[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bindlach"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14.
Nd3 O-O 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Bd8 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Nxb4
Bb6 21. Rac1 a5 22. Nd3 Nfe4 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Rfe1 exd3 25. cxd3 Rxe1+ 26.
Rxe1 f6 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Nb5 Bxf2 30. Kxf2 Kf7 31. Na3 Nd6 32.
Ke3 b6 33. Nc4 Nc8 34. h4 Ke6 35. Ke4 g6 36. g4 Nd6+ 37. Kf4 Nxc4 38. bxc4 a4
39. a3 Kd6 40. d4 Ke6 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. d5 Kd7 45. Kd3
Kd6 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. h5 Kd6 48. h6 Kd7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. c5 bxc5+ 52.
Kxc5 f5 53. gxf5 gxf5 54. Kc4 Kc7 55. Kd3 Kd6 56. Kd4 f4 57. Ke4 f3 58. Kxf3
Kxd5 59. Ke3 Ke5 60. Kd3 Kf5 61. Kd4 Kg6 62. Ke5 Kxh6 63. Kf6 Kh5 64. Kf5 h6
65. Kf4 Kg6 66. Kg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 {The whole line became extremely popular of late. Socko
manages to come up with an early independent move,} Bg4 (10... Na5 $5) (10...
b5 11. Bb3 Na5) 11. a3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 (12... Nh5 13. Nd5 (13. Qd2 Rc8 14.
Bb3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Bf6 $44) 13... Bg5 14. Kh1 Nf4 $132) 13. b4 $6 {
Socko belives that with the white pieces he has a claim to the better control
in the position.} (13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Rg1 Kh8 $11) 13... Nd4 $1 14.
Kg2 (14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 (15. Qxd4 $2 Bf6 16. Qe3 Rc8 $19) 15... Ne5 16. Qe2
$13) (14. f4 $2 Nf3+ 15. Kh1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nfe5 17. Qd4 Bf6 $17) 14... Rc8 15.
Ba2 (15. Bd5 Rc7 $11) 15... Bg5 $1 16. f4 Bh6 17. fxe5 $2 {White is very
ambitious, but the position was asking for remedial action.} (17. Bxd4 exd4 18.
Ne2 (18. Nd5 $6 Nf6 19. f5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf4 $15) 18... Qf6 19. Qxd4 Rxc2 20.
Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfe1 $11) 17... Bxe3 $2 (17... Nf3 $1 18. Bxh6 (18. Kxf3 $4 Nxe5+
$19) 18... Ndxe5 19. Qe3 Qh4 $1 20. h3 gxh6 (20... Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxe4 22. Rg1
$1 Nxg1+ (22... Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Nxg1 (23... Qxh6 $2 24. Rg3 $16) 24. Bxg7 $1 Qe4+
25. Kxg1 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) (22... Nd2+ 23. Kg3 Ndf3 24. Kg2 $11) (22...
Nd4+ 23. Kf1 Qe2+ 24. Kg2 $11) 23. Kxg1 gxh6 24. Rd1 $1 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Qf5 26.
Rd3 $1 Qxh3+ 27. Ke2 Re8+ 28. Re3 Rxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Ng5 30. Qxh3 Nxh3 31. Ke3 $17)
21. Rh1 Kh8 $17) 18. fxe3 Nb5 $2 {Shirov is drifting in the wrong direction,
Black was still better with the logical kingside attack.} (18... Qg5+ 19. Kh1
Nf3 $1 20. Rxf3 (20. Nd5 Qxe5 21. Qe2 Ng5 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. Rxf7 $1 (21. Qe2
Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxc3 $19) 21... Nxf7 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Nd5 Qe8 24. Nf4 $17) 19.
Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 (19... Rxc3 $2 20. Rxd7+ Kh8 21. Rxd8 $18) 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $2 {
[%mdl 128] The defender was frustrated and could not believe, that the tables
had been turned on him.} (20... Kh8 21. Nxb5 axb5 (21... Nxe5 22. Qxd6 Rxc2+
23. Kh1 Nxf7 24. Qxd8+ Nxd8 25. Rd1 $18) 22. e6 Ne5 23. Qe2 Qh4 24. Kg1 Qxe4
25. Rf1 $16) 21. Qd5+ Kg6 (21... Kf8 22. Rf1+ Nf6 23. exf6 Nxc3 24. fxg7+ Kxg7
25. Rf7+ Kg8 26. Qh5 $18) (21... Ke8 22. Qg8+ Nf8 (22... Ke7 $2 23. Nd5#) 23.
Rf1 Qe7 24. Nd5 Rxc2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Qxe4 29.
