[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 {A line once championed by
Svidler and Dvoirys.} 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. f4 {Kramnik's
move which casts a doubt on the whole line.} Nd7 $5 $146 {This is a
recommendation of Ftacnik. Krasenkow,M: 'This line was examined in detail by
GM L.Ftacnik in CBM66 (annotations to Kramnik-Svidler). The text move was
recommended by Ftacnik. However, it's not sufficient for equality as White
maintains a strong, well-protected pawn centre.'} (15... Ng4 16. Bd4 Qa5+ (
16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. Ke2 e5 20. h3 exd4 21. hxg4 Bxg4+ 22.
Kd3) 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 e5 $2 19. h3 $1 exd4 20. hxg4 g5 21. g3 $1 Bxg4 (
21... d3 22. Nc3) 22. e5 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 $16 {Kramnik-Svidler,Dortmund 1998.})
16. Bxg7 $1 {After 40 minutes of thought.} Kxg7 17. Rc1 {This is a pawn
sacrifice in reality.White prevents black from setting up a knight on c5.} (17.
Qd4+ Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 $11 {Ftacnik,L}) 17... Nf6 $5 ({IM Berndt does not go
for the pawn.} 17... Qb4+ 18. Qd2 Qxe4 19. O-O Qf5 $8 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Rfe1 {
I was opting for this position.Black is pretty much paralysed.} Rd8 22. Kh1 $1
b6 $140 $6 23. Rc6 Qh4 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. d6 e6 26. Rxe6 $1 Nc5 27. Re7 Be6 28.
Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rc7 Qh6 31. Ne4 $18) (17... Rd8 $5 18. Rc4 $5 $14 (
18. Qd4+ Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 $11 {[%csl Re4]} (19... b6 20. Rc7 $16))) 18. e5
Qb4+ $1 {Pretty well calculated. Krasenkow,M: 'This just loses time.'} (18...
Ne4 $5 19. Qd4 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 (20. Nc3 Bf5 21. O-O Qc5 22. Ne2 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nd2
$14) 20... Nd2+ 21. Kf2 Bg4 $5 $14) 19. Kf2 $1 {King marches! Krasenkow,M:
'The white king boldly moves towards the centre, totally controlled by White.'}
(19. Qd2 $6 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8) (19. Kf1 $6 Ne4 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nd2+ 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Rhd1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 (24. axb3 Bg4 25. Rd2 Rac8 26.
Rxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 Bd7 $11) 24... Bg4 25. Rd2 Rac8 $132) 19... Ne4+ {Finally
black is about to cover c line with the knight.} ({After} 19... Ng4+ 20. Kf3
Nh6 21. h3 (21. Qd4 Qb5 22. Ng3 $16) 21... f6 22. e6 Nf5 23. g4 Nd6 24. Qd4 $16
) 20. Ke3 Nc5 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 {'+/-' Krasenkow,M. Krasenkow,M: 'White
has achieved a very favourable version of this endgame, with his king on the
best available square.'} b6 23. Bd1 $1 {In my opinion this is the best of 3
alternatives. Krasenkow,M: 'Evading the exchange. f3 is the perfect square for
this bishop.'} (23. Bc4 $6 {After this natural move whites initiative
evaporates.} Bb7 24. Nb3 Rac8 25. Rhd1 Rfd8 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. d6 exd6 28. Rxd6
Rdc8 29. Rd7 R8c7 $11) (23. Nc6 $5 e6 24. d6 Bb7 25. Nd4 Bxg2 26. Rhg1 Bb7 27.
f5 exf5 28. Nxf5+ Kh8 29. Ne7 $44) 23... Bb7 24. Bf3 Rad8 25. Rhd1 $16 {
White is clearly better due to his expanded center.} Rd7 26. Rd2 {There is no
need to rush the things up. Krasenkow,M: 'White doesn't hurry.'} (26. e6 fxe6 (
26... Rdd8 $2 27. exf7 Kxf7 28. Ne6) (26... Rd6 27. Nb5 Rdd8 28. exf7 Kxf7 29.
Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb5a7] was quite strong, too.}) 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nxe6+ Kf7 29.
Nxc5 Rc7 30. Ne6 Rc3+ 31. Kd2 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Rc8 $44) 26... h5 27. g3 {Still
keeping the options open.} (27. e6 $6 fxe6 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Nxe6+ Kf7 30. Nxc5
Rc7 31. Ne6 Rc3+ 32. Kd4 Rfc8 33. Nd8+ Kf6 $17) 27... Kg8 $2 (27... Rfd8 28.
Rcd1 $16) 28. Ne2 $2 {A good example of double oversight.} (28. e6 $1 Rdd8 (
28... fxe6 29. dxe6) 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Ne6 $1 $18) 28... f6 $6 {This rather
hastens black's end. Krasenkow,M: 'A desperate attempt to gain some space.'} (
28... Rc8 29. g4 Rcd8 30. Nc3 hxg4 31. Bxg4 e6 32. d6 Kg7 33. Nb5) (28... Rfd8
29. Nc3 Kf8 30. h3) 29. e6 Rd6 $6 {Hard to judge what is better.} (29... Nxe6
30. dxe6 Rxd2 31. Bxb7 $1 Rfd8 $8 (31... Rxa2 32. Rc7 Ra3+ 33. Kf2 a5 34. Rxe7
$18) 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. f5 (33. Be4 f5 34. Bc2 b5) 33... R8d3+ 34. Kf2 g5 (34...
gxf5 35. Bf3) 35. a4 Rd4 36. Rc8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Ke3 $18) 30. f5 $1 $18
{Black's position collapses after this shot. Krasenkow,M: 'Opening a second
front on the kingside.'} Rfd8 ({After} 30... g5 {White's pawn wedge on e6
brings him a decisive advantage:} 31. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4b5]} (31. Bxh5 Rxd5) 31...
g4 32. Bh1 a6 33. Nc6 Bxc6 (33... Re8 34. Na5 $1 bxa5 35. Rxc5 $18) 34. dxc6
Rxd2 35. Kxd2 Rd8+ (35... Rc8 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Rd1 Ke8 38. Rd7 $1) 36. Ke3 Kf8
37. Rd1 $1 Rc8 38. Rd7 $1 $18) 31. Nf4 gxf5 (31... g5 32. Ng6 Re8 33. Rcd1 $18)
32. Ng6 Re8 33. Nh4 $1 Nxe6 (33... Ne4 34. Nxf5 Nxd2 35. Nxd6 Nxf3 36. Nxe8
Bxd5 37. Nxf6+ $18) (33... Rdd8 34. Nxf5 $18) 34. dxe6 Rxe6+ 35. Kf2 {All the
roads lead to Rome.} (35. Kf4 Bxf3 36. Nxf3) 35... Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Re5 37. Kf4
Re4+ {Trying to set a pseudo mating net around whites king.} (37... e6 38. Rc7
Ra5 39. Ng6 $18) 38. Kxf5 Rg4 39. Rc7 Kf7 40. Re2 $1 a5 41. Re4 Rxe4 42. Kxe4 {
Now to convert the advantage of extra piece is very trivial.} Rd8 43. Nf5 Rd2
44. Rxe7+ Kf8 45. Rb7 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Rxh2 47. Rxb6 Kf7 (47... Rxa2 48. Rxf6+ Ke8
49. Rh6) 48. a3 Rc2 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Ne7+ Kh6 51. Rb3 Rc5 52. Rd3 Re5 53. Nd5
Rg5 54. Rd4 (54. a4 Re5 55. Nf4) 54... Kg7 55. a4 Kf7 56. Nf4 Rc5 57. Rd7+ Ke8
58. Rd5 Rc3+ 59. Ke4 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT2"]
[Site "Skofja Loka"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Orel, Oskar"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.11.27"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 $5 12. Bh6 (12. Rad1 Na5 13. Bd3 c5
14. d5 c4 $5 15. Bc2 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd4 Qe7 $13) 12... Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e5 $5 Qc6 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qg3 Rad8 18. exf6+ Rxf6 (18... exf6 19.
Nf4 $40) 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd6 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bc4 Qb4 23. Qb3 $6 (23. Qd3
$142 $14) 23... Qxb3 24. axb3 a6 $1 25. f5 $5 Rxf5 26. Nf4 Bc8 27. d5 Nb4 28.
Rde1 Kf8 $1 (28... b5 29. Rxe7+ Kf6 30. Rxh7 bxc4 31. g4 cxb3 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33.
Rb7 a5 34. Rf2 $132) 29. Re4 g5 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 31. dxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Kg7 33.
h4 h6 34. Ke2 $2 (34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bb5 Rf8+ 36. Kg1 Rf4 $19) 34... b5 $19 35.
Bxb5 Nd5 36. Bxa6 Nc3+ 37. Ke3 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 gxh4 39. b4 Rd2 40. Kf3 Rb2 41.
Kg4 (41. b5 h5 $22) 41... Rxb4+ 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9697"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nc6 (
7... c5) 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Bd3 (9. O-O) 9... b6 10. O-O e5 11. Ba3 (11. Bb5 $5)
11... Re8 12. d5 (12. Bb5 $1 Bd7 13. d5 (13. Qd3 $5) 13... Na5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. Qd3) 12... Na5 13. c4 c5 14. Bb2 Nb7 15. Qd2 (15. f4 Qe7) 15... Nd6 16. Ng3
Qh4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Nf1 g5 21. f3 h5 22. g3 Qh3 23. gxf4
gxf4 24. Nd2 Kf7 25. Kh1 Bf6 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Rg1 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1
Ke7 30. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qd7 (8... c5) (8... Nc6) 9. O-O b6 10. e5 $5 (10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12.
Bb5 e6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bg5 $14 {Hort,V-Gulko,B/Polanica Zdroj/1977/1:0 (42)/})
10... Bb7 (10... Ba6 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Re1 Kh8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nxg6+
hxg6 16. Re3 e6 17. Qg4 Rae8 18. Qxg6 $14 {Moehring,G-Pribyl,J/Hradec Kralove/
1978/0,5 (85)/}) 11. Nf4 e6 12. Qg4 c5 13. Be3 (13. Nxe6 $2 Re8 $19) 13... Nc6
14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 $6 (15... Nb4 $5 16. h4 Rac8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. h5
Nxf4 19. Bxf4 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Be4 $14) 16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 Nb4 18. Bb3 Be4 $6 (
18... Bd5 $142 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bg5 Re8 21. hxg6 fxg6 $1 $14 {Kotenko-Nesis,G/
corr/1978/0:1 (36)/}) 19. h6 $1 Bf5 20. Qg3 $16 Bh8 (20... Bxh6 21. Nh5 Bg7 $8
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh4 $18) (20... Bf8 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. Bg5 $16) 21. Nh5 Kf8 22.
Nf4 Bc2 $6 (22... Nd5 $142 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Qh4 Re6 26. Rc1 $16)
23. Bd2 $1 a5 24. Bxb4+ axb4 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Qxb4+ $18 Kg8 28. a4
Rc4 29. Qb5 Kf8 30. Ne2 Rd5 31. Qb3 Ke8 32. Rb1 Rd8 33. Rfd1 Rc2 34. Rbc1 Rc8
35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Qb5+ (36. Qb5+ Qc6 $8 37. Rc1 $1 Qxb5 38. Rxc8+ Kd7 39. axb5
Kxc8 40. f4 $18 {>< Bh8/}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-17 Preliminaries E"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1966.10.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Rc1 e6 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Qd2 $14 Na5 14. c4 f5
$6 (14... Rad8 $5) 15. f3 Nc6 16. Bb1 Na5 (16... Rad8 $5) 17. Rfd1 Qa4 18. Nc3
Qd7 19. Ne2 Qa4 20. Nf4 $3 Nxc4 $6 21. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Nxe6 Rf7
24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bf4 $1 $18 h6 27. Be5+ Kg6 28. Qf4 Bc8 29. g4
h5 30. gxf5+ Bxf5 31. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Qc2 $14 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Be2 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Rab1
bxc5 15. Rb5 Bc6 16. Rxc5 Nb7 17. Rg5 e5 (17... Bh6 $142 $13 {Torre,E}) 18. Nd2
Rfd8 19. Rg3 Bf8 20. h4 Rac8 21. h5 Be8 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Be2 Ba4 25.
Nb3 Ne6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qc1 Rac8 28. Bg4 Rd6 29. Bh6 Be7 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31.
Rh3 Rc6 32. Bg5 Bf8 33. Bd2 Rc4 34. Qe1 Bd7 35. Rh2 Be6 36. f3 Be7 37. Kh1 Ra4
38. Nc1 Rd8 39. g4 Bf6 40. Rb2 Ra6 41. Qf1 Rad6 42. Qh3 Qc4 43. Ne2 Rb6 44.
Rxb6 axb6 45. Ng1 Kf8 46. Qh6+ Bg7 47. Qh4 Rd3 48. Bh6 Bxh6 49. Qxh6+ Ke8 50.
Qh8+ Kd7 51. Qxe5 Qxc3 52. Qb5+ Kc7 53. Rb2 Rd6 54. Qe2 Kb7 55. Rc2 Qa3 56. Kg2
Rc6 57. Rd2 Rc1 58. Nh3 Qc5 59. Qf2 Ra1 60. Qxc5 bxc5 61. Kf2 Kc6 62. Nf4 Bxa2
63. Rd8 Bc4 64. Rc8+ Kd6 65. e5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chTa"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Be6 13. d5 Na5 14. dxe6+
Rxe6 15. Qa4 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 b6 18. Rd3 (18. Nc1 a6 19. Nb3 Nb7) 18...
Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 a6 21. Nc3 (21. Qd1 Ke8) 21... Bf6 (21... b5 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Qd1) (21... Bf8 22. Qd1) 22. Bb4 Nxc4 (22... Be7 $5 23. Bxa5 bxa5
24. Qd1 Qb6 (24... Rd6 25. Na4)) 23. Qxa6 b5 24. g3 Be7 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. a4
Nb2 27. Rd2 Nxa4 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rd6 30. Rb2 Kf6 31. Kg2 Kg7 $2 (31...
c5) 32. Qa8 Qe7 33. Qc8 Qd8 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Qg4 {[#]} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Nf3 $5 O-O (8... Bb7 $2 9. Bxf7+ $18) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 { 10...c5 11.d5} Nc6
11. Re1 Qd7 (11... Qd6 $1 12. e5 Qd8 13. e6 f5 14. Ng5 Na5 $10) 12. Rb1 e6 13.
Ba3 Rfd8 14. h4 $1 Na5 15. Bf1 c5 (15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5
Be4 19. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 20. Qxe4 $16) 16. dxc5 Qc7 (16... bxc5 $14) 17. Qc1 $1
bxc5 18. h5 $16 Nc6 (18... Bc6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg5 Nb7 21. Re3 $16) 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Qg5 Rab8 (20... Ne5 $2 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxb7 $18) 21. Bxc5 Qa5 22.
Rb5 Qxc3 23. Reb1 $1 (23. Rc1 Qf6 $10) 23... Bf6 24. Qh6 a6 (24... Ba6 25. Rxb8
Nxb8 26. Ng5 $18) 25. R1b3 $1 Qc2 26. Ne1 $18 Qd2 (26... Qxe4 27. Rh3) 27. Qxd2
Rxd2 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 30. Rb6 Nd4 31. Rxa6 Ne2+ 32. Bxe2 Rxe2 33.
Nf3 Rxe4 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Bf8+ Kh7 36. Ra7 g5 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 g4 39. Nd2
Re1+ 40. Nf1 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Ukraine-ch"]
[Site "Kherson"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 (12. Bc3 {N} Bg4 13. f3
Bd7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. h5 $16 {Lukacs,L-van
Mil/Lillafuhred/1989/1-0/}) 12... Ne5 13. Bc3 {N} (13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. Bc3 {N} Qg4 16. O-O Qxe4 17. Ng3 Qf4 18. Re1 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxg7
Qxd5 21. Bxh8 $13 {Veingold,A-Dvojris,S/Budapest/1989/1/4-1/4/37/}) 13... O-O
14. Bb3 Qb6 15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Bd2 $14 h5
20. Kh1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 a4 22. Bd1 Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb1 24. Bb4 Kf8 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26.
Rxc2 Be5 27. Be2 Bd6 28. Bd2 b6 29. Rc6 Nc5 30. f3 Rb8 31. Bc3 Nd7 32. Bd4 b5
33. Bxb5 f6 34. Rxd6 $5 (34. Bf1 Rb1 35. Kg1 Bg3) 34... exd6 35. Bxd7 Ke7 36.
Be6 (36. Bxa4 Rb4) 36... a3 37. Bc3 Rb2 38. f4 Rxa2 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Rb2
41. exd6+ Kxd6 42. Bf7 {Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Rb1 Qa5+ {N} (11... b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5
Rc8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Na5 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. Rb2 $16 {Zueger,B-Groszpeter,A/
Munich/1989/1-0/48/ -> CBM 13}) 12. Kf1 b6 13. a4 (13. Qd3 $5) 13... Ba6 14.
Bb5 Bxb5 15. axb5 $2 (15. Rxb5 Qa6 16. f3) 15... Nxd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Rad8 17. Bd2
(17. Ra1 Qb4 18. Rb1 Qd6) 17... Qa2 18. Nb3 (18. Nf3 Bc3 19. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Qc4+) 18... Bc3 19. g3 Bxd2 20. Kg2 Be3 21. Qf1 Qc2 22. Qe1 Rd3 23. Rf1
Rfd8 (23... Rxb3 $5 24. Rxb3 Qxb3 25. Qxe3 Qxb5 $19) 24. Qb4 Bg5 25. e5 e6 26.
Rfe1 h5 27. Qe4 Qa2 28. Qe2 Qa4 29. Nc1 Rc3 30. h4 Bh6 31. Kg1 Rd2 32. Qf1 Qg4
33. Ne2 Rcc2 34. f3 Be3+ 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. Kh3 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. h4 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Qa5+ 14.
Kf1 Rd8 15. h5 e6 16. hxg6 hxg6 $132 {Spassky-Sajtar/Bukarest/1953}) 9... b6 (
9... e5 10. Ba3 {[#]3} (10. d5 Na5 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 c6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 cxd5
14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bb4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nb6 $6 (17... Nd6 $142 $5 18. Rfd1
d4 19. Na4 $14 {Rashkowsky}) 18. a4 f5 19. Rad1 $16 {Rashkowsky-Ermolinsky/
UdSSR/1985}) 11... b6 (11... c5 $5 12. c4 b6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qe2 f4 15. f3 g5
16. Bd2 h5 $40 {Butnorius-Tshechkowsky/Krasnodar/1980}) 12. c4 Qe7 13. Be3 Nb7
14. Ba4 Nc5 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nc3 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.
Qxf1 Ba6 21. Bb5 Rf8 $10 {Arachamia-Akopjan/Moskau/1989}) (10. Be3 Qe7 (10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 $1 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qxd3 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxf8
$16 {Ftacnik}) 11. f3 Rd8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Nb7 15. Nc1 Bd7 16. Nb3
Ba4 17. Bc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Qe2 Re8 $10 {Dochoyan-Akopian/Erewan/1988})
10... Re8 11. Bxf7+ $5 (11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 (12... c6 13. c4 b5 $5 {Vaganian}
) 13. Bb4 Nb7 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. c4 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. f4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc5 19.
Nc3 exf4 20. e5 Qg5 21. Qd4 Rae8 22. Rae1 Nd7 23. Ne4 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25.
Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re4 g5 28. Ra4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Ng4 30. Rxa7 Ne3 31. Rd3
(31. Rc1 Rxd5 32. Rcxc7 Rd2) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Ra4 Kf6 $15 {
Rasuvaev-Smejkal/Bundesliga/1991}) 11... Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Be6 $1 (12... Kf6 $6 13.
f4 $40) 13. d5 Na5 14. dxe6+ Rxe6 15. Qa4 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd3 $5 {[#]4} (
17. f4 b5 $1 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. f5 Rf6 20. Bc5 Bf8 $1 21. Bf2 Kg8 $13 {
Ftacnik-Vaganian/Moskau/1985}) 17... Kg8 $14 (17... b5 18. Qd1 Kg8 19. Rd7 Qb6
$16 {Vaganian}) (17... Ree8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. c4 $16 {Vaganian})
18. c4 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Rf6 20. f3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 b6 22. Qb4 Rd8 23. Rad3 Rff8 24.
Nc1 c5 25. Qb5 Nc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qe8+ $14 {Volke-Tukmakow/
Groningen/1990}) 10. Be3 Bb7 (10... Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14.
Qe1 e6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Bb1 Nc4 $15 {Holm-Pribyl/1974/}) 11. f4 e6 $6 (11... Na5
12. Bd3 c5 (12... f5)) (11... Na5 12. Bd3 f5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxc5
Qc7 15. Bd4 e5 $132 {Botvinnik}) 13. exf5 Qd5 14. Rf3 gxf5 $132 {
Holdarson-Stean/Graz/1972}) 12. f5 $1 $14 Na5 13. Bd3 exf5 14. exf5 Re8 (14...
Qd5 15. Nf4) 15. Qd2 Be4 $6 (15... Qd5 $142 16. Nf4 (16. Rf2 $5) 16... Qc6 17.
Rae1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132) 16. Bg5 $1 f6 (16... Qd7) 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd3 $1
Qd5 $6 (18... Rxe2 19. Qxe2 fxg5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. f7 $1
$18) (18... Qe8 19. Ng3 Re7 20. Bd2 $16) 19. Bd2 g5 (19... Rae8 $2 20. Ng3 Rg4
21. h3 $18) 20. Ng3 Rh4 (20... Re7 21. Bxg5 $1 $18) (20... Ree8 21. Nh5 $16 (
21. Bxg5)) 21. Rae1 Rf8 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. Bc1 c5 24. Qf3 $1 {/\25.Sf6, 25.Sg5}
Kh8 (24... Rd8 25. Bxg5 $1 $18) 25. Nxg5 $1 Qd6 26. g3 fxg5 27. gxh4 g4 28.
Qxg4 Bxd4+ $2 (28... cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rg8 $16) 29. cxd4 $18 Rg8 30.
Bg5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-12c"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1982.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Ne2 h5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nf4 e6 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Bd3 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O Qg4 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Be2 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxe4 22. f3 $1 Qxf4 23. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 24. Qd3 $1 {>< Pg6} Qe3+ 25. Qxe3
Rxe3 26. Rd7 Kh6 27. Rxc7 Ba6 28. Rd1 Bd3 29. Rd2 Bf5 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Rd5 Rxd5
32. Bxd5 Rd8 33. c4 b5 34. Ke3 a5 35. Kf4 Bb1 (35... bxc4 36. Bxc4 Rd4+ 37. Ke5
Rxh4 $2 38. f4 {/\ Bg8, Rh7#} Bb1 39. Bg8 g5 40. f5 g4 41. Kf6 $18) 36. g4 hxg4
37. fxg4 Rf8+ 38. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Bg5 $6 (9. Bd3) (9. Be3) 9... Qd7 10. Qd2 e5 $5 (10... Na5) 11. Rd1
Qg4 $6 (11... exd4 $142 12. cxd4 Qg4 $36) 12. O-O Qxe4 (12... exd4 13. f3 {/\}
dxc3 $2 14. Qe3 Qh5 15. Ng3 $18) 13. Ng3 Qg4 14. h3 Qd7 15. Bh6 Qd8 $6 (15...
exd4 16. Nh5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 gxh5 18. Qg5+ $10) 16. Rfe1 exd4 17. cxd4 $6 (17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd4 Re8 19. d5 Ne5 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 (21... Qxd7 $2 22.
