[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 (8... Na6 9. cxd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxc5 (
12... exd5 13. b4 $16) 13. Ke3 exd5 14. Rc1 b6 $14) 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 (
10... Qxc5 11. Nf3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Ne5 (12... O-O 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Bd3 h6 15.
cxd5 Qxc2+ 16. Bxc2 exd5 17. Nb3 Kf8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. f4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Ne7 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Rhd1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Obukhov,A-Balashov,Y/Kurgan (06) ,CBM 43 1994})
13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,
P-Kholmov,R/Moscow-12 1995}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 (11... Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 d4 $14) (11...
Qxc5 $5 12. b4 Qe7 $1 13. Nf3 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 $44 {|^} 15. Qe4 $6
Qf6) 13... O-O 14. b5 Qf6 (14... Nb8 15. cxd5 Rd8 16. Qc3 $1 exd5 17. Bd3 $14)
15. Rd1 (15. Rc1 {>=}) 15... Ne7 (15... Ne5 {>=} 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 $10) 16. c5 $1
a6 17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 Ra1 19. Rc1 $6 (19. Be2) 19... Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Bd7 (
20... e5 $5 21. Qb2 Ng6 22. Be2 d4 23. exd4 e4 $5 $132 (23... Nf4 $5)) 21. Bd3
e5 22. Be2 Rc8 23. O-O Ng6 {/\ Qe7} 24. Qa3 $1 d4 (24... Qe7 25. Rc1 b6 26. Qa7
$1 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. b6 $16) 25. Qa7 $1 dxe3 26. c6 $1 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,
M-Portisch,L/Reggio Emilia 49/667 1989 (56)}) 12. Bxc4 (12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1
b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. Nf3 Ke7 16. Nd2 Rhc8 17. Be2 axb6 18. O-O {1/2-1/2 Dao
Thien Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest FS FebGM (12) ,CBM 40 1994 (26)}) 12... Qxc5 13.
Rc1 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 (15. g3 Qe7) 15... Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Bd7 17. Nf3 Rc8
18. b4 $1 {This important move has given better prospects for White. 18.Rhd1
Na5! is not enough for an advantage.} Ke7 (18... Ne7 $14) 19. Be2 f6 (19...
Rhd8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Nb8 $14) 20. g4 $5 (20. Rhd1) 20... h6 $6 (20... Nb8 $1
21. g5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. gxf6+ gxf6 24. Rg1 Kf8 $1 {with only slightly
better prospects for White.}) 21. h4 a6 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 b5 (23... e5 24.
Nh4 Rhd8 25. Ng6+ Kf7 26. Bh5 $40) 24. Nh4 $1 Ke8 25. Nf5 Rxh1 $8 26. Nd6+ Kf8
27. Rxh1 Rc7 28. Ne4 (28. gxf6 $5 gxf6 29. Rh7 Kg8 30. Bd3 (30. Rf7 $1 Nd8 31.
Re7 Nc6 32. Ne8 Nxe7 33. Nxc7 Bc8 34. e4 $16) 30... f5 31. Rf7 Ra7 $1 $10)
28... fxg5 29. Nxg5 e5 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 exf4 32. exf4 Nd4 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34.
Rf7+ Ke8 35. Bh5 $14 Kd8 36. Ne4 Rc4 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Bg6 a5 $1 39. f5 axb4 (
39... Nxf5 40. Bxf5 Bxf5 (40... Rf4+ 41. Ke3 Rxf5 42. Nb7+ Bxb7 43. Rxf5 $18)
41. Nb7+ $18) 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. f6 Ne6 42. Nd3 Rc4 (42... Ra4 $1 43. Re7 Ra6 (
43... Ng5 $1 44. Re8+ Kc7 45. Re5 Ne6 46. Bf5 Kd6 47. f7 Ke7 $10) 44. Re8+ Kc7
45. f7 Bd7 46. Be4 $18) 43. Re7 Nf4 $2 (43... Nc7 $2 44. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 45. f7
$18) (43... Ng5 44. Re8+ Kc7 45. Re5 Ne6 46. Rxb5) 44. Ne5 Be6 45. Re8+ Kc7 46.
Nxc4 Bxc4 47. Bf5 Kd6 48. Bg4 Ng6 (48... b4 $18) 49. Bh5 Bf7 50. Re4 b4 (50...
Kd5 51. Ke3 $18) 51. Ke1 $1 Kd7 52. Kd2 Kd6 53. Kc1 Kd5 54. Re1 Kd6 55. Bxg6
Bxg6 56. Re7 Bf5 57. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Match Eliskases-Bogoljubow +6-3=11"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1939.01.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1939.01.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1939, S.65 Bericht, S.66-67.Partiekommentar [Bogoljubow] Spielort
der 14.Partie: Triberg} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 (12...
Re8) (12... Ng3 13. Qc3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg3 $18) 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6
Qa5+ $11 15. Nd2 d4 (15... Rab8) (15... Ng3 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxh1 18. c7
a5 19. g4 $18 {Eliskases}) 16. O-O-O (16. g4 $1 Bg6 17. f4 $18 {Eliskases} Rfe8
18. O-O-O (18. f5 d3 19. Qxd3 Rad8 20. Bc3 $1 $18 Nxc3 21. Nc4) 18... Nf2 19.
f5 Nxh1 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bg2 Nf2 23. Rf1 Nxg4 24. Bd5 $18 {
Eliskases}) 16... Ng3 $1 17. Nc4 (17. e4 dxe3 18. Nc4 Bxc2 19. Nxa5 Bxd1 20.
fxg3 e2 $19) 17... Qc7 18. hxg3 (18. e4 Bxe4 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxh1 21.
Rxh1 Qxc6 $19) 18... Bxc2 19. Kxc2 Qxc6 $15 20. e3 Qa4+ 21. Kc1 Rfb8 22. Bd3
Rb3 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Bc2 Qxc4 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxa8 d3 27. Rxa7+ Ke6 28. Ra6+
Ke7 29. Ra7+ Ke6 30. Ra6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2014.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Not a very exiciting game. Zhao Xue was ok with repeating a drawish line and
the World Champion took the opportunity to go back to her room with an easy
half a point with black.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12.
Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Rxa7 $6 (15... Ke7 $1 {is the
theoretically accurate move.}) 16. Ne2 (16. Bxc4 Bxg2 17. Bf1 {must be what
both player missed, although it is not clear how big White's advantage is even
in that endgame.} Bxh1 18. Rc8+ Ke7 19. Rxh8 Rc7 $1 $14) 16... Ke7 17. Nc3 Rb8
18. f3 Bc6 19. Nd1 Ba4 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Nd1 Ba4 22. Nc3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {This move was first used at the top
levelnby Alekhine. The idea is to force the exchange on c3, without incurring
doubled pawns. The drawback of the move is White's slight deficit in
development. The particular interest of this game is that both players have
used the line successfully in the past, and have contributed to the theory of
the line. So a couple of world experts are meeting!} d5 {The most
straightforwa rd answer. Black tries to open the centre and create
complications, as soon as possible. His king is ready to escape to the
kingside, whereas the white monarch will have to remain uncastled for some
time.} 5. a3 {White carries out the classical idea.} Bxc3+ ({If} 5... Be7 $6 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 {we reach an Exchange QGD, with White having the extremely
useful extra move a2-a3.}) 6. Qxc3 Ne4 ({A no less sharp struggle arises after
} 6... c5 7. dxc5 d4 {and now the world's grandmasters are unable to agree on
the best retreat forthe queen - c2 or g3.}) 7. Qc2 c5 {The consistent
follow-up.} 8. dxc5 Nc6 {The only way! The number of pawns does not yet play a
great role. The important thing is to bring the pieces into play as quickly as
possible. Now is an important moment - should White exchange pawns on d5 or
not? The further character of the battle will depend on this decision.} 9. cxd5
{The most aggressive, and also riskiest continuation! White opens the path of
the c8 bishop, but strengthens his extra pawn.} ({Heavy simplifications result
from} 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6
Bb7 {and Black has enough initiative for the pawn. The analyses of the leading
specialists in the line lead to a draw, on practically an empty board.}) 9...
exd5 ({Not} 9... Qxd5 $2 10. Be3 $1) 10. e3 {As can be seen, White has so far
developed only his queen. Black has both knights on good central squares, he
is ready to castle, and his bishop will soon come to f5.His development lead
threatens to assume alarming proportions. But in modern chess, such general
considerations and fierce words do not play a great role. Concrete analysis
determines everything.} Bf5 (10... Qa5+ {is now out of fashion, thanks to the
exchange sacrifice seen inKazimdzhanov-Kar pov, Spain 2007:} 11. b4 $1 Nxb4 12.
axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne2 {and whatev er the computer might say, humans
know that White's position is much easier to play.}) (10... Qf6 {was tried in
a game Carlsen-Polgar, from Wijk aan Zee 2008, but without success:} 11. f3 $1
Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18.
Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Rg1 Nc4 21. Bc1 g5 22. Nc3 O-O-O 23. e4 $1 {and the
white bishops destroyed Black.}) 11. Bd3 O-O ({As on the previous move,} 11...
Qa5+ {is again met by} 12. b4 Nxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Ne2 {For example,} Bd7 15.
f3 Ba4 16. Qb2 Qxb2 17. Bxb2 Nf6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b5 Rc8 20. Ba3 a6 21. bxa6
bxa6 22. Kd2 Bb5 23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. c6 Kd8 25. Rc1 {and Black could not
contain his opponent's initiative. Drozdovskij-Brodsky Poltava 2008}) 12. Nf3
Qa5+ 13. Nd2 ({Necessary. Now after} 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nd4 {
(which nobody has played), there follows a nice exchange of tactical blows:}
Ng3 $1 16. Nb3 $1 Qa6 $1 {with, as they say, "a complicated struggle"!}) 13...
Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxc5 16. Rc1 ({Novelty. Sasha improves on his own
play. In an earlier round at Wijk an Zee, the game Morozevich-Adams went} 16.
Bc3 d4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. O-O-O Qf5 20. e4 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. f4
Rxd4 23. fxg5 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rg4 25. g3 Rxg5 26. Rxb7 a5 {and Black equalized.})
16... Qb6 17. O-O {I like Morozevich's idea. There is harmony in his ranks.
Taking on b2 is clearly not good, since the white rook gets to b7.} Rad8 (17...
d4 {does not equalize. I would then suggest} 18. b4 {After exchanges in the
centre, White retains some initiative.}) 18. f4 {But what is this? The move
looks antipositional, weakening the square e4 and the pawn on e3. But how can
Black exploit this? maybe he can't! Meanwhile, the advance of the pawn to f4
has a concrete idea, namely to eprive the black knight on the e5 square, via
which it can get to c4 after b2-b4. So maybe my first reaction was too
emotional. Probably Sasha doid not invent this idea over the board, but found
it at home, so it needs to be taken seriously.} Rfe8 ({After} 18... d4 19. e4
$1 {the f4-pawn would be doubly useful.}) 19. b4 {Correct. The black knight is
restricted on all sides. White's play looks a bit od, but I have already said
that general cosndierations nowadays play less of a role than specifics. We
will see what transpires... Magnus is thinking hard. He has made all the
obvious moves and now needs to find a plan. One idea for White is Rf3-h3.} h6 (
{My previous note explains this move. I also looked at the direct attempt to
bring the knight to f5:} 19... Ne7 20. Rf3 Qe6 21. f5 (21. Rc7 Qb6 22. Rc1 Qe6)
21... Qe4 22. Qf1 {an then the rook will go to f4, the queen to d3, and a
complicate struggle ensues, which is hard to judge.}) ({The prospect of the
white bishop coming to c3 makes me think alos about} 19... f6 {followed by
Nc6-e7 and Qb6-e6.}) 20. h3 {Giving up on Rh3 as an idea, but making luft and
waiting to see what Black will do.} a6 ({Black also waits. Less beliigerant
grandmasters might play} 20... Ne7 21. Bc3 Nc6 $1 22. Bd2 Ne7 23. Bc3 Nc6 {
and shake hands.}) 21. Rc5 {White returns to the strategy of pressure in the
centre. Black must be tied down to the d5 pawn, reducing his conyrol over d4,
and only then will White seek a target on one flank or other.} a5 {A logical
response. The rook on c5 prevents the natural reply b4-b5, so the b4 pawn
becomes a target for Black.} 22. Rfc1 ({The centre of the battle shifts to the
queenside. Winning a pawn by} 22. Rb5 Qa6 23. bxa5 {allows the counterblow} d4
24. e4 Na7 25. Rb3 (25. a4 Nxb5 26. axb5 Qe6 {hardly offers sufficient
compensation.}) 25... Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxe4 27. Rb1 Rd7 {and Black has nothing to
complain about.}) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Re4 {Carlsen counterattacks decisively.
The b4 pawns can not escape the attention it has attracted from the black
pieces. Magnus ignores the threat to the d5 pawn, because he sees the
counter-threat against e3.} 24. Kh2 (24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxe3 $1 (25... Rxb4
{is also not bad, eg.} 26. Kh2 (26. Bxb4 $4 Qxe3+) 26... Rb1 27. Rc4 Qb3 {
again forcing exchanges.}) 26. Rc5 (26. Bxe3 $4 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxc1+) 26... Re8
27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Qe4 Qc7 29. b5 Qd6 {equalizes completely.}) 24... Rc4 $1 ({
Yet another cunning move by the Norwegian. This time, the target is the bishop
on d2, which is being x-rayed by the rook on d8. Unfortunately, barring
something remarkable, the next few moves are likely to see a total
simplification of the position. The only hope is Morozevich's unquenchable
fighting spirit! Less convincing is} 24... Nxb4 {because White does not have
to exchange minor pieces. He can play} 25. Qb3 {with an unpleasant pin.} ({or} 
25. Qb1 {I am not sure which is better.})) 25. R1xc4 ({What else can one play,
if all other moves favour Black? For example, after} 25. R5xc4 dxc4 26. Qe2 Qa6
{Black defends the c4 pawn, because of} 27. Rxc4 $2 Rxd2 $1) 25... dxc4 26. Qe2
Nxb4 27. Rxc4 ({Sasha avoids exchanges. And not without reason. After} 27. Bxb4
Qxb4 28. Rxc4 (28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 b5 $1) 28... Qe7 {the outside passed
b-pawn gives Black grounds to play for a win.}) 27... Nd3 {However, now the
knight will be very strong. With its support, the passed pawn can reach b4 or
b2. For the moment, this is still something of a dream, but grandmasters make
a living by dreaming of the distant future...} 28. Rd4 {Realising the danger,
Sasha hurries to restore the game to drawish channels. The clock times are now
0.19 - 0.49} Rxd4 ({Trying to transfer the knight to e6 can also bring
problems to Black, as White activates his pieces by} 28... Nc5 29. Bc3 {
whilst he can eliminate the e6 outpost at any moment by f4-f5.}) 29. exd4 Qxd4
({A white-square blockade by} 29... Qb5 {fails because of the bad position of
the knight:} 30. Qe4 $1 {and it cannot be brought to d5.}) 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31.
Qxf7 Qe4 ({A last attempt to impose some control. Pushing the b-pawn results
in its loss:} 31... b5 $2 32. Qf5+) 32. f5 {This counterattack saves White.}
Qe5+ ({Now} 32... b5 {is met by} 33. Bc3 {and winning the bishop leads to
perpetual:} Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxc3 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ {etc.}) ({
whilst the variation} 32... Nf4 33. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc6 {
gets nowehere because of the blow} 36. f6 $1 Qxf6 37. Qxb7) 33. Kh1 {The only
remaining question is who will give the perpetual check.} Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 (
34... Nxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qd4+ 36. Kf1 Qxd2 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ {ends in the same
perpetual.}) 35. Bf4 ({The same idea - deflecting the queen from covering e8.
But it was not yet time for the flashy} 35. Bxh6 $2 {because of} Qd4+ 36. Kh1
Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+) 35... Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Nf6 37. Bxh6 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2
Ng4+ 40. hxg4 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 $5 5. a3 (5. cxd5 exd5 (5... Qxd5 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. Nd2 $1 Bb7 10. f3 Qg5 11. e4 $14 {Sokolov,
I-Romanishin,O Barselona 1992 Inf 54/538/}) 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b4 a5 $132 {
Nogueiras,J-Sokolov,A Leningrad 1987 Inf 43/698/}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5
10. Bg3 Qa5 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 $1 15. Rb5 Qa3
16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 {Spassky,B-Fisher,R JUG 1992 Inf 55/548/} 18. Qxa5
Nxa5 19. Rb5 Nc6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Bb5 Ke7 $10) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 (7... e5 8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nd6 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. f3
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be2 f5 15. a4 $1 O-O-O $132 {Atalik,S-Kotronias,V
Mongolia 1992/}) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 (10... Qa5+ 11.
Bd2 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Rd1 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Georgiev,Kir Thessaloniki 1988; 13.Bc3!?/}) 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. b5 bxc5
14. bxc6 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. c7 Rb3 $5 17. Be5 $1 c4 18. f3 {Gurevich,
M-Franzoni,G Luzern 1989 Inf 48/742/} Ng3 $5 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. hxg3 $13) 9...
Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nd4 (10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. Bc3 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Capablanka,H AVRO 1938}) 11. Qd3 e5 12. b4 Qa4 13.
Ra2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 $5 $146 (14. cxd5 Nxc5 15. Qc3 Ncb3 16. Nxb3 Qxb3 17. Qxb3
Nxb3 18. Bd2 Be4 $10) 14... Bxe4 15. Qc3 O-O-O $5 (15... Nc2+ 16. Rxc2 Qxc2 17.
Qxc2 Bxc2 18. cxd5 $14) 16. f3 Nc2+ 17. Kf2 d4 18. Qb2 Bg6 $44 19. g3 (19. e4
$5 dxe3+ 20. Bxe3) 19... Kb8 20. Bg2 f6 21. Bd2 d3 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. e3 $6 (23.
exd3 $5) 23... Ne2 24. Rb1 Bf7 $17 25. Raa1 Rc8 (25... Bxc4 $5) 26. Qa2 b5 27.
cxb6 axb6 28. Qb3 Qd7 29. Rd1 (29. a4 $5) 29... Bxc4 30. Qb2 Qa4 31. Be1 h5 32.
Bh3 $6 h4 $1 33. gxh4 (33. Bxc8 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rh2+ 35. Kf1 Nxg3+ $19) 33...
Rxh4 34. Kg2 Rxh3 $1 $19 35. Kxh3 Be6+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Qd7
39. Rd2 Bh3+ 40. Kf2 Qf5 41. e4 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 {Die Bedeutung dieser Partie könnte
bis auf diesen Zug zurückstrahlen: Womöglich muß Schwarz wieder zu 4...0-0
oder 4...c5 greifen.} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 {Hier besteht noch
eine Alternative in Form von} (7... c5 $5) 8. e3 e5 {Die Konsequenz des
schwarzen Aufbaus, aber jetzt wird's noch forcierter.} 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4
Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 O-O {Die
ganze Variante ist schon sehr alt. Früher - in den 30er und 40er Jahren - hat
man 15...Be6 gespielt.} (15... Be6 16. d5 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 Rhf8+
19. Kg4 {! laut Sokolov,A} (19. Kg3 Rxf2 {und Weiß hat die Wahl zwischen
Taimanovs Empfehlung 20.Kh3 und 20.Ne2.}) 19... Rxf2 20. Nh3 h5+ 21. Kxh5 Rh8+
22. Kg6 Rxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Qxe3 $18 {Weiß gelang es in Lazarev,V-Sokolov,A/FRA
1998 die Partie noch zu verlieren.}) 16. Kg3 Kh8 {Das war die Verbesserung
gegenüber} (16... Bd7 {, wonach Weiß mit} 17. Nf3 Qxh1 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxe5 Rae8
20. Qf6 Rxe3+ 21. fxe3 Qe1+ 22. Qf2 Nc2 23. Qxe1 Nxe1 24. Kf2 b5 25. Be2 Nc2
26. Bd3 Nxa3 27. Bxa3 {das bessere Endspiel erhält: 1-0 Danilov,N-Peleshev,L/
Tallinn 1998/EXT 99 (51)}) (16... h6 $145 $1 $13) 17. dxe5 $3 {Und da ist die
Neuerung.} (17. Nf3 Qxh1 18. Ng5 f5 19. Qxe5 {aber die Partien ergaben kein
klares Bild.}) 17... Be6 18. Nf3 $1 {Das kostet einen Turm, aktiviert den
Springer aber mit Tempo.} Qxh1 19. Ng5 g6 20. Nxf7+ $3 {Das ist der Clou der
Neuerung im 17. Zug.} Rxf7 21. Bxe6 Rg7 ({Atalik (und Fritz) geben diese
Variante an:} 21... Rxf2 $5 22. Kxf2 Rf8+ 23. Kg3 Qe1+ 24. Kh3 Kg7 25. Bd7 Kh6
26. e6 Rf5 27. Bf6 $1 Rh5+ 28. Kg4 Rf5 29. e7 Qd1+ 30. Kh3 $18) 22. Bf7 $1 Rxf7
{Man kann sich leicht überzeugen, daß auch andere Züge nichts gegen e5-e6
ausrichten können.} (22... Qd1 23. e6 Qd6+ (23... Nb3 24. e7 Qd6+ 25. f4 $18)
24. Kh3 Nb3 25. Qxb7 Rf8 26. Qxb3 $18) 23. e6+ Kg8 24. Qd4 $1 ({Hier leistet} 
24. Qe5 {nicht das Gleiche:} Rf3+ $1 25. gxf3 (25. Kxf3 Qd1+ 26. Kg3 Qd6) 25...
Qg1+ 26. Kh3 Qf1+ {und Dauerschach}) 24... Kf8 25. exf7 Kxf7 26. Qd7+ (26. Qd7+
Kf8 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Bf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match Fine-Stahlberg +4-2=2"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1937.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1937.01.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Woodger:Reuben Fine. p.137 2)American Chess Bulletin 1937, p.5 
[Santasiere].} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2
Nc6 (7... c5) 8. Nf3 (8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4
Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 $13) 8... e5 9. e3 Bf5 (9... exd4 10.
cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O $16) 10.
Qb3 (10. Bd3 exd4 11. O-O Bg6 12. exd4 O-O $11) 10... O-O $2 (10... Na5 $142
11. Qb4 c5 12. Qa4+ b5 13. cxb5 exd4 $11) 11. cxd5 Na5 12. Qa2 $16 c6 13. b4
Nc3 14. Qd2 Nb3 15. Qxc3 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 e4 17. Ng1 cxd5 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Ng3 Bg6
20. Be2 h5 21. h4 $18 (21. Bxh5 Bxh5 22. Nxh5 Rc2) 21... Rc6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Bd1
a6 24. Qa2 Kh7 25. Nxh5 Bxh5 26. Bxh5 Rh6 27. Be2 g5 28. g3 gxh4 29. gxh4 Rg8
30. h5 Rd6 31. a4 Qc7 32. Qb3 Qg7 33. b5 axb5 34. Qxb5 Qc7 (34... Qg2 35. Rf1)
35. a5 Rgd8 36. Rg1 Rc6 37. Bd1 Rd7 38. Rg5 Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40. Be2 Qf7 41.
Qa4 Qg8 42. Kd1 f4 43. exf4 Qg1+ 44. Be1 e3 45. Qb4 $4 (45. f3 $18) 45... Rc7
$4 (45... exf2 $1 $11 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 $11) 46. Bd3+ $18
Kg8 47. fxe3 Qxe3 48. Qd2 Qe8 49. Qg2+ Kh8 50. Qxd5 Re7 51. Bc3 Qc8 52. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5
{[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]
} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qa5+ {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Qxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 12. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 14. cxb6 {[%emt 0:01:41]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:17:59]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:11:40]} 16. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:01:49] The players followed a long theoretical variation in the
Nimzo-Indian. Nakamura played the new moves 16.Nd2 but it is unclear exactly
how good this move is} (16. bxa7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {Parligras,M (2625)-Adams,M 
(2733) Bundesliga 1112 2011 (5.1) 1/2}) 16... axb6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:13:53]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:30:10]} (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20.
Nxb6 Rab8 21. Na4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 h6 24. Ke2 Bg6 25. Rc1 Bh5+ 26. f3
Rc4 27. Kf2 Rh4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. Rc8 Bg6 31. Nc3 Ra6 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33.
Rc4 Rd6 34. b4 Rd3 35. b5 Bf5 36. b6 Rd7 37. e4 Bg6 38. a4 f5 39. a5 {1-0 (39)
Grigoryan,A (2216)-Kim,V (2047) Nevinomyssk 2009}) (17... Rac8 {Black had the
choice of playing as he did in the game or immediately pinning the knight on
c4 with 17...Rac8, definitely the most logical way of continuing and maybe
White would have had to solve a few issues. The continuation in the game gave
Ponomariov enough compensation for the pawn and allowed him to simplify into
an easily drawn rook endgame.}) 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:34]}
19. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 20. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 22. Rg1 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 24.
Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 25. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Nxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:
01:43]} 29. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. a6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:03:09]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 34. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. a7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 38. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
39. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 42. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 44. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 O-O (7... b6 $5 8. e3 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Bd3 c5
12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O f5 17. a4 Rf7 18. Bd2
Nf6 19. f3 Qd7 $10 {Gelfand,B-Seirawan,Y/Amsterdam VSB (03) ;CBM 52 1996}) (
7... c5 {Kortschnoj} 8. dxc5 Nc6) 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 (9. f3 {Ftacnik} Qh4+ 10. g3
Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qxh1 12. Qf2 Qh5 13. g4 Qg5 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Nh3 Qe7 16. Bd3 c5
17. O-O-O g6 18. Rh1 {1-0 Emerson,M-Reimold,D/Waldshut HT4 (04)/1991/ (32)})
9... Bb7 (9... Ba6 $5 10. Ne2 (10. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxc4 12. Qxa8 Bd5 $17)
(10. Nf3 Nd7 11. b3 f5 12. Bb2 c5 13. O-O Rc8 $10) 10... Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. b3
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ndc5 $15 {Bogoljubow-Euwe/Amsterdam m/1928}) 10. Nf3 (10. Ne2 {
!? Kortschnoj} Nd7 11. O-O (11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nef6 13. g4 g6 14. Ng3 c5 15.
h4 cxd4 16. exd4 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rexc8 19. Bf4 a5 20. Rh2 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc1 Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Berkovich,D-Kholmov,R/Orel/1992/ (55)}) 11... c5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 Nef6 14. Ng3 a5 15. Rd1 g6 16. Qf2 Re8 17. Bd2 h5 18. a4
Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bc3 c4 21. Re1 $14 {Granda Zuniga,J-Sunye Neto,J/Sao
Paulo zt (08) 1993} (21. Re1 {Ftacnik} Nf8 22. e4 h4 23. Nf1 h3 24. e5 hxg2 25.
Ng3 N6h7 26. f4 f5 27. Qxg2 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Sunye Neto,J/Sao Paulo zt (08)
/1993/(48)})) 10... c5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 $146 (12. b3 Rc8 (12... Ndf6 {Ftacnik
} 13. Bb2 Rc8 $10) 13. Bb2 Qe7 (13... Ndf6 {Kortschnoj} 14. Qe2 $36) 14. Ne5
cxd4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd4 $14 {Navarovszky-Haag/Budapest/1965}) 12... Ndf6 (
12... Rc8 $5) 13. dxc5 (13. cxd5 $6 Qxd5 {[%cal Ra8h1]}) (13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1
Rb8 $10) (13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Qe2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd6 17. Bd3 Nfe4 18.
Rfc1 Qe7 $10 {/\f6,e5}) 13... bxc5 {Black is trying to compensate the bishops
pair with active play in the center.} 14. Bb2 (14. b5 a6 15. Bb2 axb5 16. cxb5
c4 $13) 14... cxb4 (14... Rc8 15. b5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 $14) 15. axb4 dxc4 16. Bxc4
$14 Rc8 17. Qe2 (17. Rxa7 $2 {Ftacnik} Bd5 18. Ne5 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd6 $19) 17...
