[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1970.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1970.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 (7... h6
$5 8. Bf4 (8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 Kh7) 8... e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6
Re8 11. Nf3 Qb6 $44) 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 (9... Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 (11.
O-O Ne4 $13) 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Rc1 $14) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11.
O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 (13... Qb6 14. Qc2 a6 15. Bd2 $1 Re7 16. Rae1
Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rf1 $5 Qd8 19. a4 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Gligoric,S/Skopje/
1968/}) 14. a4 Qe7 (14... Qb6 15. a5 $16) 15. Rae1 (15. a5 Qf8 16. Ra3 Ne5 17.
Be2 Ned7 18. Be3 Ne4 $10 {Portisch,L-Gligoric,S/Kapfenberg/1970/0,5/27/}) 15...
Qf8 16. Bd1 Rxe1 (16... h6 17. Bf4 Nh7 18. Bc2 $14 {Yusupov,A-Zapata,A/Saint
John/1988/}) 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bc2 (19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qe2 Kf8 21.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. a5 $1 $16 {Uhlmann,W-Gligoric,S/Hastings/1971/1:0/58/}) 19...
Nb6 (19... h5 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Qe2 Kh7 22. Bd2 Ned7 23. f4 $16 {Doroshkievich,
V-Liberzon,V/URS-ch/1970/1:0/53/}) 20. b3 Nbd7 21. Bf4 $1 Qe7 (21... Ne5 22.
Qe2 Nh5 23. Bd2 Kf8 24. f4 $16) 22. Qe2 Kf8 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. a5 $16 h5 (24...
Nh5 25. Bd2 f5 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Nhf6 28. f3 $16) 25. Bd2 Ne8 26. g3 (26. f4
$6 h4 $14) 26... Bd4 27. Kg2 Ng7 28. f4 Nf5 29. Nd1 (29. Ne2 $2 Ne3+ $10) 29...
Nh6 30. Kf3 f5 $8 (30... Ng8 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Bg7 33. g5 $16) 31. Bd3 Kd8
32. Ne3 Ke7 33. Nc2 (33. Ng2 Kf6 34. Nh4 Ba1 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. Nf3 Ba1 37. Bc2
$16) 33... Bb2 34. Ke3 Nf6 35. Ne1 Bd4+ 36. Kf3 Bb2 37. Ng2 Nd7 38. Nh4 Kf6 39.
Ke3 (39. Ke2 Ba1 40. Bc2 $16) 39... Nf7 (39... Bd4+) 40. Bc2 Ba1 (40... Nh6)
41. Ke2 Bb2 (41... Nh6 $1) 42. Be1 (42. g4 $1 hxg4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Nxg6 Nh6
45. Nh4 Bd4 46. Kf1 $18) 42... Ba1 $2 (42... Nh6 $142) 43. g4 $1 $18 hxg4 44.
hxg4 fxg4 45. Nxg6 Kg7 (45... Nh6 46. Bh4+ Kg7 47. Be7 $18) 46. Nh4 Kf8 (46...
Nh6 47. Nf5+ Nxf5 48. Bxf5 Nf6 49. Bc8 $18) 47. Bf5 Nf6 48. Bc8 Nd8 49. Nf5 Nh5
50. Bd2 Bd4 51. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1970/71-46 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1970.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1970.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 Qe7
15. Rae1 Qf8 16. Bd1 (16. Qc2 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 {- , Bertok-Gligoric, Zagreb
1970}) 16... Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qe2 Kf8 21. Qxe7+
Kxe7 22. a5 Ne8 23. Bd2 h5 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. b3 Ng7 26. Bc2 Ne8 27. Ne2 Bb2 28.
f3 Ng7 29. Kf2 Bf6 30. Nc3 Bd4+ 31. Ke2 f5 32. f4 Ne8 33. Bd3 Bxc3 $6 (33...
Nef6 $142) 34. Bxc3 Nef6 35. Be1 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Bc2 Kf7 38. b4 cxb4 39.
Bxb4 Nc5 40. Kd4 Nfd7 41. Bd1 Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kf6 44. Ke3 b6 $2 (44...
Ke7 $142) 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Bxc5 Nxc5 (46... bxc5 47. Ba4 Nb8 (47... Nf8 48.
Bc6 Ng6 49. Bb7 $18) 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. Kg3 $18) 47. axb6 a5 48. Bc2 Ke7 49. Kd2
Kd8 50. Bxf5 Na4 51. b7 Kc7 52. Bc8 Nc5 53. f5 Ne4+ 54. Kc2 Kb8 55. Kb3 Nd2+
56. Ka4 Nxc4 57. f6 Ne5 58. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6
9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd2 exd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8 (
14... Qe7 15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Be2 Nh7 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. f4 f5 $10 {Quinteros-Trois,
Fortaleza 1975}) 15. Qc2 Nh7 16. Rae1 h5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bd1 Qd8 19. f4 Bd4+
20. Kh2 f5 21. g3 Ndf8 22. Qd3 b6 23. Re1 Ra7 24. Bf3 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe2
Qxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Nf6 28. Bd3 Kf7 29. a5 bxa5 30. b3 (30. Kg2 $5) 30... h4 31.
gxh4 Bf2 32. h5 Nxh5 33. Ne2 Nd7 34. Kg2 Bh4 35. Bxa5 Ke8 36. Kf3 Bd8 37. Be1
a5 38. Nc3 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 15.
Qc2 Re7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. b3 (18. Bd2 $14 {ECO}) 18... Re8 19.
Bd1 Qd8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Qd3 Nh7 22. Bc2 (22. g4 $1 {/\ f4+/-}) 22... Qh4 23. f4
f5 $1 24. Kh2 h5 $10 25. g3 Qd8 26. Re1 Nhf6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. a5 Qd8 29. Nd1
Ne4 30. Be1 Bd4 31. Kg2 Ndf6 32. Qe2 Kg7 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Bc2 Qe7 35. Bd3 Kf8
36. Bc2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg4 $6 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 $14
) 12. f3 Bc8 13. O-O-O $1 Nbd7 (13... Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. Rde1 $1 (
16. Ng2 a6 17. h4 Ne5 18. h5 Qb4 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne3 b5 $13) 16... a6 (16...
Ne5 17. h3 $1 Qb4 18. g5 Nfd7 19. f4 $18) 17. f4 Nf8 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 (19.
Bd3 Nxd2 20. Rxe8 Bg7 21. Rhe1 Bxh6 22. gxh6 Qb4 $1 $13) 19... Rxe4 20. Bd3
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. f5 Bd4 23. f6 Bg4 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Re4 $16) 14. Bh6 a6
15. g4 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ng2 f5 18. h4 fxg4 19. fxg4 Ne5 (19... Rf2 20. Ne3
Ne5 21. Ne4 $16) 20. h5 Rf2 21. hxg6 $1 Nxc4 (21... Rxg2 22. Qh6 $18) 22. gxh7+
Kh8 23. Nh4 $1 Nh5 24. Ng6+ Kxh7 25. Rxh5+ Kg8 26. Na4 Nxd2 27. Nxb6 Rxe2 28.
Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 (7... h6
$142 {/\e6}) 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bg4 (10... Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12.
Rae1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nbd7 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Bd2 Re7 18. b3
Ne8 19. g4 Qd8 20. a4 Bd4 21. Kg2 Ng7 22. Bd1 Re8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qf8 25.