Qg5 Nc4 23. Nh5+ $18) 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qb2+ Qe5 24. Qxb7 $16) 17... Qxd4 18.
Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bd5 $6 (20. Ne4 $1 {/\ Bd5, Ng5+/-}) 20... Bf6 $13
21. Re3 (21. Bxc6 bxc6 {/\ Be6}) 21... Nd8 22. Rde1 Be6 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Ne4 Be7
25. Kh2 Ne6 26. g3 a5 27. a4 $2 (27. Rb1 $10) 27... Ra6 28. Rb1 Bb4 $17 29. Nf6
h6 30. Bg2 Rd6 31. Nd5 Bc5 32. Re2 b6 33. f4 Bd7 (33... Ba6 $142 34. Reb2 Bc4
$19) 34. Ra2 Bd4 35. Rc1 Nc5 $2 (35... c6 36. Nc3 Nc5 37. Rd1 Be6 38. Rad2 Nb3
$17) 36. Rc4 Bg7 37. Nxc7 $16 Rd4 38. Rxd4 Bxd4 39. Na8 Be6 40. Rd2 Nb3 41. Rd1
Bc5 42. Bd5 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Nd4 44. Rd8+ $2 (44. Rd7 $1 {/\ Rb7+/-}) 44... Ke7
45. Rd5 (45. Rb8 Kd6 46. Rb7 (46. Nxb6 $2 Kc7 $19) 46... b5 $132) 45... h5 46.
Kg2 Nc2 47. Kf3 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Ne6 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Bg1 51. Rd1 Bc5 52. Rb1
Bb4 53. Nxb6 $18 Nc5+ 54. Kd5 Nd3 55. Rf1 f5 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Be6 13. d5 Na5 14. dxe6+
Rxe6 15. Qa4 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd3 $5 {N} (17. f4 $6 b5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. f5
Rf6 20. Bc5 Bf8 $15 {Ftacnik,L-Vaganian,R/Moskva/1985/}) 17... Kg8 (17... b5
18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bc5 Bf8 20. Rfd1 $1) 18. c4 (18. Rfd1 $5 $14) 18... Bf8 $1 19.
Rfd1 Rf6 20. f3 (20. Rd7 Qb6 21. Rf1 Bc5 $1) 20... Bxa3 21. Rxa3 b6 22. Qb4 (
22. Rad3 Qe7 $1 23. Rd7 Qc5+) 22... Rd8 23. Rad3 Rff8 24. Nc1 c5 25. Qb5 Nc6
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Nd3 Nf7 30. Qe6 Qd8 31. Qd5 $10
Qg5 32. Kf2 h5 33. h3 h4 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. a4 Kf6 37. Qc6+ Qd6 38.
Qxd6+ Nxd6 39. Nb2 a6 40. g3 g5 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. Kf2 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. cxb5
Nxb5 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. f4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (46. f4 $1 exf4 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Nd3+
Kd4 49. Nxc5 Kxc5 50. Kxf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bd5 Qd7 11. h5 e6 12. Bb3 e5 (12... Ba6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14.
Nf4 Rfd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Bc8 17. Qxg6 Nxd4 18. Rh3 $1 $16 {Cramling,
P-Kindermann,S/Hamburg SKA/1991/}) 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 (14... exd4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 Rh8 17. Rxh8 Kxh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qxg6+ $16) 15. Rxh6 Kg7
16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Ng3 (17. Rh3 Rh8 $1) 17... Qg4 (17... Rh8 18. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 19.
Qg5+ $18) 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Rh5 $1 gxh5 (19... Rh8 20. Nf5+ Kf6 (20... gxf5 21.
Rg5+ $18) 21. Bxc6 $1 Qxh5 (21... Bxc6 22. dxe5+ Kxe5 (22... Ke6 23. Nd4+ Kd7
24. Nxc6+ $18) 23. Qd4+ Ke6 24. Rxh8 $18) (21... Rxh5 22. dxe5+ Kxe5 23. f4+
Qxf4 24. Qd4+ Ke6 25. Bd7#) 22. dxe5+ Kxe5 23. f4+ Ke6 24. Qd5+ Kf6 25. Qe5#)
20. Nf5+ Kf6 (20... Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Bxc6 $18) 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. dxe5+ Kxe5
(22... Ke6 23. Nd4+ Kd7 24. Nxc6+ Kc8 $13) 23. Qd4+ Ke6 (23... Kf4 24. g3+ Kf3
25. Nh4+ $18) 24. f3 Qxg2 (24... Qf4 25. Qc4+ Kd7 26. Rd1+ Kc8 27. Ne7+ $18)
25. Qc4+ Ke5 $1 (25... Kd7 26. O-O-O+ Kc8 27. Qxc6 $16) 26. Qxc6 Qxf3 $2 (26...
Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Qh2+ $1 (27... Qxa1 $2 28. Qxc7+ Kf6 29. Qd6+ Kg5 30. Qh6#) 28.
Kd3 Rfd8+ $1 29. Kc4 Rac8 $13 {Seirawan}) 27. Qxc7+ Kxe4 (27... Kf6 28. Qe7+
Kg6 29. Nh4+ $18) 28. Ng3+ Kd3 (28... Ke3 29. Qe5+ Kd3 30. Qd4+ Kc2 31. Qd2#)
29. Qd6+ Kc4 (29... Kxc3 30. Rc1+ Kb2 31. Qd2+ Ka3 32. Rc3+ $18) 30. Qb4+ Kd5
31. Rd1+ Qxd1+ (31... Kc6 32. Qc4+ Kb7 33. Rd7+) 32. Kxd1 f5 33. Nxh5 $18 Rad8
34. Qb5+ Ke4+ 35. Ke2 f4 36. Qc6+ Kf5 37. Ng7+ Kg4 38. Qg6+ Kh3 39. Kf3 Rd3+
40. Qxd3 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bd5 Qd7 11. h5 e6 (11... Ba6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf4 e6 14.
Qg4 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6 Bc4 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rh3 Raf8 20.
Nxg7 Rh8 21. Rf3+ Ke7 22. Ba3+ Nb4 23. Bxb4+ c5 24. dxc5 Rxh7 25. cxb6+ {
1-0/Spassky,B-Timman,J/Amsterdam/1977/}) 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf4 Rfd8
$6 (14... Rfe8 $14) 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qg4 Bc8 (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bc8 18.
Bb2 $18) 17. Qxg6 Nxd4 (17... Qf7 $2 18. Rh8+ $1 $18) 18. Rh3 $1 (18. cxd4 Qxd4
19. Rb1 (19. Bxe6+ Bxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Ba3+ c5 $13) 19... Qf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7
21. Rh3 Rh8) 18... Nxb3 (18... Rf8 19. cxd4 $18) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 (19... Kf7 20.
Rf3+ Ke7 21. Ba3+ c5 22. Qxg7+ Kd6 23. Rd1+ $18) 20. Rf3+ Qf7 21. Bh6 $1 Qxf3
22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. gxf3 Nxa1 24. Bg5 Nc2+ 25. Kf1 {Ftacnik,L} (25. Kf1 Ba6+ 26.
Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kg3 Rd7 28. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {VanderWiel Baburin,A} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. h4 {Baburin: Enjoing the stability in the
centre (...c7-c5 was not played!), White starts a direct attack on the
kingside.} O-O 10. Bd5 Bb7 $6 (10... Qd7 $5 11. h5 (11. Ba3 Rd8 12. h5 e6 13.
Bb3 Ba6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nf4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Rc1 Qb5 18. Bd5 Qa5+ 19.
Qd2 Qxa3 20. Rh3 Qb2 21. Rc2 Qa1+ 22. Rc1 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qf6 24. Rch1 {1-0
Petran,P-Kosa,L/HUN/1978 (34)}) 11... e6 (11... Ba6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf4 e6
14. Qg4 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6 Bc4 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rh3 Raf8
20. Nxg7 Rh8 21. Rf3+ Ke7 22. Ba3+ Nb4 23. Bxb4+ c5 24. dxc5 Rxh7 25. cxb6+ {
1-0/Spassky,B-Timman,J/Amsterdam/1977/}) 12. Bb3 Ba6 (12... e5 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. Bh6 Bxh6 (14... exd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 Rh8 17. Rxh8 Kxh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8
19. Qxg6+ $16) 15. Rxh6 Kg7 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Ng3 (17. Rh3 Rh8 $1) 17... Qg4 (
17... Rh8 18. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 19. Qg5+ $18) 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Rh5 $1 {/\ Nf5, Qh6,
Rg5} gxh5 20. Nf5+ Kf6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. dxe5+ Kxe5 (22... Ke6 23. Nd4+ Kd7 24.
Nxc6+ Kc8 $13) 23. Qd4+ Ke6 {1-0 Finegold,B-De Boer,G/Wijk-B 1992 (39)}) 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf4 Rfd8 $6 {/\ Nd4-+} (14... Rfe8 $14) (14... Rfe8) 15. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 (15... Re8 16. Ng5) 16. Qg4 Bc8 (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bc8 18. Bb2 $18) (
16... Kf7 17. Rh7 $1 Rg8 $8 18. Bh6 Raf8 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxg7+
) 17. Qxg6 Nxd4 18. Rh3 $1 Nxb3 (18... Qf7 19. Qh7+ $1 Kf8 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rf3 Bc3+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bxa1 24. Bh6+ Ke8 25. Bg5 $18) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20.
Rf3+ Qf7 (20... Ke7 21. Ba3+ c5 22. Qxg7+ Kd6 23. Rd1+ Kc6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25.
Qe5 $18) 21. Bh6 $1 {1-0 Cramling,P-Kindermann,S/Hamburg SKA/1991 (24)}) (10...
Bd7 11. h5 e6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. e5 c5 14. Qd3 Nxb3 15. axb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17.
hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Bc6 20. Qh3 Qxd4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Kxe7 23.
Ba3+ Kd7 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Qxd1+ Bd5 26. Rh7 {1-0 Tarjan,J-Strauss,D/USA 1978})
11. h5 e6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. hxg6 (13. Bc2 e5 14. Qd3 Re8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh3 h5
17. d5 Qc8 18. Qg3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 hxg4 20. Rh4 Bc8 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. Ba3 Bf6 23.
Bxf8 Bxh4 24. Bb4 Nc4 {0-1 Joyce,J-Littlewood,J/Dublin 1995 (46)}) 13... hxg6
14. Qd3 Nxb3 15. axb3 f5 (15... e5 16. Qh3 f6 17. d5 Qc8 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Bh6
Rg8 20. f4 Qe8 21. O-O Bc8 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Nf4 f5 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ Ke7
26. Nxg7 Bd7 27. exf5 {1-0 Petran,P-Krnic,Z/Belgrade (C.Zvezda) 1977}) 16. Qg3
$1 (16. exf5 exf5 $13) 16... Bxe4 {Baburin: It was imprudent to allow White to
take on g6.} (16... Qf6 17. e5 Qf7 18. Nf4 $16) (16... Kf7 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nh3
g4 19. Ng5+ $18) 17. Qxg6 {Baburin: From g6 the queen does a lot of work:
attacks the e6-pawn and intends to move to the h-file.} Qf6 (17... Qe8 18. Qh7+
Kf7 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Nf4 $18) 18. Qh5 (18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Rh6 Qe7 (19... Rh8 $1 {
Van der Wiel} 20. Rxf6+ Kxf6) 20. Qg6+ Kg8 21. Bg5 $18) 18... e5 $2 (18... Rfe8
19. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 20. Qxe8+ $18) (18... Qe7 19. Nf4 $18) (18... f4 $142 {
Van der Wiel}) 19. Qh7+ $1 Kf7 20. Rh6 Qd8 (20... Qe7 21. Rg6 Rg8 22. Bh6 $18)
(20... Rh8 {Van der Wiel} 21. Rxf6+ Kxf6 22. dxe5+ Kf7 23. e6+ Kf6 24. Bg5+ $1)
21. Rg6 Rg8 22. Bh6 (22. Bh6 Qf8 23. dxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kostakiev,D} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 (
13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (14... Nxd7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. O-O $14) 15. O-O (15.
Bc3 Qg4 (15... Rc8 16. O-O Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Rxc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Be5 20. Kg2
$13) 16. O-O (16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qb3 Qg4 18. Qxb7 O-O $17) 16... Qxe4 17. Ng3 Qf4
18. Re1 {/\ Re4} Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxg7 Qxd5 21. Bxh8 Rc8 $6 (21... Kf8
22. Bb2 Re8 23. Ba3 f5 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. Bxe7+ Kf7 $13) 22. Bf6
Rc7 23. Ne4 {/\ Be7!} Qa5 24. Bg5 $1 f5 25. Bd2 $1 (25. Nd2 e5 $13) 25... Qa6
26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Veingold,A-Dvoirys,S/Budapest/1989/ (36)}) 15...
O-O 16. Bc3 Rfc8 (16... Rac8) 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. h3 Qb5
21. Ng3 Rc4 22. Qd2 Nf6 {Larsen,B-Lombardy,W/Zuerich/1961/0-1 (96)}) (13. Rc1
O-O 14. O-O Nxc4 15. Rxc4 e6 16. Bc3 $1 $14 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $2 (17... b6) 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 $1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Ne4 $1 f5 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Nc3 $1
Qf6 24. Qb4 b6 25. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Dvoirys,S/USSR-ch/1986/ (51)})
13... O-O 14. Bb3 Qb6 (14... Bd7 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. h3
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nf6 20. e5 Ne8 21. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Donner,J-Ree,H/NLD-ch/1977/ (42)})
15. f4 $146 (15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Bd2 h5 20.
Kh1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 a4 22. Bd1 Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb1 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Huzman,A/
URS-sf Ukraine-ch/1989/ (41)}) 15... Ng4 (15... Nd7 $5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+
Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 $11) 16. Bd4 (16. Bxg7 Qf2+ 17. Kd2 Kxg7 18. Qg1
Bd7 $15) 16... Qa5+ (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rd8 (18... Nf6 19. e5
Ne4 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd8 21. Nb5) 20. Rc1 $14) 19. Ke2 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 $13
) 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 {[#]} e5 $2 {A very illustrative mistake, white will
be able to build a dominating pawn chain in the center.} (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4
Rd8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ke3 $14) (18... Nf6 19. e5 (19. Bxf6 {Kostakiev,D} Bxf6 20.
Rac1 $16) 19... Ne4+ 20. Ke3) 19. h3 $1 (19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rhc1
$13) 19... exd4 20. hxg4 g5 (20... d3 21. Nc3 Re8 22. Rae1 (22. e5 Bxg4 23.
Kxd3 f6 $1 $13) 22... Bxg4 23. Kxd3 $16) (20... Bxg4 21. e5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Rac8
23. Rad1 $16) 21. g3 Bxg4 (21... d3 22. Nc3 Bxg4 23. Kxd3 Bf3 24. Rhe1 $16) 22.
e5 Bxe2 (22... Bf3 23. Rhf1 g4 (23... Be4 24. d6 $16) 24. d6 $1 $16) 23. Kxe2
Rfc8 24. Rad1 (24. Kd3 $2 Rc3+ 25. Kxd4 Rxg3 $17) 24... Rc3 25. Rd3 Rac8 (25...
Rd8 26. d6 $16) (25... b5 $142 {Kostakiev,D}) 26. d6 {Black is technically
pawn up, but his pieces are not getting anywhere. On the contrary Kramnik is
eying f7 and h7 weaknesses and his cenral pawns are already quite far.} b5 (
26... Rd8 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. Rc1 gxf4 (28... h5 29. Rxc3 h4 30. Rc7 hxg3 31.
Rxf7 Kh8 32. e6 g2 33. e7 g1=Q 34. exd8=Q+ Kh7 35. Bc2+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Bxh8 37.
Rh7#) (28... Rc8 29. e6 $18) 29. gxf4 Bh6 30. Kf3 Rc8 31. e6 $18) (26... Kf8
27. Rxh7 $16) (26... Re8 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rxc3 h4 31.
gxh4 gxh4 32. Rc7 $18) 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. e6 $1 Kf8 (28... Rb8 29. e7 Bf6 30.
fxg5 Bxg5 31. Rf1 c2 32. Kd3 c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. d7 $18) (28... Bf6 29. e7 (
29. fxg5 {Kostakiev,D} Bxg5 30. e7 $16) 29... Re8 (29... Bxe7 30. dxe7 Re8 31.
Kd3 Rxe7 32. Kxc3 Re3+ 33. Kb4 Rxg3 34. fxg5 Rxg5 35. Rf1 Rg7 36. Kxb5 $18) 30.
Bd5 Bxe7 31. Bc6 Bxd6+ 32. Bxe8 $18) (28... c2 29. d7 Rf8 30. e7 $18) (28...
gxf4 {Kostakiev,D} 29. d7 $18) 29. e7+ Ke8 {[#]} 30. Bxf7+ $1 (30. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 (30... Kd7 31. f5 (31. Rxh7 $18 {Kostakiev,D} c2 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8+ 33. Bxe8+
Kxe8 34. Kd2 $18) 31... Rb8 32. Rxh7 Bf6 33. Bh5 $18) 31. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. Bc3 (12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7
14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. O-O Nc5 $13 {Lutz,C-Spiridonov/Pau/1988/})
12... O-O 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rd1 {N} (14. O-O b6 15. Rab1 Qd6 $10 {ECO}) 14... Ne5
$1 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 (15... e5 16. Bc5 $18) 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nb5 $18)
15. Bb5 a6 (15... Bg4 16. Bb4 Qf3 $8 17. dxe5 $1 (17. gxf3 $4 Nxf3+ 18. Kf1
Bh3#) 17... Qxg2 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Bf8 20. Rg1 Qxe4 21. Rxg4 Qxg4 22.
Bxe7 $18) 16. Bb4 Nf3+ (16... Qf3 17. O-O axb5 18. gxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd2 20.
Rxd2 $17) 17. gxf3 Qxf3 18. Qf4 (18. Rg1 axb5 $19) (18. O-O Bh3 19. Nf4 Bxf1
20. Bxf1 Bh6 $19) 18... Qxh1+ (18... Qxf4 19. Nxf4 axb5 $17) 19. Kd2 Bxd4 $4 (
19... Qg2 20. Bxe7 axb5 21. Bxd8 Rxa2+ 22. Ke3 Bg4 23. f3 Bh6 $1 $19) 20. Rxh1
Be5+ 21. Bd3 Bxf4+ 22. Nxf4 e6 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bf6 Bd7 25. h4 b5 26. Bb1 e5 (
26... h6 27. e5 Bc6 28. Rg1 $40) 27. Nd5 Re6 28. Ke3 (28. Nc7 Rxf6 29. Nxa8
Rxf2+ $14) 28... Rb8 29. f4 $1 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bc6 31. Be5 $1 Rbe8 32. Nf6+
Rxf6+ 33. Bxf6 Re6 34. Bc3 f5 $2 35. exf5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Rad1 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 e6 (
14... e5 15. f4 f5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Rf6 {Cramling,P-Ftacnik,L/Haninge/
1989/ -> CBM 13} 18. exf5 $1 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Be5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qg5 $16) 15.
c4 Ba6 16. Qc1 {N} (16. Qc2 exd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rae8 19. Bd2 $6 Nb7 20.
Ne4 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qa4 Bc8 23. Qxa7 Be5 $44 {Yusupov,A-Gulko,B/Hastings/
1989/}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Rae8 18. Ng3 $1 Qd7 19. Rfe1 f5 $6 (19... Nb7 20.
Rxe8 (20. Ne4 f5) 20... Rxe8 21. Ne4) 20. Ne2 $1 Nb7 21. Nf4 Rxe1+ (21... h6
22. Nxg6 hxg5 23. Nxf8 $16) 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Ne6 Bh8 (23... Nd6 24. Nxg7 $16)
24. Nc7 $3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxc7 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Bd2 Qd8 $8 28. Bc3+ Kh6 29.
Qe3+ (29. Qxh8 Qxh8 30. Bxh8 Nd6) 29... Qg5 $8 (29... g5 30. Qh3+ Kg6 31. Qxf5+
) 30. f4 Qg4 31. Bxh8 Qd1+ 32. Bf1 Nd6 33. Qh3+ Qh5 34. Qc3 Ne8 35. d6 $1 Qd1
36. Qh3+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Rad1 c5 14. d5 e6 15.
c4 Ba6 16. Qc2 exd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 (17... Qg4 18. f4 h6 19. h3) 18. Ng3 Qg4 $1
19. Bd2 (19. f4 h6 20. h3 Qxg3 21. Rf3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Qxf3 24. gxf3
Rxd1 25. Qxd1 hxg5 $19) 19... Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 $5 20. Bc1 b5 $13) 20. Bxa5 Bxd3
21. Rxd3 c4 $1 (21... bxa5 22. Qxc5 $16) 22. Rc3 $1 bxa5 23. Rxc4 Rac8 $1 24.
Rc6 (24. Rxg4 Rxc2 25. Ra4 Rc5 $10) (24. Rc1 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Re1+ 26. Nf1 Qxc4
27. Rxc4 Rd1 $10) 24... Rcd8 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. d6 $8 (26. h3 $2 Qxg3 27. Rxd4
Re1#) 26... Re6 27. Kh1 (27. Rc4 Rexd6 28. Ne2 Re6 29. Rcxd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4
$1) 27... Rexd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Ne4 Rc6 $1 30. Qd3 Be5 (30... Bb6 31. Qd5)
31. Qd5 Rc8 32. h3 (32. f3 Qf4 33. Ng3 Rc1 $17) 32... Qf4 33. g3 Qf3+ 34. Kg1
Bg7 (34... Rc2 35. Re1 (35. Qxe5 $5 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ $10
) 35... Qf5 36. Qxa5) 35. Re1 a4 36. Qd7 Rf8 37. Qxa4 Qf5 38. h4 (38. Qxa7 Qxh3
$132) 38... a5 39. Ng5 h6 40. Ne4 Kh8 41. Nd6 Qd5 42. Rd1 Qf3 {Ftacnik,L}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 $5 (9... Na5 10. Be2 c5 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. O-O Bb7
14. d5 $14 {Knaak,R-Uhlmann,W/Halle/1976/}) 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 (12.
Bd3 f5 $5) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qb3 (15. Qd3 $6 b5 $1) 15...
Bh6 16. Rd1 b6 $6 (16... Na5 $5 17. Qa4 b6 18. Ba3 Bf8 $13) (16... Nd6 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Qxb7 Reb8 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. dxc6 Rb6 $10) 17. Qxc4 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qd6
19. Qa5 (19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Ke2 $1 {/\ Kd3,Rb1,Bg4+/-, Korchnoi}) 19... Reb8 20.
O-O Rb6 $6 (20... Rb2 $1 21. Rb1 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Rb3 Rab8 24. Bd1 $14)
21. Be2 Bf8 22. Bc4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 (23. Qa4 Rb2 $132) 23... Bxc5 24. Rd2 Rab8 25.
Bb3 Rf6 26. g3 Rf3 27. Rc1 (27. Rc2 Rb6 28. Kg2 Rbf6 29. Ba4 h5 30. Bd7 Kf8 31.
