[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.05.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Ng1 $5
(8. O-O Nf4 $1) (8. g3 $5 Nd7 (8... Na6 $5) 9. Be3 Nhf6 10. Nd2 c6 11. h4 Ne8
12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 {Petrosian,T-Olafsson,F/Portoroz izt/1958/ TOP
}) 8... Nd7 $5 9. Bxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5 (10. Nge2 $5 f5 11. exf5 Nb6 12. b3 Bxf5
13. Ng3 Bg4 14. f3 h4 $15 {Stahlberg} 15. Nge4 $1) 10... Nc5 11. Nf3 f5 $1 12.
O-O (12. Bg5 $5 Qd7 13. O-O fxe4 (13... f4 14. Bh6) 14. Nd2 Qf5 15. Qh4 $14 {
Barcza}) 12... f4 $1 (12... fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Qe2) 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bb2 Qe7
$44 (14... Rf6 $5) 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Qh4 (16. Qe2 $2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. Nxc7
$2 f3 $19) (16. Qd1 $5) 16... h6 17. Nf3 Qf7 18. Nd2 Ng4 $1 19. f3 Ne3 20. Rfc1
Kh7 21. Nd1 Bf6 22. Qf2 (22. Qe1 $2 Nxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Qg7 25. Qf2
Bh4 26. Qf1 Bh3 $19) 22... Rg8 23. Nxe3 (23. g4 $2 fxg3 $1 24. Qxe3 (24. hxg3
Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Bh4 26. Nf1 Bh3 $19)) 23... fxe3 24. Qxe3 Bg5 25. Qe2 Bxd2 26.
Qxd2 Bh3 27. g3 Qxf3 28. Rc3 (28. Re1 $2 Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Rg8 $19) 28... Qxe4 29.
c5 (29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Raf8 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke3 Bg4 $1 $17)
29... Rg7 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Rf8 32. Rf2 Rgf7 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. Re1 Rf3 35.
cxd6 cxd6 36. Bc1 Rd3 37. Be3 a6 38. Kf2 Rxd5 39. Rc1 Kg6 40. Rc7 Rb5 41. Rc4
Be6 42. Rh4 h5 43. a4 Rd5 44. h3 Bd7 45. a5 Rd3 (45... Rd3 46. Ke2 {Sealed move
}) 0-1

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 $146 (9. Bg5 Re8 10. O-O-O $10) 9... Rd7 $5 $132 (9... Nxd5 $5
$10 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bg5) (9... Na6 $6 10. Bg5 Rd6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6
13. Nxe5 Re6 14. f4 f6 15. Ng4 $14) 10. Nxf6+ (10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd7 Nb4 12.
Nxb8 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Bf4 Bxb2 $1 (14... Rxb8 15. Bxc7 Ra8 16. Kc1 $16)
15. Bxc7 a5 $1) 10... Bxf6 11. c5 Nc6 {/\Nc6-d4} 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
O-O Bg4 15. Be3 Rab8 16. b3 Bg7 17. h3 (17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 f4 19. fxg4 fxe3 20.
Nc4 Rd4 $17) 17... Bxf3 $6 (17... Bd7 $142 $1) 18. gxf3 f5 19. Rad1 $2 (19.
Rfd1 $5 {/\Ra1-c1-c4-a4} f4 20. Bd2 Rd3 21. Ba5 Rxf3 22. Kg2 $18) 19... Kf7 20.
Bg5 $2 (20. Bd2 $142) 20... Bf6 21. Bxf6 Kxf6 $19 {/\Kf6-g5-h4; ><h3} 22. Rfe1
Rd4 $2 (22... f4 $142) 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. exf5 $1 (24. e5+ $2 Ke6 25. f4 Kd5 26.
e6 d3 27. Re5+ Kd4 28. Kf1 Kc3 29. Ke1 Kc2 $19) 24... gxf5 25. f4 $1 d3 26. Kg2
d2 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Kf3 Kg6 29. b4 Kh5 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. f3 Kh5 32. a3 Rd4 33. Kf2
(33. h4 $142 $1) 33... Kh4 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Kf2 h5 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. Rxd2 Rb3 38.
Ra2 $2 $19 (38. Rd7 $142 $1 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 $10) 38... Rxb4 39. Rxa7 Rb2+ 40. Kf1
Rc2 $1 41. Rxc7 Rxc5 42. Kf2 Kxh3 43. Rg7 h4 44. Rg5 Ra5 45. Rh5 Ra2+ (45...
Rb5 46. Rg5 Rc5 47. Rh5 (47. Rg8 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 c5) 47... Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Kg3 49.
Rg5+ Kh2 {/\h4-h3}) 46. Ke3 Kg2 $1 47. Rxh4 (47. Rxf5 h3 48. Rg5+ Kf1 $19) (47.
Rg5+ Kf1 48. Rh5 c5 $1 49. Rxh4 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Rxf3 $19) 47... Ra3+ 48. Ke2 (48.
Kd4 Kg3) 48... Rxf3 49. Rh5 Rxf4 50. Rg5+ Kh3 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ke2 (52. Rg6 c5
53. Rc6 Kg3 54. Rg6+ Kh4 55. Rc6 f4+ 56. Ke4 (56. Ke2 Rc1 57. Kf3 Kg5) 56...
Kg5 $1 57. Rxc5+ Kg4 $19) 52... Kh4 $1 53. Rg6 Rc1 54. Kf3 Rc4 55. Ke3 c5 56.
Kf3 Rg4 57. Rc6 c4 58. Rc5 Kg5 59. Rc6 Re4 60. Rc8 Kf6 61. Rc5 Ke6 62. Kg2 f4
63. Kf3 Rd4 64. Rc7 Kd5 65. Rc8 Rd3+ 66. Kxf4 c3 67. Rc7 Kd4 68. Rc8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Bg5 {
Averbah system}) 7... e5 (7... e6 $5 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Bg4) 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 (9... a6 10. a4 Nbd7 $14) 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 Nf4 12. hxg5 hxg5 13.
Bf1 (13. Qc2 $6 Nxg2+ 14. Kd2 g4 $1 (14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. Rag1 $16) 15.
Rag1 (15. Nh4 Qg5+ 16. Kd1 Nf4 $17) 15... gxf3 16. Bxf3 Qg5+ (16... Nf4 $2 17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. e5 $18) 17. Kd1 Qxg3 $1 $19) 13... Bg4 $6 (13... f5 14. Qc2 Na6
$13) 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd7 16. O-O-O Re8 $2 (16... a6 17. Bh3 Nxh3 18. Rxh3
b5 $132) 17. Bh3 Nxh3 18. Rxh3 Nf8 19. Rdh1 $16 Ng6 20. Nd1 Rc8 (20... b5 $8
21. Ne3 $40) 21. Ne3 Rc7 22. Nf5 Rf8 23. Qd1 (23. Rh7 $18 f6 24. Rxg7+ Rxg7 25.
Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+) 23... f6 24. f4 exf4 25. Qh5 Ne5 26. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 $6 (10... Qe8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. a3 f5 $44 {
Yusupov,A-Kasparov,G/Barcelona/1989/ Inf 47/730/}) 11. Nd2 c5 (11... Nh7 12. f3
h5 13. Bf2 Bh6 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. a3 Qg5 $13 {Ree,H-Cooper,J/Nice/1974/ Inf 17/
679/}) 12. a3 (12. Bg3 Qe7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 $10) 12... Ne8 13. f3 Bf6
14. Bf2 Bg5 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Nc1 Bd7 (16... f5 17. Nd3 (17. exf5 $6 gxf5 18. Nd3
Bd7 $13) 17... f4 18. b4 $14) 17. Nd3 Rc8 $1 18. g3 (18. Rb1 $6 f5 19. b4 cxb4
20. axb4 Rxc4 $15) 18... f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Bf6 $10 21. Be3 Bg7 22. Qd2 e4
23. Nf2 Nf6 24. h3 Qe8 25. Kh2 h5 26. Rg1 Nc7 (26... a4 $2 27. Rab1 Nc7 28. b3
axb3 29. Rxb3 $16) 27. a4 Qg6 28. Rg2 Rf7 29. Rh1 Bf8 30. Kg1 Rg7 31. Kf1 Re8
32. Rhg1 Qh7 33. Qd1 Na6 34. Na2 (34. Qb3 Nb4 $10) 34... Kf7 35. Ke1 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 (9... Re8) (9... c6 $5) 10. O-O-O (10. Nd5 c6 11. Ne7+
Kh8 12. Nxc8 Rdxc8 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd3 a5 16. Rhe1 Re8 $10 {
Danailov,S-Kasparov,G/Dortmund/1980/}) (10. Rd1 Rf8 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2 Be6 $10 {Gutop,Y-Vasiukov,E/Moscow/1981/}) 10... Rf8 $8
11. Nd2 (11. Nd5 c6 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. c5 Bf8 16. b4
b6 $10 {Cvetkovic,S-Kuzmin,A/Linz/1990/0:1 (50) Inf 49/731/}) (11. Ne1 Nc5 12.
f3 c6 13. Nc2 Ne6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Rd2 Nd4 $15 {Heggheim-Westerinen,H/
Hammerfest/1977/0:1 (41) Inf 24/645/}) 11... c6 12. b4 $5 {/\ c5,Nc4/} a5 (
12... b6 13. Nb3 (13. Be3 Re8) 13... Re8 14. c5 Bf8 15. Be3 $14) 13. a3 Re8 14.
Kb2 Nf8 (14... b6 $5 15. Nb3 Bf8 $13) 15. c5 $14 Ne6 16. Bxf6 $5 (16. Be3 Nd4
17. Nc4 $140 $2 Nxe2) 16... Bxf6 17. Nc4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Bc4
Bd8 $1 (20... Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Nd7 $18) 21. Ra1 (21. Nba4 Be6 22. Bxe6
Rxe6 $10) 21... Bxb6 22. cxb6 Be6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 $10 24. Rhd1 Red8 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Rd1 (26. Ra7 Rd7 $10) 26... Kf8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Na4 Ne6 {>< c5/}
29. Kc3 Ke7 30. Nb2 f6 31. Nd3 (31. Nc4 Nd4 32. Na5 Nb5+ 33. Kd3 Nd6 $10) 31...
Nd4 (31... Kd7 $10) 32. Nc5 Nb5+ 33. Kd3 Nd6 $10 34. g3 g5 35. h3 h5 $1 36. Ke2
Kf7 37. f4 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 {'!'
Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N'} (14... Bxf5 $6 15. g4 $6 {/\ 15...Bd7 16.Ne4!+/=} (15.
Nde4 $5) 15... e4 $1 16. Rc1 e3 $5 $13) 15. Bh5 Qc8 16. Be7 Re8 {'!' Bulletin.}
17. Bxe8 {'!?' Bulletin.} (17. Bh4 $10 Rf8 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bh4 $10) 17... Qxe8
18. Bh4 e4 {'!' Bulletin.} 19. Qc2 {'?!' Bulletin.} (19. Rc1 $5 Nc5 $1 {
/\ ...Nd3}) (19. Ne2 $2 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Qh5 $1 $19) 19... Qh5 {'!' Bulletin.} 20.
Bg3 Rf8 {'!' Bulletin.} 21. Bf4 {'?!' Bulletin.} (21. f4 $5 {>< g5; ! oder ?!}
Bd4+ $5 (21... Nc5 $6 22. Rfd1 Nd3 23. Nf1 $1) 22. Kh1 Nf6 $40 {Knaak}) 21...
Qg4 {'!' Bulletin.} 22. g3 Ng5 {'!' Bulletin.} 23. Kh1 {'?!' Bulletin.} (23.
Bxg5 $5 hxg5 $40 24. f3 $5) 23... Nf3 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Nd3
27. Qd2 Bd4 {'!' Bulletin.} 28. Rc2 (28. Qe2 Nxf4 29. Qxf3 (29. gxf4 Qxf4 30.
Kh1 Be5 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Qh5 Be8 $44) 29... Nh3+ 30. Kg2 exf3+ 31. Kxh3 f4+ 32.
g4 Kh7 33. Ne4 Rg8 34. Rg1 h5 35. Kh4 hxg4 $17) 28... Kh7 29. h3 Rg8 30. Kh2
Qh5 {'(+)!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '4 Minuten noch auf der Uhr'} (30... Nxf4 $1
31. Qxf4 Qd3 $1 32. Ne2 $1 Bc5 $1 33. Qd2 Qxb3 {/\ ...Bxa3}) 31. Nd1 (31. Qe2
Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qg6 33. f3 Qg3+ $19) 31... Ne5 {'?' Bulletin.} (31... Nxf4 $1 32.
Qxf4 (32. gxf4 Qg6 33. Ne3 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh3+ 36. Qh2 Qxf1+ $19)
32... Be5 33. Qe3 f4 $19) 32. f3 {'!' Bulletin.} Nd3 {'?!' Bulletin.} (32...
Qxf3 $1 33. Bxe5 (33. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Bc5 $17) 33... Qxf1 34.
Bxd4 f4 35. g4 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Rxg4 37. Qf2 Qxd1 $17) 33. Ne3 {'?!' Bulletin.} (
33. Rc3 {>< h3} Nxf4 34. gxf4 Qg6 $1 (34... Qh4 $2 35. fxe4 $1) 35. Kh1 $1 Bxc3
36. Nxc3 Qg3 37. Qh2 exf3 38. Qxg3 Rxg3 39. Rf2 Rxh3+ 40. Kg1 Kg6 41. Nd1 $44)
33... Nxf4 34. gxf4 Bb6 {'??' Bulletin.} (34... Qh4 $1 $19 35. Qxd4 (35. Ng2
Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qxh3#) (35. Rg1 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3+ $19) (35. Qf2
Qxf4+ $19) 35... Rg3 $1 36. Ng2 (36. Kh1 Rxh3+ 37. Kg2 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rh1+ 39.
Kg2 Qh2#) 36... Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rh1#) 35. Qf2 Qg6 {'?' Bulletin.} (35... exf3 $1
36. Qxf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Re8 38. Ng2 Re4 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Bd4 41. Ra3 Kg6 42.
Ra8 Kf7 {Kann Weiß gewinnen?}) 36. Re2 Bc5 {'?' Bulletin.} (36... Re8 $1 37.
Rg1 Qf7 {mit guten Remischancen?}) 37. fxe4 fxe4 {'?' Bulletin. Bulletin: '>=
37...Re8'} 38. f5 Qh5 39. Rd2 Rg5 40. Qf4 Qe8 41. Ng4 1-0

[Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"]
[Site "Lyon/New York"]
[Date "1990.12.12"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2 Nh6 (11... h5 $5) 12. a3 Nf7 13. f3 Bh6 $5 {
 14.... >>e3} 14. Bf2 f5 15. Qc2 Bd7 (15... Qg5 $5 16. Nf1 (16. h4 Qxg2 17.
Rg1 Qh2 18. Bf1 Nc5 $1) 16... Qxg2 17. Rg1 Qh3 18. Rg3 Qh5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxh5
fxg3 $13) 16. b4 c5 $1 17. Rb1 b6 18. Nf1 Bf4 $5 19. g3 (19. h4 $5) (19. Bd3
Nh6 20. Ng3 $14) 19... Bh6 20. h4 Nc7 21. g4 fxg4 $1 22. fxg4 Bf4 23. Ne3 Ne8
24. Ncd1 $5 (24. Ng2 Nf6 $132) (24. h5 g5 $13) 24... h6 25. h5 g5 26. Rg1 Nf6
27. Rg2 Qc8 $1 $13 28. Kf1 Nd8 29. Kg1 Nb7 30. Kh1 cxb4 31. axb4 a5 $1 (31...
b5 $5 $13) 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 (33. gxf5 axb4 34. Rxb4 Qe8 35. Bxb6 Nc5 $36)
33... axb4 34. Rxb4 Nc5 $1 (34... Nxd5 35. Rb5 Ra5 36. Qb3 $44) 35. Rxb6 Nce4
$15 36. Rc6 Qb7 37. Be1 $6 (37. Bf3 Nxf2+ 38. Nxf2 Ra1+ 39. Rg1 Qa7 $15) 37...
Ra1 38. Bf3 Nc5 39. Bc3 Rc1 $17 (39... Rc1 40. Qb2 Qxb2 (40... Qa8 $1 41. Rxd6
$2 (41. Rxc5 $5 dxc5 42. Bxe5 Qa4 43. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 44. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Rg1 Qf3+
46. Rg2 (46. Qg2 Qxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Rxf6 $19) 46... Qf1+ $19) (41. Qa2 Qxa2 (41...
Qa4 42. Qxa4 Nxa4 43. Bb4 e4 44. Be2 Nb2 45. Rg1 Rc2 46. Rg2 Nxd1 47. Bxd1 Rc1
48. Rg1 Ra8 49. Bxd6 Raa1 50. Rc8+ Kf7 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Ba4+ Rxa4 53. Rxc1 Bxc1
54. Be7 Nxg4 55. d6 Ra1 56. Rc8+ Kf7 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. d7 Bf4+ 59. Kg2 Ra2+ 60.
Kh3 (60. Kf1 Rf2+ 61. Kg1 (61. Ke1 Bd2+ 62. Kd1 Ne3#) 61... Bh2+ 62. Kh1 Rf1+
63. Kg2 Rg1+ 64. Kh3 Rg3#) (60. Kh1 Rh2+ 61. Kg1 Be3+ 62. Kf1 Rf2+ 63. Kg1 Rd2+
64. Kf1 Nh2+ 65. Ke1 Nf3+ 66. Kf1 Rf2#) 60... Rh2+ 61. Kxg4 Rh4# {Bulletin
(Speelman/Tisdal/Kristensen)}) 42. Rxa2 Rb8 $17) 41... e4 42. Rxf6 Rxf6 43.
Bxf6 exf3 $19) 41. Rxb2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 $6
{If white wants to play this he should play 7.Be3 c6 and then 8.d5} Ng4 9. Bg5
f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2 h5 12. a3 (12. Bg3 $15) 12... Bd7 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rb1 Nc5
15. b4 (15. b3) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 g5 19. Bg3 h4 20.
Bh2 f5 $17 21. c5 g4 $1 22. c6 Bc8 (22... bxc6 23. dxc6 Be6 24. Bc4 d5) 23.
hxg4 fxg4 24. cxb7 Bxb7 25. O-O Qg5 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Bxd5 $1 28. Ra7 Be6
29. Rxc7 Qf6 30. Qe3 Nf7 31. Bc4 Bh6 32. Qe2 Bxd2 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxd2 Qb3
35. Kh1 Qb1+ 36. Bg1 Qxe4 37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Rxc2 d5 39. b5 d4 $19 {burying the
white bishop} 40. f3 g3 41. b6 Rd8 42. Rc6 Nd6 43. Rc7 Rb8 44. Rc6 Nf5 45. Re6
Ne3 (45... Ne3 46. Rxe5 Rxb6 47. Re4 Rb1 $22 48. Rxd4 Nd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 {N
} Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe8 (11... Nh6 $2 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 g5 14. Nxd7 $18) 12. d5 {>< Pd6}) 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O b5
$2 (12... Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 h5 15. Ne1 (15. h3 Nh6 $10) 15... Qb6 16. Kh1
Nf8 17. h3 (17. f3 $2 Ne3 $19) 17... Nh6 18. f3 $13) 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a4 $1 bxa4
15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Ng4 (17... Rxb2 18. Bxa6 $16) 18. Ba7 Rxb2 (
18... Ra8 19. Bb6 $1 Bd7 20. Qa5 $16) 19. Bxa6 $16 {>< Pd6} Re7 20. Bxc8 Qxc8
21. h3 Qa8 22. Ra1 Nf6 (22... Rbb7 23. Qc6 $1 Rec7 24. Bb6 $1 $18 {'64'}) 23.
Nc4 Rbb7 24. Be3 Qb8 (24... Qxa4 25. Rxa4 Ne8 (25... Nxe4 $2 26. Ra8+ Bf8 27.
Bh6 $18) 26. Ra8 Bf8 $16) 25. Na5 $18 Rb4 26. Qd1 Rxe4 27. Nc6 Qf8 28. Nxe7+
Qxe7 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Qf3 Rxe3 (30... Rc4 31. Bg5) 31. fxe3 Nd7 32. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[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 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
exd4 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O (12. Qc2 Qc7 13.
Nd2 b5 14. Rc1 $14 {Hansen,LB-Wahls Tastrup 1992}) 12... b5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a4
$14 {Kasparov-Ivanchuk Reggio Emilia 1991-92}) 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. exd5
cxd5 12. O-O {"normal" moveorder: 7.Le3 exd4 8.Sxd4 Te8 9.f3 c6 10.Dd2 d5 11.
exd5 cxd5 12.0-0 (Karpov-Kasparov VM 1990 New York/Lyon (11))} Nc6 13. c5 Rxe3
14. Qxe3 Qf8 15. Ncb5 (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Kh1 Rb8 $44 {Karpov-Kasparov VM(11)
1990}) 15... Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 (18. Nb3 Bh6 $1 (18... Ne8
$6 19. Nc3 d4 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nac5 $16 {Finegold-Rechel Gronningen(open) 1990})
19. Rc3 Re8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kf2 d4 22. N3xd4 Nd5 $40 {Finegold-Schandorff
Kerteminde 1991}) 18... Re8 19. Bf1 Bh6 20. Rc3 Nb4 21. Nc2 $17 (21. a3 Na2 22.
Rb3 a6 23. Nc3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Nxc3 $17 25. bxc3 Be3) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxc2
23. Rxc2 Be3+ 24. Ke1 Bf4+ 25. Kf2 Be3+ 26. Ke1 Bg1+ 27. Kd2 Bxh2 28. Re1 Rd8
29. Kd1 Bf4 30. Nd4 a6 31. Bd3 h5 32. Rc3 h4 {><g3,><f4} 33. Bc2 Bg3 34. Re2
Kg7 35. Rb3 Rb8 36. Rd2 b5 37. Ra3 Rb6 38. b4 Bd6 39. Rb3 Nh5 40. Ne2 Be6 41.
a3 g5 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Nxe6 fxe6 44. Bd3 Nf4 45. Rc3 d4 46. Rc8 Nd5 47. Ke2 Bf4
48. Rdc2 Ne3 49. Kf2 (49. R2c6 Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Nxg2 51. Kf2 Ne3 $19 {/\h4-h3-h2})
49... Bg3+ 50. Kg1 Nxc2 51. Rxc2 g4 52. fxg4 Kg5 53. Kf1 (53. Re2 Rc6 {/\Rc1})
53... e5 54. Ke2 Kxg4 55. Rc8 Rf6 56. Be4 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Bf4 58. Rg8+ Kh5 59. Bd5
Bg5 60. Ke4 Rxg2 {Adjourned. White resigned. Hansen,C} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 (12. b3 h5 13. f3) 12... Bd7 13. Nb5
(13. Rb1 a4 14. Nb5 h5 15. f3 Bh6 16. Bf2 (16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 f5 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Bd3 g5 20. Bf2 Qg6 $132 {Bukic-Portisch Skopje 1968}) 16... Qe7 17.
Qc2 (17. b4 c6 18. Nc3 Qg5 19. Rb2 Bh3 20. g3 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 f5 22. c5 $13 {
Georgadze-Kupreichik USSR 1979 29/622}) 17... h4 18. b4 Bf4 $13 {
Agamaliev-Sukhorukov Moscow Open Russian Winter 1991}) 13... h5 (13... Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 Juferov-Gavrilov Moscow5-B 1991} 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb3 (16. Rb1
c6 17. Nc3 axb4 18. axb4 c5 $10 {Yanvarjov-Yuferov Moscow5-B 1991}) 16... axb4
17. axb4 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 $14 {Piskov-Stefansson Kobenhavn 1991 52/635}
) 14. f3 Bh6 15. Qc2 (15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Qc2
$14 {Yanvarjov-Loginov URS-OT Uzhgorod 1988}) 15... f5 (15... b6 16. Rad1 f5
$132 {Piskov-Hausner BL 1992 54/598}) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Kh1 Nf6 (17... Qg6 $5 {
/\Kh8,Rg8}) 18. Rad1 Nxd5 $6 (18... Qg6) 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxd5 $16 {/\Nc4,
><d6,><b6} b5 {/\Nc5<=>} 21. Nb3 $1 $8 b4 (21... a4 $6 22. Na5 Nc5 23. Nc6 {
/\Bxb5} Bxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be7 $16) 22. Nxa5 bxa3 23. Nc6 (23. bxa3 $2 Ba4
24. Nb3 Nc5 $17) 23... a2 (23... axb2 24. Qxb2 $16 {/\Be7} (24. Be7 $2 Bxc6 25.
Bxf8 Ba4 $19) 24... Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Bb5 $1 Qc7 27. Qa2+ Kh8 28. Bxa6 $18
) 24. Bc4 (24. b4 $6 {פa6} Nxb4 $1 25. Nxb4 Ba4 26. Qb2 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qa4 $15)
24... Kh8 (24... Nc5 25. b4 $16) 25. Bxa2 Rc8 (25... Bxc6 $2 26. Qxc6 (26. dxc6
$2 Nb4) 26... Qxc6 (26... Nb4 27. Qxd6 $18) 27. dxc6 Nb4 28. Rxd6 $18) 26. Qe2
Nb8 (26... Bxc6 27. Qxa6 Bb5 28. Qxd6 $18) 27. Bc4 $1 (27. Be7 $2 Bxc6 28. Bxf8
Bb5 $19) (27. Nxb8 $2 Bb5 $1 $17) (27. b4 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Rxc6 $14) 27... Nxc6
28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. b3 {><d6,עg8} Qg6 $2 (29... Bg7 {/\Bf6}) 30. Be7 Re8 31.
Rxd6 $18 Qxd6 (31... Rxd6 32. Qxe5+ Bg7 33. Qxd6 $18) 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd1 Rd4
34. f4 $1 Bc6 35. h3 (35. Qxh5 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 exf4 37. h3 $18) 35... Kh7 (35...
exf4 36. Qxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rxd4 $18) 36. fxe5 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Rxe5 38. Qxh5 Be8 39.
Bf7 {Hansen,Cu} 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 (7. Bd3 e5
8. d5 c6 (8... Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. g4 $14) 9. g4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 12.
Rb1 cxd5 13. cxd5 a5 14. Qf3 $1 Bd7 15. Nge2 $14 {Partos-Kristigi/ALB/1967/
Inf 4/803/}) 7... e5 8. d5 a5 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. Be2 (11. g4
Bd7 12. Qc2 h5 13. f3 Nh7 $10 {Gheorghiu,F-Stein,L/Hastings/1967/}) 11... c6 (
11... Bd7 12. O-O c6 13. Rb1 (13. a3 a4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxa4 cxd5 16. Nxc5
dxe4 $13 {Yermolinsky,A-Meyer,E/New York/1991/1:0 (37) Inf 52/621/}) 13... Qe8
14. b4 cxd5 $1 15. cxd5 Na4 16. Qb3 axb4 17. Qxb4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa2 19. Rxb7
Qa8 $14 {Gulko,B-Fedorowicz,J/USA(ch)/1992/1:0 (56) Inf 56/679/}) 12. a3 Ne8
13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Na6 16. Qa3 $14 {Suba,M-Dolmatov,S/Sevilla/
1993/0:1 (39) Inf 58/645/}) 9. Be2 (9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Bd7 (10... c6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Qc7 14. O-O-O a4 15. Qa3 c5 16. Rdg1 $14 {Larsen,
B-Gligoric,S/San Antonio/1972/}) 11. Qf3 $1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne8 $5 14.
Be2 Bf6 15. Nf1 Ng7 16. Ne3 $14 {Skembris,S-Kofidis,A/Komotini/1993/1:0 (43)
Inf 58/645/}) (9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Be2 Bd7 (10... c6 $5 {/\a4/}) 11. b3 c6 12. a3
Qb6 13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rfc8 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. a4 $14 {Larsen,
B-Gligoric,S/Monte Carlo/1967/ Inf 3/694/} Na6 $5) 9... Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O
(11. g4 a4 $5 {/\Qa5/}) (11. b3 Bd7 12. a3 Na6 $1 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 c5 15. Qc2
Ne8 16. Rae1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 e4 $13 {Krasenkov,M-Belov,I/Rostov/1993/1:
0 (62) Inf 58/645/}) (11. Rb1 $5) 11... Bd7 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 (13. Qxb3 Qc7
14. Qd1 (14. Qc2 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5 $10) 14... h6 15. Be3 c5 $10) 13... h6 (13...
c5 14. Qd2 $1 $14) 14. Be3 c5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rae1 Qe7 (16... Ne8 $5 17. Bd1 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. Bc2 Nf6 $10) 17. Bd1 Be8 $6 (17... Ng8
$5 {/\h5,Bh6/}) 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. g3 $14 Ng8 20. Bc2 Rae8 21. f3 (21. f4 $5 h5
22. Qg2 $14) 21... b6 22. Qg2 h5 $1 23. f4 Bh6 (23... Bh6 24. fxe5 Bxe3 25.
Rxe3 (25. exd6 $2 Qg5) 25... Qxe5 $15) (23... Bh6 24. f5 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qg5 26.
Ref3 Nf6 $10) (23... Bh6 24. Bc1 $5 $14 {/\25.fe Bc1 26.ed; 25...Qe5 26.Bf4+/-/
}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. Kh1 $5 h5 (13... a4) 14. f3
Bh6 15. b3 Be3 16. Qc2 $5 (16. Rb1) 16... f5 (16... c6 {Illescas,M-Gelfand,B/
Linares/1994/}) 17. exf5 gxf5 (17... Bxf5 18. Bd3 $16) 18. Bf2 (18. Bd3 Nc5)
18... Bxf2 (18... Bd4 19. Rae1 $14 Nc5 $140 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Bd3) 19. Rxf2 Nf6
20. Rg1 Kh8 (20... Qg6 $2 21. g4 $1 $16) (20... c6 21. Bd3 $1 e4 (21... Qg6 22.
g4 $1) 22. fxe4 Ng4 23. Re2 $16) 21. Qb2 (21. Bd3 Qg6 {/\ Nc5}) 21... Nc5 (
21... c6 22. f4 $5 exf4 $6 23. Rxf4 Qe5 24. Rh4 $16) 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4
24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. Bd1 Ra8 (25... Ra7 26. f4 exf4 27. Re2 Qg6 28. Qd4 $16) 26.
f4 exf4 27. Re2 (27. Rxf4 Qe5 $15) 27... Qg6 (27... Qf7 $5 28. Qd4 (28. Rge1
Rae8 $1 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Bxh5 $2 Qe7 $1 32. Be2 $15) 28... Qg7
29. Qxf4 b5 $5 $13) 28. Re7 (28. Qd4 Qh6 $13) 28... Rf7 (28... Kg8 29. g3 $5
$36) 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qd4 (30. Bxh5 $6 Qg7 31. Bf3 Ng4 $15) 30... Qg7 31. Qxf4
Kh7 $6 (31... Ra1 32. b5 $1 Ng4 33. Bxg4 (33. h3 $5) 33... hxg4 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+
35. Nf1 $16) (31... b5 $142 $1 32. c5 dxc5 (32... Nxd5 33. Qf3 c6 34. cxd6 Nxb4
(34... Qg6 35. Nb3 $36) 35. Nb3 $36) 33. Qxc7 (33. bxc5 Nxd5 34. Qf3 c6 35.
Qxh5+ Qh7 $132) 33... cxb4 $13) 32. Re1 $6 (32. b5 $1 {/\ b5-b6} b6 33. Re1 $16
) 32... Ra1 33. h3 $6 (33. b5 $5 Ng4 34. h3 Ne5 35. Qh4 Be8 36. Nf3 $36) 33...
b5 $1 34. Kh2 (34. c5 $5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Nxd5 36. Qf3 c6 (36... Nf6 37. c6 $13)
37. Nb3 Ra2 38. Qxh5+ Qh6 $13) 34... bxc4 35. Nxc4 (35. Qxc4 $2 Ba4 36. Nb3 Ne4
$17) 35... Nxd5 36. Qh4 Nf6 (36... Qh6 37. Qd4 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 Nxf4 39. Re7+ Kh6
40. Rxd7 Rxd1 41. Rxc7 $10) 37. Bxh5 Rxe1 38. Be2+ $1 $8 Qh6 39. Qxe1 Ne4 (
39... Qf4+ $5 40. Kg1 (40. Qg3 $2 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Nd5 $17) 40... Bc6 $5 $36 (
40... d5 41. Qd2 $10)) 40. Bf3 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Be6 (41... Ng5 $5 42. Qe7+ (42. Be2
Bc6 (42... d5 $5) 43. Bf1 $15) 42... Kg6 43. Be2 (43. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 44. gxf3 Qg3+
$1 $19) 43... Bc6 44. Qe3 $10) (41... Be6 42. Be2 Bxc4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. Kh1 h5 $146 (13... a4 14. Nb5
Bxb5 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 b6 18. Qc2 (18. b4 $5) 18... Qd7 19. Bxc5
bxc5 20. Bd3 Ng5 21. b4 axb3 22. Qxb3 $14 {Illeskas Cordoba,M-Frolov,A/Biel
(izt)/1993/0,5 (50) Inf 58/652/}) 14. f3 Bh6 15. b3 Be3 (15... f5 $6 16. exf5
gxf5 17. f4 $1 $16) (15... Nc5 16. Rb1) 16. Qc2 c6 17. Bf2 $1 Bxf2 18. Rxf2 $14
Qd8 19. Rff1 Nf6 (19... c5 $5 $14) 20. Qb2 h4 $6 (20... cxd5 21. cxd5 Nc5 22.
b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 26. b5 $16) 21. f4 $1 (21. b4
$2 Nh5 $132) 21... h3 $2 (21... exf4 $5 22. Rxf4 Bc8 {/\Nd7-e5+/=/} 23. Rxh4 g5
24. Rh6 Kg7) 22. g3 $16 Ng4 (22... exf4 23. gxf4 $16) 23. f5 Ne3 (23... Qg5 24.
Bxg4 $1 (24. Nf3 Qe3 $13) 24... Qxg4 25. Qc2 $16) 24. Rf3 Qb6 25. Nf1 $1 Ng4 (
25... Nxf1 26. Bxf1 Nc5 27. Rb1 $18) 26. Qd2 $1 Kg7 (26... Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2
28. Ne3 Nc5 29. Rf1 Nxb3 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Rxf2 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 $18) (26... Qxb3
27. Qg5 $18) 27. Qg5 $18 Nf2+ (27... Nh6 28. g4 $18) (27... Nf6 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. Ne3 $18) 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Ne3 Be8 (29... f6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32.
Rf1 $18) 30. f6+ $1 (30. Rf1 $2 f6 $19) (30. f6+ Kg8 31. Rf1) (30. f6+ Qxf6 31.
Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. h3 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Na4 17. Nxa4 (17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 g5 19. Bg3 h4 20. Bh2 f5 21. c5 g4
$13 {Bareev,E-Kasparov,G/Tilburg/1991/}) 17... Bxa4 18. Qc1 g5 $5 (18... Qe8
19. f3 Bd7 20. c5 f5 21. O-O Nf7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 exf4 $13 {Kumaran-Shirov,
A/Oakham/1992/}) 19. Bg3 h4 20. Bh2 Bd7 21. f3 f5 22. Bg1 g4 23. fxg4 $2 (23.
Be3) 23... fxg4 24. Be3 Qf6 25. c5 Qg6 26. Rg1 Nf7 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qc7 Bc8
29. Qc3 Bd7 30. Qc7 Rfd8 (30... Bc8) 31. Qxb7 $2 (31. g3 $5 $13) 31... Bh6 $1
32. Bxh6 (32. Bb6 Bxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Qxe4 34. Bxd8 Ra2+ $19) 32... Qxh6 33. Rf1 Qe3
34. Qc7 Rac8 35. Qb7 Rc2 36. Rd1 Ng5 37. Qa6 Qg3+ (37... Qg3+ 38. Rf2 Rxd2 $1
39. Rxd2 Nxe4 40. Bxg4 Bxg4 41. hxg4 Nxd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 {
Shirov has never before played this line, which is a favoured line by Kramnik
and Illescas.} h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. Kh1 (13. b3
{The older line} f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh5 Qc8 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Bh4
e4 $15 {Yusupov,A-Kasparov,G/Barcelona WCup/1989/1-0/}) 13... h5 14. f3 Bh6 15.
b3 Qb8 $146 {/\Qa7} (15... Be3 16. Qc2 c6 (16... Qb8) 17. Bf2 $1 Bxf2 18. Rxf2
$14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Linares/1994/1-0/}) 16. Qc2 (16. Bf2) 16...
Be3 17. Bf2 Qa7 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. f4 $6 {Too agressiv} (19. Rae1 Qg5 20. Qb2 {
/\b3-b4} Nc5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Nxa4 Rxa4 24. c5) 19... exf4 20. Rae1
Qc5 {Because the white Q is worse on b2 or c1 than on c2.} 21. Qc1 (21. Qb2 Qd4
22. Rxf4 Rae8 {/\Qg7, the pawn structure is better for Black.}) 21... Qd4 22.
Rxf4 Rae8 (22... f5 $2 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. exf5 {/\Nd4}) 23. Rff1 (23. Ref1 Qg7 {
/\Re7,Rfe8} (23... g5 $5 24. R4f2 g4 {/\Qg7,Ng5})) 23... Qg7 24. Qc2 h4 $6 {
Very agressiv. The idea is to play h4-h3 first before playing f7-f5.} (24...
Re7 $142 {/\Rfe8, Qh6, g5 It s better to prepare the push h5-h4.}) 25. Nf3 h3
$2 (25... Qh6 $142 {/\Re7. The situation has improved for White, who can play
Bd3 and Qf2.}) 26. gxh3 $1 {Black misses, that opening the g-file does not
expose the White king, but might well expose the Black king.} Bxh3 (26... f5 $2
27. Rg1 $1) 27. Rg1 Qh6 (27... f5 28. exf5 (28. Nh4 $142 $1) 28... Bxf5 29. Bd3
Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 $14) 28. Rg3 Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Reg1 Rg8 {/\Rg7
looks too passive.}) 29. Qb2 $6 {Weakens the e-pawn. The Diagonal a1-g7 is not
so dangerous.} (29. Nd1 $142 Nc5 $2 30. Nf2) 29... Nf6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bg4
(31... Rh8 32. Reg1 {/\N3-d4-f5}) 32. Nd1 $6 (32. Nd4 $5 Bc8) (32. Reg1 Rh8 $15
) 32... Bxf3+ (32... Rxe4 33. Nf2 Bxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Rf4 35. Rf1 $1 $40 {/\36.Rxf4
Qxf4 37.Ng4 +-} (35. Ng4 $2 Rxg4 36. Rxf6 Qxh2+ $1 {Shirov} 37. Kxh2 Rh8#)) 33.
Bxf3 Rh8 34. Ne3 Kf8 $1 $15 {Unpinning the Nf6.} 35. Ng4 $6 (35. Qxf6 $4 Qxh2#)
(35. Rf1 $5 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Ng4 $132) 35... Nxg4 $17 36. Bxg4 Qg7 37.
Qf2 $2 (37. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 38. Rb3 Rh4 39. Bf3 f5 $19) (37. Qd2 $5 Qe5 {=/+/-/+}
) 37... Nxb4 38. Rb1 $2 (38. Rf3 Rh7 39. Rf1 Kg8 40. Bd7 Re7 41. Be6 Na6 $19)
38... Na6 39. Rxb7 Nc5 40. Rxc7 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rf8 $5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rc1
a5 15. a3 a4 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 a3 $1 {N} (18... Na6 19. dxc6 (19.
d6 $1 Nxb4 20. Bc4 a3 21. bxa3 Rxa3 22. Bc5 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. O-O $14)
19... Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Bc4 Nxb4 22. Bc5 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nxe5 Bxe4
$10 {Wegner,H-Shirov,A/Gausdal/1991/}) 19. bxa3 Rxa3 20. Bc4 (20. Bb1 cxd5 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. exd5 Rb3 23. O-O Rxb4 $10) 20... cxd5 21. exd5 (21. Bxd5 $2
Rxe3+ $3 22. Kd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bh6+ $19) 21... e4 22. Nd2 Bb2 $1
23. Rd1 Bc3 24. Bc5 (24. Be2 Bxb4 25. Rb1 Bxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Bxd5 27. O-O $17)
24... Nd7 25. O-O Nxc5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Nb1 Ra8 28. Nxc3 Rxc4 29. Rb1 Ba6 $15
30. Rfc1 Rac8 31. d6 $1 $8 (31. Ne2 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Nxc1 Bc4 34. d6
Kf8 $19) 31... Kg7 $2 (31... Rd4 32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 Rxd6 34. Ne4 Rdc6 35.