Ng3 $1 {Weiß tauscht die Turme in richtige Zeit.} Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Ne8
28. a5 Qf6 29. Ne4 Qe5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Qd3 Nef6 32. Ng3 Bb2 33. g5 Ne8 34. h4
Ba3 35. Bg4 Ng7 36. Qe4 Qd8 37. Qe1 f5 38. gxf6 Nxf6 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. f5 {
1-0 Agzamov,G-Anand,V/Calcutta ;TD 86\01 1986}) 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Qc2 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ (17. Rf1 $5 {
Auf meine Sicht besser ist ein Turm doch behalten wenn Weiß will Aktivitet
bekomen und weiter die selbe Ideen,Bd2,Be2,g2-g4 wie in die Partie oben.})
17... Nxe8 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. g3 Ng7 20. Kg2 Qd8 21. Qb3 Ne5 22. Be2 Qe7 23. Qc2
Nf5 24. Qe4 Qf6 $2 (24... Nd7 $142 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Ne4 Nc8 {+/=/=}) 25. f4
Kg7 (25... Nd7 26. Qe8+ Nf8 27. Ne4 Qg7 28. g4 Ne3+ (28... Nh4+ 29. Kg3 $16)
29. Kf3 $16) 26. Kh2 (26. fxe5 $2 Nh4+ $1 27. Kh1 (27. gxh4 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Qg1#)
27... Qf2 {/\Qg1#}) 26... Bf2 (26... Nd7 27. g4 Nh4 (27... Ne7 $2 28. g5 Qf5
29. Qxe7 Qc2 30. Qxd7 Qxd2 31. Qg4 $18) (27... Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Nd4 29. g5 Qd8 30.
Bxd4+ cxd4 31. Qxd4+ $16) 28. Qe8 $18 {/\Ne4}) 27. g4 Qh4 28. Qg2 Ne3 (28...
Be3 29. fxe5 Bxd2 30. gxf5 Bf4+ 31. Kh1 Bxe5 32. Ne4 $18) 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30.
fxe5 Bf4+ 31. Kh1 Bxe5 32. Ne4 Qe1+ 33. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 12th "]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 (7... h6 {
is preferred by theory to avoid the loss of the diagonal c1-h6.} 8. Bf4 (8. Be3
e6) 8... e6) 8. Qd2 Re8 (8... exd5 9. exd5 $1 (9. cxd5 Re8 {is a good Benoni
for Black because of the bad B on e2.}) 9... Re8 10. Nf3 {transposes to the
game continuation.}) 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
a6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Rae1 Qf8 16. Bd1 $1 {The B belongs to the b1-h7 diagonal,
and in the long run White will get a space advantage on the kingside after
g2-g4 and f2-f4.} Rxe1 (16... h6 17. Bf4 Nh7 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. b3 f5 20. Bg3 Qf6
21. Ne2 $14 {Yusupov-Zapata, Saint John op-2 1988}) 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Bf4 (18.
Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bc2 Nb6 (19... h5 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Qe2 Kh7 22. Bd2 Ned7 23. f4
Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Ne8 25. b3 $14 {Doroshkievich-Liberzon, Riga 1970}) 20. b3 Nbd7
21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Kf8 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. a5 $14 {Polugaevsky-Uhlmann,
Amsterdam 1970}) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qe8 20. Bd2 Kf8 21. Qxe8+ Nxe8 {After
exchanging the heavy artillery White maintains a small, but durable advantage
in the endgame. His pair of bishops and the space advantage secure him the
better chances.} 22. g4 {This is the typical move here. White has a rather
good score in this type of endgame. However this allows 22...a5} (22. a5 $1 {
fixing the weaknesses and only after g2-g4 looks more precise.}) 22... Ke7 (
22... a5 23. Nb5 b6 {blocks the queenside completely.}) 23. Kg2 (23. a5 $1)
23... a5 {White usually avoids this by playing a4-a5 in time.} 24. Nb5 Bxb2 $2
(24... b6 25. b3 {and Black's position is still a tough nut to crack.}) 25.
Bxa5 {Now White has again play on both wings, therefore the pair of bishops is
more valuable.} g5 $2 {This helps only for White to open up the position. It
was better to sit and wait.} 26. Bd2 h6 27. f4 $1 Bf6 28. Be2 (28. Bb3) 28...
gxf4 29. Bxf4 Bg5 30. Bg3 {Certainly White has to avoid the exchange of the
bishops.} Bd2 31. Bh4+ f6 (31... Bg5) 32. Bg3 Nb6 33. Bd3 Kf7 $2 (33... Nxa4
34. Bg6) 34. Bxd6 Nxa4 35. Bg3 Nc3 36. d6 Ng7 37. Nc7 Na4 38. Bg6+ Kf8 39. Nd5
Nb2 40. d7 Ne6 41. Bd6+ Kg7 42. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {[%mdl 4]} g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O (4... h6 {avoiding the
pressure on the c1-h6 /^ is a real alternative. Besides White has to decide
where to go with his B.}) 5. Qd2 c5 (5... d6 6. e4) 6. d5 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2 {
with transpositions we have reached the Averbakh variation, but Black had no
possibility to play the h6 lines.} exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 {White has a small, but durable advantage. In
many cases he converts his edge of ^^ in the _|_. There are many nice
illustrative games showing that Black's position is more dangerous than it
looks at first sight.} Ne5 $6 {Since White wants to regrup his B anyway, this
is a loss of a tempo. The N has to retreat soon or later, because f4 is a
threat.} (14... Qe7 {- Chernin-Mohr, Vidmar mem. 1997 CBM 61}) (14... Qb6 15.
Qc2 {This is a prophylactic move.} (15. Rfe1 $143 {allows Black to activate
his pieces.} Qb4 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. Bxd6
Rae8 21. Kf1 Bxb2 $132 {Mirkovic-Paunovic,Yugoslavia (ch) 1991}) (15. a5 $5 {
however deserves serious attention, because fixing the << belongs to White's
strategy.} Qc7 $14 {1/2:1/2 Grivas-Strikovic, Vinkovci 1989}) 15... h5 {
/\ Nh7 creating some additional space on the >>.} (15... Re7 {White is usually
not against the exchange of the heavy pieces.} 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18.
Bd1 $14 {The best for him is to exchange one pair of rooks and keep the other
one for opening up the lines on the <<. There is no penetration on the e <->,
so White can leave it.}) (15... Re5 16. Bf4 Re7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Bh6 21. Bd1 {The B is strong on c2 preparing actions on
both flanks.} Qd8 22. Qe2 Kf8 23. Bc2 Qe7 24. a5 $14 {fixing the weaknesses b7
and therefore a6.}) 16. Bd2 {Prophylaxis again, because Black wants to play
Nh7 anyway.} (16. Be2 {improving the B's position, he is vulnerable on f3, and
soon or later White wants to grab the |^ on the >> by f4 and g4.} Nh7 17. Bd2
Qd8 18. Rae1 $5 (18. f4 f5 19. g4 {This is too early, White has to prepare
this push.} fxg4 20. hxg4 Qh4 21. Kg2 Rxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qxg4+ $132 {Sorin-Romero,
San Sebastian 1991}) 18... Qh4 (18... f5 $5) 19. Bd3 (19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 Bf2
21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Ne4 Qd4 23. Nxd6 Re7 24. Qc1 b6 $44) 19... f5 (19... Ne5 $6
20. Ne4 (20. Re4 $5) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rad8 22. Ba5 Rd7 23. g3 $1 Qxh3 $1 24.
Ng5 Nxg5 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 $16) 20. Ne2 {(Bagaturov-Sa.Velickovic, Kavala 1998 Inf.
74/579)} (20. Re6 Nhf8) (20. f4 $5) 20... Nhf8 $5 $13 {Sa.Velickovic}) 16...
