[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[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. f3 c6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. g4 b5
9. g5 $2 (9. h4) (9. Nge2 bxc4 10. Ng3 d5 11. h4) 9... Nh5 10. Nge2 e5 11.
O-O-O (11. Ng3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxg5) 11... Nd7 12. c5 (12. dxe5
Nxe5) (12. Ng3 exd4) 12... dxc5 $1 13. dxc5 (13. dxe5 Qa5 14. f4 b4 15. Nb1
Qxa2 16. Ng3 Nxf4 $1 17. Bxf4 Nxe5 $36) 13... Qa5 14. Qc2 (14. Bh3 b4 15. Bxd7
Rd8) 14... Re8 (14... b4 15. Qa4) 15. Bh3 Nf8 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nf4 18.
Nxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qb4 $1 20. Bd6 Ne6 21. e5 $1 (21. h4 Nxc5 22. Qf2 Nxe4 $1)
21... Nxg5 22. Rde1 (22. h4 Nf3 23. h5 Nxe5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qh2 h6 26. Bxe5
Bxe5 27. Qxh6 $2 Bf4+ $19) 22... Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Rae8 (
25... Qf3 26. Qxf3 Nxf3 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. g5 {/\ Ne4}) 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxc6
Qxg4 $138 (27... b4 28. Na4 Ne4 $36) 28. a3 Qf5+ {>=} (28... b4 29. axb4 Qxb4)
29. Ka1 Rxc5 30. Qxa6 Ne6 31. Rd1 Qe5 (31... Qc2 32. Qd6 Rf5 $19) 32. Rd7 Qxh2
{>=} (32... Qf5) 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qe8 {/\ 35.Qxf7, 35.Qxe6} Ng5 35. Rd8 Qg1+ {
>=} (35... Qe5 36. Qf8+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Kf5) 36. Ka2 Kh6 37. Nxb5 $1 Ne6 38. Nd4
$1 {(38...Nxd8, 38...Nxd4 39.Qf8+)} Rc1 39. Nxe6 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qb6+ 41. Kc2 Qxe6
$4 42. Qxe6 {(42...fxe6 43.Rd1 +-)} 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 $6 (6... c5) 7.
Bg5 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h6 10. Bd2 h5 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 (12. O-O h4 13. Nh1
exd5 14. cxd5 Nh7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nf2 f5) 12... Neg4 13. h3 Nh6 14. O-O exd5 15.
cxd5 Re8 16. Bf3 Nd7 (16... a6 17. Qc2 b5 18. Rae1 $14) 17. Nge2 (17. Qc2 Bd4+
18. Kh2 Ng4+ $17) 17... Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. Rb1 f5 (19... b5 $2 20. axb5 axb5 21.
b4 $16) 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Nc5 22. e5 Nd3 (22... dxe5 $5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 (23...
Nd3 24. Bxh6 Nxb4 25. Bxg7 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Kxg7 27. e6 $44) 24. Bf4 Nf7 25. Bxe5
Nxe5 26. d6 $14) 23. Rd4 dxe5 24. Rxd3 e4 25. Re3 exf3 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxf3
b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qb3 Nf7 30. Re3 Qf8 (30... Qd8 31. Na2 Nd6) 31. Na2 Nd6
32. Bb4 Qd8 33. Bc3 Nc4 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qc3+ Kf7 (35... Qf6 $2 36. Re7+ $18)
36. Rd3 Qb6+ 37. Kh2 Bd7 38. Ng1 Qf6 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[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. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. Qd2 (10. b3 Re8 11. Qd2 e6 {Planinc} 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Bg5 $6
(13. Bh6 $14 {Hort}) 13... Qf8 $1 $10 {Hort,V-Planinc,A/Madrid/1973/}) 10...
Re8 (10... bxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 $5 a5 13. Bh6 $1 Nfd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4
d5 16. f5 $14 {Portisch,L-Jansa,V Budapest 1970}) 11. Rad1 e6 {cf. 10.b3
Hort-Planinc} 12. a3 Qe7 13. Nc1 $1 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be2 Nfd7 16. b4 a5
17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Ba6 19. Na5 Rec8 20. Rb1 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 c5 $5 22. b5 (22.
dxc5 $5 dxc5 23. b5 $14 (23. bxc5 $2 Rxc5 $1 24. Bxc5 $2 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxa5 $15
)) 22... c4 23. Nc6 Qe8 24. Bf4 d5 25. Nc3 Qf8 26. Rfe1 {/\27.ed5 ed5 28.Ne7+}
Re8 27. Qf2 $6 Qa3 $2 {(+)} (27... Ra3 $1 28. Re3 e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 $1) 28. Re3
$1 Qf8 29. Rbe1 {/\ed5,Ne7} dxe4 (29... e5 $2 30. dxe5 Bxe5 $1 31. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5
32. exd5 (32. Nxe5 d4 $5 33. R3e2 dxc3 34. Nxg6 $18 {/\Qb6}) 32... Nd3 33. Rxe8
Rxe8 34. Rxe8 Qxe8 35. Qe2 $16) 30. Nxe4 Nf6 31. Qh4 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Nd7 33. Rh3
h5 34. Bd2 Ra4 $2 {>= Ra2} (34... Ra2 35. Bb4 Bxd4+ $1) 35. Rf3 f5 $6 36. Qg3
Kh7 37. Qc7 Nf6 38. Bg5 Rc8 (38... Nxe4 39. Rxe4) (38... fxe4 39. Rxf6) 39. Qb7
(39. exf5) 39... Ra2 $4 (39... Rca8 $142 {/\ Ra1}) 40. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 41. Qxc8
Qg5 42. Rf2 (42. Rg3 Qd2 43. Rf1 f4 $1 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Qxe6+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh6
47. Qxf4+ Qxf4 48. Rxf4 c3 49. Rf1 Rd2 $13 50. e5 Bf8 $1 (50... c2 51. Nb4) 51.
b6 c2 52. Na5 Rxd4 53. b7 $2 Bc5 $1 $19) 42... Rxf2 43. Kxf2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qd2
45. Rf1 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Qe2 47. Ra1 c3 48. exf5 exf5 (48... c2 49. Qxe6 Qd1+ 50.
Qe1) 49. Rg1 $1 f4 50. Ne5 c2 51. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Murcia m"]
[Site "Murcia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. c5 Nfd7 $1 (13... Nh5
14. Nce2 Qg5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Rc1 $14 {Razuvaev-Lerner/Moscov/1987}) 14. Be2 (
14. b4 $5) 14... Nxc5 $10 15. Ndb5 b6 16. Nxd5 Bf5 17. Nd4 $6 Bd3 $1 18. Bxd3
Qxd5 19. Bc2 Rad8 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxd4 24.
Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Re2 Bxb2 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. g3 b5 28. Kg2 Be5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Rf2
Rc7 31. Re2 Bc3 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 a4 34. Bd5 Rc5 35. Be4 b4 36. Bc2 0-1

[Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"]
[Site "Lyon/New York"]
[Date "1990.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 b5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 (10. a3 $5) 10... e5 11. a3 $1 {Kontrolle über b4 ist
wichtiger als über b3 und evtl. kann der B nach a2. Bereitet auch 12.d5 vor.}
exd4 (11... bxc4 12. Bxc4 d5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Ba2 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
cxd5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 $16) 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. cxb5 (13. Be2 $5 Ne5 14. cxb5
cxb5 15. Nb3) 13... cxb5 14. Re1 Ne5 (14... d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bf2 Ne5 $10 {Gutman}) 15. Bf1 Re8 (15... d5 $1 {Gutman}) 16. Bf2 d5 {
wurde kritisiert, ist aber früher oder später notwendig} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
Qxd5 19. a4 $1 Bh6 $5 (19... Nc4 $5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 $1
Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxb2 $13) 20. Ra1 Nc4 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 (22. b3 $5 {DEEP
THOUGHT} Nd6 (22... Nd2 {so meinte Kasparow selbst} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb5 Rd8
25. Ra7 Rc8 26. Be2 Qd7 27. Ba6 Rc7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Qa1 $16 {
DEEP THOUGHT}) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxb5 Nxb5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxb5 Rc8 27. b4
Rb8 28. Bf1 $5 (28. Ra5 {von DEEP THOUGHT angegeben, aber Weiß kann keine
Fortschritte machen}) 28... Rxb4 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bc5 Rh4 $8 32. g4
$1 Bf4 33. h3 {und Schwarz hat noch Sorgen}) 22... Rxa8 23. Qb3 (23. Nxb5 Qxd1
24. Rxd1 Nxb2 25. Rd6 $5 Bf4 $5 (25... Na4 26. h4 {/\ 27.Bc4} Bf4 27. Rd4 Be5
28. Rb4 Bd5 29. f4 Bb8 30. g4 $16) 26. Rb6 Bc8 $1 27. Nc3 Be5 $1 $10) 23... Bc6
24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxb5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 Bg7 28. b4 Bc3 29. Rd1 Bb3 30.
Rb1 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {A recent addition to Gurevich's
repertoire.} 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c6 (7... e5 {Knaak} 8. d5
Nh5 9. Qd2 $14) 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Nf2 Nb6 $2 {
Mikhail makes an involuntary error} (12... Nh5) 13. a4 {Of course.Now 13...b4
is met by 14.a5 and black's position is in shambles} bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15.
Qxa4 $16 Bd7 16. Qa3 Qb8 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Nb4 Bb5
21. Nc6 Qb7 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qb4 $1 Qe2 24. Re1 Qc2 25. Qb7 Rf8 26. Qxa6 Qxb2
27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qxd6 Qc3 29. Bf2 Nh5 30. Qc5 Qb2 31. g3 f5 {What else?} 32.
exf5 gxf5 33. d6 $18 Qd2 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5+ Ng7 36. h4 Rf7 37. h5 h6 {
Now obvious tries don't work but Beliavsky finds a nice way} 38. Qa1 $1 Kh7 39.
Qa8 Rxe7 40. dxe7 Qe2 41. Qf8 f4 42. Qxf4 Qxe7 43. Be3 Qe6 44. g4 Ne8 45. Kf2
Nd6 46. Bd4 Nf7 47. Qf6 Qxf6 48. Bxf6 Nd6 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Kd4 Nb5+
52. Kd5 Na3 53. Be7 Nb5 54. Bd6 Kg7 55. Be5+ Kf7 56. f4 Kg8 57. g5 hxg5 58.
fxg5 Kh7 59. g6+ Kh6 60. Ke6 Na7 61. g7 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c6
8. Qd2 (8. Be2) 8... a6 9. Nf2 e5 10. Rd1 (10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5) 10... Nh5
$5 11. dxe5 (11. d5 c5 (11... cxd5 12. Qxd5)) 11... dxe5 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. Be2
Re8 14. O-O Nf8 15. Na4 Ne6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rfe1 Nhf4 18. Bf1 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Nd4
20. b4 Rd8 $10 21. c5 Be6 22. Qf2 a5 23. a3 Bb3 $6 24. Rd2 axb4 25. axb4 Bf6 $6
26. Bf1 Bg7 27. Rb1 Be6 28. f4 f5 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. e5 Rd8 32.
Rd1 g5 33. Rxd4 gxf4 34. Bc4 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Rd5 36. Qxf4 Qd8 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38.
h3 Bh6 39. Qxh6 Qxc4 40. Qg5+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gelfand} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5
dxc5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. f4 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Be2 Qe8 $1 {N; 11...Nc6+/=
Portisch-Gelfand/Linares/1990/CBM17} 12. Bf2 (12. Qd2 $5) (12. Nd5 $5) 12...
Na6 $1 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. O-O Bh6 (14... Bf5 $5 {Gelfand}) (14... Bf5 $5 {Gelfand}
) 15. Qc1 (15. g3 {Gelfand} Bh3 16. Re1 Qc6 $15) (15. Qd2 {Gelfand} Bf5 $5 16.
b3 Rd8 17. Qc1 Qc6 $40) 15... Na4 $1 {Tauscht den Nc3, der nach b5 oder d5
sollte.} (15... Bf5 {Gelfand} 16. b3 Qc6 17. a3 Rad8 18. Ra2 $14) 16. Nxa4 (16.
Re1 {Gelfand} Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc6 $10) 16... Qxa4 $10 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nh4 Be4 19.
Bd1 Qc6 20. Ba4 Qxa4 21. Rxe4 Rae8 (21... f5 {Gelfand} 22. Re7 Rae8 23. Rxb7
Re2 24. Qd1 $1) 22. b3 Qc6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qd2 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
e6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bg5 h6 $1 11. Bxh6 Nxe4 {Typisches Motiv} 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. g3
Qxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxh6 15. Nxd6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Ba6 $44 18. Rd1 Bg7 19.
b3 Rfd8 20. Bg2 (20. c5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 bxc5 22. Ke2 Bd4 $10) (20. Ne4 $5 f5 21.
Ng5 Bf6 22. h4 $13) 20... f5 $1 $10 21. f4 Rab8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24.
axb5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Bb4 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Kf7 29. Bc6 Ke7 30.
Ke2 Bd6 31. Kf3 e5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Be8 Bd6 35. g4 g5 36. Bd7 fxg4+
37. Kxg4 Bc5 38. Kh5 Bb4 39. Kh6 Bf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Ba3 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Nb4 $1 {N} (12... Bxd5 $2 $16)
13. Nxe7+ (13. Bxb4 $2 axb4 14. Nxb4 Nd7 $1 15. Rd2 Nc5 $17) 13... Kh8 14.
Rxd8+ (14. Nd5 $5 Nc2+ (14... b5 $5 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Bf8
$1 18. Nd5 Rxa2 $1 19. Kc2 $1 Bg7 20. Kb1 $1 Rxb2+ $5 (20... Ra7 $5 $44) 21.
Kxb2 Nxd5+ (21... Nxe4+ $5 22. Kc2 (22. Nc3 $2 Nxc3) 22... Nf2 $10) 22. Kc1 $1
Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Ne3 24. Ne2 Bxc4 25. Ng3 Bxf1 26. Nxf1 Nxg2 $14) 15. Kf2 Nxa3 16.
bxa3 b5 (16... Bf8 $5 17. Rb1 Nd7 $1 $44 {Kramnik,V}) 17. Nh3 bxc4 18. Bxc4
Rac8 19. Bb3 (19. Nb6 $5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxc4 21. Rd8+ Ng8 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 $13)
19... a4 20. Bxa4 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 $10) 14... Rxd8 15. Nd5 (15. Bxb4 $2 axb4
16. Nd5 Ra8 17. Nxb4 Nd7 $1 $15) 15... Nc2+ 16. Kd2 (16. Kf2 $5 Nxa3 17. bxa3
b5 (17... Nd7 $5 $44 {Kramnik,V}) 18. Nh3 Rc8 $5 (18... bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rc8 $1
20. Bb3 a4 21. Bxa4 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bb3 $140 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rc2+) 19.
Nhf4 (19. Nxf6 $6 Bxf6 20. cxb5 Bd4+ 21. Ke2 Rc1 $1 $44) 19... bxc4 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Nb6 Nxe4+ $1 22. Ke3 $1 Rc6 23. Kxe4 Rxb6 24. Bxc4 Rc6 25. Kd3 (25.
Bd3 Bb2 26. a4 Rc1 $10) (25. Bb5 Rc2) 25... Bf8 26. a4 Kg7 $10) 16... Nxa3 17.
bxa3 b5 18. Nh3 (18. Nh3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 22.
Ke2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
Qa5 (8... a6 9. d5 (9. O-O-O cxd4 (9... Qa5 10. Kb1 e6 11. Bh6 (11. d5 Ne5 (
11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Ne5 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Bd7 17.
Be2 Bb5 18. Bc3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 b5 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21. Nc1 Ra7 22. Nd3 Rae7 23.
Bxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bd4 25. e5 dxe5 26. d6 {Haik,A-Renet,O/French tch/1992/0.5 
(32)}) 12. Nc1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. a3
Rfb8 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. a4 d5 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd3 Rxb5 23. Nxe5 c4
24. exd5 Bf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. axb5 {Zsinka,L-Hazai,L/HUN-chT 9192/1991/0-1 
(30)}) 11... b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxc5 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 dxc5 16. dxc6
Be6 $1 17. b3 $1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qc1 $1 Rd3 $1 21. Qc2 c4
$1 22. Nf4 cxb3 $1 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. axb3 Rc3 25. Qb2 Rxc6 26. Bc4 {Gheorghiu,
F-Piket,M/Lugano op (3)/1989/1-0 (33)}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 {0,5/
Gheorghiu-Hazai/Warzaw zt/1987/}) (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc5 Nd7 12.
Be3 Nde5 (12... b5 13. O-O-O bxc4 14. Nf4 $16 {Alterman,V-Shirov,A/USSR/1988/})
13. Nf4 Nb4 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Bc5 a5 16. Bxe7 Rd7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Ncd5 Rxa2 19.
Rb1 b3 20. Be2 Nc6 21. Nd3 Na5 22. Bd1 b5 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Be2
Rxb5 26. O-O {Novikov,I-Wojtkiewicz,A/Debrecen (11)/1990/0.5 (35)}) (9. Rd1 Qa5
(9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15.
Rxd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Bd7 18. Re1 b5 {0,5/Benjamin,J-Polgar,Zu/San
Francisco (1)/1991/}) 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nc1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rb6 16. O-O Rfb8 17. Rd2 Qb4 18. Rc2 R6b7 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. h3 Ned7
21. Kh2 Ne8 22. Nd3 Nc7 23. f4 Na6 24. a3 Rb3 25. Nc1 R3b7 26. Nd3 {
Kupreichik-Smirin/Sverdlovsk (2)/1987/1-0 (39)}) 9... Ne5 10. Ng3 Qa5 11. f4
Ned7 12. h3 Ne8 13. a4 b5 14. cxb5 Nc7 15. Kf2 Nb6 16. Be2 axb5 17. axb5 Qxa1
18. Rxa1 Rxa1 19. b4 cxb4 20. Nd1 Nca8 21. Qxb4 Bd7 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. e5 dxe5 24.
fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nge4 Bf5 26. Qxe7 {Kortschnoj,V-Zueger,B/Bern Training (6)/1992/
1-0 (29)}) (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Be2 (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5
Qc7 13. Be2 a5 14. h4 Rfe8 15. O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 bxc4 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bxc4 a4
19. h5 Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kh8 23. g5 Rab8 24. Rc2 Nh5 25.
Bd3 f5 26. Bxf5 {Hoi,C-Mortensen,E/DEN-ch (07)/1992/1-0 (53)}) 11... Qa5 12.
Rc1 (12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O $14 {Knaak-Kindermann
Hamburg 1991} (15. O-O Nf6 16. Kh1 a6 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Na2 Qc5 20.
Qd2 a5 21. Nc3 Bd7 22. f4 Bc6 23. Bf3 e5 24. Rbd1 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qe5 26. Qd2 {
Knaak,R-Kindermann,S/Hamburg SKA/1991/1-0 (51)})) (12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 b5 14.
b4 Qxb4 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Rxb5 Qd8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Bxd5 20.
cxd5 Rab8 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bg4 Nc5 24. e5 Qa5 25. exd6 exd6 26.
f5 {Novikov-Glek /Tashkent 1L/1984/0-1 (37)}) (12. Rd1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. a4
Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O f6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nc5 20. Rb1 a5
21. Bd1 Ra6 22. Bc2 Kf7 23. Kf2 Rb6 24. h4 e6 25. Rd2 e5 26. Rd5 {Lauvas,
D-Hansen,Su/Gausdal Int (9)/1990/0-1 (72)}) 12... a6 13. b3 Rfb8 14. O-O b5 15.
c5 Qb4 16. Rfd1 dxc5 17. Be3 Ra7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd2 Bd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23. Rc5 a4 {Timman,J-Ivanchuk,V/Reykjavik WCup (02)/1991/
0.5 (24)}) (8... b6 9. d5 (9. Rd1 e6 10. g3 (10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 (11. Ng3 exd5
12. cxd5 h5 (12... a6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Be2 Qb8 15. O-O b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Kh1
h5 18. f4 Neg4 19. e5 Nxe3 20. exf6 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Bxf6 22. f5 Qd8 23. Nce4 h4
24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Ne4 Qg7 26. f6 {Dao,T-Shaked,T/Duisburg WchJM-U14 (05)/1992/
1-0 (102)}) 13. Be2 h4 14. Nf1 Nh7 15. f4 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 f5 18. exf5
gxf5 19. O-O a6 20. Kh2 b5 21. Bd3 Qf6 22. a4 c4 23. Bb1 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25.
Qf2 Bd7 26. Rfe1 {Christiansen,L-Benjamin,J/Jacksonville ch-US m (1)/1990/1-0 
(45)}) 11... Ne8 12. Nf4 Qf6 13. Nb1 Qe7 14. Be2 f5 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bxe6
17. O-O Rd8 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bc8 21. Rde1 Rde8 22. Bd1 Qh4
23. g3 Qe7 24. Ng2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ {Schwanek,C-Glavina,P/Buenos
Aires (11)/1990/0.5 (63)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxh6 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxh6
14. Qxh6 Bxh6 15. Nxd6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Ba6 18. Rd1 Bg7 19. b3 Rfd8
20. Bg2 f5 21. f4 Rab8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26.
Ke2 {Beliavsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Reykjavik WCup (08)/1991/0.5 (39)}) 10... Ba6 (
10... Re8 11. Bg2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16.
Qxe2 f5 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. b3 Rf8 20. a3 a5 21. f4 e4 {Mishra,
N-Umanskaya,I/Calcutta (07)/1992/0.5 (22)}) 11. b3 Re8 12. Kf2 d5 13. e5 cxd4
14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. cxd5 Ncxe5 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Be2 exd5 18. Nfxd5 Nf6 19. Nf4 Qe7
20. Rhe1 Rad8 21. Qc1 g5 22. Bb5 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nfg4+ 24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Kg2
Nhxf3 26. Nfd5 {Gheorghiu,F-Shirov,A/Moscow GMA-op (5)/1989/0-1 (28)}) 9... Ne5
10. b3 $6 (10. Ng3 h5 $1 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 a6 {Timoschenko,G 2455-Lanka,Z
2420, SSSR 1988} 13. Bh6 $13) 10... e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Rd1 $6 Nh5 $1 $17 13.
Bg5 Qe8 14. Qxd6 Nf7 15. Qd2 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf4 $2 17. Nb5 $1 $13 h6 18. Qg4 e5
19. Qg3 Qe7 $1 $8 20. Nbc3 Be6 21. Qf2 Rad8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 c4 24. Nc1 $1
$8 Qb4+ 25. Qd2 c3 26. Qc2 {Ljubojevic,Lj-Timman,J/Delft (m/2)/1989/0-1 (44)})
(8... e6 9. O-O-O (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rd8+ 12. Kc2 b6 13. Be3
Ba6 14. Ng3 Nb4+ 15. Kb3 Nd3 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Bxc4+ 18. Kc2 Ne5 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nfd7 22. b3 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Nc6 24. Ndc3 Kf8 {Miles,
A-Rogers,I/Mendrisio open (5)/1989/0.5 (25)}) (9. h4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. b3 Re8
12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 h6 15. Bd2 d5 16. Qf2 Qc8 17. Rc1 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bb7 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Be3 fxe4 23. Bb1 Rf8 24. Qg4
Kh7 25. h5 g5 26. Rd1 {Bekker Jensen,D-Krakops,M/Duisburg WchJM-U14 (03)/1992/
0-1 (45)}) 9... Nd7 (9... Qe7 10. Kb1 e5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Nd5 Qd6
14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. c5 Qd8 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bb3 b6 19. cxb6 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Qxb6 21. Bb3 Nd7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Qc2 Bf6 25. Bd2 Kg7 26. Bd5
{Novikov,I-Romero Holmes,A/Pamplona/1990/0-1 (40)}) (9... b6 10. h4 h5 11. Kb1
Bb7 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nf4 Rd7 16. Be2 Qe8 17. g4 hxg4 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. fxg4 Bg7 20. h5 Rb8 21. hxg6 Nxg6 22. Nh5 exd5 23. exd5 Qe5 24.
Bd3 Ba6 25. Rde1 Qd4 26. Re4 {Hoi,C-Mortensen,E/Gausdal Int (2)/1990/1-0 (29)})
10. Bh6 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 e5 13. Nxd6 Nc5 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8
16. Kb1 a5 17. h4 Ra8 18. h5 a4 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qh6 Qe7 21. Qh4 Qc7 22. a3
Rf8 23. Be2 Rf7 24. g3 Qb6 25. Qg5 Qb3 26. Rc1 {Hoi,C-Shirov,A/Daugavpils/1990/
0.5 (47)}) 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nc1 a6 (10... Re8 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 h5
14. a3 Bd7 15. N1a2 c4 16. h3 Qd8 17. Rae1 Bc8 18. Qc2 a6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bxc4
b5 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Bc2 a5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 {
Jacobsen,O-Sziva/Naestved op (7)/1988/1-0 (49)}) 11. Be2 (11. a4 e6 12. Ra3
exd5 13. cxd5 Nh5 14. Be2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 $13 {Spassky,B-Polgar,J/Budapest m/
1993/}) 11... Bd7 {b7-b5} (11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 $14 (13. Bxb5 Ba6
$44)) 12. a4 Qb4 13. b3 (13. N1a2 Nxc4 14. Qd3 (14. Qc1 Qb3 $17) 14... Nxe3 15.
Nxb4 Nxg2+ 16. Kf2 Nf4 $15) 13... e6 14. N1a2 Qa5 (14... Qxb3 15. Rb1 Qa3 16.
Qc2 $16) 15. dxe6 (15. O-O exd5 16. cxd5 b5 $132) 15... Bxe6 16. Qxd6 Nfd7 {
/\ Nc4/Nf3+} 17. Kf2 (17. Qd2 Rad8 $44) 17... Nc6 18. Rac1 Nd4 (18... Rad8 19.
Nd5 Be5 20. Ne7+ Nxe7 21. Qxe7) 19. b4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. bxc5 Nxe2 22. Nxe2
Nxc4 23. Bd4 Rac8 (23... Nb2 $5 {/\ Nd3+/Na4} 24. Bxb2 (24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc2
Nxa4 26. Nb4 Rac8 $10) (24. Nb4 Nxa4) 24... Bxb2 25. Rc2 Ba3 $44 (25... Bg7 $14
)) 24. Nb4 Rfd8 $6 (24... Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rxc5 26. Nd3 (26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rc3 $2
Nd2 $1 $17) 26... Rc7 27. Nxe6 (27. Nf4 Re8) 27... fxe6 28. Rc3 $14) 25. Bxg7
Kxg7 26. c6 $1 $14 bxc6 27. Nf4 (27. Nxa6 $6 c5) 27... Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Nb2 29.
Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Nxa4 32. Ra1 $16 {(+)a6,(+)e6} Nc5 33. Ra5
Rc2 34. Nb4 Rc3 {/\ Ne4+} 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. e5+ (36. Nxa6 Nxa6 (36... g5+ 37. Kg4
h5+ $2 (37... Nd3 $2 38. Rxg5 Ne5+ 39. Kh5 $18) 38. Kxh5 Nxa6 39. Rxa6 Rc2 40.
g3 Rxh2+ 41. Kg4 $16) 37. Rxa6 Rc2 $10) 36... Kg7 37. Nxa6 Nb3 (37... Nxa6 38.
Rxa6 Rc2 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kg8 41. Re7 Rc6 42. Kg4 $16) (37... Nd3+ 38. Ke4
$16) (37... Rc4+ 38. Ke3 $16 (38. Kg3 Nd3 39. Rb5 h5 $14) 38... Nxa6 39. Rxa6
Rc2 40. g4 Rxh2 41. Rxe6 $16) 38. Rb5 Nd4 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. Rc7 $1 Ra3 41. Nc5
Rc3 42. g4 g5+ (42... Nxf3 43. Nxe6 Rxc7 44. Nxc7 Nxh2 45. e6 $18) 43. Ke4 Nxf3
44. Nxe6 Rxc7 45. Nxc7 Nxh2 46. Kf5 {e5-e6-e7-e8} Nxg4 $2 (46... Kg7 $8 47.
Ne6+ (47. e6 Kf8) 47... Kg8 48. Nxg5 $16) 47. Kxg4 Kg6 48. Kf3 h5 49. Ke4 h4
50. Nd5 h3 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Nf5 $18 Ke6 53. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Nijmegen m"]
[Site "Nijmegen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 a6 8. Nc1
c6 9. a4 a5 10. Nb3 e5 11. d5 Qb6 12. Ra3 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 (13... Nh5 14. Be7 $1)
14. Bf2 c5 15. g3 Qd8 16. Bd3 b6 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Nf1 Ra7 19. Ne3 Nh5 20. Kd2 f6
21. Ra1 Rf7 22. Nf5 $5 Nh7 (22... gxf5 23. exf5 (23. f4 $2 fxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 $19
) 23... Bh8 24. Be3 $44) 23. Nh4 f5 24. Kc2 Nf8 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 Nf6 27.
Bxf5 exf4 28. g4 Bxf5+ 29. Nxf5 Ng6 30. Kb3 f3 31. Bg3 Nxg4 (31... Bf8 32. Bxd6
Bxd6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. g5 Nd7 36. Qxf3+ Kg7 37. h4 $16) 32. Nxd6
Re3 33. Nxf7 Qf6 34. Qd2 (34. Nd6 $2 Rxc3+ $1 35. Ka2 Ra3+ $19) 34... Kxf7 35.
d6 Qg5 36. h4 $1 Rxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Qf5 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Rhf1 N6e5 40. Qe4 Bf6 41.
