[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 Bb7 14. a3 $5 (14.
Bh4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qg4 (16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qg4 d5) 16... d5 17. Qxg7
O-O-O $132) 14... O-O 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h6 $1 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qd3 (18. Qd3
Qb7 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bf2 $1 Nf6 $8 21. Bh4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vouldis, Angelos"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 $5 Bd7 $5 (8... Qa5 $5) 9. Qe2 (9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6) 9...
Rc8 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Na5 $5 (11... Qa5 12. f5 $1) 12. e5) 11...
Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Qh5 Nc4 $5 (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Ne4 (15. Rf3 g6 16.
Qh6 f5) 15... f5) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Rad1 $1 $40 dxe5 $6 (15... f5 $142 $1) 16.
fxe5 Qa5 17. Qe2 $1 Rc7 (17... Rxc3 $2 18. Bd2 $1) (17... Rc8 $6 18. Nf5 exf5
19. Rxd7 Qxe5 20. Bxa7 $1 $18) 18. Bf4 $6 (18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rc6 20. Nxa7
Ra6 21. Nb5 Qxa2 22. Rd7 $18) 18... Qb6 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Bg5 (20. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6
21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxc7 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Bb5 $19) 20... Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4
Ba4 $6 (22... Qxa2 $1 23. Qh5 Qd5 $1 $19) 23. Qf2 $1 Qb6 $1 $8 24. Rb1 $1 Qa6
25. Qg3 $1 Kh8 $5 (25... Bxc2 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxe8 (27. Nxc2 Rxc2 28. Nd7 Rg8
29. Rxf7 Qxa2 30. Rbf1 Rc7) 27... Rxe8 28. Nxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxf7 Rg8 $10) 26. Rf2
(26. Qa3 $5 Rg8 27. Nc5 $140 Qc4 28. Ncxe6 fxe6 29. Rb4 Qd5 30. Qxa4 Qxe5 31.
Qxa7 $140 $2 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 e5) 26... Bc6 27. Nc5 (27. Nd6 Qxa2 28. Rbf1 Nxd6 29.
exd6 Rd7 $19) 27... Qxa2 28. Rbf1 Bd5 $19 29. Nd3 Qa4 30. Qe3 $1 Bc4 (30... Rc4
31. Nf4 Rxd4 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ fxg6 35. Rxf8+ Kh7 36. Rxe8 Re4
37. Rff8 Qxe8 $19) 31. Nb2 $138 (31. Nf4 Bxf1 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Nxe6 Bc4 $1 $19)
31... Qb4 32. c3 Qe7 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. Rf6 $5 Nxf6 (34... gxf6 $4 35. Qxh6+ Kg8
36. Rf3 $18) 35. exf6 Qc5 36. fxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rf4 $2 (37. Rf3 $1 Rc8 38. Rh3 $1
Kf8 39. Qxh6+ Ke8 $19) 37... Rxc3 38. Rg4+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ f5 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoica, Valentin"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 $5 10. O-O (10. Qf3 Nxd4 (10... Qa5 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4
e5 13. Rd5 (13. Rd2 Rac8) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. f5 $16) 11. Bxd4 b5 $13)
10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 $5 b5 $5 $146 12. f5 (12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 b4 14. Qxb4
(14. e5 $4 Be7 $19) 14... a5 15. Qc4 (15. Qc5 a4 16. Bc4 a3) 15... a4 16. e5 (
16. Bxa4 $2 Bxa4 17. e5 (17. Nxa4 Qd4+ $17) 17... Bxc2 18. exf6 Bd3) 16... Qb6+
17. Kh1 axb3 18. exf6 bxc2 19. fxg7 (19. Rac1 Qxb2) 19... Rfc8 20. Qd3 Qxb2) (
12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Bc6 15. Qd3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 $13) 12... b4 (
12... e5 13. Be3 Bc6 14. Qd3 $16 (14. Nd5 Nxe4) (14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 b4)) 13.
fxe6 Bxe6 $6 (13... bxc3 14. exd7 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Qxd7 16. Qf3 $16 {xf7}) (13...
fxe6 $1 14. Ne2 Kh8 $1 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Nf4 d5 $140 16. Nxd5 $18) 15. Qd3 a5
$40) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qa5 17. c4 $1 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc5+ 19.
Kh1 $1 (19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Kh1 $140 Bf6 21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxd5
$10) 19... Rae8 $1 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Qg4 f6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxg5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1
Qf2 25. Qc1 Qe2 26. Qf4 h6 $10 (26... h5 $1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12288]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7.
a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe2 Na5 (11... Bd7 12. f4 Rac8 13.
Bd3 (13. Ba2 Na5 14. Rad1 Nc4 15. Bc1 Rfe8 16. Rd3 Bf8 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. e5 Nd5
19. Ne4 f5 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Qxa4 22. b3 Qa2 23. c4 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Nf6 {
1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Chandler,M/Hastings 1986/CBM 04 (76)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5
15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 h6 17. Qf3 Be6 18. f5 Bc4 19. Qh3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rf3 Bf8 22. Rg3 $40 {1-0 Gurevich,V-Sulipa,A/Simferopol 1991/TD 91\03 (57)}) (
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bb3 h6 15. a5 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bxb3 17.
cxb3 Qd7 18. f3 Qe6 19. Rd3 Rfd8 {1-0 Kudrin,S-King,D/Bern 1988/CBM 08 (51)})
12. Ba2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bc1 Rac8 15. f4 Nc4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 Bxg2+ 20. Qxg2 exf5 21. Rxf5 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. e6 fxe6 24.
Rxb5 Rcd8 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Qb7 Bd6 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Re1 (28. Rg4 $5 {deserved
here serious attention:} Rdc8 29. Rd4 Be7 30. Bf4) (28. Bh6 Bf8 29. Bxc4 Rxc4
30. Bxg7 Bxg7 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Rgxg7 Rd1+ $11) 28... Ra8 29. Bb3 h6 {[%csl Rb2,
Rc2][%cal Gg8h7,Ga8a1,Ga1h1,Gc4b2,Gc4a5,Ga5b3,Gc7c1] Sacrificing the e6-pawn,
Black obtains a sufficient counterplay on the queenside} 30. Rxe6 Ra1 31. Re1
Kh7 32. Bd2 (32. Rd5 Na5 33. Rxd6 (33. Bd2 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Nxb3 35. Rxd6 Rxc2
36. Bc3 g5 $11) 33... Nxb3 34. cxb3 Rcxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ $11) (32.
Rf5 Nxb2 $11) ({An attempt to keep both queenside pawns:} 32. Bxc4 $2 Rxc4 33.
c3 {is refuted by} Bf4 34. Bd2 Rca4 $1 {, and Black is winning.}) 32... Rxe1+
33. Bxe1 Nxb2 34. c3 Re7 35. Bc2+ Kg8 36. Bg3 Bxg3 37. hxg3 $4 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2,
Rh1,Rh2][%cal Ge7e1,Ge1h1,Ge2c2,Ge2h2,Gh1g2,Gh1h2,Ge1e2]} ({An incredible
blunder in the absolutely drawn position! Instead of} 37. Bb3+ Kh7 38. hxg3 $11
) ({or} 37. Rxb2 $11 {, White finds a way to lose the game.}) 37... Re1+ (37...
Re1+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Rxc2 {win the bishop and the game.}) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atul Dahale"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Sicilian Najdorf is
one of the most popular weapons against 1.e4. All sorts of moves have been
tried against the Najdorf. In this game little Praggu goes for the latest
trend with 6.a3} 6. a3 $5 {The a3 line is gaining momentum against the
Najdorf! Players like Carlsen, Karjakin and Anand have tried it in their games.
A lot of theory has been developed in the Najdorf and now players have started
exploring new paths. 6.a3 is a waiting move and in some cases it provides the
a2-square for the light-squared bishop. Depending on Black's reply White
usually chooses his line of action against it.} Nc6 {This is not a usual
Najdorf move, pure Najdorf players will go for 6...e5} (6... e5 {There is a
lot in common between Carlsen's game and Pragg's game. You will see the
resulting position occurred with opposite coloured bishops giving a great
insight into what Pragg had seen this game.} 7. Nf5 (7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9.
Ba2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf1
b4 16. Nd5 bxa3 17. bxa3 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bg5 19. g3 Qd7 20. Qd3 Rb6 21. h4 Bh6
22. Reb1 Reb8 23. Rb3 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 g6 25. Rab1 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Qc7 27. a4 Bc1
28. Kg2 h5 29. Nh2 Rxb3 30. cxb3 Qc2 31. Nf1 a5 32. Kf3 Qc3+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+ 34.
Kf3 Qc3+ 35. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Karjakin,S (2785)-Giri,A (2773) Wijk aan Zee
2017}) 7... d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qg4 Bxf5 (11... g6 12.
Qg3 $1 $16) 12. Qxf5 Bd6 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Ne7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Rh3
Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. Rg3 Qf6 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 bxa4 22. Rxa4 a5 23. Ra1 Rc7
24. Bb3 Ra8 25. Kg1 Bf8 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qg4 Ra6 28. h5 Qf4 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Qb5
Qc6 31. Qxe5 Re7 32. Qf4 a4 33. Bd5 Qc7 34. Qd2 Qb6 35. Ra2 Rc7 36. Rf3 Qb4 37.
Qe2 Rb6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. g3 Kg7 40. Kg2 Rd7 41. Qd1 Rf6 42. Rxf6 Kxf6 43. c3
dxc3 44. Rxa4 {1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2840)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Wijk aan Zee 2017})
7. Bc4 e6 8. Ba2 {There it goes. An idea from Karjakin's game.} Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Be3 Qc7 {The position has transposed to structures similar to a Classical
Sicilian: the Sozin Attack.} 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. f5 {
Now the battle revolves around the d5-square.} Bb7 15. Qd3 h6 {This is the
first new move.} (15... Nxe4 $5 {was Sandipan's choice.} 16. Nxe4 Qc6 17. f6
gxf6 18. Bh6 Qxe4 19. Qh3 Kh8 20. Rae1 $2 (20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rae1 $11 {Black
has enough compensation thanks to his bishop pair.}) 20... Qd4+ 21. Be3 (21.
Rf2 Rg8 $17) 21... Qxb2 22. Qd7 Rae8 23. Bxf7 Qxc2 24. Rf2 Qc3 25. Bd2 Qc6 26.
Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Qe6 Bd8 28. Qf7 Rg8 29. Ree2 Qd5 30. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rg1+ 32.
Kxg1 Bb6+ {0-1 (32) Bistric,F (2440)-Sandipan,C (2558) Dubai 2005}) 16. h3 {
[%csl Gg4]} Rac8 17. Bf2 a5 $1 {b5-b4 is coming up next.} 18. Bb3 {[%csl Gc2]}
(18. Nxb5 $2 Qxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 $17) 18... Bc6 19. Bh4 $1 {The bishop is going
to take on f6 and then White will have more control on d5 than Black.} Rfd8 (
19... Nh5 $5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nf4 $17) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Kh1 Rb8 (21... a4 22. Ba2 $14 (22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxc2 $15)) 22. Nd5 $5 (22.
Bd5 {This could have been the more normal way to take advantage of the
d5-square, but it turns out that Black has} b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bxc6 bxc3 25.
Qxc3 Rdc8 26. Bd5 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 {in a position that looks drawish, but
White keeps an edge after} 28. Ra7 $14) 22... Bxd5 23. Bxd5 $14 {White is
clearly better here because his bishop is superior to Black's.} Qb6 24. c3 Rdc8
25. Rfd1 Rc5 26. Bb3 {The way Pragg slowly improves his position and launches
an attack is something to learn from.} Rd8 27. g3 $1 {First improving his king.
} Rc7 28. Kg2 {Improving the king position first.} Qc5 29. h4 Qb6 {[%csl Rf6]
Black is kind of tied up, he doesn't have any active plan. The main problem is
the bishop on f6 which is restricted by its own pawns.} 30. Rd2 Qb7 31. Kh3
Rdc8 32. Rad1 Rc5 33. Qf3 {The decision of not taking the pawn on d6 is
practical as it will restrict Black's bishop and there is the constant threat
against d6 which Black needs to take care of. It is rightly said that "The
threat is stronger than its execution".} (33. Qxd6 {was possible, but Pragg
doesn't want to take a pawn that would give his opponent the chance to
activate his bishop on f6.}) 33... Be7 34. Rf1 (34. f6 $5 {was interesting.}
Bxf6 35. Rxd6 $16) 34... Qd7 35. Kg2 Qb7 36. Bd5 Qd7 37. Bb3 Qc7 38. Qh5 Bf6
39. Rfd1 Rc6 40. Kh3 {These kinds of simple waiting moves are very important
to unsettle your opponent.} b4 41. cxb4 axb4 42. a4 Rf8 43. g4 {The final
assault begins.} Qb6 44. Re2 {Covering all the entry points so that there
won't be any counterplay.} d5 45. Bxd5 Rd6 46. g5 Bd8 47. g6 $1 {This is game
over now.} Kh8 48. gxf7 Bf6 49. Kh2 Qd8 50. Rg2 Bxh4 51. Rdg1 Bf6 52. Rg6 Bh4
53. Rxg7 {Quite a clinical victory. Pragg showed good technique and patience
to build up his position. Despite being so young this kid has a good
understanding of positional concepts.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 (8... Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 $5 Bd7 13. g4 $1 e5
14. Nd5 $1 $16 {Yakovich,Y-Balashov,Y/St-Peterburg(zt)/1993/1:0/21/}) 9. f4 Be7
10. Qf3 Nxd4 (10... Na5 11. g4 $1 h6 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 hxg5
15. fxg5 Nd7 16. g6 $1 Ne5 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. Qg2 Bf6 19. Nce2 $16 {Istratescu,
A-Nevednichy,V/Bukharest/1994/1:0/37/}) (10... O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. e5 $5 Nxd4
13. Qxa8 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bb7 $13 {Yakovich,Y-Ionov,S/St-Peterburg/
1993/}) 11. Bxd4 O-O (11... b5 $5) 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 $1 $146 (13. a3 Bd7
14. Qd3 Bc6 15. f5 e5 16. Be3 Rfc8 $13 {Schandorff,L-Kupreichik,V/Kobenhavn/
1993/0:1/29/}) (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qa7 Ra8 17. Qxa8+
Bxa8 $13) 13... gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. e5 Bb7 (14... dxe5 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qa7
Ra8 17. Qf2 $18) 15. Bd5 $1 exd5 16. exf6 g6 (16... d4 17. Qg3 g6 18. Rxd4) 17.
Nxd5 $16) 14. Rd3 Kh8 $8 (14... Bb7 15. Qh5 {/\ Rh3+-}) 15. Qh5 Rg8 16. Qxf7
Rg7 17. Qe8+ Rg8 18. Qh5 b4 19. Ne2 a5 (19... Bd7 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. f5 e5 22. Ne6
{/\ Qh7!+-}) 20. Nd4 d5 21. exd5 a4 22. Bc4 $1 $18 b3 (22... Qxc4 23. Rh3 Rg7 (
23... Kg7 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qf7 Rxg3 26. hxg3 $18) 24. Qe8+ Rg8 25. Qxe7 $18)
23. Rh3 Bc5 24. Bd3 f5 25. Nb5 Qxf4+ $6 (25... Qb7) 26. Kb1 Rg7 27. Qe8+ Rg8
28. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 13th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 {My
opponent had already played this position in an earlier game in the tournament.
Unfortunately I hadn't paid enough attention to this, although playing through
the game quickly during my preparation. White's idea is both to stop Black
playing ...b5-b4 and to get back with the bishop to a2 in one move.} Be7 8. Ba2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 ({Here} 9... b5 {is the most frequent move, but the move played
also looks very reasonable. During the game I was not sure if it would be good
to allow White to sacrifice on e6 and thus decided to first exchange off the N
on d4 before developing my B to b7.}) 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13.
Rad1 Qc7 14. f3 {this move surprised me. White decides to build up his
position slowly before going into action.} (14. f4 {preparing e5 looks like a
standard move to me, but it also opens up for Black's B on b7.} {Black might
conitinue with} Rac8 {putting presure along the c-file and slowly improving
his position. At some point the break ...e5 might become an option.}) (14. Rd3
$5 {is an interesting move tried by Jobava. This move has multiple purposes.
One is to double the rooks on the d-file and the other one to use the rook
along the third rank in order to get an attack against the black king. The
game continued} e5 {This move is a commitment for Black as it seriously
weakens the square d5. Generally this should be avoided unless Black gets good
counterplay in return.} (14... Rad8 {or}) (14... Rac8 {look like better ways
to continue.}) 15. Be3 h6 (15... Nxe4 $2 {looses material to} 16. Nd5 {when
Black is forced to give up an exchange.} Qd7 (16... Qd8 $4 17. Bb6 $18 {
[%csl Re4]}) (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Re4][%cal Yd5e4,Yd5a8]}) 17.
Nb6 $14) 16. f4 $6 {After this move Black will always be able to get
counterplay against the e4 pawn.} (16. f3 {seems like a better approach here.
White does not need to be in any hurry and can rather slowly build up his
position using his long term advantage of the weak d5 square.}) 16... Rac8 17.
f5 a5 18. Rf2 {Here Black played the slightly inaccurate} b4 $6 {when the
games was still interesting, but the stronger players later on managed to win.
1-0 Jobava,B (2687)-Hajiyev,S (2066)/Tbilisi 2009/CBM 130 Extra (40)} ({Instead
} 18... Bxe4 $1 {would have given Black a nice advantage.})) 14... Bc6 $146 {
Black's idea with this move is to prepare Qb7 followed by ....a5-b4. However
as the game will show this idea is not very successful for Black, so perhaps
it would have been better to continue with normal development} (14... Rac8 15.
Rd2 Bc6 ({Here} 15... Nd7 {might be an improvement preparing for ...Bf6.}) 16.
Nd1 a5 17. Qf2 Qb8 18. c3 e5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qf2 Nf6 22. Qg3 Nh5
23. Qf2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Alexander,C-Unzicker,W/Munich 1958/MCD}) ({Also the
immediate} 14... Nd7 {is possible with the simple plan of exchanging bishops
on f6.} 15. f4 Bf6) 15. Kh1 Qb7 16. Qf2 a5 17. b4 $1 {With this move White
stops Black's counterplay on the queenside and it's hard for Black to exploit
this slightly weakening move.} Rfc8 {A forcing move. Now the white N on c3 and
B on a2 start looking a bit loose, so White needs to be careful.} 18. Bb3 Bd7 {
Preparing ...e5 followed by ...Be6.} 19. Rd3 axb4 20. axb4 e5 21. Be3 Be6 22.
Bg5 $1 {A good strategic move. White is about to exchange off the black N on
f6 in order to achieve a nice outpost for his own N on d5.} Bxb3 23. cxb3 Ne8
$6 ({During the game I didn't like} 23... Rc6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nd5 {because
of the very strong N on d5 for White, but objectively I think Black should be
doing fine after} Bg5 {as he controls the open c- and a-files and can create
counterplay along the first and second ranks.}) 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxb5 Qb7 (
25... Rab8 26. Nc3 Nc7 27. Rc1 $14) 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxb4 28. Rd3 {
White is a clear pawn up, but Black's activity gives him reasonable drawing
chances.} Rc3 29. Rxc3 (29. Qd2 Rxb3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Qf8 $11) (29. Qe3
$5) 29... Qxc3 30. Rb1 h5 $2 (30... Qb4 {was better in order to stop White
from advancing his b-pawn.}) 31. b4 Rd8 32. Qc5 {Forcing the exchange of
queens, but by reducing the material the draw also comes a bit closer for
Black.} (32. b5 Rd2 33. Qg1 Qc2 34. Rc1 Qb3 (34... Qb2 $4 35. b6 Kh7 {[%cal
Gd2g2]} (35... Rxg2 $4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qxg2 $18) 36. Rb1 Qc2 37. b7 Rxg2 38.
b8=Q $18)) (32. h4 $5 $14) 32... Qxc5 33. bxc5 Kf8 34. h4 Rc8 35. Rb5 Ke7 36.
Kh2 Kd7 37. Kh3 Kc6 38. Ra5 Rb8 39. g4 g6 $1 {It's important to keep the
kingside closed not to let the white king enter.} 40. Kg3 Rb7 41. gxh5 gxh5 42.
Ra6+ {White has to give up his c-pawn to make progress, but then with pawns
only on the kingside Black wil be able to hold the draw.} Kxc5 43. Rh6 Rb1 44.
Rxh5 (44. Rh7 $5) 44... Kd6 45. Rg5 Ke6 46. Kh2 Rb2+ 47. Kh3 Rb1 48. Kh2 Rb2+
49. Rg2 Rb3 50. Kg3 f5 $1 {Now exchanging another pair of pawns; the draw is
almost there.} 51. exf5+ Kxf5 52. Re2 Rb1 53. Re4 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Rg8 55. Ra4 Rg7
56. Ra8 Rf7 57. Ke3 Rh7 58. Ra4 Rb7 59. Rg4 Rb2 $1 60. Rg8 Rh2 61. Rf8+ Ke6 62.
Rh8 Kf6 63. Rh5 Kg6 {White is unable to make any further progress and offered
a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Bischoff,K"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {
All these transpositions have now led to a Sozin Sicilian. This was Fischer's
favorite line against the Sicilian, and Nigel has even used it to try to make
life difficult for Black against Kasparov.} Be7 8. a3 {With this innocent
looking little move Nigel tries to avoid a theoretical battle. The move in
itself is not stupid at all, he wants to keep his Sozin bishop. But of course
Black is given extra time to finish his development.} O-O 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. Re1 a6
11. Be3 Rc8 {Zahar is now ready for Ne5-c4. If he could then protect this
wonderful knight with b5, Black would be fine.} 12. f4 $5 {The exclamation
mark is for the courage. But Nigel is weakening his king. For me it looks a
bit strange to combine Rfe1 and f4.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 $1 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5
Bc5+ 16. Kh1 {Unfortunately 16.Bd4 does not work. Black has 16...Bg4 with a
double attack.} Ng4 {Black is now winning the exchange.} 17. Bg3 Bf2 18. Qf3
Bxe1 $1 {Brave! If Zahar had less selfconfidence, he could have gone for} (
18... Bxg3 {which leads to a draw. After} 19. Qxg3 {Black has} Qb6 20. Nd5 Nf2+
21. Kg1 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ {with a perpetual.}) 19. Rxe1 Qg5 20. Bf4 Qg6 21. Bd5
({It was safer to try} 21. h3 Nf6 22. Be5 Rfe8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25.
Bd5 Rc7 26. Rf1 {White has chances to get away with a draw. But he would have
to suffer.}) 21... Bc6 22. e5 $6 {My engines do not like this move at all. But
Nigel wanted to prevent Sf6.} Rfe8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 ({It was also possible to
play} 23... Rxc6 {Zahar probably did not like} 24. h3 Nf6 $6 ({but} 24... Nh6
$1 {is playable with a solid advantage.}) 25. Rd1 {and the knight suddenly has
no good squares.}) 24. h3 Nf6 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. c3 Qe4 $1 {The
rest is easy for Black. White needs Bd4 for more resistance, but he will of
course never get this.} 28. Qf2 Rc4 29. Bg3 d4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 $1 {This is a
well-known method. After winning the exchange, you should always try to
exchange your opponents last rook.} 31. cxd4 (31. Qxd4 {was also hopeless.
After} Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb2 {White has no compensation at all.}) 31... Rd8 32. Qf1
Rxd4 33. Qxa6 h5 34. e6 fxe6 35. Qb5 Rd5 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bc7 Rg5 {
This brutal move is winning the house. A perfect start for Zahar, who played
very well today.} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Cifuentes Romero} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bc4 {Romero: One more time.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 {Romero: A little surprise. During the
world championship in London, Kasparov tested the known variation 13...Nd7 14.
Ne4 Bb7 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.exd6 Qg5 18.Qe2. This position is very interesting
strategically speaking. The first time we saw Ne8 was in the game
Ehlvest-Dlugy, Mazatlan 1988, when black had good prospects to win the game.  
[#]} (13... Nd7 $6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 (17. Qe2 Rac8
$2 (17... a5 18. a4 b4 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ra6 21. Rf2 Rxd6 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23.
axb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Riemersma,L-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch (05) ;CBM 48 1995 (43)})
18. Rad1 Nc5 19. d7 $1 Nxd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxd7 $16 {Wittmann,W-Boensch,U/
EUCup Gr6Clichy (2) (Graz-Bayern [5]) 1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 17... Bd5 (17... a5
18. a4 e5 19. Bc3 e4 20. Qf1 e3 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. g3 e2 24. Bd4
Qg4 25. Qf4 Qh3 26. Qf2 $16 {Almasi,I-Loginov,V/Kecskemet (11) 1993/1-0 (137)})
18. Qf1 Rac8 19. Rd1 Bxb3 20. axb3 e5 21. Bc3 Rc6 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. Re1 Qe6 24.
Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Piket,Je/Lvov 1988}) 14. Ne4 (14. Qg4 {Ftacnik} b4
15. Ne4 a5 16. c3 a4 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Rf3 {1/2-1/2 Pachmann,A-Cvek,R/CZE-chJM
U16 Svetla/1994/}) 14... Bb7 15. Qd3 Qc7 $146 {A new move. The bishop will
take the knight, but in better conditions. Ehlvest-Dlugy continued} (15... Bxe4
16. Qxe4 g6 17. a4 (17. Rad1 {Romero} Qc8 (17... Qc8 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. g4 h5 20.
h3 Rb8 21. c3 Rb7 22. Bc2 Rc7 23. Be4 Bc5 24. Rf6 Rd8 25. Rdf1 Bxd4 26. cxd4
Rdd7 $1 27. Qf2 Rc1 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Dlugy,M /Mazatlan rapid 1988 (42)
})) 17... Ng7 18. g4 b4 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $14 {Mortensen,
E-Fishbein,A/Herning 1991/1/2-1/2 (61)} (21. Rfd1 {Cifuentes} a5 22. Kg2 Rc8
23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bc4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qd1
29. b3 Ne8 30. Bb6 Bd8 31. Bf2 Bc7 32. Bb5 Qd8 33. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2, Mortensen,
E-Fishbein,A /Herning 1991 (61)})) 16. c3 Rd8 {The rook makes pressure against
the strong bishop of d4.} (16... Rc8 $1 {Cifuentes} 17. Bc2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6
19. Rad1 Ng7 20. g4 Bc5 $13) (16... Bxe4 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxe4 g6 $14) 17. Bc2
Bxe4 (17... Qc6 18. Rf2 (18. Qh3 $4 Rxd4 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 Rh4 $19) 18...
Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc7 21. Bb6 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rfd2 $16) (17...
g6 {Cifuentes} 18. Qe3 $1 $16) 18. Qxe4 g6 19. b4 $1 $16 {Ftacnik: Black can
not exchange the bishops and is left completely locked without counterplay.
Romero: A nice move to make, controlling black squares, and avoiding the swap
of bishops. The Bd4 incomunicate black forces. Verhindert B-Tausch und legt
den shwarzen b-P fest. Weiß kann an beiden Flügeln aktiv werden.} Ng7 20. g4 {
Romero: White weakness are not easy to exploit.} h5 {Romero: In my opinion a
mistake, because weakens g6 and the king rook cannot go out from f7. Probably
it was better} (20... a5 {Romero} 21. a3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rc8 $5 {Romero: Now this
move is possible, creating tactical possibilities, and after Qd8.}) 21. h3 a5 (
21... f5 $2 {Cifuentes} 22. exf6 Qg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bxf6 25. Bxg6 (25.
Bxf6 $1 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxc2 27. Bd4 Re8 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxa2 29. Rf6 Re2 30.
Rxg6 e5 31. Kf3 Re1 32. Be3 $18) 28. Rfe1 $16) 25... Bxd4 26. cxd4 hxg4 27.
hxg4 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxd4 29. Kg3 Rxb4 30. Bf7+ $5 (30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rd7 Ra4 $1
32. Kh4 Rxa2 33. Kg5 Rf2 $1 34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rg8 Nf5 $10) 30... Kf8 $8 31.
Bxe6+ Ke8 32. Bb3 Rd4 $14) (21... Rd7) (21... hxg4 {Ftacnik} 22. hxg4 Bxb4 $5
23. cxb4 f5 24. Qd3 (24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Qd3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc2 27. Rf2 $16)
24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc2 26. Rf2 $16) 22. a3 Rd7 23. Rf3 {Romero: Defending g3
( and avoids problems with a future counterblow like f5 ) and pressing f7.} (
23. Rad1 $5 {Romero}) 23... Qd8 {xb4} (23... Rfd8 $2 {Romero} 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25.
Qxg6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+) 24. Rb1 $6 Bg5 (24... h4 {Romero}) 25. Rbf1 axb4 26. axb4
Be7 {Romero: An incredible blow.} (26... h4 $16) 27. Rb1 $2 {Dieser Zug ist
völlig unverständlich, da die Drohung Bb4 unwichtig war. Gewonnen hätte:} (27.
gxh5 $1 Nxh5 (27... Bxb4 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qxg6 30. Qe2 Qh5 31.
Rg1 $18) 29. Qxg6 Qh4 30. Rf6 Qh5 (30... Qxh3 31. cxb4 $18) 31. cxb4 Qxg6+ 32.
Bxg6 Rxf6 33. exf6 Rxd4 34. Rc1 $18) (27... Rxd4 28. cxd4 Nxh5 29. Bb3 $18 {
[%cal Rb3g8]}) (27... Nf5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Bb3 $18) 28. Rxf7 $3 Rxf7 29. Rxf7
Kxf7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ (31. Qxh5 {Romero} Bxb4 $10) 31... Ng7 (31... Kf7
32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qf7#) (31... Kg8 {Cifuentes} 32. Bh7+ $18) 32.
Bg6 $1 Bf6 (32... Bg5 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxg7#) 33. exf6 $18) 27... h4 28. Qe3 {
Romero: e3 and f2 are good squares for the white queen, supporting the bishop.}
Ne8 29. Be4 Nc7 30. Bc6 (30. Qd3 $1 {Ftacnik} Qb8 31. Bxg6 $18) 30... Nd5 31.
Qe4 $2 {Romero: Short, who manouvered very well until now, playing against the
weakness on b5, blunders, probably not taking into account the incredible
tactical resource that follows.} (31. Qf2 $16) (31. Qf2 {Romero} Rc7 32. Bxb5
Qc8 33. Rb3 $16 {Romero: There is not compensation.} (33. Qd2 $16 {Cifuentes})
33... Qb7 34. Bf1) 31... Nxc3 $3 $10 32. Bxc3 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kh1 $1 {
Hier steht der weiße Monarch sicherer, da die gelegentlichen Schachs auf der
zweiten Reihe wegfallen.}) (33. Kh1 $1 Rc7 34. Ba8 Rc4 35. Qb7 Qd8 (35... Qxb7
36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. Ba6 Rb6 38. Ra1 Rcc6 $10) 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Qxb5 Rxa8 38. Rxa8
Qxa8 39. Qe2 $15) (33. Kh1 {Ftacnik}) 33... Rc7 34. Ba8 Rc4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 (35...
Qd8 $1 {Stellt plötzlich Short noch vor Probleme. z.B.} 36. Rbf1 $1 (36. Qxb5
Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Qd2+ 38. Kh1 Qxc3 $15 (38... Qxc3 {Cifuentes} 39. Bg2 Rd8 $19)) (
36. Rb3 Rc8 $1 (36... Rc7 {Cifuentes} 37. Qb6 $1 Rxc3 38. Qxd8 Rc2+ 39. Rf2
Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Rxd8 41. Bc6 Rb8 $15) 37. Ra3 Rb8 $1 38. Qc6 Rxa8 39. Rxa8 Qxa8
40. Qxb5 Qe4 $1 $17) (36. Rc1 {Cifuentes} Bg5 37. Qxb5 Qc7 $17) (36. Be1 {
Cifuentes} Qxa8 37. Qxe7 Qa2+ $19) 36... Qxa8 (36... Rc7 {Cifuentes} 37. Qe4
Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Qd2+ $19) 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Rxf7 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 (39. Kh1 {Ftacnik}
Rxc3 40. Rxe7 $15) 39... Rxc3 40. Rxe7 Rg3+ 41. Kh1 Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Rg3+ 43. Kh1
Rxg4 44. Rff7 $10) 36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. Ba6 Rb6 38. Ra1 Rcc6 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40. Ra8+
Kg7 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Bb3 a6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Qa5 $2 $146 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 $146 (12.
e5 $13) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Bh4+ 14. g3 Qb6 15. gxh4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bb7 17.
Qf2 Qc7 18. Rf1 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qd4 20. Qf2 Qe5+ 21. Qe2 Qd4 22. Qf2 {1/2
Michalek,J-Bagaturov,G Brno/Morava-C (02) 1991}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O-O a5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxb5 a4 16. Rxd6 Qc8 17. Ba2 Qc5 $44 {Istratescu,A-Buturin,V
Bucharest 1992 -Inf.54/238}) (10... Na5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nxb3+
14. axb3 Nd7 15. f5 b4 16. Na4 Ne5 17. Qg2 Re8 18. h4 Bf8 $13 {Yakovich,
Y-Ionov,S URS-ch58 (05) 1991 1/2 33}) 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bd7 13. g4 e5 14.