Qb6 (17... Bd5 $5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxa7 Qb6 $14 (19... Nxb4 $2 20. Bxg7 Rc2
21. Qb5 $16)) 18. Ne5 $16 (18. Bd3 Nc3 19. Qd2 $10) 18... Qxb4 $1 (18... a6 19.
f3 Nd6 20. Bd4 Qc7 (20... Qxb4 21. Rfb1 Rxc4 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23. Bc5 $18) 21.
Bxa6 $16) (18... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 19. Bd4 $14) 19. Ba3 Qc3 20. Bxf8 Qxe5 21. Bb4
$2 (21. Rxa7 $2 Nc3 22. Qd2 (22. Qb2 Rxc4 23. Qxb7 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2
Rh4#) (22. Qd3 Be4 $17) 22... Qe4 23. Rxb7 Qxc4 24. Bb4 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Ng3+ 26.
hxg3 Qxf1+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ $19) (21. Be7 $1 Nc3 22. Qd3 $8 (22. Qd2 $2 Qe4 23. f3
Qxc4 $17) 22... Ng4 (22... Be4 23. Qd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe4+ (24... Ng4 25. Bd6
Qe4+ 26. f3 Nxe3+ 27. Kf2 Nxf1 28. Bxf1 $16) 25. f3 Qxc4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxa7
$16) 23. Bd6 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Be2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nxd6 27. Rxa7 g6 28. Rd1
Bd5 29. Bf3 Ne4 $16) 21... Nxf2 $1 22. Qxf2 $2 (22. Kxf2 $2 Rxc4 $1 23. Qxc4
Qb2+ 24. Qe2 (24. Ke1 Qxa1+ 25. Ke2 Qa6 $1 26. Rc1 Qxc4+ 27. Rxc4 Ba6 $19)
24... Ng4+ $19 (24... Ne4+ 25. Kg1 Qxe2 $19)) (22. Ra5 $2 Qe4 23. Rxf2 Rxc4 24.
Bd2 Ra4 $17) (22. Rxf2 $2 Qxa1+ $19) (22. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Qxf2 Rc4
24. Qd2) 23. Rxf2 $1 (23. Qxf2 Ng4 24. Qg3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Rf2 $10)
23... Ng4 (23... Ne4 24. Rff1 a6 25. Rac1 $14) 24. Rf4 Qxe3+ (24... Nxe3 25.
Bd2 Nxg2 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rg4 Rc2 $2 28. Bh6 g6 29. Rf1 $16) 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26.
Rxa7 $14) 22... Rxc4 $17 {On top of excellent coordination and attacking
chances black already has two pawns for his exchange.} 23. Ra5 (23. Be7 Rg4 24.
Rad1 h6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 $19) (23. Rad1 $8 h5 24. Rd4 $15) 23... Qc7 24. Rb5 $2
$138 (24. Bd2 Rg4 25. Rxa7 Qc6 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 $17) (24. Be1 Rc2 $19) 24... Qd7
$19 25. Rg5 Ne4 (25... Rxb4 26. Qxf6) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 (10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+
14. Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kg3 Kh8 $1 $13 {Lautier-Timman/Donner mem-A/1994})
10... Qa5+ (10... exd4 $6 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. O-O dxe3 13. Bd3 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nd4
15. Qa4+ $18) (10... Bf5 $5 11. Bd3 (11. Bc4 $6 Qa5+ 12. b4 (12. Bd2 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 exd4 15. exd4 O-O-O $10) 12... Nxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Nh4 (
14. O-O Nd6) (14. Nxe5 Nd6) 14... Bd7 15. O-O Nd6 16. Bb2 Qa4 $17) 11... exd4
12. Nh4 Ne5 (12... Nxf2 13. Nxf5 Nxh1 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. e4 Qe5 16. Nf5 Qxh2 17.
Bh6+ Ke8 18. O-O-O $40) 13. Nxf5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qxf5 15. f3 Ng3 16. e4 Qh5 17.
Rg1 Qxh2 18. Qb5+ Kd8 19. Qd5+ Kc8 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qf2 $13) 11. Nd2 Nd6 (11...
Bf5 $5 12. b4 (12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd5 $15) 12... Nxb4 13. Qb2
(13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Bd3 Nxd2 (14... Ng3 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 $1 (15... Nxh1 16. Bd7+ $3
Kd8 (16... Kxd7 17. Nb3 $18) 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. dxe5 $40) 16. O-O Ne7 17. Bb2 Qa6
$15) 15. Bxf5 Nb3 16. O-O Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Qa3 18. Bd7+ Kf8 19. Qc5+ Kg8 20. dxe5
$40) 13... Nd5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. dxe5 O-O-O 18. e4 Be6
$10) 12. b4 $1 Nxb4 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. dxe5 Nf5 16. Bb2 Be6 17. e4
Ne7 18. Bc3 Nec6 (18... Nac6 19. f4 g6 20. Kf2 O-O-O 21. Ke3 $16) 19. f4 g6 20.
Be2 O-O-O 21. Kf2 (21. g4 $6 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. Kf2 Nd4 $132) 21... b6 (
21... h5 22. h3 h4 $6 23. Nf3 $16) 22. g4 $16 {^^,[+]} Rhe8 23. f5 Bd7 24. Nf3
Nb3 25. Rad1 Nc5 26. Ke3 h6 27. Bc4 Rf8 28. Rd5 $1 Rde8 (28... Ne7 $2 29. Rxc5
$1 bxc5 30. Ba6+ Kb8 31. Rb1+ Ka8 32. Bb7+ Kb8 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 35. Bg7
Rg8 36. Bf6 $18) (28... Na4 {>=}) 29. Rhd1 Nb8 30. Rxc5 $6 (30. Bb4 $1 Ba4 31.
Bxc5 Bxd1 32. Bxf8 Bxf3 33. Bxh6 Bxg4 34. Kf4 Bh5 35. Rd2 $16) 30... bxc5 31.
Rd5 a6 32. Rxc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Rxb5 Nd7 35. Nd2 gxf5 36. gxf5 $6 (36.
exf5 $1 c6 37. Ra5 Nf6 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. Bd4 $16) 36... Rg8 $132 37. Nc4 Rg2 38.
Ra5 Kb7 (38... Rxh2 39. Ra8+ Nb8 40. Na5 Rh3+ 41. Kd4 h5 $17) 39. Rd5 Kc8 $138
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Timman Ftacnik Notkin Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. Nf3 (9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 (10. Nf3
Qa5+ (10... Bf5 $5) 11. Nd2 Nd6 (11... Bf5 $5) 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. dxe5 Nf5 16. Bb2 Be6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Bc3 $16 {Vladimirov-Yudasin/
Tilburg/1994}) 10... Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1
15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kg3 Kh8 $1 {Notkin} 17. Nf3 Qxh1 18. Ng5 f5 19. Qxe5 f4+ 20.
exf4 Bh3 (20... Bf5 21. d5 $2 (21. Bf7 $1 Qb1 $8 22. d5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 h6 $16)
21... Rf6 22. d6 $2 Qd1 $1 23. h3 Qxd6 24. Bxa1 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Rc6 {Morozov,
S-Burlov,V/Moscow/1986/0:1/25/}) 21. Kxh3 Qb1 22. d5 Qf5+ 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne6
$1 $16 {Lautier,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam/1994/1:0/35/}) 9... Bf5 (9... exd4 $6 10.
cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. O-O dxe3 $2 13. Bd3 exf2+ 14. Kh1 $18) 10. Bd3 (10.
Qb3 $6 Na5 (10... O-O $5 11. cxd5 (11. Qxb7 Na5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. cxd5 Nb3 14.
Nh4 Nxa1 15. Nxf5 Nc2+ 16. Ke2 exd4 $15) 11... Na5 12. Qb5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
Qxe5 Bg6 15. Bd3 Re8 (15... Nxf2 $2 16. Bxg6 Nxh1 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8
19. Ng5 $18) 16. Qf4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 c5 $44) 11. Qa4+ c6 12. cxd5 (12.
Nxe5 f6 13. Nf3 dxc4 {/\Nb3} 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bxb5 cxb5 16. Qxb5+ Bd7 $15) 12...
Qxd5 13. Nxe5 Nd6 $44 {/\} 14. Bd2 Nb3 15. Rd1 Bc2 16. Rc1 b5 17. Qa6 Nxc1 18.
Bxc1 Rc8 $17) 10... exd4 11. O-O (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nh4 Ne5 $1 $8 (12... dxe3
$5 {Ftacnik} 13. Nxf5 exf2+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O 15. Bxe4 Qd1+ $13) 13. Nxf5 Nxd3+ 14.
Qxd3 Qxf5 15. f3 Ng3 16. e4 Qh5 17. Rg1 Qxh2 18. Qxd4 $13) (11. exd4 {Notkin}
O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Be3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd6 15. Qc2 Ne7 $15 {Makogonov,
V-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad/1937/0,5/40/}) 11... Bg6 $1 (11... dxe3 $6 12. Bxe3 O-O
13. Rad1 $36) (11... O-O $6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nh4 $16) 12. exd4 O-O 13. b4 Re8
(13... a6 {Notkin} 14. c5 Bh5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qf4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Nxd4 19. Qg4 Ne2+ $10 {Forintos,G-Antoshin,V/Sochi/1974/}) 14. c5 a6 $1 $10 {
Timman} (14... Bh5 $6 15. b5 Na5 16. Nd2 $16 {Bagirov in ECO}) (14... Qf6 $5 {
/\} 15. Be3 Bh5 $1) 15. Bb2 (15. Be3 Qf6 $132 {/\Bh5}) (15. Be3 $13 {Notkin})
15... Ng5 $1 $10 16. Ne5 (16. Nxg5 {Ftacnik} Qxg5 $15) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf6
18. Rae1 Rad8 (18... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 19. dxe5 Qg6 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qb3 $1 (21.
Qxb7 Rd2 22. Bc1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 $10)) 19. Qd1 $6 {
! Timman:It will become clear, that it is important for White to control the
square g4.} (19. Ng4 Qf4 20. f3 Ne6 21. g3 $10) (19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bc1 $10) (
19. Re3 $15 {Notkin}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qf5 21. f4 (21. Bd4 $5 {Notkin}) (21.
f3 {Ftacnik} Ne6 $15) 21... Ne4 22. Bd4 $6 {? Timan: A very strange error.
White allows his kingside to be blocked, although he had prepared for the
advance g2-g4.} (22. g4 $142 Qg6 (22... Qd7 $5 {/\b6}) 23. f5 Qg5 $13 24. Bc1
Qe7 (24... Qh4 {Notkin} 25. Bf4 b6 $17) 25. Bf4 b6 $13) 22... Re6 23. Re3 (23.
g4 $2 Rg6 24. h3 h5 $17) 23... Rg6 $15 24. Qe1 Rc8 {/\b6} (24... b6 $5) 25. Qe2
h5 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Rd3 b6 (27... b5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 28. Be3 (28. cxb6 {Notkin}
cxb6 29. Bb2 Rc8 30. Rxd5 Rc2 $1 $19) 28... b5 {/\a5} (28... bxc5 {Ftacnik} 29.
Bxc5) 29. a4 (29. Rxd5 Nc3 30. Qd3 Qg4 31. Rd8+ Kh7 (31... Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7
33. Qd2) 32. Qxg6+ (32. Rg1 {Notkin} Rxd8 33. Qxd8 Ne2 $19 (33... Ne2 {Ftacnik}
34. f5 Qxf5 $17)) (32. Rf2 Rxd8 33. Qxd8 Nd1 $19) 32... fxg6 33. Rxa8 Qe2 $19)
29... bxa4 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Rxa4 d4 $1 32. Bxd4 (32. Rxd4 $4 Nc3 $19) (32. Bd2 {
Notkin} Nf2+ $19) 32... Qxf4 33. Rf3 $19 (33. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Qh4 $17) 33... Qg4
34. Re3 $2 Qd7 (34... Nf2+ $1 35. Qxf2 Qd1+ 36. Re1 (36. Qe1 {Ftacnik} Qxa4 $19
) 36... Qxa4 $19) 35. Ra2 (35. Rxe4 {Ftacnik} Qxa4 36. e6 Qe8 $19) 35... Rxb4 {
Timman: Winning a pawn while keeping the stronger pawn structure.} 36. Rxe4
Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qxd4 38. Rd2 Qg4 (38... Qf4 $5 {Ftacnik} 39. Rd8+ $140 Kh7 40.
Qxh5+ $2 Rh6 $19) 39. Qxg4 (39. Qf2 $17 {Notkin}) 39... Rxg4 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41.
Rd7 Rc4 42. Kg1 Rxc5 43. Rxf7 Kg6 44. e6 a5 45. Rf8 Re5 46. Ra8 (46. Rc8 {
Notkin} Rxe6 47. Rxc7 Ra6 $19) 46... Kf6 (46... Rxe6 $6 {Ftacnik} 47. Rxa5) 47.
Ra6 g5 $19 48. Kf2 c5 {The white Kf2 is cut off from the queenside, so the win
for Black is very easy.} 49. Kf3 (49. Rxa5 Kxe6 $19 (49... Kxe6 {Hecht} 50. Ra8
Kd5 $19)) 49... c4 50. Rc6 a4 (50... Rxe6 {Hecht} 51. Rxc4 Ra6 52. Ra4 Ke5 53.
Ke3 Kd5 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. Ra1 (55. Kc3 Kb5 56. Kb3 Re6 57. Rd4 Re3+ 58. Kb2 Re2+
59. Kb3 Rxg2 60. Rd5+ Kb6 61. h4 gxh4 62. Rxh5 Rg4 $19) 55... a4 56. Kc3 a3 57.
Kb3 a2 58. Kb2 Kb4 $19) 51. Ra6 (51. Rxc4 {Notkin} Ra5 52. Re4 (52. Rc2 {
Ftacnik} a3 53. Ra2 Kxe6 $19) 52... Ke7 $19 (52... Ke7 {Hecht} 53. Re2 a3 54.
Ra2 Kxe6 55. Ke4 Ra4+ 56. Kd3 Kd5 57. Kc3 Ra8 58. Kb3 Ke4 59. Re2+ Kd3 60. Ra2
Rb8+ $19)) 51... a3 52. g3 (52. Rxa3 {Hecht} Kxe6 53. Ra8 Kd5 $19) 52... a2 53.
h4 g4+ 54. Kf4 Re2 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 (10... Qxc5 11. b4 (
11. Nf3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O (12... d4) 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Bd3 h6 15. cxd5 Qxc2+
16. Bxc2 exd5 17. Nb3 Kf8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. f4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Ne7 21. Nd4 Bd7 22.
Rhd1 Re8 {1/2-1/2/Obukhov,A-Balashov,Y/Kurgan/1994/}) 11... Qe7 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
Bd3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 h6 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 b6 19.
Rac1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Lobron,E/Donner mem-A/1994/}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 $10 {Hansen,LB}
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $1 14. cxb6 Bb7 $1 15. Nf3 Ke7 16. Nd2 Rhc8 17. Be2
axb6 18. O-O b5 $15 {Dao Thien Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest/1994/}) (9. cxd5 $13 {
Hansen,LB}) 9... Qa5+ 10. Nd2 (10. Bd2 Nxd2 (10... Qxc5 {Hansen,LB} 11. e3 Nxd2
12. Nxd2 d4 $1 $10 {Forintos,G-Wedberg,T/Malmo/1988/}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 $10) 10...
Nd4 (10... Nxd2 {Hansen,LB} 11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. Bc3 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Capablanca,J/AVRO/1938/}) 11. Qd3 e5 12. b4 (12.
cxd5 $2 {Hansen,LB} Nxc5 $19) 12... Qa4 13. Ra2 (13. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Qd1 Nc2+
15. Kd2 e3+ $1 16. Kc3 (16. fxe3 {Ftacnik} Bf5 $19) 16... Bf5 17. Bxe3 Rd8 $17
{ECO}) 13... Nxd2 (13... Bf5 14. cxd5 (14. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 15. Qc3 O-O-O 16. f3
Nc2+ 17. Kf2 d4 18. Qb2 Bg6 $44 {Galliamova-Lerner/Rostov/1993}) 14... Nxc5 15.
Qc3 Ncb3 16. Nxb3 Qxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxb3 18. Bd2 Be4 $10 {ECO}) 14. Rxd2 $6 $146 (
14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. e3 Nb3 16. Qc3 Be6 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 a5
$10 {Bronstein-Boleslavsky/Saltsjobaden izt/1948}) 14... Bf5 15. Qe3 (15. Qc3
$142 {Ftacnik}) 15... O-O-O $1 (15... Nc2+ $2 16. Rxc2 Qxc2 17. cxd5 (17. Qxe5+
Be6 18. Qb2 Qxc4 19. e3 Qg4 20. Bb5+ Ke7 $15) 17... O-O-O (17... O-O {Ftacnik}
18. f3 $13) 18. d6 $16) 16. g4 (16. cxd5 Rxd5 $17) (16. Qxe5 Nc2+ (16... dxc4 {
Ftacnik} 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4 Rd8 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $19) 17. Rxc2 Qxc2 {Hansen,
LB} 18. Bf4 (18. Qb2 {Ftacnik} dxc4 $19) 18... Qb1+ 19. Kd2 dxc4+ $19) 16...
Qc2 $1 $17 (16... Nc2+ $6 {Hansen,LB} 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bg2 $1 dxc4 19. O-O $36
) (16... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 17. Bg2 (17. f3 Bf5 18. Qxe5 $2 Nxf3+ $1 19. exf3 Rhe8
$19)) 17. Rxd4 $8 (17. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 18. Kd2 dxc4+ 19. Kc3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 (20. gxf5
{Ftacnik} Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Rd4 $19) 20... Bxg4 $19 (20... Be4 {Hansen,LB} 21. f3
Bd5 $19 {Gurevich,M})) (17. Qxd4 Qxc1+ (17... exd4 18. Rxc2 Bxc2 $17) 18. Rd1
Qxa3 {Hansen,LB} 19. Qxe5 Bc2 $19 {Makarychev} (19... Qxb4+ {Ftacnik} 20. Rd2
Be4 21. f3 dxc4 $1 22. Qf4 c3 $1 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxe4 (24. Kf2 c2 25. Bg2
Qxc5+ $19) 24... Qxe4 25. fxe4 c2 $19)) (17. gxf5 {Ftacnik} Qxc1+ 18. Rd1 Nc2#)
17... exd4 18. Qd2 (18. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Be4 19. Rg1 (19. f3 Bxf3 $1 20. Qxf3
Qxc1+ $19) 19... dxc4 $19) 18... Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Be4 (19... Bxg4 20. cxd5 Rxd5 (
20... Rhe8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rg1 $17) 21. Rg1 Bf5 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bg2 Rh5 24. Bf4
$132) 20. f3 Bg6 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Bg2 f6 23. Kf2 (23. f4 Rd7 24. c6 bxc6 25.
Bxc6 Rc7 26. b5 Be8 $19) (23. Bf4 $5 {/\Kd2}) 23... h5 24. Bf4 (24. h3 $142
hxg4 25. hxg4 Rxh1 26. Bxh1 Bc2 27. f4 Rd8 28. c6 b5 $17 {/\Bb3-d5}) 24... Bc2
25. h4 Re8 26. Rc1 Ba4 {/\d3} 27. gxh5 (27. Bf1 hxg4 28. fxg4 Bb5 $17) 27...
Rxh5 (27... Bb5 {Ftacnik} 28. e3 dxe3+ 29. Bxe3 $17) 28. Bg3 Re3 $19 29. Rc4
Rd5 30. Bd6 (30. Rxd4 {Hansen,LB} Rxe2+ $1 31. Kxe2 Rxd4 $19) 30... Rc3 31. f4
(31. Rxc3 {Ftacnik} dxc3 32. Bf4 c2 $19) 31... Rxd6 $1 (31... Rxd6 $1 {Hansen,
LB} 32. Rxc3 dxc3 33. cxd6 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Li, Shilong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 e5 {Extremly sharp variation demanding from both sides a lot of
calculations and fantasy.} 9. Nf3 $5 (9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nxd2 $6
(11... Nd6 $5 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. Qd1 Nxe5 14. b4 Qd5 $13) 12. Bxd2 Qd5 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. e4 Qc6 15. Rc1 $5 $14 {Ivanov,S-Sosonko,G/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 59/
1-0 (59)}) 9... Bf5 10. Bd3 exd4 11. cxd5 $5 (11. O-O $5 Bg6 12. exd4 O-O 13.
b4 (13. Re1 $5 Nf6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 $13) 13... Re8 14.
c5 $6 (14. Re1 $5 $14) 14... a6 15. Bb2 Ng5 16. Ne5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf6 $11 {
Lautier,J-Timman,J/Moscow olm 1994,0-1 (54)}) 11... Qxd5 12. Nh4 $1 g6 (12...
Nxf2 $6 13. Nxf5 Nxh1 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 $16) 13. O-O (13. f3 $2 Nf2 $1 14.
Nxf5 (14. Qxf2 Bxd3 15. e4 Qe5 $17) (14. Kxf2 dxe3+ 15. Kxe3 Qd4+ 16. Kd2 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Qxh4 $17) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 gxf5 16. O-O O-O-O $15) 13... Nd6 $6 {
This move costs black a piece and the compensation for it not so easy to get.}
(13... Ne5 $5 14. Nxf5 $5 (14. f3 $6 Nxd3 15. Nxf5 (15. Qxd3 $6 Nc5 16. Qxd4 $2
Qxd4 17. exd4 Nb3 18. Nxf5 Nxa1 $17) 15... gxf5 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18.
exd4 Nb3 $5 $11) 14... gxf5 15. exd4 (15. Qa4+ c6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. exd4 Nd3
$15) 15... Qxd4 16. Rd1 (16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. Re1 f5 $15) 16... Nxd3
17. Rxd3 Qe5 18. Bh6 $1 $36 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e8]}) (13... dxe3 $5 14.
Bxe3 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Rac1 c6 18. Be2 $36) 14. e4 $1 {
White plays thr whole game with great precision and creativity.} Bxe4 15. Re1 {
[%cal Ge1e8]} O-O-O $8 (15... f5 16. f3 O-O 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 $18) 16.
Bxe4 Rhe8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 17. f3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 d3 $1 19. Qf2 $1 (19. exd5 $2
Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 dxc2 21. Kxe1 Nd4 $1 $19) 19... d2 20. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d5]}
Rxe4 (20... dxc1=Q 21. exd5 $18) 21. Rxd2 Nd4 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Rxd4 $1 Rdxd4 24.
Bh6 $1 $18 {The final act of the show!The rest is a matter of technique,white
is a piece up and black's counterplay is over.} Rd5 25. Ng5 Rxg5 26. Bxg5 Re2
27. Rd1 $1 b6 28. Rd8+ Kb7 29. Qf3+ Ka6 30. Bd2 f5 31. Bc3 Re4 32. Kf2 Qe7 33.
Qd3+ Kb7 34. Rd7 Qc5+ 35. Rd4 a5 36. Qf3 Ka7 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Qc6 39. Rxe4
fxe4 40. Qf6 e3+ 41. Kg3 Qc4 42. Qe5 g5 43. Kf3 Qf1+ 44. Kxe3 Qxg2 45. Qxc7+
Ka6 46. Qg3 Qh1 47. Qe5 Qb1 48. b5+ Kb7 49. Qe7+ Kc8 50. Qe8+ Kb7 51. Qc6+ Ka7
52. Qc7+ Ka8 53. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Franzoni, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6
Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. c7 Rb3 17. Be5 $1 (17. Rd1 c4 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 c3)
17... c4 (17... f6 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 fxe5 21. e4 $16) 18. f3
Nxd2 $2 (18... Ng3 $1 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. hxg3 $13) 19. Qxd2 c3 20. Qg5 c2+ 21.
Kf2 Qc5+ 22. e3 Bg6 23. Ba6 f6 24. Qf4 fxe5 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. c8=Q+ Qxc8 27.
Bxc8 d4 28. e4 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b4 Bf5 12. Bb2 (12. Qb2 d4 13. e3 d3 14.
Qb3 Qf6 15. Bb2 d2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Qh4 18. Ke1 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Rad8 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc4 {1-0 Baburin,A-Ward,C/Isle of Man op (02) 1996 (35)}) 12...
Re8 $5 (12... b6 13. b5 (13. Qa4 Qc7 14. e3 bxc5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. O-O c4 17.
Rac1 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qc2 Qa4 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Be6 22. Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Bronstein,D-Balashov,Y/URS-ch sf Minsk/1983 (37)}) 13... bxc5 14. bxc6 Qa5+ (
14... Rb8 15. Nd2 (15. O-O-O $1 Nxf2 (15... Ng3 16. Qxc5 Nxh1 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18.
Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rxf5 Rxc6+ 20. Kd2 $16) 16. Qxf5 Nxd1 (16... Rxb2 17. Kxb2 Nxd1+
18. Kc1 Nf2 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qxf2 Qxg5+ 21. e3 $14) 17. c7 $1 Qxc7 18. Be5 Ne3
19. Bxc7 (19. Qg5 $5 f6 20. Bxc7 fxg5 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Nxg5 $14) 19... Nxf5
20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Ne1 $5 $14 {Nadanian,A-Yegiazarian,O/Armenia/1994/}) 15... d4
16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd2 (17. Qxc5 Rxb2 18. c7 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 {/\ d3|^}) 17...
Qb6 18. Bc1 (18. c7 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc5 Rb1+ 22. Kd2 Rb2+
$11) 18... c4 19. c7 Rb7 (19... Qxc7 $2 20. f3 {/\ Qd4+-}) 20. f3 Bg6 21. h4 (
21. e4 $1 d3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxc7 24. Rb1 Qe6 25. O-O f5) 21... h5 22.
g4 c3 23. Qf4 d3 24. exd3 (24. gxh5 d2+ 25. Bxd2 cxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Bxh5 27. Rc1
Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Kf2 $15) 24... Re8+ 25. Be2 Rxc7 26. Kf1 Rce7 27. Rh2
Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Bxd3 29. Raa2 Qe6 $19 {0-1 Gurevich,M-Sokolov,A/Clichy 58/584
1993 (40)}) 15. Nd2 Rab8 (15... d4 16. O-O-O Ng3 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. hxg3 Bxc2 19.
Kxc2 Qxc6 20. e3 Qa4+ 21. Kc1 Rfb8 22. Bd3 Rb3 {1/2-1/2 Bogoljubow,E-Eliskases,
E (14)/GER m (Triberg)/1939 (30)}) 16. c7 (16. Rd1 c4 (16... d4 17. c7 Qxc7 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. h4 Rb6 21. Rh3 Qb7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc2 24.
Re3 Rf8 25. Ra1 Rb1+ 26. Kd2 Bg6 27. h5 Bxh5 28. Re5 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 Grigorian,
K-Gulko,B/Vilnius (zt)/1975 (48)}) 17. f3 c3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Qxf5 Nxd1 20.
Kxd1 Qxa3 21. Qc2 Qa1+ 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Rfc8 24. e3 Rxc6+ 25. Kd1 Rc3 26.
e4 {1/2-1/2 Denecke,T-Solin,N/Stockholm op2/1992 (33)}) (16. Be5 Rbe8 17. f4 f6
18. Bb2 c4 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Qxf5 Nb3 21. Bc3 Qxc3 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24.
Qc5 Rf7 25. g4 Rfe7 26. Kf2 Rxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Rxe2+ {0-1 Weichselbaumer,
E-Nievergelt,E/Amsterdam olm/1954}) 16... Rb3 (16... Qxc7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2
Rb3 19. f3 Bg6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bc3 d4 22. Ba5 Qb5 23. a4 Qxa4 24. Rxc5 Rb1+ 25.
Kf2 d3 26. exd3 Qd4+ 27. Qe3 Rb2+ 28. Be2 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Re8+ 30. Kf4 Rbxe2 {
1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Vaisser,A/USSR/1982 (41)}) (16... Nxd2 $2 17. Qc3 $1 $18) 17.
