[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 (4. d4) 4... a6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 Qe7 $5 (
6... Bg7) 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 h6 $5 (8... Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 $14) 9. Be3 (9.
dxe5 $6 dxe5 10. b3 Be6 $10) 9... Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 $14 Kh8 (11... Kh7
$5) 12. a4 $1 {/\ a5, Qb3|^<<} b6 13. Qc1 $1 Bd7 (13... Bb7 $5) 14. Bf1 Ng8 (
14... Nh5 $6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Kh7 17. b4 {/\ 18.a5, 18.b5+/-|^<< פh5})
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 {/\ b4, a5} a5 (16... f5 $2 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nfxe5 $1
Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 $16) 17. b3 $1 Be6 (17... Rfd8 $5 18. Qc2 f6 19. Bc1
h5 $14) 18. Qc2 Rad8 $2 (18... Rfd8 $14) 19. Bc1 $1 $16 {|^/^a3-f8} Qd7 20. Ba3
Rfe8 21. Ne3 $1 {->><b5, d5} Qc8 $8 22. Bb5 Bd7 23. Rad1 Nb8 24. Nc4 $1 Kh7 25.
h4 Bf6 26. Qe2 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qe6 28. h5 $2 (28. g3 $1 {/\ Kg2, Rh1, h5+/-})
28... gxh5 $1 $13 29. Nh2 h4 30. Qh5 (30. Qc2 $142 {/\ Rd5, Ne3~/=}) 30... a4
$1 31. Ne3 $6 (31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ng4 $1 axb3 33. Ncxe5 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Kg7 $13)
31... axb3 32. Nd5 Rd7 $1 33. Bc1 $2 (33. c4) (33. Ng4 $5) 33... Bd8 $1 $15 {
/\ Qg6<=>>>} 34. Rd3 $1 Qg6 35. Qd1 Bg5 (35... Nf6 $1 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Rxd7
Rg8 (37... Nxd7 $2 38. Qxd7 Rg8 39. Qh3) 38. Rxf7+ (38. g3 $2 Nxd7 39. Qxd7
hxg3 40. Nf3 gxf2+ 41. Kxf2 b2 $1 $19) 38... Qxf7 $15 {Kortschnoj}) 36. Qxb3 $5
(36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Ng4 $44) 36... Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Qxe4 38. Rcd1 $44 {|^[+]} Re6 (
38... Qg6 $5) 39. Re3 Qg6 40. Nf3 h3 $1 41. Nh4 Qg5 42. Rxh3 e4 $1 {פh4} 43.
c4 c6 $5 (43... Nf6 44. Ne3 $1 {/\ Nhf5~/=}) 44. bxc6 Nxc6 $1 45. Qxb6 Nce7 $1
(45... Ne5 $6 46. Qd4 $14) 46. Qb3 Nxd5 47. cxd5 Red6 48. f3 $8 {=} (48. f3
Rxd5 (48... e3 49. Re1) (48... exf3 49. Nxf3) 49. Rxd5 Qxd5 50. Qxd5 Rxd5 51.
fxe4 Re5 52. Nf3 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
Nc3 dxe4 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6 12. Nxe4 {'+/-' Bulletin.}
Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd4 Kg7 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. b3 Rb5 18. Rc4 Rd5
19. Rd3 Re6 20. Kf2 h6 21. Ra4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Kf6 23. Rxe6+ {'?' Bulletin.
Bulletin: '>= 23.Ke3+/-'} Kxe6 24. Ke3 Ra5 25. a4 Rc5 26. c3 Rh5 27. h3 Re5+
28. Kd4 Rg5 29. Kc4 Rxg2 30. Kc5 Rg3 31. Kxc6 Rxh3 32. Kxc7 g5 33. c4 h5 34. c5
g4 35. c6 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 gxf3 37. Kb7 f2 38. c7 f1=Q 39. c8=Q+ Kf6 40. Qc3+ {
'?' Bulletin.} (40. Qh8+ $1 $10) 40... Kf5 41. Qc5+ Kg4 42. Qd4+ Qf4 43. Qg1+
Kf5 44. Qc5+ Kg6 45. a5 h4 46. Qc6+ Kh7 47. Qc2+ f5 48. Qd1 Qg4 49. Qd6 Qg7+
50. Ka8 h3 51. Qf4 Qg4 52. Qc7+ Kh6 53. Qd8 Kh5 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. a6 Qg2+ 56.
Kxa7 Qg1+ 57. Kb7 h2 58. Qg7+ Kf4 59. Qc7+ Kg4 60. Qc4+ Kh3 61. Qd3+ {Bulletin:
'adj'} Kg4 {'?' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Abgabezug'} (61... Kh4 $1 $19) 62. Qe2+
Kg5 63. Qe7+ Kf4 64. Qd6+ Ke3 65. Qe5+ Kd2 66. Qd5+ Kc1 67. Qc4+ Kb2 68. Qe2+
Ka3 69. Qe7+ Kxb3 70. Qe6+ Kc3 71. Qe5+ Kb4 72. Qf4+ Kb3 73. Qf3+ Kb2 74. Qe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 (4... g6 $5) (4... d6 $5) 5. h4 $5 {
N/} (5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 (7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 d6 11. h4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxh4 13. Qe3 Ng6 14. Qg3 $132 {Mainka,R-Arkhipov,
S/Lippstadt/1993/0,5/95/}) 7... Bb6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 d6 10. a4 Be6 11. Qd2 (
11. Be2 $5) 11... Nce5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. b3 $14 {
Margolin,B-Arkhipov,S/Alushta/1994/0,5/27/}) 5... Bc5 (5... h5 $5) 6. h5 Nf8 7.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 (7... Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nxe5 9. d4 $16) 8. d4 Bd6 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. f4
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qe7 (11... h6 12. Qg4 $16) 12. h6 $1 (12. Qf3 h6) 12... Rg8 (
12... Qxe4+ 13. Kf2 Qg6 14. hxg7 Qxg7 15. Re1+ Ne6 16. f5 $18) 13. Qf3 a6 14.
Bd3 d6 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. O-O-O $1 $16 gxh6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rhe1 Nd7 (18... Ng6
19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rxe5+ Be6 21. Qxb7 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 $18) 19. g4 $1 h5 20. Bf5
hxg4 21. Bxg4 Qc6 22. Bxd7+ $18 Bxd7 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rxe5+ Be6 (24... Kd8 25.
Re7 $18) 25. f5 Rg5 (25... Rg5 26. Rde1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 (6... Ngxe7 $5
) 7. O-O (7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O-O
Rfd8 13. Qe3 b5 $132 {Psakhis,L-Smyslov,V/Rostov/1993/0,5/64/}) 7... Qc5 (7...
Qb4 8. c4 (8. Bxc6 $5 dxc6 9. Qxd4) 8... Qxb2 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. e5 O-O 11. Rb1
Qa3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Qc1 d6 14. Ne4 Kg7 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Qg5 $36 {Lengyel,
B-Tseitlin,M/Budapest/1993/1|0/32/}) 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11.
Nc3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 (12. f4 Ne7 13. h3 $6 Bxh3 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. gxh3 Nd4 $15 {
Maus,S-Tseitlin,M/Budapest/1990/0|1/34/}) 12... Ne7 (12... Nh6 $5 13. f3 Rhe8
14. Kf2 f6 15. Rd2 Nf7 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. b3 Re5 $10 {De Firmian,
N-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Moscow/1990/0,5/49/}) 13. f3 c5 14. Nde2 b6 15. Rd2 Nc6 16.
Rfd1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 (18. Ng3 $5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bd7 20. Nce4 Rf8 21.
Kf2 a5 $132) 18... g5 19. Kf2 Kb7 20. Ne3 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Be6 22. a3 Rf8 23. Kg3
Ne5 (23... h5 24. h4 $16) 24. Nc3 Kc6 25. Ne4 h6 26. h3 c4 (26... b5 $5 27. c3
a5 $132) 27. Ng4 Bxg4 (27... Nxg4 28. hxg4 Bd5 (28... a5 29. Rd1 b5 30. Rh1 Rh8
31. Nxg5 $18) 29. Nc3 Be6 30. Rd1 b5 31. Rh1 Rf6 32. Ne4 Rg6 33. c3 a5 $132)
28. hxg4 b5 29. Nc3 (29. Rd1 Re8 30. Rh1 Re6 $132) 29... a6 (29... a5 $2 30.
Rd5 b4 31. Rxe5 bxc3 32. bxc3 $18) (29... Nf7 30. Re2 Nd6 31. Re6 $16) 30. Rd5
Re8 31. Kf2 Nd7 32. Rf5 Re6 33. g3 Nc5 (33... Ne5 $5 34. Rf8 a5 35. Ra8 b4 36.
Ne4 Kb5 $13) 34. f4 a5 $1 35. Kf3 (35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Rxg5 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38.
Ne2 Ne4+ $19) 35... b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Ne2 Rd6 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rxg5 Nd3 $1
(39... Rd2 40. Rf5 b3 (40... Rxc2 $4 41. Nd4+ $18) 41. cxb3 cxb3 42. g5 Rxb2
43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. g6 $16) 40. Ke3 (40. cxd3 cxd3 41. Rh5 d2 42. Rh1 d1=Q 43.
Rxd1 Rxd1 $19) (40. b3 Ne1+ 41. Kf2 Nxc2 42. bxc4 Rd2 $36) 40... Nxb2 41. Nd4+
Kb6 (41... Kd7 42. Rg7+ Kc8 43. Nb5 $132) 42. Rb5+ (42. Rf5 c5 $17) 42... Ka6
43. Rc5 (43. Rxb4 Nd1+ 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Ke5 (45. Ke3 Nd5+ $19) 45... Rd5+ 46.
Ke6 Rxd4 $19) 43... Nd1+ 44. Ke4 Nf2+ 45. Ke3 (45. Kf3 Rxd4 46. Kxf2 Kb6 47.
Rg5 Rd2+ $19) 45... Nxg4+ 46. Ke4 Nf2+ 47. Ke3 Nd1+ 48. Ke4 Nc3+ 49. Ke5 Kb6
50. Rxc4 Rd5+ 51. Ke6 c5 52. Ne2 (52. Rxc3 Rxd4 53. Rf3 c4 54. Ke5 (54. c3 Rd3
$19) 54... Rd2 55. c3 b3 $19) 52... Rd2 53. Nxc3 bxc3 54. Rxc3 Kb5 55. g4 Rg2
56. Kf5 c4 57. g5 (57. g5 Kb4 58. Rf3 Rxc2 59. Rg3 Rf2+ 60. Ke6 c3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup-03"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1978.07.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 $5 Nb8 8.
Qb3 (8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 $14) 8... Qc8 9. Na3 Be7 10.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nc4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16.
Bxe5 $5 a5 $1 {= Larsen} 17. Bd4 a4 18. Qc2 Ra6 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. c4 Qe7 23. Qc3 Qc5 24. Qd4 $22 {?} Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Re8 26. Rd3 Ne4
$15 27. Nd1 Nc5 28. Rdf3 $6 f6 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Kf7 31. Rb1 h5 32. Kf2 f5
33. Ke2 g6 34. Nc2 Ra8 35. Re1 h4 36. h3 $2 Rb8 $5 37. Ke3 Ne4 38. Kd4 c5+ $1
39. Kd3 b5 40. b3 b4 41. Rb1 a3 $17 (41... Ra8 42. a3 $10) 42. Rf1 Kf6 43. Ne3
Nc3 (43... Ke5 $1 44. Nd1 Kd6 45. Ne3 Rh8 46. Nd1 Rh5 47. Ne3 Rg5 $1 $17) 44.
Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Nxa2 46. Nd7 Rc8 47. Nb6 Re8 48. Na4 Nc3 49. Nxc5 (49. Nxc3
bxc3 50. Ra1 f4 51. Rxa3 Re3+ 52. Kc2 Rg3 $19) 49... Re2 50. Na6 Rxg2 51. Nxb4
(51. d6 Ne4 52. c5 a2 53. Kd4 Nd2 $19) 51... Ne4 $19 52. Kd4 Nd2 53. Rd1 Nxb3+
54. Kc3 Nc5 55. Kd4 Nb3+ 56. Kc3 Rg3+ 57. Kc2 Nc5 58. d6 Rg2+ 59. Kc3 Ne4+ 60.
Kb3 Rg3+ 61. Nd3 Nc5+ 62. Kxa3 Kf6 63. Kb4 Rxd3 64. Ra1 Ne6 65. c5 g5 66. Ra6
Ke5 0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. Nxd4 Kg7 11. Qd2 $1 Ng8 (11... Kxf6 $2 12. Qc3 Nxd4 (
12... Ne5 13. f4 d6 14. fxe5+ dxe5 15. O-O-O $40) 13. Qxd4+ Ke6 14. Bc4+ d5 15.
exd5+ Kd7 16. O-O-O $40) 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. g4 Qg5 $2 {14...Nf4+/-}
15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. gxh5 $18 Rxh5 18. f3 g4 19. Kf2 Rh3 20. fxg4
Bxg4 21. Rag1 Rd8 22. Rxg4 Rxd4 23. Kg2 Re3 24. Rf1 Rb4 25. Rf2 f5 26. Rgf4
fxe4 27. a3 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rd7 29. Ng3 Re7 30. Rg4 Kh7 31. Rff4 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:03:
20]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bxe7
{[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:
01:11]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:04:00]} (10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12.
h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. f3 b6 16. Qg5 Nh5 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc4
Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Nf4 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Rd7+ 23. Kc1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2
f4 25. Ng4 Bb5 26. Re4 Bf1 27. Rxf4 Bxg2 28. h4 Rd4 29. Rf8+ Rd8 30. Rf7 Rd7
31. Rf8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. f4 Ke7 34. Kd2 Be4 35. c3 Ke6 36. Ne3 a5 37. a3
b5 38. Ke2 h5 39. Kd2 a4 {Ismagambetov,A (2493)-Stevic,H (2607) Dubai 2014 1/
2-1/2}) 10... Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 11. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 12. Qe3 {[%emt 0:07:29]} Rfd8 $146 {[%emt 0:20:44]} (12... Rfe8 13. f4
Rad8 14. f5 a5 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. f4 b5 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. fxg6 hxg6
20. f5 b4 21. Na4 Nf4 22. Kb1 Qa6 23. Nc5 Qe2 24. Nd7 Nh5 25. e5 gxf5 26. Rg1+
Kh7 27. Qh4 {1-0 (27) Gopal,G (2604)-Sokolov,I (2654) Sarajevo 2010}) 13. Rxd8+
{[%emt 0:16:36]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:12:40]} b6 {[%emt 0:15:
02]} 15. f5 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 16. fxg6 {[%emt 0:15:56]}
hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:16:19]} 18. e5 {
[%emt 0:08:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 19. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:04:
07]} 20. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 21. b3 {[%emt 0:00:49]
[%csl Ra2] An unusual Spanish variation lead to an unusual game. In the major
piece endgame White tried to trap Black's queen out of activity by sacrificing
a pawn, but Stefanova gave it back to force a drawn rook endgame.} b5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:10:42]} 23. f5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} b4
{[%emt 0:02:34]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:07:02]} 25. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} bxc3+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 27. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:30]
} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:04:46]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. Rg1+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 32. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 34. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 35. Rf1+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 $2 (6... Ngxe7
$142) 7. Bxc6 dxc6 (7... Qb4+ 8. c3 Qxb2 (8... dxc3 9. bxc3) 9. Qxd4 Qxa1 10.
O-O f6 (10... dxc6 11. Qxh8 Kf8 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxh7 $18) 11. e5
$1 dxc6 12. exf6 $18) 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3
Rfd8 12. Qe3 b5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f4 Be8 15. g4 a5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Ng4 $16 {
Sax-Smyslov,Ney York op 1987}) 10. O-O-O (10. Qe5 $2 Bxf3 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12.
gxf3 Nh5 $15) 10... Bxf3 (10... O-O $2 11. e5 $18) 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Qe3 (12. f4
$1 Ng4 $5 13. f3 Rfd8 14. Qg1 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 Nf6 16. f5 b6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. fxg6
hxg6 19. Qg5 $16) 12... Nh5 (12... b5 $2 13. Qg5 b4 14. Na4 $16) 13. f4 b6 (
13... f5 14. exf5 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Rxf5 16. Rd7 $16) (13... Qh4 14. f5 gxf5 15.
Rd7 $40 {/\Rg1,Qd4}) 14. f5 Rad8 (14... gxf5 $2 15. Rhg1+ Ng7 16. Qh6 f6 17.
Rd3 $40) 15. Rxd8 $1 (15. fxg6 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 fxg6 $132) 15... Rxd8 16. fxg6
hxg6 (16... fxg6 17. f4 Qh4 18. Ne2 Rf8 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nd4 $40)
17. f4 $16 {/\Ne2-g3} Kh7 (17... Qh4 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Qf3 $1 $16 {/\Rd1}) 18.
Rf1 Re8 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. a3 Qh4 21. e5 $4 $138 (21. f5 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Nf6 23. fxg6
fxg6 24. Qf2 Qe5 $14) (21. Rf2 Nf6 22. e5 Ng4 $132) (21. Ne2 Qe7 (21... Nf6 22.
Ng3 Ng4 23. Rg1 $1 $16) 22. e5 f6 $2 23. Rg1 $16) 21... Qxh2 22. Qxc6 Qh3 $1
$17 23. Rd1 (23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 g5 25. fxg5 Rxe5 26. Rd3 Rxg5 (26... Nf4 27.
Rd7 Ne6 28. Nd5 $10) 27. Rd7 Rc5 28. Ne4 Rc6 29. Ng5 Kf6 30. Nxf7 Ke6 $19)
23... Re6 $2 (23... Qe3+ $142 24. Kb1 Re6 25. Qxc7 Qxf4 26. Rd7 g5 $15) 24.
Qxc7 $2 (24. Qe4 $10) 24... Nxf4 25. Kb1 Qf5 $1 (25... a6 $2 26. Ne4 Qf3 27.
Qxf7+ $1 $10) 26. Rd7 $2 (26. Qxa7 Qxe5 27. Rd7 Qf5 $17) 26... a6 $19 27. Na4
g5 $138 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. Qxb6 Qxd7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 (30... Kh7 $142) 31. Qxg5+ Ng6
32. b4 Qe6 (32... Qd1+ 33. Kb2 Qd4+ 34. Kb3 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Nxe5 36. c4 f5 37. b5
a5 $1 $19) 33. Qg2 Kf8 34. a4 Nxe5 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Nc4 38.
Qg2+ Kf6 39. Qf3+ Ke5 40. Qe2+ Kd4 41. Qf2+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 (7.
O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Rd1 Bf5 12. Na3 $14)
11... Rd8 12. Qe3 f5 13. Rad1 $14) 7... bxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe5 Qxe5
11. Nxe5 O-O 12. f3 (12. O-O-O $5 Re8 13. Nd3 c4 14. Nf4 Nxe4 15. Rhe1 Nd6 16.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Rd4 $1 $14) 12... d5 $2 {[%csl Rc5,Rc7] Nach diesem Zug bekommt
Weiß dauerhaften Vorteil, wegen der schwachen schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel.}
(12... d6 $142 13. Nd3 Rb8 $14) 13. exd5 $16 Re8 14. f4 Ng4 15. O-O Ne3 16. Rf2
Bf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 (17... g5) 18. Nc6 Ra8 19. Re2 (19. h3 $16) 19... Bg4 20. Ree1
(20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Kf2 Rxc3 23. bxc3 $16) 20... Bf5 21. Re2 Bg4 22.
