[Event "Bad Ragaz op"]
[Site "Bad Ragaz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Huss, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Be2 e5 12. e4 O-O-O $5 (12... g5 13. Bf2 Nh5
14. g3 {[14.Sf1 g5!?]} Ng7) 13. Nf1 $5 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Ne3 {[Nach 15.g3
folgt 15...f5!]} Nf4 16. Bf1 (16. Nf5 Qf6 17. g3 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 g4 $5 19. fxg4
exd4 20. Bxd4 {[20.cxd4 Lxe4]} Ne5 $19) 16... h5 17. g3 Ne6 18. Qa4 Kb8 19.
O-O-O {[Besser sieht 19.Sd5 gefolgt von 20.0-0-0 aus.]} Qf6 $1 20. Be2 g4 21.
Nd5 Qg7 22. f4 {[Vielleicht muss Weiss alle Türen schliessen und 22.fxg4 hxg4
23.c5!? spielen]} exf4 23. gxf4 c6 24. Qa3 Nf6 25. Nxf6 {[Jetzt kommt eine
Ueberraschung!]} Nxf4 $1 26. Bh4 Ng2 27. Nxh5 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 {A new move for me. At the Olympiad, it
brought me 2/2, the same as my teammate and friend, Gabriel!} b6 {However, my
opponent replied confidently and made the next few moves quickly. Evidently,
he had noticed that I also played 4.Nf3 in the previous round.} 5. Bg5 Bb7 6.
Nd2 {A currently popular move. The resulting positions suit players with a
liking for dynamic play.} h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 {Here,
surprised by my opponent's quick play in a position that by rights should be
little-known to him (he usually plays Slav-type set-ups), I thought for a
while. Since Gabriel had told me that in such positions one should play f3, I
checked that after e5 White has the solid reply Be2, and then I got on with it.
} 10. f3 e5 11. d5 {Here it dawned on me that I could reach the first round
game Sargissian-Soto, and I decided to transpose into it.} ({After the correct
} 11. Be2 {if Black wishes to try to refute White's set-up, the following
variation is possible:} exd4 12. exd4 O-O-O 13. d5 {where, despite the
weakening of his pawn structure, White's position is preferable, since his
strong dark-squared bishop compensates for these other weaknesses.}) 11... Nb8
12. Bd3 Na6 {Of course! There is no need at all to spend a tempo on the move
12...d6, especially as after 13.Bf5 it would transpose into the game I was
familiar with.} 13. O-O {As usual in these positions, the move Ne4 runs into
the reply g5 and the exchange of knights, which favour Black - quite a common
occurrence in cramped positions.} g5 {I have to admit that this move came as a
shock. I expected something like 13...Nc5 with the idea after any retreat of
the bishop (I still didn't like 14.Ne4 because of 14...g5) of castling short.
I have the troublesome suspicion that Black would have somewhat the better
prospects after this.} 14. Bg3 {Only here. Now White has the break f4.} Nc5 ({
The idiotic computer wants to fight against f3-f4 by means of} 14... c6 {
, but this is a typical case of playing with fire, since after} 15. f4 exf4 16.
exf4 Qe3+ 17. Bf2 Qxd3 18. Bd4 {Black is helpless, despite his extra bishop.})
15. Bc2 (15. Bf5 {does not make much sense, because after} Nh5 {there is
scarecely anything better than} 16. Bf2 {and in this case the bishop will be
hit when the knight retreats to g7, granting Black a valuable tempo for the
defence.}) 15... O-O-O {Now White activates his position markedly.} ({It does
not look great, but it was possible to play} 15... Nh5 16. Bf2 Nf6 ({he cannot
create a defensive line by} 16... Ng7 17. f4 e4 {because of} 18. Nb3 {and
after the further exchange on g5, the bishop comes to g3 and Black cannot
consolidate.}) 17. f4 d6 ({after} 17... e4 18. Nb3 {and the further Bg3, White
controls the game.}) 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. a4 {and it is very difficult for Black
to create counterplay.}) 16. f4 exf4 ({After the resource} 16... Nfe4 {(which
I had not seen) there is the tactical blow} 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 exf4 19.
Nxg5 {. After} hxg5 20. exf4 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 {White retains the advantage.}) 17.
exf4 Nce4 {I thought this was the only move.} ({Probably my opponent was also
feeling pessemistic, about the move} 17... Qe3+ {. I thought that after} 18.
Bf2 Qxc3 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nb3 {Black was in a bad way, but now I see that
after} ({Probably stronger is} 20. Rb1 {(with the possible idea of taking on
c5 and playing Rb3, trying to create threats along the b-file). The activity
of White's pieces guarantees him a prolonged initiative.}) 20... Nfe4 {the
Black pieces are coming to life.}) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Re1 {Having a great
choice in this position, I was still afraid of settling for too little, and
finally decided not to allow opposite-coloured bishops.} ({I did not like the
fact that after} 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qd4 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 {Black at various
moments has the breakout move b5. Even so, one must accept that with
opposite-coloured bishops, Wite has excellent chances of an advantage.}) 19...
Qc5+ ({It is understandable that my opponent did not fancy the position after} 
19... f5 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qd4 {Sooner or later, White will pick up the e4
pawn.}) 20. Qd4 Qxd4+ (20... Nxg3 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. hxg3 Rde8 {was also
possible, and despite his bad bishop, Black has chances of a draw. Whatever he
plays, Black has a tough fight to save half a point.}) 21. cxd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 {
Despite White's obvious advantage in the centre, his winning chances are not
great, thanks to the lack of weaknesses in Black's position. Now I very much
wanted to bury the black bishop by means of d6 cxd6; d5, but I could not make
it work.} Rde8 ({The attempt to liberate the bishop by} 22... b5 {deserved
attention. I was planning to play} 23. Bb3 {, although admittedly after} bxc4
24. Bxc4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rhg8 {the idea of Rg6 allows Black to hold the balance.}
) (22... b5 {It seems that White should play} 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. Re5 Be6 25.
Rae1 {retaining some pressure.}) 23. Re5 {Until I played this move, it seemed
to me that all my teammates were looking at me a bit puzzled. I think that by
activating this rook, I restored a bit of faith amongst them.} f6 {Now after
b5 it will be possible calmly to reply 24.Bb3.} ({After} 23... Kd8 {I was
going to play somply} 24. Kf2 {. Passive defence did not suit my opponent, and
he decided to activate his rook.}) 24. Rf5 Re2 (24... Rhf8 {is bad because of}
25. Kf2 {and the weakness of h6 makes itself felt.}) 25. Bb3 Rf8 (25... gxf4 {
was unattractive because after} 26. Rxf4 {Black can no longer attack the pawn
on d4.}) 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Raf1 Kd8 {At this moment, my opponent was running
short of time, and this was the main cause of this mistake. Black's best
chance was to try to undermine the white bishop's post by a queenside pawn
advance.} ({After} 27... a5 28. Rxf6 (28. Rxg5 a4 29. Bxa4 Rxa2 {and the
hanging position of the white rook does not give him time to defend his pawns.}
) 28... Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Ba6 {Black equalizes the game.}) 28. Rxg5 {The correct
choice.} ({After} 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Re4 {Black is OK once again.}) 28...
Ke7 {The decisive mistake.} ({There were still chances to resist after} 28...
Rd2 29. Rg7 Rxd4 {It seemed to me that in this case} {Maybe I have to play
simply} 30. Rf4 (30. g4 {should decide the game, but the soulless silicon
beast maintains the balance by means of} Ba6 (30... c6) 31. g5 f5 {without
fearing my passed pawn.}) 30... Rxf4 31. gxf4 {with advantage to White, on
account of the active rook.}) 29. Rg7+ Rf7 30. Rg8 Re4 ({I expected} 30... Rf8
{after which I would have replied} 31. Rg6 {retaining the pressure. The text
move loses immediately.}) 31. c5 {31.Bc2 was also possible but I decided to
save this option for later. Now m opponent made as if to play 31...Rh7, but
after picking up the rook on f7, he resigned immediately, presumably having
noticed 32.Bc2. This could be played at once or after first 32.Rb8, which also
wins. The move ...d6, now or after the preliminary exchange on c5, does not
help, because of Bc2.} 1-0

[Event "Pula op 19th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game with Serbian GM Miodrag Savic was very important for me for many
different reasons. First of all a win almost for sure would have brought me
the first place in the tournament. Second, and maybe the most important, we
could not have played a Bosnian Championship because of one of the 3 cantons
in my country namely Republika Srpska was pushing GM Savic and IM Stojanovic
to play in the above mentioned event without changing their rating lists and
still keeping their names in SCG list. Due to the confusion created around
these names eventually no championship was held this year so far.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 {This old line became a favorite of mine
these days.} Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 {Skipping h6 is not very common
however over the board I could not come up with something proving that it is
unhealthy.} 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. e4 Qe7 12. Qa4 $5 {Do we
remember Gata Rustemovich? It seems that I do!} ({The following line is giving
better chances to white however I did not want to give this type of position
to a blitz player.} 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. Nf1 f5 15. Ne3 f4 16. Nf5 Qf6
17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 $13 {Zakharevich-Bairachny,Tula 2002.}) 12... O-O (12...
g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. O-O-O $14) 13. Bd3 exd4 (13... Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Rfe1 Nf4
16. Bc2 c5 17. Rad1 $5 cxd4 (17... Ne6 $6 18. d5 Ng5 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Kh1 Rfd8
21. Ne3 Nf8 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Qa3 Ng6 24. Bg3 Bc8 25. Qc1 $14 {Kamsky-Hjartarson,
Manila(ol)1992.}) 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bg3 d3 20. Bxf4 dxc2 21. Qxc2 Ne5 22. Nf1
Qe6 23. Ne3 Rfc8 24. Nf5 $36 {is a piece of analysis by Gata.}) 14. cxd4 c5 15.
O-O cxd4 16. Qd1 $1 {This is the final part of devilish maneuver discovered by
Gata Rustemovich! As one can easily see white started an action seemingly in
the queenside but all of a sudden switched his forces to the flank.} Ne5 {
He played this one also quickly.} (16... Qe5 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Nb3 Nc5 19. Bf1
Ne6 20. Bf2 d3 21. Qxd3 Nhf4 22. Qd2 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Re3 d5 25. Rae1 $14 {
and white is better.}) 17. Nb3 {And now he now he sank into a deep thought.
Seemingly my opponent got really annoyed by Nd4-f5 which is the real idea
behind this variation.} Nc6 $5 $146 {He felt like it is time to protect the
pawn for a while.} 18. Re1 $1 {White should not rush into collecting the pawn
back butstrengthen his position for a while. This is what I have learned from
Yermo!} Qe5 19. Bg3 Qe6 (19... Qg5 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. f4 Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. Bf1
Qe6 24. e5 Ne8 25. c5 $16) 20. Bf1 Nh5 21. Bf2 Rac8 {The start of a very bad
plan.} (21... d3 22. Qxd3 Qg6 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Nd4 Ba6 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Kh1 $40
) (21... Nf4 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Nxd4 $16) 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Ba6 $4 {So far
the Serbian player was putting a fight in the game. Now he collapses. Typical
for someone who plays the whole day blitz during the tournament. He sees his
own tactics quickly but not his opponents ones.} (23... Nf6 24. a4 $1 (24. Red1
Rfd8 25. Bh4 Qe5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 24... Ba6 25. Rec1 Rc6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5
Rfc8 28. Ra4 R8c7 $14) 24. e5 $1 $18 {This should hurt!} Rfd8 {The best under
the circumstances.} (24... dxe5 25. Rxe5 Qg6 26. Bd3 f5 27. g4 $1 (27. Qd5+ $2
Kh8 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Bxc4 $11) 27... Rcd8 28. Bxf5 Rxd4 (28... Qf7 29.
Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Be6 $18) 29. Bxg6 Nf4 30. Bxd4 Nxg6 31. Re3 $18) 25. Qh4 $1 {
This is much better than} ({the obvious} 25. exd6 Qd7 (25... Rxd6 $2 26. Rxe6
Rxd4 27. Re5 $18) (25... Qxd6 26. Re8+ $18) 26. a4 $18 (26. Re7 Qxe7 27. dxe7
Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Re8 29. a4 (29. Re1 $2 Nf4 $132) 29... Rxe7 30. a5 $18 {is a
technical win.})) 25... Qg6 (25... g6 26. Rad1) 26. Rad1 {The pin is
devastating.} Qg5 27. exd6 (27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. exd6 Nf6 29. Re7 Rd7 (29... Nd7
30. Rd4) 30. h4 $18 {is a transposition to the game.}) 27... Nf6 (27... Qxh4
28. Bxh4 g5 29. d7 Ra8 (29... Rb8 30. Bf2) 30. Bf2 Nf6 31. Rd6 Nxd7 32. Red1
Bc8 33. Bd3 Rb8 34. Be4 Rf8 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Rxd7 Rfd8 37. Rd5 $18 {is a
simple win.}) 28. Re7 Rd7 {After this the win is trivial.} (28... Nd7 29. Qh3 (
29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Rd4 Rc6 31. Bg3 f5 32. f4 g4 33. Bh4 $18) 29... Nc5 30. Rd5
Qg6 31. Rxa7 Rc6 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Qh4 $18) (28... Qxh4 29. Bxh4 Nd7 30. Rd4 g5
31. Be1 Kf8 32. Bb4 $18) 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. h4 $1 {Now he could have resigned.
However considering the fact that I could not have beaten him in a queens
ending with two pawns up last year I was still very careful.} Kf8 {After a
couple of hostile stares he banged this one.} (30... Re8 31. hxg5 Rexe7 32.
dxe7 Rxd1 33. gxf6 Rxf1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf2 35. e8=Q+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 $18 {mates}) (
30... gxh4 31. Bxh4 Rcd8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. c5 Bxf1 35. c6 $18 {
is the most obvious win.}) 31. hxg5 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 $1 {After this he has to
lose a piece.} ({Anything wins} 32. Rxf7+ $2 Kxf7 33. Rxd6 Ne8 (33... Ke7 34.
gxf6+ Kxd6 35. c5+ $18) 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Rxa7 Bxc4 36. Bxb6 $18) 32... Kxe7 33.
c5 {This is the point.} Bxf1 (33... bxc5 34. Rxa6) 34. gxf6+ gxf6 35. Kxf1 bxc5
36. Rd5 $1 {Once again I did not want to bring the game into the realms of my
aversive memories from the last Bosnian League.} c4 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Rxc4 Rb1+
39. Be1 {Curtains!} 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Timisu de Sus"]
[Date "1998.11.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 $5 Nxg3 $5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. h4 $44) 10. hxg3
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. f4 $2 (12. e4 Qe7 (12... e5 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. Be2) 13. Bd3
O-O-O 14. Qe2 $14 {or}) (12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. e4 $14) 12... Qe7 13.
Be2 O-O-O 14. c5 Rdg8 15. Bf3 h5 $1 16. Nb3 f5 $6 (16... g4 17. Be2 h4 18. Bxg4
hxg3 19. Rxh8 (19. Bh3) 19... Rxh8 20. Bh3) (16... h4 $1 17. g4 f5 $19) 17. Qd2
h4 {Here black regretting that he has missed 16...h4 offered a draw.} (17... h4
18. gxh4 g4 (18... gxf4 $6 19. exf4 Rxh4 20. O-O-O) 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. h5 Qf7
$17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3
Be7 {Diagramm [#] Alle sechs Referenzpartien, die sich zu dieser Stellung in
der Datenbank finden lassen, wurden von Weiß gewonnen.} 9. Be2 d6 10. f4 e5 $2
(10... O-O 11. O-O d5 {hätte besser zur Stellung gepasst.}) 11. fxe5 dxe5 12.
d5 Nb8 13. Bf2 (13. Bf3 $1 c6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Nde4 $16) 13...
Nbd7 (13... c6 $1 {kam in Frage.}) 14. e4 {Danach ist der weiße Vorteil erst
mal weg.} (14. Bf3 $1) 14... O-O 15. a3 a5 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Kh1 Ne8
19. Qe1 Kh8 20. Bh4 g5 $2 {Die adäquate Aufstellung für Schwarz wäre hier
gewesen: f7-f6, Lc5, evtl. a5-a4 und Sd6.} 21. Bf2 Ng7 22. Bg1 Rab8 23. Qg3 Nf6
24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ng8 $2 (25... Nd7 {verhindert c4-c5.}) 26. c5 bxc5 27.
bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rb5 {Diagramm [#]} Qa7 (29... Qd4 $2 30. Nb3 Qa7
31. Ra1 $18) 30. Nc4 Ba6 31. Ra5 Qb7 32. Nxe5 Bxe2 33. Nxe2 Qb4 34. Raa1 Qxe4
35. Nc3 Qc2 36. Rf2 Ra8 37. Raf1 Qb3 38. Nxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Re8 40. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ (8... d6 9. Rc1) 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3
h5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 O-O-O 16. f3 (16. Ne4 Rdg8 $1) 16... Rdg8 17. a4 Rg7
18. Ne4 Nh7 19. a5 f5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nd2 Rhg8 22. Rf2 Ndf6 23. Ra7 $6 (23.
d5 $1 Ng5 24. Kf1 exd5 25. Bxf5+ Kb8 26. Qa2 Bc6 27. Be6 $1 Nxe6 28. Bxf6)
23... Kb8 24. Qa4 Ng5 25. Bxg5 $2 (25. Kf1) 25... Rxg5 26. Bf1 h4 27. Nb1 h3
28. Ra2 Qh7 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. Ra7 Kb8 31. Ra8+ Kc7 32. Ra7 (32. Ra7 Rb8 $1 $17)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plzen KB op-A U18"]
[Site "Plzen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Cvek, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 d6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qb2 (
14. dxc5) 14... O-O 15. h4 g4 16. dxc5 Qd5 17. Be2 Nc6 $2 (17... Qxg2 $142 18.
Rh2 Qd5 $8 19. Qf6 Nd7 20. Qxh6 Nxc5 21. Qg5+ Qxg5 22. hxg5 $44) 18. f3 $16
gxf3 19. Bxf3 Qd3 20. Kf2 Na5 21. c6 Ba6 22. Rhd1 Nc4 23. Qe2 Qxe2+ 24. Bxe2 b5
25. a4 Nb2 26. Rd4 Rfb8 27. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nc6 $5 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. f4 Rdg8 (13...
Nd7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Bf5+
Kb8 20. Nc4 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc1 Rhe8 23. Bh3 Ba6 24. Qf3 Qb2 25. Re1 Bb7
{0-1 Jimenez Villena,F (2270)-Rivas Pastor,M (2427)/La Roda 2004 (42)}) 14. e4
gxf4 15. Rxf4 e5 16. Rf5 Ng4 $2 (16... Rxg3 17. hxg3 exd4 $15) 17. d5 Nb8 18.
Qf3 h5 19. Rxf7 (19. c5 $5) 19... Qg5 20. Qf5+ Qxf5 21. Rxf5 h4 22. Bf2 Kd8 23.
h3 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bc8 25. Rf3 Nd7 26. Rg1 Nf8 27. Rf7 Bd7 28. Be2 Ke8 $15 29.
Rf3 Ke7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rb1 Ng6 32. c4 (32. Rb7 Nf4 33. Bf1 Rb8 34. Rxa7 Ra8
35. Rxc7 Rxa2 36. Ke3 Kd8 37. Rb7 Rg8 $11) 32... Nf4 33. Bf1 Rb8 (33... Bc8 $5)
34. Rfb3 Rb6 35. Ra3 Rhb8 36. Rbb3 a6 37. Nf3 Ng6 38. Be2 Ra8 39. Ra5 Bc8 40.
Nh2 Bb7 41. Bg4 Rh8 42. Nf3 Rxb3 43. axb3 Nf4 44. Ra2 Ng6 45. Ke3 Ke8 46. Bf5
Ne7 47. Be6 Ng6 48. Bg4 Ne7 (48... Nf4) 49. Ng5 Rg8 50. Ne6 c6 51. Nc7+ Kd8 52.
Ne6+ Ke8 53. Nc7+ Kd8 54. Nxa6 cxd5 (54... Bc8 $5) 55. cxd5 Bc8 56. Bf3 Ng6 57.
b4 Rg7 58. bxc5 Ra7 59. Nb4 Rxa2 60. Nxa2 dxc5 61. Be2 $16 Ke7 62. Nc1 Bd7 63.
Nb3 Kd6 64. Na5 Kc7 65. Nc4 Bc8 66. Nd2 (66. d6+ $1 Kc6 (66... Kd8 67. Bg4 $18)
67. Bh5 Nf8 68. Bd1 $1 $18) 66... Kd6 67. Bf1 Ke7 68. Kf3 Bd7 69. g3 $6 $16
hxg3 70. Kxg3 Ba4 71. h4 Nf4 72. Ba6 Kf6 73. Kf3 Bd1+ 74. Kf2 Bc2 75. Be2 Nxe2
76. Kxe2 c4 $1 77. Nxc4 Bxe4 78. Ne3 {after this white tries for a further 25
moves but cannot really win this} Bg6 79. Kd2 e4 80. Kc3 Ke5 81. Kc4 Be8 82.
Kc5 Kf4 83. Kd4 Bd7 84. d6 Ba4 85. Ng2+ Kf5 86. Kd5 Bb3+ 87. Kc5 Ba4 88. Ne3+
Kf4 89. Kd4 Bb5 90. Ng2+ Kf5 91. Ne3+ Kf4 92. h5 Kg5 93. Kxe4 Kxh5 94. Kf5 Bd7+
95. Kf6 Kh6 96. Ke7 Ba4 97. Nd5 Kg6 98. Nc3 Bc6 99. Kd8 Bf3 100. Nb5 Kf6 101.
Nd4 Bg4 102. Kc7 Bh3 103. d7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 (11... f5 $5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Nd4 Ndc5
14. dxe6 Rf8 15. Be2 Qf6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Bf7 Rxf7 18. exf7 Qxf7 $44 {Kamsky,
G-Salov,V/Moscow/1992/0,5 (42)/Inf 56/592/}) 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 Ke7 $6 {[N]} (
13... a5 $5 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Be4 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qe4+ Ka7 18. Qc6 Nb8
19. Qb5 Qd7 $10 {Uhlmann,W-Ivkov,B/Halle/1963/}) 14. a5 c5 15. a6 $6 (15. Ke2
$5 {<<a2,<<ha1/}) 15... Bxf3 (15... Bc6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 Bxe4
(18... Nf6 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4+ $18) (18... Be6 $5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 19.
Qxe4+ Kf6 (19... Kf8 20. Nxg5 $1) 20. O-O-O $1) 16. gxf3 Qc7 17. Ke2 (17. g4
Nf6 18. Ke2 h5 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Rxh5 Nxh5 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. f4 g4 {[]f6,1/4c8/}
) 17... Nf6 18. Rh2 Rag8 $15 19. Rah1 h5 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rg7 22. Qa4 Rhg8
(22... Rhg8 23. Kf1 (23. e4 e5 $1 $15) 23... Qc8 $1 {1/4a8/} 24. e4 Qa8 25. f3
(25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Ng4 27. Rxh5 Qf3) 25... Rg3 {<<8g7,1/4g8/}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 (7... g5
$5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 $13) 8. Bd3 O-O (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Bg3 d5 13. O-O Nb4 $13) 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 (
10... Bxf3 $5 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qe3 Be7) 11. Qe2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5
13. Qe4 g6 14. Bg3 $16) 13. Rfe1 $16 Nc6 14. Ba6 $6 (14. a3 $5 {/\ Bc2,Qd3, /\
Rad1,Bb1,Qc2/}) 14... Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Re8 16. Qb5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8
18. Nxd5 Bxd4 19. Nc7 Qc8) 16... Rc8 17. Rad1 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Re1 Qd7 20. Qxd5 Rd8 (20... Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Ne7+ $18) 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. d5 Nb4 $13) 17... Ne4 $1 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. Bxd8 Rxe1+
20. Rxe1 Nxb5) (18. Nxd5 Bxh4) 18... Bxh4 19. Nc3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bf6 21. Qa4 (
21. Nxd5 Bxd4) 21... g6 22. h3 Kg7 (22... Qd6 $5) 23. Ne5 Qd6 $6 (23... Bxe5
24. dxe5 d4 25. Nb5 Qd5 26. Nxa7 Nxa7 27. Qxa7 d3 28. e6 d2 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30.
Rd1 Rc1 31. Qf8+ $10) 24. Nb5 Qe6 $6 (24... Qb8 $5 25. f4 $5 (25. Nd7 Qf4)) (
24... Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. a3 Nc2 (26... Nc6 27. Nd6 $1) 27. Rc1 Bg5 28. Rd1
$14) 25. Nxa7 Nxa7 26. Qxa7 Rc2 27. Nf3 Qc6 (27... Qf5 28. Qxb6) (27... Qd6 28.
b3) 28. Qa3 Qb5 29. b3 Qa5 $2 (29... g5 $5) 30. Qd6 $1 Bxd4 (30... Qxa2 31. Re8
$18) (30... Qa8 31. a4 $18) 31. b4 Bxf2+ 32. Kh2 Qb5 (32... Qxa2 33. Re8 Bg1+
34. Kxg1 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 $18) 33. Re7 (33. Re7 Qc6 34. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th Group1"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavikur Taflfelag"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Be2 Nc6 (13... Bxg2
$2 14. Rh6 {/\Bf3} g4 15. Bh4 Nbd7 16. Qa4 Kf8 17. O-O-O Kg7 18. Rh5 $40) 14.
Qa4 (14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rh8 16. e4 Kb8 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Qf6 {=
Kasparov-Psakhis/La Manga m/2/1990}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Rh6 Na5 17.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qd1 $6 {N} (18. Qxd7 {>=} Nxd7 19. Ke2 Rg7 20. Rah1 Rdg8 21. Kd3
Nc6 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Nf6 Nxf6 24. Rxf6 Ng6 25. Rh5 Nf8 26. e4 Kc8 27. Bh2 Kd8
28. g4 Ke7 {= Savchenko-Lerner/Simferopol/1988}) 18... Ne8 19. Qf3+ Kb8 20. Rh7
(20. Ke2 $2 f5 21. Rah1 $2 g4 22. Qf4 e5 {-+} 23. Qxe5) 20... Rg7 21. Rxg7 Nxg7
22. Qf6 Nf5 23. Qxg5 Rh8 24. Ke2 (24. O-O-O Qa4 25. Qf6 Rh7 {-/+}) 24... Nxc4
$1 (24... Qa4 25. Kd3 {~}) 25. Nxc4 Qb5 26. Kd2 $6 (26. Kd3 {>=} d5 27. Qf6 $1
(27. Be5 Nd6 $1 28. Qf6 (28. Bxh8 $4 dxc4+ {-+}) 28... Qxc4+ 29. Kc2 Qe2+ 30.
Kb3 Nc4 $1 31. Qxh8+ Kb7 32. Rb1 Nd2+ 33. Kb2 Ne4+ 34. Kb3 Qc4+ 35. Ka3 Qxc3+
36. Rb3 Qc1+ 37. Ka4 Qc2 38. Ka3 Nc3 39. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Ka4 a6 {-+}) 27...
Qxc4+ (27... dxc4+ 28. Kc2 Qe8 29. Bf4 {~} Rg8 30. g3 {~}) 28. Kd2 Rh7 29. Be5
{/\g4}) 26... Qxc4 27. Qf6 Rh7 28. Bf4 Qd5 {-/+} 29. g4 (29. g3 $2 Rh2 30. Ke2
Qc4+ {-+}) 29... Nh4 {><a2,c4,g4,Ra1} 30. Bg3 Nf3+ 31. Ke2 (31. Kd3 b5 {
-/+ /\Qc4}) (31. Kc2 {>=} Ng5 {-/+} (31... Qe4+ 32. Kb2 Qxg4 $2 33. Bxd6 $1
cxd6 34. Qd8+ Kb7 35. Qd7+ {=})) 31... Ng5 $1 32. Kd3 (32. f3 Qb5+ {-+}) 32...
Qe4+ {-+} 33. Kc4 (33. Kd2 Qxg4 34. Qd8+ Kb7 35. Bxd6 Ne4+ {-+}) 33... Qc6+ $1
34. Kd3 Ne4 35. Qd8+ Kb7 36. c4 Nxg3 37. fxg3 Rh2 {/\Qa4,/\Qf3} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 (11. fxg3 $142 g4 12. Nh4) 11... d6 (
11... Qe7 {/\Nc6}) 12. g4 $5 {Damit wird vorläufig (aber nicht dauerhaft) das
Vorrücken f7-f5 verhindert.} (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Be4 O-O-O 15. Bxb7+
Kxb7 16. e4 h5 17. Kb2 c5 18. d5 g4 19. Nd2 h4 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Qe2 hxg3 22.
Nxg3 Qf6 $17 {Lobron,E-Adams,M/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (15) ;EXP 43 1994})
12... Nd7 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Nf6 $5 (13... Qe7 14. Be4 O-O-O 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16.
a4 $5 a5 17. Rb1 $13) 14. Nxg5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 (15. Rh2 Bb7 16. f3 Nxg4 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Bg6+ Kd7 19. fxg4 Qg5 $17) 15... hxg5 16. Rxg2 Rh1+ 17. Bf1 Qd7 $15)
13... Qe7 14. Rh2 (14. Qa4 $5 f5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. O-O-O $13) 14... O-O-O 15.
Nd2 {Genauer war sofort 15.0-0-0 mit der Absicht Rdh1. Der Textzug ist etwas
zu langsam.} Rdf8 {Der Plan von Schwarz wird nun klar - der Vorstoß f5 soll
die Linien auf dem Königsflügel öffnen.} 16. O-O-O f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bf3 $2
{Dank diesem Fehler werden die schwarzen Bauern auf dem Königsflügel sehr
aktiv.} (18. Rdh1 $142 Qe6 $1 $13 (18... g4 19. Nf1 $14) (18... f4 19. e4 Nf6 (
19... Qg7 20. Bg4 $14) 20. Rxh6 Rxh6 21. Rxh6 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Bf3 Qxc2+
24. Kxc2 $14)) 18... h5 $1 $15 19. Qa4 (19. Bxh5 $2 Nf6 20. Qxf5+ Kb8 21. Qxg5
Rfg8 22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Qf3 Rxh5 24. Rxh5 Bg4 $19) 19... Kb8 20. Nb3 $6 {Hilft
Schwarz nur weiter zur Bildung der Freibauern.} (20. Bxb7 Kxb7 21. Nb3 {
/\Qb5,Na5} a6 22. Qb4 f4 23. Na5+ Ka8 24. Nc6 Qe4 25. Qa4 Kb7 26. Nb4 Nb8 $15)
20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 f4 22. Re1 (22. e4 g4 23. Qb5 gxf3 24. Na5 Qxe4 25. Nc6+
Ka8 $17) 22... g4 23. Rhh1 g3 $1 $17 24. exf4 g2 25. Rhg1 Qg7 26. Qb5 a6 (26...
h4 $2 27. Na5 h3 28. Nc6+ Kb7 29. Na5+ $10) 27. Qg5 Qf7 {/\Rg8} 28. Qxg2 Qxc4
29. Kb2 Nf6 30. Qf1 Qxf1 31. Rgxf1 Nd5 {In Folge des forcierten Spiels
entstand ein für Weiß verlorenes Endspiel.} 32. Kc2 Nxf4 33. Nc1 h4 34. Nd3
Nxd3 35. Kxd3 Rxf3+ 36. Re3 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Kc8 38. Kf3 Kd7 39. Rh1 Ke6 40. Kg4
Rg8+ 41. Kf3 Rf8+ 42. Kg2 (42. Ke3 Rh8 $19) 42... Rf4 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4 12. Nh4 Qg5 13. Qf2 Nc6 $1 {N} (
13... Be4 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na5 17. O-O c6 18. e4 Rh7 19. c5
bxc5 20. Rab1 Rg7 21. Qa6 Qd8 22. e5 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Aseev,K/URS-ch51 Lvov 1984
}) 14. Bd3 f5 15. e4 (15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21. Re1 Rf6 22. d5 Nc8 $1 23. Qd3 Nd6 $17 {Andreev,
K-Tunik,G/St.Petersburg op-Petrov (06) ;CBM 52 1996}) 15... fxe4 16. O-O (16.
Bxe4 Rf8 17. Bg6+ Ke7 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Be4 Raf8 $17) 16... exd3 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18.
Ng6 Kc8 (18... Re8 $4 19. Qxe8+ Kxe8 20. Rf8#) 19. Nxh8 Ba6 20. Qf4 $1 (20. Qg6
Qe3+ 21. Kh1 d2 22. Rfd1 Bxc4 23. Qc2 Kb7 24. Nf7 (24. Ng6 Bd3 $19) 24... Rf8
$19) (20. c5 Kb7 21. Ng6 d2 22. Rfd1 Be2 23. Nf4 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 e5 $17) 20...
Qa5 $1 (20... Bxc4 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf7 Kb7 23. Nxg5 e5 $13) 21. Nf7 $2 (21.
Qd2 Bxc4 22. Rf2 (22. Ng6 $2 Nxd4) 22... e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxh6 Kb7 (24...
Qxc3 25. Rc1 Qd4 26. Qf4 $13) 25. Ng6 Nxg6 26. Qxg6 Qxc3 27. Rd1 Rg8 $15) (21.
Qc1 Bxc4 22. Ng6 Kb7 23. Rd1 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf4 Qc5+ $15)
21... Qxc3 22. Nxh6 Qxc4 23. Nxg4 Kb7 $1 (23... Nxd4 24. Kh1 Ne2 25. Qf3 $13) (
23... Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Rf8+ Kb7 26. Rxa8 Kxa8 27. h4 $14) 24. Ne5 Qxd4+
25. Qxd4 Nxd4 $17 26. Rad1 (26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rf7 Kc8 28. Ne5 d2 29. Rd1 Ne2+
30. Kf2 Nc3 $19) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kf2 (27. Kh1 Nc3 28. Rd2 Ne4 29. Rdd1 d2 $17)
27... Nc3 28. Nxd3 Nxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rf8+ 30. Ke3 Rg8 31. Nf4 (31. Kf2 d6 32. h3
e5 33. g4 c5 34. Kg3 Kc6 35. h4 Bc8 36. g5 Bf5 $19) 31... d6 32. h4 e5 (32...
Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rg4 34. Nxe6 Rxh4 $19) 33. Nh5 Bc4 34. Rd2 Bf7 $19 35. Nf6 Rxg3+
36. Kf2 Rg6 37. Ne4 Rg4 38. Ng5 Rxh4 39. Kg3 Rf4 40. Nxf7 Rxf7 41. Kh4 e4 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. e3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rg1 e5 14. f4 g5
15. fxg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 hxg5 19. Bg3 Rh6 20. Rd2 Rd8
21. Rgd1 Nb6 22. b3 Qe6 23. e4 Rd7 24. Qe3 Qg6 25. a4 Qg7 26. Qc3 Re6 27. Bf2
Qg6 28. a5 Nc8 29. Bxc5 Qxe4 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rb7 32. Kc2 Rf6 33. Bxd6
Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxf3 35. R1d3 g4 36. a6 Rb8 37. Rxf3 gxf3 38. Rf6 Ke7 39. Rxf3
Rb6 40. h4 Rxa6 41. Rh3 Rh6 42. h5 a5 43. Kd3 f5 44. c5 Ke6 45. Kc4 f4 46. c6
e4 47. Kd4 e3 48. Rh2 Kd6 49. Ke4 Re6+ 50. Kf3 Kxc6 51. h6 e2 52. Rxe2 Rxh6 53.
Kxf4 Kb5 54. Ke3 Kb4 55. Kd2 Kxb3 $10 56. Re8 {Der weiße König steht nahe
genug am Bauern.} Rh4 57. Kc1 Rh1+ 58. Kd2 a4 59. Rb8+ Ka2 60. Kc2 Rh2+ 61. Kc1
a3 62. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ $5 (
7... c5) 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Qa4 $5 (11. e4 $5) 11... e5 12.
e4 O-O 13. Be2 Qe8 $1 {/\Nh5} (13... Qe6 $5) 14. Rb1 (14. O-O Nh5 $132) (14.
Nf1 $5 {/\ Ne3} Nh5) 14... Nh5 $10 15. O-O Nf4 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Bg3
fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. c5 $5 dxc5 21. dxe5 $2 (21. Bb5 Nf6 $1 (21... c6 22. Bxc6
Bxc6 23. Qxc6 cxd4 24. cxd4 $13 {/\} exd4 25. Nd6 $16 {|^}) 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23.
dxe5 Qg5 $13) 21... Nxe5 $1 22. Nf2 Qg5 $1 $17 23. Kh1 (23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Nd3
Qe3+ 25. Bf2 Ne2+ $19) 23... Bc6 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 c6 26. Qa4 Ned3 27. Nxd3
Nxd3 28. Re6 Qf5 $1 {/\ Nf2} 29. Re4 b5 30. Qa6 Qd5 31. c4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rae8
$17 33. Qa4 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Qe6 35. h3 (35. Qxa7 Qxe4 $17) 35... c4 36. Qa3 Rf7
37. e5 c5 38. Qc3 Kh7 39. Kh2 Qd5 40. Rb8 $6 Rf1 41. h4 Rc1 42. Qd2 c3 43. Qe2
c2 44. e6 Rh1+ 45. Kxh1 c1=Q+ 46. Kh2 Qd4 47. Qxd3+ Qxd3 48. e7 0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. h4 gxh4 13. Rxh4 Be7 {The whole
line is very interesting, for the pawn white gets very active pieces and
chances to attack the black king.} (13... Bd6 14. Qg4 Qe7 (14... Bxg3 15. Qxg3
Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bd3 d6 18. Qg7 Rg8 19. Qh7 Rf8 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Rh3 Qe7 22.
g4 Nh4 23. Qg7 O-O-O 24. Nf6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Hilversum 1985/ (35)})
15. c5 (15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qg3 f5 17. c5 d5 18. Qe5 Rh7 19. Qc7 Nc6 (19... Bc6
20. Nf3 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Kf8 22. Ne5 Kg8 23. Rh3 {1-0 Neurohr,S-Miles,A/Metz 1988/
(34)}) 20. Nf3 Nd8 21. g4 Rc8 22. Qf4 bxc5 23. gxf5 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Qb4+ 25. Nd2
Bxc8 26. Bd3 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Hellers,F/Gausdal 1987/ (41)}) 15... Bxg3 16.
Qxg3 Nc6 17. a4 O-O-O 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nc4 Rdg8 20. Qh2 Qg5 21. Ra1 Qg6 22. Kd2
Nb4 23. Rc1 f6 24. Nxa5 Bxg2 {0-1 Plaskett,J-Short,N/Brighton 1984/ (41)}) (
13... Nc6 14. Qg4 Qf6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Qh5 Qg5 17. Qxf7 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Qa5+
19. Kd1 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rdf8 21. Qh5 Qa4+ 22. Ke1 Qa3 23. Qd1 Bxg2 {0-1
Michniewski,T-Staniszewski,P/Warsaw 1997/ (36)}) 14. Rh5 Bd6 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. c5
(16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Bd3 Na6 $14) 16... Bxg3 (16... bxc5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. dxc5
dxc5 19. Rhxc5 Bc6 (19... Nc6 20. Ne4 Qb2 21. Qh4 $16) 20. Ne4 Qb2 21. Bd3 $14)
17. Qxg3 Na6 18. Bd3 (18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxc7 Qg6 $1 $17) (18. c6 dxc6 19. Bxa6
Bxa6 20. Qxc7 Qg6 21. Qxc6+ Ke7 22. Qc7+ Ke8 (22... Kf8 23. Qe5 $16) 23. Rh2 (
23. Qe5 Qxg2 $15) 23... Qd3 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Qd6+ Kg8 26. Qg3+ $11) 18... Rc8
19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. cxb6 axb6 (20... cxb6 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qb8 Ke7 23. Qxa7 Qg6
24. Rh2 Qc2 25. Qxb6 $14) 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Qg6 (22... Qd8 23. Qe5 f6 24.
Qg3 $16) 23. Rh3 $2 {Gelfand has lost control of the position, the rook
retreat is pretty poor in many respects.} (23. Qe5 $1 Qd3 24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Kd1
Qe2+ 26. Kc1 Qxh5 27. Ne4 Qf5 $11) (23. Qb8+ $2 Ke7 24. Qxh8 Qxh5 25. f3 Qh1+
26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxd2 $19) 23... Qd3 $1 24. Kd1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Montreal WCT"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. d5 $1
exd5 9. cxd5 O-O {White is ready to sacrifice the pawn in this sharp opening
line, but his compensation was proven to be excellent in recent games.} (9...
Qe7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 (11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd5 13. e4 Bc6 14. f4 d6 15.
Re1 g5 16. fxg5 Nh7 17. e5 Nxg5 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Bc4 b5 20. Rhf1 Qg7 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Re7 Rae8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 {1-0 Jobava,B-Zhang Zhong/
Mallorca 2004/ (40)}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd5 14. O-O-O Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qc6 17. h4 g4 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Be4 {Almasi,
Z-Balogh,C/Budapest 2004/ 1-0 (31)}) (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a3
Ba5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bc4 d5 15. exd5 O-O 16. O-O Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nb3 Qxd1
19. Raxd1 Nc6 20. Rd6 c4 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 22. Rxh6 {1-0 Gelashvili,T-Berkes,F/
Aghia Pelagia 2004/ (30)}) 10. Qc2 d6 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. e4 $44) 11. e4
Qe7 12. O-O-O c4 $6 {A poor investment of time and energy. White can simply
ignore the sacrificed pawn and concentrate on advancing his own plan of
kingside attack.} (12... Nbd7 13. f4 a6 14. Re1 $36) 13. f4 (13. Bxc4 Rc8 14.
Kb1 Ba6 $132) 13... Nbd7 (13... Re8 14. Bxc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16.
Bxe7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe7 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Na6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Re7 $14)
15... a6 16. Rhe1 Nbd7 17. Bb3 $16) 14. Re1 Rfc8 15. Kb1 Qf8 (15... b5 16. g4
$40) 16. g4 Nh7 (16... Nxg4 17. Bh3 f5 18. Rhg1 Bc5 19. Bxg4 fxg4 (19... Bxg1
20. Bxf5) 20. Rxg4 h5 21. Rg2 Qxf4 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Bh6 $16) 17. Nf3 (17. Bxc4
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc7 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Bb5 $14) 17... g6 (17... Qe8 18. Bh3 a5 19.
g5 $16) 18. g5 {Perelshteyn has achieved a great progress, black has problems
with location of his pieces.} hxg5 (18... h5 19. f5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bh3
$16) 19. Nxg5 Qh6 (19... Nhf6 20. Nf3 b5 21. Bh3 $16) 20. Qf2 Qg7 (20... Nhf6
21. Bh3 $16) 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Bh3 Nc5 (22... Rc7 23. Nb5 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc5 25.
Nxd6 $18) 23. Bxc8 Bxc8 (23... Nd3 24. Qd2 Bxc8 25. Re3 $16) 24. Re3 Nd3 25.
Qd2 Bc5 26. f5 $5 {[%mdl 128] White is happy to return the extra exchange in
order to speed up the kingside attack.} (26. Rf3 b5 27. f5 b4 28. Na4 Bd4 29.
Be7 $16) 26... Qh6 27. Bg5 $1 Bxe3 (27... Qxg5 28. Rh3+ $18) (27... Qh5 28. Rg3
Bf2 29. fxg6+ fxg6 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qxf2 Qxg5 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34.
Qxd6 $18) 28. Qxe3 Qh5 29. Rf1 Kg8 (29... gxf5 30. h4 Qg6 31. Ka1 Nb4 32. Qe2
$16) 30. Bf6 Bd7 (30... Qxh2 31. Ne2 Ne5 32. Rf4 Qh1+ 33. Nc1 g5 34. Rg4 $18)
31. Rf3 $1 {The crucial reserve is advancing towards the square h3 with
ambition to mate black king.} Qxh2 32. Ne2 Qh1+ 33. Ng1 Qg2 (33... Qh5 34. Kc2
Nb4+ 35. Kd2 Ba4 36. b3 Qh2+ 37. Ne2 $18) 34. Rh3 Qf1+ 35. Kc2 Nb4+ 36. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 d6 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Be2 Nc6 (13...
Bxg2 14. Rh6 $1 {/\Bf3} g4 15. Bh4 Nbd7 16. Qa4 $1 Kf8 17. O-O-O $1 Kg7 18. Rh5
Qe8 19. Rg5+ Kf8 20. Rxg8+ Nxg8 21. Rg1 Bb7 22. Bxg4 Ndf6 23. Qd1 $1 $18 {
Bareev,E-Dolmatov,S/USSR ch/1987/1-0 (36)}) 14. Qa4 Qd7 (14... O-O-O 15. Bf3 (
15. O-O-O Na5 16. Rh2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bd5
21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Ba4 Bc6 24. Bb3 {Colias,B-Browne,W/Chicago US-op
(9)/1989/0-1 (34)}) 15... Qd7 $1 16. Rh6 Na5 $1 17. Bxb7+ (17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxd7+
Nxd7 19. Ke2 Rg7 20. Rah1 Rdg8 21. Rh7 Bxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxh7 23. Rxh7 f5 24. Re7
{Rashkovsky,N-Zhidkov,V/Kiev/1989/0.5 (38)}) 17... Kxb7 18. Qxd7 (18. Qd1 Ne8
19. Qf3+ Kb8 20. Rh7 (20. Ke2 $2 f5 21. Rah1 $2 g4 22. Qf4 e5 $19 23. Qxe5)
20... Rg7 21. Rxg7 Nxg7 22. Qf6 Nf5 23. Qxg5 Rh8 24. Ke2 {Thorsteins,
K-Hjartarson,J/EU-Cup Gr1 Eupen (03) /1994/0-1 (37)}) 18... Nxd7 19. Ke2 Rg7
20. Rah1 (20. Kd3 Nc6 21. e4 Ne7 22. Rah1 Rdg8 23. Rh7 Ng6 {Dokhoian,
Y-Marjanovic,S/Moscow GMA-op (1)/1989/0.5 (24)}) 20... Rdg8 21. Kd3 Nc6 {Dautov
} 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Nf6 Nxf6 24. Rxf6 Ng6 25. Rh5 Nf8 26. e4 Kc8 27. Bh2 Kd8 28.
g4 Ke7 $10 {Savchenko-Lerner/Simferopol/1988}) 15. Rh6 Ne5 (15... Ke7 16. O-O-O
$14) 16. Qd1 (16. Qxd7+ Nexd7 17. f3 Ke7 $10) 16... Ng6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 (17... c6
18. c5 $1 dxc5 19. Nc4 $36 (19. dxc5 {Dautov} bxc5 20. Nc4 $36) (19. Nc4 cxd4
20. cxd4 $44)) (17... d5 {Dautov} 18. cxd5 exd5 19. c4 $16) 18. Qxf3 Ke7 19.
O-O-O (19. e4 $5 {Dautov} Rh8 $4 {/\} 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 $18) 19... Rab8 $6 (
19... Qa4 $5 20. Kb2 b5 21. c5 $13 (21. c5 {Dautov} b4 $1 (21... dxc5 22. dxc5
b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4+ 24. Nb3 $16 {/\Bxc7,Bd6}) 22. cxd6+ (22. c4 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qd3+
$10) 22... cxd6 23. Qb7+ Nd7 24. Ne4 bxc3+ 25. Nxc3 Rgb8 26. Nxa4 Rxb7+ $10)) (
19... Rh8 {Dautov} 20. Rdh1 c5 (20... Rxh6 $2 21. Rxh6 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Nxh8 23.
Qa8 Ng6 24. Qxa7 $16) 21. e4 $36) 20. e4 Qa4 (20... e5 {Dautov} 21. dxe5 (21.
Nf1 $5) 21... dxe5 22. Bxe5 (22. Nf1 Qg4 $1 (22... Qa4 $2 23. Bxe5 $16) 23. Ne3
Qxf3 24. gxf3 Ke6 $15) 22... Ng4 23. Nb3 Qe6 (23... Qc8 24. Rxg6 Rxg6 25. Qg3
Rb7 26. Nd4 $44) 24. Rxg6 Rxg6 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. Bd6+ Ke8 27. Bb4 $13) 21. e5 {
[%csl Ra2,Rf7][%cal Yb6b5,Re5d6,Re5f6] Piket simply has to attack, since
otherwise he would get under fire himself.} dxe5 (21... Ne8 22. Rh7 Rg7 23.
Rxg7 Nxg7 24. Qf6+ Kf8 25. exd6 $16) (21... Nd7 {Dautov} 22. Rh7 Nh8 23. exd6+
cxd6 24. Ne4 $16) 22. Bxe5 Nd7 (22... Ne8 23. Rh7 Nxe5 (23... Rf8 {Dautov} 24.
Qg3 $16) 24. dxe5 Rg7 $2 25. Rxg7 Nxg7 26. Qf6+ Kf8 27. Rh1 $18) 23. Bxc7 {
[%csl Rc1,Re7] The real question of the position is the vulnerability of both
K.} Rbc8 24. Rh7 Rgf8 (24... Rxc7 $2 25. Qxf7+ Kd6 26. Ne4+ Kc6 27. Qxe6+ Kb7
28. Qxg8 $18) (24... Nh8 {Dautov} 25. Be5 g4 26. Qf4 Nxe5 27. dxe5 $16) 25. Bg3
(25. Qg3 $1 {Dautov} Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Nf6 27. Qxg5 $1 Qxc3 (27... Rxc7 28. Ne4 $18)
28. Bd6+ $1 Kxd6 29. Rh3 Qb4+ 30. Rb3 Qa5 31. Qxf6 $18) 25... Qxa2 26. Re1 Qa1+
27. Nb1 Rxc4 {[%csl Re6] Black has got quite close to the white s K, but his
own is even more under fire.} (27... Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qd5 $40) (27... Nf6
$2 {Dautov} 28. Qb7+ Nd7 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxc8 $18) 28. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 (28...
Kd8 $2 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Bc7+ $3 Kxc7 31. Rc6+ Kd8 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. Qe4+ $18)
29. d5+ {Fine way of breaking the link between Ke6 and Rc4.} (29. Qe2+ $2 Nde5
$19) 29... Ke7 30. Qe2+ Nde5 (30... Kd8 $5 31. Qxc4 Nge5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Qe4
Re8 34. Qf5 $13) 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 (31... b5 $17 {Dautov /\} 32. Bg7+ Kd7 33. Bxf8
$4 Rxc3+ $19) (31... Qa4 $17 {Dautov}) 32. Qxe5+ Kd7 (32... Kd8 33. Qd6+) 33.
Qe6+ Kd8 (33... Kc7 34. Qe7+ $18) 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Rh3 Re4 36. Qc6+ (36. Re3
Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qa6 $1 (37... f6 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. d6 Re8 40. Qf7 $18) 38. Qb8+
Kd7 39. Qxf8 Qf1+ 40. Kb2 Qxg2+ 41. Ka3 Qxd5 $14) 36... Kd8 (36... Ke7 $2 37.
d6+ $18) 37. Re3 (37. Qa8+ Kd7 (37... Ke7 38. d6+ $18) 38. Qxf8 (38. Qb7+ {
Dautov} Kd8 (38... Kd6 39. Rh6+ f6 40. Qc6+ $18) 39. Re3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 $18)
38... Re1+ 39. Kd2 Qxb1 (39... Re7 40. Kc1 (40. Re3 Qb2+) 40... Re1+) (39...