Be5 $1 (17. Rd1 c4 18. f3 (18. e3 Ng3 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. hxg3 Bc2 21. Rc1 d4 22.
Bd3 Rc8 23. Bxc2 bxc2 24. Rxc2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Rxc7 26. Rh5 Qxh5 27. Rxc7 h6 28.
Bd4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Renet,O/Evry sim 1989 (43)}) 18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 c3) 17...
c4 (17... f6 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 fxe5 21. e4 $16) 18. f3 Nxd2
$2 (18... Ng3 $1 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. hxg3 $13) 19. Qxd2 c3 20. Qg5 c2+ 21. Kf2
Qc5+ (21... f6 $5 22. Qxf5 Qc5+ 23. e3 fxe5 24. c8=Q Qxe3+ $1 25. Kg3 Qf4+ 26.
Qxf4 exf4+ 27. Kf2 Rxc8 28. Rc1 $16) 22. e3 Bg6 23. Ba6 f6 24. Qf4 fxe5 25.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. c8=Q+ Qxc8 27. Bxc8 d4 28. e4 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Franzoni,G/Luzern/
1989/}) (12... Ng3 13. Qc3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg3 Ne6 (15... Nc2+ 16. Kf2
Qg5 17. h4 Qh6 18. g4 Be4 19. g5 Qg6 20. Rd1 f6 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. gxf6 Rxf6+ 23.
Bxf6 Qxf6+ 24. Kg1 Rf8 25. Rh3 {1-0 Euwe,M-Najdorf,M/Mar del Plata (01)/1947 
(38)}) 16. e3 Qd5 17. Rd1 Qe4 18. Kf2 Rad8 19. Be2 Qc2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxc2
Bxc2 22. Rc1 Ba4 23. Ke1 Bc6 24. Bf1 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Foerder,H/Hilversum
zt (03)/1947/1-0 (67)}) 13. Rd1 (13. e3 $2 Ng3 $1 14. Qc3 d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
hxg3 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Bg4+ 18. f3 Rxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nxe3 $17) (13. Rg1 b6 $132) 13...
b6 14. e3 (14. b5) (14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. e3 Nxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4+ 17. Rd2 Ng3 18.
Bc3 Qb6 $17) (14. b5 bxc5 15. bxc6 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Rab8 (16... Ng3 17. Qc3 Qxc3
18. Bxc3 Nxh1 19. Rxd5 Be4 20. Rxc5 Rac8 $16) 17. Qc1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Qb6 $15)
14... bxc5 15. Bb5 (15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc3 (17. Qxc5 Ne5 18. Qxa7
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Ke2 Rc2+ 21. Kxf3 Qh4 $19) 17... f6 18. bxc5 Bxf3 19.
gxf3 Ne5 $13) 15... Qb6 $1 (15... Rc8 16. O-O c4 (16... Ng3 $2 17. Qxc5 Nxf1
18. Bxc6 $18) 17. Qa4 $16) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Nxf5 (18. bxc5 $2 Qxg2
19. Rf1 Ng3 $19) 18... Qxf5 19. bxc5 Rac8 20. O-O (20. Bd4 Qg6 21. O-O Nxc5 22.
Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Bxa7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ra8 26. Bb6 Rxa3 $11) 20... Rxc5
21. Qa4 Rec8 (21... Re7 22. Qd4 Qg5 23. f3 Rc2 24. Qxg7+ Qxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
fxe4 dxe4 $11) 22. Qxa7 Rc2 23. Qd4 f6 24. Rc1 (24. f3 $2 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rc2+
26. Kh1 Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Ne2+ $19) 24... h5 (24... Nxf2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Ba1 $11)
25. Qd1 $1 (25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. f3 Qg5 27. g4 Kh7 $1 $19) 25... Nxf2 26. Qf3 (26.
Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qe1 Nh3+ 28. gxh3 Qg5+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rxb2 $11) (26. Qe1
Rxb2 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qf5+ $11) 26... Qxf3 27. gxf3 Nh3+ (
27... Nd3 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bd4 $11) 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxc1+
31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Rd2 (32. Rd2 Rxa3 33. Rxd5 g6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qa5+ {Very modern opening with early imbalance.
Black is ahead in development, but should he wait White would develop his
pieces and use two mighty bishops.} (10... Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne5 (11... Qg5 12. f3
Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxh1 16. b4 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Kf2
Qh6 19. Ne2 Ne5 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Aronian,L (2750)/Mainz 2007 (35)})
12. Nf3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ng3 14. Qb5+ (14. e4 Nxe4 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd4 Qf6 17.
Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. f3 Nd7 21. Bd6 $14 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2682)-Asrian,K (2634)/France 2007 (44)}) 14... Bd7 15. Qxb7 Nxh1 16. c6 Be6
17. c7 Qc8 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qd6 a5 20. Bd2 Ra6 21. Qe5+ Kf8 22. Rc1 f6 23. Qxd5
$16 {1/2 Morozevich,A (2755)-Adams,M (2729)/Moscow 2007 (51)}) (10... Qf6 11.
f3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6
18. Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Rg1 Nc4 21. Bc1 $16 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2733)-Polgar,J
(2707)/Wijk aan Zee 2008 (52)}) 11. b4 $5 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14.
Ne2 a6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. f3 Ba4 17. Qb2 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Ng5 19. Nd4 {The very
first move deviating from the games of Kasimdzhanov. White plays with
compensation for the exchange, but no advantage.} (19. Kd2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21.
Nf4 Bc6 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. h4 h5 25. Be5 Rh6 26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. Bd3 {
1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Karpov,A (2670)/Moscow 2007 (31)}) 19... Bd7 (19...
Ne6 20. Nf5 Bb5 (20... a5 21. b5 Nxc5 22. Bxg7+ Ke8 23. Bxh8 Nxd3+ 24. Kd2 Kd7
$11) 21. Ke2 Bxd3+ 22. Kxd3 f6 $15) 20. Kf2 (20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Ne6 22. Kf2
Ke7 $15) 20... f6 21. Ra1 Ke7 22. Bc2 $1 {Carlsen is a fighter and he hopes
for more than just equalizing lines.} (22. h4 Nf7 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bc2 dxe4 25.
Bxe4 Nc6) (22. Re1 $11) 22... Rhd8 (22... Nf7 23. Bb3 Bc6 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. f4
$36) (22... g6 23. Re1 Ne6 24. e4 $14) 23. h4 Nf7 (23... Ne6 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25.
Nd6 Rdb8 $13) 24. Bxh7 Rh8 25. Bc2 Rxh4 26. Bb3 (26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rb8) (26.
b5 Ne5 (26... Rxd4 27. exd4 Bxb5 28. Re1+ Kf8 $11) 27. Bc3 g5 $15) 26... Rh5 $2
{[%mdl 2048] Adams shows the ambition of his own, but it comes at the wrong
moment and displaces the rook.} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Bc3 (27. Rd1 a5 $15) 27...
Nc6 28. Bxd5 Nxd4 29. exd4 Bc6 30. Re1+ Kf8 31. Bb3 Rd8 32. d5 Bxd5 33. Rd1
Bxb3 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 27. Ne2 $1 Bc6 (27... Rah8 28. Nf4 R5h6 29. Nxd5+ Kf8
30. Nb6 Bc6 31. Rd1 Rh1 32. Rd2 $36) 28. Nf4 Rg5 29. b5 $1 Bxb5 30. Nxd5+ Kf8 (
30... Kd8 31. Nb6 Rb8 32. Bxf7 $18) (30... Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. e4 Bc6 33. Ba3
$14) 31. Nc7 Rd8 32. Ne6+ Ke8 $2 {For a bit mysterious reasons Adams makes a
big step in the wrong direction, the natural Ke7 was much better.} (32... Ke7
33. Nxd8 Nxd8 34. g4 $14) 33. Bd4 Bd7 34. Nxd8 Nxd8 35. Rh1 Ke7 {The defender
admitts his mistake, but it is too late.} (35... Ne6 36. f4 Rf5 37. Bxe6 Bxe6
38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. g4 Rd5 40. f5 Bf7 41. Rf8 Be8 42. Rg8 $16) 36. e4 (36. f4 Rg6
37. Bd5 Rh6 $14) 36... Ne6 37. Be3 Re5 38. Rh7 (38. Bd5 Bc6 39. f4 Bxd5 40.
fxe5 Bxe4 41. exf6+ gxf6 $16) 38... Kf8 39. Bc2 Bc6 (39... Nxc5 40. f4 Nxe4+
41. Kf3 $16) 40. f4 Bxe4 $6 {The tempting move in the fight for the best
survival chances, objectively better was to take with the rook.} (40... Rxe4
41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. g4 $16) 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 $1 (42. fxe5 Bxc2
43. exf6+ gxf6 44. Rb8 Be4 $16) 42... Nd8 43. fxe5 Bxc2 44. exf6+ gxf6 45. Bd4
f5 46. Be3 $1 {Carlsen plays with technique, that is truly exceptional for
such a young player. White's position is already winning.} (46. Bf6+ Kxf6 47.
Rxd8 Ke5 48. g3 Be4 $16) 46... Kd7 47. Bg5 Ne6 48. Rxb7+ Kc8 (48... Kc6 49.
Rb6+ Kd5 50. Rd6+ Ke5 51. Rd2 $18) 49. Rb2 Be4 50. Be7 $1 (50. Be3 f4 51. Bd4
$16) 50... Nf4 51. Ra2 $1 Kd7 (51... Kb7 52. g3 $18) (51... Nd3+ 52. Kg3 Kb7
53. Bd6 $18) 52. Bd6 Nxg2 53. Rxa6 {With minimal number of pawns White will
win due to the better coordination of his pieces.} f4 54. Ra4 Bc6 55. Ra7+ Ke6
56. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Duisburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 exd4 10. Nf3 Qc6 (10... Nd6 {- 19/551}) 11. Nxd4 Qxc2 12. Nxc2
Nc6 (12... c5 13. f3) 13. b4 (13. f3 $5) 13... Be6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rc1 Nd6 16.
Nd4 $146 (16. f3 a5 17. b5 $14) (16. b5 $2 Na5 17. Nd4 Bc4 18. Bc3 Bxf1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,Pr/Barcelona 47/677 [Ni 1989}) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4
Rfc8 (17... c6 $5) 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Bf3 $1 (19. O-O Bb5 $11) 19... a5 20. Bc5 $1
(20. O-O axb4 21. axb4 Ra4 22. Bc5 b6 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Be6
26. b5 Rb4 $11) 20... axb4 21. Bxb4 Bb5 $6 {[#]} (21... Bc6 $5 22. Bxc6 bxc6
23. Rxc6 Nb5 24. Ke2 Nxa3 25. Rhc1 Nb5 $14) 22. h4 $1 {[/\ 23.h5 24.Rh4 +/-]}
h6 (22... Bc6 $142) 23. h5 Rab8 24. Rh4 $16 Ne8 25. Be7 {[[/\XNe8]} c6 26. a4
$1 Ba6 27. Rd4 Nc7 28. Bg4 (28. Rd7 $5 $16) 28... Re8 29. Bd6 Rbd8 30. Rcd1 Ne6
31. Re4 b6 $6 {[#]} (31... Ng5 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bf5 $16) 32. Bxe6 $3 fxe6 (
32... Rxe6 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Bc7 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 b5 36. a5 $1 $18 {[#]}) 33.
Red4 Rd7 (33... e5 34. Bxe5 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 $18) (33... c5 34. Bxc5 Rxd4 35. Bxd4
$18) 34. Be5 Rd5 35. f4 b5 36. e4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Re7 (37... bxa4 38. Rd7 $18 (
38. Rxa4 $5 Ra8 39. Rd4 Ra7 40. Rd6 $18)) 38. a5 Kf7 39. Rd8 b4 40. Bd6 $138
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 ({
Nowadays,more popular is:} 7... c5 $5 {You can see my annotations to Popov,
V-Romanov,E/St.Petersburg,2004/CBM 102(0-1)(19)}) ({Is very rare continuation:
} 7... e5 $5 {For further information,you can see my comments to Kramnik,
V-Adams,M/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(28)}) 8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4
Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kg3 h6
(16... Kh8 $2 {You can find in my opening database: Nimzo Indian 4...d5 5.a3
Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 (E36-E37) and also you can see comments to:} 17. dxe5 $3 {Atalik,
S-Sax,G/Szeged,1997/CBM 62(1-0)(Kortschnoj,V)(26) [and opening reports: CBM 62
- 17.de5!! +-]} (17. Nf3 $143 {Hillarp Persson,T-Timman,J/Koge,1997/EXT 2000
(0-1)(Hansen,LB)(34)})) 17. h4 ({After inaccurate move:} 17. h3 $2 {White will
have to fight for escape:} Qd2 $1 18. Qb1 (18. Bxa1 Qc1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc4]} 19.
Bd3 g6 {[%csl Ra1,Rd3,Re4][%cal Gc8f5]} 20. Qh4 Qxa3 $1 $17) 18... Qc2 19. Qxc2
Nxc2 20. dxe5 Bf5 $17 {Gerusel,M-Johannsson,I/Halle,1967(0-1)(41)}) 17... Re8 (
17... Qd2 $5 18. Nf3 (18. Qb1 $2 Qc2 19. Qxc2 Nxc2 20. Bd3 Nxd4 $1 21. exd4
exd4 $17 {/\c5} 22. Bxd4 $140 $2 Rd8 23. Nf3 c5 $19) (18. Bxa1 $2 Qc1 19. Bd3
g6 {/\Bf5; ץa1 -/+}) 18... Qxb2 19. Ng5 Qc2 $1 {Sapundzhiev,G} (19... Re8 $2
20. Bxf7+ Kf8 21. Bxe8 $40 {Baay,J-Stumpers,L/Nijmegen,1948(1-0)(40)}) (19...
hxg5 $5 {Sapundzhiev,G} 20. hxg5 Re8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Be6 24.
Bxe6 (24. d5 $2 Kd6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Bxe6 $140 Kb6 $19) 24...
Kxe6 25. Rh6+ Kd5 $1 26. Qxf7+ Ke4 27. Qh7+ Kd5 $11) 20. Bd3 Bf5 $1 21. Qxf5 g6
$1 22. Qe4 (22. Bxc2 $2 gxf5 23. Rxa1 hxg5 24. dxe5 gxh4+ 25. Kxh4 Rfd8 $17)
22... Qc6 (22... Qb3 $2 23. h5 f5 24. Qxe5 f4+ 25. Kh2 hxg5 26. h6 Rf7 $8 27.
Bxg6 Nc2 28. h7+ Rxh7+ 29. Bxh7+ $18) (22... Qc3 $6 23. h5 $1 $40) 23. Qxc6
bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Sapundzhiev,G-Gysi,A/corr,1999/Inf 79/502(Sapundzhiev,G)(23)} (
23... bxc6 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Nxe5 c5 26. Rb1 Nd2 27. Rb7 $11)) (17... Kh8 $6 18.
Kh2 $1 Qxf2 (18... Qd2 $142) 19. Bxa1 Bf5 20. Nh3 $1 Bxh3 21. Kxh3 $14 {
Toth-Varnusz,E/Magyarorszag,1969,Inf 7/522(Florian,T)(36)}) 18. Kh2 Qxf2 19.
Bxa1 Bf5 20. Qxb7 ({Was checked in the preceding game:} 20. Nh3 $2 Bxe4 $6 (
20... Bxh3 $142 21. Rf1 (21. Kxh3 exd4 22. Qg4 Qxe3+ 23. g3 Rad8 $17) 21...
Bxg2 22. Rxf2 (22. Qxg2 Qxh4+ 23. Kg1 Re7 $17) 22... Bxe4 23. Bxf7+ Kh7 24.
Bxe8 Rxe8 $17) 21. Nxf2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rad8 $11 {Fodor,I-Vargyas,Z/Budapest,
2003(1/2-1/2)(30)}) 20... exd4 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 20...
Qxh4+ $6 21. Nh3 $140 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qf2+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ (23... Qxe3 24. Rg1 g5
25. Qc6 $1 $40) 24. Kxg2 exd4 25. Bxd4 $14) 21. Nf3 Be4 {'!' Now Black has a
equal chances in the subsequent tactical complications.The further events in a
game develop by the almost forced way.} (21... Qxe3 $6 22. Qxc7 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7]
[%cal Ga1d4]} Re7 23. Qd6 Rd7 24. Qe5 $1 $14) 22. Qxc7 Bxf3 23. Qxf7+ (23.
Bxf7+ $4 {is refuted by:} Kf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf7,Rg2]}) 23... Kh8 24. Qxf3 Qxh4+
{'=' '!' Black fairly do not want to exchange a queens:} (24... Qxf3 25. gxf3
Rac8 (25... dxe3 $143 26. Re1 Rad8 (26... Rac8 $143 27. Bd3 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Gd3e4]}) 27. Kg3 $14) 26. Bb5 Rxe3 27. Bxd4 Rxf3 28. Ra1 {+/=/=}) 25. Kg1 (25.
Qh3 $6 Qxh3+ 26. gxh3 Rac8 27. Bd3 dxe3 $15) 25... Qe1+ 26. Bf1 (26. Qf1 $2
Qxe3+) (26. Kh2 $143 {Hardly it is necessary to give the contender an
additional opportunity:} Qxe3 $5 (26... Qh4+ $11) 27. Rd1 Rac8 $13) 26... Qxa1
27. Rxh6+ gxh6 {'[]'} (27... Kg8 $4 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal
Gh3f3]} Ke7 (29... dxe3 30. Rf3+ Qf6 31. Bc4 $1 {with checkmated in 4 moves.})
30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Qe5+ Kd7 32. Qxg7+ $18) 28. Qf6+ {This game it was very
important for theory of this variation. with perpetual check:} Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kf8
30. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 {This move does not put the large problems for Black. In last
years, Black has an excellent statistics in this variation. Besides White has
two main alternatives:} (9. Nf3 $5 {You can see my comments to Burmakin,
V-Markarov,A/St.Petersburg,2000/CBM 76(1-0)(39)}) ({and} 9. e3 $6 {You can see
my annotations to Sretenskij,N-Landa,K/ Moscow,1999/CBM 70 (1/2-1/2)(34)}) 9...
exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Qb2 ({Is much more popular:} 12. Bb2 $5 {
You can see my comments to game: Lautier,J-Zhang Zhong/Taiyuan,2004/CBM 102(1/
2-1/2)(25)}) 12... d4 $1 {It's only third game on this line.} 13. g3 $2 $146 {
After this inaccurate move White will have to fight for equality.} (13. b5 $6
Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qc3 $5 $44 {You can see my annotations to game:
Belov,V-Lautier,J/Moscow,2004/CBM 100(0-1)(49)}) ({The same position,with
rearrangement of moves,has met in one more game:} 13. e3 $5 d3 14. Qb3 Qf6 $2 (
14... a5 $5 $132) 15. Bb2 d2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Qh4 18. Ke1 $16 {Baburin,
A-Ward,C/Isle of Man,1996(1-0)(35)}) 13... Re8 $1 {/\Nc3(קe2)} 14. Bg2 {
White had no other worthy alternative:} (14. Bd2 $143 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 d3 $36 {
/\Qf6; /^a1-h8; <->e}) (14. Nh4 $143 Qf6 $15 15. Nxf5 $140 $2 Qxf5 16. Bf4 (16.
f3 Nc3 $17) 16... g5 17. f3 Nc3 $17) (14. Bf4 $2 Nc3 15. Bd6 (15. b5 $143 Qd5
$1 16. bxc6 $140 Nxe2 $1 (16... Qxf3 $2 17. cxb7 $132) 17. Bxe2 $8 Qxf3 18. O-O
$8 Rxe2 {עg1} 19. Qxe2 $8 Qxe2 20. cxb7 Re8 21. b8=Q (21. Rfe1 $4 Qxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 Be4+) (21. c6 $2 Bh3 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge2f3]}) 21...
Rxb8 22. Bxb8 Qf3 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gf5h3]} 23. Rfe1 h5 $1 {/\Bh3 -+}) 15... Be4 16.
Bg2 $140 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Qf6 $1 $17 {[%csl Re2,Ge4,Ge8,Rf3,Gf6]}) 14... Nc3 15.
e3 (15. O-O $143 Rxe2 (15... Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 $15) 16. Bd2 Be4 $15) 15... Bd3 {
(/^a6-f1; עe1) Black improve the position of his pieces.} 16. Bd2 $6 (16. Qd2
$5 Be4 (16... Bb5 $143 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qc2 dxe3 19. fxe3 $13) (16... dxe3 $4
17. Qxc3 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Re2+ 19. Kg1 $18) 17. O-O Qd5 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2
Rad8 $36 {[%csl Gc6,Rf3][%cal Gc6e5,Ge5f3]}) 16... Qf6 $17 {Black develops a
strong initiative, all his pieces are located ideally, and now he will
threaten: 17...Ne4 and 18...Ne5 (><f2; Ke1)} 17. b5 $2 {White obviously have
lost a "string of game". It's decisive mistake in a very hard position.} (17.
Rc1 $2 Ne4 18. Qb3 Ne5 $1 {><f2} 19. Qd1 Ba6 $1 {/\Nd3-+}) ({It was necessary:
} 17. Bxc3 dxc3 18. Qa2 Rad8 $17) 17... Nxb5 18. O-O-O Qe6 $19 {[%csl Rc1]
[%cal Ge6c4]} 19. Ne1 Qc4+ (19... Qc4+ {After this move Black resigns, because
of this variation:} 20. Nc2 Nxa3 21. Bd5 (21. Bf1 $144 Qxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Bxc2)
21... Qxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Bxc2) 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 {This move does not put the large problems for Black.In last
years,Black has a excellent statistics in this variant. Besides White has two
main alternatives:} (9. Nf3 $5 {You can see my comments to Burmakin,V-Markarov,
A/St.Petersburg,2000/CBM 76(1-0)(39)}) ({and} 9. e3 $6 {You can see my
annotations to Sretenskij,N-Landa,K/ Moscow,1999/CBM 70 (1/2-1/2)(34)}) 9...
exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 
12... Ng3 $2 13. Qc3 d4 $8 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg3 $16 {See my comments to
Levin,F-Zagrebelny,S/Schwerin,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(58)}) ({It deserves serious
attention:} 12... b6 $5 13. b5 $140 bxc5 14. bxc6 Rb8 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Gd8a5]} 15. O-O-O $1 (15. Nd2 $143 $13 {Gurevich,M-Sokolov,A/Clichy,1993/Inf
58/584(0-1)(Sokolov,A)(40)}) 15... Nxf2 16. Qxf5 Nxd1 17. c7 $1 Qxc7 18. Be5
Ne3 19. Bxc7 Nxf5 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Ne1 $14 {Nadanian,A-Yegiazarian,O/Armenia,
1994/Inf 61/(581)}) 13. Rd1 b6 14. e3 bxc5 15. Bb5 Re6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
continuation is the next attempt to bring in a "new word " in theory of this
variant.} ({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 15... Qb6 $2
16. Bxc6 $1 (16. Qa4 $5 Rac8 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 $6 (18... Rxc6 $5 19.
Re5 $14) 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Re5 Bd7 21. bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. O-O {
+/=/+/- Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo,2001(1/2-1/2)(38)}) 16... Qxc6 17. Nd4
Qg6 18. Nxf5 (18. bxc5 $4 {Ftacnik,L} Qxg2 19. Rf1 Ng3 $19) 18... Qxf5 19. bxc5
Rac8 20. Bd4 $1 {You can see my comments to Ivanov,S-Kupreichik,V/Maikop,1998/
CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(51)}) 16. O-O (16. bxc5 $4 {is refuted by:} Qa5+ {
[%csl Rb5,Re1]}) ({The too risky decision:} 16. Bxc6 $6 Rxc6 $140 17. Nd4 $2
cxd4 $1 (17... Rf6 $6 18. Nxf5 (18. bxc5 $4 Qa5+ $1 19. Rd2 $8 (19. Ke2 Ng3+ {
[%csl Rc2,Re2]}) 19... Rb8 $1 {ץb2} 20. Bc1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 (21. Bxd2 $2 Bxc2
22. Bxa5 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Nxc2 Rxh2 $19) 21... Qxc5 22. O-O Be4 {-/+/-+})
18... Rxf5 19. O-O cxb4 20. axb4 Rc8 21. Qa4 {+/=/=}) 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb5 $140
{[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","e4f2","",10]} Nxf2 $1 20. O-O (20.
Kxf2 $143 Rc2+ 21. Kg1 Rxb2 {/\Be4}) 20... Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc2 $17) 16... Bg4 $1
{Black are obliged to begin active actions on the king side!} 17. Rfe1 ({
Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 17. Be2 cxb4 18. Qb3 bxa3 19.
Rxd5 $140 Qxd5 $1 20. Qxd5 axb2 $15 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Ga8b8,Ge4c3]}) 17... Bxf3
({After:} 17... Rg6 {White have the following protective resource:} 18. Kf1)
18. gxf3 Ng5 ({Now is senselessly:} 18... Qg5+ {because of:} 19. Kh1 (19. Kf1
$5) 19... Nf6 (19... Rh6 $2 20. fxe4 Qh5 21. f4 $18 {[%csl Yc2][%cal Yc2h2]})
20. Qxc5 Qf5 21. Be2 $16) 19. Qf5 Ne7 ({It deserves more attention:} 19... Ne5
$5 {though it was rather difficult to calculate all variants:} 20. Bxe5 (20.
Be2 $143 g6 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 cxb4 23. axb4 Ne6 $15) 20... Rxe5 21. Qg4 $8
(21. Qxe5 $4 Nxf3+) (21. Qf4 $4 Nh3+) 21... Ne4 {/\Rg5} 22. f4 Re6 23. Bd3 $1 (
23. f5 Rh6 $15) 23... Rg6 $140 (23... cxb4 24. f5 $132) 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Bxe4
$11) 20. Qg4 {Now it was rather doubtful to sacrifice the queen:} (20. Qxg5 $2
Rg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Bxd5 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh1 $143 cxb4 25. axb4
$140 Rc2 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2,Yg6][%cal Yg6f8]}) 24... cxb4 25. axb4 Qh4 $15 {
[%csl Rb4,Rh2]}) 20... Rg6 21. Kf1 Ne6 ({Can it was necessary to decide on the
more active continuation? :} 21... f5 $5 22. Qf4 Nh3 23. Qe5 Rg1+ 24. Ke2 Rg2
25. Rf1 $13) 22. Qh4 Rh6 23. Qg3 Rg6 (23... Nf5 $2 24. Qe5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]}) ({
I can not recommended in this position:} 23... Rb8 24. Bd3 {[%csl Gb2,Yd3]
[%cal Yd3h7,Gb2g7]} cxb4 25. Be5 Rb6 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rb1 $44) 24. Qh4 {
White are obliged to repeat moves.} (24. Qe5 $143 cxb4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg6g5]}
25. axb4 $140 Rg5 26. Qc3 Qb8 $15 {[%csl Rb5,Rh2][%cal Gb8b5,Gb8h2]}) 24... Rh6
25. Qg3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 $5 ({Another line is:} 5. cxd5 $5
) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 $5 {Besides,black has few options:} (7... e5
$5 {-see comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(Golod)})
(7... Nc6 $5) ({and} 7... O-O $5) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 $6 ({Also dubious:} 9. e3
$6 {-see comments to Daschian,N-Landa,K/ Moscow,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(34)}) (9. Nf3 $5 {Is the main line.You can see comments to game:Ivanov,
S-Yemelin,V/St.Petersburg, 1998/CBM 65(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)}) 9... exd5 10. Nf3
Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 ({Also good enough:} 12. Qb2 $5 d4 13. e3 d3 14. Qb3 Qf6
$2 (14... a5 $5) 15. Bb2 d2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Qh4 18. Ke1 Rfe8 19. Rd1
Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc4 $18 {Baburin,A-Ward,C/Isle of Man op,1996(1-0) (35)}
) 12... Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This move very weak!} ({Interestingly:} 12... b6
$5 13. b5 $140 bxc5 14. bxc6 Rb8 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd8a5]} (14... Qa5+ $143
15. Nd2 Rab8 16. c7 Rb3 17. Be5 $1 {-see Gurevich,M-Franzoni,G/Luzern,1989/
Inf 48/742(1-0)(Gurevic,M)(28)} (17. Rd1 $5 c4 18. e3 Ng3 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20.
hxg3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Renet,O/Evry,1989(1-0)(43)})) 15. O-O-O $1 {Nadanian,
A-Yegiazarian,O/Armenia,1994/Inf 61/(581)} (15. Nd2 $143 {-see Gurevich,
M-Sokolov,A/Clichy,1993/Inf 58/584(0-1)(Sokolov,A)(40)})) ({Another
possibility is:} 12... Re8 $5 {You can see comments to games: Sakaev,K-Loginov,
V/St.Petersburg,1997/ CBM 58(1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik)(32) and Ivanov,S-Kupreichik,V/
Maikop,1998/   CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(51)}) 13. Qc3 {[%csl Rg3,Rg7]} d4 $8
14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg3 $8 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Ge1f2]} Nc2+ (15... Ne6 $144 16. e3
Qd5 17. Rd1 Qe4 18. Kf2 $16 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Porath,Y/Hilversum zt, 1947
(1-0)(67)}) 16. Kf2 {[%csl Rg7]} Qg5 17. h4 Qh6 ({Badly:} 17... Qg4 {in view
of:} 18. Rc1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc1c2]}) 18. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc2,Yf5]} ({
Now senselessly:} 18. Rc1 {because of:} Rfe8 {[%csl Re3,Ge8,Gh6] and
impossibly:} 19. Rxc2 $2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $4 (20. e3 $5 Rad8 $15) 20... Qe3+ 21.