Rxc6 Rxc6 $17) 32. Na2 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Kf6 34. Rd1 Ke5 35. d7 Rd8 36. f3 $1 $10
exf3 37. gxf3 Bb7 38. Nb4 Kf6 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Nd5+ Bxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd7 42. Ra5
Ke6 43. h4 Rd5 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Kg3 Kf8 46. Rb6 Kg7 47. Ra6 Kh6 48. Ra7 f5 49.
Rf7 Ra5 50. Kf4 Ra4+ 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Kh3 Rb8 53. h5 Kxh5 54. Rxh7+ Kg5 55. Kg3
f4+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Kf6 58. Ra7 g5 59. Ra6+ Kf5 60. Rc6 Ra2 61. Rb6 Ke5
62. Rg6 Kd4 63. Rxg5 Ke3 64. Rb5 Rd2 65. Rb8 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 $5
Nh5 (8... Na6 $5 9. Bg5 h6 (9... Nc5 10. Nd2 h6 11. Be3 Nh7 12. h4 $1 f5 13. h5
Qf6 14. Kf1 Ng5 15. hxg6 fxe4 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxg6 19.
Bd3 Bf5 20. Qe2 b6 21. Rd1 $16 {Zvjaginsev,V-Galkin,A/Yurmala/1992/1|0/55/})
10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 Nb4 13. Ndb1 f5 14. a3 $1 (14. g3 $6 Nh5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Na3 Nf6 17. g4 Bd7 $132 {Zvjaginsev,V-Ionov,S/Moscow/1991/0,5/28/
}) 14... Nbd3+ 15. Bxd3 Nxg2+ 16. Ke2 f4 17. Bc1 f3+ 18. Kd2 Qh4 19. Qg1 Bxh3
20. Nd1 $1 $16 {Zvjaginsev,V-Loginov,/Loosdorf/1993/1|0/37/}) 9. Nd2 (9. g3 $6
f5 $1 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nh4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. O-O-O e4 15. Qd2
Nd7 16. Bh6 Bf6 $1 $132 {Zvjaginsev,V-Suchorukow,A/Moscow/1991/0,5/49/}) (9.
Ng1 $5 Nf6 (9... Nf4 10. Bf3 f5 11. g3) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nf3 $14 {
Schlosser,P-Kassebaum,R/GER/1995/1|0/52/}) 9... Nf4 10. Bf1 Na6 11. g3 Nh5 12.
Nb3 c6 $5 {N} (12... f5 $6 13. exf5 Qe8 14. Be2 Nf6 15. g4 gxf5 16. g5 Ne4 17.
Nxe4 fxe4 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Nc1 $16 {Spassky,B-Helmers,K/Gjovik/1983/1|0/40/})
13. Be3 Bd7 14. a4 $6 (14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 $15)
(14. Be2 Nf6 15. g4 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 $1 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Qxh5 Rc8
$146) (14. Rc1 $5) 14... Nb4 15. Rc1 (15. Be2 $5 Nf6 (15... f5 $1 $13) 16. g4
$14) 15... Qe7 (15... Nf6 $6 16. g4 $1) 16. c5 (16. Be2 $5) 16... cxd5 17. cxd6
Qd8 (17... Qxd6 $2 18. Bc5 $18) 18. Nxd5 (18. exd5 f5 19. Be2 f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4
$36) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qd3 Bxa4 21. Nc5 (21. Be2 Nxe4 $1) 21... Bc6
22. Bg2 Qb8 (22... b6 $2 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. Rxc6 $18) 23. f4 (23. O-O Rd8 24.
Rfd1 Bf8 $17) 23... Nh5 $1 24. Bf3 Rd8 (24... Nxg3 $6 25. Rg1 Nh5 26. Bxh5 gxh5
27. fxe5 $18) 25. Bxh5 Rxd6 26. Qc4 (26. Qe2 gxh5 27. Qxh5 b6 28. Nb3 Bxe4 $19)
26... gxh5 27. O-O Qe8 $1 $17 28. fxe5 Rg6 (28... Bxe5 29. Rf5) 29. Rf5 Bxe5
30. g4 hxg4 31. h4 Rd8 32. h5 Rgd6 33. Qe2 Kh8 34. Qxg4 f6 35. Bf4 Qg8 36.
Qxg8+ Rxg8+ 37. Kf2 Bxf4 38. Rxf4 b6 $19 39. Nb3 Be8 (39... Re8 40. Ke3 f5 41.
Rxf5 Rxe4+ 42. Kf2 a4 $19) 40. Rc4 (40. Rh4 a4 41. Na1 Rd2+ $19) 40... Bxh5 41.
Nd4 Bg6 42. Nf3 Re8 43. Nh4 Kg8 44. Rc7 Rde6 45. Nxg6 hxg6 46. Kf3 R8e7 47.
Rc8+ Kg7 48. Rh4 Re8 49. Rc7+ R6e7 50. Rc6 g5 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Qd2 (10. O-O Nh5 11. f4 (11. Qd2 Nf4) 11... Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4
$1 13. Nxc6 (13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 Nxd4 $10) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 bxc6 15. Bd2
Qb8 16. b3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Qd4 $1 19. Nxd6 (19. Rae1 d5 $15)
19... cxd6 $15 {Van der Sterren,P-Glek,I/BL/9495/0:1/37/}) 10... Nh5 11. Bg5
$146 (11. O-O Nf4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf4 $5) 12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 bxc6 14.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nc2 Bb7 17. Ne3 h5 18. Rad1 a5 $10 {Sakaev,K-Belov,I/
Capelle la Grande op(06)/1995/0,5/26/}) 11... f6 (11... Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Ndb5 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Qd8 (14... Ng3 15. Qe1 $18) 15. Nd5 $16) 12. Nxc6 (12. Be3 f5
13. Bg5 (13. exf5 $2 Rxe3 14. Nxc6 Rxe2+ $17) 13... Qd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $13)
12... bxc6 13. Bh6 (13. Be3 f5 14. O-O (14. Bg5 Bf6 $5) 14... Rb8 $132) 13...
Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rb8 (14... f5 15. exf5 (15. O-O f4) 15... Bxf5 16. O-O Rb8 17. b3
Qf6 18. Qd2 Bd7 $10) 15. O-O-O (15. Qd2 $5) 15... Qe7 16. g4 Ng7 17. f4 Ne6 (
17... Bd7 18. f5 g5 19. h4 gxh4 (19... Qe5 20. hxg5 Qf4+ 21. Kc2 $18) 20. g5
Rf8 21. Rdg1 $36) 18. f5 Qf8 $1 19. Qe3 Nc5 20. Rhf1 gxf5 $1 (20... g5 21. h4
h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 Re5 24. Rh5 Bd7 25. Rdh1 Qg7 26. Qh3 $18) 21. gxf5 Kh8
22. Rf3 Bd7 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Rg1 (24. Re3 Qe5 25. Rf1 (25. Qh6 Bxf5) 25... Qxf4
26. Rxf4 Rg8 27. Rh4 Rg1+ 28. Kc2 Rbg8 29. Reh3 R8g7 $17) 24... Nxe4 25. Re3 d5
26. Nxe4 (26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd5 $2 Qc5+ $19) 26... dxe4 27. Rg4 Qb4 (27... Qe5
28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rexe4 Rbe8 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bd3 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rd4
$15) 28. Rb3 (28. b3 $2 Re5 29. Rxe4 (29. Qh6 Qe7 $17) 29... Qc3+ 30. Kd1 Bxf5
31. Rxe5 Rd8+ 32. Rd5 Bc2+ 33. Kc1 Bd3+ 34. Kd1 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Qxe2#) 28... Qe1+
29. Bd1 e3 (29... Rxb3 30. axb3 (30. Qh6 $2 Rc3+ $19) 30... e3 31. Qd4 Qd2+ 32.
Qxd2 exd2+ 33. Kxd2 Bxf5 34. Rf4 Re5 $15) 30. Rd3 (30. Qd4 $5 Qd2+ 31. Qxd2
exd2+ 32. Kxd2 Bxf5 33. Rxb8 (33. Rf4 Rbd8+ 34. Kc1 Re1 35. Rxf5 Rexd1+ 36. Kc2
Kg7 $15) 33... Rxb8 34. Rf4 Rxb2+ 35. Kc3 Rb1 36. Bf3 Bg6 37. Rxf6 Rf1 $15)
30... Qb4 (30... e2 31. Rxd7 exd1=Q+ 32. Rxd1 Qe2 33. Rd2 $10) 31. Qd4 Re5 32.
Rb3 Qd2+ $8 33. Qxd2 exd2+ 34. Kxd2 Rxb3 35. axb3 Bxf5 36. Rd4 $132 Kg7 $15 37.
Bf3 c5 38. Rd8 Kh6 (38... Re7 $5 39. Ra8 (39. Rd5 Rd7 40. Kc3 Rxd5 41. cxd5 Kg6
$17) 39... Kh6 40. Rxa7 Kg5 $17) 39. Rf8 Kg5 40. Rf7 h5 41. Rg7+ Kh4 42. Rf7 $1
(42. Rxc7 Bg4 43. Bd5 f5 44. Rxc5 f4 45. Rc7 f3 $17) 42... Bg4 (42... Kg5 43.
Rg7+) 43. Bxg4 Kxg4 44. Rxf6 Kh3 45. Ra6 Kxh2 46. Rxa7 h4 47. Rxc7 Rg5 48. Kc2
(48. Kd3 Rg3+ 49. Ke4) 48... Rg2+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Ke4 Rxb3 (50... h3 51. Rxc5
Kg2 52. Rh5 h2 53. Rxh2+ Kxh2 54. c5 $10) 51. Rxc5 Rxb2 52. Rh5 h3 53. c5 Kg3
54. Kd5 h2 55. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Na6 $5 $146 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 (11... h5 12. f3 (12. h3
Nh6 13. f4 $5 f5 $6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Nf7 16. c5 f4 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. b4 Ng8
19. d6 $16 {Mozetic,D-Ligterink,G/Tilburg/1993/1:0/40/}) 12... Nh6 13. Nd3 f5
14. f4 Nf7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. b3 c6 17. Ba3 $14 {Shipov,S-Groszpeter,A/Passau/
1994/0,5/42/}) 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. b4 g5 14. Nc2 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Ng6 17.
Ne3 h5 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Bb4 Ra6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Bf8 $10 {Lalic,B-Nunn,J/
Isle of Man/1994/0,5/40/}) 10. Rb1 (10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. Re1 Re8 13.
Bf1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 $10) 10... f5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12.
h3 Nf6 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxg6 $16) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b4 $14 c6 14. b5 $5 (14.
c5 Nc7 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Bb2 $14) 14... cxb5 (14... Nc5 15. Ba3 b6 (
15... Qe7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 $18) 16. bxc6 $16) 15. Nxb5 (15. cxb5 $5 Nc5
16. Ba3 b6 17. Bc4+ Kh7 18. Bd5 $14) 15... Be6 16. Ba3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $1
18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxa7 Bf8 $1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 21. exf5 (21. Rxb7 $6 Rd2 22.
Kf1 (22. Bf1 Rd1) (22. Bf3 Nc5 23. Rb5 Nxe4 $36) 22... Nc5 23. Rc7 Nxe4 $15)
21... gxf5 22. Rb2 Nc5 23. f3 Na4 24. Rc2 (24. Rb4 Nc3 25. Bf1 Rd1 26. Kf2 Rd2+
$17) 24... f4 25. Kf1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Rd2 (26... Nc5 27. Nb5 (27. Ke1 Ra8 28. Nb5
Rxa2 $15) 27... Rd2 28. Nc3 Kf7 $44) 27. c5 $1 e4 (27... Rxa2 28. Nb5 Bd7 (
28... e4 29. Nd6 exf3 30. Bxf3 Bd3+ 31. Kg1 $16) 29. Nd6 Bc6 $10) 28. c6 bxc6
29. Nxc6 exf3 (29... e3 30. Rc4 $2 (30. Nb4 $13) 30... Rxa2 31. Rxf4 Ra1+ 32.
Bd1 Nc3 33. Rxf5+ Kg7 34. g3 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 e2 $19) 30. Bxf3 Rxa2 31. Nd4 Bd7
32. Bc6 $14 Nb6 (32... Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Kf7 34. Ne2 $14) 33. Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Ne6+
Kf7 35. Nxf4 Ne5 36. h3 Ra4 37. Nd5 Ke6 38. Rd1 Ra3 39. Kf2 Nd3+ $4 (39... Kf5
$14) 40. Rxd3 (40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41. Nf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Qe8 12. Kh1 (12. b3 Nh7 13. a3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Bh5 Qc8 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Bh4 e4 $44 {Yusupov,A-Kasparov,G/
Barselona/1989/}) 12... Nh7 13. a3 (13. f3 h5 14. Nb3 b6 15. Nc1 Bh6 16. Nd3
Be3 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Bf1 $10 {Petrosian,T-Hort,V/Lugano/1968/}) 13... h5 (13...
a4 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Nc5 $10) 14. f3 Bf6 $5 (14... Bh6 15. b3 Be3 16. Qc2
f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf2 $13 {Kramnik,V-Bologan,V/GER/1994/}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bf2
Bg5 16. Rb1 a4 17. Nb5 Qd8 $15) 15... Nxf6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Qe1 Kg7 18. Qf2 $2 (
18. h4 $5 Ng8 19. g3 $132) 18... h4 $1 19. f4 (19. Qxh4 $2 Nxd5 $15) (19. Rab1
Nh5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Qg5 22. Rfd1 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 f5 $40) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4
h3 21. gxh3 $2 (21. g3 $32 Rae8 22. Rae1 Bc8 $132) 21... Bxh3 22. Rf3 Rh8 $17
23. Re3 (23. Rg1 Rae8 24. Bf1 Bc8) 23... Rae8 24. Rg1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Nf3
Reh5 27. Nd4 Rh4 28. Bf3 Nc5 29. Rg3 Bd7 30. Rg2 $19 Rh3 31. Rge2 Ng4 32. Bxg4
Bxg4 33. Rxh3 Rxh3 34. Rc2 Rd3 35. Ndb5 Bh3 36. Kg1 (36. Nxc7 Rf3 (36... Nxe4
$2 37. N7b5 Rf3 38. Rc1 Nd2) 37. Rc1 Nxb3 $19) 36... c6 37. b4 (37. Nxd6 Rf3
38. Rc1 Nxb3 $19) 37... axb4 38. axb4 cxb5 39. bxc5 b4 40. Ne2 Rf3 41. Ng3 dxc5
42. d6 Kf8 43. e5 Ke8 44. Re2 b3 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Mowsziszian} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5
a5 8. h3 Na6 (8... Nh5 9. g3 Na6 10. a3 Nc5 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Rg1
Qe7 14. Nh4 Nf6 $15 {Zvjagincev,V-Pavlovic,Mi/JUG-chT/1995/}) 9. Bg5 h6 (9...
Qe8 $5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g4 Ndc5 12. Rg1 Kh8 $132) 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12.
Qc2 (12. g4 {Mowsziszian: Der sofortige Angriff am Königsflügel verspricht
Weiß nicht allzu viel. Schwarz kann sich am Königsflügel bwequem verteidigen
und erhält seinerseits am Damenflügel ausgezeichnete Möglichkeiten.} c6 13. h4
a4 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 (15. hxg5 Nh7 {><g5}) 15... Qa5 16. Qb1 {Verteidigt
den Bauern e4, denn nach f2-f3 wird es schwer, h4-h5 zu spielen und wenn} (16.
Qc2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rfc8 {ist die Fessselung auf der c-Linie unangenehm .}) 16...
cxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. a3 Rfb8 19. h5 b4 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. hxg6 fxg6
23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qc1 Nb3 25. Qh6 Be8 $1 $17 {Mowsziszian: Dies ist ein
bekanntes Motiv: Das Läuferpaar verteidigt den König ausreichend.} 26. Rd1 Nd4
27. Bg4 Rxc4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Be6+ Bf7 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Rh3 {die  ledtzte
Angriffidee, wenn} (31. Rh7 Bxe6 $19) 31... dxc3 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. Rh3 Bxe6 34.
dxe6 Rf6 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Qh5+ Bh6 38. Qg4 Qg7 39. Qe2 Qxg3 $1 {
0-1 Chiburdanidze,M-Nunn,J/Linares ;CBM 06 1988}) 12... c6 (12... Ne8 13. g4 (
13. O-O f5) 13... c6 $132) 13. O-O Ne8 14. Rad1 (14. a3 $5 f5 (14... a4 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 cxd5 18. Qc2 dxe4 19. Nxe4 $14) (14... cxd5 $5
15. cxd5 a4 $132) 15. b4 (15. exf5 $6 gxf5 $13 (15... Bxf5 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Qa4 Qh4 $14)) 15... axb4 (15... f4 $6 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. bxc5 $16) 16. axb4 Na6 $5 (16... Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nxe4 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4
cxd5 20. cxd5 $14) 17. dxc6 Nxb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. cxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb3 f4 $13)
14... f5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 $2 16. Bxc5 $1 (16. f4 $6 Ne6 $132) 16...
dxc5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Nxc5 $16) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 (18. Bxf4 Ne6
19. Bh2 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Qc1 Nxe2 22. Nxe2 Qxb2 $17) 18... Qg5 $3 19. Nf3 (
19. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bd4 $1 21. Bxd4 Qxf4 22. Nf3 $15) (19. Bf3 Bd4 $1 20.
Bxd4 Qxf4 21. Ne2 Qh4 $15) 19... Qe7 20. Qd2 (20. Bc1 Bxc3 $5 21. bxc3 Ba4 $15)
20... Ne6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 $15
Rfe8 26. Kf1 (26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Rb6 Rad8 28. Bc2 Ng5 $40) 26... Nh5 (26... Ne4
27. Rd7 b6) 27. Bh2 (27. g3 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Re4 29. Rb6 Rae8 $17) 27... f4 28.
Nh4 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 fxg3 30. Bf3 Rad8 31. Nf5 $6 (31. Rg6 $5 Rd2 32. Rxg3 Kf8 33.
Nf5 $132) 31... Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Re7 (32... Rd8 $6 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Nxb7) 33. Bxb7
Bxb2 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Nf5 Re5 36. Nxg3 Re3 37. Ne4 (37. Nf5 $5 Ra3 38. c5 $15)
37... Ke7 38. c5 Be5 39. Kf2 (39. c6 $17 {Mowsziszian}) 39... Bd4 40. Kf1 Bxc5
41. Nxc5 Re5 42. Bb3 Rxc5 43. g4 Rc3 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. h4 Ke5 46. g5 h5 (46...
hxg5 47. hxg5 Kf5 48. Kf2 Kxg5 49. Ke2 Kf4 50. Kd2 Rg3 51. Kc2 Ke4 52. Kb2 Kd4
$15) 47. Bd1 Ra3 48. Bxh5 (48. Bb3 a4 49. Bf7 Kf5 50. g6 Kf6 51. Kh2 Re3 $17)
48... Rxa2+ 49. Kf3 a4 50. Bf7 Rb2 51. Kg4 a3 52. Kh5 Kf5 53. Kh6 a2 54. Bxa2
Rxa2 55. Kg7 (55. g6 Rg2 56. h5 Kf6 57. Kh7 Rg3 58. Kh6 Rg5 59. g7 Rg4 $19)
55... Rg2 56. Kf7 Rg4 57. h5 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9596 6th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 (8.
h3 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 {Ergibt die gleiche Stellung wie in der
Partie, jedoch mit zwei Zügen weniger. Normalerweise wird auch diese Zugfolge,
allerdings hat Schwarz dann noch andere Möglichkeiten, z. B. 10 ..Nh5.
Zvjaginsev hat die vorliegende Stellung bereits einige Male erprobt. Dabei hat
er mit gutem Erfolg ein Vorgehen am Königsflügel angewandt, mit dem Ziel,
Kontrolle über e4 und f5 zu bekommen.} Ne8 (11... Nh7 12. h4 f5 (12... Bd7 13.
h5 g5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nf1 Ne8 18. Ne3 Nd6 19. Qe2
f5 20. exf5 e4 21. g4 Bd4 22. O-O Rae8 $13 {Zvjaginsev,V-Almasi,Z/EU-chJM U16
Rimavska Sobota 1992 ;EXT 92ch 1992}) 13. h5 Qf6 14. Kf1 Ng5 15. hxg6 fxe4 16.
Bxc5 dxc5 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxg6 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Qe2 b6 21. Rd1 Rad8 22.
f3 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V-Galkin,A/URS-chJ Jurmala ;EXP 28 1992}) 12. h4 (12. g4 f5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 Ne6 $13 {Zvjaginsev,V-Sepp,O/Rostov op ;CBM 36 1993})
12... f5 13. h5 g5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nde4 Nd6 17. Bd3 Bxe4 18.
Nxe4 Rf4 19. Qe2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd7 21. g3 Rf7 22. O-O $16 {Zvjaginsev,
V-Buddensiek,U/Moscow7 op ;TD 91\03 1991}) 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bh4) 9... Ng4 10.
Bc1 Na6 {Danach erhält Weiß die Stellung, die er haben will.} (10... f5 $5 {
verdient Beachtung.} 11. h3 Nf6 (11... Nxf2 $2 12. Kxf2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4+ 14.
Ke3 {funktioniert nicht.}) 12. Nh4 Qe8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 $5) 11. h3 Nf6 12.
Be3 Nc5 (12... Bd7 {Siehe Zvjaginsev,V-Shulman,Y/Pamplona 9596 (06)}) 13. Nd2
Bd7 {Zu Alternativen siehe die Anmerkungen zu 8.h3.} 14. O-O (14. g4 c6 $5)
14... Nh7 15. Nb3 b6 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. f4 {Diese Idee gefällt mir überhaupt
nicht. Schwarz hat keine Probleme mehr.} exf4 18. Rxf4 Qe7 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20.
Qxd4 Qg5 21. Rf3 Rae8 22. Raf1 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Bd3 Re7 26.
a4 Rb8 27. Nb5 Be8 28. Bc2 Nf8 29. R3f2 Rb7 30. b3 Nd7 31. Nc3 Ne5 32. Nb1 Rb8
33. Nd2 g5 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Nf1 f6 36. g4 Bg6 37. Ng3 Rh8 38. Rdd2 Nd7 39. Rh2
Re5 40. Rdg2 Kf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nf5 Ree8 43. Rxh4 Bxf5 44. gxf5 Reg8 45. Rxg8
Kxg8 46. Bd1 Kh7 47. Rg4 Ne5 48. Rg3 Rg8 49. Rxg8 Kxg8 50. Kf2 Kg7 51. Be2 Nf7
52. Kg3 Ng5 53. Kf4 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson Hazai} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 c6 8. d5 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd2 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 Re8 (10... Nxe4)
11. f4 Nbd7 $3 12. Bd4 (12. Nxd7 Nxe4 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6) 12... Nh5 $1
13. Bxh5 Nxe5 14. Be2 (14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 gxh5 16. O-O-O Bg4) 14... Nf3+
15. Bxf3 Bxd4 16. Rd1 (16. Kd2 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Kc2 Be3 $17) 16... Bxc3+ 17.
bxc3 Bf5 $10 18. Kf2 Bxe4 19. Rd7 $10 {Stojanovic,Mi-Damljanovic,B JUG-ch
Podgorica 1996}) 9... Qe7 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Qa4 Rd8 (11... Nxc5 $2 12. Qa3 Nfd7
13. Na4 b6 14. Nb3) 12. Nb3 Nf8 13. O-O Ne6 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Nf4 16. f3
h5 $1 $40 {Portisch,L-Ivanchuk,V Reykjavik Wcup 1991}) (8. Qd2 {this move was
played 2 round later by Shirov against Topalov but it was another very
convincing Victory for Topalov with the King's Indian with black} Qe7 (8...
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O b5 $2 (12... Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bh4 h5 15. Ne1 $13) 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a4 $1 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Rb8 17.
Nd2 $1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V Reggio Emilia 1992}) 9. d5 cxd5 (9... Ng4 10.
Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Na6 12. O-O Bh6 (12... g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 Nh6 15. a3 $14) (
12... h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. a3 $14) 13. Qd1 $1 Bf4 (13... g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. h4 $1 $16) 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 c5 16. Nxg5 $1 Nxh2 17. Bxf4 Nxf1 18. Ne6
Bxe6 19. Bh6 $1 $14 {/+/- Khalifman,A-Wahls,M Deutschland 1992 54/597 
[Khalifman,A]}) 10. cxd5 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Na6 13. O-O Nh6 14. Ne1 Nf7 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nc2 Rb8 17. Ne3 a5 18. Rfc1 h5 19. f3 Bh6 20. Ncd1 Ng5 21. Qxa5
f5 $36 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V Vienna 1996}) 8... Na6 (8... Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4
Na6 11. Nd2 Nh6 (11... h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Nb3 c5 16.
Nc1 $13 {Giorgadza,G-Poluljahov,A Kropotkin 1995}) 12. a3 (12. O-O Nf7 13. Bd3
$1 c5 14. a3 Bh6 15. Qe2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 fxg5 (16... Nxg5 17. g3 {with f4}) 17. f3
Bd7 18. Rab1 h5 19. Qe3 $1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Novik,M Sankt_Peterburg 1994 60/561 
[Nesis,G; Novik,M]}) 12... Nf7 13. f3 Bh6 14. Bf2 f5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. b4 c5 $1
17. Rb1 b6 $13 {Karpov,An-Kasparov,G Lyon Wch (19) 1990}) 9. a3 {White is
playing against Na6 planning b2-b4. This, however looks a bit slow.} (9. Nd2 {
(Hazai: is the typical common sense move here.)} Ne8 10. O-O f5 11. f3 f4 12.
Bf2 c5 13. a3 b6 14. b4 h5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 $6 a5 $1 {San Segundo,
P-Topalov,V Madrid 1996}) 9... Nh5 (9... Nc5 $6 {Hazai} 10. Nd2 a5 11. b4 $16)
(9... Ne8 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. c5 $1 $14) 10. g3 (10. b4 {Hazai} Nf4 11. Bf1 c5)
10... cxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. cxd5 {Hazai} f5) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6+ (12. Nc3) (12.
Nd2 {Hazai} Nxd5 13. cxd5 f5) 12... Qxf6 13. b4 Qe7 14. O-O b6 $1 {a very
strong move the bishop will be best placed on the a8-h1 while white does not
have a c5 break} 15. Qa4 $6 {wasting too much time with useless queen moves}
Nc7 (15... Bb7 $2 16. c5 $1) 16. Qc6 Ba6 $1 {a good move playing against a c5
break} (16... Rb8 17. c5) 17. Rfd1 (17. b5 $2 Bc8 18. Rfd1 Rd8 {and white's
queen is in great danger}) 17... Rfd8 {The weakness on d6 does not play an
important role here.} 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Qc2 {The attack against d6
is repelled, Black has a comfortable game.} Rf8 $1 {prepering the f5 break,it
is already clear black has the initiative  Now f7-f5 is threatening, after
which the weakened diagonal may cause some headache for White.} 21. Nh4 (21. c5
dxc5 $1 22. bxc5 Rac8 {winning the c5 pawn}) 21... Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bd3
Rae8 24. Kf1 (24. f3 {Hazai} Bh6 $17) (24. Re1 {Hazai} f5 $17) 24... Qd7 $1 {
much better than 24...Bxe4} (24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Nf3 {
gives some chances to save the game in the ending.}) 25. Re1 {[#]} f5 $1 {
Black opens up the long diagonal with a great effect. Now White is going to
have great problems on the white squares} 26. exf5 g5 $1 {this is topalov's
idea the knight must go to g2} 27. Ng2 Qc6 28. f3 (28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4) 28...
Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Re3 $1 30. Rxe3 (30. Nxe3 dxe3 {and there is nothing to do
against Qh1}) (30. Rcd1 $5 {defending the bishop on d3 and threating Rf1 was a
better defencive way}) 30... dxe3 31. Rf1 Qg4 32. f6 $2 (32. Qe2) (32. Be2) (
32. Nxe3 {Petursson} Bd4 33. Qf2 Qh5 34. Re1 Re8 35. Bf1 {had to be tried})
32... Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Bxf6 34. Bxh7+ Kh8 35. Bd3 Bd4 36. Qe2 $4 {a terrible
blunder losing immediately white must have played 36.Be2} (36. Be2 Qe6 37. Qd1
{black was threatening Qf6} Qe4 38. Qf1 Kg7 {and white's position is hopeless})
36... Bf3 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6
8. Qd2 {This move is a bit sophisticated, after d4-d5 the natural place of the
N is d2.} (8. d5 {Hazai}) (8. O-O {Hazai}) 8... Qe7 9. d5 cxd5 {Hazai: If
immediately 9...Ng4, than later taking on d5 can strongly met by Nd5.} 10. cxd5
Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Na6 $5 $146 13. O-O Nh6 (13... h5 $5) 14. Ne1 Nf7 15.
Bxa6 $5 {Hazai: From strategical point of view these sort of exchanges are not
to be recommended.} (15. Nc2 Bh6 $1 16. Ne3 Nc7 $13) (15. Nd3 {Hazai} Bd7)
15... bxa6 16. Nc2 (16. Nd3 {Hazai} Rb8) 16... Rb8 17. Ne3 a5 (17... Bh6 $142
$13) 18. Rfc1 $1 (18. Nc4 {Hazai} Qc7 (18... Ba6 $2 19. Nxa5 $1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1)
19. b3 Ba6) 18... h5 $5 19. f3 Bh6 20. Ncd1 {[#]} (20. Bf2 {Hazai} f5) 20...
Ng5 $5 {Hazai: The a5 pawn is not important, Black prepares f6-f5.} (20... g5
$6 21. Bf2 g4 22. Qe2 $1 $16) 21. Qxa5 (21. Bxg5 $6 fxg5 $1 22. Qxa5 g4 $40)
21... f5 22. Qe1 $4 (22. Bxg5 Qxg5 $1 (22... Bxg5 $2 23. Rc7 $16) 23. Qxa7 Rxb2
$1 (23... Rb7 $2 24. Qa6) (23... Rb4 $2 24. Qa3 $1 Rd4 25. Qxd6) (23... fxe4
24. Qxb8 Bh3 25. Qxd6 exf3 26. Rc6 $1 fxg2 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 28. Nxg2 Qd2 29. Nde3
Bxg2 30. Nf5 $18) 24. Nxb2 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 fxe4 28.
fxe4 Ba6 29. Kg1 $1 (29. h3 Rf2 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxa2 32. Rc6 Re2 33. Rxd6
Kf7 $10) 29... Rf4 $1 (29... Rb8 30. Rc6 $16) 30. Re1 Rf8 $3 31. Rc1 (31. h3
Rc8 $44) 31... Rf4 32. Re1 Rf8 $10) (22. Qc7 {Hazai} Bd7 23. Bxg5 Bxg5) 22...
fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf4 $19 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Rc4 (25. Nc4 Bg4 26. Nxd6 Rbf8 27. Ne3
Rf2) 25... Ba6 $6 {Hazai: The pair of bishops in the open position kill White.}
(25... Bd7 $1 $19 {/\ Rbf8, Bb5->}) 26. Rc6 $1 Bd3 27. Rac1 Rbf8 28. Rc8 $1
Bxe4 29. Nf2 R4f7 $2 (29... Bxg2 $1 30. Nxg2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Qxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rxf2
33. Rc8+ Rf8 $17) 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rc3 $15 Qf4 32. Qe2 $4 (32. Neg4 $1 Bxd5 (
32... hxg4 33. Nxe4 Qf7 $13) 33. Nxh6+ Qxh6 34. Qd1 $1 (34. Rd3 $2 Ba8 35. Rxd6
Rxf2 $1 $19) 34... Ba8 (34... Bxa2 35. Qxd6 (35. b3 $2 Qf4 36. Rf3 Qd4 37. Qc2
e4 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qxa2 e3 $19) 35... Qg7 36. Ne4 $44) 35. Qxd6 Qg5 36. Rg3
Qc1+ 37. Nd1 Be4 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ $10) 32... Bb1 $19 33. a3 Qd4 34. g3 a5
35. Qe1 e4 36. Kg2 Bd3 37. Nfd1 Qf6 38. h4 g5 39. Nf2 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 gxh4 {
Hazai: This is a nice illustative game for the Kings Indian.} 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3
c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 ({Black should not grab the b-pawn at cost of
development:} 9... Qb6 $6 10. O-O Qxb2 11. Bd2 {with the following 12.Rb1}) 10.
Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Rb1 (13. Nd3 {Dolmatov} g5 14. Bg3 f5 15.
exf5 Nf6 16. Qd2 g4 17. Bh4 Bxf5 $132 {Ioseliani,N-Dolmatov,S/Moscow/1993/})
13... b6 14. a3 g5 (14... Nf7 {Dolmatov} 15. Bg4 h5 16. Be6 g5 17. Qxh5 gxh4
18. f4 $40) (14... Qe7 $5 {Dolmatov} 15. Nb5 Nb8 16. b4 a6 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. bxc5
bxc5 19. Qa4 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. exf5 Nf6 $132) 15. Bg3 f5 $6 {Black has no
choice but to push the f-pawn, otherwise he has no counterplay. The
disadvantage of this continuation is that the white squares are becoming weak}
16. exf5 Nxf5 (16... Nf6 $142 {Dolmatov} 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Ne4 Rxf5 19. Nxe5 (19.
Nfd2 Nf4) 19... Nxg3 20. Nc6 Nxe2+) 17. Ne4 h6 18. Nc2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qe8 (19...
Nxe4 {Dolmatov} 20. Bxe4 g4 21. Qxg4 Ne3 22. Qg6 Nxf1 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rxf1 Rh8
25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Ne3 $40) (19... Bd7 {Dolmatov} 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxg3 22.
fxg3 $16) 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 (21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 a6 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4
{White is definitely better}) (21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 {is in
White's favor}) 22. Qd3 (22. Nxf5 {Dolmatov} Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. f3 Qg6 $10)
22... Qf7 23. f3 (23. h3 {Dolmatov} Nxe3 24. fxe3 $18) 23... Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bh6
25. Be1 Qg7 26. Bd2 $1 Rf6 27. Qd3 g4 (27... Bd7 $2 {Dolmatov} 28. b4 $16) (
27... a5 {Dolmatov} 28. h3 Ra7 29. g4 $16) 28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxf6
Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. h3 Bd7 33. Qf3 $1 {The King side is a White's possession}
Be8 (33... h4 {Dolmatov} 34. Qf6 $18) 34. Qf5 Qf7 35. Qg5+ Qg7 36. Qh4 Qh6 $2 (
36... b5 {allowed Black to stay in the game just a little bit longer, for
example:} 37. Rf6 (37. cxb5 Rb8 38. a4 a6 39. bxa6 Rxb2 {with some counterplay}
) 37... Rb8 38. Rxd6 bxc4 39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Qxd8 Qd7 41. Qb8 {and White is
winning}) 37. Rf6 (37. Qe7 $18 {Dolmatov} Qg7 38. Rf8+ Qxf8 39. Qh7#) 37...
Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14. g3 {[%csl Rh3]
N/ New move, but I am not sure, that it will get popularity in future. Black
has nothing to worry and after} (14. Qd2 Be5 15. g3 Ng7 (15... Bh3 16. Rfe1 Qd7
17. f4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bg4 19. Bf1 Bh3 20. Be2 Bg4 21. Bb5 Qf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.
Bxc6 bxc6 24. Re1 Re6 25. Re5 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Kotronias,V/Ankara zt 1995}
) 16. Rfd1 (16. Rfe1 Nf5 $1 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxd5 Nd4 $1 19. Bxd4 Qxd5 20.
Rad1 Rad8 21. Be3 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxb2 $15) 16... Be6 $5 (16... Nf5
17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd5 20. Bf2 Qc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,
G-Nalbandian,T/Erevan op 1996 (47)}) 17. f4 Bxd4 $1 18. Bxd4 Nf5 19. Bf2 d4 20.
Nb5 Qe7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996 (42)}) 14... Bh3
15. Re1 Qg5 ({Deserves attention also} 15... Bxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Qg5 17. Bf2 Nf4
$13) 16. Ndb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} (16. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Qa4) 16... Rad8 (16... Nf4
17. Nd6 (17. Nc7 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Rc8 $15) 17... Re7
$11) 17. Nd6 Bd4 $1 18. Qc1 $5 ({Dangerous for white} 18. f4 $6 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2
Nxf4 {for example} 20. Qd2 (20. Nxe8 Ng2 (20... Qf5 21. gxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Kg1 Qg5+
23. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 24. Qc1 $1 Qh4 25. Qf4 $18) 21. Bf1 (21. Bb5 Nxe1 22. Qxe1 (22.
Nd6 d4 23. Qxe1 dxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxd6 25. cxd6 Qxb5 $19) 22... Nd4 (22... Qf5+ 23.
Kg1 Qf3 24. Qf2) 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. Bb5 a6 $1 25. Ba4 Nxc5 $17) (21. Bd3 Nxe1 22.
Qxe1 Ne5 $19) 21... Nxe1 22. Qxe1 (22. Bxh3 Rxe8) 22... Ne5 $1 23. Qc1 (23.
Bxh3 Nd3+ 24. Kg1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Qd2 $19) 23... Qf5+ 24. Qf4 Qc2+ 25. Kg1 Rxe8
26. Bxh3 Qxb2 $17) 20... Re6 $1 $40 {[%cal Re6f6]}) (18. Nxe8 Nxg3 19. Nf6+
Qxf6 (19... Kh8 20. Ng4 $1) 20. Bxd4 (20. hxg3 Qg5 21. g4 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qh4+
23. Ke3 d4+ $19) 20... Qg5 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Bf1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Ncxd4 $17) 18...
Be3 $1 (18... Qe5 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 (19... Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qd4+ 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22.
Kxe3 d4+ 23. Kf2 dxc3 24. Nd6 $16) 20. Qd2 $16) 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Kf2 d4 21.
Nd1 $6 (21. Nce4 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 d3 24. Bxh5 Qxc5+ $36 {Black has
great compensation for exchange, but nevertheless it was stronger than move in
the game.}) 21... Rxe2+ $1 22. Rxe2 (22. Kxe2 d3+ (22... Qd5 $5 23. Nf2 Ne5 24.
Nfe4 f5) 23. Kxd3 Qd5+ 24. Ke3 Ne5 {is too dangerous for White.}) 22... Qd5 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc6b4,Rc6e5]} 23. Ne4 Ne5 24. Qg5 (24. Qh6 Bf5 $40 (24... Re8
25. g4 Bxg4 $140 26. Qxh5 $1)) 24... Re8 25. Rd2 $2 (25. Qh4 $5 Bf5) 25... Qc4
$6 {[%cal Rc4f1] It is very strange, that Topalov didn't found simple} (25...
Ng4+ $1 26. fxg4 (26. Kg1 Qxg5) (26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. h3 Bxf3) 26... Qxe4 $19) 26.
Ndc3 (26. Re2 Qd3 $19) 26... h6 27. Qh4 dxc3 28. Rd8 $6 (28. bxc3 $5 {was the
best chance in bad position.}) 28... cxb2 $1 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Qc2+ 31. Rd2
b1=Q 32. Qxh3 Qcc1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman Belov VanWely,L} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6.
Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6
13. c5 Nh5 14. Qd2 Be5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Rfd1 a6 $146 (16... Be6 $5 $146 17. f4 (
17. Nxe6 {van Wely,L} fxe6 {/\ Nf5}) 17... Bxd4 $1 18. Bxd4 Nf5 (18... Nxd4 {
van Wely,L} 19. Qxd4 Nf5 20. Qf2 d4 21. Nb5 {/\ Nd4-e6+/=}) 19. Bf2 d4 20. Nb5
Qe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 65/561 1996 (43)}) (16...
Nf5 {N} 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxd5 (18. Qxd5 $4 {Belov} Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxe2 $19)
18... Nd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Nc3 {Belov}) 19... Qxd5 20. Bf2 (20. Bxe5 {Belov} Qxe5
21. Bf1 Qxc5+ $11) 20... Qc6 21. Bf1 (21. f4 Bh3 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Rad8 24.
Qc2 Bd4 25. Rad1 $14) 21... Rad8 22. Qb4 Qxf3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 {1/2-1/2
Giorgadze,G-Nalbandian,T/Erevan op (06) ;EXP 52 1996 (47)}) 17. Bf1 (17. Nb3
Be6 18. Bf1 (18. f4 $14 {[%cal Ye2f3] Huzman}) 18... Nf5 $132) (17. Nc2 Be6 (
17... Bf5 18. Nxd5) 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 20. Bf3 Be4 $132) 17... Be6 18.
Nxe6 (18. Nc2 $5 {Huzman} Nf5 (18... Qf6 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]})
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6 $132) (18. f4 {Huzman} Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Nf5 21. Qf2 d4) (18. Nb3 {Huzman} Nf5 (18... Qf6 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 $132) 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6 $5) 18... fxe6 $14 19. f4 (19. Ne2 Nf5 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Bh3 $14) (19. Rab1 $5 $14 {Huzman} g5 (19... Nf5 20. b4 $36) 20. Ne2 Rf8 21.