Bf5 Rd3) 27... Ba3 (27... Rb6 28. Kg2 Rbf6 29. Rcc2 Kf8 30. Bc4 $16) 28. Rcc2
g5 29. Kg2 Rf6 30. Rd3 Bc5 31. Rf3 Rbb6 32. Rxf6 (32. Rf5 $5 Rxf5 33. exf5 Rf6
34. g4 h5 35. h3 {/\ Kf3-e4}) 32... Rxf6 33. Ba4 Ra6 (33... Rb6) 34. Bb5 Rb6
35. a4 Kg7 36. c4 $6 (36. Rd2 {/\ Rd3-f3}) 36... a6 $1 37. a5 Rb8 38. Bxa6 Ra8
39. Bb5 Rxa5 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Ra3 42. h5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 (10. Bd5 $1 Qd7 (10... Bb7 11. h5 e6 12. Bb3
Na5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 Nxb3 15. axb3 e5 16. Qh3 f6 17. d5 Qc8 18. Qh7+ Kf7
19. Bh6 Rg8 20. f4 $16 {Petran,P-Krnic,Z/Beograd/1977/}) (10... Bd7 11. h5 e6
12. Bb3 Na5 13. e5 c5 14. Qd3 Nxb3 15. axb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Bc6 20. Qh3 Qxd4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Kxe7 23. Ba3+ Kd7 24. Rd1
Qxd1+ 25. Qxd1+ Bd5 26. Rh7 {1-0/Tarjan,J-Strauss,D/USA/1978/}) 11. h5 (11. Ba3
Rd8 12. h5 e6 13. Bb3 Ba6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nf4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 $44 {
Petran,P-Kosa,L/Ungarn/1978/}) 11... e6 (11... Ba6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf4 e6 14.
Qg4 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6 Bc4 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rh3 Raf8 20.
Nxg7 Rh8 21. Rf3+ Ke7 22. Ba3+ Nb4 23. Bxb4+ c5 24. dxc5 Rxh7 25. cxb6+ {
1-0/Spassky,B-Timman,J/Amsterdam/1977/}) 12. Bb3 e5 (12... Ba6 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. Nf4 Rfd8 $2 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qg4 $18 {Cramling,P-Kindermann,S/Hamburg
SKA/1991/}) 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Rxh6 Kg7 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Ng3 $14 {
Finegold,B-De Boer,GJ/Wijk-B/1992/}) 10... Na5 11. Bd3 e5 (11... c5 12. Be3
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Bh6 Nxd4 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kf6 20. Qh4+ Kg7 21. Qh6+ Kf6 22. f4 Qb4+ 23. Kf2 Nxe2 24. Qg5+
Kg7 25. Qh6+ Kf6 {0,5/Hort,V-Miles,A/Teeside/1975/}) 12. Be3 (12. hxg6 fxg6 (
12... hxg6 13. Bh6 f6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. O-O-O Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Rh2 $16 {
Petrosian,T-Stean,M/Moskva/1975/}) 13. Be3 exd4 (13... Qe7 14. Rc1 c6 15. f4
exf4 16. Nxf4 (16. Bxf4 {Ftacnik} Be6 17. c4 $6 Bg4 $1) 16... Bf5 $15 {Tarjan,
J-Adorjan,A/Hastings/1976/}) 14. cxd4 c5 15. d5 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nc6 17. a3 Qd6
18. f4 $16 {Timman,J-Adorjan,A/London/1975/}) 12... Qe7 (12... c6 13. Qd2 Re8
14. Rd1 Be6 $13 {Ree,H-Sax,G/Vraca/1975/}) 13. Qd2 (13. Rc1 c6 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. O-O Nc4 $132 {Marin,M-Kindermann,S/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) (13. d5 {
Ftacnik} c6 14. c4 $140 Nxc4 $1 15. Bxc4 Qb4+) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 (14. Bxd4 {
Ftacnik} Bb7 15. Bxg7 (15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6+ Kg8
19. Nf4 Rf7 20. Nxg6 $2 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Nc4 22. Qc1 Rxd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Bxe4 $19)
15... Kxg7 16. Qe3 Rae8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. f3 $13) 14... Bb7 (14... c5 {Ftacnik}
15. Bh6 cxd4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. e5 $40)
15. e5 (15. hxg6 {Ftacnik} fxg6 16. Bh6 c5 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 $1) (15. Bh6 {Ftacnik}
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. hxg6 Qxg6 $1 $17) 15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bf3
17. Ng3 Qd7 {/\ Rad8, c7-c5 -/+} (17... f5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Bxf5 Bxh5 (19...
Nc4 $1 {Ftacnik} 20. Bg5 $1 Qf7 21. Qd3 Bxh5 22. Be4 Rf8 23. Rg2 $16) 20. Be4
Rf8 21. Rc1 $16 {Timman,J-Adorjan,A/Skopje/1976/}) (17... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 18. Nf5
Qxh5 19. Bh6 (19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3 c6 $17) 19... Bxh6 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Nf5+
Kh8 22. Qf4 gxf5 23. Rg5 Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Qxa1 25. Qxf5 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxd4+ 27. Bd3
Qxf2+ $10) 18. Nf5 (18. Rc1 {Ftacnik} c5 19. dxc5 (19. Nf5 cxd4 20. Bh6 Bxe5
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 19... Bxe5 20. Be2 Qb7 $17) 18... Nc4 $1 (18... gxf5 $4 19.
h6 $16 (19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kh8 21. Bg7+ Kxg7 (21... Kg8 22. Qg5 f6 23.
Bxf6+ Kf7 24. Bxf5 $16) 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. h6 $18)) (18... Bxh5 19.
Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 19. Bxc4 (19. Qc3 Nxe3 $19 {/\ Bh5})
(19. Qc1 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 20. Bc2 Qb5 $19) 19... Qxf5 $17 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rg5 (
21. Bh6 Rad8 $17) 21... Qh3 (21... Qe4 $5 {Ftacnik} 22. Rc1 c5 23. Bd3 Qh4 $17
24. dxc5 $140 Rad8) 22. Qc3 {/\ Rg6} (22. Rxg6 $2 Qh1+ 23. Bf1 fxg6 $19) 22...
Bh5 23. Rg3 Qh4 (23... Qh2 $1 {Ftacnik} 24. Bd5 c5 $1 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. dxc5
$140 Rd8 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Rg1 Qh3+ 29. Ke1 Qh2 30. Kf1 Bxe5 $19) 24. Bd5 c5 (
24... Rad8 25. Bg5 $16) 25. Bg5 (25. Bxa8 Rxa8 {עe1} (25... Rxa8 {Ftacnik} 26.
Bg5 Qh1+ 27. Kd2 Qd5 $40)) 25... Qh2 (25... Qxd4 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27.
Bxa8 Rxa8 28. f4 $13) (25... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxh4 dxc3 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. f4
$13) 26. Rg2 (26. Bxa8 {Ftacnik} Rxa8 $19) 26... Qh1+ 27. Kd2 cxd4 28. Rxh1 (
28. Qxd4 Qh3 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Rg3 Qe6 $17 {עd2}) 28... dxc3+ 29. Kc2 {/\ Rh5}
(29. Kxc3 {Ftacnik} Rad8 $5 (29... Rac8+ 30. Kd4 $1 Be2 31. f4 (31. Bf6 Rc5 32.
Rgh2 (32. Rxg6 $2 Rxd5+ $19) 32... Rxd5+ 33. Kxd5 Bf3+ 34. Kd4 Bxf6 35. exf6
Bxh1 36. Rxh1 Rd8+ 37. Ke5 Re8+ 38. Kf4 Re6 $19) 31... Ba6 32. Rgh2 Rc5 33. Bb3
Bb7 34. Rg1 Rfc8 $15) 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxh5 Rxd5 32. Rhg5 Bxe5+ 33. Kc2 Rc5+
34. Kd3 Kg7 $15) 29... Rad8 30. Bxd8 (30. Be4 Rd4 $19) 30... Rxd8 31. Be4 Rd4
32. Bb7 (32. f3 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Bf3 34. Rgh2 (34. Rhg1 {Ftacnik} Bxe4+ 35. Kxc3
Bxe5+ 36. Kc4 Bxg2 37. Rxg2 Kg7 $19) 34... Bxh1 35. Rxh1 Bxe5 $19) 32... Rd2+
$6 (32... Bg4 $17) (32... Bg4 $1 {Ftacnik} 33. Re1 Rc4 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Kxc3
Rf4 36. Re2 b5 $15) 33. Kxc3 Rxa2 34. f4 Ra4 35. Rh4 $4 (35. Rf1 $15) (35. Rf1
{Ftacnik} b5 36. Bd5 a5 37. Ra2 $1 $13) 35... Bxe5+ $19 36. Kb3 Bd1+ 37. Rc2
Rxf4 38. Rhh2 Rd4 39. Rh1 Bxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Ra4 41. Bc6 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 {In this system Black delays his
central action, maintaining both possibilities: ...e7-e5 and ...Nc6-a5
followed by ...c7-c5.} 12. Rb1 {A relatively rare move. Other possibilities:} (
12. Rc1 Rad8 (12... Rfd8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Rfd1
Qe7 18. d5 c6 19. Bb6 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rd7 21. c4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qd3 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Gd5]} cxd5 24. cxd5 Qb4 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Qb1 Qd6 27. Ba5 {Beliavsky,
A-Vaganian,R/USSR (ch) 1974/1-0 (52)}) (12... Na5 13. Bd3 c5 (13... Rad8 14.
Kh1 c5 15. d5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxa2 18. Qc2 Qc4 19. g4 Qe6 20. c4 $16
{1-0 Holm,S-Sax,G/Budapest Tungsram 1975 (34)}) 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Rb1
e6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Ba4 Re5 22. Bxc6 Bxc6
23. Rb4 $14 {Rea,A-Jansen,B/NATO-ch 1989/1-0 (39)}) (12... e6 $5 13. Bb5 a6 14.
Bd3 Rad8 15. Bb1 f5 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Qd2 b5 18. e5 Na5 19. h4 c5 20. h5 gxh5
21. Ng3 Nc4 22. Qf4 cxd4 23. cxd4 h6 24. Bh4 Qf7 25. a4 Bd5 26. axb5 axb5 {
Holm,S-Poutiainen,P/Budapest Tungsram 1975/0-1 (40)}) 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bd3 c5
15. Rfd1 Qa4 16. Bh6 Bxh6 (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng3 f6 20.
Nf1 Qf7 21. Ne3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rd7 23. d5 Rfd8 24. Ng4 h5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Ne3 {
Spassky,B-Larsen,B/Beverwijk 1967/1-0 (37)}) 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxa2 19.
Nf4 Qb2 $1 $132 {Spassky}) (12. Bb5 a6 (12... e6 13. Rb1 Rad8 (13... Qe7 14.
Qa4 (14. Qc1 $14 {Hort}) 14... Na5 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 a6 17. Bd3 Nc6 18.
Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Rb3 Rac8 20. e5 Ne7 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. Be4 Bd5 {Tukmakov,V-Tseitlin,
M/URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 f5 17.
exf5 exf5 18. Ng3 Qf7 19. Re1 Ne7 20. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Hort,V-Gulko,B/Polanica
Zdroj 1977 (41)}) 13. Ba4 (13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. c4 b5 16. c5 e6 17. Bg5
Nxd3 $1 18. Bxd8 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Rxd8 20. Qxd3 Bxc5 $15 {Atalik}) 13... b5 14.
Bb3 Na5 (14... e5 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Rfd1 Nxb3 17. axb3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19.
cxd4 f5 20. e5 Bd5 21. Qe3 c6 22. Nf4 Rfe8 23. Ra5 Qb7 24. Nd3 {Karpov,
A-Gavrikov,V/Mazatlan rapid 1988/1-0 (47)}) 15. Qc1 Rfd8 16. Qa3 Nxb3 17. axb3
a5 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. b4 a4 20. Rac1 (20. Nc1 $5 {Atalik}) 20... e5 21. d5 c6 $13
{Begic,S-Atalik,S/Bosnian League 2000/0-1 (50)}) (12. Qd2 Na5 (12... Rfd8 $5 {
deserves attention although it has not yet been tested at the top level.} 13.
Rad1 (13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Qe1 Na5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qf2 cxd4 18. cxd4
Qa4 19. Nc3 Rxc3 20. Bb5 Qa3 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 {0-1 Carparelli,L-Kostic,V/
Mendrisio op 1989}) 13... Na5 14. Bd3 Qa4 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Qb2 Nc4 17. Qb3 Qxb3
18. axb3 Nb2 19. Bb5 Nxd1 20. Bxd7 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. Bxe7 c5
24. g4 a5 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Kg2 Bxe4 27. fxe4 {Barranco Sanz,L-Karasusan Izcue,S/
TCh-ESP 2000/0-1 (38)}) 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 (14... Rfd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
d5 e5 17. c4 Ba6 18. Qc3 f6 19. f4 {+/= Polugaevsky,L-Plachetka,J/Moskva 1977})
15. Qxh6 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. e5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5+
21. Nd4 Rfd8 22. Qe3 Rd5 23. Rd3 Rxe5 24. Qf2 Rd5 25. f4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Smirnov,A-Karasev,V/Paul Keres mem 2000 (34)}) 12... Rad8 (12... Rfd8 {
is also possible, e.g.} 13. Qc1 e5 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3
Qf7 18. d5 c6 19. c4 Rac8 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. c5 $6 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. cxb6 cxd5
24. exd5 axb6 (24... Rxd5 $15) 25. d6 b5 26. Nc3 Bf8 27. Ne4 f5 28. d7 Rc7 29.
Bg5 Be7 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Nxc4 Rcxd7 33. Qe2 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+
35. Qxd1 Qc5+ $17 {Gaertner,G-Konopka,M/Prague Bohemians-B 1992/1/2-1/2 (59)})
13. Qc1 Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qa3 Qc8 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Nf4 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Rd7 20. d5 Rc8 {Black has obtained a good position. He controls the
c-file and the c4 square, and the white f4 knight is misplaced.} 21. Rbc1 Bf8
$2 {[%mdl 16384] But this gross error allows the advance of White's central
pawns supported by, now perfectly placed, the f4 knight!} (21... Qb7 $11 {
Yermolinsky}) 22. e5 Qb7 (22... e6 23. d6 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 23. Qd3 Rdc7 24. e6
Rxc1 ({It is more logical not to yield the e6 square to White's knight but
with the strong wedge on e6 White can create a dangerous attack anyway, e.g.} 
24... f5 25. g4 fxg4 (25... Nc4 26. gxf5 Nb2 27. Qb1 Nxd1 28. fxg6 $40) 26.
Nxg6 Bg7 27. Nh4 $36 (27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. fxg4 $44)) 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxc1 $16
{[%csl Ge6]} Bg7 27. Ne6 Bf6 28. f4 $1 {White is starting to consequently
break down the position of the black king.} Qd7 29. f5 Qa4 30. Rf1 gxf5 (30...
Qc4 $142 {(Yermolinsky) maintaining the g6 pawn} 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. Qf3 Ke8 $16
) 31. Qxf5 Qc2 32. Qh5+ Qg6 33. Qh3 Rg8 $2 {This move loses by force but
White's attack was hard to parry anyway, e.g.} (33... Rc2 34. d6 exd6 35. Bg5
$18 {Yermolinsky}) (33... Kg8 34. Nf4 Qe8 35. Nh5 $18) 34. Bg5 $2 {missing the
chance. However, White now (after Bxf6 exf6) obtains a strong passed pawn and
the position of the black king is compromised so Black can hardly survive
anyway.} (34. Ng5+ $142 $1 Kg7 (34... Kf8 35. Rxf6+ exf6 36. Qd7) 35. Rxf6 $1
exf6 36. Qd7+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Ne5+ $18) 34... Nc4 35. Qc3 b5 36. g3 Rc8
37. Bxf6 exf6 38. Qd4 Nb6 39. Nc5 Qg5 $2 (39... Rd8 40. d6 $18 {[%csl Gd6,Rf6]}
) 40. Ne4 Qxd5 41. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 {An important alternative to the main line} (10. Ba3)
10... Na5 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 {[%cal Yb3a4] was played in one game, which didn't
bring White any real success:} b6 12. c4 Qe7 13. Be3 Nb7 14. Ba4 Nc5 15. Bc6
Rb8 16. Nc3 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Ba6 21. Bb5
Rf8 22. Qd3 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rf7 24. a4 Qh4 25. a5 Bh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,
K-Akopian,V/Moscow GMA-op 1989 (34)}) 11... b6 (11... Bg4 $6 12. f3 Bd7 13. c4
c6 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Rb1 $14 {Marie,P-Damary,O/Erevan olm 1996/1-0 
(49)}) (11... c6 $5 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 (13. Bd2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Bb4 Re8
16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Qa4 Re6 18. Rad1 Ba6 19. Nc3 Qxc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,H-El
Kher,H/Politiken Cup 1999 (27)}) 13... cxd5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bb4 Nc4
17. Qe2 Nb6 18. a4 f5 19. Rad1 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. a5 d4 22. axb6 dxc3 23. Bc4+
Kh8 24. Rd7 Bxe4 25. f3 f4 26. Rxg7 {Rashkovsky,N-Yermolinsky,A/Aktjubinsk
1985/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 12. Bb2 {Other options:} (12. c4 f5 (12... Nb7 13. Nc3 Bd7
14. Bc2 f5 15. Ba4 Rf7 16. Ba3 Nd6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. c5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20.
Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Stohl,I/Burgas 1992}) 13. Nc3 c6 14. dxc6 $6 Nxc6 15.
Ba3 Rf7 16. c5 Be6 17. Qa4 Nd4 18. Rad1 bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rc7 20. Qa5 $2 Rxc5 $3
21. Qxc5 Bf8 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qxd4 $17 {0-1 Zueger,
B-Kindermann,S/Munich 1989/CBM 13 (62)}) (12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Be5 17. Qg4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rae8 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Qd2 Nb7
21. Rce1 Nc5 22. Bc2 Re7 23. Rf4 Qg5 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Rf1 Ne5 {Del Rey,D-De la
Villa Garcia,J/Aceimar op 1995/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (12. Rb1 c6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Bc1 f5
15. f4 $6 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qd6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. c4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qe7
21. Ng3 Qh4 22. Bd6 Bd4+ 23. Kh2 Rf2 $1 $17 {0-1 Wilder,M-Gulko,B/USA-ch 1988/
CBM 11 (45)}) (12. a4 c6 13. c4 f5 14. Ba3 c5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Bc1 f4 17. Be2 f3
$1 18. Bxf3 Nxc4 19. Be2 Nd6 20. Rb1 a6 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Rb3 Rfb8 23. Qb1 b5 $1
$17 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Qb7 26. Bxc5 Nxb5 {0-1 Garcia Palermo,C-Ftacnik,L/
Manila 1992/TD (38)}) 12... f5 (12... c5 {looks premature:} 13. c4 f5 14. exf5
$1 {Now the position of the b2 bishop is appropriate and the black knight is
still on a5!} gxf5 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Re1 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bf1 Qg5 19. f3 Rae8
20. fxe4 f4 21. Qd2 Qe5 22. Nh1 {[%cal Yh1f2,Yf2d3]} Kh8 23. Rac1 Nb7 24. Qc3
Nd6 25. Nf2 Rf7 26. Qf3 Bc8 27. Kh1 Qg5 28. e5 Nf5 29. e6 {1-0 Timoshenko,
G-Topakian,R/Hartberg op 1991 (31)}) 13. f3 Qe7 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. c4 fxe4 {
Making use of the fact that White can't recapture with the bishop.} (15... Nb7
$5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Ng3 Rae8) 16. fxe4 {[%mdl 32]} Bg4 $6 {
Black is controlling the dark squares and has an excellent position but the
text move is unnecessary and allows White to activate his queen. It is hard to
believe that the black knight will never be able to come to c5!} (16... Rxf1+
17. Qxf1 Rf8 {[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7c5]}) 17. Qa4 {[%cal Rb2a3] White threatens 18.
Ba3 and prepares an invasion to c6 in case of ...Nb7.} Qg5 18. Ng1 Qd2 19. Qa3
Nb7 {too late!} 20. Bc1 Qa5 ({After} 20... Rxf1 21. Bxd2 Rxa1 22. h3 Bd7 23.
Qb2 {the black rook is trapped. However, White will never win the position
after, say,} Rd1 24. Be2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Rf8) 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. Ba3 Rxf1 23. Rxf1
Bf8 $6 {After this the a5 knight unexpectedly gets into trouble.} (23... Nb7
$142 24. h3 Bd7 25. Nf3 Re8) 24. Bb2 Bd6 25. h3 Bd7 26. Nf3 Re8 27. c5 $1 bxc5
28. Ba6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb2c3] That's it!} Bc8 (28... Nb7 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30.
Bxe5 Rxb7 31. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 $14 {
White has obtained a strong bishop against the knight with passed pawns on the
board.} Nc4 32. Bf4 {[%csl Ge4]} Re8 33. e5 $1 Nb6 34. Rd1 Rd8 (34... c4 $6 35.
e6 c3 36. Bh6 c2 37. Rd3 {and Black will soon get into zugzwang.}) 35. d6 (35.
e6 $143 Rxd5 36. Rf1 (36. Re1 Kf8) 36... Rf5 (36... Rd8 $5) 37. Re1 (37. g4 Rf8
) 37... Kf8 38. Bxc7 $13) 35... cxd6 (35... Kf7 36. e6+ $1 Kxe6 37. Re1+ Kd5
38. dxc7 $16) 36. Bg5 Re8 37. exd6 Re5 (37... Nd7 $5 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb7 Ke6
40. Bf4 Ra8) 38. Bf4 Re4 39. Bg3 Nd7 $6 {Now White simply wins the a7 pawn.} ({
It looks risky for Black to allow the white rook to the e-file by} 39... Rd4
40. Re1 (40. Rxd4 {is harmless:} cxd4 41. Kg1 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ke2 Kd5 44.
Kd3 Nd7) {but after} 40... Nc4 $1 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Re7+ Kf6 {Black shouldn't
lose, e.g.} 43. Rxh7 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Ne3 45. Bf4 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 g5 47. Bh2 Nxh2+ 48.
Kxh2 Rxd6 49. Rxa7 Rc6) 40. Rb1 Kf7 (40... Rb4 41. Re1 {is now clearly
favourable for White.}) 41. Rb7 Ke6 42. Rxa7 h5 43. Ra8 Kd5 (43... Ne5 44. Rg8
$1) 44. Rh8 Ra4 45. Rd8 Kc6 (45... h4 $142) 46. Rg8 h4 47. Bf2 Ne5 48. Rc8+
Kxd6 49. Bxc5+ Kd7 50. Rh8 Rxa2 51. Rxh4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] In this endgame,
despite the fact that all the pawns are on the same side, the combination R+B
is very powerful.} Ke6 52. Rh8 Nd3 53. Be3 Re2 {This allows White to cut off
the black king.} (53... Kf7 $142) 54. Rf8 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ye3g5,Yf8f6]} Ke7
55. Rf3 Ne1 $2 {This only loses time as Black will not be able to capture the
g2 pawn. After the text move Black can't organise good defense anymore.} (55...