Ree1 Bf5 23. h3 Nxc2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. g4 Bd3 26. Ne5 c4 27. Nxc4 (27. b3 $1
f6 28. Nxc4 $16) 27... Bxc4 28. Rxc2 Re3 29. Kg2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {The specialty of Alexander Wohl. We had
played this line barely one month before and I made a draw with difficulty! I
knew that this time I would have to pay more attention to the opening.} 4. Nc3
$5 (4. c3 d5 $5 {was our game in Hastings.}) 4... d6 5. d4 a6 $5 (5... Bd7 {
is the other way, but I believe the text move is stronger.}) 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 $5
{is also possible, but Black will play the same way as in the game, and
remains very solid.}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Be7 (9... g6 $5
{was played in Kovacevic-Sokolov where Black quickly blundered. But it could
also be an interesting way to play.}) 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nd5 b5 13.
Be2 Bxd5 $6 {This is just too fast in my opinion and gives me some freedom -
which I used badly, by the way!} ({I think} 13... Re8 {would be more relevant,
for example:} 14. f4 Bf8 15. Qd3) 14. exd5 Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Qe4
Re8 18. Bd3 g6 {Ok, the last moves were kind of normal. Black wants to create
counterplay with Bf6/Na4, sometimes exchange the knight against the white
squared bishop (...Nc5xd3) and try to be solid on the kingside. I believe
White should be slightly better, but my next move will change the whole
position!} 19. h4 $6 {I wanted just to push the h-pawn and avoid ideas like in
the 19.Qf3 line, and played fast! But this move order has some huge
disadvantages! Immediately after playing I realised about what was suddenly
happening.} (19. Qf3 Na4 $1 (19... Bf6 $2 20. g5 Bg7 21. f5 Be5 22. f6 {
cannot be good for Black.}) 20. g5 f5 $5 {This move is needed to prevent White
from going f5 himself at some point. Now it is not so easy to break Black's
defence, for instance:} 21. h4 (21. gxf6 $6 Bxf6 {would help Black, as it is
not as easy at it looks to attack quickly!}) 21... Bf8 22. b3 Nc5 23. h5 Bg7
24. Qh3 Nxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Qe7 26. Qh3 Kf7 {and Black is still extremely solid!})
19... Bf6 20. Qf3 Na4 (20... Bxb2+ $2 21. Kxb2 Na4+ 22. Ka3 Qf6 23. Rb1 {
just kind of doesn't work for Black.}) 21. b3 Bb2+ $1 {Oops, the small details
I saw a few seconds too late when I went 19.h4. It is always very interesting
to play against players like Mr.Wohl, who are always trying to find the best
move and not caring about drawing lines and so on. In my opinion his rating
doesn't reflect his real strength.} (21... Nb2 22. Rdf1 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qe7 24.
Re1 Qd7 25. Qf3 {would remain easier for White.}) (21... Nc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23.
Bxb5 axb5 24. Qxc3 Rxa2 25. Kb1 b4 (25... Ra8 $6 26. h5 $16) 26. Qd4 Qa8 27.
Rhe1 {is better for White.}) 22. Kb1 Qf6 $1 23. bxa4 bxa4 24. c3 $5 {Ok, let's
try to play on!} (24. g5 {was my first idea, but} Rab8 {is immediatley a draw.}
(24... Qd4 $4 25. Bb5 $1 $18 {followed by c3 was the trap I had seen! At the
analysis, my opponent (who had missed the 25.Bb5-trick) told me that he would
have preferred to play 24...Qg7 rather than making an immediate draw in such
an interesting position!! Still, having the g5-move included would help White 
(e.g. the pawn is not hanging later, etc.).})) 24... Bxc3 25. Kc2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2
Rab8 27. Rc1 $8 (27. Rb1 $2 Rxb1 28. Kxb1 Qc3 $19) 27... Qd4 $5 (27... Rb2+ 28.
Kd1 a3 $6 (28... Qd4 {would go back into the game.}) 29. Qf2 $1 {Now Black's
queen cannot come in.} Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Qb2+ 31. Rc2 Qb4+ 32. Rc3 Qb2+ 33. Bc2 {
would be better for White, as the rook on c3 is perfectly placed to attack
Black's pawn on a3.}) (27... Qb2+ 28. Kd1 Re1+ 29. Kxe1 Qxc1+ 30. Qd1 Qc5 {
was also critical, but I believe I can sac some pawns and get some winning
chances by finding good piece coordination. Here it is very important to
understand the balance between material and activity. The position is much
easier to play for Black.} 31. Kf1 (31. Qf3 Qc1+ 32. Rd1 Qb2 {is unclear.})
31... Qxd5 32. Kf2 $1 Qd4+ 33. Kg2 $1 Qxf4 34. Rf2 {followed by Qf3. Black got
four pawns for the bishop, but White's pieces are very coordinated and the a6/
a4 pawns don't really count like two. I believe only White has winning chances
here.}) 28. Kd1 Rb2 $1 {Just the best for Black in my opinion. The fact my
opponent didn't start 27...Rb2 (followed by 28...Qd4) gave me a hope that he
wouldn't play it, but...} (28... Re3 $2 29. Be2 $1 Qb6 30. Qf2 {is just better
for White. Now it is very difficult for Black to attack, and I will try to
push my pawns on the kingside.}) 29. Rxb2 $8 (29. Qg2 $4 Qxd3 $19) 29... Qxb2 {
Now I am losing the a2-pawn, and the a4-one will be fast! I have to find
counterplay as fast as possible.} 30. f5 $1 {I first thought I had barely no
winning chance here, but in fact Black has to be precise!} (30. Rc2 $2 {
doesn't work because of} Qb1+ 31. Kd2 $4 Qe1#) 30... Qxa2 31. fxg6 hxg6 (31...
fxg6 $5 32. Qf4 $5 {Now the pawn on d5 is not really hanging, because of Qc4.
Still, it is takable...} (32. h5 Qb3+ 33. Kd2 Qb4+ 34. Rc3 Rf8 35. Qe4 Rf2+ 36.
Ke1 Qxc3+ 37. Kxf2 a3 38. hxg6 Qf6+ 39. Ke3 hxg6 {is also kind of holding.})
32... Qxd5 $1 (32... a3 33. Qd4 {and White seems to be better.}) 33. Qc4 Qxc4
34. Rxc4 Re3 35. Kc2 Rh3 36. g5 a3 37. Ra4 h6 {and Black should draw. I guess
I could reach R+B vs R.}) 32. h5 Qb3+ 33. Kd2 Qb2+ (33... a3 34. hxg6 Qb4+ 35.
Rc3 Re7 $8 {I had missed this one also! This is a purely computer position
which I don't understand at all. But it looks like Black is holding easily!} (
35... fxg6 $2 36. Qf6 $18)) 34. Rc2 Qe5 $2 {My opponent starts to lack time
and blunders - though I must admit that I didn't consider it as such a big
mistake during the game...} (34... Qb4+ $1 35. Rc3 a3 36. hxg6 Re7 {check 33...
a3}) 35. Rxc7 $1 Qb2+ 36. Rc2 $2 {Now the position is drawn again!} (36. Bc2 $1
{just wins:} Qd4+ (36... Qb4+ 37. Kc1 $18) 37. Kc1 Qa1+ 38. Bb1 $1 Re1+ 39. Kd2
$18 {Thank you, Rybka!}) 36... Qb4+ 37. Rc3 Rc8 {This was my opponent's idea
to sac this c-pawn in order to get counterplay.} 38. Bc2 (38. Qf6 Rxc3 39. Qxc3
Qxg4 40. hxg6 Qg2+ 41. Kc1 Qxd5 42. gxf7+ Qxf7 {is a draw.}) 38... Qd4+ $2 {
Tempting, but bad!} (38... Rxc3 $1 39. Qxc3 Qxg4 40. hxg6 Qg5+ 41. Ke1 Qxd5 {
is once again a draw.}) (38... gxh5 $5 39. gxh5 a3 40. Qg3+ Kf8 {i}) 39. Rd3
Qc4 $1 (39... Qb4+ $2 40. Kc1 $1 Qe1+ 41. Rd1 Qe5 42. hxg6 $1 Qa1+ (42... fxg6
43. Qd3 $1 $18) 43. Kd2 Qd4+ 44. Ke1 Qb4+ 45. Kf1 $18) (39... Qb2 $2 40. Rc3
$18) 40. Bd1 Re8 $2 {And the last mistake on move 40! Only now did I start to
feel happy.. for nearly the first time in the game!} (40... Qb4+ $1 41. Ke2 Rc4
$1 {was the tough idea to find:} 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Qf6 Rxg4 {and the engine
only gives a small edge for White, which means that bBack should get a draw.
Unlike the 38...-drawing moves, this one was very hard to find, especially
with 30sec on the clock.}) 41. hxg6 Qb4+ 42. Rc3 Qd4+ (42... fxg6 43. Qf6 Qe4
44. Qxd6 $18) 43. Qd3 Qf4+ 44. Kc2 Qf2+ 45. Qd2 {Phew, tough victory!} 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Na3 Bb6 6. Nc4 Nf6 $5 (6... d6 7.
O-O Nge7 8. a4 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. f4 $1 $16 {Hellers
- Hector, Rilton Cup 1990/91}) 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. dxe5 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6
11. Be2 $14 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Ng5 Qxd1
17. Rfxd1 h6 18. Ne4 Ne8 19. Bc4 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bc2 21. Re1 Ra4 22. b3 Raa8 23. h4
Kf8 24. Be2 Ra3 25. Nf1 Rda8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Trindade, Sandro Heleno"]
[Black "Braga, Cicero Nogueira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7.
cxd4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ng5 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 (12.
Qd2 {Wedberg} a6 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rac1 {+/= Chandler-Wedberg,
Amsterdam 1984}) 12... Qb4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qb6 (15... Qb5
16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Ng3 Ne7 {Gelfand-Dreev/Moscow(GMA)/1989/} 18. b3 $14) 16. Nc5
Bf5 17. Ne5 $14 {Mokry,K-Banas,J/Wien/1988/,Oll-Dreev/URS-56ch/1989/}) 10...
Qd6 $10 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Re2 Rab8 (16... Rae8 $5 {Wedberg}) 17. Rc1 Rb6 18. Rc5 Ra6 19. a3 Qb8 20. Bg5
Rb6 21. Rcc2 Qc8 22. Be7 Rf4 23. Bc5 Rb8 (23... Rb7 {Wedberg} 24. Qe1 $40) 24.
Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bc5 Qf5 26. Rcd2 h5 27. Rd3 g5 28. Rde3 h4 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+
Kh7 31. Qh5+ Bh6 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Re5 (
36. Re1 $1 {Wedberg} Rxf2 37. Bxf8 Qxf8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Qxg5+ Kh7
41. Qxh4+ Kg7 42. Qxf2) 36... Qb1+ 37. Re1 Qc2 38. Re6 $4 (38. Qe6+ {Wedberg}
Kh7 39. Re2 Qb1+ 40. Re1 Qxb2 41. Re2 Qc1+ 42. Re1 Qc2 43. Re2 Qc1+ 44. Re1 Qc2
45. Re2 Qc1+ {1/2-1/2 Trindade,S-Braga,C/Sao Paulo zt (05) 1993}) 38... Kh7 $4
(38... Qxf2+ $19) 39. Re2 Qb1+ 40. Re1 Qxb2 41. Re2 Qc1+ 42. Re1 Qc2 43. Re2
Qc1+ 44. Re1 Qc2 45. Re2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 $5 4. O-O Ng6 (4... g6) 5. d4 (5. c3 d6 6. d4
Bd7 7. Ng5 $5 $14 {Zuckertort-Anderssen 1867}) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 (7.
Be3 Bxd4 (7... Qf6 $2 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bxc5 cxb5 10. Bd4)) 7... Bb6 (7... Be7 $5
) 8. Nc3 O-O (8... a6) 9. Nd5 d6 10. a4 Be6 11. Be2 (11. a5 $6 Nxa5 $1 12. Nxa5
Bxa5 13. Rxa5 c6 14. Ra3 cxb5 (14... Bxd5)) 11... f5 $5 (11... Na5 12. Nd4) 12.
a5 Bc5 (12... Nxa5 $5 13. Nxa5 Bxa5 14. Rxa5 c6 15. Ra3 (15. Ra4) (15. b4)
15... cxd5 16. exf5 $1 $16 Rxf5 17. Bg4 Re5 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qxd5) 13. exf5
Bxf5 (13... Rxf5 $5 14. Bg4 Re5 $1) 14. c3 (14. a6 $142 {/\ 15.c3}) 14... Kh8 (
14... a6 $142 {/\ 15...Be7, e.g.} 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bc4 Kh8 $13) 15. a6 b6 16.
Nd2 $1 Nce5 (16... Be6 17. Ne4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nce7 19. Qd1 $16) 17. b4 c6 $1 18.
bxc5 cxd5 19. cxb6 (19. cxd6 Nf4 20. Ba3 Qg5 21. Bf3 (21. g3 Bh3 22. Re1 Ng2)
21... Bd3 22. Re1 Nh3+ $19) 19... Qxb6 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Be4 $1 22. Bxe4 (
22. Be2 Qc6 {(/\ Qxc3)}) 22... dxe4 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Qd4 $2 (24. Qa4 $1 {e.g.}
Rfc8 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rfb1 {/\ Bxa7}) 24... Ne7 {(/\ Nf5)} 25. Qa4 $2 Rfc8 26.
Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rfb1 (27. Rfd1) (27. Bd4 Nc8 {/\ Nb6}) 27... Rxc3 28. Rb7 Nc6 29.
h4 $2 (29. Rc7 $3 Nd4 (29... h6 30. Kf1 {(/\ 31.Bd4)} Rc2 (30... Rc4 31. Rb1
Ne5 32. Rbb7 $16 {x a7}) 31. Rd1 Nb4 32. Rxc2 Nxc2 33. Rxd6 Nxe3+ 34. fxe3 Rf8+
35. Ke2 Rf6) 30. Rxa7) 29... h6 30. Rd1 (30. Rc7 $6 Rc4 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Rxc4
Nxc4) 30... Rd3 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rb2 $5 (32. Bxa7 Nxa7 33. Rxc8+ Nxc8 34. Rb8
Ra3 $10) 32... Ra3 33. Rd2 (33. Rbc2 Rxa6 $10) 33... Ne7 $1 (33... Rxa6 34.
Rxd6 Kh7 35. g3) 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 35. Rc2 Nb6 36. Rc7 $2 (36. Rc6) (36. Bxb6 axb6
37. Rc6 Rxa6 38. Rxd6) 36... Rxa6 37. Bd4 Nd5 $1 38. Bxg7+ (38. Rxg7 $2 Ra4 39.
Bb2 Ra2 {/\} (39... Rb4 40. Ba1 Rb1+) 40. Bd4 Rd2) 38... Kh7 39. Rd7 Kg6 40.
Bd4 Nf6 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Bxa7 Kh5 43. Be3 Ng8 44. Bf4 d5 45. f3 $1 exf3 46.
gxf3 Ne7 (46... Kxh4 47. Kf2 {/\ Ke3, Kd4}) 47. Kg2 Nf5 48. Kh3 d4 (48... Nxh4
49. Bxh6 $10) 49. Bc1 $4 (49. Bd2 $1 Nxh4 50. Kg3 Nf5+ 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Ke4 h5
53. Be1) 49... d3 $4 (49... Nxh4 50. Kg3 Ng6 $1) 50. Kg2 $8 Nd6 51. Kf2 Nc4 52.
Bf4 Kg6 53. Ke1 h5 54. Bg5 Kf5 55. Bh6 Ke5 56. Bg5 Kd4 57. Kd1 Kd5 (57... Kc3
58. Bf6+) (57... Ne5 58. Bf6 $1 {/\ Be5=}) 58. Bf4 Kc5 59. Ke1 Kd4 60. Bg5 Kc3
61. Kd1 Nd6 (61... d2 62. Ke2 Kc2 63. Bxd2 Nxd2 64. Ke3 $1 $10) 62. Bf6+ Kc4
63. Ke1 Nf5 64. Kd2 Ng3 65. Bg5 Ne2 {/\ Nd4, Ng1} 66. Be3 $1 Nc3 67. Bg5 Nd5
68. Bh6 Ne7 69. Bg5 Nc6 70. Bf6 Na5 71. Ke3 Nb3 72. Bg7 Nc5 73. Kd2 Ne6 74. Be5
Nf8 75. Bg7 Ng6 76. Bf6 Nf4 77. Be5 Nd5 78. Bg7 Ne7 79. Be5 Nf5 80. Bf6 Ng3 81.
Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ashdod op"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 (3... g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 a6 7. Bc4
d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Nd8 $132 {0-1 Toth,J-Kovacs,L/
Hungary 1995/EXT 97 (47)}) 4. O-O {White also has other moves in this position:
4.c3 and 4.d4. After 4.c3 as was in my game against Rechlis black gets a fine
counterplay after 4...g6 5.d4 ed 6cd a6 7.Ba4 b5. There are also two other
interesting games on this theme Baklan-Benjamin} (4. c3) (4. c3 d6 $5 (4... g6
5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nc3 d6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 h6 12.
Be3 Na5 $132 {1-0 Rechlis,G-Gofshtein,L/Israel 2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) 5. d4 Bd7
6. Bc4 Na5 7. Be2 Nac6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Nc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bd5
Nd6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Nc4 (14. Rd1 Ne7 15. Bb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Benjamin,J/
Moscow 2001/CBM 086 (67)}) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe7 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Benjamin,J/Moscow 2001/CBM 086 (44)}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ng6
6. O-O Bc5 (6... Bc5 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Qg5 10. Be2 Nf4 11. Bf3
Qxg2+ 12. Bxg2 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Nxd4 $17 {0-1 Ascic,P-Klaric,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT
2000 (40)})) 4... g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. d5 {Another
possible move in this position is 9.Nc3 which also allows black a fine
counterplay} (9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. Bg5 Nac6 14. Nd5
f6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $132 {1-0 Vasiesiu,D-Mozes,E/Timisu de Sus 1998/EXT 2000 (34)
}) 9... b5 $5 {This is black's main idea. 9...Na5 was also met} (9... Na5 10.
Nc3 d6 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Bd2 f5 16. f4 Nd7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Varga,Z/Gyula 1998/CBM 063 ext (24)}) 10. Bb3 (10. Bc2
Na5 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 d6 13. Re1 c6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Bxb3 Bg4 16. Bg5
c5 $132 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Arkhipov,S/Muenster 1991/EXT 97 (47)}) 11... d6 12.
Nd4 (12. Rb1 c5 13. h3 h6 14. Re1 Nc4 15. Ne2 Kh7 $132 {1-0 Fercec,N-Krstic,U/
Bizovac 2004/CBM 098 ext (27)}) (12. Re1 Nc4 (12... Bb7 13. Nd4 c5 14. dxc6
Nexc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Bb3 Nc4 18. Rb1 Re8 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Bd2
Bxd5 $11 {0-1 Fusthy,Z-Mozes,E/Hungary 1994/TD (44)}) 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rb1 c5
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qa5 $132 {0-1 Boudre,J-Murey,
J/Paris 1990/EXT 97 (23)}) 12... Bb7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6
16. Be3 Rc8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bb3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Brodsky,M-Murey,J/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1998/CBM 062 ext (54)}) 10... Na5 11. Bd2 $5
$146 {A novelty. After 11.Bc2 black gets a fine game as the next given below
shows} (11. Bc2 d6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 c5 14. dxc6 Nexc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rb1
Nc4 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qd3 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,G-Oms
Pallise,J/La Pobla de Lillet 1996/EXT 2002 (29)}) 11... Nxb3 {11...Bb2 looks
rather risky, although it's not clear how black loses after this move} (11...