Bg2 a5 $5 $132) 19... Bf6 20. Rab1 (20. Rac1 $5) (20. Ne2 g5 21. Bh3 $14) 20...
g5 (20... Rf8 $5) 21. Ne2 (21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Be3 Bxe3+ (22... Ne5 23. Be2) 23.
Qxe3 $13) 21... Rf8 (21... a5 {Huzman Ochoa} 22. Bh3) 22. b4 (22. Bh3 gxf4 23.
Nxf4 Bg5 24. Qe2 (24. Be3 d4) 24... Bxf4 25. Bxe6+ (25. gxf4 Qf6) 25... Kh8 26.
gxf4 Re8 27. f5 Nxf5 $17) (22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Be3 Ne5 $1 24. Bxg5 Nf3+ 25. Kh1
Qxg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Nf4 $140 Ne4) (22. Be3 gxf4 (22... h6 23. Bh3) 23. Nxf4
d4 (23... Ne5 {Huzman}) 24. Bf2 Bg5 (24... e5 $140 $2 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ $18
)) 22... gxf4 23. gxf4 (23. Nxf4 Bg5) 23... Bh4 (23... Nf5 {Huzman} 24. Bh3 Bh4
25. Ng3) 24. Bg3 Rc8 (24... Bxg3 $5 {Huzman} 25. hxg3 h5 26. Rb3 Qf6 27. Bh3
Rad8 $132) 25. Rb3 Rc7 26. Bh3 Nf5 (26... Kh8 $5) (26... Rcf7 27. Qe3) 27. Bxf5
(27. Kh1 Rg7 28. Rg1 Rg6 $13) (27. Qe1 $5 {Huzman} Rg7 28. Kh1 {[%cal Yh3f5]})
27... Rxf5 28. Bxh4 (28. Qe3 Kf7 {/\Bf6}) (28. Nd4 {Huzman} Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Rg7)
(28. Qe1 {Huzman} Rg7 29. Kh1 Bf6 $15) 28... Qxh4 29. Rg3+ Rg7 (29... Kh8 30.
Kh1 Rh5 31. Rg2) 30. Rxg7+ (30. Qe3 Rf6) 30... Kxg7 31. Ng3 Qg4 (31... Rf6 32.
Kh1) 32. Rf1 Rf6 (32... Ne7 33. Qg2) 33. a4 Ne7 (33... Rg6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5
Ne7 36. Qc3+ (36. c6 bxc6 37. b6 (37. bxc6 Nxc6) 37... Nf5 38. Qc3+ d4 39. Qf3
Nxg3 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 41. b7 Nxf1+ 42. Kh1 Nd2 $19) 36... Kf7 37. c6 bxc6 38. b6
Nf5 39. Ra1 $40) 34. Qe2 (34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Nf5 36. Qc3 (36. Qd3 Rg6 37. Rf3
{[%cal Rc5c6]} Nxg3 (37... Kh6) (37... Kh8 38. c6 bxc6 39. bxc6 Rg7) 38. Qd4+ (
38. hxg3 Rh6 $132) 38... Kf7 39. Rxg3 Qe2) 36... d4 (36... Kf7 37. c6 bxc6 38.
bxc6 Rg6 39. Rb1 Nxg3 (39... d4 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Qa5 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Ke1
(43. Ne2 Rg2+ $11) 43... Qc1+ 44. Ke2 d3+ 45. Kxd3 Qd1+ $19) 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41.
Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ $11) 37. Qf3 (37. Qd3 Ne3 38. Rf2 e5 $132) 37... Qxf3 38.
Rxf3 Nxg3 {Huzman} 39. Rxg3+ (39. hxg3 Rf5) 39... Kf8 40. c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 e5
$11) 34... Rg6 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Kf7 38. Kh1 (38. Kg2 Rg8 (
38... Ng6 39. Rb1) 39. Ra1 Rc8 $11) (38. Kh1 Rg8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 a5 (6... Re8 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Be3 Nd7 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. g4 f5 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Bh5
Neg6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg4 Nf4 17. Bxf5 Qxg5 18. Qg4 Ng2+ 19. Ke2 Qxg4+ 20.
hxg4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {Loeffler,S-Armas,J/Wijk Sonnevanck 1996/EXP 55/1-0 (53)})
7. Bg5 Na6 8. Nd2 (8. Qd2 Qe8 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bh6 dxe5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxe5
Ndc5 13. Be2 c6 14. O-O Qd8 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Nd4 Qa7 17. Rad1 Nc7 18. Qg3 Kh8
19. Qh4 f6 20. Bf3 N7e6 21. exf6 exf6 22. Rfe1 Qb8 {Lukov,V-Reschke,S/Giessen
Feb-IM 1994/EXT 94/0-1 (72)}) 8... Qe8 {/\9...e510.d5Nh5} 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Nc5
11. h4 (11. b3 $5 Nfd7 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 11... Nh5 (11... Nfd7 12. g4 f5 $140 13.
gxf5 gxf5 14. Bh5 {[%csl Re8]}) 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nf4+ (14...
Nxb2 15. Bh6 $40 (15. a4 {[%csl Rb2]})) 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rae1 Kh8 (16... Bd7
$5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 17. Kd3 Bd7 18. Nf3 b5 19. cxb5 (19. e5 $5 bxc4+ 20. Kc2 $36
) 19... Bxb5+ 20. Kc2 Rb8 21. e5 Bd7 $1 22. Re4 (22. exd6 $6 Qc8 23. dxc7 Qxc7
$40 {[%cal Yb8b2,Yf8c8,Yc7c3,Yg7c3]}) 22... Rb4 23. Rhe1 Qb8 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 (
24... axb4 25. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4f6]}) 25. Re4 (25. Kc1 $5 Rb8 $140 26.
Re2) 25... Qc5 26. Rxf4 $4 (26. Re2 $1 $16) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kd3 (27. Kb1 Qf1+
28. Kc2 Qxg2+ 29. Kb1 Rb8 30. b3 Qg6+ 31. Qxg6 fxg6 $17) 27... Qf1+ 28. Ke3
Qc1+ 29. Nd2 Qxb2 (29... dxe5 30. Rc4 (30. Rxf7 Bh6+ $17) 30... Qxb2 $17) 30.
Nde4 Qc1+ 31. Kf3 Qf1+ (31... Bxe5 32. Rxf7 (32. Qh6 Qxf4+ $19) (32. Ne2 Qa3+
$19) 32... Qf1+ 33. Nf2 Bg4+ $3 $19) 32. Nf2 Qc1 (32... Bxe5 $19) 33. Nfd1 Kg8
(33... Rg8 $5 {[%cal Yg7e5,Yg8g3]} 34. Rxf7 Be8 $19) 34. Rc4 dxe5 $6 (34...
Bxe5 $17) 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 Rc8 37. Ne3 $44 h6 38. gxh6 Bxh6 39. Ne4 Bg7 (
39... Kf8 {[%cal Yf8e7]} 40. Nf6 Ke7 41. Nxd7 Kxd7 42. Nf5) 40. Nc5 Bb5 41. Rg4
{[%cal Ge3f5]} Kh7 $2 (41... Kf8 42. Nf5 Bf6 43. a4 $36) 42. Nf5 Bf6 43. Ne4
$16 Bd8 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rxf7 {[%cal Gf7f8]} Bc4 46. Rf8+ Kh7 47. Nc3 {[%cal
Gf8c8]} Bd3 48. g4 Rb8 49. Ne4 Rb4 50. Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e6]} Bxf5 51. gxf5 Rf4+
52. Kg3 Bh4+ 53. Kh3 Be1 54. Ne6 Rh4+ 55. Kg2 e4 56. Rf7+ Kh6 57. Rxc7 $18 Bb4
58. Rc8 Kh7 59. Rc4 Kh6 (59... Rh5 60. Rxb4 axb4 61. d6 $18) 60. Rc8 Kh7 61.
Rd8 {[%cal Gd5d6,Gd6d7]} e3 62. Kf3 Rh5 (62... Rh3+ 63. Ke2 Rh5 64. Rd7+ Kh6
65. f6 $18) 63. Rd7+ Kh6 64. Rf7 Bd2 65. d6 Rh3+ 66. Ke2 Rh2+ 67. Kd3 Bc1 68.
Rc7 $1 Ba3 69. d7 Be7 70. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O h5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Yg6g5,Yh5h4]} (11... Nh6 12.
Ne1 Nd7 13. f3 (13. Rb1 b6 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 h6 18.
Nc2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qe8 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3
Bh6 25. Be1 Qg7 26. Bd2 Rf6 27. Qd3 g4 28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxf6
Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. h3 Bd7 33. Qf3 Be8 34. Qf5 Qf7 35. Qg5+ Qg7 36. Qh4 Qh6
37. Rf6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rf3 {1-0 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Supertorneo Las
Palmas 1996/CBM 57/[Kramnik]}) 13... Nf7 14. Nd3 Bh6 15. Bf2 f5 16. Rb1 Nf6 17.
b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4 Bd2 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23.
Bxc5 Re8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Qe3 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. h3 Be2 28. d6 Qc6 29. d7 Red8
30. Rf2 Bxc4 31. fxe5 Qxd7 {0-1 Shulman,Y-Korotylev,A/Komercni Banka op 1996/
EXP 55}) 12. Ne1 ({It is worse} 12. Nd2 {,because knight on d2 has no
perspective.}) 12... Na6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 b6 {The idea of black
is to create a fortess on the queen`s side and to attack on the king`s side.}
16. Nc2 Nh6 {[%cal Yh6f7]} 17. f3 Nf7 18. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Rfc8 19. Nb5 Nd8
{[%cal Yd8b7]} 20. Bf2 Bh6 21. a5 (21. Rb2 $5 $36 {[%cal Gd1a1,Ga4a5]} Nb7)
21... bxa5 22. bxa5 {Now white try to occupy "b"file,but black defend easily
from this threat.After long unsucsessful manouvers a draw was agreed} Nf7 23.
Bh4 Kg7 24. Rb3 Qd8 25. Qe1 Rcb8 26. Qc3 Rb7 27. Rfb1 Rab8 28. Kh1 Bf4 29. Bf2
Bg5 30. Bd3 Nc7 31. Be1 Na6 32. Bf2 Nc7 33. Be1 Na6 34. R3b2 Bf4 35. Kg1 Qh8
36. Rb3 Qd8 37. R3b2 Kg8 38. Rb3 Kg7 39. Qa1 Qh8 40. Qa2 Qd8 41. Qa1 Bg5 42.
R1b2 Qe7 43. Qb1 Bc8 44. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 (7... a5
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. a3 Bd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. Rb1 h5 {[%cal Yg6g5,
Yh5h4]} 14. f3 Bh6 {[%cal Yh6e3,Ye3c5,Yc5g1,Yc5a3]} 15. Bf2 Qe7 {[%cal Ye7g5,
Yg5g2,Yg5d2]} 16. h4 Nc5 17. Qc2 f5 $132 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nb5 $1 c6
$6 (20... Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nf6 $132) 21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Ne6 cxd5 (22... Bxe6 23.
dxe6 b5 $13) (22... Rf6 $5 $13) 23. Nxf8 Nxf8 24. exd5 $16 {Zilberman,
Y-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca mem Elite 1998/1-0 (75)}) 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O (9.
a3 c6 (9... Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. O-O Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Na5 b6 15.
Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nb8 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. b5 $16 {
1-0 Franco,Z-Arroniz,R/San Sebastian op 1994 (33)}) 10. b4 (10. O-O Ne8 11. b4
c5 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. b5 Nac7 $11 {Hetey,
L-Buenermann,V/BL9697 1996/1-0 (49)}) 10... c5 11. Rb1 b6 12. h4 Nh5 13. Bxh5
gxh5 14. Qxh5 f5 15. b5 Nc7 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 $16 {Kumaran,D-Vouldis,A/
WchJM-U18 1993/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (9. Rb1 c5 10. O-O Ne8 11. a3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5
13. f4 e4 14. Kh1 Nac7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nd1 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Svidler,P/Madrid 1998}) 9... Ne8 10. a3 c5 11. Kh1 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} ({The white choose the plan with movement f2-f4 using the factor
that the black knights can't occupy square e5.The better attempt was} 11. dxc6
$5 bxc6 (11... Bxc6 12. b4 Nac7 13. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rd6] /+/-}) 12. b4 Nac7 13.
Nb3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Ne6 14. Be3 $14) 11... f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 e4 {Now the
main idea of the black is after 14...Bc315bc3 to get typical pawn structure
limiting the possibility of the white bishops.It is strange but the white
didn't prevent this threat.} 14. g4 (14. Qc2) 14... Nac7 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nac7 $17) 15. gxf5 (15. Qc2 e3 16. Nb3 fxg4 $16) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf5 $17
17. Rg1+ Kh8 18. Nf1 Qf6 19. Ng3 Ng7 (19... Qxc3 $2 20. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b7,
Gc1b2,Gb2h8]}) 20. Rb1 b6 21. Be3 Rae8 (21... Qxc3 $2 22. Bc1 $40 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Gb2g7,Gg1g7]}) 22. Qe1 $6 (22. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 22... Re7 23. Rb2 {
[%cal Ge2d1,Gb2g2,Gg1g7]} Qh6 $1 {[%cal Yc7e8,Ye8f6]} 24. Bd1 Nce8 25. Rbg2 Nf6
(25... Bh3 $5) 26. Nf1 Bh3 27. Rg5 (27. f5 {Ubilava} Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 $1 $18)
27... Nf5 {[%cal Yf5h4,Yh4f3]} 28. Ng3 (28. Bf2 {[%cal Gf1e3]} e3 $1 29. Nxe3
Ne4 30. Nxf5 (30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. R5xg4 Neg3+ (31... Nf6 $17) 32. Bxg3 Rxe1 33.
Rxe1 (33. Bxe1 Ne3 $17) 33... Qf6 $17) 30... Bxf5 $17) 28... Nh4 29. Qf2 (29.
f5 $2 {Ubilava} Nf3 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Qf2 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Ng4 33. Qd2 Qxg5 34.
Qxg5 Nf2#) 29... Nf3 $1 30. Bxf3 exf3 {[%cal Yf6g4]} 31. Qxf3 Bg4 (31... Ng4 $2
32. Rxg4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Rxe3 34. Nf5 $18) 32. Qf2 (32. Rxg4 $142 Rxe3 33. Rg8+ (
33. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 35. Kh3 Nxe3 $17 {/-+}) 33... Rxg8 (33... Nxg8
34. Qxe3 Qxf4 35. Qe2 $15) 34. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Nxe3 37. Re1
Nxc4 38. Nf5 $132) 32... Rfe8 33. Re1 (33. Nf1 Bh3 34. f5 Bxf1 $1 35. Rg8+ Nxg8
36. Bxh6 Bxc4 $1 $19) 33... Bd7 $1 {[%cal Yf6g4,Yg4e3,Yg4f2,Yg4h2,Yh6h2]} 34.
Qg1 Ng4 (34... Qh3 $142 {Ubilava} 35. Nf1 (35. Qf2 h6 36. Rg6 Ng4 $19) 35...
Qf3+ 36. Qg2 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 Rxe3 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Re7 Rxf4 40. Rgg7 Be8 41.
Rxa7 Rxc4 $17) 35. Nf1 Qh3 (35... Qh4 $1 36. Bd4+ cxd4 37. Rxe7 (37. Qxd4+ Re5
38. fxe5 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kg1 Qxg5+ 40. Kxf2 (40. Ng3 Nh3+ 41. Kh1 dxe5 $19)
40... Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Kd1 (42. Kd3 Rf3+ 43. Ne3 Bf5+ $19) 42... Ba4+ 43.
Kc1 Qc2#) 39... Bh3+ 40. Kg1 Qxg5+ 41. Ng3 Ng4 42. exd6+ Ne5 $19) 37... Nf2+
38. Kg2 Rxe7 39. Qxf2 Bh3+ 40. Kg1 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rf7 $5 (41... dxc3 $15) 42.
cxd4 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 Rxf4+ 44. Ke2 Rxd4 $17) 36. Bd4+ cxd4 37. Qxd4+ Re5 38. fxe5
dxe5 39. Qd2 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Yf8f1,Yf8f2,Yf2h2]} 40. Kg1 (40. Rxg4 Bxg4 $40 (
40... Bxg4 {Ubilava} 41. Ng3 $16)) 40... Rf2 41. Qxf2 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 Qh4+ 43.
Rg3 Qxc4 $15 {/=} 44. Ne3 (44. Rge3 $1 $132) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kg1 Qxa3 46. Rf1
Qe7 47. Nc4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd5d6]} (47. Rgf3 $5 Qc5 48. Kg2 $132) 47... h5 (
47... Qc5+ 48. Rf2 e4 49. Kg2 b5 (49... Bh3+ 50. Rxh3 Qxc4 51. Rg3 Qc5 52. Rf6
$132 {/=}) 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Rf6 e3 52. d6 $11 {[%cal Gf6f8]}) 48. Rf2 $6 (48. d6
Qe6 49. Rf8+ Kh7 50. Rfg8 Qxc4 (50... Qxg8 $2 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Nxe5 $18) 51.
R3g7+ Kh6 52. Rg6+ $11) 48... Kh7 49. Rgf3 $6 (49. Nxe5 Qxe5 50. Rf7+ Kh6 51.
Rxd7 h4 52. Rf3 Qe1+ 53. Rf1 Qxc3 $15) 49... Be8 $15 {/-/+} 50. Rf5 Qg7+ $1 51.
Rg2 Qc7 $1 52. Rxe5 $2 (52. Nxe5 $8 Qc5+ $1 (52... Qxc3 $5 $17) 53. Rgf2 Qxd5
$17) 52... Bg6 $1 $19 53. Re6 (53. Reg5 Qc5+ 54. Kh1 Qxc4 55. Rxg6 Qf1+ 56. Rg1
Qf3+ 57. R1g2 (57. R6g2 h4 58. h3 Qxh3+ 59. Rh2 Qf3+ 60. Rgg2 (60. Rhg2 h3 $19)
60... Qd1+ 61. Rg1 Qxd5+ 62. Rgg2 Qd1+ 63. Rg1 Qf3+ 64. Rgg2 h3 $19) 57... Qd1+
58. Rg1 Qxd5+ 59. R1g2 (59. R6g2 h4 60. h3 Qf3 61. Kh2 Qxc3 $19) 59... Qd1+ 60.
Rg1 Qf3+ 61. R1g2 Qxc3 $19) 53... Bf7 $1 54. Rf6 (54. Rc6 Qe7 $1 $19 {[%cal
Yf7d5,Ye7e1,Ye1g1]}) 54... Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Nf1
{[%cal Gf1e3,Rf6f5,Ge2d3,Gd3f5,Ge4f5,Gg4f5,Ge3f5]} (15. b4 c5 16. Qb3 b6 17. a4
Bd7 18. a5 Rb8 19. Qa3 Nc8 20. f3 Bh6 21. Bf2 Kg7 22. Rb1 Rh8 23. Kd1 Ne7 {
1/2-1/2 Volkov,S-Spasov,V/Elista olm 1998}) 15... c5 16. Ne3 Bd7 {[%cal Ya7a6,
Ya8b8,Yb7b5]} 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2a1]} (18. a3 a6 19. Kd2 $5 b5 20.
b3) 18... a6 19. a4 Nc8 $1 {[%cal Ya5d8,Yg7h6,Yh6c1]} 20. f3 Qd8 21. a5 Bh6 22.
Bf2 $36 {[%cal Gb2b4] <<} Kg7 $1 {[%cal Yf8h8,Yh8h1]} 23. Kf1 Rh8 24. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5,Gg4f5,Ge4f5,Gd3f5]} (24. Kg2 $5 f5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg2]} (24...
Bf4 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Qh1 $14)) 24... Ne7 {[%cal Yf6f5]} 25. Ng3 Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Yh6f4,Yh8h1]} 26. b4 Bf4 $132 27. Kg2 (27. Ke2 $5 Rxh1 28. Qxh1 Rh8 29.
Qg2 $13) 27... Rxh1 28. Qf1 {Probably a mistake in the text of the game.} Rg1+
29. Qxg1 Rh8 30. Qb1 Qc8 $1 {[%cal Yf7g5,Yh8h3,Yc8h8,Yc8g4]} 31. Ne3 {[%cal
Ge3g4]} (31. bxc5 Bxg4 32. fxg4 Qxg4 $40 {[%cal Yf7g5,Yh8h3]}) 31... Ng5 $1 32.
bxc5 Rh3 33. Be2 (33. cxd6 Qh8 $1 34. Nef1 (34. Qg1 Bxg3 35. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 36.
Kxg3 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Qxf3+ 38. Ke1 Nh3 $19 39. Be2 Qf4 40. Qg2 Qxe3 {[%cal Ye3c3,
Yc3e1,Yc3a1]}) 34... Rh1 $1 35. Bg1 (35. Nh5+ gxh5 36. Kxh1 hxg4+ $19) 35...
Qh3+ 36. Kf2 Rxg1 37. Kxg1 Be3+ $1 38. Nxe3 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qxf3+ 40. Kg1 Qxe3+
41. Kg2 Bxg4 $19) 33... dxc5 {[%cal Yc8h8,Yh8h2]} 34. Qg1 $6 (34. Nef1 $1 {
[%csl Rc5,Rh2][%cal Gb1b6]} f5 35. d6 Nc6 (35... fxg4 36. dxe7 gxf3+ 37. Bxf3
Nxf3 38. Kxf3 $18) 36. exf5 Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. fxg6 $16) 34... Qh8 35. Rb1
Bc8 36. Rd1 {[%cal Gd5d7]} Ng8 {[%cal Yg8h6,Yh6g4]} (36... Rh6 $5 {[%cal Yg5h3,
Yh3g1,Yh3f2]} 37. d6 (37. Be1 Nh3 $19) 37... Nh3 38. d7 (38. dxe7 Nxg1 39. Rd8
(39. Bxg1 Bxg3 40. Kxg3 Rh1 41. Kg2 (41. Rd8 Rxg1+ 42. Ng2 Qh1 43. Rg8+ Kxg8
44. e8=Q+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kg5 $19) (41. Nd5 Bd7 $17) 41... Qh3+ 42.
Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Rd8 Kxe7 45. Rxc8 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qe1+ $19)) (38. Qf1
Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Rh2+ 40. Ng2 Qh4 $19) 38... Bxd7 39. Rxd7 Nxg1 40. Rxe7+ (40.
Nef5+ gxf5 41. Nxf5+ Kg6 42. Nxe7+ Kg5 $19) 40... Kf8 41. Rxb7 Rh2+ 42. Kf1 (
42. Kxg1 Rh1+ 43. Nxh1 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Qxh1+ 45. Bg1 Bxe3 $19) 42... Qh3+ 43. Ke1
Rxf2 $19) 37. d6 Bd7 38. Nd5 Nh6 $1 (38... Bxg4 39. Rb1 $1 (39. fxg4 Rxg3+ 40.
Bxg3 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Bxg3+ $19 {[%cal Yg5e4]}) (39. Nxf4 exf4 40. fxg4 Rxg3+ 41.
Bxg3 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 fxg3+ 43. Ke1 {[%cal Gd6d8]} g2 $40) 39... Bc8 (39... Rxg3+
40. Bxg3 Bxg3 41. Kxg3 (41. Rxb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ $11) 41... Qh3+ 42.
Kf2 Bxf3 43. Rxb7+ Kh8 44. d7 Nxe4+ (44... Qh4+ 45. Kf1 Bxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Qxe4+
47. Ne3 Qf3+ 48. Kd3 (48. Kd2 $2 Qxb7 $19) 48... Qe4+ 49. Kc3 $16) 45. Ke1 Qh4+
(45... Qh6 46. Nf4 $1 Qh4+ (46... Qxf4 47. d8=Q Qc1+ 48. Qd1 Qc3+ 49. Kf1 $18)
47. Kd1 Nf2+ 48. Kc2 Qxf4 49. d8=Q Bxb7 $16)) 40. d7 $1 Rxg3+ (40... Bxd7 41.
Rxb7 Rxg3+ 42. Bxg3 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 $16) 41. Bxg3 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Qxd7 43. Qh2 $13)
39. Rb1 $2 (39. Rd3 Nxg4 40. fxg4 Rxg3+ 41. Bxg3 (41. Rxg3 Bxg3 42. Bxg3 Qh3+
43. Kf2 Nxe4+ $19) 41... Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Nxe4+ $19) (39. Nf1 Nxf3 40. Bxf3 Rxf3
41. Nfe3 $1 (41. Kxf3 Bxg4+ 42. Kg2 Bxd1 $17) 41... Rh3 $1 $19) 39... Nxg4 $1
$19 40. Nxf4 (40. fxg4 Rxg3+ 41. Bxg3 Qh3+ $19) 40... exf4 41. fxg4 fxg3 {
[%cal Yh3h2]} 42. Bxg3 Rxg3+ $1 43. Kxg3 Qh3+ 44. Kf2 Nxe4+ 45. Ke1 Qc3+ 46.
Kf1 Nd2+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ $1 48. Kg3 (48. Kg2 Bc6+ 49. Kh3 Nxb1 $19) 48... Qe5+ 49.
Kf2 (49. Kh3 Nxb1 $19) 49... Qf4+ 50. Ke1 Nxb1 51. Qxc5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Prague Sachinfo"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[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 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. a3 Qe8 13. O-O Nh7 (13... Qb8 14. b4 Na6
15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Qa7 17. Kh1 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Rfb8 20. Bf2 Qc7 21.
b5 $14 {1-0 Kalka,A-Hubert,R/NRW-Liga II 1996/NRW-II (69)}) 14. b4 (14. f3 f5 (
14... Na6 15. Rb1 f5 16. b4 f4 17. Bf2 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Kerek,C-Toth,G/Paks 1995/
EXT 99 (17)}) 15. b4 Na6 (15... Na4 16. Qc2 Bf6 (16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 a4 18.
Rac1 Bf6 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Rc2 $16 {1-0 Gomez Jurado,L-Puigdemont,J/Foment 1995/
EXT 95op2 (41)}) 17. Bf2 Bg5 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Nxc7 $16 {1-0 Stanec,N-Winiwarter,
F/Linz 1997/EXP 58 (39)}) 16. Qb3 h5 17. Bf2 Bh6 18. Ra2 b6 19. c5 a4 20. Qc4
bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Nf6 $132 {1-0 Happel,H-Edvardsson,K/
Reykjavik 1994/EXP 39 (57)}) (14. Nb5 Na6 15. b4 g5 16. Bg3 axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4
18. Nxc7 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qb8 20. Qb2 Qxc7 21. Qxb4 $16 {1-0 Walkusz,
M-Radzikowska,K/Bytom 1995/EXT 95op (26)}) 14... Na6 (14... axb4 15. axb4 Na4 (
15... Na6 16. Qb3 f5 17. f3 Bf6 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Ra2 Nf6 20. c5 Bxd2 21. Rxd2
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 $16 {1-0 Vaisman,V-Daillet,E/Angers 1990/EXT 90ch2
(42)}) (15... Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Na6 17. Qa5 (17. Qa3 f5 18. f3 Rf7 19. c5 Nb8 20.
Qa7 $16 {0-1 Kislinger,G-Gibis,R/Bayern 1996/EXT 99 (36)}) 17... f5 (17... Qc8
18. c5 Nb8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 g5 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. cxd6 c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24.
Rc1 $18 {1-0 Neubert,M-Bauer,K/Bayern 1996/EXT 99 (36)}) 18. f3 Qc8 19. c5 Nb8
20. Rc1 Nf6 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Neubert,M-Herrmann,S/Bad Neustadt
1991/EXT 91op2 (43)}) 16. Qc2 (16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Qb1 Bd7 18. Qb2 f5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 20. Ra1 Qe8 21. f3 g5 22. Bf2 Qg6 23. c5 g4 $40 {0-1 Kopta,P-Karnik,P/
Policka 1996/EXT 97 (39)}) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 h5 18. f3 Bh6 19. c5 Bg5 20.
Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. Qe3 f5 24. Ra7 $36 {1-0 Rogers,
I-Suradiradja,H/Brisbane 1979/EXT 97 (36)}) (14... Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Qc1
Bd7 (16... h5 17. f3 Bh6 18. Qc3 axb4 19. axb4 Bd7 20. c5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 f5 22.
Nc4 g5 23. Bf2 Qg6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nb6 Be8 26. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Franic,M-Gojak,I/
Zadar 1995/EXT 97 (41)}) 17. c5 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. f3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qg6 22. Qa7 f4 23. Be1 g4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. cxd6 cxd6 27.
Qxb7 Ng5 $132 {0-1 Bergmann,A-Suchorukow,A/Mlada Boleslav 1992/EXT 92op (37)})
15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 h5 17. f3 Bh6 18. Bf2 (18. Qc2 Be3+ 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20.
Rxf2 Qe7 21. Na2 Rfb8 22. Nb3 Ba4 23. Qc3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Nf8 25. Bf1 c5 26. dxc6
bxc6 27. Qd3 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Huque,R-Ye Jiangchuan/Asia-chT 1987/EXT 87ch2 (43)})
18... Qe7 19. Qc2 (19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxa6 cxb4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Nb3 bxc3 (22...
Rxb7 23. Bc5 (23. Nc5 Rbb8 24. Na2 (24. Na6 Ra8 25. Nxb4 (25. Bc5 Be3+ $1 26.
Bxe3 Rxa6 $17) 25... Rfb8 $11) 24... Rb5 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxb4 $14) 23... Qh4
24. g3 (24. Bxf8 Be3+ $1 25. Kh1 Bf4 $17) 24... Qh3 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 $36) 23. Nc5
(23. Bc5 Qh4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 $17) 23... Bc8 24. Qc2 Bd2 $11) 19... h4
20. Rfd1 b6 21. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb1a1,Ga1a3,Gd1a1]} Qg5 (21... h3 $5 22. g3 f5
$132) 22. Bf1 Nf6 {[%cal Yf6h5,Yh5f4]} 23. Ra1 Nh5 24. Ra3 $16 Kg7 (24... Nf4
25. Kh1) 25. Ne2 (25. Qa1 $1 Nxb4 (25... Nf4 26. Kh1 $18) 26. Rxa8 Nc2 27. Qa2
Rxa8 (27... Ne3 28. Rxf8 Nxg2 (28... Nxd1 29. Nxd1 $18) 29. Kh1 $18) 28. Qxc2
$18) 25... f5 26. Qa1 Nxb4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qxa8 Nd3 $1 29. f4 $6 (29. exf5
Nxf2 (29... gxf5 30. Nb1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qe3+ 32. Ke1 Nf4 33. Qa3 $18) 30. Kxf2
Qe3+ 31. Ke1 Nf4 32. Ne4 Nxe2 33. f6+ Kh7 (33... Kf7 34. Rd3 $1 Qxd3 35. Qd8
Qb1+ 36. Kf2 $18) 34. Rd3 $1 Qxd3 35. f7 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 $18) 29... Nhxf4 30. Nxf4
Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 32. Kg1 fxe4 33. Qd8 Bg4 34. Qxc7+ (34. Ra1 Bg5 (34... Qxd2
35. Qe7+ $18) 35. Qxc7+ Kh6 36. Ra7 Kh5 $1 37. h3 (37. Ra2 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qe1
$132) 37... Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Bf5 39. Ra2 Qf2 $132) 34... Qf7 $1 35. Qxf7+ $2 (35.
Qxb6 $1 Bxd1 (35... e3 36. Nf3 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Qxf3 38. Rb1 e2 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40.
Rb8+ Bf8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Qxd6+ Kf7 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Bxe2 Qxe2 45. Qf6+ Ke8
46. Qxg6+ Kd7 $132 {/+/-}) 36. Nxe4 Qf4 37. Nf2 Bc2 38. Qxd6 e4 $132) 35...
Kxf7 36. Re1 Bxd2 37. Rxe4 Bf5 $1 38. Rxh4 (38. Re2 Bc3 $11) 38... Be3+ 39. Kh1
Kg7 $11 40. g4 Bf2 41. Rh3 Bxg4 42. Rb3 e4 43. Kg2 Bd4 44. Kg3 Bh5 45. Kf4 Bf3
46. Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 h5 {A rare continuation,which has not so
good reputation as more common 11...f5.} 12. h3 Nh6 13. f4 exf4 (13... f5 $6
14. fxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Nf3 Nf7 16. c5 f4 17. Bc4 Kh8 (17... g5 $6 18. d6 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gg5]}) 18. b4 Ng8 19. d6 $1 $16 {1-0 Mozetic,D-Ligterink,G/Tilburg 1993/
CBM 39/[Ftacnik] (40)}) 14. Bxf4 f5 ({Another plan-} 14... f6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gh6f7]} 15. Nd3 (15. Nf3 $142 Nf7 16. Nd4 $14) 15... Nf7 16. Kh1 f5 17. Qd2 Bd7
18. Rae1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 $132 {0-1 Kadimova,I-Schmaltz,R/Altensteig 1994/EXT
94 (65)}) 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. Nf3 fxe4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Strong improvement ,which
prove,that this is quite playable for black.} (16... Bd7 17. Ng5 (17. Rae1 $14)
17... Ne5 18. Nb5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gb5d4]} fxe4 19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Nde6 Bxe6 21.
Nxe6 Qh4 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Gladychev-Cimmerman 1994}) (16... c5 $2 {[%csl Gd6,
Ye6]} 17. Rae1 b5 18. cxb5 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 20. Bc4 a6 21. bxa6 Bxa6 22. Bxa6
Rxa6 23. Nc3 Rb6 24. Re6 $16 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Brito,A/Aceimar 1995/EXT 95op2 
(35)}) 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. g4 {The most principal continuation. Smirin very
quickly developing his piecies in the centre and looks, like white has very
good chances to obtain(i also didn't like my position)clear advantage.} (18.
Bd3 c6 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) (18. Rae1 h4 $1 (18... c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. g4
hxg4 21. hxg4 N5h6 $13)) 18... hxg4 19. hxg4 N5h6 (19... Nh4 $2 20. Nfg5 {
[%csl Rh4]} Ne5 21. Bg3 $18) 20. Nfg5 (20. Nh2 Qh4 (20... Qe7 $6 21. Ng5 $1 $36
{[%cal Ga1e1]} (21. Bf3 $140 $2 Nxg4 $1)) (20... Re8 $5) 21. Bg3 Qe7 $1 (21...
Qh3 $2 22. Rf4 $1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge2f1]}) 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 $11)
20... Qe7 (20... Nxg4 $2 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Nfe5 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. e7 $16) 21.
Rae1 Bd7 {Black simply developing their piecies and white hasn't something
special.Black always gets good counterplay and white king also doesn't look
very safe in the future.} 22. Bd1 $6 (22. c5 Rae8 $1 (22... dxc5 $140 $2 23.
Bc4 (23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxc5 Qb6 $17 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 23... Bd4+ 24.
Kg2 Bxg4 25. d6 Qd7 26. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1h6]} Bh5 (26... Nf5 27. Nh7 {[%cal Gh7f6]
} Qc6 28. Bd5 $3 $18) 27. dxc7 $16) (22... Ne5 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25.
dxe6 Nhxg4 26. Qxd6 Rae8 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nc3 $1 $16) 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Ne6 (
24. Bc4 Ne5) 24... Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Bf3 (26. Nc3 Qc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gc8c5]
}) (26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Qxd6 Qe4 {[%cal Gg7d4]} 28. b3 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Kh7 $36)
26... Qxa2 (26... Ne5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 29. Bd5+ $16) (26... Qd7
$5) 27. Nxd6 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Bd5 {[%csl Gg8]} Kh8 31.
Nxf7+ $1 Nxf7 32. Re7 Nd8 33. Bh6 Bd4+ 34. Kg2 Rf2+ 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. g5 Rc3+ 37.
Kf4 Nc6 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Bg8+ Kh8 $11) 22... Ne5 23. b3 $6 {[%mdl 512]} (23.
Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 (24. Bg5 $2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nxc4 $1 26. Qc1 (26. Qb4 Bd4+ 27.
Kg2 Ne3+ 28. Bxe3 Bxd5 $17) 26... Bd4+ 27. Nf2 (27. Kh1 Qh7 $1 {[%csl Rh1]} 28.
Bxh6 Bxd5 $19) (27. Kg2 Ne3+ $1) 27... Bxb2 28. Qxc4 Qxg5 29. dxe6 Be5 30. e7+
Kg7 31. Qxc7 Re8 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh6f5]}) 24... Nhxg4 25. Bb3 {[%cal
Gc4c5]} (25. Qd5 Rae8 $17) 25... b6 $1 $17 (25... Rf5 26. c5 dxc5 27. Bg5 $40))
(23. Nf2 $142 Rae8 24. b3 Nhf7 25. Nge4 c6 $132) 23... Nhxg4 24. c5 Rae8 (24...
Nf6 $2 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Nxd6 $1 $16) (24... dxc5 25. d6 cxd6 26. Nxd6 (26.
Qd5+ Kh8 27. Nxd6 Rxf4 28. Ndf7+ (28. Ngf7+ Kh7 $1) 28... Rxf7 29. Nxf7+ Kh7
30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Nxe5 $44) 26... Rxf4 $5 27. Rxf4 Qxg5 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxg5
Nf2 $36 {[%cal Gf2h3] Very interesting queen sacrifice,it's difficult to
believe,but here black has quite sufficient compensation.}) 25. cxd6 cxd6 26.
Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 d5 $1 {All black piecies starts to play and Smirin decides
to simplify position and the strong pawn on e6 allows to white to hold
equality.} (27... Qxe6 28. Qxd6 $44) 28. Bxg4 $8 (28. Qxd5 Rd8 29. Qc5 (29. Qb5
Nd3 $19 {[%csl Ge1,Gf4,Rg1]}) 29... Qxe6 $17) 28... dxe4 $1 (28... Nxg4 29. Nd6
Rd8 30. Nxb7 $1 (30. Nf7 $16) 30... Qxb7 31. e7 $16) 29. Bxe5 Qc5+ 30. Kg2 Qxe5
$40 31. Qd7 $2 (31. Qe3 $142 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rc8 33. Qf4 $1 Rc2+ 34. Kh1 $11)
31... Bf6 $8 32. Qxb7 e3 $2 $138 (32... Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd8d2][%mdl
128]} 33. Re2 (33. Qxe4 $2 Rd2+ $19) 33... Bh4 $1 {[%cal Ge5g3]} (33... Qg5 34.
Qxe4 (34. Rxe4 $2 Rd2+ $19) 34... Rd4 35. e7 Re8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Re4 Rd2+ {
[%cal Ge8e7]} (37... Rxe7 $2 38. Qxe7+ $1) 38. Rf2 Rxe7 39. Qxf6+ Qxf6 40.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 41. Rxd2 $17) 34. Rg1 (34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 34... Bf2 35. Rxf2 Rxf2+
36. Kxf2 Qf4+ {and black wins easily}) 33. Re2 $11 Re7 34. Qf3 Rh7 35. Qg3
Qxg3+ (35... Qd5+ 36. Qf3 $11) 36. Kxg3 Be5+ (36... Bh4+ 37. Kg2 Bf2 38. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd1d7]}) 37. Kg2 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. g3 h5 13. Nh4 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. Qd2
Kg7 16. f3 Bh3 17. Rf2 g5 18. Ng2 f6 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 exf4 21. gxf4 g4 22.
Re1 f5 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Bd3 Qh4 25. Re3 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. e5 Rf7 28. Bc2
Kg7 29. Nb5 Rd8 30. Nd4 c6 31. Kg3 dxe5 32. Rxe5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Rfd7 34. Rd2 Kf6
35. Ne6 Nxe6 36. Rxe6+ Kg7 37. Re5 Rd6 38. Kh4 Kg6 39. Ba4 Ng8 40. Be8+ Kf6 41.
Rde2 Rxd5 42. Re6+ Kg7 43. Kg5 h4 44. Rb6 Kf8 45. Bg6 R8d7 46. Kxh4 Ne7 47.
Rf6+ Kg7 48. Kg5 Nc6 49. Be8 Nd4 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Bxd7 Nxe2 {[#]
Endspiel-Taktik} 52. Re6 (52. Bxf5 Nd4 (52... g3 53. hxg3 (53. Rd6+ Rxf5+ 54.
Kxf5 gxh2 55. Rd1 Ng3+ 56. Ke6 (56. Kg4 h1=Q 57. Rxh1+ Nxh1 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Kg2
Kf5 60. Kxh1 Kxf4 61. Kg2 Ke3 $19) 56... h1=Q 57. Rxh1+ Nxh1 58. f5 $11 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7]}) 53... Nxg3 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. Rg6+ Kf7 56. Rf6+ Kg7 $11) 53.
Rd6+ Rxf5+ 54. Kxg4 Nb5 (54... Rb5 55. Rxd4 Rxb2 56. a3 $14) 55. Rb6 Nd4 56.