Ke6 $142 56. Bg5 $140 Nf2+ 57. Kg1 Ne4) 56. Bc5+ Ke6 (56... Kd7 57. Rf7+ Kc6
58. Bf2) 57. Rf8 $1 Kd7 (57... Rxg2 58. Re8+ Kd5 59. Rxe1 Rg3 60. Re3 $18) 58.
Bf2 Nd3 (58... Ke7 59. Rf4 g5 60. Rf5 Ke6 61. g4 {[%csl Rg5]}) 59. Bh4 Ne5 $6 (
59... Re8 {was the only way to defend the g6 pawn, although after} 60. Rf7+ (
60. Rf6 Re6) 60... Kd6 61. Kh2 {Black will hardly survive.}) 60. Rf6 Re3 61.
Kh2 Re2 62. Bg3 {Black resigned as after the loss of the g6 pawn he has no
chances whatsoever.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lytchak, Alexander"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 {Black delays ...c7-c5 in order to keep the idea ...e7-e5, too.} 9. O-O
b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd7 (11... Qd6) 12. Bb5 $3 {[%mdl 8] A brilliant new
idea. White provokes the weakening of Black's queenside (...a7-a6) before his
bishop retreats to d3.} (12. Rad1 Rae8 $5 {[%cal Ye7e5]} (12... e6 13. Bd3 Rfe8
14. Bh6 Bh8 15. f4 f5 16. Ng3 Na5 17. Qe2 a6 18. h3 Qc6 19. Rf3 Qd6 20. Re3 Kf7
21. Re1 $40 {Olafsson,H-Ostenstad,B/Torshavn Nordic-ch 1987/1-0 (40)}) (12...
Na5 13. Bd3 e5 14. Bh6 Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5
$1 $13 {Naumkin,I-Vlad,D/Bucuresti 1993}) (12... e5 13. Bd5 Na5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7
15. Bh6 Rad8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qg5 Qd6 20. Ng3 Kh8 $11
{Campos Moreno,J-Ftacnik,L/Barcelona-Lyon 1991}) 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Bd3 Qa4 15. f4
Nc4 16. Qc1 f6 17. Bh4 e6 18. Rf2 Qxa2 19. f5 exf5 20. Qa1 Qa6 $1 $17 {0-1
Vogel,R-Hort,V/BL9394 1994 (25)}) (12. Bh6 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 (13... Rae8 $5 {
[%cal Ye7e5]}) 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 (15... e6) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d5 Kg8
18. Qg5 Nc4 19. Nd4 e5 20. Bxc4 exd4 21. Bb3 Ba6 22. Rfe1 d3 23. e5 $16 {
1-0 Lautier,J-Ostenstad,B/Reykjavik op 1988 (30)}) 12... a6 13. Bd3 e6 ({After
} 13... e5 14. d5 Na5 15. c4 {the position of Black's knight is much less
solid than in the case his pawn were on a7. For instance,} c6 {doesn't work
now in view of} 16. Rab1 {[%csl Rb6]}) 14. e5 $1 {Returning to a usual plan
including the kingside attack by means of h2-h4-h5 or...} Na5 $2 (14... Ne7)
15. Ng3 c5 16. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f6,Rh5g7] The point!} f6 (16... gxh5 17. Bf6 h6
(17... Bxf6 18. Qh6) 18. Qf4 Qd5 19. f3 $18) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Qxd4 (19... Qd5 20. f3 (20. Qg5 $4 Rxf6) 20... Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 {[%cal Rd2h6]
} Rf7 22. Rfd1 $18) 20. Qh6 Rxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rac1 Qf7 23. Qe3 b5 24. Qb6
Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Rc7 Qf6 28. Rfc1 Qg5 29. f3 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bd5 {The idea of this temporary pin is to delay the
attack of the white centre, as in the line} (10. h5 Na5 {[%cal Yc7c5,Ye7e5]})
10... Bb7 $6 {An inaccurate move.} ({For} 10... Qd7 {here is the most recent
instructive game:} 11. h5 e6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Qd3 e5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qg3 Nxb3
16. axb3 Qe7 17. Qh2 f5 18. Qg3 exd4 19. Qxg6 dxc3 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. exf5 Qf6
22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. g4 c2 24. Ra2 Qc6 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rh6 Rd8 27. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2
28. Rf6+ Kxf6 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd6 31. Qd4+ Kc6 32. Qxd8 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2
Ba6+ 34. Qd3 Re8+ 35. Be3 Bxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kd5 37. f4 c5 38. g5 b5 39. g6 c4+ 40.
bxc4+ bxc4+ 41. Ke2 Rg8 42. Kf3 c3 43. Kg4 Re8 44. f6 c2 45. Bc1 Re1 46. g7
Rg1+ 47. Kf5 {1-0 Berkes,F-Navara,D/Balatonlelle HUN 2003/The Week in Chess
455 (47).}) 11. h5 e6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Qd3 $6 {The same approach as in
Berkes-Navara. but not the right executuion!} (13. Bc2 $5 {is interesting:} e5
14. Qd3 Re8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh3 h5 17. d5 Qc8 18. Qg3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 hxg4 20.
Rh4 Bc8 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. Ba3 $16 {0-1 Joyce,J-Littlewood,J/Dublin 1995/CBM 46
ext (46)}) (13. hxg6 $1 {this is probably more accurate than the text move as
it forces} hxg6 14. Qd3 Nxb3 15. axb3 f5 (15... e5 16. Qh3 f6 17. d5 Qc8 18.
Qh7+ Kf7 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. f4 Qe8 21. O-O Bc8 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Nf4 f5 24. Qxg6+
Kf8 25. Ne6+ Ke7 26. Nxg7 Bd7 27. exf5 {1-0 Petran,P-Krnic,Z/Beograd (C.Zvezda)
1977/Inf 23 (27).}) 16. Qg3 $1 Bxe4 17. Qxg6 Qf6 18. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc1g5]
1-0 Timman,J-Riemersma,L/Nederland (ch) 71/(493) 1997/Inf 71 (18)}) 13... Nxb3
14. axb3 e5 15. hxg6 fxg6 {This is the difference. White is still better but
not mating at once!} 16. d5 (16. Qh3 h5 17. Qe6+ Kh7 18. Ng3 {brings nothing
due to} Qe8) 16... c6 17. c4 cxd5 18. cxd5 a5 (18... Rf7 {was more solid.}) 19.
Qh3 h5 20. Qe6+ $6 (20. Qg3 $142 {[%csl Rg5]}) 20... Kh7 21. Be3 Rf6 $1 {
Black boldly gives up the exchange.} 22. Bg5 $2 (22. Qh3 $142 {admitting that
the check on e6 was inaccurate.}) 22... Rxe6 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 $1 24. dxe6 Bxe4 25.
O-O Re8 26. Rac1 Rxe6 $17 {So, Black has two pawns for the exchange and a
bishop pair. White must fight for the draw.} 27. Rfd1 Bc6 28. Rd8 Bf6 29. Rb8
Bd5 30. Nc3 $5 {An interesting idea - to activate the knight at the price of a
pawn.} Bxb3 31. Ne4 Bd5 {Black starts overlooking tactical tricks.} ({After} 
31... Kh6 32. Nc5 bxc5 33. Rxb3 {White still keeps drawing chances.}) 32. Re8
$1 Be7 $2 {Apparently, this is not a blunder. Black decides to give up
material missing the best (but very difficult) move} (32... Bd8 $3 {[%mdl 64]}
33. Ng5+ $1 Bxg5 34. Rc7+ Be7 35. Rcxe7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kh6 37. Rxe5 Bc4 {
with fair chances to win.}) 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Rb7 36. Kf1 b5
37. Ra1 a4 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Nc3 Ke6 {Black certainly lost on time. The position
is roughly equal, e.g.} (39... Ke6 40. Rb1 a3 41. Na2 Kd5 42. Kd3 e4+ 43. Kc3
Rf7 44. Rxb5+ Kd6 45. Rb6+ Ke5 {[%cal Rf7f2] with a probable draw.}) 1-0

[Event "Ashdod"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc3
O-O {This line was examined in CBM96 (annotations to Korobov-Avrukh) and CBM99
(annotations to Sakaev-McShane).} 15. O-O (15. Qd2 Bg4 $5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rc1
Rc8 18. Bb3 e5 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bb4 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Re8 23. O-O a5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Karsa,L-Liptay,L/Hungary 1992/EXT 2000 (40). (41)}) 15... Bg4 {
An idea of GM Peter Svidler. In some lines it is important for Black to have a
check along the a7-g1 diagonal.} (15... Bd7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb3 $1
e6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 f6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Qe3 $14 {
1-0 Sakaev,K-McShane,L/Germany 2003/CBM 099/[Krasenkow] (38)}) 16. f3 Bd7 17.
Rb1 ({In case of} 17. Qd2 {the position of the white pawn on f3 makes Black's
life easier, e.g.} Rc8 18. Rac1 a6 19. Bb3 b5 20. d5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3
Ne5 $132) (17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Qa3 $4 {0-1 Milat,P-Reznicek,M/Karvina 2003/EXT
2005 (50)} b5 19. d5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 b4 $19) 17... Qc7 18. Rc1 $146 (18. Qd2 a6
19. Bb3 b5 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. f4 Rac8 22. f5 b4 23. Ba1 Na5 24. Nf4 Nxb3 25. Rxb3
a5 $13 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Svidler,P/Madrid 1998/CBM 065/[Ubilava] (43)}) 18...
Rac8 19. Qd2 Ne5 $5 {Black want to solve his problems immediately.} (19... a6 {
is another option.}) 20. Bb3 (20. dxe5 $6 Qxc4 21. Qxd7 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qa6 23.
Qxe7 $2 Bh6 $19) 20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Bb4 (22. d5 $5) 22... Bh6 $1 23.
f4 (23. Qxh6 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qa4 25. Rxb7 $2 Bb5 {[%cal Ra4a6]}) 23... Qe6 24. Nc3
$6 {White prevents ...Bb5 but c3 is too a passive position for the knight. The
initiative passes to Black.} (24. d5 $5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Re8 27. e5
$14) 24... Rfe8 25. Bc5 b6 26. d5 Qg4 27. Be3 Rc4 28. d6 Bc6 29. Qd3 b5 30.
dxe7 (30. Nxb5 $5 Bxe4 $140 31. Qd2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 exd6 33. Nxd6 Bxg2 34. Nxe8
Bh3+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) (30. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 $140 31. Qxd5 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 exd6 33. e5
$1) 30... Rxe7 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Qe2 $6 (33... Re2 $5 34. Rf2
Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bxf4 36. h3 Qg5 37. Bxf4 Qxf4+ $15 {_|_}) 34. Qxe2 (34. Qxe2 Rxe2
35. d6 Kf8 36. f5 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Ke8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antic, Dejan"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Na5 {This line was covered in my annotations to the
game Beliavsky-Ftacnik (Istanbul 2000)/EXT 2001} 11. Bd3 b6 12. c4 Nb7 13. Be3
(13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Bc2 f5 15. Ba4 Rf7 16. Ba3 Nd6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. c5 Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Stohl,I/Elenite 1992/CBM 32 (20).}) 13...
Qe7 14. Nc3 f5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nb5 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Nd5 Qd6 {
Black's position is quite solid. White's following attempts to cripple it
don't bring any real success.} 20. a4 Rab8 21. Bc2 Rf7 22. a5 Bf8 23. Qd2 Bxd5
(23... f4 24. Bf2 b5 {was quite possible at once.}) 24. cxd5 f4 25. Bf2 b5 26.
Rfc1 Rc7 27. Bd1 a6 28. g3 fxg3 {It was not necessary to open all ways for the
white pieces on the kinside.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 28... g5) 29.
hxg3 Rbc8 30. Rab1 Qf6 31. Be3 Bd6 (31... Qd6 {was more accurate.}) 32. Rc3 Nd7
$2 {A tactical blunder which ruins Black's position. Waiting strategy was
required:} (32... Qe7 33. Rbc1 Qf6 {as threats ...Nb3, ...Nd3 and ...b4 make
manoeuvring like Be2-f1-h3 impossible for White.}) 33. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 34. dxc6 Nb8
35. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Rg8][%cal Yd1b3,Rb3g8,Ye3g5,Ye3h6,Yd2d5,Rd5g8] It turns
out that the c6 pawn is untouchable. And, as usually happens when a
breakthrough is just missed, the black pieces are poorly prepared for defense.}
Kg7 36. Bh6+ {See annotation to move 28!} Kf7 {Collapsing at once but} (36...
Kh8 37. Bg5 Qf8 38. Qd5 {was quite gloomy, too.}) 37. Bb3+ Ke8 38. Qd5 Ke7 39.
f4 (39. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 40. Qe6+ Kd8 41. Qxd6+ Ke8 42. Qe6+ Kd8 43. Rd1+ $18) 39...
Bc7 40. Bg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ {After the game Kramnik-Svidler (see CBM 66)
this system has been going through a deep crisis.} 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 {
An old move. Kramnik played} (12. d5 {, which is the main line nowadays.})
12... O-O (12... Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bb3 Qb6
18. h5 Rac8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rb1 Kf8 21. Qf4 Be8 22. d5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24.
e5 Bf2+ 25. Kf1 Qe3 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Qh2 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Van Mil,J/
Lillafured 1989/TD (28).}) 13. O-O {Too soft.} (13. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5]}
) (13. Rc1 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Be8
19. d5 Na5 20. Bxg7 Nxc4 21. Bd4 b5 22. f3 e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25.
Rxd1 Ra8 26. Nc1 Kf7 27. Kf2 e5 28. h4 Ke6 29. Rd3 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Polgar,
J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (29).}) 13... Bd7 (13... Bg4 $5 14. f3 Bd7 15. Rb1
Qc7 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bb3 b5 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. f4 Rac8 20. f5 b4 21. Ba1 Na5 22. Nf4
Nxb3 23. Rxb3 a5 $13 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Svidler,P/Madrid 1998/CBM 65/[Ubilava] 
(43)}) (13... a6 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Bb3 $6 (17. f4) 17...
Bb5 18. Kh1 a5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Qd2 Nd3 $36 {0-1 Liardet,F-Gurieli,N/Biel 1998/
EXT 99 (56)}) 14. Qd2 {A useful move to prevent ...Na5.} (14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qb3
Rab8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 Qd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ f6 21. Rfc1 b5
22. g3 Rbc8 {1/2-1/2 Verdier,P-Krueger,H/IECG 1998/Telechess CBM 93 (22)})
14... Rc8 15. Rac1 (15. Bb3 b5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bb2 a5 18. d5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nb4
20. Qd2 e5 21. d6 Rcd8 22. h3 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. d7 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,
K-Avrukh,B/Beersheba 1998/EXT 99 (24).}) {The text move is more accurate as
Black must now waste a tempo playing ...a6.} 15... a6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Bb3 Qb6
18. Qg5 (18. d5 $5) 18... Bf6 (18... b4 $5 19. Bb2 e6) 19. Qf4 b4 20. Bb2 Na5
21. Rxc8 Bxc8 (21... Rxc8 22. e5 Nxb3 23. exf6 $16) 22. e5 Bg7 23. d5 {[%csl
Gd5,Ge5] White has created a strong pawn centre but Black has chances to
attack it.} Nxb3 24. axb3 Qb5 25. Qd2 Bb7 26. Nf4 e6 (26... Bh6 $5 27. d6 (27.
e6 $5 {[%cal Rd2d4]} f6 $1 28. d6 exd6 29. Qxd6 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Qe2 $132) 27...
Rd8 $13) 27. d6 Bh6 $2 {A wrong decision! Black should not leave the white
pawns untouched!} (27... Bxe5 $8 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxb4 (29. d7 $2 Rd8 30. Qxb4
Rxd7) 29... Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. Nc5 Bd5 33. d7 Kf8 $11) 28. Qd4
$16 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5]} Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qe2 30. Qd4 Bd5 31. h3 Rc8 $6 (31... Bxb3
$142 32. Rc1 $16) 32. Rd2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 a5 34. Qf4 $1 {Threatening 35.Rxd5!
exd5 36.Qf6.} Qe4 (34... Bc6 35. d7 Rd8 36. Rd6 $18) 35. Qxe4 Bxe4 36. d7 Rd8
37. Rd6 {[%cal Rb2d4,Rd4b6]} a4 (37... Kf8 38. Bd4 Ke7 39. Bc5 $18) 38. bxa4
Bc2 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b6 11. Bg5 c5 $6 {Black starts a straightforward
plan intending to destroy the white pawn centre despite the weakening of his
own position. It was better to play in a more reserved manner, e.g.} (11... Qd7
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qa4 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Bb7
18. Qg5 Rad8 19. Nf4 $2 Qxc3 20. Ne6+ fxe6 21. Qe5+ Kf7 22. Re3 Qc6 23. Rh3 Kg8
24. Rh4 {0-1 Hasanov,M-Yandemirov,V/Kazan 1995/CBM 49 ext (24)}) 12. d5 h6 13.
Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 e6 {[%mdl 128]} 15. f4 $1 {Starting an attack of Black's
weakened kingside.} exd5 16. exd5 f5 $6 (16... g4 {or}) (16... Bg4 {was more
appropriate.}) 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. d6 $1 Qe8 (18... Qd7 $5) 19. Qd2 f4 {[%mdl
512]} 20. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Qe5 22. Ng6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxd6 24. Qe2 {
Despite Black's extra piece, his king is helpless. White is now threatened
both 25.Qe4 and 25.Qh5 aiming to h7.} Bb7 ({Or} 24... Be6 25. Qe4 {[%cal Rg6e7]
} Bd4+ $8 26. Kh1 {with decisive threats.}) 25. Ne7+ (25. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rg6e7]
was winning at once:} Bxc3 (25... Bf6 26. Ne5 $1 Qxe5 (26... Qe7 27. Rxf6 $18)
27. Qg6+ $18) 26. Qg5 Bg7 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Bg6 $18) 25... Kh8 26. Qh5+ (26. Rf4
$1 {(threatening 27.Rh4+ Bh6 28.Rxh6+!)} Rf8 27. Qh5+ Qh6 28. Rh4 Qxh5 29.
Rxh5+ Bh6 30. Rxh6+ Kg7 31. Rd6 {was enough to win, too.}) 26... Qh6 27. Qf5
Rd8 ({Or} 27... c4 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Ng4 Qh4 31. g3 $18) 28. Ng6+
Kh7 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ (30. Ng4 Qh4 31. g3 {was good here, too.}) 30... Kh8
31. Ng6+ (31. Qe7 $142 {-see game.}) 31... Kh7 32. Ne5+ $2 {White wants to
repeat the position (probably under time pressure) but blunders.} (32. Ne7+ Kh8
33. Rf4 {[%cal Rf4h4]} c4 34. Nf5 {lead to an easy victory.}) 32... Kh8 $2 {
Returning the present.} ({After} 32... Rxd3 {White has nothing better than the
perpetual check as} 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Nxd3 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe2 {is risky for him.})
33. Qe7 $1 $18 Rxd3 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Ng5+ $2 (35. Nxh6 {was winning at once:}
Kxh6 (35... Rd2 36. Rf7 $1 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Kxh6 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Rxb7 $18) 36.
Rf5 {with an inevitable mate.}) 35... Qxg5 36. Qxg5 Rd5 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Re1 {
White is still winning, mostly thanks to the poor position of the black knight.
His attack continues.} Bc6 $2 (38... Re5 $1 {was essential to prevent the
invasion of White's rook to the seventh rank, and if} 39. Qd8+ {then} Kh7) 39.
Qg4 $1 {[%cal Re1e7]} Rd2 (39... Bd7 40. Qg6) 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42.
Qf5+ Kg8 43. Re7 $1 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Kh8 (44... Kh8 {Black resigned not waiting
for} 45. Rc7 {with inevitable 46.Rc8+}) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 {This plan is the most important alternative to ...c7-c5. If
White now pushes d4-d5 then Black can attack the pawn with ...c7-c6 and
sometimes make use of the c5 square.} 10. Ba3 (10. Be3 {and}) (10. d5 {are the
alternatives for White.}) 10... Re8 11. d5 $6 {This doesn't work very well
after 10.Ba3, as the present game shows. The most principled reply for White
is the temporary piece sacrifice, after which it is not easy for Black to
reach full equality:} (11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ {and now:} Kf6 $5 {The attempt
to keep the piece looks quite risky for Black but is not directly refuted and
needs further investigation. In the stem game Black did quite well:} (12... Be6
13. d5 Na5 14. dxe6+ Rxe6 15. Qa4 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 (16... Qb6 $6 17. Rd7+ Kg8
18. Ng3 Rae8 19. Nf5 $1 Bf8 20. Bb4 Qb5 21. Qd1 c5 22. Bxa5 gxf5 23. exf5 $18 {
1-0 Kraai,J-Hasangatin,R/Komercni Banka op 1997 (30)}) 17. c4 $1 {The best
move preventing ...b5 and ...Nc4.} (17. f4 $6 b5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. f5 Rf6 20. Bc5
Bf8 21. Bf2 Kg8 22. Nc1 Bh6 23. Nb3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Nc5 Qg7 {Ftacnik,
L-Vaganian,R/Moskva 1985/0-1 (36)}) (17. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Yf1d1]} Kg8 $1 18. c4 $1
(18. Rfd1 b5 19. Qc2 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ya5c4,Ye6f6,Ya8f8] Tukmakov,V} (
19... Bf8 $143 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. f3 Nc4 22. Qc1 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Nxd6 24. Qg5 Nf7
25. Qf6 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Haik,A-Ristic,N/Rilton Cup 1987 (38)}))
18... Bf8 19. Rfd1 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Yc7b6]} 20. f3 $1 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 b6 22. Qb4 Rd8
23. Rad3 Rff8 24. Nc1 c5 25. Qb5 Nc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qe8+ Kg7
29. Nd3 Nf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Volke,K-Tukmakov,V/Groningen op 1990 (45)}) 17... Kg8
(17... Bf8 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Bc3 b6 20. Nc1 $5 {Tukmakov,V} Nb7 21. Nd3 $14) (
17... Rd8 $5 {Tukmakov,V}) (17... b6 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 {
[%cal Ya4d1]} a6 21. Nc3 Bf6 22. Bb4 Nxc4 (22... Be7 $5) 23. Qxa6 b5 24. g3 Be7
25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. a4 Nb2 27. Rd2 Nxa4 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 $14 {1-0 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Sion Castro,M/ESP-chT 1995 (34)}) 18. Nc1 $1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20.
Nb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 b6 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. b4 Rf7 (23... Rd6 $1 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Qa2
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 c5 28. b5 g5 $14 {Tukmakov,V}) 24. Rfd1 Ref6 25.