Re7 $1) 40. Qxf7+ Re7 41. Qf3 Qa2+ $13) 37... Rxe3 38. fxe3 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Rh8
$2 {For all the excitement only this time trouble move spoils the fight. Black
has defended heroically and should have been rewarded with a half point.} (
38... Qa6 39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qxf8 Qf1+ 42. Kb2 Qxg2+ 43. Ka3 Qxd5
$14) (38... Ke7 $1 39. d6+ (39. e4 $2 Rh8 $1 $19) 39... Kf6 (39... Ke6 $2 40.
Qe4+ Kxd6 41. Qb4+ $18) 40. Qe4 Qa5 41. Qe7+ Kg7 42. d7 b5 (42... Qd5 43. e4
Qd3 44. Qxg5+ {Dautov} Kh7 45. Qh5+ $10) 43. Qxg5+ $10) 39. Qf6+ (39. Qa8+ Kd7
40. Qxh8) 39... Kd7 40. Qxh8 Qa2 41. Qe5 Qxg2 42. Qf5+ Kd6 43. e4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 h5 10. Bd3 f5 11. d5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 $2 {
White is coming up with a poor novelty, that only improves the location of the
black's bishop.} (14. Nd4 Qf6 15. O-O d6 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. f3 Qe6 18. fxe4 Bc6
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bg6+ Kd8 21. Rad1+ Nd7 22. Bf5 Qe7 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Qe4 {
1-0 Barnaure,V-Burnoiu,N/Bucharest/2001/ (27)}) 14... Bb7 (14... Nxg3 15. hxg3
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qe7 17. Bxf5 h4 18. Rd1 $14) 15. Be5 Rf8 (15... Rg8 16. Nd4 d6
17. Nxf5 Nxf2 18. Qxf2 dxe5 19. O-O $1 $18) 16. Nd4 Qe7 (16... d6 $6 17. Nxf5 (
17. Ne6 Qe7 18. Ng7+ Kd8 19. Bb2 Nc6 $17) 17... Nxf2 (17... Rxf5 18. Bxe4 Bxe4
19. Qxe4 Rxe5 20. Qxa8 $18) 18. O-O dxe5 (18... Nh3+ 19. gxh3 dxe5 20. Be2 $18)
19. Rxf2 Qf6 20. Raf1 $16) (16... Nc6 $1 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd1 g4 $17
) (17. Nxf5 $2 Rxf5 18. Bxe4 Rxe5 $19) 17... fxe4 $1 (17... Nxd4 18. Qd1 Bxe4
19. Qxh5+ Rf7 20. Bxd4 Qe7 $11) 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. Qxe5+ Qe7 20. Qxe7+ (20. Qxc7
Bxg2 $19) 20... Kxe7 21. Rg1 c5 $17) 17. Bxc7 Na6 18. Nb5 (18. Qd1 Nxc7 19.
Qxh5+ Kd8 $19) 18... Nb4 (18... Qb4+ 19. Kf1 Rc8 20. Bg3 $13) 19. Qd1 (19. Bxe4
Nxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Qb4+ $19) 19... Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qb4+ 21. Kf1 $8 Qb2 22. Nd6+ Nxd6
$2 {[%mdl 64] White was under great pressure, but black had to show courage to
benefit freom his active position. Instead he let's Tischbierek to come up
with strong counterplay.} (22... Ke7 23. Nxe4 fxe4 $1 (23... Qxa1+ $6 24. Ke2
Qxa2+ (24... Qb2+ 25. Nd2 Rf6 26. Rb1 Qxa2 27. Be5 Be4 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Qd4+
Kf7 30. Rb2 $16) (24... Qxh1 $2 25. Qd6+ Kf7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Be5+
$18) 25. Nd2 d5 26. Qc3 $1 d4 (26... Rac8 27. Ra1 $18) 27. Qxd4 Qa3 28. Rd1 Qc5
29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Nb3 Qxc4+ 31. Ke1 $18) 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qe5+ Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Ba6
$17) 23. Rd1 Qxa2 24. Bxd6 Rf7 $2 (24... Rg8 25. Qc3 Qa4 26. Ke1 Kf7 $17) 25.
Qc3 $1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 O-O-O 27. Qd3 Qa4 28. Qd5 Qc6 29. h4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e4
g5 9. Bg3 Bxe4 10. h4 {The whole line is very enterprizing for black. White's
risk is purely material while black has seriously compromised his kingside
position.} (10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. h4 Nh5 14. hxg5 Nxg3 15.
Qxg3 Qxg5 16. Qxc7 e5 17. d5 Rac8 18. Qxd7 e4 19. Qh3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,R
(2591)-Dydyshko,V (2551)/Lubniewice 2005 (31)}) 10... Bg6 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Qf3
Nc6 13. Bxc7 Qe7 14. a3 (14. Bd3 Nxd4 15. Qh3 (15. Qe3 Nf5 16. Qxg5 Nh7 17.
Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Arutunian,D (2446)-Anisimov,P (2492)/Pardubice 2005} Nxe7 18. Be2
Rac8 $14) 15... Nh7 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qd3 Qg7 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. Nde4 Bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Rxc7 21. Qxd4 Rf4 22. Qd6 Rfxc4 23. Kb1 Qf8 24. Qh2 d5 25. Rhe1 Qf5+ 26.
Ka1 Nf8 {0-1 Wells,P (2529)-Eljanov,P (2639)/Amsterdam 2005}) 14... Nxd4 (14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. d5 Rac8 17. c5 g4 18. d6 Qe6 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qg5 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Ba6 bxc5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc4 Nxc7 25. dxc7 Rxc7 26. Nd6 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V (2528)-Jedynak,R (2431)/Krakow 2006 (64)}) 15. Qh3 Nh7 $6 {
[%mdl 64] This modest defensive move will prove to be inadequate for the very
sharp position. The situation was screaming for something more daring like 15..
.Nc2+!?} (15... Nc2+ $5 16. Kd1 Nh5 17. axb4 $1 (17. Rc1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 d6 19.
g4 Ng7 20. Qh3 f5 (20... f6 21. Bd3 $14) 21. Qh6 Kf7 22. Nf3 Rh8 23. Nxg5+ Kf6
24. Ne4+ fxe4 25. Qf4+ Nf5 $17) 17... Nxa1 18. Be2 (18. g4 d5 19. Qh2 $14)
18... Kg7 $1 (18... d5 19. Bxh5 $18) 19. Bxh5 Rh8 20. g4 $14) 16. axb4 Nc2+ 17.
Kd1 Nxa1 18. Bd3 $1 f5 (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 20. Bd6 $18) (18... Rfc8 19. Be5
Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. Ke2 $16) 19. Qh6 Rf6 (19... Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Ke2 $18
) 20. Be5 Raf8 21. g4 $5 {Jobava sees the grand idea of breaking the defense
with timely f2-f4 advance. The simple 21.Ke2! seems perfectly adequate as a
winning attempt.} (21. Ke2 $1 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Qxb4 23. Nd4 R8f7 24. Nc2 $18) (21.
f4 Be8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qh2 $14) 21... Qxb4 (21... Be8 22. Qh2 R6f7 23. gxf5
exf5 24. Nd5 Qe6 25. Nf6+ $18) 22. f4 $1 gxf4 (22... Qxb2 $2 23. Nd5 $1 Qa3 24.
Nxf6+ $18) 23. g5 Kf7 (23... Nxg5 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 26. Qxg5 $18) 24.
gxf6 Rg8 25. Nb5 $1 {White is preparing new threats with each move and
Beliavsky will never get the chance to chase the compensation for the missing
piece.} Nxf6 (25... Ke8 26. Nd6+ Kd8 27. f7 $18) 26. Qh4 (26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Qh4
Rf8 28. Qg5 Nb3 29. Rh7+ Kd8 30. Bxf6+ Kc7 31. Nb5+ Kc8 32. Bc3 $18) 26... Ne8
27. Nf3 a6 (27... Kf8 28. Qd8 $18) 28. Bc3 Qa4+ (28... Qe7 29. Ne5+ Kf8 30.
Qh6+ $18) 29. Ke2 axb5 30. Ne5+ Kf8 (30... Kg7 31. Qe7+ Bf7 32. Qxf7#) 31.
Nxd7+ Kf7 32. Ne5+ Kf8 33. Nc6 (33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ Nf6 35. Nxg6+ $18) (33.
Nc6 Bh5+ 34. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 $1 {This excellent
move slows down white's build up as it is not easy to defend the d4 pawn.} 13.
dxc5 (13. O-O-O Bxf3 $1 14. gxf3 (14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. exf3 Nc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
f4 Ke7 18. Bd3 Rag8 19. Rh2 f5 20. Rdh1 gxf4 21. gxf4 Nd8 {0-1 Lindgren,
F-Dzevlan,M/Sweden 2001/ (55)}) 14... Qxd4 (14... cxd4 15. e3 Qxf3 16. Qxd4
Qxh1 17. Qxh8+ Ke7 18. Bd3 Na6 19. Qh7 Qc6 20. Qxh6 Rg8 21. Bh7 Qxc4+ 22. Kb1
Qg4 23. Rd4 {1-0 Cramling,D-Welin,T/Gausdal 1987/ (23)}) 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4
Nc6 17. Rd3 Ne5 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. e4 h5 20. Kd2 Ke7 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4) (13. e3
Bxf3 (13... d6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Rh5 Kg7 16. Rh2 Nd7 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Qc2 cxd4
19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Luik,H-Tanav,T/
Tallinn 1999/ (50)}) 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Bg2 cxd4 16. Rd1 e5 17. exd4 exd4 18. O-O
O-O 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 fxg3 {0-1 Knoll,
H-Gaertner,G/Austria 2003/ (37)}) (13. Rd1 g4 14. Nh2 Rg8 15. e3 h5 16. Rg1 Rg5
17. Be2 Na6 18. Nf1 Kf8 19. Nd2 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f4 gxf3 22. gxf3 {1-0
Burger,K-Forintos,G/Gausdal 1982/ (74)}) 13... bxc5 14. O-O-O (14. Rd1 $5 Bxf3
$6 15. gxf3 Qxb2 16. f4 $1 Qb7 17. Rh5 gxf4 18. Rxc5 fxg3 19. Qxg3 $11) 14...
g4 $1 15. Nh2 (15. Nd2 Qxf2 $15) 15... h5 16. Qd6 $2 {Van Wely and Chuchelov
had analysed} (16. f4 Rg8 17. e3 {with chances for white despite the ugly
knight on h2.} (17. e4 Qg6)) 16... Qg5+ 17. Rd2 Rg8 $3 18. f4 (18. Qc7 Bc6 $1
19. f4 Qe7 20. e3 f5 $1 (20... d6 $5 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rd2 Nd7 24.
Bd3 Nf6 25. b4 $14) 21. Bd3 d6 22. Qa5 $13) 18... Qe7 19. Qe5 f5 20. Rd6 $2 {
[%mdl 64] Van Wely was surely chasing an advantage he was presuming to posess,
but this is a grave tactical mistake.} (20. e3 Nc6 21. Qc3 Qg7 $1 22. Qxg7 (22.
Qc2 Ba6 {/\Rb8,Na5}) 22... Rxg7 23. Bd3 Ne7 24. Re1 Be4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 $15)
20... Nc6 21. Qxc5 Na5 $1 22. Qb4 (22. Qxa5 Qxd6 23. e3 h4 $1 24. gxh4 g3 $19)
22... Nxc4 23. Qxb7 (23. Rd3 Qxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 $19) 23... Qxd6 $1 24. Qxa8+ Ke7
25. Qb7 (25. Qxg8 Qd2+ 26. Kb1 Qxb2#) 25... Rb8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bremer SG"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. e4 a6 {Stricktly speaking black
does not need this preventive move. The immediate kingside action with 12...g5
seems to make more sense.} 13. Bd3 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. g3 $5 g4 (15... O-O-O $6
16. c5 b5 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc2 $16) (15... O-O 16. Qb3 (16. h4 g4 17. fxg4
exd4 18. cxd4 (18. gxh5 dxc3 19. Nb3 Bxe4 20. O-O-O Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Ne5 $17)
18... Nhf6 19. g5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. O-O b5 22. cxb5 Nb6 $13) 16... f5 17.
c5+ d5 18. O-O $1 $16) 16. fxg4 Nhf6 17. h3 exd4 18. cxd4 b5 {Both kings are
exposed, but Chuchelov has a more difficult task to find a good spot for his
own monarch.} (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. O-O d5 21. cxd5 b5 22. Qa5 Nf6 23.
Rae1 O-O 24. Re2 $18) 19. cxb5 Nxe4 (19... d5 20. bxa6 dxe4 21. Bb5 e3 22. axb7
Rb8 23. Nc4 exf2+ 24. Kxf2 $18) 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. O-O $1 Nf6 (21... axb5 22.
Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qc4 Nb6 24. Qc3 d5 25. a4 $18) 22. Qb4 (22. b6+ Kf8 23. Rae1 d5
24. b7 Rb8 25. Qxa6 $18) 22... Bd5 (22... axb5 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxb5+ Kd8 25.
Qc6 $18) 23. Rae1 Be6 24. d5 $1 {[%mdl 128] It is only natural, that Bacrot
opens the center with all his piece might concentrated for the action.} Nxd5 (
24... c5 25. Qb2 $18) 25. Qc4 Kf8 (25... O-O 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxe7 axb5 28.
Rxc7 $18) 26. Qc6 Qe8 (26... Re8 27. Qxa6 Rg8 28. Nf3 $16) 27. Bd4 Qxc6 (27...
Rg8 28. Rxe6 $1 Qxc6 29. bxc6 $18) 28. bxc6 Ke7 29. Rf5 $1 {A very fine small
combination, that wins the house by forcing the way to vulnerable f6 square.} (
29. Rf5 $1 Nb4 30. Bf6+ Kf8 31. Bxh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Nd2 f5 10. e3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. h4 Qf6 $2 {
[%mdl 4] Black is playing with fire, since the opening of the position will
favour Jacobsen with bishop's pair.} (14... g4 15. a4 Nc6 16. c5 Na5 17. Qa2
Qe7 18. Bb5+ Kf7 19. O-O dxc5 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 c4 22. Bc2 Rhg8 23. e4 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Truong,P/New York/London 1984/ (41)}) 15. c5 $1 bxc5 (15... Ke7
16. f3 Nc6 17. Rb1 $14) 16. hxg5 $6 (16. dxc5 $1 dxc5 (16... Na6 17. cxd6 O-O-O
18. Rb1 $18) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Qxh8 19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Bxc7 $16) 16... hxg5
17. Rxh8+ Qxh8 18. dxc5 Na6 (18... Ba6 $5 19. O-O-O Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nc6 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 $132) 19. cxd6 (19. c6 Bxc6 20. Bxa6 Qh1+ 21. Bf1 Bb5 22.
O-O-O Bxf1 $17) 19... O-O-O 20. Rb1 Nc5 (20... cxd6 $2 21. Rxb7 Kxb7 22. Qb2+
Ka8 23. Bxa6 $18) 21. Qd4 $6 {White is certainly not pressing hard enough for
such a sharp position, in the endgame black will have chances to survive.} (21.
f3 e5 (21... cxd6 22. Bxd6 e5 (22... Qf6 23. Rb5 Na4 24. Rb4 Nb6 25. Rd4 $16)
23. Rb5 Qh4+ 24. Qf2 $18) 22. Qc2 f4 23. Qf5+ Nd7 24. Bf2 cxd6 25. exf4 exf4
26. Bd4 Qg8 27. Qa5 $18) 21... cxd6 22. Bxd6 (22. Qxh8 Rxh8 23. Bxd6 Ne4 24.
Bb4 Rh1 25. c4 e5 $14) 22... Qxd4 23. cxd4 (23. exd4 Rxd6 24. dxc5 Rd8 25. Bc4
Kc7 $11) 23... Rxd6 24. dxc5 Rc6 25. Rc1 Ba6 $1 26. Be2 (26. Bxa6+ Rxa6 27. Rc2
Kd7 28. Ke2 Ra3 $14) 26... Bxe2 27. Kxe2 Ra6 28. Rc2 Ra3 {Berg has reached the
best position of the whole game, white is only somewhat better.} 29. Kf3 (29.
f3 Kd7 30. g4 Kc6 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Kf2 Ra5 $11) 29... Kc7 30. Rd2 e5 31. Rd5
$2 (31. g4 $1 e4+ (31... f4 32. Rd5 $18) 32. Kg2 fxg4 33. Kg3 Kc6 (33... Rc3
34. Rd4 Rxc5 35. Rxe4 a5 36. a4 $16) 34. Rc2 Rd3 35. Kxg4 Rd5 36. Rc4 Rd2 37.
Rxe4 Rxf2 38. Ra4 Rg2+ 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. Rxa7 Kxc5 41. a4 $16) 31... e4+ 32. Kg3
f4+ 33. Kg4 Rxa2 34. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e4
$5 g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. Ncxe4 {[%mdl 4] The line with early sacrifice of the e
pawn become rather popular. White gets rapid access to the exposed kingside
position and unpleasant initiative for the pawn.} Bxe4 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2
Nc6 (12... f5 13. f3 Bb7 14. h4 f4 15. Bf2 $40) 13. h4 $1 Bg6 (13... g4 14. f3
$1 gxf3 15. gxf3 Bxf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. Qxh6 f5 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Bg2 $16) 14.
hxg5 hxg5 (14... Qxg5 15. Bf4 (15. Rd1 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 d6 17. Rxh6 $14) 15...
Qf6 16. Be3 h5 17. Be2 $14) 15. f4 d6 {Alekseev struggles to build up the most
promissing defense, his hopes are connected with counterplay against white
king.} (15... Qf6 16. fxg5 (16. Rd1 gxf4 17. Bxf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Rfe8
$13) 16... Qxd4 17. Bxc7 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 $14) 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 (17...
gxf4 18. Bh4 $1 Qe8+ 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Bf6 Bh7 21. Qc2 Ng6 22. Qf5 $18) 18. Bf2 (
18. fxg5 Nf5 19. Bf4 Re8+ 20. Kf2 $16) 18... Qd7 (18... gxf4 $5 19. O-O-O Qd7
20. Bc4 $14) 19. fxg5 Rae8 20. Be2 Be4 $6 {Active move, but the one without
real power to grab the initiative. Moiseenko is becoming enough time to
coordinate his pieces well.} (20... Qf5 $5 21. Rd1 Qe4 22. Rh4 (22. Bd4 f6 23.
O-O Nf5 24. Bb5 $14) 22... Qxg2 23. Qd4 $40) 21. Bd4 $1 Ng6 (21... Bh7 22.
O-O-O $18) 22. O-O-O c6 (22... Bxd5 23. Rh6 Qc6+ 24. Kb1 Bxg2 25. Bd3 $16) 23.
dxc6 (23. Rh6 cxd5 24. Rdh1 Qc6+ 25. Bc3 Re5 26. Qe3 $16) 23... Qxc6+ 24. Bc3
Qa4 $2 {Black is too restless for counterplay, the queen move loses time as
white will not let her infiltrate his queenside.} (24... Re5 25. Rh6 $14) 25.
Bd3 Rc8 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Rh3 Rfe8 (27... d5 28. Re1 Qg4 29. Qxd5 Rc5 30. Qb7
Qxg5+ 31. Kb1 $18) 28. Rdh1 (28. Qxd6 Qe5 29. Qf6 Qxf6 30. gxf6 $16) 28... Re5
29. Qxd6 Qf4+ 30. Qd2 $1 {White bishop on c3 is pinned, but his control of the
a1-h8 diagonal decides.} Qf5 (30... Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rd5+ 32. Kc2 $18) 31. Qc2
Qxg5+ 32. Kb1 Rxc3 (32... Rcc5 33. Qd3 $18) 33. Rxc3 Kg7 (33... Qf5 34. Qxf5
Rxf5 35. Rc7 Rf2 36. g4 $18) 34. Rc7 a5 35. Rf1 Ne7 36. Ka1 b5 37. Qf2 Qg6 38.
Qd4 f6 39. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 {The knight from the square can be relocated later and
Carlsen sees no need to lose time for d6-Nbd7.} 10. e3 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. h4 {
The first independent move can not achieve much as the second player is
already somewhat ahead in the development.} (12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Rb1 e5 14. d5
Na5 15. e4 Nd7 16. h4 Kb8 17. h5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Nf1 Rhf8 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 f5 22. Qc2 f4 23. O-O e4 24. Qd2 fxg3 25. fxg3 Qe5 $17 {1-0 Pelletier,Y 
(2607)-Perunovic,M (2420)/Plovdiv 2008 (49)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 (13...
Na5 $5 14. f3 (14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Qf3+ c6 $11) 14... g4 15. Qc2
Rdg8 16. Bf2 gxf3 17. gxf3 Ng4 18. Bg1 f5 $15) 14. Nb3 f5 15. Qc2 Rhf8 16. f3 (
16. hxg5 hxg5 17. O-O-O Kb8 $13) 16... e5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O {The real
start of the middle game in a fairly even position. White will try to control
the open h-file, Black will hope for action on the queenside.} (18. d5 $5 Ncb8
19. e4 f4 20. Bf2 Na6 $11) 18... Rde8 19. Bd3 (19. d5 Ncb8 20. Bf2 $11) 19...
Qf7 20. Rh6 Ba6 21. Nd2 (21. d5 Ne7 22. Rdh1 $11) 21... exd4 22. exd4 Na5 23.
Rdh1 $1 Re7 (23... Nxc4 $2 24. Qa4 Nxd2 25. Qxa6+ Kb8 26. Kxd2 Qa2+ 27. Bc2 $18
) (23... Bxc4 $6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qa4 b5 (25... Re3 26. Rh7 $18) 26. Qxb5 Ncb6
27. c4 $16) 24. Qa4 {Bacrot is not finding courage to play the principal move
Rh7, as he probably feared the strength of enemy's counterplay with two rooks.}
(24. Rh7 Qxh7 (24... Qf6 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxf5 Bxc4 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 $16)
25. Rxh7 Rxh7 26. Bxf5 Rh1+ 27. Kb2 Nxc4+ (27... Rg1 28. Bh3 g4 $5 29. fxg4 Re8
30. g5 Nxc4+ (30... Re2 31. Bf4 Nxc4+ 32. Kb3 Na5+ 33. Ka4 $16) 31. Nxc4 Bxc4
32. Bf2 Rf1 33. Bg4 b5 34. Bg3 Kb8 $13) 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Qe4 Rxf5 $1 30. Qxf5
Rg1 31. Qh3 Bf1 32. Qg4 Rxg2+ 33. Kc1 Bc4 34. Qxg5 b5 $13) 24... Re3 25. Rh7
Qe8 26. Qc2 (26. Kc2 $2 Rxd3 27. Kxd3 Nc5+ $19) 26... Nf6 27. R7h6 (27. Bxf5+
$2 Kb8 28. R7h6 Nxc4 $17) 27... Kb7 28. Bf2 Rxd3 $5 {[%mdl 32] Carlsen is
growing into a great follower of Tigran Petrosian in his love for positional
exchange sacrifices.} (28... Re7 29. d5 $11) 29. Qxd3 Nd5 30. Re1 (30. g3 Qa4
$13) 30... Qa4 31. Qc2 Qxa3+ 32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Nxc4+ 34. Nxc4 (34. Kc2 g4
$15) 34... Bxc4 {Black can be satisfied with two pawns and excellent control
of many squares.} 35. Be3 (35. Rh7 Rg8 $15) 35... g4 36. fxg4 $6 (36. Bd2 gxf3
37. gxf3 Rg8 $15) 36... fxg4 37. Rg6 $2 a5 $2 {The upcoming time control has
seriously influenced the quality of play of both players. The mutual blunder
ignores the fact, that Bacrot could have lost the piece.} (37... Re8 $1 38. Bd2
Rxe1 39. Bxe1 Nf4 40. Rxg4 Nd3+ 41. Ka3 Nxe1 $19) 38. Rxg4 a4 39. Rg3 (39. Ka3
b5 40. g3 Nxc3 $17) 39... a3+ 40. Kxa3 $2 (40. Ka1 b5 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. gxf3
Nxc3 $15) 40... Ra8+ 41. Kb2 Ra2+ 42. Kc1 Nxc3 {The excitement is over; White
will lose the exchange and the ending should be winning for Black.} 43. Bd2 (
43. Bf4 Ne2+ 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. Rg7 Kc6 $17) 43... Ne2+ 44. Rxe2 Bxe2 45. Rg7
Ra4 46. Bc3 (46. Be3 b5 47. g4 b4 $17) 46... b5 47. g4 Bf3 (47... b4 48. Bd2
Bc4 $17) 48. g5 b4 49. Bb2 (49. Bd2 Bd5 $17) 49... Ra5 {Magnus is able to stop
the dangerous g-pawn and the white bishop b2 will remain a misserable piece.}
50. Kc2 (50. g6 Be4 51. Rg8 Rg5 $19) 50... Bd5 51. Re7 (51. g6 Bc4 52. Re7 Rg5
53. g7 Rg2+ 54. Kc1 Bd5 $19) 51... Bc4 52. Bc1 Rf5 53. Bd2 Rf2 54. g6 Rg2 55.
g7 Kc6 56. Re8 (56. Kc1 b3 $19) 56... Bf7 57. Rb8 (57. Re7 Bg8 $19) 57... b3+
58. Kc3 Rxg7 59. Kb2 Bc4 60. Kc3 Kd5 {Finally all black pieces can work
together, White is lost.} 61. Rb7 Rg3+ 62. Kb2 Kxd4 (62... Kxd4 63. Rxc7 Rg2
64. Kc1 b2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Murcia m"]
[Site "Murcia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 Bxc3 7.
bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. e3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Be2 Nc6 (
13... Bxg2 14. Rh2 Bb7 15. Bf3 c6 16. c5 $36) 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rh8 16.
e4 Kb8 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Rxh8 Qxh8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bb5 Qf8 (21...
cxd4 $2 22. cxd4 $18) 22. d5 Nce5 23. d6 f6 (23... cxd6 $4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25.
Bxe5 $18) 24. dxc7+ Kxc7 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. Nd2 Nf8 27. Nc4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nfg6
29. Qh5 Bxe4 30. Qe2 Bd5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5+ fxe5 33. Qxe5+ Kb7 34. f3 a6
$2 (34... Bxa2 35. c4 a6 36. Bxa6+ (36. Qe4+ Ka7 37. Ba4 Qg7 $1) 36... Kxa6 37.
Qa1 Kb7 38. Qxa2 $15) 35. Bd3 b5 (35... Bxa2 $2 36. c4 b5 37. Qb2 $1) 36. Kb2
c4 37. Bc2 b4 $6 $138 38. Be4 bxc3+ 39. Kc2 Qd7 40. Kxc3 Qb5 $2 41. Qxe6 Qa5+
42. Kd4 Qd2+ 43. Kc5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Be7 8. e4
d6 (8... Nxe4 $5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 (10. Qg4 Kxe7 11. bxc3 Kf8 $17) 10...
Nxd1 11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12. a4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ra2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4
$11) 9. Bg3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e5 (10... c5 11. d5 $14) 11. d5 Nf8 12. b4 Ng6 13. Nb3
h5 (13... O-O 14. O-O $14) 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 O-O 16. O-O {Black's position is
very solid, but too passive. White can hope to benefit from his space
advantage on the queenside.} c5 (16... a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 $14) 17. dxc6 (
17. bxc5 dxc5 $14) 17... Bxc6 18. Bd3 Ne8 (18... a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1
21. Qxa1 $14) 19. Nd5 Nc7 20. a4 Rb8 (20... Ne6 21. a5 $1 $16) 21. Be2 Ne6 22.
Bg4 Bg5 23. Ra2 Bh6 (23... Bf4 24. g3 Bh6 25. b5 $14) 24. b5 Bb7 (24... Bxd5
25. cxd5 Nc5 26. Qf3 $14) 25. a5 $1 {Despite black's best effort white has
excellent grip in the center and the queenside.} Ne7 (25... Nef4 26. axb6 Nxd5
27. exd5 Qxb6 28. Na5 Bf4 $14) 26. Qd3 g6 (26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 $1 (27. exd5 Nf4
28. Qc2 a6 $14) 27... Nf4 28. Bxf4 Bxf4 29. Rfa1 $16) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Bxe6
Kxf6 (28... fxe6 29. Ng4 Qc7 (29... Bf4 30. Rd1 $16) 30. Rd1 Rbd8 31. a6 Bc8
32. Nxh6 Kxh6 33. Nd2 $16) 29. Bd5 Nxd5 (29... Bxd5 30. cxd5 Kg7 31. f4 $14)
30. cxd5 Kg7 31. f4 {Opening of a new front is very unpleasant for black
suffering from the lack of space.} f6 (31... exf4 32. a6 Bc8 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34.
Rxf4 $16) 32. a6 Bc8 33. Raf2 Qe8 (33... exf4 34. Nd4 Ra8 35. Bxf4 $16) 34.
fxe5 dxe5 35. Nd4 $1 exd4 36. Qxd4 $6 (36. Bxb8 Be3 37. Bxa7 Bd7 38. Rb1 f5
$132 39. e5 Qxe5 40. Bxb6 $18) 36... Ra8 (36... Bd7 37. Rxf6 Kg8 (37... Kh7 38.
Bxb8 Qxb8 39. Rxf8 Bxf8 40. Rf7+ $18) 38. Bxb8 Qxb8 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Rff6 Rxf6
41. Qxf6 Qf8 42. Kh1 Bxb5 43. Qxf8 Bxf8 44. Rxb6 $18) 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 $2 {
This looks like a time trouble move, while stubborn would severely question
the wisdom of piece sacrifice with 36.Qxd4?!} (37... Be3+ $2 38. Qxe3 Rxf6 39.
Qd4 $18) (37... Kg8 $1 38. Rxf8+ (38. Bd6 Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Bg7 (39... Qxe4 $2 40.
Qd8+ Kh7 41. Rf7+ Bg7 42. Qf6 $18) 40. Qxh4 Bd7 $15) 38... Bxf8 39. d6 Be6 40.
e5 Qxb5 41. Qxh4 $15) 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 (38... Kh7 39. Be5 Be3+ (39... Bd7 40. Qf7+
$18) 40. Kh1 Bh6 41. Rc1 $18) 39. Be5 Kh7 40. Rf3 g5 41. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
Bb7 8. Nd2 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. e3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rh6 Nbd7 14.
Qa4 Kf8 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Rh1 e5 $6 {This unfortunate move is weakening f5
square, black probably has to wait with this advance, untill white plays e3-e4
himself.} (16... c5 17. f3 a6 $13) 17. f3 a6 18. Bd3 $1 Rh8 (18... e4 $5 19.
fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Be5+ dxe5 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Rh7+ Kf8 24.
Bd5 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxa6 Nf6 $14) 21... Qxe4 22. Qxd7 Rgd8 $1 (22...
Qxe3+ 23. Kb2 Qxg3 24. Rdf1 Qxg2+ 25. Kb3 Raf8 26. Qf5 $18) 23. Qxc7 (23. Qh3
Rh8 24. Be5+ dxe5 25. Qg3 $14) 23... Rac8 24. Qa7 Ra8 (24... Qxe3+ 25. Kb2 Qxg3
26. Rdf1 Rf8 27. Qe7 $18) 25. Be5+ $1 dxe5 (25... Qxe5 26. Rh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxf7+
Qg7 28. Rh1#) 26. Qe7 Qxe3+ 27. Kb2 Qf4 28. g3 $1 (28. Rhf1 Re8 29. Qc7 Rec8
$13) 28... Re8 29. gxf4 Rxe7 30. fxe5 $16) 19. Bf5 {'+/=!' Wells. Wells:
'Difficult for black to play around this piece, and the solution he seeks with
...Nh5 does not solve his problems in the centre either. Note that black has
to maintain a constant vigilance against a possible c5 break.'} Rxh1 20. Rxh1
Rh8 21. Rxh8 Kxh8 22. e4 Nh5 $2 {With the age Karpov becomes impatient, with
all probability he missed the strength of the white's "c" pawn advance with
serious positional consequences.} (22... Kg7 23. Bf2 $14) 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24.
Bxd7 (24. Bxe5+ dxe5 25. Bxd7 exd4 26. cxd4 Nf4 $132) 24... Nxg3 25. dxe5 Ne2+
(25... dxe5 26. c5 $1 b5 (26... bxc5 27. Nb3 $16) 27. c6 Ba8 28. Nb3 $16) 26.
Kc2 Nf4 27. exd6 cxd6 28. g3 Nh5 29. Nf1 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Bacrot is showing a
mercy for his great opponent, poradoxally even in this position white can get
huge advantage with the pawn advance to c5. The difficult part was the massive
overprotection of that square with black pawns.} (29. g4 Nf4 30. c5 $3 bxc5 (
30... dxc5 31. Nc4 Kg7 (31... b5 32. Nd6 Ba8 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34. Nxg5 Kf6 35.
Nh7+ Kg7 36. Bf5 $18) 32. Nxb6 Ng6 33. Na4 $1 c4 34. Nc5 $16) 31. Nc4 d5 32.
Nd6 dxe4 $5 33. fxe4 (33. Nxb7 $4 exf3 $19) 33... Ba8 34. Bc8 $1 Kg7 (34... a5
35. Bb7 Bxb7 36. Nxb7 $16) 35. Bxa6 $16) 29... Nf6 30. Bf5 g4 $1 31. Bxg4 Nxg4
32. fxg4 Bxe4+ 33. Kd2 Kg7 34. Ke3 Bg2 35. Nd2 Kf6 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. a3 Bh3 38.
g5 Bf5 (38... d5 $2 39. cxd5+ Kxd5 40. g4 Bg2 41. Kf5 $16) (38... Bg2 39. Ne4
Bf1 40. Nd2 Bg2 41. g4 Ke7 42. Kf5 Bh3 43. Ne4 Bf1 44. g6 fxg6+ 45. Kxg6 Bd3
46. Kf5 Bxc4 $11) 39. Ne4 Bg6 40. Nf6 $1 Bd3 {Karpov very correrctly guessed
that thanks to the pair of white double pawns he will have excellent chances
for a draw.} (40... b5 41. Nd5 bxc4 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Nxa6 $16) 41. Nd5 Bxc4 42.
Nxb6 Bb3 43. c4 Bc2 44. Ke3 a5 (44... Kf5 $2 45. Kd4 Kxg5 46. Kd5 Kg4 47. Kxd6
Kxg3 48. c5 $18) 45. Kd4 Bd1 46. Nd5 Bf3 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Nb5 Kc6 49. Nc3 Kd7
50. Ke3 Bg4 51. Nd5 Bf5 52. Kd4 Bb1 53. Nc3 (53. c5 Kc6 54. cxd6 Kxd6 55. Ne3
Kc6 56. Nc4 Kb5 57. Nd6+ Ka4 58. Nxf7 Kxa3 59. Ne5 a4 (59... Kb3 $2 60. g6 a4
61. Nd3 $18) 60. g6 Kb4 61. g7 Bh7 62. Nd3+ Kb5 63. Kc3 Kc6 $11) 53... Bc2 54.
Kd5 Bf5 55. Ne2 Be6+ 56. Kd4 Kc6 57. Nc1 Kb6 58. Nb3 Ka6 $6 (58... Bf5 59. Kd5
Be6+ 60. Kxd6 Bxc4 61. Nd4 Ba2 62. g4 Bb1 63. Ke7 Ba2 64. Nf5 Kb5 65. Nd6+ Ka4
66. Nxf7 Bb1 67. Ne5 Kxa3 68. g6 Bxg6 69. Nxg6 a4 70. Ne5 Kb4 71. g5 a3 72.
Nd3+ Kc3 73. Nc1 Kb2 $11) 59. Nd2 Kb6 60. Nf3 $1 Bf5 $2 {It seems, that only
this move is costing half a point. Bacrot will manage to address f7 square and
even rush back with a king to stop the rush of a black's "a" pawn.} (60... Bg4
61. Nh4 Bh5 62. Kd5 Kc7 63. c5 dxc5 64. Kxc5 a4 65. Nf5 $16) 61. Kd5 Be6+ (
61... Kc7 62. Nd4 Bd7 63. Nb5+ $18) 62. Kxd6 Bxc4 63. Ne5 Bb3 64. Ke7 Kb5 65.
Nxf7 Bc2 66. Nd6+ (66. Ne5 Ka4 67. g6 Bxg6 (67... Kxa3 68. g7 Bh7 69. Ng4 Bg8
70. Kf8 Bb3 71. Nh6 a4 72. Nf7 $18) 68. Nxg6 Kxa3 69. Ne5 Kb3 (69... a4 70. Nd3
Ka2 71. Kd6 a3 72. Nb4+ Kb3 73. Kc5 $18) 70. Kd6 a4 71. Kc5 a3 (71... Kc3 72.
Nc4 Kd3 73. g4 Ke4 74. Kb4 Kf4 75. Ne3 $18) 72. Nd3 a2 73. Nc1+ Kc2 74. Nxa2
Kd3 75. Nc3 $1 Ke3 76. Kd5 Kf3 77. Ne4) 66... Ka4 67. Nc4 Bb3 (67... Kb5 68.
Ne5 (68. Nxa5 $2 Kxa5 69. Kf6 (69. Kf7 Bb3+ 70. Kf8 Bc2) 69... Ka4 70. g6 Kxa3
71. g7 Bb3 72. Ke7 Kb4 73. g4 Kc5 74. g5 Kd4 75. Kf8 Ke5 $11) 68... Ka4 69. g6
Bxg6 70. Nxg6 Kxa3 71. Ne5 $18) 68. Nxa5 $1 (68. Nxa5 $1 Kxa5 69. g6 Ka4 70. g7
Kxa3 71. Kf8 Kb4 72. g8=Q Bxg8 73. Kxg8 Kc5 74. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. d5 $1
{Almasi finds courage to sacrifice the central pawn, black can not
underestimate the dangers of the position.} exd5 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 (9...
e5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bf5 Qe7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Qe7
16. Qb3 Rhb8 17. Rab1 Ke8 18. f4 {1-0 Javakhishvili,L-Campos Calvo,S/Pedrido
2004/ (55)}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qb3 O-O 12. e4 d6 13. Be2 Ba6 14. O-O exd5 15.
exd5 Bc8 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Rae1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Izoria,Z/
Belfort 2004/ (45)}) (8... d6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nde4 g5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg3
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 e5 14. h4 e4 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 18. Qc2
Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qg7 20. Bxd6 Rfe8 21. f3 b5 22. e4 {1-0 Borovikov,V-Azarov,S/
Pardubice 2004/ (48)}) (8... Qe7 9. Qc2 d6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. e4 O-O-O 12. Bd3
g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. Bc2 Ne5 18. Rde1 g4 {
1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Naiditsch,A/Izmir 2004/ (43)}) (8... O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7
11. f4 a6 12. O-O exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd2 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qxd2 Re8 16. Rae1 Re6
17. h3 Rb8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qd4+ 21. Qe3 Qxh4 22. Rf4 {
1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Perunovic,M/Mallorca 2004 (22)}) 9. cxd5 Qe7 (9... g5 10.
Bg3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a3 Ba5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bc4 d5 15. exd5 O-O 16. O-O
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nb3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Nc6 20. Rd6 c4 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 22. Rxh6
Kg7 23. Rd6 {1-0 Gelashvili,T-Berkes,F/Aghia Pelagia 2004/ (30)}) 10. Qc2 O-O
11. e4 $146 {[%mdl 4] Very interesting novelty, since black will now be
obliged to play the weakening move g7-g5.} (11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd5 13. e4
Bc6 14. f4 d6 15. Re1 g5 16. fxg5 Nh7 17. Bg3 (17. e5 Nxg5 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Bc4
b5 20. Rhf1 Qg7 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Re7 Rae8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 {
1-0 Jobava,B-Zhang Zhong/Mallorca 2004 (40)}) 17... Nxg5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Nc4 Rd8
20. Ne3 Ng7 21. Bc4 Nd7 22. Ng4 Rf8 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26.
Ng4 {1-0 Milov,V-Parligras,M/Antalya 2004/ (26)}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Bxd5 14. O-O-O Bxe4 (14... Nxe4 15. Re1 f5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. Rxe7 Nxh1 18.
Bc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 $18) (14... Bc6 15. e5 Nh5 16. Nc4 $14) 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 (15...
Nxe4 16. Bc4 $1 $18) 16. Bd3 Qc6 (16... Qxg2 17. h4 g4 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Bf4 Rh8
20. h5 $18) 17. h4 $1 {White clearly aims to exploit the sensitive nature of
the enemy's kingside.} g4 (17... c4 18. Bf5 d5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. f3 Kg7 21. Qd2
$18) 18. Qd2 Kg7 (18... c4 19. Qxh6 cxd3 20. Be5 Qe4 (20... d2+ 21. Rxd2 Qe4
22. Qxf6 Qh7 23. Rd4 $18) 21. Qxf6 Qh7 22. h5 $18) 19. Bf4 Nh5 (19... Rh8 20.
h5 Ne4 21. Be5+ f6 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rhe1 Qf5 25. Qd6+ Qe6 26.
Qf4+ $18) 20. Be4 Qf6 (20... Qxe4 21. Bxh6+ Kg8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24.
Qxh5 Qf4+ 25. Kb2 Qxf2+ 26. Kb1 $18) 21. Bxh6+ $1 {Balogh is punished for the
undeveloped queenside, the whole line seems to be extremely dangerous for
black.} Qxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kxh6 23. Bxa8 Nf4 (23... Nc6 24. Rd6+ Kh7 25. Bxc6 dxc6
26. Re1 $18) 24. Rhe1 c4 (24... Nc6 25. Rd6+ Kh5 26. Bxc6 dxc6 27. Re5+ $18)
25. Rd6+ Kh5 26. Re5+ f5 (26... Kxh4 27. Rh6+ $18) 27. Be4 Kxh4 (27... g3 28.
fxg3 Ne2+ 29. Kd2 Nxg3 30. Rd4 Nxe4+ 31. Rdxe4 Nc6 $18) 28. Rxf5 $1 (28. Bxf5
Nc6 29. Rb5 a6 30. g3+ Kh3 31. Rxb6 Rxf5 32. gxf4 Rxf4 $14) 28... Rxf5 29. Bxf5
g3 30. fxg3+ Kxg3 31. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tishin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. e4 {Positionally
very committing move, since white has now many pawns on the white squares.} (
13. Rh2 Qe7 14. Be2 O-O-O (14... f5 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Kf7 17. g4 Kg6 18.
gxf5+ exf5 19. g4 f4 20. Ke2 Rae8 21. Kd3 fxe3 22. fxe3 Rhf8 23. Rch1 {1-0
Fedder,S-Kopec,D/Copenhagen 1982/ (43)}) 15. Bf3 f5 16. Qa4 (16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17.
Qf3+ Kb8 18. Nb3 c5 19. a4 Rc8 20. a5 cxd4 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Na5 d5 23. cxd5
Qa3 {0-1 Lyner,A-Gebhard,T/Bad Wiessee 1997/ (23)}) 16... a6 (16... g4 17.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Rb1 e5 19. Nb3 Nb8 20. c5 dxc5 21. dxc5 {1-0 Rashkovsky,
N-Kovacs,I/Eger 1988/ (29)}) 17. Rb1 e5 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Nb3 Ka7 20. Qc6 Rb8
21. Qxc7+ Rb7 22. Qc6 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Nd2 e4 25. Qd1 h5 26. Rh1 h4 {
0-1 Hardicsay,P-Toth,P/Salgotarjan 1977/ (45)}) 13... Qe7 14. Bd3 O-O-O (14...
e5 15. Qf3 c5 $11) 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Rb1 f5 17. Kd1 (17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Rg1 exf5+
19. Kd1 Bh3 $15) 17... Qf7 18. exf5 (18. f3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 g4 21.
Rf1 $11) 18... exf5 19. f3 h5 {Obukhov plans to open up the kingside and get
access to the unsufficiently protected pawn structure.} 20. Qb5 Rdf8 (20... c5
21. a4 (21. Qb2 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 gxh4 $15) 21... Rhe8 22. Qb3 Re3 23.
Qc2 $11) 21. a4 a5 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nc4 cxd4 (23... Nf6 24. Nxa5 Nd5 25. Kd2
cxd4 26. cxd4 $14) 24. Nxa5 (24. cxd4 Qg7 25. Nxa5 (25. Qb2 h4 26. Nxa5 hxg3
27. Re1 Bd5 $19) 25... Qxd4 26. Nxb7 Kxb7 27. Ke2 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Re5 $17) 24...
dxc3 25. Nxb7 Qa2 $1 {An elegant refutation of the white's attack. Suddenly
the target becomes clear and turns out to be white king!} 26. Bc2 (26. Ke1 Qxg2
$19) 26... Kxb7 27. a5 (27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Nc5 29. Rxc3 Rd8+ 30. Kc1 Rd5 $17
) 27... Rd8 (27... Rd8 28. Qxf5 Rhe8 29. Be4+ Ka7 30. Qxg5 Rxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6
15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qxe6 Qxe6 17. dxe6 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rde8 19. f3 Nxe6 {This middle
game position is quite playable for black due to white's weak c pawns and
opposite coloured bishops. On the other hand only white can reasonably try for
more than a draw.} 20. e4 Nc5 21. Rfe1 Nd3 22. Re2 Ne5 (22... Ba6 23. Nb5 Kd7
24. Rd1 Ne5 25. a4 Nxc4 26. Nxa7 $14) 23. Nb5 (23. c5 bxc5 24. Nf5 Nc4 25. Kf2
$14) (23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rb1 Rc5 $11) 23... Nxc4 (23... a6 24. Na3 (24. Bxe5
dxe5 25. Na3 Rd8 $11) 24... g4 25. Rf1 Rhf8 26. Re3 gxf3 27. gxf3 Rf7 $13) 24.
Nxa7+ Kd7 25. Nb5 Ra8 (25... h5 26. h4 Rhg8 27. Kf2 $14) 26. e5 dxe5 (26... Ra5
27. e6+ Ke7 28. Nd4 Rf8 29. h4 $14) 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] It is very
difficult to excuse this strategical blunder, since black had to relay on the
activity of his pieces.} (27... Rhe8 $1 28. Rd1+ Kc6 (28... Kc8 29. Bf6 $18)
29. Nd4+ Kc5 30. Rde1 Nxe5 31. Rxe5+ Rxe5 32. Rxe5+ Kc4 33. Re7 $14) 28. Rxe5
Rae8 29. Rd1+ Kc8 (29... Kc6 $2 30. Na7#) 30. Rde1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Kd7 (31... Rd8
32. Nd4 Ba6 33. a4 $16) 32. Rf5 Ba6 (32... Rh7 33. a4 c6 34. Nd4 c5 35. Nb5 $16
) 33. a4 Bxb5 (33... Rh7 34. Kf2 Re7 35. Rf6 $16) 34. axb5 Ke6 35. g4 Rd8 36.
Kf2 Rd2+ (36... Rd3 37. h4 $1 gxh4 38. Rh5 $16) 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. h4 $1 {This is
the reason why the rook endgame is very questionable for black, white attacks
kingside pawns.} gxh4+ (38... Rxc3 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 $18) 39. Kxh4 Rxc3
40. Kh5 Rc5 41. Kg6 c6 (41... Rxf5 42. gxf5+ Ke7 43. Kg7 $18) 42. bxc6 Rxc6 43.
Rf6+ Kd5 44. Rxc6 Kxc6 45. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. O-O (13. Qa4 Nf4 14.
Bf1 Kf8 15. h4 Kg7 16. h5 e5 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bh3 Rhd8 19. Nf1 Qf6 20. Ne3 Qxf3
21. Bg2 Qf6 22. O-O Kh7 23. Qd1 Ng7 24. Nd5 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Pavlov,A /Novgorod
1997/ (37)}) (13. g3 O-O-O (13... f5 14. Qe2 f4 (14... fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 Kf7 17. O-O Nhf6 18. Qd3 Kg7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nc4 {1-0
Petkov,V-Iotov,V/Vila de Marin 2005/ (31)}) 15. a4 e5 16. a5 c5 (16... Kf7 17.
c5 dxc5 18. Bc4+ Kg6 19. a6 Bc8 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. Qb5 cxd4 22. cxd4 c5 {1/2-1/2
Zaja,I-Franic,M/Velika Gorica 2005/ (35)}) 17. Bc2 O-O 18. Ba4 Ndf6 19. g4 Ng7
20. h4 Ne6 21. d5 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P-Akopian,V/Moscow 2005/ (49)}) (13...
Ng7 14. Qe2 c5 15. h4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O f6 17. Rh2 Rhg8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rdh1
Ne8 20. g4 Nf8 21. Bg3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,A-Bykhovsky,A /Porto Carras
2005/ (64)}) 14. Qe2 Rde8 15. a4 a5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Ba6 e5 18. d5 Nb8 19. Bxb7+
Kxb7 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nc4 Kc8 22. O-O Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Livshits,R-Roussel Roozmon,T/
Montreal 2003/ (49)}) 13... Nf4 14. Nb3 {Stojanovski can lean back on a solid
position in the center and chances on the kingside.} (14. Bc2 h5 15. Re1 Rg8
16. Nf1 O-O-O 17. Qd2 Nf8 18. Ne3 N8g6 19. Rf1 Qf6 20. Kh1 Qg7 21. Be1 h4 22.
a4 a5 23. Qf2 Qf8 24. Bd2 Nh5 25. Rfb1 Ngf4 26. h3 Ng3+ {0-1 Jobava,B-Delgado,
N/Havana 2005/ (56)}) 14... h5 15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bf1 O-O-O 17. g3 $6 {Moiseenko
should have probably refrained from pushing the knight away as it speeds up
black's play on the kingside.} (17. Qd2 h4 18. Be3 Qf6 19. a4 a5 20. Rab1 $14)
17... Ng6 18. a4 a5 19. c5 $5 {White is rushing the opening of the play and
his goal is an access to the black king.} (19. Rb1 h4 $13) 19... dxc5 20. Rb1
Nb8 (20... h4 21. Qe2 hxg3 22. hxg3 g4 23. Nxa5 gxf3 24. Qb5 Nf4 25. Nxb7 Kxb7
$13) 21. Qc2 (21. Qe2 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc6 23. Rec1 $13) 21... cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc6
23. Rec1 Nb4 (23... Kb8 24. Nc5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxb7 Kxb7 27. Qc6+ Ka7 (
27... Kb8 28. Ba6 $18) 28. Qxc7+ Qxc7 29. Rxc7+ Ka8 30. Rxb6 $16) 24. Qb2 g4
25. d5 $1 {The position becomes very complex, white must rush his attack as
his king protection is falling apart.} Rd6 (25... gxf3 26. Bxb6 $18) (25... Kb8
26. Nxa5 $1 bxa5 27. Bc5 Qg5 (27... Qd7 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Qxb4 $18) 28. f4 Nxf4
29. Bxb4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 axb4 31. Bf1 exd5 32. Qxb4 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qb6 34. Qc3 $18)
26. e5 Rxd5 $2 {It was time to think about original solutions with piece
sacrifice 26...Nxe5.} (26... Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxd5 28. Qe3 Kb8 $14) 27. Bxb6 Nxe5
(27... Nc6 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Nxa5 30. Ba6 c6 31. Qb5 Qc7 32. Bxb7+ $18)
28. Rxc7+ Qxc7 29. Bxc7 Nxf3+ 30. Kh1 $2 {This move throws away the advantage,
white king will not be safe under the spell of the bishop on b7.} (30. Kf2 $1
Kxc7 31. Qc3+ Nc6 32. Bb5 $16) 30... Kxc7 31. Nxa5 Rd2 (31... Nd2 32. Rc1+ Rc5+
33. Nxb7 Rxc1 34. Qxc1+ Kxb7 35. Qxd2 $18) 32. Qc3+ Bc6 33. Bg2 (33. Nxc6 $4
Rxh2#) 33... Rgd8 34. Qxb4 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Bf1 Rxf1+ $2 {Stojanovski
has not appreciated the potential of his grip on white king, much better move
36...Bd5! would force white to accept the draw by perpetual check.} (36... Bd5
$1 37. Qe7+ (37. Kg2 $2 Rd2+ 38. Be2 Rxe2+ 39. Kf1 Rc2 $17) 37... Kc8 38. Qe8+
Kc7 39. Qe7+ $11) 37. Kg2 Rd1 (37... Nd2+ 38. Nxc6 $18) 38. Kf2 (38. Nxc6 $2
Ne1+ $1 39. Kf2 Nd3+ 40. Ke2 Nxb4 $19) 38... Bd5 39. Nc4 {White chances are
excellent again and his attack on the black king will decide.} Rc1 (39... Bxc4
40. Qxc4+ Kd8 41. a5 $18) 40. Qe7+ Kc6 (40... Kc8 41. Nb6+ Kb8 42. Qe8+ Kb7 43.
Nxd5 exd5 44. Qxf7+ $18) 41. Qd6+ Kb7 42. Qd7+ Ka6 (42... Kb8 43. Ne3 $18) 43.