Ke1 Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 Rad8+ 23. Qd3 (23. Kc1 Qe1+) 23... Rxd3+ 24. exd3 Qf2+ $19)
18... Be4 19. Rc1 $5 $146 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc1c2]} (19. g5 $5 Qg6 20. Rd1 $16 {
-was checked in the previous game: Euwe,M-Najdorf,M/Mar del Plata,1947(1-0) 
(38)}) 19... Qf4+ $8 ({Entirely badly after:} 19... Rfe8 20. Rh3 {[%cal Yh3e3,
Gf2g1]} Rad8 21. Rxc2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qf4+ 23. Rf3 (23. Kg1 $5) 23... Qxg4 24. g3
$18) 20. Kg1 $140 {[%csl Rc2,Rg7]} Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. g5 $16 {[%mdl 4096]}
Rad8 23. Rh3 Nxf1 ({Dubious:} 23... Nd1 {in view of:} 24. Be5 {[%csl Rd1][%cal
Ge5d6]} Rd5 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. g4 $18 {[%csl Re4]}) 24. Kxf1 Rd2 $6 ({Probably
slightly better is:} 24... Rfe8) ({or} 24... Rd7) 25. Bc3 Ra2 ({Another
alternative is:} 25... Rd5 $5 {<->d}) 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Be5 {[%cal Ge5d6]} (27.
Ra1 $142) 27... Bb5 $6 ({It is necessary:} 27... Re8 $5 28. Rcc3 (28. Kf2 $144
Bb5 {[%csl Re2]}) 28... Bb5 $16 {[%csl Re2]}) 28. Bd6 {[%cal Ge3e7]} Re8 29.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. c6 $1 bxc6 (30... Bxc6 $143 31. b5 {[%csl Gc1,Rg8]} Bd7 $8 32.
Rc7 Bg4 33. Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb7b8,Gb7a7]}) 31. b5 c5 (31... cxb5 $4
32. Rc8 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 32. Rxc5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc5c8]} f6 $8 33. gxf6 gxf6
34. Rc8 Kf7 35. Rb8 {with the idea 36.Bc5 and 37.Bxa7} Bd7 36. Bc5 Ke6 37. e3
$5 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Gc5d4]} Kd5 38. Bxa7 Rxa3 39. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Rf6,Rh7]
[%cal Gb5b6]} Rb3 ({Probably slightly better is:} 39... h5 40. b6 Kc6 41. Rf8
$18) 40. b6 f5 41. Rh8 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh8h7]} (41. b7 {is refuted by:} Ke4
$1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd7c6]} (41... Kc6 $143 42. Rc8+ $5 Kxb7 43. Rh8 $18))
41... f4 42. Rxh7 Bf5 43. Re7 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ge7e5]} fxe3 44. Bxe3 {This
absolutely advantageous position for white!The rest is the matter of technics.}
Be4 45. b7 Bd3+ 46. Kf2 Ba6 47. h5 Rb2+ ({Loses right away:} 47... Rxb7 $2 48.
Rxb7 Bxb7 49. h6 {[%csl Gh6]}) ({and} 47... Bxb7 $2 48. h6 Rb1 49. h7 {[%csl
Yb1,Rb7][%cal Yb1h1,Yb1b7]}) 48. Kg1 Kd6 ({Again impossibly:} 48... Rxb7 {and})
(48... Bxb7) 49. Rg7 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg7g6]} (49. h6 $142 Kxe7 50. h7 Bxb7 51.
h8=Q Rxg2+ 52. Kf1 $18) 49... Bxb7 50. h6 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 Rb5 {[%cal Gb5h5]} 52.
g4 {[%cal Yg4h5,Gh6h7,Gg4g5]} Rb1 53. g5 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Be4 55. g6 Ke5 56. Re7+
Kf5 57. g7 Bd5 58. Re8 {[%cal Gg7g8]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Qd1 Bd7 ({The next continuation deserves
attention:} 11... Nxc5 $5 12. b4 Qa4 13. Ra2 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Na4 15. Bb2 {
1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Balashov,Y/Omsk/Perm,1998(15)}) 12. b4 Qa4 13. Nxe4 Nc2+ 14.
Kd2 Nxa1 15. Nd6+ Ke7 {For further information about the opening part of the
game you can see my annotations to the game Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/St.Petersburg,
1998/CBM 065(1-0)(42). There I recommended to play 15...Kf8 as best option for
Black, but now I checked my analysis again and think that 15...Ke7 is also a
possible move.} 16. Bb2 $2 $146 {Not the best choice.} ({Previously was played:
} 16. Qxa4 $5 {Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/St.Petersburg,1998}) ({According to my
analyses and analyses of Sergey Ivanov and Vasily Yemelin in Chess Informator
good enough is:} 16. cxd5 $5 {with next variants:} Nb3+ (16... Qxd1+ $2 {
Ivanov,Se.} 17. Kxd1 Ba4+ 18. Ke1 exd5 19. Bb2 Nc2+ 20. Kd2 $16) (16... exd5 $2
17. Bb2 (17. Qxa4 $143 {Ivanov,Se.} Bxa4 18. Bb2 Nb3+ 19. Kd3 $14) 17... Qxd1+
(17... Nb3+ 18. Ke1 $16) 18. Kxd1 Nb3 19. Bxg7 $16) (16... Qb3 $2 17. e4 (17.
Qxb3 $143 {Se.Ivanov} Nxb3+ 18. Kc2 $14) 17... exd5 18. exd5 Qxd5+ 19. Ke1 $16)
(16... b6 $5) 17. Ke1 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 a5 $1 $132 19. b5 f6 (19... Bxb5 $2 20. Qb2
$16 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7][%cal Gb2b7,Gb2g7]}) 20. dxe6 (20. e4 $2 {Yemelin,V} Qd4 21.
dxe6 Bxe6 22. b6 Rhc8 $17) 20... Bxe6 $13) 16... Nb3+ $1 {Black wanted to use
white's position of the king in the center and the undeveloped kingside.
Therefore he avoided exchanging the queens and chose a more active
continuation.} (16... Qxd1+ $2 17. Kxd1 Ba4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ ({or} 18... Nb3 19.
cxd5 b6 20. dxe6 bxc5 21. Nf5+ Kxe6 22. Nxg7+ Kd7 $13) 19. Kd2 a5 20. cxd5 axb4
21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Bxg7 Rhg8 23. Be5 exd5 $13) 17. Ke1 a5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Re1]
[%cal Ga5b4] A very strong move, that emphasized white's underdevelopment and
in fact, finished the game.} 18. e4 {The attempt to decide current problems by
tactical way, does not bring success. Frankly speaking, it's not an easy task
to advise something good for White in this position.} (18. e3 axb4 {leads to
the same positions that occured during the game}) (18. Bc3 $2 Qxa3 $19) 18...
axb4 19. Qh5 Nxc5 20. Be5 f6 $1 21. Qf7+ Kd8 22. Qxg7 fxe5 $19 {After a series
of forced moves, Levon Aronian found himself without material and without any
compensation.} 23. Qxh8+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ (24. Qxe5 bxa3 25. Nf5+ Kd8 26. Qh8+ Kc7
27. Qe5+ Kb6 $19 {[%csl Ga3,Re1][%cal Ga3a2]}) 24... exf5 25. Qxe5+ Kd8 26.
Qf6+ Kc7 (26... Ke8 $2 27. Be2 $132 {[%csl Ge2,Re8,Gf6][%cal Ge2h5]}) 27. e5 (
27. Qe5+ Kb6 28. Qd6+ Bc6 29. cxd5 Qxa3 $19 {[%csl Ga3,Ga8][%cal Ga3c3]}) 27...
Ne4 {An uncommon opening disaster for such a strong player like Levon Aronian.}
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 (5. cxd5 $5) 5... Bxc3+
6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 $5 (7... e5 $5) (7... Nc6 $5) (7... O-O $5) 8. dxc5 Nc6
9. Nf3 $5 (9. cxd5 $143 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 (12... Re8 $5
13. Rd1 b6 14. e3 bxc5 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19.
bxc5 Rac8 20. Bd4 Qg6 21. O-O Nxc5 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
S-Kupreichik,V/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998 (50)}) 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6
Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. c7 Qxc7 (16... Rb3 $5 17. Be5 $1 c4 18. f3 {Gurevich,
M-Franzoni,G Luzern 1989 Inf 48/742/} Ng3 $5 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. hxg3 $13) 17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 d4 19. f3 Bg6 20. e4 dxe3 21. Qc3 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Rb8 23. Bb5 (
23. Qc3 $2 Rb3 $1 $19) 23... Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Rxb5 25. Qe5 h6 26. Qxe3 Rb2 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Ward,C/4NCL, Kenilworth ENG 1997 (40)}) (9. e3 $6 Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 $10 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $1 14. cxb6 Bb7 $1 15. Nf3 Ke7
16. Nd2 Rhc8 17. Be2 axb6 18. O-O b5 $15 {Dao Thien Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest/
1994/}) (9. cxd5 $13 {Hansen,LB}) 9... Qa5+ (9... a5 $143 10. e3 a4 11. Bd2 O-O
12. Rc1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nb3 15. Rc3 d4 16. Rxb3 $1 axb3 17. exd4 $16
{1-0 Atalik,S-Oosterom,E/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (36)}) 10. Nd2 (10. Bd2 $143
Nxd2 $5 (10... Qxc5 $5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 (12. Qxd2 $143 dxc4 13. Qc3 O-O 14.
Qxc4 Qe7 $11 {Toth,B-Gerber,R/SWZ-chT 1995/1-0 (56)}) 12... dxc4 (12... a5 $143
13. Nb3 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Be6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qd2 b6 19.
Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Simonsen,C-Olsen,L/DEN-chT 9596 1996 (39)}) 13. Qxc4 Qb6 14.
Qc3 O-O 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Qd4 Bb5 20. Rac1
b6 21. b3 {1/2-1/2 Denecke,T-Livner,A/Rilton Cup9495 1994}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12.
Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $1 14. cxb6 axb6 15. e3 b5 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bf3
Rab8 19. Nc2 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Ke2 Rhc8 22. Rhd1 Na5 23. Nb4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Candela Perez,J-Estremera Panos,S/ESP-chT 1994}) 10... Nd4 $5 (10... Nxd2 $143
11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Bc3 $14 {Reshevsky,
S-Capablanka,H AVRO 1938}) 11. Qd1 $5 $146 (11. Qd3 $6 e5 12. b4 (12. cxd5 $2 {
Hansen,LB} Nxc5 $19) 12... Qa4 13. Ra2 (13. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Qd1 Nc2+ 15. Kd2
e3+ $1 16. Kc3 Bf5 17. Bxe3 Rd8 $17 {Hansen,LB}) 13... Bf5 $5 (13... Nxd2 $5
14. Rxd2 $6 (14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. e3 Nb3 16. Qc3 Be6 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc1
19. Qxc1 a5 $10 {Bronstein-Boleslavsky/Saltsjobaden izt/1948}) 14... Bf5 15.
Qe3 (15. Qc3 $142 {Ftacnik}) 15... O-O-O $1 (15... Nc2+ $2 16. Rxc2 Qxc2 17.
cxd5 O-O-O 18. d6 $16) 16. g4 (16. cxd5 Rxd5 $17) (16. Qxe5 Nc2+ 17. Rxc2 Qxc2
18. Bf4 Qb1+ 19. Kd2 dxc4+ $19 {Hansen,LB}) 16... Qc2 $1 $17 (16... Nc2+ $6 17.
Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bg2 $1 dxc4 19. O-O $36 {Hansen,LB}) (16... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 17.
Bg2) 17. Rxd4 $8 (17. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 18. Kd2 dxc4+ 19. Kc3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxg4 $19)
(17. Qxd4 Qxc1+ 18. Rd1 Qxa3 {Hansen,LB} 19. Qxe5 Bc2 $19 {Makarychev}) (17.
gxf5 {Ftacnik} Qxc1+ 18. Rd1 Nc2#) 17... exd4 18. Qd2 (18. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Be4
19. Rg1 dxc4 $19) 18... Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Be4 $15 {0-1 Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/
Novgorod 1994 (31)}) 14. Nxe4 $5 (14. cxd5 Nxc5 15. Qc3 Ncb3 16. Nxb3 Qxb3 17.
Qxb3 Nxb3 18. Bd2 Be4 $10) 14... Bxe4 15. Qc3 O-O-O $5 (15... Nc2+ 16. Rxc2
Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxc2 18. cxd5 $14) 16. f3 Nc2+ 17. Kf2 d4 18. Qb2 Bg6 $44 19. g3
(19. e4 $5 dxe3+ 20. Bxe3) 19... Kb8 20. Bg2 f6 21. Bd2 d3 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. e3
$6 (23. exd3 $5) 23... Ne2 24. Rb1 Bf7 $17 {0-1 Galliamova Ivanchuk,A-Lerner,K/
Rostov op 1993 (41)}) 11... Bd7 $5 $13 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gd7a4]} (11... Nxc5 $5
{[%cal Gd4b3]} 12. b4 (12. Rb1 $2 Ndb3 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 O-O $15) 12... Qa4
$8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd4c2]} 13. Ra2 $1 (13. Qxa4+ Nxa4 14. Ra2 Nc3 15. Rb2 Na4
16. Rb1 Nc3 $11) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Na4 15. Bb2 $5 (15. Ke1 $143 Nc3 16. Rb2
Na4 $11) (15. Nb1 $5 e5 $1 $13) 15... Nxb2+ 16. Rxb2 dxc4 (16... Bd7 $143 17.
e3 $14) 17. Nxc4 Ke7 18. e3 Nf5 $11) (11... dxc4 $5 12. e3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nbxd2 (
13... c3 $2 14. Nxb3 c2+ 15. Nxa5 cxd1=Q+ (15... cxb1=Q $2 16. Bd3 $18 {
[%csl Rb1,Re4]}) 16. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 17. Ke1 Nxh1 18. g3 Rb8 19. Bg2 Nxg3 20. hxg3
$16) 14. Bxd2 Nxd2 $5 (14... Qxc5 $2 15. Bb4 Qd5 (15... Qc6 16. Qd4 $14) 16.
Qg4 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb1d1]}) 15. Qxd2 Qxc5 16. Qc3 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O
17. Bxc4 $11) 12. b4 $8 (12. e3 $2 Ba4 13. b4 Bxd1 14. bxa5 Nc2+ 15. Kxd1 Nxa1
16. Nxe4 (16. cxd5 $4 Nc3+ 17. Ke1 Nc2#) 16... dxe4 $17 {/\0-0-0}) (12. Rb1 $4
Ba4 13. b4 Qa6 14. b5 Qa5 $19) 12... Qa4 13. Nxe4 $1 (13. Qxa4 $2 Bxa4 14. Nxe4
Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Bb2 Nb3+ 18. Kd3 $15) 13... Nc2+ $1 (13...
Qxd1+ $6 14. Kxd1 dxe4 $1 (14... Ba4+ $6 15. Kd2 Nb3+ (15... dxe4 $2 16. Kc3
Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 $16) 16. Kc3 Nxa1 (16... dxe4 17. Rb1 $16) 17. Nd6+
Kd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxb7 {+/=/+/-}) 15. Rb1 $1 $14 (15. a4 $6 Nb3 $1 (15...
a5 $6 16. Bb2 Nb3 17. Ra3 axb4 18. Rxb3 Bxa4 19. Kc2 O-O $14) 16. Ra3 Nxc1 17.
Kxc1 a5 $1 $15) 15... Ba4+ $140 16. Kd2 O-O-O 17. Kc3 $16) 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15.
Nd6+ Ke7 $6 (15... Kf8 $5 16. cxd5 exd5 $5 (16... Nb3+ $6 17. Ke1 a5 18. c6 $1
(18. Nc4 $2 Nxc5 $1 19. Nb6 Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Ne4 $15) 18... bxc6 19. Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Ra4,Ra8,Rf8][%cal Gc4b6,Gd5e6,Gd1d6]} Nc5 $8 20. Nb6 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ne4
22. Ke1 $14) 17. Nxb7 Nb3+ 18. Ke1 a5 19. Nxa5 (19. Qxd5 $2 axb4 $17) 19...
Rxa5 $1 (19... Nxa5 $143 20. Qxa4 Bxa4 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Bd2 $14) 20. bxa5
Qxa5+ 21. Bd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxa3 23. f3 (23. Qxd5 Qc1+ 24. Qd1 Qc3+ 25. Qd2
Qa1+ $11) 23... Qxc5 24. e3 $11) 16. Qxa4 $6 (16. cxd5 $5 b6 $5 $13 (16... Nb3+
$6 17. Ke1 exd5 18. Bb2 $36) (16... Qb3 $5 17. Qxb3 (17. e4 $6 exd5 18. Bd3 $44
) 17... Nxb3+ 18. Kc2 Ba4 19. Kb2 Nxc1 20. Kxc1 exd5 21. Nxb7 $14)) 16... Bxa4
17. cxd5 $5 (17. Bb2 Nb3+ 18. Kd3 $15) 17... Nb3+ 18. Kc3 $8 {/\e4} Nxc1 19. e4
a5 $1 $15 (19... Rab8 $6 20. Bc4 $140 b5 21. Bxb5 $1 (21. Rxc1 $2 bxc4 22. Nxc4
Rhd8 23. Kd4 (23. d6+ Kd7 $17) 23... f6 24. f4 Bc6 $17) 21... Bxb5 22. Nxb5
Rxb5 (22... Ne2+ 23. Kc4 $13) 23. Rxc1 a5 24. Kc4 Rhb8 25. Rb1 $44) 20. Bc4 {
[%csl Ya2,Yb3,Rc1][%cal Gc4a2,Gh1c1]} (20. Nxb7 $2 axb4+ 21. axb4 Na2+ 22. Kc4
$8 Rab8 23. c6 $8 Rhc8 {[%csl Rb7,Rc4][%cal Gb8b7]} 24. Kc5 $1 Rxb7 (24... Nc3
$5) 25. Ba6 Rbb8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Ra1 Nc3 $17) 20... b5 $5 (20... axb4+ $5 {
[%csl Ga8][%cal Ga8a1]} 21. axb4 (21. Kxb4 $1 $15) 21... b5 $1 22. Rxc1 (22.
Nxb5 $2 Na2+ 23. Bxa2 Bxb5 $19) 22... bxc4 23. Kxc4 Bd7 $1 $17) 21. Nxb5 (21.
Rxc1 axb4+ 22. axb4 bxc4 23. Kxc4 Bd7 $1 $17) 21... Na2+ (21... axb4+ $2 22.
Kxb4 (22. axb4 $2 Na2+ $1 23. Bxa2 Bxb5 $19) 22... Na2+ $142 (22... Bxb5 $4 23.
d6+ Kf6 24. Bxb5 Na2+ 25. Kb3 Rhc8 (25... Rab8 $6 26. a4 Rhc8 27. Kc4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Gh1a1]}) 26. c6 Rcb8 (26... Rab8 $2 27. Kxa2 $1 Rxb5 28. d7 $18
) 27. a4 Rxa4 28. Kxa4 Nc3+ 29. Kb4 Nxb5 30. Kc5 $16) 23. Bxa2 Bxb5 24. Kxb5 (
24. d6+ $2 Kd7 25. Kxb5 Rhb8+ 26. Kc4 Ra4+ {[%csl Ra2]} 27. Kd3 Rxa3+ $19)
24... Rhb8+ 25. Kc6 Rb2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga8c8]} (25... Kd8) 26. Kc7 $8 (26.
d6+ $4 Kd8 $19 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga8a6,Ga8c8]}) 26... Rxa2 $6 (26... Ra7+ 27.
Kc8 Ra8+ $11) 27. d6+ Kf6 28. c6 R8xa3 29. Kd7 $1 $36) 22. Kb2 $8 (22. Bxa2 $2
Bxb5 $19) 22... Bxb5 $2 (22... axb4 $1 23. d6+ (23. Kxa2 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxa3+
25. Kb2 Ra5 $17) 23... Kf6 $1 $17) 23. d6+ $1 Kf6 24. Bxb5 $44 axb4 $2 (24...
Rhb8 25. Bc6 Ra6 26. Bd7 $1 $44 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5c6]}) 25. Kxa2 Rxa3+ 26.
Kb2 Ra5 $6 (26... Ke5 $5 27. f4+ (27. d7 Rc3 28. c6 $13) 27... Kxf4 28. c6 Ke5
29. Rd1 Rc3 30. c7 Ra8 31. d7 Rxc7 32. d8=R Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Kxe4 $11) 27. c6 $8 (
27. Bc4 $2 Rxc5 28. Kb3 Rb8 $17) 27... Rxb5 28. c7 Rc8 $2 (28... Rb7 $5 29. Rc1
Ke5 30. d7 Rxc7 $8 31. Rxc7 Rd8 32. f3 Kd6 33. Rb7 Rxd7 34. Rxb4 $11) (28...
Rbb8 $5 29. cxb8=Q Rxb8 30. Rd1 (30. f4 $6 e5 31. f5 g6 32. g4 Kg5 $15) 30...
e5 $11) 29. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6][%cal Gd6d7]} Rbb8 (29... Ra5 30. f4 $14 (
30. d7 $6 Raa8 $11) (30. Kb3 $4 Ra3+ 31. Kxb4 Rd3 32. Kc5 e5 $19)) 30. f4 $1 {
><e5} Ra8 $6 (30... e5 $1 31. f5 g6 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6g5] +/=/=} (31...
Ra8 $2 32. h4 $1 (32. Rc6 $2 g6 $13) 32... h5 33. Rc6 g6 {see the game})) 31.
h4 $1 {><g5} e5 $2 (31... h5 $1 {/\g6,e5} 32. Rc6 $1 (32. e5+ $6 Kf5 $13) 32...
g6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 33. Kb3 $6 (33. d7 $142 Ke7 34. dxc8=Q Rxc8 $11) 33...
Ra3+ $1 (33... e5 $2 34. d7+ Ke7 35. dxc8=Q Rxc8 36. fxe5 Kd7 37. Rc5 Rxc7 38.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 39. Kxb4 Kd7 40. Kc4 Ke6 41. Kd4 Ke7 (41... Kd7 42. Kd5 Ke7 43. e6
fxe6+ (43... f6 44. e5 f5 45. g3 $18) 44. Ke5 Kf7 45. Kd6 Kf6 46. e5+ Kf5 47.
g3 $18) 42. Kd5 Kd7 43. e6+ fxe6+ 44. Ke5 Ke7 45. Kf4 $1 (45. g3 $2 Kf7 46. Kd6
$4 (46. Kf4 Kf6 $11) 46... Kf6 47. Kd7 (47. e5+ Kf5 $19) 47... Ke5 48. Ke7 Kxe4
49. Kxe6 Kf3 50. Kf6 Kxg3 51. Kxg6 Kxh4 $19) 45... Kf6 46. e5+ Kf7 47. Kg5 Kg7
48. g3 $22 $18) 34. Kxb4 Rd3 $8 35. Kb5 $44 (35. e5+ $6 Kf5 36. Rb6 Rd1 $17) (
35. Kc5 $5 Ra8 $1 $13)) 32. f5 $16 h5 (32... Rd8 $142 $5 33. cxd8=Q+ (33. Rc6
Rxd6 34. Rxd6+ Ke7 $11) 33... Rxd8 34. Rd1 $1 (34. Rc6 $2 h5 35. Kb3 g6 36.
fxg6 fxg6 37. Kxb4 Ke6 38. Kc5 Ra8 39. d7+ Kxd7 40. Rxg6 Ra5+ 41. Kc4 $14)
34... h5 35. Kb3 Rb8 $5 (35... g6 $2 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Kxb4 Ke6 38. d7 $1 $18)
36. Rd5 $1 {zugzwang} (36. Kc4 $2 b3 (36... g6 $2 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Kd5 b3 39.
Rf1+ $18) 37. Rb1 (37. Kc5 $6 b2 38. Rb1 Rc8+ 39. Kb6 Rc2 $15) 37... b2 $11)
36... g6 37. d7 Ke7 (37... Rd8 $2 38. fxg6 Kxg6 (38... fxg6 39. Kxb4 Ke6 40.
Kc5 $18) 39. Kxb4 $18 {[%cal Gb4c5,Gc5c6,Gc6c7]}) 38. d8=Q+ $1 (38. f6+ $2 Kd8
39. Rxe5 Rb6 $2 40. Re8+ Kxd7 41. Re7+ Kd6 42. g3 (42. Rxf7 Ke5 $11) 42... Rb8
$1 43. Rxf7 Ke6 $11) 38... Rxd8 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Kxb4 $18) 33.
Rc6 $22 $18 g6 $8 (33... g5 $143 34. d7+ Ke7 35. dxc8=Q Rxc8 36. hxg5 Kd7 37.
Rc1 Rxc7 $140 38. Rxc7+ Kxc7 39. g6 $18) 34. d7+ Ke7 (34... Kg7 35. f6+ Kh7 36.
dxc8=Q Rxc8 37. Kb3 $18) 35. dxc8=Q Rxc8 36. fxg6 Kd7 (36... fxg6 37. Kb3 Kd7
38. Rc5 {see the game}) 37. Rc5 fxg6 38. Kb3 Rxc7 (38... Rf8 39. c8=Q+ Rxc8 40.
Rxc8 Kxc8 41. Kxb4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb4c5,Gc5d5,Gd5e5]} Kd7 42. Kc5 Ke6 43. Kc6
Kf7 44. Kd6 Kf6 45. Kd5 $18) 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {Hecht White wins by means of
zugzwang (opposition) using the reserve tempo g3. Weiß gewinnt durch Zugzwang 
(Opposition) infolge des Reservetempos g3.} 40. Kxb4 Kd6 (40... Kb6 41. Kc4 Kc6
42. g3 $22 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 41. Kb5 g5 42. g3 $1 (42. g3 gxh4 43. gxh4 Ke7 44.
Kc6 Ke6 45. Kc5 Kf7 46. Kd6 Kf6 47. Kd5) (42. hxg5 {Hecht} h4 43. g6 Ke6 44.
Kc6 Kf6 45. Kd6 Kxg6 46. Kxe5 Kg5 47. Kd4 Kf4 48. e5 Kg3 49. e6 Kxg2 50. e7 h3
51. e8=Q h2 52. Qg6+ Kf2 53. Qh5 Kg2 54. Qg4+ Kf2 55. Qh3 Kg1 56. Qg3+ Kh1 57.