Qb3 Rf4 26. Re2 g5 27. Qc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Campos Moreno,J-Tukmakov,V/Osuna 1991 
(36)}) 13. f4 Bh6 14. fxe5+ (14. d5 $5 Na5 15. fxe5+ Kg7 16. Qa4 Bg4 $1 $13 {
Vaganian,R}) 14... Kg7 15. Rf6 $6 (15. e6 $5 {Tukmakov,V}) (15. h3 $5 {Ftacnik,
L}) 15... Bg4 $1 16. Rf7+ Kh8 17. Qxb7 Nxe5 $1 18. Rxc7 $1 Nd7 19. Bd6 Rc8 20.
Ng3 Rxc7 21. Bxc7 Qg5 22. h3 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 Qxc3 24. Rf1 Be6 {0-1 Topalov,
V-Tukmakov,V/Palma de Mallorca 1992 (33)}) 11... Na5 12. Bd3 Bf8 $5 {A healthy
idea: to swap the dark-squared bishops and then make use of the dark squares.
The alternatives are:} (12... c6 $6 13. c4 b5 {(sometimes this break works but
not in this position)} 14. cxb5 cxd5 15. Qa4 $1 a6 16. b6 $1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bd7
18. Qa5 dxc4 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Murrey,J-Sokolowski,S/
Paris-ch 1990 (35)}) (12... b6 $5 {[%csl Yc5,Yd6][%cal Ya5b7] This has brought
Black good results so far.} 13. c4 (13. Bb4 Nb7 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. c4 Bf8 16. Bxf8
Rxf8 17. f4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc5 19. Nc3 exf4 20. e5 Qg5 {Razuvaev,Y-Smejkal,J/
BL9091 1991/0-1 (43)}) 13... Nb7 {[%cal Yg7f8]} 14. c5 $5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5
16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qa4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Bf8 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Qa6 Rb4 $1 {Bock,
J-Hasangatin,R/Budapest FS03 IM-A 1997/0-1 (83)}) 13. Bb4 {This logical
attempt to fight for the dark squares brings Black a pair of bishops.} c5 $1
14. Bxa5 (14. Ba3 $4 c4) 14... Qxa5 15. a4 Bd6 16. Qc2 Rf8 17. Kh1 f5 $6 {
This is certainly premature. With his development advantage, White can
blockade the black pawns. However, if Black quietly develops his pieces (Bd7,
Rae8), White will be able to swap his "bad" bishop with Bb5 (...a6, weakening
the b6 square and the b7 pawn, looks dubious). For instance,} (17... Qc7 18.
Bc4 Bd7 19. Bb5 $5 $13) 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $1 e4 20. Bc4 {If White's knight
now stood on e3, his position would be excellent. Black must urgently create
counterplay along the g- and h-files to prevent such a transfer.} Rf6 21. Ng3
Rh6 22. Rf2 {[%cal Yg3f1,Yf1e3]} a6 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 23. Ra2 Bd7 24. Nf1 Kh8 25.
g3 {To comfortably play Ne3, White must first secure the f4 pawn. If} (25. Ne3
{then after} Rg8 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yh6h4,Ya5c7,Rh4f4,Rd6f4] it is very
difficult for him to protect it.}) 25... Rg8 26. Rg2 Rh3 27. Qb3 {This attempt
to penetrate to b6 doesn't quite succeed.} (27. Ne3 $5 {as} Bxf4 $2 28. gxf4
Rxe3 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Ra1 {[%cal Ya1g1,Yc2g2,Rg1g8,Yd5d6] lead to a strong
attack for White.}) 27... Bc8 28. Rab2 Rg6 29. Qb6 Qxc3 30. Qd8+ Rg8 31. Qxd6
Qxc4 {Of course, White has a good compensation for the pawn (a strong knight,
the d-pawn, Black's weak c5 pawn etc.) but he fails to prove that it gives him
more than a draw. The black queen is quite active and guarantees sufficient
counterplay. White can't easily win the c5 pawn.} 32. Rgf2 Re8 33. Ne3 Qd4 34.
Kg2 Rh5 35. Rfe2 Rg8 36. Rbc2 Qg7 {[%cal Rh5h2,Yc8d7]} 37. Kf1 Bd7 38. Rxc5
Bxa4 39. Rc7 Rh6 $1 40. Rxg7 Rxd6 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Nxf5 Rf6 43. Nd4 (43. Ne7+
$6 Kf7 44. Rxe4 Bd7 {[%csl Re7]}) 43... Rd6 44. Nf5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bb3
Qb6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 Rd8 (17... Nf6 {-see Atalik-Berndt in
CBM92.}) 18. Rc4 {[%cal Yd1a1,Ya1c3] This plan was found by GM P_H.Nielsen in
his game against the same opponent.} e5 19. Qa1 Re8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
improvement on the above-mentioned game, in which Luke quickly lost after} (
19... f6 20. Qc3 exf4 21. Nxf4 Ne5 22. Rc7+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Ne6 $1 Rdc8 25.
Rxf6 $1 Rxc7 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27. Qxe5+ {1-0 Nielsen,P-McShane,L/Copenhagen 2003/
CBM 95 ext (27).}) 20. Qc3 (20. Ba4 Kg8 21. Bxd7 $6 (21. Rxc8 $6 Rexc8 22. Bxd7
Rc2) (21. Qc3 $5 {-20.Qc3}) 21... Bxd7 22. fxe5 Rac8 {gives Black a strong
attack against White's uncastled king.}) 20... Kg8 21. f5 {The 7th rank is not
naked and after} (21. Rf1 $6 exf4 22. Nxf4 Ne5 {Black obtains an excellent
position.}) (21. Ba4 $5 exf4 22. Rb4 Qd6 23. O-O $13) (21. Rb4 Qd6 22. O-O exf4
23. Nxf4 Ne5 $15) 21... gxf5 22. exf5 Nf6 {[%csl Gf6] With this strong knight
Black has no problems whatsoever. It is White who should fight for equality.}
23. Rb4 Qa6 24. Ra4 Qd6 25. O-O Bd7 26. Rh4 Bb5 27. Qe3 Kh8 (27... Bxe2 $5 28.
Qxe2 Rac8) 28. Re1 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rac8 30. h3 $6 (30. Re1 $142 {[%cal Re3a7,
Yh4h6]}) 30... a6 $2 {An important loss of a tempo, after which the advantage
passes to White.} (30... e4 $142 $15 31. Qxa7 $140 $4 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rg8 {
[%cal Rd6g3]} 33. Qe3 Qh2 $19) 31. Rh6 $1 {[%cal Re3g5]} Rg8 (31... Rcd8 32. g4
$16) 32. Qxe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Rh4 Rd8 $6 (35... Re8 $142 36.
Rxe8 Nxe8 $14 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ye8d6]}) 36. Rd4 (36. Re7 Nxd5 (36... Rd7 37.
Rxd7 Nxd7 38. d6) 37. Rxb7 {gave White real winning chances.}) 36... Kf8 (36...
Rd6 37. g4) 37. Re3 {Losing time.} (37. g4 h6 38. h4 $16 Ne8 39. g5 hxg5 40.
hxg5 Nd6 41. f6) (37. d6 Ne8 38. Re7 Nxd6 39. f6 $16) 37... b5 38. g4 h6 39.
Re1 $2 {After this exchange White has no chances to win as Black activates his
king.} (39. h4 {was necessary.}) 39... Rxe1 40. Kxe1 Ke7 {[%csl Rb3][%cal
Re7d6]} 41. d6+ Rxd6 42. Rxd6 (42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Bxf7 Ke5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc3
O-O 15. Qd2 Bd7 (15... Bg4 $1 {is definitely more accurate - see theoretical
section.}) 16. O-O Rc8 {This position was examined in CBM 96 (annotations to
Korobov-Avrukh) and CBM 99 (Sakaev - McShane).} 17. Rfc1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
possible move but still no response has been found to Sakaev's} (17. Rac1 a6
18. Bb3 $1 e6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 f6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. h3 Rfd8 24.
Qe3 Kh8 25. Qb6 $14 {1-0 Sakaev,K-McShane,L/Germany 2003/CBM 099/[Krasenkow] 
(37)}) 17... a6 18. a4 (18. Bb3 $5 {is interesting here, too}) 18... Na7 {
Black has no tactical tricks with ...b7-b5 (using the a7-g1 diagonal), which
work when the white pawn is on f3, and looks for other ways to obtain
counterplay. However, the knight is poorly placed on a7.} 19. Bd3 b5 20. Ba5 {
As Black was not threatening anything, White had no need to hurry and slow
improvement of the position was also appropriate:} (20. Ra2 {[%cal Cb5a4,Ya2c2]
}) 20... Qe8 21. Rxc8 (21. Bb6 $5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nc8 (22... Qb8 23. Bc5 $16)
23. Bc5 bxa4 24. e5 $16) 21... Nxc8 (21... Bxc8 $5 22. Bb6 Qd7) 22. e5 $16 {
[%csl Rc8,Re8,Rf8,Rg7] White's advantage is obvious. Black is lacking space
and the position of his pieces is very bad. However, White should play very
accurately not to let the black pieces out.} bxa4 23. Nc3 Na7 24. Bb4 {The e7
pawn is an object of attack in many Gruenfeld lines.} (24. Bxa6 $143 Nc6 25.
Nxa4 (25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Bc5 Na5) 25... Nxe5 $1 26. Nc5 Ng4 $14) 24... Nb5 (24...
Nc6 $142 25. Bc5 Na5 26. Bc2 Nb3 27. Bxb3 axb3 28. Nd5 $16) 25. Nd5 Nxd4 26.
Bxe7 $1 {This leads to complications, favorable for White, but mutual
time-trouble mistakes distort the picture.} (26. Nxe7+ Kh8 27. Qe3 {was less
energetic.}) 26... Nb3 (26... Bc6 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 $18 {[%cal Yd2h6,
Yd3c4]}) 27. Qf4 $1 Kh8 (27... Nxa1 $2 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 $18 {[%cal Rf4h6]
}) (27... Bb5 $2 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Nc5 30. Qh6 Ne6 31. Ra3 $1 $18) 28. Re1
(28. Bxf8 Qxf8 {didn't quite satisfy White...}) 28... Rg8 29. Bd6 $6 {But now}
(29. Qh4 $1 Qc8 (29... h5 30. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4h5]}) (29... h6 30. Bf6 Kh7 31.
Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qd6 $18) 30. Nf6 {would already win a rook for a
knight (not a bishop!) and gradually the game.}) 29... Qe6 30. Ne7 $2 {[%csl
Re7] A very unfortunate placement of the knight, which lets White's advantage
slip.} (30. Nc7 {was very strong:} Qg4 31. Qxf7 Bc6 32. Nd5 $18) 30... Rf8 31.
h3 ({If} 31. Bxa6 {then} Qg4 $1) 31... Bb5 32. Be4 Bc4 $6 (32... Qc4 $1 $132)
33. Bc6 $6 (33. Rd1 $5 $16 {[%cal Cf8e8,Ce8e7,Ye4d5]}) 33... a3 34. Bxa3 Rd8
35. Bf3 Nd4 36. Bg4 f5 $1 (36... Qb6 37. Rc1 $16) 37. exf6 $5 {This striking
sacrifice, alas, leads to a draw but White had nothing better anymore.} Qxe1+
38. Kh2 Bf7 $1 39. fxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bb2 (40. Qg5 $5 Qxf2 $1 41. Nxg6 hxg6 (41...
Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Be7+ Kxg6 44. Bxd8 Be6 $11) 42. Qxd8 Qf4+ $11) 40...
Qxe7 41. Bxd4+ Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 {We examined
this line in several CBM issues (most recently in CBM 098, annotations to
Parker-McShane) but now GM Shakhriar Mamedyarov comes up with an early (and
quite strong) novelty:} Bd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13... O-O 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. f4
Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. Rc4 {[%cal Yd1a1,Ya1c3]} e5 19. Qa1 Re8 $1 (
19... f6 20. Qc3 exf4 21. Nxf4 Ne5 22. Rc7+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Ne6 $1 Rdc8 25.
Rxf6 $1 Rxc7 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27. Qxe5+ {1-0 Nielsen,P-McShane,L/Copenhagen 2003/
CBM 95 ext (27).}) 20. Qc3 Kg8 21. f5 gxf5 22. exf5 Nf6 {[%csl Gf6]} 23. Rb4
Qa6 24. Ra4 Qd6 25. O-O Bd7 26. Rh4 Bb5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Parker,J-McShane,L/
Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098/[Krasenkow] (41)}) 14. Bb3 {It turns out that the f2-f4
push is not good now:} (14. f4 Rc8 $1 15. Bb3 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Qa5)
14... Rc8 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Ba4 ({Again} 16. f4 {doesn't work:} Rxc3 $1 17. Rxc3
(17. Nxc3 $4 Qe3+) 17... Ng4 $1 {with trouble for White}) (16. O-O O-O {
is pleasant for Black as f2-f4 is impossible.}) 16... O-O 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O Nf6 $11 {The black pieces are placed quite comfortably, he
should be OK.} 20. Qd3 e6 {Probably a bit too early.} ({After} 20... Qa5 {
Black has no problems.}) 21. Rb1 (21. d6 $6 e5 {[%csl Rd6] - a typical motif.})
21... Qa6 (21... Qd6 22. f4 $1 (22. Rxb7 $143 exd5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5
25. Rxa7 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ra1 Ra3) 22... b6 23. Nd4 e5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25.
Nc6 $14) 22. Qxa6 bxa6 {Double pawns are somewhat disturbing for Black.} 23.
dxe6 Nxe4 {[%cal Re4d2]} 24. Rb4 $1 (24. Rb7 Nc5 25. Rxa7 Nxe6 26. Rxa6 Rfd8 {
[%cal Yd8d2,Yc8c2] and White can't keep his extra pawn.}) 24... Nc5 25. exf7
Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] So, White has an extra pawn on the kingside. An
insignificant advantage? Not in Topalov's hands!} 26. Rd1 Re7 27. Nf4 Rd8 $1
28. Rbb1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 g5 30. Nh5+ Kf7 31. f4 gxf4 32. Nxf4 Re4 33. g3 Rc4 34.
Rd5 Rc2 35. Rf5+ Kg8 36. a3 Nd7 $2 {An unnecessary decentralisation.} (36... a5
$142 $1 $132) 37. Rd5 Nf6 38. Rd8+ (38. Rd6 $5 Ng4 39. h3 Ne5 40. Rxa6 Nf3+ 41.
Kf1 {and the famous drawing mechanism doesn't work:} Rd2 42. Ne2 $18) 38... Kf7
39. Ra8 $2 {White's "attacking" rook will be quite passive here.} (39. Rd6 {
was still strong:} Ng4 40. h3 $1 Rc1+ (40... Ne5 41. Rxa6) 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3
Nh2+ 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kf5 $16) 39... Rc7 40. Kg2 a5 {At last Black starts
moving this pawn.} 41. Rb8 (41. h3 $5) (41. Kh3 $5 {but White can hardly win
anyway.}) 41... Rc3 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. a4 Rc4 44. Ne6 h6 45. Rxa7 Rxa4 46. Kf3
Re4 (46... Ra1 {was simpler.}) 47. Nc5 Re5 48. Rxa5 Rf5+ 49. Ke2 Re5+ 50. Kf3
Rf5+ 51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Nd3 Ng4+ 54. Ke4 Nf2+ 55. Nxf2 Rxf2 56. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bremer SG"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc3
O-O 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb3 $1 {A new, successful attempt
to get an advantage. After this strong prophylactical move it is not easy for
Black to find a good reply.} (18. a3 b5 19. Ba2 Qb6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bd4 Qd6 22.
f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Qc3 Rb8 27. h3 f6 28.
Qxc4 Qxa3 29. Qc7 Qd6 30. Qxd6 exd6 31. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Tseitlin,M/
Beersheba 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) (18. Rfd1 {- see Korobov-Avrukh in CBM96}) (18. d5
$6 Ne5 19. Bb3 Bb5) 18... e6 (18... b5 19. d5 Ne5 20. f4 $16) 19. d5 exd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Gd5]} f6 (21... Qf6 22. Qe3 (22. f4 $143
Rfd8 23. Qe3 Be6) 22... Rfe8 23. Qb6 {making use of Black's queenside
weaknesses.}) 22. Nf4 (22. Qe3 $5 Qa5 23. Nf4) 22... Qe7 23. h3 {White needn't
hurry as Black has no counterplay!} (23. Qe3 {could be met by} f5 $5) 23...
Rfd8 24. Qe3 Kh8 (24... f5 {leads now to a loss of a pawn after} 25. exf5 Qxe3
26. fxe3 gxf5 (26... Bxf5 $2 27. Be6) 27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. Bxe6 Rc7 29. Bxf5) 25.
Qb6 Be8 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rfc1 Rd6 {Black is seriously constricted but it is not
easy to break down his defense. White's general plan is to prepare e4-e5.} 28.
Qb2 Ne5 29. Rc3 {[%cal Yb1c1]} Bc6 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Nd5 Qxe4 (31... Qe5 $5)
32. Nxf6 Qe5 33. Ne4 {Black has simplified the position but the diagonal
battery still causes him some problems.} Re6 $2 {"Preparing" the following
blunder.} (33... Rd5 $14 34. Rxc6 $140 $4 Rd1+) 34. Ng5 Re7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Just leaving the knight unprotected.} (34... Rf6 $8 {but...} {[%tqu "En","Find
the best move for White.","","","g5h7","",20]} 35. Nxh7 $3 Kxh7 (35... Rf5 36.
Rxc6) 36. Rxc6 $1 Qxb2 37. Rc7+ {and White wins a pawn.}) 35. Nf3 ({The
immediate} 35. Rxc6 {was possible, too.}) 35... Qf6 36. Rxc6 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Rd8
38. Rcb6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Qd2 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new, quite interesting plan.} (13. O-O {-see Korobov-Avrukh in
CBM96.}) 13... Bd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Bb3 h5 16. f3 $6 {This move proves useless.}
(16. Rd1 $142 e6 $140 17. g4 $5) 16... e6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. f4 (18. g4 $6 hxg4
19. fxg4 e5 20. h5 exd4) 18... Rfd8 19. e5 b5 20. f5 $6 {An interesting but
risky idea of seizing the initiative.} exf5 21. Nf4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] Still,
these pawns can't move forward and White doesn't obtain a sufficient
compensation for the pawn.} Kh7 22. O-O b4 23. Bb2 Na5 24. Qf2 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Bc4
26. Ba4 Qb7 $1 (26... Bxa2 27. d5 $44) 27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6
Nc4 30. Ba1 Rd6 (30... Qd5 $143 31. Re7) 31. Qe2 Rxe6 $2 {Black starts a
tactical operation, which is only enough for a draw, missing a strong
possibility} (31... Qa6 $1 $17 32. Bd7 $140 Rc7) 32. Qxe6 Qe4 33. Qxc8 Ne3 34.
Bc6 Qxh4 (34... Qc2 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Rb1 $11) 35. Rc1 Ng4 36. Bf3 Qf2+ 37. Kh1
Qh4+ 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 {Other possibilities:} (10. d5) (10. Ba3) 10... Qe7 (
10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bb3 {needs more tests} (12. Bd3 c5)) 11. d5 (11. f3
$5 Rd8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Nb7 15. Nc1 Bd7 16. Nb3 Ba4 17. Bc2 Bxb3
18. axb3 a5 19. Qe2 Re8 20. g3 Qf8 21. Rae1 Nc5 22. Qf2 Bh6 23. f4 exf4 24.
Bxf4 $14 {Dokhoian,Y-Akopian,V/Erevan/1988/}) (11. Qb1 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. d5
Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. c4 Bc8 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. a4 Nd6 18. a5 Ba6 19. axb6 axb6 20.
Qb3 Rfb8 21. Nc3 Qc7 22. Ra4 Bc8 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. cxb5 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Bf8 26.
Ra1 Bd6 27. Bc4 Rb7 28. Bc3 Qe7 29. Qc2 Ra7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Qa2 Qxa2 32. Bxa2
{1/2-1/2 Belozerov,A-Tseitlin,M/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (32)}) (11. Qc2 Na5 (
11... b6 $5 12. f4 $6 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 c5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qb3 b5 $1 17.
Bxb5 Rab8 $17 {0-1 Pichel Jallas,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/Mondariz 1997/EXT 99 
(28)}) 12. Bd3 b6 $5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bf2 f6 (15... Rad8
$14 {K.Sakaev}) 16. f5 Bf7 17. Ng3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Bxc4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Bxc4 23. a3 a6 24. h4 Bf7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. h5
$16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Hracek,Z/Jugoslavija 82/416 2001/[Sakaev,K] (43)}) 13. f4 $6
c5 $1 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qa4 Rd8 16. Rad1 c4 17. Bb1 Bg4 $36 {Gagunashvili,
M-Pashikian,A/Batumi (open) 2001}) 11... Na5 12. Bd3 b6 (12... c5 $5 13. f4
exf4 14. Bxf4 Bd7 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rab1 a6 17. Qe3 Nb7 18. Qg3 Rae8 19. a4 c4 20.
Bc2 f5 $13 {0-1 Graf,A-Ayapbergenov,A/Bishkek 1993/CBM 35/[Ftacnik] (36)}) 13.
f3 (13. Nc1 $6 c6 14. c4 c5 15. Nb3 Nb7 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Bc2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5
19. f4 e4 20. Qe2 Rf6 21. Nd2 Rg6 $36 {0-1 Baron Rodriguez,J-De la Villa
Garcia,J/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (39)}) (13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rac1 Nb7 15. f4 Bh6 16.
Rce1 Nc5 17. fxe5 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qxe5 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. Qd2 f6 21. Bc2 Qd6 22.
Nf3 Bg4 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nf3 Bg4 25. Nd4 a6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tisdall,J-Stohl,I/
Gausdal 1991/TD (42)}) 13... Nb7 {This move allows the exchange of
light-squared bishops, which is favorable for White.} (13... c6 $5 14. c4 c5 {
[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7d6,Yf7f5]}) 14. Ba6 Nd6 15. Bxc8 Rfxc8 {Black gives up the
f7-f5 idea and starts a plan of queenside play (with c7-c6). However, the
white d5 pawn gains in importance.} (15... Raxc8 {[%cal Yc7c5,Yf7f5]} 16. Qd3
c5 17. c4 f5 18. a4 $14) 16. Qd3 c6 17. c4 Qb7 18. Rfd1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nc4 20.
Rab1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bf8 22. Qd3 a6 {A careless move.} (22... Bd6 $142 $13) 23.
f4 $5 {White starts an aggressive plan of pushing his d-pawn.} exf4 (23... Bc5+
24. Kh1 exf4 25. d6 Be3 26. Rf1 $36) (23... Bd6 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd4 $36) 24.
d6 Re8 25. d7 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 512] This rook sacrifice proves to be incorrect.} (
25... Red8 {allowed Black to eliminate the d7 pawn:} 26. Nxf4 {[%cal Yf4d5]}
Bg7 27. Nd5 (27. a4 Qc6 $5) (27. Kh1 Ra7) 27... Rxd7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxd7
Qxe4 $11 30. Qd6 Be5 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Bf4 33. Kf2 b5 {-the draw is not
far away.}) (25... Rxe4 {was inferior as the d7 pawn remained alive:} 26. Qf3
$1 (26. d8=Q $2 Rxd8 27. Qxd8 Rxe2) 26... Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Nc3 f5 29. Nxe4
Qxe4 30. Qb3+ Kg7 31. Rd3 $16) 26. d8=Q Rxd8 27. Qxd8 Qxe4 28. Rb2 Qe3+ (28...
f3 29. gxf3 Qxf3 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Rf3 Rf5 33. Qd3 $18) 29. Kf1 f3
30. Ng3 (30. Nd4 fxg2+ 31. Rxg2 {was equally strong.}) 30... h5 31. Qd3 fxg2+
32. Rxg2 Qc5 33. Rf2 Qe7 34. Qd7 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 h4 37. Ne2 Qe4+ 38.
Kf1 b5 39. Qb3 Qb7 40. Qf3 Qd7 41. Nf4 Bg7 42. Qd5 Qg4 43. Ng2 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 e5 $6 {A dubious novelty as Black is not yet ready to attack in the centre.