Rad1 b5 42. Bxe5 bxa4+ 43. Ka2 Nxe5 44. d7 Nxd7 45. Qh7+ Ke8 46. Qxd7+ Qxd7 47.
Rxd7 Kxd7 48. h5 Ke6 49. Rxf3 Ke5 50. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4 $1 $16 c5 (10... Bd7 $2 11. f4 $18) 11. Nc2 b5 $5 (11...
e6 12. f4) (11... Bd7 12. f4) (11... Ne8) 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Rxb5 (13...
Qa5 14. a4 $16) 14. Nxb5 Nc4 15. Qe2 $1 Qa5+ 16. Kf2 Nxb2 (16... Qxb5 17. b3
Ba6 18. bxc4 Qa4 19. Ne3 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. h4 $1) 17. a4 $1 (17.
Rab1 $2 Na4 $13) 17... e6 (17... c4 18. Bd2 $18) 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Rhb1 Nh5 20.
Ra2 $1 (20. g4 $6 f5 $1 $13) 20... Nxa4 21. Qc4 Nb6 22. Qb3 c4 23. Rxa6 cxb3
24. Rxb6 bxc2 25. Rc1 $18 exd5 26. exd5 Be5 (26... h6 27. Be3 Nf6 28. Rxd6 Bf5
29. Nd4) 27. Rxc2 Bf5 28. Ra2 Nf6 29. Bh6 Re8 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Bg5 Kg7 32. g4
Bd7 33. Nxd6 Ra8 34. Nc4 Bc3 35. Rd3 Ra2+ 36. Bd2 Ba1 37. Rb1 Ba4 38. g5 Bc2
39. Rxa1 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nh3
$5 (8. d5 Ne5 {Karpov,An-Nunn,J/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) 8... Qa5 9. Nf2 a6 10.
dxc5 Nxc5 $6 (10... dxc5 $1 {/\ Nb8-c6}) 11. Rb1 $1 Qb4 12. Be2 Ncd7 13. O-O
Re8 (13... Ne5 14. b3 $14) 14. Rfc1 Rb8 15. Nd3 Qa5 (15... Qxc4 $2 16. Nd5 Qxa2
17. Nc7 Rd8 18. Ra1 Qb3 19. Ra3 $18) 16. b4 Qd8 17. c5 $16 Nf8 (17... dxc5 18.
bxc5 $16) 18. b5 $1 axb5 (18... dxc5 19. bxa6 c4 20. Nc5 $16) 19. cxd6 exd6 20.
Nf4 Be6 21. Nxb5 d5 22. e5 N6d7 23. Nd6 Nxe5 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Bb5 (25. Nxe6
Qxe6 26. Rb6 $16) 25... Qe7 26. Nxe6 (26. Nxd5 $6 Nxf3+ $1 27. gxf3 Bxd5 $132)
26... Qxe6 27. Bd4 Qf5 28. f4 Nd3 29. Bxd3 (29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Bxd4+ 31.
Kf1 Ne6 $132) 29... Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Qf6 31. f5 Be5 32. Rf1 Qd6 (32... Qh4 33. g3
Bxg3 34. Rb4 $16) 33. Qb4 Bxh2 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. Rb5 b6 36. Rxd5 Bc5 37. Bc4 {
xf7} Rb7 38. g4 Re7 39. Rd8 Rc7 40. Bb3 Kg7 41. f6+ $1 Kg8 (41... Kh6 42. Rd5
g5 {/\ Ng6}) 42. g5 h6 43. gxh6 Kh7 44. Kg2 Kxh6 45. Rd5 $2 (45. Rd3 $1 Rc6 (
45... g5 46. Rh3+ Kg6 47. Bc2#) (45... Kh7 46. Rh1+ Kg8 47. Rdh3) 46. Rh3+ Kg5
47. Rg3+ Kh4 48. Rh1#) 45... Kh7 46. Rh1+ Kg8 47. Rd8 Rc6 48. Rf1 Bb4 49. Rf4
Ba3 50. Re8 Bd6 51. Rg4 $1 {/\ Rg6+} Kh7 52. Bxf7 Rc2+ 53. Kf3 Kh6 54. Re1 Rh2
55. Rd1 Bc5 (55... Be5 56. Rd8 Bxf6 57. Rxf8 Kg7 58. Rxg6+ Kxf8 59. Rxf6 $18)
56. Kg3 Rh5 57. Kg2 Ba3 58. Rd3 Bc5 59. Rdg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. O-O-O Qa5 (9... a6 10. Nge2 $5 Qc7 (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. cxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6 a5 15. h4 Nb6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h5 Rh8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19.
Rxh8 Kxh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Nf4 c4 22. Be2 Qe5 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ {Van der
Sterren,P-De Jong,T/Wijk-B (08)/1990/1-0 (25)}) 11. Kb1 $6 (11. Nf4 e6 12. h4
Ne5 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Bd7 15. Be2 b5 16. g4 Rfc8 17. Rhd1 Bf8 18. R6d2 b4
19. Nb1 Be8 20. g5 Nfd7 21. Nh3 Nb6 22. b3 a5 23. Nf2 a4 24. f4 $13 {Vakhidov,
T-Lanka,Z/Luzern WchT/1993/1-0 (62)}) 11... Ne5 12. Nf4 e6 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Re8 $8 {/\ Bf8=} 15. Bxc5 Bf8 16. Be2 Bd7 $1 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. Ba3 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. R6d3 Bxa3 {Vyzmanavin,A-Nunn,J/Debrecen/1992/0.5 (21)}) 10.
Kb1 Ne5 (10... e6 11. Nge2 Ne5 (11... a6 12. Nc1 Qc7 13. Be2 b6 14. f4 Rd8 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Qe2 f6 18. exf6 Nexf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rhe1 Re8 21. g4
Rab8 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. N1e2 $13 {Ward,C-Akesson,R/London Lloyds/1988/
0-1 (54)}) 12. Nc1 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be2 Nd4 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. h3
Be6 18. g4 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Nxb5 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Nxe4 22. Be3 Ng3 23. Bf3
Nxh1 24. Bxa8 $14 {Lodhi,M-Watson,W/London Lloyds (2)/1987/1-0 (55)}) 11. Be2 (
11. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 12. Qxa5 Nxe3 $13) 11... Nc6 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Rxd2 b6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. f4 Bd4 $1 (15... Bb7 16. e5 Bg7 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Rhd1 $14) 16. Bxd4
Nxd4 17. Nf3 Nxe2 $6 (17... Ne6 18. g3 Bb7 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. Re1 $15) 18. Rxe2
Bb7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Kc2 f6 (20... Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc2 f6 23. Kc3 $10)
21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Kc3 Rxd3+ 23. Kxd3 Rd8+ 24. Ke3 Kg7 (24... h5 25. h3 Kg7 26. g4
hxg4 27. hxg4 Rh8 28. Rh2 $10) 25. g4 Rd1 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Bd7 28. g5 e5
29. h4 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 h6 31. Nd3 hxg5+ (31... fxg5+ $6 32. hxg5 h5 33. Ke5 $16)
32. hxg5 Kf7 33. Nf2 Be6 (33... fxg5+ 34. Kxg5 Ke6 35. Kf4 $10) 34. b3 Bc8 35.
gxf6 Kxf6 36. e5+ Ke7 37. Ne4 Bf5 38. Nc3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6
8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 (9... e6) (9... a6 $6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6
13. h3 Nh6 14. Be3 $16 {Dlugy,M-Polgar,Zs/Manhattan/1985/1:0 (41)/}) 10. Be2 h4
{?! Shirov} (10... e6 11. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (11... exd5 $5 12. cxd5 Qb6 $13) 12. Qb3
$1 Qc7 13. f4 $1 Nh7 14. Bh4 $16 {Christiansen,L-Shirov,A/Biel/1991/0,5 (41)/})
11. Nf1 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 a6 (13... Nh7 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O Re8 16. h3 f5
17. Bf2 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nb6 19. Bd3 Rf8 20. Be3 Bf5 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Khalifman,A/
BRD/1992/0,5 (24)/}) 14. a4 Bd7 (14... Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bg5 c4 17. Bxh4 b5
18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 $14 {Bischoff,K-Meyer,P/Biel/1992/1:0 (56)/}) 15. O-O (15.
Bg5 {Knaak} b5 $1 (15... Qb6 16. Bxf6 (16. Rb1) 16... Bxf6 17. f4 Qxb2) 16. f4
Neg4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Bxf6 Qd7 $1 19. Bxg7 Bxd1 20. Bxf8 Bxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4
22. Bh6 f6 $1 $17) (15. h3 {Knaak} Nh5 16. f4 Ng3 17. Rg1 Bh6 $36) 15... b5 16.
axb5 (16. h3 $5 {Knaak} c4 17. Qe1 Rc8 $1 (17... Nh5 18. axb5 Ng3 19. bxa6 Nxf1
20. Qxf1 $16) 18. Qxh4 b4 19. Nd1 $44) 16... axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. h3 $6 $146
(18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qa6 20. Nc3 Rb8 $44 {Psakhis,L-Piket,M/Amsterdam/1990/
1:0 (41) Inf 50/85/}) 18... c4 $1 (18... b4 19. f4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nh7 21. fxe5
Bxe5 22. Nc4 $14) 19. Qe1 (19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. b4 (21. Qb1 b4 22. Nd1
Qa6 23. Nf2 Bb5) 21... Qa3 22. Ndb1 Qxb4 23. Qxd3 Nh5 $15) 19... b4 20. Nd1 Qa2
$1 21. Qxh4 (21. Bd4 Nh5 22. Bxe5 (22. Qxh4 c3 23. f4 cxd2 24. Bxh5 Nf3+ 25.
Bxf3 Bxd4+ 26. Kh2 Bb5 $17) 22... Bxe5 23. Bxc4 (23. Nxc4 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Ng3)
23... Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) 21... Ba4 22. f4 (22. Bd4 c3) 22... Nd3 23. Bxd3
cxd3 24. Bd4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 (25. Bxf6 Be2 26. Re1 Qa7+ 27. Kh2 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Qf2
29. Rg1 Qe3 $19) 25... Nh5 26. Bxg7 (26. Qf2 Nxf4 $1 27. Bxg7 Ne2+ $17) 26...
Kxg7 27. Qf2 (27. b3 Qc2 28. Qe1 Nxf4 $19) 27... Qxb2 $17 28. Qe3 Qc2 29. Rf1
Ra8 30. f5 $1 Ra2 31. Rf2 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Qc3 $1 33. g3 Nf6 (33... b3 $2 34. Nxb3
Qxb3 35. Qd4+) 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Kg2 Qe5 (35... b3 $2 36. Nxb3 Qxb3 37. Qd4)
36. Qf4 Qe7 (36... Qxf4 $2 37. gxf4 Ra3 38. Kf3 b3 39. Ke3 $16) 37. Qf3 Qe5 38.
Kh2 $2 (38. Qxd3 $2 {Knaak} Ra3 39. Nb3 Nxe4 40. Re2 Qxg3+ 41. Qxg3 Nxg3 {game}
) (38. Qf4 {Knaak} Qxf4 $5 (38... Ra2 39. Qxe5 dxe5 $13 40. Kf3 Nd7 41. Nb3 Rc2
42. Ke3 Rc3 43. Rb2 d2+ 44. Ke2 $1 $10) 39. gxf4 Nd7 40. Kf3 (40. Nc4 Nc5 41.
Nxd6 b3 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Rf1 Rh2 $17) 40... Nc5 41. e5 dxe5 42. fxe5 Re1 $1 43.
e6 Re5 $19) 38... Ra2 $1 39. Qxd3 {? Knaak} (39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. gxf4 b3 41. Kg2
b2 42. Nb1 Nxe4 $19) (39. Kg2 {Knaak} Rc2 40. Qe3 b3 41. Qa7+ (41. Nxb3 Rxf2+
42. Qxf2 Nxe4 43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Qe3 Qxd5 $19) 41... Kh6 42. Qe3+ (42. Qf7 b2 $1
$19) 42... g5 $17) 39... Ra3 40. Nb3 $8 Nxe4 41. Re2 (41. Rg2 {Knaak} Nc5 $19)
41... Qxg3+ $1 42. Qxg3 Nxg3 43. Kxg3 (43. Rb2 Nh5 44. Nd4 Nf4 45. Rxb4 Rxh3+
46. Kg1 Rd3 $19) 43... Rxb3+ 44. Kg4 Rb1 $19 45. Re7+ Kh6 $1 46. Kg3 (46. Re6
b3 47. Rxd6 Rb2) 46... b3 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Rb7 Kf5 49. Rb4 Ke5 50. Rb5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nh3
c5 9. d5 b5 $5 10. cxb5 (10. Nf2) 10... axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. O-O Qa5 13. a4 (
13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Bh6 Rfb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 13... Rfb8 14. Ra3 Nb6 15. Qe2
Nfd7 $1 16. Bd2 (16. Bxe7 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 (17. bxc3 $2 Bxb5) 17... Nxa4) (16.
Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qxa6 (17. Bxe7 $4 Bxc3 18. Qxa6 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rxa6 $19) 17... Rxa6
18. Rb3 (18. Bxe7 Nc4 19. Ra2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21. f4 Re8 $19) 18... Bd4+ 19.
Kh1 f6 20. Bf4 Nxa4 $15) 16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. b3 Nc8 19. Bc1 (19. Nc3 $2
Bxc3 20. Qxa6 Bd4+ $19) 19... Na7 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. Nb1 $8 (21. Bd2 c4+ 22. Be3
Bd4) (21. Nd1 c4+ 22. Be3 Qb4) 21... Ne5 $5 (21... c4+ 22. Be3 Bd4 23. bxc4)
22. Nf2 Nc8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nd2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Nd3 f5 $1 27. e5 Ncb6 $1 (
27... dxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 28. Nc4 Nxc4 (28... Nxd5 $17) 29.
bxc4 Rba8 30. Bb2 Nb6 31. Rc1 Nxa4 32. Rb3 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 (33. Nxb2 dxe5) 33...
Ra3 34. Rd2 Rb3 35. Kf1 Raa3 36. Ke2 (36. Rcd1 Rc3) 36... dxe5 37. Nxe5 (37.
fxe5 Bh6 38. Nxc5 Re3+ 39. Kf2 Rxe5 $19) (37. Nxc5 $5 $17) 37... Bxe5 38. fxe5
Re3+ 39. Kf2 Rxe5 40. Re2 (40. d6 exd6 41. Rxd6 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ree2 $19) (40. Rb1
Re4 41. d6 exd6 42. Rxd6 Ra7 $17) 40... Rxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Kf7 42. Kf2 Rd3 43. Ra1
(43. Ke2 Rd4 44. Ke3 e6 45. dxe6+ Kxe6 $19) 43... Rc3 44. Ra7 Rxc4 45. d6 Rf4+
46. Kg3 Re4 47. Rc7 Ke6 $1 (47... Ke6 $1 48. dxe7 (48. Rxe7+ Kxd6 49. Rxh7 c4
$19) (48. d7 Rd4 49. Rxc5 Rxd7 $19) 48... Kd6 49. e8=Q Rxe8 50. Rxh7 c4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 $1
a6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. a4 e6 11. g4 $1 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxd6 Re8 $44) 11... exd5
12. cxd5 Re8 $6 (12... Qe7 $14) 13. Be2 $1 (13. Nh3 $6 Nbd7 14. Bxd6 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 Rxe5 $44) (13. Nge2 $6 Nbd7 14. Bxd6 Ne5 $44) 13... h5 $6 (13... Nfd7 $6
14. Bxd6 Ne5 15. Bxc5 f5 16. gxf5 (16. h3 $6 {/\ f4} fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nbd7 18. Bd4
Nf6 $44) 16... gxf5 17. O-O-O $1 $16) (13... Qe7 14. Nh3 $14) 14. g5 Ng8 (14...
Nfd7 $2 15. Bxd6 $18) 15. h4 {/\ Nh3} f5 16. Nh3 $1 (16. gxf6 Qxf6 (16... Bxf6
$6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. f4 $16 (18. Nh3 $5)) 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Nh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nd7
$14) 16... Bxc3 (16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Be5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nhf2 Re8 (19... Bf5
20. O-O $16 {/\ Ng3, f4, Bd3}) 20. O-O $16) (16... Be5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf2
$16) 17. bxc3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 (18... Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Rxe4 20. Kf2 (20. Rf3 Nd7
(20... Ne7 $2 21. Qd3 Rxe2+ 22. Kxe2 $18) 21. Bxd6 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf7+
Kh8 24. c4 $16) 20... Nd7 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Bxd6 Ne5 (22... Ndf6 $2 23. gxf6 Qxd6
24. Bxg6+ $1 $18) (22... Nb6 $2 23. Qf4 Qd7 24. Rf3 $18) 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. c4
$16) (18... Qe7 $5 19. Nf2 Nd7 20. O-O Ne5 {was a better chance to hold the
position.}) 19. Nf2 Re8 20. O-O Nd7 (20... b6 21. Bd3 Ra7 22. Ne4 $16) (20...
Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 (21... Qd7 22. Rae1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxa4 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Bxd6
$16) 22. Qxd3 Qe7 23. Qg3 Nd7 24. Bxd6 Qe2 (24... Qe3 $2 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Nd1
$1 $18) (24... Qg7 25. Rae1 $16) 25. Nh3 Re3 26. Rf7+ Kh8 27. Qg2 $16 {/\ Nf4})
21. Bxd6 Ndf6 $5 (21... Nb6 $2 22. Qf4 $1 Rxe2 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Bxc5 {/\ Bd4}
Rd2 $8 25. Ne4 $1 Qxd5 (25... Rxd5 26. Qxg6 $18 {/\ Qh5, Rf7#}) 26. Qxg6 Be6 (
26... Bh3 27. Rf7 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qe2+ 30. Bf2 $18) 27. Bxb6 Qe5
28. Bd4 $18) 22. Bg3 $5 (22. gxf6 Qxd6 23. f7 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Rxe2 (24... Re3 $2
25. Qxe3 Qxe3 26. f8=Q $18) (24... Bh3 $2 25. Qg5 $1 Qxg5 (25... Bg2+ 26. Kg1
$18) 26. hxg5 Rxe2 (26... Bxf1 27. fxe8=Q Rxe8 28. Bxf1 $18) 27. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8
28. Nxh3 $18) (24... Qxh4+ 25. Kg2 Rxe2 26. f8=N+ $1 Kg7 27. Qxe2 {-> 24...Re2}
) 25. f8=N+ $1 (25. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 26. Qxe2 Qxh4+ 27. Nh3 (27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kf3
Bh3 $1 29. Qe3 (29. Nxh3 $2 Rf8+ 30. Ke4 Re8+ 31. Kd3 (31. Kf3 Qg4+ 32. Kf2
Rxe2#) 31... Qxd5+ $19) (29. Qe4 $2 Bg2+ $19) 29... Rf8+ (29... Bg4+ $2 30.
Nxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kf2 Rf8+ 32. Ke1 $18) 30. Ke2 Bxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxd5 $15) 27...
Bxh3 28. Qf2 Qe4+ 29. Qf3 Bf5 $13) (25. Qxe2 Qxh4+ 26. Kg2 (26. Nh3 Bxh3 $13)
26... Qg5+ 27. Kh2 (27. Kf3 $6 Qxd5+ 28. Qe4 Qxf7+ $15) 27... Qf4+ $1 $10)
25... Kg7 26. Qxe2 Qxh4+ 27. Nh3 $1 Qxh3+ (27... Bxh3 28. Qe5+ Kh6 (28... Nf6
29. Qe7+ Kg8 (29... Kh6 30. Qxf6 $18) 30. Qxf6 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Bf5 32. Nxg6 (32.
Ne6 $2 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Be4 34. Ng5 Bxd5 $14) 32... Bxg6 (32... Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3
Be4 34. Kg2 $18) 33. Rae1 Qh4+ 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 $18) 29. Qf4+ $1 (29. Qh8+
Kg5 30. Nh7+ $2 Kg4 31. Rg1+ Kf4 $19 (31... Bg2+ 32. Kxg2 $18) (31... Kf3 32.
Ng5+)) 29... Qxf4 30. Rxf4 $16) 28. Qh2 Nf6 (28... Qxc3 $2 29. Qc7+ $18) 29.
Qxh3 (29. Rae1 $2 Nxd5) 29... Bxh3 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 31. dxe6 Re8 32. Rae1 $16)
22... Qxd5 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Rad1 Be6 24. Bc4 Nge7 25. Ne4 $18) 23. Bd3 $1 (
23. Rad1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nd7 $14) 23... c4 (23... Ng4 $2 24. Bxg6+ $18) (23...
Qf3 $6 24. Nh1 $1 Qe3+ (24... Ne4 25. Rxf3 Nxd2 26. Rf7+ Kh8 27. Bxg6 Re7 28.
Be5+ $18) 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. gxf6 Rxd3 27. f7 $16) 24. gxf6 cxd3 25. f7 Qxf7 26.
Ne4 Qd5 $8 (26... Qc4 $2 27. Ng5+ Kh8 (27... Kg7 28. Qxd3 $1 $18) 28. Rf7 Re7
29. Be5+ $18) 27. Ng5+ Kg7 (27... Kh8 $2 28. Rf7 Re7 29. Rxe7 $1 (29. Qxd3 $2
Qxd3 30. Be5+ Nf6 31. Bxf6+ Kg8) 29... Nxe7 30. Qe3 $1 d2 31. Rd1 $18 {->}) 28.
Qxd3 $2 (28. Rf7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxd3 Nf6 (30... Bf5 $2 31. Qd5+ $18)
31. Rb1 Re7 32. Rb6 $16) 28... Be6 $2 (28... Qxd3 $4 29. Rf7+ $18) (28... Nf6
$1 {Shirov} 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rd1 Re3 $1 (31... Ne3 $2 32. Be5 $1
Nf5 33. Rh7 $18) (31... Be6 $2 32. Rxb7 (32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxb7 Nxc3 34. Rdd7
Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nxg3 $10) 32... Bc8 (32... Nf6 $2 33. Rd6 $18) (32... Ne3 $2 33.
Be5 $18) (32... Nxc3 $2 33. Be5 Ne2+ (33... Nxd1 34. Rg7+ Kh8 (34... Kf8 35.
Nh7#) 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rh8#) 34. Kf2 $18) 33. Rh7 Nf6 34. Rd6 $1 Nxh7 (34...
Rf8 $2 35. Be5 $18) 35. Rxg6+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 $2 36. Nf7#) 36. Bd6+ Re7 37.
Nxh7+ (37. Bxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rxh7 Bg4 $14) 37... Kf7 38. Rf6+ Ke8 (
38... Kg7 39. Bxe7 Kxh7 40. Rd6 $16) 39. Rf8+ (39. Bxe7 Kxe7 40. Rb6 Bd7 41. a5
Rc8 42. Nf6 $16) 39... Kd7 40. Bxe7 Kxe7 41. a5 Bb7 42. Rxa8 Bxa8 43. Kf2 $16)
32. Kf2 Be6 $1 33. Nxe6 (33. Rxb7 $6 Rf8+ 34. Kg2 Bc8 $1 35. Ra7 Re2+ 36. Kg1
Nxc3 $15) 33... Rxe6 34. Rxb7 Nxc3 35. Rdd7 $10) 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Qd4+ Kh6 $2
(30... Kh7 31. Rae1 $18) (30... Nf6 31. Rae1 Qf7 32. Be5 Rxe5 (32... Re6 $2 33.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 35. Re7+ $18) 33. Rxe5 Rf8 34. Qd6 $1 Qc4 35. Re7+ Kg8
36. Rxf6 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 $18) (30... Kh6 $2 31. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nge2
c5 9. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b5 11. h4 b4 $5 $146 12. Nd5 (12. Nd1 $6 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qb6 {/\ e6, d5|^}) 12... e5 $2 (12... e6 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ne3 $6 Qa5 $1 14.
d5 (14. h5 $2 b3+ 15. Kf2 cxd4 (15... Qxa2 $4 16. Rxa2 bxa2 17. Nc2 $18) 16.
Nxd4 Qd2+ 17. Ne2 Qxb2 $19) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 $36) 13... Qxf6 14. O-O-O
a5 $13 {/\ a4-a3}) 13. Nxf6+ $6 (13. h5 $1 {Kasparov} cxd4 (13... exd4 $2 14.
Nef4 Re8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nxg6 Ra7 17. Qg5 Kf7 18. Ngf4 Rg8 19. Qf5 $18 {->})
(13... Nxd5 $2 14. hxg6 $1 N5f6 15. g7 Re8 16. d5 $1 $18 {/\ g4-g5}) 14. g4 $1
g5 $8 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. hxg6 N5f6 16. g7 $1 Re8 17. g5 $18) (14... Bb7 $2 15.
g5 Nxh5 (15... Nxd5 16. hxg6 $18) (15... Bxd5 16. gxf6 $18) 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17.
Nf6+ Nxf6 18. gxf6 $18) 15. Qxg5+ Kh8 16. Nxb4 Qa5 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rd1 $16)
13... Qxf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 (14... Nxe5 $6 15. Nf4 $14) 15. Rd1 $1 {/\ Nc1-d3} Rd8
(15... Re8 $6 16. Nc1 Nf8 $6 17. Rd5 Ne6 18. Nd3 $16) 16. Qg5 $6 (16. Nc1 Bb7
17. Nd3 Rac8 18. h5 $1 (18. Qg5 {see the game}) 18... Nf8 19. hxg6 fxg6 {
/\ Rc7, Ne6} 20. Rh5 $5 (20. Qh2 Re8 $14) 20... Rd6 21. Qg5 (21. Nxe5 $4 Rxd1+
22. Kxd1 Qd8+ $19) (21. Rxe5 $4 Rxd3 $19) 21... Qg7 22. Rh2 Nd7 23. g3 $14 {
/\ Bh3}) 16... Bb7 $6 (16... Qxg5 17. hxg5 Bb7 18. Nc1 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Nxe5
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Bd3 Nxg5 23. Ke2 Ne6 $10) 17. Nc1 $6 (17. Qxf6 $1 Nxf6
18. Nc1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8+ 20. Kc2 Rd6 (20... Bc6 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Be2 {/\ Rd1}
(22. g3 $2 f5 $1) (22. h5 $5) 22... Kf8 23. Ra1 $1 $14 {/\ a3}) 21. Nb3 Nd7 22.
g3 Bc6 (22... f5 $2 23. Bh3 fxe4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Nxc5 $18) 23. Na5 (23. Bh3
Ba4 $10) 23... Kf8 24. Bh3 (24. h5 $5 $14) 24... Ke7 25. Ra1 $14 {/\ a3} (25.
h5 $14)) 17... Kg7 $6 (17... Qxg5 18. hxg5 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne6 $10) 18. Nd3 Rac8
19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. g3 Nf8 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Nf2 $1 {/\ Ng4} Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 h5 $6
(23... Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Ke2 (25. Ng4+ Ke6 26. Ke2 f5 27. Ne3 fxe4 28. fxe4
Nd7 29. Nd5 Nf6 $10) 25... Ke7 $1 (25... Rd8 26. Ng4+ (26. h5 $14) 26... Ke6
27. Ne3 f5 28. Nd5 a5 29. h5 $14) (25... Ke6 26. h5 $14 (26. Rd1 Nd7 $10)) 26.
Ng4 f6 27. h5 g5 28. Ne3 Ne6 29. Nf5+ (29. Nd5+ Kf7 30. Ke3 a5 $10) 29... Kd7
$10 {/\ Nd4}) 24. Ke2 a5 (24... Bc8 $2 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Rd5 f6 28.
Nd3 Ne6 29. Ke3 $16 {/\ f4}) 25. Nd1 $2 (25. g4 $1 Ke7 (25... hxg4 $2 26. Nxg4+
Ke6 27. Rd1 $16) (25... Ne6 $6 26. g5+ Ke7 27. Bxe6 Kxe6 28. Nd3 {/\ Ke3, Rf1,
f4+/-}) 26. g5 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd3 (28. Rd1 Ne6 $10) 28... f6 $5 29. f4 (
29. gxf6+ Kxf6 {/\ Ne6=}) 29... Ne6 $5 (29... exf4 30. Nxf4 $14) 30. gxf6+ Kxf6
31. fxe5+ Kg7 32. Rf1 Rf8 $14) 25... Ne6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27. Ne3 f5 $10 28. Nd5
Rf7 29. b3 fxe4 30. fxe4 Kd6 31. Rd1 Kc6 32. Ne3 Kc7 33. Nd5+ Kc6 34. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 {Shirov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 {
/\ b5} 8. a4 $1 (8. Qd2 {Shirov} e6 9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Ne5 12.