Qf3+ Kg1 58. Ke3 $19) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 {Novelty,from
the point of view of my games.} 7. Nf3 $5 ({I did not want to do the most
logical move in this position:} 7. Bg5 $5 {,as I was afraid,that my contender
will be ready to this variant}) ({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous
games:} 7. e3) 7... Ne4 $5 {Besides Black has three alternatives: 7...Nbd7; 7..
.dxc4!? and 7...b6.} 8. Qc2 b6 {Also were checked up in previous games: 8...
c5!?; 8...Nd7; 8...c6!? and 8...a5.} 9. e3 {[%cal Gf1d3] I rather long chose
between it and two other continuations:} (9. g3 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) ({and} 9. Bf4 {
[%cal Ge2e3]}) 9... Ba6 $6 $146 ({Were checked in the preceding games:} 9...
Bb7 10. b4 (10. Bd3 $5) 10... c5 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 {+/=/=
Lazarev,V-Olivier,J/FRA,1999(1/2-1/2)(24)}) ({and} 9... c5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O
Nd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 {+/=/= Navarovszky,L-Haag,E/Budapest,1965(1/2-1/2)(25)})
10. Bd3 {/^b1-h7 Differently Black quietly will finish development and will
receive convenient game.} Nd7 11. b3 $14 {[%csl Yb3,Re4][%cal Yb3c4,Gd3e4]}
Ndf6 {The rather risky decision. Can Nathan,already now,has found his 15-th
move.} (11... f5 12. O-O $14) (11... Nef6 12. Bb2 $14) 12. Ne5 $140 {[%cal
Gf2f3]} c5 ({After:} 12... Nd6 13. O-O {/\Bb2 Black remain without a
counterplay.}) 13. f3 dxc4 $5 {My contender "tries to tempt me" with the help
of this sacrifice of a knight.} ({After:} 13... Nd6 14. dxc5 dxc4 {I need to
make a choice between two alternatives:} 15. bxc4 ({or} 15. Nxc4 $5) 15... Nb7
$1 {and see the game 15...Nb7.}) 14. bxc4 $1 {I did not want to accept a
sacrifice of a piece,as it leads to more difficult game:} (14. Bxe4 cxb3 15.
Qb1 (15. Qxb3 $2 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Qh4+ $36 {[%csl Re1,Re4]}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4
cxd4 (16... f6 $143 17. Ng4 $140 Qd5 $14) (16... Rc8 $5) 17. exd4 Rc8 $44 {
[%csl Gb3,Re1]}) 14... Nd6 $8 15. dxc5 Nb7 $1 {I at all did not expect this
move,and hoped only on:} (15... bxc5 16. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2g7,Yd3h7,Gg2g4,Gg4g5]
with big advantage of White.}) 16. c6 $1 {In my opinion,it's best decision!} ({
After:} 16. cxb6 $5 axb6 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Be2 Qc7 {Black don't have sufficient
compensation for pawn.}) 16... Nc5 $140 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Bb2 Ne8 {[%csl Rc6,Ye5]
[%cal Gf7f6] Black strengthen the position of the knight and,at case,prepare
progress "f6".} 19. Rd1 Nd6 {Black's plan is: Rfd8 and f6.} 20. Nd7 $1 {
I made this move in the most suitable moment.} Nxd7 ({Very weakly:} 20... Rfd8
{in view of:} 21. Nxc5 bxc5 $140 22. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 21. cxd7 Nxc4 ({
The translation of second knight on "c5" is very bad:} 21... Nb7 $2 {(again
through field "b7"),because of:} 22. Qe4 $1 Rad8 (22... Nc5 $143 23. Be5 $1 Qd8
24. Qg4 f6 25. Bd6 {[%csl Re6]} Rf7 26. Bxc5 f5 27. Qf4 bxc5 28. Qd6 $18) 23.
Qe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 {[%cal Ge5c7]} Nc5 25. Bd6 {[%csl Rf8] +/-/+-}) 22. Bd3 $1 ({
After:} 22. Qc3 f6 23. a4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd1c1]} Qc5 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 (24...
Bxc4 $2 25. Ba3 Qg5 26. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Gd7,Rf8]}) 25. Qxc4 Bxc4 26. Ba3
{[%csl Yd7,Rf8][%cal Ga3e7,Yd7d8]} Rfd8 27. Be7 Bb3 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 28. Bxd8
Rxd8 {[%csl Ra4,Rd7]} 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rb4 Be6 {[%csl Rd7] Black gets a good
drawn chance in the endgame.}) 22... Qc5 $2 {Decisive mistake,Black at once
receive a hopeless position.} ({It was necessary:} 22... Rfd8 23. Bxh7+ $140
Kf8 $1 24. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3b4]} (24. Be4 $5 Rab8 25. O-O (25. Qc3 $143 f6 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd8d7]}) 25... Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rd1 Qb5 28. Bc3 {[%csl
Rf8]} Nxe3 $140 (28... Nxa3 $2 29. Qa2 {[%csl Ra3,Ra6]} Qc5 30. Bd4 Qa5 31. Be5
$1 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Ra6][%cal Ge5d6]}) 29. Qd2 {[%csl Rb8,Rf8][%cal Gd2d6]} Nd5 (
29... Nc4 $2 30. Qf4 Rc8 31. Qh4 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh4h8]}) 30. Bxd5 exd5 (
30... Qxd5 $2 31. Bxg7+ {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd2c3]}) 31. Qg5 d4 $1 32. Qh4 {
[%csl Rb8,Rf8][%cal Gh4h8,Gh4d4]} Kg8 33. Bxd4 $14) 24... Rxd7 25. Bb4+ Ke8 26.
Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qc3 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d1]} 28. O-O $14) 23. Bd4 Qa5+ ({Also loses
right away:} 23... Qxa3 {because of:} 24. Bxh7+ (24. Bxc4 $2 Qb4+ {[%csl Rc4,
Re1]}) 24... Kh8 25. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh8][%cal Gc2f2]}) 24. Kf2 Nxa3 25. Qb3
$1 {It at once wins a game.} ({Also good enough:} 25. Qa2 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Nb5 27.
Qxa5 bxa5 28. Bc5 {[%csl Yd7,Rf8][%cal Gc5e7]}) (25. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 26. Qb2 (26.
Qe4 $143 Qh5 {[%csl Rh7]}) 26... Kxh7 27. Ra1 $14) 25... Bxd3 $2 ({It was a
little better:} 25... Nb5 26. Be5 {[%cal Yb3b2,Gd1a1]} Rad8 27. Qb2 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Rb5,Rd2][%cal Gd1a1,Yb2d2]} Rxd7 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxd7 $18) 26.
Rxd3 Nb5 27. Be5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rb5,Ye5][%cal Gh1a1,Ye5b8,Ye5a1] We have
won this match 4,5:1,5 (+3=3-0), and it has allowed my team to become the
"champion of the country", before one round up to the end!!!} (27. Be5 $1 {
After this move Black resigns,because of next variant:} Na3 28. Bc7 {[%csl Ra3]
[%cal Gd7d8]} (28. Bb2 $5 Nb5 $140 29. Ra1 {[%csl Ra5]})) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 (5. cxd5 $5) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 $5 (7... e5 $5) (7... Nc6 $5) (7... O-O $5) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5
$6 (9. Nf3 $142) (9. e3 $6 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 $10 12. Qxa5 Nxa5
13. Rc1 b5 $1 14. cxb6 Bb7 $1 15. Nf3 Ke7 16. Nd2 Rhc8 17. Be2 axb6 18. O-O b5
$15 {Dao Thien Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest/1994/}) 9... exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O
12. Bb2 $5 (12. Qb2 $5 d4 13. e3 d3 14. Qb3 Qf6 $2 (14... a5 $5) 15. Bb2 d2+
16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Qh4 18. Ke1 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc4 $18
{1-0 Baburin,A-Ward,C/Isle of Man op (02) 1996 (35)}) 12... Re8 (12... b6 $142
$5) (12... Ng3 $6 13. Qc3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg3 $8 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Ge1f2]}
Ne6 (15... Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Qg5 17. h4 Qh6 18. g4 Be4 19. g5 Qg6 20. Rd1 $16 {
1-0 Euwe,M-Najdorf,M/Mar del Plata 1947 (37)}) 16. e3 Qd5 17. Rd1 Qe4 18. Kf2
$16 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Porath,Y/Hilversum zt 1947/1-0 (67)}) 13. Rd1 (13. e3
$2 {Ftacnik} Ng3 $1 14. Qc3 d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. hxg3 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Bg4+ 18. f3
Rxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nxe3 $17) (13. Rg1 $5 {Ftacnik} b6 $132) 13... b6 14. e3 $142 (
14. cxb6 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxb6 15. e3 Nxb4 $1 16. axb4 Qxb4+ 17. Rd2 Ng3 18. Bc3
Qb6 $17) (14. b5 $2 {Ftacnik} bxc5 15. bxc6 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Rab8 (16... Ng3 17.
Qc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxh1 19. Rxd5 Be4 20. Rxc5 Rac8 $16) 17. Qc1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2
Qb6 $15) 14... bxc5 15. Bb5 (15. Bd3 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc3 (
17. Qxc5 Ne5 18. Qxa7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Ke2 Rc2+ 21. Kxf3 Qh4 $19) 17...
f6 18. bxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 $13) 15... Qb6 $1 (15... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 16. O-O c4
(16... Ng3 $2 17. Qxc5 Nxf1 18. Bxc6 $18) 17. Qa4 $16) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4
Qg6 18. Nxf5 (18. bxc5 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxg2 19. Rf1 Ng3 $19) 18... Qxf5 19. bxc5
Rac8 20. Bd4 $1 $146 (20. O-O {Ftacnik} Rxc5 21. Qa4 Rec8 (21... Re7 22. Qd4
Qg5 23. f3 Rc2 24. Qxg7+ Qxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. fxe4 dxe4 $11) 22. Qxa7 Rc2 23.
Qd4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Loginov,V/St.Petersburg-ch 1997 (31)}) 20... Qg6 {
[%csl Rc5,Rg2] /\Nc5} 21. O-O Nxc5 22. Qxg6 $6 (22. Qc3 $1 {Golod,V} Ne6 (22...
Ne4 $143 23. Qa5 Rc2 24. Qxd5 Nd2 25. Rfe1 Ne4 26. Re2 $3 Rxe2 27. Qb5 $16) 23.
Qa5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]} Nxd4 24. Rxd4 {+/=/+/-}) 22... hxg6 23. Rb1 $5 $14 (23.
Rc1 $143 {Ftacnik} Ne6 24. Bxa7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ra8 26. Bb6 Rxa3 $11) 23... Ne6
24. Rfd1 (24. Bxa7 $2 Rc3 $1 (24... Ra8 $2 25. Rb7 Nd8 26. Rd7 Nc6 27. Bc5 $18)
25. a4 (25. Ra1 Ra8 $11) 25... Ra8 26. Rb8+ (26. Rb7 Ra3 $11) 26... Rxb8 27.
Bxb8 Ra3 $11) 24... a6 $5 (24... Nxd4 $6 25. Rxd4 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]} Re5 26. g3 {
+/=/+/-}) 25. Bb6 (25. Rb6 $2 Nxd4 26. exd4 $8 (26. Rxd4 $4 Rc1+) 26... Rc4 $11
{[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc4a4,Gc4d4]}) 25... Rc4 $5 {[%csl Ra3]} (25... Rc6 $5 26. a4
$1 $14 (26. Rxd5 $4 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Rb6]}) (26. Ba5 Rc5 27. Bb6 Rc6)) 26. g3 $6
(26. Rxd5 $142 $5 Rb8 27. Rd6 (27. Rdd1 $2 Ra4 28. Rb3 (28. Rd3 Nc5) 28... Nc5
29. Rb4 (29. Rbb1 {(Rbb2)} Ne6) 29... Rxb4 30. axb4 Rxb6 $2 (30... Nd3 $1 {
[%csl Rb4]} 31. Rxd3 (31. Ba5 Nxb4 32. Rb1 Nc6 $11) 31... Rxb6 $11 {/\a5}) 31.
bxc5 Rc6 32. Rc1 f5 33. f3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. e4 $16) 27... a5 {/\Rc3} 28.
Rbd1 Rc3 29. a4 Ra3 30. Bxa5 Rxa4 31. Bc3 g5 $14) 26... Rb8 27. Ba5 (27. Rxd5
$4 Rc6 $19 {[%csl Rb6]}) (27. h4 $5) 27... Rxb1 28. Rxb1 g5 $1 {/\g4} 29. Kg2 (
29. Rb6 $6 g4 $1 30. Rxa6 $140 $4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg5f3,
Gg5h3]}) 29... g4 30. h3 (30. Rb6 $6 Ng5 $36 {[%csl Rg2]}) 30... gxh3+ 31. Kxh3
g5 $1 32. Rd1 $6 (32. Rb6 $5 g4+ (32... Rc2 $6 33. Kg2 Ra2 34. Bb4 a5 35. Bd6 {
+/=/+/-}) 33. Kh4 $5 (33. Kg2 Ng5 $11) 33... Nc5 $14 {[%csl Rf2]}) 32... g4+
33. Kh4 d4 $11 34. e4 (34. Bb6 dxe3 35. Bxe3 Kg7 $11) 34... Rc2 35. Rd2 (35.
Be1 Re2 36. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 37. f4 $11 (37. Kf3 f5 $11)) 35... Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Nc5 37.
Kxg4 Nxe4 38. Bb4 (38. Be1 $4 d3 39. Kf3 d2 $19) (38. Bf4 $5 d3 39. Kf3 f5 $1 (
39... d2 $143) 40. Ke3 d2 41. Ke2 Nxf2 42. Kxd2 Kf7 43. Kc3 (43. Ke3 Ne4 44. g4
(44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. Kd5 Kc8 $11 {[%csl Ya8,Gf4]}) 44... Kf6 45. Kd4
Ke6 46. g5 Nxg5 $1 47. Bxg5 Kd6 $11 {[%csl Ya8,Gg5]}) 43... Ke6 44. Kb4 Nd3+
45. Ka5 Nxf4 46. gxf4 Kd5 47. Kxa6 Ke4 48. Kb6 Kxf4 49. a4 Kg3 $11) 38... d3 (
38... Nxf2+ $6 39. Kf3 Nd3 (39... Nh1 $4 40. g4 Kg7 41. Bd2 Kg6 42. Kg2 $18)
40. Ke4 Nc1 $14 (40... Nxb4 $4 41. axb4 Kg7 42. Kxd4 Kg6 43. Kc5 Kg5 44. Kb6
Kg4 45. Kxa6 Kxg3 46. b5 f5 47. b6 f4 48. b7 f3 49. b8=Q+ $18)) 39. Kf3 d2 $8
40. Ke2 Nxf2 41. Bxd2 Ne4 42. Bf4 f5 {[%csl Ya8,Gf4][%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6,Ge6d7,
Gd7c6]} 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Kc4 Ke6 45. Kd4 (45. Kb4 Kd5 46. Ka5 Nc5 47. Kb6 Kc4
$11) 45... a5 $1 46. Kc4 (46. g4 fxg4 47. Kxe4 a4 $1 $11 {[%csl Ya8,Gf4]}) (46.
a4 Kd7 47. Kd5 (47. g4 fxg4 48. Kxe4 Kc6 $11) 47... Kc8 48. Kc6 Nf2 $11) 46...
Kd7 47. Kd5 (47. Kb5 a4 48. Kxa4 Kc6 49. Ka5 Kb7 {/\Ng3}) 47... a4 $11 {
[%csl Ya8,Gf4]} 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Kc6 Nd2 50. Bf4 Ne4 51. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 $5 ({Another line is:} 5. cxd5 $5
) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 $5 {Rare move! Besides,black has few
options:} (7... c5 $5 {-see comments to Daschian,N-Landa,K/Moscow,1999/CBM 70
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(34)}) (7... Nc6 $5) ({and} 7... O-O $5) 8. cxd5 ({
Interestingly:} 8. dxe5 $5 Bf5 9. Nf3 $5 {Atalik,S} (9. Qb3 $6 Na6 10. cxd5 c6
$1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd8a5]} 11. Nf3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Rd8 $40 {
0-1 Gaborit,J-Hauchard,A/Pau 1989/EXT 97 (25)}) 9... Ng3 $140 $2 10. e4 Bxe4 (
10... Nxe4 11. Bd3 $16) 11. Qa4+ b5 12. Qxb5+ c6 13. Qb7 Nxh1 14. Qxa8 Bxf3 $8
(14... Qb6 $2 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Bd4 Qb3 17. Nd2 $18) 15. gxf3 O-O (15... Qb6 $2
16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Bd4 Qxd4 18. Qxb8+ Ke7 19. Qd6+ Ke8 20. Qxc6+ Ke7 21. Qc7+ Ke8
22. Ra2 $18) 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxa7 $16) ({After:} 8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Nf6 10.
Qa4+ c6 11. Qxd4 Qxd5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bc4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 {-equality.
Pelletier,Y-Marinelli,T/Mitropa Cup 1995/CBM 46(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 8... Qxd5 9. e3
{Another alternative is:} (9. f3 Nf6 $5 (9... Nd6 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Nc6 12.
Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Grigorian,K-Kortschnoj,V/
Moscow 1973/URS-ch (37)}) 10. e4 Qxd4 11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qc5 13. b4 $2 (13.
Nc3 $5) 13... Nxb4 $1 14. Qxc5 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxc5 $17 {Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/
Moscow,1998(blitz g/5)(0-1)(41)}) 9... exd4 10. Nf3 {'!' Nikolic,Pr.} Nd6 {
Is the best move!} ({Dubious:} 10... Qc6 {because of:} 11. Nxd4 $1 (11. Bd3 Nd6
) 11... Qxc2 12. Nxc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/Barcelona 1989/Inf 47/
677(Nikolic,Pr)(37)}) ({and} 10... dxe3 $6 11. Bxe3 {with strong initiative
behind pawn.}) 11. Nxd4 Bd7 $1 {/\Nc6} ({Badly:} 11... O-O $2 {in view of:} 12.
Qxc7 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rd1 Ne4 16. Bc1 $16 {1-0 Forintos,
G-Sydor,A/Cienfuegos 1975/EXT 98 (31)}) 12. b3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12. f3 $5
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be2 (14. e4 $6 {Atalik,S} Qe6 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 {
><d4}) 14... f5 $1 15. a4 $1 {><b5} O-O-O 16. b4 $13 {1-0 Atalik,S-Kotronias,V/
Mangalia,1992/Inf 55/549(Atalik,S)(29)}) ({and} 12. Bd2 {-see comments to
Atalik,S-Shaked,T/New York,1998/CBM 64(1/2-1/2)(Kostakiev,D)(14)-was checked
in the previous games.}) ({Dubious:} 12. b4 {in view of:} a5 {(Atalik,S)}) ({
Also dubious:} 12. Qxc7 {because of:} Nc6 $44 {[%csl Rc7]}) 12... Nc6 $5 ({
After:} 12... c5 $6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qc3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1b2] white has a
big advantage.}) 13. Bb2 Nxd4 ({Worse is:} 13... O-O {in view of:} 14. Nxc6 $5
(14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {-transfers to-13...Nxd4} (15. Rxd4 $5)) 14... Bxc6
15. Rd1 $14) 14. Bxd4 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7]} O-O 15. O-O-O {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4g7]} (
15. Qxc7 $6 Bc6 $44 {[%csl Rc7,Re1]}) 15... Bf5 $1 {Differently badly.} 16.
Bxg7 {This is continuation better than other moves:} (16. Qc3 $6 Rad8 $5 (16...
Ne4 $5) 17. Bxg7 $140 $2 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Ne4+ $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rf2]}) (16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. Rxd3 $2 Qxg2) 17... Rad8 $11) 16... Bxc2 17. Rxd5 Bxb3 $8 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg7]} (17... Be4 $2 18. Rg5 $18) 18. Rg5 $5 ({After:} 18. Bxf8 Bxd5
19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Bd3 {white has a slightly positional advantage in the
endgame.}) ({Also after:} 18. Rd3 Kxg7 19. Rxb3 Rad8 {-equality.}) 18... Ne4 $8
({Badly:} 18... Rfe8 $2 {in view of:} 19. Be5+ Kf8 20. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rh7]})
19. Bxf8+ (19. Rg4 $2 f5 {[%csl Rg4]} (19... Nxf2 $5) 20. Bxf8+ (20. Rxe4 $143
fxe4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17 {[%csl Rf2]}) 20... fxg4 $17 {[%csl Rf2,Rf8]}) 19...
Nxg5 20. Be7 {+/=/=} Ne4 $1 (20... Ne6 $6 21. Bf6 $14 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gf6d8,
Gf6h8]}) 21. f3 $140 Re8 22. Bh4 {[%csl Rf2,Yh4]} Nd6 23. e4 (23. Kd2 $143 c5
$11) 23... f5 $1 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Bf2 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 26. Be2 a5 $5 {
Black's plan is:a4,Rd6-c6} 27. g4 ({Can be recommended:} 27. Re1) 27... Nd4 28.
Bd1 (28. Bd1 a4 $5 (28... Bc4 $143 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Re4 $14) 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30.
Bxb3+ axb3 31. Kb2 Rd2+ 32. Kxb3 Rd3+ 33. Kb4 Rxf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sretenskij, Nikolai V"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 $5 ({Another line is:} 5. cxd5 $5
) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 $5 {Besides,black has several options:} (
7... e5 $5) (7... Nc6 $5) (7... O-O $5) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 $6 ({Also dubious:} 
9. cxd5 $6 {-see comments to Ivanov,S-Kupreichik,V/Maikop,1998/CBM 66(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(51)}) (9. Nf3 $5 {Is the main line.You can see comments to game:
Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/St Petersburg,1998/CBM 65(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)}) 9... Qa5+ 10.
Bd2 $8 Qxc5 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Another alternative is:} 10... Nxd2 $5 11. Qxd2
dxc4 $5 (11... Qxd2+ $2 {Alterman,B} 12. Kxd2 d4 $14) (11... Qxc5 $5 {Alterman,
B} 12. b4 Qe7 $1 13. Nf3 (13. cxd5 $143 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 $44 {|^}) 13... O-O
14. b5 Qf6 (14... Nb8 $143 15. cxd5 Rd8 16. Qc3 $1 exd5 17. Bd3 $14) 15. Rd1 {
+/=/=;1-0 Gurevich,M-Portisch,L/Reggio Emilia 49/667 1989 (56)} (15. Rc1 {>=}))
12. Qxa5 $6 (12. Bxc4 $142 {-transfers to ours game.}) 12... Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $1
14. cxb6 Bb7 $1 15. Nf3 Ke7 16. Nd2 Rhc8 17. Be2 axb6 18. O-O b5 $15 {Dao
Thien Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest/1994/}) 11. Rc1 $5 ({Dubious:} 11. Nf3 {in view
of:} Nxd2 12. Nxd2 (12. Qxd2 $6 dxc4 13. Qc3 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} Qa5 $1 14. Rc1
Qxc3+ 15. Rxc3 b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rb1+ 19. Kd2 Bd7 20. Kc2
Ra1 21. Kb2 Rd1 22. Kc2 Ra1 23. Kb2 Rd1 24. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Ward,C/Port
Erin IOM 1998 (24)}) 12... O-O (12... Ne5 $5 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 O-O 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Kholmov,R/Moscow 1995/CBM 50
ext (17)}) 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Bd3 h6 15. cxd5 Qxc2+ 16. Bxc2 exd5 {1/2-1/2
Obukhov,A-Balashov,Y/Kurgan 1994/CBM 43 (22) +/=/=}) (11. b4 $5 {-was checked
in the previous games.}) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 ({Interestingly:} 12. b4) 12...
dxc4 ({After:} 12... d4 $6 13. exd4 Nxd4 (13... Qxd4 $143 14. Nf3 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 $14) 14. b4 Qe5+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Nf5 17. Kf2 {white transfers to
slightly better endgame.}) 13. Bxc4 Qg5 $5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg5g2]} ({Good
enough for equality:} 13... Qb6 {/\0-0}) 14. f4 Qh4+ $1 15. Qf2 (15. g3 $140 $6
Qe7 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2]}) 15... Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Bd7 {+/=/=} (16... Ke7 $5 {-was
checked in the previous games:} 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Bb5 $5 (18. Rhd1 $143 Rxd1 19.
Rxd1 b6 20. Bb5 Bb7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 23. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,
M-Szabo,L/Saltsjobaden 1952/IZT (23)}) 18... Bd7 19. Rc3 a6 $5 (19... Rac8 $5
20. Rhc1 f6 {+/=/=} (20... Nb8 $2 21. Rc7)) 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3 Rac8 22. Rhc1
Na5 23. Ba2 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 {+/=/=;1-0 Euwe,M-Petrovs,V/Stockholm 1937/HCL 
(50)}) 17. Nf3 Ke7 $5 {[%cal Gh8d8,Ga8c8]} ({Slightly worse is:} 17... Rc8 18.
b4 $1 {Alterman,B:This important move have given better prospects for White.
18.Rhd1Na5! is not enough for an advantage.} Ke7 (18... Ne7 $14) 19. Be2 f6 (
19... Rhd8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Nb8 $14) 20. g4 $5 (20. Rhd1 $5) 20... h6 $6 (
20... Nb8 $1 21. g5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. gxf6+ gxf6 24. Rg1 Kf8 $1 {Only
slightly better prospects for White.}) 21. h4 $14 {-see comments to Sokolov,
I-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk aan Zee,1997/CBM 57(1-0)(Alterman,B)(57)}) 18. Rhd1 (18.
Rc3 $143 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Na5 20. Ba2 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Campos Moreno,J/
Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (20)}) 18... Rhd8 19. e4 $5 $146 (19. Bb5 $143 Rac8 20.
Ke2 Be8 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Mar del Plata 1948/MCD (20)})
19... Be8 20. Rxd8 $6 ({Can be recommended right away:} 20. Ke3 $5) ({Dubious:
} 20. b4 {because of:} Rxd1 21. Rxd1 a5 $1 22. b5 Na7 23. a4 Nc8 $13 {[%csl
Ra4][%cal Gc8b6]}) 20... Rxd8 21. Ke3 Rc8 $5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc6a5]} 22. Ba2 (
{Slighly better is:} 22. Bd3) 22... Bd7 {[%cal Gc6d8,Yd7c8]} 23. Rc3 $6 (23. b4
$5 a5 $140 $6 (23... Nd8 $5 $11) 24. b5 Na7 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. a4 Nb6 27. Bb3
$14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge3d4,Gd4c5,Ge4e5]}) 23... Nd8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 25. e5 ({
After:} 25. b4 Bd7 26. Nd4 Nc6 {equality}) 25... Bd7 $5 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd7c6,
Gc6h1]} 26. g4 (26. Nd4 Nc6 $5 27. Nb5 $140 $6 Nxe5 $1 (27... Nb4 $143 28. Bc4)
(27... f6 $5) 28. Nxa7 Ng4+ 29. Kf3 Nxh2+ 30. Kg3 Nf1+ 31. Kf2 Nd2 32. Ke3 Nf1+
33. Kf2 Nh2 34. Kg3 Nf1+ $11 (34... Kd6 $6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc5b6,Gd6c5,Gd6c7,
Gc7b6,Gc7b8]} 35. Kxh2 Kc5 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Nc8 Bd7 38. Ne7 Kd6 39. Ng8 f5 40.
g4 $1 $13)) 26... Bc6 27. Nd4 Bg2 28. h4 (28. Nb5 Nc6 29. Nd6 f6 $5 $13) 28...
h6 29. g5 $6 (29. b4 $142 $5) 29... hxg5 30. fxg5 g6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yg6h5]}
31. Bc4 ({After:} 31. Kf4 $5 {(קe5;/\Nb5-d6) strongly:} Bd5 $1 $11 (31... Nc6
$140 32. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6]})) 31... Nc6 32. Nxc6+ Bxc6 33. Be2 b6 34. Kd4 Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Mitkov, Marjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 {
The statistics of last games of this variant shows, that black it is necessary
to stop the choice on other continuations:} (7... e5 $5) (7... Nc6 $5) ({or} 
7... O-O $5) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 {[%mdl 4] Earlier I considered this move
dubious,but after white have won some games,I has changed the opinion.} (9. Nf3
$5 {It's main theoretical line.}) ({Leads to equality:} 9. e3 $6 Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Qxa5 $143 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $1 {Dao Thien
Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest,1994(1/2-1/2)(26)}) 12... Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Rc3 O-O
15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Qc2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo,1999 (28)})
9... exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O ({I can not find big advantage for white,
after:} 11... Ng3 $5 {[%csl Rc2,Rh1]} 12. Qb2 Nxh1 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bh6 Qe7 15.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. b5 (17. g3 Be4 $1 $13) 17... Na5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19.
g3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. c6 (21. Bg2 $143 Nxf2 22. Bxd5 Rxc5 23. Bxc4 Ng4 $11 {
[%csl Rc4,Rh2][%cal Gg4e3]}) 21... bxc6 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bh3 Rc7 24. Bg2 Nxf2
25. Kxf2 Bb7 26. Nf5 $14 {Foltys,J-Opocensky,K/Prague,1941(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 12.
Qb2 ({On the first sight,looks more logically:} 12. Bb2 $5 Re8 (12... Ng3 $2
13. Qc3 {[%csl Rg3,Rg7]} d4 $8 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg3 $8 $16 {[%csl Gf2][%cal
Ge1f2] See comments to Levin,F-Zagrebelny,S/Schwerin,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(Golod,V)
(58)}) 13. Rd1 b6 14. e3 bxc5 15. Bb5 Qb6 $1 $14 {You can see comments to
Ivanov,S-Kupreichik,V/Maikop,1998/CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(51)}) 12... a5 $146
{Hardly it is possible to name successful this novelty.} ({Was checked in the
previous games:} 12... d4 $5 13. e3 (13. b5 $6 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Ne5
$44) 13... d3 14. Qb3 Qf6 $2 (14... a5 $5 $132) 15. Bb2 d2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17.