Qc8+ Ka7 (43... Bb7 44. Qc5 $18) 44. Qc7+ Bb7 45. Qb6+ Ka8 46. Nd6 Bd5 47. Nb5
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e4
Nxe4 $5 {Black is accepting the challenge of snapping the central pawn, the
line promises white two bishops.} 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 (10. Qf3 Qc8 11. Qxc3
Kxe7 12. d5 Kf8 13. O-O-O d6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. f4 Qd8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Ng3 exd5
18. Bf3 c5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 {0-1 Wells,P (2506)-Rowson,J (2494)/York
2000/ (41)}) 10... Nxd1 11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12. a4 (12. Bd6 Na4 13. Ba3 d6 14. Bxd6
Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Rc1 Nf5 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. dxe6 fxe6
21. f3 Kf7 22. Kf2 {1-0 Zhorzholiani,M (2019)-Ignacz,M (2265)/Herceg Novi 2005/
(56)}) 12... d5 13. cxd5 (13. c5 Kd7 14. Bg3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Nosenko,A 
(2478)-Smirnov,I (2478)/Alushta 2003/}) 13... exd5 14. Ra2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4
16. Bxc4 Kd7 17. Bf4 Rc8 (17... Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Rb2 Nxd5 20. Rd2 Ke6 21. O-O
Rhd8 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Be5+ Kg6 25. Bd3+ f5 26. g4 Kf7 27. gxf5 Rc8
{1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D (2484)-Lutz,C (2595)/Saint Vincent 2000/ (34)}) 18. Bb5+ (
18. Bd3 Re8+ 19. Re2 Rxe2+ 20. Kxe2 g5 $1 21. Be5 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. h4 Nc6
$11) 18... Bc6 19. Kd2 a6 $2 {This move seems to be a bit reckless to me,
since black will now suffer due to the weak pawns on a6, b6. White will have
good chances to benefit from two strong bishops.} (19... g5 20. Bg3 a6 21. Bd3
$16) (19... Kd8 $5 20. f3 Bd5 21. Re1 Nc6 22. Rb2 f6 23. Ba6 Nxd4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8
25. Re3 $14) 20. Bd3 Kd8 21. Re1 (21. f3 Nd7 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Rb2 $14) 21... Bd5
(21... Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rb2 g5 24. Rxb6 Nd7 25. Rd6 Bb3 26. Bg3 $16) 22.
Rb2 Nd7 23. Be5 $6 {I find it hard to approve of this move as white is
transforming his advantage but gives up the bishops pair.} (23. f3 $1 $14)
23... Nxe5 24. Rxe5 (24. dxe5 Rc6 25. Reb1 Kc7 26. Ke3 f6 $11) 24... Bxg2 25.
Rxb6 Rc6 26. Rb1 (26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. a5 Ra7 28. h4 $14) 26... Rf6 27. Rg1 Bc6 (
27... Rxf2+ $2 28. Ke3 Ra2 29. Rxg2 $1 Rxg2 30. Be4 $18) 28. Rxg7 Rxf2+ 29. Ke3
Rf3+ (29... Rxh2 30. d5 $1 Bb7 31. Rxf7 Bc8 32. d6 $18) 30. Ke2 Rf6 31. Bc4 Ra7
(31... Rf4 32. Rc5 Bh1 33. Kd3 Rf3+ 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 $16) 32. Rg8+ $6 {
[%mdl 2048] Wojtaszek was hoping to get similar position with better pieces
and lot of creative tension. With unpleasant move 32.a5! he might have
justified the parting with dark squared bishop on the 23.move.} (32. a5 $1 $16)
32... Kd7 33. Rf8 (33. a5 Rb7 34. Bxa6 Rb2+ 35. Ke1 (35. Kd3 Rf3+ 36. Kc4 Rc2+
$11) 35... Rxh2 $14) 33... Bxa4 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Bxf7 Kd8 (35... Bb5+ 36. Ke3
Ra8 37. Rh5 Rf8 $14) 36. Bc4 Bd7 (36... Rb7 $1 37. Bxa6 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rxh2 $14)
37. Ra5 (37. Kd3 a5 38. Rh5 a4 39. Rxh6 a3 40. Ba2 Rb7 41. h4 Rb2 42. Bd5 $16)
37... Rb7 38. Rxa6 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 {White is left only with nominally better
position, his big advantage has completely dissipated.} 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. Ra7 (
41. d5 Rh4+ 42. Kd3 Bh3 $11) 41... Rh4+ 42. Ke3 (42. Ke5 Rh5+ $11) 42... Rh3+
43. Ke4 Rh4+ 44. Ke3 Rh3+ 45. Kd2 Kd8 (45... Kd6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. d5 Bf5 48.
d6+ Kd7 49. Bb5+ Ke6 50. d7+ Ke7 51. Rd6 Bxd7 52. Rxd7+ $16) 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47.
Ra7 Kd8 48. d5 Rf3 49. d6 Rf6 50. Ra6 Bc8 51. Rb6 h5 52. Ba6 Bxa6 53. Rxa6 Kd7
54. Ke3 Rxd6 55. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 e5 12. e4
Nf8 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Bf2 Nf4 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. Bc2 O-O 17. a4 a5 18. h4 g6 19. Qd2
$14 {Piket,Je-Lim,M/Adelaide WchJ/1988/}) 11... e5 12. e4 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ng6 14.
Bf2 Nf4 15. Ne3 O-O {N} (15... N6h5 16. Bf1 g6 {Benjamin,J-Arnason,J/Novi Sad
ol/1990/} 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bg2 $14 {Benjamin,J}) 16. Bf1 (16. O-O N6h5 $132)
16... Rfe8 17. g3 (17. d5 {Kortschnoj} Nd7 18. g3 Ng6 19. h4 $13) 17... Bxe4 $5
(17... Ne6 18. Bg2 $14) 18. fxe4 (18. gxf4 exf4 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Rg1 fxe3 21.
Bg3 e2 22. Bxe2 Qe3 23. Rf1 (23. Kf1 Ne4 $19) 23... Qxc3+ 24. Kf2 Qe3+ 25. Ke1
Ne4 26. Rf3 Qg1+ 27. Rf1 Qg2 $19) (18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. gxf4 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Bc2 21.
Qc1 Nh5 $17) 18... exd4 19. Qxd4 (19. gxf4 dxe3 (19... Qxe4 $6 20. Bg2 Qxg2 21.
Rg1 Qxh2 22. Qxd4 $36) 20. Bh4 Qxe4 21. Rg1 Qxf4 $17) (19. cxd4 Nxe4 (19...
Qxe4 20. Rg1 Ng4 21. Qxg4 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Nxf2 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 $14) 20. Bg1 (20. Qf3
d5 $1 21. c5 Qf6 22. Qxf4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qb4+ 24. Ke2 d4 $40) (20. gxf4 Nxf2 21.
Kxf2 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 Qxf4 (22... Re6 23. Bd3 Qxf4 24. Rf1) 23. Be2 Qg5+ 24. Kf1
Re6 $40) 20... Qg5 (20... d5 21. Qb3 $1) 21. d5 (21. gxf4 $2 Qh4+ 22. Ke2 Nc3+
$19) (21. Qf3 $2 Qa5+) 21... Ng6 $14 (21... Qf6 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. gxf4 Qb4+ 24.
Ke2 Nc3+ 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Kf3 $16) (21... Nc3 22. Qc1 Nfxd5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24.
Bg2 Nxe3 25. Bxa8 Nc2+ 26. Kd1 Re1+ 27. Kxc2 Qf5+ 28. Kd2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 $18))
19... c5 (19... Nxe4 20. Nf5 $1) 20. Qd2 (20. Nf5 Qe6 (20... Qb7 $1 {Kortschnoj
} 21. Nxd6 (21. Nxh6+ Kh7) 21... Qc6 22. Qe3 (22. Qd1 Rxe4+ $19) 22... Qxd6 $19
) 21. Qxd6 Qxf5 22. gxf4 Nxe4 $19) (20. Qd1 Nxe4 21. gxf4 (21. Bg1 Nxc3 22. Qc2
Nfd5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 27. Kd2 Rae8 $15)
21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 Qxf4 24. Qf3 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 d5 $40) 20... Nxe4
21. Qc2 (21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+ $19) (21. Qc1 $5 Qf6 22. gxf4
Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 24. Ke2 Re5 (24... Qxc4+ 25. Kd2 Qf4 26. Qe1 d5 27. Qg3)
25. Rg1 $13) 21... Qf6 $1 (21... Nxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 24. Kd2 Rf3
25. gxf4 $14) 22. Bg1 $2 (22. gxf4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 24. Kg2 Rxe3 $17) (22.
Rc1 $1 d5 (22... Ng6 23. Bg2) 23. gxf4 (23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxf2+ 25. Be2
Qf3 26. Rf1 Nd3+ 27. Kd1 Qxd5 28. Qxd3 Qxa2 $13) 23... Nxf2 24. Qxf2 d4 25.
cxd4 cxd4 26. Be2 Rxe3 27. O-O Rae8 $40) 22... Nxc3 23. gxf4 (23. Rc1 d5 $1 24.
Qxc3 d4 25. Qb3 Ng6 $40) 23... d5 $1 24. Bg2 (24. Rc1 d4 $40) 24... Rad8 25.
cxd5 (25. Rc1 d4) 25... Nxd5 26. O-O-O (26. Bxd5 Qxa1+ 27. Qd1 (27. Kf2 {
Kortschnoj} Qd4 $19) 27... Qd4 $1 $17) 26... Nxe3 (26... Qa1+ 27. Qb1 Qxb1+ 28.
Kxb1 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Nxd1 30. Nxd1 Re1 31. Bf3 Rd3 32. Bf2 (32. Bg4 f5 $19) 32...
Rdxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rxh1 $17) 27. Bxe3 (27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxe3 Qa1+ 29. Qb1 Qc3+
30. Qc2 Qxe3+ 31. Kb1 Qxf4) 27... Qa1+ 28. Qb1 Qc3+ 29. Qc2 Qxe3+ 30. Kb1 Rxd1+
(30... Qxf4 31. Bd5) 31. Rxd1 Qxf4 32. Bc6 (32. Bd5 Qb4+ 33. Qb2 Qxb2+ 34. Kxb2
g6 (34... Re2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Rf1 $132) 35. Rf1 Re7 $17) 32... Qb4+ 33. Ka1
Re1 $1 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kb2 g6 36. Bb5 (36. Be4 Kg7 $17) 36... Qb4+ 37. Qb3
Qxb3+ 38. Kxb3 f5 39. Kc3 (39. Kc4 Kf7 40. Kd5 Kf6 41. Kc6 Ke5 $1 42. Kb7 Kd4
43. Kxa7 c4 44. Kxb6 c3 45. Ba4 f4 46. Bd1 f3 47. a4 f2 $19) 39... Kf7 40. Kd3
g5 41. a4 Kf6 42. Be8 (42. h3 h5 43. Be8 h4 44. Bd7 Ke5 45. Ke3 c4 46. Bb5 c3
47. Bd7 c2 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Kxc2 g4 50. hxg4 (50. Kd2 gxh3 51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Kf1
h2 53. Bc6 f4 54. Ke2 a6 $19) 50... fxg4 51. Kd2 h3 52. Ke2 h2 53. Bc6 Kg3 54.
Ke3 a6 55. Ke2 b5 $19) 42... g4 43. Ke3 Kg5 44. Bb5 h5 45. Bf1 h4 46. h3 (46.
Bg2 f4+ 47. Ke4 (47. Kf2 f3 48. Bf1 Kf4) 47... f3 48. Bf1 h3 $1 49. Ke3 g3 50.
Kxf3 gxh2 $19) 46... g3 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kf4 c4 49. Ke3 c3 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Kxc3
Ke4 52. Kd2 Kf3 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 {The text move leads to a
strategically very complicated position with mutual chances.} (4... c5 {
is played a bit more often on the top level, but after a few games, starting
with Kramnik-Anand from Bonn, it's considered to be not so easy for Black.}) 5.
Bg5 h6 (5... Bb7 {is played more often.} 6. Nd2 {was what Bacrot chose
recently against A.Sokolov.} (6. e3)) 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 {Now we
are transposed into some line from 5...Bb7.} 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5
12. d5 Na6 {The critical position of this line. White has an extremely poor
pawn structure, but it's balanced by his two bishops and in a way better
development. The question is only if it's balanced or more than balanced.} 13.
Nd4 (13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 {is known to win a pawn, but to draw the game.}
) 13... Nac5 14. O-O Qe7 $1 {Novelty! I was very much afraid that I would not
be able to find the deep point of the move, but in fact it turned out to be
simple.} ({after the main move} 14... Qf6 {White usually goes} 15. f3 {and now
Black has to take on g3, since taking on d3 is bad - which is not the case
with queen on e7!} Nxg3 (15... Nxd3 $2 16. fxe4 Nc5 17. e5 $1 {and Black will
be crushed.}) 16. hxg3) 15. f3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 (16. fxe4 Nc5 {still looks a bit
dangerous for Black, but I will trust my engine and that of Topalov, which say
that it's fine.}) 16... Nc5 17. Qc2 O-O 18. dxe6 Qh7 $1 {Beautiful defensive
move. Now it's clear that the e6 pawn is in danger, and that means that White
is in strategical danger as well.} 19. e4 $5 f4 $1 {Black doesn't need to
enter any complications yet.} (19... fxe4 20. f4 $1 {is very double edged and
probably around equal.}) 20. Bf2 Rae8 21. a4 {White's problem is that he
doesn't really have a clear plan.} g4 $5 {Good move, in Topalov style. He
doesn't want to play it slow, he just goes for it!} ({I am curious what would
have been played by Bacrot after the automatic} 21... a5 $5 {for example} 22.
Qa2 Qg6 {with advantage for Black}) 22. fxg4 {A mistake, but white is already
under big pressure.} (22. a5 $5 {would be a nice way to show how fearless you
are, but I can imagine that there in China, playing Topalov, you have some
other ideas than that. And well, even objectively it's dangerous -} gxf3 23.
gxf3 Nxe4 $1 {and even though white doesn't have to take the knight, still he
is in danger.}) (22. Nf5 {is also not helping much -} Nxe6 23. fxg4 Ng5 $1 {
with attack.}) 22... Bxe4 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. h3 h5 25. Bh4 Nxe6 $2 {I suppose
Topalov was intending to play the winning line, but then he saw some ghosts
there and he decided to play it safe.} (25... hxg4 $1 {is of course natural
and must have been Topalov's initial thought. I can imagine that with the pawn
on e7 you may see some ghosts there, but the computer tells me that
objectively the position is just winning for Black.} 26. e7 Rf7 27. Rxf4 Rxf4
28. Qxf4 gxh3 29. g4 (29. Qg5 {is best} Qxg5 30. Bxg5 Bxg2 {and the endgame
should be won for Black.}) 29... Nd3 30. Qg3 Ne5 $1 31. Qxh3 c5 {with a
crushing attack.}) 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxf4 (27. gxh5 $5 {would be more
ambitious, but I can imagine that Etienne was already happy with a draw.})
27... Rxf4 28. Qxf4 hxg4 29. Re1 $5 Qg6 (29... gxh3 $5 30. Re3 {looks a bit
dangerous for Black, but again, with computer play he is easily holding.} Kg7
$1) 30. hxg4 Bc6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Bd8 $1 {Now it's clear that Black is
unable to keep his pawns, and so the draw is inevitable.} Qb1+ 33. Qf1 Qxf1+
34. Kxf1 Bxa4 35. Bxc7 Bb3 36. Bxd6 Bxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 (12... g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 (
13... Nd7 14. O-O Rf8 15. a4 a5 16. Rf4 Qg5 17. Qe2 h5 18. Raf1 $16 {Grooten,
Herman-Schwartz/Dieren 1987 (29)}) 14. O-O Qxe3+ (14... Nd7 15. Rae1 $6 (15.
Rf4) 15... Rf8 16. Qa4 Qa5 17. Qc2 O-O-O $13 {Trapl,J-Nun,Ji/CSR-ch (10) 1986/
0-1 (85)}) 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Rf4 Rg8 17. Raf1 O-O-O 18. R1f2 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qe3 20.
Rxf7 Rdf8 21. Qe2 $14 {Spassky,B-Polugaevsky,L/URS-ch29 Baku (08) 1961 (42)}) (
12... Qe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. a4 Na5 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Rf2 f6 17. d5 e5 18. Nd2 Kb8
19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Ne3 {+/= Rashkovsky,N-Taimanov,M/URS 36/(614) 1983}) 13. O-O (
13. Be4 Bxe4 (13... c6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 h5 $132 {0-1 Du
Chattel,P-Hort,V/Utrecht 1986 (27)}) 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc6+ (15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O
Kg7 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. h3 Rae8 19. Rf2 e5 20. Raf1 Nh5 21. e4 $14 {Rashkovsky,
N-Short,N/Baku 1983/}) (15. Qc2 Qd7 16. O-O Qc6 17. d5 Qd7 18. Nd4 $16 {
Rashkovsky,N-Lisenko,A/Sverdlovsk 1989 (30)}) 15... Kf8 16. O-O Kg7 17. Nd2 Rf8
18. h3 Ng8 19. g4 Ne7 20. Qf3 f5 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Rashkovsky,N/URS-ch48 Vilnius
1980 (41)}) 13... Qe7 14. Rf2 (14. Be4 O-O-O (14... Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Nd2 (
16. Qd3 Qf6 17. Nd2 Qg6 $10 {Kumaran,D-Lev,R/London op 1989}) 16... c5 17. g4
Rac8 18. Rf2 Kg7 19. Raf1 $14 {Portisch,L-Popovic,P/Portoroz/Ljubljana (04)
1985 (38)}) 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. a4 a5 17. Qe4+ Ka7 18. Qc6 Nb8 19. Qb5 Nd7 20.
Qc6 Nb8 21. Qb5 Nd7 22. Qc6 Nb8 23. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Popov-Gunsberger/Varna ol 1962
}) (14. a4 a5 (14... O-O 15. a5 Nf6 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Kh1 Ng7 18. Rf2 f5 $10 {
Verdikhanov,V-Chepukaitis,G/S-Peterburg op 1994/}) 15. e4 (15. Be4 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 O-O 17. Qc6 f5 18. Qxc7 $4 Rfc8 19. Qb7 Qd8 $19 {Vaganjan,R-Plaskett,J/
London (12) 1986}) (15. Rf2 O-O-O 16. Be4 Ba6 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. e4 $16
{Campos Moreno,J-Rozentalis,E/Moscow olm (02) CHI-LTU ,CBM 45 1994/}) 15...
O-O-O 16. Nd2 g4 17. Rf4 h5 18. Nf1 Rdg8 19. Ne3 Qg5 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf5 e5 22.
Rff1 h4 23. d5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,Lev-Motwani,P/Troon 1984}) (
14. Qa4 O-O 15. e4 (15. Qc2 Kg7 16. g4 c5 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Rf2 $14 {Chuchelov,
V-Doery,J/Hamburg HSK (07) 1991 (46)}) 15... Kh8 16. Rae1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re3 e5 21. Qb5 {+/= Cebalo,M-Popovic,P/Zagreb/Rijeka
39/(652) 1985}) (14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Be4 h5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. a4 a5 18. Qe4+ Ka7
19. Rab1 f5 $4 20. Rxf5 $16 {Kumaran,Dharshan-Piper,Matthew/Oakham 1990/}) (14.
e4 O-O-O 15. Qf2 h5 16. Nd2 Rdf8 17. h3 Rh6 $6 18. Qe3 Rf6 19. Rfb1 h4 20. Nf3
$16 {Siegel,G-Eismont,O/Biel op(04) 1994 (46)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Be4 (15. Raf1
Rdf8 $5 (15... f5 16. Nd2 $1 Rdf8 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Rf8 20.
Re2 $1 Rf6 $14) 16. Be4 (16. Nd2 $5) 16... f5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nd2 Rf6 19.
Qa4 $5 (19. e4 Rhf8 20. exf5 exf5 21. Qd3 Kb8 22. Re2 Re6 $10) 19... h5 $1 20.
Rb1 h4 21. c5 (21. Nb3 Nb8 $1) (21. gxh4 Rxh4 22. g3 Rg4 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nb3
Nb8) (21. g4 fxg4 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. Nb3 Qh7 $1) 21... dxc5 (21... hxg3 $2 22.
c6+ Ka8 23. Qa6 $1 gxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rb8 25. Rb3 d5 26. Ra3 $16) 22. Nb3 (22. Nc4
Nb8 $1) 22... Qd6 $1 {Hjartarson,J-Hellers,F/Gausdal (zt) 43/664 (Hellers,F)
1987 (28)} 23. Na5+ Ka8 24. Nc6 Kb7 $10) (15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Nd2 g4 17. Be4 h5 18.
Bxb7 Kxb7 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. Qc2 Rdf8 21. Qe4+ c6 22. Rbf1 $14 {Hjartarson,
J-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik 1987/}) 15... Rhf8 (15... f5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. e4 $14
{Timman,J-Miles,A/Tilburg 40/656 1985}) 16. Re1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Kb8 {[%cal Yf7f5]
/\f7-f5} 18. Qh7 Rh8 19. Qc2 h5 20. e4 h4 $132 21. gxh4 gxh4 22. e5 Rdg8 23.
exd6 Qxd6 24. c5 Qc6 (24... bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 (25... Nxc5 26. Ne5 $16) 26. Nd4
$16) 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 bxc5 27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. Nxh4 Rg7 29. Rb2+ Kc8 30. Nf3
c6 31. h3 Kc7 32. g4 Nf6 33. dxc5 (33. dxc5 Ne4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 (9... Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 (11... e5 12. Qe2 (12. e4 {
-> game}) 12... Nf8 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 g5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bf2 Ng6 17. Qc2
Kf8 18. h4 Kg7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. O-O-O Ne7 21. Qa4 e4 22. Rhf1 Rh2 23. f4 Rxg2
24. fxg5 Qf3 25. Qd7 Nf5 26. g6 {Simonenko,S-Murzin,L/URS-chT 1988/0-1 (36)}) (
11... O-O-O 12. a4 e5 (12... a5 13. Qe2 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Rb1 c5 16. Be4 f5
17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. g3 Nhf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4+ Kc7 22. O-O Nf6
23. Qe2 e5 24. Rfe1 Rhe8 25. g4 Qd7 26. dxc5 dxc5 27. Red1 {Lautier,
J-Spraggett,K/Correze m (04) 1989/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 13. e4 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. g3
a5 16. Qb3 Ng7 17. O-O-O Ne6 18. Qa3 Qf6 19. c5 dxc5 20. d5 Ng7 21. Rhf1 Ne8
22. Be3 Nd6 23. Qb2 Qe7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qd6 26. h4 gxh4 27. gxh4 Kb8 28.
Qh2 Nf6 29. h5 Bc8 30. Qh4 Bd7 31. f4 Nxe4 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Rd3 Nd6 34. Bf4
Qe4 {0-1 Sandstrom,L-Brynell,S/Malmo 1988}) 12. Bf2 Nh5 (12... O-O-O 13. Qa4
Kb8 14. O-O-O c5 15. e4 Nh5 16. Rhe1 Nf4 17. Bf1 e5 18. Nb3 Nf6 19. Na1 $1 Rc8
20. Nc2 Rhd8 21. Ne3 h5 22. Nf5 $6 (22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 N4xd5 24. cxd5 Ne8
$16) 22... Qc7 $14 23. g3 Ng6 24. Be3 $5 Nh7 25. d5 Rh8 $10 26. Ng7 h4 27. Nf5
hxg3 28. hxg3 Rcg8 29. Bh3 Bc8 30. Rh1 Bd7 31. Qb3 f6 32. Bg4 Nhf8 33. a4 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Hjartarson,J/Beograd 44/653 (Gligoric,S) 1987}) (12... h5
13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 h4 15. h3 Nh5 16. Kd1 Kf8 17. Kc2 f5 18. Rae1 Kg7 19. Rhg1
Raf8 20. Kc1 e5 21. Qb1 Qf6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Nc4 Kh6 25. Rd1 Qe7 {
1-0 Schumacher,N-Cichy,M/2BLN 8889 Braunschweig-Hannover [7] 1989}) 13. Qa4 f5
14. h4 (14. g4 $5 Ng7 15. gxf5 (15. e4 fxg4 16. fxg4 h5 $13 {Maksimovic,
B-Cebalo,M/Jugoslavija (ch) 45/(650) 1988}) 15... exf5 16. O-O-O a6 17. Qc2 Qf7
18. Rhg1 O-O-O 19. h4 gxh4 20. Bxh4 $14 {Nesis-Yanosi, Corr. 1989/91}) 14...
Kf7 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. O-O-O a6 17. Qc2 (17. e4 f4 18. Rh3 Nhf6 19. Rdh1 Rxh3
20. Rxh3 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Rohde,M-Wilder,M/USA-ch 1988}) 17... Qf6 18. Rdf1 Ng7 19.
g4 Ke7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. e4 f4 22. Qb3 Ne6 23. c5 Rxh1 24. cxd6+ cxd6 25. Rxh1
Rh8 26. Rf1 Nc7 27. Re1 Kd8 28. a4 Kc8 {Sandstrom,L-Westerinen,H/Malmo 1988/1/
2-1/2 (43)}) 10. f3 (10. c5 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nf8 {/\Ng6 ><f4}
(12... g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 (13... Nf8 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ne3 Nf4 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+
Nxd7 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. Nd5 N6xd5 20. cxd5 f6 21. h4 Kf7 22. h5 Rhe8 23. O-O-O g4
24. fxg4 exd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxd6 Rac8 28. Bd4 $16 {Kumaran,
Dharshan-Kamsky,Gata/New York open (02) 1990/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 14. Nf1 (14. g3 Ng7
15. Qe2 h5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 Nf8 18. Rh2 Ng6 19. d5 O-O-O 20. Nf1 h4 21. g4
Qf6 22. Qe3 Kb8 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. O-O-O c6 25. Kb2 Nc7 26. Nb3 Na6 27. Rdh1 Rh7
28. Bf1 Rdh8 29. Be1 {1/2-1/2 Botvinnik,M-Keres,P/URS-ch12 Moscow 1940}) (14.
O-O Nf4 15. Bc2 h5 16. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow-A 1988})
14... exd4 (14... f5 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qh7 17. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Levitt,
J-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow-A 1988}) (14... Nf4 15. Ne3 g4 16. Bc2 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qg5
18. h4 Qf6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. h5 Ne6 21. Bh4 Ng5 22. Qf5 {+/= Razuvaev,
Y-Stoica,V/Nikea 42/(678) 1986}) 15. cxd4 f5 16. Ne3 fxe4 17. Nf5 Qf7 18. fxe4
Nf4 19. O-O Nxg2 (19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 O-O-O 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Rae1 Kb8 23. c5
bxc5 24. d5 Qe8 25. a4 c4 26. Qd4 c3 27. Qxc3 Nc5 28. e5 Nxa4 29. Qa5 dxe5 30.
Bxe5 Qd7 31. Bxh8 Rxh8 32. Ra1 Nb6 33. Qxa7+ Kc8 34. d6 {1-0 Tal,
M-Mnatsakanian,E/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962}) 20. Bg3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Qg6+
23. Rg4 Qf6 24. Ng7+ Kd8 25. Kh1 Kc8 26. Bc2 Ba6 27. Ba4 Bb7 28. Qd3 Nc5 29.
Rf1 Nxe4 30. Rxf6 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nxd3 32. Ne6 Nb2 33. Rxh6 Nxa4 34. Rxh8+ Kd7 35.
Rxa8 Bxa8 36. d5 {1-0 Piket,J-Tiviakov,S/Wijk (02) 1994}) (12... c5 13. Nf1 (
13. O-O g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Nf1 g4 17. Ng3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Rg8 19. Bf1
Qf6 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. d5 Nh7 22. Nf5 Ng5 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Bh4 Bc8 25. Re3 h5 26.
Qd1 Nxe4 27. Bxf6 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 N4h3+ 29. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nxd1 {
1/2-1/2 Ravikumar,V-Kuzmin,G/New Delhi 1984}) 13... g5 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Ng3 Qe5 16. Ne2 O-O 17. O-O Rac8 18. Bf2 Ba6 19. Bxd4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Ne5
21. Ng3 b5 22. f4 Nxd3 23. Bxf6 Nxc1 24. Qg4 g6 25. f5 g5 26. Bxg5 Kh7 27. Qh5
{1-0 Flear,Glenn-Ligterink,Gert/Wijk aan Zee II 1988}) 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Ne3 Ng7
16. h4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nf5 20. Bb5 O-O-O 21. Bxd7+
Rxd7 22. hxg5 Qe5 23. Rc1+ Rc7 24. Rxc7+ Kxc7 25. Qa1 Kb7 26. gxh6 Rc8 27. O-O
Ng3 28. Re1 Rc2 29. Qxd4 Ne2+ {0-1 Azmayparashvili,Z-Khalifman,A/Kujbysev 42/
678 1986}) (12... O-O 13. Nf1 (13. O-O Rfe8 (13... Qe8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nf4
16. Ne3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f6 18. Bf2 Qf7 19. Qc2 Nb8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. c5 dxc5 22.
dxc5 Na5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Nd5 Rfc8 25. Rd3 Nb7 26. Red1 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 {
Gligoric,S-Zlotnik,B/Belgrade GMA-op 1988/1-0 (53)}) 14. Re1 g5 15. Bf2 Nf8 16.
Nf1 Ne6 17. Ne3 Ng7 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Bc2 Rf8 20. Ba4 Be6 21. Bc6 Rab8 22. Qa4 a5
23. Qa3 exd4 24. cxd4 Nfh5 25. e5 Qd8 26. exd6 cxd6 27. g3 Qc7 28. d5 Bc8 29.
Nc2 Ba6 30. Qb3 Nf6 31. Nd4 Rfc8 32. Qc3 Qd8 33. Rb2 Nd7 34. Nb5 Nc5 35. Rbe2
Qf8 36. Bd4 Rxc6 37. Bxg7 {1-0 Gausel,E-Aberg,A/Gausdal Troll Masters (5) 1991}
) 13... exd4 (13... Rfe8 14. Ne3 Nf8 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 Nf4 17. Re1 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 Qd7 19. a4 a5 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. Nf5 Qc6 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 d5 24. exd5
Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. f4 g6 27. Ne3 {Tukmakov,V-Psakhis,L/Moscow TV 1987/1/
2-1/2 (71)}) 14. cxd4 d5 $5 15. cxd5 g5 16. Bf2 Nxd5 17. Ng3 $5 Qb4+ 18. Kf1
Nf4 19. Kg1 $1 $16 Rad8 (19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 $16) 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. h4 Bc8 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh5 Qe7 (23... Nxh5 24. Rxh5 f6 25. Qb3+ Qxb3 26. axb3 Nc6 27. d5
Ne5 28. b4 $16) 24. Qc2 Neg6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. e5 {[/\ 27.Nf6; 26.Qc7? Rc8]} Nxh5
27. Rxh5 c5 $5 {[#]} 28. f4 $3 cxd4 29. Rxg5 {[/\ 30.f5]} Rc8 30. Qd2 Rxc1 31.
Qxc1 Rc8 32. Qd2 Qa3 $5 {Nesis,GJ-Anton,VM/X Olympiad Final 1987/91 CCYB 5\264
1991/1-0 (43)}) (12... O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. O-O-O c5 (14... g5 15. Bf2 g4 16.
Bh4 gxf3 17. gxf3 Rdg8 18. Bf1 Qe8 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. c5 dxc5 21. d5 Nh5 22. d6
cxd6 23. Qc6 Nf4 24. Qxd6+ Kb7 25. Bf5 Rg2 26. Bg3 Ne2+ 27. Kb2 Nxg3 28. hxg3 {
Campos,J-Gonzalez,R/Oviedo 25' (10) 1993/1-0 (41)}) 15. d5 Nf8 16. Rhe1 Ng6 17.
Bf2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bc8 19. Be3 g5 20. Kb2 Rdf8 21. Ka1 g4 22. Rb1 gxf3 23. gxf3
Bb7 24. Rb2 Nd7 25. Reb1 (25. Reb1 Rc8 $1 26. Rb3 Rc7 27. Ra3 $14 {|^ +/=
Gligoric,S-Timman,J/Beograd 44/(653) 1987}) 25... Rc8 26. Rb3 Rc7 27. Ra3 Bc8
28. Nb3 Ka8 29. Nc1 {Gligoric,S-Timman,J/Belgrade 1987/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 13. Nf1 (
13. Bf2 Ne6 14. Nf1 (14. g3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. O-O Ng5 17. Be3 Nfh7 18. h4
Ne6 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Nb3 a5 21. a4 Qg6 22. Qg2 Nf6 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. f4 exf4 25.
gxf4 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 f5 27. d5 Nc5 28. Nxc5 bxc5 {Borisenko,G-Kotov,A/URS-ch22
Moscow 1955/0-1 (57)}) 14... Nh5 15. g3 exd4 16. cxd4 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Qe8 18. Nd5
f5 19. O-O fxe4 20. Bxe4 Kb8 21. Qc2 Qf8 22. f4 c6 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bf5 Nc7 25.
a4 d5 26. c5 bxc5 27. dxc5 d4 28. Ne2 d3 29. Bxd3 {Kots,Y-Bannik,A/URS-ch30
Erevan 1962/1-0 (68)}) (13. c5 dxc5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qa4+ N6d7 (15... c6 16.
O-O Ng6 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e5 b5 19. exf6 bxa4 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Bf5 Nxh4 22. Bxe6
Ba6 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bc4 Rxg7 25. g3 Kxd6 26. Bxa6 Nf5 27. Rab1 f6 {Tal,
M-Hecht,H/Varna ol 1962/1-0 (49)}) 16. Rc1 Qe6 17. O-O Bc6 18. Qa6 Ne5 19. Bc2
g5 20. Bg3 Nfg6 21. Bb3 Qc8 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Rcd1 O-O-O 24. Nc4 Qe7 25. Ne3 Rxd1
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Qe6 29. Qa6+ Kb8 30. Rb1 {Garcia-O'Kelly de
Galway,Alberic/Havana 1963/0-1 (40)}) 13... Ng6 14. Bf2 (14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Ne3
Ngf4 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Rd1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ne6 19. Be2 g6 20. Kf2 Kg7 21. Qa3 Qg5
22. Qc1 Rad8 23. Qd2 h5 24. Nd5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 26. Ne3 Kf7 27. Bd1 c5 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam OHRA 1986}) 14... Nf4 15. Ne3 {
/\Nf5//\0-0,Nd5} g6 (15... Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qd7 (16... Nh5 17. O-O-O g6 18. Qc2
O-O-O 19. Rd2 f6 20. Rhd1 Nf4 21. Bg3 Qf7 22. Qa4 Kb8 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. c5 bxc5
25. Rb2 Ka8 26. Rxb7 Kxb7 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Nc4 Rhe8 29. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kc2 Qxh2
31. Nxd6+ Rxd6 32. Qxe8+ {Piket,J-Ljubojevic,L (01)/Monaco m 1994/1-0 (79)})
17. O-O (17. Rd1 Qa4 18. O-O O-O 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Rb2 $14 {+/=
Sokolov,I-Govedarica,R/Beograd (open) 44/(653) 1987}) 17... Qa4 18. Rfb1 O-O
19. Rb5 $5 Ba6 20. dxe5 $1 dxe5 (20... Bxb5 21. exf6 Bc6 22. fxg7 $40) 21. Rxe5
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Ne8 (22... c6) 23. Rb1 Nd6 24. Rb4 Qd7 25. Rd5 $1 {[/\ 26.e5]} c6
26. Rd2 Qe7 27. Ra4 Bc8 28. c5 $1 bxc5 29. Nf1 $1 $16 Nb5 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.
Rc4 Ba6 32. Rxc5 Nc7 33. Qd2 Qe8 34. Ne3 Rd8 35. Qe1 Qd7 36. h3 $1 Bd3 37. Nf5
{[/\ 38.Rc6]} Kh7 38. Be3 $1 Ne6 39. Qh4 $3 Bb5 40. Nxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 41. Qxh6+
Kg8 42. Rh5 {[Nesis] 1-0 Nesis,GJ-Koskinen,O/X Olympiad Final 1989/91 CCYB
5\265 1991}) (15... Bc8 16. Bc2 O-O 17. a4 a5 18. h4 g6 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Kf1 Qe8
21. g3 N4h5 22. Kg2 Kh7 23. Bg1 Rc8 24. Bh2 Qe6 25. g4 Ng7 26. Rad1 Rfd8 27.
Rde1 h5 28. g5 Ng8 29. Nd5 f6 30. gxf6 Nxf6 31. dxe5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qh3+ 33. Kf2
Qxh4+ 34. Bg3 Qxc4 35. Qg5 Qc5+ 36. Kg2 Qxd5 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Qxg6 Qd2+ 39.
Kg1 Qxc2 40. Qxc2 Nxh5 41. Qg6+ {1-0 Piket,J-Lim,M/AUS-WchJ (6) 1988}) 16. Bc2
O-O 17. Bh4 {/^h4-d8} c6 {><d5} (17... g5 $2 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Nxh6+ Kh7 20. Bxg5
$16) 18. O-O {/\Ng4 +-} Bc8 19. Ba4 c5 $8 (19... Bd7 20. c5 $1 (20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21. Ng4 N4h5 $19) 20... bxc5 21. dxc5 $16 dxc5 $2 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxd7 $18)
20. Rf2 $6 (20. g3 $6 Nh3+ $8 21. Kg2 g5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 gxh4 24. Kxh3
hxg3 25. hxg3 $13) (20. Nd5 $5) (20. Bc6 $5 Rb8 21. Nd5) 20... g5 21. Bg3 N6h5
22. Rd2 Be6 $10 23. Qc2 Ng7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Bc6 Kh8 26. Nd5 (26. a4 $5 f5 $5
27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. exf5 Nxf5 $17) 26... Bxd5 27.
cxd5 {/\a2-a4-a5} h5 28. dxe5 (28. dxc5 $5 bxc5 29. Rb1 $13) 28... Qxe5 29. c4
{/\Be1,Rf2,Bc3 +/-} f5 30. Qb2 (30. Re1 $5) 30... Qxb2 31. Rxb2 fxe4 32. fxe4 {
פg7, /\h2-h4} Ng6 $1 $15 {/\h5-h4,Ng6-e5,Ng7-h5-f4, קe4} 33. a4 h4 34. Be1
Ne5 35. Bb5 (35. Bc3 Nxc4 $17) 35... Nh5 36. Bc3 Rf4 $17 {ץb5} 37. Re2 Nf6 38.
Bd2 (38. Rde1 Rf8 39. Bd2 Rg4 $132 {/\Nf3+} 40. Kh1 Nxe4 $17) 38... Rg4 $8 (
38... Rxe4 39. Bxg5 $18) 39. h3 Rg3 40. Rf1 Kg7 (40... Rf8 41. a5) 41. a5 {צd8
} a6 $1 42. Bxa6 bxa5 43. Bb5 Ra8 {/\a5-a4-a3} 44. Bc1 a4 45. Bb2 (45. Ra2 Nxe4
$17) 45... a3 (45... Nh5 $5) 46. Ba1 Kg6 (46... Nh5 $5) 47. Kh2 a2 {/\Rb3} 48.
Bxe5 dxe5 49. Ra1 Rga3 $19 50. Kg1 Kf7 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Ke1 Kd6 53. Kd1 Nh5 54.
Bc6 R8a7 55. Rb2 Ng3 56. Rb8 Nxe4 57. Kc2 Rf7 58. Kb2 Raa7 59. Re8 Rf2+ 60. Kb3
Nd2+ 61. Kb2 (61. Kc3 Ra3+ $19) 61... Nxc4+ 62. Kc3 Ra3+ 63. Kxc4 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3
Ne7 9. f3 Ng6 10. Bf2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Be2 d5 15.
O-O Qe7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 a5 19. b5 Ne5 20. c4 Nb4 21. e4 Nd7
22. Qe3 Rc7 23. e5 Nc5 24. Nb3 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 Nxb3 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxb3 Rd7
28. Bxb6 Qg5 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Rd3 31. Bc5 a4 32. Ra3 Rb3 33. Bd6 Kg6 34.
Rca1 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 {passed pawns Freibauern} f6 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. exf6
gxf6 39. Kd4 e5+ 40. Kc5 Ke6 41. Kb6 Bd5 42. c5 Bb3 43. Bc7 Kd5 44. c6 Rg8 45.
g3 f5 46. Ra1 Re8 47. h4 $5 (47. Bxe5 Rxe5 (47... Kxe5 48. Re1+) 48. c7 Re8 49.
Rc1 a3 50. c8=Q Rxc8 51. Rxc8 a2 52. Rc1 $18 {passed b-pawn. b-Freibauer})
47... Kd4 48. Bd6 Kd5 49. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 50. c7 Re8 51. Kb7 $2 (51. Rc1 $1 $18) (
51. Ka7 $144 $18 Kd6 52. Rc1 Kd7 53. b6) 51... Kc5 52. c8=Q+ (52. b6 $4 Bd5+
$19) 52... Rxc8 53. Kxc8 Kxb5 54. Kd7 Bd5 55. Rf1 a3 56. Kd6 Bc4 57. Rb1+ Ka4
58. Ke5 Be2 59. Kf4 a2 60. Re1 Kb3 61. Ke3 Bb5 62. Kf4 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Nd4 Ndc5 14. dxe6 Qf6
15. f3 f4 16. exf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qe2 gxf4 19. Bf2 Rg8 20. g4 fxg3 21.
hxg3 O-O-O 22. O-O-O Rde8 23. Rhe1 h5 24. Qe3 Ba6 25. f4 Bxc4 26. Qf3 d5 27.
Qxh5 Ne4 28. Qf7 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. f5 c5 32. Nc6 Rc7 33. Ne5
Bxa2 34. c4 b5 35. f6 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. f7 Rf8 38. Bxc5 Rfxf7 39. exf7
Rxf7 40. Re1 Rf3 41. Re3 a5 42. Kb2 Kd7 43. Kc3 Rxe3+ 44. Bxe3 {[#] typische
Multifunktion des wL: eigene Freibauern decken und gegnerische stoppen.
Einfach.} Ke6 45. g4 $1 (45. Kxc4 $2 Kf5 46. Kb5 Kg4 47. Bf2 (47. Bf4 e3 $11)
47... e3 48. Be1 Kf3 49. Kxa5 Ke2 50. Bb4 Kf3 $11) 45... Kd5 46. g5 $18 a4 47.
Kb4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd3 Ne5 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. e4 h5 20. Kd2 Ke7
21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Ng4 23. Ke2 d6 24. Rh4 Nf6 25. Bg2 e5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27.
Bh3 Rc7 28. f4 Nxe4 29. Re3 Rxc4 30. Bf5 Nc5 31. Rxe5+ Kf6 32. Kf3 Nb3 33. Bd3
Rc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. Bc4 Ne6 36. Rh2 h4 37. Bf1 Nd4+ 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. Rh3 Rd8
40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Bxd3 {[#] Springer mit Mehrbauer und geringer Bauernzahl.} h3
42. b4 h2 43. Kg2 Ng3 44. Kxh2 Nh5 45. a4 Nxf4 46. Bc4 Ne6 47. a5 Ke5 48. axb6
axb6 49. Kg3 f6 50. Kf2 Nd4 51. Bd3 Kf4 52. Bg6 Nc6 53. b5 Nd4 54. Bd3 Nf5 55.
Bf1 Ke4 56. Bg2+ Kd4 57. Bf1 Ne3 58. Be2 Ke4 59. Bf3+ Kf4 60. Bc6 Nf5 61. Bd5
Nd6 62. Bc6 Ke5 63. Ke3 Nf5+ 64. Kd3 Nd4 65. Be8 Kd5 66. Bd7 Kd6 67. Be8 Kc5 (
67... Kc5 68. Ke4 Nxb5 69. Kf5 Nd6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Brussels SWIFT"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4 12. Nh4 Qg5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bd3 Rg8
15. O-O Ke7 16. Rf4 Raf8 17. Raf1 h5 18. Qf2 Nd8 19. Rf6 {[#]} Re8 {Verhindert
20.Ng6} (19... Bf3 {[] Hübner} 20. Rf5 $1 exf5 21. Nxf5+ Ke8 22. gxf3 {Die
schwarze Stellung ist eine Ruine. Timman} Ne6 {Hübner /\ 23... Ng7} 23. f4 Qd8
{So kann sich Schwarz gegen den Einfall der weißen Dame am Damenflügel wappnen.
Nach der Partiefortsetzung 19... Re8 20.e4 hat Schwarz ohne jede materielle 
Kompensation noch viel größere Unbequemlichkeiten. Hübner}) 20. e4 d6 21. c5
bxc5 22. Bb5 Ref8 23. e5 cxd4 24. cxd4 c6 25. Bd3 dxe5 26. Ng6+ Kd7 27. Nxf8+
Rxf8 28. d5 exd5 29. Qc5 Ke8 30. R1f5 1-0

[Event "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Site "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Date "1985.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1985.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Rounds 1-4 and 11-15 were played in Zagreb. Rounds 5-10 were played in
Rijeka.} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 (10... Nxg3 11. fxg3 Nc6 (11... g4 12. Nh4 Qg5 13.
Qd2 Nc6 14. Bd3 Rg8 15. O-O Rg7 16. c5 bxc5 $5 17. Rab1 Nd8 18. Rb5 d6 19. dxc5
Bc6 20. Rb4 Qxc5 $17 {Greenfeld,A-Csom,I/Beersheba/1986/0:1/40/}) 12. Bd3 g4
13. Nh4 Qg5 14. Qe2 Rg8 15. O-O Rg7 16. Rab1 Ba6 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 bxc5 $5
19. Rb5 d6 20. Rb7 Kd7 $13 {Rashkovsky,N-Csom,I/Frunze/1983/0:1/41/}) 11. Bd3
Nxg3 12. fxg3 (12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 Ke7 $5 14. a5 c5 15. d5 Nf6 16. e4 e5 17.
Nd2 Bc8 $13 {Farago,I-Langeweg,K/Malta ol/1980/0:1/64/}) 12... Nd7 13. O-O Qe7
14. Qa4 $5 (14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Nd2 c5 17. g4 Rac8 $13 {Portisch,
L-Popovic,P/JUG/1985/0:1/38/}) 14... O-O (14... a5 $6 15. c5 $1 dxc5 (15...
bxc5 16. dxc5 $16) 16. Ne5 $16) 15. e4 Kh8 (15... f6 16. Nd2 Kg7 17. Rf2 Rf7
18. Nf1 a5 19. g4 $14) 16. Rae1 a5 17. e5 $5 (17. g4 $1 {/\Rf2,Nd2-f1-g3+/=/})
17... dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 (19... Rg8 $2 20. Qd1 $1 $16) 20. Re3 e5
21. Qb5 $6 (21. Qd1 $142 Qg7 (21... e4 22. g4 $16) 22. Qh5 $14) 21... Qd6 (
21... Ba6 $6 22. Qc6 Qg7 (22... Qd6 23. Qe4 $18) 23. Ref3 $18) (21... e4 22.
Qf5 Rae8 23. Rfe1 $16) 22. c5 (22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5+ Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 25.
Bxf1 Rg8 26. Re6 Kg7 27. Re7+ Kf6 28. Rxc7 Rg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31.
Ke3 Ke5 $10) 22... Qe6 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Bc4 $2 (24. dxe5 $5 Ba6 25. Qb1 Bxd3
26. Qxd3 fxe5 27. Rfe1 Rae8 $14) 24... Qd6 $13 25. dxe5 $2 (25. Qb2 Rad8 $13)
25... Qd2 $1 26. Re2 Qxc3 $17 27. Qd7 $4 (27. Qb3 $8 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 fxe5 $17)
27... Qxc4 28. exf6 Rf7 (28... Qf7 $2 29. Re7 Qg6 30. Qxb7 $18) 29. Re7 Raf8 $4
(29... Qd5 $19) 30. Qxb7 Qc5+ 31. Rf2 $1 (31. Kh1 Rxe7 $19) 31... Qc1+ 32. Rf1
Qc5+ 33. Rf2 Qc1+ (33... Rd8 34. h3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Re8+ $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5
8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O-O {
Baburin Both players have clear plans: they will attack the opponent's K,
using the b6P and g3P as natural targets, which will speed up their attack.}
14. c5 $1 {White embarks on the standard strategy: to open up as many lines
against the K as possible.} h5 15. a4 $1 d6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Nd2 Kb8 18. Nb3
Rc8 19. Qb2 g4 20. a5 h4 21. Qf2 f5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nd2 h3 24. gxh3 Rxh3 {
Black's attempts to break open White's K position are less successful, as he
only has one file to play down, whereas White has two.} 25. Rfb1 Rch8 26. Nf1
Qc7 27. Ba6 Na7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. d5 $1 {Brilliant. The line opening continues.
the aim is to bring the Q on f2 into the game.} Qxd5 30. Rxb6+ Kc7 31. e4 Qc5
32. Qxc5+ dxc5 33. Rxe6 Nc6 34. exf5 R3h5 35. Ra6 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 {I don't believe
this move is an improvement to the natural 6.e3, but now I have to prove my
point of view.} h6 7. Bh4 Be7 $6 {Wrong - the only attempt to refute 6.Nd2 is
to play} (7... Nc6 {Then:} {Finally} 8. a3 (8. e4 $2 Nxd4 9. e5 (9. f4) 9...