Nh7 (16... Re7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Bd1 (18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Bd1 $14 {keeping a
pair of rooks is again deserves attention.}) 18... Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1
$14 {This _|_ is also better for White especially after exchanging the queens.}
) 17. Rae1 (17. Rfe1 Bd4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 {1/2:1/2 Levin-Damljanovic,
Podgorica 1993 Inf.57/(566)}) (17. a5 {is again a logical alternative.} Qc7 $14
{1/2:1/2 Tukmakov-Grivas, Katerini 1992} (17... Qd8 $5 {/^ h4-d8})) 17... Bd4
18. b3 (18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Kh1 Qd8 {Black has to find activity on the >>.} 20.
Be2 f5 21. Be1 h4 22. Bd1 Qf6 $13 {and Black has achieved something on the >>
because of White's passive play, Petraki-Grivas, Hania (op) 1992.}) 18... Qd8
19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. g3 Qf8 21. Kg2 Re8 22. Bd1 Re7 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 h4 25.
g4 {If Black cannot blockade >< f4, than this operation is favourable for
White.} Be5 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. f4 $14 {with the ideal P structure on the >>,
Petursson-Vragoteris, Katerini 1993.}) (14... Qc7 15. Rae1 (15. a5 {Now this
comes without a tempo.} h5 (15... b6 {opens the position, but this gives
additional possibilities for White on the <<.} 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Ra3 $14 {
/\ Rfa1, b3, Bd1-c2}) 16. Qc2 {preparing d2 for the B.} Nh7 17. Bd2 Qd8 (17...
h4 $6 {unnecessary weakens the >>.} 18. Be2 Bd4 19. Kh2 Rab8 20. Ra3 Qd8 21.
Bd1 Bg7 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. f4 f5 {><e6} 24. Bf3 Qf6 25. Raa1 Nhf8 26. Rae1 Qd4 27.
b3 Kh8 28. Ne2 $14 {Kaidanov-Kamsky, USA (ch) 1993 Inf.59/628}) (17... Re7 18.
Na4 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Ng5 $1 $11 {Muse-H.U.Grunberg, Berlin 1989}) 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19.
Be2 f5 20. g3 $6 h4 21. Kg2 hxg3 22. fxg3 Re7 $132 {Lukacs-Velickovic,
Yugoslavia 1987}) (15. Qc2 h5 (15... Nf8 $6 {The N is not well-posted here.}
16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Nxe8 19. g4 $14 {Jasnikovski-Georgiev,
Copenhagen 1989}) 16. Rae1 {- 15.Rae1}) (15. Rfe1 h5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Ne5
18. Be2 Nh7 19. Be3 h4 20. Kh1 g5 21. b3 $14 {Portisch-Istratescu, Budapest 
(zt) 1993}) 15... h5 16. Bd1 $1 {heading towards c2.} (16. Qc2 Rxe1 17. Rxe1
Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Bd1 Ndf6 20. Qe2 Kf8 21. Bd2 Ng8 22. Bc2 Qd8 23. g3 $14
{is the typical _|_ of this variation.}) 16... Nh7 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Be3 $14) (
14... Re7 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Be2 (18. b3 Re8 19. Bd1
Qd8 20. Bd2 h6 {(Horvath-Strikovic,Niksic 1991)} 21. f4 $14) 18... h6 19. Bd2
Ne8 20. g4 Ndf6 21. f4 {If White can advance with his >> pawns without a quick
punishment, he increases his advantage.} Qd7 22. Qd3 b6 23. Qf3 $16) (14... h5
15. Rae1 $14 (15. a5 Qc7 {- 14...Qc7})) (14... Qa5 15. Qc2 $1 {/\ Bd2 and the
Q must leave.} Re7 (15... h6 {works only for White.} 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rxe1
18. Rxe1 $14) (15... Kf8 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8
20. g4 Ne5 21. Be2 $14 {/\ f4, Berg-Sowray, Gausdal (op) 1991.}) 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. Rae1 Rxe1 (17... Rae8 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Re1 (19. Bd1 {again comes into
consideration not exchanging all the rooks.}) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Ne5 21. Be2
Ne8 22. g4 $14 (22. g3 {is a bit cautious.} f5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Bf3 h5 25. g4 $14
{opening up the position for the ^^.})) (17... Ne5 {This is not logical.} 18.
Be2 Rae8 19. f4 (19. b3 Ned7 {So the N has to retreat anyway.} 20. Bd1 h6 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. g4 $14 {Whitehead-De Firmian, New York (op) 1987}) 19... Ned7 20.
Bf3 Rxe1 21. Bxe1 $1 {White wants to use his R for attacks in the future.} Nb6
22. b3 Nc8 23. Bd2 Na7 24. f5 $14 {A.Petrosian-Wojtkievicz, Polanica Zdroj 1988
}) 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rf1 $1 {This is the consistant answer, as it was explained
before.} Kh8 20. Bd1 $1 Ng8 21. f4 f5 22. g4 Nh6 23. Kg2 Nf8 24. Bf3 Qf7 25. g5
{improving White's space advantage.} Ng8 26. a5 {White has the |^ on both
flanks.} Nd7 27. Na4 {/\ b4 opening a second front.} Ne7 28. b4 Nc8 29. Rb1 $16
) 15. Be2 Qa5 $6 {The Q has to leave this square as well.} (15... Qe7 16. a5
Qf8 17. Rab1 {White is preparing the -> on the <<.} (17. f4 Ned7 18. Bd3 $14 {
looks also tempting with |^ on the >>.}) 17... h6 18. Be3 Rac8 (18... Nh7 19.
b4 $16) 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Rc7 21. Rfb1 Rec8 22. c5 $1 {This breakthrough is
decisive.} Qd8 (22... dxc5 23. Rxb7 $16) 23. c6 bxc6 24. Bb6 c5 25. Bxc7 {
1-0 Uhlmann-Kjetzae, Hamburg 1993}) 16. Qc2 {/\ Bd2} h6 {This again helps only
for White. Black is not aware of the strategy in this variation.} 17. Bd2 Qc7
18. f4 (18. a5 $14) 18... Ned7 19. Rae1 Re7 20. Bd1 (20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7
22. g4 $5 $36 (22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 $14)) 20... Rxe1 (20... Rae8 21. Rxe7
Rxe7 22. Bf3 $14 {/\ Ra1, a5} (22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 $14 {is the usual small,
but durable advantage again.})) 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ (22. Rf1 Nh7) 22... Nxe8
23. g4 Qd8 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kg2 Ng7 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. a5 $14) 24. Qe4 Nef6 (24...
Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Nef6 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. b3 $14 {/\ Ne2}) 25. Qe2 Qe8 {Exchanging the
queens helps for White.} (25... b6 26. Bc2 $14) 26. Qxe8+ Nxe8 27. a5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] [#] This is the typical _|_ for the whole Averbakh variation.
Black is doomed to eternal passivity.} Kf8 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Kg3 Bd4 (29... b6
30. axb6 Nxb6 31. b3 $16) 30. Bc2 Ng7 (30... b6 31. axb6 Nxb6 32. b3 $16) 31.
b3 f5 {Black cannot sit and wait forever. Now White has got a new target on
the >>.} (31... Ne8 32. Ne2 $16) 32. Ne2 Bf6 33. Kf3 {/\ Ng3} fxg4+ 34. hxg4 g5
35. Kg3 (35. f5 $6 Ne5+ 36. Kg3 h5) 35... gxf4+ $6 {This opens up the position
for the ^^.} (35... Nf8 {was the persistant defence, for example:} 36. fxg5 (
36. Nc3 $143 gxf4+) (36. Ng1 gxf4+ 37. Bxf4 Bg5) 36... Bxg5 37. Bxg5+ hxg5 38.
Nc3 Ne8 39. Ne4 Nh7 40. Nxc5 dxc5 41. Bxh7 Nd6) 36. Nxf4 Bg5 37. Be1 Ne5 38.