Rxb7+ Kg6 $14) 52... Nd4 53. Re7+ Kg8 54. Kf6 b5 55. b3 b4 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57.
Rf7+ Kg8 58. Re7 Kh8 59. Be6 Nxe6 60. Rxe6 Kh7 61. Kg5 Rd2 62. Re7+ Kg8 63.
Kxf5 Rxh2 64. Kg6 Kf8 65. Re3 Rxa2 66. f5 g3 67. Rxg3 a4 68. bxa4 Rxa4 69. Rh3
Ra1 70. Rh8+ Ke7 71. f6+ Ke6 72. Re8+ Kd5 73. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[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 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bc1 e5 10. O-O (10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bf3 Re8 14. Re1
c6 15. Rb1 a5 16. Bf4 Nh7 $11 {Milov,V-Gabriel,C / Schweiz 1999}) 10... c6 (
10... Qe8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Qe6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Nd5 Nf6 15. Qc2 b6 16. Bb2
Nd7 17. a3 Bb7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-Gallagher,J/Pula 2000/CBM
77/ (31)}) 11. dxe5 (11. h3 exd4 (11... Nf6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 $6 14. cxd5
Nc5 15. Bf1 a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rf8 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. f4 $16 {
Todorovic-Kecskes, Budapest 1995}) 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Re1 (13. Bf4 Re8 14. Bf3
Nd7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nb3 Ned7 20. Qc2 Bf8
21. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Zhu Chen-Tong Yuanming/Beijing 1998/CBM 66 (65)}) 13... Nc5
14. Bf3 Re8 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 g4 20.
hxg4 Nxg4 21. Be3 Nd3 22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Qxd3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc2 25. Qe5 Nxa1 26.
Ne4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Arakhamia,K/Copenhagen 1997/CBM 61/ (29)}) 11... dxe5
12. h3 Nf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Ne8 (14... Be6 $5 15. Rfd1 (15. a3 Nh5) (15.
Nxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Rd4 $132) 15... Nd7 16. a3 Ndc5 17. Rxd8+ (17.
b4 Nb3 18. Rab1 Nd4) (17. Rab1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nb3 $11) 17... Rxd8 18. Rb1 f5
$132) 15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. a3 $14 Nac7 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Na4 $1 b6 20.
b4 Rd8 21. c5 b5 22. Nb2 f6 23. Nb3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Kf7 25. f4 (25. Na5 Bd7 26.
Nd3 Ne6 27. Bb3 Ke7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 $5 $36) 25... exf4 26. Bxf4 Bxb3 27.
Bxb3+ Ke7 28. Nd3 Bg7 (28... h5 29. Bxc7 $5 Nxc7 30. Nf4 g5 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32.
Bd1 a5 (32... h4 33. Bh5 $16) 33. Bxh5 axb4 34. axb4 Na6 35. Ne5+ Kd8 36. Nxc6+
(36. Nd3 $2 Nxb4) 36... Kd7 37. Nd4 Nxb4 38. Bg4+ Ke8 39. c6 $16) 29. Kf2 (29.
g4 $5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 29... a6 30. Ke3 (30. g4) 30... Ne6 31. Bb8 h5 $1 32. Nf4
Bh6 (32... Nxf4 33. Bxf4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re8,Rg7]}) 33. g3 $1 N8c7 34. Bd1
Kd7 35. Kf3 $1 Ng5+ (35... Nxf4 36. gxf4 a5 37. bxa5 $1 Bf8 38. e5 fxe5 39. Bc2
$1 Bxc5 40. Bxg6 exf4 41. Bxh5 $16) (35... Bxf4 36. gxf4 a5 37. bxa5 Na6 38.
Ba7 Nexc5 39. Ke3 $16) 36. Kg2 Nxe4 37. Nxg6 Kc8 38. Bxc7 Kxc7 39. Bxh5 $16 Bc1
40. Bf3 (40. Nf4 Bxa3 41. Nd3 $16 a5 42. Bg6 Nc3 43. h4 Bxb4 44. Nxb4 axb4 45.
h5 $18) 40... Ng5 41. h4 (41. Nf4 Bxa3 42. Nd3 Nf7 43. h4 Ne5 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45.
g4 Bxb4 46. g5 Bxc5 47. Kh3 Kd6 $11) 41... Nf7 42. Ne7 Ne5 43. h5 f5 $1 (43...
Kd7 44. Ng6 Ke6 45. Nxe5 Kxe5 46. Bxc6 f5 47. Bb7 Bxa3 48. h6 $18) 44. Nxf5
Bxa3 $132 45. h6 Bxb4 46. Nd4 (46. h7 $1 Ng6 (46... Nf7 47. Nd4 (47. Nd6 Nh8
48. Ne4 a5 $11) 47... Bxc5 (47... Bc3 48. Nxc6 a5 (48... b4 49. Ne7 $18) 49.
Bd5 Nh8 50. Kf3 a4 51. Ke4 b4 52. Nd4 $16) 48. Ne6+ Kb6 (48... Kd6 $2 49. Nd8
Nh8 50. Nb7+ $18) 49. g4 Be7 (49... a5 50. g5 Nh8 51. Nxc5 Kxc5 52. Be4 $18)
50. g5 Nh8 51. Be4 a5 52. g6 Bf6 53. g7 Bxg7 54. Nxg7 a4 55. Kf3 b4 $132) 47.
Bxc6 (47. Nd4 Bc3 48. Nxc6 b4 {-see game}) 47... Bxc5 48. Be8 Nh8 $14) 46...
Bc3 47. h7 Ng6 48. Nxc6 b4 49. Na5 (49. Be4 b3 50. Kf2 b2 51. Ke2 b1=Q 52. Bxb1
Kxc6 53. Bxg6 Kxc5 $11) 49... Nf8 50. Be4 Ne6 51. Nb3 a5 $11 52. Bf5 a4 53.
Bxe6 axb3 54. Kf3 Kc6 55. Kf4 b2 56. Ba2 (56. Ba2 Kxc5 57. Kf5 Kd6 58. Kg6 Ke7
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Ng4 10. Bg5 (10. Bd2 Na6 11. O-O f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Ne6 $1 Bxe6
14. dxe6 Nxe4 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Rc1 Nac5 17. e7 $16 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Avrukh,B/
Israel 73/662 1998/Inf 73/[Greenfeld,A] (33)}) 10... f6 (10... Qb6 11. O-O f6
12. Bh4 h5 13. Nd2 Nh6 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. f3 Nf7 16. a4 g5 17. Bf2 f5 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Shipov,S-Bezman,V/St.Petersburg 1994/CBM 43 ext (30)})
11. Bh4 h5 (11... Nh6 12. O-O Nf7 13. Ne1 Bh6 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. a4 a5 16. Kh1 b6
17. b4 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Bg5 20. Bg3 axb4 21. Nxb4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qd7 23.
Nc6 Bf4 {0-1 Rey,G-Frias,V/San Francisco 1997/EXT 99 (40)}) (11... Nd7 12. Nd2
Nh6 13. g4 (13. f3 a6 14. a4 Rf7 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. a5 Qe8 17. Na4 f5 18. Nab6 $16
{1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Klinger,J/Wch jr Copenhagen 1982 (38)}) 13... Nf7 14. Qc2 a6
15. a4 Bh6 16. a5 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh8 19. f3 Ng6 20. Na4 b5 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. O-O Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Kg2 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 Qb6 26. Rfa1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sadler,M-Parmentier,X/Hastings 1988/EXT 97 (41)}) (11... g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf5
Bxf5 14. h4 h6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Na6 18. Bd3 e4 19. Be2 Ne8 20.
Nb5 Bg6 21. Bh5 Rf6 22. Bxg6 Rxg6 23. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Volkov,S-Shishkin,V/Minsk
1996/CBM 52 ext (37)}) (11... Qe7 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nc4 Nh6 14. f3 Nf7 15. O-O Bh6
16. a4 $16 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Seeman,T/Tallinn/ Parnu 1998/CBM 66/[Huzman] (35)})
12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nc4 Nh6 14. f3 Nf7 (14... g5 $5 15. Bf2 f5 16. Nb5 $16) 15. O-O
Bd7 16. a4 (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Qb8 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Bf2 Bh6 (18... Nc5 19. b4 Na6
20. Qb3 $16) 19. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb3a3,Ga3d6,Gb5d6,Gc4d6]} Nc5 (19...
Kf8 20. Qa3 Ke7 21. b4 $16 {[%cal Ga1a2,Ga2c2]} Nc7 $140 $2 22. Nbxd6 Nxd6 23.
Nxd6 $18) 20. Qa3 (20. Qb4 b6) 20... a6 $2 (20... b6 21. b4 Bxb5 (21... Nb7 22.
Qb3 $16) 22. axb5 Nd7 23. Ne3 $5 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1c6]} (23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24.
Nxe3 $16)) {[%tqu "En","Is there a tactical way to get decisive advantage?","",
"","b5d6","",10,"b5c3","",0]} 21. Nbxd6 $1 (21. Nc3 $5 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 (22...
axb5 23. Qxa8 Qxa8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. b4 $18) 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Rfe1
$16) 21... Nxd6 {[%tqu "En","Find the most precise move","","","c4b6","",10,
"f2c5","",0]} 22. Nb6 $1 (22. Bxc5 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxa4 (23... b6 24. Bd6) 24.
d6+ Kh8 (24... Kg7 25. Be6 Rc6 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Qxa4 Rxc5 28. Qd7+ Kh8 29. Qf7
$40) 25. Be6 Rc6 26. Bd5 Bb5 (26... Rc8 27. Be3 $1 $18) 27. Rfd1 $16) 22... Bf8
(22... Ncxe4 23. fxe4 Qc7 24. Be3 $1 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 $18) 23. b4 $1 Ncxe4 24.
fxe4 Be8 (24... Nxe4 25. Nxd7 Rc3 26. Nxf6+ $18) (24... Rd8 25. Qe3 $18) 25.
Qf3 Be7 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. Bc5 $18 Qb8 28. a5 (28. Qh3 $5) 28... Qc7 29. Rac1
Qd7 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Qe3 Bf7 32. Bb6 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qa4 34. Bc5 g5 35. Qf2 Qd7
36. Qc2 h4 37. h3 Bg6 38. Bb6 Kh6 39. Qc7 Qe8 40. Bc5 Qf8 41. Rf1 (41. Bxd6
Bxd6 42. Qxb7 Bxb4 43. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kasimdzhanov. Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 {'?!' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'a dubious line, chosen due
to tournament situation'} 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Bxg4
fxg4 13. Be3 g5 {This variation has bad reputation. Therefore readiness of
Kasimdzanov to play that is surprise, unless he knows something. Most of
opening results of the games played this variation was in White's favour, see
below.} 14. c5 (14. f3 gxf3 15. Rxf3 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 b6 (16... Ng6 17. g3 Nf8 18.
Ng2 $14 {1-0 Stojanovic,M-Poluljahov,A/Tivat 1995/EXT 2000 (102)}) 17. a4 Ng6
18. g3 Bd7 19. Ng2 Qc8 20. Bd2 Bg4 21. Qd3 Bh3 22. Nd1 a5 23. Nge3 Qe8 24. Nf2
Bd7 25. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,M-Szuk,B/Zagan 1995/EXT 97 (65)}) 14... Ng6
{Plans of sides are clear: White develops activity on the queenside, Black
prepares an Attack on the kingside.} (14... dxc5 {after this move White had to
sacrifice an exchange.} 15. Bxc5 b6 16. Ba3 Ba6 17. Qxg4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rf7 19.
Nc2 c5 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. g3 Qf6 22. Rd2 Bf8 23. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Gross,S-Salai,L/
Brno 1990/EXT 97 (40)}) 15. Rc1 ({White has a lot of strong moves herel:} 15.
a4 a6 16. b4 Qe7 17. Nd3 Nf4 18. Nb2 h5 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Rc1 Rf7 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. Nb6 Raf8 23. Nb1 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York 1994/CBM
41 ext (55)}) ({Or} 15. b4 Nh4 (15... Rf7 16. a4 Bf8 17. a5 a6 18. Nc2 Bd7 19.
Na3 Nf4 20. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Hernandez,G/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (40)
}) 16. a4 Rf4 17. Rc1 Qe8 18. cxd6 Qh5 19. dxc7 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 gxf3 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. d6 $18 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Link,M/Reykjavik 1994/CBM 39 ext (29)}) ({Or} 
15. g3 Nf4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bd2 f3 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. a4 a6 21. Nb1
b5 22. Bb4 Rf4 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. b3 Qh4 26. Kh1 a5 27. Ba3 b4 28. Bb2
Be7 29. Nc4 Rg7 30. Rg1 $18 (30. Qe1 $4 Rg5 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg5h5] 0-1
Eriksson,A-Petersen,S/Copenhagen 1997/EXT 2000 (33)})) (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4
Rf7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Nc4 $14 (19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Ba7 {
1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Nunn,J/Hamburg GER 2002/The Week in Chess 419 (21)}))
15... Rf7 (15... Qe8 16. a4 a6 17. Nc2 Nf4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Na3 Qg6 20. Nc4 {
This N route is standard in this type of position.} Rb8 (20... Bd7 21. Nb6 Rad8
22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxg4 $18 {1-0 Akesson,R-Meessen,R/Leuven 1998/EXT 99 (42)})
21. Nb6 h5 22. a5 $16) 16. cxd6 {'N' Kasimdzhanov. Ftacnik: 'Very interesting
system, since white courageously exchanged the knight on g4. His chances on
the queenside have thus been improved, but on the other flank black's
counterplay is quite dangerous.'} (16. Nb5 $1 Nf4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qc2 Bf8 19.
Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ne6 Qe8 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 23. g3 $16 {Santos,L-Kopilov,I,
corr Wch-13, 1994}) (16. b4 Bf8 17. a4 a5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. b5 b6 20. Ne2 Rb8
21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Nd3 h5 23. Nb2 h4 24. Nf5 Rxf5 (24... Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxf5 (25...
Qf6 26. Qxg4 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]
[%cal Gc1c6]}) 26. Qxg4 Qf6 27. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Gc1c6]}) 25. exf5
Bxf5 26. Rc6 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] 1-0 Giorgadze,G-Martinez Martin,D/Mondariz
Balneario 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) (16. Qb3 Nf4 17. Qc4 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc2
Rc7 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Nb5 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Qd7 23. a4 Rf8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Bd2 Be7
26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Parker,J-Forster,R/Singapore 1990/EXT 97 (44)}) (
16. f3 $6 {Not the best move...} gxf3 17. Nxf3 Bf8 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Nd2 Nf4
20. g3 Bh3 21. Rf2 Qd7 22. Nf3 (22. Qb3 b6 23. Nb5 Qg4 24. Re1 Raf8 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gh6h5] with dangerous Attack.}) 22... Ng6 23. Nd2 Nf4 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. Nd2
{1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Buenermann,V/Giessen 1993/GER (25)}) (16. a4 Bf8 17. cxd6 (
17. b4 $14 {Kasimdzhanov}) 17... Bxd6 18. g3 a6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. a5 Rg7 21. Na4
Nf4 22. Nac5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe8 24. Rc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,M-Shaplyko,A/
Zagan 1995/EXT 97 (51)}) 16... cxd6 17. a4 Bf8 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. b3 $5 {'!'
Kasimdzhanov. Not in the spirit of the position.} (19. Qb3 $142 Nf4 {[%cal
Gf4e2]} 20. Kh1 Qa5 21. Nc3 Rb8 22. Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2a3,Ga3c4]}) (19. Nxa7 {
Ftacnik} Qa5 20. Nb5 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. Nc3 Ra8 $11 (22... Rc4 $11 {
Kasimdzhanov})) (19. Nc7 {Kasimdzhanov} Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22.
Nd3 Nf4 $8 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Rc1 Qg7 $13) 19... Nf4 (19... a6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nc7
Rc8 21. Ne6 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nd3 $14) 20. Nd3
$6 {'?' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'this makes things rather unclear. White
could have obtained an advantage by'} ({Strong was} 20. Nxa7 $1 Qa5 21. Nb5
Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 {[%cal Gf4e2]} (22... h5 {Kasimdzhanov} 23. f3 $1 (23. b6 {
Kasimdzhanov} Qb5 24. Rc4 Ra3 $13) 23... Qxb5 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. fxg4 $16) 23.
Rc4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gd1g4]} (23. Bxf4 {Ftacnik} Rxf4 (23... exf4 {Ftacnik} 24.
Qxg4 Qxb3 25. h4 $16) 24. Rc4 Ra3 (24... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 25. Nd3 Ra3 26. Rc3 $16)
25. Nd3 Rxb3 26. Nxf4 Qxc4 27. Nh5 $16) 23... Qd7 24. Ra4 $14) 20... Bxb5 {
'!' Kasimdzhanov.} 21. axb5 Qd7 22. Nb2 $2 $17 {Bad P sacrifice.} ({Why not} 
22. b6 axb6 23. Rc3 Ra2 (23... b5 {Kasimdzhanov} 24. Qc2 $44) 24. Rc2 Ra6 25.
Qd2 Qb5 26. Rc3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Ra2 28. Qxa2 Qxd3 $132) 22... Qxb5 23. Nc4 h5 24.
Ra1 a6 {Kasimdzhanov: 'in fact, white has a very reasonable compensation for a
pawn'} 25. f3 {'?' Ftacnik. '?!' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'but this gives
black objects of counetrplay' Ftacnik: 'Strategically faulty solution,
Sasikiran is opening up the f file for black pieces. White had to concentrate
on the occupation of the open c file.'} (25. Ra5 {Ftacnik} Qe8 (25... Qd7 {
Kasimdzhanov} 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Ra2 Re8 28. Rc2 Qe7 29. Qd2 Qf6 $13) 26. Nb6 Rd8
27. Qc2 $14) 25... gxf3 26. Rxf3 g4 27. Rf1 (27. Rf2 Be7 $17) 27... Be7 28. Ra5
{'?' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'a blunder. Correct was'} (28. Ra2 $5 {Ftacnik
} Raf8 29. Raf2 $11) (28. Bxf4 {(Kasimdzhanov) though black should be better
after} Rxf4 $1 (28... exf4 {Kasimdzhanov} 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5 Rf5 31. Nxg4
Rxd5 32. Qe1 Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Rd6 34. Rxf4 $1 $40) (28... Raf8 {Kasimdzhanov} 29.
Ne3 Rxf4 30. Nf5 Qxf1+ (30... R8xf5 {Kasimdzhanov} 31. exf5 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qxd5
33. Kh1 Kg7 $13) 31. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 $44) 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Kh1 (30. e5 {
Kasimdzhanov} dxe5 31. Qb1 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Qe8 33. Qe4 Rd8 34. Rd1 Bd4 $17) 30...
Rf8 31. Qd3 $15 f3 32. e5 Qe8 33. Nxd6 Bxd6 34. exd6) 28... Qd7 {'?'
Kasimdzhanov.} (28... Qxb3 $1 $19 {(Kasimdzhanov) was faster}) 29. Nb6 (29. Ra2
Raf8 30. Kh1 (30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 $17) 30... Bg5 (30... Bd8 $17 {
Kasimdzhanov}) 31. Raf2 b5 32. Nb6 Qb7 $17 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf4h3]}) 29... Qc7
30. Ra1 Raf8 31. Rc1 $2 $19 {Decisive mistake.} ({More stubborn was} 31. Qd2
$142 Bg5 32. Nc4 b5 33. Nb2 Qc3 $1 $17) 31... Bg5 $1 {'!!' Kasimdzhanov.
Kasimdzhanov: 'a very nice move to make. Now all the black's pieces start to
cooperate, and it spells the end'} ({Avoiding interesting trap:} 31... Nh3+ $4
32. gxh3 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 $18 {[%csl Rc7] and black Q can't run
away.}) 32. Qd2 (32. Rxc7 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Bxe3+ $19) 32... Qe7 {'-+'
Kasimdzhanov.} (32... Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Nh3+ 34. gxh3 Bxd2 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rc2
Bb4 $17) 33. Rfe1 Qf6 34. Rc8 $6 {Kasimdzhanov: 'this shortens the agony.
White's position was beyond salvation.'} (34. Nc4 h4 $19 {[%cal Gh4h3]}) (34.
Kh1 {Kasimdzhanov} Qg6 35. Rc4 h4 $19) 34... Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 exd4 10. Nxd4 f5 11. Bxg4 ({Badly is} 11. exf5 $2 {in veiw of} Nxf2 (
11... gxf5 $2 12. Bf4 $14 (12. O-O $2 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Bxd4 15. Nb5 (
15. Qd3 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Strejcek,P-Goldobin,T/Plzen 1998/EXT 2000 (29)}) 15... Bb6
16. Qd5+ Kg7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qe5+ Qf6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Nxc7 $44)) 12. Kxf2 Qh4+
13. g3 Qxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Kg2 Bxf5 $17 {0-1 Iskusnyh,S-Sudakova,I/St
Petersburg 2002/CBM 86 ext (51)}) (11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exf5 gxf5 14.
h3 Nf6 15. Bf3 {-see commented ame 0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G/Wijk aan Zee
1994/CBM 39 [Belov](36)}) 11... fxg4 12. Be3 c6 $5 $132 {Not bad novelty.} (
12... Nc6 {This move leads to position's simplification by} 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Bd4 Be6 (14... Bh6 15. O-O Be6 16. c5 Rb8 17. Qa4 Rxb2 18. Qxc6 Rb4
19. Rad1 Rc4 20. Nd5 Bd7 21. Qb7 $16 (21. Nf6+ $4 Qxf6 {0-1 Greenfeld,A-Nedev,
T/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (21)})) 15. O-O Rb8 16. b3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18.
Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ayupov,D-Solovjov,S/St Petersburg 2002/CBM 86 ext (62)})
13... Bd7 14. O-O Ne5 15. b3 Qh4 16. Kh1 Rf7 17. Nde2 h6 18. Ng3 Raf8 19. Rac1
Nc6 $11 {1-0 Donner,J-Medina Garcia,A/Buesum 1968/EXT 2002 (36)}) 13. Qd2 Re8
14. Nde2 $6 $15 (14. O-O Nd7 15. Rad1 $132 (15. b3 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Re4]})) 14...
Nd7 15. Rd1 (15. Qxd6 Ne5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. b3 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Be6 $44 {[%csl Rf1]
}) 15... Ne5 16. b3 Qa5 17. Nd4 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] Black caught an initiative
and wants to open the game for his pair of BB.} 18. O-O b5 19. cxb5 $6 $17 (19.
Nde2 $142 Bf8 $15 (19... bxc4 20. Qxd6 cxb3 21. axb3 Be6 22. Ra1 Qd8 $15) (
19... b4 20. Kh1 (20. Nb1 Nf7 21. a3 Rb8 22. Ng3 Be6 $15))) 19... axb5 20. a4
b4 $6 $15 ({Better was} 20... bxa4 $1 21. Nxa4 c5 22. Ne2 Nf7 $17 {[%csl Rb3]})
21. Na2 {[%csl Ra2]} ({Why not} 21. Nce2 Bb7 22. Nf4 Nf7 23. f3 gxf3 24. gxf3
$15) 21... Ba6 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Nc6 $8 Nxc6 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qxc6 Be5 26. Rxd6 {
White had to sacrifice an exchange.} ({In case of} 26. Rd5 {Black leaves with
advantage:} Rac8 27. Qd7 (27. Rxe5 Rxc6 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. e5 dxe5
(30... d5 31. e6 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Rg8][%cal Ge3g5]}) 31. Rxe5 Rc8 $17) 27... Qc7
28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. f4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Bb7 31. Rdd1 Rf7 $17) 26... Bb7 ({Or} 26...
Bxd6 27. Qxd6 Rad8 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxe4 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Bxb4 Rd3 32. Rb1
$44) 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 $2 $19 {Serious
mistake. Now position of White became helpless.} ({It was necessary to play} 
30. Bxb4 Rd8 31. Ra1 Rd3 32. Ba5 Kg8 (32... Rxb3 33. Nc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb3,Rh8]
}) 33. Nc3 $15) 30... Bxe4 31. Nxb4 Rd8 32. Be5+ Kg8 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd8d1]}
33. h3 (33. Kf1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Nd3 Rxb3 36. Nc5 Rb4 37. a5 Bxg2 $19)
33... gxh3 34. gxh3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Rb1 37. Kf4 (37. Na6 Rxb3+ $19)
37... Rxb3 38. Na6 Bc6 39. h4 (39. a5 Rf3+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kh4 Kh7 $19) 39...
Rf3+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. d5 {
The practice clearly shows,that black has no opening problems after this
continuation and the present game once again proves this evaluation.} (8. O-O {
is much more popular alternative}) 8... Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 c5 ({
Also good} 11... Qe8 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 $6 (13. O-O $142) 13... hxg4 14. hxg4
Qe7 15. a3 c5 (15... Nf7 16. Qc2 Bh6 17. O-O-O c5 18. Kb1 Kg7 19. Bg3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Cramling,P/Cordoba 1995/EXT 2000 (30)}) 16. Nf1 Nf7 17. Ne3
Bh6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. O-O-O Nc7 20. Kb1 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb7b5] with clear edge for
black 0-1 Simeonidis,I-Avrukh,B/Athens GRE 2003/The Week in Chess 461 (29)})
12. a3 (12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 (13. O-O $142) 13... hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Qc2 Nb4 (
15... Bh6 $142) 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. O-O-O Kg7 18. Kb1 Bf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Frog,
I-Shchekachev,A/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (41)}) 12... Qe8 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 $2 {
Strategically very risky decision and in my opinion simply bad in this
concrete situation.White is losing control under black's squares on the
kingside(f4 and g5) and soon white's pawns on the kingside may be transformed
into a target for attack.} (14. O-O $142 Qe7 15. Bg3 {with very complicated
play} (15. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]})) 14... hxg4 15. hxg4 Nf7 {In my opinion
black has already  slightly better chances.He has a very clear plan of
developing his initiative on both sides:first Qe7,Bh6,Rh8 etc..and when white
will castle queen side to make a preparation for the b7-b5 advance with Nc7,
Bd7,a6,and Rb8;on the other hand white has almost no play .} 16. Qb3 $2 {
White is looking for possibilities to create some activity on the kingside,
however this appears to be a wrong strategy.} (16. Qc2 $142 {White should
better regroup his forces trying to find the most solid defensive set-up and
take some prophylactic measures against black's idea of b7-b5.} Qe7 17. O-O-O
Bh6 18. Kb1 Nc7 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. Rh2 Bd7 21. Rdh1 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 22. Nb3 b5
$140 23. Na5 $1) 16... Qe7 17. Nd1 {Following the wrong idea} (17. O-O-O $142)
17... Bh6 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Ne3 Rh8 20. Qg2 Bd7 21. O-O-O Nc7 {Now it becomes
clear,that white has achieved nothing,his queen poorely placed on g2 and b5-
advance will be fatal for white.} 22. Rdg1 Bf4 ({Also strong was} 22... b5 {
straightaway}) 23. Kb1 Ng5 24. Bxg5 (24. Bg3 b5 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rh1 Rxh1+ 27.
Qxh1 bxc4 28. Ndxc4 Nb5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb5d4] and it is not much fun either,
although it was probably preferable to the text}) 24... fxg5 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26.
Rh1 Rxh1+ 27. Qxh1 Bxe3 $1 28. fxe3 Ne8 $1 {[%csl Ge4,Gg4][%cal Ge8f6] The
point of black's previous move,despite losing the bishop pair,black gets a
stable advantage.White will be tied up with the defence of e4 and g4-pawns.}
29. Nf1 (29. b3 Nf6 30. Qh3 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8h8]}) 29... Nf6 30. Nh2 Qd8 31.
Bf3 Qh8 32. Qg1 Ba4 $1 33. b4 {Only helps black to open the play on the
queenside,but it was difficult to give an advice.} (33. Ka2 Bc2 34. Qg2 Bd3 $1
35. b3 Qh4 36. Kb2 $140 Qe1 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb2]}) 33... b5 $1 $19 34. Kb2 (34.
bxc5 bxc4 35. c6 c3 36. Ka1 c2 $19) (34. cxb5 cxb4 35. axb4 Qb8 $19) 34... bxc4
35. Kc3 cxb4+ 36. axb4 a5 $1 37. bxa5 Qb8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 36864]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 ({Another possibility here is:} 9. Bc1) 9... g5 10.
Bg3 Nh6 {That is a very fashionable system nowadays.} 11. d5 {In my opinion
this is the most ambitious way to fight for an advantage.} ({The alternatives
are:} 11. h3) ({and} 11. dxe5) 11... f5 {Teimour comes with a little surprise!}
({I have mainly expected:} 11... Nd7 {--> see comments to 1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Radjabov,T/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/[Avrukh,B]}) 12. exf5 g4 (12... Nxf5 13. h4
Nxg3 14. fxg3 gxh4 15. Bd3 e4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Rxh4 $36 {1-0 Markus,R-Miljanic,
B/Budva SCG 2004/The Week in Chess 514 (27)}) 13. Nd2 Bxf5 14. Nf1 {This
manoevre is white's latest attempt to get an advantage - white is going to put
strong pressure on black's Pg4.} ({Nothing special promises:} 14. Nde4 Nd7 15.
Bd3 Kh8 16. O-O a5 17. Qe1 Bg6 18. Qe2 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Gofshtein,L-Kasimdzhanov,
R/Hoogeveen 1999/EXT 2000 (43)}) 14... Nd7 15. Ne3 e4 {Black must play very
energetically in order to activate his pieces.} ({The alternative here is:} 
15... Nc5 {see comments to-->Huzman,A-Avrukh,B/ Pula zt 200 [Huzman]}) 16. O-O
Nc5 17. Rc1 $146 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc4c5] Protecting the knight and intending to
advance the queen-side pawns by b2-b4 and c4-c5.} ({The alternatives are:} 17.
Qd2 Qg5 18. Rad1 a6 (18... a5 19. Nb5 $36) 19. b4 Nd7 20. c5 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5
22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxh6 Bxc3 24. cxd6 Rf6 25. Qh4 cxd6 26. Bxg4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Huzman,A-Sidorenko,I/Ramat Aviv ISR 2004/The Week in Chess 516 (32)}) ({
An immediate tackle gives black full compensation for the pawn:} 17. Nxg4 Bxg4
18. Bxg4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qf6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Markus,R-Djukic,N/Herceg Novi SCG 2005
(25)}) 17... a5 {Securing the statement of Nc5.} ({Deserved serious attention:
} 17... Bg6 $5 {keeping the important bishop on board} 18. Bxg4 ({Dubious is:} 
18. b4 $6 Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. c5 Qd7 $15 21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Qf7 $36) ({
But interesting is also:} 18. Nxg4 $5 Nf5 19. Bf4) 18... Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Nd3 20.
Rc2 Qc8 21. Qe6+ Kh8 $1 $44 {and black has some compensation for the pawn due
to the power of his bishops.} ({Only not} 21... Qxe6 $2 22. dxe6 $16 {[%cal
Gc3d5]})) 18. Nxg4 {Finally I took the pawn, as it's the only way to fight for
an initiative.} ({I didn't like:} 18. Nxf5 $140 $6 Nxf5 19. Bxg4 Nxg3 20. hxg3
Qg5 $44 {and black has full compensation for a pawn.}) 18... Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qg5
{Activating the queen and connecting the rooks.} ({Comes to consideration also:
} 19... Bg6 $5) 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 {That is the most energetical way - black
intents to double the rooks along the f-file.} ({After} 20... Qxf5 $6 21. Rc2 {
[%cal Gc2e2,Gc3b5]} Nd3 22. Re2 $16 {white consolidates the position keeping a
heavy extra pawn.}) 21. Qc2 {I wanted to connect my rooks as soon as possible.}
({Too slow is:} 21. Rc2 {sending the rook towards e2} h5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Re1 Re8
$44) 21... e3 (21... Re8 22. Rce1 e3 23. Nb5 exf2+ 24. Bxf2 $16) 22. Rce1 {
Intending to force the matters.} ({Black should be O.K after} 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ (
22... Qxe3+ $2 23. Bf2 Qd3 24. Rfd1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 $16) 23. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1
Re8 $44 (24... Qd3 $5 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Nb5 Nxb2 27. Nxc7 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8
$11)) ({But it deserved attention} 22. Nb5 $5 {keeping control of the d4-spot:}
Raf8 23. Rce1 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Bxf2 Be5 $14 {although black has some
compensation here.}) 22... exf2+ ({Now after} 22... Raf8 $6 23. f4 $1 (23. Rxe3
$6 Qxe3 24. Qxf5 Qd4 25. Qc2 Qxc4 $44) (23. Nb5 R5f7) 23... Qg6 24. Rf3 $16 {
white is able to neutralize black's activity.}) 23. Bxf2 Raf8 {Now black's
pressure along the f-file is quite unpleasant, so I wanted to simplify the
position even at cost of loosing a pawn.} 24. Ne4 ({After} 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25.
Rxf5 Rxf5 $14 {it's very hard to convert the extra pawn to a full point.}) (24.
Qe2 $5) 24... Nxe4 ({Deserved attention also:} 24... Qg6 25. Nxc5 (25. Ng3 Rxf2
26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Nd3 $11) (25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxf5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxf5 $14)
25... dxc5 26. Re3 $14 {[%cal Ge3f3,Ge3g3] although white maintains some edge
here.}) 25. Qxe4 (25. Rxe4 Be5 $44) 25... Be5 $1 {I have underestimated this
strong move. Now white should be careful.} ({I have expected only:} 25... Bxb2
26. Be3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $14 {with a risk-free advantage.}) 26.
Be3 ({Nothing gives also:} 26. Bh4 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qc1+ 29. Be1
Qxb2 $11) ({or} 26. g3 Qf6 $44 {[%csl Rf1,Rf2]} (26... Bxb2 27. Be3 Rxf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 $14)) 26... Rxf1+ $2 $138 {This was played very quickly.
At the same time, it's a serious mistake which leads to a very hard endgame.} (
{Black could equalize by:} 26... Qh5 $1 27. Rxf5 (27. g3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+
29. Kxf1 Qxh2 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kg6 $11) (27. h3 Rxf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxf1 30. Qe6+ Rf7 (30... Qf7 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7 Re1 33.
Qa7 $14) 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Bd4+ Kh6 $132) 27... Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Rxf5 29. g4 Qh4
30. Qxf5 Bf4+ 31. Kg2 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qh5 29. h3
$16 Bxb2 $2 {Tje decisive mistake which allows white to trade queens.} ({
Black could keep some practical drawish chances after:} 29... a4 30. Qc2 Qf7+
31. Ke2 Qe8 $16) 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qd7+ Qf7+ (31... Kf6 32. Qd8+ $18) 32. Qxf7+
Kxf7 33. a4 $18 {Fixing black's queen-side pawns at the dark squares. Now the
endgame is winning from a technical point of view.} Kf6 (33... c6 34. dxc6 bxc6
35. Bd2 $18) 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Kd3 h5 36. Bd2 {Forcing black's next move.} b6 {
Now black's queen-side pawn majority isn't significant at all!} 37. Ke3 Bf6 38.
Kf3 {[%cal Gg2g4] Intending to advance the g-pawn.} Kg6 ({Hopeless would be
also:} 38... h4 39. Be1 Bg5 40. g3 hxg3 41. Bxg3 Be7 42. h4 Bf6 43. Bf2 Be7 44.
h5 Kg5 (44... Bg5 45. Be3 Bxe3 46. Kxe3 Kg5 47. Ke4 Kxh5 48. Kf5 $18) 45. Ke4
Kxh5 46. Kf5 $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf5e6,Ge6d7]}) 39. g4 Bh4 40. gxh5+ Kxh5 41.
Ke4 ({Even simpler would be:} 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Kf4 Bg5+ (42... Kg6 43. Kg4 $18)
43. Ke4 $18) 41... Kg6 42. Bf4 Bf6 43. Bg3 Kg5 ({or} 43... Bd8 44. h4 $18 {
[%cal Gh4h5]}) 44. c5 $1 {A decisive breakthrough which kills all black's
hopes.} dxc5 ({After} 44... bxc5 45. Be1 $18 {the Pa5 falls, so white's passed
Pa4 will decide the game.}) (44... Be7 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Kd4 Kf5 47. Kc4 Ke4
48. Bf2 Bd8 49. h4 Kf3 50. Bd4 Bxh4 51. Bxb6 Be1 52. Kb5 Ke4 53. Bxa5 $18) 45.
Bxc7 b5 46. axb5 a4 47. d6 ({Good enough was also:} 47. Bf4+ Kh4 48. Bc1 Bd8
49. Ba3 Bb6 50. d6 Kxh3 51. Kd5 $18) 47... a3 48. d7 a2 (48... Kg6 49. Be5 $18)
49. Be5 {Neutralising black's counterplay. The rest is just an agony, as
white's position is completely winning.} Bd8 (49... Bxe5 50. d8=Q+ Kh6 (50...
Bf6 51. Qg8+ $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gg8a2]}) 51. Qd2+ $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd2a2]
}) 50. Kd5 Kf5 51. Ba1 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
c6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 9. f3 Re8 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14.
Qd2 Be5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Gh5g7]} 15. g3 Ng7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg7f5,Gg7e6] A
well-known line, in which very tough positions arise. The main issues are the
weakness on d5 and the blockade on d4.} (15... Bh3 {A senseless move since it
forces the rook to a more active square, while the bishop will stay on h3 out
of play.} 16. Rfe1 $1 Ng7 17. Rad1 $1 $146 Rc8 18. Ndb5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]
Kasparov,G-Carlsen,M Rapid Reykjavik rapid 2004/CBM100[Avrukh,B].}) 16. Rfd1
Be6 {The key-position of the line has arosen. Black has just completed
development and now wants to challenge the centre. One of the ideas is a
double exchange on d4 followed by Nf5.} (16... Ne6 {is the main alternative.})
17. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Rc6] The most logical continuation, which however wasn't yet
tested on the GM level. White pins the knight on c6 and thus reduces pressure
on the centre.} ({Other options are} 17. Nxe6) (17. Bf1 {Black equalized
without problems realizing his main idea, although White's help was essential.}
Bxd4 (17... Qe7 $5) (17... Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nb5 Be7 21. Rac1
$14 {Sasikiran,K-Ramaswamy,M, Hyderabad, 2000/ CBM79.[Huzman].}) 18. Bxd4 Nxd4
19. Qxd4 Nf5 20. Qf2 d4 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nxd4 {This makes Black's task easier.}
(22. g4 $5 {would be a real test of Black's idea.}) 22... Qxc5 23. Nxe6 Qxf2+
24. Kxf2 Rxe6 25. Rd7 Rd6 (25... Rc8 $5) 26. Rxd6 (26. Rd1 $5) 26... Nxd6 27.
Rd1 Rd8 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Ke3 Rc8 $11 {Kruppa,Y-Volokitin,A/
Halkidiki GRE 2002.}) (17. Ncb5 {[%csl Gd4] taking an additional control of
the d4-square makes sense.} Qd7 (17... Bh3 $5) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Bf6 $14 {
Halkias,S-El Arousy,A/Tanta City EGY 2002.}) ({The straightforward} 17. f4 {
proved to be insufficient for getting advantage, although White's play can
possibly be improved.} Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf5 19. Bf2 d4 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Bd3 (21.
Bf3 $5) 21... a6 $1 22. Bxf5 axb5 23. Be4 ({In case of} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxd4
Red8 25. Qf2 Rxa2 {Black is at least not worse.}) 23... Qxc5 (23... Bg4 $5 24.
Re1 Qxc5 $11) 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. Bxb7
$11 {Gelfand,B-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996.}) 17... Qd7 {[%cal Ga8d8]
Radjabov connects the rooks and prepares strengthening of the centre by means
of Rad8.} ({In the only preceding game Black protected the knight by means of} 
17... Rc8 18. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 19. Rac1 Bd7 (19... a5 $5) 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 $6 (21.
Nxe6 $5 Bxe6 22. Bd4 $14) 21... Ng5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg5h3] 1-0 Gutov,
A-Ershova,S/Omsk/Perm 1998.}) 18. Rac1 {Bringing the last piece into play.} ({
The regrouping of rooks} 18. Re1 Bh3 19. Rad1 {deserves attention although it
doesn't looks consistent after 16.Rfd1.}) (18. Nxe6 {strengthening Black's
centre doesn't seem to be dangerous for Black.} fxe6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Ne4 Be7 {
and Black is pretty solid. 1/2-1/2 Markus,R-Nataf,I/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT
2006.}) 18... a6 {Forcing White to determine a diagonal for the bishop.} 19.