Nf5 {with a big advantage for Black.}) ({Or} 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Ng6 10. Bg3 exd5
11. cxd5 Qe7 {and Black has a good game.}) 8... Be7 9. e3 {Here the Nc6 is a
bit misplaced - White has a slight edge.}) 8. e4 $1 {Of course!} d6 ({There
were already games with} 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12.
a4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 {White stands better.})
9. Bg3 O-O 10. f3 a6 {An English grandmaster would, perhaps, play here Nh5 and
then f7-f5, hoping to justify the location of the bishop on b7. What Black is
going to do now is much weaker.} 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. a4 b4
15. Ne2 $6 {The character of the position is clearly to White's benefit. Still,
better not to throw away tempi. White soon comes with this knight to e3 -
playing four times with the knight, instead of Nd1-e3.} ({So, after} 15. Nd1 a5
16. Bb5 $1 {the white position would be overwhelming!}) 15... a5 16. Bf2 Ba6
17. Ng3 Bxf1 18. Ngxf1 Nbd7 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. O-O Re8 21. Rad1 {White is
obviously preparing a break-through e4-e5 in the centre. A solid positional
player would first put his bishop to g3 and the knight to f5 just to look -
can Black still breese or not, would force some weaknesses on the king side of
Black (g7-g6) and only then would start with a decisive assault...} Nfd7 22.
Kh1 Qc7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Ng4 Rac8 {Black is doing his best, activating in a
cramped space his pieces to the utmost. One day he will threaten, probably
with c5-c4...} 25. e5 {Starting without any hesitation, or any more
preliminaries. Namely, he made up his mind having played with the knight to g4.
Because now in many variations Black was ready to push c5-c4.} dxe5 26. Ne4 {
Or 26...d6 Qc6.} ({Well, in a similar position a standard move to be played is
} 26. f5 {or more ambitious:} Nxd5 ({Black can answer} 26... h5 {in order to
discharge a bit tension in centre and the king side.}) 27. Ne4 N7b6 {To
protect the knight d5 with the queen does not work - white takes on d5 when
the queen takes on d5 White plays with the rook to d1 and captures the knight
d7 - with advantage.} 28. Ngxf6+ (28. Bxc5 $2 Be7 {Black stands good.}) 28...
Nxf6 (28... gxf6 29. Bxc5 $16) 29. Nd6 c4 30. Nxe8 Nxe8 {The arising position,
I hope, is about equal...}) 26... exf4 {Black is playing only moves, fully
aware how dangerous his position is.} 27. d6 Qc6 28. Nexf6+ Nxf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6
30. Qf5 {Or 30.Qd2 Re4} (30. Qd2 Re4) 30... Re5 31. Qxf6 ({After} 31. Qxf4 $1
Rg5 32. Bg3 {White would certainly keep his strong pawn d6.}) 31... Rg5 32. Bg3
$4 {Being worried about the future of his central pawn White commits a blunder.
} ({After} 32. Rg1 Nd5 33. Qxh6 Rg6 34. Qh5 Rxd6 {White has full compensation
for the pawn, but not more.}) 32... Nd5 33. Qxh6 Rg6 $19 34. Qh3 (34. Qh5 Ne3
$19) 34... fxg3 35. Rxd5 (35. Qf5 Nf6 $19) 35... Qxd5 36. Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Qf5 (
37. d7 Rh6 $19) 37... Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Rf6 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5
8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 {This is a
well-known variation. Taking on g3 with the f-pawn is considered more
promising for white than 12.hxg3 - the f-file will be used by white for active
operations on the king side.} Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rf2 {The main black problem
- where to hide the king - on the king side a pawn formation is weakened, on
the queen side white has the b-file, which might help white to develop an
assault against the black king. Still, many players considered the long castle
the most safe for black and played 14.Qa4, trying to prevent it, whereas after
14...0-0 this queen move has turned out to be a loss of a tempo (or two!).} O-O
$6 {In regard to the written above, we have to say: 14...0-0-0 was more solid.
Ftacnik: 'Jussupow is bravely questioning the general wisdom of always
castling on the queenisde.'} 15. g4 {In fact, white is following the
well-known game Van Wely-Anand (2001) with a slight improvement. There,
instead of 14.Rf2 14. Nd2 had been played. Then, after 15...Nf6 16.h3 h5 17.gh
Nh5 18.g4 Ng3 19.Rf2 f5 20.Kh2 Ne4 black achieved a quick draw.} (15. e4 {
Ftacnik} g4 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Raf1 $14) 15... c5 {Here Nf6 would be less
promising, than in the mentioned game:} (15... Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. Raf1 hxg4 18.
Nxg5 Nh5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxf7 $1 $18) 16. Nd2 Rac8 {White certainly will do
his utmost to develop the initiative on the king side. So, black is looking
for a counterplay on the opposite side of the board.} (16... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 17.
h3 Nd7 18. Raf1 a6 19. Ne4 $14) 17. Raf1 d5 18. cxd5 (18. Bg6 $5 {Ftacnik} f6 (
18... fxg6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxg6+ Qg7 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Nf8 23.
Qf5 $18) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bd3 cxd4 21. exd4 $14) 18... Bxd5 19. Be4 {An
intermediary 19.Bh7+ was even stronger (19...Kg7? 20.Rf7+ winning)} cxd4 {
More solid was} (19... b5 20. Qd3 a6 21. a4 Rb8) 20. exd4 b5 21. Qd3 a6 22. a4
bxa4 (22... Rb8 $5) 23. c4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 $16 {White's advantage is out of
question. He threatens to play c4-c5 and then Ne4-d6xf7. Black's a-pawns will
fall a prey to white. Black needs some preemtive action, but it is not easy to
create. Say, I have seen the following line:} (24. Nxe4 e5 25. d5 Nc5 26. d6
Qe6 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Rf6 Qxc4 {Now 29.Rg6+ is losing after Kh7, but after a
"slow"} 29. Qh3 {black is helpless.}) 24... Qb4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Black is
fighting his problems with the exposed kingside position with counteraction on
the opposite flank.'} ({A modest} 24... f6 {or even}) ({a desperate} 24... f5 {
with a continuation} 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Re8 28. Nc3 a3 {
would render more oportunities to resist.}) ({However, it is true, after} 24...
f5 25. Ng3 $1 {black badly needed a good advice...}) 25. Qh3 $1 {Starting a
final assault.} Qxc4 {More stubborn was} (25... Kg7 26. Nf6 Qe7) 26. Qxh6 Qxd4
27. Qxg5+ Qg7 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (27... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. g5 (29. Ng5
{Ftacnik} Qh8 30. Qg3 Qd4 $13) 29... Rc4 30. Re1 a3 $13) 28. Qe7 $18 Ne5 {
'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The final mistake in the difficult defense, Graf will
very skillfuly bring his queen back to the kingside.'} (28... Rcd8 29. Rd2 $18)
(28... Rc7 29. Nf6+ $18) (28... Qd4 {Ftacnik} 29. Re1 Kg7 (29... Rc7 {Ftacnik}
30. h3 $14) 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. g5 $14) 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Qa3 Nxg4 (
30... Qh6 31. g5 Qh4 32. Rf4 $18) (30... Qg6 31. Qa1 Nd3 32. Rf3 $18) 31. Qh3+
Nh6 32. Rf3 Rc5 (32... Qg5 33. Ne4 $18 (33. Rg3 $2 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qc1 $11)) 33.
Nd7 Rf5 34. Rxf5 exf5 35. Nxf8 Qd4+ (35... Qxf8 36. Rxf5 $18) 36. Kh1 Kg7 37.
Qa3 Ng4 38. h3 Ne3 39. Qe7 Qb6 40. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Qa4+ (11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. a4 (13.
Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Rfe8 $14 {1-0 Vokac,M-Tibensky,R/CZE
1998/EXT 99 (48)}) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. a5 Ng6
$14 {0-1 Pinter,J-Ambroz,J/Baile Herculane 1982/MCD (54)}) 11... Nbd7 (11...
Qd7 12. Qc2 (12. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 $15) 12... g5 13. Bg3 O-O 14.
O-O $14) 12. Qb4 $6 (12. O-O $14) (12. Nd2 O-O (12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 $16) 13. O-O
$14) 12... Qc7 $132 13. Bg3 (13. O-O $142) 13... e5 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4
16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 O-O (17... Rc8 $5) 18. Nd5 $11 Qd8 19. O-O Re8 20. Rad1 (20.
Rfe1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6 $11) 20... exd4 21. Bxd6 (21. cxd4 Ndf6 $11) 21... Nxc3
(21... Ndf6 $5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd4 $11) 22. Nxc3 $132 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24.
Qh3 Ne5 25. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e4
d6 {A solid but a bit passive continuation instead of forced lines starting
with} (8... Nxe4) 9. Bg3 (9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. a3
Nd7 14. b4 g6 15. Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 {1/2 (82) Stefansson,H (2575)-Batchuluun,C
(2346) Beijing 2008} Qe7 $11) 9... O-O (9... Nbd7 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Nf8 12. b4
Ng6 13. Nb3 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 O-O 16. O-O c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 Ne8 19.
Nd5 Nc7 20. a4 $14 {1-0 (41) Ibragimov,I (2611)-Bischoff,K (2544) Pulvermuehle
2000 CBM 075 [Ftacnik,L]}) (9... c5 10. d5 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 Ne8 13. O-O a5
14. f4 Nc7 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Nf3 Na6 17. e5 $36 {1-0 (52) Iljin,A (2508)
-Voloshin,L (2432) Pardubice 2006}) (9... Nc6 $5 10. Nf3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 {
[%cal Yf6h5]} 12. Be2 (12. Nd2 $5) 12... Nh5 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. c5 $6 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 bxc5 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nb6 19. Qc2 O-O 20. a4 a5 $15 {
1/2 (51) Butnorius,A (2402)-Speelman,J (2533) Gibraltar 2007}) 10. Be2 (10. Bd3
Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 (11... Ne5 12. Be2 Ng6 13. O-O e5 14. Re1 Nh7 15. b4 Nf4 16. Bf1
Bc8 17. Nb3 g6 18. a4 Ng5 19. a5 Bd7 {1/2 (19) Saric,I (2555)-Harikrishna,P 
(2686) Banja Vrucica 2009}) 12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bc2 Bf6
16. Rab1 a5 $11 {1-0 (65) Gordon,S (2556)-Sukandar,I (2362) Jakarta 2012}) (10.
f4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Na6 13. Be2 Nc7 14. a4 Nfe8 15. Nc4 f5 16. exf5 Bf6
17. O-O Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Bh4 Qd7 $132 {0-1 (41) Lenderman,A (2434)-Najer,E
(2669) Philadelphia 2009}) (10. f3 a6 (10... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 11. Qc2 c5
12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 b5 $6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 $6 (15. Nd1 a5 16. Bb5 $1 $16)
15... a5 16. Bf2 Ba6 17. Ng3 Bxf1 18. Ngxf1 Nbd7 19. Ne3 $14 {0-1 (40) Acs,P 
(2530)-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Paks 2007 CBM 120 [Kortschnoj]}) 10... Nc6 {Typical
"cat and mouse play" in this structure: Black will push ...e6-e5 or ...d6-d5
depending on White's actions.} 11. Nb3 (11. d5 Nd4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14.
Qxb3 Bf6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Bd3 a5 $11 {1/2 (37) Fraczek,D (2309)-Krysztofiak,M 
(2401) Lubniewice 2005}) 11... d5 $1 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. O-O a5 (14...
Nxg3 15. hxg3 a5 16. a4 $6 {[%csl Rb4]} (16. a3 $142) (16. Bb5 $5) 16... Nb4
17. f4 f5 18. g4 Bc8 19. Rc1 c6 20. g3 Qe8 21. Kh2 Qg6 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bh5
Qh7 $15 {0-1 (40) Jobava,B (2614)-Hertneck,G (2552) Germany 2005}) 15. a3 $6 {
Here this move is poor.} (15. Bb5 $142 Na7 16. Be2 {offering a repetition of
moves.}) 15... a4 16. Nc1 f5 $1 17. Nxe4 dxe4 (17... fxe4 18. Bg4 {[%cal Yc1e2,
Ye2c3,Ye2f4]}) 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Ne2 Na5 $2 (19... Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4] led to
material gains and a clear advantage for Black:} 20. d5 (20. h4 Bxh4) (20. f4
exf3 21. Rxf3 (21. gxf3 Be3+ 22. Bf2 $2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Nxe5 $1) 21... Na5 {
winning an exchange}) 20... Na5 21. Ba2 f4 $17) 20. Ba2 Ba6 (20... g5 $5 21. f4
exf3 22. gxf3 Bd5 $13) 21. Re1 Nb3 22. Bxb3 axb3 (22... Bxe2 $5 23. Qxe2 axb3 {
with a good position for Black.}) 23. Nf4 {[%csl Gf4] This knight now becomes
quite dangerous.} Bc4 24. Rc1 b5 25. d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} Ra6 26. a4 $1 Qe8 $6 (
26... Rxa4 27. Ne6 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rxc7 $14) 27. axb5
Qxb5 28. h4 (28. Qd4 Ra4) 28... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This rook should stay on
f8 protecting the f5-pawn!} (28... Bc5 $1 {was probably the best move, which
was very difficult to find:} 29. Ne6 (29. e6 Ra4 $1 30. Qh5 Qe8) 29... Rxe6 30.
dxe6 Bxe6 31. Qe2 $14) 29. e6 $1 Rf8 $2 {Two tempi, lost by Black, prove
decisive.} (29... Bxd5 $142 30. Qh5 Bc6 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 33. Qf7
Bf6 34. e7 Bxe7 35. Qxe7 $16) (29... Ra4 $2 30. Qh5 Qe8 31. Qxf5+) 30. Qd4 Ra4
31. Qe5 Qb8 (31... Bd6 32. e7) 32. Nh5 Bf6 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 34. Nxf6+ Rxf6 35.
Qxe4 Bb5 36. Qe5 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38. Rc1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 {A quiet system, in which White keeps a small
advantage due to his bishop pair and the passivity of Black's b7 bishop.} 11.
Bd3 Nf8 (11... Qe7 {is hardly good as the black queen can still be attacked by
the white knight.} 12. Nf1 (12. a4 a5 13. O-O g5 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. g3
Ng7 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nb3 h5 19. Qd2 f6 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Nxf4
23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bb7 25. Qe2 O-O-O 26. Rf5 Rg4 27. Re1 Qh7 28. Rff1 Rdg8
29. Rg1 {1/2-1/2 Borisenko Belova,V-Gresser,G/Plovdiv 1959/EXT 2005}) (12. O-O
O-O-O (12... g5 13. Bf2 c5 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. Ne3 Bc8 17. g3 $14 {
1-0 Taylor,T-Toth,A/Paks 2003/CBM 097 ext (28)}) (12... Qe6 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Nf1
Nf4 15. Ne3 g5 16. Bf2 h5 17. Bf1 O-O-O 18. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Semcesen,D-Ohme,M/
Pardubice 2008/CBM 125 Extra (24)}) 13. a4 a5 14. Re1 g5 15. Bf2 Rdg8 16. Nf1
g4 17. Ng3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Rg4 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. g3 $14 {0-1 Wyrwich,T-Litwak,A/
Recklinghausen 2002/CBM 089 ext (40)}) 12... g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 (13... exd4 $6 14.
cxd4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qa4 19. Ne2 $16 {
1-0 Pert,N-Devereaux,M/Liverpool 2006/CBM 114 ext (32)}) 14. Ne3 Ng7 (14... Nf4
15. Bf1 Qf6 16. g3 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Erdos,V-Jenni,F/Brno 2006/
CBM 114 ext (50)}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 c5 17. Bc2 Rfc8 18. Ba4 Nf8 19. g3 Qe6
20. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Meijer,J/Andorra 2002/CBM 089 ext (44)}) (
11... O-O {makes it more difficult for Black to push away the h4 bishop as ...
g7-g5 is now out of question:} 12. Nf1 (12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Bf1 Ng6 15.
Bf2 Nf4 16. g3 Ng6 17. a4 a5 18. Bg2 Bc6 19. Nf1 Kh7 20. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Ostojic,
N-Raicevic,V/Niksic 1997/CBM 059 ext (39)}) 12... exd4 (12... Qe8 13. Ne3 Nh5
14. O-O Nf4 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Qd2 f6 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. Rae1 a5 19. f4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. Rxf4 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Huss,A/Lausanne 2006/CBM 114 ext (34)}) (12...
Re8 13. Ne3 Nf8 14. Ng4 N8h7 {1/2-1/2 Niemi,K-Arsenault,N/Budapest 2007/CBM
117 ext (23)} 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. O-O $14) 13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Ne3 Ng6
16. Bf2 Re8 17. O-O a6 18. a4 $14 {0-1 Chabanon,J-Bauer,C/Narbonne 1997/CBM
061/[Petursson] (32)}) (11... c5 12. Nf1 {In my opinion, this is better than
closing the centre:} (12. d5 Nf8 (12... Qe7 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Ne3 Ng7
16. Qa4 Kd8 17. h4 Kc7 18. Kd2 h5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Rh4 $14 {0-1 Bukal,
V-Cebalo,M/Sibenik 2007/CBM 118 ext (41)}) 13. Bf2 Ng6 14. g3 Bc8 $1 (14... Nd7
15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Qc2 Kh8 20. a4 a5 21. Kd2
Bc8 22. f4 $14 {1-0 Navara,D-Safarli,E/Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext (36)}) 15.
Nf1 Bh3 16. Ne3 Nh7 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Qc2 Ng5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,
A-Ogloblin,N/Sochi 2006/EXT 2007 (87)}) 12... g5 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14.
Be2 $14) 13. Bf2 Nf8 14. Ne3 Bc8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Ng6 17. g3 O-O 18. O-O
Kg7 19. a4 Qd6 20. a5 $16 {1-0 Malakhatko,V-Balaskas,P/Athens 2003/EXT 2004 
(26)}) 12. Bf2 {This voluntary retreat may be too slow.} (12. Nf1 $5 Ne6 13.
Bf2 Nf4 14. Ne3 Nxd3+ (14... O-O $5) 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. O-O Nh5 17. g3 $14 {
1-0 Kurz,A-Roeder,M/Germany 1986/GER-chT (28)}) (12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14.
Nf1 Ng5 15. Ne3 Nh5 16. Bf2 g6 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. O-O-O $14 {0-1 Izeta Txabarri,
F-Mariotti,S/Andorra 1987/CBM 004 (40)}) ({Two other options are probably less
strong:} 12. O-O Ng6 (12... g5 13. Bf2 Ng6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nf1 Bc8 16. Ne3 Nf4
17. Bf1 c6 18. a4 Re8 19. a5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Skomorokhin,V-Nemtsev,I/Kstovo 1998/
EXT 2000 (73)}) 13. Bf2 Nf4 (13... O-O 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Qg5 17.
Kh1 $14 f5 $6 18. exf5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Qc2 e4 21. f4 Qxf4 22. Bg3 Qg5
23. Qa4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Brunello,S/Arvier 2007/CBM 118 ext (41)}) 14. Bc2
O-O 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Re1 c5 17. d5 Ng5 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bf2 Bc8 20. Ne3 Nf4 21.
h4 Nh7 22. Kh2 h5 23. Rf1 Ng6 24. g3 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Svetushkin,
D-Vijayalakshmi,S/Kalamaria 2006/EXT 2007 (63)}) (12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Bc2 Ne6 14.
Bf2 c5 15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Qb3 dxe5 17. Nf1 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Lilov,V/
Blagoevgrad BUL 2009/The Week in Chess 747 (39)} O-O-O 18. Rd1 Qe7 $132) 12...
Ne6 (12... Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nf1 (14. O-O $142) 14... c6 $1 {An unexpected
turn: Black exploits his rival's too slow manoeuvring.} 15. Ne3 d5 16. exd5
exd4 17. cxd4 cxd5 18. O-O dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Qb3 Nge7 $11 {0-1 Gusev,
Y-Kogan,S/Moscow 1952/MCD (47)}) 13. g3 ({Here is a dream course of events for
Black:} 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Nf1 h5 15. Ne3 $6 (15. h4 {is a must}) 15... h4 16. Ba4
Qg5 17. Qd2 h3 $132 18. c5 $2 exd4 19. cxd4 bxc5 20. Nf5 Qxg2 21. O-O-O Qxf3
$19 {0-1 Cebalo,M-Saric,A/Zagreb 2008/CBM 124 Extra (64)}) 13... Nd7 (13... h5
14. h4 Nd7 15. Nb3 c5 16. d5 Nef8 17. a4 g5 18. Nd2 $2 (18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. a5
$16) 18... gxh4 19. gxh4 (19. Rxh4 Ng6 20. Rh1 h4) 19... Ng6 20. Nf1 Nf4 21.
Ne3 a5 22. Bf1 Nf8 23. Kd2 Bc8 24. Kc1 N8g6 25. Kb2 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,
B-Pikula,D/Kopaonik 2005/CBM 107}) 14. c5 $6 {[%mdl 512] An interesting pawn
sacrifice. White obtains the c4 square for his knight (instead of moving it to
f1). However, there is one detail... Therefore, simple moves are probably
better.} (14. Be3 Qf6 15. Nb3 g5 16. Qe2 a5 17. a4 c5 18. Qf2 Ba6 19. Rb1 Rc8
20. d5 Nef8 21. Nd2 Kd8 22. Bf1 Kc7 23. Bh3 h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Czebe,A-Paschall,W/
Budapest 2001/CBM 087 (49)}) (14. Nb3 Qf6 15. h4 g5 $6 16. Qe2 Ndf8 17. hxg5
Nxg5 18. Nd2 Nge6 19. d5 Nc5 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Bc2 Kb8 22. Rh5 Nfd7 23. Rdh1
Rdg8 24. Nf1 $16 {1-0 Sergienko,S-Slugin,S/Voronezh 2007/CBM 118 ext (57)})
14... dxc5 $6 (14... Qf6 $142 $1 {and Black obtained an excellent position in
the following game:} 15. cxd6 (15. Qa4 exd4 16. c6 dxc3 $1 17. cxb7 cxd2+ 18.
Ke2 Rb8 $13) 15... exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. O-O c5 (17... Qxd6 $5) 18. f4 Qxd6
19. e5 Qe7 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Be4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Clausen,S-Nielsen,C/Copenhagen
1994/EXT 1997 (49)}) 15. d5 Ng5 16. h4 Nh7 17. a4 $44 a5 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Nc4
Nhf6 20. Ne3 O-O-O (20... g6 $5 {as} 21. h5 Nxh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Nf5 Qf6 {
hardly works.}) 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. d6 $5 cxd6 23. Ba6 Ne8 $2 {Too passive.} (23...
d5 $142 {with wild complications, e.g.} 24. Rb1 $5 dxe4 25. Rxb6 $1 Nxb6 26.
Qb5 Bxa6 27. Qxa6+ Kd7 $1 28. Qb5+ Ke6 29. Bxc5 $13) 24. O-O g6 (24... d5 $5 {
was still possible} 25. exd5 $140 Nd6) 25. Ne3 $16 {Now, despite two extra
pawns, Black's position is bad: White's pressure along the b- and d-files must
be decisive.} Nc7 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Rab1 Ka7 28. Rfd1 Rb8 (28... g5 $5 29. h5
f5 $5 {trying to break away} 30. Nxf5 $140 d5) 29. Nc4 d5 (29... Ne8 30. Qb2 {
[%cal Yb2b5,Yb5c6]}) 30. exd5 f6 31. d6 Na6 32. Rb2 Qc8 33. Ne3 Qc6 34. Nd5 Qb7
35. Qb5 Rbd8 36. Ne7 Nab8 $6 (36... Ndb8 {, keeping the d6 pawn under attack,
may be a better chance.}) 37. Rdb1 Qa6 {The queen exchange doesn't help Black.}
(37... Qxf3 38. c4 {[%cal Re7d5]}) 38. Qxa6+ Kxa6 39. Nxg6 (39. Nd5 {is
equally good but why not capture the g6-pawn? Black is helpless anyway.}) 39...
Rhe8 40. Ne7 Kb7 41. Nd5 Kc6 42. Nxb6 Nxb6 43. Rxb6+ Kd5 44. c4+ Kxc4 45. Rc1+
Kd3 (45... Kd5 46. Rxc5+ Ke6 47. d7+ $1 Kxd7 48. Rxf6 $18) 46. Rb3+ Kd2 47.
Be3+ Ke2 48. Kg2 {[%cal Rc1c2]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 {White must play dynamically,
otherwise Black will be better due to his superior pawn structure.} Na6 (12...
Nd7 {is the main continuation here but the text move usually leads to similar
positions as the knight comes to c5 anyway.}) 13. h4 $6 $146 {A dubious
novelty.} ({Here is the variation, in which 12...Na6 makes difference
comparing to 12...Nd7:} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O (15... Nc5 {
leads to the 12...Nd7 line}) 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. dxe6 Bxf3 {(which would be
impossible with the knight on d7 due to 18.exd7+)} 18. gxf3 Nc5 19. h4 (19. e4
Nxe6 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bh2 Rdf8 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Rad1 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 gxf4
26. Rd5 Re5 $11 {1/2 Porper,E (2476)-Friedel,J (2524)/Edmonton 2008/CBM 125
Extra (47)}) (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxe6 21. Bg3 h5 22. f4 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rde8 $15
{1-0 Tregubov,P (2649)-Maletin,P (2576)/Ulan Ude 2009/CBM 132 (58)}) 19... Nxe6
20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kg2 Rhf8 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. Rd5 Rdf8 $11 {1/2 Wang Yue (2689)
-Adams,M (2729)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (33)}) (13. Nd4 Nac5 {again leads to the
main 12...Nd7 line.}) 13... Qf6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nc5 17.
Qg6+ Ke7 $17 {Black's king is much safer than White's.} 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+
Kxf6 20. Rhd1 exd5 $6 {Perhaps it was better to refrain from this capture as
now the c5 knight can't move.} (20... Rae8 $17) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rae8 (
22... Nd3+ $6 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxc7 $44) 23. Rc3 Re4 (23... Rh7 {[%cal Rc5e4]}
24. Ra3 $1) 24. Rd4 Rhe8 25. Ra3 Bc8 $6 {Unnecessarily giving up the a7-pawn,
after which White equalises.} (25... Kf5 $5 $36 26. Rxe4 $140 Kxe4) 26. hxg5+
hxg5 27. Rxa7 R8e7 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. Nd2 Rxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. f3 Bf5 32. a3 Nf4
33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Ne4+ $1 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Rxd4 37. Rc6 Ke5 38. Rxb6
Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Kxd5 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 O-O $5 ({The main
line runs} 6... h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 {when} 9. Be5 {deserves attention.}) 7.
e3 d6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 ({Black is preparing ..
.c5 but he may as well push this pawn immideately, for example;} 11... c5 12.
Bc2 $5 Qc7 ({the idea becomes clear after} 12... Rc8 $6 13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Bf5
{with initiative.}) (12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 d5 {is not possible because of} 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 {winning material.}) 13. Bg3 (13. dxc5 Qxc5 (13... bxc5 14.
Bg3 e5 15. Nh4 d5 16. Nf5 d4 17. Qa3 {with completely unclear play.}) 14. Bg3
d5 {and I dont think Black experiences much difficulties.}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nd2
cxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. Kb1 Qc6 17. Qb4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. f3 Nxc4 20. Nxc4
Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 {with a pleasant edge in
Barlov-Dizdarevic, Bor 1986. I think somewhere around move 15 Black had to go
Nh5xg3 followed by d5.}) 12. Kb1 c5 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. cxd5 $5 ({
The fight for the initiative continues, worse is} 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Qf5+
17. Ka1 Qxf6 (17... gxf6 $5) 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 f5 20. Nh4 Bc8 {and Black
is OK. (Kg7-f6, Bd7, b5-b4, a5 etc.)}) 15... Bxd5 16. Ka1 (16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17.
Bxf6 Be4+ $1 {was not the plan.}) 16... Qa8 17. Bg3 Ne8 $6 ({This is a bit
passive, preferable is} 17... Qc6 {when I was planning to continue} 18. Nh4 Re8
19. f3 Ne5 20. Bb1 b5 21. Nf5 {with some compensation for the pawn but hardly
more then that.}) 18. e4 $6 ({I wanted to 'punish' Black's last move but
simply better was} 18. Nh4 {with Bb1-Nf5 coming White has nice play for the
pawn.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Rhe1 Qf5 21. Nh4 Qh5 22. Qc2 $1 {
Preparing Nf5.} Nb8 $2 (22... Ne5 {was the right way to continue, I dont see
anything clear for White after} 23. Nf5 f6 {.}) 23. Nf5 Nc6 24. Bxd6 $1 ({
I think that} 24. Nxd6 Nd4 25. Qc1 {(keeping a Rxd4-threat alive)} Nxd6 26.
Bxd6 Rcc8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 {gives Black very reasonable play for the exchange.
Besides, I didn't go through all this trouble getting my knight on f5 just to
exchange it the moment it got there.}) 24... Nb4 25. Qe4 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 c4 27.
g4 {White's strategy succeeded, but with time-trouble approaching strange
things can happen.} Qh3 (27... Qxh2 28. Rh1 Qxf2 29. Nxh6+ $1 {loses on the
spot.}) 28. Qe5 $2 ({Instead} 28. Red1 $1 {preparing Rd8, would have finished
the game:} Nd3 (28... Kh7 29. Ne7+ g6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Nxg6 Kg8 32. Nxf8 $18)
(28... Kh8 29. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 30. Qe5+ f6 31. Qxc7 Qxg4 32. Qd6 Rf7 (32... Nc2+
33. Kb1 Rf7 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd5 $18) 33. Ne3 $1 $18) 29. Qd4 f6 30. Rd8 $18)
28... Qxg4 29. h3 $6 ({Time influences the level of the moves. My idea was to
divert the queen from it's defensive duties. Better was} 29. f3 {with the idea}
Qg5 $6 30. h4 Qg2 31. Rd2 $1 {Black, however, can improve this line with 29...
Nc2+ 30.Kb1 Qxf5 31.Qxf5 Nxe1 which I would asses as a draw.}) 29... Qg5 $6 (
29... Qg2 $1 {was better, hiding from Rd2. That's why I should have moved my
f-pawn first and only then my h-pawn, not giving the Black queen the chance to
find a shelter.}) 30. f4 Qg2 31. Rd2 $1 Qg6 32. Qxc7 Qxf5 33. Qxc4 Qa5 $6 (
33... a5 {would have been tougher.}) 34. Re5 {forcing the exchange of queens,
despite time-trouble the rest was easy.} Qa6 35. Qxa6 Nxa6 36. Rd7 Nb8 37. Rc7
Rd8 38. a3 Na6 39. Rxa7 Nc5 40. Ree7 Ne6 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski} Nf6 2. c4 e6 {This was a big surprise for Bareev. I played
this move for the first time in my life and prepared it especially for this
tournament. Eine große Überraschung für meinen Gegner, weil ich Damenindisch
noch nie zuvor gespielt habe. Diese Eröffnung habe ich speziell für dieses
Turnier vorbereitet.} 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 {I prefer this move to the more
often played Bb7 In meiner Vorbereitung hat mir dieser Zug bessser gefallen
als 4...Lb7 5.a3, womit ich noch keine große Erfahrung habe.} 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3
h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 {Here one plays also 9...Qe7. After my
move Black has no problems at all.} 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. Rh2 $146 {
Ein merkwürdiger Zug, den man nicht empfehlen kann. In der 8.Runde verbesserte
Piket das Spiel gegen Lobron mit 12.hg5!? Ein klarer Tempoverlust. Besser wäre}
(12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Qa4+ (13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Nb3 Rh8 16. O-O-O $10 {
Allerdings gefällt mir der schwarze Aufbau sowieso besser, da das Läuferpaar
in einer geschlossenen Stellung wenig wert ist.}) 13... Qd7 14. Qa3 Nc6 15. Rh6
Qe7 $10) 12... Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qa4 {and Black is not able to
castle.}) 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb8 15. e4 {I think, that 15.e4 is not the
best move in this position. Better is 15.Nb3 Nd7 16.a4 f5 with an unclear
position. In Frage kam} (15. Nb3 {Leko} Nd7 $1 16. a4 f5 17. a5 Rdf8 $36 {
mit schwarzer Initiative am Königsflügel}) 15... Ka8 $1 (15... e5 $2 16. d5 Na5
17. Nb3 {Here I have to exchange the knight which gives White a preferable
pawn structure.}) 16. Nb3 e5 17. d5 Nb8 18. a4 a5 {The black plan is clear cut.
I would like to control c5 with Nfd7 and Na6.} 19. c5 {White has to push this
pawn. Otherwise he would be clearly worse. Eine traurige Entscheidung. Barejew
gibt freiwillig einen P, um seinen Bd3 aktivieren zu können.} (19. Rb1 {
Konikowski} Nfd7 20. f3 Na6 (20... Na6 {Konikowski Hätte Leko alles im Griff.
Jetzt sieht man deutlich die Schwäche des weißen Planes mit 12.Rh2?!}) 21. Bf2
Ndc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 $15) (19. f3 Nh5) 19... dxc5 20. Rb1 Ne8 $1 {
N strebt nach d6 an, wovon er aktiv wirken kann.} 21. f3 Nd6 {Nun droht schon
22...c4! 23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Ba6 mit Damenfang. Also die weiße Antwort ist
praktisch gezwungen.} 22. Nd2 {Barejew intended to play 21. Bf2 with a
sacrifice on c5. But on this I have 22...c4 23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Ba6 and his
queen is captured.} (22. Bf2 c4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Ba6 {mit Damenfang.})
22... f6 {Black is now a good pawn up, but it s difficult to open up the
position. Schwarz hat einfach einen Bauern mehr und eine sehr solide Stellung,
aber es ist nicht so einfach, die weiße Stellung zu brechen.} 23. Rh1 Ka7 $1 {
With this move I want to exchange the white-squared B, which would be
favourable for me. Ein sehr guter Zug, da der Abtausch der weißfeldrigen B
günstig ist für mich.} 24. Bf2 Ba6 25. g4 {Interesting was 25.Bb5 on which I
planned 25...Bxb5 26.axb5 Nd7 with clear advantage for Black. My task now is
very difficult to crack the white position. In Betracht kam, mit} (25. Bb5 $5
Bxb5 26. axb5 Nd7 27. g4 {die Stellung geschlossen zu halten.}) 25... Bxd3 26.
Qxd3 Na6 {Vermeidet alle Opfer auf c5.} 27. Ke2 {It s better for White to
close the position with 27.h5, but then I have 27...c6 28.c4 Nb4 29.Qc3 Qb7 30.
Kf1 Qa6 and I will crash the white position. Erleichtert meine Aufgabe.
Bessere praktische Chancen bot 27.h5, aber dann ist} (27. h5 c6 28. c4 Nb4 29.
Qb3 Qb7 30. Kf1 Qa6 {ist auch sehr gut für mich.}) 27... Qd7 28. Qc2 h5 $1 {
With this move I destroy his whole central-structure and open up lines to
attack him. White is facing big problems to find a safe place for his K.
Schwarz ist zu einem sehr wichtigen Vorstoß gekommen und macht sich den
Umstand zunutze, daß der weiße K nicht rochiert hat. Dieser sehr starke
Durchbruch ist der wichtigste Zug der Partie. Der weiße König befindet sich in
großer Gefahr.} 29. gxh5 (29. hxg5 hxg4 30. gxf6 g3 31. Be3 Rdf8 32. Rh6 Qd8
$19) 29... g4 30. Rbg1 gxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Qh7 $1 {Dubbleattack on two weak sqares.
Blickt gleichzeitig auf e4 und auf h5} 32. Nd2 Qxh5+ 33. Ke1 f5 $1 {After this
move the white center doesnt exist any longer. Zerstört die Blockade des
Zentrums.} 34. Qd1 {Versucht die Damen zu tauschen, allerdings ohne Erfolg.} (
34. exf5 {Konikowski} e4 $1) 34... Qf7 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Rg1 (36. Qf3 Rg4 $1
37. exf5 Rf4 $19 {führt auch zum weißen Verderben.}) 36... Rf8 37. Qf3 Qe8 $1 {
Now I am going to win the game. The queen is attacking the wing, where White
has no pieces to defend. Nun greift die Dame von der anderen Brettseite ein.}
38. Rg5 (38. exf5 Rxf5 39. Qg4 Rf4 {und aus.}) 38... fxe4 39. Qg3 Qxa4 40. Rxe5
Nc4 $1 {The final blow. Now it s really over. Der einfachste Weg zum Erfolg.}
41. Nxc4 (41. Rxe4 Qa1+ 42. Ke2 Nxd2 43. Kxd2 Qb2+ 44. Ke1 (44. Ke3 Qxc3+ {
und kaputt.} 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 Nb4 47. Qxc7+ Ka6 $19) 44... Qb1+ $19) 41...
Qxc4 42. Qe3 a4 {White resigned, because he couldn`t stop the aP after 43.Rxe4
Qb3. und Weiß gab auf, weil nach 43.Txe4 Db3 entscheidet der aP den Kampf. Das
war mein bisher größter Skalp.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 (7...
Bxc3+) 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 (10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6 $132 12.
Nd2 Qe7 {[%cal Ge8c8] ;Langeweg,K (2455)-Karpov,A (2690)/Amsterdam 1981/0-1})
11. Bd3 (11. Nd2) 11... f5 12. d5 Nd7 (12... Na6 $1 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6
15. O-O (15. Qxe6+ $143 Qxe6 16. dxe6 Nc5 17. h4 Ke7 $15 {[%cal Ga8h8,Gc5e6]})
15... O-O-O (15... O-O 16. Rad1 Nc5 $11 {[%cal Gc5e6,Gc5e4] ;Wang Yue (2696)
-Alekseev,E (2689)/RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th 2007 (7)/1/2-1/2}) 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17.
dxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc5 $44 {[%csl Gc5] ;Wang Yue (2689)-Adams,M (2729)/Baku
FIDE GP 2008 (8)/1/2-1/2}) 13. Nd4 {[%csl Re6]} ({RR} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4
Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qxe6 Qxe6 17. dxe6 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rde8 19. f3 Nxe6 20. e4 h5
21. h4 gxh4 22. Bxh4 Nf4 23. Bg3 Nd3 24. Rab1 Rhg8 25. Bh2 Ba6 26. Nf5 Ne5 27.
Bxe5 Rxe5 {Bacrot,E (2715)-Naiditsch,A (2623)/Noyon 2005/CBM 105 ext/1-0 (39)})
13... Ndc5 14. O-O (14. dxe6 Qf6 15. f3 f4 $13 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 fxg3 18.
hxg3 O-O-O 19. Rf1 Qg6 20. e7 $36 Rde8 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. O-O-O Qxe4 {[%emt 0:33:
26] Peek,M (2367)-Greet,A (2439)/Hastings Masters op (3)/1/2-1/2} (22... Qxc4
$5)) (14. f3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nc5 $132) 14... Qe7 $5 {Une idée récente} (14...
Qf6 {La grande ligne}) 15. f3 Nxg3 $6 $146 {L'idée de la nouveauté 14. Qe7
était de pouvoir jouer Nd3 au lieu de Ng3 et avec l'ordre de coups de la
partie, les Noirs vont perdre un tempo important en jouant Qe7f6 après Nf5} (
15... Nxd3 $142 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qc2 O-O 18. dxe6 Qh7 $132 {[%cal Ga8e8,Gc5e6]
;Bacrot,E (2716)-Topalov,V (2803)/ Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd 2010 (2)/1/2-1/2})
16. hxg3 exd5 17. Nxf5 $1 Qf6 {Perdant un tempo par rapport а la grande ligne
14. Qf6} (17... Qd7 $5 18. cxd5 (18. Nd4 $2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Ba6 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3]}
20. Qg6+ Qf7 $17) 18... Bxd5 (18... O-O-O 19. e4 $16) 19. Nd4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3
O-O-O $132) 18. cxd5 $36 O-O-O 19. e4 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4]} h5 20. Qd2 (20. a4
h4 21. a5 (21. g4) 21... hxg3 22. Nxg3 Qe5 (22... Qh6 23. axb6) 23. Nf5 Kb8 (
23... g4)) 20... h4 21. g4 Qe5 22. Bc2 Rdf8 (22... h3 23. g3 Rdf8 {[%cal Gf8f5]
} 24. Qxg5 (24. a4 Rxf5 25. gxf5 Qxg3+ 26. Kh1 $13) 24... Qxc3) 23. Qd4 Qf4 $2
(23... Ba6 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. Rfd1 Kd7 (25... h3 26. Ne7+) 26. a4 h3 27. Kh2 (
27. g3 Be2) 27... hxg2+ 28. Kxg2) 24. Ne7+ Kb8 25. Ng6 $18 Qg3 26. Nxh8 Ba6 27.
Ng6 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4 12. Nh4 $14 Nc6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Qe2
h5 15. a4 Rh6 16. Rb1 d6 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. a5 Rg8 20. Ra1 Rg5 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Kd2 (22. e4 {/\Qe3}) 22... Qg7 23. Ra7 Rf6 24. c5 (24. Rha1 Qh7
25. c5 Qe4 $5 (25... dxc5 26. Qa6+ (26. Ra8+ Kd7) 26... Kd8 27. Ra8+ Bxa8 28.
Qxa8+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ Ke7 30. Qc6 Kf8 $19) 26. cxd6 Rb5 $40) 24... dxc5 25. Qa6+
Kd8 26. Rb1 $1 {(/\Rxb6)} (26. Ra1 Qh7 $17) 26... cxd4 $8 (26... Rf2+ 27. Ke1
Qf6 28. Rxb6 $1 Rf1+ 29. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 cxb6 31. Rxf7 $16) 27. Rxb6 $138 (
27. cxd4 Ra5) 27... dxe3+ $138 (27... dxc3+ $2 28. Ke1 $40) 28. Ke1 $8 (28.
Kxe3 Re5+ $40) (28. Ke2 Rf2+ 29. Kxe3 Qxc3+ 30. Kxf2 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 cxb6 $19)
28... Rf1+ $8 29. Kxf1 (29. Qxf1 Qxc3+) 29... Qf6+ (29... e2+ 30. Kxe2 Qe5+ 31.
Kf1 $18) 30. Nf3 e2+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kxe2 gxf3+) (31. Qxe2 cxb6) (31. Kf2 e1=Q+
32. Kxe1 Qxc3+ $40) 31... Qxf3 $1 32. Rb8+ (32. gxf3 e1=Q+ 33. Qf1 Qxf1+ 34.
Kxf1 cxb6) 32... Ke7 (32... Kd7 $2 33. Qc8+ Kd6 34. Qxc7+ Kc5 (34... Kd5 35.
Qd8+) 35. Qa5+ $18) 33. Rxc7+ $6 (33. gxf3 e1=Q+ 34. Qf1 Qe3+ (34... Qxf1+ 35.
Kxf1 gxf3 36. Rxc7+ Bd7 $14) 35. Qf2 Qc1+ $11) 33... Kd6 $1 (33... Kf6 34.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qa7+ Kf6 $11) 34. Rxc6+ $8 Qxc6 35. Qxe2 Qxc3 $17 36. Rb1 Rd5
37. Qa6+ Ke7 38. Kh1 f5 $6 (38... Kf6) 39. Qa8 Rd7 40. Qg8 Qd2 41. Rg1 $2 (41.
Qh7+ Kd6 $6 (41... Kd8 42. Qg8+ $11) 42. Qxh5 Kc5 43. Rg1 Kd4 44. Qe8 Rd6 45.
Qa4+ Kc3 46. Rb1 $18) 41... Qh6 $17 42. Rb1 Rc7 43. Rd1 Rd7 44. Rb1 Kf6 45. Re1
Re7 46. Rb1 Qg7 47. Qa8 Kf7 48. Qd8 Qf6 49. Kg1 Ra7 50. Qd1 Kg6 51. Qc1 Rd7 52.
Kh1 Qd4 53. Ra1 $6 Rc7 $1 54. Qe1 Qe4 55. Qa5 Rb7 56. Qa2 Kf6 57. Rg1 Kf7 58.
Qa1 Kg6 59. Qh8 Rb1 60. Qg8+ Kf6 61. Qf8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 97th"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 {A throwback to the
Kasparv-Karpov matches of the 1980's. Interesting and very sharp positions
invariably arise from this line.} h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 {White tries to arrange
a situation where he can play e2-e4 in one move.} Bxc3 8. bxc3 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10.
f3 Nc6 $5 {Quite a rare move by comparison with the alternatives below. If
White can time c4-c5 and Bb5 properly the knight on c6 could simply be on the
wrong square} (10... Qe7) (10... Nbd7) 11. h4 {Pressing without delay.} (11. e4
e5 (11... Qe7 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Bf2 Nf4 17.
Bf1 f5 18. g3 Ba4 19. Nb3 Nfg6 20. h4 gxh4 21. gxh4 h5 22. Be3 f4 23. Bf2 Qc8
24. Rg1 e5 25. Rg5 c5 26. dxc5 dxc5 27. Rd6 Kf7 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Be1 Qc7 30. Bh3
Rad8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qg2 Qd6 33. Kb2 Rh8 34. Bf5 Be8 35. Nd2 Bf7 36. Qf1 Kf8
37. Qe2 Rh6 38. Kc1 Be8 39. Nb3 Nh8 40. Bh3 Nf7 41. Rg1 Qd8 42. Bf2 Rd6 43. Kc2
Bd7 44. Bf1 Be6 45. Be1 Qd7 46. Qg2 Qa4 47. Kb2 Bxc4 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49. Bh3 Be6
50. Bxe6 Rxe6 51. Qh7 Rh6 52. Qg7 c4 53. Nd2 b5 54. Bf2 b4 55. Bc5 bxc3+ 56.
Kxc3 Rc6 57. Bxe7 Kxe7 58. Rg5 Qa5+ 59. Kc2 c3 {0-1 Piket,J (2605)-Karpov,A 
(2740)/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 040 ext}) 12. d5 Na5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxe5 Qe7 15.
Bb5+ c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. Bg3 O-O-O 19. Qa4 Kb7 20. O-O-O Ne5
21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 a6 23. a4 Nh5 24. Rd5 Qe6 25. Rhd1 Nf6 26. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2
Purushothaman,T (2224)-Aloma Vidal,R (2341)/Balaguer 2007/CBM 119 ext}) 11...
Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Qa4 O-O-O (14... Kf8 15. O-O-O Kg7 {is an
alternative way to try to regain control of the h file, but this gives White
the opportunity to play} 16. c5 $1 dxc5 17. Bb5 Na5 18. Nb3 Nxb3+ 19. Qxb3 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gg3e5] with a strong initiative. White's main trump is his
dark-squared bishop which I imagine will appear on e5 before very long.}) 15.
c5 (15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Be2 Rh8 {is very comfortable for Black, so as he has to
try to win this game to get into the prize money, Wells goes for it.}) 15...
dxc5 16. Nb3 g4 $1 17. Nxc5 {It was not easy to find any alternatives:} (17.
Bh4 $6 {seems bad after} Rh8 18. e5 Rxh4 $1 19. Rxh4 Nd5 20. Rxg4 Ne3 {when
White's position is falling apart.} (20... Nxc3 21. Qc4 Nd5 22. dxc5 (22. Kf2
cxd4 $17) 22... Nxe5)) ({Meanwhile} 17. e5 {fails to} gxf3 $1 18. exf6 Qxf6 $19
) 17... bxc5 18. Rb1 (18. Ba6 Nb8 $1 {solves any Black problems.}) 18... Nb4 (
18... Ba8 $5 19. Ba6+ Kd7 {was a cold-blooded alternative. As usual, Mickey
chooses a practical approach blocking the approaches to his king}) 19. cxb4 c4
(19... gxf3 20. bxc5 $1 {opens lines just in time:} fxg2 21. Bxg2 Rxg3 22. Rxb7
Re3+ 23. Kd2 Qxc5 (23... Nxe4+ 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rb8+ Kxb8 26. Qb5+ Kc8 27.
Qa6+ Kd7 28. c6+ Ke8 29. Rh8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxa7 Rexd4+ 32. Kc3 $13)
24. Kxe3 Qg5+ 25. Kd3 Qg3+ 26. Kc4 Kxb7 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qb5+ Ke7
30. Qc5+ Qd6 31. e5 $11) 20. Bf2 gxf3 21. gxf3 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 {At this
point it is fair to say that most spectators thought that Wells was going to
lose. Both players were running very low on time and Black has strong threats.
To his great credit, White finds a way to keep the game on the boil.} 23. Rh5
$1 Bxb1 24. Bxc4 Rd5 {Shutting the game down rather than take any risk at all
after 24...Be4:} (24... Be4 $5 25. Ba6+ Bb7 26. Bxb7+ (26. Qb5 Bxa6 27. Qxa6+
Kd7) 26... Kxb7 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ c6 30. Qxa7+ Ke8 31. Qxe7+
Kxe7 32. Bh4+ f6 33. Rh7+ Kd6 34. Bxf6 Ra8 $19) 25. Bxd5 exd5+ 26. Re5 Qd6 27.
Re8+ (27. a3 $5) 27... Rxe8+ 28. Qxe8+ Kb7 29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Qe8+ Kb7 {A game
which caused tremendous excitement among the viewing audience.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Aguettaz, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 $5 (6. e3 {La grande
ligne}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. a3 (8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne7 10. Qc2 Nf5 11. Be5 Bxc3
12. Qxc3 d6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 c5 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Bd3 h5 18.
Bc2 h4 19. g4 Rhg8 20. a3 cxd4 21. exd4 Kb8 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Rc1 d5
25. Bb3 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Nd5 27. Qd2 Qf4 28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Qe1 Bd5 30. Qb4 Qxd4 31.
Qd6+ Ka8 32. Qe7 Qd3+ 33. Ka2 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 35. Ka1 Nd5 36. Qxf7 Rc8 37.
Qxe6 Kb7 {Sasikiran,K (2707)-Kamsky,G (2744) Amsterdam 2012 0-1}) 8... Bxc3 9.
bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 d6 $146 (10... g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nb3
f5 15. Qc2 Rhf8 16. f3 e5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O Rde8 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Rh6 Ba6
21. Nd2 exd4 22. exd4 Na5 23. Rdh1 Re7 24. Qa4 Re3 25. Rh7 Qe8 26. Qc2 Nf6 27.
R7h6 Kb7 28. Bf2 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Nd5 30. Re1 Qa4 31. Qc2 Qxa3+ 32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33.