Ng6+ {It is useful to exchange the knights, and then the clear ^^ remains.}
Nxg6 39. Bxg6 {>< b7} Kf6 40. Bh7 Ke7 41. Bg6 Ne8 (41... Kf6 42. Bc2) 42. b4 $1
$18 {This is the decisive breakthrough!} cxb4 (42... Nf6 43. Bf5 cxb4 44. Bxb4
{- 42...cxb4}) 43. Bxb4 Nf6 44. Bf5 {/\ Bc8} Nd7 45. Bxd7 $1 {The advantage of
the ^^ consists the possibility of a favourable exchange of it!} Kxd7 46. Kf3 {
Black has two weaknesses, >< d6 and h6. The K will penetrate on f5 and soon
zugzwang may arise.} Bd8 47. Ke4 b6 {looking for some counterplay.} ({Passive
defence was also hopeless:} 47... Bg5 48. Kf5 Be3 49. Kg6 Bf4 50. Bc3 Be3 51.
Bg7 Bd2 52. Bxh6 Bxa5 53. Kf7 b5 54. cxb5 axb5 55. Bc1 $18) 48. axb6 Bxb6 49.
Bd2 a5 50. Bxh6 {winning the P.} a4 51. Kd3 {The K has to deal with the o^.}
Ke7 52. Bg5+ Kf7 53. Kc3 Bc5 54. Kb2 {/\ Ka2, Bc1-a3} Kg6 55. Bf4 Kf6 56. Ka2
Bb4 57. Bc1 $1 Ke5 58. g5 Ba5 (58... Kf5 59. Ba3 $18) 59. Ka3 {An excellent
achievement by Gulko!} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bd2 {
This is not considered among the best alternatives.} (8. Bf4 {and}) (8. Be3 {
are the main lines.}) 8... e6 9. Nf3 (9. h3 {allows Black the typical blow on
the << by} b5 $1 (9... exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nf3 Ne4 $11) 10. cxb5 (10. dxe6 b4
11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxb2 $11) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Bb7 {
>< d5 is very vulnerable with Benko Gambit type of position.} 12. Qb3 (12. Bf3
Nbd7) 12... Nbd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Bc4 Re8+ 15. Be3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 a6 17. Rd1 axb5
18. Nxb5 Ba6 19. a4 Qa5+ 20. Nd2 Re4 $17 {Spasov-Velimirovic, Yugoslavia 1970
10/804}) (9. Qc1 Kh7 10. Nf3 (10. h4 $6 {clearly overestimates White's
position.} exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. h5 Nxh5 13. Be3 f5 $1 14. Bxh5 f4 $1 15. Bf3
fxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. e4 Ne5 $17) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Re8 $11) 9... exd5 10.
exd5 (10. cxd5 Re8 $11 {leads to a very good Benoni for Black because of the
stupid B on d2.}) 10... Bf5 {This is not the only way for obtaining a good
game for Black.} (10... Bg4 $143 {is not the best strategy leading to
positions arising from E75.} 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qe7
15. Re1 $14 (15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Be2 Nh7 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. f4 f5 $11 {
Quinteros-Trois, Fortaleza 1975})) (10... Na6 {is already a serious
alternative.} 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 $1 (12. h3 {allows Black again the freeing
move} b5 $1 13. cxb5 Ncxd5 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Rd1 Be6 $13) 12... Na6 13. Bd3 {
immediately looks more to the point.} (13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bg4 16.
Ne1 Qd7 17. f3 Bf5 {and the N on b4 is dangerous again!} 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Bf4
Rad8 20. g4 Qc8 $13 {Sunye Neto-Mecking, Sao Paulo 1995})) (10... Re8 {is
certainly very logical, too.} 11. O-O Ne4 (11... Na6 12. h3 Nc7 13. a4 Na6 14.
Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb1 {Black has lost a couple of tempi in order to blockade >< b4,
but due to the B on b1 the N is out of play.} a6 16. a5 b6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18.
Bf4 Ra7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Bh2 Rae7 21. Ne1 $14 {A.Petrosian-Balashov, SU 1983})
12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bd3 Re8 14. h3 (14. Rb1 Bg4 $132) (14. Qc1 Kh7 15. h3 Nd7 16.
Bc3 Nf6 $11) 14... Nd7 15. Qc2 b5 $1 {The good old motif again!} 16. cxb5 (16.
Rae1 {ignoring the P sacrifice leads to unpleasant consequences.} bxc4 17. Bxc4
Nb6 18. b4 Bf5 $15 {Muse-Gheorghiu, West-Berlin 1983}) 16... Bb7 17. Bc4 Nf6 $1
$44) 11. Nh4 (11. O-O Ne4 $1 {This is the simplest way for equality} (11... Na6
12. a3 (12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. h3 Re8 15. Nf3 b5 $1 {Black again gets
ample play for the sacrificed P.} 16. cxb5 Nb4 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Ne1 Be4 19. Nxe4
Rxe4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. b3 Qe7 23. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Lputian-Sax,
Sarajevo 1985}) (12. Ne1 {- 11.Nh4}) 12... Nc7 (12... Re8 $5) 13. b4 b5 {
and suddenly immense complications have arisen.} 14. Rc1 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16.
bxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. Nb5 $14 {
Taimanov-Lanka, SU 1978}) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Borisenko-Boleslavsky, Leningrad
1956}) 11... Bd7 12. O-O (12. Nf3 Bf5 {leads only to repetition of moves.} 13.
Nh4 Bd7 14. Nf3 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Filip-Ivkov, Wijk aan Zee 1970}) 12... Na6 13. Nf3
Bf5 {Now we transpose to 11.0-0 Na6 line!} (13... Re8 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Nd7 $11 {Szabo-Larsen, Dallas 1957}) 14. Ne1 Re8 15. f3 {/\ g4
pushing back the B into passivity.} (15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nb4 $11 {is an easy
equalization for Black.}) 15... Nc7 16. a4 {against 16...b5!, but weakening ><
b4.} Na6 {/\ Nb4} 17. g4 Bc8 {White has reached what he wanted, but it is not
easy to hold his P structure, h5, Nh7 and Bd4 will come.} (17... Bd7) 18. Qc1
$6 {This helps only for Black.} (18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Bb1 h5 20. h3 Nh7 $36) (18.
Nd3 h5 $132) 18... h5 $1 (18... Kh7 19. Ng2) 19. Bg5 (19. g5 $6 Nxd5 {looks
ugly, but White's pieces are too passive.} (19... Nh7) 20. Nxd5 Rxe2 21. Bc3
Nb4 $17) 19... Qd7 20. h3 Nh7 21. Bd3 $6 {giving up the nice B was a tough
decision.} (21. Bh6 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nb4 $15) 21... Nb4 22. Bb1 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7
24. Qxe7 Rxe7 $17 {The _|_ is much better for Black because of the strong ^^,
especially the fianchettoed B is wonderful. The N on b4 is also excellent, the
only question is how to open up the position.} 25. Ng2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bd7 27.
Kh2 Rae8 28. Kg3 a6 29. a5 Be5+ {provoking more weaknesses.} 30. f4 Bd4 31. f5
Kg7 32. Ra3 g5 $2 {closing the position helps only for the defending party.} (
32... gxf5 33. gxf5 (33. Bxf5 Be5+ 34. Kf3 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Nc2 $17) 33... Kf6 $17
) 33. Rh1 f6 $6 {closes the way for the K towards the [+] forever.} (33... Rh8
34. Rxh8 Kxh8) 34. Kf3 {Still Black is better but White's position remains a
tough nut to crack.} Rh8 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Be4 Rh7 37. Ke2 Rh2 38. Kd2 Rh1 39.