Bxb2 $5 12. Bxa5 Bxa1 13. d6 (13. Qc1 d6 14. Nc3 Bxc3) 13... Nc6 14. dxc7 Qf6
15. Bd2) 12. Qxb3 d6 13. Bc3 c5 $1 {A strong defensive move. This way black
gets rid of the retarted pawn c7} 14. dxc6 {In case of 14.Bg7 white only has a
slight advantage} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nbd2 f6 $132) 14... Be6 $5 {An important
intermidiate move. Black finishes his development} 15. Qa3 (15. Qc2 Rc8 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nc3 Nxc6 $14) 15... Nxc6 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn,
hoping to recieve enough compensation for the pawn} (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 (16.
Nxc3 Nxc6) 16... Rc8 17. Nd4 Bd7) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19.
Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {After a serie of forced moves the game reached a
position where the activity of his pieces compensates the loss of a pawn} 21.
Nc3 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd8d2,Re6a2]} 22. Rad1 b4 {Forcing white to go for a double
rook ending} 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 Rac8 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 25. Rd2 {Defending
against the threat of invasion} Rc5 26. Rfd1 Ke7 $5 {Bringing the king and
blocking the opponent's passed pawn} 27. f4 Kd6 28. Kf2 {White offered a draw
because of the variation 28...Rb8 29.Ke3 Rb5 and black captures the d-pawn and
reaches an equality} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 Nxc3 (11... O-O 12. Qd2 a6
13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. b3 Rb6 17. Nc5 $16 {
Chandler-Wedberg Amsterdam 1984 (inf. 38/(439))}) 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qd2 Rfe8 $10
{Thole,M-Mahmoud,Y Novi Sad OL 1990}) 11... O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qc1 Rfe8 (14... Rab8 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Qxc6 Qb6 17. Qc1 Bg4 $44 {Wittmann,
W-Defize,A Debrecen EUtch 1992}) (14... Qb6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc5
$14 {Jansa,V-Schwarzkopf,C Badenweiler Open 1990}) 15. h3 {><g4} (15. Bd2 Qb5
16. Ne5 Bf5 $13 {Gelfand,B-Dreev,A Moscow GMA 1990 (inf 47/398)}) (15. a3 Qb6
16. Qd2 f6 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Bh4 $13 {Grunfeld,Y-D'Amore Haifa EU-chT 1989})
15... Rab8 16. b3 Bf5 17. Bd2 (17. Nc5 {/\Na6} Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxd4 19. Na6 Qb6
20. Nxd4 Qxa6 21. Nxf5 gxf5 $13) 17... Qf8 (17... Qb6 18. Nc5 $16 {ףb6}) 18.
Ng3 {><f5,><c6} Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Qe8 (20... Qd6 $2 21. Ne4 $16) 21.
Qc5 {/\22.Qxa7/22.Rc1} Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd1 $44 Ra8 $6 (23... Re8 $5 24.
Qxa7 (24. Ba5 h5 25. Re1 Qb2 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $15) 24... h5 $132) 24. Ba5 Be8 $6
(24... h5 $5 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Ne4 Re8 28. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Kf8
$10) 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Ne4 $16 Bd7 28. Nxd6 {צa8,קc6,><c5,><e5,
><f6} h5 29. h4 Be6 30. Re4 (30. f3 $5 {/\Kf2}) (30. Rc1 Ne7 {/\Bd5}) 30... Rb8
(30... Ne7 31. Rb4 $1 {/\Rb7}) 31. Rc4 Bd7 (31... Ne7 32. Rc5 Bd5 33. Bd2 {
/\Be3+Ra5}) 32. f3 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ne4 f6 35. Bd2 {/\Ra4+Be3 קa7} Rb7 36.
Ra4 Rc7 37. Ra5 (37. Be3 Nxe3 (37... c5 $4 38. Rxa7 $18) 38. Kxe3 Bf5 $16)
37... Bc8 38. Be3 Nxe3 (38... a6 $16 39. Bc5+) 39. Kxe3 Bf5 40. Ng3 Be6 (40...
Bb1 41. Ne2 {/\g2-g4+Nc3//\Nd4}) 41. Ne4 Bf5 42. Nc5 Kd6 43. Kd4 Re7 {/\Re2-d2+
} 44. b4 {><c5} Bb1 (44... Re2 45. g3 (45. Rxa7 Rd2+ 46. Ke3 Rxg2 47. a4 Rh2
$13 48. a5 Rxh4 49. Rb7 Bc8 $1 $15) 45... Rg2 (45... Rd2+ 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Kf4)
46. Rxa7 Rxg3 47. Rd7+ $1 Bxd7 48. Ne4+ Kc7 49. Nxg3 $18 {/\Ne4/a2-a4-a5}) 45.
a4 g5 (45... Re2 $2 46. Rxa7 {/\Rd7#}) 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Ra6 {/\b4-b5} Rc7 48.
b5 h4 49. a5 $1 $18 {/\b5-b6} Bf5 50. b6 axb6 51. axb6 Rc8 52. b7 Rb8 53. Ra8
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Lehmann, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1976.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Der inzwischen auf die schwarzen Steine spezialisierte Dr. Lehmann setzte
seine Unglücksserie im Europapokal fort. Wieder unterliefen ihm im
Schlußabschnitt Ungenauigkeiten und schließlich entscheidende Fehler.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5
9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Bf4 Qd8 15.
Qe2 a6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bc4 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Bb3 b5 21. c4 bxc4
22. Nxc4 Qg4 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Nf5 25. Nb6 cxb6 26. Bxd5 Rad8 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rc1 Bxd4 29. Rc7 Re7 30. g4 {[#]} Re1+ 31. Kh2 Ne7 32. Bb7 {Statt} Be5
({sollte er} 32... a5 {ziehen,}) 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxa6 Nd5 35. Rb7 h5 36. gxh5
Rxh5+ 37. Kg1 {und statt} Re5 ({war mit} 37... Rh4 {(drohend Ta4)} 38. Bb5 Nc3
39. Be8 Kf8 40. Bxf7 Rh7 $1 {noch ein leichtes Remis möglich. Die Drohung a5
von Weiß übersah Dr. Lehmann vollständig, obwohl die Zeitnot gerade vorüber
war, sonst hätte er das auf die Dauer allerdings auch chancenlose Sf4 oder Sc3
noch versuchen können. Die Hängestellung war technisch klar verloren. Schade!})
38. Bc4 g5 39. a4 Rf5 40. g4 Re5 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. a5 bxa5 43. Rb5 Re4 44. Bxd5
Rxg4 45. Rxa5 Rf4 46. Bb3 Rb4 47. Bc2 Rb2 48. Bd3 Rd2 49. Be2 f6 50. Ra7 Rd4
51. Bh5 Rh4 52. Bg6 Kg8 53. Kg2 Rd4 54. Kg3 Rh4 55. f3 Rh1 56. Be4 Rh4 57. Bd5+
Kh8 58. Rf7 Rd4 59. Be4 Rd6 60. Kg4 Kg8 61. Ra7 Kf8 62. Kf5 Rb6 63. Kg6 Ke8 64.
Bf5 1-0

[Event "Hessen-ch"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Solonar, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "Hoehne,V/Loukas,T"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Nxe4 $5 (
7... O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bc4 Qc8 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nh5
14. Re1 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. g4 h6 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Kg2 g5 19. gxh5 g4 20. Ng1
Nxe5 21. hxg4 Qc6+ 22. Kh2 Nd3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qf3 Be5+ 25. Kg2 Qxf3+ 26.
Nxf3 Bg7 27. Rb1 b5 28. b3 c6 29. Nd1 c5 30. Ne3 Kh7 31. Nf5 Re2 32. Be3 Rxa2
33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd1 Nb4 35. Bxc5 Nc6 36. Nd4 Ne5 37. Nf5+ Kh7 38. Kg3 Rb2 39.
b4 Rb3+ 40. Ne3 Nc4 41. Rd7 Ne5 42. Re7 Nd3 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Bd4
{1-0 Melliz,A-Guzman,C/Santiago 1992/EXT 2002 (45).}) 8. d5 Nd6 $4 9. Bd3 $2 (
9. dxc6 $1 Nxb5 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Qxb5 $18) 9... Nb4 $4 10. Nc3 $2 (10. Qe1+ Kf8
11. Qxb4 $18) 10... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Be5 Rc8 15.
Re2 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 c6 $5 17. Rd1 (17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Nd7 c5 20. Qh3
$1 (20. Nxf8 $143 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Ba6 22. Rh3 Bxe2 23. Nxh7 Nd4 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25.
Nce4 Rh8 $8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 $11) 20... Nd4 21. Re3 Qg5 22. Nxf8 (22. f4 Qxf4 $2
23. Rf1 Nf3+ 24. Rexf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qd4+ 26. Rf2 f5 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Qf3 $18)
22... Rxf8 23. Rg3 Qd8 24. Rgd3 Qg5 $44) 17... Nf5 18. Qb1 $6 (18. dxc6 Bxc6
19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rfd8 22. Red2 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 a6 $14) 18...
cxd5 19. Nf3 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Qg5 22. f4 Qc5 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Rf2 Re1+
25. Qxe1 Qxd4 26. f5 Kf8 27. Qd2 $6 (27. Qc1 $142) 27... Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bc6 29.
f6 Re8 $17 30. b4 b5 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. g4 Re3 (33... h6 $142) 34. Rc2
(34. Ne2) 34... h6 35. Nxb5 $2 $138 Bxb5 36. Kf2 Re6 37. Rc5 Rxf6+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Cifuentes} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 $1 c5 11. Qe3 (11. Qd3 Bd7 $1) 11...
O-O-O 12. h3 $1 {This is the correct plan. The idea is to continue f4 and Nf3
whereby the knight located at d2 reaches an optimal position. This would not
succed after f2-f3.} Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7 {With ideas like Nb8-c6-d4 or f6 and Bf7
} 14. f4 $1 $146 f6 {After 14..,f5 15.exf5 gxf5, both 16.Rhe1 ang 16.g4 would
give White a minimal advantage.} 15. Nf3 $14 Rhe8 {Better was 15..Nb6
intending to exchange rooks immediately.} (15... Nb6 $142) 16. Rhe1 $1 Nb6 17.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. f5 $1 Bg8 (18... Bf7 19. Qh6 Be8 20. g4 $14) 19. Qh6 (19. fxg6 {
Cifuentes} hxg6 20. e5 {gives White only a very modest initiative.}) 19... Qf8
{The only move to keep the equilibrium. Neither 19..,g5? 20.e5!, nor 19..,gxf5
20.exf5 Qd6 21.a3! would achieve this.} (19... gxf5 20. exf5 Qd6 21. Rd1 Qe7
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe3 $14) 20. Qxf8 Rxf8 21. g4 gxf5 (21... Re8 $5 {Cifuentes
came into consideration.}) 22. gxf5 $1 (22. exf5 Nd5 $132) 22... Bf7 23. Rg1
Bh5 $2 (23... Rg8 $142 24. Rxg8+ Bxg8 25. b3 c4 (25... Nd7 {Cifuentes} 26. Kd2
c6 27. Ke3 Kc7 28. Kf4 Kd6 29. Nd1 c4 30. Nf2 $1 (30. Ne3 cxb3 31. cxb3 a5 32.
Ng4 a4 33. bxa4 Bxa2 34. Nxf6 $1 Nxf6 35. e5+ Ke7 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ng5 h6 $2
(37... b6 $1 38. Nxh7+ Kg7 39. Ng5 Bb3 40. Ke5 Bxa4 41. f6+ Kf8 42. h4 Bd1 $1
$11) 38. Ne4+ Ke7 39. a5 $1 $18) 30... h5 31. e5+ $1 fxe5+ 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 33.
Ne4+ $14) 26. Kd2 cxb3 27. cxb3 $1) 24. Ne1 $1 {/\Ne1-d3-f4} c6 25. Nd3 (25.
Rg7 $5) 25... Nd7 26. Rg7 Rf7 27. Rg8+ Kc7 (27... Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Nxc5
$16) 28. Nf4 Bf3 {[#]} 29. Ne6+ $6 (29. Kd2 $16 b5 30. Ke3 Ne5 31. Rg1 Rd7 32.
Rf1 b4 33. Na4 Bd1 34. Ne6+ Kb8 35. Naxc5 $18) 29... Kd6 30. Nd8 Re7 31. Nxb7+
Ke5 32. Rd8 $2 (32. Nd8 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Kxe4 34. Nxc6 Rf7 35. Nxa7 Kxf5 36. Nb5
Re7 37. a4 $16) 32... Kf4 $132 (32... Bxe4 $4 {Cifuentes} 33. Nxe4 Kxe4 34.
Rxd7 $1 $18) 33. Nd6 h5 $1 {קh3} 34. Rg8 $1 Ne5 35. Ne8 Rf7 36. Ng7 c4 $138
37. Ne6+ $138 Ke3 38. h4 Bxe4 39. Nxe4 Kxe4 40. Ng7 $11 Kf4 (40... c3 $5 41. b3
$5 Rd7 42. Nxh5 Kxf5 43. Ng3+ Kf4 44. Ne2+ $14) 41. Nxh5+ Kxf5 42. Kd2 $11 Rh7
43. Ng3+ Kf4 44. h5 Kf3 45. Kc3 c5 $1 46. a3 (46. Nf1 $2 Rxh5 47. Nd2+ Kf4 48.
Nxc4 $2 Rh3+ $19) 46... a6 (46... Ng4 47. Ne4 $1 Rxh5 48. Rxg4 f5 49. Nf6 $1
Rh6 50. Ng8 fxg4 51. Nxh6 g3 52. Nf5 $18) 47. b4 cxb3 48. Kxb3 $1 (48. cxb3 a5
49. a4 c4 50. bxc4 Rc7 $15) 48... Rb7+ 49. Kc3 Rh7 50. Kb3 Ng4 (50... Kf4 51.
Ne2+ Ke3 52. Ng3 Kf3 53. Kc3 $11) 51. Ne4 $1 Kxe4 (51... Rxh5 $2 52. Rxg4 f5 (
52... Rh3 53. Nxf6 $18) 53. Rg5 $8 (53. Nf6 Rh6 54. Ng8 Rb6+ $1 $19) 53... Rh3
54. Nc3 $1 $18) 52. Rxg4+ Kf5 53. Rc4 Kg5 54. Rxc5+ f5 55. c4 Rxh5 $11 56. Kb4
Kg4 57. a4 (57. Rc6 $6 f4 58. Rxa6 f3) 57... Rh6 58. Rc8 f4 59. c5 f3 60. c6 f2
61. Rf8 Kg3 62. Kc5 Rh1 63. Kb6 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Rxf1 65. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the game from the 9th round. We both had +4, and from the previous
European Championships I knew that to qualify to the World Cup and to fight
for the medals, you needed to win at least one more game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 {I was more or less sure of these 3 moves, but I had no idea what Ivan
would play next. It's amazing, how many different lines Sokolov can play in
the Ruy Lopez.} Nge7 4. Nc3 ({A more popular move is} 4. O-O) 4... d6 {(/\ ...
a6, ...b5, ...Na5).} 5. d4 a6 {Now we come to less explored territory.} ({
More games have been played with the "favourite" Steinitz move} 5... Bd7 {
but according to database, even the 1st World Champion had bad results in this
line.}) 6. Be2 ({Another option is} 6. Bc4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3
g6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Qg3 Nd4 12. Bd3 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nxc2+ 15. Bxc2 cxd5
16. O-O dxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20. Bc5+ Kg8 21. Rfe1
Bd7 22. Re7 $18 {...1-0 Kovacevic Aleksandar (SRB) (2582)-Sokolov Ivan (NED) 
(2641)/Vrnjacka Banja (Serbia) 2010 (30)}) 6... Nxd4 {Otherwise, d4-d5 is
quite unpleasant.} 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 {I think, this is the most
natural square for the queen.} g6 10. h4 $1 $146 {White controls the centre,
and leads in development, so the flank action is absolutely justified.} ({
Black was more or less OK after the slow} 10. Be3 Bg7 11. O-O (11. h4 $5) 11...
O-O 12. f4 f5 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Bf3 $14 Kh8 14. Qd2 Be6 15. exf5 {1/2 Palac
Mladen (CRO) (2591)-Stevic Hrvoje (CRO) (2621)/Marija Bistrica (Croatia) 2011})
10... Bg7 {A natural move, but anyway Black is already under pressure.} (10...
h6 {looks more flexible, but White has the energetic} 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd2 $1
Bxb2 {The critical option, otherwise White is clearly better.} (12... Be6 13.
Bc3 $14) 13. Rb1 $1 Bg7 14. Bc3 {and all White's pieces are already in action,
that's why it's very hard for Black to finish his development.} O-O (14... Ne5
15. Qg3 O-O 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h5 c6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f5 Ne5 (20...
g5 21. Qxd6 $18 Nf6 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Rxh6+ Ke5 25. Bd3 $18) 21.
Nf4 Qg5 22. Rxb7+ $1 $16) 15. f4 $16 h5 $6 16. g4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Rxb7 $18) ({Probably, the best choice would be} 10... Nb4
$5 {in order to mess things up a bit and prevent White from quick mobilisation.
} 11. Qd1 Bg7 {But, here also White has a comfortable edge} 12. a3 Nc6 ({or} 
12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bg5 $14 f6 15. Bh6) 13. Nd5 $14) 11. Bg5 {If you
can, then you should close in the bishop on g7.} f6 12. Be3 ({Of course not} 
12. Bd2 $2 Nb4 $19) 12... Be6 $1 {Black shows flexibility: short castling is
dangerous, so Black prepares to castle long.} ({Bad is} 12... O-O $2 {is bad:}
13. Qd5+ $1 (13. h5 $5 $16 {is good enough} {and if} g5 {then} 14. h6 Bh8 15.
Qd5+ Rf7 16. Bh5 $18) 13... Rf7 ({or} 13... Kh8 14. h5 $18) 14. Bc4 Ne5 15. Bb3
$18 {(/\f2-f4).}) 13. Nd5 {If Black doesn't want to castle short, then White
can wait with h4-h5. White wants to castle long, but first suppresses any of
Black's ideas with ...Nb4.} Qd7 (13... O-O {is not so bad here, but White is
clearly first after} 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. h5 $16) 14. O-O-O {Now is very
difficult moment for Black, Whitehas finished his development and is ready to
start the fight, Black must be very accurate to avoid an immediate defeat.} f5
({Still,} 14... O-O {is bad:} 15. h5 $16) ({During the game, I thought, that} 
14... O-O-O {was very dangerous} {because of} 15. Qa3 {(/\Ba6).} (15. h5 $1 {
is stronger:} f5 {see the notes to 15...Ne5.}) {but somehow, Black can hold
after the only} 15... Qf7 $1 (15... Nb8 16. h5 $16) (15... Kb8 $2 16. Bxa6 bxa6
17. Qxa6 $18) {Now the combination doesn't give any advantage to White. Of
course, White can continue to play normally, but then there's no point in 15.
Qa3.} 16. Bxa6 $6 bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Qb7 (18. Nxc7 Kxc7 19. Qb6+ Kd7 20.