Kxd2 Qh4 18. Ke1 $16 {Baburin,A-Ward,C/Isle of Man op,1996(1-0) (35)}) ({and} 
12... Re8 13. Be3 (13. e3 $6 d4 $1 $132 {[%csl Re1] Klein,E-Moulin,P/New York,
1995(0-1)(20)}) 13... Rc8 (13... b6 $5) 14. g3 b6 15. cxb6 Nd6 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]
[%cal Gd6c4]} 16. b7 Nxb7 17. Rd1 Be4 18. Bg2 Nd6 19. Bc5 Nc4 20. Qc3 {+/=/+/-
Koomen,W-De Jong,T/Baarn,1941(1-0)(30)}) 13. b5 Ne7 14. Be3 a4 $6 {Again very
dubious decision! Can be recommended:} (14... Be6 $5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge7f5]}
15. Bd4 Nf5 16. e3 Rc8 17. Rc1 {+/=/+/-}) 15. Bd4 {[%csl Rg7] /^a1-h8} Qa5+ 16.
Qb4 {[%csl Yb4,Rc5,Yd4][%cal Yb4c5,Yd4c5]} Rfc8 17. Nd2 $1 $16 ({After:} 17.
Rc1 $6 Qxb4+ 18. axb4 a3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga8a4] black has a counterplay.})
17... Qxb4 18. axb4 a3 19. f3 $1 Nxd2 ({A little better is:} 19... Ng5 {
/\Ne6(><d4)}) 20. Kxd2 Ra4 21. Kc3 {[%csl Yc3] Now white's king- main
protective piece.} a2 22. e3 Bb1 23. g4 $1 {[%csl Re7,Yg4][%cal Yg4f5]} Ng6 24.
b6 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Gf1b5] At last,white enter the reserves in game.} Ra3+ 25.
Kb2 Raa8 26. Be2 Ne7 27. b5 {[%csl Yb5,Re7] White consistently do not give to
enter "Ne7" in the game.} Ra4 28. Rc1 Rca8 29. Rc3 Re8 30. c6 $18 {Further
resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endspiel-CD Hecht Schulz,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 b6 $5 $146 (7... c5) (7... O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10.
Nf3 c5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 Ndf6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bb2 cxb4 15. axb4 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 $14 {^^ Lautier,J - Piket,J/Amsterdam/1996/}) 8. e3 Bb7 9. cxd5 $6 (9. Bd3
) 9... exd5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Be2
(15. Bxh7 $2 g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 $17) 15... O-O 16. O-O f5 $1 {
A typical Nimzo-Indian! White wants to open the position for the two bishops
through e3-e4, which Black thematically discourages.} 17. a4 Rf7 18. Bd2 Nf6
19. f3 Qd7 20. Qb1 Re8 21. Bd1 Bc6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Qe1 Nh5 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Qf2
Qd6 26. Kh1 Rfe7 27. g4 $2 {A serious error. Gelfand must have overlooked
Black s reply. With e3-e4 prevented, Black has a good position, but it would
not be easy for him to improve the position further, if White does nothing.} f4
$1 28. gxh5 fxe3 29. Bxe3 Rxe3 30. hxg6 h6 $1 31. Rae1 Qf4 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33.
Qd2 Bd7 $17 {Black is a pawn down, but he is still clearly better, since his
pieces coordinate splendidly, while the White pieces lack active posibillities.
} 34. Bd1 Bf5 35. Re1 Rxf3 $1 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Kg2 Be4+ 38. Kg3 Rf6 39. Bg4
Kg7 40. h4 Kxg6 $19 41. Be2 Kg7 42. Bg4 Kf7 43. Be2 Re6 44. Kf4 Bg6 45. Kg3 Ke7
46. Kf2 Bc2 47. Ra1 Kd6 48. Bf3 a5 49. Bg4 Re4 50. Bf3 Rf4 51. Kg3 Rf6 52. Bg4
Be4 53. Re1 Kc6 54. Bh5 Rf8 55. Re2 Rf1 56. Be8+ Kd6 57. Re3 Ke6 58. Bb5 Kf5
59. Bd7+ Kf6 60. Bb5 Rg1+ 61. Kf4 h5 62. Bd7 Ke7 63. Bb5 Kd6 64. Rh3 Rg4+ 65.
Ke3 Bd3 66. Rf3 Re4+ 67. Kf2 Re2+ 68. Kg3 Ke7 69. Rf2 Rxf2 $2 (69... Re1 $19)
70. Kxf2 Bg6 71. Ke3 Be8 {The idea behind the rook exchange, but surprisingly
the pawn ending is a draw!} 72. Bxe8 Kxe8 {Hecht: B-B: rückständiger schwarzer
Mehrbauer, Opposition, Quadratregel, ab Zug 95 D+c-B - D bei guter schwarzer
K-Position} 73. Kd2 $1 (73. Kf4 $2 {Hecht} b5 74. axb5 (74. Ke3 b4 75. cxb4
axb4 76. a5 Kd8 $19) 74... a4) 73... Kd7 74. Kd1 $1 Ke6 75. Ke2 Ke7 (75... Kf5
{Hecht} 76. Kf3 b5 77. axb5 Ke6 78. Ke2 Kd6 79. Kd2 Kc7 80. Kc2 Kb6 81. Kb2
Kxb5 82. Ka3 $10) 76. Ke3 Ke6 77. Ke2 Kd7 78. Kd1 Kc6 79. Kc2 b5 80. axb5+ Kxb5
81. Kb2 Kc6 82. Ka3 Kd6 $2 (82... Kb5 83. Kb2 $10) 83. Ka4 Ke6 84. Kxa5 Kf5 85.
Kb5 Kg4 (85... Ke4 86. Kc5 Kd3 87. Kxd5 Kxc3 88. Ke5 Kb2 89. d5 c3 90. d6 c2
91. d7 c1=Q 92. d8=Q Qe3+ 93. Kf5 Qf3+ 94. Kg6 Qg4+ 95. Qg5 Qe2 96. Qxh5 Qe6+
$10) 86. Kc5 Kxh4 87. Kxd5 Kg4 88. Kc5 h4 89. d5 Kf5 90. d6 Ke6 91. Kc6 h3 92.
d7 h2 93. d8=Q h1=Q+ 94. Kc5 $14 Qg1+ (94... Qf1 {Hecht} 95. Qe8+ $18) 95. Kxc4
{Schulz,A: Das Damenendspiel ist remis, weil der schwarze König in dem Bereich
vor dem Bauern steht.} Qf1+ {Die beste Verteidigung sind andauerende
Schachgebote} 96. Kc5 Qf5+ 97. Kb6 Qf2+ 98. Kb5 Qb2+ 99. Kc4 Qa2+ 100. Kc5 Qa3+
101. Kd4 Qa4+ $6 (101... Qd6+ $1 {Hecht} 102. Qxd6+ Kxd6 $10 {mit Opposition
ist am einfachsten}) 102. Ke3 Qc2 (102... Ke5 $10 {Hecht}) (102... Qa7+ {
Endspiel-CD  Schulz,A: Das evtl. entstehende Bauernendspiel ist nicht zu
fürchten.} 103. Qd4 Qxd4+ 104. Kxd4 Kd6 $10) 103. Qd4 Qc1+ 104. Ke2 Qc2+ 105.
Kf3 Qc1 (105... Qf5+ $10 {Endspiel-CD  Schulz,A: Nichts spricht gegen weitere
Schachgebote}) 106. Qd3 Ke5 (106... Qh1+ $10 {Endspiel-CD}) 107. Ke2 Qf4 108.
Qb5+ Ke6 109. Qc6+ $14 {Black lost on time, the position is an easy draw. A
tragic loss for Seirawan!} (109. Qc6+ {Endspiel-CD} Ke7 $10) 1-0

[Event "Koge op-A"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3
Nxa1 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kg3 Kh8 $1 17. Nf3 $5 Qxh1 18. Ng5 f5 19. Qxe5 Bd7 $1 {
/\20... Rae8} (19... f4+ $2 {Lautier-Timman (Amsterdam 1994, "Schach" 10/94 S.
52)}) 20. Nf7+ (20. d5 Rf6 21. d6 Rg6 $1) 20... Rxf7 21. Bxf7 {/\22.d5} f4+ $1
22. exf4 Qd1 23. f3 (23. h3 Qd3+ 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxa1 $19 {
Hillarp-Persson}) 23... Nc2 {/\24... Qe1+} 24. Bc3 Qd3 25. d5 Rg8 26. Kf2 $5
$146 (26. Bxg8 Qg6+ $19) (26. Qxc7 Qf5 (26... Rc8) 27. Bxg8 Kxg8 28. d6 h5 {
Pelletier-Solak (Halle 1995)}) 26... Qa6 $1 $36 27. Bxg8 Qb6+ 28. Ke2 Qg6 $1
29. Kf2 $2 (29. Be6 Qxg2+ 30. Kd1 (30. Kd3 Bb5+ 31. Ke4 Qe2+ 32. Kf5 Ne3+ 33.
Kg5 h6+ 34. Kh4 (34. Kg6 Be8+ 35. Bf7 Qg2+ $19) 34... Qf2+ $19) 30... Ba4 $1
31. Kc1 Ne3 $1 32. Qe4 (32. Bf5 Qf1+) (32. Kb1 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 Qd1+) 32... Qf1+
33. Kb2 (33. Kd2 Nc4+) 33... Nd1+ $19) 29... Kxg8 30. Qxc7 Qb6+ 31. Qxb6 axb6
32. Bb2 b5 33. Ke2 b4 34. a4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 (
7... c5) (7... e5) (7... O-O) 8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 (9. f3 Nf6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4
Qd6) 9... Qxd5 10. Nf3 (10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14.
Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 O-O $13) 10... Qa5+ (10... exd4 $2 11. Bc4 Qf5 (11... Qa5+ 12.
b4 $18) 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Bxe4 dxe3 16. O-O exf2+ 17.
Qxf2 $18 {Horowitz - Dake, USA, 1933}) (10... Bf5 11. Bd3 (11. Bc4 Qa5+ 12. b4
Nxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 $13) 11... exd4 (11... Qa5+ 12. b4 Nxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14.
O-O $16) 12. Nh4 $5 g6 (12... dxe3 13. Nxf5 (13. Bxe3 g6 $44) 13... Nxf2 14.
Bc4 Qa5+ 15. b4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. O-O $1 $18) (12... Nxf2 $5 13. Nxf5 (13.
Kxf2 $2 dxe3+ 14. Kxe3 Qd4+ $17) 13... Nxh1 (13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Ne5 15. Nxg7+
(15. Qxd4 $2 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 (16. Kd2 Qxf5 17. Qxd3 $4 Rd8 $19) 16... Nxc1+ 17.
Raxc1 Qxf5 $13) (15. Qc2 $2 d3 16. Qxc7 (16. Qf2 d2+ $1) 16... d2+ $1 17. Bxd2
Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Qxf5 $13) 15... Kf8 16. Qxd4 Nd3+ (16... Qxg2 17. Qc5+ $1 Kg8 18.
Qxe5 Qxh1+ 19. Kf2 $16) 17. Kd2 Qxd4 (17... Qxg2+ 18. Kxd3 Qxh1 19. Ne6+ $18) (
17... Rd8 18. Qxd5 (18. Ne6+ fxe6 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh7+ Ke8 $13) 18... Rxd5
19. e4 Rd7 20. Nf5 Nf2+ 21. Ke2 Nxh1 22. Bh6+ $16) 18. exd4 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Kxg7
20. Rxc7 $16) 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. e4 Qe5 16. Nf5 Qxh2 17. Bh6+ (17. Qc5+ $5)
17... Kg8 18. O-O-O $40) 13. f3 (13. O-O $5) 13... Nc5 14. e4 (14. Bxf5 gxf5
15. Nxf5 dxe3 $13) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qe5 16. O-O Bd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Nf3 $14)
11. Nd2 (11. Bd2 Nxd2) (11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1) 11... Nxd2 $6 (11... Nd6 12.
b4 $1 Nxb4 (12... Qd5 13. Qc5 $36) 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. dxe5 Nf5 16.
Bb2 Be6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Bc3 Nec6 19. f4 g6 20. Be2 O-O-O 21. Kf2 b6 22. g4 $16 {
E.Vladimirov - Yudasin, Tilburg, 1994}) (11... Bf5 $5 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 (13.
Qb2 Nc6 (13... Nd5 14. f3 Nec3 15. e4 (15. Nc4 Qa4 $13) 15... exd4 $13)) 13...
Nc6 (13... Nc2+ $2 14. Qxc2 Ng3 15. e4 $1 Bxe4 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Nxh1 18.
Nxe4 $18) (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Nc2+ 15. Qxc2 $18) (13... Ng3 14. e4 Nxh1 15.
exf5 $16) (13... Nd5 14. f3 $1) (13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. f3 Ng3 $13) 14... Nc6
$13) 14. Qxb7 Qc3 $5 $13) 12. Bxd2 Qd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 (13... Qxe5 14. Bc3 Qg5
15. Qe4+ Be6 16. f4 Qg4 17. Be2 $16) 14. e4 (14. Rd1 Bg4 (14... O-O $2 15. Bb4
$18) 15. f3 Nxf3+ $1 16. gxf3 Qxf3 (16... Bxf3) 17. Rg1 Qxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bxd1 19.
Kxd1 O-O $13) (14. Bc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qc6) (14. Qxc7 O-O $44 (14... Nd3+ $6 15.
Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Bb4 $40)) 14... Qc6 15. Rc1 $6 (15. Qxc6+ Nxc6 16. Rc1 $16) 15...
Qg6 $1 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. f3 O-O 18. Bd3 (18. Bxc7 Be6 19. Bg3 Rac8 $132) 18...
Be6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bf1 Nd4 22. Qf2 c5 23. Rc3 Nb3 $6 (23... Qf6
$5 24. Be3 (24. Qg3 Qe7) 24... b6) 24. Rcd3 Rxd3 (24... Qf6 25. Qg3 Qe7 $2 (
25... Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Qxb2 $2 27. Be5 $18) 26. Bh6 $1 g6 27. Qe5 $18) 25. Rxd3 f6
(25... Bc4 26. Rd6) (25... Nd4 $5) 26. Rd6 Qf7 27. Qe3 h6 28. Qc3 c4 (28... Nd4
29. b4 b6 30. Ba6 $36) 29. Be3 b6 30. f4 Kh8 31. e5 (31. f5 Bd7 32. e5 (32. g4
Qe7) 32... fxe5 33. Qxe5 Re8 $13 (33... Qxf5)) 31... fxe5 (31... f5 $16) 32.
Qxe5 Re8 33. Bf2 Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. h3 (35. Be2 Bd5 $5) 35... Nc5 (35... Bxh3
$2 36. Bxc4 $1 $18) (35... Na5 $5) 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. Qe5 Kh7 (37... Bxh3 $2 38.
Rxh6+ Kg8 39. Qxe8+ $1 Qxe8 40. Bxc4+ Kf8 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. gxh3
$18) 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Qe5 Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kh8 41. Be2 Bxh3 (41... Bd5 42. Qxd5
Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Rxe2 44. Rxc5 Rxb2 45. Rxc4 $16) 42. Bxc4 (42. Qxc4 $2 Qe7 $1)
42... Qf8 $2 (42... Rxe4 $142 43. Bxf7 Bf5 (43... Bg4 44. Bg6 $1 Rd4 (44...
Re1+ 45. Kh2 Rd1 46. Ra6 Rd7 47. Kg3 $16) 45. Rxd4 cxd4 46. Kf2 Kg8 47. Ke1 Kf8
48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Kd3 Kf6 50. Be4 $16) 44. g3 Rd4 $14) (42... Qh5 43. Qd5) 43.
Qd3 (43. Qd5 Qxf4 44. Rd8 (44. gxh3 $2 Qg3+ $19) 44... Qe3+ $1 45. Kh2 Bg4 $11)
43... Bg4 (43... Qxf4 44. gxh3 (44. Rd8 Rxd8 45. Qxd8+ Kh7 46. Qg8+ Kg6 47.
Qe8+ Kg5 $13) 44... Re1+ (44... Qg5+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kg2 Qg5+ (46... Qxb2+ 47.
Qd2 Qxa3 $2 48. Rxh6+ $1 $18) 47. Qg3) 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kf3 $1 Qh5+ 47. Kf2
Qh4+ 48. Qg3 $18) (43... Bf5 $5 44. Qd2 Be4) (43... Re1+ 44. Kf2) 44. Qd2 Qe7
45. Rd5 Rc8 (45... Qe1+ 46. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 47. Kf2 Re4 $2 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Bd3 $18)
(45... Qh4 46. Rxc5 Re1+ 47. Bf1 Be2 $2 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Qc2+ g6 50. Qc7+ $18)
46. Re5 Qf6 47. Qe3 Bd7 48. Re7 Bc6 (48... Rd8 $2 49. Rxd7 $18) 49. Re6 Qd8 (
49... Qxb2 $2 50. Rxc6 $18) 50. Qe5 Qd4+ (50... Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Bd3 Qg8
53. Qe5 $18) 51. Qxd4 cxd4 52. Rd6 g5 (52... Bxg2 53. Be6 (53. Ba6 Rb8) 53...
Rc6 (53... Rc2 54. Rd8+ Kh7 55. Bf5+ $18) 54. Rd8+ Kh7 55. Bg8+ (55. f5) 55...
Kg6 56. Kxg2 $18) 53. Be6 Rc7 54. f5 Kg7 55. f6+ Kxf6 (55... Kg6 56. f7 Kg7 57.
Rd8 $18) 56. Bd5+ Ke5 57. Rxc6 Rd7 58. Bf3 d3 59. Kf2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 (9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 (10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 d4 12. g3 Qxc5 13.
b4 Qh5 14. c5 O-O 15. Bg2 e5 16. Nc4 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 d3 19. Qxd3 a5
$2 (19... Nd4 {~/=}) 20. O-O axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nxb4 23. Qe4 Nc6 24.
e3 $16 {Baburin,A-Sulipa,A/Ubeda op 1996}) 10... Nd4 11. Qd3 e5 12. b4 Qa4 13.
Ra2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 $2 {>= Qd2} Bf5 15. Qe3 O-O-O 16. g4 Qc2 $1 $19 {Bareev,
E-Ivanchuk,V/Novogrod 1994 0:1 31;}) 9... exd5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ $5 (10... Bf5 11.
b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6 Rb8 15. O-O-O $1 Nxf2 16. Qxf5 Nxd1 17.
c7 $1 Qxc7 18. Be5 Ne3 19. Bxc7 Nxf5 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Ne1 $14 {Nadanian,
A-Yegiararian,A/Armenia 1994}) 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Rd1 Be6 14. e3
O-O 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. O-O Rac8 17. Bc3 $14 a6 18. Be2 h6 19. h3 Rd7 20. Bd4 $5 (
20. Nd4 Na4 21. Rc1 Rdc7 $15) 20... Nb3 $5 (20... Nxd4 $6 21. Nxd4 $16) 21. Bb6
Ne7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nf5 24. Bc3 Nd6 $1 25. Bd3 f6 26. f3 Kf7 27. Rfe1
Rdc7 28. Kf2 Rc6 29. Re2 $6 (29. g4 $5 {/\ Rg1, h4, g5 |^}) 29... Nc4 {/\ Na3}
30. Bd4 Nd6 $1 (30... Ne5 31. Bb1 $14) 31. a4 (31. Bc3 Nc4 {; 31.Ree1 Nb5 +/=}
32. Ree1) 31... Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Rc2 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Bf5 35. Bb3 Nc4 36. e4
Be6 37. exd5 Bxd5 38. Bc2 Ke6 39. h4 Na5 40. Bh7 Kd6 41. b4 Nb3 (41... Nc6 $2
42. Bc5+ Ke6 43. Bg8+ Ke5 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 45. Bf8 {+/-}) 42. Bc3 b6 43. Ke3 a5
44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Kf4 Be6 46. h5 Bd7 47. Bg8 Nc5 (47... Bxa4 $6 48. Kf5 Ke7 49.
Kg6 Kf8 50. Kh7 {+/=}) 48. Bxa5 Bxa4 49. Bb4 (49. Kf5 Bc2+ $11) 49... Bd7 50.
Ke3 Kc6 51. Kd4 Ne6+ 52. Bxe6 Bxe6 53. Bf8 Bf7 54. Bxg7 (54. g4 g6 $11) 54...
Bxh5 55. Bxf6 Bg6 56. Bg7 h5 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Kf6 Bd3 59. Kg5 Bf1 60. g3 Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 (9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 $5 {is more aggressive here.}) 9... Qa5+
10. Bd2 Nxd2 (10... Qxc5 {is less common.}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 (11... Qxc5 {is
possible here, too.}) 12. Bxc4 (12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $5 14. cxb6 Bb7 $5 $44
{is the main topic of today's theoretical discussions in this system.}) 12...
Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 ({The endgame after} 13... Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.
Kxf2 Ke7 {is nearly equal, e.g.} 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. b4 Rac8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Rc7
21. Be2 Rhc8 22. g5 Nd8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Rd1 hxg5 26. fxg5 f6 $11
{1/2 Sokolov,I (2684)-Ribli,Z (2574)/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) {However,
Black prefers to keep queens, posing more problems to out-of-form GM Pavel
Eljanov.} 14. Nf3 O-O 15. b4 {[%cal Yd2b2]} (15. O-O Rd8 16. Qc3 (16. Bd3 e5
17. e4 Be6 18. Qe3 f6 $11 {1/2 Koneru,H (2622)-Hou,Y (2570)/Nalchik 2010/CBM
136 (75)}) 16... Bd7 17. b4 a6 18. Bd3 (18. e4 Na7 19. e5 Bc6 20. Be2 Nb5 21.
Qe3 a5 $132 {1/2 Fridman,D (2630)-Cruz,C (2534)/Leon 2008/CBM 127 Extra (49)})
18... Rac8 19. Qb2 Na7 20. h3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Ne5 h6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rfd1
Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne8 26. a5 Nc7 {1/2 Bocharov,D (2582)-Riazantsev,A (2617)/
Novokuznetsk 2008/CBM 126}) 15... Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. O-O (17. b5 Na5 18. Be2
b6 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 a5 $1 $132 {
0-1 Morozevich,A (2771)-Karjakin,S (2706)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (68)}) 17...
Qf6 {After all Black decides to trade queens. The resulting position is,
however, slightly preferable for White due to his better bishop and Black's
inferior pawn sructure.} (17... Rac8 $5 18. Rfd1 a6) 18. Qxf6 gxf6 $14 19. Be2
(19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bb5 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Ke2 Bd7 24. Bd3 f5 25.
g3 Rg8 $6 (25... a6) 26. Rc5 f6 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rg7 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Nd4
$16 {1-0 Palme,R-Eliskases,E/Berlin 1938/HCL (56)}) 19... a5 $6 {Too
aggressive.} (19... Rac8 20. Rfd1 Kf8) (19... Ne7 $5 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Rc7 $140
$6 Nd5) 20. b5 Ne7 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rb7,Rd7] Black´s bishop is now constricted,
and his queenside pawns are vulnerable.} 21. Rfd1 Nd5 (21... Be8 22. Nd2 $1 {
[%cal Yd2c4,Ya3a4,Yd2e4]}) 22. e4 $1 (22. g3 Be8) 22... Nf4 23. Bf1 {[%cal
Yg2g3]} e5 {This weakening is practically forced; otherwise Black's pieces
can't breathe!} 24. Nh4 $1 Bg4 $6 (24... Kf8 {may be more to the point but
after} 25. g3 {White keeps a clear plus:} Nh3+ (25... Ng6 26. Rc7 Bg4 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Nf5 Bf3 29. Ne3 $1 Bxe4 30. Bg2 $16) (25... Ne6 26. Nf5) 26. Kg2 Ng5
27. f3 {[%csl Rg5]} Be8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rc7 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Rd7 31. Rc8 $16) 25.
f3 Be6 26. Nf5 $6 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Gc7]} Rd7 $140 28. b6 $1
Kf8 29. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 30. exf5 Rd1 31. Rxb7 Rb1 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. b7 {, and White
should convert his extra pawn.}) 26... Bxf5 27. exf5 Nd5 28. Rd3 $6 (28. Kf2
$16 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yd3e4] was still very strong.}) 28... Rd7 29. Rc4 (29. Rcd1
Rad8 $11 {[%cal Yd5b6]}) 29... Rad8 30. Ra4 $6 {Starting a series of awful
rook moves.} (30. Kf2 $11) 30... b6 31. Rg4+ Kf8 32. Rh4 $2 (32. Rc4 Ne7 33.
Rxd7 Rxd7 34. g4 Rd2 $1 35. Rc7 Nd5 36. Rc6 $15) 32... Ne7 $1 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 {
[%cal Gd7d1,Re7f5,Rf5e3][%mdl 4096]} 34. Rxh7 Nxf5 35. Rh5 {This poor rook
still remains out of play! But its activation (after losing so much time)
didn't solve White's problems:} (35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Rd1 $1 37. Kf2 (37. Rxb6
Ne3 38. Kf2 Nxf1 39. Ra6 Rb1 40. Rxa5 Nd2) 37... Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Rxb6 Ne3
$5 40. Ra6 (40. Bd3 Nxg2+ 41. Kf1 Nf4 $17) 40... Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Rxa5 Nd2
43. Ra4 $1 Ra2 $1 44. Ke3 $1 Nb3 $1 {In this sharp endgame Black keeps good
winning chances.}) 35... Ne3 $1 {[%cal Rd7d1] And the white bishop is caged,
too!} 36. Kf2 (36. Be2 Rd2 37. Kf2 Nxg2 (37... Nc2 $5)) 36... Nc2 $1 37. f4 (
37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Rd2+ $1 39. Kg1 $8 Ne3 40. Rxb6 Rd1 (40... f5 $5 41. Rc6
Rd1 42. Kf2 Nxf1 43. b6 Rb1 44. Rc5 Nd2 45. Rxe5 Nc4 46. Rc5 Nxb6 47. Rxa5 f4)
41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Ra6 Rb1 43. Rxa5 Nd2 {- see annotation to move 35.}) 37... e4
{[%csl Ge4]} 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rc8 (39. Rb8 $142 e3+ 40. Kf3 Re7 {[%cal Rc2d4]}
41. Rd8 Nxa3 42. Bd3 Nb1 $1 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2b3]} 43. Rc8 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Nb3 45.