O-O Bd7 13. a3 b5 14. b4 $1 cxb4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Rfb1 $16 {Lutsko,I-Bologan,
V/Nikolaev(zt)/1993/}) (8. Bd2 {Shirov} e6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Qc1 Re8
12. a3 $1 Qb6 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nf4 $14 {Ionescu,C-Timoshenko,G/Caciulata/1992/})
(8. Qc2 {Shirov} e6 9. Bd2 a6 10. a4 Qd8 11. Nge2 a5 $1 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Bg5 h6
14. Be3 Nh7 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. Be2 h5 17. O-O e5 $10 {Yusupov,A-Bologan,V/GER/
1994/}) 8... a6 (8... Na6 9. Qd2 Nb4 10. Ra3 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 e5 13. dxe6
$1 Bxe6 14. Nf4 Rfe8 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nb5 $1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 $14 {
Lautier-Bologan, Moscow Olympiad 1994}) 9. Ra3 e6 10. Qd2 Qb4 (10... Re8 $5 {
Shirov}) 11. Qc2 $5 (11. a5 exd5 (11... b6 $2 12. Qc2 $16) 12. cxd5 b5 13. Nge2
(13. axb6 Nbd7 $10) 13... Nbd7 $13 {/\ Ne5-c4}) (11. Be2 {Shirov} Re8 $1 12. a5
exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Bd1 Nfd7 16. Nge2 Ne5 17. b3 a5 18. O-O Na6
$10 {Ionescu,C-Timoshenko,G/Bucharest/1993/}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 (12. Bd2 $2
dxc4 13. Nd5 (13. Nb5 axb5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 $17 {|^}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 $17
) 12... Nbd7 (12... Re8 $5 {Shirov}) 13. Nh3 (13. Bd2 $5 {Shirov}) 13... c4 14.
Bd2 (14. Nf2 $6 Nc5 {/\} 15. Bd2 Nb3) 14... Ne5 (14... Nc5 $2 {Shirov} 15. Nb5
Nd3+ $8 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxb2 18. Nxd6 Bxh3 19. gxh3 $14) 15. Nf2 Qc5 16.
Be2 Bd7 17. a5 b5 (17... Bb5 $32 {Shirov} 18. O-O Nd3 $13) 18. axb6 Qxb6 19.
O-O Rab8 20. Rb1 Rfc8 21. Ncd1 $1 $14 {/\ Be3, Qd2, Bd4} (21. Qc1 $32 {Shirov})
21... Nxd5 $6 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qc1 Bxb1 24. Qxb1 Qd4 25. Bc3 Qxd5 26. Rxa6 Qc5
$6 (26... Ra8 $142) 27. Ra5 Rb5 28. b4 $1 Qb6 (28... Nc6 29. Bxg7 Nxa5 (29...
Rxb4 30. Rxc5 Rxb1 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Bc3 $16) 30. Bc3 $16 {/\ Qc1->} (30. Qa1
Qxb4 31. Bh8 (31. Bc3 Qb1 32. Qxb1 Rxb1 33. Bxa5 c3 $10 34. Bxc3 Rxc3 $13) (31.
Ng4 Qe1+ 32. Bf1 c3 33. Bxc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxd1 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qc3+ Kf8 37.
Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qc8+ Ke7 $10) 31... Qe1+ 32. Bf1 c3 33. Bxc3 Rxc3 34.
Qxc3 Qxc3 35. Nxc3 $14)) 29. Rxb5 (29. Qa1 $2 Rxb4 $1) 29... Qxb5 30. Qa1 $1
$16 {/^a1-h8} Bf8 31. Ne4 (31. Ne3 $142 $16 {->}) 31... f5 32. Nd2 Nd3 $2 (
32... Nd7 {/\ d5}) 33. Qa7 $1 $18 {<->7, /\ Qd4} Re8 34. Kf1 Qd5 35. Ne3 Qf7
36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Ndxc4 Nf4 38. Bd1 d5 39. Ne5+ Ke6 {/\ Bb4} 40. g3 Nh5 41.
Ba4 (41. Bb3 $2 Bxb4 $1 42. Bxd5+ Kd6 43. N5c4+ Kc5) 41... Ra8 42. Bb3 Nf6 43.
Nc6 (43. Nc6 Ra3 44. Bb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 {Belov Lautier Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5
c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. a4 $6 {Knaak: Lautier gibt dem Zug ein '!', wie ich meine, zu
Recht. Der einzige Nachteil - die Schwächung des Feldes b4 - kann in Kauf
genommen werden. Der Zug ermöglicht Ra3, wonach b7-b5 erschwert wird.} (8. Qc2
{Belov} e6 9. Bd2 a6 10. a4 Qd8 11. Nge2 a5 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nh7
15. Qd2 Nb4 16. Be2 h5 17. O-O e5 $10 {Yusupov,A-Bologan,V/GER/1994}) (8. Qd2 {
Belov} a6 9. a4 e6 10. Nd1 (10. Ra3 $5) 10... Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Ne5
13. Nec3 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. a5 f5 $1 $10 {Rajkovic,D-Bologan,V/YUG/1994/0,5/67/
}) 8... Na6 $1 {Knaak: Es ist naheliegend diesen Springer nach b4 zu führen.
Aber er steht dort bei weitem nicht so gut wie es den Anschein hat..} (8... a6
9. Ra3 {Knaak: The point of 8.a4} e6 10. Qd2 Qb4 $6 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7
13. Nh3 c4 14. Bd2 $14 {Lautier,J-Shirov,A/Moscow olm/1994/}) (8... e6 {Belov}
9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Nd1 Qc7 (11... Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nbd7 13. Ne2 h6 14.
Be3 $14) 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Nec3 c4 $132) 9. Qd2 Nb4 10. Ra3 (10. Nge2 b5 $3 11.
cxb5 e6 (11... a6 {Belov} 12. Ra3 e6 $132) 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nf4 d5 $1) 10...
h6 (10... e5 11. Nge2 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Nc1 Qd8 14. Nd3 a5 15. Be2 Nh7 16. O-O
f5 $10) 11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 e5 13. dxe6 (13. Nc1 Qd8 (13... Nh7 {Belov} 14. Be2
f5 $10)) 13... Bxe6 (13... fxe6 {Belov} 14. Nf4 Kh7 15. Be2 $16) 14. Nf4 Rfe8
15. Be2 Nc6 $6 (15... Rad8 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rd1 Nd4 $13 {Bologan} 18. Bxd4 cxd4
19. Nb5 $16 {Knaak}) (15... Nd7 $5 {Belov} 16. O-O Ne5 $132 17. Ncd5 $14 {Knaak
}) 16. Nb5 Qxd2+ (16... Rad8 {Belov} 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nc7 Re7 19. Ncxe6 fxe6
20. e5 $16) (16... Qd8 {Belov} 17. Nxd6 Re7 18. Bxc5 Rd7 19. Nd5 $16) 17. Kxd2
(17. Bxd2 Nd4 $8 18. Nxd4 cxd4 $10) 17... Re7 18. Nd5 Rd7 (18... Bxd5 {Belov}
19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Nxd6 $18) 19. a5 $16 Ne8 20. Kc1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nb4 (21... Ne7
$5 {Belov} 22. Rb3 f5 23. Na3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Ng4 $5) (21... Ne5 $6 {
Belov} 22. h3 f5 23. f4 Nf7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bxh5 $18) 22. Bd2 f5 23. exf5
gxf5 24. Bc4 a6 (24... Nf6 {Belov} 25. Re1 (25. Bf4 $5 Bf8 26. Re1 Kg7 $5)
25... Kh7 26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. Rd3 Rc8 28. b3 $16) 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Na4 Re8 27. Re1
$6 (27. Rb3 $5 Nb5 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 Nd4 {/\Rde7+/=/}) 27... Rxe1+ 28.
Bxe1 Nb5 (28... Re7 {Belov} 29. Bd2 Kh7 30. Nb6 Bh6 $5) 29. Bxb4 cxb4 30. Rb3
Bh6+ 31. Kd1 Rg7 32. Rxb4 $2 (32. Bf1 Rc7 33. Rxb4 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rc2+ 35. Kd1
Rc1+ $10) (32. g3 {Belov} f4 33. Rxb4 fxg3 34. hxg3 Rxg3 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Rxb5
h4 37. Rxb7 h3 $17) 32... Rxg2 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Rxb5 Rxh2 35. Rxb7 h4 36. a6
Be3 37. Nb6 (37. a7 $2 {Belov} Bxa7 38. Rxa7 h3 39. Ke1 Rc2 40. Kf1 h2 $19)
37... h3 38. Nd7 $4 (38. a7 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. a8=Q+ (40. Rb8+ {Belov} Kg7
41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Rxa8 h2 43. Ra1 Bg1 $13) 40... Rxa8 41. Nxa8 h2 42. Kxe3 h1=Q
$17) 38... Bd4 $4 (38... Rd2+ 39. Ke1 h2 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Rh7 Rxb2 42. Kf1 Rf2+
43. Ke1 Rg2 $19) 39. Nf6+ Kf8 (39... Bxf6 {Belov} 40. a7 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Ra1 42.
Rb8+ Kf7 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8 h2 45. Ra1 Bxb2 46. Rh1 Be5 47. Ke3 Bg3 48. f4
$18) 40. a7 $138 (40. a7 {Belov; ? Knaak} Bxa7 $1 {Knaak} (40... Rh1+ 41. Kc2
Bxa7 (41... Ra1 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8 Kxf6 45. f4 $18) 42. Rxa7
h2 43. Rh7 $18) 41. Rxa7 Rg2 42. Rd7 $1 (42. Nd7+ Ke8 43. Nf6+ Kd8) 42... h2
43. Nh7+ Ke8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 $10 (46... Kh8 47. Rh7#))
1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE f2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 (6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5
8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 11. Ba3 e6 (11... Bb7 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Nd5
Nde5 14. Nc1 e6 15. Ne7+ Nxe7 16. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Re8 18. Ba3 f5 19. exf5
Nxf3 20. fxg6 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 hxg6 22. Kc2 Ne5 23. Re1 Bxg2 24. Be4 {Lautier,
J-Georgiev,Ki/Biel (09)/1992/0.5 (78)}) 12. Nb5 (12. Rd1 Bb7 (12... Nd7 13. b3
Bb7 14. g3 Nde5 15. Bg2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 a6 17. f4 b5 18. Bc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 f6 $5
20. Be3 $2 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Gelfand,B/Arnhem/1987/}) 13. b3 (13. Nc1 Nd7 14.
Be2 Nc5 15. Nb5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 a6 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. Na4
f5 21. Naxc5 Bc6 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Re1 a5 24. Bf1 $13 {Fuhrmann,D-Rasik,V/
Hamburg GER-chJI U20/1993/0-1 (69)}) 13... Ne5 14. Nd4 Nfd7 15. Na4 Bf8 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Nc3 a5 19. Kf2 Rd7 20. Ke3 Rad8 21. f4 Nc6 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 $16 {Stefansson,H-Mohr,G/Athens op (4)/1993/1-0 (63)
}) 12... Ne8 13. Nc1 Bb7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be2 Nb4 16. Kf2 Nc2 17. Rad1 a4 18. Na1
Nxa3 19. bxa3 Bc6 20. Nc2 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rdc8 22. Nb4 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rc5 24. Rhd1
$36 {Arbakov,V-Glek,I/Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/1-0 (59)}) 6... h6 7. Be3 c5 $5
$146 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc5 Nc6 11. Nge2 b6 12. Ba3 e6 13. Rd1 Bb7
14. Nb5 (14. Nc1) (14. b3 $5) 14... Ne8 (14... Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Rd8+ 16. Kc2 $13)
15. Nc1 (15. b3 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17. Kc2 a6 18. Nbc3 f5 $132) 15... Rxd1+
16. Kxd1 Rc8 (16... a6 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Nb3) 17. Nb3 (17. Be2 a6
18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 {xc4}) 17... a5 $1 18. Kc2 (18. c5 $5 a4 19. Nd2 bxc5
$17 20. Bxc5 Bxb2 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Nxb2 Rxc5 23. Nxa4 Rc8 24. Nac3 f5 $132)
18... Ba6 19. Kb1 (19. Nc3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb4+ 21. Bxb4 axb4 $132) 19... a4 20.
Nc1 (20. Nd2 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nd4 22. Bd3 Rd8 $132) 20... Na5 21. b3 axb3 22. axb3
Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nxb3 $1 24. Nxb3 Rc3 25. Ka2 (25. Kb2 Rc4+ 26. Ka2 Rc2+ 27. Kb1
Rc3) 25... Rc2+ 26. Kb1 Rc3 27. Ka2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 {Shirov
likes this move, which is also played very often by Bologan: /\b7-b5} (7... a6
{Rogers,I-Gelfand,B/Moscow olm ;CBM 45/1994/1/2-1/2/}) (7... e6 8. Nge2 $5 (8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. Ne2 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Be2
c4 15. O-O b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 Qb7 18. Rfb1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Nd1 Rc8
21. Rc1 Ne5 22. Kh1 h5 23. Bd4 Nfd7 24. Ne3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27.
Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Qa7 29. g3 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxb2 32. f4 Kf8 33. h3
Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd8 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Gelfand,B/Moscow
Alekhine ;CBM 33 1992}) 8... exd5 9. Nxd5 {-> game}) 8. Bd2 (8. a4 {Lautier,
J-ShirovA/Moscow olm ;CBM 45/1994/1-0}) (8. Qd2 e6 9. Nd1 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 b5 11.
Ne3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O Nc6
17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. h4 Rd7 22. Bg5 Bg7 23.
Rhe1 Kf7 24. Be3 Rad8 25. Bg5 Rc8 26. Bf4 Bf6 27. Bg5 Bg7 28. Bf4 {1/2-1/2
Rogers,I-Shirov,A/Moscow olm (12) AUS-LAT ;CBM 45 1994}) (8. Qc2 e6 9. Bd2 a6
10. a4 Qd8 11. Nge2 a5 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nh7 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. Be2
h5 17. O-O e5 18. Nh1 Bd7 19. Nf2 Qe8 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Rae1 Bf6 22. g3 Bg5 23.
f4 Bh6 24. Bd1 Bxb5 25. axb5 a4 26. f5 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qg5 {Yusupov,A-Bologan,V/
GER-CupT (01) ;EXP 40 1994/1/2-1/2 (74)}) 8... e6 9. Nge2 (9. a4 Na6 10. Nge2
Nb4 11. Nc1 Qd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Nd3 f5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Be2 Bxc4
17. Nxc5 Bf7 18. Nd3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 d5 21. Ng3 Ng5 22. O-O Ne6
23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Bd3 d4 25. Bf2 Nc5 26. Bc2 d3 27. Bxc5 dxc2 28. Qxc2 Rc8 {
Ionescu,Co-Varga,Zo/Odorheiu zt (01) ;CBM 47 1995/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 9... exd5 10.
Nxd5 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ $2 (11... Be6 $142 12. Nec3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nd4 $13 {
Gulko-Agzamov/URS/1966/}) (11... h6 $142 $5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxh6 Bxb2 14. h4
Nc6 15. Bxf8 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxf8 17. h5 Qh6 {Haba,Z-Oral,T/CZE-ch ;TD93\10/1993/
0-1/}) 12. b4 $1 (12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 $10) 12... Qd8 13. bxc5
Qa5+ (13... dxc5 $2 14. e5 $18) 14. Bd2 Qd8 (14... Qxc5 15. Bb4 Qxc4 16. Nd4
$18 {[%csl Yc4]}) 15. cxd6 $1 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Re8 (17... Qxd6 {
Dreev} 18. Bh6 Qb4+ 19. Kf2 Qc5+ 20. Kg3 Qd6+ 21. e5 Qxd5 22. Nf4 Qd8 23. e6 f6
24. Bc4 Qe7 25. Nd5 $18) 18. Qd4 $1 f6 19. Nc3 a6 (19... Qxd6 20. Nb5 Qd8 21.
Bc4 $18) 20. Qb4 b5 21. Be3 $1 (21. Be2 Qb6 $132) 21... Nd7 22. Be2 Ne5 23. O-O
Bd7 24. f4 Nf7 25. Bc5 $1 Rc8 26. Qd4 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Bc8 28. a4 $1 Qxd6 (28...
bxa4 29. Ra1 $18) 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. axb5 Nxe4 (30... axb5 31. Bxb5 Nxb5 32.
Nxb5 Rxe4 33. Nd6 $18) 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Bd3 Ra4 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35.
b6 (35. b6 Rb4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. b7 a5 39. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 Qa5 10. a4 Nbd7 (10... axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Nge2 $14) 11. Nge2 (11.
Ra3 Qb4 12. Na2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bc3 Rfa8 17.
b3 c4 18. a5 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Nc5 20. Rb5 Nfd7 21. Ne2 Bxc3+ 22. Naxc3 Rxa5 $10 {
Yusupov,A-Wahls,M/GER-CupT 1993}) 11... Nb6 12. Nc1 $1 {Eine wichtige Neuerung.
Der Springer wird nach a2 überführt, was beim Abtausch auf b5 das Schlagen mit
dem Bauern a4xb5 ermöglicht.} (12. Ra2 Nc4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. b3 Nxd5
$1 16. bxc4 (16. exd5 Bf5) 16... Nb4 17. Qd2 Nxa2 18. Nxa2 Qxa4 19. Nec3 Qa5
$17 {Lutsko,I-Kornev,A/Kstovo op 1994}) 12... axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. N1a2 $1
Bxb5 (14... Nc4 15. Qe2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxc3+ 19.
Nxc3 Qxa1+ 20. Bc1 $16) 15. axb5 Rfe8 (15... Rfb8 16. O-O Ne8 $2 (16... Kf8 $5
{/\Ne8-c7}) 17. Bxe7 f6 (17... Bd4+ 18. Kh1 f6 19. Qh6 $18) 18. e5 $1 Nc4 19.
Qe2 Nxe5 20. f4 $16) 16. O-O e6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Rfb1 Nfd7 $2 {Etwas langsam
gespielt, Weiß bekommt nun genug Zeit, um seinen Figurenknoten auf dem
Damenflügel zu lösen. Energischer war} (18... d5 $1 19. Nc1 (19. exd5 Nfxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxd5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 $10) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxa1 21. Kf2 {
mit einer komplizierten Stellung.}) 19. Qd1 Ree8 20. Bd2 $1 $16 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 {
Es droht b2-b4.} Nc4 22. Be1 Qd8 23. Nc1 $1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qg5 (24... Nxb2 $2
25. Qe2 $18) (24... Nde5 25. Qe2 $16) 25. Nb3 {Weiß konnte seine Stellung
konsolidieren und nun kommt sein Mehrbauer zur Geltung.} Bg7 26. Na5 $1 Nxa5 (
26... Ne3 27. Qd2 $16 {/\Nd5}) 27. Rxa5 Nb6 28. Ra6 $18 (28. Qxd6 $2 Qc1 29.
Qd1 Qxb2 $132) 28... Nc4 29. b6 $1 Rb8 (29... Nxb2 30. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 31. Bxd2 Rb8
(31... Nc4 32. b7 $18) 32. b7 Bf8 33. Ra8 Rxb7 34. Bh6 $18) 30. Nd5 Nxb2 31.
Qc2 c4 32. Bc3 Nd3 33. b7 $1 Nc5 (33... Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nd1 36. Qd4
$18) 34. Ra8 Qd8 35. Ne7+ (35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc6 Rxa8 37. Nxd8 Rxd8 38. Qb2 Bxc3
39. b8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6
9. Nge2 (9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 b5 14. b4
cxb4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Rfb1 Qc5+ 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rc1 b4 20. Na2
Qb5 21. Nd4 Qb7 22. Nxb4 a5 23. Nbc6 {1/2-1/2 Lutsko,I-Bologan,V/Nikolaev zt/
1993/ (55)}) (9. a4 a6 (9... Na6 10. Nge2 Nb4 11. Nc1 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nb3
Qd8 14. Be2 Kh7 15. O-O e5 16. a5 Qe7 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Nc1 Nh5 19. Nd3 Bd7 20.
Rfc1 f5 21. b4 b6 22. Ra2 Nf6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rca1 {0-1 Botsari,A-Safranska,
A/Manila olw/1992/ (51)}) 10. Ra3 Qb4 11. Be2 Re8 12. a5 exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14.
axb6 Qxb6 15. Bd1 Nfd7 16. Nge2 Ne5 17. b3 a5 18. O-O Na6 {0-1 Ionescu,
Co-Timoshenko,G/Bucharest/1993/ (34)}) 9... exd5 (9... Na6 10. Nc1 exd5 11.
cxd5 Bd7 12. Be2 b5 13. Nxb5 Nb4 14. Nc3 c4 15. O-O Rfc8 16. a3 Na6 17. Nd1 Qa4
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nc3 Qa6 20. b3 Qb7 21. Bxc4 a5 22. Rb1 a4 23. bxa4 Nfxe4 24.
fxe4 {1-0 Botsari,A-Skripchenko,A/Manila olw/1992/}) 10. cxd5 b5 (10... Nbd7
11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 h5 15. O-O c4+ 16. Be3 Bh6 17. f4
Qd8 18. Bf3 b5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Nh1 Qc7 21. Nf2 {1-0 Sadler,M-Adamski,A/Oostende
op (08)/1992/ (32)}) 11. Ng3 c4 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. b4 $3 {Very deep strategical
concept, that had to be supported with exact tactical calculation. Fixed pawns
b5-c4 are not exactly defenders dream.} (13. O-O Ba6 14. a3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Rfe8
16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Kh1 Nfd7 18. f4 Na4 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 22. d6
Bb7 23. Qg5 {1-0 Sadler,M-Djurhuus,R/Malmo (07)/1995/ (33)}) 13... cxb3 (13...
Qb6 14. a4 $16) (13... Qxb4 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Nxb5 $16) 14. Nxb5 Qb6 (14... b2
15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Rxb2 Qa1+ 17. Qc1 $1 $16) 15. Be3 Nc5 16. axb3 $1 Nfxe4 (16...
Bd7 17. b4 (17. Nd4 $5) 17... Bxb5 (17... Nb3 18. Bxb6 Nxd2 19. Rxa7 $16) 18.
bxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 a6 20. O-O $16 {Pawns d5-e4 are much stronger than a6, c5
pair.}) 17. fxe4 Bxa1 18. b4 Nb3 (18... Bd7 19. bxc5 (19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. bxc5
Qe5 21. O-O $44) 19... dxc5 20. Nc3 $16) 19. Qd3 $1 (19. Bxb6 $2 Nxd2 20. Kxd2
axb6 $19) 19... Nc1 20. Bxc1 (20. Qa3 $6 Bb2 $1 (20... Qb8 21. Qxc1 $1 (21.
Qxa1 Nxe2 22. Bh6 f6 23. Bxf8 Nxg3 $1 24. Qxf6 Nh5) 21... Be5 22. Qd2 $16 (22.
Nc7 $6 Qxb4+ 23. Bd2 Bxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qxe4 25. Nxa8 Bg4 $132)) 21. Bxb6 Bxa3 22.
Ba5 Bb2 23. Nxd6 Be5 $17) 20... Ba6 21. Qa3 Be5 (21... Bxb5 22. Qxa1 Bxe2 23.
Bh6 f6 24. Kxe2 Rfc8 25. Rd1 $16) 22. Be3 Bxb5 $3 {Beautiful, even though
forced idea since black will get lot of play.} (22... Qb7 23. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 24.
Bxa6 Bxb4+ 25. Ke2 $18) 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qe3 f5 $1 (24... Ra1+ $2 25. Kf2
Bxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Rxh1 27. Bxb5 $18) 25. exf5 $1 (25. Bxb5 f4 26. Qd3 fxg3 27. Ba6
b5 28. Qxb5 gxh2 $132) 25... Bxg3+ (25... Rae8 26. O-O Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Bxe2 28.
Rf2 $18) 26. Qxg3 Bxe2 27. Qxd6 (27. Kxe2 $5 {Dreev could have probably
returned his Q and won a R endgame.} Ra2+ 28. Kd3 $1 Ra3+ 29. Kc4 Rxg3 30. hxg3
Rxf5 31. Rd1 $1 Rf2 32. Kb5 Rxg2 33. Rd3 $18) 27... Bb5 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+
Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qxb6 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rxh1 33. Qxb5 Rxf5 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+
Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. d6 $1 Rf2+ 38. Kc3 Rc1+ 39. Kb3 Rd1 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+
Kg7 42. Kc4 $1 Rxg2 (42... Rfd2 43. Kc5) 43. Kc5 Rf2 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kg7
46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. d7 Rfd2 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qh4+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6
52. Kc6 Rc2+ (52... g5 53. Kc7 Rc2+ 54. Qc5 Rcd2 (54... Rxc5+ 55. bxc5 Kg6 56.
d8=Q Rxd8 57. Kxd8 h5 58. c6 $18) 55. Qf8+ Kg6 56. d8=Q Rxd8 57. Qxd8 Rxd8 58.
Kxd8 h5 59. b5 g4 60. b6 h4 61. b7 $18) 53. Kb7 Rcd2 54. Kc7 Rc2+ 55. Qc5 $1
Rdc1 56. Kb6 $1 (56. d8=Q $2 Rxc5+ 57. bxc5 Rxc5+ 58. Kd6 Rf5 $10) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 (6...
c5 {is the main line nowadays.}) 7. Bg5 c6 (7... Nc6) 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bh6 e5 $1
10. O-O-O (10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h4 bxc4 15.
h5 Qb4 16. Qc1 Nb6 $132 {Epishin-I.Sokolov, Ter Apel 1995}) 10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6
Qa5 (11... Nbd7 12. h4 Qa5 $13) 12. Qg5 (12. g4 b4 13. Nb1 Qxa2 14. Ng3 Nbd7
15. Nf5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Kh8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 20. Rxg8+
Kxg8 21. Qg5+ {1/2 I.Sokolov-Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 1997}) (12. Kb1 $4 {
Hansen,Cu} b4 $19 {>< Nc3}) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng3 {There is no time to make
defensive moves on the queenside. White gives the a2 P in order to create
threats on the kingside.  Hansen: In the following moves white tries to
achieve something by attacking with his pieces only which is unusual in this
kind of position. Normally white tries to attack by opening the h-file. The
game indicates that Timman's idea is dobious.} b4 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. Nf5 exd4 16.
Nxd6 {[#]} (16. Ne7+ {leads probably to perpetual check, for example:} Kg7 (
16... Kh8 17. Nxc6) 17. Nf5+ (17. Nxc6 Ne5 $1 18. Nxe5 h6) 17... Kg8 (17... Kh8
18. Nxd6) 18. Ne7+ $11) (16. Nxd4 h6 17. Qxh6 Ne5) 16... h6 $1 {>< e5, c5 ><
e5, c5 This is a real cold-blooded defensive move! Normally black would be
afraid of given up any of his pawns on the kingside. But white is only
attacking with Q and N.} 17. Qxh6 (17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Qxb4 Nb3+ (18... Nfd7 19.
Qa3) 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 $11 (20. Kd2 Nb3+ 21. Ke1 Nd7 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. Nxa3
c5 $15)) 17... Nc5 {Hansen: The idea of blacks last move. The N has been
allowed to go to the very important square c5.} 18. h4 (18. Nf5 {leads nowhere
after} Bxf5 19. exf5 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 Qa4) 18... Nb3+ (18... Nfd7 19. Nf5 $1) (
18... Ng4 19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd3 $1) 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 Nb3+ 21. Kc2 Na1+ 22.
Kc1 Qa4 (22... Nb3+ $11 {and draw with perpetual check.}) 23. Bd3 Nb3+ 24. Kc2
Nc5+ 25. Kc1 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nc5+ 27. Kc1 (27. Kd2 Qb3 28. Bc2 Qxb2 29. h5 d3 30.
hxg6 Qxc2+ 31. Ke3 Ng4+ 32. fxg4 Qe2+ 33. Kf4 Qxg4+ 34. Ke5 Qg3+ 35. Kf6 Nd7+
36. Kf5 fxg6+ 37. Ke6 Qe5#) 27... Qb3 28. Qd2 {Hansen: Whites dreams of
getting an attack started is shattered. The textmove was neccesary as black
cannot be allowed to move his d-pawn forward.} (28. Bc2 d3 $1 29. Bxb3 (29.
Bxd3 Nxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. h5 Nxh5 32. Rxh5 Qf1+ 33. Kc2 Qxg2+ 34. Nd2 gxh5
$19) 29... Nxb3#) (28. h5 Nxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. hxg6 Qe3+) 28... Nfd7 {
Hansen: Now that whites queen has been forced away from h6 black can even move
his last defending piece away from the kingside to strengthen his attack on
the opponents K on c1. The threat Nd7-e5 is deadly so white reply is forced:}
29. f4 $2 (29. Bc2 d3 30. Bxd3 (30. Bxb3 $4 Nxb3#) 30... Ne5 (30... Na4 {
/\ Nd7-c5 /\ Nd7-c5} 31. Qc2 Ndc5 {/\ Qa2 /\ Qa2} 32. Qxb3 Nxb3+ 33. Kc2 Nd4+
34. Kc1 (34. Kd2 Nxb2 $19) 34... Nb3+ $11) 31. Bc2 (31. Be2 Qa4 $19) 31... Be6
(31... Qa2 32. Qxb4) (31... Nxc4 32. Nxc4 Qxc4 33. Qe3 Be6 (33... b3 34. Na3
$36) 34. Nd2) 32. Qd4 (32. Bxb3 Nxb3+ 33. Kc2 Na1+) 32... Nxc4) 29... Nb6 $1
$19 {Van Wely is very dangerous in attacking positions!} 30. f5 (30. Qc2 Bg4
31. Rd2 Qa2 $19) 30... Nba4 $1 {/\31. - Nxd3+ 32. Qxd3 Qxb2#} 31. Rh3 (31. Qc2
Qa2) 31... Qa2 {/\32. - Nb3+ 33. Kc2 Qxb2#} 32. Be2 $1 Rd8 (32... Nb3+ $6 33.
Rxb3 Qxb3 34. Qxd4) (32... Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b3,Ra2b1] Hansen,Cu Hansen:
This possibility - which is even better than 32. - Rd8 - was brought to my
attention by Jorgen Glistrup. Black has a winning attack instead of "only" a
piece more in the game.} 33. Nxc3 Nb3+ 34. Kc2 bxc3 $19) 33. Qxb4 (33. fxg6
Rxd6 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 (34... Kf8) (34... Kf8) 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. Bh5+ Kd8 $19) (33.