Ba4 {White decides to keep the knight c6 pinned.} Rad8 20. b4 {Now he
strengthens his position on the queenside.} Bh3 $1 {Preparing Nf5 or maybe
just waiting.} 21. Qh6 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd4c6]} (21. Re1 $5 {was interesting
preparing to meet} Nf5 {with} 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Qh6 {although an
exchange sacrifice} Bxg4 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf4 Rf5 27. Qxg4 Ne6 28. Bg3 Rh5 $1
{with the idea of f5 promises counterplay.}) 21... Be6 $1 {Preventing a series
of exchanges on c6 with Qxh3 to follow.} 22. a3 {Ivanchuk stabilizes his
position on the queenside.} (22. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5] with the idea of Ng5 looks
dangerous for Black, but somehow the latter saves his skin} Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5
24. Ng5 ({I believe that after} 24. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 25. Nd6 $1 Re7 26. Bd4 f6 $14
{White is slightly better thanks to his strong knight on d6.}) 24... f6 25.
Rxd5 Qxd5 $1 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bb3 ({White can force a draw with} 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Qh7+) 27... fxg5 28. Bxd5 Rd7 $1 (28... Rxd5 29. Qxb7 $16 {is dangerous
for Black.}) 29. Qg8+ (29. Qh6+ Bg7 30. Qxg5 Rxd5 $17) 29... Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd8 {
[%csl Rf7] Suddenly the queen is traped on f7.} 31. Rd1 $1 Rxf7 32. Bxf7+ Ke7
33. Bxe8 Kxe8 {and Black is at least not worse.}) 22... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Ge5d4]
Black prepares exchanges on d4 followed by Nf5. So} 23. Qg5 Qc7 {[%csl Ge5]
Protecting the bishop on e5.} 24. Qd2 (24. f4 {deserved attention.} Bxd4 (24...
f6 25. Nxe6) 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rf8 {with the idea of f6 and Nf5 to follow.
} 27. Qf6 $1 $14 (27. g4 f6 28. Qh4 g5 $1 {creating counterplay.}) {with the
idea} 27... Nh5 28. Qe5 $1 (28. Qh4 Ng7 29. Bc2 (29. Qf6 $5) 29... b6 $1 30.
Na4 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Bf5 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 28... Qxe5 29. fxe5 f6 30. Re1
$14) 24... Rf8 $1 {Unpinning the knight on c6.} 25. Bc2 (25. Nce2 $5 {
Supporting the knight on d4 was logical.}) 25... Bc8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg7e6]
Black prepares an exchange of the blocking knight by means of Ne6.} 26. Bb3 Ne6
$1 {Black has completed a nice regrouping of pieces.} 27. Nde2 $6 {I believe
White had to keep the d-pawn blocked.} (27. Nce2 {With a firm blockade on d4
was much safer.}) (27. Nc2 $6 d4 28. Nd5 Qb8 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Re4 Nc7 $1 {
With a good position.}) 27... d4 {Finally the d-pawn goes forward.} 28. Nd5 Qb8
{Black is ready to exchange the knight on d5 by means of Nc7 which will open a
way to the d-pawn.} 29. f4 (29. a4 {leads to equality after} Nc7 30. Nxc7 Qxc7
31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 d3 33. bxc6 dxe2 34. Qxe2 bxc6 $11) 29... Bg7 30. Qd3 $2 {
This is already a serious mistake. We all know that queen is a bad blocker,
but even the top players forget about it.} ({Now} 30. a4 {is strongly met by}
Nc7 31. Nxc7 Qxc7 32. b5 Bh3 $3 {and the knight on c6 is untouchable in view
of the weakness of light squares.}) (30. Qa2 $1 {Preventing} Nc7 $2 {Now it
doesn't work in view of} 31. Nxd4 $16 {and the knight on d5 is protected.})
30... Nc7 $1 31. Nb6 $2 {Something had definitely affected Ivanchuk's play at
this stage of the game, probably time-trouble.} ({After the correct} 31. Qf3
Be6 32. Nb6 Bxb3 33. Qxb3 Rfe8 34. Qf3 {White is still not worse.}) 31... Bf5
$17 {[%csl Gd4] Now the d-pawn will be unstoppable.} 32. Qd2 (32. Qf3 {would
be a tougher defense, although White is already in trouble anyway.} d3 33. g4
dxe2 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Qd3 Nxb3 37. Qxb3 Qd2 38. Re1 Bd4 39. Kg2
Bxf2 40. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 41. Kg2 Re8 $19) 32... d3 {Each step forward of the d-pawn
increases Black's advantage.} 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 35. Kg2 Rfe8 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gd4e3] Creating a threat of Be3.} 36. Re1 Bxc3 37. Qxc3 Be4+ 38. Kf2 ({
The immediate} 38. Rxe4 {doesn't change much.} Rxe4 39. Rd1 Rdd4 $1 {Preparing
Qd8 and preventing} 40. Rxd3 $2 {, which loses to} Re2+ $1 41. Kf1 Nb5 $19)
38... d2 {Third step forward and White has to give up an exchange.} 39. Rxe4
Rxe4 40. Rd1 Red4 41. Bc4 ({or} 41. Nc4 Nb5 42. Qb2 Rxf4+ $1 {with the idea}
43. gxf4 (43. Kg1 {is better.}) 43... Qxf4+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Rd5 46. Nxd2
Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Qh3+ 48. Ke2 Nc3+ 49. Ke1 (49. Qxc3 Qxc3 $19) 49... Qe3#) 41...
Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8f6,Gf6e4] Radjabov transfers his knight to f6.} (41... Na8 $1
{exchanging the knight on b6 was also strong.}) 42. Qe3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge3e7]
} Kf8 {Preventing an idea of Qe7.} 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. fxe5 Nc7 {and eventually
White realized that he has no compensation for the exchange and resigned.  The
positions which arise from this line are very tense and one who wants to play
it has to know to calculate variations very well. Each move is very essential
and a price of each mistake is very high. Despite White's loss in this game
Ivanchuk's idea 17.Bb5 deserves further tests.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. h3 $6 {Quite a pretentious way to
avoid the main line} (12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxf5 16.
Bd3 g4 {etc.}) 12... f5 13. exf5 (13. Nd2 {makes little sense now. However,
there has been a practical example:} Nf6 14. Qc2 (14. f3 Nh5) 14... c6 15. a4
cxd5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 (18. Nxe4 Nf5 {[%cal Yf5d4]}) 18...
Qb6 19. O-O Nf5 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. b4 Rac8 22. Ne2 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. f3 Rf6 {
0-1 Gustafsson,J-Solleveld,M/Enschede 2003/CBM 094 ext (47)}) (13. Bh2 $5 Nc5
14. Nd2 {K.Sakaev} a5 $13) 13... Nc5 (13... Nxf5 {is possible, too:} 14. Ne4
Nc5 $1 (14... h6 $143 15. O-O (15. Bd3 $5) 15... Nf6 16. Nfd2 Nd4 17. Bd3 c6
18. Re1 cxd5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne4 Qg6
24. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Hazai,L/Hungary 2003/EXT 2004 (49)}) 15. Bd3 (15.
Nfxg5 $6 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bf5 $36) (15. Nxc5 Nxg3 16. fxg3 dxc5 $36) 15... Nxd3+
16. Qxd3 h6 $11 {K.Sakaev}) 14. Nd2 $6 {This is quite illogical as one of the
ideas of 12.h3 is to keep this knight on f3.} (14. b4 $2 {doesn't work due to}
e4 $1) (14. Qd2 {is the most natural move but Black did fine in the following
game:} Nxf5 15. Nxg5 Bh6 16. h4 Nxg3 17. fxg3 a5 (17... Bf5 $5 18. O-O a5 {
I_A.Nataf}) 18. g4 Qe7 19. O-O-O Bd7 $6 (19... Rf7 $1 {[%cal Yf7g7] I_A.Nataf})
20. Rhf1 $1 Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe3 Qe7 $44 {[%cal Yd7e8,
Ye8g6] 1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Nataf,I/Stockholm 84/477 2001/Inf 84/[Nataf,I.-A] (32)
}) 14... Bxf5 (14... Nxf5 {is quite good, too.}) 15. O-O (15. f3 e4 $1 $40 {
I_A.Nataf}) 15... e4 16. Nb3 b6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Nxb3 $143 17. Qxb3
Bg6 18. Rae1 Re8 19. Qxb7 Nf5 20. Bg4 Rb8 21. Qa6 Rxb2 (21... Nxg3 $5 22. fxg3
Rxb2 23. Nb5 $13) 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd1 Rb6 24. Qxa7 Bd4 25. Ne3 Bd7 26. Qa5
Qf6 27. Rb1 h5 28. Rxb6 Bxb6 29. Qd2 Rf8 $44 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Smirin,I/Russia
87/481 2003/Inf 87/[Onischuk,Al] (41)}) 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Nc6 a5 (18... Bd7 {
[%cal Yh6f5] was probably even more appropriate. If} 19. f4 $6 (19. Nb5 $6 {
doesn't work in view of} a6 $1 20. Nxc7 (20. Nbd4 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qxb2) 20...
Rac8) {then anyway} 19... Nf5 20. fxg5 Qxg5 21. Bf4 Qh4 $17) 19. f4 $6 {
[%csl Ge4] After this "active" move Black's e4 pawn becomes extremely
dangerous.} (19. Nb5 {[%cal Yb5d4] was now the best way to make use of Black's
inaccuracy:} Rac8 (19... Qxb2 $6 20. Nxc7) 20. Nbd4 Bd7 21. Rb1 Nf5 22. Nxf5
Bxf5 23. Qd2 $15) 19... Bd7 $1 20. Nb5 {Better late than never?} (20. fxg5 Qxg5
$17) (20. Qd2 $5 gxf4 (20... Bxc6 21. fxg5 $1 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh2 Nf7
24. dxc6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxg5 $15) 21. Bxf4 Bxc6 22. Be3 $1 (22. dxc6 Qd4+ 23.
Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf5 $17) 22... Nf5 23. dxc6 Qe5 24. Rad1 $1
$15) 20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Nxc7 (23. Bf2 $5 {(an extremely
difficult move for a human being)} Rac8 $1 (23... Nf5 24. g4 $1) (23... gxf4
24. Nxc7) (23... Rxf4 24. Nxc7 Raf8 $13) 24. fxg5 Nf5 $17) 23... Nf5 $1 24. Bf2
$2 {Now this leads to a lost position. Krishnan Sasikiran has bad luck with
good moves in this game: he makes them too late!} (24. Nxa8 $142 Nxg3 25. Re1 {
, e.g.} Rxa8 26. c7 Nxe2+ 27. Rxe2 Qxc4 28. Rxb6 Na6 $1 29. Rxd6 Nxc7 30. Rc2
Bc3 31. fxg5 (31. Rd8+ $143 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Ke8) 31...
Rf8 {Black is better, of course, but the position remains extremely tense.})
24... e3 $1 25. Be1 (25. Nxa8 exf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bd4 $19 {[%cal Rc5e4]}) (25. Qd5+
Kh8 26. Bd3 $5 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bd4 28. Qxd4+ Nxd4 29. Rxa2 Rac8 30. Nd5 Nxd3 31.
Rd1 Nb3 $1 $19) (25. Bf3 Rac8 ({or} 25... exf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bd4 27. Bd5+ Rf7 $1
28. Bxf7+ Kf8 $1 29. Qxd4 Qxb1+ 30. Rf1 Nxd4 31. Rxb1 Rc8 $1 $19) 26. Nb5 gxf4
$19 27. Be1 $140 e2 $1 28. Bxe2 Ne3) 25... Nd4 $1 26. Nxa8 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2 Nxf4
28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Rxb6 f3 30. Qd5+ Ne6 $5 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qg4 Be5+ 33. Kh1 f2
(33... fxg2+ $5 34. Qxg2 Rf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Vesnianka Gran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nd7 {One of the most solid replies to the 6.h3 system.} 11.
a3 Nb6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Alexey Shirov's idea. Black prevents b2-b4 (as the a8 rook
is now protected) and threatens 12...a4. The c5 square is left for the other
knight.} (11... f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 {is a more common move order. Here are some
games:} 13. b3 Bh6 (13... Bd7 $143 14. f3 $1 Bh6 15. Bf2 Nc5 16. Rb1 f5 17. Qc2
Qe7 18. b4 Nca4 19. Nd1 axb4 20. axb4 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. O-O Bxd2 23. Qxd2
fxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Ra1 $44 {1-0 Rajlich,V-Campolungo/playchess.com INT
2006/CBM 113 ext (28)}) 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 (15. O-O Bd7 16. Qc2 (16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Nba4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Qe1 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nxe4 21. Qe3 f5 22. Rfc1 Nf6
$17 {1/2-1/2 Nenciulescu,S-Matic,D/Chessfriend.com 2005/Telechess 117 (51)})
16... f5 17. b4 Nca4 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rb3 Bxd2 22.
Rxd2 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bg5 axb4 26. axb4 Kg7 27. Rd4 Rf5 28.
Bxf4 Nxd5 29. Bd2 Nab6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jorgensen,A-Hertel,P/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF
Telechess CBM 102 (44)}) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Qd8 (17... Qe7 18.
Nb3 Bd7 19. Qc2 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qf7 21. f3 f5 22. O-O Be3+ 23. Kh1 g5 24. Be1 Qg7
25. Bd2 Bf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Knap,J-Conterno,D/IECG 2005/Telechess 117 (36)}) 18.
Qb3 Kg7 19. Rd1 c6 20. Na3 c5 21. b5 Nd7 22. Nab1 Qa5 23. Rc1 Qb4 24. Rc2 Qxb3
25. Nxb3 Bg5 26. Bxg5 fxg5 27. Ra2 Nf6 28. N3d2 Bd7 29. Kd1 Nb6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8
31. Kc2 g4 32. h4 h5 33. Nc3 Kh6 34. g3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Legky,N-Shirov,A/France
1995/EXT 1997 (48)}) 12. b3 (12. O-O a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Nxb3 Bd7 15. c5 Na4 (
15... Nxc5 $5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. d6 cxd6 18. Qxd6 Qe6) 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. cxd6
cxd6 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ra2 f5 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rb2 Rb8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Georgiev,K/Tivat 1995/EXT 2002 (48)}) 12... f5 13. g4
$5 (13. exf5 gxf5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5]}) 13... fxg4 (13... f4 14. Bh4 {[%cal Yf2f3,
Yh4f2]}) 14. hxg4 Bf6 {The exchange of the dark-squared bishops is one of
Black's main strategic concepts in different KID lines.} 15. Bh6 (15. Be3 Qe7 {
[%cal Yf6g5]}) 15... Rf7 (15... Bg7 16. Be3) 16. Rg1 Qe7 17. Nf3 {White has
managed to prevent the exchange of the bishops but his pieces are now placed a
bit awkwardly.} Nc5 18. Be3 Bd7 (18... a4 $5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rb1 {[%cal Rc3a4]}
Bd7) 19. b4 axb4 $6 {In such positions Black should not open up the a-file too
early.} (19... Nba4 $142 $1 20. Nb5 (20. bxc5 Nxc3 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qd3 Nxe2
23. Kxe2 Rc8 $13) 20... Bxb5 21. bxc5 $1 Nc3 22. Qd3 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Ba6 {
with counterchances for Black as his light-squared bishop should not be
underesimated.}) 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nca4 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Bd1 (23. b5 Nc5
(23... Nb6 $143 24. c5 dxc5 25. Qa3) 24. Bxc5 (24. g5 Bg7 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26.
Qa8+ Qf8 {and White can't even win a pawn}) 24... dxc5 25. Qa8+ Rf8 26. Qxb7
Qd6 {gives Black decent compensation for the missing pawn, due to the weakness
of the dark squares in White's camp.}) 23... Nb6 24. Qc1 $1 (24. g5 Bg7 25. Nd2
Rf8 $132) 24... Nc8 25. c5 (25. Ng5 $1 Rf8 26. Rh1 Bxg5 $8 27. Bxg5 Qf7 28. Be3
$14 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Yc4c5]}) 25... Bb5 26. Be2 $6 {The exchange of these
bishops is often a good idea in the King's Indian but here it helps Black, who
is constricted, to get some fresh air.} (26. Ng5 $1 {was still possible.})
26... Qe8 27. Nd2 Be7 $6 (27... Bxe2 $142 28. Kxe2 Qa4) 28. Bxb5 $6 (28. Nc4
$142) 28... Qxb5 29. Qc4 Qa4 30. Ke2 Na7 $1 31. Rc1 Nb5 {Just in time. Black's
fortress is now unassailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O h5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 {Here Black played 13... g5
once before, but Ivanchuk forces opponent's bishop to abandon the diagonal
h4-d8 in a different way, after which Black uses his g6 pawn to support the
advance f6-f5.} Nf7 14. Rb1 Bh6 {Creating a positional threat to transfer the
bishop via e3 to d4.} 15. Bf2 (15. Qd3 {can be answered by} Bg5 {and then f5
anyway.}) 15... Na6 16. a3 b6 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $5 Bxf4 20. Bxh5
Bd7 21. Rb3 Qg5 {Aronian played well until now, but here he errs.} 22. b5 $2 {
This advance is connected with a wrong idea.} ({In order to find the correct
solution White needs to notice the well hidden tactical motif: black queen and
king are both on the same file and White has ideas to pin the queen! This can
be reached in the following way:} 22. Nd3 $1 Be3 (22... Bd2 {doesn't prevent
White's intention:} 23. Nb1 Be3 24. b5 Nc7 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rg3) 23. bxc5 $1
Nxc5 ({Relatively best is to make a positional concession and leave the knight
on a6, although after} 23... bxc5 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Nf2 {White has a large
advantage.}) 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 ({Accuracy is always required. Bad is to
start with} 25. Ne4 fxe4 26. Bxc5 {in view of} Ba4 $1) 25... bxc5 26. Ne4 $1
fxe4 27. Rg3 {Mission completed. White wins thanks to the pin on the g-file.})
22... Nc7 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Ne2 Rg7 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Bxc5 Qh6 27. Be3 f4 28.
Bc1 Bg4 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Nd3 Ne8 {White is a pawn up, but that doesn't matter
at all. In fact he might even prefer not to have the pawn on c4, which closes
the c-file. Unexpectedly it turns out that the position is difficult for
Aronian, since Black has very easy play on the kingside, where he enjoys two
open files and a space advantage. Black plans ...Nf6, then remove the bishop
from g4 and place the knight there, after which White will be forced to make
fatal weaknesses around his king.} 31. Nxf4 {This doesn't save White, but
there was no way out in any case.} Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Bxf4
Rf7 35. g3 Re7 {At this moment White still has three pawns for the piece.
Unfortunately he is forced to give them one by one in order to prevent Black's
increasing activity.} 36. h3 Bxh3 {The first one is gone.} 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. g4
Bxg4 {The second one.} 39. Re3 Ne4+ 40. Ke1 Kf7 41. a4 Nc5 42. Kd2 Rxe3 43.
Kxe3 Ke7 44. Kd4 {and Aronian resigned before Black would take the next pawn
on a4.} 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0910"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {Somehow I was
expecting that, although Bartosz's main opening against 1.d4 is the Nimzovich
Defence.} 7. Be3 ({After some unsuccessful experiments with} 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {I did not have much fun playing that.}) 7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5
10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 $5 {This move has gained in popularity since the game
Onischuk-Inarkiev,Poikovsky 2009.} g4 {The most logical answer - Black is
pushing away the Nf3 in the struggle for the key d4-square.} 12. Nh4 Nc6 13.
cxd6 cxd6 ({Black doesn't get much compensation for the pawn after} 13... Nxd4
14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. Bxc7 dxc3 17. Bc4+ Nf7 18. bxc3 Re8 19. O-O-O
$14) 14. dxe5 dxe5 {That move looks more logical than 14...fxe5 from the
strategic point of view - Black gets a rid of the weak Pd6.} (14... fxe5 15.
O-O (15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Bxe2 Be6 19. O-O Qe7 20. b3 Rad8
21. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Inarkiev,E/Poikovsky RUS 2009 (40)}) 15... Bf6
16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxg4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Stellwagen,D/Novi
Sad SRB 2009/The Week in Chess 782 (63)}) 15. Bc4+ $146 (15. O-O Be6 16. Qa4
Qd4 17. Qa3 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Bf8 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Bxa4 Nd4 21. f4 Bc4 22. Rfe1 Bc5
23. Kh1 b5 24. Bd1 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Halkias,S-Kasimdzhanov,R/Yerevan 1999/CBM 072
ext}) 15... Kh8 16. Qxd8 {That was played after a long period of thought - I
wasn't sure if White should trade queens so early.} Rxd8 17. O-O (17. f4 $5)
17... Nd4 ({The immediate penetration by Black's rook doesn't promise a very
easy life:} 17... Rd2 18. Rab1 Nd4 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd7 21. Bd5 $14) 18.
f4 ({I could secure a slight edge by} 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. f3 $14)
18... gxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxf3+ $2 {A dubious decision - Black shouldn't accept the
exchange of his most active piece!} ({Black shouldn't avoid the complications
after} 19... Ng4 $1 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bb3 (22. Rae1 Bxd5 23. Bxd5
Ne3 24. Bxb7 Nxf1 25. Kxf1 Rab8 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Bd5 Rxb2 28. Rc1 Bf8 29. Rc8
Kg7 30. Rc7+ Kh6 $11) 22... Ne3 23. Nxe3 Bxb3 24. Nf5 Bc2 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Nxg7
Kxg7 27. Bxf6+ Kg6 $11 {[%csl Gd4]}) 20. Rxf3 {In my opinion, the strongest
continuation.} ({However, the natural} 20. gxf3 {restricting Black's pieces
was quite annoying too:} Bh3 21. Rfd1 Rf8 {[%cal Gh6f7]} (21... Bf8 22. Bf2 $16
) 22. Bf1 Be6 23. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Rh6]}) 20... f5 {That was was played
immeditaly, although it looks extremely dangerous for Black, since his pieces
are undeveloped.} (20... Bg4 21. Rf2 Rac8 22. Bb3 $16) 21. exf5 (21. Bd5 $5
fxe4 (21... f4 22. Bh4 $16) 22. Bxe4 Be6 23. Raf1 $16) 21... Nxf5 (21... Bxf5
22. Re1 Rd2 23. b3 e4 24. Nxe4 Rxa2 25. Nd6 Bg6 26. Nxb7 $16) 22. Raf1 Nd6 (
22... Nxg3 $142 23. Rxg3 e4 24. Rf7 (24. Nxe4 Be5 25. Rg5 Bxb2 26. Rf7 b5)
24... Bd4+ 25. Kf1 $16 Bd7 26. Nxe4) (22... Rd4 $1 23. Bd5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 (24.
Rxg3 Rf4 25. Rgf3 Bd7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Be4 Be6 28. b3 $16) 24... e4 25. Rf7 Bg4
26. Rxb7 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bxe4 Rd7 $16) 23. Bb3 $1 {That is the safest
square for the bishop.} ({After} 23. Bd5 Bg4 24. Rf6 ({\/it's already better
to choose the quiet} 24. R3f2 $142 Rac8 25. Bh4 $16) 24... Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]}
25. Bxe5 Re8 $1 (25... Nxc3 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Bd4 Rad8 28. Bxb7 Be2 29. R1f4 Bc4
30. Rc6 Bxa2 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rc7+ Kh6 33. Be4 $18) 26. Bxb7 Rad8 27. Nxb5
Rxe5 28. Rd6 Rb8 $14 {Black has excellent compensation for the 2 pawns.}) 23...
Bg4 $2 {My opponent had completely missed my tactical idea!} (23... Re8 $142
24. Rd3 Nf5 25. Ne4 h6 $16) 24. Rf6 $1 {Exploiting the weakness of the Pe5 and
the lack of coordination in Black's camp! The rook is absolutely untouchable.}
b5 $1 {However, Bartosz finds a nice practical chance!} (24... Bxf6 25. Rxf6
$18 {[%csl Rd6,Re5,Rh8]}) ({Completely hopeless was} 24... Bh5 25. Re6 $1 (25.
Bxe5 Nf7 26. Rxf7 Bxe5 27. Rxb7 Rd2 $16) 25... Bg4 26. Rxe5 $18) 25. h3 $2 {
A terrible blunder which not olny misses a clear win, but even allows Black to
solve all his problems!} ({A very unnatural and beautiful position could arise
after} 25. Bxe5 $1 Nc4 (25... b4 26. Nd5 $18) 26. Bxc4 bxc4 {we both missed}
27. Nd5 $1 {which was found by Z.Gyimesi in the analysis. It's amazing, but
Black cannot prevent White from playing 28.Ne7 after which Black couldn't move!
} ({I was only calculating the following line:} 27. R1f4 Re8 28. Rxg4 (28. Bd4
Be6 $16) 28... Rxe5 29. Rf7 {which is much less convincing and gives Black
some drawish chances.}) 27... Be2 {the most resistant} ({After} 27... Re8 28.
Bc3 Be2 29. R1f4 Rad8 30. Ne7 $1) ({Or} 27... Kg8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. R1f4 $18 {
[%cal Gh2h3,Gh3h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6] Black is totally paralyzed - he can never
remove his rooks from the 8th rank due to Rf8 mate, while h7-h6 or h7-h5 is
impossible in view of Rh6. That means White can simply improve his position,
let's say by pushing h4-h5-h6!}) 28. R1f4 {[%cal Cg7f6,Gd5e7]} Rab8 {what else?
} 29. h4 Re8 30. Ne7 Rbd8 31. Kh2 Rb8 32. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]
followed by g2-g4,h4-h5-h6.}) ({I could also choose the simple line} 25. Bh4 $5
{[%cal Cb5b4,Cb4c3,Gh2h3]} Nc4 26. Rf7 Rd7 $16) 25... b4 $1 {Even now I cannot
understand, why I didn't take seriously that possibilty - probably I simply
forgot that the Nd6 can move!} ({I had no doubts that} 25... Bh5 26. Bxe5 Nc4
27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Re6 $18 {is forced...}) 26. Rxd6 {This striking sacrifice
leads to a draw by force.} ({The following lines didn't offer White more:} 26.
Bxe5 bxc3 27. hxg4 Ne4 28. g5 $1 Nd2 29. R1f2 Nxb3 30. axb3 cxb2 (30... Bxf6
31. gxf6 Kg8 32. bxc3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Kf7 34. Bd4 Rb8 35. Ra2 Rxd4 36. Rxa7+ Kxf6
37. cxd4 Rxb3 38. Rxh7 Rd3 39. Rh4 Kg5 40. g3 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Rd1 42. Rg4+ Kf5 43.
Rf4+ Kg5 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Kf2) 31. Bxb2 a5 $11 (31... Bxf6 32. gxf6 h6 $11)) (
26. Nd5 Ne4 27. Bxe5 Nxf6 28. Nxf6 (28. Nc7 Rac8 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7
31. Ne6+ Kg6 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rf4 h5 34. Rxb4 Rd2 $11) 28... Be2 29. Rf4 a5
$15) 26... Rxd6 27. Ne4 Rd4 28. Ng5 (28. hxg4 Rxe4 29. Bd5 Rxg4 30. Bxa8 Rxg3
31. Rf7 Bh6 32. Be4 $11) 28... Bh5 ({Possible was also} 28... Be2 29. Nf7+ Kg8
30. Nxe5+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nd6+ Kh8 33. Rc1 $44) 29. Ne6 Re8 $1 {Now, when
all Black's pieces are in the game, he has nothing to worry about.} (29... Rd7
30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Bxe5+ Kh6 32. g4 Bg6 33. h4 $14) 30. Rf5 (30. Nxd4 exd4 31.
Rf5 Bg6 32. Rb5 d3 33. Rxb4 Bxb2 $15) (30. Rc1 Bg6 (30... Rd3 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32.
Rc7+ Kh6 33. Be1 a5 34. Bc2 e4 35. g4 Rxh3 36. gxh5 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Rf3+ 38. Ke2
Rg2+ 39. Kd1 Re3 40. Bh4 Ree2) 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Rxa7 d3 $11) (30.
Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rf5 Bg6 32. Bxe5+ Kh6 33. Bf4+ $11) 30... Bg6 (30... Rxe6 31.
Bxe6 Bg6 32. Rxe5 Rd2 33. Bb3 Rxb2 34. Rd5 Bf6 $11) 31. Nxg7 (31. Nxd4 $6 exd4
32. Rb5 d3 $15 {[%csl Gd3] is dangerous for White.}) 31... Kxg7 32. Bxe5+ (32.
Rxe5 Rd3 $15) 32... Kh6 33. Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 (13... g5 14. Bg3 h4
{, closing the kingside completely, is the main alternative; however, White
has the upper hand on the queenside and keeps the initiative.}) 14. hxg4 Nf7
15. Qc2 {Preparing queenside castling and attack along the h-file.} (15. Qb3 {
is also played.}) 15... c5 {[%cal Ya7a6,Yb7b5]} (15... Bd7 {is the alternative
plan:} 16. O-O-O Nc8 (16... c5 17. Rh2 Nc8 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Yf4f5,
Yg4g5]} exf4 20. e5 Kg7 21. exf6+ Qxf6 22. Nce4 Qe7 (22... Qe5 23. Bh4 g5 24.
Nf3 Qe7 25. Qc3+ $18 {1-0 Peralta,F (2557)-Suarez Real,A (2417)/Leon 2008/CBM
127 Extra (29)}) 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 (24... Nxg5 25. Rxh6 $1 Kxh6 26.
Rh1+ Kg7 27. Nxg5 $18) 25. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Nxg5+ $18 {1-0 Tegshsuren,E (2415)
-Shulman,Y (2596)/Connecticut 2002/CBM 087 ext (44)}) (16... c6 $5 {- see 15...
c6}) 17. Bg3 Bh6 18. f4 $1 (18. Rh2 Kg7 19. Rdh1 Rh8 20. Kb1 {1/2 Magerramov,E
(2556)-Fedorov,A (2590)/Dubai 2001/CBM 083}) 18... Bxf4 (18... exf4 19. e5 $1)
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 $1 Nxe5 21. Rh6 Qe7 22. Rdh1 Qg7 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Nxe5 fxe5
25. Bd3 Bxg4 26. Bxg6 $40 {1-0 Peralta,F (2509)-Spasov,V (2542)/Lorca 2004/EXT
2005 (35)}) (15... c6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Kb1 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2677)-Umudova,N 
(2222)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 Extra (38)} a6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5] should be checked.})
16. O-O-O a6 (16... Bh6 $2 17. Bxf6 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Qg3 Ng8
21. Qh4 Qf6 22. f4 $1 exf4 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qh7# {1-0 Wells,P (2479)
-Bromberger,S (2411)/Fuerth 2002/CBM 090 ext}) (16... Bd7 17. Rdf1 (17. Kb1 Nc8
18. Qd3 Bh6 19. Rh2 Kg7 20. Rdh1 Rh8 21. Nf1 Bf4 22. Bg3 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Bg5 24.
Bh4 Nb6 25. Qh3 Bf4 26. Bg3 Bh6 27. f3 Qe7 $13 {1/2 Taboas Rodriguez,D (2309)
-Cheparinov,I (2531)/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005 (113)}) 17... a6 $1 (17... Nc8
$6 {[%csl Rc8]} 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 $1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Kg7 22. Rhf1
Ne5 23. g5 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nce4 $16 {1-0 Huzman,A (2574)-Saravanan,V 
(2412)/Biel 2000/CBM 077 ext (41)}) 18. Rh2 (18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4
Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Kg7 22. Nd1 (22. Rhf1 Ng8) 22... Ne5 23. Ne3 g5 24. Rf2 Rh8 25.
Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Ndf1 {1/2 Nikitin,A (2535)-Solovjev,N (2166)/Togliatti 2001/CBM
083 ext}) 18... Nc8 19. Bg3 Bh6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Kg7 23. Nd1
(23. Rhf2 Ng5 $1) 23... Ne7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Rhf2 Ng8 $13 {1/2 Avrukh,B (2591)
-Inarkiev,E (2500)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 (61)}) 17. Rh2 (17. Rdf1 b5 18. Bg3 $6 (
18. Nd1 {[%cal Yd1e3] A.Fedorov}) 18... Bh6 19. f4 b4 20. Nd1 exf4 21. Bxf4
Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Kg7 $15 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2713)-Fedorov,A (2659)/Batumi 1999/CBM
074 (55)}) 17... Bd7 18. Rdh1 b5 (18... Qc8 19. Nd1 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Ne3
Qd7 22. Qd1 $40 Nh6 $6 23. Bg3 Kf7 24. Rxh6 Bxh6 25. Rxh6 Rh8 26. Ng4 Rxh6 27.
Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Ng4 $16 {1-0 Halkias,S (2505)-Markidis,K (2342)/Kavala 2001/EXT
2002 (40)}) 19. Kb1 {In two correspondence games White players chose different
plans and gradually outplayed their opponents:} (19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Qh3 Rfb8 21.
f4 $1 b4 (21... exf4 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. Nde4 $40) 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. fxe5 dxe5 (
23... Nxe5 24. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 25. Rf2 $18) 24. Nb1 Qd6 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Qh7+ Kf8
27. Be3 a5 28. N3d2 a4 29. Rf2 Ra7 30. Nf1 Ra6 31. Ng3 Qb6 32. g5 $1 $18 {
1-0 Nielsen,J (2516)-Vinot,S (2519)/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (45)
}) (19. Bg3 Qc8 20. f3 b4 21. Nd1 a5 22. Bf2 Qc7 23. Qd3 a4 24. Nf1 Ng5 25. Be3
Rae8 26. f4 $1 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qb6 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Nf2 Nc8 31.
Ne4 $16 {1-0 Collazo,F (2391)-Barros,I/IECC 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (59)}) 19...
Rb8 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. f3 Rb7 22. Ka1 Qc7 23. f4 Rfb8 24. fxe5 {[%mdl 32]
Probably inaccurate. Black now gets the important d6-square for his knights.} (
24. f5 $5 {, and White should break through. E.g. Nc3-d1-e3 with idea f5xg6
and Ne3-f5; if Black plays ...g6-g5, White can prepare a decisive invasion
along the h-file.}) 24... dxe5 25. Nd1 Nc8 26. Ne3 (26. Bf2 $142 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf2c5] White's kingside attack is halted so he must exploit
the second weakness in Black's position.}) 26... Ncd6 27. Bh4 bxc4 28. Ndxc4
Bb5 29. Rb1 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Nd6 32. Be1 Qd7 33. Be2 c4 34. Bc3 (34.
g5 f5 $132) 34... g5 {Black has consolidated his position, and White soon
gives up his winning attempts.} 35. Rhh1 (35. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Yc2e2,Yd1c2]} Nb5
36. Qd2 {was the last chance of regrouping.}) 35... Qe8 36. Bf3 Nb5 37. Qa4 Rc8
38. Rhc1 Bf8 39. Be1 Nd6 40. Qxe8 Rxe8 {The general conclusion is that this
opening line is strategically dangerous for Black.} (40... Rxe8 41. b3 $5 cxb3
42. Rxb3 Rxb3 43. axb3 Re7 $132 {[%cal Ye7h7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 {A very
old-fashioned line.} ({I always played} 7... e6 {in this position, with a
possible transposition to the Modern Benoni, but had done some researches on
the text move recently, too.}) 8. O-O {This is not the most dangerous
continuation.} ({Petrosian's} 8. Bg5 {is the most challenging.} h6 9. Bh4 {
is the well established main line. Many classic games have been played and it
is not easy to exhaust the subject. I have chosen one of them in which the
balance was never altered too much.} ({The modest looking} 9. Bd2 {is quite
dangerous:} Ne8 10. Qc1 $1 (10. h4 f5 11. h5 g5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 {
Petrosian,T-Nikolaevsky,Y Kiev 1957 MCD (1-0, 60)} e4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6
16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Ng3 Bh7 $15) 10... Kh7 11. h4 f5 (11... Nf6 12. h5 $5 Nxh5 13.
g4 Bxg4 14. Ng5+ hxg5 15. Bxg4 $40) 12. h5 g5 13. exf5 Rxf5 (13... Bxf5 14. g4
$16 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Bxg4 $2 15. Nxg5+ $1 hxg5 16. Bxg4 $18) 14. Bd3 $16 {
/+- Villeneuve,A (2260)-Seret,J (2340) Courchevel 1979 EXT 2009 [Villeneuve,A/
Primel,D] (1-0, 36)}) ({The provocative} 9. Be3 $5 {leads to interesting play:}
Ng4 (9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 $1 $14) 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Nxg6 Rf7
14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qb3 Kh7 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. h4 Bf5 18. Qe3 Kg8 19. Qg3 Rg7 20. h5
Bg5 21. O-O-O Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qg5 $15 {Shulman,Y (2639)-Vocaturo,D (2445)
Reykjavik 2009 (1/2, 44)}) 9... Qc7 10. Nd2 Nh7 11. f3 a6 12. a3 f5 13. b4 Nd7
14. Rb1 b6 15. Qa4 Bf6 16. Bf2 (16. Bxf6 Ndxf6 17. Qc6 Ra7 18. bxc5 bxc5 19.
Rb6 Ne8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. O-O $14) 16... Bd8 17. O-O Ndf6 18. Qc6
Rb8 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Rb2 Ng5 21. h4 $6 {There was no need to weaken the
kingside prematurely.} (21. Rfb1 Ra8 22. Bd1 $1 {This move is useful generally,
by preparing Bd1-a4, but pursues a concrete aim as well. After} fxe4 23. h4 $1
{there is no intermediate exf3 available.} Nf7 24. Ndxe4 $14) 21... Nf7 22.
Rfb1 Ra8 23. Bd1 Bd8 $1 {[%csl Gh4]} 24. a4 Nh5 25. g3 f4 26. g4 Ng3 $132 {
Polugaevsky,L-Geller,E Leningrad 1962 MCD (1/2, 51)}) 8... Ne8 9. Ne1 f5 ({
Two great champions preferred to delay this inevitable advance, in order to
avoid the counter-break f2-f4:} 9... Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f4 Qe7 12. exf5 gxf5
13. Kh1 $6 (13. g4 $6 e4 14. Nf2 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 fxg4 16. Nxg4 Kh8 17. Kh1 Ng7
$17 {Donner,J-Petrosian,T/Santa Monica 1966/ (1/2, 35)}) (13. Qc2 $1) 13... e4
$1 14. Nf2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ndf6 16. Be3 Kh8 17. h3 Rg8 18. Qd2 (18. Rg1 Ng4 $17)
18... Ng7 19. Nd1 Ngh5 $17 {Timman,J-Tal,M/Tallinn 1973/MCL (0-1, 32)}) 10. Nd3
(10. f4 {is asking for trouble.} exf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bd2 f4 13. h4 $2 Bd4+ 14.
Kh1 g4 $1 $19 {Maruejols,C (2043)-Djuric,S (2460)/Metz 2008/CBM 123 Extra (0-1,
19)}) (10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 {is an important alternative, though.} e4 12. Bd2
Kh8 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. g3 Na6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Ng2 Qe8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Rab1 Nc7 19.
Nd1 (19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Ne3 bxc4 22. Bxc4 a6 $13) 19... b5 20. b3 Qf7
21. Nde3 Ng8 22. Rfd1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Na8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1
Nb6 $13 {Sherwin,J-Gufeld,E/Helsinki 1961/EXT 2001 (0-1, 72)}) 10... Nf6 (10...
Nd7 {would transpose above.}) 11. f3 (11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 {remains a
possibility.} e4 13. Nf2 Kh8 14. Be3 Rg8 15. Kh1 Na6 16. Rg1 Qe7 17. g3 Bd7 18.
h3 {With the strong positional threat g3-g4.} Nb4 $6 {Too provocative a move
and a useless one.} ({Black should look for some counterplay of his own:} 18...
Nc7 $5 {for instance} 19. g4 b5 20. g5 b4 $13 21. gxf6 $2 Bxf6 22. Na4 Rxg1+
23. Kxg1 Qg7+ 24. Kf1 Rg8 $40) 19. Qd2 $6 (19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg4
Qh4+ 22. Nh3 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. Rxg4 Bxc3 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. bxc3 Nc2 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rc1 Ne3 $11) (19. a3 $1 Na6 20. g4 $16) 19... h5 $1 $13 20. a3
Na6 21. Rg2 Bh6 22. Rag1 Rg7 23. Nb1 b6 24. b4 Rag8 $11 {Malich,B-Pavlov,M/
Halle 1963/MCL (1/2, 30). Neither side can make significant progress and the
game soon ended in a draw.}) 11... f4 {The position bears a strong similarity
with the Mar del Plata Attack, possibly the very main KI line for decades. It
is not very clear whether the queen's knight is better placed here than on e7.}
12. g4 $146 {A double edged attempt to restrict the kingside initiative.} ({
A typical manoeuvring game went:} 12. Rb1 g5 13. Bd2 Rf7 14. a3 Bf8 15. b4 b6
16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nf2 h5 18. Rb2 Rg7 19. Qa4 g4 20. Rfb1 Bd7 21. Qb3 gxf3 22.
