[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e3
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nb6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Nb6 12. Qd3) 11. Qf1 $6 (11. Qe2
Bg4 $10) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Nfd5 14. gxh5 Bxh4 15. Bd2 f5 (15... Qg5
$32 16. O-O-O $1 (16. e4 Ne3 $17) 16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxh5 $15) 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
O-O Bd6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 $2 (19... Nf6 20. Bf3 Nbd5 21. Rg1 Qd7 22. Rg2
Rf7 $10) 20. e4 $1 Nc7 (20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 $36) (20... fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Be7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 $16) 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. h6 $1 g6 23. d5 exd5 24.
exd5 c5 (24... cxd5 25. a4) 25. Nb5 Nxb5 (25... Re8 26. Nxd6 $16) 26. Qxb5 Qd7
27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Rfe1 Rad8 29. Re6 (29. Bc3+ Kg8 30. Re6 Bxf4 31. d6 Nb6 $13)
29... Nb6 30. h4 (30. Bc3+ Kg8 31. Be5 Nc8) 30... Kg8 31. Rde1 (31. h5 $1 $16)
31... Na8 $1 $10 32. h5 Nc7 33. Bc3 $2 (33. R6e2) 33... Nxe6 34. Rxe6 Rfe8 35.
Rxg6+ hxg6 36. hxg6 Re7 $17 37. Bf1 Rh7 $1 (37... Bxf4 $4 38. d6 $18) 38. gxh7+
Kxh7 39. Bf6 Rc8 40. Bg5 c4 41. a4 Kg6 42. Kg2 Bf8 43. Kf2 Bxh6 44. Bxh6 Kxh6
45. Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kd4 Re4+ 47. Kc5 Kg6 48. d6 Kf6 49. Bxc4 Rxf4 50. Bd5 b6+ 51.
Kc6 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 29th"]
[Site "Arinsal"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 {I have played
this position several times, although only twice have my opponents gone for
this modest move.} (6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 {is, in my
opinion, the most testing line.}) 6... Nbd7 7. g3 Bh5 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10.
b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 $5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Rfe1 Rfc8 $1 {This was the second time I
went for this plan (the first time was against Sergio Cacho, at the Spanish
Championship in 2009). Black wants to play on the queenside, and to that end
he needs to play ...b5 and ...c5. Therefore, it seems very logical to me to
put the rooks on c8 and b8 and bring the queen back home. On d8 it doesn't get
in the way, and in some lines it might go to f8, putting pressure on a3.
White's position is "nice", but it's hard to come up with a clear plan. In
both games I got a fantastic position, but unfortunately my play later on left
much to be desired.} 14. e4 Qd8 15. h3 b5 16. Qd3 Rab8 17. Qe3 c5 {Black can't
complain. He has managed to accomplish his aims and White hasn't really done
anything.} 18. Rec1 Bg6 {There is no need to hurry, so I improve my bishop.
The pressure on e4 is quite annoying.} 19. Qe2 a4 $1 {Good timing. All my
pieces are perfectly placed, so it's time to open up the queenside. After the
game, Georgiev admitted that at this point he wasn't happy with his position
at all.} 20. dxc5 (20. Ne5 axb3 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Nxb3 c4 23. Nd2 Nb6 {[%cal
Gb6a4] is great for Black.}) 20... Nxc5 21. b4 {Not great, but it does create
complications. I decided to prove him right by thinking way too much on my
next move.} Ncxe4 {My choice was between this and ...Qd3 first. But this is
simply better for Black.} (21... Qd3 22. Qe1 Ncxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 (23... Nxe4 $2
24. Ne5) 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Nd4 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bd3 27. Bc6 $44) 22. Nf1 $5 {
Unexpected, and suddenly I didn't have much time. From an objective point of
view this is a mistake, but it is a very good practical chance. It certainly
worked in the game.} ({After} 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Be5 (23. Bxf6 Bxf3 $1) 23...
Rb6 {has some compensation in the form of piece activity, but it's probably
not quite enough for the pawn.}) 22... Nd5 $2 ({The correct move is the simple
} 22... Nd6 23. Ne5 Nc4 $1 {, but I only saw this during the postmortem. Not
really difficult, but...} 24. Ne3 (24. Nxc4 Bd3) 24... Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Be4 26.
Nc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Qb6 29. Bg2 $17 {White still has drawing
chances, but he will suffer quite a bit. In the game disaster struck.}) 23. Ne5
Nec3 $2 24. Qe1 {The worst thing is that I had seen this move, but thought
that I had "something". I'm still wondering what it was :-)} Bg5 (24... Bf6 25.
Bxc3 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Qd4 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Nxg6 Qxa1 29. Qxa1 Bxa1 30. Ne7+ $18)
25. f4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Bh4 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 {Georgiev becomes a little too
technical.} (28. Qd4 $1 {is much stronger.}) 28... Qxd5 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qe5
Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 33. Kg2 Rd3 ({Black could try} 33... f6 34. Bb2
g5 35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Rc2 Rd3 37. Ng3 Bf4 38. Ne2 e5 {, when White still has to
win.}) 34. Rc3 Rd1 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc5 Rd3 37. Rc3 Rd1 38. Ng3 f6 39. Bc7 Rb1
({This was my last chance to break on the kingside and maintain a healthy
pawn-structure.} 39... g5 40. Ne4 gxf4 41. Bxf4 e5 42. Bg3 Rd4 $16) 40. Ne4 Rb3
41. Rf3 {Now the game is over.} Rb2+ 42. Kf1 g5 43. fxg5 Kg6 (43... f5 44. Nd6)
44. gxf6 gxf6 45. Rf4 Bg5 46. Rg4 Rb1+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kd4 Rxa3
50. Nxg5 e5+ 51. Kc5 fxg5 52. h4 Rc3+ 53. Kb6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ {GM Portisch likes
this against Vienna.} Nbd7 {Black has two ways to chose:to play a Meran type
of game or QGA like set up.} (5... c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4
Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rc1 $13 {resurrected due to GM Victor
"The Great" Kortschnoj.} cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 a6 17. Bc6
Bxc6 18. Nxc6 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Kf7 21. Rc6 Rhg8 $13) 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4
Rb8 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 {This all theory.} 10. O-O $6 {The first strange move.
} (10. Bf4 Rc8 11. d5 $5 {Gelfand's contribution to the theory.} (11. O-O c5 {
transposes to the game.})) 10... c5 11. Bf4 (11. d5 {Huzman} c4 12. Be2 Qc7 13.
Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6 Rc8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4
Rd8 20. Nd1 O-O 21. Ne3 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxd5 25. Rae1
Rd2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Lytchak,A-Kupreichik,V/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (65)}) 11... Rc8
12. d5 c4 13. Be2 (13. dxe6 {Huzman} fxe6 14. Be2 Bb4 15. e5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5
17. Bg3 O-O 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. a4 Nf4 20. Rfd1 Qg5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf1 Ncd3 $17
{0-1 Opocensky,K-Lundin,E/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (35)}) 13... exd5 $5 14. Rad1
$5 {Now from the playing speed of my opponent I have realized that things are
not that simple.However it looks as if it is a big bluff going on.} (14. Nxd5
Bxd5 $5 15. exd5 Bc5 {known to be ok for black.}) (14. exd5 {Huzman} Bc5 (14...
Nxd5 {Huzman} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 Nf6 (16... Nb6 {Huzman} 17. Be5 $1 $44)
17. Be5 Be7 18. Ng5 h6 $144 19. Nh7 $1 $16) 15. Rad1 O-O {would lead to a
position that is critical for the whole variation. Is the "d5" pawn a weakness
or a strength? The answer to this question is decisive for a correct assesment
of the current situation.}) 14... Nc5 $146 {After a long thought I came up
with a human move.} (14... Bc5 15. e5) (14... dxe4 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Ng4 Rc5 17.
Nxf6+ (17. Be3 Qc7) (17. Rfe1 $44 {Huzman} Qb6 18. Bf3 Be7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (
19... Qxf6 {Huzman} 20. Qd2 $1 $18) 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 (20... Nxe4 {Huzman} 21. Bxe4
$16) 21. Bxe4 O-O 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Be3 $16) 17... Qxf6 18. Be3 Re5 $1 19. Bd4
Bc5 $5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Nxe4 $3 fxg4 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 {
Schlosser-Kekki,Aabyro 1989.} 25. Qf4 $1 $40) (14... Nxe4 {Huzman} 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nef6 17. Rdd1 $44 Qb6 $140 18. Bd3 $1 $32 {[%cal Gd3f5,Gf5c8]})
15. Bg5 {Consequent.} (15. Be5 Ncxe4) (15. Rfe1 Ncxe4) (15. exd5 Bd6 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 O-O) (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 {Huzman} 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Ne5 O-O 18.
Bf3 Re8 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. b3 $11) 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nd4
O-O) 15... Be7 (15... h6 $5 {Huzman} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxd5 Qe6 18. Qd2 Bd6 $13
) 16. Bxf6 ({White does not get anything by} 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 19. Rxd5 O-O 20. Nd4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bg4 (22. Rd1 Qg5) 22... Rc7)
(16. exd5 $5 {Huzman} O-O 17. Nd4 $1 Re8 (17... b4 {Huzman} 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19.
dxc6 Qa5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Rxc6 22. Bxc4 $16) 18. Nf5 $36) (16. Nxd5 {
Huzman} Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exd5 O-O $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16... Bxf6 17. Nxd5
O-O $1 $15 {Black is simply better after this because his queenside is a
threat in white's throat.} 18. e5 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. e5 Qf4 $17) 18... Bxd5 $1
(18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxd5 20. Bg4 $1 $44 {looks unpleasant.} (20. Bf3 Nd3)) 19.
exf6 Be4 {The point.} 20. Rxd8 Bxc2 {Huzman: 'This endgame clearly favours
Black because of his pawn advantage on the queen's side.'} 21. Rd2 (21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Nd4 Bd3 $1 $15 (22... Re8 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Nxc2 Re2 25. Ne3 Rxb2 26.
Nxc4 Rxa2 27. fxg7 $11)) 21... Be4 $1 {Black plays energetically.} 22. fxg7
Rfd8 $1 {The d line is very important.} 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 (24. Nxd2 Bd3
$17) 24... Na4 $1 {The threat is 25...Nb2.} 25. Ne1 $8 {The potential c passer
is tremendously strong.} (25. Ng5 Bd3 $1 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. h4 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Rc2
29. Rb1 d2 $19) 25... Bb1 $1 26. a3 c3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rd6 (28. Bd3 Rc1 29.
Kf1 Nc3 30. Bxb1 Rxb1 31. Rd6 (31. Rd3 Rc1) 31... a5 $17) 28... Rxa3 29. Rxa6
b4 $19 {Passer will decide the game.} 30. Bc4 Nb2 $1 31. Bb5 {White could have
set a trap.} (31. Bf1 $5 Nd3 $2 32. Nxd3 Rxa6 33. Nxb4 Ra4 34. Nd5 $11) 31...
Rxa6 32. Bxa6 b3 33. Bb5 $6 ({More resilient but still lost is} 33. Nf3 Bc2 34.
Nd2 Nd1 35. Nxb3 Bxb3 $19) 33... Be4 $1 {Thematic!} 34. f3 Bg6 {Ne1 is doomed.}
35. f4 Be4 {Continuing with the same policy,knights legs are cut.} (35... Nd1
36. Nf3 Nc3 37. Bc4 b2 38. Nd2) 36. Kf1 Nd1 37. Bd3 {Nothing else is left to
stop the mighty passer.} Bxd3+ 38. Nxd3 b2 39. Nxb2 Nxb2 40. Ke2 h5 $5 {
Anything wins.} (40... Kxg7 41. g4 h5 42. h3 f5 43. g5 h4 44. Kd2 Nc4+ $19) 41.
Kf3 Kxg7 {After almost 20 moves it is time to collect g7 pawn.} 42. g3 Kf6 43.
h3 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Kf3 Ke6 (45... Kd4 46. g4 h4 47. g5 Nd3 48. Kg4 Ke4 49.
Kxh4 Kf5 50. Kh5 Nxf4+ $19) 46. Ke3 Nc4+ 47. Kf3 Nb6 $1 {Easiest winning plan
is to put the knight on d5.} 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Kf3 Nd5 50. g4 h4 0-1

[Event "Kavala op 19th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My first encounter with this guy and it looks like it won't be the last!} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 $5 (4. Qc2 {I have beaten Granda Zuniga on
the 3rd round of World Junior Championship in Belfort 1983 with this move alas
recently I prefer the text in case.} g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. Nbd2 $1 (6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3
Nb4 $1 8. Qxb4 e5 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe5 Qb6 13. b3
Qa5+ 14. Nfd2 Rxb3 15. axb3 Qxa1 16. Bxh8 Bb4 17. Bd3 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Qb2+ 19.
Bc2 Bf5 20. Rc1 Bxc2 21. Rxc2 Qxb1 22. cxd5 $11 {and tops white gets an equal
game which is sad for the line.}) 6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. a3 $1 {After the
other lines Black has even a more satisfactory game.} (8. Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 dxc4
10. Nxc4 Nb4 11. Rc1 Nbd5) (8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Ra4 Nxg3 12.
hxg3 a5) 8... Qxb3 9. Nxb3 dxc4 10. Na5 Nd5 11. Bg3 b5 12. Nxc6 Bg7 13. e3 $13)
4... dxc4 (4... e6 $5 5. g3 (5. Bg5 $142 $5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 $1 {A very important move to provide White with Qc2-e2 in time.}
Rc8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Qe2 $14) 5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 (9... Qb6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 $14) 10. Nfd2 $1 Qb6
11. a4 Rd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nb3 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qd5 17.
Na5 b4 18. Nd2 $14 {is the only way for White to look for an advantage.}) 5.
Qxc4 Bf5 (5... g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O {transposes to Russian System against
the Grunfeld Defense.}) (5... Bg4 $5 {is maybe even sharper than the text.} 6.
Nc3 (6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nb3 a5 13. a4 $11 {is as limp as Grivas' play.}) 6... Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3
e5 9. Be3 exd4 (9... Bd6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $1 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. Qd4)
12. Ne2 {transposes.}) 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Ne2 $5 {played by
someone no lesser than Ulf Andersson.} O-O 13. Qc2 $14) 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
e3 $5 {Trying to avoid Akopian's line.} (8. O-O Nb6 9. Qb3 Qd5 {Akopian's pet
line.} 10. Ne5 $1 Qxb3 (10... Qxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Qb4 13. Bxc6+ Nfd7 14.
Qxb4 Bxb4 15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxa8 Ke7 17. Bg2 Rc8 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Rc2 20.
e4 Bg6 21. Be3 a5 22. f3 $13) 11. axb3 Be4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
c5 15. Be3 $16) (8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {is the alternative.} Ne4 (10...
Bg6 11. e4 b5 12. Qxc6 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Qa6 Rxc3
17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. d5 Bc5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxg6 (21. Be3 Bxe3 22.
Rxe3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Be4 $11) 21... hxg6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 $14)
(10... h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. a3 $14) (10...
Rc8 11. e4 Bg6 12. Qe2 $5) (10... b5 $5 11. Qxc6 b4 12. e4 Bg6 13. e5 Rc8 14.
Qa6 {transposes to the line above.}) 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 $5 Bg6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Be5 Nh5 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bg3 $14) 8...
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 (10. Rd1 $5 h6 (10... Qb6 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Qe2 Rfd8 (
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 $6 14. Ne5 $1 {is the idea.}) 13. Nh4 $1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bxh4 15. gxh4 $16 {is good since Black's rook covers the d8-square.}) (10...
Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Ne1 (13. Nh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 e5 16.
e4 Be6 17. Be3 $13) (13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bc2 15. Re1 Bg6 16. a4 c5 17. Ba3
$13) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Nd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc2 18. Bd2 Qa4
$132) (10... Qc7 {is parallel to the game continuation.} 11. Nc3 Ne4 (11... e5
12. h3 $1 {is the cause of recent popularity for the line.} Rad8 13. g4 Bg6 14.
Qe2 $14 {and White is ready for e4.}) 12. Ne1 (12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. d5)
12... Ndf6 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. e4 Be6 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Qb2
Rad8 19. Be3 $14) (10... e5 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. h3 {is also another transposition.}
) 11. Qe2 Bh7 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Bd2 $5 (13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16.
e4 $14)) ({allows} 10. Nc3 Ne4 $11) 10... Ne4 $5 (10... h6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3
Ne4 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bh7 15. e4 $14) 11. Rd1 Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. Nc3 {
transposes to one of the lines mentioned above.}) 12. Nbd2 $5 {I could have
tried to take the advantage of his wrongly posted knight.} (12. Ne1 e5 13. Nd3
(13. f3 $6 Nd6 14. e4 Be6 $132) 13... h6 (13... exd4 $2 14. g4 Bg6 15. exd4
Ndf6 16. g5 $18 {wins a piece.}) (13... Rfe8 $2 14. g4 Bg6 15. dxe5 Nec5 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 17. f4 $16) 14. f3 Nef6 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 $14) 12... Nxd2 13. Nxd2
$1 {Trying to build the center up.} Bc2 $1 {A deep move which escaped my
attention.} (13... c5 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Be3 $14 {
was my idea.}) 14. Re1 c5 15. Nc4 Ba4 $1 16. b3 (16. d5 $142 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nf6
18. Bf3 $14 {was most likely a better option.}) 16... Bc6 17. Bb2 Bxg2 $5 (
17... b5 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. a4 $14) 18. Kxg2 cxd4 $5 (18... b6 $5
19. Qf3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qc6 $11) 19. Bxd4 e5 {His play was daring around this
part of the game.} 20. Bb2 b5 21. Nd2 Qc2 $5 {A very interesting play emerged
around this part of the game.} 22. Nf3 $5 {For some reason I wanted to force
the endgame at once.} (22. Rab1 Bb4 23. Red1 (23. Rec1 $5 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxd2
25. Rd1 f6 26. Rxd2 $14) (23. Nf3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 f6 $11 {is similar to the game.
}) 23... a6 {should have been his idea.} 24. a3 Be7 25. Qf3 Rfd8 26. Qb7 Qc8
$13 {and some computerish play.}) 22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 f6 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Rac1
Nb6 26. Nh4 $5 (26. e4 $5 Kf8 $11 {with more or less equal chances.} (26... Kf7
$6 27. Rc7)) 26... Rxc2 (26... g6 27. f4 exf4 28. exf4 {looks like what has
happened in the game.}) 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. f4 exf4 $5 {Way too
many exchanges and this is a risky strategy since he really opened the center
when my king is closer to that.} (29... e4 30. Nf5 Kf7 31. g4 Bc5 32. Bd4 Bxd4
33. exd4 g6 34. Ne3 Nd6 35. f5 b4 36. Kg3 g5 37. Nd5 Nb5 38. Nxb4 Nxd4 39. Kf2
Nf3 40. h3 h5 41. gxh5 Nd4 $132) 30. exf4 Kf7 31. Nf5 (31. Kf3 Nd6) 31... g6
32. Nd4 $1 {Probing weaknesses.} a6 33. f5 Bc5 34. Kf3 Nd6 35. g4 Bxd4 $2 {
Terribly dangerous to go into a minor piece endgame like this. This proves
that still Pavlidis' bones are soft for top competitions.} (35... gxf5 36. Nxf5
Ke6 37. Ng7+ Kf7 38. Nh5 f5 39. gxf5 Nxf5 40. Ke4 Ne7 $11) 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 $6 {
Another weird move.} (36... hxg6 $142 37. Bxd4 g5 38. Bc5 Ke6 39. Bb4 $1 (39.
Bxd6 $6 Kxd6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. b4 Kd6 42. Kf5 (42. Kd4 Kc6) 42... Ke7 $11) 39...
Kd5 40. Bc3 Ke6 41. Ke3 f5 42. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 43. Ke4 $16) 37. Bxd4 f5 38. Kf4 $1
{Obvious!} fxg4 39. Kxg4 Nf5 40. Be5 Ne3+ 41. Kf4 Nf1 42. Ke4 ({I could have
won on the spot if I would not have worried about the future of my teeny tiny
h-pawn.} 42. h3 $142 $1 Kh5 43. Bf6 $1 h6 (43... Kg6 $2 44. Bc3 $18) (43... Nd2
44. Bc3 Nb1 45. Be1 Na3 46. Ke4 Nc2 47. Bd2 $18) 44. Bd8 Nh2 45. Kg3 Nf1+ 46.
Kf3 Nd2+ 47. Ke3 Nf1+ 48. Kd4 Ng3 49. a4 $1 (49. Kc5 $2 Ne4+ 50. Kb6 b4 51.
Kxa6 Nc3 $11) 49... bxa4 50. bxa4 Nf5+ 51. Kc5 Ng7 52. Kb6 Ne6 53. Be7 Kg6 54.
Kxa6 $18 {should win.}) 42... Nd2+ 43. Kd5 Kf5 44. Bc7 Ne4 45. Ba5 $2 {After a
long thought I have come up with this overcautious and bad move.} (45. Kc6 $1
Ke6 (45... Nc3 46. a3 (46. Kb6 b4 47. Kxa6 Ke4 48. Bd6 Nxa2 49. Kb5 Kd3 50. Ka4
Kc2 51. Bxb4 Nc1 $11) 46... Nb1 47. Bd6 Nd2 48. Kb6 Ke6 49. Bf4 Nxb3 50. Kxa6
Nd4 51. Be3 Nf5 52. Bc5 Nh4 53. Kxb5 Nf3 54. a4 $18) 46. Ba5 $18) 45... h5 $5 {
He even had better tries.} (45... Ng5 46. Kc6 Ke6 47. h4 Nf3 48. h5 Ng5 49. Kb6
Kd5 50. Kxa6 Kc6 $11) (45... Nf2 46. Kc6 Ke6 47. Kb6 Kd5 48. Kxa6 Kc6 49. Be1
Nd3 50. Bd2 h5 $11) 46. Be1 $2 {I could have tried more.} (46. Kc6 {was a real
try.} Ke6 $3 (46... Kg4 $2 47. Kb7 Kh3 48. Kxa6 (48. Bc7 $2 b4 49. Kxa6 Nc3 50.
Bd6 Nxa2 51. Kb5 h4 52. Kc4 Kg2 $11) 48... Kxh2 49. Kxb5 Kg2 50. a4 h4 51. Bc7
$18 {since White promotes with a check.}) (46... Nf2 $2 47. Kb7 Nd3 48. Kxa6
Nc1 49. Kxb5 Nxa2 50. Bd2 $18) (46... Ng5 $2 47. Kb7 Nf3 48. Bc7 (48. Kxa6 Nxh2
49. Kxb5 h4 50. Bc7 Ng4 51. Kc6 (51. a4 $4 Ne5 $18) 51... Ke4 52. Kd6 Ne5 53.
Ke6 Nd3 $11) 48... a5 49. Ka6 a4 50. Kxb5 axb3 51. axb3 Ke4 52. Kc5 $18) 47.
Be1 (47. Kb6 $2 Kd5 48. Kxa6 Kc6 49. Be1 Nc5+ $11) 47... Ke5 48. Kb6 Kd5 49.
Kxa6 Kc6 50. Ka5 Ng5 51. Bf2 Nf3 52. h3 Ng5 53. h4 Ne6 54. Kb4 Nf4 55. Kc3 Kd5
$11) 46... h4 47. Kc6 (47. a4 bxa4 48. bxa4 h3 49. a5 Kf4 50. Kc6 $2 Kf3 51.
Kb6 Kg2 $19 {and White even loses this one.}) (47. Bxh4 Nc3+ 48. Kc5 Nxa2 49.
b4 Nc1 50. Kb6 Nd3 51. Ka5 Kg4 52. Bg3 Kh3 53. Bd6 Kh4 54. Kxa6 Nxb4+ 55. Bxb4
Kh3 56. Bd6 b4 $11) 47... h3 48. Kb6 Kg4 49. Kxa6 Kf3 50. Ba5 $8 Kg2 51. Bc7 b4
52. Kb5 Nc3+ 53. Kc4 Nxa2 $11 {Excellent calculation by the young Greek when
he pushed h5. Funnily I was afraid of such an ending when I have played Anton
Sitnikov right here in Kavala 2005!} 54. Bd6 Kf3 55. Kd3 Kf2 56. Kc2 Kg2 57.
Kd3 Nc1+ 58. Kc4 Na2 59. Kd3 Nc1+ 60. Kc4 Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Leventic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 a6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 f6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc4 Rad8 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qc8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. h4 b5 23. Qc3 (23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf4 {was to be preferred. war
vorzuziehen.}) 23... e5 $1 24. g5 Qg4 25. f3 Qxh4 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxc5 Bd3
28. Rac1 Kh8 29. Rd2 Rg8 30. Qc3 Qg7 31. Qb2 Rd6 32. Rc5 $4 (32. Rcd1 {was
elegantly refuted by würde ebenfalls elegant widerlegt durch} Be2) ({Essential
was Erforderlich war} 32. Rf2) {[%tqu "En","How can Black punish White for his
last imprudent move?","Exploit the shaky position of the white bishop and the
weakness of White's back rank.","A terrific bishop move should decide the game.
","d3e2","This beautiful sacrifice crowns Black's attack.",6,"De","Wie kann
Schwarz seinen Gegner für dessen letzten unvorsichtigen Zug bestrafen?",
"Schlagen Sie Kapital aus der unsicheren Stellung des weißen Läufers sowie der
Schwäche der weißen Grundreihe.","Ein fabelhafter Läuferzug soll die Partie
entscheiden.","d3e2","Dieses wunderschöne Opfer krönt den schwarzen Angriff.",
6]} 32... Be2 $3 {[%csl Rd2,Gd6,Rg1,Rg2,Gg7,Gg8][%cal Gg8g1,Gd6d1] A
remarkable game conclusion! This beautiful bishop move breaks White's defense
and wins on the spot. Ein sehenswerter Partieschluss! Dieser wunderschöne
Läuferzug durchbricht die weiße Verteidigung und gewinnt auf der Stelle.} ({
White resigned in view of the line: Weiß gab auf hinsichtlich des Abspiels} 
32... Be2 33. Rxe2 (33. Rxd6 Qxg2#) (33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxd2) 33... Rd1+
34. Kh2 (34. Kf2 Qg3#) 34... Qg3#) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch50"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 (5. g3 g6 $1 6. Bg2
Nd7 $5) (5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 Bd6 $13) (5. Bg5 $5) 5... e6 (5... Nd5 6. e4 (6. Qxc4
Nb6 7. Qd3 e5 $1 $10) 6... Nb6 7. Qd1 Bg4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 (10. Be3
e6 {1/2-1/2 Botvinnik ,M- Petrosian ,T (22)/Moscow WM/1963/}) 10... e6 11. dxe6
Bxe6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bxc7 Rd7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. f4 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3
Rxd3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kd7 $1 21. Kc2 Kc6 22. Rd1 Bc5 23.
Ne2 Rf8 24. h4 b5 25. a3 g6 (25... e5 26. g3 Bf2 27. h5 {/\ Rd5}) 26. e5 h6 27.
Nd4+ Bxd4 28. Rxd4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. hxg5 (30. h5 Rf2+ 31. Rd2 Rf1 32. g4
Rh1 $10) 30... Rf2+ 31. Rd2 Rf5 32. Rd6+ {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Brunner,L/Luzern
WchT (ARM-SUI) (2) 1993}) 6. a3 (6. Qxc4 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 {N} (8. e3 cxd4
9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O $10 12. Bd3 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Bh6 $6 Re8 16. Be3 $6 Rc8 17. O-O Bf8 $15 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. h3 Qc7 {/\ 20...e5,
20...Red8} 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Bg5 Ne7 $1 22. Ba6 Nf5 23. Rd2 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25.
Rfd1 Bg7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Ne5 Ne7 $6 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. Re1 $1 $15
Qe7 31. Rdd1 Rc2 32. Rc1 Rdc8 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Wolff,P/Biel
izt (12) 1993/0-1 (61)}) 8... Bxc5 9. a3 (9. g3 Qb6 10. e3 O-O {@ /\} 11. Na4
Qc6 12. Bg2 Bd7 $36) 9... Nc6 10. g3 {/\ Bg2|^ /^h1-a8} Na5 $1 (10... Qb6 11.
Qxb6 Bxb6 12. Bg2 $14) (10... O-O 11. Bg2 $36) 11. Qc2 (11. Qb5+ $2 Bd7 12.
Qxc5 Nb3 13. Qc4 Nxa1 $19) 11... Qb6 12. e3 Be7 $5 13. b4 Nc6 14. Na4 $1 Qd8
15. Bg2 Bd7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Bb2 Qe8 19. Nc5 $6 (19. Nc3 e5 20. Ng5
$5 $14) 19... Na5 $1 (19... Bxc5 20. bxc5 Na5 21. Qb4 Nc6 22. Qf4 $36) 20. bxa5
$8 Rxc5 $36 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 Ba4 $1 23. Qxb7 $1 Rb5 24. Qa6 $8 Bc5 25. Nd4
Qd7 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Rc8 $6 28. Nb4 {(+)} Nxb4 29. axb4 Bxb4 $10 30. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 g6 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. h4 Bb5 34. Bc6 Rc4 35. Rxc4 Bxc4 36. f4 Kf8
$2 37. e4 Ke7 {Stohl,I-Meister,Y/Slovensko 1994/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 6... a6 7. Qxc4
Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} 8. Bg5 (8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. O-O b5 $5 11. Qd3 (11.
Qxc6 $2 Bb7 12. Qxb7 Rxb7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 $17) 11... b4 $132) 8... h6 9. Bh4 (9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e4 e5 $15) 9... O-O 10. Rd1 $6 (10. e3 Rb8 11. Be2 $10) (10. e4
$142 e5 11. d5 Na7 $13) 10... g5 $1 11. Bg3 Rb8 12. e4 (12. e3 {Baburin}) 12...
b5 $1 13. Qe2 (13. Qxc6 Bb7 14. Qxb7 Rxb7 15. e5 b4 $1 $15) 13... b4 {[%csl
Rb2]} 14. axb4 Bxb4 $36 {[%csl Rb2,Re4][%cal Rb4e1]} 15. Qd3 Ba5 {[%csl Rb2]}
16. Rd2 Nb4 17. Qb1 $2 (17. Qc4 $142 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 (18... Nd5 $6 19. Nc3
Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 21. Rd2 $17) 19. Nc3 f4 $13) 17... Nbd5 $1 {Baburin We can
see that while one Bf1 is undeveloped, the other is out of play. It often
happens that the B, being brought to Kside, becomes ineffective if actions
begin on the Qside.} 18. Qc2 (18. exd5 Bxc3 $17) 18... Rxb2 $1 19. Qxb2 Nxc3
20. Ne5 Ncxe4 21. Nc6 Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Nxd2 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spiridonov, Nikola"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 $6 {/\ Bc1-a3} Nb6 10. Qc3 Nbd5 11. Qb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nxd5
$2 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 $10) 13... exd5 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Nh4 Bd7
17. Qc1 Qc8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Qb2 Bh3 20. Bh1 f5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Be1 f4 23. Bg2 g5
24. Nf3 Qf5 25. Rd3 Re6 26. b4 Rae8 27. Rad1 $2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 fxg3 29. hxg3
Nxg3 $1 30. Ne5 Qe4+ 31. Nf3 Nxe2 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Re3 Qf5 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. dxe5
Rxe5 36. Rg3 Qe4 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 (10... Nb6) (10... h6 $5) 11. a4 $1 {|^} a5 12.
Rfd1 Qb6 $6 13. Nh4 $1 Bxh4 (13... Nxc3 14. Nxf5 Nxd1 15. Nxe7+ $16) (13... Nd6
14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bh3 $1 $16) 14. Nxe4 (14. gxh4 $5) 14... Bxe4 (
14... Be7) 15. Bxe4 Be7 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. e4 $16 {()^^} Rad8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rac1
Qd7 20. Rc3 $1 Bb4 21. Rcd3 Qe7 22. Kg2 Rd7 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Bg5 $1 h6 25. Bc1 {
/\ Bb2} Ba3 26. Be3 Bb4 27. h4 Ne8 28. Qc2 Nc7 $6 (28... Nf6) 29. Qe2 Na6 30.
Kg1 Bd6 31. Bg2 Nb4 32. R3d2 Bc7 33. Qg4 $36 {>>} Kf8 34. Bf1 Bb6 35. Bc4 Qf6
36. Kg2 Ke7 (36... Bxd4 $2 37. e5 $18) 37. Qh5 $1 Kf8 (37... Qg6 38. Qxg6 fxg6
39. Kf3 {/\ Ke2,g4,f4,Kf3,h5 +- |^<->g}) 38. g4 $1 $18 {/\ g5} Rc8 39. g5 hxg5
40. Bxg5 g6 41. Qh7 1-0

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.05.20"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 (4... c6 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Be6 7.
Qd3 Nbd7 $13) 5. Nc3 (5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 Bd7 $10) 5... Nd5 6. e4 (6. Qxc4) 6...
Nb6 7. Qd1 Bg4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bf4 Ng6 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd6 {(/\ ...Nd3+)} 11.
Bg3 g5 12. h4) (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Qd7 12. a4) 10. Be3 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Bh5 $5 {Before the tournament I had prepared this line with 5...
Bg4 for Miroshnichenko, since he almost exclusively plays 4.Qc2 and 4.Qb3
against the Slav. Despite his late withdrawal I was still able to use my
analysis in two games! Both Peng and Grivas deviated from their usual
repertoire in favour of this line. The text is an idea of Najer's, to prevent
Ne5 and give White some problems coordinating his knights.} 10. b4 $2 {Instead
a move like 10.b3 should be preferred. White's choice appears logical but runs
into a tactical refutation.} Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 $1 12. Rb1 (12. Qb2 Qb5 $1 $17) (
12. a3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4) 12... Bg6 13. Rb2 (13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. b5
Nfd5 16. bxc6 bxc6 $15) 13... Qxb3 14. Rxb3 Nfd5 15. a3 Bc2 {Transferring the
bishop to b5 via a4 and slowly preparing ...a5. Instead 15...Na4 was very
tempting but after 16.e4 Black has nothing.} (15... Na4 16. e4 (16. Ne1 $2 Ndc3
17. Bf3 Rd8 18. e3 e5 $1 19. dxe5 $2 Na2 $19) (16. Ne5 $5 Bc2 17. Rf3) 16...
Ndc3 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bb2 $1 Nxb2 19. Rxc3 Na4 20. Rc2 $11 {/\Nb3-c5}) 16. Rb2
Ba4 17. Re1 O-O $6 {I had overlooked White's next move. Instead 17...Bb5 would
prepare ...a5 exactly on time.} (17... Bb5 $1 $36 {/\...a5}) 18. Bf1 $1 {
A very powerful move, after which I have nothing. It should be mentioned that
18.e4 is also interesting. My next is probably the best attempt to continue
the game, but shouldn't be sufficient for a real advantage.} (18. e4 $5 Nc3 19.
Bf1) (18. e3 Bb5 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bxb5 cxb5 $36) 18... Nc3 $5 ({The main line
runs} 18... Bb5 19. e4 $1 (19. e3 {-18.e3}) 19... Nc3 20. Rc2 $1 (20. Bxb5 $2
Nxb5 21. Rb3 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 $17) 20... Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Nb5 22. Nb3 $11 {
, and White is just in time to prevent ...a5.}) 19. e3 Nb5 20. Nb3 $1 {
Otherwise Black achieves ...a5 with a good position. To be honest I had
underestimated this move.} (20. Ra2 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 $15) 20... Nxa3 21. Nc5
Bb5 22. Bxb5 $1 {Peng once again proves to be very resourceful in the defense.
The alternative seemed more dangerous for White.} (22. Nxb7 Bxf1 (22... Nbc4
23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rb1 $11) 23. Rxf1 $1 (23. Kxf1 Nac4 (23... Nbc4 24. Ra2 Bxb4
25. Bxa3 $1 Nxa3 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27. Ne5 $11) 24. Rb1 Rfb8 25. Na5 (25. Nc5 Nd5)
25... Bxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxa5 $17) 23... Nac4 24. Rb1 Rfb8 25. Na5 Nxa5 (25... Bxb4
$2 26. Nxc6 $18) 26. bxa5 Nc4 27. Bd2 Rb5 $15) 22... cxb5 23. Rb3 ({not} 23.
Nxb7 $2 Nbc4 24. Rb3 Nc2) 23... Nac4 24. Nxb7 Rfc8 25. e4 Rc7 26. Nc5 a5 27.
Bf4 Rcc8 28. bxa5 Rxa5 $36 {Black has an initiative but nothing concrete.
Rampant time trouble is the reason for White's successive blunders later on.}
29. Nd3 Ra3 30. Rxa3 Nxa3 31. Bd2 f6 {I didn't see a concrete plan to advance
the b-pawn so I naturally activated my king.} 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Kf1
Ke8 (34... Nc2 $2 35. Nde5+ fxe5 36. Nxe5+ $18) 35. Ke2 Kd7 (35... Nc2 $2 36.
Kd1 $1 $11) 36. Rxc4 $5 {A reasonable move played for the wrong reasons.} bxc4
37. Nb2 $2 {Step one towards a collapse. After 37.Nc5 White could defend with
concrete tactical measures.} (37. Nc5+ $1 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Na4 39. Nd4 e5 (39...
Nxc5 $2 40. Bb4 $16) 40. c6+ (40. Nf5 $2 Nb5 $1 41. Nxg7 Nxc5 $17) 40... Kc8
41. Ne6 Nc2 42. Be3 $1 $11 (42. Nxg7 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 c3 44. Be1 c2 45. Bd2 Nb2 $36
)) 37... Kc6 38. Ne1 $2 {A blunder but White only had seconds left until move
40. However, it isn't easy to suggest something for White since her pieces are
passive and Black's king very active.} (38. Kd1 Kb5 39. Kc1 Bb4 $5 $15) ({
The computer suggests} 38. Ba5 Kb5 39. Bxb6 Kxb6) 38... Nb5 {White is lucky to
survive after this.} 39. Be3 Nc3+ 40. Kf3 Ba3 41. Bc1 Kb5 (41... f5 42. exf5
exf5 43. Nc2 Bxb2 44. Bxb2 Ncd5 45. Na3 {didn't look like so much, since Black
has trouble infiltrating with his king. With hindsight, however, this seems
pretty dangerous for White.} (45. Ne3 g6 46. Ke2 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Kb5
$17)) (41... Na2 42. Nc2) 42. Nc2 Bxb2 43. Bxb2 Nb1 $5 {The idea of this
strange move is to stop the bishop's activation via a3. Perhaps objectively 43.
..Na2 was stronger, but practically it is impossible to understand those
positions, while here things are much more simple.} (43... Na2 $1 44. Ba3 $5 c3
45. Bf8 g6 46. Bc5 (46. Be7 f5 47. Kf4 fxe4 48. Kg5 Nd5 49. Bc5 Nab4 50. Bxb4
Nxb4 51. Na1 Ka4 52. Kh6 Ka3 53. Kxh7 Kb2 $19) (46. Bg7 f5 47. exf5 exf5 48.
Kf4 Nb4 49. Nxb4 Kxb4 50. d5 (50. Bh6 Nd5+ 51. Ke5 Kc4 52. Ke6 c2 53. Bc1 Kxd4
54. Kf7 Nb4 55. Kg7 Nd3 56. Bd2 g5 57. Kxh7 g4 58. Kg6 Ke4 $19) 50... Nxd5+ 51.
Kg5 c2 52. Bb2 Kb3 53. Bc1 Nb4 54. Kh6 Kc3 $1 55. Kxh7 Nd3 56. Be3 g5 $1 57. f4
(57. Bxg5 f4) (57. h4 f4 58. gxf4 gxf4 $19) 57... gxf4 58. gxf4 Nb4 59. Kg6 Na2
60. Kxf5 Kd3 $19) 46... Nd7 47. Be7 Kc4 48. Ke2 Nc1+ 49. Ke3 Kb3 50. Na3 Na2
51. Kd3 (51. d5 $5 exd5 52. exd5 c2 53. Nxc2 Kxc2 54. Kd4 Kb3 55. d6 Nc3 (55...
Kb4 56. Kd5 Kb5 57. Ke6 Kc6 58. Bxf6 Nxf6 59. Kxf6 Kxd6 60. Kg7 Ke6 61. Kxh7
Kf6 62. h4 Nc3 63. g4 Nd5 64. Kh6 Nf4 65. f3 {/\g5, h5 =}) 56. h4 (56. g4 $2 g5
$1 57. Bd8 Kb4 58. Be7 h6 59. f3 Ne2+ 60. Kd5 Kb5 61. Ke6 Kc6 62. Bxf6 Nxf6 63.
Kxf6 Kxd6 64. Kg6 Nd4 65. Kxh6 Nxf3 $19) 56... Kb4 (56... h5 $5 57. f3 Kb4 58.
g4 Ne2+ (58... f5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Bg5) 59. Kd5 Kb5 60. Ke6 Kc6 61. Bxf6 Nf4+
62. Kf7 (62. Ke7 $6 Nd5+ 63. Kf7 N7xf6 64. Kxg6 Nxg4 65. Kxh5 Ngf6+ 66. Kg5
Kxd6 67. h5) 62... Kxd6 63. gxh5 gxh5 64. Bg5 Ne5+ 65. Kg7 $11) 57. g4 Na4 $3 (
57... Nd1 58. Kd5 Kb5 59. Ke6 Kc6 60. f3 $11) (57... Kb3 58. Bd8 {zugzwang
doesn't work because the bishop can oscillate between e7 and d8}) (57... Ne2+
58. Kd5 Kb5 59. Ke6 Kc6 60. Bxf6 Nf4+ 61. Kf7 Kxd6 (61... Nxf6 62. Kxf6 Kxd6
63. Kg7 h5 64. gxh5 gxh5 65. Kf6 Kd5 66. Kf5 Nd3 67. Kg5 $11) 62. Bg5 $1 (62.
Kg7 Nxf6 63. Kxf6 Kd5 64. Kg7 h5 $19) 62... Ne6 63. f4 $1 (63. Kg8 h5 64. gxh5
gxh5 65. Kf7 Nxg5+ 66. Kg6 $1 (66. hxg5 $2 Ne5+ 67. Kf6 h4 68. f4 Ng4+ 69. Kf5
h3 70. Kxg4 h2 $19) 66... Nf3 $1 67. Kxh5 Nde5 {, and this is in fact winning
for Black:} 68. Kh6 Ke6 69. Kg7 (69. Kh7 Kf7 70. Kh6 Ng4+ 71. Kh5 Nxf2 72. Kh6
Ng4+ 73. Kh5 Nge5 74. Kh6 Kf6 75. Kh7 Nd4 76. Kg8 Nd7 77. Kh7 Nf5 78. Kg8 Ke7
79. Kh7 Kf7 80. h5 Nf6+ 81. Kh8 Ne7 82. h6 Ng6#) (69. Kh5 Kf6 70. Kh6 Ng4+ 71.
Kh5 Nxf2 72. Kh6 Ne4 73. Kh5 Ne5 74. Kh6 Ng3 75. h5 Ne4 76. Kh7 Kf7 77. Kh6
Ng4+ 78. Kh7 Ng5+ 79. Kh8 Ne5 80. h6 Ng6#) 69... Nxh4 70. Kf8 Nd7+ 71. Ke8 Nf6+
72. Kd8 Kd6 73. Kc8 Kc6 74. Kd8 Nf5 75. f3 Kb7 76. f4 Kc6 77. Kc8 Nd5 78. Kd8
Nc7 79. Kc8 Ne6 80. Kb8 Nd6 81. f5 Nc5 82. f6 Kb6 83. f7 Na6+ 84. Ka8 Nb5 85.
f8=Q Nbc7#) 63... Kd5 (63... Nxg5+ 64. hxg5 Kd5 65. Kg7 Ke4 66. f5 $11) 64. Kg8
h5 (64... Ndf8 65. Bh6) (64... Ke4 65. Kxh7) 65. gxh5 gxh5 66. Kh7 Ndf8+ 67.
Kh6 $11) 58. Kd5 Nac5 59. Kc6 Kc4 60. f4 (60. Bd8 $2 Ne5+ 61. Kc7 Ne6+) 60...
Kd4 61. Bd8 h5 62. gxh5 gxh5 63. Bc7 f5 64. Ba5 Nb8+ $1 65. Kc7 Nba6+ 66. Kc6
Ke4 67. Bd2 (67. d7 Nxd7 68. Kxd7 Nc5+ 69. Ke7 Kxf4 $19) (67. Kb5 Kd5 $1 68. d7
Nxd7 69. Kxa6 Nc5+ 70. Kb5 Ne6 71. Bd2 Ke4 $19) (67. Bb6 Ne6 68. Kd7 (68. Kb7
Nb4 69. d7 Nd5 70. Ba5 Kxf4 $19) 68... Nxf4 69. Ke8 Ne6 70. d7 f4 71. Ke7 Kf5
$19) 67... Nb3 $1 68. Bc3 (68. d7 $2 Nb8+) (68. Kb6 Nac5 69. Bb4 Kd5 $19) (68.
Be1 Kxf4 69. Kb5 Nac5 70. Bb4 Nd7 71. Kc4 Na1 $1 72. Kd5 Kg4 73. Kc6 Nf8 74.
Bc3 Nb3 75. Bg7 Ne6 76. d7 f4 77. Kd5 Kf5 $19) 68... Kxf4 69. Kb5 Nbc5 70. Bd4
Nb7 71. Kc6 Nxd6 72. Kxd6 Kg4 $19) 51... Nb6 $1 {against d4-d5} (51... Nb8 {
/\...Nc6-b4} 52. d5 exd5 53. exd5 Na6 54. Ke4 $3 (54. Kd4 N6b4 55. Bxb4 Nxb4
56. d6 Nc6+ 57. Kd3 Ne5+ 58. Kd4 Kxa3 59. Kxc3 Ka4 60. Kd4 Kb5 61. Kd5 Nd7 62.
Ke6 Kc6 63. h3 (63. g4 {also looks losing, and demonstrates the crucial idea ..
.Kd5!! in its purest and most instructive form, an idea which will be repeated
numerous times in these variations} g5 (63... f5 64. gxf5 gxf5 65. f4 $11) 64.
Ke7 h6 65. Ke6 Nb6 66. h3 (66. Ke7 Kd5 $3 67. d7 (67. Kxf6 Kxd6 68. Kg6 Ke6 69.
Kxh6 Kf6 70. Kh5 Nd5 $19) 67... Nxd7 68. Kxd7 f5 69. gxf5 Ke5 $19) 66... Nd7
67. Ke7 Nc5 68. f3 (68. Kxf6 Kxd6 69. Kg6 Ke6 70. Kxh6 Kf6 71. Kh5 Nd3 $19)
68... Kd5 $1 69. d7 Nxd7 70. Kxd7 f5 71. Ke7 (71. gxf5 Ke5 $19) 71... f4 72.
Kf6 Kd4 73. Kg6 Ke3 74. Kxh6 Kxf3 75. Kxg5 Ke3 76. h4 f3 77. h5 f2 78. h6 f1=Q
79. h7 Qf8 $19) (63. h4 f5 64. Ke7 Nb6 65. Ke6 Na4 66. f3 (66. f4 Nc5+ 67. Ke7
Kd5 $1 68. d7 Nxd7 69. Kxd7 Ke4 70. Ke6 Kf3 $19) 66... Nc5+ 67. Ke7 Nd7 68. Ke6
Nb6 69. Ke7 Nc8+ 70. Kf7 Kxd6 71. Kg7 Ke6 72. Kxh7 Kf6 73. g4 f4 $19) 63... f5
64. Ke7 Nb6 65. Ke6 Na4 66. h4 Nc5+ (66... Nb6 67. h5 (67. f3 Nd7 68. f4 Nb6)
67... gxh5 68. Kxf5 Kxd6 69. Kg5 Ke7 70. Kxh5 Kf7 71. g4 Nd5 72. Kh6 Kg8 73.
Kg5 {looks like a draw, but then again that's just my intuition rather than
some deep analysis...}) 67. Ke7 Kd5 $1 68. Kf6 (68. d7 Nxd7 69. Kxd7 Ke4 70.
Ke6 Kf3 71. Kf6 Kxf2 72. Kg7 Kxg3 73. Kxh7 f4 74. Kxg6 Kxh4 $19) (68. f3 Ke5
69. d7 Nxd7 70. Kxd7 f4 71. gxf4+ Kxf4 72. Ke6 Kxf3 73. Kf6 Kg4 $19) 68... Kxd6
69. Kg7 Ke6 70. Kxh7 Kf6 $19) (54. Nb5 N2b4+ 55. Bxb4 Nxb4+ 56. Ke4 c2 57. Nd4+
Kc4 58. Nxc2 Nxc2 59. d6 Nd4 60. d7 Nc6 $19) 54... N6b4 55. Nb5 (55. Bxb4 Nxb4
56. Nb5 c2 57. Nd4+ Kc4 58. Nxc2 Nxc2 59. d6 Nd4 60. d7 Ne6 $19) (55. d6 Kxa3
56. d7 c2 57. d8=Q f5+ 58. Ke5 c1=Q $17) 55... c2 56. Nd4+ Kb2 $1 (56... Kc4 $2
57. Nxc2 Nxc2 58. d6 $11) 57. Nxc2 Nc3+ $1 58. Kd4 Nbxd5 59. Bxf6 Nxf6 60. Ne3
Nd7 (60... Nfe4 61. f4 (61. Ke5 Kc1 $5) 61... Nd2 (61... Kc1 62. g4 Kd2 63. f5
gxf5 64. gxf5 $11) 62. Ke5 Nce4 63. Ng4 $11) 61. f4 {/\g4, f5} Kb3 62. g4 Ne2+
63. Ke4 Kb4 64. f5 gxf5+ (64... Kc5 65. fxg6 hxg6 66. h4 Kd6 67. Nf5+ $1 Ke6
68. h5 g5 (68... Nf6+ 69. Kf3 $11) 69. Ng7+ Kf7 (69... Kf6 70. Ne8+ Ke6 71.
Nc7+ $11) 70. Kf5 Kxg7 71. Kxg5 Nd4 72. Kf4 Nf6 73. g5 Nxh5+ 74. Ke4 Ne6 75. g6
$11) 65. Kxf5 Nd4+ 66. Kg5 Kc5 67. Kh6 Nf8 {the computer tells me this is
winning but I can't believe that!} 68. Kg7 Nde6+ 69. Kf7 Kd6 70. Nf5+ Ke5 71.
Ng7 $11) (51... e5 $5 52. d5 Nb8 53. Nb1 $1 (53. f4 Na6 $19 {/\...N6b4}) 53...
Na6 54. Nxc3 Nxc3 55. f3 (55. f4 $2 Nb4+ 56. Ke3 (56. Bxb4 Kxb4 57. fxe5 fxe5
58. d6 Na4 $19) 56... Nbxd5+ 57. exd5 Nxd5+ 58. Ke4 Nxe7 59. fxe5 f5+ 60. Kd4
Kb4 61. e6 Kb5 62. Ke5 Kc5 63. h4 Kc6 64. Kf6 Kd6 65. Kg7 Kxe6 66. Kxh7 Kf6 67.
Kh6 f4 68. gxf4 Nf5+ 69. Kh7 Nxh4 70. Kh6 Ng2 $19) (55. Bxf6 $2 Nb4+ 56. Ke3
Nbxd5+ 57. exd5 Nxd5+ 58. Ke4 Nxf6+ 59. Kxe5 Ng4+ 60. Kf4 (60. Ke6 Nxf2 61. Kf7
g5 62. Kg7 g4 63. Kxh7 Kc3 64. Kg6 Kd3 65. Kf5 Ke3 $19) 60... Nxh2 61. Kg5 Nf3+
62. Kh6 Kc3 63. Kxh7 g5 64. Kg6 g4 65. Kf5 Nh2 66. Ke4 Kd2 $19) 55... Nb4+ (
55... f5 $6 56. Bd6 Nb4+ 57. Ke3 Nbxd5+ 58. exd5 Nxd5+ 59. Kd3 Nb4+ 60. Ke3 Nc6
61. Kd3 $11) 56. Kd2 Nbxd5 57. exd5 Nxd5 58. Bd6 Kc4 $17) 52. f3 {White has no
constructive ideas} (52. Bc5 Na4 53. Be7 Nb2+ 54. Ke2 Nc4 55. Nxc4 (55. d5 exd5
56. exd5 Nxa3 57. d6 Nb5 58. d7 Nd4+ 59. Kd3 Nc6 $19) (55. Nb5 c2) 55... Kxc4
56. Bxf6 c2 57. Bg5 Kxd4 $19) (52. f4 f5 53. exf5 exf5 $19) 52... Nc4 $1 53.
Nxc4 Nc1+ 54. Ke3 Kxc4 55. Bxf6 Nb3 {/\...c2 -+} 56. Be7 (56. d5 c2 57. Bb2
exd5 58. exd5 Kxd5 59. Kf4 h6 $1 $19) 56... c2 57. Ba3 c1=Q+ 58. Bxc1 Nxc1 59.
f4 $5 (59. Kf4 Kxd4 60. Kg5 Nd3 61. Kh6 Ne1 62. Kxh7 (62. f4 Kxe4 63. Kxh7 Kf5
$19) 62... g5 63. Kg6 Nxf3 $19) (59. d5 exd5 60. exd5 Kxd5 61. Kf4 h6 $19)
59... Nb3 60. f5 gxf5 61. exf5 exf5 62. Kf4 Nxd4 63. g4 (63. Kg5 Kd5 64. Kh6
Ke4 65. Kxh7 Nf3 66. h4 Nxh4 $1 67. gxh4 f4 68. h5 f3 69. h6 f2 70. Kg7 f1=Q
71. h7 Qg1+ 72. Kf7 Qd4 73. Kg8 Qd8+ 74. Kg7 Kf5 75. h8=Q Qe7+ 76. Kg8 Kg6 $19)
63... Kd5 $1 64. gxf5 h6 $1 65. h3 (65. Kg4 Ke5 66. Kh5 Nxf5 $19) (65. f6 Ke6)
65... Kd6 66. Ke4 Nc6 67. Kf4 (67. f6 Ke6 68. f7 Kxf7 69. Kf5 Ne7+ $19) 67...
Ke7 68. Kg4 Nd4 69. Kh5 Nxf5 70. Kg6 Ke6 $19) 44. Ke3 $1 {A very accurate
tactical defense.} (44. Ke2 Ka4 45. Kd1 (45. d5 exd5 46. Bd4 Kb5 47. Bxb6 Kxb6
48. exd5 Kc5 $19) (45. Ne3 Kb3 46. Ba1 (46. Bc1 Nc3+ 47. Kf3 Na2 48. Bd2 c3 49.
Be1 c2 50. Bd2 Nc4 51. Nxc4 Kxc4 $19) 46... c3 47. Kd3 Na4 {/\...Na3} 48. d5 (
48. f4 Na3) (48. Nc2 Nb2+ 49. Bxb2 cxb2 $19) 48... e5 49. d6 (49. f4 Nc5+ 50.
Ke2 exf4 51. gxf4 Nxe4 $19) 49... Nc5+ 50. Ke2 Na3 $19) (45. Na1 Kb4) 45... Kb3
46. Kc1 (46. Ba1 c3 47. Kc1 Nd2 $19) (46. Bc1 Nc3+) 46... c3 $1 47. Kxb1 cxb2
48. Ne3 (48. d5 exd5 49. exd5 Nxd5 50. Nd4+ Kc4 51. Ne6 Kc3 52. Nc5 Nb6 $1 $19)
48... Nc4 49. Nxc4 Kxc4 50. Kxb2 (50. d5 exd5 51. exd5 Kxd5 52. Kxb2 Ke4 $19)
50... Kxd4 51. f3 Ke3 $19) 44... Ka4 ({Less testing was} 44... c3 45. Bc1 Kc4
46. Ke2 Nc8 47. d5 $1 exd5 48. exd5 Nd6 (48... Kxd5 49. Kd3 Nd6 50. Ne3+ Ke6
51. Kc2 $11) (48... Nb6 49. d6) 49. Ne3+ Kd4 50. Nc2+ $1 Kxd5 51. Kd3 {, which
looks like a draw.}) 45. d5 $1 {This is the tactical justification of 44.Ke3,
after which White can probably draw. I had of course prepared something in
reply, and was confident, but after the remarkable 46.Bc1! White can probably
hold.} c3 {It's funny how the computer, which should be fantastic in such
positions due to its calculatory abilities, does not understand this position
at all! First of all it recommends 45...exd5, which gives White no problems
holding. Secondly, it feels 46.Bxc3 is about equal and 46.Bc1 a mistake, which
as we will see is completely incorrect!} (45... exd5 46. Bd4 Kb5 47. Bxb6 Kxb6
48. Kd4 $1 (48. exd5 $2 Kc5) 48... dxe4 49. Kxc4 Kc6 50. Kd4 Nd2 51. h4 $11)
46. Bxc3 $2 {Probably the decisive mistake. The awkward 46.Bc1 appears to hold
the game by a thread.} (46. Bc1 $1 exd5 47. exd5 Nxd5+ 48. Kd3 $1 (48. Kd4 $2
Nb4 49. Na1 Kb5 $17) 48... g5 $5 (48... Kb5 49. Nd4+ Kb4 50. Ne2 Kb3 51. Nd4+
Ka2 52. Ne2 $11) (48... Nb4+ 49. Nxb4 Kxb4 50. Kc2 Nd2 51. Bxd2 cxd2 52. Kxd2
$11) 49. Kc4 $1 (49. Nd4 Nb4+ 50. Kc4 Na2 (50... c2 51. h3) 51. Be3 Nd2+ $1 (
51... Ka3 52. Kd5 (52. Nb5+ Kb2 53. Bd4 Kc2 54. Bxf6 (54. Kd5 Kd3 55. Bxf6 g4
$19) 54... Nd2+ 55. Kd5 (55. Kd4 g4) 55... g4 56. Ke6 (56. Ke5 Nf3+ 57. Kf4
Nxh2 $19) 56... Nf3 $19) (52. h4 $5 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kb2 54. Kd5 Nb4+ 55. Ke6 Nc2
(55... Nd2 $5 56. Kxf6 Nd5+ (56... Nb3 57. Kg7 $1 $11) 57. Kg7 Nxe3 58. fxe3 h5
(58... Nb3 59. Ne2 c2 60. Kxh7 Nd2 61. h5 Nf1 62. h6 Ng3 63. Kg7 Nxe2 64. h7
c1=Q 65. h8=Q) (58... Ka2 59. Kxh7 Nf3 60. Ne2 c2 61. h5 Ng1 62. Nc1+ Kb1 63.
