date "1983.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horner, Jeff"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Griffiths"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1983.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bb3 Nh5 14. Nd5 Na5 15.
Bc2 h6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Re8 18. Ne3 Qc8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Nh2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Rb8
22. Bd2 Qd8 23. a3 Nb7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Bc3 Nh7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc4 Nf6 28.
Bxa4 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 Nxd5 30. Rxa7 Qf6 31. Qd1 Nf4 32. Ng4 Qd4 33. Qf3 Nh5 34.
Na5 Qb4 35. Re3 Qb6 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Rb3 Qxa5 38. Rxb7 Qa2 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40.
Qc1 (40. Qd2 $1 Qe6 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5 $1 $16) 40... g5 41. Qc2 Qe6 42. e5+
Kg7 43. Rb6 Rd8 44. Qc3 Nf4 45. exd6+ f6 46. Qxc5 $5 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Ne2 48. Qc7+
Kg6 49. Qc2+ Kg7 (49... f5 50. Ne5+ {Nf3!}) 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kxf7 52. Qh7+
Ke6 53. Qe7+ Kd5 $4 (53... Kf5 $142 $5 54. Qxf6+ (54. Ne3+ Kg6 55. Qe4+ Kg7 56.
Qe7+ (56. Nf5+ $2 Kh8 $1 $19) 56... Kg6 $10) 54... Ke4 55. Qe5+ Kd3 56. Qd5+
Kc2 (56... Nd4 $2 57. Ne5+ Ke2 58. Qxd4 $18) 57. Ne3+ Kxb2 58. Qb7+ Kc3 59.
Qc7+ Kb3 $10) 54. Ne3+ Kc6 55. Qc7+ Kb5 56. Qb7+ Kc5 57. Qd5+ Kb6 (57... Kb4
58. Nc2+ Ka4 59. b3#) 58. Nc4+ Ka7 (58... Ka6 59. Qc6+ Ka7 60. Qc7+ $1) 59.
Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Glauchau"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boehnisch, Manfred"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Gruenberg,HU"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1987.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 5/1987} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. Rad1 a6 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Rd3 Rfd8 13.
Rfd1 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Be8 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Ne2 Be7 19. c4
Rc8 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. cxb5 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Bxb5 24. a4 Bc6 25. Bc3
f6 26. Kf1 e5 27. f3 Kf7 28. Nd3 Ke6 29. Bb4 Bxb4 30. Nxb4 Bb7 31. Ke2 a5 32.
Nc2 Bd5 33. b4 Bb3 34. Kd3 axb4 35. a5 Bxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Kd5 {[#] Die sich durch
den neuen Spielmodus erhöhende Anzahl von Endspielen, die ohne Analysieren
ausgetragen werden müssen, erfordert von den Schachspielern eine umfangreiche
Kenntnis der Endspieltechnik. Dass auch ein Elementarendspiel nicht elementar,
einfach zu spielen ist, zeigt der Partieverlauf.} 37. Kb3 Kc5 38. a6 Kb6 39.
Kxb4 Kxa6 40. Kc5 Kb7 {Zum Königslauf an die weissen Bauern fehlen Schwarz
mehrere Tempi.} 41. Kd6 Kc8 42. g4 $1 ({Schwarz erreicht die Opposition wegen} 
42. Ke6 Kd8 43. Kf7 $2 f5 {nebst e5-e4}) 42... Kd8 43. g5 ({Remis hätte} 43. h4
h6 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 h5 46. Kxe5 g6 47. Ke4 {ergeben.}) 43... fxg5 44. Kxe5
Ke7 45. Kf5 $1 h6 46. f4 gxf4 47. Kxf4 Kf6 48. Kg4 ({Während der Partie sah
ich den Remiszug} 48. h3) (48. h4 {hätte nach} g6 49. Ke4 Ke6 {verloren.})
48... Ke5 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Kg4 Ke3 51. Kg3 (51. Kf5 Kf2 52. Kg6 Kg2 53. Kxg7 h5
{und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 51... Ke2 52. Kg2 {Nach der Partie musste ich meine
Ansicht, hier gewonnenes Spiel zu gaben, revidieren. Wäre Weiss am Zug, würde
er verlieren bzw. stände der schwarze Bauer auf h7, hätte 52... h6! zum Gewinn
geführt.} h5 {Wie sich später zeigt, muss Schwarz die Doppelschrittmöglichkeit
des g-Bauern offenhalten.} 53. Kg1 $4 ({Auf} 53. Kg3 {wollte ich mit} Kf1 54.
h4 g6 55. Kf4 ({übersah aber die ewige Opposition} 55. Kf3 $1) 55... Kg2 56.
Kg5 Kg3 {gewinnen}) 53... Kf3 54. Kf1 Kg4 $1 ({Nur ein Patt hätte} 54... g6 55.
Kg1 g5 56. Kf1 g4 57. Kg1 h4 58. Kf1 g3 59. Kg1 g2 60. h3 {ergeben.}) 55. Kg2
h4 56. Kg1 Kh3 57. Kh1 g5 $1 {Wäre Weiss im 56. Zug mit dem König nach h1
gegangen, hätte 57... g6 gewonnen. Würden die schwarzen Bauern auf h6 und g6
stehen - also etwa bei 52... g6 - hätte sich Weiss nach 53. Kg1? Kf3 54. Kf1
Kg4 55. Kg2 h5 das Remisfeld aussuchen können - 56. Kg1!} 58. Kg1 g4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 (5. Bb3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O
8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 $36 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Linares 1997;CBM 57})
(5. Nbd2 g6 6. a3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ba2 b5 9. Re1 Rb8 10. c3 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Qb6 13. Nf1 Bg4 $132 {Adams,M-Khalifman,A/Arhus 1997}) 5... g6 (5... e6 6.
Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 (8... d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 b5 11. Nbd2 b4 12. Nf1
bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Bc2 (14. Ne3 $5) 14... Rc8 15. a3 Re8 16. Ne3 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Bb5 18. g3 $36 {Leko,P-Gelfand,B/Tilburg 1996}) 9. Nbd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $5)
10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Ne5 (11... Qc7) 12. d4 Nxf3+ (12... Ng6) 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qg4 Nxg3 $6 (16... Kh8) 17. hxg3 Kh8 18. Qe2 $1 $36 {
Morozevich,A-Petrushin,A/RUS-Cup Krasnodov 1997;CBM 59 [Har-Zvi,R]}) (5... a6
6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6) 8. Qe2 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 d5 11.
Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 $16 {Leko,P-Schneider,A/Hungary 1996;66/161 [ Leko,P]}) (5...
Bg4 $4 6. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]} Qb6 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bc4 $16 {
/+- Beshukov,S-Nevostrujev,V/RUS-ch Elista 1996;CBM 56}) 6. Bb3 Bg4 (6... Bg7)
7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qe2 {white has slight
advantage thanks to his 2 bihsops advantage,his main idea is of course to play
d4} (11. Re1 Nd7 12. d4 (12. Be3) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Na5) 11...
Nd7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa6 {stopping d4} 14. a4 {preventing b5} (14. Qd2 b5
15. d4 b4) 14... Nde5 15. Nxe5 (15. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} c4 $1 16. Bxc4 (16. dxc4
Na5) 16... Nxc4 17. dxc4 Na5) 15... Nxe5 16. Ba2 Nc6 (16... Qxa4 $4 17. Bxf7+)
17. h4 e6 18. h5 $14 {it is not so clear to see where's black play,while white
has some play on the king's side} Rfe8 19. g3 Ne7 20. Qf3 Qb6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22.
Rd2 Qc6 23. d4 (23. Bc4 $5) 23... cxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxa4 25. Kg2 {threatening Bxe6
followed by Qxf7} (25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxd6 {white is threatening now Qxf7
followed by Bxe6} Qc2 27. Rb1 Qa4 28. Ra1 Qc2 $11) 25... Qb5 (25... Bxd4 $2 26.
Bxe6 Qxa1 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rxd4 Rf8 29. Qxe7 Qxb2 30. Bf7 $1 $18) 26. Rh1 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} Bxd4 27. cxd4 (27. Rxd4 Qe5) 27... Qg5 28. Rdd1 d5 (28... Rc2 $2
29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Qxf7 $18) {[%tqu "En","can you see the continuation of white
initiative,and please see also black's defence","","","h1h7","",5]} 29. Rh7 $1
Nf5 $1 (29... Kxh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Rh1+ Qh5 32. Rxh5+ gxh5 (32... Kxh5 33.
Qh7+ Kg5 34. Qh4#) 33. Bb1 $18) 30. exf5 (30. Rdh1 $5 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf6 32. g4
(32. Rh8+ Qxh8 33. Rxh8+ Kxh8 34. Qxb7 Kg7 $15) 32... Qxd4 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34.
R8h7+ Kf8 (34... Kg8 $11) 35. Qf3 $40 (35. Rh8+ $2 Ke7 $19)) 30... Kxh7 31.
fxe6 Qf5 $6 (31... Rf8 $142 $1 32. exf7 Rcd8 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Re5 Qd2) 32. exf7
$2 (32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. exf7 Red8 (33... Re2 34. Rc1 $1 {immediately getting the
file} (34. Bxd5 Kg7 $1) 34... Rf8 35. Rc7 $132) 34. Re1 $15) 32... Qxf3+ 33.
Kxf3 Red8 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Re5 Kxf7 36. Bxd5+ {it is clear black is playing for
a win here,and the truth is without any chances of losing,but quickly he gave
white chances} Kf6 $6 (36... Kf8 $142 $5) 37. Re6+ $1 Kg7 (37... Kg5 38. Be4 {
[%csl Rg5]}) (37... Kf7 $142 $5) 38. Be4 $1 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Rf6 40. Re7+ Rf7 41.
Re6 Rf6 42. Re7+ Rf7 43. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 (7...
e6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 Ne5 10. d4 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2
O-O 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nd7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Nxa5 Qb8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Petursson,M/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (32)}) 10... Nxf3+
11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qd7 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Be3 g6 17.
Rad1 Rc7 18. h3 Rdc8 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Pinter,J/Zagreb
izt 1987/CBM 04/[Horvath,T] (40)}) 8. d4 (8. Re1 Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 (9... O-O 10.
d4 e6 11. a4 a6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Qa2 Qb8 16. Rad1 Qa8
17. Qb1 Bf8 18. Ba1 Bg7 $13 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Ftacnik,L/Prague zt 1985/MCD-r8 
(41)}) 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nb3 d5 $1 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
exd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re2 Nd3 21.
Na5 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ftacnik,L/Biel 1988/CBM 09 (29)}) 8... cxd4 9.
cxd4 Bg7 {for Nxe4 I suggest you to look at the game Swidler,P-Kasparov,G
Tilburg 1997 with full analyse by Swidler} 10. e5 (10. d5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12.
Bf1 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rad8 17. Qa4 {White was
able to equalize in Degraeve-Nepomnishay, St.Petersburg 1996}) (10. Bd3 {
is too modest:} O-O 11. b4 e5 (11... a5 $5) 12. Bb2 d5 $11) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5
Nd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ne4 (13. Ng5 Nc7 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Re1 Nc5 $15) 13... O-O (
13... Nc7 $1 {Svidler} 14. Qa4 b5 (14... O-O 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. Nc3 $44) 15. Qc2
O-O 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qe2 $44) 14. Nfg5 Nc7 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Qb3 Kh8
(16... Rf7 17. Qxe6 Nf8 18. Qg4 Rc8 $13 {[%csl Re7] /+/=} (18... h5 19. Qh4 Qd4
20. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1]})) 17. Qxe6 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Re7]
[%cal Gg7a1,Ga8h1,Gf8f1,Gb8b1] OK,black forced this position after white took
on "e6" and the Question is what is this position??black has many
weaknesses-weak pawns ,but in compensation he has two powerful bishops and two
open files [ the "f" anf the "b" files ]a very unclear and complicated position
} 19. Be3 (19. Bc4 $5 Qd6) (19. Rd1 Qb6) 19... Bd5 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Rad1 (21.
Rac1 $5 Qxg4 22. Bxg4 Bxa2 23. Rxc5 a6 $14 (23... Rab8 24. Rc7 Rxb2 25. Rxe7
$16)) 21... Bxa2 22. Qg5 Bb3 23. Rd2 Bf6 (23... c4 24. Qxe7 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rb3,
Rc4] /+/-}) 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 a5 {it's so strange that one of the players
here lost in just 4 moves,just look how but really such a game should have
ended of course with a draw} 26. Bd1 Rab8 27. Bxb3 Rxb3 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Rxa5
Bc3 {and here white resigned since he saw he is losing a rook but but but....
how about Rc2???????? well draw} (29... Bc3 30. Rc2 (30. Rd3 Rxb2 31. Rd1 Rbb8
$19) 30... Rxb2 (30... Bxa5 31. Bd4+ Kg8 32. Rxc8+) 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. g3 {
with a draw...}) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch sf"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 {an interesting
idea in my opinion is Bxf3 immediatelynot allowing white to recapture with his
knight on f3 but with his Queen} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. O-O b5
{this is black's idea there is nothing else for him to look for in this
position,the idea is of course b4 with Nd7 putting pressure on the h8-a1
diagonal,white tries to prevent this with "d4"} (10... Nd7 11. Be3 (11. d4 b5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 a5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rab8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Friedrich,N-Levin,F/Bad Woerishofen op 1995/EXP 47 (38)}) 11... b5 12. d4 Rc8
13. a3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. b4 cxd4 17. cxd4 a6 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19.
Rc2 e5 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Martinovic,S-Petursson,M/Smederevska Palanka 1984/
MCD-r8 (40)}) (10... Rc8 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Bc4 Red8 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. a4 Qe8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Abramovic,
B-Jacimovic,D/JUG-ch 1985/MCL 02 (72)}) 11. a3 a5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14.
Be3 (14. d5 Nce5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Gh8a1]}) 14... a4 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Qe2 Qb6 (16...
b4 $2 17. Bb5 $16) 17. e5 $5 {[%csl Rg7] an interesting move,and a correct
idea,playing against the bishop on "g7"} (17. d5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 (
19. Bxb5 Bxe3 20. Bxd7 Bd4 21. Rab1 (21. Bxa4 Qxb2 $11) 21... Bxb2 22. Rfd1 (
22. Bxa4 Qd4 $11) 22... Qa7 $11) 19... Qxd4 20. Bxb5 Nc5 $44) 17... Qa6 (17...
dxe5 18. dxe5 Qa6 19. Bf4 Nc5 {the same as in the game}) 18. Bf4 {[%cal Ge5e6]}
dxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Rac1 Ne6 (20... Nxd3 $5 21. Qxd3 {[%cal Ge5e6]} e6 22.
Qd6 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Qc5 $14) 21. Bg3 Qb6 22. Bb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1a2]} Bh6 (
22... Ncd4 $5 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qe4 Nb3 25. Rcd1 $14) 23. Rcd1 Rbd8 24. Ba2
Ncd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Qe4 Qc5 27. Kh2 {it seems that white is just better
herehe has no weakness,a pair of bishops and active pieces} (27. e6 $6 f5 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5f4]}) 27... Nf5 (27... e6 28. Bh4 Rd7 29. Rd3 $1 $16) 28. e6
$1 f6 29. Rd7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Rg8][%cal Ga7h7,Gf1d1]} Nxg3 $2 {a serious
mistake in my opinion,the knight on f5 in very important for defence,defending
the "e7" pawn and controling some squares in the center after it the 'e7"
becomes very weak and black has a difficult position} (29... Rxd7 $2 30. exd7+
Kg7 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Qe6 $18) 30. fxg3 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gf1f6]} Bg5 $2 (30... Kg7
31. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d5]}) 31. h4 f5 $4 {losing immediately} (31... Bh6 32. Rxf6
$1 $16) 32. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rg5,Rg8][%cal Gd7d8,Gh4g5,Ga2g8]} Bxh4 33. gxh4
Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 35. Qd4 Qxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Rc2 37. Rf2 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rb4
Rc5 40. Rd2 f4 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid M"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 {the main move is Qc2 with the
idea d4,black answers this with Qc7 not allowing white to recapture on d4 with
his "c" pawn} c4 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nef6 10. Ng5
h6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 b6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 $13 {0-1 Lutz,C-Zagrebelny,S/
Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02 (31)}) (8. Bd3 Nef6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 b6
12. Qe2 (12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf6 17.
Re2 Qb7 $11 {0-1 Taeger,W-Savchenko,S/Groningen op 1991/EXP 26 (70)}) 12... Bb7
13. a4 a6 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Qd2 Bg7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Tatai,S-Olafsson,H/EU-chT 1992/EU-chT (60)}) 8...
Nef6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nf1 Nf8 13. Ng3 Bd7 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 b5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bg5 a6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rad1
Rae8 21. h3 Bc8 $132 {0-1 Niedermayr,H-Balinov,I/AUT-chT9596 1996/EXP 52 (42)})
10... O-O 11. Nc4 {it's not an easy position to understand both players has no
weaknesses at all,and stadn very solid} Re8 12. Ng5 h6 13. f4 $5 {a very
agressive move,black of course does not take on "g5" but white moves creates
some weaknesses for him in the center} Nf8 (13... hxg5 14. fxg5 Nd5 15. Bh7+ $1
(15. Qh5 $4 f5 (15... g6 $4 16. Bxg6)) 15... Kxh7 $4 (15... Kf8 16. Bg6 (16.
Qh5 $5 N7f6 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qh4 $36) 16... N7f6 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc2 $13)
16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Rf3 $18) 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. a4 Qc7 16. Ne3 Bc6 {
black is just fine ,for me it is difficult to see what white achivedout of the
opening} 17. Qc2 b6 $1 {a very strong more black wants to exchange the light
coloured bishops,this is the way to do it} 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. Rae1 Be4 $1 20. Ng4
Bxd3 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Re2 (23. f5 $5 exf5 24. Bxh6 Ne6 $13 {/+/=}
) 23... Bg7 24. h4 Rac8 (24... h5 $5 {[%csl Rg5] black did not want to weaken
the "g5" square but I think there is no big damage with h5}) 25. h5 Qd5 26.
hxg6 fxg6 27. Rfe1 Qc4 28. Qxc4 (28. Qc2 $2 Bxd4+ $1 29. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Be3 Qd5
$17) 28... Rxc4 29. b3 Rcc8 30. c4 a5 31. d5 {in this posiiton both players
agreed a draw,this is the end of a very safe game not many risks for both sides
} (31. d5 Kf7 32. dxe6+ Nxe6 33. g3 Nc5 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Be3 $11
) (31. g3 $5 Kf7 $11 {/+/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. O-O (4. Qe2 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O
7. Bb3 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $13 {Leko,P-Moiseev,V Nettetal 60/(196)
1992}) 4... Nf6 (4... a6 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5
10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. h4 a4 $132 {
Hodgson,J-Rashkovsky,N Obesda op 1996}) 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 $11 {Hellsten,
J-Akesson,R Sigeman and co 1997}) 4. d3 e6 (4... Nc6 5. Bb3 (5. c3 a6 6. Bb3
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6) 8. Qe2 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 d5 11. Nxg6
hxg6 12. g5 $16 {/~~ Leko,P-Schneider,A Hungary 1996 66/161 [Leko,P]}) 5... g6
6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 $36 {Adams,M-Gelfand,
B Linares 1997}) 5. Bb3 Nc6 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 d5 (8... Ne5
9. d4 (9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 b6 11. d4 Bb7 $13) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5 11. exd5
(11. e5 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 $132 (12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb3c2,Gf3h5,
Ge1e3,Ge3h3]})) 11... exd5 12. dxc5 Bg4 (12... Bxc5 13. Bg5) 13. Qg3 Bxc5 14.
Bg5 $14 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Forster,R/Credis Biel (6) 1997 (21) CBM 60 [ Har-Zvi,R
]}) (8... b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bd3 b3 $1 $36 {Van der Wiel,J-Kasparov,G Brussels 5' 1987}
) (8... b6 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Bf4 (12. h3) 12... Nxf3+ (
12... Ng6) 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qh5 $14 {Waitzkin,J-Browne,W USA (ch)
1995 65/191}) 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bc2 c4 13. a3 Nf8 14. h4 $5
a5 (14... Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 $40 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qh5 Qf7 19. Qh2)
15. h5 Rb8 $6 16. h6 g6 17. Nf1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. N1h2 $40 {1-0 Tkachiev,
V-Hoffman,A/Villa Martelli 1997/CBM 60/[Har Zvi] (50)}) 6. c3 (6. O-O Be7 7. c3
O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qe2 c4 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. a4 a6 14. axb5
axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nbd2 Nc5 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 Na5 20. Bc2
Rc8 $11 {0-1 Zagema,W-Dvoirys,S/Leeuwarden op 1994/EXT 94op (42)}) 6... g6 {
after this move the bishop goes to "g7" of course that will give white the
control of the center after "d4" when "d5" by black is less effective,bicause
the black's bishop is on g7} (6... d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7
11. Nbd2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc1 Bd5 $36 {Adams,M-Kasparov,G New-York PCA 1995})
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 (9... d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. dxc5 $16) 10. cxd4
e5 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 (12. Bc2 $5) 12... Nxc3 (12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. Ba4 $14 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga4c6,Gf3e5]})) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
Nc3 h6 14. h3 {[%csl Rc8]} Nd4 $2 {why to give the "e5" pawn??} (14... Nd7 $1
$132 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc6d4]}) 15. Nxe5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. Nc4 (17. b4 Ne8 (
17... Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Be3 $14) 18. Ng4 Kh7 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gd6c4]}) 17...
Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} (17... Rdc8 18. Nd6 Rc7 (18... Rc6 19. Nxb7 Bxb3 20. Be3 $16
) 19. Ndb5 $16) 18. Be3 Bxc4 (18... a6 19. Na5 b6 20. Nc6 Re8 21. Red1 $14 {
/+/-}) 19. bxc4 Ne5 20. Ra4 (20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Nxc4 22. Re2 Nxb2 23. Rxb2
Bxc3 24. Rxb7 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Bd4 $11 26. Bxd4 (26. Rd7 $4 Be5+) 26... Rxd4 27. f3
Rd2) 20... a6 (20... Rdc8 21. Nd5 Rxc4 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Rc2 (23... Nd3
24. b3 $16) 24. b4 $14 {/+/-}) 21. Rb1 Rac8 (21... Nd3 22. Nd5 $16) (21... Rdc8
22. c5 $16) 22. c5 Nd3 23. Nd5 Re8 (23... Nxc5 $2 24. Rc4 $18) 24. b3 Kh7 (
24... f5 $142 $5 25. exf5 (25. f3 Kh7) 25... gxf5 26. Kf1 (26. b4)) 25. Rc4 Ne5
$6 (25... f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nf4 $16) (25... Rcd8 $142 {black's best move})
26. Rb4 $16 Rb8 27. Rb6 (27. Rd1 $5) 27... Nc6 (27... Nd7 28. Rd6) 28. Bf4 Be5
$4 (28... Rbd8 29. f3 Rd7 30. b4) (28... Ne5 29. Rd1) 29. Bxe5 (29. Bxe5 Rxe5
30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd7) 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ (
6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7
12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16. h4 $14 {/~~ Georgiev,
Kr-Petursson,M Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4
Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1
$14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {Hickel,J-Hubner,R
Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 Ne5 (8... O-O 9. d4
e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 {
Kengis,E-Lukin,A Groningen 1993 53/(182)} Qc6 16. Nc4 Nh5 17. Rad1 b5 $11) 9.
d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. Rd2) 13. Nd2 b6
14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 $14 {
Adams,M-Van Wely,L Wijk ann Zee 1996 65/193 [Adams,M]}) (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4
13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 a6
$146 (7... Bd7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13.
Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 $11 {Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V
Wijk ann Zee 1996 65/(193)}) (7... O-O 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 9. Re1 e6 10. a4 a6
11. Bf1 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14 {Lutz,
C-Khalifman,A Munich 1992}) 9. Re1 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13.
Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 Rd5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe4 $14 {
Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G Parsippary USA-ch 1996}) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5
Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4 {[%cal Ga4c6,Ga4e4]})) 9... cxd4 10.
cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12. Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14.
Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 $13 {white has 2 against
1 one the queen's side and some small attacking chances against black's king,
one the other black has a good structure, and in certain positions the bishop
may become better than white's knight} Bb7 17. Rad1 Nf6 {black needs this
knight for defending his king} 18. Qg5 {[%cal Ge4e5] threatening e5} e6 $6 {
this move I really do not like,since after playing you can not say any mre
black has a good structure since his d6 pawn becomes very weak,and indeed in
the end black lost this pawn!,the normal move was Qc7 with an unclear position}
(18... Qc7 $142) 19. Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (19. e5 $6 Nd5) 19... Qe7 20. Rd2 Rfd8
21. Na5 Kg7 22. Red1 h6 23. Qe3 {white has just played very simple,there is a
weak d6 pawn so first lets double the rooks on the half open "d" file the
knight on c3 prevents d5 while the knight on a5 will come to c4 attacking the
d6 pawn} Ba8 24. Nc4 Ne8 25. b3 Kh7 26. Rd3 {prepering to triple the heavy
pieces along the "d" file} Qc7 27. h4 (27. Qd2 Rbc8) 27... Bc6 {by this move
black has taken a very decisive decision,to go into a rook ending with a pawn
minus,it was possible to play Rbc8 still kipping the pawn when white still has
to prove a plan,h5 maybe white's plan in this case} 28. Qd2 Bb5 29. Nxb5 axb5
30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 {[#] Hecht: aktive schwarze
T-Stellung und Raum bei einem Minusbauern. Reduktion des Materials bis Zug 48
mit folgendem Ergebnis: Weißer Turm v o r dem b-Freibauern; schwarzer Turm
dahinter bei 1-1 am Königsflügel. Die Schwäche von f3 hindert Weiß am Gewinn.}
Ra8 34. Rd2 {Viel besser war die sofortige Auflösung der Spannung am
Damenflügel. Es wären bei Raumvorteil alle Bauern am Königsflügel verblieben.
Das ist ist ein strategischer Endspielpatzer. Deshalb die Medaille.} (34. Rb6 {
Hecht} Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Rb2 36. e5 $16 {[#]} g5 (36... h5 37. f4 {[%cal Yb5b8,
Yb3b4,Yb4b5,Yb5b6,Yg1c1,Yc1c5]}) 37. h5 {weiterer Plan: T nach b8; B nach b6;
K-Aktivierung unter B-Opfer am Königsflügel. Zum Gewinnen blieben dann noch
Bauern übrig.}) 34... g5 $1 35. hxg5 {das Reduzieren der Bauernmasse liegt im
Interesse von Schwarz.} (35. h5 $5 {Hecht}) 35... hxg5 36. Rc2 (36. f3 f5 37.
exf5 exf5 38. Rd5 Kg6 (38... Rxa2 $4 39. Rxf5) 39. Rxb5 Rxa2) 36... Kg6 37. f3
f5 $1 38. exf5+ (38. Kf2 f4 {with a similar idea as in the game,but maybe with
still another pawns on the board the "e" pawns white will have more chance
since the way the game was played he had no chances of winning,and also the e4
pawn take an important square from black the f5 square for his king}) 38...
exf5 39. Kf2 (39. g3 $5) 39... f4 40. Ke2 b4 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2] this is black
defencive idea,in order to free his rook white has to bring his king to b2 to
defend the a2 pawn,but then black king will penetrate via h4 to g3 when the
"g2" pawn will become even weaker!} 41. Kf2 (41. Kd2 Kh5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh4g3]})
(41. Rb2 {Hecht} Kf5 42. Kd3 Rc8 43. Rc2 Rd8+ {und Weiß kommt nicht weiter})
41... Kf5 42. g3 (42. Kg1 Kg6 43. Kh2 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 Ra8) 42... Ra7 43. Kg2 Ra5
44. Kh3 fxg3 45. Kxg3 Ra6 46. Rc5+ Kf6 47. Rb5 Rxa2 48. Rxb4 Rb2 {[#]
Vergleichen Sie einmal diese Position mit dem Variantendiagramm zum 34. Zug
von Weiß. Die geringe und schutzbedürftige Bauernmasse hier bietet keine, die
in der Variatnte aber sehr Gewinnchancen.} 49. Rb7 Kf5 50. b4 Kf6 51. Rb8 Kf5
52. b5 Kf6 53. b6 Kg6 54. Kh3 (54. b7 Kh7 55. Kg4 Rb5 56. Kh5 Kg7 $11) 54...
Kf6 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. f4 gxf4+ (56... Rb3+ {Hecht} 57. Kg4 Rb4 $2 58. b7 $18 {
[%cal Rb8g8]}) 57. Kxf4 Kf6 (57... Rb5 {Endspiel-CD} 58. b7 Kg7 $11 (58... Kf7
$4 59. Rh8 $18)) 58. b7 Kg7 (58... Kf7 $4 {Endspiel-CD} 59. Rh8 $18) (58... Kg7
{Endspiel-CD} 59. Ke5 Kh7 60. Kd6 Kg7 61. Kc7 Rc2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nureev, Garun"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 {Smirin,I} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e5 7. Na3
Nge7 8. d4 {I really do not and can explain why people with the white pieces
still play d4 here the few games mentioned here show black gets very good
position after this does not matter with what he takes and this game is the
same so why do get a worse position with white after move 8???} (8. Nc2 f5 9.
d3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. b4 a6 12. exf5 Bxf5 {'<=>' Smirin,I. Smirin,I: ' 0-1
Miljanic,B-Mukhametov,E/JUG-chT 1992 (35)'} 13. Nh4 cxb4 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4
d5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bb2 Qd6 $13 {0-1 Miljanic,B-Mukhametov,E/JUG-chT 1992/EXT
92ch (35)}) 8... exd4 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nb5 Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a6 14. Na3 (14. Nxd6 $2 {Smirin,I} g5 $19 {[%csl Rd6]}) 14... Ne5
15. Qb3 b5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. Nc2 Nc6 $15 {/-/+;1/2-1/2
Nikolic,S-Osmanovic,K/JUG-chT 1989/TD 89\07 (38)}) 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4
11. b3 (11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nb5 h6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bxd6 a6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {'=/+'
Smirin} 16. Na3 Qb4 17. Rb1 Be6 $17 {0-1 Larsen,B-Pernisco,E/Robecchetto op
1996/EXT 96op2 (29)}) (11. Nc2 Nc6 (11... Qb6)) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Nc6 {very
very stupid now white is fighting just to get his pawn back and make draw!} 13.
Nb5 $8 {'?!' Smirin,I. Smirin,I: 'unjustified activity.'} (13. Nc2 $4 d3 $19
14. Bxg7 dxc2) ({Better was to continue development after} 13. Qd2 Be6 (13...
f5 {Smirin,I} 14. Nc2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb6 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Nxd4 $1 Bxd1 (17...
Nxd4 $2 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20. Qxd4+ Qxd4 21. Rxd4 $16) 18. Bd5+ Kh8
19. Ne6 $132 Bxb2 20. Qxb2+ Ne5 21. Nxf8 $14) 14. Nc2 d5 $17) 13... Qb6 {
of course not allowing white to take the "d4" pawn since then black will be
left with an isolated "d6" pawn} 14. Nxd6 Be6 $17 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8d8]} 15.
g4 $2 {this is just strange idea giving the knight for well jut nothing! but
any way white is in big difficulties here,black wants to play Rfd8 or Ne5 and
since Nc4 is not possible at the moment white must act Smirin,I: 'White
position looks helpless,but why to lose in one move?'} (15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Ba3 Qa6
{'!' Smirin,I.} 17. Nc4 (17. Bb4 Nd3) (17. Bc5 Nd3) 17... Bxc4 (17... Rfc8 {
Smirin,I} 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Ra3][%cal Ga6a2] \-+}) 18. Bxf8 Be2 19.
Bxg7 Bxd1 20. Bxe5 Be2 $19) (15. Ba3 Qa6 16. Bb2 (16. Bc5 b6 $19) 16... Ne5 17.
Nc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nxc4) (15. Qd2 $8 Ne5 (15... Rfd8 16. Nc4 (16. Ba3 Bf8 $19)
16... Bxc4 17. bxc4 Ne5 $17) 16. Ba3) 15... Rfd8 {'-+' Smirin,I. Smirin,I:
'The knight is trapped.'} 16. Nf5 (16. Ba3 {Smirin,I} Bf8 $19) 16... gxf5 17.
gxf5 Bc4 $1 $19 {'!' Smirin,I.} 18. Re1 Ne5 {Smirin,I: 'Rest of the game is
matter of technique.'} 19. Ba3 Ba6 {so now black has both material and the
initiative!!} 20. Kh1 d3 21. Rg1 (21. f4 d2 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 21... d2 22. Bf1
Bxf1 23. Bb2 (23. Qxf1 Nd3 24. Rg2 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 d1=Q 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1
Qxf2) 23... f6 24. Rxf1 Rac8 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Qe2 Qc2 27. Rfd1 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3
{[%mdl 4] so I analyse this game which myabe not so good just to reccomand
white players not to play this line with "d4" on move 8 simply very bad} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 (4. O-O) (4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. a3 e6 7.
Re1 Nge7 8. Ba2 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 h6 12. c3 b4 13. d4 bxc3 14.
bxc3 $36 {Adams,M-Lautier,J EU-ch 30' Cup d'Agde 1996}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 g6 (5...
e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 (11. Bf4)
11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. d4 Ng6 14. Bg5 h6 $13 {Waitzkin,J-Yermolinsky,A USA 
(ch) 1995 65/192}) 6. O-O (6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 b5 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 c4
11. dxc4 Nxe4 12. cxb5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb5 14. Na3 Qc5 15. Qd5 Nf6 16. Qxc5 dxc5
17. Be3 $16 {Tseshkovsky,V-Fedorov,A RUS-cup6 1997}) 6... Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb3
b5 9. h3 Bb7 (9... b4 10. Ba4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. a3 Qa6 14.
Bg5 Rb8 15. d4 h6 16. Bh4 Qb7 17. Nbd2 $13 {Totsky,L-Hachian,M RUS-cup2 Moscow
1997}) 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 b4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Rb1 {
[%cal Gb3f7]} Ba6 {nothing special has happened in the opening,and the
position seems something like equal,both players have their pieces where they
want them,and it seems nothing special should happen} 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4
18. Bb3 Na5 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bb3 Ndb6 {black decides to fight! it seems as
after 20...Na5 21.Bc2 Nc4 the game whould have ended with a draw} 21. Ng4 {
a correct idea by white,after the exchange of the black coloured bishops
black's king will be more exposed,and it will be easy to attack him} e6 (21...
h5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf5 $5 {it is not easy to find another plan for white,but
I think this is quite  OK} Bf6 (23... gxf5 $4 24. Ng5 {winning immediately})
24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. dxe5 Qxd1 26. Bxd1 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 gxf5 28. Bxh5 $14) 22. Bh6
(22. Bg5 $5) 22... Bxh6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 {[%cal Gd1c1,Gc1h6]} h5 25. Ne3
Nxe3 26. Rxe3 {now we see how important was the "g7" Bishop,now only defending
the king but also putting some pressure on the "d4" pawn} Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 $6
{forcing Qc8 after Ra3 by white} 28. Ra3 {soon white will control all the
white squares around black's king} Qc8 {so now the last piece which can fight
in some way over the dark square has left it's place on d8 and has moves to c8
and only the white cloured squares from now on,that's way the result of the
game is quite obvious,black should have fought for the dark squares like
fighting for hislife,since in this game it was the same!!} 29. Qd2 $1 {of
coure the queen is going to f4-f6} Rc2 30. Qf4 Qc4 (30... Qc6 31. Ng5 $1 $18 {
and there is really no move for black,since after 31...Kg8 white playes 32.
Rb8! winning,more than that white threat right now is Rb8!! winning,since
after RxR white has Qxf7 followed by Ne6}) 31. Qxd6 Qe2 (31... Rxa2 32. Ra1
Rxa3 (32... Rxa1+ 33. Rxa1 {[%csl Ra7]} Bb7 34. Rxa7 Bxe4 35. Qe5+) 33. Qxa3
Bb7 34. d5 $1 {[%cal Ga1h8]} Bc8 35. d6 Qxe4 36. Qxa7 $16) 32. Qg3 Rfc8 $2 {
after this move white's position is very close to a winning one,black's best
chance was simply to take on a2,first he gets his pawn back,and secondly he
starts to exchange pieces and it is well knowen that exchanging pieces is
interest of the defencive side} (32... Rxa2 33. Ng5 Rxa3 34. Qxa3 Kg8 $14 {/+/-
}) 33. Ng5 Rxa2 $2 {just losing immediatel,the only defencive move was R2c6
defending the e6 pawn so after Qe5 black would be able to f6.but if white
simply playes 34.Qf3 QxQ 35.NxQ this position is between +/-/+-} 34. Rf3 $1 {
the game has ended} Rb2 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. O-O (4. Qe2 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O
7. Bb3 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $13 {Leko,P-Moiseev,V Nettetal 60/(196)
1992}) (4. d3 Nc6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. c3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7
11. Nbd2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc1 Bd5 $36 {Adams,M-Kasparov,G New-York PCA 1995})
4... Nf6 (4... a6 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5
Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. h4 a4 $132 {Hodgson,
J-Rashkovsky,N Obesda op 1996}) 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 O-O 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 $11 {Hellsten,J-Akesson,R
Sigeman and co 1997}) 4. d3 e6 (4... Nc6 5. Bb3 (5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
(7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6) 8. Qe2 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 d5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 $16
{/~~ Leko,P-Schneider,A Hungary 1996 66/161 [Leko,P]}) 5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+
14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 $36 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B Linares 1997
}) 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 d5 {this move is a big comitment,now
the game becomes very simple and clear,white is going to play on the King's
side attacking black king,while black is going to play on Queen's side pusing
his pawns,it's not easy to say who is better,I would prefer white.I think in
general that 8...Ne5 as was played by Forster in a game mentiones here is a
right plan,exchanging the knight's on c6 and f3 is in black's favour} (8... Ne5
9. d4 (9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 b6 11. d4 Bb7 $13) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5 11. exd5
(11. e5 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 $132 (12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb3c2,Gf3h5,
Ge1e3,Ge3h3]})) 11... exd5 12. dxc5 Bg4 (12... Bxc5 13. Bg5) 13. Qg3 Bxc5 14.
Bg5 $14 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Forster,R/Credis Biel (6) 1997 (21) CBM 60 [ Har-Zvi,R
]}) (8... b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bd3 b3 $1 $36 {Van der Wiel,J-Kasparov,G Brussels 5' 1987}
) (8... b6 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Bf4 (12. h3) 12... Nxf3+ (
12... Ng6) 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qh5 $14 {Waitzkin,J-Browne,W USA (ch)
1995 65/191}) 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bc2 c4 13. a3 Nf8 {
everything is normal,according to both side plans,now white start to push his
"h"pawn and transfering his d2 knight to g4 via f1-h2} 14. h4 $5 a5 (14... Bxh4
15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 $40 {when in this type of position the "h" pawn has no
significanse at all,much more important is the open og the "h" file} f5 17.
exf6 Qxf6 18. Qh5 Qf7 19. Qh2) 15. h5 Rb8 $6 {I do not like this move very
muvh,why giving white the chance to play h6,after which black all the time has
to worry about the f6 square,when indeed black lost the game because of this
fact,15...h6 by black seems a normal move} 16. h6 g6 17. Nf1 b4 18. axb4 axb4
19. N1h2 $40 (19. Qe2 $5) 19... Bd7 (19... b3 $5 {I do not know why not to
play this move,since in the game when black wanted to put white's bishop on b1,
he discoverd a very unpleasent surprise,white had 2 moves which foeced black
tp defend and managed to play Bd1 not locking it on b1!} 20. Bb1 Nd7 {[%cal
Gc8b7,Gb8a8]}) 20. Ng4 Rb7 21. Bf4 Na5 $2 (21... b3 $5) {[%tqu "De","in his
next move white indeed punished black's for his Na5 and for not playing b3
when he could and pobably should hve,can you see the way,but please analyse
really till the end!","","","f4g5","",10]} 22. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 {well this is just
losing immediately without even the smallest chance} (22... b3 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 (
23... bxc2 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 (25... cxd1=Q 26. Bg7#) 26. Qxc2 $18) 24.
Bb1 {at first I wanted to avoid this move,since why to play"without" a bishop
and I thought about moves such as Qd2 with the idea Qg5,but it seems that
after Bb1 black will not be able to survive on the King's side,so this is OK} (
24. Qd2 bxc2 25. Qg5 f6 26. exf6 Rf7 27. Nfe5 $36) 24... Kh8 (24... Bc6 25. Qd2
Nd7 26. Qf4 Ra7 27. Ng5 Qe8 (27... Qf8 28. Re3 {[%cal Ge3f3]}) 28. Nf6+ Nxf6
29. exf6 Red7 30. Bf5 $1 {the end} gxf5 31. Ne4 Kh8 32. Qg5 Qf8 33. Qg7+ Qxg7
34. fxg7+ Kg8 35. Nf6#) 25. Qd2 $18) 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 Bxe8
26. Rxa5 b3 {and now black probably thought white wpould Bb1 but white had
some other plans} 27. Ra8 $1 Qe7 (27... bxc2 28. Rxe8 cxd1=Q 29. Rxf8#) 28. Qf3
$1 Nd7 (28... bxc2 $2 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Qf6+) 29. Bd1 {so now we have our
bishop in the game,not on b1,the game is over} Kg8 30. Qf4 Kf8 31. Bg4 Nb6 32.
Ra6 Bb5 33. Ra5 Bc6 34. Rea1 Be8 35. g3 Bc6 36. Kg2 Be8 37. Kf3 Bc6 38. Ke3 Be8
39. Ra6 Bb5 40. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 41. Ra8+ Be8 42. Qf6 Qxf6 43. exf6 Rd6 44. Kf4 Rb6
45. Kg5 Rb7 46. f4 Rd7 47. Bf3 Rd6 48. g4 Rd7 49. f5 exf5 50. gxf5 Rd6 51. Bg4
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 {the other moves for black are 4...Nc6
and 4...g6} 5. h3 (5. Bc2 g6 (5... d5 6. h3 $6 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nc6 8. d3 e6 9. f4
g6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. a4 Bh6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ne5
$1 16. fxe5 Bxc1 17. O-O Bg5 $15 {[%csl Re5] Kosashvili,Y-Shmuter,L Rishom le
Zion 1994}) 6. d3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Rad1
b5 12. a3 a5 $36 {Georgiev,Kr-Kindermann,S Thessaloniki (ol) 1988}) 5... Bh5 (
5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. O-O (7. Bc2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Be3
Nd7 12. Rd1 b4 $36 {Joksic,S-Har-Zvi,R Biel op 1992}) 7... g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Bf1
O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nc2 Na5 $1 $11 {Anand,V-Van Wely,L
Tilburg 1992 56/201 [Van Wely,L]}) 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Qe2 Be7
10. Nf1 c4 (10... b5 11. Ng3 Bxf3 (11... Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh4 d4 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Ne2 dxc3 17. bxc3 b4 $15 {Boric,M-Ermenkov,E Jug-Cup f
Pula 1991}) 12. Qxf3 d4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 dxc3 15. bxc3 b4 $13 {Dobrovolsky,
L-Stohl,I Trnava 1984}) (10... Qc7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4
O-O 15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Bxh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bg3 $13 {Addison,W-Geller,E
Palma de Mallorca izt 1970}) 11. Ng3 $146 (11. dxc4 $5 {I have only one game
in my database with this move Yudasin,L-Uritzky,M Isr-ch Jerusalem 1996,where
it seems white got a good position,this is maybe the critical way to test 10...
c4 by black} dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bg6 14. Qe3 Bd3 15. N1d2 Bf6 16. Ne4
Bxc4 17. Qc5 $36) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe3 Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Qxd3
dxe4 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 {all the
moves after 11...BxN seems normal and most of them are also forced,so what is
the position we havre before us?probably equal as was in the game,material is
equal,both king are in the center,and there is no reason why one side whould
win,this means that white's most critical reply to 10...c4 by black is 11.dxc4
as was played in Yudasin,L-Uritzky,M} Be7 21. Ke2 Rhd8 22. Rhd1+ Kc6 23. g3 f5
24. Nd2 Bf6 25. Nc4 Kc5 26. Na5 Kb6 27. Nc4+ Kb5 28. Nd6+ Kc6 29. Nc4 Rac8 (
29... Kc5 $11) 30. a4 Kc5 31. Ne3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 {the main moves in the position are 4.
..g6 and 4...Nc6} 5. d3 (5. Qc2 Qc7 {preventing white from playing d4} 6. O-O
b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Bg5 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Rac1 d5 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Bf1 e5 13. Rcd1
Rfe8 14. Qc1 h6 $15 {Sivpkho,S-Ionov,S St.Petersburg op 1995}) 5... b6 (5... g6
6. O-O Bg7 (6... b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 e6 11. b3 Qc7 12.
Bb2 Rad8 13. a4 a6 14. b4 d5 15. e5 $14 {Adams,M-Wolff,P New-York 1996}) 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 b6 (8... Rb8 $1 {with the idea b5~~[ Ehlvest,J ]}) (8... Ne5 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Be3 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Qc1 Nb8 15. h4 $14 {
Luxembourg op 1990}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nb3 $1 $14 {
Hodgson,J-Ehlvest,J Rakvere 1993 59/211 [Ehlvest,J]}) 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 e6 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. Bf1 O-O (9... Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nf1
cxd4 14. cxd4 Qd7 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Be3 $14 {Torre,E-Pinter,J Zagreb izt 1987})
10. a3 (10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. Nf1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Ng3 $14
{/+/- Fries Nilsen,Jo-Gross,S Bl 8990 1989}) 10... Rc8 11. b4 Rc7 12. Bb2 Qa8
13. h3 Rd8 14. Qb1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Ne5 15. Nxe5 (15. d4 $2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nh5)
15... dxe5 16. Nc4 (16. b5 Ne8 $1 17. Nc4 f6 {[%cal Ge8d6]}) 16... cxb4 $5 {
black is prepering to sacrifise an exchange,since after cxb4 the e5 is
threatened twice} (16... Nd7 17. b5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Gc4,Re5][%cal Ga3a4,
Ga4a5]}) 17. cxb4 (17. axb4 $6 {[%csl Rb2]}) 17... Rxc4 18. dxc4 Nxe4 19. Re2 (
19. Qc1 Bg5 (19... Bh4 $6 20. Re2 (20. g3 $2 Nd2 $17)) (19... Nd2 $5 20. Rxe5
Bf6 {when black just seems OK} (20... Nb3 $6 21. Qc3 Nxa1 22. Rxe6 Bf8 23. Re1
$16)) 20. Qc2 (20. Qb1 $2 Nd2 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd2f1]}) 20... Rd2 21. Qb3 Nxf2
(21... Rxf2 $5) 22. Bxe5 Ne4 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 23. Rad1 f6 24. Bb2 Bh4 (24... Qd8
25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Re2 Qd7 $44) 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Qe3 Bxe1 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28.
Qxe1 $11) (19. f3 $5 Nd2 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. Bxe5 (21. gxf3 $4 Nxf3+ 22. Kf2 Bh4+)
21... Be4 22. Qa2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 f6 24. Bc3 Qc6 $44 {[%csl Rc4] /-/+}) (19. Bc1
$5 Nd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2 21. Ra2 $14) 19... Nd2 20. Qe1 Nxc4 21. Rd1 (21. Bxe5 $2
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6a1]}) 21... Bd5 (21... Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Bg5 23. Rc2
$13 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 22. Bxe5 a5 (22... Nxa3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Bf6 (24...
Kg8 25. Rd4 $1 h5 26. Qxa3 $40) 25. Qxa3 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Bc3 a4 (23... Nxa3 $5
24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Bxa5 Rc8 {white has slight material advantage,but since the
pawns are all on the King's side,and black has a fantastic bishop on d5+quite
active pieces I think his chanecs of making a draw are better maybe much
better than white's chances of winning,but of course it is not a big pleasure
to play trying to save the game without any chances of winning but sometimes
it's just must be done}) 24. Ba1 b5 (24... Nxa3 $4 25. Qc3 $18) 25. Qc3 f6 (
25... Bf6 26. Qg3 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 $14 {/+/-}) 26. Ree1 Rc8 27. Qg3 Qc6 28. Rd3
Kh8 (28... Bd6 $5 29. Qh4 Qc7) 29. Qg4 Bf8 30. Rg3 {[%cal Ga1f6] now white
with little bit help from black who played too passive manages to create some
serious and immediate threats} e5 $8 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. h4 $2 (32. Qh5 $6 e4 $1 (
32... Bg8 33. Be4) 33. Bxc4 (33. Bf1 Nxa3 $1 34. Rxa3 Bxb4 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5]})
33... Bxc4 $13 {/+/=}) (32. Bb1 $5) 32... Bg8 $2 {it is clear I think that
both players were in a big time trouble,since this first explains black 39
move,this explains why white gave black the chance to take on a3 and why black
did not take} (32... Nxa3 $1) 33. h5 h6 (33... Nxa3 34. h6 g6 35. Bxg6 $1 hxg6
36. Qxg6 $1 Qe6 (36... Bh7 37. Qf7 Bxh6 38. Rxe5 $1 $18) 37. Rxe5 $1 Rd1+ (
37... fxe5 38. Bxe5+) 38. Kh2 Qf7 39. Reg5 $1 Qxg6 40. Rxg6 Bb3 41. Rxf6 {
and black is going to be mated very soon}) 34. Be4 Qb6 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1
Nd6 37. Bg6 Be6 38. Rd3 Bc4 39. Rd2 Ne4 $4 (39... Qc6 $16) 40. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "West, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 e5 7. d4 (7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bb1 Re8
15. d5 Na6 16. Nd2 Nc7 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Smagin,S-Yrjola,J/Voronez
1987/EXT 87 (39)}) 7... cxd4 (7... exd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. O-O (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5
Nd4 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxc5 a6 17.
Rad1 Bb7 $15 {/-/+;0-1 Ristic,N-Smolovic,M/JUG-ch 1992/EXT 92ch (61)}) 9... Nc6
10. Be3 (10. d5 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Re8 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6
16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Barlov,D-Vera,R/Sochi 1985/
MCD-r8 (86)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 (11... d5 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Qb6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rad8
20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Qa3 a6 22. Bb3 Kg7 23. Bd5 b5 24. b3 Rc3 25. Qb4 Rec8 26. Be4
Qb6 27. Qe7 Re8 28. Qh4 b4 29. Kh1 f5 30. f4 Nf7 31. Bd5 Nd6 32. Rfe1 Ne4 33.
Bxe4 fxe4 34. f5 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Ne2 {(...53.) 0-1 Seppeur,R-Ribli,Z/
BL8586 1986/BL 80}) 12. Nc3 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. b3 Bd5 20. Rfe1 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mahdi,
K-Mantovani,R/Velden op 1994/TD 94\02 (28)}) (7... Qc7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10.
a4 Ba6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na3 Rad8 14. Qb1 Nh5 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. b4
cxb4 17. cxb4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ra3 Nf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,Z-Lutz,C/
Honved 1991/CBM 27 (125)}) 8. cxd4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 (10... d5 11.
e5 Ne4 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Bg3 Nxd4 17. cxd4
Be6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bf4 (19. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 20. exf6 Qxf6) 19... Qd7 20.
Bd3 Bf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seul,G-Hausner,I/BL9293 1993/BL 90 (42)}) (10... Nc6 $5 {
well as I know this should be black's way of playing in this position,now he
want to play d5 and white can not play Nc3 because of Nxe4} 11. Nc3 Nxe4) 11.
Re1 a6 $6 {this is not a mistake but I think black's idea in the position is a
mistake he should again have played Nc6 not the idea on Bb7} 12. a4 (12. Nc3 b5
13. a3 Bb7 14. Bf4 $14 {also seems quite playable for white}) 12... b6 $2 {
well this is already a mistake in my point of view since white gets more than
a lsight advantage he gets just big play against the "d6" pawn with very good
pieces when black has no compensation at all for this} (12... Nc6 {and again
this move should have been played after 12...b6 white just gets a very
pleasent position}) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6]} Nh5 15. Bh2 Be5 $6 16. Nf3
{of course not taking on e5 since black takes immediately with his "d"} Bxh2+
17. Nxh2 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8] also the idea Be5-Bxh2 is not so clear since it's
true now black keeps the "d6" pawn but his king becomes very weak right now
all,there is no bishop on g7} Nc6 18. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gh2g4,Ga1d1]
also preventing the "g5" square from black's Queen} Ne5 19. Rad1 Rc8 (19... Nc4
20. Qd4 Rc8 21. Bb3 (21. Ng4 Qg5 (21... Ne5 22. Qxd6) 22. Bb3 $16) 21... Nxb2
22. Rd2 Qf6 $1) 20. Bb3 Qh4 21. Bd5 $1 {just avoiding complications in a
better position may sometimes be not a bad idea,as Benjamin is doing here} (21.
Qxd6 Nf4 22. Qxb6 Qg5 {with just a very very strong initiative for black for
example} 23. Ng4 (23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Rb8 $36 {[%csl Rf2,Rh1][%cal Gb7e4,
Gb8b1]}) 23... Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxb7+ Re7 27. Qb3+ Kg7 28.
g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 21... Bxd5 22. Nxd5 $16 {[%csl Rf6] so now we see
the weaknesess of the "f6" square} b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Gd2b2] a good move first preventing Nc4 and prepering the entry of the Queen
to the h8-b2 diagonal from "b2"} Re6 25. f4 Nc6 26. Ng4 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gd2b2]
what to do now with the black pieces againt simply f5 and Qb2?} Qd8 (26... Ng3
27. Qf2 $18) 27. Qb2 Qf8 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qg7 $8 31. Qd2 Kh8
32. Rc1 (32. f6 Qg6 33. Nb6 Rd8 (33... Rg8 34. Qxd6) 34. Qd5 $18) 32... Na7 (
32... Qf8 33. Qb2+ $18) 33. f6 Qg6 (33... Qf8 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 (34... Qxc8 35. Qg5
) 35. Kh2 {and simply no move for black!!!} Na7 (35... Qg8 36. Qh6 Qg6 37. Qf8+
Qg8 38. Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. Ne7+) 36. Qg5) 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 35. Qc1 Na7 (35... Qg8 36.
Nh6 Qf8 37. g4) 36. Qc7 h6 37. Qxa7 {[%mdl 52]} Qe4 38. Nde3 Nf4 39. Qb8+ Kh7
40. Qf8 1-0

[Event "ENG-CHN"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Bg4 {
the main move is 7...Nc6 and another playable move is 7...e5} 8. d3 (8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. d3 (10. Na3 Rb8 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Nc2 b5 13. d4 b4 (13... a5 14.
d5 Na7 15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Ne3 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Hellers,F Wijk 1986})
14. d5 Na5 15. Bd2 bxc3 16. Bxc3 $14 {Seret,JL-Akopian,V Cannes op 1993}) 10...
Nd7 11. Qd1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Ra3 $14 {
/~~ Sokolov,A-Shneider,A/UKR-chT Alushta/1994/}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Nc6 9. h3 (9.
Nbd2 e5 (9... d5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d4 12. c4 e5 13. Qd1 Bh6 $1 14. a3 Nd7
15. g3 a6 16. h4 $132 {Nevednichy,B-Ivanov,A}) 10. h3 Be6 11. a3 h6 12. b4 a6
13. Rb1 b5 14. Nb3 Nd7 $15 {Rodriguez,Am-De Firmian,N New-York op 1989}) 9...
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd1 e5 14. Nd2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Qc2 b4 17. Nc4 Nb6 $14 {/= Antonio,R-De Firmian,N Thessaloniki olm 1984}) 9.
Qxf3 Nc6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Nf3 b4 13. Bd2 a5 {a standard position for
this variation,black has pressure along the h8-a1 diagonal,while white tries
to play d4 blocking this daigonal} 14. a3 Qb6 15. Qa4 Ra7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Be3
Rab7 18. d4 $6 {I think that after this move black by serious of exchanges
gets a very nive position,where even the queen "sacrifise"is not forced,it was
possible for white to play here a more solid move such as Red1 with an unclear
position} (18. Red1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Rc6 {[%tqu "En","can you find black's move,there are two analyse both","",
"","d4e3","",7,"b6a7","",0]} Bxe3 $1 (21... Qa7 22. Ra6 Qc5 23. Rxa5 Nb6 24.
Qxb4 (24. Rxc5 $2 Nxa4 25. Ra5 Bxe3 26. Rxa4 Bd4 (26... bxa3 27. fxe3 axb2 28.
Rb1)) (24. Bxd4 Nxa4 (24... Qxd4 25. Qxb4) 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24...
Qxb4 25. axb4 Bxb2 26. Rb1 {when it's clear white's position is better}) 22.
Rxb6 Bxb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2][%cal Ga7f2]} 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rc1 (24. Qxb4 $4 Bxf2+
) 24... Bd4 (24... Nf6) 25. Qc2 (25. b3 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,Re4]}) 25... b3 $1 {
fixing the b2 pawn} 26. Qd2 e5 27. Rc4 $1 {the best move and certainly the
best chance in the position,since white's only chance is to exchange the "d4"
bishop} (27. Bc4 Nf6 $1 28. Qe2 (28. Qd3 Rc7) 28... Rc7 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 29. Ra1
Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxc4) 27... Nc5 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qxd4 Rb4 30. Qxd6 Nxe4 31. Qc7
R4b7 (31... Nd2 32. Be2 Re8 33. f3 Rxe2 $4 (33... Rd4) 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+) (
31... Kg7 $1 {I think the best way to try and play for black is first to put
the king on g7 and the knight on f6,so to have a well protected king,and then
the rooks may try to penetrate along the open files but in the game,black's
knight on e4 had no good place and this led to a decisivr mistake by black few
moves later} 32. Bc4 R8b7 33. Qe5+ Nf6) 32. Qf4 Re8 33. h4 h5 34. Bc4 {now you
see why I wanted very much to play 31...Kg7 and Nf6 jsut to have my pieces
organized now black's pieces seems to have no connection at all between them,
while white has some immediate threats} Kg7 $4 {so now black wants to play Nf6
and.... but now there is a small problem} (34... Ree7 35. f3 (35. Bd5 Nc3 (
35... Rb4 $4 36. f3) 36. bxc3 b2 37. Ba2 b1=Q+ 38. Bxb1 Rxb1+ $11) 35... Nc5
36. Qd6 Ne6 37. Bxb3 $11) 35. Bd5 $1 Rbe7 36. Bc6 {[%csl Re4,Re8]} Rd8 $4 {
well this just losing immediately,but also after 36...Nf6 37.BxR RxR 38.Qb4
black's position seems very difficult probably losing} 37. Bxe4 Rd4 38. f3 f5
39. Qg5 Re5 40. Bc6 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Re2 42. Bb5 Re5 43. Bc4 Rd4 44. Bxb3 Rb4 45.
Qd8 Rxb3 46. Qd4 Rbe3 47. f4 R3e4 48. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 (7. c3
) 7... g6 (7... Be7) 8. c3 $5 (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Ba3 Qb6 11. Nc3 a6 (
11... Qxd4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Nxd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ Kc7 15. Nxh8 Rxh8 16. Rad1 $16 {
Ftacnik,L}) 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B
Sanghi Nagar (m/1) 61/(204) 1994}) (8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Rd1
b5 12. Qxb5 Nxe4 13. Qe2 d5 14. c4 Rc8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G Las Palmas
1996 CBM 57}) 8... Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. e5 Nd5 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4
dxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nbd2 Qa5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. g3 $14 {Antonio,
R-Arnason,J Moscow (ol) 1994}) 10... Qc7 11. Bb2 cxd4 (11... Rfc8 12. Rfe1 a6
13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 b5 15. h5 Qb7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Neverov,
V Sankt_Peterburg (op) 1996 67/253 [Rublevsky,S]}) 12. cxd4 $14 {white should
be quite satisfied with the opening result,in this variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6
3.Bb5 slight advantage for white is just something like the top he can get [
not like in the Dragon opening for example when just if you know more theory
than your opponent you can win the game ] and indeed here white controls the
centre,and has good pieces} Rfc8 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. Ng5 {
[%cal Gg5e4]} Nc5 17. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h6 18. Nh3 $1 {not so natural but
still the best I think,since white wants to leave his "f" pawn free for
movement when needed for example after h5 if black replies with g5 than white
has f4...} Qd8 $6 (18... h5) (18... Na4 $5) 19. h5 Qh4 (19... g5 20. f4) 20.
hxg6 fxg6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 $2 {I do not know but to me this just seems like a
suicide,opening the a1-h8 diagonal does not seem like a wise thing to do} (
21... Rc7 22. Rac1 $36) 22. exd6 {[%cal Ga1h8]} Qe4 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rad1 Nd7 (
24... Rc6 25. Rfe1 Qg4 (25... Qh4 26. Qe2 Qd8 (26... Rxd6 27. Qc4 $1 {the point
} Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rb6 29. Bd4 $18) 27. Qe5 Qf8 28. Rxd5 $1 exd5 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30.