Kxb2 Nxc4+ 34. Nxc4 Bxc4 35. Be3 g4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Rg6 a5 38. Rxg4 a4 39.
Rg3 a3+ 40. Kxa3 {Bacrot,E (2705)-Carlsen,M (2765) Baku 2008 0-1 (62)}) 11. Be2
O-O-O $132 (11... g5 $5 12. Bg3 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3 Kb8 14.
Nb3 {[%cal Gc4c5,Ga3a4,Ga4a5]} (14. c5 $5) 14... Nd7 {[%csl Gc5] Surcontrolant
la case sensible "c5"} 15. f3 f5 16. Bf2 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gc4c5]} h5 17. a4 g4 (
17... a5 $5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6][%cal Gc4c5] Jouable également car le P"a4"
peut-être assez faible mais c'est aussi un affaiblissement de la protection du
K Noir} 18. Rb1 g4 19. c5 $13) 18. h3 $1 d5 19. h4 Qg7 20. a5 g3 21. Bg1 Rhe8
22. axb6 {Suite illisible et gain Blanc au 38ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Psakhis Hecht Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3
h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Qf6 {
Timman`s idea.He tried it once against Salov in 1988.The second try in this
game wasn`t very successful...} (12... Nc5 {Dautov} 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4) (12...
Nd7 $5 {Psakhis} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qxe6 Qxe6 17.
dxe6 Nc5 18. Nd2 Rde8 $44 {Soppe,G-Quiroga,F/La Carlota/1995/0,5/46/}) 13. Bxe4
(13. Nd4 $5 {Dautov}) 13... fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qb2+ 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. h4
g4 18. h5 Nd7 (18... Rf8 $5 19. Qxg4 (19. f3 gxf3+ 20. gxf3 Na6 21. Bh4 Qf5 22.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 Nc5 24. e7 Rf5 25. Rag1 Kd7 26. e4 Rxh5 $13 {
Wichmann-Vancini,Martigny op(88)}) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $6 (20... Ba6+ $1
21. Nc4 Qb2+ 22. Kd3 Nd7 (22... Qa3+ $2 23. Ke4 $1 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kd8 24. Bh4+
Kc8 25. Rac1 $13) 21. Rac1 $1 $16 Nc6 22. Qa4 $1 Kd7 23. e4 $18) (18... Qf5 {
Psakhis} 19. Qxf5 (19. Qxe6+ $5 Qxe6 20. dxe6 Bc8 $5) 19... exf5 20. e4 O-O 21.
exf5 Nd7 22. Rh4 Rae8+ 23. Kd3 Nf6 $44 {Izeta,F-Garcia Trobat,F/San Sebastian/
1989/0,5/48/}) 19. Bh4 Qf5 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. dxe6 Nc5 22. e7 Kf7 $6 {N} (22...
Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Bh3 24. Rg3 $1 {Black can`t do anything against the threat Rag1,
Kd1 and f3!} Kd7 25. Rag1 Rhg8 26. Kd1 $1 (26. e4 $2 Ne6 27. Ke3 Ng7 $1 $17)
26... Ke6 $8 27. f3 Kf5 28. Kc2 $1 $16) (22... Kd7 23. f3 Rag8 (23... gxf3+ {
Dautov} 24. gxf3 Rag8 25. Rhg1 $1 $14) (23... Rhg8 $146 {Psakhis} 24. e4 Ne6
25. Ke3 c5 26. f4 Nd4 27. f5 $1 $16 {Rogozenko,D-Nguyen,A/Moscow(ol)/1994/1:0/
37/} (27. Rac1 $2 Nc6 $14)) 24. e4 gxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rg2+ 26. Ke3 Rhg8 27. Raf1
Ne6 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Nf4 30. Bf6 Bc6 {Salov-Timman/Saint John m/3/1988}
31. Nb3 Ke8 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Nb5 Kf7 34. Bh4 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Ne6 36. Nc3 Rc2 (36...
c5 $2 {Timman} 37. Ne2 $1 $16 {Salov-Timman,Saint John(m/3),1988}) 37. Kd3 Rb2
$10 {Timman}) 23. f3 Rag8 (23... gxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Rhg8 25. Rhg1 {/\Raf1+/-
Timman /\Raf1+/- Timman, Inf.45/562  <<af1>>}) 24. Rhg1 gxf3+ (24... Nd7 25.
Raf1 $16) (24... Rg7 $5 {Psakhis} 25. Raf1 gxf3+ 26. gxf3 Rhg8 27. Rxg7+ Rxg7)
25. gxf3 (25. Nxf3 $2 {Dautov} Rg4 26. Raf1 Ke8 $17 {><c4,g2,e4}) 25... Nd7 $2
{/\Ne5-c6-e7} (25... Ne6 $142 $1 {With the idea Ng7} 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Kf2 Nc5
$1 (27... Ng7 28. Rg1 Rh8) 28. e4 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Ne5 {And black is OK}) (25... d5
{Dautov /^ a6-f1} 26. Nb3 Ba6 (26... Nd7 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Nd4 $16 {/\Nf5}) 27.
Nxc5 bxc5 28. Kd2 Bxc4 29. f4 $16 {/\f5,Rg6}) 26. f4 $16 Nf6 $2 {Blunder in
the difficult position} (26... Nb8 $5) (26... Bc6 $5 {Dautov /\Nf6} 27. Nf3 (
27. e4 Nf6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 $10) 27... Nf6 28. Nd4 Bd7 (28... Be4 29. Nb5) 29. Nb5
Bxb5 30. cxb5 Nxh5 31. Kf3 Nf6 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Rxc7 Rxe7 35. Rc6
Rd7 36. e4 $16) 27. Bxf6 Kxf6 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Rg1 {<->g} Rh8 30. e8=Q $1 {
The rest is clear.} Rxe8 {[#] Hecht: Total ausgereiztes schwarzes Gegenspiel
bei eimem Minusbauern mit Freibauernbildung scheitert an zu starker weißer
Zentralposition} 31. Rg6+ Kf5 (31... Kf7 {Psakhis} 32. Rxh6 Re7 33. Kd3 $16)
32. Rxh6 $18 (32. Nf1 $1 $18 {Psakhis}) 32... d5 (32... Re7 {Dautov} 33. Rg6
$16 {/\Rg5} (33. Rg6 {Psakhis} Rh7 34. Rg5+ Kf6 35. Kd3)) 33. cxd5 (33. Rh7 $2
{Dautov} d4 $132) 33... Bxd5 34. a3 a5 (34... Rg8 {Dautov} 35. Rh7 $16) 35. Rg6
c6 (35... Bf7 {Psakhis} 36. e4+ $1 Rxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Kxe4 38. Rg5 Kxf4 39. h6) 36.
Nf3 (36. Rg5+ $5 Kf6 37. e4 $1 Bxe4 38. Re5 $1) 36... b5 37. Rg5+ (37. Nd4+ {
Psakhis} Ke4 38. Nxc6 Rc8 39. Nxa5 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rh2) 37... Kf6 (37... Ke4 $2
38. Nd2#) 38. Ne5 {/\Nc6} b4 (38... Rc8 {Dautov} 39. Nd7+ Ke6 40. Nb6 Rh8 41.
Nxd5 cxd5 42. e4 dxe4 43. Rxb5 $18) (38... Ke7 {Dautov} 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. e4 Be6
41. Rg6 $18) 39. axb4 a4 (39... axb4 40. Nxc6 Bxc6 41. Rg6+ Kf5 42. Rxc6 Rb8
43. Kf3 b3 44. e4#) 40. Nxc6 Bc4+ 41. Kd2 a3 42. Ra5 a2 43. Nd4 Bd5 44. Nc2 Rc8
45. b5 1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. Bb5+
$1 Bc6 $6 (14... Kf8 15. a4 $5 (15. Rh2 $5) 15... Bxg2 16. Rh2 Bb7 (16... Bd5
17. a5 a6 18. axb6 $1 cxb6 (18... axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. bxc7 $18) 19. Bd3 (19.
Nc4 $2 Ne4 $1 (19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 $16) 20. Nxb6 axb5 (20... Nxc3 21. Qh5 $1
$16) 21. Nxa8 (21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bxb8 Qb7 23. Qa1 $1 Ke7 $1 $17) 21... Nxg3 22.
fxg3 Qd6 23. Kf2 Rg6 $1 $17) 19... b5 20. c4 $1 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 $16
) 17. a5 a6 18. axb6 $1 cxb6 19. Bd3 {/\20.Nc4} b5 20. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 21. Nb3 $1
Qb6 (21... Qxc3+ 22. Kf1 $40) (21... Qe7 22. Bh7 $1 $18) 22. Bh7 $1 Nxh7 (22...
Rh8 23. Bd6+ Kg7 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Qh5 $3 $18) 23. Rxh7 Ke8 $8 24. Qh5 Rg6 25.
Rd1 $18) 15. Bxc6+ (15. Qf3 $1 Nd5 $8 (15... Kd7 16. Nc4 $18) 16. Bxc6+ Nxc6
17. c4 g4 (17... Ndb4 $2 18. a3 g4 19. Qd1 Na6 20. Qa4 $1 Nab8 21. d5 $18) 18.
Qd1 Nf6 (18... Nc3 19. Qc1 $1 cxd4 20. exd4 Na4 $8 (20... Qb4 21. a3 Qa5 22.
Nb3 $18) 21. Qc2 $1 Qb4 22. Qe4 Kd7 23. d5 Ne7 $8 24. dxe6+ fxe6 25. O-O $1 $16
) 19. Qa4 $1 (19. Bh4 O-O-O $1 20. Ne4 Rh8 $1) 19... Qd7 (19... Kd7 20. Bh4 {
/\21.d5}) 20. Bh4 Nxd4 $5 (20... Rh8 21. O-O-O $16) 21. Qxd7+ Nxd7 22. exd4
cxd4 23. Ne4 $1 $16 {/\24.Nf6}) 15... Nxc6 16. Qf3 Kd7 (16... Nd5 17. c4 {
See 15.Qf3}) 17. dxc5 (17. Rh6 $1 Rg6 (17... Nd5 18. c4 g4 19. Qd1 $1 Nc3 20.
Qc2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qa3 (21... Qb4 22. a3 Qa5 23. Nb3 Qg5 24. Rh7 $18) 22. Nb3
Na4 23. d5 $18) 18. Rxg6 fxg6 19. dxc5 Rf8 $1 20. Nb3 Nd5 (20... g4 21. O-O-O+
Nd5 22. Qxg4 $16) 21. Qe4 Qf6 22. Rd1 (22. O-O-O Qxc3+ 23. Kb1 Ncb4 24. Be5 Kc8
$3 $19) 22... Qxc3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 (23... Nce7 24. Be5 Nf5 $1 25. Kg1 $1 $18 (25.
Rxd5+ exd5 26. Qxd5+ Ke7 27. Bxc3 Nxe3+ $19)) 24. Kg1 $1 $16) 17... g4 18. Qd1
(18. Qf4 $5 Nd5 19. Qe4 $1 $40) 18... Kc8 $1 (18... Rh8 $2 19. Nf1+ $1 Nd5 20.
Rxh8 Rxh8 21. c4 $18) 19. Bh4 Rh8 (19... Kb7 20. Ne4 Rh8 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxf6
Rxh1+ 23. Ke2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $14) 20. Qa4 Kb7 (20... Qxc5 21. Ke2 $1 Nd7 (21...
Nd5 22. Ne4 b5 23. Qa6+ $18) 22. Nb3 $1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd6 24. Bg3 $18) 21. O-O-O
Rxh4 $6 (21... Rad8 $1 22. Bxf6 $1 (22. g3 $2 Qxc5 $1 23. Bxf6 Rxh1 24. Rxh1
Rxd2 $1 $17) 22... Qxf6 23. Ne4 $10) 22. Rxh4 Nd5 23. Rdh1 $8 Nxc3 24. Qc4 Qf6
25. Rh6 Qg7 (25... Qe5 $5 26. R1h5 Qg7) 26. a3 {/\27Kc2} (26. Kc2 $2 Nxa2 $1)
26... b5 (26... Rd8 27. Kc2 Nd5 $44 {/\g3}) 27. Qb3 a6 $6 (27... Na5 28. Qb2
Rd8 29. Nb1 $1 (29. Kc2 $2 Rxd2+ $1 $19) (29. Ne4 Ne2+ $1 (29... Rd3 $2 30. Kc2
Nc4 31. Qa1 $1 $18) 30. Kb1 (30. Qxe2 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa2+ $19) 30... Qxb2+ 31.
Kxb2 g3 $1 $13) 29... Ne2+ $1 (29... Rd3 $2 30. Kc2 Nc4 31. Qb3 (31. Qa1 Qe5 $1
32. Kxd3 Qe4+ 33. Kxc3 Qe5+ $19) 31... Na5 (31... Nxb1 32. Qxb5+ Kc8 33. Rh8+
Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Rd1+ Ke7 (35... Ncd2 36. Qxb1 $1 $18) (35... Nbd2 36.
Qxc4 $1 $18) 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Kxb1 $18) 32. Qb4 $1 Nc6 33. Qb2 $1 $18) 30. Qxe2
(30. Kc2 Qxb2+ 31. Kxb2 g3 $1 $13) 30... Nb3+ 31. Kc2 Na1+ $10) 28. Qb2 Rg8 $2
(28... Ka7 $3 29. Rh7 $1 Qe5 30. R1h5 $1 Qf6 (30... f5 31. Nc4 $1 Qxc5 (31...
bxc4 32. Qb6#) (31... Ne2+ 32. Qxe2 $1 Qa1+ 33. Kc2 bxc4 34. Rxc7+ Kb8 35. Rxc6
$18) 32. Rxc7+ Kb8 33. Rf7 $1 $18) 31. R5h6 $1 (31. R7h6 Qg7 32. Ne4 b4 $1 33.
Rh7 (33. axb4 Nxb4 $1 $19) 33... Ne2+ $3 34. Kb1 (34. Qxe2 Qa1+ $19) 34... Qg6
$1 35. Qxe2 Qxe4+ 36. Qc2 Qxg2 $40) 31... Qe5 32. Kc2 b4 $1 33. axb4 Rb8 34.
Nc4 $1 Nxb4+ 35. Qxb4 Qf5+ 36. Kxc3 Rxb4 37. Kxb4 $16) 29. Kc2 $22 Na4 30. Qxg7
$16 Rxg7 31. R1h5 $6 (31. Rh7 $1 Rxh7 (31... Rg5 32. R1h5) 32. Rxh7 f5 (32...
Ne5 33. Rh5 f5 (33... Nd7 34. Nb3 Kc6 $4 35. Na5#) 34. e4 $1 g3 $1 (34... Ng6
35. exf5 Nf4 36. f6 $1 $18) (34... Nc6 35. Nb3 $1 $16) 35. f3 $1 Nc6 36. Nb3
fxe4 37. fxe4 $18) 33. Nb3 $18) 31... Rg8 $1 32. Rh7 $6 (32. Rf6 $1 $16) 32...
f5 33. Nb3 Rd8 $1 $132 34. Rg7 Rd5 35. Rhh7 Nxc5 36. Rxc7+ Kb6 37. Nxc5 Rxc5+
38. Kb2 g3 $1 {><g2,e3} 39. f4 $1 Na5 $1 40. Rce7 $5 (40. Rxc5 Kxc5 41. Kc3 $1
Nc4 42. Kd3 $14) 40... Nc4+ 41. Ka2 Nd2 $1 (41... Rc6 42. Rh6 $1 Nxe3 $2 43.
Rexe6 $18) 42. Rxe6+ Ka5 43. Kb2 $1 (43. Ra7 $2 Rc2+ 44. Ka1 Ka4 45. Raxa6+ Kb3
$19) 43... Nc4+ 44. Kc3 $1 Nxa3+ (44... Nxe3+ 45. Kd4 $18) 45. Kb3 Nc4 (45...
b4 $2 46. Re5 $18) 46. Rd7 $1 b4 $1 $8 (46... Nb6 $2 47. Rdd6 $18) (46... Rc8
$2 47. Rd1 $1 b4 48. Rd5+) 47. Re8 $6 (47. Ree7 $1 Kb5 $1 $8 (47... Nb6 48. Rc7
Rd5 49. Re5 $18) 48. Rb7+ Ka5 49. Red7 $1 (49. Rxb4 Nd2+ 50. Ka3 Rc3+ 51. Kb2
Kxb4 52. Rb7+ Kc4 53. Rc7+ Kd3 54. Rxc3+ Ke4 {/\Nf1}) 49... Nxe3 $1 (49... Nb6
$2 50. Rd3 $8 Nc4 $1 51. e4 $3 (51. Rxb4 Nd2+ $1 52. Rxd2 Rc3+ $3 53. Kxc3 $10)
51... fxe4 52. Rd4 Ne3 53. Rdxb4 Rb5 54. R7xb5+ axb5 55. Rxe4 Nxg2 56. f5 $18)
50. Rxb4 Rb5 51. Rxb5+ Kxb5 $1 52. Rd2 $14) 47... Nb6 48. Rc7 $3 Rxc7 (48...
Rd5 49. Re5 $18) 49. Re5+ {[Mikhalevski,V]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 (10... Nbd7 11. h4 Ke7 12. Rh2 Qg8 13. Bd3 Qg7
14. Qe2 Rae8 15. O-O-O Kd8 $13 {Notkin,M-Brodsky,M/Groningen/1994/1-0/38/}) 11.
c5 {N/} (11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bb5+ Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16.
Qf3 Kd7 17. dxc5 g4 18. Qd1 Kc8 19. Bh4 Rh8 20. Qa4 Kb7 21. O-O-O Rxh4 22. Rxh4
Nd5 23. Rdh1 Nxc3 24. Qc4 $14 {Mikhalevsky,V-Ligterink,G/Leeuwarden/1995/0,5/
49/}) 11... dxc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 $6 (12... Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qf3 Kd7 15. dxc5
g4 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qxg4 Qxc5 18. O-O $16) (12... Nbd7 13. h4 O-O-O $13) 13. O-O
$1 (13. h4 Kg7 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8 Kxh8 16. Be5 Kg8 17. Nf3 Ne4 $17) 13...
h5 $2 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qa4 $146) 14. e4 $1 Nxe4 (14... h4 15. Be5
Rg8 16. dxc5 Nc6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qa4 Ne7 19. c6 $16) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Re1
Bb7 17. h3 $146 Nc6 18. d5 Rd8 19. Qa4 Na5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rad1 $1 Rd5 22.
Be5 Rh6 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. c4 Bb7 25. Rd1 $1 a6 26. Bxa6 $1 Bc6 (26... Bxa6 27.
Rd7 Qe8 28. Qd1 Nc6 29. Bg7+ $18) 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. cxb5 c4 (28... Kf7 29. Qe4)
29. Bc3 Kf7 30. Bxa5 bxa5 31. b6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first game of the match and since Zhao Jun eliminated
Harikrishna in a well played tie-break a round before, I was looking to put
pressure on my young opponent from the start of our match. Dies war die erste
Partie des Matches, und da Zhao Jun eine Runde zuvor in einem gut geführten
Stichkampf Harikrishna ausgeschaltet hatte, wollte ich meinen jungen Gegner
von Anbeginn unseres Wettkampfs unter Druck setzen.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 ({Alltought I was prepared for
this line, here I decided to deviate from the planned Obwohl ich auf dieses
Abspiel vorbereitet war, beschloss ich an dieser Stelle, von dem geplanten} 
7... c5 {because the positions arising after abzuweichen, da die nach} 8. d5 {
are quite dangerous for Black and judging by my opponent's reactions he was
well prepared here. entstehenden Stellungen für Schwarz ziemlich gefährlich
sind, und den Reaktionen meines Gegners nach zu urteilen war er hier gut
gewappnet.}) 8. bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e3 (10. e4 Nf8 11. Bf2 Ng6 12. g3 {
is an worthy alternative to the game continuation. ist eine bemerkenswerte
Alternative zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 10... Qe7 11. Bd3 e5 12. e4 {It seems as
if White lost a tempo by playing e2-e3-e4, but the black queen on e7 is more
vulnerable than on d8. White will try to prove this by bringing the knght to
f5 or d5. Es scheint, als habe Weiß mit e2-e3-e4 ein Tempo verloren, aber die
schwarze Dame steht auf e7 anfälliger als auf d8. Weiß wird versuchen, dies zu
beweisen, indem er den Springer nach f5 oder d5 bringt.} Nf8 13. Nf1 Ng6 14.
Bf2 Nf4 15. Ne3 Nxd3+ ({I was afraid that after Ich befürchtete, dass es mir
nach} 15... O-O 16. Bf1 {followed by ...g3, I will find it hard to justify my
knight route to f4. nebst ...g3 schwer fallen würde, meine Springerroute nach
f4 zu rechtfertigen.}) 16. Qxd3 Nh5 17. g3 O-O 18. O-O Rae8 $5 ({An ambitious
move, but the more cautious Ein ehrgeiziger Zug, aber das vorsichtigere} 18...
Bc8 {which was my choice against Bacrot in 2004 is also ok. , was ich 2004
gegen Bacrot wählte, ist auch okay.}) 19. a4 $1 {A good move, underlining the
flaw of Rae8. Ein guter Zug, der den Nachteil von Rae8 unterstreicht.} Qg5 {
I used quite some time to play this natural move, as the play becomes very
sharp now. Für diesen natürlichen Zug brauchte ich einige Bedenkzeit, da sich
das Spiel jetzt sehr verschärft.} 20. h4 $1 ({It is too early for Für} 20. a5
$6 {because Black opens the center with ist es zu früh, denn Schwarz öffnet
das Zentrum mit} exd4 $1 21. cxd4 f5 $1 {and gets the initiative. und erhält
die Initiative.}) (20. Qc2 $6 f5 $1 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. exf5 Bxf3 {is at least
very dangerous for White. ist zumindest sehr gefährlich für Weiß.}) 20... Qg6
21. Kh2 (21. Nf5 Bc8 22. a5 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. cxd5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qd6 {
leads to an unclear position. führt zu einer unklaren Stellung.}) 21... exd4 $5
{A very commital decision, one that obliges Black to continue very
aggressively, because now White holds all the positional trumps. Eine sehr
verpflichtende Entscheidung, nach der Schwarz sehr aggressiv weiterspielen
muss, denn jetzt hat Weiß alle positionellen Trümpfe in der Hand.} (21... a5 {
was safer, but also boring! war sicherer, aber auch langweilig!}) 22. cxd4 Bxe4
$5 {Objectively not the best, but with the imminent timetrouble approaching 
(FIDE time control) it was at least a playable decision. Objektiv nicht am
besten, aber bei herannahender Zeitnot (FIDE-Bedenkzeit) war es zumindest eine
vertretbare Entscheidung.} (22... Nf6 23. a5 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc3 f5 {
was another way to destroy the white pawn center, but I am not sure that this
is really better then the move I chose. war eine weitere Möglichkeit, das
weiße Bauernzentrum zu zerschlagen, aber ich bin nicht sicher, ob dies
wirklich besser ist als der von mir gewählte Zug.}) (22... a5 {seems to be the
best, but after opening the center, it is just impossible to play such a move.
scheint am besten zu sein, aber nach der Öffnung des Zentrums ist es einfach
unmöglich, einen solchen Zug zu spielen.}) 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Rad1 (24. Ra3 Rfe8
25. Nd5 c6 26. Nb4 f5 27. Nxc6 Nf6 {is, at least in my oppinion, unclear. ist,
zumindest in meinen Augen, unklar.}) 24... f5 (24... c6 $1 {is Fritz's
suggestion and a better way to continue, alltough for us humans, it is
virtually impossible to make such a move after a piece sacrifice. ist Fritz'
Vorschlag und eine bessere Fortsetzung, obwohl es für uns Menschen nach einem
Figurenopfer praktisch unmöglich ist, einen solchen Zug zu machen.} 25. Ng2 f5
26. Rfe1 Nf6 27. Qf3 $14) 25. Nd5 $1 Qf7 {This is not ideal, but I could not
find a convenient way to defend against Qxe4. Das ist nicht ideal, aber ich
konnte keine bequeme Verteidigung gegen Qxe4 finden.} 26. Qf3 c6 27. Ne3 ({
Only an engine could play something like Nur eine Engine könnte etwas spielen
wie} 27. Nc3 Rg4 28. Qxc6 f4 29. Nd5 (29. Qd5 fxg3+ 30. Bxg3 Qxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxf1
32. Rxf1 Rxg3 33. Rf5 Rg4 34. Rxh5 Rxd4 {is probably a draw. ist vermutlich
remis.}) 29... Kh7 30. gxf4 Qf5 31. Rg1 Nxf4 32. Rxg4 Qxg4 33. Nxf4 Qxd1 (33...
Rxf4 $2 34. Bg3 d5 $1 35. Rg1 $1 (35. Qxd5 Rf5 36. Qh1 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 g5 38. hxg5
Rxg5 39. Qb7+ Rg7 40. Qc8 Qxd1 41. Qf5+ $11) (35. Rd2 Rf3 36. Qd6 (36. Rg2 Rxg3
37. Rxg3 Qxh4+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Rf3 Qe2+ 40. Rf2 Qg4+ $11) 36... dxc4 $14)
35... Rxd4 36. cxd5 Rd2+ 37. Rg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+
41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Bf2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 $18) 34. Qe4+ Kg8 $14) 27... Qg6 28. Ng2 (28.
Rg1 Nf6 29. Rde1 Rxd4 30. Nd5 Qg4 31. Nxf6+ Rxf6 32. Qxc6 Rxc4 33. Re8+ Kh7 34.
Qa8 Re4 $132 {is another computer line which I did not consider during the
game. ist ein weiteres Computerabspiel, das ich während der Partie nicht
Erwägung zog.}) 28... f4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Bg3 Ne6 31. Qd3 $6 (31. h5 $1 Qh7
32. Qa3 $1 (32. Qd3 Rf5 $1 $13) 32... Rf5 33. Qxd6 Rxh5+ 34. Kg1 Qg6 35. d5 $16
{would have refuted Black's bold play. hätte das kühne schwarze Spiel
widerlegt.}) 31... Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Nxd4 $15 {But now Black is holding the
initiative and my opponent was visibly upset by this. Nun aber hält Schwarz
die Initiative fest in der Hand, und meinem Gegner machte dies sichtbar zu
schaffen.} 33. Qd3 $138 c5 $1 $138 ({After the natural Nach dem natürlichen} 
33... Qf5 {I was afraid of befürchtete ich} 34. Qxd4 (34. Ne3 $1 Qf3 35. Ng2 $1
$11 {is the correct defence. ist die korrekte Verteidigung.}) 34... Rxd4 35.
Rxd4 {but after , doch nach} Qc2 36. Rxd6 Qxa4 $17 {the a-pawn is very fast.
ist der a-Bauer sehr schnell.}) 34. Nf4 Qf5 35. Qf1 Qg4 36. Rd3 Nf5 $6 (36...
h5 $1 $17 {would have posed more problems for White. hätte Weiß mehr Probleme
bereitet.}) 37. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Rxc4 $6 (38... Nxg3 39. Kxg3 g5 {would
have given me some winning chances, but there was simply no time on the clock
for such 'details'. hätte mir einige Gewinnchancen verschafft, aber auf der
Uhr war einfach keine Zeit für solche 'Details'.}) 39. Ne6 $2 {I feel obliged
to mention the FIDE time control once more... Ich fühle mich verpflichtet,
noch einmal die FIDE-Bedenkzeit zu erwähnen...} (39. Ng6 Nxg3 40. Kxg3 h5 41.
Ne7+ Kh7 42. Rf5 Rg4+ 43. Kh3 Kh6 44. Ng8+ $11) 39... Nxg3 40. Kxg3 Rxa4 $2 (
40... Re4 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Re8 Kg6 $17) 41. h5 $11 Re4 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Nf4 Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rh6 Kf8 (13... Nbd7
14. Qa4 a5 $6 (14... Kf8 15. f3 a6 16. e4 Kg7 17. Rh1 Rh8 18. Rg1 Rh6 $13 {
Kasparov,G-Zarnicki,P/Buenos Aires/1992/0,5/36/}) 15. c5 $1 dxc5 16. Bxc7 Nd5
17. Ne4 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Gulko,B/ITA/1991/0,5/54/}) 14. Be2 Kg7 (14... Bxg2 $2
15. Bf3) 15. Rh1 Nc6 (15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Bh4 $16) 16. Qc2 Rh8 17. O-O-O
Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Rh8 19. Rxh8 Kxh8 20. Kb2 Na5 21. f3 c5 22. Qd1 Kg8 $2 (22... Kg7
$10) 23. Qh1 Bc8 (23... Kg7 24. Qh2 Ne8 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qh5 $16) 24. Qh6 Nh7 $2
(24... Ne8 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Bh2 $16 g4) 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qg6+ Kh8 (
26... Kf8 27. Bxf5) 27. Bxf5 $1 $18 Nb7 (27... exf5 28. Bxd6 {/\BeR+-/}) 28.
Ne4 Nf8 (28... exf5 29. Nxd6 $18) 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Bg4 Nh7 31. Qg6+ (31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Nxd6) (31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Nxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Csopak Rieszling-Cup"]
[Site "Csopak"]
[Date "1987.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Paehtz,T"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1987.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8/1987 Seite 17} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6.
e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 ({Auch das Bauernopfer} 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3
Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. h4 {bietet Weiß gute Chancen.}) 9... f5 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 d6 12. d5 $1 exd5 ({Neuerdings bevorzugt man} 12... Nc5 {was zu einigen
spektakulären Partien führte.}) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. Nxf5 $5 ({
Üblich an dieser Stelle} 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nd7 17. Bxf5 O-O-O 18. Qa4 a5 19.
Kf2 Bb7 20. g4 $1 {Tal,M-Vaganian,R/URS-ch Leningrad 1974}) 15... Qxf5 $6 ({
Barcza zog vielleicht besser} 15... Nc5) ({Spielbar ist auch} 15... Nxg3 16.
fxg3 Bxg2 $5 17. Rg1 (17. Qxg2 $4 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 ({oder} 18. Kf2 Qxd3 19. Qxa8
O-O $1) 18... Qb2+ 19. Kf3 g4+) 17... Bb7 18. Rf1) 16. f3 Bb7 ({Falls} 16...
Qe6 {so} 17. fxe4 Bc4 18. Qa4+ b5 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. e5 {mit
großem weißen Vorteil.}) 17. fxe4 Qc5 {Darauf hatte sich Peter Enders
verlassen.} 18. e5 $3 {[#]Sonst folgt Nd7 nebst Ne5 mit Blockade.} Nc6 (18...
Qxe3+ $2 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Re1 Qc5 21. e6 Nc6 22. Bg6 {und Schwarz ist verloren.}
) 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. exd6 $1 ({Schwächer} 20. O-O-O Nxe5 {und er speilt noch mit.
}) 20... Qxe3+ {Nun doch.} (20... cxd6 21. Bxd6 $1 {ähnlich wie in der Partie})
21. Kd1 {Kurios die beiderseitige Königsstellung.} cxd6 22. Bxd6 $1 {Der K.o.
Es droht einfach 23.Re1 mit Damengewinn.} Nd4 $6 {Verzweiflung.} ({Auf} 22...
Qe6 {folgt} 23. Qd3 {mit Gewinn}) 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Qd2 Qxa1+ 25. Ke2 Re8+ {
Ein letztes Racheschach ...} 26. Be5+ {... und Gegenschach} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 c5 8. d5
Qe7 9. Bxf6 ({Dieser Zug sieht nicht besonders logisch aus, schlecht ist er
aber nicht. Nur} 9. Qc2 {wurde bis jetzt an dieser Stelle gespielt.}) 9... Qxf6
10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e4 (12. g3 {sollte besser sein, wobei die
Chancen nach} d6 13. Bg2 Na6 14. O-O Qe7 {verteilt sind}) 12... Qg6 ({
Ehrgeiziger als} 12... d6 13. Be2 e5 14. O-O Nd7 $11 {, denn Schwarz zwingt
seinen Gegner zu einer wichtigen Entscheidung.}) 13. Bd3 $6 {Dieses Baueropfer
sieht kaum korrekt aus. Aber bei normalen Zügen, musste Weiss immer mit f5
rechnen.} Qxg2 14. O-O-O d6 ({Nach der weiteren Fresserei} 14... Qxf2 {
befürchtete ich} 15. Rdf1 Qh4 16. e5 {, aber Schwarz sollte mittels} Qh5 17.
Nf3 d6 {den gegnerischen Angriff abwehren können.}) 15. f4 $5 {Bevor er die
Aufstellung seiner Türme bestimmt, spielt Weiss einen nützlichen Zug.} Nd7 ({
Ich nahm von} 15... Qh3 16. Bb1 Nd7 {Abstand, weil ich der Bildung der Batterie
} 17. Qc2 {nicht provozieren wollte. Aber die weisse Organisation sieht jetzt
gekünstelt aus, wobei Schwarz nach} exd5 18. cxd5 Rfd8 {besser stehen sollte.})
16. Rdf1 Qh3 17. Rf3 Qh4 18. Rg1 Kh8 ({Schwarz sollte meines Erachtens das
Zentrum mittels} 18... e5 19. f5 {nicht zu machen. Der weisse Druck am
Königsflügel könnte sich dann leichter entfalten, während der Nachziehende
kaum Gegenspiel haben würde.}) 19. Qd1 b5 $5 20. Qf1 (20. cxb5 exd5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Rfg3 Rg8) 20... bxc4 $6 ({Besser und auch vorteilhaft war hier} 20...
exd5 {, denn nun kann der weisse Springer schnell aktiv werden.}) 21. Qg2 Rg8 (
{Der Computer bevorzugt klar} 21... g6 {An einer solchen Schwächung verlor ich
natürlich keine Gedanken...}) 22. Nxc4 $1 (22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nxc4 Qe7 24. Rh3
Raf8 25. Qg5 Qf6 $1 {ist unklar}) 22... Qe7 23. Rg3 ({Die Ressource} 23. Qg5 $1
{wurde von beiden Kontrahenten nicht betrachtet! Nach} Qxg5 24. fxg5 exd5 25.
Nxd6 Ne5 26. Rh3 {hat Weiss lästige Drohungen aufgestellt.}) 23... Qf6 24. Kc2
$2 ({Nach diesem Fehler kehrt der Vorteil zum Nachziehenden zurück. Richtig war
} 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Kd1 d5 26. e5 dxc4 27. exf6 Bxg2 28. fxg7+ Rxg7 29. Rxg7
Kxg7 30. Rxg2+ {gefolgt von Bxc4 mit ungefährem Ausgleich.}) 24... exd5 25.
exd5 Nb6 $6 ({Unter Zeitdruck griff ich fehl und übersah die weisse Antwort.
Zur Verfügung standen zwei vorteilhafte Fortsetzungen:} 25... Rae8 26. Nd2 c4
$1 $40) ({und} 25... Ba6 26. Qe4 g6 27. Rh3 Kg7 28. Rhg3 Bxc4 29. Rxg6+ fxg6
30. Rxg6+ Kh8 $1 31. Rxf6 (31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $19) 31... Bxd3+ 32. Kxd3 Nxf6 33.
Qe7 Rgf8 34. c4 Rad8 $17 {/-+}) 26. Nxd6 Nxd5 $6 ({Zum Vorteil reichte noch} 
26... Bxd5 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 g6 {aus}) 27. Nxb7 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ (28...
Qd4 $1 $36 {hätte Weiss vor einer schwierigeren Aufgabe gestellt.}) 29. Kc1 (
29. Qb2 $2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Rab8 31. Ba6 Nc7 $19) 29... Nxf4 $6 (29... Qxb7 $4 {
verliert wegen} 30. Rxg7) ({Schwarz müsste sich hier wohl mit der
Zugwiederholung} 29... Qa3+ 30. Kb1 Qb4+ 31. Kc1 {zufrieden geben}) 30. Qb2 (
30. Nd6 $5 $40 {sah ich zu spät aus, und wäre in Zeitnot sehr unangenehm
gewesen! Nach dem Textzug muss Schwarz aber immer noch aufpassen.}) 30... Nxd3+
(30... Qxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Rab8 32. Ba6 c4 33. Rd1 Rgc8 34. Rd7 $14) 31. Rxd3 Qe4 (
31... Rae8 32. Qxb4 cxb4 33. Kd1 $14) 32. Rh3 $6 (32. Rdg3 f6 33. Nd6 Qe6 34.
Qd2 $14) 32... f6 (32... Qf4+ 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Qc3 Qf4+ 35. Qe3 Qf6 $11) 33.
Rxh6+ ({Weiss erzwingt somit das Dauerschach.} 33. Nxc5 $6 {wäre hingegen
übermutig, denn Schwarz nützt die geöffnete c-Linie zu Angriffszwecken:} Qf5 $1
34. Rc3 Rab8 $1 35. Nb3 (35. Qc2 Qf4+ 36. Qd2 Rb1+ $19) 35... Rgc8 $40) (33.
Nd6 Qe6 34. Rd3 c4 35. Rdd1 Qe3+ 36. Qd2 Qa3+ 37. Qb2 Qe3+ 38. Kc2 Qf2+ 39. Kc1
$11) 33... gxh6 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. Nd2 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nf1 (12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14.
Bf1 Ng6 15. Bf2 Nf4 16. g3 Ng6 17. a4 a5 18. Bg2 Bc6 19. Nf1 Kh7 20. Ne3 Ng8
21. Qb3 Rf8 22. Red1 N8e7 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 f5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Qa3 fxe4 {
Ostojic,N-Raicevic,V/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59/1-0 (40)}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14.
d5 Ne5 15. Ne3 Ng6 16. Bf2 Re8 17. O-O a6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Be1 Bc8 20. Bc3 Nh5
21. g3 Bh3 22. Rf2 Nf6 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Be2 Qe7 26. Qc2 {[%tqu "En",
"Can you find a very strong move to break up White pawn structure?","You
remove his f3 pawn!  But you can not take it directly!","Put the right piece
on g4 to ruin the White defensive setup!","e5g4","",20]} Neg4 27. Nxg4 (27.
fxg4 Nxe4 28. Rf3 hxg4 29. Nf5 Qg5 30. Rf4 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxe2 $19) 27... hxg4
28. Bd3 gxf3 29. Rxf3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg4e5]} (29... Nxe4 $2 30. Re1 f5
31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rf4 $11) 30. Rg1 Qg5 31. Bd2 Qh5 $17 32. Rf5 $4 (32. Rf4) {
[%tqu "En","Can you find the winning move?","If his rook on f5 did not defend
f2, you could play Ng4-f2 MATE!","Use your queen to get rid of the defender of
f2","h5f5","",12]} 32... Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Monroy, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 {Une variante trés populaire
dans les années 80} Bb7 6. Nd2 (6. e3 {la ligne principale}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 g5
$5 {Thématique mais risqué} (7... Nc6 $142 $1 8. a3 (8. e3 Ne7 9. f3 Nf5 $132 {
[%cal Gf5e3,Gf5h4]} 10. Bf2 c5) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12.
h4 O-O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nb3 f5 15. Qc2 Rhf8 16. f3 e5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O
Rde8 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Rh6 Ba6 21. Nd2 exd4 22. exd4 {Bacrot,E (2705)-Carlsen,M 
(2765)/Baku 2008/CB20/0-1 (62)}) (7... c5 8. d5 $5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. e4 {
Sakaev,K (2677)-Adams,M (2741) FRA-chT Top 16 GpA 2005 (1) 1/2}) 8. Bg3 Nc6 $1
(8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6) (8... Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. e4) 9. e3 d6 $146 ({RR} 9... Ne7
10. f3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. e4 Nf4 16.
Bf1 Nd6 17. a4 f6 18. Qb3 e5 19. h4 g4 20. a5 O-O-O 21. g3 Ne6 22. d5 Ng7 23.
c4 gxf3 24. c5 {Jianu,V (2487)-Monroy,C (2345)/France 2005/EXT 2006/1-0 (39)})
10. Qc2 Qe7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne5 (12... e5 13. h4 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) 13. h4 $1
Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. e4 c6 $6 (15... Ng6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 16. c5 $1 bxc5
17. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]} 19. Qxc5 Nd7 20. Qa5 {[%csl
Rd8,Re8]} Nb6 21. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5,Gc5b7,Gc5e6]} Qe7 22. O-O-O $40 c5 23. f3 c4
(23... Kf8 $142 24. Rh7 Rg7) 24. Qb5+ Kf8 25. Nc5 Bc8 (25... c3) 26. Bxc4 Nxc4
27. Qxc4 Kg7 28. Rh5 a5 29. Kb1 Ra7 30. Qc1 Kf6 31. Na4 Be6 32. g3 Rc7 33. Nc3
Qb4 $2 (33... Rcc8) 34. Rh6+ $2 $138 (34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Qxc7) 34... Rg6 35. Rh8
Bxa2+ 36. Kxa2 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Qc4+ 38. Ka1 Qa4+ 39. Kb2 Qb5+ 40. Kc2 Kg7 41.
Rdd8 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfer, Israel"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ {Now White will have at least
doubled pawns. Surely that it is not big deal, but important to start from
something!} 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bd3 {This move is a
rare guest, but it is not bad at all} ({Much more popular in modern practice} 
9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 {but I afraid that Mr.Gelfer study this line last time
many years ago. To be honest, last time I had this kind of position at home
also more than 10 years ago.}) 9... g5 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nd2 h5 13.
h4 Rg8 {We had to spend some time before we got this quite famous position.}
14. e4 $6 $146 {Novelty, but not good one.} (14. hxg5 Rxg5 15. Be2 O-O-O 16.
Bf3 Rdg8 17. Rb1 h4 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qf3+ c6 20. Bxh4 Rg4 21. Bg3 Nh5 {
1/2-1/2 Ackerley,L-Caldwell,J/Club 1994 (35)}) (14. f3 O-O-O 15. hxg5 Rxg5 16.
Bh4 {leads to very complicated game, for example} Rg7 17. Rf2 Rdg8 18. Qa4 Kb8
19. e4 (19. Re1 Qe8 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Rfe2 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rh2 24.
Bf2 Qe7 25. Ne4 Rgg2 26. R1e2 Bxe4 {0-1 Belozerov,A-Nikolenko,O/Moscow op 1999/
CBM 70/[Tisdall] (40)}) 19... Qe8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bb5 Qc8 22. e5 a6 23. exf6
axb5 24. Qxb5 Rg6 25. a4 e5 26. a5 exd4 27. axb6 Nxb6 {0-1 Farago,I-Rechlis,G/
Beersheva 1987 (35)}) 14... O-O-O 15. hxg5 {It was not so easy already to make
move, but after this one White lose almost force} ({I like black position and
after} 15. f3 Nh7 $5 16. Qe1 Rg7 {[%cal Gd8g8,Gd7f8,Gf8g6]}) 15... Rxg5 16. Nf3
Rg4 {I am sure that} (16... Rxg3 17. fxg3 Bxe4 {is very good for Black, but
text is much stronger}) 17. Nh2 {What else?} Rg7 {[%cal Gd8g8,Rh5h4]} 18. Bh4
$6 (18. Re1 Rdg8 19. Nf3 {Was last chanse for defence, but quite weak one!})
18... Rdg8 19. g3 (19. Qf3 $142 $17) {[%tqu "En","So, how we,ll continue
attack now?","","","f6e4","",10]} 19... Nxe4 $3 {[%mdl 64] Funny trick!Black
is winning now just in few moves} 20. Qxh5 ({I hoped for} 20. Bxe7 Rxg3+ 21.
fxg3 Rxg3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2# {but who wants to be mated?}) 20... f6 {All white
pieces are bad and rest is very simple} 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qe2 Bb7 23. f3 Qf7
24. Kf2 e5 {[%csl Rc4]} 25. Ng4 Bxf3 $1 26. Qxf3 Rxg4 (26... Rxg4 27. Qa8+ Nb8
$19 {[%csl Ra8,Rc4,Rf2,Rh4]}) 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {les deux amis sont appariés ensemble} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6
5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. f3 Nbd7 11.
Bd3 e5) 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 (9. Nd2) 9... d6 (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3
Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gd8e7,Ge8c8] Probablement le plan le plus solide} 12. Nd2 (12.
Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7,Gc4c5]} Qe7 13. c5 h5 14. Be2 Na5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ga5b7]} 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 $1 {L'échange avantage les noirs qui n'ont plus de faiblesse sur la
colonne "h"} 16. Rxh5 O-O-O $132) 12... Qe7 13. Nb3 (13. c5 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1,
Gb1b7]}) 13... Qa3 $5) 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 {Cette ancienne variante
était а la mode dans les années 80 et 90 mais elle semble désormais assez
risquée} (11... Nxg3 $142 12. fxg3 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7) 12. d5 $1 Nd7 $1 (12... Nc5
$143 {Cette sous-variante est devenue assez douteuse car les blancs ont une
forte initiative} 13. h4 $1 (13. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4e6]} Qf6) 13... g4 (
13... Rg8 $2 {Dans une vieille partie jouée а Cappelle, j'avais été massacré
après cette faute} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rh6 Nba6 16. Nd4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18.
Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} exd5 19. Qh5+ $40 {Jouravljev,A (2300)-Primel,D Cappelle
op 09th (2) 1-0}) 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. O-O Nba6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf5 $1 $40 {
Salov,V (2595)-Timman,J (2675) Candidates m4 1988 (5) 1/2}) 13. Nd4 (13. Bxe4
fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 $13 {[%cal Gf6c3,Gf6e6]}) 13... Ndc5 {[%cal Gc5e4,Gc5e6,
Gc5d3]} 14. dxe6 O-O ({RR} 14... Rf8 15. Be2 {RR} Qf6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Bf7 Rxf7
18. exf7 Qxf7 19. O-O Nxg3 20. fxg3 Be4 21. Qf2 Rf8 22. g4 Qxc4 23. gxf5 Rf6
24. Qg3 Bd3 25. h4 Ne4 26. Qg4 c5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Ne6 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Qd3 30.
Qh3 {Kamsky,G (2655)-Salov,V (2655)/Moscow 1992/CBM 033/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (14...
Qf6 $142 15. f3 f4 $1) 15. f3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qd2 $146 (17. Qc2 {
Zakharevich,I (2492)-Lushenkov,M (2308) Samara op (1) 1-0}) 17... Qf6 18. h4 g4
19. h5 $13 {[%csl Rh6]} Nxe6 20. fxg4 f4 21. O-O {[%cal Gf1f6]} f3 $1 22. Nxf3
(22. gxf3 $5 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Nxd4 23. exd4 (23. cxd4 Bxf3 24. Bf4 {[%cal Gf1f3,
Gf4h6]}) 23... Bxf3 24. Rae1 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3f3]} (24. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3f3,Gd3g6]}
)) 22... Qg7 {[%csl Rg4]} 23. Nh2 Nc5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 $6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1
Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d2,Ge4g3]} 27. Qe1 Qf7+ $6 (27... Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ga6f1]} 28. Kg1
Bxc4 $17) 28. Kg1 Qxc4 29. Bf4 Qxa2 30. Bxh6 {[%csl Gg4,Gh5]} Nxc3 31. Nf3 Ne2+
32. Kh2 Kh7 $4 (32... Bxf3 33. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2f8]} (33. gxf3 Nd4+ {[%cal
Gd4f3]}) 33... Nc3 34. Qxf3 Qf7 $11) 33. Qh4 $1 Bxf3 34. Qf6 Qg8 35. gxf3 Nc3
36. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. e4 Qe6 14. O-O Nh5
15. Rae1 Nf4 16. Bb1 a6 17. Kh1 b5 $1 {Seizing the initiative on the queenside.
} 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. d5 Qd7 20. Bf2 (20. Bg3 {was better here, immediately
challenging Black's knight on f4. war hier stärker, um den schwarzen Springer
sofort anzugreifen.}) 20... bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 a5 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. Rg1
(24. c4 Rfb8 25. Qc3 Rb4 {is also not nice. macht auch keinen Spaß.}) 24...
Rfb8 25. Qa3 Qb5 26. c4 Qb2 $1 ({Stronger than Stärker als} 26... Qxc4 27. Rc1)
27. Qe3 Bxc4 28. g3 Nh3 29. Rg2 Qa1 30. Qc1 {Permitting a nice finish, but 30.
Bd3 Qxa2 was also hopeless. Lässt ein hübsches Finale zu, aber 30.Ld3 Dxa2 war
auch hoffnungslos.} {[%tqu "En","White is all tied up, and particularly his
piece cluster on the kingside makes a clumsy impression. This allows Black to
win the game immediately. How?","The white rook on e1 can't leave the back
rank, as this would allow Rxb1. This gives Black's bishop a surprising
possibility.","Why not attack f3?","c4e2","White has three pieces on the
kingside, but none of them can defend against the threat Bxf3!",10,"De","Weiß
ist völlig gebunden, und vor allem die zusammengeballten Figuren am
Königsflügel machen einen hilflosen Eindruck. Dies erlaubt Schwarz, die Partie
sofort zu gewinnen. Wie?","Der weiße Turm auf e1 darf die Grundreihe nicht
verlassen, da dies Txb1 erlauben würde. Dies überlässt dem schwarzen Läufer
eine überraschende Möglichkeit.","Wieso nicht mal f3 angreifen?","c4e2","Weiß
hat drei Figuren am Königsflügel, aber keine kann gegen die Drohung Lxf3 etwas
ausrichten!",10]} Be2 $1 {Now there is not satisfactory defence against the
threat 31....Bxf3. Danach lässt sich die Drohung 31....Lxf3 nicht mehr
zufriedenstellend parieren.} 31. Qe3 Rxb1 32. Qxe2 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Gluckman, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RSA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 d5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 Nc6
15. Bb1 g6 ({The immediate} 15... Qd6 {would allow the nasty trick} 16. Nb5 Qb4
17. Rxc6 $3 Bxc6 (17... Qxb5 18. Qc2) 18. Qc2 {when White wins material.}) 16.
a3 Qd6 17. Ba2 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Qg4 a6 21. Nxg6 $4 ({White has
built up an excellent attacking position and after} 21. Nc3 {would maintain a
clear edge. Instead White indulges himself with a crazy sacrifice, giving up a
piece for only a few checks.}) 21... fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 23. Bb1 Rf6 24. Qh7+
Kf8 (24... Kf7 {would have been even stronger, since White's intended} 25. Rc3
{can be well met by} Qg8 $1) 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Ne2 $1 {White's 'attack' needs
some help even if it takes a five move knight manoeuvre to provide it.} Nd2 $6
27. Ng3 Nxb1 28. Nh5 $1 Rf7 29. Nxg7 $1 Rxg7 30. Qxh6 {A small shock for Black,
who now realised that if he did not activate his pieces quickly White might
actually generate a few threats.} Rc8 $1 31. Qh8+ {(=) Here White offered a
draw, since there is no way for Black to avoid the checks and White can hardly
hope for more. In response Black thought and thought, eventually declining
when he had less than 10 minutes left on the clock.} Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+
Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kf8 {(=) Now Black shrugged his shoulders and said "Draw?" but,
with my opponent now in severe time trouble, I decided to keep the game going.}
35. Rxc8+ $5 Bxc8 36. Rxb1 Qg4 ({White was hoping for} 36... Qh3 $4 37. Qxd5
Be6 38. Qb7 Kg8 $2 39. Qxg7+ $1) 37. Qh8+ ({Now} 37. Qxd5 Be6 {is very risky
for White} ({mhb} 37... Bb7 $1 $19)) 37... Kf7 38. g3 Qh3 $6 39. Qd8 $2 {
This wins a fourth pawn for the piece but hands the initiative to Black.} ({
With the simple} 39. Qxh3 $1 Bxh3 40. f3 Rg6 41. Rc1 Re6 42. Kf2 {White can
start his kingside pawns rolling (43.g4 is threatened) with fair winning
chances in the endgame.}) 39... Rh7 40. Qxd5+ Be6 41. Qg2 Qf5 42. Re1 Bd5 43.
f3 Rh6 44. Qd2 ({Here White, rather optimistically offered a draw, in the hope
that Black would be afraid that there would another turn in this
roller-coaster game. Black thought for 20 minutes and realised that} 44. Qd2
Rf6 {would be good for Black, but then, seeing that all his teammates had
already lost, decided to take the safe way out...}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. O-O (12. Qc2 e5 13. O-O g5 14.