Nd1 Kg7 40. Rg3 Be5 41. Ra3 Kf7 42. Ne1 Rh2+ 43. Bg2 Rh4 44. Bh3 Bf4+ 45. Ke2
Rh8 46. Bg2 Re8+ 47. Ne3 Ba4 48. Kf2 Bxe3+ 49. Rxe3 Rxe3 50. Kxe3 Bb3 51. Bf1
Bd1 52. Be2 Bxe2 53. Kxe2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 {Ein
flexibler Aufbau. Beide Seiten können wählen, ob sie zu einem Benoni übergehen
wollen, oder die Struktur anders gestalten wollen.} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. O-O
e5 {Nevednichy hatte noch nie Benoni gespielt, daher schliesst er das Zentrum.}
11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. b4 ({Eine umstrittene Entscheidung, denn Weiß
schenkt seinem Gegner das Feld c5. Dieser Faktor schien mir aber nicht so
wichtig. Normaler wäre} 13. a3 {gefolgt von b4}) 13... b6 (13... cxb4 14. Rxb4
Nc5 15. Qc2 {ist ähnlich zur Partie. Schwarz wird wohl früher oder später b6
spielen, um dieses Feld den gegnerischen Figuren zu verneinen.}) 14. bxc5 Nxc5
(14... bxc5 $2 15. Qa4 $16) 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rb2 Nh7 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. f3 Rb7 ({
Während der Partie hatte ich nicht unbedingt die Absicht, nach} 18... f5 19.
Nb3 Nf6 {auf c5 so früh zu schlagen. Aber} 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rb3 $14 {[%cal
Gc2b2]} Rxb3 $140 22. Qxb3 {[%cal Gb1b8] wäre tatsächlich unangenehm.}) 19. Nb3
Rfb8 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Nc1 $1 {Der Springer richtet sich zum Zentrum. Von d3 aus
übt er besseren Druck auf die gegnerische Stellung. Er kann nach b4 gehen und
unterstützt den von meinem Gegner unerwarteten Durchbruch f4.} Bd8 22. Nd3 Qc8
23. Kh1 h5 24. g3 {Schwarz hat seinen Damenflügel perfekt verteidigt, aber
seine Figuren kontrollieren e5 nicht mehr. g3-f4 kommen also rechtzeitig.} Nf6
(24... h4 25. f4 {und}) (24... Ng5 25. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2e3] bremsen f4 nicht. Der
Rumäne findet die beste Verteidigung, hätte aber im nächsten Zug seinen König
genauer auf h7 gestellt.}) 25. Qd2 Kg7 (25... Kh7 $142) 26. Qe3 h4 27. f4 hxg3
28. Bxg3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc7 $1 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. c5 Qxc5 $2 ({Schwarz hatte nur
noch wenig Zeit und trifft die falsche Entscheidung. Nach} 31... bxc5 32. Rxb7
Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Bxe5 Qb2 $1 {könnte Weiß nur leichten Vorteil
nachweisen:} 35. Qxa6 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Bg3 Qc1 38. Qd3 Nh5 39. Bxh5 gxh5
40. Bf2 $14 {[%csl Gd7,Gd8]}) 32. Bxe5 Kg8 33. Bd4 $6 ({Obwohl mir noch viel
Zeit übrig blieb, fing ich an, schnell zu spielen. Doch mein Gegner behählt in
Zeitnot kühlen Kopf und findet die besten Züge. Stärker war hier} 33. Rf1 Nh7
34. Bxb8 Rxb8 35. e5 $18) 33... Qe7 34. Rf1 $6 (34. e5 Nh7 35. e6 Be8 36. Rg1
$18) 34... Nh7 35. e5 Bf5 36. Qg3 $6 ({Ich rechnete zwar} 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37.
Qxf5 Qg5 38. Qxg5+ Nxg5 39. h4 Nh7 40. Bxa6 Ra7 {, übersah, dass der Nh7 nach}
41. Rg2+ Kf8 42. Bd3 $18 {verloren geht.}) 36... Qg5 37. Bxa6 Ra7 38. Bb5 Ra3
39. Rb3 Rba8 {Erst hier spürte ich, dass ich irgendwo etwas hatte verpassen
müssen. Weiß steht mit seinem Mehrbauern immer noch klar besser, aber Schwarz
hat etwas Gegenchancen gefunden.} 40. Be3 ({Der Computer hat keine Vorurteile
mit Zügen wie} 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. Rf4 $5 $16) (40. Bc4 {hielt wegen} R3a4 41.
Nxa4 Rxa4 {für schlecht, aber auch hier gibt es eine Antwort:} 42. Qxg5 Nxg5
43. Rc1 Be4+ 44. Kg1 Nf3+ 45. Rxf3 Bxf3 46. Be3 $16 {Der Textzug ist aber
einfach und gut, da Weiß mittels Damentausch die gegnerischen Drohungen
vermindert.}) 40... Qh5 (40... Qxg3 41. hxg3 Rxa2 42. Nxa2 Be4+ 43. Kg1 Rxa2
44. Rc1 $18) 41. Be2 Qh3 42. Qxh3 Bxh3 43. Rfb1 Nf8 44. Rxa3 Rxa3 45. Rb3 Ra8 (
45... Rxb3 46. axb3 Nd7 47. Bd4 {ist hoffnungslos}) 46. Bd4 $6 ({Genauer war} 
46. Bb5 Nd7 47. Bxd7 Bxd7 48. Bxb6 Bxb6 49. Rxb6 $18) 46... Bf5 (46... Nd7 47.
a4 Nc5 48. Rb4 $16) 47. Bb5 g5 48. Bc6 Ra6 49. a4 Kh7 (49... Ng6 50. Kg2) 50.
Rb2 Kg6 51. Rf2 Bd7 $6 ({Weiß gewinnt nun eine Figur. Hartnäckiger war} 51...
Ra7 52. Kg1 $16 (52. Be8 Re7) 52... g4 $140 53. Nb5 $1 Rxa4 $6 54. Rxf5) 52.
Bxd7 Nxd7 53. e6 fxe6 54. dxe6 Nc5 (54... Nf6 55. Bxf6 Bxf6 56. Nd5 $18) (54...
Nb8 55. Rf8 Nc6 56. Rxd8 Nxd8 57. e7 $18) 55. Re2 Ra7 (55... Nxa4 56. Nd5 $5)
56. a5 Rxa5 57. e7 Bxe7 58. Rxe7 {Schwarz ist verloren.} Nd3 59. Bxb6 Ra1+ 60.
Kg2 Nf4+ 61. Kg3 Ra3 62. Bd4 Rb3 63. Re5 (63. Kg4 Rb4 64. Re4 $18) 63... Nh5+ (
63... Rb2 64. Rxg5+ Kxg5 65. Ne4+ Kf5 66. Nd6+ Ke6 67. Bxb2 Nd3 68. Ba3 $18)
64. Kf3 Rb2 65. Ne2 (65. Rxg5+ $1) 65... Rb4 66. Rc5 Ra4 67. Rc6+ Kf7 68. Kg4
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O e5 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. Rfb1 g5
16. Bg3 h5 17. f3 bxa5 18. Qxa5 Qe7 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. b4 Rxb4 21. Rxb4 cxb4 22.
Qxb4 Ng6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qb6 g4 25. fxg4 Nxg4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28. Rxa6
Nh7 29. d6 Qg5 30. h4 Nxh4 31. Bxh4 Qxh4 32. Nd5 Nf8 33. Ne7+ Kh7 ({Worthy of
some attention was Aufmerksamkeit verdiente} 33... Rxe7 34. dxe7 Qxe7 {and
Black should not lose. und Schwarz sollte nicht verlieren.}) 34. Qb7 Ne6 35.