Qh2+ Kg8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Qg7 33. Qxg7#) (25... Qf5 26. Qd4 Qf8 (26... Qf7
$2 27. Qh4 {winning immediately}) 27. Rc1 Rac8 28. b4 Nd7 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30.
Rxe6 $18) 26. f3 Qh4 (26... Qf5 27. Qd4 Qf8 (27... Qf7 28. Qh4) 28. Rc1 Rac8
29. b4 $18) 27. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 25. Rfe1 Qf5 26. Qe2 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3f3]
it seems as the game is over,white has a very strong threat Rd3-Rf3} Re8 27.
Rd3 g5 28. Qh5 (28. Nxg5+ Qxg5 (28... hxg5 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qg7#)
29. Rg3 $18) 28... Rg8 (28... Qg6 $4 29. Nxg5+ Qxg5 30. Qf7+) 29. Rf3 {[%cal
Gf3f7]} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T, Kramnik, Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 {Horvath: Mit 3...
-Nbd7 hat Kasparov keine gute Erinnerung gegen Ivachuk, sehe ihre Partie
Linares 1991 CBM 22.} 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 (7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 (8... O-O 9. e5 (9. Rd1 {Horvath,T} Rc8 10. e5 Ne8 $13) 9... Ne8 10.
exd6 (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. c4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nf3 Qd3 $13 {
Wahls,M-Groszpeter,A/Munich/1989}) 10... Nxd6 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 {
Lechtynsky,J-Geller,E/Moscow/1977}) 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne1 (11. Be3 $13)
11... Qb6 12. Be3 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 Nf7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rfe1 $14 {Chekhov,
V-Ftacnik,L/BL/1992}) (7. d4 {Horvath,T Rublevsky-Groszpéter/CBM/56}) 7... g6 {
Psakhis Interesting new idea, which was introduced into practice by Gelfand.} (
7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 (9... e5 10. Nc3 Ne8 11. Ne1 $1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Ne6
13. Ne3 Bg5 $6 (13... Nf6 $14) 14. g3 $1 Nf6 15. Qd3 {+/-/+/= Yudasin,L-Shirov,
A/Ljubljana/1995/}) (9... Re8 10. Nc3 a6 (10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f4 exf4
13. e5 $14 {Timman-Giardelli Mar del Plata 1982 33/200 [Timman]}) 11. Kh1 Qc7
12. Rae1 Bf8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. g4 $1 $40 {Smyslov,
V-Ioseliani,N Monaco 1994 61/204 [Smyslov]}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nc2 (
12. Rd1 Rac8 (12... Rfe8 {Horvath,T Eine oft gespielte Stellung, mit gleichen
Chancen.}) 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Rac1 $13) 12... Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qc5 15.
Rac1 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. g3 {+/=/= Adams,M-Tiviakov,S PCA-WchM (4) New-York
1994 plof}) 8. Bb2 {Kramnik: 8.d4 or 8.c3 are played here as well. Kasparov
soon equalizes} (8. c3 {Psakhis} Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. e5 Nd5 (10... dxe5
11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 $14) 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 $11 {1-0
Antonio-Arnason/Moscow olm 1994 (34)}) 10... Qc7 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Rfe1 a6 13.
e5 Ne8 14. h4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Neverov,V/St.Peterburg op 1995 (33)})
(8. d4 {Psakhis} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Ba3 (10. Rd1 O-O 11. Ba3 Qb6 12. c4 Rfd8
13. Nc3 a6 $10) 10... Qb6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B (01)/FIDE-cm Sanghi Nagar 1994}) 8... Bg7 9. d4 (9. c4 {
Psakhis} O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 $13) 9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 {
Psakhis} Nc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. c4 Qb6 $11) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 (11. c4 {Psakhis}
Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 {[%cal Rb7b5]}) 11... b5 {Der Bauer im Zentrum ist wichtiger
als am Damenflügel!} 12. Qxb5 (12. a4 b4) (12. Nc3 a6 (12... b4 13. Nb5 d5)) (
12. e5 {Psakhis} dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6 $11) 12... Nxe4 13. Qe2 d5 14.
c4 (14. Bxg7 {Psakhis} Kxg7 15. c4 Qf6) 14... Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ (16.
cxd5 exd5 {this is just a worse version of the game for white since after 16.
cxd5 he has opened the "c" file which is controled by black} (16... Qf6 17.
dxe6 Ndc5 (17... Qxa1 $2 18. exd7) 18. e7 $1 (18. Nd4 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qe3 Rxd4
$1 20. Rxd4 (20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxb3 22. Nd2 $8 (22. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 $19 {
[%cal Gc3e2,Gb3d4,Gb3a1]}) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxe4 Nxe6 $15 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc8c1,
Ga2h2]}) 20... Nxe6 21. Rd1 (21. Rxe4 Qxa1 {and thanks to his more active
pieces and white's weak king black is better} 22. Qe1 Qxa2 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Rb3,
Rg1][%cal Ga2h2,Gc8c1]}) 21... Qxa1 22. Qxe4 Qxa2 $6 $15 {[%csl Rb1,Rb3,Rg1]})
18... Rfe8 19. Nd4 Rxe7 20. Qe3 Nd6 (20... Rd7 21. Nc3 $1) 21. Qd2 Nde4 22. Qe3
$8 (22. Qb2 $2 Rd7 $17 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd8d1,Gf6a1]}) 22... Nd6 $11)) 16...
Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Ndxf6 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 (18... Nc3 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Re3 Nfe4 (20...
d4 $2 21. Rd3 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. cxd5 Nc3 (
20... Rxd5 $5 {Psakhis} 21. Rxd5 exd5 $36) 21. Rd2 Rxd5 22. Kf1 Rdc5 23. Re1
Nd5 {Kramnik: Black is slightly better but there are really no great chances
of winning for black so... Horvath: "Zwei gegen einen Bauern am Damenflügel
gibt Vorteil" sagen die Dogmatiker. Die schwarzen figuren stehen aber aktiver,
also ist remis korrekt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 (4. O-O Nf6 (4... a6 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bf1 Be7
7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Bc3
Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. h4 a4 $132 {Hodgson,J-Rashkovsky,N Obesda op 1996}) 5. Re1 (
5. d3 Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bd3 b3 $1 $36 {Van der Wiel,
J-Kasparov,G Brussels 5' 1987}) 5... Be7 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 O-O 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 $11 {Hellsten,J-Akesson,R
Sigeman and co 1997}) (4. Qe2 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9.
d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $13 {Leko,P-Moiseev,V Nettetal 60/(196) 1992}) 4... Nc6 5. Bb3
Nf6 6. c3 Be7 (6... d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nbd2 a5
12. a4 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18.
Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc1 Bd5 $36 {Adams,M-Kasparov,G New-York PCA 1995}) 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Ne5 9. d4 (9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 b6 11. d4 Bb7 $13) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5
11. exd5 (11. e5 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 $132 (12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 {[%csl Rc8][%cal
Gb3c2,Gf3h5,Ge1e3,Ge3h3]})) 11... exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. dxc5 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 d4 (14... Be7 15. Nd2 $14) 15. cxd4 (15. Rd1 $2 dxe3 16. Rxd8
exf2+ 17. Kf1 Rxd8 $17 {/-+}) 15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Rd1 $2 Bxb2 17. Rxd8
Rxd8 {[%csl Ra1]}) 16... Qxd4 17. Nc3 Qb4 $11 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 12... Bxc5 13.
Nd2 $32 (13. Rd1 Qc7)) 12. dxc5 Bg4 (12... Bxc5 13. Bg5) 13. Qg3 Bxc5 14. Bg5
Ne4 15. Bxd8 (15. Qxg4 Nxf2 16. Qf5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Nh3+ 18. Kf1 Nxg5 19. Bxd5
Rfd8 $13) 15... Nxg3 16. Bg5 (16. Be7 $5 Rfe8 17. hxg3 Rad8 $1 (17... Rxe7 18.
Rxe7 Bxe7 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. c4 Bf6 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 b6 23. Re1 $14 {/=} Be6
$5) 18. Re4 $5 (18. Nd2 Bxe7 19. Nf3 $11) (18. Bxc5 $2 Rxe1+ 19. Kh2 b6 $1 20.
Be3 Bf5 $17) (18. Bxd8 $6 Rxe1+ 19. Kh2 Bxf2 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rh2] when black
has at least draw}) 18... Rxe7 $8 (18... dxe4 $2 19. Bxc5 $16 {/+-}) 19. Rxg4
Re1+ 20. Kh2 Bxf2 $44 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1][%cal Gd8d6,Gd6h6]}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Ne4
17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Be6 19. Na3 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga1d1,Ge3d3,Ya3c2,Yc2b4,
Yc2e3] /+/-}) 17. Nd2 (17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. hxg3 Re1+ 19. Kh2 Bxf2 {with at
least draw for black [ this is similar to a variation after 16.Be7 mentioned
above ]}) 17... Ne2+ (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bd5 $14 {/+/-}) 18. Kf1 Re5
$2 (18... h6 $142 $1 19. Be3 (19. Bh4 $6 Nf4 $132) 19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21.
Bxd5 {is quite similar to the gaem,only better for black who has managed to
play h6 and give air for his king,and will be able to play the very important
move for him g5} Rd8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rde8 24. Rad1 g5 $8 $13 25. Rd2 Nf4
26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Rd7 Nd3) 19. Be3 d4 $4 {I can not understand this move,after
this move black played only 2 moves in the game before resigning,well I can
not understand this,nor give any explenation for this just wonder!?...} (19...
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 (20... Rae8 21. Rxe2 (21. h3 $2 Rf5+) 21... Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2
Rxe3+ 23. Kf1 $16) 21. Bxd5 $1 {much more simple and better than all the stuff
whith h3 and after Bh5 g4 when black may take 3 pawns for his knight, here
white gets a clear advantage without big problems} Rd8 22. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 (22...
Rxd2 $2 23. Bxg4 {[%csl Re2]}) 23. Nxf3 Rde8 24. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]} R3e6 {
[%cal Ge2f4]} 25. g3 $1 {[%csl Re2]}) 20. Bxd4 (20. cxd4 $2 Nxd4) 20... Bxd4
21. cxd4 Ree8 (21... Re7 22. f3) 22. Bd1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch final"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.11.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O (6. Ng5 e6 7.
O-O h6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. Nbd2 Kh7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Be6 14.
Be3 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Tkachiev,V-Sadler,M/Hastings Premier 9798 1997/CBM 63 (50)})
6... Bg7 7. Nbd2 (7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 e5 9. Re1 d5 (9... Nh5 10. Nbd2 Nf4 11. Nf1
Be6 12. Ne3 d5 13. g3 $2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd3 15. Re2 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxh3 $17 {
0-1 Bisco,I-Gazik,I/SVK-ch 1994/EXT 97 (22)}) (9... Kh8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4
exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qd3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Na3
Qb6 18. Re2 Bd4 19. Nc4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 21. Qxd4+ Bxd4 22. Bh6 Bg7 {1/2-1/2
Totsky,L-Sorokin,G/RUS-Cup5 1997/EXP 57}) 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. dxe4
Be6 13. Nbd2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Bh6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Totsky,L-Volzhin,
A/Budapest FS03 GM 1996/CBM 53 (41)}) 7... O-O 8. Re1 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5)
8... e5 {normally this is a good move when white's bishop is on e2,but even
here when the bishop is "out" on "c4" still it seems not bad black's idea is
an usual to play h6 with d5} 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. h3 Kh7 {black should be
quite happy with his position,he has no weaknesses,and quite clear plan,to
play on the king's side with "f5" or try and break in the center with "d5"} 12.
Ne3 $6 {allowing black to play "d5" immediately can not be a good idea in my
mind,white had to continue and play solidly such moves as "a4" seems just OK} (
12. a4 $5) 12... d5 $1 13. Ng4 {this is white's idea but still I am not
convinced} Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qd7 {[%cal Gd5e4]} (14... Bxg4 $5 {this seems as a
very resaonable move,when I think black's position is nice} 15. Bxd5 (15. exd5
Na5 {[%cal Rh5d1]}) 15... Qd7 $13 {[%cal Gc6e7,Gf7f5]}) 15. g5 h5 16. exd5 Bxd5
17. Be3 (17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Be3 $5 {[%cal Gd1b3,Gd1a4]} b6 19. Qa4 {-see game})
17... b6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Bc1 Kg8 {this is a
critical position just for understanding what's going on,both players played
very simple after white's Ng4 and the big question is what is this position"?
well it's not easy to say both players have their advantages and disadvantages,
white has a weak pawn on "d3" when black has his "f" fixed and the "f6" square
is under white's control a very unclear position,but black got not bad results
out of the opening} 22. Rd2 Qe6 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gc8d8]} 23. Qc4 Rd5 (23... Qxc4
24. dxc4 {[%csl Rd5,Re4]} Rxd2 25. Nxd2 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd2e4]}) 24. Rde2
Rcd8 25. Re3 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Rd3]} 26. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4c6]} Ne7 27. R3e2 (27. c4
Rxd3 28. Nxe5 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 (29. Qxe3 Qe6) 29... Qf5 $1 $15) 27... Nf5 28. c4
$2 {giving black the "d4" square can not be good,} (28. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]})
28... Rxd3 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Nd4 31. Re3 (31. Re4 Nc2 32. Rf1 Rd1 $19) (
31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Nf3+ (32... Qg4 33. Re3) 33. gxf3 Qxd2 $15 {[%csl Rg1] /
-/+}) 31... Nc2 $19 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 33. Rf1 $4 {losing immediately the position
seems hopeless for white,but there is just one other move which makes things
completely unclear Hecht: 'Taktik (Turm/Springer-Zusammenwirken)!'} (33. b3 $8
{[%cal Ga1h8]} Nxe1 34. Bb2 {Hecht: 'und es dürfte Schwarz schwerfallen,
nachzuweisen, daß er überhaupt noch gewinnen kann.'} Rd4 (34... Nf3+ 35. gxf3
Rd4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Kg8 $17) 35. Bxd4 Qxd4 (35... cxd4 36.
Qxe1 Qf5 $15 {when of course black is the one playing for a win here but white
has good drawing chances here}) 36. Qxe1 $15) 33... Qxf1+ {'!!' Hecht.} 34.
Kxf1 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Re1+ 36. Kd2 Rxe5 37. Kxc2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group6"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Dudas, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.10.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heraklion"]
[BlackTeam "Bratislava Radegast-Dunaj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 (7. Nxc6
$5 bxc6 8. e5 Ne4 9. exd6 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Bxd6 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 $14) 7... Be7 (7... d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
c4 Rd8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nf3 a5 18. Bd4 Qb4
19. Rc7 a4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. Bb5 Qa5 22. Rfc1 Ba3 23. R1c3 Rb8 24. Bd3 Be7 25.
Ra7 Qb4 26. Rb3 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/New-York PCA Rapid 1994}) 8. O-O Qb6 (8...
O-O 9. c4 (9. Nd2 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. f4 Nd7 13. Qh5 f6 14. Ne3
Nc5 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Qe2 exf4 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Bxe6+ Nxe6 19. Qc4 Bf8 20. Rad1
$44 {Mellado,J-Rodriguez,O/Platja d'Aro Barcino 1994}) 9... Bd7 10. Nc2 Ne5 11.
Nc3 Bc6 12. Ne3 a6 13. Bc2 b5 14. Qd4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 $14 {
Georgiev,Kr-Ipek,A/Balkaniad,men1993}) 9. Nd2 (9. Nxc6 $5) 9... Nxd4 10. Nc4
Qc5 11. b4 Qc7 {11...Qxb4 is not so simple at it seems since white has some
surprises in the way} (11... Qxb4 12. c3 $1 (12. Bxd4 Qa4 $8 {white was
threatening c3,but here I can not see white's compensation for his pawn}) 12...
Nf3+ $1 (12... Ne2+ 13. Bxe2 Qc5 14. Ba3 $36) (12... Qc5 13. cxd4 $36) 13. Qxf3
Qa4 14. Ba3 $36 Qc6 (14... d5 $5) 15. Qg3 e5 $2 16. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 17. Qxg7) 12.
Bxd4 O-O (12... e5 13. Bb2 Nxe4 (13... Be6 14. Ne3) 14. Nxe5 $1 (14. f4 O-O 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Qf3 f5 $13) 14... dxe5 (14... Nxf2 $5) 15. Bxe4 O-O
16. a3 $14) 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. Qe2 $1 (15. a3 b6 {and black is OK})
15... Bd7 (15... Bxb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rab1 $1 {without this way,I could not
find an advantage for white} Qc5 (17... Bc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20.
Qg4+ Kh7 21. Rb3) 18. Rb3 f5 19. Rfb1 b5 20. Rxb4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 $14) (15... b6
$5 {this is a critical move,since if black has the chance to play here Bb7
then he is immediately OK,but he does not!} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... Bb7 17. Be4
$18) 17. b5 $1 (17. Be4 $6 Qc7 18. Bxa8 Ba6 {many pieces are hanging here})
17... Qb7 18. Be4 (18. Rad1 Rb8) 18... Qb8 19. Rad1 (19. Bxa8 Bxa1) 19... Bb7
20. Rd7 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 $14) 16. a3 $14 {white is slightly better thanks to his
better pieces,and his space advantage,white's play is quite simple...simply
try to create an attack on the king's side by bringing all your pieces there!}
Rad8 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Ne5 Bc8 {black is going now for the idea b6-Bb7,but the
problem is that he has wasted quite a lot of time} (18... Bd6 19. c4 $14) (
18... Nd5 $5) 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Qf3 Bb7 21. Qh3 $40 {most of white's pieces are
"looking" to the king's side} g6 (21... h6 22. Re3 $40) 22. Re3 Rd5 (22... Nd5
$2 23. Qh6 $1 Nxe3 (23... Nf6 24. Ng4 $18) 24. Nxg6 f6 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. Qxe3
$18) (22... a5 $5 {here and in the next move,this seems as a good move for
black since he has no squares at all in the center,this move may give him the
"c5" square}) 23. Rae1 Re8 $4 {this move is so weak that white has now 2
winning moves,one which he actully played in the game} (23... a5 $5) 24. Nxf7
$1 $18 (24. c4 Rdd8 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Qxe7+) 24... Rh5 25. Nh6+
$1 (25. Qxe6 Qxh2+) 25... Kg7 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Kxh6 (27... Rxh6 28. Rxe6
Kf7 29. Bc4 Nd5 (29... Bd5 30. Rxf6+) 30. Bc1 Rh5 31. g4 Rh4 32. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7
33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Bg5+) 28. Rxe6 Ng8 29. g4 Rd5 30. R1e3 Kg5 31. Bc1 Kxg4 (
31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3+ Kxg4 33. Re5) 32. Rg3+ Kh5 33. Be2+ 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 (7...
Bg4) (7... e5) 8. d3 (8. a3 Ne8 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qd1 Rb8
12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Qc7 14. d3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. cxd4
Nxd4 19. Be3 e5 20. b4 $14 {Torre,O-De Firmian,N Biel 1989}) 9. h3 e5 10. b4
Nc7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. a4 Kh8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Na3 Qd7 $13 {Torre,O-Shirov,A
Manila izt 1990}) (8. Na3 e5 9. d3 h6 10. g3 (10. Nc4 Re8 11. Nfd2 Be6 12. g3
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg2 Re7 16. Qa4 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Rd3] Lutz,
Ch-Stohl,I Rimavsha Sobota 1991}) 10... Re8 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Nc2 b5 13. Ne3 Be6
14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nd5 Bg4 16. Bf3 $13 {Torre,O-Hellers,F Biel 1989}) 8... e5 9.
h3 d5 (9... h6 10. a3 a5 (10... Bd7 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. Na3 Qb8 14. Nc2
d5 15. Nd2 a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Nb4 Be6 18. Bb2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qb7 $15 {[%csl
Rc4] Torre,O-Andersson,U Buenos Aires 1978}) 11. a4 d5 12. Nbd2 b6 13. g3 Be6
14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Rd3] Seret,JL-Brenninkmeijer,
J Lyon zt 1990}) (9... Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Na3 Qd8 13. Nc4 d5 14.
exd5 Qxd5 15. Nfd2 Rd8 16. a3 Qd7 $13 {Hodgson,J-Khalifman,A London WFW 1991})
10. Nbd2 h6 (10... Re8 11. a3 h6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 a6 14. Bb2 d4 15. Rc1 Nd7
16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Nc5 Nd7 $11 {Loginov,V-Gurevich,V URS-OT56 Uzhgorod 1988}) (
10... b6 11. a3 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. exd5 Qxd5 (13... Nxd5) 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Nc4
Rab8 16. Na3 f5 $13 {Zaichik,G-Diaz,Jc Camagueg 1987}) 11. Qc2 Be6 12. g3 Rc8 {
to me it is not clear at all what white got of the opening or what he was
hoping to get,but is seems black has a very nice position he controls the
centet,he had better pieces than white has,that's not a position a player with
the white piece should hope for} 13. Kh2 d4 (13... Qd7) 14. c4 Ne8 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ge8d6,Gb7b5,Yf7f5] a very strong move,d6 is the ideal square for the
knight,from there he can support both breaks f5 and b5,it does not happan each
day when a knight which can play normally on one wing can effect both wings}
15. a3 a5 16. Bg2 (16. a4 {by this move,white closes the queen's side but
black is also better on the king's side!} Nd6 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 16... Nd6 17. Nf1
b5 (17... f5 $6 18. exf5 gxf5 $6 {that's is the problem,this move does not
work now} (18... Nxf5) 19. Nxe5 (19. Bf4 Nf7 20. Nxe5 Ncxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22.
f4) 19... Nxe5 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Rxe6 Nxc1 22. Rxc1) 18. cxb5 (18. b3 $2 a4 $19)
18... Nxb5 {[%csl Rb2]} 19. N3d2 (19. Qxc5 $4 Nca7) 19... Nd6 20. b3 (20. Qxc5
$2 Nb8 $1 (20... Nb4 $2 21. axb4 Rxc5 22. bxc5) 21. Qa7 Nd7 {with Ra8 on the
next move winning the queen}) 20... a4 21. b4 (21. bxa4 Na5 {[%cal Gc5c4]})
21... cxb4 22. Qxa4 Qb6 23. axb4 (23. Rb1 $2 Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c3]}) {[%tqu "En",
"try to find black's next move","","","b6b7","",7]} 23... Qb7 24. Nb3 (24. Qd1
Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c3,Gc6b4]}) 24... Qxb4 $6 {24...Qxb4 gives white some chances.
24...Nxb4 seems much stronger when white is hopeless} (24... Nxb4 $1 25. Ba3 (
25. Na5 Qb5 $19 {[%cal Gb4c2,Gb4d3]}) 25... Nxd3 26. Bxd6 Nxe1 27. Bxf8 Bxf8
28. Rxe1 Bxb3 $19) 25. Nfd2 {the wrong knight to the right square! white will
lose this game because all his pieces are stuck in the queens side,doing
nothing just being under black's attack} (25. Nbd2 $142 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Ra8 27.
Ra3 (27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bf3 Ra2 {[%cal Gc6b4,Yd6b5,Yb5c3] seems unpleasent for
white}) 27... Nb4 28. Rd1 Nb5 $19) 25... Nb5 (25... Qc3 $5 26. Ra3 Qxd3 27. Nc5
Qb5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 {is big big achivement for white,in the game white wish to
get this position,of course black is better,but just watch what happaned in
the game}) 26. Bf1 (26. Bb2 $142 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Nc3 28. Bxc3 (28. Raa1 $2 Rb8
29. Ra3 Rfc8 $19 {[%cal Gg7f8]}) 28... dxc3 29. Nc4 Rb8 30. Nc5 c2 $17) 26...
Rb8 $1 27. Bb2 (27. Be2 Qxa4 28. Rxa4 Nc3 29. Ra3 Rfc8 $19) 27... Qxa4 (27...
Bxb3 28. Nxb3 Nba7 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Ba3 Rxb3 31. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) 28. Rxa4 Nc3
29. Ra3 (29. Ra6 Nb4) 29... Rfc8 30. Nc4 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 g6 (4... Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. Bg2
g6 8. O-O (8. e5 $5 Bh6 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Qd1 dxe5 11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bg2 Nf6 13.
O-O O-O 14. d3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Qa5 16. Qe1 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Nepomnishay,M St.
Petersburg op 1994}) 8... Bg7 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd1 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13.
Ne2 Rc8 14. c3 b5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. a3 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Wahls,M Berlin 1994}) (4...
b5 5. Bg2 (5. d4 b4 (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf5 Bb7 8. Bg2 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10.
f4 Nc6 11. Nd5 exf4 12. Bxf4 $16 {Keitlinghaus,L-Rechel,B BL 94/95}) 6. Na4 Bb7
7. dxc5 Bxe4 8. cxd6 exd6 9. Qe2 Ra7 10. Nd2 Re7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3
Rxe4 14. O-O-O $18 {Serper,G-Novikov,I Uzhgorod 1987}) 5... Bb7 6. d4 (6. d3
Nd7 7. O-O e6 8. Ne1 Ngf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 exf5 11. exf5 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. g4
$13 {Kupreichik,V-Novikov,I Lvov 1986}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 e6 8. O-O Nd7 (8...
Nf6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Kd8 13. Bg5 Qc5 14. c4 $44 {
with very strong threats form white although do not forget black is a piece
up! Keitlinghaus,L-Kempinski,R Pardubice op 1994}) 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2
a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 $16 {[%csl Gb5] Krpreichik,V-Petrosian,A Lvov 1988}) (
4... e5 5. Bg2 (5. d3 $5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4,Gc4e3]}) 5... g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Nec6 11. Nf3 f5 $13 {
Dzindzichashvili,Z-Fedorowicz,J USA-ch 1992}) 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O (6. d4 $5 {
when after exchanging on d4 you get a usual position only black played a6
which may be a loss of a tempi since he does not have to play this}) 6... Nc6
7. d3 e6 8. Bg5 (8. Be3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Nd4) 8... Nge7 9. Qd2 Nd4 {after this
move black will wait another 10 moves before making 0-0 is was possible to
castle here and after 10.Bh6 just to play 10...e5 when black is OK} (9... O-O
$5) 10. Rab1 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. Ne1 $5 (12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Nc6
$13) 12... b6 13. f4 Nxc2 (13... O-O 14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Nxd5 (15. exd5 Bb7 16.
d6 Nec6) 15... fxe4 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Kh7 (16... Bb7 17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd4
19. Bxh6) 17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd6 19. b3 $14) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxh6 {and although black has some compensation,I think white can
survive this,with an extra pawn}) 14. Nxc2 d4 15. Bf2 dxc3 16. bxc3 {[%csl Rb6]
} Ra7 (16... O-O 17. f5 $1 Ra7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ra7]}) 17. a4
Rd7 18. Rfd1 a5 {if black does not play this move and play for example 18...
0-0 then after 19.a5 his position collapas} 19. d4 O-O {finally} 20. Na3 {
[%cal Ga3c4]} Ba6 21. Qb2 cxd4 22. cxd4 (22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Be2 {[%cal
Gd4d3]}) 22... Nc6 23. Nc2 (23. Qxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Be2 25. Rd2 Nxd4 $36 26. Kh1
Rc8) 23... Qa8 24. Qb3 (24. Qxb6 {this move leads simply to advantage for
white,just taking a pawn,when I can not see any real compensation for black}
Rb7 (24... Rb8 25. Qc5 Rc8 26. Qa3) 25. Qc5 (25. Qxc6 $4 Rxb1 26. Qxa8 Rxd1+)
25... Rc8 26. Qa3) 24... Rc8 25. d5 exd5 26. Bh3 (26. exd5 $5 {also after Bh3
white is better,but with complicated an unclear position,after exd5 it seems
white is better but the position is not so complicated,and more easy to play}
Nd8 27. d6 (27. Bxb6 $6 Rc3 28. Qb2 (28. Qa2 Bc4 29. Qb2 Rxg3) 28... Rxg3 $36)
27... Qb8 (27... Bb7 28. Bh3 $1 Rc3 29. Qa2 $16) 28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 $16)
26... Bc4 27. Qe3 $2 {the first mistake,why giving black the chance to play d4
and Be6,my guess is that white a very strong player which showed us this also
in this game was in time trouble} (27. Qa3 Nb8 (27... Bf8 28. Qb2 Bg7 29. Qe5)
28. e5 $16 {/+-}) 27... d4 28. Qd2 (28. Qa3 d3) 28... Be6 29. Bxe6 $2 {after
this move white finally throwes his advantage,after 29.f5 it seems he is still
much better} (29. f5 $1 gxf5 30. exf5 Ne5 (30... Ba2 31. f6) 31. Ne1) 29...
fxe6 30. Rxb6 {this is OK,but I think Qe2 is a very interesting move,the idea
is to play e5,and not allowing black to push his pawn,after Qe2 white seems
better} d3 31. Ne1 Bd4 32. Rb3 $2 (32. Bxd4 Rxd4 (32... Nxd4 33. Qxd3 Qa7 34.
Rdb1) 33. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb6c6]} Qa7 $1 (33... Rxe4 $2 34. Qf6) (33... Rcd8 34.
Qb5 $36) 34. Kf1 Rxa4 (34... Rxe4 35. Nxd3 Rxa4 36. Rc1) 35. Qf6 (35. Rb7 Qd4)
35... Qf7 (35... Qxb6 36. Qxe6+ (36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Qxe6+ Kd8 39.
Qd6+ $11) 36... Kg7 37. Qd7+ Ne7 38. Qxa4 Qb2 $13) 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Nxd3 $14
{/+/-}) 32... Nb4 $17 {and after you play many not good moves must come a time
when you find your self in a difficult position,this is it} 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34.
Qf2 $2 (34. e5 $8 Re4 35. Qg2 Qd5 $36) 34... Qxe4 35. Nf3 Rdc4 36. Re1 Rc1 37.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 $6 {a very strange
move,white does not want to play d4 now but d3 so why to lose a tempi and give
up the d5 square?} (6... Be7 7. d3 O-O (7... a6 8. h3 O-O (8... Bd7 9. Nh2 Nd4
10. f4 Bc6 11. Nb1 d5 12. c3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. cxd4 cxd4
$146 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Ndf3 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Gofshtein,L-Gheorghiu,F Lenk op 1994})
9. Nh2 d5 10. a4 b6 11. Ng4 Nb4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Ra7 15. c3
Nc6 16. Nf4 $14 {Balashov,Y-Barga,K EU-chT Moscow 1977}) 8. h3 a6 (8... Rb8 $5
{with b5-b4}) (8... Bd7 9. Nh2 (9. Be3 a6 10. Nh2 Nd4 11. f4 Bc6 12. Nb1 Qb6
13. b3 d5 14. Nd2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Rfd8 $13 {Brooks,M-Grunfeld,Y Lone pine op 1981
}) 9... Nd4 10. f4 Bc6 11. a4 Qd7 12. b3 b6 13. g4 $13 {Hodgson,J-Frias,V New
York WFW 1990}) 9. Nh2 Bd7 $6 (9... d5 $5) 10. f4 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Ne2 e5 13.
Nf3 $14 {Kuprejcik-Suba Medina del Campo 1980 30/305}) 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd2 $1 O-O
9. Nc4 Nd4 10. Ne3 {Xd5} g6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Nh5 (12... Be6 13. f5) 13.
Ncd5 Bh4 {13...f5 was a possible idea although white gets the two bishops plus
black creates some weaknesses,because in the game after black move white
playes f5 by himself with good attacking chances} 14. c3 Nc6 15. f5 $16 {
black has no counter play at all,all he can do is just wait for white attack
to begin} Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bh8 {cee only move and black;s maybe last
chance was 17...Be5,atleast having one active piece which also prevents white
from playing Bh6 beacuse of Bxh2} (17... Be5 $1 $8 {the only move to keep the
fight}) 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 f6 {now we see which bishop we got on
h8} (20... Bd7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bg5) 21. d4 $1 Nf7 22. Be3 g5 (22... cxd4 23.
cxd4 g5 24. Rac1) 23. dxc5 Ne5 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. Rad1 Qc6 26. Bf3 $1 b6 (26...
Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 b6 28. e5 $18) 27. Bh5 Bb7 28. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. f6
Qc5+ (30... Nf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Qh5+ {with mate in a few moves}) 31. Kh1 Bxd5
32. Rxd5 (32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Ng6 34. Bxg6) 32... Qxd5 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. exd5
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 (4. Qe2 Nc6 5. h3 (5. c3 Bg4 6. Bb3 e6 7.
d3 d5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Qc7 $11 {Leko,P-Sadler,M Oostende 1992 60/
(196)}) 5... e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 (9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 cxd4
11. cxd4 Rc8 12. a3 Rc7 $1 13. Re1 Qa8 $15 {Leko,P-Adorian,A Hungary (ch) 1992
60/(196)}) 9... a5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a4 12. Bc4 (12. Bxa4 $2 Rxa4 13. Qb5
Ra7 14. Qxc6 Bb7 $17) (12. Bc2 Nb4) 12... d5 (12... Nxe4 $4 13. Bb5 $18) 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Ncb4 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Ne4 $13 {Leko,P-Romero Holmes,A Leon
1994 60/196 [Leko,P]}) 4... Nc6 5. c3 (5. Bb3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5
15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 $36 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B Linares 1997}) 5... e6 (
5... a6 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6) 8. Qe2 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4
d5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 $16 {/~~ Leko,P-Schneider,A Hungary 1996 66/161 [Leko,
P]}) 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2
Rc8 12. Bf4 (12. h3) 12... Nxf3+ (12... Ng6) 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qh5
$14 {Waitzkin,J-Browne,W USA (ch) 1995 65/191}) 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Ne5 {
I am not a big specialist in this line,but it seems quite strange that black
gives white to play d4in this way Qc7 is the typicla which has been played by
quite strong players} (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. d4 Ng6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 $13
{Waitzkin,J-Yermolinsky,A USA (ch) 1995 65/192}) 12. d4 {if you compare this
position to the game mentioned above than after 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Ng6 white
will have one tempi more since he has not played Bf4 yet} Nxf3+ (12... Ng6) 13.
Qxf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 $14 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qg4 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Nxg3 (16... Kh8 17.
Nh5 g6 (17... Rg8 18. f3 g6 19. fxe4 gxh5 20. Qxh5 dxe4 21. Be3 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]
})) 17. hxg3 $16 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Kh8 18. Qe2 $3 {[%cal Gf1a6,Gb1h6,Gg3g4,Gg2g3]
a very impressing move,first of all white prevents Ba6 by black,secondly white
prepers a very simple plan,g4-g3-Kg2 and just mate along the "h" file,and the
third idea is simply to play Bc2-Bd3 when the bishop is very strong along the
b1-h7 diagonal and the f1-a6 diagonal} f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Bf4 {
[%csl Re5,Re6]} Bc6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Rad1 {now it is just like a dream to play
with the white pieces,white has key squares in the centre,clear tergets to
attack better pieces...} Bb5 24. Qd2 Ba6 25. Bb1 Rc6 26. Be5 {a correct idea
after exchanging the black coloured bishops white will have full control over
the black squares} Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Kg7 28. Rde1 Qf7 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qe3 Bc8 31.
Bd3 $1 {the bishop is directed to g4 where is get put pressure on the e6 pawn}
Rc7 32. Be2 Rc6 33. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra7] a good example of the principle of two
weaknesses,it is very difficult to win if one has only one weaknesses since he
can defend it with all his pieces,byr if he has 2 weaknesses that's already a
different story and as far as the weaknesses are the better for the attacinkg
side,in his lat move white give black another weakness the a7 pawn} Qd8 34. b5
Rd6 $2 {losing immediately,the only chance was after Rc2 but anyway white's
position is close to winning} (34... Rc2 35. Bg4 Rf6 36. Bxe6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6
Rxe6 38. Qxe6 {[%csl Rg7]} Rxa2 39. Rc1 $18) 35. Bg4 Rf6 36. Qa3 $1 $18 Rf7 (
36... Qc7 $4 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. Qxd6) (36... Qe7 37. Rxd5 $1) (36...
Qd7 $8 {the only which does lose material} 37. R5e3 $1 {and white seemply
doubles his rooks along the "c" file and win...}) 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6
39. Rxe6 Qd7 40. Qe3 {[%csl Rg7] in addition to his extra pawn,white has a
strong initiative thanks to black open king,this means the game is close to
it's end} Qxb5 $1 41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. g4 1-0

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O (5. Nbd2 g6 6. a3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. Ba2 b5 9. Re1 Rb8 10. c3 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Nf1 Bg4 $132 {
Adams,M-Khalifman,A/Arhus 1997}) 5... e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2 (8. Re1 b6
(8... d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 b5 11. Nbd2 b4 12. Nf1 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Bc2 (14.
Ne3 $5) 14... Rc8 15. a3 Re8 16. Ne3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb5 18. g3 $36 {Leko,
P-Gelfand,B/Tilburg 1996}) 9. Nbd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $5) 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Ne5 (
11... Qc7) 12. d4 Nxf3+ (12... Ng6) 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16.
Qg4 Nxg3 $6 (16... Kh8) 17. hxg3 Kh8 18. Qe2 $1 $36 {Morozevich,A-Petrushin,A/
RUS-Cup Krasnodov 1997;CBM 59 [Har-Zvi,R]}) 8... d5 $5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 f6 $5 {
it's a correct idea not to take on "d4" since after it white gets a great
square for his knight on "c3"} 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 (13. Bh4 $5)
13... Bd6 14. Rac1 (14. Bh4 $5 cxd4 (14... Qb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 $14) 15.
cxd4 Nh5 $5 $132 (15... Qb6 16. Qd3 $14)) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 (16.
Bh4 Nh5 $132) 16... Qb6 17. Be3 $6 {this seems as an incorrect move,giving
black simply the chance to get a two bishops advantage} (17. Qd3 $5 $14) 17...
Ng4 $1 18. Bc2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 (19. Qxe3 Qxb2 $5 (19... Bf4 20. Qd3 g6 $132) 20.
Qd3 g6 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Ra1 (22. Rxb7 Nb4 $19) 22... Rxf3 23. Nxf3 Qc4 24. Qxc4
dxc4 25. Be4 $13 {/+/=}) 19... Rf6 {[%cal Ga8f8,Yd7e8,Ye8h5] black's plan now
is very simple and obvious but from some reason white simply ignored it and
after black played all his plan it was already too late! Qd3 forcing g6 and by
that stopping Be8-Bh5 seems logical} (19... Qxb2 $5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rb1 Qa3 22.
Qxa3 Bxa3 23. Rxb7 $13) 20. Nb3 (20. Qd3 g6 {[%csl Rd7]} (20... Rh6 $5 {
this is maybe a good idea still fighting for the "d7" bishop})) 20... Raf8 21.
Bb1 (21. Qd3 Rh6 $36) 21... Be8 22. Nc5 Qc7 (22... Bh5 $2 23. Nd7) 23. Rf1 (23.
e4 $2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxc5 $19) (23. Kh1 $5 Qe7 $36 {[%cal Gf6h6]}) 23... Qe7 24.
Nd3 Bh5 25. Rf2 (25. Bc2 Rh6 26. h3 g5 $40 (26... Rhf6 $40)) 25... Rh6 26. g3
g5 27. Rcf1 Rhf6 28. Nde1 (28. Bc2 $5 Bg4 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]}) 28... e5 $6 (
28... Bg4 {[%cal Gh7h5]}) 29. Qb5 {[%csl Rd5]} exd4 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Qxg5 $4 (
31. exd4 h6 32. Qe4 Qg7 $44) 31... dxe3 $19 32. Qxh5 exf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. a3
e5 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bd7 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 a6 12. d4 e5 13. d5 Ne7
14. c4 Rc8 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. b5 Ra8 18. Ba3 Nc8 19. c5 $16 {Torre,
E-Regis,I/ Makati op 1995/ 1-0 (46)}) 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qd1 (11. d3 Rb8 12. Be3
b5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Rec1 Nb6 (14... b4 $5) 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Nf3 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18.
e5 d4 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. Rc2 $13 {Brestian,E-Wittmann,W/ AUT-ch 1997}) 11... Rb8
12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Qc7 14. d3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. cxd4
Nxd4 19. Be3 $14 {Torre,E-De Firmian,N/ Biel 1989/ 1/2-1/2 (41)}) (8... Ne8 9.
h3 e5 10. b4 Nc7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. a4 Kh8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Na3 Qd7 15. Ng5 Bxc4
16. Nxc4 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Qh4 h5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Qg3 Qe6 $13 {Torre,
E-Shirov,A/ Manila izt 1990/ 1/2-1/2 (81)}) 9. b4 h6 (9... a6 10. d3 h6 11.
Nbd2 Be6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nh5 $132 {Drazic,S-Lagrotteria,S/
Cattolica 1993}) 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 (11. d4 $5 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 (12... cxd4
13. Nxd4 $14) 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. b5 Nce5 15. Nxd4 Nb6 $132) 11... Qb6 12. Bc1 {
If you play this move it means something was wrong. It's impossible to play
Bb2-c1 at move 12 when you have the white pieces, black is at least OK.} (12.
Nbd2 $6 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb4]}) (12. Qc2 Rac8 13. bxc5 Qxc5 $13 (13... dxc5 14.
Nbd2 Qc7 $13)) 12... Rfd8 (12... a5 $5 13. bxc5 (13. b5 Qxb5 14. d4 Bc4 $8 $17)
13... dxc5 (13... Qxc5 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Qc1 $132)) 13. Nbd2 d5 $1 14. exd5 (14.
Qc2 cxb4 (14... Rac8 15. exd5 Bxd5 $13 (15... Nxd5 $6 16. Nc4)) 15. axb4 Ng4
16. Re2 d4 $36) (14. Rb1 $5) 14... Nxd5 15. bxc5 $6 (15. Bb2 $142 $1 $13) 15...
Qxc5 16. Ne4 (16. Bb2 $2 Nxc3 17. Qc1 (17. Qc2 Ne2+) 17... Na4 $17) (16. c4 Nf4
17. Ne4 Qe7 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Gd4][%cal Gd8d1]}) 16... Qf8 17. c4 Nde7 {[%cal
Ge7f5,Gf5d4]} (17... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gb6d7,Gd7c5]} 18. Qc2 (18. Qb3) 18...
f5 19. Ng3 (19. Nc3 Nd7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd7c5]}) 19... Nd7 20. Bb2 Qd6
$15) 18. Rb1 b6 19. Ned2 $5 Nf5 20. Bb2 Nfd4 (20... f6 $5 $15 {This seems as a
very solid move, very much with Lutz style. White's weaknesses do not run away,
while black first defends everything and only then starts to play actively. I
think black's position is a very pleasent one to play.}) 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Nb3
Nc6 (22... Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd6 (23... f6 $2 24. d4) 24. Qb4 Qc7 (24... f6 $15)
25. Qb5 $5 f6 (25... Bf5 26. Rbd1 (26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 (27. Rxe5 Bxd3 28.
Bxd3 Rxd3 $15) 27... Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxd3 $15) 26... Re8 $140 $15 27. d4 a6 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 26. d4 a6 27. Qb3 $14) 23. Qc2 $15 Rac8 24. Rbd1 b5 25. Nd2 bxc4 (
25... Nd4 $142 $5 26. Bxd4 (26. Qb1 bxc4 27. Nxc4 (27. dxc4) 27... f6 {[%csl
Rd3]}) 26... Rxd4 $15 {/-/+}) 26. Nxc4 Nd4 27. Qa4 Bxc4 (27... Bxc4 28. dxc4
Qc5 29. Bc3 $13) (27... Qe7 $5 $15 {This is the way if you want to play for a
win.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 (5... Bc6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2
(7. b4 b6 8. Bg5 e5 9. d4 $5 Bxe4 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4 Qc7 13.
Na3 a6 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Bd3 f5 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxc3 21. Rde1 O-O 22. Rxe7 Nf6 23. R7e3 Qd4 24. Qc2 $16 {
0-1 Hodgson,J-Sher,M/Biel op 1992/EXP 31 (55)}) 7... e6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 O-O
10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bc2 Bd6 15. Nf3 Ne5 16.
h3 Rab8 17. b3 h6 18. Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 $15 {0-1 Nevednichy,
B-Anastasian,A/Pavlodar 1987/EXT 87 (58)}) (5... Nc6 6. O-O g6 (6... e6 7. Re1
Be7 8. Bf1 Rc8 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 e5 11. h3 a6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bg5
Nd8 15. d4 Ne6 $1 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. c4 Bc6 20. Qc2
Rfd8 21. Red1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Ra1 a5 $17 {0-1 Izeta Txabarri,F-Ubilava,E/
Pamplona op 1990/EXT 90op (45)}) (6... Rc8 7. Re1 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Nbd2 h6 10.
Bh4 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bf1 a6 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Ne3 b5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Spraggett,K/Barcelona 1993/EXT 93 (26)}) 7. h3 (7. Nbd2
Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne8 (11... Ne4) 12. Nb1 $1 Nc7 13.
Nc3 b5 14. Be3 Na5 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Ne2 b4 17. Nf4 Bb5 18. h4 $36 {1-0
Kindermann,S-Tatai,S/Texta 1988/CBM 09 (34)}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5
10. Nh2 h6 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Nun,J-Vokac,M/CSR-ch 1988/EXT 88ch
}) (5... e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1 Nc6 9. h3 Rc8 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 b5 12.
Bb2 Qb6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxb4 15. d5 Ne5 16. axb4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rc2 18.
Ra2 Bd8 19. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Dorfman,J/URS Cup rapid 1988/EXT 88 
(34)}) 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 (8. d4 $5 {this move must be tested here,
since the way white played this game on the Queen's side with a3 -b4 and black
simply broke in the center turns out to be very good for black,a play in the
center seems very important here}) 8... Nc6 9. Ne1 $6 {it's clear white wants
to play "f4" but what if black decides to play "e5"??? I am have no answer,
white is just going to wrong way back insted of forward!!} (9. b4) 9... e5 10.
b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nc2 (12. b5 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6,Gd6d5] the same as was in
the game}) 12... Nd8 {an interesting idea,black wants first to transfer his
knight to "e6" and only then play "d5",it's not a bad idea since on "e6" the
knight is quite good,but still it was possible to play "d5" now} (12... d5 $5)
13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 $6 {it may seems very strange but I think
that the bishop should go to "b2" since in some variations when and one day it
might the diagonal a1-h8 will be open for this bishop he will have great
effect on the game,and in addition the "d3" pawn is protected when the bishop
is on "b2"} (15. Bb2 Ne6 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Re1 (17. N2e3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Qb7 19.
Bxc6 Qxc6 $15 {[%csl Rd3]}) 17... Ng5 $5 (17... Qc7 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb4 e4
20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. dxe4 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. e5 Qc7 $13 (23... Qe6 $2 24. Bd5)
) 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. N2e3 $13) 15... Rc8 (15... Ne6 $5 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Re1 (17.
bxc5 Nxc5 18. d4 exd4 19. Re1 Qc7 $132) 17... Qc7 $13) 16. b5 (16. Bf3 Nf4 17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. Re1 Be6 $36) 16... Ne6 17. Re1 (17. Bf3 e4 18. dxe4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3
Bxc3 20. N2e3) 17... e4 18. N2e3 (18. dxe4 $6 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rf1 Rcd8
$17) 18... Nxe3 (18... Nxc3 $4 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rc3,Re7]}) 19.
fxe3 $4 {a terrible move,I can not understand how a player about 2450 can play
such move?? really many players make serious mistakes,many GM lost winning
positions in one move but this is just a very serious one when I have no
explanation at all,how can you sleep well with such bishop on "d2"??? with
such pawn sturcture after exd3 by black on the next move,do not ask me!} (19.
Nxe3 exd3 (19... Nf4 20. Nf1 $1) 20. Bxd3 Rcd8 {when black is atleast OK})
19... exd3 20. Bxd3 Rcd8 $17 {/-+} 21. Qc2 $2 {and after a strategical mistake,
there must come a tactical one!but to be honest white's position is so
difficult that I think it does not matter a thing} (21. Bf1 Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e4]})
{[%tqu "En","black's position is so good but still find something that will
decide things quick","","","d7b5","",6]} 21... Bxb5 $1 22. Rxb5 Qd7 23. Nb2 c4
24. Bxc4 Qxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. Na4 (26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nc4 Rc2 $19 {[%cal
Gf8f2]}) (26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Na4 Bf8 {[%csl Ra3]}) 26... Rfd8 27.
Rbb1 (27. Re2 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Ba2 Bf8 $17) 27... Bf8 28. Ra1 (28. Rb3 Rc2
29. Kf1 Rdd2 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rcc1) 28... Nc7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb6b5] the
game is over,the rest is quite forced and there is not alot to see there} 29.
Rab1 Bxa3 30. Bf1 b5 (30... Be7 $19) 31. Bxb5 Nxb5 32. Rxb5 Ra2 {[%csl Ra4]
[%cal Gd8d2]} 33. Kh1 Rdd2 34. Rg1 Bf8 35. Ra5 (35. Nc5 Rd5 $19) 35... Ra3 {
[%cal Gd2a2]} 36. Rxa7 Rda2 37. Rf1 f5 38. g4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. gxf5 Re4
41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Re1 Bc5 43. Kg2 Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Bxe3 45. Kf3 Bg1 46. h4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Re1 Rad8
15. Qc1 c4 16. Re2 Qc5 17. Na3 Rd5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxc4 Bf6 23. Ree1 b5 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. Reb1 Rc8 26. a4 b4 27. cxb4
Bd4 28. Rd1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxb2 30. Rab1 Re2 31. Re1 Ra2 32. Ra1 Rcc2 33. Rxa2
Rxa2 34. a5 Rb2 35. Rc1 Rxb4 36. Rc7 Re4 37. Kf2 a6 38. Rc6 Re6 39. Rxe6 fxe6 {
[#]} 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Ke4 Kf6 (41... Ke8 42. Ke5 Kd7 43. h4 h6 44. g4 Kd8 45.
Kxe6 Ke8 46. e4 Kd8 47. Kf7 Kd7 48. e5 $18) 42. Kd4 Kf5 43. Kc5 Ke5 44. Kc6 $1
{kämpft um ein Tempo, das er, wie es scheint, nicht braucht.} (44. Kb6 Kd6 45.
Kxa6 Kc6 46. Ka7 Kc7 47. e4 e5 48. g3 h5 49. h4 e6 50. a6 $18) 44... g5 45. g4
(45. Kb6 Kd6 46. Kxa6 Kc6 47. e4 e5 48. g4 h6 49. h3 e6 50. Ka7 Kc7 51. a6 $18)
45... Ke4 46. Kb6 Kd5 47. e4+ {mit Schach, worauf es ankommen sollte!} (47. e4+
Kd6 48. e5+ Kd7 49. Kxa6 Kc6 (49... Kc7 50. Kb5 Kb7 51. a6+ Kc7 52. Kc5 Kb8 53.
Kb6 Ka8 54. a7 h6 55. h3 h5 56. gxh5 g4 57. h6 g3 58. h7 g2 59. h8=Q#) 50. Ka7
Kc7 51. a6 h6 52. h3 Kc8 53. Kb6 Kb8 54. a7+ Ka8 55. Ka6 h5 56. gxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. Nbd2 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Ba6 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ba4 Rc8 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15.
cxb4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 cxb4 17. Be3 Qa5 18. g3 Rfc8 19. Ne1 Qb5 20. h4 a5 21. b3 a4
22. Nd3 Rc3 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. h5 axb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27. h6 g6 28. Nh3
Rbc3 29. Bg5 b3 30. Rfb1 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Rb2 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qe7 34. Qe3 Qb4
35. Qf4 Qe7 36. Qf3 Rcb7 37. Rab1 Nd7 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Qf8 40. Rxb8 Nxb8
41. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7] [#] aktive weiße gegen passive schwarze Figuren bei
starkem Raumvorteil aber festungsähnlicher schwarzer Position.} Nd7 42. Qf4 Qe7
43. Qc1 Qd8 (43... f6 44. Qc8+ Nf8 45. exf6 Qxf6 46. Qc7 Kh8 47. f4 Kg8 48. Kf3
Kh8 49. Qf7 Qxf7 50. Nxf7+ Kg8 51. Ne5 $18) 44. Nf3 (44. f4 $5) 44... Kf8 45.
Ng5 Kg8 46. Nf3 Kf8 47. Kg1 Qb8 $2 (47... Kg8 $1 {h7 soll vom König gedeckt
werden.}) 48. Qa3+ Ke8 (48... Kg8 49. Qe7 $18) 49. Ng5 Nf8 (49... Qb1+ 50. Kg2
Qf5 51. Nxh7 Qe4+ (51... g5 52. Nf6+ Nxf6 53. exf6 Qxf6 54. Qa8+ Kd7 55. h7 $18
) 52. Qf3 $18) 50. Qa4+ Ke7 51. Kg2 Qb7 52. Qa3+ Ke8 53. Qf3 Qe7 54. Qf6 $22 {
[%csl Rf7,Rh7]} 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb3
b5 9. h3 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. dxc5 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Nxd8 14. Ng5 Bb7 15.
Bc2 Rc8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Ne6 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rc4 Rfd8 21.
Na3 Rd3 22. Rc1 a6 23. Nc2 a5 24. Na1 Nd8 25. Kf1 Nc6 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Nb3 Kf8
28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rcd8 30. R1c2 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. c6
Rd8 34. Rc5 Rc8 35. Kd3 Ke8 36. Kc4 Kd8 37. c7+ Kd7 38. a4 e5 39. Kb5 Rxc7 40.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 {[#] Klarer Gewinn für Weiß. Motiv: Entfernter weißer Freibauer;
Tempofragen} 41. Kxa5 e4 42. g4 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kb5 f4 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. Kd4
e3 47. fxe3 f3 (47... fxe3 48. Kxe3 Ka5 $18 {weil Weiß nach 4 Zügen auf h7
genommen hat und der schwarze König dann erst auf d7 steht.}) 48. Kd3 Ka5 49.
e4 Kxa4 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Kxf3 Kc6 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. Kf5 Ke7 54. Kg5 (54. Kg5 Kf7
55. Kh6 Kg8 56. h4 Kh8 57. h5 Kg8 58. e5 Kh8 59. e6 Kg8 60. e7 Kf7 61. Kxh7
Kxe7 62. Kg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nc6 7. Bf1 O-O 8. a3
a5 9. h3 e5 10. d3 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxe4 Rd8 14. Qe2 a4 15.
Qe3 Na5 16. Nbd2 b6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Be6 19. Qe2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qc6 21.
Rad1 b5 22. Qe2 c4 23. Nh2 h5 24. Qf3 Qf6 25. Nf1 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bf6 27. Ne3
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Ke2 Bd8 32. Rg1 Rd6 33. f4 exf4
34. Nxf4 Kf6 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. f4 Kd7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Rg2 Rd7 39. Ke2 Rd6 40.
Rg3 Rd7 41. Nb4 Bc7 42. Rf3 f5 43. e5 g5 44. fxg5 Bxe5 45. Nc6 f4 46. h4 Kd5
47. Nxe5 Kxe5 48. Rf1 Ke4 49. g6 Rd3 50. Rg1 f3+ 51. Ke1 Ke3 52. Rg3 Rd8 53. g7
Rg8 54. Rg5 Kd3 55. Kf2 Kc2 56. Rxh5 Rxg7 57. Rxb5 Rf7 58. h5 Rf6 59. Rb4 Rf4
60. h6 Rh4 61. Kxf3 Rxh6 62. Ke4 Rd6 63. Ke5 Rd3 64. Ke4 Rd8 65. Rxa4 Kxb2 66.
Rxc4 Kxa3 {[#] Der schwarze König ist zwar horizontal abgeschnitten, doch
steht er auf der" kurzen" Seite, was auch bei einem weiter vorgerückten weißen
c-Bauer das Remis verbürgt. Schwarz bringt am einfachsten seinen Turm auf die
"lange" Seite und gibt von dort aus Schachs.} 67. Rd4 Rc8 68. Kd3 Rc7 69. Rd5
Kb3 $6 (69... Ka4 70. c4 Rh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7h3]} 71. Kd4 Rh4+ 72. Kc5 Ka5 $11)
70. Rb5+ Ka4 71. c4 Rc8 72. Kd4 Rd8+ 73. Rd5 {Obwohl Weiß eine Reihe
vorangekommen ist, gibt er plötzlich remis; freilich nicht zu Unrecht.} (73.
Rd5 Rh8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh8h4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedulov, Alexander"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. d4 Rd8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nfxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Bg5 Rd7 16. f3 h6 17. Bh4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Ne3 c4 20. a4 a6 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Bc6 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Qxc3 27. Nd5
Qd2 28. Rf1 g5 29. Be1 Rxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bf2 Kh7 33. Rd1 Nc3
34. Rd7 Kg6 35. Rd6+ Kh7 36. Be1 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nf4 38. Bc3 h5 39. g3 Ne6 40. Ke3
g4 41. fxg4 hxg4 42. Ke4 Ng5+ 43. Kf5 Nf3 44. Rd1 Kh6 45. Rh1 Nd4+ 46. Bxd4
exd4 {[#] Mattangriff durch Umgehung gegen den am Rand eingeklemmten schwarzen
König. Taktik!} 47. Rb1 {Genau! Zuerst wird der schwarze König zurückgedrängt
und dabei der Turm besser gestellt, ehe g4 genommen wird.} (47. h3 Bf8 48.
hxg4+ Kg7 49. g5 Bc5 50. Rc1 Ba7 51. Rc6 Kh7 52. g6+ fxg6+ 53. Rxg6 $18 {
ist ebenfalls deutlich}) (47. Kxg4 Kg6 48. Rf1 Be5 {dieses Abspiel ist im
Gewinnsinne viel mühsamer}) 47... Kh5 {Schwarz hat Sinn für Humor! Ein Bauer
geht sowieso verloren - soll doch der König auch gleich verrecken.} 48. Rb7 Bh6
49. Rxf7 d3 50. Rd7 d2 51. Kf6 $1 {Das Unheil kommt nicht von der h-Linie
sondern von der 5. Reihe, wie} (51. Rd4 Bg5 {beweist}) 51... Be3 52. Kg7 (52.