Bf2 Nh5 15. g4 Ng7 16. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Izhnin,A/Nikolaev 1995 (63)}
) (12. e4 Nh5 $5 13. O-O Nf4 14. Bc2 e5 15. Re1 Qe6 16. Bg3 g5 $6 17. Bb3 Qg6
18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Ne3 N6h5 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. c5 $36 {1-0 Parker,
J-Kosashvili,Y/Guildford 1991 (53)}) 12... e5 13. e4 (13. Qc2 $142 {
transposing to the above given game Rogozenko-Izhnin, Nikolaev 1993.}) 13...
Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Nf1 (15. Bc2 Qe6 16. Bg3 {was an worthy alternative, with
unclear position.}) (15. Bf1 $6 f5 $132) 15... f5 $1 {This move I missed.
Otherwise White would have played Nf1-e3 with an edge.} (15... Qe6 16. Ne3 $14)
16. exf5 (16. Bc2 $6 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 (18. fxe4 Qe6 19. Ne3 $140
exd4 20. cxd4 Qxe4 21. Qg4 Rf7) 18... Qf7 $15) 16... Nxd3 (16... Qh5 17. Bg3
Nxd3 {is same as the game.}) 17. Qxd3 Qh5 18. Bg3 Qxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5
Rxf5 20. Ne3 Rf7 21. Rad1 $1 $14 {/=} (21. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Ng4
e4 24. fxe4 Re8 $44) (21. Nd5 $6 {This idea doesn't work:} Bxd5 (21... exd4 22.
Nxc7 Rc8 23. Nb5 $1) 22. cxd5 exd4 23. c4 Nc5 24. Rad1 d3 25. Bf2 Rf4)) (18...
Rxf5 {is weaker:} 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Nd5 $5 c6 (20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 exd4 22. Qxd4
$14) (20... exd4 21. Ne7+ $1)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 $5 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 d6 13. c5 (13. h4 {
is also possible.}) 13... dxc5 14. Qb2 ({An endgame is drawish:} 14. dxc5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Ba6 $1 16. Bxc7 Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 Nd7 18. Bd6 (18. c6 Nc5 $11) 18... Nxc5
19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Ke7 {[1/2:1/2- Smirin 2575- Rozentalis
2650, New York op 1997]}) 14... O-O 15. dxc5 $5 $146 (15. h4 g4 16. dxc5 Qd5
17. Be2 Nc6 $6 ({better was} 17... Qxg2 $13) 18. f3 $1 $36 {[ Stocek 2470-
Cvek 2390, Plzen op 1997]}) 15... Ba6 16. h4 g4 ({The only, because after} 
16... Bxf1 $2 17. hxg5 {White's attack is too dangerous.}) 17. Bc4 ({Black is
OK after} 17. cxb6 axb6 $1 (17... cxb6 $2 18. Bxb8 Bxf1 19. Bc7 $18) 18. Bxc7
Qd5 {and his pieces are very active,}) ({or} 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qe2 Nxc5 19.
Qxg4+ Kh7 {and Black king is safe.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Rxc4 f5 19. O-O (19. cxb6
cxb6 20. Rc7 Nd7 {followed by 21...Qf6.}) 19... Nd7 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Rc7 (21.
Rd1 Qf6) 21... Qf6 (21... Rf7 {leads to unclear complications:} 22. Rd1 Qf6 23.
Rdxd7 Qxb2 24. Rxf7 $13) 22. Qa3 Rf7 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 e5 $1 {White
regained a pawn, but Black managed to consolidate his pieces and seize the
center.} 25. f3 $1 ({White has to attack Black's center, otherwise it may
become dangerous:} 25. Rd1 Nf8 {,26...f4}) 25... gxf3 (25... f4 $2 26. exf4
exf4 27. fxg4 $18) 26. Qa8+ Kh7 27. Qxf3 (27. Qxf3 Qe6 {attacking the pawn and
preparing knight maneuvre Nd7-c5-e4. Black is slightly better, though the most
probable result is draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7
7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 {Etwas häufiger werden hier andere Theoriezüge gespielt:} (8.
Bd3 {Dautov} cxd4 (8... d5 {Hansen,Cu} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O O-O
12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Bf5 $14 {Bisguier,A-Stahlberg,G/Goteborg izt (05) 1955 (41)})
(8... O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 (10... Bxf3 $5 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qe3 Be7) 11.
Qe2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bg3 $16) 13. Rfe1 $16 {
Stahlberg,G-Golombek,H/Moscow ,MCL 06 1956 (33)}) (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10.
O-O Nbd7 (10... Qe7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. a4 O-O-O 13. a5 g5 14. Bg3 Nxa5 15. Nb3 $36
{Greenfeld,A-Plaskett,J/Hastings 41/609 1985}) 11. Ne1 (11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Qc2 g5
13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 O-O-O 16. f3 (16. Ne4 Rdg8 $1) 16... Rdg8 17.
a4 Rg7 18. Ne4 Nh7 19. a5 f5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nd2 $13 {Miles,A-Ligterink,G/
Wijk (01) 1977 (32)}) 11... Qc7 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 O-O-O 14. e4 Nh5 15. Nc2 Nf4
16. a4 Ba6 17. Na3 Ne5 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nb5 $14 {Furman,S-Romanishin,O/URS ch
21/495 1975}) (8... d6 9. Rc1) 9. exd4 Bxf3 $5 (9... Be7 10. O-O d6 (10... O-O
11. Re1 (11. Rc1 d6 12. Bb1 Nbd7 $10 {Hegedus,Gyorgy-Lengyel,Ferenc/ch of Debr
(08) 1995}) 11... d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. h3 Re8 $10 {Lukacs-Rajkovic/Vrnjacka
Banja (11) 1987 (25)}) 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bg3 d5 $15 {Bareev,
E-Razuvaev,Y/URS-FL Irkutsk 1986}) 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7 (11... Be7 12. Bg3
(12. O-O d5 $2 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 $16 {Kurz,A-Herzog,K/BL 8687
Regensburg-Bamberg [7] 1987 (33)}) 12... d5 (12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Nh5 14. O-O O-O
15. a3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Bg5 17. Qd3 g6 18. d5 Na5 19. Ne4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 exd5 21.
Qxd5 Bf6 22. Ra2 Rc8 23. Nd6 Rc5 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Qxd7 Nxc4 27. b4
Rc7 28. Qa4 Qc8 29. Re2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Ba2 Kg7 32. Qb3 Qd4 33. Kh2 Ne5
34. Qb1 Ng4+ 35. Kg1 Nf6 36. Rd2 Qxe4 {0-1 Tukmakov,V-Salov,V/URS-ch54 Minsk
1987}) 13. O-O (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe4 (14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rac1 Bg5
17. f4 Bf6 $17 {Laren,P-Martin,V/WT/M\475 1991 (27)}) 14... Qd7 15. O-O Nf6 16.
Qe3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Nb4 $10 {Hernandez,G-Franzoni/Thessaloniki ol (05) 1988 (37)})
13... Nb4 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd5 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. a4 (18.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 $10 {Cooper-Zsinka,Laszlo/London 1987 (43)}) 18...
Qxb5 19. axb5 Kd7 20. Rfc1 Rhc8 $10 {Schweber,S-Keres,Paul/Tel Aviv ol 1964}) (
11... d5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Ba6 $14 {Aseev,K-Budnikov,
A/St.Petersburg zt (09) 1993})) (8. Be2 {Dautov} cxd4 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10.
Qc2 d6 11. h4 Qf6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 g4 16. Nd2
Qf2 $17 {Magai,V-Stefansson,H/Moscow olm (13) KGZ-ISD ,EXP 44 1994}) 9. exd4
Be7 (9... Nc6 {Hansen,Cu} 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne7 (11... Be7 12. d5 exd5 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Rc4 Qg5 17. Re4+ Kd8 18. h4 $16 {
Filip,M-Adamski,J/Polanica Zdroj 28/619 1979 (27)}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bd6
14. d5 Ng6 15. Re1 f5 16. Bf1 O-O $13 {Gurgenidze,B-Keres,P/URS-ch24 Moscow 
(11) 1957}) (9... O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Bf3 $14 {Lobron,E-Rajkovic,D/
BL 1992 (34)})) (8. a3 {Hansen,Cu} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O e5 12.
Nd2 Nbd7 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qe6 17. h3 Rhd8 18. e4
Kc8 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Qb3 Nb8 {1/2-1/2 Staniszewski,P-Sygulski,A/dr ch POL
Porabka (09) 1986}) (8. Rc1 {Hansen,Cu} cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Be7
11. O-O d6 12. Ne1 a6 13. Nc2 Nbd7 14. Ne3 Re8 15. a3 Rc8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 $10 {Cvitan,
O-Rajkovic,D/Vrsac 44/(652) 1987}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Bb1
Rc8 14. O-O Re8 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qe2 d5 $10 {Winants,L-Ligterink,G/Budel zt 1987
}) (8. Qc2 {Hansen,Cu} cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 d5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Qa4 a6 $10 {Porper,E-Almada,E/Lenk op
1994}) 8... Bxc5 (8... bxc5 {Hansen,Cu} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12.
Qd6 Rc8 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 d6 $15 {Dietze,Max-Alekhine,Alexander/Praha (02)
1943}) 9. Bd3 {N  Schwarz strebt eindeutig einen Igelaufbau an, bei dem der
Läufer normalerweise besser auf e2 steht.} (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 a6 (
11... Nc6 12. Ndb5 Ne8 13. Bg3 a6 14. Nd6 Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Ne7 17.
Rfd1 Bc6 18. e4 $14 {Farago,I-Brenninkmeijer,R/Wijk-B 1987}) 12. Bf3 Qc7 (12...
Ra7 {Hansen,Cu} 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qf3 Qa8 17. e4 c5
18. Rfe1 Rd8 $10 {Conquest,Stuart-Zsinka,Laszlo/Budapest 1987}) 13. Rc1 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. Bg3 {led to the infinitesimal advantage for white in
Lputian-Razuvaev, Irkutsk 1986; overall 9.Be2 looks more natural - on d3 white
bishop will soon be attacked; another possibility is not to exchange pawns on
c5} (15. Bg3 {Dautov} Ne5 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. b3 d6 $10 {Lputian,S-Razuvaev,Y/
URS-FL Irkutsk 1986} (17... d6 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5 $16 {Lputian,S-Razuvaev,Y/
Irkutsk 42/679 1986 (40)}))) 9... Be7 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nc5 {winning a tempo
to establish firm control over the e4 square (see the annotation above),- this
way black solves all his opening problems} 12. Bb1 O-O $5 (12... Nfe4 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 O-O $10 {this was the
easiest way to force an immediate draw, but black is OK already and doesn't
need to simplify the position}) 13. Ne5 $6 {Einige Tage später versuchte Piket,
gegen Anand sein Spiel zu verbessern, aber onhe Erfolg:} (13. Nd4 Nfe4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 $10 {was tried later by
Jeroen in his TV game against Anand} (18. Rfd1 {Dautov} Rfc8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qb3
Qc5 21. h3 b5 22. cxb5 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 axb5 $15 {Piket,J-Anand,V/
WDR-TVCup 60' ;CBM 48 1995} (24... axb5 {Hansen,Cu} 25. f3 (25. Nxb5 Ne4 26. f3
Nd2 $132) 25... b4 26. e4 (26. Nc2 $5) 26... Ra1 $17 {Piket,J-Anand,V/
WDR-TVCup 60 ;CBM 48 1995 (43)}))) (13. Nd2 $5 {Dautov  /\b4 kam in Betracht,
um die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die Diagonale b1-h7 zu rechtfertigen.} d6
14. Qc2 Ncd7 15. f4 $13 {/\f5}) (13. Nd2 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) (13. Bg3 $5 {Hansen,Cu
}) 13... d6 14. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3c5,Yd1d3,Yb1h7] discretion is the better part
of valour! - impetuous /\Nxc5,Qd3, /\Nxc5,Qd3,/^b1-h7} (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qc2
Re8 $1 (15... g6 $2 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Bg6+ Kf6 20.
Bh5 $40) 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Ng4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Qg5 $132 {would have led nowhere})
14... Ncd7 {[%csl Rd3] פd3} 15. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4] /\e3-e4} Rc8 16. b3 d5 {
premature decision explained by miscalculation} 17. cxd5 Nxd5 (17... Rxc3 $2
18. d6 $3 {this intermediate move escaped my attention in due time (while
playing 16...d5)} (18. Rxc3 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd2 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc8 $15)
18... Rxc1 19. Nxc1 $16) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd2 (20. e4 {Hansen,Cu
} Bb7 $15 {[%csl Rb1,Rd4] ><d4,ץb1}) 20... Nf6 21. Rxc8 (21. Qb2 $5 $10 {
[%cal Yd3e5,Yb1d3] Hansen,Cu  /\Ne5,Bd3}) 21... Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 {black is
trying his last resources to avoid draw  Schwarz berücksichtigt das unsichere
Spiel des Gegners und möchte vorerst keine weitere Figuren tauschen.} (22...
Rxc1+ $10) 23. Qc3 (23. e4 {Dautov} Bb7 24. Qe3 $10) 23... Bb7 24. Qe5 {
[%cal Yc1c7] Jeroen demonstrates laudable combativity as well - I would rather
call it "antiPCA" chess /\Rc7} (24. Qc7 $1 Kf8 $10 (24... Qxc7 {Dautov} 25.
Rxc7 Ba6 26. Nf2 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bd3 $10) (24... Rd7 {Hansen,Cu} 25. Qb8+
Rd8 26. Qc7 $10)) (24. Ne5 {Hansen,Cu} Nd5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ye7g5,Yg5e5,Yg5e3]
/\Qg5}) 24... Rd6 $1 25. h3 Qd8 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Yd8d1] <->d, ץb1} 26. Kh2 a5
{[%cal Yb7a6] /\Ba6. Das Eindringen des schwarzen Turms auf die 2.Reihe ist
nicht zu vermeiden. Piket erleichtert dem Gegner die Sache zusätzlich. /\La6//
\27..Bxf3!? 28.gxf3 Rxd3 29.Bxd3 Qxd3 ~/=} (26... Rxd3 $4 {Hansen,Cu} 27. Bxd3
Qxd3 28. Qb8+ $18) 27. Nb2 $2 $138 {fatal mistake, caused by serious shortage
of time} (27. Nf2 {Dautov} Rd2 28. Rc2 $15) 27... Rd2 $1 28. Rc2 {white is
more or less forced to liquidate into much inferior endgame; probably Jeroen
prepared Nc4 and overlooked the following combination} (28. Nc4 Ng4+ $3 {
suddenly all black pieces attain the highest degree of coordination} 29. hxg4 (
29. fxg4 Rxg2+ $19 (29... Rxg2+ {Dautov} 30. Kh1 Rc2+ $19)) 29... Qh4+ 30. Kg1
Qf2+ 31. Kh2 Qxg2#) (28. Kg1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nd7 $19) (28. Kh1 $1 {Dautov} Ng4 $2
(28... Nd7 29. Qc3 Nc5 30. Qxd2 $1 Qxd2 31. Rd1 Qxd1+ 32. Nxd1 $10) (28... b5
$5 $15) 29. fxg4 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 $1 (30. Kh2 $2 Be4+ 31. Kg3 (31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32.
Kf1 Bxb1 33. Kxg2 (33. Rxb1 Qd2 $19) 33... Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qxc1 $19) 31... Rg2+
32. Kf4 Bb7 33. Be4 Rf2+ 34. Kg3 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxb2 $19) 30... Bxh3 31. Rc2
Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Bxg4 33. Nc4 $14) 28... Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Bxf3 30. Nc4 Bd5 31. Qd6
Qxd6+ 32. Nxd6 Nd7 $19 33. Bd3 Bc6 {black is careful not to fall into} (33...
Kf8 34. Bb5 Ke7 35. Nc8+ Kd8 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. Nxb6+ {though even in this case
white is lost after Kc6}) 34. a3 Kf8 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Ke7 37. Nc8+ Kd8 38.
Nd6 Ne5 39. Be2 Bd5 40. g4 Kd7 41. Nb5 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4 12. Nh4 Qg5 13. Qd2 d6 $5
(13... Nc6 {is a more common continuation here - with the idea Ne7 and f7-f5.})
(13... Nc6 {Schussler} 14. Bd3 f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. Ng6 $13 {
Kishnev-Kengis, Soviet 1988}) 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O h5 16. Rf4 Rh6 $1 17. Raf1
Rf6 18. Qf2 Ke7 (18... Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qa5 20. Qc2 $14) 19. e4 Rh8 (19... Rg8 20.
Qe1 $5 {preventing the threat 20...Rf4 21.gf4 g3!}) 20. c5 $1 bxc5 (20... dxc5
21. e5 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qh6 23. f5 $44) 21. Bb5 $1 c6 $8 22. Bd3 $1 Bc8 $1 (22...
cxd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. Bb5 $1 $40) 23. Kh1 Rhh6 $1 (23... Rg8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25.
Nf5+ $1 exf5 26. e5 Re6 27. Rxf5 $18) 24. e5 $1 (24. Nf5+ $5 exf5 (24... Rxf5
25. exf5 e5 26. f6+ $3 Rxf6 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Bf5 $18) 25. e5
dxe5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxc5+ Rd6 28. Qxe5+ Kf8 29. Bxf5 Rhf6 $13) 24... dxe5
25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf5+ $1 Rxf5 $1 27. Rxf5 (27. Bxf5 Rf6 $132) 27... exf5 28.
Re1 Kf6 $1 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxc5 Be6 $1 (30... Nxd3 31. Qf8 $1 $18) 31. Qf8 $1
Rh7 32. Bb1 Nd7 33. Qd8+ Kg6 34. h4 gxh3 35. gxh3 Nf6 36. Kh2 Kg7 (36... Rg7
37. Qd4 Rg8 38. g4 $16) 37. Qa5 $1 Kg6 38. Qxa7 Rh8 39. Qb6 Ra8 (39... Nd7 $142
$1 40. Qf2 $1 Rb8 41. Bc2 Ne5 42. Qe2 $1 (42. a4 Kf6 43. a5 Rb2 44. a6 Ra2 45.
a7 c5 $1) 42... Kf6 (42... f6 43. g4 $1) 43. Qxh5 $16) 40. Qb2 Rd8 41. Qe2 $1
$18 Kg7 42. a4 Rb8 43. Bd3 Ra8 44. Bc2 Rb8 45. Bd3 Ra8 46. Qc2 $1 Kg6 47. c4 c5
48. Qa2 Rd8 (48... Ra5 49. Qa1 $18) 49. Qe2 Rd4 (49... Ra8 50. g4 $18) 50. a5
Bc8 51. Qf3 $1 Ne4 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 fxg4 (53... Nd6 54. Bxf5+ $18) 54.
Bxe4+ f5 55. Qxg4+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Ke5 57. Qh8+ Kxe4 58. Qxc8 f4 59. Qe6+ Kf3 60.
a6 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi+"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
d5 $6 {Extremely risky as Black has difficulties getting out of the pin.} 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 $1 $16 c5 11. O-O c4 $2 {Black has to keep the tension in
the centre, in order to have a chance to achieve counter-play.} 12. Bc2 a6 13.
Qf3 Ra7 14. Ng4 Nbd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qh3 $1 Be7 17. Nxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 18. Bxf6+
Nxf6 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. f4 $1 Ne4 21. Rf3 Bh4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rh3 Qf6 24. Qh5
Re8 25. Rxh4 b5 26. Rg4+ {After 26. - Kf8 27.Qc5+ will win the Q.} 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top15 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qd1 Qe7
15. Rh6 Nbd7 16. Qa4 a5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxc7 Nd5 19. Ne4 Nxc7 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21.
Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Nxd7+ Ke7 23. Nxb6 Rab8 24. dxc5 Nd5 25. Rc1 Nxb6 26. cxb6 Ba8
$16 27. Rb1 Rgc8 28. Kd2 Rc6 29. f3 Rcxb6 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Kc2 Rb8 32. Bc4 Bc6
33. Rh5 Kf6 34. Rh1 Ba4+ 35. Bb3 Bc6 36. Rd1 g4 37. Rd4 gxf3 38. gxf3 Rh8 39.
Kd3 Ke7 40. f4 f5 41. Ba4 Be4+ 42. Kc4 Rh3 43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Kd4 Rh2 45. Ra7
Rxa2 46. Be8 Rd2+ 47. Kc4 e5 48. fxe5+ Kxe5 49. Rxa5+ Bd5+ 50. Kc5 Rc2 51. Ra3
Ke4 52. Bb5 Ra2 53. Rxa2 Bxa2 54. Bd7 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3
d6 {This passive line is slightly better for White as Black, who has already
castled, cannot easily break the pin by means of g7-g5.} 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O
Rc8 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 c5 13. d5 e5 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. a3 Ba5 16. g4 $1 $16 Qe8
17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 b5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. Rhg1 Kg7 22. Rg3 Rh8 23.
Rdg1 Nf8 24. Rh3 Nh7 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Nf8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qc2 {Usually White regroupes with an early Nd2 followed
by f3. Instead of this Beliavsky strives for a quick e3-e4. However the plan
is not very succesful - Gulko can combat it with natural moves such as Nc6 and
e5 - and kingsside-play} g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 (12. Nxg5 $4 h4 13. Bf4 e5 $19)
12... h4 13. Bh2 Rg8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Nd2 e5 16. d5 Nb8 17. Be2 Nbd7 18. Bg4 Nxg4
19. hxg4 Nc5 20. f3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 5th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 {This rare move order alternative to an old-
fashioned 9...Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 and to a modern} (10... Qe7 11. f3 Nc6) {picked
up a certain attention after Michael Adams played it versus Bacrot in Sarajevo
2000.} 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Qa4 $146 {The foremost expert in this
varition ,Jozsef Pinter,is trying directly to challenge black's set up by
forcing the black queen move twice on 13th and 15 th moves.It remains
questionable, however, how useful the queen on a4 is.All former games in this
variation featured 13.Rh6} (13. Rh6 Qe7 14. c5 (14. Qf3 Rg6 15. Rxg6 fxg6 16.
Bd3 (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. c5 Na5 19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. c6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 d5
22. Bxb7 dxe4 23. Bxa8 Qh8 24. O-O-O Qxa8 25. Rh1 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Fontaine,R/
Marsailles FRA 2001/(25).}) 16... O-O-O 17. Qe2 Rh8 18. O-O-O Rh6 19. f3 Kb8
20. Bf2 e5 21. g4 d5 22. Kb2 Rh2 23. Qf1 dxc4 24. Bxg6 Nd5 25. Bg1 exd4 26.
exd4 Re2 {0-1 Bacrot,E-Adams,M/Sarajevo 2000/(26).}) 14... dxc5 15. Qf3 Nd5 16.
Bb5 O-O-O 17. Rh7 Rh8 18. Rxf7 g4 19. Rxe7 gxf3 {0-1 Van Gaalen,B-Roeder,M/BEL
1995/(19).}) 13... Qd7 14. f3 (14. Rh6 Ng4) (14. c5 $5) 14... O-O-O 15. Rh6 Qe7
16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Be2 Rh8 {There's no reason to allow white to dominate on
h-file.} 18. Rdh1 Rxh6 19. Rxh6 Nd7 {I like the flexibility of black's
position.While keeping an eye on possible c4-c5 breakthrough he eventually
prepares to expand on king's side.} 20. Qc2 {Black seizes the initiative after
this indifferent move.} (20. Rh7 Nf8 21. Rh1 $11) 20... f5 $1 21. Bf2 Qg7 22.
Rh1 (22. Rxe6 Nf8 23. Qxf5 Bc8 $19) 22... Rf8 $6 {Not sure what the idea
behind that move was.The obvious choice was} (22... Ne7) 23. Qd1 Ne7 24. Nb3 e5
25. Kb2 e4 26. Nd2 d5 {It looks like black did a good job containing white's
bishops and it's only a matter of time before he will manage to break through
(27...f4,28...Nf5).} 27. Qa4 $1 {With this move white starts sudden
counterplay which has taken black by surprise.} Nf6 28. c5 f4 {Position is
extremely complicated.White fared slightly better in followed mutual time
troubled mess.} 29. Re1 g4 $2 {Logical,but bad.Both coldblooded} (29... bxc5) (
{and} 29... Rh8 {were leaving black on top.}) 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. exf4 Nfd5 32.
Nc4 g3 33. Bg1 Bc6 34. Qa3 Rxf4 $2 (34... Nxf4) 35. Ne5 Qg5 36. cxb6 axb6 37.
Rc1 ({The right decision to defend against 37...Rf2.The right move however was
} 37. Rd1) 37... Rf6 38. c4 Qd2+ 39. Rc2 Qb4+ 40. Qxb4 Nxb4 41. Rc3 {Time
trouble is over and it looks like black is in serious trouble.Fortunately for
him the draw is still there.} Nd3+ $1 42. Nxd3 exd3 43. Rxd3 Re6 44. Bg4 Re1
45. Be3 Be4 46. Bd2 (46. Rb3 Bxg2 47. Bd2 Re4 48. Rxg3 Bf1 $11) 46... Rb1+ 47.
Kxb1 Bxd3+ 48. Kb2 Bxc4 49. Be1 Bd5 50. Bh3 Nc6 51. Bxg3 Nxd4 52. Be5 Nc6 53.
Bc3 Nd8 54. g3 c5 55. Be5+ Kb7 56. Bf5 Nc6 57. Bf6 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Solozhenkin,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Be4 Bxe4 (13... c6 {
seems to be dubious. After} 14. a4 a5 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Nd2 Kf8 17. f4 Kg7 18.
Kf2 {a draw was agreed in Uhlmann-Smyslov (Monte Carlo, 1968). I believe that
after 18.0-0 instead of 18.Kf2 White is much better due to compromised pawn's
structure of Black on both sides.}) 14. Qxe4 Ke7 ({After immediate} 14... Nf6
15. Qd3 ({The endgame arises after} 15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. Nd2 Qd7 {gives too little.
The character of the fight proved this in Agzamov-Dorfman (URS-ch49 Frunze,
1981) and (Short- Adams (Telecom op Dublin, 1991)}) {the reasonable choice is
not big for Black. If Black has no intension to push} 15... g4 {so, the
connection of his rooks shoud be put right by 15...Ke7 and from the actual
point of view this permits to consider 14...Ke7 as a more flexible move.}) 15.
a4 a5 16. Rb1 Qg8 17. Qc6 Rc8 $146 (17... Ra7 18. Ke2 Qa8 19. Qxa8 Raxa8 20.
Rb5 Raf8 21. Nd2 f5 22. e4 Kf6 {Pinter-Andersson (Hastings,1980) 0.5-0.5}) 18.
e4 (18. Nd2 $5 Qe8 19. Qb7 Kd8 (19... Nb8 20. Rxb6 Qxa4 21. Ke2 $14) 20. Qf3 $5
$14) 18... Qe8 {[%cal Ge8a4]} 19. Qb7 $6 (19. O-O $11) (19. Nd2 $11) 19... Nb8
20. e5 (20. Rxb6 Nd7 $1 $17) (20. c5 dxc5 21. dxc5 Qxa4 22. cxb6 Nd7 23. bxc7
Nc5 $17) 20... dxe5 $1 (20... Qxa4 21. exd6+ Kxd6 22. Ne5 $44) 21. Nxe5 f6 22.
Ng4 Qc6 $2 (22... Qxa4 $1 23. Qf3 Nd7 $17) 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Nxh6 f5 {[%csl
Gh6]} (24... Kf8 25. Ke2 Kg7 26. Ng4 f5 27. Ne3 Kf6 $14) 25. Ke2 Kf6 26. Rh5 (
26. Rh2 Ne7 27. f4 g4 28. Rbh1 Rhd8) 26... Ne7 (26... Kg6 27. Rbh1 Rh7 28. f4
gxf4 29. gxf4 Rch8 30. Rg5+ Kf6 31. Rg8 $18) 27. f4 $2 ({Seems to be the
critical moment of the endgame for White. After} 27. g4 Ng6 (27... Kg6 28. Rbh1
fxg4 29. Nf5 $18) (27... f4 28. Kd3 Rcd8 29. Re1 $16) 28. g3 Rce8 29. Kd3 {
Black has no real counterplay whereas White has different plans now: exchange
on f5, then attacking f5-pawn by Rb1-b5 and after defending Ng6-e7 playing
g3-g4.Or White can play Rb1-f1, exchange pawns and play f2-f4. In this case
after Black's g5-g4 (Ng6-e7 should be done one move before of course) the
pawn's structure on the queen side is quite differ to those which has occured
in the game and this is in the obvious favour of White.}) 27... g4 28. d5 Rcd8
(28... Kg6 29. Rbh1 Rhf8 30. dxe6 Kf6 31. Nf7 Kxe6 32. Ne5 $16) 29. dxe6 Kxe6
30. Rb5 Kf6 31. Re5 c5 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rhd8 $2 (33... Rdd8 34. Ke2 Rde8
35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Nxf5 (36. Rh4 Rhf8 $11) (36. Rh1 $2 Nc8 $17) 36... Kxh5 37.
Nxe7+ Kh6 38. Ke4 Kg7 39. Nd5 Rxe5+ 40. fxe5 Rh2 41. Kf5 Rxg2 42. Kxg4 Ra2 43.
Nxb6 Kf7 44. Kf5 Rf2+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Nd5 Re2+ 47. Kf4 $11) 34. Nxf5 Rd1+ 35.
Kf2 R8d2+ (35... R1d2+ 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 $18) 36. Ke3 Ng6 $2 ({May be in
the time trouble Black misses} 36... Rd3+ 37. Ke4 Rd8 {what leads to a funny
kind of disharmony of white pieces despite two extra pawns.} 38. Rh4 (38. Rh6+
Ng6 39. Rxg6+ Kxg6 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nd5 Re8 {gives even less chances for White.
}) (38. Ne3 $4 R1d4+ 39. cxd4 Rxd4#) (38. Rxe7 $6 Re1+ 39. Ne3 Kxe7) 38... Ng6
39. Rxg4 Re1+ 40. Ne3 Nxe5 41. fxe5+ Kf7 42. Rf4+ Ke7 43. Rf2 Rg8 44. Rf3 Re2
45. Kd5 Rg6 {With positional advantage for White but more practical than real
chances to win.}) 37. Rd5 $18 Rxd5 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Ke4 Rd2 40. Ne3 Ra2 41.
Nd5+ Kg7 42. Nxb6 Rxg2 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.04"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "Tal,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Tal in Sahs (Riga) 1959. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail Tal
1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.188-191.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4
6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 {/\ d6, Nbd7 und 0-0-0 
(Konstantinopolski)} 9. Nd2 {[%csl Ye4]}) 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6
11. Bd3 Nxg3 $1 (11... f5 12. d5 $1 {Keres,P-Taimanov,M URS-ch22 Moscow 1955
1-0}) 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 (13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc6+ Ke7) 13... a5 14.
Rb1 g4 $1 (14... Nf6 15. Nxg5) (14... Qe7 {/\ 0-0-0} 15. Be4) 15. Nh4 Nf6 16.
d5 Qe7 (16... exd5 $6) 17. O-O (17. dxe6 $143 Qxe6 18. Bf5 Be4 $1) 17... Nd7 (
17... O-O-O 18. dxe6 (18. e4) 18... fxe6 19. Ng6 Qg7 20. Nxh8 Rxh8 21. c5) 18.
dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf5 $1 (19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Bf5 Be4 $1) 19... Qxc4 20. Rfd1 Nf6 (
20... O-O-O 21. Rd4 (21. Rb5 Bc6 22. Rd4 Bxb5 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. Qe4 Be6 $11)
21... Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. Bxg4) 21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Be6 $1 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Rd4c4]}
Rg8 (22... fxe6 23. Qg6+ Kd7 24. Qg7+) (22... d5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qg6+ $40)
23. Bc4 $1 (23. Rc4 fxe6 24. Rxc6 Bxc6) 23... Kf8 $4 (23... O-O-O 24. Bb5 Qc5
25. Nf5 Kb8 26. Ne7 Rg5 27. Rc4 Qe5 28. Nc6+) 24. Bb5 Qc5 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Rxc7
Be4 27. Bd3 d5 28. Rc6 Rb8 29. c4 ({Nach} 29. Rcxb6 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 {versiegt
die weisse Initiative.}) 29... Rg5 (29... dxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 {[%cal
Rh4f5]}) 30. c5 d4 (30... bxc5 31. Rxb8+ Qxb8 32. Rxf6) 31. exd4 Qxd4 32. Bxe4
Qxe4 33. cxb6 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Nd7 35. b7 Nc5 36. Rb5 (36. f4 Rd5 37. Rb5 Rd1+ 38.
Kh2 (38. Kf2 {gefiel mir ganz und gar nicht.}) 38... Nxb7 39. Rc7 (39. Nf5 $1 {
[%cal Rc2c7]} Rd7 40. Nxh6 $18 {Fritz}) 39... Re8 40. Rbxb7 Ree1 41. Rc8+ Kg7
42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh5 $19) 36... Nxb7 37. Rcb2 Rxb5 38. Rxb5
Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Nxh6 Kc7 41. Nxf7 Rf8 42. Nh6 Rd8 43. Rg5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1
45. Rxg4 {Der Abgabezug} Nc5 46. Rc4 Kc6 47. Nf5 Rxa4 48. Nd4+ Kb6 49. Rxa4
Nxa4 50. g4 Nc3 51. Kg3 a4 52. Kf4 $2 (52. Nc2 $18) 52... a3 53. Nc2 a2 54. g5
Kc5 55. g6 Nd5+ 56. Kg5 Kc4 57. g7 Ne7 58. f4 Kc3 59. Na1 Kb2 60. f5 Kxa1 61.
f6 Kb1 62. fxe7 a1=Q 63. e8=Q Qa5+ (63... Qxg7+ 64. Qg6+ $18) 64. Kh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O {Not a very popular option, since white comes under
direct attack, but a very sharp alternative to the more common plan with 9.Nd2
and building a center with f2-f3.} Nbd7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 (13. f3 $5
{deserves a closer look. It seems more logical than volunteering to open lines
on the kingside, though the continuation in the game does have the advantage
of securing employment for white's dark-squared bishop.} h4 14. Bf2 O-O-O 15.
e4 Rdg8 16. h3 Nh5 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bc2 c5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 g4 21. fxg4 Bxg2
22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Ne3 Qb7 24. Rg1 Bf3 25. Qd2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. fxe6 Kb8 28.
Nf5 Nd3 29. Be3 d5 30. cxd5 c4 31. Raf1 Qxd5 32. Bf4+ Ka8 33. Qe3 Be4 34. Nd6
Bg6 35. Be5 Rh7 36. Rf6 Re7 37. Rgf1 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Tiviakov,S/Open,
Groningen NED 1997 (37)}) 13... Rg8 (13... Ng4 {is an interesting alternative,
though it does not have the stamp of approval of the higher rated players of
this line.} 14. Nf3 (14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bg3 O-O-O 18. f3
h4 19. Be1 h3 20. fxg4 hxg2 21. Rf3 Rh1+ 22. Kxg2 Rdh8 23. Bg3 Rxa1 24. Ne4
exd4 25. exd4 Qe6 26. Rf5 Bxe4+ 27. Bxe4 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Qxe4+ 29. Rf3 a5 30. g5
Rg8 31. Qd2 f6 32. c5 fxg5 33. Kf2 bxc5 34. dxc5 Nxc5 35. Rf7 Nd3+ 36. Kg1 Ne5
37. Qf2 Rd8 38. Rf8 Rxf8 39. Qxf8+ Kb7 40. Qg7 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+
43. Kh2 Nf3# {0-1 Sarwinski,M-Pisulinski,J/Mikolajki 1991/EXT 97 (43)}) 14...
gxh4 15. Nxh4 O-O-O 16. e4 Rdg8 17. Qe2 Qg5 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. Rab1 Ng6 20. Nxg6
Rxg6 21. Rb5 e5 22. f4 Qd8 23. fxe5 a6 24. Rd5 h4 25. Bf4 h3 26. g3 Qg8 27.
exd6 Bxd5 28. exd5 Rf6 29. d7+ Kb7 30. Qf3 h2+ 31. Kh1 Rh3 32. d6+ c6 33. d8=N+
Qxd8 34. Re7+ Qxe7 35. dxe7 Re6 36. Bf1 Rh8 37. Qxg4 {1-0 Beckmann,K-Steil,J/
NRW-II 1990/EXT 97-B (37)}) 14. f3 O-O-O 15. hxg5 Rxg5 16. Bh4 Rg7 17. Rf2 (17.
Ne4 Rdg8 18. Rf2 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rxg2+ 21. Ke1 Rh2 22. Bf1 Rg1 (
22... Rg3 23. e4 f5 24. Rc1 Rg1 25. Qd3 Ba6 26. Rd1 $18 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,
M-Greenfeld,A/Hastings 1985/EXT 99 (54)}) 23. e4 h4 24. Bxh4 Rxh4 25. Kf2 Rg5
$44 {1/2-1/2 Barsov,A-Schoenthier,F/NRW-II 1996/GER (42)}) 17... Rdg8 18. Qa4
Kb8 (18... e5 19. Bf5 Kb8 20. e4 Nf8 $4 21. Bxf6 {1-0 Sideif Sade,F-Guedon,S/
Cappelle 1995/EXT 97 (21)}) 19. Re1 (19. e4 {led to an exciting battle:} Qe8
20. c5 dxc5 21. Bb5 Qc8 22. e5 a6 23. exf6 axb5 24. Qxb5 Rg6 25. a4 e5 26. a5
exd4 27. axb6 Nxb6 28. Kh2 dxc3 29. Nf1 Qf5 30. g3 Rg4 31. Qe2 Rb4 32. Ne3 Qe5
33. f4 Qe4 34. Nc2 Rb2 35. Re1 Qxe2 {0-1 Farago,I-Rechlis,G/Beersheba 1987/CBM
05 (35)}) 19... Qe8 20. Qc2 Ng4 $1 {A cute tactic that allows black to break
through to g2, though at a price.} 21. Rfe2 (21. fxg4 Rxg4 22. Rf4 Rxg2+ 23.
Kf1 e5 $40 {-/+/-+ is inferior for white - black's attack is even stronger and
white's pieces more exposed.}) 21... Nxe3 $1 22. Rxe3 Rxg2+ $40 23. Kf1 $6 (23.
Kh1 {is hard to recommend since the corner is no place to be during a raging
attack. White does avoid having to worry about a rampaging h-pawn though, and
has slightly better piece coordination here than in the game.} R2g4 (23... R8g4
$5 24. Be4 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxh4+ 26. Kg1 Ba6 $5 $44 {gives black good value for
the exchange as long as his rook does not get permanently stranded on h4.}) 24.
Bf2 Qe7 (24... Rg2 $5) 25. Ne4 R4g6 $40 {and black patiently brings up the
rest of the gang - he can gain control of e4 with a timely ...f5. White can
simplify with an idea like} 26. Nxd6 (26. Nc5 dxc5 27. Bxg6 Rxg6 28. d5 Qf6 {
is less effective for white.}) 26... cxd6 $5 (26... Qxd6 $5) 27. Bxg6 Rxg6 28.
Rg1 {though black has lasting compensation for the exchange.}) 23... Rh2 24.
Bf2 Qe7 {A very methodical build up of the attack, but the straightforward} (
24... h4 $5 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxb7 Qg6 27. f4 Kxb7 $17 {-> looks very impressive
as well.}) 25. Ne4 Rgg2 26. R1e2 Bxe4 $1 {Slightly surprising, but black now
gains access to the g5 square with decisive effect.} 27. Rxe4 (27. fxe4 Qg5 28.
Bg3 (28. Rd2 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qg1+ {mates.}) 28... Rxe2 $1 29. Bxe2
Rh1+ 30. Kf2 h4) 27... Qg5 $19 28. Rh4 (28. Rd2 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2
Qg1+ 31. Ke2 Qe1#) (28. Bg3 Qxg3 29. Rxg2 Rh1+) 28... Rxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxh4 30.
Rg2 Qe3 31. Rg8+ Kb7 32. Kg2 {White's position is resignable, but he manages
to create a few cheap tricks on his way down.} Nf6 33. Rg7 Qh6 34. Rg3 Rf4 35.
c5 h4 36. Ba6+ $1 Kb8 (36... Kxa6 $4 37. Qa4+ Kb7 38. c6+ Kc8 (38... Kb8 39.
Qa6) 39. Qxa7 $18) 37. Rg8+ Nxg8 38. Qa4 Qg5+ 39. Kh1 Nf6 40. Qc6 (40. Qc6 Qd5)
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 41th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia "]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Drei, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. Qe2 ({
The energetic} 14. O-O {is more popular, since the acceptance of the sacrifice}
Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 {is fraught with danger:} Nd7 $6 16. Rf4 $1 Rg8 17. Raf1 O-O-O
18. R1f2 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qe3 20. Rxf7 Rdf8 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 $36 {1-0 Spassky,
B-Polugaevsky,L/Baku 1961/URS-ch (42)}) 14... Nd7 15. O-O Rf8 $2 {An
unfortunate decision that leaves black with an awkward position.} (15... h5 $1
16. Rf2 Rh6 $1 {shows a manoeuvre worth noting. Black waits until white has
committed force on the f-line and then neutralizes this via f6.} 17. Raf1 Rf6
18. Rf4 O-O-O 19. Qf2 Rxf4 20. gxf4 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Stempin,P-Sokolov,A/Naleczow
1984/MCD (35). For a twist on this theme, see the game Florean-Marin in this
issue.}) 16. a4 a5 17. Rf4 h5 18. Raf1 f5 $2 ({I believe it was time to face
facts and start to grovel. After} 18... O-O-O $5 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Rxf7 Rf8 {
black relieves pressure through simplification. With the poorly placed N on h4
and odd pawn structure, white has a long way to go before he can enjoy his
extra pawn.}) 19. d5 $1 e5 $2 {[%csl Rb7][%mdl 16384]} (19... Nc5 {at least
gains some activity, and requires a few more accurate moves from white:} 20.
dxe6 Nxe6 (20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Be4 22. Rxe4 $1 (22. Qxe4 $5 fxe4 23. Rxf8+ {
is good.}) 22... fxe4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (23... Ke7 24. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 25. Ng6+ $1)
24. Qf1+ $18) 21. Rxf5 $1 {All captures on f5 are possible, but this is the
most convincing.} (21. Nxf5 O-O-O $132) (21. Bxf5 $2 Nxf4 22. exf4+ Qe7 23.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Ng6+ Kf6 25. Nxf8 Kxf5 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Rf8,Rg2][%cal Ya8e8,
Ye8e2] shows that it is never impossible to spoil a position.}) 21... Rxf5 22.
Bxf5 Nf8 23. Qd3 {should win for white nevertheless, though black has made him
work.}) (19... exd5 20. Bxf5 {is also gruesome.} Ne5 (20... Qg7 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Bg6+ Kd8 (22... Ke7 23. Nf5+ (23. Bxh5 $5)) 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Qb5 Nxg6 25.
Qxd5 Rc8 26. Qg5+) 21. Bc8 $1 {is a neat trick to win material.}) 20. Rxf5 Rxf5
21. Rxf5 Qg7 22. Rxh5 $18 {Black's entire kingside drops off, and castling
does not help much due to an immediate clamp with Rh7 and Bf5.} Nf6 23. Nf5 Qf8
24. Rg5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf5g7,Yg7e6]} Bc8 25. Ng7+ Ke7 26. Bf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5+
Kd7 28. c5 $1 bxc5 29. Rg7+ Kd8 30. Qb5 Qe8 31. Qb7 Rc8 32. Nxd6 (32. Nxd6 cxd6
33. Qb6+) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Nf8 11. Bd3 g5 $5 {Usually the transfer of the
knight to f8 has been played to chase away the Bh4 without compromising
black's kingside pawns. Salov's plan is more ambitious, and simply aims to
funnel more firepower to the kingside and seek active play there.} (11... Ng6
12. Bf2 O-O 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. O-O Nh7 (14... Nd7 15. Rfe1 e5 16. Nf1 Nf6 17. Ng3
Ne7 18. e4 Ng6 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Qd2 $14 {Petran,P-Shipov,S/EUCup Gr5
Balatonbereny 1993/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 15. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Ristovic,N-Spraggett,K/
Toronto op 1995}) 12. Bf2 Rg8 13. Qa4+ $5 {An interesting way to create
tension in this difficult position. The white queen seems oddly placed on the
a-file but it hinders black from castling and may support a thematic pawn
sacrifice with c4-c5.} (13. e4 Ng6 14. g3 {is probably a bit too
straightforward as it softens white's structure on the long white-squared
diagonal.} Qd7 15. a4 $5 {is a natural way to try and prepare trouble with an
eventual c4-c5.}) 13... Qd7 14. Qa3 Ng6 15. O-O-O Nh4 16. Rhg1 c5 {This robs
white's position of much of its dynamic potential by thwarting the liberating
c5 advance.} 17. e4 Ng6 18. e5 $5 (18. Bc2 $5) 18... dxe5 19. Bxg6 Rxg6 20.
dxe5 Nh5 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxb7 $6 {It seems a great shame to part
with such a knight.} (23. Be3 {looks better to me, hampering black from
correcting his position on the kingside.}) 23... Qxb7 24. Qa4 Nf4 $1 {Very
cool-headed - the dangers posed by white's grip on the d-file are not as grave
as they might appear.} 25. Qc2 (25. Rd7 Qb8 26. Re1 (26. Qc6 Ne2+) (26. Rgd1
Qxe5) 26... Nxg2 27. Re4 Qe8) 25... Qa6 26. g3 (26. Qe4 $5 Qxa2 $5 (26... Rc8
$15) 27. Qxa8+ Kg7 28. Rge1 (28. Rd2 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 $19) 28... Qxf2 29. Qe4
Qxg2 {but this should not be dangerous for white who should be able to
generate threats on the 7th or 8th rank.} 30. Rd2 Qh3 31. Rd8 Qh4 32. Red1 Qxh2
33. R1d2 {and the looming threat of Qa8 should give black enough to worry
about.}) 26... Nh3 27. Rgf1 Qxc4 $5 {More maximalism from black, who preserves
the strangely posted Nh3, which is a strong defensive piece.} (27... Nxf2 28.
Rxf2 Qxc4 29. Rd7 $132) 28. Be3 Kg7 29. Kb2 Rf8 30. f4 $2 {This liberates both
of black's problem pieces.} (30. Qg2 Nf4 $1 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. g4 b5 $40) (30.
Rfe1 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh3][%cal Rh7a7] seems to offer compensation, when black
must solve the longterm problems of the uncoordinated Nh3 and Rg6.}) 30... gxf4
31. gxf4 Rd8 $1 $17 {A fine tactical resource that more or less ends the game.
Suddenly all of black's pieces are more active than their counterparts.} 32.
Rxd8 (32. Rde1 $5) 32... Qxf1 33. Qa4 Rg2+ 34. Bd2 Qxf4 $19 35. Qd7 Ng5 36. Ka3
Qxe5 37. Qe8 Kg6 38. Qd7 Rxh2 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kh5 42. Qd3 c4
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. Nd2 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 (8... cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. e3 a5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O axb4
14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Qxb6 Qxb6 18. Rxb6 Ra2 19. Nb3 Nxb3
20. Rxb7 Na5 21. Ra7 Rxe2 22. Rxa5 g5 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Ra4 Rc2 25. Be5 Ne4 26.
Ra7 d6 27. Bd4 e5 28. Ba1 Nd2 29. Rd1 R8xc4 30. h4 g4 31. Kh2 Ne4 32. Bxe5 dxe5
33. Rd8+ Kg7 {0-1 Wagner,C-Solozhenkin,E/Paris-ch 1993/TD 93\04}) 9. bxc3 d6
10. e3 Qe7 11. a4 (11. Be2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Qa4 Na5
16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxa7 Na5 19. Qxb6 Nxc4 20. Bxb7+ Qxb7 21. Qxc5+
Kd7 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. O-O Ke7 24. Qc5+ Kf6 25. c4 Nc3 26. Be5+ {1-0 Garcia,
G-Kolarov,A/Bucharest 1966/EXT 97}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $5 {or even}) (11...
a5 {look preferable - allowing the advance to a5 allows white to make an asset
out of what should be queenside weaknesses.}) 12. a5 O-O 13. Bd3 e5 $6 ({
Black should take the dare with} 13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bc6) 14. O-O Rfe8 $2 {
This allows white to tie black up in knots.} 15. a6 Bc8 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Bc6 Rd8
18. f4 cxd4 (18... exd4 {keeps the f-line closed, which must be an improvement,
though the diagonal crossfire from the white bishop pair still make it
extremely difficult for black to avoid damage.}) 19. Bxd7 $1 {[%csl Rf6] This
leads to the total exposure of black's kingside.} Bxd7 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. exd4
Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Qc2 Be2 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rae1 Re8 $2 (25... Qd3 $142) 26.
Rf3 Qe6 27. Rg3+ (27. Rf2 Bd3 28. Rxe6 Bxc2 29. Rxd6 $16 {was good, but the
text is even better.}) 27... Kh8 28. Nf3 $1 $18 f5 (28... Qxc4 29. Qf5 Qe6 30.
Qf4 $18) 29. Ng1 f4 30. Rxe2 fxg3 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bb7 8.
Nd2 d6 9. f3 e5 10. e4 c5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Ra2 O-O-O 15.