Nd5 $3 exd4 (14... Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7 16. f5 $16) 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd4 Qd8 17.
g5 $1 Ne8 (17... Qxe7 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Qc3 $18) 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Qh5 Rc8 (19...
Kg8 20. Nf6+ $18) 20. f5 Bxd5 21. g6 $3 (21. g6 fxg6 22. fxg6 Nf6 (22... h6 23.
Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qh7#) 23. Bxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Cullip, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Qf3 Qa5 12. Nde2 Rfd8 13. Kh1 Qa6
14. f5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bd4 Ng6 18. Qd3 {1/2 Kindermann,
S-Lobron,E Munich (04) 1991}) 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 $6 (11... Ba6 12. c4
Bxb5 13. cxb5 Nxe4 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Qe3 Bf6 17. Bxa7 Qa5 18. b6 Bd8
19. Rad1 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 Bxb6 21. Qd2 d5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 $10 {Fischer,R-Kortchnoi,
V Rovinj/Zagreb 1970 1/2 62 -Inf.9/356}) 12. c4 (12. Nxa7 Bb7 13. Nb5 e5 14.
Be3 d5 15. c3 Qd7 16. a4 $16 {Ciocaltea-Bilek Dresden 1956 -ECO}) 12... a6 13.
Bc2 Bb7 (13... axb5 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Ba7 $18) 14. Nc3 Nxc3 (14... d5 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Bc3 $14) 15. Bxc3 d5 16. Qg4 g6 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qe3 Qc8 (18... e5 19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 $18) 19. Rfe1 e5 $2 (19... dxc4 $1 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6
Bc5 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rf8 $10) 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rad1 Bc5
22. Qg3 Bf7 23. Rxe5 $3 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Bc4+ 26. Kg1 {Boensch} (
26. Kg1 Kf7 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Re7+ Kd8 30. Qd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 {Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bxf6 $6 (12. e5 dxe5 13.
Bxe5 Ra7 $1 14. O-O Rd7 15. Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bb7 $10 {Soerensen-Sher/Hastings/
1989-90/}) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 Bh4+ 14. g3 Rb8 (14... Qb6 15. gxh4 dxe5 16. fxe5
Bb7 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rf1 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qd4 20. Qf2 Qe5+ 21. Qe2 Qd4 {Michalek,
J-Bagaturov,G/Brno/Morava-C (02)/1991/0.5 (22)}) 15. O-O-O $2 (15. gxh4 Bb7 16.
Ne4 dxe5 (16... Qxh4+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. Nxg3 Bxh1 19. Nxh1 dxe5 20. fxe5 {
Votava,J-Rotman,D/Rishon Le Zion/1993/} Rfd8 21. Nf2 $1 $16) 17. Rg1 g6 (17...
Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Nxg3 exf4 20. Nh5 $16) (17... Qd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qg3
g6 20. fxe5 Qxb2 21. Rd1 $16) 18. Rd1 Bxe4 (18... Qxh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Nxf2
exf4 21. Nd3 $16) 19. Qxe4 Qxh4+ $10 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G (12)/PCA-Wch 
(London) 1993 (40)}) (15. Rf1 $2 Be7 16. O-O-O a5 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. f5 (18. Ne4
$1 $14 {Psakhis}) 18... a4 $17 {0-1 Morozevich,A-San Segundo,P/Madrid (09) ;
CBM 53 1996 (47) Morozevich,A-San Segundo,P/Madrid/1996/0:1/47/}) 15... Be7 (
15... Bb7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qd3 Be7 19. h4 {Morozevich,A-Mitenkov,A/
Moscow/1991/} Qa5 20. f5 b4 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. f6 $16 {Morozevich-Mitenkov/Moscow/
1991/}) 16. Rhe1 $146 {N/} (16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Qg4 (19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 Bd5 21. Ng5 Rb6 22. Kb1 Qc8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Qe2 $19 {Hmadi,
S-De Firmian,N/Tunis izt/1985/0-1 (27)}) 19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rb6 {Mitkov,
N-Alvarez,J/Capablanca-B/1995/1:0/61/} 21. Red4 Qe7 $17 {Mitkov,N-Alvarez,J/
Capablanca mem-B (13) ;EXP 47 1995/1-0 (61)}) 16... d5 {Weiß ist praktisch
gezwungen auf d5 zu opfern.} 17. f5 (17. Ne2 a5 $15) 17... Kh8 18. h4 (18. Ne2
$5 {Psakhis} a5 19. Nd4 (19. c3) 19... Bd7 20. c3 $132) 18... a5 19. f6 (19.
Nxd5 {Psakhis} exd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6) (19. Bxd5 {Psakhis} exd5 20. Nxd5 Bb7 21. f6
gxf6 22. exf6 Bb4 $17) 19... gxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 (21. Ne4 {Psakhis} Bg7
22. Qh5 f6 23. c3 Qc7 $19) (21. Rf1 Bg7) 21... exd5 22. Rxd5 Qb6 $19 (22... Bb7
$2 23. Rxd8 Bxf3 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 a4 26. Rxf3 axb3 27. Rxf6 bxa2 28. Ra6
$14) 23. c3 (23. Qd3 Bg7 24. Rd6 Qc5 25. Rd5 Qc7 $19) 23... Bg7 24. Bc2 f5 25.
Qd3 b4 {[%cal Rg7b2]} 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. c4 Rb6 28. Rd5 Rg6 (28... Rc6 $5 {Psakhis
} 29. b3 Be6) 29. c5 Rxg3 30. Qb5 Qf4+ 31. Kb1 Qxh4 32. Qxa5 Ra3 $1 33. bxa3 (
33. bxa3 {Psakhis} Qxe1+ 34. Rd1 Qc3) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14.
Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 (17. Rf2 Rad8 (17... Kh8 $6 {N/} 18.
Qd2 $1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 a5 20. a4 e5 (20... b4 $5 $14) 21. Be3 b4 22. Rf1 f6 $2 (
22... f5 23. Be6 f4 24. Bxf4 Nc5) 23. Be6 Bc6 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Bh3 Red8 (25...
Rab8 $5 $14) 26. c3 bxc3 27. Rc2 Nf8 28. Rxc3 Bd7 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Rc7 Bxh3 31.
gxh3 Red8 32. Rd1 Nd7 33. Ba7 f5 34. Bf2 h6 35. Bh4 g5 36. Be1 $18 {1-0 Van
der Wiel,J-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch 1996/CBM 54/[Bykhovsky,Av] (49)}) (17...
e5 18. Bc3 Nf6 (18... e4 19. Qf1 Qg6 20. Re1 b4 21. Bxb4 Ne5 22. d7 Rfd8 23.
Bc3 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Ng5 25. Ba4 Bc6 26. Rf6 Bxa4 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. h4 Ne6 29. Rxe4
Bxd7 30. Qe2 Bb5 31. Qe3 Re8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qg3 g5 34. Qe5 Kh7 35. Qf5+ {
1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Peek,M/Amsterdam Donner op 1996/EXT 96op2}) 19. Qf1 Nd5 20.
Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rd2 Bc6 22. d7 $16 {Rade,M-Lisenko,A/Mravinei/1994/1:0/64/}) (
17... a5 18. Qe2 (18. a4 b4 19. Qd2 (19. Qe2 Ra6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rxd6 22.
Be3 Ra8 23. Bf4 Rd4 24. Be3 {0,5/Winants,L-Tukmakov,V/Wijk/1993/}) 19... Qxd2
20. Rxd2 Rac8 21. Re1 Ba6 22. c3 Bc4 $10 {Oll,L-Loginov,V/URS/1987/}) 18... Ra6
19. Bxe6 Rxd6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. c3 $10 {Gershon,A-Leitao,R/Guarapuava/1995/})
18. Qe2 Bd5 19. Rd1 Bxb3 20. axb3 e5 21. Bc3 f5 22. Ba5 Rde8 23. c4 Rf7 24. Rd5
Nf6 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Ne4 27. d7 Qc1+ 28. Rf1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Bc3 Qh6
31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qxe4 {1-0 Galdunts,S-Lauber,A/Pardubice Komercni Banka op
1996/EXP 55}) 17... Kh8 $146 (17... a5 18. c3 (18. a4 b4 19. Bc4 {/\ Bb5} (19.
Bc4 {Ftacnik} e5 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Rf2 Kh8 23. h4 f5 24. Bg5 f4 25.
Bb5 Bc6 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Berzinsh,R-Aagaard,J/Aarhus op (09) 1993 
(38)})) 18... Ra6 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Rh3 e5 22. Rf4 Qg5 23. Rf2 exd4
24. Rxf7 {0-1 Schneider,D-Fishbein,A/New York op 1997/EXP 57}) (17... Rac8 $2
18. Rad1 Nc5 19. d7 Nxd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxd7 $16 {Wittmann,W-Boensch,U/
EUCup Gr6 Clichy 1993/CBM 38/1/2-1/2 (72)}) (17... Bd5 $6 18. Rad1 Bxb3 19.
axb3 {/\ c4-c5}) (17... e5 18. Bc3 (18. Be3 Qg6 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. h4 (20. Bc1 f5
21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 f4 23. Qd3 e4 24. Qh3 e3 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Rf5 Ng4 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxe3 Qxd6 29. Bg1 {Del Rio,S-Noden,N/WchJM-U18 Bratislava (03)/
1993/1/2-1/2 (74)}) (20. c3 f5 (20... Be4 21. Qf2 f5 22. Qg3 Qe8 23. Bg5 f4 24.
Qf2 Qg6 25. Be7 Rf5 26. Rfe1 Bc6 {0-1 Hamann,S-Gligoric,S/Skopje olm/1972 (51)}
) 21. Bc2 Rf6 22. h4 h6 23. Rf2 Qf7 24. Bg5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Re6 26. Bxf5 Rf8 27.
g6 Rxg6 28. Bxg6 Qxg6 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 {1-0 Del Rio,S-Gomez
Esteban,J/Pamplona op/1995 (37)}) 20... Nf6 (20... f5 21. h5 (21. Bg5 f4 22.
Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rac8 24. c3 Qe6 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. Rf3 Qf5 27. b3 Rc6 28. Rd5 {
Del Rio,S-Rivera,D/Alcobendas op (06) 1993/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 21... Qf6 22. a4 f4
23. Qg4 Bc6 24. Be6 Rad8 25. Bf2 Qh6 26. Bh4 Nf6 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. Bxg5 {
1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Donner,J/Wijk (12)/1974 (31)}) 21. d7 Qg3 (21... Rfd8 22. Rd6
$1 Rxd7 $2 23. Rfxf6 $1 $18) (21... Bc6 22. Rd6 $1 $16) (21... Rad8 22. Bc5 Rg8
23. Be7 $16) 22. Rxf6 $1 (22. Qf2 Qg4 $1 $13) 22... gxf6 {Zapata,A-Rodriguez,
Am/Bucaramanga/1992/} 23. Qf2 $16 (23. Qf2 $1 Qg7 24. Bc5 Rfd8 25. Be7 f5 26.
Rd6 Kg8 27. Bf6 Qg4 28. Bxe5 $16) (23. Bc5 $2 Rg8 24. Be7 Qxh4 $1 25. Bd5 $8 (
25. d8=Q $2 Raxd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Qd4+ $17) 25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxg2+ $1
27. Qxg2 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qh4+ 29. Qh3 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qe1+ {1/2-1/2 Zapata,
A-Rodriguez,Am/Bucaramanga/1992/})) 18... Qg6 19. Rad1 Kh8 (19... Rac8 20. Ba5
Kh8 21. Bc7 f5 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f4 24. a4 e4 25. Qh5 Qe6 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Rxb5 f3 {1-0 Leitao,R-Bates,R/WchJM-U16 Guarapuava (09)/1995 (41)}) 20. Bd5 (
20. a4 bxa4 $1 21. Bxa4 Nc5 $132) 20... Bxd5 (20... Qxd6 21. Bxf7 Qb6+ 22. Kh1
$14) 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 $146 (22... f5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxe5 (24. Ra5 f4
25. Rxa4 Qg6 26. Kh1 Rae8 27. Rxa6 e4 {1-0 Pachmann,A-Jedlicka,A/CZE-chT1a
9495 (09)/1995 (32)}) 24... Rae8 25. c4 Nxe5 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxd7
Rc6 29. R1d4 {0,5/Christiansen,L-Spasov,L/Indonesia/1982/}) 23. Ba5 $1 (23. a4
bxa4 $1 24. Qe4 Rab8 $132) 23... Rc6 24. b3 (24. a4 $5 {Lepeshkin,V} bxa4 25.
Qe4 $1 Qg6 $8 26. Rxe5 $8 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxc2 28. Qd5 $1 Rg8 $1 29. d7 h6 30.
d8=Q Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33. Rd1 $8 Rc2 $132) 24... Rac8 (24... Re8
$5 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 f5 $13) (24... h6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8) 25. Bc7 $14
{1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/PCA-Wch London 1993/CBM 36/[Ftacnik] (39)} (25. Bc7
{Ftacnik} Re8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 f5 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G (14)/PCA-Wch
London/1993 (39)})) 18. Rad1 (18. c4 {Ftacnik} bxc4 19. Bxc4 e5 20. Bc3 f5 21.
Qd2 Qg6 22. Bd5 Qxd6 23. Bxb7 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qxb7 25. Rad1 Rf7 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 g6 28. Rfd1 Ra7 29. Ra5 Kg8 30. Rd6 Rf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Bxe5 Ng4 33. Bd4
Rd7 {Del Rio,S-Villavicencio,A/ESP-ch (02)/1993/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 18... Qg6 (18...
e5 {Ftacnik} 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Bd5) 19. c4 (19. Rd3 e5 20. Bc3 f5 $36) 19... bxc4
(19... e5 $6 {Ftacnik} 20. Bc3 bxc4 21. Bxc4 f5 22. Bd5 $1 Qxd6 23. Bxb7 Qb6+
24. Kh1 Qxb7 25. Qd3 $14) 20. Bxc4 f5 $1 21. Bc3 (21. Bxe6 $4 Rae8 (21... Rfe8
{Ftacnik} 22. Rd3 Rxe6 23. Qd2 Nf6 $19) 22. Rde1 Rxe6 $19) (21. Bd3 {Ftacnik}
e5 22. Bc3 e4 23. Bc2 f4 $40) 21... f4 {Black must fight for the counterplay,
since white's bishop pair is too strong. Schwwarz muss einfach um Gegenspiel
kampfen, weil weissen Lauferpaar ist zu stark.} 22. Bd3 (22. Kh1 $1 {Ftacnik}
e5 (22... f3 23. gxf3 Qh5 24. Rd3 Nc5 25. Re3 $16) 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe6 (
24... e4 25. Rd4 Rae8 26. Qxa6 $16) 25. Rfd1 $14) 22... f3 $1 23. Qf2 (23. Rxf3
{Ftacnik} Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Bxg6 Rxc3 $19) 23... Qh5 (23... Qxg2+ $2 24.
Qxg2 fxg2 25. Rfe1 $44 {^^} (25. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} Nc5 26. Bc4 $13)) (23... Qg4
24. Qg3 f2+ 25. Kh1 Qxg3 26. hxg3 e5 $17) (23... fxg2 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxf8+
Nxf8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Bxg6 Bf3 (26... hxg6 27. d7 Bd5 28. Ba5 $18) 27. d7
Bxd1 28. Be8 $18) 24. Qg3 (24. g3 {Ftacnik} e5 $36) (24. gxf3 {Ftacnik} Rxf3
25. Qg2 (25. Qe2 Qg4+ $19) 25... Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Qg5+ 27. Kf2 Rf8+ $19) 24... e5
25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Rde1 Rae8 27. Re3 (27. Bxa6 $2 Re6 (27... Rf5 {Ftacnik} 28.
Bb5 Rg5 29. Rxf3 Rxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Qf7 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Bxe5 $18) 28. Bd3 Rf7 (
28... Rxd6 $2 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 $18) 29. Re3 (29. Bc4 Rg6 30. Bxf7 Rxg3+
31. hxg3 Qxf7 $17) 29... e4 30. Rfxf3 exf3 31. Rxe6 f2+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kg2 Qd5+
33. Re4 Qxe4+ $19) (32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Qf7+ $19) 32... Qd1+ 33. Be1 Nf8 $1
34. Re8 Rf3 35. Bc4 (35. Bf1 fxe1=Q 36. Rxe1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 38. Qg1 Qf3+
39. Qg2 Qd1+ 40. Qg1 Qxd6 $19) (35. d7 Qxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxg3 37. Rf1 Rxd3 38.
Rxf2 Nxd7 $19) 35... h6 $19) 27... Bc6 28. Rfe1 $2 (28. Bxa6 $1 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1
Re6 30. Be2 Qh6 (30... Qg6 $14 {Ftacnik}) 31. Bg4 Rxd6 $13 (31... Rg6 32. Bd2
$18)) 28... Qf7 29. Bxe5 $4 (29. Qh4 h6 $15 (29... h6 {Ftacnik} 30. a3 Re6 $13)
) (29. Bxa6 $6 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 $15) 29... Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Qa7+ $19 31. R5e3 (31.
R1e3 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Rf3 $19 (32... Re8 $19 {Ftacnik})) (31. Qe3 Rxe5 32. Qxa7
Rxe1+ (32... Rg5# {Ftacnik}) 33. Bf1 Rfxf1#) 31... Rf3 32. Qh4 h6 {Turmverlust
ist nicht zu vermeiden.} (32... Rfxe3 $4 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxh7#) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. a4 $5 $146 (9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nb1 e5 $146 (12... Bb7
) 13. Nf5 Be6 14. b3 g6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nh6 Bg7 17. h4 Nc5 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Kb1
Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc3 21. h5 Nb7 22. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 {
1/2 Nunn,J-Salov,V Wijk(3) 1992}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O (10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Qe5 (13... Be6 14. f4 $16) 14. Nf3 $14) 11. Kh1 Re8 12.
Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Na5 14. Ba2 Rac8 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. Bxc4 Qxd4 18. Bb3
Bc6 19. h3 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Be3 Qa5 24. f5 $1 Bxa4
$2 (24... Qxe5 25. Qg4 (25. Bd4 Qg3 26. fxe6 f6 $13) 25... Rcd8 (25... Bf6 $2
26. Bd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. fxe6 f6 29. e7+ Kh8 30. Bf7 $18) 26. Rxd8 Bxd8
$13) 25. Bxa4 Qxa4 26. f6 gxf6 (26... Bf8 27. fxg7 Bxg7 (27... Bc5 28. Qh5 Re7
29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd8+ Kxg7 31. Qg5#) 28. Qg4 $18) 27. exf6 Bf8 28. Qg4+ Kh8
29. Rf3 $3 {Boensch} (29. Rf3 Qxc2 30. Rg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 Nxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 Re8
15. h4 $6 (15. Qg3 Rb8 16. f5 Ne5 17. f6 Bf8 18. Rf4 b5 19. Rh4 b4 20. Nd1 Ng6
$13 {Muhutdinov,M-Naidoski,T Moskow VDFSO 1992 1-0 32}) 15... Bf8 16. h5 Rb8
17. Rf2 b5 18. b4 (18. g6 fxg6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rg2 b4 21. Nd1 e5 $17) 18...
Bb7 19. Raf1 (19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 $15) 19... Qc4
$1 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh3 Nf6 23. Rh2 $6 (23. e5 Nd5 $2 (23... Ne4
24. Nxe4 Bxe4 $13) (23... Nh5 $5) 24. Nxe6 $1 Nxe3 25. Ng5 $18) 23... Nxe4 $17
24. Nf3 Kf7 25. Nxe4 (25. Ng5+ Ke7 26. Ncxe4 Bxe4 27. b3 Qd5 $17) 25... Bxe4
26. b3 Qd5 27. Ng5+ Ke7 28. Rd2 Qf5 29. Qg3 Bd5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rc1 Rec8 32. c4
bxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Bxc4 $19 35. Nf3 Bd5 36. Nh4 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Kf7 $1
38. f5 Kg8 (38... gxf5 $2 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40. Rxd5 exd5 41. Nxf5 $10 {/\Nh6-f7})
39. Rxd5 (39. fxg6 Be7 $19) 39... exd5 40. Qf3 Qe4 41. Nxg6 Re8 {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Donev,I} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Be3 a6 (7... Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. a4 $5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Bd3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qa5 17. Qe1 Qh5 $10 {Nijboer,
F-Dorfman,J EUCup f (2) 1993 0-1 39}) 8. Bb3 (8. Qe2 Qc7 9. a4 $5 $146 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Na5 14. Ba2 Rac8 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Bc1
Qb6 17. Bxc4 Qxd4 18. Bb3 $10 {Kuzmin,G-Lerner,K St.Petersburg 1992 1-0 29})
8... Qc7 (8... Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. Rhf1 Nxb3+ 13. axb3
Bd7 14. f5 Ne5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. g3
Bc6 20. Kb1 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Kovalev,A/EU-Cup Gr1 Eupen (03) ;CBM 44 1994})
9. f4 Be7 (9... Na5 10. O-O b5 11. f5 Nxb3 12. axb3 b4 13. Na4 e5 14. Ne2 Rb8
15. Ng3 h5 $1 $15 {Onoprienko,V-Van Laatum,G Groningen op (10) 1993 0-1 37}) (
9... Na5 {Ftacnik}) 10. Qf3 (10. O-O Na5 11. f5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 O-O
14. Rad1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxa8 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 exf5
20. Qf3 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Smirin,I Groningen PCA (08) 1993 1-0 51}) 10... Nxd4 (
10... Na5 11. g4 (11. f5 {Donev,I} Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Rd8 16. O-O-O $14) 11... h6 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 hxg5 15.
fxg5 Nd7 16. g6 Ne5 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. Qg2 Bf6 19. Nce2 Qxf7 20. Nf4 $16 {
Istratescu,A-Nevednichy,V Bucharest Ciocaltea (04) 1994 1-0 37}) 11. Bxd4 b5 (
11... O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd3 Kh8 15. Qh5 Rg8 16. Qxf7 Rg7 17.
Qe8+ Rg8 18. Qh5 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nd4 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Ionov,S RUS-ch Elista 
(06) 1994 1-0 28 - CBM 44}) 12. a3 (12. e5 {Donev,I} Bb7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nh5 15. Qf2 O-O $10) 12... O-O 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 {Ftacnik}) 13... Bb7 14.
Rae1 Rac8 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc6 (16... Qd7 {Ftacnik}) 17. Rf3 a5 18. Qg5 $1
$40 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nd1 (20. Rg3 $2 {Ftacnik} Rg8 21. e5 Ne4 $1 22. Qxe7
Nxg3+ $19) 20... h6 (20... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 21. Nf2) 21. Rh3 Kh7 (21... e5 {
Ftacnik} 22. fxe5) 22. Nf2 Rg8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxe7 (24. Qxg4 $5 Qa6 $2 25.
Qh5 $140 $18) 24... e5 25. fxe5 (25. Qh4 {Ftacnik} f5 $1 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. exf5
exd4 28. Qxg4 $16) 25... dxe5 26. Bg1 Nf6 27. Qxe5 (27. Bxf7 Rgf8 (27... Nxe4
28. Bxg8+ Rxg8 29. Rf3 $18) 28. Rg3 (28. Bg6+ {Donev,I} Kxg6 29. Rg3+ Kh5 30.
Qxg7 $18) 28... Qc7 29. Bg6+ Kh8 30. Qxb4 $18) 27... Nxe4 28. Qf5+ Kh8 (28...
Qg6 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7 Rgf8 31. Bb3 Nf2+ 32. Bxf2 Rxf2 33. Rg3
Re8 $1 $10) 29. Bd4 Rcd8 30. c3 (30. Ba4 $1 {Ftacnik} Qd6 31. c3) 30... Nd2 $4
(30... Nxc3 {Donev,I} 31. Qf2 Rxd4 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Rxh6+ Qxh6 34. Qxd4 Rc8
$17) 31. Qg5 $4 (31. Bd5 $3 Rxd5 (31... Qxd5 $4 32. Rxh6#) (31... Qa6 32. Bxb7
$18) 32. Qxd5 {Donev,I} (32. Re6 {Ftacnik} Rxd4 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. cxd4 $18)
32... Kh7 (32... Qxd5 $4 33. Rxh6#) 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. cxb4 $18) 31... Rxd4 $1
$19 32. cxd4 Nxb3 33. d5 Re8 $4 (33... Qa6 $1 $19) (33... Qd6 $4 34. Re6 $1 Ra8
35. Rexh6+ gxh6 36. Rxh6+ Qxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. h4 $18) 34. Rxe8+ $4 (34. Qd8
$3 Rxd8 35. dxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxb3 $14 (36. Rxb3 {Donev,I} Rd2 37. Rg1 Rd4 $13 {
/\Bd5})) 34... Qxe8 $19 35. Qe3 Qa8 $1 (35... Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Bxd5 37. Re8+ Kh7
38. Rb8 $16) 36. Rxh6+ (36. Qxb3 {Ftacnik} Qa1+) 36... gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38.
Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Zonal Randers Preliminaries B"]
[Site "Randers"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1982.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 (10... O-O) 11. f5 e5 12. Ne6 $1 fxe6 13. fxe6 Na5
14. Nd5 Bxe6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxe6 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rc6 19. Rxf6 (19.
Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qh5+ Kd8 21. Qf7 Qc7 22. Qxf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Arsovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. e5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb7
15. Qg3 b4 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Rd4 Bb7 18. Rc4 Qb5 19. Rc7 Bd8 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3
Qb6 22. Rd7 g6 23. Bd4 Nxd7 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. h4 Rc8 26. h5 Be4 27. Qe3 $2 Bxg2
28. Rh2 Nd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Kb1 Bf6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. a3 Rfe8
34. Qf3 Re4 35. f5 g5 36. Rh6 Rc6 37. Qg2 g4 38. Qd2 Rd4 39. Qe3 Re4 40. Qd2
Rd4 41. Qh2 Rdc4 42. Qb8+ Rc8 43. Qb6 Bd4 44. Rg6+ $5 Kh8 (44... fxg6 45. Qxg6+
Bg7 46. f6 R4c7 47. Qxg4 $11) 45. Rh6+ Kg8 46. Rg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Bb3 a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. Kh1 Ng4 $6 (11... Bc6 12. f5 e5 13. Qd3 h6
$13) 12. h3 h5 13. Bd2 Rh7 14. Qd3 $2 (14. Be1 $5 $14) 14... Qb6 15. Qe2 Be7
16. a4 Bf6 17. Rf3 Bd4 18. Raf1 Qc5 19. f5 Nf6 $2 (19... Bf6 $15) 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. e5 $1 $18 Qxe5 22. Qd3 Rh8 23. Re1 Qc5 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kd7 26. Ne4
Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Be5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Qxb7+ Ke6 $2 (29... Rc7 $16) 30. Qf7+ Kd6
31. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Weglarz, Leszek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Bb3 a6 10. Rg1 Nd7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 Nc5 14. Qh5 Nxb3
15. axb3 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. O-O-O a5 18. f4 g6 $2 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 a4) 19.
Qh6 b4 (19... exf4 20. Bd4 f6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24.
Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rg1+ $18) 20. f5 $1 bxc3 (20... gxf5 21. g6 fxg6 22. Rxg6+) 21.
Rxd6 $1 a4 (21... Qxd6 22. f6 $18) (21... gxf5 22. Rxe6 $1 (22. g6 fxg6 23.
Rxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. exf5))
22. Rxd8 axb3 23. Qxf8+ $1 1-0

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bykhovsky,Av"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7
15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 Kh8 $6 {N/} (17... e5 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qf1 Nd5
20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rd2 Bc6 22. d7 $16 {Rade,M-Lisenko,A/Mravinei/1994/1:0/64/})
(17... a5 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Bxe6 Rxd6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. c3 $10 {Gershon,A-Leitao,
R/Guarapuava/1995/}) (17... a5 18. a4 b4 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rac8 21. Re1 Ba6
22. c3 Bc4 $10 {Oll,L-Loginov,V/URS/1987/}) 18. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 a5 20. a4
e5 (20... b4 $5 $14) 21. Be3 b4 22. Rf1 f6 $2 (22... f5 23. Be6 f4 24. Bxf4 (
24. Bxd7 fxe3 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Bb5 Rxd6 28. Rxe3 e4 $10) 24...
Nc5) 23. Be6 Bc6 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Bh3 Red8 (25... Rab8 $5 $14) 26. c3 bxc3 27.
Rc2 Nf8 28. Rxc3 Bd7 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Rc7 Bxh3 31. gxh3 Red8 32. Rd1 Nd7 33. Ba7
f5 (33... Kg8 $5 $14) 34. Bf2 h6 35. Bh4 g5 36. Be1 $18 Kg7 37. Rd5 Kf6 38.
Bxa5 Ke6 39. Rb5 Kxd6 40. Rc2 Rdc8 41. Bb4+ Ke6 42. Rd2 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Nf8 44.
Rd6+ Kf7 45. Rxe5 f4 46. Rf5+ Kg7 47. Rc5 Rc8 48. Rxc8 Rxc8 49. a5 Rc2+ 50. Rd2
1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 {Unusual but it has been played.} bxc6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Ba4 Bd7
12. e5 Ng8 13. Qg4 g6 14. Ne2 h5 15. Qf3 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 {Although
unorthodox, the placement on the rook on h6 is not devastating to Black's
position. The closed nature of the game and the pair of bishop's potential
power compensates.} 17. c4 Kf8 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Rac1 c5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne2 d4
22. b4 h4 $5 {Bringing the rook in through the 5th rank.} 23. bxc5 Rh5 24. Rfd1
Rxe5 $6 (24... Bxc5 {was important to keep d4 under protection.} 25. Nf4 Rf5
$11) 25. Nxd4 Qe8 (25... Bxc5 26. Qf6 $1 $16 {may have been what Hou Yifan
missed.}) 26. Qf4 Rcxc5 (26... Rexc5 27. Nxe6+ $16) 27. Nb3 Rf5 (27... Bg5 28.
Qd4 Bf6 29. Nxc5 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxd4 $14) 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 $2 (29...
Bg5 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Ne4 {and the rook on g5 cannot defend f6 and itself,
because of the fork on d6.} Qe7 $1 (31... Rf5 32. Nd6 $18) 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. c5
$1 h3 34. g3 Qg4 35. Kf1 $1 Qf3 $1 {Black's counterplay seems just enough to
draw.}) 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Qe3 Qc6 32. Kh1 Kh7 33. Rd4 Kg7 34. Qe4 Qb6 35. Rd1 Bf6
36. Qe3 {The conversion isn't quick, but Harikrishna proves that it does come
eventually.} Qc6 37. c5 Kh7 38. h3 Be7 39. Rd4 Kg8 40. Rdc4 a5 41. Qc3 Rd5 42.
Qf3 Qd7 43. Rc1 Rf5 44. c6 Rxf3 45. cxd7 Rd3 46. Rc7 Bd8 47. Rb7 Kf8 48. Kg1
Ke7 {White will lose d7 but the endgame is winning.} 49. Kf1 Rd2 50. Rc8 g5 51.
Ke1 Rd5 52. Ke2 f5 53. Ke3 Rd1 54. Ke2 Rd4 55. Rbb8 Rxd7 56. Rc3 Rd4 57. Rd3
Re4+ 58. Kd2 Rf4 59. f3 Bc7 60. Rb7 Rc4 61. Rc3 Rxc3 62. Kxc3 Kd6 63. Kc4 Kc6
64. Ra7 Bb6 65. Ra8 Bc7 66. Ra7 Kb6 67. Ra8 Kc6 68. a4 Kd7 69. Ra6 Bd8 70. Kb5
Bc7 71. Kc5 Bd8 72. Ra7+ Bc7 73. Rb7 1-0

[Event "CHN-USA Summit"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.07.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 {Weiß strebt den Velimirovic-Angriff an, der die lange Rochade
mit nachvollgendem Angriff am Königsflügel vorsieht.} e5 $5 {Sieht man an
dieser Stelle selten, ist aber offenbar eine bisher unterschätzte
Möglichkeit.} ({Zur Hauptvariante führt} 9... a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 {
zum Beispiel:} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. g5 Nc5 14. Rg1 f5 15. Kb1 f4 16. Bc1 Bd7
17. h4 Bc6 18. Qg4 Qc8 19. Rdd1 b5 20. f3 b4 21. Ne2 Nxb3 22. axb3 e5 23. Qxc8
Rfxc8 24. Bd2 a5 25. Nc1 Rab8 26. Rge1 Be8 27. c4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bh5 29. Rf1 Bf7
30. Kc2 Rb7 31. Kd3 a4 32. bxa4 Bc4+ 33. Kc2 d5 34. exd5 Ba3 35. Rde1 Rb2+ 36.
Kd1 Rd8 37. Rf2 Bc5 38. Rh2 Be3 {0-1 (38) Nguyen Van Huy (2486)-Le Quang,L 
(2709) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) 10. Nf5 $6 ({Vielleicht ist} 10. Nf3 {besser.})
10... Bxf5 11. exf5 d5 {Schwarz hat die Oberhand im Zentrum gewonnen.} 12.