Rc1 $18) 22. Qe6+ Kh5 (22... Kg5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rxd6 Rc7 26. Qh3
Qe7 27. Re6 Qf8 28. Kg3 h5 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. h4+ Kh6 31. exf5 Nf8 32. Rd6 $16)
23. Nd5 $1 {The king in front of the pieces on h5 is a dream object of attack;
White is doing his best with the remaining pieces.} (23. Nxb5 $2 axb5 (23...
Rxc2+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Qf5+ Kh6 26. Qf4+ Qxf4 27. exf4 axb5 28. Rd1 Rc6 $17))
23... dxe5 (23... Rxc2+ 24. Kh1 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Qh3 $16) (23... g6 24.
Kh1 Kh6 25. Ne7 $18) 24. Ne7 $1 Nf6 (24... Rxc2+ 25. Kh1 Nf8 26. Qf5+ Kh4 (
26... Kh6 27. Ng8#) (26... g5 27. Qh3#) 27. Rg1 $18) 25. Kh1 $1 {The king
retreats in order to make room for the activity of the rook on a1.} Nxe4 26.
Qf7+ (26. Qf7+ Kh4 (26... g6 27. Qxh7+ Kg4 28. Qxg6+ Ng5 29. Rg1+ Kf3 30. Qf5+
$18) (26... Kh6 27. Nf5+ Kg5 28. Rg1+ $18) 27. Nf5+ Kg4 28. Rg1+ Kf3 29. Qh5+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 b6 12. Bd2 Ra8 13. Ne1 Ne8 14. Nd3 f5 15. f3
f4 16. Nb5 g5 17. a5 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. axb6 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Rf7
22. Nb4 Nd4 23. Nd5 Qa6 24. Bd3 Nb3 25. Qb2 Nxd2 26. Ra1 Qc6 27. Qxd2 Be6 28.
Qa5 Rd7 29. Bc2 Qxc4 30. Ba4 Bxd5 31. exd5 e4 32. Na3 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Re1
Ra7 35. Bxe8 Rxa3 36. fxe4 g4 37. Bh5 g3 38. hxg3 fxg3 39. Kg1 Ra2 40. Rd1 Be5
41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Kg7 43. Rf1 Kh6 44. Bg4 Rb2 45. Bf5 Bd4+ 46. Kh1 Rf2 47.
Rd1 Rf4 48. Re1 Be3 49. Bh3 Rxe4 50. Rd1 Bd4 51. Rf1 Bf2 52. Rd1 Kg5 53. Be6
Kf6 54. Bh3 Ke5 55. Be6 Kf4 56. Rb1 Rd4 57. Ra1 Ke3 58. Ra3+ Kd2 59. Bf5 Rh4+
60. Bh3 Re4 61. Ra1 Rd4 62. Bg4 Kc3 63. Rc1+ Kb2 64. Rd1 Rf4 65. Be6 Bd4 66.
Bh3 Kc2 67. Re1 Bc3 68. Rg1 Rf6 69. Be6 Rh6+ 70. Bh3 Rh5 71. Rf1 Rxd5 72. Bf5+
Kd2 73. Bg4 Bd4 74. Rd1+ Kc2 75. Re1 Bf2 76. Bd1+ Kc3 77. Bf3 Ra5 78. Rc1+ Kb2
79. Rd1 Ra4 80. Rd2+ Kc3 81. Rc2+ Kxc2 82. Bd1+ Kd2 83. Bxa4 d5 84. Bc2 h6 85.
Be4 d4 86. Bg6 Ke1 87. Bf5 h5 88. Bg4 h4 89. Bf5 Be3 90. Bg6 Kf2 91. Bf5 Bh6
0-1

[Event "Wroclaw Polonia op 4th"]
[Site "Wroclaw"]
[Date "2009.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. c4 Re8 14. g4 h6 15.