Nd3 Nf3 64. h6 Ne5 65. Kg7 Nxd3 66. h7 c1=Q 67. h8=Q) 59. Kg6 Ka2 60. Kxh5 Nf3
61. Ne2 c2 62. Kg4 $1 Ng1 63. Nc1+ Kb1 64. Nd3 Ne2 65. h5 Nc3 $1 66. h6 Ne4 67.
Kf5 Nc5 68. h7 Nxd3 69. h8=Q c1=Q 70. Qb8+ $11) 56. Nxc2 (56. Nf5 Nxe3 57. Nxe3
Kb3 $3 58. Kxf6 Nd2 59. Nf5 (59. h5 Nf1 $1 60. Nxf1 c2 61. Nd2+ Ka2 $19) 59...
Nf3 60. Ne3 Nxh4 61. Kg5 Ng2 62. Nf5 Kc4 $19) (56. Kxf6 Nxe3 57. fxe3 Na3 58.
e4 (58. h5 Nb5 59. Ne2 c2 60. h6 Nc3 $19) (58. Kg7 Nb5) 58... Nb5 59. Ne2 (59.
Nc6 Kb3 $1 60. Ne5 (60. Na5+ Kb4 61. Nc6+ Kc5 62. Ne5 c2 63. Nd3+ Kd4 64. Nc1
Kxe4 65. h5 Ke3 66. h6 Kd2 67. Nb3+ Kd1 68. Kg7 Nd4 $19) 60... Nd6 61. Kg7 c2
62. Nd3 Nxe4 63. Kxh7 Kc3 64. Nc1 Kd2 65. Nb3+ Kd1 66. h5 Nc5 $19)) 56... Kxc2
57. Bd4 $1 $11 (57. Kxf6 $2 Kd1 58. h5 c2 59. h6 Nd2 60. Kg7 c1=Q $19)) 52...
Nd2 53. Ke6 g4 (53... Nf1 $5 54. h3 $1) 54. Kf5 $1 (54. Kxf6 Nf1 55. Kg7 Kb2
56. Kxh7 c2 57. Kg6 $5 Nc3 (57... Nxe3 $2 58. Nxc2 $1 $11) 58. Kg5 Nxh2 $19)
54... h5 (54... Nb4 $5 55. Kxg4) 55. Kxf6 $1 (55. Kg6 Nf1 56. Kxh5 Nxh2 57. Kg6
Kb2 58. Kxf6 c2 59. Ne2 c1=Q 60. Bxc1+ Nxc1 61. Nd4 Kc3 62. f3 Nxf3 (62... gxf3
$2 63. Nxf3 $11) (62... Kxd4 $2 63. fxg4) 63. Nf5 Nd3 64. Nh6 Nf2 65. Kf5 Nh2
66. Kf4 Kd3 67. Nxg4 Nhxg4 $19) 55... Kb2 56. Kg5 Nf1 57. Kxh5 Nxh2 58. Nc6 $1
{58.Ne8 is also possible but more dangerous:} (58. Ne2 c2 59. Kg6 Kb3 $1 (59...
c1=Q 60. Bxc1+ Nxc1 61. Nf4 $11) 60. Kf5 Nc3 $1 61. Nc1+ (61. Nxc3 $2 Kxc3 62.
Bc1 Kd3 63. Kf4 Ke2 $19) (61. Nd4+ Kb2) 61... Kc4 $17) 58... c2 59. Ne5 Nc3 60.
Nxg4 (60. Nd3+) 60... Nf1 61. Bh6 $1 Nd1 62. Ne5 $1 (62. Kg6 $2 Nfe3 63. Nxe3
c1=Q $19) 62... Kc3 63. Bc1 (63. g4 $2 Nd2) (63. Nc6 Nxf2) 63... Nxf2 64. g4
Ng3+ 65. Kh4 Ne2 66. Be3 $11) (51... g4 $5 52. Kd3 (52. Kd5 Nd2 53. Ke6 Nf1 $19
)) 52. Kd3 Nf1 53. Kc2 Nxh2 54. Ne2 Ng4 55. Bd4 Kb4 56. f3 (56. Nxc3 Kc4 57.
Ne2 Nb4+ 58. Kd2 Nd5 $17) 56... Nh2 57. Bxf6 Nxf3 58. Nxc3 Nxc3 59. Bxc3+ Kc4
60. Bf6 (60. g4 Nh2 61. Bf6 h6 62. Bg7 Nxg4 $19) 60... g4 {/\...h5} 61. Bd8 (
61. Bb2 $2 h5 62. Bf6 h4 63. gxh4 g3 $19) 61... Kd4 62. Bb6+ Ke4 63. Kd1 Kd3
64. Bc7 (64. Ba7 Nd2 65. Ke1 Ne4 66. Bb8 Ke3 $19) 64... h5) (49. h4 $5 Kb5 $1
50. Nd4+ Kc5 51. Ne6+ (51. Ne2 $2 Nb4+ 52. Ke4 Kc4 $19) 51... Kb4 (51... Kd6
52. Nd4 $11) 52. Nf8 Kb3 53. Nxh7 c2 54. g4 (54. Kd4 Nbc3 $1 55. Bd2 f5 $1 56.
Nxg5 (56. Nf8 Ne4 57. Bc1 Ndc3 58. Be3 Nxf2 59. Ng6 Ne2+ 60. Kd5 Nxg3 61. Nf4
Ka2 $19) 56... Kb2 57. Nf3 (57. Ke5 $2 Nb1) 57... Ne4 58. Bh6 Ndf6 59. Ne5 (59.
Ne1 Nxf2) 59... Nxf2 60. Ng6 Nh5 61. Be3 Nxg3 $19) (54. Nf8 Nb4+ 55. Kd4 (55.
Ke2 Nc3+ 56. Kf1 Nd3 57. Bd2 Nxf2 $1 58. Ng6 Nfe4 $19) (55. Ke4 Nc3+) 55... Nc3
56. Be3 Nc6+ 57. Kc5 Ne5 58. Ne6 Ne4+ 59. Kd5 Nxf2 $19) 54... Nbc3 $1 55. h5)
49... Nc7 (49... Nb6+ 50. Kd3) 50. Nd4 {looks relatively safe for White, since
Black is so uncoordinated} (50. Kd3 h5 $36) (50. h4 $5 gxh4 51. gxh4 Nb5))
46... Nxc3 47. dxe6 Nb5 {My opponent obviously didn't realise how critical her
situation is here.} 48. Nd4 {It's hard to find an improvement for White, but
certainly 48.e5 was more challenging.} (48. e7 $2 Nc7 49. Kd4 Kb5 50. Ne3 (50.
e5 Nc8 51. exf6 gxf6 $19) 50... Kc6 51. e5 (51. Nf5 Ne6+ 52. Ke3 Kd7 $19) 51...
Ne6+ 52. Ke4 Kd7 53. exf6 gxf6 54. Nf5 Nc8 $19) (48. e5 $5 fxe5 49. Ke4 Nc7 50.
Kxe5 Nc4+ 51. Kf5 Kb5 52. Nd4+ (52. e7 Kc6 $19) (52. h4 Kc6 53. h5 Kd5 $1 (
53... Kd6 54. h6 gxh6 55. Kg4 Kxe6 56. Kh5 Kf7 57. Kxh6 Kg8 $17) 54. h6 (54. e7
Nd6+ 55. Kf4 Ke6 $19) 54... Nd6+ 55. Kg4 g6 $19) 52... Kc5 53. Ke4 Nd5 54. f4 (
54. Nf5 $2 Nd6+ 55. Ke5 Nxf5 56. Kxf5 Kd6 $19) 54... Nf6+ 55. Kd3 Nb2+ $1 56.
Ke3 Nd1+ 57. Kd3 Nf2+ 58. Ke3 N2g4+ 59. Kd3 Nxh2 $19) 48... Nc7 49. f4 Kb4 50.
f5 Kc5 {No, this is not a positional draw! Black will be able to win using two
important resources: the possibility to block the kingside with ...g5 and the
undermining ...g6.} 51. Nf3 Nc4+ 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. g4 Ne5 $1 54. Nd4 (54. Nxe5
fxe5+ 55. Ke3 Ne8 56. h3 (56. h4 g6 57. Kd3 Nf6 58. g5 Nh5 59. Kc4 Nf4 60. Kc3
Ng2 $19) (56. g5 g6) 56... Ke7 57. Kd3 Nd6 58. Ke3 (58. g5 g6) 58... Kf6 59. h4
h6 60. Kf3 g6 61. Ke3 h5 $1 62. g5+ Ke7 63. fxg6 Kxe6 64. g7 Kf7 $19 {is a
fairly systematic win.}) (54. g5 $5 Nxf3 55. gxf6 (55. Kxf3 fxg5 56. Kg4 Ke5
57. Kxg5 Ne8 $19) 55... gxf6 56. Kxf3 Ke5 57. Ke3 (57. Kg4 Kxe4 58. Kh5 Kxf5
59. Kh6 Kxe6 60. Kxh7 f5 $19) 57... Nb5 58. Kd3 Nd6 59. e7 Ne8 60. Ke3 Kd6 61.
Kf3 Kxe7 62. Kg4 Ng7 $19) 54... g5+ $1 {Now the last chance was 55.fxg6, but
although it may look scary during a game Black wins without a problem. The
only important thing to see is 63...Kg6!.} 55. Kg3 (55. fxg6 hxg6 56. g5 Nxe6+
57. Nxe6 Kxe6 58. gxf6 (58. h4 Nf7 59. gxf6 Kxf6 {-58.gxf6}) 58... Kxf6 59. h4
Nf7 60. Kg4 (60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nd6 62. Kf3 Nxe4 63. Kg4 Kf6 $19) 60... Ke5 $1
61. h5 g5 62. h6 Kf6 63. h7 Kg6 $1 $19 (63... Kg7 $2 64. e5 $11)) 55... Kc5 56.
Nc2 Ne8 $19 57. h4 h6 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Ne3 Nc7 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Nd5 (61. Nc2+
Kxe4 62. Kg3 Nc4 63. Nb4 Ke5 64. Nd3+ Kd6 65. Nf2 Nd5 66. Ne4+ Ke7 67. Kf3 Ne5+
68. Kg3 Ne3 69. Nf2 N5xg4 70. Nxg4 Nxf5+ 71. Kf3 Kxe6 $19 {is the simplest
winning method.}) 61... Nxd5 62. exd5 Nc4 63. e7 Nd6 64. Ke2 Kxd5 65. Ke3 Ne8 {
Generally speaking, a very good game. After the mistaken 10.b4 my opponent had
to play very accurately to survive (the position is more critical for her than
it seems), and did so with flying colours, reaching a roughly equal ending. In
time trouble however, two serious mistakes brought down her position. After
the time control we reached a very complex position, which is nearly
impossible to play over the board, and despite some mistakes I think we both
handled it quite well. Actually my opponent was pretty unlucky that 46.Bxc3
isn't good considering how natural it is. This important victory gave me the
momentum to win my next two games, but two draws and a loss put me in a bad
situation after round six. However, Braun's complete collapse of four (!!)
consecutive losses brought him from clear first place to the middle of the
pack. The going still wasn't easy but a strong final sprint (wins against
Ushenina, Nijboer and Negi) brought me clear first place.} 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 (4... Nc6 $5 5. Nc3 (5. g3 g6 $1 6.
Bg2 Nd7 $1 $13) 5... e6 6. Qxc4 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. e3 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 $10) 8...
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O {Illescas Cordoba,M-Wolff,P/Biel/1993/
0:1 (61)/ Inf 58/418/}) 5. Qxc4 g6 (5... Bf5 $5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qb6 $5 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 $10 {Shirov/})
12. Nd2 Nd6 $13 {Vaganian,R-Shirov,A/Manila/1992/0:1 (59)/ Inf 55/388/}) (5...
Bg4 $5 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 {Krasenkov,M-Garcia Palermo,C/Andorra/
1991/0:1 (32)/} 9. Be3 $5) 6. g3 (6. Nc3 Bg7 7. g3 Be6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. Bg2 Bf5
10. Qd1 Ne4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 $10 {Pachman,L-Szabo,Z/Varna/
1962/}) 6... Bg7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Qc2 (8. Qa4 $5) 8... Bf5 9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O
11. Nc3 a5 (11... Ne4 $5 {P c3, e4/} 12. Nh4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 {Pe5/}) 12. Qd1
Nb6 (12... Ne4 13. Nh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. e4) 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. e4 Nxe5 $1 (
14... Be6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $14) 15. exf5 Nec4 16. fxg6 hxg6 17.
Ne2 e6 (17... a4 $5) 18. h4 (18. b3 Nd6 19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bxd6 (21.
Bf4 $5) 21... Qxd6 22. Qc2 f5 $15) 18... Nd5 19. Bf3 $6 (19. Bg5 $5 f6 (19...
Qd7 20. Qc1 Nd6 21. Bh6) 20. Bc1 Nd6 $1 21. Qc2 Nf5) 19... Re8 20. Kg2 Bf6 21.
Qd3 Nd6 22. Bd2 Nf5 23. h5 g5 (23... g5 24. Rad1 Kg7 (24... Nb4 25. Qc4) 25.
Bc1 Rh8 {P b6, ad8 /}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 $1 14. a3 Ba5
$6 (14... exd4 $1) 15. Nb3 Be6 16. d5 $16 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bb6 18. Rac1 Nf6 19.
Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc5 Bg4 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. b4 Qb5 23. h3 Bh5 24. Qb3 b6 25. a4 Qe8
26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Qd7 28. Kg2 Rfd8 29. b5 Bg6 30. Bc6 Qe7 31. Rfd1 Bf5 32.
e4 Be6 33. Qc3 f6 34. a5 Kf7 35. axb6 axb6 36. Qe3 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Qc5 38. Qxc5
bxc5 39. Ra1 Rc7 40. Ra8 c4 41. Be8+ Ke7 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. c4 c5 14. Rd1 Nf6
15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 cxd4 19. exd4 Rfe8 20. d5 exd5
21. cxd5 Qa5 22. Ne3 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Rdb1 Qb6 25. Be5 Bb4 26. Qc4 Rxe5 27.
Rxb4 Re4 $4 28. Rxb6 Rxc4 29. Rxb7 $4 (29. Rxf6 $18) 29... Rd4 30. Nf5 Rd2 31.
Raxa7 Rf8 32. d6 h5 33. Rc7 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.06.03"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 $1 (4... Nbd7 5. Qxc4 (5. Nc3 e6 6.
e4 c5 7. d5 $1 exd5 8. e5 $40 d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. Bxc4 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qc6 12.
O-O-O $1 $18 {Bogoljubow}) 5... e6 {[%cal Yc7c4] /\c5}) 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g3 (7. e3 b5 8. Qb3 b4 {/\Be4 Nimzowitsch}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bc2 {[%cal
Rd7b6] /\9.... Nb6} 9. e3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 (11. Qe2 $142 {[%cal Ye3e4] /
\e4}) 11... a5 12. Qe2 Bg6 13. e4 Qb6 14. h3 Qa6 $6 (14... c5 $142 15. d5 exd5
16. exd5 Rfe8) 15. Qe3 c5 16. e5 {[%cal Yd4d5] /\17.d5} Nd5 (16... cxd4 17.
Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 18. exf6 e5 19. fxg7 Rfe8 20. Qh6 $132) 17... Nd5 18.
Nxd5 exd5 19. Be3 $14 {Bogoljubow}) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bd2 Be4 19. Bc3 c4 (19...
cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxe5 $2 21. f3 Nc4 (21... Qd3 22. Qe1) 22. Qe2 $18) (19... f6
$142 20. exf6 Rxf6) 20. Ne1 Bxg2 (20... f5 $1 21. f3 f4 $1 22. gxf4 Bf5 {
/\-><< Bogoljubow}) 21. Nxg2 b5 22. f4 Qh6 $2 (22... b4 23. axb4) (22... f5
$142) 23. Qf3 b4 24. Bd2 (24. Qxd5 Nb6 $1 25. Qb7 bxc3 26. Qxe7 cxb2 $19) 24...
Nb6 25. g4 Qc6 26. f5 {[%cal Rf5f6] /\27.f6} f6 27. Nf4 Rfc8 28. exf6 Bxf6 29.
Ne6 c3 30. bxc3 Nc4 (30... bxc3 31. Bf4 Qc4 32. Be5 $16) 31. Bf4 Nxa3 (31... b3
) 32. g5 Bd8 33. Be5 (33. Qh5 Ra7 34. g6 hxg6 (34... h6 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. f6 $1
Qxe6 37. f7+ $18) 35. fxg6 Qxe6 36. Bd6 $1 $18) 33... Ra7 34. Qh5 Nc4 (34...
Qxc3 $4 35. Qe8#) (34... g6 35. Qg4 $18) 35. cxb4 $2 (35. g6 $142 h6 36. Bxg7
Rxg7 37. Qxh6 $18 {Lasker} Bf6 $145 (37... Rcc7 38. Nxd8 {[%cal Rd8e6] /\39.Ne6
}) (37... Qd7 38. f6) (37... Qb7 38. f6) 38. Nxg7 Bxg7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. f6) (
35. Bxg7 $1 {Bogoljubow} Rxg7 $145 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 (36... Ne3 37. g6 hxg6 38.
fxg6 Bf6 39. Ne8 $18) 37. f6+ Bxf6 (37... Kg8 38. f7+ Kf8 39. Rae1 $18) 38.
gxf6+ Kh8 39. Rae1 Ne3 40. Rxe3 Rg8+ 41. Kh1 Qa6 42. Rff3 $18) 35... Nxe5 36.
dxe5 Bb6+ 37. Kh1 d4+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ (38... d3 39. Rad1) (38... axb4 39. Qxc6
Rxc6 40. Rxa7 Bxa7 41. Ra1 d3 42. Rxa7 d2 (42... Rc1+ 43. Kg2 d2 44. Rxg7+ Kh8
45. Rf7 Rb1 46. Rf8#) 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Nd8+ Ke7 45. Nxc6+ $18) 39. Rxf3 Rc3 (
39... axb4 $2 40. Rxa7 Bxa7 41. f6 $18) 40. Rff1 $1 (40. Rxc3 $2 dxc3 41. bxa5
Be3 $1 42. Ra2 Rb7 43. a6 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+ $19 {Bogoljubow}) 40... d3 (40...
axb4 41. Kg2) (40... Rxh3+ 41. Kg2 Rc3 (41... Re3 42. bxa5 Bxa5 (42... Rxa5 43.
f6 gxf6 44. Rxf6 $18) 43. Nxd4 $18 {Bogoljubow}) 42. f6 gxf6 43. gxf6 Rc6 44.
Ng5 $18) 41. f6 $1 {The sealed move!} Rc6 (41... gxf6 42. gxf6 $18) 42. Nxg7
Rxg7 43. fxg7 axb4 44. Rf6 Bd4 45. Ra8+ Kxg7 46. Rxc6 d2 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rg8+
Kf5 (48... Kh5 49. Rxh7#) 49. Rf8+ Ke4 50. Rf1 Bxe5 51. Rc4+ Kd3 52. Rxb4 Bg3
53. Kg2 Be1 54. Rb1 Bh4 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb5 Ke3 57. Rd5 Ke2 58. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Qxc4 e6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. Rd1 $5) 9... Bxf6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e3 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13.
Be2 Na5 14. Qa2 c5 15. dxc5 Qc6 16. O-O Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qe5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Na4
Rfc8 20. g3 Bd6 21. Nb2 Bf8 22. Nc4 Qf5 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf3 Rc7
26. Qd2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRG-ch 20th"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 e5 13. e4 Nb6 $6 (13...
exd4 14. exf5 (14. Qxd4 Be6 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $10) 14... dxc3 15. Bxc3
Bf6 $1 $10) 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exf5 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qd3 $2 (16... Qd7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8
18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Qc8 $14) 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Re4 $1 Qd7 19. Rg4 Bf8 20. Bh3
$1 Qd6 $2 (20... Qc7 21. Rd1 Rad8 $14) 21. Rd1 Qh6 22. Rh4 Qg5 23. f6 $1 g6 24.
Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rd4 Bh6 27. Rh4 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Rg8 29. Be6 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. Nd1 Nd6 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. Nc3 e5 16. Qa3 e4 17. Nh4 e3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qe6 20. e4 Bh3 $4
(20... Bg4 $142) 21. Bxh3 (21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qxd6) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 5. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:01:24]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:04:58]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:33]
} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:25]} (9. Ne5
Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 exd4 16.
Bxd4 Kh8 17. e5 Re8 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Re4 22. Re3
Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 Qh5 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Qc2 c5 28. Nxc5 Rc8
29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1 {0-1 (31) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Anand,V (2770)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 9... O-O {[%emt 0:01:34]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:06:15]} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:16:32]} b5 {[%emt 0:13:06]} 12. h3 $146 {
[%emt 0:15:59]} (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 a5 17.
Kh1 Bb4 18. Rf1 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Malakhatko,V (2543)-Milov,L (2510) Belgium
2012}) 12... Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:59]}
14. a4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 15. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:11:46]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
19. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:15:15]} 21. Bd3 {[%emt 0:12:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 22. Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:04:
17]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 25. a5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc7
{[%emt 0:01:08]} 26. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 27. Qxe3 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 28. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:
55]} 29. Rec1 {[%emt 0:00:08][%csl Rd3,Gd4] Stefanova was certainly lost in
the middlegame, where she had simply way too many weaknesses and she was down
a pawn. But, somehow, Girya exchanged in to the endgame too early and she made
conversion very complicated, to the point where she lost her way and let the
Bulgarian player escape with half a point.} Be8 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 30. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 31. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} 32. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:03]}
Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 34. g5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 35. Bg4 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:
01]} 37. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 38. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd3
{[%emt 0:02:50]} 39. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 40. h5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rexc5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:12:29]}
42. e5 {[%emt 0:20:57]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 43. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 44. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} b4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 45. Rb7 {[%emt 0:
01:29]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 46. g6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47.
hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 50. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Be4 {[%emt 0:03:
35]} 52. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 53. f4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} a4
{[%emt 0:01:12]} 54. Kg4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 55. Ra7 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 56. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 57.
f5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 58. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:
03:43]} 59. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 60. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]
} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 61. f6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 62. exf6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 63. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} 64. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 65. f7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
a1=Q {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. f8=Q {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 67. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 68. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 69. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 70. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 71. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 72. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 73. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 74. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 75. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Qxb2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 76. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op-A"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rfd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc2 14. Rd2
Be4 15. a4 Nb6 16. Qb3 c5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfc8 20. a5 Nd5
21. Qa3 Qc7 22. Rb2 b6 $2 {[#]A mistake that could have brought Black into
trouble.} 23. axb6 $2 ({Missing a big chance. After} 23. e4 $1 {Black is
suddenly in trouble, e.g.} Nf6 ({after} 23... f6 24. exd5 fxe5 25. axb6 axb6
26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+ Kf7 28. dxe6+ Kxe6 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rxe5 {White is
winning - Black's queen is helpless against the two white rooks.}) 24. axb6 Qb7
25. bxa7 Qxe4+ 26. f3 Qxd4 27. Nc6 {and Black loses material: White threatens
to fork on e7 and Black cannot take on c6 because of} Rxc6 28. Rb8+ Rc8 29.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. a8=Q) 23... Qb7 {Now Black is fine again.} 24. Qf3 axb6 25. Rab1
Rab8 26. Kg1 Qa7 27. Rb3 Rc7 28. h4 Rbc8 29. e4 Nc3 30. R1b2 b5 31. Qd3 Qa8 32.
f3 Qa1+ 33. Qf1 $2 {[#] Now Black wins.} ({After} 33. Kg2 {the position is
still roughly equal.}) 33... Nd1 $2 34. Rxb5 Rc1 35. Nd3 Ne3 36. Nxc1 Nxf1 37.
Rb1 Qxd4+ 38. Kxf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kh3 h6 41. Na2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O {A well known position from the variation, that might be a
bit controversial for Black. He gave up the pawn centre on move 4, but gained
the chance to develop the problematic bishop to f5. White does not have an
easy task to take advantage of the potential mobility of his e-pawn.} 10. Re1
Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 {The fight for the control of the e4-square is the
critical feature of this position. Mamedyarov is not afraid to compromise his
pawn structure.} Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 {Black prefers to play a smart move and
instead of grabbing the knight he uses the bishop for the pressure along the
a5-e1 diagonal.} (13... Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nef6 (14... Ndf6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bc2
17. Ra3 a5 18. e4 a4 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Bxa4 21. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z 
(2616)-Seres,L (2444)/Hungary 2006 (66)}) 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Ng4 17.
Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Ngxe5 19. Red1 Bh5 20. Rd6 f6 21. Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E 
(2571)-Shirov,A (2710)/Tallinn 2006 (88)}) 16... Rfe8 17. Bd6 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. f4 Nd3 20. Re3 Nxb2 21. Ba3 $18 {1-0 Burmakin,V (2593)-Gorkavij,V (2378)/
Belorechensk 2012 (24)}) 14. Nxf5 (14. Ra4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Nxf5 exf5 17.
Ra5 g6 (17... Rfe8 18. Bb2 Nb5 19. d5 Rac8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxb5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2646)-De Jong,J (2426)/Antwerp 2007 (36)}) 18.
Bb2 Ne4 19. g4 Rfe8 20. gxf5 $14 {0-1 Nyback,T (2639)-Kulaots,K (2531)/
Jyvaskyla 2008 (78)}) 14... exf5 15. Nxe4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 1024] Mamedyarov is
known as as an extraordinary tactician, but he is trying to broaden his
strategic vision. The sacrifice of the exchange is new, but at this moment
positionally a very sound solution.} (15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Rxe4
18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 Rd6 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc5 (21... Nf8 22. f4 Re8 23.
Kf2 f6 24. Kf3 $14 {1-0 Khenkin,I (2655)-Michiels,B (2429)/Belgium 2008 (71)})
22. b4 Na4 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. e3 (24. Rd3 f6 25. Kg2 (25. f4 Kf7 26. Kf2 Nb6 27.
Kf3 Nc8 28. e4 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I (2655)-Mastrovasilis,D (2563)/
Subotica 2008 (59)}) 25... Kf7 26. Kf3 {0-1 Gajewski,G (2573)-Volkov,S (2648)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (49) 1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I (2613)-Dreev,A (2662)/Sibenik 2009}
) 24... Nxb2 25. Ra1 Nd3 26. Rxa7 Nxb4 27. Rxb7 Nd5 28. Kf1 (28. Kg2 h6 29. f4
Rc8 30. e4 Nf6 31. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E (2679)-Leko,P (2738)/Dortmund
2007 (34)}) 28... Rc8 29. e4 $14 {1-0 Paragua,M (2508)-Arngrimsson,D (2375)/
Istanbul 2012 (48)}) 15... Bxe1 {Wang Yue belongs to the top tier in the world
and thus he finds courage to bite the bullet instead of meekly accepting a
slightly worse position without the bishop pair.} (15... fxe4 16. Rd1 f5 (16...
Rfe8 17. d5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc5 19. Be3 $16) 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxe4 $14) 16. Nd6
Bb4 (16... Nf6 17. Nxb7 Ne4 18. Be3 Bb4 19. g4 a5 (19... g6 20. gxf5 gxf5 21.
Na5 $14) 20. gxf5 Rfe8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 $14) 17. Nxb7 Rfc8 18. Na5 Bxa5 {
Black was well advised to avoid full pasivity, as this would have worsened his
position.} (18... Nb8 19. Be3 Kf8 20. Ra4 Be7 21. h4 $16) 19. Rxa5 Rab8 (19...
g6 20. Bf4 Nf6 (20... a6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. Be3 Rac7 24. Rxa6 $14)
21. Ra6 Nd5 22. Bd6 $14) 20. Rxa7 Nf6 21. Ra6 Ra8 {The star from Azerbaijan
was probably calculating with contradictory feelings to those of his opponent
during the solving of the problems. Black could have forced a position, which
he would not lose with 21...Rxb3!, but probably wanted more.} (21... Rxb3 $1
22. Bxc6 Rb4 23. Be3 Rxb2 24. Kf1 Rb1+ 25. Kg2 Rb2 $11) 22. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 23.
bxa4 c5 $6 {The damgerous playing with fire continues and Black is testin, how
much his position can bear. Somewhat less risky was the counterplay along the
b-file.} (23... Rb8 24. Bxc6 (24. a5 Rb4 25. e3 Ne4 26. f3 Rc4 27. fxe4 Rxc1+
28. Kf2 $11) 24... Rc8 25. d5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxc1+ 27. Kg2 Rc5 28. Bb3 Kf8 29.
Kf3 Rc1 $11) 24. Bf4 $1 cxd4 25. Bb7 (25. a5 Ne4 26. g4 Rc2 27. gxf5 Rxe2 28.
Bf3 Re1+ 29. Kg2 d3 30. a6 d2 31. a7 Ra1 32. Bxd2 Nxd2 33. a8=Q+ Rxa8 34. Bxa8
$16) 25... Rc4 $2 {The hunger for complications has become fatal for Wang Yue,
as he failed to find the best line in a complex position. After the best 25...
Rc2! he could still have managed to draw.} (25... Rc2 $1 26. a5 Rxe2 27. a6
Re1+ 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. b4 d3 30. b5 Ne4 31. b6 Nc5 32. Be3 d2 33. Bxd2 Nxa6 34.
Bc8 g6 35. b7 Rb1 $11) 26. a5 Ne4 27. a6 Ra4 28. b4 $1 Nc3 29. Bc7 {Mamedyarov
is in his element , since the clear strategic plan to help advance the passed
a-pawn can be combined with precise calculations.} Nxe2+ (29... g5 30. Ba5 Ra1+
31. Kg2 Nb5 32. h4 h6 33. Bd5 $16) 30. Kg2 Nc3 {This retreat from glory was
surely painful for Black. The advance of the two passed pawns would have ended
without much luck for him - a queen ending without a chance to resist.} (30...
d3 31. Ba5 d2 32. a7 Rxa5 (32... h6 33. a8=Q+ Kh7 34. Qd8 Ra2 35. Bc8 g6 36.
Bc7 $18) 33. bxa5 Kf8 34. a8=Q+ Ke7 35. Bf3 d1=Q 36. Bxe2 Qxe2 37. a6 $18) 31.
Ba5 Nb5 32. Bc6 Rxa5 (32... Nc7 33. Bxa4 Nxa6 34. b5 $18) 33. Bxb5 $1 {The
aesthetic highlight of the game, since White has decided to prove the
potential of his pawns instead of more careful play of bishop against knight
after 33.bxa5.} (33. bxa5 Na7 34. Ba4 Kf8 35. Bc2 g6 36. Kf3 $16) 33... Ra1 (
33... Ra3 34. Bc4 d3 35. Kf3 Rc3 36. b5 $1 Rxc4 37. a7 Rc8 (37... Ra4 38. b6 d2
39. Ke2 $18) 38. Ke3 $1 $18) (33... Rxb5 34. a7 $18) 34. Bc4 d3 35. Bxd3 Kf8
36. b5 Ke7 37. b6 Kd6 (37... Kd8 38. a7 Kc8 39. Bxf5+ Kb7 40. Be4+ $18) 38. Bb5
$1 {The bishop is returning to the b5-square with a decisive impact. White's
grand plan has been fully vindicated.} Kc5 (38... g6 39. a7 $18) 39. b7 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. e4 (6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qd3
e5 $1 $10) 6... Nb6 7. Qd1 Bg4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bxc7 Rd7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. f4 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kd7 $1 21. Kc2 Kc6 22. Rd1 Bc5 23. Ne2 Rf8
24. h4 b5 25. a3 g6 (25... e5 26. g3 (26. f5 g6 27. g4 gxf5 28. exf5 h5 29. Ng3
hxg4 30. h5 Bf2 31. Ne4 Rxf5 32. Rf1 Rf4 33. h6 g3 34. Nxg3 Bd4 $15) 26... Bf2
27. h5 {/\ Rd5}) 26. e5 h6 27. Nd4+ Bxd4 28. Rxd4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. hxg5 (
30. h5 Rf2+ 31. Rd2 Rf1 32. g4 Rh1 $10) 30... Rf2+ 31. Rd2 Rf5 32. Rd6+ (32.
Rd6+ Kc5 33. Rxe6 Rxg5 34. Re7 Rxg2+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 $5 {Black players have been
scoring very well with this solid line. Despite the absence of the central
pawn chain Black could claim excellent development with no weaknesses. The
radical knight move to h4 has attracted more attention in the last few years
as White was failing to achieve any sort of plus.} Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 $5 {
This appealing idea deserves some praise for consistency. The alternative 13...
Nxc3 has not been played enough, but 13...Nef6 14.e4 Bg6 got a slightly
dubious reputation. White has managed to prove, that two bishops and a nice
pawn centre make him the favourite.} (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3) (13... Nef6 14. e4
Bg6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf4) 14. f3 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 (14... Bxe4 15. Qxb6 axb6 16.
f3 Bd5 17. a3 Bc4 18. b3 Bxb3 19. Rb1 Bc4 20. Rxb6 Ra7 21. a4 Nd5 22. Rb2 f5
23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K (2635)-Gasanov,E 
(2514)/Dagomys 2010 (37)}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. f3 Nd6 17. e4 Bg6 18. a4 Rfd8 19.
b3 b5 20. Bf4 bxa4 21. bxa4 Nc4 22. Reb1 Rxd4 23. Rxb7 e5 (23... f5 $1 $11) 24.
Bg3 f6 25. Bf2 $14 {1-0 Landa,K (2635)-Sarthou,G (2386)/France 2010 (62)})
14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 {The tricky idea with 15...e5 fails to impress, even
though in practical game it has brought success to the author.} (15... e5 16.
Qxb6 (16. e4 Be6 17. Qa4 Nh5 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Qb4 b6 21. Red1 c5 22.
Qb2 h6 23. Be3 cxd4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Rac8 26. Bf1 Qe7 $11 {0-1
Stabolewski,A (2267)-Zherebukh,Y (2572)/Dresden 2010 (39)}) 16... axb6 17. dxe5
Nd7 18. e4 Be6 19. f4 b5 20. Be3 g6 21. h5 (21. a3 Ra4 22. Rf1 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6
24. Bc5 $14) 21... Ra3 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bh6 f4 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
Rf1 Rxc3 27. Rxf4 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 Wojtaszek,R (2637)-Zherebukh,Y (2527)/Warsaw
2009 (47)}) 16. e4 Bg6 17. c4 {The sitiation has been clarified. White can
claim the bishop pair and a strong pawn centre. Black believes in his firm
position and in the potential for counterplay against the compromised kingside
of his opponent.} (17. Re2 Nh5 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Be3 h6 20. a4 Rd7 21. a5 Qd8
22. a6 b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Bh7 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Bh3 Rd5 28. Bxc8
Qxc8 $15 {0-1 Khenkin,I (2647)-Karjakin,S (2730)/Dresden 2008 (40)}) (17. Rb1
b6 18. Rb2 Nh5 19. Rf2 Nf4 20. c4 {1/2-1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Motylev,A 
(2645)/Predeal 2007}) (17. a4 Nh5 18. a5 Rab8 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 b6 21. axb6
{1/2-1/2 Vitiugov,N (2608)-Motylev,A (2648)/Krasnoyarsk 2007}) (17. e5 Nd5 18.
Ba3 Rfd8 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. c4 Ne7 21. Bh3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. a4 f6 24. Ra2 Qf7
25. Rg2 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2647)-Gasanov,E (2541)/Moscow 2008 
(32)}) (17. Be3 Rad8 (17... Nh5 18. c4 b6 19. Qb2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Bh5 21. Qf2 f5
22. e5 Ng6 23. f4 Qd8 24. Bg2 Nxh4 25. Bh1 Rc8 26. a4 h6 27. a5 bxa5 28. d5
cxd5 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Bxa7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Spirin,O (2468)-Rasmussen,A (2510)/
Gothenburg 2010 (36)}) 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Qa3 Qb8 20. Qc1 Nh5 21. Rb2 f5 22. Bh3
Qe8 23. d5 e5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qb1 Qe7 26. exf5 Qxh4 27. Bg4 Bxf5 28. Bxf5
Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ginting,N (2397)-Yee,S (2209)/
Olongapo City 2010 (39)}) 17... Rfd8 (17... Nh5 18. a4 Rad8 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20.
Qe3 Rd7 21. Red1 Qd8 22. Qf2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bh5 24. Bb4 f5 25. e5 Ng6 26. Bd6 Nxh4
27. Rd3 f4 $17 {0-1 Slugin,S (2402)-Vokarev,S (2503)/Sochi 2008 (56)}) 18. Be3
h6 (18... Nh5 19. Rad1 b6 20. Qb2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V (2576)-Tkachiev,V 
(2661)/Heraklio 2007}) 19. Qb2 {Opening the centre would be desirable, but the
black pieces are well prepared for any aggression.} (19. Red1 b6 20. Rac1 Qe7
$11) 19... Rd7 20. Kh1 (20. Rad1 Qa5 $13) 20... Kh7 21. Bh3 Nh5 22. Qd2 Qd8 (
22... Rdd8 23. Rab1 e5 24. d5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Red1 $16) 23. Qf2 f5 $1 {
Excellent counterplay at the right moment. The compromised white pawns are
making his position and the king vulnerable.} 24. d5 $1 {Mamedyarov
understands the need to open up the position for his bishops.} (24. exf5 Bxf5
25. Bg4 Nf6 26. Bxf5+ exf5 27. Qc2 g6 $11) 24... cxd5 {The talented Vietnamese
player refrains from the tempting idea of the immediate 24...fxe4, since White
could get a plus with his connected passed pawns.} (24... fxe4 25. dxe6 (25.
Bxe6 cxd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. f4 $11) 25... Rd3 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rab1
b6 28. f5 Bh5 29. Bg2 $14) 25. cxd5 (25. exd5 exd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Bg2 f4 28.
Bxa7 Rd2 29. Qb6 Qxh4 $19) 25... fxe4 (25... exd5 26. exf5 Bf7 27. Bd4 Nf6 28.
Bf1 $16) 26. dxe6 Rd3 27. fxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Kg1 Qe8 {Black has only one worry in
White's dangerous pawn on e6.} (28... Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Bf1 Rd6 31. e7 $14)
29. Qf7 Nf6 30. Rac1 Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 256] Black is absolutely right in his
feeling, that counterplay is necessary. Unfortunately he failed to grasp, that
it can be perfectly combined with the mobilisation of the last piece 30..Rc8!}
(30... Rc8 $1 31. Qxe8 (31. Bf1 Rxe3 32. Qxe8 Rxc1 33. Rxe3 Nxe8 34. Rxe4 Kg6
$11) 31... Rxe8 32. Bf1 Ra3 33. Bc4 Bd5 34. Bc5 Ra4 35. Bd3+ Kg8 36. e7 a6 $11)
31. Rc7 Ne8 (31... Nh5 32. Qf2 Qe5 33. Rxb7 $1 Re8 34. Rd7 $16) 32. Rc5 {
Despite the strength of both players the position is too complicated to be
played with any level of perfection.} (32. Rd7 $5 Qa5 33. Qf2 Nf6 34. Rxd3 Bxd3
35. e7 $16) 32... Qb4 33. Bf5+ Bxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kh8 (34... g6 $5 {It may seem
odd, but at this moment Le Quang could have broken the spell of repeated
checks on f8-f5 with the timely 34...g6!? Tactically it is fine, but in the
long term his king would remain vulnerable.} 35. Qf2 (35. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 36. Kg2
Qxh4 37. Rc4 Qh5 38. Rf4 $14) 35... Rad8 36. h3 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kg2 $14)
35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Bf2 {Both kings are not too happy about their
cover, but Black is also struggling to blockade the dangerous e6-pawn.} Rd4 (
37... Rd2 38. e7 Qa4 39. Qf3 Nf6 40. Rc7 $16) 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 (39...
g6 40. Qf7+ Ng7 41. Rc7 Rg4+ 42. Kh1 Rg8 43. Rxb7 $16) 40. a3 Rg4+ 41. Kh1 Qa4
42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ {The Black's defence is surprisingly tough and it is
anything but easy to achieve progress.} (43. Qf3 $1 Nf6 44. Bg3 Re8 45. Rc7 Re4
46. Rg1 R8xe6 47. Bd6 Re1 (47... Rxd6 48. Rcxg7+ Kh8 49. Qxf6 $18) 48. Rcxg7+
Kh8 49. Qxb7 Qe4+ 50. Qxe4 Nxe4 51. Rg8+ Kh7 52. Rxe1 Kxg8 53. Bb4 $14) 43...
Kh8 44. Bg3 (44. e7 Rf4 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Bg3 Rf6 47. Rf5 Qc6+ 48. Kg1 Rc8 $14)
44... b6 (44... Qxa3 45. e7 Qa4 46. Qf3 Nf6 47. Qxb7 $14) 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+
Kh8 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Rcc1 (48. Rc3 $1 Rc4 49. Rf3 Qa5 50. e7 $16) 48... Rg6 $2
{Tired by the tension of defending for many moves Black stumbles in the choice
of direction for his rook. He was not needed for the defence, but could do
much more in pursuit of counterplay.} (48... Rc4 $1 49. Rxc4 Qxc4 50. Qf5+ Kg8
51. Qf7+ Kh7 52. Qf3 Rc8 $14) 49. Qf3 $1 Rd8 50. Qf5 Qg4 {A very sad necessity,
but now all dreams of counterplay have vanished.} 51. Qxg4 Rxg4 52. e7 Ra8 (
52... Rdd4 53. Rc8 Nf6 54. Rf8 Rge4 55. Rxf6 gxf6 56. e8=Q Rxe8 57. Rxe8 $18)
53. Red1 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ (5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5) 5... Nbd7
$6 (5... c6 6. Qxc4 b5 $10) 6. e4 c5 7. d5 $1 exd5 8. e5 b5 $1 {N} (8... d4 9.
Bxc4 dxc3 10. exf6 (10. Ng5 $5) 10... Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qc6 12. Qxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O
$18) 9. Qxb5 (9. Nxb5 Ne4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qa5+) 9... Rb8 10. Qa4 d4 11.
exf6 (11. Nb5 Nd5 12. Bxc4 N5b6) 11... dxc3 12. Bxc4 Rb4 $1 (12... cxb2 $2 13.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Kxf6 (14... Kg6 15. Qe4+) 15. Qc6+ $1 Kf5 16. Qe6#) 13.
Qc2 (13. Qd1 Nxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qe2+ Be7 16. Rd1 Rxb2 17. Qe3 $18
) (13... gxf6 $5 $13) 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. bxc3 Re4+ 17. Be3 Ke7 (
17... Ng4 18. O-O-O+ Ke7 19. Bd5 Nxe3 20. Bxe4 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 $16) 18. Bb3 Ng4
$14) 13... Nxf6 14. b3 $1 (14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxf7 (15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Nc6 Qc7 17.
Nxb4 cxb4 18. Bb3 Ba6 $132) 15... Qe7+ 16. Qe2 Bc7 $10) (14. Qe2+ Qe7 15. Ne5
Be6 16. Bb5+ Bd7 $1) 14... Be6 (14... Qe7+ 15. Be3 Be6 16. O-O Bxc4 17. bxc4
Qe4 18. Qxc3 Qxc4 19. Qe5+ $40) 15. O-O (15. Bxe6 Re4+) 15... Bxc4 16. bxc4 Be7
17. Ne5 $6 (17. Qxc3 $14) 17... O-O $1 18. Qxc3 (18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Nxb4 cxb4 $13)
18... Bd6 19. Nd3 (19. Nc6 $6 Bxh2+ $1 20. Kh1 (20. Kxh2 Qd6+ 21. Ne5 Qxe5+ 22.
Qxe5 Ng4+) 20... Qc7 21. Nxb4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Rb8 $17) 19... Rb6 20. Re1 {
Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verduga Zavala, Denis"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qd3 e5 $1
8. Bg5 (8. dxe5 Qxd3 9. exd3 Bg4 10. Bg2 Nb4 $17) (8. Nxe5 Nb4 9. Qc3 Qxd4)
8... f6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd1 $6 (10. Qb3 $22 exd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Ne6) 10... exd4
11. Bxd4 c5 $1 12. Bc3 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Be6 14. b3 Be7 15. Kc1 O-O $17 16. Bg2 a5
17. Nbd2 N4d5 18. Bb2 a4 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Nb6 21. Nd2 Rab8 22. Rd1 Rfd8
23. Bc3 Nxc4 24. Rb1 (24. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Bxc4 $19) 24... b5 25. Bc6 b4 26.
Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bd2 a3 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bf4 Nb6 $1 (12... Be4 $6) 13.
Bd6 Bxd6 (13... Rfe8 $5) 14. Nxd6 Bg6 15. a4 Rad8 16. Nxb7 (16. Nb5 $5) 16...
Qxb7 17. a5 Be4 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra3 $2 (19. Ra4 c5 (19... b5 20. Ra3 $13) 20.
dxc5 bxc5 21. Qxb7 Bxb7 22. Rc1 Rb8 $1 23. Rxc5 Bxf3 $10) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 (
20. Qxf3 Rxd4 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rb4 $17) 20... Rxd4 21. Rfa1 Nd5 22. Ra7
Qb8 23. e3 Rb4 24. Qa3 Rb5 $2 (24... c5 25. Ra8 Qb7 $1 $17) 25. Ra8 Ra5 26.
Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxa5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 g6 29. Rc5 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. Nf3 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 (
6... c5 7. d5 exd5 8. e5 d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. Bxc4 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. O-O f6
13. Rad1 c2 14. Rd2 fxg5 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Bb5 Rd8
19. Re1+ Be7 20. Qe4 Kf7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Qf5+ Ke8 23. Qxc5 $16 {Kramnik,
V-Polgar,Zsu/Monaco Amber 25'/1994/1-0 (118)}) 7. Bxc4 Rb8 (7... b5 $2 8. Bxb5)
(7... c6 8. Be2 (8. Qd1 {Hansen,Cu} Be7 (8... c5 {- 44/513}) 9. O-O O-O 10. a4
$1 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e5 $1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/London(m/3
rapid) 59/(478)/1993} 14. b4 $1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bd2 $16 {><b5 Makarichev,S
}) (8. Qc2 c5 (8... b5 9. Bd3 Be7 $2 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxh7 $18 {
1-0 Krasenkov,M-Mesropov,K/Moscow4 1991 (21)}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2
Ng4 12. Bb3 $13 {Knezevic,M-Romanishin,O/Kiev 25/550 1978 (36)}) 8... b5 9. Qc2
Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. b3 h5 16.
Bd2 Kd7 17. Ba5 Rc6 18. g3 Qb8 19. h4 g6 20. Qd2 {1-0/Arbakov,V-Baron
Rodriguez,J/Linares op/1995/}) (7... c5 {Hansen,Cu} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e5 Ng4 10.
Ne4 Qc7 11. Be2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16.
Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc7 $16 {Taimanov,M-Kots,Y/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962 (27)}) 8. Qc2 b5
9. Bd3 (9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O $2 (10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O c5 $10 {Ivanchuk,V}) (10. a3
{Hansen,Cu} c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $10 {Espina,Carlos-Pilnik,Herman/Mar del Plata 
(08) 1942 (33)}) 10... b4 $1 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 cxb2 $1 13. fxg7 $6 (13. Bxb2
gxf6 $1 $17) 13... bxa1=N $3 14. gxh8=Q (14. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 15. Qc3 Rg8 16. Qxa1
Qf6 $17) 14... Nxc2 15. Bg5 Bxf3 (15... f6 $5 16. Qxh7 fxg5 17. Qg6+ Ke7 18.
Qxc2 $17) (15... Qc8 $2 16. Qxh7 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Bh5 $40) 16. Bxd8 Bxe2
17. Bxc7 (17. Rc1 $2 Kxd8 $1 $19) 17... Rb7 18. Bd6 (18. Rc1 $2 Rxc7 19. Qxh7
Bb5 $1 {/\} 20. Rxc2 $2 Nf6 $19) 18... Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rb6 20. Bxf8 $6 (20. Bc5
$1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Rc6 22. Qxh7 $15) 20... Nxf8 $17 {Xu Jun-Ivanchuk,V/Luzern/
1993/}) (9. Bb3 c5 10. Bf4 c4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. Bxb8 Nxb8 13. d5 Nbd7 $1 $13)
9... Bb7 (9... c5 10. Bf4 Rb6 $13) 10. Bf4 (10. O-O {Hansen,Cu} c5 11. Bf4 Rc8
12. d5 c4 $10 {Opocensky,K-Lundin,E/Buenos Aires ol-fin (12) 1939 (35)}) 10...
Rc8 11. Rd1 c5 12. d5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} c4 13. dxe6 cxd3 14. exf7+ $2 (14. exd7+
Qxd7 15. Rxd3 Qg4 $36) 14... Kxf7 15. Rxd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Re4e5,Rd3d8] White
fails to have enough for the sacrificed piece.} (15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qb3+ Rc4 $17)
15... Qe8 $1 16. O-O (16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qb3+ Rc4 {/\Nc5}) 16... Nc5 17. Re3 Kg8
{[%cal Rb5b4]} 18. Rfe1 (18. e5 Ng4 19. Re2 Qf7 $17) 18... h6 19. e5 Nh5 {
[%csl Rf4]} 20. Bg3 (20. e6 Nxf4 21. e7 Qh5 $19) 20... Ne6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal
Rb5b4] This ends the actuall fight, white has no claim on compensation.} 21.
Qf5 Qf7 22. Qg4 (22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 22... Nxg3 23. hxg3 h5 24. Qh4 Bc5 25. Rd3
g5 26. Qh1 (26. Nxg5 $2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Qxg2#) 26... g4 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Qf5
29. Qh4 Rh6 (29... Qxe4 30. Qf6 Re8 $19) 30. Nd2 (30. Nd2 {Hansen,Cu} Qxf2+ 31.
Kh2 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 (8... Bd6 $143 {Portisch-Spassky/Amsterdam itz/1964}) 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 (14... Nf6 15. f3
Bd5 16. a3 {/\e4, Be3+/=()}) 15. Bxe4 Nc4 $10 16. Bd3 b5 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Rd1
Bb4 19. a3 (19. b3 Bc3) 19... Be7 20. Rb1 e5 21. a4 exd4 22. exd4 Bf6 23. axb5
Rxd4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. b3 Na3 (25... Rad8 $142 26. bxc4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28.
Rb6 (28. Bf4 Rd8 $10) 28... h5 29. Be3 (29. Bf4 c5) 29... Rd6 $10 {Portisch})
26. Rb2 Nb5 (26... Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxb2 28. Bxb2 Nb5 $16 {/\ Kg2, Bc1 /\Bc5+/-
Portisch} 29. Bc1 Kf8 $10 {Unzicker}) 27. Rbd2 Rad8 (27... Nc3 28. Re1 Rad8 29.
Bc4 Rxd2 $2 30. Bxd2 Rxd2 31. Re8#) 28. Bc4 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 $14 {^^
} Kf8 31. f4 $6 (31. Kf1 $142 Nd4 32. Bf4 Ke7 33. h4 {/\ Ke1-d2-d3 Portisch}) (
31. Kg2 $142 {Unzicker}) 31... Nd6 32. Bd3 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 g6 34. Be2 c5 (34...
Ke7 $142) 35. Bf3 Nf5 36. Be2 $6 $138 (36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Be1 (37. Ke2 $6 Bg1)
37... Kd6 38. Ke2 $14) 36... Ke7 37. Ba5 h5 38. h3 Ne3+ 39. Kf3 f5 40. Bb6 Nc2
{/\ 41.Ne1#} 41. Bc4 Nb4 42. Ba5 Kf6 43. Bd8+ Kg7 44. Bc7 {/\ 45.Be5+-} Kf6 45.
Bd6 Nc6 46. Bf8 Nb4 47. Bh6 Ke7 (47... Nc6 48. Bg5+ Kg7 49. g4 $14) 48. Bg5+
Kf8 49. Bb5 Kf7 50. Bd8 Kg7 51. Be8 Nd3 52. Ba5 Nc1 (52... Nb4 $142) 53. Ba4
Nd3 54. Bd2 Nf2 55. Kg2 (55. h4 Ne4 56. Be1 Kf6 57. Bc6 Ke6 58. Bxe4 fxe4+ 59.
Kxe4 Bf6 $10 {Unzicker}) 55... Ne4 56. Be1 Bc3 57. Bxc3+ Nxc3 58. Bc6 {/\ h4!+/
-} h4 59. Bf3 (59. gxh4 Ne2) (59. Bf3 hxg3 60. Kxg3 Nb5 61. Be2 Nd4 62. Bc4 Kf6
63. Kf2 Ne6 $10 {Unzicker}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4
Rb8 8. Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. d5 $1 $146 (11. O-O c5 12. d5 c4 13.
Be2 exd5 (13... b4 {Huzman} 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $36) 14. Rad1 (14. Nxd5 {
Huzman} Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 {Huzman} 15. exd5 Nf6 16. d6 $5 (16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Be5
f6 18. Bg3 $44 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gf3d4]}) 16... Bxd6 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6
19. Ng5 $44) 15. exd5 Bc5 16. b3 (16. d6 O-O 17. Rad1 Qb6 {[%csl Yd6][%cal
Yf8d8,Yd7f8]}) 16... cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Rad1 Qb6 {[%cal Yf6e4] 0-1
Sherbakov,R-Svidler,P/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista (3) ;CBM 59 1997 (41)} (18... Qb6 {
Huzman} 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. dxe6 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nc5 23. Be3 Qxe6 24.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rd6 Rfe8 {Sherbakov,R-Svidler,P/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/CBM 59/[Huzman]
/0-1 (41)})) (14. e5 {Huzman} Ne4 15. Rad1 Ndc5) (14. exd5 {Huzman} Bc5 15. d6
O-O 16. Rad1 Qb6 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Ng4 Rc5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be3
Re5 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Nxe4 {1-0 Schlosser,
P-Kekki,P/Aabybro Nordic-tt ;EXT 89 1989 (42)} (23. Nxe4 fxg4 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25.
Rfe1+ Kd8 26. Re6 Rf8 27. b4 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 {Schlosser,P-Kekki,P/Aabybro
Nordic-tt 1989/EXT 89/1-0 (42)})) (11. Rd1 c5 12. d5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} (12. dxc5
Qa5 13. c6 Bxc6 14. O-O Nc5 15. Rfe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Kljako,D-Sher,
M/Biel op (02) ;EXP 19 1990 (32)}) 12... c4 13. Be2 (13. dxe6 {Ftacnik} cxd3
14. exf7+ $2 (14. exd7+ {Ftacnik} Qxd7 15. Rxd3 Qg4 $36) 14... Kxf7 15. Rxd3 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Re4e5,Rd3d8] White fails to have enough for the sacrificed
piece.} (15. Ng5+ {Ftacnik} Kg8 16. Qb3+ Rc4 $17) 15... Qe8 $1 16. O-O (16.
Ng5+ {Ftacnik} Kg8 17. Qb3+ Rc4 {/\Nc5}) 16... Nc5 17. Re3 Kg8 {[%cal Rb5b4]
0-1 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Novgorod (09) ;CBM 48 1995 (30)} (17... Kg8 {Huzman}
18. Rfe1 h6 19. e5 Nh5 20. Bg3 Ne6 21. Qf5 Qf7 22. Qg4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 h5 24. Qh4
Bc5 25. Rd3 g5 26. Qh1 g4 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Qf5 29. Qh4 Rh6 30. Nd2 {
0-1 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48/[Ftacnik]})) 13... b4 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Bh5+ {1-0 Martin,P-Wexler/Buenos
Aires ch-ARG,1951 (41)}) 11... Nh5 (11... exd5 12. O-O-O $40) 12. Be3 (12. Bg5
Be7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. h4 $36) 12... e5 (12... exd5 {Huzman} 13. O-O-O c6 14.
Rhe1 Be7 15. e5 $44 {[%cal Gg2g4,Ge5e6]}) 13. a4 (13. O-O $5 {Huzman} c6 $140 (
13... Bd6 $142 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 $14) 14. Qe2 Nhf6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 b4 17.
Nd5 $16) 13... b4 14. Na2 (14. Ne2 c6 15. dxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb3 $14) 14... c6 15.
dxc6 (15. Qe2 $5 cxd5 16. exd5) 15... Rxc6 (15... Bxc6 $5 16. Bxa6 $140 $2 b3
$1) 16. Qd2 (16. Qb3 $6 Nf4 $1 17. Bc4 (17. Bxf4 Nc5) 17... Nxg2+ 18. Ke2 $13)
16... Qa5 $2 (16... Rd6 $5 17. Qe2 (17. Qxb4 Ba8 18. Qc3) 17... Nc5 18. Bc4 $36
(18. Bb5+ $5) (18. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 19. Nxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxh5 Be7 21. O-O O-O 22. Bc5
Bxc5 23. Qxc5 a5 $44)) (16... Nc5 $5 17. Nxb4 (17. Nxe5 Re6 18. Bb5+ axb5 19.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxf7+ Ke8 21. Nxh8 bxa4 $44) (17. Bxc5 Bxc5) 17... Nxd3+ 18.
Nxd3 Rd6 19. Qb4 (19. Nfxe5 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Rxd3 $19 (20... Nf6)) (19. Qc3 Rxd3
20. Qxe5+ Be7 21. Qxh5 Bxe4 (21... Bb4+ $5 22. Ke2 O-O $13) 22. O-O O-O $44)
19... Ba8 20. Nc5 $13) 17. O-O (17. Nc1 {Huzman} Bc5 18. Nb3 Qc7 $11) 17... Be7
(17... Qxa4 18. Qe2 $5 (18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Qe2 $5) (18. b3 {Huzman} Qa5 (18...
Qxb3 19. Rfb1 Qe6 (19... Qa3 20. Qd1 $1 Rd6 21. Nxb4 Qc3 22. Qa4 $32)) 19. Bc4
{[%cal Gf3g5]} Ndf6 20. Ng5 Rxc4 $1 (20... Rc7 21. Rfd1 $44) 21. bxc4 {[%csl
Rb4][%cal Gc4c5]} h6 22. Nf3 Bxe4 (22... Nxe4 23. Qb2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Re5][%cal
Gf1b1]}) 23. c5 $16) 18... Nhf6 19. Nc3 Qb3 20. Nd5 $40) 18. Nc1 Nhf6 $6 (18...
O-O 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rfc1) 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rfc1 (20. Qe2 O-O 21. Nfd2 $5) 20...