O-O-O d4 13. f4 {Ein neuer Zug.} (13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxf5 16. g4
Qg6 17. h4 Bxh4 18. f4 Bd8 19. Kb1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Qd6 21. Qd3 h6 22. Ng6 Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 (22) Kratochvil,J (2236)-Pecha,T (2260) Kouty nad Desnou 2012}) 13...
Qa5 14. fxe5 dxc3 ({Weniger gut wäre} 14... dxe3 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 {
mit aktiven weißen Figuren.}) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. g4 ({In Betracht kam} 16. Rd5
{. Nach} cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Rhd1 a5 19. Rd7 Qe5 20. Qf3 {hat Schwarz
allerdings einen Mehrbauern - auf b2.}) 16... Rae8 $15 {Droht 17...Sd4} 17. Qf2
(17. bxc3 Qxc3 $19 {kommt für Weiß nie in Frage, daher kann sich Schwarz mit
dem Nehmen auf b2 Zeit lassen.}) 17... Re5 18. Kb1 Rb5 (18... h6 $5) 19. a4 $1
{Weiß hält sich.} (19. h4 $2 Rxb3 20. cxb3 (20. axb3 Nb4 $19) 20... c2+ 21.
Kxc2 Qxa2 $19) ({Auf} 19. Rd7 {folgt} Rxb3 20. cxb3 Qe5 {mit der Drohung c3-c2.
}) 19... Rc8 (19... cxb2 $5) 20. g5 (20. axb5 $2 cxb2 $19) 20... Be5 ({Nach} 
20... Rxf5 21. Qg2 Bxg5 22. Rhg1 Bf6 23. Rd7 {ist die Situation nicht klar.
Weiß hat Gegenspiel.}) 21. Bf4 ({Auf} 21. f6 {folgt stark} Rxb3 22. cxb3 Nb4
23. Ka1 c2 24. Rc1 Qd5 {gefolgt von} 25. Z0 Qxb3 {und} 26. Z0 Qa2#) 21... Rxb3
(21... Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf5 23. Qg4 Rc7 24. Rhe1 g6 25. h4 $11) 22. cxb3 c2+ (
22... Nb4 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Bd6 {mit etwa gleich Aussichten.}) 23. Kxc2 $2 ({
Nach} 23. Qxc2 Bxf4 24. g6 $1 {ist die Partie alles andere als zuende. Die
Aussichten sind sogar nahezu gleich.}) 23... Bd4 ({Vielleicht hatte Weiß hier
nur mit} 23... Nb4+ 24. Kb1 {gerechnet, wonach er einfach eine Qualität mehr
hat.}) (23... Bd4 {Danach gerät die Dame in einige Springergabeln.} 24. Be3 (
24. Qg3 Qxf5+ 25. Kd2 Nb4 26. Rc1 Rc2+ 27. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 28. Ke1 Bf2+ $19) 24...
Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nb4+ 26. Kb1 Qxf5+ 27. Ka1 Nc2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Bc8
15. Rad1 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be5 17. Rd3 Re8 18. a3 Bb7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf5 Bc7 21.
Rd7 Bb6+ 22. Kf1 Bc8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Rff3 Kg7 25. Ne2 Ra7 26. Nf4 Bc7 27. c3 Be5
28. h3 a5 29. Rd1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. cxb4 Bxb2 32. b5 Be5 33. Nd3 Bd6 34. Nf2
Bc5 35. Ng4 Bd7 36. Rxd7+ Rxd7 37. Nf6 Rde7 38. Nxe8+ Rxe8 39. Rc3 Rf8+ 40. Ke2
Bd4 41. Rc7+ Rf7 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. Bc4 e5 44. Kd3 Kh6 45. Rd6 Bf2 46. Rd5 Re7 47.
Rd8 Rb7 48. Ke2 Ba7 49. Rd5 Re7 50. Rd6 Rb7 51. Ra6 Bd4 52. Rd6 Ba7 53. g3 Kg5
54. Kf3 Kh6 55. h4 Kh5 56. Kg2 Bc5 ({Of course} 56... Kg4 $4 {gets mated:} 57.
Be2#) ({and} 56... g5 $2 57. Be2+ (57. Kh3 {is also good}) 57... g4 58. Bc4 Bd4
59. Rf6 {shows that Black has not only light-squared weaknesses, but also on
the dark squares as well. After Rf6, he loses at least the exchange
immediately, and more later.}) 57. Rc6 Bd4 58. Kh3 Kh6 59. g4 Kg7 60. g5 Be3
61. Bd5 Rb8 62. Rc7+ {White continues tactically. By maintaining the squeeze,
he forces the black king to an unfavorable position in which he is under the
threat of getting mated, which allows White to carry out his plan. Black
eventually attempts counterplay, but it doesn't work.} Kh8 63. Bc6 Rf8 64. Re7
Bd4 65. Bd5 Rf3+ 66. Kg2 Rf2+ 67. Kg3 h6 68. gxh6 (68. h5 $1 {is even stronger,
leading to mate. But the one pawn advantage is about to become three, and
that's good enough with the clock ticking in an important game.}) 68... Rf4 69.
Re6 Kh7 70. b6 Rf8 71. b7 Ba7 72. h5 gxh5 73. Kh4 Rf1 74. Kxh5 Rg1 75. Re7+ Kh8
76. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch07"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1951.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 (11... b5 $6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Ne4 Bc6
14. Qd3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 $14 {Bezgodov,
A-Ragozin,E/Elista/1994/0,5/38/}) 12. Qd3 (12. Qe2 $5 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxe4 $6 (
13... Bxb5 $5 14. Qxb5 Nxe4) 14. Nxa7 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Nb5 Bc6
18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Rad1 $16 {Fischer,R-Saidy,A/New Jersey/1957/1|0/26/}) 12... b5
13. Nxb5 $6 (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 a5 $6 (15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5
17. Qe3 Bg5 18. Qc3 Nxb3 19. axb3 $10) 16. a3 $6 (16. Nf6+ $5 $40) 16... Bxe4
17. Qxe4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Bg5 19. Qc3 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Rc8 $15) 13... Bxe4 (13... Bxb5
14. Qxb5 Nxe4 15. f5 Bf6 16. Qd3 d5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8
20. Bxc4 e5 21. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer,R-Weinstein/USA/1958/1|0/57/}) 14. Qe2 Qd7 $6
(14... a6 $5 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Rad1 Qc7) 15. c4 $1 d5 (15... Bc6 16. Nc3 Qb7 17.
Bc2 $36) 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. cxd5 (17. Nc3 $5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bc6 19. f5 $36) 17...
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. f5 a6 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 exf5 22. Rxf5 Rad8 23. Re1 (
23. Rdf1 $5) 23... Bd6 24. Qg4 g6 25. Qg5 (25. Rh5 $5 f5 $2 (25... Rfe8 26.
Rxe8+ $2 (26. Rf1 Bf8 (26... Qe4 27. Rxh7 $1) 27. Qh3 Rxd4 28. Rxh7) 26... Rxe8
27. Rxh7 Qb1+ 28. Kf2 Qe1+ 29. Kf3 Qe2#) 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+
Kg8 29. Rxb7 $18) 25... Bb8 26. Bf6 (26. Qf6 Rxd4 27. cxd4 gxf5 28. Qg5+ Kh8
29. Qf6+ $10) 26... Rd6 27. Kh1 (27. Qh6 Qb6+ 28. Bd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Qxd4+ 30.
Rf2 Ba7) 27... Re6 $1 28. Ref1 Qc7 29. g3 (29. Qh6 Qxh2+ $1) 29... Qc6+ 30.
R5f3 Re1 $1 $19 31. Rxe1 (31. Kg1 Ba7+ 32. Bd4 Qxf3 33. Rxe1 Qxc3 $19) 31...
Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Ba7+ 33. Bd4 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Kh8
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qc8 (18... b5 $5 19. Bxf6 $6
gxf6 $1 20. Bxe6 Bd6 21. Qg4 f5 $15) 19. Bc4 $1 {/\ 20.Bd3 ><h7} Bc5 20. Bd3 {
20.Rf3} Bc6 21. Rf4 Qd7 22. Rh4 h6 23. Bxf6 $2 {23.Ne4!+/-} Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rf5
25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Rg4 e5 28. b4 Rd5 29. Qe4 g5 30. Rg3 Rd4 31. Qg6
Qg7 $15 32. c3 Rf4 33. Qd6 Rf2 34. h4 g4 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 h5 37. Rge3 Rf5
38. c4 Kh7 39. c5 Re7 40. a4 $2 Rd7 $19 41. Qe6 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rdd1 43. Kg3 Qf8
0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ba2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5
15. Bb3 e5 16. Be3 h6 17. f3 Be6 18. Rd3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
b4 22. Rfd1 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qa2 24. Bc1 Rc6 25. Qb5 Rxc2 26. Qxb4 Rfc8 27. Qe1
Qc4 28. Bd2 Rxb2 29. Rc1 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. h3 Rb8 32. Bb4 Rb6 33. Kh2 Bg5
34. Rxd6 Bf4+ (34... Rxb4 $1 35. Qxb4 Qf2 36. Rd1 Bf4+ 37. Kh1 Qg3 38. Kg1 Qh2+
39. Kf2 Bg3+ 40. Ke3 Qxg2 $19) 35. Kg1 Rxd6 36. Bxd6 Qc6 37. Bb4 Qb6+ 38. Kh1
h5 39. Bd2 Bxd2 40. Qxd2 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. e5 (11. a3 Bb7 $17) 11... dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13.
O-O (13. Nxb5 Qa5+ (13... Nxe5) 14. Nc3 Nxe5 $15) 13... Bc5 $1 (13... b4 14.
Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 $16 {Fischer-Olafson/Stockholm izt/1962/1-0/33}) 14. Bxc5 (14.
Nxb5 Qb6 $36 {Gewinnt den Bauern zurück.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxb5
Ba6 17. Bc4 (17. Nc7 Bxf1 18. Nxa8 Bb5 (18... Bxg2) 19. a4 Nxb3 20. cxb3 {=/=/+
}) 17... Rab8 18. a4 Nxa4 $1 $10 19. Nd6 $2 (19. Rxa4 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21.
Rxa7 Rxb2 22. Rfxf7 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rxc2 $10) 19... Bxc4 20. Nxc4
Nxb2 21. Nd6 Rd7 22. Rfb1 Rc7 (22... Rb6 23. c4 Na4 24. c5 $1 Nxc5 $2 (24...
Rxb1+ $2 25. Rxb1 Nxc5 $18 26. Rb8+) 25. Rxb6 $18) 23. h3 (23. c4 $142 {
/\ 24.Nb5} Rb4 $1 {=/+/-/+}) 23... Rb6 24. c4 h6 25. Nb5 Rc5 (25... Rxc4 $4 26.
Rxb2 a6 27. Nd6 $18) 26. Rxb2 a6 27. Rf2 (27. Rab1 axb5 28. Rxb5 Rbc6) 27...
axb5 28. Ra7 Rxe5 29. Rfxf7 Rg5 30. Rfb7 (30. cxb5 $5 Rbxb5 31. Rf2 {Im
Doppelturmendspiel ist die Verwertung eines Mehrbauern schwieriger.}) 30...
Rxb7 31. Rxb7 bxc4 32. Rc7 Rf5 33. Rxc4 Kf7 34. g4 $6 (34. g3 $142 {/\ h3-h4,
Kg2-h3-g4}) 34... Rf3 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. h4 Ra3 38. Rb7 Rc3 {
Wartezüge vor der Zeitkontrolle} 39. g5+ hxg5 40. hxg5+ Kg6 41. Re7 Re3 42. Kf2
$2 (42. Kh2 $3 $10 Re5 (42... Kxg5 43. Rxg7+ Kf6 44. Rg1 Rf3 45. Kg2 Rf5 46.
Re1 $10) 43. Kh3) 42... Re5 $19 {Abgabezug} 43. Kf3 Rf5+ 44. Ke3 (44. Ke4 Rf7
$1 (44... e5 $4 45. Rxg7+) 45. Rxe6+ Kxg5 $19) 44... e5 45. Ke4 Rxg5 46. Re8
Rg1 $1 47. Kf3 (47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Rxe5 Re1+ 49. Kf5 Rxe5+ 50. Kxe5 Kg6 $1 51.
Kf4 Kh5 $19) 47... Rf1+ 48. Kg3 Rf5 49. Rb8 (49. Kg4 Rf4+ 50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Rf8+
Ke4 52. Rg8 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 (53. Kg4 Rf1) 53... Rf7 $19) 49... Kg5 50. Re8 Kf6 51.
Rf8+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd5 55. Ra8 Rf7 56. Kg4 Re7 57.
Ra5+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59. Kf3 Re6 60. Ra8 e4+ 61. Ke3 g5 62. Ra1 Kg6 63. Rb1
Re5 64. Kd4 Kf6 65. Re1 (65. Rf1+ Ke6 66. Ke3 (66. Re1 g4 67. Rg1 e3) 66... Rf5
67. Ra1 Rf4 68. Ra5 Kf6 {/\ Kh4 -+}) 65... Ra5 $1 66. Rxe4 Kf5 $1 (66... Ra4+
$4 67. Kd5 Rxe4 68. Kxe4 $10) 67. Re8 Kg4 68. Ke3 Kg3 (68... Kg3 69. Ke2 g4 70.
Rg8 Rf5 71. Rg7 Kh3 72. Rg8 g3 73. Rg7 Kh2 74. Rh7+ Kg1 75. Rg7 g2 76. Ra7 (76.
Rh7 Re5+ 77. Kd3 Kf2 78. Rf7+ Kg3 79. Rg7+ Kf3 80. Rf7+ Kg4 81. Rg7+ Rg5 $19)
76... Rh5 77. Kf3 Kh1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. f4
Nxb3 9. axb3 b6 10. f5 Qd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Qg4 Nxc3
15. f6 $1 Bd8 (15... Nxd1 16. Bh4 g6 17. Qf4 Kh8 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. fxe7 g5 20.
Bxg5 $18 (20. Qf6+ $18)) 16. bxc3 $1 Qc7 17. Rd3 Bb7 18. Rg3 $2 (18. Rh3 $142)
(18. Bh4 $142 $1 g6 19. Qf4 Kh8 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Bg5 $18 Bxe4 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Rh3#) 18... g6 19. Rh3 h5 20. Rxh5 $2 (20. Qh4 $142) 20... Qxc3 21. Rh8+ Kxh8
22. e5 (22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Qh6 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxd4+ 25. Kc1 Bxf6 $1 $19) 22... Rc8
23. Kb1 Kg8 24. Rc1 $2 (24. Qh4 Be4 25. Qh6 (25. Rc1 Qxd4 26. Qh6 Bxc2+ 27.
Rxc2 (27. Ka2 Bb1+ 28. Kxb1 Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Bxf6 30. exf6 Rc8+ $19) 27... Qd1+
28. Rc1 Qxb3+ 29. Ka1 $10) 25... Bxc2+ 26. Ka2 Qa5+ $10 (26... Bxb3+ 27. Nxb3))
24... Rc5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gleisdorf"]
[BlackTeam "Grodzisk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 {Wells. Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7.
Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7
14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 e5 18. Rf2 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
is a fabulous novelty in a very well known position. It may not change the
world, but the surprise for black must have been extremely unpleasant.} exd4 (
18... Qg6 19. Raf1 Qxd6 (19... exd4 20. Rxf7 Kh8 21. Rxd7 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Bc6
23. Ra7 Rd8 $14) 20. Bc3 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Qc5 22. Kh1 $14) 19. Qe7 Qxe7 {'?!'
Wells.} (19... Nf6 {'!' Wells.} 20. Qxb7 Qe3 21. Qf3 (21. Bxf7+ $2 {Wells} Kh8
{[%csl Rf2]}) 21... Rad8 (21... Qxf3 {Wells} 22. Rxf3 Rad8 {looks just fine
for Black. I need convincing that Karsten's attractive and original 18th move
has more lasting worth.}) 22. Qxe3 dxe3 23. Re2 Rxd6 24. Rxe3 Re8 25. Rxe8+
Nxe8 26. a4 $14) 20. dxe7 Rfe8 (20... Rfc8 21. Rxf7 (21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Re2 Nf6
23. Rd1 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd4 Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Rxc2 $11) 21... Kh8 22. Be6 $5
(22. e8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. Rxd4 Re2 26. Rg4 Rd8 27. Rf1 g6
$11) 22... Bc6 23. Raf1 h6 24. R1f4 Rg8 25. Rxd4 $14) 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Re1 Nf6
23. g4 $1 {All this was most likely still the topic of preparation, black is
solving unpleasant problems.} Bd5 {'?!' Wells.} (23... h6 24. h4 $1 (24. Bxe8
Rxe8 25. h4 Kg8 26. Rf4 Nd5 27. Rxd4 Kf7 $15) 24... Rec8 25. Rf4 Bc6 26. g5 $14
) ({As I confessed in the text} 23... Rec8 $1 {(Wells) looks tougher.
Certainly White will need to be more subtle than} 24. g5 Ne4 25. Rfe2 Nd6 {when
} 26. e8=Q+ $11 {is necessary, but not a try for a plus. Any solution must
rest on Black's difficulties improving the position, but there is always ...
Bc6-e8 to consider.}) 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. g5 Nd7 26. Rf4 {Wells: 'The Black
pieces look passive vulnerable. e7 will not queen, but it will extract a high
price.'} Kg8 27. Rxd4 Nb6 28. Re5 {There is a strong suspicion, that white was
nearly won at this stage.  Wells: 'To trade rooks. This rule about removing
the rook as 'coordinator' of the minor pieces really does seem to have
pleasingly few exceptions!'} (28. b3 $1 Kf7 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 $18) 28... Bf7
29. Rd8 Nc8 30. c3 g6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Re2 Na7 33. Re6 Bxe6 34. Rxe8 Kf7 35. Ra8
Nc8 36. Rxa6 {Wells: 'The price for the e-pawn is revealed. Two simple
thoughts: i) Queen-side pawns again! ii) Passive knight helps to emphasise
that Black is vulnerable on the dark squares. The White king doesn't need
asking twice.'} Kxe7 37. Ke3 Nd6 38. Ra7+ Bd7 39. Kf4 Nf7 40. b3 h6 {'?' Wells.
Wells: 'Hastens the end, but as a picture of piece passivity it is quite
graphic anyway.'} (40... Nd8 41. h4 Kd6 42. a4 $16) 41. Rxd7+ $5 {'!' Wells.
Karsten Mueller is a great expert on endgames and his feeling has proved him
right. White has excellent chances to outfox the knight with passed pawns on
both flanks.} Kxd7 42. gxh6 Nxh6 {Wells: 'We have seen advancing wing pawns as
a problem for the B+N, but less so for the 2BBs. Two advancing rooks pawns -
the knights ultimate nightmare!'} (42... Ke7 {Wells} 43. a4 ({or} 43. h7 Kf6
44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Kg7 46. a5 Nd8 47. a6 Nc6 48. Ke4) 43... bxa4 44. bxa4 Kd6
45. h7 Kc5 46. h4 Kc4 47. Kg4 Kxc3 48. h5 $18 {doesn't help.}) 43. Kg5 Nf5 44.
Kxg6 {Hecht: '[#] Springer vs drei Bauern, wobei beide für Springer
gefährliche Randbauern noch an Bord sind.'} Ne7+ {Hecht: 'Geht
verständlicherweise auf Bauerngewinn aus.'} ({Die vorübergehende H e m m u n g
des h-Bauern besteht in} 44... Nh4+ {Hecht} 45. Kf6 Nf3 46. h3 {um den weißen
König nach f4/g4 zu zwingen und mit dem eigenen zentral aktiv zu werden.} Kd6
47. Kf5 Kd5 {und nun zwei gute Möglichkeiten:} 48. a4 (48. Kf4 Ng1 (48... Ne5
49. h4 Ke6 50. Ke4 $18) 49. h4 Ne2+ 50. Kf5 Nxc3 51. h5 Ne4 52. h6 Nd6+ 53. Kf6
Ne4+ 54. Kg6 $18) 48... bxa4 49. bxa4 Kc4 50. Kg4 Nd2 51. h4 Ne4 52. h5 Nxc3
53. h6 Nd5 54. Kg5 $18 {Sowohl A) wie B) zeigen die schwarzen Probleme
überdeutlich an.}) 45. Kf7 Nd5 46. h4 Nxc3 47. h5 Ne4 48. Kg6 {'!' Hecht.} ({
Achtung!} 48. h6 {Hecht} Ng5+ 49. Kg6 Ne6 50. h7 ({bzw.} 50. a3 Kd6 51. h7 Nf8+
52. Kg7 Nxh7 53. Kxh7 Kc5 $11) 50... Nf8+ 51. Kg7 Nxh7 52. Kxh7 b4 $11) 48...
Nc5 (48... Ke7 {Hecht} 49. h6 Nf6 50. h7 Nxh7 51. Kxh7 b4 52. Kg7 Ke6 53. Kg6
Ke5 54. Kf7 (54. Kg5 $2 Kd4 55. Kf4 Kc3 56. Ke3 Kb2 57. Kd4 Kxa2 58. Kc4 Ka3
$19 {ist nur peinlich}) 54... Kf5 $11) 49. Kf6 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'Verhindert
die Annäherung des feindlichen Königs, bringt aber den eigenen zentral ins
Geschäft.'} Ne6 50. Ke5 Ke7 ({Total untauglich wäre} 50... Nf8 {Hecht} 51. Kd5
$18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rd5c5]}) 51. h6 (51. Kd5 $2 {Hecht} Nf4+ 52. Kc5 Nxh5 53.
Kxb5 Kd6 54. Kb6 Nf6 $11) 51... Kf7 52. b4 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'Nur auf den
ersten Blick überraschend, auf den zweiten nicht. Weiß muss beide Bauern
behalten, um gewinnen zu können.'} (52. a4 $2 {Hecht} bxa4 53. bxa4 Nc5 54. a5
Kg6 $11) (52. Kd5 $2 {Hecht} Nf4+ 53. Kc5 Nd3+ 54. Kxb5 Nc1 55. a4 Nxb3 56. Kb4
Nd4 $11) (52. Kd6 {Hecht} Nf4 {also ohne Schachgebot...} (52... Nd4 53. Kc5 Ne2
54. a3 Nc1 55. b4 $18) {...was diesen Sicherungszug ermöglicht} 53. a3 $1 Nd3 (
53... Ne2 54. Kc5 Nc3 55. Kb4 Nb1 56. a4 bxa4 57. bxa4 Nd2 58. a5 $18) 54. h7
$1 Kg7 55. Kc6 b4 56. a4 Nc1 57. a5 Nxb3 58. h8=Q+ $1 Kxh8 59. a6 Nd4+ 60. Kb6
b3 61. a7 $18) 52... Nd8 53. Kd6 Kg6 54. Kc5 Kxh6 55. Kxb5 {Hecht: 'Die
Stellung hier, wo der schwarze König müde gelaufen wird, und die in der
Anmerkung zu 51.h6 unterscheiden sich wie Tag und Nacht.'} Kg6 56. a4 Kf6 57.
a5 Ke6 58. a6 Kd7 59. a7 Ne6 60. Kb6 (60. Kb6 Nc7 61. Kb7 {gefolgt von b5 und
b6}) 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2004.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 {Nevednichy values his knight on
c3 and doesn't allow it's bothering with b4.} e5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd3 (14. Qf3
Rc8 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 $11) 14... Rc8 15. O-O-O O-O (15... Ng4 16. Bd5
Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb7 19. Rd3 h6 20. h4 $14) 16. g4 $5 {This
sacrifice is very daring, since white gets nothing concrete save for the open
g file.} Nxg4 17. Rhg1 Nxe3 (17... Nf6 $2 18. Bh6 Ne8 19. Rxg7+ $1 Nxg7 20. Qg3
Bf6 21. Bxg7 $18) 18. Qxe3 Bf6 (18... Kh8 19. Kb1 Bc6 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 $11) 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qe2 Qa5 $6 {Acs understands the necessity to
create counterplay, but he will lose too much material in the process.} (20...
Qe7 21. Kb1 Rc7 22. Bd5 $11) 21. Rxd6 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 (22... Qa1+ $6 23. Nb1 (
23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Qh5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Nd5 $11) 23... Rc6
24. Rd5 $16) 23. Rd7 a5 (23... Bc6 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Rb8 26. Bb3 $14) (
23... Kg8 $2 24. Qh5 $16) 24. Bxf7 Bc6 (24... Qb6 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27.
Rxb7 Qxb7 28. b3 $16) 25. Qh5 $1 {Without this move white would have to accept
draw.} Rxf7 (25... Bxd7 $2 26. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Rh3+ Bh4 28. Rxh4#) (25... h6
26. Rg6 Bg5+ 27. Rxg5 Bxd7 28. f6 $18) 26. Qxf7 (26. Rxf7 $1 Rb8 (26... Be8 27.
Rc7 Rb8 28. Qg4 Qxb2+ 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Nd5 Qb4+ 31. Kc1 Qe1+ 32. Kb2 $16) 27.
b3 Be8 28. Nd5 Bxf7 29. Qxf7 $16) 26... Bxd7 27. Qxd7 Rd8 (27... Rb8 28. b3 $16
) 28. Qb5 Qd4 (28... Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Kg8 30. Ra3 $16) 29. Qe2 Rb8 30. Rd3 Qb4 (
30... Bg5+ 31. Kb1 Qb4 32. Nd1 a4 $14) 31. Nd1 a4 32. Kb1 h6 33. h3 Qb5 34. Re3
Qb6 35. Ra3 Qg1 $6 {The position is only slightly better for white, but black
is playing too forcefully.} (35... Qc6 36. Rc3 Qb6 37. Qg4 $14) 36. Rd3 (36.
Rxa4 $2 Rd8 $19) (36. Ka2 $1 Qd4 37. Nc3 Qb4 38. Nxa4 Be7 39. c3 Qb7 40. b4 $16
) 36... Be7 $2 (36... Qb6 $14) 37. Qe3 Qg2 38. Qa7 Rc8 39. Qxa4 Qe2 40. Nc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 b5 12. e5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 {The line was considered drawish, but
Rublevsky has probably found something after taking with bishop as well.} (
17... Bxf8 18. Qe8 Qc6 19. Kf2 Qxg2+ {1/2-1/2 Shanava,K-Izoria,Z/Dubai 2004/ 
(19)}) 18. Qe8 Bc5 19. Ne2 Qxe5 20. Rf1 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2+ (
22... Qd6 $2 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Qxf8+ $18) 23. Kxg2 Qd2+ 24. Kf3 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 4] Modern chess has many faces and one of them might be seen here. White
king avoids immediate perpetual, clearly the fruit of home analyses.} (24. Kg3
Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Qd2+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Qg5+ 29. Kh3 Qe3+ {1/2-1/2
Golubev,M-Brodsky,M/Simferopol 1989/ (29)}) 24... g5 (24... Qxc2 25. Kg3 Qg6+
26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Rf3 e5 28. Ra3 $16) (24... h6 25. Qc8 $14) 25. Qa8 Kg7 (25...
Qf4+ $2 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 $18) (25... Qxh2 26. Ke3 Qe5+ 27. Kd2 Qd5+ 28.
Qxd5 exd5 29. Rf6 $1 $16) (25... Qxc2 26. Kg3 Qd3+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Rf2 Qb4 29.
Qf3 $14) 26. Kg3 (26. Qxa6 g4+ 27. Kg3 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Rf2
Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg3 Qe3+ $11) 26... Ng6 27. Qb7+ Kh6 28. Qe4 {White has
an extra exchange, very exposed king and some very small chances to win the
game.} e5 (28... Qd6+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kh1 Qc5 31. c3 Qd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. a4
$16) 29. Rf6 Qc1 30. Kg2 Kg7 (30... Qxb2 $5 31. Rxa6 b4 32. Rb6 $14) 31. Rxa6
Nf4+ (31... Qxb2 32. Rb6 Qxa2 33. Rxb5 $16) 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 {Lugovoi's
attack is bound to fail, since his king is in the mating net himself.} Nh5+ (
33... Qd4 34. Qb7+ $18) 34. Kg4 Qd7+ (34... Nf6+ 35. Rxf6 h5+ (35... Kxf6 36.
Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qxg5+ $18) 36. Kxh5 Qxh2+ 37. Kxg5 Qg1+ 38. Kf5 Qf1+ 39. Kxe5
Qxf6+ 40. Kd5 $18) 35. Kxg5 (35. Qf5 Qxf5+ 36. Kxf5 Nf4 37. Rb6 $18) (35. Kxh5
Qh3+ 36. Kxg5 h6+ 37. Rxh6 Qxh6+ 38. Kf5 Qf6+ 39. Kg4 Qe6+ 40. Kg3 $18) 35...
h6+ 36. Kh4 (36. Kxh5 $4 Qh3+ 37. Qh4 Qf5+ 38. Qg5+ Qxg5#) 36... Qd8+ 37. Kh3
Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Qg5+ 39. Kf2 (39. Kf3 $4 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qe2#) 39... Qh4+ 40. Kf1
Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Qh4+ 42. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. f5 {The Scheveningen structure for black is
extremely compact and flexible, taking it by force requires exceptional
meassures.} (11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qh5 Bb4 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O
16. Rhf1 Qe4 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Rd3 Rae8 19. Rg3 g6 20. Qh6 {1-0 Gross,D-Sax,G/
Feldbach/1997/ (38)}) (11. O-O Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bb7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Bf4
O-O 16. Rae1 Nc5 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qe2 {1-0 Madl,I-Horvath,T/HUN/1999/ (32)})
11... Be7 (11... exf5 12. O-O (12. Bd4 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5
Qxd5 16. Nxd5 O-O-O $13) 12... Be6 13. exf5 Bxb3 14. axb3 $14) 12. fxe6 fxe6 (
12... Bxe6 13. Qd4 (13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qc4 $11) 13... O-O 14. O-O $14) 13.
O-O O-O (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Qf7+ Kd8 16. Qxg7 $18) 14. Nd5 $5 {
A witty geometrical motive makes a great impression, it was enabled by the
exchange of the e6 pawn.} Rf7 (14... exd5 $2 15. Rxf6 $18) (14... Nxd5 15. exd5
Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Qc7 17. dxe6 $18) (14... Bd8 $5 15. Bd4 Nxe4 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.
Qf3+ Nf6 18. Rf1 Rb8 19. Nxf6 Qxf3 20. Nxh7+ Kg8 21. Rxf3 Kxh7 22. Rf8 $16) 15.
Nxf6+ (15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $15) 15... Bxf6 (15... Rxf6 16. Qd3 $14) 16. Bd4 Qxe4 (
16... Bd7 17. Bxf6 Raf8 18. Qd4 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Rd1 $14) 17. Bxf6 Bb7 $2
{The terrible mistake in the defense, Cao Sang forgets about the vulnerability
of his e6 pawn.} (17... gxf6 18. Qxd6 Bb7 19. Rf3 $14) 18. Qd2 Rxf6 (18... gxf6
19. Rae1 $18) 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Re1 $1 Qg6 (20... Qc6 21. Rxe6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 d5
23. Rxf6 $18) 21. Rxe6 Kh8 22. Rxd6 Re8 23. Rd8 {The technical part is not so
easy, but white has a solid extra pawn.} (23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qf7 $16) 23...
Qe4 $6 (23... Bc6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. c3 $16) 24. Rxe8+ (24. Bf7 $1 Rxd8 25.
Qxd8+ Kg7 26. Qg8+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ Kg5 28. Qg7+ Kf5 29. Qxh7+ $18) 24... Qxe8 25.
h3 Kg7 26. Qf4 Be4 (26... Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qe5 28. Qxe5 (28. Qg3+ Kh6 29. c3 $16)
28... fxe5 29. g4 e4 30. Kg3 e3 31. c4 $16) 27. Qc7+ Kh6 (27... Kg6 28. c4 $16)
28. Bf7 Qa8 (28... Qe5 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. c4 $16) 29. Be6 (29. Qe7 $5 Bg6 30.
Qe3+ Kg7 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. g4 $18) 29... Bg6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. c3 Qc6 32. Bb3 (
32. Qe3 Be4 33. Bb3 $16) 32... a5 33. a3 Qc5+ (33... a4 34. Ba2 h6 35. h4 Qc5+
36. Qd4 $16) 34. Kh2 (34. Qd4 Qg5 35. Kh2 $16) 34... Qe7 35. Bd1 Qf7 36. Bf3
Qe7 37. Bc6 Qe2 (37... Qc5 38. Qc7+ Bf7 39. b4 axb4 40. cxb4 Qc4 41. Qd6 $16)
38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. Qd6 Qxb2 (39... Qf2 40. b4 $18) (39... Kg7 $5 40. b3 h5 41. a4
$16) 40. Qxf6 Qxa3 41. h4 $1 (41. Bxb5 Qc5 42. g4 Qxb5 43. Kg3 $1 Qc5 44. Kh4
a4 45. g5+ $18) 41... Qc5 42. g4 b4 (42... Qe3 43. Qf8#) 43. g5+ (43. g5+ Kh5
44. Bf3+ Kxh4 45. Qf4#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Rae1 b4
15. axb4 axb4 16. Nd1 Nd7 {[%mdl 4] Black still has to fight against the
potential kingside attack, since all white pieces are concentrated at this
area.} (16... d5 17. e5 Ne4 $13) 17. f5 e5 (17... exf5 18. Rxf5 (18. exf5 Bf6
$11) 18... Bf6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Be5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qd4 $14) 18. Bf2 Nc5
19. Bxc5 (19. Qf3 Bb5 $17) 19... dxc5 20. Bd5 (20. Ne3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Bg5 22.
Nc4 $11) 20... Qb6 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Qc7 22. Ne3 $11) 21. Qf3 (21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Ne3 Ra2 23. Ra1 Rfa8 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Nd5 Bd8 $11) (21. Ne3 c4 22. Qxc4
Bb5 23. Qb3 Bxf1 24. Bxa8 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxa8 26. Nd5 Qd6 $11) 21... Bxd5 22.
exd5 Bf6 23. Kh1 (23. Ne3 c4 24. Qe4 Rfc8 $15) 23... Rad8 (23... c4 24. Re4 Qb5
25. Ne3 Ra2 26. Rd1 Rxb2 $11) 24. b3 Qd6 25. c4 (25. Ne3 Rfe8 26. Qe4 Bg5 27.
Rd1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 e4 29. f6 Re5 $15) 25... bxc3 26. Nxc3 e4 27. Nxe4 (27. Rxe4
Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxd5 $11) 27... Qxd5 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 {The demage is limited as
black had to accept only somewhat inferior pawn structure.} 29. Qg3+ (29. Re4
$5 Kh8 30. Rfe1 Rg8 31. g4 $14) 29... Kh8 30. Qh4 Rd6 31. Rf3 Rg8 32. Rg3 (32.
h3 Qd2 33. g4 Qd5 34. Qg3 Rb6 35. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 32... Rxg3 33. Qxg3 Rd8 34. Qf2
(34. Qc7 Rg8 35. Rg1 Rg5 $15) 34... Rb8 35. h3 $2 (35. Qg3 Qxb3 36. Qc7 (36.