Rfd1 Nf8 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Nc3 e5 20. d5 Bc5 21. Qa4
cxd5 22. Nxd5 a5 23. Qb5 Nh7 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Qxa5 Ng5 26. b4 Bf8 27. Nd5 Ra8
28. Qb5 Rxa2 29. h4 Nh7 30. Nb6 Qe6 31. Bd5 Qe7 32. c5 Ra7 33. Bc4 Nf6 34. Nd5
Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rd8 36. Qb6 Raa8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 {Zwingt Schwarz zu einem Opfer.} d5 ({
Am schärfsten ist} 4... Bc5) 5. exd5 Na5 ({Interessant ist} 5... b5 {und nun
ist das bizarre} 6. Bf1 {am besten.}) 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 ({
Nakamura spielte kürzlich in der US-Meisterschaft} 8. Bd3) 8... h6 9. Nh3 {
Fischers Zug.} ({Üblicher ist} 9. Nf3) 9... g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 (10... g4 $5 11. Ng1
Bc5 {kam in Betracht.}) 11. d3 Qb6 (11... O-O {sieht hier nicht schlecht aus.})
12. Ng1 {Wenn das die Idee von 9.Sh3 war, wird es schwer sein, weitere
Anhänger für den Zug zu finden.} g4 13. h3 h5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16.
hxg4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bxg4 (17... c5 $5) (17... hxg4 $5) 18. f3 Be6 19. b3 Nb7 20.
Qe2 Qd4 21. Rb1 Qb4+ 22. Kf2 (22. Bd2 Qa3) 22... Nc5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Nxd3+
25. cxd3 Bxf5 26. Rd1 Qc3 27. Rc1 Qb4 28. d4 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxh5 Qf8+ 31.
Ke1 Qb4+ 32. Kf1 O-O+ {Die schwarze Rochade erfolgt spät und unter sehr
ungewöhnlichen Umständen.} 33. Nf3 Rde8 34. Rcc5 Rf7 35. Rhg5 {Allmählich wird
der weiße Vorteil offenkundig.} Ref8 36. Kg1 Bd5 37. Ne5 Rf6 38. Nd7 $6 ({
Weiß sollte hier am besten einfach seine Stellung verstärken, denn Schwarz
kann kaum etwas unternehmen:} 38. Rg3 Qb8 39. Qg4 Qc7 40. Kh2 Re8 41. Bg5 Rfe6
42. Bf4 Qe7 43. Rc1 Rf8 44. Rh1 $18) 38... Rf1+ 39. Kh2 ({Nach} 39. Qxf1 Rxf1+
40. Kxf1 Kh7 {sind die weißen Figuren etwas unkoordiniert und Schwarz besitzt
mit der Dame und den Läufern zumindest gute "Schummelchancen".}) 39... R8f5 40.
Rxf5 Rxf5 41. Qg4 Rf1 42. Qg3 Kf7 43. Rc2 Bxd4 44. Rf2+ Rxf2 45. Qxf2+ Ke8 46.
Bxd4 Kxd7 47. Qf5+ Ke8 48. Qe5+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Qxa7 Qd6+ 51. Kg1 Qg6 52.
Qb8+ Kd7 53. Qb7+ Kd6 54. Qg7 Qb1+ ({Nach} 54... Qxg7 55. Bxg7 Be4 {ist das
Endspiel alles andere als klar gewonnen.}) 55. Kh2 Qxa2 56. b4 Ke6 57. Bc5 Kf5
58. Kh3 Qb3+ 59. Kh4 {Hier gab Weiß überrschend auf (oder überschritt die
Zeit?).} (59. Kh4 {Nach} Qc4+ 60. g4+ Ke4 61. Qe7+ Kd3 62. Kh5 Qf4 63. g5 Qh2+
64. Kg6 Be4+ 65. Kf6 Qh8+ 66. Ke6 Qc8+ 67. Kf7 Qf5+ 68. Qf6 Qh7+ {kommt der
weiße Freibauer nicht voran.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Qxe5 a6 12. Nge4 Bg6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Kh1 b5
15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qf2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qe5 19. f4 Qd4 20. f5 Bh5 21.