Nf5 Qf6 36. N1e3 Bh6 37. Nd5 Qg6 {[%tqu "En","How can White exploit the
strength of his passed pawn?","Immediately pushing the d-pawn would leave the
white queen on b7 out of play.","Find a nice way to centralize the white
queen!","b7e7","After this spectacular blow, White's passed d-pawn (or e-pawn!)
becomes the decisive force.",20,"d6d7","This is answered by ...Rd8 when
White's passed pawn would be safely blocked.",0,"De","Wie kann Weiß die Kraft
seines Freibauern ausspielen?","Nach dem sofortigen Vorpreschen des d-Bauern
wäre die weiße Dame auf b7 außer Spiel","Finden Sie eine schöne Möglichkeit,
die weiße Dame zu zentralisieren!","b7e7","Nach diesem spektakulären Schlag
wird freie weiße d-Bauer (bzw. e-Bauer!) zur entscheidenden Kraft.",20,"d6d7",
"Dies wird beantwortet mit ...Rd8 wonach der weiße Freibauer sicher blockiert
wäre.",0]} 38. Qe7 $3 {After this spectacular blow, White's passed d-pawn (or
e-pawn!) becomes the decisive force. Nach diesem spektakulären Schlag wird
freie weiße d-Bauer (bzw. e-Bauer!) zur entscheidenden Kraft.} (38. d7 $2 Rd8 {
and White's passed pawn would be safely blocked. und der weiße Freibauer wäre
sicher blockiert.}) 38... Rb8 (38... Rxe7 39. dxe7 Qg5 {, and now simplest is ,
und nun geschieht am einfachsten} 40. Ra1 $1 {(preventing any inconvenience
starting with ...Qc1+) when White's e-pawn can't be stopped. (verhindert
jegliche Unanehmlichkeiten basierend auf ...Qc1+), wonach der weiße e-Bauer
nicht mehr aufzuhalten ist.}) 39. d7 {This makes all the difference - on e7
now the white queen is on the (literally) right side of the passed pawn, not
only supporting it but also bearing heavily on the kingside. Das macht den
ganzen Unterschied aus - auf e7 steht die weiße Dame nun auf der rechten (und
richtigen!) Seite des Freibauern, wo sie diesen nicht nur unterstützt, sondern
dazu noch kräftig am Königsflügel wirkt.} Bf8 ({After Nach} 39... Bg7 {follows
folgt} 40. Ra3 $1 {with the deadly threat 41.Rg3. mit der tödlichen Drohung 41.
Rg3.}) 40. Rxe6 $1 {The most forcing continuation. Am forciertesten.} Qxe6 ({
Also hopeless is Ebenfalls hoffnungslos ist} 40... Bxe7 41. Rxg6 fxg6 42. Nfxe7
{, e.g. , z.B.} Rd8 43. Nc6 Rxd7 44. Nf6+) 41. d8=Q Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Bxe7 43. Ndxe7
1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Aguettaz, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 {une ligne secondaire
mais la partie va ensuite transposer dans une Benoni} c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 h5 $5 {
Une ligne secondaire} (14... Qb6 15. Qc2 h5 16. Rae1 Nh7 17. Bd2 h4 18. Bd1
Ndf8 19. b3 Be5 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kh2 f5 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. Ng1 Qc7 24. Nf3 Qg7 25.
a5 Rac8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 Qh6 29. Qd2 Nd7 30. Qe3 Nhf8 31.
Bd2 Kf7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Bxb4 Ne5 34. Ng5+ Bxg5 35. fxg5 Nxc4 36. Qe6+ {1-0 (36)
Aleksandrov,A (2610)-Damljanovic,B (2561) Herceg Novi 2001}) 15. Be2 $146 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge2d3] Une nouveauté interessante pour recycler le B vers une
diagonale plus active.} (15. Rae1 {Meins,G (2421)-Glek,I (2554) Nord West Cup
2000 (5) 1/2}) (15. a5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. Bd2 Re7 18. Bd1 Rae8 19. f4 Bd4+ 20.
Kh1 f5 21. Bf3 Nhf8 22. Be1 Bh8 23. Bh4 Bf6 24. Bf2 Bh8 25. Rg1 Rh7 26. g3 Nf6
27. Kg2 Rf7 28. Qd3 Bg7 29. Rge1 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Habermehl,T (2522)
-Kratochvil,M (2491) ICCF corr 1999}) 15... Qe7 16. Bd3 Ne5 $1 $146 17. f4 Nxd3
18. Qxd3 Qd7 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 19. f5 Nh7 20. Bd2 g5 21. Qf3 h4 22. Kh1 Be5 $5 23.
b3 f6 {Un coup naturel mais qui affaiblit l'aile-roi tout en privant le N
d'une case importante} (23... Kg7 24. Rae1 Bg3 25. f6+) 24. Rae1 Rab8 25. Nd1
b5 26. cxb5 (26. axb5 axb5) 26... axb5 27. a5 {[%csl Ga5]} c4 28. b4 Nf8 {
[%cal Gf8d7,Ge5g3,Gd7e5]} 29. Nf2 (29. Bc3) 29... Kg7 (29... Qc7 30. Ng4 Nd7
31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Qh5 $40) 30. Ng4 Qc7 $2 31. Nxe5 $2 (31. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 32. f6+
Kh8 33. f7 Re7 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qf6+) 31... dxe5 32. Be3 e4 33.
Qg4 Qg3 34. Bc5 Rbd8 (34... Qxg4 35. hxg4 Rbd8) 35. Rxe4 Qxg4 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37.
hxg4 Nd7 38. a6 Ra8 39. Re1 $1 Ne5 40. a7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ge1a1,Ga1a5,Ga5b5,
Gb5b8]} Kf7 41. d6 (41. Kg1 $142 {[%cal Gg1f1] La centralisation du K doit
être plus saine car les Noirs manquent de contre-jeu} Ke8 (41... Nxg4 42. Re7+)
42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Ke3 Nxg4+ 44. Kd4 Kc7 45. Re7+) 41... Ke8 42. Bd4 $2 {Le B
était la pièce maitresse des Blancs mais comme souvent il y a une baisse de
concentration juste après le passage du 40ème coup} (42. g3 $1 hxg3 43. Kg2 Kd7
44. Kxg3 Kc6 45. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 46. Kf3 Kb7 (46... c3 47. Ke3 Kb7 48. Kd3 $18)
47. Ke4 $18) 42... Kd7 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Rxe5 Kxd6 45. Rxb5 Rxa7 46. Rc5 Rc7
47. f6 {[%csl Rh1] Le K Blanc est trop loin du centre pour espèrer avoir
encore du jeu} c3 48. Rxc7 Kxc7 49. f7 c2 50. f8=Q c1=Q+ 51. Kh2 Qe3 52. Qf3
Qe7 53. Kh3 Kb6 54. g3 hxg3 55. Qxg3 Qh7+ 56. Kg2 Kb5 57. Qe5+ Kxb4 58. Qd4+ {
Et nulle au 73ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2012.10.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pap, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paracin"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 {Averbah's System.} c5
7. d5 e6 {This old line is under serious suspicion after Uhlmann and
Polugaevsky's treatment.} 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12.
h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb6 (13... a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. Qc2 $14 {is common.}) 14. Qc2 Kh8
$5 {I sort of remembered that Ulf did this back in time. Farago-Andersson,
Cienfuegos 1977.} (14... Re7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bd2 (16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd2 Ne8
18. Bd1 Bd4 19. g3 f5 20. Kg2 Nef6 21. Re1 $14) 16... Ne5 17. Be2 $14) 15. Bd2
a6 (15... Ng8 16. Be2 Bh6 17. f4 Ne7 18. g4 $16) 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18.