Rc4 a4 $1 $17) 39... Rd2+ 40. Be2 Nxa3 41. Ke3 {The white king will be
vulnerable here.} (41. Rb8 {was, however, hopeless enough. Here is a possible
line, and look at the moves of the black knight:} Rb2 $1 (41... Nxb5 42. Ke1
Rd5 43. Rxb6 Nc3 $17) 42. Rxb6 a4 {[%cal Ra3c2,Ra4a3,Ra3a2]} 43. Ra6 Nxb5 {
[%cal Rb5c3]} 44. Ke3 Nc3 $1 45. Bc4 f5 $1 46. Kd4 Nd1 47. Ra7 (47. Rxa4 Rd2+
48. Ke5 Nb2 49. Rb4 e3 $19) 47... e3 $1 48. Rxf7+ Kg6 49. Re7 (49. Ke5 Rb5+ $1
50. Bxb5 Kxf7 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Ge3]}) 49... Rxg2 {, and Black should win.}) 41...
Rb2 42. Rb8 (42. g4 Nxb5 43. Bxb5 Rxb5 $19 {_|_}) 42... f5 $1 {[%cal Ra3c2]}
43. Bf1 Rb1 44. Be2 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Nxb5 46. Rxb6 e3+ $1 47. Kg3 Nd4 48. Rxb3 Nxb3
49. Kf3 $2 (49. Bb5 $8 {could have prolonged White's torture:} Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}
50. Bc4 (50. Ba4 Kf6 51. Bd7 Ke7 52. Ba4 Kd8 $22 53. h4 {This pawn must move
forward to its death!} Ke7 54. h5 Kf6 55. Be8 Kg7 56. Bd7 (56. h6+ Kxh6 57.
Bxf7 a4 58. Bc4 a3 {[%cal Yh6g7,Yg7f8,Yf8e7,Ye7d6,Yd6c5,Yc5b4,Yb4c3]}) 56...
Kh6 57. Be8 Kxh5 58. Bxf7+ Kh6 59. Be8 Kg7 $19 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yf8e7,Ye7d6,Yd6c5,
Yc5b4]}) 50... a4 51. Bd5 a3 52. Bc4 Kf8 53. Bd5 Ke7 54. h4 (54. Bc4 Kd6 55.
Ba2 Kc5 $1 56. h4 Kb4 57. h5 Kc3 $19) 54... Kf6 55. h5 Kg7 56. Bc4 f6 57. Bd5
Kh6 58. Bf7 Ne2+ 59. Kf3 Nc3 60. Kxe3 a2 61. Bxa2 Nxa2 $19) 49... a4 (49... a4
50. Bd1 Nd4+ $1 51. Kxe3 a3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O {According to theory,
Black's developmental advantage compensates for his material deficit. The
present game confirms that assessment.} 13. Bd2 $5 (13. O-O Rfe8 14. h3 (14.
Bd2 d4 15. Rad1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. Qc1 d3 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Bxd3 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Ne5 21. Be4 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qd1 Qf5 $44 {0-1 Bareev,E (2683)
-Ivanchuk,V (2741)/Havana 2006/CBM 116 (38)}) (14. Rb1 d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
exd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nc3 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. bxc3 b6 $13 {1-0 Zhou Jianchao (2612)
-Aveskulov,V (2544)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126 Extra (51)}) 14... Bh5 (14... Bf5 $5
15. Qd1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Nxc5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bb2 d4 20. Bd3 Qg5 21.
f4 Qh6 $11 {1-0 Koneru,H (2572)-Sethuraman,S (2380)/Abu Dhabi 2007/CBM 119 ext
(33)}) 15. Bd2 (15. Rb1 Rad8 16. b4 Nc3 17. Bb2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 d4 19. Rfe1 Qf5
20. e4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nc4 $44 {1/2 Monacell,J (2466)
-Claridge,J (2374)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2008/Telechess CBM 133 (48)}) 15...
Ne5 $1 (15... Rad8 $6 16. Rae1 $1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rxe5 19. Be1 Qa6
20. b4 $16 {1/2 Vorobiov,E (2616)-Maletin,P (2585)/Dagomys RUS 2010/The Week
in Chess 804 (44)}) 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qg6 18. Nd4 Rac8 $36) 13... Rac8 (
13... Rfe8 14. Bc3 Qe7 $5 (14... Nxc3 $143 15. Qxc3 $1 (15. bxc3 Qe7 16. O-O
Qxc5 $11 {0-1 Krush,I (2452)-Hou,Y (2578)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126 Extra (37)})
15... Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Rb1 Nd8 18. Kd2 Re7 19. Rb4 Be6 20. Nd4 Rxc5 21.
a4 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A (2668)-Georgiev,K (2660)/Valjevo 2007/CBM 119 (62)}) 15.
O-O Qxc5 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 $11 {1-0
Valuet,B (2303)-Gaponenko,I (2458)/Differdange 2007/CBM 119 ext (52)}) (13...
Rfc8 $5 14. Bc3 {1/2 Drozdovskij,Y (2603)-Landa,K (2627)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 129
Extra}) (13... Ne5 $6 14. Bc3 Nxc3 15. Nxe5 $1 $16) 14. O-O $6 (14. Bc3 $142
$11) 14... Ne5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Quite an obvious novelty, after which Black
seizes the initiative, although he had little problems in the previous game:} (
14... b6 $5 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Ng5 h6
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Rb5 Rxb5 23. Bxb5 Ne5 24. f4 Rb8 $1 $132 {
1/2 Hillarp Persson,T (2567)-Hammer,J (2412)/Copenhagen 2007/CBM 119 ext (73)})
15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Nd7 Qa6 $1 17. Nxf8 (17. Rfe1 $2 Rfe8 {[%csl Rd7]}) 17... Bd3
$1 18. Qd1 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nxd2 21. Rd1 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 22. Nd7
Rc2 23. b4 b6 $6 (23... f6 $142 $1 {preventing the knight exchange, e.g.} 24.
Nc5 b6 25. Ne6 Kf7 26. Nd4 (26. Nf4 g5 $1 27. Nxd5 Ke6 {- that is what Black
probably missed -} 28. e4 Nxe4 29. f3 Nc3 30. Nxc3 Rxc3 $17 {_|_}) 26... Ra2
$15) 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ (25... Ne4 26. h3 Nc3 27. Rd3 $11) (25... Nxf3+
26. gxf3 Rc3 27. Rxd5 Rxa3 28. b5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 {This old move was last examined in CBM 70 by
GM V.Golod.} (10... Nxd2 {is the main line.}) 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bc1 $6 {An
ambitious move. White keeps the bishop pair at the price of a delay in
development. The present game shows that it is a wrong concept.} (12. Nf3 {
is absolutely harmless.}) 12... a5 $1 {The most energetic way to exploit
Black's development advantage. Other options seen in practice (mostly long ago)
:} (12... Bd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Nf3 f5 15. Qb3 dxc4 (15... O-O $142 $1) 16. Bxc4
a6 17. O-O Nd6 18. Be2 e5 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Qd1 Bd7 21. Rc2 e4 22. Nd2 (22. Ng5
$1) 22... O-O 23. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Preinfalk,A-Kazic,B/Novi Sad 1945/HCL (55)}) (
12... O-O 13. Nf3 Bd7 (13... Ng5 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. Nd2 e5 16. h4 Ne6 17. Nxc4 f6
18. Bd3 h6 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Be4 Rd8 21. O-O Rd7 22. b5 Ncd8 23. a4 Nc5 24. Ba3
Nde6 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Bxc5 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Landenbergue,C/Geneve
SUI 2007/CBM116 ext}) 14. Bd3 f5 15. O-O (15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Qb3 $6 (16. O-O)
16... a5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. b5 Bd7 21. Qxd5 Rfd8 22.
Bxe4 Rc5 23. Qa2 Qxe4 24. O-O Be6 25. Qb1 Rc2 26. Bc1 Bc4 27. Re1 Bd5 {0-1
Lapse,A-Buczinski,H/ICCF 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 112}) 15... Rac8 16. Qa2 (16.
Bb2 $5) 16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfd8 18. Bb2 b5 19. Bb3 a5 20. Rad1 Re8 21. bxa5
Nxa5 22. Ne5 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc5 26. Bc2 Nc4 27. Bc3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Alatortsev,V-Kan,I/Leningrad 1934/URS-ch (91)}) 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2
Ng4 15. Nh3 O-O $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The most natural move.} (15... Qh4 16. g3 Qh6
17. Qe2 Ngf6 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Bg2 dxc4 $2 (19... g5 $5 $13) 20. Qxc4 Nd6 21. Qd3
Rd8 22. Rd1 Nfe8 23. O-O $16 {1-0 Riumin,N-Capablanca,J/Moscow 1935/HCL (29)})
(15... Ngf6 $5 16. Be2 (16. f3 $5 Nc5 17. Nf4) 16... O-O 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. cxd5
Rfc8 19. Qd1 e5 20. d6 Nxd6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qxe5 f6 24. Qd4 Rc2
$36 {0-1 Baturinsky,V-Romanovsky,P/Moscow 1945/HCL (34)}) 16. Be2 (16. f3 {
wins a piece but leads to a poor position after} Nxe3 17. Qb3 d4 $1 18. fxe4 (
18. Bxd4 Qh4+ 19. g3 Nxg3) 18... e5 19. Nf2 a4 20. Qd3 Be6 21. Rc1 Rac8 $17 {
[%csl Re1]}) 16... e5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Black restricts White's h3 knight and
then exchanges it destroying White's pawn structure. His knights will not be
weaker than White's bishops.} 17. cxd5 Ngf6 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. O-O Bxh3 20. gxh3
Rac8 21. Qe2 e4 22. Bc2 Nxd5 23. Rad1 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. a4 (25. Qd2 Nxb5
26. a4 Rfc8 $1) 25... Nf5 (25... Rfc8 $5) 26. Qg4 Nh4 $6 (26... Nxe3 $5 27.
fxe3 Rxc2 28. Rd7 Qe5 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Rc4 31. Rxb7 Rxa4 $17 {_|_}) 27.
Bb1 $2 {A premature capitulation.} (27. Rd7 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Qf6 29. Bb1 (29. Bxe4
$2 Ne5) 29... Rc4 $17) (27. Qxe4 $142 $1 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxc2 29. Rd4 $1 {the
point!} Nf5 30. Qxc2 Nxd4 31. exd4 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Qxd4 $15 {and White can fight
on.}) 27... f5 $19 {[%csl Rb1,Rg1,Gh4]} 28. Qg3 Ra3 (28... f4 29. Qg4 Nf3+ 30.
Kh1 fxe3 {[%cal Re3e2]} 31. fxe3 Rxe3 $19) {After the text move Black
gradually wins, too.} 29. Rc1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Ne5 31. b6 Nc6 32. Rcd1 Rxa4 33. f3
exf3 34. Qxf3 g6 35. e4 Ra3 36. Qg2 f4 37. Ba2+ Kg7 38. Qb2+ Kh6 39. Bd5 Rxh3
40. Qd2 Qe5 41. Rb1 a4 42. Qg2 Rh4 43. Rf3 Rf6 44. Rh3 Qh5 45. Rxh4 Qxh4 46. e5
Nxe5 47. Bxb7 f3 48. Qd2+ g5 49. Bd5 f2 50. Bg2 Ng4 51. h3 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 O-O (10... Bf5 {is usually played at once. Other
options:}) (10... Qa5+) (10... Qf6) 11. Nf3 Bf5 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13.
Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Kf2
Nc4 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne2 f6 22. Rhd1 Bc6 23. Nf4 $14 {0-1 (36) Al Sayed,M (2511)
-Durarbeyli,V (2584) St Petersburg 2012}) (11... Qf6 $5 12. Bd3 b6 $5 13. O-O (
13. cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 14. Bd2 $5) 13... bxc5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c4
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13 {0-1 (37) Petrik,T (2487)-Babula,V (2608) Slovakia 2009}) 12.
Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 $5 {White avoids exchanges and keeps his c5-pawn but his king
remains in the centre (at least temporarily). A risky strategy!} (13. b4 $6
Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bd4 a6 18. Qb2 f6 19. Ra1 Be6
$15 {1/2 (48) Gurevich,M (2618)-Halkias,S (2564) Chalkida 2009}) (13. Nd2 Nxd2
(13... Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Ra1]}) 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Qxc5 16. Rc1 (16. Bc3 d4 $1 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. O-O-O Qf5 20. e4
Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd4 23. fxg5 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rg4 25. g3 Rxg5 26. Rxb7 a5
$11 {1/2 (50) Morozevich,A (2771)-Adams,M (2712) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 16... Qb6
17. O-O Rad8 {[%cal Rc6e5,Re5c4,Rd5d4]} 18. f4 Rfe8 19. b4 h6 20. h3 a6 21. Rc5
a5 22. Rfc1 axb4 23. axb4 Re4 24. Kh2 Rc4 $11 {1/2 (41) Morozevich,A (2771)
-Carlsen,M (2776) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 13... Rfe8 $1 {Black concentrates his
forces agains White's king declining the offer to win an exchange.} (13... Nb4
14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 (16... Qa2 $5) 17. Qb3 a5 18. Nc2 (18.
Bd2 $5 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 a4 20. Rxa1 axb3 21. Rd1 $44 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 18... Qb1 19.
Nd4 Qa1 20. Nc2 Qb1 21. Nd4 {1/2 (21) Jensen,R-Welling,G (2345) Lyngby 1989}) (
13... b6 $5 {(K.Landa)} 14. cxb6 $140 Rac8 $1) 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. b4 Qc7 (15...
Nxb4 $4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Ra1) 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Bb2 (
18. Bb5 $4 Qf4 $1 $19 {0-1 (25) Benitah,Y (2428)-Monsieux,C (2297) France 2009}
) 18... d4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (18... Qf4 {is poor now due to} 19. Be4 $1 Qh4 20.
Rxd5) (18... Qh2 {is parried by} 19. Rh1 $1 Qg2 (19... Qf4 20. Be4 Qh4 21. Bxd5
) 20. Rag1 Rxe3+ (20... Qxf3+ 21. Kf1 {[%cal Yd3e2]}) 21. Kd1 $1 Qxf3+ 22. Be2
{winning an exchange.}) 19. h4 $6 (19. Rg1 $142 Qh2 (19... h6 20. h4 Qh2 21.
hxg5 Rxe3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Rg2 Qh1+ $11) 20. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Rg1
Qxh3+ 23. Rg2 $11 {(recommended by GM Konstantin Landa)}) 19... Rxe3+ $1 (19...
Qh2 20. hxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kd2 Rxf3 22. Kc1 Rxf2 23. Qb3 {is rather good for White,
whose bishop pair will become powerful}) (19... Nh3 $5 {leads to big
complications, e.g.} 20. Bxh7+ $5 (20. b5 Rxe3+ $1 21. fxe3 Qh2+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+
23. Bf1 Re8 $17 {->}) (20. Rh1 Nf4+ 21. Kf1 dxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Bxh7+ Kf8
$17) 20... Kh8 21. b5 Qh2 (21... Nf4+ $6 22. Kf1 dxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Be4) (
21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 $11) 22. bxc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxe3+
24. Kc4 Qe6+ 25. Kxd4 $13) 20. fxe3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh2+ {Black
decides to force a draw.} (22... Qxf3+ $6 23. Kg1 Nh3+ (23... Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Nf3
25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf2 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 $16) 24. Kh2 Nf2 (24... Ne5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8
26. Rxd4 Nf2 27. Bf5) 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 Ne7 27. Be4 $1 Nxe4 28. Qg2 $16) (
22... Qxh4+ {was, however, a good chance to play on. Apparently White can
survive with a series of only moves:} 23. Kg1 $1 (23. Ke2 $143 Qh2+ (23... Re8
$6 24. Kd2) 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Re8 $40) 23... Nxf3+ (23... Re8
$5 24. Qg2 Rxe3 25. Be4 Nxe4 26. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29.
Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 24. Kf1 $1 {(just find such a defence!)} (24. Kg2 $2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2
dxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qg3 $1 $19) 24... Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kxf3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Qh4+
28. Kxe5 Qf6+ 29. Ke4 Re8+ 30. Kd5 Rd8+ 31. Ke4 $11) 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 {A quiet line, in which
White hopes to get a tiny edge due to his better bishop. However, Black has
enough time to solve that problem.} dxc4 {Other options:} (12... d4) (12... O-O
) 13. Bxc4 (13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 Ke7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Rhd8
$11 {1-0 (68) Medic,M (2250)-Randjelovic,D (2076) Zadar 2005}) (13. Nxc4 Ne5 $1
(13... O-O 14. Bd3 (14. b4 $5 Qg5 15. Bd3 Qxg2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Qh3 {
1/2 (17) Johannessen,L (2531)-Riazantsev,A (2615) Evora 2007} 18. Rg1 $36)
14... h6 15. b4 (15. O-O Ne5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Qc7 Qd5
20. Bc4 Qc6 21. Be2 $14 {1-0 (31) Hjartarson,J (2590)-Sokolov,A (2595) Madrid
1988}) 15... Qg5 16. f4 Qf6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Be4 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Bb5
21. a4 Rb8 22. axb5 Rxb7 23. Nd6 $16 {1/2 (31) Irwanto,S (2362)-Zaw,W (2531)
Surabaya 2002}) 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qd2 (16. Qb2 Rc8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bd3
b5 $1 19. Qxg7 Ke7 $17 {0-1 (33) Gerenski,H (2284)-Kholmov,R (2427) Arco 2001})
16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. O-O Rd8 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rfd1 Bc6 $11 {1/2 (23)
Mohota,N (2270)-Sachdev,T (2383) Chennai 2006}) 13... O-O (13... Ne5 {now
fails due to} 14. Ne4 $1 Qb6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 (15... Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Rd1 $36
) 16. Qa4 a5 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. O-O Bd7 20. Qd4 $16 {1-0 (34)
Fridman,D (2637)-Pileckis,E (2443) Liverpool 2008}) 14. b4 {White must play
energetically. Other moves seen in practice are rather harmless:} (14. O-O $143
Bd7 (14... Ne5 15. b4 Qc7 16. f4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Qe4 a5 19. Nf3 axb4 20.
axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 h6 $11 {1/2 (43) Markos,J (2568)-Kuzubov,Y (2578) Polanica
Zdroj 2008}) 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc3 Nb8 18. Qe5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 {
1/2 (19) Godat,T (2314)-Nikel,B (2314) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009}) (14. Rc1
Ne5 (14... Bd7 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Bd3 h6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Bb1 e5 20.
Qd3 g6 $11 {1/2 (38) Lahiri,A (2353)-Chiaretti,R (2209) Pardubice 2010}) (14...
Rd8 15. O-O Qe7 {1/2 (15) Schlosser,P (2554)-Prusikin,M (2560) Fuegen 2006})
15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qb2 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Rd4 Bb5 20. Rc1 Rac8 $11 {
1/2 (49) Shishkin,V (2498)-Korennoi,V (2223) Wroclaw 2009}) 14... Qe7 15. Bd3
$5 (15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Nb3 Nb8 (19... Rc7
$143 {0-1 (50) Ponomariov,R (2714)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014} 20. b5 Nb8
21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 $14) 20. h3 Bc6 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+
24. Qxc1 Qd8 $11 {1-0 (49) Leitao,R (2626)-Mekhitarian,K (2487) Campinas 2011})
15... h6 16. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Yb4b5]} a6 {This move weakens the b6-square but
otherwise Black had problems successfully parrying b4-b5.} (16... Bd7 17. b5
Nd8 18. O-O $14) (16... f6 {seriously weakens his kingside}) (16... Rd8 17. Be4
$5 $36) 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. Nb6 Rfd8 20. Rac1 (20. Nxd7 Rxd7 {is
hardly enough for any advantage.}) (20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Rd2 Rd6 22. Rad1 Rbd8 23.
h3 {was a way to hold the d-file but what to do next?}) 20... Be8 21. Be4 {
This move allows a comfortable rearrangement of Black's pieces but his
position was solid in any case:} (21. Rfd1 Rd6 {[%cal Yb8d8]} 22. Nc4 Rd7 23.
Be4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 21... Na7 $1 {[%cal Ya7b5]} 22. a4 (22. Qc7 $2 Qxc7
23. Rxc7 Nb5) 22... Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Nb6 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. Nb6 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2
Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 (13.
Kd1 $2 {Dautov} Nxa1 {/\Qa4} 14. Qxe5+ Qxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 $17) 13... Qe1+ 14.
Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 (15. Qxe5+ {Dautov} Be6 16. Bxe6 O-O $1 $17 {ECO}) 15... O-O (
15... Be6 {Dautov} 16. d5 $16) 16. Kg3 Kh8 $5 $146 (16... Bd7 {Dautov} 17. Nf3
Qxh1 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxe5 Rae8 20. Qf6 Rxe3+ 21. fxe3 Qe1+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.
Kxf2 Nc2 24. Bb3 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 $16 {Rauzer}) (16... h6 {Dautov} 17. h4 Kh8 (
17... Qd2 18. Nf3 Qxb2 19. Ng5 $1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Re8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7
23. Qxg7 Rf8 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. dxe5 Qc2 26. Bxf7 $18 {Mirkovic}) 18. Kh2 Qxf2
19. Bxa1 Bf5 20. Nh3 Bxh3 21. Kxh3 f5 22. Qxe5 Rae8 23. Be6 $18 {Toth-Varnusz/
HUN/1969}) 17. Nf3 $1 Qxh1 18. Ng5 f5 $8 19. Qxe5 f4+ (19... Bd7 $5 20. Nf7+ (
20. d5 $2 Rf6 21. d6 (21. Qxf6 $2 gxf6 22. Bxf6+ Kg8 23. d6+ Kf8 24. Nxh7+ Ke8
25. Be7 cxd6 $19) (21. Qe7 Rg6 $19 {/\ h6} (21... Rg6 22. h4 h6 $19)) 21... Qd1
$19) (20. Bf7 $5 {/\ d5}) (20. Qe7 {Dautov} Qb1 (20... Qd1 21. h3 Qh5 22. Nf7+
Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Qe2 24. Bxa1 f4+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 $17) 21. Bxa1 Qxa1 22. Qxd7 Qxa3
$17) (20. Qxc7 Qd1 21. h3 Qh5 22. f4 Qe8 $17) 20... Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Qd1 (21...
f4+ 22. exf4 Qd1 23. h3 Qd3+ 24. Kh2 Qf5 $17) 22. h3 $44 {/\ d5->}) (19... Qd1
$2 {Dautov} 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. d5 $18) 20. exf4 Bh3 $2 (20... Qd1 $2
21. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. d5 $18) (20... Qb1 $2 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Qe7 $1
Qg6+ (22... Bf5 23. Nd8+ $1 $18) 23. Ng5+ Be6 24. Qxe6+ $18) (20... Bd7 21. d5
(21. Qd5 {/\ Qg8} Be8 $1) (21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Qd1 23. h3 (23. f3 Nc2 $19)
23... Qd3+ $17) (21. Bf7 Qd1 22. h3 Qd3+ (22... h6 $4 23. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. d5+
) 23. Kh2 Qf5 $17) 21... Rf6 22. Qxc7 $44 {->} (22. Qe7 {Dautov} Rg6 23. Qxd7
Qb1 24. Be5 h6 $13) (22. d6 $2 Qd1 23. h3 Qxd6 $19) (22. Qxc7 Qb1 23. Bxf6 gxf6
$13)) 21. Kxh3 Qb1 22. d5 (22. Bxa1 Rf5 $1 (22... Qxa1 $2 23. Qe4 $18) 23. Qe4
Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxf4 $16) 22... Qf5+ 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne6 $1 Nc2 $6 (24... Rh5+
$1 25. Kg4 (25. Kg3 Nc2 26. Nxg7 $2 Rg8) 25... Rxh2 26. Bxg7+ Kg8 27. Bxa1
Rxg2+ 28. Kf3 Rg1 29. Be5 $16) (24... Rf7 {Dautov} 25. Bxa1 $18) 25. Nxg7 $18
Rf7 $8 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. d6+ Ke8 30. dxc7 Kd7 31. Be5
Nxa3 32. Bd3 Rf8 33. Kg4 $1 (33. g4 $2 b5 34. Bf5+ Rxf5 35. gxf5 Nc4 36. f6 Nb6
$1 $13) 33... a6 (33... b5 34. Bxh7 Nc4 35. Bf5+ Rxf5 36. Kxf5 b4 37. Ke4 b3
38. Kd3 $18) 34. Bxh7 Nc4 35. Bf5+ (35. Bf5+ {Dautov} Rxf5 36. Kxf5 b5 37. h4
b4 38. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. Qb2 O-O 13. b5 (13. e3 d3 14.
Bd2 (14. Qb3 $6 Ne5 $1) 14... Qd5 $44) 13... Qa5+ $1 (13... Na5 $6 14. Qb4 $1 (
14. Nxd4 $2 Nc4 $19) (14. Qxd4 $2 Nb3 $17) 14... Rc8 15. Nxd4 Rxc5 16. e3 $1 (
16. Nxf5 $2 Nb3 $1 17. Rb1 (17. Qxb3 $2 Rxc1+ $19) (17. Qxe4 $2 Rxc1+ $19)
17... Nxc1 $17) 16... Qc8 (16... Qc7 17. Bb2 Nc4 18. Nb3 a5 19. bxa6 Rc6 20.
Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxb7 $18) 17. Bb2 Nc4 18. Bd3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 $16) 14. Bd2 (14. Nd2
Ne5 $132) 14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qc3 $1 (15... Ne5 16. Qxd4 Rfe8 17. e3 Rad8 18.
Qb4 $14) 16. Qxc3 dxc3 17. Nb3 (17. Nf3 Na5 18. Rc1 (18. Nd4 Bg6 (18... Rfd8 $2
19. Nxf5 Nb3 20. Ra2 $18) 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. e3 Rfe8 $36) 18... c2 19. Nd4 Bg6
20. e3 Rfd8 21. Be2 Rac8 $132) (17. bxc6 cxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rfd8+ $1 19. Ke1 (19.
Kc3 Rac8 $44) 19... bxc6 20. g3 (20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Ke1 Rd5 $15)
20... Rab8 21. Bg2 Rb2 $44) 17... Be6 $1 18. bxc6 Bxb3 19. cxb7 (19. Rc1 c2 20.
Kd2 (20. e3 $2 Rfd8 21. Be2 bxc6 $17) 20... bxc6 21. e4 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Re5 23.
Bxc2 Bxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxe4 $11) 19... Rab8 20. Rc1 $6 (20. c6 Ba4 21. Rc1 Bxc6 22.
Rxc3 Bxb7 $44) 20... c2 21. e3 (21. c6 $2 Rbd8 22. f3 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rxc1 24. c7
Be6 25. b8=Q Rb1 $19) 21... Rxb7 22. Bd3 Ba4 $1 $36 (22... Rd8 23. c6 Rc7 24.
Be4 Ba4 25. Bxc2 Rxc6 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rc1 28. Ke2 Ra1 29. Re1 $11) 23.
Be4 $6 (23. Ke2 Rb2 $15) 23... Rb2 $6 (23... Rb5 $1 24. c6 Rc5 $17) 24. Kd2 $1
Rc8 25. c6 f5 $5 (25... Ra2 26. Kc3 a5 27. Kd4 Rxa3 28. Bxc2 Bxc6 $15) 26. Bxf5
$6 (26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Rhe1 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. e4 $15) 26... Rxc6 27. Be4 $6
(27. Ke2 Ra2 $15 28. Bd7 Bb5+ 29. Ke1 Ra1 30. Rxa1 c1=Q+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kd2
Rxh1 33. Bxb5 Rxh2) 27... Rd6+ 28. Ke2 $2 (28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Bf3 a5 $17) 28...