Re8+ $2 Rxe8 37. Qxb3 Re1#) 36... Rb5 37. h3 Kg7 38. Qd6 c4 39. Qf4 h5 $15)
35... Rxb3 36. Qf4 $2 {Christiansen played the time trouble phase really bad
and will duly be punished.} (36. Kh2 Qd4 37. Qf1 Rd3 $17) 36... Rxh3+ 37. Kg1
Rh5 38. Rf1 Rg5 39. Rf3 Kg7 40. Kh2 Qe5 41. g3 Qxf4 42. Rxf4 h5 0-1

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Bxa7 $6
{[%mdl 8] New, but very risky move in a well known position. Black pieces are
coming to life with a full swing.} Bh4+ 15. g3 $6 (15. Bf2 Nxe5 $13) (15. Kf1
b4 $5 (15... Nxe5 16. Qe2 Rb7 17. Bc5 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 Rd8 $13) 16. Bxb8 bxc3 17.
Ba7 Ba6+ 18. Kg1 cxb2 19. Rb1 Nxe5 $13) 15... Bb7 16. Qh5 (16. Qe2 Bxh1 17.
Bxb8 Qxb8 18. gxh4 Nxe5 $17) 16... Bxh1 17. Bxb8 (17. gxh4 Ra8 18. Bd4 b4 $17)
17... Bg5 (17... Qxb8 18. Qxh4 Qxe5+ 19. Kd2 $13) 18. Bc7 (18. Bd6 Nxe5 $1 19.
Rd1 (19. Bxe5 Qd2+ 20. Kf1 Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Be3#) 19... Qb6 (19... Bf3 20. Bxf8
Qxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Bxh5 22. Bd6 $13) 20. Bxe5 Qg1+ 21. Ke2 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Qxe5 $17) (
18. Rd1 Qxb8 19. Qxg5 Nxe5 $15) 18... Qxc7 19. Qxg5 b4 (19... Nxe5 20. O-O-O b4
$15) 20. Nb5 (20. O-O-O bxc3 21. Rxh1 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rc8 $17) 20... Qc5 21.
O-O-O Bf3 (21... Nxe5 $1 22. Kb1 (22. Qf4 Bf3 $19) 22... Bf3 23. Re1 f6 24.
Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Qxb5 $19) 22. Rxd7 Qg1+ 23. Kd2 Qxh2+ (23... Qd1+ 24. Ke3
Qxd7 25. Nd6 $15) 24. Kd3 (24. Kc1 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Qd1+ 26. Ke3 Qe2+ 27. Kd4)
24... Qe2+ 25. Kd4 Qd1+ 26. Kc5 (26. Ke3 Qxd7 27. Nd6 Bd5 $19) 26... Qxd7 {
Ehlvest will hardly find many followers of his opening experiment, his king on
c5 speaks volume for it's dubious success.} 27. Kxb4 Rb8 28. a4 (28. c4 Bc6 29.
a4 Qd4 $19) 28... Qd4+ 29. Ka3 (29. c4 Qxb2 $19) 29... Qc5+ 30. Ka2 Bd5 31.
Bxd5 (31. Kb1 Bxb3 32. cxb3 f6 $19) 31... Qxd5+ 32. b3 f6 33. Qe3 Qxe5 (33...
fxe5 34. c4 $17) 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Ne4 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe6 (17. Qxa8 Bb7 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $15)
17... fxe6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (19... Bxf8 $2 20. Qe8 Qc6 21. Kf2 $8
Qxg2+ 22. Ke1 Qh1+ 23. Kd2 Qxh2+ 24. Ne2 $16) 20. Qe8 Bc5 21. Ne2 (21. Rd1 Qxe5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh1) 23... Qf5+ 24. Ke1 (24. Kg1 Qxc2 $19) 24...
Bxg2 $17) (21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Qf2 23. Rg1 Bxg2+ 24. Rxg2 Qf1+ 25. Rg1 Qf3+
$11) 21... Bxd4+ (21... Qxe5 22. Rf1 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ $8 25.
Kxg2 Qd2+ 26. Kg3 Qg5+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mowsziszian,
K-Lerner,K/Bad Woerishofen/1997/ (50)} (28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30. Kg3 Qg5+
31. Kh3 Qe3+ {Golubev,M-Brodsky,M/URS Army-ch Simferopol/1989/ 0.5})) 22. Nxd4
Qxe5 23. Nf3 {In fact the only independent move of the whole game. White can
play for win with a bit daring march of the king into the center after 23.Rf1.}
(23. Rf1 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ (24... Qd6 $2 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxf8+ Qxf8 27.
Rxf8#) 25. Kxg2 Qd2+ 26. Kf3 $1 $14) 23... Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3+ 26.
Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qg6 19. Bc3 (19. c4 bxc4 (19... e5
$6 20. Bc3 bxc4 21. Bxc4 f5 22. Bd5 $1 Qxd6 23. Bxb7 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qxb7 25. Qd3
$14) 20. Bxc4 f5 $1 21. Bc3 f4 22. Bd3 (22. Kh1 $1 e5 (22... f3 23. gxf3 Qh5
24. Rd3 Nc5 25. Re3 $16) 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe6 (24... e4 25. Rd4 Rae8 26.
Qxa6 $16) 25. Rfd1 $14) 22... f3 $1 23. Qf2 Qh5 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Polgar,
J/Dos Hermanas 1997/ (32)}) 19... f5 {Black king sits in the deep corner in
order to enable this push in the moment, when e6 pawn is not completely
protected.} 20. Rf2 (20. Bxe6 Rae8 $19) 20... Rae8 21. a4 f4 22. Qd3 (22. axb5
f3 23. Qc4 fxg2 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. bxa6 Qf5 26. Qe2 Bc6 $15) 22... Rf5 23. axb5
axb5 24. Rdd2 (24. Kh1 Bc6 $11) 24... Bc6 25. Bb4 f3 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Qe3 $2 {
A terrible oversight in an unclear position. Black had to strive for
compensation as white bishop' s pair could become very dangerous.} (27. g3 Re5
28. Rd3 $13) 27... Re5 28. Rxf3 (28. Qd3 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 fxg2 31.
Qe1 Rf8 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Qxf2 Qg4 $19) 28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Ra8 30. h3 Ra1+ 31.
Kh2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hait, Alexander"]
[Black "Kalugin, Sergei G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. e5 (10. exd5 exd5 11. Kh1 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f5 Qb6+ 13.
Kh1 Bb7 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Be3 Ne4 18. c4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2
Kupka,S-Prucha,K/Ostrava/1960/ (40)}) 11... Re8 (11... Bc5 12. Nf3 d4 13. Na4
Be7 14. c4 b6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. a3 Qc7 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. b4 Rad8 19. Qc2 h6 20. c5
bxc5 21. Nxc5 Ba8 {0-1 Mohrlok,D-Boleslavsky,I/Hamburg 1960/ (41)}) 12. Nf3 d4
13. Ne2 Bc5 14. Ba4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19.
Qd3 Qd5 20. Ng3 Re3 21. Bxe3 Bxf3+ 22. Kg1 dxe3 {0-1 Komora,A-Sluka,R/Moravka
opJ/1994/ (27)}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qxg4 Nxd4 13. Rae1 f5
14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Kh1 a6 (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 d4 18. Ne4 Qf5 19.
Rg3) 16. Qh5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 d4 19. Rh3 dxc3 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Rxc3
Rd8 22. f5 {1-0 Eisinger,M-Engels,L/Karlsruhe/1938/ (34)}) 11. Qxd4 b6 (11...
Ng4 12. f5 (12. h3 b6 13. Na4 Nh6 14. g4 f5 15. g5 Nf7 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rf3 Rc8
18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Bd4 Nd8 {0-1 Novikov,L-Boleslavsky,I/Minsk/1955/ 
(45)}) 12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bf4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Kg1 g5 17. Rxf2
gxf4 18. f6 Bd7 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Ne2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rg8 22. Nxf4 Rg5 {0-1
Estrin,Y-Taimanov,M/Leningrad/1955/ (28)}) (11... Nd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 a6
14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Ng3 a5 16. Qf2 Ra6 17. c3 Nc4 18. Bd4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6
Rxf6 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Soloviev,V-Byvshev,V/Gorky/1950/ (34)}) 12.
Qd1 (12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Qg3 Nh6 14. Qd3 a5 15. a4 Ba6 16. Nb5 Nf5 17. c3 Bc5+ 18.
Kh1 Qh4 19. Qf3 d4 20. Bd1 dxc3 21. bxc3 Rad8 22. Be2 Bb7 {0-1 Petschar,
K-Wirius,S/AUT-chT/1991/ (57)}) 12... Nd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Qe7
16. Rf3 $2 {Terrible tactical oversight, white fails to get enough
compensation for the exchange. The logical idea 16.Ne2 would have tested
black's set up.} (16. Ne2 $5 f6 17. exf6 (17. c4 $6 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5
Nxc5 20. cxd5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxd5 $15) 17... Nxf6 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Qe3 $14) 16...
d4 $1 17. Bxd4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bb4 (18... Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rfd8 $19) 19. f5 $5 Bxc3
(19... exf5 $2 20. Nd5 Qxe5 21. Nxb4 $18) (19... Bc5 $5 20. fxe6 fxe6 $17) 20.
Bxc3 Rad8 21. Qf4 {Sometimes the tactics works just fine for the opponent.
White will now be punished with a concentrated action of black pieces coming
to life.} (21. f6 $2 Nxf6 $1 22. exf6 Rxd2 23. fxe7 Rxd1+ $19) 21... exf5 22.
Qxf5 Nc5 $1 23. Bd5 (23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bc4 Qd7 $19) 23... Na4 24. e6 (24. Be1
Qc5+ 25. Bf2 Rxd5 26. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Nxc5 $19) 24... Nxc3 25. exf7+ Kh8 26.
bxc3 Rxf7 27. Bxf7 (27. Qe4 Qc5+ 28. Kg2 Re7 29. Qh4 g5 $19) 27... Rxd1+ 28.
Kg2 Rd2+ 29. Kh3 (29. Kg3 Qc7+ 30. Qf4 Rg2+ $19) 29... Qc7 30. Qe6 Qxh2+ 31.
Kg4 0-1

[Event "Wotulo Memorial"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Be3 Na5 10. f4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. f5 (12. g4 d5 (12... Nxb3 13. Nxb3 (
13. axb3 b6 (13... d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Ra4
fxe5 19. fxe5 Bd7 20. Nd6 b5 {0-1 Hamm,S-Enders,P/Bad Wiessee/1997/ (34)}) 14.
g5 Ne8 15. b4 Rb8 16. b5 axb5 17. Ncxb5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Ra7 {1-0 Ramesh,
R-Lovlu,S/Calcutta/1996/ (44)}) 13... Re8 14. g5 Nd7 15. a4 b6 16. f5 Ne5 17.
f6 Bf8 18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Bd4 Re7 20. Qh5 Bb7 {0-1 Birnboim,N-Vilela,J/Teeside/
1974/ (36)}) 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5
18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Rd3 {1-0 Klovsky,R-Nikolaevsky,Y/Yaroslavl/1966/ (30)}) 12...
Nxb3 (12... e5 13. Nf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 b5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Rac8
18. Rac1 Qb6+ 19. Qf2 Bd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {1-0 Bogdanovic,
R-Dzindzichashvili,R/Tbilisi/ 1965/ (50)}) 13. cxb3 b5 14. b4 (14. Rac1 Qd7 15.
Rfd1 Bb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bh6 Kh8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Qf2 Be5 {0-1 Alvarez,J-Witt,L/Quebec/1982/ (41)}) 14... Qb7 15.
Qf3 Bd7 (15... a5 $5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Bd7 $13) 16. g4 e5 $6 (16... d5 $5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 $15) 17. Nb3 d5 $2 {[%mdl 32] Johansen's solution
to the impending white's attack is unfortunate, white will gain complete
control of the center.} (17... h6 18. h4 Nh7 19. Qg3 $14) 18. g5 $1 dxe4 (18...
Nxe4 19. Na5 Nxg5 (19... Qb8 20. Nxd5 $18) 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Nxd5 $18) 19. Qd1
Ne8 20. Na5 Qc8 (20... Qc7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nb7 $18) 21. Nd5 Bd6 (21... Bd8 22.
Rc1 Qb8 23. Bc5 Bxg5 24. Rc2 $16) 22. Nb6 Qd8 23. Nb7 Qc7 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 (24...
Rd8 25. Nxe8 $18) 25. Rc1 Nc4 (25... Bc6 26. Nd5 Qd7 27. Rxc6 $1 $18) 26. Rxc4
{Rather conservative solution to the problem, white could have won even
without elimination of the active black's knight.} (26. Nxd7 Rfd8 27. b3 Rxd7
28. Qe2 Rd3 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bc5 $18) 26... bxc4 27. Qxd7 Rac8 (27... Qxd7 28.
Nxd7 Rfe8 29. Rc1 $18) 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Nxc4 f6 31. Nd6 Ra8 (31...
Rd8 32. Nxe4 $18) 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Nxe4 a5 34. b5 (34. Nxf6+ Kf7 35. Nd5 Rc6
36. a3 $18) 34... Rac8 35. b6 Rb7 (35... Rxc5 36. b7 $18) 36. Nxf6+ Kh8 37. Ne4
1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Ba2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Rad1 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Rfd8 (15... Rfe8 16. Rd3 Bf8 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nxd6
Bxd6 21. exd6 Qxa4 22. b3 Qa2 23. c4 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Nf6 25. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,
S-Chandler,M/Hastings/1986/ (76)}) 16. g4 $1 (16. e5 Ne8 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. f5
e5 19. Nf3 Bxf5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,A-Savon,V/Moscow/1982/ 
(21)}) 16... Qc5 $2 {Black fails to address the problems of the position.
White's attack is very dangerous so the strong meassures were called for.} (
16... e5 $5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 exf4 $13) 17. g5 Ne8 18. f5 e5 (18... Bf8 19.
fxe6 fxe6 20. b3 $1 Nb6 21. b4 Qxc3 22. Nxe6 $18) (18... b5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20.
Qf2 $18) 19. Nd5 $1 Bf8 (19... exd4 20. Nxe7+ (20. b4 Qxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 $18)
20... Kh8 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd4 $18) 20. b4 $1 Qa7 21. Bxc4 exd4
22. g6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black pieces are so poorly coordinated, that white is
winning without great effort.} (22. Bb2 b5 23. Bxd4 Qb7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bb3
$18) 22... Kh8 (22... fxg6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. fxg6 Nf6 26. Rxf6
$18) 23. gxf7 Nc7 (23... Nf6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Rg1 $18) 24. Nf4 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bxf6 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Ra7 $1
14. O-O Rd7 15. Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bb7 $10 {Soerensen-Sher/Hastings/1989-90/})
12... Bxf6 13. e5 Bh4+ 14. g3 Rb8 (14... Qb6 15. gxh4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bb7 17. Qf2
Qc7 18. Rf1 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qd4 20. Qf2 Qe5+ 21. Qe2 Qd4 {Michalek,J-Bagaturov,G/
Brno/Morava-C (02)/1991/0.5 (22)}) 15. gxh4 (15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Ne4 Be7 (16...
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qd3 Be7 19. h4 Qa5 (19... a5 20. c3 b4 21. Bc2 g6 22. h5
bxc3 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh6 $16) 20. f5 b4 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. f6 $16 {
Morozevich-Mitenkov/Moscow/1991/}) 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20.
Qg4 Bd5 21. Ng5 Rb6 22. Kb1 Qc8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Qe2 {Hmadi,S-De Firmian,N/Tunis
izt/1985/0-1 (27)}) 15... Bb7 16. Ne4 dxe5 (16... Qxh4+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. Nxg3
Bxh1 19. Nxh1 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rfd8 21. Nf2 $1 (21. Rd1 $2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.
Ke2 Rd4 24. Nf2 Rh4 25. h3 Rh5) 21... Rd4 22. a4 $1 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rh4 (23...
Rxb2 24. Bb3) 24. Bb3 $16) 17. Rg1 g6 (17... Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ (18... Qh6 19.
Ng5 exf4 20. Qxf4 $16) 19. Nxg3 exf4 20. Nh5 $16) (17... Qd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19.
Qg3 g6 20. fxe5 Qxb2 (20... Bf3 21. Kf1 $1 Qxb2 22. Re1 $16) 21. Rd1 $16) 18.
Rd1 (18. fxe5 $2 Qxh4+) 18... Bxe4 (18... Qxh4+ 19. Qf2 (19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. Nxg3
exf4 21. Nh5 Bf3 22. Nxf4 Bxd1 23. Kxd1 $13) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Nxf2 exf4 21. Nd3
$16) 19. Qxe4 Qxh4+ 20. Ke2 (20. Kf1 Rfd8 $1 21. Rxd8+ $140 Rxd8 22. Qxe5 Rd1+
$19) 20... Qxh2+ (20... Rbd8 $1 21. c3 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Rd8 $13) 21. Rg2 (21. Kf3
Qh3+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+) 21... Qxf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Kf3 Rfd8 (23... e5 $2 24. Rg5
Rbe8 25. Re1 $16) (23... a5 24. c3) 24. Rxd8+ (24. Rgd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 g5 26.
Kg4 h6 $13) 24... Rxd8 25. Kxf4 Kf8 (25... h5 26. Ke3 Kg7 27. Rd2 $14) 26. Ke3
(26. Re2 $5 Ke7 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd4+ 29. Re4) 26... Ke7 27. c4 (27. Rd2
Rc8 28. a4 h5 $132) 27... h5 (27... b4 28. c5 h5 29. c6 $14) 28. a4 (28. cxb5
axb5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Rb8 $10) (28. c5 h4) 28... bxa4 $1 (28... bxc4 29.
Bxc4 a5 30. Rg5 Ra8 31. Rb5 $16) (28... b4 29. c5 h4 $140 30. Rg4 Rh8 31. Kf2
$14) 29. Bxa4 h4 30. c5 (30. Rg4 $5 Rh8 31. Kf2 h3 (31... Rh6 $6 32. c5 f5 33.
Rd4 g5 (33... h3 34. Kg1 g5 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. c6 Rh4 37. c7 (37. b3 h2+ 38. Kh1
Rh3 39. c7 Rc3 40. Kxh2 $16) 37... Rc4) 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. c6 Rh8 36. c7 Rc8 37.
Bc6 $18) 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. b3 Rd2 34. Rg3 $14) (30. b4 Rh8 31. Bc6 $14) 30... Rh8
31. Rc2 (31. Kf2 h3 32. Rh2 Rh4 33. b3 f5 34. Kg3 g5 35. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 a5
37. Bb5 Kd8 38. Bc4 Kd7 39. c6+ Kxc6 40. Bxe6 Kc5 41. Bd7 Kb4 42. Ba4 Kc3 $10)
31... h3 32. Bc6 e5 33. Kf2 (33. Bb7 h2 34. Rc1 $140 f5 35. Rh1 a5 $13) 33...
h2 34. Rc1 (34. Bh1 f5 35. Kg3 e4 36. Rxh2 f4+ 37. Kg2 f3+ 38. Kg3 Rxh2 39.
Kxh2 Kd7 $17) 34... a5 $1 35. Bd5 (35. Bb7 f5) 35... Rd8 (35... f5 36. c6 Kd6
37. Bg2 e4) 36. Bg2 (36. Bb7 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxb2 38. c6 Rc2 39. Rxc2 h1=Q 40. c7
Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Qd1+) 36... Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Kd7 (37... Rxb2 38. c6 Kd8 39. c7+ Kc8
40. Bd5 h1=Q 41. Bxh1 $18) 38. Ra1 (38. c6+ Kc7 39. Rc5 f5 $1 40. Rxe5 f4+ 41.
Kh3 f3 42. Bxf3 Rd3 43. Re7+ Kc8 44. Kxh2 Rxf3 $10) 38... f5 39. Kxh2 (39. Rxa5
e4 40. b4 f4+ 41. Kh3 f3 42. Bh1 f2 43. Ra1 e3 $19) 39... Rxb2 40. Rxa5 e4 (
40... e4 41. Ra6 Rc2 42. Rxg6 Rxc5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 (17. Rf2 a5 18. a4 b4 (18... e5 $5) 19. Qe2 Ra6
20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rxd6 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Bf4 Rd4 24. Be3 {0,5/Winants,
L-Tukmakov,V/Wijk/1993/}) 17... e5 (17... Bd5 $6 18. Rad1 Bxb3 19. axb3 {
/\ c4-c5}) (17... a5 18. a4 (18. c3 Ra6 $5) 18... b4 19. Bc4 {/\ Bb5} (19. Rad1
$6 Ba6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. Qe2 Rc6 $132)) 18. Bc3 (18. Be3 Qg6 19.
Rad1 Kh8 20. h4 Nf6 (20... f5 $5 21. h5 Qf6 $13 {Browne,W-Donner,HJ/Wijk/1974/}
) 21. d7 Qg3 (21... Rfd8 22. Rd6 $1 Rxd7 $140 23. Rfxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd7 $18) (
21... Bc6 22. Rd6 Bxd7 23. Rfxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd7) (21... Rad8 22. Bc5 Rg8 23. Be7
Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxf7 $18) 22. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 {Zapata,A-Rodriguez,Am/
Bucaramanga/1992/} 23. Qf2 $16) 18... Qg6 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 (20... Qxd6
21. Bxf7 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 $14) 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 $146 (22... f5 23. a4
bxa4 24. Bxe5 Rae8 25. c4 Nxe5 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxd7 Rc6 29. R1d4
{0,5/Christiansen,L-Spasov,L/Indonesia/1982/}) 23. Ba5 $1 Rc6 24. b3 Rac8 (
24... Re8 $5 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 f5 $13) (24... h6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 (
26... f5)) 25. Bc7 Re8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 f5 28. h3 $6 (28. Qc2 e4 29. Qa4
Rc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Qc6) 28... h6 (28... e4 29. Qf2 e3 30. Qxf5 e2 31. Re1
Rxc4 32. Qxe6 (32. Rxe2 $2 Qxe2 33. Qxd7 Qe3+ $1 $19) 32... Rxe6 33. Rd2 Rce4
34. g3 R4e5 $13) 29. Qc2 e4 30. Qa4 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Qc6 Nd7 (32... Nd3
33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. cxd5 Ne5 35. Rd4 $16) 33. Qd5 (33. Qxa6 f4 $132) 33... Qg6 (
33... Qxd5 34. Rxd5 e3 35. Kf1 $16) 34. Qd2 $2 (34. c5 $1 Re5 (34... f4 35. c6
f3 (35... Nf6 $2 36. Qd2) 36. g4 (36. Rd2 $2 Nf6 37. Qd4 e3 38. d7 exd2 39.
dxe8=Q+ Qxe8) 36... Nf6 37. Qf5 Qf7 $1 (37... Qxf5 $2 38. gxf5 e3 39. Rc1 (39.
d7 $2 f2+) 39... f2+ 40. Kf1 e2+ 41. Kxf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 $18) 38. Qf4 (38. d7
Qxa2 39. dxe8=Q+ Nxe8 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 $10) 38... Qxa2 39. Qd2 (39.
Qh2 $6 Qa4 $13 (39... Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2 e3 41. Rc1 e2 42. Bb6 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Rxe1
44. d7 Re8 45. d8=Q Rxd8 46. Bxd8 Ne4 47. Be7 f2 48. Kg2 Nd2 49. Kxf2 Nc4 50.
Bc5 $18)) (39. Qg3 Qc2) 39... Qxd2 40. Rxd2 e3 41. Rb2 (41. Rd1 f2+) 41... e2
42. Ba5 Ne4 43. Rxe2 fxe2 44. d7 Rf8 45. c7 Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Rf2+ $10) 35. Qa8+ Kh7
(35... Re8 36. Qxa6 e3 (36... Ne5 37. c6 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Qg3 39. d7 f4 40. dxe8=Q+
Kh7 41. Qxe4+ $18) 37. c6 e2 38. Re1 Qg3 39. Rxe2 $18) 36. c6 Rb5 $1 (36... f4
37. cxd7 f3 38. Rd2 $1 e3 (38... Rg5 39. g4 Rxg4+ 40. hxg4 Qxg4+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ (
41... Qf4 42. Qxe4+ $1 $18) 42. Ke3 Qe1+ 43. Kd4 Qxd2+ 44. Kxe4 $18) (38... Qg5
39. d8=Q Qe3+ (39... Qxd2 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. Qae8+ Rxe8 42. Qxe8+ $18) 40. Rf2
Qe1+ (40... Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. g3 $18) 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Qae8+
Rxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kf5 45. Qf7+ Ke5 46. d7+ Kd4 47. Bb6+ $18) 39. d8=Q Qb1+ 40. Kh2
exd2 41. Qg8+ Kg6 42. Qxf3 d1=Q 43. Qff7+ Kg5 44. Bd8+ $18) 37. Qxa6 $1 (37.
cxd7 Rb2 38. g4 fxg4 39. Qe8 Qf5 40. Rf1 (40. Qg8+ Kxg8 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qh4
Qf3) (40. Qf8 Qxf8 41. Rf1 Qg8 42. d8=Q Qxa2 43. d7 gxh3 44. Qh8+ Kxh8 45.
d8=Q+ Kh7 46. Qd6 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rg6 48. Qh2 Qg2+ $1 $19) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Qc2
$19) 37... Rb2 38. Qf1 f4 39. cxd7 $8 f3 40. g4 (40. d8=Q $2 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Qg3
42. d7 Qxh3+) 40... Qf6 41. d8=Q f2+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Qxd1 (
44... Qf4+) 45. Qf8 Qxf1 46. Qf5+ $10) 34... Re5 35. Qe3 Qe6 (35... Qf7 $1 36.
Rc1 f4 $40) 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Rc2 Kg8 (37... Rxc4 $2 38. Qb3 Ne5 39. Rxc4 Nxc4
40. d7 Qxd7 41. Qxc4 $18) 38. a4 Kf7 39. Qf2 e3 (39... e3 40. Qf3 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g4 (13. a3 Bb7 14. f5
e5 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Kb1 a5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 a3 {
1/2-1/2 Ostojic,P-Minic,D/Novi Sad 1965/ (101)}) (13. f5 Rb8 (13... b4 14. Ne2
(14. Na4 e5 15. Rc4 Qa5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. g4 d5 20.
exd5 e4 21. Qg2 Rd8 22. g5 Nxd5 23. Qxe4 {1-0 Medvegy,N-Grabics,M/HUN-chW 1992/
(41)}) (14. Rxb4 d5 15. Rd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 exf5 (16... Bb7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg3
Qxg3 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nxg3 Rae8 21. Rd3 Ne4 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 {1-0
Istratescu,A-Lieberum,J/Berlin 1996/ (28)}) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bf4 Qa7 19. Rd6
Be6 20. Rhd1 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rfc8 22. c3 a5 {0-1 Istratescu,A-Maherramzade,J/
Halle 1995/ (43)}) 14... e5 15. Rd2 Bb7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 a4 19.
Bf2 Rfc8 20. Kb1 a3 21. b3 Nxd5 22. c4 Nc3+ 23. Ka1 d5 {0-1 Lendwai,R-Weindl,A/
Zuerich 1987/ (36)}) (13... Bd7 14. g4 a5 15. g5 a4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rac8
18. Qf2 b4 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. Ba7 Rxc4 21. Bxb8 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxb8
24. Rg1 b3 25. axb3 {1-0 Medvegy,N-Somogyi,M/HUN-chT 1993/TD (25)}) (13... exf5
14. exf5 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rac8 18. Rd2 Bf6 19. Qb3 Rfe8
20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bxd6 Qxf5 22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Rhd1 Rec8 24. Bg3 h6 25. Qd3 {
1/2-1/2 Gross,S-Vodicka,V/Bayern 1997/EXT 99 (25)}) 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Rhd1 Rb5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nf4 Bb7 22.
g5 {1-0 Chorfi,K-De Vries,G/Buenos Aires 1978/ (30)}) (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 16. Rd2 b4 17. Nd1 Qb6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Rd3 a5 {
0-1 Kerek,K-Todorovic,J/Budapest 1996/ (32)}) 13... e5 (13... b4 14. Rxb4 d5
15. Rd4 dxe4 (15... Bc5 16. exd5 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 $44) 16. Qe2 a5 17. g5 Nd7 18.
Nxe4 Nb6 19. a4 (19. a3 $5) 19... Ba6 20. Qf2 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23.
Qxe3 e5 $1 $132 {1-0 Anand,V-Piket,J/Amsterdam II/1990/ (39)}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Rxd5 b4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Kasparov comes with a new concept of defense. Black will
try to speed up the counterplay on the queenside in order to slow down white's
attack on the other side of the board.} (15... exf4 $1 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Rd2 $14
) (15... Be6 $2 16. f5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 $16) 16. f5 a5 17. Ba4 (17. Rd2 Bb7 18.
Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 b3 20. a3 (20. axb3 a4 $17) 20... Rac8 $15) 17... Bb7 18. g5
(18. Rd2 Qc4 19. Bb3 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 $15) 18... Rfc8 19. Qg2 (19. Rd2 Qc4
$17) (19. g6 Bxd5 20. exd5 b3 $1 21. Bxb3 a4 $19) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc4 21.
Kb1 (21. Bb3 Qd3 $19) 21... Qh4 22. Bc6 (22. f6 Bf8 23. Bc6 a4 $40) 22... a4 $1
{Consequent and correct, black strives to realize his main plan of counterplay.
} (22... Rab8 23. f6 Bf8 24. Ba7 $13) 23. Rf1 Qc4 24. Rg1 (24. f6 b3 (24... Bf8
25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. Qf3 b3 $17) 25. fxe7 (25. Bxa8 bxc2+ 26. Kc1 (
26. Ka1 c1=Q+ $19) 26... a3 27. bxa3 Qd3 $19) 25... bxc2+ 26. Kc1 a3 27. bxa3
Qxa2 28. Qf3 (28. Qxc2 Qa1+ 29. Qb1 Qc3+ $19) 28... Qxa3+ 29. Kd2 Qb4+ 30. Ke2
$13) 24... b3 $1 25. a3 (25. Bxa8 bxc2+ 26. Kc1 a3 27. Bc6 axb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rb8+
$19) 25... Rxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Rd1 (27. cxb3 $2 Qd3+ $19) 27... Rxc6 28. cxb3
axb3 (28... Qxb3 29. Qd5 $17) 29. Ka1 (29. Qd2 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxf5 $19) (29. Rc1
Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Rc2 31. Qa8+ Bf8 $19) 29... e4 30. Qd2 f6 31. h4 (31. g6 hxg6 32.
fxg6 f5 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc2 35. Rb5 Rg2 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Rxb3 Rxg6 $17)
31... Kf7 32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33. Rxd5 g6 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Black needs passed pawns
in the endgame, the king on a1 improves his chances of coming first in a run
against the white pair of a and b pawns.} (33... Rc2 34. Rb5 Rh2 35. Rxb3 Rxh4
36. Rb7 Rh1+ 37. Ka2 Rf1 38. g6+ hxg6 39. Bb6 Ke8 40. fxg6 d5 $17) 34. fxg6+ (
34. Kb1 gxf5 35. Rxf5 Ke6 36. Rb5 Rc2 37. Rxb3 Rh2 38. gxf6 Bxf6 39. Bg5 h5 $17
) 34... Kxg6 35. Rb5 fxg5 36. hxg5 (36. Bxg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg5+ Kf6 38. Kb1 e3 $19)
36... Rc2 37. Kb1 Rg2 38. Rxb3 (38. a4 Rg3 39. Bc1 Rg1 40. Rxb3 Bxg5 41. Rc3
Bd2 42. Rc6 e3 $19) 38... Bxg5 39. Bxg5 Kxg5 40. a4 Kf4 41. Rb7 (41. a5 e3 42.