Be4 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 Bc5 23. Rf1 Be2 24. Rf4 Bc4 25. d3 b4 26. Rf1 Nd4 27. Bxa8
bxc3 28. dxc4 Nxc2 29. Bc6 Rb8 30. Rb1 Na3 31. bxa3 Rxb1 32. Be4 Ra1 33. Bd3 c2
34. g3 Rxa2 35. Kg2 Bxa3 36. Kf3 Bc5 37. Re1 f6 38. Ke4 a5 39. Re2 a4 40. Rxc2
Ra1 41. Kd5 Bb4 42. c5 a3 43. Bc4 Kf8 44. Ba2 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 68th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2011.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e4 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 b5
15. b4 Nb6 16. Nb3 Bg4 17. O-O Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd6 19. Nc5 Ne8 20. a4 Nxa4 21.
N3xa4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nc7 23. Rfa1 Rfb8 24. Qg4 h6 25. g3 Rb6 26. h4 g6 27. h5 g5
28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rc1 Rb5 30. Qf5 Rd8 31. Rca1 Rb6 32. Ra5 Rxb4 33. Nxa6 Nxa6 34.
Rxa6 Rb6 35. Rxb6 Qxb6 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rc1 Qe6 38. Qxe6 fxe6 39. Rc6 Re8 {
#If he is allowed to play 40...g4 the position is a dead draw. Therefore, I
played} 40. g4 Kf7 41. f4 ({If I am to achieve anything I have to exchange my
f pawn for his e pawn. However, during the game I assessed that the direct} 41.
f3 {can be met by} Rb8) 41... exf3+ ({In the case of} 41... gxf4 42. exf4 {
the white pawns' phalanx should secure me a clear advantage.}) 42. Kxf3 Ra8 43.
Rc7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Ra6 45. Kg3 Rb6 46. Kf2 Rc6 {Seemingly, at this moment we
started to move to-and-fro without a clear purpose. The point is that I need
to send my king to the queenside and, simultaneously, keep an eye on his
potential counter play against my g4 pawn.} 47. Ke1 Ra6 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kd1
Ra6 50. Ke2 ({If I play} 50. Kc2 {he can kick my rook with} Kf8 $1 {when} 51.
Rh7 {is met by} Ra2+ 52. Kd3 Rg2 53. Rxh6 Kf7 $1 {and inevitable 54...Rxg4
deprives me of any winning potential.}) 50... Ra2+ 51. Kf3 Ra6 52. Kg2 Rb6 53.
Kg3 Ra6 54. Kf3 Rb6 55. Ra7 Rb3 56. Ke2 Rb6 57. Kd2 Rc6 58. Kd3 Rb6 59. Kc3
Rc6+ 60. Kd3 Rb6 61. Ra3 Rb1 62. Ra8+ Kg7 63. Ra7+ Kg8 64. Re7 Rb3+ 65. Kd2
Rb2+ 66. Kc3 Rb6 67. Kc2 Rc6+ ({# I made a significant progress over the last
17 moves. With some help from the opponent, my king reached the c file and
Black was not allowed to equalize the way shown in the comment to the 50th
move. Nevertheless, Black could still hold. For example, he could play} 67...
Kf8 $1 68. Rh7 e5 $1 {and} 69. dxe5 {is met by} Re6 70. Kd3 Kg8 $1 71. Rd7 Rxe5
{and a draw is inevitable.}) 68. Kb3 Rb6+ $2 ({Again he could play} 68... Kf8
$1 {and then continue the way it was shown above. After the text he gets into
trouble and his position is probably beyond repair.}) 69. Kc3 Ra6 ({Sooner or
later he has to let my king into his camp. If he plays} 69... Kh8 {I set up a
zugzwang by} 70. Rf7 Kg8 71. Rf6 Kg7 72. Rg6+ Kh7 73. Kc2 {and his rook,
pinned to the e6 pawn, must leave the b file. The following play can go like
this:} Rc6+ 74. Kb3 Rb6+ 75. Kc3 Rc6+ 76. Kb4 Rb6+ 77. Kc5 Ra6 78. Kb5 Rd6 79.
Rf6 Kg7 80. Rf1 {and then the white rook is transferred to the queenside,
which should break his resistance.}) 70. Kb4 Kf8 71. Kb5 (71. Rh7 {should also
win, but the text is simpler.}) 71... Kxe7 (71... Rd6 72. Rh7 e5 {is hopeless
due to} 73. Kc5) 72. Kxa6 {#} Kf7 {If he keeps the king in the center, he
should lose as well, e.g.} (72... Ke8 73. Kb6 ({but not} 73. Kb7 $4 Kd7 {
and Black holds due to the opposition!}) 73... Kd7 74. Kb7 Kd6 75. Kc8 e5 76.