Rd1 29. Re1 Bb5+ 30. Kf3 Rxe1 (30... Rb1 $2 31. Rxc2 Rxe1 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7+
Kf6 34. Bxb1 Rxb1 35. Rxa7 $15) 31. Rxe1 Be2+ $1 32. Kg3 Bd1 33. Bxc2 Bxc2 34.
Re2 a5 35. Rd2 Ra2 36. Rd8+ $6 (36. Kf4 $142 Bb3 37. Rxa2 Bxa2 38. Ke5 Kf7 39.
f4) 36... Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rc6 a4 $19
42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Ke5 44. Rc7 Kd6 45. Rxg7 Rxa3 46. Kf4 Ra1 47. e4 a3 48.
Ra7 Bb3 49. e5+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 ({Hou Yifan has played the Nimzo
Indian constantly and has tried a few different options here} 4... O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Qe8 (6... d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. b4
Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 d5 14. e3 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8
18. a5 Nc4 19. Bb2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 h6 21. Qe5 Qd7 22. Rab1 Re8 23. Qb2 Ne4 {
the position was equal, but she lost in Karpov,A -Hou Yifan ,Cap d'Agde 2008})
7. f3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Qc6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. e3
e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bc3 N7c6 17. Kf2 Be6 18. Nh3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 f5 {
and two knights successfully fought against the bishop pair. Romanko,M -Hou
Yifan ,Antakya 2010}) 5. a3 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 (7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Bxc3+
15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Rc1 Nxa2 18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Kd2 a5 20. Ra1 Nb4
21. Rxa5 Nc6 22. Ra2 Rhc8 23. Rb1 Nd8 24. Ra5 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 {with an
approximately equal ending, but once more Hou Yifan could not hold it, Krush,I
-Hou Yifan, Ningbo 2009}) 7... Nbd7 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 Bxc5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3
a6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Be2 b5 15. Be1 Bb7 16. b4 Nce4 17. a4 Rc8 18.
Qb2 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc7 20. Na2 Ng5 {here she obtained very serious counterplay,
Karpov,A -Hou Yifan, Sanya City 2010}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 ({
Another sharp variation appeared just this year and looks very promising for
Black} 7... e5 8. cxd5 Bf5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. dxe5 c6 12. Qd1 Re8 13.
dxc6 Ndc5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd6 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Nxf2 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19.
Rg1 Ng4 20. h3 Rd8+ 21. Ke1 Ne3 22. Rc1 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rb7 24. b4 Nc2+ 25. Kf2
Nxa3 26. e3 Rxb4 27. Nd4 Be4 28. Ra6 Nc2 29. Rxa7 Nxd4 30. exd4 Rbxd4 31. Be2
Bg6 32. Rga1 {1/2 Akobian,V -Halkias,S ,Bursa 2010}) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 ({
The natural developing move} 9. e3 {does not promise White anything special:}
Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 (12. Bxc4 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nf3 O-O
15. O-O Rd8 16. Bd3 e5 17. e4 Be6 18. Qe3 f6 19. Bb5 Nd4 20. Bc4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Rac8 22. Bd5 Bf7 23. h4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 h5 25. g3 b6 26. Rd1 g6 {1/2 Koneru,H
-Hou Yifan, Nalchik 2010}) 12... Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Ke7 16.
Ne2 Rxa7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Na2 Bd5 19. Nb4 Nc6 20. Nxc6+ Bxc6 21. Rxc4 Ba4 22.
Rb4 Rxb4 23. axb4 Bb5 24. f3 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rb1 {1/2 Karpov,A -Hou Yifan ,Sanya
City 2010}) 9... exd5 10. Nf3 ({Another developming move looks safer:} 10. e3
Bf5 ({It is possible to play the position with an isolated pawn - one simply
has to suffer a bit before reaching a draw:} 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2
Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6
19. Rfd1 Ba4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc6 23. Qd2 h6 24. Bf3 Bb3
25. g3 Qc4 26. h4 b6 27. Bg2 a5 28. f4 Kf8 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke1 f6
32. Bd1 {1/2 Popov,V -Lysyj,I ,Stockholm 2010}) 11. Bd3 O-O (11... Qg5 12. f3
Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxh1 16. b4 O-O 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Kf2
Qh6 19. Ne2 Rfe8 20. Nf4 Qg5 21. Rh1 g6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. b5 Ne5 24. Qd4 {
White's position in the centre is extremely strong, Karpov,A -Hou Yifan, Cap
d'Agde 2008}) 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxc5 16. Bc3
Rad8 17. O-O d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Qe4 Qc8 21. h3 h6 22. Rfe1 a6
23. Qg4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h4 Nd4 {with equality,1/2 Zhu Chen
-Hou Yifan, Ha Long City 2009}) 10... Qf6 ({The very aggressive direct attack
is not too promising:} 10... Bf5 11. b4 d4 (11... Ng3 12. Qb2 Nxh1 13. Qxg7 Rf8
14. g4 Be4 15. Bh6 Kd7 16. Bg2 $16) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Rd1
O-O $6 $146 (15... O-O-O $5) 16. Rxd3 b5 17. Qc1 a5 18. bxa5 Nxc5 19. Rc3 Nd3+
20. exd3 (20. Rxd3 $5 Bxd3 21. g5) 20... Qxf3 21. Rg1 Ne5 22. d4 Nc4 23. Bg2
Qxg4 24. h3 $16 {Sasikiran,K -Carlsen,M ,Sarajevo 2006}) (10... Qa5+ {led to
slightly worse positions with an isolated pawn:} 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxc5 13.
e3 O-O 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 d4 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Qc3 Rad8 {But Black is able to hold, Karpov-Leko,
Miskolc 2006}) 11. h4 $1 {An invention of Zhu Chen's famous second GM
Aleksandr Morozevich.} ({Black obtains sufficient initiative after} 11. e3 Bg4
12. Be2 O-O 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. O-O Ne5 $1 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Nd7 Qa6 17. Nxf8 Bd3
18. Qd1 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nxd2 21. Rd1 Rxc5 22. Nd7 Rc2 23. b4 b6
24. Ne5 f6 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ {1/2 Lysyj,I -Sargissian,G ,Rijeka 2010}) 11... Bf5
12. Bg5 Qe6 (12... Nxg5 {would not be very logical:} 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Qb3 Qe7
15. Qxd5 Qf6 16. Qb3 O-O 17. e3) 13. Qc1 {This transpostion of white pieces
seems to be very interesting} h6 14. Be3 ({The immediate} 14. Bf4 {was better.}
) 14... Qf6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Bf4 d4 17. e3 O-O ({It was better was to try to
exploit her own trump - the strong central passed pawn} 17... Rd8 18. Bc4 Qg6
19. O-O d3 20. Nd2) 18. Bc4 (18. Bb5 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Rad8 20. O-O Qf6 {left
Black with long-lasting compensation, as the weakness of the kingside is real.}
) 18... Qf6 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qf6 22. O-O $1 {It is very
important not try to keep the pawn - White's best chance is to exploit the
power of the bishop pair.} Qxh4 ({It was necessary to continue playing with
the pawn down, but with some activity.} 22... Rad8) 23. Bd5 Qe7 24. Re1 $1 {
White does not just have an extra pawn, but things are very unpleasant for the
black pawn majority on the queenside.} Rad8 $2 ({White kept her advantage
after the best move} 24... Rfe8 25. Qc4 Rad8 26. Rad1 Nf6 27. Bf3) 25. Bxe4
Qxe4 ({Even worse was} 25... Bxe4 26. Bf4) 26. Bg5 {Now it is necessary to
sacrifice the queen} hxg5 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxg5 Bc6 29. Re1 Rd5 30. Qc1 Rfd8
31. b4 a6 ({It was impossible to keep White's king out of the position} 31...
Rd2 32. Qb1 a6 33. Qf5) 32. Qf4 R5d7 33. Re3 Rd4 34. Qc7 R4d7 35. Qg3 Rd1+ 36.
Kh2 R8d5 37. Qb8+ Rd8 38. Qc7 R1d7 39. Qf4 Rd4 40. Qf5 Rh4+ ({Black could not
hold the position too long; White will soon achieve full coordination between
her queen and rook:} 40... R8d5 41. Re5 Rd8 42. Re7 Bd5 43. f3) 41. Rh3 g6 42.
Qc2 Rg4 43. f3 Rgd4 44. Qc3 R8d5 45. Kg3 Rg5+ 46. Kf2 Rgd5 47. Ke3 Bd7 48. Rh1
{Black resigned, as there is no defence against Qd4, transposing into an
easily winning endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 {A rare move. Usually, White starts with 10.Nf3.
But, Kasimdzhanov has his own approach to this line. The move in the text
keeps a possibility for White to develop the knight to e2.} ({One of the main
lines is} 10. Nf3 Bf5 (10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 {is not enough for equality.})
11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 {This has appeared at the top level as well.}) 10... Qa5+
(10... Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne5 (11... Qg5 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Bxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Qxh1 16. b4 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Ne2 $44 {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Aronian,L (2750)/Mainz 2007/CBM 120 (35)}) 12. Nf3 Nxd3+
13. Qxd3 Ng3 14. e4 $1 Nxe4 (14... Bxe4 $4 15. Qb5+ $18) 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd4
Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2682)
-Asrian,K (2634)/France 2007/CBM 116 ext (44)}) 11. b4 $5 (11. Bd2 Nxd2 12.
Qxd2 {Compared to the variation 10.Nf3, here White can't recapture with the
knight.} Qxc5 {Black has no problems. White needs a lot of time to complete
his kingside development.}) 11... Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 $6
14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne2 {Black's king is very unsafe.}) 14. Ne2 a5 $2 {This
pawn needs to move, but actually this is a serious mistake. Opening the a-file
does not prevent a smooth development of White's initiative.} ({Just a few
days later the same opponents met in the World blitz championship, but this
time Karpov came up with an improvement:} 14... a6 $1 15. Bd3 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]
} 16. f3 Ba4 {White's queen is trapped for an exchange. Therefore, the whole
line is not promising for White.} 17. Qb2 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Ng5 {White's
compensation for an exchange might be sufficient for equality at best.} 19. Kd2
Rc8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Nf4 Bc6 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. h4 h5 25. Be5 Rh6 26.
Bd6+ Kg8 27. Bd3 Rd8 28. Be7 Re8 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Be7 Re8 31. Bd6 {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Karpov,A (2670)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008}) 15. f3 Nf6 (15...
Ng5 16. O-O (16. e4 $6 Ne6 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $13) 16... Qf6 17. Nf4 {
with an overwhelming initiative.}) 16. O-O Qe5 (16... axb4 17. Bb2 Qa7 18. Ra1
Qb8 {looks very awkward, but was the least of the evils for Black.} (18...
Qxa1+ 19. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 20. Kf2 $16)) 17. e4 $1 {Opening the diagonal for the
dark-squared bishop.} dxe4 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. g4 $1 Qg6 20. Qd2 Be6 (20... Bxg4
21. Bd6+ Kg8 22. Nf4 {does not save Black. White's pieces are excellently
coordinated.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for White.","","","f4b8","A
nice touch.",10]} 21. Bb8 $1 {[%cal Gd2d6] A nice touch.} Nd5 {This move loses
by force, though the alternatives are not much better.} (21... Bd7 22. Nf4 Qh6
23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Bc4 $18) (21... Bd5 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Be5 (23. Bd6+ $2 Kg8 24.
Nxd5 Qxd2 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ {is only a perpetual check.}) 23... Bc6 24. Bc4
$1 {with a strong attack.}) 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 (23... fxe6 24. fxe4+
$18 {Check!}) 24. Bd6+ Kg8 25. Bc4 $18 exf3 26. Bxd5 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 axb4 {
After losing the knight, Black is still materially ahead, but all his extra
pawns are of no significance. White's bishops are so powerful, that the final
assault against the black monarch is as fast as it is easy.} 28. Bxf3 Qc4 29.
Qg2 h5 30. Bd5 Qg4 31. Bxf7+ Kh7 32. Qc2+ g6 33. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 128] Well
played by Kasimdzhanov!} (33. Bxg6+ Qxg6 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Bf4+ {mating.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 {This game was Veselin's first step to his triumph in Linares 2005- the
best tournament in his life.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. e3 (8. cxd5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Linares 2005/CBM
106_01 (54)}) 8... exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nd6 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. f3 Nc6 13.
Nxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 $146 {A new move but not a new idea. Atalik introduced the
idea to bring the queenside rook to the game in 1992, first playing Be2 and
only then a4. The way of Atalik seems stronger since on 14.a4 black has a
strong reply.} (14. Be2 f5 $6 (14... O-O $14) 15. a4 O-O-O 16. b4 Qe6 17. Ra3
Kb8 18. Rc3 Bd5 19. b5 (19. Rxc7 Bb3 20. Qc3 Rc8 $44) 19... g5 20. O-O g4 21.
e4 (21. fxg4 Be4 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. Bd3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rg8 25. Rf2 $16) 21...
gxf3 (21... fxe4 22. fxg4 $16 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 22. exd5 Qxe2 23. Rfxf3 Qxc2 24.
Rxc2 $14 Rhe8 25. Bf4 Re4 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Rxf5 Rxa4 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. Rf8+ {
1-0 Atalik,S-Kotronias,V/Mangalia 1992/EXT 97}) 14... Qh5 $1 {This move
refutes Topalov's idea- white can't complete the development without weakening
his kingside pawn chain.} 15. Be2 {15.Bd3 is objectively stronger, but black
can reach a draw there.} (15. Bd3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Qh4+ {would lead
to a move repetition.}) 15... Qh4+ {White is forced to weaken his kingside
pawn structure with g3 move.} 16. g3 Qh3 17. Kf2 O-O-O {White lags in
development, but has some strategical advantages, like a pair of bishops
advantage as well as a pawn mass in the centre. Black must play aggresively to
exploit his advantage in development.} 18. Ra3 (18. b4 Rhe8 19. b5 Ne4+ (19...
Bd5 20. a5 Ne4+ 21. Kg1 Nxg3 {-see 19...Ne4 line;}) 20. Kg1 (20. fxe4 Bxe4 {
[%csl Rc2,Rh1]}) 20... Bd5 {[%cal Ge4g3]} 21. a5 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kf1
Be6 {and black has at least a draw.}) 18... Rhe8 19. Bf1 Qe6 20. Be2 {Here
Veselin was ready for a draw (20...Qh3 would lead to a second repetition),
while Mickey has different plans for this game- black is obviously better and
has an attack on black king.} g5 $1 $17 {White doesn't have a good way to
prevent g5-g4. Veselin's position didn't look very promising at this point.
Hard to believe that white will be winning in seven moves from now without any
big blunders from black.} 21. Rf1 g4 22. fxg4 Qh6 $6 {First inaccuracy by
Mickey.} (22... Qd5 $142 23. Bd3 Kb8 (23... Re6 24. Ke1 $1) (23... Qf3+ 24. Ke1
Qxg4 25. Rc3 {with some counterplay.}) 24. Ke1 (24. Rc3 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 $17)
24... Ne4 25. b4 Qe6 26. b5 Bd5 {[%cal Gc7c5] with very strong idea c5 to open
the c-file for black's attack in case of en passant.}) (22... Ne4+ 23. Kg1 Ng5
(23... h5 24. Rf4 Ng5 25. Kf1 $1) 24. h4 Ne4 25. Kh2 {and white's position is
defendable.}) 23. Kg1 Qh3 24. Bd3 Ne4 (24... Qxg4 25. Rf4 Qh5 26. Rc3 {
intending RxBc6 with sufficient counterplay.}) 25. Rf4 Nxg3 $1 26. Rc3 $1 {
[%mdl 256] With a big threat RxBc6 then Ba6 and mating attack. Despite of the
upset in the opening, Topalov continues to fight, and does it the toughest way.
} Re6 $2 {This move, which looks so logical (prevents Rxc6 threat of white as
well as white may transfer it to a kingside via 6th rank) actually loses a
game! 26...Rxd3 was the only move to keep an initiative, but white manages to
escape there anyhow.} (26... Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rg8 {I suppose Mickey overlooked
this winning move in his calculations, but unfortunately for black it doesn't
give him more than a draw if white defends perfectly.} (27... f5 28. Rc3 Be4
29. Qf2 Rd8 30. Bd2 Nh1 31. Qe2 {and black's attack goes to nowhere.}) 28. e4
$1 {the toughest defense.} Bxe4 29. Rxg3 (29. Rxf7 Ne2+ $1 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31.
Ke1 {only move} Qh1+ (31... Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qh4+ 33. Kxe2 Qxg4+ 34. Rf3 {black
has no more than perpetual check.}) 32. Kxe2 (32. Kd2 $2 Qh6+ $1 33. Kxe2 Bxd3+
34. Qxd3 Qe6+ $19) 32... Qg2+ 33. Kd1 (33. Rf2 Qxg4+ 34. Ke1 Qg1+ 35. Rf1 Qg6
36. Bf4 c6 37. Ke2 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gg6g4]}) 33... Qxg4+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Ke1 Qh4+
36. Qf2 Rg1+ 37. Kd2 Qxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Bxd3 39. Kxd3 Rxc1 40. Rf8+ Kd7 41. Rf7+
Kc6 42. Rxh7 Kb6 {but I am not sure that black wins here.}) 29... Qxg3+ 30.
hxg3 Bxc2 31. Rxf7 {and this ending is just a draw;}) 27. e4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 256]
with a big threat Bf1 and RxN then. Now Rc3 and Bc1 join the party, as well as
e3-e4 move restrics Bc6 and Re6 of black. Black is in serious trouble now.} Nh5
{There is simply no good way....} (27... Rxe4 28. Bf1 $1 Re1 29. Rxg3 $18) 28.
Bc4 {One more precise more by Topalov.} Qh4 29. Bxe6+ fxe6 30. gxh5 Qxh5 31.
Rd3 {White is up a rook and black doesn't have forces to attack white king.
The game is actually over.} Rg8+ 32. Rg3 Rd8 33. Be3 e5 34. Rf1 h6 35. b4 {
Veselin was in some time trouble here, but it didn't prevent him from making
good moves.} a6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Rg7 c6 39. Qa2 Ba6 40. Qe6+ Kb8 {
[%tqu "En","Find the fastest way to mate black king!","look for a queen
sacrifice!","Don't give up your queen for nothing!! ;-)","e6d6","Final accord.
Mate in three is unpreventable.",5]} 41. Qd6+ $1 {Final accord. Mate in three
is unpreventable.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8.
cxd5 {In the first round of this tournament Topalov chose 8.e3 line against
Mickey, but white got worse position out of the opening.} (8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5
Qxd5 {1-0 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Linares 2005/CBM 106_01 (41)}) 8... Qxd5 9. f3 Nd6
{Garry played the same opening variation with black against Kramnik, but went
9...Nf6 here;} (9... Nf6 10. e4 Qxd4 11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qc5 13. b4 $2 Nxb4 $1
14. Qxc5 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxc5 $19 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1998/CBM 067
ext (41)}) 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Ne2 {This new move must be an
improvement for white in this line. White intends Bf4 and then can castle to a
queenside which actually occured in the game.} (12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14.
Kf2 O-O-O (14... Ne5 $5) 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb3 18. Nxe6 fxe6
19. Rb1 Nxc1 20. Rhxc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grigorian,K-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1973/
URS-ch (37)}) 12... Be6 13. Bf4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 {In case of 14.Qc3 white could
get a pleasant ending with pair of B advantage and a pawn mass in the centre.
But Garry expected for more than that.} (14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 $5 O-O-O 16.
Nd4 $14) 14... O-O-O 15. O-O-O f5 {Black has some advantage in development,
and with f5 break Mickey is trying to exploit it.} 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6
18. Bb5 {[%csl Rd6] Backward pawn d6 is a long-term weakness.} Nd4 19. Qd3 Nxb5
20. Nxb5 {and again Garry prefers to stay in the middlegame keeping queens in
the game.} fxe4 21. Qxd6 {Both 21.Qxd6 and 21.fxe4 lead to an extra pawn of
white. Garry chose the major pieces endgame, while white's advantage in 21.
fxe4 line looks even greater, although it's just a matter of taste.} (21. fxe4
Rd8 22. Nxd6+ Kb8 23. Rd1 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 $1 Qxg2 $140 25. Qb5 Rd7 26. Rc1 $1 $18)
21... Qxb5 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Qxe4 {To win such an ending one must introduce
some good endgame technique. The way Garry won it is very instructive.} Re8 24.
Qf4+ (24. Qxh7 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxg2) 24... Ka8 25. Kb1 g5 26. Qf7 h6 27. h4 {
The pawn trade on a kingside is to white's favor- white needs to get a passed
pawn there anyhow.} a6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qf6 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Qd2 31. Qf7 (31. g4 {
would lead to a game line.}) 31... Re5 (31... Re2 $2 32. Qf8+ {and white mates
black first;}) 32. Qc7 Re8 33. Qf7 {Garry repeats moves to pass move 40 time
control sooner.} Re5 34. Qf6 Re8 35. g4 Ka7 36. Qf5 {First step of the
following plan.} Ka8 37. Kb1 $1 {That's the only way to activate white rook-
Rc1 is coming next.} Rd8 38. Rc1 Rd5 39. Qe4 Ka7 40. Rc3 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Qd2 42.
Rc2 Qd3 {The queen's trade will be offered many times in this game, but,
despite of that, queens will remain on a board till the end!} 43. Re2 {
Surprisingly, the pawn ending with an extra pawn after 43.QxQ RxQ 44.Rc3 RxR
is a draw!} (43. Qxd3 Rxd3 44. Rc3 Rxc3 45. bxc3 Kb6 46. Kb3 Kc5 47. Kc2 b5 (
47... Kc4 48. a4 b6 49. Kd2 Kb3 50. f4 $18) 48. Kd3 Kd5 {and I don't see a way
for white to win this pawn ending....}) 43... Rd4 44. Qe3 a5 $6 {This move
weakens black king and makes white's task easier.} (44... Qxe3 45. Rxe3 Rf4 46.
Kb3 {[%cal Gb3c3,Gc3d3,Gd3e2,Ye3e4,Ye3e5] and white must win this rook ending
without any troubles.}) (44... Qc4+ {was more resistant.}) 45. Re1 Ka6 $6 {
One more inaccuracy by Mickey . The better choice for black was to go to the
rook' ending, while white is winning there as mentioned above (see 44...QxQ
line).} 46. Qxg5 Qxf3 47. Qg6+ Ka7 $4 {Decisive mistake.White must still work
for a while in a rook ending which arises after 47...b6 28.Qg8 Qd5+;} (47... b6
48. Qg8 $1 Qd5+ (48... Rxg4 49. Qc8+ Kb5 50. Re5+ {and mate in few;}) 49. Qxd5
Rxd5 50. Rg1 Rg5 51. b4 (51. a4 $5 b5 52. Kb3 $18) (51. Kb3 Kb5 52. Kc3 Kc5 53.
Kd3 Kd5 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. a4 (55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Rc1 Rb5) 55... Kf6 56. Kf4 Rc5 {
with chances to escape.}) 51... axb4 52. axb4 Kb5 53. Kb3 Kc6 54. Kc4 Kd6 55.
Rd1+ Ke6 56. Rd4 b5+ {the most resistant. Otherwise white plays Re4+ and then,
if Kd6 white transfers the king to a kingside, and if Kf6, then white wins the
game on a queenside, trading g4-pawn for b6 of black.}) 48. Re5 Ra4 {Forced.
If black grabs a pawn, he'll be mated in few, while 48...Rd5 leads to a
winning pawn ending, or to a rook ending with two extra pawns of white.} (48...
Rd5 49. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 50. Rxf5 $18) 49. Qh5 b6 (49... Qc6 50. Qf5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gg4g5]}) 50. Qe8 Rc4 {Black manages to avoid a mate, but now white
passer decides the game.} 51. g5 Rc7 52. Qe6 {52.g6 is even faster.} (52. g6
$18 {[%cal Ge8g8,Ge8e6]} Kb7 53. Qg8 {then Qd5+ winning the rook ending easily.
}) 52... a4 $6 {And again Mickey misses the stroger move.} (52... Qd3 $142 53.
Re3 Qd1 54. Rb3 Qd4 55. g6 {and so on.}) 53. Re4 Qd1 (53... b5 54. g6 Qf2 55.
Qd5 {and the rest is simple.`}) 54. Rb4 {White is threatening Qxb6. Black's
only defence is 54...Rb7, then white has 55.Qc6 grabbing a-pawn. One more
masterpiece of the Greatest player of chess.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 $5 {During my preparation I spent a lot of time on
my decision on this move. 3.Nf3 followed by a possibble Bogo/Queen's Indian or
not to forget to mention a Benoni, also looked very tempting to me. Luxury of
choice makes life difficult sometimes.} Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 $5 {This move however,
came as a surprise to me. Since this game took place after the restday, I
figured out my opponent might have spent his free day checking my game versus
Joel Lautier, which took recently place in the dutch league. Fortunately I had
also checked this line and was ready to shoot as well .} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4
d3 14. Bg2 $5 ({in the above mentioned game} 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Rd1 dxe2 $2 (15...
O-O-O $5 {was a suggestion of Michail Gurevich in the post-mortem of the game,
and not a stupid one it seems}) (15... Rd8 $6 {Topalov-Anand Corsica 2003}) (
15... O-O $5 {Funnily, this move played in the game Sasikiran-Carlsen was
played on the same day as my game with Lautier. The concept was quite
interesting, but in the end Magnus was happy to make the draw} 16. Rxd3 b5 17.
Qc1 a5 18. bxa5 Nxc5 19. Rc3 Nd3+ 20. exd3 (20. Rxd3 $5 Bxd3 21. g5) 20... Qxf3
21. Rg1 Ne5 22. d4 Nc4 23. Bg2 Qxg4 24. h3) 16. Bxe2 O-O 17. O-O Nc3 18. Rd6
Nxe2+ (18... b5 19. Qxb5 $1 Nxb5 (19... Qxd6 20. cxd6 Nxb5 21. Bxb5) 20. Rxf6
Nc3 21. Rxc6 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Be4 23. Rd6 f5 24. g5 f4 25. Bd2 Rf5 26. h4 h6 27.
Re1 {just doesn't work for Black.}) 19. Qxe2 {was played and Black was simply
a pawn down.}) 14... Qf6 15. Ra2 Ne5 16. g5 $1 {This move is not difficult to
find for a modern professional with many silicon friends. After the match
France-The Netherlands, which was played before this match, I told Joel
Lautier that he was lucky to escape from playing me. Instead he played with
Black against Sergei Tiviakov and made a very comfortable draw. His claims
were that he was ready to play me. Now I am still wondering how "ready" he
really was....} (16. Qb5+ Nc6 (16... Kf8 $5) 17. Qc4 $11 {Kramnik-Anand
Dortmund 1999}) 16... Nxc4 ({Another try would have been} 16... Qf5 {but heavy
complications start after} 17. Qd4 {which are difficult to evaluate when you
are not prepared}) 17. gxf6 Nc3 $6 {tempting but Black would have done better
to go for the more conservative} (17... Nxf6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 O-O-O 20.
O-O Nd5 21. exd3 Nf4 $44 {although I must confess that I think that White can
get an edge somewhere.}) 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. Ra1 O-O-O {in the post-mortem
analysis my opponent tried to improve his play, but in the end my king always
ended up nicely blockading on d2. My teammates were here worried about the
outcome of the game, since I went for a big think. But my ears didn't get red,
normally a good sign!} 20. Bh3+ $1 Kb8 $2 (20... f5 $8 21. e3 Rxg7 (21... Ne4
22. Nd2) 22. Nd2 {and Black will slowly be pushed back}) 21. Bf4+ Ka8 22. Rc1 {
My opponent is falling for the same illusion as I did many times in my
preparation. There is no mate on d1} dxe2 23. Rxc3 1-0