Rb8 e2 43. Re8 Rg1+ 44. Kc2 e1=Q 45. Rxe1 Rxe1 $19) 41... e3 {It becomes
obvious that black has excellent chances to promote his pawn first.} 42. Re7
Kf3 (42... e2 43. Kc1 h5 44. a5 h4 45. a6 h3 46. Kd2 h2 47. Rh7 Rg1 48. Kxe2
h1=Q 49. Rxh1 Rxh1 $19) 43. Kc1 (43. a5 e2 $19) (43. Rf7+ Ke4 44. Rxh7 e2 45.
Rh1 Rf2 $19) 43... d5 44. a5 d4 45. Rxh7 (45. a6 d3 46. b4 d2+ 47. Kc2 Rg1 $19)
45... d3 46. Rh1 (46. Rh3+ Kf2 47. Rh1 Rg1+ 48. Rxg1 Kxg1 49. a6 e2 50. Kd2 Kf2
$19) 46... Rc2+ 47. Kb1 (47. Kd1 e2+ 48. Ke1 d2#) 47... e2 48. a6 Rc8 (48...
Rc8 49. a7 d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Bh4+ 14. g3 Rb8 15.
O-O-O Bb7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 (16... Be7 17. f5 (17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rhe1 a5 (18... Qc7
19. Qh5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 a5 21. c3 a4 22. Bc2 g6 23. Qf3 Rfc8 24. Red4 {1-0 Czebe,
A-Kiss,G/Budapest 1997/ (33)}) 19. Bxe6 (19. Qe2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qe7 21. Qc6 Rfd8
22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Qc7 24. Rd4 Rb4 {0-1 Schmidt,M-Rytshagov,M/Mittelrhein
1995/ (30)}) 19... fxe6 20. Qg4 Bd5 21. Ng5 Rb6 22. Kb1 Qc8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Qe2
h6 25. Ne4 Bb4 26. c3 Be7 27. Nd2 Bf6 {0-1 Hmadi,S-De Firmian,N/Tunis 1985/ 
(27)}) 17... exf5 (17... Bxe4 18. Qxe4 exf5 19. Qxf5 Qc7 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Rhf1
Rbd8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rdd8 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Rdf1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Borkowski,
F-Adamski,J/Piotrkow Trybunalski 1983/ (45)}) 18. Qxf5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20.
exd6 Bxd6 21. Rhf1 a5 22. Rd3 a4 23. Bd5 Kh8 {0-1 Romanishin,O-Poutiainen,P/
Tallinn/1977/ (58)}) 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qf3 Be7 19. f5 a5 20. c3 b4 {In a
position with reduced number of light pieces black's attack is ticking nicely
and his chances are better.} (20... a4 21. Bc2 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 b4 23. h4 Bh6 24.
f6 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qb6 26. Qd4 Qb7 27. Rh2 Rfc8 {0-1 Mitkov,N-Fernando,D/
Mondariz Balneario 1999/ (52)}) 21. Bc2 (21. c4 a4 $1 (21... Rc8 22. Kb1 a4 23.
Bxa4 Rxc4 24. Bb3 Rc5 25. Rhf1 $14) 22. Bxa4 Qa5 23. Bc2 (23. Bb3 dxc4 24. Bxc4
Rfc8 $19) (23. f6 Qxa4 24. Qg4 Bxf6 25. exf6 g6 $19) 23... b3 24. axb3 (24.
Bxb3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rfc8 $19) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Bg5+ 26. Ke1 Qxb2 $17) 21...
bxc3 22. f6 (22. Qxc3 Qb6 $17) 22... Rxb2 $1 (22... gxf6 23. Bxh7+ $1 Kg7 (
23... Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ $11) 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh5 cxb2+ 26. Kb1 Kg7
27. Qg4+ $11) 23. fxe7 (23. Qxc3 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 gxf6 $17) (23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.
Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg5 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 $19) 23... Qxe7 24. Qxc3 Rxa2
25. Rhf1 (25. Qd3 g6 26. Qb3 Ra3 27. Qb2 Rc8 $19) (25. Bb3 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Rb8 $19
) 25... Qb7 26. Qb3 (26. Qd3 Qb2+ 27. Kd2 g6 28. Rb1 Qxe5 29. Qb3 Qd4+ 30. Kc1
Ra1 $17) 26... Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Rc8+ 28. Kb1 Rxh2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Van Wely
managed to get 4 pawns for the sacrificed piece, even the remaining white
pawns are very weak.} 29. Ba4 (29. Rh1 Re2 30. Rhe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rc3 $19)
29... g5 30. Rc1 (30. Rh1 Rg2 31. Rhg1 Rb8+ 32. Ka1 Rbb2 $19) 30... Rxc1+ 31.
Kxc1 Ra2 32. Bc2 Ra1+ 33. Bb1 Ra3 34. Rh1 (34. Rg1 Re3 $19) 34... Rxg3 35.
Bxh7+ Kg7 36. Kd2 d4 37. Bc2 Re3 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 f6 {Even the bishop is
too weak an opponent for the four marching pawns.} 40. exf6+ (40. Kd2 fxe5 41.
Kd3 Kf6 42. Ke4 g4 43. Bd1 Kg5 44. Kxe5 g3 45. Bf3 a4 46. Kxd4 a3 47. Kc3 Kf4
$19) 40... Kxf6 41. Kf2 g4 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Bd1 d3 44. Bxg4 a4 45. Bxe6 d2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. f4
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bd6
15. Be3 Be6 (15... Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Bxb3 20. axb3
Ne7 21. h6 f5 22. hxg7 Rf7 23. Qh5 {1-0 Repkova Eid,E-Medunova,V/Frenstat 1989/
(28)}) 16. Bh6 $1 {De Firmian plays simple and logical move, bishop's pair in
the semi open position will be very efficient.} (16. h4 Rac8 17. Bh6 Ne8 18.
Rhf1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Kh8 20. Bg5 Bb4 21. Qd3 Qa5 {0-1 Weichert,H-Cording,H/
FRG-chT 1980/ (65)}) (16. Rhf1 Kh8 (16... Nh5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. Rxd5 h6 21. Qh5 hxg5 22. Rd3 g4 23. Qxg4 Be7 24. Qg6 Bf6 25. Rh3 {
1-0 Mitkov,N-Bello,J/Orense 1995/ (25)}) 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Bg5 Ng8 19. Rf3 {
1/2-1/2 Peters,I-Lebermann,H/Hofheim 1995/ (19)}) 16... Ne8 (16... Nh5 $2 17.
Qg5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rac8 19. Qxh5 gxh6 20. Rd3 $16) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Qd8 $2
18. Bg5 Qb8 (18... f6 19. Nxf6+ $18) 19. Nb6 $18) 18. Rxd5 Qc6 19. Bg5 a5 20.
a4 (20. Rd3 $6 Qxe4 21. Bd2 Qc6 $13) 20... Ra6 21. Rhd1 Kh8 22. Kb1 (22. Rxd6
$2 Nxd6 23. Be7 Nxe4 24. Qxe5 Re8 $17) 22... Rb6 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Bc4 {[%mdl
2048]} f5 {Black is desperate to ease the grip on his position even at the
cost of material.} (24... h6 25. Be3 Rc6 26. Bb5 $18) 25. exf5 (25. Be3 $6 Rb4)
25... e4 26. Qxe4 h6 (26... Bxh2 27. Bd8 $18) 27. Qh4 Rb4 28. R5d4 Nf6 (28...
Rxf5 29. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 30. Qxh6+ Qh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bd3 $1 Kg6 33. Rd5 Rbf4
34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. g4 $18) 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Be6 {Black sits without two pawns
and cannot claim any compensation.} Be7 (30... Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Be7 32. Qd7 $18)
31. Rxb4 axb4 (31... Rxe6 32. Rc4 $18) 32. Rd7 Qc5 33. Qc4 Qg1+ (33... Qxc4 34.
Bxc4 Bd6 35. Be6 Bxh2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Bg8+ Kh8 38. Bf7+ Kh7 39. Bg6+ Rxg6 40.
fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rd4 $18) 34. Ka2 Bf8 35. Rd8 Qb6 36. Qc8 b3+ 37. cxb3 Qb4 38.
Qc4 Qb6 (38... Qxc4 39. bxc4 $18) 39. Qd4 Qc7 40. Qxf6 $1 (40. Qxf6 $1 gxf6 41.
Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 (11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14.
Be3 Be6 15. Bb3 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bg5 $10 {Varavin,V-Kharlov,A/Elista
RUS-ch/1996/0,5/33/}) 11... O-O 12. Kh1 Qc7 {Black transfers the queen to c7,
clearing a5 for the knight. Other moves such as 12...Bd7 and 12...Nd4 lead to
a better game for white as the next games show} (12... Bd7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bc6 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. f5 e5 17. Bf2 b5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Bh4 Rfd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 $14 {Velimirovic,V-Drasko,M/Vrsac/1985/0,5/41/}) (12... Nxd4
13. Qxd4 b5 14. a3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qg3 Qc7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4
bxc4 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Bd8 22. fxe5 $36 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Gurevich,D/Estes
Park 1985/MCD (48)}) 13. f4 Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c4,Ra5b3] Atacking the bishop and
keeping an eye on the Na5-c4 maneouvre. After other moves white has the
initiative} (13... b5 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. a4
Kh8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rf3 Bc6 21. Rdf1 Qd7 22. Rh3 $40 {1-0 Ginsburg,G-Naumann,
A/Germany 1996/GER-chT2 (35)}) (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 $5 (14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5
16. fxe5 Nd7) 14... Nd7 $6 (14... Ng4 15. Qb6 Bd8 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bd4 $14)
15. Rad1 $36 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Stefansson,H/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97/[Psakhis] 
(48)}) 14. f5 Nxb3 15. axb3 $146 {Another option 15.cb gives black a fair
counterplay} (15. cxb3 b5 16. b4 e5 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qd7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Erdogdu,M-Radulov,I/Antalya 2001/CBM 81 ext (69)}) 15... Bd7 16. g4 (16. Qf3 e5
17. Nde2 b5 18. Bg5 Bc6 $132) 16... Bc6 (16... d5 $5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
exd5 $132) 17. Qf3 Nd7 $6 (17... d5 {It was neccesary to start a counterplay
by 17...d5} 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 $132) 18. g5 {18.fe was
better with a clear edge.} (18. fxe6 $1 fxe6 (18... Ne5 19. Qf5 g6 20. exf7+
Rxf7 21. Qe6 $16) 19. Nxe6 Rxf3 20. Nxc7 $16) 18... Ne5 19. Qg2 exf5 20. Nxf5
Rfe8 21. Bd4 {[%cal Rf5e3,Re3d5] The bishop goes to d4, freeing the square e3
fo the knight} Bf8 22. Ne3 Re6 23. Ned5 {[%csl Rd5] The knight on d5 and the
control over the f-file gives white a clear advantage} Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc6 25.
Bxe5 $16 Rxe5 26. Rf4 {[%cal Ra1f1,Rf4f7]} Rc8 27. c4 Qe8 (27... Be7 28. Rf5
Bd8 29. Raf1 Rxf5 30. exf5 $16) 28. Raf1 Rd8 29. Rh4 {[%cal Rh4h7,Rd5f6][%mdl
128] The attack on the h-file and a threat of a sacrifice on f6 opening the
g-file makes black's position quite difficult. Although after 29...Be7 black
still can hold} b5 $2 (29... Be7 $8 30. Qh3 (30. Rf5 Qd7 31. Qf3 Bxg5 32. Rg4
f6 33. h4 h5 34. Rg2 Bxh4) 30... h6 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. gxh6 g6) 30. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 31. gxf6+ $18 Kh8 32. Rg1 {[%cal Rg2g8]} Bh6 33. Rxh6 Qg8 34. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Na5 9. f4 (9. f3 b5 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qf2 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tal,M/
Reykjavik WCup 1988}) (9. Qd3 b5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f4 b4 13. Nce2
Bb7 14. Ng3 Qb6 $10 {Zagorovsky,V-Hybl,J/corr-6 Wch/1968}) (9. O-O b5 10. f4
Nxb3 11. cxb3 (11. axb3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 Qe7 16.
Rae1 (16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxb5 Nxe5 19. Bd4 Bg7 20. Qc3 O-O 21.
Bxe5 Qg5 {0-1 Vujadinovic,Goran-Timoschenko,Gennadi/Vrnjacka Banja (09) 1990})
(16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Bh6 $5 O-O $1 (17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nxe5 20. Rf4
$1 $44) 18. Ng5 $8 (18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 18... Bxh6 (18... Bxe5 $5 {/\ 19. Bf8?
Qg5 20. Bh6 Qe7-/+;} 19. Rae1 $44) 19. Qxh6 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 (20... Rxf6 $5 $13
) 21. Rae1 e5 $1 (21... Ng4 $6 22. Qh4 $14) 22. Qh4 Rae8 $1 23. Nge4 $1 (23.
Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxe5 Ref8 $1 $19) 23... Nxe4 24. Rxf8+ $1 (24. Qxe7 $2 Rxf1+ 25.
Kxf1 Nd2+ $19) 24... Kxf8 $1 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nxe4 Rc8 $1 $15 {Kakabadze,
R-Dzhandzhava/Tbilisi/1992/}) 16... Bg7 17. Bh6 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg7 Qc5
20. Bxh8 Qxd4+ 21. Rf2 b4 22. Na4 O-O-O 23. Bf6 Qd1+ 24. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Jovcic,
M-Hybl,J/corr 11/339 1971}) 11... Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
f5 Qd7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rc1 g6 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Ng5 dxe5 19. Nf7 O-O 20. Nxe5
Qd6 21. Ng4 h5 22. Qd3 Kh7 23. Bc5 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qxc5+ 25. Rxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Kh1
Rf8 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxh5+ gxh5 29. Qc1 Be3 30. Qc7+ Kh6 {0-1 Fershter,A-Osnos,
V/USSR 13/422 1972}) 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Bg5
Qxg5 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Re8 22. Qd6+ Qe7 23.
Rf1+ Nf6 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. exf6 Bxf6 {0-1 Damjanovic,M-Krogius,N/Sochi 4/493
1967}) 9... Nxb3 (9... Qc7 $5) (9... b5 10. e5 (10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3 12.
axb3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. O-O Be7 16. Ng3 Rb5 17. Qc4 O-O 18. Rad1
Bb7 19. Qe2 f6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa8 22. Qc2 d5 23. c4 Rc8 24. Qa2 dxc4 25.
bxc4 Rb4 26. Rd7 Bf8 27. c5+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Bxe4 29. Rc1 Qc6 30. h3 Rb2 31. Bf2
Bxg2 32. Nh5 Bxh3 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxf5 35. c6 Be4 36. Rd7 Bxc6 37. Rd3
Kg8 {0-1 Parma,B-Tukmakov,V/Moskva 12/419 1971}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 12.
axb3 Nd5 13. Qf3 (13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. Ke2 Rc8 17. Rhc1
Bc5 18. c4 O-O 19. cxb5 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 axb5 21. b4 h6 22. f4 Bd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
24. Bc5 Kh7 25. Ke3 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rg1 h5 28. h4 Rc7 29. Rg3 Ba8 30. Rg1
Rf7 31. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Stanciu,T-Krogius,N/Hamburg EUchT (7) 1965}) 13... Bb7 (
13... Nxe3 14. Qxa8 $1 Qd7 $2 (14... Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 $5 Ne3+ 16. Ke2 $16 {
Janovsky,S}) 15. Ncxb5 $1 Nxg2+ 16. Qxg2 Bb7 17. Qf1 axb5 18. O-O-O Bd5 19.
Nxb5 Qb7 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rd2 Be7 22. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 23. exd6 O-O 24. Rg4 $18 {
+- Ehlvest,J-Smirin,I/USSR (ch) 46/(325) 1988}) 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16.
Qf2 (16. Qg3 h5 $1 (16... g6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 O-O 20. Re1 Rfd8
21. Qf4 Rd7 22. h4 b4 23. Kh2 Rad8 24. Rf1 Bc4 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. c3 Bxb3 27. Rf1
Bc4 28. Rf3 Bd5 29. Rg3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qb1 31. h5 Be4 32. Re3 Bf5 33. Nxf5 exf5
34. e6 fxe6 35. Rfxe6 Qb8 36. R3e5 gxh5 37. Qxf5 Rg7 38. Qxh5 Rf8 39. c4 Qb2
40. Qh3 Qd4 41. Re4 {Velimirovic,D-Van der Wiel,J/Moscow izt (6) 1982/1/2-1/2 
(70)}) (16... Qb7 17. Qf2 b4 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Be4 20. b4 Bg6 21. Nb3 Be7
22. Bc5 O-O 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc5 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. h3 Qc4 28.
Rd6 Rdc8 29. Qd4 Qxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rab8 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Rdxa6 h5 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34.
Rxa8+ Kh7 35. Ra4 h4 36. Kf2 Kh6 37. Ke3 Rb8 {Bednarski,J-Mititelu,Gh/Varna 13/
417 1972/1-0 (57)}) 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rac1 Qd3 20. Rc7 h4 21. Qf2
f5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27.
Rf3 Qb1+ 28. Rf1 $10 {= de Firmian,N-Gurevich,D/San Francisco 44/(293) 1987})
16... Qb7 $2 (16... Bc5 17. Nxe6 $1) (16... b4 $5) 17. Nxb5 $1 Bb4 (17... axb5
18. Rxa8+ Qxa8 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Bb6+ $18) (17... Qxb5 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. c4 $18
) 18. Ra4 O-O (18... Qxb5 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. c4 $18) 19. Rxb4 axb5 20. Rg4 $18
h5 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qf6+ Kh7 (22... Kg8 23. Bh6) 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8
25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Rf4 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Timoshchenko,G/
Moskva (GMA) 49/281 1990}) 10. axb3 e5 11. Nf3 (11. Nf5 $6 Nxe4) (11. fxe5 dxe5
12. Nf3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb4 $10) 11... exf4 (11... Qc7 $5 12. O-O $14 (12. Nb5
$2 Qc6) (12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Bb4)) 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. Qd4 $1 O-O 14. O-O-O $16
b5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bb7 18. Rb6 Rab8 (18... Bxe4 $2 19.
Rxf6 $18) 19. Rd1 Rfe8 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. Rxb7 $18) 20. Rd4 Re6 21. Rxe6 fxe6
22. b4 {/\Kc1-d2-e3} Re8 {/\e6-e5} 23. Ne5 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Rc8 26. Rd2
{קc2} Rc7 27. h4 {/\g2-g4-g5} (27. h3 {/\Ne5-d3-c5}) 27... Ne8 28. g4 Nd6 29.
g5 Nc4+ $8 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd4 Rc8 {קc2} 32. e5 {/\Kd3,Ne4} (32. Kd3 $2 e5)
32... Rf8 33. Rf4 Rc8 34. h5 {/\g5-g6} Bc6 35. Rh4 {/\36.h6 g6 37.Rf4+/-} (35.
g6 $2 hxg6 36. hxg6 Be8 $13) 35... Be8 36. Kd2 {/\Ne4-d6, /\Ne4-c5} (36. h6 $2
gxh6 37. Rxh6 Bg6 $132) 36... Rd8+ 37. Kc1 Rc8 38. Ne2 (38. Ne4 $2 Rc4 $13 {
/\Bc6}) 38... Bc6 (38... Rc4 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Nf4 $18) 39. Kd2 Rd8+ 40. Nd4 {
/\c2-c3 +-} Rd5 41. Kd3 Be8 42. Ke4 $18 Rd8 43. c3 Rc8 44. Ke3 Bf7 45. Rh1 {
/\Ra1} Ra8 46. h6 gxh6 47. Rxh6 Rg8 (47... Bg6 48. Rh1 $18) 48. Kf4 Bg6 49. Rh1
Rf8+ 50. Ke3 Ra8 51. Ra1 {/\Nxb5} Be8 52. Rh1 Bg6 53. Rd1 {/\Nc6+,Rd6} Bh5 (
53... Rc8 $2 54. Ra1 Ra8 55. Nxb5 $18) (53... Be8 54. Nb3 {/\Nb3-c5, Rd6}) 54.
Nc6+ Kf7 55. Rd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akhmadeev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 (7. O-O
a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 b5 11. f5 (11. Qf3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 (12. Nxb3 b4
13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 h5 15. Nd2 h4 16. Ne2 d5 17. c3 dxe4 18. Qh3 Bc5 19. cxb4
Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rd8 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Nb3 Qxb4 23. Qc5 Qxc5+ 24. Nxc5 Bc8 25. Nc3
h3 {Zimmermann,F-Legde,G/2BLSW 8788 Frankfurt-Giessen [6] 1987/1/2-1/2 (55)})
12... Bb7 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. b4 Rc8 15. f5 e5 16. Nde2 Rc4 17. b3 Rxb4 18. Rfd1
Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qg3 Be7 21. Qe1 Ba8 22. Ng3 O-O 23. h3 Nd5 24. Rc2 h5
25. Rcd2 h4 26. Nf1 Nc3 {Kindermann,S-Kohlweyer,B/DPMM 8990 f Bayern-Frankfurt
[3] 1990/0-1 (38)}) 11... e5 (11... Nxb3 12. cxb3 (12. axb3 b4 13. Na4 e5 14.
Ne2 Rb8 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Ng4 17. Qf3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Be7 19. Rac1 Bxh4 20. c4
Bd8 21. c5 h4 22. Nh1 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Qe7 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. Qxa6 Rh6 26. Qa7 Bxa4
27. Qxa4+ {Onoprienko,V-Van Laatum,G/Groningen op(10) 1993/0-1 (37)}) 12... Be7
13. Rc1 Qb7 (13... Qd7 14. fxe6 (14. Qf3 O-O 15. g4 e5 16. Nc6 Qxc6 17. g5 Qd7
18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Kh1 f6 21. Rg1 Bb7 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Qd3 Rc8 24.
Rcd1 Kh8 25. Be3 Bc6 26. Rg2 Qb7 27. h4 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 {Geller,
E-Taimanov,M/URS-ch21 Kiev 1954/0-1 (65)}) 14... fxe6 15. b4 (15. g4 O-O 16. g5
Ne8 17. Nce2 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rc8 20. Rd1 g6 21. Qh3 Ng7 22. Qg4 Rd8
23. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Pytlakowski,A-Doda,Z/POL-ch (17) 1955}) 15... O-O 16. Qb3 Kh8
17. h3 e5 18. Nf5 Bb7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23.
Rf1 Qg6 24. Qd1 Rc8 25. Qf3 Rc4 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. a3 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxd6
Re1+ 30. Kf2 Qxd6 31. Kxe1 Qg6 32. Kd2 e4 33. Qf2 Qg5+ 34. Ke2 Qd5 35. Ke3 Qd3+
36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Ke5 {1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Taimanov,M/SWZ ct 1953}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
b4 O-O 16. Qb3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21.
a3 Bd6 {Tolush,A-Taimanov,M/URS-ch20 Moscow 1952/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 12. Nde2 Bb7 (
12... Nxb3 13. axb3 (13. cxb3 Bb7 14. a3 d5 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5
Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. f6 gxf6 20. Ng3 Rg8 21. Rxf6 Rg6 22. Rf5 Bxb3 23. Rxe5+
Re6 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Rc7 Be7 26. Ne4 Kd8 27. Bb6 Bd5 {Zakic,
Srdjan-Kapetanovic,Armin/Beograd I (10) 1990/0-1 (40)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ng3 h5
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 h4 17. Nh1 Be7 18. Nf2 Qb7 19. c4 Bd8 20. Qd2 Bb6 21. Kh1
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qxb2 24. Rfb1 Qc2 25. Rb6 h3 26. Rxd6 hxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Ng4 {0-1 Ghizdavu,D-Honfi,Karoly/Timisoara 13/423 1972}) (
12... Nc4 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qd5 Rb8 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Nd5 Rxb2 18.
Rab1 Rb7 19. Nec3 g6 20. Rxb7 Bxb7 21. Rb1 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 f6 23. Rb8+ Kd7 24.
Nxf6+ Kc7 25. Re8 d5 26. Nxd5+ {Kuzmin,Aleksei-Orlov,Konstantin/Pancevo (06)
1989/1-0 (39)}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 15. Qc1 (15. Bc1 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Be7 19. Rd1 g6 20. b3 Nb6 21. Be3 Bd8 22. Ng3 Ke7 23.
Rac1 Rc8 24. c3 f6 25. Kg1 Nd7 26. Kf2 Bb6 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Bxb6 Nxb6 29. Kf3 a5
{Schruefer,G-Middendorf,F/BL 8384 Braunschweig-Münster [2] 1983/1/2-1/2 (51)})
15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. b3 (17. Bf2 h5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Rd1 h4 20. Qe3 Nd7
21. c4 Qb7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rac1 Be7 24. Qa7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxa7 26. Bxa7 O-O
27. Rc7 {Honfi,Karoly-Tarjan,J/Majdanpek 21/359 1976/1-0 (41)}) 17... Nxe3 18.
Qxe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be7 22. Rfc1 Kd7 23. Rab1 Rhc8 24.
Rb7+ Ke8 25. Ra7 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxa6 Rc5 28. Ra8+ Bd8 29. Ng3 Rxd5 30.
Nh5 Kd7 31. Nxg7 e4 32. Kf1 Ra5 33. Rxa5 Bxa5 34. Nh5 Bc3 35. h4 d5 36. g4 Kd6
37. Nf4 Ke5 38. Ne2 Ba5 39. a4 d4 40. Nc1 d3 41. Nb3 {0-1 Scholl,E-Polugaevsky,
L/Amsterdam 10/467 1970}) 7... Be7 8. Be3 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O Na5 11. f5 (11.
Qf3 b5 (11... h5 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. b3 Qc7
17. Bg5 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qa5 22. a4 b5 23.
axb5 axb5 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 O-O 26. Ng3 {Hecht,H._J-Cornelis,F/Eupen 3/449
1967/0-1 (40)}) (11... O-O 12. Rad1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 b5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. f5 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Alvarez del Monte,J-Schweber,S/Havana Panamerican 1966}) (11... Nxb3
12. axb3 O-O 13. g4 Rb8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Re8 17. Rf3 Bf8 18. Qh4
Bg7 19. Rh3 h5 20. gxh6 Bf6 21. h7+ Kh8 22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Nde2 b5 25.
Rg1 b4 26. Rg5 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Bb7 28. Qg2 Qc6 {0-1 Sozin,V-Ilyin Zhenevsky,A/
URS-ch07 Moscow 1931}) 12. a3 $5 (12. f5 e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 exd4 15. Bxd4
Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxa8 Qa7+ 18. Rf2 Qxa8 19. Qc3 Nc4 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. b3
Ne3 22. Qd4 Ng4 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Kh1 Qc6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 {Adorjan,
A-Ribli,Z/Magyarorszag,7/326 1969/1-0 (68)}) (12. e5 Bb7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nh5 15. Qh3 Qxe5 (15... Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Qxe5 17. Na5 b4 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qxh5 g6
20. Qe2 bxc3 21. b3 O-O 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Bf4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Be5 Bd4 26.
Rf4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 {Bannik,A-Taimanov,M/URS-ch21 Kiev 1954/0-1 (59)}) 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Nxe6 Bc8 18. Qxh5+ Qxh5 19. Nxg7+ Kd7 20. Nxh5 Nc4 21. Bd4 Rg8 22. Nd5
Rg5 23. Nhf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Kc6 25. Nxh7 Rg6 26. Rae1 b4 27. b3 Na3 28. Re5
Nb5 29. Be3 Nc3 30. Nf8 Rg7 31. Rf6+ Kc7 32. Bh6 Rg4 33. Re7+ Kd8 34. Rh7 Rb8
35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. Rf8# {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Taimanov,M/SWZ ct 1953}) 12... Nc4 13.
Bxc4 bxc4 14. e5 $5 (14. g4 {Kasparov,G;Nikitin,A}) 14... Bb7 15. Qg3 Nh5 (
15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Rdf8 19. Qh5 Rhg8 20. g3 $16)
16. Qg4 g6 17. f5 $5 dxe5 (17... exf5 18. Nxf5 dxe5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Bh6 $1
$16) 18. fxe6 $1 f6 (18... exd4 $2 19. exf7+ Kf8 20. Qxh5 $3 Bc5 21. Bh6+ Ke7
22. Rae1+ $18) 19. Nf5 Bc5 $6 (19... O-O $6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rd7 Rxd7 22. exd7
Bd8 23. Rd1 {/\ Nd6, Qe6+/-}) 20. Rad1 $5 (20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 Qxc4 22.
Nxc4 Rd8 23. Rae1 Nf4 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Ke7 $10) (20. Kh1 $5 Bxe3 21. Nxe3
Nf4 22. Rad1 h5 $5 23. Rd7 $5 hxg4 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. Rxf4 $5 exf4 26. Ned5 Bxd5
27. Nxd5 O-O $8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxg6+ Kg8 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Kg1 $14) 20...
Bxe3+ $5 (20... Nf4 21. Rxf4 $3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 $3 Bxf4 23. Rd7 Qxd7 $8 24. exd7+
Kxd7 25. Qd1+ $1 Ke6 26. Qd6+ $5 Kxf5 27. Qd7+ Kg5 28. Qxb7 $16) 21. Nxe3 Qc5
22. Rfe1 Nf4 $5 23. Qh4 $5 (23. Rd7 Bc6 24. g3 $6 h5 $1 25. Qd1 Nxe6 $17) (23.
Na4 Qb5 $1 24. Nf5 $5 O-O $5 $13) 23... Bxg2 $3 $13 (23... g5 $2 24. Qh6 $18) (
23... O-O $2 24. Rd7 $18) (23... Nxg2 $2 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Qg7 $18) 24. Qxf6 Rf8
25. Qg7 (25. Qg7 Qc6 $6 26. Qd7+ Qxd7 27. exd7+ Kd8 28. Rd2 $1 Bf3 29. h4 $1
$16) 25... Ra7 $1 26. e7 $1 Rxe7 27. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 28. Qxf8+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Ke6
30. Kf2 $5 Qc6 31. Ke1 $8 Qc5 32. Kf2 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Bangiev,A-Nikitin,V/corr/
1987/}) (11. Qe2 b5 12. f5 Nxb3 13. axb3 b4 14. Na4 e5 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rxa6 O-O 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Rxb7 Bxb7 22. Qc4 Qa5
23. Qg4 f6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. h4 d5 26. h5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh2 e4 29. h6
Qc7+ {0-1 Lipnitsky,I-Taimanov,M/URS-ch19 Moscow 1951}) 11... e5 (11... Nxb3
12. axb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bd7 (13... exf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 b5 16. Bd4 b4 17.
Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qc8 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qf3 Bd8 22. Kh1 Bb6 23. Bf6
Bd8 24. c4 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxb3 26. Qe4 Qb6 27. h4 Ra7 28. Qf4 {Yurtaev,
Leonid-Lerner,Konstantin/Frunze 1979/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 14. g4 h6 15. h4 d5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. g5 Rfe8 19. c3 Bf8 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Rf2 Kh7 22.
Rg2 Re4 23. Rf1 Qe5 24. Qh5 Bg7 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bxh6+ {1-0 Muhutdinov,M-Murzin,L/Nabereznye Chelny 1993}) (11...
Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Rad1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxa8 exd4 17. Bxd4
Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 exf5 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Qf2 Qb4 22. Rb1 Qd6 23. Qf4 Qb6
24. a3 h6 25. Rbd1 a5 26. Qd6 {Kaidanov,G-Smirin,I/Groningen (8) PCA 1993/1-0 
(51)}) 12. Nde2 {/\13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 ><d5} Nc4 13. Nd5 (13. Bc1 b5 $15) 13...
Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxe3 $8 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qxg7 Re8 17. Rf3 {/\Rxf3//\f5-f6-f7}
Qb6 18. Kh1 {/\f5-f6-f7} d5 19. f6 $6 (19. Bxd5 Qxb2 (19... Nxd5 20. Rd1 $16)
20. Rg1 {/\Rxe3//\f5-f6-f7} (20. Rxe3 Qxa1+ 21. Ng1 Bc5 $19) 20... Nxd5 21. Rd3
$16) 19... Bf8 20. Qg5 d4 $17 {פe2} 21. f7+ Re7 22. Rf6 (22. Qg8 Qh6 $17)
22... h6 23. Qg6 Qc5 24. Qg8 Rd7 25. Nc1 $1 (25. Re6 Kc7 26. Re8 Rd8 $17) 25...
Qe7 26. Nd3 Rd6 27. Rxd6+ Qxd6 28. Nxe5 Kc7 29. c3 $2 (29. Nd3 $17 {/\30.e5})
29... Qxe5 30. Qxf8 Ng4 $19 31. Qxh6 $8 Nxh6 32. f8=Q Ng4 33. Qf7+ Bd7 34. Qh7
Rh8 35. cxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Bh4+ 14. g3 Rb8 15.