Rb2 Kc7 16. O-O g5 17. Bf2 h5 18. Na1 Rb8 19. Nc2 h4 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. dxc5 dxc5
22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Qc1 {[#]} Be6 $6 {[#]} (24... Ne6) 25. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 26. Qxg5 $1 Ne6 $6 (26... Nd5 $5 27. Qxe7+ Nxe7 28. Bxh4 Ng6 29. Bxd8+
Rxd8 30. exf5 Nf4 31. Re1 Rd2 32. Bf1 Kd6 $132) (26... Bd7 27. Bxh4) 27. Qxf5
Nd7 28. Rd1 $18 Rg8 29. Bf1 Rg7 30. Kh1 Kc6 31. Qh5 Nf4 32. Qh8 Qf8 33. Qxf8
Nxf8 34. Bxh4 N4g6 35. Bf6 Rh7 36. Bg5 Ne6 37. Be3 f6 38. g3 Ng5 39. Bg2 Nf7
40. h4 Nd6 41. Bf1 Rh8 42. Kg1 Rd8 43. Bh3 Re8 44. h5 Nf8 45. h6 Re7 46. Bc1
Kc7 47. Kf2 Nxc4 48. Bf1 Nd6 49. Bd3 Rh7 50. Rh1 Ne6 51. f4 c4 52. Bc2 Nf7 53.
fxe5 Nxe5 54. Ke2 Ng5 55. Rh5 Kd6 56. Be3 Ke6 57. Bxb6 Ngf7 58. Bxa5 Nxh6 59.
Bb4 Kf7 60. a5 Kg6 61. Rh1 Ra7 62. Ra1 Nhg4 63. Bc5 Rh7 64. Bg1 Rh1 65. a6 Nc6
66. e5+ f5 67. Rf1 Ne7 68. a7 Rh8 69. Rb1 Nc6 70. Rb6 Ngxe5 71. Ba4 Re8 72. Kf1
Kg5 73. Bxc6 Nxc6 74. Rxc6 Kg4 75. Rb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 {A dynamic but risky line that has not
produced good results for white.} d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O (13. Be4) 13... Qe7
14. a4 a5 15. Be4 (15. Rf2 $5 O-O-O 16. Be4 Ba6 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. e4
$13 {0-1 Campos Moreno,J-Rozentalis,E/Moscow olm 1994 (59)}) 15... Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 O-O 17. Nd2 $5 $146 (17. Qc6 f5 $1 18. Qxc7 $2 Rfc8 19. Qb7 Qd8 $19 {
0-1 Vaganian,R-Plaskett,J/London 1986 (39)}) 17... f5 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. e4 fxe4
20. Nxe4 Kg7 21. h4 $1 (21. Nxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Qf3 Re8 $15
) 21... Nh7 22. h5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8 Nxf8 (24... Qxf8 $142) 25. g4
Qe8 26. Qf3 Nh7 (26... Qf7 $5) 27. d5 $1 {/\ ><f5, <=>} exd5 28. cxd5 (28. Ng3
Nf6 29. cxd5 (29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Nxh6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+) 29... Qxa4 {game}) 28...
Qxa4 29. Ng3 Nf6 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. Nd4 (31. Nxh6 $5 Qf4 32. Qd3+ Ne4 33. Nf7 $1
$132 Kg7 34. Nd8 Qxg4 35. Qd4+ Nf6 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nd8+ $11) 31... Kg7 32. Qf5
$5 (32. Ne6+ $11) 32... Qe8 $1 33. Ne6+ Kf7 34. c4 $2 (34. Qg6+ Ke7 35. Qxh6
Nxd5 (35... a4 36. Qxg5 a3 $13) 36. Qxg5+ Kxe6 37. Qf5+ Ke7 38. Qxd5 Qf7 39.
Qe4+ $11) 34... a4 $1 35. Qf3 (35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qxh6 a3 $19) 35... c6 36. Qd3
cxd5 37. cxd5 a3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. f3 e5 12. e4 c5 13. Bf2 Nbd7 14.
Bd3 Nh5 15. O-O Nf4 16. Bc2 O-O-O 17. Re1 h5 18. Nf1 g4 19. Ne3 gxf3 20. Qxf3
Qg5 21. d5 Rdg8 22. Kh1 Kc7 23. Rg1 Nf6 24. Raf1 h4 25. g4 hxg3 26. Bxg3 Rh3
27. Bd1 Rgh8 28. Bxf4 Qh4 29. Qf2 exf4 30. Qxh4 R8xh4 31. Ng4 Bc8 32. Rxf4 Nxg4
33. Rgxg4 Bxg4 34. Bxg4 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Rh7 36. Bf5 R2h4 37. Rf3 Rg7+ 38. Kf2
Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Rxa2 40. e5 dxe5 {0-1 Malinin,Y-Zagrebelny,S/Russian Cup 9th Leg,
Novgorod RUS 1997 (40)}) 10. f3 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 (11... e5 12. e4 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ng6
14. Bf2 Nf4 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Re1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20.
Rad1 Be6 21. Qe3 c6 22. Nb4 Qc7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. c5 b5 25. Rd6 Bd7 26. Qd2 Be8
27. Nd3 Qe7 28. g4 Nf6 29. Bh4 Nxe4 30. Bxe7 Nxd2 31. Nxe5 Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4
33. Red1 {1-0 Zakharevich,I-Pavlov,A/Russian Cup 9th Leg, Novgorod RUS 1997 
(33)}) 12. Bf2 e5 $5 {For some reason this natural move is very rarely played
in this exact position.} (12... O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. O-O-O c5 (14... Nh5 15.
Rhe1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48 (15)}) 15. e4 Nh5 16.
Rhe1 Nf4 17. Bf1 e5 18. Nb3 Nf6 19. Na1 Rc8 20. Nc2 Rhd8 21. Ne3 h5 22. Nf5 Qc7
23. g3 Ng6 24. Be3 Nh7 25. d5 Rh8 26. Ng7 h4 27. Nf5 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rcg8 29. Bh3
Bc8 30. Rh1 Bd7 31. Qb3 f6 32. Bg4 Nhf8 33. a4 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Hjartarson,
J/Belgrade 1987/CBM 04 (33)}) (12... Nh5 13. g4 (13. Qa4 f5 14. g4 (14. h4 Kf7
15. hxg5 hxg5 16. O-O-O a6 17. e4 f4 18. Rh3 Nhf6 19. Rdh1 Rxh3 20. Rxh3 Kg7 {
1/2-1/2 Rohde,M-Wilder,M/USA-ch 1988/CBM 11 (20)}) 14... Ng7 15. e4 fxg4 16.
fxg4 h5 17. O-O-O hxg4 18. Be3 Rh3 19. Rde1 O-O-O 20. Qxa7 c5 21. Rhg1 Kc7 22.
Qa4 e5 23. d5 Nh5 24. Nf1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Ng3 Qh7 27. Nf1 Ra8 28. Kb2 Bc8
29. Ka1 Bd7 30. Rb1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. Rb3 Rf3 34. a3 Raf8
35. Rb1 Nxc3 36. Re1 Rf2 37. Bd2 Ne2 38. Rh1 Nd4 39. Kb2 Nf3 40. Rd1 Ba4 41.
Kc1 {0-1 Maksimovic,B-Cebalo,M/JUG-ch 1988/EXT 97 (41)}) 13... Ng7 14. Qa4 a6
15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. O-O-O Rh8 20. e4 e5
21. d5 Nb8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Qb2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nb3 Ka7 26. a4 a5 27. Nd2
Rdg8 28. Nb1 Ne8 29. Na3 Qf6 30. Qg2 Rh4 31. Rxh4 gxh4 32. Kc2 Nd6 33. Rh1 Qg5
34. Qh3 Rh8 35. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Wasmuth,M-Meier,V/Hamburg 1988/EXT 97 (35)}) 13.
Qa4 $6 {White prefers to leave out the equally natural response} (13. e4 {
which of course would allow black typical counterplay against f4 and d4. Black
takes up the challenge, and achieves a very comfortable position with his
straightforward plan.}) 13... e4 14. Be2 exf3 15. Bxf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {
Black's position must take preference here as white has a real chore trying to
liberate the passive bishop on f2 as well as making something out of his
fractured pawn structure.} 17. h4 Rg8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. O-O-O a5 20. Rh5 O-O-O
21. Qb5 f5 22. Rh6 (22. Rdh1 {looks more constructive.}) 22... Rh8 23. Rdh1
Rxh6 24. Rxh6 f4 {A very bold decision, which seems a bit illogical - although
it creates avenues of attack, it offers to solve two of white's most pressing
problems, namely, the weakness on e3 and the career prospects of the bishop on
f2. It also creates a very unpleasant weakness on d7, and black must be
extremely careful now.} (24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 f4 {is another option, though it
is hardly less drastic than the game.} 26. e4 g4 $5 27. Bh4 Qg7 {when black's
position is falling apart but his g-pawn should at least balance this.}) (24...
Kb8 $5 {looks like the methodical way to play the position, improving the
coordination of his forces before taking action.}) 25. Bg4 $1 Bxg2 26. c5 $2 (
26. exf4 $5 {looks far more appealing, creating a route back into the game for
the Bf2, and shedding the weakness on e3. The question is whether or not black
can capitalize on the open e-file, and it seems he can. The difference between
this and the game is perhaps motivated by not wishing to give black the g5
square, but it is hard to believe that white does not increase his chances by
at least creating the chance of bringing the bishop into play via h4.} gxf4 {
And now white does not have to risk all with} 27. Bh4 {which does allow too
much of a counterattack:} ({The prophylactic} 27. Kb2 $5 {however, prepares to
fully activate his forces. After} Qg7 (27... Kb8 $2 28. Bh4) 28. Qh5 {looks
like real counterplay. In this game both sides ask for trouble by refusing to
tuck their kings away safely.}) 27... Qe3+ 28. Kb2 Qd2+ 29. Kb3 (29. Ka3 Qxc3+
30. Qb3 Qc1+ 31. Qb2 Qe3+ 32. Qb3 Rg8 33. Be6 Rg7) 29... Be4 $1 30. Bxd7+ (30.
Qa6+ Kb8 $19) 30... Kb8 31. Bxd8 Bc2+ 32. Kb2 Ba4+ $19 {and unfortunately for
white losing his queen is not the end of his troubles.}) 26... dxc5 27. dxc5 $4
({Both} 27. exf4 {and}) (27. Re6 {were better.}) 27... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rh8]
[%cal Re5b5] A very nifty move, guarding against accidents on the last rank,
paralyzing the aggressive c5 pawn and homing in on the white king. Not
surprisingly for such a multi-purpose move, it proves impossible to meet.} 28.
Qd3 (28. Kd2 Kb8 $1) (28. Kb2 fxe3 $19 29. Bxe3 Qxe3 30. Bxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qa6+
Bb7 32. Rh8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. Qxb7 Qxc5) 28... Qxc5 29. e4 $6 (29. Bxd7+
Rxd7 30. Qa6+ (30. Rh8+ Kb7 31. Qxd7 Qxc3+ {mates.}) 30... Kd8 (30... Bb7 {
should also be good enough:} 31. Rh8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Qxb7 Qxc3+ {
and white will not be able to keep his bishop.}) 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ Kf6 $1)
(29. Rh7 {was the most stubborn.}) 29... Qxf2 30. Bxd7+ Kb8 31. e5 (31. Bc6 $5
{prolonged the agony a bit.}) 31... Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%mdl 512]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7.
Bh4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Be2 Nf8 (11... O-O 12. Nf1 Re8 (
12... Qe8 13. Ne3 Nh5 14. Nf5 Kh7 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Bd1 Ba6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc2
Ne6 19. Bf6 Nxc4 20. Nxg7 Nxd2 21. Nxe8 Nc4 22. e5+ Kg8 23. exd6 cxd6 $19 {
0-1 Schroer,J-Dauvergne,P/Philadelphia 1986/EXT 97 (36)}) 13. Ne3 Nf8 14. Nd5
g5 15. Bf2 Ng6 $132 {1-0 Hultin,J-Jansson,J/Oslo 1992/CBM 28 ext (48)}) 12. Bf2
Ne6 13. Qb3 (13. Rb1 $5) (13. g3 $5) 13... O-O 14. g3 (14. c5 Nf4 (14... exd4
15. cxd4 dxc5 16. dxc5 Nd4 17. Qc4) 15. Bf1 exd4 16. cxd4 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qe7 $36
) 14... Nd7 15. Rb1 Kh8 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19.
Qb2 $1 f5 20. Qxd4 $14) (15... f5 $2 16. c5 Qe7 17. c6 $1 Bxc6 18. Bc4 Rae8 19.
Bxe6+ {and d5 +-.}) 16. Qc2 Qf6 (16... Qg5 $5 {keeping the path of the f-pawn
open looks tempting. Although the game continuation gains access to c5, black
forfeits a great deal of potential counterplay by abandoning the option of ...
f5, which seems to have been his idea up to here.}) 17. d5 Nec5 18. Nf1 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf1e3,Ge3f5] Preparing to complete the clamp down on black's
position by taking firm control of f5. White seems to have nice long-term
attacking chances, but black is very solid and the latent pressure against e4
makes it difficult for white to open lines on the kingside.} Qd8 19. Ne3 (19.
h4 $5 {deserved attention, since white maintains different options by delaying
the development of the knight - it may be better posted on g3, for example.
White may also be able to use the c1-h6 diagonal by waiting to deploy the
knight.}) 19... Nf6 20. g4 {Now black's position is very passive, and he must
plan countermeasures to white's gradual expansion.} Ng8 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Bd1 (
22. Nf5 $5) 22... Bd7 23. h4 h5 $5 {A very spirited move that leads to amazing
consequences on this flank. In any case, black does not wish to allow h4-h5
which would snuff out any hope of black organizing counterplay on this side of
the board. Nevertheless, moves like this are always rather impressive since
the taboo against disrupting one's own king cover is very strong.} 24. Nf5 (24.
gxh5 {obviously grants black counterplay in several ways;} Nf6 (24... f5 $5)
25. h6 g6 $44 {though the game continuation gives black chances to mount
pressure against e4.}) 24... hxg4 25. Bxc5 dxc5 (25... Bxf5 26. exf5 (26. Bf2
$2 Bh7) 26... dxc5 27. fxg4 {must favor white, whose bishop should become
immensely powerful.}) 26. fxg4 g6 $5 {Another bit of voluntary kingside
perforation from black, and again it spells the beginning of surprising
counterplay.} 27. Ne3 $5 (27. Nh6 $5 {"feels" more natural, and looks quite
promising.} Nf6 (27... f6 28. Nxg8 Kxg8 29. Qh6 Be8 30. g5 $36 {and with h4-h5
next white will take charge of line-opening on the kingside.}) 28. h5 Kg7 (
28... Nxe4 $4 29. Nxf7+ $1 ({or} 29. Qe3 $1)) 29. Qe3 (29. Nxf7 $5 {is the
romantic option. It leads to fascinating complications, but there is no reason
to speculate like this...} Kxf7 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rh6+ (31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. g5
Rh8 $1 $17 33. Qxh8 (33. g6+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Kd6) 33... Qxh8 34. Rxh8 Rxh8 35.
gxf6 Rh2) 31... Kf7 32. g5 Nxe4 (32... Ng8 $5 33. Rh7+ (33. Bh5+ Kg7 34. Rg6+
Kh7 {and it is hard (to put it mildly) to see how to transform the clumsy duo
on g6 and h5 into an attacking force.}) (33. Rh1 $1 {is best, with continuing
attacking chances.}) 33... Kg6 34. Qh2 Qxg5 35. Rxd7 Nf6 {[%cal Gf8h8,Gh8h1]
and black's counterplay is overwhelming.}) 33. Bh5+ Kg7 $1 (33... Ke7 34. d6+
$1 Nxd6 35. Rh7+ Rf7 (35... Nf7 36. Qf2 $1 $18) 36. Bxf7 Nxf7 37. Qf2 $18) 34.
Rg6+ Kh7 $11) 29... Rh8 30. hxg6 (30. g5 Nh7 $132) 30... fxg6 31. Rb2 $40 {
and white's attacking potential is clear.}) 27... Qf6 28. Qg2 $1 {This
prepares an extremely clever tactical manoeuvre based on trapping black's
queen. However, this turns out to be only the beginning of the day's fun.} (28.
h5 $5 Kg7) 28... Qf4 29. Kd2 $1 Nf6 30. Rf1 (30. Kd3 $5) 30... Nxe4+ $1 {
As much as one has to admire what black is about to do, and as difficult as it
is to assess what is about to happen, it is only safe to say that this is
certainly black's best practical continuation. But it would be a miracle if
the rest of this game is "sound".} (30... Qxe4 31. Bf3 (31. Rxf6 $5 Qxb1 32.
Bc2 Qxa2 33. h5) 31... Qf4 32. Be2 Qe4 33. Qg1 $1 {also snares the black queen.
}) 31. Kd3 f5 $3 32. Rxf4 (32. gxf5 $2 Qg3 $1 33. Qxe4 Bxf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 $17)
32... exf4 {This must have been a delightful situation in time pressure.} 33.
Nf1 (33. Nc2 fxg4) (33. gxf5 $5 fxe3 34. fxg6 Kg7 35. h5 {may provide enough
of a counterattack to allow white to utilize his material advantage, but it
looks far too dangerous with his own king wandering in the crossfire of
black's well coordinated army.} Rae8) 33... fxg4 $1 34. Kxe4 f3 {[%mdl 1024]
Though it is impossible not to be thrilled by black's concept, the voice of
reason suggests that somewhere around here white's vast material superiority
must be convertible to some sort of clear advantage.} 35. Qb2 $6 (35. Qg3 $5 {
offers to pitch back some of the surplus while keeping control of e1, black's
pawn swarm and staying closer to black's king. This seems to me to offer
better chances of regaining control.} Rae8+ 36. Kd3 Bf5+ 37. Kd2 Bxb1 38. Qxg4
f2 39. Be2 {and white is consolidating his advantage.} (39. h5 $5 Re1 $132))
35... Rae8+ 36. Kd3 Re1 $3 {[%mdl 2048] Black's priorities are clear, mobilize
the passed pawns. The exclamation points are for resourcefulness, but there is
little doubt that white should be able to capitalize on his extra material.}
37. Ng3 $2 (37. Qf2 $5 Bf5+ 38. Kd2 Rxf1 39. Qxf1 Bxb1 40. Qf2 $16 {and white
should eventually reach some kind of favorable Q vs. R + B ending.} Bxa2 {
would be desirable if it worked, but} (40... Rf7 $5) (40... g3 41. Qxg3 f2 42.
Be2 f1=Q 43. Bxf1 Rxf1 44. Qxc7 $18) 41. Qe3 {[%csl Rh6] is very dangerous for
black;} Kg7 42. Qe5+ Rf6 43. Qxc7+ Rf7 (43... Kg8) 44. d6 f2 45. Be2 g3 46. d7
g2 47. Qe5+ $18) 37... f2 $44 38. Be2 Rg1 (38... Rf3+ $5 39. Kd2 $1 {and white
neutralizes black's bag of tricks.} (39. Bxf3 $2 {would fall for} Bf5+ $1 40.
Kd2 Rxb1 41. Qa3 gxf3 42. Qxa7 Rg1 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxc7+ Kg8 45. Nxf5 gxf5 46.
Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qd7+ $11)) 39. Nf1 Bf5+ 40. Kd2 g3 {Time control reached and
black is no longer in any danger.} 41. Bf3 (41. Nxg3 Rxb1 42. Qa3 Bh3 (42... a5
$5) (42... Re8 $5 $44 {is safest since it paralyzes whites forces - the Qa3
must guard against ...Rb2+.}) 43. Qxa7 $13 {Black is certain to reach a decent
material balance here, but may shed too many pawns en route.}) 41... Bxb1 42.
Qxb1 Rxf3 43. Qxg6 g2 (43... g2 44. Qh6+ (44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg4+ Kf7 46. Qxf3+
Ke7 47. Qe4+ Kd8 48. d6 $1 {This motif, which strips the black king bare,
always assures white perpetual check.})) (43... Rxf1 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qxf3 Rg1
{offers no hope of the king escaping;} 46. Qg4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 e5 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nf4 14.
Bxf4 gxf4 15. O-O Rg8 16. f3 h5 17. Rf2 e5 18. Nb3 h4 19. h3 Kf8 20. Rb1 Bc8
21. c5 dxc5 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. dxc5 Be6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Ravikumar,
V-Spassky,B/London Lloyds 1984/MCL 06}) 12. O-O-O (12. Nd2 $5 c5 (12... g5 13.
Bg3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. O-O $1) 13. f3 Nf8 (13... exd4 $5) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Ne3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 O-O-O 19. Rh5 Nf8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Nd7 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rh1 Ne8 24. Bxe8 Rhxe8 25. c4 Rd6 26. Kf2 Qg5 {
Vokac,M-Golod,V/Ceske Budejovice op 1994/EXT 94op/1-0 (74)}) 12... O-O-O 13.
Nd2 {[%csl Gd2,Gd5,Gf5][%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3,Gf1e3] Aiming for a standard journey
towards attractive squares. Black combats this by active pressure on other
spots in the white camp.} g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. f3 (15. Nf1 Qf6 {may transpose to
the game.} (15... f5 16. exf5 Bxg2 {is also possible, when black must reckon
with the positional exchange sacrifice} 17. Be4 $5 {trying to monopolize the
light squares.})) 15... Nf4 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. Qb2 (17. Qf2 {looks more desirable
if it is possible. There doesn't seem to be anything drastically wrong with it,
though white may have feared some possibilities on the h8-a1 diagonal after a
possible ...exd4 and ...Nc5. The most likely drawback is that white will find
it harder to bolster the d4 square and a variation like} Ne6 (17... Nxd3+ 18.
Rxd3 Ba6 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. Rdd1) 18. Bc2 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 {should give black a
pleasant position.}) 17... g4 18. Qf2 {Now black cannot increase the pressure
on d4 with ...Ne6 since he has loosened his kingside.} (18. fxg4 $2 Nxd3+ 19.
Rxd3 Bxe4 {and white's pawn structure is a mess.}) 18... gxf3 19. gxf3 Nh3 $1 {
[%cal Gd8h4,Gg1g8] An attractive idea to increase further his grip on the
kingside and prevent white from gaining any benefit from the newly opened
lines here.} 20. Qe3 {[%csl Rf3]} h5 21. Be1 h4 22. Nd2 Nf8 {Now black sends
the other knight into the game, renewing the plan of forcing concessions by
increasing the pressure against d4, en route perhaps to f4. White needs to act.
} 23. c5 $5 {A thematic sacrifice to disrupt black's pawn structure and
prevent the c5 square from falling into his hands.} dxc5 (23... exd4 $5 24.
Qxd4 (24. cxd4 dxc5 {gives black too much pressure in the center and on the
long dark-squared diagonal.} 25. d5 Ng6) 24... Qxd4 25. cxd4 dxc5 26. Bf1 Nf4
27. dxc5 $15) 24. dxc5 (24. d5 {denies black the e6-square but does not give
white much positive compensation for the pawn.}) 24... Ne6 25. cxb6 axb6 26.
Nb3 Nhf4 27. Bf1 Qg5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bd2 Kb8 $5 $15 (29... f5 $5 {is the
most energetic.} 30. Bc4 Qf6 31. exf5 Ng5 $17 (31... Qxf5 32. Re1 $132)) (29...
Qe7 $5) 30. a4 Qe7 31. Kb2 Qd7 32. Be1 (32. a5 bxa5 33. Be1 a4 34. Na5 Qd1 $19)
32... Qxa4 (32... h3 $5) (32... Nd3+ 33. Bxd3 Qxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. Bxh4 Rxf3
36. Nd2 {should not pose serious problems for white.}) (32... Qd1 33. Bxh4 Rd3
34. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 35. Ka3 Qxh1 36. Qxd3 Qxh2 37. Be7 {is roughly equal.}) 33. Bxh4
Rd1 $1 34. Bb5 Qxb5 35. Rxd1 Ng2 36. Qf2 Nxh4 37. Qxh4 (37. c4 Qb4 38. Qxh4 Nc5
39. Qd8+ Bc8 40. Rd3 Nxd3+ 41. Qxd3 Be6) 37... Nc5 38. Qd8+ Bc8 $19 39. Kc2 (
39. Qd5 Be6) 39... Qxb3+ 40. Kd2 Qb2+ 41. Ke3 Qxh2 42. Ra1 Qc2 43. Ra8+ Kxa8
44. Qxc8+ Ka7 45. Qxc7+ Ka6 46. Qxe5 Na4 47. Kf4 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 (10... Nxg3 {capturing on g3 (now or on the next
move) is the quieter option;} 11. fxg3 {is the most dynamic option, but the
simple hxg3 is enjoying a quiet revival - see notes to black's 11th move.} d6
12. Bd3 Nd7 (12... g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 (13... Nd7 14. O-O Rf8 15. a4 a5 16. Rf4 Qg5
17. Qe2 h5 18. Raf1 $16 {Grooten,Herman-Schwartz/Dieren 1987 (29)}) 14. O-O
Qxe3+ (14... Nd7 15. Rae1 $6 (15. Rf4) 15... Rf8 16. Qa4 Qa5 17. Qc2 O-O-O $13
{Trapl,J-Nun,Ji/CSR-ch (10) 1986/0-1 (85)}) 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Rf4 Rg8 17. Raf1
O-O-O 18. R1f2 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qe3 20. Rxf7 Rdf8 21. Qe2 $14 {Spassky,
B-Polugaevsky,L/URS-ch29 Baku (08) 1961 (42)}) (12... Qe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. a4
Na5 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Rf2 f6 17. d5 e5 18. Nd2 Kb8 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Ne3 {+/=
Rashkovsky,N-Taimanov,M/URS 36/(614) 1983}) 13. O-O (13. Be4 c6 $5 (13... Bxe4
14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 (15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O Kg7 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. h3 Rae8 19. Rf2
e5 20. Raf1 Nh5 21. e4 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Short,N/Baku 1983/}) 15... Qd7 16. O-O
Qc6 17. d5 Qd7 18. Nd4 $16 {Rashkovsky,N-Lisenko,A/Sverdlovsk 1989 (30)}) 14.
O-O Qe7 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 h5 $132 {0-1 Du Chattel,P-Hort,V/Utrecht 1986 
(27)}) 13... Qe7 14. Rf2 (14. Be4 O-O-O (14... Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Nd2 c5 17.
g4 Rac8 18. Rf2 Kg7 19. Raf1 $14 {Portisch,L-Popovic,P/Portoroz/Ljubljana (04)
1985 (38)}) 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. a4 a5 17. Qe4+ Ka7 18. Qc6 Nb8 19. Qb5 Nd7 20.
Qc6 Nb8 21. Qb5 Nd7 22. Qc6 Nb8 23. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Popov-Gunsberger/Varna ol 1962
}) (14. a4 a5 (14... O-O $5 15. a5 Nf6 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Kh1 Ng7 18. Rf2 f5 $10 {
Verdikhanov,V-Chepukaitis,G/S-Peterburg op 1994/}) 15. e4 (15. Be4 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 O-O 17. Qc6 f5 18. Qxc7 $4 Rfc8 19. Qb7 Qd8 $19 {Vaganjan,R-Plaskett,J/
London (12) 1986}) (15. Rf2 O-O-O 16. Be4 Ba6 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. e4 $16
{Campos Moreno,J-Rozentalis,E/Moscow olm (02) CHI-LTU ,CBM 45 1994/}) 15...
O-O-O 16. Nd2 g4 17. Rf4 h5 18. Nf1 Rdg8 19. Ne3 Qg5 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf5 e5 22.
Rff1 h4 23. d5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,Lev-Motwani,P/Troon 1984}) (
14. Qa4 $5 O-O 15. e4 Kh8 16. Rae1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20.
Re3 e5 21. Qb5 {+/= Cebalo,M-Popovic,P/Zagreb/Rijeka 39/(652) 1985}) (14. e4
O-O-O 15. Qf2 h5 16. Nd2 Rdf8 17. h3 Rh6 $6 18. Qe3 Rf6 19. Rfb1 h4 20. Nf3 $16
{Siegel,G-Eismont,O/Biel op(04) 1994 (46)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Be4 (15. Raf1 Rdf8
$5 (15... f5 16. Nd2 $1) 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nd2 Rf6 19. Qa4 $5 h5 $1
20. Rb1 h4 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nb3 Qd6 $1 {Hjartarson,J-Hellers,F/Gausdal (zt) 43/
664 (Hellers,F) 1987 (28)} 23. Na5+ Ka8 24. Nc6 Kb7 $10) (15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Nd2
g4 17. Be4 h5 18. Bxb7 Kxb7 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. Qc2 Rdf8 21. Qe4+ c6 22. Rbf1 $14 {
Hjartarson,J-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik 1987/}) 15... Rhf8 (15... f5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7
17. e4 $14 {Timman,J-Miles,A/Tilburg 40/656 1985}) 16. Re1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Kb8 {
[%cal Yf7f5] /\f7-f5} 18. Qh7 Rh8 19. Qc2 h5 20. e4 h4 21. gxh4 gxh4 22. e5
Rdg8 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. c5 Qc6 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 bxc5 27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. Nxh4
Rg7 29. Rb2+ Kc8 30. Nf3 c6 31. h3 Kc7 32. g4 Nf6 33. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Timman,J/Biel 1995/CBM 49/[Hansen,Cu] (33) A solid clash between two
generations of thought in this variation.}) 11. Bd3 f5 {Black agrees to enter
the sharpest lines of this system.} (11... Nxg3 {was still possible, and now
we can take a look at the other white recapture:} 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Be4 (13. a4
a5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Ke7 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qg8 18. c5 Rb8 19. cxd6+ cxd6
20. Ke2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Hauchard,A/Meribel 1998/CBM 67(46)}) 13... c6
$5 {This idea (of Hort's?) crops up occasionally and seems like a very
intriguing way for black to inject a bit more life into the position.} (13...
Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ke7 15. a4 Nf6 16. Qd3 c5 17. e4 Nd7 18. O-O Qc7 19. Nd2 Rag8 20.
a5 h5 $13 {1-0 Milov,V-Eismont,O/Biel 1994/TD (35)}) 14. Qa4 g4 15. Ng1 Qc7 16.
Ne2 $13 {1-0 Sideif Sade,F-Felsberger,A/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (40)}) 12. d5 {
This messy, violent variation was quite fashionable in the 80's and has always
been a favorite object of debate of Timman's.} Nd7 (12... Nc5 {was the old
main line and a topic of repeated top-level discussion. An overview of the
existing theory of this line raises many questions in the light of the game in
question. The first question is why Timman's move faded from favor. The answer
is presumably one of taste - though black has done quite well in the most
recent games, the positions are rather hair-raising. It seems to me Black
seems to do an awful lot of suffering for not much incentive, but those who
prefer life on the very edge would disagree.} 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. O-O
Nba6 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. Nxf5 Bc8 18. f4 Qxf5 19. e4 Qh5 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. c5 Kd8 22. d6 Qe8 23. dxc7+ Kxc7 24. Qd5 Nc6 25. Rf7+ Bd7 26. Raf1 Rd8 27.
R1f6 Kc8 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Qb5 {1-0 Miles,A-Beliavsky,A/Tilburg 1986/CBM 03 
(29)}) 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf5 Ng7 18. Bg6+ Kd7 19. f3 Raf8 20. fxg4 Qe7 21. e4
Kc8 (21... Nc5 22. Qe2 Kc8 23. e5 Ba6 24. e6 c6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1+
27. Qxf1 Kd8 28. Qf4 Bb7 29. Qxh6 cxd5 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8
33. Qh8+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Monaco 1993/CBM 34 ext (33)}) 22. Qd2 Kb8
23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxh6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Hilversum 1985/MCL 
(62)}) 13. Nd4 Ndc5 14. dxe6 Rf8 {This is the more difficult theoretical
question, and one which cannot be answered by simple research. Why doesn't
this game follow what is considered to be the acid test?} (14... Qf6 $5 {
has not been rigorously investigated, but has a good reputation, based mostly
on:} 15. f3 f4 16. exf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qe2 gxf4 19. Bf2 Rg8 20. g4 fxg3
21. hxg3 O-O-O 22. O-O-O Rde8 23. Rhe1 {1-0 Komarov,D-Mantovani,R/Reggio
Emilia 1996/CBM 57} {But here} Nxe6 $1 {planning} 24. Nxe6 $2 Bxf3 $1 {as
noted by Curt Hansen, would have more than solved black's opening problems.}
25. Qe3 $140 Bg4 $1) 15. Be2 g4 $1 (15... Qf6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Bf7 $16 Rxf7 18.
exf7 Qxf7 19. O-O Nxg3 20. fxg3 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Salov,V/Moscow 1992/CBM
33 (41)}) 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qg5 18. O-O-O $1 O-O-O (18... Nxe6 19. Nxe6
Qxe3+ 20. Qd2 Qxe6 21. Rxh6 $40 {[%cal Yc4c5,Gh6d6,Gd1d6,Ge2b5,Gd1e1] planning
c5! with a strong initiative.}) 19. Bd3 (19. f4 Qg7 $1 (19... Qf6 $2 20. Qxf5
$1 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. e7 Re8 23. Bxg4) 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. e7 Qxe7 22. Qxf5+
Kb8 {has been given by Zvjagintsev as winning for black. I think this is a bit
exaggerated, but it is a very nice line and black is about to take full
control.}) 19... gxf3 20. gxf3 Nxe6 (20... Rde8 21. Rhe1 $6 Kb8 $6 22. Bxf5
Bxf3 23. e7 Rxe7 $4 24. Nxf3 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Nd4 {1-0 Kluger,G-Haag,E/
Budapest 1965/MCD (48)}) 21. Bxf5 (21. Nxe6 $2 Qxe3+ 22. Qd2 Qxe6 23. Rxh6 Qe5
$17 {and white's pawn structure is a ruin.}) 21... Rxf5 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5
Bxf3 24. Rxh6 Bxd1 25. Kxd1 Ng5 26. g4 Rf8 $6 (26... Kb7 $1 $132 {Zviagintsev})
27. Ke2 Kd8 $2 (27... Ne4 {looks more natural. White should probably return
his extra material to activate the passed pawn:} 28. Kf3 $5 (28. a3 Nxc3+ (
28... Rf7 $5) 29. Kd3 Na4 30. Rh7 $14) 28... Nd2+ $5 (28... Nxc3 29. Kf4 Re8 (
29... d5 30. g5 dxc4 31. g6 Ne2+ 32. Kg5 Kb7 (32... c3 33. g7) 33. g7 Rg8 34.
Rh2 $1 $18) 30. g5 $16) 29. Kf4 Nxc4 30. e4 $36 {and again the mobility of the
g-pawn makes life unpleasant for black.}) 28. Rg6 $1 Ne4 29. Kd3 $1 Nf2+ 30.
Kd4 Nxg4 31. Ng7 c5+ 32. Kd5 Nxe3+ (32... Nf6+ 33. Kxd6 Kc8 (33... Ne8+ 34.
Nxe8 $18) 34. Ke7 Nd7 35. Rc6+ Kb8 $8 36. Rd6 Rg8 37. Ne8 Nf8 38. Rd8+ Kb7 39.
Nd6+) 33. Ke4 Nxc4 34. Ne6+ Ke7 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Kd5 b5 (36... Kf7 37. Rh6 Kg7
38. Rh4) 37. Ke6 $1 {Boxing out black's king...} a5 38. Rg4 $1 {... and now
threatening to take on c4.} Ne3 (38... Ne5 39. Rf4+ Ke8 40. Kxd6 Nd3 41. Re4+
$18) 39. Rf4+ Ke8 40. Kxd6 Nd1 41. c4 b4 (41... bxc4 42. Rxc4) 42. Kxc5 Nc3 43.
Kb6 a4 (43... Nxa2 44. Kxa5 b3 45. Rf2 $18) 44. Ka5 b3 45. axb3 axb3 46. Rf2 {
[%csl Rb3,Rc3]} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Khalifman Rogozenko} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Qe7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bf2
O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. O-O-O Nh5 15. Rhe1 f5 {Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Dortmund/1995/}
) 10. e4 (10. Bd3 {Rogozenko} h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. Qa4 $14) 10... e5 {
The theory considers 10. ... e5 a normal move, but I wouldn`t recommend to
weaken the f5-square.} (10... h6 {Rogozenko} 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 (12...
O-O-O 13. a4 (13. Qa4 $142) 13... a5 14. Bd3 Nh5 15. g3 f5 $13 {
Gelfand-Schneider/Norilsk/87.}) 13. Qa4 c5 (13... Kf8 14. g3 Kg7 15. Bg2 f5 16.
O-O f4 $13 {Campos-Razuvaev/Palma de Majorca/91.}) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h4 g4 $1
$15 {Tukmakov-Chernin/URS/87.}) 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. Nf1 (14.
g3 O-O-O 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. O-O-O g4 17. fxg4 Nhf6 18. h3 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. d5
Ne5 21. Bc2 h5 22. g5 Nh7 23. h4 Ng4 24. Rhf1 Nf8 25. Qb3 Ng6 26. Be3 Nxe3 27.
Qxe3 Bc8 28. Rf6 Ne5 29. Qc3 Bg4 30. Rdf1 Qd7 31. Bd1 Rhe8 32. Bxg4 Qxg4 33.
Kc2 Re7 34. R6f5 Rde8 35. R1f4 Qe2 36. Rf2 Qg4 37. R2f4 Qe2 38. Rf2 Qg4 {
Cramling,P-Breyther,R/Bern Open, Bern SWI 1995/0-1 (69)}) 14... Nf4 (14... exd4
15. cxd4 f5 16. Ne3 fxe4 17. Nf5 Qf7 18. fxe4 Nf4 19. O-O Nxd3 (19... Nxg2 20.
Bg3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Qg6+ 23. Rg4 Qf6 24. Ng7+ Kd8 25. Kh1 Kc8 26.
Bc2 Ba6 27. Ba4 Bb7 28. Qd3 Nc5 29. Rf1 Nxe4 30. Rxf6 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nxd3 32. Ne6
Nb2 33. Rxh6 Nxa4 34. Rxh8+ Kd7 35. Rxa8 Bxa8 36. d5 {1-0 Piket,J-Tiviakov,S/
Wijk 1994}) 20. Qxd3 O-O-O 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Rae1 Kb8 23. c5 bxc5 24. d5 Qe8 25.
a4 c4 26. Qd4 c3 27. Qxc3 Nc5 28. e5 Nxa4 29. Qa5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Qd7 31. Bxh8
Rxh8 32. Ra1 Nb6 33. Qxa7+ Kc8 34. d6 {1-0 Tal,M-Mnatsakanian,E/URS-ch30
Erevan 1962}) (14... f5 $5 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qh7 17. Bxe4 {- Levitt,
J-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow-A 1988}) 15. Ne3 g4 16. O-O $1 $146 {N} (16. Bf1 $5 h5 (
16... gxf3 $14 {Rogozenko}) 17. Nf5 Qg5 18. Bh4 Qg6 19. Qa4 a6 20. O-O-O f6 21.
c5 b5 22. Qa5 Ne6 23. cxd6 c5 24. d5 Nd8 25. Kb2 c4 26. Bf2 Rh7 27. Be3 Kf8 28.
Ne7 Qe8 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Be2 {1-0 Rizzitano,J-Bauer,R/National op 1988}) (16.
Bc2 {Rogozenko} gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qg5 18. h4 Qf6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. h5 $14 {
Razuvaev-Stoica/Nikea/86.}) (16. Bc2 {Khalifman,A - 42/(678)}) 16... gxf3 (
16... Qg5 {Khalifman,A} 17. fxg4 h5 18. Nd5 $1 Qxg4 (18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd3
20. Qxd3 Qxg4 21. h3 Qg5 22. Be3 $16) 19. Qxg4 hxg4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Be1 $16)
17. Qxf3 exd4 (17... Nxd3 18. Nf5 {Khalifman,A} Qg5 19. Bh4 $16 Qf4 $6 20. Ng7+
Kf8 21. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 22. Qxd3 $18) (17... Rg8 {Rogozenko} 18. Bc2 O-O-O $14 (
18... O-O-O {Khalifman,A} 19. Bg3 $16)) (17... Qg5 {Khalifman,A} 18. Bc2 $16)
18. Nd5 $1 (18. Qxf4 {Khalifman,A} dxe3 19. Bh4 f6 $13) (18. Nf5 {Khalifman,A}
Qg5 (18... Ne5 19. Qxf4 Nxd3 20. Qg3 Qxe4 21. Rae1 $16) 19. cxd4 (19. Bxd4 Ne5
(19... Rg8 20. Ng7+ $16) 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Nxd3 $13) 19... Qxf5 20. Bh4
Nh3+ $1 21. gxh3 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Qxf3+ 23. Rxf3 $14) 18... Nxd5 (18... Bxd5 19.
Qxf4 Nc5 (19... Bb7 20. cxd4 $16) 20. exd5 Nxd3 21. Qxd4 Ne5 22. Bh4 $18 {
Khalifman}) 19. exd5 Ne5 (19... O-O-O {Khalifman,A} 20. cxd4 $18) (19... dxc3 {
Khalifman,A} 20. Bf5 $1 Ne5 (20... O-O-O 21. Rae1 $1 Qg5 22. Bd4 Rhg8 23. Bf6
$18) 21. Qh3 $1 Qg5 (21... Nxc4 22. Rae1 Ne5 23. Bh4 $18) 22. Bh4 Qd2 23. Rae1
Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. Re4 Qd2 26. Rxe5+ $1 dxe5 27. Bd7+ Kf8 28. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7
29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Bf6+ $18) 20. Qe4 dxc3 (20... f5 {Khalifman,A} 21. Qxf5 $1 (
21. Qxd4 O-O) 21... Rf8 22. Qh5+ Qf7 23. Qxh6 $18) (20... Nxd3 {Khalifman,A}
21. Qxd3 O-O-O 22. Bxd4 Rhe8 23. Bf6 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxd8 Kxd8 26. Rxf7
Rxc4 27. Rd1 $16) (20... Ng6 {Khalifman,A} 21. Qxe7+ $1 Nxe7 22. Rae1 Kf8 23.
Bh4 Re8 24. cxd4 $16) 21. Bh4 Qd7 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Rae1 c6 (23... Qg4 24. Rf4
Qg6 25. Qe2 $1 $16 {Khalifman}) (23... Kf8 {Khalifman,A} 24. Qh4 Qg4 25. Qxh6+
Ke8 26. Rf2 $18) 24. Bxe5 dxe5 (24... cxd5 25. Qh7) 25. Qxe5+ Kf8 26. Bf5 Qd8
27. Be6 Rg7 28. Bxf7 $1 (28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Bc8+) (28. Bxf7 Rxf7
29. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Florean, Andrei"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Qe2 h5
15. Rf1 $5 $146 (15. Rb1 Ne7 16. e4 e5 17. Rf1 Qg7 18. Qe3 d6 $13 {0-1
Vaganian,R-Timman,J/London 1984/MCL (47)}) (15. e4 d6 16. Rf1 Qg7 17. Kf2 Na5
18. Kg1 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 O-O-O 21. Rf6 Rd7 $15 {0-1 Kotronias,V-Nikolic,
P/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (35)}) (15. a4 Rh6 16. Rb1 d6 17. Be4 O-O-O 18.
Bxc6 Bxc6 19. a5 Rg8 20. Ra1 Rg5 21. axb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Campos Moreno,J-Marin,M/
Andorra 1997/CBM 58 ext/[Marin,M] (61)}) 15... Qg7 16. Kf2 Rh6 17. Kg1 Rf6 $6
18. Rfb1 $1 {Compare this with Stempin,P-Sokolov,A Naleczow 1984/MCD (35).
There black waited with this manoeuvre until white had begun doubling rooks on
the f-line, and could not back out. Now black has trouble justifying the
deployment of the rook on f6.} d6 19. Be4 $1 (19. a4 $5) 19... O-O-O 20. a4 d5
$5 (20... Na5 $5 {Florean} 21. Bxb7+ Nxb7 22. a5 $5 {looks quite dangerous,
rather than the line} (22. c5 $6 dxc5 23. Qa6 (23. a5 $5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25.
Qa6+ Kd7 $15) 23... Qg5 $13 {Marin}) 22... Nxa5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qa6+ Kd7 25.
dxc5 $5 $40 {and white has real attacking chances.}) 21. Bd3 (21. cxd5 $6 {
only helps black use the e-line:} exd5 22. Bd3 Re8) 21... Qg5 22. c5 $6 (22. e4
$5 {is an interesting way to try and maintain a grip on the center. It has
many reasons to recommend it - it helps clear the fifth rank which might be
helpful for a later Rb5, and it finds useful employment for the chronically
weak e-pawn.It seems to me to be a critical point in the game.} dxc4 $5 (22...
dxe4 $6 23. Bxe4 {leaves black facing terrors involving a5, c5 or Rb5.} {
For example} e5 $6 24. Rb5 $1 a6 25. Bxc6 $1 axb5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Qe4+ {
looks terrifying for black:} c6 (27... Kc8 28. dxe5 (28. axb5 exd4 29. cxd4 Re6
{favors black.}) 28... Re6 29. Nf5 $1 (29. Qa8+ $2 Kd7 30. Rd1+ Rd6 $5 ({
and also} 30... Ke8 {are bad for white.})) 29... Qd2 (29... bxa4 30. Qa8+ Kd7
31. Rd1+ Rd6 (31... Ke8 32. Ng7+) 32. Qxa4+ Ke6 33. exd6 $18) (29... bxc4 30.
Qa8+ Kd7 31. Rd1+ Rd6 32. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 33. Qb7+ $5 Ke8 34. Qc6+ Kf8 35. Qxb6
$16) 30. axb5 Kd7 31. Ng7 $1 {planning Rf1 looks overwhelming.}) 28. axb5 Ra8
29. Rb1 $1 (29. bxc6+ Rxc6 30. Rxa8 Qc1+ $11) 29... Qd2 (29... exd4 30. Qe7+
$18) 30. bxc6+ Rxc6 (30... Kc8 31. Nf5 Ra2 32. Rf1 {and black's position
collapses.}) 31. Nf5 {and again it is hard to envision black surviving the
onslaught.}) 23. Bxc4 Na5 {It seems strange to seek counterplay by exposing
one's own king, but...} (23... e5 24. d5 Na5 25. Ba6 {looks better for white
as his knight is about to make an impressive reentry into the game.}) 24. Ba6 (
24. Rb5 {leads to great complications, but probably commits white to
sacrificing the Rb5 in order to maintain the initiative.} c5 (24... Qh6 25. e5)
25. e5 Rh6 (25... Nxc4 $5 26. exf6 (26. Qxc4 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rf2 (27... Bd5 28.
Rxc5+ $1) 28. dxc5 Bd5 $1 29. Qd4 (29. Qb4 Rxg2 $1 $19) 29... Qe2 30. Rg1 Bc6
$19) 26... Nd6 27. Rb2 Ne4 {with a very messy position where black has
definite chances if he can keep his king covered.}) 26. Rxa5 $5 bxa5 27. Rb1 {
gives white attacking chances, though it is doubtful whether they can be worth
more than a draw by perpetual.}) 24... Bxa6 25. Qxa6+ Kb8 26. Qe2 $5 {looks a
bit better for white as he has chances on the queenside and the f-line.} (26.
e5 $6 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rf2 28. Qxa5 Rf1+ $1)) 22... e5 23. cxb6 (23. a5 $6 Nxa5 24.
Ba6 Nc6 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Bb5 Kb8 $17 {makes no impression on black.}) 23...
axb6 24. Rf1 Re8 (24... Rdd6 $6 25. Bf5+ Kd8 26. a5 $1 $40 {Marin.}) 25. Rxf6
Qxf6 26. Qf2 $6 (26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Nf5 (27. Qf2 exd4 28. exd4 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3
30. Rd1 Ne7 $11) 27... Qg5 (27... Qa3 $6 28. Qc2) 28. Qf2 $14 {offers white
more chances than the game.}) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 e4 28. Be2 {/\><h5, g4} (28.
Bb5 $5) 28... Re6 29. h3 Rf6+ 30. Ke1 Kb8 $2 $138 {A very serious error in
time trouble. After this black is surprisingly helpless on the kingside. Marin
gave} (30... Kd8 $142 $1 {with a big difference if white plays as in the game:}
31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Ba6 33. Be2 Bxe2 34. Kxe2 Na5 35. g4 Rc6 {black can
play actively as his king can handle the threats to f7.} 36. Ra3 {But this is
cooperative - surely} (36. Rf1 $1 Ke8 37. Rf5 {is fine for white.}) 36... Rh6
37. g3 Rh7 38. Ra1 Rg7 39. Rf1 Rxg4 40. Rf5 c6 41. Rxf7 Rxg3 $15 {Marin}) 31.
hxg4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Ba6 33. Be2 Bxe2 34. Kxe2 Na5 35. g4 $16 {Now the threats
to f7 force black into terrible contortions.} Rh6 (35... Rc6 36. Rf1 Rxc3 37.
Rxf7 Ra3 38. g5 Nc4 39. Nf5 $18) 36. g3 Nc4 37. Rf1 Rh7 38. Rf5 c6 39. Rf6 Kc7
40. Nf5 Nb2 41. g5 (41. g5 Rh2+ (41... Nxa4 42. Rh6 $18) 42. Kf1 Nxa4 43. Rxf7+
Kd8 44. g6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1602]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 {
[This move came as a surprise for me since I hadn't seen my opponent playing
it before.]} h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. f3 (10. e3 {is an
alternative to the text.}) 10... Nc6 $5 ({Stronger than} 10... Nbd7 11. e4 Qc7
12. Bf2 $1 (12. Be2 Nh5 13. Bf2 Nf4 $11 {, which took place in the game Farago,
I-Bauer,P/Budapest 1986, is equal.}) 12... Nh5 13. g3 O-O 14. Be2 $14 {with
slight advantage for White. The knight is much better placed on c6 than on d7,
here it will take an active role in the defence of the black king after
castling to the queen's side.}) 11. e3 (11. Nb3 g5 12. Bf2 e5 13. e4 Qd7 14. a4
a5 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. O-O Qxa4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bf5+
Kb8 21. Qe2 exd4 22. Qe5+ Ka7 23. Qxf6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Be4 $13 {with
unclear position took place in the game Rashkovsky,N-Ovod,E/Omsk/Perm 1998.})
11... Qe7 12. Bd3 g5 $146 ({A new move.} 12... e5 {immediately makes White to
close the centre, but it weakens the square f5. Black in the game Olafsson,
H-Petursson,M/ISL-chT 1994 has successfully managed to solve all his problems
after} 13. d5 Na5 14. Qa4+ Kd8 15. O-O-O g5 16. Bf2 Bc8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Bf5 Kc7
19. h4 Rag8 20. g4 Ne8 $13 {.}) 13. Bf2 (13. Bg3 $5 {deserves serious
attention as well.}) 13... Nd7 ({It was possible to refrain from this move,
making one instead that is really necessary:} 13... O-O-O $11) ({or} 13... Kd8
$11 {, followed by Kc7. The square c7 is the only safe place for the king.})
14. Nb3 (14. e4 $5 {is interesting}) ({But not} 14. h4 $6 {, after} O-O-O {
the white king who has nowhere to hide.}) 14... Ba6 $6 ({Black doesn't feel
the danger in the position and doesn't understand what is White aiming for.