O-O 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 (21... Bxc6 22. Qc2 {<->c}) 22. Qe2 (22. Na5 $6 {Huzman} Qc7
23. Nxb7 Qxb7 $11) 22... Ra8 (22... Nxe4 {Huzman} 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25.
Bxa6 $16) 23. Nfd2 (23. Na5 $6 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7) 23... Bd8 24. a5 (24. f3 $5
Bb6 25. a5 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3) 24... Rc8 25. Rc1 $16 (25. f3 $5 {Huzman}) 25... Qd6
(25... Qe6 26. Bc4 Qd6 27. Bxf7+ (27. f3) 27... Kxf7 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc4+ Ke7
30. Qxc8 Nxe4 31. Qc4 Nef6 32. h3 $16) 26. Nc4 Qe6 27. f3 Be7 28. Qd2 h6 (28...
Bc6 $5 {Huzman}) 29. Bf1 Rc6 (29... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Yc6b5] Huzman} 30. Qf2 Bb5
31. Nbd2 $14) 30. Qd3 Nb8 31. Rd1 Nfd7 32. Nb6 $2 (32. Rd2 Kh7 (32... Bg5 33.
Bxg5 hxg5 $16) 33. Nb6 Nxb6 (33... Nc5 34. Nxc5 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Qd8 Rxa5
(36... Nc6 37. Qc7) 37. Nd5 Nc6 38. Qb6 Qc8 39. Ne7 $18) 34. axb6 Bg5 (34...
Rd6 35. Qc2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Bd8 37. Nc4) 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Na5 Rxb6 37. Qd8) (32.
Bf2 $5 Kh7) (32. Ra1 $1 $16 {/\Nb6}) (32. Bf2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3d5] Huzman
}) 32... Nxb6 33. axb6 Rd6 34. Qc2 Rc6 35. Qd3 Rd6 36. Qc2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fourmies op 21st"]
[Site "Fourmies"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. c4 Qa5 $5 (13... c5
14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rae8 $13 {Yudasin,L-Akopian,V/It (cat.14), I-II, Haifa 
(Israel) 1995}) 14. Bb2 {TN} (14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. Bb2 exd4 17. exd4
Rfe8 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Bc3 Qh5 20. Qf3 $11 {1-0 Lengyel,L-Acs,P Budapest FS
1995 (38)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qh5 $5 (15... Rac8 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
a4 $13) 16. h3 Rac8 17. Rac1 c5 (17... Qa5 $5 {[/\18...c5]}) 18. g4 $5 Qh6 $5 (
18... Qg6 19. dxc5 $1 Bxf3 (19... Bxc5 20. Nh4 $16) 20. Bxf3 Nxc5 21. Bd4 b6
$11) 19. Nd2 $6 (19. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 $36) 19... Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 cxd4 $1 21. exd4 $6 (21. Bxd4 e5 $5 22. Ba1 Qa6 $1 $36 {[/\23...f6, 24...
Nb6]}) 21... Nf8 $1 $40 {[/\Nf8-g6-f4]} 22. Qf3 (22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Qe3 Nf4+ 24.
Kh2 f5 $1 $36) 22... Ng6 23. Kf1 {[/\24.Ne4]} f5 $1 (23... Nf4 24. Rc3 Rxd4 25.
Qxb7 Re8 26. Re3 $13) (23... Bg5 24. Ne4 $1 $13 Bxc1 $2 25. Bxc1 Qh4 26. Bg5
$18) 24. Nb3 (24. gxf5 Rf8 $1 $40) 24... Rf8 $5 25. Rc2 Nf4 26. Bc1 (26. Re1 b5
$1 27. c5 Nxh3 $17) 26... Qxh3+ 27. Qxh3 Nxh3 $17 28. gxf5 Rxf5 29. Kg2 (29.
Re1 $2 Rxc4 $1 30. Rxc4 Rxf2#) 29... Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. c5 b6 $1 32. Re1
Kf7 33. Rce2 bxc5 34. Rxe6 Bh4 $138 35. dxc5 Rxf2+ 36. Kh3 Rf4 37. R1e3 Rc7 38.
Ra6 Bf6 39. Rd3 Rc4 40. Kg3 0-1

[Event "NED-chT f"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.05.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 e5 13. e4 exd4 14. exf5
dxc3 15. Bxc3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. b4 $5 {TN} (17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g4 h6 19. Bf3
Rad8 20. h4 Qe5 21. Kg2 Qxb2 22. g5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5
Qe2 26. Qf3 Qxa2 {1/2 1/2 Lputian,S-Supatashvili,K/Ankara zt (6) 1995}) 17...
Rad8 (17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rad8 19. g4 $5 $36) 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Bd2 $5 Ne5 19.
Qc2 Nd3 20. b5 $14) 18... Nxf6 19. Qc5 a6 $5 (19... Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. b5
$11) 20. a4 h6 21. h3 Rfe8 22. Rxd8 (22. Rfe1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re5 $1 $15) 22...
Qxd8 $5 23. b5 Qa5 $15 24. Rc1 Re1+ (24... axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bf1 $11) (
24... cxb5 $5 25. axb5 b6 26. Qd4 Re1+ (26... Qxb5 27. Bc6 Qe5 28. Qxb6 $11)
27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 axb5 29. Qxb6 b4 $15) 25. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 axb5 27.
axb5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 (28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 b4 30. Qxf7 Qxf2 $15) 28... Qxf2 29.
Qxb7 Qxf5 $15 30. Qf3 Qe5 31. Bf1 Qb2+ 32. Qe2 Qd4 33. Qd3 Qf2+ 34. Bg2 g6 35.
Qf3 Qb2 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Qf2 Qe5 38. Bf3 Nd7 39. Kg2 Nc5 40. Qd2 Ne6 41. Qe2 Qc5
42. h4 Nd4 43. Qe3 Qc2+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb2+ 46. Bg2 Nf5 47. Qf4 Qe2 48.
Kh3 Qb2 49. Be4 (49. h5 $5 Qe2 $5 50. Bf3 (50. hxg6 Qh5+ $19) (50. g4 $1 Qe3+
51. Qxe3 Nxe3 52. hxg6 Nxg2 53. Kxg2 fxg6 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Kf4 $11) 50... Qf1+
51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Kf6 $15) 49... Ne7 50. Bf3 Ng8 51. Bd5 Nf6 52. Bf3 Nd7 53.
Qe3 Ne5 54. g4 Nc4 55. Qd3 Ne5 56. Qe3 Qb5 57. Kg3 Qb8 58. Kg2 Qd6 59. Kh3 (59.
g5 $5 $15) 59... Qf6 60. Be2 g5 61. h5 $2 (61. hxg5 hxg5 62. Kg3 $15) 61... Qd6
62. Kg2 Kf6 $1 63. Qe4 Qc6 $19 64. Qxc6+ Nxc6 65. Bc4 Nd8 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Ke3
f6 68. Bd3 Nc6 69. Bf5 Ne7 70. Bd7 f5 $1 71. gxf5 Nd5+ 72. Kf3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 (12... Bb4 13. Bxe4
Bxe4 14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 h6 16. f3 Bh7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf2 Nd5 19. Qd2 Qb4
20. Red1 Rfd8 21. Ng2 a5 22. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Vallejo Pons,F/Bremen GER
2003/The Week in Chess 476 (22)}) 13. gxh4 Nef6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bg6 15.
Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 f6 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 Bf7 20. Bh3 $14 {0-1
Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (28)}) 14. Qxb6 (14. e4 Bg6 15. Be3
Ng4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. b3 $14 {0-1 Khenkin,I-Naumann,
A/Bad Wiessee 2003/EXT 2004 (58)}) 14... axb6 15. Bf4 b5 16. Bd6 Rfc8 {N} (
16... Rfd8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nf8 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bg3 $14 {[Urban,K-Jaracz,P
Warsaw POL-ch 2003 0,5-0,5 (24)]}) 17. Nxb5 $5 (17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Ne4 $132)
17... cxb5 18. Bxb7 Nb6 $1 {[xa4]} 19. Bxa8 $6 (19. Be5 Nfd7 20. Bg3 Na4 $132)
19... Rxa8 20. b3 Ne4 $132 21. Bc5 Nd5 22. f3 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nb4 $5 (23... Ne3
24. Rec1 (24. Kf2 Nc2 25. e4 Bg6 26. a4 f5 $1 $17 27. axb5 Nxa1 28. b6 Nxb3 29.
b7 Rf8 30. c6 Na5 31. Rc1 Kf7 $17) 24... Kf8 (24... Nc2 25. e4 Nxa1 26. exf5
$16) 25. c6 Ke7 26. c7 Rc8 27. a4 $13) 24. e4 Bh3 25. Red1 (25. a4 $2 Nc2 26.
axb5 Nxa1 27. b6 Nxb3 28. b7 Rb8 29. c6 e5 $19) 25... e5 26. a4 Nc2 27. Rac1
Nd4 28. axb5 $5 (28. Rxd4 $5 exd4 29. axb5 Kf8 (29... Ra5 30. b6 Rb5 31. Rc4
Rxb3 32. Rxd4 Kf8 33. Kf2 Rb5 (33... Ke7 34. Ra4 Bd7 35. Ra7 $16) 34. Ra4 Ke7
35. Ra7+ $16) 30. b6 Ke7 31. Kf2 (31. c6 Rb8 32. b7 Kd6 33. b4 (33. c7 Rxb7 34.
c8=Q Bxc8 35. Rxc8 Rxb3 $15) 33... Kc7 34. b5 Be6 $13) 31... Ra3 32. Rc4 Rxb3
33. Rxd4 Bd7 $15) 28... Nxb5 $13 (28... Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Kf8 31. b6
Rb8 32. b4 $16) 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. b4 Kf8 31. Ra6 $6 (31. Rd5 $5 Nd4 32. Kf2 f6
33. Ra6 $13) 31... Nd4 $15 32. Rda1 (32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Rb6 Ra8 34. f4 Ra2+ $132)
32... Nxf3+ 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Rxa8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 $5 Kf6 (36... g6 37.
h5 $132) 37. Rd8 Be6 38. Rb8 Bd7 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Rb7 Kd8 $5 41. h5 h6 42. h3
Ke8 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Rb7 Kd8 $1 45. h4 (45. Rb8+ Bc8 46. Ra8 Kc7 $19) 45... Ke8
46. Rb8+ Ke7 47. Rb7 Kd8 48. Ke3 $5 Kc8 49. Ra7 Kd8 (49... Nc2+ 50. Kf3 (50.
Kf2 Nxb4 51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Rg8 Bc6 53. Rxg7 Bxe4 54. Rxf7+ Kc6 55. Rf6+ Kxc5 56.
Rxh6 $13) 50... Nxb4 51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Rg8 Nc2 53. Rxg7 Nd4+ 54. Kf2 f5 55. Rh7
$13) 50. Rb7 (50. Kd3 $5 Bb5+ 51. Kc3 Ke8 52. Kd2 $15) 50... f5 $5 51. exf5
Nxf5+ 52. Kd3 Bc6 53. Rf7 e4+ 54. Kc4 Bd7 $1 {[55...Ke8;xRf7]} 55. Rf8+ Ke7 56.
Ra8 e3 57. b5 $2 $138 (57. Ra1 Nxh4 58. b5 (58. Re1 Ng2 59. Re2 Bc6 60. Kd4 Bf3
$19) 58... Ng2 59. b6 (59. c6 e2 60. Kc5 e1=Q 61. Rxe1+ Nxe1 62. b6 Nd3+ 63.
Kb5 Ne5 $19) 59... Bc6 60. Kd3 Kd8 $15) 57... e2 58. Ra1 {Diagram} Bxb5+ $1 59.
Kxb5 Nd4+ 60. Kb6 Nc2 61. Ra7+ (61. Rc1 e1=Q 62. Rxe1+ Nxe1 63. c6 Nd3 64. c7
Kd7 65. Kb7 Nc5+ $19) 61... Kf6 62. c6 e1=Q 63. c7 Qb4+ 64. Ka6 Nd4 (64... Nd4
65. Rb7 (65. c8=Q Qb5#) 65... Qa4+ 66. Kb6 Qb5+ 67. Ka7 Nc6+ 68. Ka8 Qa6+) 0-1

[Event "Istanbul op 5th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 (6. Nbd2) 6... Nbd7
(6... e6 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 b5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g6 12. d5 cxd5
13. exd5 e5 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. d6 O-O 16. Bh3 Kh8 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. d7 Nfd5 19. Nd6
Qh4 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxf7+ $16 {1-0 Yevseev,D-Dreev,A/Sochi RUS 2006/The Week
in Chess 598 (35)}) 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 (8... e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11.
O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. f4 a6 14. Bh3 Rfe8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. f5
Nf8 18. f4 exf5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Bd3 f5 21. Kd2 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Gagunashvili,M/Rishon Le Zion ISR 2006/The Week in Chess 618 (29)}) 9. Be3
exd4 $5 {TN} (9... Qa5 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Bd6 12. Bh3 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 Ne5 14.
Qb3 c5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 O-O 17. f4 c4 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Nd3 20. e5 Ne8
21. Rd2 Nc7 22. Bf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Fressinet,L/Saint Vincent 2005/
Mega2006 (43)}) 10. Bxd4 (10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O $132) 10...
Bd6 11. Rg1 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 (12... Bxh2 13. Rg2 Bf4+ 14. Kb1 $36) 13. Bh3 Ne5
14. Qf1 Nh5 (14... Ng6 $5 {[/\Nf6-h5-f4]} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bf5 Kh8 $13) 15.
Bf5 Ng6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Be5 (17... b5 18. Qb3 Be5 19. Be3 $13) 18. Bxg6
hxg6 19. Be3 Rxd1+ (19... Bxh2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxg6 b5 22. Qb3 $13) 20. Rxd1
Bxh2 21. Qd3 $44 {[/\22.Qd7]} Be5 22. Ne2 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Qd7 b6 $6 (
24... Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 b6 27. Kc2 $44) 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Qxc6 Rf8
27. Qc3 $14 {[+]} Qh4 28. Qd4 Qh5 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. a3 Qb5 31. f4 Qc6 32. Rd4 Re8
33. Qd3 Qf6 34. Qd2 Qh4 35. Ka2 Qg4 36. Qe3 Qe6+ 37. Ka1 Rc8 38. Kb1 Re8 39. f3
Rc8 40. Qd3 Qf6 41. Qd2 Qh4 42. Ka2 Qh3 43. Rd3 Qe6+ 44. Kb1 Qc4 45. Qd1 $5 {
[/\46.Rd7]} Qc7 46. Rd6 Qc5 47. Rd7 Qe3 $2 (47... a5 48. Ka2 {[/\49.Qb3|^]}
Qc4+ 49. Qb3 a4 50. Qxc4 Rxc4 $11) {Diagrama} 48. Rxf7 $1 a5 (48... Kxf7 49.
Qd7+ Kg8 50. Qxc8+ Kh7 51. Qh3+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kh7 53. f5 $16) 49. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qxc8 Qxf4 (51... Qxf3 52. Qh8#) 52. Qc1 $1 $18 Kg5 53. e5 (53.
a4 Qxc1+ 54. Kxc1 Kf4 55. Kd2 g5 56. Kd3 $18) 53... Qxc1+ 54. Kxc1 Kf5 55. f4
g5 56. e6 Kxe6 57. fxg5 Kf5 58. Kc2 Kxg5 59. Kc3 Kf5 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M/Winants"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
e4 Bg4 16. Nf3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. h3
Bh5 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Rd4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rfe8 25. Rad1 h6 26. Bg2 Rc7 27. Kh2 Rce7
28. Rc1 Qa5 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Rcd2 Rce7 31. Rb2 Qh5 32. Bf3 Qc5 33. Qd3 Nh7 34.
Rc2 Qa5 35. Bg2 Nf8 36. f4 Rc7 37. Rd5 Qb6 38. Rb5 Rxc2 (38... Rd7 39. Rxb6
Rxd3 40. Rxb7) 39. Rxb6 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 axb6 41. e5 g6 42. Qb5 (42. Qe3 Rc8 43.
a3 Rc6 (43... Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Ne6 45. g4 g5 46. f5 Nf4 47. Qxb6) 44. g4) 42... Rc8
43. a4 (43. Qxb6 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rxa2 45. Qxb7 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Ra1+ 48.
Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 Ra3) 43... Rc6 44. Qd3 Ne6 45. h4 h5 46. f5 gxf5 47. Qxf5 Rc4
48. Qxh5 Rxa4 49. Qf3 Ra5 50. Qf5 (50. Qxb7 Kg7 (50... Rxe5 51. Qb8+) 51. Qe4
Rc5) 50... b5 51. Qg4+ (51. h5 b4 (51... Ra6 52. h6 Nf8) 52. h6 b3 53. h7+ Kg7
54. h8=Q+ Kxh8 55. Qxf7 Ng7 56. Qxb7 Rxe5 57. Qxb3 Re6) 51... Kh7 52. Qb4 b6
53. Qb1+ Kg8 54. Kh3 b4 55. Qxb4 Rxe5 56. Qxb6 Nf8 57. Qb8 Re4 58. h5 f6 59.
Qb7 Re5 60. g4 Rg5 61. Qe7 Nh7 62. h6 Kh8 63. Kg3 Rg6 64. Qe8+ Rg8 65. Qf7 Rg5
66. Kf4 Rg8 67. Qe6 Rg6 68. Qc8+ Rg8 69. Qc2 Rg5 70. Qd1 Rg6 71. Kf5 Rxh6 72.
Qd8+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nord West Cup 12th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 e6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Be2 ({Interessant ist} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 {, von Alexander Huzman in
Kommentaren zu der Partie Tregubov-van Wely, Warschau 2005, ChessBase,
ausführlich untersucht.}) 9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 ({Wie auch} 11. O-O $5 c5
{, von Huzman zu der Rapidpartie Ljubojevic-Van Wely, Amber 2000, ChessBase,
behandelt.}) 11... Qc8 12. a4 ({Ein neuer Versuch. Nach} 12. O-O c5 13. Nxd5 ({
falls} 13. Qd2 {, so} h6 $5) 13... Bxd5 14. Qd2 (14. Rac1 h6 15. Be3 c4 $11 {
ergab Ausgleich in Trifonov-A. Ivanov, Moskau 2007}) 14... h6 ({aber nicht} 
14... cxd4 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 g6 19. a4 $14 {
mit besserem Spiel für Weiß}) 15. Be3 c4 {kann Schwarz sich gut behaupten.})
12... h6 13. Bd2 ({Vorzuziehen war} 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16.
Rfc1 c6 $11 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 13... c5 ({Der Junge verpasst die
Möglichkeit durch} 13... Nb4 $5 14. Qd1 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. O-O
O-O $15 {die Initiative zu übernehmen.}) 14. axb5 ({Solider erscheint} 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. O-O Be7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Ra5 Ke7 $11 {
mit Ausgleich.}) 14... Nb4 15. Qa4 $6 ({Das kleinere Übel wäre} 15. Qd1 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. O-O {, wenn auch die schwarzen Perspektiven nach} dxc3 18.
bxc3 Nd3 19. bxa6 N3xe5 20. Be4 f5 21. a7 fxe4 22. axb8=Q Qxb8 $15 {höher
einzuschätzen sind.}) 15... Bxf3 $6 ({Klaren Vorteil ergab} 15... cxd4 $1 16.
Nxd4 Nc5 $17) 16. gxf3 $6 (16. Bxf3 {ist eher am Platze.}) 16... cxd4 17. bxa6
dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Bb5 ({Minder ratsam ist} 19. O-O Bc5 20. Bb5 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Ke7 $17 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 19... Bc5 20. Bc6 ({In Betracht kam} 
20. Rc1 $5 {, wonach der Druck auf der c-Linie Schwarz zu gewissen materiellen
Zugeständnissen zwingt. Die stärkste Erwiderung ist} N5b6 $5 ({sowohl} 20...
Rxb5 21. Qxb5 O-O 22. O-O $11) ({als auch} 20... Ke7 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxc8
Rhxc8 23. Bxd7 Rc1+ 24. Kd2 Rxh1 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Kc2 Kxd7 27. Qa4+ Ke7 28.
Qa3+ Ke8 $11 {dürfte Weiß zufriedenstellen}) 21. Qe4 Bxf2+ 22. Ke2 Qc5 23.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 24. Rhf1 Qa7 25. Rxf2 Qxa6+ 26. Qd3 Qa4 $15 {mit besseren
Aussichten für Schwarz.}) 20... Ba7 21. O-O N5b6 22. Qe4 O-O 23. Bd4 f5 24. Qc2
Qc7 25. f4 $2 ({Zeitprobleme, mehr Widerstand konnte Weiß nach} 25. Qc3 Rfc8
26. Rac1 Nf8 27. Rfd1 Qf7 $15 {leisten.}) 25... Rbc8 26. Rfc1 Nb8 27. Ba4 Qd8
28. Bc3 Nd5 29. Rd1 Qh4 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxf4 33. Qxd5+ Kh7
0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 e6 {a very
strange move the main line of course is Bf5 and only after the bishop is out
playing e6,other moves are Bg4.Be6 and g6 but this move really seems pointless}
(5... g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Qc2 (8. Qa4) 8... Bf5 9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O
11. Nc3 a5 (11... Ne4 $5) 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. e4 Nxe5 $1 (14... Be6
15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $14) 15. exf5 Nec4 16. fxg6 hxg6 $13 {
Andersson,U-Hort,V Buenos Aires 1980}) (5... Be6 6. Qc2 (6. Qa4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Nb6
8. Qc2 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O $14 {Petrosian,A-Luke,R Moscow GM 1991}
) 6... Bd5 (6... Qa5+) 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Be4 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nc3
Bg6 12. O-O e6 13. Bd2 Bd6 $13 {/=/+ Konopka,M-Borik,O Bl2-N 9394}) 6. g3 c5 $2
{this move is already not good opening the h1-a8 diagonal only serves white,
and indeed in the very near future black will have to face serious problems
because of this fact} (6... Nbd7 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Bf4 (8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 O-O 10.
Nc3 e5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 hxg5 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nd6
Rd8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 $13 {Serebrjanik,A-Fridman,D Netanya Maccabiah 1993}) 8...
Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 e5 12. O-O exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Qd3 Qe7
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Rad8 $10 {Benko,P-Schoen,W Augsburg 1986}) (6... Be7 7.
Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6
14. Ne5 Rc8 15. a4 $1 $16 {Asanov,B-Ilincic,Z Alma-Ata 1989}) 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O {at this point it is already clear black opening
play was a big failure} Ne5 $6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 (11... Qd7 12. Ndb5 $1 Rb8 13. Bf4
(13. Rd1 axb5 14. Nxb5) 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Nc6 15. Bxb8 Nxb8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17.
e4) 12. Qb3 Bc5 $6 13. Be3 (13. Rd1) 13... Rb8 (13... Nfg4) 14. Rad1 {now
white is threatening Nxe6} (14. Nxe6 $4 Bxe6) (14. Nc6 $4 bxc6 $19) 14... Qe7
$2 15. Bf4 Bd6 {Petursson: White has achieved an ideal Catalan setup, but
still hias next move is surprisingly strong:} 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nf3+ $2 {
this move is like resigning} (17... Bxb5 18. Qxb5+ Nfd7 {this is of course the
main line in this piece sacrifise which white had to see but this defence can
not save black} 19. Rd2 {Petursson: Black is defenseless against the doubling
of the White rooks on the d file.} Rc8 $1 (19... O-O 20. Rfd1 Bb4 21. Rd4 $18)
(19... Rd8 20. Rfd1 Bc7 (20... Bb4 21. Bxe5 $1 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qg5 (22... f6 23.
Bd6 Qf7 24. Bxb7) 23. f4 Qg6 24. Bxb7 {and black is hopeless}) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxb7 $18) 20. Rfd1 (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfd1) 20... Bb4) 18. Qxf3 Bxf4 19.
Qxf4 e5 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 c5 11. a5 Rc8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. e4 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bd6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8
21. Qe2 Nef6 22. Nd2 Qd8 23. Nc4 Ne8 24. Bh3 Ndf6 25. Bg2 Kf8 26. f4 Be7 27.
Qd3 Nd6 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. b3 Kg8 30. g4 Nfe8 31. g5 f6 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Bh3 fxe5
34. Be6+ Kh8 35. fxe5 Ng7 36. exd6 Bxd6 37. h3 Be5 38. Qf3 Bf4 39. Qh5 Be3+ 40.
Kg2 Bd4 41. Bxd4 cxd4 42. Qf3 Nxe6 43. dxe6 Qc2+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 47. Kxe2 {[#] Zwar hat Weiß Raumvorteil und die bessere
Königsstellung, doch reicht dies nicht zu mehr als zu einem typischen
Pattschluß. Die Sache ist leicht verständlich. FRITZ6 bestätigt das Remis.} Kg7
48. Kd3 Kf6 49. Kxd4 Kxe6 50. Kc5 Ke5 51. b4 h5 52. h4 Ke6 53. b5 Ke5 54. a6
b6+ (54... bxa6 55. bxa6 Ke4 56. Kc6 Ke5 57. Kb7 Kd6 58. Kxa7 Kc7 59. Ka8 Kb6
60. a7 Kc7) 55. Kc6 Ke6 56. Kc7 Ke7 57. Kb8 Kd8 58. Kxa7 Kc7 59. Ka8 Kc8 60. a7
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Nd7 6. e4 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Ng6 10. h4 Bd6 11. h5 Ne7 12. h6 g6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Be2 Nf6 15.
O-O-O Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kb1 b5 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Ne2 b4 21. Rc1
Ba4 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Bc5 c6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. f4 Bb5 26. Qd2 Nxd5 27. Ka1 f6 28.
exd5 Rxd5 29. Qxb4 Bxe2 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. Nc5 Rxf4 33. Ne6 Bc4 34.
Rxc4 Qxe6 35. Qb7 Qf7 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 {TT - TT Motive: beiderseits verbundene
Freibauern, Taktik} 37. Rxc6 Kg8 38. Rxa6 Rd7 39. a4 Kf7 40. a5 g5 41. Ka2 e4
42. Re1 Rd5 43. Ka3 Re5 44. Ra8 e3 45. a6 e2 46. a7 Rf1 47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. a8=Q
Rxe1 49. Qf3 Ra1+ 50. Kb3 Rb5+ (50... e1=Q $2 51. Rxf6#) 51. Kc4 (51. Kc2 e1=N+
$19) 51... Rb4+ $1 52. Kc5 (52. Kxb4 e1=Q+ 53. Kb3 Qd1+ $17) 52... Ra5+ 53.
Kxb4 (53. Kc6 Ra6+ 54. Kc5 e1=Q 55. Rg8+ Kxh6 56. Qh3+ Rh4 $19) 53... e1=Q+ 54.
Qc3 Re5 55. Qxe1 Rxe1 56. Kc3 f5 57. b4 f4 58. Rb8 Kxh6 59. b5 Kh5 60. Kc2 Rg1
61. b6 Rxg2+ 62. Kc3 Rg1 63. Kc2 Re1 64. Rc8 Re7 65. Rc7 Re6 66. b7 Rb6 67.
Rxh7+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 $6 (7.
Bg5 $5) 7... O-O 8. g3 Nd5 $5 9. e4 (9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Qd3 e5 11. Ng5 (11. Nxe5
Nxd4 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd3 13. exd3 Rd8 14. Be4 $16) 12. O-O-O Qd6 $11 (
12... Bf5 13. Ne4 $36)) 11... f5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14. exd3 Rd8 $36)
9... Nf6 10. e5 (10. Bd3) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 $14) 10... Nd5 11.
Bg2 (11. O-O-O $5 Nb6 (11... Be7 12. Ne4 $36) 12. Qd3) 11... Be7 {[%cal Yd5b6,
Yc6b4,Yb4d5]} 12. O-O Ndb4 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8a6,Ya6f1]} (12... Nb6 13. Qd3 Nb4
(13... f6 $5 $132) 14. Qe4 Bd7 15. Qg4 $40) 13. Rfc1 b6 14. Be3 (14. Nb5 $142
Ba6 15. a3 Na5 16. Qxc7 Nd3 $132 (16... Nb3 17. Bxb4 $18)) 14... Ba6 15. Qb3
Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 $1 (16... Nd3 17. Rc2 {[%csl Ra5]}) 17. Rab1 c5 18. a3 Nc6 (
18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nd5 $1 (19... Nd3 20. Rc2 {[%csl Rd3]}) 20. Nxd5 exd5 $15)
19. Qa4 cxd4 $2 (19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bb7 21. b4 $36) 20. Qxa6 (20. Bxd4 Nxd4 (
20... Rc8 21. Qxa6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Nb5 $1 $16) 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxa8
Bc5 23. Qxa6 (23. Rc2 Rxa8 24. Qxa6 Nd2 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf5
$44) 23... Rxa8 (23... Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rxa8 25. Rf1 Qd4 26. Rf4 $18) 24. Ne4 $1
$16) (20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxa8 (21. Bxd4 {-see 20.Bd4}) (21. Qxa6 Nxe3 22. fxe3
Nb3 23. Rd1 $16)) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 (21. Nxd4 Nxd4 $1 (21... Qxd4 22. Bxc6
Ng4 (22... Rac8 23. Nb5 Qd3 24. Qb7 $1 $16) 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Nb5 Qxe5 25. Qxg4
Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qxb5 27. Qc4 $16) 22. fxe3 Nf5 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {[%cal Ye7c5,
Yc5g1,Yf5e3,Ya8g2]}) 21... dxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rbc1 Bc5 24. Kf1 (24. b4 $2
Nxb4 25. axb4 Bxe3+ $17) (24. Kh1 $142 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc3d3]} Ne7 25. Rd3 $16)
24... Ne7 25. e4 $2 (25. Rd3 Nd5 26. e4 Ne3+ 27. Ke2 Qe8 28. Rxc5 $16) 25...
Be3 $1 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 $15 27. Re1 Bh6 {[%csl Re4,Re5,Rg2]} 28. Qc4 Ne7 29. h4 $2
(29. Ke2 $142 $15 {[%cal Ge1d1,Gd1d8]}) 29... Qd7 30. Kg1 Rc8 31. Qb3 g6 32.
Rd1 Qc6 $17 33. Qb4 Qc2 34. Rf1 (34. Rd7 Nc6 35. Qb5 Qxe4 $17) 34... Be3+ $6 (
34... Nc6 35. Qd6 Qxe4 $17) 35. Kh1 Bc5 36. Qb5 Nc6 37. b4 Be3 {[%cal Yc8d8,
Yd8d1]} 38. Qa6 Rd8 $2 (38... Rc7 $17) 39. Qb7 Rd1 $4 (39... Rf8 $11) 40. Rxd1
$4 (40. Ne1 $18 {[%cal Gb7f7,Gf1f7]}) 40... Qxd1+ 41. Kh2 Nd4 $19 42. Nxd4 Bxd4
43. Qc7 (43. Qxa7 Bg1+ $1 44. Kh1 (44. Kh3 h5 $19) 44... Bf2+ 45. Kh2 Qg4 $19)
43... Kg7 (43... Bg1+ $1 44. Kh1 Bf2+ 45. Kh2 Qd3 $19) 44. Qxa7 (44. Qd6 $8 Qa1
$17 {/-+}) 44... Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Bxe5 {[%cal Yg1f2]} 46. Qxb6 (46. Qe7 h6 $19)
46... Qxb6 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qb4 (13... Bg6
14. a3 Rad8 (14... Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. b4 Nb6 18. Na5 Bd3 19. Qd2
e5 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxd3 exd4 22. exd4 Qd7 23. Ne4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kachiani
Gersinska,K-Loncar,R/Mitropa Cup 1995/CBM 46 ext (51)}) 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qb8
17. Nb3 Rfe8 18. Na5 a6 19. Qb2 Nb6 20. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,M-Kuporosov,V/
Seefeld 1998/EXT 2000 (20)}) 14. Nc4 (14. Nb3 a5 $1 $132) 14... b5 $1 15. e4 (
15. Na3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 $15 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Yc6c5]}) (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. f4 f6 $15) 15... Bxe4 (15... Bg6 16. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Rc6,
Rg6]}) 16. Bxe4 (16. Qxe4 bxc4 17. Qxc6 Nb6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Qe4
Bf6 $15) 16... Qxc4 17. Qxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc6 Rad8 $11 19. Rfd1 Nb6 {[%cal Ye7f6]}
20. d5 Rc8 (20... exd5 21. Nxd5 (21. Bxd5 Bf6 $11) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bf6 23.
Rac1 Bxb2 24. Rxc4 Rd7 $11) 21. Bb5 (21. d6 Bf6 (21... Rxc6 22. dxe7 Re8 23.
Rd8 Rc8 24. Rad1 f6 25. Nb5 $18) 22. Bf3 Rfd8 $11 {[%csl Rd6]}) 21... exd5 $11
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 b5 11. Qb3 (11. Qe2 b4 12. Nb1 c5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. b3
Nd5 15. Bb2 Nc3 16. Bxc3 bxc3 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Rac1 Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Iljushin,
A-Skatchkov,P/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 no vc (18)} (18... Nxc4 19. bxc4 cxd4 (
19... Qa5 20. e4 Bg4 21. d5 Rb8 22. Rc2 $11) 20. Nxd4 (20. exd4 c2 $15) 20...
Bf6 21. Rxc3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rfc1 Rc5 $11)) 11... b4 12. Na4 Be4 13. Bd2
Qa5 14. Rfc1 (14. a3 Qh5 15. Qd1 bxa3 16. bxa3 Rab8 $15) 14... Rfd8 15. Ne1 c5
(15... Bxg2 16. Nxg2 (16. Kxg2 Ne4 17. Nf3 c5 $15) 16... Ne4 17. Be1 Rac8 (
17... c5 $2 18. Nxc5 Ndxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc4 $16) (17... Ng5 18. Nh4 (18.
Rxc6 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. h4 Qf5 21. Nf4 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Qe4+ $19) 18... Qd5 (
18... Qb5 19. Qc2 $11) 19. Qxd5 cxd5 $11) 18. a3 Qf5 19. axb4 Ng5 $44) {
Interesing complications appeared after} 16. a3 (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxb4 $1 Qc7
(17... Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Nb3 19. Bxe7 Nxc1 20. Bxd8 Ne2+ 21. Kf1 $18) 18. f3 (18.
Qc4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qb7 20. Ba5 Rdc8 (20... Nce4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qc7 $16) 21.
dxc5 Rxc5 22. Qa4 Qxb2 $15) (18. dxc5 $2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 a5 $19) 18... Bg6 19.
dxc5 (19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Ba5 Na4 (20... Nb7 21. Bxd8 Nd6 22. Qc7 Rxd8 23. Qxd7
Rxd7 24. Kf2 $14) 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 Nb6 23. Qc6 Nfd5 $132) (19. Qa5 Qd7 (
19... Qxa5 20. Bxa5 Ncd7 21. Bxd8 Bxd8 $132) 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rac8 $11)
19... Rac8 20. Qa5 Bxc5 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. b4 Bb6 (22... Rxd2 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24.
bxc5 Nd5 25. Rc1 Kf8 (25... Rxa2 26. c6 Nc7 27. Rd1 $18) 26. e4 Ne7 27. Rc2 $16
) 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Rd1 (24. Bc3 Bb6 25. Kf2 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nxe3 $17) 24... Bb6
25. Kf2 Nd5 26. Rc1 (26. Bc1 Nxb4 $11) 26... Nf4 $1 (26... Nxe3 $4 27. Bxe3
Rd2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe3 29. Rc8+) 27. Bc3 (27. gxf4 Rxd2+ 28. Kg3 Kf8 $17) 27... Nd5
28. Bd2 $11) 16... Bxg2 17. axb4 (17. Nxg2 Ne4 18. Be1 cxd4 19. exd4 Qf5 (19...
Rab8 $15) 20. axb4 Ng5 21. f4 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 $44) 17... cxb4 18. Nxg2 Ne4 19.
Be1 Qf5 (19... Ng5 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. Qd3 Qg4 22. Qe2 $11) 20. Qc2 e5 (20... Qf3
21. Bxb4 (21. Qd1 Ne5 $1) 21... Bxb4 22. Nh4 Qxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 $11)
21. Nc5 (21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Nh4 Qxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 exd4 25. exd4 Nf6
$15) 21... Bxc5 (21... Ndxc5 22. dxc5 b3 23. Qxb3 Nxc5 $15) 22. Nh4 (22. dxc5
Ndxc5 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Bxb4 Nd3 $17) 22... Qg4 (22... Qe6 23. Qxe4 (23. dxc5
Nexc5 $17 {[%cal Yc5b3]}) 23... exd4 24. Qxe6 fxe6 $17) 23. dxc5 (23. f3 Qe6
24. dxc5 Nexc5 $17) 23... Nexc5 24. Ra5 Ne6 $2 {Black are loosing control over
the game.Two other moves gave the Black advantage.} (24... b3 25. Qc4 (25. Qd1
Qe4 26. Qe2 Nd3 $17) (25. Qf5 Qe2 26. Bc3 Nd3 27. Rca1 Nxb2 28. Rd5 g6 29. Qb1
Qc4 $19) 25... Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Nd3 27. Bc3 Nb6 28. Rc6 Nd5 29. Rb5 Nxc3 30. Rxc3
Nxb2 31. Rbxb3 Rab8 $17) (24... Qe6 25. Qc4 Nb3 26. Ra6 Qxc4 (26... Qxa6 27.
Qxa6 Nxc1 28. Bxb4 $11) 27. Rxc4 Nbc5 (27... Nb6 28. Rc7 Rd1 29. Kf1 $11) 28.
Ra5 (28. Rd6 a5 $17) 28... Nd3 29. Bxb4 Nb6 30. Rg4 h5 31. Re4 g6 $17) 25. Qc4
Qxc4 26. Rxc4 b3 27. Bc3 $44 g6 28. Nf3 f6 29. Nd2 Nb6 (29... Rdb8 30. f4 $132)
30. Rc6 Ng5 (30... Kf7 31. Nxb3 Nd5 32. Rca6 Rd7 (32... Nxc3 33. Rxa7+ Rxa7 34.
Rxa7+ Kg8 35. bxc3 Rd3 (35... Rc8 36. Nd2 $1) 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 $14) 33.
Rxe6 Nxc3 34. Rea6 Ne4 35. Ra4 (35. f3 Ng5 36. Kf2 Rb7 $132) 35... f5 $11) 31.
h4 Nd5 (31... Rxd2 32. hxg5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Nd5 34. gxf6 $16) (31... Nf7 32. Nxb3
(32. Ne4 f5 33. Nf6+ (33. Ng5 $5 e4 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Bd4 $16) 33... Kg7 34.
Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf8 (35... Nc8 36. Ree6 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 36. Re7+ Rf7 37.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nxh7 Na4 39. Ng5+ Ke7 40. Rxg6 Rb8 $1 $132) 32... Rac8 33. Rxc8
Nxc8 $14) 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Rc7 $1 (34. Nxb3 $5 $16) (34. Ne4 $1
Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rad8 36. Rc7 $18) 34... a5 35. Nxb3 (35. Ne4 Rf8 36. Nxg5 $18)
35... a4 36. Nc5 a3 37. bxa3 Rxa3 38. Ne4 Ra6 39. Nxg5 h5 40. Kg2 Rad6 41. Ne4
Re6 42. Kh3 (42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. f4 $18) 42... Rd8 43. f4 Rde8 (43... exf4 44.
Nf6+ Rxf6 45. Bxf6 Rd6 46. Be5 $18) 44. Bxe5 Ra8 45. Nc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 {'!?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This move,
instead of the "theoretical" 10.e3 had been played by Kharlov quite a number
of times, always getting a slight advantage for white.'} a5 {Kortschnoj: 'The
most solid reply - black will eventually have the square b4 in his possession.'
} (10... Ne4 11. a5 Nxc3 (11... c5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4 15.
Bf4 Bc6 16. Qb2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Be4 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b6 20. axb6 axb6 21. e4
$14 {1-0 Araque,R-Lopez,C/Cali 2001/CBM 83 ext (51)}) 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Nd2 (13.
Bh3 c5 14. Nd2 Bc6 (14... Bd5 15. Qd3 Bc6 16. e4 a6 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb5
19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Beil,Z-Tolstikh,N/Decin 1996/
CBM 53 ext (41)}) 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rd1 Bb5 19. Qe3 Bb4
20. Bb2 Bxa5 $17 {0-1 Abdel Razik,K-Dominguez,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (48)})
13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 (14... c5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. e4 Rac8 $6 (16... Nf6 $5 {>=}
17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qc8 $1 $11) 17. d5 (17. Bf4 $1 $14) 17... exd5 18. exd5
Bd6 $11 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Bagirov,V/Kusadasi 1990/Inf 49/[Bagirov,V] (38)}) 15.
Nf3 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,
N-Bagirov,V/Moscow 1991/URS-ch (30)}) (10... Qa5 11. Bf4 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13.
Qb3 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 $11 {1-0 Hrubant,I-Svatos,J/Prague 1994/EXT 97 (37)}) (
10... h6 11. a5 a6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Nd2 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. Qa2 Bh3 16. Nc4 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qc7 18. Nb6 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timmer,R-Lieb,H/Bern 1994/TD (49)}) (
10... c5 11. a5 Rc8 12. d5 (12. Qb5 $5) 12... exd5 $6 (12... b5 $3 $11) 13.
Nxd5 Be6 14. e4 Bxd5 15. exd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Riazantsev,A/St
Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Hecht] (60)}) (10... Rc8 11. a5 Ne4 12. Qb3 b6 13. axb6
axb6 14. Ra7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zayac,E-Danielian,E/Varna 2002/CBM 88 ext (39)}) 11.
e3 (11. Nh4 Bc2 (11... Ne8 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qd3 Nd6 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. d5 $16 {
1-0 Barbero,G-Reyes,J/Corrientes 1985/EXT 2001 (42)}) (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13.
g4 Nd5 14. gxh5 Bxh4 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qe2 Kh8 17. d5 Qe7 18. Be3 exd5 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Bg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gorbatow,A-Keitlinghaus,L/
Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (45)}) (11... Nb6 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Nfd5
15. gxh5 Bxh4 16. e4 Nb4 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. f4 Rad8 20. f5 $36 {
1-0 Priehoda,V-Veselovsky,J/Tatranske Zruby SVK 2003(36)}) 12. e4 (12. Na2 Be4
13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nf3 (14. Qd3 Nef6 15. b3 c5 $11 {0-1 Priehoda,V-Rogozenko,D/
Germany 1998/EXT 99 (28)}) 14... Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kahn,E-Acs,P/Budapest 1995/
CBM 50 ext (41)}) 12... Nb6 13. Qe2 Bb3 14. Qe3 Nc4 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qd2 Nc4 17.
Qd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Barczay,L/Szombathely 1966/EXT 2001 (55)}) (11. Qb3
Qb6 (11... Bb4 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Na2 Nd5 15. Nxb4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qxb4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Raupp,T-Solomunovic,I/GER 2002/EXT 2003 (47)}) 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13.
Ne1 (13. Ne5 Bc2 (13... Nbd5 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rab8 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Rc7 Nd5 22. Rc6 Bb4 23. Rfc1
Kh7 24. f3 Bd2 25. Rd1 Be3+ 26. Kg2 e5 $17 {0-1 Binder,J-Zerm,A/Dallas 1996/
EXT 99 (49)}) 14. Bd2 Nfd5 15. Rfc1 Nb4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Wirthensohn,H-Somlai,L/Brno 1991/CBM 26 (31)}) 13... Bb4 14. f3 Rfd8
15. e4 Bg6 16. Nc2 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. b3 f6 $11 {0-1 Hansen,L-Lev,R/Arnhem
1987/EXT 97 (52)}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Bh7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Qe2
Rfe8 16. e5 Be7 17. Ne1 Rad8 18. Be4 Nf8 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Nf3 Rd7 21. h4 Red8
$11 {0-1 Basagic,Z-Zoebisch,H/Oberwart 1994/EXT 98 (45)}) (11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Qb3
Ra6 13. Qxb7 Rb6 14. Qc7 Rxb2 15. Qxc6 Rb6 16. Qc4 Rb4 17. Qc6 $11 {.. 1/2-1/2
Mijailovic,Z-Markus,R/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (18)}) (11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne1 Qb4 13.
Qa2 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rfd8 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. exd3 Nc5 19.
Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qf5 Bd4 21. Be3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Granero Roca,A-Serna Lara,S/Albacete
2002/EXT 2003 (38)}) 11... Ne4 (11... Qb6 12. Qe2 (12. Nh4 Bc2 13. e4 Bb3 14.
Qd3 Rfd8 15. Nf3 e5 $17 {0-1 Jeremic,V-Blagojevic,D/Budva SCG 2003/(33)}) 12...
Qa6 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Georgiev,K/Istanbul TUR 2003/(12)}) 12. Rd1 {Kortschnoj:
'In some other games 12.Nd2 had been played, also with a slight edge to white.'
} (12. Nd2 Nd6 (12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 (13... Nb6 14. Qe2 Bg6 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16.
e4 Nb4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rd2 Re8 19. f4 $14 {0-1 Kharlov,A-Gustafsson,J/
playchess.com INT 2004/(52)}) 14. e4 Bg6 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Rfc1 Rfd8
18. h4 f6 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bd2 Qd6 23. Bf4 Qb4 24.
Rc7 $36 {1-0 Ippolito,D-Hanley,C/Witley 2001/CBM 83 ext (29)}) 13. Qe2 e5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. e4 Be6 16. f4 Bg4 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qb6+ 20.
Be3 Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Bc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gross,S-Priehoda,V/Stary Smokovec
1987/EXT 97 (61)}) 12... Nxc3 {Kortschnoj: '12...Qb6!? was a good alternative.'
} (12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Nh4 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bg4 17. Nf3 $11 {
0-1 Kharlov,A-Kobalia,M/playchess.com INT 2004/(66)}) 13. bxc3 Be4 (13... Bc2
14. Rd2 Nb6 15. Qa2 Be4 (15... Bxa4 $140 16. c4 $16) 16. Rb2 Rb8 17. c4 $14)
14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Ba3 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'White is going to play c3-c4. But first
he needs to eliminate the bishop e7, that one, that would occupy the square b4.
'} Bxa3 16. Rxa3 $14 {White's hopes to gain an advantage are based on his
pressure on the "b7" P.} Rfb8 {Kortschnoj: 'Whatever happens, black is going
to fight to a space on the queen side, by pushing b7-b5.'} 17. c4 b5 $5 {
'!' Kortschnoj. This sac is enough to equalize.} (17... Rd8 18. c5 $14) 18.
axb5 cxb5 19. cxb5 Qb7 {Kortschnoj: 'Now after 20.Rb3 a4 and then Nd7-b6-d5
black will have excellent compensation for the pawn. So, in order to maintain
at least some advantage white uncovers another trick.'} 20. d5 {'!' Kortschnoj.
} (20. Rb3 a4 21. Rb4 Nf6 $44 {[%cal Yf6d5]}) 20... exd5 $2 (20... Bxd5 $1 {
Kortschnoj: 'would not work out:'} 21. Rda1 (21. e4 {'!' Kortschnoj.} Bxe4 22.
Rxd7 {Kortschnoj: Less painful is} Qxd7 (22... Bxf3 {Kortschnoj} 23. Rxb7 Bxe2
24. Rc7 Rc8 25. Rxa5 Rab8 26. b6 $18) 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 $17) (21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2
Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxd7 Rb1+ $16) 21... Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Nd4 Rc5 24.
Nb3 $11) 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $14 Ne5 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Rda1 Nc4 25. Qf3 Re4 26.
h3 h6 27. Kh2 {Kortschnoj: 'White has a small edge, due to the presence of two
weak pawns in the black camp. But to convert this advantage into a win seems
hardly possible.'} Rae8 28. Rd1 a4 {'?!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'It looks,
black is playing now for a win. But without a solid ground.'} 29. Rxa4 $1 {
[%mdl 32] '!?' Kortschnoj. White almost has to give the exchange away but his
passing pawn supported by a very strong N keeps him out of trouble. Kortschnoj:
'Now white is sacrificing an exchange! With his knight on d4 he is safe, but
his prospects will be even somewhat better.'} Nb2 30. Ra6 Nxd1 31. Qxd1 Rc8 ({
If not to play for a draw right away:} 31... Rxd4 {Kortschnoj} 32. Qxd4 Qxb5
33. Rd6 Qc4) ({, then} 31... Ra8 $1 {(Kortschnoj) was the right move:} 32. Rc6
Rc8 33. Rd6 Ree8 $1 {- the white rook had to be exchanged.}) 32. Qh5 Rxd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Kortschnoj: 'It turns out to be a losing move.'} (32... Ra8 {
Kortschnoj} 33. Rd6 Rae8 {or immediate 33...Rce8 had to be played.}) 33. exd4
Qxb5 34. Rxh6 $1 $16 {/+- '!' Kortschnoj.} gxh6 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. Qxc8 Qd3 37.
Qg4 Qc4 (37... Qc2 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. g4 $16) 38. Kg2 Kh8 39. Qf4 Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh7
$2 (40... Kg8 41. g4 (41. Qf6 h5 42. h4 Kf8 $16) 41... Qc6 $16) 41. Qf6 Kg8 (
41... Qc7 42. Qf5+ $18) 42. g4 $22 {Kortschnoj: 'Zugzwang! Any next black move
loses a pawn!'} (42. g4 Qd3 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. a3 (11. Bd2 Nb4 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13.
Qb3 c5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. Nd3
Qe7 $11 {0-1 Pomes Marcet,J-Gual Pascual,A/Catalunia t-ch 1999/Ajelibre (40)})
12. e4 Bg4 13. Ne2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Qb3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nc2 17. Rad1 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Bang,A/Lyngby 1989/EXT 97 (19)}) (11.
Ne5 N7b6 12. Qb3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qxd4 $17 {0-1 Chiburdanidze,M-Torre,E/Kuala
Lumpur 1994/CBM 41 (42)}) 11... N7b6 12. Qb3 Nxc3 (12... Nxf4 13. gxf4 c5 14.
Rfd1 $1 (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Ne4 $11) 14... c4 15. Qb5 (
15. Qa2 Nd5 16. e3 Bc2 17. Rdc1 Bb3 18. Qb1 $16 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3,Gd2c4]}))
13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Be4 $11) 13... Be4 $11 14. Rac1 Bd5 15. Qb2 (15. c4 $2 Nxc4
16. Rxc4 b5 $19) 15... g5 (15... c5 $1 16. Nd2 (16. Rfd1 Nc4 17. Qa1 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Nxa3 $17) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 $36) 16. Be3 $8 Nc4 (16... Rb8 $142) 17.
Qxb7 Rb8 (17... g4 18. Ne5 (18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Rf4 Bxf4 21. exf4
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 c5 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Qxe7 $16) 20.
dxe5 Bxa3 21. Ra1 $16) 18. Qa6 (18. Qxa7 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qa6 Ra8 $11) 18...
Rb5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 (19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Ra5 (22...
Qxe5 23. Qxa7 $16) 23. Qb7 Bxa3 {-see game.}) 20. dxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22.
Kg1 Ra5 23. Qb7 Bxa3 24. Ra1 $1 Qxe5 25. Qxc6 Be7 26. Rxa5 $1 (26. Bd4 Qd5 27.
Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxa7 Bc5 $16) 26... Qxa5 27. c4 Bf6 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Kg2 a6 30.
Rd7 Qf5 31. c5 (31. Bc5 Rb8 32. e4 Qg6 33. Qxe6 $16) 31... Rd8 32. Ra7 Rd5 $2 (
32... Bd4 33. Bxd4+ Rxd4) 33. Qa4 Bd4 $4 (33... Rd8 34. c6 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qe5 36.
Kf2 $16) 34. Bxd4+ Kg6 35. f3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Be2 Rad8 20.
Rb1 Qb4 21. Kf1 Qe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/MCD 
(27)}) 13... Nxc3 (13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nef6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1
Bh5 18. f3 $14 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M-Sherwin,J/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (31)}) (
13... Nef6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 b5 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nf8 19.
Be5 Ng4 20. Bg3 Rxd4 21. Nc5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 b6 23. Nb7 h5 24. Bxc6 Ng6 {1/2-1/2
Urban,K-Jaracz,P/Warsaw POL 2003/(24)}) 14. Qxc3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Qd8 (15... Rfe8
16. Rad1 f6 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 $16 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Monaco
2002/CBM 87 ext (28)}) 16. Bg3 (16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Be5 (17. Bd6 Re8 18. e4 Nh5 $17
) 17... Nh5 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bg3 Qd7 $11) 16... f5 $6 (16... Nf6 $5 17. e4 Nh5
18. Rad1 f5 $132) 17. Bd6 $1 Re8 $2 (17... Rf7 18. Qb3 Nf8 19. Qg3 Bh5 $132 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Yf8g6]}) 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bf3 $1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 $36 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg1g7]} Re7 $1 (21... Qd4 22. Red1 Qxb2 23. h5 Bf7 24. Rab1 Qc2
25. h6 Bg6 26. Qh4 $40) 22. h5 (22. Red1 $142 Rd7 (22... Qe8 23. Rd6 Bh5 24.
Rad1 $14) 23. e3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qe8 25. Rd6 $36) 22... Bf7 23. Red1 (23. h6
$142 Bg6 24. Red1 Rd7 (24... Qe8 25. Rd6 gxh6 26. Rad1 Rg7 27. Qh4 $44) 25. e3
gxh6 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Rd6 $44) 23... Qe8 24. Qh4 (24. h6 Bh5 25.
Rd6 Bxf3 26. exf3 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. hxg7 Kxg7 $11) 24... Rd8 25. h6 $1 (25.
Rd6 $2 Rxd6 26. exd6 Rd7 27. Rd1 e5 $17) 25... Red7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. hxg7 Qd8
28. Qh6 (28. Qb4 $5 Kxg7 29. Kh1 Bg6 30. Rg1 Kf7 $132 {[%cal Yd8b6,Yd7d4]})
28... Bg6 (28... Qb6 $5 29. Kh1 Qxf2 30. Qf6 Qe3 31. Rg1 $36) 29. e3 $6 (29.
Kh1 $142 Rxg7 (29... Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd4 32. Qg5 Qxe5 33. Qd8+ Kxg7
34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qxb7 c5 36. Qxa7 $16) 30. Qe3 a6 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Rd1 Qa5 33.
Qe3 $1 Qxa2 $140 34. Qg5 $40) 29... Rxg7 30. Rd1 Qc7 $2 (30... Qa5 $142 31. Kh1
Qxe5 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Qh4 Qc7 34. Qd4 Ke7 35. Ra8 (35. Qxg7+ Kxd8 36. Qd4+ Ke7
37. Qxa7 e5 $11) 35... e5 36. Qb4+ Ke6 37. Rxa7 Rd7 $13) 31. Kf1 (31. Qh4 $1
Qxe5 32. Qd8+ Be8+ 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Bh5 Re7 35. Rd7 $1 Qb5+ 36. Kg1 $18) 31...
Qxe5 32. Rd8+ ({White could still have kept some winning chances by playing} 
32. Qg5 $1 Be8 (32... Qc7 33. h4 Qe7 34. Rd8+ Be8 (34... Kf7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36.
Rb8 b6 37. h5 Be8 38. h6 Rf7 39. Bh5 Rf8 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 a5
43. Rc7 $16) 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. Bh5 Kf8 37. b4 $36 e5 38. a4 e4 39. a5 $16) 33.
Qd8 Kf8 34. Bh5 Qb5+ 35. Rd3 Re7 36. a4 Qxb2 (36... Qb6 37. Qxb6 axb6 38. Rd8)
37. Rd7 $1 Qb4 38. h3 $1 $18) (32. h4 $5 Kh8 33. Rd8+ Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.
Qg5 Qg7 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qd7 Qf7 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. h5 $11) 32... Kf7 33. Rd7+
Kg8 (33... Kf8 34. Rxb7 $16) 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 (6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc6
Ra7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 e6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. e3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd5 14.
Qc3 Nf6 15. a3 Ne4 16. Qd3 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Qg3 Qxd2+ 20.
Kxd2 Ne4+ {Fedorovsky,M-Vaulin,A/Komercni Banka op 1997/EXP 59/0-1 (56)}) 6...
b5 7. Nxb5 Nxe4 (7... Bb7 8. Nc3 Nxe4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12.
O-O c6 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Qa5 Nxc4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Arkell,K-Speelman,J/
Dublin zt 1993/EXP 34}) 8. Bxc4 (8. Bf4 Nd6 (8... e5 9. Nxe5 axb5 10. Qxa8 Bb4+
11. Ke2) 9. Nxd6+ exd6 (9... cxd6 10. Bxc4 $32) 10. Bxc4 $14) 8... e6 9. Nc3 (
9. Bf4 Nd6 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 $11) 9... Nd6 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 Be7 11.
Ne5 O-O 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Qc2 $14) 10... Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Nxe7+
Qxe7 14. O-O Bb7 (14... c5 15. d5 e5 16. Re1 $16) 15. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} Nb6
$1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ye7d7,Yd6b5]} 16. Qc5 Rfc8 17. Bg5 (17. Re1 Qh4 $132 {
[%cal Yd6f5,Yh4g4]}) (17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qe5 20. Rd1 Re8 $15)
17... Qd7 18. Rfe1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Nb5 $1 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. f3 (20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21.
Ne4 Bd5 $11 (21... a5 $5)) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 a5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4][%cal
Ya5a4,Yc6c5,Yb7d5,Yb6c4]} 22. a3 a4 23. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2e4]} (23. Ba2 $5 Qxc5 24.
dxc5 Nd5 25. Rd3 Bc6 $11 {[%cal Yc8b8,Yb8b2]}) 23... Qxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd4
Bd5 (25... Nxa3 26. Bxa4 $11) 26. Bd3 Na5 27. Rxa4 Nb3 $11 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. c4
Bc6 (29... Nxc5 30. Be2 Bc6 31. Be7 $11) 30. Bc2 Nxc5 31. Be7 Nd7 32. Bb4 g6
33. Kf2 Ba4 34. Bxa4 Rxa4 35. Rd1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 (6... e6 7.
Ne5 (7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Qd5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qh5 12. Rfe1 $14 {
1-0 Moutousis,K-Ornithopoulos,N/Ano Liosia 1992/EXT 2003 (40)}) (7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3
Qc7 15. Nf3 $2 Nfxg4 $17 {0-1 Piven,I-Steiner,B/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (42)})
7... Bf5 8. f3 Nfd7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Be2 a5 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. e5 Be7 14.
Ne4 O-O 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Von Kiedrowski,K-Meyer Cording,C/
Hessen 1992/GER (47)}) 7. g3 (7. h3 Bh5 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3
Qb6 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Re1 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Gritsak,O-Bareev,E/Warsaw 2002/CB03 (23)}
) 7... Qc7 (7... e6 8. Bg2 Bd6 (8... Qa5 9. O-O Be7 (9... Qh5 10. Re1 Rd8 11.
Qb3 Nb6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qc3 Nfd7 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Bf6 $132 {1-0 Fedder,
S-Bellon Lopez,J/Groningen 1970/EXT 2001 (40)}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. a4 Qxb3 12.
Nxb3 a5 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2
Dreev,A-Morozevich,A/Tallinn 2003/CBM 93_01 (17)}) (8... Be7 9. O-O Bh5 (9...
O-O 10. b4 (10. e4 Rc8 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxf3 Nc6 $17 {0-1 Arkell,K-Conquest,S/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71
ext (29)}) (10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Ndf3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3
Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rcd8 21.
f4 f5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nxa5 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Najer,E/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (75)}) 11... c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5
15. Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 e5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Barczay,L/Budapest 1964/MCD (42)
}) 10... Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12. a3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16.