Rf1 Be7 16. O-O-O a5 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. f5 a4 19. f6 axb3 20. Qg4 g6 21. axb3
Bb7 22. Qh3 Re8 23. Rd4 Qb6 24. Rh4 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 h5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Be4
28. Nxe4 Qxe4 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qxg6+ fxg6 31. f7+ Kg7 32. fxe8=Q Rxe8 33. c3 e5
34. b4 e4 35. Kc2 Re5 36. Rf2 Be7 37. Re2 Kf6 38. Kd2 Rd5+ 39. Kc2 Ke5 40. Rd2
Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 {[#] verteilte Bauernmehrheiten, weiße Bauernschwächen, Zugzwang
} Bg5+ 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. h4 Bd8 44. b3 Be7 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Ke3 Bd6
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Re8 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 Bc6 16. Qd3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 Ng4 19. Qh3 Bxg5 20. Qxg4 Be3 21. f6
g6 22. Rf3 Bf4 23. Qh4 b4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxc2 26. Raf1 h5 27. Rxf4 exf4
28. Qg5 Kh7 29. Bxf7 Rg8 30. h3 Qf8 31. Bxg8+ Qxg8 32. Rxf4 Qf7 33. e5 dxe5 34.
Qxe5 b3 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. Rf3 Rd5 37. Qb8 Rf5 38. Qxb3 Qxf6 39. Rxf5 Qxf5 {
[#] Weiß gewinnt mit seinem Mehrfreibauern, indem er seinen König nicht in die
Schlacht wirft, sondern ihn nur gegen Schachs sichert.} 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qb8 $1
{Sichert den König und droht den technischen K.O. mittels b2-b4-b5-b6, gefolgt
von Dc7 und weiterem Vormarsch des Freibauern.} g5 42. Kh2 g4 43. hxg4 Qxg4 $4
(43... hxg4 44. b4 Qd3 45. Qf4+ $1 {Rückkehr der Dame auf ein zentrales Feld,
um später dem König mehr Manövriermöglichkeiten zu geben.} ({unklar wäre} 45.
b5 g3+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 47. Kxg3 Qg5+ 48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Ke3 Qc5+ 50. Ke4 Qc4+ 51.
Ke5 Qc5+ {weil es bei der jetzt ungünstigen Damenstellung b8 sehr schwierig
ist, den Schachs zu entkommen.}) 45... Kh5 46. Qe5+ Kg6 47. b5 Qb3 48. Qc5 Qd3
49. b6 Qe4 50. Kg3 {und Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 44. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. f4 b6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ne8 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qg4 Qc7
15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Nf3 Rd7 20. Ng5 Rd2 21.
Nce4 Rxc2 22. Bxg7 h5 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Bf6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Re2 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27.
Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. exf6 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 Bd5 {[#] Dominanter Springer,
starker Freibauer und schlechter schwarzer König gegen Material.} 31. h4 Rg2+
32. Kf1 Rg4 $6 (32... Rc2 $142 $1) 33. Ke2 Rg3 $2 (33... Rf4 34. f7+ (34. Rf1
Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Bxb3 $19 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yb3d5,Ya7a5]}) 34... Rxf7 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36.
b4 $11) 34. Rc1 (34. Rc1 Rxg5 35. hxg5 Bxb3 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rxa7
b5 39. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rg6]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group7"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1996.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lanc, Alois"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bratislava Slovan"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 a6 9. O-O Na5 10. f4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. h3 h5 14. b4 Rd8 15.
Rf2 Bc6 16. f5 e5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bg5 d5 19. Bxf6 dxe4 20. Nxe4 gxf6 21. c3
Kd7 22. Ra5 Kc7 23. Rf1 Rd7 24. Re1 Kb8 25. Kh2 Qc4 26. Raa1 Rd3 27. Qe2 h4 28.
b3 Qd5 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc6 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. bxc4 {# Freibauernrennen
auf den Fl�geln; Mattgefahren f�r den sK} Kc7 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. Kxg3 b6 35.
h4 a5 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. h5 Kb7 38. h6 Rh8 39. Rh1 a4 40. Kf3 a3 41. Nd2 Rh7 42.
Ne4 Bf8 43. Rd1 Bxh6 44. Rd7+ Kb8 45. Nxf6 Bc1 46. Rd8+ Kb7 47. Rd7+ Kc8 48.
Ra7 Rh3+ 49. Ke4 Rxc3 50. Kd5 Kb8 51. Rxf7 a2 52. Nd7+ Kc8 53. Nxb6+ Kd8 54.
Ke6 Rxc4 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Nxc4 a1=Q 57. f6 Qa8 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60.
Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rc7 Qa2+ 62. Nc4 Qa6+ 63. Kf5 e4 64. Ne5 Qf1+ 65. Kxe4 Qg2+ 66.
Kf5 Qh3+ 67. Kg6 Qh6+ 68. Kf5 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Lewis, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[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 "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "London Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7
15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 e5 18. Bc3 Rae8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Re6 21.
Re1 Qg6 22. Rd2 Qg4 23. h3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Ba5 Rb8 26. Re4 Rc8 27. Bc7 c3
28. bxc3 f5 29. Ra4 Kf7 30. c4 Rg6 31. c5 Nxc5 32. d7 Nxd7 33. Rxd7+ Ke8 34.
Rd5 Rxc7 35. Rxe5+ Kf7 36. Rxf5+ Ke6 37. Rf2 Kd7 38. Rf7+ Kc8 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {
[%eval -32767,0] Nach dem Turmtausch erzwingt Wei� ein leicht gewonnenes
Endspiel. Thema: 2 verbundene Freibauern gegen den schwarzen Randfreibauern.}
40. Rg4 Rc6 41. Rxg7+ Kb6 42. Rxh7 Rxc2 43. h4 Rxa2 44. h5 {die gute wei�e
K�nigsposition verhindert einen raschen Angriff des schwarzen Turms auf den
h-Bauern von hinten.} Rc2 45. Rh8 a5 46. h6 Rc6 47. h7 Rh6 48. g4 (48. Rb8+ $18
) 48... a4 49. g5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 32nd"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1997.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. f4
Qc7 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 b5 13. f5 exf5 14.
exf5 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. Bd4 {Minasian,A-Akopian,V/
Erevan 1996/CBM 53/0-1 (52)}) 9. Be3 (9. f5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12.
Bg5 Qc5 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. O-O-O Qe3 16. Qxe3 Nxe3 17. Rd3 Nxg2 18.
e5 dxe5 {Golubev,M-Istratescu,A/ROM-chT 1996/EXP 56/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 9... Na5
$146 (9... b5 10. f5 Na5 11. fxe6 Nxb3 12. axb3 fxe6 13. Ndxb5 {Mitkov,
N-Kapetanovic,A/JUG-ch 1991/TD 91\07/1-0 (39)}) (9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. f5 e5
12. Nde2 Na5 13. Ng3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc6 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 b5 17. Qg4 {
1-0 Benitez,K-Aguilar,S/Manila 1968/MCD-r6 (27)}) 10. f5 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Re6e5] Kämpft um das Feld d5} e5 {[%csl Gd5]} 11. Nde2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]} Bd7
12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 {Öffnet die c-Linie} Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 {Weiß
besetzt das Schlüsselfeld d5} Qd8 16. O-O Bg5 17. Nec3 h5 (17... O-O 18. f6 $40
) 18. a4 h4 19. h3 Rc8 20. Qe2 O-O 21. b4 f6 22. b5 {Löst den Doppelbauern auf}
a5 23. b6 Rc5 24. Nc7 $16 {Der Springer ist gut plaziert} Bc6 (24... Qe7 25.
N3d5 Qf7 26. Qg4 $14) 25. Rfd1 Rf7 26. Rd3 Rc4 27. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]} Rd7 28. b3
Rc5 29. Ne6 Qxb6 30. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Nd5 Bg3 33. Rf1 Kf8 34. Rc3 Qa3
(34... Qa7 35. Rfc1) 35. Qc2 (35. Qh5 $5 Qa2 36. Rfc1) (35. b4 Qxa4 36. Nb6
Qxb4 37. Rxc6 bxc6 38. Nxd7+ Ke7 39. Qa2 $16) 35... Rd8 36. Rc4 Be8 (36... Rc8
37. b4 axb4 38. Nxb4 $18) 37. Rd1 Bc6 38. Nc3 (38. Nc3 Be8 39. Nb5 Bxb5 40.
axb5) 1-0

[Event "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Rg1 $6 {A dubious novelty.Normal is 9.De2,9,f4,or 9.0-0} Qa5 10. f3
e5 11. Nde2 Be6 12. g4 d5 $1 $17 13. Bd2 {13.g5 d4,or 13.ed Sd5 14.Ld5 Tfd8}
dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxg4 $1 15. Bxe6 Bh4+ 16. Ng3 Qc5 $3 {Very important
zwischenzug!Now 17.Tf1 loses after Sh2.Or 17.Dg4 Dg1 18.Ke2 Dh2} 17. Rg2 Ne3
18. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Ncxe2 fxe6 21. O-O-O Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23.
Nc3 Nd4 24. a4 Nf3 25. Nf1 a6 26. Kb1 Be1 27. Ne3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rd2 $19 29.
Rxd2 Nxd2+ 30. Kb2 Nxe4 31. Nc4 Nc5 32. a5 e4 33. Kc1 Kf7 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. Ke3
e5 36. Nd2 g5 37. c4 h5 38. Nb3 Nxb3 39. cxb3 g4 40. b4 Ke6 41. Kxe4 h4 42. Ke3
h3 0-1

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Rhf1 b5 14. a3
Rab8 {/\ b5-b4} 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 {[#]In this exciting Sicilian fight
White finds a nice way to grab the |^.} 17. Rxf7 $1 {White has a strong -> for
the sacrificed material, although there is no forced win, but positional
compensation.} Rxf7 (17... Kxf7 $2 {is weaker because of} 18. Qg4 $1 Kg8 19.
Bh6 Rf7 (19... g6 20. Qxe6+) 20. Bxe6 $18) 18. Bxe6 Nc5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1+
Kg8 21. Nd5 Bf8 (21... Bxd5 $2 22. Qxd5+ {/\ Bxc5}) 22. Rxf8+ (22. Nf6+ {
would have led to equality after} Kh8 $1 (22... gxf6 23. exf6 Be8 (23... Kf7
24. Qg4) 24. Qg4+) 23. Qh4 h6 (23... gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Bg7 25. Qxc6) 24. Ng4 Qa4
25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qxh6+ $11 {but White wants to get more from
the position.}) 22... Rxf8 23. Ne7+ {White pushes too hard.} (23. Qxc5 $1 Bxd5
24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Bc5 {was good and simple, but perhaps it is not enough for a
decisive advantage.}) 23... Kh8 24. Qxc5 Rf1+ 25. Ka2 (25. Bc1 $2 Rxc1+ $1)
25... Bd7 26. Qd5 Qd8 27. Bg5 $2 {[#]} (27. e6 {was still possible:} Rd1 28.
Nc6 Rxd5 29. Nxd8 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Re5 31. Bxa7 Rxe6) 27... Rd1 $1 {White has
overlooked this tactical blow and his position will soon collapse.} 28. Qb3 (
28. Qf7 Qe8) 28... Qf8 29. c3 (29. e6 Qf1 $1) 29... Re1 $19 30. Qd5 Be8 31. e6
Rxe6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
a6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 {According to contemporary theory this setup
with f2-f4 and Qf3 doesn't render any serious chances for White.} Nxd4 11. Bxd4
b5 12. a3 {If White has to answer b7-b5 with a2-a3 then Black has achieved
something. Certainly this is not a general rule, in the Scheweningen B85 Qe1
Qg3 line a2-a3 is necessary for example.} Bb7 13. O-O (13. f5 e5 14. Bf2 {
/\ Bh4 fighting for the key-square d5.} Rc8 15. Bh4 Nxe4 $1 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nd5 (17. Nxe4 Qh4+) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. O-O-O Rc5 20. Bb3 a5 $13 {
Mih.Ankerst-Sher, Ljubljana 1994}) (13. O-O-O Rc8 $1 {threatening with the
typical Sicilian Rxc3 positional exchange sacrifice in order to crush White's 
[+].} (13... a5 14. Bxf6 (14. Rhe1 $2 {is too slow in a tough race like that:}
b4 15. axb4 axb4 {The opening of the a <-> is a result of a2-a3.} 16. Nb1 {
If the N has to retreat, Black has a fine game almost without exception.} Qc7
17. g4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 $17 {Luukkonen-Veingold, Naantali op 1996}) 14... Bxf6 15.
Nxb5 {White has to accept the P sacrifice, otherwise b5-b4 is coming.} a4 16.
Rxd6 Qc8 17. Ba2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxb5 20. c3 $14 {Black has some
pressure on the b and c <->, but White's position is a tough nut to crack,
Istratescu-Buturin, Bucharest 1988.}) 14. Rhe1 ({On} 14. f5 {follows the
above-mentioned} Rxc3 $1 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qh3 e5 $1 $13) 14... Qa5 15. Kb1 b4
16. axb4 Qxb4 17. g4 $1 Nd7 18. f5 Bh4 $1 $13 {Istratescu-Panchenko, Bucharest
1994}) 13... a5 $1 {Black has to grasp the |^.} (13... Rc8 {is less dangerous
here.} 14. Rad1 (14. Rae1 $5 {defending the important >< e4 comes into
consideration.}) 14... a5 $1 15. Nxb5 Bxe4 16. Qe2 d5 17. Na7 Rc7 $13 {
Sznapik-Ftacnik, Trnava 1984}) 14. Rae1 b4 15. Na4 {>< b6} (15. axb4 axb4 16.
Nd1 {is a bit passive and slow:} (16. Nb1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. c3
Ne4 20. Rd1 f5 21. Kh1 Qa5 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qb3 Rfd8 {0-1 Radulov,I-Bobotsov,
M/BUL-ch/1967/ (40)}) 16... Qc7 (16... d5 17. exd5 Ra5 18. Ne3 Bc5 19. Rd1 exd5
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd4 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Kh1 g6 24. f5 Ne4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26.
Rf1 Re7 27. Bxd5 {1-0 Kortelainen,J-Porrasmaa,T/FIN-chT/1991/ (34)}) 17. Nf2
Ba6 18. Nd3 Bc4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bxb3 22. cxb3 g6 $15 {
Gironella-Pogorelov, St.Cugat op 1993} (22... g6 {Ftacnik} 23. f5 exf5 24. Nf4
Ne4 25. Nd5 Qe6 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qf4 Rfe8 {0-1 Gironella-Pogorelov,R/St.
Cugat op/1993/ (33)})) 15... Ra6 (15... bxa3 {Ftacnik} 16. bxa3 Qc7 17. Qg3 $13
) 16. Bc4 {[#]} (16. Qg3 $6 {Ftacnik} e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 (18. Qd3
dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Nd2 $17) (18. Qg4 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rg6 20. Qf4 Nc5 $17
) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. Qxe4 dxe5 $17) 16...
d5 $1 {This is a very nice positional exchange sacrifice, but later White
still had chances for equalization, so we can't say this move decides the
battle. However from psychological point of view these moves are very
effective ruining the opponent's self-confidence. Ftacnik: This push is often
connected with sacrifice, but rarely with an outright offer of exchange.
Unfortunatelly for white his only chance is and attempt to limit positional
demage.} (16... Rc6 {Ftacnik} 17. Qb3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxc4 19. Bb6 Bxe4 20. Bxd8
Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bxc2 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Bxd6 bxa3 24. Ra1 Bxa4 25. Rxa3 $11) 17.
Bxa6 (17. exd5 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3
Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Rc8 $15) 17... Bxa6 18. Bxf6 (18. Rf2 Nxe4) (18. e5 Ne4) (18.
exd5 $1 {was still playable to give back the exchange immediately.} Bxf1 19.
Rxf1 Qxd5 (19... bxa3 20. bxa3 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. c4) (19... Nxd5 20. c4)
20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. axb4 axb4 22. c4 $11) 18... Bxf6 19. e5 (19. Rf2 Bd4 (19...
dxe4 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxe4 Bd4 $17)) 19... Be7 20. axb4 (20. Rf2 {loses the
exchange, too:} Bb5 $1 21. b3 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Bc5 23. axb4 axb4 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25.
Qxf2 Qa5 26. Ra1 Rc8 $15 {with some pressure on the c <->.}) 20... Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 axb4 {Ftacnik: The knight on a4 will remain in offside, and the attempt
to defend or rescue him will cost the positional weakness in backward "c" pawn.
} (21... Bxb4 $6 {Ftacnik} 22. f5 $1 $14) 22. b3 Qc7 23. Rf2 Rc8 {White's
backward P on the c <-> is a real target, and the N is not very effective on
the edge of the board.} 24. Qe3 (24. Kf1 {Ftacnik} g6 25. Re2 $15) 24... g6 25.
g3 Qc6 26. Qd4 Ra8 $1 {There are too many white pieces on the /^ g1-a7...} 27.
Kg2 {[#]} (27. Qd3 $15 {Ftacnik}) 27... Rxa4 $1 {Liquidating for a winning _|_.
} 28. bxa4 Bc5 29. Qd2 Bxf2 30. Kxf2 Qxa4 $19 {Ftacnik: White has no
compensation for the lost pawn.} 31. Kg2 (31. g4 {Ftacnik} Qa3 32. g5 h5 33.
Ke2 b3 34. cxb3 Qxb3 $17) 31... Qc6 32. Qxb4 Qxc2+ 33. Kh3 Kg7 34. Qd6 (34. Qe7
{Ftacnik} Qf5+ 35. Kg2 g5 $5 36. fxg5 Qxe5 $19) 34... h6 35. Qd8 Qf5+ 36. Kg2
g5 37. Kf3 (37. fxg5 {Ftacnik} hxg5 38. Qc7 g4 39. Qc3 Kg6 $19) 37... gxf4 38.
g4 (38. gxf4 Qh3+ (38... Qh3+ {Ftacnik} 39. Kf2 Qxh2+ 40. Kf3 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qf5
$19)) 38... Qxe5 39. h4 Qe3+ (39... Qe3+ {Ftacnik} 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 f3 $19)
0-1

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 Bd7 (9... a6 {is more popular nowadays.}) 10. O-O-O {
In the Velimirovic Attack the position is extremely sharp, and White has to
sacrifice a couple of pieces. The knowledge of long and forced lines is
essential, so it is obvious that not everybody can use it with a success.} Nxd4
(10... Qb8 {is too sophisticated.} 11. g4 {/\ g5 is the main attacking scheme
here.} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Rhg1 b4 15. Nb1 {Both Ns had to retreat!
} Qb7 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. f4 d5 18. f5 dxe4 {(Strobel-Rorekamp, BRD 1982)} 19. fxe6
$16) (10... a6 11. f4 Qc7 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rc4 {This win of a tempo
is typical in this variation.} Qd8 15. g5 Ng4 16. Nd5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.
Qxe3 {(Planinc-Musil, Ljubljana 1969)} exf4 19. Qxf4 $14) (10... Rc8 $5) (10...
Qa5 {allows the direct -> against the >< d6.} 11. Ndb5 $1 Ne8 12. Bf4 e5 13.
Be3 Qd8 14. Nd5 Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 $16 {>< d6 and d5,
Tukmakov-Kottnauer, Hastings 1968}) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 (11... Bc6 12. f4 (12. g4 Qa5
13. Rhg1 {- 11...Qa5}) 12... Qa5 13. Rhf1 b5 {This is usually answered by} 14.
e5 $1 dxe5 15. Qxe5 $1 {Black cannot continue his -> with b5-b4 because of the
pin on the 5.rank.} Rfe8 16. Rd3 Qa6 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 $16 {Tukmakov-Minkov,
SU 1967}) 12. Rhg1 Bc6 (12... b5 $2 {is again strongly met by the standard} 13.
e5 $1 dxe5 (13... Ne8 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Bc6 17. Bxe6 $18) 14.
Qxe5 Rfc8 (14... Bc6 $2 15. Bxe6 $18) (14... Rfd8 $2 15. Nd5 $1 $18) (14... Ne8
15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Rxd7 $14) 15. g4 $1 Qc7 16. g5 Ne8 (16... Nh5 17. Nd5 $1 $16)
17. Nd5 $1 Qxe5 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Bxe5 Kxe7 20. Rg4 $1 $16 {Yudasin-Fedorowicz,
Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) (12... Rac8 {comes into consideration:} 13. g4 e5 14. Be3
Rxc3 15. Bd2 Bb5 $1 16. Qe1 Rxc2+ 17. Kxc2 {(A.Ivanov-Dlugy, Philadelphia 1989)
} Qc7+ $1 18. Bc3 a5 $44) (12... Rfc8 {Ftacnik} 13. g4 e5 $6 14. g5 exd4 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. f4 $40) 13. g4 Nd7 {preparing against g4-g5} (13...
e5 {Ftacnik} 14. Nd5 (14. g5 $1 exd4 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 {
/\ Rd3-h3, Qh5->}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 $13) 14. Kb1 {preparing for g4-g5!}
(14. f4 Nc5 15. g5 Rfe8 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bf6 b5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rxd6 Rc8 20.
Re3 Rec7 {White has won the weak P on d6, but Black's pressure on the << is an
important factor, too.} 21. Qd2 Be8 22. Rd8 b4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nb1 Bc6 25.
Qe2 Qc7 26. e5 a5 $44 {Espig-Tukmakov, Zinnowitz 1967}) 14... Rfe8 15. g5 Nc5 {
The N leaves the >>, after which White's -> becomes very dangerous.} (15... b5
$5 16. a3 (16. g6 $6 {cannot be justified:} hxg6 17. Rxg6 $2 fxg6 18. Bxe6+ Kf8
19. Qg4 Bf6) (16. Qh5 b4) (16. Rg3 b4)) (15... Bxg5 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 17. f4 $18) 16. Rg3 Bf8 (16... Nxb3 17. axb3 e5 (17... Bxg5 18. Qh5 $18 (
18. f4 {Ftacnik} Bxf4 19. Qg4 $18)) 18. Be3 $16 {>< d5}) 17. Rh3 Nxb3 (17... g6
{Ftacnik} 18. Qf3 $1 Nxb3 19. Rxh7 f5 20. Rh8+ Kf7 21. axb3 e5 22. Be3 $16) 18.
axb3 Qxg5 {[#]} (18... g6 19. Qg4 {/\ Rxh7!}) 19. f4 $1 {sacrificing the
second P, accepting it is a risky business: Ftacnik: Opening of the files is
very dangerous, since white has dominant bishop on d4 and three heavy pieces
to launch a quick attack.} Qa5 (19... Qxf4 20. Rf1 $1 (20. Qh5 Bxe4 (20... h6
21. Rf3 Qg5 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rg1 $18)) (20. Qg2 {/\ Rf1} f5 21. Rf1 Bxe4) (20.
Be3 Qe5 21. Rh5 Qf6) (20. Rg1 e5 (20... e5 {Ftacnik} 21. Be3 Qf6 22. Qh5 h6 23.
Bxh6 g6 24. Bg5 Qg7 25. Qh4 Re6 26. Nd5 f5 27. exf5 Bxd5 28. f6 $18) (20... d5
21. Qh5 h6 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Rxg7+ $18)) (20. Rh5 $6 f5 21. Rf1 Qg4
22. Qxg4 fxg4 23. Rg5 e5 24. Be3 Bd7 $17) 20... Qg5 21. Bf6 $1 (21. Rh5 Qe7) (
21. Rg3 Qh6 22. Rf6 (22. Qg2 e5 23. Be3 Qe6) 22... Qh4 23. Qf2 Qh5 24. h4 e5
25. Rg5 Qxg5 26. hxg5 exd4) 21... Qc5 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Rg1 $40) 20. Rg1 {
The open <-> g and h are very dangerous for Black.} g6 (20... e5 21. Qh5 (21.
Qh5 {Ftacnik} f6 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rhg3 $16)) 21. b4 $1 Qc7 (21... Qxb4 22. Qh5
(22. Qh5 {Ftacnik} Bh6 (22... Bg7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qxg7+ Ke7 25. Bf6+ Kd7 26.
Qxf7+ $18) (22... h6 23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Qxh6+ Bxh6 25. Rhxh6#) 23. Bf6 Qc5 24.
Qxh6 Qxg1+ 25. Ka2 $18)) 22. Qh5 $1 $18 {The Q joins the -> with a great
effect.} h6 (22... f5 {founders on} 23. Rxg6+ $1 (23. Rxg6+ {Ftacnik} hxg6 24.
Qh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ $18)) 23. Bf6 $1 {The black K cannot escape. The black king
has to be kept in a box.} Kh7 (23... a5 24. Qxh6 $1 Bxh6 25. Rxh6) (23... Bg7 {
Ftacnik} 24. Bxg7 gxh5 25. Bf6+ Kh7 (25... Kf8 26. Rhg3 $18) 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27.
Rxh5 $18) (23... Rac8 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxh6 Bxh6 25. Rxh6 $18) 24. Qh4 Qb6 (24...
Rac8 25. Rg4 h5 26. Qxh5+ $1 gxh5 27. Rxh5+ Bh6 28. Rg7+) 25. Rg4 $1 ({There
was no defence against} 25. Rg4 a5 (25... Qxb4 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxh6+ Bxh6 27.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 28. Rh4#) 26. Qxh6+ $1 Bxh6 27. Rxh6+ Kxh6 28. Rh4#) 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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. e4 {01h30} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 (6...
Qb6) 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Nxd4 (10... O-O {La grande ligne}
11. O-O (11. O-O-O) 11... Bd7 (11... Na5)) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 (12. a3 Bb7 13.
O-O O-O 14. Rae1 {Ljubojevic,L (2580)-Anand,V (2720) Buenos Aires Sicilian
1994 (1) 0-1} (14. f5)) (12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g4 b4 14. g5 bxc3 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. f5 cxb2+ 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Rd4 Rhe8
22. Qb3 Ka7 23. Rhd1 Re7 24. Rc4 Qb6 25. Rb4 Qf2 26. a3 Rc7 27. Qxb2 Qxh2 28.
Qd4+ Ka8 29. Bb3 Qe5 30. Qf2 Rdd7 31. Rd5 Qc3 32. Rd3 Qe5 33. Rd5 Qc3 34. Rf5
Rg7 35. Rxf6 Qc5 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 h5 38. Rfxd6 h4 39. Rh6 Rh7 40. Rd8+ Ka7
41. Rh8 Bxe4 {Nisipeanu,L (2673)-Berkes,F (2610) Moscow 2005 1/2-1/2 (63)})
12... dxe5 13. Bxe5 (13. fxe5 Bb7 14. Qg3 Ne4 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Rf1 Rhg8 17.
Qxf7 Rxg2 18. Qxe6+ Kb8 19. O-O-O Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Nd2+ 21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Bb6 Qxc3
23. Bxd8 Qf3 24. Bc7+ Kxc7 25. Qf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxf7+ Rd7 {0-1 (26) Madl,I (2408)
-Chiburdanidze,M (2545) Batumi 2000}) 13... Qb7 14. Qg3 b4 (14... a5 $36 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]}) 15. Ne2 O-O 16. O-O-O (16. O-O a5 17. Kh1 Qa6 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} (17... a4 18. Bc4)) 16... a5 (16... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4]})
17. Ba4 Qe4 $146 (17... g6 {Voitsekhovsky,S (2558)-Loginov,V (2532) Novgorod
op 1999 (9) 1/2}) (17... Qb6 18. Rhe1 Bb7 19. f5 (19. Rd7 Nh5) 19... exf5 20.
Nd4 Nh5 21. Qh3 g6 22. Nxf5 {Sanikidze inf 114}) 18. Rhe1 Qg6 19. Qf3 Nd5 20.
Nd4 (20. Bc6) 20... Bb7 21. Bc6 Bxc6 22. Nxc6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd1d5]} Rfe8 23.
f5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd1d5]} Qh6+ 24. Kb1 Bf6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bd4 Qxh2 27. g3
Qh6 28. Rf1 (28. Rh1) 28... a4 (28... Rac8) 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qe4 Qg5 31. Nxb4
Nxb4 32. Qxb4 a3 33. Rd7 (33. Qf4) 33... axb2 (33... Reb8 $36) 34. Qc3 Rf8 35.
Rh1 (35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Qe1 $11) 35... Rab8 36. Qd4 h6 37. a4 {Risqué} Rfd8 38.
Rf1 Rf8 (38... Rxd7 39. Qxd7 Qe3) 39. Rd1 Rfc8 40. a5 (40. Qe4 {[%csl Re6]} e5
41. Re1 Qxg3 42. Qxe5) 40... Ra8 41. Ra7 Rd8 42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Qb6 Qxa5 44.
Qxa5 Rxa5 45. Kxb2 Kf7 $17 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6e1] Le K Blanc est un peu loin
de la défense de l'aile-roi et les Noirs ont des bonnes chances de gain} 46. c4
Rg5 47. Rd3 e5 48. Kc3 Ke6 49. Re3 (49. Kd2 $6 e4 50. Re3 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd4)
49... Rg4 50. Kb4 e4 51. c5 (51. Kb5) 51... Kd5 52. Kb5 Rg6 53. Rc3 Rc6 54. Rc1
Rc8 55. Rd1+ Ke5 56. c6 $13 e3 57. Rd7 Ke4 58. Rxg7 $4 (58. Re7+ Kf3 59. Rf7+
Kg2 (59... Kxg3 60. Rxg7+) 60. Re7 Kf2 61. Rf7+) 58... Re8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7.
Bb3 Nc6 {Statt etwa 7...b5 oder Nbd7 (Najdorf) wählt Schwarz gegen den
Sozin-Angriff den Übergang zur Scheveninger Verteidigung.} 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O
10. Qf3 Nxd4 {Zeigt den Unterschied zur Najdorf-Variante auf: Durch den
Springertausch nebst dem anschließenden Aufzug des b-Bauern (b5) erhält das
Spiel einen nicht minder scharfen, eigenständigen Charakter.} 11. Bxd4 b5 12.
Bxf6 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 (13. fxe5 Qxd4 $1 14. exf6 (14. Qxa8 $4 Ng4 15. Qf3
Bb7 16. Qe2 Bh4+) 14... Bc5 $1 $15) 13... Qb6 $13) 12... Bxf6 $1 13. e5 Bh4+
14. g3 Rb8 15. gxh4 (15. O-O-O $5 Bb7 16. Ne4 $13 {Kasparov} Be7 17. exd6 Bxd6
{[Hmadi-de Firmian, Tunis (izt) 1985]} 18. Qe3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 $11 {
Beljavskij, Mihalcisin [ECO (B3)]}) 15... Bb7 16. Ne4 dxe5 $1 (16... Qxh4+ 17.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. Nxg3 Bxh1 19. Nxh1 {(+/=, Kasparov)} dxe5 20. fxe5 Rfd8 21. Nf2
$1 (21. Rd1 $2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Rd4 24. Nf2 Rh4 25. h3 Rh5) 21...
Rd4 22. a4 $1 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rh4 (23... Rxb2 24. Bb3) 24. Bb3 $16 {Ftacnik/CBM})
17. Rg1 g6 ({Oder z.B.: I} 17... Qxh4+ $6 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Nxg3 exf4 20. Nh5
$40 {Kasparov}) ({II} 17... Qd4 $2 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qg3 $18 {Kasparov}) ({III} 
17... Bxe4 $6 18. Qxe4 Qxh4+ 19. Kf1 exf4 20. Rg2 $16 {Kasparov}) 18. Rf1 $5 ({
Offenbar gibt es hier noch einiges zu entdecken. Alternativen: I} 18. Rd1 Bxe4
19. Qxe4 Qxh4+ 20. Ke2 (20. Kf1 Rbd8 21. Rd3 $1 a5 $13 {Kasparov}) 20... Qxh2+
21. Rg2 Qxf4 {(?!, Kasparov)} (21... Qh5+ $1 22. Qf3 Qf5 {Kasparov}) 22. Qxf4
exf4 23. Kf3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxf4 {remis/40, Short,N (2655)-Kasparov,G
(2805)/London (m12) 1993}) ({II} 18. c3 $5 {Kasparov}) ({III} 18. Rg5 Qd4 19.
Rxe5 Qg1+ $11 {Kasparov}) 18... f5 ({Die einzige Partie zu dem interessanten
18.Rf1!?, die ich in meinen Datenbänken finden konnte, ist die folgende,
leider wenig überzeugende:} 18... Qd4 $2 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. c3 Qb6 21. Qe2 (21.
Qg3 $142 Kxf6 22. fxe5+ Kg7 23. O-O-O $16) 21... Kxf6 22. fxe5+ (22. Qxe5+ $142
Ke7 23. O-O-O) 22... Kg7 23. O-O-O Rbd8 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. hxg6 (26.
Rf1) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 hxg6 28. Qd2 Qg1 29. Qf4 {remis, Wittmann,W (2333)
-Bluvshtein,M (2463)/Budapest 2003}) 19. Qc3 $2 ({Die näherliegende Alternative
} 19. Bxe6+ {scheint für Weiß okay zu sein:} Kh8 (19... Kg7 $6 20. Rd1 fxe4 21.