Bd1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Qd8 20. Qe2 $16 {Velimirovic was worse in these rookless
endgames on several occasions.} Ne8 21. g4 $1 Nc7 22. f4 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Kg8 (
23... b5 24. b3 $16 (24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Nxd5 26. Kg3 $16)) 24. b3 Kf8 25.
Ne4 Qe7 (25... Nf6 26. Ng5 $16) 26. g5 $1 {I wanted to provoke him to push f5
for the piece sac.} Ne8 (26... f5 27. Ng3 Qxe2+ 28. Bxe2 $16) 27. h4 (27. Ng3
Qd8 28. h4) 27... Ng7 ({I thought to keep the queens was the lesser of evils
for him with} 27... f6 $5 28. Ng3 Qf7) 28. Ng3 f6 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bg4 b6 31.
Bd2 a5 32. Ne2 {I wanted to divert the bishop first.} (32. Kh3 Bf2 33. Bc3 (33.
Bxd7 Kxd7 34. gxf6 Nf5 35. Ne4 Bd4 $13) 33... Bxg3 34. Kxg3 Nf5+ 35. Bxf5 gxf5
36. h5 Kf7 37. Kh4 h6 38. g6+ Kg7 39. Kg3 Nb8 40. Kf2 Na6 41. Ke3 Nc7 42. Kd3
Ne8 43. Kc2 Kf8 44. Kb2 Ng7 $132) 32... Bb2 33. Kh3 Nb8 (33... f5 34. Bf3 Nb8
35. h5 $40) 34. Ng3 (34. Nc3 $6 f5 35. Bd1 Bxc3 36. Bxc3 Nh5 $11) 34... Na6 35.
h5 {The correct push.} (35. f5 $6 Nb4 36. a4 $11) 35... gxh5 $2 $138 {It was
quite unclear if I could have forced a win} ({in the event of the seemingly
losing} 35... f5 36. Bd1 Nb4 37. h6 Ne8 38. a4 (38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Bc2 Kf7 40.
Nxf5 gxf5 41. Bxf5 Kg8 42. Bd7 Kf7 43. Kg4 Nc7 44. f5 Ke7 45. Be6 (45. Bc8 Ne8
(45... b5 $5 46. f6+ Kf7 47. Bf5 bxc4 48. bxc4 Bxf6 49. gxf6 Ne8 50. Kg5 Nxf6
51. c5 dxc5 52. d6 Ng8 53. d7 Ke7 54. Be6 Nxh6 55. Kxh6 a4 56. Kxh7 b3 $11))
45... Nxe6 46. dxe6 Bc1 47. Kh5 Bb2 48. g6 hxg6+ 49. Kxg6 Bc3 50. h7 Bf6 $11)
38... Nc7 (38... Nd3 39. Bc2) 39. Bxb4 cxb4 40. Bc2 Kf8 41. Nxf5 gxf5 42. Bxf5
Kg8 43. Bc8 Kf7 44. f5 Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf7 46. Kf3 (46. f6 Bxf6 47. gxf6 Ne8 48.
Be6+ Kxf6 49. Kh5 Ke7 50. Kg5 Nf6 51. Bf5 Kf7 52. Bd3 Ke7 53. Bxh7 Nxh7+ 54.
Kg6 Kf8 $11) 46... Bc1 47. Be6+ Kf8 (47... Nxe6 $2 48. dxe6+ Ke7 49. g6 Bxh6
50. gxh7 Bg7 51. Ke4 Kd8 52. Kd5 $18) 48. Kg4 Na6 49. f6 Nc5 50. Bf5 Kg8 51.
Bc2 Bd2 52. Kf5 (52. Kh5 Bc3 $11) 52... Kf7 53. Kg4 Kg8 $11) 36. Bf5 $1 $18 {
Now it is lost due to infiltration of White's pieces.} Nb4 (36... Nxf5 37.
Nxf5+ Kd7 38. Kh4 $18) 37. a4 (37. Bb1 $5) 37... fxg5 (37... Na2 38. Bxh7 Bc1
39. Bxc1 Nxc1 40. Bc2 $18) 38. fxg5 Na2 39. Bxh7 Nc1 $6 {It really did not
matter much} ({but I was expecting more} 39... Bc1 40. Bxc1 Nxc1 41. Bc2 $18)
40. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 $1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Rc1 {
This line of the Averbakh System was popular a couple of decades ago. It is
quite risky for Black, who has won the b2-pawn but is considerably behind in
development.} Bf5 {Alternatives:} (14... Bf6 $6 15. Qxb2 Bxb2 16. fxe4 Bxc1 17.
Bxc1 Re8 18. Nf3 Rxe4 19. Ng5 $16 {[%cal Yc1f4] 1-0 (42) Korotylev,A (2445)
-Filippov,V (2455) Moscow 1995}) (14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 {A brilliant but
insufficient idea of the late GM Leonid Yurtaev. White has enough time to
consolidate his position.} (15... f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bxd6 gxh4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19.
fxe4 Bh6+ 20. Kc3 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Ke7 22. Rf1 Nd7 23. Rf4 Rg8 24. Bf1 Ne5 25.
Rxh4 $16 {1-0 (46) Freise,H-Klein,M Koenigsfeld 1969}) (15... Bf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5
17. Rb1 b6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bxd6 Ne5 21. Rhe1 $16 {1-0 (44)
Kachiani Gersinska,K (2448)-Berezina,I (2304) Istanbul 2000}) 16. cxd5 Re8 (
16... Nd7 $142 17. g3 Nb6 18. Ng2 $14) 17. Rb1 $1 (17. Bf4 Bf6 18. g3 (18. Bg3
a6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bg4 Nb6 21. Bf3 Na4 22. Bf2 b5 23. g4 b4 $132 {0-1 (63)
Zaichik,G (2420)-Yurtaev,L (2360) Volgodonsk 1983}) 18... g5 19. Bxd6 gxh4 20.
Bc7 Nd7 $11 (20... a6 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rc4 Be5 23. gxh4 Nf6 24. Rg1+ Kf8 25.
Rg5 Bxc7 26. Rxc7 Rad8 27. Bc4 h6 28. Rf5 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Kc3 $14 {
1-0 (45) Sorin,A (2460)-Peralta,F (2360) Buenos Aires 1998}) 21. Bb5 $6 {
1-0 (46) Grivas,E (2360)-Kotronias,V (2430) Athens 1986} a6 $1 22. Bxd7 Re7 $15
) (17. Rhe1 a6 18. Bd3 (18. Bf4 Bf6 19. g3 g5 20. Bxd6 gxh4 21. Bxc5 Nd7 22.
Ba3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Re5 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bb3 a5 $36 {1/2 (41) Lerner,K (2495)
-Yurtaev,L (2360) Tallinn 1983}) 18... Nd7 19. a4 h6 20. Be3 Nb6 21. Nxg6 $1
fxg6 22. a5 $14 {1/2 (31) Legky,N-Yurtaev,L Soviet Union 1984}) 17... Nd7 (
17... Re5 18. f4 $1 Rxd5+ 19. Kc1 Nc6 20. Rxb7 Rd4 21. Nf3 $16 {1-0 (34) Legky,
N (2365)-Monin,N Tallinn 1985}) 18. Bb5 Re5 19. Bxd7 Rxg5 20. Rxb7 Rxd5+ 21.