Nc5 Qc8 $17 {0-1 Tetenkina,I-Olafsson,H/Aaland-Stockholm 1997/EXT 98 (31)}) 10.
Qb3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nb1 O-O 13. Rd1 Nbd5 14. Nc3 Ra6 15. e3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Najer,E/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (67)}) 9. O-O (9. Qb3 Nb6 (
9... Qb6 10. Nc4 Qxb3 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. axb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kxd6 14. Bd2 Rhd8
15. Ba5 Nb6 16. e3 Nfd7 17. Ke2 e5 18. Rhd1 $16 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Pelletier,Y/
Biel 1995/CBM 48 ext (39)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5
14. Bb4 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Qb4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Andrianov,N-Kharitonov,A/Jurmala 1983/MCL (30)}) 9... O-O 10. Qc2 Bc7 11. b3 e5
12. Bb2 Re8 $10 {Portisch,L-Polugaevsky,L/Budapest/1963}) (7... Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Qa5+ (8... e6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Garcia
Palermo,C/Bayamo 1985/MCL (11)}) 9. Bd2 Qd5 10. Qd3 Ne4 11. Be3 e6 12. Bg2 Qa5+
13. Kf1 Nef6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Bf3 c5 18. Nb3 Qa4 19.
dxc5 Nxc5 20. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Portisch,L-Kozomara,V/Sarajevo 1963/MCD (63)}) (7...
Qa5 8. Bg2 e5 9. O-O Bd6 $6 10. Qb3 $1 $16 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Novopashin,A/
Yerevan 1962/URS-ch/[Moiseev] (32)}) 8. Bg2 e5 $2 (8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4
$14) 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. h3 ({White has overlooked an opportunity
to gain some material advantage:} 11. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Ke7 13. Qb7+ Ke6
(13... Nd7 14. Qb4+ Nc5 15. Qxg4 $18) 14. f3 Rb8 15. Qc6+ Qd6 16. Qc4+ Qd5 17.
fxg4 $16) 11... Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc5 (12... O-O-O 13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Be3 Qb4+ 15. Bd2
Qxb3 16. axb3 $36) 13. Nc4 (13. Qxb7 Rb8 (13... O-O $5 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Bf4 Bb4+
16. Kf1 Nd5 $44) 14. Nc4 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ (15... Ne4+ 16. Kg1 (16. Bxe4 Qf6+
17. Bf4 Rxb7 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 g5 $19) 16... Qxg3 17. Qxb8+ Qxb8 18. Bxe4
Qg3+ 19. Bg2 $16) 16. Kg1 Qxg3 (16... Rxb7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. b3 f6 19. Kf2 $14)
17. Qxb8+ Qxb8 18. hxg4 Qb4 19. Ne3 Qe1+ 20. Nf1 Qxe2 $13) 13... Qe6 14. Qxb7
O-O $44 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. e3 $6 (16. Be3 $5 Rfb8 (16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Bb4+ 18. Kf1
f5 19. Bxa7 Rbe8 $44) (16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 $16) 17. Qc2 (17. Qd3 Bb4+ 18. Nd2
f5 19. O-O) 17... Bb4+ (17... Nxg3 18. Bxc5 Nxh1 19. Bxh1 Qxh3 20. O-O-O $18) (
17... Bxe3 18. Bxe4 $16) 18. Kf1 Nd6 19. Rc1 $16) 16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Bb4+ 18.
Kf1 (18. Nd2 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qxe3+ 20. Kf1 (20. Kd1 Qxg3 21. Ne4 Rbd8 $1 $19)
20... c5 $44 (20... Qxg3 $40)) 18... Rfe8 19. a3 Bc3 $1 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4
Rxe4 22. Nd6 (22. bxc3 Rxc4 23. Bd2 Rb2 24. Rd1 Be6 $44) 22... Re6 23. bxc3
Rxd6 24. Kg2 Rd3 25. e4 (25. c4 c5 $44) 25... c5 $1 26. Be3 (26. Bf4 Rb3 (26...
Rd8 $5 27. g4 Bc6 28. f3 Rxc3 29. Rhc1 Rdd3 $11) 27. Rab1 Rdxc3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3
29. Rd1 Rb7 30. Rc1 Bc6 31. f3 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Bd7 33. g4 Rb3 $11) 26... Bc6 $11
27. Rhe1 Rxc3 28. Rac1 Bxe4+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Ge3e4,Gd2e4,Gd2c4]} (
12. Na4 Be4 (12... Qa5 13. b3 Qb5 14. Re1 Bd3 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rc1
Qa6 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Bf1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Vasilescu,L-Navrotescu,C/ROM-chT 1993})
13. Bd2 (13. b3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ $15 {0-1 Panczyk,
K-Vigus,J/Hampstead IM 1998 (38)}) 13... Nb6 14. b3 Nxa4 15. bxa4 Qd5 16. Rfc1
Rfd8 17. Be1 Nd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Milov,L/Balatonbereny op 1992 (24)})
12... c5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. b3 Bg4 {[%cal Yc5d4,Rg4e2]} (14... Ne4 $5 15. Nxe4 (
15. Bb2 Bf6 $11) (15. a3 Nc3 16. Qa6 Nb8 17. Qxa7 Nc6 18. Qa6 cxd4 $36) 15...
Bxe4 16. Bb2 $11) 15. h3 (15. Bb2 $2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 $19) 15... Bh5 16. g4 Bg6
17. Bb2 Nd5 (17... Ne4 $11) 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%cal
Yg6d3,Yc5d3,Gc5e4,Ge4c3,Gd5c3]} 21. Rfd1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 $1 (22. Nb5 a6 23. Bxe4
Bxe4 (23... axb5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Ne5 $14) 24. Nbd6 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Bf3 26. Nxc8
Qh4 $1 27. Ne5 (27. Kh2 Bxg4 28. Rh1 Rxc8 $40) 27... Bxd1 28. Nd6 Nc3 $17)
22... Bxe4 23. f3 Bg6 24. e4 Nf4 25. Qh2 {[%cal Gh2f4,Gd1d8]} Qc7 $8 26. Kh1 $1
{[%cal Ge4e5]} (26. e5 Bxe5 (26... Bg5 27. h4 $18) 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Nxe5 (28.
Bxe5 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Nd3 $17) 28... Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rcd8 (29... Qe3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31.
Qd2 $14) 30. Nxg6 Nxg6 (30... hxg6 $5 $11) 31. Qe2 Nf4 32. Qe5 Qb7 $132) 26...
e5 27. Ne2 $1 (27. Nc6 $2 Qxc6 28. Nxe5 Qxc1 29. Bxc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxe5 $17)
27... Nxe2 28. Qxe2 $16 {[%csl Rg6]} Qe7 29. Rc2 (29. Rd5 Rfd8 (29... Rc7 30.
Rcd1 Rfc8 31. Qh2 $5 $16) 30. Rcd1 $16) 29... Rc7 (29... Rfd8 30. Rcd2 Rxd2 31.
Qxd2 $16) 30. Rd5 Rfc8 31. Kg2 (31. Rcd2 $5 $16) 31... h6 32. Rcd2 Qe6 33. Rd1
(33. Nxe5 $2 Bg5 $1 34. Nxg6 Bxd2 $17) 33... Kh7 34. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1e3,Ge3a7,
Ge3g5]} Qa6 35. Ra5 Qb7 36. Be3 Qb8 37. Rad5 {[%cal Ge2f2,Gh3h5]} Rc6 38. Qf2
$1 R8c7 39. R1d2 Re6 40. h4 h5 (40... Kg8 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Be7 43. Nxe5 $18
) 41. g5 (41. Qg3 $5 hxg4 42. Qxg4 Kh8 43. Bg5 $16 {/+-}) 41... Be7 42. Nxe5
$18 Qe8 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 43. Nxg6 Rxg6 44. Bxa7 f6 45. Be3 Rc3 46. Re2 (46. f4 $5
fxg5 47. fxg5 Bf8 48. Qf3 $18) 46... Qc8 47. Bd2 $6 (47. Bf4 $18) 47... Bc5 48.
Qf1 Rc2 49. Bf4 Rc3 50. Kh2 Bb6 51. Kg2 Ba7 52. Rf5 Rd3 53. Qc1 Qa6 54. Rd2
fxg5 55. Rxg5 Rc3 56. Qd1 Qf6 57. Rd6 Qxf4 58. Rdxg6 Bd4 59. Rg3 $2 (59. Rf5 $1
Qe3 (59... Qxh4 60. Rg3 g6 (60... Rc6 61. f4 g6 62. Rf7+ Kh6 63. Qd2 $18) 61.
Rfg5 $18) 60. Rd6 Qf2+ (60... g6 61. Rxd4 $18) 61. Kh3 Rc2 62. Rxh5+ Kg8 63.
Rd8+ Kf7 64. Rf5+ Ke7 65. Qxc2 Qxc2 66. Rxd4 $18) 59... Qe3 60. Rd6 (60. e5 $1
Qf2+ 61. Kh3 Bxe5 62. R6g5 (62. f4 Qxf4 63. Qxh5+ Kg8) 62... Bxg3 63. Rxh5+ $1
Kg6 64. Rg5+ Kh7 65. Rxg3 Rc2 $132 {/+/-}) 60... Qf2+ 61. Kh3 Rc2 62. Qxc2 (62.
Qh1 $5 Be5 63. Rdg6 Qd2 (63... Bxg3 64. Rxg3 Rxa2 65. Qg2 Qxg2+ 66. Rxg2 Ra3
67. Rb2 $16) 64. f4 Qxf4 (64... Qd7+ 65. f5) 65. R6g5 g6 $132) 62... Qxc2 63.
Rxd4 Qc8+ 64. Kh2 Qc2+ 65. Rg2 Qc7+ $1 $11 66. Rg3 (66. Kh3 Qc3 $132) (66. Kh1
Qc1+ 67. Rg1 Qc3 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Cheliabinsk"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 (7. Qb3
Qb6 8. e4 Qxb3 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Ng6
13. Be3 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bany,J-Adamski,J/Bytom 1986/MCL (25)}) 9. axb3 Bxf3
10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Ned7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. f4 Bxe3+
16. fxe3 Nb6 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Rhg1 g6 19. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,O-Heinbuch,D/
Buende 1985/EXT 2001 (22)}) (7. Qd3 Qb6 8. e3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11.
Qf5 Ned7 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Kharitonov,A/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59 (11)}) (7. Bg5
Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. b4 Qb6 11. b5 e6 12. bxc6 Bb4 13. e4 O-O 14.
Bd3 Qa5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. a3 Qxa3 {0-1 Wolrich,C-Stripunsky,A/New York USA 2004/
(16)}) (7. Ng5 Bh5 8. e4 e5 9. Be2 Bg6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qb3 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 Qb6 $10 {Ivkov,B-Mihaljcisin,M/Yugoslavia 1962/MAS D20 ZR (13)}) 7...
Bxf3 (7... Nb6 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 g6 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Bg7 12. d5 Nbd7 13. f4
O-O 14. Be2 e5 $132 {0-1 Dolezal,J-Kavalek,L/Kosice 1961/MCD (30)}) (7... e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b5 (10... Bh5 11. Rfd1 Qb8 12. a4 a5 13. Rac1 $14 {
1-0 Benkovic,P-Gattenloehner,S/Winterthur SUI 2004/(40)}) 11. Qxc6 b4 12. Na4
Rc8 13. Qa6 Nxe4 14. Rac1 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxg5 18. Qb5
$14 {0-1 Lebredo,G-Nogueiras,J/Havana 1982/MCD (40)}) 8. gxf3 e5 (8... e6 9.
Be3 (9. Bh3 Be7 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Rhg1 g6
15. Bh6 $14 {1-0 Hasek,V-Dvorak,V/Czechia 2002/EXT 2003 (33)}) 9... Be7 10. Be2
O-O {Lebredo,G-Nogueiras,J/La Habana 1982/MAS D20 ZR (10)}) 9. Be3 Qa5 (9...
exd4 $142 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bh3 b5 13. Qe2 O-O $11 {Andersson,
U-Christiansen,L/London 1982/MAS D20 ZR (14)}) 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Bd6 12.
Bh3 $1 Bf4+ (12... Ne5 13. Qb3 O-O 14. f4 $16) (12... Be5 13. Be3 $36 {[%cal
Gf3f4]}) 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Qb3 $6 ({White could win an important tempo by the
move} 14. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Gc3e2]} c5 (14... O-O 15. Ne2 Bh6 16. f4 $16) (14...
Qb4 15. Ne2 Nxf3 16. Qg2 Nd2+ 17. Ka1 $18) 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 c4 {and after}
17. Qg2 O-O 18. Rhg1 Ne8 19. Qg5 $16 {the initiative of White is very
dangerous.}) 14... c5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 O-O 17. f4 c4 18. Qa3 (18. Qc2 Nd3
19. Rhg1 Rad8 20. Qg2 g6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bf5 Rfd8 $15) 18... Qxa3
19. bxa3 Nd3 20. e5 Ne8 21. Rd2 Nc7 22. Bf5 Nc5 23. Rd6 Rae8 {[%cal Yf7f6]
Black has better perspectives in this endgame because of his preferable pawn
structure.} (23... f6 $5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Rg1+ Kh8 $11) 24. Rg1
Kh8 25. Bc2 f6 $15 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3 Re7 29. Bf5 b5 30. e4 ({
Transfering the Rg3 to the fifth rank could White give good drawing chances.} 
30. Rh3 $5 a5 31. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5c5]} b4 32. Bc2 $132) 30... Nb7 $1 {[%cal
Yb7d6]} (30... Nd3 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 $132 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 31. Bh3 a5 (31...
Nd6 32. Bg2 $15) 32. Bg2 Nd6 33. Re3 b4 34. Nd1 Ncb5 $17 35. axb4 axb4 36. e5
fxe5 37. Rxe5 Rf7 38. f5 Na3+ (38... Rxf5 $5 39. Rxf5 Nxf5 40. Bh3 Nfd4 41. Bf1
c3 $17) 39. Kc1 Nxf5 $2 (39... Rxf5 $17) 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Rb8 $11 c3 (41... Nh4
42. Bd5 Rf1 43. Rxb4 Nf5 44. Kd2 $11) 42. Rxb4 c2 43. Nb2 Ne3 (43... Ne3 44.
Rb3 Nxg2 45. Rxa3 Ne1 $11) (43... Re7 44. Be4 (44. Rb7 $11) 44... Ne3 45. Rb7
Rxb7 46. Bxb7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 (12... Be4 13. Rd1 Qa5 14.
b3 Qb5 15. Bf1 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 c5 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Bxd4
Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Dorfman,J/Cap d'Agde FRA 2000/ 
(48)}) 13. b3 Be4 (13... Qb5 14. Re1 Bd3 (14... Rac8 15. a3 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 a5
17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 c5 $11 {0-1 Istratescu,A-Itkis,B/Bucharest
ROM 2000/ (34)}) 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa6 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Bf1 Qb7
{1/2-1/2 Vasilescu,L-Navrotescu,C/ROM 1993/EXT 98 (19)}) 14. Nd2 (14. Bb2 Qh5
15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Nd7 21. Rec2 c5 22. Bd4 Rc6 23. e4 Ra6 24. Be3 $14 {1-0 Ribshtein,N-Bloemhard,
R/Dieren open 1999 (63)}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nb6 (15... Qd5+ 16. f3 (16. e4
Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. e5 Qd5+ 19. f3 Ne8 20. Rfd1 Qb5 21. Nc4 Rd8 $13) 16... e5
(16... c5 17. e4 Qb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bb2 $14) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 (
17... Qxe5 $5 18. Bb2 Qe6 $14 {[%csl Ra4]}) 18. Bb2 (18. e4 Qb5 $1) 18... Rad8
19. Rad1 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Nc4 $14 {/+/-}) 16. Nxb6 (16. Nb2 $5 c5 17. Nbc4
Qa6 18. Bb2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8 $11) 16... axb6 17. e4 Qa6 $1 18. Nc4 Qb7 {
[%cal Ya8a6,Yf8a8,Yb7g2]} 19. f3 Ra6 20. Be3 Rfa8 (20... Nd7 21. Rac1 Rfa8 22.
Rc2 $11) 21. Rf2 (21. Ne5 $142 Nd7 22. Nd3 Qa7 23. Rf2 $15 {/=}) 21... Nd7 $1
22. Rd1 $6 (22. Bf4 b5 (22... Bf6 23. Qd2 Qa7 24. Be3 $11) 23. Ne5 (23. Nd6 $2
Qb6 24. Qd3 g5 $19) (23. Ne3 $2 g5 24. Be5 f6 $19) 23... Bf6 24. Rd1 Nxe5 25.
Bxe5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 c5 $15) (22. Qc2 b5 23. Nd2 e5 $36) (22. Rc1 $1 b5 23. Ne5
Nxe5 24. dxe5 $11) 22... b5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 c5 $17 {White cannot prevent
forming passed pawn on c line.} 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Rac6 27. Rfc2 Qa6 28. h4 c4
29. Qe2 R6c7 30. h5 c3 31. g4 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Yc6e8] This simple Queen`s
maneouvre neutralizes White`s counterplay and Black are exploiting weaknesses
in their opponents position.} 32. g5 Rd8 33. Kg3 Rcc8 34. Rh1 Qe8 35. Qf1 Bc5
$1 36. Bf4 Bd4 $19 {[%csl Re5]} 37. Qh3 Rc5 38. Qg4 (38. h6 g6 39. Qg4 Qe7 $19)
38... Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Qf4 Rc5 41. e5 Qe7 42. Rh4 Rcd5 $1 43. g6 Rd4 $1 (
43... fxg6 44. hxg6 h6 45. Qf7+ Qxf7 46. gxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rxb4 $17) 44. gxf7+ (
44. Qxf7+ $142 Qxf7 45. gxf7+ Kxf7 46. Rxd4 Rxd4 47. a3 bxa3 (47... Rd2 48. Rc1
bxa3 49. Rxc3 a2 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Ra7) 48. Rxc3 a2 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Rc1 (50.
Ra7 Ra4 $19) 50... Kd7 51. Ra1 (51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Ke3 Rb2 $19) 51... Rd2 52. Kf4
Re2 $19) 44... Kf8 $1 45. Qxd4 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 Qg5+ 47. Rg4 Qxe5+ 48. Kg2 Qxh5
49. Re4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 $6 Nb6 (10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. e4
Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Be3 $14 {0-1 Duquesnoy,J-Vidalinc,J/Cannes FRA 2000 (40)}
) (10... Bc2 11. Nd1 Be4 12. f3 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Bc4 15. Be3 Nfd5 16.
Bf2 g5 $19 {0-1 Saud,M-Ahmed,H/Abudhabi UAE 1999 (43)}) 11. Qb3 Qxd4 12. Nxf5 (
12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Rd1 Qb4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Nfd7 18. Qc2
e5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Gross,S-Bang,A/Lyngby 1990/EXT 97 (51)}) 12... exf5 13. Rd1 Qe5
(13... Qc4 14. Qc2 g6 15. b3 Qe6 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. e4 Bg7 19. Bh3
Qe7 20. exf5 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Kg2 Rd8 $17 {0-1 Hausner,I-Kallai,G/
Trnava 1985/MCD (32)}) (13... Qc5 14. Be3 Qc4 15. Qc2 Qe6 16. Rd3 Ng4 17. Bxb6
axb6 18. h3 Ne5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kieboom,B-Comp Fidelity/The Hague 1992/EXT 99 (37)
}) 14. a4 Qe6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bg5 $1 Nc4 (16... h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... Qxf6
18. a5 Nc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. a6 $44) 18. Bh3 g6 19. e4 $44) (16...
Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxf5 Qxe2 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22.
Qxd5 Qxb2 23. Re1 $44) (16... g6 $5 17. a5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19. a6 bxa6 $17)
17. e4 Nd6 (17... fxe4 18. Re1 Nd6 (18... Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 (
20... Nd2 21. Qc3 Qxe7 22. Rxe5 $44 {[%csl Rd2]}) 21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bg2 Qf6 23.
Ra3 $44) 19. Nxe4 Qf5 (19... Ndxe4 20. Bxe4 Qg4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxh7+ $11)
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bh3 Nd4 24. Re7 Rab8 25. Bg4 $44
) 18. e5 $1 Qxe5 19. Re1 Nde4 (19... Nfe4 $2 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. f3 $16) 20. Bxe4
(20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4 Qh5 $17) 20... Nxe4 (20... fxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bxe7 (22. Bf4 Qc5 23. Qxe4 Bf6 $17) 22... Qxe7 23. Rxe4 Qd7 24. Rae1
Re8 $17) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe4 Qd7 24. Rae1 Re8 25. a5 g6 $2 (
25... Rxe4 26. Qxe4 (26. Rxe4 Re8 $17) 26... Rd8 $17) 26. Qc5 $1 (26. Qc5 Rxe4
(26... a6 27. Re7 Rad8 28. Kg2 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxb7 Rxa5
$15) 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Re7 Qh3 29. Re1 a6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qa5 (6... Nbd7 7.
g3 (7. h3 Bh5 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Re1
Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Gritsak,O-Bareev,E/Warsaw 2002/CB03 (23)}) 7... Qc7 (7... e6 8.
Bg2 Bd6 (8... Qa5 9. O-O Be7 (9... Qh5 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e4 Be7 13.
Qc3 Nfd7 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Bf6 $132 {1-0 Fedder,S-Bellon Lopez,J/Groningen
1970/EXT 2001 (40)}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. a4 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 a5 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Morozevich,A/Tallinn
2003/CBM 93_01 (17)}) (8... Be7 9. O-O Bh5 (9... O-O 10. b4 (10. e4 Rc8 11. e5
Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxf3 Nc6 $17 {
0-1 Arkell,K-Conquest,S/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (29)}) (10. Ne5 Bh5 11.
Ndf3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6
17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rcd8 21. f4 f5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. e5
Nd5 24. Nxa5 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Najer,E/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (75)})
11... c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc5
17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Barczay,L/Budapest 1964/MCD (42)}) 10... Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12.
a3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Nc5 Qc8 $17 {0-1 Tetenkina,
I-Olafsson,H/Aaland-Stockholm 1997/EXT 98 (31)}) 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nb1
O-O 13. Rd1 Nbd5 14. Nc3 Ra6 15. e3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,
D-Najer,E/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (67)}) 9. O-O (9. Qb3 Nb6 (9... Qb6 10. Nc4 Qxb3
11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. axb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kxd6 14. Bd2 Rhd8 15. Ba5 Nb6 16. e3 Nfd7
17. Ke2 e5 18. Rhd1 $16 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Pelletier,Y/Biel 1995/CBM 48 ext (39)})
10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Bb4 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16.
Qb4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Andrianov,N-Kharitonov,A/
Jurmala 1983/MCL (30)}) 9... O-O 10. Qc2 Bc7 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 Re8 $10 {
Portisch,L-Polugaevsky,L/Budapest/1963}) (7... Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Qa5+ (8... e6 9.
Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Garcia Palermo,C/Bayamo 1985/
MCL (11)}) 9. Bd2 Qd5 10. Qd3 Ne4 11. Be3 e6 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Nef6 14. Bf4
Rd8 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Bf3 c5 18. Nb3 Qa4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Kg2 $14 {
1-0 Portisch,L-Kozomara,V/Sarajevo 1963/MCD (63)}) (7... Qa5 8. Bg2 e5 9. O-O
Bd6 $6 10. Qb3 $1 $16 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Novopashin,A/Yerevan 1962/URS-ch/
[Moiseev] (32)}) 8. Bg2 e5 $2 (8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 $14) 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10.
dxe5 Qxe5 11. h3 (11. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Ke7 13. Qb7+ Ke6 14. f3 Rb8 15.
Qc6+ Qd6 16. Qc4+ Qd5 17. fxg4 $16) 11... Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Bareev,E/
Enghien les Bains 2003/CBM 96/[Huzman] (29)}) (6... e6 7. Ne5 (7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
Qd5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qh5 12. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Moutousis,
K-Ornithopoulos,N/Ano Liosia 1992/EXT 2003 (40)}) (7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5
Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3 Qc7 15. Nf3 $2
Nfxg4 $17 {0-1 Piven,I-Steiner,B/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) 7... Bf5 8. f3
Nfd7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Be2 a5 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. e5 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
O-O Nb6 16. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Von Kiedrowski,K-Meyer Cording,C/Hessen 1992/GER 
(47)}) 7. Qb3 (7. Ne5 Be6 8. Qc3 $5 Qxc3 (8... Qd5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qd6 11.
Ndc4 $16) 9. bxc3 Nbd7 (9... Nd5 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. e4 $14) 10. Nxd7
Nxd7 11. e4 g6 12. a4 $14) 7... Qb6 8. Nc4 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nbd7 ({A different way
of developing the Nb8 was enough for equality.} 9... Na6 $5 10. Ra4 (10. Bd2 e6
11. Nfe5 Nb4 $11) (10. Na5 Nb4 11. Ra4 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 b5 $17) (10. Nfe5 Nb4 $11)
10... e6 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. Nce5 Bh5 $11) 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 (10... Be6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. e4 $14) 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 g6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. f4 Be6 (14... g5 $2 15. f5
$16 {[%csl Rg4]}) 15. Be2 (15. Rxa7 Rxa7 16. Bxa7 g5 17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bh6
19. Be3 (19. f5 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Nxe5 $11) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxe5 $11) 15... O-O
16. Na5 f6 17. g4 $5 {White prevents the opening of the diagonal for Bg7 by
the last move and it gives him good chances for an advantage.} (17. exf6 Nxf6
18. Bf3 Bc8 19. O-O $14) 17... fxe5 18. f5 Bf7 19. Nxb7 Rfb8 (19... Bxb3 20.
Bd3 (20. Na5 Bc2 21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Nxc6 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Ra4 Nd6 25. fxg6
hxg6 26. Ke2 $14) 20... Bf7 21. Na5 $14) 20. Na5 gxf5 $2 ({Black missed a good
chance for counterplay:} 20... Nf6 $1 21. Bf3 gxf5 22. gxf5 e6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24.
Nxc6 Rxb3 25. Ra3 exf5 26. exf5 e4 $11) 21. gxf5 Nf6 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Bd3 $2 ({
It is obvious that after} 23. Nxc6 $1 Rxb3 24. Nxe5 Rxe3 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Ng5
$16 {White has better chances.}) 23... Rd8 24. Bc2 Bh5 25. h3 e6 26. fxe6 Re8
27. Nb7 (27. b4 Rxe6 28. Bb3 Ree8 29. Nxc6 Nxe4 30. Bd5 Nf6 31. Bc4 Ne4 32. Be2
$14) 27... Rxe6 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. Nb7 (29. b4 $14) 29... Rd7 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. Nb7
Rd7 32. Nc5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2
Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nh4 $6 (10. e3 Qb6 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. h3 Be6 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 exd4
20. Be7 Rf7 21. Bb4 Qb6 22. Rab1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 dxc3 24. Qe2 c2 25. Bxc2 Bd5 26.
Bd6 Qa5 27. Rxb7 Bf3 28. Qe6 Bxd1 29. Bxd1 Qd2 30. Be2 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qxf2+ 32.
Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Simic,R-Adamski,J/Smederevska Palanka 1984/MCD-r8}) (10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qc8 16. e4 Bg4
17. e5 Be7 18. Qe4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. f3 Bc8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23.
Kf2 Be6 24. a3 Bd5 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Gorelov,S/URS-chI 1985/MCD-ch/1/2-1/2 
(42)}) (10. Nc3 $2 Bc2 $1 $19 11. e3 Bxd1 12. Nxd1 c5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nc3 a6
15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. d5 Bf6 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6
21. Bg2 Rcd8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. a4 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Nd5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxc3 27.
Qxc3 b5 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Be2 a5 31. b3 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Ra2
g6 34. Kf1 Rdd7 35. Bb5 Ra7 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Bc4 Raa1 39. h4 Kg7
40. e4 Rc1 41. Rd2 Rxc4 {0-1 Csom,I-Lukacs,P/HUN-ch 1979/MCD-ch}) 10... Be4 11.
Bxe4 (11. f3 {Ftacnik} Nb6 12. Qb3 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Nfd7 $17) 11... Nxe4 12. Qc2 (
12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Nc3 Nb6 $11 {/=/+}) (12. Ng2 {Ftacnik} Ndf6 13. Qb3 Qb6 $11)
12... Nef6 (12... Bxh4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Nc3 Qb6 $11 {[%csl Rd4] /=/+}) 13. Nc3
(13. e4 {Ftacnik} Qb6 14. Nf3 Rfd8 $11) 13... c5 14. d5 $6 {Ftacnik:
Ljubojevic enters the sea of combinations in the unfortunate moment, the
position was about equal. Ftacnik: Ljubojevic beginnt eine Kombination in
einem unglücklichen Moment. Die Stellung war zuvor etwa ausgeglichen.} (14. Nf3
Rc8 15. Bg5 $11) 14... Nxd5 $1 15. Nxd5 (15. Nf5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe8 $17 {
White have no compensation for sacrifised pawn.}) 15... Bxh4 16. Nc3 (16. gxh4
exd5 17. Rxd5 (17. Bg5 {Ftacnik} f6 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Qxc5 Qd7 $15) 17... Qxh4
18. Qf5 Nb6 19. Rxc5 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Yb4e1,Yb4b2]} (19... Rac8 20. Be3 $14 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 20. Rc3 (20. Kg2 Rac8 $32 (20... Qe1 $5)) 20... Rad8 $17 {[%csl
Rg1][%cal Yd8d1]}) 16... Bf6 17. Qa4 $2 (17. Bf4 $5 e5 18. Be3 $44 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Gd1d8,Gc3e4,Gc3d5]} Qc8 19. Rd5 b6 20. Ne4 {[%csl Rd7]}) (17. Ne4 $5 Qe7
18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 {[%cal Gd1d6] with some compensation for sacrifised pawn.})
17... Bd4 $1 (17... Bxc3 18. Rxd7 Qe8 (18... Qa5 19. Qxa5 Bxa5 20. Rxb7 Rfb8
$14 {/=}) 19. Bg5 (19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Rxb7 Qc6 $17) 19... Bxb2 (19... b5 20. Qxb5
Rb8 21. Qc6 Rxb2 22. Rad1 $44) (19... Bd4 20. Be7 a6 21. Bxf8 b5 22. Qc2 Qxd7
23. Bxc5 $11) 20. Rad1 $1 (20. Rb1 b5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qd3 c4 $17) 20... f6 $1
(20... Bd4 21. Be7 a6 22. Bxf8 b5 23. Qc2 Qxd7 (23... Qxf8 24. Qe4 $16) (23...
Kxf8 24. Rc7 $16 {[%cal Gc2h7,Ge2e3]}) 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. e3 $18) 21. Be3 b6 22.
Qe4 {with some compensation.}) 18. e3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 (19. bxc3 Nb6 $17) 19...
Qe8 20. Qd1 (20. bxc3 Rd8 $19) 20... Bf6 21. Rxb7 Qc6 $1 $17 {Weakened
position of white king,the black control the file "d" and the problem of
development of white pieces.} 22. Rb3 (22. Qd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qf3 $1 23. Rxa7
Rad8 $19) 22... c4 23. Ra3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qe4 {[%cal Yd8d5,Ya8d8] Ftacnik: The
position is clearly critical for white, he lacks the chance to finish the
development of his pieces. Ftacnik: Diese Stellung ist ziemlich kritisch für
Weiß. Er kann nicht darauf hoffen, seine Figurenentwicklung beenden zu können.}
25. f3 (25. Ra4 {Ftacnik} Rd3 $17) 25... Qd5 {[%cal Yd5d1]} 26. Kf2 (26. Kg2 {
Ftacnik} a6 (26... Qb5 27. Rb3 Qc5 28. Qc2 Rac8 $17) 27. e4 Qb5 $17) 26... Qb5
$1 {[%cal Yd8d3,Yb5b2,Yf6b2]} (26... Qd1 $5 $17) 27. Rb1 (27. Rb3 $2 {Ftacnik}
Qh5 $19) 27... Rd3 28. Qc2 Rad8 {[%cal Yd3d1]} (28... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 29. bxa3
Qc6 $17) 29. Ra4 (29. Rxa7 {Ftacnik} Qf5 30. Rc7 (30. Qxc4 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh3
31. Ke1 Qh5 $1 (31... Rd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 h5 $17) 32. Qe2
Qa5+ $19) 29... Qf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf5h3,Yd3d2,Yf5b1]} 30. Rxc4 (30. Qe2 {
Ftacnik} Rd1 31. Ra1 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh3 31. Ke1 (31. Rc8 {Ftacnik} Qxh2+ 32.
Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qg1+ $19) 31... Rd1+ (31... Rd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Qf1+
$19 (33... Qf1+ {Ftacnik} 34. Kd2 Qxc4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 (6. e3 e6 7. Nc3
Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 (10... Qe7 11. a3 e5 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4
Rad8 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 a5 16. bxa5 Ra8 17. Qb5 Rxa5 18. Qxb7 Nd8 19. Qb2
Rxa3 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Ne5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bb4 23. Nb1 Ra8 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bh4 {
Gretarsson,H-Dos Santos,R/WchJM-U20 1994/EXT 94ch2/1-0 (45)}) 11. Bd2 Qe8 12.
Rac1 e5 13. dxe5 b5 14. Nxb5 Bxf3 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf3 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Rb8 18.
b3 Qe6 19. Bc3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Ne4 {Pachman,L-Van der Sterren,P/Lone Pine op
1979/MCL 03/1-0 (34)}) (6. Nbd2 Qd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8. a3 e6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3
O-O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nf6 13. e4 Bc5 14. e5 Ng8 15. Bxh7 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Bxg8 Rdxg8 18. f4 f6 19. Rb1 fxe5 20. Ke2 Rf8 {Gerstl,M-Young,R/
Summer Futurity 1991/EXT 91b/0-1 (44)}) 6... Be6 (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Be6 8. Qb5+
Nd7 9. Qxb7 Nxe5 10. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]}) 7. Nxc6 (7. Qb5 Bd5 $1 (7... a6
8. Qxb7 Nxd4 9. Na3) 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qa4 b5 $36) 7... Bxc4 8. Nxd8 Rxd8 9. b3 (9.
e3 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 e6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Ke2 (12. f4 Nxh2 13. Rh1 Ng4 14.
Ke2 $13)) 11. Ke2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 $11) 9... Ba6 10. Bb2 e5 (10... e6
11. e3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 $11) 11. dxe5 Bb4+ (11... Ng4 $5 12. Bc3 $5 (12. e3 Bb4+
13. Bc3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxh2 16. Rh1 Ng4 17. Rh5 h6 18. Nb5 $15 {
/=}) 12... Bc5 (12... Rd1+ $2 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke1 Nxh1 15. e3 $18 {[%csl
Rh1]}) 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nxh2 15. Rh1 Ng4 16. Ke2 $11) 12. Bc3 Nd5 (12...
Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Ng4 14. f4 g5 15. fxg5 Nxe5 (15... h6 $5 $44) 16. e4 Nd3+ 17.
Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nd5 $14) 13. Bd2 (13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Na3 O-O {>~/=}) 13... Bxd2+ (
13... O-O 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Nf4 17. Rc1 c6 $44 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Yf4g6]}) 14. Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 (15. Rc1 Nxa2 16. Rxc7 O-O $32 {[%cal
Yd8c8]}) 15... O-O 16. a3 Nc6 17. e3 $11 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Ke2 f5 20. Rfd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 (7. Ne5
Bf5 8. f3 Nfd7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Be2 a5 12. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Von
Kiedrowski,K-Meyer Cording,C/Hessen 1992/GER (47)}) (7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5
Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3 Qc7 $11 {
0-1 Piven,I-Steiner,B/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) (7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5 Bh5 9.
Nec4 Qxb3 10. Nxb3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Na6 12. f3 O-O-O 13. e4 $14 {1-0 Atalik,
S-Khachiyan,M/Burbank USA 2005/The Week in Chess 543 (29)}) 7... Nbd7 (7... Be7
8. Bg2 Qd5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qh5 12. Rfe1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Nd5 14. e4
$14 {1-0 Moutousis,K-Ornithopoulos,N/Ano Liosia 1992/EXT 2003 (40)}) (7... Qa5
8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nc4 Qc7
14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Bg2 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Drozdovskij,
Y-Belov,V/Internet 2004/CBM 104 ext (45)}) 9... Be7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. a4 Qxb3 12.
Nxb3 a5 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2
Dreev,A-Morozevich,A/Tallinn 2003/CBM 93 (17)}) 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... Qa5 $5) 9. O-O
O-O 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Nb3 Rfd8 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 Ng4
15. Nc5 Qc7 16. e5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $14 {/=}) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 a4 15.
Nd2 Qa5 (15... a3 $5 16. b3 (16. bxa3 Rxa3 17. Rfb1 Qa7 $132) (16. d5 Bc5 17.
Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Na6 19. dxe6 Qxb4 $132) 16... Rfd8 17. Rac1 $14) 16. a3 (16.
Qc2 $5) 16... e5 $11 (16... Rfd8 $5) 17. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (17. d5 cxd5 18.
exd5 Rfc8 $15) 17... Rfd8 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Rfc1 $6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg2f1,Gf1b5]
} (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qe6 22. h3 f6 $11) (19. Rac1 exd4 20.
Bxd4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne3 Qb5 $15 {[%cal Yh5e2]}) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5
$15 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 (21... Bxc5 $5 22. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Qa6 23. b4 axb3 24.
Rxb3 Bg4 $17 {[%cal Yg4e6]}) 22. Ne3 Qxc2 (22... Qe5 $5 23. h3 Bg6 24. Rd1 Bc5
$15) 23. Rxc2 Bf6 (23... Rd3 24. Re1 Rad8 $15) 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. g4 Bxe3 (25...
Bg6 26. Nf5 $15) 26. gxh5 Bd4 (26... Bf4 $1 {[%cal Ya8a5,Ya5h5]} 27. b3 axb3
28. Rxb3 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 Ra7 $15) 27. b3 axb3 28. Rxb3 Rd7 29. Kf1 Kf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8e7,Ye7d8,Yd8c7]} 30. f4 Ke7 31. Ke2 Ra5 32. Bf3 Kd8 33. Bg4 Re7 34.
Kd3 Ba7 (34... c5 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 35. e5 b5 36. Ke4 $132) 35. Rc4 $1 Kc7 36.
a4 $11 Bc5 37. e5 Re8 38. Ke4 Rea8 39. Rd3 $1 $132 Rxa4 $6 (39... Rd8 40. h6
Rxd3 41. Kxd3 g6 42. h4 Bf8 43. Rd4 Rd5 $11) 40. Rd7+ Kb6 41. Rxa4 Rxa4+ 42.
Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. Bf3 $16 f6 46. exf6 $1 gxf6 47. Rxh7 f5
(47... Ra8 48. h6 Rg8+ 49. Rg7 Rh8 50. h7 Bd4 51. Rd7 Ba1 52. Kg4 $18) 48. h6
Re3 49. Rd7 $1 Re6 50. h7 Rh6 51. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3f5]} Bb4 52. Bd3 Be1+ 53.
Kg2 Bc3 54. Bxf5 Ka6 55. Rd3 Bb2 56. Kg3 c5 57. h4 $18 {[%cal Gg3g5]} c4 58.
Rd8 b5 59. Kg4 b4 60. Kg5 Rc6 61. h8=Q Bxh8 62. Rxh8 b3 63. Rb8 Rc5 64. Kg4 (
64. h5 c3 65. Rxb3 c2 66. Ra3+ Kb5 67. Ra1 c1=Q 68. Rxc1 Rxc1 69. h6 Rh1 (69...
Rg1+ 70. Kf6 Rh1 71. h7 Kc5 72. Kg7 Kd4 73. Bg6 Ke3 74. f5 $18) (69... Ra1 70.
h7 Ra8 71. Be6 Rh8 72. Kg6 $18) 70. h7 Kc5 71. Bg6 $18) 64... Rb5 65. Ra8+ Kb6
66. Rc8 Rc5 67. Rb8+ (67. Rxc5 Kxc5 68. Kf3 c3 69. Ke2 Kb4 70. Kd3 $1 $18)
67... Ka5 68. h5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. e4 (6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3
(7. Qd3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 Nb4 (8... Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxd3 10. exd3 bxc6 11. Be2
Bf5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Kb7 14. a3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,
S-Portisch,L/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (22)}) 9. Qb1 (9. Qd1 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1
Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Stempin,P/Polanica Zdroj 1989/EXT 97 (12)})
9... Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. e4 Bg4 12. a3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Be3
O-O-O 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. O-O Qh4 $17 {0-1 Conquest,S-Dlugy,M/New York 1984/MCD 
(32)}) (8. e3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1 c6
14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bf3 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Ritter,M-Dlugy,M/New York 1993/TD (58)}) 8...
Qxd3 9. exd3 Nb4 (9... Bg4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. d4 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15. Bg4+ Kb8 16. Be3 Ne6 $14 {1-0 Bewersdorff,O-Szymczak,Z/BL2-O
1994/GER-chT2 (52)}) 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Nf3
Nc4 15. Kc2 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. g3 Bg4 18. Ng5 Nd4+ 19. Kb1 Rhf8 20. Nd1 Bd2
21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Nfxh3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Ba5 26. b4 Bb6 27.
Ra2 f5 28. Nc3 Rfe8 $44 {0-1 Goormachtigh,J-Velikov,P/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (36)})
7... e5 $146 (7... Be6 8. Qd1 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. e4 $16 {0-1
Pacheco,D-Vasta,E/Mar del Plata op-28 Mar del Plata 1997 (38)}) (7... Bg4 8. d5
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 e5 11. e3 Nf5 12. f4 Bb4 13. e4 Nd6 14. Bg2 Qh4 15.
fxe5 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Nxd5 17. Bxe4 Rd8 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxd5
21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 23. Ke3 $18 {1-0 Bukal,V-Hansen,L/Sitges op 1999 
(38)}) 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 $5) 8... Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Qd3 Bc5 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12.
gxf3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14. Be2 (14. Bc2 $5) 14... Bb4 15. Bd2 Na4 16. a3 Bxc3
17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rd5 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Ponomariov,R/
Linares 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (20)} (20. Rc1 {Huzman} Ra5 21. Ra1 Rc5 $11)) 6...
Nb6 7. Qd1 Bg4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qd4 Nxf3+ (9... Ng6 10. Be3 e6 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3
e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. f4 Bb4 15. Bh3 Rf8 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Nh4
$17 {0-1 Hellsten,J-Volzhin,A/Gistrup 1996/CBM 55 (36)}) 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4
exd5 13. exd5 Bxf3 14. Qb5+ $2 c6 15. Qxb7 Bg4 $17 {0-1 Dolezal,M-Mathonia,C/
Luxemburg 1989/EXT 2003 (25)}) 10. gxf3 Bxf3 11. Rg1 Qd6 (11... e6 12. Qe3 Bh5
13. Qh3 g6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Qe5 Rf8 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qh8+ $16 {
1-0 Crouch,C-Sadler,M/Hastings 1992/CBM 33 (31)}) 12. Qe3 (12. a4 a6 13. e5 Qd7
14. e6 fxe6 15. Bh3 Nxd5 16. Rg3 Nxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rxf3 Ne4 $19 {0-1
Crouch,C-Sadler,M/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD (33)}) 12... Bh5 13. Bd2 (13. f4
e6 14. Rg5 g6 15. Qd4 Rg8 16. Bxc4 h6 17. Re5 O-O-O 18. Be3 Bg7 $17 {0-1
Crouch,C-Duncan,C/Hampstead 1998/CBM 63 ext (22)}) 13... e5 (13... Qxh2 14. Rg3
Bg6 (14... Qh4 15. Rh3 Qg4 16. f3 Qg6 17. Ne2 $1 $18) 15. Nb5 O-O-O 16. Nxa7+
Kb8 17. Nb5 $40) 14. dxe6 fxe6 (14... Qxe6 15. Nb5 (15. Rg5 g6 16. Bh3 Qd6 17.
Nd5 (17. Nb5 Qxh2 18. Bc3 f6 $13) 17... Bg7 (17... Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxh2 19. Bd7+
$1 Ke7 20. Bb4+ $18) 18. Bc3 f6 (18... O-O 19. Rxh5 gxh5)) 15... Qe7 (15... Qc6
16. Rg5 $1 Bg6 17. Re5+ Kd8 18. O-O-O $40) 16. Bh3 (16. Rg5 Bg6 (16... g6 17.
Qf4 O-O-O 18. Re5 Qd7 (18... g5 19. Rxe7 gxf4 20. Rxc7+ Kb8 21. Bxf4 Bb4+ 22.
Nc3 Ka8 23. Be2 Bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Rhe8 26. Be3 Rxe4 27. Rd1 $14) 19.
Bh3 Qxh3 20. Re7 $1 $18)) 16... Rd8 17. Rg5 g6 (17... Bg6 18. Qf4) 18. Qf4 Bh6
19. Nxc7+ Kf8 20. Ne6+ Kg8 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Qh4 f6 23. Rd5 Nxd5 24. Bxh6 $40)
15. Qg5 Bg6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Bh3 a6 18. Nc3 Be7 $6 (18... Bd6 19. f4 O-O 20.
O-O-O Rae8 $13) 19. Qe5 Bd6 (19... Rd8 20. O-O-O Bd6 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6
Bxh2 23. Rg2 Be5 24. f4 Bd4 $17) 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Bxe6 Bxh2 22. Rg2 Bd6 (
22... Be5 $142 23. f4 Bd4 $13) 23. f4 Bf7 24. Bh3 $44 O-O 25. Be3 Bh5 $2 (25...
Rae8 26. O-O-O (26. Bd4 g6 27. e5 Be6 $17) 26... Bh5 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. Bxb6
Rxf4 $13) 26. Bd4 $1 Rxf4 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 Bg6 $2 (28... Rh4 $1 29. Rh8+
(29. Bg2 Re8 $15) 29... Kf7 30. Rh7+ $11) 29. Rh6 Kf7 (29... c5 30. Rxg6 cxd4
31. Rxd6 dxc3 32. Rxb6 Rxe4+ 33. Kf2 cxb2 34. Rxb2 Re7 35. Bg2 $16) 30. Be6+ $1
Kxe6 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 (31... Kd7 32. Bxb6 cxb6 33. O-O-O $18) (31... Ke7 32. Bxb6
cxb6 33. Nd5+ $18) 32. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 33. Bxb6 $16 Rg8 34. O-O-O Rg6 35. a4 Rh4
36. Rf1+ Ke6 37. Rf2 Rh1+ 38. Kc2 Rgh6 39. b3 $1 cxb3+ (39... R6h2 40. bxc4
Rxf2+ 41. Bxf2 Rh2 42. Nd1 Ke5 43. Kd3 $16) 40. Kxb3 R6h3 (40... Rf6 $142 41.
Rg2 Rf3 42. Bd4 $16) 41. a5 Rc1 42. Bd4 Ra1 43. Kb4 Re1 (43... Rh7 $142 44.
Rf6+ Kd7 45. Nd5 $16) 44. Rf6+ Kd7 45. Rf7+ Ke6 (45... Kc8 46. Nd5 Rb1+ 47. Ka4
Rg3 (47... Rh4 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. Re7 Kc8 50. Re8+ Kd7 51. Nf6+ Kc7 52. Bb6+ Rxb6
53. Nd5+ Kd7 54. Re7+ $1 $18) 48. Nf6 $1 Rgb3 49. Rf8+ Kc7 50. Bb6+ Rxb6 51.
Nd5+ $1 $18) 46. Rxb7 Rd3 47. Kc4 Rd2 48. Rb6 Ra1 49. Rxa6 Ra3 50. e5 Kf5 51.
exd6 Ke6 52. Bc5 Ra1 53. Ra7 Rh1 54. Re7+ Kf5 55. Bd4 Rh6 56. Re5+ Kf4 57. Rd5
1-0

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e3 (10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rd2 Ne4 12. Rc2 Rfe8 13. Na3 e5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Rxe5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Odendahl,R/Germany
1987/EXT 97-B (43)}) 10... Ne4 11. Qe2 (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Qe2 b5
14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa4 17. e4 c5 18. Be3 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Franco Ocampos,Z-Filgueira,H/Buenos Aires ARG 2003/(41)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Rc8
$5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bc2 $5 14. Re1 Bg6 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 15. e4 c5 $132) 12.
Nbd2 Rfd8 13. Nh4 $1 {This move is a typical way to fight for advantage in
this variant.} Bxh4 14. Nxe4 Be7 ({It was better for Black to exchange Bf5
because later bad position of it would be the biggest problem of Black.} 14...
Bxe4 $5 15. Bxe4 Be7 16. Bd2 Qb6 $14) 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Bd2 (16. e4 $5 Bg4 17. f3
Bh5 18. Be3 $14) 16... Qb6 17. Be1 Bg6 18. Rac1 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4c5]} Qc7 19. f3
Rac8 (19... e5 20. d5 (20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. e4 Qe6 22. Bf2 $14) 20... Qb6 21. dxc6
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxc6 23. e4 $14) 20. Bf2 c5 $5 {[%cal Gc1c7]} (20... Nd5 21. e4
Nxc3 22. bxc3 c5 $14) 21. dxc5 (21. e4 $5 $14) 21... Rxd1+ (21... Qxc5 22. Nd5
Qxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. e4 $16) 22. Nxd1 b6 (22... a5 23. e4 Nd7
24. a3 a4 25. c6 Qa5 (25... bxc6 26. Qa6 $16) 26. f4 $1 bxc6 (26... Rxc6 27.
Rxc6 bxc6 28. f5 $1 $16) 27. f5 Bg5 28. Rc2 exf5 29. h4 $1 Bf6 30. h5 $18) 23.
c6 Bc5 24. a3 a5 25. Qb5 Qd6 26. Qa6 Qd8 27. b4 axb4 (27... Bd3 $1 28. Qb7 (28.
b5 $2 Rxc6) 28... axb4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. e4 (30. c7 Qd7 31. Qxb6 Ba3 32. Ra1
Bd6 $11) (30. Nb2 Bb5 31. c7 Qd7 32. e4 Ba3 33. Rd1 Qxc7 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Bxb6
$11) 30... Bb5 31. Bxb6 Bxc6 $11) 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. e4 $1 $16 Nd7 (29... Bc5
30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Ne3 Rc7 32. Qb5 $16) 30. Qd3 $1 Nc5 (30... Be7 31. f4 Nc5 32.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Nb2 $1 $16) 31. Qxd8+ Rxd8 32. Bf1 (32. c7 $1 Rc8 (32... Rf8 33.
Nb2 $1 Rc8 34. Rd1 $18) 33. Rb1 Ba3 (33... Ba5 34. Bxc5 bxc5 35. Rb8 $18) 34.
Rxb6 $18) 32... Rc8 (32... f5 33. Rb1 $1 Ba5 34. c7 Re8 35. Bc4 Bf7 36. exf5
exf5 37. Bxc5 Bxc4 (37... bxc5 38. Rb8 $18) 38. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 39. Rxb6 Kf7 40. Ne3
Be6 41. Rb8 Rc8 42. Nd5 $18) 33. Rb1 Ba5 34. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 35. Ba6 Ra8 (35...
Rd8 36. Ne3 $18 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Ra1 $18 Bc7 (37... Bb6 38. Nc3
c4+ 39. Kf1 f5 40. Ra6 Bc7 41. Nb5 $18) 38. Nc3 Be5 39. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 40. Bxa8
Kf8 41. Nb5 c4 42. Kf1 $1 Ke7 43. f4 Bb8 (43... Bd6 44. c7 Kd7 45. Nxd6 $18)
44. c7 Bxc7 45. Nxc7 Kd6 46. Na6 f6 47. Ke2 Be8 48. Kd2 Bb5 49. Nb4 Kc5 50. Kc3
Kb6 51. e5 fxe5 52. fxe5 Kc5 53. Bf3 Bd7 54. Be2 Bb5 55. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qc7 {
[%cal Ye7e5]} 8. Qb3 {White prevent promoting e5 by this move.} ({Another
possibility to fight for advantage was trying to seize the centre by} 8. Nh4 $5
Be6 (8... Nb6 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qc2 g6 11. e4) 9. Qc2 g6 10. e4) 8... h6 9. Nc4 {
White fully prevented promotion e5 but Black easily equalized the game by
another promotion - c5.} e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 $11 12. O-O Be7 ({Black
could fight for advantage by} 12... b5 13. Nce5 c4 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 (15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Nd4 a6 (16... Qxe5 17. a4 b4 18. Qxc4 Bd6 19. Nf3 $11) 17. f4 Bc5
$15) 15... Bd6 16. f4 O-O $15) 13. b3 $1 O-O 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Qe2 b5 16. Nce5
Qb7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rfd1 {This is absolutely simmetrical.Both of opponents
have no weaknesses in their position and draw looks fatal.} a6 19. dxc5 Nxc5
20. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O (8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. c4 Qa5 14.
Rd1 Qa4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Nb6 18. c5 Qc4 19. Nd3 Na4 20. Rab1
b6 $11 {Donchenko,A-Volkov,S/RUS-Cup02 1998/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 8... Be7 9. e3 O-O
10. Qe2 c5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nf6 $1 $146 {[%csl Rd2]} (13...
cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Bd3 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Tischbierek,R/Baden Baden-B 1992}) 14. Bxb7 $2 (14. e4 Bg4
15. f3 cxd4 16. fxg4 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nd7 $15) (14. Rfd1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bg4 (15... Qxd4 16. Be3 Qe5 (16... Qb4 17. Rd4 Qa5 18. Bxb7 $14) 17. Bxb7
Bg4 18. Bf3 (18. f3 Rab8 19. Bc6 Rfc8 (19... Rxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxe3+ 21. Kg2) 20.
Bb5 Bf5 $17) 18... Qh5 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. f4 Bc5 (20... Qf5 $5 {[%csl Rg1]}) 21.
Nd5 Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Qc5 23. Rd3 $11) 16. f3 Bf5 $15) 14... Rb8 15. Qa6 Qc7 16.
Bg2 Rxb2 $17 17. Rfd1 (17. Bc1 Rb6 18. Qa5 cxd4 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nxa7 (20. a4 d3
$17) 20... Rfb8 $17 {[%cal Yd4d3]}) 17... cxd4 18. Na4 (18. Nb5 Qc4 19. Qxa7
Bc5 20. Na3 Rxd2 $1 21. Rxd2 Qc3 $19) 18... Rxd2 $1 19. Rxd2 dxe3 20. fxe3 (20.
Re2 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Ng4 $17 {[%cal Ye7c5]}) 20... Qe5 $1 21. Qf1 (21. Re1 Bb4
$19) (21. Rad1 Bg4 $1 (21... Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Ne4 (22... Bg4 23. Rd3 Qe5 24. Bf3)
23. Re2) 22. Qxa7 (22. Rf1 Qxe3+ 23. Rff2 (23. Rdf2 Bf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf5d3,
Yf6g4]}) 23... Rb8 $17) 22... Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Ng4 $1 $17) 21... Qxe3+ 22. Qf2 Qa3
$1 23. Qxa7 Ne4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ye7c5,Ya3a7]} 24. Bxe4 (24. Rc2 Bc5+ $1 $19)
24... Bxe4 {[%cal Ya3f3,Yf3h1,Yf8a8,Ye7g5,Yg5e3]} 25. Re2 (25. Rf1 Bc6 $19)
25... Ra8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rxa4 28. Rc1 f5 29. Re2 h5 30. Kf2 Bd5 31.
Rcc2 Ra3 32. Red2 Bg5 33. Re2 h4 34. gxh4 Bxh4+ 35. Kg1 Bf6 36. Kf2 f4 37. Red2
f3 38. Kg3 Be5+ 39. Kg4 Ra4+ 40. Kh3 g5 41. Rc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Qb5 (13... Be4 14.
Nd2 (14. Bb2 Qh5 (14... Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rfc1 Qh5 $1 17. Qd1 Qd5 18. Ne1
Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Ra5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Fontaine,R/France 2003/CBM 95/
[Huzman] (46)}) (14... Rac8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nc4 Qa6
19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. e4 Rd8 21. a3 (21. a4 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Rcd7 23. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Konopka,M-Siklosi,Z/AUT 2000/EXT 2002 (46)}) 21... Qb7 22. axb4 Rc7 23. Bxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Rogic,D/AUT 2000/EXT 2002 (23)}) (14... Rfc8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Nb6 17. a3 Nxa4 18. bxa4 b3 19. Qc4 Qxd2 {0-1 Palacios Perez,M-Rodriguez
Guerrero,E/Ayamonte 2002/CBM 90 ext (19)}) 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5
Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Rec2 c5 22. Bd4 Rc6 23. e4
Ra6 24. Be3 $14 {1-0 Ribshtein,N-Bloemhard,R/Dieren open 1999 (63)}) 14... Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. e4 Qa6 $1 18. Nc4 Qb7 19. f3 Ra6 20. Be3 Rfa8
$11 {0-1 Kaspi,A-Huzman,A/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] (49)}) 14. Qd1
$6 (14. Re1 Bd3 (14... Rac8 15. a3 (15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Be4 17. Bf1 Nb6 18.
Nxb6 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 axb6 20. Nd2 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE
2003/(20)}) 15... Qxe2 16. Rxe2 a5 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 c5 $11 {
0-1 Istratescu,A-Itkis,B/Bucharest 2000/CBM 79 ext (34)}) 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Bb2
Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa6 (17... h6 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 c5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Rustemov,A/Stockholm 2002/CBM 85 ext (39)}) 18. Nd2 Bb5
19. Bf1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Vasilescu,L-Navrotescu,C/ROM 1993/EXT 98 (19)}) 14... Rfd8
15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Re1 $2 (17. Nd2 $142 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. Qf3 $15)
17... c5 $17 {[%cal Yd8d1][%mdl 36] White where not successful in preventing
breakthrough c5.Bad position of Qd1 creates great problems for White} 18. Bf1 (
18. Qe2 $142 Bd3 $1 19. Qd1 c4 $1 20. bxc4 Bxc4 $17) 18... Qb7 19. Nd2 Bc6 $1
20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Ne4 $19 22. Re2 (22. Qg4 Ng5 $1 23. Bd4 e5 24. f4 exd4 (
24... Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Bxf3 26. c6 $1 Bxg4 27. cxb7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 exd4 29. exd4
$17) 25. fxg5 dxe3 26. Nc4 (26. Rxe3 Rxd2 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxc8+ Rd8 29. Qxc6
Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qxc1 $19) 26... Bxc5 $19) 22... Ng5 (22... Bb5 $1 23. Bd4 (23. Bg2
Qa6 24. Bxe4 Bxe2 $19) (23. c6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 $19) 23... Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxd2
25. Qxd2 e5 $19) 23. f4 (23. Bd4 e5 $1 $19) 23... Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxh2 $19 25. Bh3
Bf3 26. Bd4 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Bxe2 (27... Bxc5 $5 28. Nxf3 Qxf3 29. Qe1 Bxd4 30.