Kg7 Bh6+ 53. Kh7 Be3 54. Rd5+ Bg5 55. Kg7 $22 $18) 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Pilaj, Herwig"]
[Black "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
a6 9. Bf1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Na3 b6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. Qd6 Qd8 15.
Bg5 Bxe4 16. Nfxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxe5 Bd5 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Bf4 Rb7
21. Ne3 Ra8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf6 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. g3 Raa7 27.
Rd8 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Re8 h5 30. h4 Nf6 31. Rb8 Nd7 32. Re8 Nf6 33. Rb8 Nd7
34. Rd8 Ne5 35. Rd6 b5 36. f4 Ng4 37. axb5 axb5 38. Bxb5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40.
Rxd1 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nxd1 42. Ke2 Nxb2 43. Kd2 c4 44. Kc2 Nd3 45. Bxc4 Nc5 {
Guter Läufer gegen stützpunktlosen Springer.} 46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Kd2 Kf5 48. Bf3
f6 49. Ke3 g5 50. fxg5 fxg5 51. Bxh5 gxh4 52. gxh4 {Technisches Problem wegen
der falschen Läuferfarbe in Bezug auf den Randbauer, der immerhin den
schwarzen König bindet.} Ke5 53. Bf3 Na4 54. c4 Nc5 55. h5 Kf6 56. Bd1 Kg5 57.
Kd4 Na6 58. Ke5 Kh6 59. Kd6 Kg5 60. Be2 (60. Ba4 Kxh5 61. Bb5 Nb4 62. c5 Kg6
63. Ke5 Kf7 64. Kd4 Ke6 $11) (60. Bg4 Kh6 61. Bc8 Nb4 62. c5 Kxh5 63. Bf5 Kg5
64. Ke5 Nc6+ $11) 60... Kh6 61. Kc6 Kg5 62. Kb6 Nb4 63. c5 Nc2 64. Kb5 (64. c6
$2 Nb4 65. c7 Nd5+ $11) (64. Bd1 Nd4 65. Ka5 Nc6+ 66. Kb5 Ne5 {oder Se7 und es
bleibt schwierig. Analyse!}) 64... Nd4+ 65. Kc4 Nxe2 (65... Nc6 66. Bf3 Na5+ (
66... Na7 67. Bb7 Kxh5 68. Kb4 Kg5 69. Ka5 Kf5 70. Kb6 $18) (66... Nb8 67. Kb5
Nd7 68. c6 Nf6 69. Kc5 Ne8 70. Kd5 Nc7+ 71. Kd6 Nb5+ 72. Kd7 Na7 73. c7 Kh6 74.
Be2 Kg5 75. Ba6 Kxh5 76. Kd6 Kg5 77. Kc5 Kf6 78. Kb6 $18) 67. Kb4 $18) 66. c6
Ng3 $1 67. Kd5 Nf5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf5e7,Gf5d4]} 68. Ke5 Ne7 69. c7 Kxh5 70.
Ke6 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Na3 a6 15.
Bd3 g6 16. Nac4 Rad8 17. Ng4 Nd5 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. fxe5 Rc8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Rc7 22. h4 h6 23. Rae1 Rd8 24. Kh2 a5 25. Re5 Ba6 26. Rf3 Rc6 27. Re4 Nb4
28. Rff4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rcd6 30. Re5 Na6 31. Rf1 Rc8 32. g4 Rc5 33. Re2 g5 34.
Kg3 gxh4+ 35. Kf4 Nb8 36. Re5 Nd7 37. Rxc5 Nxc5 {[#] Weiß gewinnt am Königs-
Schwarz am Damenflügel. Die Hauptarbeit verrichten Freibauern, während sich
die Leichtfiguren kaum von ihren Plätzen rühren.} 38. Ke5 Rd8 39. Rh1 Nxa4 40.
Rxh4 Nc5 41. Rxh6 a4 42. Bh7+ Kf8 43. Be4 Kg8 44. Bh7+ Kf8 45. g5 a3 46. Rh1
Ke8 47. Bd3 b5 48. g6 a2 (48... Nd7+ 49. Kxd4 Nxf6+ 50. Kc3 bxc4 51. Rh8+ Ke7
52. Rxd8 Kxd8 53. gxf7 Ke7 54. Bxc4 Ne4+ 55. Kb4 Ng5 56. Kxa3 Nxf7 $16) 49.
Rh8+ Kd7 50. g7 Rxh8 51. gxh8=Q a1=Q 52. Qg7 Qe1+ 53. Kxd4 Qf2+ 54. Kc3 b4+ $1
55. Kxb4 Nxd3+ (55... Kc6 $11) 56. cxd3 Qxd2+ $11 57. Kc5 Qa5+ 58. Kd4 Qa1+ 59.
Ke3 Qe1+ 60. Kf3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pert, Richard G"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bb2 e5 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c4 Bg4 14. Qe3 Ng6 15.
Nc3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nf4 17. Nd5 N6xd5 18. exd5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd6 20. Re3 Rf8 21.
Rae1 f6 22. Qf5 Qc8 23. Qh5 Qd7 24. Rh3 g6 25. Qh4 Rae8 26. Rhe3 a6 27. h3 g5
28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 b5 30. Re4 Rb8 31. Bc1 Kg7 32. f3 Rh8 33. Be3 b4 34. Ra1
a5 35. a3 Ra8 36. Bf2 Rhb8 37. axb4 axb4 38. Ree1 Ra3 39. Rab1 Ra2 40. Kf1 Rba8
41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. g3 h5 45. gxh5+ Kxh5 46. g4+ Kg6 47.
Be1 f5 48. gxf5+ Kxf5 49. Bd2 Bf8 50. Kd3 Be7 51. Be3 Rg2 52. Ra1 Rb2 53. Ra7
Rxb3+ 54. Ke2 Bf6 55. Bxc5 Rb1 56. Rf7 Kg6 57. Rb7 b3 58. Ba3 e4 59. fxe4 b2
60. Rb6 Rh1 61. Rxf6+ Kxf6 62. Bxb2+ Kf7 63. Kf3 {[#] Der einzige
Gewinnversuch bestand in Ld4, was nicht sofort einen Bauern kostet.} (63. Bd4
g4 64. c5 Rh2+ 65. Kd3 (65. Ke3 Rh3+ 66. Kf4 Rd3 67. Be3 g3 68. c6 g2 69. c7
Rc3 $11) 65... Rh3+ 66. Kc4 g3 67. c6 Rh1 (67... Ke7 68. Bc5+ Kd8 69. d6 $18)
68. d6 g2 69. d7 Rc1+ 70. Kb5 Ke7 71. Bf6+ Kf7 72. d8=Q g1=Q 73. Qe7+ Kg8 74.
Qe8+ Kh7 75. Qh8+ Kg6 76. Qg7+ Kh5 77. Qxg1 Rxg1 78. c7 Rc1 79. Kb6 Kg6 (79...
Kg4 80. Bd4 $18) (79... Rb1+ 80. Kc6 Rc1+ 81. Kd7 Rd1+ 82. Ke6 Rc1 83. Be5 $18
{[%cal Re5d6,Re4e5,Re6d7]}) 80. Bd4 $18) 63... Rb1 64. Bd4 Rb4 65. Be3 Rxc4 66.
Bxg5 Ke8 67. Kf4 Kd7 68. Kf5 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago m"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. d3 e6 (9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 {Ist die Alternative.}) 10. O-O
Nge7 11. Be3 {In der bekannte Hort-Fischer/Palma de Mallorca/1970 Partie Weiß
hat mit "a4" den schwarzen Vorstoß verhindert, später hat aber Schwierigkeiten
mit den Bauern am Damenflüegel.} b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. Rb1
O-O 16. Nd5 Kh8 (16... Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Re1 Qd7 20. c3 Nc6
21. Bd5+ Kg7 22. Qf3 $14) 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Re1 a5 19. Bf2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21.
d4 Qc7 22. Re6 Rf6 23. Re2 Rff8 24. Qe1 Nc6 $1 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Nd4 27.
Bxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qg7 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Der junge ungarische Großmeister spielt oft diese
Variante. Ich glaube aber, daß sie keine Widerlegung der Sizilianischen
Verteidgung darstellt.} Nf6 (3... e6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 b6
8. Re1 Bb7 9. d3 $13 {Leko-Moiseev/CBM/28}) 4. d3 (4. Qe2 Nc6 5. h3 e6 6. Bb3
Be7 7. c3 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 (9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. a3 Rc7
$1 13. Re1 Qa8 $1 $15 {Leko-Adorjan/Hungary/1992}) 9... a5 $5 $13 {Leko-Romero
Holmes/Leon/1994/CBM/42}) 4... Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d5 9.
e5 Nd7 10. d4 {Die Stellung ist ähnlich wie die Französische Tarrasch Variante.
Schwarz muß sein Glück am Damenflügel suchen, weil f6 nicht möglich ist.} b5
11. Nbd2 (11. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 $14 (14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Ne4 $1 $13)) 11... b4 12. Nf1 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Bc2 (14. Ne3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Ng4 $40) 14... Rc8 15. a3 Re8 16. Ne3 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Bb5 18. g3 Qa5 19. h4 Nf8 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Kg2 Rec8 22. h5 Ba6 23. Ng4 Rxb1
24. Bxb1 Rb8 25. Bc2 Qc3 26. Re3 (26. h6 $1 g6 (26... Ng6 27. hxg7 $16) 27. Bg5
$1 Nxd4 $2 (27... Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Nd7 29. Re3 $1 Qxd4 30. Qf3 f5 $8 (30... Rf8
31. Nf6+) (30... Nd8 31. Nf6+ $18) 31. exf6) (27... Rb2 28. Bxe7 Qxc2 (28...
Nxe7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Ng5) 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Bxf8 Qxf2+ 31. Kh3 Qg2+ 32. Kh4 $18
) 28. Bxe7 Nxc2 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Ng5 $18) 26... Qa1 27. Qd2 Bc4 28. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 e6 $6 (5... cxd4 $5 6. cxd4 Nxe4
7. d5 $1 Qa5+ $1 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 $1 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O
$44) 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 e5 10. d5 $14 Nb8 11. Bf1 Ne8
12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Bd2 (13. g3) 13... g6 14. g3 f5 (14... Ng7) 15. exf5 gxf5 16.
Bh3 Ng7 $6 (16... Nc5 $142 $5 {/\ Ne4}) 17. Bb4 Rf6 (17... Nf6 $6 18. Nfxe5
dxe5 19. d6) 18. Rc1 (18. Qb3 $142) 18... Rh6 19. Bg2 Rg6 $6 (19... Kh8 $142)
20. Qb3 {/\ Nce5} Kh8 21. Qa3 $16 {>< d6} e4 22. Nfe5 $5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rf6 24.
Nc4 b6 25. Ne5 $16 {>< c6} Bf8 26. Nc6 Qd7 27. Bc3 Rf7 (27... Rg6 $2 28. Ne5
$18) 28. f3 exf3 29. Bxf3 {/\ Bh5} Kg8 30. Qa4 f4 31. Qd4 $5 (31. g4 $5 Ne8 (
31... h5 32. h3) 32. Re6 {/\ Rce1->}) 31... fxg3 32. Bh5 Rf2 (32... gxh2+ 33.
Kh1 $18) 33. Ne7+ $1 (33. Re6 $5 Rxh2 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Rf1 Rf2 36. Rxf2 gxf2+
37. Qxf2 Ba6 38. Qf7 $18) 33... Kh8 34. Re6 $18 Bb7 (34... Rxh2 35. Rf1 $18)
35. hxg3 Rg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qxe6 37. Nc6 Qh6 38. Rf1 Kg8 (38... Qxh5 39. Rxf8+ $18)
39. Bf7+ Kh8 40. Rh1 (40. Bd2 $18) 40... Qg5 41. Rh5 (41. Rh5 Qc1 42. Rxh7+
Kxh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. Qh4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 (5... c4 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Bxc4)
(5... e5 $5) 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 {/\ d4} Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+
11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 (12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qg4 (13. Qh3 Nf4 14. Qg4 Ng6 $10) 13...
Nf6 $10) 12... Rc8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qd7 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Be3 g6 17. Rad1
Rc7 18. h3 Rdc8 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. f4 $14 Bh4 21. Bf2 Ng7 22. Nf1 Be7 23. Ng3 (23.
Ne3 $5 {/\ Ng4-h6} f5 24. d5 $36) 23... Bh4 24. Qg4 (24. Nf1 $142 Be7 (24...
Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 $14) 25. Ne3) 24... Bxg3 25. Qxg3 f5 $5 26. d5 $8 exd5 27. exf5
Nxf5 28. Qg5 Qf7 (28... d4 $5 29. Bxf5 (29. g4 $2 Ne3 30. Bxe3 Qc6 $1 $40)) 29.
Re2 d4 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Rxd4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 R1c2 34. Red2 Rxd2 35.
Rxd2 Rd8 36. g4 Be4 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Bd4 $6 (38. Rd1 $5 Ke6 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. g5 {
/\ h4-h5}) 38... Rg8 39. g5 Kg6 40. h4 Kh5 $8 (40... Rc8 $2 41. h5+) 41. a4 $10
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Nc3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nc2 Ne5 14. h3 b5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Qc5 20. Qd2 Ned7 21. Bg3
Nb6 22. Raa1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 a5 26. Ba3 Ba6 27. Bxa6
Rxa6 28. Rac1 Ra8 29. Kf1 Re5 30. Re2 Rb5 31. Rc6 Rd8 32. Rec2 Na4 33. Rc8 Rxc8
34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Nc4 Nxb2 36. Bxb2 Bxb2 37. Nxb2 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096]} 38. Ra8
Rb5 39. h4 h5 40. Ra6 Kg7 41. g3 Kf8 42. Ra7 Ke8 43. Ke2 $6 (43. Kg2 Rf5 44. f3
Kd8 45. g4 $11) 43... Re5+ 44. Kf3 Kd8 $1 45. Kg2 (45. Rxf7 Rf5+ 46. Rxf5 gxf5
47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. f3 a4 50. Kc4 Ke5 51. Kb4 f4 $19) 45... Rf5 46. f3
Kc8 47. g4 Kb8 48. Re7 Rf6 49. gxh5 $6 (49. Re5 $1 Ra6 (49... hxg4 50. fxg4 Ra6
(50... a4 51. Ra5 Rf4 52. Kg3 Rd4 53. h5 $11) 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 a4 53. Re1
Kc7 54. Rh1 $11) 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Rxh5 Kc7 (51... a4 52. Rc5 $1 a3 53. Rc1 a2
54. Ra1 Kc7 55. h5 Kd7 56. h6 $11) 52. Rf5 $1 a4 53. Rxf7+ Kc6 54. Re7 a3 55.
Re1 a2 56. Ra1 Kd5 57. Kg3 Kd4 58. Kg4 Kc3 59. h5 Kb2 60. Rxa2+ Rxa2 61. h6 Kc3
62. Kg5 Kd4 63. h7 Rh2 64. Kg6 Ke5 65. Kg7 $11) 49... gxh5 50. Re5 Rg6+ $1 51.
Kf1 $8 (51. Kf2 Ra6 52. Rxh5 a4 53. Rb5+ (53. Rc5 a3 54. Rc1 a2 55. Ra1 Kc7 56.
h5 Kd7 57. h6 $2 (57. Ke3 Ke7 $19) 57... Rxh6 58. Rxa2 $2 Rh2+) 53... Kc7 54.
Rb2 Kd6 55. Ke3 Ke5 $19 {a dale viz varianta s Kh3}) (51. Kh3 Ra6 52. Rxh5 a4
53. Rb5+ Kc7 54. Rb2 a3 55. Ra2 Kd6 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf8 58. Kg5 Kg7 59. f4
Ra5+ 60. Kg4 (60. f5 Ra4 $19) 60... Kg6 61. Kg3 Kf5 62. Kf3 Ra8 63. Kg3 Ra4 64.
h5 (64. Kh3 Kxf4 $19) 64... Kf6 65. Kg4 Ra5 66. Kg3 Kg7 67. Kh4 Kh6 68. Kg4 f6
$19) 51... Ra6 52. Rxh5 Kc7 $1 (52... a4 53. Rc5 $1 a3 54. Rc1 a2 55. Ra1 Kc7
56. h5 Kd7 57. h6) 53. Rd5 $2 (53. Rf5 a4 54. Rxf7+ Kc6 55. Re7 $1 (55. Rf8 $2
a3 56. Rc8+ Kd5 57. Rc1 a2 58. Ra1 Kc4 59. Kf2 Kb3 60. Kg3 Kb2 61. Rxa2+ Rxa2
$1 62. h5 Kc3 63. Kg4 Rh2 64. Kg5 Kd4 65. h6 (65. f4 Kd5 66. f5 Kd6 $19) 65...
Ke5 66. Kg6 Ke6 67. Kg7 Ke7 68. h7 Rg2+ 69. Kh6 (69. Kh8 Kf7 70. f4 Ra2 71. f5
Ra8#) 69... Kf7 $19) 55... a3 56. Re1 a2 57. Ra1 Kd5 58. Kg2 Kc4 59. Kg3 Kb3
60. Kg4 Kb2 61. Rxa2+ Rxa2 62. h5 Kc3 63. Kf5 Rh2 64. Kg6 Kd4 65. h6 Ke5 66. h7
Ke6 67. Kg7 Rg2+ 68. Kf8 $11) 53... a4 $19 54. Rd1 Kc6 55. Ke2 a3 56. h5 Kc5
57. Ke3 a2 58. Ra1 Kc4 59. Kf4 Kb3 60. Kg5 Ra5+ $1 (60... Kb2 $2 61. Rxa2+ Rxa2
62. Kf6 Ra5 63. h6 Ra6+ 64. Kxf7 Rxh6 65. f4 Kc3 66. f5 Kd4 67. Kg7 $11) 61.
Kg4 Kb2 62. Rxa2+ Rxa2 63. h6 Kc3 64. f4 Rh2 65. Kg5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.04"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Keres/Ivkov"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 $2 {Keres=:K/Ivkov=:I} 4. h3 $1 {K/I} Bxf3 5.
Qxf3 Nc6 6. g3 $146 {K/I} (6. Bb5 Rc8 7. O-O g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nd5
O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. b3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Qe6 16. Qd1
Rfe8 17. g4 Qd7 18. f4 d5 19. f5 g5 20. Bg3 Rbd8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Re1 Rd8 24. Qd2 Bf8 25. Qc3 Kg7 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Be5+ Ke7 28. Bc7+ Kf6 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Ivkov,B-Pirc,V Zagreb 1949}) 6... g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O h5 $2 {
K/??I} (8... Nf6 $142 {K/I}) (8... e6 $142 {I}) 9. d3 h4 10. g4 e5 $2 (10... e6
11. Qd1 {P f4 K} g5 $1 {I}) 11. Nd5 Nce7 (11... Nge7 12. Qd1 {P 12.f4 K}) (
11... Nd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. f4 {K/I}) 12. Rb1 $1 {P b4 K/I} Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 $2 {
I} (13... Ne7 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Bg5 f6 {P 0-0 I}) 14. c3 Ne7 15. Qe2
f5 (15... O-O 16. Bg5) 16. f4 fxg4 (16... Qd7 $142 {K}) 17. Qxg4 Qd7 18. fxe5 (
18. Qe6 $1 {K}) 18... Bxe5 (18... Qxg4 $142 19. hxg4 Bxe5 {K}) 19. Bg5 (19. Qe6
$1 {K/I}) 19... Qxg4 20. hxg4 Rh7 21. Be4 Kd7 22. Rf3 Rg8 (22... h3 23. Rbf1
h2+ 24. Kh1 {K}) 23. Rbf1 Ke8 {P f5} 24. Kh1 $3 {K/I} h3 25. Rd1 (25. d4 cxd4
26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd3 $16 {I}) 25... Kd7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bh8 28. Kh2 (28.
Rdf1 Bxd4 29. Rf7 Rgg7 {K}) 28... Rc8 29. Rdf1 Bxd4 (29... Rg8 30. Rf7 Rgg7 31.
Rf8 {P 32. d3, 32. f6}) 30. Rf7 Be5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Rc4 (32... Re8 33.
Bd3 $18 {K}) 33. Bxg6 Rd4 34. Rxe7+ Kc8 35. Bf5+ Kb8 36. Re8+ Ka7 (36... Kc7
37. Bd8+ Kb8 38. Bb6# {K}) 37. Be3 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Wang, Pin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4 h5
15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Reb1 Rc7 18. a4 Ne6 19. Rb5 Rfc8 20. Qb1 Nd8 21.
Ne1 Kh7 22. Nd3 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Qa2 Rc4 25. e6 $1 {After this White's
pieces just romp into Black's position.} Qxe6 26. Nf4 Qe4 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. Re1
Qf5 29. Nxd5 Qg4 30. Rxe7 R4c6 31. Rbxb7 Nxb7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Bf1
(8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Nb5 a6 14.
Nd4 Rc5 15. c4 Qb6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Bc3 Rcc8 20. Qe3
Qc7 21. Qd2 b5 22. Ba5 Qb7 {Ambroz,J-Tal,M/Riga 1981/MCD-r8/0-1 (40)}) (8. Na3
O-O 9. e5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. d3 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Hellmayr,A-Vovsha,E/Linz op 1997/EXP 58}) 8... O-O 9.
c4 (9. c3 Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. a3 Qb6 14. Bd3 Na5 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nfd2 Bc6 17. b4 Bd5 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Nxe4 a5 21. Qg4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Bc3 Rb5 25. Bd2 Bb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Rab1
Rd8 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. Rd1 Qa4 30. Qd3 h6 31. h4 b5 32. g3 {1/2-1/2 Fichtl,
J-Jansa,V/CSR-ch Brno 1964/MCD-ch}) (9. d3 Ne8 10. Nbd2 e5 11. c3 f5 12. d4
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. Be2 cxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e4 18. Bg4 Bd6
19. a3 Nf6 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Bc1 Nxd4 22. Bb2 Nc6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 {Buecker,
S-Schmittdiel,E/BL2-W 1988/BL2/1/2-1/2 (77)}) 9... e5 10. d3 a6 11. Nc3 Nd4 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bc1 Re8 16. h3 a5 17. f4 a4 18. b4 exf4 19.
Bxf4 Bc6 20. a3 Nd7 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qf2 Bf6 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Ne2 bxc4 25. Nxd4
cxd3 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Bxd3 Bh4 28. g3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Bf6 30. b5 Rc3 31. Rxd6
Qe7 32. Ra6 Rc4 33. Bd6 Bd4 34. Bxe7 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxe7 36. b6 Rb7 37. Rb1 Kg7
38. Ra7 Rb8 39. e5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ra7f7,Re5e6]} Rc2+ (39... Re4 40. Rb5 {
followed by b7 and Ra8.}) 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Kd4 Rb3 42. Rf1 Rf8 43. e6 Rxb6 44.
Rfxf7+ Rxf7 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rf6 $1 Rb7 (46... Kg7 47. e7 $1 Rb8 48. Rf8 Rxf8
49. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 50. Kc5 Kf7 51. Kb5 Kf6 52. Kxa4 Kf5 53. Kb5 Ke4 54. a4 {
wins for White.}) 47. Kc5 g5 48. g4 Ra7 49. Rf5 h6 50. Kd6 Ra6+ 51. Ke5 {
With f7 gone the e-pawn proves decisive. Black's king has no cover.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. a4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ngf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 e5 12. Ne6 fxe6 13. fxe6 Nc5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Be7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. g4 e4 18. Rd1 h6 19. b4 Nxe6 20. dxe6 d5 21. Bb2 Bxb4
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxd5 Rxe6 24. Rad1 {Although Black is a pawn up it is
difficult to keep control of this position. Normally, exchanges would help to
bring the victory closer, but that would only lead to a drawish ending because
of the opposite coloured bishops.  On the other hand, White is able to weaken
the king and finds counterplay.} Rae8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. g5 e3 27. Rd7 Qf4 28. Bd5
R6e7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Rf1 Qe5 32. c4 Bf6 33. Qg4 Bg7 34. Bc6 Rd8
35. Be4 Qg5 36. Qf3 e2 37. Qxe2 Rd2 38. Qf3 Qh4 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. Rxf4 Rd4 41.
Kg2 Rxc4 42. Kf3 Rxa4 43. Rf7 b5 44. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug Young Masters"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2001.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nfg5 Nc7
15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Qxe6 Ne5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17... Nc5 $5 18. Nxc5
bxc5 19. Be3 Bd5 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Rad1 Bxa2 22. Qg5 Bb3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Qxc5
Qxc5 25. Bxc5 a5 26. Bd1 Rab8 $11 {Tischbierek,R-Wahls,M/Bremen 1998/}) 18. Ng5
Qc8 $2 (18... h6 $142 $5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Qh3 Qc2 $11) 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rac1 Qxe6
21. Nxe6 Rg8 (21... Rfc8 $5) 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. b3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 (24... Bc8
$5) 25. Bf4 Be4 (25... Kg8 $142 $5 $16) 26. Bxe5 $18 Bxe5 27. Ba6 Bc2 28. Rd2
1-0

[Event "Presov 2nd"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Qe2 (11. Nh4 dxe4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14.
Qf3 Rd8 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. g3 Qf5 20. Qg2
Nb6 21. Bb3 g5 22. Kb1 g6 23. Bc2 Kg7 24. f3 Nd5 25. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,
J-Novikov,I/Mashantucket 1999/}) 11... Qc7 12. O-O Bd6 13. exd5 (13. Bg5 dxe4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 O-O 16. Nh4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nxg6 hxg6
20. g3 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Ba4 a6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Kg1 Qa4 25. b3 Qa5 26.
Qc2 b5 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {Swierczewski,M-Jaworski,M/Polanica Zdroj 1992/})
13... Nxd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Ba4 O-O 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Nc3
Nd7 (19... Bh5 20. g4 (20. Qe3 Nd7 $1) 20... Bg6 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. h4 $36) 20.
Nxg6 hxg6 21. Be3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Krnic,Z"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Nd5 (6. h3) 6... e6 (6...
g6) 7. Ne3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 {/\8... g6=}) 8. g4 Bg6 9. d3 h5 (9... Nf6 10. h4)
10. g5 h4 11. h3 Be7 12. Ng4 f6 13. c3 $5 (13. gxf6 gxf6 {/\14... 0-0-0=/+})
13... fxg5 14. Be3 (14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qxe6 Bf7 16. Qf5 g6 $19) 14... Nh6 15. Qd2
Nf7 $17 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rc8 (18... Bh5 $142 19. d4 Bxg4 20.
hxg4 Bf6 {/\e5, Sd4}) 19. a3 Bf6 (19... Bh5 $142) (19... d5 20. exd5 exd5 21.
Nd4 $44) 20. Rab1 Bh5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. b5 $44 Bxf3 (22... axb5 $6 23. Rxb5 {
/\24.Sh4}) 23. Bxf3 Nce5 24. Bg2 g4 25. f4 (25. Qe2 Ng5 26. hxg4 h3 27. Bh1)
25... gxf3 26. Bxf3 Ng5 (26... Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Ng5 28. Bxg5 (28. Qg2) 28... fxg5
29. Rxf8+ $10) 27. Bg2 Rf7 28. Kh1 axb5 29. Rxb5 Qe7 30. Rbb1 Rg7 31. Rf4 Rf8
32. Rbf1 Ng6 33. R4f2 e5 34. Rf5 Rff7 35. Qa2 Ne6 (35... Qe6 36. Qd5 $1) 36.
Bf3 Ngf4 37. Bg4 Kh8 $36 (37... Nxd3 $6 38. Rh5 (38. Bh5 Ndf4 $1 39. Bxf7+ Qxf7
) 38... Ndf4 39. Rh6 $1 {/\40.Df2} (39. Rxh4 $2 f5 40. exf5 Qxh4 41. fxe6 Re7
42. Bxf4 Rxg4 $19)) 38. Kh2 Rg8 {/\Sg7} (38... Rh7 $142 {/\Sg7}) 39. d4 Rh7 40.
d5 Ng5 $2 (40... Ng7 41. Bxf4 Nxf5 42. Bxf5 $10) (40... Nc5 $142) 41. Bxf4 exf4
42. Qb2 Rh6 (42... Nxe4 $2 43. R5xf4 {/\Te1}) 43. R5xf4 Qe5 44. Qc2 Re8 45. Bf5
Kg7 46. Kh1 Rhh8 47. Rg4 Rh5 48. Rg2 Re7 49. Qc1 Qd4 50. Qf4 Qe5 51. Qxe5 Rxe5
52. Rb1 Re7 53. Rb6 $18 Rh8 54. Rxd6 Ra8 55. Rb6 Rxa3 56. d6 Re5 (56... Rf7 57.
Be6) 57. Rxb7+ Kh6 58. d7 $2 (58. Rd2 $18 Nxe4 59. Bxe4 Rxe4 60. d7 Rxh3+ 61.
Kg2) 58... Rd3 59. Rb8 Rxf5 60. exf5 Rxd7 61. Rh8+ (61. Rg4 Nf7 (61... Kh5 62.
Rh8+ Nh7 63. Rg6 $2 (63. Kg2 {/\Ke6}) 63... Rd1+) 62. Rg6+ (62. Rxh4+ Kg5)
62... Kh5 63. Rxf6 Ne5 64. Re6 Rd5 $1 {The win for White remains problematic.})
61... Kg7 62. Rxh4 Rd3 63. Ra4 $1 (63. Rh5 Kf8 64. h4 Rh3+ 65. Rh2 Rxh2+ 66.
Kxh2 Nf7 {/\Kg7} 67. Rh7 Kg8 68. Rxf7 Kxf7 $10) 63... Rxh3+ 64. Rh2 Rxh2+ 65.
Kxh2 Nf7 66. Ra7 Kf8 67. Kg3 Nd6 68. Kg4 Ke8 69. Ra5 Nc4 70. Ra8+ Ke7 71. Kh5
Ne5 72. Kh6 Kf7 73. Kh7 Nc6 74. Ra6 Ne5 75. Ra7+ Kf8 76. Rb7 (76. Rb7 Nc6 (
76... Ke8 77. Kg7) 77. Rb6) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Psakhis: 'Deviating from the theory at
very early stage.'} Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 $1 (5... Bg4 6. Qb3 $16) 6. Bb3 (6.
O-O Bg4 7. Qb3 $6 e6 8. Qxb7 $2 Na5 $19) 6... Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2
Be7 10. Nf1 $6 {Psakhis: 'This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has
nothing to fear here'} (10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 $13) (10. O-O {Psakhis} O-O 11. g4
Bg6 12. Nh4 Ne8 13. Ng2 h6 14. f4 Bh7 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 Na5 17. Bd5 Nc7 18.
Ne3 Bg5 19. Ndc4 $14 {1-0 Schneider,D-Gomez,J/Wch B20 Athens 2001/}) (10. Bc2 {
Psakhis} d5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Ng2 O-O-O 14. f4 c4 15. d4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Be3 Kb8 18. Qxc4 Qd7 $13 {Minasian,A-Cheparinov,I/EUR-ch Batumi 2002/
The Week in Chess 397/1/2-1/2 (81)}) 10... d5 $1 11. g4 (11. e5 Bxf3 12. gxf3
Nd7 13. f4 b5 $36) (11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. O-O O-O $15) 11... Bg6 (11...
dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Ng3 $11) 12. e5 (12. Ng3 c4 13. dxc4 Nxe4 $15 (13... dxe4
14. Nh4)) (12. g5 Nh5 $15 13. exd5 {Psakhis} exd5 14. Nh4 O-O $15) 12... Nd7
13. Bc2 ({In the case of} 13. Bf4 {(Psakhis) Lautier possibly would play} Bxd3
$5 (13... b5) 14. Qxd3 c4 15. Bxc4 $140 Nc5 $36) 13... Qc7 (13... c4 {Psakhis}
14. d4 (14. dxc4 Bxc2 15. cxd5 (15. Qxc2 dxc4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd7c5]}) 15...
Ndxe5 $1 16. Nxe5 Qxd5) 14... Bxc2 15. Qxc2 O-O $13) 14. Bf4 (14. d4 {Psakhis}
Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Rc8) 14... f6 $1 {'!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Unlike White who has
not completed his development yet, all Black pieces are involved in the
struggle'} (14... d4 {Psakhis} 15. Ng3 {[%cal Gh3h4]}) 15. exf6 Qxf4 16. fxe7
Nde5 $1 {Psakhis: 'It is clear, that initiative belongs to Black already'} (
16... Nxe7 {[%cal Ge6e5] Psakhis}) {Psakhis: Nothing change and} 17. N1d2 Kxe7
(17... c4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. d4 {'[]' Psakhis.} Bxc2 20. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 21. dxe5
Kxe7 $15 {'|^' Psakhis.}) 18. Nh4 {/\ Ng2} (18. O-O-O Nxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20.
Nxf3 Raf8 $17) (18. Nxe5 $5 {Psakhis}) 18... Raf8 19. Rf1 (19. Ng2 {'!?'
Psakhis.} Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Nh4 Rf4 $15 (22... Rf6 $15 {
Psakhis})) 19... Qh2 (19... Qh6 $5 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Rh1 Qf4 $17) (19... d4 $5
{Psakhis}) (19... Qf6 $5 {Psakhis}) 20. Ndf3 (20. O-O-O Qxh3 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22.
f3 Qg3 $17) (20. Nxg6+ {Psakhis} hxg6 $5) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qf4 (21... Qxh3
$4 22. Ng5 $16) 22. Nd2 (22. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Gh4g2] Psakhis}) 22... h5 $1 {
Psakhis: 'Lautier increases the pressure on white's position.'} 23. O-O-O hxg4
24. hxg4 Rh2 $17 (24... Qe5 $5 {Psakhis}) 25. Rde1 e5 {'-/+' Psakhis.} 26. Bb3
(26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rg2 $17) 26... Kd6 27. Qd1 $2 $138 {
'?!' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'An attempt to launch an attack against black monarch ,
which is easily suppressed by Black.'} (27. Bc2 $142 {Psakhis}) 27... Bxd3 $19
28. Re3 (28. Bxd5 {Psakhis} Kxd5 $19) 28... e4 29. Bxd5 $5 Kxd5 (29... Bxf1 {
Psakhis} 30. Qxf1 Kxd5 $19 {was good enough}) 30. Qb3+ Kd6 $138 (30... c4 31.
Qxb7 Bxf1 {'-+' Psakhis.} 32. Rxe4 Rf7 33. Rd4+ Kc5 $19) 31. Qxb7 Qf7 32. Nxe4+
(32. Rxd3+ exd3 33. Ne4+ Kd5 34. c4+ Ke5 35. Qxc6 Qxc4+ 36. Kb1 (36. Nc3 d2+
$19) 36... Qxe4 37. Qxc5+ Ke6 38. Qxf8 d2+ $19) ({Psakhis: Worth considering} 
32. Qb6 $142 {'!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'and after, for example '} Qd5 {'>=!'
Psakhis.} (32... Qxa2 $6 {Psakhis} 33. Rxd3+ $1 exd3 34. Ne4+ Ke6 35. Qxc6+ Kf7
36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qxd3 $17 {White still keep chances to safe game.}) (32... Qd5
$142 $1) 33. c4 Qd4 34. Rd1 Rb8 $19) 32... Bxe4 33. Rd1+ Bd5 34. Qb3 Rh1 $1 35.
c4 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Nd4 37. cxd5 Qxf2 38. Ra3 Qf4+ 39. Kb1 Qe4+ 40. Kc1 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schlosser,P} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 (3. c3 {Schlosser,P} Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5.
Bc2 (5. h3 $6 d5 $1 $15) 5... Bg4 $132) 3... Nf6 (3... e6 4. Qe2 $146 {(4.0-0)}
Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $13 {
(Leko-Moiseev, Nettetal 1992)}) 4. Qe2 Nc6 (4... Bg4 $2 {Schlosser,P} 5. e5 $1)
5. h3 (5. c3 Bg4 6. Bb3 e6 7. d3 d5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Qc7 $10 {
(Lutz,Ch-Sadler, Ostende 1992)}) 5... e6 (5... d5 $5 {Schlosser,P}) 6. Bb3 Be7
(6... d5 $5 {Schlosser,P} 7. e5 $140 Nd7 $132 {x e5}) 7. c3 b6 8. O-O O-O 9.
Rd1 $146 (9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 (10. Rd1 $5) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. a3 Rc7 $1
13. Re1 Qa8 $1 $15 {(Leko-Adorjan, HUN-ch 1992)} (13... Qa8 {Schlosser,P} 14.
Ba2 Rfc8 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nb3 Bf8 {0,5/Leko,P-Adorjan,A/HUN ch/
1992/})) 9... a5 $5 (9... Bb7 10. d4 $13) 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a4 (11... Ba6 {
Schlosser,P} 12. Qe1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 $132) 12. Bc4 (12. Bxa4 $2 Rxa4 13. Qb5 Ra7
14. Qxc6 Bb7 $17) (12. Bc2 Nb4 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Qd2 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 b5 $10) 12...
d5 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Bb5 $1 $18 (13. d5 $18 {Schlosser,P})) 13. exd5 (13. Bb5
$5 {Schlosser,P} dxe4 (13... Na7 $140 $6 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 $16) 14. Bxc6 exf3
(14... Ba6 $6 15. Qe3 exf3 16. Qxf3 $1 {/\ 17.Nc3+/-, xa4} (16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17.
Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Be2 $44)) 15. Qxf3 Ra7 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Bf4 $14) 13... Nxd5
14. Nc3 Ncb4 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Ne4 (16. a3 {Schlosser,P} Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18.
Rd3 Rc8 {/\ 19...f6, 19...b5}) 16... Ba6 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $10 (
17... Bxf6 {Schlosser,P} 18. Bd2 Nd5 $10)) 17. a3 $1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 f5 19. Ng3
Rc8 20. Qb5 Nc2 21. Rb1 Bxa3 $5 (21... Qe8 {Schlosser,P} 22. Qd3 $16 {x Nc2})
22. bxa3 Nc3 23. Qd3 Nxb1 24. Bb2 Nbxa3 (24... Qd5 25. Rxb1 Qa2 26. Qd1 $14)
25. Bxa3 Nxa3 26. Qxa3 b5 27. Ne2 $1 $13 {(/\Nf4 ><e6, Kg8)} f4 $1 $8 (27...
Qa5 {Schlosser,P} 28. Qd6 Rfe8 29. Nf4 $36) (27... Qd5 {Schlosser,P} 28. Rb1 (
28. Nf4 $2 Qb3 $132) 28... Rfd8 (28... Rc2 29. Nf4 Qe4 (29... Qxd4 $140 $2 30.
Qxf8+ $18) 30. Nxe6 Re8 31. Rxb5 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kxg3 g6
35. d5 $16) 29. Qe7 Re8 30. Qb4 $16) 28. Nc3 Qa5 (28... Rf5 $5 {(/\29...Rc3 30.
Qc3 Re5 -+ Gomez Esteban)}) 29. Na2 $1 Qc7 $1 30. Qb4 Qc2 $138 31. Rd2 Qb3 32.
Qe7 Rce8 33. Qc5 Kh8 $2 (33... Rc8 $10) 34. Kh2 $1 Rc8 35. Qd6 a3 (35... Rcd8
$2 36. Nf7+ $1 $18) (35... Qd5 {Schlosser,P} 36. Qe7 Rce8 37. Qb4 $16) 36. d5
$1 $16 exd5 37. Qe6 {(/\Nf7)} Rc7 $8 38. Re2 (38. Rd4 $1 {/\Rf4 G.Feher} Qxa2
39. Rxf4 Rb8 40. Ng6+ hxg6 41. Rh4#) 38... Qa4 (38... g6 {Schlosser,P} 39. Nd7)
39. Nf7+ Rcxf7 40. Qxf7 Qa8 41. Qd7 f3 42. Re7 Qb8+ (42... fxg2 43. Rxg7 g1=Q+
44. Kxg1 Rg8 45. Rxg8+ Qxg8+ 46. Kf1 $18) 43. g3 Qb6 44. Qa7 $18 (44. Re3 $4
Qxe3 $1 $19) 44... Qf6 45. Qxa3 h5 46. Re6 (46. Re5 $1) 46... Qf7 47. Re7 Qg6
48. Re5 b4 49. Qxb4 Ra8 50. Nc3 Qe4 51. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {This move is possible to be played from time to
time, but I believe not in every game as Luke do.} Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6.
Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3 Be7 9. Bb3 d5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 O-O-O $1 $146 ({
There is no reason to be afraid. Black king is very safe on c8. In Lutz -
Sadler, Ostend 1992 black played worse:} 11... Rd8 12. e5 Nd7 13. g4 Bg6 14.
Nf1 h5 15. Bf4 {and eventually lost.}) 12. Ba4 Ne5 $15 ({In my preparations
for McShane I evaluated that position as slightly better for black, while after
} 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 {white would equalize after} 14. Bc2 $1) 13. g4 ({Now
} 13. Bc2 $5 {was also worthy consideration, though existance of d3 and d5
pawns is on black's hand.}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bg6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 h5 17.
Bg3 hxg4 18. hxg4 {Black's position looks preferable. h file has already been
opened, king is safe and even white-squares bishop (a typical problem in
similar structures) is active!} c4 $1 19. d4 ({Forced, as the ending appearing
after} 19. dxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxc4+ dxc4 {would be significantly worse for white.})
19... Rh6 20. Kg2 Rdh8 21. Bc2 $1 ({Black bishop couldn't be tolerated anymore.
} 21. Rh1 $6 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Qa5 $1 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $17) 21... Qd8
$1 ({Black queen goes to king's side via g8 and h7. It didn't have any sense
to aim for a pawn} 21... Bxc2 $6 22. Qxc2 Rg6 $6 23. Rh1 $1 $36) 22. b3 ({
White tries to get a counter-play on queen's side, as he couldn't start
fighting for h file:} 22. Rh1 $6 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 Qh8+ 25. Kg2 Qh7
$1 26. Bxg6 Qxg6 $17) 22... Nb6 23. Rab1 $1 (23. Rh1 $6 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rxh1 25.
Kxh1 Qh8+ 26. Kg2 Qh7 $1 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 $17) 23... Qg8 24. Bxg6 ({Forced, as
counter-play was too slow:} 24. a4 Qh7 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 $1 26. Rh1 (26. Nh2 cxb3 {
with a big advantage due to a weak c4 square and white king's position.}) 26...
Rh6 27. Rhe1 $5 (27. Rxh6 Qxh6 $17) 27... cxb3 28. Qb5 (28. Rxb3 $2 Rh1 $19)
28... Nc4 29. Rxb3 b6 30. Rbb1 Qg6 $17) 24... Rxg6 25. Rh1 $1 (25. Nd2 Qh7 $1
26. Rh1 Rh6 27. Rxh6 Qxh6 28. bxc4 Qh3+ 29. Kf3 Rh4 $1 30. Ke3 Bg5+ 31. Kd3
Bxd2 32. Rxb6 $1 Bf4 $1 $19) 25... Rgh6 $1 ({An initiative is more important
than a pawn. After} 25... Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxg4 27. Nd2 {white would get good
counter-chances.}) 26. Rxh6 gxh6 $1 (26... Rxh6 27. Qc2 $1 $132) 27. Nd2 Qg6
28. Rc1 $1 ({White has to control c2 square.} 28. bxc4 $2 Nxc4 $17) 28... h5 $1
29. gxh5 Rxh5 $1 ({An excellent pawn sacrifice and the only chance for black
to keep playing for a win. An ending appearing after} 29... Qxh5 30. Qxh5 Rxh5
31. f4 {was equal.}) 30. bxc4 Qf5 31. Rh1 $8 (31. c5 Qh3+ 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Ke3
Bg5+ 34. Kd3 Qh7 $1 $19) (31. Qf3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Bg5 $17) 31... Rxh1 32. Kxh1 Qc2
$1 {The point of black's plan! Now white pieces encounter enormous problems
with coordination.} 33. cxd5 (33. c5 Nc4 $17) 33... Nxd5 34. c4 Nb6 35. c5 $2 (
{Looks like the only move, but in fact white could complicate the game by
playing} 35. d5 $1 Bb4 36. Qh5 $1 Qxd2 37. Qxf7 Nxc4 38. Qxe6+ {with a strong
compensation.}) 35... Nd5 {White is a pawn up, but cannot escape for a draw.
Black pieces dominate.} 36. Qe1 Qxa2 $2 $138 ({A serious mistake caused by a
serious time trouble. After} 36... Qc3 {white would fail to find any defence.})
37. Ne4 a5 38. Qd1 $1 ({White queen goes to king's side to attack weak pawns.
Immediate action started with} 38. Nd6+ Bxd6 39. exd6 {(with the idea d7-Qe5)
would not bring expected results after} Qa4 $5 40. Kg1 (40. d7+ $2 Kxd7 41. Qe5
Qc6 $19) 40... Qb5 $17) 38... a4 39. Qf3 $2 $138 ({Played too fast and as it
often happens a decisive mistake, while} 39. Kh2 $1 {with the idea Qh5-Nd6
would guarantee a strong counter-play.}) 39... Qb3 $1 $19 40. Qxf7 {Nothing
else could be done.} Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe4 42. Qxe6+ Kc7 43. Qf7 Qxd4 44. Qe8 (44.
e6+ Kc6 45. Qe8+ Kxc5 46. Qc8+ Kb6 $19) 44... Bh4 $1 45. Qf7+ Ne7 46. Kh3 Bxg3
47. Qxe7+ Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Nfd4 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Qc7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qb6 21.
Rb1 Ne4 22. Qd3 Be7 23. Bf3 Nd6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Bf2 Qb5 26. Qg6 Qb6 27. Re2
Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. Qg4 Rd6 31. h3 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4
Qxd4 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qe7 Rxf4 36. Qxb7 Rf2 37. a3 Re2 38. Qf3 Rf2 39. Rd1
Rxf3 40. Rxd4 Rf2 41. Rb4 a5 42. Rb5 a4 43. Kh2 Rd2 {The presence of an
additional pair of queen side pawns favours the active side, who can improve
his king's position before transposing to the customary ending with a passed
pawn.} 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Rb4 Rc2 46. Kf3 h5 47. h4 Kf5 48. g3 Rd2 49. Rxa4 Rxb2
50. Rf4+ Ke5 51. Re4+ Kf5 52. Rb4 Rc2 53. Rb3 Rc4 54. Ke3 {White has managed
to defend both his weak pawns at the same time, but Black's position isn't
entirely hopeless yet. I suppose that the game continued a bit more, but in
the database it ends abruptly here.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Juniors 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malysheva, Polina"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Qc4 19. Nf3 Qb4 20. Bb1 Nh5 21. Ba2 g5
22. Bg3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Nc5 24. Rcd1 Nxa4 25. Nxa4 Qxa4 26. b3 Qa3 27. Bb1 Qxb3
28. Qxd6 Qe6 29. Qd3 Qc4 30. Qd7 Bc6 31. Qg4 Qe6 32. Qh5 Red8 33. e5 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Bb7 35. Rf1 Rc3 36. Bh7+ Kf8 37. Kh2 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Bxe5 40.
Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Qe7 43. Qxb6+ Qd6 44. Qxd6+ Bxd6 45. Kg1 Bxg3
46. Kf1 {In principle, the position looks winning for Black, since in the
future he will be able to create a second passed pawn on the king side.
However, there is a small nuance: in the position with the h- and a-pawns,
White draws if his king reaches the h1-corner, since he can safely give up his
bishop for the other pawn. If the king will be forced to guard the a-pawn,
then a passed h-pawn supported by the black king would win the bishop and the
game. In order to understand better the further events and recommendations, I
suggest the reader to have a look at the Endgame Studies 4 and 5. Prinzipiell
sieht die Stellung gewinnträchtig für Schwarz aus, da er in Zukunft einen
zweiten Freibauern am Königsfügel bilden kann. Es gibt aber eine kleine Nuance:
in der Stellung mit h- und a-Bauern macht Weiß remis, wenn er das Feld h1
erreicht, da er risikolos seinen Läufer für den anderen Bauern geben kann.
Müsste der König den a-Bauern bewachen, würde ein vom schwarzen König
unterstützter Bauer Läufer und Partie gewinnen. Um die weiteren Ereignisse und
Empfehlungen besser zu verstehen, rate ich dem Leser, einen Blick auf die
Endspielstudien 4 und 5 zu werfen.} a5 47. Bc2 h5 $6 {From a principial point
of view, this is a dubious decision already. Black cannot know yet which would
be the best way to advance his king side pawns. (Pushing them too far could
limit the winning chances, see the Endgame Study 4). At the same time, he (she)
can be sure that advancing the a-pawn as far as possible (to a3) would be very
useful, since it would restrict the activity of the white pieces. In
prinzipieller Hinsicht ist dies bereits eine zweifelhafte Entscheidung.
Schwarz kann noch nicht wissen, auf welche Weise er seine Königsflügelbauern
am besten vorrücken soll. (Sie zu weit vorzustoßen, würde die Gewinnchancen
verringern, siehe Endspielstudie 4). Gleichzeitig kann er (sie) sicher sein,
dass das weitmöglichste Vorrücken des a-Bauern (bis nach a3) sehr nützlich
wäre, da dies die Aktivität der weißen Figuren einschränken würde.} (47... Ke5
$142 $1 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Kf3 {This counterplay fails to gain a draw Dieses
Gegenspiel genügt nicht zum Remis} ({but allerdings würde} 49. Kd2 {isn't
sufficient either:} Kc4 50. Bh7 Kb4 51. Bg8 f6 52. Kc2 a4 53. Be6 h5 54. Bf7 h4
55. Be6 a3 56. Bf7 Be5 57. Be6 Kc5 {and we have reached the starting position
from the Endgame Study 5 und wir haben die Ausgangsposition von Endspielstudie
5 erreicht.}) 49... Bd6 50. Kg4 (50. g4 Kc3 51. Ba4 Kb4 52. Be8 f6 (52... a4 $2
53. Bxf7 a3 54. h4 $3 {[%csl Yh1]} Kc3 55. h5 Kb2 56. Ke4 a2 57. Bxa2 Kxa2 58.
Kf5 Kb3 59. Kg6 Bf8 60. Kf7 Bc5 61. Kg7 Kc4 62. Kxh6 Be3 63. Kg6 Kd3 64. h6 Ke4
65. h7 $11) 53. Ke4 a4 54. Kd3 Kb3 $19) 50... Kc3 51. Bd1 Kb4 52. Kh5 (52. Kf5
Be7 {[%csl Yd6,Ye6,Yf6,Yg6]}) 52... Bf8 53. Bf3 a4 54. Bd5 f5 55. Kg6 (55. h4
gxh4 56. Kxh4 Bd6 {[%cal Rf5f4,Rb4c3,Rc3b2,Ya4a1]} 57. g3 a3 $19 58. Kh5 $140
Bxg3) 55... f4 56. Kf7 Bc5 57. Kg7 Bf2 58. Kxh6 Bh4 $19 {[%cal Ya4a1,Rb4c3,
Rc3b2]}) 48. Bd1 h4 49. Bb3 {Now Black faces some problems with his king's
centralisation. Nun hat Schwarz einige Probleme mit der Zentralisierung seines
Königs.} Kg6 50. Ke2 f5 $2 {After this careless move Black cannot win any more.
The weakness of the f5-pawn will force her to either advance it to f4 (thus
basically reaching the position from Endgame Study 4) or play ...g4, with
unfavourable simplifications, as in the game. Nach diesem sorglosen Zug kann
Schwarz nicht mehr gewinnen. Die Schwäche des Bauern f5 wird sie zwingen, ihn
entweder nach f4 vorzurücken (wonach im Grunde die Stellung von Endspielstudie
4 entsteht), oder ...g4 zu spielen, mit unvorteilhaften Vereinfachungen, wie
in der Partie.} (50... f6 $142 $1 {seems to be still winning: scheint noch
immer zu gewinnen..} 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Kd4 Be5+ 53. Ke3 {[%csl Rf4]} Bb2 54. Ba4
Ke5 55. Bb3 Bd4+ {Forcing the white king to define his intentions. Zwingt den
weißen König, seine Absichten aufzudecken.} 56. Kf3 (56. Kd3 Bb6 {[%csl Rd4,
Re3,Rf2][%cal Ye5g3]}) 56... Kd6 {[%cal Yd6b4] and further as in Endgame Study
5 und weiter wie in Endspielstudie 5.}) 51. Kd3 g4 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Ke4 Kg5
54. Bc2 Bf2 (54... h3 55. gxh3 gxh3 56. Kf3 Bd6 57. Kf2 $11 {[%csl Yh1]}) 55.
Bd1 {[%cal Yd1g4,Yg4e6,Ra5a3,Rg5f6] With the pawn on a5 still, the threat
against the g4-pawn is real in case the black king intends to walk away. The
bishop could simply take the pawn and then catch the a-pawn on a3. Mit dem
Bauern noch auf a5 ist die Drohung gegen den Bauern g4 real, falls der
schwarze König sich entfernen will. Der Läufer könnte den Bauern einfach
nehmen und dann den a-Bauern auf a3 abfangen.} g3 56. Bf3 a4 57. Kd3 a3 58. Kc2
Kf4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yh4h3]} 59. Bd5 Bc5 60. Kb3 Ke3 61. Be6 Ke4 (61... Kf2 62.
Bh3 $1 $11 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3]} (62. Bd5 $2 Kg1 $1 (62... h3 $2 63. gxh3 g2 64.
Bxg2 Kxg2 65. h4 $11 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Rh4h8]}) 63. Bc6 Kh2 64. Bd5 h3 $19))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Primavara"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vajda, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. a4 a6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. a5 Rb8 15.
Qa3 Be7 16. Be3 Na7 17. Nfxe5 Bb5 18. Rad1 Nc8 19. f4 $14 Rd8 20. Qa2 Nd5 21.
Bf2 Be8 22. Bh3 g6 23. Nf3 b5 24. axb6 Ncxb6 25. Nce5 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. Ne5
Be8 28. Bg2 Rb5 29. h4 Ra5 30. Qc4 Ra4 31. b4 $2 (31. Qb3) 31... Ra3 32. bxc5
Bb5 33. Qe4 Nxc3 $17 34. Qe3 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 Rc3 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Qxc1 f6 38.
Ng4 Bc6 39. Qc4 Qd7 40. Qxa6 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Qb5 h5 44. Ne3
Qxc5 45. Qd7 Qd6 46. Qb7 Ra2 47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Qe4 Ra3 49. d4 Ra4 50. Nd1 Qd5 51.
Nc3 Qxe4+ 52. Nxe4 f5 53. Nd2 Bf6 54. Nf3 Ke7 55. Kf1 Kd6 56. Ke2 Kd5 57. Kd3
Ra2 58. Be1 Ra3+ 59. Bc3 Bg7 60. Kc2 Ra2+ 61. Kd3 Rf2 62. Ke3 Rg2 63. Be1 Ra2
64. Bb4 Ra4 65. Bc5 Bxd4+ 66. Nxd4 Kxc5 67. Nxe6+ Kd5 68. Ng5 Ra3+ 69. Kf2 Kd4
70. Ne6+ Ke4 71. Ng5+ Kd4 72. Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {Probably the best way to keep all pices on board and
avoid massive theory at the same time.} Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. a3 Bc6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf1 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {For the time being,
the double pawns are not really weak. True, White's structure is more compact,
but Black's pressure against the d3-pawn should offer him adequate counterplay.
It will take a long way and lots of patience from White until the drawbacks of
Black's structure will come to tell.} 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Qb3 b5 15.
Na5 Be8 16. f3 Nd7 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Rec1 Na4 19. Qc2 h6 20. Qf2 Bg5 21. Bxg5
hxg5 {Another pair of double pawns has been created in Black's camp. This time,
the compensation for the formal structural deffect consists of the fact that
the h-pawn has captured towards the centre.} 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. Qe1
Rc7 25. c4 Rdc8 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qb4 Bxd3 30. Rxc5
Qxc5+ 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Nc6 {The position is plain equal. Topalov's next move
is an invitation to continue the fight.} Kf8 (32... a6 {would have most
probably led to a draw.}) 33. Nxa7 ({Morozevich gladly picks up the gauntlet.
He could have declined the brave offer by means of} 33. Nxe5) 33... Ke7 34.
Nc6+ Kd6 35. Na5 f6 36. Kf2 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 g4 38. Ke2 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 $5 {
Black has the more compact structure (one group of pawns against three white)
and better possibilities of centralising the king, but Topalov might have
underestimated the force of the outside passed pawn. Morozevich' last move
looks a bit unnatural, because it weakens the e4-pawn. The justification of
his choice probably lies in the fact that he wanted to keep hypotetic the
possibility of creating another passed pawn on the kingside.} Nd3 40. Nb3 Ne1+
41. Kf2 Nc2 42. a4 Nd4 43. Nc1 Kc5 44. Nd3+ Kc4 45. Ke3 Nc2+ 46. Ke2 Kd4 47.
Nf2 Nb4 48. h4 Nc6 ({The point behind White's 39th move can be seen after} 
48... g6 49. g4 {followed by h5, when Black would have been helpless against
the two pased pawns..}) 49. h5 Na5 {In the previous phase of the game, Black
has moved around with his knight without suceeding in eliminating the a-pawn.
In the meanwhile, White has obtained an advantage of space on he other wing.}
50. Ng4 {Suddenly, the apparently compact black structure reveals its Achile's
heel: the f6-square. Apart from h6, the threat Nxf6 is rather annoying.} Nc4
51. h6 gxh6 52. Nxf6 Kc3 53. Ng4 h5 54. Ne3 Na5 55. Kf3 Nb3 56. Nf1 Kd3 57. Kg3
Kxe4 58. Kh4 Kd3 59. Kxh5 {An important moment. After long positional
manoeuvres and several exchanges, Black is left with just the double pawns.
They are obviously less efficient than the g- and a-pawns, but the game
remains interesting.} e4 $6 ({This is where Black's real troubles seem to
start. After} 59... Ke2 $5 {, White would have faced a hard job finding a good
square for the knight. For instance, after} 60. Nh2 e4 {he cannot advance his
g-pawn and stop the anemy pawn with Ng4xe3 at the same time.}) 60. g4 Nd2 61.