The idea of the move is to meet 15.a4 by 15...Na5!=, but unfortunately White
doesn't play 15.a4, making 14...Ba6 a useless move. Both} 14... O-O-O $142 $11)
({and} 14... Kd8 $142 $11 {, followed by Kc7, were better.}) 15. O-O ({After} 
15. a4 Na5 $1 16. Nxa5 bxa5 $11 {the position is equal.}) ({But} 15. e4 {
deserves attention.}) 15... Rc8 $2 ({Continuation of the wrong plan. It was
still not too late to play} 15... Kd8 $142 {and 16...Kc7.}) 16. f4 $36 ({
Now White has a strong initiative and Black has to play accurately in order
not to find himself under a direct attack. Again not} 16. a4 {because of} Na5
$1 $11) ({But} 16. e4 $14 {is still a worthy alternative to the text.}) 16...
Kd8 $1 {[Finally Black begins to understand what's going in the position. It
cost him 2 tempi, but fortunately for him, the position remained closed. White
doesn't have a direct way to exploit Black mistakes.]} 17. Bg3 ({After} 17. d5
Ncb8 $13 {Black threatens to win a piece by 18...exd5 19.cxd5 c4.}) 17... Kc7
18. Re1 $2 ({Now it comes White turn to make a serious mistake. The text is
completely useless, moreover rook on e1 stands worse than on f1. White could
have developed the initiative by several different ways: direct} 18. a4 $5) ({
or} 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. a4 $36 ({not} 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Be4 Nce5)) ({Even} 18.
Qf3 $14 {with advantage comes into consideration.}) 18... h5 $1 ({Now Black is
back on track.} 18... gxf4 19. exf4 ({or} 19. Bxf4 e5 $11) 19... Qf6 {is
possible as well.}) 19. d5 ({White has a pair of bishops, but still closes the
position. I would have kept this option open for the future.} 19. a4 h4 20. Bf2
$13 {, followed by a5}) ({and} 19. fxg5 {are the alternatives to the text,
although still after} h4 {the postion remains unclear.} ({or} 19... Qxg5 $132 {
with counter-play.}) 20. Bf4 {here, can be met by} e5 {, winning the bishop.})
19... Nd8 20. a4 h4 21. Bf2 Ra8 ({Not an easy move to make. I have immediately
rejected} 21... e5 $6 {because it weakens the square f5. After} 22. a5 Ra8 23.
axb6+ axb6 24. Bf5 $36 {White has the upper hand.}) (21... Bb7 22. a5 Ra8 {
leads the game to the same position as 21...Ra8 22.a5 Bb7.}) ({But} 21... Qf6
$5 22. a5 Bb7 $13 {with unclear position, has been considered by me seriously.}
) 22. a5 Bb7 ({Or} 22... Qf6 $13 {.}) 23. Bf1 $6 ({As it often happens one
mistake is followed by another.} 23. Qf3 $142 {with the threat 24.a6 Bc8 25.
dxe6, was better}) ({Also} 23. axb6+ $5 axb6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Qf3 $13) ({and} 
23. Qg4 $5 {should have been considered seriously.}) 23... e5 24. Nd2 $2 ({
Another serious mistake, after which White begins experiencing problems. After
the correct} 24. axb6+ axb6 25. Rxa8 ({or} 25. Qg4 $13) 25... Bxa8 26. Qg4 $13
{the position remains unclear, and if} Nf6 {, then} 27. Qf5 $1 {follows.} (27.
Qxg5 Rh5 28. Qg7 Rh7 29. Qg5 Rh5 $11 {leads only to a draw.})) (24. Qg4 $5 {
is an another option.}) 24... f5 $1 $15 {[Black gains the space on the king's
side and in the centre. Now he threatens to close the positon by means of
e5-e4, after which Black advantage will be huge. White will have a pair of bad
bishops and the doubled pawns c4-c3, meanwhile Black will be able to develop
the initiative on the king's side.]} 25. Nf3 ({After other moves Black keeps
the advantage as well. E.g.} 25. fxg5 e4 $15) ({or} 25. fxe5 Nxe5 $15) ({or} 
25. axb6+ axb6 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 $15) 25... Nf7 ({After} 25... g4 26. Ng5 $8 e4 27.
Qb3 $13 {the chances are equal. White keeps the eye on both the square e6 and
the pawn b6.}) (25... gxf4 $6 26. exf4 e4 27. Ng5 $14 {clearly cannot satisfy
Black.}) 26. fxe5 (26. fxg5 {is answered by} e4 $1 {and if} 27. Nxh4 {, then}
Qxg5 $17 {with advantage.}) (26. axb6+ axb6 $15) 26... dxe5 $8 ({Black has to
take with the pawn, since after both} 26... Nfxe5 $2 {and 26...Ndxe5 White
plays} 27. Nd4 $1 cxd4 28. exd4 $16 {winning back the piece with a strong
attack on the queen's side. The pawn b6 will become a target for the bishop f2.
}) 27. a6 $5 ({After} 27. e4 f4 $15 {, followed by Nd6, Black is better.} (
27... g4 $5 28. Nd2 g3 29. hxg3 hxg3 30. Bxg3 f4 $44 {with strong compensation
for the pawn is possible as well.})) (27. axb6+ axb6 $15 {is not satisfactory
for White either.}) 27... Bc8 28. Nd4 $5 ({After} 28. e4 f4 $17 {Black is much
better. Facing serious problems, my opponent decides to complicate the
position sacrificing a knight - the best practical decision.}) 28... cxd4 ({Or
} 28... exd4 29. exd4 $44 {with compensation.}) 29. exd4 e4 $2 $138 ({A
mistake, caused by the time shortage. Black could have stopped the advance of
the white pawns by} 29... Qd6 $142 $5 $17 {and if} 30. Qb3 {then} Kd8 {with
adavantage.}) 30. c5 $1 $138 {[With both of the players in time-trouble by
this moment, it is not surprising to see a lot of mistakes. But still I would
ask the readers not to judge our play in the game very critically - it is
extremely sharp!]} Rh6 $6 ({During the game I was very optimistic about
bringing the black rook to the defence of the black king, but instead there it
becomes a target.} 30... bxc5 $6 {can't be satisfactory for Black because of}
31. dxc5 Nxc5 32. Qd4 $44 {with attack}) ({But both} 30... Kd8) ({and} 30... h3
$5 $15 {were better than the text.}) 31. d6+ ({Understandably White wishes to
win back a piece as soon as possible, but simple} 31. Qb3 $5 $44 {could have
been played as well.}) 31... Nxd6 32. cxd6+ Rxd6 ({Or} 32... Qxd6 $5 33. c4 $44
{with compensation.}) 33. Be3 ({I have missed this move, transferring the
bishop to a3. But} 33. Qe2 $5 {, preparing c4-c5, is possible as well.}) (33.
c4 f4 $17 {, followed by e3, is bad for White.}) 33... h3 $5 ({After} 33... f4
34. Bc1 Qh7 ({or} 34... e3 35. Ba3 $13) 35. Ba3 $44 {White has a strong
compensation for the pawn.}) 34. Bc1 $6 ({After} 34. gxh3 Ne5 $15 {Black is
slightly better.}) ({But} 34. g3 $5 {, not worsening the pawn's structure on
the king's side, was, probably, the best move in the position.}) 34... hxg2 35.
Bxg2 Ne5 $2 ({Black misses White's following answer.} 35... Rh6 $142 $15 {
with better chances was necessary.}) 36. Qe2 $1 ({After} 36. Ba3 Nc4 37. Bxd6+
Qxd6 $15 {black king is safe.}) 36... Nc6 ({Black wants to keep near his king
as many pieces as he can, but} 36... Ng6 $5 {also deserved serious attention,
and if} 37. Ba3 {, then} Be6 {, followed by Nf4.}) 37. Qh5 ({Or} 37. Ba3 Bd7
$13 {with unclear position.}) 37... Qg7 38. Bxg5 ({The ending arising after} 
38. Qxg5 Qxg5 39. Bxg5 Rd5 $15 {is in Black's favour.}) 38... Rg6 39. Bf4+ ({
After} 39. h4 Be6 {, followed by Rh8, Black is better.}) 39... Kd8 40. Qh4+ $6
(40. Re2 {is answered by} Ne7 $15 {and 41...Be6.}) ({But} 40. Bg3 $142 $5 {
was more accurate.}) 40... Ke8 $6 ({The position of the black king on e8 makes
the future sacrifices on e4 possible. That's why} 40... Ne7 $142 {, followed
by Be6, was better.}) 41. Bg3 Be6 {[#]} ({After} 41... Ne7 $5 {White can
sacrifice the rook on e4 with a draw. E.g.} 42. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 43. Qxe4 Rxg3 $1 (
{weaker is} 43... Rc6 44. Re1 $14 {with compensation.}) 44. hxg3 Qg5 $8 ({
the only move.} 44... Rb8 45. Qf4 $18) ({and} 44... Qxg3 45. Re1 $18 {both
lose.}) 45. Qxa8 ({or} 45. Re1 Rb8 46. Qh7 Qf6 $13 {with unclear position.})
45... Qe3+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 42. Rad1 $2 ({Luckily
for me my opponent misses the real chance to complicate the game. After the
correct} 42. Rxe4 $142 $1 fxe4 43. Qxe4 Rc8 44. d5 Nd8 45. dxe6 $13 {White has
an excellent compensation for an exchange due to his pair of bishops and the
exposed position of the black king.}) 42... Rd8 {[It is obvious to see that
Black has improved his position much if to compare it with one several moves
before. All black pieces are again well coordinated. 43...Qh6 is now a threat.
Black has an upper hand, but still it remains extremely difficult to convert
the advantage into a point.]} 43. Qf4 Ne7 ({Preparing to organise a blockade
by Bc4 and Rd5, after which the pawn a6 will become a target.} 43... Rd5 $5 {
immediately also deserves attention.}) 44. Qf1 ({Taking the square c4 under
control.} 44. Qc7 Nd5 $17 {is bad for White.} (44... Bb3 $5 45. Rb1 Bd5 {
is possible as well.})) 44... Qf7 ({Again establishing control over the square
c4 and preparing the transfer of the king to g8.} 44... Nd5 $5 {is a worthy
alternative to the text.}) ({Please, note, that} 44... Rc8 {unnecessarily
gives White chances after} 45. d5 $5 Nxd5 46. Rxd5 Bxd5 47. Qxf5 $44 {with
counter-play.}) 45. Qb5+ Kf8 (45... Rd7 $5 {is interesting.}) 46. Qe5 Qg7 ({
Objectively speaking} 46... Kg8 $142 $5 {is a stronger move than the text, but
I have already had in mind an idea to win a piece, giving up the pawn a7.
After 46...Kg8 White cannot play} 47. d5 (47. Qc7 Rd7 48. Qb8+ Kh7) 47... Rxd5
48. Qb8+ Qf8 49. Qxa7 {because of} f4 $17 {, winning material.}) 47. Qc7 $8 ({
The only.} 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $17 {leads White to a difficult ending.}) (47. Qf4
Nd5 $19 {simply leads to the material losses.}) 47... Rc8 $5 ({Black continues
to fulfil his previous idea. But} 47... Rd7 $142 48. Qb8+ Kf7 $15 {should have
been preferred here.}) 48. Qf4 $2 ({Luckily for me White again becomes scared
to give up material. After the correct.} 48. Qxa7 f4 49. Rf1 ({not} 49. Rxe4
fxg3 50. h3 Qf7 $17 {with advantage for Black.}) 49... f3 50. Bxf3 exf3 51.
Rxf3+ Kg8 52. Re1 $1 $13 {White is still very much alive. Black is not able to
reorganise his pieces. White chances are at least not worse here. 52.Re1 was
not seen by opponent during the game.}) 48... Nd5 $19 {[Now White loses the
pawn c3. Black advantage becomes decisive.]} 49. Qd6+ Kg8 50. Kh1 ({After} 50.
Rc1 Nxc3 51. Kh1 Qd7 52. Qe5 b5 $19 {Black must win.}) 50... Rxc3 $6 $138 ({
With another time-trouble approaching, Black fails to choose the best move.
After} 50... Nxc3 $142 $5 51. Rc1 {the game would have transposed into a
variation, studied after 50.Rc1 Nc3 51.Kh1.}) 51. Rc1 Rxc1 ({After} 51... Rcxg3
$5 52. Qb8+ $8 (52. hxg3 Rh6+ 53. Kg1 Qxd4+ 54. Kf1 Ne3+ $19 {loses the queen.}
) 52... Kh7 53. hxg3 Rxg3 $17 {Black keeps strong attack.} ({weaker is} 53...
Rh6+ 54. Kg1 Qxd4+ 55. Kf1 $15)) 52. Rxc1 Kh7 $5 (52... Qf8 53. Qb8 $17 {
gives White some chances because of the weakness on a7.}) 53. Be5 ({After} 53.
Qb8 Qd7 (53... Qe7 $5 {is interesting.}) 54. Be5 Rg8 55. Qb7 Re8 $17 {,
followed by Re7, Black drives white queen away from the square b7.}) 53... Qh6
({For} 53... Qd7 $5 54. Qb8 {see 53.Qb8 Qd7 54.Be5.}) 54. Rg1 ({Black begins
to move central pawns after} 54. Qc6 Qg5 55. Rc2 (55. Qb7+ Kh6 56. Rg1 f4 $19 {
loses.}) 55... Qe3 56. h3 f4 $17) 54... Rg8 $1 {[Black has a winning position.
But his task still remains very difficult - the position is sharp and he has
only a few minutes left until the time control.]} 55. Rf1 (55. Qc6 {loses to}
Qg6 56. Qb7+ Kh6 $19 {, followed by f4-f3.}) 55... Qg6 (55... Re8 $5 56. Qc6
Qh5 $17 {and Re7 is another possible approach to the position.}) (55... Rc8 $5
56. Rg1 $1 {forces Black to repeat the position by} Rg8 (56... Rc1 57. Bf1 Rc7
58. Bf4 $1 Qf6 59. Be5 $11 {is only a draw.}) 57. Rf1) 56. Bh3 $6 ({Making
Black task much easier. After the correct} 56. Bg3 $17) ({or} 56. Rg1 $17 {
it was still possible to hold.}) 56... e3 $19 57. Bg3 (57. Qxe6 Qxe6 58. Bxf5+
Qxf5 59. Rxf5 e2 $19 {loses.}) 57... Re8 (57... e2 $5 58. Re1 Qh5 59. Bg2 Bf7
$17 {is possible as well.}) 58. Rg1 $6 ({The ending arising after} 58. Qxe6
$142 Rxe6 59. Bxf5 b5 ({or} 59... e2 60. Bxg6+ Kxg6 61. Re1 Kf5 $19) 60. Bxg6+
Kxg6 $19 {is easily won by Black. But it still it was the toughest line.}) (58.
Bg2 {loses to} Bf7 59. Qxg6+ ({or} 59. Qd7 e2 60. Re1 Re7 $19) 59... Kxg6 $19)
58... f4 59. Bxe6 ({Or} 59. Bg2 Qf5 60. Bf3 fxg3 61. Qxg3 Qf6 $19 {, winning.})
59... Qe4+ (59... Qxe6 $19) 60. Rg2 Qxe6 {[With only 13 seconds left for the
flag to fall Black finally made it! After 61.Bxf4 Qxd6 62.Bxd6 e2-+, the pawn
promotes. White resigned.]} 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. f3 h4 14. Bf2 O-O-O
15. e4 Rdg8 16. h3 Nh5 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bc2 c5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 g4 21. fxg4
Bxg2 22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Ne3 Qb7 24. Rg1 Bf3 25. Qd2 Ne4 (25... Nxh3 $1 26. Kxh3 (
26. g5 Nxg1 27. Rxg1 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 $19) (26. fxe6 Nxg1 27. Rxg1 Ne4 $5 (
27... Nxg4+ $5) 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Nf5 Kb8 $5 $19) 26... Bxg4+ 27. Nxg4 (27. Kh2
Qf3 28. Rg2 (28. Nxg4 $19 {- 27.Ng4 Qf3 28.Kh2}) 28... Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Bf3 30. Be1
(30. Bxh4 Bxg2 31. Nxg2 Rxh4 $19) 30... Rxg2+ 31. Nxg2 Rg8 $19) (27. Rxg4 Qf3+
28. Kh2 Nxg4+ 29. Nxg4 Rxg4 $19 {- 27.Ng4 Qf3 28.Kh2 Ng4 29.Rg4 Rg4}) 27...
Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Nxg4+ 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. Rg1 Rhg8 31. Rxg4 (31. Be3 Rxg1 32. Bxg1
Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxg1#) 31... Qxg4 32. Be1 (32. Be3 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Qh2 Qf3+
$19) 32... Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Qh1+ 34. Qh2 Qf3+ 35. Kxh4 Qg4#) 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. fxe6
Kb8 28. Nf5 Nd3 29. Be3 d5 30. cxd5 c4 31. Raf1 Qxd5 32. Bf4+ Ka8 33. Qe3 Be4
34. Nd6 Bg6 35. Be5 Rh7 36. Rf6 Re7 37. Rgf1 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch sf"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lahav, Ehud"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 {
Fashionable variation} Qe7 $1 (7... c5 {-mainline} 8. a3 Bxc3 (8... cxd4 9.
axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 d6 (10... O-O 11. e3 a5 12. Be2 Nc6 $132 {0-1 Wagner,
C-Solozhenkin,E/Paris-ch 1993/TD 93\04 (33)}) 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Qe2
g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. g3 Nf6 17. h4 Ke7 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nf6 20.
Qe3 Ng4 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,Vadim-Nikolic,Predrag/EUCup G5 Pula (2) ;
EXT 2000 1999}) 9. bxc3 d6 (9... O-O 10. e3 d6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O
e5 14. d5 Rae8 15. Qc2 $132 {Agrest,Evgenij-Wedberg,Tom/Kraft Chess Cup (1) ;
EXT 2000 1999/1-0 (48)}) 10. e3 (10. f3 e5 (10... Nc6 11. e3 (11. Nb3 g5 12.
Bf2 e5 13. e4 Qd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. O-O
Qxa4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bf5+ Kb8 21. Qe2 exd4 22. Qe5+ Ka7 23. Qxf6 Qc6 24. Qxc6
Bxc6 25. Be4 $14 {1-0 Rashkovsky,Nukhim N-Ovod,Evgenija/RUS-Cup Omsk/Perm (2) ;
EXT 2000 1998 (40)}) 11... Qe7 12. Bd3 e5 (12... g5 13. Bf2 {See comments to
the game  Avrukh,B-Tiviakov,S/Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/0-1 (60) (Avrukh)})
13. d5 Na5 14. Qa4+ Kd8 15. O-O-O g5 16. Bf2 Bc8 {With complicated game 0-1
Olafsson,Helgi-Petursson,Margeir/ISL-chT ;EXT 97 1994 (38)}) 11. e4 Nbd7 12.
Rb1 Nf8 13. Bf2 g6 14. a4 Ne6 15. d5 Ng7 16. a5 Bc8 17. axb6 axb6 18. g4 Bd7
19. h4 Ng8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Milos,G/Japfa Classic 2000 (24)}) 10...
Qe7 {See comments to the game 1-0 Rashkovsky,Nukhim N-Ibragimov,Ildar/
RUS-Cup02 Moscow (7) ;CBM 63 1998 (32)} (10... Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O g5 13.
Bg3 h5 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Bh2 Rdg8 16. e4 e5 17. Re1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,
Nukhim N-Tunik,Gennady/Russian Club Cup (10) ;CBM 66 1998 (34)}) (10... e5 11.
d5 g5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Nbd7 $132 (13... e4 $6 14. Bc2 Bc8 (14... O-O $2 15.
h4 Re8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxe4 $1 $16 {Rashkovsky,Nukhim N-Lorenzo Duran,Marcos/
Linares Anibal op (1) ;CBM 68 ext 1999/1-0 (47)}) 15. Qb1 Bf5 16. O-O {[%cal
Gf2f3]} Bh7 17. a4 Nbd7 18. a5 O-O 19. Qb5 $14))) (7... O-O {This move also is
acceptable and Black equalized in the next games:} 8. e3 c5 (8... d5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg3 a6 13. e4 $6 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 $2
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Qc2 f4 {0-1 Zvjaginsev,Vadim-Chekhov,Valery
A/Moscow7 op ;EXT 2000 1991}) 10... Be7 11. O-O c5 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Bg3 Rc8 14.
Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. exd4 Ne4 20.
Bf4 Ndf6 $11 {Kasparov,Gary-Onischuk,Alexander/Tilburg Fontys (4) ;CBM 61 1997/
1/2-1/2 (60)}) 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 a5 12. Be2 Nc6 $132 {1-0
Onischuk,Alexander-Bunzmann,Dimitrij/Rubinstein Mem 36th (3) ;CBM 73 no vc
1999 (26)}) 8. Qc2 (8. Nb5 g5 (8... d6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 g5 (10... a6 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc3 f5 13. e3 Nd7 $11) 11. Bg3 Ne4 $11) 9. Nxc7+ Kf8 10. a3 Bxd2+
11. Qxd2 gxh4 12. Nxa8 Bxa8 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Qxh4 e5 $15) (8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6
10. f3 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Csom,Istvan-Plaskett,Jim/Jarvenpaa ;MCD 1985}) 8... c5 9.
dxc5 (9. a3 Bxc3 (9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. Be2 (13.
b5 d6 14. Be2 Nbd7 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]}) 13... Nc6 14. O-O a5 $132) 10. Qxc3
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 $32) 9... bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. a3 Ba5 $1 {[%cal Gb7g2] Now
Black can to avoid Bb4 on Nc3 change.} 12. f3 {White must complete pieces
development.} ({Bad was} 12. Be2 g5 13. Qa4+ (13. Bg3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 (14. Qa4+
Bc6 $19) 14... Bc6 $17) 13... Nc6 14. Bg3 (14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Bxc6+ Bxc6 16. Qxa5
gxh4 $15 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc6g2,Gh4h3,Gh8g8]}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O $15 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4]}) (12. Qa4+ Nc6 $15) 12... Nbd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O d5 15. Bf2
$6 $15 {Was not necessary to replace Bh4 without Black move g7-g5} ({Right was
} 15. b3 Rac8 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Nb5 (18. e4 d4 19.
Na2 Ne5 $15) 18... Bb8 ({Interesting was also} 18... Bb6 $1 19. a4 (19. Bg3 e5
$1 20. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Re3]} 21. Bf2 c4 $19) (19. Nc3 Ne5 $15) 19... a6 20.
Nc3 Ne5 21. a5 Ba7 22. Na4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Bd5 25. Qc3 Bxb3 26.
Qxb3 Rb8 27. Nb6 Nd5 28. e4 Nxb6 29. axb6 Bxb6 30. Qc4 $15) 19. Rfe1 a6 (19...
Ne5 20. Na5 Ba8 $15) 20. Nc3 Ne5 $6 $132 (20... Bc7 $15) 21. Na4 Ba7 {
Connected with P sacrifice} (21... Bd6 22. Na5 $132) (21... dxc4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Nbxc5 $14) 22. Na5 Ba8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bxa6 $44 Rb8 25. Bf1 Nh5 $6 $138 {
+/=} (25... c4 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} 26. Qc3 Re8 27. Qd2 Qe6 28. Rc1 Qf5 29. Kh1 Qg6
$132) 26. Nb3 Qg5 27. Nd2 Qf6 (27... c4 28. Nc3 $1 $14 (28. f4 Nxf4 29. exf4
Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 31. Kg1 Nd3 32. Nf3 (32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxa4 $15)
32... Nxe1 33. Rxe1 d4 (33... Re8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qf2 Re3 36. Nc3 $44) 34.
Bxc4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Re8 $44)) 28. Nc3 d4 29. Nce4 Qg6 30. exd4 Nf4 $4 $18 {
[%mdl 8192] In time pressure I put mistake - tactical blunder} ({Quite good was
} 30... cxd4 31. Kh1 Rbc8 (31... d3 $6 32. Qc3 Bxf2 33. Nxf2 f6 34. Nde4 (34.
Rxe5 fxe5 35. Qxe5 $14) 34... Rdc8 (34... Rbc8 35. Qa5 $16) 35. Qd4 Rc2 36.
Nxd3 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 Rbxb2 38. Rd2 Bxe4 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Qxe4 Qxe4 41. Rxe4 $16)
32. Qa4 Bb6 $14) 31. Bg3 cxd4 32. Qa4 Nh3+ (32... Nxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Bxe4 34. Qxa7
$18) 33. gxh3 Nxf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bxe4 35. Qxa7 (35. Ne5 Qb6 36. Rxe4 d3+ 37. Kg2
Qg1+ 38. Kf3 f5 39. Qc4+ Kh7 40. Be2 $18) 35... Bxf3 36. Rxd4 Ba8 37. Rxd8+
Rxd8 38. Qc7 Rf8 39. Bg2 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Qd3 (40... f5 41. Qd6 Rf6 42. Qd8+ Kh7
43. Re8 Qf7 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8 $18) 41. Qc3 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qa2 43. Re2 Rd8 44.
h4 Qb1 45. h5 f5 46. Bf2 Kh8 47. b4 Kg8 48. Re5 Rf8 49. Bc5 Rf7 50. Re8+ Kh7
51. Qa8 Qb2+ 52. Bf2 g5 53. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 g5 $1 {Otherwise white plays f2-f3, and after g7-g5 moves bishop back to
g3. In case of 8...g5, black gains a tempo by Nh5, attacking the bishop g3.} 9.
Bg3 d6 {[%cal Rf6h5]} 10. f3 Nbd7 (10... Qe7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. g3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Lahav,E-Har Zvi,R/Israel 1996/CBM 52 ext (13)}) 11. e4 Nh5 (11... Qe7
12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Bf2 Nf4 14. Bf1 h5 (14... e5 $5) 15. g3 Ng6 16. Bd3 h4 $132 {
1-0 Neverov,V-Shishkov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (60)}) 12. Bf2 Qe7 13. g3 $1
$146 (13. a4 a5 14. g3 f5 15. Bd3 e5 16. Qe2 f4 17. Rb1 c5 18. d5 {1/2-1/2
Psakhis,L-Har Zvi,R/Tel Aviv 1996/CBM 52 ext (18)}) 13... f5 14. Bd3 (14. exf5
$5 exf5+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O $13) 14... fxe4 (14... e5 $5
15. exf5 $5 {The only way to play for an opening advantage.} ({In case of} 15.
Qe2 f4 $11 {black shuts up the position and feels very safe.}) 15... exd4+ 16.
Be4 (16. Ne4 dxc3 17. O-O Ne5 18. Be2 O-O 19. Nxc3 $13 Rxf5 $140 $2 20. Nd5)
16... dxc3 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Ne4 $132) 15. Bxe4 (15. fxe4 $6
Nhf6 {/\e5}) 15... Bxe4 16. Nxe4 $1 {White should keep position open for to
use his bishop.} Nhf6 17. Qe2 $1 {White still delays castle, and let black
first to make that decision.} O-O (17... e5 $142 18. h4 (18. O-O $14) 18...
O-O-O 19. c5 $5 {Trying to open position everywhere, white gets an initiative.}
) 18. h4 $1 $36 {Creating a weakness on g5, and opening the kingside.} Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. O-O-O e5 (22... Qg7 23. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge2d2] /\Qd2}) (22... Rf7 $1 {It was the right way for black
to arrange pieces.} 23. Qe3 (23. Be3 g4 $1 24. fxg4 Ne4 $132) 23... Rg7 (23...
Nh7 24. Rh6 $16) (23... g4 24. Rh6 Nh7 25. Rdh1 $1 $40) 24. Rh6 Kf7 25. Rdh1
$14) 23. dxe5 $1 {It was difficult for me to find out this move, but after it
white easily enters all pieces to the game.} (23. d5 Qg7 $14) 23... Qxe5 $2 (
23... dxe5 24. c5 $1 {That is the point! White gets more lines and diagonals
for his pieces.} (24. Qd2 g4 $1 25. Rh6 $140 Qg7) 24... e4 25. fxe4 Qxe4 26.
Qd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]}) 24. Qd3 $18 {[%mdl 128] Now white is getting
decisive attack. Black is defendless.} Qe7 (24... Kf7 25. Rde1 Qa5 26. Rh7+ $1
Nxh7 27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Bd4+ Re5 29. f4 $18) 25. Rh6 {[%cal Gd1h1]} d5 26. Rdh1
Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Kf7 28. Qf5 Ke7 {And now the final blow:} 29. Rxf6 $1 1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qe7 11. Be2 g5 $146 (11... e5 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bf2 Nh5
14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. a4 a5 16. Qb3 Nf4 17. Bf1 g4 18. Nf5 $132 {0-1 Maksimenko,
A-Grosar,A/Geneva op 1996 (51)}) 12. Bf2 O-O-O (12... e5 13. Nf1 $1 {[%cal
Gf1e3,Ye3f5,Ye3d5] /\Ne3}) 13. O-O h5 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. c5 $1 {[%mdl 640]} dxc5
16. Nb3 {With this pawn sacrifice white opens files and diagonals over black
king.This sacrifice is very typical for this structure,and I made this move
almost without thinking.} cxd4 17. cxd4 h4 (17... g4 18. Bh4 {[%cal Gh4d8,
Re4e5] /^ h4-d8}) 18. Rfc1 Rc8 (18... g4 $5 19. Rab1 (19. e5 $140 g3 $1 20.
hxg3 hxg3 21. Bxg3 Nd5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd8g8] ->>>}) 19... gxf3 20. Bxf3 $1
$36 {[%cal Rb3c5] /\Nc5!} (20. gxf3 Nxe4 $3 21. fxe4 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Bxe4 $40 {
[%cal Gg5g2]}) 20... Nxe4 $140 (20... Bxe4 $2 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Na5 $18 {
[%cal Ra5c6]}) 21. Na5 $1) 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 $44 {-> <<} c6 {Here I made
wrong decision.I had calculated two possibillties:Rab1 and a4.After 21.a4 I've
seen the defense 21...Ka8 22.a5 Nb8 and black looks safe,but in that variaiton
I missed a move.} 21. Rab1 $6 (21. a4 $1 Ka8 22. a5 Nb8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"a6c8","",10,"a6d3","",0]} 23. Qxc8 $3 {This way I could finish this
game-white gets the decisive advantage.} (23. Qd3 b5) 23... Rxc8 24. axb6 $18
a6 25. Na5 {/\b7}) 21... Ka8 22. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Nb8 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qa5 Qd8
25. Qc3 {Again missing the correct way.} (25. Qb4 $142 a5 (25... Nfd7 26. d5 $1
) 26. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gd2b3,Ga3e3,Rb6a7,Rf2a7] /\Nb3,/\Qe3,xg5,x/^f2-a7
} Nfd7 27. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga3e3]}) 25... Nfd7 26. a4 Nb6 27. axb5 cxb5 28.
Qa5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qd7 30. d5 $2 $138 {Here I was in hard time-trouble already
and missed another time the best.} (30. Rc5 Rc8 31. Rxb5 Rc1+ 32. Nf1 Nc4 $140
33. Qb4 Nc6 34. Qf8+ Nd8 35. Rc5 $16) 30... Rc8 31. Ra1 Na4 32. Nb3 Rc4 33. Qd2
exd5 34. exd5 Qf5 35. Qe3 Rc7 36. d6 Rd7 37. Rc1 (37. Nd4 Qd5 38. Qe4 $1 Qxe4
39. fxe4 a6 $15) 37... Qd5 38. Rc7 Qd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] My opponent had about
1 hour on his clock against two minutes on mine,and played this move at once.}
(38... Nb6 39. Nd4 a6 (39... Rxd6 40. Qa3 a6 41. Rc5 $14 {xb5,g5}) 40. Rxd7 (
40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 Rxc7 42. dxc7 N8d7 $17) 40... N8xd7 41. Qe7 Kb7 $15) 39.
Be1 Nb6 40. Qe4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Having seconds on my clock I played a
simplest move!} (40. Nd4 {[%cal Re3e4] /\Qe4} f5 41. Nxb5 $18) 40... Qd5 41.
Nd4 a6 42. Nf5 Qxe4 {I was very disappointed of my play in this game and didn'
want to win this game anymore,although white is still better in this ending!} (
42... Qxe4 43. fxe4 Rxc7 (43... Nc4 44. Bf2 a5 45. Ba7 $1 $40) 44. dxc7 Nc6 45.
Nd6 Ne7 46. Nxf7 Kb7 47. Nxg5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Van der Wiel,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Qc2 Be4 $5 (
7... g5) 8. Qb3 Nc6 (8... c5) 9. e3 a5 $1 10. Nd2 (10. O-O-O $5 Bxc3 11. bxc3
$13 (11. Qxc3 $6 Nb4 $40)) 10... a4 $1 (10... Bh7 11. Rd1 $1) 11. Nxa4 Bxd2+
12. Kxd2 Na5 13. Qb4 $1 (13. Qd1 Bc6 14. Nc3 Ne4+ 15. Nxe4 Qxh4 16. Ng3 Qe7 $1
$44) 13... Nc6 14. Qb3 (14. Qb5 $6 {/\ 14...R a5, 15.Qb3} Nxd4 $1 15. exd4 Bc6
$15) 14... Na5 15. Qb4 Bc6 $5 16. Nc3 Ne4+ 17. Nxe4 Qxh4 18. Ng3 f5 $36 (18...
Bb7 $5 {/\ Nc6, 0-0}) 19. Ke1 (19. f4 $6 g5) (19. Be2 $6 Bxg2 20. Bh5+ Kd8 $17)
19... f4 20. exf4 Qxf4 21. Rd1 Nb7 {/\ Nd6, 0-0} 22. Ne2 $1 Qf7 (22... Qe4 23.
f3 $1 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qh5 (24... Qg5 25. Bg2) 25. d5 $1 exd5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nf4
Qe5+ (27... Qxf3 28. Nxd5 $18) 28. Kf2 $18) (22... Qh4 23. g3 $1 Qg5 $1 (23...
Qe4 24. Rg1 $16) 24. h4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rh2 Bf3 $14 (26... Rxa2 $6 27.
Nc3 Ra5 $8 28. d5 $1 Ba4 (28... exd5 $2 29. b4 $1 Ra3 30. Nb1 {/\ b5+-}) 29. b4
$5 Bxd1 $8 30. bxa5 Bb3 (30... Bf3 $5) 31. a6 Nd6 $16)) 23. Nc3 d6 24. Qb3 $6 (
24. d5 {>=} Bd7 25. Bd3 O-O 26. f3 $44) 24... O-O 25. Qc2 d5 $1 {עe1} 26. cxd5
Bxd5 (26... exd5 $2 27. f3 $16) 27. f3 Nd6 28. Bd3 (28. Be2 Nf5) (28. Kf2 Bxf3
29. gxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Nf5 $5 (31... Qf3+ $10)) 28... Kh8 29. a3
Qf4 30. Qf2 $1 Rae8 {(+)} 31. Rd2 (31. Ne2 $5 Qf6 (31... Qg5 32. h4 $1) 32. Kf1
$13) 31... Bc4 $1 32. Bg6 Rd8 (32... Re7 33. Kd1 $1) 33. h4 $1 {(+); /\ h5, R
h4} Nf5 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Kd1 b5 $1 $40 36. Kc2 Qd6 37. b3 $1 Bg8 (37... Qxa3
$2 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Qf1 $1 $18) 38. Ra1 $6 (38. Nxb5 $2 Qd5) (38.
b4 $1 Ra8 39. Ra1 (39. Kb2 $2 Rxa3 $1) 39... Bc4 $10) 38... b4 39. axb4 Qxb4
40. d5 Rb8 41. Rb1 (41. Rb1 c6 (41... f4 42. Qd4 Qe7 43. Ra1 $1 $132) (41... c5
42. f4 $5 (42. Qe2 Qxh4 43. Qc4 Qf6 $15) 42... c4 43. Qd4 $13) 42. Qd4 Qb7 43.
Kd1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 ({In a previous effort I tried} 9... O-O {but after} 10. e3 d6
11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O e5 14. d5 {White had an easier game. So I
learn´t that Black should avoid castling short and put the N on c6 rather than
the passive square d7. 1-0 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Skelleftea 1999/EXT 2000 (48)})
10. f3 Qe7 (10... Nc6 11. e3 (11. Nb3 g5 12. Bf2 e5 13. e4 Qd7 14. a4 a5 15.
Bd3 O-O-O $13 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Ovod,E/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (40)}) 11... Qe7
12. Bd3 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Qa4+ Kd8 15. O-O-O g5 16. Bf2 Bc8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Bf5
Kc7 $13 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Petursson,M/ISL-chT 1994/EXT 97 (38)}) (10... e5 11. e4
Nbd7 12. Rb1 Nf8 13. Bf2 g6 14. a4 Ne6 15. d5 Ng7 16. a5 Bc8 17. axb6 axb6 18.
g4 Bd7 19. h4 Ng8 20. Rg1 Ne7 21. Bd3 f6 22. Ra1 Kf7 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qb3 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Milos,G/Bali 2000/CBM 77 (24)}) 11. a4 Nc6 12. e3 e5 13.
Bxf6 {A bit surprising, but Tiger told me afterwards that he didn´t like
White´s play after the normal moves.} (13. d5 Na5 14. Nb3 Ba6 15. Nxa5 bxa5 $13
) 13... Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd3 {
[%cal Yd3e4,Ye4d5] Now we can evaluate White´s idea. He wants to put the B on
d5. It´s a mighty post, but it´s not 100% clear what the B is doing there.
Black must try to play around it, rather than exchanging it.} Rd8 19. Qe2 Ne7
20. Be4 Qc7 21. O-O g6 (21... f5 $6 22. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. e4 $1 $16
) 22. Rad1 Kg7 23. Bd5 Rd6 {Here I really wanted to see e4 from my opponent.
It weakens the square f4 and locks the B out from half of the board.} (23...
Nxd5 $6 {a principal mistake.} 24. cxd5 $14) 24. e4 $6 g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black
immediately starts attacking. White is playing a piece down on the K side.} 25.
g3 Ng6 26. Rb1 h5 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Rb2 (28. a5 $5 h4 29. g4 {is the active
alternative, but the gaping hole on f4 is hard to stand. Black can continue in
a number of ways. He can either go for something like Rf4, Qf6, h3 and Nh4 to
really hit f3 or just put the N on f4 and then open a file on the Q side to
infiltrate on.}) 28... h4 29. Rg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh3 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Kf2 Rdh8
33. Ke2 Rh2 34. Rff2 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rh1 36. Kd3 Qd7 $1 {White cannot stop Black
from infiltrating. The counterplay against f7 is only one check.} 37. Qxg5 (37.
Qa2 Qh3 38. Qf2 Rd1+ 39. Ke3 Rc1 40. Kd3 (40. Rh2 Rxc3+ 41. Kd2 Rxf3 $19) 40...
Qh1 $19) 37... Qxa4 38. Rd2 Qa1 39. Qf5 Qf1+ 40. Ke3 Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Qb1+ 42. Ke3
Re1+ 43. Kf2 Rf1+ (43... Qc1 $1 {would have shortened the game.} 44. Qxf7+ Kh6
45. Re2 Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Rh1 $19) 44. Ke3 Qe1+ 45. Kd3 Qxg3 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Kc2
$1 {White is still alive.} a5 (47... Rxf3 48. Qxa7 Rxc3+ 49. Kb2 Rb3+ 50. Ka2
Rb4 51. Qa3 $17) 48. Kb3 (48. Qe6 a4 49. Qxb6 Qe1 50. Rh2+ Kg5 51. Rg2+ Kf4 52.
Qf6+ Ke3 53. Qg5+ Nf4 $19) 48... Rxf3 49. Rh2+ $1 Qxh2 (49... Kg5 $6 50. Qh7
Rxc3+ 51. Ka4 $13) 50. Qxf3 Nf4 51. Qg4 $6 (51. Ka4 Qg1 $19) 51... Qh5 $1 52.
Qg1 (52. Qxh5+ Kxh5 53. Ka4 Ne2 $19) 52... Qf3 53. Qh2+ Qh5 54. Qg1 Qf3 55.
Qh2+ Kg5 56. Ka4 Qxc3 57. Kb5 a4 $1 58. Kxb6 a3 59. Kxc5 Qa5+ 60. Kd6 Qb6+ 61.
Kd7 Qa7+ 62. Ke8 Ng6 63. Qg2+ Kf6 64. Qf1+ Nf4 65. Kd8 a2 66. Qa1 Qb8+ 67. Kd7
Qb1 0-1

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qe7 11. c5 $5 $146 {[%csl Yf1,Yh4][%cal Ya1b1]} bxc5
12. Rb1 $36 {[%cal Gb1b8] Yes! Initiative!} Bc8 $2 {[%cal Yh1a8]} (12... Bc6 $1
13. Nc4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yc4a5,Ye4e5]} Rd8 $1 14. Na5 (14. Be2 $5 $44) 14...
Ba8 15. Bb5 $44) 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 {[%cal Yd1f3]} Ng6 (15...
Nc6 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Qxc6+ $40) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Ra8]} O-O 18. Qxa8 e5 19.
f5 $1 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ge8e5]} Qxf5 (19... Bxf5 20. Rb8) 20. Qf3 Qg5 21. Ne4
Qe7 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Rb8 $1 Nh4 (23... f5 24. Rxc8) 24. Qf2 f5 25. O-O 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {I didn't exactly expect a Grunfeld, ( Jonathan's recent
opening choices against me suggest a certain respect for my forthcoming book
on the subject! ) but somehow, although this was the obvious choice I had not
sufficiently focussed on it in my preparation.} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6
6. Bh4 Bb7 ({Last year against Tiger, Jonathan had sought to avoid the
fashionable 7 Nd2 system by first playing} 6... g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 {and only later .
..Bb7. Lets just say that is one thing I did really have covered.}) 7. Nd2 {
Fashionable. The idea is two-fold. Firstly white cuts out systems with ...g5
and Ne4, which are a serious option against the 'standard' 7 e3.  Secondly in
the case that black follows the other main defensive recipe of ...Bxc3+, ...d6,
...e5 and ...Qe7 etc. white hopes to gain a tempo by playing e4 in one go. It
is interesting how many games can be found where black has simply accepted
that tempo and continued to play positions analagous with old theory a move to
the bad.} Be7 $5 {Whoops! Forgot to prepare that one! Seriously, this
apparently modest retreat is the latest word in the variation, and unless
white can improve on his ideas hitherto, it could turn out to be the last
word! The main idea is revealed in the game after 8 e4, but white has the
problem that other moves will be met with ...c5.} 8. e4 Nxe4 $1 9. Bxe7 Nxc3
10. Qf3 $5 {[%mdl 8] An absolutely outrageous novelty, and I say this without
pride. As I explained to Julian later, my queen was attacked, so I thought I
had better move it! He was not too impressed I think. It was not found at the
board, but I had noticed it a few weeks before when preparing for a relatively
unimportant game ( in which it did not arise ). It scores on visual impact,
and in the case of continued 'desparado captures' a definite logic is revealed.
However, I think Jonathan's response will ensure that it never becomes popular
(!), and I fully accept that for such a last round encounter full of various
scenarios where it would be handy to keep the draw in hand, it is little short
of mad!} (10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12. a4 {is 'theory', but I think I was
basically right to regard this as none too promising.} d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ra2
(14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Ra2 Rc8 $1 $132 {does not improve for white either - Wells.})
14... Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Kd7 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Rb2 Nxd5 20.
Rd2 Ke6 21. O-O Rhd8 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Be5+ Kg6 {with compensation,
but not enough to claim an advantage. 1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D-Lutz,C/Saint Vincent
2000/CBM 78 (34)}) 10... Qc8 $1 {After a long thought. Since Jonathan's first
intention had been to take the queen it was probably a good investment.} ({
The point of my idea is that the sequence} 10... Bxf3 11. Bxd8 Kxd8 12. gxf3
Na4 13. O-O-O {[%csl Ra4] leaves the a4 knight somewhat stranded, and is black
takes the most obvious steps to address this by} c5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 {
then white can very quickly activate his remaining forces by means of} 16. Rg1
g5 17. f4 $44 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Yd2e4,Yg1g7,Yf1h3]}) 11. Qxc3 Kxe7 12. d5 Kf8
13. O-O-O {[%csl Rf8,Rh8] All as planned. I wasn't particularly excited about
white's position, but I believed that the compensation should suffice. I would
now say rather that if white plays accurately he has good chances to equalise!}
d6 $1 {Of course further pawn snatching would be unwarranted. I had planned} (
13... exd5 $6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qb4+ $44 {with very serious play.}
) 14. Ne4 $2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6,Gf6e4] Simply too pretty and a very
serious mistake in my thinking. I really don't know if I defending the d-pawn
was part of the motivation here, but it is rarely wise for black to shatch it,
and meanwhile this 'beautifully centralised' piece is simply vulnerable to
black's only real defensive plan of ...Qd8 and ...Nd7-f6. I was guilty here of
not thinking my opponent's options through here and hence not realising how
narrow they were.} (14. f4 $1 {with similar ideas to the game was a big
improvement.} exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc4 $44) 14... Nd7 15. f4 Qd8 $1 {[%cal
Gd7f6]} 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Ng3 (17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 {offers some
structural compensation, but it is clearly white struggling for equality.})
17... exd5 18. Bf3 c5 $1 {Seizing the opportunity to ensure that the extra
pawn will be a confident rather than a backward specimen.} ({I had been hoping
for} 18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nh5 {which might also favour black in theory,
but gives white pretty fair attacking chances in practice.}) 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20.
cxd5 Qd7 21. Rhe1 Re8 22. Kb1 h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh8h5] Excellent lateral
development of the rook. Jonathan's play has been confident and pragmatic.} 23.
Qd3 h4 24. Rxe8+ $138 Kxe8 $6 {Allows me some hope. Why not} (24... Nxe8 25.
Nf5 Rh5 $17) 25. Nf5 Kf8 26. Re1 Rh5 27. Ne7 Ng8 28. Nc6 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30.
Nxa7 Rxd5 31. Nc8 $1 Nf6 (31... b5 $2 32. Nb6 $132) 32. Nxb6 Rd4 $15 {[%csl
Rb6]} 33. g3 h3 $1 {[%csl Rh2,Gh3]} 34. Kc2 Rb4 35. Nc8 Rc4+ 36. Kb3 Rb4+ 37.
Kc2 d5 38. Nd6 $2 $138 (38. Ne7 $5) 38... g6 39. b3 Rb6 40. Nc8 Rc6 41. Ne7 Rc7
{[%csl Re7]} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. a4 {Tiger plockar upp ett äss ur rockärmen. här spelas annars:} (9.
f3 {Med centrumexpansion.}) {Svart kan i praktiken inte förhindra a5. Om han
spelar ...a5 själv så kommer b6 bli svagt eftersom svart får svårt att klara
sig utan ...c5. Och att ställa en bonde på a5 tar bort den egna möjligheten
att ställa springaren där.} 9... c5 (9... Nc6 {Med idén Sa6 kan vara ett sätt
att stoppa vits plan, men man stoppar mest sig själv eftersom springaren
blockerar c-bonden. Vit kan fortsätta med:} 10. e4 {Och vit fick spelat e4
utan att behöva spela f3.}) 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. f3 {[#]} d5 {Det här
är suspekt, vit vill att några bönder skall bytas bort.} (12... O-O) 13. e3 O-O
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf2 cxd4 ({Svart kunde även söka sig till ett spel som
påminner om 4.Dc2-varianten.} 15... Re8) 16. cxd4 Rc3 {Svart aktiverar tornet,
men ett ensamt torn kan normalt inte uträtta något.} 17. a6 Ba8 18. Qb4 Qc7 19.
Rd1 Rc1 20. Bd3 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Re8 ({Har man sagt A skall man säga B. Nu är
det c-linjen som gäller.} 21... Rc8) 22. Nb1 b5 $2 {Pontus är slarvig med
materialet för andra gången i turneringen. Men det är bra att han kör hårt. En
förlust idag blir två vinster imorgon. Det gäller att lära sig var gränserna
går. Felet med draget är att vit får linjer på damflygeln när väl a- och
b-bönderna bytts av. Det vill säga: Även om man lyckas hålla i materialet
förlorar man partiet.} (22... Rc8) 23. Nc3 Nb8 24. Nxb5 Qb6 25. Kd2 Nxa6 26.
Qa3 {[#] Det ser ut som om svart har återställt den materiella balansen men
vits tryck mot a7 är för hårt.} Bc6 ({Att hålla i bonden leder till förlust
efter:} 26... Re6 27. Rb1 Ne8 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Qxa6 Qxa6 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rb8
Bc6 32. e4) 27. Rb1 Bxb5 {Enda draget.} 28. Rxb5 Qe6 29. Rb7 Nb8 {Enda draget.}
30. Rxa7 g6 31. Ra8 Nbd7 32. Bb5 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Kg7 34. Qc6 Qe7 {[#] Svart
står väldigt solitt och det krävs både finurlighet och tålamod för att kunna
vinna detta.} 35. Qc3 Qd8 36. Bg3 Qb6 37. Bd3 Qa7 38. Qb2 Qa5+ 39. Ke2 Qa7 40.
Bd6 Qa8 41. g4 {Det är rätt. Eftersom springarna är långsamma behöver vit inte
vara orolig för kungen. Med böndern högt upp på banan minskas springarnas
flexibilitet. Problemet med springarparet mot löparparet när löparparet har
flexibla bönder är att springarna inte kan förbättra sina positioner.} Qc6 42.
Bg3 Kh7 43. h3 Kg7 44. Kf1 Kh7 45. Bf2 Nb6 46. Qc2 Qe6 47. Kg2 h5 {Svart orkar
inte avvakta utan tar ett falrigt beslut.} 48. g5 Ne8 49. e4 Nd6 50. Qc6 Ndc8
51. Qxe6 fxe6 {[#] Svart har alltjämt två bondeöar. Men nu kan han knappast
tillåta sig en ställning med exd5 exd5 eftersom det då skulle vara ganska
långt mellan svagheterna (d5 och g6). Detta innebär att en springare hela
tiden måste gardera d5, vilket inte är bra när det krävs snabba omgrupperingar.
Om han slår på e4 har han alltjämt två bondeöar, vilket inte skulle vara
fallet om bonden stod kvar på f7.} 52. Bg3 Kg7 53. Kf2 Kf7 54. Ke2 Ne7 55. Bb5
Nbc8 56. Bb8 Ng8 57. Bc6 (57. exd5 exd5 {Var enligt resonemanget ovan ett
alternativ, men vit föredrar helt riktigt att behålla ställningen flytande
vilket gynnar löparna. Tiger hade sett att kungen kommer in i ställningen.})
57... Nge7 58. Bd7 Nb6 59. Bb5 Nbc8 60. Kd3 Ng8 61. Kc3 Ke7 62. Bd3 {Belyser
att ett hot (exd5) ofta är starkare än dess utförande.} Kf7 63. Kb4 Nb6 64. Bd6
Nc8 65. Bc7 Na7 66. Kc5 Ne7 67. Bc2 dxe4 68. fxe4 Nec8 69. Ba4 Ke7 70. Be5 h4
71. Bf6+ Kf7 {Vi kan förstå d-bondens besvikelse. Nu var det dags att glida
fram som på en paradgata och ta emot folkets hyllningar. Men paraden blev
inställd.} 1-0