Bxf3 Bg4 23. Qd1 Nbd7 24. Kh1 Qe8 $13 {Gligoric,S-Doda,Z/Belgrade 1961/EXT 99 
(0-1, 70)}) (12. b4 $6 {is premature} cxb4 13. Na4 b6 $1 (13... g5 $6 14. c5
$36 {Bruno,F (2460)-Vocaturo,D (2500)/Sarre 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1-0, 40)}) 14.
Nxb4 Na6 15. Nc6 Qd7 16. Nc3 Nc5 $13 {Black is doing absolutely fine after
having found a good square for his queen's knight.}) 12... h5 13. h3 Nh7 14.
Kg2 Nd7 15. Bd2 Ndf6 $1 {The start of an effective regrouping.} 16. Nf2 Ne8 17.
Rh1 Bf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6h4,Gh4g3]} 18. Qg1 {For the time being, White plays
defensive moves. The queenside attack is inevitable, but can be delayed. The
king's safety is essential.} a6 19. a3 Bd7 20. b4 b6 21. Rb1 Bh4 22. Nd3 Qf6 {
This may be a bit rushed. Black creates the threat of a sacrifice on g4
followed by the fork on f3, but this can be easily parried. Therefore, he
should have not hurried with leaving the b6-square undefended.} (22... Ng5 $5
23. bxc5 (23. a4 a5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb7 Nf6) (23. Be1 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 hxg4 25.
hxg4 Bxg4 $1) 23... bxc5 24. Bd1 Nf6 25. Be1 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Kg7 $132 {Black's
attack looks more realistic than White's.}) 23. Kf1 $6 (23. Bd1 $1 {[%cal
Gb4c5,Gb1b6]}) 23... Bg3 24. Be1 Ng5 25. h4 $6 {Inviting Black to attack.} (25.
bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb2 Ng7 {[%cal Ga8b8]}) ({A neutral move such as} 25. Rb2 $5 {
may have been the best way of maintaining the tension.}) 25... Nxf3 $1 26. Bxf3
hxg4 27. Bd1 Ng7 $2 {This is hard to understand.} ({Why not} 27... Bxe1 $1 28.
Kxe1 f3 29. bxc5 (29. Qg3 $2 {fails to block the pawns because of} Ng7 $1 {
[%cal Gg7h5]}) 29... bxc5 30. Rb7 Bc8 31. Rb6 Ng7 $40) 28. Bxg3 fxg3+ 29. Ke1
$16 {/+- Black has got next to nothing for his piece.} Nh5 30. Kd2 Qe7 31. bxc5
bxc5 32. Qe3 Rf4 33. Ne2 ({Of course, not} 33. Nxf4 $4 exf4 34. Qd3 f3 $44)
33... Rf3 34. Qg5 Qg7 35. Nc3 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 g2 37. Rg1 Nf4+ 38. Kc2 Nh3 39.
Qe3 Nxg1 40. Qxg1 Qf6 41. Qxg2 Qxh4 42. Be2 Rf8 43. Rh1 Qg5 44. Qh2 Kf7 45.
Qh7+ Ke8 46. Rb1 Rf7 47. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. O-O (13. h4 {is the main
alternative.} f5 14. hxg5 Bxd4 15. gxh6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Rh4 (17. Nc3 $5 {
needs testing}) 17... Bxb2 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Rb1 Bf6 $36 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T
(2443)-Blehm,P (2530)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (38)}) 13... Nxd4 (13... f5 {is
probably not quite sufficient for equality:} 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 (15...
Nd4 16. Bg4 (16. Bd3 Bxf5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxf5 (18. Nd5 Rf7 19. Qd2 Kh8 20.
Rad1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Raf8 22. b3 {1/2 Gershon,A (2524)-Socko,B (2570)/Athens
2004/CBM 103 ext}) 18... Rxf5 19. Re4 Nc6 20. Nd5 Raf8 21. Qd2 Be5 22. Rae1 Qg7
23. b3 Kh8 24. Ne3 R5f7 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Ng4 Nc6 27. f3 h5 {1/2 Timoscenko,G 
(2504)-Socko,B (2570)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104}) 16... Bxf5 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Rc1
Qd7 19. Re4 c5 {1-0 Timoscenko,G (2531)-Abbasov,F (2439)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084/
[Hecht] (40)} 20. Qd2 $14) 16. Qd2 (16. Bg4 Qc8 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Nd5 Bxg4 19.
hxg4 Rf7 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Rad1 a5 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Nd5 $14 {1-0
Halkias,S (2406)-Blehm,P (2479)/Patras 1999/CBM 072 ext (48)}) 16... Kh8 (16...
h6 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Bg4 Qd7 19. f3 Be6 20. Bf2 Nf5 21. Nd5 c6 22. Ne3 Nd4 23.
Nc2 Nf5 24. b3 a6 25. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Vuckovic,B (2623)-Djukic,N (2494)/Cappelle
la Grande 2011/CBM 141 Extra (62)}) 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Bg4 Bg6 19. Rde1 Nc2 20.
Rc1 Nb4 21. Be2 a5 22. b3 Na6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. f3 Rae8
27. Rcd1 h6 28. Nd5 b6 29. Rfe1 $14 {1/2 Leko,P (2717)-Radjabov,T (2744)/
Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (32)}) 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 {This line was examined in
CBM 96, annotations to Halkias - Smirin by IM I.Tsesarsky.} 16. exf5 (16. f3 f4
17. Bf2 c6 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Rab1 Be6 21. b4 Qe5 22. Rbc1 Rfd8 23.
b5 {1/2 Moradiabadi,E (2542)-Kovalev,A (2533)/Vienna 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) (16.
f4 $5 fxe4 17. fxg5 Nf5 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 $6 (18... Bd7 $142 $1 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. Qd3
Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxg5 $132) 19. Bf2 (19. Rab1 $5 Nxg3 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rxb2 $14
{[%csl Rh8] I.Tsesarsky}) 19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe7 21. g4 Ng7 22. Re1 $44 {
1/2 Halkias,S (2542)-Smirin,I (2662)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Tsesarsky] (24)})
16... Nxf5 17. Bh2 Bd7 18. Bg4 (18. Qd2 $5 {A.Kuzmin}) 18... Nd4 $1 19. Bxd7
Qxd7 20. Rad1 Rae8 $1 {[%mdl 64] A nice tactical idea solving Black's problems.
} 21. Nb5 (21. Rxd4 $2 Rf5) (21. Qxb7 $6 g4 $1 $40) 21... Nxb5 22. cxb5 g4 23.
h4 b6 24. b3 Qf7 25. Qb7 Re2 26. Bg3 Be5 (26... Rxa2 27. Rc1 Be5 28. Rxc7 Qf5 {
was quite OK.}) 27. Rc1 {Now White could have tried} (27. Qxa7 {, and Black
has to prove his compensation for the pawn.}) 27... Qf5 28. Qxc7 Bxg3 (28...
Rxa2 $1 $11) 29. fxg3 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 (30. Kh1 $1 Rf2 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. Qc3+ Rf6
33. Qc8+ Rf8 34. Qxg4 {was White's last chance to play for a win although} Rg8
35. Qf4 Qxg3 36. Qxg3 Rxg3 37. Kh2 Rg4 38. Kh3 Rb4 39. Rc7 Rxb5 40. Rxa7 Rd5 {
should be enough for Black to hold his position.}) 30... Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O h5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 Nh7 14. f3 f5 {This plan
of an immediate kingside storm is much less common than the classic} (14... Bh6
) {Not without reason, as the present game shows.} 15. Rb1 {[%mdl 4]} (15. Bf2
Bh6 {leads to one of the 14...Bh6 lines}) (15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 (16. f4 $2
exf4 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. h3 Nc5 $17 {0-1 Polak,T (2410)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2485)/
Oakham 1994/EXT 2000 (32)}) (16. Rc1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Qg6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Bxg3 h4
20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Rc2 Nf6 $36 {0-1 Priehoda,V (2420)-Van Wely,L (2525)/Novy
Smokovec 1992/CBM 033 (59)}) 16... Qg6 17. Kh1 {1-0 Camarena Gimenez,R (2387)
-Andres Flores,A (2058)/Ayamonte 2002/EXT 2005 (49)} Bh6 {looks OK for Black})
(15. Nb5 $5 g5 16. Bf2 f4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. c5 {1/2 Horvath,I (2291)
-Ibar,M (2266)/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 87 'Forfeited. Draw for rating purposes.
'}) 15... g5 (15... Nc5 {may be much better, e.g.} 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 fxe4 (
17... Bh6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Kramnik,V (2730)-Kasparov,
G (2795)/Paris 1995/CBM 049 ext (31)}) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rf4 20. Bf2 Ng5
21. Qc2 Bh6 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Kh1 Raf8 {1/2 Huss,A (2304)-Gerber,R (2412)/
Switzerland SUI 2012/The Week in Chess 913}) (15... Bh6 16. Bf2 {again leads
to 14...Bh6}) 16. Bf2 f4 $6 (16... Qg6 $5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 g4 {should be
checked as a possible way to rehabilitate this variation}) 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4
Qg6 (18... b6 $5 19. Qb3 g4 20. Kh1 Qg6 {0-1 Banusz,T (2491)-Tatar Kis,S (2375)
/Hungary 2007/EXT 2009 (39) ; still, after} 21. c5 $5 {White apparently breaks
through first}) 19. c5 g4 20. c6 (20. Kh1 $6 g3 21. Bg1 h4 22. Re1 {[#]} h3 23.
Bf1 Ng5 $40 {1-0 Lisanti,A (2345)-Valet,R (2190)/Biel 1993/TD (38)}) 20... bxc6
(20... g3 21. cxd7 gxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nf6 (22... Bf6 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qa4 Kh8 25.
Qc6 Bh4 26. Re2 Rg8 27. Qxc7 Ng5 28. Kf1 $18 {1-0 Porper,E (2435)-Quan Zhe 
(2303)/Kitchener 2003/CBM 095 ext (54)}) 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qa4 Qf7 25. Nc4 Nxd7
26. Ra2 Bf6 27. Qc6 $16 {1-0 Letelier Martner,R (2235)-Barria Zuniga,D (2285)/
Santiago de Chile 1995/EXT 2001 (35)}) 21. dxc6 Be6 22. b5 {It is clear that
White surpasses Black in his attack.} Nb8 {[%csl Rb8]} (22... Nc5 23. b6 cxb6
24. Rxb6 {[%cal Rc6c7] is hardly much more pleasant for Black}) 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 g3 25. Be1 Ng5 26. Rb4 (26. hxg3 $5 fxg3 27. Rb4) 26... h4 27. Ne4 h3
{Desperation. Of course, Black's pieces are not ready for this assault.} 28.
hxg3 fxg3 29. Qd2 {There was nothing wrong with} (29. Nxg3 {, e.g.} e4 30. f4
Ra1 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 hxg2 34. Kxg2 $18) 29... Rf4 (29... hxg2
30. Kxg2 Nh3 31. Bxg3 Bh6 32. Qb2 Nf4+ 33. Kh1 {successfully defending.}) 30.
Nxg5 (30. Nxg3 $18) 30... Qxg5 (30... Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Qxg5 32. Qe4 Ra4 $5 33.
Qxa4 Qe3+ 34. Bf2 gxf2+ 35. Rxf2 h2+ 36. Kxh2 Qxf2 37. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Ye2d3]})
31. gxh3 Qf5 32. Bxg3 Qxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Be2 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. g4 {It is considered hardly
good for White to allow the blockade of his queenside but GM Sergey Movsesian
has an interesting idea.} (13. b3 {is a usual move. The whole system was
examined in my survey in CBM 134.}) 13... a4 14. f3 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bf2 Bd7
17. O-O-O {So, all White's hopes will be on the kingside.} cxd5 {Hardly a good
idea but the problem for Black is that he has no active plan, and White can
try to improve his position:} (17... Qe7 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. h4 {[%cal Yd2f1,
Yf1e3]}) 18. exd5 $1 {Unusual but strong.} f5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. h4 (
21. Rdg1 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5] is more accurate, avoiding the following reply.})
21... e4 $5 {[%mdl 32]} 22. fxe4 fxg4 23. h5 g5 {Black now has set up a strong
blockade, which White now tries to break down.} 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 (24... dxc5 $5
25. e5 Bxe5 26. Qg6+ Bg7 27. Bd3 Rf4 $13 {[%cal Yd8f6]}) 25. e5 $1 Bf5 $6 {
This bishop exchange is probably wrong.} (25... Bxe5 $5 26. Qg6+ Bg7 27. Rhf1
Rf6 (27... Rf4 28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Bxg4) 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Nce4 Be5
31. Nxc5 dxc5 $44 {[%csl Gg4]}) 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxe5 28. Qg6+ Bg7 29.
Nce4 Rxc4 $6 (29... Rc7 30. Nxd6 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. Rhe1 $14) 30. Nxc4 Nxc4
31. Rdf1 (31. Rhf1 $144) 31... g3 $2 {This pawn will now be lost.} (31... Kh8
32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Re1 $1 Be5 (33... Qf3 34. Nc3 Ne5 35. Qxd6 Qd3+ 36. Ka1) 34.
Ng3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye1f1]} Qf2 $140 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qxg5+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38.
Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 (39... Kh7 40. Qf5+) 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Qe6+ Kg5 42. Qh6+
Kxf5 43. Qg6+ Kf4 44. Re4+ Kg3 45. Qxg4+ Kh2 46. Re2 $18) ({Even after} 31...
Nxa3+ $5 32. Ka2 Nc4 (32... Nb5 $2 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rc1) 33.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Re1 Ne5 35. Qe6+ Kh7 (35... Kh8 36. Rc1) 36. Nxd6 Qf3 $1 37.
Qf5+ $1 Kg8 $1 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxb7 g3 (39... Nd3 40. Ne8 Qxd5+ $1 41. Qxd5
Nb4+ 42. Ka3 Nxd5 43. Rd1 {is probably winning for White}) 40. Ne8 Nf7 41. Nxg7
Kxg7 42. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Yc6c3] White is likely to win.}) 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Re1
{[%cal Re4f6]} Ne5 (33... g2 34. Nf6+ Qxf6 35. Re8+ Qf8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Rxf8+
Bxf8 38. Qg4) 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Nxg3 {The rest is easy.} Nd3 36. Rf1 Nf4 37. Qd7
Qf6 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc2+ Kg8 40. Nf5 (40. Ne2 $5) 40... Nxh5 41. Re1 Nf4 42.
Re7 Bf8 43. Rxb7 Nxd5 44. Qc8 Nf4 45. Ka1 $1 Ne6 46. Nxd6 g4 47. Ne4 Qf1+ 48.
Ka2 Ng7 49. Qc6 Qf5 50. Nf6+ Kh8 51. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 ({In an
earlier encounter between the same opponents Aronian went for} 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2
Ng6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. a4 h5 19. Ncd1 Bf8 20. Ra3 a6 21. Qc3 Bd7 ({
In a later game Black came up with} 21... Rg7 22. Qa5 Be7 $5 {and retained
active counterplay even without queens:} 23. h3 Nh8 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. a5 Ng6
26. Nc3 b6 27. axb6 Bxb6 28. Na4 Bd4 29. Ba5 Rb7 30. b4 Bd7 31. Kf1 Bb5 $11 {
Bogdanovich,S (2479)-Petrov,A (2393)/Donetsk/2010/}) 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qb4 Rg7 24.
Rac3 Nh4 25. h3 Be7 26. Be1 Qb8 (26... g4 $5 $132) 27. Kf1 Bd8 28. Rb3 Bc7 29.
Qa3 Qd8 30. Rbc3 Bb8 31. b4 Ra7 32. Rc6 $1 $36 {Aronian,L (2781)-Nakamura,H 
(2708)/WChT Bursa/2010/ For more details about this game see the notes in CBM
134 by Ftacnik. Here let it suffice to say Levon didn't want to repeat a
double-edged line, in which Black's kingside play can get very real after a
single slip. And Nakamura certainly knows how to attack, so this time White
strives for a tedious technical postion.}) 7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 ({
Earlier Nakamura essayed the main alternative} 9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 (
11... f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 (15. Rb1 g5 16. b4 b6 17.
bxc5 bxc5 18. O-O Rf7 19. Rb3 Ng6 20. Qb1 Bf8 21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Rb1 h5 23. Rb8
Rxb8 24. Qxb8 h4 25. g3 h3 26. Kf1 Nd3 27. Rb3 Nb4 28. Ke2 Nc2 29. Qa8 Nd4+ 30.
Bxd4 exd4 31. Nd1 Qe8 32. Rb8 Rc7 $11 {Topalov,V (2640)-Kaminski,M (2495)/
Polanica Zdroj/1995/ White went on to win a model endgame after Black
inadvertently swapped queens.}) 15... bxc6 16. b4 Be6 17. O-O g5 (17... d5 $5)
18. b5 Qd7 (18... d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bc5 $5 dxc4 21. Nde4 $44) 19. bxc6 Nxc6
20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Nb3 (21. Rb1 $14) 21... a5 22. a4 Rb7 23. c5 Rfb8 24. Ra3 Kh8
25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc5 {Van Wely,L (2672)-Rapport,R (2691)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/}
Rb1 $1 27. Qxb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nd4 $11) ({The most popular
reaction is} 11... Nh6 12. f3 (12. g4 Nf7 13. Qc2 c5 $13) 12... c5 13. Rb1 g5
14. Bf2 f5 15. b4 b6 16. h3 Ng6 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Nf4 19. Rh2 Qf6 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Bg3 Bd7 22. Rb7 Bc8 23. Rb3 Bd7 24. Qb1 Nf7 25. Bd1 h5 $5 $132 {
Topalov,V (2768)-Radjabov,T (2781)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 12. h3 Nh6 13.
g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Qc2 c5 16. O-O-O {Here the open h-file favours White,
as Black's king is in danger:} a6 17. Rh2 Bd7 18. Rdh1 b5 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Bg3
Qc8 21. f3 Rb7 22. Ka1 Qc7 23. f4 Rfb8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nd1 Nc8 {Gelfand,B 
(2739)-Nakamura,H (2729)/Amsterdam/2010/} 26. Bf2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5] For more
details about this game and the whole subvariation see the notes by Krasenkow
in CBM 138.}) 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 {An important crossroads, where White has
more than one option:} (11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... fxe5 12. h4 $1 g4 13. Nh2 Be6 14.
Nd5 Qd7 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Nhxg4 Nd4 (16... Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Nd4 18. O-O Kh8 19. Kh2
Bh6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nd5 Rf7 22. f4 Rg8 23. f5 Qe8 {Magerramov,E (2430)
-Shirov,A (2380)/Klaipeda/1988/} 24. Bf2 $16) 17. Nh2 Kh8 18. Nf3 Nxe2 (18...
Rae8 19. Ng5 Bg8 20. Bh5 Rb8 21. O-O $16 {Fressinet,L (2667)-Cossin,S (2486)/
Nimes/2009/}) 19. Qxe2 Ng4 20. Rc1 (20. Nd5 $5 $14) 20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg4 22.
Nh2 Bh5 23. Nf1 Rf6 24. Qd3 Qa4 25. a3 Bh6 26. Ne3 Rg8 27. O-O Rfg6 28. Nf5 $5
Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Re8 30. c5 $44 {Kalinitschew,S (2471)-L'Ami,E (2594)/Bundesliga/
2007/}) 12. Qc2 $5 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 Na6 14. Ne7+ $6 (14. O-O-O Be6 $132)
14... Kf7 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Nd2 a5 18. f3 Bf8 19. Bf2 Rd7 20. h4
g4 21. Be3 Rcd8 22. Rc2 gxf3 23. gxf3 b6 24. Rg1 {Roiz,M (2512)-Smirin,I (2683)
/Tel Aviv/2002/} Nd3+ $15 (24... Ng8 $5 {[%cal Yg8e7,Ye7c6]})) 12... c6 13. Nd2
Na6 (13... Be6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. f3 Qe7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Nb3 b5 18. Bf2 Rfc8 19.
Rd2 Nf7 20. Rhd1 Bf8 21. Bf1 bxc4 22. Na5 Qb4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25.
Rxd7 $16 {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2705)-Socko,B (2635)/Warsaw 2011/CBM 145 Extra (50)}
) 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3+ 16. Qxb3 Qe7 17. f3 Be6 18. Bf2 b5 19. Qc2 a6 20.
Nb1 Rfd8 21. Nd2 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2704)-Zvara,P (2388)/CZE-chT/2011/}) (11. h3
exd4 (11... Nc6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4 Nf4
17. Rg1 h6 18. Qd2 h5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. f3 a6 21. O-O-O b5 $132 {Postny,E 
(2631)-Saric,I (2628)/Bastia rpd/2013/}) 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. O-O (13. h4 Nxd4 (
13... f5 $5 14. hxg5 Bxd4 15. gxh6 fxe4 $132) 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. hxg5
Qxg5 17. Rh5 (17. c5 $5 $36) 17... Qg6 18. Qd2 $6 (18. O-O-O fxe4 19. Rg5 Qf6
20. Rh5 $11) 18... fxe4 19. Nd5 Nf5 20. O-O-O c6 21. Nf4 Qf6 $36 {Postny,E 
(2635)-Smirin,I (2663)/Acre/2013/}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16.
exf5 Nxf5 17. Bh2 Bd7 18. Bg4 Nd4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22.
cxb5 g4 23. h4 b6 24. b3 Qf7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2739)-Radjabov,T (2773)/Wijk aan
Zee/2012/ For details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 147.}) (
11. d5 f5 (11... Nd7 12. O-O f5 (12... a5 $5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f3 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Bf2 b6 17. Nde4 Bd7 18. Qd2 h6 19. Ng3 Nd4 20. Rae1 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qe8
22. b3 Qg6 23. Nb5 Rac8 24. Na7 Ra8 25. Nb5 Rac8 26. Na7 Ra8 {1/2,Peralta,F 
(2602)-Smirin,I (2678)/Barcelona/2011/}) 13. exf5 Nxf5 (13... Nc5 14. Qd2 g4
15. Nh4 a5 16. f3 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Ng4 18. h3 Bh6 19. Qe1 e4 {Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2672)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/Elista/2008/} 20. hxg4 exf3 21. Nxf3 $16) 14. Nd2
Nd4 (14... Nf6 15. Nde4 h6 16. Bd3 $14) 15. Nde4 h6 16. Bg4 b6 17. f3 Nc5 18.
Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Ng3 a5 21. Nce2 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Ng3 Qg6 24.
Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb1 (25. Ne4 g4 $14 {/<=>}) 25... Qxb1 26. Raxb1 e4 $1 27. Nxe4
Bd4+ 28. Kh1 a4 $44 {Wang Yue (2739)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee/2009/ For
details see the notes to this game by Radjabov in CBM 129.}) 12. exf5 g4 13.
Nd2 Bxf5 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ne3 e4 16. O-O Nc5 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4
Qg5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qc2 e3 22. Rce1 exf2+ 23. Bxf2 Raf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4
Be5 $44 {Roiz,M (2593)-Radjabov,T (2682)/ECC Saint Vincent/2005/}) 11... g4 (
11... f5 $5 {perhaps deserves a closer look:} 12. exf5 (12. dxe5 $5 f4 13. Qd5+
Kh8 14. exd6 fxg3 15. hxg3 $44) 12... g4 13. f6 (13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
f6 gxf3 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. gxf3 Nf5 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Nxh4 20. Nxc7 Qd8 21.
Nxa8 Nc6 $36) 13... Bxf6 14. Nd2 exd4 15. Nd5 Bg7 (15... Be5 $5 $13) 16. cxd6
cxd6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Bf1 Nf5 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. b4 Qd8 $13
{Tunik,G (2427)-Belyakov,B (2349)/Voronezh/2011/}) 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6
14. dxe5 dxe5 {Black's recapture defines the character of the game.} ({
Nakamura spurns the sharper, but less solid} 14... fxe5 15. O-O (15. Bc4+ Kh8
16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Bxe2 Be6 19. O-O Qe7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Rad1 a6 22.
Bc4 Bc8 23. f4 b5 24. Bd5 Ng8 $14 {/<=>,Onischuk,A (2684)-Inarkiev,E (2676)/
Poikovsky/2009/}) 15... Nd4 (15... Bf6 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 $14) 16. Bc4+ Kh8
17. Ne2 (17. Qd2 Ng8 (17... Bd7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Bb5 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. a4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 $16 {Volkov,S (2623)-Belyakov,B 
(2312)/Voronezh/2012/}) 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nxd4 (19. Bd3 $5) 19... Nxe4 20. Qe2 d5
(20... Nxg3 $13) 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Nb5 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qd7 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Rac1
Bd7 {Shulman,Y (2622)-Robson,R (2522)/Saint Louis/2011/} 26. Nd6 $14) 17... Be6
(17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bxh4 (19... Qe7 20. Qd2 $16) 20. Bxe5+ dxe5
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Rc1 Bf6 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Rc7+ $36 {Cornette,M 
(2543)-Sambuev,B (2478)/Montreal/2010/}) 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rad1 Rc8
21. f3 Qg5 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. Kh1 Ne6 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. fxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nxg4
27. Nf5 Nf6 28. Re1 Ne6 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Bf2 $14 {Giri,A (2672)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2723)/Biel/2010/}) 15. Bc4+ (15. O-O Be6 16. Qa4 Qd4 17. Qa3 Rfc8 18. Bb5
Bf8 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Bxa4 Nd4 21. f4 Bc4 22. Rfe1 Bc5 23. Kh1 b5 24. Bd1 Bd6
$11 {1/2,Halkias,S (2406)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2603)/WChJ Yerevan/1999/}) 15... Kh8
16. Qxd8 {The queen swap is natural to contain Black's piece activity.} (16.
O-O Nd4 17. Rc1 (17. Ne2 f5 18. Nxd4 exd4 $132) 17... Bd7 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5
Nhxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Nc3 $6 (21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bd3 $11) 21... Rc8 22. Ne2 h5
23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qd2 d3 {Halkias,S (2593)-Jones,G (2635)/EU-chT Porto Carras/
2011/} 25. Rfe1 $132 {[%cal Yg3e5]}) 16... Rxd8 17. O-O Nd4 ({In postal play
Black relied upon} 17... Bd7 18. f4 (18. Rad1 $5 Bf8 19. f4 {could be slightly
better, but still requires testing.}) 18... Nd4 19. Bd5 (19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rae1
Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. b3 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 b5 25. Bd3 Bf6 26. Nf5
Nxf5 27. exf5 Rc3 28. Be4 Kg7 29. Rd2 {1/2,Holroyd,K-Cloodt,H (2159)/corr/2010/
} Bc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Rxa7 Kg5 $44) 19... Rac8 20. Rf2 b5 21.
Rd2 Ng8 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Nd5 Rc2 24. Rxc2 Nxc2 25. Rf1 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxf5 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nd4 $11 {Soltau,A (2581)-Benlloch Guirau,A 
(2472)/corr/2009/}) 18. Rad1 (18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxf3+ $2 (19... Ng4 $142 $1
20. Nd5 Be6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bb3 Ne3 23. Nxe3 Bxb3 24. Nf5 Bc2 25. Bh4 Rd7 $1
(25... Rf8 26. Nxd4 Bxe4 27. Nf5 Rae8 28. Rae1 Bd3 29. Rf3 Bc2 30. Rxe8 Rxe8
31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Bxf6+ $14 {Peralta,F (2595)-Aloma Vidal,R (2435)/Sabadell/
2010/}) 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxf6+ Kg6 $132 {Roiz}) 20. Rxf3 (20. gxf3 $14) 20...
f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Raf1 Nd6 23. Bb3 Bg4 24. Rf6 b5 {Roiz,M (2659)-Socko,B 
(2643)/AUT-chT/2009/} 25. Bxe5 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd5 $18 {For details see
the notes to this game by Roiz in CBM 134.}) 18... Be6 {Generally speaking,
exchanging the light-squared bishops strategically favours White, as his
remaining bishop will be better, than Black's. However, the Bc4 is a strong
piece and leaving it alive also causes Black problems:} (18... Bd7 19. f4 Rac8
20. Bd3 Nf7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb1 Be6 23. Bf2 Nec6 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. exf5 Bc4
26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 h5 29. b3 Bf7 30. Be4 a6 31. Nc3 Bf8 32.
Nd5 Kg7 33. Nc7 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. b4 $14 {Onischuk,A (2670)-Smirin,I (2668)/
WChT Bursa/2010/}) 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. f3 gxf3 $146 {[%mdl 8] Logical.} ({
Black's activity was only temporary after} 20... Nd4 21. Bf2 Rac8 22. Be3 gxf3
23. Nxf3 Ng4 (23... Nc6 $142 $14) 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
h3 Ne3 28. Re1 Nc2 29. Re2 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Kf1 Bb4 32. Nd5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2
Bc5+ 34. Kf3 $16 {Smirnov,P (2580)-Yuffa,D (2378)/St Petersburg/2011/}) 21.
gxf3 (21. Nxf3 $5 $14 {[%cal Yg3h4,Yc3d5]}) 21... Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Swapping
rooks limits Black's chances for active counterplay, in the resulting endgame
White has a small, but long-lasting edge. There are only 2 possible results of
the game and to achieve a draw, Black must defend accurately.} (21... Nd4 $142
$5 22. f4 (22. Kg2 f5 $11) 22... Ng4 $132) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bf2
$14 a6 25. Kf1 (25. Nd5 {White first centralises his king. An attempt to keep
Black's king and bishop passive is} Kg8 26. Bc5 Kf7 27. Kf2 {, but after} Ne6 {
[%cal Yg7f8] White's pull begins to evaporate.}) 25... Kg8 (25... Bf8 $5 26.
Nd5 Kg7 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Kd3 Ke6 $14) 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Be3 $5 {Toys with the
Bxh6 idea, if Black moves his knight, then White has Nf5.} Ke6 (27... Bf8 $5
28. Bxh6 (28. Na4 Ng8 29. Nf5 Ne7 $11) 28... Bxh6 {loses a tempo, but a B:N
endgame should be tenable for Black. Although he has an inferior minor piece,
the bishop is still sufficient and his only weakness is f6. In an endgame like
this it's important to realise which pieces the active side and the defender
can exchange to achieve their aims. White will have to swap something to get
chances to penetrate with his king, but on the other hand premature exchanges
ease the defensive task.}) 28. Na4 ({Aronian agrees - the time is not yet ripe
for} 28. Bxh6 Bxh6) 28... Bf8 $2 {A serious inaccuracy, as now Black's king
will be forced back.} (28... Kd7 $1 $14 {/\} 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kc6) 29.
Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kf7 $8 (30... Kd6 31. Nxb7+ Nxb7 32. Nf5+ Kc5 33. Nxh6
$16 {/+- Converting the healthy extra pawn should be a matter of technique.})
31. Kd3 $16 {[%cal Yd3c4,Yc4d5]} Bf4 (31... Bf8 32. Kc4 $16) (31... Nc6 32.
Nxb7 Nb4+ 33. Kc4 Nxa2 34. Nc5 a5 35. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 32. h3 Bg5 (32...
Bc1 33. b3 Ba3 34. Kc4 h5 (34... Kg7 {[%cal Yg7h6,Yh6g5]} 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. b4 {
[%cal Rc5d3,Rc4b3]} Nc6 37. Nd3 a5 38. b5 Na7 39. b6 Nc6 40. Nc5 Nd8 41. Nd6
Bxc5 42. Kxc5 Kg5 43. Kb5 Kh4 44. Kxa5 Kxh3 45. a4 Kg2 46. Kb5 h5 47. Nxb7 Nxb7
48. a5 h4 49. a6 Nd6+ 50. Kc6 h3 51. a7 h2 52. Kxd6 h1=Q 53. b7 $1 $18) 35. b4
(35. Nf5 Bxc5 36. Kxc5 Kg6 37. Kb6 (37. h4 Ne6+ {/\} 38. Kb6 Nd4 $132) 37...
Kg5 38. Kc7 Ne6+ 39. Kxb7 Kf4 40. Kxa6 Kxf3 41. Nd6 Kg3 42. Kb6 Nd4 $1 43. b4
Kxh3 44. a4 Kg2 45. a5 h4 46. a6 h3 47. a7 h2 48. a8=Q h1=Q $14) 35... Nc6 36.
Nxb7 (36. Nd3 Nd4) 36... Bxb4 37. Nd8+ $5 Nxd8 38. Kxb4 $16) 33. Nf5 Ne6 $6 {
A desperate counter-attack, but also after} (33... Kg6 34. a4 $16 {Black is in
serious trouble.}) 34. Nxe6 $2 {This is too academic, as it leads to a tenable
endgame of the aforementioned type.} ({Calculation was necessary - White could
have called Black's bluff with} 34. Nxb7 $1 Nf4+ 35. Kc4 Nxh3 36. b4 Nf4 (36...
Ng1 37. Nc5 Nxf3 38. Nxa6 {[%csl Ga2,Gb4]} h5 39. b5 Nd4 40. b6 Nxf5 41. exf5
e4 42. Nc5 h4 43. Nxe4 $18) 37. a4 h5 (37... Ng2 38. a5 $5 Ne3+ 39. Kd3 Nxf5
40. exf5 $18 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 38. b5 (38. a5 $5 h4 39. b5 h3 (39... axb5+ 40.
Kxb5 h3 41. a6 Ne6 (41... h2 42. a7 $1 h1=Q (42... Ne6 43. Nd8+ $1 Nxd8 44.
a8=Q h1=Q 45. Qa7+ $18) 43. a8=Q $40 Qb1+ 44. Kc6 Qc2+ 45. Kd7 $18)) 40. bxa6
h2 41. Ng3 Ne6 42. Nd8+ $1 Nxd8 43. a7 $18) 38... axb5+ 39. axb5 Ne6 40. b6 Ke8
41. Nc5 Nd8 (41... Nxc5 42. Kxc5 Kd7 43. Kb5 Kc8 44. Ka6 Kb8 45. Ne7 $18) 42.
Ng7+ $18) 34... Kxe6 35. Kc4 b6 (35... Bc1 36. b3 (36. Kc5 Bxb2 37. Kb6 Kf7 38.
Kxb7 a5 $11 {is similar}) 36... Ba3 37. b4 Bb2 38. Kc5 Ba3 39. Kb6 Bxb4 40.
Kxb7 a5 41. Kc6 Kf7 $1 42. Ne3 Be1 43. Nd5 Kg6 44. Kd7 Kf7 $1 $11) 36. a4 Bd2
37. b3 h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5] Why weaken the pawn?} (37... Bc1 38. b4 Bd2 {should
be a draw.}) 38. b4 ({Of course White doesn't fall for} 38. Ng7+ Kf7 39. Nxh5
Be1 $17 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rf7g6] , but the Ng7 manoeuvre is now a constant
threat, which limits Black's options.}) 38... a5 $1 (38... Bc1 $2 39. b5 a5 40.
Ng7+ Kf7 41. Nxh5 $18) (38... Be1 {gives White some extra chances after} 39.
Ne3 a5 40. Nd5 (40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kb5 Kf7 42. Nc4 Kg6 43. Ne3 $11 (43. Nxa5 $2
Kg5 $36 {[%cal Rg5f4,Rg5h4]})) 40... Kf7 $5 (40... axb4 41. Nxb6 $18) (40...
Bxb4 41. Nxb4 axb4 42. Kxb4 Kd6 43. Kb5 Kc7 44. Ka6 Kc6 (44... h4 45. Ka7 Kc6
46. Kb8 $18) 45. h4 Kc5 46. Kb7 $18 b5 47. axb5 Kxb5 48. Kc7 Kc5 49. Kd7 Kd4
50. Ke6 Ke3 51. Kxf6 Kf4 52. Ke6 Kxf3 53. Kxe5 Kg4 54. Kf6 Kxh4 55. e5 Kg3 56.
e6 h4 57. e7 h3 58. e8=Q h2 59. Qe4 $18) 41. b5 $1 (41. Kb5 Kg6 $132) 41... Bf2
42. f4 $1 Kg6 (42... exf4 $2 43. Nxf4 h4 44. Kd5 $18) 43. f5+ Kf7 $14 (43...
Kg5 $2 44. Kd3 Bg1 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. Kf3 Bg1 47. Kg3 {[%cal Gh3h4]} h4+ $8 48.
Kg2 Bc5 49. Kf3 Bd4 50. Nc7 Bg1 51. Ne6+ Kh5 52. Ke2 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gf6][%cal
Ge2c4,Gc4d5,Gd5c6]})) 39. bxa5 (39. b5 Be1 $11) 39... bxa5 40. Kb5 Kd7 $2 $138
{The final move to reach the time control is a decisive error.} ({As already
the above notes (to move 35 and 38) indicate. Black must keep his king with
striking distance of White's kingside.} 40... Kf7 41. Kc6 (41. Nd6+ Kg6 42. Nc4
Be1 43. Nxa5 $2 Kg5 {is dangerous for White; we have already mentioned this
line above.}) 41... Kg6 42. h4 Kf7 $11) 41. Ng7 $18 {Now Black can't trap the
knight anymore, so he must move forward his Ph5.} (41. Ng3 $18) 41... h4 {
[%csl Rh4]} 42. Nf5 {Now the nimble knight waltzes to the queenside, while
Black's king is too far away to create any counterplay.} Be1 43. Ne3 Ke6 44.
Nc4 (44. Nc4 {Nakamura was already not interested in} Kf7 (44... f5 45. Nxa5
fxe4 46. fxe4 Kf6 47. Nc4 Kg5 48. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Re5d3]}) 45. Nxa5 Kg6 46. Nc6
(46. Nb7 Kg5 47. Nc5 $18) 46... Kg5 47. Nb4 Kf4 48. Nd3+ Kg3 49. Nxe1 Kxh3 50.
a5 Kg3 51. a6 h3 52. a7 h2 53. a8=Q h1=Q 54. Qg8+ Kf2 55. Qa2+ Ke3 56. Qb3+ Kf2
57. Qc2+ Kg3 58. Qe2 $18 {- White holds on to his Pf3 and gradually converts
the extra piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {After some unexpected starting
moves, we are in the King's Indian main line.} O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 (7...
exd4 {is also very popular nowadays.}) 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 (9... g5 10. Bg3
Nh6 {is another main line.}) 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 (11... Nh6 {is the real
main line with many many top games.}) 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 {This is important,
otherwise h6 and g5 and the B is in big trouble.} h6 14. Be3 c5 (14... b6 {
is also possible, for example:} 15. O-O g5 16. b4 Ng6 17. a4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5
19. Nb3 Ra6 20. a5 bxa5 21. c5 Nf4 22. Nxa5 h5 23. Nc4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qf6 25.
cxd6 cxd6 26. Nb6 h4 27. Qd1 Qf7 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Bd2 Qd7 30. g3 Nh3+ 31. Kg2
Rf8 $132 {and there is some pressure on White's position, later Black managaed
to win, Peralta-J.Polgar, Khanty-Mansiysk ol 2010.}) 15. dxc6 (15. Rb1 g5 16.
b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. O-O Rf7 19. Rb3 Ng6 20. Qb1 Bf8 21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Rb1 h5
23. Rb8 Rxb8 24. Qxb8 h4 $13 {with a double-edged fight, Topalov-Kaminski,
Polanica Zdroj 1995.}) 15... bxc6 16. b4 Be6 17. O-O g5 $146 {A logical
novelty by Rapport. Black prepares for Ng6-f4 which can be very unpleasant for
White.} ({In case of} 17... d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc5 d4 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. a4 h5
22. Qb1 h4 23. Qd3 h3 24. g3 Bh6 25. Nd6 Kh7 26. b5 Rf6 $36 {and Black looks
nicely placed, Tan Zhongyi-Zhang Xiaowen, Xinghua Jiangsu 2011.}) 18. b5 ({
The engine suggests} 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Rac1 {followed by Rfd1 and b5. This P
structure is very strange in the King's Indian, especially the g4 P, so that's
why they both have to employ other plans than the usual ones.}) 18... Qd7 ({
In the event of} 18... d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bc5 dxc4 21. Nde4 $44 {and White
has great compensation for the P.}) 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Nb3 a5 22.
a4 Rb7 23. c5 Rfb8 24. Ra3 Kh8 (24... Bf7 $5 {was also interesting.}) 25. cxd6
Qxd6 26. Nc5 Rb2 $6 {A small inaccuracy.} ({Maybe} 26... Rb1 {was the best
chance} 27. Qxb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 {and the
computer gives Black a clear advantage, but two Rs are always very powerful.})
27. Rd3 $6 {Returns the error.} ({White should play} 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 (27... Qxa3
28. Bc1 $1 $16 {and White is better.}) 28. Rc3 $14 {with some pressure.}) 27...
Nd4 (27... Bg8 $5 {was also interesting to hold the B.}) 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd2
Qa6 $6 {Too risky. Black gives up the g4 P, because he believes his advanced d
P will be very strong.} ({After the simple} 29... Qd7 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 {Black
hasn't got any problem.}) 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Bxd4 ({Of course the immediate} 31.