Nxc8 d3 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. f6+ Kh7 $19) 33... a5 $1 (33... Rxd6 $4 {Hansen,Cu}
34. Ra3) 34. Qa3 Qxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxd6 36. e5 Rd8 37. Bf3 Rb8 38. Bxc6 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nc1 {Dautov: Der Springer wird nach
a2 überführt, was beim Abtausch auf b5 das Schlagen mit dem Bauern a4xb5
ermöglicht.} axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. N1a2 Bxb5 15. axb5 Nh5 $1 $146 (15... Nfd7
16. O-O Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxb5 19. Bh6) (15... Rfe8 16. O-O e6 17.
dxe6 Rxe6 18. Rfb1 Nfd7 $2 {1-0 Dreev,A-Sokolov,I/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53 [Dautov]
(34)} (18... d5 $142)) 16. Rb1 (16. Z0 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nf6 {פa2})
(16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Bxc3+ 20. Qd2 Bxd2+ $17) (16.
Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bg5 (17. Bxd6 $2 Nc4 $19) 17... Bd4 $40 (17... Nc4 18. Qc2 Nxb2
19. O-O $14 (19. Qxb2 Bxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Qxa1+))) (16. O-O Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18.
Qxc3 (18. bxc3 Ra7 {>< Na2}) 18... Qxb5 19. Z0 Rxa2) 16... Bd4 {/\f7-f5} 17.
Bh6 Rfe8 (17... Rfb8 18. b3 Nd7 19. Be3 (19. b4 Qa3) (19. Ke2 Rxb5 $44) 19...
Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rxb5) (17... f5 $1 $36 {Kasparov} 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {/\ Nc4} 19. b3
fxe4 20. Nxe4 (20. fxe4 Rf2 21. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 c4 23. b4 Qa7 $36) 20...
Qxb5 21. Nac3 Qa6 22. Qe2 Qa5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qb5 Bxc3+ 25. Nxc3 Qxb5 26. Nxb5
Nxd5 {=/+/=}) 18. b3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 $5 (19... fxe6 $5 20. Be3 e5 21. O-O Nf4
$5 $44) 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. b4 (22. Qxc5 $2 Nf4 23. O-O d4 $1 24. Qxd4
Qxa2 25. Nxa2 Ne2+ $19) 22... Qa3 (22... cxb4 23. Nxb4 dxe4 24. O-O (24. fxe4
$14) 24... exf3 25. Qxf3 Rf6 26. Qe4 $1 $16) 23. bxc5 Nc4 24. Qd4 Nf4 25. O-O
$1 $18 (25. b6 $2 Qxa2 26. Nxa2 Rxa2 $13) (25. g3 $2 Ng2+ 26. Kf2 Qxa2+ 27.
Nxa2 Rxa2+ $17) 25... Qxa2 26. Rf2 (26. Nxa2 $2 Ne2+ $19) 26... Qa3 $6 (26...
Qa5 $5 27. exd5 (27. b6 $5) 27... Re3 28. Qxc4 (28. b6 Qxc3 29. Qxf4 Rae8 30.
b7 Nd2 31. b8=Q Nxb1 32. Qbb4 $5 $13) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxf4 $16) 27. Nxd5 $18 Qd3
(27... Nd3 28. Qxc4 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 $18) 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Ra2 Nxc5 (
30... Nxb1 31. Rxa8+ Kg7 32. c6 $18) 31. Rba1 f5 32. Nc7 Re5 33. Nxa8 Nxb5 34.
exf5 gxf5 35. Nb6 Nc3 36. Rc2 $138 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 (7. Nge2 Nbd7
(7... c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 Qa5 10. Ng3 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O
Rfb8 14. Rb1 Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reggio Emilia 1996}) 8. Qd2
c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Qa5 11. a4 Nb6 12. Nc1 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 $44 {1-0
Lorscheid,G-Howell,J/BL 1996 (20)}) 7... c5 8. Nge2 (8. d5 Qa5 9. Nge2) 8...
Qa5 9. d5 b5 $1 {N/ Much stronger, than} (9... Nbd7 10. Ng3 Rb8 (10... b5 $5)
11. a4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nc8 14. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Benitah,Y-Russell,L/
Glenalmond 1996 (29)}) 10. Nc1 Nbd7 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 (12. Bxb5 Ba6 13.
Nb3 (13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Rfb8 {with dangerous initiative.}) 13... Qb6 $44)
12... Nb6 13. Qxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd2 (14. Nc3 $5) 14... Ra8 15. Ne2 $6 (15. Bd3 Na4
16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Nc3 e6 {with good compensation for a pawn.}) 15... Nc4 $1 16.
Nec3 (16. Bc3 Bd7) (16. Bc1 $5 e6 $140 $6 17. Nec3 exd5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nxd6
$16) 16... Nxb2 17. a4 (17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Rc2 Na4 $17) 17... c4 $1 18. Ra2 (18.
Rb1 $5 Nxa4 (18... Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Kd2) 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. O-O
Rfc8 $15) 18... Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Bg5 (20. Be3 $5 Ba6 21. Kd2 Nd7 $13)
20... Ba6 21. Nc7 $6 {Maybe decisive mistake.Black,s position is perfect and
Dreev had to play very carefully.} (21. Kd2 Rfc8 22. Rb1 $1 (22. Ra3 Bxb5 23.
Nxb5 Rc2+ 24. Kxd3 Rxg2 $15)) 21... Nd7 $1 22. Ra3 (22. Bd2 $2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3
Rfc8 $1 24. Nxa8 (24. Ba5 Ra7 $19) 24... Rxc3 25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rxa8 27. Rc7
Nc5 $19) (22. Nd1 Bc4 23. Rd2 Rxa4 24. Bxe7 Ra1 $1 25. Bxd6 (25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
O-O Ra7 $19) 25... Bc3 $1 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. d6 Bb3 $19) 22... Rfc8 23. N3b5 (
23. Nxa8 Bxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rc3c8]} 25. a5 Ra3 26. O-O Rxa5
27. Nc7 (27. Bxe7 Rc5 $1 28. Bxd6 d2 $1 29. Bf4 Bxf1 30. Bxd2 Bxg2 $1 $19)
27... f6 28. Be3 Ne5 $17) 23... Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rc5 $1 25. Rb3 (25. Rxd3 Rxa4 26.
Ra3 (26. Na3 Bc3+ $19) 26... Rac4 (26... Rxb5 27. Rxa4 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Rxh1 29.
Ra8+ Bf8 30. Bxe7 Kg7 31. Bxf8+ Nxf8 32. h3) 27. Ra8+ Bf8 28. O-O Rxb5 29. Bxe7
Kg7 $19) 25... Rxa4 26. O-O (26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Nc5 28. Ra3 Be5+ 29. Kh3 f6
$19) 26... Ra2 27. Kh1 (27. Bxe7 Rcc2 28. Bxd6 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5
31. Rfb1 Bf4 $19) 27... d2 $19 28. Na3 Bd4 29. Rd3 (29. Nb1 $5 Rc1 30. Rxc1 (
30. Nxd2 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Ra1 $19) 30... dxc1=Q+ 31. Bxc1 Rf2 32. Nd2 Re2 $1 $19)
29... Rc1 (29... Rc1 30. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 31. Bxc1 Ra1 32. Rd1 Bb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 {This move
wants to avoid the lines:} (7... e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Nxd5 (9. cxd5 h6 10. Bxh6
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxh6 13. Qxh6 Bxh6 14. Nxd6)) 8. Bf4 {This move is
against e7-e6} (8. Be3 e6 {and Black has avoid the abovementioned
continuations.}) 8... a6 (8... e6 $6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 {and it is hard to
show any real for the sacrificed material.}) (8... Nh5 $5 9. Be3 f5 {deserves
serious attention.}) 9. Nge2 (9. Qd2 Kh7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 $1 $14) 9... b5 {
This Benko Gambit type pawn sacrifice is the only way for Black to get out of
passivity.} 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. cxb5 Nfd7 (11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nec3 $14)
12. Ng3 (12. Nc1 $5) 12... Qa5 13. b6 {avoiding the opening of the a line.} (
13. h4 $6 axb5 14. h5 g5) (13. a4 $5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6) 13... Nxb6 14. Qc2 {
/\ Bd2 against the black Q.} (14. Be2 N8d7 15. O-O $14) 14... N8d7 15. Bd2 c4
16. Nd1 Qc5 17. Bc3 $1 {The exchange of the dark squared B is favourable for
White.} Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Qd2 Rb8 {Black's only
chance is hindering the castles.} 22. Rc1 $1 (22. Nf2 Na4) 22... a5 {defending
against b2-b4} 23. a3 h5 24. b4 $1 $16 axb4 25. axb4 Qb5 26. Bf3 Na4 27. e5 $1
(27. Rb1 $5 {/\ Nc3}) 27... Nd7 28. exd6 exd6 29. O-O Ba6 30. Nc3 $1 (30. Qd4+
Nf6 31. Bxh5 (31. Ne3 Qb6) 31... Qxb4 {/\ Qc5}) 30... Qxb4 31. Qd4+ Kg8 (31...
Nf6 $2 32. Nxa4 Qxa4 33. Ne4 $18) 32. Nxa4 Qxa4 {[#]} 33. Bxh5 $1 Qb4 (33...
gxh5 34. Nxh5 f6 35. Qe4 $18) 34. Be2 Rfc8 35. Kh1 (35. Ne4 Qb6 $1) 35... Qb2
36. Qa7 $1 {White has to avoid the exchange of the queens because of his good
attacking prospects on the kingside.} Nc5 {/\ Rb7} 37. Qe7 $1 Nd3 {[#]} 38. f5
$1 (38. Bxd3 $2 cxd3 39. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 38... Qe5 $1 (38... Nxc1 $2 39. fxg6
fxg6 (39... Qg7 40. gxf7+ Kh8 41. Rf5 $18) 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Rf4 g5 42. Rf6 $18)
39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. Ra1 Bb5 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Ne4 {The first waves of attack are
repelled, but White's activity is still remained} Nf4 (42... c3 $2 43. Nd6 $18)
43. Bg4 Rf8 44. Nc3 (44. g3 $6 c3 $1 45. gxf4 Bxf1 46. Be6+ Kg7 47. Rxf1 Rxf4
48. Rxf4 c2 $1) 44... Kg7 45. Kg1 (45. g3 $2 Nxd5 $1 46. Nxd5 Bc6 47. Rxf8 Rxf8
48. Rd1 c3 $1 {with a lethal pin on the long diagonal}) 45... Rfd8 46. Ra7+ $1
(46. Bf3 $14) 46... Kh6 47. h4 $1 {White is playing for mate!} Be8 {[#]} (47...
Nxd5 $2 48. Rff7 $18) 48. Be6 $2 (48. Ne4 $1 $18 g5 (48... Nxd5 49. Ng5) (48...
Rxd5 49. Nf6) (48... Rb2 49. Rxf4 $1 exf4 50. Nf6 $18) 49. hxg5+ Kg6 50. g3
Nxd5 51. Bf5+ Kh5 52. Rh7#) 48... g5 $1 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Ne4+ Kh6 51. Bf5 Bg6
52. Bxg6 (52. Ra6 Rg8 53. g3 Nxd5 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Kf3 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ $11)
52... Kxg6 53. d6 $2 (53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Ra7+ $11 {with perpetual}) 53... Rb2 $1
$19 {The counterattack is suddenly decisive. Sad for Illescas, since he has
played the game until a certain moment very well.} 54. Rf2 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 (55.
Rf1 Rf8 $3 56. Rxb1 Ne2+ 57. Kh2 Rh8+) 55... Re1 56. Nd2 c3 57. Nf3 Rh8+ 58.
Kg3 Nh5+ 59. Kh4 Re4+ 60. Kh3 Nf6+ (60... Nf6+ 61. Kg3 Rg4#) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai. Ftacnik Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.
Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 {Hazai: This tactical
endgame is Gelfand's favourite. He has got an excellent score with it showing
that Black has good counterchances on the queenside.} 11. Bxe7 (11. Nxe7+ {
Hazai} Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Bxb2 $11) 11... Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 {Hazai: White
has to keep his N on d5, otherwise his position may collapse soon.} (13. Nxc8
$6 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 Bd4+ $1 16. Ke1 Raxc8 $17) 13... Bxb2
14. Rb1 (14. Rd1 $5 {Ftacnik} Nc5 (14... Bg7 15. Nh3) (14... Nb6 $1 {Hazai} 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Rd2 Ba3 18. Rc2 Bd7 $44 {/\ Ba4 Lobron-Glek, Tilburg
1994}) 15. Ne2 b6 16. Nec3 Ba6 17. Be2 Ne6 18. Rd2 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Rd4 20. Rxd4
Nxd4 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Kd2 Nc6 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Rc1 Nxc4+ 25. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Muir,
A-Rowson,J/SCO-ch 1994 (38)}) 14... Bg7 {'!' Hazai.} (14... Ba3 {Ftacnik} 15.
Nh3 b6 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Nf2 Bb7 18. f4 Nc6 19. h4 Nd4 20. Rh3 Rac8 21. h5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Rc2 23. Bd3 Rxa2 24. Bc4 Rc2 25. Rxa3 Rxc4 26. Rxa7 {1-0 Karpov,
An-Polgar,J/Roquebrune 30' (11)/1992 (43)}) 15. h4 {Practically untried move.I
have to admit that I didn`t get an idea completely during the game and Jaan
managed to to put both Knight and Rook in the game successfully.(pay attention
to position after 24th move)} (15. Ne2 $5 Nc5 {'!' Hazai.} 16. Nc1 (16. Nef4
Bd7 17. Be2 Rac8 $44) (16. Nec3 $5) (16. Nec3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 16... Be6 17. Nd3
Rac8 $1 $44 18. Be2 $6 Na4 $1 {Gheorghiu,F-Gelfand,B/Palma de Mallorca (GMA)
48/780 1989 (36)}) (15. Nh3 {was played few times by Karpov.} Nc5 16. Nf2 Be6 (
16... b6 17. h4 h5 $1 $146 (17... Ba6 18. h5 Rac8 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Rb4 Bb7 22. Nge3 Bd4 23. Kd2 Kg7 24. Be2 $14 {Karpov,An-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco
blind/1993/}) 18. Be2 Ba6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfc1 Be5 $44 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4
Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,An-Romero Holmes,A/Leon (05)/1993 (50)}) (
16... f5 17. Be2 fxe4 (17... Bd4 18. Rd1 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxe4 20. Nc7 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rb8 22. Rd8+ Ke7 23. Rh8 h5 24. Ke3 exf3 25. Bxf3 b6 26. Nb5 a5 27. Na7
Kd7 28. g4 {1-0 Karpov,An-Gallati,M/Zuerich sim 1988}) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4
Bd4 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Rf1+ Kg7 22. Rd3 Be6 23. Rb3 Rab8 24. a4 Bd6 25. h3 b6 {
Rjazantsev,A-Naidictch,A/EU-chJM U10 Verdun (04) 1995/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 17. Nd3
Rac8 (17... Rac8 $1 $44 {(Hazai) Black's threat is to attack the weak Pa2 via
the sixth rank.}) 18. Be2 Na4 19. N3f4 g5 20. Nh5 Bc3+ $1 21. Kf1 Bd4 (21...
Be5 $5) 22. h4 Bxd5 (22... h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nhf6 $132) 23. exd5 $2 {
0-1 Gheorghiu,F-Gelfand,B/Palma de Mallorca (GMA)/1989 (36)} (23. cxd5 Nc3 24.
Rb4 $8 Be5 25. hxg5 Nxa2 26. Rb1 Nc3 27. Re1 Nxe2 28. Rxe2 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rdc8
30. Kf2 R8c2+ 31. Ke3 Rc3+ 32. Kf2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 a5 34. Rd1 $1 $13)) 15... Nb6
{A new move,which my opponent didn t expect.Black are starting their
counterplay and let White do what they want.} (15... Nc5 16. Nh3 (16. h5 g5 $44
{Vogt,L}) (16. g4 f5 $1 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 Be6 19. Rd1 Na4 $15 {Dragomarecki,
E-Hait,A,USSR,1991}) 16... f5 (16... Be6 $5 {Hazai} 17. Nhf4 (17. Ng5 h6 18.
Nxe6+ fxe6) 17... Rac8 $11 {White cannot take on e6, because then the strong
d5N has to leave.}) 17. Be2 fxe4 18. Ng5 e3 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Nhf6+ Kf7 21. Ne4
Bf5 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Rb5 {1-0 Labuckas,A-Martinkus,R/Radviliskis op (06) ;EXT
95op2 1995 (34)}) 16. h5 (16. Nxb6 $6 {Ftacnik} axb6 17. Ne2 Rxa2 18. Rxb6 h5
$15) 16... Be6 (16... Bd7 $5) 17. Nh3 (17. hxg6 {Ftacnik} hxg6 18. Nh3 Rac8 19.
Nhf4 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Rc6 21. g3 Nxc4 22. Rxb7 Nb6 $14) 17... Rac8 (17... Bxh3 $5
18. Rxh3 Rac8 19. f4 (19. Nxb6 $6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Ra8 (20... Bc3+ $5)) 19... Nxc4
20. h6 $13 {would lead to unclear position with about equal chances.}) 18. Ng5
(18. Nhf4 {Ftacnik} g5 $1 (18... Nxc4 $2 19. Rxb7 $16) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Nxb6
Bc3+ 21. Ke2 axb6 22. Rxb6 Ra8 $11) 18... Bxd5 (18... Nxc4 19. Nxh7+) 19. cxd5
(19. exd5 {Ftacnik} h6 20. Ne4 g5 $11) 19... Rc2 20. Bd3 (20. Be2 Bc3+ 21. Kf1
h6 22. Nh3 g5 $44 {White`s Knight and Rook are out of the game and that`s why
I prefer Black`s position.}) (20. Nxh7+ {Ftacnik} Ke7 21. hxg6 Bc3+ 22. Kd1
Rd2+ 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Rb5 Bb4+ 25. Kb1 Ba3 $15) 20... Bc3+ (20... Rxg2 $6 21.
Nxh7+ Kg8 22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... Rxg6 23. f4) 23. f4 $1) 21. Kf1 Rd2 {Ftacnik:
Black puts his faith in attack, since the pieces of his opponent are rather
badly coordinated. Black puts his faith in attack, since the pieces of his
opponent are rather badly coordinated. Ftacnik: Schwarz setzt auf Angriff,
weil die Krafte seines Gegners sind schlecht koordiniert. Schwarz setzt auf
Angriff, weil die Krafte seines Gegners sind schlecht koordiniert.} 22. hxg6 $1
{I missed this strong intermediate move.} (22. Bb5 h6 23. Nh3 g5 24. a4 Bd4 {
with full compensation}) (22. Nxh7+ {Ftacnik} Kg7 23. hxg6 Rxd3 24. gxf7 Kxf7
25. Ng5+ Kg8 $13) 22... hxg6 (22... Rxd3 23. gxf7 Ke7 24. Ne6) 23. Be2 Rxa2 24.
f4 $1 (24. Rh7 {Ftacnik} Bg7 25. f4 Kg8 $11) 24... Kg8 $1 {Black got his pawn
back, but White developed all his pieces, including Rh1. His position looks
very promising and if he will manage to push e5 and d6, Black would behopeless.
However, Black has his counterchances and neither during the game, neither in
post-mortem, neither in home analysis, I managed to find a clear advantage for
White. But I wouldn`be suprised, if somebody of the readers would succeed.} 25.
Rd1 (25. Rc1 Bd2) (25. Rh3 Bf6 26. Nf3 (26. Nh7 Be7 27. g4 (27. f5 gxf5 28.
Rbb3 Ra1+ 29. Bd1 f4) 27... Rc8 28. g5 Rcc2 29. Rh2 Na4 $13) 26... Be7 27. Rc1
(27. Ne5 Rc8) 27... a5 (27... Na4 28. Ne5 Ba3 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. Bc4) 28. Ne5 a4
29. Rc7 Bd6 30. Rxb7 Rb8 31. Ra7 $140 Nxd5 $1) 25... Bf6 26. Nf3 (26. Kf2 {
Ftacnik} Na4 $17) 26... Be7 27. Rh3 (27. g4 {Ftacnik} Na4 $36) 27... Na4 (27...
a5 $5) 28. Ne5 (28. Bc4 Ra3 (28... Rb2 29. Ne5 Nc5)) (28. Nd4 Bb4 29. Bc4 Rb2)
28... Nc5 {This is a critical moment of the game.White has a big choice, but
after a long thought the Estonian grandmaster commits a mistake. Hazai: [#]}
29. Bc4 $2 (29. Nxg6 $1 {is forcing a draw} fxg6 (29... Bf6 30. e5 fxg6 31.
exf6 Kf7 (31... Ne4 $5) 32. f5 $5 Kxf6 33. fxg6 Kxg6 $13) 30. d6 Ra4 {'!'
Hazai.} (30... Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxe2 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 $14) 31. dxe7 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1
Rxe4 33. Bc2 $11 (33. Bc2 {Hazai} Rxe7 34. Bxg6 $11)) (29. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 30. d6
Rxe2 {'!' Hazai.} 31. Kxe2 (31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. dxe7 Re8 $1 33. Rd8 Kxh7 34. Rxe8
Rxe4 $19) 31... Rxd6 32. Rh7+ Kf8 (32... Ke6) 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. e5 $11 {
It looks like that this ending should be drawn as well}) (29. Re3 Bd6 (29... a5
$15 {Ftacnik}) (29... a5 $15 {Ftacnik}) 30. g3 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Ra4 32. Bf3 b6 $15
) 29... Ra4 30. d6 (30. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bd6 31. Rc3 a6 $17) 30... Rxd6 31. Bxf7+
(31. Rxd6 {Ftacnik} Bxd6 32. Nxf7 Bxf4 33. Bd5 Kg7 $17) 31... Kg7 32. Re1 (32.
Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Bd5 Nxe4 (33... b6 $5) (33... b5 34. Re3 a5 $17) 34. Bxb7 Nc5 35.
Bc6 (35. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Rxf4 36. Nc6 Ra4 $17) 35... Rxf4+ 36. Nf3 $17) 32...
Nxe4 $1 {It is importrant to keep an active Rook a4 in the board.Next moves
were made time-trouble,so maybe not the best moves were made by both sides.} (
32... Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Bxg6 Rxg6 35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. g4 $11) 33. Be8 (33.
Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Nxg6 Kxg6 35. g4 Bd6 $17) 33... Nd2+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke2 {Ftacnik}
Rxf4 35. Bxg6 Nc4 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Nxc4 Re6+ 38. Ne3 Kxg6 $19) 34... Re4 (34...
Rxf4 35. Nxg6 (35. Nxg6 {Ftacnik} Rxg6 36. Rxe7+ Kf8 37. Rxb7 $16)) 35. Rc1 (
35. Rxe4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 36. g4 Rf6 $17) 35... Bd8 (35... Rxf4 36. Rc7 Kf6 (
36... Re6 37. Nxg6 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Rf7) 37. Nxg6 Rf1+ 38. Kh2) 36. Rc8 (36. Rg3 {
Ftacnik} g5 37. Nf7 Bb6+ 38. Kh2 Rd5 $19) 36... Bb6+ 37. Kh2 (37. Kh1 {Ftacnik}
Re1+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ 39. Kh1 Ne3+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 $19) 37... Nf1+ 38. Kh1 Re1 {
The time trouble leads directly to less precise play. The time trouble leads
directly to less precise play. Die Zeitnotphase fuehrt zum Ungenauichkeiten.
Die Zeitnotphase fuehrt zum Ungenauichkeiten.} (38... Rd1 $5) (38... Rd1 $1 {
Ftacnik} 39. Rb8 (39. Bxg6 Rxe5 40. Bc2 Nd2+ 41. Bxd1 (41. Kh2 Ree1 (41... Bg1+
42. Kg3 Re3+ $19)) 41... Re1+ 42. Kh2 Nf1+ 43. Kh1 Rxd1 $19) 39... Rxf4 40.
Rxb7+ Kf6 41. Nd7+ Kg5 42. Nxb6 Ne3+ 43. Kh2 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Rd3#) 39. Nf3 (39.
Rb8 Nd2+ (39... Ne3+ {Ftacnik} 40. Kh2 Rd2 41. Rxb7+ Kf6 42. Bc6 $15) 40. Kh2
Bg1+ 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kh4 Nc5 $17 (42... Rb1 43. Bf7 $5) (42... g5+ 43. fxg5
Nc5 44. Nf3) 43. Bf7 $140 Rxe5) 39... Ng3+ 40. Kh2 Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Ra1 (41... Rb1
$5) (41... Rb1 $1 {Ftacnik} 42. Rb8 Bf2 $19) 42. Ng5 (42. Rb8 $1 {Ftacnik} Ng3+
43. Kh2 Nf1+ (43... Nh5 44. Rxb7+ Kh6 $2 (44... Kf6 45. Rf7+ Ke6 46. f5+ Kd5
47. fxg6 $18) 45. Rxh5+ $1 gxh5 46. Ng5 $18) 44. Kh1 $13) 42... Ng3+ (42...
Ne3+ 43. Kh2 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Nf6) 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kh1 Ng3+ 45. Kh2 Nh5 {White
has to give up an exchange,as their King is in mating net.} 46. Rxh5 (46. Rf3 {
Ftacnik} Rdd1 47. Kh3 Rh1+ 48. Kg4 Rag1 49. Bxg6 Kxg6 (49... Rxg2+ 50. Kf5 Ng3+
$2 51. Rxg3 Rxg3 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53. Rh8#) 50. Rg8+ Ng7 51. g3 Rd1 $19) (46. Rb8 {
Ftacnik} Bg1+ 47. Kh1 Be3+ 48. Kh2 Bxf4+ $19) 46... gxh5 {'-+' Hazai.} 47. Rb8
(47. Bxh5 Rh6 48. g4 Rc6 $19) 47... Rb1 48. Bxh5 (48. Rxb7+ {Ftacnik} Kf8 49.
Rd7 Bc5 50. Ne4 Bg1+ 51. Kg3 Re6 $19) 48... Be3 49. Kg3 (49. g3 {Ftacnik} Rh6
$19) 49... Rb4 $6 {I relaxed too early and made few inaccurate moves.} (49...
Rf6 50. Nh3 Rf8 {was winning on spot}) 50. Nh3 Rf6 51. Bf3 Bxf4+ $6 (51... b6)
52. Nxf4 Rbxf4 (52... Rfxf4 53. Ra8 $1 (53. Rxb7+ {Ftacnik} Rxb7 54. Kxf4 Rb4+
$19) 53... Ra4 54. Bd1) 53. Rxb7+ Rf7 54. Rb8 Rf8 55. Rb2 a5 56. Ra2 R4f5 57.
Kf2 (57. Kg4 {Ftacnik} Rc5 $19) 57... Re5 58. Ra4 Rb8 59. Rc4 Rb2+ 60. Kg3 Rb4
61. Rc6 a4 62. Ra6 Re3 63. Kf2 (63. Kh3 {Ftacnik} Rc3 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Gelfand,B/
Rubinstein mem 34th 1997/CBM 61/[Ftacnik]}) 63... Rc3 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2
Nc6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 c6 11. Be2 b5 (11... Bd7 $2 12. f4 Neg4 13.
h3 h6 14. Bh4 $16 {Polugaevsky}) 12. cxb5 cxd5 $1 (12... cxb5 13. O-O $14 Bd7
14. Kh1 Rc8 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. e5 Ng4 $6 18. exd6 f6 19. dxe7 Qxe7
20. Rae1 Qd8 21. Bh4 $16 {1-0 Kostin,S-Rogovoi,M/Smolensk RUS 1997 (37)}) 13.
exd5 $5 $146 {New way to play with white in this line.In old one black got
clear compensation by many ways:} (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Bg7 $44 {Pair of
bishops in open position and advantage in development give black clear
compensation for sacrificed pawn.} 15. a4 (15. f4 Nd7 16. a4 h5 (16... Nc5 17.
Ra3 $13) 17. Ra3 h4 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Qc2 f5 $36 {1-0 Panno,O-Kunitz,K/Buenos
Aires ,EXT 1995 (28)}) 15... axb5 16. axb5 Be6 (16... Bd7 $6 17. f4 (17. Qa5 e6
18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxb5 22. Rd1 {1/2-1/2
Gruenberg,R-Portisch,F/Hamburg 1984 (22)}) 17... Ng4 18. Qa5 Qe8 19. Rd1 h5 20.
O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Vogt,L/Altensteig 1992/Inf 55 (28)}) (16... e6 17.
Nc3 h5 18. Rd1 Rb6 19. Na4 Rb7 20. b6 h4 21. Nf1 h3 22. g3 Bd7 23. Qxd6 Qa8 $44
24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Qc5 Rc8 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Nd2 Bf8 28. Qd4 Bg7 29. Qe3 Bf8 {
1/2-1/2 Peytaitis,G-Minelga,A/cr LIT cup 1995 (29)}) 17. O-O Bxd5 18. Qxd5 (18.
exd5 $1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rfc8 20. Rac1 $16) 18... e6 19. Qa2 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21.
f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Nunn,J/Plovdiv 1983/Inf 35 (22)}) 13...
axb5 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15. Bxf6 $6 {missing the black answer.} (15. Nc3 Ba8 16. O-O
$140 $2 Qb6+) 15... exf6 $1 ({White expected for:} 15... Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17.