Qb7+ Ke8 21. Qxc6+ Bd7 $13) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. f4 Rb8 21. fxe5 Rxb7
22. e6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6+ Kxe6 $13) 15. h5 {Here, I wanted very much to keep the
black king in the centre but there's no way to do it.} (15. Bg5 $2 {doesn't
work because of} O-O $1 16. h5 h6 $1 $13) 15... Ne5 $6 {It's always hard to
choose between bad positions, but after this move White gets a big advantage.}
({On} 15... fxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O {I was planning} 17. hxg6 Bf5 18. Qa4 hxg6 {
and here} 19. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 {White has a very strong attack, and
not just one way; but still, it requires very accurate play.} {For example:}
21. Rhe1 Rde8 ({A nice variation can occur after} 21... Rh4 22. f4 $5 {(/\Bf2,
Re3; /\Nb4).} (22. Ne7 {is strong enough:} Qxe7 23. Ba7+ $18) {and if here}
22... Re8 {then White has a spectacular mating combination} 23. Nb4 $1 Be4 24.
Rd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Nxc6+ Qxc6 26. Ba7+ Ka8 27. Bb6+ Kb8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qa7+
Kc8 30. Qxc7#) 22. f3 $1 {(/\g4, Rd3; /\Nb4) and Black has no adequate defence.
} (22. Nb4 $2 {is premature:} Be4 $13) 22... Bd4 ({or} 22... g5 23. Nb4 $18)
23. Bxd4 Rxe1 24. Qb5+ Kc8 25. Rxe1 Nxd4 26. Qc4 Qg7 (26... Nc6 27. Qa6+ Kb8
28. Re3 $18) 27. c3 Ne6 28. g4 $18) ({The computer suggests} 15... O-O {
as the best choice, but it's not only hard to put the king under attack from
the human point of view, but also it can't be good objectively.} {For example:}
16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. Qh3 Kf7 19. Qg3 $1 {(/\Nf4; /\Rh7).} Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 Rxe4 21. Qb3 $1 Re6 22. g4 $1 Ne7 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5+ $1 gxf5 25. Qd5
$1 $16 {(/\Qf5).} Ke8 26. Bh5+ Rf7 27. Qxb7) ({During the game, I thought that
the main move would be} 15... O-O-O $5 {and I still think, this is the best
try.} 16. h6 $1 (16. exf5 Bxf5 (16... gxf5 17. h6 $16) 17. Qa3 {(/\Ba6). could
be dangerous,} {but Black has a defence} Ne7 $1 $13) 16... fxe4 (16... Bf8 {
is worse:} 17. Qc3 Be7 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxe7+ Kb7 21. Nxc6 Kxc6
$16) 17. Qxe4 Be5 (17... Bf8 18. Rhe1 $14) 18. f4 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bf6 20. Bf3 $14
{White has a clear advantage, but Black can defend.}) 16. Qb3 {The most active
continuation.} Bxd5 ({As usual,} 16... O-O {is bad:} 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. exf5
Rxf5 (18... gxf5 19. Bg5 $16 {(/\Qh3).}) 19. Qxb7 $16) ({But} 16... O-O-O {
is also insufficient:} 17. h6 Bf8 ({or} 17... Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bf6 19. f4 $16) 18.
f4 $16) 17. Qxd5 {Actually, here every taking on d5 is strong.} ({Probably,
the best is} 17. Rxd5 {the only important detail is where to go after} c6 ({If
} 17... O-O-O {then} 18. h6 Bf6 19. f4 $16) {the right move is} 18. Rd4 $1 (18.
Rd2 $2 fxe4 $13) 18... fxe4 ({or} 18... O-O-O 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. e5
d5 22. c4 $16) 19. hxg6 $16 {White wins at least a pawn, and with 2 bishops it
must be just winning.}) 17... O-O-O {Obviously, White is positionally better,
but unfortunately for Black, White also has a concrete way to a big advantage.}
18. Bg5 $1 {Suddenly, every detail works for White. The Bg7 has not enough
space, the Ne5 falls under attack after f2-f4, Qd7 helps to attack the d6-pawn
because of the pin.} c6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({Of course,} 18... Rde8 $2
{is bad} {because of} 19. h6 Bf8 20. Bf6 $18) ({The only move is} 18... Rdf8 $1
{but anyway Black will face hard defense after} 19. h6 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. f4
Ng4 ({or} 21... Nc6 22. e5 Re6 23. Bc4 $16) 22. e5 Re6 23. Rh3 $1 $16) 19. Qb3
$1 Rdf8 ({Or} 19... fxe4 20. h6 Bf8 21. Bf6 $18) 20. f4 $1 $18 {Black's
position collapses.} h6 ({If} 20... Ng4 {then} 21. e5 $18 {with the double
threat, h5-h6, and Rd6.}) 21. fxe5 hxg5 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Rhd1 $1 {(/\Rd7).
White has not only the material advantage, but also a strong initiative. The
rest is simple.} Rd8 24. hxg6 Kb8 25. Rxd8+ {This forces the simplificatons.}
Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxa6 Qc7 28. Qxb7+ $5 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Bxe5 ({The point
of the sacrifice is that after} 29... Kxb7 30. e6 Kc7 31. exf5 $18 {Black
needs two pieces to control White's e6- and g6-pawns, and no one can stop the
a-pawn.}) 30. Bxc6 {Now White has too many extra pawns!} Kc7 31. Bd5 Kd6 32. b4
g4 33. Kd2 f4 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Bc6 Kf6 36. Bd7 Kxg6 37. Bxg4 Kf6 38. Kd3 {
Black was under the fire from the opening, and didn't survive. If 10.h4!
doesn't refute this line, than it surely poses serious problems.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ipatov,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland Legends"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 {I had played this system twice
recently, so my opponent most likely had been expecting it to happen in the
game.} 5. O-O (5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 {
This is one of the most critical and complex lines of the entire variation
with Nge7.} c5 11. Bc3 (11. d6 $5 Nec6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 $13 {Volokitin,A 
(2686)-Iordachescu,V (2646) Brasov 2011}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 d6 13. O-O Bg4
14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rfe1 b4 17. Ne2 Nc8 18. Ng3 Nb6 19. e5 $1 c4 20.
Bc2 dxe5 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. d6 Rc8 23. Nf5 $1 Nc6 24. Be4 $1 $36 {Georgiadis,N 
(2460)-Ipatov,A (2608) Doha 2014, and later White won.}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. a3 g6 8. d4 Bd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Nxe7+ {1/2 (16) Salgado Lopez,I (2615)
-Ipatov,A (2621) Kocaeli 2015}) 5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bc2
{This retreat makes more sense to me than 9.Bb3.} ({According to the Mega
Database, the main move is considered to be} 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d5 (11.
h3 Na5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)
-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Beijing 2014, and Black had no problems.}) 11... Na5 12.
Bc2 Bb7 (12... c5 13. dxc6 Naxc6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Qxd6 Be6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Qc5
Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rfd1 $14 {Black has certain compensation
for the pawn, but I am not sure whether it is sufficient. Yet, Black managed
to draw in Karjakin,S (2762)-Durarbayli,V (2548) Rhodes 2013.}) 13. Re1 Re8 14.
Rb1 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nc4 $132 {Inarkiev,E (2707)
-Iordachescu,V (2636) Konya 2012}) 9... d6 10. h3 (10. d5 Na5 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2
$5 {leads to a very sharp position} Bxb2 12. Bxa5 Bxa1 13. Nc3 Bb2 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Bb3 Ba3 16. Ne2 f6 17. Nfd4 Bc5 18. Nf4 $44 {Movsesian,S (2659)-Durarbayli,
V (2621) Doha 2014, with compensation for White.}) 11... O-O {We have reached
the same position as after 9.Bb3 d6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.d5 Na5 12.Bc2, but with
White to move.} 12. Rb1 h6 13. h3 c6 14. dxc6 Nexc6 15. Nd5 Nc4 16. b3 N4e5 17.
Bb2 Be6 18. Nh2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Qa5 22. Ba1 Rac8 $11 {
Balogh,C (2645)-Tkachiev,V (2658) Reykjavik 2015}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 {Black's
main plan is about advancing f7-f5.} Bb7 (11... Na5 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Qc1 f5 $5
14. Bh6 fxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Nxe4 Qe7 22. Qxa5 Qxe4 23. Qxc7 Qd4 $11 {Pap,M (2488)
-Mikhalevski,V (2536) Lingen 2015}) (11... h6 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d5
Nb4 (14... Bxc2 $142 15. Qxc2 Rxf3 $5 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Qe4 (17. f4 $143 Nf3+
18. Kg2 Nh4+ $44) 17... Qd7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nd1 Nf5 $44) 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Nh4
Rf7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nbxd5 19. Bxh6 $16 {Zhigalko,S (2656)-Morozevich,A 
(2711) Berlin 2015}) 12. Re1 Qd7 13. a3 $146 (13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. b4 h6 17. Bb3 Kh7 18. d5 Qd8 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Ned4 $14 {Braun,C (2424)
-Dambacher,M (2483) Maastricht 2015}) 13... Na5 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. b3 (15. Bf4 f5
$1 $132) 15... Nb6 {The knight clearly stands better on b6 than on a5. After
Black pushes f7-f5, the knight might be eligible for the central d5-square.}
16. Bb2 Rac8 ({The immediate} 16... f5 {was possible} 17. d5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 {
but I didn't see how to proceed here, while White's next moves are easy:
Nf3-g5-e6.}) 17. a4 $6 {A suspicious move. Now Black gets what he wanted.} (17.
Qd2 $142 c5 18. d5 $14) 17... b4 18. Ne2 f5 $1 19. e5 (19. d5 fxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Nbxd5 $15 {White still has to prove his
compensation.}) (19. Ng3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 a5 $15 {[%csl Gd5] Black
has an excellent d5-square for one of his knights.}) 19... Bxf3 $1 {Destroying
the pawn structure on the kingside.} 20. gxf3 Nbd5 21. Bd3 a5 22. Rc1 c6 ({
I wanted to push} 22... f4 {, but I just didn't see what to do after} 23. Kh2
$13) 23. Rc2 Rcd8 (23... Bh6 $5 {deserved attention taking the control over
the c1-square.}) 24. Qc1 Kh8 25. Bc4 f4 26. Kh2 Rf5 $2 {In mutual time trouble
I decided to go all-in, taking into account the age difference and the limited
time factor.} ({Although, the simple} 26... Qf5 $1 {would have given Black a
serious initiative.} 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rc7 Qh5 $1 29. Rxe7 $140 $2 Qh4 $1 $19)
27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxc6 dxe5 29. dxe5 Qe7 $2 {With the childish threat ...Qh4
followed by ...Rh5, etc. From the positional point of view, Black's last moves
were extremely bad. Now White's dark-squared bishop and knight are playing,
White also has the passed e-pawn.} (29... Bxe5 30. Bxe5+ Rxe5 31. Nd4 {and
White takes over the initiative.}) 30. e6 $2 (30. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 (30... Rdf8 $2
31. Rxd5 Qh4 32. Qc5 Rh5 33. Ng1 $18) (30... Rff8 31. Nd4 $16) 31. exd6 Qxd6
32. Nd4 $1 Rf8 33. Ne6 Bxb2 34. Qxb2+ Rf6 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. Re5 Rxe6 37. Rxd5 Qb6
38. Qxb6 Rxb6 39. Rxa5 $18) 30... Qh4 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qb2+ Kh6 {Now Black
has the initiative again.} 33. Ng1 Ne7 34. Rc2 Rd3 35. Rce2 Rc3 36. Re5 Qg5 37.
Rxf5 Nxf5 38. Re5 Qf6 39. Qe2 Rc1 40. Qd2 $1 {My opponent managed to find
before the time control the only move which did not lose.} (40. Rxf5 gxf5 41.
e7 Qg6 $19) 40... Qxe5 41. Qxc1 {So, we passed the time control. I evaluated
this position as winning for me because of the passive position of the white
king and knight and the weaknesses on b3, g2, f3.} Nh4 42. Kh1 Qg5 (42... Kg7
$5 43. Ne2 $1 Nxf3 $1 {I missed this move in my calculations.} (43... Qxe2 44.
Qc7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ $1 $11 {I saw this move, that is why I didn't play 42...Kg7})
44. Nxf4 Nd4 $1 $17 (44... g5 45. Nh5+ Kh6 46. Ng3 Qxe6 47. Kg2 Qd5 48. Kf1
Nd2+ 49. Kg1 Nxb3 50. Qc8 $1 Nd4 51. Qf8+ Kg6 52. Qe8+ Qf7 53. Qe4+ Nf5 54. h4
$1)) 43. Qf1 Kg7 44. Ne2 Qe5 $2 {Losing nearly all the advantage} (44... Kf8 $1
{seems to be winning for Black. White is completely paralysed.} 45. Qg1 (45.
Nd4 h5 46. Nc6 (46. Qg1 Qd5 $1 47. Qa1 Ke8 $22 48. Kh2 $140 Qxd4 $1 49. Qxd4
Nxf3+ $19) 46... Qd5 $19) 45... Qxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Nf5 47. Nxf4 Nd4 $19) 45. Qd1 $1
Qxe6 46. Nxf4 Qf7 47. Qd4+ Kh6 48. Qe3 g5 49. Qb6+ Ng6 50. Nxg6 Qxf3+ 51. Kg1
hxg6 $11 {I offered a draw somewhere here, but my opponent wanted to play on.}
52. Qd8 Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qe5 Qc3 55. Qe6 Qf3 56. Kf1 g4 57. hxg4 Kg5 58.
Ke1 Qxg4 (58... Qc3+ $1 {could have forced the immediate draw.} 59. Ke2 (59.
Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 59... Qc2+ 60. Kf3 (60. Ke3 Qc1+ $11) 60... Qd1+ 61. Kg3 Qg1+ 62.
Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 59. Qe7+ Kf4 60. Kd2 Qf5 61. Qe3+ Kg4 62. Qg3+ Kh5 63. Ke3 g5 64.
Kd4 g4 65. Qe3 Kg6 66. Kc4 Kf6 67. Qb6+ Kg5 68. Qb5 Kf4 69. Qxf5+ Kxf5 70. Kb5
Ke4 71. Kxa5 Kf3 72. Kxb4 $2 (72. Kb5 $1 Kxf2 73. a5 g3 74. a6 g2 75. a7 g1=Q
76. a8=Q Qf1+ 77. Kb6 $1 {It is a draw according to the tablebases, but in the
practical game Black would have been suffering for a long time and there is no
guarantee that I would have made a draw...}) 72... Kxf2 73. a5 g3 74. a6 g2 75.
a7 g1=Q 76. a8=Q Qe1+ {Now it is a perpetual.} 77. Kc4 Qe2+ 78. Kc3 {A very
fighting game with numerous mistakes by both sides!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bxc6 $6 (5. Bg5 $142 Be7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4) 5... dxc6 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 {Diese Stellung
verspricht Weiß nichts. Verglichen mit der Spanischen Abtauschvariante hat
Schwarz seinen Läufer schon nach g7 entwickelt.} 8. c3 (8. Ne2 f5 9. Nbc3 Nf6
10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Rad1 c5 15. Nde2 Nxe3
16. fxe3 Bf5 17. e4 Be6 18. b3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. h3 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Re8 22.
Ng3 Bd4+ 23. Kh2 Be5 24. Rd3 h5 25. h4 c6 26. Kh3 b5 27. Ne2 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4
29. Re3 Rd8 30. g3 Rd2 31. Ng1 Bd4 32. Re1 Bxg1 {Small,G-Blocker,C/Chicago op
1988/EXT 88op2/0-1 (42)}) (8. Be3 c5 9. Nb5 Bxb2 10. Nxc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxa1
$17) 8... Bd7 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 c5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. O-O-O
Rhe8 14. Rhe1 Ba4 15. b3 Bb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. Nb1 Nc6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 a5 20.
Nc3 Nb4 21. a3 f5 22. Nge2 Nc6 23. Bg5 Nd4 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Nd5
Bxf2 27. Rf1 Bh4 28. e5 Bc6 29. g3 Bg5+ 30. Kc2 Re8 31. h4 Bd8 32. Rfe1 Re6 33.
a4 g5 {Ionescu,D-Urzica,A/Bucharest-B 1994/EXT 94/1-0 (48)}) 9... h6 (9... Nf6
10. Nd2 O-O 11. f3 c5 12. N4b3 b6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 a5 15. Nd2 a4 16. a3 Nd7
17. Ke2 Rfe8 18. Rhd1 f5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ndf1 Ne5 23.
Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 c4 25. Kg1 c6 26. Rd2 Nd3 27. Ng3 Ra5 28. Bh4 Rae5 29. Rf1
Bh6 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. f4 Bxf4 32. Nh5 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Kg6 34. Nf6 Ra8 35. g4 f4 36.
g5 Rd8 37. Re2 Rb5 38. Rb1 Ne5 39. Ne4 Nf3 40. Bf2 Re5 41. Nf6 Bxf2 42. Rxf2
Rd3 {0-1 Fuentes,M-Belli,M/PER-ch 1994/EXT 94ch}) 10. Bh4 g5 $1 11. Bg3 O-O-O
12. O-O c5 13. Nf3 $2 (13. Nb3 $142 {Weiß kann seien Bg3 mit f2-f3 befreien.})
13... Nf6 14. Re1 Rhe8 15. Nfd2 (15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. e5 Nd7 $19) 15... Nh5 16. Na3
(16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Be6 $17 (17... f5)) 16... Bc6 17. Nb3 (17. Rad1 Bxe4 $1)
17... Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxc5 Bd5 20. Nb5 (20. Nc2 f5 21. f3 Nxg3 22. hxg3
Bf8 23. Nb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Rd2 $17) 20... Bc4 21. a4 (21. Na3 Be2
$1) (21. Nxa7+ $2 Kb8 $19) 21... Rd5 22. b4 (22. Ne4 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 a6 24. Na3
Bb3 $17) 22... Bxb5 23. axb5 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Bxb4 25. Na4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Qe2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Na3 Qe8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Nc2 Nd8 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. g3 h5 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. a4 a5 18. Nh4 c6 19. Nb6 Rb8
20. O-O Bf6 21. Ng2 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rfd1 $14 {Oll,L-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Kujbyshev 1986/}) 9... Nxd8 10. Nbd2 Nc6 $2 (10... Ne6 $142 $5 11. Bh4 b5 12.
Bxf6 (12. Bb3 Nf4 13. O-O Nd7 14. a4 Bb7 $13) 12... Bxf6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. b4 Nf4
15. Bc6+ Ke7 16. g3 Ne6 17. a4 Rd8 18. Ke2 Rb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd5 Rbd6 $132)
11. h3 O-O 12. a4 b6 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 $14) 13. O-O Bb7 14. b4 a5
15. b5 Nd8 16. Nxe5 Re8 17. f4 Ne6 (17... h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. fxg5 Nxe4 20. Rxf7
Kh8 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. gxh6+ Kxh6 23. Ng4+ Kh5 24. Nf3 $18) 18. Nxf7 $1 $18 {
[%mdl 64]} Kxf7 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Nd5 21. fxe6+ Kg6 (21... Kxe6 22. Rae1+
Kd6 23. Ne4+ Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxc3 25. Rd1 $18) 22. h4 Bxc3 23. Bd3+ Kg7 24. Rf7+
Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Re1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Quintiliano,R} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {This is not part of
Mamedyarov's main repertoire, but as in the past he had worked as Karjakin's
second he tried surprising him.} 4. c3 {Quintiliano,R: 'Karjakin had faced
this line two years ago against Carlsen. This time he goes for the main move.'}
a6 5. Bxc6 $5 (5. Ba4 d6 {may transpose to a Steinitz Variation Deferred,
which I have started examining in a first article published on this same DVD
and which has occasionally been played by Mamedyarov.}) 5... dxc6 6. d4 (6.