Still, the refutation is to be found.} 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qb3 Qf6 11. f4 $5 exf4 (
11... exd4 12. e5) 12. e5 Qh4+ $6 {This brings White an advantage.} ({After} 
12... Qf5 $1 {Black seems to hold on, e.g.} 13. g4 (13. O-O g5) 13... fxg3 {
and now:} (13... Qd7 14. Nxf4) 14. Nxg3 (14. Rf1 gxh2 15. Bxf7+ (15. Bd5 Qh3)
15... Kh8 16. O-O-O (16. Rxf5 h1=Q+ 17. Rf1 Qh4+) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kb2 Rd8 18. e6
$1 Nc6 $13) (14. hxg3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxb7 Nc6 $13) 14... Qf3 15. Rf1
Qe3+ 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Bxf7 Bg4 18. Rf2 Rd8 $13) 13. g3 $1 fxg3 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15.
O-O-O g2 16. Rhg1 Rd8 17. e6 {"Killing" the c8 bishop. Comparing to one of the
lines with 12...Qf5, the black pawn is on g2, not h2, and White can easier
attack it.} Nc6 $2 {Why give up this pawn at once??} (17... Qg5+ $142 18. Kb1
$1 Nc6 19. Qc2 $1 $16 Qf6 20. Qe4) 18. Rxg2 Qe4 19. Rdg1 {After the loss of
the g2 pawn the black king is not safe anymore.} b5 20. Qc2 $1 {Trying to get
rid of Black's only active piece.} Qe3+ 21. Kb1 Bxe6 {Eliminating the strong
pawn but the black king is helpless.} 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nf4 Qc4 (23... Qf7 24.
Nxg6+ $1 $18) 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6 Rd7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qh6 Qd3+ 28. Kb2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 Be6 $6 {An interesting but pretentious idea by GM
Bukhuti Gurgenidze.} 11. Bg5 (11. d5 Bd7 12. Be3 c6 {This is the point!} 13. c4
$5 b6 14. Bd4 e5 15. Bc3 Nb7 {[%cal Yb7c5]} 16. f4 Qc7 17. fxe5 $6 Bxe5 18.
Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Nc5 $17 {0-1 Anokhin,Y-Gurgenidze,B/Batumi 1961/EXT 2000 (49)
.}) 11... c6 12. f4 {[%mdl 128] White pays no attention to the c4 point and
starts a kingside attack based on his strong pawn centre.} Bc4 (12... f5 $5 {
was probable the last real chance to stop White's attack.}) 13. f5 Qd7 14. Rf3
Rfe8 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qd3 b5 (16... Nb2 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qf2 $16) 17. Raf1 {
The rest doesn't require any comments as White's attack develops without major
obstacles.} e5 18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Ng3 Qg4 20. h4 h6 21. Rf4 Qe6 22. Bf6 Bf8 23.
e5 Nb6 24. h5 g5 25. Rf5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 28. Rxg5+ Kf8 29.
Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd3 $6 {A harmless novelty as after the
exchange of light-squared bishops White's space advantage is not important
anymore.} (11. Qd2 Qd6 (11... Qd7 12. Bb5 $1 a6 13. Bd3 e6 14. e5 Na5 15. Ng3
c5 16. Nh5 f6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Qh6 Rxf6 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. Rac1 Qf7 23. Qe3 b5 24. Qb6 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Rc7 Qf6
28. Rfc1 Qg5 29. f3 {1-0 Lytchak,A-Lukin,A/White Nights 1999 - CBM72}) (11...
Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. d5 Qd7 14. Bh6 Qa4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c4 Ba6 17. Rfc1 Kg8 18.
Nc3 Qd7 19. Nd1 Rad8 20. Rc3 e5 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qg3 Qg7 23. Rac1 Qh6 24. Qe3
Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Bc8 26. Ra3 {Gligoric,S-Uhlmann,W/Stockholm izt 1962/1/2-1/2 (87)
}) 12. Rad1 {is the topical line of this system:} e6 $5 (12... e5 13. Ba6 Na5
14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. f4 exd4 19. cxd4 c5
20. d5 f6 21. e5 fxe5 22. f5 Rf8 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. f6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Rde8 26. f7
Rc8 27. Qe3 {Ivanchuk,V-Svidler,P/Hoogovens Blitz 1999/1-0 (38)}) (12... Na5
13. Bd3 e5 (13... c5 14. d5 e6 15. c4 Ba6 16. Qc1 (16. Qc2 exd5 17. exd5 Qd7
18. Ng3 Rae8 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Ne4 Nd6 $1 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qa4 $6 (22. Rfe1 Bc8
$11) 22... Bc8 23. Qxa7 Be5 $1 $40 {Jussupow,A-Gulko,B/Hastings 1989/0-1 (48)})
16... exd5 17. exd5 Rae8 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Ne2 Nb7 21. Nf4 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Re8 23. Ne6 Bh8 24. Nc7 $1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxc7 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Bd2 $1 $18
{1-0 Beliavsky,A-Gulko,B/Linares 1990 (35)}) 14. Bh6 Rae8 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qg5 f6
17. Qh4 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Qf8 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. f4 Qe7 23.
Qg3 exf4 24. Nxf4 Qe5 25. h4 Rd6 26. Rde1 Kg8 27. Re3 c5 28. Ref3 $36 c4 29.
Bb1 Bc6 30. Qf2 Qc5 $2 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. e5 Rxe5 33. Nxg6 Rxg6 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35.
Bxg6 Kxg6 36. R1f6+ Kg7 37. R8f7+ Kg8 38. Rxa7 Re2 39. Rxa5 {1-0 Shliperman,
I-Kudrin,S/ch-USA prelim A 1999 (43)}) 13. e5 $2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc6 15. f3 Qxc4
16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. c4 Ba6 22.
Rc1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Nb5 Rdxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. a4 {Florescu,C-Munteanu,A/
Bucharest schev 1993/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 11... Na5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Qd7 14. Qd3
e6 15. f4 $2 {This "attack" only weakens White's position. It can't succeed as
Black can powerfully counter-attack in the centre.} (15. c4 $2 c5) (15. Rfd1 {
=/=/+}) 15... c5 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 {
[%cal Ge8e1,Gc8c1] A typical situation: a wrong flank attack has enabled the
opponent to seize the centre.} 20. Rf2 Nc4 21. Qh3 Nd6 22. Ng3 (22. fxg6 Qxh3
23. gxf7+ $4 Nxf7) 22... Rc3 23. f6 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Bf8 {This endgame is
completely hopeless for White: all(!) his pawns are weak and the black pieces
control the whole board.} 25. Kg2 Nc4 26. Nf1 b5 {The advance of Black's
queenside pawns decides the game.} 27. Bf4 a5 28. h4 h5 29. d5 Bc5 30. Rf3 Rc2+
31. Kh3 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Re5 {[%csl Rd5]} 34. Rd3 Rf5 {
[%csl Rf6]} 35. Ng3 Rxf6 36. Rc3 Bd4 37. Rc6 Be5 38. Bg5 Rf2 39. Be7 Ne4 40. d6
Rd2 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Rb8 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 {In a super-analyzed opening like the Grünfeld, this is an attempt to
avoid long theoretical disputes.} 9. h4 {This is supposed to be the best
reaction against moves such as 8...b6 or 8...Qd7, which do not put immediate
pressure on the d4-square. However, this is not the case with 8...Nc6, which
casts some doubt about the viability of White's last move.} e5 $1 {Of course,
the best reaction against an attack on the wing is a counter-blow in the
centre.} ({However, in most games Black has played} 9... Na5 {Here are some
older games of the 10th World Champion:} 10. Bb3 ({In fact, I discarded 9...
Na5 because of the less sophisticated} 10. Bd3 {, when I was worried about a
line such us} c5 11. Be3 b6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Rc1 e6 15. Qd2 {
, unexpectedely transposing to the game Carlsen,M (2690)-Ivanchuk,V (2750)/
Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 118/[Carlsen] (1-0, 35), where a different line had
been played. I knew about Black's problems in this type of positions because
some 2 decades ago I had played the main line with White myself!}) 10... c5 11.
h5 Nxb3 12. axb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 ({An improvement over} 13... Bg4 {, which
provokes the generally useful} 14. f3 Bd7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Nc3 Qd7
18. Qd2 Rac8 19. g4 $36 {Spassky,B-Suetin,A/Riga 1958/URS-ch (1-0, 53)}) 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Ra5 a6 18. Rc5 Rxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Bc3
e5 $15 {Spassky,B-Stein,L/URS 1964/URS-ch (0-1, 33). Black has eliminated any
danger of an attack and has the pair of bishops. White's knight is quite
passive.}) 10. Be3 Qe7 $146 {[%csl Rc4,Re4][%cal Ge5d4] Black threatens ...
exd4, when, in the event of the generally desirable cxd4, the e4-pawn and the
c4-bishop would be hanging. Generally, it is not advisable to release the
tension too soon, but this may be an exception. The main thing is that,
against basically any move that parries the threats, Black would capture on d4
next anyway.} ({Therefore, the previously played} 10... exd4 {deserves serious
attention:} 11. cxd4 Qe7 (11... Na5 $6 {Botterill,G (2390)-Chandler,M (2380)/
London 1979/MCD (1/2-1/2, 32)} 12. Bd3 $1 c5 13. d5 $1 $44 {does not look like
a Grünfeld player's dream. The a1-rook does not deserve such a high price such
as giving up the g7-bishop and allowing White to build up such a strong centre.
}) 12. Qc2 (12. Bd3 $2 Nxd4 $1 $17 {Topalov,V (2460)-Genov,P (2300)/Bulgaria
1992/TD (1-0, 40)}) 12... Nb4 13. Qd2 (13. Qb1 c5 14. d5 $2 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Nc2+
$19) 13... c5 14. f3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 $15 16. O-O $6 (16. Rc1) 16... Be6 $1
17. Bxe6 fxe6 $17 18. Qb2 Qc5 (18... Nd3 $1 $19 19. Qc3 Nf4 20. Rae1 Rac8 21.
Qa1 Qxh4 $19) 19. Rfd1 Nc6 $17 {Kouatly,B (2340)-Chandler,M (2385)/Manila 1977/
EXT 2004 (0-1, 46)}) (10... b6 $6 {is too slow and justifies the advance of
the h-pawn.} 11. h5 Na5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Qd2 $14 {Krush,I
(2465)-Petrosian,T (2477)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext (0-1, 39)}) 11. d5
({This is White's additional possibility after my move. However, it does not
offer him an advantage at all and he may be just struggling.} 11. Qc2 exd4 12.
cxd4 Qb4+ {would transpose above.}) 11... Na5 12. Bd3 f5 $132 {With his king
in the centre yet and the attack not really going, WHite faces some problems
despite his advantage in space.} 13. Qa4 (13. f3 $5) 13... b6 14. h5 f4 15. Bc1
Bd7 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 {WHite has managed to provoke the generally
favourable exchange of the light-squared bishops, but with his poor
development this is a questionable achievement. Among other things, the
c4-square is vulnerable and the e2-knight rather passive.} c6 $1 18. Qd3 ({
Against} 18. dxc6 {I intended to play} Qe6 {although I considered several
other moves, too.} (18... Rac8) (18... Rfc8) (18... Rfd8 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19. Qd5
(19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Bb4 Nxc6 $15) 19... Qxd5 20. exd5 Rfd8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxf4
(22. c4 Nxc4 23. Nc3 e4 $19) 22... exf4 23. O-O-O Be5 $15) (18. Qa4 cxd5 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. Ba3 Qe8 $1 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. exd5 e4 $17) 18... g5 $1 {Ultimately
removing the possibility of an attack along the h-file.} (18... cxd5 $6 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 $2 21. Qxd5+ Rf7 22. Qxa8+ $18) 19. a4 g4 {[%cal
Gf4f3]} 20. Ba3 c5 21. f3 Bf6 ({Maybe Black should have played} 21... Rad8 {
at once, but I discovered the idea of pinning the d-pawn only one move later.}
22. Qc2 (22. c4 Nc6 $1 $15) 22... Nc4 23. Bc1 Qg5 $36) 22. c4 {[%cal Ge2c3]}
Rad8 {[%cal Ga5c6,Gc6d4]} 23. Qc2 {Now, White cannot play Nc3 anymore.} Kh8 24.
O-O-O Rg8 $15 25. Ng1 (25. Kb1 gxf3 26. gxf3 Rg2 27. Rdg1 Rdg8 28. Rxg2 Rxg2
29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30. Nxg1 Qf7 31. Qd3 Qe8 $1 32. Qc2 (32. d6 Qxa4 33. d7 Qb3+ $19)
32... Qxh5 $19) 25... Qd7 26. h6 $138 Qb7 ({Black could have converted his
obvious advantage into a devastating attack with} 26... a6 $1 $40 {[%cal Gb6b5]
, when the knight would have reached either c4 or d4 (via b3), while the enemy
king would have been in serious trouble.}) 27. Rd3 (27. Kb1 a6 $1) 27... Qa6 $2
{There is no clear idea behind this move. Starting with this moment, I played
without a clear plan and got into a passive position.} (27... a6 $1 $40) 28.
Rc3 g3 29. Ne2 Rg6 $6 (29... Rg5 $11) 30. Kb1 Nb7 31. Qb3 Nd6 32. Rcc1 Qb7 33.
Bb2 Qe7 34. Rh5 $14 Nf7 35. Rch1 Kg8 36. Nc1 Rd6 37. Nd3 Rd8 38. Bc3 Re8 39.
Qb2 Bg5 40. Kc2 Qd6 41. a5 Qe7 42. Qa3 Qd6 43. axb6 axb6 44. Qa4 Kf8 45. Qa1
Kg8 46. Qb2 Qe7 47. Ra1 Rxh6 48. Rxh6 Bxh6 49. Qxb6 Bf8 50. Ra7 Qd6 51. Qb5 Rb8
52. Qa4 Bg7 53. Ra6 Qc7 54. Re6 h5 55. Qa1 Qb7 56. Nxc5 Qc7 57. Rc6 Qe7 58. Ne6
$138 Qb7 $138 {We both had very little time left and I managed to set a small
trap...} 59. Nxg7 $2 Ra8 $1 60. Qb2 Qxb2+ 61. Kxb2 Kxg7 $13 62. Re6 $6 h4 63.
Bxe5+ Nxe5 64. Rxe5 h3 65. gxh3 Kh6 (65... Rg8 $1 66. d6 {(I stopped here with
my calculation)} (66. Rf5 $2 Kh6 67. Rxf4 Rg6 $19) 66... Kf6 $1 (66... g2 67.
Rg5+ Kf7 68. Rxg8 Kxg8 69. d7) 67. Rf5+ Ke6 68. d7 Kxd7 69. Rd5+ Ke7 70. Rd1
Rd8 71. Rg1 Rd3 {and White is in trouble.}) 66. Re6+ (66. h4 $1 Rg8 67. d6 g2
68. Rg5 Rxg5 69. hxg5+ Kh5 70. d7 g1=Q 71. d8=Q Qf2+ 72. Kc1 Qf1+ (72... Qxf3
73. Qd1) 73. Qd1 Qxc4+ 74. Kd2 $16) (66. Rf5 Rg8 (66... g2 67. Rxf4 g1=Q 68.
Rh4+ Kg5 69. Rg4+ Qxg4 70. hxg4 Kf4 71. Kc3) 67. Rxf4 Rg6 $1 (67... g2 68. Rh4+
)) 66... Kh5 67. Re5+ Kh4 (67... Kh6 68. h4 $1) 68. Re7 Rg8 69. Rh7+ Kg5 70.
Ra7 Kh4 71. Rh7+ Kg5 72. Ra7 Kh4 73. c5 $1 $18 g2 74. Ra1 Kg3 75. d6 Kxf3 76.
d7 Kxe4 77. c6 f3 78. c7 f2 79. d8=Q g1=Q 80. Qe7+ Kf3 81. Ra3+ Kg2 82. Qe4+
Kh2 83. Qf4+ Kh1 84. Ra1 Qe1 85. Qe4+ (85. Qxf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 {Krasenkow: 'Black delays ...c7-c5 in order to keep the idea ...e7-e5,
too.'} 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. f4 $6 {Ein Eigenprodukt? Eine
Empfehlung verdient dieser Grünfeld-Inder aber auch nicht, sofern man den
folgenden Informationen von ChessBase vertrauen kann:} (12. Bb5 $3 {[%mdl 8]
Krasenkow: 'A brilliant new idea. White provokes the weakening of Black's
queenside (...a7-a6) before his bishop retreats to d3.'  Provoziert eine
Schwächung des Damenflügels, bevor der Läufer nach d3 zurückkehrt.} a6 13. Bd3
e6 ({After} 13... e5 14. d5 Na5 15. c4 {the position of Black's knight is much
less solid than in the case his pawn were on a7. For instance,} c6 {doesn't
work now in view of} 16. Rab1 {[%csl Rb6]}) (13... Na5 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. Rfc1 e6
16. e5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. f3 b5 20. Qg5 Raf8 21. a4 Nc4 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Ng3 Bd5 25. Re1 c5 26. dxc5 Qc7 27. Rb5 Bc6 28. Rb4
Bd5 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. Qf2 Rf4 31. Ne2 Rf6 32. Rb5 Bc6 33. Rb6 Bd5 34. Nd4 Qxc5
35. Nxe6 Qa5 36. Qd4 Re8 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38. Qxf6 Qb6+ 39. Kf1 Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Qb1+
41. Re1 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 Rf8 43. Qe5 Qd2+ 44. Re2 Qd3 45. Qe3 Rd8 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47.
Qe7+ Kg8 48. Re4 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Rf8 50. Rd4 {1:0, A. Jussupow - S. Berndt,
Bundesliga 2001}) 14. e5 $1 {Returning to a usual plan including the kingside
attack by means of h2-h4-h5 or...} Na5 $2 (14... Ne7) 15. Ng3 c5 16. Nh5 $1 {
[%cal Rh5f6,Rh5g7] The point!} f6 (16... gxh5 17. Bf6 h6 18. Qf4 Qd5 19. f3 $18
) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4 (19... Qd5 20. f3 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 {
[%cal Rd2h6]} Rf7 22. Rfd1 $18) 20. Qh6 Rxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rac1 Qf7 23. Qe3
b5 24. Qb6 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Rc7 Qf6 28. Rfc1 Qg5 29. f3 {
1:0, A. Lytchak - A. Lukin, St. Petersburg 1999, CBM 72/Krasenkow}) 12... Na5
13. Bd3 c5 14. Qe3 cxd4 15. cxd4 e6 (15... Rfd8) 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bb1 Ba6 18.
Rfe1 Qa4 19. Ng3 Nc4 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. e5 Nd2 22. Qb2 Nxb1 23. Qxb1 Bb7 24. Ne4
Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rc4 26. Re2 Rfc8 $15 27. h3 b5 ({Zuverlässiger sind die weißen
Zentrumsbauern mit} 27... Qa4 $5 {zu kontrollieren, z.B.} 28. Red2 Qd7 (28...
Rc2 $6 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 h6 33. Be7 Rxa2 34.
Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bd6 {/\Rd7=}) 29. Bf6 Bf8 $15) 28. Be7 b4 29. Kh2 Qb5 30. Qf3 Rc3
31. Re3 a5 32. Bc5 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Bf8 (33... Qc4 $142) 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[#]} 35.
f5 $1 exf5 (35... gxf5 $6 36. d5 exd5 37. Qh6+ Ke8 (37... Kg8 $6 38. Qg5+ Kf8 {
/Kh8} 39. Qxf5 {->}) 38. e6) 36. d5 Qc5 37. Qf4 Qc2 38. Rd4 Qc1 ({Vom
Remiskurs nach} 38... Qxa2 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rh4 Qxd5 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7
{und nun} {sondern} 43. Qxc8 ({nicht} 43. Qf6+ $2 Ke8 (43... Kd7 $4 44. Rd4
Qxd4 45. e6+ fxe6 46. Qxd4+) 44. Rd4 Qe6 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ g5 47. Qxg5+ Kf8
48. Rd8+ Rxd8 49. Qxd8+ Kg7 50. Qxa5 b3) 43... Qxe5+ 44. g3 Qe2+ $11 {nahm
Schwarz Abstand.}) 39. Qh4 $5 ({Jetzt hält Weiß das Spiel kompliziert, während
eine friedliche Einigung durch} 39. Qxc1 Rxc1 40. d6 Ke8 41. Rd5 a4 42. Ra5 $11
{leicht zu erreichen war.}) 39... Qe3 40. Qf6 {[#]} Qxd4 $4 {Alles, nur das
nicht!} (40... Rc1 41. Qh8+ (41. Qd8+ $11) (41. Qd6+ $11) 41... Ke7 42. Qf6+ (
42. d6+ $4 Kd7 43. e6+ Qxe6 $19) 42... Ke8 43. Qh8+ $11) (40... Rc3 41. Rd1 (
41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. d6+ Kd7 43. Rd1 Qf4+ $11) 41... Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Rc1 $11) (40...
Kg8 41. e6 fxe6 42. dxe6 Rf8 43. Rd8 Qf4+ $11) 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. d6+ Ke6 (42...
Kd7 $4 43. e6+ {/\ Qh8xd4}) 43. Qxc8+ {[#]} Kxe5 $2 {Verliert völlig die
Contenance.} ({In dieser jetzt problematischen Lage war allein} 43... Kd5 $8 {
zu versuchen, z.B.} 44. Qb7+ Ke6 (44... Kc4 $2 45. Qc7+ Kd3 46. d7 Qf4+ 47. Kg1
Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 $18) (44... Kxe5 $2 45. Qe7+ Kd5 46. d7 Qf4+ 47. Kg1
Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ (48... Qf4+ 49. Ke2 Qc4+ 50. Kf3 Qf1+ 51. Kg3 Qd3+ 52. Kh2
$18) 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Qe3 Qf1+ 51. Kg3 f4+ 52. Qxf4 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe7 54. Qc7
$18) 45. Qe7+ Kd5 46. Qxf7+ Ke4 47. Qb7+ Kd3 48. Qf3+ Kc4 49. Qc6+ Kd3 50. g3
$1 {und nun} Qxe5 (50... Qb2+ 51. Qg2 Qxe5 52. Qf1+ Kc2 53. Qc4+ Kb2 54. Qd3 $1
f4 (54... Qc3 55. Qd1 $18) 55. d7 fxg3+ 56. Kg2 $18) 51. Qf3+ Kc2 52. Qf2+ Kd1
(52... Kb1 53. Qd2 Qc3 54. Qd1+ Kxa2 55. d7 Qb2+ 56. Kh1 $18) 53. Qf1+ Kc2 54.