O-O {getting the advantage.}) 16. f4 (16. O-O Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rfc8 $36 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Ge5c4,Gc8c5,Yf6f5]}) 16... Nd7 17. f5 $5 (17. Nxd6 $6 f5 18. Nxb7 Rxb7
$17) (17. O-O f5 $44 {[%csl Gg7]}) 17... Qb6 {holding the white king in the
center.} 18. Ne4 (18. O-O-O $2 Ba6 19. Nc3 Bh6 $19) 18... Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Another pawn sacrifice,but the much more importent thing is the activity of
pieces.} (18... Rfe8 19. Nbxd6 $1 (19. Nexd6 $2 Re5 20. Nc4 Rxe2+ $19) 19...
Re7 20. Nc4) 19. Nbxd6 Ne5 $1 20. b3 (20. a4 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 (21. Qxe2 Qa5+ 22.
Kf1 (22. Nc3 $2 Rxb2) (22. Qd2 Nd3+ 23. Ke2 $2 Rxb2) 22... Qxd5 $17) 21... Rbd8
22. Nb5 Rfe8 $17) (20. Bxa6 Qxa6 $36 {[%cal Ge5d3,Gf8d8]}) 20... Rfd8 21. Nc4
$2 (21. Bxa6 $142 Qxa6 22. Qe2 $1 (22. Rd1 Bf8 $1 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 $19) 22... Rxd6
23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. O-O Qxd5 $15) 21... Nxc4 (21... Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bf8 23. Kf1)
22. bxc4 Re8 23. c5 $8 {other moves let black to develope decisive initiative:}
(23. Qd3 Re5 $19 (23... gxf5)) (23. Ng3 Bxc4 $19 {[%csl Re1]}) 23... Qa7 24.
O-O $8 Rxe4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 {In compensation for the piece white got two passed
pawns in the center.} 26. Rfe1 (26. d6 Re2 27. Qd5 Rbb2) 26... gxf5 27. Rac1 (
27. c6 Bf8) (27. d6 Qc6) 27... Qa3 $1 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 28. d6 Rb2 29. Qd5 Rbe2 $1
{That is the point! Black gets the attack over the white king another time in
this game!} 30. Rxe2 $8 (30. Rf1 Qb2) 30... Qxc1+ 31. Kf2 Qf4+ 32. Ke1 Rd4 $19
{White king is defendless.} 33. Qa8+ (33. Qf3 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc5 35. Re8+ Bf8
36. Qg3+ Rg4+) 33... Bf8 34. Qa3 Qxh2 {[%cal Rh2g1]} 35. Qe3 Re4 36. Qf2 Rf4
37. Qe3 Bh6 38. Qe8+ (38. d7 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Rd4+ {and black is on time.}) 38...
Kg7 39. Kd1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Rd1 {This is a lesser known positional try mostly against an early
b7-b5.} (9. h4 {is the aggressive main line.}) (9. Nc1 {leads to quiet
positional play.}) 9... b5 $6 (9... h5 {/\ Nh7} 10. Nc1 {This is the solid
continuation.} (10. d5 $143 $6 {gives up the flexibility of the [+] and the N
gets a strong place on e5.} Ne5 11. Nd4 (11. Ng3 $6 {puts the N on a bad
square.} Nh7 12. Be3 h4) (11. Nc1 c6 12. Be2 b5 $13) 11... c5 12. Nc2 $6 {
The N is rather badly placed here.} (12. dxc6 {however gives up White's strong
[+].} Nxc6 13. Nxc6 (13. Be3 $5) 13... bxc6 14. c5 Qa5 $36) (12. Nb3 {is again
not a very promising square for the N.}) 12... b5 $1 {Black wants to get a
very good Benko type of position. This is the typical P sacrifice here to get
the |^ on the <<.} 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 (14. Bxb5 Rxb5 15. Nxb5 Nc4 16. Qe2
Qa5+ 17. Kf2 Nxb2 (17... Qxb5 $6 18. b3 $16) 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Rxb2 Nxe4+ 20.
fxe4 Bxb2 21. Ne3 Bd4 $36 {Yusupov}) 14... Nh7 $5 $36 (14... Bd7 15. a4 Ra8 16.
b3 c4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Rxa4 19. Nb4 Bxb5 (19... Qa5 $6 20. Nc6 Qxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rxc4 23. Rc1 $14) 20. cxb5 Qa5 21. Nc6 Qxb5 22. Nxe7+ Kh7
$44) 15. Be3 f5 $1 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a4 {(Yusupov-Zueger, Altensteig 1993)} e6
$1 {blowing up the whole structure.} 18. dxe6 Qh4+ 19. Bf2 Qxa4 20. Ne3 (20.
Nca3 c4 $17) 20... Rxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 $1 {/\} 23. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 24.
gxf3 Re5+ $19 {Yusupov}) 10... Nh7 (10... e5 11. Nb3 $14) 11. Be3 e5 12. Nb3
$14) (9... e5 {is again too straightforward.} 10. d5 $14) (9... Bd7 $1 {
Black has to make also preparatory moves.} 10. Nc1 (10. e5 {is answered by} Ne8
{and White cannot hold his [+] anymore.}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 (11. Nb3 $2 {
forgets about the long /^.} exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) (
11. d5 {is already met by} Nd4 $13) 11... Nxe5 {Since White gave up the [+],
Black can organize a counterplay against >< c4.} 12. Be2 Be6 13. b3 c6 14. O-O
(14. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 {runs into} Ne8 16. Rd1 Nxf3+) 14... Qa5 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxd2 c5 $11 {Kutirov-Sutovsky, Struga 1995}) 10. d5 (
10. Nc1 {seems to be a bit slow.} bxc4 (10... e5 $5) 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 c6
13. b3 $14 {Delaune-Olesen, Philadelphia 1993}) (10. cxb5 axb5 11. d5 Ne5 (
11... Na5 {- 10.d5}) 12. Nd4 b4 13. Ncb5 Bd7 14. Qxb4 {This is a brave
decision.} (14. Rc1 Rb7 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Rb6 17. Qxb4 Nxc6 18. Qd2 Qb8 19.
b3 Rxb5 20. Rxc6 Rb6 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. Be3 c5 $11 {I.Sokolov-Bukic,Portoroz
1993}) 14... c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. a4 Qb6 18. Qd2 d5 19. Be3 Qb7
20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 $14 {and White has finally consolidated his position,
Kutirov-Rashkovsky, Strumica 1995.}) 10... Na5 (10... Ne5 11. cxb5 axb5 {
- 10.cxb5}) 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Ncb5 e5 14. Nc2 (14. dxe6 {gives up
the [+] for nothing.} fxe6) 14... h6 15. Be3 (15. Bxh6 $143 $6 Nxe4 $1) (15.
Qxb4 $143 hxg5 16. Qxa5 g4 $44) 15... b3 16. Na1 $6 {The N looks really awful
here.} ({It is hard to see any real compensation after} 16. Qxa5 bxc2 17. Rc1
Nxe4 (17... Ne8 18. Rxc2 f5 19. Bd3 $16 {is rather simple.}) 18. fxe4 (18. Qxc7
{unnecessarily complicates the matters:} Qh4+ 19. g3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 (20. Bf2
Qb4+) 20... Qxh1 21. Qxb8 Bh3) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kd2 $1 {Simple and strong. Other
alternatives are less encouraging:} (19. Bf2 Qxe4+ 20. Be2 Qxg2 21. Rg1 Qxd5
$132) (19. g3 Qxe4 20. Kf2 Qxd5 $132 ({and not} 20... Qxh1 21. Bg2 Qxh2 22. Rh1
)) 19... Qxe4 20. Nc3 Qg4 21. h3 $16) 16... Nxe4 $1 {[#] Black grabs his
chances fishing in troubled waters.} 17. Qxa5 $2 {White loses the control
irreversibily.} (17. fxe4 $1 {was the last chance, for example:} Qh4+ 18. g3 (
18. Qf2 Qxe4 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Nxb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qxb3 22. Bc1 f5 $14) 18... Qxe4
19. Bg2 Qc4 (19... Qa4 $2 20. Nc3 $18) 20. Na7 (20. Na3 Qa4 21. axb3 Nxb3 22.
Nxb3 Rxb3 23. O-O Ba6 24. Rfe1 Rfb8 $44) (20. Nc3 Bg4 (20... bxa2 21. Bf1 Qb4
22. Nxa2) 21. Bf1 (21. Rc1 bxa2 22. Bf1 Qb4 23. Nxa2 Qxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxb2 $44)
21... Qb4 $44) (20. Bf1 Qe4 $11 {with repetition of moves.}) 20... bxa2 (20...
Ba6 $2 21. Nc6 $1 (21. Rc1 Qa4 22. Nc6 Nc4 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxb8 Rxb8) 21...
Nxc6 22. axb3 $18) 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Qxa5 Rxb2 23. Bd2 Rcb8 $40) 17... Qh4+
18. g3 (18. Ke2 bxa2 $40) 18... Nxg3 19. Bf2 Qh5 20. hxg3 (20. Bxg3 Qxf3 21.
Rg1 $2 Qe3+ $19) 20... Qxh1 21. Nxb3 Bh3 $1 {Now Black has an irresistable ->.}
22. Ke2 (22. Nd2 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Qxf3 $40) 22... e4 $1 {Black opens up the lines
and diagonals against the K in the middle.} 23. Nd2 (23. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 24. Ke1 e3
25. Bg1 Be5 $1 $19) 23... exf3+ 24. Kd3 (24. Nxf3 Bg4) 24... Bf5+ $19 25. Kc4
Qh2 26. Bd4 Bd7 27. a4 Bxb5+ 28. axb5 Bxd4 29. Kxd4 Rfe8 30. Kc3 Qxg3 31. Kc2
Qf4 32. Bd3 f2 33. Rf1 Ra8 34. Qc3 Re1 35. Qxc7 Raa1 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. b6 Rac1+
(37... Qa4+ $1) 38. Kb3 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 (6... c5 {and}) (
6... e5 {are the major plans for Black to attack White's strong [+]
immediately.}) 7. Be3 Nbd7 (7... Nc6 {transposes to the Yugoslav Variation.})
8. Qd2 c5 9. dxc5 {Now White solves the tension in the [+] giving up a part of
his central advantage. On the other hand he gets a strong pressure along the d
<->, and the game gets a positional character.} (9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 b5 {
- Bu Xiangzhi-Selin, St.Petersburg 2000 CBM 76.}) (9. Bh6 {- Dreev-Fossan,
EUCup London 1996 CBM 55.}) (9. d5 {-Czerwonski-Blehm, Plock 2000 CBM 78.})
9... dxc5 (9... Nxc5 10. Nd4 $1 $14 {leads to a favourable type of the
Sicilian Maroczy Bind, because the N belomgs to c6.} (10. Nf4 {seems to be
more sophysticated overprotecting >< d5, but forgetting about Black's standard
b7-b5 push.} Bd7 11. Be2 b5 $1 {This is the problem} 12. O-O (12. cxb5 axb5 13.
Nxb5 $4 Nb3 $1 $19) 12... bxc4 13. Bxc4 Na4 14. Nfe2 {Acknowledging the
mistake!} Qb8 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. Nf4 a5 17. Qf2 Ra6 18. Qe2 Ra7 19. Rfc1 a4 20.
Bc2 Ra5 $13 {Lodhi-I.Ivanov, London 1987})) 10. Rd1 (10. Nc1 Qc7 11. Nb3 b6 {
Now the N on b3 is out of play.} 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rfd8 $11) (10. Nf4 e6 {
defending >< d5. Now the N on f4 has to find his right place.} 11. Be2 (11. Nd3
Qc7 12. Rd1 b6 13. Be2 (13. Bf4 Qc6) 13... Bb7 {Black has successfully
finished his development, and it is not easy for White to find a clear-cut
plan maintaining his small space advantage.} 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Bh6 Rad8 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. a4 Qc7 18. O-O Ne5 $11 {Hausner-Nunn, BL 1988/89}) 11... b6 12. Rd1
Bb7 13. O-O Re8 {This looks rather useless, Bh6 is not a strategical threat.} (
13... Qc7 $5) 14. Nd3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc8 (15... Qc6) 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Kh1 Bc6 18.
Qe3 Nh5 19. f4 {White has to go ahead, if he wants to achieve something.} Bd4
20. Qc1 Ng7 21. Bf3 f5 22. e5 $14 {with some space advantage,
Dyachkov-Alekseev, Voronezh 1999.}) (10. O-O-O {It is better to do this
without taking early on c5.} Qc7 $1 {This looks more to the point now.} (10...
Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 {transposes to the main line 9.0-0-0} (11... e6 12. Nc1 Qc7 {
Black has lost a tempo now.} 13. Nb3 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Qd6 {The _|_ cannot
pose any serious problem for Black. Perhaps he has to find activity on the >>.}
Rac8 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Bf4 Rcc8 18. a4 (18. e5 Nh5 19. Rxd7 Bc6 20. Bd2 Bxd7
21. g4 Bxe5 22. gxh5 Bc6 $44 {with an active piece play for the sacrificed
material.}) 18... Nh5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bg3 Nf8 22. Rd6 N6d7 $13 {
Ward-Hebden, Hove 1997})) 11. Nf4 (11. Kb1 $6 {is too slow.} Ne5 12. Nf4 e6 $1
{This is the typical defence restricting both knights sphere of activity.} 13.
Qd6 (13. h4 h5 $13) 13... Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Re8 $1 (14... Nfd7 15. Na4 $14) 15.
Bxc5 Bf8 16. Be2 {White is happy to sacrifice the exchange, but Black wants to
maintain the tension.} Bd7 $1 (16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 $14) 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. Ba3
Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. R6d3 Bxa3 21. bxa3 {1/2-1/2 Vyzhmanavin-Nunn, Debrecen
Eu-cht 1992 56/(671)}) 11... e6 12. h4 {Vyzhmanavin} Ne5 (12... Re8 13. h5 Ne5
14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nh3 Nh5 {Black has reasonable counterchances on the >>.} 16.
Bf2 (16. f4 $6 Ng3 $15 {Hoeksma-Piket, Holland-ch 1993 58/634}) 16... Nf7 $13 {
Piket}) 13. Qd6 {The _|_ is not frightening for Black, as it was demonstrated
before.} Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Bd7 (14... Re8) 15. Be2 b5 16. g4 Rfc8 17. Rhd1 Bf8 18.
R6d2 Be8 {keeping the tension on the <<.} (18... b4 $6 {closes the <<, and
White's space advantage remains unquestionable.} 19. Nb1 Be8 20. g5 Nfd7 21.
Nh3 Nb6 22. b3 a5 23. Nf2 a4 24. f4 axb3 25. axb3 Nc6 26. e5 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4
28. Ne4 $1 $16 {Vakhidov-Lanka, Luzern 1993 59/(634)}) 19. g5 Nfd7 $13 {
Nadyrkhanov}) 10... Qa5 (10... Qc7 {looks also logical, as it was mentioned
before.} 11. Nf4 e6 $1 12. Nd3 b6 (12... Ne8 13. Nf2 (13. Be2) 13... f5 {
Black doesn't want to sit and wait anymore.} 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Ndf6 16. Be2
b6 17. Bf3 Ra7 ({Why not} 17... Bb7) 18. O-O Bb7 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd6 21.
Bc1 Nf7 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Re2 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin-Banikas, Bolzano 2000}) 13.
Bf4 e5 {- 10...Qa5}) 11. Nc1 Qc7 12. Nd3 b6 13. Bf4 {provoking the weakening
move} e5 14. Bg5 Re8 ({Finishing the development of the << by} 14... Bb7 {
looked more natural} 15. Be2 Nb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne8 {
Black has to blockade the o^ on d6, but White has an |^ on the <<.} 18. Rc1 $5
{preparing for b2-b4.} (18. b4 {immediately allows Black to close the <<.} c4
19. Rc1 Nd6 20. Nb2 b5 21. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {Estremera Panos-Lanka, Mondariz 1997})
18... Nd6 19. O-O $14) 17. cxd5 {Now the B on b7 is rather passive.} Nd7 18.
Rc1 Qd6 {Usually the Q is not the best blockading piece!} 19. b4 (19. O-O $5)
19... Rfc8 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. d6 Bf8 24. d7 Be7 25.
Be3 Qc7 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Rc1 Qxd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxb6 Bb4 $5 {/\ a5} (29...
Kf8 30. Rc4 $14 {Vera-Solana, Las Palmas II 1992 56/(671)})) 15. Be2 Nf8 (15...
Bb7 {is met by} 16. Nd5 $1 {with better circumstances, than in case of the
immediate 14...Bb7.}) 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. cxd5 {Now the N on f8 is outplaced.
White's strong defended o^ is not easy to blockade.} Nd7 {Black is playing
without a plan.} (17... c4 18. Nb4 $16) 18. Rc1 {/\ b4 opening a new
battlefront on the <<.} Qd6 (18... Bf6 19. Be3 $16 {White has to avoid the
exchange of his excellent dark-squared B.}) 19. b4 $1 {White has to open the
position for his better placed pieces.} cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qb8 ({The _|_ after} 
20... Qxb4+ 21. Nxb4 Bf8 22. Nc6 $16 {is not rosy either.}) 21. O-O Bf8 22. Qb2
Bb7 {This B cannot find his right place in this P structure.} 23. a4 a5 {
Black wants to hold the position on the dark squares, but the white ones are
now irreversibily weakened.} 24. Nf2 {opening the /^ for the B.} Bc5 25. Bb5
Qd6 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 128] [#] White sacrifices the
exchange eliminating Black's only good piece and begins a direct assault
against the K on the weak dark squares.} bxc5 28. Ng4 Ra6 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. f4
$1 {opening the f <-> against the black K.} Bxd5 31. exd5 f5 32. Rd1 $2 {
This is a bit light-hearted.} (32. Qc2 $1 Qxd5 33. Rd1 $18 {was the precise
move order.}) 32... Qxa4 33. Qc1 Rd6 34. h4 Qb3 35. Qa1 Rxd5 36. Rb1 Qe3+ (
36... Qd3 $1 {was more persistant.}) 37. Kh1 Qd4 38. Qxa5 exf4 $2 {Now White
is winning easily.} (38... Rd7 39. Bf6 Qf2 40. fxe5 {was better, but White's
threats are still dangerous.}) 39. Rb7 $1 $18 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Qxd7 41. Qxc5+ Re7
42. Ng8 Kxg8 43. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c5 8. d5
h6 9. Be3 h5 {Black's move serves two important purposes. It slows down
potential kingside attack with white pawns and prepares the counterplay with
f7-f5.} (9... Ne5 10. Ng3 Kh7 (10... h5 11. Bd3 h4 12. Nf1 h3 13. g4 Qb6 14.
Rb1 Nfxg4 15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 f5 17. Bxg4 fxg4 {0-1 Kvakovszky,G (1940)
-Nightingale,D (1830)/San Antonio 1996/ (29)}) (10... e6 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. h4
exd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. h5 g5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nf1 c4 18. a5 Ne8 19. f4
gxf4 20. Bxf4 f5 21. Ng3 {1-0 Jager,J (1441)-Schulzer,P (1725)/Melbourne 2001/
(33)}) 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Qc1 Nfd7 13. f4 Qb4 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. a3 Qb3 16. Nd1 Bg4
17. Bxg4 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 b5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Aumann,
W-Handke,F/Bad Driburg 1994/ (28)}) 10. Nc1 Nh7 (10... Ne5 11. Be2 Ne8 12. h3
f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bc8 16. f4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 Nxc4 18. Be6+
Rf7 19. Qd3 {1-0 Kunz,K (2230)-Gossmann,B/Wuerzburg 1998/ (23)}) 11. Be2 Ne5
12. O-O (12. f4 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qc2 $14) 12... f5 13. Qd2 (13. f4 $5 Ng4
(13... Nf7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 Nf6 16. Nb3 $16) 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. e5 dxe5 16.
fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Bxc5 Nf6 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Nf4 $16) 13... fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nf2 (15. Ng3 e6 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. h3 exd5 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. f4 Nf6 $14) 15... Qb6 16. a4 (16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Rfc1 Nf6
18. Bf4 Nf7 19. Re1 $14) 16... Rac8 17. a5 Qd8 18. Na2 (18. a6 $5 Rb8 19. f4
Nf7 20. Bd3 $14) 18... e6 19. Nc3 (19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bd3 $1 21. Nxd3 $140 $2
Nxc4 $19) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 $6 {Grischuk was not in best form on this day,
much more challenging for black seems to be the recapturing with the knight.} (
20. Nxd5 Nf6 21. f4 $16) 20... Nf6 21. h3 Re8 22. a6 Rb8 23. Nb5 (23. f4 Nf7
24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Bd7 $11) 23... Qe7 24. Bf4 (24. Rfe1 bxa6 25. Nc3 Qb7 26.
g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bd7 28. g5 Nh5 29. Nfe4 Rf8 $11) 24... bxa6 25. Rxa6 $2 {
[%mdl 64] Grischuk was not suspecting, that his position could be so critical.
White already had to play carefully in order to tame potentially active white
pieces.} (25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Ra4 (26. Rxa6 Rd4 $15) 26... Reb8 $11) 25... Nxf3+ $1
26. Bxf3 (26. gxf3 Qxe2 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Nc7 Ne8 29. Nxe8 Rbxe8 30. Bxd6 Bd4
$19) 26... Rxb5 27. Bxd6 (27. Rxd6 Nd7 $1 28. Nd1 Ne5 $17) 27... Qb7 28. Rc6 (
28. Ra2 c4 29. Qf4 Rc8 $15) 28... Rxb2 29. Qf4 (29. Qa5 Rb1 30. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Bd7 $15 32. Kg1 (32. Rc7 $2 Qb1+ 33. Bd1 (33. Qc1 Bb5+ 34. Kg1 Re1+ $19)
33... Ne4 $19) 32... Bxc6 33. dxc6 Qa6 $15) 29... Rb1 30. Rxc5 $2 {The second
reckless move will cost white too much, since black can benefit from the witty
geometrical motive and win the material.} (30. Qc4 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bd7 32. Nd3
Bxc6 33. dxc6 Qf7 34. Nxc5 Bf8 $15) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qa6+ $1 (31... Qa6+ $1
32. Kg1 (32. Rc4 Ne4 33. Be2 Nc3 34. Bf3 Be4 $19) 32... Bh6 $1 33. Qxh6 Re1+
34. Kh2 Qxd6+ 35. g3 Qxc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. Rd1 {Wang Yue is showing a
remarkable affection for this risky variation. White pays for the pawn he wins
with backward development and an excessive build up on the light squares.} a5
13. Nc1 (13. Nf4 Nb4 (13... e6 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Bd6 Nd4 $11) 14.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Kf2 Rd2+ 16. Ke3 Rd8 17. Kf2 $11) 13... Nb4 14. Bd3 (14. Kf2
Rxd1 (14... Nh5 15. g3 Rxd1 (15... Bd4+ 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Nb5 Rxc4 18. Nxd4
Rcxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. b3 $14) 16. Nxd1 Bd4+ 17. Ke2 $14) 15.
Nxd1 Nd7 16. Nc3 Bd4+ 17. Kg3 Nc5 18. Be2 Be5+ 19. Kf2 Bd4+ $11) 14... Bh6 15.
Nd5 $1 {This active move is in fact a defence against the unpleasant pressure
of the enemy pieces.} (15. Bb1 $6 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17. Ke2 Rd2+ 18. Kf1 Be3
19. N1e2 e6 20. g3 $13) 15... Nfxd5 (15... Bxc1 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxc1 Rxa2 18.
Nxe7+ Kg7 19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O b5 $11) 16. cxd5 e6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. dxe6 Bxc1
(18... fxe6 19. Bc4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kf7 21. Nd3 $14) 19. e7 Rdc8 $2 {Radjabov
is an excellent player of the Kings Indian Defence, but his move contradicts
the logic of the struggle. Objectively it was necessary to come to terms with
the logical continuation 19...Rxd3 leading to an equal ending.} (19... Rxd3 20.
Rxd3 Bg5 21. h4 (21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rc7 Be8 $15) 21... Bxe7 22. Rd7 Rxa2 23. Rxe7
(23. Kd2 Bc5 24. Rxb7 Rxb2+ 25. Kc1 Rxg2 26. Rd1 b3 27. Kb1 Ba3 28. Rxb6 Rb2+
29. Ka1 Ra2+ $11) 23... Ra1+ 24. Kf2 Rxh1 25. Rxb7 Rb1 26. g4 Rxb2+ 27. Ke3 $11
) 20. e8=Q+ Rxe8 21. Rxc1 f5 $6 {Black is somehow unable to switch to damage
limitation mode. For that purpose it was more suitable to take the a2-pawn.} (
21... Rxa2 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Kd2 Kg7 24. Rhc1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 Bc6 26. Kd2 $14) 22.
Rc7 Bd5 23. O-O fxe4 24. fxe4 Bxa2 $2 {The defense of the position would not
have been pleasant, but better solution was to eat the e4 pawn.} (24... Bxe4
25. Bc4+ (25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rff7 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rb1 $11) 25... Kh8 26. Re1 (26.
Rff7 g5 27. Kf2 $14) 26... Bf5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Ke3 Rd1 30. Rc6
$14) 25. Ra1 Bd5 (25... Bf7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 b3 29. Rb4 Rc8
30. Rxb3 Rc4 31. Rxb6 Rxe4 32. Rb7 $16) (25... Kh8 26. Kf2 $16) 26. Rxa8 Bxa8
27. Bb5 $2 {Overjoyed by his own chances White is trying to transfer the game
into bishop ending, but it seems objectively drawish.} (27. Rc4 Rd8 28. Be2 b3
29. Bf3 Kf7 30. Rb4 $16) 27... Re5 (27... Rd8 $2 28. Rc4 Kg7 (28... b3 29. Kf2
Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Rc2 31. Ra4 Bb7 32. Rd4 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Rb4 $16) 29. Rxb4
Rd2 30. Ra4 Rxb2 31. Be8 Bb7 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Rxb7 $16) 28. Bc4+
Kf8 29. Rc8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. e5 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 4096] The passive defense
will unfortunatelly not be enough, while the activisation of the king to the
c5 square would enable a drawish outcome.} (31... Kd7 $1 32. Kf2 Kc6 33. Bg8 h6
34. Ke3 Kc5 35. Kf4 (35. g3 g5 $11) 35... Bxg2 36. Bf7 Bd5 37. Bxg6 Be6 38. Bf5
Bc4 39. Bg4 Bd3 40. Be6 Bg6 41. Bg8 Kc6 42. Ke3 Kc5 43. e6 Kd6 $11) 32. Kf2 Bc6
33. g3 g5 34. Ke3 h6 35. Kd4 Bd7 36. Bd5 Bb5 37. Bf3 Be8 38. Bg2 Ba4 39. Bd5
Bb5 40. Bg8 Kf8 {Black is facing the danger that his postion will be in
zugzwang and then the White king will break in, heading towards his pawns.} (
40... Be2 41. Kd5 Bb5 42. Be6 Be2 43. Bf5 Bb5 44. Bg4 $16) 41. Bc4 Ba4 42. Bd5
Bb5 43. Bf3 Ke7 44. Bg4 Bf1 45. Kd5 Bb5 46. Bf5 Be8 (46... h5 47. Bc2 $1 (47.
h4 $2 gxh4 48. gxh4 Be2 49. Kc6 Bg4 $11) 47... Be8 48. Bd1 h4 (48... Bg6 49.
Kc6 Ke6 50. Kxb6 Kxe5 51. Kc5 h4 52. Kxb4 hxg3 53. hxg3 $16) 49. Bg4 Bf7+ (
49... hxg3 50. hxg3 Bb5 51. Ke4 b3 52. Kf5 $18) 50. Kc6 Be6 51. Bd1 hxg3 52.
hxg3 Bf5 53. Kxb6 Ke6 54. Kc5 Kxe5 55. Kxb4 Kd4 56. Ka5 Ke3 57. b4 Bd7 58. Kb6
Kf2 59. Kc7 Bb5 60. g4 $18) 47. Kc4 b3 (47... h5 48. Kxb4 h4 49. Kc4 Bc6 50.
gxh4 gxh4 51. Kd4 $18) 48. Kxb3 {At long last one of the black pawns has
finally been eliminated. Wang Yue will demonstrate excellent technique all the
way to the finish.} Bb5 49. Kc3 Be2 50. Kd4 Bb5 51. Kd5 Ba4 52. b4 Bb5 53. Bg4
Ba4 54. Bc8 Kd8 55. Ba6 Kd7 56. e6+ Ke7 57. Bc8 Bb5 58. Bd7 $1 {In the pawn
ending all the trumps would be in White's hands.} Be2 (58... Bxd7 59. exd7 Kxd7
60. g4 Kc7 61. b5 Kd7 62. h3 $18) 59. Kc6 b5 60. Kb6 Bc4 61. Bxb5 Bxe6 62. Kc7
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the previous round I lost a terrible game against Riazantsev, and in spite
of the fact that a draw gave me good chances for the third place, I played
only for a win, because I was in a very aggressive mood.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 {In my opinion the Saemisch System is one of
the most dangerous systems against the King's Indian.} a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nge2
c6 9. Bh6 $5 {Risky, but va ery concrete plan. Both sides need to play very
exactly.} b5 10. h4 Bxh6 (10... Nb6 $6 11. Ng3 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. h5 $36)
11. Qxh6 e5 $1 {Denis makes the correct desicion - to play in the centre.} 12.
h5 b4 13. Na4 d5 $5 {The position was totally unclear, but I was optimistic,
because my opponent spent a lot of time in the opening.} 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Qg5
{An useful move - now the queen is more active here. Also I wanted to move the
knight to f5.} dxe4 (15... Re8 $6 16. Ng3 exd4 17. Nf5 Qe5 18. g4 $40) 16. Ng3
exd4 (16... exf3 17. gxf3 exd4 18. Nf5 Qe5 19. Bd3 $40) 17. Nf5 $5 {The most
important move in the game. I understood that it wasn't objectively the
strongest move in the position, but, practically speaking, on that day in that
game it was the strongest.} ({The alternative is} 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. hxg6 fxg6
19. Bd3 {with quiet play.}) 17... Qe5 (17... Qe6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nxd4 Qe5 20.
Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. c5 $44) 18. g4 d3 $2 $138 {It's impossible to play
this position in time trouble without any mistakes.} ({Only Rybka can recommend
} 18... exf3 $1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nc5 Nxg4 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bd3 Qh2 $1 $17) 19. Nb6 $2 {A nice move, but probably a mistake.}
({The easiest way was} 19. Bxd3 $1 exd3 20. Rde1 d2+ 21. Kxd2 Qc7 22. hxg6 fxg6
23. Re7 $18) 19... Qe6 $4 {The second and the last mistake by Black.} ({
But how can you find this variation with two minutes on your clock? -} 19...