Nxd2 Kxd2 62. a5 e3 63. a6 e2 64. a7 e1=Q 65. a8=Q {The position suffered a
new transformation. The queen ending is quite unpleasant for Black, because
White's pawn is more advanced than his colleague.} Qe5+ 66. g5 Qf5 67. Qd8+ Kc1
68. Qf6 Qd5 69. Kh6 {Now and on the next move, Topalov should have checked the
enemy king until the white queen would have been forced to abandon its optimal
placement.} e5 $2 70. g6 $2 (70. Qf1+ $1) 70... e4 $2 (70... Qh1+ $11) 71. g7 {
Now it is rather late for any kind of counterplay.} e3 72. Qc3+ {He might have
missed that when starting to advance his pawn.} Kb1 73. Qxe3 Qh1+ 74. Kg6 Qg2+
75. Qg5 Qc6+ 76. Kh7 Qb7 77. Qg1+ Ka2 78. Qh2+ Ka1 79. Kh8 Qe4 80. g8=Q {
In case of 80...Qh7+ (?!) only one of the re-captures would lead to a draw by
stalemate. Given such a low probability of a miracle, Topalov resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 $5 {Bologan was very pleased with this move after the game.
On the grounds that White has wasted some tempi in the opening, he thought
Black does well to spend two tempi putting the knight on the better square c7.}
10. Bg5 (10. Be3) 10... Nc7 11. d5 {Perhaps ?! in view of what follows.} (11.
Qd2 $14 {[%cal Yb1a3]}) 11... h6 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 f5) 12... f5 13.
exf5 Rxf5 14. Nh4 (14. Qc1 Kh7 15. c4 b5 $17) 14... Rxd5 15. Qc2 g5 16. Nf5 (
16. Ng6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc3c4]} e6 $8 {[%cal Yd5f5]} 17. g4 (17. Nd2) 17...
Qf6 {[%csl Rb2,Rg6][%cal Yg8f7,Yc3c4,Yf6b2] was not going to work out.}) 16...
Qf8 17. Ng3 $6 {Still hoping to cause inconvenience to the rook, but it would
have been better to cut my losses and exchange his useful bishop.} (17. Nxg7
Kxg7 18. c4 Re5 19. Nd2 $15 {/-/+ but at least White has some compensation.})
17... Qf7 18. Nd2 Ne5 {There is no realistic way to get compensation.} 19. Rf1
Rf8 20. Nde4 Ng6 21. Qa4 Re5 (21... a6 22. Qd7 Ne6 (22... e6 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24.
c4 Rd3 25. Rad1 $132 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23. Qxb7 Nef4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yg6h4,Yf4g2]}
) 22. c4 Qe6 23. Nc3 a6 24. Rae1 Nf4 25. Qa5 Qd7 26. Nge4 Qc6 27. f3 b5 28. b3
Nd3 29. Re2 Ref5 (29... b4 $5 {[%csl Ra5]}) 30. Ng3 R5f7 31. Nce4 Ne5 32. Nh5
$6 Bh8 $6 (32... Qxe4 $1 {I completely overlooked.} 33. Qxc7 bxc4 34. Nxg7 Kxg7
$17 {with a second pawn in the bag, this must be progress.}) 33. Qe1 {Teeing
up for my kingside hackery, and luckily sidestepping Qxe4, which 33.Qd2,
another candidate move, wouldn't have done.} bxc4 34. bxc4 Nxc4 35. Bxg5 $5 {
A reasonable attempt to cause trouble.} hxg5 36. Nxg5 Qd5 37. Qg3 (37. Nxf7
Bd4+ $1 38. Kh1 Qxh5 $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 37... Bg7 38. Nxf7 Rxf7 39. Qh3 e6 40.
Nxg7 Rxg7 41. Re4 (41. Rb1 Qd3 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Qh5+ Ke7 44. Qh4+ Kd7 45. Qd8+
Kc6 {Black's king is completely safe on c6, and in the meantime I'm getting
mated on the kingside.}) 41... Ne5 42. Rb1 Nd7 43. Qh4 Ne8 $1 {Now there is no
way to get at Black's king.} (43... Qxa2 44. Rb8+ $1 Nxb8 (44... Nf8 45. Rxf8+
Kxf8 46. Qh8+ $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Rh4+ Kg6 47. Rg4+ Kh7 $11) 44.
Qe1 (44. Rg4 Nef6 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {was also possible, but I decided to keep
those rooks on.}) 44... e5 (44... Ne5) 45. Qe2 Qc6 46. Rh4 Nef6 47. f4 {
Rather desperate, but I had to try something. Nf6-d5-f4 was also a dangerous
idea.} Qa4 (47... Qe4 48. Qxe4 Nxe4 49. fxe5 (49. Rd1 exf4 50. Rxf4 Ndf6 $17)
49... Nd2 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Rg1,Rh4][%cal Yd2f3,Yd2b1] picks up an exchange.}) 48.
Kh1 Qd4 49. Qxa6 Qf2 (49... Ne4 50. Qc8+ Nf8 51. Rh8+ Kxh8 52. Qxf8+ Kh7 (52...
Rg8 53. Qh6#) 53. Qf5+ Kh6 54. Qe6+ (54. Qh3+ Kg6 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Ke6 57.
Qh6+ Kd5 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ye4f2]}) 54... Rg6 55. Qh3+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kf6 57.
fxe5+ Qxe5 58. Rf1+ Kg5 $17) 50. g3 $6 (50. Qa8+ $1 Kf7) 50... Qf3+ 51. Kg1
exf4 (51... Rxg3+ 52. hxg3 Qxg3+ 53. Kf1 Qxh4 $19) 52. Qc4+ Nd5 53. Rb3 (53.
Rxf4 Qxf4 54. Qxd5+ Qf7 55. Qxd6 Qxa2 56. Re1 {might have posed more practical
problems.}) 53... Qd1+ 54. Kf2 (54. Kg2 f3+) 54... Qd2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kf2
Re7 $1 {decisive.} 57. Rxf4 Ne5 $1 58. Rb8+ Kg7 59. Qa4 Nd3+ 60. Kg2 N5xf4+ 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 b6 $5 (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Qxd7) 5. O-O Bb7 6. d3 g6 7. Re1 (7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. d4 Nxe4 (8... Bxe4 9.
Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bb5+ Kf8 $14 (10... Nd7 11. Bc6)) 9. Bb5+ (9. Qa4+ Kf8 (9... Nd7
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 d5 12. Ng5 O-O (12... Bf5 13. g4 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
cxb6 axb6 16. Qc6 Kf7 17. f4 $36) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxc5 15. Qh4 $14) (
9... Bc6 10. Bb5 $18) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 (11. Re1 $5 $44) 11... Bc6 (11...
d5 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 $36) 12. Qf4 bxc5 (12... e5 13. Qg3 (13.
Qe3 bxc5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Ng5 $140 Nb6) 13... bxc5 14. Rd1 {[%cal
Yf3e5]} Qe7) 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Ng5 d5 15. Rd1 e5 16. Qf3) 9... Nd7 (9... Kf8 $5
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 (11. Re1 $5 $44) 11... Bb7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc4 (13. Qb3
d5 14. Be8 Qb6 $17) 13... d5 14. Qf3 Bf6 15. Rd1 e6 16. Ne4 Nd7 (16... Be7 17.
Bh6+ Kg8 18. Qf4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. b4)) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Re1 (11. Ng5 Bb7
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc4 e6 (13... Ne5 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qb3+ $13)
14. Qxd6 Be5 15. Qd3) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bxf6 $1
$16) 13. Qb7 Nf6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qxe7) 7... Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bf1 e5 {
By delaying Nbd7 Black has got this in before White can play d3-d4.} 10. a3
Nbd7 11. b4 d5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. g3 Qc7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 h6 16. h4 $6 {
[%csl Yf7,Rg4,Yg6][%cal Yh4h5]} Rad8 17. Re2 {[%cal Ya1e1]} Ne7 (17... N5f6 $5
{[%csl Gb7,Gg4][%cal Yf6g4,Yb7h1]}) 18. Rae1 Bd5 19. Qc2 (19. c4 Ba8 (19... Be6
$5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nc6 23. R5e3 Nd4 24. Qc3 $14) (19...
Bxf3 20. Nxf3 $14) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 (20... Nf5 $5) 21. Bxe5 Qc6 22. f3 $8 Nxe5 23.
Rxe5 Nf5 $44) 19... Be6 $5 {[%csl Ge6,Rg4][%cal Ye6g4,Yc7c2,Ye7d5]} 20. Bg2
cxb4 21. axb4 Nd5 22. Nc4 $2 (22. b5 $1 $13 Nb4 $6 23. Qb1 Ba2 24. Qa1 Nxd3 25.
Qxa2 Nxe1 26. Nxe1 $14 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Gg2][%cal Ye1c2,Yc2b4,Yg2a8]}) 22... b5
$1 $15 23. Ne3 N7b6 24. Nxd5 (24. h5 g5 (24... gxh5 $5) 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 $1 (25...
Nxd5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Nxb4 28. Qd2 Nxd3 29. Rxg5+ hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kf8 $8
31. Qf6 $6 (31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ $44) 31... Rd7 (31... Nxe1 $2 32. h6 $18) 32.
h6 Qd8 33. Ba3+ b4 $8 34. Qg7+ Ke7)) 24... Bxd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yd5g2]} (
24... Nxd5) 25. Re3 (25. h5 $1 g5 (25... gxh5) 26. c4 Bxf3 (26... bxc4 27. Bxe5
(27. d4 $2 Qb7 $1 $17) 27... Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $11 {/+/=}) 27. Bxf3
bxc4 28. d4 Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. dxe5 $14) 25... Re7 26. Ba1 Rde8 27. Qb1 Qb7
$1 28. R1e2 h5 29. Qe1 (29. Qf1 e4 $5) 29... f6 {[%csl Gd5,Re3,Rf3,Gh6][%cal
Yg7h6]} (29... Bh6 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxf3 33. c4 f6 34. Qe6+
Kh7 35. Bxf3 Qxf3 36. Bxf6 Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 30. c4 {Perhaps I could have
tried giving the exchange up on e4.} bxc4 31. dxc4 Nxc4 32. Rc3 (32. Rd3 e4 $1
33. Nd4 exd3 34. Bxd5+ Qxd5 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qxe7 d2 $19) (32. Rb3 Nd2 33.
Nxd2 Bxg2 34. Ne4 Bh3 35. Kh2 Bg4 36. f3 Be6 37. Rd3 $17) 32... Nb6 (32... Qxb4
33. Qc1 $5) 33. Ra3 Rd8 34. Rd2 $2 Red7 $2 (34... Nc4 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 $19 {
[%cal Yd5d1]}) 35. Rc3 Bxf3 $2 36. Bxf3 (36. Rxd7) 36... Rxd2 37. Bxb7 Rd1 38.
Kf1 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Bf8 40. Rb3 $8 Kf7 41. Bc3 Rd7 42. Ba6 (42. Bc6 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Yb4b5]}) 42... Rc7 43. Bd2 Nd5 44. Be2 f5 45. Bd1 Rb7 46. b5 Ke6 47. Rb2
Bc5 48. Be2 Rc7 49. Ra2 Bb6 50. Bd1 Nc3 $6 (50... e4) (50... Rc5 $5) 51. Bb3+
Ke7 (51... Kf6 52. Bxc3 Rxc3 53. Bd5) 52. Bxc3 (52. Bg5+ Kf8 53. Rd2 Bd4) 52...
Rxc3 53. Bd5 Rd3 54. Bc6 Bd4 55. Ke2 Rc3 56. Kf1 Rb3 57. Kg2 Kf6 58. Be8 Rc3
59. Ra6+ Bb6 60. Ra2 Rc4 61. Kf3 g5 62. hxg5+ Kxg5 63. Re2 Bd4 $2 (63... e4+
64. Kg2 h4 $36) 64. Bd7 Rc1 65. Kg2 Rc7 66. Bc6 Rh7 (66... a5 $5 67. Ra2 Bb6
68. Ra4) 67. Re1 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ye1h1]} f4 $6 68. Rh1 Rh6 69. Bf3 $11 {
[%csl Rh5]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. c4
$1 a6 9. Nc3 e5 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 b6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Bg4 Nc7 15.
Nd5 Ne6 16. Rab1 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f4 Qh4 21. Bg5
Qh5 22. Rf3 exf4 23. Bxf4 e5 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Rbf1 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 h6 27. b5 Bb7
28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Qd2 g5 (29... Kh7 30. Ng5+ hxg5 31. Rf7+ $16) (29... Kg7 30.
Qf2 g5 31. h4 g4 32. Ng5 hxg5 33. Qf5 Bc6 (33... Bc8 34. Qe6 Qg6 35. Qe7+ Kh8
$8 36. Bxg5 $18) 34. Qe6 Qg6 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Bxg5 (36. h5 Qxh5 37. Rf7 Ra8 38.
Bxg5 Qg6 39. Bf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxf6 Qg7 41. Qxd6 Be8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kf8 $11)
36... Ra8 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Qf7 (38... Kh7 39. h5 Qg8 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Rf5
$18) 39. Qxg4+ Kh7 40. Bg5) 30. h4 (30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rf5) 30... gxh4 (30... g4
31. Ne1 $1 Qxh4 (31... g3 32. Rf5 Qxh4 33. Nf3 Qe7 34. Bxh6 $18) 32. g3 $1
Qxg3+ (32... Qh5 33. Bxh6 Kh7 34. Rf5 Qxh6 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Qf2 Qe3 $8 37. Qxe3
Kxf7 38. Nc2 $16) 33. Ng2 Nf8 $8 34. Bxc5 $1 Kg7 35. Bxd6 Nd7 36. Qb4 $18) 31.
Bxh6 Rxa3 32. Bg5 $2 (32. Qg5+ $1 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxd3 34. Rf7 Bc8 35. Kf2 Rd2+
36. Ke1) 32... h3 33. Nh4 Nf8 (33... hxg2 34. Qxg2 Kh7 35. Rf3 $16) 34. Qf2 Ne6
(34... Nh7 35. Qf5 Qe8 36. Ng6 $18) 35. Qf6 (35. Qf5 $5) 35... Bc8 36. Ng6 Ra7
37. g3 (37. Bh6 $1 $18 Qxh6 (37... h2+ 38. Kh1) (37... Ng7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39.
Nf8+ Kh8 40. Nd7+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ $18) 38. Ne7+ Kh7 (38... Rxe7 39. Qxh6 $18) 39.
Qf7+ Qg7 (39... Ng7 40. Qg8#) 40. Qf5+ Kh8 (40... Kh6 41. Qxh3+ Kg5 42. Rf5#)
41. Qh5+ Qh7 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qg8#) (
37. Ne7+ $2 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 hxg2 39. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 40. Qxg5+ Nxg5 41. Rb1 $17) 37...
h2+ 38. Kh1 Qh3 39. Bh4 (39. Bh6 Nf4 $1 $11) (39. g4 $2 Nf4 $1) (39. Qf3 Qh7
40. Qf6 Qh3 $11) 39... Nf4 $1 $11 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ (41. Rxf4+ exf4 42.
Qh7+ Ke8 (42... Ke6 43. Nxf4+ $18) 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qf7+ (44. Qd8+ $4 Kc6 $19)
44... Kc6 45. Qxa7 Qf1+ 46. Kxh2 Qf2+ $11) 41... Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. a3 {Otherwise Nc6-a5 will
exchange my bishop.} e6 7. Ba2 Be7 8. Re1 (8. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3e2,Ye2g3] is
probably too ambitious, e.g.} O-O 9. Ne2 d5 10. Ng3 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yc2c3,Yd3d4]}
dxe4 $1 {looks logical, as now the knight belongs back on the queenside.}) 8...
O-O 9. c3 e5 $6 (9... d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nbd2 $13) 10. h3 $6 ({Huebner pointed
out that} 10. b4 {immediately would have saved a tempo.}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Be3 (13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Nb3) ({Alternatively, it isn't clear
that I get any benefit from a waiting move like} 13. Ra2 {anyway}) 13... Nf4
14. Bxf4 Rxf4 (14... exf4 15. Nbd2 $14) 15. Nbd2 d5 $2 {After this I get a
comfortable advantage quite easily.} ({After} 15... b5 {Heubner was worried
about something like} 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. a4 {but it seems this would have been a
lesser evil, my advantage hardly looks overwhelming after something simple like
} cxb4 18. cxb4 Rff8) 16. Qb3 b5 17. exd5 Qxd5 (17... exd5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
Rxe5 c4 20. Qc2 d4 21. dxc4) 18. c4 {An interesting way to force things.} (18.
Re3 $5) 18... Qd7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxb5 Ra5 (21... Qd5 22. Qb3
$1 (22. Qb2 Qxd3 {is less clear}) 22... Rxf3 $6 23. gxf3 (23. Qxd5 $2 Bxf2+ 24.
Kf1 exd5 25. Nxf3 Bxe1 26. Kxe1 $11) 23... Qd7 24. f4 $1 Rf8 25. Rac1) 22. Qb3
Nd4 23. Qd1 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 Bxa3 25. Rxe5 ({Alternatively,} 25. Nxe5 $16) 25...
Bb4 $1 {A good idea, trying to exchange his useless bishop for a useful knight.
} 26. g3 $1 Rf8 27. Re4 $1 $16 Nc6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Kg2 $6 {It was too early
for a consolidating move. I should have continued energetically} (29. Nce5 $142
$1 {Exchanging the knight while I still can.} {He reckoned that after
something like} Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bd4 31. Re4 Bf6 {that his position would be
defensible. I think he was being a bit optimistic, and I like the look of my
winning chances here a lot more than in the game.}) 29... Qd5 30. Qd2 (30. Nce5
Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxf3 $5 32. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 33. Kh1 exd5 34. Qc1 $1 {when the d-pawn
will most likely fall.}) 30... Rd8 31. Qg5 (31. Nce5 $4 Qxe4 $19) 31... Qxg5
32. Nxg5 Be7 $2 (32... Rxd3 33. Nxe6 (33. Rxe6 Ne7 34. Ra6 (34. Re5 Rd5) 34...
Rd8 35. Ne6 Rc8 $14) 33... Bb4 (33... Ba7 34. Rf4 $1 h5 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Rc8
$18 {Black's king and minor pieces are in serious trouble.}) 34. Ne3 $14) 33.
Nxe6 Rxd3 34. Ne3 $2 (34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Re6 $18 {I was kicking myself after
the game when Huebner showed me this possibility.}) 34... Rd7 35. Nf5 Bf6 36.
g4 Ne7 $4 (36... Nd8) 37. Ng3 $4 (37. Nexg7 $18 {Amazing that I failed to spot
two simple tactics on the same square. This one he didn't see either, it took
someone else to show us after the game.}) 37... g6 38. g5 Bg7 39. h4 Nd5 40.
Ra4 Kf7 41. Nc5 Rc7 42. Nd3 Rc3 43. Ne1 h6 44. Ne2 Rb3 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Rd7 Rb2
47. Kf1 {[%csl Re1,Re2,Rf1] Ridiculous isn't it? But now I thought after
something like Nb6, Rd8+ and Nf4, when g6 might become loose. Unfortunately...}
Rd2 $1 {[%cal Yd5e3]} 48. Ra7 Rd1 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barreirinhas Athenas op"]
[Site "Barreirinhas"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 {At the end I played this, which I felt wasn't much,
but could be a little bit better for me if my opponent didn't play precisely.
After all his bishop on g7 is somewhat passive for now.} (10. d5 $5 {is the
most played move, and the best one as well} Nb4 11. Nc3 (11. Bb3 {is risky;
Black has to play energetically now} Nxe4 $1 12. Qe1 Nxf2 $1 13. Qxf2 (13. Qxb4
Nd3 14. Qc4 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 b5 $1 $44) 13... Nd3 14. Qe2 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 e4 16.
Qxe4 (16. Nh2 $6 {runs into the hidden:} Bxh3 $1 $17 {and Qg5+, grabbing the
c1-rook}) 16... Bxb2 17. Nbd2 (17. Nc3 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 $6 (19...
Rc8 $1 {as pointed out by Edouard in his analysis} 20. Qd2 Re8 $5 (20... Qa5 $5
21. Ne4 Qxd2 22. Nfxd2 Rfd8 $13 {with a good endgame for Black, there's always
the strong a5-b5 advance coming at some point}) 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Rf1 Qe7 $13)
20. Qd2 {now Rf1 and Nd4 will be strong} Rac8 (20... Bxh3 21. Rf1 Bf5 22. Nd4
$40) 21. Nd4 Bd7 $2 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Re1 $18 {1-0 (37) Kuzubov,Y (2619)-Edouard,
R (2670) Dubai 2013}) 17... Bf5 $13) 11... Nxc2 12. Qxc2 {White has some space,
but Black will prepare ...f5 quickly, and it's not easy to evaluate what's
going on, I think Black is fine.}) (10. Nc3 $5 {I remember seeing this
position at home a long time ago, so I wanted to play this move, but couldn't
make it work} exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 (11... d5 $5 {possibly equalises right away})
12. Nxc6 Nxc3 13. Nxd8 Nxd1 14. Nxf7 $1 {I couldn't evaluate correctly, at the
end White has something} Nxb2 (14... Kxf7 15. Rxd1 Be6 16. Be3 $14 {is a tiny
advantage for White, but it's something}) 15. Nxd6 Nc4 16. Bb3 $1 Bxa1 17.
Bxc4+ Kg7 18. Re1 Bd4 19. Re2 $40 {with a very bizarre position, Black is an
exchange up, but can't develop, and has to deal with Bg5-Re7+, or something
like that.}) 10... dxe5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 {Qb5 is
a move that could annoy Black.} Qb4 {Black tries an active idea, but it
backfires after a3!} (14... a6 $1 {I had an idea do play something like Bb3,
doubling my pawns, but taking control over d5.} 15. a3 {watching ...Qb4} (15.
Bb3 $5) 15... b5 16. Rac1 $11 {seems to be quite equal}) 15. a3 $1 Qxb2 $6 (
15... Rxd1+ $1 {was the best, to see first how White is retaking the rook} 16.
Bxd1 (16. Rxd1 $2 Qxb2 $17) (16. Qxd1 Qe7 $1 {and ...Rd8 next} (16... Qxb2 $2 {
transposes to the game -- 15...Qxb2})) 16... Qa5 (16... Qe7 17. Ba4 $36) 17.
Bc2 $13 {followed by Rd1}) 16. Na4 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qb5 18. Rb1 Qa5 (18... Qc4 $2
{had a nice refutation} 19. Bd3 Qa2 20. Rb2 Qxa3 21. Bc5 $1 $18 {not a common
way to trap a queen!}) 19. Rxb7 $6 (19. Nc5 $1 Bc4 20. Rxb7 (20. Nxb7 $5 Qxa3
21. Ba4 $1 Nd4 (21... Be2 22. Qxe2 Qxa4 23. Nc5 Qa5 24. Qc4 $36 {with a good
initiative}) 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 $14) 20... Rd8 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. Bd3 $1 Bxd3
23. Nxd4 Rc8 (23... exd4 $4 24. Bd2 $1 $18) 24. Ndb3 Qd8 25. f3 Bf8 {looks
good for White} 26. Qd1 Bc4 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Na5 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 $16) 19... Rd8 (
19... Nd4 $5 20. Bxd4 (20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Rd8 {White's pieces suddenly are
hanging} 22. Rxa7 (22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Rb4 Nh5 $1 $44) 22... Qg5 $1 $132 {with
huge counterplay}) 20... exd4 21. Qxd4 Nd7 $44) 20. Bd2 Qa6 $2 {Now it becomes
very difficult for Black, after losing the e6-bishop.} (20... Bc8 $1 {was good
enough to bring the queen back to c7} 21. Rb1 Qc7 $11) 21. Nc5 $1 Qxa3 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Qb1 {Despite being a pawn up, Black has a lot of problems, mainly
with his kingside.} Qd6 24. Be3 Nd7 (24... h6 25. Qb5 $16) (24... Rd7 25. Ng5
Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Nd8 27. Qxa7 $16) 25. Ba4 (25. Ng5 $5 Bh6 (25... Re8 26. Ba4 $18
{piling up more pieces into the attack; a simple move like Qc2 will be decisive
}) 26. Nxe6 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rb8 28. Ba4 $1 Na5 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Qa2 Kh8 31. Ng5
Qf6 32. Nf3 $16 {followed by Qd5, and Black's knights are quite misplaced.})
25... Nd4 26. Bg5 (26. Nxd4 $1 {I was a little bit worried about allowing the
passed pawn, but as we'll see, in some endgames, it is better to avoid Nxf3+,
doubling my pawns.} exd4 27. Bg5 {as in the game, similar to 26.Bg5} Bf6 (27...
Nc5 28. Be7 $1 Nxb7 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Bb3 Re8 31. f4 $18 {should be winning})
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxf6 $18) 26... Nc5 (26... Bf6 $5 {is not that clear,
actually} 27. Rxd7 (27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd7 (28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qb3 Qd6 30. Rxa7
$16) 28... Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Bxg5 30. Bxe6+ Kg7 31. Qb7+ Kh8 32. g3 $16) 27... Rxd7
28. Bxf6 Rf7 $1 {A tricky move, there's ...Rxf3 coming if Bg5, for example} 29.
Ng5 $1 (29. Bg5 $2 Rxf3 $1 $17) 29... Rxf6 30. Qb7 Qd8 $5 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh2
Rxf2 32. Nxe6 $1 Rxg2+ (32... Qxe6 $2 33. Bb3 $18) 33. Kxg2 Nf4+ 34. Nxf4 Qd2+
35. Kf3 Qxf4+ 36. Ke2 {it's not over yet, but the e4-pawn survives, meaning
good winning changes for White} Qh2+ 37. Kd1 Qxh3 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxe5+ Kh6
40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. e5 $16) 31. Qxa7 $40 {and the pressure remains.}) 27. Be7 Qa6
$2 (27... Nxf3+ $5 {was the best practical chance} 28. gxf3 Nxb7 29. Bxd6 Nxd6
30. Qa2 Kf7 31. Bb3 Re8 {it's not a pretty endgame for Black, but with pawns
on the same wing, there are always chances} 32. Qa6 $1 {trying the bother the
black pieces} Bf8 33. Qxa7+ Re7 34. Qb8 Rb7 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6 36. Qxf8 Rf7 37. Qg8
Ke7 38. Qh8 Ke6 39. Qa8 $1 {should be winning, since e5 will fall, or f4 will
be played (in case Black defends with Kd7-Re7, for example)}) (27... Nxb7 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bb3 Re8 31. f4 $18 {as in 26.Nxd4!}) 28. Rb8 $1 $18
{Now Black is losing a piece at least.} Rc8 (28... Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kf7 30. Qe8#)
29. Bxc5 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nc3 31. Bd7 $1 Nxb1 32. Bxc8 {Bxa6 and Bxe6# can't be
defended.} 1-0

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Nadanian,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 $6 ({Black should have immediately
attack the e4-pawn with} 4... Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 $1) 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 Rb8 ({Does not work} 9... f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 {because of} 11.
Bf5) ({But} 9... Be7 {is more accurate than 9...Rb8.}) 10. Bc2 b5 11. d3 {
White's plan is to bring his queenside knight to opposite side with the
Nbd2-f1-h2-g4 maneuvre and then start a typical attack on Black's king. Black
should try to develope activity on the queenside, where he has an impressive
pawn chain and a majority of pieces. Hovewer, he should push his pawns
accurate to avoid a queenside blockade (e.g. c5-c4 is met by d3-d4).} b4 $6 ({
Too direct. I think it's better to complete development with} 11... Be7 {
and 0-0 and only then think about queen-side play.}) 12. c4 $1 {A good move.
Now the pawn chain on the queenside is more or less blocked, and Black cannot
make use of his b-file and the rook's position on it.} Nb6 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. Nf1
({White continues his plan. Interestingly, the computer suggests a slightly
illogical idea:} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... exd5 15. d4 c4 16. Nf1) 15. Qe4 O-O 16.
Nb3 {and evealuates it in White's favour.}) 14... O-O 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qe3 Rfd8
17. b3 Nd4 {The d4 square is the only point which Black can use for
counterplay.} 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qg3 Nd7 $1 {Correct maneuvre. Black's knight
is either ready to jump to c5 or retreat to f8 to protect his king. Generally
speaking in such positions a knight on f8 can play an important defensive role:
he is defending the important h7-square and if nessesary can cover the
g7-point with the Ng6 manoeuvre.} 20. Bh6 {A prophylactic move against the
above-mentioned Nf8 maneuvre.} Bf8 21. Bg5 ({Another good move.} 21. Nh2 {
is premature due to} dxc4 22. bxc4 (22. dxc4 Nc5) 22... f6 23. Bf4 (23. Ng4 f5)
23... fxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Bd6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8) 21... Re8 22. Bf4 $1 {
The end of interesting three-move bishop maneuvre. What has changed? The
bishop came to its original square f4, while Black's bishop moved to f8 
(blocking his Nf8 maneuvre) and rook to e8, where it is placed more passive
than on d8.} ({If} 22. Nh2 $2 {then} f6) 22... dxc4 $6 ({An important moment.
By taking on c4 Black opens both white-colored bishops. However the opening of
White's c2-bishop is more dangerous for Black than opening of the b7-bishop
for White, since it is White who is on the attack and the additional piece
looking down on Black's king is just welcome. Black should have played} 22...
Be7 $1 {again intending to bring his knight to f8. For example} 23. Nh2 Nf8 $1
{and now White's} 24. Ng4 $2 {is meet by} Ng6 {and White is in trouble.}) 23.
dxc4 Nc5 24. Rad1 Rbd8 25. Nh2 d3 ({Zhou realizes how dangerous his opponent's
attack is and decides to sacrifice a pawn in order to exchange White's
c2-bishop and simplify the position. The alternative was} 25... Kh8 {but after}
26. Ng4 Qc6 27. f3 d3 {(otherwise it's not easy to defend against 28.Bg5 Rd7
29.Nf6!)} 28. Bb1 {(with the idea Nf2) Black faces difficulties.}) 26. Bxd3
Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Rd8 29. Qe2 a5 ({The attempt to prevent Rd1 by} 
29... Qa5 {is met by} 30. Rc1 {and then Rc2-d2}) 30. Rd1 Qc6 {Zhou played this
move and offered a draw, which Petrosian reasonably declined. Black's
compensation for pawn is clearly insuffitient.} 31. Nf3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Be7 33.
Qd4 $1 h5 34. Be3 $1 ({A good prophylactic move. On the impatient} 34. Qa7 $6 {
Black can get some countreplay with} g5 35. Be3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Ne1 Qd7)
34... a4 35. Qa7 $1 {White activates his queen.} a3 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Kh2 $1 Kg6
$6 {In time trouble Black misses White's following tactical idea. He should
have played} (37... Qd7) 38. Qh8 $1 h4 $2 {Black defends against 39.g4, but
misses the other shot.} ({The only defence was} 38... Qc8 39. Qxc8 Bxc8 40. Nd4
Bc5 41. Nc2 {though White should still win.}) 39. Bh6 $3 Bf6 40. Nxh4+ $1 Bxh4
41. Qxg7+ Kf5 (41... Kh5 42. g4#) 42. Qg4+ {And mate on the next move.} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.31"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 (5... Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2
Nc6 8. a4 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Re1 Rab8 12. Qc1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Rbd8 14.
h3 Qc8 15. Bh6 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nce5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Rd4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qe3 Red8 23. Re2 e6 24. b3 h5 25. Rae1 Rh8 26. h4
Rc8 27. Qg5 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (27) Botvinnik,M-Petrosian,T Soviet Union 1966}) (5...
Nc6 6. O-O e5 (6... e6)) 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 O-O $146 (7... Nbc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Na3
b6 10. Qc1 Ba6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Bh6 Rc7 13. Nc4 Bc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne3 f5 16.
Qd2 f4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Qe2 g5 20. Nd2 Rcf7 21. Be4 Nd7 22. f3 Nf6
23. g4 Bb7 24. c4 Bc8 25. Qg2 Rh8 26. h4 gxh4 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Rh1 Rg7 29. Qh3
h5 30. Qxh4 Rhg8 31. gxh5 Nxe4+ 32. dxe4 Rg2+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Nf1 Qxh4+ 35.
Rxh4 R8g3 36. Rh2 Rxf3 37. Rf2 {Drimer,D-Medina Garcia,A Hastings 1969 0-1}) 8.
a3 d5 $5 {Les Blancs sont ambitieux mais c'est un peu risqué car le
développement de l'aile-dame n'est pas terminé.} (8... Nbc6) 9. Nbd2 d4 10.
cxd4 cxd4 11. b4 Na6 $5 12. Bb2 {[%csl Rb2]} Bd7 $132 (12... f6 {[%cal Gc8e6]}
13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Rac1 Bh6) 13. Nc4 Qb8 (13... f6) 14. Nfd2 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]}
15. f4 (15. Rc1 $143 $6 Ne6 {[%csl Gf4]}) 15... exf4 16. Rxf4 Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c3]
} (16... Ne6) 17. Nb3 Nc3 18. Qe1 {[%cal Gb3d4]} Ba4 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Kh1 Qd8
$17 21. Qf2 b6 22. Nb3 Ba4 23. e5 $1 Bxb3 24. Rxd4 Ncd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3
b5 27. Rxd5 Qe8 28. Nd6 $2 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qe6 30. Qxb5 Rad8 31. d4 Qb3 (31...
Rxd6 $1 32. exd6 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Bxd4+ 34. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Kg2 Qxa1) 32. Qe2 f6 33.
Rd1 $2 (33. Nb7 Qd5+ 34. Qg2) 33... fxe5 34. dxe5 Rf2 $1 35. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 36. Qg1
Qf3+ 37. Qg2 Qd1+ 38. Qg1 Rxd6 39. exd6 Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Syre Memorial op 29th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2006.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bergez, Luc"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Le MI joue souvent des lignes secondaires} Nf6 4. d3
Nc6 5. Bb3 g6 6. Ng5 $2 $146 {Difficile d'expliquer l'idée de cette nouveauté
qui donne une égalité immédiate aux noirs.} (6. c3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. h3
) 8... e5 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3] Avec un milieu de jeu
rappellant celui de l'espagnole}) 6... e6 $11 7. c3 $6 (7. f4 $5 {[%cal Ge1g1]
De manière а ce que Ng5 ne soit pas une perte totale de temps.} Bg7 8. O-O Qb6
9. Kh1) 7... h6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qe2 $6 (9. O-O) 9... O-O 10. d4 $6 {Ouvrir le
centre après avoir perdu autant de tempi donne l'initiative au MF} cxd4 11.
cxd4 Qb6 $1 12. Be3 (12. e5 Nd5) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxh6 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 Bxh6 15. Qxe4
Bg7 16. Nc3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qg3 Rd8 20. Rd1 (20. h4 Qg4)
20... Qg4 21. Qe3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 23. Kg1 e5 24. h4 Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 26. g4
Be6 27. Ne4 f5 $1 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. b3 Qc6 30. Rh2 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Qc5 32. Qxc5
dxc5 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34. exd5 Kf7 35. Re2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Rd8 37. Rd2 Rh8 38. Kg3 Ke7
39. d6+ Ke6 40. Kg4 Rd8 41. Kg5 Rxd6 42. Rc2 Kd5 43. Rd2+ Kc6 44. Rxd6+ Kxd6
45. Kxg6 e4 46. h5 e3 47. h6 e2 48. h7 e1=Q 49. h8=Q Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 $1 {Probablement une des meilleures
lignes contre la variante b3} 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 (6. Qe2 Bd7) 6... g6 $146 (6...
Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. h3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. Ne2 Ne6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Re1 c4 13. d3
cxd3 14. Nc1 O-O 15. Nxd3 Bb7 16. c4 c5 17. Qc2 Bg5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Nxg5 Qxg5
20. Re3 f5 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Ne1 Nf4 24. f3 Rf6 25. Nd3 Nxg2 26.
Qxg2 Bxf3 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Qg5 Qxg5+ 29. Rxg5 Bxd1 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Raf8
32. Bc3 R8f7 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rxc5 Kg7 35. b4 a6 36. Rd5 {Seidler,A-Dubin,J
Buenos Aires 1976 0-1}) (6... Bd7) 7. O-O Bg7 {[%csl Gd4]} 8. Ne1 $6 {[%cal
Gf2f4] Il est naturel de vouloir lutter pour les cases Noires mais ce plan est
très lent} O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f4 $6 {La suite logique de Ne1 mais les Blacs
n'ont pas tout vu.} exf4 11. Rxf4 Nh5 $1 12. Rf1 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 $1 $36 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gh5g3,Gh4h1] Probablement oublié par le yougoslave lorsqu'il
a joué Ne1} 14. Qf3 Bg4 {Gagnant un nouveau tempo et la position Blanche
devient difficile} 15. Qd3 Be5 $40 16. h3 Ng3+ 17. Kg1 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Nxf1+ 19.
Qxf1 Be5+ 20. Kg1 Qg3 (20... f5 $5 {[%cal Gf8f1] Probablement gagnant
également}) 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qh2+ 23. Kf2 f5 24. Ke2 Rae8 25. Re1 Bg3 {
Une partie à sens unique} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O (5. c3 {is more common move.})
5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3 (8. Re1 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. Nf1
Ne5 12. g4 Nfxg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxh5 Nxd3 15. Rd1 c4 16. Bc2 Rc5 17. Qf3
Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Rg5+ {1-0 Nikolaidis,I-Kivelos,S/Nikea op 2002 (29)}) 8... Be7
9. Bb3 ({leads to unclear position after for example} 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11.
Nh2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 f6 14. Qe2 h5 15. Ndf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qc7 17. c4 Bf7
18. Bd2 e5 19. f5 g5 $13 {0-1 Nevednichy,V-Georgiev,K/Jugoslavija 1999 (40)})
9... d5 10. Re1 $146 (10. Qe2 a6 11. Bc2 b5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 dxe4 14. dxe4
Nd7 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 O-O $11 {0-1 Barle,J-Starcic,T/Ljubljana op
1999 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 b5 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. Bc2 Rc8 (12... d4 {worth
consideration}) 13. g4 (13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe3 d4 $1) 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 d4 ({
I don't think that after} 14... c4 $5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black would have real
troubles}) 15. c4 Nd7 (15... a6 16. f4) 16. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} bxc4 (16... a6
$5 17. f4 f6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Bf7 20. f5 e5 21. Bxf7+ $140 Rxf7 22. a4 Nb4
$1) 17. Nxc4 e5 ({It will be interesting to see what White would play after} 
17... Nb6 $5) 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nce5 20. Bb3 Nxc4 (20... Bg5 $5) 21. Bxc4
Nb6 $6 ({It looks that clearly stronger was} 21... Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5] and
strong position of the knight secure black from any troubles}) 22. b3 $5 Nxc4
23. bxc4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Rb8 {Somewhere here Sasikiran start to play without
plan and soon meets big troubles.} (23... Bd6 $142 {[%cal Gd6e5]} 24. e5 Re8
$132) 24. Nd5 Bd6 25. e5 Re8 26. Bf4 Bf8 (26... f6 27. e6) (26... Be7 $5 27. e6
$140 Bd6 $13) 27. Bg3 Rb7 (27... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c6,Gc6e6]}) 28. h4 {Slowly but
surely McShane improve positions of all his pieces.} h6 29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Rae1
Qc8 31. Qf3 Bh7 32. g5 $36 {Sasikiran should have stuck to a passive defense ,
unfortunately for Black, the residence of his monarch isn't safe, which White
proves energetically} hxg5 $6 {Just helps to white's plan, perhaps Black
should have considered} (32... Re6 $5) 33. hxg5 {Formally Black has material
parity, but his pieces are useless and cannot safe their king} Rb2 34. Qh5 $18
{[%csl Rh8] It seems that Black's position can no longer be saved - there are
too many White' pieces pointed at the black king, who is almost alone} Qe6 (
34... g6 35. Qh4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh8]}) 35. Rxf7 Kg8 (35... Qg6 36. Qf3) 36. Nf6+ $1
1-0

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8. d4
$5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 g6 $146 ({The main move is} 9... e6 {but lately Black has
experienced problems in this line -} 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 O-O 13.
Nf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {Khamrakulov,I-Cheparinov,I/Malaga op 2004/ 1-0 
(34)}) 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (11... Rxc6 $5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rd1 $14) 12.
Nb3 (12. Nf3 $5) 12... O-O 13. Be3 {In my opinion White has some advantage
here - maybe small, but lasting.} c5 (13... a5 $5 14. f4 a4 15. Nd2 $14) 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 $36 Qc6 (15... Rb8 $5) 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Bf3 {[%cal Re4e5]} Qa6
18. b3 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7b5]} (18... Nb6 19. c4 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gd2b1,Gb1c3]}
) 19. Nc4 (19. e5 $5 dxe5 20. f5 $1 Nd6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Ne4 $44) 19... Nb6 (
19... Nc7 $6 20. e5 $1 Nb6 21. Nxb6 (21. exd6 Nxc4 22. dxc7 Nxe3 23. cxb8=Q
Rxb8 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 $11) (21. Be2 $5) 21... Rxb6 22. b4
$36) 20. Be2 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 {[%csl Gc4] The bishops pair advantage promises
better chances to White.} Qa5 {A mistake after which Black will find himself
in a big trouble.} ({Better was} 21... Qc6 $5 22. Rfe1 {[%csl Gc4]} (22. e5 $5
dxe5 23. f5)) 22. e5 $1 {Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most
energetic way.} dxe5 23. f5 Nd6 ({If} 23... gxf5 24. Qxf5 (24. Rxf5 Nd6 25. Rh5
e4 $8 26. Rxc5 Qb6 27. Re1 $16) 24... Qxc3 (24... e6 $6 {, then} 25. Bxe6 $1
fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qxe5+ {and 29.Qxb8.}) 25. Bxc5 (25. Rd3
$5) (25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Nd6 27. Bg6 $16)) 24. fxg6 (24. Rxd6 $1 exd6 25.
fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Qxc3 27. Bh6 $40) 24... hxg6 (24... Nxc4 25. gxf7+ (25.
gxh7+ Kh8 26. bxc4 {is good enough}) 25... Rxf7 26. bxc4 $16 (26. Rxf7 Nxe3))
25. Rxd6 $1 {After this move there is no doubt of White's overwhelming
advantage.} exd6 26. Qxg6 {[%cal Ca5c3,Re3h6]} Qxc3 $8 27. Bh6 Qd4+ (27... e4
28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qh5) 28. Kh1 e4 $8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7+
Kh8 (30... Kh7 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qxd6 $18) 31. Qh5 ({
Not} 31. Bxg7+ $6 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Qh7 $1) 31... Bxh6 (31... Kg8 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 {
leads to the same as 30...Kh8.} 33. Qd5+ {, winning a pawn.}) 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33.
h3 $1 Qg7 ({Or} 33... e3 34. Rf5) (33... Qe5 34. Qg6+ Qg7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf5)
34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Surprisingly this line become very popular in
modern practice.} e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Nc6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 b5 (8...
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Na5 15.
Bc2 Rc8 16. Bb1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bb2 g6 20. a4 a6 21. Rc1 Qb8 22.
a5 Na8 23. Na4 {Degraeve,J-Guidarelli,L/Saint Affricue op 1998/1-0 (49)}) (8...
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Ng3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Rxe4 Na5 16. Rg4 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Ng5 Bd5 21.
Qd3 g6 22. h4 Kh8 23. Re1 {Shaposhnikov,E-Bogdanov,A/St.Petersburg op-10 2002/
1-0 (51)}) 9. Qe2 $146 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. e5
gxf3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 cxd4 16. Nxd6 Na5 17. Bc2 Bg7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nxb7
Nxb7 20. Qxb5 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bb3 Rad8 23. cxd4 f4 {Varas,C-Torres,X/San
Sebastian op 1999/Ajelibre/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 9... b4 ({Worth coisdering} 9... Qb6
$5) 10. e5 $5 {White starts active action before Black compleated piece
development.} Nd5 11. c4 (11. dxc5 $5) 11... Nb6 12. exd6 (12. dxc5 dxc5 13.
Rd1 Qc7 14. Bc2 Bb7 $13) 12... Bxd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 $14 {Black didn't
managed to equalized game.} Bb7 15. Bc2 (15. Ne4 Nd4 (15... Be7 16. Bf4) 16.
Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rd1 e5 18. Be3 $14) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 (16... Bxd4 $5 17.
Nb3 $5 $36) 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Na5 $6 ({For some reasons Sune Berg Hansen didn't
play} 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ {with a clear advantage, for example:} Kg8 20.
Nxc5 Bd5 $5 21. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 $18 {Maybe he just missed it!?}) 18... Ba6
$1 19. Bg5 Rac8 (19... Qc7 $5) 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qe4 g6 22. Bf4 Bxf2+ {Wins a
pawn, but, unfortunately for Black, his opponent is getting more than enough
compensation.} (22... Qe7 $5) 23. Kxf2 Qc5+ 24. Be3 (24. Qd4 $142 Qxa5 25. Bh6
Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. b3 Ra5 29. Bb1 Ke7 $14) 24... Qxa5 25. b3
Rfd8 (25... e5 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 26. Kg1 h5 (26... e5 27. Qh4 $36) 27. Qh4
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Kg7 29. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re3d4]} Nd5 30. Bd4+ (30. Rxd5
$5 exd5 31. Bd4+ Kg8 32. Bxg6 $18) 30... Kg8 31. cxd5 Qxd5 32. Qf6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 Qc7 (6... e6 7. g3
Qc7 8. Nc4 Bd7 (8... Qc6 9. f3 b6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. f4
Qxg2+ 14. Qxg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 g6 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. b3
Kd7 20. Bb2 Rhe8 21. Re2 Kc6 22. Rae1 Bd8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Amonatov,F/RUS t-ch rapid Dagamys 2004/ChessBase (56)}) 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. f3 h5
11. d3 h4 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Ncd6+ Kf8 16. Ng5 Bxd6 17.
Bxd6+ Kg8 18. Ne4 h3 19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Qf6 21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 f6 23. a5
Kf7 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. Be2 c4 {1/2-1/2 Kostic,V-Paragua,M/Nice op 2004/ (42)}) 7.
Nc4 Nc6 8. d3 (8. b3 g6 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. O-O Nd4 13. Bc4
Bd7 14. Re1 e6 15. Bf1 Bc6 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Nexd5 exd5 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 d4
20. d3 Rae8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Rd1 h6 24. Bc1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,
R-Dominguez,L/Havana Capablanca-C 1999/ChessBase (45)}) 8... Be6 9. Be3 {'N'} (
{White failed to get any advantage after} 9. Ne3 Rd8 10. Bd2 g6 11. g3 h5 12.
Bg2 h4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Re1 Qd7 15. a5 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bh3 17. Bh1 Bg4 18. Nxg4
Nxg4 19. Bg2 Bd4 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Qe2 Rh2 22. Bg5 Kf8 {0-1 Kotsur,P-Sakaev,K/
Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/ChessBase (44)}) (9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12.
O-O Nd4 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Qd2 b5 15. Ne3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 b4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Bf3
Rad8 19. Rad1 Bc3 20. Qe2 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd4 22. Nf1 a5 23. Nd2 Rfd8 {Krnic,
Z-Bukic,E/Borovo 1981/ChessBase/0-1 (56)}) 9... Bxc4 (9... Nd4 $5) 10. dxc4 e6
11. Bd3 Bd6 {Now we see, that Black has succeeded to solve his opening
problems.} (11... Ne5 $5 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Rd8 $11) 12. g3 O-O-O (12... Ne5
$5) (12... Be5 {[%cal Ge5c3]} 13. Bxc5 $140 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Bd4 Qc6 $1)
13. Qd2 Ng4 {Playing quite naturally Black has reached a particularly good
position.} (13... Ne5 {[%cal Oe5f3,Of3d2,Gc7c6]}) 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Be7 (
15... Qa5 $5 {[%csl Ra4]}) 16. Kb1 Qb6 {The fight has taken a favourable turn
for Black.} 17. Ne4 Na5 (17... Rd7 $5 $15 {[%cal Gh8d8]}) 18. Be2 h6 19. Qc3
Rd4 (19... f6 20. Rhe1) 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qd3 (21. c5 dxc3 22. cxb6 cxb2 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 21... Nc6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qb4 {Here White's pawn formation is
seriously compromised on the queeside.} 24. Nd2 {'!?' White is already trying
drastic measures - a clear sign that there is something wrong in his position.}
(24. b3 $6 f5 25. Nd2 Qa3 {[%cal Rc6b4]}) (24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Kc7 $17 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb3,Rc4]}) 24... Qxa4 25. Bf3 Bf6 (25... Nb4 $5 26. Qb3 b5 $5 $17)
26. b3 (26. c5 $5 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4]}) 26... Qa5 27. Bxc6 {'!'} bxc6 28. Ne4
Be7 29. c5 {'!?'} Bxc5 (29... Qb5 $5) 30. Qc4 Rd5 31. c3 ({I think that White
correctly avoided the line} 31. Nxc5 $2 Rxc5 32. Qxd4 Rd5 33. Qg1 $17) 31...
Qb6 (31... Qb5 $6 32. Qxb5 cxb5 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rf5 35. g4 Rxf4 36. Nxc5
Rxg4 37. Rf1 $1 $132) 32. Rd3 Kb7 ({Here Sakaev missed a very good and simple
oportunity to get a big advantage in the endgame after:} 32... dxc3 $5 33. Rxc3
Be7 34. Qxc6+ Qxc6 35. Rxc6+ Kb7 $17) 33. Kc2 Be7 {'?!' Apart from this move,
Sakaev had a very strong and interesting continuation:} ({A natural
development of the initiative can be achieved by} 33... dxc3 $142 $1 34. Rxd5
cxd5 35. Nxc5+ (35. Qxc5 dxe4 36. Qe7+ Qc7 37. Qb4+ Kc8 38. Qxe4 Kd7) 35... Kc6
36. Qxa6 Kxc5 37. Qc8+ Kb5 {with big advantage} (37... Kd4 $4 38. Qxc3+ Ke4 39.
Qd3#)) 34. cxd4 Bb4 35. Rd1 Ra5 (35... Qa5 $5 36. Kd3 $5) 36. Kb2 Qb5 37. g4 {
'!' Black has a material advantage but White's potential for a draw is good
enough.} Ba3+ (37... f5 $5) 38. Kc2 Bb4 39. Kb2 Qxc4 40. bxc4 f5 (40... Be7 $5
{[%cal Gf7f5]}) 41. Kb3 {'!'} Bf8 42. Nc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb2 Bb4 44. Na2 a5 (44...
Be7 45. Nc3) 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Rg1 Rf3 47. Rxg7+ Kb6 48. Nxb4 axb4 49. Rd7 {'!'
} h5 (49... Rxf4 50. Kb3 c5 51. dxc5+ Kxc5 52. Rd5+ $11) 50. Rd6 Kc7 {'?'
Serious mistake!} ({After the natural} 50... Rc3 $142 51. Rh6 $140 (51. d5 Rxc4
52. Kb3 Kb5 53. dxc6 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Rxc6 $17) 51... Rxc4 52. Rxh5 Rxd4 53. Rxf5
c5 $17 {Black's advantage is obvious.}) 51. Rh6 Rxf4 52. Kb3 {'='} Rxd4 53.
Kxb4 Kb6 (53... Rd6 54. Rxh5 Rf6 55. Kc5 f4 56. Rh7+ Kd8 57. Rg7 f3 58. Rg1 $11
) 54. Rxh5 c5+ 55. Kc3 Rf4 56. Rh8 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Roos, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Leipzig Gohlis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 g6 (6... Nf6 7.
Re1 e6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 b5 11. c3 Ne5 12. d4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 cxd4
14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Re2 $146 (15. Qb3) (15. e5) 15... Rc7 16. Bf4 Rfc8 17. h3 Rc2
18. Rd1 R8c4 19. Qd3 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 a6 21. b3 Rc8 22. d5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I
(2571)-Huebner,R (2604)/Deutschland 90/167 2004/ (44)}) 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 Bg7 9.
d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 Nxd2 {RR} 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Rc1
({RR} 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4 Rfe8
20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Ng4 Bf8) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1
Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4) 14... e6 (14... Rfc8 15. b4 Nd8 {
1/2-1/2 Biro,S-Navrotescu,C/ROM-sf Baile Tusnad 1999/ChessBase}) 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op (11) ;EXP 19 1990}) 12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6,Ga8c8] A typical move in these positions - the knight is
better placed on e6} ({After} 13... O-O 14. h4 {Black must make important
choice : to allow move h4-h5, or to play h7-h5 what produced weaknesses on the
k-side.} h5 (14... Rac8 15. h5 Na5 (15... Nd8 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. h6 $1 {[%csl Rg7]
} Bh8 18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Reb1 b5 {Black tries to keep a space on the queen side
thus white would not to play on two sides.} 20. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1c2,Yc2e3] This
manouevre is a typical one for this structure. From e3 white knight controls
almost all the center.} a6 {supporting the b5 pawn.} 21. Nc2 Rfc8 {1-0
Erenburg,S (2494)-Kundin,A (2429)/Tel Aviv Last Autumn 2002/CBM 92/ (50)}) 16.
Ng5 Rc6 (16... Rxc3 17. Bd2 Ra3 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Nc4 20. Bb4) (16... f6 17.
Nxh7 Kxh7 18. e6) 17. e6 fxe6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Rf6 (19... Rf5 20. Qh4 Kf8
21. Bf4) 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nh3 Qd6 (22... Qc8 23. Bg5 Kf7 24. Bxf6
exf6 25. Nf4) 23. Bg5 {Timman,J (2635)-Van Wely,L (2605)/Breda m 1998/CBM 65/
1-0 (41)}) 15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Ng5 Rc6 (17... Ne6 $2 18.
Nxe6 $18) 18. Bd2 b6 (18... Ne6 $2 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Qb5 $16) 19. a4 Ne6 20.
Nxe6 (20. a5 $5 Nxg5 21. hxg5 $11) 20... Qxe6 21. a5 Rfc8 (21... bxa5 22. Rb7
$16) 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 axb6 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I (2554)-Huebner,R (2620)/Essen
2000/ChessBase (48)} (23... Qxb6 24. e6 f5 25. Bg5 $16)) 16... Rc8 17. Reb1 Rc7
18. a4 Ne6 19. Rb5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd3b1,Yb1b3,Gb3d5,Gb5d5]} Rfc8 20. Qb1 Nd8
21. Ne1 {White knight is going to d3.} Kh7 22. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} Bh6 23. Bxh6
Kxh6 24. Qa2 Rc4 {1-0 Ye Jiangchuan (2615)-Wang Pin (2465)/Shanghai Sufe Cup
2000/ChessBase (33) It looks that in both cases initiative belongs to white.})
14. h4 $5 $146 {Only this move turns out to be a novelty.} (14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Qa3
{1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M (2392)-Cabrera Trujillo,J (2121)/Calvia op 2005/}) 14...
h5 (14... Rc8 15. h5 $1 Rxc3 $140 16. h6 Bf8 17. e6 Nxe6 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. Bd2
Rc8 20. Nxf7 $1 $40) 15. Ng5 (15. a4 $5 $14) 15... Ne6 (15... O-O 16. Qd3 Ne6
$140 17. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Rg7]}) 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rb1 {With natural moves White
has achieved his normal edge from this line} b6 (17... Qc6 18. Bg5 $36 (18. Qb3
b6 19. Qa3 $36)) 18. Qa4+ (18. c4 Rd8 $5 $13 (18... dxc4 19. Qa4+ (19. d5 Qd7
20. Bb2) 19... Qd7 20. Qxc4 Rc8 21. Qd3 {[%cal Ge5e6]})) 18... Qd7 19. Qc2 {
[%cal Re5e6]} Qe6 ({Worth considering and} 19... Qf5 $5) 20. c4 O-O $1 (20...
dxc4 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qxc4) (20... Rd8 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc7 $36) 21. c5 (21.
cxd5 Qxd5 22. Bg5 Rfc8 $11) 21... bxc5 (21... Rfc8 22. Ba3 $14) 22. dxc5 $5 (
22. Qxc5 Rfc8 $11) 22... Rfc8 (22... Rab8 $5) 23. Bb2 Rab8 24. Bd4 Rxb1 (24...
Qc6 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 $14) 25. Qxb1 Qa6 26. Qb3 e6 27. a4 {[%cal Gb3b5]}
Bf8 28. Qb5 Rc6 29. Rc1 Qc8 30. g3 Be7 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rc3 Kg8 33. a5 a6 34.
Qa4 Kg7 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Rb3 $2 {This move is too ambitious.} (36. Qb4 Bd8 37.
Ra3 Be7 $11) 36... Bd8 $2 ({Black should have preferred} 36... Bxc5 $140 37.
Bxc5 (37. Rc3 Bxd4 38. Rxc6 Qxe5 $17) 37... Rxc5 38. Qe8 Qc8 39. Qxc8 Rxc8 40.
Rb6 Rc5 41. Rxa6 d4 $15) 37. Rb6 (37. Kg2 $5 Qc8) 37... Rxc5 $8 38. Qe8 (38.
Bxc5 Qxc5 39. Rb2 Bxa5 $13) 38... Rc4 (38... Rxa5 39. Rd6 $1 $18) 39. Be3 Qe7
$1 40. Qxe7 Bxe7 41. Rxa6 d4 42. Bf4 Rc7 $6 ({After} 42... Ra4 $11 {[%csl Ga4]
Black could hold the position with accurate defense}) 43. Ra8 g5 (43... Rc2 44.
Kg2 d3 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Be3 d2 47. Ke2 $18 Bb4 $140 48. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]}) 44.
hxg5 Kg6 45. a6 Kf5 ({After} 45... Bc5 $5 {Roos could have offered a tough
resistance after}) 46. a7 Bc5 (46... Ke4 47. Rf8 $1 Rxa7 48. Rxf7 Bxg5 49. Rxa7
$18) 47. g6 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. h3 (5. O-O e6 6. h3 (6. Ng5 Bxe2 7.
Qxe2 Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rae1 a6 20.
Nb3 Rxf4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nde5 {1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A (2533)-Wojtkiewicz,
A (2539)/New York Masters 2004/ (29)}) (6. d4 $5 Nxe4 7. d5 $44) (6. Re1 Be7 7.
d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Rc8
14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qd8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Be3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc4
20. Bxa7 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L (2699)-Shahade,G (2493)/New York Masters 2002/
ChessBase (31)}) 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 (7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Qxf3 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2
c4 $1 11. d4 (11. a4 $5) 11... cxd3 12. Qxd3 (12. Bxd3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nd2
Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 $1 $11) 12... Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 16. a4 b4
17. Be3 Qb7 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A (2595)
-Macieja,B (2490)/Krynica (zt) 1998/}) 7... Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 (9... e5
10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O $14) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3
Be7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 (13. Qb3 $1 {(Wojtkiewicz,A)} Nxd4 14. Qa4+ $1 Nc6
15. Rd1 $14) 13... O-O (13... Qd7 14. Qb3 Rd8 $11) 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16.
Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 Qa6 19. Rd2 Rd7 {1-0 Skripchenko,A (2453)
-Lomineishvili,M (2396)/EUR-chW Chisinau Qualification 2005/(36)}) (5. Qb3 Qb6
(5... Qc7 6. Ng5 e5 7. Bc4 Bh5 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Nh5 13. f5 Be7 14. Qg2 Bg5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. a4
Nf4 19. Qg4 Rh4 20. Qg3 Rh3 {0-1 Kosashvili,Y (2547)-Sutovsky,E (2661)/ISR
t-ch Tel Aviv 2004/ChessBase (43)}) 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7
10. Nbd2 d5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 c4 13. dxc4 Nxe4 14. Nxg6 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 Ng3 16.