Rxc8 Rxc8 31. exd4 Rc3 $19) 28. Qxe2 Nf6 29. Bg2 Qc7 30. Qa6 Nd5 (30... Nd7 $5
31. c6 e5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. Nf1 $17) 31. Ne4 Qc6 32. Bf1 f5 33. Qxc6 (33. Nf2
Bf6 $19) 33... Rxc6 34. Bb5 Rc7 35. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 36. fxg5 $132 {[%csl Gc5][%cal
Gc5c8]} Nc3 37. Bc4 Kf7 38. a3 a5 39. axb4 axb4 40. Bxc3 bxc3 41. Rxc3 Rd2 $1 {
[%csl Rg1]} 42. b4 Ke7 43. Bf1 {/\44.b5} Ra7 44. b5 $2 (44. Rc1 Raa2 (44... Rb2
45. c6 Kd6 46. b5 Kc7 47. Rd1 Kb6 $17) 45. b5 Rac2 46. Rxc2 Rxc2 $19) 44... Ra1
$19 45. c6 Kd8 $6 (45... Rdd1 $1 46. c7 (46. b6 Rxf1+ 47. Kg2 Rfb1 48. Rc2 Kd8
$19) 46... Rxf1+ 47. Kg2 Rfc1 $1 48. c8=Q $140 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 (49. Kh3 Rh1#)
49... Rf1#) 46. c7+ (46. b6 Rb2 47. c7+ Kc8 48. Rc6 Rab1 49. Rxe6 Rxb6 50. Re8+
Kxc7 51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Rxg7 Rd1 53. Rf7 Rb5 54. Kg2 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 Ke6 56. Rf6+
Ke5 $17) 46... Kc8 47. b6 Rb2 48. Rc6 Rab1 $19 49. Rxe6 Rxb6 50. Re7 (50. Re8+
Kxc7 51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Rxg7 Rc1 53. Rf7 Rb5 54. Rf6+ Ke5 55. Rc6 Rxc6 56. Bxb5
Rg6 $19) 50... Rc6 51. Rxg7 (51. Re5 g6 52. Rb5 Rxb5 53. Bxb5 Rc2 $19) 51...
Rcc1 52. Rxh7 Rxf1+ 53. Kg2 Rfc1 54. Kf3 Rxc7 55. Rh8+ Kd7 56. g6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frey, Hugo"]
[Black "Labollita, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Qa6 (10... O-O 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Ne5 Nf6 $11) 11. Nc4 Be4 12. Nfe5 Bd5 (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b5 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 (14... bxc4 $5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $15) 15. Ne3 c5 $15) 13. Qc2 b5 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 $15 {/=} 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Be3 Na4
20. Qb3 O-O 21. Rac1 Bf6 $6 (21... Nb6 $5 $15 {[%cal Yb6c4]}) 22. Bd4 $11 Qb7
23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qb4 $14 Qd5 $2 (24... a5 $1 25. Qxa5 (25. Qd4 Kg7 26. b3 Nb6
$14) (25. Qd2 b4 $14) 25... Nxb2 26. Rxc8 (26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Qb4 Nc4 28. a4 Qe4
$132) 26... Rxc8 27. Rb1 Rc2 (27... Ra8 28. Qc3 Nc4 29. Qxf6 $16) 28. Qd8+ Kg7
29. Qd4 Na4 $14) 25. b3 $1 Nb6 26. Qe7 $1 $18 {/+/-} Kg7 27. Qxa7 Rc6 (27...
Rxc1 $142 28. Rxc1 Nd7 $16) 28. Rcd1 (28. Rfd1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 (29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30.
Nd4 Nc7 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Nxb5 Nxb5 33. Qxb5 Rd2 $132) 29... Nd7 $16) 28... Qe4
29. Rd4 Qc2 $2 (29... Qf5 30. Rfd1 Rfc8 $16) 30. Rg4+ Kh8 31. Qe7 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 (10. b4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12. a3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4
$17 {0-1 Tetenkina,I-Olafsson,H/Aaland-Stockholm 1997/EXT 98 (31)}) (10. e4 Rc8
11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxf3 Nc6 $17
{0-1 Arkell,K-Conquest,S/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (29)}) (10. Qb3 Qb6 11.
Nc4 Qa6 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 Rfd8 13. Bc7 Re8 14. Bd6 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bxe7
Rxe7 17. Nce5 Bf5 18. e3 Be4 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. Rec1 Nfd7 22. Nxg6
hxg6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D-Karjakin,S/2004 (75)}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
e3 Rad8 (14... Rfd8 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rfc1 Qa5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Oms
Pallise,J-Salgado Lopez,I/Barcelona ESP 2005/(68)}) 15. Rfc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 h5 24. a3 g5 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-Bareev,E/Rethymnon 2003/CBM
98 no vc (24)}) (10. b3 a5 (10... Qa5 11. h3 Bf5 (11... Bh5 12. Bb2 {1/2-1/2
Akesson,R-Kulaots,K/Gausdal NOR 2005/The Week in Chess 570 (12)}) 12. Nh4 Nb6
13. Nxf5 Nxc4 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rae8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf8
Rxf8 19. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Miroshnichenko,E-Korneev,O/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005 (58)
}) 11. a3 h6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. e4 Bh7 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd7 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23.
e5 Qc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Jeremic,V-Dobrov,V/Korinthos GRE 2004/(30)}) (10. Re1 a5
11. Ne5 Nb6 12. Qd3 a4 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Bd2 a3 16. b4 Rfd8 17.
Rab1 Ra4 18. Rec1 Nd5 19. b5 $16 {1-0 Gritsak,O-Krasiewicz,R/Warsaw POL 2005/
(29)}) (10. Nb3 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Rad1
exd4 16. exd4 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Malakhov,V/Benidorm ESP 2005/CT-1842 (25)
}) 10... Bh5 11. Nxd7 (11. Ndf3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15.
Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 $44 {1/2-1/2
Portisch,L-Barczay,L/Budapest 1964/MCD (42)}) 11... Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Nb3
Rfd8 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. e5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $14 {/=}) 12. Nb3 (
12. Nf3 Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. e3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Rad1
exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Bg4 Rd5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. Bg4 Rd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Cordova,
E-Pacheco,M/Lima 2004/EXT 2005 (39)}) 12... a5 (12... Bd6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3
Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rcd8 21.
f4 f5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nxa5 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Najer,E/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (75)}) (12... Qb6 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16.
a3 e5 $11 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Kulaots,K/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/[Huzman] (68)}) 13. a4
e5 {Black decides to open the position by this move and tries to fight for the
initiative.} 14. dxe5 $6 {White activates the pieces of Black without any
reason.} ({Much more stronger was} 14. Rd1 Qb6 (14... Re8) 15. Be3 $5 Bxe2 (
15... Qb4 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. Kf1 Bg6 18. d5 $1 $36) 16. Qxe2 Qxb3 17. d5 $44) ({
or} 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. e4 Bb4 16. Rd1 Qe7 $11) 14... Nxe5 15. Qc2 (15. Qc3 Bf6 16.
Qc2 Bg6 17. e4 Qd3 $17) 15... Bg6 16. e4 $2 {White weakened the square d3 by
this move and Black got the advantage.} (16. Qc3 $142 Bf6 17. Nc5 Re8 $5 (17...
Nd3 18. Nxb7 Qe7 19. Qxc6 Qxe2 20. Be3 $11) (17... Qe7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4
Rfd8 20. Qc2 g6 $11) 18. Nxb7 Qc7 19. Nc5 Nd3 20. Qc4 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxe2 22.
Bf4 $11) 16... Qd3 $1 $15 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Bc3 (19. Bxb4 $2 axb4
20. Rfb1 f5 $17) 19... f6 (19... Rfd8 20. Rfd1 c5 21. Nc1 c4 22. Nxd3 Bxc3 23.
bxc3 cxd3 24. Rab1 $11) 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. f3 Rd6 (22... Bf7 $5 23.
Bf1 Nb3 24. Nxb3 Bxb3 $15) 23. Bf1 (23. Kf2 Rad8 24. Ke2 $2 Bf7 $17) 23... Rad8
24. Be2 {White equalised the game by accurate play.} Nxe4 $6 {This risky move
brings an advantage for Black in the game. But probably both opponents missed
the strong possibility of White in the 26th move.} (24... Bf7 25. Kf2 $11) 25.
Bxb4 (25. fxe4 Bc5 26. Kf1 (26. Bxa5 Rxd4 27. Kf1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1
Bxe4 $17) 26... Bxd4 27. Bxa5 b6 28. Rxd4 bxa5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Bf3 Rd4 31. e5
fxe5 32. Bxc6 Kf7 $17) 25... axb4 (25... Rxd4 26. Bxa5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.
Bxd1 Nc5 29. Bc3 $14) 26. Nb3 $2 (26. Ne6 $1 Re8 (26... Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rd2 (
27... Rd6 28. fxe4 Rxe6 29. Bb3 Kf7 30. Rd1 (30. Re1 Ke7 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Kf2
$16) 30... Ke7 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. a5 Bxe4 33. Rd4 Bd5 34. Rxb4 $16) 28. fxe4
Bxe4 (28... Rxb2 29. Nc5 b6 30. a5 $1) 29. Nc5 $16) 27. fxe4 Rdxe6 28. Bc4 Bxe4
29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rd7 c5 31. a5 $1 $16) 26... Bf7 27. Na5 (27. fxe4 Bxb3 28.
Rxd6 Rxd6 $19) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nc5 30. b3 Bd5 31. Be2 (31.
Kf2 b6 32. Nc4 Nxa4 $19 (32... Bxc4 33. bxc4 b3 34. Ke3 b2 35. Bc2 Nxa4 36. Kd4
Kf7 $19)) 31... Kf8 (31... Kf8 32. Bd1 b6 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 (7.
Qd3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 Nb4 (8... Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxd3 10. exd3 bxc6 11. Be2 Bf5
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Kb7 14. a3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rhe8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18.
Bc3 Rxd3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Nc5+ Bxc5 22. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,
S-Portisch,L/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (22)}) 9. Qb1 (9. Qd1 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1
Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Stempin,P/Polanica Zdroj 1989/EXT 97 (12)})
9... Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. e4 Bg4 12. a3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Be3
O-O-O 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Kg2 a6 19. Nc3 Rd6 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bf4 Rg6+
22. Bg3 Nd2 $19 {0-1 Conquest,S-Dlugy,M/New York 1984/MCD (32)}) (8. e3 exd4 9.
Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1 c6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bf3
Nd5 $15 {0-1 Ritter,M-Dlugy,M/New York 1993/TD (58)}) 8... Qxd3 9. exd3 Nb4 (
9... Bg4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. d4 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15.
Bg4+ Kb8 16. Be3 Ne6 $14 {1-0 Bewersdorff,O-Szymczak,Z/BL2-O 1994/GER-chT2 (52)
}) 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Kc2 Ne3+ 16.
Bxe3 Bxe3 17. g3 Bg4 18. Ng5 Nd4+ 19. Kb1 Rhf8 20. Nd1 Bd2 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Bh3
Bxh3 23. Nfxh3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Ba5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Ra2 f5 28. Nc3 Rfe8
$44 {0-1 Goormachtigh,J-Velikov,P/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (36)}) 7... e5 $146 (7...
Be6 8. Qd1 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. e4 $16 {0-1 Pacheco,D-Vasta,E/Mar del
Plata op-28 Mar del Plata 1997 (38)}) (7... Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1
e5 11. e3 Nf5 12. f4 Bb4 13. e4 Nd6 14. Bg2 Qh4 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Nxd5 17.
Bxe4 Rd8 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8+
23. Ke3 $18 {1-0 Bukal,V-Hansen,L/Sitges op 1999 (38)}) 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 $5
Nxe5 (8... Be6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd1 $16) 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd4 11. g3 (11. f4
O-O-O 12. e3 Qb4 $44) 11... Qxe5 (11... Bb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Bf4
$36) 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nd5 $11) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. O-O $36) 8... Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Qd3 (10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. g3 $5) 10...
Bc5 11. e3 (11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 (12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13. f4 Bxc3+ (13... Nc4 14.
Nb5 Bb6 15. e4 $16) 14. bxc3 Na4 15. Bd2 O-O-O $44) 12... Qxe5 13. Qb5+ Nd7 $11
) 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14. Be2 (14. Bc2 $5 Nc4 15. f4)
14... Bb4 15. Bd2 Na4 16. a3 (16. Rg1 g6 $11) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Rd5 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rc1 (20. Rc1 Ra5 21. Ra1 Rc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Mazi, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Be7 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Qc2 c5 (8... Nb6 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Ne5
$16 {0-1 Crouch,C-Pogosian,T/Yerevan 1996/CBM 52 ext (32)}) 9... h6 10. Be3 Ng4
11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qf6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. e5 $18 {1-0 Lytchak,
A-Bachmann,K/Germany 1995/GER (21)}) (8... c6 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 b5 11. Bd3 b4
12. Na4 Bb7 13. Rac1 c5 {1/2-1/2 Baumbach,F-Grottke,H/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 
(13)}) 9. dxc5 (9. e5 $5 Nd5 (9... Ne8 10. dxc5 Nxc5 (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 Nxc5
12. O-O $14 {Taimanov,M-Westerinen,H/La Habana 1967/MAS D20 ZR (12)}) 11. Be3
b6 12. O-O Nc7 13. b4 N5a6 14. a3 $16 {1-0 Romero Parera,E-Molero Tejada,S/
Ametlla 1998/EXT 2002 (29)}) 10. Nxd5 (10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxc5 12. O-O b6 (
12... Bd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Be3 Na4 15. Qb3 Rxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxb2 17. Qg4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Djukic,Z-Radulov,I/Sofia 1979/EXT 2004 (17)}) 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. b4 Ne4
15. Qb3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Jussupow,A/Leningrad
1987/CBM 03 (17)}) (10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 cxd4 12. Qe4 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ng5
Nf8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qf3+ Kg8 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bf4 $16 {Bagirov,V-Amirhanov/
URS 1963 (18)}) (10. O-O Nb4 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Ne4 d3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Bf4 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gawlikowski,
S-Drozd,R/Poznan 1962/EXT 2001 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 g6 (11... h6 12. Be3
cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Qa4 Qb6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Kytoniemi,J-Lampen,T/Finland 1998/EXT 2000 (52)}) 12. e6 fxe6 13.
Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Abdulla,A-Rausis,I/Dhaka 2001/
CBM 82 (15)}) 9... Nxc5 $2 (9... Bxc5 10. O-O Qc7 (10... a6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qe4
Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Qb6 14. Nd1 Bxf2+ 15. Nxf2 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Be3 $18 {1-0
Fogarasi,T-Lengyel,B/Hungary 2003/EXT 2004 (30)}) (10... Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Fedder,
S-Iversen,R/Esbjerg 1972/MCD (16)}) 11. Nb5 (11. Qe2 Ng4 12. Bb3 (12. h3 Nge5
13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 Bd7 $11 {time. 1-0 Mueller,H-Gruenfeld,E/Vienna 1934/EXT
99 (38)}) 12... a6 13. h3 (13. Bg5 b5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. h3 Nge5 17.
Bg3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Erozbek,A-Cappello,G/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 
(40)}) 13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Be3 Bd7 18. f4 Ng6
19. e5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Lau,R/Dortmund 1993/TD (40)}) 11... Qb8 12. Nbd4
a6 13. Bd3 b6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. e5 Qxc6 16. exf6 Bb7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bb2+ Kh6 21. Rfd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Tarjan,J/Majdanpek
1976/MCD (62)}) 10. O-O b6 (10... a6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bg5
(14. Neg5 $5) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Nf3 b5 $11 {0-1 Gunawan,R-Popchev,M/
Sarajevo 1988/CBM 08 (46)}) (10... Qc7 11. Bg5 a6 12. e5 Ng4 13. b4 f6 14. Bh4
b5 15. Nd5 exd5 16. Bxd5+ Be6 17. Bxa8 Bc4 18. bxc5 Rxa8 19. Qe4 $18 {1-0 Van
der Sterren,P-Fernandes,A/Linares 1995/CBM 51 (43)}) 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e5 Nfd7 (
12... Ng4 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rg4]}) 13. Nb5 $16 {[%mdl 4] White
has a clear edge due to his space advantage. The penetration Nb5-d6 is very
unpleasant for Black.} Qb8 14. Bf4 (14. b4 $5 Na6 15. a3 $1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bb2 Qf4 (17... Qh5 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Nxa7 $16) 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Bd3 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd3e4]}) (14. Bg5 $1 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. b4 $18) 14... a5 15. Qe2 (15. Bg5 $5 $16) 15... Rd8 (15... Ba6 16. Rd4 $16
{[%cal Ga1d1]}) (15... Bb7 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Rd4 $16) 16. Nd6 Nf8 $2 (16... Bb7
$142) 17. Bg5 $1 Qc7 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Ra7 19. Qh5 $16) 18. Nb5 $1 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Qb7 20. Nd6 Qc7 $2 (20... Bxd6 $142 21. exd6 f6 22. Be3 Bd7 $16) (20...
Qa7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd4 Ng6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 128] White gets a
decisive attack by transfering the Nd6 to f6.} Qa7 (21... Qb7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23.
Nh4 Nfd7 24. Nxh7 $1 Nxe5 25. Qh5 g6 (25... Kg8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Ng5 $18) 26.
Qh6 Ng4 27. Nxg6+ fxg6 28. Qh4 $1 $18) 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (22... gxf6 23. exf6 $18
) (22... Bxf6 23. exf6 Ba6 24. fxg7 Ng6 25. Bf6 $18) 23. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4c6,
Ge2h5]} Qc7 (23... Ba6 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. Nxe7 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxe7 27. Nxh7 $18) (
23... Bb7 24. Qh5 $18) 24. Qh5 $18 {[%mdl 32]} Bb7 (24... g6 25. Qh6 Ba6 26.
Nh5 $1 gxh5 27. Bf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 $18) 25. Qxf7 Ng6 26. Ne8 (26. Bh6 $1 $18)
26... Qxe5 27. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 13-14"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... c5 10. Bf4 Rb6 11. d5 (11. O-O Bb7 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exf6
Qxf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Garcia Palermo,C/Rio Hondo 1987/EXT 97 
(56)}) 11... Bb7 12. dxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng5 Re7 14. O-O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. e5 hxg5
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd6 Re6 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Bg4 O-O 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhe1 f5 23.
Qd2 Rf7 $132 {Ivanov S.-Rublevsky,Elista1997}) 10. Bf4 (10. O-O c5 11. Bf4 (11.
d5 c4 12. Be2 Qc7 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 (13. exd5 Nxd5 (13... Bd6 14. a4 O-O 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Bxc4 $16 {1-0 Lutikov,A-Gurgenidze,B/Moscow 1963/
EXT 99 (35)}) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Ng5 $44 {Lutikov,A-Gurgenidze,B/
URS 1963 (16)}) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Nd4 Re8
18. Bf3 h6 19. Bh4 Be5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Emma,J-Pilnik,H/Mar del Plata 1966/MCD (35)
}) 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6 Rc8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19.
Bxg4 Rd8 20. Nd1 O-O 21. Ne3 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxd5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Lytchak,A-Kupreichik,V/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (65)}) 11... Rc8 12. d5 c4
$10 {Opocensky,K-Lundin,E/Buenos Aires ol-fin (12) 1939 (35)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Rd1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. O-O b4 17. Nb1 Qxa2
18. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Akimov,I-Himanshu,K/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) (10. e5
Nd5 11. Bxh7 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Crouch,C-Kamath,S/
Calcutta 1994/EXT 97 (31)}) 10... Rc8 11. d5 (11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 $6 c4
(12... Qb6 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Ng5 Qg4 15. g3 Qh5 16. h4 h6 17. Be2 Qg6 18. h5
hxg5 19. hxg6 Rxh1+ 20. Bf1 gxf4 $19 {0-1 Pedersen,H-Christensen,R/DEN-ch corr
1949/CR97-49 (33)}) 13. dxe6 (13. Be2 b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Ng5 Be7 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Bxg6+ Kf8 20. Nf7 $18 {1-0 Martin,P-Wexler/Buenos
Aires ch-ARG 1951 (41)}) 13... cxd3 14. exf7+ $2 (14. exd7+ Qxd7 15. Rxd3 $13 (
15. Rxd3 Qg4 $44)) 14... Kxf7 $17 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Novgorod 1995/CBM
48/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 12... Qa5 (12... Bxc5 $146 13. Qe2 Nh5 $1 14. Bc1 Qc7 15.
O-O O-O 16. e5 $5 Bxf3 $1 17. Qxf3 g6 18. Be2 $1 Nxe5 19. Qh3 $44 {1/2-1/2
Tregubov,P-Tukmakov,V/Koszalin 76/365 1999/[Tukmakov,V] (46)}) 13. c6 Bxc6 14.
O-O Nc5 15. Rfe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Be7 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. e5 Bxd6 19. exd6 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Kljako,D-Sher,M/Biel 1990/EXT 2000 (32)}) (11. O-O c5 12.
d5 c4 13. Be2 (13. dxe6 cxd3 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qxd8
Rxd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 h6 20. Nf3 Ncxe4 {0-1 Oudheusden,N-Mulder van
Leens Dijkstra,K/corr NL-ch (FS-63/57) 1963/Inf 63 (20)}) 13... exd5 14. Rad1 (
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bc5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {0-1
Sherbakov,R-Svidler,P/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista (3) ;CBM 59 1997 (41)}) 14... dxe4 15.
Ne5 Rc7 16. Ng4 Rc5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be3 Re5 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qd2 Bc6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Nxe4 $13 {1-0 Schlosser,P-Kekki,P/Aabybro Nordic-tt ;
EXT 89 1989 (42)}) 11... Nc5 (11... Nh5 12. Be3 e5 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 $6 c6 15.
dxc6 Rxc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Psakhis,L/Polanica Zdroj 1997/Inf 71/ (36)})
(11... exd5 $5) 12. O-O-O exd5 13. Nxd5 (13. Rhe1 Be7 14. e5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nh5
16. Be3 Qd7 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 (15. Rxd3 Be7 16. h4 O-O
17. Ng5 g6 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Kb1 (19. Bxd6 $142 $14) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxd5 $1
21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. h5 Kg7 $1 23. Qd4+ f6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Van
Wely,L/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Huzman] (24)} (24... Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfd8 $11)) 15...
Be7 16. h4 $5 {Preparing a kingside offensive} (16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Kb1 $14) 16...
Qd7 $2 (16... f6 $5 {was risky but worth trying: the "e6" weakness would be
partly compensated by the newly gained control over "e5" and "g5". Besides,
the "d5" pawn is underprotected.} 17. Qb3 (17. Kb1 O-O 18. Qf5 Bd6 19. Nd4 Bxf4
20. Ne6 Qd6 21. Nxf4 Rfe8 $11) 17... Bd6 18. Rhe1+ Kf7 19. Be3 Re8 20. Nd4 $14)
(16... O-O 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. h5 Kg8 20. hxg6 Bg5 21. Qg3 $1 Bxf4+
22. Qxf4 fxg6 23. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 (23... Kxh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rh1+
Qh4 27. Rxh4#) 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Rh7 $18) 17. Ne5 Qd6 $2 (17... Qd8 18. Nc6 Bxc6
19. dxc6 O-O (19... Qxd3 20. Rxd3 O-O 21. Rd7 Rfe8 22. Re1 Bxh4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8
24. g3 Bf6 25. Rxc7 $16) 20. Qf3 Bd6 21. Kb1 Qe7 22. Rhe1 $16) 18. Qf5 $18 O-O
(18... Qf6 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. g3 $18) 19. Nd7 g6 20. Bxd6 cxd6+ 21. Qc2 Rxc2+ 22.
Kxc2 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Rc7 (23... Bd8 24. h5 Rc7 25. Nb8 $18) 24. Nb8 Rc5 25. Rde1
Bf8 26. Nd7 Rc8 27. Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Be7 29. Re1 Bxh4 30. g3 Bg5 31. f4
Bh6 32. Re7 g5 33. f5 Kg7 34. Nb6 g4 35. Kc2 Kf6 36. Rxb7 Bf4 37. gxf4 g3 38.
Nd7+ (38. Nc8 g2 39. Nxd6 Kg7 40. f6+ Kxf6 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. f5+ Kh6 43. f6
g1=Q 44. Nf5+ $18) 38... Kxf5 39. Nf8 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yin, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nd5 (7...
a6 8. O-O cxd4 (8... Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. Bg5 O-O 13.
Rad1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Euwe,M/NLD 1937/MainBase (65)}) (
8... Rb8 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Ne5
(14. a3 Qb6 15. b4 Be7 16. Be3 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Stockmann,M-Biller,H/Hessen 1997/
EXT 99 (41)}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,
L-Baburin,A/Berlin 1991/TD (32)}) 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. Na3 Bc5 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Qxc4 Be7 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qb3 $14
{1-0 Palatnik,S-Bus,M/Hradec Kralove 1988/EXT 97 (30)}) (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5
9. Qxc4 Qb6 10. e3 Ne5 (10... O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Moravec,M-Zvolanek,L/CZE-chT 1994/TD (24)}) 11. Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Ncxb5 Ke7
13. Nb3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. N5d4 Rab8 18. Rhc1 Nd5
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nc5 Rdc8 21. b3 $14 {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Sokolov,A/Madrid 1988/
EXT 97 (92)}) 8. Qxc4 N7b6 9. Qb3 (9. Qd3 $2 Nb4 10. Qd1 cxd4 $17) 9... cxd4 (
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 $14) 10... Bd7 11. Bg5
(11. Ne5 Ba4 12. Qb2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 $36) 11... Be7 (11... f6 12. Bd2 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) 12. dxc5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. cxb6 $16) 10. Nxd5 (10. Nxd4 Nxc3
11. Qxc3 Na4 12. Qc4 (12. Qd3 Bc5 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qe4 Qb6 $36) (
12. Qd2 e5 13. Nf3 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 f6 $11) 12... Nb6 $11) 10... Qxd5 (10... Nxd5
11. O-O Be7 12. Nxd4 $14) 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd4 $14 {/=} Be7 (12... Bd7 $142
13. O-O Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 $11) 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nb5 Bd8 15. Be3 Bd7 $5 (15... a6
16. Nd6+ (16. Nc3 Ba5 17. Bd4 f6 $11) 16... Ke7 17. Bc5 Ke6 $11) 16. Nd6+ Ke7
17. Nxb7 d4 18. Bg5+ $1 f6 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Bb4+ Kf7 21. Nxd8+ Rhxd8 22. O-O Bb5
23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. e3 (24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe2 26. Rc7+ Kg6 27. Rxa7 d3 28.
Bd2 Rc8 29. Be3 Rc2 30. Rd7 Rxb2 $17) 24... d3 $44 {Passed pawn d3 gives the
Black full compensation for sacrifised pawn.But the White have enough
resources to defend their position the main of which is opposite colour
bishops.} 25. Red1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. f4 Rb8 28. Rxc2 dxc2 29. Bc3 Be4 30. Kf2
h5 31. h3 Bf5 32. Rc1 Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd5 34. Kd2 a6 35. Bd4 Rc8 36. Bc3 Rc6 37. g4
hxg4 38. hxg4 Be4 39. Rg1 Rc8 40. g5 Ke6 41. gxf6 gxf6 42. Bd4 Rh8 43. b4 Rh2+
44. Kc3 Rg2 45. Rc1 f5 46. a4 Rg8 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Kd6 49. Kb4 Rg2 50. Kc3
Kd5 51. b6 Kc6 52. Ra1 Rh2 53. Kb3 Rh1 54. Rxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 (10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Ndf3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3
Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. e3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Rad1 exd4 19.
exd4 Nf8 20. Bg4 Rd5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. Bg4 Rd6 23. Rd3 Rad8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Cordova,
E-Pacheco,M/Lima 2004/EXT 2005 (39)}) 12... Bd6 (12... Qb6 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 a4
15. Nd2 Qa5 16. a3 e5 $11 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Kulaots,K/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/
[Huzman] (68)}) (12... a5 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. e4 Qd3 17.
Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Bc3 f6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. f3 Rd6 23. Bf1
Rad8 24. Be2 $15 {0-1 Goldin,A-Bareev,E/Beer Sheva ISR 2005 (31)}) 13. e4 Qe7
14. Be3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1
$14 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Najer,E/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (75)}) 11... c5 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc5 17. Qxb7 Rb8
18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Portisch,L-Barczay,L/Budapest 1964/MCD (42)}) (10. b4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12. a3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Rac1 Nfd5 18. Be5
Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qg4 Qf8 $17 {0-1 Tetenkina,I-Olafsson,H/Aaland-Stockholm
1997/EXT 98 (31)}) (10. e4 Rc8 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qb5 Nd4 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. Bg2 Nxe5 $19
{0-1 Arkell,K-Conquest,S/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (29)}) (10. Qb3 Qb6 11.
Nc4 Qa6 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 Rfd8 13. Bc7 Re8 14. Bd6 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bxe7
Rxe7 17. Nce5 Bf5 18. e3 Be4 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. Rec1 Nfd7 22. Nxg6
hxg6 23. Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D-Karjakin,S/Internet Canarias 2004 (75)})
12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e3 Rad8 (14... Rfd8 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Ne4 Be7 17.
Rfc1 Qa5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oms Pallise,J-Salgado Lopez,I/
Barcelona ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 563 (68)}) 15. Rfc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8
23. Be2 h5 24. a3 g5 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-Bareev,E/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 no vc 
(24)}) (10. Re1 a5 11. Ne5 Nb6 12. Qd3 a4 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Bd2 a3
16. b4 Rfd8 17. Rab1 Ra4 18. Rec1 $16 {1-0 Gritsak,O-Krasiewicz,R/Warsaw POL
2005/(29)}) (10. Nb3 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Malakhov,V/Benidorm ESP 2005/CT-1842 (25)}) 10... Qa5 (10... a5
11. a3 h6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. e4 Bh7 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd7 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23.
e5 Qc5 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. b4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jeremic,V-Dobrov,V/
Korinthos GRE 2004/(30)}) 11. h3 Bf5 (11... Bh5 $142 12. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,
R-Kulaots,K/Gausdal NOR 2005/(12)}) 12. Nh4 $1 Nb6 (12... b5 $5 13. Qxc6 Rac8
14. Nxf5 $1 exf5 15. Qf3 Rxc1 16. Raxc1 (16. Rfxc1 Qxd2 17. Qxf5 Qxd4 18. Qxb5
$16) 16... Qxd2 17. Qxf5 a6 18. e3 Qxa2 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Ra1 Qb6 21. Rfc1 $16)
13. Nxf5 Nxc4 (13... Qxf5 14. Qc3 Nbd5 15. Qb2 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. Nxc4 Qc7 (15... Qa6 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Ba3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5 cxd5 19.
Ne5 Rf8 20. e3 $16) 18... exd5 19. Nd6 Rxe2 20. Nxf7+ Kg8 21. Ne5 $16) 16. Ba3
Rae8 17. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfc1 $16 {[%csl Rc6]} Nd7 20. b4 $1 {
[%mdl 32]} g6 (20... e5 $142 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. a3 $16 (22. Na5 Qd6 23. a3 Qd2
$132)) 21. a3 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Na5 Qe7 24. Ra2 $1 g5 25. Rac2 Rd8 26. Nxc6
Nxc6 27. Bxc6 $16 {/+-} Kg7 28. Bf3 Qe6 29. Rc5 $1 h6 30. Kg2 Rd6 31. Ra5 Ra6
32. Rcc5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Qb6 34. Be4 Qd4 35. Bd3 $1 Qb6 36. Kg1 Qd4 37. Kg2 f6
38. Rb5 h5 39. a4 h4 40. g4 Kf8 41. a5 Ke7 42. a6 $18 Kd6 43. Rb8 Qd5+ 44. Kg1
Qc6 45. b5 Qc7 46. Rb7 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qc5 48. Be4 f5 49. Bxf5 Qd5+ 50. e4 Qc5 51.
b6 axb6 52. Rd7+ Kc6 53. a7 Qa5 54. e5 Qa4 55. e6 Kc5 56. e7 Qc6+ 57. Kg1 Qa8
58. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 15th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2002.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Nxc3 (11... Rc8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Ne1 Nxc3
14. bxc3 e5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Nf3 c5 (16... Rfd8 17. Ng5 Bh5 18. Bf3 Bg6 19. Rb1
exd4 20. cxd4 Nb6 21. a4 h6 22. Nh3 Rb8 23. Nf4 Bh7 24. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Farago,I-Varga,Z/Szentgotthard 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 17. Be3 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4
19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. h3 Bh5 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Rd4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rfe8
$14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Agdestein,S/Cappelle la Grande 1999/CBM 70/[Gurevich,M/
Winants] (73)}) 12. bxc3 Be4 (12... Bc2 13. Rd2 Be4 14. a4 (14. Qb3 Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Rausis,I-Prakash,G/Dhaka 2001/CBM 82 (14)}) 14... Qa5 15. Qb3 c5 16.
Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rac8 18. Rb2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. Qb5 Qe4 22.
Ne1 Bd6 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Rc7 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. a5 Nd5 27. Rb2 Rfc8 $15 {
0-1 Burmakin,V-Fominyh,A/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (60)}) 13. a4 (13. Qb3 b5
(13... Qc7 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c5 16. e4 b6 17. Ne3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb7 19. e5
Rfd8 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. d5 $16 {1-0 Burmakin,
V-Riazantsev,A/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (53)}) 14. Ne1 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. a4 a6
17. Ba3 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Dreev,A/Linares 1999/CBM 68 ext (17)}) (13. Qe2 c5
14. c4 Nf6 15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. exd4 Ba3 19. Rab1 Bxb2
20. Rxb2 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Yevseev,D/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (29)})
13... c5 (13... Qa5 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 b5 17. e4 e5 18. Bd2 Qc7
19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qa2 Rb7 21. Ne3 Nb6 22. Qa6 Na4 23. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A-Zhu
Chen/Dubai 2002/CBM 89 (78)}) 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 $132 {
[%cal Yc8c3]} 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6a5]} (18... Nf6 $5 19.
Rab1 b6 $11) 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Nc4 Na5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Ba3 (22. Qxb7 $2 Bg5
23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Qc6 Rdc8 25. Ba1 (25. Qd7 Rc7 26. Qd6 Rcb7 $17) (25. Qd6 Qxa4
26. Ba1 Rb6 27. Rxb6 axb6 $15) 25... Rxc6 26. Rxb8+ Bd8 27. dxc5 h5 28. Rdxd8+
Kh7 $17) 22... Qc7 $2 (22... Rd7 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rdc7 $11) 23. Bxc5 Bxc5
24. dxc5 Rxd1 (24... Qc6 25. Qb4 a5 26. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1 $14) 25. Rxd1 g6 26.
Qb4 Kg7 27. a5 Qxc5 28. Qxb7 Rc7 29. Qb4 $16 e5 30. a6 Qxb4 31. cxb4 Rc4 32. b5
Rb4 33. Rd7 Rxb5 34. Rxa7 Ra5 (34... Rb4 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 Rxf2
38. Rc7 Rxh2 39. Rc2 Rh1 40. Ra2 Rd1+ 41. Kc4 Rd8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Kd5 $18) 35.
h4 Ra3 $2 (35... h5 $1) 36. g4 $1 Kf6 37. g5+ $1 Ke6 (37... Kg7 38. Ra8 {
[%cal Gg2f1,Gf1e2,Ge2b2,Gb2b6,Gb6a7]}) 38. Ra8 Ke7 39. a7 Ra2 40. Kf3 Ra4 41.
Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kd2 Ra2+ 43. Kc3 Ra3+ 44. Kb4 Ra1 45. Kc5 Ra2 46. Kb6 Rb2+ 47. Kc6
Ra2 48. Rc8 $1 Rxa7 49. Rc7+ Rxc7+ 50. Kxc7 $18 Ke6 51. Kc6 f6 (51... Ke7 52.
Kd5 f6 53. f3 Kf7 54. Kd6 $18) 52. Kc5 Ke7 53. Kd5 Kf7 54. Kd6 Kg7 55. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Qb5 14. Re1 (14. Qd1 $6
Rfd8 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Re1 $2 (17. Nd2 $142 $15 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19.
Qf3 $15) 17... c5 $17 {0-1 Gurevich,D-Bruzon Bautista,L/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM
97/[Huzman] (56)}) 14... Rac8 (14... Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Bd3 16. Rd2 Bb5 17. Bb2 Rac8
18. Rc1 Rc7 19. Rdc2 Rfc8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Nd7 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bxf1
24. Kxf1 Rb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Disconzi da Silva,R-Leitao,R/Sao Paulo BRA 2003/(34)}
) 15. Bb2 (15. a3 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 a5 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 c5 $11 {
0-1 Istratescu,A-Itkis,B/Bucharest 2000/CBM 79 ext (34)}) (15. Bf1 Bg4 16. Qd1
Qh5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Nh4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 c5 $15 {1-0 Murshed,
N-Hossain,E/Dhaka BAN 2004/(80)}) 15... Bd3 (15... Rfd8 16. Rad1 Be4 17. Bf1
Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 axb6 20. Nd2 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G-Motylev,A/
Dubai UAE 2003/(20)}) 16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa6 (17... h6 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1
Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Rustemov,A/Stockholm 2002/
CBM 85 ext (39)}) 18. Nd2 (18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 c5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Qg4 g6 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd4 Rc3 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Nc4 Rc8
28. e4 Nb6 29. Qxc3 Nxc4 30. bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 $17 {0-1 Tishin,D-Sumets,
A/Alushta UKR 2003/(63)}) 18... Bb5 19. Bf1 Qb7 (19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 c5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Qc2 $14) 20. Qf3 Qb8
21. Nc4 c5 22. Na5 (22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Na5 Rf5 (24... Rdc8 25.
Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nc4 $14) 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. Nxb7 Rd2
27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Red1 $1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bc6 $11) 22... cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nd5 (23...
Bxf1 24. Rxf1 e5 25. Ba1 e4 26. Qe2 {[%cal Ga5c6]} Qa8 27. Qa6 $36 {<<}) 24. e4
(24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nb6 $6 axb6 26. Bxb5 bxa5 27. Bxd7 Rd8 28. Bc6 Qc7 $15)
24... N5f6 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Nc4 $11 Rc7 27. h3 Rdc8 28. Qe2 Nf8 29. Qf1 N8d7
30. Bb2 (30. Qe2 $11) 30... Qg5 31. Rcd1 Rxc4 $5 32. bxc4 Qa5 33. Rxd7 $4 {
It is very difficult to understand what White has missed.} ({After the obvious
move} 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 (33... Bxf6 34. Rxd7 Qxa4 35. Qd3 $1 Qxa2 $140 36. e5 $18)
34. Nb2 (34. e5 Qxa4 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Qe2 Qc6 37. Rc1 Bc3 38. Red1 g6 $15)
34... Qxa2 35. Qe2 Bc5 36. Nd3 $14 {White can fight for an advantage.}) 33...
Nxd7 34. Qd3 Qxa4 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Qd4 Bf8 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
Qb3 Qd5 9. Nbd2 Qxb3 (9... e6 10. O-O Be7 11. e3 (11. Qd1 Rd8 12. b3 Ne4 13.
Bb2 Bf6 14. e3 O-O 15. Qe2 Bg6 $11 {1-0 Akobian,V-Nadanian,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM
74 (47)}) 11... O-O 12. Ne5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 Bd6 14. Na5 Rab8 15. Nac4 Nxc4 16.
Nxc4 Bc7 17. b3 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Stempin,P/Krynica 1998/EXT 2002 (17)}) 10.
Nxb3 e6 (10... Nc4 11. Nc5 O-O-O 12. b3 Nd6 13. Ne5 g6 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Rc1 Ng4
16. e4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Ke2 Ne8 21. f4 $16 {
1-0 Gheorghiu,F-Shabtai,R/Biel 1991/EXT 2000 (62)}) 11. O-O Be4 12. Na5 (12.
Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bd4 f6 16. Rac1 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Krasenkow,M-Kharlov,A/Elista 1995/CBM 50 (41)}) (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. e3 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Bd6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. Ke2
Rhd8 $11 {1-0 Safin,S-Al Sayed,M/Doha 2003/CBM 94 (50)}) 12... Bxf3 (12...
O-O-O $5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bb4 (14... Rxd4 15. Nb3 (15. Nxf7 Rg8 16. Be3
Re4 17. Nb3 Nbd5 $15) 15... Re4 (15... Rd5 16. Nxf7 Rg8 17. f3 Nc4 18. e4 Rd3
19. Ng5 e5 20. Rf2 b5 $11) 16. Nxf7 Rg8 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Re4]} c5
19. Nb5 Rb4 20. Nbd6+ Kc7 21. Be3) 15. Naxc6 bxc6 16. Nxf7 (16. Nxc6 Be7 17.
Nxd8 Rxd8 18. e3 $14) 16... Rhf8 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. e3 $14) 13. Bxf3 O-O-O 14.
Rd1 (14. Nb3 Be7 15. e4 $14) 14... Bb4 (14... e5 15. Bxc6 (15. Bg5 exd4 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 Nc4 18. Rab1 c5 (18... f5 19. Nxd4 Bg7 20. Nxf5 Bxb2 21. Bh5
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 f6 23. Bf7 $14) 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rbc1 b5 21. b3 $14) 15... bxc6
16. Nxc6 Rd7 17. Nxe5 Rc7 18. f3 Bd6 19. Nd3 Nfd7 20. e4 $44) 15. Nb3 e5 16.
Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7] White have clear advanage
due to weak pawns f6 and f7 even in the endgame with opposite colour bishops.}
Kb8 (18... Na4 19. a3 (19. d5 Nxb2 20. Rf1 Kc7 21. dxc6 b5 $11) 19... Be7 20.
Bg4+ (20. Rc2 f5 21. Bh5 Rhf8 22. e3 $14) 20... Kb8 21. Rc2 $14) 19. e3 Nc8 20.
Bh5 (20. a3 $5 Be7 (20... Bd6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd7 23. Na5 $16) 21. d5 $1
cxd5 22. Bxd5 Nd6 23. Nc5 $16) 20... Rhf8 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 fxe5 23. Rd7
f5 (23... Nb6 $5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Na4 26. f4 exf4 (26... Nxb2 27. fxe5 c5
28. Kf1 Kc7 29. Ke2 b5 $132)) 24. a3 Bd6 25. Kg2 $6 ({White had to fix
weakness on f5.} 25. f4 $1 exf4 (25... e4 26. h3 $16 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 26. exf4
Rf6 27. Be2 Nb6 28. Rh7 Nd5 29. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rf5]}) 25... Rf6 26. f4 Nb6 27.
Rh7 Nc4 $1 $132 28. fxe5 Nxe5 (28... Bxe5 $5 29. Nc5 Kc8 30. Bf7 Nd6 31. Be6+
Kd8 $11) 29. Be2 a6 30. a4 Ng4 $132 {[%csl Re3]} 31. Na5 Bc7 32. Nc4 b5 $11 33.
h3 bxc4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Bxg4 Rg6 36. Kf3 Be5 $1 37. Re7 Bxb2 38. Re6 $11 Rxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Ndf6 {This is not the best
move. Now White creates a pawn centre and gets advantage.} (12... Bxh4 13. gxh4
(13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/MCD (27)}) 13... Nef6 (
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Rfe8 (15... Qd8 16. Bg3 f5 $6 (16...
Nf6 $5 17. e4 Nh5 18. Rad1 f5 $132) 17. Bd6 $1 Re8 $2 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. Be5 Ng4
20. Bf3 $1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Fontaine,R/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/
[Huzman] (35)}) 16. Rad1 (16. b3 f6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Bf7 19. Red1 Nf8 20.
Qg3 Rd7 21. Qc3 Red8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Huebner,R/Bremen GER 2003/(38)})
16... f6 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 Bf7 20. Bh3 $16 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/
Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (28)}) 14... Qc7 15. e4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. e5 Rab8 18.
c4 Rfe8 19. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Mihalcisin,A-Podkriznik,G/Celje SLO 2004/(38)}) (13...
Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. f3 Bd5 17. a3 Nd7 18. e4 Bb3 19. Re3 Bc4
20. Rc3 Ba6 21. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Solozhenkin,E-Akesson,J/Goteborg SWE 2004/(61)
}) 14. e4 (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 b5 16. Bd6 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18.
Bxb7 Nb6 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. b3 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Khenkin,I-Gurevich,M/Hoogeveen NED
2004/(64)}) 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Jaracz,P/Warsaw 2003/CBM
95/[Huzman] (24)}) 14... Bg6 15. Qxb6 (15. Be3 Ng4 16. Qxb6 axb6 (16... Nxb6
17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. b3 Bh5 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. f3 $14 {0-1 Khenkin,
I-Naumann,A/Bad Wiessee 2003/EXT 2004 (58)}) 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Ngxe5 19. Red1
f6 20. f3 b5 21. Kf2 Nc5 $17 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Morozevich,A/Moscow RUS 2004/
CT-1534 (56)}) 15... axb6 (15... Nxb6 16. a4 Rad8 17. a5 Nc8 18. a6 bxa6 19.
Rd1 Rd7 20. Rxa6 Nb6 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Rda1 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,M-Ortmann,D/
Stuttgart 2003/CBM 94 ext (41)}) 16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,M-Ivanchuk,V/
Warsaw 2001/CBM 84/[Konikowski] (16)}) (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 (13... Bxh4 14.
gxh4 Nef6 (14... Ndf6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. e4 Bg6 18. Bf4 $16 {1-0
Kludacz,M-Horn,E/Stockholm 2001/EXT 2002 (41)}) 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17.
Rad1 (17. Bd6 $14 {0-1 Kludacz,M-Kononenko,T/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (46)})
17... Bh5 18. f3 h6 19. Kf2 Rad8 20. Bc7 Rc8 21. Bd6 $14 {1-0 Grabarczyk,
M-Sherwin,J/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (31)}) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bd2
Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 Re4 (19... Rd6 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nf8 $11 {0-1 Grabarczyk,M-Barkhagen,J/Stockholm 2001/CBM 85 (79)}) 20. Red1 Nf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. e3 Rb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/Cetniewo 1991/CBM 22
ext (30)}) (12... Bb4 13. Nxf5 (13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 h6 16. f3
Bh7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf2 Nd5 19. Qd2 Qb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Vallejo Pons,F/
Bremen GER 2003/(22)}) (13. g4 Nxf2 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 16. Kf1 Qxg4
17. h3 Qh4 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Qxb4 Ne5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Gustafsson,J/
Preetzer GER 2004/(28)}) 13... exf5 14. Qc2 (14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Rd1 Rfe8 (15...
Bxc3 $5) 16. Be3 Qa5 17. d5 $14 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M-Krivoshey,S/Griesheim 2003/
CBM 94/[Huzman] (40)}) 14... Qxd4 (14... Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. a3
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rec1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 $14 {0-1 Gokhale,C-Szuhanek,R/Calcutta
1999/CBM 69 ext (58)}) 15. Bxe4 Bxc3 16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. Rxd7 Be5
19. Rxb7 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rb1 c5 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Vallejo
Pons,F/Biel 2002/CBM 91 (22)}) 13. Nxf5 (13. f3 Nxc3 14. Nxf5 Ncd5 15. Nxe7+
Nxe7 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. e4 b5 18. Be3 Ra6 19. a3 Rfa8 20. Bd2 Nc8 21. Rac1 Nb6
22. Bf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc (53)})
13... exf5 14. f3 $1 Nd6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 $16 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 15. e4 fxe4 (
15... Qxd4+ $2 16. Be3 Qe5 (16... Qc4 17. e5 $18) 17. f4 Qe6 18. e5 $18) 16.
Qxb6 axb6 17. fxe4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Nc4 18. e5 $1 Ne8 $2 ({Black had good
chances to blocade White's pawns after} 18... Nd7 19. Re2 (19. b3 $2 Bb4 $1 $17
) (19. Bh3 Rfd8 20. e6 Nf8 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxe7+ (22. d5 Bf6 $11) 22... Kxe7
23. Bg5+ Kf7 24. b3 Na3 $11) (19. Ne4 Rfd8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19... b5 20. Ne4
(20. b3 Ncb6 21. Nd1 $1 Rfd8 22. Ne3 g6 23. Bb2 Nf8 $132 {[%cal Yf8e6]}) 20...
Rfd8 $132) 19. d5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 (20... Bd4 $1 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Ra5 23.
Re4 $1 $16 Bxc3 (23... Nxe5 24. Rxd4 Nxc6 25. Rc4 Ne5 26. Rb4 $16) 24. Rxc4
Bxe5 25. Rb4) 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 $16 Rad8 23. Bg5 Rd3 24. Be4 $2 (24. Na4
$1 Bf2 (24... Bd4 25. Be4 $18) 25. Re2 Bd4 26. Be7 (26. Be4 Ra3) 26... Rb8 (
26... Rc8 27. Rc1 $18) 27. Rc1 (27. Bd6 Nxd6 28. exd6 Ne6 29. d7 Kf8 $16) 27...
b5 (27... Nxe5 28. Bd6 $18) 28. Bd6 $1 Nxd6 (28... Be3 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Be4
$18) (28... bxa4 29. Rxc4 $18) 29. exd6 Ne6 30. Bxb5 $18) 24... Rd4 25. Be3 $6
(25. Na4 $142 Ne6 26. Bf4 g5 $132) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd2 27. Re2 Rxe2 28.
Nxe2 Re8 $11 29. Rd1 g6 (29... Rxe5 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. Bf3 Ne6 $11) 30. Bf3 Rxe5
31. Nf4 Nb5 $2 (31... Re7 $11) 32. Kg2 Re7 $2 (32... Nc7 33. b4 Bf8 (33... Bxb4
34. Nd3 $18) 34. a4 Na6 $14) 33. a4 (33. b4 $1 Bd6 34. Nd5 Re6 35. a4 Nc7 36.
a5 $16) 33... Nd6 (33... Nc7 $142 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. b4 $14) 34. Nd5 Re5 35. Nxb6
$18 Re3 $2 (35... Bxb6 36. Rxd6 Bc5 (36... Ba5 37. Rd4 Bb6 38. Rb4 Re6 39. Rb5
$18 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 (38. a5 $5 $18) 38... Re1 39. a5 Ra1
40. b4 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Bd4 42. Bd5 $18) 36. Nd7 $1 Bb4 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nd5 Rb3
39. Nxb4 Nc4 (39... Rxb2+ 40. Kh3 Rxb4 41. Rxd6 Rxa4 42. Rd7 Ra1 (42... Ra2 43.
Rxf7+ $18) 43. Bd5 Rf1 44. Kg2 Rf6 $18) 40. Nd5 Rxb2+ 41. Kg1 Ra2 42. Nc3 Ra3
43. Rc1 Nb2 44. Be2 (44. Bd5 $5 f5 (44... Nd3 45. Nb5 Rxa4 46. Rc7 Ne5 47. Nd6
$18) 45. Nb5 Rxa4 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. Nd6 $18) 44... Nxa4 45. Nd5 Ra2 46. Kf2 Rd2
47. Ne3 Nb6 48. Rc7 Rd6 49. Bf3 Rd2+ 50. Be2 Rd6 51. g4 Rd4 52. Bf3 Nd7 (52...
Rd7 $142) 53. Nc4 $1 Nf8 54. Ne5 Rf4 55. Kg3 Ne6 56. Ra7 g5 57. Bd5 Kf6 58.
Nxf7 h5 59. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Horsens"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 (6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3
Bh5 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14.
Bf4 Nd5 15. Bd2 c5 16. e4 N5b6 17. Na5 Rac8 18. Bf1 c4 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3
Ne5 21. dxe5 Rxd2 22. Qc3 Rd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 {0-1 Gritsak,O-Bareev,E/Warsaw
2002/CB03 (23)}) 6... Be6 7. Qd3 (7. Qb4 Nd5 $1 8. Qxb7 $140 Nb6 $17) 7... Nbd7
8. Nxd7 Qxd7 (8... Bxd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 (9... e6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6
13. Bg5 O-O 14. Be2 Re8 15. O-O Qe7 16. Bh4 Be5 17. Bf3 Qd6 $15 {0-1 Benes,
P-Weglarz,L/Litomysl 1995/EXT 98 (43)}) (9... g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O
Re8 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. h3 Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rac1 e5 17. d5 e4 18. Qc2 cxd5 19.
Bg5 Qe5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxd5 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Ba4 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxb2 Kxe7 27. Rxb7+ Rd7 28. Bxe4 $16 {1-0 Birjukov,S-Medvedkov,A/
Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (45)}) 10. Bd2 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. h3 Be6
14. Rd1 Qxb2 15. hxg4 Bb4 16. Rh3 Rd4 17. Qe3 Rhd8 $44 {0-1 Pytlakowski,
A-Smyslov,V/Helsinki 1952/MCD (26)}) 9. e4 {Seizing the centre but providing
Black with a 2 Bs advantage.} (9. Nc3 Rd8 10. e3 Bf5 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be3 e5 13.
dxe5 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Ng4 $17) 9... Rd8 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Nc3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qc7 (
12... g6 13. Be2 Bg7 (13... Bh6 $5) 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 c5 16. e5) 13. Be2 g6
14. O-O Bg7 15. Qc2 Bh6 (15... O-O $5) 16. Rf3 Bg4 17. Rg3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 (18.
Nxe2 e5 19. d5 Qb6 20. Qc3 O-O $15 {[%csl Re2]}) 18... e5 19. d5 O-O 20. Rf1
Qb6 21. Rh3 Bg7 22. g4 Qb4 {/\23...cd} (22... cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Qg2 $36 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 23. a3 Qe7 24. Rhf3 Bh6 25. Kh1 {Neither of the opponents can
possibly improve his position. That's why a draw agreement, premature as it
may look, is in fact quite logical.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... c5 10. Bf4 Rb6 11. d5 (11. O-O Bb7 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exf6
Qxf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Garcia Palermo,C/Rio Hondo 1987/EXT 97 
(56)}) 11... Bb7 12. dxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng5 Re7 14. O-O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. e5 hxg5
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd6 Re6 19. Bg3 (19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bg4 $44) 19... Bg7 20. Bg4
O-O 21. Bxe6 (21. Qd2 $1 $16) 21... fxe6 22. Rhe1 f5 23. Qd2 Rf7 $132 {Ivanov
S.-Rublevsky,Elista1997}) 10. Bf4 (10. O-O c5 11. Bf4 {'?'} (11. d5 c4 12. Be2
Qc7 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 (13. exd5 Nxd5 (13... Bd6 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Nxb5 Qb6 17. Bxc4 $16 {1-0 Lutikov,A-Gurgenidze,B/Moscow 1963/EXT 99 (35)}) 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Ng5 $44 {Lutikov,A-Gurgenidze,B/URS 1963 (16)}) 13...
Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Bf3 h6 19. Bh4 Be5
$13 {1/2-1/2 Emma,J-Pilnik,H/Mar del Plata 1966/MCD (35)}) 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5
g6 15. Nh6 Rc8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Rd8 20. Nd1 O-O
21. Ne3 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxd5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Lytchak,
A-Kupreichik,V/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (65)}) 11... Rc8 12. d5 c4 $10 {Opocensky,
K-Lundin,E/Buenos Aires ol-fin (12) 1939 (35)}) (10. Bg5 h6 (10... c5 $5) 11.
Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Rd1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. O-O b4 17. Nb1 Qxa2
18. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Akimov,I-Himanshu,K/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) (10. e5
Nd5 11. Bxh7 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Crouch,C-Kamath,S/
Calcutta 1994/EXT 97 (31)}) 10... Rc8 11. d5 $5 (11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 $6
c4 (12... Qb6 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Ng5 Qg4 15. g3 Qh5 16. h4 h6 17. Be2 Qg6 18. h5
hxg5 19. hxg6 Rxh1+ 20. Bf1 gxf4 $19 {0-1 Pedersen,H-Christensen,R/DEN-ch corr
1949/CR97-49 (33)}) 13. dxe6 (13. Be2 b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Ng5 Be7 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Bxg6+ Kf8 20. Nf7 $18 {1-0 Martin,P-Wexler/Buenos
Aires ch-ARG 1951 (41)}) 13... cxd3 14. exf7+ $2 (14. exd7+ Qxd7 15. Rxd3 Qg4
$44) 14... Kxf7 15. Rxd3 Qe8 $1 $17 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Novgorod 1995/CBM
48/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 12... Qa5 (12... Bxc5 13. Qe2 Nh5 $1 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. O-O
O-O 16. e5 $5 Bxf3 $1 17. Qxf3 g6 18. Be2 $1 Nxe5 19. Qh3 $44 {1/2-1/2
Tregubov,P-Tukmakov,V/Koszalin 76/365 1999/[Tukmakov,V] (46)}) 13. c6 Bxc6 14.
O-O Nc5 15. Rfe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kljako,D-Sher,M/Biel 1990/EXT
2000 (32)}) (11. O-O c5 12. d5 c4 13. Be2 (13. dxe6 cxd3 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15.
Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 h6 20. Nf3 Ncxe4 {
0-1 Oudheusden,N-Mulder van Leens Dijkstra,K/corr NL-ch (FS-63/57) 1963/Inf 63
(20)}) 13... exd5 14. Rad1 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bc5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O
18. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Sherbakov,R-Svidler,P/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista (3) ;CBM 59
1997 (41)}) 14... dxe4 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Ng4 Rc5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be3 Re5 19.
Bd4 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Bc6 (21... Bc8 $142) 22. Bg4 f5 23. Nxe4 {
1-0 Schlosser,P-Kekki,P/Aabybro Nordic-tt ;EXT 89 1989 (42)}) 11... exd5 $1 {
Of course, this move is a critical continuation.} ({Worse is} 11... Nh5 12. Be3
e5 13. a4 (13. O-O $5 c6 $140 14. Qe2 Nhf6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 $16)
13... b4 14. Na2 (14. Ne2 c6 15. dxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb3 $14) 14... c6 15. dxc6 (15.
Qe2 $5 cxd5 16. exd5) 15... Rxc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Psakhis,L/Polanica
Zdroj 1997/Inf 71/ (36)}) 12. O-O-O $1 {White tries to exploit his development
advantage.} (12. O-O Nc5 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Rfe1 (14. Bd2 Be7 15. a4
c5 16. Rfe1 O-O $15) 14... Be7 $15) 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nxd3
16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Be5 $14) (12. e5 Nh5 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qc6+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. O-O-O Nc5 $14) 13. Bg5
Be7 14. e6 Nc5 (14... fxe6 15. Bxh7 Bxg5 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Nxg5 Qe8 $1 18. Nxe6+
Ke7 19. Qf5 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Kxe6 21. O-O-O Qf7 $13) 15. exf7+ Kf8 $1 16. h4 d4 $5
$36 (16... b4 17. Ne2 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 c5 $13)) 12... Nc5 (12... Be7 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 $36) (12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Nc5 Nxc5
16. Qxc5 O-O 17. Qc2 g6) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 $36) 13. Nxd5 (13. Rhe1 Be7 14. e5
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nh5 16. Be3 Qd7 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 (15.