Kh8 20. f4 Qc5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Rg8 23. Qf7 Qxb6 24. Bxd3 Qd8 $1 25. Bxe4
Qf8 26. Qxf8 Nxf8 27. Bxc6 Bxf5 28. Bxa8 Rxg4 $13) 20. Qh6 gxf5 21. gxf5 Qxf5
22. Rg1+ {I was very happy after this game - it was my first victory over
Khismatullin, I got the bronze medal and a place in the next Superfinal. Also,
I was satisfied with my play.} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {Surprise! Ponomariov played many
different systems against King's Indian Defence, but he never played the
Samisch Variation. Apart from its surprising effect, Ponomariov must have
taken into consideration the fact that in spite of his vast experience with
the KID Radjabov faced the Samisch only few times.} O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 $1 {
As pointed out by Ponomariov, after Black's previous move this is the most
precise reaction. White is trying to provoke h7-h6 in order to win time later
on.} c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. d5 h6 {Although taking on h6 is not convenient for
White now, sooner or later Black will have to protect the h6-pawn anyway.} 10.
Be3 (10. Bxh6 {is answered with} Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4+ {and Black achieves a
favourable exchange of pieces.}) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. Nc1 b5 (12... Nh5
$5) 13. Be2 Nb6 14. O-O {Now the pawn h6 is hanging and Black must waste a
tempo to protect it.} Kh7 15. b4 {White is better. His bishops are well places
and he is ready for queenside activity, while Black didn't even start yet his
counterplay on the kingside.} Nh5 16. a4 {Now in all cases Black will remain
with pawn weaknesses on the queenside.} ({After the game Radjabov said that
also strong for White is to bring the knight to a5 by playing} 16. Nb3) 16...
Nc4 (16... Nxa4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 f5 19. b5 {is clearly better for White.}
) 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. N1e2 f5 19. exf5 ({After the direct} 19. Qa2 {Black gets a
typical KID attack:} f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qxc4 h5 {with compensation
for the pawn.}) 19... gxf5 {The first critical position.} 20. f4 {This
standard move is double-edged.} ({After} 20. Qa2 {Black probably must give up
a pawn and try to get some counterplay, although his compensation is hardly
sufficient. If Black is trying to protect it with} Qc7 {then after} 21. b5 {
White's chances are clearly preferable.}) 20... Bd7 21. Rab1 Re8 22. Kh1 Rb8
23. Rf3 (23. b5 $5) 23... Nf6 $1 24. h3 Nh5 25. Bg1 e4 {The second critical
moment.} 26. Re3 $2 ({White should have played} 26. Rff1 Bxc3 {Of course Black
is not forced to take the pawn, but then the retreat of the rook to f1 is
clearly preferable than the game.} 27. Qxc3 (27. Nxc3 $2 Ng3+) 27... Bxa4 28.
Ra1 Bb5 29. Bd4 {and a strong dark-squared bishop secures White compensation
for the pawn.}) 26... Qh4 $1 {Now all White pieces are misplaced and things
are suddenly becoming really bad for him.} 27. Bh2 Rg8 28. Qd1 Rb7 ({Radjabov
saw} 28... Bxc3 {but he believed that Ponomariov calculated it and White must
have a defence. In the upcoming time-trouble Teimour decided to believe his
opponent and simply play something else. In fact Black gets a decisive
advantage:} 29. Rxc3 (29. Nxc3 Nxf4) 29... Qf2 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxb4) 29.
Qf1 Rgb8 30. g3 Qd8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Nf6 (32... Bxb5 33. g4 Nf6 {is a
transposition to the game.}) 33. g4 Bxb5 34. Qg2 ({Also after} 34. gxf5 Bd7 35.
Rxb7 Rxb7 {Black is clearly better.}) 34... Bd7 35. Rg1 fxg4 36. hxg4 Nxg4 37.
Rg3 Qh4 (37... h5 {is another way to win.}) 38. Rxg4 Bxg4 39. Qxg4 Qxg4 40.
Rxg4 Rb2 {The time-trouble is over and White is helpless against the activity
of black pieces.} 41. f5 R8b3 42. f6 (42. Nxe4 $2 Rxe2) ({Radjabov mentioned
that White's best practical chance was} 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bxd6 {although
Black should be winning here too after}) 42... Bxf6 43. Nxe4 Bh8 44. N4g3 ({
Also after} 44. N2g3 Be5 {White is completely paralyzed.}) 44... c3 45. Rc4 Be5
46. Nc1 Rb1 47. Nge2 R3b2 48. Bg1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {Ruslan had no reasons to avoid
the Samisch Variation.} O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 ({In the third round against
Ponomariov Radjabov played} 6... e5 {but failed to equalize.}) 7. Be3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. O-O b5 {
Otherwise it is not easy for Black to get counterplay. However, after this
pawn sac Black does not get sufficient compensation.} 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5
Rb8 17. a4 Nh5 ({After} 17... a6 18. Bxa6 Rxb2 19. Rb1 {White exchanges
Black's most active piece and remains with a a healthy extra pawn.}) 18. f4 $1
Nd7 19. Qg4 a6 {The first critical moment of the game.} 20. Bxa6 ({The
simplest practical solution was} 20. Bxd7 Nf6 21. Qxh4 Qxd7 22. f5 Rxb2 23. Bg5
{with large advantage for White.}) ({Also good is} 20. Bc6) 20... Rxb2 21. Rab1
Rxd2 $1 {Magnus felt that this exchange sac is Black's only chance to
complicate matters.} 22. Bxd2 Bd4+ {The second critical position.} 23. Rf2 $2 {
This is actually just a blunder.} ({After} 23. Kh1 {Black has many tricks, but
White is able to defend and keep the advantage. Few variations are:} Ndf6 24.
Qf3 {It is also possible to take the pawn.} (24. Qxh4 Nxe4 25. Be1 $1 {and
White is better. If} Kg7 {then} 26. g4) 24... Ng3+ ({doesn't work:} 24... Nxe4
25. Qxe4 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 hxg3 27. f5 $18) 25. hxg3 hxg3 26. Be1 Nxe4 27. Bxg3
Nxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Kg7 29. Rf2 $1 {and although Black still keeps the initiative,
it is hardly sufficient to compensate for the missing material.}) 23... Bxf2+
24. Kxf2 Ndf6 25. Qf3 Qe8 $1 {As Ponomariov admitted after the game, he missed
this double attack. Black wins back the pawn and remains with a better
position.} 26. e5 Qxa4 27. exf6 Qxa6 28. Bc3 Qc8 ({Black had a tactical
solution to win White's weak pawns:} 28... Qc4 29. f5 Nxf6 $1 30. Kg1 (30. Bxf6
{runs into} Qc2+) 30... Ne4 {and White is in troubles.}) 29. Kg1 ({The last
chance for White was} 29. f5 $1 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Kf3 Rd7 33.
Rb8+ Kh7 34. g4 hxg3 35. hxg3 {and the activity of white pieces would have
secured good chances to escape with a draw.}) 29... Qf5 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Ba1 Ra8
32. Qe3 Kh7 33. Bb2 Rb8 34. Bc1 Rb1 {After Black activated the rook he is
winning.} 35. Qe8 Qxd5 36. f5 gxf5 37. Qe3 Qd4 38. Qxd4 cxd4 39. Bg5 Rxf1+ 40.
Kxf1 h3 $1 41. gxh3 (41. g3 Kg6 {changes nothing, of course.}) 41... Kg6 42.
Bh4 Nf4 43. Bg3 Kg5 44. Bf2 Ne6 45. Ke2 f4 46. Kf3 d3 47. h4+ Kf5 48. Bb6 Nc5
49. h5 d2 50. Ke2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 {For this line - see
Ponomariov - Carlsen in CBM 137 (annotations by GM D.Rogozenco).} a6 (13... Bd7
14. O-O b5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. a4 Nh5 18. f4 $1 Nd7 19. Qg4 $16 {
0-1 Ponomariov,R (2733)-Carlsen,M (2813)/Medias 2010/CBM 137/[Rogozenco] (50)})
(13... h3 14. g3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Ra2 a5 19. g4 Bc8
20. g5 Ne8 21. f4 Nd7 22. f5 Bd4 23. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Volke,K (2478)-Laurent,B 
(2400)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115 (53)}) (13... Nh7 $5 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O Re8 16. h3
f5 17. Bf2 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nb6 19. Bd3 Rf8 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Qd2 Kh8 22. Rae1 Bxe4
23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. Qf2 Nxe3 {1/2 Razuvaev,Y (2575)-Khalifman,A (2625)/Germany
1992/GER-chT}) 14. a4 Bd7 (14... Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 (15... Qe8 16. a5 Bd7 17. h3
Nh7 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. Nd1 {1-0 Edouard,R (2617)-Lanzani,M (2371)/
Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) 16. Bg5 c4 17. Bxh4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 $14 {1-0
Bischoff,K (2510)-Meyer,P (2365)/Biel 1992/CBM 031 ext (56)}) (14... Nh7 15. f4
Nd7 16. O-O Re8 17. Bd3 Nhf6 18. Qf3 Nb6 {1/2 Ozolin,M (2387)-Belous,V (2312)/
Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra (45)} 19. f5 gxf5 20. Bg5 $36) 15. a5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Otherwise Black successfully pushes ...b7-b5.} (15. Bg5 h3 16. g3 {
0-1 Estremera Panos,S (2330)-Miguel Lago,V (2280)/Pontevedra 1992/TD (34)} b5
$1 $132) (15. O-O b5 (15... Qc8 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nde4
Qd7 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Qd2 c4 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. a5 Nf6 $132 {0-1 Peregudov,N (2470)
-Shulman,Y (2425)/St Petersburg 1994/EXT 1998 (68)}) 16. axb5 (16. h3 $5 c4 17.
Qe1 Rc8 $1 18. Qxh4 b4 19. Nd1 $44 {R.Knaak}) 16... axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bxb5
(18. h3 b4 19. Ncb1 Bc8 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) (18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rb8 $13)
18... Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qa6 20. Nc3 Rb8 21. Qc2 Nh5 (21... Nd3 $5 22. Nd1 {1-0
Abegg,B-Alford,J/ICCF Email 2000 (33)} Nd7 $44) 22. b3 Rb4 $44 23. Na2 $4 {
1-0 Psakhis,L (2575)-Piket,M (2350)/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 020/[Knaak] (41)} Qe2 $1
$19) 15... b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {White will now prepare f3-f4 etc.
pushing Black's pieces back.} Qb4 18. O-O Bb5 19. Kh1 $6 (19. f4 $142) 19...
Rfb8 (19... Rfe8 $5) 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Ra4 $1 Bxf1 23. Rxb4 cxb4 24.
Na4 Bd3 25. Nb6 Rxb6 (25... Ra7 26. e5 $1) 26. Bxb6 {White has won a queen for
a rook and a bishop but this should not be enough to win when the opponent's
pieces are active.} Bxe4 (26... Rc8 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc8c2]}) 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
Qe1 f5 29. Qxb4 Rc8 30. Bc7 Re8 $2 {After this passive move White gradually
converts his material advantage.} (30... Bd4 $1 31. Qxd4 Rxc7 {with a probable
draw.}) 31. Kg1 Kh7 32. Kf1 Rc8 ({The bishop endgame after} 32... Nc5 $5 33.
Bxd6 Nd3 34. Qd2 Re1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 {should be winning for White, e.g.
} Kg8 (36... Bxb2 $2 37. Bc7 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd6d7,Yd7d8]}) 37. Be5 Bf8 38. Bf6
Bd6 39. Bg5 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. Kf3 {etc.}) 33. Qb7 Re8 34. Ba5 Kh6 35. Be1 h3
36. gxh3 Nc5 37. Qc6 Re3 38. Bf2 Rf3 39. Kg2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bxb2 41. Kf3 Ne4
42. Qxa6 Bf6 43. Qb7 {White's king now triumphally marches to f7.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Nc1 {
This continuation has recently gained popularity.} (8. Qd2 {is the main move.})
8... cxd4 (8... Qc7 9. d5 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Nd3 Nbd7
14. a4 Qb7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rad1 $14 {Kamsky-A.Ivanov, USA-ch 1991}) (8... Nbd7
9. Nb3 Qc7 10. d5 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb6 14. O-O Ba6 15. a4
Rfb8 16. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Vovk,Y (2567)-De Vos,N (2205)/Vlissingen 2009/CBM 131
Extra (54)}) (8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 e6 13. O-O exd5
14. cxd5 Rb8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. h3 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rb4 20.
Qe2 Re8 21. e5 $16 {0-1 Graf,A (2598)-Burg,T (2449)/Deizisau 2010/CBM 135
Extra (35)}) 9. Nb3 (9. Bxd4 $6 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ne5 (12...
Rc8 $5) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 {[#]} (16. Nd4 Nxe4 $1
17. fxe4 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Ng4 $44) 16... Nxe4 $1 17. fxe4 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Qxe4 $40 {
1/2 Bischoff,K (2561)-Stellwagen,D (2489)/Pulvermuehle 2004/CBM 100/[Hazai] 
(25)}) 9... Qc7 {Hardly the best retreat.} (9... Qd8 10. Nxd4 Nc6 {transposes
to the Sicilian Maroczy}) (9... Qb6 10. Bxd4 Qd8 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Be3 a5 13. Na4
Be6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. f4 $14
{1-0 Khairullin,I (2620)-Kokarev,D (2629)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (51)}) (9... Qe5
$5 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 Nc6) 10... Qg5 11. Qc1 Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 Nc6 13. Be3 b6 14.
Be2 Nd7 15. Kf2 Nc5 16. Rhd1 Ne6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Nxc5
bxc5 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rab8 23. Na4 Nxe5 24. Nxc5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rb6 $13 {
0-1 Graf,A (2613)-Zude,E (2426)/Bastia 2005/EXT 2006 (45)}) (9... Qh5 $5 10.
Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 (11. Nc2 Be6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qd2 {1-0 Postny,E (2571)-Voigt,R
(2384)/Germany 2006/CBM 112 (49)} Qa5 $132 {[%cal Rd7e5]}) (11. Nb3 Be6 12. Be2
Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qg5 14. g3 Nd7 (14... Bh3 $5) 15. Rc1 {1-0 Graf,A (2610)-Ohme,M 
(2194)/Leipzig 2007/EXT 2008 (52)} Bh3 $132) (11. Nde2 Qa5 12. Qd2 {1-0 Lenic,
L (2574)-Schiendorfer,E (2274)/Rogaska Slatina 2009/CBM 130 Extra (28)} Nd7
$132 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yf7f5]}) (11. Qd2 $5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Be2 Rfc8 (13...
Qa5 {again leads to the Maroczy}) 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O {[%cal
Yf3f4]}) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bh6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3
Be6 17. Nd1 Rfc8 18. b3 Qh5 19. O-O a6 20. Nf2 b5 $132 {1/2 Mecking,H (2565)
-Matamoros Franco,C (2534)/Ayamonte 2006/EXT 2007 (56)}) 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nb3 {
This move is dubious in the Maroczy (with Black's queen on d8); it is rather
inappropriate here, too.} (11. Be2 Nxd4 (11... a6 12. Rc1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14.
b3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Qa5 17. f4 $14 f5 $6 (17... f6) 18. exf5 Qxf5 19.
Qd2 Rac8 20. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A (2674)-Hughes,T (2267)/Richardson 2010/CBM
139 Extra (23)}) 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. b3 a6 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. O-O Rab8
17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 $14 {1/2 Bognar,C (2216)-Gladyszev,O (2388)/
Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) (11. Rc1 $5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14.
Be2 a5 15. Nb5 $14 {1-0 Meister,P (2410)-Panzer,P (2345)/Germany 1991/GER-chT 
(83)}) 11... a5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nb5 Qb7 15. N3d4 Nc5 16. Be2 Bd7 17.
b3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 f5 $6 (18... e6 $1 19. O-O d5 $11) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. O-O f4
21. Bf2 Rf6 $6 {The rook goes to h6, where it has nothing to do.} (21... Bxd4
$5 22. Bxd4 Bf5 {[%cal Ya8d8,Ye7e5]}) 22. Bd3 $1 Raf8 (22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rg6
24. Kh1 {- Black's position is much less solid without his strong knight.}) 23.
Re1 Bc8 24. Nb5 Rh6 25. Bc2 Rh5 $6 (25... Be5 $142) 26. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 27. Be4 $6
(27. Qd2 $1 Be5 28. Qxa5 $16) 27... Qd7 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Be6 Qb7 $13 30. Bd5
Qb6 $2 {A strange decision. It is unclear what Black suddenly became afraid of
in the event of} (30... Qd7) 31. Rxe7 Qd8 32. Bf7 $2 (32. Qe1 $1 Be5 33. Ra7
Qg5 34. Rd1 Bf5 (34... Qh6 35. Be4) 35. Bf7 Rh6 36. Rd2 $16) 32... Rh6 $6 (
32... Qxe7 33. Bxh5 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Bf5 $44 {[%cal Rg7b2]}) 33. Qe2 (33. Qe1 $5
Be5 34. Ra7) 33... Be5 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Qxe5+ Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Bd5 {
This position is good for Black but he plays poorly and gets outplayed.} Bf5
38. g4 fxg3 39. hxg3 Re8 40. Kf2 Bd3 (40... Kg7 $142 $11) 41. g4 Re2+ (41...
Kg7 42. Kg3 Bg6 $11) 42. Kg3 h6 $6 (42... Bg6 43. Rc3 Re1 $1 {preventing} 44.
f4 {in view of} Rg1+) 43. Rc3 Rd2 $6 (43... Bc2 44. f4 Rd2 45. Nc7 Rb6 $1) 44.
Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6]} Bf1 (44... Bg6 45. Re3 $16) 45. f4 Rd3+ (45... Rb6 46. f5
Rb2 47. Ne6 R6xb3 48. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 49. Kf2 {[%csl Rf1]} Bd3 50. Nxc5 Ra3 51. f6
Bg6 52. Nd7 Rxa4 53. Ne5 Kh7 54. Ke3 $16) 46. Rxd3 Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096]} 47. Ne6
Rxe6 $1 {Otherwise after Ne6xc5 White's position will be winning.} 48. Bxe6 Bc2
49. Bd7 (49. Kf3 Bxb3 50. Ke4 Bxa4 51. Kd5 Kg7 52. Kxc5 Bd1 53. Kb5 Kf6 54. Bc8
Be2 $1 $11) 49... Kg7 50. Bb5 (50. g5 Bxb3 51. Bb5 Bc2 {- see annotation to
move 51}) 50... Kf6 ({Why not} 50... Bxb3 {?}) 51. Kh4 Bd1 {Black subsequently
underestimates the importance of the b3-pawn and finally gets spectacularly
punished.} (51... Bxb3 $142 52. g5+ (52. Kh5 Bd1) 52... Kg7 $1 (52... hxg5+ $2
53. fxg5+ Kg7 54. Kg4 $18) 53. Kg3 (53. f5 hxg5+ 54. Kxg5 Bc2 $1) 53... Bc2 54.
Kf3 Kg6 55. Be8+ Kg7 {, and Black apparently holds on.}) 52. Kh5 Kg7 53. f5 Kf6
$2 {An imperceptible but probably decisive mistake! It was essential to keep
protecting the h6-pawn not allowing the white bishop to d5 or e4.} (53... Bxb3
$2 {is too late due to} 54. f6+ Kxf6 55. Kxh6 $18) (53... Bf3 $1 54. Bd7 Bd1
55. f6+ (55. b4 cxb4 56. c5 b3 57. c6 b2 58. c7 b1=Q 59. c8=Q Bxg4+ 60. Kxg4
Qe4+ $11) 55... Kxf6 56. Kxh6 Ke7 57. Bf5 Bxb3 58. g5 Bxc4 {, and Black should
survive.}) 54. Bc6 $1 Be2 (54... Kg7 55. Bd5 Kf6 (55... Bxb3 56. f6+ $1 Kxf6
57. Kxh6 $18) 56. b4 $1 cxb4 57. c5 b3 58. c6 b2 59. Ba2 Bxa4 60. c7 Bd7 61.
Kxh6 $18) 55. Be4 Bd1 56. b4 $1 {See annotation to move 51!} axb4 (56... cxb4
57. c5 Bxa4 58. Kxh6 $18) 57. a5 b3 58. a6 Bc2 59. Bd5 b2 60. a7 Bxf5 (60...
b1=Q 61. a8=Q $18) 61. a8=Q Bxg4+ 62. Kxg4 b1=Q 63. Qf8+ Ke5 64. Qf4# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 (
8. Qd2 $5 Nd7 $146 9. d5 Na5 $6 10. Ng3 Qb6 11. b3 $1 a6 12. Rc1 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-Basagic, Bled , 2002; >= 9...Ne5 10.Ng3 a6 /\ 11...b5 <=>}) 8...
Ne5 9. Ng3 {The favourite variation of the former European Champion against
the King's Indian.} h5 ({It is possible to attack the centre immediately by} 
9... e6 10. Be2 exd5 (10... a6 11. f4 $1 (11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. a4 b4
14. Nb1 c4 $13) 11... Neg4 12. Bxg4 (12. Bd2 $5) 12... Nxg4 13. Qxg4 exd5 14.
Qf3 (14. f5 h5 $1 15. Qf3 d4 16. O-O dxe3 17. Kh1 $44) 14... d4 15. Bd2 (15.
Bxd4 $5 cxd4 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. O-O $14) (15. Nd5 $5 dxe3 16. O-O
Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Kh1 b5 19. f5 $44) 15... dxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 (16... f5 17.
O-O fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 20. Rae1 $14) 17. O-O $5 (17. O-O-O $5 Be6
18. e5 Bxc4 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. b3 Be6 21. Rhd1 $16) (17. b3 $5) 17... bxc4 (17...
Be6 18. b3 bxc4 19. f5 $16) 18. Rad1 $1 Rb8 (18... Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+
f6 21. Qxc4 $16) 19. e5 $16 Bb7 (19... Rb6 $2 20. Ba5 $18) 20. Qf2 (20. Ne4 $2
Qe8 $1 21. Rxd6 f5 $1) 20... d5 21. Qxc5 (21. Ne4 dxe4 $5 22. Rxd8 Rfxd8 23.
Qxc5 Rbc8 24. Qf2 Bf8 $44) 21... Qc8 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Qf2 $6 f6 $1 $132) 22...
Qc6 23. Rd2 (23. Bd4 $5) 23... Rfe8 24. Ne2 $2 (24. f5 $1 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26.
fxg6 hxg6 27. Qh6 fxe5 28. Nh5 $1 gxh5 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rf7 $40) 24... f6 $1
25. Nd4 Qb6 26. e6 f5 27. Nxf5 (27. Re1 $2 Bc8 $1 $17) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Nxe3
Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxe6 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rb2 32. Rg5 {1/2
Mikhalchishin-Bologan/Bled (ol) 2002}) 11. cxd5 h5 ({Some players like to
include typical moves on the queenside:} 11... a6 12. a4 Bd7 (12... h5 13. O-O
Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1 f5 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. Nf4 Nxf4 (
19... Re8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Nhf8 22. Bc4 Nxe6 23. Rad1 $14) 20. Bxf4 Qf6
21. Kh1 Rae8 $146 (21... Rfe8) 22. a5 Rf7 23. Bc4 Rfe7 24. Rac1 Kh8 25. b3 Qg6
26. Rce1 $14 {Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Khairullin,I (2574)/Moscow 2009}) 13. h3 b5
14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Rb8 17. e5 (17. Rf2) (17. Qe2) 17... Ne8 18.
Qd2 Qc8 $5 $146 (18... dxe5) 19. Rae1 $5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Nge4 f5 22.
Nxc5 (22. Bxc5 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Qxd6 $13) 22... Rf7 $6 (
22... Bd6 23. Ne6 $14 Bxe6 $140 24. dxe6 Qc6 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Nd5 $16) 23. Bf2
$1 Bd6 24. Ne6 $14 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2646)-Inarkiev,E (2669)/Russia (ch) 2008
}) 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. a4 (16. Rad1 $6 Re8 17. b4
$5 b6 $13 {Khenkin-Efimenko, Germany, 2002; >= 16.exf5 Bxf5 (16...gxf5 17.Nh3+/
-) 17.Nfe4+/=, Mikhalchishin}) 16... Qf6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. f4 a6
20. Bf2 Rae8 21. Kh1 Rf7 22. a5 Rfe7 23. Bh5 Nhf8 24. Rg1 Bh6 25. g3 {1-0
Tomashevsky,E (2701)-Khairullin,I (2617)/Rijeka 2010. The opening of the
g-file fixes White's advantage.}) 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bxg4 ({
White should not lose time:} 13. Bg1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. h3 b4 16. Na4 Nh6 17.
e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nxc5 Bc6 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Be4 Qe7 23. Bxf5
Qxe5+ 24. Be4 f5 {0-1 Gunina,V (2295)-Girya,O (2342)/St Petersburg, 2008})
13... Nxg4 14. Qxg4 exd5 {A typical piece sacrifice, which seems to guarantee
Black excellent counterplay.} 15. f5 d4 16. Nd5 ({White is forced to go
forward as the retreat just leaves him with pawn weaknesses.} 16. Bd2 dxc3 17.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8) 16... dxe3 17. Nfxe3 ({Immediate castling appears to
be more dynamic:} 17. O-O-O e2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 b5 21. Nfe3
Rb8 22. cxb5 Bd7 23. a4 a6 {1-0 Hovmoller,K (2287)-Szabo,G (2376)/Hallsberg ,
2003/. With very unclear play, in which the bishop pair can certainly have its
word to say.}) 17... Bxb2 18. O-O $3 {An exchange sacrifice (plus pawn) for a
complete blockade of the centre, executed by the white knights.} Bxa1 ({
Ponomariov adopts the principled line, but other players would try to keep
control over the black squares:} 18... Bd4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rf3 $13) 19. Rxa1
Kg7 20. Rf1 $1 ({The materialistic way would be illogical:} 20. f6+ Qxf6 21.
Nxf6 Bxg4 22. Nexg4 a6 23. Rf1 b5 {trying to open space for the black rooks.})
20... Rh8 21. Qf4 g5 {Black is forced to close the king's flank, as opening it
would be too dangerous.} (21... gxf5 22. exf5 Kf8 23. Re1) 22. Qf3 ({It was
possible to develop the attack differently, as most of the black pieces are
not participating in the defence:} 22. f6+ Kh6 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Ng4+ Kh7 25. Ne7
a5 26. Ne3 Kh6 27. N3f5+ {but the black pieces are so pressured with the lack
of space, that Tomashevsky can improve his position in a more relaxed way!})
22... f6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Bd7 {There now follows a combinational attack
according to the recommendations of the great Capablanca - improve your pieces
maximally and you'll find a lot of tactical motifs!} 25. Ndxf6 $1 Rxf6 26.
Qxg5+ Kf7 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. Rd1 Rxf5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ {
A fantastic achievment by the former European Champion!} 1-0

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 ({Morozevich plays many different openings, e.
g. in Saratov he also employed} 2... e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5
c5 {against Ponomariov in the penultimate round. The resulting draw clinched
his fine tournament victory.}) 3. Nc3 ({Moiseenko used to play} 3. f3 {even
against the Grünfeld in the past (now he has different preferences). After} d5
4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O {the most
topical move is currently} Qd6 {[%cal Yf8d8] /\Rd8} (9... f5 $5 $13 {, as
recommended by Grünfeld guru Avrukh, is also playable, but Black wants to
force [+] concessions without weakening his >> too much.}) 10. Kb1 $5 ({
Too artificial is} 10. Nb5 {is too artificial:} Qd7 11. Na3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13.
Kb1 ({This is tame, but Black has <=> even after} 13. f4 c5 14. fxe5 Qe7 $44)
13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5 Qb7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2768)
-Sutovsky,E (2700)/WChT Ningbo/2011/} c5 $1 $15 {/\} 18. Qxc5 $2 Na4 19. Qc1
Be6 $19 {->}) (10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
g4 Qc6 (15... e5 $142 $5) 16. Qf2 Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Nge2 Nf7 19. Qh4 h6
20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 $11 {Grischuk,A (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Moscow/
2010/}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 $5 (12... Ne5 $2 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nxa7
Rxa7 15. Bxb6 Ra8 16. Ne2 (16. f4 $5 Ng4 17. Nf3) 16... Re8 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Be3
Bd7 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 $14 {/+/-,
Anand,V (2817)-Mamedyarov,S (2746)/Bastia rpd/2011/}) 13. Nc3 $6 ({The
principled follow-up is} 13. dxc6 $142 $1 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16.
cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 Rd8 18. Bc1 Rd4 $5 $132 {[%cal Rd4e4] /\Re4}) 13... Na5 14.