Kb7 {and soon Black will be forced to give away the d pawn.}) 73. Kb7 Kg8 74.
Kc8 Kg7 75. Kc7 Kg8 76. Kd6 {Now he resigned, as one of his pawns is about to
fall, e.g. e.g. 76...Kf7 77.Kd7 Kf6 78.Ke8 e5 79.Kd7 exd4 80.exd4 Kf7 81.Kd6}
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f3 c5 14. dxc5 Qh4+
15. g3 Qh5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Qc3 Qg5 19. Rad1 bxc5 20. Rf4 Nc6 21.
Rd7 cxb4 22. axb4 Nd8 23. Qd4 h5 24. Rh4 Bf3 25. Rf4 Bc6 26. Rc7 Rb8 27. b5 Bd5
28. Be2 Rb7 29. Rc5 Qg6 30. Bxh5 Qh7 31. Rh4 Re7 32. Bd1 e5 33. Qxd5 Qb1 34.
Qd2 Ne6 35. Rc1 Rd7 36. Qxd7 Qxb2 37. Rc8 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nh3 b5
9. cxb5 Qb6 10. O-O d4 11. e3 dxe3 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Rxe3 d5 15.
Qe1 a6 16. Na3 axb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. a4 Nc6 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Nf4 d4 21. b3 Bf8
22. Nd3 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Na5 24. Qd1 Qe4 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. Na7 Rb8 27. Nb5 Qd5 28.
Rb1 Ne4 29. Nf4 Qd7 30. Qe1 Rxb5 31. axb5 Nc3 32. Rb2 Qxb5 33. Qf1 Qb6 34. Qd3
Nc6 35. Qf3 Qa6 36. Nd3 c4 37. Bxf8 cxd3 38. Bc5 Ne5 39. Qf5 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Qc6+
41. f3 Qxc5 42. Ra2 Qd5 43. Kf2 Nc3 44. Rd2 g6 45. Qf4 Kg7 46. h4 h5 47. Kg2
Nb5 48. Ra2 Nd6 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Rd2 Ne3 51. Ra2 Qc5 52. b4 Qd5 53. Ra5 d2 54.
Rxd5 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Porto Rio"]
[Date "2014.07.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Korinthias Argonaftis"]
[BlackTeam "Kavalas CN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3
O-O 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Nf2 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. a4 Rb8 15.
a5 Na8 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Qxc6 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nb3 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Rb1
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxb2 23. e5 Ne6 24. Nd3 Rb3 25. Nd5 Kh8 26. Ne7 Bb7 27. g3 Re8
28. a6 Be4 29. Nf2 Re3 30. Nxe4 Rxe2 31. Nc3 Rb2 32. Ncd5 Bf8 33. Rd7 Rd2 34.
Rxa7 Nd4 35. Kf1 Rxh2 36. Rc4 Ne2 37. Rb7 Nxg3+ 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. a7 Bxe7 40.
Nxe7 Rd8 41. Nd5 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rxd5+ 43. Kc1 Ra5 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. a8=Q Rxa8 46.
Rxa8 Nf5 47. Ra6 h5 48. e6 h4 49. exf7 Re7 50. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden TU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 h6 13. exd5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nb6
15. O-O Nxd5 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Bf3 c6 18. h4 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Qf4 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qg3 b6 23. Re3 f6 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. Rbe1 Rh8 26. Re6 Bf8 27. Qg4
Rd8 28. R1e3 b5 29. Bg3 a5 30. a3 Qb7 31. f4 Rh5 32. Be1 Qd7 33. Qe2 Re8 34. g4
Re5 35. R6xe5 fxe5 36. Rxe5 Bg7 37. Re3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5
Rg8 41. Kh1 b3 42. Re6 Kf8 43. Bg3 Bf6 44. Bd6 Bxh4 45. Ba3 Qa7 46. Rc6 Qd7 47.
Re6 Qc7 48. Ra6 Rg3 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. f6+ exf6 51. Qe6 Rg1+ 52. Kxg1 Qg3+ 53.
Kh1 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 Bf2+ 55. Kh2 Qg3+ 0-1