Qxd3 Be7 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Kb1 $14) 15... Be7 16. h4 (16. Ne5 Bd6 (16... O-O 17.
Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Bd6 19. Kb1 Qf6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rhd1 d5 $11) 17. Kb1 O-O
$11) 16... O-O (16... Bxd5 17. Re1 O-O 18. Rxe7 $16) 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qd2 Bd6 19.
Kb1 (19. Bxd6 $142 cxd6+ (19... Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Re1 $16) 20. Kb1 $14)
19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxd5 $1 {Black deides to take all the sacrificed material
- with the idea to give it back to neutralise White's attack.} 21. Nxh7 Kxh7
22. h5 Kg7 $1 23. Qd4+ (23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe5+ Qf6 25. Qxd5 Rcd8 $11) 23... f6
24. Qxd5 Qxd5 (24... Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. f4 exd4
14. cxd4 Nf6 15. h3 Bd6 16. g4 Be4 $15 {1-0 Ardiansyah,H-Tarjan,J/Indonesia
1983 (40)}) (11... Nef6 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Be3
Qa6 17. h3 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Na4 b6 20. f4 Nd3 21. Nxd3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3
23. Kf2 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Gyorkos,L-Molnar,B/Szekszard op 1993 (45)}) 12. Qe2 (12.
Qb3 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qd1 (14. Qa3 Qb6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc1,Re1]}) 14... Nde4 $15
) 12... e5 13. dxe5 (13. d5 cxd5 (13... e4 $5 14. dxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rc1,Re1]
[%cal Yd7e5]}) 14. Nxd5 Nf6 $11) 13... Nxe5 {In this position the result of
the struggle depends on the fact if the white succeed in taking the space in
the centre with the help of pawns "e" and "f" or the black will stop their
moving or they will be blocked and then the advantage of the black in the
centre and on the queen's side will be clear.} 14. e4 (14. f4 Bg4 (14... Nd7
15. e4 Be6 16. b3 $14) 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. e4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 $11) 14... Be6 {
[%cal Ye6c4]} 15. b3 c5 {[%cal Ye5c6,Yc6d4]} (15... Re8 16. Bb2 $14) 16. Bb2 (
16. f4 Nc6 17. e5 Nf5 $15) 16... Nc6 17. Nc2 $2 (17. f4 $1 Nd4 (17... f6 18.
Nd5 Re8 19. Rd1 $16) (17... c4 18. f5 (18. e5 Nf5 $36 {[%cal Ye7c5,Yc5g1,Yf5e3,
Yf5d4,Yc6d4]}) 18... Qb6+ (18... Bd7 19. Nd5 $40 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 19. Kh1 Bd7
20. Nd5 $16) 18. Qf2 $36) 17... Bf6 18. f4 Nd4 19. Qf2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bd4+ 21.
Kh1 Re8 $11 22. Na4 Rc8 23. Rad1 (23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qd3 b5 (24... Bd7 $5 25.
Qxd4 (25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (25... Nb5 26. e5) (25... Bc6 26. e5 Nb5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28.
Rc5 Nc7 29. f5 $1 $16 (29. Qe4 Ne6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 d3 32. Rd1 Re7 $44))
26. Rxc1 Bc6 27. e5 Nb5 28. Rxc6 $1 (28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qe4 Re7 $132) 28... bxc6
29. Bxc6 a6 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 $132) 25... Nxe4 26. Qxa7 Bc6 $44) 25. Nb2 Qb6 26.
Rfd1 (26. Rac1 $142) 26... f5 $1 27. Qxd4 (27. e5 Ne4 $1 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4
Red8 $40 {-/+}) 27... Qxd4 (27... Nxe4 28. Qxb6 axb6 $11) 28. Rxd4 Nxe4 $15 {
[%cal Yc8c2]} 29. Nd3 Rcd8 $17) 23... Bg4 24. Rde1 (24. Rd2 b5 25. Bxd4 cxd4
26. Nc5 Nb7 27. b4 Nxc5 28. bxc5 Be2 $1 $17) 24... Qa5 (24... b5 $5 25. Nc3 Qd7
$15) 25. Bc3 (25. e5 b5 $1 (25... Nb5 26. Bxb7 $16) 26. Bc3 Qd8 27. exd6 (27.
Nb2 Nf5 $36 {[%cal Yf5e3]}) 27... Rxe1 28. Rxe1 bxa4 29. h3 (29. Bb7 Rb8 (29...
Qxd6 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. h3) 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Be4 (31. Qc7 d3 $1 $17) 31... axb3
32. axb3 Qxd6 $15) 29... Qxd6 $1 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qxc8+ Bxc8 32. Re8+ Qf8 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 25... Qa6 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 26. f5 $2 (26. e5 Nf5 $15) (26. h3 Bd7
$15) 26... f6 $17 27. h3 Bh5 28. g4 Bf7 29. Bd2 (29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31.
Qd3 Qa5 $17) 29... c4 $1 30. b4 c3 $19 31. Bf4 (31. Nxc3 Nb5 32. Rf3 Bxc3 33.
Bxc3 Nd4 $19) 31... Nc4 {[%cal Yc4a3]} 32. Nc5 (32. Rd1 Na3 (32... Ne3) 33. Qc1
(33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Nb5 $19) 33... Nb5 $19 {[%csl Ra4]}) 32... Qb6 33. e5
fxe5 34. Bc1 Qxb4 35. Ne4 Nd2 36. g5 Nxf1 37. f6 Rc6 38. g6 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 (12... Qxb3 13. axb3
Bb4 (13... Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nef6 (14... Ndf6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. e4 Bg6
18. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Kludacz,M-Horn,E/Stockholm 2001/EXT 2002 (41)}) 15. e4 Bg6 16.
Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 $14 {0-1 Kludacz,M-Kononenko,T/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (46)})
14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3
Re4 (19... Rd6 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nf8 22. e4 Ne6 23. Rd7 Nc5 24. Re7 Kf8
25. Rc7 Nxe4 26. Rxb7 Nxc3 27. bxc3 a5 $11 {0-1 Grabarczyk,M-Barkhagen,J/
Stockholm 2001/CBM 85 (79)}) 20. Red1 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. e3 Rb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/Cetniewo 1991/CBM 22 ext (30)}) (12... Bb4 13. Nxf5
exf5 14. Bxe4 (14. Qc2 Qxd4 (14... Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. a3 Bxc3
18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rec1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. c4 $14 {0-1 Gokhale,C-Szuhanek,R/
Calcutta 1999/CBM 69 ext (58)}) 15. Bxe4 Bxc3 16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18.
Rxd7 Be5 19. Rxb7 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rb1 c5 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,
V-Vallejo Pons,F/Biel 2002/CBM 91 (22)}) 14... fxe4 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. Be3 Qa5
17. d5 c5 18. a4 Qb6 19. Nb5 Ba5 20. Qc2 a6 21. Na3 $16 {1-0 Grabarczyk,
M-Krivoshey,S/Griesheim GER 2003/(40)}) 13. gxh4 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6
15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benko,
P-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/MCD (27)}) (13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bf6 $11) 13... Nef6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 f6 17.
e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 $16 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext 
(28)}) 14. Qxb6 (14. e4 Bg6 (14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Bh5
18. f3 $14 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M-Sherwin,J/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (31)}) 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,M-Ivanchuk,V/Warsaw 2001/CBM 84/[Konikowski] 
(16)}) 14... axb6 15. Bf4 b5 $132 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. a4 (17. e4 $5 Bg6 18. Rad1
Nf8 19. Bc5 Bh5 20. f3 (20. Rd2 e5 $132) 20... Ng6 $132) 17... bxa4 (17... Nb8
18. Be7 Rxd4 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxb5 21. b4 $1 $16) 18. Nxa4 (18. e4 Bg6
19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Nxa4 Nf8 21. Bc5 N8d7 22. Be7 Ra8 23. Nc3 $14) 18... Nf8 (
18... Ne4 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bf4 b5 21. Nc3 Ndf6 22. f3 (22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5
24. e4 $14) 22... Nxc3 23. bxc3 $14) 19. Be5 (19. Bc5 $5 N6d7 20. Be7 (20. e4
Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bg6 23. Nxb7 Rxd4 24. e5 $44) 20... Re8 21. Bd6 $14
) 19... Ng4 20. Bg3 $1 (20. Nc5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 b6 (21... Rxa1 22. Rxa1 b6 23.
Na4 b5 24. Nc5 $36) 22. Na4 Rab8 23. Bxc6 Ng6 $15) 20... Rxd4 21. Nc5 $44 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 b6 (22... Rd2 23. b4 b6 24. Na4 $44) 23. Nb7 (23. Na4 $5 b5 (23... Rd2
24. Bxc6 Rxe2 25. b4 $44) 24. Nc5 Rd2 25. b4 Rxe2 26. Bxc6 $44) 23... h5 (23...
c5 24. Bc7 Rd2 25. Bxb6 c4 26. Na5 Rxb2 27. Nxc4 Rxe2 28. h3 Ne5 (28... Nf6 29.
Nd6 Bg6 30. Ra8 $44) 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Ra8 $44) 24. Bxc6 {[%cal Ga1a8]} Ng6 (
24... Ng6 25. e4 Ne7 26. exf5 Nxc6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Re1 Rb4 29. h3 Nh6 (29...
Nf6 30. Rxe6 Nd4 31. Re7 Rxb2 32. Nd6 $11) 30. Rxe6 Nd4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Nd6
Rxb2 33. Be5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Be4 (13... Qb5 14.
Re1 Bd3 (14... Rac8 15. a3 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 a5 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3
c5 $11 {0-1 Istratescu,A-Itkis,B/Bucharest ROM 2000/ (34)}) 15. Qd1 Rac8 16.
Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa6 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Bf1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Vasilescu,L-Navrotescu,C/
ROM 1993/EXT 98 (19)}) 14. Bb2 (14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. e4
Qa6 $1 18. Nc4 Qb7 {[%cal Ya8a6,Yf8a8,Yb7g2]} 19. f3 Ra6 20. Be3 Rfa8 $11 {
0-1 Kaspi,A-Huzman,A/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] (49)}) 14... Nb6 (
14... Qh5 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5
20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Rec2 c5 22. Bd4 Rc6 23. e4 Ra6 24. Be3 Kf8 25. f4 Ke8 26. Kf3
f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. g4 $16 {1-0 Ribshtein,N-Bloemhard,R/Dieren 1999/CBM 71
ext (63)}) (14... Rac8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19.
Nxc5 Rxc5 20. e4 Rd8 21. a3 (21. a4 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Rcd7 23. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Konopka,M-Siklosi,Z/AUT 2000/EXT 2002 (46)}) 21... Qb7 22. axb4 Rc7 23. Bxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Rogic,D/AUT 2000/EXT 2002 (23)}) (14... Rfc8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Nb6 17. a3 Nxa4 18. bxa4 b3 19. Qc4 Qxd2 {0-1 Palacios Perez,M-Rodriguez
Guerrero,E/Ayamonte 2002/CBM 90 ext (19)}) 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rfc1 Qh5 $1 (16...
Qd5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ra5 19. Nf4 Qe4 20. f3 $16) 17. Qd1 Qd5 18. Ne1 Bxg2
19. Nxg2 Ra5 $132 {[%csl Ra2,Rc6]} 20. Nf4 Qe4 21. Rc4 Nd5 (21... Rfa8 $2 22.
d5 $18) 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 c5 $11 24. e4 Nf6 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. a4 bxa3 27.
Rxa3 Rb5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc5] The weak "b" and "c" pawns simply balance each
other off.} 28. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c6]} Rc8 29. Bc3 Bd6 30. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 31. e5 Be7
$1 32. exf6 Bxf6 33. b4 $1 cxb4 $1 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. Rxc8 Bxc3 (35... bxc3 $5
$14) 36. Rcc7 b3 $1 37. Rab7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 b2 39. Rb5 Bd4 {Black's passing
pawn and centralized B easily make up for the missing exchange.} 40. Kg2 e5 41.
Kf3 Kf5 42. h3 h5 43. Ke2 g5 44. Rb3 g4 45. hxg4+ hxg4 46. f3 (46. f3 gxf3+ 47.
Kxf3 e4+ 48. Ke2 Kg4 49. Rb5 Kxg3 50. Rxb2 Bxb2 51. Ke3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 38th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2003.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Qb3 (13. Bf1 c5 14.
Nd2 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bd5 16. Qd1 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Lengyel,L/Budapest 1965/
MCD (16)}) (13. a4 c5 (13... Nb6 14. Qa2 Qd5 15. a5 Nc4 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. f3 e5
18. fxe4 Qb5 19. Reb1 Qa6 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. gxh4 Nc4 22. e5 $16 {1-0 Horvath,
J-Vigus,J/Haarlem 1998/EXT 99 (33)}) 14. a5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Red1 cxd4 17.
Rxd4 Qe8 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bc5 20. Rdd1 Qe7 21. Bg5 Rfd8 22. Ng4 h5 23.
Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bh6 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,I-Erenburg,S/Budapest 2002/EXT 2003 (24)}) (
13. Bh3 c5 14. Qb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Qe3 Bg6 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bc2 19.
Rec1 Bb4 20. Be4 Rc3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Tobak,A-Mashinskaya,I/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000
(46)}) 13... c5 (13... Nb6 14. Ne5 (14. Rac1 c5 15. a4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qd5 17.
Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 20. gxf4 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Sergeev,V-Rapoport,
I/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (79)}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. e4 cxd4 17. Rad1
d3 18. Rxd3 Qc8 19. a4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. a5 Nd7 22. Qa4 Nf6 23. Rb1 Bc7
24. a6 bxa6 25. Nc6 Kh8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxa6 Nxe4 28. Rb7 Qc8 29. Nxa7 Qe8
30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Nxc6 Nxc3 32. Rxf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ikonnikov,V-Leitao,R/Havana
CUB 2003/(55)}) 14. Nd2 (14. Red1 Qc8 15. Rac1 c4 {1/2-1/2 Efimov,I-Knezevic,M/
Prague 1985/MCD (15)}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6 (15... Nb6 16. Nf3 Bd6 (16... Qd5
) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 Rab8 19. a5 Nd7 20. e4 Rfc8 21. Red1 Qa6 {1/2-1/2
Horvath,G-Savchenko,S/Pula 1994/EXT 2000 (21)}) 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nf3 Qc8 18. Rad1
Rd8 19. d5 c4 20. Qa4 exd5 21. exd5 Bf8 22. Bg5 $2 (22. d6 a6 23. Rd4 b5 24.
Qd1 Qc6 25. Kg1 Nd7 $13) 22... Rxd5 23. Bxf6 Ra5 $1 24. Qc2 gxf6 25. Rd4 f5 26.
Red1 $2 (26. Qe2 $1 Rc5 (26... b5 27. Rd5 $44 {[%csl Ra5]}) 27. Ne5 Bg7 (27...
Qb7+ 28. Kg1 Bg7 29. f4 b5 30. Qh5 Rd5 31. Red1 Rad8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Qxd5 34. Qxf5 $132) 28. f4 b5 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Rd6 $44) 26... Qc6 $17 27. Rf4
Bg7 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Bxc3 30. Kg1 (30. Rd7 Bf6 {[%cal Yc6e6]} 31. g4 (31.
Qg4+ Kf8 $17) 31... Qe6 $17) 30... Bg7 31. Ng5 (31. Rd7 Qe6 $17 32. Qxe6 fxe6
33. Rc7 b5 34. Ng5 Re8 35. Rxa7 Rc8 $1 $19) 31... Qg6 $19 32. Qf3 Re8 33. h4 c3
34. Rc1 c2 35. Qd5 h6 36. Nf3 Rc8 37. h5 Qg4 38. Ne1 Qe2 39. Kg2 Bb2 40. Qd7
Rc5 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Nf3 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nd2 Bg6 (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bf4 a5
{1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Dreev,A/Novosibirsk 1989/EXT 97 (13)}) 11. Nc4 Qxb3 (11...
Qa6 $5 12. O-O O-O $11) 12. axb3 Nd5 13. O-O f5 $6 (13... O-O $142) 14. Na5
O-O-O 15. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (15... cxd5 16. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 16. Bf4 {/\17.Nd5}
Nb8 (16... Bf7 17. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 18. Rxa7 Rde8 19. Rfa1 $18) (16... Nb6 17. Rfc1
(17. Nb5 $2 cxb5 18. Rfc1+ Kd7 19. Nxb7 Ra8 20. Rc7+ Ke6 $17) 17... a6 (17...
Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Nb5 Re6 20. Nxa7+ Kb8 21. N5xc6+ bxc6 22. Nxc6+ $16) 18.
b4 $36 Bxb4 $140 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na2 Bf8 21. Rxc6+ Kb7 22. Rc7+ Kb8 23. Nc3
$1 Bd6 24. Rc6 Nc4 25. b3 Kb7 26. Rcxa6 Nb6 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Ra7+ Kb8 29. Rxg7
$44) 17. Rfc1 Bd6 18. Nxd5 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rxd4 20. Nc4 $1 Bf7 (20... a6 $140 $4
21. Ne6 $18) (20... Na6 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Ne5 Rd2 24. Nxc6 Kd7 25.
Nxa7 Rxb2 26. Rc3 $18) 21. Rxa7 $16 Bxc4 (21... Re8 22. e3 Rdd8 23. h4 $16) 22.
Rxc4 (22. bxc4 $5 $16) 22... Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Re8 24. Rc2 (24. h4 $5) 24... Kc7 25.
Ra5 g6 26. Nd5+ $1 Kc8 27. Ne3 Rd4 28. Ra4 Red8 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nc4 Rd1 $2 (
30... Na6 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Nb4 33. Kf3 Kd7 34. Kf4 $16) 31. Rd2 Rb1 32. b4
b5 (32... Na6 33. b5 cxb5 34. Nd6+ Kc7 35. Nxb5+ Kc6 36. Nc3 $18) 33. Ne5 $18
Kc7 34. h4 Kb6 (34... Na6 35. Rd7+ Kb6 36. Nd3 $18) 35. Kf3 Na6 36. Nd7+ Kc7
37. Nf8 Nxb4 38. Nxh7 Nd5 39. Nf8 Nb6 40. Nxg6 Nc4 41. Rc2 Nxb2 42. Ne5 b4 43.
Rxc6+ Kb7 44. h5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 (12... Nf6 13. f3 Qd7
14. e4 Bg6 15. Nd3 $16) 13. Nf3 (13. e4 $2 Be6 14. Qe2 Nb6 $17 {[%csl Rc4]})
13... e4 $6 {It is a very risky decision.Now White have clear way of
development initiative on the queen's side.} (13... Be4 $5 14. Qb3 (14. dxe5 $2
Bxf3 (14... Nc5 $5 $36 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15. Bxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd3
$17) (14. Nxe5 $140 $2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd3 $17) 14... Qc7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Ba3
Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Rfe8 $11) 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Qe2 f5 16. a4 c5 17. f3 $1 exf3 18.
Bxf3 Rb8 19. d5 Bf7 20. c4 Bf6 21. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3f3,Gf1f8]} Ne5 {It looks
that Black have very comfortable blocading position but bad placed Bf7 create
problems for them.} 22. Bg2 Bg6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qb6 (25...
Qd6 26. Bf4 Rbe8 27. Bf5 $1 $16) 26. Bf4 (26. Bf5 $5 Qb4 27. Rf4 Rbe8 28. Be6+
Kh8 29. Kg2 $16) 26... Qb4 27. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 (27... Qxa3 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Bc2
Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Qxe3 $1 (31. Qg4 g6 32. d6 Rf8 $11) 31... Bxe3 32. Bf5 $16
{[%cal Gf5e6]}) 28. Raf3 $1 $40 g6 (28... Rxf3 29. Qxf3 g6 30. Qf7+ (30. d6 Kh8
31. d7 $36 (31. Bd5 Qxa4 32. Qf7 Qe8 $11) 31... Qxc4 32. Bd5 (32. Qf8+ Rxf8 33.
Rxf8+ Kg7 34. d8=Q Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Kg4 Qh5+ 39.
Kf4 Qh6+ $11) 32... Qd4+ 33. Kh1 $44) 30... Kh8 31. Qe7 $1 Bg7 32. d6 Qxc4 33.
Kg2 Qxa4 34. d7 Qa2+ 35. Rf2 Qg8 36. Rf7 $16) 29. d6 $1 Qb2 (29... Bxd6 30.
Bd5+ Kg7 31. Rf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33. Qe6 $18) (29... Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxf3 31.
Qxf3 Qxa4 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. d7 Bg7 34. Qe7 Qa5 35. Qe8+ $18) 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31.
Rf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Bxb7 $18 Bg7 35. d7 Rd8 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 (12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe4 Nc4 $10 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Unzicker,W/Santa Monica 1966/
MCL/[Ftacnik] (59)}) 12... Bb4 (12... Bxh4 13. Nxe4 (13. gxh4 $146 Nef6 (13...
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 f6 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 $14 {
0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (28)}) 14. e4 Bg6 15. Qxb6 axb6
16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,M-Ivanchuk,V/Warsaw 2001/CBM 84/[Konikowski] (16)})
13... Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/MCD (27)}) (12... Qxb3 13. axb3
Bb4 (13... Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nef6 (14... Ndf6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. e4 Bg6
18. Bf4 Rfc8 19. c4 $14 {1-0 Kludacz,M-Horn,E/Stockholm 2001/EXT 2002 (41)})
15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 (17. Rad1 Bh5 18. f3 h6 19. Kf2 Rad8 20. Bc7
Rc8 21. Bd6 $14 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M-Sherwin,J/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (31)})
17... a6 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 e5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nc5 $132 {0-1 Kludacz,
M-Kononenko,T/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (46)}) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bd2
Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 Re4 (19... Rd6 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nf8 $11 {0-1 Grabarczyk,M-Barkhagen,J/Stockholm 2001/CBM 85 (79)}) 20. Red1 Nf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. e3 Rb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/Cetniewo 1991/CBM 22
ext (30)}) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bxe4 (14. Qc2 Qxd4 (14... Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16.
Qxd2 Nb6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rec1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. c4 Rad8 22.
Rab1 Re7 23. e3 $14 {0-1 Gokhale,C-Szuhanek,R/Calcutta 1999/CBM 69 ext (58)})
15. Bxe4 Bxc3 16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. Rxd7 Be5 19. Rxb7 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+
Rxb8 21. Rb1 c5 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Vallejo Pons,F/Biel 2002/CBM 91 
(22)}) 14... fxe4 15. Rd1 (15. Bd2 a5 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rad1 Qxe4
19. Rxd7 c5 $11) 15... Rfe8 (15... Bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 Qa6 17. Bf4 (17. c4 Nb6 18.
c5 Nd5 $17) 17... Nb6 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Qxb7 Qxa2 21. Rdc1 Nb6 $11)
16. Be3 Qa5 17. d5 c5 (17... Nf6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 18. a4
{[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc3a2] The passing "d5" pawn and the misplaced black B are
enough to evaluate this position as favourable for White.} (18. Rac1 $5 b5 19.
a3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 c4 22. b3 Ne5 $14) 18... Qb6 19. Nb5 {/\20.Qb4}
(19. Qc4 $5 Nf6 (19... Qg6 $140 20. Qb5 {[%cal Gb5d7,Gb5b7]}) 20. Na2 Ng4 21.
Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 cxb4 24. Rac1 Kf8 25. Rd4 a5 26. Rc7 Re7 $1
27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Rxe4+ Kd6 29. Rg4 g6 30. e4 Rc8 $132) 19... Ba5 20. Qc2 $1 (
20. Bf4 $5 e3 21. f3 (21. Bxe3 $140 a6 $19) (21. fxe3 a6 22. Bc7 Qh6 23. Bxa5
axb5 24. axb5 Rxe3 25. Qc4 Qh5 $44) 21... Ne5 22. Qc2 $5 (22. Qxe3 Ng6 23. Qf2
Nxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 (24... a6 25. Na3 Qxb2 26. Nc4 Qb4 27. Rdc1 $16) 25. e3 Rad8
26. Kh1 Qf5 $132) 22... Rad8 (22... a6 23. Na3 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 e2 25. Re1 $16)
23. d6 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 e2 25. Re1 $16) 20... a6 21. Na3 Qg6 $1 22. Nc4 Bb4 {
[%cal Yb7b5]} 23. a5 (23. Bf4 $1 b6 (23... b5 $140 24. Nd6 $16) 24. h3 $1 Rad8
25. Bc7 Rc8 26. d6 Qe6 27. Kg2 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ne3 $16) 23... Rad8 24. Bf4
Nf6 25. d6 Qh5 $1 $132 26. Kg2 g5 (26... Nd5 $1 27. Bc1 Re6 28. h3 Qf5 $132)
27. Be3 g4 28. Kh1 $2 (28. Qc1 $1 Re6 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Qf4 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Nh5 32.
Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rh3,Rh5][%cal Gd1d5]}) 28... Re6 29. Bf4 Nd5 30. Rxd5 $1 (30.
Qc1 e3 $5 31. Bxe3 (31. Nxe3 Nxf4 32. gxf4 g3 $1 33. fxg3 Qxe2 34. Ng2 Rexd6
$19) 31... Nxe3 32. fxe3 (32. Nxe3 Rexd6 33. Qc2 Qg6 $11) 32... Rh6 33. h4 gxh3
34. e4 Re6 35. Qe3 Qg4 36. e5 Qxc4 37. Qg5+ Rg6 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 $40 {[%cal Yc4e4,
Ye4g2,Yc4e2,Ye2g2]}) 30... Qxd5 31. Rd1 $44 Qf5 (31... Qc6 32. Ne5 Qb5 33. Nxg4
Bxa5 34. Rd5 $40) 32. Ne3 Qg6 33. Nc4 h5 $5 (33... Qf5 $11) 34. Rd5 f6 35. Kg2
Qh7 36. Qd1 h4 37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. d7 Qh3+ (38... Re7 39. Rd6 Qh7 40. Qd5+ Qf7
41. Qf5 Rexd7 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Nd6 Rxd6 44. Bxd6 $11) 39. Kg1 Re7 40. Rd6 (40.
Rd6 g3 (40... Qh7 41. Rxf6 Rdxd7 42. Nd6 $40) (40... Qh5 41. Nb6 Qf7 42. Nd5
Rdxd7 43. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $13) 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. hxg3 Rdxd7 43. Ne5 $1 Rxe5 (43...
fxe5 44. Bxe5+ Rxe5 45. Qxe5+ Rg7 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. Qxe4+ Rg6 48. Qxb7+ Rg7 49.
Qe4+ Rg6 50. Qa8 $18) 44. Bxe5 Rxd6 45. Bxd6 $16) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Be4 (12... Qa5 13. b3 Qb5 14.
Re1 Bd3 (14... Rac8 15. a3 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 a5 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3
c5 $11 {0-1 Istratescu,A-Itkis,B/Bucharest 2000/CBM 79 ext (34)}) 15. Qd1 Rac8
16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa6 (17... h6 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 c5 22. Qc2 Qa6 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Volzhin,A-Rustemov,A/Stockholm 2002/CBM 85 ext (39)}) 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Bf1 Qb7 {
1/2-1/2 Vasilescu,L-Navrotescu,C/ROM 1993/EXT 97 (19)}) 13. Rd1 (13. Bd2 Nb6
14. b3 Nxa4 15. bxa4 Qd5 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Be1 Nd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Milov,L/Balatonbereny 1992/TD (24)}) (13. b3 Nb6 (13... Qa5 14. Bb2 (14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. e4 Qa6 $1 18. Nc4 Qb7 19. f3 Ra6 20. Be3
Rfa8 21. Rf2 Nd7 $1 22. Rd1 $6 b5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 c5 $17 {0-1 Kaspi,
A-Huzman,A/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] (49)}) 14... Rac8 (14... Qh5
15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Nd7 21. Rec2 c5 22. Bd4 Rc6 23. e4 Ra6 24. Be3 $14 {1-0 Ribshtein,N-Bloemhard,
R/Dieren open 1999 (63)}) (14... Rfc8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb6 17. a3 Nxa4 18.
bxa4 b3 19. Qc4 Qxd2 {0-1 Palacios Perez,M-Rodriguez Guerrero,E/Ayamonte 2002/
CBM 90 ext (19)}) 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Nxc5
Rxc5 20. e4 Rd8 21. a3 Qb7 22. axb4 Rc7 23. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Rogic,D/
AUT 2000/EXT 2002 (23)}) 14. Nxb6 (14. Nb2 Qd5 15. Bd2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17.
Rfc1 Qd5 18. Rd1 Qb7 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Be1 Nbd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Dautov,
R/Essen 1999/CBM 71/[Huzman] (41)}) (14. Ne5 Nxa4 15. bxa4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rc8
17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Rfc1 Qxa4 19. Qc4 c5 20. a3 a5 21. axb4 Qxb4 $17 {1/2-1/2
Borges Mateos,J-Perez,R/Santa Clara 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14... axb6 15. Ne5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Bb2 f6 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Ra5 $15 {
0-1 Panczyk,K-Vigus,J/Hampstead 1998/CBM 63 ext (38)}) (13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
Nb6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 {1/2-1/2 Pomes Marcet,J-Vera Pons,F/Barcelona
2000/EXT 2001 (16)}) 13... Qa5 14. b3 Nb6 (14... Qb5 15. Bf1 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 c5
17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. a3 Bxd4
23. Rxd4 bxa3 24. Nd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Dorfman,J/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80 
(48)}) 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ (17... Rfc8 $5 18. e4 $14 Qa7
19. f3 Nd7 20. Nc4 $14) 18. f3 Rfc8 (18... c5 19. e4 Qb7 20. Be3 $14) 19. e4
Qd8 20. Be3 $14 Nd7 21. Nd3 (21. Nc4 b5 22. Nb2 Ra6 23. Nd3 Rca8 $132) 21...
Ra7 22. Rac1 Qf8 23. Rc2 Rac7 24. Rdc1 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc6]} Bd6 25. Bd2 f6 (
25... Nb8 26. Rc4 Na6 27. Qe1 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Be3 $16) 26. Rc4 b5 (26...
c5 27. e5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Nxb4 b5 30. Rf4 $1 (30. R4c2 c4 31. Qe1 Nb6 $44
{[%csl Rb4]}) 30... Qe8 31. Nc2 $16) 27. R4c2 {[%cal Ge4e5]} e5 28. dxe5 fxe5 (
28... Nxe5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rd7 (30... Nd7 31. R5c2 Qe7 32. Bf4 Ne5 33.
Rc5 $16) 31. R1c2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc6]}) 29. Be3 $1 c5 30. Nf2 $1 Rb8 31. Qd3 $1
Nf6 32. Bg5 $1 Be7 $2 (32... Nd7 33. Ng4 h6 34. Be3 Rb6 35. Rd1 $16) 33. Bxf6
$1 gxf6 (33... Qxf6 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Ng4 $18) 34. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e3,Ge3d5,Ge3f5]
} Qd8 35. Qe2 Rd7 36. Nh6+ Kg7 (36... Kf8 37. Nf5 $18) 37. Nf5+ Kf7 (37... Kf7
38. Nxe7 Kxe7 39. Qe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... c5 10. Bf4 Rb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. dxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng5 Re7 14.
O-O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. e5 hxg5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd6 Re6 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Bg4
O-O 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhe1 f5 23. Qd2 Rf7 $132 {Ivanov S.-Rublevsky,Elista1997}
) 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. O-O (11. d5 $5 exd5 (11... c5 $142) 12. O-O-O $40) 11... c5
12. d5 c4 13. Be2 exd5 (13... b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $36) 14. Nxd5 (14. e5 Ne4
15. Rad1 Ndc5) (14. exd5 Bc5 15. d6 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb6 $11) 14... Bxd5 (14...
Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. d6 $5 (16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 $44 {[%csl Ge6]
[%cal Gf3d4]} (18. Nd4 fxe5 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd7 $19) (18.
Ng5 fxe5 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd7 $19)) 16... Bxd6 17. Rad1 Nd5
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng5 $44) 15. exd5 Bc5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Qe4+ Ne7 17. Rad1
$40) 16. b3 (16. d6 O-O 17. Rad1 Qb6 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Yf8d8,Yd7f8]}) 16... cxb3
17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Rad1 Qb6 {[%cal Yf6e4]} 19. Ng5 (19. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3f5]})
19... h6 (19... Bd6 $5 $11) 20. Ne6 (20. Nh3 Rfe8 $15) (20. Nf3 Ne4 $17) 20...
fxe6 21. dxe6 Bxf2+ (21... Nb8 $1 22. e7+ Rf7 23. Bd3 Bxe7 24. Bg6 Rcf8 25.
Rfe1 {White have some compensation}) 22. Rxf2 (22. Kh1 Nc5 $17) 22... Nc5 23.
Be3 (23. Rd6 Qxd6 (23... Qa5 $2 24. Qe3 Nce4 25. e7 Rf7 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Bh5
$16) (23... Rc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc2 Nfe4 26. e7 Re8 27. Bf3 Qe6 28. Re2 $44)
24. Bxd6 Nxb3 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. axb3 Ke7 $17) 23... Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rd6
Rfe8 26. Rxf6 (26. Rxa6 Nc7 (26... Nd5 27. Bd2 $14) 27. Ra3 Ncd5 28. Bd4 $14)
26... gxf6 27. Bg4 Kf7 28. Rxa6 Re7 $15 29. Bxh6 Rc5 30. Bd2 Nd4 31. h3 Rc2 32.
Bb4 Re3 {[%cal Ye3g3]} 33. Bh5+ Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Bg4 Kg6 $1 (35... Rg3 36.
Bf8+ Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kh4 38. Rh7+ $11) 36. Bf8 Ne6 (36... f5 $1 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38.
Bh5 Ne6 39. Rg6+ (39. Rf7+ Kg5 40. Bf3 Kg6 41. Re7 f4 $19) 39... Ke5 $19) 37.
Bd6 (37. Bxe6 $142 Rxe6 38. a3 $17) 37... f5 38. Bf3 Ng5 $19 39. Ba8 Nxh3+ 40.
Kh2 Nf2 41. Bf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khlian, Eduard"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. f4 (13.
Nf3 e4 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Bxe4 Qxc3 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Bb2 Qa5 19. Rfc1
{1/2-1/2 Kvamme,J-Riemer,W/ICCF WT/M/GT/241 1988 (19)}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Nf6
15. h3 Bd6 16. g4 Be4 $15 {1-0 Ardiansyah,H-Tarjan,J/Indonesia 1983 (40)}) (
11... Nef6 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qa6 17. h3
Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Na4 b6 20. f4 Nd3 21. Nxd3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Kf2 Rfd8
$11 {1-0 Gyorkos,L-Molnar,B/Szekszard op 1993 (45)}) 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. f4 Nd7 15. e4 Be6 16. b3 f6 17. Nc2 (17. Bb2 Re8 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Kh1 Qb6
20. Nd3 Nc5 21. Nf2 Bf7 22. e5 $36 {1-0 Iljushin,A-Mah,K/Hengelo NED 1999 (42)}
) 17... Re8 18. Bb2 Bf8 19. Kh1 Bf7 20. Rad1 Qc7 {After series of preparing
moves from both sides a real fight around breakthrough e5 will start now.} 21.
Qf2 a6 $1 22. g4 Nb5 23. Na4 (23. Qg3 $5 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Nc5 (24... Rad8 25. g5
$36) 25. e5 (25. Rfe1 Bg6 26. f5 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Bf7 28. g5 (28. e5 fxe5 29. Bxe5
Rad8 $132) 28... fxg5 29. e5 $44) 25... fxe5 26. Bxe5 Qa5 $132 27. b4 $5 Qxa2
28. Ne3 Ne6 29. f5 $44) 23... Bg6 (23... Bd6 24. Nd4 Rad8 25. Nf5 $36) 24. Rxd7
$6 (24. Rfe1 $5 Bd6 25. h4 Rad8 (25... Bxf4 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxf4 Rad8 {
[%cal Yd7d2]} 28. h5 Bf7 29. Ne3 Qd2 30. Rf1 $36 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 26. h5 Bf7 27.
Rf1 $36) 24... Qxd7 25. Nb6 Qd3 26. Ne1 (26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. f5 Bf7 28. e5 fxe5
29. Bxe5 Re8 30. Ne1 Qd7 31. Nf3 $11) 26... Qd8 (26... Qb1 $5 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28.
a4 (28. e5 $5 Qxa2 29. f5 Bf7 30. g5 (30. e6 Be8 31. g5 Be7 $13) (30. exf6 Re8
$13)) 28... Ba3 29. Bxa3 Nxa3 30. f5 Bf7 31. Qb6 Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Bxb3 33. Rf3 Nc2
34. Rxb3 Nxe1 35. Rxb7 Nd3 36. Bf1 Ne5 37. a5 Rd8 $15 {[%cal Yd8d1,Yd1a1,Gd8d2,
Gd2h2]}) 27. Nxa8 Qxa8 28. e5 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Qd8 30. Nf3 (30. f5 Bf7 (30... Rxe5
31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qf7+ Kh7 33. Qxb7 $16) 31. f6 (31. Nf3 Bd5 $15) 31... gxf6 $5
(31... g6 32. Nf3 $36) (31... Rxe5 32. fxg7 Re7 33. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 34. Nd3 $36)
32. Bxf6 Qd7 33. Bb2 Bd5 34. a4 Nc7 $132) 30... Be4 $6 (30... Qd7 $142) 31. a4
Nd6 32. Rd1 Bd5 33. Ng5 Bxb3 (33... h6 34. Rxd5 hxg5 (34... cxd5 35. Bxd5+ Kh8
36. Qc2 $18) 35. Rd3 $1 $16 (35. Rd1 $2 Ne4 $19)) 34. Rd3 Bc4 (34... h6 35.
Rxb3 hxg5 36. Rd3 $36) 35. Rxd6 ({It seems strange that draw was agreed as I
think White may win by} 35. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 36. Qc2 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Qb3 (10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Ne1 Ndf6 13. Nc4 Bh7
14. f3 Nd6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. N1d3 Qc7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bb2 $14 {0-1 Barrett,
S-Houska,J/England 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 10... Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 (11... Qxb3 12.
axb3 Nbd7 13. Na5 $1 Be4 14. Nxb7 c5 15. Na5 $14) 12. Nfe5 Nbd7 (12... Rd8 $5
13. Rd1 (13. Na5 Rxd4 14. Qxb7 Qxb7 15. Nxb7 a5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Be4 $17
{[%csl Rb7]}) 13... Nbd7 $11) 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bf4 (14. e4 Bg6 15. Bf4 c5 $1
16. d5 b5 $132 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 c4 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qe3 exd5 21. exd5 Bd6
$11) 14... Nb6 15. Rfc1 (15. Nxb6 Qxb6 (15... axb6 16. e4 Bg6 17. Rfd1 $14 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 16. e4 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bg4 $11 {[%cal Yg4e2,Ye2b5]}) 15... Nxc4
16. Rxc4 Qb6 17. e4 Bg6 18. d5 $36 exd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 $16 {[%cal
Gd5b7,Gf4b8] White Bs are dominant enough to provide their side with a clear
advantage.} Rac8 21. Be3 Qxb3 22. axb3 a6 $2 (22... b5 $142 23. Rxc8 (23. Rc6
Rcd8 24. Bf3 (24. Rxg6 Rxd5 25. Rga6 Bf6 26. Rxa7 Rd3 27. b4 $14) 24... Rd7 25.
Rca6 Bf6 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Bxb2 28. Rb7 Bd3 $14) 23... Rxc8 24. Rxa7 Bc5
$16) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bd5 $16 Bc2 (25... Bd3 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27.
bxc4 Rxb2 28. Rxa6 $16 {/+-}) 26. Rxa6 Bxb3 27. Bxb3 Rxb3 28. Rb6 Rd3 $2 ({
Black still could have kept some drawing chances in the B-endgame} 28... Rxb6
29. Bxb6 f5 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 $16) 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. b4 $18
Bg5 31. Bc5 Rb3 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. b5 Bd8 34. b6 Rb5 35. Be3 Rb3 36. Rd7 $1 Bg5 (
36... Bxb6 37. Rd6+ $18) 37. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 (11. Qxc6 b4 12. Nd1 (12. Nb5 Be4 13. Qa6 Nb8
14. Qa4 a6 $19) 12... Bd3 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qa4 Qb6 $44) 11... b4 12. Na4 (12.
Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Ge3e4,Gd2e4,Gd2c4]} c5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. b3 Bg4 {[%cal Yc5d4,
Rg4e2]} 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bb2 Nd5 (17... Ne4 $11) 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Rac1
cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%cal Yg6d3,Yc5d3,Gc5e4,Ge4c3,Gd5c3]} 21. Rfd1 Ne4 22. Bxe4
$1 Bxe4 23. f3 Bg6 24. e4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Morozevich,A/St. Petersburg
1998/CBM 67/[Huzman] (66)}) 12... Be4 (12... Qa5 13. b3 Qb5 14. Re1 Bd3 15. Qd1
Rac8 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa6 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Bf1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Vasilescu,
L-Navrotescu,C/ROM 1993/EXT 97 (19)}) 13. b3 (13. Bd2 Nb6 14. b3 Nxa4 15. bxa4
Qd5 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Be1 Nd7 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Milov,L/Balatonbereny 1992/TD 92\11 (24)}) 13... Nb6 14. Nb2 (14. Nxb6 axb6
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Bb2 f6 19. Nd3 Bd6 $15 {0-1 Panczyk,
K-Vigus,J/Hampstead 1998/EXP 63 (38)}) 14... Qd5 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16.
Rd1 Nfd5 (16... Nbd5 17. Na4) 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Nd3 Bd6 $15) 15. Bd2 (15. Nd3 Bd6
$11) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. Rfd1 Qh5 18. Nd3 $14) 17. Rfc1 (17.
Nd3 Qb5 18. Nf4 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Rac8 (19... Rfd8 20. Ned4 Rac8 $15) 20. Rfc1 Nfd5
$15) (17. Rac1 Qa5 18. a4 Qd5 $17 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17... Qd5 (17... Qh5 18. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd3f4,Gd3b4]} Rfd8 19. Nf4 (19. Nxb4 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxf3 $17) 19... Qh6
20. Ne5 $36) 18. Rd1 Qb7 19. Nd3 (19. Be1 Nfd5 20. Rac1 Rac8 (20... Bf6 21. Nd3
$132 {[%csl Rc5]}) 21. Nc4 Rfd8 $15) 19... Rfd8 20. Be1 (20. Nxb4 a5 $19) 20...
Nbd5 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Re1][%cal Yb7g2]} (20... Nfd5 $5 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Nde5 Bf6
$15 23. Ng4 $140 Bc3) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Nde5 h6 (22... Nc3 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.
Bxc3 bxc3 25. Nc4 Qb4 26. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Rc3]}) 23. Nc4 Qa8 (23... Qa6 24. Nfe5
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7 26. f3 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 24. h3 Nb6 {[%cal Ya8g2]} 25.
Rxd8+ (25. Nxb6 axb6 $40 {[%cal Ya8a2,Ya8g2]}) 25... Rxd8 26. Nce5 Bd6 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Bd5 29. Rc1 a5 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3][%cal Ya5a4]} 30. Nh4 Bxg2 31. Nxg2
Ne4 $17 {[%cal Ye4g5,Yg5f3]} 32. h4 Be5 {[%csl Rc3]} 33. Rd1 Rd5 (33... Rxd1
34. Qxd1 Nc5 {[%cal Ya8e4]} 35. f3 $15) (33... Rc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Ya8c6,Yc6c2]})
34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Qc2 g6 (35... Nc5 36. f3) (35... g5 $5 $17 {[%csl Re1,Rg2]})
36. Nf4 Bxf4 37. exf4 Nd6 $6 (37... g5 38. f3 Nd6 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Qd2 $11) (
37... Nf6 38. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2e3]} Qf3 39. Be3 Nd5 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 $11) (
37... h5 38. f3 Nc5 (38... Nd6 39. Kg2 Nf5 40. Bf2 $11) 39. Bf2 Nd3 $15) 38.
Bd2 Qf3 (38... Ne4 $142 39. Be1 $11 (39. Be3 Nc3 $17)) 39. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb4]} Qd5 40. Bb6 Nf5 $2 (40... h5 41. Qc5 Qxc5 42. Bxc5 Ne4 43. Bb6 Nc3 44.
Bxa5 Nxa2 45. Kf1 Nc1 $11) 41. Qc8+ Kg7 (41... Kg7 {Black overpressed and now
White could get good winning chances} 42. Qd8 $1 Qe4 (42... Qf3 43. Bc7 $1 $18)
(42... Qc6 43. Bc7 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 f6 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qb7 $18) (
42... Qxd8 43. Bxd8 $18) 43. g4 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rd1 (11. d5 $1 Nh5 12. Be3 e5 13. a4 b4 14.
Na2 (14. Ne2 $5 $14) 14... c6 15. dxc6 Rxc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Psakhis,L/
Polanica Zdroj 1997/Inf 71/ (36)}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 c4 (12... Qb6 13.
dxe6 Qxe6 14. Ng5 Qg4 15. g3 Qh5 16. h4 h6 17. Be2 Qg6 18. h5 hxg5 19. hxg6
Rxh1+ 20. Bf1 gxf4 $19 {0-1 Pedersen,H-Christensen,R/DEN-ch corr 1949/CR97-49 
(33)}) 13. Be2 (13. dxe6 cxd3 14. exf7+ $2 (14. exd7+ $142 Qxd7 15. Rxd3 Qg4
$44) 14... Kxf7 15. Rxd3 Qe8 $1 16. O-O Nc5 17. Re3 Kg8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. e5 Nh5
20. Bg3 Ne6 $17 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48/[Ftacnik] (30)})
13... b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Bh5+ g6 19.
Bxg6+ Kf8 20. Nf7 $18 {1-0 Martin,P-Wexler/Buenos Aires ch-ARG 1951 (41)})
12... Bxc5 (12... Qa5 13. c6 Bxc6 14. O-O Nc5 15. Rfe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Be7 17.
Bd6 Rd8 18. e5 Bxd6 19. exd6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O 21. Re3 b4 22. Ne4 Nd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kljako,D-Sher,M/Biel 1990/CBM 19 ext (32)}) 13. Qe2 (13. O-O $2 b4 14.
Na4 $140 Be3 $1) 13... Nh5 (13... O-O {would let White to make a thematic
sacrifice} 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 (16... Kg6 $4 17.
Qe4+ f5 18. exf6+ Kxf6 (18... Kh5 19. g4+ Kxg4 (19... Kh4 20. Qh7+ Kxg4 21.
Rg1+ Kxf4 22. Qe4#) 20. Rg1+) 19. Qxe6#) 17. Qh5 (17. Qd3 N7f6 18. exf6 Nxf6
19. Qg3 Qb6 20. O-O $36 {[%cal Gg3h4]}) (17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. exf6
Re8+ 20. Be3 Qxf6 (20... Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Qxf6 22. Bd4 Qg6 (22... Qxd4 23. Qxf7+
Kh8 $11)) 21. O-O) 17... N7f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh4 Qb6 20. O-O Rfd8 (20... b4
21. Be5 $18) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be5 Bd4 $15) 15... Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+
Kg6 (17... Kg8 $4 18. Qh5 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 $18) 18. Qd3+ f5 19. Qg3 $1 (19. exf6+
Kxf6 20. Nh7+ Kf7 $17) (19. h4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Bc4 21. h5+ Kh6 22. Nxe6+ Kh7 23.
Nxd8 Bxd3+ (23... Rfxd8 24. Bg5) 24. Rxd3 Nc5 25. Nb7 $1 (25. Rd4 Rfxd8 26.
Rxb4 Nd3 $17) 25... Nxb7 26. h6 Rfd8 27. hxg7+ Kg8 $1 (27... Kxg7 28. Rg3+ $16)
28. Rdh3 $40 {/~~}) 19... Qa5+ (19... Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 (20. Kxf2 Rc2+ 21. Rd2
Rxd2+ (21... Qb6+ 22. Ke2 Rxd2+ 23. Bxd2 $16) 22. Bxd2 f4 $1 23. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 24.
Nf3+ $1 Kf5 25. Qh3+ Ke4 26. Qh7+ $1 (26. Re1+ Kd3) 26... Rf5 27. Rd1 $44)
20... Qa5+ 21. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Rg6]}) 20. Kf1 $1 (20. Bd2 Bb4 (20... Qxa2 21. h4
$1 (21. Nxe6+) 21... Nxe5 22. Qxe5 (22. h5+ Kf6 23. Nh7+ Kf7 24. Qxe5 Rg8)
22... Rh8 23. g4 $1 $18 Bxh1 (23... fxg4 24. h5+ Rxh5 25. Rxh5 Kxh5 26. Nxe6+
Kg6 27. Qxg7+ Kf5 28. Qf7+ Ke4 (28... Ke5 29. Bf4+ Ke4 30. Ng5#) 29. f3+ Kd3 (
29... gxf3 30. Qg6+ Ke5) 30. Qg6+ Be4 31. Qxe4#) 24. h5+ Rxh5 25. gxh5+ Kxh5
26. Nxe6 $18) 21. O-O (21. Nxe6+ Kf7 22. Nxf8 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rc1+ 24. Ke2 Bc4+
25. Ke3 Rc3+ $1 26. bxc3 Qxc3+ 27. Rd3 (27. Kf4 Qxe5+ 28. Kg5 f4+ $19) 27...
Qxd3+ 28. Kf4 Qe4+ 29. Kg5 Nxf8 $19) 21... Bxd2 22. Nxe6+ Kf7 (22... Kh5 23. f4
$1 $18) 23. Nxf8 Nxf8 24. Qd3 $13) 20... Qxa2 (20... Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Qxa2 22. Qg3
Qb3) 21. h4 $1 Qc4+ 22. Kg1 Rh8 (22... Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qc5+ 24. Ke1 Qb4+ 25. Bd2
Qg4 26. h5+ $18) 23. h5+ $1 Rxh5 24. Rxh5 Kxh5 25. Qh3+ Kg6 26. Qh7#) 14. Bc1 (
14. Bg5 Qc7 {[%cal Yh5f4]} 15. O-O h6 (15... O-O 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g6 18.
Be2 Nxe5 19. Qh3 {-see game.}) 16. Bc1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. a4 $1 $36) 14...
Qc7 15. O-O O-O (15... Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. a4 $36) 16. e5 $5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g6
18. Be2 $1 Nxe5 19. Qh3 Ng7 (19... Nf6 20. Qh4 (20. Bf4 $6 Bd6) 20... Ned7 (
20... Nfd7 21. Ne4 $44) 21. Bg5 Qe5 (21... Ne8 22. a4 $44) 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Bh6
Rfd8 24. g4 Nxg4 (24... Qc2 25. Rd2 $18) 25. Bxg4 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1
$16) 20. Bf4 $44 f6 21. a4 $1 bxa4 (21... b4 $2 22. Ne4 a5 23. Ba6 (23. Rc1 Qe7
) 23... Ra8 24. Rc1 Rxa6 25. Rxc5 $16) 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bb5 a3 24. Rd7 Qxd7 $2
(24... Qb6 $1 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qh6 Rf7 (26... Bxf2+ 27. Kh1) 27. Rxf7 (27.
bxa3 Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Qb7 $1 29. Ba4 Bd4 $19) (27. Ne4 Rxd7 28. Nf6+ (28. Bxd7
axb2 $19) 28... Kf7 29. Nxd7 Qxb5 30. Nxe5+ Kg8 $19) 27... Kxf7 28. Qd2 (28.
bxa3 Rxa3 29. Ne4 Qxb5 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Qxg7 Bxf2+ $1 $19 32. Kxf2 Qc5+ 33. Ke1
Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Ra1#) 28... Kg8 (28... a2 29. Ra1 Kg8 30. Bc4 Rf8 31.
Nd1 $11) 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. Bc4 Bb4 (30... Qa5 31. Ne4 Qxd2 32. Nxd2 $15) 31.
Nd5 $8 Bxd2 32. Nxb6 e4 $17) 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Qd3 Rf7 27. bxa3 (27. Ra1 $5 Ra7
(27... Ne5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Ne4 Bd4 30. Rxa3 Raf8 31. Qe2 $16) 28. bxa3 Rxa3
29. Rxa3 Bxa3 $14) 27... Rxa3 28. Qc4 g5 (28... Ra8 29. Ne4 Bf8 $14) 29. Bc1 (
29. Ne4 Be7 30. Bc1 Ra8 {-see game}) 29... Ra8 30. Ne4 Be7 (30... Bf8 31. Bb2
$16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 31. Qc6 (31. Bb2 Nf8 32. f4 gxf4 33. Rxf4 f5 34. Ng3 Bd6 $132
) 31... Rd8 (31... Ra7 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Qc3 (33. Qc8+ Rf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35.
Bxa7 $14) 33... Ra2 34. Nxg5 $16) 32. Rd1 $1 (32. f4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Nf8 $14)
32... Nf8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Ba3 $1 $16 f5 $2 (34... Rd7 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Bd6 $16
) (34... h6 35. Qc8 Bb6 36. Bb2 $1 (36. Bxf8 Rc7 $1 (36... Rxf8 37. Nxf6+ Kf7
38. Qc3 Bxf2+ $1 39. Kxf2 Kg6 40. Qd3+ $1 Kxf6 41. Qh7 $1 $16) 37. Nxf6+ Kf7
38. Qxc7+ Bxc7 39. Bxg7 Be5 40. Bxh6 Bxf6 41. h3 (41. f4 g4 42. Kf2 Kg6 (42...
Be7 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yf7g6]} 43. Bg5 Bxg5 44. fxg5 Kg6 45. Ke3 $1 Kxg5 46. Ke4
$18) 43. Bf8 Kf5 $14) 41... e5 $1 42. f3 Be7 43. h4 $11) 36... e5 37. Qh3 $16)
35. Nc5 (35. Qa8 $1 Be7 (35... fxe4 36. Qxd8 h6 37. g4 $1 $18) (35... Rd7 $2
36. Nf6+ $18) (35... g4 36. Qxd8 fxe4 37. Qa8 $16) 36. Bxe7 Rxe7 37. Nxg5 $16)
35... Be7 36. h3 h6 $14 37. Kf1 Kh7 38. Bb2 Bxc5 39. Qxc5 Ng6 $11 40. Qd6 Rb7
41. Bc3 e5 42. Bxe5 Nxe5 43. Qxe5 Rb6 44. Kg1 Re6 45. Qd5 Kg6 46. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staufer op 07th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "1995.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Kalinitschew,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rfd1 $6 Bc2 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 13.
Rd2 $146 (13. Rdc1 Nb6 14. Qc5 Bf5 15. Qa3 a5 $1 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Qb6 18.
b3 Qb4 $1 (18... Be4 19. e3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Rab1 Qb4 23. a3
{1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Kalinitschew,S/Germany 1992/BL2-N9192/ 1991}) 19. e3 Qxa4
20. bxa4 Rac8 $1 21. Nd2 c5 $1 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Be4 cxd4 $17 {Kovalev,A}) 13...
Nb6 14. Qc5 Be7 15. Qa5 Bh7 $5 16. e4 Nc4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Re2 Rd7 19. Bh3
Bf6 $1 20. e5 (20. d5 Bxc3 21. dxe6 Rd3 $19) 20... Be7 $17 21. b3 Na3 22. Rc1
Rad8 23. Bf1 Bb4 24. Rb2 a6 25. Kg2 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Be4 27. b4 Nb5 28. Bxb5 axb5
29. Kh3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxd4 31. Ra3 g5 32. Ra7 R8d7 33. a4 bxa4 34. Rxa4 Re4 35.
Ra5 Rd5 36. b5 Rexe5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Rbb8 h5 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41.
Rh8 g4+ 42. Kh4 Rf5 43. Ra2 Kg7 44. Rc8 Rc5 45. Rd2 Rc1 {2.11-1.58} 0-1

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bxh4
14. gxh4 Nef6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 a6 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 e5 $11 {
Kludacz,M-Kononenko,T/Warsaw POL 2001/}) 13. gxh4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Be2
Rad8 20. Rb1 Qb4 21. Kf1 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bf3 Nd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2
Rfd8 26. Ke1 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/})
(13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 $11) 13... Nef6 14. e4 (14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 14... Bg6 (14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg4 $11) 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ (4. e3) 4... Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7.
Bxc4 Rb8 8. Qc2 b5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 c5 $10) 9... Bb7 10. O-O $6 (10. e5 Nd5 11.
Bg5 $1 $14) 10... b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 cxb2 13. fxg7 bxa1=N $3 (13... bxa1=Q
$2 14. gxh8=Q $16) 14. gxh8=Q Nxc2 15. Bg5 Bxf3 $5 (15... Qc8 16. Bh6 {/\ Ne5,
Ne5<=>}) 16. Bxd8 Bxe2 17. Bxc7 (17. Rc1 Kxd8 $19) 17... Rb7 18. Bd6 Bxf1 19.
Kxf1 Rb6 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 $17 21. g3 Nb4 22. Qe5 Nd5 23. h4 Ng6 24. Qg7 h5 25.
Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qc8 Nf8 27. a4 Nd7 28. a5 Rd6 29. Qc4 Kd8 30. Qe2 N7f6 31. Qc4 Kd7
32. Qc5 Ne4 33. Qa3 f5 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Qb2 Kc8 36. Qe2 Nef6 37. Qb2 f4 38. gxf4
Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 N6d5 40. Qd2 Rc3+ 41. f3 Kc7 42. Qb2 Rc6 43. Qd2 Kc8 44. Qb2 Rc7
45. Kh2 Rc4 46. Qa3 Rb4 47. Qc1+ Kb7 48. Qd2 Kc6 49. Qc2+ Kb5 50. Qc5+ Ka4 51.
Qc6+ Kxa5 52. Qc5+ Rb5 53. Qa3+ Kb6 54. Qd6+ Ka7 55. Qd7+ Rb7 $19 56. Qd6 Rc7
57. Kh1 a5 58. Qa3 Ka6 59. Qb3 Rc6 60. Kh2 Nb6 61. Qe3 Nfd5 62. Qe2+ Nc4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 {This line (the most principled after 4...Bg4) was examined in CBM 110
(annotations to Vaganian - Fressinet by GM A.Huzman).} 9. Be3 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
Qe2 Bc5 {(the simplest)} 11. Bd2 Nh5 $5 12. f4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxf4 14. Qd1
O-O-O+ 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Kc1 Nf4 17. Qc2 Bxf2 $44 {1/2 Caspi,I (2451)-Postny,E 
(2585)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (41)}) 9... exd4 {It is the best for Black
to make this move, deflecting White's bishop from the f4-square, at once.} (
9... Qa5 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Bd6 12. Bh3 $1 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 Ne5 {1/2 Vaganian,
R (2614)-Fressinet,L (2627)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110/[Huzman] (43)} 14. Qf1
$1 c5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 c4 17. Qg2 O-O 18. Rhg1 Ne8 19. Qg5 $16 {A.Huzman})
(9... Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O (10... Qc7 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14.