Bd4 Nbc4 15. Qf2 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4 Qd6 20. h5 b5
21. hxg6 hxg6 $15 {Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik/2011/})
3... Bg7 {So no Grünfeld this time, but Morozevich has played a fair share of
King's Indians in his career as well. Maybe he simply doesn't have a high
opinion of the Sämisch, which is Moiseenko's main weapon against the KID.} 4.
e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 {The standard Sämisch continuation, but White has also
tried other alternatives, which can give the game an independent twist:} (6.
Nge2 a6 ({The most common reaction is} 6... c5 {, transposing into a Benoni
after} 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 {Here Black has a wide choice, the most
original continuation is} Nh5 $5 (9... Nbd7 $13) (9... h5 $13) (9... a6 10. a4
Nbd7 $13) 10. Nxh5 gxh5 11. Bd3 f5 $132) 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 ({The most
natural move is} 8... b5 {, but in some cases it may weaken the <<:} 9. h4 h5
10. Bh6 e5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc1 Bb7 15. Nb3 Rac8
16. a3 Qd8 $2 ({Black should have ignored the Na5 sortie with} 16... Rfd8 $1
$11) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. g4 $1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Qg5 Qc7 {Morozevich,A (2707)
-Svidler,P (2738)/WCh San Luis/2005/} 21. gxh5 $1 $40 {/\} Nh7 22. Qc1 $1 Nxc4
23. hxg6 Qb6 24. gxh7 Qxb3 25. Qg5+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Rhg1+ Kf6 28. Qg5+
Ke6 29. Rg2 $18 {/\f4; Gershon,Nor.}) 9. h4 (9. g4 e5 10. O-O-O b5 $13) ({
It can be interesting to slow down Black's <=> with} 9. c5 $5 b5 10. cxd6 exd6
11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Re8 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Ncd5 Rc8 17.
b3 h6 18. Rfe1 Nh7 19. Rc1 Nhf8 20. Bf1 Kh7 21. Red1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Nf4
Re8 24. Nd3 $16 {Dreev,A (2655)-Khismatullin,D (2583)/Ramenskoe/2006/}) 9... h5
10. O-O-O e5 11. g4 hxg4 12. h5 gxf3 13. Ng3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ng4 15. hxg6 fxg6
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxd6 Qf6 18. Qd2 Qf4 19. Nf5+ Rxf5 20. exf5 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2
gxf5 22. Nd1 b5 $44 {[%csl Gf3] o^f3,Moiseenko,A (2663)-Van Wely,L (2648)/WCup
Khanty Mansiysk/2005/}) (6. Bg5 {for the time being prevents the typical KID
advance e5, but can also head for the Benoni after} c5 (6... c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
cxd5 9. Nxd5 $5 (9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. Nc1 Qe8 12. Nd3 h5 13. Be2 Nh7
14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Nxc5 Rxc5
20. Nd1 Rfc8 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qd8 $11 {Ding,L (2637)-Zhou
Jianchao (2660)/Tianjin/2011/}) 9... Be6 10. Ne2 $14) 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9.
cxd5 (9. Nxd5 Be6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nec3 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxh6
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3 $1 $11) 9... a6 10. a4 {Black can interpolate this move even
earlier, from move 7 onwards. It seems to be his best choice, after} h6 $5 (
10... Re8 $143 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 $5 h5 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Be2 Qb6 ({
In practice Black has scored better with} 13... Qa5 14. O-O Nh7 15. Be3 Qb4 $5
{, but he still faces some problems after} 16. Nh1 (16. a5 $5 $14) 16... c4 17.
Nf2 Nc5 18. Bd1 Bd7 19. a5 Be5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Bc2 Rac8 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Bxb3
cxb3 24. e5 $5 dxe5 25. Nd3 $36 {Kazoks,A (2399)-Guizar,C (2352)/corr/2008/})
14. O-O Nh7 15. Be3 h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. a5 Qd8 19. Na4 $1 fxe4 20.
fxe4 h3 21. g3 Rb8 22. Nb6 Nd7 23. Nc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 $6 (24... Bxe5 $142 $5
$14) 25. b4 $16 {Moiseenko,A (2641)-Socko,B (2660)/Tromsoe/2007/}) 11. Be3 (11.
Bxh6 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxh6 15. Nxd6 Nd7 $32 {gives
Black good compensation for the P.}) 11... Re8 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 (13. Nd1
$142 {and}) (13. Nc1 $5 {are better moves}) 13... h5 14. Be2 h4 15. Nf1 Nh7
$132 {his <=> is more concrete, than in the above line.}) 6... c5 $5 {
Undermines White's [+] even at the cost of a P. This line is doing well
nowadays, the most common alternatives are:} (6... Nc6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Qd2 a6 {
was once very popular, leading to sharp fights (like the famous "Mona Lisa"
game Bagirov-Gufeld, Kirovabad 1973) of the "who comes first" type. Currently
White more often seeks an advantage by positional means:} {The modern} 9. Rc1 {
aims to take the sting out of b5 and causes Black some problems:} ({An older
try in this spirit is} 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3 (11... c5 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Re8 15. Be2 d5 16. cxd5 Rb4 17. Bc5 Nxe4 18. fxe4
Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rbxe4 20. O-O Rxe2 21. dxc6 $14 {/\} Qg5 $6 22. Rf2 Bh3 23. Bf8
$1 $18) 12. axb3 c5 (12... Nh5 {is maybe worth a closer look, after} 13. O-O-O
({Possibly White should look for improvements already with} 13. c5 {or}) (13.
b4 $5) 13... f5 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Bd7 18. g4 fxe4 19.
fxe4 Ra8 20. Bg2 Ra6 21. Rhf1 Qa8 22. Bg5 c5 23. dxc6 Be6 $1 $132 {So,W (2673)
-Nijboer,F (2584)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 13. g4 $5 (13. b4 cxb4 14. Na4 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Qxb4 Ne8 17. Nc3 Bh6 $1 18. Bf2 Qg5 $132) 13... h5 14. h3 Nh7 15.
gxh5 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxh5 17. Be2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 $5 (18... gxf5 19. f4 Qh6 20.
O-O-O e4 21. Rdg1 Kh8 22. Rh2 $14 {Vitiugov,N (2681)-Shomoev,A (2566)/Ulan Ude/
2009/}) 19. f4 Qh6 20. fxe5 g5 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Qg1 Bf5 23. h4 Rbe8 24. Kd1 Qg6
25. hxg5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Bb1 27. Rxb1 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxb1+ 29. Qc1 Qxb3+ 30. Ke1
Re8 {Samdanov,S (2188)-Fedorov,A (2598)/Khanty Mansiysk/2011/} 31. Kf1 $13 {/=}
) 9... e6 (9... Bd7 10. Nd1 e6 11. Nf2 Ne8 12. g3 f5 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. O-O fxe4
15. fxe4 Qe7 16. b4 e5 17. d5 Nd8 18. c5 Nf7 19. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5] |^<<,
Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Fier,A (2601)/WChT Bursa/2010/}) 10. Nd1 (10. b3 Nd7 {
and the sudden switch to a >>->} 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Ne7 13. g4 {gave Black <=>
after} hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bg2 e5 17. Bf3 b5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4
Bxf4 20. Bxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. O-O Nxf4 25. Qxf4
c6 $11 {Anand,V (2791)-Grischuk,A (2733)/Linares/2009/}) (10. g3 Ne7 11. b4 Nd7
12. Rd1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc1 c6 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Na5 d5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Nxc4
bxc4 19. a3 $13 {So,W (2658)-Ding,L (2654)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2011/}) 10...
Re8 11. g3 Ne7 12. Bg2 b5 13. c5 b4 14. Nf2 a5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. f4
d5 18. e5 Nf5 19. Kh1 Ra8 20. Ng1 Nb8 21. g4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24.
Qh3 Nc6 25. Bf3 $14 {()>>,Vitiugov,N (2709)-Ganguly,S (2650)/Khanty Mansiysk
olm/2010/ White used his () to gradually build up a direct -> against the K.})
({The classical} 6... e5 {was developed by Kasparov in the 1980s and 1990s.
Here White still has to demonstrate a clear path to an advantage after} 7. Nge2
c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. d5 (9. O-O-O a6 10. c5 {is a newer try, but it's not too
convincing after} (10. Kb1 b5 {didn't pose Kasparov any problems, the position
is similar to Morozevich-Svidler above.}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 dxc5 12. Bxc5 Re8
13. Kb1 b5 14. Nc1 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nxc5 $5 (15... Qc7 16. Bd6 Qb6 $11) 16. Rxd8
Raxd8 $44 17. Qf2 Ne6 18. Qb6 Rb8 19. Nb3 c5 20. Qa7 Nd7 21. Na5 Bd4 22. Ne2
Be5 23. g3 Bc7 24. Nxb7 Ra8 $11 {Riazantsev,A (2593)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2673)/
RUS-chT Sochi/2006/}) 9... cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. h3 b5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14.
Nc1 (14. Ng3 Nh7 $1 15. gxh5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Bf6 17. Qh6 Bg7 18. Qg5 $11 (18. Qd2
Nc5 $44 {/=/+})) 14... Nc5 15. Bd3 (15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qf2 b4 17. Nb1 Ncxe4 $1 18.
fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qg2 {Laurenc,P (2390)-Gornoi,M (2397)/corr/2005/} Nf6 $1 $44)
15... b4 16. N3e2 Bd7 17. Ng3 Nh7 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Bh4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rec8 21.
Be2 Ra7 22. O-O Qb6 23. Kg2 Rac7 $11 {/<=>,Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Chuprov,D 
(2571)/Moscow/2009/}) 7. Nge2 {Accepting the sacrifice gives Black good
compensation after} (7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 (10...
Nd7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nf4 Nb4 13. Rc1 $5 Be6 14. b3 g5 15. Nxe6 Ned3+ 16. Bxd3
Nxd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxc1+ 18. Rxc1 fxe6 19. Bxg5 Kf7 20. Be3 Bd4 (20... a6 21. Bb6
Rd7 22. Na4 Rg8 23. g3 Bh6 24. Rc2 $14 {Christiansen,L (2577)-Charbonneau,P 
(2499)/USA-tt/2008/}) 21. Nd1 $1 Rac8 22. Nf2 e5 23. Nd3 $14 {Khairullin,I 
(2634)-Gallagher,J (2500)/EU-ch Aix les Bains/2011/ The resulting _|_ with 2 P
for the exchange gives White an edge without much risk.}) 11. Ba3 Bb7 $142 $5 (
11... a5 12. Na4 $5 $14) (11... Ba6 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Nec3 (13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Rxd7
Rxd7 15. Nec3 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 a6 17. c5 bxc5 $1 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nd1
a5 $11 {Zwielich,F-Baumann,R/Recklinghausen /2003/}) 13... Bb7 14. Na4 Rad8 15.
Be2 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kf2 Nd4 19. Rhd1 Nxe2 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21.
Kxe2 Bh6 22. Bb4 Bc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Bc3 e5 25. Nb2 a6 26. Na3 f4 27. Rd1 Kf7
28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Nc2 e4 $14 {[%csl Gc6,Gh6] <=>^^,Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Grischuk,
A (2747)/Monte Carlo rpd blinfold/2011/}) 12. Rd1 a5 13. Nc1 (13. Na4 Nb4 $1
14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nxb6 Nd7 $44 (16... Bh6 $5 $44)) 13... Nb4 14.
Bd3 Bh6 15. Nd5 Nfxd5 16. cxd5 e6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. dxe6 Bxc1 19. e7 {Wang Yue
(2704)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Sochi/2008/} Rxd3 $5 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21. h4 $1 Bxe7 $1 (
21... Bf6 $2 22. Rd7 Bc6 23. Rd6) 22. Rd7 Rxa2 (22... Bc5 23. Rxb7 Rxa2 24. Rd7
Rxb2 25. Rd2 Rb1+ 26. Rd1 Rb2 $11) 23. Rxe7 Ra1+ 24. Kf2 Rxh1 25. Rxb7 Rb1 $11)
(7. d5 e6 {leads to similar positions, as in the 6.Bg5 line, but here Black
doesn't have to resolve the problem of finding the best moment to play h6.})
7... Qa5 {The less usual, but fully plausible alternative.} ({Black often
insists on the sacrifice with} 7... Nc6 {, but after} 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 {
he isn't doing that well in the Benoni - his seemingly active N can be exposed,
or get in the way of his <=>:} e6 (9... h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 {However,
Black has to reckon with immediate aggression} 12. f4 $1 (12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5
a6 (13... Bd7 14. O-O b5 $2 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. a4 Nh5 18. f4 Nd7
19. Qg4 a6 {Ponomariov,R (2733)-Carlsen,M (2813)/Medias/2010/} 20. Bxd7 Nf6 21.
Qxh4 $16) (13... Nh7 $5 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O Re8 16. h3 f5 $132 {Razuvaev,Y 
(2575)-Khalifman,A (2625)/Bundesliga/1992/}) 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6
17. Ra2 Qb4 18. O-O Bb5 19. Kh1 (19. f4 $5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Neg4 21. Kh1 Nxe3 22.
Qxe3 $14) 19... Rfb8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Ra4 Bxf1 23. Rxb4 cxb4 24.
Na4 Bd3 25. Nb6 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Qe1 f5 29. Qxb4 Rc8 30.
Bc7 {Ponomariov,R (2744)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/ - see the notes
to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 141.} Bd4 $1 31. Qxd4 Rxc7 $11) 12... Neg4 13.
Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 exd5 15. f5 d4 16. Nd5 dxe3 17. Nfxe3 Bxb2 18. O-O $1 Bxa1
19. Rxa1 $40 {White undoubtedly prepared this at home, the end was swift -} Kg7
20. Rf1 Rh8 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qf3 f6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Bd7 25. Ndxf6 Rxf6 26.
Qxg5+ Kf7 27. e5 dxe5 28. Rd1 Rxf5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ {1-0,
Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Ponomariov,R (2758)/EUCup Rogaska Slatina/2011/}) 10. Be2
exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Kh1 ({
Also interesting is} 16. a4 Qf6 17. exf5 $5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 $6 (18... Rae8
$142 $14) 19. f4 $1 a6 20. Bf2 Rae8 21. Kh1 Rf7 22. a5 Rfe7 23. Bh5 Nhf8 24.
Rg1 Bh6 25. g3 $40 {Tomashevsky,E (2701)-Khairullin,I (2617)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/
}) 16... a6 17. a4 Re8 18. Rg1 g5 $6 {׻} (18... Nf7 $14) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20.
Rae1 Rc8 21. Nce4 Nf7 22. Bd3 Re5 23. Bc2 Qd7 24. g3 $36 {Tomashevsky,E (2664)
-Shomoev,A (2567)/EU-ch Budva/2009/ White again opens the >> and unleashes a
direct ->.}) 8. Nc1 {This move has recently become White's main try.} (8. d5 b5
$5 9. cxb5 a6 $44 {is quite an attractive version of the Benko/Volga Gambit
for Black.}) ({Black solved his opening problems after the seemingly more
natural} 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 (9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 $132) 9... Ne5 10. Ng3 (10.
Nc1 a6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a4 Qb4 13. b3 e6 14. N1a2 Qa5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxd6 {
Kramnik,V (2685)-Gelfand,B (2690)/Linares/1993/} Nxe4 $1 17. fxe4 Rfd8 18. Qxc5
Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Bxc3+ 20. Ke2 Bg4+ $15 {and Black advantageously wins material.})
10... h5 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 a6 13. Nd1 Qc7 14. a4 e6 15. Bh6 exd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. cxd5 Qe7 18. Nf2 Bd7 19. Ne3 Nh5 $11 {1/2,Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Khairullin,
I (2574)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 8... cxd4 {Black goes for a Maroczy setup, as
transposing to the Benoni is suspect:} (8... Nc6 $6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. d5 Ne5 11.
Be2 a6 12. a4 e6 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Rb8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. h3 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18.
Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rb4 {Graf,A (2598)-Burg,T (2449)/Deizisau/2010/} {Now after}
20. Qd3 Re8 21. Rfe1 $16 {Black's compensation is insuffcient.}) 9. Nb3 ({
White would like to take with the N.} 9. Bxd4 $143 {is not very harmonious:}
Nc6 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ne5 (12... Rc8 $1 $11) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
cxd5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 (16. Nd4 $5) 16... Nxe4 $1 17. fxe4 Qh4+ 18. Kd2
Qxe4 19. Rc3 Qxg2 20. Kc1 Rac8 $13 {Bischoff,K (2561)-Stellwagen,D (2489)/
Pulvermuehle/2004/}) 9... Qe5 $5 {An obvious provocation, typical for
Morozevich - he uses his Q as a bait to weaken White's position.} (9... Qc7 10.
Nxd4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Yd4b5,Ya1c1,Yc3d5] ףc7 (Nb5,Rc1,Nd5) exposes the L,
moreover Moiseenko had a recent positive experience with this line:} Nc6 11.
Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nb5 Qb7 15. N3d4 Nc5 16. Be2 Bd7 17. b3 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. O-O f4 21. Bf2 Rf6 22. Bd3 Raf8 23. Re1 Bc8 24.
Nb5 Rh6 25. Bc2 Rh5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Be4 $14 {Moiseenko,A (2673)-Saric,I 
(2626)/EU-ch Aix les Bains/2011/}) ({The most solid continuation is} 9... Qh5
10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 (11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. b3 Rfc8 15. Rd1
a6 16. Na4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bh6+ 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Nd7 20. Rc1 Rc6 21. f4
Rac8 22. Kd2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Rd8+ $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2689)-Kempinski,
R (2601)/GRE-chT Kallithea/2009/}) 11... Qh4+ $5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 (
12... Qg5 $5 13. O-O Nh5 {/\} 14. Nd5 Nf4 $11) 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3
Qa5 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 a6 19. a4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 $14 {Vitiugov,N 
(2726)-Polzin,R (2469)/EUCup Rogaska Slatina/2011/}) 12. g3 (12. Bf2 Qg5 {
also forces an advance of the Pg2:} 13. O-O $6 Bh3 14. Bg3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nh5
16. Qd5 Qe3+ 17. Bf2 Qh6 $40) 12... Qh3 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bh6 $1 15. Be3 (
15. f4 e5 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Be2 Qh3 $11) 15... Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Be6 17.
Nd1 Rfc8 18. b3 Qh5 19. O-O a6 20. Nc3 Qc5 $11 {Glorstad,T (2107)-Bekkesletten,
C (2214)/corr./2009/ Morozevich is not interested in boring equality.}) (9...
Qb6 {is not ideal either:} 10. Bxd4 Qd8 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Be3 a5 13. Na4 Be6 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. f4 f6 20. Kh1
Rad8 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. b3 Bf7 23. h4 Nc5 24. Nc3 $14 {/+/-(),Khairullin,I (2620)
-Kokarev,D (2629)/Irkutsk/2010/}) 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Rf6e4] /\Ne4}
11. Nb3 (11. Nc2 Be6 12. Be2 Nd7 $132) 11... Nd7 $5 $132 {[%cal Ya7a5,Yf7f5] /
\a5,f5}) 10... Qf4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty in the same provocative spirit, as
the previous move.} (10... Qg5 11. Qc1 (11. h4 Qg3+ 12. Bf2 Qe5 13. Bd4 $11 {
practically forces a quick draw, maybe this is what Morozevich wanted to avoid?
}) 11... Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 Nc6 13. Be3 b6 (13... Be6 $142 14. Nd5 Nd7 $11) 14. Be2
Nd7 15. Kf2 Nc5 16. Rhd1 Ne6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5
21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rab8 23. Na4 $14 {Graf,A (2613)-Zude,E (2426)/Bastia rpd/
2005/}) 11. g3 {Moiseenko accepts the challenge and plays the most principled
move.} (11. Qc1 $11 {is the same as above.}) (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 $11) 11...
Qg5 12. Qe2 {Again the best.} (12. f4 Qg4 (12... Qh6 $5) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5
Bxb2 $5 (14... Qe6 15. Qe2 Na6 16. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Ra6] saves material, but
Black's forces lack coordination.} (16. O-O-O $5)) 15. Rb1 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Ba3
17. Nc7 b6 18. Nxa8 Bb7 19. Bg2 Bxa8 $44 {Black has a P for the exchange, no
weaknesses and is definitely not worse.}) ({Hunting the Q with} 12. Kf2 Nc6 13.
h4 Qh5 14. g4 (14. Be3 Qe5 $11) 14... Nxg4+ 15. fxg4 {can lead to a pretty
perpetual after} Bxg4 (15... Bxd4+ $5 {is more ambitious:} 16. Qxd4 Bxg4 17.
Qe3 (17. Qd5 Ne5 $44 {[%csl Rf2] עf2}) 17... f5 18. Qg5 fxe4+ 19. Kg1 Ne5 $13)
16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 f5 18. Bxg7 fxe4+ $1 19. Bxf8 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 (20. Ke1 $6
Qxh1+ 21. Kd2 Qxh4 $15) 20... Qe3+ 21. Kh2 Qf2+ 22. Kh3 Qf5+ $11) 12... Nc6 13.
Be3 Qh5 (13... Qe5 14. Bg2 $14) 14. Bg2 (14. g4 $6 Nxg4 ({Black can play for
more than} 14... Qh4+ 15. Bf2 Qg5 16. Be3 $11) 15. fxg4 Bxg4 (15... Bxc3+ $5)
16. Qd2 f5 $36 {[%csl Re1] עe1 is risky for White. The text prepares castling,
something which White won't manage at all in the end.}) 14... Nd7 $6 {[%cal
Rg7c3] /\Bc3} (14... Bh3 15. O-O (15. g4 Nxg4 $44 {is still at best unclear,
although White is a tempo up in comparison with the previous note.}) 15... Bxg2
16. Kxg2 $11 {/+/= gives White a safe and very slightly better position,
therefore Morozevich tries to muddy the waters.}) ({However, his choice is not
ideal, perhaps a better way to complicate the isssue was} 14... b6 $5 {[%cal
Yc8a6] /\Ba6<=>}) 15. Nd5 $1 {The most principled reaction.} (15. Rc1 a5 $5
$132) 15... e6 16. Nf4 $6 ({Hesitation at a critical moment.} 16. Nc7 $142 $1
Rb8 17. Rd1 $36 {Although} a6 {[%csl Rc7] cut off the N, White has} 18. f4 $1
Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxb2 20. Rxd6 Ba3 21. c5 $14 {/+/- , paralysing Black's <<.})
16... Qe5 17. Nd3 (17. O-O-O a5 18. Nd4 a4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc1] gives Black very
concrete play against White's K.}) 17... Qf6 (17... Qh5 $2 18. h4 {[%csl Rh5]
ףh5}) 18. h4 $6 ({White feels his initiative is slipping after the normal} 18.
O-O b6 19. f4 Bb7 $11 {and tries to retain it by violent means. But this only
helps Black.}) 18... Qe7 {Finally safe!} 19. h5 a5 20. hxg6 (20. a4 $142 {
was more circumspect.}) 20... fxg6 $1 {[%cal Gf8f3] <->f} 21. a4 d5 $5 (21...
b6 $15 {is already pleasant for Black, but Morozevich wants more than just to
simply finish his development.}) 22. cxd5 exd5 23. exd5 (23. O-O dxe4 24. fxe4
Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nde5 $15 {gives Black a long-term and almost riskeless edge.})
23... Nb4 {Black has -> chances and starts to operate with concrete threats.}
24. Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 192] Now the attack breaks through tactically.} (24. Nxb4 $1
{was required:} Qxb4+ 25. Nd2 Nf6 $5 (25... Re8 26. Rh4 Qxb2 27. Rb1 $132) (
25... Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Nc4 Qxa4 28. Rh4 $44) 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. Nxc4 Nxd5 28.
Bc5 Rd8 29. O-O Bf5 $15) 24... Nc2+ $1 25. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 26. Qe2 (26. Kf1 Rxf3+
27. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Nf2 b6 $1 $17 {[%cal Yc8a6,Ya8f8] /-+, /\Ba6, Rf8}) 26...
Qg5 27. Kf1 ({Considerably more resilient, but probably still insuffcient to
save the game was} 27. Kf2 $142 $1 Qxd5 28. Qc2 {[%cal Yc2c4] /\Qc4} Nb6 29. f4
Qf7 $17) 27... Nf6 $5 (27... Qxg3 $17 {is strong as well, but Black first
activates his pieces.}) 28. Nbc5 (28. Kf2 Nh5 29. Rxh5 gxh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5h4] /
\h4->}) 28... Qxg3 29. Qf2 (29. Rf4 Re8 (29... Bh3 $5) 30. Qf2 (30. Ne4 Nh5 $1)
30... Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nxd5 $19 {leads to a hopeless _|_, but now White doesn't
even swap the L.}) 29... Qd6 $19 {-> The rest doesn't require much comment.}
30. Rd1 Ng4 $1 31. Qe2 (31. Qe1 Bd4 $19) 31... Qg3 32. Rxg4 (32. Rh1 Bd4 33.
Ne4 Nh2+ 34. Rxh2 Qxh2 $19) 32... Bxg4 33. Ne4 Rxf3+ $1 34. Bxf3 Bh3+ 35. Bg2
Rf8+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Bxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Qh4+ 39. Qh2 Qxe4+ 40. Qg2 Rf3 {
[%cal Rf3h3] /\Rh3#} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Nxc4 $5 (12... h3 $5 13. gxh3 Nxc4
14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bxb5 exd5 16. exd5 $6 ({I think that White should seek a way
to coordinate his forces at the cost of giving away a part of his material
advantage.} 16. Bc6 $1 Rb8 17. Bxd5 Rxb2 18. Rb1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxa2 20. f5 $1
Ba6 (20... Qh4+ $2 21. Ng3 Qxh3 22. Qb3 Rxh2 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxh2 Qxh2 25. Bf2
$18) 21. Rg1 Qh4+ 22. Ng3 Bc4 $1 23. Rc1 Re2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 $14 {
White's rook plus two knights should be superior to Black's queen with a
couple of pawns, but the position needs practical testing.}) 16... Rb8 17. Qe2
Bxh3 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Qa4 a6 $1 21. Qxa6 Ng4 22. Qa4 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 $2
(23. Rg3 $8 Nxh2 $36) 23... Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qf2+ 25. Ne2 Rfe8 26. Rg3 Bd7 $1 $19
{0-1 (32) Sriram,J (2410)-Adhiban,B (2551) Aurangabad 2011}) 13. Bxc4 b5 $1 14.
Bxb5 exd5 15. e5 (15. exd5 h3 (15... Rb8 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. a4 a6) 16. gxh3 {
transposing to the above mentioned game Sriram-Adhiban.}) (15. Bc6 $2 d4 16.
Bxa8 Bg4 {This is the difference between this line and when the moves h3-gxh3
included and the square is covered.}) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 (16. Bxc5 $2 d4 17.
Bxf8 Bxf8 18. fxe5 Qb6 19. exf6 dxc3 {Black is a full rook down, but can be
optimistic about his attacking chances.}) 16... Bg4 {The position is
completely wild and can be analysed for days.} (16... d4 17. Bg5 Bg4 (17... h3
18. Ne3 $1 hxg2 19. Nxg2 dxc3 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. exf6 cxb2 22. Rb1 $16) (17...
Rb8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qe2 Rxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxe4+ 23. Qe2
Qc6 24. O-O-O $16) 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxg4 $6 Nxg4 19. Bxd8 dxc3 20. Be7 Rfe8 $1 21.
Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxh4 cxb2 23. Rb1 Nxe5 $44) 18... Bxf6 19. Qxg4 dxc3 20. exf6
cxb2 21. Rb1 Qa5+ 22. Kf2 Qxb5 23. Ne3 $16) 17. exf6 $1 {The best decision, at
least from a practical point of view.} (17. Be2 $6 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 $1 19.
Nxd5 Nxe5 20. O-O-O c4 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Bc1 Rb7 $36 {[%cal Gf8b8]})
(17. Qa4 d4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 h3 $1 $13) 17... Bxd1 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxc5
h3 $1 20. Rxd1 hxg2 21. Rg1 gxf1=Q+ 22. Kxf1 {The material is now balanced,
but Black's attacking potential has decreased significantly.} Qh4 23. Rg2 Rfd8
24. Rd4 $6 (24. Bd4+ Kg8 25. Kg1 {I think White is better, his pieces are well
coordinated. In general three minor pieces should overcome a queen, even
though here Black has an extra pawn.}) 24... Qh5 25. Rf4 d4 $1 26. Bxd4+ Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Rb8 28. a4 a6 29. Bxa6 $2 Qf3+ $2 (29... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd4,Rf1]
[%cal Ge5d4,Ge5f6,Gf6a6,Gf6f1]}) 30. Rf2 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxb2+ 32. Rd2 Qc1 33. Kd3
Rb6 34. Bc4 Rd6+ 35. Bd5 Rd7 36. Rf4 f5 37. Rd4 Kh6 38. h4 Rc7 39. Bc4 Qf1+ 40.
Re2 f4 41. Kc2 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Our first game this month features an exciting King's Indian, where Svidler
shows respect to Robert Byrne by employing one of his opening systems.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 {6.Be3 is no longer
automatic here, as White players try to find a way around lines with a quick ..