Kc2 $16 {1-0 (32) Lputian,S (2530)-Yurtaev,L (2435) Volgograd 1985}) (14... h6
$1 15. Bxh6 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Bf6 17. g3 Bxh4 (17... g5 18. fxe4 gxh4 19. Bf4 Nd7
20. Bxd6 Rfe8 21. Bd3 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Ke2 $14 {1/2 (39) Polugaevsky,
L-Gufeld,E Tallinn 1965}) 18. gxh4 Bf5 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Rg1 (20. h5 gxh5 (20...
Na6 $142 $14) 21. Rg1+ Kh7 22. Rg5 Bg6 23. Kd2 Na6 24. Rcg1 Rd7 25. Bd3 $1 Rg8
26. h4 Nb4 27. Bb1 Na6 28. Rxh5+ {1-0 (28) Bekker Jensen,S (2403)-Nordenbaek,J
(2262) Denmark 2000}) 20... Na6 21. Kd2 Nc7 22. a4 Ne8 23. h5 Ng7 24. hxg6 fxg6
25. Rc3 Kf7 26. a5 Rd7 27. Bd1 Rh8 28. Ba4 $14 {1-0 (48) Boleslavsky,I-Balendo,
E Minsk 1970}) 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty
is quite obvious. In the previous game White played strangely:} (17. Rc2 $6 Be5
18. f4 Bd4 19. Bd3 Re8+ 20. Re2 Rxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Nd7 22. Bxf5 Re8+ 23. Kd2 Nb6
24. Bd3 Kg7 $132 {0-1 (45) Bukhman,E-Nezhmetdinov,R Daugavpils 1973}) 17...
Bc3+ 18. Kd1 {[%cal Rb1b7,Re2d3,Rg5e7]} Re8 (18... b6 19. Bd3 $16 (19. Be7 Re8
20. Bxd6 Nc6 $3)) 19. Rxb7 Na6 20. a3 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 (21... Rxb8 22. Kc2
Be5 (22... Rb2+ 23. Kxc3 Rxe2 24. Bf4 $1) 23. Bc1 $1 $16) 22. Bd3 $16 {White
has the bishop pair, and Black has weaknesses on f5 and d6. Such positions are
peanuts for GM Magnus Carlsen.} Nd7 23. Kc2 Bd4 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Re1
Kg7 27. Bg3 Re7 28. f4 Bf6 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Be1 h5 31. g3 Bf6 32. Kb3 Kg6 33.
h3 {[%cal Rg3g4]} 1-0

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 $5
(8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 $1 {White has some problems in this line.} 10. Nf3 Bf5
11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 h6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qxb2 16. O-O Bc2 17.
Rac1 Re8 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. g3 Bf5 $132) 8... h6 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2
Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. f4 a6 (13... Qb6 14. Rab1 c4+ 15. Kh1 Rac8
16. Qf3) (13... b5 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qd3 Rxb2 16. Nc4 $16) 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qf3 $1
c4 16. Kh1 Rab8 17. Rae1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 {Here comes the thematic sacrifice}
19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. f5 $44 {Timman-Nunn, London 1975.}) 9. Be3 ({The old
Uhlmann Line should not be completely scratched out.} 9. Bh4 $5 g5 10. Bg3 exd5
11. cxd5 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Ne5 $5 (14... Nf6 15. a4 b6 16.
Qc2) (14... Qe7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. a4) 15. Ne3 $1 $13 (15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxh6 Kg7
$132)) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 $1 Bg4 $6 {A minor inaccuracy but maybe it is enough
to give White the kind of a Benoni he wishes to play.} (10... b5 $1 11. Bxb5
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxb5 14. Nxd6 Qa6 (14... Qxb2 15. Qxb2 Bxb2 16. Rb1
Bc3+ 17. Nd2 $14) 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Bxc5 Rxd5 18. Be3 Ra5 $1 $11) (
10... Ng4 $6 11. Bf4 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O $16) 11. Nd2 $1 (11. O-O Bxf3 $1
12. Bxf3 Nbd7 {is the profitable minor piece exchange for Black in this
opening.}) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. O-O a6 (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Ncxe4 f5 15.
Bxh6) 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Kh1 $5 {My move is an omen for g4.} (15. h3 Rb8) (15. f4
$6 Rb8 16. Qf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 e4 20. Ndxe4 b4 $17) (15. a5
$5) 15... Nh7 {A move which gives you the impression that it can not be
correct.} (15... Rb8 16. a5 $5) (15... h5 {played by Manik and Banovic just to
prevent g4.}) 16. g4 $5 (16. a5 f5 $6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qh5 $16) 16... Kh8 (
16... Qe7 $5) 17. f3 (17. f4 $5 f5 $140 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. e5 $1) 17... Qe7 18.
Rae1 Qf8 {I decided to go for the forced line including the thematic pawn
break in the centre like Timman-Nunn,London 1975.} 19. Nc4 $6 (19. a5 $5 b5 (
19... f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. exf5) 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ra1) 19... Ne5 (19... b5 20.
axb5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 axb5 22. Nd2) 20. Nb6 (20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd2 Bg7) 20... Rad8
21. f4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. f5 $1 $44 (24. Qf2 $6 b6 25. a5 Nf6
$1) 24... Qe7 $5 {This one surprised me,} ({because I was only expecting} 24...
Qd6 25. Qg2 e4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nxe4 Qxd5 28. Nxc5 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rde7 30. Bf2
$11) 25. Qf2 Qd8 (25... c4 $5 26. g5 (26. Ne4 Nf6 $1 (26... gxf5 $2 27. gxf5
Nf6 28. Bxh6 $3 Bxh6 29. Qh4 Ng8 30. f6 Qf8 31. Rg1 Rxd5 32. Rg7 Rd4 33. Ng5
$18 {is what I was proud to calculate during the game but it is unnecessary!}))
26... hxg5 27. Ne4 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxd5 29. Qxf7 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 b5 31. Rg1 $40)
26. Bxc5 $6 {Paradoxically I should have exchanged on g6 first!} (26. fxg6 $142
$1 fxg6 27. Bxc5 Nf6 28. d6 Qc8 29. Ba3 Qc6+ 30. Qg2 e4 $1 $132) 26... Nf6 $2 (
26... Rxd5 $2 27. Bb6) (26... g5 $1 27. h3 Nf6 28. Bb6 Qc8 29. Rd1 Bf8 $40) 27.
d6 b6 (27... Nxg4 $6 28. Qg3 (28. Qg2 $5) 28... Qc8 29. Qxg4 Qxc5 30. Ne4 $16 {
and the knight dominates.}) 28. Ba3 (28. Bxb6 Qa8+ 29. Qf3 Qxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxd6
31. Bc5 Rc6 32. b4 $13) 28... e4 (28... g5 29. h4 $1 Qa8+ (29... Bf8 30. hxg5
hxg5 31. Qh2+ Kg8 32. Qd2 Qa8+ (32... Nxg4 33. Rg1) 33. Kh2 $5 Bh6 34. Kg3 $40)
30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 gxh4 32. Ne4 $16) 29. Qg2 Qa8 $2 {In time trouble, my
opponent completely forgot about the Rd7's vulnerability.} (29... e3 $1 30.
fxg6 fxg6 31. g5 hxg5 32. Rf3 $36) 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. g5 $1 $18 Nd5 (31... hxg5
$2 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Rxf6 e3+ 34. Kg1 Bxf6 35. Qxd7 e2 36. Qg4 $18) 32. Nxe4 h5
33. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 (33... Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Bxf6 35. gxf6 Qg8 36. Qg5 Qf7 37. Kg1) 34.
gxf6 Bf8 35. Re7 $1 {Curtains.} Bxe7 36. Qxa8 Rxa8 37. dxe7 1-0