Qb4 Nf4 15. a4 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Bf6 17. f4 $16 {1-0 Vorobiov,E (2592)-Soumya,S 
(2281)/Chalkis 2010/CBM 137 Extra (24)}) 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. f4 Bc7 {
1/2 Khairullin,I (2575)-Buhmann,R (2561)/Zvenigorod 2008/EXT 2009 (19)} 14. Bg2
$14 {[%cal Ye2d4]}) 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... Qe7 $5 12. Kb1 (12. Bh3
Ne5 13. Qb3 Nxf3 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bd7+ Kf8 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Nd4 $36 {
0-1 Papin,V (2569)-Rublevsky,S (2678)/Olginka 2011/CBM 141 Extra (46)}) 12...
O-O 13. h4 Rfd8 14. h5 h6 15. Qe2 Be5 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. Be2 b6 20. Rg1 {1/2 Gonda,L (2555)-Feher,A (2341)/Budapest 2011/CBM 140
Extra}) 12. Ne2 {[%csl Rf4]} (12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Bh3 Ndf6
16. Qc3 c5 17. Be3 Be5 18. Qc2 Nf4 $15 {0-1 Bu Xiangzhi (2708)-Gelfand,B (2723)
/Yerevan 2008/CBM 124 Extra (31)}) (12. Be3 O-O 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Qd4 Rfd8 15.
Bg2 Ng6 16. h4 Be5 $15 {0-1 Yaksin,O (2414)-Artemiev,V (2401)/Izhevsk RUS 2011/
The Week in Chess 872 (30)}) (12. Bh3 b5 {1-0 Andersson,U (2635)-Christiansen,
L (2585)/London 1982/MCD (44)} (12... O-O $142 $11) 13. Qd3 $1 Ne5 14. Qc2 Nxf3
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd3 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nc4 19. Bf1 O-O
20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Ne2 $44) (12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 Nh5 (13... Rfd8 $11) 14. Bxg7
Nxg7 15. Qd4 Be5 16. Qxd7 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Bd3 Ne6 $44 {0-1 Demuth,A (2394)
-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2532)/La Massana 2010/CBM 137 Extra (31)}) (12. Rg1 O-O
13. Bh3 Bf4+ $1 (13... Ne5 14. Qf1 Nh5 15. Bf5 Ng6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Be5 $11
{1-0 Gurevich,M (2643)-Vysochin,S (2555)/Istanbul 2006/EXT 2007/[Gurevich,M] 
(60)}) 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qf1 (15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Bf5 {1/2 Le Quang,L (2635)
-Harikrishna,P (2672)/Ha Long City 2009/CBM 133 Extra (126)} g6 $15) 15... c5 (
15... Rfd8 16. Ne2 Bxh2 17. Rg2 Ng6 $13 {M.Roiz}) 16. Qg2 g6 17. Be3 Nc4 18.
Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qg3 (19. Qg5 $142 Qxf3 20. Qxc5 Qxh3 21. Qxc4 $11 {M.Roiz}) 19...
Nh5 20. Qg5 Qxh2 21. Qxh5 Qxf2 22. Na4 Nd2+ 23. Ka1 Nxf3 $36 {! 0-1 Landa K 
(2633)-Roiz M (2659)/Israel 102/294 2008/[Roiz,M] (39)}) 12... O-O (12... Ne5
13. Qc3 $1 Ng6 (13... c5 14. Be3 Nxf3 $2 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4) 14. h4 Nh5 15.
Rg1 O-O-O 16. Rg5 Ngf4 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 f6 19. Ra5 b6 20. Ra4 $36 {
<<1-0 Kuljasevic,D (2545)-Coleman,T (2282)/Berkeley 2011/CBM 140 Extra (31)})
13. Qc2 Rfe8 {Or else:} (13... b5 $6 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh3 c5 16. Be3 Nb6 17.
Bg5 Be5 18. Bc1 Nh5 19. Rhg1 Nc4 20. b3 Rab8 21. Rg5 g6 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2739)-Gelfand,B (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134 (34)} 22. f4 $1 Nxf4 23.
Rxe5 $1 $16) (13... c5 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Bg2 c4 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. f4 Ng4 18. e5
Bf8 19. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Landa,K (2635)-Szabo,K (2513)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136 (33)}) (
13... Nh5 14. Be3 (14. Kb1 Rad8 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Qc1 Nf8 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Nf5
Ne6 19. Bc4 Be5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rg1 g6 22. Nh6+ {1-0 Fridman,D (2655)-El
Debs,F (2499)/Caleta 2011/CBM 141 (24)} Kg7 23. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 24. f4 $14) 14...
Ndf6 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Qc1 Rfe8 17. Bg2 a5 18. Rd3 g6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. Qc2 Qc7 22. f4 $14 {1-0 Tkachiev,V (2636)-Spoelman,W (2547)/Wijk aan Zee
2011/CBM 141 (46)}) (13... Rad8 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh3 Nh5 16. Ng3 Ndf6 17. Bg4
Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxh5 Nxh5 20. Qb3 g6 $11 {1/2 Khismatullin,D (2659)
-Potkin,V (2646)/Moscow 2010/CBM 140 (44)}) 14. h4 Nh5 15. Bh3 Rad8 16. Kb1 Nf8
17. Be3 Be5 {Black has obtained quite a solid position, with strong control of
the dark squares in the centre.} 18. Rdg1 (18. Bg4 Nf4 19. h5 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 h6
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 c5 24. Qc1 Bd6 25. Qc4 (25. f4 Qc6 $132)
25... Nh7 26. f4 Bxf4 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Nf6 29. Bf3 b6 30. Bd4 Nd7 $11 {
1/2 Garcia Roman,D (2464)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2528)/Mislata 2010/CBM 138
Extra (46)}) 18... Nf4 (18... Ng6 $5 19. Bg4 $140 Nhf4 20. h5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Nf4
) 19. Nxf4 Bxf4 20. h5 Qe5 (20... Ne6 $142 $11) 21. Bf5 Rd6 (21... Ne6 22. Rg4
Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qc5 24. Qb3 Re7 25. f4 $14) 22. Rg4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Red8 24. f4 Qb5
25. Rhg1 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. R4g2 Qa5 $6 {Black underestimates Whie's
attacking chances.} (27... Qd3 {, exchanging queens was a must:} 28. e5 Qd1+
29. Qc1 Rd2 $1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kc2 $14 {_|_}) 28. e5 Rd2 29.
Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 640]} Nxg6 (29... Rxc2 30. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 31. Bxc2 Ng6 32. e6 $1
Kg7 (32... fxe6 33. Rxg6 Qh5 34. R6g5 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 33. exf7 Kxf7 34. Rxg6
Rd7 35. e4 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4,Rf7]}) (29... Rxg2 30. Bh7+ $1 Nxh7 31. Qxg2+ Kf8
32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qxh7 Rd2 {, with some counterplay for the pawn, was probably
the best option for Black.}) 30. Rxg6+ Kf8 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Qb3 R8d7 $6 (32...
Rxg8 $142 33. Rxg8 Rd5) 33. e4 $40 {[%csl Re7]} Qc5 34. e6 $1 R7d3 (34... fxe6
35. R1g7+ $18) 35. Qxb7+ Rd7 $1 36. Qb3 R7d3 37. exf7 $1 Qxg1+ $8 38. Rxg1 Rxb3
39. axb3 $18 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd4 40. Rg6 (40. Re1 Kxf7 41. Kc2 {was even simpler,
e.g.} Ke6 42. Kc3 c5 43. f5+ Ke5 44. Rf1 $18) 40... Kxf7 41. Rxc6 Rxe4 42. Rc4
Re1+ 43. Kc2 Kf6 44. b4 Ke6 45. b5 Re3 46. b3 Rf3 47. Kb2 Kf5 48. Ka3 Rxf4 49.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 {In this pawn endgame White wins by means of shouldering:} 50. Kb4
$1 Ke4 (50... Ke3 $144 51. Kc4 Kd2 (51... Ke4 $144) 52. b4 Kc2 53. b6 $1 axb6
54. b5) 51. Kc4 $1 Ke3 52. b4 Kd2 53. b6 $1 axb6 54. b5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 {This continuation is not
worse than} (5... Bf5) 6. Nbd2 {A quiet move preventing the doubling of
White's pawns but slowing down his development.} Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9.
Ne5 (9. O-O {is usually played. The exchange of knights doesn't change the
evaluation of the position as equal.}) 9... Bh5 10. Nxd7 (10. Ndf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. b3 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (64) Agrest,E (2591)-Shirov,
A (2709) Gibraltar 2006}) 10... Nxd7 (10... Qxd7 $143 11. Nb3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {
E.Grivas}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 {The knight has no better square but now its
invasion of c5 is not threatening.} (12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15.
exd3 Bxc5 16. d4 Be7 $15 {0-1 (55) De Jong,M (2358)-Van Kampen,R (2560)
Haarlem 2012}) (12. Ne4 Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. e3 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. Bd2 Ba3 17.
Bc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Rfa8 19. Rd2 Rb6 20. Rfd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 a4 $132 {1/2 (60)
Alekseev,E (2714)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) Jermuk 2009}) (12. e3 e5 13. Nb3 exd4
14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qc5 Nd5
$11 {1/2 (88) Vitiugov,N (2691)-Inarkiev,E (2683) St Petersburg 2012}) 12... a5
{[%cal Ra5a4]} (12... Bd6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2
Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rcd8 21. f4 f5 22. Bd2 $14 {1-0 (75)
Rashkovsky,N (2535)-Najer,E (2535) St Petersburg 1998}) (12... Qb6 13. e4 a5
14. Be3 a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. a3 e5 $11 {1-0 (68) Vaganian,R (2670)-Kulaots,K 
(2576) Moscow 2005 CBM 106 [Huzman]}) (12... Nb6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. a3
Qb6 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17. e4 Nf6 $11 18. Be3 Ng4 $132 {0-1 (36) Nebolsina,V (2284)
-Cramling,P (2520) Clichy 2006}) (12... Rc8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Ba5 Qb8
16. Rac1 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. e3 Bb6 20. Bb4 Bg6 21. Qxb5 Bxe3
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Bd6 Rd8 25. Be7 Rd7 26. fxe3 Rxe7 $11 {1/2 (51)
Harikrishna,P (2672)-Le Quang,L (2635) Ha Long City 2009}) 13. a4 (13. e4 a4
14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Rab1 e5
$15 {0-1 (53) Oganian,M (2317)-Dastan,B (2402) Porto Carras 2013}) 13... Bb4 {
[%csl Gb4] Immediately exploiting the new outpost on b4. Black had many other
moves, some of them quite enough for equality:} (13... h6 $143 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Bb4 21.
Bxb4 axb4 22. a5 $14 {1-0 (39) Dreev,A (2697)-Dobrov,V (2515) playchess.com
INT 2006}) (13... Nb6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qc4 b6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Be3 Rc8
19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nd2 c5 $11 {1/2 (33) Aghasaryan,R (2443)-Andriasian,Z (2598)
Yerevan 2013}) (13... e5 $5 14. Rd1 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. e4 $2 (16.
Qc3 $142 Bf6 17. Nc5 $11) 16... Qd3 $1 $15 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Bc3 f6
20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Nc5 $15 {0-1 (31) Goldin,A (2600)-Bareev,E (2675)
Beersheba 2005 CBM 110 [Huzman]}) (14. Qc2 Bg6 15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 (16...
Ne5 $1 17. Rd1 Bh5 $132) 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nb8 20. Qc5 $14 {
1-0 (45) Chuchelov,V (2538)-Tan,M (2416) Belgium 2012}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd2 Rfd8
16. Be1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Ne5 $1 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Rd2 Qb6 $11 {1/2 (36)
Grivas,E (2509)-Caruana,F (2598) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 14. e4 e5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new but quite obvious continuation.} (14... Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. f4
Kh8 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. d5 Rac8 22. Rc1 $14
Nb6 $6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 cxd5 25. Bh3 $1 {1-0 (37) Ivanchuk,V (2769)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Istanbul 2012}) 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 (16... Bg4 {
[%cal Yg4e6] was quite good. Black is planning to bring his h5-bishop into
play by means of ...f7-f6 and ...Bh5-f7.}) 17. e5 $6 {Too aggressive.} (17. f4
$142 f6 18. Bf2 $11) 17... Re8 18. f4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 19. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {
White's centre has been destroyed, and the weakness of the light squares
remains.} 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Re4 (21... c5 $5 22. Be5 $140 Ng4) 22. Re3 $6 (
22. Qd3 $142 Qe8 23. Re3) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 $6 (24. Bd4 Rd8 $1
$17 {[%cal Ge8e1,Gd8d1]} (24... Qe4 $143 25. Nc5)) 24... Qh5 25. Bd4 {White
has simply lost a tempo, and Black quickly activates his forces.} Re8 {[%cal
Re8e2]} 26. Rf1 $6 (26. Be5 Qf3 $17) 26... Ng4 27. Qc2 c5 $1 {A deadly blow.}
28. Nxc5 (28. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Nxc5 Ne3 $19) 28... Rc8 {[%cal Rb7b6,Rb4c5,Gc8c2]
The pin is decisive.} 29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Bf4 Rc8 {[%cal Yc6c5] This line
is generally quite harmless. Black's strong light-squared bishop guarantees
him good counterplay. Besides 12...Rc8, he can also play} (12... Qb6 13. Qe2
Bb4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. a3 Bf8 16. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gonda,L-Ruck,T/
Zalakaros 2006/EXT 2007 (41)}) 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. a3 Bf8 18. e5 (18.
Rad1 $5) 18... Qb3 19. Rac1 Red8 $11 {0-1 Joergens,M-Vengels,J/Ruhrgebiet 1996/
EXT 2002 (67)}) 13. Qe2 (13. a3 a5 14. e5 $6 Nb6 15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 c5 $15 {0-1 Ippolito,D-Arnett,D/New York 1995/EXT 2002 (45)}) (13. Rad1 b5
14. Qb3 b4 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bd2 c5 $132 {0-1
Carrasco Martinez,J-Mirzoev,A/Zafra 2004/CBM 100 ext (48)}) 13... Re8 (13... c5
14. d5 exd5 15. e5 $1 Ne4 16. Nxd5 $14) 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
Bxe5 Qb6 18. a4 $6 {It was better to wait:} (18. Bf3 b4 $140 19. Na4) 18... Nd7
(18... b4 19. Nb1 c5 {- game} (19... Nd7 20. Nd2)) 19. Bf4 (19. axb5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Bb4 $1 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 19... b4 20. Nb1 Nf6 (20... c5 $5)
21. Be5 (21. Nd2 $5 Qxd4 22. Nc4 Qa7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 $44) 21... c5 $11
22. Nd2 cxd4 23. Nb3 $6 (23. Nc4 $142 Qc5 (23... Qa6 24. b3) 24. Rxd4 Red8 25.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. b3 Nd7 $11) 23... Qc6 $1 24. Qb5 $6 {A wrong change of the pawn
structure.} (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd4 $11 Qxa4 $140 $6 26. b3 Qd7 27. Nb5 Qb7 28.
e5) 24... Qxb5 25. axb5 a4 {These pawns are more dangerous than White's b5
pawn.} 26. Nxd4 Ng4 $1 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bf3 (28. Bc1 Bc5 29. h3 Red8 30. hxg4
Bxd4) 28... Nxf2 $1 29. Kxf2 gxf4 30. Nc6 fxg3+ (30... Bc5+ $5 31. Kg2 Rc7 {
[%cal Rc7b7]} 32. Rc1 Be3 33. Rc4 a3 $36) 31. Kxg3 Bf8 32. Rd7 Bg6 $2 {Chess
is a tragedy of one tempo.} (32... a3 $1 $36 33. bxa3 $140 bxa3 34. Ra1 (34. e5
Bc5) 34... Ra8 35. b6 $140 Ra6) 33. e5 $14 {[%cal Rb5b6] White's b-pawn now
comes first.} Bc5 $6 (33... a3 $142 34. bxa3 b3 $1 (34... bxa3 35. b6) 35. b6
b2 36. b7 b1=Q (36... Rb8 $2 37. Rc7) 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. a4 $1 {no hurry to
recapture the rook!} Bc2 $1 (38... Ba2 39. a5 Bc4 40. Bh5 $1 $18) 39. a5 Ba4 $1
40. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 41. Rxe7 Bb5 42. bxc8=Q Rxc8 43. Rb7 Rc5 {and Black should
survive.}) 34. Rc1 Be3 35. Rc4 (35. Ne7+ $142 Kh7 $1 (35... Kg7 $2 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Nxc8 a3 38. bxa3 b3 (38... bxa3 39. b6 a2 40. Ra7) 39. Nd6 $1 b2 40.
Ne8+ {that's why 35...Kg7 was wrong!} Kf8 41. Nf6 Bb6 42. Rd1 Bc2 43. Nd7+ Ke8
44. Nxb6 Bxd1 45. Be4 $18) 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nxc8 a3 38. b6 (38. bxa3 {doesn't
work now}) 38... axb2 (38... a2 39. Ra7 b3 40. Bd1 Bc2 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Ra7
Bxd1 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Ra8+ Kxe7 45. b7 $18) 39. Rd1 Bxb6 40. Nxb6 b1=Q 41. Rxb1
Bxb1 {and the question whether White can win remains open (I would vote for
the negative answer).}) 35... a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. Ra4 (37. Ne7+ Kg7 38. Nxc8
a2 39. Ra4 Rxc8 40. Rxa2 Rc4 $132) 37... Bc5 38. Ra6 a2 $4 {Just giving up the
pawn, which leads to an absolutely hopeless position.} (38... Rb8 39. Nxb8 Rxb8
{was not bad}) ({but the best possibility for Black was} 38... Kg7 39. b6 Bxb6
40. Rxb6 Ra8 41. Rd1 a2 42. Ra1 Ra3 {and White can hardly win.}) 39. Rxa2 Kg7
40. Ra6 Rb8 {Too late!} 41. Nxb8 Rxb8 42. Bc6 h5 43. Ra8 Rb6 44. Rdd8 h4+ 45.
Kf4 Bh7 46. Be4 Be7 47. Rdb8 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 {Quite a harmless system, in
which Black should equalize; it doesn't mean, however, that White can't
outplay him at a later stage of the game!} Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Nc3 {The other plan (with this knight development to d2) is not too
promising either.} Nbd7 10. Re1 Bg6 {A sensible deviation from the main
theoretical line} (10... Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4) 11. e4 {The point is that} (
11. Nh4 $2 {just loses a pawn without sufficient compensation after} Nb6 12.
Qb3 Qxd4 {, e.g.} 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. a3
Nbd5 18. b4 Qa6 19. Bd2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd2 Bf6 {0-1 Sakaev,K-Cheparinov,
I/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (35)}) 11... b5 $1 {The most logical continuation -
Black must make use of the exposed position of the white queen. The other
moves seen in practice:} (11... h6 12. Qb3 (12. Bf4 $5) 12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6
14. d5 $6 Bb4 {and Black, after White's inaccuracies, got an excellent
position:} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. f3 Kf7 19. Be3 Nd3 20.
Reb1 g5 $15 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Ris,R/Neuhausen GER 2007/The Week in Chess 657 (66)
}) (11... Re8 $6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Nh4 Nb6 (15... Bh5 $142
16. f3 c5) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Red1 Rac8 19. h4 Red8 20. Bh3 Ne8 21.
b3 Bd6 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Nb1 Nf6 25. Nd2 Ne8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Bf4 Rcc8
28. d5 $1 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Kalbermatter,P/Bern 1991/CBM 021 ext (33)}) (11...
c5 $5 {was played two days earlier in the women's part of the match. Black
gradually equalized:} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e5 Rc8 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bg5 (17. Nh4 $5) 17... f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bf4 Be4 20. Nh4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Bb4 22. Red1 Ne5 23. Nf5 Kf7 24. Rac1 Rc6 25. Nd4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ba5
27. Rd1 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Shen Yang-Korbut,E/Nizhniy Novgorod RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 668 (44)}) 12. Qxc6 ({After} 12. Qe2 {White loses a pawn but obtains
some compensation:} b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Bxb2 gxf6 $5 (15... Bxf6 {
is normal}) 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. a4 Qxa4 20. Ra1 Qc2 21.
Qxc2 Bxc2 22. Rec1 Bd3 23. Rxa7 Rfd8 24. Na5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxc6 Ra2 27.
Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Bc3 Kxe7 29. Bb4+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Feller,S/Differdange
LUX 2007/The Week in Chess 622 (60)}) 12... b4 13. e5 Rc8 (13... bxc3 {is
apparently enough for equality:} 14. exf6 cxb2 15. fxe7 (15. Bxb2 Nxf6 16. Ne5
Rb8 $1) 15... bxa1=Q 16. exd8=Q Raxd8 17. Bg5 Qb2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. d5 Nf8 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Vallejo Pons,F/Torrelavega 2007/CBM 119}) 14. Qa6 bxc3 15.
exf6 Bxf6 $6 (15... cxb2 {is now a bit too late:} 16. fxe7 bxa1=Q 17. exd8=Q
Rfxd8 18. Bg5 Qb2 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qxa7 {with a healthy extra pawn for White.}
) (15... Nxf6 $5 {, played earlier in Spain, deserves attention. White, after
some inaccuracies, barely saved the game:} 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Ne5 (17. Qxa7 Be4
$132) 17... Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. d5 Bc5 $1 21. dxe6 fxe6 $6 (
21... Ng4 $5 22. exf7+ Rxf7 $132) 22. Bh3 $6 (22. Be3 $5 $14) 22... Ng4 $1 23.
Re2 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Nxf2 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. Bg5 Rc2+ 28. Kh3 Nf2+ 29.
Kh4 Re2 (29... Bd4 $5 30. Rf1 Bf6) 30. Bd5 Re5 31. Bf3 Rf5 32. Bg4 Re5 33. Bf3
Rf5 34. Bg4 Re5 35. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez Carmenates,H-Cruz Lopez Claret,C/
Sabadell ESP 2007/The Week in Chess 668}) 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxa7 {And now, too,
White is a pawn up.} Nb8 {"Setting up pieces for the next game" is rarely good.
} (17... Rc7 $142 18. Qa3 ({to} 18. Qa6 Nb8 {is already appropriate}) 18... Be7
19. Qb3 Nf6 {aiming for centralization.}) 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc6 20. Qa4
Qc7 21. Be3 {Preparing the advance of the a-pawn.} (21. Bb2 Rc2 22. Ba3 Rc8 23.
Bd6 Qb6 {was unclear}) 21... Rc8 (21... Nxe5 22. Bf4 f6 23. Qa6 Qf7 24. Rac1
$16) 22. Qb5 {Losing time. White had several attractive options, e.g.} (22. f4
Bc2 23. Qa6 Rb8 24. Bf1 {or}) (22. Rac1 $5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Rxc1 $140 24. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bf1) 22... Rb8 23. Qa6 Bd3 24. Qa4 Bc2 25. Qh4 Nb4 (
25... Nxe5 $142 26. Bf4 f6 27. a4 $16) 26. Qd4 Nd3 {Black apparently has a lot
of counterplay but White's extra (passed!) pawn and bishop pair eventually
brings him a victory:} 27. Re2 Bb1 28. h3 h5 29. a4 Rcb3 30. a5 R3b4 (30...
R8b4 31. Qd6 Qc3 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kh2 $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 31. Qd6 Qc3 32. Ra4
Qxe5 33. Qxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. a6 Be4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. a7 Ra4 38. Rc2
Nf3+ 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. e3 {Quite a harmless continuation; however, according to recent
practice,} (9. Nc3 {and}) (9. Nbd2 {don't pose serious problems to Black.})
9... O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 (10... h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 (11... Re8 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2
14. Bxd2 {1/2 Borges Mateos,J (2482)-Minzer,C (2414)/Madrid 2007/CBM 118 ext})
12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Ne1 (13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. e4 Bh7 16. Nc4 cxd4 17. cxd4
Rac8 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Qa5 21. a4 $14 {1-0 Sosonko,G (2535)
-Sellos,D (2410)/Cannes 1995/CBM 046 ext (40)}) 13... Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3
e5 16. e4 Be6 17. Be3 c5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. Nf4 $14 {1/2 Quinn,M 
(2346)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2557)/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (63)}) (10... Qc7 11.
Nc3 {11...b5 is not possible now!} Ne4 (11... e5 12. h3 Rad8 13. Qe2 Ne4 $2 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Kxg2 $16 {1/2 Hellsten,J (2592)
-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2415)/Santiago de Chile 2006/CBM 115 ext (54)}) 12.
Nd2 (12. Ne1 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. e4 Be6 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Bb2 Rad8
$132 {1-0 Kovalyov,A (2557)-Hansen,E (2398)/Calgary 2009/CBM 130 Extra (46)})
12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rac8 (13... e5 14. d5 $14) 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Nc4
$14 {1-0 Markus,R (2572)-Stamenkovic,D (2412)/Subotica 2008/CBM 126 Extra (65)}
) (10... Qb6 11. Nc3 (11. Qe2 Qb5 $5 12. Qxb5 cxb5 13. Ne1 Be4 14. Nc3 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 b4 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Bd2 a5 $11 {0-1 Wojtkiewicz,A (2568)-Qureshi,A/FIDE.
com 2001/EXT 2003 (57)}) 11... Ne4 12. Qe2 (12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4
15. Nf3 Qa5 16. h3 Be6 17. Qd3 f5 $5 $132 {1/2 Simic,R (2485)-Adamski,J (2460)/
Smederevska Palanka 1984/MCD (32)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 (13... Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bc2 15. Re1 Bg6 16. e4 e5 17. Nc4 $14 {1/2 Balog,I (2423)-Reiss,T (2403)/
Hungary 2009/EXT 2010 (41)}) 14. Bxd2 Bc2 15. Rdc1 Bg6 16. Be1 Rac8 17. Rd1 Nf6
18. Bf3 Qc7 19. a3 e5 $11 {0-1 Dreev,A (2680)-Gurevich,M (2694)/Frankfurt 2000/
CBM 076 ext (56)}) (10... Rc8 {looks the most solid:} 11. Qe2 (11. Nc3 $6 b5 $1
(11... Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Qa5 14. e4 Bg6 15. Rd1 b5 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nb1
c5 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rc2 Rb8
24. Rcd2 h5 25. h3 Rbc8 26. b3 Kh7 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. Nc2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 {1-0
Dlugy,M (2531)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2568)/Liepaja 2001/CBM 085}) 12. Qe2 b4 13. Nb1 (
13. Na4 $6 Qa5 14. b3 Qb5 $1 15. Bf1 Qxe2 (15... Bg4 $1 $17) 16. Bxe2 Nb6 17.
Nc5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rac1 c5 $11 {1/2 Ogloblin,N (2447)
-Neelotpal,D (2448)/Alushta 2004/CBM 102 ext (43)}) 13... c5 14. Nbd2 Bc2 15.
Re1 Bg6 16. Nc4 Bh5 17. Qf1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 cxd4 19. exd4 Nd5 $11 {1/2 Turova,I 
(2381)-Zhukova,N (2448)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 094 ext (34)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qc7
12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Rac1 $14 {1/2 Dlugy,M (2531)
-Labollita,M (2392)/ICC INT 2002/EXT 2003 (56)}) (11... h6 12. Bd2 Bc2 13. Rc1
Bh7 14. Be1 c5 $11 {1-0 Drazic,S (2493)-Pikula,D (2494)/Vrnjacka Banja 2007/
CBM 121 Extra (76)}) (11... Bg6 12. Nc3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Be1 h6 16.
b3 b4 $132 {1/2 Laznicka,V (2637)-Alsina Leal,D (2523)/Pamplona ESP 2009/The
Week in Chess 790 (47)}) 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Be1 Rfd8 14. Nc3 Ne4 15. Rac1 Nxc3 16.
Bxc3 Be4 $11 {1/2 Konopka,M (2450)-Manik,M (2490)/Slovakia 2003/EXT 2005 (31)})
11. Qe2 (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qa5 16. Bd2
Qa4 17. e4 c5 $132 {1/2 Franco Ocampos,Z (2520)-Filgueira,H (2376)/Buenos
Aires 2003/CBM 097 (41)}) (11. Nbd2 Nd6 (11... Qa5 $5) 12. Qe2 Bc2 13. Re1 Bg6
14. b3 a5 15. a3 c5 16. Bb2 {1-0 Hellsten,J (2570)-Sagit,R (2265)/Gothenburg
2006/CBM 113 ext (49)} Qb6 $11) 11... Qc7 $146 {Quite a senseful novelty.} (
11... b5 $6 12. Nfd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bg6 15. e4 Qb6 16. Be3 c5 17.
Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 $14 {[%csl Rg6] 1-0 Ovetchkin,R 
(2536)-Panarin,M (2495)/playchess.com INT 2005/EXT 2008 (50)}) (11... Qa5 12.
Nbd2 Rfd8 13. Nh4 $1 Bxh4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Bd2 (16. e4 $5) 16...
Qb6 17. Be1 Bg6 18. Rac1 Qc7 19. f3 $14 {1-0 Hellsten,J (2511)-Sebag,M (2432)/
Malmo 2003/CBM 097/[Huzman] (55)}) (11... Qb6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 (12... Rfd8 13. Nh4
Bxh4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Nc3 Bg6 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 $14 {0-1 Boros,D (2472)-Gupta,
A (2551)/Gaziantep 2008/CBM 125 Extra (32)}) 13. Nxd2 (13. Bxd2 $6 Qxb2 14. e4
Bg4 15. Rab1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7 Rfd8) 13... Bc2 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bd2 Rfd8
17. Bc3 Rac8 18. a3 Nf6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bb2 Nd6 21. Ne5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Be4 23. f3
Bd5 $11 {0-1 Laznicka,V (2617)-Andriasian,Z (2585)/Benasque 2009/CBM 131 Extra
(78)}) (11... Rc8 $5 12. Nbd2 (12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 c5 $1) 12... Nxd2 (12... Bg6
13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 Nd7 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 $1 $14 {1/2 Cramling,P (2521)
-Atalik,E (2377)/Biel 2006/CBM 113 ext (32)}) 13. Nxd2 Bc2 $5 14. Re1 Bg6 {
[%cal Ye6e5]} 15. e4 c5 $132 {A.Huzman}) 12. Ne1 e5 (12... c5 $5 13. Nc3 Ndf6 {
was probably a simpler way to equalise.}) 13. Nd3 Rad8 $6 (13... Bg6 {was more
accurate. Black clearly underestimated White's reply.}) 14. g4 $1 Bg6 15. f4 $1
{[%mdl 64] A bolt from the blue! Black can't avoid material losses.} exf4 (
15... f5 $142 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rd3 {Still, Black does not
have sufficient compensation for the pawn due to the permanent f4-f5 threat.})
16. exf4 Ndf6 17. f5 Rxd4 18. Be3 $1 Nxg4 $6 {An attempt to create a mess, in
which White can lose his way.} (18... Bd6 19. Bf3 Ra4 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nd2 $16
{- White keeps an extra piece in a relatively quiet position.}) 19. Qxg4 Nf2
20. Qxd4 Nxd1 21. fxg6 Bf6 22. Qe4 (22. gxh7+ $142 Kh8 23. Qb4 $1 Rd8 24. Bf4
$18) 22... Rd8 23. Na3 (23. Bf4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nxb2) 23... Nxe3 24. Re1 Bd4 25.
Rxe3 hxg6 26. Nc2 Bb6 27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qd7 29. Nce1 {White still have
technical problems but 3 pieces are definitely stronger than a rook and 3
pawns. White makes progress quite slowly but Black doesn't get real chances to
survive.} b6 30. b3 Re8 31. Qf2 c5 32. Bf3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. Qd2 c4 35. bxc4
Qxc4 36. Nf2 Qe6 37. Ned3 Rd8 38. Qc2 Qe3 39. Qc4 Rd6 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc7 Qg5+
42. Kf1 Qf6 43. Be4 a6 44. Qc2 Qh4 45. Kg1 Qg5+ 46. Kh1 b5 47. Qe2 Qf6 48. Ne5
$1 Re6 49. Nf3 Kg8 50. Kg2 Qf4 51. Qc2 Qd6 52. h4 Kf8 53. Ng5 Re7 54. Qc8+ Re8
55. Qb7 Re7 56. Qa8+ Re8 57. Nh7+ Ke7 58. Qa7+ Qd7 59. Qxa6 Rh8 60. Qa3+ Kd8
61. Qa8+ Qc8 62. Qd5+ Qd7 63. Ng5 Qxd5 64. Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxh4 65. Nxf7+
Kc7 66. Bb3 Kb6 67. Kg3 Rd4 68. Ne5 g5 69. Kf3 Rh4 70. Ke3 Ka5 71. Nc6+ Kb6 72.
Ne7 Kc5 73. Nd5 Kc6 74. Ne4 Rh3+ 75. Kd4 g4 76. Nf4 Rf3 77. Nd3 Kb6 78. Ne5 Rf4
79. Ke3 g5 80. Bd1 Ka5 81. Bxg4 Rxg4 82. Nxg4 Kb4 {Black hopes to eliminate
White's last pawn but fails due to a nice mating trap.} 83. Ne5 g4 (83... Ka3
84. Nc3 b4 85. Nc4# $1) 84. Nd3+ Ka3 85. Nc3 g3 86. Kf3 b4 87. Nxb4 Kxb4 88.
Nb1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bb4 {This line was examined
in CBM 94, annotations by GM A.Huzman to the game M.Grabarczyk-Krivoshey} 13.
g4 {A relatively new sharp move. However, in the resulting position, with 3
pawns for a piece and White's poorly protected king, Black has no problems.} (
13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 h6 16. f3 Bh7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf2 Nd5 19.
Qd2 Qb4 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. Ng2 a5 22. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Vallejo Pons,F/
Germany 2003/CBM 099}) (13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Rd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa6
$11 {A.Huzman} 17. c4 Nb6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rd7 {etc.}) 13... Nxf2 $8 14.
Nxf5 exf5 15. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 16. Kf1 (16. Be3 Qxg4 17. h3 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Rae8 19. Bf2
Bc5 20. Rf1 Re6 $44 {0-1 Solozhenkin,E-Kanep,M/Finland 2005/EXT 2007 (38)})
16... Bc5 $146 {An intermediate move to avoid the exchange of this bishop
although} (16... Qxg4 17. h3 Qh4 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Qxb4 {is not dangerous for
Black:} Ne5 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. e3 Ng6 22. Qxb7 Nh4 23. Qxc6 Re6 24. Qd5 Rd6 25.
Qb7 Rb6 26. Qd5 Rd6 27. Qb7 Rb6 28. Qd5 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Gustafsson,J/
Germany 2004/EXT 2005}) 17. e3 Qxg4 18. h3 Qh4 19. Qc2 (19. Qxb7 Ne5 $44 {->})
19... g6 20. Na4 Bb4 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. a3 Be7 23. Rd4 Qh6 (23... Qg5 $5) 24. Bd2
Bf6 25. Rd6 Bg5 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re2 (28. b4 $142 b5 $140 29. Nb2)
28... Qh4 $6 (28... b5 $142 29. Nc3 Nc4 30. Nd1 Qf8 $1 {with an excellent
position for Black} ({or even} 30... Bxe3 $5 31. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Nxe3+ 33.
Rxe3 Qxe3)) 29. Be1 Qh6 30. Bg3 {So, White has just improved the position of
his bishop.} Re8 (30... Bf6 31. Nc5 b6 32. Na6 c5 33. Nc7 {[%cal Yc7d5]}) (
30... Nd7 $5 {was an interesting (although ugly) option.}) 31. Qc5 $1 b6 ({
After} 31... f4 32. exf4 Bxf4 33. Bf2 {White's bishop pair becomes much more
formidable.}) 32. Qc3 Bf6 (32... f4 33. exf4 Bxf4 34. Bf2 Rd8 35. Bd4 Qh5 36.
b4 $14) 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxc6 {White has won a pawn at the price of
exchanging his strong bishop.} Re6 35. Qf3 Re4 (35... Bg5 $5 36. Nc3 Bxe3) 36.
Nc3 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Qf8 38. Qg3 Rc4 $6 {This inaccurate move allows White to
activate his pieces.} ({After} 38... Re8 39. e4 Qxa3 40. exf5 Qc1+ {Black
should safely reach the draw.}) 39. Qe5 $1 Qxa3 40. Rd2 $1 Rc8 41. Rd7 Rf8 42.
h4 $1 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]} Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Qa2+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kg3 $5 Qe2 45. Bf3
Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qxh4 47. Bd5 $1) 44... Qe2 45. Rxa7 Qe1+ 46. Bf1 Qxh4 {It is
still difficult for White to get real winning chances but he tries...} 47. Rc7
Qg4+ 48. Kf2 Qh4+ 49. Qg3 Qd8 50. Be2 Re8 51. Rc4 Qe7 52. Rc6 Qd8 53. Rd6 Qc8
54. c4 Re6 55. Rd5 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Hop! A blunder!} (55... Re8 $142 {
although White's initiative is already very strong.}) 56. Rxf5 Rxe3 57. Rxf7+
Kxf7 58. Qxe3 {and after a long fight White brought home his material
advantage:} Qc7 59. Ke1 Qd6 60. Qh6 Qb4+ 61. Kf1 Qb1+ 62. Kf2 Qf5+ 63. Ke3 Qe5+
64. Kf3 Kg8 65. Qf4 Qc5 {Alas, Black loses after the exchange of queens and
eventually he can't avoid that.} 66. Qf6 Qa3+ 67. Ke4 Qb4 68. Bd3 Qa5 69. Qe5
Qb4 70. Qf6 Qa5 71. Qe6+ Kf8 72. Qd6+ Kf7 73. Qd5+ Kf6 74. Qxa5 bxa5 75. Kd5 a4
76. c5 a3 77. Bc4 g5 78. Kd6 g4 79. c6 g3 80. c7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 {
Rather harmless.} (7. e4 {is the main theoretical line.}) 7... Nb6 (7... e6 8.
e4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Bd6 $11 {1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2733)-Le
Quang Liem (2714)/Beijing CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 894 (35)}) (7... Bxf3 8.
gxf3 g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. e5 Kh8 14. Ne4 f6
$132 {0-1 Gonzales,J (2435)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2619)/Manila 2010/CBM 138 Extra (17)
}) 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nfd5 10. Be5 $6 {This move leads to material or
positional losses.} (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 $11) 10... f6 (10... Nb4 $5 {
may be more accurate. If} 11. Qe4 {then anyway} f6) 11. Bg3 (11. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5
12. Bc7 (12. Bg3 Rd8) 12... e6 13. Bh3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. O-O-O $11) 11...
Nb4 12. Qb1 Qxd4 13. Bh3 e5 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. e3 (16. a3 Na6 17. Bf5
g6 18. Bd3 Qe6 19. Bxa6 bxa6 {doesn't solve White's problems.}) 16... Qf7 {
Black has kept a healthy extra pawn.} 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. a3 N4d5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Qe5 Kh8 25. Re1 (25. Be6 Qg6
26. Bf5 Qh5 $1 27. Qxe7 Qxf5 28. Qxb7 Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rg1]} 29. Qxc6 $140 $2
Rac8 30. Qd5 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Rc2 $19) 25... Bd8 26. Be6 Qg6 27. Qf5
Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Be4 Bf6 30. Re2 Nb6 31. Rc1 Rfe8 32. f3 a5 33. b4 $6 {
White unnecessarily yields the a-file to Black.} (33. Kf1 {was more stubborn.})
33... axb4 34. axb4 Nd5 35. Be1 Nf4 $6 (35... Nc7 $142 {stopping b4-b5.}) 36.
Rec2 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Re2 (38. b5 Nxe4 39. bxc6 $1 (39. fxe4 $143 cxb5) {
was White's last chance to put Black's victory in doubt:} 39... Nd6 (39... bxc6
40. fxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxc6) (39... Bg5 $5 40. cxb7 Rab8 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rc7) 40.
Bb4 Be5 41. Bxd6 Bxd6 42. cxb7 Rab8 43. Rd1 Be7 44. Rd7 {keeping drawing
chances in all cases.}) 38... Nxe4 39. fxe4 Rad8 40. b5 cxb5 41. Rb1 Rd5 42.
Bg3 (42. exd5 Rxe2+ 43. Kf3 Re5) 42... Rc5 43. Bd6 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Bf4 Rc5
46. e5 g5 47. exf6 Rxf6 48. Re7 Rxf4+ 49. Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 51. Rd1 Rc8 52.
Kg3 b6 53. Rb7 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Rc7 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kh3 Kg7 57. Rd3 Kf7 58. Re3
Kg7 59. Rf3 Rf7 60. Rd3 Rf6 61. Rb8 Rc6 62. Rf3 Kh6 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Rb8 Rc5 65.
Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rg7 h6 67. Rg1 Rd4 68. Kh2 b4 69. Rg8 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 e5 {It is curious that this obvious move had not
been played before Mamedyarov - Aronian from the same tournament. However, a
move later that game, as well as this one, transposed into the 10...Qc7 line.}
(10... Qc7) (10... Rc8) (10... Ne4 {have been seen in dozens of games.}) 11.
Nc3 Qc7 12. h3 Bg6 $6 $146 {Hardly a good novelty. This bishop will now be out
of play.} (12... Rad8 13. Qe2 $5 (13. g4 Be6 14. Qe2 h6 15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4
Bd6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Nce2 Nb6 19. a4 a5 20. Be3 Bc4 21. b3 Ba6 22. Rac1 Nbd7
23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Ba3 25. Ra1 Bb4 $13 {1-0 Wang Hao (2724)-Bruzon Batista,L
(2679)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 830 (32)}) 13... Bb4 (13...
Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Kxg2 c5 18. d5 Qe5 19. e4 $16
{1/2 Hellsten,J (2592)-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2415)/Santiago de Chile 2006/
CBM 115 ext (54)}) 14. e4 Bxc3 15. exf5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rxd4 Rfe8 18.
Be3 Nb6 19. Qc2 Nfd5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Wen Yang (2520)-Yu Ruiyuan 
(2309)/Guangzhou CHN 2010/The Week in Chess 827 (42)}) (12... Rfe8 $5 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Be6 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. f4 Qa5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qf2 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa4 22. Rd4 Bc4 23. Qd2 c5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Qe8
26. Qd6 b6 27. e5 Qd7 $1 $11 {1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Aronian,L (2801)/Moscow
RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 835 (35)}) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Qe6
16. Qxe6 fxe6 {A typical structure, in which the potential weakness of Black's
isolated e6 pawn should not be underestimated.} 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {
[%mdl 4096]} 19. Rd1 $14 Ba5 (19... Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. f4 b5 22. a3 $14 {
- here White's two queenside pawns hold Black's three.}) (19... Bc7 {
preventing f2-f3} 20. f4 Ba5 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 (22... exd5 23. g4) 23.
Rc1 $14) 20. f3 e5 21. Na4 $1 Bf7 (21... b6 22. a3 c5 23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 $14
{[%csl Ge3,Gg2][%cal Yg2f1]}) 22. Nc5 b6 23. Na6 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rb2b4]} c5
{Black is forced to make this weakening move after all.} (23... Bc4 24. Bf1 $16
) (23... Bxa2 24. b4 Bc4 25. bxa5 Bxa6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Bxb6 $16 {[%csl Re5]})
24. Bf1 Rc8 (24... Bxa2 $2 25. Ra1 Bf7 26. Nxc5 {[%cal Rc5d3]} Bb4 27. Nd3 Bd6
28. Bxb6 $18) 25. h4 Be6 26. b3 $6 (26. a3 $142 Bb3 27. Rd6 $14 {continuously
caging the a5 bishop. If} c4 {then} 28. Bh3 $1 c3 $5 29. Bc1 $1 Ra8 (29... cxb2
30. Bxb2 Rc2 31. Bxe5 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 $18) 30. Nb4 $16) 26... Bc3 $2
{Too early!} (26... Kf7 $142 $11) 27. Rd6 $1 Bd7 28. Bg5 $1 {So, White has
prevented the rook cut-off and bishop exchange after ...Bc3-d4 and now forces
the exchange of rooks. It is amazing to see how useless Black's centralized
dark-squared bishop will be in the minor-piece ending!} Rc6 29. Bc4+ Kf8 30.
Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Nc7 h6 32. Bc1 Ke7 33. Kg2 Bd4 34. a4 a5 $6 {Unnecessarily
weakening the b6-pawn.} ({The knight exchange by} 34... Ne8 {was probably a
better chance to defend.}) 35. g4 Kd7 $6 (35... Ne8 36. Nd5+ (36. Nxe8 $5 Kxe8
37. g5) 36... Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Nc7 38. Bc4 Ne6 $6 39. Bxe6 Kxe6 40. h5 $18 {
[%cal Yg4g5]}) (35... Kd6 $142 {but after} 36. Ne6 Ne8 37. h5 (37. g5 $5 hxg5
38. Bxg5 Bd7 39. Nd8) 37... Bd7 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Kg3 {White should win the
endgame anyway.}) 36. Ne6 Ne8 (36... h5 37. gxh5 Nxh5 38. Kh3 {[%cal Yh3g4,
Yg4f5]}) 37. h5 Kd6 38. g5 $1 hxg5 39. Nxg7 {A typical blow but} (39. Bxg5 $18
{[%cal Re6g7] was simpler - in this case a threat is better than its execution.
}) 39... Nxg7 40. h6 Nh5 $8 41. h7 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Ng6 43. Kg4 {The invasion of
the white king decides.} Be8 (43... Nh8 44. Kf5 $18) 44. Bxg5 Nh8 45. Bf6 Ng6 (
45... Bg6 46. Bxh8 Bxh7 47. Kg5 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Be3+ 48. Kf6 Bh6 49. Bg7 $1 Bf4
50. Bf8+ Kd7 51. Kg7 $18) 46. Kf5 Be3 (46... Bc3 47. Bg5 {[%cal Yf5f6,Yc4f7]})
47. h8=Q Nxh8 48. Bxe5+ Ke7 49. Bf6+ $1 {The last finesse.} (49. Bxh8 $143 Bd7+
50. Kg6 Be8+ 51. Kh7 Bh5 {, however, still winning after} 52. e5 Bxf3 53. Bf6+
{etc.}) (49. Bf6+ Kf8 (49... Kd6 50. e5+ $18) 50. Bxh8 Bd7+ 51. Be6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6
15. e4 c5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nd3 Qxc3 18. dxc5 Rac8 19. Rab1 Nxc5 20. Rbc1 Na4 $1
(20... Qa5 $2) 21. Nf4 Qb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. e5 Bc5 25. Bg5 Rd7
26. Qc2 b5 27. h4 a6 28. Bf3 Rd4 29. Qb3 Qa5 30. Kg2 Qb6 31. Rh1 $2 (31. Be3
Rd8 32. Bxc5 $11) 31... Rb4 $19 32. Qd3 Rb2 33. Kh3 Rxf2 34. Be4 Qc7 35. h5
Qxe5 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Rd1 $2 (37. Rh2 Nc5 $1) 37... f6 $2 (37... Qxe4 38. Qxf8+
Kh7) 38. Bxg6 fxg5 39. Rd7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Zarkua, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ (4. e3 {La grande ligne}) (4. Nc3) 4...
c6 {Une ligne solide} (4... Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 $1 exd5 8. e5 b5 9.
Qxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 d4 11. exf6 dxc3 12. Bxc4 Rb4 13. Qc2 (13. Qd1 $1 {Une
amélioration du hongrois Negyeszy publiée en 1959}) 13... Nxf6 {Miles,A (2595)
-Karpov,A (2730) Biel 1990 (8) 1/2}) 5. Qxc4 Bf5 (5... b5 {L'alternative} 6.
Qc2 (6. Qd3 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 6... Bb7 7. e4 e6 8. Bg5 (8. Bd3)) (5... Bg4 6.
Nbd2 (6. Ne5 $6 Be6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 $11 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Bd2 e5 {
Pytlakowski,A-Smyslov,V (2620) Helsinki ol (Men) prel-C 1952 (3) 0-1}) 6...
Nbd7 7. g3) 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Nc3 (8. O-O) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 {
[%csl Rc1]} (10. Re1 {[%cal Ge2e4] Plus actif} Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 $1 Bxh4
13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 16. e4 Bg6 17. Be3 Nh5 {
[%csl Gf4]} 18. c4 b6 {Spirin,O (2468)-Rasmussen,A (2510) Gothenburg Manhem-A
2010 (2) 1/2} (18... f5 $5 19. e5 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Gf3f4]} f4 20. Bf2 Rad8
21. Bh3 Bf5)) (10. Qb3) (10. Bg5 h6 (10... Ne4) 11. Bxf6) 10... Re8 {[%cal
Ge6e5,Ge7f8] Un coup trés rare et un peu passif} (10... b5 11. Qe2 (11. Qxc6)
11... b4 (11... Ne4)) (10... Ne4 {La grande ligne mais c'est probablement une
simple interversion de coups} 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ne1 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Nxc3 13. bxc3
e5 14. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4];Vitiugov,N (2733)-Negi,P (2642) WchT 8th Ningbo
2011 (9) 1/2}) 11. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} (11. Nh4 $5) (11. Rd1) 11... Ne4 (11...
Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 $1 {Braga,F (2465)-Nguyen Anh Dung (2567) Calvia
ol (Men) 2004 (6) 0-1}) 12. Ne1 $146 {[%cal Gf2f3]} ({RR} 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2
e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 e4 16. Bc3 Nf6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qb5 Bg4 19. Rfc1 Rad8
20. Qg5 h6 21. Qf4 Be2 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rc2 Bd3 25. Rc7 Ba6 26.
Bf1 Rc8 {Zpevak,P (2349)-Krejci,J (2043)/Czechia 2004/EXT 2007/1-0 (53)}) 12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 $1 14. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} Be6 15. f4 $5 (15. Nc2 $5 {[%cal
Gc2e3,Gd4d5]}) (15. Nd3 Bf6) 15... exf4 16. Bxf4 (16. gxf4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5)
16... Qa5 $132 17. Qc2 (17. c4 Qa6 $1 {[%csl Re2]}) 17... Nb6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]}
18. Nd3 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 19. Rf2 Na3 $36 20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Nf4 Nxd2
23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxd2 Bg5 (24... c5 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 25. Qd3 c5 $1 26. Raf1
cxd4 {La pression sur le P"d4" va forcer les Blancs а pousser d4d5 et la nulle
est quasiment inévitable.} 27. cxd4 Qb4 {[%csl Rd4]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{I will not hide that I waited with impatience and curiosity for the moment
when Carlsen would step in. Fortunately, the reigning World Champion does not
seem to have lost any single bit of his interest for the game after reaching
unprecedented rating heights and conquering the supreme title at all the
official time rates (classical, rapid and blitz). Maintaining the flame of
enthusiasm alive when there is no higher level to aim at is a task not many
World Champions have dealt with sucessfully. Anyway, since his presence in the
team surely makes a big difference, Carlsen was ready for the fight as soon as
round two.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {An interesting choice of the opening.
Carlsen has played the Slav in the past, but it is by far not his main weapon.
The puzzling thing is that in a game where the big rating difference strongly
required him to play for a win, he exposes himself to a transposition to the
symmetrical structure resulting after 4.cxd5 cxd5. The Exchange Variation is
not as dull as it seems and players like Botvinnik or Portisch have made good
use of it with white, but Black has his reasons for being content, too.
Objectively, he should be close to equalising, which actually is just one
preliminary step on the way towards taking over the initiative.} 4. Qc2 {
(!) Played almost without hesitation. I assume that Tomi was not really
bothered by the idea of a draw (although I may be wrong), but even though the
exchange variation makes up part of his repertoire, he does not show himself
ready for such early relasing of the tension.} dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 {This has
always been a reasonable alternative to 5...Bf5. Now, it seems to be acquiring
some higher popularity.} ({For quite a few years, the main theoretical
disputes took place in the variation} 5... Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7
9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 {as, for instance, in Mamedyarov,S 
(2729)-Wang,Y (2685) Istanbul 2012 CBM 151 [Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 39)}) 6. Nc3 {
The most active continuation.} (6. Nbd2 {avoids getting the doubled pawns and
keeps the possibility of developing the bishop by fianchetto, but the knight
is not too active on d2.} Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11.
O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. e4 e5 $132 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Anand,V 
(2770) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Krasenkow,M] (0-1, 31)}) (6. Ne5 {only
apparently gains time.} Be6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 ({This speeds up Black's
development, but} 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Nc3 e6 {transposes below.}) 8... Qxd7 9. e4 Rd8
10. Be3 Ng4 11. Nc3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 {Black should have no problems at all, to
say the least. White's centre lacks dynamism, while the dark-squared bishop
could become very threatening.} Bg4 (12... Qc7 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Bg7 {
Schandorff,L (2563)-Nielsen,P (2625) Horsens 2003 CBM 095 [Huzman] (1/2-1/2,
25)}) 13. Be2 e5 14. O-O-O Bb4 15. Bf3 O-O 16. h3 Be6 $15 {Nenezic,M (2393)
-Solak,D (2592) Kragujevac 2013 (1/2-1/2, 72)}) 6... Nbd7 ({If Black wishes to
exchange on f3, he could do it now since after} 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nbd7 {
there is no obvious way of avoiding a transposition below with 8.e4. For
instance:} 8. f4 e6 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. Bg2 Be7 {and Black is doing OK, Mandiza,F 
(2406)-Black,J (2201) Wheeling 2012 (0-1, 32)}) 7. e4 ({In view of the
previous comment,} 7. Qd3 {is more relevant for the move order starting with 6.
Ne5 above.} e6 8. e4 ({If} 8. g3 {the simplest seems to be the spectacular} Nc5
{taking advantage that the f3-knight is hanging.} 9. Qe3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Ncd7 11.
Bg2 Be7 {The control over the d5-square ensures Black simple play, Borg,A 
(2151)-Atalik,E (2399) Antalya 2006 (0-1, 63)}) 8... c5 $5 {The latest trend.}
9. d5 {This yields Black easy play.} ({The critical continuation is} 9. e5 Nd5
10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 c4 12. Qc2 $13 {with mutual attacks on the wings.}) 9...
exd5 10. exd5 Bd6 11. Be2 $6 {This allows Black to consolidate.} (11. Qe3+ Qe7
12. Qxe7+ {would have caused some delay in Black's regrouping. The bishop
should stay on d6 to prevent Bf4, so the natural line goes} Kxe7 13. Be2 Rhe8
14. O-O Ne5 15. Re1 Kf8 16. Nb5 $13) 11... O-O 12. O-O ({With the queen
exposed on d3, rather than exchanged on e7, and the king in the centre,} 12.
Nb5 {runs into} Ne5 $17) 12... a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rfe1
Rad8 $15 {Thejkumar,M (2452)-Sasikiran,K (2666) Jalgaon 2013 (1/2-1/2, 52).
White does not have active plans and the d5-pawn is more of a weakness than
strength.}) 7... e5 $5 {Quite typical for Carlsen. He takes the game into
almost unexplored territory as soon as on move seven! He had been doing that
during the match against Anand quite a lot, depriving the then reigning
champion of the opportunity to display his massive preparation. By breaking
the centre without previously taking on f3, Black aims for higher flexibility.}
(7... Bxf3 {is played almost unanimously, with 7...e6 a minor alternative.} 8.
gxf3 e5 9. Be3 {The main question is whether White can put his central pawns
into motion or, on the contrary, Black will be able to keep the blockade on f4.
} exd4 ({Black should not delay this exchange too much.} 9... Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7
{Zhou,W (2616)-Robson,R (2628) Ningbo 2013 (0-1, 57)} 11. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Ge5d4,Ge2d4,Ye2g3]}) 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qe7 ({An attempt to improve
over} 11... Qc7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. h4 {Mamedyarov,S (2746)-Inarkiev,
E (2692) Rogaska Slatina 2011 CBM 145 [Krasenkow] (1-0, 54) which also
contains a comprehensive survey of the position after 7...Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5.}) 12.
Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bf4+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. fxe3 {White has improved his structure,
but the next exchanges will reduce the importance of his space advantage.} O-O
16. Bg2 Rad8 17. Kb1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. e5 Nfd7 21. Qd2 $6 (
21. f4 Qh4 22. Bf3 Qe1+ 23. Nd1 $13) 21... Qh4 $36 {Reinderman,D (2604)-Van
Wely,L (2657) Amsterdam 2014 (0-1, 39)}) 8. Nxe5 (8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nxe5 {
transposes back into a line considered to be OK for Black, for instance} 10.
Qe2 Bc5 11. Rg1 Qb6 12. Rg5 Ng6 13. Bd2 Rd8 {Krasenkow,M (2620)-Harikrishna,P 
(2673) Nancy 2009 (0-1, 53)}) ({Or if} 8. Be3 Bd6 9. O-O-O O-O {Griffiths,R 
(2362)-Van Kampen,R (2565) Athens 2012 (0-1, 27). The e4-pawn is hanging with
respect to the game Zhou,W (2616)-Robson,R (2628) above, preventing Ne2. In
this line, delaying ...Bxf3 is good for Black.}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qd3
$146 {Usually, a queenside majority is more useful in the middlegame than in
the endgame. This is what Steinitz said and what has been proven in many games.
But in this concrete position it seems that White loses too much time if he
wants to keep queens on board. besides, he would also neglect the fight for
the d-file.} (10. Qa4 Ng4 11. Be2 ({With queens on the board, White cannot
play in the same way as in the game:} 11. Bf4 $2 Bc5 12. Bg3 Nxf2 13. Bxf2
Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qb6+ 15. Ke1 Qxb2 $19 {[%csl Ga1,Gc3]}) 11... Nxe5 12. O-O Bc5
13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bf4 {Grigoryan,K (2473)-Grover,S (2514) Kocaeli 2011 (1-0, 41)}
Ng6 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 f5 19. Na4 Bb4 20. a3 f4)
10... Ng4 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bf4 $1 {White prefers returning the pawn in the
near future for the sake of completing his development} ({If} 12. f4 Bc5 {
Black's initative becomes threatening.} 13. Be2 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. g3 (15.
f5 Bc8 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 15... g5 $5 ({Black could also try playing for piece
pressure with, say,} 15... Ke7 {, but personally I would prefer to make sure
of weakening the e5-pawn as soon as possible.}) 16. f5 (16. Rf1 $2 gxf4 17.
gxf4 Bd2+ $1 18. Kf2 Bxf4 $19) 16... Bc8 17. Bh5 O-O 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Bd4
$13) 12... Bc5 13. Bg3 Bd4 14. Rd1 Bxe5 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng4
{The merits of Nyback's novelty are obvious. He has exchanged the active black
bishop and put his majority into motion. Still, White's advantage is rather
symbolic .} 18. Be2 Nh6 19. Kf2 f6 20. h3 Nf7 21. Bg4 Ke7 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Rd1
Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 {The structure is quite similar to that from the last match
game against Anand. Even though in Chennai Carlsen was Black, in both cases,
he had two groups of three pawns each, against his opponent's two plus four.