Qg3 $5 Qf6 (21... Qa5+ $2 22. b4 $1 Qxb4+ 23. c3 Qc5 (23... exf4 24. Rd7+ Kh8
25. Rxf4 Qc5 26. h5 $1 $18 g5 27. Rf5 Rxf5 28. Bxf5) 24. Rd7+ Kh8 25. f5 $18 g5
26. hxg5) 22. Rd7+ Kh8 23. f5 $40) 20. Qc3 $5 fxe4 (20... Qxh4+ 21. Ng3 Rbe8
22. Bd7 b4 (22... Re7 $4 23. O-O-O) 23. Qxb4 exf4+ 24. Bxe8 Rxe8+ 25. Kd1 Qd8+
26. Kc1 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qg5+ 28. Qf4 Qxf4+ 29. gxf4 Bg2 30. Rg1 Re2 $13) 21.
Qxe5+ Qf6 22. Bb3 Rbe8 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 $13) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe6+ $2 ({Danach
gerät Weiß definitiv in Schwierigkeiten. Eine wichtige Ressource für Schwarz
besteht nun darin, daß sein König via g7 gut nach h6 entschlüpfen kann!
Relativ besser waren: I} 20. Qxe5 Qxh4+ 21. Rf2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Kg7
24. Kf1 Rbd8 $15 (24... Rfe8) 25. Qb7+ Kh6 26. Re1 (26. Qxa6 $2 Qh3+ 27. Kg1
Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qxd1+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Kf1 Rd8 $19) 31...
Re8 $19) 26... Rfe8 $15) ({II} 20. h5 Qd4 $5 (20... Qh4+ $6 21. Rf2 (21. Qg3 $6
Qxg3+ 22. hxg3 exf4)) 21. fxe5 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Kf7 $15) 20... Kg7 21. Rd1 (21.
Qxe5+ Kh6 $17) 21... Qxh4+ $17 22. Rf2 (22. Qg3 $4 Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 exf4 $19 {
, z.B.} 24. Rxf4 Rbe8 25. Rd7+ Kh6 26. Rh4+ Kg5 27. Rf7 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Re7)
22... Rbd8 23. Rd7+ Rxd7 24. Bxd7 b4 $1 25. Qc7 $5 ({I} 25. Qxe5+ $2 Kh6 $19
26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Qd6 Bxc2) ({II} 25. Qxb4 $2 Rd8 $19 (25... exf4 $19)) 25... Kh6
$2 ({Gibt den Vorteil aus der Hand. Besser waren: I} 25... Rf7 26. fxe5 Qe7 27.
Rd2 f4 $17) ({II} 25... Qd8 26. Qxe5+ Kh6 27. Qc5 Rf7 28. Ba4 Re7 29. Re2 Rc7
$17) 26. fxe5 Qg5 27. Qd6 $2 ({Aber Weiß nutzt seine Chance nicht, und zur
nahenden Zeitkontrolle wird das Geschehen hektischer: I} 27. Qc5 $1 Rf7 28. e6
Re7 29. Kd1 $11) ({II} 27. e6 $4 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 f4 $1 $19) 27... Qc1+ 28. Qd1 (
28. Ke2 Qxc2+ 29. Qd2+ Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Rf7 31. e6 Re7 {/\Kg5-f6-+}) 28... Qxb2
29. Qd2+ (29. e6 Qe5) 29... Kg7 30. e6 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qe5 32. Kf1 Rb8 (32... a5)
33. Qg5 (33. Re2) 33... Qa1+ 34. Ke2 Qf6 $17 35. Qf4 Rb7 (35... Rf8 36. Qd6 (
36. Qc7 Qe7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 $19) 36... Rf7 37. Qxb4 Re7 $17) 36. Qd6 Bxc2 $4 $138
(36... g5 $1 37. Qc5 f4 38. e7 f3+ $19 {und Schwarz ist um ein Tempo schneller.
}) 37. Rf1 $4 $138 (37. Qc5 Rxd7 (37... Bb1 38. e7) 38. exd7 Ba4 39. Qxb4 Bxd7
40. Kd2 $15) 37... b3 $19 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. e7 Bd3+ 40. Kf2 Qxd6 41. e8=N+ Kf8
42. Nxd6 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Rockville Razuvaev Memorial"]
[Site "Rockville"]
[Date "2013.08.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.08.08"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Friends of Razuvaev"]
[BlackTeam "Women"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 {I have written 4
books on the Fischer Sicilian and suddenly before the game I decided to use
the old weapon! And it was completely unexpected by my opponent. I must say
that I always enjoyed the Fischer Sicilian! But what a pity, I have played it
just once in 5 years, since I retired from tournament chess!} Bd7 {This is the
way which Dragon players use, like the great Leonid Stein.} 7. O-O {In my
opinion the bishop move to b3 is a loss of tempo!} ({Usually play transposes
into the Dragon, favourably for Black in my opinion:} 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 g6 9.
Bg5 Bg7 10. f3 O-O 11. Qe3 (11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O a6 (12... a5 13. e5 b4 14.
exf6 bxc3 15. Qxc3 exf6 16. Bf4 f5 17. Qd3 a4 18. Bd5 Qb6)) 11... b5 12. h4 b4)
7... e6 ({A very serious alternative here is to continue in the Dragon way:} 
7... g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Nd5 $1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. Bf4 $14 f5
13. Qxd6 fxe4 14. Bd5) 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 Nxe4 $5 {A very risky try.} ({A more
logical move was} 9... O-O 10. f5 $14 e5 (10... Qc8 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nf5 $1 b5
13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Qg4 Rxf5 15. Qxf5 Nf6 $14 16. Qh3 Nb4 17. Be2 Nxc2 18. Rb1
Rb8 19. Nc3 Qc5 $2 (19... Nd4 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qg3 Bf5 $44) 20. Qg3 {Pavlov,
M-Averbakh,Y/Bucuresti 1971 with better play.}) (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12.
Bg5 Rac8 13. Bb3 a6 14. Rae1 b5 15. a3 {with slight pressure.}) (10... Qb6 11.
fxe6 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. exd7 Nxc2 14. Rb1 Rad8) 11. Nde2 Rc8 12. Ng3 Nb4 $6
(12... Nd4) 13. Bb3 b5 14. Bg5 Bc6 (14... Nxe4 15. Ncxe4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17.
Qxd6 $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nh5 $16 {Gufeld,E-Stein,L/USSR 1971}) (9... Nxd4
10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. f5 e5 12. Qd3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Qg3 dxc4 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16.
f6 Bb4 17. Ng5 Qd5 18. Nxh7 {Drimer,D-Damjanovic,M/Havana 1968 with a winning
attack,.}) 10. Nxe4 d5 11. f5 $1 ({I examined another tempting option} 11. Bxd5
exd5 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Nxd5 Bc6 15. c4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 17. Qd3
Qd7 {but decided that Black has there compensation for the pawn} 18. Rb1 Rad8
19. Rd1 Qa4) 11... dxc4 12. fxe6 Bxe6 (12... fxe6 {was very bad:} 13. Nb5 (13.
Bg5 Bxg5 (13... Qb6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe7 Qd4 16. Qh5+ Kxe7 17. Qh4+ Ke8 18.
Rad1) 14. Nd6+)) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 ({Huge problems awaited Black in the endgame} 
13... Qxd1 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Ne6+ Ke8 (15... Kg8 16. Rxd1 fxe6 17. Bg5) 16.
Nc7+ Kd8 17. Rxd1+ Kxc7 18. Bf4+) 14. Qg4 Qd5 ({Black would have destroyed all
his chances of castling after} 14... Qd7 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qe2 Qc7
18. Bh6) 15. Nc3 (15. Be3 {was less convincing:} O-O-O 16. Nc3 Qe5 17. Rae1 Nd4
) 15... Qe5 16. Qxc4 (16. Bf4 {was weaker:} Qf5 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Be3 (18. Bc7
Rdg8 19. Qxg8+ Rxg8 20. Rxf5 exf5) 18... Qg6 {with unclear play.} (18... Qxc2))
16... Rf8 ({A very difficult life awaits Black after} 16... O-O-O 17. Bf4 Qf6
18. Nb5) 17. Bf4 ({I was calculating another good line} 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Bf4
Qd4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rf1 Bf6 21. Ne4 Kg8 22. c3 Qd7 23. Rd1) 17... Qd4 18. Qxe6
({A very tempting idea was} 18. Qb3 Rxf4 (18... Qb4 19. Qxe6 Rxf4 20. Nd5 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Qd6 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Qxd5 24. Qxb7+ Kd8 25. c3) 19. Qxb7) 18...
Rxf4 19. Qg8+ Rf8 ({Easier loses} 19... Bf8 20. Rae1+ Kd7 (20... Kd8 21. Ne2
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1) 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 22. Qe6+ Kd8 23. Qe8+ Kc7 24. Nd5+) 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. Rf1 {The simplest is to transfer into endgame with an extra pawn.} ({
Much more complicated ways were} 21. Re1+ Ne7) ({and} 21. Qe6+ Be7 22. Rf1 Rd8
23. Qf7+ Kd7 24. Rd1) 21... O-O-O ({Or} 21... Ke7 22. Qf7+ Kd6 23. Nb5+) 22.
Rxf8 Qe5 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qc4+ Nc6 25. g3 ({A slightly different way of
defence was possible:} 25. h3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27. g3) 25... Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+
27. Ne2 ({Too long, but a tempting line was} 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Nb4 29. c3
Nxa2 30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. Kd3 Ke5 33. Kc2 Ke4 34. Kb1 Nxc3+ 35. Nxc3+
Kf3) 27... h6 28. Kf2 g5 29. a3 Qd6 30. b4 a6 31. c3 ({Here the centralisation
with} 31. Qe4 Ne5 32. c4 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 {was better}) 31... Kb8 32. Nd4 ({
Once more centralisation was better:} 32. Qe4 Qf6+ 33. Kg2 Kc7 34. c4 (34. a4))
32... Qf6+ 33. Kg2 ({It was preferable was to keep the king in the centre:} 33.
Ke2 Nxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Qe6+ 35. Kd3) 33... Nxd4 34. cxd4 h5 35. Qc5 Qg6 36. Qf8+
Ka7 37. Qc5+ Ka8 38. d5 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 g4 ({Many more chances for a draw were
promised by} 39... Qh1) 40. Qc8+ Ka7 41. Qc5+ Ka8 42. d6 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44.
Ke2 Qxh2+ 45. Qf2 Qh1 ({The pawn ending is clearly lost:} 45... Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2
Kb8 47. Ke3 Kc8 48. Kf4 Kd7 49. Kg5 Kxd6 50. Kxh5) 46. d7 (46. Qf8+ {promised
nothing:} Ka7 47. Qf4 Kb6 48. d7 Qd5 49. Qf8 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Kc2 Qc4+)
46... Qe4+ 47. Qe3 Qc2+ 48. Ke1 Qb1+ 49. Kd2 {Now White starts a typical
winning plan in such endings - to sacrifice pawns, but to come to help his own
advanced pawn.} Qb2+ 50. Kd3 Qxa3+ 51. Kd4 Qxb4+ 52. Kd5 Qa5+ ({White was also
winning after the better} 52... Qb5+ 53. Ke6 Qc6+ 54. Ke7 Qc7 55. Qe4 (55. Qe6
h4 56. Ke8) (55. Qf4 Qc5+ 56. Qd6 Qg5+ 57. Qf6 Qc5+ 58. Ke8) 55... h4 56. Ke8)
53. Kd6 h4 (53... Qb4+ 54. Qc5 Qd2+ 55. Kc7) 54. Qe8+ Ka7 55. d8=Q Qa3+ 56. Ke6
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Olis m"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 {Quite a rare line, but I've
decided after a 2 wins to try to play some quiet position with slight
advantage.} d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nxc3 {Black can't wait with this exchange.}
(14... Qc7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe3 $16) 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Qh3 Ba4 17. Rd2 Bb5 (
17... Bxc2 $2 18. Rxc2 Rxc2 19. Bb1 Qc7 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Bc3 $18) 18. Re1 Bg5 {
Black has to except the fact, that white is going to be better for a long time
in this game, leaving black-squared bishops would be too dangerous.} 19. Be3
Bxe3 20. Qxe3 a6 21. c3 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. f4 Qd6 24. g3 Bc4 $6 {Allows
white to improve a pawn structure on queen's side.} 25. b3 $1 Bb5 26. c4 Bc6
27. b4 Rd8 28. Qe5 Qd7 29. a4 $1 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. a5 Bb7 32. Rc2 Rc8 33.
Rec1 $6 {Underestimating black's only counter play} (33. Rxc8+ $5 {was keeping
a big positional advantage} Qxc8 34. f5 $1 Qc2 35. Bb1 Qd2 36. Rf1 $16) 33...
Rc4 $1 34. Bxc4 dxc4 35. h4 Rf5 $1 36. Qe3 Rd5 37. Re2 e5 38. a6 $1 (38. Kh2
Bc8) 38... Bc6 39. Kh2 Qg4 40. Rf2 $2 {Giving up an advantage.} (40. f5) (40.
Rg2 $18) 40... Rd3 41. Qxd3 cxd3 42. Rxc6 Qd7 $1 43. Rc1 Qa7 $1 44. Ra2 exf4 ({
Black could even try to play on win here, but it objectively doesn't work} 
44... e4 45. Rc8+ (45. Re1 $2 e3 46. Rxe3 d2 $3 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Rd8 Qf2+ 49.
Kh3 d1=Q $19) 45... Kf7 46. Rc5 e3 47. Rxb5 Kf6 48. Rb7 Qa8 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. a7
$18) 45. gxf4 Qe3 $11 46. Rf1 d2 47. Raa1 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 (49. Kg4
Qe2+ 50. Kf5 Kf7) 49... Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 13th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 (6... e6 7. Be3
a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 (9... b5 10. f5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Qxd4 Be7 12. g4 O-O
13. Rg1 Kh8 14. g5 Nd7 15. O-O-O Ne5 16. f6 gxf6 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Rdf1 Bg7 19.
Ne2 Bb7 20. Rxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 Kh8 22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Bh6 f6 24. Nf4 Nc4 25. Bxf8
Rxf8 26. Bxc4 e5 27. Qd2 bxc4 28. Nd5 Qg7 {1-0 Gross,S-Tomescu,V/Decin op (06)
;EXP 53 1996 (40)}) 11... Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd3 Rac8 15. Kh1 Qb7
16. Rae1 e5 17. Be3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. c4 Bc6 20. Rb1 Qa8 {0-1 Gorelov,
S-Serper,G/RUS-chT Moscow (06) ;EXP 45 1994 (36)}) 10. Qf3 O-O (10... Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 b5 12. a3 O-O 13. O-O Qb7 14. f5 Kh8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. e5 dxe5
18. Bxe5 a5 19. Ne2 Rf7 20. Qh3 Bd6 21. Nf4 Qc7 22. Bxe6 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxe6 24.
Qxe6 Bxe5 25. Qxf7 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Qxc2 27. Qa2 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Aseev,K/St.
Petersburg op (07) ;EXP 46 1995}) 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Rf2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Ra7 20. a4
{1-0 Onischuk,A-Lerner,K/Bad Zwesten (7) 1997 (51)}) 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qd8 9.
Nd4 e6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5
16. fxe5 Nd7 $146 {gegen Onischuk hat er Bc5 gespielt.} 17. Bxe6 $5 (17. Qxa8
Bb7 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $15 {Der Ba8 ist stark, das Feld g2 schwach.})
17... fxe6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (19... Bxf8 $2 20. Qe8 Qc6 21. Kf2 $8
Qxg2+ 22. Ke1 Qh1+ 23. Kd2 Qxh2+ 24. Ne2 $16) 20. Qe8 Bc5 21. Ne2 $5 (21. Rd1
Qxe5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh1) 23... Qf5+ 24. Ke1 (24. Kg1 Qxc2 $19)
24... Bxg2 $17) (21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Qf2 23. Rg1 Bxg2+ 24. Rxg2 Qf1+ 25. Rg1
Qf3+ $11) 21... Qxe5 22. Rf1 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ $8 25. Kxg2
Qd2+ 26. Kg3 Qg5+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf3 $1 $14 h6 $6 (28... g5 $5) (28... Qxh2
29. Ke3 Qg3+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qd5+ 33. Kc1 Qg5+ 34. Kb1 $18) (
28... Qxc2 29. Kg3 Qd3+ 30. Rf3 Qd6+ 31. Kh3 h6 32. Qf7+ $18) 29. h4 $6 (29.
Qa8 $5 Qxh2 30. Ke3) 29... g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Qa8 (31. Qc8 $5) 31... Kg7 32.
Rf2 (32. Qa7+ Nd7 33. Qxa6 g4+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kxg4 Qe2+ $17) 32... Qd1+ 33.
Ke3 Ng6 34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Rh2+ Nh4 36. Qf7 Qe1+ 37. Kd4 Qb4+ 38. Ke5 Qxb2+ (
38... Qc5+ 39. Kf6 (39. Kxe6 $2 Qc4+ 40. Ke7 (40. Kf6 Qf4+) 40... Qc7+ $19)
39... Qd4+ 40. Ke7 $11) 39. Kxe6 Qxa2+ 40. Ke7 Qxf7+ 41. Kxf7 Kh5 42. Ke6 g4
43. Kd5 g3 44. Rh3 $1 {Der schönste Weg zum Remis.} Kg4 45. Rxg3+ Kxg3 46. Kc5
Nf5 47. Kb6 Nd4 (47... Kf4 48. Kxa6 Nd6 49. Kb6 Ke5 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Kc6 Ke7 52.
Kc5 Kd7 53. Kb6 $11 {Die Stellung ist Remis.}) 48. Kxa6 Kf4 49. Ka5 Ke3 50. Kb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qd3 b4 14. fxe6 bxc3
15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Bxc3 Bg4 17. Rf4 Bh5 18. Raf1 Bxf7 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6
Bxb3 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. axb3 Qc5+ 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. Qd1 Rf4 25. h3 Rxe4 26. Qf3
Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Kg8 28. c3 Qh4 29. Qd3 Qf4+ 30. g3 Qf5 31. Qxa6 h5 32. Kg2 Re1 33.
Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qc2+ 35. Bf2 Re5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Qxb2 38. Qd3+ Kh8 39.
Qxd6 Qxc3 40. b4 Kh7 41. Qb8 Qc6+ 42. Kg3 Rb5 43. Qf4 Qc3+ 44. Qe3 Qc4 45. Qd4
Rxb4 46. Qxc4 Rxc4 47. Be3 Kg6 48. Bd2 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Bg5 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Ke4
52. Kg2 Rb3 53. Kf2 Rb5 54. Bc1 Rc5 55. Ba3 (55. Bd2 Rc2 56. Ke2 Rxd2+ 57. Kxd2
Kf4 $19) 55... Rc2+ 56. Kg3 {ab hier habe ich sehr starke Zweifel an der
Korrektheit der Notation.} Rc4 $2 (56... Rc3+ $19) 57. Kh4 $2 Ke5 $2 (57... Kf3
58. Kg5 Rxg4+ 59. Kf5 Rg1 60. Bc5 Rg2 61. Be7 g6+ 62. Kf6 g5 $19) 58. Kg5 $2 (
58. Bb2+ Kf4 59. Bxg7 $11) 58... Ke4 $2 59. Kh4 $2 (59. Bf8 Rc7 60. Kg6 $11)
59... Ke5 $2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. f5 b4 13. Qxb4 d5 14. Qd4 dxe4 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Ra7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rae1 Rb7 21.
Nxe4 Rxb2 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Rxc2 25. Rxh6 Re2 26. Rb1 Rdd2
27. Rg6+ Kf7 28. Rg4 Rxa2 29. Rb7+ Kf6 30. h4 Re5 31. Kh2 Rh5 32. Kh3 a5 33.
Rgg7 Rh8 34. Rbf7+ Ke5 35. Rg5+ Kd6 36. Ra7 e5 37. Rg6+ {Weiß wickelt ins
Remis ab.} ({Mit} 37. h5 $5 {hätte er ein spannendes Wettrennen provozieren
können, z.B.} Kd5 38. g4 Rb8 39. Rf5 Ra1 40. h6 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 37...
Kd5 38. Rga6 e4 39. Rxa5+ Rxa5 40. Rxa5+ Kd4 41. g4 e3 42. g5 e2 43. Ra1 Rf8
44. Re1 (44. h5 $4 Rf1 45. Ra4+ Ke5 $19) 44... Ke3 45. g6 Rf1 46. Rxe2+ Kxe2
47. Kg4 (47. h5 $4 Rg1 48. Kh4 Kf3 49. h6 Kf4 $1 $19) 47... Ke3 48. Kg5 Ke4 49.
g7 Ke5 50. Kg6 (50. g8=Q $4 Rg1+ 51. Kh6 Rxg8 $19) 50... Rg1+ 51. Kf7 (51. Kh7
Kf6 52. g8=Q Rxg8 53. Kxg8 Kg6 $11) 51... Rf1+ 52. Kg8 (52. Ke7 Rg1 53. Kf7 $11
) 52... Rf5 53. h5 Rxh5 (53... Kf6 54. h6 Rg5 55. Kf8 Ra5 56. Kg8 Ra8+ 57. Kh7
Kf7 58. g8=Q+ Rxg8 {patt}) 54. Kf7 Rg5 55. g8=Q Rxg8 56. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Na5 {Durch Zugumstellung ist eine
bekannte Stellung der Sozin-Variante entstanden. Der letzte Zug wird im
Vergleich zu 11...Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 nicht so häufig angewendet, ist aber meiner
Meinung nach keineswegs schlechter.} 12. f4 b5 13. f5 e5 {So lang Weiss mit
dem c-Bauern auf b3 zurückschlagen kann, halte ich es für weise, den Tausch zu
verspäten. Oft erfolgt dieser auch gar nicht, denn der Na5 steht auf c4 sehr
schön.} 14. Nde2 Bb7 15. Ng3 $6 ({Als unklar gilt} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nc4
17. Qc1 ({oder} 17. Bc1 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Nc3 Be7 21. Ne4 $6
Qxd5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Be3 Nd7 $1 $17 {De Firmian-Va.Salov, New York 1996.})
17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Bf2 ({In einer instruktiven Partie
Scholl-Polugaevsky (Amsterdam 1970) geschah} 19. b3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc5 $1 {
und Schwarz realisierte später seinen Vorteil.}) 19... Be7 ({Die Verbesserung
gegenüber der Partie Honfi-Tarjan, Majdanpek 1976:} 19... h5 $6 20. b3 Nb6 21.
Rd1 h4 22. Qe3 {mit klarem weissen Vorteil.}) 20. b3 Nb6 {. Weiss hat einige
Schwächen, die aber vom schwarzen Entwicklungsrückstand kompensiert wird.})
15... Nc4 (15... h5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {erschien mir nicht so klar.}) 16.
Qf3 $2 {Onischuk hat es wahrscheinlich nicht erwartet, dass ich mich einfach
auf b2 bediene. Sonst hätte er} (16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 $15 {den Vorzug
gegeben.}) 16... Nxb2 $5 (16... d5 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. exd5 b4 19. Na4 {ist eher
gut für Weiss, und der andere Versuch, von der Schwäche der Diagonale g1-a7 zu
profitieren, gefiel mir auch nicht:}) (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 d5 18. Qe2 {[%csl
Ge4][%cal Rb3f7] , und die weissen Figuren entfalten aktives Spiel.}) 17. Nd5 (
17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Nce2 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nh5 Nc4 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 (
18. exd5 h6 $17) 18... Rc8 19. Nh5 Nxd5 20. exd5 f6 21. a4 $5 {Der ukrainische
Grossmeister war sich seiner schlechten Stellung ganz bewusst und entschied
mit Hilfe eines Bauernopfers, den Charakter des Spiels völlig zu ändern.} Nxa4
22. c4 {[%cal Ga1a8,Gc1c8]} Qxc4 {Somit sind jetzt Linien für die weissen
Figuren geöffnet.} 23. Ng3 (23. Rfc1 Nc3 24. Bd2 $2 Ne2+ {scheiterte natürlich.
}) ({Auf} 23. Bd2 {plante ich das Qualitätsopfer mittels} Rc5 $5 24. Be3 Qxd5)
23... h5 $2 ({Ich befürchtete das Damenschach auf h5 zu sehr, und entschied,
meinen König im Zentrum des Brettes zu lassen. Eine riskante Wahl, wenn man
bedenkt, dass} 23... Be7 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Rfc1 Nc3 26. Rxa6 b4 {[%cal Yb2b1,
Yb4b1] Schwarz einen sehr grossen Vorteil versprochen hätte.}) 24. Ne4 (24.
Rfc1 $2 Nc3 25. Rxa6 h4 26. Ne4 Ne2+ 27. Qxe2 Qxe2 28. Rxc8+ Kd7 {und Schwarz
gewinnt}) 24... Kd8 25. Rfc1 (25. Rac1 $6 Qa2 (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27.
Rcd1) 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Rc1+ Kb7 $19) 25... Qxd5 {[%cal Gd1d8] Das war meine
Absicht, als ich 23....h5 zog. Ein vierter Bauer wird abgeräumt, aber auch
eine weitere Angriffslinie für Weiss aufgemacht.} 26. Rxc8+ (26. Rd1 Qb7 27.
Nxd6 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Bxd6 29. Rxd6+ Ke7 30. Rxa6 Rhd8 {war keineswegs zu
befürchten.}) 26... Kxc8 27. Nxd6+ $1 Qxd6 28. Qa8+ Kd7 ({Ich unterschätzte
die Kraft vom nächsten Zug meines Gegners; vielleicht hätte ich sonst} 28...
Qb8 {vorgezogen, mit der möglichen Folge} 29. Rc1+ (29. Qxa6+ Qb7 30. Qe6+ Qd7
31. Qa6+ Kd8) (29. Qc6+ Qc7 30. Qa8+ Kd7) 29... Bc5 30. Qxa6+ Qb7 31. Qe6+ Qd7
(31... Kb8 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Rd8 34. Rc6) 32. Bxc5 (32. Qa6+ Kb8) 32...
Qxe6 33. fxe6 Kb7 $17) 29. Rc1 Nc5 30. Kh1 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ra7g1]} ({
Die Alternativen} 30. Bxc5 $4 Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Bxc5+ 32. Kf1 Rxa8) ({und} 30.
Qa7+ Qc7 {hätten sofort verloren.}) 30... Qd3 $2 {Gerade nachdem ich diesen
Zug ausgeführt habe, sah ich, ein gleichstehendes Endspiel verpasst hatte,
nämlich mittels} (30... e4 $6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf8d6,Gd6h2]} 31. Bxc5 (31. g3
Qc6) 31... Qxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Bd6+ 33. Bxd6 Rxa8 {Hier wird Weiss sicher den Pe4
erobern, und das Gleichgewicht halten können.}) ({Einen klaren Vorteil hätte
aber} 30... Qc6 {versprochen, denn die schwarzen Bauern nach} 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32.
Qd8+ Kb7 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34. Qxh8 (34. Rd7+ Qxd7 35. Qxd7+ Kb6 36. Qxg7 Rf8 $19)
34... a5 $1 35. Qxg7+ Ka6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5] sehen sehr gefährlich aus.}) 31. Bxc5
Bxc5 32. Qxh8 Qxf5 33. Qxg7+ Kc6 34. Qf7 (34. Qa7 Qf1+ $1 35. Rxf1 Bxa7 36.
Rxf6+ Kb7 $17) 34... Kb6 (34... h4 $11) 35. Qd5 $6 $138 ({Besser war} 35. Qe8 {
, da das Dauerschach in diesem Fall gesichert gewesen wäre.}) 35... Qf2 $2 $138
({Nach dem Textzug büsst Schwarz seine ganze Koordination in der Verteidigung.
Die Dame musste unbedingt zur Hilfe ihres Monarches:} 35... Qc8 $1 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Gc8c6] und falls} 36. Rf1 $6 Be7 37. Qf7 $2 {, so} Qc4 $1 {mit
entscheidender Abwicklung ins Endspiel.}) 36. Qe6+ Kb7 37. Ra1 a5 $4 {[%csl
Ra5,Rb5]} ({Nach diesem groben Fehler fallen die letzten Steine um den
schwarzen König. Unklar blieb die Lage nach} 37... Bb6 38. Qd7+ (38. Qd5+ Kb8
39. Rc1 Qd4) 38... Bc7 ({nicht} 38... Kb8 39. Rc1 Bc5 40. Qd5 $18) 39. Qd5+ Kb8
40. Qe6 Qb6) 38. Qd7+ Ka6 $2 (38... Kb6 39. Qd8+ Kb7 40. Qxa5 $16) 39. Qc6+ Bb6
40. Qa8+ Ba7 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Rc1 $1 {Weiss erobert nun forciert die
gegnerische Dame.} a4 43. Qd8+ Kb7 44. Rc7+ Ka6 45. Rc6+ Qb6 (45... Bb6 46.
Qa8#) 46. Qxf6 e4 47. h4 1-0

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ba2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. f3 b5 15.
Kh1 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Rab8 17. Rfe1 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Ne2 Rbb8 20. Bc3 d5 21. e5
Nd7 22. Nd4 Rdc8 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Ra1 Be8 25. Bb1 Na4 26. Ba5 Bg5 27. f4 Bxf4
28. Qxf4 Qxa5 29. Rf1 Rxb2 30. Nxe6 Rcb8 31. Nxg7 Qb4 $2 (31... Kxg7 32. Qf6+
Kg8 33. e6 R8b7 34. Ra3 Qc7 35. Rg3+ Qxg3 36. hxg3 Rxb1 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 39. Kh2 $14 {White is better because he willl win a piece}) 32. Qg3 Kh8
33. Nh5 Qf8 34. Ba2 Bb5 35. c4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Bxc4 37. e6 Rb7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39.
Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Match Rossolimo-Tartakower +1-1=8"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1948.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1948.10.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Qb6 {
Ne semblait pas connu а l'époque}) 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gg2g4]
VELIMIROVIC a popularisé cette idée agressive dans les années 60} O-O (8... a6)
9. O-O $6 (9. O-O-O {La suite logique mais le lieutenant CARTIER devait
probablement improviser dans cette position inconnue de la théorie de l'époque}
a6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. g4 $36) 9... Nxd4 $1 $146 (9... a6 {Tartakower,S-Radulescu,
M Budapest 1948 (6) 1/2}) 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Rad1 Bc6 12. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3g3,
Gd3h3]} Qa5 $1 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb7b5] Profitant que la Rd3 affaiblit le
contrôle des Blancs de la case "b5"} 13. Rh3 g6 (13... Rac8) 14. f4 (14. Bb3)
14... d5 15. exd5 Bc5 16. Qe5 Qb6 17. Rd1 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 exd5 19. Qxb6 axb6 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxa2 23. Rb3 Rc8 24. c3 Rc6 25. Rd7 $14 Ra7
26. Rb4 Kf8 27. Re4 Ra2 28. Rd2 b5 29. g3 Rc4 $132 30. Rxc4 $6 bxc4 31. Kf2 Ke7
32. Ke3 Ra6 33. Rd4 Rb6 34. Rxc4 Rxb2 {La partie s'achemine vers une nouvelle
nulle} 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. h3 h5 37. Kf3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 (11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14.
Be3 Be6 15. Bb3 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bg5 $10 {Varavin,V-Kharlov,A/Elista
RUS-ch/1996/0,5/33/}) 11... O-O 12. Kh1 Qc7 (12... Bd7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. Qd3 Rac8 16. f5 e5 17. Bf2 b5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Bh4 Rfd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 $14 {Velimirovic,V-Drasko,M/Vrsac/1985/0,5/41/}) 13. f4 Nxd4 {N/}
(13... b5 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bg5 $36 {Ginsburg,
G-Naumann,A/BL 1996/1:0/35/}) 14. Qxd4 $5 (14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7
) 14... Nd7 $6 (14... Ng4 15. Qb6 Bd8 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bd4 $14) 15. Rad1 Nc5
16. f5 $16 Nxb3 17. axb3 (17. cxb3 $5) 17... Re8 (17... b5 $6 18. f6 $1 (18.
Bf4 e5 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qd5 Bb7 22. Bg5 $1 Qc7 $15) (18. fxe6
Bxe6 (18... fxe6 19. Rxf8+ (19. Nd5 $5) 19... Kxf8 (19... Bxf8 20. Bf4 $1) 20.
Rf1+ Kg8 21. Nd5 $1 Qd8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bf4 $16) 19. Bf4 Rad8 $13) 18...
Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Bh6 Rd8 20. Rd3 Kh8 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. e5 $1
$18) 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 Qd8 (20... Qc5 21. Rd3 $1 $18) 21. Qf2 Kh8 22. Rxd6
$1 Qe7 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Rd8 $18) 18. f6 $1 Bxf6 $8 (18... gxf6
19. Bh6 Qc5 20. e5 $1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rd8 (21... fxe5 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Rxf7 $18)
(21... dxe5 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bxf6+ Kf8 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Bxe5+ Kf8
27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Bh6+ Kh8 29. Rxf7 $18) (21... f5 22. exd6 Bf6 23. d7 $18) 22.
Rg4+ Kh8 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bxf6+ Kf8 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rg7 Rf8 27. exd6+ Kxd6
28. Rgxf7 $18) 19. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20. Bh6 Qc5 (20... Qe7 21. e5 f5 (21... Kh8 22.
exd6 e5 (22... Qd8 23. d7) 23. Qh4 Qe6 24. d7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 $18) 22. exd6 e5
23. dxe7 exd4 24. Nd5 $1 Be6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxd4 $18) (20...