Qc4+ Kb2 55. Qb3+ Kc1 56. Qd3 Qf6 57. d7 Qd8 58. Qe3+ Kb1 59. Qe8 Qb6 60. Qa8
Qf2+ 61. Qg2 Qd4 62. Qg1+ $18) 44. d7 $18 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Qd4 {
und wegen 47.d8Q gleichzeitig aufgegeben. Der verpatzte halbe Punkt sollte
Zbynek Hracek am Ende des Turniers bitter fehlen!} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4448]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 {Dvoirys's idea.
Black is in a hurry to develop queen side pieces and leaves his king in the
centre for a while as after immediate 11...0-0 12.h4!? attacking castled king.}
(11... O-O {is the main line.}) 12. Rb1 $1 (12. h4 Rc8 (12... h5 13. Rb1 Nd8
14. Qd3 Rc8 15. f3 O-O 16. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Shmuter,L/Nikolaev 1993/
CBM 35 (36)}) 13. Rc1 O-O 14. h5 e6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 b5 $1 17. Bb3 Nb4 18.
Qd2 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Nc6 20. Qd3 b4 21. Ne2 Rd8 22. Bh6 Bxd4 $1 $17 {0-1 Lputian,
S-Dvoirys,S/Simferopol 1988/CBM 11 (76)}) (12. Qb3 O-O 13. Qxb7 Rad8 14. Rd1
Qh5 {[n.r.]. 0-1 Dearing,E-Wapner,J/Herculane 1994/TD (14)}) 12... Rc8 13. f3
$1 $146 {[%cal Gf1f2][%mdl 8]} ({After} 13. Rxb7 {black gets sufficient
counterplay.} Nd8 14. Bd2 Qa3 $8 15. Rb4 (15. Bb4 $2 Qb2 16. Rxd7 Qxb4 $1) (15.
Rxd7 Rxc4 $1 16. Rd5 Qxa2 (16... e6 $5 17. Ra5 Qd3 $1) (16... Qd3 $4 17. Rxd8+
$1 Kxd8 18. Ba5+ $18) 17. Ra5 Qc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. Rc5 Nd8 $11)
15... O-O (15... a5 $6 16. Rb3 Qa4 (16... Qxa2 $4 17. Nc3 $18) 17. Ba6 (17. Bd3
) 17... Ra8 18. Bd3 O-O (18... Ne6) 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qd2 $16 Ne6 21. e5 Nc7 22.
h4 Be6 23. Rb2 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nc3 Qa3 26. h5 Nd5 27. Nb5 Qb4 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Be2 Nxa2 31. f4 Bd7 32. Na3 Rb3 33. Nc2 Nb4 34. Nxb4
Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rxh1 36. Nd5 e6 37. Nb6 Bc6 38. Nc4 a4 39. Na5 Bd5 {0-1 Pliester,
L-Alterman,B/Tilburg 1993/CBM 39 (39)}) 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 a5 18. Rc4 Ne6 $1
$44 {0-1 Finegold,B-Vydeslaver,A/Biel 1993/TD (47)}) 13... Qa3 (13... O-O $2
14. Rxb7) (13... Nd8 $5) 14. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 $16 {Very unpleasant endgame.
Black has to choose between a rook ending without a pawn or to play 15...b6
weakening queen side.I had to make very important decision as this game could
become my last one in the championship.} Rc7 {I decided to go into the
above-mentioned endgame as I don't like move b7-b6 in such kind of positions.}
(15... b6 16. Ba6) (15... Nd8 16. Kf2 {[%cal Gh1c1]}) 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Rhc1 Rfc8
18. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5] Otherwise black is OK.} a6 $1 {Only chance to escape.}
19. Bxc6 (19. Bf4 $6 axb5 (19... e5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 {see 19.B:c6.}) 20. Bxc7 Rxc7
21. d5 Rc8 22. dxc6 bxc6 $132) 19... Bxc6 (19... bxc6 $6 {looks ugly.}) (19...
Rxc6 $5 20. Rxb7 (20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. d5 Bb5) 20... Rxc1 21. Nxc1 Bb5 (21... Rc2+
22. Kg3 {[%csl Rg8]}) 22. Rxe7 Rc2+ (22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxc1 24. Rb7 $16) 23.
Kg3 Rc3 $1 24. Bf4 Bxd4 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Rb7 $16) 20. Bf4 e5 $8 21. Bxe5 $2 (21.
dxe5 $142 Re7 (21... Rd7 $5) 22. Rc5 Rce8 23. Nd4 Bxe5 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe5
Rxe5 26. Rxc6 Ra5 $16) 21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Re7 23. Rc5 Rce8 24. Nd4 $14 {
White had to continue despite the mistake on the previous move.He is still
better and can go on without taking chances.} (24. Nd4 Rxe5 25. Rbc1 $14 Ba4
26. Rxe5 (26. Rc7 R5e7) 26... Rxe5 27. Rc7 (27. Rc8+ $5 Kg7 28. Rc7) 27... Ra5
28. Rxb7 Bb5 29. Kg3 Rxa2 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 {This variation proves that
white should continue.It's very possible that there are even better
possibilities.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Slavia Hradec Kralove-12 1977/78"]
[Site "Hradec Kralove"]
[Date "1978.01.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1977.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. e5 Ba6 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Re1 Kh8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nf4 e5 15.
Nxg6+ hxg6 16. Re3 e6 17. Qg4 Rae8 18. Qxg6 Rf7 19. Ba3 Kg8 20. dxe5 Na5 21.
Rd1 Qc8 22. Bc2 c5 23. Bc1 Qc7 24. Rde1 (24. Rh3 Kf8 $8 25. Rd6 $18) 24... Nc6
$2 (24... Kf8 25. Rh3 Bxe5 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 (27... Kd6 28. Rd1+ Bd4
29. cxd4 $18) 28. Re4 Ree7 29. Reh4 Ke8 30. Rh7 $18) 25. Rh3 Kf8 26. Bh6 $18
Ne7 27. Qxe6 (27. Bxg7+ $1 Rxg7 28. Qf6+ Rf7 29. Qh6+ Rg7 30. Rf3+ Nf5 31. Bxf5
$18) 27... Ng8 28. Bxg7+ Rxg7 29. Rf3+ Rf7 30. Rxf7+ (30. Qxe8+ $1 Kxe8 31. Bg6
Bc4 32. e6 Ne7 33. Rxf7 Qd6 34. Bh5) 30... Qxf7 31. Qd6+ Qe7 32. Qg6 Qf7 33.
Qd6+ Qe7 34. Qg6 Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. f4 Ne7 37. Rd1 Bc4 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39.
axb3 Nc6 40. Kf2 c4 41. bxc4 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Nxd8 43. c5 bxc5 44. Ke3 a5 45. Kd3
a4 46. Kc2 Ne6 47. g3 Nd4+ 48. Kb2 Ke6 49. Ka3 Nb5+ 50. Kxa4 Nxc3+ 51. Kb3 Ne4
52. Kc4 Nd2+ 53. Kxc5 Nf1 54. Kd4 Nxh2 55. Ke4 Ng4 56. f5+ Kf7 57. Kf4 Nf2 58.
g4 Nd3+ 59. Ke4 Nf2+ 60. Kf4 Nd3+ 61. Ke4 Nf2+ 62. Kf3 Nh3 63. Ke3 Ng5 64. Kd4
Ke8 65. Kd3 Kf7 66. Ke3 Nh3 67. Kf3 Ng5+ 68. Kg3 Kg7 69. Kf4 Nh3+ 70. Ke3 Kf7
71. Kd4 Ke7 72. Kd5 Nf4+ 73. Kc4 Nh3 74. Kd4 Ng5 75. Kd5 Nh7 76. Ke4 Ng5+ 77.
Kf4 Nh3+ 78. Kf3 Ng5+ 79. Kg3 Kf7 80. e6+ Kf6 81. Kh4 Ne4 82. Kh5 Nd6 83. Kh6
Ne8 84. Kh5 Nd6 85. Kh4 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Ba3 $6 (10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 (13.
Bh6 $5) 13... Rad8 14. Bh6 c5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qg3 Kh8 {Asanov,
B-Cseshkovsky,V/URS/1985/} 18. h4 $5 $14) 10... Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nf4 $6 (12.
Rb1 Bb7 13. d5 c6 14. c4) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. e5 c5 $1) 13... Rfd8 14. Rad1
e6 15. e5 $6 (15. Bb4 $142 Nc6 16. Ba3) 15... c5 $1 16. dxc5 (16. Be4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qa4 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxa2 $17) 16... Qc7 $1 17. cxb6 $6 (17. Rfe1
$142 bxc5 18. Qe3 $15) 17... Qxe5 $17 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne2 axb6 20. Bc1 Bd5
21. Bg5 f6 $6 (21... Rdc8 $1) 22. f4 fxg5 (22... Bxc3 $6 23. Bh4 $1 Bb2 24. Rd2
) 23. fxe5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 (24. Nd4 Nb2 (24... Rxa2 $2 25. Nxe6 $1) 25. Rd2 Nxd3
26. Rxd3 Bc4 $19) 24... Bxc4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 Rd2 27. Ng3 Rxa2 28. Ne4
Bd5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rb1 $2 (31. e6+ Ke7 32. Re5 Ra5 33. Kf2 (33.
Re1 b5 34. Kf2 Ra6 35. Rb1 Rb6 $19) 33... d4 $1 $19) (31. Rf1+ $1 Ke6 32. Rf6+
Kxe5 33. Rxb6 $17) 31... Ra6 $1 $19 32. Rb5 Ke6 33. Kf2 Kxe5 34. Kf3 (34. c4
Ra5 $1 35. Rxb6 dxc4 $19) 34... Ra3 35. Kg4 Rxc3 36. Rxb6 Rc2 37. Kg3 d4 38.
Rb7 d3 39. Rxh7 d2 40. Rd7 Ke4 41. Kg4 Rc4 $1 42. Rxd2 (42. Kxg5 Rd4 $19) 42...
Ke3+ 43. Kxg5 Kxd2 44. Kxg6 Ke3 45. h3 Kf4 46. g4 Rc5 47. Kh6 Rg5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b5 11. Bd5 $1 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14.
Rxc6 Bxc6 15. d5 Bd7 16. Qd2 $5 (16. O-O Qa5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O $10)
16... a5 17. O-O O-O 18. Rc1 b4 19. Nd4 $1 (19. Bd4 $6 e5 $1 20. Bc5 Re8 $15)
19... e6 20. Rc5 (20. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 $1 21. Qxh6 exd5 22. exd5 Qf6 23. Nc6 Bxc6
24. dxc6 Rc8 $15 {Lakic-Chekhov,V/Banjaluka/1976/}) (20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 exd5
22. exd5 Qd7 23. Rc5 $14 {Chekhov}) 20... exd5 21. exd5 Re8 22. Nc6 Qh4 (22...
Bxc6 $6 23. dxc6 Bd4 $2 24. c7 $18) 23. d6 $1 (23. Rxa5 $6 Qe4 $1 24. h3 Bc3
25. Qd1 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 $10) (23. Nxa5 $6 Be5 24. g3 (24. h3 $2 Bxh3 25.
gxh3 Qxh3 26. f4 Bc3 $19) 24... Qe4 $44) 23... Bc3 24. Qd3 $16 h6 (24... Bf5 $2
25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. d7 $18) (24... a4 25. Rc4 $16) 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rxa5 Qg4 27.
Ra7 Rb8 28. h3 Qe6 29. Qd5 $6 (29. Nd5 $1 Bb5 (29... Qxd6 $2 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31.
Nf6+ $18) 30. Nc7 $1 Bxd3 31. Nxe6 Kg8 32. Nc5 $18) 29... Qxd5 30. Nxd5 Be6 31.
Ne7 (31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Bf4 Bxa2 34. Rxc3 $14) 31... b3 32. axb3
Rxb3 33. Nc6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 $14 35. Bf4 g5 36. Bg3 Bf6 37. Ne5 Kg7 (37...
Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Kg6 39. g4 h5 $10) 38. Ng4 Bd4 39. Ra5 f5 40. Ne3 Bxe3 41. fxe3
Kf7 $10 42. h4 Rd3 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Rh7 Kg6 45. Rh8 Bd7 46. Rd8 Be6 47. Rb8
Rxe3 48. Re8 f4 49. Bf2 Bf7 $1 (49... Bf7 $1 50. Rxe3 fxe3 51. Bxe3 $10 (51. d7
$4 exf2 $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Forchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nc6 {
Keine Ahnung, warum Ftacnik, der als einer der größten Grünfeld-Experten
weltweit gilt, auf Hauptvarianten verzichtet, zumal ich 2002 über praktisch
gar kein Eröffnungsrepertoire verfügte.} 8. Ne2 e5 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11.
Qc2 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 $1 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 {kann für
Schwarz natürlich nicht gefallen, während er nach}) (12... c5 13. dxc5 Be6 14.
f4 Nc4 15. Bf2 f6 16. f5 Bf7 17. Ng3 {in der Partie Sakaev-Hracek (2001)
ebenfalls nicht gut ausgesehen hat}) 13. Rab1 $1 $146 {Stellt sich auf das
kommende c7-c5 ein. Eine Vorgängerpartie sah} (13. f4 c5 $1 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Qa4 Rd8 16. Rad1 c4 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz}) 13... f5 $1 {Flexibel und stark!
} (13... c5 $6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Qc3 $14)
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Rbe1 Rd8 {Hier hätte Schwarz Zeit
gehabt, den Sa5 bequem ins Spiel zu bringen} (17... Nc4 $5) 18. Ne4 $1 {
Wenn Weiß überhaupt etwas hat, dann muss er schnell sein und Drohungen gegen
den schwarzen König schaffen, bevor der Sa5 zurück ins Spiel findet, das ist
das bestimmende Thema der nächsten Züge} Qd7 $1 19. dxe5 $1 Bxe5 20. Rd1 Qe8
21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Ng5 ({Stark sieht der Computervorschlag} 22. Rd1 $5 Rd7 23.
Re1 $3 {aus, weil jetzt} Nc4 $4 {an} 24. Qb3 $18 {scheitert}) 22... Rd7 (22...
Re7 23. h4 $14) 23. h4 Qf6 $6 (23... Qe8 $1) 24. Qe4 Re7 $2 {Verliert etwas
überraschend forciert.} (24... Qe7 25. Qa8+ Qd8 26. Qxa7 Bxc3 27. Bf4 Re7 28.
Rc1 c6 29. Qa6 Be5 30. Be3 $1 Bc7 31. Nf3 $14 {Die strategischen Vorzeichen
bleiben unverändert: die schwarze Königsstellung ist immer noch geschwächt,
der Sa5 kommt immer noch nicht ins Spiel.}) 25. Qa8+ $1 Kg7 26. Nf3 $1 Qc6 $8 (
26... c5 27. Bg5 $18) (26... h6 27. Nxe5 $18) 27. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 28. Qf8+ Rg7 29.
Nxe5 Qe6 (29... Qe4 30. Nf7+ $18) 30. Qf4+ g5 31. hxg5+ Rxg5 32. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pacher, Milan"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nd7 $5
{IL n'y a quasiment aucune partie avec ce coup. Nd7 soutient la poussée c5
tout en évitant une poussée éventuelle d4d5 mais il exerce moins de
pression sur le centre Blanc} (7... c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11.
dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3
Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4
Ne5 24. Rb1 Rad8 25. Nc2 Nc4 26. Rb4 Rc8 27. Ra4 Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Ne5 29. Rxa6
Rxc3 30. Rf1 Rc4 31. Nf3 Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Jakovenko,D (2733)-Svidler,P (2739)
Tbilisi 2015}) (7... O-O) 8. Ne2 Nf6 $146 (8... O-O 9. O-O Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]}
10. Bb3 $14 {Abbasov,F (2538)-Rasulov,V (2483) Baku Solidarity Day 2010 (4.4)
1/2}) (8... c5 9. O-O e5 {Sulava,N (2484)-Buchicchio,G (2309) Pula op 27th
2013 (4) 0-1}) 9. f3 $14 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. a4 (11. Be3 {Plus souple} Bb7 12.
Qd2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 e6 {La position noire est assez passive}) 11...
Bb7 12. a5 c6 {Le signe que l'ouverture du GMI a mal tourné} 13. Qb3 (13. Rb1
b5 14. Ba3 Re8) (13. Be3 $142 $1 {Plus simple} b5 $6 14. a6 {[%csl Ra7]} Bc8
15. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Ra8,Rc6,Rc8]}) 13... b5 14. e5 $6 (14. Bf4 $32 {[%csl
Rb8][%cal Gf1d1] Empêche les coups de développement Qc7 et Rb8 tout en
gardant la souplesse du centre Blanc}) 14... bxc4 15. Qxb7 Nd5 16. Rd1 (16.
Qxc6 Rc8 17. Qa4 Nxc3 $1 18. Nxc3 Qxd4+) 16... Qc8 17. Qxc8 (17. a6 $5 {
[%cal Ga1b1]}) 17... Rfxc8 18. Ra4 Rab8 $1 19. Rxc4 Rb1 $44 20. Ra4 c5 21. dxc5
e6 22. c4 Ne3 23. Rd3 Nc2 24. Kf2 Bxe5 $36 25. Bh6 Nb4 26. Rd7 Rb3 27. Nc1 Rb2+
28. Rd2 Rb1 29. Nd3 (29. Ne2 {[%csl Gd4]}) 29... Nxd3+ (29... Bd4+ 30. Ke2 Nxd3
31. Rxd3 Bxc5 {[%csl Gc5]}) 30. Rxd3 Bxh2 31. a6 Bg1+ $1 32. Kg3 Bxc5 33. Ra5
Bb6 $17 34. Rb5 Rh1 35. c5 $2 Bc7+ 36. Bf4 e5 $19 37. Rb7 exf4+ 38. Kf2 Ba5 39.
Rdd7 Rxc5 {Malgré cette défaite dans la ronde du matin, le slovaque va
réussir à rebondir ensuite pour réaliser une norme de GMI} 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rutkowski, Maciej"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Be3 (12. Bc3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7
14. Rb1 b6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rbc1 e6 17. h3 Rc7 18. Bb3 Bc8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. exd5 Ne5 22. d6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf6 24. Rc7 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd4
Qf6 27. f4 Re8 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. d7 {1-0 (29) Le,Q (2712)-Mamedyarov,S (2753)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 (8... c5) 9. h4 Nc6 (9... Ba6) (9... Bb7) 10. h5 (10. Bd5 $5 Qd7 (10...
Bb7) 11. h5 e6 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf4 Rfe8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 $40
{Cramling,P-Kindermann,S/Hamburg/1991/}) (10. e5 $5 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. h5 cxd4
13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Be4 Rc8 15. f3 Be6 16. Nf4 $36 {Vaiser,A-Chekhov,V/Sochi/1983/
}) 10... Na5 11. Bd3 e5 (11... c5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bh6 $14) 12. hxg6 (12. Be3
Qe7 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bb7 15. e5 (15. hxg6 $5 Bxe4 16. gxf7+ Rxf7 $13)
15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bf3 17. Ng3 Qd7 $1 $15 {Dreev,A-Adorjan,A/Alushta/1994/})
12... fxg6 (12... hxg6 13. Bh6 $36) 13. Be3 Qe7 (13... exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. d5
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nc6 17. a3 $1 Qd6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Qa2 Nd4 20. e5 $16 {Timman,
J-Adorjan,A/London/1975/}) 14. Rc1 c6 (14... Be6 15. d5 Bd7 16. c4 $16) 15. O-O
$1 {N/} (15. f4 $6 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bf5 $1 17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4
Rae8 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Kd2 Rf5 $15 {Tarjan,J-Adorjan,A/Hastings/1976/}) 15...
Be6 16. f4 Nc4 $1 (16... exf4 17. Nxf4 Nc4 (17... Bc4 18. e5 $16) 18. Nxe6
Rxf1+ (18... Nxe3 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qb3 $16) 19. Bxf1 Nxe3 20. Qb3 $16) 17.
Bxc4 $8 Bxc4 18. fxe5 (18. dxe5 $2 Rad8 19. Qe1 Bd3 $1 $15) 18... Rxf1+ 19.
Qxf1 Rf8 (19... Bd3 $5 20. Qd1 $1 (20. Qf3 Rf8) 20... Bxe4 21. Ng3 Qh4 (21...
Bd5 22. c4) 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 $10) 20. Qe1 Qe6 $146 (20... Bxa2 21. c4 $16) (20...
Bd3 21. Ng3 Qh4 22. Rd1 Bxe4 23. Bg5 Qxg5 24. Nxe4 $14) 21. Nf4 Qg4 22. Qd2 g5
(22... Bh6 23. Nh3 $1) 23. Nh3 h6 24. Re1 (24. Nf2 Qg3 $132) 24... Qh4 (24...
Qxe4 25. Bxg5 $16) 25. Bf2 Qh5 26. Bg3 Qg4 27. Kh2 Qh5 28. Kg1 Qg4 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 10. d5 {N} (10. Rc1 {Knaak,R-Stohl,I,Dortmund-A 1991,CBM 23})
(10. h3 $5 {Christiansen,L-Kindermann,S,Munich 1991,CBM 23}) 10... Na5 11. Be2
b6 12. c4 (12. O-O $5 f5 13. c4 {/\} c6 $6 14. Bd2 $1 fxe4 15. Ng5 cxd5 16.
cxd5 $16) 12... Nb7 13. Nd2 (13. c5 $6 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Rc1 Qd6 {/\} 16.
Qc2 Bh6 $36) (13. O-O $142 $13) 13... Bd7 (13... f5 $5 14. Nb3 (14. f3 Bh6 $1
$15) 14... Qh4 $132) 14. Rc1 c5 (14... Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Qd2
Ba4 18. Qa5 Bxb3 19. axb3 $14 {׫}) (14... Qe7 $5 15. Nb3 (15. c5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5
bxc5 17. Nb3 Ba4 $13) 15... c5 $5 $13 {פb3}) 15. O-O Nd6 16. a4 {/\a5->} a5 $8
17. Rb1 Rb8 $13 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf5 (19. f3 $6 f4 20. Bf2 g5 $40) 19... gxf5
20. f3 $8 (20. f4 $2 e4 21. Bc2 Bd4 $17) 20... Qe7 (20... Qf6 21. Kh1 {/\g4|^})
21. Re1 Kh8 22. Bf2 Bf6 23. Kh1 Qg7 24. Qc2 (24. Bc2 $5 Rg8 25. Rg1 $13 {/\Qe2}
) 24... Rg8 25. Bf1 Bg5 (25... h5 $5 $132) 26. Bg3 f4 $6 (26... Bf6 $142 $13 {
/\h5-h4}) 27. Bf2 Bf5 28. Ne4 (28. Bd3 $4 Bh4 $19) 28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 (29.