Re1 hxg6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Qd7 Rxh3 20. Qxb7 Rd8 {0-1 Petrosian,T
(2599)-Ibrahimov,R (2511)/IRA t-ch Teheran 2005 (36)}) 5... Bh5 6. O-O e6 7. d4
{Otherwise Black equalizes chances without any problems, for example} (7. d3
Be7 8. Nh2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. f4 d5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nf2
O-O-O 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Bd2 Rde8 17. Rae1 g6 18. c4 Nb6 19. b3 Rd8 20. g3 Rd7 21.
Kg2 a6 {Predojevic,B (2558)-Brkic,A (2500)/Bosnjaci op-A 2006/ /1/2-1/2}) ({or
} 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6
13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Nf5 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc5 18. Re2 Rad8
19. Bf3 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 {0-1 Houska,J (2375)-Speelman,J (2555)/
London Staunton mem 2004 (69)}) 7... Nxe4 8. d5 Nd7 9. Qb3 $146 {White decides
for a very ambitious but dubious plan which leads him to an inferior position
in just a couple of moves.} (9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 d5 11. Qxb7 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2
13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Qa6 Qe7 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Qd3 c4 18. Qe3 h6 19. Bf4
e5 20. Bh2 Qe6 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 a5 23. Bf3 {Loncar,R-Palac,M/Pula 1992}) (
9. Re1 $5 e5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxe5 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Na3 O-O
15. Re2 Re8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Qf3 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 b5 20. Na5 Re8 21.
Bg3 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,H (2574)-Sutovsky,E (2654)/WCC Khanty
Mansyisk 2005/ (40)}) 9... e5 10. Qxb7 Nef6 11. Re1 Be7 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge5e4]
} 12. c4 (12. Nbd2 $5 O-O 13. Nc4) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 (13. Nh4 $6 Bxe2 14. Rxe2
Nxd5 15. Nf5 N5b6) 13... e4 14. Ng5 (14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 g6 16. Bg5 Re8 {
[%csl Rh4]}) 14... Bg6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Bd2 (16. Ngxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rb8 18. Qa6
$8 (18. Qxa7 Bf8 19. f3 f5 20. Bg5 Qc8 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rb8a8]}) 18... Bh4 19.
g3 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. gxh4 Qxh4 (21... Ne5 $5) 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Be3 (23.
Bxb2 $2 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qf3 $19) 23... Nf8 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 16...
Bf8 {[%cal Rh7h6]} 17. f3 $8 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Rad1 (19. Bc1 Rb8 20. Ngxe4
Nxe4 21. fxe4 Ra8 22. Qb7 Be7 $5 $17 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 19... Ne5 {White has to
be very careful as Black has a lot of tricks available.} 20. fxe4 $2 (20. Ngxe4
$142 $5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. fxe4 Qh4 {[%cal Rh4g3]}) 21... Qh4 22. Bg5 Qh5 23.
Bc1 Bxe4 $5 24. Bxb2 (24. fxe4 Rbb8) 24... Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27.
Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 20... Nh5 $17 {[%mdl 128] For the cost of only a pawn Black has
firmly seized the initiative. Now White should play cautiously to avoid a
quick collapse.} 21. Be3 (21. Bc1 Rc2) 21... Be7 (21... Ng3 $5 {[%csl Rc4]})
22. Qa3 Rc2 $5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ (23... Bf6 $36) 24. gxf3 Bg5 25. Nb5 $6 {Other
moves don't bring instant relief either. For example} (25. Ne2 $8 Rxa2 26. Qxa2
Bxe3+ 27. Kh2 f5 $5 $40 (27... Bf2 $5)) 25... Bf4 $1 $19 {This nice move
yields Black a decisive advantage.} 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Qe3 (27. Kh1 Nxh3 28.
Bxh3 Qh4 29. f4 Qf2) 27... Qh4 28. Rd2 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Bh5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {Grischuk unexpectedly deviates from the main
Sicilian lines.} Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 (7...
Nbxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6
14. Qa4 Qe6 15. Qb4 Nb6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Khachian,
M-Fritchle,G/Los Angeles Southern California op 2002/ (49)}) (7... Qxd7 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 exf6
15. Ba3 Rf7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Rd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya,E-Cmilyte,V/FIDE
World CupW Gp A Hyderabad 2002/The Week in Chess 414 (60)}) 8. d4 {White has
built the pawn centre. His immediate task is to complete development and to
create a favourable situation for further advance of the central pawns.} O-O 9.
Be3 Qb6 (9... Nc6 10. Nbd2 (10. h3 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qe2 b4 13. d5 Na7 14.
Rac1 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Nb5 $11 {Romanishin - Tukmakov, Simferopol 1988}) 10... b5
11. Qe2 b4 12. d5 Na5 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. b3 Qb7 17. f3
f5 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rf7 20. Nc4 $36 {Erenburg,S-Murariu,A/Wch B20
Nakhchivan 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg]/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 10. Qd2 Nf6 (10... Nc6 11.
dxc5 $1 Nxc5 (11... dxc5 $2 12. Qxd7) 12. b4 Nxb4 $8 (12... Nxe4 13. Qc2 $18)
13. cxb4 Bxa1 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%cal Ge3h6,
Re3c5]}) 11. dxc5 $146 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 11. e5 dxe5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Qc1 c4 (15... Ngxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxb2 19. Na3 $1) 16. Re2 Qc5 $15 {Shahade,G-Ashley,M/
New York 1999/CBM 70/[Hecht]/1-0 (47)}) 11... dxc5 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Nbd2 h6 (
13... Nbd7 $5 14. Bg5 Qe6) 14. Rfe1 Na6 (14... Nbd7 15. e5 Nd5 16. e6 $1 {
[%csl Yg6]} N7b6 (16... fxe6 $2 17. Qxg6) (16... Qxe6 17. Bxh6 $36) 17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. Qe4 $14) (14... Ng4 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. e5 $14) 15. Ne5 $1 Qe6 16. f4 $14
Ng4 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. f5 e6 19. h3 (19. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gb3e6,Gb3b7]} exf5
(19... b6 $2 20. h3 Qg3 21. fxe6) 20. h3 $1 (20. Qxb7 f4 $1 21. Qxa6 fxe3 22.
Rxe3 $14) 20... Qh4 (20... Qh5 21. Qxb7 $18) 21. exf5 $16) 19... Qg3 $2 {
Serious mistake, much stronger was move} (19... Qh4 $142 {[%cal Gh4e7] and
White must still work hard to convert his initiative into victory.}) 20. Nf3 ({
Again} 20. Qb3 {worth considering} exf5 21. exf5 (21. Qxb7 f4 22. Nf1 Qh4 23.
Bf2 Qf6 $13) 21... Rae8 22. Nf3 $36) 20... Rad8 (20... exf5 21. exf5 {[%cal
Gc2g6]} Qd6 22. Rad1 $14) (20... Qc7 21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. Bxh6 Rfd8 23. e5 {
with clear advantage}) 21. f6 $5 {White's advantage can be seen with the naked
eye but it is difficult to believe that Black will fight just for another 5
moves!} (21. Qb3 $5) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 $1 Bg5 $6 {Emil slips up in a difficult
position.} (22... Bxe5 $2 23. Bf2 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) (22... Bh4 23. Bxh6 Rfe8
24. Re4 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4][%cal Re4g4]}) ({the most stubborn was} 22... Bg7 $8 23.
Qe4 $1 g5 24. Qxb7 Nb8 25. Bxc5 {with winning position for White}) 23. Bf2 Qf4
24. Re4 Qf5 (24... Rd2 25. Qa4 $5 Qf5 26. Nxd2 Bxd2 27. Rf1 {couldn't give any
hopes for Black eigher}) 25. Qe2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rg2g4]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 {White's main idea in this variation is to
take control over the centre with the simple plan: 0-0, Bb5+,Re1 and d4
Erenburg: 'Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait probablement éviter
un débat théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de la défense
sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très dangereux. 
L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il faut
envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier,
ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi
éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque
Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ' Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler
qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat théorique, sur le thème des
grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu,
mais néanmoins très dangereux.  L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son
élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au
centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début
italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir
compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ''} g6 (4... Nxe4
$2 5. Qa4+ {[%cal Ra4e4,Ra4e8]}) ({One of them is to capture the e4 pawn, but
White gets a strong initiative. For instance:} 4... Nc6 5. d4 {Svidler: 'Un
gambit prometteur imaginé par Michael Basman.' Svidler: 'Un gambit prometteur
imaginé par Michael Basman.'} cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
Nd8 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $44 {avec d'excellentes
compensations pour les pions sacrifiés, Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) 10.
O-O e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd4 $44 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Suba,M/Blackpool 1990/CBM 18 
(41)}) (4... Nbd7 {See 1-0 Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61[Svidler] 
(37) La réponse habituelle. D'autres possibilités seraient:}) 5. O-O Bg7 (5...
Bd7 $5) 6. Bb5+ {Erenburg: 'Svidler: 'Une idée du grand-maître Philippin
Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les parties de Michael Adams.' Svidler:
'Une idée du grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les
parties de Michael Adams.''} (6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4
d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16.
h4 $14 {/~~ Georgiev,Kr-Petursson,M Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7
10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15.
Qb1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {
Hickel,J-Hubner,R Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O (8... Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2) 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5
Nh5 $36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) (10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Bb7
12. d5 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Kh7 15. b4 Ng8 16. Qb1 Rab8 17. a5 bxa5 18. b5
Ra8 19. Ra2 f5 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nb5 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Jones,
G-Karjakin,S/Olympiad B16 Malaziya 2002/ChessBase (66)}) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5
11. a4 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Bc6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. b4
Bf8 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. f3 Reb8 21. Nc4 Ne8 22. Red1 Kg7 23. Qb2 f6
24. Ne3 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Tiviakov,S/Schrijvers rapid 2004/Chess
Today (80)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Na3 c4 15. f3 b6
16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Rab8 18. Nc2 a5 19. Na3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Rbc8 21. Red1 Bf8 {
1-0 Houska,J-Pym,T/BCF-ch Scarborough 2004/}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2
Be6 $10 {Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 Nxd2
13. Bxd2 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nd8 16. h4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc7 18. h5 Rfc8 19.
Re2 Qa4 20. Ne1 f6 21. f4 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. g4 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Daubenfeld,G/
Le Touquet op 2003/}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. h4 (14. Ng5 Nd8 15. h4 Rc8
16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 Ne6 18. Nh3 Rfc8 19. h5 Nd8 20. Qf3 Ne6 21. Qg3 Nc7 22.
Rab1 b6 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Bitalzadeh,A/Amsterdam ACT op 2004}) (14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8 21.
Rae1 Rcc8 22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Wojtkiewicz,A/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62}) 14... Rac8 (14... h5 {preventing h4-h5.}
15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Reb1 Rc7 18. a4 Ne6 19. Rb5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd3b1,
Yb1b3,Gb3d5,Gb5d5]} Rfc8 20. Qb1 Nd8 21. Ne1 {White knight is going to d3.} Kh7
22. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Qa2 Rc4 25. e6 $1 $16 {1-0 Ye
Jiangchuan-Wang Pin/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76/[King] (33)}) (14... Qg4 $2 15. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd5][%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7]}) (14... Nd8 $5) (14... f6 $5) 15. h5 Nd8 $146
(15... Na5) 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. h6 $1 {[%csl Rg7] After this move Black plays just
without a bishop. This continuation looks very logical, so I was surprised
when I discovered that nobody played h5-h6 in such positions before me.} Bh8
18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Reb1 b5 {Black tries to keep space on the queen's side so that
White cannot play on both sides.} 20. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1c2,Yc2e3] This manouevre
is typical for this structure. From e3 the white knight controls nearly the
whole center.} a6 {supporting the b5 pawn.} 21. Nc2 $14 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Kundin,
A/Tel Aviv Last Autumn 2002/CBM 92/[Erenburg] (49)}) 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) (10. a4
Rac8 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 Rfd8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 a6 16. Qb3 d5 17.
e5 Ne8 18. f4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. b5 Ng7 21. Nd2 h5 22. Qd3 Qf5 {1/2-1/2
Azarov,S-Zhigalko,A/BLR-ch Minsk 2004/ (92)}) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4
Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4
Bd7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 $146 9. Be2 $5 (9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nc3 $14)
9... d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 $6 (11... O-O 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. f3 $140 Bxe5 14.
fxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Kh1 dxe4 $44) 12. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 (13...
O-O 14. c4 Qa5) 14. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Bg5 (16. Nd2) 16... Bf8 $8 (
16... Qd8 17. Bxe7) 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/
Groningen (m/1) (52)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe1 Bd7
13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rb6] /+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996/
EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Nc3
O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,
C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)}) 9. d5 (9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5
12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {Torre,
T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06}) 9... Ne5 (9... Nb8 10. Nc3
$14) 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bd3 e6 13. Qb3 exd5 14. exd5 Ne8 15. Be3 Nd6
16. Bb6 Qg5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. Bd5 f4 21. Rac1 Bf5 22. f3
Rae8 {0-1 Airapetian,T-Akatova,E/RUS-ch G18 Dagomys 2004/EXT 2005 (29)}) (7...
O-O 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9. Re1 e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11. Na3
h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 {/+/- 1/2-1/
2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11. Bf1 exd5 12.
exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5 {Anand: 'HarZvi'}) (12... Bf5 {HarZvi}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5
Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}
) (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nd6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qe2
f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 h5 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. Ra3 g4 20. Rac3 a6 21.
Bd3 Qe8 22. Bh4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Damljanovic,B/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The
Week in Chess 449 (67)}) (8... a6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. h3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4
Re8 13. Re1 d5 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15. Qc2 d4 16. cxd4 Nh5 17. Bh2 c4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4
19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. b3 Bxd4 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Qd3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qc6 {1-0 Kim,
A-Kotsur,P/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003/ (52)}) 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {/\ c3-c4}
(10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)}) 10...
exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Na3 (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi: This is certainly a move one
must consider seriously, since now the knight on a5 seems to be out of the
game and White's Nb1 is going to have a very good place on c3.} Re8 13. Rxe8+
Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 15. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5] and White has a slight
advantage.}) 12... b6 (12... a6 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8 $5 {HarZvi}) 13. Bf4 $6 {/\ Nb5}
(13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4) 14. Bd3 {>< f5 /\
c4}) 13... a6 $1 $13 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13)
15... Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16... Nb7 17. b5 $5 axb5 18. Nxb5
$36 {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Anand] (36)}) (7... a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4 {[%cal
Ga4c6,Ga4e4]})) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12.
Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har
Zvi] (58)}) 8. Re1 (8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 e6 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4
Bxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 exd5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/
Wijk aan Zee 1996/}) 8... O-O $146 (8... a6 9. Bf1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3
O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Nd5 e6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Ne7+ Kh8
18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Kg8 21. b3 Qb5 22. Rc2 a5 23. Qf3 {Perez
Pietronave,C-Sorokin,M/Buenos Aires op 1997/ChessBase/0-1 (42)}) 9. h3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This inaccuracy leads to a bad position !} (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2
a6 $11) (9. d5 $5 Ne5 10. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nxd7 12. Na3 a6 $13) 9... Nxd4 $1
{A typical idea, very often Black uses this motive in the Ruy Lopez.} 10. Nxd4
(10. cxd4 Bxb5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. d5 Bd7 $17) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd7 (11. Bd3 dxc3
12. Nxc3 $17) 11... Nxd7 12. cxd4 Qb6 $1 13. Be3 (13. d5 $5 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 Qxb2
15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. a4) (13. Nc3 $142 $5 Qxd4 (13... Bxd4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3
Nf6 16. Qe2 $15 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 14. Nd5 e6 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nb5
Bc5 18. Be3 $1 $15) 13... Qxb2 14. Nd2 Bxd4 15. Rb1 (15. Qe2 Bxe3 (15... Qxa1
16. Rxa1 Bxa1 17. Qb5 $17) 16. Qxe3 b6 $19) 15... Qc3 16. Bxd4 (16. Rxb7 Nc5
17. Rb1 Rac8 $17 18. Rc1 $140 Qd3) (16. Rb3 $5 Qc5 17. Rxb7 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qc6
19. Rb1 {with some chances for defence.}) 16... Qxd4 17. Rxb7 Nc5 $1 {A very
strong answer, which was certainly overlooked by White.} 18. Rxe7 $6 (18. Rb1
$142 Rab8 $17 {[%cal Gb8b1]}) 18... Qf6 19. Rc7 $8 Qd8 {[%csl Rc7]} 20. Rxc5 (
20. Rc6 Qd7) 20... dxc5 $19 {The rest is simple. White has to sit and wait
while Black strengthens his position.} 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Re3 (23.
Na5 Rd7) 23... Qd7 (23... Qe6 $5) (23... Rd4 $5) 24. Kh2 Qd1 25. Qc3 Qd4 26.
Qc2 Rfe8 27. e5 Re6 28. Rf3 (28. Qb3 Kg7) 28... h5 29. Qc1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1
Nc6 8. h3 e5 9. d3 (9. d4 $6 {This move looks strategically wrong- white is
still undeveloped but he opens the center by d4 move.} cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Nxd4 (11... Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 d5 (13... Rb8 $5 $15 {[%csl Rb2]})
14. exd5 Rxe1 15. Qxe1 Nxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Wang Wenhao-Genov,P/Antwerpen 1992/
CBM 30 ext (66)}) 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Bg5 {This attempt to simplify position is
quite risky as it is proved in the 13...Bxf6 line. 13.Qd3 looks better than 13.
Bg5, but black has chances for better play there too.} (13. Qd3 d5 (13... Bf5
14. Nc3 d5 $15) 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 (15... Qb6 $5 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Nxd5
Qxe5 18. Rac1 $44 {[%cal Gd5c7]}) (15... Rxe5 16. Bf4 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16.
Qxc3 d4 17. Qg3 Qb6 (17... Bf5 $142 $15) 18. Bd3 Be6 {0-1 Savic,M-Pogonina,N/
Halkidiki GRE 2000/ (41)}) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $146 {Black is better on
forthcomin ending, but it was better to stay in the middlegame trying to use
backwardness of white in development.} (14... Bxf6 15. Qd2 d5 $1 16. Nc3 dxe4
17. Nxe4 (17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxe4 Bf5 $17) 17... Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ (18. Nxd2 Be6 $1
$17) 18... Kf8 19. Rxe8+ Kg7 20. Re2 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Bazant,P-Calzetta Ruiz,M/
Olomouc 2000/CBM 77 ext (41)}) 15. Qxf6 (15. Qa4 Bxh3 $5 (15... Be6 16. Nc3 Qg5
$15) 16. gxh3 Qg5+ 17. Bg2 Bxb2 18. Na3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 a6 $13) 15... Bxf6 16.
Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gc3d5]} Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Shachar,E-Tyomkin,D/
ISR t-ch 2001/CBM 82/[Tyomkin,D] (38)} (17... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 18. Rad1 {
[%csl Rd6]})) 9... Ne8 (9... Re8 10. a3 a5 11. a4 d5 12. Nbd2 h6 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qd7 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. g5 Nf4 20.
Qc4 Qg4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. gxh6 Bxh6 24. Nd2 {Xorisso-Damaso,R/
Dos Hermanas Internet qualifier S17 2005/1-0 (72)}) (9... d5 10. Nbd2 Qc7 (
10... h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 b6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Bd2 a6 16. Qc2 b5
17. Ne3 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 Kh7 20. Ng4 Bc8 {1-0 Kiik,K-Andersson,U/
Tallinn Keres mem 1997/ChessBase (44)}) 11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 d4 14.
Bb2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne8 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Qa4 Be6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nc7 20. c5
a6 21. Bc4 Ne6 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Saidy,A/WchS Halle 2004/ (39)}) (9... h6 10. a3
(10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a3 Nh7 12. b4 Ng5 13. Rb1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 b6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rc1 Bxf1 22.
Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qd4+ Kg8 {1-0 Del Campo,R-Rubery,M/Elista ol 1998/ChessBase (50)}
) 10... a6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nbd2 cxb4 14. cxb4 Nd7 15. Rc1 d5 16.
exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 b5 18. Nd6 Re6 19. Ne4 Nd4 20. Nfd2 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 {
1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Vera,R/CUB-ch Holguin 2002/ChessBase (45)}) 10. Nbd2 (10. Na3
f5 11. Nc2 h6 12. d4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Re2 e4 16. Nd2 Nd6 17.
Nb3 Nf5 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qd2 g5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Ree1 Nh4 {0-1 De la Cruz Sanchez,
G-Reinaldo Castineira,R/Padron op 2002/ (52)}) 10... f5 11. b4 $1 Kh8 $146 (
11... b6 12. b5 Ne7 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 fxe4 15. f3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 17. fxe4
Nxd4 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Bb2 Rxf1+ 20. Nxf1 Qxd5 21. Nc6 $16 {1-0 Smagin-Rao/
World Open 1989/ChessBase (28)}) 12. b5 (12. bxc5 $5 dxc5 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Qd5
$5) 12... Ne7 13. d4 $5 ({If Petrosian would desire to give game more placid
character, he would play move like} 13. a4) 13... d5 $5 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 d5
15. exd5 (15. dxe5 $5 dxe4 16. Ba3 $5 exf3 17. Nxf3 $36) 15... e4 16. Ba3 Nd6
17. Ne5 Nxd5 18. Qb3 {with strong pressure}) 14. exd5 (14. Nxe5 fxe4 15. Ba3 b6
$5 $13) 14... e4 (14... cxd4 15. Nxe5 $5 (15. cxd4 e4 16. Ba3 $36) 15... dxc3
16. Ndf3 Nxd5 (16... Qxd5 17. Ba3 $1) 17. Ng5 $1 $16) 15. c4 $5 {This trick is
the only way to fight for an advantage. After} (15. Ba3 exf3 (15... Nxd5 16.
Bxc5 exf3 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Qxf3 $14) 16. Bxc5 fxg2 (16... Nxd5 {leads with
transposition of moves to previous line.}) 17. Bxe7 (17. Bxg2 Nd6 18. Qe2 Ng8
$132) 17... gxf1=Q+ 18. Nxf1 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 {Black has exelent postion.})
15... cxd4 {Trying to avoid the complications arising after} (15... exf3 $142
$5 16. Nxf3 cxd4 (16... Nd6 17. dxc5 Bxa1 18. cxd6 Ng8 (18... Qxd6 19. Bf4 $1
$18) 19. c5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Gd6]}) 17. Bb2 $132 {but, possibly, it was best
chance for Black.}) 16. Ba3 {White has seized space on the queenside and it is
very difficult for Black has to develop any counter play.} (16. Bb2 exf3 17.
Nxf3 $44) 16... Nd6 $6 ({Possibly Black had to try} 16... a6 17. Nxd4 $5 (17.
Nxe4 $2 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd6) (17. b6 $5 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxe4 Bg7 {and this
position might look very dangerous for Black, but it wouldn't be so easy for
White to find anything decisive.} (18... Bxa1 $2 19. Qxa1+ Ng7 20. Ng5 $5 $40 {
[%csl Ga3,Ge1]})) (16... b6 17. Nxd4 $5 Bxd4 18. Nxe4) 17. Nxd4 $16 b6 (17...
Bxd4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 (18... Be5 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. c5 $18) 19. Qxd4+
Kg8 20. Bb2 Kf7 21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. c5 Ndf5 23. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Re8]}) 18.
N2b3 (18. Nc6 $5) 18... a6 (18... Qc7 19. Nc6) 19. bxa6 $6 ({A natural
development of the initiative can be achieved by} 19. Ne6 $142 $1 Bxe6 20. dxe6
Ndc8 (20... Be5 21. f4 $1 Bxa1 22. Qxa1+ Kg8 23. Rd1 Nec8 24. Qe5 Qf6 25. Qd5
$18) 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rad1 $18) 19... Rxa6 20. Bb4 Ra8 (20... Ra4 21. a3) 21.
a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Re8 22. a5 $18 {Decisive breakthrough in the queenside.} Nb7
(22... Kg8 $5) 23. axb6 (23. a6 $5) 23... Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qxb6 25. Qa4 Qd8 $8 26.
d6 $1 Ng8 (26... Nxd6 $2 27. Bxd6) 27. c5 Nf6 28. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Luke likes this modest line and he use it
with success- for example he won two games just in Hastings!} Nf6 4. d3 e6 (
4... g6 {could be reasonable alternative to the text.}) 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7.
O-O Nc6 (7... b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nc7 13.
Ne4 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L-Baklan,V/BL 0001 2000 (80)})
8. Qe2 b6 {'!?' McShane.} ({Worth considering more active plan -} 8... b5 $5 9.
d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 a5 11. e5 (11. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 12. Qxc6 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 $19)
11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Rd1 b4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Qe4 g6 $13 {
0-1 McShane,L-Tiviakov,S/Gibraltar Masters 2003/ (77)}) 9. Nbd2 ({allows to
Black to get good game on the queen side.} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Rd1 Ba6
12. Qe3 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qf4 Nh6 $132 {0-1 Del Rio Angelis,S-Cvitan,O/Lugano
op 1999 (19)}) 9... Ba6 10. Bc2 $146 (10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nf1 Nde5 12. Nxe5 dxe5
13. Ng3 Bg5 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qg5 {Kovacs,L-Foldi,I/HUN t-ch
1995/1-0 (38)}) 10... Qc7 ({It is not so easy to evaluate position and after} 
10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Re1 Qc7 $13 {with complicated game.}) 11. a3 Nd7 12.
Re1 Bf6 {It's quite difficult for Black to find correct plan.} (12... d5 13. e5
{leads to another kind of position.}) 13. Nf1 {Using typical plan more common
is Spanish defense than in Sicilian.} Nde5 14. Ng3 Rad8 {'?' McShane.} (14...
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe3 {[%cal Gg3h5]}) 15. Nh5 {'|^!' McShane. By
relocating this knight to the kingside, White increases his advantage in force
on that flank} Be7 (15... Nxf3+ {McShane} 16. Qxf3 Be5 17. Bg5 $5 (17. Qh3 {
McShane} g6) 17... f6 {[%csl Re6]} (17... Rde8 {McShane} 18. Qe2) 18. Bd2) 16.
Nxe5 {'!' McShane.} Nxe5 ({Blak rightly avoid line} 16... dxe5 17. Qg4 g6 18.
Bh6 $16 Rfe8 $140 $2 19. Qf3 {'+/-!' McShane.} f5 20. Ng7 $1 $18) 17. f4 Nd7 (
17... Nc6 18. f5) (17... Nc6 {McShane}) 18. f5 {'!' McShane. Black's pieces
are far away from the kingside, so it's logical for White to attack exactly
there} g6 $2 ({Mistake! Good or bad, but Black should have considered} 18...
Nf6 $1 {with possible continuation} 19. fxe6 ({easy to play with black pieces
after} 19. Bg5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 f6 22. Qg3 e5 (22... exf5 23. exf5
Rfe8 24. Bb3+ c4 $1) 23. Bb3+ c4 24. Bxc4+ Bxc4 25. dxc4 Qxc4 {[%cal Gd6d5]})
19... fxe6 20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Bb3 (21. e5 Nd5 $13) 21... c4 $1 {with some
compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Nf4 {[%csl Re6] Playing quite naturally White
has reached a particularly good position} Ne5 (19... c4 $2 20. d4 $18) (19...
exf5 {McShane} 20. Nd5) 20. fxe6 Qc8 21. Nd5 {'!' McShane.} (21. Bb3 c4 22. Nd5
Qxe6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. dxc4 $16) 21... Qxe6 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Nc7 Qc8 24. Nxe8
Rxe8 25. Bf4 $18 {It is clear that white's position is winning , but he must
show some technique.} Bf6 (25... Bh4 {McShane}) 26. Rf1 Bg7 27. Bxe5 $5 {
'!' McShane.} (27. Rad1 d5 $1) 27... Bxe5 28. Bb3 c4 $8 (28... Re7 29. Bd5 $18)
29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. dxc4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Rad1 (32. b3 $142 Bxc3 33. Rac1 Bg7
34. b4 $18) 32... Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Rfe1 h5 $1 {Karjakin plays very well
this part of the game. but unfortunately he hasn't real chances to safe game -
exchange is exchange!} 35. g3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Rd5 {'!?'
McShane.} a6 39. Rd2 Kd7 40. Ke3 b5 {'?!' McShane.} 41. Kd3 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gb2b3]
} a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4] Karjakin makes the best out of a bad job} 42. Rc2 a4 43.
Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Kc6 (43... d5 44. exd5 Rc5 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Rxc4 Rxd5+
47. Ke3 $18) 44. b3 axb3 45. Rxb3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} f5 $1 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Rb4 d5
48. a4 $1 {After this move everything became clear!} bxa4 49. Rxc4+ dxc4+ 50.
Kxc4 f4 51. gxf4 Bxf4 52. Kb4 {Black could easy resign here} Kd5 53. c4+ Kd4
54. Kxa4 Kd3 55. Kb3 h4 56. c5 Bc7 57. c6 h3 58. Rc3+ Ke4 59. Rxh3 Kd5 60. Rc3
1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {Avoiding main theoretical lines.} Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5.
Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. h3 $146 (8. O-O Qc7 (8... d4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ba4
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qb6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7
Qxb2 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Qb5 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rab1 Qc7 22. Rfc1
Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. Rxc6 g6 25. g3 {1-0 Sanz Alonso,J-Larios,M/ESP-ch
Almeria 1989/Vaiser (25)}) 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. a3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 g5 (
12... c4 $5) 13. h3 Rxd2 14. Bxd2 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxh3 16. e5 $1 $14 {1-0 Gomez
Polo,V-Rodriguez Marquez,A/Malaga-ch 1984/EXT 2003 (27)}) (8. Ba4 Qc7 9. Qe2
Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bd6 15. Nxg6 fxg6
$1 $36 {Nicevski,R-Magerramov,E/Cheliabinsk 1991/0-1 (53)}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Bh5
$142 $5 {keeping two bishops on the board.}) 9. Nxf3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11.
Kxd1 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2,Gf3][%cal Gc2a4] I think that white got a stable
advantage from the opening: two strong bishops, an active king.} a6 12. Ke2 {
[%csl Ge2]} Be7 13. e5 (13. Rd1 $5) 13... Nd5 (13... Nd7 14. Bf4 $14) 14. c4 $1
Nb6 (14... Ndb4 15. Ba4 (15. Be4 $5) 15... O-O-O 16. a3 Nd3 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18.
Rd1 $36) 15. b3 O-O-O 16. Bb2 (16. Be4 Nd4+ 17. Nxd4 cxd4 (17... Rxd4 18. f3 $5
$14) 18. Bb2 $14) 16... h6 {Black has a very solid position, but it's very
difficult for him to get active counterplay.} (16... f6 $5 {[%cal Gb6d7]}) 17.
h4 {White immediately takes this opportunity to grab space on the kingside} Rd7
(17... f5 18. h5 $36 (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Gd4]})) 18. Rad1 Rhd8
19. Rxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Gf7f6]} (19... Rxd7 20. h5 $1 {[%csl Ge5,Gh5]}) 20. Be4 ({
Minasian rightly avoids} 20. Rd1 f6 $1 {White has more space so he has to keep
as many pieces on the board as possible}) 20... Kc7 21. h5 b5 22. Rc1 Rb8 23.
Ke3 $6 (23. g4 $142 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb6 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Ne1 $5 $13 {[%cal Ge1d3]}
) 23... Nb6 $2 ({After the natural} 23... bxc4 $1 24. Rxc4 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6d5]}
25. Rc1 Nd5+ $13 {[%csl Gd5] the advantage of two bishops does not give
anything serious to White - Black is well developed and takes control over the
centre.}) 24. Nd2 $14 f5 ({Possibly Black should have preferred} 24... bxc4 $5
25. Nxc4 Nb4) 25. exf6 gxf6 (25... Bxf6 $2 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. cxb5 $18) 26. f4 (
26. g4 $5) 26... Nb4 27. Bb1 (27. a3 Nc6 {[%csl Rb3]}) 27... bxc4 {Knowing how
badly this move turned out for Black in this game, I dare suggesting} (27...
Rg8 $142 $5 28. a3 Nc6 29. Bg6 Rd8 $14 {with some chances for defence.}) 28.
Nxc4 N4d5+ 29. Kf3 $16 {[%csl Gb1,Gb2,Rh6]} Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Rb4 31. Bd3 $1 {
[%csl Ra6]} a5 (31... Rxc4 32. Bxc4 a5 33. f5 $1) 32. Ba3 (32. g4 $5) 32...
Rxc4 33. Bxc4 {[%cal Gf4f5][%mdl 4096] Black's position is hopelessly passive.}
Kd6 34. f5 $5 e5 (34... exf5 35. Bc1 Bf8 (35... f4 36. Bxd5 Kxd5 37. Kxf4 Ke6
38. g4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rf6,Rh6]}) 36. Bd2) 35. Bxd5 $1 {Black has so many
pawn weaknesses in his camp, that White is right already to exchange his
strong light-coloured bishop.} Kxd5 36. Bc1 e4+ (36... Bf8 37. Bd2) 37. Ke2 Bf8
(37... Ke5 38. g4 Bf8 39. Bd2 $18) 38. Bd2 $18 a4 39. bxa4 {[%csl Ga4,Gh5]} c4
40. a5 Kc6 41. a4 Ba3 (41... Kc5 42. Be3+ (42. a6 Kb6 43. Ke3 Kxa6 44. Kxe4 $18
) 42... Kc6 43. a6 $18) 42. Bxh6 c3 43. Be3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bb3
O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. a3 a5 10. h3 {Ftacnik: 'Timofeev has avoided the sharp
variations of the open Sicilian, his goal is to control the center with pawns.'
} (10. a4 {Ftacnik} b4 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ng4 14. Qc2 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Ba6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Rb1 $16 {
1-0 Sitnikov,D-Utnasunov,A/Vladimir 2002/ (26)}) 10... Nd7 11. Be3 (11. d4 $5)
(11. a4 {Ftacnik} b4 12. Be3 Ba6 $15) 11... a4 12. Bc2 (12. Ba2 $5 Bb7 {Ftacnik
} 13. Nbd2 e6 14. d4 Qc7 $11) 12... Nb6 (12... Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6
15. d4 $140 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 $1) 13. Nbd2 e5 (13... f5 $5) 14. b4 $5 {Ftacnik:
'At this stage the contours of the pawn structure were getting a "Spanish"
character. White begins with activity due to the threat of f7-f5.'} (14. Nh2 {
Ftacnik} f5 $1 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Nd5 $17) 14... axb3 (14... cxb4 {Ftacnik}
15. cxb4 Be6 16. Rc1 $11) 15. Bxb3 {[%csl Gb3]} (15. Nxb3 {Ftacnik} f5 16. Qe2
Qc7 $15) 15... Bd7 16. Qc2 Ra6 {[%csl Ra3]} 17. Reb1 Qa8 18. Qc1 {Ftacnik:
'The position full of pieces was loaded with tactical possibilities. White was
probably right to avoid complications after 18.Ba2.'} (18. Ba2 {Ftacnik} Rxa3
19. Rxb5 Nd4 $1 (19... Nb4 20. cxb4 (20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Bxb6 Be6 22. cxb4 Rxa2
23. Rxa2 Bxa2 $15) 20... Bxb5 21. Qb2 Ra4 (21... cxb4 22. Bxb6 Qa6 23. Qxb4 Ra4
24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Kh2 Qxb6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nc4 Qc6 29. Qxb5 Qxb5
30. Nxd6+ Ke6 31. Nxb5 $11) 22. bxc5 Nc8 23. Qxb5 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Qd7
$13) 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rxb6 dxe3 22. Nb1 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Ra5 24. Bd5 Rxa1 25.
Bxa8 Bxc3 $15) 18... Na5 19. Ba2 Qc6 $36 20. d4 $6 {White clearly
overestimates his chances.} (20. Ne1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge1c2]}) (20. Qc2 {
Ftacnik} Rfa8 21. Ng5 Be8 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 Qc7 $15) 20... c4 $1 {[%csl Ra2]
Kasparov keeps full control over the queenside but it is still not so easy to
create real threats.} 21. dxe5 (21. d5 Qc7 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5]} 22. Rb4 {
Ftacnik} Na4 $15) (21. Rb4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qc7 (21... f5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rab1
fxe4 24. Rxb5 exf3 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Qd5 $11) 22. Rab1 Na4 23. Qc2 $13)
21... dxe5 22. Bxb6 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The classical rules of positional
play are strongly warning not to exchange bishops for knights without a good
reason. Timofeev will get some breathing space, but his chances will be
inferior.'} (22. Qb2 Na4 {[%csl Ga4]}) (22. Rb4 {Ftacnik} Qc7 23. Rab1 Rd8 24.
Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Bf8 27. Bd5 Bxb4 28. cxb4 $44) 22... Rxb6 {
[%csl Ra2]} 23. a4 $5 (23. Rb4 {Ftacnik} Rfb8 $15) 23... bxa4 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25.
Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qc5 {[%csl Ga4,Rc3][%cal Oc5c4,Gf8c8]} (26... Rc8 {Ftacnik}
27. Qd2 Be8 28. Bd5 Qc5 $15) 27. Qd1 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The real mistake
is this move, White was not suspecting the level of problems after the
exchange of pieces.'} (27. Bd5 {Ftacnik} Rb8 (27... h6 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Ne1 $13)
28. Qd2 Be8 $15) 27... Qxc4 $1 (27... Bc6 28. Bd5 $1) 28. Qxd7 Qxe4 29. Qxa4 ({
White's position is very difficult after} 29. Rxa4 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 e4 {for example
} (30... Qc2 $5) 31. Ng5 e3 $5 32. fxe3 Be5+ 33. g3 Qb2+ 34. Kh1 Bxg3 $19)
29... Qd3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Od3c3,Ge5e4] Despite the simplifications White
still did not solved all problems.} 30. c4 e4 31. Rd1 Qe2 (31... Qc3 $5) 32.
Nh2 {White's position is hopelessly passive.} (32. Ne1 Bd4 $1 33. Rxd4 e3 34.
Nd3 exf2+ 35. Nxf2 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) (32. Re1 {Ftacnik} exf3 $3 33. Rxe2
fxe2 34. Qa5 Re8 35. Qe1 Bc3 $19) 32... Bc3 {[%cal Gc3e1]} (32... Rc8 $5) 33.
Rf1 Bd4 $6 {Absolutely unnecessary move, which could spoil Black's victory.} (
33... Rc8 $142 $17) 34. Qc6 $2 ({Mistake! After the correct} 34. Ng4 $5 {
White could probably hold the position with accurate defence -} h5 $140 (34...
Kg7 $5 35. Qc6 Qd2 $36) 35. c5 $1 hxg4 (35... Bxc5 $2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Qa1 $16)
(35... Rd8 36. Rd1 hxg4 37. Rxd4 $11) 36. Qxd4 gxh3 37. gxh3 Rc8 38. Rc1 $11)
34... h5 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} 35. Qd5 Qd3 $1 36. g4 $6 ({White could have offered a
tough resistance after} 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Rf1 Re8) 36... hxg4 37. hxg4 (37. Nxg4
Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxh3+ $19) 37... Kg7 $19 {[%cal Gf8h8]} 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Qd6 $8
Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qd3 41. Kg2 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Very rare move, the main purpose of which
is to deviate from the theoretical lines} dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 (5... e6 6. g3 Nbd7
7. Nc4 Nb6 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd7 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. a4 Bc6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13.
Qb5 Rc8 14. d3 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Petrosian,T/Sevilla (m/5) 1971 (14)}) 6. Nc4
(6. d4 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ng4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7
12. Ne4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C-Mamedov,R/EUR-ch B16 Budva 2003/ (12)}) (6. Bb5 a6
7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. a4 e6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O Nd5 13. Nxd5
Qxd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Rab1 {1/2-1/2
Landenbergue,C-King,D/SUI t-ch 2001/C (18)}) 6... e6 (6... g6 7. g3 h5 8. Bg2
h4 9. d3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O hxg3 13. hxg3 Bh3 14. Qf3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qxb2 16. Be5 Rd8 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Rxb7 O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Vedder,
H-Blees,A/NED t-ch playoff Enschede 2003/ (26)}) (6... Nb6 $5 7. Nxb6 Qxb6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Qc6 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qh3
O-O-O 15. d3 h5 16. a4 a6 17. a5 h4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,S-Rowson,J/Hastings
0304 2003/CBM 99 (47)}) 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Nb6 (8... O-O 9. b3 Nd5 10. Bb2 Nxc3
11. Bxc3 Bf6 $11) 9. b3 $5 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd5 (10... Nxc4 11. bxc4 $5 {[%cal
Ge2f3,Ga1b1]} (11. Bxc4 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7c6]})) 11. Bf3 Nxc3 $146 (11... Bd7
$5 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. d4 Rc8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Re1 Bd7
18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Loginov,V/RUS-ch St.Petersburg 1998 (18)}) (11...
b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 12. Bxc3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Bf6 (13... b6 $2 14. Ne5 $1 {
[%cal Gc2c4]}) 14. Ne5 $1 Qc7 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bb2 e5 17. Re1 Rb8 $5
$13) 15. Re1 Rd8 {It seems that this natural move is innacurate.} ({Worth
considering} 15... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b6] for example} 16. a4 b6 17. a5 Bb7 18.
axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Rfd8 $13) 16. Be4 $5 {[%cal Gd1f3]} Nf4 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Bxg6
$1 hxg6 19. d3 Bd7 20. Re3 {[%cal Ga1e1,Gf3g4] White completed his development
and has some advantage now: more space, more active pieces} Rac8 21. Rae1 (21.
a4 $5) 21... Be8 22. a4 b6 23. Qh3 {[%cal Ge3f3]} Rd5 (23... a6 24. Rf3 {
[%cal Rf3f6]}) 24. c4 {Black's light-squared bishop is very passive, which
determines white's advantage} Rd6 25. Rf3 {[%mdl 128]} Qd8 (25... Rcd8 26. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 27. Ng4 e5 28. f4 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Gg4,Gh3]}) 26. Re4 $1 Bg5 27. Rg3 {
White has got an excellent attacking chances while Black still has no real
counter play.} Bc6 (27... Bf6 $5) 28. Reg4 Bf6 29. Rf4 $1 {It becomes clear
that four black pieces crowded in the queen's flank are absolutely useless.}
Be8 30. Nxg6 (30. Nxf7 $5 Bxf7 (30... Kxf7 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33.
Rxg6 $1 $18) 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rh4 Kf8 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rxd8 Rcxd8 35. f4 $18)
30... fxg6 31. Bxf6 {Removing the only defender standing between White's army
and Black's king} gxf6 32. Rh4 $18 Kf8 (32... e5 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Rxg6 $1 $18)
33. Rh7 $5 (33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Qh7+ Bf7 35. Rxd8 Rcxd8 36. Rxg6 Rxd3 37. h4 $18)
33... Bf7 $8 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qxg6+ Ke7 37. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 (3... Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. h3 (5. c3 Bg4 $11) 5... e6
6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 b6 $13) 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. Bb3 (6. c3 O-O (6... Qc7 7.
Bb3 b5 8. d4 Bb7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. Qe2 c4 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. a4 a6 14.
Nbd2 O-O 15. Nf1 Rfd8 16. Qe4 Nf8 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg3 Na5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd4
b4 {0-1 Bergez,L-Fedorchuk,S/Sautron Rohde op 2004/ (43)}) 7. Bb3 (7. d4 Nxe4
$1 8. Rxe4 d5 $17) 7... b5 $5 $146 (7... b6) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. Bc2 b4
$1 (10... Nc6 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 {/\ Ng3+/=}) 11. Nbd2 Qc7 (11... Nbd7 12. e5
dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 $14) 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nfd7 $1 14. Ne4 (14. Be4
Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nbd7 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Ng3
Qb5 20. Rxe7 $14) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Rac1 Qa5 $15) 14... Rc8 15. Bd3
Nxe5 $13 {0-1 Kovalev,A-Ilincic,Z/Beograd 1998/ChessBase/ (27)} (15... Nc6 16.
Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Qd8 18. Bf4 $14)) 6... b5 (6... Qc7 7. d3 b6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9.
c3 Ba6 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Nf1 Rfd8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Ng3 Rd7 15. h3
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qd8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Ba4 Rb7 20. c4 Nd7 {1-0 Kharlov,
A-Kozul,Z/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/(49)}) 7. c3 {[%cal Gd2d4] Bezold has avoided
the sharp variations of the open Sicilian, and now his main goal is to control
the centre with pawns.} (7. d3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 Qb6 10. Bc2 Nd7 11. Nf1
Nde5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. a4 b4 14. Qg4 g6 15. Bh6 Ba6 16. a5 Qb7 17. Ne3 b3 18.
Bb1 Bf8 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Nf1 O-O 21. Nd2 h6 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M-Shneider,A/
Moscow Aeroflot-A 2003/ChessBase (35)}) 7... Bb7 8. Bc2 Nc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2
b4 (10... Qc7 11. Nf1 a5 12. Ng3 a4 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nd2 Ng6 16. Bg5
d5 17. h4 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Qg4 b4 21. Nf3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Be5 $36
{0-1 Bergez,L-Baramidze,D/BEL t-ch 0304 2003/ (39)}) 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4
13. cxd4 Rc8 $146 (13... Nb4 14. Bb1 Ba6 15. Nb3 d5 16. a3 Nc6 17. e5 Ne4 18.
Nfd2 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 Bd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qxd3 Qd5 24.
Rad1 Rfd8 25. Nc5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Ne4 Rab8 28. Qg3 {Zagema,W-Ftacnik,L/
Dortmund op-A 1992/0-1 (38)}) 14. Rb1 $5 {The most natural way of development.}
Ba6 15. Ba3 (15. Re3 $5 {[%cal Ge3a3]} d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Ba3) 15... h6 (15...
Qa5 $5) 16. h3 (16. Nb3 $5 d5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e5 Nd7 $11) 16... d5 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. e5 Nd7 {It is not so easy to estimate this position correctly, but it
seems that Black can keep equal chances.} 19. Re3 (19. Ba4 Nb6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. Nb3 Bc4 $5 $11) 19... Nb4 20. Bb3 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gb4d3]} 21. Ne1 Rc7 22.
Rg3 Rfc8 23. Ndf3 (23. Qg4 Qf8 $5) 23... Rc3 {[%cal Gc3g3]} 24. Qd2 Kh8 25. Kh2
Qc7 {[%cal Gc3c1]} 26. Qf4 (26. a4 Nd3 27. a5 Nd7 28. Ba4 Nf8 $5) 26... Nd3 27.
Qg4 Rg8 28. Nh4 $2 {A dubious decision allows Black to activate his forces.} ({
Bezold had a good chance to finish game with positive result after} 28. Ng5
$142 $5 Nxe1 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ $11) 28... Qe7
$2 (28... Nxf2 $5 29. Qf4 Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Ne4 $17) 29. Nxd3 Rxd3 30. Nf3 Rc3 31.
Qf4 Rgc8 32. Qg4 Qf8 $17 {[%csl Ga6,Rb3,Gc3] Black's advantage can be seen
with the naked eye.} 33. Ne1 Rxg3 34. Qxg3 Qe7 35. Qe3 Qc7 36. Nf3 (36. a4 Nc4
$5) 36... Qc3 37. Kg3 Kg8 ({I guess it would 've been easier for White to
defend without the queens, even though Black would 've kept some pressure
anyway and after} 37... Qxe3 38. fxe3 Bd3 $15 {[%cal Od3b1,Gc8c1]}) 38. h4 Bd3
$1 {Good idea, Boensch decides to keep queens on the board.} 39. Re1 a5 $17 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Ra5a4] White plays a bit passive and finally gets punished for
it.} 40. Nd2 Qb2 ({Another promising possibility was} 40... a4 $5 41. Bd1 Nc4
42. Nxc4 Rxc4 43. Bf3 $5 Qb4 $5 (43... Rxd4 44. Rd1) (43... Qxd4 $2 44. Qxd4
Rxd4 45. Rd1 {[%cal Rf3e2]})) 41. Nf3 Rc3 42. Rd1 Be4 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal
Oc3e3,Ce3d2,Cd2b2,Rc3g3]} 43. Qe1 a4 44. Rd2 Qa3 45. Rd1 Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
This is the crucial moment of the difficult and interesting game. For some
reasons Boensch decided to finish the game peacefully, but after the natural} (
45... Rc6 46. Qa5 $8 Qf8 $1 47. Bxa4 $140 Qa3 $19 {he could win immediately!})
46. Rd2 Qa3 47. Rd1 Qb2 $2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Luhacovice"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 {Deviating from the main theoretical lines at very
early stage.Oral likes this rare variation and has very good results choosing
this move.} d6 ({Worth considering} 3... b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 {with interesting
possibilities for both sides.}) 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 {
[%mdl 128] Clearly show that White choose Black Monarch as a main target.If he
would desire to give game more placid character, he would play move like, for
example} (7. g3 $5 {with possible continuation} O-O 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10.
Nc3 a6 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. gxf4 $14 {0-1 Shirazi,K-Bagaturov,G/
Linares op 1999 (32)}) 7... Nbd7 8. f4 O-O (8... Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11.
f5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Qh5+ Kd8 18. Nc3 d4 19. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Oral,T-Plachetka,J/Moravia t-ch 1997 (23)}
) 9. O-O Re8 {This move looks for me too slow, but and after} (9... g6 10. Qf3
Ne8 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Nac4 Bg7 13. Be4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Nc4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Ivanov,A-Ionescu,C/Berga op 1993 (31) White has nice game.}) 10. Na3 {[%cal
Ga3c4]} Nb6 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb6d5]} 11. c4 $5 Bd7 $146 (11... Nbd7 12. Qf3 Nf8
13. Nc2 N6d7 14. Rae1 f6 15. Ng4 f5 16. Bxf5 $1 $18 {1-0 Pedzich,D-Protaziuk,G/
Polanica Zdroj op 1995 (34)}) 12. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3h3] After not so successful
opening Black got almost hopeless position, White has a strong attack and
there is no counter play.} Bf8 13. Rh3 g6 (13... h6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Qg3 $16)
14. g4 $1 {It seems that Black's position can no longer be saved - there are
too many White' pieces pointed at the black king.} Re7 {Difficult decision,
but what Black could do else?} (14... Bg7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Rxh5 $1 $18) (14...
Bc6 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. Rxh7+ Kg8 18. Bxg6 $18) 15. g5 $1 {
There is no need for a long cogitation here to perceive that attack will give
bigger dividents for white than} (15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bxf6 Bg7 $1 17. Bxe7 Bd4+
18. Kf1 Qxe7 {and Black back to life!}) 15... Ne8 16. Rxh7 $1 {Quite simple
move!} (16. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Re1h4]}) 16... Kxh7 ({Chessplayers with iron nerve
system will choose} 16... Bg7 $5 17. Rh3 {[%cal Gd1g4] but any case Black
hasn't chances for defense.}) 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Nxg6 $18 {Rest is very easy,
White just winning game in few moves.} fxg6 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Qh7+ Bg7 21. Bxg7
e5 (21... Nxg7 22. Bxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh8#) 22. Qxg6+ (22. Bh6+ Ke6 23. Qxg6+) 22...
Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 {This opening system become quite popular
nowadays , but playing it, White doesn't pretend for opening advantage and
just want to bring game to less known territory.} Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7.
Ng5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (7. O-O $5 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Qc7
12. h3 e6 13. N3h2 Nc6 14. f4 e5 $11 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Baklan,V/Wch Moscow 2001 
(45)}) 7... O-O 8. f4 b5 9. Qe2 Bg4 $146 {Interesting novelty, but Black had
good choice already, worth considering and simple move} (9... b4 $5 {for
example:} 10. O-O (10. e5 $5) 10... Ba6 11. Nd2 (11. Bd5 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 $15)
11... e6 12. Ndf3 h6 13. Nh3 Ng4 14. Bd2 d5 15. e5 bxc3 16. Bxc3 c4 17. dxc4
Qb6+ $13 {1-0 Dzhumaev,M-Wong Zi Jiang/Mumbai Commonwealth-ch 2003 (28)}) (9...
e6 10. O-O c4 11. dxc4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. e5 $5 (13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 d5 $44
) 13... Nd7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. exd6 Nf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Lugovoi,A/
RUS-ch St.Petersburg 1998 (31)}) 10. Nf3 (10. Qe3 $5 {leads to more
complicated game, because now Black any time can exchange bishop for knight,
depriving White all chances for attack.}) 10... e6 (10... a5 $5 11. a4 b4) 11.
O-O (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 11... c4 $5 12. Bc2 ({
Black would have great compensation for the pawn in the case of} 12. dxc4 $5
bxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Qxc4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Na5) 13... Nxe4 (13... d5) 14. Qxe4 d5 15.
Qe2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb6+ $44) 12... cxd3 13. Bxd3 b4 14. h3 (14. Be3 Nd7) 14...
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd7 {I would prefare already Black's position: he managed to
exchanged dangerous white's knight and has good perspectives on the Qside.} 16.
Kh1 Nc5 17. Be2 (17. Bc4 Rb8 $36 (17... bxc3 $5 18. Nxc3 Nd4)) 17... Rb8 18.
Nd2 (18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5) 18... Qc7 19. f5 {An attempt to launch an
attack, which is easily suppressed by black.} bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 21. Qg3 (21.
Qe3 exf5 22. exf5 Rfe8) 21... Rfe8 22. Qh4 (22. f6 Bh8 {[%csl Rf6]}) 22... exf5
(22... Na4 $5 23. f6 Nxc3 24. fxg7 Nxe2 $17) 23. exf5 gxf5 $5 {Simplest way to
stop White's activity on the king side.} (23... Ned3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Ne4 $15)
24. Qh5 (24. Rxf5 Ng6 25. Qc4 Re3) 24... Ng6 (24... Ne4 $5 25. Nxe4 fxe4 $17)
25. Bc4 f4 (25... Bxc3 $142 $5 26. Qxf5 (26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 Ne4 $19) 26...
Bxa1 $19 {and White simply lost material without getting any serious
compensation.}) 26. Ba3 (26. Bd5 $5 Na4) 26... Re5 (26... Bxc3 $5) 27. Qf3 Re3
28. Qd5 Bxc3 {Finally!} 29. Rab1 (29. Rac1 Ne5) 29... Rxb1 (29... Rf8 $5 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 30. Rxb1 Ne5 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Ge3,Ge5]} 31. Nf3 $6 {And once again
White fails to find the better continuation!} ({Leads to more complicated game.
} 31. Nf1 $142 $1 $17) 31... Ne4 $1 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 33. Kg1 (33.
Bb4 $5) 33... Kg7 (33... Nc3 $5 $19) 34. Bb2 (34. Rb7 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Ng3 $19)
34... Nf6 $5 $19 {The smoke has cleared, Black has material advantage and
manages to turn it into a win quite quickly.} 35. Qb5 a6 (35... f3 $5 {[%csl
Rg1]}) 36. Qb4 (36. Qxa6 Qc5 37. Kh1 (37. Kh2 Rxh3+ $1 38. gxh3 (38. Kxh3 Bxb2
$19) 38... Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Ne4 40. Bxe5+ dxe5 $19) 37... Bxb2 38. Rxb2 Re1+ 39.
Bf1 Ne4 $19) 36... Bxb2 37. Rxb2 Re4 38. Rc2 d5 (38... d5 39. Bxd5 Rxb4 40.
Rxc7 Nxd5) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 (4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Na3 Nb6 11. c4 Bd7 12. Rf3 Bf8 13. Rh3 g6 14. g4
$1 $16 {1-0 Oral,T-Navara,D/CZE-ch Luhacovice 2003/CBM 94 (24)}) 4... Nf6 5.
Bd3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 $6 (6... g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Andersson,U/
EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The Week in Chess (14)}) 7. e5 Nfd7 $146 (7... Ne4 $5 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Bb2 Nxe5 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe5 a6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nc3 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 f5 $11 {1-0 Delchev,A-Charbonneau,P/Andorra op 2003}) 8. Nxe6 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] Georgiev chooses a concrete principled fight, trying to punish
Black for a pretentious opening.} Qe7 (8... fxe6 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. Ba3+ Nc5 11.
Bxc5+ $18) 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 (10. Nxd5 $5 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Qxa1 12. Nbc3 f6 13.
O-O $40 {[%csl Ra1,Rd8]}) 10... Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 $6 {White missed a very good
oportunity to get a clear advantage} (11. Be3 $142 $1 Qxa1 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4
$36 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Ga8c7]}) 11... Bb4+ (11... Qxa1 12. c3 Bd6 13. O-O {
[%csl Ra1]}) 12. Bd2 (12. Nd2 $5 Qxa1 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nf3 {[%cal Rc1g5]}) 12...
Bxd2+ (12... Qxa1 13. O-O) 13. Kxd2 Qxa1 $13 {[%csl Ra8,Rd2,Rd8]} 14. Re1 Qf6
15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Nb5 (16. Nxd5 Qg5+ 17. Ne3 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 16... Nc5 17. Qe3
Nxd3 (17... d4 18. Qg3) 18. cxd3 $6 {Mistake} ({It is easy to recommend brave
move} 18. Kxd3 $5 {knowing what happened in the game. Game could follow} Bf5+
$140 19. Kd2 Kd7 20. Nac7 $36) 18... Bd7 (18... Qb2+ 19. Kd1 Bg4+ 20. f3 Bf5
21. Nd6 Kd7 22. Nxf5 Rxa8 23. Qc5 $1 $13) 19. Qc5 $2 {This move may look
active, but this is actually a mistake} (19. d4 $142 Re8 20. Qg3 Rxe1 21. Kxe1
a6 22. Nd6 Qe7+ 23. Kf1 Be6 24. Nb6 $132) 19... Qb2+ 20. Kd1 Qb1+ 21. Kd2 (21.
Qc1 Qxd3+) 21... Qxa2+ 22. Kc3 (22. Kc1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qb2+ $19) 22... Qa5+ 23.
b4 $8 Nxb4 $1 {And this position is almost hopeless, Black has a strong attack
and there is no aby more real counter play for White.} 24. Qe7+ (24. Qxb4 Qxb5
$19) 24... Kc8 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. Qxd7 Nc6+ 27. Kc2 (27. Kb2 Qd2+ 28. Ka3 Qc3+
29. Ka2 Nb4+) 27... Nd4+ {It seems that White's position can no longer be
saved - there are too many Black' pieces pointed at the white king, who is all
alone} 28. Kd1 (28. Kb2 $2 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qc3+ 30. Kb1 Qc2+ 31. Ka1 Nb3#) 28...
Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qb2+ 30. Ke3 Nc2+ 31. Kf4 (31. Kd2 Nxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Kxa8) 31... Nxe1
32. Ne8 Nxd3+ (32... Qxf2+ 33. Ke5 Qe3+ 34. Kd6 Rxe8) (32... Nxd3+ 33. Ke3 Qe5+
34. Kxd3 Rxe8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 {This is an interesting way to solve
the opening problems.} (4... Nbd7 {or}) (4... g6 {are more common moves.}) 5.
d3 (5. O-O e6 6. d3 (6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11.
Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4
Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A-Wojtkiewicz,A/New York Masters 2004 (28)}) (6.