Qxg4 $4 {does not work, because of} Qxf1+ $1 32. Kxf1 Rb1+ $19 {and mate.})
31... exd4 32. Qxg4 d3 $1 {Rapport immediately pushes his advanced P.} 33. Qd7
$1 {Another strong reply. The Q is behind the P and White prepares for the
dangerous Ne7 with some unpleasant threats.} Qg6 34. Ne7 Qf7 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36.
Nf5 d2 37. g3 ({Probably} 37. h3 $1 {was more accurate, because the f3 square
is not left as a hole.}) 37... Bc3 $6 ({The computer suggests} 37... Qb3 {
, but in a practical game, nobody wants to leave his K alone.}) 38. Qd3 Qa7 $2
{A decisive mistake, probably in time trouble.} ({He should play} 38... Bb4 {
, but} 39. e5 {and Black's position is very difficult.}) 39. Rd1 {Not a bad
move; he isn't missing the win, but} (39. e5 $1 {was the strongest answer} Bxe5
40. Ne7+ $18 {and Black can resign.}) 39... Bb4 40. e5 Qf7 41. Ne3+ Kg7 42. Qd4
Rb3 43. e6+ Qf6 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Kg2 (45. Qd5 $1 {was the best to centralise
the Q} Ra3 {and only now} 46. Kg2 $1 $18 {and White is completely winning.})
45... g4 $1 {The only chance.} 46. Qc8+ ({The unexpected} 46. Nxg4 $1 {was the
correct} Qf3+ 47. Kh3 {and} Qxd1 $2 {is no possible, as} 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qf7+
Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ $18 {and mate.}) 46... Kg7 47. Qb7+ Kh8 (47... Kg8 {
was more accurate} 48. Qc8+ Qf8 {and still Black is fighting.}) 48. e7 $2 ({
White should return to the previous position with} 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ {
followed by Nxg4, like in the 46th move.}) 48... Qxe7 49. Qxe7 Bxe7 50. Rxd2
Bg5 $1 {A very important momemt. Black escapes to a R ending, which gives him
the best drawing chances.} 51. Rd5 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Rxe3 53. Kf2 Ra3 54. Rxa5 {
Finally White has a P up, but this is a theoretically drawn R engame.} Kg7 55.
Ra8 Kg6 (55... Ra2+ {was the easiest.}) 56. a5 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Rxh2 58. a6 Ra2 59.
Kd4 Kh5 (59... h5 {was also fine.}) 60. Kc4 Ra3 61. Kb4 Ra1 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63.
Kc5 Rc1+ 64. Kb5 (64. Kb6 {was also draw, because} Rb1+ 65. Ka7 Rb3 {ect.})
64... Rb1+ {and draw. What a great battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {The King's Indian is one of the main weapons of
Radjabov.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 (9...
g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 {is also very popular.}) 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 (11... Nh6 {
is the common main line.}) 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 {Important, otherwise h6.} h6
14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b4 d5 $146 {A novelty by Radjabov.} ({A few month
ago} 16... Be6 {was tried} 17. O-O g5 18. b5 Qd7 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21.
Nb3 a5 22. a4 Rb7 23. c5 Rfb8 $13 {with an unclear fight, Van Wely-Rapport,
Wijk aan Zee 2014.}) 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 e4 {A logical decision. Black opens
the long diagonal for his B, on the other hand, this was also a risky choice.}
(18... d4 19. Nce4 Be6) 19. Bxe7 {A very ambitious move. Caruana sacrifices an
exchange and he will have very active pieces.} Qxe7 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. O-O Bxa1
22. Qxa1 {A very interesting position. Black is an exchange up, but he gives
up his important dark-squared B and White has a great d5N too.} Bf5 23. Ne3 {
At first sight this is a slightly strange idea, because the strong d5N is
coming back. On the other hand, White would like to activate his another N
from b3, but the immediate} (23. Nb3 $2 {could have been met by} Be6 $1 $17 {
and White is in big trouble.}) 23... Rad8 24. Nb3 Be6 25. Qc1 h5 26. Nc5 Rd4
27. Qc3 Rxc4 {Radjabov gives back the exchange, because White's pieces are too
active. Moreover the R cannot now be taken.} 28. Qb2 ({Of course} 28. Nxc4 $2 {
is not working, because of} Bxc4 $19 {and Black is better, as the f1 R can't
move.}) 28... Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bxa2 30. g3 {A logical practical move, White opens
his back rank. On the other hand} (30. Ra1 {was slightly more accurate} Be6 31.
Ra6 {and White immediately activates his R.}) 30... Be6 31. Ra1 Kh7 $6 {
A small inaccuracy.} (31... Qg7 $1 {was better,} 32. Qb1 Qf6 33. Qe1 Rc8 34.
Rxa7 Rxc5 $13 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 32. Ra4 Qg7 33. Qd2 Rf7 34.
c6 Qe5 35. Ra5 Qc7 36. Qc3 $1 {White is threatening to play with Re5.} Qd6 37.
Rb5 ({Now} 37. Re5 $6 {is dubious, because} Rc7 38. Rc5 Bf7) 37... Bc8 38. Qc2
a6 $6 (38... Rc7 $1 {was the exact reply,} 39. Qxe4 Kg7 $1 {and after this
cool-blooded move, Black is fine.}) 39. Rd5 Qf6 40. c7 {The critical point of
the game.} Rf8 $2 {A decisive mistake, probably in time trouble.} (40... Qg7 {
was better} 41. Rc5 (41. Qxe4 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qc3 {is transposing to 40...Qa1.})
41... a5 {and}) ({or} 40... Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qg7 $1 {It is very important to
attack the c7 P!} 42. Rc5 (42. Qxe4 Qc3 $1 (42... Rxc7 $2 {is losing, as} 43.
Rxh5+ $18) 43. Rxh5+ Kg7 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 42... a5 43. Qxe4
Rxf2+ $1 {This is the point of 40...Qa1!} 44. Kxf2 Qf8+ $11 {and Black can
hold his position.}) 41. Qd2 $1 $18 {A very strong move! Now the c7 P is not
hanging, so Caruana immediately improves his Q's position. Black is in a big
trouble.} Qf7 42. Rd8 Kg8 43. Qd5 Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kh6 45. Nc4 Be6 46. Qc5 Rg8 47.
c8=Q {The practical solution.} (47. Nd2 $18 {was also nice.}) 47... Bxc8 48.
Rxc8 Rxc8 49. Qxc8 Qd5 50. Ne3 Qd3 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Qf8 {and Black can't avoid
the mate. A great win by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
{This system was examined in my theoretical survey in CBM 134.} 9. Nd2 (9. Be2
$1) 9... Qe8 (9... h6 10. Be3 Nd7 $1) 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. b3
Bh6 14. f3 $146 {Hardly a successful novelty. Black trades dark-squared
bishops and obtains counterplay on the dark squares.} (14. O-O Nc5 15. Ra2 f5
16. f3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 {1-0 (45) Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Tukhaev,A
(2517) Kharkov 2007} Bd7 $11) (14. Rb1 {is the best move. Here are some
developments seen in 2012-2014:} Bd7 (14... Nc5 15. O-O $1 (15. b4 axb4 16.
axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Qd8 (17... Qd7 $5 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 20. O-O $6 fxe4 21.
Nh2 Bf4 22. Bg4 Qg7 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 $15 {0-1 (42)
Ostenstad,B (2465)-Nakamura,H (2783) Rhodes 2013}) 18. Qc2 (18. Qb3 Kg7 19. Rd1
c6 20. Na3 c5 21. b5 Nd7 22. Nab1 Qa5 $132 {1/2 (48) Legky,N (2505)-Shirov,A 
(2710) France 1995}) 18... c6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. c5 Qd8 21. dxc6 Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2
g5 23. Bg3 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 bxc6 26. cxb6 Nxb6 $11 {1/2 (60) Roeder,
M (2414)-Grandelius,N (2547) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 15... f5 (15... Bd7 $142 {
- 14...Bd7}) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nca4 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qc2 c6 (19... c5 20. Nb3
cxb4 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qg7 23. Rxb4 $16 {1-0 (48) Krasenkow,M (2631)-Vovk,A
(2506) Vlissingen 2009}) 20. Nxd6 $1 cxd5 (20... Qxd6 21. c5 Qd7 22. d6 $16)
21. c5 fxe4 22. Rbd1 Qc7 23. Nxc8 Nxc8 24. Bb5 Nab6 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. cxb6 Nxb6
27. f4 $1 Bxf4 28. g3 Qf5 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Rfe1 $18 {1-0 (37)
Grigoryan,G (1950)-Pott,B (1787) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 15. O-O (15.
Qc2 c6 16. O-O cxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. f3 Be3+ 19. Bf2 {1/2 (57) Olszewski,M 
(2526)-Chojnacki,K (2441) Police 2012} Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 f5 $132) 15... Nc5 16.
Qc2 f5 (16... Qe7 {1-0 (39) Anton Guijarro,D (2546)-Moreno Tejera,E (2358) San
Agustin 2012} 17. b4 $1) 17. b4 (17. f3 Be3+ 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qe7 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Nca4 22. Nd1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf4 $132 {1-0 (54) Semcesen,D (2449)
-Wendt,J (2371) Lund 2011}) 17... axb4 (17... Nca4 18. Nb5 (18. Nd1 Nc8 19. f3
b6 20. Nb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rf7 22. Ra1 Ne7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bb5 25. Bf2 Bxe2
26. Qxe2 Nxc5 {1/2 (26) Janosi,E (2120)-Kukula,P (2149) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2012}) 18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rb3 Bxd2 22. Rxd2
fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bg5 $14 {1/2 (45) Jorgensen,A (2549)
-Hertel,P (2652) ICCF Email 2002}) 18. axb4 Nxe4 (18... Nca4 19. Nb5 {is still
OK:} (19. Nd1 $5 {looks more appropriate after the opening of the a-file:} g5 (
19... Nc8 20. Ra1 $1) 20. Bg3 f4 21. Bh2 Qe7 22. f3 Rfc8 23. Nb3 c6 24. dxc6
Rxc6 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Ra4] 1-0 (40) De Verdier,M (2352)-Teterev,
V (2530) Glasgow 2012}) 19... Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nd7 $6 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. Ra1 Nab6
23. Nxb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 cxb6 25. Qc7 e3 26. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 (39) Vovk,Y (2571)
-Williams,S (2513) Hastings 2012}) 19. Ndxe4 fxe4 20. c5 Na4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22.
Bd3 (22. f3 Be3+ 23. Kh2 Bd4 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qc7 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Raxb8 27. Rbe1
Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nc3 29. Bd3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rf8 $11 {1/2 (40) Browne,M-Schwerteck,
M www.desc-online.de 2011}) 22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf4 24. Bg3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3
26. Qc4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Qf7 28. b5 $5 (28. Re1 Bf8 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. f4 exf4 31.
Bxf4 Qf5 $11 {1/2 (34) Dydyshko,V (2585)-Vajda,L (2557) Slovakia 2010}) 28...
Qf5 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Kh2 Ra3 31. b6 $1 cxb6 32. Qb4 Rd3 33. c6 Qc8 34. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 (37) Raznikov,D (2433)-Klein,D (2359) Oslo 2011}) 14... Be3 15. Bf2 Bxf2+
16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1 Qd8 (17... Nc5 $5 18. h4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4+ 20. Nxe4 Bf5
21. Bd3 Nd7 {fighting for the e4-square. Black is obviously fine due to the
awkward position of White's king.}) 18. h4 Nd7 (18... h5 {was quite possible.})
19. h5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 c6 22. Qe1 cxd5 {A risky decision yielding
the c4-square to White's knight.} (22... Nc5 23. Bc2 Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yd8g5]} 24.
exf5 $140 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 $1) 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 25. Bc2 Qg5 (25...
b5 $5) 26. Kg1 {White could have seized the initiative by means of} (26. Nc4 $1
Ra6 (26... fxe4 27. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $36 {- the point}) 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Nd7 (28... b5 29. bxc5 bxc4 30. cxd6) 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rh3 $142 $1 (30.
b5 Ra2 31. Qc3 Nc5 32. Nxd6 (32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Nxd6 $2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qe3+) 32...
Ne4+ 33. fxe4 fxe4+ 34. Kg1 Rxc2 $1 35. Qxc2 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qh6+ $11 {M.Notkin})
30... Qf4 31. b5 Ra2 32. Qc3 Nf6 33. Kg1 Nxd5 34. Qb3 $36) 26... Kg7 (26...
fxe4 27. Bxe4 (27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bf5 $11) 27... Bf5 $11) 27. Nc4 {Now
this is less effective.} fxe4 28. Bxe4 Ra6 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Nxe3 b5 $11 31.
Bc2 Ra7 32. Kf2 b4 $6 (32... e4 $11 {was safer}) 33. Ra1 Rf4 (33... Ra6 $5 34.
Nc4 Rd8) 34. axb4 $6 (34. Nc4 $5 {, recommended by M.Notkin, forces Black to
give up an exchange:} Rxc4 35. bxc4 b3 36. Be4 Rc7 {although even here he
should hold on.}) 34... Rxb4 35. Ra3 (35. Nc4 {is now harmless. Black has
several good replies;} Bf5 {is probably the most energetic:} 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37.
Nxd6 Nd3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kg3 Kg6 $5 {[%csl Rg3]} 39. Rh8 Rd7) 38... Rxb3 39.
Nxf5+ Kg6 40. Nd6 a4 $44) 35... Bd7 36. Rha1 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Kg3 Ra6 39.
Bxa4 Rbxa4 40. Rxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 {Navara usually isn't
too interested in the main lines.} ({This time instead of the classical} 6. Be2
{he goes for a complex system, introduced by one of Kasparov's first trainers
Makogonov and taken up by his compatriot Bagirov. Later Krasenkow put it to
good use and had excellent results with it, today a lot of top players use it
occasionally. White's last move is multifunctional (prevents B or Ng4,
introduces the possibility of g4), but White must be careful not to fall too
much behind in development once the position opens up.}) 6... e5 {Typical
King's Indian strategy.} (6... c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 {gives White a choice,
he can even recapture with the symmetrical} 9. exd5 $5 {() Already Botvinnik
used to play this line, even nowadays} (9. cxd5 {- A70 is currently one of the
main lines of the Benoni. Black just barely holds the balance here.}) 9... Re8+
10. Be3 Bh6 11. O-O Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 $14 {is considered rather
unpleasant for Black.}) ({Black can also postpone central activity/
clarification with} 6... Na6 7. Be3 (7. g4 $6 {allows} c5 $1 8. d5 e6 {more
effectively than one move earlier:} 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Kf1 Nc7 11. a4 Na6 12. Ra3
Nb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Kg2 a6 15. Bf4 exd5 16. exd5 Ra7 $132 {Ovod,E (2420)-Sedlak,
N (2580)/St Petersburg/2011/}) ({Krasenkow's move from the 1990s onwards has
been} 7. Bg5 $5 c6 8. Be2 ({In his article about his pet line in CBM 132
Krasenkow prefers the flexible} 8. Nd2 $5 Ne8 (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 e5 10. d5 cxd5
11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Be2 Qb4 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. O-O c4 17.
Rfc1 Bf8 18. a3 Qa5 19. a4 Bc5 20. Nd1 $14 {Arnaudov,P (2477)-Efimenko,Z (2689)
/Golden Sands/2012/}) 9. Nb3 Nac7 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. Na1 Ne6 13. Be3 Qa5
14. Nc2 Nf6 15. Be2 c5 16. d5 Nc7 17. f4 Nfe8 18. Na3 Bd7 19. O-O f5 20. exf5
gxf5 21. g4 Nf6 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Kh2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Bf6
27. Bd2 Qb6 28. Bc3 $36 {Krasenkow,M (2615)-Kempinski,R (2515)/Warsaw/1997/})
8... e5 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 cxd5 (10... Nh5 11. dxc6 $5 bxc6 12. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6]}
Nf4 13. O-O f5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Nd4 $14 {
Bluvshtein,M (2583)-Topalov,V (2803)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/ For more
details about this game see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 139.}) 11. cxd5 Nh5
12. Nd2 ({A simpler way is} 12. O-O Nf4 13. Bc4 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 12... Nf4 13.
Bf1 Nc5 14. Nb3 b6 15. g3 Nh5 16. Qd2 $6 (16. Nd2 $5 $14) 16... Kh7 17. Be2 Nf6
18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. g4 Rb8 20. f3 Bd7 21. h4 h5 $1 22. Bg5 Qa5 23. Rg1 Rb4 $36 {
Hjartarson,J (2585)-Kasparov,G (2810)/Paris rpd/1994/}) 7... e5 8. d5 Nh5 (8...
c6 {is more restrained:} 9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Nfd7 12. Rg1 a4 13. Qc2
Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 cxd5 $2 (15... Rc8 $142 $5 $132) 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Bb5
$1 {Pinpoints the strategic error on move 15.} Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bf6
20. g5 Bd8 21. h4 Na8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxa4 $16 {Carlsen,M (2772)-Topalov,V 
(2813)/Nanjing/2009/ For more details about this game see the notes by
Krasenkow in CBM 133.}) 9. Nh2 Qe8 10. Be2 f5 $5 (10... Nf4 11. Bf3 f5 12. h4 (
{Currently White more often than not plays simply} 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 Nc5 14.
Bxf4 fxe4 15. Be3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Bf5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ng5 Rb8 19. Re2 Bh6 20.
Nge4 Qd8 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. b3 Bf4 23. Nge4 Kg7 24. Qe1 a5 25. Rd1 Bd7 26. Qf1 h5
27. Ree1 Bh6 $11 {Figlio,G (2397)-Boger,R (2654)/email/2011/}) 12... Qe7 (12...
Bd7 $5 {/\} 13. g3 Nb4 $132) 13. g3 Nb4 $5 14. O-O $1 (14. Qb3 $2 Nfd3+ 15. Ke2
f4 16. Bd2 {Kavalek,L (2595)-Kasparov,G (2630)/Bugojno/1982/} Nxf2 17. Kxf2
Nd3+ 18. Kg2 fxg3 19. Kxg3 Rf4 $1 $40) 14... g5 15. gxf4 (15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Be4
$5 $14) 15... gxf4 (15... exf4 16. Bd4 $1 {/\} Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc2 18. Qd2 Nxa1
19. hxg5 $16) 16. Bd2 Qxh4 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Nd3 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5
21. Be4 f3 22. Bxf3 e4 23. Bg4 Kh8 {Hausrath,D (2320)-Kaminski,M (2440)/Chania/
1994/} 24. Kh1 $18) 11. exf5 (11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 fxe4 14. Qb1
Qg6 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Ke2 Nb4 17. Rhc1 a5 18. f3 a4 19. Nf1 a3 20. b3 Qxe4 21.
Nxe4 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nfd2 d5 $132 {Grigoryan,A (2565)-Mamedov,R (2639)/
EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 11... Nf4 12. O-O (12. Bxf4 exf4 13. fxg6 Qxg6 $32 14. Kf1
Nc5 $44) 12... Bxf5 13. Re1 Qf7 14. Nf1 (14. Bg4 $5 Nb4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne4
$11 {Nikcevic,N (2395)-Kolev,A (2510)/St Cugat/1993/}) 14... Bxh3 $5 ({More
enterprising than} 14... Nb4 $11) 15. gxh3 Nxh3+ 16. Kg2 Nxf2 17. Qb1 {Hansen,
C (2570)-Kasparov,G (2800)/Svendborg m/1990/} Bh6 $1 18. Bxh6 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. Bf3 Qh3+ 21. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Qh4+ $11 ({Black has a
guaranteed draw, but he can even strive for more with} 23... Rf5 $5)) 7. d5 a5
{The most popular move. It slows White down on the queenside, but the
weakening of the b5-square can backfire sometimes.} (7... Na6 {- 6...Na6}) (
7... Nh5 8. g3 $5 a5 9. Bg2 (9. Be2 $142 Na6 10. Nh2 Nf6 11. Ng4 $13 {/+/=
gives White more chances to fight for an opening advantage.}) 9... Na6 10. O-O
Bd7 11. Ne1 Qe8 12. Nd3 f5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. a3 $6 (14. exf5 $11) 14... fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Re1 b5 $1 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 {
Wang Hao - Bacrot, Samkir 2014.} 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {/-/+, Wang,H
(2734)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/ 2014/}) (7... Ne8 $6 8. g4 $36 {is too
passive - a typical motif in this line.}) 8. Bg5 ({A few days later in Dubai
Nakamura had to face the ambitious} 8. g4 $5 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. a3 (10. h4 Ndc5
11. Nd2 f5 $1 (11... Nb4 $6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 16.
Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Kb1 Bd7 22. h5 $36
{Wang,H (2729)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. f3 Qf6
14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nf1 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 f4 18. Qf2 Bd7 19. O-O-O Rg8 $15
{Divljan,I (2226)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2534)/Guelph/2002/}) 10... Nb6 (10...
Nac5 11. Rg1 $5 (11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nf3 a4 13. g5 Bg7 14. Nd2 f5 15. h4 c6 16. f3
Nb6 17. Be2 Bd7 $13 {Riazantsev,A (2617)-Inarkiev,E (2675)/Novokuznetsk/2008/})
(11. b4 $6 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nb3 $1 14. Qd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16.
Bxd4 Ne5 $44 {[%cal Ye5f3,Yf7f5]}) 11... a4 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. g5 Be7 14. h4 f6
15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. h5 g5 17. h6 Kh8 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5 Na6 21.
Nf3 g4 22. Nh2 Bd8 23. Nxg4 Ndc5 24. f3 $16 {Potkin,V (2621)-Yuffa,D (2444)/
Vladivostok/2014/}) 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Nd2 a4 (12... Nc5 $5 13. Nb5 a4 14. Nc3 c6
15. g5 Rc8 16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 $132 {Lei,T (2436)-Wang,J (2363)/Wuxi/2014/}
) 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 $2 (14... c6 $5 $132) (14... Nxd5 $5 15. exd5 f4 16. Nde4
fxe3 17. fxe3 $13 {/+/=}) 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. h5 gxh5 19.
Bh3 $16 {->, Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 8... Na6
9. Nd2 (9. Be2 Qe8 {can be only a transposition.} ({However, Black also has
the interesting} 9... Nc5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. g4 c6 12. h4 (12. Be3 $142 $1) 12...
a4 $5 13. a3 (13. Be3 Qa5 {[%cal Ya4a3,Rc5e4]}) 13... Qa5 14. Kf1 cxd5 15. cxd5
b5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. h5 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. g5 Ne8 $15 {Grischuk,
A (2792)-Morozevich,A (2731)/Dubai blitz/2014/})) 9... Qe8 ({After} 9... Nc5 {
Black must reckon with the sharp} 10. g4 c6 11. Qf3 $5 a4 12. Be2 (12. O-O-O a3
13. b3 h6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Kc2 Na6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Qe2
Ne8 20. f3 Nc7 21. h4 N7a6 22. Ka1 Nb4 $132 {Borisenko,A (2429)-Fedorov,A 
(2603)/Kazan/2008/}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Kf1 h6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5
17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rb3 23.
Qc1 $13 {Ivanisevic,I (2460)-Tosic,M (2503)/Subotica/2000/}) 10. Be2 Nd7 (10...
Nc5 {is mostly met by} 11. g4 ({Krasenkow has his own recipe even here, namely
} 11. h4 $5 Nh5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rae1
Kh8 17. Kd3 Bd7 18. Nf3 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5+ 20. Kc2 Rb8 21. e5 {Krasenkow,M 
(2645)-Ehlvest,J (2610)/Polanica Zdroj/1997/} Qc8 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc8a6,Yb5d3]})
11... Bd7 (11... c6 $5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a3 h6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 cxd5 $1 16.
cxd5 Na4 17. Rc1 axb4 18. axb4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qe7 20. h4 Kh7 21. Nf1 Rfc8 $132 {
Ehlvest,J (2625)-Kamsky,G (2655)/Philadelphia/1993/}) 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Rg1 c6
14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 f5 16. Qc2 Nxe4 $6 17. Ndxe4 fxe4 18. Na4 (18. h5 $5 $36)
18... cxd5 19. Nb6 Qc6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. cxd5 Nc7 22. Qxe4 a4 23. h5 a3 24. b3
$16 {Nisipeanu,L (2679)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2498)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) 11. a3 {
[%cal Yb2b4] Recommended also by Krasenkow in his article in CBM 134.} ({
White prefers typical queenside play to the double-edged} 11. g4 Ndc5 (11... f6
12. Be3 Ndc5 13. Nb3 Na4 14. Nxa4 Qxa4 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. h4 Rfb8 17. Nc1 Qb4+ 18.
Qd2 Nc5 19. f3 Kh8 20. Nd3 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 b6 22. h5 $14 {Macieja,B (2625)
-Sedlak,N (2570)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 12. Nf1 (12. Rg1 Kh8 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. a3 a4 16. Bh5 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Qd7 18. Qxa4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Qf5 20. Qc2
Qh3+ 21. Ke2 Nac5 22. Rg3 Rxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Qxg3 $19 {Georgescu,T (2397)-Spasov,V
(2591)/Sunny Beach/2011/}) 12... f6 13. Be3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16.
Ng3 Qg6 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Bg4 Qg6 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Qb1 e4 $132 {Galkin,A (2540)
-Ibragimov,I (2585)/Sochi/1997/ For more details about this branch see the
notes to Macieja-Sedlak by Krasenkow in CBM 136.}) 11... Nb6 $5 ({Navara in
his preparation concentrated on the more usual} 11... f6 12. Bh4 (12. Be3 $6 f5
) 12... Nb6 (12... f5 $6 13. exf5 {/\} gxf5 14. Bh5 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 13. b3
Bh6 {Nakamura had played this in the past and returned to it in game 3, but
got into big trouble after} 14. Rb1 ({but} 14. f3 {is not vigorous enough:} Be3
$1 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. h4 Nd7 19. h5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Bd3 c6 22. Qe1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2772)
-Nakamura,H (2772)/Shamkir/2014/}) 14... Nc5 15. O-O (15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nca4
17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 $1 20. O-O fxe4 21. Nh2 Bf4 22. Bg4 Qg7 23.
Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 $17 {Ostenstad,B (2465)-Nakamura,H (2783)/
ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 15... f5 $6 (15... Bd7 $142 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 Nca4 (17...
axb4 18. axb4 Nxe4 19. Ndxe4 fxe4 20. c5 Na4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Bd3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
Rf4 24. Bg3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3 26. Qc4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 $11 {/+/=,Raznikov,D (2433)
-Klein,D (2359)/Oslo/2011/}) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rb3
Bxd2 22. Rxd2 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bg5 axb4 26. axb4 Kg7 27. Rd4
Rf5 28. Bxf4 Nxd5 29. Bd2 Nab6 30. Bd3 Ra1+ 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Bxb1 Rh5 33. Be4
Ne7 34. Bxb7 Rxb5 $132 {Jorgensen,A (2549)-Hertel,P (2652)/email/2002/}) 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Nxe4 $2 (17... Nca4 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qc2 c5 20. Nb3 cxb4 21. c5
dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qg7 23. Rxb4 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 $16 {Krasenkow,M (2631)-Vovk,A (2506)/
Vlissingen/2009/}) (17... Bxd2 $142 18. Qxd2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. c5 $14) 18.
Ndxe4 fxe4 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. bxc5 Na4 21. Nxa4 (21. Nb5 $1 $40 {[%csl Ra4]})
21... Qxa4 22. Be7 (22. d6 $5 $16) 22... Rf7 23. d6 cxd6 24. cxd6 Be6 25. Qxa4
Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf8 {Navara,D (2724)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Prague m/2014/} 27. Bb5 $1
{/\} Rb4 28. Rd1 $1 Rb2 29. Rb8 Rfxf2 30. Kh1 $1 $18) (11... h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13.
g4 a4 14. f3 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. O-O-O cxd5 18. exd5 $5 f5 19. Kb1
Rc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. h4 e4 22. fxe4 fxg4 23. h5 g5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. e5 Bf5 26.
Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 $36 {Movsesian,S (2698)-Grischuk,A (2763)/Istanbul olm/2012/}
) 12. Be3 {A prudent retreat.} (12. b3 f5 $1 13. exf5 (13. g4 fxg4 14. hxg4 Bf6
15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rg1 Qe7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. b4 Nba4 $1 20. bxc5 Nxc3
21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qd3 Na4 $13 {/=/+, Hauser,D (2213)-Gromark,P (2304)/email/
2009/}) (13. O-O $5 {is an interesting, but still untested try.} f4 14. Bh4 $13
{[%cal Yf2f3,Yh4f2] leads to a position which is typical for the Classical
line - both sides have play on opposite flanks.}) 13... gxf5 14. Bh5 Qd7 15.
O-O Nc5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Rad1 Nd3 (17... Be5 $11) (17... Kh8 $5 {[%cal Yf8g8]})
18. Be2 Be5 19. Bxd3 $5 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qg7 21. Ne2 f4 (21... Qxg5 22. f4 $36)
22. Nf3 h6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bh4 Bf5 (24... f3 25. Bg3 fxe2 26. Qxe2 $44) 25.
Qc3 Kh7 26. Kh2 Nd7 {Topalov,V (2774)-Baklan,V (2627)/Kozloduy rpd/2013/} 27.
g4 $16) ({Interesting and perhaps more promising is Navara's post-mortem
suggestion} 12. h4 $5 f5 13. h5 {, after} h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5
17. b4 $1 $14 {|^ White's queenside play seems faster}) (12. O-O a4 13. b4 axb3
14. Nxb3 Bd7 15. c5 Na4 (15... Nxc5 $5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qb3 Na4 $132) 16. Nxa4
Bxa4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ra2 f5 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+
Rxc8 23. Rb2 Rb8 24. Kf1 h6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 f4 27. Bh2 Bf6 28. Bg1 Bd8 29.
f3 Ba5 $11 {/=/+, Poluljahov,A (2450)-Georgiev,K (2625)/Tivat/1995/}) 12... Bd7
(12... f5 13. O-O f4 $2 (13... Bd7 $142 $1 14. b3 {- see the note below}) 14.
Bxb6 cxb6 15. Bg4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rb6,Rb7,Rd6,Rg7] is strategically misguided -
Black should avoid this transformation.}) 13. b3 f5 14. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6,Rb5c7]
This is a step in the wrong direction, especially in connection with White's
follow-up.} ({A more circumspect and natural move is} 14. O-O Qe7 (14... Nc5
$143 $6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Qc2 {gives White extra tempi, as he doesn't have to
prepare b4:} Bf6 $6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. c5 $1 Nxb4 20. Qb3 dxc5 21.
d6+ Qf7 22. Bxc5 $16 {/+-, Ostenstad,B (2466)-Elsness,F (2484)/Oslo/2010/}) 15.
Rb1 Nc5 16. Nb5 (16. f3 Bf6 $132 {[%cal Yf6g5]} (16... Qh4 17. Qc2 (17. Kh2 $5
{/\} Bh6 $2 18. g3) 17... Bh6 18. Bxh6 $6 (18. Bf2 $142) 18... Qxh6 19. b4 axb4
20. axb4 Ra3 $1 21. Rf2 Nba4 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 $2 {Elsness,F (2484)-Stokke,
K (2408)/Oslo/2011/} (23. bxc5 Bd7 24. cxd6 cxd6 $15) 23... Rc3 $1 24. Qd1 fxe4
25. bxc5 e3 $19)) 16... c6 17. Nxd6 ({White should have preferred the modest} 
17. Nc3 $142 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 17... Qxd6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nca4 20. c5 Qf6 21.
dxc6 Qxc6 22. cxb6 Nc3 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Rbe1 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Be6 26. Qb1 {
Zhigalko,S (2640)-Berg,E (2616)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} Qb5 $44) 14... Qd8
$146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is a logical reaction, Nakamura prefers to retain
his important light-squared bishop.} (14... Bxb5 $6 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. Qc2 (16.
Rc1 $36) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 $6 (17. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 18. Nxe4 $14) 17... Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Qf7 19. O-O Kh8 20. Rfd1 Qf5 21. Bd3 Qf7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Qc4
h5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. Rc2 Bh6 27. Rdc1 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Kh6 $132 {Javakhishvili,L 
(2455)-Harika,D (2512)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2012/}) (14... Nc8 15. f3 $14 {seems
too passive.}) (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 f4 16. Bb6 $5 (16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. Bb6 e4 $1
18. Bxc7 f3 {/\} 19. Bxd6 fxg2 20. Rg1 e3 21. Bxf8 exd2+ 22. Qxd2 Bxa1 23. Bd6
Bxh3 $36) 16... e4 17. Bd4 f3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O fxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxb5 21. cxb5
Nc5 22. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re4,Rg7]}) 15. Bxb6 $6 {[%mdl 2048] This only
helps Black by activating his forces and giving him excellent piece play.} (15.
O-O $142 $1 $13 {still keeps the centre closed and the game in positional
waters.} {/\} Nxc4 16. Bxc4 $5 f4 17. Bb6 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 cxb6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 (
19... bxa6 20. Rc1 $44) 20. Qg4 $44) 15... cxb6 16. Nxd6 Nc5 17. O-O Bh6 $1 {
[%cal Rh6d2,Rd8f6]} 18. b4 {White has managed to castle, but he must return
the extra material immediately.} (18. Ra2 $143 Qf6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Bxd2
21. Rxd2 Nxe4 $36) ({A more interesting venture is the sacrificial} 18. exf5
Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qf6 20. Nxb7 $5 Nxb3 $5 (20... Nxb7 21. fxg6 $13) 21. Qe3 Nxa1
22. Rxa1 Bc8 23. Rb1 $1 Bxb7 24. Rxb6 {, although it's not so clear if he has
suffcient compensation for the whole rook after} Qf7 $13 {/=/+}) 18... Ba4 19.
Qb1 Qxd6 $1 {Nakamura spurns further gains, retaining some pressure despite
the equal material.} ({The text move is more circumspect than the rather
reckless} 19... Na6 20. exf5 $5 (20. Nxb7 Qc7 21. b5 (21. c5 $5) 21... Nb8 22.
exf5 Bxd2 23. d6 Qxb7 24. Bf3 $44) 20... gxf5 (20... Bxd2 21. Ne4 Bh6 22. fxg6
hxg6 23. b5 $44 {[%csl Ra4]}) 21. Nxb7 Qe7 22. b5 Nb8 23. d6 Qxb7 24. Bf3 e4
25. Nxe4 $36) 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nf3 $6 {This inaccuracy weakens White's
central control.} (21. Qb2 {is better, objectively the position is roughly
equal.}) ({Navara himself preferred} 21. Ra2 $142 $5 $132) 21... fxe4 ({
Straightforward and natural, but possibly a more promising try was} 21... Rae8
$5 22. Bd3 (22. h4 b5 $5 (22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Re4 26.
Ng5 Rxe3 27. Bg4 $132) 23. cxb5 Bc2 $15) 22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxc4 24. Re1 Rf6
25. Ra2 Qc5 $15 {/~~}) 22. Qxe4 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Ya4d7,Yd7f5,Rf8f4] Patient and
best.} ({Nakamura took his time considering and calculating} 22... Rf4 23. Qxe5
Re8 24. Qb2 Bg7 (24... b5 25. cxb5 $5 (25. Bd1 Bg7 26. Qd2 Rxc4 27. Rb1 $132)
25... Qxd5 26. Rab1 $13 {/\} Bg7 27. Qc1 Rfe4 28. Bd1 $11) 25. Qd2 Bxa1 26.
Qxf4 Rxe2 27. Ng5 Bg7 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Ne6 Rxe6 30. Qxe6 $1 (30. dxe6 $6 Qf5
$15) 30... Qxc4 31. Re1 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Rh8] Black must watch the passed pawn,
also his king is exposed - he can hardly win this position. A plausible finish
is} Bf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ $11) 23. Qh4 (23. Nxe5 $2 Bg7 $19 {
[%csl Re5]} (23... Rf4 $19)) 23... Kg7 (23... Bf4 $5 24. g3 e4 25. gxf4 exf3
26. Bxf3 Qxc4 $15) 24. Ng5 Rf4 25. Qg3 $8 (25. Bg4 $2 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 h6 27. Qh4
h5 $19) 25... Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Bb3 27. a4 $5 $132 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6] Although this
weakens the a-pawn, by preventing the fortifying a5-a4 it also makes Black's
b6-pawn become more vulnerable.} (27. Rab1 a4 $15) 27... Re4 (27... h6 28. Qg3
Bxc4 29. Rac1 Qb4 (29... b5 30. axb5 Qb4 (30... Qxd5 31. Rfd1 Qxb5 32. Rxc4
Rxc4 33. Qg4 $1 Rxg4 (33... e4 34. Rd7+ Kh8 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Qf4 $18) 34. Bxb5
$16) (30... Qxb5 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. d6 $1 $18 (32. Qg4 e4 33. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. Qd7+
Kf8 $14)) 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Bd3 $5 g5 33. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. d6 {/\} Qxb5 35. h4 $36
{[%csl Rg7]}) (29... Qxd5 30. Rfd1 Qe6 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Rd7+ Kh8
34. Qe3 Qf4 35. Qxb6 {and already Black has to find} Rf8 36. f3 Rf7 $11) 30.
Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Qe3 $44 {/= Here the most probable
outcome is a draw.}) (27... Bxc4 28. Rac1 Qxd5 29. Rfd1 Rd4 30. Kh2 $1 {
[%cal Re2c4]} Rxd1 (30... Bxe2 $2 31. Rc7+ $18) 31. Rxd1 Qf7 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33.
Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rxb7 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 (35. Qg3 $5) 35... exf4 36. Rxb6 Re4 37. Rb8+
Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. h4 Rxa4 40. Kh3 $11 {[%csl Rh7]}) (27... Re7 $5 $15) 28.
Rfe1 (28. Bd3 Rf4 $1 (28... Rd4 29. Qe3 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rfc1 $132) 29.
Rae1 Qd4 $15 {[%csl Rg5]}) 28... Qd4 (28... Rf4 29. Bf3 Qd4 30. Kh1 $5 $132 (
30. Ra3 Bxc4 31. Rae3 h6 32. Qg3 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Bxf3 35. Rxd4 exd4
36. Rxe8 Bc6 37. Rb8 Kf6 $15)) 29. Bf1 $2 {[%csl Rf1] A serious mistake, now
the bishop will be passive.} (29. Bf3 $142 $1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 {/\} Bxc4 (30...
e4 31. Qf4 $11) 31. Rd1 (31. Qc1 $5 $132 {[%cal Ye1d1,Yc1a3]}) 31... Qf4 32.
Qxf4 exf4 33. Rc1 $11) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxa4 31. h4 (31. Qg3 $5 {[%cal
Yg3a3]}) 31... Bd7 32. h5 $2 (32. Qg3 $15 {/-/+}) (32. g3 {/\Qc1 was also
better than the text move.}) 32... Qf4 $1 $19 {Nakamrua returns the extra pawn,
but simplifies into a won endgame.} 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rb1 b5 $1 {[]} 35. cxb5
b6 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Re1 Kf6 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5] After
repeating moves before the time-control Black proceeds to attack the weak
pawns.} 40. hxg6 (40. d6 Re8 41. Rc1 Re6 42. Rc7 Rxd6 $19) 40... hxg6 41. d6
Rc5 42. Re4 {The last trap.} (42. Re7 Bxb5 43. Bxb5 Rxb5 {[%cal Rb5d5]} 44. Rb7
Ke6 $19) (42. Rd1 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Rc5d5]}) 42... Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Rd7b5]
Highlighting one of the drawbacks of White's 29th move - the pin is decisive.}
(42... Bxb5 $4 43. Bxb5 Rxb5 44. Rd4 $18) 43. Rxf4+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kxd6 45. Rd4+
Ke6 46. Rc4 Rxf1+ (46... Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Bxb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 {
This main line is 7...Ng4, but the move in the text is a typical exchange and
Black has recently achieved decent results with it. It's not to everyone's
taste, though, as after opening the centre Black can almost never create an
attack on the kingside.} 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 {White has to move the
bishop in order to take on d5 with the e-pawn on the next move.} d5 {This
strike in the centre allows Black to get sufficient space.} 11. exd5 cxd5 12.
O-O Nc6 13. c5 {All theory so far. Here Black has a choice.} Bf8 (13... Nh5 {
This is the most common move. My opponent had played it recently as well.} 14.
Qd2 Be5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Ndb5 $6 (17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Nb3 $14 {1-0 (38)
Wang,Y (2697)-Vovk,A (2551) Hastings 2012}) 17... d4 $1 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4
Bc2 $1 20. Qxc2 Nxd4 21. Qa4 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qg5 23. Nd4 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Kovalyov,A (2636)-Van Kampen,R (2636) Montreal 2014}) (13... Re5 {is another
option, but the rook is a bit awkward in the centre.} 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. b4 a6 17. Qd2 $14 {1-0 (43) Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Cheparinov,I (2672) Warsaw
2013}) 14. Bb5 (14. Kh1 Bd7 15. a3 Nh5 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qf4
19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Bf1 Rad8 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. g3 Nh3 25.