Rxe4 $5 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 $146) 29... Qf6 (29... Qh6 30. Rb3 $1 $16 {/\Rh3}) 30.
Qc3 $1 {><e5} (30. Rb3 Bh4 31. Bxh4 (31. g3 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rbf8 $40) 31... Qxh4
32. Reb1 Rg6 $36) 30... Rge8 31. Qh3 {/\Qd7} Rb7 $1 32. Rb3 (32. Rb2 $5 $14 {
><g2}) 32... Qg6 33. Bd3 Bd8 34. g3 $6 $138 (34. Qf3 {/\Reb1,Be1-c3+/=}) 34...
Rf7 $132 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Bg3 Nxe4 $5 (36... Rg4 37. Rbb1 $1 $14 {/\} Nxe4 $2
38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Qg2 $18) 37. Rxe4 (37. Bxf4 $4 Nf2#) (37. Qg2 Nxg3+ 38. hxg3
Qh5+ $17) 37... Rxe4 38. Qg2 Rd4 $8 (38... Qh5 $4 39. Qxe4 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb3
41. Qxh7#) 39. Bxg6 Rd1+ 40. Qg1 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 hxg6 42. Kf2 $146 e4 (42... Kg7
43. Ke3 e4 $8 (43... Kf6 44. Ke4 $16 {_|_}) 44. Rb1 {-42...e4}) 43. Ke3 Kg7 44.
Rb1 (44. Bf4 Kf6 $132) 44... Bg5+ 45. Ke2 (45. Bf4 Bxf4+ (45... Bd8 $5 $13) 46.
Kxf4 e3 47. Re1 Kf6 $1 (47... e2 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. Rxe2 Kf7 50. Kg4 $1 $16 {
/\h4,Re6}) 48. Rxe3 g5+ 49. Kf3 Rh8 50. Re6+ Kf5 51. Rxb6 Rh4 $10 {<=>}) 45...
e3 $5 (45... Kf6 $2 46. Rxb6+ Kf5 47. Rc6 Bf4 48. Rxc5 $16) (45... Bd8 $5 $10 {
Shirov}) 46. Rxb6 (46. Kf3 e2 47. Re1 (47. Bf2 Bd2 48. Be1 Bb4 $1 $17) 47...
Re3+ $15) (46. Kd3 e2 47. Bf2 $8 Rh8 48. Bg3 Re8 $10) (46. h4 $5 Bd8 47. Kf3 g5
$10 {<=>}) 46... Re4 47. Rb7+ $6 (47. Ra6 Rxc4 48. Rxa5 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 $10) 47...
Kf6 48. Bc7 $2 (48. d6 Rxc4 49. d7 Ke7 $15) (48. h4 $5 Bxh4 49. Bxh4+ Rxh4 50.
Kxe3 Rxc4 51. Rb5 Rxa4 52. Rxc5 Ke5 53. d6+ $1 Kxd6 54. Rg5 $10) 48... Kf5 $1
$17 (48... Rxc4 49. Bd8+ Kf5 50. Rf7+ Kg4 51. h3+ Kh5 52. Rh7+ Bh6 53. h4 Rc2+
54. Kf3 e2 (54... Rf2+ 55. Kg3 {/\Bg5+-}) 55. Kf2 $18 {/\Bg5}) 49. Bxa5 Rxc4
50. d6 Rxa4 51. Bc3 Ra3 $2 $138 (51... Rh4 $5 $17) (51... Ke4 $1 52. d7 Ra2+
53. Rb2 (53. Bb2 c4 54. Kd1 Kf3 $19) 53... Ra7 54. Rb5 Kd5 55. Bb4 Rc7 $17) 52.
Bb2 Ra6 (52... Ra2 53. Kf3 $1 {/\} (53. d7 $6 Ke4 $1 54. Rb8 c4 $17) 53... e2
$6 54. Kxe2 Bf6 55. d7 Bxb2 56. d8=Q Bf6+ 57. Qd2 $1 $10) 53. d7 Rd6 54. Bc1
Ke6 55. Bxe3 $6 (55. Rc7 Rxd7 (55... Rd5 56. Bxe3 Re5 57. d8=N+ $1 $10) 56.
Rxc5 $10) 55... Bxe3 56. Kxe3 Rxd7 57. Rb8 (57. Rb6+ $142 $5 Rd6 (57... Kf5 58.
Rc6 $132) 58. Rb8 $15) 57... Rh7 58. Re8+ $2 $138 (58. Rg8 $8 Rh3+ 59. Ke4 $8
Rh4+ 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Rf8+ $8 (61. Rc8 Rh3+ $19) 61... Kg4 62. Rf2 $15) 58...
Kd5 59. Rd8+ (59. Rg8 Rh3+ 60. Kf4 Rxh2 61. Rxg6 Kd4 $19) 59... Kc4 60. Rd2 (
60. Rg8 Rxh2 61. Rxg6 Kc3 $19) 60... Kb3 (60... Kb3 61. Kf4 c4 62. Kg5 c3 $19 {
[Stohl,I]}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 $5 (8... c5 9. Ne2 {D86-89}) 9. Nf3 (9. Ne2 e5 10. Rc1 Qe7
11. Bd3 {Ionescu,Co-Stohl,I,Stara Zagora (zt) 1990-CBM 17} f5 $5 $13) 9... e5
10. Rc1 (10. d5 $5 Na5 11. Be2 f5 $132) 10... Bg4 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 {
Ftacnik} c6 13. c4 b5 14. dxc6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 b4 16. Bc5 Nxc6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44)
12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 {N} (13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Rc2 b6 $5 (
16... b5) 17. Qxc4 bxc5 $146 {Korchnoi,V-Ftacnik,L,Beersheva 1990-CBM 17} (
17... bxc5 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxc5 $14 {Kortchnoi,V-Ftacnik,L/Beersheba/1990/ ->CBM
17})) 13... b6 $5 {/\ Nb7-d6,f5|^} 14. Ba6 $8 (14. f4 $6 Qh4 15. Qd2 Rae8 $17)
(14. h4 Bf6 $36) 14... Qh4 (14... Rb8 $6 15. c4 Nb7 (15... c5 $5 $13) 16. Bxb7
Rxb7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14) 15. Qd2 $6 (15. O-O f5 $40) (15. c4 $5 c5 $1 $13
(15... f5 16. c5 fxe4 17. d6 cxd6 18. cxd6 $146)) 15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 $6 (
16... Nc4 $5 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. fxg6 Rad8 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Rd1 Rxf3 21. Rg1 $13
) (16... Rxf5 $1 17. d6 c6 $1 {/\Nc4} (17... Rd8 18. Bg5 $3 (18. dxc7 Rxd2 $15
(18... Rxd2 {Ftacnik} 19. c8=Q+ Rd8)) 18... Rxg5 19. dxc7 Rxd2 20. c8=Q+ Bf8
21. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 22. Be2 $16) 18. c4 Rxf3 19. d7 $2 Rxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Bh6 21. Qxe5
Bxc1 22. Qe8+ Kg7 23. Qxa8 Qe4+ 24. Kd1 Qxh1+ 25. Kc2 Bg5 $19) 17. Bg5 Qh5 18.
Rg1 Kh8 19. d6 $8 (19. Qe3 $2 Rae8 20. Bb5 h6 $1 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 $19) 19... cxd6
20. Qxd6 Rf7 (20... Qxf3 21. Be7 (21. Bh6 $5 Qe4+ 22. Kf1 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rf7 24.
Qe6 Raf8 25. Re1 $10) 21... Qe4+ 22. Kf1 Nc4 $5 (22... Rf7 23. Qe6 $16) 23.
Bxf8 Ne3+ $1 (23... Nxd6 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bxe5+ Kf7 26. Bxd6 $16) 24. Ke2 (24.
fxe3 $2 Qf3+ 25. Ke1 Qxe3+ $19) 24... Nc4+ 25. Kf1 $10) 21. Qe6 (21. Be2 $6
Qxh2) 21... Raf8 22. Be2 $6 (22. Rd1 e4 $1 23. Rd8 Bxc3+ 24. Kd1 (24. Bd2 Bxd2+
25. Rxd2 Qxh2 $17) 24... Qg6 $5 $15 (24... Qxf3+ 25. Be2 Qxf2 26. Bf6+ $1 Bxf6
27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Qd8+ $10)) (22. Rg3 $5 {Knaak}
h6 $13 (22... Nb7 $5 $13) (22... e4 23. f4 $132) (22... e4 $13 {Ftacnik}))
22... Qxh2 23. Rg3 $2 (23. Kf1 $8 Nb7 (23... Qh3+ $10) 24. Be7 Qh6 $17) (23.
Kd2 Qxf2 24. Rcf1 Qc5 $19) 23... f4 24. Rg4 h5 $1 $19 25. Rh4 Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Qxg5
27. Rch1 Qf6 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Kf8 31. Rg5 e4 32. Kb1 Qxc3 {
[Stohl]} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. Bg5 $5 {N} Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Bh6 Rad8 $2 (
12... Na5 13. Bd3 Bxh6 $5 14. Qxh6 e5 (14... c5 $5 15. e5 cxd4 16. Nf4 $2 Qc7
$1 $17) 15. Rd1 (15. h4 c5 $13) 15... Qe7 $132) 13. h4 Na5 14. Bd3 e5 $8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 Qe7 (16... c5 $2 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. dxe5 $16) 17.
hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6+ (18. dxe5 Kh8 $132) 18... Kg8 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. O-O $1 {
/\21.de5 Qe5? 22.Bc4} Rff8 (20... c5 {Ftacnik} 21. dxe5 Qxe5 $2 22. Bc4 $1) 21.
Qe3 c5 (21... Bc8 $5) 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qe7 24. Ng3 Kh8 25. e5 {[+]|^B} Bd5
(25... Nc6 26. Ne4 $16) 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Qe6 28. Nh6 Qe7 29. Rde1 Be6 30.
Rf6 $2 $138 (30. Bf5 Bxf5 (30... Nc4 31. Qh3 $36) 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Nxf5 Qe6
33. Qg5 Rg8 34. Qf6+ Qxf6 35. exf6 Rf8 36. f7 $1 $18) 30... Rxf6 31. exf6 Qxf6
32. Rf1 (32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxd3 $17) (32. Bb1 Bc4 (32... Rd6 $5) 33. Qe7
Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Bg8 $10) 32... Qxc3 $2 $138 (32... Rxd3 $1 33. Qxd3 Qxh6 34. Qd8+
Bg8 35. Rf8 Qg7 36. Rxg8+ Qxg8 37. Qf6+ $10) 33. Qxe6 Qd4+ 34. Rf2 {[Stohl]}
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 $5 b6 (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nf3 $5 e5 10. Rc1 (10. d5 Na5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O f5
$13) 10... Bg4 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qb3 Bh6 16.
Rc2 b6 $1 $146 {Kortchnoi-Ftacnik,Beersheva 1990}) 9. Nf3 Ba6 $6 (9... Bb7 10.
Qc2 (10. e5 c5 11. e6 f5 $132) 10... Nc6 (10... c5 11. d5 $14 {()}) 11. O-O Na5
12. Be2 c5 13. d5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $146 {Torre-Gulko,Manila izt 1990}) 13... e6
14. Rad1 exd5 15. exd5 c4 16. d6 Qd7 $13) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qa4 $1 (11. O-O c5
12. Qa4 Nc7 $5 13. dxc5 Ne6 $1 (13... Bxc3 $6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. cxb6 axb6 16.
Qb3 $16) 14. cxb6 axb6 $146) 11... Nb8 (11... Qc8 $5 12. O-O c5 13. Rac1 $14)
12. O-O Qd7 (12... Nd7 13. Rad1 {/\c4()}) 13. Qc2 Nc6 (13... c5 14. d5 (14.
dxc5 Rc8 {/\Sa6<=>}) 14... e6 15. Rad1 exd5 16. exd5 $36) 14. Rad1 e6 (14...
Na5 15. c4 c5 16. d5 e5 17. Bd2 Nb7 18. a4 $36) 15. c4 $16 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 (
16... Qc8 $5 {/\Td7,Tfd8}) 17. h3 Qe7 $6 18. Bg5 (18. d5 $5) 18... f6 (18...
Bf6 19. Bxf6 (19. h4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 e5 21. d5 Na5 $13 {/\Sb7-c5}) 19... Qxf6 20.
e5 Qe7 (20... Qf5 $2 21. Re4 {/\De2,g4}) 21. Qe4 $40) 19. Bh4 (19. Be3 $5)
19... e5 $8 20. d5 Na5 21. Nd2 Bf8 (21... Bh6 22. Nb3 $1 (22. f3 Bxd2 $5 23.
Rxd2 c5 {/\Sb7-d6}) 22... Nb7 23. f3 $36 {/\Lf2,c5}) (21... Nb7 $5 22. Nb3 $5 (
22. f3 Nc5 23. Bf2 Bf8 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. axb3 Qb4 26. Ra1 Bc5 $1 $10) 22... Nc5
23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qb3 {/\Kf1,f3,Lf2}) 22. f3 Qf7 23. Bf2 Nb7 24. Nb3 a5 25. Rf1
$1 (25. c5 $2 a4) (25. a4 $5 Bb4 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. Ra1
Bb4 30. Rfc1 $16) 25... Ba3 (25... Bb4 26. c5 a4 27. c6 axb3 28. Qxb3 {-25...
La3}) (25... a4 26. Nc1 Nc5 27. Nd3 $16) 26. c5 $1 a4 27. c6 axb3 $8 (27... Nd6
28. Nd2 b5 $8 (28... Ra8 29. Nb1 Bb4 30. a3) 29. Nb1 Bb4 30. a3 Ba5 31. Nc3 $18
{/\Dd3,Tb1,Lc5}) 28. Qxb3 Bd6 29. cxb7 Rb8 30. a4 Rxb7 31. a5 $16 Qd7 (31...
Ra8 32. axb6 cxb6 33. Qb5 $1 Ra5 34. Qc6 Qe7 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 b5 37. Ra8+
(37. Ra6 b4 $1) 37... Kg7 38. Qc8 b4 39. Be3 g5 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. h4 b3 42.
hxg5+ fxg5 43. Ra6 $18 {/\Td6}) 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Kh2 $6 (33. axb6 $6 Rxa1 34.
Rxa1 cxb6 $14) (33. Qb2 $5 $16) 33... Kg7 $2 (33... Rba7 $1 34. axb6 Rxa1 35.
Rxa1 (35. b7 R1a5 36. b8=Q+ $14) 35... Rxa1 36. b7 c6 37. dxc6+ Qf7 38. b8=Q+
Bxb8 39. Qxb8+ Qf8 40. c7 Ra8 $8 (40... Rc1 $2 41. Be1 $1 Kf7 $8 42. Bb4 Qe8
43. Qb7 Kg8 44. Be7 $1 Rc6 (44... Kg7 45. Bd8 $18) 45. Bxf6 $18 {/\c8D}) 41.
Ba7 $146 (41. Qb7 $146)) 34. Qb2 $1 Ra6 35. Rfc1 b5 (35... Qd8 36. Qb5 Qa8 37.
Qd7+ Kg8 38. Bxb6 $18) (35... Qe8 {/\Da8} 36. axb6 (36. Rc6 Qa8 37. Bxb6 $2 Qb8
38. Qb5 Ra8) 36... Rxa1 37. Qxa1 cxb6 38. Rc6 $18) 36. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 (36... Ra8
37. a6 Rbb8 38. Ra5 b4 39. Qb3 $18) 37. dxc6 Qxc6 38. a6 Rb8 39. a7 Ra8 40. Ra5
b4 (40... Bc5 $2 41. Qc3) 41. Qb3 $18 Rd8 (41... Qb7 {/\c5} 42. Qd5 $1 (42. Qc4
c5) 42... Qxd5 43. exd5 $18 {/\Tb5-b8}) 42. Qd5 Qa8 $1 (42... Qxd5 43. exd5)
43. Qxa8 Rxa8 44. Rb5 c5 (44... c6 45. Rb7+ Kh6 $8 (45... Kg8 46. Bc5 Bxc5 47.
Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rxa8 Kh6 49. Rb8 Bxa7 50. Rxb4 $18) 46. Rd7 Bf8 (46... Bb8 47. Bc5
$1 Bxa7 48. Bxa7 b3 49. Rb7 b2 50. Be3+) 47. Bb6 {/\Td8} b3 $8 48. Rb7 $1 Bd6 (
48... b2 49. Be3+ g5 50. Rb8 b1=Q 51. Rxa8 $3) 49. Be3+ g5 50. Rxb3 $18 {
/\Lb6,Td3-d8}) 45. Rb6 $1 Bf8 (45... Be7 46. Rb7 $18) (45... Rxa7 46. Rxd6 Rc7
47. Rb6 {/\Tb5}) 46. Rb7+ Kh6 (46... Kg8 47. Bxc5) 47. Be3+ g5 48. Rb8 Rxa7 49.
Rxf8 Rb7 (49... b3 50. Rb8) 50. Bxc5 b3 (50... Kg7 51. Rd8 b3 52. Rd1) 51. Rg8
$3 {[51...Tc7 (51...b2 52.Lf8 Kh5 53.g4 Kh4 54.Lc5-+) 52.Lf8 Kh5 53.La3 (/\Tb8)
Ta7 54.g4 Kh4 55.Tg7! Tg7 56.Lc5/\Lf2 (I.Stohl)} (51. Ba3 $2 Kg7 $1 $10) 1-0

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1998.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 (11... Qa3 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O
Bg4 14. f3 Nxd4 (14... Be6 15. Bc1 Qd6 (15... Qa5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rxb7 $16 {
1-0 Smejkal,J-Malich,B/Luhacovice 1973 (41)}) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Qd5 18. Be3
Qxa2 19. Rxb7 Rab8 20. Nc1 Qa6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bozic,
A-Linert/corr 1967 (34)}) 15. Nxd4 (15. fxg4 Qc5 16. Be3 (16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.
Rxf7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Kxf7 19. Qxe2 b6 (19... Qc6 20. Qf3+ Kg8 21. Qb3+ e6 22. Qd3
$15 (22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Rd8 $19)) 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Qf3+ Kg8 22. e5 Qd8 23.
e6 Qf8 24. Rc7 $14) 16... Qxc4 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qa6 (18... Bxd4 19. Rxc4
Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 $16) 19. e5 $5 Bxe5 $17) 15... Qc5 (15... Bxd4+ 16.
Kh1 Rac8 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb7 Rfd8 21. Qd4+ f6 22.
Qxa7 $16) 16. Qe2 (16. Be3 Qxc4 17. Rc1 Qa6 (17... Qxa2 18. fxg4 Rfd8 19. Qe2
$16) 18. fxg4 Rad8 $17) 16... Bc8 (16... Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Bd5 $44) 17.
Rfc1 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Rb5 e5 20. Bd5 $44 {0-1 Birens,E-Ristic,N/Chartres
op 1990 (45)}) 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa3 (13... Qd8 14. Be3 Qa5+ $11) 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rb1 Bg4 (15... Nxd4 $4 16. Bb4 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qa4 18. Bb5 $18) 16. f3
Bc8 17. Kh1 Nxd4 (17... Qd6) 18. Bb4 Qe3 19. Nxd4 (19. Bc5 $5 Rd8 20. Nxd4 Rxd4
(20... Bxd4 21. Rb3 $1 Be6 $1 22. Rxe3 Bxe3 23. Qb1 (23. Qb3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Rac8
25. Qb3 Bxc5 26. Qxb7 $16) 23... Bxc5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxb7 $18) 21. Bxd4 Qxd4
(21... Bxd4 22. Rb3 $18) 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rfd1 e5 (23... Bb6 24. a4 $16) 24.
Bd5 $16) 19... Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bh4 (22. Rfd1 Rxe7 23. Rxd4
Be6 (23... Kg7 24. Rd8 Rc7 25. Bb3 Kf6 26. Rbd1 h5 27. Kg1 $14) 24. Bxe6 fxe6
$14) 22... Be6 $2 (22... Bb6 23. Rfd1 h5 24. a4 Kf8 (24... Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6
26. Rd7 $16) 25. Bd5 $14) 23. Bxe6 $16 Rxe6 24. Rxb7 Rc8 25. Rd7 Rc4 26. Rd1
Rec6 (26... Bb6 $16) 27. Bg3 (27. Bg5 Bb6 28. Bh6 Rc8 29. g3 $16) 27... Bb2 28.
h4 (28. Rxa7 Rc1 29. Rad7 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ra6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd2 $18) 28...
Rc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 a5 31. h5 $5 (31. Ra7 Bc3 32. Rc7 h5 (32... a4 33.
Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rxc3 $18) 33. a4 Bd2 34. Rxc1 Bxc1 35. Be1 Bf4+ 36. g3 Bc7 37. Kg2
Kf8 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kd3 Kc6 41. Kc4 $18) 31... gxh5 32. Rd5 a4 {[#]
} 33. Rxh5 $2 $132 (33. Ra5 a3 34. Bd6 Ra1 35. Bxa3 Bc3 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. f4 h4
38. Bd6 $18) 33... a3 $4 $18 (33... Ra1 34. Rg5+ (34. Bf4 Rxa2 $11) 34... Kh8
35. Rb5 a3 36. Bf4 Kg7 (36... Rxa2 $2 37. Bh6 $18) 37. Rb6 f6 (37... Rxa2 $4
38. Bh6+ Kg8 39. Rb8#) 38. Kh3 Rxa2 $132) 34. Ra5 Kg7 (34... Ra1 35. Ra8+ Kg7
36. Rxa3 $18) 35. Bd6 Rc2 36. Bxa3 Bc3 37. Rc5 f6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ubilava,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. O-O (13. Qd2 $5 {
/\ h2-h4-h5}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Rb1 (15. Qd2 $142 {/\ Rab1/Rac1}) 15...
Qc7 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bb3 b5 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. f4 (19. d5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Na5 21. Qd2
Rac8 $11) 19... Rac8 20. f5 b4 21. Ba1 (21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. a3 Bb5 (22... a5 23.
axb4 axb4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e5 $13) 23. axb4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxd4) 21... Na5 22.
Nf4 (22. d5 $5) 22... Nxb3 23. Rxb3 a5 24. Qf2 $6 (24. Rg3 Rc4 25. d5 Bxa1 26.
Rxa1 Qd4) (24. Rbf3 $5 {/\ 25.Nd5, 26.f6}) 24... Bc6 (24... Rc4 $6 25. Nd5 Qd6
26. Rf3 $36) 25. Re1 e5 $1 26. f6 Bxf6 27. Nh5 (27. Nd3 Ba4) 27... Bh8 28. Nf6+
Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qd8 30. dxe5 (30. Qxe5 Re8 31. Qf4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxe4 $19) (30.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 31. d5 Ba4 32. Rf3 Rc2 33. Bxe5 Rxa2 $19) 30... Qxf6 31. exf6 Bxe4
$19 32. Rbe3 Bd5 33. R3e2 Rfd8 34. Kg1 h6 35. Kf2 Be6 36. a3 bxa3 37. h3 a2 38.
Be5 a4 39. Ra1 Rc5 40. Bb2 Rb5 41. Rc1 Rdb8 42. Ba1 Rb1 43. Ree1 g5 0-1