Re1 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. g4 Bg6
13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Shahade,G/New
York Masters 2002/ChessBase (31)}) 6... Nc6 (6... Be7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Nxf3 O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4
16. Bd3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Qa7 19. Bc2 b5 {DontCry-Nos/Dos Hermanas
Internet 2002/0-1 (42)}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. Bg5 Be7
11. f4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 b6 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng4 $14 {Jeremejev,A-Shishkov,A/EST-ch Tallinn 2003/ /1/2-1/2 
(74)}) 7... d5 8. h3 Bh5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O {with excellent play
for Black, Kasimdzhanov - Belov, playchess.com 2004.}) (5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7.
Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Be3
Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Nf5 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Houska,
J-Speelman,J/London Staunton mem 2004/ (69)}) 5... e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 (
7... Bh5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 a6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bd3 cxd4
14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. c4 Nf4 20.
Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nf1 Nd4 22. Qe4 {Vadla,Z-Feletar,D/Zagreb 1998/0-1 (34)}) 8. exd5
Nxd5 $146 ({The improvement to the game Kasimdzhanov - Sadvakasov, Calvia (ol)
2004, which continued} 8... exd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2
O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nfd4 $14 {and White has achieved and
eventually converted this typical slight edge.}) 9. Qa4 Bh5 10. Ng3 Nb6 (10...
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 $11) 11. Qd1 ({Worth considering was} 11. Qb5 $5 {but in
this case White can't achieve an advantage, for example:} a6 (11... Bg6 12. Bg5
Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Bf3 O-O 19.
Nxc6 $140 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rfd8 $44) 12. Qb3 Bg6 13. Bg5 $5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
O-O O-O 16. d4 cxd4 17. Rad1 d3 $11) 11... Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 (13. Be3 Nd5)
13... O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 ({In case of} 16. Nh4 $2 {Black has a
pleasant choice:} Bxh4 ({Not bad and} 16... b5 $5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qg4 Ne5 $1
19. Qh3 Bxd3 $17 {also winning the pawn without special compensation.}) 17.
Qxh4 Nxa5 $17) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f5 $5 {Black chooses a
concrete principled fight, trying to punish White for a pretentious opening.} (
{But, perhaps the quiet} 18... Rad8 $5 {was a more precise move.}) 19. Qa4 (19.
Re1 $5 {was more to the point. After the possible move} Rad8 (19... f4 20. Ne4
Rfd8 21. Qc4 Rac8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bg4 e5 $13 {[%csl Rc1]}) 20. Qc4 Qd6 21.
Nf1 $1 Bf6 22. Ne3 {White has good chances to equalize.}) (19. Nh5 Bd6) 19...
Rad8 20. Rd1 $6 {[%cal Rd8d1] This move is the main reason for the further
difficulties for White!} (20. Re1 $142 {was still better - White wants to
secure the position of the knight on e4, if Black would use the same plan.})
20... f4 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bf3 b5 $3 {A very strong answer, which was certainly
overlooked by White.} 23. Qc2 (23. axb6 $2 {costs White his queen after} Nxb6
24. Rxd8 Nxa4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxa4 Qb5 27. Rd4 e5 28. Rd1 a5 $17) 23... Nf6
$1 {[%csl Ge4]} 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Bd3 28. Qe1
e5 $1 {[%cal Re5e4] White does not lose immediately, but the pathetic fate of
the c1-bishop does not allow doubts about the assessment of the position.} 29.
Be2 (29. h3 e4 $5 30. Bxe4 $140 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 f3 33. g3 Rf1 $17)
29... Bxe2 30. Qxe2 e4 {White's position is hopelessly passive.} 31. g3 $8 e3
$1 {After this move there is no doubt about Black's overwhelming advantage.} (
31... f3 $143 32. Qf1 Bc5 33. Bf4 Qc6 $15) 32. fxe3 (32. Kg2 Qe6 33. fxe3 Qe4+
34. Qf3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Rd6 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) 32... f3 33. Qxb5 $2 (33. Qc2 $8 {
was the only way to stay in the game although it was not a big fun after} Qe6
34. b4 $8 {[%csl Gc5]} (34. Bd2 Qh3 35. Be1 Bc5 $19) (34. b3 Qh3 35. Bb2 Bc5)
34... Qc4 (34... Bf6 $5 35. e4 Qh3 36. Be3 $1 (36. Bb2 Bg5 $1) 36... Bxc3 37.
Ra2 Bd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 a6 $17) 35. Kf2 Bxb4 36. Qa2 Qxa2+ 37. Rxa2 Bxc3
38. Kxf3 Rd1 39. Rc2 Bxa5 $17) 33... f2+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qd5+ ({White couldn't
rescue himself after} 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Qf4 Qc6+) 35... Kh8 36. Kf1 Qh6 ({
Black could also get it from the other side:} 36... Qa6+ 37. c4 Qc8 38. Bd2 Rd8
$19) 37. Bd2 ({Or} 37. h4 Qg6 38. Bd2 Qxg3 39. Qg2 Qd6 $19) 37... Qh3+ 38. Qg2
Qf5 {A nice victory for Anand.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Voigt, Martin"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg Koenigsspringer"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 $5 d6 ({Worth considering} 3... b6 $5) ({or} 3... Nc6
4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 $13 {with complicated game in both cases}) 4. Bb2 Nf6 5.
e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7 7. f4 Be7 8. Na3 (8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Qf3 O-O 11.
Nac4 b5 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qh4 h6 17. Rf3
$36 {1-0 Priehoda,V-Ipek,A/EUR-ch Batumi 2002/ (51)}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 Ne8 $146
(9... Nxe5 {White is getting better prospects also after} 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. O-O
Bd7 12. Qh5 (12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Be4 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. a4 $14 {Miljanic,
B-Tosic,M/Cetinje 1996/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 12... h6 13. Rf3 $14) 10. Qh5 f5 (10...
Ndf6 11. Qh3) 11. O-O-O Nef6 12. Qf3 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4]} (12... Nxe5 13. fxe5
Nd5 14. Kb1) 13. Kb1 Nxe5 14. fxe5 {[%cal Gg2g4]} (14. Bxe5 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
14... Bd7 15. Rhf1 a6 {Too slow, but White keeps some advantage also after} (
15... Bc6 16. Qh3 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 16. g4 Nb4 17. gxf5 exf5 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3
exf5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. e6 Bc6 21. Qe5 Bf6 22. Qxc5 $16) 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rg1 (
19. e6 Bc6 20. Qg3 $16) 19... Bc6 20. Qg3 g6 21. d4 $1 {[%csl Gd1] White
calmly brings more pieces into attack, making Black's survival impossible} (21.
Qf4 Kg7 22. d4 $1) 21... cxd4 $8 22. Rxd4 Qe8 (22... Qb6 23. e6 Kg8 (23... Bf6
24. Rh4 $18) 24. Rd7 $1 $18 (24. Qe5 Rf6)) 23. Rh4 $1 $18 {The final blow, the
rest is simple.} b5 (23... Bxh4 24. Qxh4 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 24. e6+ (24. Bf7 $5)
24... Bf6 25. Qc7 {White played all game with big energy!} 1-0

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 {This move allows a typical exchange
sacrifice after which White receives very good compensation and very easy play.
} (4... Bd7 $6) (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ $5 $13) 5. d4 $1 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4
7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nb8 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12.
O-O $44 a6 13. Bf3 Qd4 14. Rb1 g6 15. Rb4 Qf6 16. Rxb7 $3 Bg7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18.
Rc7 Bf5 19. g4 Bd3 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Qd7 $1 e5 22. Rc8 {1-0 Delgado,N-Dominguez,
L/Santa Clara 2000}) 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Re1 $44 Nc5 (12... Nf6 13. Nd4
g6 14. Bf3 Bg7 15. c4 O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxa2 17. Rb3 Nd7 18. Ree3 Qa4 19. Nc2 Qxc4
20. Ba3 Ne5 21. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bg4 {Erenburg,S-Mamedyarov,S/Wch B20
Nakhchivan 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg,Kritz]/0-1 (42)}) 13. Be3 g6 $146 {This move
is difficult to recommend and I understand why nobody has had the courage to
play the text before!} (13... Qc7 $142 $5 14. Rb4 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd4 e5
17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh6 Bf5 20. g4 Be6 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rf8 $36 {
0-1 Skrobek,R-Schmidt,W/Poland 1978 (36)}) (13... e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. Rxb7 Rd8 17. Qc2 Be7 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Bc4 Kf8 20. Nxf7 Bxf7 21. Rexe7
Bg6 22. Rf7+ Bxf7 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 24. Rf6# {1-0 Kerkhof,P-Bogaerts,J/Ostend op
1992 (24)}) (13... Qxc3 {looks too dangerous for black}) 14. Bd4 f6 15. Nd2 $1
{[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4b6] It can be said that White is playing a middlegame and
Black is still in the opening.} Qc7 16. Bg4 $1 {[%csl Re6] White is ideally
developed, now it is time for action!} Bg7 (16... Kf7 $5) 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 (17...
Bxg4 $2 18. Qxg4 dxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Rxe7+ $1 $18) 19. d6 $5 Qxd6 20. Nc4 Qc6
21. Rxb7 $1 $18) (17... dxc5 18. Nc4 $40) 18. Nb3 $6 ({This position probably
requires more active decision, like, for example} 18. Qe2 $5 Qc7 19. Bxc8 Rxc8
20. Qe6 $40) 18... Qc4 $2 {Just a bad move. Kovchan missed a good chance to
get a reasonable game. He could continue} (18... Bxg4 $142 $1 {with the
possible continuation} 19. Rxe7+ (19. Nxc5 Bxd1 20. Ne6 Bg4 21. Nxg7+ Kf7 {
[%csl Rg7]}) (19. Qxg4 Qxd5 $1) 19... Kxe7 20. Qe1+ Kf8 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Qe3
$132) 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 (19... Rxc8 20. Na5) 20. Nd4 {[%csl Re6]} (20. Na5 $5 b5
21. c4 $40) 20... f5 21. Ne6 Bf6 (21... Bxc3 22. Rc1 b5 23. Qe2 $1 $40) 22. c4
{[%cal Gc4c5]} (22. Re3 $5 $44) 22... Kf7 $6 (22... Qxc4 $5 23. Rxb7 Kf7 $13)
23. c5 $1 (23. Qd3 $5) 23... Re8 {Cowardice does not bring equality!} (23...
dxc5 $5 24. d6 Qc6 $1 25. d7 Rhd8 26. Qb3 $1 c4 27. Nxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxb7 Qxb7
29. Rxb7 $36) 24. cxd6 Rb8 (24... exd6 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Nc7 $18) 25. Nc7 (25.
Qb3 $5 Qd7 26. Nc7 $18) 25... Rd8 26. dxe7 Bxe7 27. d6 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Bxd6 (
27... Rxd6 28. Qb3+ Kf8 29. Ne6+ Rxe6 (29... Kg8 30. Ng5+) 30. Rxe6 $18) 28.
Qb3+ Kf6 29. Ne6 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rb3b2]} Be5 (29... Bf8 30. Rbc1 Qd7 31.
Qb2+ Kf7 32. Rc7 $18) 30. Rxe5 $1 Kxe5 (30... Re8 31. Rbe1) 31. Re1+ Kf6 (31...
Kd6 32. Qb4+ Kd7 33. Qd4+) 32. Qb2+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Nxd8 {A glorious
finish of the knight march!} (34. Qd4+ $1 Kc6 35. Rc1+ Kb5 36. Rb1+ Ka5 37.
Qb4#) 34... Qxd8 35. Rd1+ (35. Qd4+ Kc6 36. Rc1+ Kb5 37. Qc5+ Ka4 38. Rc4#)
35... Kc6 36. Qc3+ Kb6 37. Qe3+ Kc6 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 d5 (7...
Be7 8. Nf1 d5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nf5 exf5 14.
exf5+ Kd7 15. fxg6 Rae8 16. Qd1 hxg6 $11 {0-1 Blatny,P-Jirovsky,M/CZE-ch
Ostrava 2002/The Week in Chess 394 (37)}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. g4 $146 (10.
Ba4 $5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qxc6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Bg5 Rfe8
16. e5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rad1 a6 19. h4 $14 {Sinkevich,P-Buckley,S/
Millfield School S&WYM 2003/}) (10. a3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nxg4
14. Qxg4 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Qa4 (16. Qg3 f4 17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Qe6+ Bf7 $17)
16... Be8 17. Nhf3 $4 (17. Qb3) 17... Na5 {0-1 Petrosian,T-Kotov,A/USSR 1952/})
10... Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4] Knight takes over control an
important f4-square.} O-O-O 13. O-O Rhe8 (13... h5 $5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nf3 dxe4
16. dxe4 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nh4 $5 {leads to unclear position}) 14. Re1 Bd6
{Gelfand finished pieces development and with full rights can pretend for
initiative.} 15. Qf1 c4 {Having clear advantage in space and development,
Gelfand decides to began complications.} 16. dxc4 Nxe4 (16... dxe4 17. g5) 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne5 {It is clear , that black gained an initiative. Akopian
finds the best chance return a pawn.} 19. c5 $5 {[%mdl 64] White's position is
so difficult that it is worth contemplating a pawn sacrifice.} Bxc5 $6 {
Most natural, but, surely, not the best move!} ({Boris could ( and had! ) to
play} 19... Qxc5 $5 {with possible continuation} 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bd4 $5 Bxe4
22. Bxe5 ({lose immediately} 22. Rxe4 {because of} Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd2 $19) 22...
Qc6 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge4,Rg1] and, thanks to strong bishop on e4, black's
advantage is obvious.}) (19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Bxc5 22. Bf4 {
leads with transposition of the moves to the main game.}) 20. Bf4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Qe2 {Last moves were more or less forced} Nd2 $2 {Nice
tactical blow, but I suspect that Boris Gelfand just missed next move of his
opponent.} ({He could play} 23... f5 24. Rc4 $1 (24. gxf5 exf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Qd3 (26. Qc4 Ne1 $1) 26... Nh4 $17) 24... b6 25. b4 e5 {with complications,
but I have feeling that white's chances will be higher.}) ({It is very
posssible, that the best option for Black was to play} 23... Nh4 $1 {and after
almost forced} 24. f3 (24. Nxh4 $2 f5 $19) 24... f5 25. Rc4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 (26.
Qxg2 b5 {[%csl Rc4]}) 26... b5 $8 27. Qe5 bxc4 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30.
Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bg5+ Kf7 32. Qxd8 Qb7 $11 {he could get at least equal endgame.})
24. Rd4 $1 {Great defence!} ({Weaker} 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxe4 26. Rd1 Qc6 {
with nice position for Black,}) 24... Bxd4 {Only move!} ({In the case of} 24...
Nf3 25. Rc4 b6 26. b4 $16 {Black can't avoid material losses.}) 25. cxd4 {
[%csl Rd2][%cal Rc1c8]} Rxd4 {Knight d2 could escape from his destiny! For
example:} (25... Nc4 26. Rc1 Rxd4 27. Be3 Qe4 28. f3 Qd3 29. Qf2 Rd7 30. Nf4
$16) ({Worth considering} 25... e5 $5 {and after} 26. Bxd2 (26. Qxd2 Rxd4 27.
Rc1 Rxd2 28. Rxc6+ Kd7 $1 29. Bxd2 Kxc6 $13) 26... exd4 27. Qd3 Kb8 28. Rc1 Qe4
{Black could keep some chances for survival.}) 26. Bxd2 Qe4 27. Qb5 {[%csl Rc8]
} (27. Rc1+ $5 Kb8 28. Be3 $16) 27... Red8 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Bf4+ Ka8 30. Kh2 {
Akopian has material advantage - bishop and knight for rook - and black king
can't find secure place on the board.} R4d5 31. Qb3 g5 {Desperately trying to
raise some complications} (31... Rd3 32. Qc2 b6 33. Bg3 $16) 32. Qc3 a6 (32...
gxf4 $4 33. Qc8+) 33. Bg3 ({I would prefer} 33. Be3 $5 {[%cal Rc3c8]} Qe5+ 34.
Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc7 $18 {but move in the game good enough.}) 33... f5 $5 (33...
Rd2 $5 34. Ne3 Qd4 35. Qxd4 R2xd4 36. Be5 $16) 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Bc7 Rc8 36.
Qg7 g4 37. Bf4 (37. Bb6 $5) 37... Rcd8 ({Maybe} 37... Rxc1 {with possible
continuation} 38. Qg8+ Ka7 39. Bxc1 Rd7 $5 40. Qc8 Rg7 {was slightly better,
than move in the game}) 38. h4 {As usual bishop and knight don't much stronger
than rook and a pawn, but here black king is much weaker than his opponent.}
R5d7 (38... Qf3 $5 39. Bg3 R5d7 40. Qe5 Rd2) 39. Qf6 (39. Rc8+ $140 $5 Rxc8 40.
Qxd7 Rh8 41. Qg7 Re8 42. Qxh7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Gh4]}) 39... Rd3 (39... Qf3 40.
Bg3 Rd2 41. b4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 40. Bg3 Qd4 $2 {Last mistake. Much more
stubborn was} (40... Rd2 {or}) (40... Ka7) 41. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 {Very rare move, the main purpose of which is to
deviate from the theoretical lines} e6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 $6 ({
I would prefer to the text move} 6... Nf6 {with possible continuation} 7. Nxc6
(7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 $5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 $36 {[%csl Ge4] 1-0 Spasov,
V-Barlocco,C/Porto San Giorgio op 2000/ (52)}) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Ne4 9. exd6 Qa5+
10. c3 Qe5 11. Qe2 Bxd6 12. f3 Nf6 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Rc1 a5 16. Nc4
Bf4 17. Rc2 a4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Chladny,R-Fiacan,R/SVK t-ch 2001/ (32)}) 7. Nb5 Qb8
8. Ba3 d5 9. exd5 (9. Bxf8 $6 Kxf8 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nc3 Qe5 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Rc1
Nxa2 14. Rb1 Nc3 15. Nxc3 Qxc3 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Re8+ 18. Kf1 Nf6 $17 {
0-1 Boehnisch,M-Heinig,W/ET17 Leipzig 1978 (38)}) 9... Qe5+ ({Worth
considering pawn sacrifice} 9... exd5 $5 {and after} 10. Qxd5 Nf6 11. Nd6+ Qxd6
12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Rhe8+ 15. Kf1 Bg4 $44 {black got great
compensation, thanks to ideal piece development. 1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Pugachev,A/
Karaganda 1994 (20)}) 10. Be2 Bxa3 11. N1xa3 exd5 12. f4 $1 Qxf4 13. Qxd5 Nf6 (
13... Nge7 $5) 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. O-O-O $5 $146 ({White employed a
different plan in the game Bohnisch,M-Heinig,W/Leipzig 1979} 16. Nxb7 Nd4 17.
Ba6 Rhc8 18. O-O-O Ne6 19. Nd6 Rc5 20. Nac4 Rb8 21. Bb7 Ng4 22. Rhf1 $16) 16...
Rab8 (16... Nb4 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Nxb7 Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Nb4 20. Bc4 $16) 17. Rhe1 {
[%csl Gd1,Gd6,Ge1,Re7] After this move there is no doubt of White's
overwhelming advantage.} (17. Bc4 $5) 17... Kf8 18. Bc4 (18. Nab5 $5 a6 19. Nc7
$5) 18... Nd8 19. Nab5 {White is ideally developed, now it is time for action!}
(19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxd7 Nf6 21. Rc7 $14) 19... a6 (19... Bxb5 20. Bxb5 a6 21.
Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f3]}) 20. Nc7 $1 h5 $5 {[%cal Gh8h6,Gh6g6]} 21. Rd2 Rh6 (21...
h4 $5 {[%cal Gh8h5]}) 22. a4 Rg6 (22... h4 23. a5) 23. g3 Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
This move may look active, but this is actually a mistake} (23... h4 $5) {
[%tqu "En","Try to find small and nice combination","","","d6f7","",5]} 24.
Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Ne6+ Ke7 27. Nxg5+ Nfe5 28. Be6 (28. Bd5 $5)
28... Kf6 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Ne4+ Kg6 (30... Ke7 31. Nc5+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kxc5 33.
Rxd7 $18) 31. Rd1 (31. Nd6 Nc5 32. a5 Rd8 33. Rd1 $18) 31... Ne5 (31... Nf6 32.
Nc5) 32. Rd6+ Kf5 {White's positional and material advantage is decisive, but
Portisch still finds chances for counter play} (32... Kh7 33. Rd5 Re8 34. Nc5 {
[%csl Gb7,Gh5]}) 33. Nc5 Nf3 34. h3 g5 35. Rb6 (35. Rd5+ Kg6 36. g4 h4 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 35... h4 $6 ({More chances for successful defence Black could get
after move} 35... Ng1 $142 $5 {for example:} 36. g4+ hxg4 37. hxg4+ Kxg4 38.
Nxa6 Rg8 39. Rxb7 Kf3 {[%csl Gg5]} 40. Nb8 $140 g4 41. a5 g3 42. a6 Ne2+ 43.
Kb2 g2 $19) (35... g4 $142 36. h4 Ng1 {[%cal Rg1e2]} 37. Kd2 Rd8+) 36. gxh4
gxh4 37. Nxa6 Rh8 38. Rxb7 Ng5 39. Nb8 $1 {White knight made good job in the
game!} Nxh3 40. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5]} Ng5 41. a6 Rh6 (41... h3 42. a7 h2 43. Rb5+
Ke6 44. a8=Q h1=Q+ 45. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 46. Kb2 $18) 42. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 (5. d3 $5 {looks more
promising for white}) 5... Qc7 6. O-O b6 7. c4 {[%cal Gd2d4]} (7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rfe8 12. h3 Rad8 13. Nh2 e5 14. Bg5 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Nb5 Qb8 {Sziebert,A-Sziraki,T/Eger Agria 1992/1-0 (36)}) (7. Re1
Bb7 8. d3 c4 9. Nbd2 cxd3 10. Bxd3 e6 11. Nd4 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. N2f3 Nc5 14.
e5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 {1-0 Vujacic,I-Predojevic,B/
YUG-ch B20 Tivat 2001/YUG (32)}) 7... e5 $146 {If we'll look now on pawn
structure it will be not so easy to believe that game starts as Sicilian
defense.} (7... e6 8. Nc3 a6 9. a4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13.
Rad1 Rfe8 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. Qa1 Bf8 16. d3 Bc6 17. h3 Red8 18. Bf1 Qb7 {1-0
Bezgodov,A-Chukhno/RUS t-ch Podolsk 1993 (32)}) (7... Bb7) 8. Nc3 g6 9. d3 Bg7
10. Nh4 (10. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 10... a6 11. f4 h6 12. f5 {An attempt to
launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by black.I would prefer simple} (
12. Nf3 $5 $14 {with very nice position.}) 12... g5 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nh4 {
[%csl Rh4] The position is about equal, but white fails to find a correct plan
and is being outplayed move by move} (14. Nd2 h5 15. Re1 Bh6 16. Nf1 Bxc1 17.
Qxc1 Bb7 18. Ne3 $13) 14... h5 15. g3 {[%cal Gh4g2]} Bb7 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. a3
Bxc1 18. Rfxc1 Ke7 {Black king feels himself very comfortable in the centre of
the board after dark-squared biships exchage.} 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. b4 b5 21. bxc5
dxc5 (21... bxc4 22. d4 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 d5 25. f6+ $5 $132) 22. Ng2
(22. cxb5 $5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 (23... Qa5 24. Nc3 Qxa3 $13) 24. Rxb5 Rxa3 $132
) 22... Qd6 {[%cal Gd6d4]} 23. Nd5+ (23. Ne3 $6 Nxe4 (23... h4 $5) 24. Nxe4
Bxe4 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rxb5 Bc6 $36 {[%csl Rg1]}) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 {[%csl
Re2]} Rab8 25. Qe3 Rb6 26. Rf1 Rhb8 $17 27. Nf4 (27. Qh6 $5) 27... bxc4 (27...
h4 $5) 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. dxc4 e4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gd7e5] Without "special
effects" black obtained a great position.} 30. Ne6 $5 {Setting the board on
fire. However, when the smoke is gone white's position remains hopeless} Rb2 $1
(30... fxe6 $6 31. fxe6 Nf8 32. Qg5 N8h7 33. Qg7+) 31. Qh6 $2 (31. Rd1 $142 $5
h4 32. Qc3 $1 Rxe2 $140 33. Nf4 {[%csl Re2]}) 31... Rxe2 $19 32. Qh8 Qb8 $1 33.
Nd8 Qb2 (33... Qxd8 $2 34. d6+ $18) 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. Rd1+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bb3 g6 (5... Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2
Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh2 d5 12. Ng4 O-O-O 13. Nxf6 Bxf6 14.
exd5 Ne5 15. O-O Bxd3 16. f4 Bxf1 17. fxe5 Ba6 18. exf6 Qxg3 19. fxg7 Qxg7 20.
Qf3 exd5 {0-1 Cicak,S-Stocek,J/CZE t-ch 1999 (59)}) 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. c3
e5 (8... b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bg5 d5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Ne5
Nbxd5 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rc7 17. Qd3 Qa8 18. f3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc8 20. Rac1 Qf5
21. Qd2 Qc8 22. a4 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Seul,G-Pelletier,Y/Essen Borowski-B 2001/ (44)}
) 9. Re1 (9. Be3 h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Rad1
Rae8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Re5 19. Nf3 Re6 20. Nd4
Re5 21. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Vera,R/CUB-ch Las Tunas 2001/The Week in Chess
337 (21)}) 9... Be6 {Finalised the development of all pieces} (9... h6 10. Nbd2
Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 b5 14. a3 a5 15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. Qb3 Rfe8
17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Bb2 Nd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Solomnovic,I/Sozina op 2004 (30)
}) (9... d5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ba4 $1 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxe5 Qxb2 16. Nac4 Qb5 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Rb3 Qc8 19. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Khachian,M/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 97 (29)}) 10. Na3 $146 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nc4 Kh8 14. a3 Qe7 15. Ba2 f5 16. b4 f4 17. Rb1 b6 18. b5
Nd8 19. a4 Ne6 20. a5 Nc7 21. Na3 g5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 bxa5 24. Qd3 g4 {
Hansen,S-Bacrot,E/BL 0102 2001//1/2-1/2 (46)}) 10... Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Gf7f5]}
11. Nc4 h6 12. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5]} Bxb3 13. axb3 (13. Qxb3 $5 Rb8 14. Nd5 Kh7 $13
{[%cal Gf7f5]}) 13... Nf4 14. Kh2 Qd7 {Black completed his development and has
some advantage now: more space, more active pieces} 15. d4 (15. Ng1 {[%cal
Gg2g3]} f5 $1) 15... cxd4 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 $5 17. Nxd4 cxd4 $15) 16.
cxd4 exd4 17. Ng4 f5 $5 ({Maybe Black should have preferred} 17... h5 $5 18.
Bxf4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. e5 f6 $5 $36) 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Nh4 (
19. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 20. Kg1 Ne5 $17) 19... Qf7 20. g3 g5 ({A natural development of
the initiative can be achieved by} 20... Nxh3 $142 $5 21. Kxh3 (21. f4 g5 $1)
21... g5 $40) 21. gxf4 gxh4 22. f5 $1 {Having obtained his chance, Charbonneau
skilfully sharpens the position.} h5 (22... Kh7 23. f6 $1 Bxf6 24. Bxh6 {
[%csl Gg4]}) (22... Qxf5 $5 23. Bxh6 Ne5) 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. Bxh6 Qxf5 $1 {
A critical, complicated position. Certainly, White has compensation for two
pawns, but is he better?} 25. f4 $5 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $36 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 25...
Kh7 (25... Rf7 $5) 26. Bg5 Qf7 (26... Qg6 27. Re6 $1) 27. Re6 $1 Qxe6 (27...
Kg8 28. Rh6 $40) 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Rg1 Ne5 $1 (29... Qe3 $2 30. Qh6+ Kf7 31.
Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qxb7 $16) 30. Bh6+ Kf6 31. Bg5+ {White had enough troubles in
this game, and, I think, he rightly avoids the line} (31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke8
33. Qxf8+ Kd7 34. Qg7+ (34. Qxa8 $2 Nf3+ $19) 34... Nf7 $13 {with a
complicated game}) 31... Kg7 32. Bh6+ Kf6 33. Bg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Rohl Montes, Juan Armando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Venezuela"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 (7...
d5 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 (11... a6 12. Ng2 c4 13. dxc4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qa5 15. O-O Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 h5 18. g5 Qe5 19. Qc2
O-O-O 20. h4 Qc5 21. Qe2 Qf5 22. Be3 f6 23. f4 Qe4 24. Rae1 fxg5 25. Bb6 Qxe2
26. Rxe2 {Mrdja,M-Vocaturo,D/Rome Chiuso GM 2004/ 1-0 (40)}) 12. Ng2 (12. Ndf3
Rd8 13. Bd2 c4 14. Nxg6 cxd3 15. Bxd3 hxg6 16. O-O-O dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Qa5 19. Kb1 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Kc2 Bc5 22. Be3 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Bxe3 24.
fxe3 Ke7 25. Ke2 f6 26. a4 e5 {Rossetto,H-Bielicki,C/Mar del Plata 1965/
ChessBase/1/2-1/2}) 12... O-O-O 13. O-O Rhe8 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Qf1 c4 16. dxc4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne5 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bf4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nf3+ 22. Kh1
{Akopian,V-Gelfand,B/Enghien les Bains 2003/CBM 96/[Psakhis]/1-0 (41)}) 8. h3 (
8. Nf1 d5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nf5 exf5 14. exf5+
Kd7 15. fxg6 Rae8 16. Qd1 hxg6 17. d4 c4 18. b3 Kc8 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Ng5 Re7
21. Qf3 Rhe8 22. g3 Qa5 {0-1 Blatny,P-Jirovsky,M/CZE-ch Ostrava 2002/The Week
in Chess 394 (37)}) 8... Bh5 9. Qe2 (9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 d5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4
e5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Vajda,
A-Fressinet,L/Saint Affrique op 2000/}) 9... h6 $146 {This is a novelty, but a
novelty of low quality. Black is not developed enough to spend a tempo just
for nothing.} (9... Nd7 10. Nf1 Nde5 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 13. Ng3 Qa5 14.
Bd2 O-O-O 15. h4 f6 16. Bb3 Bf7 17. Nh5 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Rh3 g6 20. Nf4 d5
21. d4 Nc4 22. Bc1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bb4+ 24. Kf1 {Rellstab,L-Breustedt,W/Gotha
1957/ChessBase/1-0 (101)}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. Ng2 Nd7 13. f4 b5 14. O-O
O-O 15. f5 {[%csl Rh7]} exf5 $6 {This move is the main reason for further
difficulties for Black.} ({Rohl Montes could play} 15... Nde5 $142 {and after
for example} 16. Nf4 Bg5 $1 17. fxe6 $140 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 fxe6 $13 {Black's
position is not so bad.}) 16. gxf5 {[%cal Gg3g8] Black's light-squared bishop
is very passive, which determines White's clear advantage.} Nde5 (16... Bf6 $5
{[%cal Gb5b4]}) 17. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5]} Kh8 18. Nd5 Bg5 19. Nf3 {We can consider
that the opening result is very favourable for White.} (19. Kh1 $5 {[%cal
Gf1g1]}) 19... f6 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]} (19... Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Ne7 21. Bb3 $36) 20.
Nxg5 hxg5 (20... fxg5 21. Be3 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 21. a4 $5 b4 22. Be3 $16 Rb8 (
22... Ne7 $5) 23. d4 $1 {After this move there is no doubt about White's
overwhelming advantage.} cxd4 24. cxd4 Nf7 25. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c6]} Ne7 (25...
b3 26. Bd3) 26. Bb3 Nxd5 (26... Nh6 27. Nc7) 27. Bxd5 {White played well and
obtained almost winning position.} Nh6 (27... g6 28. fxg6 Bxg6 29. Qf3 Kg7 30.
Rf2 {[%csl Rf6]}) 28. Be6 {[%cal Gd4d5] And this position is almost hopeless,
White has strong initiative and there is no counterplay.} (28. h4 Bg8 $5) 28...
d5 {Black has lost his temper, but in his passive position it was not easy to
sit and wait.} (28... Bg8 29. d5 Qe7 30. h4 $1 $40) 29. exd5 {[%csl Ge6]} (29.
Bxd5 Nxf5 $1) 29... b3 30. Rc6 Qa5 31. Qa6 {This move doesn't spoil anything
but it wasn't essential.} (31. h4 $5 gxh4 32. Qh5 $40 {was good enough.}) 31...
Qd8 32. Bd2 (32. Qxa7 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 32... Qe8 33. d6 {[%csl Gd6]} Qh5 34.
Qd3 $18 g4 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 34... g6 35. d7 gxf5 (35... Nxf5 36. Rc8
Kg7 37. Ba5 $18) 36. Rc8 $18) 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. d7 gxh3 37. Kh2 {[%cal Od3h3,
Rc6c8]} Qg4 (37... Rbd8 38. Rc8) 38. Qg3 (38. Rg1 Qf4+ 39. Qg3 $18) 38... Qxd4
39. Rg1 Qd2+ (39... Qe5 40. Qxe5 fxe5 41. Rc8) 40. Kh1 Rg8 41. Rc8 (41. Qxb8 $1
) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia Luque, Agustin"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1
Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. d3 Nd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qd1 b4 13. Qc2 bxc3 14.
bxc3 Nb4 15. Qb2 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Bd2 Na4 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Rb1 Qc8 20. Qc2
Nb6 21. Be3 Na4 22. Bd2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Demkovich,A-Taborov,B/Kiev Independence
cup-A 2004 (73)}) 5. d3 (5. Qc2 $5) 5... Nc6 6. Nbd2 e6 (6... e5 7. h3 Bxf3 (
7... Bh5 $5 8. Nf1) 8. Nxf3 h6 9. O-O d5 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Be7
13. Bd1 Nb6 14. Qb5 $36 {Grosar,A-Chikhaoui,W/Bled Olympiad 2002//1/2-1/2 (77)}
) 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O d5 $146 (8... Be7 9. Re1 O-O (9... Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nxg6
hxg6 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. Nf3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bf4 b5 16. a3 a5 17. d4 $14 {
Sunthornpongsathorn,V-Nyee Nyee Zaw/Yangon Scheveningen 1999/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10.
Nf1 d5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Nf1 Rfd8 $11 {Beletic,D-Novak,G/SLO t-ch B18 fin Kranj 1999/EXT 2002/
1/2-1/2 (35)}) 9. a3 a6 (9... Be7 $5) 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Be7 12. b4 cxd4 13.
cxd4 b5 $5 {White got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are
well-developed and co-ordinated.} (13... O-O $5 14. Bb2 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4]}) 14.
Nb3 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4,Gc5]} 15. Ne1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc4 {An optimal place for the
knight. Black makes useful moves avoiding castling in order to prevent White
from attacking on the side.} (16... O-O $5 17. Qg4 Kh8) 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Nd3 h5
$1 19. Qf3 g6 {[%cal Gf8g7]} 20. g3 Kg7 21. Bb2 ({I would prefer another
development of the bishop.} 21. Be3 $5 $13) 21... Nxb2 (21... a5 22. Bc3) 22.
Nxb2 a5 23. Qc3 (23. Rfc1 Qb6) 23... Rc8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 {[%csl Gc6]} (
25. dxc5 d4 $5 26. Qd3 (26. Qe1 $142 $5) 26... Nxe5 27. Qxb5 $140 $2 Nf3+ 28.
Kh1 Qd5 $19) 25... Qg5 26. Kg2 Qf5 27. Rfe1 Rhf8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 28. Qe3 (28.
Nd3 $5) 28... Rb8 29. Nd3 Qe4+ $1 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rfd8 $44 {[%csl Rd4]
With the help of a pawn sacrifice Black fixes the pawn structure on the
queenside and center and guarantees himself a long-term control over d5.} 32.
Rc1 {It seems that this natural move is innacurate.} (32. Rd1 $142 Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 Nxd4 $13) 32... Nxd4 $36 {[%cal Gd4c6,Gd8d3]} 33. c6 $6 {This attempt
meets a tactical refutation.} Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxd3 $19 35. a4 ({There wasn't a
rescue in} 35. Rc7 Rxa3 36. Rf4 Rf8 37. Rf6 Kg8 $1 $19) 35... b4 36. Ra6 b3 37.
Ra7 Rdd8 $5 {[%cal Rb3b2]} (37... b2 38. Rf4 b1=Q 39. Rfxf7+ Kh6 40. Rh7+ Kg5
$19) (37... Rdd8 38. Re1 b2 39. Rb1 Rdc8 40. Rxa5 Rc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Leonid Yudasin likes this modest line and uses it
with big success.} Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 ({Worth considering was} 5... e6 $5
6. Bb3 Be7 {with the possible continuation} 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10.
Bg5 Rc8 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a4 a6 16. Bc2
Bc6 17. Be3 Qc7 $13 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Shahade,G/New York Mayor's Cup 2001/ (51)})
6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 $5 (8. Re1 Bg4 $5 (8... b5 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 c4 12. dxc4 Na5 13. Ba2 bxc4 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Qxe5 e6 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Nf3 Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd5 21. Re4 Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Greenfeld,A/ISR t-ch 2000 (50)}) (8... e5 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Rb8 11. h3 b5
12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. d4 c4 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Qc1
Nd7 19. Nh2 Ne7 20. f4 Ba6 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. a3 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Anderson,R/
USA op Los Angeles 2003/The Week in Chess 458 (40)}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 b5 11.
Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Rac1 Na5 14. d4 b4 15. Qe2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Rb1
Rfc8 18. Ba4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Foygel,I/USA op Framingham 2001/ (33)})
8... e5 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Rc8 14.
exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bc2 Qd6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nd2 b5 19. Ne4 $14 {
1-0 Yudasin,L-Vigorito,D/Philadelphia National Congress 2000/ (38)}) 9... d5
10. Bg5 d4 11. Ba4 $5 {Although the position is more or less balanced, White
seems to have the easier play.} (11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Ba4
$1 Nb8 15. Nc4 g5 16. Bg3 Nfd7 17. Rc1 a6 18. Bb3 $36 {Vitor,A-Fernandes,A/
POR-ch Lisboa 2003/0-1 (36)}) 11... h6 $146 (11... Qc7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. cxd4
cxd4 14. Na3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Rc5 f6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Qc2 $14 {0-1 Totsky,
L-Lugovoi,A/St.Petersburg Petrov 1998 (42)}) 12. Bh4 Qb6 (12... Qd6 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. Na3 $5) 13. Na3 $1 {We can consider that the opening has taken a
favourable turn for White.} Be6 (13... Qxb2 $4 14. Nc4 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qb4 16. a3
$18) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6] Black's pawn formation is seriously
compromised on the queenside} (14... Qxb2 15. cxd4 bxc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qc1 $5 $36) 15. Nxe5 (15. cxd4 $5 cxd4 16. Nxe5 Qxb2 17.
Nac4 $14) 15... Qxb2 16. Nac4 Qb5 (16... Qxc3 $2 17. Rc1 Qb4 18. Rb1 $18 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 17. Rb1 (17. Qf3 $5 g5 (17... Nh7 18. Be7 $1) 18. Bg3 dxc3 19.
Rac1 $36) 17... Qa6 18. Rb3 Qc8 (18... Rfb8 19. Ra3 Qb7 20. Bg3 $16 {[%csl Gc4,
Ge5,Gg3]}) 19. Bg3 (19. f4 $5) 19... Nd7 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Nxd7 (21. Rb2 $14)
21... Qxd7 22. Qc2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ge1b1]} f5 23. exf5 ({Another promising
possibility was} 23. Bd6 $5 Rfe8 24. e5 {[%csl Gd6]}) 23... Rxf5 (23... gxf5
24. Bf4 $1) 24. Rb4 Rc5 $6 ({Black should have preferred} 24... Rb5 $142 $5 25.
Rxb5 $140 cxb5 26. Ne5 Qc8 $14) 25. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b6] Now White has a
technically winning position. Black could play much longer and more stubborn
than what Khachian did, but with the same result.} Rf8 $6 {Saving himself from
one threat, Black is under a new one.} (25... a5 26. Nb6 Qf7 27. Rxd4 $1 $16) (
25... Rb5 $142 26. Ne5 $16) 26. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4b7] An optimal place for
the knight!} Be5 27. Bxe5 (27. Rxe5 Qxd6 28. Rxd4 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 27... Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Qxd6 29. Re2 (29. Re2 c5 30. Rb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 (5... Nbd7 6. d4 (6. Nc4 g6
7. g3 h5 $5 8. Bg2 h4 9. d3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O hxg3 13. hxg3
Bh3 14. Qf3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxb2 16. Be5 Rd8 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Rxb7 O-O $132 {
1/2-1/2 Vedder,H-Blees,A/NED t-ch playoff Enschede 2003/ (26)}) 6... e6 7. Bb5
a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qh5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Rhe1
Be7 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. h4 O-O 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g3 Rd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Egorov,E-Thorhallsson,T/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (54)}) 6. g3 (6. Be2
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bf3 O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Ne8 11. d3 e6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. a4
Nd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. a5 Nd6 18. Nb6 Qf6 19. c4 Nf5
20. Be4 Kg7 {Timman,J-Evans,L/Amsterdam IBM 1971/1-0 (49)}) 6... Nbd7 (6... Qc7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bg5 $1 Qxh1 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6
O-O-O 13. Be5 f6 14. Nd5 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 $18 {1-0 Rudd,J-Rose,M/
BCF t-ch2 0304 2004 (26)}) 7. d4 $146 {This is a novelty, but a novelty of
quite low quality.} (7. Nc4 b5 8. Bg2 Rb8 9. Ne3 Bb7 10. O-O Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e6
12. a4 Qb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qe2 g6 15. Kg1 Bg7 16. d3 O-O 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18.
Qxg4 Nf6 19. Qh4 b4 20. Na4 Qc6 21. Bh6 Bxh6 {Onatsevich,O-Shershnev,V/Novaya
Ladoga 2001/0-1 (38)}) (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Bg2 Qb6 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Bc6 11. Bxc6+
Qxc6 $11 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Be5 h5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. f4 h4 16. Qf3 hxg3 17. hxg3
Qxf3 18. Rxf3 O-O-O $11 {Bartel,M-Przybylski,W/POL-ch B14 Poznan 1998/1-0 (50)}
) 7... e6 (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 Qb6 $11) 8. Nxd7 (8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 b5
$5 10. Bg2 Bb7 {with great game for Black}) 8... Qxd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7c6]} (8...
Bxd7 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. d5 O-O-O {looks very promising too}) 9. Be3 (9. dxc5 Qc6
10. Rg1 Bxc5 $36) 9... Qc6 $1 {Now we can see, that black has succeeded to
solve his opening problems} (9... b6 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. Rg1 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 bxc5
13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. O-O-O Ke7 $11) 10. Rg1 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6b2]} 11. Qd2 (11. Rb1
Bd7) (11. Na4 $5 Qa5+ 12. c3 cxd4 (12... Nd5 13. Nxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd4 $14) 13. Bxd4 Nd7 $13) 11... Qxb2 {Looks too risky but has
proved to be all right.} 12. Rb1 $6 (12. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gd2d8]}) 12... Qa3 13.
Rb3 Qa5 14. dxc5 Bd7 (14... Bxc5 $142 $5 15. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 (15... axb5 16. Bxc5
Bd7 17. Qg5 $36) 16. Bxc5 Bxb5 17. Qg5 Bc6 $5 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qxf6 Qxc5 $17)
15. Ne4 $2 (15. Rxb7 $1 Bxc5 16. Ne4 $1 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 $36)
15... Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Ng4 (16... Bc6 $5 $15) 17. Bd4 (17. Rxb7 $5 Nxe3 18. fxe3
Bxc5 19. Kf2 $15) 17... e5 $1 18. h3 $6 ({Worth considering} 18. Bb2 $5 Bxc5
19. Ne4 Be7 20. h3 Bc6 $1 $15 {and Black has a material advantage but White
can hope to make draw.}) 18... exd4 19. hxg4 Bxc5 (19... O-O-O 20. Bg2 Re8+ 21.
Kd1 (21. Kf1 Bb5+ $1) 21... Bxg4+ 22. Kc1 Bxc5 23. Bxb7+ Kc7 $17) 20. Rxb7 Bxg4
(20... O-O-O 21. Bxa6) (20... Bc8 $142 $5 21. Rc7 Bb6 22. Rc4 O-O $17) 21. Ne4
(21. Nb3 $142 $5 $15 {and Black must still work hard to convert his initiative
into something real.}) 21... Ba3 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Ng5 $2 (23. Kd2 $5) 23... Bh5
$6 ({A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by sharp} 23...
Rac8 $1 {with possible continuation} 24. Bxf7+ (24. Bb3 d3 $1) 24... Rxf7 25.
Rxf7 (25. Nxf7 Rxc2 $19 {[%csl Ga3,Gc2,Gd4,Re1,Rg1,Gg4]}) 25... d3 $1 $19) 24.
Rh1 Bg6 25. Rh4 (25. Kd2 $5) 25... Rfe8+ 26. Kf1 Be7 $19 {Black's positional
and material advantage is decisive.} 27. f4 (27. Nxf7 Bxf7 28. Rxd4 $19) 27...
Rac8 28. f5 (28. Bxa6 Rxc2) 28... Rxc4 29. Re4 (29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Re4 $140 Rf8+
$1) 29... Bxf5 30. Rexe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 g6 $19 32. Nxf7 Kf8 33. Ra7 Rxc2 {
[%csl Gd4]} 34. g4 (34. Ng5 d3 35. Nxh7+ Ke8 36. Nf6+ Kd8 37. Rxa6 Rc1+ 38. Kf2
d2 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rxd2 Kxf6 $19) 34... d3 $5 35. gxf5 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 d2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Davila, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Nicaragua"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 {Oral likes this rare variation and has very good
results choosing this move.} d6 ({Worth considering} 3... b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 {
with interesting possibilities for both sides.}) 4. Bb2 (4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. O-O
Ngf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be7 $1 $146 (7... Bd6) 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qf3 Nxe5 (9... Nd5
$2 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. c4) 10. Bxe5 Nd5 (10... Nd7 11. Bb2 Bf6 $11) (10... a6 11.
Bd3 Nd5 12. Qh3 f5 13. Be2 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 $11) 11. Rd1 a6 12. Bf1
Nb4 13. Na3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd4 15. Qe4 (15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nc4 $15) 15... Bd7 16.
c3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Y-Yemelin,V/Saint
Petersburg /ChessBase/[Yemelin,V] (}) 4... Nf6 5. e5 (5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Qe2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bxd7 Bxd7 9. c4 a6 10. d3 b5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5
Rad8 14. f4 Bc8 15. Rf3 Ne8 16. Rh3 f6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ng4 Rf7 19. Ne4 e5 20. f5
Bb7 21. Re1 $36 {1-0 Akopian,V-Mirumian,V/Yerevan ARM-ch 1996/ChessBase (61)})
5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bd6 (6... Be7 7. Bd3 {This move clearly shows that White
choose Black Monarch as a main target. If he would desire to give game more
placid character, he would play move like, for example} Nbd7 (7... O-O 8. O-O
Nfd7 9. Qh5 f5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Rad8
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rad1 e5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. f3 b6 19. Qf2 Re6 20. Ne2 Rde8 21.
d3 g6 22. Ng3 h5 23. Nf1 g5 24. Nd2 g4 25. Re2 R8e7 {1/2-1/2 Velicka,P-Bruzon
Bautista,L/Solsones op 2004/PG (69)}) 8. f4 O-O (8... Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7
11. f5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. Nc3 d4 19. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Oral,T-Plachetka,J/Moravia t-ch 1997/
ChessBase (22)}) 9. O-O Re8 {This move looks for me too slow, but also after} (
9... g6 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Nac4 Bg7 13. Be4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Nc4
$36 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Ionescu,C/Berga op 1993 (31) White has a nice game.}) 10.
Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4]} Nb6 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb6d5]} 11. c4 $5 Bd7 $146 (11... Nbd7
12. Qf3 Nf8 13. Nc2 N6d7 14. Rae1 f6 15. Ng4 f5 16. Bxf5 $1 $18 {1-0 Pedzich,
D-Protaziuk,G/Polanica Zdroj op 1995 (34)}) 12. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3h3] After not so
successful opening Black got almost hopeless position, White has a strong
attack and there is no counterplay.} Bf8 13. Rh3 $40 {1-0 Oral,T-Navara,D/
CZE-ch Luhacovice 2003/CBM 94/[Psakhis] (23)}) (6... Nbd7 7. f4 Bd6 8. Na3 O-O
9. Nac4 Be7 10. Bd3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qd5 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. c4 b6 14. g4 Bb7 15. Rg1
Nd7 16. g5 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. O-O-O Rad8 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rg1+ {1-0 Sedlak,
N-Tesic,D/Vojvodina t-ch Sombor 2004/}) 7. f4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 $146 (8... Nc6 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 e5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15.
Rxf5 Bxe5 16. Qxg4 {1-0 Oral,T-Mozny,M/SVK-Cup Trencianske Teplice 2002/The
Week in Chess 387}) (8... Nbd7 $5 9. O-O Nd5 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10.
Rf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3h3][%mdl 128]} Rd8 {[%cal Gd7f8]} 11. Na3 $1 {[%cal Ga3c4]}
Nf8 (11... Nb6 12. Rh3) 12. Nac4 {[%csl Gb2,Gc4,Gd3,Ge5,Gf3] White has managed
to complete his development and has a significant advantage} Bc7 13. Rh3 (13.
Qe1 $5) 13... Bd7 (13... Nd5 14. Qh5 g6 (14... h6 15. Rg3 $40) 15. Qh6 (15. Ng4
$2 e5 $1) 15... Nf6 16. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 14. Qf3 (14. a4 $5) 14... b5
15. Ne3 Rab8 16. Re1 {[%cal Re3f5]} Ng6 17. Qg3 Be8 (17... Qf8 $8 18. Bxg6 fxg6
(18... hxg6 19. Qh4 Nh5 20. g4) 19. Qh4 {[%cal Ge3g4]}) 18. Nf5 $1 $18 {
A picturesque position, isn't it?!} Qf8 (18... exf5 $5 19. Nxg6 Qxe1+ 20. Qxe1
fxg6) 19. Nxg6 fxg6 (19... hxg6 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. Ne7+ $1 $18) 20. Rxe6 $1 {
Final blow!} Rxd3 (20... gxf5 21. Rxf6) 21. cxd3 Bd7 22. Ne7+ (22. Ne7+ Kf7 23.
Rxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxh7+) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Uritzky, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 d5 (6... g6 $5 7. Nbd2
Bg7 8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh2 b5 $10) 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Be7 10.
Nf1 c4 (10... b5 $5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh4 d4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 $15 {
Boric,M-Ermenkov,E/Pula(JUG-Cup)/1991/0:1/28/}) (10... Qc7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O
Bd6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Be7 $10 {Kalod,R-Horvath,M/SVK-ch op/1996/0,5/28/})
11. dxc4 $1 (11. exd5 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxd5 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Nxh5 Qxd3 15. Qxd3
Rxd3 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Ke2 Rhd8 $10 {Heissler,J-Zeller,F/BL/1996/0,5/52/})
11... dxe4 (11... dxc4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qxc4 $16) 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bg6 14.
Qe3 Bd3 $6 (14... O-O 15. N1d2 Qd3 $1 16. Qxd3 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. cxd4
Rfd8 $15) 17... Bf6 $36) 16... Bxd3 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Rd7 19. O-O-O Rad8 $44)
15. N1d2 Bf6 $6 (15... O-O $5 16. Nd4 e5 $1 17. Qxd3 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nf3
Bxc4 19. Nxe5 Re8 $1) 17... exd4 18. O-O dxc3 19. Qxc3 $14) 16. Ne4 $1 Bxc4 (
16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $16) 17. Qc5 Bd5 (17... Ba6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxb7+ (19. Ng5
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qb6 21. Nxb7+ Kg8 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Nd6 Ne5) 19... Qe7 20. Nd6
Rd8 21. Ne4 $16) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxb7+ Qe7 20. Bf4 $1 Kg8 (20... e5 21. Be3
$16) (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Ke7 $16) 21. Nd6 Qc7 (21... Rb8 22.
O-O-O) 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qb6 (23... Qb8 $5 24. O-O-O $5 (24. Bg3 Bxg2 (
24... Qxb2 25. O-O $16) 25. Nc4 Qb7) 24... Nxe5 25. Rxd5 $1 Nd7 (25... exd5 26.
Qxd5 $16) 26. Qb5 exd5 27. Qxd7 Qf8 $8 28. Nf5 $16) 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Bf4 e5 (
25... Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bxh3 27. Bh6 g6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng5 Bg4 30. f3 Bh5 31. Kf2
$16) 26. Be3 Rd8 (26... Bxg2 $5 27. Rh2 (27. Rg1 Bxh3) 27... Bd5 28. Bxb6 Rb8 (
28... Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Bxa2 30. b4 $16) 29. c4 (29. Bc5 Rxb2 30. O-O-O $1 Bf3 31.
Kxb2 Bxd1 32. Rh1 Bf3 33. Ra1 g6 34. a4 $36) 29... Rxb6 30. cxd5 Nb4 31. Nc4)
27. Nf5 g6 $6 (27... Be4 $5 28. Nh4 b5 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 f6) 28. Bg5 $1
Rd7 (28... f6 29. Bxf6) (28... gxf5 29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30. O-O-O $18) (28... Bxg2
29. Rh2 Bf3 30. Bxd8 Nxd8 31. Nd6 $18) 29. Ne3 Kg7 30. O-O-O $18 Be6 31. Rxd7
Bxd7 32. Rd1 Be6 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Nd5 b5 (34... Bxd5 35. Bf6+ $1 Kh6 36. Rxd5
Nb4 37. Rd6 $18) 35. Bf6+ Kf8 36. Nb6 Rc7 37. b3 $1 h5 38. Kb2 Ke8 39. f3 Ne7 (
39... Bf5 $5) 40. Bxe5 Rc6 41. Rxc6 Nxc6 42. Bf6 Ne7 43. a4 bxa4 44. Nxa4 Nf5
45. Nc5 Bd5 46. c4 Bc6 47. Bg5 f6 48. Bxf6 Ne3 49. Nd3 Nxg2 50. Ne5 Bb7 51. Bg5
h4 52. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Plancoet op-A 10th"]
[Site "Plancoet"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tirard, Hugo"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 (4. c3) (4. e5) 4... Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 (8. h3 b5 9. Re1 (9. d4)) 8... b5 9. Nbd2 (9. h3) 9... e5
10. a4 $146 (10. Nf1 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. dxe4 c4 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Red1 Qc8 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3
cxb3 22. Bxb3 Qb7 23. Qe3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Repkova,E (2410)-Simacek,P (2420)
Slovakia 2004}) 10... b4 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Be3 Be6 14. a5 Re8 (14...
Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxa5 16. Nd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qb6 18. Qa4 $44) 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. cxb4
Rxb4 17. Qc1 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Kh7 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxh6) 19. Nd2 Reb8 $36 {Malgré
la paire de B adverse, le GMI commence à prendre l'initiative} 20. Bb5 Nxa5
21. Ra3 a6 $1 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 23. Qc3 R2b4 24. Bb5 Nc6 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Rxb6 Qxb6
$15 27. Ra1 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Ra6 Rb2 31. Nf3 Qe7
(31... Qb7 {[%csl Re4]} 32. Rxd6 Nxe4) 32. Bc6 Rb4 33. Nd2 Nh5 34. Nf3 Rb2 (
34... Nf4) 35. Ra1 Nf4 36. Qa3 d3 $19 37. Rd1 Re2 38. Kf1 Rc2 39. Qb3 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gg8e7,
Ge8g8]} 6. c3 (6. Nc3 {Mène а la sicilienne fermée}) 6... Nge7 7. Na3 (7. d3 {
La grande ligne} d6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 h6) 7... O-O (7... d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 h6)
8. Nc2 (8. d3) 8... d6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 f5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. a4 f5 16. Nc4 Rae8 17. Ra3 Nc8 18.
exf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Re3 Kf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Ne3 Re5 23. b3 Re4 24.
Bd2 Bd4 25. Nc4 Kd7 26. Kg2 Re8 27. Be3 Bg7 28. Kf3 Ne7 29. Rd1 {Ulko,J (2472)
-Grebionkin,V (2423)/Voronezh 2004/EXT 2005/1-0 (53)}) 15. a4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf5
{[%csl Re6][%cal Gf5d4]} 17. Rb1 (17. Nc4) 17... Qd7 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Qg4 b6 20.
Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Qg7 22. Nc4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Rac8 24. Nd2 Rc5 {[%csl Rd5]} 25.
Re4 {Comme souvent SHIRAZI n'a pas obtenu grand-chose de l'ouverture mais
c'est souvent а ce moment qu'il devient dangereux.} Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Rc2 {[%cal
Gc2a2]} 27. a5 $1 b5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Ga7a6]} 28. a6 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} (28. Re1
a6) 28... Qe5 29. Re1 Rc4 30. Kf1 Qd4 (30... Ra4) (30... Qxd5 31. Qxg6+ $3 {
[%cal Ge4f6,Gf6g8,Gf6d5]}) 31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Qf3 Rc8 33. g4 Nd4 34. Qh3 g5 $2 35.
Qh6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5]} Rf8 36. Nxg5 Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ne6+ Nxe6 39. Rxe6 $18
{[%cal Ge6d6]} Rf7 40. Rxd6 b4 41. Rd8 Kf6 42. Rb8 Ke5 43. Rxb4 Rf6 44. Rb7
Rxa6 45. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 (3. Bc4 {Bitansky,I (2366)-Colovic,A (2459) Rohde op
6th 2006 (2.4) 0-1}) 3... Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nc6 7. Re1
O-O) 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 {une idée assez artificielle} 8. d4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nbd2
(10. Re1 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gb5b4]}) 10... cxd4 $1 {le GMI attend la sortie du
Nbd2 pour ouvrir la colonne "c" et empêcher Nc3} 11. cxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13.
Qb3 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Qa6 14. h3 Nb6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxb6 axb6
18. Qb3 b5 19. Rc2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Qa4 21. Rc1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 b4 23. Rc7 bxa3 24.
bxa3 b5 25. Nb1 Ra4 26. f3 Rc4 27. Rc6 Kf8 {Kuang Yinghui (2199)-Wang Pin 
(2506)/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002/0-1 (40)}) 13... Nb6 14. Rfd1 (14. d5 Ne5 {[%cal
Ge5c4]}) 14... Qa6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4]} 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc6 (
16... Nac4 17. Bg5 Kf8) 17. Qb3 e6 18. h3 d5 $11 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4]}
19. e5 Na5 20. Qa2 Nac4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd2 $6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Qd3 25. Nf1 f6 (25... Rf8 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rc3 Qe2 28. Qb3 Rf8
29. Qc2 Qe1 30. Qc1 Qxc1 31. Rxc1 e5 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Rd1 Bxb2 34. Rxd5 Bxa3
35. Ra5 Bd6 36. Rxa7 b5 (36... b6 $1 {[%cal Gd6c5]} 37. Rb7 Bc5 {Le B soutenu
par le P serait trés fort}) 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. Rb7 (38. Rd5 Rf5) 38... b4 39. g4
Rf6 40. Rb5 Bf8 41. Nd2 Rd6 42. Nf3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prokonex"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 $5 (4... Nc6) 5. d3 g6 6. O-O (6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nc6 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Ne4 b6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be3 O-O
13. Qa4 Rad8 14. Rd1 e6 15. h4 Ne7 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. a3 h5 18. g3 Nf5 19. Bc1
Rfe8 20. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Novikov,S (2568)-So,W (2673) Moscow 2011}) 6... Bg7
7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 (8. Re1) 8... Nc6 9. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Rc8 10. Nbd2 e5 11. b4
Qe7 12. Re1 {[%csl Re1]} b6 13. Bf1 d5 $1 {Les blancs ont joué passivement
l'ouverture et les Noirs prennent l'initiative} 14. exd5 Nxd5 $11 15. Bg5 f6
16. Bh4 Be6 17. c4 $6 {[%csl Rd3]} Nf4 18. b5 Na5 (18... Nd8 19. Rxe5 g5 20.
Re4 Nh5 21. Bg3 f5 $17) 19. Rxe5 $5 g5 20. Re4 Nb7 21. Bg3 f5 22. Re1 Bxa1 23.