Nxe5 {offers Black excellent play:} Qg5 7. d4 (7. Nf3 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qh3 9. d4 Nf6
$36) 7... Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Bg4 (9... f5 $5) (9... Nf6 10. Nbd2 c5 $15)
10. Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nd3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 Rhe8 15. h4 Nh5 16.
Kf2 f5 $11 {Bortnyk,M (2416)-Bogdanovich,S (2590) Lutsk 2016 (0-1, 62)}) ({
A different move order, with possible transposition to deviations from the
game line is} 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 ({After having weakened the light
squares with c2-c3 it does not make sense taking back with pieces:} 8. Nxd4 c5
9. Nb3 b6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bg5+ f6 12. Rd1+ Bd7 13. Bf4 Kc8 14. Na3 Be6 15.
Nc2 Ne7 16. Rd2 Nc6 $15 {Zapata,A (2420)-Bruzon Batista,L (2650) Medellin 2017
(0-1, 38)}) 8... Ne7 9. Nc3 Bg4 {This is a position which Mamedyariv was
probably heading for in the game.} 10. Be3 (10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 Qe8 {Black's position is more
resilient than it may look at first sight.} 17. Qa3 Qc6 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Qxe7
Rfe8 20. Qa3 Rxe4 21. Rc1 Qe8 $13 22. Bxc7 $2 d3 $19 {Volokitin,A (2652)
-Stevic,H (2539) Celje 2004 (½-½, 46) The d-pawn is too strong now}) 10...
O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. Bg5 {Chandler,M (2535)-Spassky,B (2610) Vienna
1986 (½-½, 18)} fxe4 14. Qxe4 Rf7 $11 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Re8) 6... exd4 7.
cxd4 ({Once again, it makes no sense transpsoing to an Exchange Spanish
structure:} 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 c5 11. N4b3 b6 12.
O-O-O Re8 13. f3 h5 14. h4 a5 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Nbd2 Ne7 17. Bf4 Be6 18. a3 Nc6
19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Kc2 a4 $15 {Stanojoski,Z (2415)-Romanov,E (2636) Skopje 2014 
(0-1, 57)}) 7... Bg4 {Mamedyarov confessed that he did not remember what he
had analysed exactly.} ({He thought it could have been} 7... Bg7 {but then
White can avoid a transposition above with} 8. h3 $5 Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O h6
11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 Ng6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d5 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2710)-Stevic,H 
(2616) Bol 2014 (1-0, 40)}) 8. Qb3 $5 $146 {Karjakin thought for a long time
before delivering his novelty. Mamedyarov took it as a sign that the position
was not familiar to his opponent, while Karjakin refrained from any comment.} (
8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nc3 {would transpose above.}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 (10.
Qxb7 {Quintiliano,R} Ne7 $44 {looks pleasant for Black, his development is
almost finished while White has only made moves with the queen.}) 10... Ne7 11.
Nc3 {For the time being both sides are interested in completing their
development, ignoring the hanging pawns. But now Mamedyarov felt he should
take a concrete decision.} Bxd4 ({He disliked} 11... O-O 12. O-O-O {with
serious attacking chances.}) 12. Bxd4 $6 {This activates Black's play leaving
White in a dangerous position.} ({Mamedyarov suggested} 12. O-O-O $1 {, very
much in his style and seemingly the best objectively.} c5 (12... Bxe3+ $6 13.
fxe3 Qc8 14. h4 {offers White too great an attack for the pawn:} h5 15. Ne2 $1
O-O 16. Nf4 $16 {Black's kingside is under serious pressure and his knight has
no good squares.}) 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Na5 {Karjakin refrained from this line
when reaching this position but actually White seems to keep an edge:} 15. Qd5
Qxd5 16. exd5 Bxe3+ {Otherwise the c5-pawn would be lost, with just some
compensation for Black on account of the weak kingside pawns.} 17. fxe3 Nc4 18.
Nc3 $14 {With the better structure for White.}) (12. Rd1 $6 {is less effective:
} c5 13. Qxb7 (13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Na5 {is less favourable for White than in
the similar line above as after} 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 {Black has} Bxb2 $1)
13... O-O 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Qd6 15. Nxc5 Nc6 $15 {was indicated by Mamedyarov})
14... Qd6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qf6 17. Qxc7 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qxf3 {with a
probable draw:} 19. O-O Rfe8 ({More restrictive than} 19... Qxe4 20. Qf4 Qxf4
21. Bxf4 {which should also be equal.}) 20. Qxc6 Qg4+ {with a perpetual.})
12... Qxd4 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Qxc7 {The only reason why White is not lost here
is that the black knight is passive. But still, Black has a dangerous
initiative against the uncastled enemy king.} Rab8 ({Actually now was the
moment when Black could activate his knight with:} 14... Nd5 $1 15. Nxd5 $1 (
15. exd5 Qd3 16. Nd1 Rab8 $1 {This was indicated by Mamedyarov as leading to a
draw, but he underestimated Black's attack:} 17. b3 Rfe8+ 18. Ne3 {He probably
considered only the sacrifice on e3 leading to a perpetual after the weakening
of the c3-square. But the next move brings new resources into the attack.} Rb4
$3 19. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1 Rd4+ 22. Kc2 Rd2+ 23. Kb1 Qd4 24. Qc2
Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxd5 $17) 15... cxd5 16. Qc3 {With a probable draw according to
Mamedyarov.}) 15. O-O Rxb2 16. Qxe7 {Karjakin confessed that he played this
aiming to ensure a draw. His decision was correct but he played inaccurately
later.} ({While I was watching the game live my main candidate was:} 16. Nd1
Rd2 17. Ne3 $11 {which seems to be safe enough, as Black still has problems
with his knight.}) 16... Qxc3 17. Kg2 Rc2 18. Rad1 ({Karjakin complained that
he did not insert} 18. h4 h5 {before playing in similar way to the game. The
difference is that after} 19. Rad1 Rxa2 20. Rc1 Rc2 21. Rxc2 Qxc2 22. Ra1 Qc4
23. Qb7 Qb5 24. Qxa6 $11 {[%csl Gg5] Black has no check on g5. But even after
the last move he should not be in danger yet.}) 18... Rxa2 19. Rc1 Rc2 20. Rxc2
Qxc2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Qb7 $6 {Only this move causes White problems.} ({He need
not have forced matters as Black is poorly coordinated. There are several
neutral moves such as} 22. Ra5 $11 {, preventing ...Qb5, most of them leading
to dynamic equality. If Black tries activating his rook White would have
chances for a perpetual.}) 22... Qb5 23. Qxa6 Qg5+ $1 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rb8
$15 {Due to his passed pawn and the exposed position of the enemy king Black
has some chances now.  Quintiliano,R: 'Since from Alekhine's games, we know
how powerful the combination Q+R can be in such endgames. The king's safety is
a very important factor here, and this means that White's king's vulnerability
gives Black better chances.'} 26. Ra5 $6 {Trying to defend the fifth rank. 
Quintiliano,R: 'Karjakin is for sure one of the best players (and probably the
best) in the subject of offering long resistance in difficult positions. But
here White should had gone for active defence. But even knowing it, the
sequence requires precise calculation.'} ({It was better to defend the third
rank with} 26. Ra3 $5 {but one needs good nerves to play the position after}
Qg5+ (26... Rb5 {Quintiliano,R} 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Ra8 $3 {[%cal Gc8h8] as said
before, the king's safety is the most important factor in such positions!} Rg5+
29. Kf1 Kh6 (29... Qxf3 30. Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qh8+ Ke6 32. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga8e8]
with a beautiful and geometrical win}) 30. Qf8+ Kh5 31. Qh8 $1 Qxf3 32. Qxh7+
Kg4 33. h3+ $1 {forcing the exchange of queens and going to a rook endgame
that should be drawish} Qxh3+ 34. Qxh3+ Kxh3 35. Rf8 $11) 27. Kh3) 26... Rb3
27. Qc8+ {Quintiliano,R: 'And this allows another idea for Black.'} (27. Qe2
$142 {Quintiliano,R} h5 $15) 27... Kg7 28. Qg4 Rb5 $1 $17 {Overlooked by
Karjakin. Black gets a very promising queen ending now.  Quintiliano,R:
'Mamedyarov shows excellent technique in the transformation of advantages, and
also flexible thinking. With the white pieces close to the king, a direct
attack wouldn't be so effective anymore, but instead Black can play this queen
endgame with a definite advantage and good winning chances.'} 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30.
Qd7 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 {Both players agreed that from a practical point of view
Black should win this ending but Mameduarov was not happy with his play in the
next phase.} Qe5 (31... Qc5 {seems a better way to ensure the advance of the
pawn.}) 32. h4 (32. Qd2 Qc5 (32... Qxh2 33. Qb2+ {retrieves the pawn.}) 33. Qa5
{would have caused more problems.}) 32... b4 33. Qb7 Qc3 34. e5 b3 {The pawn
has advanced much faster than White would have liked it. His only chances are
connected with e5-e6, but this needs preparing.} 35. Kg2 (35. e6 $2 Qc4+) 35...
Qc4 36. Qb6 h6 37. Kg3 Qd5 38. f4 Kh7 39. Qb8 Qc4 (39... Qd3+ 40. f3 Qe3 41.
Qf8 Qa7 42. Qb4 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qe3 $17 {would be almost an exact transposition
to the later phase of the game, with the difference that the black king is on
h7 instead of g7.}) 40. f3 {Quintiliano,R: 'Seemingly, White would have to
play this move sooner or later.'} Qc3 41. Qf8 Qc4 42. Qb8 Kg7 43. Qb6 Qd5 44.
Qb8 Qd1 45. Qb7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qe3 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 $2 {
Karjakin rightly criticised his move.} ({He recommended} 49. Kh3 Qe3 50. Kg2 {
when due to the permanent threat e5-e6 White should hold.}) 49... Qe3 $1 {
Overlooked by Karjakin.  Quintiliano,R: 'Reaching the same position as on move
47, but with White to move.'} 50. Qb4 (50. Kg3 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Qxe5+
53. Kg2 b2 $19 {and with the white king exposed the pawn would promote soon.})
50... g5 $1 {The best chance, weakening the enemy king.} 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5
Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qxe5+ $6 {Letting the favourable moment slip away.} (53... b2 $1 {
would have more or less won. White could try} 54. e6 {but after} Qe5+ 55. Kg2
fxe6 {the danger of a perpetual would disappear. Black would activate his king
with ...Kg6 with every chance to win.}) 54. Kf2 (54. Kg4 b2 $19) (54. f4 $5 Qd5
55. Qc3+ Kh7 56. Qf6 $11) 54... Qh2+ (54... b2 55. f4 $1 b1=Q 56. Qxb1 Qxf4+
57. Ke2 Qxg5 58. Kf3 $11) 55. Ke3 Qg1+ 56. Kf4 Qc1+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Kg3 $2 {
Hard to say why Karjakin left his pawn under attack.} (58. f4 $11) 58... Qxg5+
59. Kf2 Qd5 60. Ke3 Kg6 {The rest is a matter of relatively simple technique.
The king is heading for the queenside, being sustained by the perfectly
centralised queen.} 61. Ke2 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Qb6+ Kd7 64. Qa7+ Kc6 65. Qa6+
Kc5 66. Qa4 Qc4 67. Qa5+ Kc6 68. Qa1 Kb5 69. Qb2 Kb4 70. Kd2 Qf4+ 71. Ke1 Qh4+
{White loses his queen or gets mated so Karjakin resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Budapest Krenosz Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1976.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ozsvath, Andras"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Marszalek/Tompa"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 (4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. dxe5 dxe5
8. Be3 (8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Na3 a6 12. Bc4 Kh8 {
Hartston-Smyslov, Teeside, 1975}) 8... Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Qe2 $14)
4... exd4 5. Nxd4 (5. Bg5 f6 (5... Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. Nxd4 $14) 6. Bh4 (6.
Bf4) 6... Bg7 7. Nxd4 $6 Nge7 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Be2 d5 $11 {Dely-Smyslov, Szolnok,
1975}) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. f3 (9. Re1 $142) 9... Ne5 (
9... Qe7 $5) 10. h3 c6 11. Be2 $2 (11. f4 $1 cxb5 12. fxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re6 14.
e5 b4 15. Nb5 Ne4 16. Qd5 $14) 11... d5 $1 $15 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 $1 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 Nc3 $1 $17 16. bxc3 Rxe3 17. Qd2 Re4 18. Rae1 a6 19. Bd3 Rxe1
20. Qxe1 Bd7 21. f5 Bf6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Re1 Qc5 24. Kh1 Qxc3 25. Nf3 Re8 (25...
Kg7 $142) 26. Rf1 $2 (26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qb8 Qc6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 $17)
26... Kg7 27. h4 Bb5 $19 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Qf4 Re4 $1 30. Qd6 Bxd3 31. cxd3
Qxd3 32. Rc1 Bxh4 33. Rc8 Be7 34. Qd7 Re6 35. Rc1 Qe3 36. Rc2 Bd6 37. Qxb7 Qe1+
0-1

[Event "Floripa Chess Open 2nd"]
[Site "Florianopolis"]
[Date "2016.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Rodi, Luis Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 $5 {An interesting move, played by
the first World Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, in 1867. And what a game he
produced with it! (see 6.Qa4)} 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Qe2 $1 (6. Qa4 $6 Qd5 $1 7. Nxc6
Nxc6 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. Qxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Ba6 $17 11. Re1 Bd3 12. c4 f5 13. b3 {
Black already has a superb position with the B pair and the massive central
domination. Simple moves like Kf7 and Bd6 would guarantee Steinitz a great
position, but he went for a winning attack:} Bc5 14. Bb2 O-O-O $5 15. Bxg7 Rhg8
16. Bc3 Rd6 17. b4 $2 Rxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Na3 e3 $3 {
with a deadly Be4# threat} 21. h4 e2 22. Be5 Rg4 23. Kh2 f4 $1 24. Nc2 f3 25.
Bf6 Bxc2 {0-1 (25) Fraser,G-Steinitz,W Dundee 1867}) 6... Be6 {Now the problem
is I only knew until 6.Qe2; the last time I checked this analysis was many
years ago, so I had to start improvising already.} 7. d4 {A solid approach,
that has its ideas, but shouldn't be threatening for Black.} (7. Nxc6 $5 bxc6
8. Ba6 Rb8 9. Qxe4 Bd5 10. Qe2 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bd5 $13 {reaching a similar
position from the 7.Qxe4 variation} 12. d4) (7. Qxe4 $5 Bd5 8. Qe2 Bxg2 9. f3 (
9. Rg1 Bd5 10. d4 {and despite Black's weak development and the good-looking
g1-R, Black is fine} f6 $1 11. Nxc6 (11. c4 $5 $146 fxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3
$44 {this position needs to be explored, White could have a dangerous
initiative for the pawn}) 11... bxc6 12. Ba4 Qd6 13. Rg3 Kf7 $1 $132 {½-½ 
(23) Edouard,R (2636)-Wohl,A (2424) Hastings 2010, suddenly White is the one
with development issues.}) 9... Qd5 $1 {and Black has a fine position, for
example} (9... Bxh1 $4 10. Nxc6 $1 $18) 10. Nxc6 (10. Rg1 O-O-O $1 (10... Bh3
$5 {is also unclear}) 11. Bc4 Qxe5 12. Rxg2 Qh5 $1 $44 {with great
compensation for the pawn} (12... Qf6 $6 13. d4 h6 14. Nd2 Nf5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16.
Ng3 Nh4 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. Be3 Bd6 19. O-O-O Ne7 20. Ne4 $16 {1-0 (68) Heberla,B 
(2567)-Tan,J (2407) Canberra 2015})) 10... bxc6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Qxg2 O-O-O
13. d4 Rxd4 $1 14. cxd4 Qxc1+ 15. Ke2 Qc2+ 16. Nd2 Nd5 $1 $40) 7... exd3 8.
Nxd3 Ng6 $1 (8... a6 {was something I would be happy to see} 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10.
Nf4 $11 {+/=, I thought that if I could ruin his structure, I could have
something to play against.}) 9. Bc4 (9. O-O Bd6 10. f4 $5 $146 {apparently
amusing, this move runs into strong counterplay} (10. Nd2 {and Black was fine
after} O-O 11. Ne4 Re8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. b3
a5 {½-½ (53) Caruana,F (2767)-Sokolov,I (2653) Reykjavik 2012}) 10... O-O $1
11. f5 a6 $1 12. Bxc6 (12. fxe6 axb5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Rxf7 Kxf7 15. Nd2 Kg8
$11 {with a balanced position}) 12... Bc4 $1 {threatening Bxd3} 13. Be4 Ne5 $1
14. Rd1 (14. Kh1 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 (15. Nd2 Qh4 16. Nf3 Ne5 $1 17. Nxh4 (17. Qxc4
$4 Nxf3 $1 $19) 17... Bxe2 18. Re1 Bb5 $13) 15... Qh4 16. g3 Bd5+ 17. Kg1 Qh3
$1 $19 {the Bc5+/Bxg3/Rfe8 threats can not be stopped and Black wins}) 14...
Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Re8 $1 16. Be3 {forcing a draw by perpetual check} (16. Qf3 $2
Bxd3 17. Rxd3 (17. Qxd3 Bc5+ 18. Kf1 Qh4 $19) 17... Re1+ 18. Kf2 Rxc1 $19)
16... Qh4 17. Bxc4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1+ 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. Kf1 $11) 9... Qd6 $1 10.
Bg5 $5 (10. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Ne1 {was a possible alternative, I
thought it was too passive, but Black can't exploit it for now. For example:}
Kb8 13. Nf3 Nce5 14. Nbd2 Be7 (14... Nd3 $6 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Bg5 $1 $16) 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Ne4 $11 {+/= I believe White to have a small positional
advantage after Be3, f3, Rad1.}) 10... h6 11. Bxe6 hxg5 $6 (11... fxe6 $5 12.
Qe4 {was my idea} Nge5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 $5 (13... Nxe5 14. Qxb7 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 {
during the game I thought I was winning here, but} Qd5 $1 16. Qxd5 exd5 {
and Black equalises} 17. Be3 Nxb2 18. Nd2 $11) 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc1 {
defending b2} O-O-O 16. Ke2 $13 {The computer naturally likes Black, but I
really don't know how to improve his position, since White will follow up with
Nd2-Ne4 and f3. I still like White.}) 12. Bf5+ (12. Bc8+ $2 {was too risky} Be7
13. Bxb7 Rb8 $1 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {now everything is hanging and Black is very
active} 15. O-O Rd8 $1 {threatening Qd6} 16. Nb4 (16. g3 $4 Rxd3 $1 17. Qxd3
Ne5 $19) 16... Qxg2+ $1 {forcing an endgame, because Black already has all the
pieces in play and will retain a good initiative} 17. Kxg2 Nf4+ 18. Kf3 (18.
Kh1 Nxe2 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Nc6 Rd7 $17) 18... Rh3+ 19. Kg4 f5+ $1 20. Kxf5 Nxe2
$17 {a funny endgame position!}) 12... Be7 13. Nd2 {Suddenly White has good
prospects, with a better structure.} Nge5 14. Nxe5 $6 (14. O-O-O $1 Nxd3+ 15.