Bxh3 Bxh3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (35) Sjugirov,S (2635)-Svidler,P (2749) Moscow 2012})
14... Bd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b4 {So, White has given up his light-squared
bishop, but stabilised the structure and occupied the nice blockading spot on
d4. On the other hand Black's development is also fine and his only weakness
on c6 is difficult to target. It's remarkable that some engines prefer Black's
position. Of course, White is the only side that can claim to have a slight
advantage here.} a5 17. a3 Nh5 {Sooner or later this is a must manoeuvre for
Black as the knight on f6 is doing nothing.} ({The following game was played
in the previous round:} 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nh5 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Nf4 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Nce2 Nxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Qa1+ 25. Qe1 Qa3 26. Bd4 Qd3 27.
Kf2 Bc8 28. Qc3 $14 {1-0 (51) Iotov,V (2553)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2618) Tromsoe
2014}) ({This one is from the previous Olympiad:} 17... Qc7 18. Qd2 Nh5 19.
Rac1 axb4 20. axb4 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Rfd1 Bg7 23. Kf1 $14 {1-0 (61) Al
Sayed,M (2517)-Gallagher,J (2513) Istanbul 2012}) 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Nce2 Ng7 20.
Rae1 {I wasn't really sure where to put my rook; 20.Rac1 is another logical
option. I thought that an exchange of rooks on the e-file might reduce Black's
chances for active counterplay.} Rab8 {I was a bit puzzled by this move. It's
not bad, but I wouldn't move my rook from the the potentially open a-file.} (
20... axb4 21. axb4 Ra3 22. Ra1 Rea8 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. b5 cxb5 (24... Bxc5 $2
25. bxc6 Bxc6 $2 26. Rc1 {and Black is losing material by force.} Bxd4 27. Bxd4
Qe6 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qb2+ $18) 25. Rc1 Ra6 $1 26. Nf4 {The
position looks promising for White, but Black equalises after} Bc6 27. Nxc6
Rxc6 28. Nxd5 Qd8 $11) (20... h5 $5 {I would consider this move as Black. The
march of the h-pawn might provoke some concession.}) 21. Nc1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8
{The rook manoeuvres are not very impressive, losing some time, which, however
is not critical at all in this case.} 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ncb3 Ne6 25. Nxe6 {
I didn't want the knight to get to f4, so decided to swap it.} fxe6 26. f4 e5 {
Black must open the position before White can block it on the dark squares.} (
26... Bh6 $6 27. Bd4 e5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Bxd2 30. Nxd2 Rxe5 31. Kf2 {
leads to an unpleasant endgame for Black. The knight is superior to the bishop
which is restricted by the structure.}) 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Nd4 $14 (28. Bd4 $6
Qe4 29. Qg5 Qe7 {White can't benefit from his temporary control over the long
diagonal.}) 28... Bg7 $2 {Of course, the bishop belongs on this diagonal, but
it stops eyeing the Pc5 for the moment.} (28... Qf6 $1 {is the most precise.} {
After} 29. Rc1 Rc8 {Black prevents the b4-b5 push.} (29... Re4 30. b5 Bg7 31.
bxc6 Bxc6 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Rb1 $14)) 29. Re1 $2 {Missing the right moment for
the queenside breakthrough.} (29. b5 $1 cxb5 30. c6 {The variations are not
trivial, but prove that White has good winning chances. The passed pawn is
very strong.} Bf5 (30... Be6 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Qc1
$16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 31. Nxb5 Rc8 (31... Qe2 32. Qxd5+ Be6 33. Qc5 Qd3 (33... Bf8
34. Nd6 Qd3 35. Bd4 Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Bc4 37. Ra1 $18) 34. c7 Bf8 35. Qb6 Bd5 36.
Nd6 Bxd6 37. Qxd6 Qe4 38. Qg3 $18) 32. Re1 Be4 33. c7 Qe6 (33... Bf8 34. Bd4
Qe6 35. Qf4 $18) 34. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 (34... Rxc7 $4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Qd8+ $18) 35.
Qxc3 Qd6 36. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Gc7]}) 29... Qb8 30. Rxe8+ ({After} 30. Rc1 $6 Re4
{the black rook becomes too active.}) 30... Qxe8 31. h3 Qe4 $11 32. b5 {
I saw that this leads to a forced draw, but couldn't see anything better. At
this moment on other boards the fight was in full swing. That's why I was
hesitating, as I didn't know if the draw would be okay for the team or not.}
cxb5 (32... Bxd4 $6 33. Bxd4 cxb5 34. Qf2 Qf5 35. Qg3 Kf7 {is also objectively
equal, but Black must be accurate here so as not to come under attack on the
dark squares.}) 33. c6 Bxd4 {The forced, though not the only option that leads
to a draw.} (33... Bc8 34. Nxb5 Qc4 35. Nd6 Qxc6 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. Qxd5+ Kh8
$11) (33... Be8 34. c7 Bd7 35. Qg5 Bxd4 36. Qd8+ Be8 37. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kh2
Qe5+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 34. cxd7 Bxf2+ 35. Qxf2 (35. Kxf2 $4 Qf5+ $19 {[%csl
Rd7]}) 35... Qe7 36. Qa7 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 Qe1+ 39. Qg1 Qe7 40. Qa7 {
It's impossible to avoid the perpetual check. My queen can't protect the king
and the passed pawn simultaneously.} Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. g3 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+
44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Qf2 Qe7 46. Qa7 Qe2+ {The final score in this tense match was
2-2!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {Black starts with 1...d6, allowing White to transpose to the Pirc by
2.e4. If he wants to play the King's Indian, he should play more
straightforwardly with 1...Nf6.} 2. Nf3 {However, White doesn't want to take
advantage of the transposition.} g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 {After an interesting
move order, we are in a King's Indian.} 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 {This move is becoming
more and more popular, many top players have employed it recently.} e5 7. d5 a5
8. Be3 $5 {This setup is less popular, than 8.Bg5, but this plan has been
played by many good players recently. The plan is to play g4, Nd2 and
continuing the development. It's important to know, that the whole 6.h3 system
is played against Black's ...f5.} (8. Bg5 {is more popular.}) 8... Na6 {
Here White usually prepares for ...f5, this can be done in two ways, 9.Nd2 and
9.g4.} 9. g4 ({Ding Liren preferred to start with} 9. Nd2 Nd7 {and Black
decided not to transpose} (9... Nc5 10. g4 {would transpose to 9.g4}) 10. g4 f5
11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Ndc5 13. Nde4 Bxf5 14. Bg2 Qh4 $1 15. Bg5 $1 Nd3+ $1 {
The only move.} 16. Ke2 (16. Qxd3 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd3 {Black's activity seems
to compensate for Black's weaknesses.}) 16... Qh5+ $1 17. Bf3 Qxf3+ $1 18. Kxf3
Bxe4+ 19. Ke3 Nxf2 (19... Bg6 $5 $40 {also comes into consideration, after
which White will have to fight hard to avoid losing immediately.}) 20. Qg1 Bxh1
21. Bh6 Rf3+ 22. Kd2 Rf7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qxf2 Rf8 $44 {Ding Liren-Lin Chen,
Jiaxing 2014}) 9... Nc5 (9... Nd7 {was preferred by Nakamura and he managed to
get a nice position after} 10. h4 Ndc5 (10... Nf6 {may also be interesting})
11. Nd2 Nb4 {Forcing White to give up the B pair.} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 (
13... Bxg4 14. f3 $1) 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 ({The straightforward} 15... Qf4
$6 {isn't good, because} 16. Ne2 $1 Qg4 17. Qc2 {is promising for White.}) 16.
Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 (18. O-O-O $5) 18... Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 $13 {Wang
Hao-Nakamura, Dubai 2014}) 10. Nd2 c6 (10... Nfd7 {is also possible} 11. Rg1
Kh8 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qd3 $16 {Wang
Hao-Sandipan, Dubai 2014. White has a nice position, because of the Bh3 and h5
plan.}) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 (13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 a4 15. Qc2 f5 $13
{Bacrot-Ding Liren, Biel 2013}) 13... f6 $146 {This is in practical terms
Ponomariov's novelty. Black tries to undermine White's centre, but White's
position is very stable.} (13... Nc7 14. h5 Re8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kf1 N7a6 17.
a3 a4 18. Kg2 $36 {Raznikov-Kozul, Skopje 2013}) (13... f5 14. h5 Rf7 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. exf5 Bxf5 $13 {Izzat-Guseinov, Baku 2013}) 14. Nb3 b6 (14... Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 $16) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $1 {There is no reason to hurry with h5.} fxg5
(16... f5 17. O-O-O $16 {is a typical better position for White, he will play
h5 and Black can't do anything.}) 17. hxg5 cxd5 (17... Qb6 18. O-O-O $16 {
is hopeless for Black, because he is positionally lost.}) 18. Nxd5 Rf7 19.
O-O-O Rb8 {White has achieved a nice position, his strategy has completely
triumphed, but now he has to find a way to improve the position.} 20. Rh2 Be6
21. Nc3 (21. Qd3 $1 {was very strong. White overprotects the b2 P by Rd2 in
order to play f4 at some point.}) 21... Qb6 22. Nb5 Bf8 $1 {Black takes his
chance. He defends the d6 P in order to play Nc7.} 23. a4 Qb7 $6 (23... Nc7 $1
{was the last chance for Black in connection with the Na6-b4-c6-d4 manoeuvre.})
24. Qc2 {White played this move instead of f3 for two reasons, he wanted to
put pressure on the d6 P and he wanted to play f4, so he decided not to commit
himself to playing f3.} (24. f3 {was good as well.}) 24... Be7 25. Kb1 Qc6 26.
Bd2 Bd8 27. Qd3 Rbb7 28. Rf1 {Having achieved a nice advantage, Anand decides
to break through.} Rf8 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxf4 Rf7 32. Bd2 Be7
33. Rg2 $1 {This is the second phase of the plan. He exchanges his '"bad" B.}
Qb6 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Rxg4 Nc7 36. Rf4 $1 {Now exchanging the Rs, because the K
is left without defenders.} Ne6 (36... Rxf4 37. Bxf4 $40) 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qd5
Qd8 39. Ka2 Bf8 40. Bf4 Qd7 41. b3 (41. Ka3 Qd8 42. Nxd6+ Bxd6 43. Bxd6 $18 {
was also good.}) 41... Be7 42. Nxd6+ Kf8 43. e5 Nxg5 (43... Bxd6 44. Bg3 $18)
44. Qxc5 {The rest is easy.} Qg4 45. Bc1 h5 46. Qxa5 (46. Qc6 $18) 46... Qg2+
47. Bb2 h4 48. Qb5 Qa8 49. c5 h3 50. c6 Bd8 51. Qd5 Bc7 52. Bc1 Qa5 53. Nb5 Qe1
54. Ba3+ Kg7 55. Nxc7 h2 56. Ne8+ Kh6 57. Nf6 Qe2+ 58. Bb2 Ne4 59. Qxe4 Qxe4
60. Nxe4 h1=Q 61. c7 1-0

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 {The
Petrosian variation was my favourite weapon against the King's Indian in the
good old days (1993, 1994) and brought me a few memorable victories including
two against the current world champion at that time Garry Kasparov.} a5 8. Bg5
h6 {The only acceptable move here, otherwise White plays Nd2 next and then
always meets ...h6 with Be3 reaching the best possible setup.} (8... Na6 9. Nd2
h6 10. Be3) 9. Be3 {This is a new, very direct concept. When I was playing
this variation some twenty years ago I always chose 9.Bh4 which is by far the
main theoretical move here.} Ng4 {Practically forced, Nd2 is coming next
otherwise.} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 (11... Nxf2 $2 {just doesn't work} 12. Kxf2
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4+ 14. Ke3 Qf4+ 15. Kd3 Qxe4+ 16. Kxe4 Bf5+ 17. Ke3) 12. exf5
gxf5 (12... Bxf5 {is not really an option} 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 $16) 13. Qc1 $1 {
The point of White's play, starting very concrete play.} f4 {The most logical
move. There is no comfortable way to protect the pawn on h6.} (13... Kh7 14. g4
) (13... h5 14. Ng5 {followed by g4 at some point.}) 14. g3 {Again the only
justification of White's play.} e4 15. Nh4 e3 (15... f3 {strangely enough this
tempting move leads to a difficult position for Black after} 16. Bd1 Kh7 17.
Bc2) 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 {The critical position of the variation. It is very
complicated and even with the help of the computer it's hard to understand who
is better here and why.} Rf7 {Two other acceptable options are} (17... Re8) ({
and} 17... g2 18. Rg1 Bxh3) 18. Qc2 Nfd7 $2 {This is just too slow, Black has
no time for regrouping.} (18... Na6 {is the only reasonable move here.}) 19.
O-O-O Ne5 (19... Nc5 {doesn't solve the problems} 20. Rhf1 $1 Rxf1 21. Rxf1
Bxh3 ({or} 21... Qe8 22. Rf3 g2 23. Rg3) 22. Rg1 Qg5 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. e4 {
and since Black is lacking development, his position just collapses.}) 20. Rhf1
{The most straightforward move although} (20. Nf4 {was very attractive too:}
Na6 21. Rhg1 Qh4 22. Qe4) 20... Rxf1 (20... Bxh3 {is just losing} 21. Nxe5 Rxf1
(21... Bxf1 22. Nxf7) 22. Bxf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 dxe5 24. Qg6) (20... Qe8 21. Rxf7
Qxf7 22. Nf4 Na6 23. Rg1 Nb4 24. Qb3 {taking the key pawn on g3.}) 21. Rxf1
Bxh3 22. Rg1 {Starting a direct attack.} Qf6 {Other moves do not make life
easier, for example} (22... Qg5 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. e4 Bg6 25. Ne6 Qe7 26. Rxg3 Na6
27. Bf4) (22... g2 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qg6 Qg5 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Ne4) 23. Rxg3 (
23. Nf4 {is good as well but less direct.}) 23... Nxg6 (23... Qf2 {the
computer shows this resource which I missed during the game but still White is
just a pawn up after} 24. Rxh3 Qg1+ 25. Bd1 Qxg6 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Nb5 Na6 28.
Bxa5 b6 29. Be1 Ne5 30. Be2 {and White must manage to win this endgame.}) 24.
Rxg6 Qf7 (24... Bf5 {loses after} 25. Rxf6 Bxc2 26. Re6 Bf5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28.
Bh5+ Bg6 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. Nb5) (24... Qf2 {is bad as well} 25. Nd1 Qxe2 26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bc3+) 25. Rg3 Bf5 26. e4 Bg6 27. Bg4 Qf1+ {This is losing by
force, the only way to keep the game on was the passive} (27... Kh8 28. Be6 Qe8
{at least not losing immediatly.}) 28. Nd1 Be5 ({or} 28... Kh7 29. Bh3 Qf7 30.
Rxg6) 29. Bh3 $1 Qf6 30. Rg1 {White has a powerful attack without being even a
pawn down.} Kh7 (30... Kh8 31. Bf5 Be8 {now anything wins} 32. Be3 (32. Ne3))
31. Bf5 $1 {The final blow.} Bxf5 32. exf5 Nd7 33. Rg6 Qf7 34. Rxh6+ Kg8 35.
Rg6+ Kf8 36. Nf2 {Simple chess, just getting the last piece into the attack,
there is no need to hurry.} b5 {The counterattack is a little late.} 37. Ng4
bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qxf5 39. Rg8+ Ke7 40. Bg5+ (40. Rxa8 {was tempting as well.})
40... Bf6 41. Qe2+ {To my slight disappointment Hikaru decided to call it a
day here instead of finishing it with ...Kf7 Nh6 mate.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
{An important move. White has to decide, which diagonal he puts his B on.} ({
The natural} 8... Na6 $6 {is dubious, as} 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 {and White's
pieces are well placed.}) 9. Bh4 ({Now} 9. Be3 {could have been met by} Ng4 $1
{. Recently there was a top game with this,} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5
gxf5 13. Qc1 f4 14. g3 e4 15. Nh4 e3 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 Rf7 18. Qc2 {
(Kramnik-Nakamura, London 2014)} Na6 $1 $132 {with a double-edged struggle.})
9... Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 (10... Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 h5 14. f3 {
transposes to the game.}) 11. O-O Qe8 {A good move. Black prepares for ...Nh7.}
12. b3 {Usually White plays on the queenside. He prepare for a3, Rb1 followed
by b4.} ({The immediate} 12. a3 $6 {is an inaccuracy, because of} a4 $1 {.})
12... Nh7 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bh6 {The right plan by Black. The B is very active
on the c1-h6 diagonal.} 15. Rb1 (15. Kh1) ({and} 15. Bf2 {are the other main
moves.}) 15... Nc5 {At first sight this is a nice move, because Black activate
his N, on the other hand White can play for b4 without any difficulties.} ({
I think} 15... Be3+ $1 {is more accurate} 16. Kh1 (16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qe7
18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 h4 {with a balanced middlegame.}) 16... Bc5 {and White
can't play b4 so easily.}) 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 $1 $146
{A good novelty by Giri. White doesn't want to exchange the Ns and he avoids ..
.Be3 too.} (19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Be3+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Nb3 {(Jussupow-Scheeren,
Eindhoven 1986)} Nb6 23. Na5 g5 24. Bf2 Bxf2 25. Rxf2 Qc8 $13 {with an unclear
position.}) 19... g5 20. Bf2 g4 {Black doesn't waste his time, he immediately
attacks on the kingside.} 21. fxg4 $6 {Probably it is an inaccuracy, but the
position becomes really unclear.} ({The engine suggests} 21. Ne3 Bxe3 (21... f4
$2 22. Nf5 $1) 22. Bxe3 f4 23. Bf2 Qg6 24. Bh4 Kh8 {the computer considers the
position to be to White's advantage, but in a practical game this is a
double-edged battle.}) 21... Bxd2 $2 {A mistake. Black should keep his B,
because that is very important on the dark squares.} (21... hxg4 $1 {was the
correct reply} 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bd3 Qg6 $13 {with a complicated middlegame.})
22. Qxd2 f4 23. gxh5 {White is two Ps up, but it is not clear what Black's
counterplay is.} Ng5 (23... Nf6 24. Bf3 $16 {and White is better.}) 24. Bh4 $1
{A very strong move. White doesn't protect his e4 P, because Black can attack
with ...f3.} Nxe4 25. Qc2 Bf5 (25... Nf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Nf2 $16 {followed
by Ne4.}) 26. g4 $1 {This is the point! Now Black is in big trouble.} Ng3 {
Black tries to complicate the position, but it is already bad.} (26... fxg3 $2
{loses immediately, as} 27. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 28. Qxe4 $18 {and White wins.}) (26...
Bh7 27. Bd3 {and the h5 P is not hanging.} Nf6 28. Bxh7+ Nxh7 29. Nf2 $18 {
and White has a brilliant position.}) 27. gxf5 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 e4 29. f6 (29. Bg4
$18 {was also fine.}) 29... Kh8 (29... f3 {could have been met by} 30. Bxf3 $1
exf3 31. Qg6+ Qxg6 32. hxg6 $18 {and White is winning.}) 30. Nf2 (30. Bg4 $18 {
was easier and Black has no hope.}) 30... f3 31. Bd1 Qxh5 (31... e3 {looks
dangerous, but} 32. Bxf3 exf2 33. Qg6 $18 {and White wins again.}) 32. Qxe4 Nc3
33. Qd4 $1 Rf7 {Black had to avoid f7.} (33... Nxb1 $2 {loses immediately, as}
34. f7+ Kh7 (34... Qe5 35. Bf6+ $18) 35. Bc2+ $18) 34. Qxc3 ({Probably} 34. Rb3
$1 $18 {was more accurate.}) 34... Qxh4 35. Bxf3 Ra2 $6 (35... Qxf6 36. Qxf6+
Rxf6 37. Rb3 Raf8 38. Ke2 Rf4 39. Rc3 $18) 36. Rb2 $6 {Not a bad move, but} (
36. Ng4 {was stronger,} Qh3+ 37. Ke1 ({Of course not} 37. Kg1 $4 {, because of}
Rg2+ $1 38. Kh1 Rxg4 $19 {and suddenly White can resign.}) 37... Qh4+ 38. Kd1
Qh3 39. Qd3 $18 {and White is winning.}) 36... Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qxf6 38. Qxf6+
Rxf6 39. Kg2 {Well, this endgame is winning for White, but still he needs some
good plans.} Rf8 40. b5 Kg7 41. Ne4 b6 42. h4 Ra8 43. h5 (43. Ng5 $18) 43...
Ra2+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kg3 Kh6 45. Nf6 $18) 44... Kh6 45. Be2 {Now it will be a
long manoeuvring game, White will activate his pieces as much as possible.} Ra8
46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Ke3 Rf7 48. Bf3 Rf8 49. Kf2 Ra8 50. Be2 Ra3 51. Nf6 Ra8 52.
Ke3 Rf8 53. Ne4 Ra8 54. Kf4 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 (55. Kg4 Ra8 56. Ng3 $18) 55... Ra8
56. Nf2 Ra2 57. Bd1 Rb2 58. Ne4 Rb1 59. Be2 Rb2 60. Kf2 Ra2 61. Ke3 Ra8 62. Bg4
Ra4 63. Kf4 $1 {This is the final strong break-through.} Rxc4 64. Bd7 Kxh5 65.
Kf5 Kh6 66. Bc6 Kg7 67. Ng5 Rh4 68. Ke6 Kg6 69. Nf3 (69. Kd7 $18) 69... Rf4 70.
Nd2 Kg5 71. Ke7 Rf5 72. Ne4+ Kf4 73. Nf6 Ke5 74. Nd7+ Kd4 75. Kd8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe8 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bg5 Nxe5 (9... h6 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qd8 13.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Be6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Qd2 {1/2 (65) Ivkov,B (2515)-Byrne,R 
(2550) Bugojno 1978 MCL [Bulletin]} Qg5 $1 $11) 11... Qxe5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Bf4
$14 {S.Atalik}) 10. Nd4 {White avoids the exchange of knights.} (10. O-O Nxf3+
11. Bxf3 Qe5 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16.
Be2 Re8 17. Bg3 b6 18. f4 Nd7 19. e5 Bb7 $13 {1/2 (37) Shulman,Y (2563)-Ding,L
(2709) Reykjavik 2013}) 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxb2 15. Nxc7 Rad8 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 Qxc4 19. Rc7 Rf7 20. Be2 Qxe4 21. Bf3 Qxf3 22.
Qxf3 Rxc7 $11 {1/2 (74) Svane,R (2542)-Saric,I (2678) Germany 2016}) (10. Nd5
Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 (11. Bxf3 Qe5 12. Bd2 Na6 13. Bc3 Qe6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qe5
16. Be2 Qg7 17. f4 Bd7 18. f5 Bc6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. f6 Qf8 $13 {0-1 (38) Kunte,
A (2532)-Safin,S (2459) New Delhi 2007}) 11... f6 (11... Qe5 12. Bd2 Na6 13.
Bc3 $14 {1-0 (41) Atalik,S (2575)-Jurkovic,A (2326) Bled 2000 EXT 2002 [Atalik,
S]}) 12. Be3 Rf7 $13 {[%cal Yf6f5]}) 10... Be6 (10... Nbc6 $6 11. Ndb5 f6 12.
Be3 Rf7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4 a6 15. Nbxc7 {1-0 (15) Jorczik,J (2389)-Raykhman,A 
(2362) Munich 2010}) (10... Nec6 11. Ndb5 Na6 12. O-O f5 13. Nd5 $5 (13. exf5
$143 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Qd7 $11 {1-0 (60) Hoerstmann,R (2285)-Kuehl,R Germany 1990})
13... Rf7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 $14) 11. Nxe6 {[%mdl 32] White's bishop pair
will be a long-term advantage if he consolidates his position.} fxe6 (11...
Qxe6 $5 {was more challenging, e.g.} 12. Nd5 Na6 $11 13. c5 $6 dxc5 14. O-O c6
$1 (14... c4 15. f4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 $14 {1-0 (19) Musat,A (2394)
-Pavlidis,A (2539) Skopje 2015}) 15. Bxa6 cxd5 16. Bxb7 dxe4 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44)
12. O-O (12. Rc1 $5 Na6 13. O-O Nc6 $1 {[%cal Ya6c5]} (13... Nc5 $6 14. b4 Nf7
15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc5 Bg7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. c5 $16 {1-0 (28) Shchekachev,A 
(2553)-Lokander,M (2309) Paris 2014})) 12... Nf7 $6 {Not a good place for this
knight.} (12... Nbc6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nc5 15. f3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rf7 $11 17. Nb5
$6 a6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 e5 21. Qe3 a5 $15 {[%csl Re2] 0-1 
(31) Dale,A (2291)-Salem,A (2603) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 13. Be3 c5 14. f4 Nc6 {
Black seizes the d4-square but White's pieces are active enough to bypass
Black's centralised knight.} 15. Bd3 a6 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Rb1 Nb4 ({Black
understands that} 17... Nd4 {is harmless but finally can't find a better place
for his knight.}) 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Qd3 Nd4 20. Bg4 b5 21. b4 $6 {[%mdl 512]
This pawn sacrifice is hardly necessary.} (21. cxb5 $5 axb5 22. b4 $36 c4 $140
23. Qd2 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21... bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nc2 $1 23. Bc1 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25.
Bd2 $44 {White has sufficient compensation for the pawn as his pieces are much
more active. However, it is not enough to claim an advantage.} ({Of course, not
} 25. Bxe6 $2 Bxc3 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qxc3 Nxa2) 25... Nd8 26. a3 Nc2 (26...
Bxc3 $142 $1 27. Bxc3 (27. Qxc3 Nbc6) 27... Nc2 {[%cal Rc2e3,Rc2a3,Ye8b5]} 28.
Bb2 Qb5 $1 29. Bxe6+ Nxe6 30. Qxe6+ Rf7 {, and White must probably give a
perpetual.}) 27. Ne2 $1 Nxa3 (27... Nd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxa6 $14) 28. Qxa6 h5
$6 {This intermediate move is wrong as it merely weakens Black's kingside.} (
28... Nb5 $142 29. Rb1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd6 e5 32. f5 $14) 29. Bf3 Nb5
30. Rb1 Nd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 (31... Bxd4 32. Qxd6 e5 33. f5 {is now much more
dangerous for Black.}) 32. Qxd6 Nf7 (32... e5 33. f5 $16) 33. Qb6 Qd7 (33...
Nh6 34. h3 {[%csl Rh6]}) 34. e5 Bh6 (34... Nh6 35. Bc6 Qc8 36. Rc1 Qd8 37. Qb3
{[%csl Re6]}) 35. Bc6 (35. Rb4 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 35... Qc8 $6 (35... Qd8 $1 $16
) 36. Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Probably a blunder.} ({Instead, White could have won
an exchange by means of} 36. Bb4 Rd8 37. Be7 $18) 36... Nxe5 $1 {A sudden
tactical blow, which should equalise the game.} 37. Be4 Nc4 38. Rc1 Nxd2 $2 {
It looks like after this queen sacrifice Black builds up a fortress but alas,
the weakness of the g6-pawn becomes decisive.} ({It was not easy to find the
right continuation:} 38... Nd6 $1 39. Qe5 Bxf4 $3 40. Qxd4 (40. Bxf4 $4 Qxc1+
41. Bxc1 Rf1#) 40... Be3 $1 41. Rxc8 $8 Bxd4 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Bxg6 h4 $11)
39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Bc6 Bxf4 41. g3 Be3 42. Qe5 $1 Rf8 (42... Rxc6 $5 43. Qb8+
Kg7 44. Qb7+ Kf6 45. Qxc6 {was probably more stubborn but in that case, too,
White should gradually win.}) 43. Qxe6+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kh6 45. h4 Nf1 46. Bb5 $1
Nd2 47. Bd3 Ra8 48. Qf6 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 {A rare move, because the knight on g4 can be in
trouble.} (10... Nh6 {is the main line.}) 11. d5 Nd4 {A brave move, Black
sacrifices a pawn and he tries to activate his bishop.} ({In the event of} 
11... Ne7 12. Nxg5 (12. Nd2 Nh6 13. f3 f5 14. Bf2 Ng6 15. g3 fxe4 16. fxe4 b6
17. Be3 a6 18. h3 Rb8 $5 {/\ ...b5} (18... Nf7 19. Bg4 $16 {Rapport-Malachi,
Sarajevo 2010, and White exchanges the important light-squared bishops.}))
12... Nxf2 13. Bxf2 fxg5 14. Be3 Ng6 15. g3 $36 {Inarkiev-Gluhovsky, St
Petersburg blitz 2015, and White looks nicely placed.}) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4
f5 14. Qd1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. exf5 Ne4 ({The natural} 16... Bxf5 $5 {
was also possible.}) 17. Rc1 Qf6 (17... Bxf5 $5) 18. Qd4 Bxf5 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20.
f3 Nc5 {Black holds on to his knight, because the position is closed, so he
hopes White can't activate his bishops.} (20... Nxg3 21. hxg3 $16 {looks very
comfortable for White. His plan is g4, Kd2, Bd3.}) 21. Kd2 Re8 ({The computer
suggests the strange} 21... g4 $5 {, but I don't really know why should Black
open the position.}) 22. Rhe1 g4 (22... Rf7 23. Bf2) 23. Bf1 ({In the event of
the capture of the pawn with} 23. fxg4 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Bd7 $44 {and suddenly
Black has some practical chances.}) 23... Rff8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bf2 gxf3 26.
gxf3 {White had an isolated pawn on f3, but that controls the important
e4-square.} Nd7 (26... Kf7 $5) 27. Be2 Kf7 (27... Ne5 $6 {could have been met
by} 28. c5 $1 $16 {and White is clearly better.}) 28. Rg1 b6 29. Bd4 Bg6 (29...
Ne5 $2 {is bad, as} 30. f4 Ng6 31. Rg5 Be4 32. Bg4 $16 {and White's bishops
become very strong.}) 30. Rg4 Ne5 31. Rg5 h6 32. Rg3 Bf5 (32... c5 $5 {was an
interesting option to change the structure.}) 33. Be3 (33. f4 Ng6) 33... Ng6
34. Bf1 $1 {The right plan. White has to exchange the light-squared bishop
from h3, otherwise he can't improve his position.} Rh8 35. Bd4 Rg8 36. Bh3 Ne7
(36... Bxh3 37. Rxh3 $16) 37. Bg4 Rg5 38. Ke2 a6 39. a4 a5 40. Kd2 $22 {
Suddenly Black is in zugzwang! This is very rare in these types of position.}
Rg8 41. Rg1 (41. Bxf5 $1 {was winning immediately} Nxf5 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. Bf6
$1 $18 {followed by Bd8.}) 41... Kf8 42. Rg3 ({In the event of} 42. Bxf5 $5
Rxg1 43. Bxg1 Nxf5 44. Kd3 Kf7 45. Ke4 Kf6 {and White should be winning, but
Black still keeps up his fortress.}) 42... Bb1 43. Bd7 Rg6 44. Be3 (44. Rg4 $5)
44... Kf7 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Rg1 Bf5 $6 ({The engine suggests the brave} 46... Ba2
$5 47. Kd3 h5 48. Bxh5 Rxg1 49. Bxg1 Bb1+ 50. Ke3 Ba2 {and White should be
better, but the a2-bishop gives some counterchances for Black.}) 47. h4 Kf8 48.
h5 Rf6 49. Re1 Ng8 50. Bd4 Rf7 51. Re2 Bd7 52. Bxd7 Rxd7 53. Re4 Rf7 54. Ke3
Ne7 55. Rg4 Ke8 ({In the event of} 55... Rf5 56. Rf4 $18) ({or} 55... Nf5+ 56.
Ke4) 56. Ke4 Rf5 57. Rg7 (57. Rg8+ $1 {was winning immediately,} Nxg8 (57...
Kf7 58. Rg7+ $18 {followed by Rxe7.}) 58. Kxf5 $18 {and all Black's pawns are
fixed on dark squares.}) 57... Rxh5 58. Bf6 Ng8 $1 {Still the best practical
chance to escape a R endgame.} 59. Rxg8+ Kf7 60. Rc8 Kxf6 61. Rxc7 Re5+ 62. Kd4
Rf5 63. Rc6 Ke7 64. Ke4 Re5+ 65. Kf4 Rh5 66. Rxb6 Rh4+ 67. Kf5 Rxc4 68. Rb7+
Kf8 69. f4 (69. Kf6 $18 {was also winning.}) 69... Rxa4 70. Rc7 $1 {The right
reply! White has to avoid ...Rc4 moreover he prepares for c4. Black is
helpless.} h5 71. c4 h4 72. Kf6 Kg8 73. Kg6 Kf8 74. f5 Ra1 75. Rc8+ Ke7 76. f6+
Kd7 77. f7 Rg1+ 78. Kh5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 (8.
Bg5 {is the another main move.}) 8... Na6 9. g4 Nc5 ({Grischuk played} 9... Nd7
{with Black,} 10. a3 c6 11. Rg1 Rb8 12. Nd2 Ndc5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Qf3 Ndc5 15.
Qd1 Ra8 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd7 19. Ra1 $1 $14 {
Tomashevsky-Grischuk, Tbilisi 2015, and White has some space advatage, later
he managed to win.}) 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h4 ({One month ago Naiditsch
had a game with} 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nb3 cxd5 14. exd5 Na4 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5
17. gxf6 Bxf6 $36 {Rodshtein-Naiditsch, Douglas 2016, and White has a problem
with his king, Black has an initiative.}) 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. g5 (14.
h5 $5 {is also possible,} gxh5 (14... b5 $5) 15. gxh5 h6 16. Rg1 Kh7 ({Probably
} 16... Kh8 {is more accurate to avoid the b1-h7 diagonal}) 17. a4 Rg8 18. Bb5
Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nd3+ (19... Ncxe4 $2 {was a blunder, because} 20. Qb1 $1 $18 {
Mekhitarian-Carneiro, Pocos de Caldas 2015, and Black lost his knight.}) 20.
Ke2 Nf4+ $132 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 14... Nh5 $1 {A very nice
active move! Black sacrifices a pawn, but opens the position, because the
white king is in the middle.} 15. Bxc5 ({Or} 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Bxc5 (16. Qxh5
$2 Nd3+ $17) 16... Rxc5 {transposes to the text move.}) 15... Rxc5 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. Qxh5 b5 18. a4 $6 {A dubious move, because the opening of the
position only helps Black.} (18. a3 {was more solid, but} b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Nd1 Qc8 $1 {is also tempting for Black.}) 18... bxa4 $1 {Of course Black opens
the position as much as possible.} 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Nxa4 Rc2 $1 {Black
penetrates on the 2nd rank with his rook.} 21. O-O f5 (21... f6 $1 $17 {
was more accurate and White can't avoid opening up the kingside.}) 22. b3 $6 (
22. Nc3 $1 {was important to come back with the knight from the edge of the
board,} Rxb2 23. Rc1 {and things look more promising for Black, but White can
still hold the position.}) 22... fxe4 23. Rc1 (23. Nxe4 $2 {could have been
met with the unpleasant} Rf4 $19 {and White can resign.}) 23... Rxc1 24. Qxc1
Qb8 $6 ({Probably} 24... Qb7 $1 {was more accurate to exert pressure on the
d5-pawn, for example} 25. Nc3 Rf4 26. Ncxe4 Qxd5 $17 {and Black is much better.
}) 25. Nc3 Rf4 26. Ncxe4 Rxh4 27. Qc3 $2 {The decisive mistake, which allows
the unpleasant ...Rg4!} (27. f3 $1 $13 {was correct to prevent ...Rg4 and he
can continue the defence with Rf2.}) 27... Rg4+ $1 28. Ng3 Rxg5 29. Nde4 Rg6
$19 {Black has a winning position, he is a pawn up and he is continuing his
attack.} 30. Kg2 Qb5 31. Qc4 Qb7 32. Rc1 h5 33. Kh2 Bg4 (33... h4 $19 {was
also strong.}) 34. f3 Bxf3 35. Nf5 Qa7 $1 {Another strong reply! The queen is
very dangerous on the a7-g1 diagonal.} 36. Rf1 Bg2 37. Nh4 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 (38.
Nxg6 Bxg6 $19 {is also hopeless for White.}) 38... Rg4 39. Qe1 Bh6 40. Nf5 Bf4+
41. Kh1 Qd7 42. Qe4 Kh8 43. Rg1 Rh4+ $1 {Another strong tactical move!} 44. Kg2
(44. Nxh4 Qh3#) 44... Rh2+ 45. Kf3 Qc8 {Nice victory by Naiditsch!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Be2 Qe8 10. g4 Kh8 11. Nd2 {Not the most accurate move order.} ({Korobov's} 
11. Be3 {is more appropriate here (see my "Opening trends" article in CBM 182).
}) 11... Ng8 $1 12. h4 f5 ({It makes no sense to insert} 12... f6 {since
White's bishop is not placed well on g5. Here is an example:} 13. Be3 f5 14.
gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 (15... Nh6 16. Bh5 Qd7 17. f6 Rxf6 18. Nde4 Rf8 {
0-1 (44) Polivanov,A (2421)-Vovk,A (2339) Lvov 2005} 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. O-O-O $14)
(15... Bh6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Bxf5 18. Nde4 $14 {1/2 (18) Giddins,S (2290)
-Gullaksen,E (2365) Skei 1995}) 16. Nde4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Qd7 {(Black's bishop has
no h7-square)} 18. h5 Rf7 19. h6 Bf8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ng4 22. Nce4 Nxe3
23. fxe3 Qg4 24. Kd2 $14 {0-1 (36) Polak,T (2544)-Novikov,S (2562) Pardubice
2007}) (12... h6 $5 13. Be3 f5 {is possible, transposing to the position from
my game against Spirin, examined in the same article.}) 13. gxf5 (13. f3 fxg4
$5 (13... f4 14. h5 Bf6 15. hxg6 Qxg6 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nb3 b6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19.
O-O-O $14 {0-1 (40) Lazarev,V (2500)-Cebalo,M (2465) Estensi 2001}) 14. fxg4
Nf6 $132) 13... gxf5 14. Bh5 (14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nde4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Rg1
Nb4 18. Rc1 e4 $132 {1/2 (45) Georgiadis,I (2449)-Simeonidis,I (2238) Rethymno
2013}) 14... Qd7 15. Qe2 (15. exf5 Qxf5 16. Nde4 Nc5 17. Qe2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6
19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Rg1 c6 $132 {0-1 (32) Solomon,K (2350)-Popovic,D (2553)
Cappelle-la-Grande 2014}) 15... Nf6 16. Bf3 fxe4 $6 {[%mdl 32]} (16... Nc5 {
is a normal continuation. If} 17. O-O-O {then} fxe4 (17... Qf7 $5) 18. Ndxe4
Nfxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 $1 20. Bg2 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxf2 22. Qh5 (22. Qxf2 Rxf2 23.
Rdf1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bg4 25. Rf7 Rc8 {[%cal Yh8g8]}) 22... Bf5 23. Rhf1 Bxe4 $1
24. Rxf2 Rxf2 $44) 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb4 {Alas, sending Black's knight
to c5 is not so easy now:} (18... Nc5 $6 19. Nxc5 dxc5 {[%csl Re5]} 20. Rg1 $16
) (18... b6 19. Rg1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Be4 Qf7 22. f3 $14) 19. Bg2 Qa4 (
19... c6 $5 {was probably a better way to create counterplay.}) 20. Nc3 Qc2 21.
Be4 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 $14 {After the exchange of queens White's king is safe, and
he keeps the better prospects due to Black's passive g7 bishop.} Bg4+ 23. f3
Bh5 24. Rag1 Rf7 $6 (24... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ya6c5]} 25. Be3 Bf6 {[%cal Yf8g8]})
25. Be3 Bf6 $2 ({It was better to "take the last move back":} 25... Rff8) 26.
Rg5 {[%mdl 64] This is what Black missed. He can't take the rook so material
losses are inevitable.} ({But} 26. a3 $1 Na6 27. Rg5 $1 {was even more
accurate. Black had no ideas with ...Nb4-c2 in that case.}) 26... Bg6 (26...
Bxg5 27. hxg5 $18) 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rxg6 Nc2 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Ng5 Rf6 31. Rxf6
Bxf6 32. Ne6 {White easily converts his material and positional advantage.}
Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Rg8 34. Ke4 c6 35. Kf5 Be7 36. Ng5 Re8 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Ke6 Bf8+
39. Kd7 Re7+ 40. Kxd6 Kf7 41. Rg1 cxd5 42. cxd5 Ke8 43. Nf6+ Kd8 (43... Kf7 44.
Nd7 $5) 44. Rg8 Re8+ 45. Rxf8 Rxf8 46. Ke6 {[%csl Rf8]} Rh8 47. h5 b5 48. d6 {
Black's king and rook are completely paralysed.} 1-0