Qxa1 Ng6 24. d4 Qf6 25. d5 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Bd7 27. Nxg5 f4 $1 28. Bh2 {[%csl Rh2]
} Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 29. Nge4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rce8 31. f3 Bf5 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Kf2
Re7 34. Bd3 Ne5 35. Bf1 Ng6 36. Bd3 a6 37. a4 (37. bxa6 Ra7 38. a4 Rxa6 39. Bc2
Bd7 40. Nc3) 37... axb5 38. axb5 Ra7 39. Bf1 Ra2+ 40. Re2 Rxe2+ 41. Bxe2 Bxe4
42. fxe4 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6d4] Le Bh2 est hors-jeu} 43. g3 (43. h4 Ke5 44. h5 Nh8 (
44... Ne7 45. Bf3) 45. Bf3 Nf7 (45... Kd4)) 43... Ke5 44. gxf4+ Kxe4 45. Bf3+
Kd4 $40 46. d6 Rd8 (46... Kxc4 $6 47. f5 $13 {[%csl Gd6]}) 47. Bd5 Rxd6 48. Kf3
Ne7 $19 49. Bg1+ Kd3 50. Be4+ Kxc4 51. Kg4 Kxb5 52. Bxh7 c4 53. h4 c3 54. h5
Kc4 55. Be3 b5 56. f5 b4 57. Kg5 b3 58. h6 Nd5 59. Bg8 Rxh6 60. Kxh6 b2 61. f6
b1=Q 62. f7 Qf5 63. Kg7 Qf6+ 64. Kh7 c2 65. Bc1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Black "Luch, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 (3... a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 (7.
d4 $2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Qa5) 7... Nh6 8. g4 $13) 4. Bb2 Nf6 $1 5. e5
dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7 7. f4 (7. Na3 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Ke7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Be2
b5 12. c4 b4 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Nc2 e5 15. O-O Re8 16. Bc6 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18.
a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qf3 Kf8 21. d3 Qb7 22. Qf5 Rbd8 23. Ne3 Bb8 24. Rfd1
Qc6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Bc7 27. Kf1 f6 28. f3 Ra8 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. dxe4 Ke7
31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Kc2 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 g6 35. Bc1 f5 36. Be3 f4 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Dubov,D (2614) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2}) 7... Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qf3 g6 $146 (10... Rd8 11. Na3 Nf8 12. Nac4 Nd5 13. Qg3 Bf6
14. a4 b6 15. Rae1 Bb7 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Ng6 18. Qg4 Re8 19. Nd3 Bxb2 20.
Ncxb2 Nf6 21. Qh3 Qd6 22. Nc4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. Ne3 Qg5 26.
Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Ba6 28. d3 Re5 29. Kg1 Rae8 30. Kf2 g6 31. Bh3 Kg7 32. Re2
Nd5 33. Rfe1 Nc3 34. Rd2 f5 35. Kf3 Bb7+ 36. Kf2 Kf6 {0-1 (36) Houriez,C (2181)
-Van Elst,A (2294) Aix les Bains 2007}) 11. a4 Nd5 12. Na3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd8
14. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} f6 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Rae1 $32 Bd6 $6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bb2
Bd7 19. Qg3 (19. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 19... Ne7 20. Bc4 Rae8 21. Rf3 Kg7 22.
Rd3 Nd5 23. Qh4 Bc6 24. Rh3 h5 25. Rf1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Ne7 26. Qf2 b6 (26... Nf5
27. Rd3 Bd5 $132) 27. Rd3 Nd5 $2 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qxf5 d4 31. Rg3+
Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dobrowolski, Piotr"]
[Black "Sieciechowicz, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Nc6 (5... Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Nd4 Nfg4 14.
exd5 Nxh2 15. Rfe1 Nhxf3+ 16. N2xf3 O-O 17. Bg5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 e6 19. Qd2 exd5
20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Be5 Bc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Qf6 24. Ne5 Rfe8 25. Re3 Re6 26.
Rae1 Rae8 27. R1e2 Kg8 28. Nxc6 {1-0 (28) Svidler,P (2743)-Gelfand,B (2759)
Sochi 2014}) 6. d4 e5 $146 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Rc8 8. Nc3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Qd3
Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qb2
Nxd5 17. Qxb7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Rfd1 Bxa2 21. Nxe5 Bg5 22. Kh1
Bxe3 23. Rc3 Bg5 24. Rc7 h6 25. Ng6 Re8 26. Rf1 Bf6 27. Rfc1 Be6 28. Nf4 Qa8
29. Qb5 Rb8 30. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Hnydiuk,A (2387)-Kempinski,R (2613) Karpacz
2008}) 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Na3 $1 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gc4e5,
Gc4d6]} O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc4 (12. Nb5) 12... Rad8 13. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]}
Ne7 14. a4 g6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Bc4 (16. Bb5 $5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Rd8
19. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf3g5,Ga1a7]}) 16... Bc6 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Bb5 Qc7
19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Nd5 (21. Nc4 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 21... Kf8 22. Qb3 h6
23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Rd5 $36 {[%csl Rg7]} Qc7 25. h4 Bf6 26. c4 Rd8 27. Qc3 Rd6
28. g3 h5 29. Kg2 b6 30. b3 Kf8 31. Nd2 Qd7 32. Nf1 a5 33. Qd3 $16 Ke7 34. Ne3
$1 {[%csl Ge3,Rf6]} Ke6 $2 35. f4 (35. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Bxh4 36. gxh5 gxh5 37.
Nf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5d6,Gf5h4]}) 35... exf4 36. gxf4 Bd4 37. e5 Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Qd8
39. Qh3+ f5 40. Qg3 Kf7 41. Kh3 Kg7 42. Qg2 Ba1 43. Qg3 Bd4 44. Qe1 Qe8 45. Qh1
Qa8 46. Qg2 Qd8 47. Nf6 Bc3 48. Qb7+ Kf8 49. Nh7+ Kg8 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Qd5 Qxd5
52. cxd5 Bd2 53. d6 Kf7 54. Nd5 Ke6 55. Nxb6 Be1 56. Nd5 Bd2 57. Kg2 Be1 58.
Ne7 Kf7 59. Kh3 Bf2 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 (3. c3 {Monroy,C (2394)-Colovic,A (2459) Rohde op
6th 2006 (6.2) 1/2}) 3... Nf6 4. d3 (4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. b3 $5
{[%cal Gc1b2] Une suite tranquille avec un B visant "g7"} O-O 8. Bb2 Nd5 $146 {
[%cal Gf7f6];Seret,J (2376)-Pham Minh Hoang (2476) FRA-chTII 0607 2006 (4) 1/2}
) 4... Nc6 5. c3 g6 (5... e6) 6. Bb3 (6. O-O {plus courant}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Re1 (8. h3 e5) 8... b5 9. h3 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 ({RR} 11... d5
12. dxc5 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Nxd8 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4
18. Rxe4 Ne6 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rc4 Rfd8 21. Na3 Rd3 22. Rc1 a6 23. Nc2 a5 24. Na1
Nd8 25. Kf1 Nc6 26. Ke2 {Van Mil,J (2421)-Greenfeld,A (2570)/Tel Aviv 2001/CBM
082/[Hecht]/1-0 (54)}) 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 $146 (14. Ng5 Nxg5 15.
Bxg5 Na5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Na4 Bf5 18. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5];Aronian,L (2752)-Leko,P 
(2740) Amber-rapid 15th (3) 1-0}) 14... Bf5 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Bc2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2
Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Bh6 19. Nf3 Rc8 $11 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga5c4]} 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Bc1
Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Rb8 (22... Qa5) 23. h4 (23. Rc2 {Rc2 saisi а tort sur le
bulletin}) 23... Qa5 24. h5 Kg7 25. Ng5 Rb2 {suite illisible et gain noir au
59ème coup} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Monroy, Charles"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {le rennais aime bien les systèmes lents et
positionnels} Nf6 4. Be2 {[%cal Gd1a4,Ga4e4]} (4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3c2]}
g6 6. Bc2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 (8. Re1 e5) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb3 d5 (
10... Nxe4 $4 11. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1b4,Ge1e4]}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Nc6) 4... g6 (4... Nbd7) (4... Bg4 {Monroy,C (2394)-Colovic,A (2459) Rohde op
6th 2006 (6.2) 1/2}) 5. O-O a6 ({RR} 5... Bd7 6. Qc2 Qc7 7. d3 Bg7 8. a3 O-O 9.
b4 Na6 10. Ra2 Rac8 11. Rb2 d5 12. b5 Nb8 13. c4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 15. Nc3 Nbd7
16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nb6 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Be3 Rd4 20. Rb3 {Solak,D (2501)
-Neverov,V (2578)/Cappelle la Grande 2002/CBM 086 ext/0-1 (73)}) (5... Bg7 {
La ligne principale}) 6. Re1 {[%cal Ge2f1]} Bg7 7. Bf1 $146 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Nc6 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Nd2 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6a4]}
13. a3 Nb6 14. Qe3 Na4 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Bh6 e5 $1 {Anticipant l'échange des B
pour surcontroler les cases noires} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. d4 (19. h4
f5 20. h5 f4 21. Qd2 gxh5 22. d4 $44) 19... f5 20. dxc5 fxe4 21. Qxe4 (21. Ng5
$5 Nxc5 22. Rbd1 (22. Nxe4) 22... Ne6 23. Nxe4 d5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 d4 26.
Bd3 $14 {[%csl Ge4]}) 21... Nxc5 22. Qd5 e4 23. Red1 {[%cal Cf8f5,Cf5d5,Rd5c5]}
exf3 24. Qxc5 Rf6 25. Qb6 fxg2 26. Bxg2 Ne5 {[%cal Cb6a6,Gd6d5,Gf6b6,Ge8f8]}
27. Qb7 Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Rbf8 30. Rd2 g5 (30... Nf3+ 31.
Bxf3 Rxf3 32. Rxd6 Rxf2 33. Rxa6 Re2 {[%cal Gf8f2]}) 31. Re1 Rf4 32. Re3 R8f6
33. Rg3 Kh6 34. Kg2 a5 35. b3 Ng6 36. Re3 Rh4 37. Kf1 Ne5 38. Kg2 g4 39. hxg4
Rxg4+ 40. Rg3 Rgf4 {La première contre-performance du russe dans ce tournoi.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Monroy, Charles"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 (3. Bc4 {Bitansky,I (2366)-Colovic,A (2459) Rohde op
6th 2006 (2.4) 0-1}) 3... Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 ({RR} 4... Nbd7) (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7
6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bd7 $1 9. d4 Nxd4 $1 {L'idée d'IVANTCHUK qui rend
assez douteuse la variante 6.Bb5+} 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4) 10... Bxb5 11. Qb3 Ba6 {
La préparation des noirs pour ce match de NII s'est traduite par un P de plus
et la paire de B} 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. e5 c4 $1 14. Qa3 Nd5 15. Rd1 e6 16. Nc3 Qe7
$1 {[%cal Ge7a3] redonnant le P de plus dans des bonnes conditions} 17. Nxd5
Qxa3 18. bxa3 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rfd8 $15 {Monroy,C (2394)-Pham Minh Hoang (2476)
FRA-chTII 0607 2006 (3.1) 1/2}) 5. h3 ({RR} 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 ({RR
} 7... Bh5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 a6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bd3
cxd4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. c4 Nf4
20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nf1 Nd4 22. Qe4) 8. exd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 8... exd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10.
d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nfd4) 9. Qa4 Bh5
10. Ng3 Nb6 ({RR} 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7) 11. Qd1 ({RR} 11. Qb5 a6 ({RR} 11...
Bg6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18.
Bf3 O-O 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rfd8) 12. Qb3 Bg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
O-O O-O 16. d4 cxd4 17. Rad1 d3) 11... Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 ({RR} 13. Be3 Nd5
) 13... O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 ({RR} 16. Nh4 Bxh4 ({RR} 16... b5 17.
axb6 Nxb6 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Qh3 Bxd3) 17. Qxh4 Nxa5) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18.
Qxd4 f5 ({RR} 18... Rad8) 19. Qa4 ({RR} 19. Re1 Rad8 ({RR} 19... f4 20. Ne4
Rfd8 21. Qc4 Rac8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bg4 e5) 20. Qc4 Qd6 21. Nf1 Bf6 22. Ne3) ({
RR} 19. Nh5 Bd6) 19... Rad8 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)-Anand,V (2786)/Linares 2005/
CBM 106/[Psakhis]/0-1 (38)} {RR} 20. Re1) ({RR} 5. O-O e6 6. d3 ({RR} 6. Ng5
Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5
Nd7 14. Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7) ({RR} 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4
cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14.
Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5) 6... Nc6 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3
O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16.
Bd3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Qa7 19. Bc2 b5) 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh2 Bxe2
9. Qxe2 d5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. f4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Be7 15.
Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng4) 7... d5 8. h3 Bh5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4
Be7 11. Re1 O-O) 5... Bh5 6. d3 ({RR} 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5
Nxe4 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5
Nf5 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc5) 6... e6 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nf1 h6
9. Ng3 Bg6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bh7 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bh5 g6 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bf3 g5 18. a3 Rac8 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21.
O-O-O Kc7 {Ansell,S (2383)-Wojtaszek,R (2606)/Birmingham 2005/EXT 2006/0-1 (66)
}) (7. O-O {la suite connue} Nc6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Re1 (9. Nh2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 d5
11. e5 Ng8 12. f4) (9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Nd7 11. Ng2 e5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 {
[%cal Gf4g6]})) 7... Nc6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11.
b4 a6 12. Qb3 b5 $11 13. Qb2 Nd7 14. Nb3 Nb6 15. Qd2 $6 c4 16. Bxb6 (16. dxc4
Nxc4 $15) 16... Qxb6 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Nbd4 Bg6 (18... Bf6) 19. Qe3 Bf6 20.
Rfd1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rfd8 22. Bf3 h6 (22... a5 23. Rab1) 23. g3 Qc7 24. h4 Re8
25. Re1 (25. a4) 25... Rcd8 26. Rad1 Be5 27. h5 Bh7 28. Bg2 Bf6 29. Qe2 Rc8 30.
Qe3 Red8 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Qd2 Qa4 33. Ra1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Dinger, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Nd5 10. a3 Nxe5 11. fxe5 f5 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. O-O-O Nxc3 14. dxc3 Qc7
15. Rhe1 b5 16. c4 a6 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Qh3 Bc6 19. g4 g6 $2 {Now White's attack
becomes irresistible. Nun wird der weiße Angriff unwiderstehlich.} ({With the
pawn sacrifice Mit dem Bauernopfer} 19... Be4 $1 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 {
Black would have kept the lines closed, with about equal chances. hätte
Schwarz Linienöffnung vermeiden können, mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 20. gxf5
exf5 21. e6 Bf6 22. e7 $1 {Opening even more lines! Öffnet noch mehr Linien!}
Rf7 ({Following Nach} 22... Bxe7 23. Re6 {Black has no reasonable defence
against 24.Qh6 (23...Bg5 24.Rxg6+!). hat Schwarz keine vernünftige
Verteidigung gegen 24.Qh6 (23...Bg5 24.Rxg6+!).}) 23. Bxf5 $1 {Opening both
the d- and the g-file! Öffnet gleichzeitig die d- und die g-Linie!} gxf5 (23...
Bxb2 24. Be6 $1 {and Black is helpless. und Schwarz ist hilflos.}) 24. Bxf6
Rxf6 {[%tqu "En","White to play and win.","Exploit the strength of the passed
e-pawn in connection with the open g-file.","Think of a scenario when White
can play Qg3+, deflecting the black queen from c7.","d1d8","Bravo!  You have
seen that if this rook is taken, White wins with the intermediate move Qg3+!",
10,"De","Weiß zieht und gewinnt.","Spielen Sie die Kraft des freien e-Bauern
aus in Verbindung mit der offenen g-Linie.","Stellen Sie sich ein Szenario vor,
wo Weiß durch Dg3+ die schwarze Dame von c7 ablenken könnte.","d1d8","Bravo! 
Sie haben erkannt, dass wenn dieser Turm geschlagen wird, Weiß durch den
Zwischenzug Dg3+! gewinnt.",10]} 25. Rd8+ $1 {Using the open g-file to full
effect! Nutzt die offene g-Linie voll aus!} Be8 (25... Rxd8 {fails to
scheitert an} 26. Qg3+ $1 Qxg3 27. exd8=Q+) ({and und} 25... Kg7 {loses to
verliert wegen} 26. Rg1+ Rg6 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 (27... hxg6 28. Qh8+) 28. Qg2+ $1 {
, yet another deflecting attack of the queen on the g-file! , abermals ein
Ablenkungsangriff der Dame in der g-Linie!}) 26. Qh5 $1 {and Black resigns,
since after 26...Rg6 27.Qxf5 his position collapses. und Schwarz gab auf, denn
nach 26...Rg6 27.Qxf5 bricht seine Stellung zusammen.} 1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Bg4 {Ribli.Es ist interessant, dass Topalov mit Weiss gegen
Adams, Dortmund 1996 CBM54 nach 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 Bxf3 verloren
hat. Vielleicht hat Topalov Lust, diese Variante mit Schwarz zu spielen.} 3. e4
$6 $146 {Ribli. Nach diesem Zug hat Weiss keine Chance, zu Eroeffnungsvorteil
zu kommen.} (3. Qb3 $5 Qc8 4. d4 {A 41 Ribli}) (3. e3 $5 {Ribli}) (3. d4 $5 {
A 41 Ribli}) 3... c5 $1 4. Nc3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. d3 g6 $10 {[#] Ribli.Es ist
klar, dass Schwarz auf den schwarzen Felden spielen muss. Der Laeufer auf g7
kontrolliert den Schwachpunkt d4.} 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 e6 {Ribli.Das ist
elastischer als 8...Nf6.} 9. O-O Nge7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rb8 {Ribli. Meiner
Meinung nach ist 11...a6 besser. Rb8 sollte eventuell spaeter kommen.} 12. Qd2
Nd4 {Ribli.Schwarz muss diesen Zug machen, sonst kommt Weiss mit 13.Ne2 und 14.
d4.} 13. Kh1 Nec6 14. f4 f5 {[#] Ribli.Typischer Zug in solchen Stellungen.
Jetzt oder spaeter muss Schwarz den moeglichen Vorstoss f4-f5 verhindern.} 15.
Rae1 Qa5 (15... Qd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nb5 $10 {Ribli.}) 16. Bg1 (
16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nb5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nxb5 19. cxb5 Nd4 20. Bc3 {Ribli.}) 16...
Kh8 17. h3 a6 18. g4 {Ribli.Es waere besser, zuerst die Diagonale h1-a8 mit 18.
exf5 zu oeffnen und danach 19.g4 zu spielen.} Rbe8 19. Bh2 (19. exf5 {Ribli.})
19... Qd8 20. exf5 $1 gxf5 21. gxf5 (21. g5 {Ribli}) 21... Nxf5 $15 22. Ne4
Ncd4 (22... Qd7 {Ribli}) (22... Qh4 23. Ng5 $13 {Ribli}) 23. Qd1 Nh4 24. Rg1
Ndf5 25. Ng5 Bd4 {[#]} 26. Nxh7 $36 (26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Bxg1 28. Bxg1 Rg8
$17 {Ribli.}) 26... Kxh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 (27... Nh6 28. Be4+ N4f5 (28... Rf5 29.
Rg4 Bf6 30. Rxh4 Bxh4 31. Bxf5+ $18) 29. Bxf5+ Rxf5 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6# {
Ribli.}) 28. Be4+ Bg7 (28... Bxg1 29. Rxg1+ Ng7 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Qxg7# {Ribli.}
) 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $1 (29... Nxg7 $2 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Qh6 {Und Schwarz ist
hilflos.Ribli.}) 30. Rg1+ Kf6 31. Bg3 Ng6 (31... Rh8 32. Bxh4+ Nxh4 33. Qg5+
Kf7 34. Qg7# {Ribli.}) 32. Be1 (32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Bh4+ Nxh4 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35.
Rg7+ Rf7 36. Qxh4+ Ke6 37. Qe1+ Kf6 38. Qc3+ Ke7 $19 {Ribli.}) 32... Ke7 $8 33.
Rxg6 Kd7 34. Qg4 Kc8 35. Rxe6 $4 {Ribli.Weiss ist in grosser Zeitnot. 35.h4
waere viel besser - wenn moeglich gefolgt von 36.h5.} Rxe6 $19 36. Bxf5 Rxf5
37. Qxf5 Qd7 {Ribli.Nach 38.Bc3 kommt 38...Re1,und nach 38.Qf8 kommt 38...Re8.}
0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 {This side system isn't as harmless as it
looks - White is aiming for building up a strong pawns centre.} g6 5. O-O Bg7
6. Bb5+ Nc6 {Sergey chooses a relatively rare theoretical continuation.} (6...
Bd7 {is much more popular. There are some practical tests:} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (7...
Nbxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6
14. Re3 Rac8 15. h4 $14 {Sagalchik,G (2525)-Serper,G (2535) New York 1996}) 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 $132 {Adams,M (2685)-Anand,V (2735)
Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 Qb6 (7... O-O 8. d5 Nb8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 a6 13. Bf1 b5 14. Bf4 $14 {Chadaev,N (2580)-Gelfand,B (2738)
Astana 2012}) (7... Bd7 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. a4 O-O 12.
Bf4 Qb6 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. a5 Qb3 16. Na3 $14 {Lombardy,W - Hort,V
Zagreb 1969}) 8. Ba4 ({The drawback of protecting the bishop by means of} 8.
Na3 {was admitted by} cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 $1 $11 {in Rasik,V (2516)-Zhigalko,A 
(2601) Czechia 2013}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. d5 {This position was seen
only in 1 preceding game!} Nb8 $146 {This move looks somewhat artificial, but
the knight is heading to c5 or e5.} ({The previously played} 10... Na5 11. Nc3
({White hardly can pretend on having advantage also after} 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nbd2
Rfc8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc2 e6 $132) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rac8 14. Qe2
Nc4 {was fine for Black in Palit,S (2421)-Gopal,G (2558) Kolkata 2014}) 11. Nc3
({Delaying the development of Nb1 would hardly bother Black:} 11. Re1 Bg4 12.
Nbd2 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc2 Rc8 15. Bb1 a5 $132) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Nbd7 14. Rb1 ({The more aggressive} 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Rfc1 {only leads to
simplifications:} Qa3 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxb7 Nxe4 $1 19. Qxe4 Bxc3
20. Qf3 Qa3 $11) 14... Rfc8 {Black has completed a harmonious setup. The
position is closed yet, so White's bishops do not guarantee White any
advantage.} 15. Bc2 Ne5 (15... a6 $5 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Bd2 Ne5 $132) 16. Qe2 Nfd7
17. Bg5 {The Pe7 isn't really hanging, but the presense of White's bishop on
g5 is somewhat annoying.} h6 ({Deserves some attention also} 17... Bf6 $5 18.
Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Kh2 Nc4 20. Bd3 Qd4 $11 {The activity of Black's pieces doesn't
allow to develop a serious attack on the kingside.}) 18. Bh4 g5 {A
double-edged decision. Black manages to secure the Ne5, but this advance
exposes the light squares around the king.} 19. Bg3 Qa6 ({Another interesting
way of handling the position was} 19... Ng6 $5 20. Rfc1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Ndxe5 22.
g3 Rc4 $132) 20. Qd1 Rc4 $2 {The first cause of Sergey's troubles!} ({There
was no reason from deviating from the most aggressive} 20... Nc4 21. Bd3 Qb6 (
21... Nc5 22. Be2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Qd4 {looks risky for a
human eye}) 22. Qe2 Nde5 $132) 21. Kh1 {This is the point! Most of Black's
pieces are on the queenside, so White manages to develop a powerful attack now.
} Rac8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Qb6 {The queen is coming into defence, but it
takes a long time...} 24. Qh5 Nf6 ({The pawn sac wouldn't bring Sergey any
relief:} 24... Qd8 25. Bxh6 Nf6 26. Qh4 Ng6 27. Qg5 Qf8 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Rf5
$16) 25. Qf5 Qd8 (25... Ng6 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. Bb3 R4c7 28. Be3 $16) 26. Bb3 Rd4
27. Bxe5 dxe5 {As it often happens, the presense of bishops of different
colours favours the attacking side!} 28. Rbd1 ({Worth attention is also} 28.
Rbc1 $5 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Ne2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd2 (31... Rxe4 32. Ng3 Rf4 33.
Rc7 $36) 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Ng3 $36 {Even though liquadating into the endgame is
Black's undisputable achievement, the position is still very unpleasant.})
28... Qd7 29. Qf3 Rb4 ({Perhaps, it was better to swap the rooks, though after
} 29... Rxd1 30. Qxd1 b5 31. Qd3 a6 32. Ne2 $36 {it wouldn't easy to find a
constructive defenseve plan.}) 30. Rd2 $1 {The rook would be very useful along
2nd rank.} Rf8 31. g4 $1 {As usual, World Champion's play is very energetic
and impressive.} a5 $2 {Black cannot afford wasting a tempo for
counter-attacking measures.} ({The only way to provide resistance was} 31...
Nh7 32. h4 Rb6 33. Rg1 Rf6 34. Qg3 $16 {White still has to find a way to make
progress.}) 32. Rg2 Nh7 33. h4 {Now White's attack lasts itself.} Rb6 34. g5
Kh8 ({In case of} 34... Rg6 35. Rfg1 Kh8 36. Ba4 Qc8 37. Rh2 $18 {Black would
be almost paralysed.}) 35. Rfg1 f5 {A desperate attempt to complicate the
matters.} 36. Qh3 Rb4 37. gxh6 Bxh6 {The king is too exposed, so White has
many winning ways now.} 38. Qg3 (38. Rg6 Bf4 39. Qg2 $18 (39. d6 $18)) 38...
Nf6 39. Qg6 Ng4 40. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2016.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iakymov, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {This move came as a real surprise for me - Vladimir's main
weapon is 2.c3.} d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 (5. h3 {, avoiding the
unpleasant pin on the Nf3 is a serious alternative. In this case Black has to
choose between different ways of handdling the position.}) 5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 (
{I didn't like} 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 {- in my
opinion, White's position is quite safe here.}) 7. d3 ({The more aggressive} 7.
d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 {can be met with} d5 $1 9. e5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 {with
excellent play for Black.}) 7... e6 8. Be3 {This move is dubious - the bishop
is placed somewhat awkwardly here.} (8. Nbd2 {is the most popular by far.
Black doesn't face any serious problems, but the character of play is quite
complex, so this setup has been tried by many top players.}) 8... Be7 9. Nbd2
d5 {I didn't want to remove my king from the centre so early.} ({After} 9...
O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 d5 12. Ndf3 d4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 $132 {The position
would be very double-edged.}) 10. Ba4 $6 $146 {A first step in the wrong
direction - there is no reason for giving up the bishop. This move is a
novelty in this rare theoretical position.} ({A better move was:} 10. O-O Qc7
11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O {with a long strategic battle.}) 10... Qc7 {
Keeping an eye on the key e5-spot.} (10... O-O $5 {also deserved serious
attention:} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxg6 fxg6 $15) 11. Bxc6+ {
What else? Otherwise there was no point in White's previous move.} bxc6 {
This move is not a concession - it would be very difficult to prove that
Black's doubled pawns are weak.} ({I also considered:} 11... Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qa6 {
, but after} 13. g4 Bg6 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. d4 {White gets some compensation for
a pawn.}) 12. Qa4 {A loss of time - the queen is definitely misplaced now.} ({
I would prefer:} 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qc2 $15 {, though White's
position is unpleasant anyway.}) 12... Nd7 13. a3 $6 {Inviting even more
troubles.} (13. O-O O-O 14. b4 $15) 13... O-O 14. O-O a5 $1 $17 {White's main
problems is the lack of any constructive ideas now. At the same time, Black
may make progress on both sides of the board.} 15. Rab1 {This looks really
ugly, but what else?} ({Possibly, the most stubborn try was:} 15. Rfe1 Rfb8 16.
exd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc2 a4 $17) 15... f6 {I had many
good-looking alternatives, but I still prefer this move - it keeps Black's
pawn chain most flexible.} 16. exd5 $2 {White's position was already very
difficult, but this positional concession makes it hopeless.} (16. Qc2 a4 17.
d4 c4 18. Rfe1 $17) 16... cxd5 17. d4 c4 {Not the only, but the simplest
decision. I can hardly remember any other game, where I was able to achieve
such a winning position at this very early stage!} 18. Bf4 {A desperate
attempt to activate the pieces.} Nb6 {Simple tactics.} (18... Qxf4 {was also
possible:} 19. Qxd7 Qd6 $19) 19. Qb5 ({After} 19. Bxc7 Nxa4 20. Rfe1 Bg6 21.
Rbc1 Rfc8 22. Bh2 Kf7 $19 {White's position is absolutely lost.}) 19... Qxf4 ({
A simpler way was:} 19... e5 $1 20. dxe5 Be8 21. exf6 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 $19 {
and White cannot avoid a loss of material.}) 20. Qxb6 Bf7 21. g3 ({It was
possible to put up more resistance after} 21. b4 cxb3 22. Qxb3 e5 $19 {,
though Black's position remains winning from the strategic point of view.})
21... Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rfxb8 {The resulting vesrsion of the endgame is even better
for Black than before.} 23. b4 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Nxb3 Bxa3 (25... Rc8 26.
Rc1 a4 $19) 26. Ra1 Bb2 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Nxa5 Bxc3 {The rest was quite easy.
Black has different ways of converting the extra pawn into a full point.} 29.
Nb3 Bg6 (29... e5 {was good enough, but I wanted to grab the weak Pd4.}) 30.
Nc5 Kf7 31. Nb3 Bc2 32. Nbd2 h5 33. Kf1 Bd3+ 34. Ke1 Bf5 35. h4 Bg4 {White's
knight creates a poor impression.} 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Kg2 Bxf3+ ({White resigns
in view of:} 37... Bxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Kf5 {and the pawn falls.}) 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Bc6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Qd3 a6 14. a4 b5 15.
axb5 Bxb5 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nf1 Qb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. d5 Ra8 21. Bd4
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rc1 Ra4 24. Rd1 Qc7 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 e5 $5) 25. Qe2
Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Nd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne3 Rb4 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Kf1 h5
32. Ke2 h4 33. Rc2 Rb3 34. h3 Kf6 35. Nd1 Nc4 36. Rc3 Rxc3 {With less than two
minutes left I underestimated my position.} (36... Rb4 $1 37. Rc2 (37. b3 Na5)
37... Ke5 $17) 37. Nxc3 Nxb2 38. Nxb5 Ke5 39. Ke3 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0304 79th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 $5 {A tricky line that has
been played by Anand in rapid games. I had considered playing this move as
White so I wasn't unduly terrified at this stage.} dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 (5... a6
$5 {is possible, but I prefer not to weaken my position when I can avoid it.})
6. Nc4 Nb6 $1 {I insist! White would like to play b3 here to encourage a
change in structure after Nxc4 bc, followed by play down the half-open b-file.
However,} 7. Nxb6 (7. b3 Bg4 $1 {is very annoying for White and} 8. Be2 Bxe2 9.
Qxe2 e6 {looks equal.}) (7. Ne3 $5 {is possible and although it is not
dangerous for Black, it keeps more tension in the position.}) 7... Qxb6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ (9. a4 $5 {seems like a better way to cause problems.}) 9... Nxd7
10. O-O e6 {'=' Psakhis,L. [#] Stuart thought for a long time here but
couldn't find any way to make use of his slight lead in development. For my
part, I was mulling over a conversation I once had with GM Keith Arkell who
claimed that these structures (Which he used to get from the line 1 d4 Nf6 2
Nf3 g6 3 b4!? after a subsequent e5 and Black taking with the knight) favour
the side with the e-pawn in the long term. This is basically because when you
strip the position to its bare essentials, Black can advance his queenside
pawns to weaken white's structure, while white cannot readily do the same
thing on the kingside for fear of weakening his own king. Even in an ending
this factor is relevant because Black's king will normally be closer to his
own weakness, even if White manages to create one.  This is rather abstract of
course, but in such a boring position one needs to think of something.} 11. b3
$5 Be7 12. Bb2 Qc6 $1 {This is a useful diagonal for the Queen and Black has
definitely equalised.} ({Worth considering} 12... Bf6 $5 {(Psakhis,L) for
example} 13. Na4 Qc6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Jansson,B-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Lugano ol 1968 (17)}) 13. Qg4 $5 {
Now I could simply play Bf6, castle kingside and White has nothing better than
to play Na4 at some moment when the position is considerably simplified and a
draw seems very likely. In spite of what Keith Arkell thinks, I couldn't
imagine myself winning such a position. Moreover, Stuart had used almost an
hour on the clock by this point so I felt encouraged to pose some original
problems.} Nf6 (13... Bf6 14. Rae1 O-O $11) 14. Qh3 O-O-O $6 {The fact that
this gains a tempo by attacking d2 makes it far too seductive. I was critical
of this move after the game, but felt better when Stuart told me that he would
have done exactly the same thing in my position.} (14... O-O 15. Rae1 c4 16. f4
Rad8 17. Re2 {is not so clear - but the position is rather easy for White to
play.}) 15. d3 h5 $1 16. a4 a6 {Necessary because Nb5 is a big threat.} 17. a5
(17. g3 $5 h4 18. Qg2 {is possible, when it is hard for Black to continue
attacking. However, it is not in Stuart's nature to duck an interesting
challenge so now the position sharpens considerably.}) 17... h4 $5 {This looks
a little obtuse given what follows.} (17... g5 {was my original intention here.
} 18. Na4 g4 19. Qg3 h4 20. Qf4 Bd6 $5 (20... Nd5 $5 {At the time I only saw
this move, and assumed that either Qf7 or Qg4 would be favourable for White.})
21. Qxf6 (21. Be5 Nd5 {favours Black}) 21... h3 {Stuart was worried about this,
and it does look rather dangerous, but White can probably defend and keep the
extra piece.} 22. f3 hxg2 23. Rf2 Bxh2+ (23... Rxh2 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Be5 $1)
24. Kxg2 Qc7 25. fxg4) 18. Na4 (18. f4 $5) 18... Nd5 19. f4 {The whole idea of
f4 didn't really occur to me when I decided to castle queenside and it is
really rather annoying. I suspect White is better now mainly because my
queenside structure has been compromised and White can try to play on both
sides of the board.} (19. Qf3 f6 $1 {is comfortable for Black.}) 19... f5 $5 {
A radical solution. I saw that White could not easily hold the e5 square in
what follows and in any case I didn't see a good alternative.} (19... Bf6 20.
Be5 $1 {Here I couldn't see a constructive move for Black.} Bxe5 21. fxe5 f5
22. exf6 gxf6 23. c4 $1) 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Be5 (21. Qf3 $5 Bd4+ $1 22. Kh1 h3
23. g3 Rd6 {with a tense position where it feels like White should be better,
but it's hard to prove that this is the case.}) 21... Bxe5 {Psakhis,L: 'Black
immediately takes this opportunity to grab space on the kingside.'} 22. Rxe5
Qd6 $1 23. Qf3 (23. Rfe1 $5 {might be more accurate, because we actually reach
the game position with the white queen on e3 instead of f3.} Nxf4 24. Qe3 g5
25. Nxc5 Qc6 $1 26. Qf2 Rhe8 {and Black seems to be ok.}) ({I was also nervous
about the simple} 23. Nb6+ Nxb6 24. axb6 {When White might simply emerge with
a positional advantage. However, Black seems to be active enough to hold the
balance.} Qd4+ $1 25. Kh1 Rd6 $1) 23... g5 $1 24. Rfe1 Nxf4 25. Nxc5 Rh7 $1 {
[#] Tactically holding the position together because Ne6 runs in to a nasty
pin. To be honest, I hadn't seen this in advance and was quite lucky to have
it as a resource. However, such moves give a real psychological boost because
before it became evident that White couldn't take on e6 both players had
thought White was much better, but now he can only play quiet moves and
whatever advantage Stuart may have here was outweighed by having around ten
minutes to reach move forty.} 26. Qf2 (26. Nxe6 Re8 $1) 26... Re7 {'!?'
Psakhis,L. Psakhis,L: 'with the possible continuation'} 27. b4 Rde8 28. h3 $6 {
'=' Psakhis,L. This provoked me and so turns out well, but there was really no
need for it. The idea of h3 and Ng2 is a nuisance to think about, but it
really does little for Black so Stuart should have focused on improving his
position on the queenside.} ({That said, things don't look so clear after} 28.
d4 $5 Ng6 29. R5e2 g4) 28... Kb8 {Not sure why I played this, but sometimes
Qc6 is useful and I don't want to run in to a pin on the c-file. Psakhis,L:
'What a strong desire to continue to play for a win! Worth considering '} 29.
d4 Ng6 (29... Nd5 $2 30. c4 $1 Nxb4 31. Qb2 Nc6 32. Rxe6 $1) 30. R5e2 g4 {
I didn't really trust this but felt like a bit of a gamble in my opponent's
time trouble.} (30... Nf4 {More or less forces a draw, given that the threat
of g4 looks more dangerous with the knight on f4('looks' matter a lot between
moves 30-40). However, I should have tried it once, because Stuart would
doubtless have used up a fair chunk of his remaining time looking for ways to
avoid the draw and then, assuming he would decide to take the draw, I could
deviate with a bigger time advantage.  ...Despite being very short of time
Stuart avoided any major errors.}) 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Qf6 $1 {Psakhis,L:
'Seemingly, this move escaped black's attention. White has the upper hand.'}
Nf4 33. Re4 $1 {It was quite brave to allow Nxg2 or Nh3, but I guess it's not
too difficult to see that Black can't use his rooks and will struggle to even
have a perpetual.} Nd5 34. Qxh4 g3 35. b5 $5 {Probably a mistake. If Black
takes b4 in the given structure, white has "one unit holding up two in
addition to his c and d pawns which means that the knight does not have a
secure post on d5.} (35. Rg4 $5 Nxb4 36. c3 Nd5 37. Qxg3 {leaves Black
struggling to draw.}) (35. c4 $142 $5 {Psakhis,L} Nxb4 36. Rb1 Nc6 37. Nxa6+
Ka8 38. c5 Qd8 39. Nb4 $16) 35... axb5 {'?' Psakhis,L. Psakhis,L: 'Rowson is
trying to complicate the struggle although it is more reasonable to simplify
it.'} (35... Nc3 $5 {Psakhis,L} 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Nxe6 axb5 39.
Qg5 $13) 36. Rg4 {'?!' Psakhis,L. Psakhis,L: 'Conquest misses a wonderful
opportunity of punishing Black for his carelessness. After the simple'} (36.
Re5 $1 {[%csl Rg3] Psakhis,L} Nc3 (36... Nb4 37. c3 Nc6 38. Ne4 Qc7 39. Rxb5
$18) 37. R1e3 Na4 38. Qxg3 Nxc5 39. Rxc5 Qxg3 40. Rxg3 $18 {White could get an
easy winning endgame.}) 36... e5 {Psakhis,L: 'Black's position looks cheerless
and he correctly sacrifices a pawn to try to improve the situation.'} 37. Qxg3
Nf6 38. Rh4 Rg8 39. Qf3 $5 {A good decision.} (39. Qe3 $5 {Psakhis,L} Nd5 (
39... Qc6 40. Qd2 $1) 40. Qh6 $14) 39... exd4 (39... Reg7 40. Re2 (40. Rxe5
Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2) 40... exd4) 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Nd3 (41. Rxd4 $5 {
requires strong nerves, because there are lots of open lines for the black
pieces, but I couldn't see anything better than forcing a draw immediately with
} Qe1+ 42. Qf1 Qe3+ 43. Qf2 Qc1+ 44. Qf1 Qe3+) 41... Qe3+ 42. Kf1 $1 (42. Kh1
Ng4 $5 {gives Black adequate counterplay.}) (42. Kh2 $5 {is a winning try, but
after} Qxf3 (42... Ka7 $5 {Moreover, it's not clear what White is doing if I
make a constructive pass.}) 43. gxf3 Rc8 44. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 45. Kg3 Rd2 {I thought
Black should be fine. The worst case scenario is probably Rook and knight and
against rook, after I win the a-pawn and give my knight for the f-pawn.}) 42...
Nd5 $1 {An important move, without which White has chances to be better.} 43.
Qxd5 Rf8+ 44. Rf4 Rxf4+ 45. Nxf4 Qc1+ {There was no reason not to take the
knight, but it seemed more elegant to force a perpetual with the horse in the
vicinity.} 46. Ke2 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basel op"]
[Site "Basel"]
[Date "2017.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 $5 {Interesting, lucky and surprising
opening choice. Alexander didn't know or didn't remember his lines and got
into trouble at the very early stage} dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 ({The main line is} 
5... a6 {Black is taking control on very important b5 square and preparing for
Qc7 or Nbd7} 6. a4 (6. Be2) (6. g3) 6... Qc7 7. Nc4 Nc6 8. d3 Be6) 6. d4 $5
cxd4 (6... e6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (8... Bxd7 9. Be3) 9. Qh5 $1 g6 10. Qf3)
7. Qxd4 e6 8. Be3 $5 $146 {Novelty, but frankly speaking Black is equalizing} (
8. Bb5 $5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 (10. Bf4) (10. Nc4)) 8... Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxe3
10. Qxe3 Qc7 $6 ({Only equalizing move was simply} 10... Nxe5 $1 11. Qxe5 O-O
12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qb6 {With okay position for both sides. Position is equal
}) (10... O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nc4 $14) 11. Nc4 $1 $14 {Of course! White is
keeping his strong knight which will decide the game very soon} O-O 12. O-O-O
a6 (12... Nb6 13. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 $14 {[%csl Gc3,Rc8,Gd1,Ge5,Gf1][%cal
Gd1d8,Gg2g3,Gf1g2,Gf1e2,Ge2f3,Gh1e1,Ge1d1] With very unpleasant endgame for
Black}) 13. Qg3 $1 {Once again, offering very unpleasant endgame for Black.
But still, probably it was better to go for it because otherwise White has
very strong attack} Qc5 $6 (13... Qxg3 $5 14. hxg3 {[%csl Gh1]} b5 15. Nd6) (
13... e5 14. Nd6) 14. Nd6 Nb6 (14... b5 15. Bd3) 15. Nce4 $1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc6
$4 {The last decisive mistake, letting White to mate in few moves} (16... Qe7
17. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 (17... Qh4 18. f4 Nd5 19. g3 Qh5 20. Bd3) 18. Rxd6 $1 $16) 17.
Nf6+ Kh8 18. Nh5 $1 Rg8 (18... g6 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 21. Rd8+ Qe8
22. Rxe8+ Rf8 23. Rxf8#) 19. Rd8 $1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klein, David"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 (4... Nxe4 5. Qa4+ $18) 5. O-O Bg7 6.
Bb5+ (6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 {is the other way to play in such positions.}) 6...
Nfd7 {This is not a very common move but not at all bad.} (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 {gives White a very nice position.}) 7. d4 O-O 8. Re1 Nc6
9. d5 (9. Be3 {maintaining the center also looks good for White.}) 9... Nce5
10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. h3 Qb6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 c4+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 {
The knight will come to a good square on c5.} 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4
Bh6 19. f5 gxf5 $1 {A bold decision and one that can be expected from Salem
who always plays exciting and ambitious chess.} 20. Bxc5 {trying to clear the
d4 square for the knight but turns out to be not such a great decision.} Qxc5 (
20... dxc5 $1 21. e5 {looks scary but who is going to defend the d5 pawn?} Bb7
22. d6 Qd7 23. dxe7 Qxe7 $17 {Inspite of the broken structure Black has a
clear advantage thanks to his two powerful bishops.}) 21. Nd4 fxe4 22. Qh5 Bg7
23. Rxe4 e5 $1 {A very nice move based on discovered attack. It is very
possible that Klein missed this move.} 24. Nc6 (24. dxe6 Qxh5 {sometimes it is
easy to overlook such tactics in your calculation.}) (24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5
Qxd5 26. Rg4 {leads to a very strong attack.} f6 (26... Kh8 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ $11) 27. Rh4 $1 h6 28. Be2 Qc5 29. Bf3 d5 30. Rd1 Rad8 31.
Bxd5+ Kh8 (31... Rxd5 32. Qe6+ $16) 32. Qg6 Rxd5 33. Rxh6+ Bxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8
35. Qg6+ $11) 24... Re8 (24... f5 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rh4 $1 h6 27. Qg6 $18 {
With a crushing attack}) 25. Rd1 Qf2 {very accurate defensive skills shown by
Salem. The position is sharp and inspite of his lack of development he is
defending wonderfully.} 26. Be2 Bf5 $1 27. Bf3 $2 {This takes away the fun
from the game and let's black consolidate. Pretty much forced was} (27. Rf1 $1
Qxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bxe4 29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Be2 $15 {With some fight although it must
be mentioned that Black is better.}) 27... Bg6 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qc1 f5 30. Ree1
e4 {White is run over by the black pawns.} 31. Be2 Kh8 32. Qg5 f4 33. Bh5 Bxh5
34. Qxh5 Qxb2 35. Qf5 f3 36. gxf3 exf3 37. Qxf3 Qxc3 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qg4 Qe3
40. Nb4 a5 41. Nc2 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 {A tense game and well contested till a
certain point and then David played an uncertain move after which Salem took
over and won the game with ease.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Winants} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2
g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf6
14. Qc6+ Nd7 15. Qd5 (15. Re1 {gives nothing:} Bg7 (15... Rc8 16. Qf3 $18) 16.
Qxd6 Rc8 17. Qa3 (17. Bd2 Ne5 $1 $15) 17... Bxd4 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Qxa7 Nc5 20.
Qa3 O-O $13) 15... e6 {, and here Degraeve missed a very difficult but
beautiful victory:} 16. Qf3 (16. Nxe6 $1 {Svidler,P} fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 {
is better. Two of three possible continuations lead nowhere.} (17... Qe7 18.
Qd5 Rb8 $1 (18... O-O-O 19. Bg5 $18) (18... Rc8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21.
Rfe1 Qd8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb7+ $18) (18... Rd8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20.
Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 $18) 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qb3 $1 (20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Rac1
Bg7 $17) 20... Qf7 (20... Qg7 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6 $16) 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6
$1 O-O (22... Kf8 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Rae1 Ng8 25. Bg5 Rb7 26. Qd5 $18) 23. Rxe7
Qxb3 24. axb3 $16) 18. Bg5 $1 {wins by some very difficult tactics:} (18. Re1
$2 {/\19.Bg5} Rf8 {forcé:} (18... Nf8 19. Qf6 $18) 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Re3 (20.
Qxd6 {/\ 21.Re6 et 22.Rae1} Rc8 (20... Kf8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1) ({ou} 20...
Nf6 21. Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qc6+) 21. Re2 (21. Kf1 $3 {[%csl Ge1,Re7][%cal Ya1e1]
Winants La clé!} Rc2 (21... Nf8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. Re1) 22. f3 $1
(22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Rfxf2+ 24. Kg1 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Kxe7) 22... Nf6 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7
27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Re2 {[%csl Gd4,Gf3] avec deux pions de plus.}) (21. Re6 Nf6 $1
$13) 21... Nf6 22. Qe6 Kf8 23. Rae1 Bb4 $17) 20... Kf8 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qd5
Qd8 23. Qxd6+ Kg8 $19) (18. Bh6 $6 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Rf8 (19... Nf8 20. Qd5 $16) 20.
Bxf8 Nxf8 $15) 18... Kf8 $8 (18... Rf8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd5 $18) (18... Nf8
19. Qe4 Rc8 (19... d5 20. Qe5 Qd6 21. Rfe1 $18) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 {may be objectively better, but the position after 21...Rd7 is very
interesting in itself.}) 20... Rc7 21. Rac1 Rd7 $1 {Now all the normal moves
do not succeed:} (21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kf7 (22... Rg8 23. Rc8 $18) (22... d5 23.
Qe5 Qd6 24. Re1 $18) 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Qb7 Nd7 26. Rc7 $18) 22. Qf3
$1 {is winning, although I admit I could not find it without Fritz.} (22. Rc8
Qxc8 23. Qxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kd8 $11) (22. Bf6 Kf7 $3 (22... d5 23. Qf4 Rg8
24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Nd7 29. Qxd5+
$18) 23. Bxh8 Kg8 $13) (22. Rc3 h6 23. Qc2 (23. Qh4 Rh7) (23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Qc2
Kf7 25. Rc8 Bxf6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8) 23... hxg5 24. Rc8 Qxc8 25. Qxc8+ Kf7 $13)
22... h6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 (24... Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Qb7+ Qc7 27.
Re7+) 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26. Qc6+ Ke6 27. Re8 $18) 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Rfe1 (20. Bg5 $11
) 20... Rf8 $8 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. Re3 Rc7 24. Rae1 $16) (16. Re1 $1
{Winants} Nf6 (16... Be7 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 {et maintenant:} 18. Rxe6 $2 Nf6 19.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 $1 (19... Kxe7 $2 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kc7 23. Rc1+ Kb7
(23... Kb8 24. Bxf6) 24. Qc6+ Ka6 25. b4 $1 {Degraeve} Rc8 26. b5+ Ka5 27. Bd2+
Ka4 28. Rc4+ Ka3 29. Qf3+ Kxa2 30. Ra4+ Kb2 31. Rb4+ Kc2 32. Rb3 $1 $18) 20.
Qxa8+ Kf7 {et les Noirs gagnent (Degraeve).}) 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Rxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxa8 $16) 16... Nf6 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3
Nf6 19. Qc6+ Nd7 20. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{When I was preparing for the tournament at home, the only things I looked at
were two possible black games- vs. Kasparov and Kramnik. None happened, which
is one of the reasons of my success. When thinking about the white game vs
Kasparov at home, I simply told myself that Najdorf 6.Be3 Ng4 cannot be all
that bad for White. But two rounds before me Alexei Shirov ran into 6...e5 and
didn't really pass the opening stage, so I shelved the idea and decided to go
for something not so optimistic.} 1. e4 {Winants Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3
Nf6 4. Be2 {Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat
théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne,
choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très dangereux.  L'intérêt du
dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la
formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au
développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1,
Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec
l'échec sur b5.} Nbd7 {La réponse habituelle. D'autres possibilités seraient:}
({I.} 4... Nxe4 $4 {Winants Une bourde} 5. Qa4+ {[%csl Re4,Re8] Gagnant le
Cavalier}) ({II.} 4... Nc6 {Winants naturel mais maladroit!} 5. d4 $1 {Un
gambit prometteur imaginé par Michael Basman.} cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O {avec d'excellentes
compensations pour les pions sacrifiés, Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) ({III.
} 4... g6 {Winants également très courant} 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ $1 {Une idée du
grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les parties de
Michael Adams.} ({moins bien serait} 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. h3 e5 {
Gentilleau-Shirov Oviedo 1992}) 6... Bd7 ({Si} 6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 {
suivi de d4, Adams,M-Van Wely,L Wijk aan zee 1996}) ({ou} 6... Nc6 7. d4 {
Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V Wijk aan zee 1996 et aussi Adams,M-Lalic,B Erevan (ol) 1996}
) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13.
a4 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund (9) 1996}) 5. d3 {As Kasparov's second Yuri
Dokhoian said in the press-centre around this moment, 'If we start analysing
c3&d3 Sicilians we won't get anything serious done'. My point exactly.} b6 6.
O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 {Il est possible que Kasparov se soit laissé influencer par
l'aspect tranquille du développement adverse et qu'il n'ait pas pris
l'ouverture des Blancs suffisamment au sérieux, pour l'étudier avec toute
l'attention requise. Cela expliquerait sans doute la mobilisation optimiste
des Fous en fianchetto, mais aussi et surtout, "l'oubli" du Roi au centre de
l'échiquier. Peu importe la raison pourtant, car elle plaide pour cette
remarquable intuition de Svidler, qui est parvenu а déceler un point faible
dans l'incroyable arsenal théorique du champion du monde, jusqu'à le faire
vaciller, dès la première tentative. Bien d'autres champions s'y étaient
essayés avant lui, mais s'y étaient plus d'une fois cassés les dents.} ({
Plus prudent était donc} 7... e6 {Winants} 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 Ne5 {, comme dans
la partie Spragett,K-Petursson,M disputée aux olympiades d'Erevan.}) 8. d4 $5 {
Voilà! Les Blancs passent а la vitesse supérieure.  La menace est double: soit,
le coup stratégique d5, gagnant du terrain et enfermant le Fb7 pour de bon,
soit le coup de bélier, e5-e6, dispersant les pions ennemis et ouvrant la voie
au Nf3 (Ng5-e6).  Autrement dit, les Noirs éprouvent déjà certaines
difficultés et ceci nous laisse supposer que Kasparov rejouera а l'avenir les
parties du championnat intercercles français, où Jean-Luc Seret et Jean-Marc
Degraeve avaient déjà essayé ce gambit bien avant son adversaire!} (8. Re1 {
Ftacnik} Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 (9... O-O 10. d4 e5 (10... e6 11. a4 a6 12. b4 Qc7 13.
Bb2 Rad8 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Qa2 Qb8 16. Rad1 Qa8 17. Qb1 Bf8 18. Ba1 Bg7 19. Bb2
{1-0 Georgiev,K-Ftacnik,L/Praha (zt) 39/224 1985 (41)}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. a4 Bh6 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Ba6 18. Qg5 Bxc4
19. Bxc4 Kg7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ginting,N/
Asia zt 1990 (53)}) 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nb3 d5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re2
Nd3 21. Na5 e5 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ftacnik,L/Biel/1988/ 
(29)}) 8... cxd4 (8... Qc7 {was Black's reaction to 8.d4 in the stem game, and
it is not a good one. After} 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxe5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Nf3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 16. Rd1 $18) 11.
e6 ({The game continued} 11. Qa4 h5 12. h3 Bc6 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qa4
Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc6 Rd8 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Qb7 Nb8 20. Bf4 Qxf4 21. Rad1
Nd7 22. Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Seret,JL-Pinter, France 1992}) 11... fxe6 12. Bc4 Bd5 (
12... e5 13. Ng5) 13. Qa4 {White is better in all the lines:} Ngf6 (13... h5
14. h3 Ngf6 (14... Bg7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. hxg4 b5 17. Qa6 $1 $18) 15. Ng5) 14.
Ng5 Qf4 15. Nde4 Qf5 (15... Qe5 16. f4 Qf5 17. Ng3 Qg4 18. Be2 Qh4 19. c4 h6
20. cxd5 hxg5 21. dxe6 Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 $18) 16. Re1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxc4 (17...
Bxe4 18. Bb5 $16) 18. Qxc4 Bg7 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Qa4 e5 21. Rd1 $16) 9. cxd4 Nxe4
$6 {The most principal answer, but White seems to be doing OK after it.} (9...
Bxe4 {is another way to capture the pawn, and White must play very
aggressively to prove the compensation.} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. d5 $5 Bg7 12. Nd4
O-O (12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nef6 14. Bh6 $44) 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Re1 {Although the
position does not look clear, the variations show that White has the upper
hand.} Ne5 (14... f5 15. f3 Nec5 16. Bb5 Bf6 17. b4 $1 Bxa1 (17... a6 18. Nxe7+
Bxe7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. Qe2) 18. bxc5 Be5 19. cxd6 exd6 (19... Bxd6
20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. d6) 20. f4 a6 21. Bf1 $16) 15. Bb5 (15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Bg5 Nxc6
17. dxc6 Ne6 $15) 15... a6 (15... f5 16. Nxa7 Qf7 17. Nc6 $14) 16. Nxe5 (16.
Ba4 b5 (16... Nc5 17. f4 $1 Nxa4 18. fxe5 Nc5 19. Bg5 $5 (19. exd6 e5 20. b4
Nb7 21. Be3 Nxd6 22. Bxb6 $13) 19... e6 (19... f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6
22. Rxe7 Qc8 23. b4 $16) 20. Be7 $16) 17. Rxe4 bxa4 (17... Nxc6 18. dxc6 bxa4
19. Qxa4 d5 20. Re2 Rc8 21. Rc2 $14) 18. Qxa4 e6 $1 $15) 16... Qxb5 17. Nc6 Nf6
18. a4 Qc4 19. b3 Qh4 (19... Qc3 20. Ba3 $16) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Bb2 Rae8 22.
Rc1 $14) (9... Bg7 {was also played before. After the dubious} 10. e5 $5 {
deserves serious attention.} (10. d5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf1 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rad8 17. Qa4 {White was able to equalize in
Degraeve-Nepomnishay, St.Petersburg 1996}) (10. Bd3 {is too modest:} O-O 11. b4
e5 (11... a5 $5) 12. Bb2 d5 $11) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ne4 $1
(13. Ng5 Nc7 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Re1 Nc5 $15) 13... Nc7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Nfg5 Nc7
15. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 16. Qb3 $14) 14. Qa4 b5 (14... O-O 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. Nc3 $44)
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qe2 $44) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 {
L'assaut est lancé selon les principes de l'ère romantique. Le pion f7,
extrêmement vulnérable, puisqu'il n'est protégé que par le Roi, se trouve déjà
en point de mire.} d5 $8 {This is actually the only move, which proves that
Black probably shouldn't have accepted the pawn sac. Erigeant des barricades
sur les cases blanches.} (11... Bb7 $2 {loses to} 12. Bc4 e6 (12... d5 13. Qf3
$18) 13. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qh4 {is the most stubborn, but it doesn not
save the game:} (14... Qe7 15. Re1 $18) (14... Qc8 15. Re1 (15. Bg5) 15... Kf7
(15... Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kf8 18. Rc1 (18. Qb3 $18) 18... Qb8 19. Qg4
$18) 16. Qb3 d5 17. Qf3+ Nf6 (17... Kg8 18. Ng5 $18) 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rac1 Bc6 {
and now White wins by a very peculiar-looking move} 20. Ng7 $1 Rf8 (20... Qd7
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Re6 $18) 21. Re6 Qd8 22. Rcxc6 Kxg7 23. Qe3 $1 $18 (23. Qe3 {
Winants} Rf7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxf6+ Kf7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rc7+))
15. Re1 (15. Bg5 $6 Qe4 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Qb3+ d5 18. Rae1 Qf5 19. Nxa8 Qxg5 20.
Nc7 Bd6 $15) 15... Be7 (15... Kf7 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Qb3 d5 18. h3 $3 {(there's
no defense against 19.g4)} h6 19. g4 Qxg5 20. Nxg5+ hxg5 21. Qe3 $18) {but} 16.