.c7-c5.} a6 ({I guess the idea is that} 6... c5 7. d5 {gives White options
based on Bg5. In our game Caruana takes this opportunity immediately.}) 7. Bg5
c6 8. Qd2 b5 {This method of counterplay gains in strength when c4 is
unprotected. Good timing by Svidler.} 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O (10. e5 {whilst the d
file can be opened, looks premature. Black acheived good prospects in the
following recent game:} dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nfd7 13. f4 f6 (13... Nc5
14. Ng3 Bg4 {also looks perfectly OK}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 e5 $1 16. fxe5 Ng4
17. Nce4 {Harikrishna,P (2684)-Wen,Y (2569)/Biel 2012, after which} Bxe5 $1 {
leads to a position which can only be a bit better for Black} 18. Bb4 (18.
O-O-O $2 Bxg3 19. Nxg3 Nf2) 18... Re8 19. O-O-O Bf4+ $2 20. Kb1 Bxg3 21. Nxg3
Nf2) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 $5 {Really going for it, but White has burned his
bridges already by playing h4 and then castling long.} (11. e5 {looks a bit
more dangerous now, but Black can lie on the ropes with} Nh7 $1 {and soak up
the pressure:} 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf4 {Psakhis,L (2625)-Gentilleau,
J (2220)/Andorra 1995 and now} bxc4 $1 {would have been best, with plenty of
counterplay.}) 11... b4 12. Na4 hxg4 13. Ng3 ({If he moved on with} 13. h5 {
we might have seen an extraordinary sequence:} Nxh5 $5 14. fxg4 Nhf6 15. Bh6
Nxg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Qxh8 19. Qxg4 Nc5 20. Qg5 Nxa4 21. Qa5
Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Qe3 23. Qxa4 Bg4 {White's queen has enjoyed a world tour, but I
prefer Black in this final position.}) 13... Nh7 14. Bh6 gxf3 $1 (14... Qa5 {
was a serious alternative, but Svidler cannot see a reason why he should not
capture on f3.}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 g5 $1 {Absolutely necessary, to block
lines.} 17. Qxb4 Ndf6 (17... Rb8 $1 18. h6+ Kh8 19. Qd2 g4) 18. Rd3 g4 {
To the end White will be labouring to get rid of the advanced Black pawns.
This is classic King's Indian play by Svidler, who first drains all the life
out of White's attack and then completely takes over the position. Caruana is
already struggling to find a way to revive his initiative.} 19. Rg1 $2 (19. e5
$1 {was the best try, initiating complications and keeping Black's advantage
to a minimum:} Nd7 20. exd6 Rb8 21. dxe7 (21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Qd2 exd6 23. Nxd6
Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxd6 25. c5 Qf6 $15) (21. Qd2 exd6 22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. Nxd6 Qg5 $1
24. c5 Ndf6 $17) 21... Rxb4 22. exd8=Q Rxd8 $15) 19... Qc7 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. c5
Rb8 22. b3 Rg8 23. Rc3 e5 $1 {Undermining what is left of the White centre.
What becomes clear is that the white king is by far the more vulnerable of the
two.} 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nb6 Be6 27. Nc4 ({After} 27. Bc4 Rbd8 $1 {
Black can comfortably allow his pawns to be doubled, as the d5-square is then
covered and he can occupy d4.} 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nc4 a4 30. bxa4 Rd4) 27... a4
{Another excellent move, opening lines.} 28. bxa4 Rb4 29. Nb6 Qa7 30. a5 Rd8
31. a6 Bxa2 ({I think I prefer} 31... Rbd4 $1 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 {
with total control, although as Black wins quickly one can hardly be critical.}
) 32. Bd3 Bb3 33. Nf5 Be6 34. Kc2 $2 {After this, White is swept away.} (34.
Ra3 {put up sterner resistance, but even there} Bxf5 35. exf5 Rbd4 36. Bc2 e4 {
looks completely winning for Black.}) 34... Bxf5 35. exf5 e4 36. Bc4 Rxc4 37.
Rxc4 Qxa6 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. Rc3 f2 40. Rb1 e3 41. Nc4 e2 {A very picturesque
final position. Touchdown!} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This game is from round three of the European Team Championships. In round
two Russia had been shocked by Turkey while we had gone down to Greece. Hence
a pairing of top seeds vs 5th and potential for the loser being kicked out of
the main room and into a side hall! I had no idea what Morozevich was going to
play or even what I hoped for so 1.c4 seemed a good choice.} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3
Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 {Taking the pawn used to be
considered fairly harmless but Black does need to be play accurately to prove
full compensation for the pawn. Interestingly I had to face this approach in
the World Cup against Shimanov.} dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 {
This developing move has been White's recent attempt.} (10. Nd5 {eyeing the
e7-pawn used to be played but this seems to have been neutralised.}) 10... Nd7
(10... b6 {is the main alternative when White has to keep his bishop on the
a3-f8 diagonal to cover b4. Radjabov went down against Wang Yue back in 2008
but of course his play can be improved upon.} 11. Ba3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Nb5
Rac8 13. Rd1 {was agreed drawn in Mchedlishvili,M (2640)-Guseinov,G (2623)
Nakhchivan 2013} ({but White was successful with} 13. Nec3 {in Matlakov,M 
(2665)-Baryshpolets,A (2544) Kazan 2013 after} Nh5 14. Rd1 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Nd4
16. Bd3 $6 (16. Bxe7 Nc2+ 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Be2 $14 {looks more
critical.}) {But here Black missed the shot} 16... Nxf3+ $1 17. gxf3 Bxc3+ 18.
bxc3 Rxc3 19. Bxe7 Rdxd3 $11)) 12. Nd5 (12. Rd1 {was Wang Yue's choice. A
recent game showed a potential approach for Black.} Nd7 (12... a5 {was played
by Radjabov.}) 13. Nc1 Nde5 14. Nb3 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Rd8+ 16. Kc2 Ba6 17. Nb5 Bc8
18. Nc3 Ba6 19. Nb5 Bc8 20. Nc3 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Martinovic,S (2530)-Saric,I (2626)
Zadar 2012.}) 12... e6 13. Ne7+ Nxe7 14. Bxe7 Rdc8 (14... Rd7 15. Bb4 Rc8 16.
Nc3 Nh5 {was another quick draw but White could still have played on in 1/2-1/
2 Khenkin,I (2617)-Saric,I (2627) Bol 2013.}) 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b3 a6 (16... Ne5
{was tried in Socko,B (2646)-Ziska,H (2468) Riga 2013.}) 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Nc1
Nc6 19. Bg5 Nb4 20. Kf2 b5 21. Bd2 a5 22. cxb5 Rc2 23. Be2 {Vitiugov,N (2712)
-Ding Liren (2707) Paris/St Petersburg 2013; and White should have had a
decisive advantage.}) 11. Be3 (11. Bf2 $5 {is also interesting.}) 11... Nde5
12. Nf4 b6 $6 {Too slow.} ({Black's usual try has been} 12... Nb4 {when} 13.
Rc1 Be6 14. b3 g5 (14... Ned3+ 15. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 16. Nxd3 Rxd3 17. Nd1 {Kovalenko,
I (2596)-Chojnacki,K (2442) Trzcianka 2013; didn't promise Black sufficient
counterplay for the pawn.}) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxg5 Ned3+ {The first time this
position was reached White let Black off here but White can play for one of
two results without much risk.} 17. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Kf7 20.
Be3 (20. Nd1 $5 {was Atalik's attempt, keeping the knight on the board.} Bd4
21. g3 ({Here surely} 21. Be3 {is a logical continuation.}) 21... Rd7 22. Nf2
Bxf2 23. Kxf2 e5 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Be3 b6 26. g4 {Atalik,S (2619)-Berg,E (2604)
Eretria 2011 (69); and Black had to suffer as White can advance on both sides
of the board.}) 20... Bd4 (20... Bxc3 {cut out White's plan and reached a
position very similar to that in Atalik-Berg after} 21. Rxc3 b6 22. g4 {
Khenkin,I (2632)-Kokarev,D (2637) Sochi 2012; when again Black held on to the
draw.}) 21. Nd1 Rac8 22. Nf2 e5 23. Nd3 {and White had managed to get his
knight to an ideal posting and went on to win in Khairullin,I (2634)-Gallagher,
J (2500) Aix-les-Bains 2011.}) ({In my match in the World Cup Shimanov tried
this line against me. I opted for the rare} 12... Na5 $5 {and after} 13. Ncd5
Nexc4 $1 {we had a rather forcing line:} 14. Bc5 e6 15. Nc7 Bxb2 16. Rd1 Bc3+
17. Ke2 Rxd1 18. Kxd1 b6 19. Nxa8 bxc5 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3 {when Black
should probably be ok with} Bd4 ({Instead I played} 21... Ne3+ $6 22. Ke2 Bd4
23. Nc7 c4 {when White found} 24. Rb1 $1 Nxg2 ({The computer prefers} 24...
cxd3+ {but during the game I wasn't at all happy with} 25. Kxd3 Bb6 26. Rxb6
axb6 27. Kxe3 {when White's activity felt like enough to win.}) 25. Rb8 cxd3+
26. Kxd3 Bg1 27. Rxc8+ {Shimanov,A (2655)-Jones,G (2645) Tromso 2013; and it
was only thanks to the speedy time control I grovelled a draw.})) 13. Rc1 $1 {
I can't rush developing my kingside as the c4-pawn is loose.} Ba6 14. b3 e6 15.
Be2 Nb4 ({Shimanov had actually had this line previously. There his opponent
tried} 15... Nd4 {Shimanov,A (2606)-Mamedov,R (2628) Konya 2012 (30), but
White still has a definite edge after} 16. Nb5 $5 ({or} 16. Kf2)) 16. O-O Ned3
17. Nxd3 Nxd3 18. Rcd1 $1 {Morozevich may have overlooked this nuance forcing
Black's pieces backwards.} Nb4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 f5 {After a long think
he declined to regain his pawn and instead tried to get some activity.} ({
During the game I felt I'd seen this position before and indeed we're still
following an earlier game. That time Black opted to regain his pawn with} 20...
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxa2 {as was seen in Vitiugov,N (2709)-Khismatullin,D (2659)
Moscow 2010. During the game I was trying to decide whether to keep the rooks
on the board or not; either way White has a big advantage.}) 21. a3 Nc6 22. Nb5
{This is quite a usual idea in this structure.} ({I couldn't decide whether to
swap pawns with} 22. exf5 {but it probably doesn't change so much.}) 22... fxe4
23. fxe4 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nd4 25. Bc4 $16 {The strong knight on d4 and my
slightly dodgy queenside give Black some drawing chances but it's obvious he's
really struggling.} h5 26. g3 {I thought it useful to get my king away from
any annoying ...Ne2+ or back rank ideas.} Kh7 27. Rf1 Rd7 28. Kg2 Nc2 29. Bc1
Bh6 {Black again opts for active defence.} 30. Bxe6 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 (31. Bxd7 $2
Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Bxa3 {is just a draw.}) 31... Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxh2 33.
Bc4 {I have a feeling White should be winning as Black has no good square for
his knight and thus in the long term can't prevent my e-pawn advancing.} Kh6 ({
Perhaps} 33... Nxa3 {was a better practical try but after} 34. Bd3 $1 {the
knight is completely offside and White should be winning fairly comfortably.} (
34. Ra1 Nxc4 35. Rxa7+ Kh6 36. bxc4 Rc2 37. Rc7 Rc3+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ {isn't so
clear.})) 34. a4 {Here Black probably has a better way to fight but running
short on time Morozevich doesn't make it too difficult for me.} Nd4+ 35. Ke3
Nc2+ 36. Kd3 Nb4+ 37. Kd4 ({Obviously not} 37. Kc3 $4 Na2+) 37... Rg2 38. e5
Nc2+ 39. Ke4 Kg5 40. e6 Kf6 41. Rf1+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Bd5 Nb4 44. Bc6+ Nxc6
45. bxc6 Re2+ 46. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Nbc3 c6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
a6 {An elastic approach.} 9. c5 $5 (9. g4 e5 (9... b5 10. Ng3) 10. d5 cxd5 11.
cxd5 h5 12. g5 {transposes to another well known line of the Sämisch System.})
9... b5 10. cxb6 Nxb6 11. Nf4 {A positional idea that has not been used much.}
a5 12. Be2 Nfd7 (12... d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 Nc7 15. h5 Ba6 16. b3 a4 17. Rc1
axb3 18. axb3 Bxe2 19. Ncxe2 Ra6 20. Nd3 $16 {1-0 (38) Stopa,J (2455)
-Chojnacki,K (2369) Poronin 2016}) 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qa8 16.
Rac1 (16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Rac1 a4 18. Rc2 Ra5 19. Nb1 d5 20. e5 $1 $14 (20. Na3 e5
21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Qf2 $13 {1-0 (63) Sriram,J (2400)
-Lubbe,M (2320) Lueneburg 2015})) 16... Rb8 17. Rc2 a4 18. Bf2 Ra5 19. Nd3 e6 (
{There was the much better} 19... Nf8 $1 20. Kh1 (20. Rd1 Ne6 $132) (20. d5 c5
21. Bh4 Qb7 22. Nf2 Re8 $13) 20... Ne6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Nxd5 Rxd5
24. exd5 Nd4 25. Qf2 Nxc2 26. Qxb6 Qxd5 {Black has nice compensation.}) 20. Nb1
c5 $2 {The wrong plan.} (20... Qb7 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Nd2 $14 {White has some
slight pressure but the game is still on.}) 21. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 (21... dxc5 $1 22.
Na3 c4 $1 {active chess!} 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Ne5 $1 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rb1
Rab5 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxb5 Bf6 {Black has compensation, it is not easy for
White to progress from here.}) 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qd2 Rba8 25. Na3
$16 h5 $6 (25... Bf8 $5 {White has better play but is far from easy to make a
breakthrough.}) 26. Qd6 $1 Rc8 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rb8 Ra7 30. Rxc5
Rd6 31. Rc1 Rad7 32. Rf1 Bxb2 33. Nb5 Nc4 $2 (33... Rc6 34. Rxb6 (34. Bxb6 Be5
$1 35. Rd8 Rb7 36. Bd4 Rxb5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11) 34... Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Rb7 36. Rb1
a3 37. Kf1 Rxb6 38. Nxa3 $16 {White is a pawn up but Black is not lost.}) 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rb4 $18 Rc6 36. Rxa4 g5 37. h3 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Ne5 40.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 41. Rxd4 Rc2 42. Ra1 Kg6 43. a4 Kg5 44. a5 Kxg4 45. a6 Kg3 46. Ra3+
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nge2 a6 (6... c5 {is the
most popular line.}) 7. Ng3 Nbd7 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 Rb8 $146 {A
novelty by Van Wely.} (10... bxc4 $6 {looks dubious, as} 11. Bxc4 Rb8 12. Qe2
Qa5 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Ba2 $36 {Sakaev-Sepp,
Tallinn 2001, and White looks nicely placed.}) (10... e5 11. d5 (11. Qd2 {
(Zhukova-Golubev, Odessa 2006)} exd4 12. Bxd4 Nb6 $132 {with a double-edged
fight.}) 11... cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. Nxd5 $5) 12... h5 13. Nh1 h4 14. Nf2 Nh5 15.
Nd3 Ng3 $5 16. Re1 (16. hxg3 {is too dangerous,} hxg3 {followed by ...Qh4.})
16... f5 17. a4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 $14 {Ibragimov-Kachiani Gersinska,
Fuerth 2001, and White is slightly better.}) 11. Rf2 $5 {A smart solution to
protect the b2-P.} Qc7 (11... bxc4 12. Bxc4 $14 {and White is comfortable.})
12. Rc1 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. d5 e6 15. b3 Re8 16. Qd2 exd5 17. cxd5 {This is a
Benoni structure, White has a space advantage and Black's P structure is not
flexible on the queenside. White's position is more tempting.} Nb6 (17... h5 $5
{is also a typical move.}) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bh6 Bh8 {Usually Black wants to
hold on to the dark-squared Bs.} ({In the event of} 19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bd7 21.
Bc4 $36 {and White is more comfortable.}) 20. h3 Bd7 21. Bc4 Bb5 22. Kh1 Qd8 (
22... Nd7 $5 {was the other option.}) 23. Bg5 Rb7 $6 {An inaccuracy, which
allows White's subsequent plan.} (23... Qb6 {was better to avoid the pin,} 24.
Qf4 Nd7 $13 {with a complicated position.}) 24. Qf4 $1 Qe7 25. Qh4 {White
redeploys his queen on the kingside, so he takes more pressure there.} Qe5 26.
Rd2 Bxc4 27. f4 $1 {A very strong intermediate move; the black queen is in
trouble.} Qxe4 $6 ({The engine suggests} 27... Qc3 $5 28. Rxc3 bxc3 29. Rc2 Bd3
30. Rxc3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 32. Bf6 {and White is also better, but still this
was the best practical chance.}) 28. Nxe4 ({Probably} 28. bxc4 $1 {was
stronger, but in a practical game it is difficult to take the bishop instead
of the queen.} Qe7 29. Re2 Qd7 30. Bxf6 $18 {and White is a piece up.}) 28...
Nxe4 29. Re1 Bc3 $2 {The losing move!} (29... Bb5 {was the only chance, however
} 30. f5 $1 gxf5 31. g4 $16 {is also unpleasant for Black.}) 30. f5 $1 {
The strongest reply!} Bxd2 31. Bxd2 Bxd5 32. Rxe4 $1 {This is the point! After
this sacrifice, White has a mating attack on the dark squares.} Bxe4 33. Qf6
Bxg2+ 34. Kg1 $1 {A very nice victory by Aronian!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 b5 {[%mdl
512] A curious idea. Black pushes his b-pawn without preparation, ready to
sacrifice it.} 8. Qd2 ({In the following game White accepted the challenge and
gradually parried Black's threats; however, Evgeniy Najer definitely had some
improvement in mind:} 8. cxb5 axb5 9. Nxb5 Ba6 10. Nec3 c6 11. Na3 Qb6 ({
possibly} 11... Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Nfd7 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 12. Qd2 Bxf1 13. Rxf1
Nbd7 14. Be3 Rfb8 15. Rb1 c5 16. Nc2 Qa6 17. Kf2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Na4
20. Nxa4 Qxa4 21. a3 Rc8 22. Nb4 Qb5 23. Rbc1 $16 {1-0 (63) Gallagher,J (2558)
-Collinson,A (2405) Birmingham 2000}) 8... Nbd7 9. Ng3 $6 {Now Black gets a
comfortable position.} (9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ba6 11. Nec3 c6 12. Na3 Bxf1 13.
Kxf1 {0-1 (41) Jaster,R-Gruenberg,H (2450) Cottbus 1983} (13. Rxf1 $5) 13... c5
$5) 9... c5 $1 10. d5 Qa5 $6 {Why?} (10... bxc4 $5 11. Bxc4 Rb8 $132) (10...
Ne5 $5 11. cxb5 c4) 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 {After all, White
has won a pawn in quite a comfortable version, trading queens in the meantime.
It is not easy for Black to prove his compensation.} Ba6 14. a4 Rfb8 15. Rb1
Ne8 16. b3 Rb7 17. Kd1 h5 18. Na3 h4 (18... Ne5 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bc3 $16) 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Rf1 $2 {There was no need to prevent ...h4-h3. By
trading Black's strong e5-knight, White could have got a clear advantage:} (21.
Bc3 $1 h3 22. Bxe5 hxg2 23. Rg1 Bxe5 24. Rxg2) 21... c4 $1 $132 {[%mdl 64]} 22.
bxc4 (22. f4 Nd7 23. Nxc4 Rxa4 $1) 22... Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096]} 24.
Kc2 Rxc4+ 25. Nbc3 f5 $15 {Black has regained the pawn while keeping a
positional advantage as White's pawn structure is vulnerable. White must
defend accurately.} 26. Bf4 (26. exf5 $142 gxf5 27. Kb3) 26... Nd7 27. Kd3 Rb4
28. Be3 (28. exf5 gxf5 29. Bg5 $15) 28... Ne5+ (28... fxe4+ $1 29. Nxe4 (29.
fxe4 Nef6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rd7e5]}) 29... Nc7 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 29. Kc2 Nc4 (
29... fxe4 30. fxe4 Nf6 31. Bg5 $1 $15) 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Nf4 Nc7 32. g4 hxg3 33.
hxg3 Ne5 34. Bd2 Nc4 35. Bc1 Ne5 36. Bd2 Rc4 37. Kb3 Na6 38. Ne6 Bf6 39. Bg5
Nc5+ 40. Nxc5 Rxc5 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. f4 Ng4 43. Ra1 Kf7 44. Ra4 Nf6 45. exf5
gxf5 {[%csl Rd5]} 46. Rc4 (46. Rd4 Kg6 $17) 46... Ra5 47. Ra4 $1 {White goes
for a seemingly dangerous knight endgame but correctly evaluates it as drawn.}
Rxa4 48. Kxa4 Kg6 49. Kb5 Kh5 50. Kc6 Kg4 51. Ne2 Kf3 52. Nd4+ Ke4 53. Ne6 Nxd5
54. Kd7 $1 Kf3 55. Nd4+ Ke4 56. Ne6 Kd3 57. Ng5 $1 Kc3 58. Ke6 Ne3 59. Kxe7 d5
60. Ke6 d4 61. g4 $5 fxg4 62. f5 Nxf5 63. Kxf5 d3 64. Kxg4 d2 65. Ne4+ Kc2 66.
Nxd2 Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Nadanian,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Mekhitarian,K: 'This was probably one of the most important games in both of
these players' careers - playing in the World Cup Semifinals, the winner of
the match would be guaranteed a spot at the 2018 Candidates. This was the
second rapid game - MVL had won the first, forcing Aronian to go all-in in
this decisive battle! He had to win, otherwise he would say goodbye to the
2018 World Championship Cycle.'} 1. d4 {Mekhitarian,K} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 $1 c5
4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nge2 {Mekhitarian,K: 'The white knight has to
go on to this uncomfortable square for now - the alternative would be to play
Nh3-Nf2 (in case Black plays ...Nbd7 quickly, closing in the c8-bishop)'} O-O
8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 h5 {A popular idea in this King's Indian Sämisch line. The
early march / thrust of the h-pawn has the goal to attack the knight on g3 and
thus try to clutter White's pieces on the kingside.} 10. Bg5 Qc7 {Getting rid
of the pin, Black wants to play 11...Nh7, in order to again threaten to
advance the h-pawn.} 11. Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nh7 (12... Nbd7 {(Mekhitarian,K)
there were some strong precedents in this position:} 13. Be2 Rb8 14. O-O c4 15.
Be3 $1 (15. Rab1 Re8 16. b4 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Nc5 18. Rb4 Bd7 19. Rfb1 Rec8 20. Be3
h4 21. Nh1 Nh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 (57) Giri,A (2758)-Bacrot,E (2729) Bilbao 2014})
15... h4 16. Nh1 h3 (16... Nc5 $1 $132) 17. Nf2 hxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. f4 Nhf6
20. Rac1 $1 $146 (20. Bf3 $6 Re8 $13 {1/2-1/2 (33) Anand,V (2811)-Nakamura,H 
(2758) Moscow 2011} (20... Nc5 $1 $132)) 20... b5 (20... Nc5 21. Bxc4 $16) 21.
b4 $1 $16 {a typical move stopping the queenside expansion and at the same
time, removing the important c5-square: 1-0 (46) Morley,P (2351)-Kazoks,A 
(2368) ICCF 2015}) 13. Bh6 h4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bc4 $1 $146 {A new and very
interesting idea.  Mekhitarian,K: 'What a moment to have such an important
novelty! White plans on re-routing the knight without closing in the bishop on
f1. Naturally Black is not forced to accept the sacrifice on g3, but
Vachier-Lagrave is a principled player and it is admirable that he goes for
the most objective move (which involves a great deal of risk as well) to avoid
a worse position. I'm not saying he should do it, but the human instinct would
avoid complications when your opponent seems to be well prepared, not to
mention the importance of the game. Maybe that's why he is one of the best.'} (
{Before this game White automatically played} 15. Nge2 {which has a
significant disadvantage - blocking the f1-bishop.} Qe7 {(Mekhitarian,K)} 16.
Nf4 Nd7 17. Be2 Ne5 18. O-O f5 {here at least White didn't have time to play
Bc4} (18... Bd7 $5 {since White is not threatening to expand the kingside for
now, Black has time to develop, and supporting ...b5 once more may be useful
just in case, so White has to be watching it} 19. a5 Rae8 $13) 19. Rad1 Nf6 20.
Ne6+ Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 fxe4 24. fxe4 $11 {1-0 (49)
Dreev,A (2658)-Gladyszev,O (2455) France 2007}) 15... hxg3 {A principled and
correct decision. Otherwise White has good play for "free of charge". Although
Levon thinks, that 15...Qe7 is safer and more justified from a practical point
of view.} 16. hxg3 Rh8 {Somewhere around that moment, Levon realised that he
did not remember the analysis well enough and decided to just make natural
moves.} ({White has also compensation after other moves:} 16... g5 17. Bd3) ({
or} 16... f6 17. O-O-O) 17. e5 $1 {Very energetic. If White manages to open
his bishop, then his attack will become decisive. With 17.e5 White also frees
the e4-square for his knight.} ({After} 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. e5 Qe7 19. e6 Nd7 20.
O-O-O Ndf8 {White has not enough compensation for the sacrificed piece.}) 17...
Qe7 $1 {Black's queen rushes to the epicentre of events. Other moves are bad:}
(17... Nd7 18. e6 $40) (17... dxe5 $2 18. d6 Qd7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qxg6+ $18)
18. O-O-O ({An alternative was} 18. e6 Nd7 19. O-O-O Ndf6 (19... Ndf8 20. Ne4)
20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. g4 {with an unclear position.}) 18... Nd7 (18... Qxe5 $4 {
is a fatal blunder:} 19. Rde1 Qd4 20. Qh6+ Kf6 21. Rh4) (18... b5 $5 {
Mekhitarian,K trying to initiate counterplay was possible} 19. exd6 Qd8 $1 {
with complex play, looks more logical than ...Qxd6 allowing Ne4} (19... Qxd6
20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Qc3+ f6 {the computer says Black defends, but this looks way
too dangerous to be even considered in a rapid game}) 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bd3 Qf8
$1 22. Qh4 $40 {madness continues over the board.}) 19. exd6 ({Black holds
after} 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. e6 Ndf8) 19... Qxd6 ({"Houdini" suggests} 19... Qf8 $5
{a typical computer move. After} 20. Ne4 (20. g4 Nhf6 {Black is OK}) 20... Nhf6
21. Qc3 Qe8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. g4 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Qxa4 25. g5 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxh1
27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qf6 Qxg2+ 30. Be2 {White gives perpetual check.}
) 20. Ne4 {Now beside the h-file Black has a second weakness - the a1-h8
diagonal.} Qe5 ({Now} 20... Qf8 $6 {is not so good, since after} 21. d6 Nhf6
22. Qc3 {the pin is very dangerous and White threatens to push his g-pawn. i.e.
} b5 23. g4 $1) 21. d6 ({Black holds position after} 21. Rde1 Nhf8 22. Rxh8
Kxh8 23. Ng5 Qd4 24. Nxf7+ Kg8) 21... g5 $2 {A big mistake.} ({Black should
have played} 21... Ndf8 $1 {and it seems White has nothing better than a draw
after} 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. d7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27.
Qd6+ Kxf7 28. Qxd7+ Kf8 $11) 22. Rhe1 (22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Rde1 Kg8 24. Rxh7 Rxh7
25. Nxg5 Qf5 26. g4 Qg6 27. Nxh7 Qxh7 28. Re8+ Nf8 $13) 22... b5 ({Other moves
also lose:} 22... Qf5 23. Qc3+ Qe5 24. Qc2 $18) (22... Nb6 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. d7
$18) 23. Bd5 $1 (23. Nc3 Qd4 24. Qc2 Qxc4 25. Re4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rb8 $13) 23...
Rb8 ({Another chance to survive was} 23... Ra7 $5 {with the idea to use the
rook for defending the f7-square. In order to win now White should have found
a series of a difficult and precise moves:} 24. f4 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qxa4 26. Qh5 Nb6
27. Nc3 Qa5 (27... Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa5 29. fxg5 Bf5+ 30. Be4) 28. Ba2 $1 Bg4 29.
Qxg4 b4 30. Ne4 Qxa2 31. Nxg5 {and White wins.}) 24. f4 Qd4 $2 {The famous
American grandmaster Robert Byrne once noted, that in order to lose the game,
it is usually necessary to make two mistakes: the first that puts you in a
quandary, and the second - the fateful one, which deprives you of the chance
to get out of the a band of difficulties. If we apply this observation to the
current game, then we can state, that the move 21...g5? put Black in a
difficult position and 24...Qd4? became a fatal mistake.} ({Black was obliged
to play} 24... Qf5 25. Qc3+ (25. fxg5 Bb7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rf1 Qxf1 28. Rxf1
Bxd5) 25... Ndf6 26. d7 b4 27. dxc8=Q Rbxc8 28. Qc4 $16) 25. Qe2 (25. Qc2 {
also wins.}) 25... Qb4 (25... Qxa4 26. Qh5 $18) 26. Qh5 {Black resigns. It is
symbolic that the last decisive move in this game was made possible due to a
serious weakening of the position after 21...g5? A nice Tal-like attack by
Levon!} 1-0