Qd8 21. e5 (21. Qf2 Kh8 22. Rxd6 Qe7 23. Qh4 $40) 21... Kh8 $8 22. Ne4 (22. Qh4
$5) 22... fxe5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Re7 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nxe5 Re8 27. Rd3
Kh8 28. Rg3 Re7 29. Bg5 $1 $18) 21. Qxf6 (21. Rd3 $6 Qxd4 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Bg7+
Kg8 24. Bh6+ Kh8 $10) 21... Qe5 $8 22. Qh4 f5 $8 23. Rd3 (23. Rxd6 $5 Kf7 $8
24. Bf4 Qg7 25. exf5 $18) 23... Kh8 24. Bf4 (24. Rg3 $1 Rg8 (24... Bd7 25. Bf4
Qd4 26. e5 $1 Rf8 27. Qe7 $18) 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qd8+ (26. Qe7 Bd7 27. Qxd7
$18) 26... Kf7 27. Qf8+ Kg6 28. Ne2 $1 $18) 24... Qg7 25. Rg3 (25. exf5 exf5)
25... Qf7 26. Bxd6 $1 (26. Bh6 fxe4 (26... Rg8 $2 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qd8+) 27.
Bg7+ Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Qxd6 $16) 26... e5 27. Nd5 $4 (27.
Bxe5+ $1 Rxe5 28. Qd8+ Re8 29. Qd4+ $18) 27... fxe4 $1 28. Qf6+ $2 (28. Kg1 $1
Bf5 29. Ne7 $16) 28... Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Bf5 $1 (29... Rd8 $6 30. Nd7 $1 Re8 31.
Nb6 Re6 32. Bc7 $18) 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rg5 Re6 $5 32. Bb8 e3 33. Kg1 Bg6 34.
Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5+ Kg8 $10 36. c3 Bf7 (36... Kf7 37. Bd4 e2 $10) 37. c4 Bg6
38. Bd4 (38. b4 Bd3 39. b3 Bc2) 38... Bc2 39. Bxe3 Bxb3 40. c5 Kf7 41. Kf2 h5
42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Kf4 Bd5 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Bc6 46. h4 Bd5 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Kf5
Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Avangard"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Qb6 $5 7.
Nb3 e6 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Be3) 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 a6 9. f4 (9. Qe2 $5 {
[%cal Ge1c1,Gg2g4,Gg4g5] L'attaque Velimirovic} Qc7 10. O-O-O) 9... O-O 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. f5 {Mikhalchishin a essayé plusieurs fois cette ligne secondaire а
cette époque mais avec des résultats assez mitigiés} (11. O-O-O $142 {
Ljubojevic,L-Haelg,A Zuerich U20 1970 (4) 1-0}) 11... Nxd4 (11... Na5 $5 {
[%cal Ga5b3];Mikhalchishin,A (2435)-Panchenko,A URS-ch YM Alma-Ata 1977 1/2})
12. Bxd4 exf5 $1 (12... b5 {Mikhalchishin,A (2425)-Popov,N URS-ch YM Leningrad
1976 1-0}) 13. O-O Be6 $132 14. exf5 Bxb3 15. axb3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Qc6 17. Qd3 Nd7
18. Rad1 Rad8 (18... Ne5 $142 19. Qg3 Bf6) 19. Qg3 f6 20. Be3 (20. Rfe1 {
[%csl Ge6]}) 20... Bf8 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Bf4 Nb6 24. Be3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Berend, Elvira S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Qc7 {
Une ligne secondaire un peu passive} (7... b5 $142) (7... Nbd7 $142 {[%cal
Gd7c5,Gc5b3]}) 8. O-O Be7 (8... Nc6) 9. f4 Nc6 (9... O-O 10. f5) 10. Be3 (10.
Kh1 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Bg5 $14) 10... O-O 11. f5 $1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. a3 (13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Kh1 Bd7) 13... exf5 $6 {Les Noirs espèrent
profiter de l'ouverture de la colonne "e" mais ils perdent le contrôle de la
case "d5" et cette ouverture semble prématurée} (13... Rb8 $1 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Gb5b4] Plus solide} 14. Qd3 b4 $132 {Lukin,A (2455)-Aseev,K (2530)
Petrov Memorial op 1996 (7) 0-1}) 14. exf5 {[%csl Gd5]} Bb7 15. Qd2 (15. Qd3 d5
{Parma,B-Minic,D Novi Sad 1965 (15) 1/2}) 15... h6 $146 (15... Nd7 16. Rad1 Ne5
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rac8 19. c3 Bf6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Qh5 Re7 22. Rde1 Rce8
23. Re3 Qd8 24. Rfe1 g6 25. Qh3 Nd7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8
29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. Bxg7 Nf8 31. Bxf8+ Kxf8 {1-0 (31) Snuverink,J (2175)-Van den
Berg,H Tilburg 2003}) 16. Rae1 Rae8 $1 (16... Rac8 $143 $6) 17. Re3 $1 {
Comme souvent dans une sicilenne ouverte, les Blancs doivent attaquer avant
que les Noirs n'aient le temps de contre-attaquer} Bd8 $1 {Les Noirs ont
beaucoup d'expérience sur cette défense Najdorf et les pièces Noires sont
maintenant bien coordonnées} 18. Rg3 {[%cal Gg3g8,Gd2h6]} Kh7 (18... Kh8) 19.
Nd5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd4g7,Gg3g7]} Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rg8 21. Rc3 $1 {
[%cal Gd5f7]} Qe7 22. Bc6 Qe2 $8 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Bf3 Re7 25. Rc6 a5 (25...
Bc7 26. Rxa6) 26. Rxd6 Bc7 27. Rc6 Be5 28. Bxe5 (28. Re1 Rge8) 28... Rxe5 29.
Rc7 Rf8 30. Ra7 $1 a4 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. c3 {[%csl Rb5] La faiblesse "b5" doit
tomber} Kg8 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf8e8]} 33. Be2 $18 Re5 34. Bxb5 Rd8 35. Bc4 Rd2 36.
Bxf7+ Kf8 37. Bc4 Ng4 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Rxg7 Re4 40. f6 Nxf6 41. Bb5+ Nd7 42.
Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Rd1 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1997.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Na5 9. O-O (9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd5 {is a more
aggressive setup by White}) 9... b5 10. a3 $146 (10. f4 {still leads to sharp
play for both sides.}) 10... Nxb3 (10... Bb7 11. Bxe6 $5 (11. f3 Rc8) 11...
fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Bd4 $40) 11. cxb3 Bb7 12. f3
Be7 13. b4 O-O 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 {Black has an
easy equality.} (17... d5 18. e5 Nd7 (18... Rc4 19. Qd2 Qxe5 20. Na5) 19. f4 f6
20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qd2) 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Qd2 Ne5 (19... f5 $5) 20. Qf2 Rc7 (20...
Nc6) (20... f5 $1 21. Ba7 Qc7) 21. Bb6 Rd7 22. Bd4 Rfd8 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Qf2 (
24. f4 $6 e5 $1) 24... h6 25. Be3 Rf8 26. Ne2 (26. f4 f5) 26... Rc8 27. Nf4 (
27. Ba7 $4 Rxc1 $19) 27... Ne5 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. h4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc7 31. Rd1 Rc2
32. Bd4 Qc7 33. Nh5 g6 34. Qf4 f5 35. exf5 (35. Ng3 g5 $1 $19 36. Qe3 f4 37.
Qb3 fxg3 38. Qxe6 Rc1) 35... exf5 (35... gxh5 36. fxe6 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 38.
Kg3 (38. Kf1 Qc2 39. Rd2 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Bxh4+) 38... Bxd1 39. Bxe5 $13) 36. Ng3
Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 38. Kf1 (38. Qxf3 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 Bxh4) 38... Bxd1 (38...
Qc2 $1 39. Qd2 (39. Rd2 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Nd3+ $19) 39... Bxd1 40. Qxc2 Bxc2 $19)
39. h5 Bg4 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 (40... Nxg6 $1 41. Qd2 Bg5 $19) 41. Bc3 Bg5 (41...
Bh3+ $5 42. Ke2 (42. Kg1 Qa7+ 43. Kh2 Bg5) 42... Bg5 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Kd1 Bg4+
45. Kc2 h5) 42. Qd4 Qe7 43. Qd5 Nf7 {/\ 44...Qe3} 44. Qa8 Kh7 45. Qd5 Bf4 46.
Nc6 Qe8 (46... Bh3+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Ng5 $1 $19) 47. Qd4 Bh3+ 48. Kf2 Ne5
49. Qa7+ Kg6 (49... Qd7 50. Qxd7+ Nxd7 51. Ne7 $17) 50. Ne7+ (50. Nxe5+ Bxe5
51. Qxa6 h5 $19) 50... Kg5 51. Nd5 (51. Ne2 Qh5) 51... Qf7 52. Qxf7 (52. Qd4 $2
Ng4+ 53. Kf3 (53. Kg1 Bxg3) 53... Qxd5+ $1 54. Qxd5 Bg2+ 55. Kxg2 Ne3+ 56. Kf3
Nxd5) 52... Nxf7 53. Ne2 Be5 54. Nc7 (54. Bd2+ Kg4) 54... Kg4 55. Nxa6 f4 56.
Ng1 Ng5 57. Nxh3 Ne4+ 58. Kf1 (58. Ke2 Kxh3 59. Bxe5 dxe5 60. Nc5 Nxc5 (60...
Nd6 61. Kf3 Nc4)) 58... Kxh3 59. Bxe5 dxe5 60. a4 (60. Nc5 Nd2+) 60... Kg3 61.
Nc5 (61. Nc5 Nd2+ {/\Nc4-+}) 0-1

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. O-O Na5 10. f4 b5 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Bb7 13. Nd5 {This
commits White to a pawn sacrifice, which is over-optimistic.} Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4
15. Bc1 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc3 Be7 $8 (18... b4 $6 19. Ne4 Qxd5
20. Qf3 $44) 19. Ne4 $6 (19. Qf3 $142) 19... Qxd5 20. Qf3 (20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rd1 Nb4 22. c3 d5 23. cxb4 (23. Ng3 Nc2 24. Rb1 Rd8) 23... dxe4 $17) 20... Rc8
21. Be3 Nd7 $1 (21... Rc4 $5 22. f6 $8 gxf6 (22... Qxe4 $2 23. fxg7 $18) 23.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Rg8 25. Bg5 Kd7 $13) 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Rd3 d5 $19 24. Rc3
Qb7 25. f6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qxd5 O-O 29. Qe4 Qe6 30. b3
Rc8 31. Rf2 Be7 32. Kg1 f6 33. Kf1 g6 34. Qb7 Rd8 $2 $138 {Black creats
unnecessary problems for himself: he should have exchanged either queens or
bishops to win easily} (34... Kf7 $142 {/\Qc6}) 35. Rd2 $1 {absolutely
correct! - trading rooks is in white's favour} Rxd2 36. Bxd2 {Hecht: DL-DL:
gleichfarbige L, ein schwarzer Mehrbauer, langwieriges Lavieren bei offener
Königsstellung, weiße Felderschwächen} h5 37. h3 g5 38. Be3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4
40. Bb6 g3 $2 41. Ke2 $15 f5 42. Bc7 Bf6 43. Qf3 Kf7 44. Ba5 f4 45. Qe4 Kg7 46.
c4 bxc4 47. bxc4 Qg4+ 48. Kd2 Qd7+ 49. Ke2 Qa4 50. Bd2 Qxa2 51. c5 Qb2 52. c6
Bd8 53. Kd1 Qb5 54. Bc3 Bc7 55. Kc2 Qc5 56. Kb3 a5 57. Qf3 Kf8 58. Qe4 Kg7 59.
Qf3 Kh6 60. Qe4 Kg5 61. Bd2 Qd6 62. Qc4 Qxd2 63. Qg8+ Kf6 64. Qf8+ Ke6 65. Qc8+
Kd5 66. Qxc7 Qb4+ 67. Kc2 Qc4+ 68. Kb2 Qb5+ 69. Ka2 Qxc6 70. Qd8+ Ke4 71. Qe7
Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7.
O-O {This move order limits not only Black's, but also White's possibilities.}
({The main alternative is} 7. Bb3 {Kasparov has been successful in the
nineties with} Nbd7 $5 {In fact even Short, against whom he used this move in
their 1993 match, incorporated it into his repertoire.} ({Usual moves are} 7...
Nc6) (7... b5) 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 b5 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. e5
dxe5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Kf7 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rf8 19. Kh1
Kg8 $15 {Istratescu,A-Short,N/ Yerevan olm 1996}) 7... Be7 ({Now} 7... Nbd7 $6
8. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 9. Nxe6 $44 {/\Nd5-> is very dangerous.}) 8. Bb3 Nc6 ({After} 
8... b5 {the main move is} 9. Qf3 $5 (9. f4 {is considered rather innocuous
due to} O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rf3 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Rdf1 e5 19. Rg3 Bd8 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Bc5
Be7 22. Rxg6+ $10 {De Firmian,N-Ivanchuk,V/ Amsterdam 1996})) ({This shows the
cleverest move order is probably} 8... O-O $1 {after which White must go for
the above mentioned line.} 9. f4 b5 {-8...b5 9.f4} (9... Nbd7 10. Kh1 Nc5 11.
e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qb6 16. b4 Qg6 17. Bf4
$14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Malisauskas,V/ Yerevan olm 1996})) 9. f4 Nxd4 $5 {
Unusual.} ({More topical is} 9... O-O 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Ne8 $6 (13... Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 a5 $1 (
17... Kh8 $5 18. Rad1 Qg6 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 f5 21. Bc3 f4 22. Bd3 f3 23. Qf2
Qh5 24. Qg3 e5 25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Rde1 Rae8 27. Re3 Bc6 28. Rfe1 Qf7 $13 {
Illescas Cordoba,M-Polgar,J/ Dos Hermanas 1997}) 18. a4 b4 19. c4 (19. Bc4 Rac8
20. Rf2 Rc6 $1 21. Bxe6 Rxd6 $15) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3 Ra6 21. Rf2 Rxd6 22. Qb5
Qxb5 23. axb5 e5 24. Ba7 Rd3 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Ra8 27. Bb3 Nf6 28. Bb6 a4
29. Ba2 Nd5 30. Bc5 Nxc3 31. Rxf7 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rd7 Nf6 34. Rc7 a3 35.
Bxa3 Rxa3 36. b6 Ne4 37. Kf1 Nd6 38. Rd7 $1 $10 {Riemersma,L-Van der Wiel,J/
NED-ch 1995}) 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. c3 Rd8 17. Bc2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19.
b4 $1 Ng7 20. g4 $1 $40 {() Short,N-Kasparov,G/ Amsterdam VSB 1996}) 10. Qxd4
O-O 11. f5 $5 ({More usual is} 11. Kh1 {/\f5}) 11... Kh8 $2 {[%csl Rh8] עh8
Black relies on the solidity of his K-side and wants to achieve piece
counterplay without th normal Sicilian b5. But the text wastes a tempo,
moreover the K will be misplaced on h8.} (11... Qc7 $142 {[%cal Rd6d5] /\d5}
12. Kh1 b5 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. a3 Ng4 $5 15. Qd1 $6 Bxg5 16. Qxg4 Qe7 17. fxe6 Bxe6
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. c3 Be5 $15 {Feigin,S-Serdt/ Pardubice op 1996}) (
11... b5 {Ftacnik} 12. Kh1 Rb8 (12... Qc7 13. Bg5 Ng4 (13... Rb8 14. a3 (14.
Rad1 Rb6 15. Ne2 Kh8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 d5 18. e5 Bc5 19. Qc3 Ne4 20. Qh3
Nxg5 21. Qh5 Nf7 22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 {Grane,E-Gonzalez Garcia,J/Mar del
Plata KIM/1961/0-1 (58)}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Qd3 a5 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Kf7 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Rd3 Rbe8 22. Qg4 Bd8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4
{1-0 Mariano,N-Wang Yaoyao/Beijing Lee Cup (08)/1995 (28)}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. Rd3 Qa7 17. h3 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nd5 Ra7 21. Nb6
Rf7 22. Rfd1 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 {1-0 Martin,T2-Kordts,W/BL2-S 8990/
1990 (28)}) (12... Ng4 13. Bf4 (13. Qd1 Ne5 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne2
exf5 17. exf5 Nc4 18. Ng3 Bf6 19. Nh5 Re8 20. Qg4 Bb7 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Bg5 Qxb2 24. f6 Re4 25. Bf4 Qxf6 {0-1 Strauss,A-Loginov,V/Oberwart op
(02)/1994 (32)}) 13... b4 (13... Rb8 14. h3 e5 15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Bxg5 18. Qh5 Bf6 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Bd5 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Qc7 22. Bd5 b4 23. Rd3
{Georgescu,V-Gheorghiu,F/ ROM-ch 1977/ 0-1 (46)}) 14. Na4 e5 15. Qd1 Nf6 16.
Bg5 Nxe4 17. Qd5 Bxg5 18. Qxa8 Nd2 19. Rf2 Be3 20. Re2 Bf4 21. Qd5 Nxb3 22.
Qxb3 Qh4 23. h3 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Dekic,J-Sax,G/Budapest Spring op (03)/1996 (42)})
(12... b4 13. Qxb4 d5 14. Qd4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Bf4 Rac8 18.
Rae1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. h3 h6 21. Re2 {Stisis,Y-Bates,R/Witley (03) 1996/1/
2-1/2 (50)}) 13. a3 (13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 b4 15. Ne2 Rb5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nf4
Re5 18. Rae1 g5 19. Nh3 h6 20. c3 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Sarapu,O-Suradiradja,H/ Buenos
Aires olm 1978}) 13... a5 14. Qd3 (14. fxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $2 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Ng4
$140 $1 $17 17. Bxe6+ $2 Kh8 $1) 14... Bd7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 b4 17. axb4
axb4 18. Ne2 Kh8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Bb5 21. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A2-Serper,
G/Kstovo op (03)/1994 (29)}) 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Bg5 ({The central tension is in
White's favour, relieving it only helps Black.} 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. e5 $6 dxe5
15. Qxe5 Ng4 $36) 13... Qa5 (13... e5 {Ftacnik} 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Rad1 $16) 14.
Rad1 ({The pawn is rather unappetizing.} 14. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Rad8 $36)
14... Rad8 (14... exf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 $2 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Bg6 {Ftacnik} 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 $18) (16... Be6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6 Bxb3 19. axb3 $18)
17. Rxf5 $18) 15. Qd3 $36 exf5 $5 {Thus Black solves the problem with
protecting e6 and activates his Bd7, but on the other hand also Bb3 becomes
more potent.} (15... b5 {Ftacnik} 16. a3 Qb6 17. Bf4 $16) 16. exf5 Bc6 17. Qd4
$6 {A critical moment. White loses an important tempo.} (17. Rfe1 $2 Ng4 $1 $10
) (17. Qh3 $142 $1 {[%cal Rf1f4,Rd1d4,Rd4h4] /\ R d4 (f4)-h4->} d5 (17... Rde8
18. Rd4 Ne4 $5 (18... Ng8 $2 19. Rh4 h6 20. Rxh6+ $1 Nxh6 21. Bxh6 Kg8 (21...
gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 $18) 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Bxg7 $1 $18) 19. Nxe4 (19. Rxe4
$5) 19... Bxe4 20. f6 $142 $1 (20. Bxe7 $6 Rxe7 21. f6 (21. Qh4 Qe5 22. Re1 $2
Bxg2+) 21... gxf6 22. Qh4 (22. Qh6 $2 Rg8 $1 23. Qxf6+ Rg7 24. Qxe7 Bxg2+ 25.
Kg1 Bh3+ $19) 22... Qe5 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 $10) (20. Rxe4 Bxg5 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxf7 Re1 $14) (20. Bd2 $6 Qe5 21. Bc3 Bf6 22. Re1 $2 Qf4) 20...
Qxg5 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh4 f5 (22... Qe5 $2 23. Rxe4 $1 $18) 23.
Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rxd6 $40) (20... gxf6 21. Rxe4 Qxg5 (21... fxg5 22. Qe3) 22. Rh4 {
/\} Qg6 $2 23. Rg4 $18) 21. fxg7+ Qxg7 22. Rxe4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7,Rh7,Rh8]
->^-׻ Black's chances to survive in this position are rather small.}) (17...
Ng8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. f6 (19. Rd4 $2 Bd7 $1 $10) 19... gxf6 20. Rxf6 Rg8 21.
Rf2 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7,Rh7] ק}) (17... Qc7 $2 18. Rd4 Ne4 (18... Ng8 19. Rh4
h6 20. f6 $40) 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. f6 gxf6 21. Bh6 f5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. c3 Rg8
24. Bd5 $18) 18. Rf4 $1 ({White needs his R on the d-file at the end.} 18. Rd4
Rfe8 19. Rh4 Kg8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxh7 Kf8 $132) 18... Kg8 19. Rh4 Rfe8 (19...
h6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rd3 Rg8 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Rh8 $1 $18) (19...
Ne4 $2 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rf1 $1 Bxg5 22. Rxh7 Bh6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 {
[%cal Rf5f6] /\f6+-} Qd2 $8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. f6 $18) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Rxh7 Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qd3 $36 {White has extra tempi
compared to the position, which later arose in the game. This gives him an
advantage.}) 17... d5 {[%csl Rb3] ץb3} 18. Qh4 (18. Rfe1 Qc7 $8 (18... Qb4 $2
19. Bxf6) (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Rxe7 $1 (19. Rxe7 {Ftacnik} Rxe7 20. Bxf6 $18)) (
18... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxd5 $18 (20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxd5 Bb4 22.
Bxc6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 bxc6 24. Kg1 $16)) 19. Qh4 Rfe8 $132) 18... Rfe8 $1 19. Rd3
(19. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} Qc5 20. Re5 Ne4 $3 21. Bxe7 (21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8 Qxf5 (
22... Rxd8 23. Bxe7 Qxf5 24. Bc4) 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qf4 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26.
Nxe4 Be7) 21... Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kf1 Qg1+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2+ 25. Ke3 d4+ 26.
Rxd4 Qxh2 27. Rxd8 Qxe5+ 28. Kd2 Rxd8+ 29. Bxd8 Ng1 $1 $13) 19... Qc5 20. Rh3
Kg8 $3 $8 {This move is of course forced, the exclamation marks are for the
amazing defensive concept. Andersson had to foresee at least when he played 18.
..Rfe8! that he can evacuate his K from the danger zone and the Ph7 will not
be so significant.} (20... h6 $2 21. Bxh6 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7} (21. Bxh6 {
Ftacnik} Ng8 22. Bg5+ Nh6 23. f6 $18)) 21. Bxf6 $6 {Ambitious and very logical.
} ({But it seems it was already time to bail out with} 21. Rg3 $142 $1 {
[%cal Rg5f6] /\Bf6} Kh8 $1 $8 (21... Ne4 $2 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe7 {[%cal
Rf5f6] /\f6+-}) (21... Rd6 22. Bh6 g6 (22... Bf8 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Qg5 $40) 23.
Bg5 $40) (21... Kf8 $2 22. Bh6 $1 $18) 22. Rh3 $10) (21. Re1 h6 $1 {/\} 22.
Bxh6 $2 Ne4 $1 23. Bg5 Nf2+ $19) 21... Bxf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 $44 {Black has a
strong ^^, his pieces are suddenly well coordinated. White has permanent
problems with his back rank, this will cause his loss in the end.} 23. Qh8+ (
23. Qh5 $5 Re5 $1 $44 {[%cal Rd8e8,Ge8e1] /\Rde8,<->e} (23... Qf2 $2 24. Qh8+
Ke7 25. Qxe8+ $18)) (23. Rd3 Re5 $1 $36 (23... d4 $6 24. Qh5 Rd7 (24... g6 25.
Qh7) 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Re1+ Be5 27. Qh4+ {[%cal Rc3e4] /\Ne4})) 23... Ke7 24.
Qh5 (24. Re1+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kd7 $19) 24... Rd7 $1 (24... d4 $6 25. Qxf7+ Kd6 26.
Rd3 $1 {/\} Qxf5 $2 27. Rxd4+ $1 $18) 25. Re1+ $2 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rh1a1] עh1
Decisively weakens the back rank.} (25. Rd3 $142 d4 (25... Kd8 26. Rdd1 $5 (26.
Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rd1 Kc8 $1 $19) 26... d4 $36 (
26... Re5 $5) 27. Ne2 (27. Bxf7 $2 Ree7 28. Qh8+ (28. Be6 Rxe6 $19) 28... Kc7
29. Be6 Rd8 $19) 27... g6 $36) 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Be6 Rc7 $13) (
25. Na4 $5) (25. Ne2 Bb5 $1 (25... Kd8 26. Nf4 $14)) (25. Na4 {Ftacnik} Qa5)
25... Kd8 26. Rxe8+ (26. Qd1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 d4 $40 {/\} 28. Ne4 $2 Qe5 $19)
26... Kxe8 27. Qh8+ $6 (27. Nd1 Re7 $19) (27. Qd1 $142 $8 Kd8 $1 $17 {[%cal
Rd5d4] /\d4} (27... d4 $6 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Qe2+ $132) (27... Kd8 {Ftacnik} 28.
Qd2 $16)) 27... Ke7 $19 {[%cal Rc5f2] /\Qf2} 28. Nd1 $8 (28. Rf3 d4 29. Rf1
dxc3 30. Re1+ Be5 31. Qxg7 Kd8 $1 $19 {The back rank motive repeats itself all
the time.}) 28... d4 (28... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 29. Re3+ (29. Qh5 Re8 (29... Kf8 30.
Re3 Kg8) 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $14) 29... Qxe3 30. Qxd8+ Kxd8 31. Nxe3
Bxb2 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Kd7 $14) 29. Qg8 (29. Qh5 Qe5 $1 $19) 29... Qe5 $1
(29... Qxf5 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. Kg1 (30. Qxf7+ Kd6 31. Qc4 Qg4 $19) 30... Qg4 $19)
30. Qxf7+ Kd8 (30... Kd6 $2 31. Qe6+) 31. Rh8+ (31. Qe6 Re7 $1 32. Rh8+ Kc7 33.
Qxe5+ Rxe5 $19 {wins a piece.}) 31... Kc7 32. Qe8 (32. Re8 Qxf5 33. Qc4 d3 $1
34. Re1 Qg5 35. Re4 (35. Ne3 d2 $19) (35. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Bd4 $19) 35... b5 36.
Qb4 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Re7 38. Be6 Qd2 $19) (32. Qe6 {Ftacnik} Re7 $1 33. Rc8+ Kb6
34. Qxe5 Rxe5 $19) 32... Qxf5 33. Qe1 (33. Kg1 Qg4 $19 {[%cal Rg4g2,Rg4d1] /
\Qg2#,Qd1}) 33... Re7 34. Qg3+ (34. Qg1 Re2 $19 (34... Bxg2+ $5) (34... Bxg2+ {
Ftacnik} 35. Kxg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Be5+ 38. Kh4 Qf3 39. Kg5 Bf6+ 40.
Kg6 Qe4+ 41. Kh5 Re5+ $19)) 34... Kb6 35. Bc4 $138 (35. Kg1 Re2 $19 {[%cal
Re2g2,Rf6e5,Rf5e4] R g2,Qe4,Be5} (35... d3 {Ftacnik} 36. c3 (36. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 37.
Kxf2 Re2+ 38. Kg3 dxc2 $19) 36... Qc5+ 37. Kf1 d2 $19)) 35... Qxc2 36. Bb3 (36.
Bb3 Qxg2+ (36... Re1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxg2#) 37. Qxg2 Re1#) 0-1

[Event "Vilcea Festival"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1984.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stoica, Valentin"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1984.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 3/1984 Seite 115 und Inf 37/270} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 {Fischers Zug.} ({Höher im
Kurs steht heutzutage} 9. Qe2 {gefolgt von 0-0-0 und kompromißloses
Angriffsspiel.}) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. O-O b4 $5 {
Die Theorie beurteilt diesen Zug weniger freundlich anhand der Partie
Fischer-Olafsson, 1962. Wie wir sehen werden, steht dem Nachziehenden im 17.
Zug eine bedeutend stärkere Fortsetzung zur Verfügung.} ({Wer ihr jedoch nicht
traut, kann hier auch} 13... Bc5 {spielen, um sich nach} 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qxd8
Rxd8 16. Nxb5 Ba6 {mit einem baldigen Remis zu begnügen.}) 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6
Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Qe2 a5 $1 {Mit der Hauptidee 18... Ra6, was den gewaltig
scheinenden Bauern d6 plötzlich zur Schwäche abstempelt.} (17... Bd5 18. Rad1
Bxb3 19. axb3 e5 $2 20. Qb5 $1 {und Weiß gewann schnell; Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/
Stockholm 1962}) 18. Rf2 Ra6 19. Rd1 $2 ({Das weiße Spiel war nur mit der
taktischen Wendung} 19. Bxe6 {zu retten, da} fxe6 {an} ({Schwarz spielt jedoch
} 19... Rxd6 $1 {und steht nach} 20. Be3 $1 Qe5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Bf4 Qd5 {
immer ein wenig besser.}) 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxd7 Rxf2 22. Qe8+ {scheitert.})
19... Rxd6 20. Bxg7 {[#] So hatte Stoica sich die Sache gedacht:} Ba6 $3 {
Eine teuflische Riposte! Weiss ist verloren.} (20... Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Kxg7 22.
Qxd7 {mit Ausgleich. Aber...}) 21. c4 {Es gibt nichts Besseres, z.B.} (21. Qe1
Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Kxg7 23. Qxd7 Qc1+ {oder}) (21. Rxd6 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Qc5+) 21...
bxc3 22. Qe1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qxg7 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Rg1 $2 {As much as I like to push the g-pawn myself, I must
say that one should take care of the center first!!} Qa5 $5 10. f3 e5 11. Nde2
Be6 12. g4 (12. Qd2 Bxb3 13. cxb3 $15) 12... d5 $1 13. Bd2 (13. g5 d4) (13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8 $17) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxg4 $1 15. Bxe6 Bh4+ 16. Ng3
Qc5 $1 17. Rg2 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Ncxe2 fxe6 $17 {Suetin,
A-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A Nabereznye Chelny 1993}) 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba4+ $1 $146 {Michael Adams, of course, being Michael Adams,
had no clue what theory said of this position, but this is brilliant
improvisation!} Bd7 (10... b5 $4 11. Ncxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $18) (10... Nd7 $2 11.
Qh5 $1 {White threatens Nxe6, and it is not easy to meet this threat. Mickey
told me after the game that this was indeed his idea.} Qc5 {Anand} (11... g6
12. Qh3 $16 {Nxe6 is looming}) 12. Nf5 $140 (12. Qh3 $1) 12... Qc7) (10... Nc6
11. Bb3 $10 (11. Nxc6 $5) (11. Bxc6+ $5)) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 $6 (12...
b5 $2 13. b4 $1 Nc4 (13... Nc6 14. a4 $1) 14. a4 $1) (12... Be7 $10) 13. Rad1
Nc4 $6 14. Bc1 Be7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 {My brilliant maneuver has misplaced my
knight at the cost of several tempi while allowing White to redeploy the
bishop very usefully.} Qc7 17. f4 O-O 18. Rd3 $16 g6 $5 {I thought I would get
mated if I didn't kick the knight back quickly!} 19. Kh1 $2 {Lazy} (19. f5 $1
e5 20. fxg6 $1 exd4 (20... hxg6 21. Nf5 $1 $40) 21. gxh7+ $44 {White's attack
is very strong.}) 19... e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd5
Nbxd5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxe5 Bd6 {White is better in this position, but with
accurate play Black can hold.} 26. Bb2 Nf4 $1 {Black needs to reorganize the
pieces to defend the weak long diagonal.} 27. Qe4 Ne6 28. c4 Bf8 29. Bf6 $1 {
Tying Black up some more.} Re8 30. Ne5 Ng7 $1 {A strange move, but the knight
is going to h5 to defend the weak f6 square.} 31. Qd5 Nh5 32. Ng4 Qf4 $1 33.
Qd1 (33. Rxf4 $4 Re1+) 33... Qe4 34. Bg5 f5 $1 $138 35. Nh6+ Bxh6 36. Bxh6 Qe6
$10 37. Qf3 Qe4 38. h3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 Nf6 40. g4 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kg3 $2 (
42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. gxf5 Kf7 $10 {White should take the draw now.}) 42... Kf7 43.
a4 (43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rxf5 $4 Kg6 $19) 43... Ne4+ $17 {White has "the bishop",
but Black's pieces are stronger, and White's king and pawns are weak.} 44. Kh4
Kf6 45. gxf5 g5+ 46. Kh5 Rg2 $19 47. Rd3 Kf7 48. Bxg5 $8 (48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rxh7
$8 Nf6+ 50. Kg6 Nxh7 51. Kxh7 Kf7 $19) 48... Rxg5+ 49. Kh6 Rg3 50. Rxg3 Nxg3
51. b4 Nxf5+ 52. Kxh7 Nd6 53. c5 Ne4 54. h4 Nc3 55. h5 Nxa4 56. h6 Nc3 57. Kh8
Nd5 58. h7 Ne7 0-1