Bg5 $1 {wins very beautifully:} ({and now} 16. Qb3 Qg4 (16... h6 $5) 17. f3
Bxf3 (17... Qh4 18. Bg5 $18) 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 $11) 16... Bxg5 17. g3
$3 Qh6 $8 18. Nxg5+ Kf8 19. Qd2 $1 Kg8 20. Re7 Bc6 21. Ne6 $1 $18) (11... Bd5 {
was played in Degraeve-Bacrot, France 1996. After} 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf6
14. Qc6+ Nd7 {The game went on} 15. Qd5 (15. Re1 {gives nothing:} Bg7 (15...
Rc8 16. Qf3 $18) 16. Qxd6 Rc8 17. Qa3 (17. Bd2 Ne5 $1 $15) 17... Bxd4 18. Nf3
Bf6 19. Qxa7 Nc5 20. Qa3 O-O $13) 15... e6 {, and here Degraeve missed a very
difficult but beautiful victory:} 16. Nxe6 $1 (16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3
Nf6 19. Qc6+ Nd7 20. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve-Bacrot, France 1996}) (16. Re1 $1
Nf6 (16... Be7 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 {et maintenant:} 18. Rxe6 $2 Nf6 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7
$1 (19... Kxe7 $2 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kc7 23. Rc1+ Kb7 (23... Kb8
24. Bxf6) 24. Qc6+ Ka6 25. b4 $1 {Degraeve} Rc8 26. b5+ Ka5 27. Bd2+ Ka4 28.
Rc4+ Ka3 29. Qf3+ Kxa2 30. Ra4+ Kb2 31. Rb4+ Kc2 32. Rb3 $1 $18) 20. Qxa8+ Kf7
{et les Noirs gagnent (Degraeve).}) 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Rxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxa8 $16) 16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 {is better.
Two of three possible continuations lead nowhere.} (17... Qe7 18. Qd5 Rb8 $1 (
18... O-O-O 19. Bg5 $18) (18... Rc8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb7+ $18) (18... Rd8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21.
Rfe1 $18) 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qb3 $1 (20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Rac1 Bg7 $17)
20... Qf7 (20... Qg7 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6 $16) 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6 $1 O-O (
22... Kf8 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Rae1 Ng8 25. Bg5 Rb7 26. Qd5 $18) 23. Rxe7 Qxb3 24.
axb3 $16) 18. Bg5 $1 {wins by some very difficult tactics:} (18. Re1 $2 {
/\19.Bg5} Rf8 {forcé:} (18... Nf8 19. Qf6 $18) 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Re3 (20. Qxd6 {
/\ 21.Re6 et 22.Rae1} Rc8 (20... Kf8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1) ({ou} 20... Nf6 21.
Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qc6+) 21. Re2 (21. Kf1 $3 {[%csl Ge1,Re7][%cal Ya1e1]
Winants La clé!} Rc2 (21... Nf8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. Re1) 22. f3 $1
(22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Rfxf2+ 24. Kg1 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Kxe7) 22... Nf6 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7
27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Re2 {[%csl Gd4,Gf3] avec deux pions de plus.}) (21. Re6 Nf6 $1
$13) 21... Nf6 22. Qe6 Kf8 23. Rae1 Bb4 $17) 20... Kf8 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qd5
Qd8 23. Qxd6+ Kg8 $19) (18. Bh6 $6 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Rf8 (19... Nf8 20. Qd5 $16) 20.
Bxf8 Nxf8 $15) 18... Kf8 $8 (18... Rf8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd5 $18) (18... Nf8
19. Qe4 Rc8 (19... d5 20. Qe5 Qd6 21. Rfe1 $18) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 {may be objectively better, but the position after 21...Rd7 is very
interesting in itself.}) 20... Rc7 21. Rac1 Rd7 $1 {Now all the normal moves
do not succeed:} (21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kf7 (22... Rg8 23. Rc8 $18) (22... d5 23.
Qe5 Qd6 24. Re1 $18) 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Qb7 Nd7 26. Rc7 $18) 22. Qf3
$1 {is winning, although I admit I could not find it without Fritz.} (22. Rc8
Qxc8 23. Qxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kd8 $11) (22. Bf6 Kf7 $3 (22... d5 23. Qf4 Rg8
24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Nd7 29. Qxd5+
$18) 23. Bxh8 Kg8 $13) (22. Rc3 h6 23. Qc2 (23. Qh4 Rh7) (23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Qc2
Kf7 25. Rc8 Bxf6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8) 23... hxg5 24. Rc8 Qxc8 25. Qxc8+ Kf7 $13)
22... h6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 (24... Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Qb7+ Qc7 27.
Re7+) 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26. Qc6+ Ke6 27. Re8 $18) 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Rfe1 (20. Bg5 $11
) 20... Rf8 $8 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. Re3 Rc7 24. Rae1 $16) 12. Bb5 {
Vers e8!} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f3 e3 (13... exf3 14. Bxf3 Rc8 (14... Rb8 15. Bf4
Rc8 16. Bb7 Rc4 17. Bd5 $18) 15. Bb7 Rc7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Bc6 $40) 14. Bxe3 Bg7
15. Qd2 O-O 16. d5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Rac1 (18. Bb5 Nd6 19. Bc6 Nc4 20. Qe2
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rc8 $11) 18... Nd6 $13) 12... Bg7 (12... a6 {is bad:} 13. Bc6 (
13. f3 Bf5) 13... Ra7 (13... Rc8 14. Qa4 (14. Bb7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 15. Bxa6 $14)
14... Bf5 15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb7 Rc7 (16... Rxc1 17. Raxc1 Qxg5 18. Rc8+ Ke7 19.
Bc6 b5 20. Qxa6 $18) 17. Bxa6 Rxc1 18. Raxc1 Qxg5 19. Rc7 e5 20. f4 $18) 14. f3
Bf5 15. g4 (15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb3 Be7) 15... h6 (15... Qc7 16. Bxd5 e6 17. Bb3 h6
18. Nh3 $18) (15... Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Qxe6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 $18)
16. gxf5 (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bxd5+ e6 19. Bb3 Nf6 $13) 16... hxg5
17. fxg6 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 $16) 13. f3 ({I had seen that
after} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc6 {Black is forced to give up the exchange, but the
position arising after} O-O (14... Rc8 15. Qa4 $16) 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 {didn't look
all that clear to me, thou White is, of coure, a bit better.} 16. Bg5 Nf6 (
16... Qd5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Ba3 Bxd4 19. Qe2 $1 Ne5 (19... e3 20. Kh1 $16) 20.
Rad1 $14) 17. Qe2 Qd5 $14) (13. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Bf5 14. Bc6 Rc8 15. Bxd5 O-O 16.
Qxa7 e6 17. Bf3 Bxd4 $15) {Then I realized that 13.f3 leads to some very
interesting and promising positions and decided that I should try and have
some fun. I know that it doesn't sound the way serious and professional
chessplayers are supposed to think during the game, especially if it's a game
against the World Champion, but that's exactly what I thought. And, after all,
it worked.} 13... Bf5 {[#]} 14. g4 {La pointe des coups précédents. Les Blancs
ont pour but d'exploiter le clouage du Cd7.} (14. Bc6 $6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 15. Bxd5
O-O 16. Be4 (16. g4 $6 Bc2) 16... h6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 $15) 14... h6 $8 {Le
moindre mal.} (14... Be6 $2 15. f4 $1 (15. Re1 O-O 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qc8
18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Be3 $14) (15. Qe2 $1 {Winants} Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 {L'arrivée de
la Dame en e6 provoquerait une débâcle.} {Un exemple,} Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Qxe6 {[%csl Rd7,Re8]} d4 19. Re1 {[%csl Rf6] menaçant 20.Qxf6} Bh4 (19... Bg7
20. Bg5) ({ou} 19... Rf8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Bc4) 20. Re4 $18) 15... h6 (15... a6
16. f5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 axb5 18. fxg6 $18 (18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nxf7 Qc7 20. Nxh8 $18
)) 16. f5 (16. Nxe6 {Ftacnik} fxe6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Be3 $14) 16... Bxf5 17. gxf5
hxg5 18. fxg6 fxg6 (18... O-O 19. Bc6 Nf6 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxg5
$16) 19. Bxg5 (19. Qd3 $2 Qc7 $1 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19) 19... Rh5 20. h4 Qc7 21.
Qg4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 $16) 15. gxf5 (15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bc6 Rc8 18.
Bxd5+ e6 19. Bb3 Nf6 $13 (19... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11)) 15... hxg5 16.
fxg6 a6 $1 {A very important finesse, which allows Black to unpin the knight
on d7 at will.} (16... fxg6 17. Bxg5 $16 (17. Qd3 Qc7 $1 18. Rf2 (18. Qxg6+ Kd8
19. f4 Bxd4+ $15) 18... Kf7 19. Bxg5 Qd6 $14) (17. Bxg5 a6 18. Bc6 Qc7)) {
As I've heard later, Kasparov said that it was obvious to him that I blundered
both 14...h6 and 16...a6. That's not exactly true. I've seen 14...h6 and had
no doubt he will go for it, and as for 16...a6, I was just waiting for him to
make his mind, since it is a well-known fact that a lot of precious time is
wasted during the game on the moves which aren't played. So in some sense I
did blunder 16...a6, but the same applies to the manouevere 22..Rh3 and 23...
R8h4, which I didn't foresee either.} 17. gxf7+ (17. Ba4 $5 {was also possible.
The idea of this move is to prevent Black from activating the second rook.}
fxg6 (17... Qc7 18. Rf2 Rh4 {is not good enough in view of} 19. Be3 $1 fxg6 20.
Rc1) 18. Bxg5 (18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rf2 Qd6) 18... b5 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Rf2
$14) 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. Bxd5 (20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rf2 Rc8) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 $13
) (17. Ba4 $5 {Winants}) 17... Kxf7 18. Ba4 {Les Blancs ont rétabli
l'équilibre matériel et ont même obtenu la paire de Fous. Ils pourraient, par
conséquent, chercher а ouvrir le jeu, via f4, ou а dresser une batterie
Dame-Fou sur la diagonale b1-h7 (Fc2, Dd3), pour infiltrer les lignes ennemies
en g6. Pourtant leurs pions sont dispersés (d4, f3 et h2) et l'impression est
donc que les Noirs devraient encore disposer de ressources diverses. L'une des
difficultés consiste ici а définir le rôle du Cd7. On pourrait certainement le
poster en f6, mais il n'y ferait pas grand-chose et gênerait même l'action du
Fg7.} (18. Bc6 Qc7 $17 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Qc2 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 e6 21. Bxg5
Bxb2 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Rab1 Bd4 $17)) 18... Rh5 $6 {Appearance does not deceive
in this case- this strange-looking move is in fact quite bad. Une décision
naturelle, mais probablement erronée. Kasparov désirait manifestement protéger
le pion g5 et préparer en même temps le doublement des Tours sur la colonne
-h-, mais ce plan s'est heurté а la solidité du fantassin h2.} (18... Nf6 {
was possible, gaining a tempo compared to the game after} 19. Be3 (19. Bxg5 $2
Qd6 (19... Bh6 {Winants} 20. Bxh6 (20. f4 $6 {[%csl Re4] cédant le contrôle du
point e4} Qd6 {vers h2} 21. Rf2 (21. Qe2 Qb4) 21... Rag8 22. Rg2 Bxg5 23. fxg5
Rxg5 $1 24. Rxg5 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qf4+ {[%csl Rf1,Rg5]}) 20... Rxh6 21. Qd2 Rh4 {
[%csl Rd4,Rf3,Rh2] avec de bonnes contre-chances.}) 20. Qe2 Rag8 $40) 19... Qd6
20. Qd2 Rh3 (20... Rag8 21. Rf2 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Yh5f4] suivi de ...Nf4,
résolvant le problème du Cavalier.}) 21. Rf2 Rah8 22. Raf1 {, though I still
prefer White.}) (18... Qc7 $1 {is another very natural move, and it is in fact
the best. After} 19. Rf2 Rh4 20. Be3 (20. f4 g4) 20... Rah8 {White can go on
in a very unclear position after} {or agree on a draw by playing} 21. Rc1 (21.
Qd2 b5 22. Bc2 $5 (22. Bb3 Nb6) {with the idea to meet} 22... Nb6 {with} 23. b3
) 21... Rxh2 22. Rxc7 Rh1+ 23. Kg2 R8h2+ 24. Kg3 Rh3+ 25. Kg4 Rh4+ $11 26. Kxg5
$4 Bf6+ 27. Kf5 e6#) (18... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 (19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rf2 b5 21.
Bb3 $14) 19... gxf4 (19... Qc7 $2 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. fxg5 Rag8 22. Kh1 $18) 20.
Bxf4 Rc8 21. Bb3 e6 22. Qd3 Qg8+ $11) 19. Be3 {A good solid move, but White
could also call Black's bluff and play} (19. Bc6 Qh8 20. Qe2 $1 {a move I
underestimated during the game} Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 (21... Nf6 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14)
22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Be6 $1 $16 {, and White is better due to the threats of 24.
Bg4 and 24.f4}) (19. f4 $6 {Ftacnik} g4 $1 (19... Qh8 20. fxg5+ Ke8 21. Be3
Rxh2 22. Qf3 $16) 20. Be3 (20. Bc6 $6 Qh8 21. Be3 Rd8 $15) 20... Nf6 $11) ({
Pas encore} 19. Bc2 $2 {Winants а cause de} Qh8 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2]}) 19... Nf6
20. Qd2 {Un regroupement remarquable. Svidler projette de disposer ses Tours
en g2 et f1 pour mener ensuite une attaque concentrique vers le Roi noir.} Qd6
21. Rf2 (21. Bxg5 $5 {Ftacnik} Rah8 (21... Rg8 22. Kh1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4
Qf5 25. Bc2 $16) 22. Bf4 Bh6 23. Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Be5 b5 $14) 21... Rah8 22. Rg2
$1 {It was a this moment that I realized that my position must be better-
Black has no serious play on the K-side, while White has a wide range of
targets- from g5 to a6.} (22. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Bh6 $1 23. Bxh6 (23. f4 $2 Ne4 $19
) 23... R5xh6 24. Re1 Rg8+ $132) 22... Rh3 $6 {The beginning of a suicide.
After the normal} (22... Bh6 23. Bc2 Rg8 24. Bd3 $1 {White is clearly better,
but he's not at all winning.}) (22... Nh7 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. f4 (23. Bc2 e5)
23... g4 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rg2 Ne4 26. Qe2 b5 27. Bb3 e6 $14) 23. Rf1 R8h4 $2 {
[#]} (23... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 24. Bc2 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4
28. Rxf4+ $16) 24. Bc2 $18 {And suddenly it's all over. There is no defense
against 25.Bf5 or 25.Bxg5 Décisif. Les Blancs menacent de gagner la qualité
via 25.Ff5, alors que toutes leurs pièces sont prêtes pour entamer les
hostilités.} (24. Bxg5 $5 {Ftacnik} Bh6 (24... Nh5 25. Bxh4 Rxh4 26. Qg5 $1
Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Ng3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Rh7+ $18) 25. Bxh6 (25. f4
Ne4 26. Qe2 Bxg5 27. fxg5+ Kg7 $14) 25... Rxh6 26. Re1 e6 27. Bc2 $16) 24...
Nh5 {Deux variantes pour illustrer le potentiel du Bc2:} (24... e6 25. Bxg5 Bh6
26. Bxh6 (26. f4 {Winants} Rh5 27. Bd1 $18) 26... Rxh6 27. Qg5 Rxh2 28. Qg7+
Ke8 29. Bg6+ Kd8 30. Qxf6+ Kc8 31. f4 $18) (24... g4 {Ftacnik} 25. fxg4 Qe6 26.
Bg5 Rxg4 27. Bf5 $18) (24... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bf5 $16) 25. Bf5 Nf4 (25... e5 {
Ftacnik} 26. Bxh3 exd4 27. Bxg5 Rxh3 28. Qd3 $18) 26. Bxh3 (26. Bxf4 {was also
good:} Qxf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Rd2 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rxh2 $16 {, but I did not
want to trade queens.}) 26... Nxh3+ (26... Nxg2 {Ftacnik} 27. Kxg2 $18) (26...
Rxh3 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxg5 $18) 27. Kh1 {Les dés sont jetés. Il suivit encore:}
Qf6 (27... Bf6 28. Rg4 Rh5 29. f4 $18) (27... e5 {Ftacnik} 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29.
Bxg5 $18) 28. Rg3 $1 (28. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Bxd4 $16)
28... Qf5 (28... Nf4 29. Rg4 $18) 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 (29... Rxd4 30. Qg2 Nxg5 31.
Rxg5 Qf6 (31... Qh7 {Winants} 32. Rg1 Bf6 33. Rh5 $1 Qg7 (33... Qxh5 34. Qg8#)
34. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qf8 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. Qc6+ Kf5 37. Rh5+ Kf4 38. Qc1+
Kxf3 39. Rg3+ Ke2 40. Re3+ Kf2 41. Qe1#) 32. Rg1 $18) 30. Rxg5 Qh3 {Black
would be able to hope for a serious counterplay, if not for the weakness of
his own king. Schwarz konnte hofen um ein riesiges Gegenspiel, aber sein
eigener Koenig ist zu schwach.} (30... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 31. Rxd5 $18) 31. Rg2 $18
{There's no hope left for Black.} Bf6 (31... Rxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxg7+ Kf8
33. Qg2 $18) (31... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 32. Qd3 e6 33. Qxa6 $18) 32. Qd3 Rxd4 (32...
e6 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxa6 Bxd4 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. Rc1 $18) 33. Qg6+ (33. Qxa6 {
Ftacnik} Rb4 34. Qa8 $18) 33... Ke6 34. Qe8 Rc4 (34... Kd6 {Ftacnik} 35. Qb8+
Kc6 36. Qa8+ Kb5 37. a4+ $1 Ka5 38. b4+ Rxb4 39. Qxd5+ $18) 35. Qd8 $1 {
Cutting off the King. Le plus précis. La menace est 36.Te1} Qf5 (35... Rc6 {
Ftacnik} 36. Re1+ Be5 37. f4 $18) 36. Re1+ Be5 (36... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 37. Qg8#)
37. Qb8 {And in view of inevitable 38.Rxe5 Qxe5 39.Rg6 Kf5 40.Rg5 Black
resigned.} (37. Qb8 $1 {Ftacnik} b5 ({Si} 37... Kf6 {Winants} 38. Qh8+ Ke6 39.
Rxe5+ Qxe5 40. Rg6+) 38. Rxe5+ Qxe5 39. Rg6+ Kf5 40. Rg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
b5 $5 9. d4 (9. Re1 a5 10. Bc2 b4 $15 {0-1 Sabjanov,R-Guliev,L/Kstovo 1994/CBM
42 ext (38)}) 9... cxd4 $146 (9... Qb6 $5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5
13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qxb5 Rab8 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. b3 Rc6 18. Bb2 Rb8
19. Rac1 Rcc8 20. Ba3 Rd8 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 Rxd6 23. Na4 Bg4 24. Rd3 Bxf3
25. Rxf3 Nc6 26. Rd3 g6 27. a3 Kg7 28. Kf1 Na5 29. Nc5 Rc6 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Re7
Nc6 32. Rc7 Re8 33. b4 Rb8 34. Nd7 Re8 35. b5 Nd8 36. Ne5 a6 37. Rf3 Kg8 38.
Nxf7 Rde6 39. g3 axb5 40. Nxd8 Rxd8 41. Rff7 h5 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rgd7 Rxd7 44.
Rxd7 Ra6 45. Rxd5 Rxa3 46. Rxb5 Kg7 47. h4 Rd3 48. Rb4 Kf6 49. Ke2 Ra3 50. Rb5
Ke6 51. Re5+ Kf6 52. Re3 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Rd2 54. Re4 Kf5 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Ke3 Rd1
57. f3 Re1+ 58. Kf4 Rd1 59. Re4 Rd3 60. g4 Kf7 61. gxh5 gxh5 62. Kg5 Kg7 63. f4
Rg3+ 64. Kxh5 Kf6 65. Re5 {1-0 De Armas,A-Ulloa,Y/Caibarien 2002/EXT 2003 (65)}
) 10. cxd4 a5 $5 11. e5 (11. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 12. Qxc6 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 $19) 11...
dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 (12... Nd5 $5) 13. Rd1 (13. Bc2 $1 {(/\Qe4)} Qc7 $5 (13...
Nc5 14. Be3 $1) (13... Bb7 14. a3 (14. Rd1 Nb4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd5 $11)
14... Qc7 (14... b4 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qe4 $14) 15. Bf4 b4 16. Rc1 Rfd8 (16... Nc5
) 17. Nbd2 Nc5 18. Qe3 $14 Ba6 (18... bxa3 19. bxa3 $14) 19. Bg5 Rac8 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb7 22. axb4 axb4 23. h4 Qd7 24. Rc4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Ne7 26. Rxc8
Qxc8 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Ra7 Qd5 29. Rxe7 Rf8 30. Rc7 Qa2 31. Qc5 {1-0 McShane,
L-Sebag,M/Malmo SWE 2003/The Week in Chess 456 (31)}) 14. Nc3 (14. Bf4 b4 $13)
14... Ba6 (14... b4 15. Nb5 $14) (14... Ndxe5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. a4 $14) 15. Nxb5
Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Ndxe5 (16... Ncxe5) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Bb1 Bf6 $132 {
/^a1-h8, ><b2} (19... Rfd8)) 13... b4 $1 {[פb1]} 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bf4 (15. Bg5
Re8 $5 $11 {><e5}) 15... Ba6 16. Qe4 (16. Qe3 $5) 16... g6 17. Nbd2 Rfd8 18.
Rac1 Nc5 19. Qe3 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 (20... Bxd3 21. Nb3 {/\Nfd4}) 21. Qe4 Rd5 $1
22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11 25. Be3 (25. Qa6 Qd7) 25... Qd7
26. Kf1 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Bf8 (28... Kg7) 29. b3 Bg7 30. Bf4 (30. Bb2
Bh6 (30... h6)) 30... h6 31. h4 Ne7 32. Be3 Nd5 33. Bd4 (33. Bd2 $11) 33...
Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Qb7 $5 (34... Nd5 $11) 35. Bb2 g5 $5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bc1 Qd7 $5
(37... Ng6 38. Bxg5 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 38. Bxf4 (38. Qc2 Qb5+ (38... Nd3
39. Bxg5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 39. Qc4 Qxc4+ (39... Qd7 $11) 40. bxc4 Nd3 41.
Bxg5 a4 $15) 38... Qd1+ 39. Ne1 gxf4 40. Qc8+ $6 (40. Qxf4 Qa1 41. Qg5 Qxa2 (
41... Qxe5 42. Qxe5 Bxe5 43. Ke2 $11) 42. Qd8+ Kh7 (42... Bf8 43. Qg5+ $11) 43.
Qd3+ $11) 40... Bf8 41. Qa8 (41. Qc7 Qd4 42. Qxa5 {- 41.Qa8}) 41... Qd4 $1 42.
Qxa5 Bc5 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qf3 Qxe5 $15 {[+]} 45. Qg4+ (45. Qd1 Bd6 $15) 45...
Kf8 46. Qd1 Bd6 47. Nf3 Qb5+ 48. Kg1 $6 {[עg1]} (48. Qe2 $142 $15) 48... Ke7
49. Qc2 (49. Qd4 Qa5 50. Qd2 $15) 49... Qd5 $1 {[+]} 50. Kf1 e5 51. Ng5 $2 (51.
Nd2 f5 {[+]}) 51... f5 $1 52. Nf3 e4 53. Nd2 Be5 $17 54. Nc4 Bc3 55. Qc1 (55.
Ke2 f3+ $1 56. gxf3 (56. Kf1 f4 $19) 56... exf3+ 57. Kf1 f4 $19) 55... Qd4 $5 (
55... Kd8 $5 56. Qc2 $17 (56. a4 $2 bxa3 57. Nxa3 Bb2 $19) (56. Kg1 e3 $1 57.
fxe3 fxe3 58. Nxe3 $2 Qd4 $19)) 56. Kg1 (56. a4 bxa3 57. Qxa3+ Kd7 $17) 56...
e3 57. Qf1 $8 (57. Qc2 Be1 $1 58. fxe3 fxe3 59. Kf1 Bd2 60. Nxd2 exd2 61. Ke2
Qg4+ 62. Kxd2 Qxg2+ 63. Kc1 Qxc2+ 64. Kxc2 Kd6 $19) 57... Kf6 (57... Qe4 $5 58.
Qe2 Bd4 $17 (58... Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Be1 60. Qh5 $11) (58... Kf6 {- 57...Kf6})) 58.
Qe2 Qe4 59. Kh2 Bd4 60. fxe3 fxe3 61. Kg1 (61. a4 bxa3 62. Nxa3 Be5+ 63. Kg1
Qh4 $19) 61... Kg5 $6 $138 (61... Qh4 $22 62. a4 bxa3 63. Nxa3 Be5 64. g4 Qg3+
65. Kf1 Qh3+ 66. Ke1 Bc3+ 67. Kd1 Qh1+ 68. Kc2 Bd2 69. b4 Qc1+ 70. Kb3 Qc3+ 71.
Ka2 f4 $19) 62. a3 $6 (62. Kf1 $17) 62... Qb1+ $2 (62... Qc2 $1 63. Kf1 (63.
Qxc2 e2+ 64. Kh2 e1=Q 65. g3 (65. Qd2+ Qxd2 66. Nxd2 bxa3 $19) 65... Qg1+ 66.
Kh3 bxa3 67. Nxa3 Bf2 $19) 63... Qxb3 64. axb4 f4 65. Na5 (65. Nd6 Qb1+ 66. Qe1
Qh7 67. Ke2 Qg6 $19) 65... Qb1+ 66. Qe1 Qh7 67. Ke2 Qc2+ 68. Kf3 (68. Kf1 Bc3
$19) 68... Bc3 69. Qe2 Qf5 $19) 63. Kh2 $138 bxa3 (63... Qxb3 64. axb4 Qxb4 65.
g3 $17) 64. Nxa3 Qxb3 (64... Be5+ 65. g3 Qe4 66. Nc2 Qh4+ 67. Kg1 Qxg3+ 68. Kf1
$17) 65. Nc2 Qb2 (65... Qc3 66. Ne1 $17) 66. Qd3 (66. Qc4 $142 $17) (66. g3 $17
) 66... Bb6 67. Qe2 $2 (67. Qc4 $17) 67... Qh8+ $1 68. Kg1 Qh4 $19 69. Na3 (69.
g4 Qxg4+ 70. Qxg4+ (70. Kf1 Qe4 71. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 72. Kxg2 Kg4 73. Ne1 e2 $19)
70... Kxg4 $19 (70... fxg4 $19)) (69. g3 Qxg3+ $19) 69... Qf4 $6 (69... Qa4 $1
70. Nc2 (70. Nc4 Qd1+ 71. Qxd1 e2+ $19) (70. Nb5 Qd1+ $19) 70... Qxc2 71. Qxc2
e2+ 72. Kh2 e1=Q $19) 70. Nc4 (70. Nc2 Ba7 71. g3 $8 (71. Kh1 Qf2 $19) (71. Na3
Qa4 $19) 71... Qxg3+ $19) 70... Bc5 71. Kh1 (71. Nb2 Bd6 72. g3 Qxg3+ 73. Kf1
Qh3+ 74. Kg1 Qg4+ 75. Kf1 Qe4 $19) 71... Qg4 72. Qxg4+ Kxg4 73. Kh2 e2 74. Ne5+
Kf4 75. Nf3 Bf2 76. Kh1 Kg3 77. Ng1 Bxg1 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
e5 9. d4 $6 {This move looks strategically wrong- white is still undeveloped
but he opens the center by d4 move.} cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11...
Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 d5 (13... Rb8 $5 $15 {[%csl Rb2]}) 14. exd5 Rxe1 15.
Qxe1 Nxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Wang Wenhao-Genov,P/Antwerpen 1992/CBM 30 ext (66)}) 12.
Qxd4 Re8 13. Bg5 {This attempt to simplify position is quite risky as it is
proved in the 13...Bxf6 line. 13.Qd3 looks better than 13.Bg5, but black has
chances for better play there too.} (13. Qd3 d5 (13... Bf5 14. Nc3 d5 $15) 14.
e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 (15... Qb6 $5 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Nxd5 Qxe5 18. Rac1 $44 {
[%cal Gd5c7]}) (15... Rxe5 16. Bf4 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. Qxc3 d4 17. Qg3 Qb6 (
17... Bf5 $142 $15) 18. Bd3 Be6 {0-1 Savic,M-Pogonina,N/Halkidiki GRE 2000/The
Week in Chess 310 (41)}) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $146 {Black is better on
forthcomin ending, but it was better to stay in the middlegame trying to use
backwardness of white in development.} (14... Bxf6 15. Qd2 d5 $1 16. Nc3 dxe4
17. Nxe4 (17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxe4 Bf5 $17) 17... Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ (18. Nxd2 Be6 $1
$17) 18... Kf8 19. Rxe8+ Kg7 20. Re2 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Bazant,P-Calzetta Ruiz,M/
Olomouc 2000/CBM 77 ext (41)}) 15. Qxf6 (15. Qa4 Bxh3 $5 (15... Be6 16. Nc3 Qg5
$15) 16. gxh3 Qg5+ 17. Bg2 Bxb2 18. Na3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 a6 $13) 15... Bxf6 16.
Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gc3d5]} Bxc3 17. bxc3 {[%mdl 16] Black is better because of
the pawn structure- a2 and c3 pawns of white are weaknesses, d6 of black is
weak as well, but it is very easy to protect it. C-semi open file will be used
for black rooks to create a pressure on c3.} Be6 (17... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 18.
Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]}) 18. Reb1 Re7 19. a4 Rc8 20. Ra3 (20. Rd1 $5) 20... Rc5 21.
Rb5 Rec7 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 $15 {Black reasonably keeps c-file open.} (22... dxc5
23. f4 $11 {[%cal Gg1f2]}) 23. a5 g5 24. f3 Kg7 25. Kf2 f5 26. Ke3 f4+ (26...
fxe4 27. fxe4 {[%cal Ge3d4] white will be safe by moving the king to d4.} (27.
Kxe4 Re5+ 28. Kd4 Re1 $15 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3]})) 27. Kd4 Kf6 {Here I missed a plan
to transfer the king to g3, which could give me winning chances.} (27... Kg6 $1
{[%cal Gg6h5,Gh5h4,Gh4g3]} 28. a6 b6 29. Ra4 Kh5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh4g3,Yh6h5,
Yg5g4] The following plan is Kh5-g4-g3 and h5, g5-g4 then.} 30. Bc4 $140 b5)
28. c4 Bd7 29. Bd3 Bc6 30. Ra1 h5 {It cuts off the last winning chance of
black- the transfer of black king to g3 via h5, but even there white has a way
to defend.} (30... Re5 31. Bc2 Kg6 32. Kc3 Kh5 33. a6 b6 34. Rd1 Re6 35. Bb3 {
[%cal Gc4c5]} Rf6 36. Kd4 $132 {[%cal Ge4e5] and white gets countechances by
e4-e5 break.} (36. Kb4 $5 {[%cal Gb3a4]})) 31. Be2 Re5 32. Bd3 Rc5 33. Be2 a6
34. Bd3 Re5 35. Bc2 Rc5 36. Bd3 Re5 37. Bc2 Bd7 38. Bd3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 $6 {I got 45 min late to
this game and played my first moves very fast but carelesly, and actually was
very lucky not to lose this game right in the opening!} (4... Nc6 5. c3 g6 {
This way is more recommended for black that the one in the game :-)}) 5. e5
Bxf3 $2 {Inviting disaster; This wasn't too late to get some decent position
by 5...d5} (5... d5 $142 6. Bb3 (6. Bb5+ Nfd7) 6... Ng8 $14 {Some weird hibrid
of Caro CCann and French... but probably this can't be very bad for black;} 7.
Nbd2 {Psakhis} Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 e6 10. O-O Nge7 11. c3 d4 12. Bg5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Ennenbach,R-Wellner,E/Gocher op 1996 (38)}) 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Qxb7 {
Black position is crushed for pieces;} Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qc8 (8... e6 9. Nb5) 9. Qf3
{Also the ending is no fun for black, but in the middlegame black suffers even
worser;} (9. Qxc8+ Rxc8 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 $16) 9... e6 (9... a6 {Psakhis} 10.
Nd5 $5 Ra7 11. O-O e6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. a4 h6 15. a5 Qa8 16. Qg3
$36 {Speckner,R-Hartmann,W/Oberliga Bayern9899 1999/0-1 (49)}) 10. g4 {
Eduardas tries to play creatively, and prefers this aggresive move to safe 10.
0-0; I believe most of you would choose the 2nd way; Psakhis: 'White had many
quiet moves at his disposal but he decided the time has come to change the
course of events.'} (10. O-O Be7 $16 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 10... Nb6 {Black needs d7
for the other knight- g4-g5 was very annoying threat for black;} (10... h6 {
Psakhis} 11. h4 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. a4 a6 $2 {Simply loses one
tempo;} (12... Rb8 13. Bc6 (13. a5 $140 Nd5) 13... Be7 14. a5 Na8 {semilar to
the game, but with one extra tempo for black;}) 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. a5 Na8 {
Psakhis: 'White has an obvious advantage - both in the centre and in
development, but black's position is still a hard nut to crack.'} 15. Ne4 (15.
h4 $5 {Psakhis} Be7 16. g5 O-O 17. h5 $36) 15... Be7 16. g5 O-O {Only good
news for black so far is that black is much better developed!} 17. Rg1 Kh8 (
17... Nc7 18. Qh5 Nd5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rg3 g6 21. Qh6 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng5
$40) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qh5 $6 {Gives black a chance to mobilize pieces;} (19.
Rg3 $142 Nc7 (19... c4 20. Rh3 cxd3 21. Nf6 $1 $18) 20. Nf6 (20. Rh3 Nd5 21.
Qh5 h6) 20... Bxf6 (20... gxf6 21. Rh3 $1 {and mate in few;}) 21. gxf6 g6 22.
Bh6 Rg8 (22... Rfc8 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Rh3 $18 {[%cal Gh3h7]}) 23. Rh3 (23. Bg7+
Rxg7 24. fxg7+ Kxg7 25. b3 Qd4 $132) 23... Qd5 24. Bg7+ Rxg7 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26.
Rxh7+ (26. O-O-O Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Rb5 $11) 26... Kxh7 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qxc7 Rxb2
29. Ra4 e4 {crazy line, white still keeps some advantage here too, but black
is alive!}) 19... Nc7 20. Rg3 Nd5 21. b3 (21. Rh3 h6 22. gxh6 g6 23. Qxe5+ f6
24. Qg3 e5 25. b3 Kh7 {and the fight is on!}) 21... Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rh3
h6 24. Ra4 (24. gxh6 g6 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Qxf4 e5 27. Qg3 Kh7 {white is up 2
pawns, but black has a counterplay always;}) 24... Rb4 $1 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26.
gxh6 g6 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qxf4 e5 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. Rg3 Rc8 $2 {Both players
missed 31.h4 idea in a mutual time-trouble;} (30... Qd4 $5 31. Qxd4 exd4 {
[%cal Gf6f5] and it seems like this endings is just safe for black;}) 31. Qe2
$2 {White forgives black this time!} (31. h4 $1 $16 Rxc2 $140 32. h5 g5 33.
Nxg5+ fxg5 34. Qe4+ $18) 31... f5 {Now black is on top!} 32. Ng5+ (32. Nd2 Rxc2
33. Qxe5 Bd6 34. Qd4 Qc7 $17) 32... Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c2,Gc6h1]} (
33... Qd4 34. Kf1 Qb2 $15) 34. Rg3 (34. Rg1 Qc3+ 35. Kf1 Rc5 36. Rg3 Qxc2 37.
Qf3 Rc7 {[%cal Gc2c6] and white is going to suffer here alot;}) 34... Qh1+ 35.
Kd2 Qa1 36. d4 $2 {One more mistake, this time decisive one;} (36. Re3 Qb2 37.
Qd1 Qc3+ 38. Ke2 Qxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kd1 Rc5 41. d4 $1 exd4 42. Re7+ Kxh6
43. Rb7 Rxa5 44. Rxb4 Rb5 (44... Rd5 $17) 45. Rxd4 Rxb3 $17) 36... e4 $1 $19 {
White king is a target!} (36... Qxd4+ 37. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3d7]}) 37. d5 {Despair;}
(37. Qd1 Qxd4+ 38. Ke1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Rc5 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Rh6]}) 37... Qb2 38.
Qd1 (38. Ke3 Qc3+ 39. Kf4 Qc7+ $19) 38... Rc5 39. Ke3 Rxc2 40. d6 Qc3+ {
The fastest.} 41. Kf4 Rxf2+ 42. Kg5 Qe5 {42...Qh8 is as same good as Qe5;} 0-1

[Event "Breda m"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Har Zvi,R} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 Nc6 (8... O-O {Har Zvi,R} 9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5
11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne6 $14 {Kindermann,S-Ernst,Th/
Thessaloniki (ol)/1988/}) 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 (11. e5 $2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 $15) (11. Qe2 $2 Nc5 12. Qxc4 b5 $17) (11. Bg5 Nc5 12.
Nbd2 Nd3 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... b5 $2 12. a4 Nc5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Nd4 $16) 12.
Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 (14. b4 $6 Nxa4 $5 (14... Nce4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16.
Qd3 b5) 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Nb6 bxa4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe7 Nb6 $17) 14... Qd8 15.
Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. b4 $5 Na6 (16... Ne4 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Bd2 $14) 16... Ne5
$1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Anand,V/Dortmund
1996/CBM 54/[Dolmatov] (45)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 (10... O-O {Har Zvi,R} 11.
Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6
18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qd1 b5 $36 {Sepp,O-Rytshagov,M/Vilnius zt ;CBM 35 1993/1/2-1/2
(72)}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 $5 (12. Nbd2 $6 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 {Har Zvi,R}
O-O 14. Rc1 (14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4
Rfe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Ng4 Bf8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kuijf,
M-Fedorowicz,J/OHRA-B 1990/CBM 20 (42)}) (14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1 Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8
17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4 19. Ra3 Qc2 20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rxa7 $11 {Vajda,
S-Bigaliev,R/Budapest FS06 IM (08) ;EXP 52 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 14... e6 15. Bg5
h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op 1990/EXP 19}) 13...
O-O 14. b3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Timman-van Wely Wijk aan Zee 1998}) (12. Re2 {Har Zvi,
R} Rc8 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Bxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bh6 Qd6 21. g3 $16 {1-0 Hebden,M-Conquest,S/Dhaka 1995/CBM
48 (43)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4 $1 {und Weiss fängt schon an am
Königsflügel.} (14. Bf4 {Har Zvi,R} Rac8 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18.
exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rae1 Rcc8 22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4
Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62}) 14...
Rac8 $6 (14... Nd8 {und Se6 war besser}) (14... f6 $5 {Har Zvi,R}) 15. h5 Na5
16. Ng5 Rc6 (16... Rxc3 $2 {Har Zvi,R} 17. Bd2 Ra3 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Nc4
(19... Rf7 20. Bb4) 20. Bb4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 17. e6 fxe6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Rf6
(19... Nc4 {Har Zvi,R} 20. Qh4 Rf5 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nf3 $1 $36) (19... Rf5 {
Har Zvi,R} 20. Qh4 Kf8 21. Bf4 $36 (21. g4 Rf6 22. Nh7+ Kg8 23. Nxf6+ exf6 $44
{[%csl Rc3,Rg1]} 24. g5 Qf7)) 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nh3 (22. Nf3 Rxf3
23. gxf3 e5 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kf7 $44) (22. Nf3 $5 {Har Zvi,R: To me this
seems as a more natural move, the knight controls the "e5" square with stroong
initiative foor white here,but the moove in the game is moore sharp with
immediate ideas of Nf4 and Bg5...}) 22... Qd6 $1 {Ein fantastische
Verteidigungszug, wonach Schwarz in der Partie bleibt.} 23. Bg5 Rf5 24. f4 (24.
Qxg6 Rf7 {und jetz kann Weiss e5 nicht mehr stoppen.} (24... Rf7 {Har Zvi,R}
25. Bh4 e5)) (24. g4 Rf3 (24... Rxg5 $2 25. Nxg5 Qf4 26. Qxg6 (26. Nxe6+ $4
Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxg4+ $19) 26... Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 25. Kg2 Rxc3 26. Bh6 Bxh6 27.
Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Nf4 Kd7 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 $44 {und mit Tc2 wird
Schwarz sehr aktiv}) (24. Bh6 $5 {Har Zvi,R this move certainly leads into a
pleasent position foor white,but it seems Timman wanted more than that,not
clear if this was a right decision} Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qxg6+ (26. Ng5 $2 e5
) 26... Kd7 27. Rab1 b6 28. Re2 $36) 24... Nd2 25. Re3 (25. Bh6 {Har Zvi,R}
Bxh6 26. Qxh6+ Ke8 27. Qxg6+ Kd7 $13 {now this is a much worse version foor
white than immediately Bh6 without f4}) 25... Rxc3 {Schwarz muss sich beeilen
mit seinem Gegenspiel the begining of a serious forced mooves} (25... Ne4 $5 {
Har Zvi,R}) 26. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Bxc3 28. Qxg6 $1 ({verlockend war} 28. Rc1 {
aber nach} Qa3 29. Rc2 Qb4 30. Qxg6 Qb1+ 31. Ng1 Rxg5 32. fxg5 Ne4 $3 $19 {
hat Weiss keine Verteidigung mehr!}) 28... Bg7 29. Rc1 Nc4 (29... Qd7 {Har Zvi,
R} 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Ke8 32. Ng5 Rxg5 33. fxg5 $18) 30. Re1 Rf7 31. Rxe6
Qa3 ({auch mit der schwarzen Dame in der Verteidigung hätte es wahrscheinlich
keine Rettung gegeben:} 31... Qc7 32. Bh4 (32. Qh7 $5 {[%cal Gg5h6] Har Zvi,R}
Ke8 $8 33. Bxe7 $5 (33. f5 $5 {this seems as a very dangerous move for black})
33... Rxe7 34. Qxg7 Ne3 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {/+/=}) (32. Bxe7+ Rxe7
33. Ng5 Ne3 34. Nh7+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ $11) 32... Nd6 33. Bxe7+ (33. Ng5 Rxf4 34.
Bg3 Qc4 35. Re3 $16) 33... Rxe7 34. Rxd6 $16) (31... Qd7 {Har Zvi,R} 32. Bh6
Bxh6 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Qg6 $1 Qc7 $1 (34... Qc8 35. Ng5 Nd6 36. Kh2 $1 Qc4 37.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qxd6+ $36) 35. Ng5 Qxf4) (31... Qb4 $5 {Har Zvi,R})
32. Bh4 Ne3 (32... Kg8 {Har Zvi,R} 33. Ng5 $1 Rxf4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Re1 $1 Rf6
(35... Ke8 36. g3 (36. Ne6)) 36. Ne6+ Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh3
$1 $18 Ne3 40. Bxe7+ Kf7 41. Rf6+) (32... Qb2 {Har Zvi,R} 33. Ng5 Rxf4 34. Nh7+
Kg8 35. Bf6 $3 Qc1+ (35... Rxf6 36. Nxf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 exf6 38. Qe8+ $18) 36.
Kh2 Rg4 37. Qxg4 exf6 38. Nxf6+ Kf7 39. Nxd5 $18) 33. Ng5 Qc1+ $2 {Har Zvi: it
is very difficult to believe but this move is a decisive mistake! after 33...
Rxf4 the game would have probably ended with a draw but now black is lost} ({
Hartneckiger wäre gewesen} 33... Rxf4 34. Nh7+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ exf6 $1 (35... Rxf6
$2 36. Bxf6 $18 (36. Bxf6 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh3 $18)) 36. Re8+ Qf8 37.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bg3 Rf1+ (38... Re4 {Har Zvi: when the position is about equal,
and draw is probably the result here}) 39. Kh2 Nf5 40. Bb8 $1 $16 {und Schwarz
steht immer noch schlecht wegen seiner schlechten Figurenkoordination.}) 34.
Kh2 Ng4+ (34... Nf1+ {Har Zvi,R} 35. Kh3 Rxf4 (35... Qc3+ 36. Kg4 Nh2+ 37. Kh5
$18) 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Rxf6 38. Bxf6 $18) (34... Rxf4 {Har Zvi,R} 35. Nh7+
(35. Rf6+ Rxf6 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nxf6+ exf6 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ $11) 35... Kg8
36. Nf6+ Rxf6 37. Bxf6 Ng4+ (37... Nf5 38. Rxe7 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 $18) 38. Qxg4 exf6
39. Re8+ Kh7 (39... Kf7 $4 40. Qh5#) 40. Qh5+ Qh6 (40... Bh6 41. Re7+) 41.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 42. Re7 $18) 35. Kh3 Rxf4 36. Re1 Qc3+ 37. g3 Rf6 (37... Qxe1 {
Har Zvi,R} 38. gxf4 Qf1+ 39. Kxg4 $18) (37... Nf2+ {Har Zvi,R} 38. Kg2 Nd3 (
38... Qxe1 39. Ne6+ Qxe6 40. Qxe6 $18) 39. Re2 $18) (37... Nh6 {Har Zvi,R} 38.
Rc1 $1 Rxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Qd4+ 40. Kh3 Qg4+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kh1 $18) 38. Nh7+ Kg8
39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxe7 Qc8+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch60 Championnat"]
[Site "Clermont Ferrand"]
[Date "1985.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Meinsohn, Francis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Villeneuve,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1985.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {F.MEINSHONN a joué cette 3ème ronde en n'ayant pas terminé sa partie
de la ronde 2 contre BRICARD qui avait été ajournée а plusieurs reprises. Au
surplus le dénouement grotesque de sa partie ajournée a du affecté le moral de
F.meinshonn} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {L'attaque indienne est souvent joué par J.L
SERET qui aime les systèmes rampants.} Nc6 4. g3 d6 {le fianchetto roi est
plus souvent joué car il est plus actif mais le système joué par le lyonnais
est trés solide.} (4... g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 {La grande ligne}) 5.
Bg2 {(16)} Be7 $5 {(3) Un ordre de coups assez souple: Les noirs peuvent
transposer dans la variante principale Nf6 au coup suivant mais ils ont aussi
une option supplémentaire Bf6 et Nge7} (5... Nf6) (5... g6) 6. O-O Nf6 (6...
Bf6 {[%csl Gd4] Interessant mais lent.} 7. c3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1) 7. Nc3 {
Retombe finalement sur une sicilienne fermée} (7. Re1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f1,Gc2c3]
}) (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. a4 {[%cal Gd2c4]} a6 11. e5 $5) 7...
O-O 8. Re1 Rb8 $146 (8... a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] Préféré par le jeune Garry} 9. h3 {
[%cal Gg3g4,Gf3h2,Gh2g4];Yermolinsky,A-Kasparov,G Leningrad 0-1}) 9. Bf4 {
[%cal Gf4b8] (36)} Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5] (8)} 10. Be3 {(49)} b5 {(14)} 11. a3 a6
12. d4 $5 {L'ouverture des blancs n'est pas trés convaincante} cxd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. Qe2 {(1h10)} Bb7 $11 {(23) La position noire est trés
solide mais les noirs ont joué trés vite comme d'habitude} 16. Rad1 Rfc8 $36 (
16... Ne5 $132 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) 17. f4 {(26)} Nb6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb6c4,
Gc4b2,Gc4a3] (31)} 18. Rf1 {Le signe que la partie ne tourne pas rond pour les
blancs qui manquent de plan} Nc4 19. Na2 (19. Rb1 e5 20. Bf2 Nxa3 $17) 19... e5
$1 20. Bc3 {(46)} Qc5+ {(37)} 21. Kh1 Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d1,Ge3f1,Ge3g2]} 22. Bb4
Qb6 23. fxe5 {(2h)} Rxc2 $40 {(41) joué а tempo et il y a 1h20 d'écart entre
les deux adversaires} 24. Qf3 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 {(2h08)} Rxb2 {(56)} 26. exd6 {
(2h10)} Bf6 $19 {(1h) F.MEINSHONN ne note plus le temps de réflexion ensuite.}
27. Nc1 a5 28. Be1 Rd8 29. Qf4 Bd4 30. Nd3 Re2 31. Bf3 Ra2 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33.
Qxe5 Qe3 34. Qf4 Qxa3 35. Bg2 Ra1 {Je recifie le score qui était érroné dans
la base précédente et c'est bien les noirs qui ont gagné. C'était d'ailleurs
une petite surprise dans ce tournoi et le lyonnais prenait la tête du tournoi
après cette 3ème ronde.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {Wie im Sizilianer mit 2.c3 beabsichtigt Weiß
mit dem späteren Vorstoß d2 (d3)-d4 das sogenannte Vollzentrum aufzubauen.} Nf6
{Durch Druckspiel gegen e4 versucht Schwarz diesen Plan zu vereiteln (4.e4?
Se4).} 4. Be2 $5 {Einer der sich mit dieser Stellung sehr ausführlich
beschäftigt hat ist der englische Großmeister Joe Gallagher. Viele der
folgenden Kommentare entnehme ich seinem hervorragenden Buch "Beating the
Anti-Sicilians", erschienen 1994 bei Batsford. Zum Partiezug gibt es übrigens
noch zwei ungefähr gleichwertige Alternativen: 4.h3 und 4.Bd3.} g6 {Die
Gefährlichkeit von 4.Be2!? zeigt sich vor allen Dingen in der Variante 4...Nc6:
} (4... Nc6 5. d4 $1 cxd4 (5... Nxe4 $4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qa4+ $18) 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7.
d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd8 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O
Qxd5 13. Rb1 e6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. Rb5 Qc6 18. Rc1
Qa6 19. Ra5 Qd3 20. Be3 d5 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Ba3 23. Qa8+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ f6
25. Qxb7+ Kd6 26. Qc7# {Basman-Stean, Hastings 1973/74}) 10. O-O e5 (10... Qxc3
$2 11. Bb5+) 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd4 Be7 (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc5 14. Re1 $1 Qxd4
15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Re8+ Kc7 17. cxd4 $16) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Rb1 a6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Re1 e5 18. Qf3+ Bf6 $2 (18... Ke8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 $40) 19.
Ba3 $3 exd4 (19... Kg8 20. Nc2) 20. Qd5 Be7 21. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kf6 23.
Bxd6 Qd7 24. Re5 $1 Re8 (24... h6 25. h4) 25. Qf3+ Kg6 26. Qh5+ Kf6 27. Qf3+
Kg6 28. Qh5+ Kf6 29. Rxe8 $1 Qxd6 30. cxd4 $18 h6 (30... Bg4 31. Qe5+) 31. h4
a5 32. Qf3+ Kg6 33. h5+ Kg5 (33... Kh7 34. Qf7) 34. Re5+ Qxe5 35. dxe5 Be6 36.
Qxb7 Rg8 37. Qe7+ Kf5 38. g4+ Kxe5 39. f4+ Kxf4 40. Qxe6 Rd8 41. Qf7+ {1-0
Hodgeson-Suba, Blackpool 1990  Interessant und weniger gefährlich als 4...Nc6
ist dagegen die Möglichkeit}) (4... Nbd7 $5 {um 5...NSe4 zu drohen, und Weiß
dadurch zu dem passivem Zug 5.d3 zu nötigen.}) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ $5 {Tarrasch
würde wohl im Grabe rotieren (Ziehe in der Eröffnung nie eine Figur zweimal!),
aber vermutlich hätte er in dieser Partie schon beim ersten schwarzen Zug die
Nase gerümpft. Torres Idee zielt darauf ab, den d-Bauernvorstoß möglichst
zielstrebig anzugehen. Nach 6.Re1 hätte Weiß diesbezüglich mit Problemen zu
kämpfen: 6...0-0 7.Bf1 Nc6 8.h3 (8.d4?! cd4 9.cd4 Bg4) e5.} Nbd7 {Eine
brauchbare Alternative ist} (6... Bd7 {z.B.} 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4
cxd4 (9... e5) 10. cxd4 e5 11. Nc3 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3 $6 d5 $1 14. exd5 e4
15. Nd2 Nb6 {mit gutem schwarzen Spiel in Preismann-Gallagher, Genf 1989}) 7.
Re1 a6 (7... O-O) 8. Bf1 Ne5 $5 {Diese Neuerung Van Welys zeugt von tiefem
strategischen Verständnis. Mittels Springertausch minimiert der Schwarze die
nachteiligen Folgen des Raumnachteils. Er schafft seinen Figuren mehr Luft und
mindert den weißen Einfluß auf das Feld d4. Im Übrigen bestand kein
unmittelbarer "Handlungsbedarf", da auch die bisherige Fortsetzung 8...0-0
durchaus befriedigte:} (8... O-O 9. d4 e5 (9... cxd4 $5 10. cxd4 b5) 10. dxe5
Nxe5 $1 11. Bg5 Qb6 $1 (11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 g5 15. Bg3
d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd6 Rfc8 19. Ne5 $14) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2
Be6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Qc6 $1 (15... Rfd8 16. a4 Rd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a5 Rad8
19. Qa4 g5 20. Bg3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rd2 22. Rab1 Nh5 23. Bd5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25.
Red1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Be5 27. f3 {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Lukin,A/Groningen op (03) ;
EXP 26 1991}) 16. Nc4 Nh5 17. Rad1 b5 $10 {Lukin,A}) 9. d4 {Die Verdoppelung
des schwarzen e-Bauern durch 9.Ne5?! kommt in solchen Stellungen nur selten in
Frage. Schwarz erhält unangenehmes Druckspiel in der d-Linie.} Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3
Nd7 $1 {Nach} (10... O-O $6 11. dxc5 {verliert die schwarze Bauernstruktur an
Flexibilität. Der Bg7 beißt nun auf Granit.} dxc5 12. a4 (12. e5 $5 Nd7 13. Bf4
)) 11. Rd1 (11. Be3 $6 Qb6) 11... O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 $6 13. Rd2 {
Idee a4-a5,Sa3-c4} (13. Na3 $5 Qxb2 14. Nc4)) 13. Nd2 b6 $1 (13... e5 $6 14.
dxc5 (14. dxe5 $2 Nxe5) 14... dxc5 15. a4) (13... b5 $6 14. a4) 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Qh3 $1 {Die Dame entzieht sich dem Einfluß des Läufers und bereitet Bh6
vor.} Rac8 $1 {Die Drohung 16...cd4 zwingt Weiß vermutlich zur Aufhebung der
Zentrumsspannung. Zu Prüfen ist allerdings das abenteuerliche 16.Nf3!?.} 16. d5
Rce8 17. Bh6 {Wenn Weiß c4 folgen lassen möchte, muß er diesen Läufer tauschen.
} e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 e5 $6 {Danach entsteht eine königsindische
Bauernstruktur. Wahrscheinlich hätte Schwarz besser daran getan, im
Benonistile fortzufahren:} (19... exd5 20. exd5 (20. cxd5 $6 f5 21. exf5 (21.
Bd3 $6 f4) 21... Rxf5 {und es ist fraglich, ob Weiß genügend Kompensation für
den kranken Bauern d5 besitzt.}) 20... f5 21. a3 $10 (21. Nf3 $2 Nf6 22. Ng5
Bc8)) 20. Qc3 f5 21. exf5 $1 {Bei Abwesenheit des Bg7 ist diese Art der
Zentrumsbehandlung meist angebracht. Es ist beeindruckend mit welcher
Gradlinigkeit nun Adams dem unsicher stehenden gegnerischen König zu Leibe
rückt.} Rxf5 (21... gxf5 22. f4) 22. g3 $1 {Auf diese Weise wird nicht nur der
Bf1 wiederbelebt, sondern auch der Hebel f4 vorbereitet.} (22. a3) 22... Rff8 (
22... Kg8 $2 23. Bh3 Rff8 24. Be6+ Kg7 25. f4) 23. f4 Nf6 {Hier kam auch der
Sicherungszug} (23... Kg8 {in Betracht. Im Falle eines voreiligen Tausches
könnte Schwarz jetzt auf e5 mit dem Springer zurücknehmen.} 24. Re1 $1 (24.
fxe5 $2 Nxe5) (24. Bh3 $2 exf4 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. dxe6 Qc6) 24... exf4 (24...
Bc8 25. Bh3) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. gxf4 {Es ist nun für Schwarz ziemlich schwierig
seine Königsstellung zu sichern und den Lb7 wieder ins Spiel zu bringen.} Qd8 (
26... Nf8 27. Bg2 Qg7 28. Ne4 Qxc3 29. bxc3) (26... Bc8 27. Bg2) 27. Bh3 Nf8
28. Bg2 Bc8 29. Ne4) 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Re1 Rfe8 $6 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf3 Re8
28. Bh3 {Jetzt wird`s richtig ungemütlich für Schwarz.} h6 29. Rf1 Bc8 30. Nh4
$1 Qf7 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Ng2 $1 $18 Re8 33. Nf4 b5 34. Ne6+ Rxe6 35. dxe6 Qxe6
36. Re1 Qd7 37. Qe3 Kf7 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Qxh6 d5 40. Rf1 Qg4 41. Qe3 Qc8 42.
Qe5 Qe6 43. Qc7+ Qe7 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {T-S: offene Linien, ungleiche
B-Verteilung, Freibauernbildung, Technik} 45. Kf2 Ng4+ (45... d4 {Hecht} 46.
Kf3 c4 47. h4 Ke6 48. g4 Kd5 49. Kf4 $18) 46. Ke2 c4 (46... Nxh2 47. Rf4 g5 48.
Rf5 $18) 47. h4 b4 48. Rf4 Ne5 49. g4 Nd3 50. Rf1 Nxb2 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bergez, Luc"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Ng5 e6 7. f4 Bg7 8. f5 $6
d5 9. exd5 (9. Bb3 $5 {at least forces black to make a more obvious concession
in return for his pawn.}) 9... exd5 10. Re1+ {Just one check, As well as the
pawn, black has free development and will drive white's forces home with great
ease.} Kf8 11. Bb3 Bxf5 12. Be3 b6 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]} 13. Qf3 h6 14. Nh3 Bg4
15. Qg3 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 16. Nf4 g5 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Ng3 Nxe3
20. Rxe3 Be6 {The battle is effectively over. In the absence of further
threats, the position of the king on f8 is scarcely even an inconvenience.} 21.
h3 c4 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Ba4 a6 24. c3 b5 25. Bc2 cxd3 26. Bxd3 Ne4 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Nf5 e3 29. Nxe3 Re8 30. Nc2 Qe2 31. Nd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 h5 33. a4 Rh6
34. Nf3 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Nfd4 b4 37. Nxb4 Bxd4+ 38. cxd4 Rb6 39. Nd5 Rxb2+
40. Kg3 Rd8 41. Nf6 Rxd4 42. Nxg4 Rb3+ 0-1