But in the current game, White's position is a bit more active.} 25. b4 Kd6 26.
Ke3 a6 {A somewhat mysterious move. The threat of b4-b5 was not real, as it
would allow . ..Kc5, but Carlsen might have intended to set his queenside
majority into motion with ...b5 and ...c5, or even ...c5 right away.} 27. Na4
Ne6 {Renewing the threat ...b5..} 28. f5 $1 {A committal decision after only
five minutes of thinking. White gives away the e5-square, but gets some
queenside pressure in exchange.} Nd8 29. Kd4 Nf7 30. Nc5 {It may seem that the
weakening move ... a7-a6 is about to cause some major problems. But Carlsen is
not that easy to catch on the wrong foot in the endgame.} b6 $1 {Played
instantly.} ({If} 30... Nd8 31. a4 {threatening a4-a5, Black would soon be in
zugzwang. Actually, even now the best saving chance would be giving up the
pawn with} b6 {under lesss favourable circumstances.}) 31. Nxa6 Ne5 {The black
knight has occupied the fantastic central square, while its rival has no
obvious way back into the game.} 32. a4 Nd7 {Threatening ...c5, which would
open the king's way towards the knight. The final move repetition took place
rather quickly, although White twice took a minute for reflection.} 33. Kc4
Ne5+ 34. Kd4 Nd7 35. Kc4 Ne5+ 36. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O {A relatively peacefull variation has been played. Each
side plays its own opening. Black developed like in a normal Slav, while White
adopted a Catalan setup.} 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 $5 {In spite of the
fact that this move has been played several times along the past decades, it
might have come as a surprise for Anand. You do not see such abrupt changes in
the character of the position at top level.} Bxh4 ({The attempt to maintain
the tension in the centre with} 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 {allowed White retain
an advantage with the slightly surprising simplifying manoeuvre} 14. Nxf5 $5
exf5 15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rfe8 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 $14 {would just
improve White's structure.}) 17. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 {The
bishop is more active than the knight and White's mobile centre is likely to
become threatening soon.} Re4 20. f3 Re7 21. e4 f6 22. Red1 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke8 24.
g4 Ne5 25. Kg3 Nf7 26. h4 $14 {Grabarczyk,M (2509)-Giesen,D (2209)/Germany
2004/EXT 2005 (1-0, 51)}) 13. gxh4 Nef6 14. e4 (14. Qxb6 $5 axb6 15. Bf4 {
leads to similar play as in the game, for instance} b5 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. e4 Bg6
18. f3 Nf8 {Black refrains from preparing ...e5, but this will leave White
with more freedom of action.} 19. Bc5 Bh5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Ng6 22. Nb6 Rab8
23. Re3 Nxh4 24. Rb3 h6 25. Bh1 Kh7 26. Kf2 Rg8 27. Ra7 $16 {Landa,K (2584)
-Najer,E (2677)/Tomsk RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 618 (1-0, 48)}) 14... Bg6 ({
Generally speaking, it is recomendable not to release the tension with} 14...
Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg6 {because this would leave the c5-square not sufficiently
well defended.} 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 a6 18. d5 $6 ({Probably premature.} 18.
Na4 $5 Rad8 19. f3 h6 20. Rad1 {planning b4 and Nc5 would have been more
consequent.}) 18... cxd5 19. exd5 e5 $13 {Kludacz,M (2203)-Kononenko,T (2361)/
Warsaw 2001/CBM 082 ext (0-1, 46)}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 {
White's pair of bishops and his advantage of space compensate for the double
pawns.} b5 ({A novelty over} 17... e5 {which was played in the most recent
example with this line, Georgiev-Smeets, Wijk aan Zee 2007.} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
f3 Bh5 20. Bxe5 (20. Kf2 $5 $14) 20... Rxe5 21. a4 Re7 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Ne2 Bg6
24. Red1 Nh5 25. Ng3 c5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Kf2 Nxg3
30. hxg3 f6 31. Ke3 $14 {White certainly has reasons to play for a win,
because he is a pawn up on the kingside, while on the other wing Black cannot
create a passed pawn, Georgiev,V (2525)-Smeets,J (2538)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/The
Week in Chess 638 (1-0, 68)}) 18. Bd6 {Quite an irritating bishop. Black
cannot easily question its stability on this active square.} e5 19. d5 Nh5 20.
Bf1 f6 21. b3 Nf4 {Black hurries to take advantage of the bishop's departure
from the kingside, but the knight will not enjoy the desired stability on this
square.} 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bf7 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Red1 Rc8 $6 {Probably
underestimating White's next move.} ({Maybe he should have played} 25... cxd5
$5 {, forcing White to take a concrete decision in the centre.} 26. Nxd5 (26.
exd5 Rc8 {and the knight cannot go to e2 already, because the d5-pawn is
hanging.}) 26... Bxd5 27. exd5 Rc8 {and the active and stable f4-knight offers
Black good counterplay.}) 26. Ne2 $1 $16 Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 cxd5 28. exd5 Nf8 29.
Bb5 Raa8 30. Be7 Ng6 31. d6 {White's activity looks threatening. The next
phase of the game will be played by Aronian in the best spyrit of romantic
chess.} Nxe7 32. Bd7 $3 {The pawn is more dangerous on the d-file, because it
cannot be stopped by the bishop too easily.} ({Black would have had all the
chances to defend his position after} 32. dxe7 Be8) 32... Nc6 ({Black has to
accept the sacrifice. If} 32... Rcb8 $2 {(the only square along the back rank
where the rook will not be attacked after White's next move) then} 33. dxe7 Be8
34. Be6+ Bf7 35. Rxb7 $3 $16) 33. Rxb7 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 {Threatening
to exchange Black's remaining rook, when the passed pawns would be impossible
to stop.} Rf8 36. Rb8 Be8 37. a5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxb1 40. a6 Bc6 41.
a7 {An incredible position. Black is lost in spite of being two whole pieces up
} Kf7 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rxf8 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Bxa8 45. Rxa8 h5 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7
Kf5 $2 ({This move shortens Black's suffering. After} 47... Nc3 48. Rh7 {
the h-pawn would have decided the game.}) 48. Rg3 {The knight is trapped now.
There is no defence against Rb3.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 {After his game against Anand, Aronian had no
special reasons to refrain from this variation.} Bg6 $5 {Instead of preventing
the advance of the e-pawn, Black takes preventive measures against it.} 11. h3
({The only game where Black retreated the bishop to g6 before 
(Wojtkiewicz-Kalbermatter, Bern 1991) continued with} 11. e4 {. Black reacted
passively, allowing White consolidate his advantage of space. However, after
the more resolute} b5 $5 {followed by ...b4, the white centre would have been
in some danger. Aronian's play in the next phase of the game suggests that he
did not find a viable plan to meet the opening surprize.}) 11... h6 12. Bf4 Nd5
13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Rac1 Nc2 15. Red1 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh6 Qc4
19. Be3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryzgalin, Kirill"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ {A rare check. White wants to play a
side line.} Nc6 ({It is possible to get a popular position from the Slav after
} 4... c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Bc2
11. Rd2 Nb6 {But QGA players hate Slav structures.}) 5. e3 (5. Qxc4 {is not
very tempting} Be6 ({A very sharp move was tried many years ago} 5... Bg4 6.
Ne5 $146 (6. e3) 6... Be6 7. Nxc6 Bxc4 8. Nxd8 Rxd8 9. b3 Ba6 10. Bb2 e5 11.
dxe5 Bb4+ 12. Bc3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 O-O 16. a3 Nc6 17. e3
Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Ke2 f5 20. Rfd1 {1/2 Ljubojevic,L (2565)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2725)/Beograd 1997}) 6. Qb5 Bd5 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qxb7 $2 Ra7) ({But} 5. Nc3 {
seems to be more logical} Nd5 (5... e6 6. Qxc4 (6. a3 $1 $146 a6 (6... Be7 7.
e4 O-O 8. Qxc4 $14) 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8. Bg5 $1 h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. g3 $14)
9... O-O 10. Rd1 g5 $5 11. Bg3 Rb8 $1 12. e4 b5 13. Qe2 $1 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15.
Qd3 $2 (15. h4 $1 g4 16. Ne5 Nxd4 17. Qd2 Nxe4 18. Qxd4 (18. Qxh6 Bxc3+ 19.
bxc3 Nc2+ {/\ Nc3#}) 18... Qxd4 (18... Nxc3 19. Qxg4+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+) 19. Rxd4
f5 $1 $44) 15... Ba5 $3 $17 {0-1 Sosonko,G (2535)-Piket,J (2670)/Nederland (ch)
1995}) 6... Nb4 (6... Bb4) 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. e3 Nbd5 11.
Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 b6 15. O-O Be6 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3
Rfd8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. f3 Kf8 $11 {Krasenkow,M 
(2651)-Negi,P (2538)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007}) 6. Qxc4 ({A very serious option
is a sharp try in the centre, but Black has sufficient counterplay:} 6. e4 Nb6
7. Qd1 Bg4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.
Bxc7 Rd7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. f4 Nd3+ {1/2 Dreev,A (2657)-Ganguly,S 
(2631)/Sabadell ESP 2008} 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1
Kd7 (20... Bc5 21. Kc2 Rf8 22. g3 g5 23. Rf1 Rf6 {1/2 Banusz,T (2554)-Mista,A 
(2564)/Krakow POL 2011}) 21. Kc2 Kc6 22. Rd1 Bc5 23. a4 Rf8 24. g3 h6 25. Nb5
g5 26. Na7+ Kc7 27. Nb5+ Kc6 28. Na7+ Kc7 29. Nb5+ {1/2 Dreev,A (2657)-Stevic,
H (2588)/Sibenik CRO 2008/}) 6... Nb6 (6... Ndb4 {is very good:} 7. Qb3 Be6 8.
Qa4 Bd7) 7. Qb3 (7. Qb5 a6 8. Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Qxd4 10. Nxc6 Qxd3 11. exd3 bxc6
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Bxd6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 cxd6
18. d4 a5 {Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Dominguez Perez,L (2719)/Almaty KAZ 2008; with
sufficient counterplay.}) 7... e5 $146 (7... Bg4) 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10.
Qd3 (10. Qe4 Bc5 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. e3 Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2
O-O-O 16. Be2 Rd5 17. f4 Rc5 18. Bd1 Rd8 19. Rf1 Nd5 20. Nb3 Rb5 21. Kf2 {
Landa,K (2664)-Godena,M (2537)/Reggio Emilia ITA 2010. Black has some small
compensation for the pawn.}) 10... Bc5 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3
O-O-O 14. Be2 Bb4 15. Bd2 Na4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rd5 19. f4 Rc5
20. Rc1 {1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2717)-Ponomariov,R (2727)/Linares 84/(318) 2002}) 5...
Nd7 (5... Nd5 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd1
a5 12. b3 Nb4 13. Bb2 a4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. bxa4 Qd7 16. a3 Nd5 17. Ng5 Nb6 18.
Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rb1 Nxa4 20. Ba1 Nb6 21. Qc1 Qd6 22. Rb3 {Mirzoev,A (2545)-Magem
Badals,J (2554)/Don Benito ESP 2012. The pair of bishops guarantees some
advantage here.}) 6. Qxc4 e5 7. dxe5 (7. Qc2 {is completely innocuous:} exd4 8.
exd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 Re8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rd1 Ne7
15. Bd3 {1/2 Borges Mateos,J (2482)-Moreno Ruiz,J (2482)/Madrid 2007} a5 16. b5
Ned5) 7... Ndxe5 (7... Nc5 {is too sharp:} 8. Bd2 Bf5 9. Bc3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O
11. Be2 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Ndb4 13. h4 Be6 14. Qe4 Bd5 15. Qb1 f6 16. a3 Na6 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Ng5 g6 19. Ndf3 {Soppe,G (2485)-Herman,D (2115)/Pico City 1996; with
insufficient compensation.}) 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qc2 ({Nor do othe tries promise
anything:} 9. Qb5+ Nc6 (9... Nd7 10. Be2 c6 11. Qc4 (11. Qd3 Qg5 12. Qe4+ Be7
13. h4 Qg6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. g3 Be6 17. b4 Nd7 18. b5 g5 {Trkulja,
G (2388)-Dizdarevic,E (2500)/Zenica 2012. Black has a very promising endgame.})
11... Bd6 12. Qe4+ Be7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. b3 Qd5 16. Bb2 Bf5 17. Qc1
Rfd8 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Nd2 Bd3 {Andersson,U (2610)-Timman,J (2600)/Tilburg 1982.
Here Black even starts to show some ambitions.}) 10. Nc3 Bd6) (9. Qe4 Bd6 10.
f4 f5 11. Qd4 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Qg4+ 13. Kf2 Nc6 14. Qc4 Bd7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Be2
Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 {Gerusel,M-Lohse,S/Bad Pyrmont 1963. The white king is rather
dangerously placed.}) 9... Bg4 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bf5 {was not good:
} 12. e4 Be6 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5) 12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. g4 (13. Qxe5 Bb4 14. Qxh5 (
14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Rhe8+) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Ke2 Bxc1 (15... Qd3+ 16. Kf3))
13... Bg6 14. Qxe5 Bb4 15. Qd4 Qa4 $1 (15... Qxd4 {was wrong:} 16. exd4 Rhe8+
17. Kd1 Rxd4 18. f3 Red8 19. Rh2) 16. Qc4 ({The pawn capture} 16. Qxg7 {
was dangerous:} Qc2 17. Be2 Rhg8 18. Qf6 Bxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 20. Bd1 Qxb2 21.
Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. O-O c5 24. Rfc1 b6) 16... Qa5 17. Be2 (17. Qe2 {
promised more chances for survival:} Bd3 18. Qd1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxd2 20. Bxd2
Rd8 21. Qb1 (21. Bxb4 Qxb4+) 21... Rxd2 22. Qf5+ Qxf5 23. gxf5 Rxb2+ 24. Kd1 c6
) 17... Bxd2+ 18. Kf1 Rhe8 19. Bxd2 (19. Qb5 {was slightly better:} Qxb5 20.
Bxb5 Re5) 19... Rxd2 20. b4 Qb6 (20... Qe5 $142 21. Rc1 Be4 22. Rg1 Red8 23. f4
Qe7) 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. a3 a6 (22... Be4 {was possible:} 23. Rg1 f6 24. Rg3 Qe5
25. Qc3 Red8) 23. Qc3 Be4 (23... f5 {was not bad}) 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Rg3 Bc6 26.
g5 Kb8 27. h4 (27. Qxg7 {lost more quickly:} Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Qd2+) 27... Ka8 28.
h5 Qd5 29. e4 Qxe4 30. Bf3 Qf4 31. Qe3 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Na3 $5 {An interesting try to avoid the main
theory.} e6 ({The most serious answer is the direct counterstrike in the centre
} 4... e5 $1 5. Nxc4 (5. Nxe5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Naxc4 (7. Bxb4 Qxb2) 7...
Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qc5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 $15) 5... e4 6. Ng1 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qxd4 8.
Bxb4 Qxc4 9. Ba3 e3 10. fxe3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Qa4 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bg2
Be6 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qc1 Qa5+ 17. b4 Nxb4 18. O-O Nxa2 {Keres,P-Gurgenidze,B/
Rapina 1967; with a big advantage to Black.}) ({A very serious try is} 4... c5
5. Nxc4 (5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Rc8
11. Rc1 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Rxc1+ 14. Bxc1 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Qc7
17. Ng5 O-O {0-1 Simek,P (2253)-Simacek,P (2470)/Czechia 2008/CBM 127 Extra})
5... Nc6 ({White obtains a slight advantage in the endgame:} 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Ne5 e6 9. g3 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nc6
13. Nxd7 O-O-O 14. e3 Rxd7+ 15. Ke2 Kb8 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rdc7 18. Rhd1 {
Stangl,M (2385)-Heinbuch,D (2370)/Germany 1988}) 6. e3 (6. dxc5 {is not very
logical:} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ne4 8. Be3 e6 9. Rc1 Nxc5 10. Nd4 (10. g3 b6 11. Bg2
Bb7 12. Kc2 Nb4+ 13. Kb1 Be4+ 14. Ka1 Rd8 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Be7 17. f3 O-O
18. Kb1 Nc6 19. Nf4 Nd4 {Eliseev,A (2489)-Zakharchenko,A (2395)/St Petersburg
2002; with counterplay.}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Kc2 Rd8 14. e3
f6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Rhd1 Kf7 17. Bc3 e5 18. e4 Ne6 19. b4 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Kb3 g6 22. Nb2 Bd6 23. Rxd4 Bxh2 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rh1 {1-0 Ipatov,A (2536)
-Nyzhnyk,I (2583)/Konya 2011}) 6... Bg4 (6... cxd4 {seems to be very good:} 7.
exd4 e6 8. Be2 (8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nfe5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Qd4 a5 16. b5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Bc5 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Nd6 Rc7
20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. Rd3 {Trauner,R (2195)-Schink,B (2069)/St. Veit
AUT 2012; White keeps some advantage.}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11.
O-O b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Nfe5 Ne7 14. a4 Nf5 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rc8 17. Rac1
Qd7 18. Qb4 Nd5 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Kf1 Qd5 {Gurieli,N (2351)-Levin,F (2531)/
Hamburg 1999; Black obtained very serious counterplay.}) 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O cxd4
(8... Qd5 9. Nce5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Kf1 Be7 13. b3 O-O-O 14.
Bb2 Nb8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Kc7 18. Bc2 Nc6 19. a3 g6 20. Ke2
a6 21. f4 b5 22. Rd1 Rd8 {Tu Hoang Thong (2475)-Kasmiran (2330)/Jakarta 1997;
Black has to keep the balance easily.}) 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nce5 O-O 11. Nxg4 Nxg4
12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rac1 Bf6 17. a3 Rac8 18.
Bd3 Qe7 19. Be4 a6 20. Rc2 g6 21. Rdc1 Na5 22. Qa4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Nc6 {Eriksson,
M (2365)-Brynell,S (2465)/Malmo 1993. The position is equal.}) 5. Nxc4 Bb4+ ({
Once more it is possible to attack the centre directly by} 5... c5 6. g3 (6. a3
a6 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nce5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
Qe2 Be7 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nc5 17. Rg4 g6 18. Bc2 Bd5 19. b4 h5
20. Rf4 {Gonzales,J (2465)-Abu Sufian,S (2378)/Subic Bay 2009; with a strong
attack.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nce5 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Be5 Rac8 16. b3 Bc6 17. Qc4 Qb7 18.
Qc2 Be4 19. Nh4 Qb4 20. Qc3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne4 {Can,E (2476)-Donchenko,A (2309)/
Plovdiv BUL 2012; with sufficient counterplay.}) 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O {
White has a slight space advantage and the position is a bit similar to some
Queen's Indian structures.} 8. g3 ({Another typical development would be} 8. e3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. b4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qd6) 8...
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 ({An interesting option could be} 10... a5 11. O-O
Na6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Nfe5 Nd5) 11. b4 $5 {White starts a preventive strategy
to stop c7-c5 at any price.} Qe7 ({White would obtain a clear advantage after
the direct} 11... c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Bd5 14. Nfe5 Rc8 15. Nd6) 12. O-O
Rfd8 13. Qb2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Qa3 $6 ({It was necessary to continue
logically in the centre and to calculate a long line:} 15. Nfe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qd5+ 22.
f3 Qxc5 23. Qb8+ Kh7 24. Nxf7 Qc2 25. Qxa7) 15... Bd5 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 ({
Another forced line led to a level game:} 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Qc3 Bxc4 19. Rxd8+
Qxd8 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Qxc4 Qd2 22. Bf3 Nxe5 23. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Rd8) 17...
a5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nc6 ({After the pawn sacrifice} 19. Qf3 Qxb4 20. Nc6 Qf8
21. e4 Rd7 22. Rc2 {the compensation is clear, but there is no direct way to
exploit the activity of the pieces.}) 19... Qf8 20. Qd3 ({White would not
retain major chances of a win in the endgame after} 20. Rd3 axb4 21. Qxb4 Qxb4
22. Nxb4 Rb5 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. Rd2 Ne4 25. Rdc2 g5) 20... axb4 21. e4 Rd7 {
White sacrificed a pawn, but hopes to get the pawn on b4 back very soon.} 22.
Rc2 Ra8 23. Rb1 Ra3 24. Qe2 (24. Rb3 {was not promising:} Rxb3 25. axb3 Qa8 26.
f3 g5 $1) 24... Rc3 25. Rbc1 ({Good counterplay Black would hold after} 25.
Rxc3 bxc3 26. Rb3 e5 27. d5 Qc5 28. Rb5 Qa3 29. Qc2 g5 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. f3 g4)
25... Rxc2 ({The simple} 25... Ra3 {was possible.}) 26. Qxc2 Qa8 27. Rb1 b3 ({
The activation of the knight would be temporary:} 27... Nh7 28. Rxb4 Ng5 29.
Kg2 Qa3 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. h4 Nh7 32. Ne5 Re7 33. Qd3) 28. axb3 Qa3 29. Kg2 h5 30.
Rb2 g6 31. Ra2 Qf8 32. Ra7 Qd6 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. f3 {White has a powerful grip
on Black's position, so Galliamova tries to fight against the main enemy - the
knight on c6.} Ng8 35. e5 $2 ({White could try to obtain a won endgame after} 
35. Qc1 $1 Ne7 36. Ne5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 39. Qh8+ Kxh8 40.
Nxf7+ Kg7 41. Nxd8) 35... Qd5 36. Re8 Nh6 37. Qc3 Qb5 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. Ra8 Ne7
40. Nxe7 Rxe7 41. Qc4 Qxc4 $6 (41... Qd7 {was not bad:} 42. Kg2 c5 43. dxc5 Qc6
) 42. bxc4 g5 43. Ke3 ({It was better to try a preventive strategy:} 43. Ra7 f6
44. exf6+ Kxf6 45. Ke3 $14) 43... c5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice for the
activation of the rook.} 44. dxc5 bxc5 45. Rc8 Ra7 46. h4 ({Or} 46. Rxc5 Ra2
47. h3 Rg2) 46... Ra3+ 47. Ke4 g4 (47... gxh4 {was possible:} 48. gxh4 Ra1 49.
Kf4 Kg6 50. Rxc5 Rh1) 48. fxg4 Rxg3 49. gxh5 Rg4+ 50. Kd3 Rxh4 51. Rxc5 Rxh5
52. Rb5 Kg6 53. Kd4 Rh4+ 54. Kc5 Re4 ({A more logical try was} 54... Kf5 55.
Rb7 f6 56. exf6 Kxf6 {and the black pawn on e6 is no worse than the c4-pawn.})
55. Rb7 Rxe5+ 56. Kd6 Re1 57. c5 Rd1+ 58. Ke7 Rc1 59. Kd6 Rd1+ 60. Ke7 Rc1 61.
Kd6 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 (4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 {Transpose dans la
partie} (5. e4)) 4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2
O-O 10. Qb3 Nb6 (10... Qb6 11. Nc4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Be4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. Nfd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2b3,Ge2e4]} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 cxd4
19. Rxa7 $1 {Kuzmin,A (2567)-Megaranto,S (2458) Dubai op 6th 2004 (3) 0-1}) 11.
e3 (11. a4 a5 12. Rd1 Nfd7 13. e4 Bg6 14. Qe3 f5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
Nc4 Bg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Rd3 Bb4 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. Ng5 Rde8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rdd1
Qd8 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Qg5 28. Rad1 Nf6 29. Bg2
Rf7 30. Re2 Nd5 31. h4 Qf6 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Qb5 Qd8 34. Rde1 Rfe7 35. Rc1 e5
36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Rxe5 38. Qxb7 Re8 39. Rc5 d4 40. Rd5 Qf6 {Eljanov,P 
(2732)-Motylev,A (2685) Shamkir 2014 1/2-1/2}) 11... a5 12. a4 $146 (12. Ne5 a4
13. Qd1 a3 14. bxa3 Bxa3 15. Bxa3 Rxa3 16. Nb3 Nbd7 17. Nc4 Ra6 18. Nd6 Qa8 19.
e4 Bg6 20. f4 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Bf3 Qa3 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. f5
exf5 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. N3a5 Qe3+ 28. Rf2 Rc8 29. Kg2 f4 30. Rxf4 Rc2+ 31. Kh3
Rd2 32. Qh1 Be4 33. Qf1 Bg2+ 34. Qxg2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 g5 36. Rf2 Qxd4 37. Nc6
Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Nxe5 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nc8 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Qb1+ {Fridman,D (2588)
-Krush,I (2465) playchess.com INT 2004 0-1}) 12... Bb4 13. Ne5 h6 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 $11 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qc2 Rfd8 $32 {
[%csl Ra1,Rc1]} 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nf5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qe6 23. Qc2 (23. e4 Nc4 (
23... Nxe4 24. Qg4)) 23... h5 24. e4 g6 25. Ne3 c4 26. Nf1 Nfd7 27. Be3 Nc5 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5d3,Gc5b3]} 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rd1 Qf6 (29... Re8) 30. Re1 Bd4
(30... Rd8) 31. Re2 Rc8 32. h4 c3 33. bxc3 (33. b3 Rd8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d2]})
33... Rxc3 34. Qb1 Nxa4 {[%csl Gb7]} 35. Qb5 (35. Qxb7) 35... Nc5 $36 36. e5
Qe7 (36... Qa6 $40 {[%cal Gc5a6,Ga6b5,Ga6a5,Ga6e2]} 37. Qb1) 37. Qxa5 Nd3 38.
Qd5 Bxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 b6 41. Ne3 Rc5 42. Qd6 Qxe5 43. Qxb6 $15 {
[%csl Rf2,Gg8] La position est égale au plan matériel mais la différence de
sécurité entre les deux K doit faire la différence} Qd4 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Bf3
$2 Rf5 (45... Rc2+ {[%cal Gd4f2]}) 46. Ke2 Rf6 47. Qb1 Rb6 48. Qd3 Rb2+ 49. Nc2
Qe5+ 50. Kd2 (50. Kf2 Qc5+) 50... Rb6 51. Bd5 Rf6 52. Kc1 Kh7 53. Bb3 Rf2 54.
Bd5 Qf6 55. Be4 Rh2 56. Bf3 Kg7 57. Kd1 Rf2 58. Be4 Rf1+ 59. Kd2 Qf2+ 60. Qe2
Qg1 61. Kc3 $2 (61. Qe3 Rf2+ 62. Kd3 $13) 61... Qxg3+ 62. Bd3 Rf6 $19 63. Qe4
Kh7 64. Ne3 Qe1+ 65. Kc4 Qf2 66. Nd5 Rc6+ 67. Kb3 Re6 68. Qc4 Qe1 69. Qf4 Kg7
70. Bc4 Qb1+ 71. Kc3 Qa1+ 72. Kb3 Qa7 73. Kb4 Qa1 74. Kb3 Qb1+ 75. Kc3 Qe1+ 76.
Kd3 Qe2+ 77. Kd4 Qb2+ 78. Kd3 Re2 79. Ne3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 (4. Qc2 dxc4 {Transpose après Qb3 mais
les Blancs ont en plus l'option de jouer le gambit Rausis} 5. Qxc4 (5. e4))
4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 (5... Bg4 6. Nc3 (6. Nbd2 Nbd7) 6... Nbd7 7. Bf4 Qa5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 {Leitao,R (2636)-El Debs,F (2512) BRA-ch 81st Joao Pessoa 2015 (7) 1-0}
(8... Nb6 {Leitao inf 123})) 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O {
[%cal Ge2e3]} 10. Re1 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h3 Qb6 13. e4 Bg6 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Kh2 Qa7 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. Kg1 b5 20. Qe3 Qb6
21. Nh2 e5 22. Ng4 Be7 23. dxe5 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe5 25. Kf1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bc5
27. Ncd1 f6 28. f4 Nf7 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Rc2 Bb6 31. Nf2 a5 32. b3 b4 33. Rd2 Nb5
34. Nc4 Nc3+ 35. Kf3 Bc7 36. Bf1 Bh5+ 37. g4 Bf7 38. Nd3 Rd8 39. Ke3 g5 {
Ibarra Jerez,J (2545)-Salgado Lopez,I (2616) Madrid 2015 0-1 (66)}) 10... Bg6
11. e4 b5 12. Qxc6 b4 13. e5 Rc8 14. Qa6 bxc3 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17.
Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rb1 Rc2 21. Rxb6 Rxa2 22. Bf3 Ra1 23.
Rb7 $146 (23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Be3 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rb8+ Rd8 28.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. Ke4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Gurevich,M (2634)
-Miton,K (2604) Dresden 2008}) 23... Ba3 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rd8 26. Bc3 Bd6
(26... Nd5) 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. Kd3 Kf8 31. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. e4 Bg6 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. b3 Bf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Be3 Bd3 21. Qb2
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qa4 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. Qb5 b6 $1 (24... Rxd1+ $2) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Bxc5 Qxb5 27. cxb5 Bxc5 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bd4 30. h4 Kf8 31. h5 Bxe5
32. Bc2 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. f4 Bd6 35. Kg2 Ba3 36. g4 Ke7 37. f5 exf5 38. gxf5
g5 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Kg4 f6 41. Be4 Kc5 42. Bd3 Kd4 43. Bf1 Kc3 44. Be2 Kb2 45.
Bc4 Bd6 46. Kf3 Kc3 47. Bf7 Kb4 48. Be8 Kc5 49. Kg4 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Nfe5 b5 14. Nxg4
bxc4 15. Qf3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Bf1 Qb6 20. Rab1
Nb4 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rec1 Bd2 23. Rc2 c3 24. e3 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qb4 26. Bg2 Qa4
27. b3 Qa5 28. Qf3 g6 29. Bf1 Qb4 30. Bg2 a5 31. Qe4 Qd6 32. Bf1 Rb8 33. Rd1
Qb4 34. Qxb4 axb4 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Bb5 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. a4 bxa3
40. Ba4 Kc5 41. Rxa3 Kb4 42. Ra1 Ra5 43. h4 f5 44. Rca2 e5 45. Rd1 f4 46. gxf4
exf4 47. Rg1 Rf5 48. Rg4 $2 (48. Bc6 Ra5 49. Rxa5 $17) 48... Bc1 $19 49. Rc2
Bb2 $2 (49... h5 50. Rxf4+ Rxf4 $19) 50. Rxf4+ $17 Rxf4 51. exf4 Rd5 52. Bc6
Rh5 53. Kd3 Rc5 54. Be4 Kxb3 55. f3 Ba3 56. h5 gxh5 57. f5 Rc8 58. Bd5+ Kb4 59.
f6 Rd8 60. Kd4 h4 61. Rh2 Kb5 62. Ke4 Re8+ 63. Kd3 Rd8 64. Ke4 Kc5 65. Bb3 Re8+
66. Kd3 Re5 67. Rxh4 Rf5 68. f7 Rxf3+ 69. Ke2 Rf6 70. Rh6 Rxf7 71. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Economist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 (5... Bg4 $5 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 {is another line which leads to sharper play.}) 6. g3
Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 ({Nowadays Black is doing well in the modern
line} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 ({or} 10... Bg6)) 9... O-O 10. Rd1 {That order of
moves has gained some popularity lately.} (10. Nc3 Ne4 ({Or} 10... b5 $5) 11.
Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 e5 {is very comfortable for Black.}) 10... h6 $5 {Black may
be able to afford this move, since White's last moves were not too aggressive}
(10... Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 {looks like the most principled line}) 11. Qe2 ({After} 
11. Nc3 Qc7 {White can hardly find anything better than} 12. Qe2) 11... Qc7 12.
Nc3 e5 $1 $146 {This thematic move should solve Black's problems.} (12... Ne4
13. Nd2 (13. Ne1 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. e4 Be6 17. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Quinn,M (2346)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2557)/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (63)}) 13...
Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. e4 Bh7 16. Nc4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. Ne3 $14 {1-0
Sosonko,G (2535)-Sellos,D (2410)/Cannes 1995/CBM 046 ext (40)}) 13. e4 {
That was played after 25 minutes of meditation. The alternatives looked very
soft.} (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. Nd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 c5 (16... Rfd8
$11)) 14... Qxe5 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 (17. Be3 Bc5 $11) 17... Qa5 $11)
(13. h3 Rad8 14. e4 Bh7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qxe5 $11) 13...
Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 ({Of course, Black has no reason to grab the pawn:} 14... exd4
$6 15. hxg4 dxc3 16. Bf4 $36) 15. Qxf3 {At this moment i was still quite
optimistic and hoped to use the power of my bishop pair in the future.} (15.
Bxf3 $6 exd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Rd2 g5 $1 $15) 15... exd4 16. Rxd4
Bc5 17. Rd1 Rfe8 $1 {The most accurate move.} (17... Rad8 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Qe2
Bxe3 20. Qxe3 {could be promising for White.}) 18. Bf4 ({After} 18. Be3 $5 {
I didn't like} Bb4 ({Perhaps Black may equalise by} 18... Rad8 $11) {but it
seems that White could try:} 19. Qf5 $1 Re5 $140 20. Bf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxf5 22.
Bxc7 Rc5 23. Rab1 $14) 18... Ne5 19. Qe2 Rad8 {Now all Boris' pieces are on
their optimal squares, so I had to be accurate..} 20. Be3 ({I could also try:} 
20. Rac1 g5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 {but i don't believe Black has any problems
let's say after} Qb6) 20... Qa5 $1 {Black finds the most unpleasant moves and
prevents White from pushing his pawns.} (20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b5 22. b3 $14 {
[%cal Gf2f4]}) 21. a3 {This move has a clear drawback, but I couldn't find
anything better.} (21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Kh2 Nc4 (22... g5 $5) 23. f4 Ne3 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. e5 Nfd5 {looks good for Black.}) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nc4 23. Qe2 b5 $1
{That is the point! Now Black's knight is quite annoying on c4 and White
cannot make progress without taking a lot of risks.} 24. Qc2 (24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25.
Rd1 Qb6 $11) ({The last chance was:} 24. Kh2 $5 Rxd1 (24... Qb6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. e5 Rd2 27. Qe1 Nd5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. b3) 25. Rxd1 Nxa3 26. e5 Nc4 27. f4
$44) 24... Qb6 25. Bf1 ({After} 25. Bf1 Qc5 26. b4 Qe5 27. Bxc4 bxc4 {Black's
activity fully compensates for some defects of his pawn struture.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "5.125"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "White Rose"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nb3 Rad8 13. e4 Bg6 14. f3 Ne8
15. Bf4 f5 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Bf7 18. Qc3 Qc8 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. b4 b6 21. Nb3
fxe4 22. fxe4 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Bf6 26. Qc1 Nb6 27. d6 c4
28. Nd2 Bh5 29. Nf3 c3 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. Nd4 Qg6 32. Ne6 Bxd1 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34.
Rxd1 Qf5 35. Qa3 Qd7 36. Rf1 Kg8 37. Qb3+ Qf7 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Be4 Qh3 40. Re1
g5 41. Bf5 Qh6 42. Bc1 Qg7 43. Re6 Nd7 44. Ba3 Nf8 45. Re7 Qh6 46. Bb4 Qh5 {
[diag] After many adventures, in which the advantage had swung wildly first
one way and then the other, the players arrived here with White to play.} 47.
Qb3+ $2 ({The important thing for White to do here is to make sure Black can't
play Qd1+ or Qf3+ followed by Bd4+. One good move is} 47. Qd3 $1 {since he
doesn't have to bother about 47...Bxe7 48.dxe7 Rxd3 as 49.exf8 is mate. Also,
the attempt at deflection with} c2 {fails to} 48. Qd5+ Kh8 49. Bxc2 {and
everything is nicely covered. Alternatively, 47.Kg2 is not so fancy but wins
just as effectively. But White is under the illusion that he has a direct way
to finish the game...}) 47... Kh8 48. Qxc3 $2 Rxd6 $1 ({Putting a stop to
White's fantasy, which was no doubt} 48... Bxc3 $4 49. Bxc3+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8
51. Rxg5# {mate.}) 49. g4 Qh6 50. Qe3 $2 Bxe7 $2 ({This should be good enough
to draw, but Black has a probable win after} 50... Rd1+ 51. Kg2 Bd4 $1 {when}
52. Bc3 {fails to} Qc6+ {, etc.}) 51. Qxe7 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rc1 $4 (52... Kg8 $1 {
holds, though it's not quite as obvious as it looks. Black probably feared the
consequence of} 53. Bc2 {but Black has} Qc6+ 54. Be4 {and now} Qc8 $1 {when
White can't quite conjure up a killer move with his light-squared bishop, and}
55. Qxg5+ Ng6 {keeps White at bay.}) 53. Qxf8+ Qxf8 54. Bxf8 {and now White
won uninterestingly...} Rd1 55. Be7 h6 56. Bf8 Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Rxa2 58. Bxh6 Ra3+
59. Kg2 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 Rxh2 61. Bxg5 a5 62. Bf6+ Kg8 63. g5 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipman, Walter"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qd7 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxb7 Rb8 10. Bg2 e5 11. e3 Nb5 12. Nxb5 Qxb5 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rd1
O-O 15. Bf1 e4 16. Qxc4 Qf5 17. Qc2 h5 18. Bg2 h4 19. b3 Be5 20. Rb1 Rfe8 21.
Ba3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qh5 23. Bc5 Re6 24. Bxa7 Rbe8 25. Bd4 Ng4 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rd2 Rf5 28. Re1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 30. Kg1 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh5 32. Qxc7 Nh2+ 33.
Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 exf3 35. Qh2 Qg6+ (35... Rg5+ 36. Kh1 Qxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Re6 $19)
36. Kf1 Rh5 37. Qg1 Qxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Re6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 $5 $146 12. bxc3 Be4 13. c4 (13. Rd1
$5 c5 14. a4 $5) 13... c5 $1 (13... Qa5 14. a4 Qa6 $1 15. a5 c5 $10) 14. Rd1
Qc7 (14... Nf6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 {/\ Ne5-d3+/=}) 15. Bb2 Nb6 $5 16. Rac1 Bf6
$1 (16... Rad8 17. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14 {/\ Qf3} Bf6 19. Ng4 $1) 17. Bf1 $5
(17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ $1 $13 19. Qf3 (19. f3 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Be7 $10) 19...
Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 cxd4 21. Ne4 (21. exd4 Rac8 {x c4,d4}) 21... dxe3 $1 22. Nxf6+
gxf6 23. Bxf6 exf2 24. Rd4 Rfe8 $1 $13) 17... Na4 (17... Rfd8 18. Nd2 Bc6 19.
Nb3 Na4 20. Ba3 $1) 18. Ba1 (18. Ba3 b6 $1 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Nb3 Rfd8 $132) 18...
Rfd8 (18... b6 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Bg2 $1 $14 {xNa4}) 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nb3 b6 21. d5
$5 (21. Qg4 $5 Bb7 $1 $13 (21... Qe7 $6 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Bd7 24. Qf4 $14))
21... Bxa1 $8 22. dxc6 Bf6 $8 23. Bg2 Nc3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc2 Rd6 $1 26. Re1
Rxc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 $44 28. Nd2 $1 a6 29. Nb1 Ne4 30. h4 (30. f4 $5 {/\ Qg2} Nd6
$1 31. Nd2 b5 $44) 30... b5 (30... g5 $6 31. Qe2 $1 gxh4 32. Qf3 {xNe4}) (30...
Nd6 31. Rc1 $5 $14) 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Nd2 $1 Nc3 (32... Bc3 $5 33. Qd3 $1 h6
34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Nxe4 Bxe1 36. Nxc5 Bb4 37. Nb3 e5 38. e4 {/\ Nc1-d3=}) 33.
Nb1 Ne4 (33... Nd5 $2 34. Rc1 c4 35. a4 $1) 34. Nd2 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 (4... cxd4 5. Bg2 Nc6 (5... dxc4 $142
6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb5 $44) 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Be3
Qa5 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 dxe4 16. Qg4+
Kh8 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. c4 $14 {Loeffler,S-Podlesnik,B/Bled op/2000/} Bb7) 5. Qa4+
Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Bg2 $146 {[%mdl 8] To keep the tension Kramnik comes up
with a novelty compared with his game with Kasparov.} (7. dxc5 Bd5 8. Qa4+ Bc6
9. Qc4 Bd5 10. Qc2 e6 11. Bg2 Be4 12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qh4 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. O-O
{Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Linares/2000/} Nbd7 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. e3 Be7 $11) 7... cxd4
8. O-O Qd5 (8... Nbd7 $5 $11) 9. Na3 $5 (9. Qxd4 e6 $5 (9... Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2
11. Kxg2 a6 (11... e6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be3 $36) 12. Nc3 $32) 10. Nc3 Qxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bc5 13. Ndb5 Na6 $11) 9... a6 {This costs time.} (9... e6
10. Qxd5 Bxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd4 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Nc3 13. Bb2 $36 {/\} Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 Na4 15. Nb5 $16) 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Nfxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Be7 $11 {/+/=}) 10.
Rd1 $1 e6 (10... Qxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. Rxd4 $14) 11. Rxd4 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc5
13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rac1 $32 {[%csl Rd6] +/= White's forces are more
active and he can invade via d6. But Black's defences are still solid.} Rac8 (
15... Rfd8 16. Bd6 $14 {/\} (16. Bc7 Rdc8 17. Bd6 Ba7 {[%cal Rf6e4] /\Ne4<=>})
16... Ba7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Ne5 $36) 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17.
Nxd6 Rb8 18. Nd4 (18. Ng5 $5 h6 (18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h6 20. Nge4 $36) 19. Nge4
(19. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 20. Ngxf7 Rxb2 $1 $15) 19... Nd5 20. Nc3 $14) 18... Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Ne5 20. Rc5 (20. Rc7 Nd5 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Nxb7 Rb8 23. e4 Rxb7 24. Nb3 $5
(24. exd5 Rxb2 25. dxe6 fxe6 $11) 24... Rb5 25. exd5 exd5 $11 {[%cal Re5c4,
Ya6a4] /\Nc4,a5-a4<=>}) 20... Nd5 $1 {[]} (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Nxe6 $18) (20...
Ned7 21. Rc7 $16) 21. e4 b6 22. Rcc1 Nb4 23. a3 (23. f4 $5 Ng4 (23... Ned3 24.
Rc3 Nxb2 25. Rd2 Na4 26. Rc4 a5 27. a3 b5 28. N6xb5 $16) 24. Rd2 Nxa2 25. Rc7
$36) 23... Rbd8 $1 (23... Nbd3 $2 24. f4 $1 Nxb2 (24... Nxc1 25. fxe5 Rbc8 (
25... Na2 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Ra1 $18) 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Nc6 $1 $18) 25. fxe5 Nxd1
26. Rxd1 $16) 24. Nb7 (24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. axb4 Ng4 26. h3 (26. Rc2 $2 Rxf2+ $1
27. Rxf2 Ne3+ $15) 26... Nxf2 (26... Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 $18) 27. Rd2 e5 $1 {/\Rf6}
28. Ra1 Rf6 29. Rxa6 Nxh3 $11 30. Rxb6 $6 Ng5 $36) (24. axb4 Rxd6 $11) 24...
Rd7 25. axb4 Rxb7 26. h3 (26. Nc6 $14) (26. b5 $5 axb5 27. Nxb5 $14 {[%cal
Gc1c8,Gd1d8] <->c,d}) 26... g5 27. f4 (27. Nc6 $142) 27... gxf4 28. gxf4 Ng6
29. Ne2 Rbb8 30. Rd6 (30. Kf3 $5 Rfd8 31. Ke3 $14) 30... Rfd8 $11 31. Rcd1 Rxd6
32. Rxd6 Rc8 $1 33. Rxb6 (33. Rxb6 Rc2 34. Kf3 Nh4+ 35. Ke3 (35. Kf2 Rxb2)
35... Ng2+ 36. Kd3 Ne1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 $5 {Although this move
objectively doesn't promise White that much it's a relatively fresh new idea.
Previously Kramnik has played this position with the Ns on c3 and c6 many
times.} ({White is not interested in playing against Maroczy-like structure
after e.g.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7
10. Nc4 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Ng4 Bd4 15. e3 Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 b6 17. f3 Bb5 18. Nf2 Qd7 19. e4 Ne6 20. Be3 a5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Qc6
23. Rc1 Qb7 $44 {Piket,J-Kasparov,G/Kasparov Chess GP/2000/}) 4... dxc4 (4...
cxd4 5. Bg2 (5. Nxd4 $6 e5 6. Nf3 d4 7. Bg2 Nc6 {gives Black an extra tempo
compared to the quite playable lines E01, where he gets his pawn to e5 in 2
moves.}) (5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd4 Nc6 $11 {is innocuous.}) 5... dxc4 (5... Qa5+ 6.
Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 $2 8. Nb3 Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 $1 Ndb4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nc6 Kd7 16. Ne5+ Ke6 17. Nd3 Bd6
18. Be3 c4 19. Nc5+ Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rd8 21. Bb4 Bb7 22. Bc3 f6 23. Rfd1 Bc6 24.
Ba5 $16 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Amber rapid/1999/}) (5... Nc6 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. e4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 dxe4 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. c4 f5 19. Qf4 Ba6 20.
Bf3 Qc5 21. Rfd1 Rb2 22. Rd2 $14 {׻,Loeffler,S-Podlesnik,B/Bled op/2000/}) 6.
Nxd4 (6. Qa4+ $6 Nc6 7. O-O (7. Nxd4 Qxd4 8. Bxc6+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxc4
Rc8 $17) 7... Bd7 (7... Nd7 $5 8. Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qb5 a6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh4 Bg7 12.
Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Rc1 e5 18. Nd2 e4
19. b4 Nd5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. f4 Ncxb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Nb3 Nc3 24. Bf1 b5 25. Ncd2
Qb6 26. Kh1 Be6 {0-1,Ionescu,M-Vlad,D/Drobeta/1993/}) 8. Qxc4 e5 9. Ng5 Qe7 10.
b3 Na5 11. Qd3 Bc6 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxh7 Nxh7 16.
Qxh7 O-O-O 17. Nd2 Rh8 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qg2 e4 20. Rfc1 Kb8 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,
Gf5] ->[+],Horvath,Ju-Karsa,L/HUN-chT/1995/}) 6... e5 7. Nb5 $44) (4... e6 {
leads to Tarrasch-like positions, Kasparov stopped playing this 15 years ago.})
5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 $146 {A logical novelty, which however cost kasparov a
lot of time.} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Bg2 Rc8 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Nxc6
Bxc6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bf4 Qb4 14. Rd4 Qxc4 15. Rxc4 Be7 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Rxc6
bxc6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. e4 c5 20. f3 Kc6 21. Kf1 Nd7 22. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]
ק_|_,Liepnieks,A-Brasket,C/Forth Worth/1951/}) 7. dxc5 ({Risky is} 7. Qxc5 Na6
(7... e6 8. Qc2 Bxf3 9. exf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Rc8 $44) 8. Qc2 Nb4 9. Qb3 e6 $32 {/\}
10. a3 Rc8 $1 $40) 7... Bd5 (7... Qd5 $5 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Bg2 Bxc5
$132 {/\} 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Nxc6 N8xc6 13. Na3 Rd8 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1,Rc5f2,Yc6d4]
<->d,/\Bf2,Nd4} 14. Rc1) 8. Qa4+ Bc6 9. Qc4 Bd5 10. Qc2 e6 (10... Be4 11. Qc3
$5 e6 (11... Nc6 12. Nbd2 $14) 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. b4 $14) 11. Bg2 Be4 12. Qc4 Bd5
13. Qh4 {Ftacnik: 'Kramnik is one of the few people brave enough to play for
win against Kasparov in the moment, when move repetition was on hand. White
has probably lost too much time to have real aspiration for opening advantage.'
} (13. Qc3 Ne4 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. O-O Be7 $6 {This move loses
time and causes Black problems.} (15... Nbd7 $142 16. Rd1 (16. b4 Be7 17. b5 $4
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd5 $19) 16... Qb6 17. e3 Be7 $11) 16. Rd1 Qa5 (16... Nbd7 $143
17. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc7 (18... Nd5 19. Qa4 N5b6 20. Qg4 $40) (18... O-O $2
19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qa4 $18) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qa4 $32 {|^}) 17. Bd2 Nbd7 18. g4
$5 {A very demanding move, White uses his lead in development to create
dangerous complications.} (18. Rac1 $14 {promises White some advantage, but
this didn't seem enough to Kramnik.}) (18. Rab1 $5 {/\b4-b5|^ Kramnik}) (18.
Ne4 $6 Qb6 {[%csl Rh4] ףh4 leads nowhere}) 18... h6 19. Qg3 Qa6 20. h4 Qc4 21.
Bf4 Qb4 ({Perhaps less risky was} 21... O-O $5 22. Rac1 Qb4 23. Rd2 Rfd8 (23...
e5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxg4 26. Bxf6 Qxg3 27. fxg3 Bxf6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29.
Ne4 $16)) (21... g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Be5 (23. Nxg5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 e5 25. Bxe5
Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 27. Qg3 Rg8 28. f4 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Nh5+ 30. Kf3 Nxf4 $11)
23... Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. Na4 $16) 22. a3 $1 Qxb2
23. Nd4 {[%cal Rd1b1] /\Rdb1} g5 $1 {[%mdl 320] Black's Q is in grave danger,
but Kasparov defends resourcefully and creates great tactical complications.} (
23... Bxg2 24. Rdb1 $1 (24. Na4 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Bd5 26. Nb5 O-O 27. Nac3 Nc5 28.
f3 $14) 24... Ne4 25. Rxb2 Nxg3 26. Kxg2 Bf6 27. Rd1 e5 28. Ndb5 $5 (28. Bxg3
exd4 29. Nd5 $16) 28... exf4 29. Nc7+ Kd8 30. Nxa8 $18) 24. Nxc6 (24. Rdb1 $143
gxf4 25. Qh3 (25. Qd3 $2 Ne5) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd2 27. Rd1 Qb2 28. Na4 Qxa1
29. Rxa1 Rg8 $36) (24. hxg5 {Ftacnik} hxg5 25. Bxg5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb6 $13)
24... gxf4 (24... bxc6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 $16) 25. Qd3 bxc6 $8 (25... Nc5
$2 26. Qd4 Nb3 27. Qe5 Nxa1 28. Nxe7 $18 {/\} Kxe7 29. Nd5+) 26. Bxc6 $6 (26.
Rdb1 $142 $1 Ne5 (26... Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Nxg4 28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Rb1 $1 Bxh4 30. Rb7
Nge5 31. Qb5 $40) 27. Qd4 (27. Bxc6+ $2 Kf8 28. Qh3 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Nxc6 $17)
27... Qc2 28. Qxe5 O-O 29. g5 Ng4 (29... Nd7 $145 $1 {(Dokhoian)}) 30. Qxf4
Qxc3 31. Qxg4 $14 {[%csl Rg8] עg8}) 26... O-O 27. Bxa8 Ne5 $1 (27... Rxa8 $2
28. Rdb1 Ne5 29. Rxb2 Nxd3 30. Rb7 $1 Kf8 (30... Bc5 $145 $1 {(Dokhoian)} 31.
exd3 Nxg4 32. Ne4 Bb6 $44) 31. exd3 Nxg4 32. Kg2 $16) 28. Qd4 Rxa8 29. Qxe5 Rc8
30. Rac1 Nd5 {This leads to a draw practically by force.} ({An interesting
alternative was} 30... Rc5 $5 31. Qd4 (31. Qxf4 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Qxc3 33. Rc1 Qh3
34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. g5 Qg4+ $15) 31... Nxg4 (31... e5 $2 32. Qb4 $18) 32. Qxf4
Bxh4 $1 $36) 31. Nxd5 (31. Rb1 Qxc3 32. Rxd5 Qh3 $15) 31... Qxe5 32. Nxe7+ Kg7
(32... Kh7 33. Nxc8 Qxe2 34. g5 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 f3 $44) 33. Rxc8 Qxe2 34. Rg8+ Kf6
35. Rd7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 $1 $11 38. Kg2 (38. g5+ hxg5 39. hxg5+
Ke5 $11) 38... Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qc2 40. g5+ hxg5 41. Rxg5 {/\Ng8#} Qxf2+ (41...
Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 $2 {Hansen fails to appreciate the difference
with Agdestein's set-up. With the N on d2, this move allows white to mount
fierce positional pressure.} 11. Nc4 Qa6 (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 {clearly favors
white, who has the a-file, Bf4, Na5 and Nfe5 as easy ways to tighten the
screws.}) 12. Bf4 Be4 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {With the advantage
of a B v N and the pressure against the queenside, white is already
strategically winning.} c5 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. a4 {Introducing the
murderous possibility of Qb5.} cxd4 19. Rxd4 Nb8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. R4d2 Rfe8 22.
Qb5 Rb8 23. e3 Qxb5 24. axb5 Nce7 25. Ra1 Rec8 26. Be2 Nb6 27. b3 Nbd5 28. Rxa7
Nc3 29. Bf3 Ned5 30. b6 Nb5 31. Bxd5 exd5 (31... Nxa7 32. bxa7 Ra8 33. Bxb7)
32. Rxd5 Nc3 33. Rd7 {Agdestein's smoothest performance of the event.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. g3 b5 8.
Qd3 Bb7 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Qc2 b4 12. Nd1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Ne3 c3 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb5 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Qb2 Be7 20. Rfc1 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 O-O 22. f3 Bd6 23. N5c4 Bb8 24. a3 Nd5 25. axb4 Nxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Bd6 27.
Rb1 $6 (27. d5 $1 {(Alekhine)} Bxb4 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Rc8+ {draws.}
) 27... Rb8 28. Qa2 a5 $2 (28... Bxb4 {draws (Alekhine).}) 29. Nc4 Bxb4 30.
Nxa5 Qa6 ({Or} 30... Rc8 31. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 32. Rxb4) 31. Kf1 Rb6 32. Ra1 Bc3 33.
Rc1 Bb2 34. Rc2 g6 $6 (34... h6 {prevents the potential exchange of queens 
(Alekhine).}) 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxa5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Kf2 $6 (38. Qe5+ $1
Qxe5 39. dxe5 {leads to a won pawn ending (Alekhine).}) 38... Qa1 39. Qe5+ Kg8
40. Kg2 Qe1 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. Qc2 Qb4 44. Qd3 Kf8 45. Kh3 Qa5 46. e4
Qh5+ 47. Kg2 Qa5 48. d5 Ke7 49. Qd4 exd5 50. exd5 Kd6 51. Qf6+ Kxd5 52. Qxf7+
Kd4 53. Qxh7 $2 {This pawn capture allows a successful counteraction.} (53.
Qd7+ $1 Ke3 54. Qe6+ Kd3 55. h4 {plays for a win.}) 53... Qa2+ 54. Kh3 Qe6+ 55.
g4 Ke3 56. Qb7 Kf2 $1 57. Qb8 Kxf3 58. Qf8+ Ke2 59. Qf4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Borlange"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Semcesen, Daniel"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:49"]
[BlackClock "0:31:06"]

{This game is a nice piece of art by GM Jonny Hector. It is almost a shame to
annotate it as it speaks for itself.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4
5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 (7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6
{is a solid alernative. But Jonny is not that kind of player.}) 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9.
gxf3 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. f4 {[#]} Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxf4 14. Qd1
O-O-O+ 15. Nd5 cxd5 {Daniel played á tempo so far. A fair guess would there
for be that he had analysed this position with the computer. Jonny was
probably more than happy with the position which is a lot easier to play for
Black. Furthermore it really suits his style. Black's pieces needs to
coordinate (and of course not drop off!). White needs to make uncomfortable
decisions regarding his king safety.} 16. Kc2 {the computer's first choice.} (
16. Qc1 {was played in Hoang,T - Barbosa,O, Jakarta 2013}) 16... Kb8 {A
logical move.} 17. Qd2 g5 18. Qc3 Bd6 {[#]Now White is really at the
crossroads. If you want clarity his position is a nightmare.} 19. Kb1 $6 ({
One alernative was:} 19. Kb3 dxe4 20. Rd1 {this position is little bit easier
to handle for White compared with the game continuation.}) 19... dxe4 20. a3
Nf3 {Nice touch, the bishop is coming to e5, and he took enters!} 21. Ka2 Be5
22. Qb3 Rd2 23. Rb1 Nd5 {[#]Nc3+ is a devastating threat.} 24. Ba6 (24. Ka1 $2
Nd4 25. Qh3 (25. Qa4 Nb6 26. Qb4 Nc2+) 25... Rc8 {And White is helpless.})
24... Nb6 {What to do? All moves have their drawbacks for White.} 25. Rhd1 $6 (
25. Bb5 f6 ({the future of} 25... Nd4 {is also very difficult to forsee.} 26.
Qb4 Rc2 (26... Rxf2) 27. Ba4 {and nobody knows how it will end.} (27. Rhc1 Nd5
28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxc2 {unclear?})) 26. Rhd1 Rxf2 {Even if this position is
the best White can get it is difficult to head for it, because White looks
rather impotent here.}) (25. Bc4 f6 (25... Rc8 26. Bxf7 Rcc2 27. Qb5 Rxb2+ 28.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Kxb2 $11) 26. Rhd1 Rxf2 27. Bg8 Nd2 28. Qe3 Rxh2
29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Rxg8 {unclear}) (25. Bf1 Rhd8 26. Qxf7 Na4 {and Black
is winning.}) 25... bxa6 26. Qxf7 $6 {From this point Hector is very efficient.
} (26. Qb4 $1 {was the last chance.} Re2 27. a4 a5 28. Qxa5 Rc2 (28... Rxf2 29.
Qc5 Rxh2 30. a5 Rc8 31. Qb5 Rcc2 32. Qe8+ Nc8 33. Qb5+ Ka8 34. Qd5+ Kb8 35.
Qb5+ $11) 29. Qa6 Nd2 30. Qb5 f6 31. a5 {And White will most probaly achieve a
perpetual.}) 26... Rxf2 27. Re1 Bxb2 (27... Rxb2+ 28. Rxb2 Nxe1) 28. Rf1 $1
Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Be5 30. Qe7 $6 (30. Qe6 Bc7 31. Rf2 h5 32. Qxe4 Nxh2 33. a4 a5 {
was objectively better.}) 30... Bc7 31. Rf2 Nd5 32. Rb2+ Bb6 33. Qd6+ Nc7 34.
a4 a5 35. Rxb6+ axb6 36. Qxb6+ Kc8 37. Qxa5 Re8 38. Qc5 Re5 39. Qf8+ Kd7 40.
Kb2 Nd4 41. Qf6 Nc6 42. Kc1 e3 43. Kd1 e2+ 44. Ke1 Ne6 {I guess Hector felt
very good here. A nice win with Black with practically no mistakes.} 0-1