Bxd3 O-O-O 16. Be4 {threatening Bxc6, it is not that easy to defend it} Qe6 (
16... Bf6 17. Qb5 $36) (16... Rhe8 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qf5+ Qe6 19. Qxe6+ fxe6 $14
{with a better endgame}) 17. Rhe1 {renewing the threat} Bf6 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qc5
Be7 20. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 $14 {still with some pressure, the N on c6 looks
awkward.}) 14... Qxe5 15. Be4 Qe6 (15... O-O-O $5 16. Bxc6 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 bxc6
$132 {it was hard to understand that spoiling the structure is fine for Black,
but the white king doesn't feel safe now} 18. Rae1 (18. Nc4 Bc5 $36) 18... Bc5
19. f3 Rhe8+ 20. Kf1 f5 $13) 16. Qb5 $6 (16. O-O-O $1 O-O-O (16... Qxa2 $4 17.
Rhe1 $18) 17. Rhe1 $36 {-- 14.O-O-O}) 16... O-O-O 17. O-O-O a6 $1 18. Qc4 Qxc4
19. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rh6 {I still believed I had a tiny edge because of my
better pieces, but I wasn't able to create anything concrete.} 21. Bf5+ Kb8 22.
Ke2 Bf6 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Rd1 Rxh2 25. Bh3 g4 26. Bxg4 Rh8 27. Bh3 (27. f4 $5 {
was the last try} Nxg4 (27... Ng6 28. Kf3 $14 {would be something for White})
28. Nxg4 Be7 29. Kf3 $11 {again, the position is equal, but there is play.})
27... Rd8 {Now Black equalises by exchanging the rooks.} 28. Rxd8+ (28. Nd5 {
was my initial idea when I played 24.Rd1, but then I realised I have no
chances after c6!} c6 29. Nxf6 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 gxf6 $11) 28... Bxd8 29. f4 Ng6
30. Kf3 c6 31. Ke4 Ne7 32. Bd7 Ng8 (32... Kc7 {would be a provocative move} 33.
Be8 Nc8 $1 {winning the bishop. Luckily, White still has a way to complicate
matters} 34. Nf5 g6 35. Bxf7 gxf5+ 36. Kxf5 $13) 33. Bh3 Ne7 34. Nc4 Bc7 35.
Ne5 Bxe5 36. Kxe5 Kc7 37. Bg4 Nd5 38. Bf3 Nf6 39. Be2 Nd7+ 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Bc4
f6 42. Bd3 a5 43. Bf5 Nc5 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4 Na6 46. a3 c5+ 47. bxc5+ Nxc5
48. Kc4 b6 49. Bc2 Ne6 50. g3 g5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52. Bf5 Nc7 53. Bd3 Nd5 54. Kd4
Nf6 55. Be2 Ke6 56. Bd1 Kd6 57. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{IM WÜRGEGRIFF} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 {Diagramm [#] Führt
hier zu einer interessanten Mischung von Cozio- (3...Nge7) und Verbesserter
Steinitz-Variante (4...d6). Vor 50 Jahren hielt Euwe dieses Konstrukt für
nicht empfehlenswert und merkte an, daß Steinitz "vergebens Mühe darauf
verwendete, zu beweisen, daß Schwarz hiermit eine gleiche Stellung erhält". 
(Theorie der Schacheröffnungen, Teil X, 1962) Tatsächlich gibt es inzwischen
etliche neue Ideen - besonders für den Nachziehenden - und sind die
praktischen Resultate - in letzter Zeit selbst auf höchster Ebene - durchaus
befriedigend!} 5. O-O ({Oder z. B.: I} 5. Bb3 Ng6 (5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Be6) (5... g6 6. Ng5) 6. d4) ({II} 5. d4 $143 exd4 6. Bb3 (6. O-O g6) (6. Nxd4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8. Bb3 d6) 6... Na5 7. Qxd4 Nxb3 8. axb3 Nc6) ({III} 5. c3 g6 (
5... d6 6. d4 Bd7) (5... b5 6. Bb3 d5 7. d3) 6. d4 (6. O-O Bg7 {mit
Zugumstellung zum Text}) 6... exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 (
10. d5 Na5 11. d6 cxd6 12. Qxd6 $13) 10... Na5 (10... d6 $143 11. Nd5 $1 h6 12.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Re1 $14 {Akopian,V (2675) - Pavlov,S (2526),
Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 11. Bc2 d6 {ist Zugumstellung zu unserer Partie, Stellung
nach 11...0-0}) 5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 (6... d6 7. d4 Bd7 {- "Verbesserter
Steinitz" C 76}) 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. d5 Na5 10. Bc2 d6 11. a4 b4
12. Nbd2 c5 (12... O-O 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd2 $14 {ECO/C5}) 13. dxc6
(13. Bd3) 13... O-O 14. Nb3 Naxc6 (14... Nexc6) 15. Nfd4 $6 (15. Qe2) 15...
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Be3 (18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rb1) 18... Qf6 (18...
d5) 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rb1 $13 {/=, Volokitin,A (2661) - Sokolov,I (2641),
Vrnjacka Banja 2010}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 d6 11. Nc3 O-O {Diagramm [#]} 12. d5 ({
Auch nach} 12. h3 c5 {scheint Schwarz keine Probleme zu haben, z.B.} (12... Bb7
$143 13. Re1 h6 14. b3 c5 15. Be3 Nac6 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Nce2 (18.
Rac1) 18... Kh7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Bb1 d5 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Ng3 Rfd8 $2 (22... dxe4
23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rfd8 25. Qe1 $13) 23. Qe2 (23. Ngf5 $3 gxf5 24. exf5 Bf6
25. Qe2 $16) 23... dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 $14 {Srinath,N (2371) -
Fedorchuk,S (2618), Presolana 2011}) 13. dxc5 (13. b3 $143 Bb7 14. Be3 f5 15.
Rc1 Nac6 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. Bxf5 $2 (18. Be4 $15) 18... Rxf5 $17 {
Geske,J (2364) - Ernst,S (2587), BL 1011 Solinger SG - SV Griesheim 2011})
13... dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Bxc5 Nec6 $44 17. Rac1 Nc4 18. Ng5
Nxb2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Kf7 21. Bb3 $13 {/=, Van Kampen,R (2454) - Ernst,S 
(2590), Groningen 2010}) 12... Bg4 $146 ({Alternativen, z.B.: I} 12... Nc4 13.
Re1 (13. Bd3 f5 $132) 13... c5 (13... c6) 14. dxc6 (14. Bd3 $13 {/=}) 14...
Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 (15... Be6 16. Nd5 Rc8 $15) 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3 N4e5 18. Nxe5
dxe5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 (20... Nd4) 21. b4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 $2 (22. Bb3) 22...
exd4 $15 {Karjakin,S (2723) - Aronian,L (2786), Moscow (Blitz) 2009}) ({II} 
12... Bb7 13. Rb1 b4 14. Na4 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Be3 (16. b3 d5) 16... Rb8 (
16... Nc4 17. Bd4 Bb5) 17. Bd4 $13 {/=, Kosintseva,N (2553) - Sokolov,I (2654),
Sarajevo 2010}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c5 (14... c6) 15. dxc6 (15. Qg3 Qd7 (15...
Nc4) 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Rac1 f5 $1 (17... Nxb2 18. Bxd6) 18. b3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 (19.
bxc4 $2 Nf5) 19... Ne5 $13) 15... Nexc6 16. Qd1 Nd4 $6 {Mit dieser
Ungenauigkeit beginnt es, für Schwarz unbehaglich zu werden. Besser waren:} ({I
} 16... Rc8 $13) ({II} 16... Nb4 17. Bb1 Nc4 $13) 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 Rxc4 20. b3 Rc8 21. Bb2 Nf3+ ({Die Alternative} 21... Ne6 $143 $6 {
ist schlechter, z.B.} 22. Rc1 (22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 f6 24. f5 Nc5 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. Qd4 $16) 22... Rxc1 (22... Kh8 23. Qd2) 23. Qxc1 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 f6 25. b4
Nc7 26. Qd4 $16) 22. Qxf3 Bxb2 23. Rab1 $14 {Diagramm [#]} ({Mit einfachen
Mitteln hat Weiß sich eine bequeme Stellung mit leichtem Druck verschafft. Der
starke Vorpostenspringer, der in einigen Varianten wie ein Krake wirkt, ist
dem Läufer sicherlich überlegen. Weiß hat diverse Möglichkeiten - insbesondere
am Damenflügel und in der Mitte gegen den rückständigen Isolani d6 -, sein
Spiel weiter zu entfalten. Ebenfalls in Betracht kam} 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Rd2 Bg7
25. Qd3 $14) 23... Bg7 24. Rbc1 $5 (24. Qd3) 24... Qg5 $2 ({In recht
unbequemer Lage tappt Schwarz in eine Falle! Besser war es, Gegendruck auf den
Bauern e4 zu kreieren, z.B.} 24... Re8 25. Qd3 Qh4 $5 26. a4 (26. Rfd1 $14)
26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 bxa4 28. bxa4 h6 (28... Qxe4 $4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rc8+ Bf8
31. Nf6+) (28... Rxe4 $4 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. Qxe4) 29. Rc4 $14) 25. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 {
Diagramm [#]} ({I} 25... Qe5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qa7 Rc2 28. Qxa6 $16) ({II} 
25... Qh4 $4 26. g3) 26. fxe3 ({Die Pointe! Aber nicht} 26. Nxe3 $2 Bh6 27.
Rxc8 (27. f4 $2 Bxf4) 27... Rxc8 28. Nd5 Rc2 {. Nun nach der Partieabwicklung
erhält Weiß ein klar vorteilhaftes Endspiel mit der Kontrolle über die c-Linie
nebst einem dominanten Vorpostenspringer, der all dies erst ermöglicht hat.})
26... Rce8 ({I} 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Be5 28. Rc6 Ra8 29. Rb6 Kf8 30. Kf2 $16) ({
II} 26... Ra8 27. Rc7 h5 28. Kf2 $16 Rae8 (28... Be5 29. Ke2) 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30.
Ke2) 27. Rc6 $16 a5 ({I} 27... Rxe4 28. Rxa6 $16 f5 (28... b4 29. Rxd6 Ra8 30.
Rd7) (28... Be5 29. Rb6 Ra8 30. Rb7 f5 31. Rf2) (28... Ree8 29. Rxd6 Ra8 30.
Rf2) 29. Rxd6 Ree8 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Rd2) ({II} 27... Ra8 28. Rfc1 $16 Be5 29.
Nc7) 28. Ra6 (28. Rxd6 $5 Rxe4 29. Rb6 b4 30. Ra6 Re5 31. Rxa5 Rd8 32. Rd1 Bf8
33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Rad5 Rdxd5 35. Nxd5 $16) 28... a4 (28... Rxe4 $143 $6 29. Rxa5
b4 30. Rf4 (30. Ra4) 30... Rxf4 31. exf4 Rb8 32. Kf1 $1 (32. Ra6 $2 Bd4+ 33.
Kf1 Bc5 34. Ra4 Kf8 35. a3 (35. Ke2 f5 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Kc4 Re8 $132) 35... bxa3
36. b4 Bd4 37. Rxa3 Ke8 38. Ke2 $14) 32... Bb2 (32... Bd4 $4 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34.
Nc6 Bb6 35. Rb5) (32... Bc3 33. Ra6) 33. Ra6 Kg7 34. Rxd6 $16 {/+-} Rc8 35.
Nxb4 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Ba3 37. Rc6 Ra1 38. Nd3 Rxa2+ 39. Kf3) 29. bxa4 bxa4 30. Rxa4
{Diagramm [#]} Ra8 $2 ({Der entscheidende Fehler; dabei gab es diverse bessere
Alternativen, aber dennoch stünde Schwarz in jedem Fall eine schwere
Verteidigung bevor. Man sehe z.B.: I} 30... h5 31. Rb1 Kh7 32. Rc4 Rc8 33. Rxc8
Rxc8 34. a4 Rc2 35. a5 Ra2 36. Rb5 Be5 $16) ({II} 30... Rb8 31. Ra7 Rbe8 32.
Re7 Be5 (32... Ra8 33. Nb6 $5) 33. a4 Rxe7 34. Nxe7+ Kg7 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Rc4
Rb8 37. Nc6 Rb3 38. Kf2 Ra3 $16) ({III} 30... Be5 31. Rb4 (31. Ra7 Bg7 32. a4 (
32. Rf4 Re6 33. a4 Bh6 34. Rf3 Bg5 35. a5 Rxe4 36. a6 Ra4 37. e4 h5 (37... Rxe4
$2 38. Rb7) 38. Rc3 Kg7 $16) 32... Rxe4 33. a5 Re5 34. Rd1 Bh6 35. Kh2 Bxe3 36.
Nxe3 Rxe3 37. Ra1 Rc8 $14 38. Ra2 (38. a6 Re2 39. Rb7 Rcc2 40. Rg1 Ra2 41. a7
Kg7) 38... Kf8 39. a6 Re7 40. Rb7 Ra8 41. Kg3 Ra7) 31... Ra8 32. a4 Ra5 $16)
31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Diagramm [#]} 33. Rc1 $1 {Nun tauscht Weiß auch
das zweite Turmpaar und kann dank dank seines mächtigen a-Bauern ein
gewonnenes Springer-/Läuferendspiel herbeiführen.} Bh6 ({Falls} 33... Bb2 {
, so folgt} 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Nxc8 $18 {und z.B.} Ba3 36. Na7 Kg7 37. Nb5 Bc5
38. Kf2 Kf6 39. a4 Ke5 40. a5 $18) 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Nxc8 $18 Bxe3+ 36. Kf1 Bc5
({Oder} 36... Kg7 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. a4 Kf6 39. a5 Ke5 40. a6 $1 {mit
Zugumstellung zur Partie}) 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 Kf6 39. a6 Ke5 40. Ke2 Kxe4 (40...
d5 41. exd5 Kxd5 42. a7 Bxa7 43. Nxa7) 41. Nxd6+ Kd5 42. Nxf7 Kc6 43. Ng5 h5 (
43... Kb6 44. Nxh7 Kxa6 45. Kf3 Kb6 46. Kf4 Be7 47. g4 Kc6 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. Nf6+
) 44. Ne6 {Diagramm [#]} (44. Ne6 Bd6 45. Kf3 {/\Nf4}) 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT"]
[Site "Slovenia"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2011.05.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Krsko"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. h4 {This aggressive move was invented by (who
else!) one of the most original chess thinkers IGM Jacob Murey. Usually people
played against me the principal line, which creates more problems for
adherents of the Smyslov system.} (4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. O-O
Qc5 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. b4
Rhe8 14. h3 Ng8 15. f4 f6 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Kf2 Nh6
20. Kf3 Nf7 21. a4 Ke7 22. Ne2 Rd6 23. Ke3 Rd8 24. Nd4 Nd6 25. Kd3 a5 26. c3
Nc8 27. Rb1 axb4 28. cxb4 Nd6 29. Rc1 Kd7 30. g4 Re8 31. Re1 Nf7 32. Nf3 Ra8
33. Ra1 h5 34. a5 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rh8 36. Ke3 Rh3 37. Kf2 g5 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Kg3
Ke7 40. Rd1 Nd6 41. Re1 Nf7 42. e5 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 fxe5+ 44. Nxe5 Nxe5 45. Kxe5
Rh2 46. Kf5+ Kf7 47. Rd1 Rf2+ 48. Kg5 Ke6 49. Rd4 Rb2 $2 (49... c5 $1 50. bxc5
Ra2 $11) 50. Re4+ Kd5 51. Kf5 b6 52. g5 Rh2 53. g6 Rh5+ 54. Kf6 Kxe4 55. g7
Rf5+ 56. Kg6 Rf1 57. g8=Q Rg1+ 58. Kf7 Rxg8 59. Kxg8 bxa5 60. bxa5 c5 61. a6 c4
62. a7 c3 63. a8=Q+ Ke3 64. Qg2 Kd3 65. Kf7 {1-0 Kunte,A (2556)-Mikhalchishin,
A (2544)/Istanbul 2000}) 4... h6 {This is the most logical as otherwise h4-h5
can create some developmental problems.} 5. Nc3 (5. h5 g5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4
Qf6 8. Be3 Bd6 $1 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bd4 Be5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Bc4
Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O c5 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Qc4 Rf7 19. Ne2 a6
20. c3 g4 21. f4 gxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. Qd3 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Ne5 26.
Qe3 Qxh5 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Rg1 Rg8+ $19 {0-1 Murey,J (2500)-Henley,R (2525)/New
York 1983 (43)}) 5... Bg7 6. h5 g5 7. Ne2 Nge7 ({It was very tempting here to
strike in the centre immediately} 7... d5 $5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. d4
exd4+ 11. Ne2 Bd7 {with a very promising position.}) ({But an improved version
was aslo possible:} 7... g4 8. Nh4 d5 9. Ng3 Nge7 10. Nhf5 Nxf5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. exf5 $14) 8. d4 exd4 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 ({Here the strike in the centre led to
unclear play:} 9... d5 10. f4 dxe4 11. fxg5 Bg4 12. gxh6 $13) 10. Nxd4 c6 ({
Possible was to castle first, but I wanted to start counterplay in the center
immediately.} 10... O-O $5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 d5 $36) 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Qe2+ $6 (13. O-O $142 O-O 14. c3 Re8 15. Qb3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Re4 17. Be3
b6 18. Rac1 Be6 $15) 13... Qe7 14. Bxd5 ({A transition into the endgame would
gave Black a very easy game:} 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. c3 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Bb3
Bxd4 18. cxd4 Be6 {Because of the problems of White's dark-squared bishop,
Black always has an advantage after the exchange of queens.}) 14... Bxd4 15.
Be4 ({Black would have a serious advantage in the endgame:} 15. Bb3 Qxe2+ 16.
Kxe2 O-O 17. c3 Re8+ 18. Kf3 Bb6 19. g4 Kg7 20. Bd2 f5) 15... Bd7 ({The
advantage was kept after} 15... f5 16. Bd3 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 O-O 18. f4 Re8+ 19.
Kf3 g4+ 20. Kg3 Be6) 16. c3 Bb6 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Qc2 ({A very unpleasant pin
happens after} 18. Re1 Rhe8) 18... Rhe8 19. Bf5 Qe5 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. a4 g4 $6
{The move is not bad, but in such situations it is necessary to stop the
opponent's attack first.} (21... a5) 22. a5 Bxa5 $2 ({I thought that White
could have some counterchances after} 22... Bc7 23. g3 Qxh5 24. a6 b6) 23. Qa4
$1 {Yes, I overlooked this simple move!} Bb6 $6 ({There was a complicated way
to keep the advantage:} 23... Bc7 24. g3 Qe2 25. Bxh6 Qf3 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Rd5) 24. Qxg4 Qe6 25. Qg3 $2 ({White could defend successfully in the
endgame now} 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Ra4) 25... Qf5 (25... Rd5 {was slightly
stronger:} 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 a6) 26. Bf4 (26. Be3 {was correct.}) 26...
Qxh5 27. Rae1 Rxe1 (27... Re2 {was very strong.}) 28. Rxe1 Rd1 29. Qg8+ Bd8 30.
Qe8 ({It was better to suffer in the other type of endgame} 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31.
Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Kd7 33. Qh8 a5 34. Bxh6 c5) 30... a5 31. g3 a4 32. Qe4 (32. c4
{was slightly better.}) 32... Qd5 $1 33. Qe2 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 h5 {I evaluated
this endgame with an extra pawn and my centralised queen as easily winning.
But then I realised, that my king is not safe and the queen of my opponent
will make a lot of noise around it!} 35. Qe3 b6 36. Qe2 b5 37. Kh2 Kb7 38. Qe8
Kc8 39. Qe3 Kb7 40. Qe8 Kc8 41. Qe3 Kd7 {After the time control I found the
right way for my poor king.} 42. Qa7+ Ke8 ({It was possible to show the
courage of the brave king} 42... Ke6 43. Qe3+ Kf5) 43. Qb8 f6 44. Qa7 Be7 45.
Qa8+ Kf7 46. Qh8 c5 ({A more technical way of realising the advantage was} 
46... Qf5 47. Qa8 Qc2 48. Be3 Qxb2 49. Qxc6 Qb3) 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qh8+ Kd7 49.
Qb8 Qc6 {Here I thought that my opponent's counterplay was seriously
diminished. .} 50. Be3 b4 51. c4 Qa6 ({The direct improvement of the position
would be much simpler:} 51... Bd6 52. Qh8 a3) 52. Qg8 {This is the problem -
the queen starts to create different possible perpetual checking mechanisms.}
Qe6 53. Qa8 Qc6 54. Qb8 f5 ({Once more the correct move was} 54... Bd6) ({or} 
54... h4) 55. Bf4 h4 $6 (55... Bf6 {Black was still on the winning track.}) 56.
gxh4 Bxh4 $2 ({Now it was necessary to attack the pawn with the queen:} 56...
Qf6 $1) 57. Qe5 Bxf2 ({Black still would be better even with equal pawns:} 
57... Bf6 58. Qxf5+ Kd8 59. Qg6) 58. Qxf5+ Qe6 59. Qh7+ Ke8 60. Qh5+ {Now it
is a draw!} Kf8 61. Qh8+ Kf7 62. Qh5+ Kf8 63. Qh8+ Kf7 64. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {For some reason Michele Godena decided not to
use his main weapon - the Arkhangelsk variation.} 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. Bxc6 Qb4+ $2 {I've never seen this intermediate check before. And
after this game I doubt that we'll see itagain in grandmaster practice.} 8. c3
Qxb2 9. Ba4 {I spent about half an hour here and was very happy with my
decision but the impassive computer after a brief thinking time shows that
this move perhaps deserves more "?!" than "!" mark, because 9.Bd5! was
probably just winning the game.} (9. Bd5 $1 Qxa1 (9... dxc3 10. Qd4 Qxa1 11.
O-O f6 12. Nxc3 $18) 10. O-O Qb2 (10... Ne7 11. Qd2 $18) 11. Qxd4 f6 12. Bb3
$18) ({Before humans had tried only} 9. Qxd4 {(or 9.0-0 bxc6 10.Qxd4) that is
not so clear -} bxc6 10. O-O Qxa1 (10... Ba6 11. Nbd2 $1 (11. Qxh8 Bxf1 12.
Qxg8+ Ke7 13. Qxa8 Bd3 $1) 11... Bxf1 (11... f6 $5 12. Rfb1 Qa3 (12... Qc2 13.
Ne1) 13. e5 $18) 12. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 13. Qxh8 f6 14. Kxf1 Qf7 15. e5 $18 {
Smikovski,I (2495)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2420)/Moscow 2005/Chess Informant 95/
[Smikovski,I]}) 11. Qxh8 Kf8 12. Ng5 Ba6 13. Nxh7+ (13. Rd1 $142 $5 Qxa2 (13...
Be2 14. Qe5 f6 15. Nxh7+ Kg7 16. Nxf6) 14. Nxh7+ Ke7 15. Qd4 d6 16. e5 Kd7 17.
exd6 Qd5 $14) 13... Ke7 14. Qe5+ Kd8 15. Rd1 Be2 16. Qg7 Ke7 17. Qe5+ Kd8 18.
Qg7 Ke7 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Qe5+ Kd8 21. Qg7 Ke7 22. Qe5+ Kd8 23. Qg7 Ke7 24. Qe5+
{1/2 Spasov,V (2598)-Radulski,J (2578)/Borovets BUL 2008/}) 9... Qxa1 10. O-O {
Here my opponent fell into deep thought, but nevertheless he choose the wrong
way. Of course, it's only for computers that it is easy to calculate such
positions.} b5 $2 (10... Qxa2 $1 {was the only move.} {I calculated} 11. Qxd4 (
11. Bb3 $5 Qa6 12. Qxd4 f6 13. e5 Qb6 14. exf6 Qxd4 15. f7+ Kf8 16. fxg8=Q+
Rxg8 17. Nxd4 Rg7 $13) 11... f6 12. e5 Qe6 {and it looks almost winning for
White, but my computer doesn't find a win here.} 13. Re1 (13. Nbd2 Kf8 (13...
fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 15. Bb3 d5 16. Ng4 Rf8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxd5 Qd6 19. Ba4+
Kd8 20. Qg5+ Qf6 21. Qd5+ $11) 14. Bb3 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Nf7
Kg7 $13) 13... Kf8 14. Nbd2 d6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qc4 $44) (10... c5 {was also
not good enough} 11. Qb3 $5 Nf6 (11... a6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Ne1 d3 14. Nc3 Qc1
15. Nxd3 Qg5 16. Nd5 $18) 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Ne1 d3 14. Nc3 Qc1 15. Qb4 Qh6 16.
Nxd3 $18) 11. Bb3 ({Perhaps even easier was} 11. Qxd4 bxa4 (11... f6 12. Bb3
$18) 12. Qxh8 Kf8 13. Ng5 Ba6 14. Nxh7+ Ke7 15. Qe5+ Kd8 16. Nf6 $18 {But I
saw the knight sacrifice and didn't hesitate in my choice.}) 11... c5 12. Nxd4
$1 cxd4 {There was no salvation. Both black king and queen are in equally
miserable situations.} (12... a6 13. Qd2 $5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15. Qd5 Ne7 (15...
Rb8 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Qg7) 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Qxf6 Re8 $140 18. Qb6#) (12... Ba6
13. Nc2 Qb2 14. Qd5 $18) 13. Qxd4 f6 14. e5 Bb7 15. Na3 Qb2 16. exf6 Nh6 (16...
O-O-O 17. Nxb5 Bc6 18. Nxa7+ (18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nc4 Qe2 20. Rb1 Ka8 21. Nb6+ Kb7
22. Nd5 Qb5 23. a4 $18) 18... Kc7 19. Nxc6 Kxc6 20. Bd5+ Kc7 21. Qa7+ Kd6 22.
Bb3 $18) (16... Qxa3 17. f7+ Kd8 18. Qxh8 $18) 17. Qe5+ Kd8 18. Nxb5 Qd2 19.
Qc7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ {The game reminds me of the romantic chess of the 19th
century.} 1-0

[Event "Ortisei Server24 op 4th"]
[Site "Ortisei"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was penultimate round. A win in this game would assure me of my final GM
Norm.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {I did not expect him to play Nge7.} 4.
c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. d5 a6 8. Be2 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nc3 d6 11.
O-O (11. Bh6 $5 Ng8 12. Be3 Nf6 (12... f5 $5) 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd4 $14) 11... c5
$6 {I think my opponent was hoping for a Benoni kind of structure.} (11... O-O
12. Bh6 Re8 13. f4 Bf6 (13... Bh8 14. f5 Bxf5 (14... gxf5 15. Bd3 $16) 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Bd2 $16) 14. f5 $14) 12. dxc6 bxc6 (12... Nxc6 13. Be3 $16) 13. Bh6 d5
14. Qd3 $6 (14. f4 $1 Bxc3 (14... Bf6 15. Qa4 $16 (15. e5 $2 Nf5 $1 $11)) 15.
bxc3 dxe4 16. Qa4 $18) 14... Be6 (14... dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17.
Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Re8]}) 15. f4 Qb6+ (15... Ng8 16. fxe5 Nxh6 17. Qe3 $1 $16)
(15... Bf6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 $18) 16. Kh1 dxe4 (16... Bd4 17. f5 $1 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxf5 19. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21. Nxf5 c5 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bg7 Rhd8
24. Bxd4 $18) 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Qa3 $3 $18 {I think my opponent missed this
move.} (18. Qxa6 $6 Qxa6 19. fxe5 Nf5 20. Bxa6 Nxh6 21. a4 $16) 18... Bd4 (
18... Bxb2 19. Rab1 $1 Bxa3 20. Nf6# {Mate!}) (18... Qxb2 19. fxe5 $18) 19. Bg5
c5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rg8 22. Rad1 (22. Rac1 $18 {was better}) 22... Rxd1
$2 {This was the last mistake of this game.} (22... Bd5 $1 23. Qxa6 Qxa6 24.
Bxa6 Rd6 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Be5 Rb6 27. a4 $18) 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bh4 Kf8 25. Bf3
Qb5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qe3 g5 28. Bxg5 Qc6 29. Qe7+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ f6 31. Qxd5
Qxd5 32. Rxd5 fxg5 33. Rxg5+ {With this win I became world's second youngest
grandmaster.} 1-0

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 a6 (7...
d5) 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. h3 {Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de
coups mais c'est une simple transposition après d6} d6 (11... d5 $5) 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Rc1 Bb7 $146 (15... c6 16. Nf4 Nxb3 17. Qxb3
Qf6 18. Qe3 {Pacher,M (2403)-Mista,A (2561) CZE-chT 1112 2011 (4.1) 1/2}) 16.
Re1 Rc8 (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 c6 18. Nf4) 17. Nf4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 c5 19. a4 c4 20.
Qb4 Qb6 21. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} Qc7 22. Re3 Rfe8 $11 23. Rce1 Re7 $1 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. exd5 Rce8 26. Kf1 Bf8 27. Nd2 Qd7 (27... Rxe3) 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. g4 Qf4
30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Nxd6 Rxe3 32. Nxe8 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Bb4+ 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Nc7
Bxa5 36. d6 (36. Nxa6 Ke7 37. Nc5 (37. Ke3 Kd6)) 36... b4 37. Nxa6 b3 (37...
Ke8 38. Nc5 $14) 38. Kd1 Ke8 39. Nc5 Bb4 40. f3 Kd8 41. h4 h5 $1 {[%csl Rh4]}
42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge4f6]} Kd7 44. Nf6+ Kxd6 45. Nxh5
Kd5 46. Ng3 Kxd4 47. h5 $1 Kd3 {[%csl Rd1,Gd3]} 48. Kc1 c3 49. bxc3 Bxc3 50.
Ne4 Bd4 51. Nd6 Ke2 52. Nxf7 Kxf3 53. h6 Be3+ 54. Kb2 Bxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Milchev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 a6 (4... g6 {[%cal Gf8g7] La grande
ligne}) (4... d6) 5. Bc4 (5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Ne1
Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. Be3 Ne7 12. c4 b6 13. c3 Nf5 14. Nc2 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 f5 16. f4
g5 17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Kh8 19. Qe1 Qf6 20. Qf2 Qh6 21. Kh1 Bb7 22. Rab1 Bc6
23. c5 bxc5 24. d5 Bd7 25. Nc4 Qf6 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. c4 Bd7 29. Rb7
Rf7 30. Rg1 Raf8 31. Qg3 Be8 32. Rb6 a5 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Rxg5 Rf6 {Solak,D 
(2598)-Sanikidze,T (2553) Denizli 2013 1/2-1/2}) 5... Ng6 6. h4 (6. d4) 6...
Be7 7. d3 (7. h5) 7... h6 8. Nd5 d6 9. h5 Nf8 10. c3 $146 (10. a4 Ne6 11. c3
Ng5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. g3 Be6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ba2 b5 17. Kf1 Rb8 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Kg2 Nh7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Kh8 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. f6 gxf6 24. d4
Bxe3 25. Nxe3 exd4 26. Nf5 Ne5 27. Qf4 d3 28. Qxh6 Rg8 {0-1 (28) Iordachescu,V
(2425)-Tomescu,V (2395) Calarasi 1995}) 10... Na5 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Qa4+ Nc6
13. b4 Bd7 14. Qb3 Be6 (14... b5 15. Bd5) 15. Nh4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe6 17. Nf5 $14
Rg8 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. Ne3 Qxb3 20. axb3 O-O-O $132 21. g3 Nh7 22. Bd2 Rgf8 23. c4
f5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Kd7 26. Ke2 $13 Rc8 27. Ra5 Rf7 28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5
b6 30. Rb4 Ra8 31. Ra4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 Rf8 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 Nf6 35. Kf3 Re8
36. Bc3 fxe4+ 37. dxe4 Nxe4 38. Bxg7 Nd2+ 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Kf3 Nd2+ 41. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Zhansaya Abdumalik is one of the greatest rising talents in Women Chess
currently. She beat GM Henrik Danielsen in round three but in round four she
was unable to keep the momentum and lost to Gretarsson in a very interesting
game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 (4. O-O {is more popular than 4.
c3 that was played in the game.}) 4... d5 {A very interesting variation which
allows White to take the pawn on e5.} 5. Nxe5 (5. exd5 Qxd5 $15 {is just
better for Black as a knight can no longer develop on c3.}) 5... dxe4 6. Nxc6 (
6. d4 {and}) (6. Qe2 {are the main moves in this position.}) 6... bxc6 7. Bc4
Nd5 {By the looks of it things look pretty good for White. Black pawn
structure is completely ruined. While seeing static features is easier, the
dynamic ones are a tad difficult to spot. Look at the black bishops. They have
excellent open diagonals to work with while the white bishop on c1 is sort of
locked in. All in all Black is doing excellently in this position.} 8. Qe2 Be6
$1 9. Qxe4 Bd6 $1 {White wins a pawn but Black keeps developing.} 10. Bxd5 $2 {
What was the need to give up the bishop?} (10. d4 $1 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. O-O $6
Nxc3 $1 12. Qxc6 (12. bxc3 Bxc4 $15) 12... Nd5 $11) 11... Nf6 12. Qh4 {And
with 0-0 coming up White is doing pretty well but Black has compensation.})
10... cxd5 $15 {Black is just better now.} 11. Qf3 O-O 12. d4 Qh4 $5 13. h3 (
13. g3 Qh3 {would be quite irritating. 0-0 is no longer possible and Bg4 is
coming up.}) 13... Rae8 14. O-O {If given time White would develop and gain an
equal position but Black gives no such respite!} (14. Be3 {would run into the
very pretty} Bg4 $1 15. Qxg4 Rxe3+ $1 16. Kf1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Re2 $17
{Black has a dangerous initiative.}) 14... g5 $1 {The pawn on h3 is a perfect
hook and Black exploits it perfectly.} 15. Qf6 (15. g3 Qxh3 16. Bxg5 Bg4 17.
Qh1 (17. Qg2 Qh5 $17) 17... Re2 $1 $15 {Black is better but this was the best
option available for White.}) 15... h6 $1 $19 {A cool and calm move! The
threat is Bxh3 with a mating attack. The queen has to retreat.} 16. Qf3 (16.
Be3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 $19) (16. Nd2 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. f4 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Re2
$19) 16... g4 $1 {Black's attack rolls on like clock work.} 17. Qe3 Kg7 $1 {
It is already difficult to give White any advice. Look at his undeveloped
queenside pieces.} 18. f4 gxh3 19. Qf2 Qh5 20. Nd2 (20. g3 Bf5 21. Nd2 Re2 $19)
20... hxg2 21. Qxg2+ Kh7 22. Qh1 Rg8+ 23. Kf2 Bh3 {With a decisive attack. The
game ended after a few moves. A great game by Steinn Gretarsson.} 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bh6
a6 9. Ba4 Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. exd6 (11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Ba4+ Nxa4 14.
Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Qd7 $13 {Sax-Radulov, Warszaw (zt) 1987.}) 11...
Qxd6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Re1 Qd5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Bf8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Na3 Bb6 6. Nc4 d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qa4 Bd7 $5 (10... a6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13.
Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {Sax,G-Hector,J, Haninge 1990}) 11. O-O
Nge7 12. Re1 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qa3 Be6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Re2 $1
fxg5 18. Nxg5 $18 Qd6 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Nxe6 Kd7 21. Nxg7 Rhg8 22. Ne6 Nd5 23.
f4 Rg6 24. f5 Rf6 25. Rf1 Rg8 26. Rf3 h6 27. h3 Ne7 28. Rc3 Nd5 29. Rb3 b5 30.
Ra3 Rxf5 31. Rxa6 Rf6 32. Ra7+ Kc6 33. Ra6+ Kd7 34. Ra7+ Kc6 35. Rg7 Rxg7 {
35. - Rxe6 36.Rc2+ + -} 36. Nxg7 Nf4 37. Rf2 Kd5 38. Kf1 Ke4 39. g3 Nd5 40.
Rxf6 Nxf6 41. g4 Kxd4 42. Nf5+ Kd3 43. Nxh6 Kc2 44. g5 Nh5 45. b4 d5 46. Nf5
Kc3 47. g6 d4 48. g7 Nf6 (48... Nxg7 49. Nxg7 d3 50. Nf5 $18) 49. h4 d3 50. h5
Ng8 51. Ke1 Kc2 52. Nd4+ Kc1 53. Kf2 d2 54. Nb3+ Kb2 55. Nxd2 Kxa2 56. Kf3 Ka3
57. Kf4 Kxb4 58. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. Nd2 $1 $14 {White has got a
small but clear edge out of the opening. What is Black to do? His next move
weakens his Q-side, but is still logical. After all, Black has a pawn more on
the Q-side.} b5 13. Nb3 a5 14. h3 $2 {This only helps Black. Stronger is the
natural 14.Rfe1 with a sound advantage.} Be6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. Nf3 c5 19. c3 b4 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Rd2 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rab8 23. Rfd1 Be6
24. Ng5 Kg7 25. Qf4 Rd7 26. c4 Rbd8 27. Qh4 h6 28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30.
Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxe5 33. R8d2 Qc3 34. Rd3 Qc4 35. a3 Kg7 36.
Rf3 Qa4 37. Rc1 c4 38. g3 g5 {1.56-1.31 White still has four minutes left, so
why agree a draw? He is slightly better in the final position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {A sideline, but nowadays the Ruy Lopez quite
often even at the highest level isn't only about the Berlin and classical
closed systems (Chigorin, Breyer etc.). Nakamura himself lately successfully
experimented with other systems:} (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... d6 5. c3 Bd7 {
is the Deferred Steinitz, which usually leads to a heavy manoeuvring struggle
after} 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 ({Only one of the numerous options. In his
book "Dynamic Opening Strategy" Jansa recommends} 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5
Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 {with a King's Indian without the
light-squared bishops. Although this should give White an edge, Black has} Rf7
$5 14. c4 Qf8 15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. b4 g5 19. c5 Rg7 20. Qe2
Nf6 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Na4 Qf7 23. Rac1 Rag8 $132 {Stehno,P (2366)-Radulski,J 
(2502)/Brno/2005/}) 8... Nf6 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6
$5 cxd6 25. Qxa6 $44 {Caruana,F (2774)-Ivanchuk,V (2755)/Thessaloniki/2013/})
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 $5 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5 (14. Be3
Bc8 15. Qe2 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg7 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Qc1 h6 20. Ba4 b5
21. Bc2 Nh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. b4 Be6 32. Bb3 Qg5 $11 {
Landa,K (2570)-Yandemirov,V (2500)/Novgorod/1997/}) 14... Ne7 15. Nh2 Bh6 16.
Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 $5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Nf3 Ne7 $132 {Caruana,F (2774)-Andreikin,D (2713)
/Moscow/2013/}) 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 {is the Neoarkhangelsk,
with Shirov, Caruana and Nakamura being the most prominent members of the fan
club:} {Another important branch is} 9. a4 ({After} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {
the currently most topical move is} Re8 $5 ({Caruana used to play} 10... h6 11.
h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 g5
18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1 Nfg6 $13 {Anand,V 
(2780)-Caruana,F (2757)/Zurich/2013/ For details see the notes to this game in
CBM 153.}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 $5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Na5 15.
Nf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne1 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rh5] Movsesian,S (2700)-Onischuk,A (2675)/WChT Ningbo/2011/ This
impressive strategic game was annotated by Movsesian in CBM 144.}) 11. Re1 (11.
h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nxc4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $11 {Ponomariov,R 
(2733)-Giri,A (2727)/Zug/2013/}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14.
Qe2 Ng4 $5 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20.
Ng4 Rf8 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 b4 {by ucinne celilo
25.Vd2!, slabsie} (24... Nc6 $142 $11) 25. cxb4 $6 (25. Rd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Re5]}
) 25... Nc6 26. Ba4 Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $36 {Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2775)/
Stavanger/2013/ Nakamura went on to win an impressive game.}) 13... Nc6 14.
dxc5 dxc5 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Nb4 (17... b4 18. Ba4 Bd7 $11) (17...
Nd4 18. cxb5 Ba5 $5 $132) 18. cxb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Nfd2 Bc7 21. Ra3 Bxc4 (
21... Qe7 $5 $11) 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxe4 24. Ra7 Nd6 $6 (24... Nd5 25. Bf3
Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nd6 $11 {still holds the balance}) 25. Ba4 Rec8 26. Nxe5 Nb5 27.
Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Bd2 Nc2 29. Nc6 $1 $36 {Ponomariov,R (2733)-Caruana,F (2772)/Zug/
2013/}) 9... Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 ({Black
doesn't trust the positions after} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 {anymore.})
14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 ({Nakamura's idea, but even after the older} 15...
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3 Ne6
22. Bxe6 {the novelty} Qxe6 $5 {promises Black sufficient compensation and
counterplay after} 23. d5 Qf6 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. fxe3 h6 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rc3 Ra8
{1/2, Craciunescu,V (2513)-Parushev,A (2259)/corr/2011/}) 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nh5 18. Ba4 $5 (18. f4 Qh4 19. Ra3 Nxf4 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Ba4 Qxf3
23. Rxf3 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 $11 {Leko,P (2735)-Nakamura,
H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 18... Rf8 (18... Re6 $142 $5 19. Kh1 Qh4 {
seems more critical}) 19. Bc6 Qf6 20. Ra4 Nf4 21. Kh1 d5 22. exd5 Ng6 23. Re4
Ne7 24. Rc4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. Qe2 $14
{Grischuk,A (2779)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Thessaloniki/2013/ Although at this point
White's extra pawn doesn't play a decisive role, Black is the one who must
fight for a draw - and he didn't manage to hold the position after protracted
defence.}) ({Although Nakamura hasn't tried the text move yet, he has already
employed the similar} 3... Nge7 4. Nc3 $5 (4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4
{is a line, which could arise also in the game - we will have a closer look at
it below.}) 4... d6 ({But} 4... g6 {is rather unpleasant for Black\;} 5. d4
exd4 6. Nd5 $5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nd5 d6
12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nb5 Rxe4 15. Nbxc7 $14 {Svidler,P (2750)
-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 $5 (6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Nd5 Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6
15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Be3 Rfe8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Nakamura,H (2783)/London/2012/ Black
has comfortable equality here and got into trouble only later by trying too
hard.}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 g6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 Be6 (
11... Bg7 $142) 12. O-O Ne7 $6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rad1 (14. f4 $5) 14... Qd7 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O-O 17. b4 Qc6 (17... Nc6 $5) 18. Rfd1 g5 19. a4 Ng6 20.
Bf1 Ne5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)-Nakamura,H (2767)/Zug/2013/} 21. b5 $40) 4. O-O
(4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 (5... d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 {is the Deferred Steinitz
from the previous note}) 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Nge7 {gives White the
interesting extra option} 9. d5 $5 (9. O-O {can transpose from 4.0-0.}) 9...
Na5 10. Bd2 c5 $5 {Probably the best.} (10... Bxb2 $2 11. Bxa5 Bxa1 12. Nc3
Bxc3+ (12... Bb2 $2 13. Qc2 $1 Ba3 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. e5 $18) 13. Bxc3 Rf8 14. Ng5
$40) (10... Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O 12. Bc3 d6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nc3 Rb8
16. Qb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Ng8 18. Rfe1 $14 {Duda,J (2380)-Dragun,K (2420)/Warsaw/
2012/}) 11. d6 Nec6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 (14. O-O $5 $14 {seems
more flexible}) 14... Nb4 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 b4
19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 c4 21. Qe3 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Blagojevic,D (2514)/
Istanbul olm/2012/} Rae8 $5 $132 {/\} 22. Nb6 Nxd6 23. Nxd7 Rxe4 24. Qd2 Rd8 $1
25. Qxd6 Re6 $11 {[%csl Rd7] /=/+}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Qe3 (12. f4 Nh5 13.
f5 Rfe8 14. Qe3 Qe5 15. Rd7 $6 Nf6 16. f4 Qxf5 17. exf5 Rxe3 18. Rxc7 Rb8 $15 {
Volokitin,A (2558)-Malaniuk,V (2556)/Warsaw rpd/2002/}) 12... Rfe8 13. f4 Rad8
14. f5 a5 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. f4 b5 $6 (16... Nd5 $5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxe3
19. dxc6 bxc6 $132) 17. Rd1 Qc8 $6 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. f5 b4 21. Na4
$40 {Gopal,G (2604)-Sokolov,I (2654)/Sarajevo/2010/}) 4... Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6
$5 {A rare move, which Anand played very fast. White obviously wants to avoid
the following unclear modern line, but the position he is heading for is no
less complex in a strategic sense.} (6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 (
9. Bc2 O-O ({White has to reckon with} 9... d5 $5 10. exd5 Nb4 $132 {as well.})
10. d5 Na5 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 d6 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd2 Qd8
16. Nc4 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bb3 Nc8 19. Rb1 {Palac,M (2475)-Arkhipov,S (2500)/
Kecskemet/1991/} Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 c4 $132) 11... d6 {gives White an
extra tempo compared to 9.Bb3. However, it's still not easy to prove an
unequivocal advantage:} 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16.
Be3 Rc8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bb3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22.
Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Brodsky,M (2545)-Murey,J (2440)/Rishon Le Ziyyon/1998/}) 9...
O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 (10... d6 {allows} 11. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Yc1g5]} h6 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7
13. Be3 Kh7 14. Rc1 f5 15. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rh7] /\} Bb7 $4 16. Ng5+ $1
hxg5 17. Bxg5 d5 18. exd5 $18 {[%cal Rd3h3,Rd5d6]}) 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 (12. d5
Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3 N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5
19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4 Nd4 $11 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Aronian,L (2786)/
Moscow blitz/2009/}) 12... c5 {A more testing move is} 13. Bg5 $5 (13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 (17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19.
g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 $15 {Smeets,J (2651)-Karjakin,
S (2725)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20.
Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 {Smeets,J (2651)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}
c4 $1 {[%cal Yb7c5,Yc5d3]} 22. Rad1 Nb4 $15) 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 cxd4
$5 (15... Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qh5 Kg7 $5
(20... Bg7 $6 21. Rad1 c4 22. Be2 c3 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxd6 $16 {Polgar,J 
(2710)-Banusz,T (2563)/Warsaw rpd/2011/}) 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Kh1 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\
} Ra7 $6 23. f4 f6 24. e5 $1 Bxd5 25. fxg5 $40) 16. Nxd4 Nc4 17. Rb1 Re8 $1
$132 {A.Kuzmin} (17... Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rac8 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 $14 {Gopal,G (2584)-Nezad,H 
(2408)/Caleta/2010/})) (6. Bc4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 {leads to the same
position after the natural} 9. Bb3 O-O) 6... dxc6 7. d4 {Logical central play.}
(7. d3 {is too tame:} Ne7 8. h3 c5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfe1
b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Bh6 Qf7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Nh2 Rad8
19. f4 b5 20. Nb2 f5 $5 $132 {Zagrebelny,S (2510)-Margolin,B (2385)/Alushta/
1994/}) 7... exd4 {A natural reaction.} (7... Bg4 $143 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1
Bxe5 10. Na3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Nc2 $14 {leads to an inferior endgame:} Ne7
13. Be3 g5 14. Bc5 Rg8 15. h3 Rg6 16. a4 Bd6 $6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19.
axb5 cxb5 20. Nd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Kd7 21. Ra2 $14 {/+/-, Stanojoski,Z (2450)
-Mitkov,M (2398)/Struga/2005/}) 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 {Although the text move has
still been played, we are gradually entering less charted waters.} (9. Nc3 Bg4
$5 (9... O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. d5 $6 (12. Ne5 $5 c5 13. Rad1 $14) 12...
cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5 Nh4 16. Nxh4 $6 (16. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3
Kxg7 18. Rad1 $13) 16... Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. h4 g4 22. Nh2 {Abergel,T (2517)-Kosten,A (2497)/Nimes/2009/} g3 $36 {
[%csl Gb7,Gg7]}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 (12... Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5
14. b4 Qe8 (14... b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 $16) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 $14) 13.
Bg5 Qd7 (13... fxe4 $142 $1 14. Qxe4 Rf7 15. Rfe1 Qd7 $11 {/=/+} 16. Bxe7 $6
Re8) 14. Bxe7 (14. e5 $5) 14... Qxe7 15. e5 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18.
dxc5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 {1/2, Chandler,M (2535)-Spassky,B (2610)/Vienna/1986/})
9... O-O 10. Nc3 h6 {[%csl Gc8,Gd4,Ge4,Gg7][%cal Yc8e6,Yf7f5] Patiently
prepares Be6, or f5. Although White has a mobile pawn centre, the position is
not fully clear, as advancing the pawns could enhance the strength of Black's
bishop pair.} 11. Qb3 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, which complicates
Black's development.} (11. Be3 f5 (11... Be6 $5) 12. Qd2 $2 (12. Qb3+ Kh8 $13)
12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 {Cuartas,J (2517)-Panesso Rivera,H (2335)/Pamplona/2012/}
Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Nf5 $40) ({A possibly promising alternative is} 11. Bf4 $5 {
[%cal Yf4e5]}) 11... g5 $5 {A dynamic and provocative reaction.} (11... Qd6 {
also prevents Bf4, but Black lacks other active ideas after} 12. Rd1 {Nakamura
seeks more direct counterplay.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 {is somewhat more flexible,
as White has no better square for his bishop, while his rooks might still be
deployed differently.}) 12... b6 {[%csl Rc6] A calm and slow move, which
nevertheless has a drawback - c6 becomes potentially vulnerable.} ({Engines
recommend the straightforward} 12... Be6 $5 13. d5 (13. Qxb7 a5 {[%cal Rd8d7,
Rf8b8]} 14. d5 $8 cxd5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Qa7 Nxd5 17. Qxa5 c6 $44 {[%csl Ge6,
Gg7]}) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Qxb7 (15. Be3 g4 $5 $132) 15... Qd6 16. Qb3
Rab8 17. Qc4 Rfe8 $32 {~~ Black has good compensation for the sacrificed pawn,
but it's still not easy to opt for such a radical solution.}) 13. a4 {In a
distant endgame the insertion of a4 and a5 can be advantageous for White, but
it doesn't substantially improve his chances in a complex middlegame.} (13. Qc2
{[%cal Gc2c6] allows} f5 $132) ({More logical was} 13. Be3 Qd6 (13... Be6 14.
d5 $36) 14. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yh3h4] It seems that White is slightly
better, future active plans can be well timed pawn advances as d5, or h4.})
13... a5 14. Be3 Ng6 {Risky, Black leaves Pc6 unattended.} (14... Qd6 $5 {
[%cal Yd6b4,Yd6g6] deserves attention, the queen aims for g6, or even b4. After
} 15. d5 g4 $132 {the position remains very unclear.}) 15. d5 {Stabilising the
centre, but Black is ideally placed to control the e5-square.} ({More
dangerous for Black was} 15. Ne2 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Ye2g3,Yg3h5,Ya1c1,Gc1c7] /\
} Qf6 16. Qc2 Bxh3 17. Ne5 $1 $36) 15... c5 16. Nb5 g4 $5 {Just as in move 11,
a very dynamic and concrete continuation.} (16... Ba6 17. d6 (17. Nd2 Qd7 $11)
17... Bxb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxb5 Rfd8 $132 {is roughly balanced - Black's
active pieces compensate for the holes in his pawn structure. Nakamura is more
ambitious.}) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bd2 {A safe move.} (18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19.
dxc7 $2 Qh4 20. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 19... Qf6 (19... Qh4 $5 20. Kg2 (20. Kf1 Ne5 $132
) 20... Qf6 21. dxc7 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 $11 {is similar to the main line.}) 20.
dxc7 Qxf3 {[%csl Gc7,Rg1] gives White a powerful passed pawn, but his king is
very exposed. An unforced sample line is} 21. Qd5 Nh4 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. Nd6 Re6
24. c8=Q Rxc8 25. Nxc8 Rxe4 26. Nd6 Qg2+ 27. Ke2 Qf3+ $11 {/\} 28. Kd2 $4 Rd4+
$19) (18. Bc1 {is a computer idea, but it's not without risk - White can miss
the Ra1 on the kingside:} Nh4 (18... Qd7 $5 19. d6 c6 20. Nc7 Rab8 $13) 19.
Nxh4 Qxh4 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Rc1h6,Rh4f5]}) 20. Re1 (20. f3 Qg3
21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bxb5 24. axb5 f5 $11) 20... Be5 21. g3 Qh5
22. Ra3 $1 $13) 18... Qd7 $1 {A good positional move, preparing c6.} (18... Ne5
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Ra1d1,Rd2h6,Re5c6]}) 20. f3 Bh5
21. Bxh6 Qh4 22. Qe3 $1 $14) (18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. f3 (20. Re1 $5 {
[%cal Yd2c3,Yd2f4] might be even stronger}) 20... Bd7 21. Bc3 $14) 19. Rac1 $6
{Loses a tempo} ({A more useful move was} 19. Re1 $142 $5 {/\} c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6
21. Nh2 (21. Bc3 Bxf3 22. Bxg7 Nh4 $5 23. gxf3 Kxg7 24. Kf1 $11) 21... Be6 22.
Qc2 $13 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 19... c6 {Direct, but Black could also have played} (
19... Rad8 $5) ({, or} 19... Rfe8 20. Re1 c6 $15) 20. dxc6 (20. Na3 Rfe8 $5 21.
Nc4 Rab8 $36 {and White has no obvious way to advantageously retain the
central tension.}) 20... Qxc6 21. Bc3 $6 {This could have cost White an
exchange.} (21. Qe3 $142 Rfe8 22. Re1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Bc3 $15 {/<=>
Black's extra pawn doesn't play a major role yet and White has counterplay.})
21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 $5 {[%mdl 32] Nakamura plays for a strategic
advantage.} (22... Nf4 $1 {with the forced follow-up} 23. Rd6 Qc8 24. Bd2 Ne2+
25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 {nets Black an exchange. Not a difficult line to
calculate, but the evaluation of the final position is not so simple.
Nevertheless it seems Black has reasonable winning chances after} Rd8 27. Qd5
$5 (27. Rxb6 c4 $17) 27... Rb8 28. Bxh6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qe6 $15 {
/-/+}) 23. Rxd8 (23. Bxg7 $2 {runs into} Nf4 24. Nd6 {The beautiful point is}
Rxd6 $1 (24... Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Qf6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Rd5
$18) 26. Nf5+ $132) (24... Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Qc3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Bxf8 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Na2 30. Qc4 $11) 25. Bxf8 Rd2 $3 (25... Rxd1+ $2 26. Rxd1 $16
) 26. Kh1 $8 (26. Rxd2 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1#) 26... Qd7 27. Rg1+ Kxf8
28. Rg3 (28. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {is similar}) 28... Qd8 $1 29. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {Black
wins all the material back with interest and a continuing attack.}) 23... Rxd8
24. Rd1 Rd7 $15 {Fights for the open file, but Black had also the simple} (
24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Nxc3 Nf4 $36) 26... Qf6 $15 {The
distant passed Ph6 gives him an advantage in almost any endgame.}) 25. Rxd7
Qxd7 26. Qd5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Transposing to a knight endgame only increases
Black's advantage.} (26. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Qe3 Qh3 29. Nd6 Nh4 (
29... Ne5 30. Nf5+ $11 {[%cal Yf5g3]}) 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qe7+ Kg6
33. Qe8+ Kg5 {doesn't lead to a perpetual, but after} 34. Kg2 $15 {Black faces
a very tough technical task.}) 26... Qxd5 27. exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 $6 (28...
Kf8 $142 $1 {is more flexible and stronger, after the analogous} 29. Nd6 {
Black's knight has an alternative route} Nf4 $1 30. c4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 $19 {
[%csl Ga5,Gh6][%cal Rc3a4]}) 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 $2 {White was fighting for a
draw and decentralising the king doesn't feel right, moreover it fails
tactically.} ({It is probably insufficient to play} 30. Kf1 b5 $1 (30... Ke7
31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 $11 {already works, as Black doesn't have
the manoeuvre from the game.}) (30... Nxf3 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. f4 $44 {allows
White to achieve full coordination with excellent drawing chances.}) 31. Nxb5 (
31. axb5 a4 32. Nb7 a3 33. Nxc5 a2 34. Nb3 Ke7 $19 {[%csl Ga2,Rb5,Rd5,Gh6]
[%cal Ye7d6] and White's pawns are blockaded, while Black's will decide.})
31... Nc4 $17 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rb6a4] Black will take the Pa4, transfer his knight
to d6 and support one of his passed pawns with his king - he should win this
in the long run.}) ({It seems that the best try was} 30. f4 Nd3 31. Nc8 Nxf4
32. Nxb6 (32. c4 Ke8 33. Nxb6 Kd8 34. d6 Ne6 35. Kg2 Ng7 36. Kh3 Ne8 37. d7 Nf6
38. Kh4 Ke7 $1 $17 {and Black takes on d7 only after White moves his Pf2})
32... Ke7 33. Kf1 h5 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. Nc4+ {although even here} Kc7 $5 (35...
Ke6 36. Nxa5 Nd5 37. Nb7 c4 38. Nd8+ Kf6 39. Nb7 Nxc3 40. Nd6 $15) 36. Nxa5 Nd5
37. Nb3 Kd6 $17 {gives Black good winning chances.}) 30... Ke7 $1 31. Nc8+ (31.
Nf5+ Kd7 32. Nxh6 b5 33. axb5 a4 34. Nf5 a3 35. Ne3 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 Ne1 $19 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3a1]}) 31... Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 $1 $19
{[%csl Rb6]} 35. Na8+ Kb7 36. d6 {White must ditch the passed pawn for free to
save his knight, the resulting endgame is hopeless.} Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 38. Nb5+
Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 (39... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rc4b6] is simpler}) 40. Nd6+
(40. f3 f6 $5 41. f5 Nb1 42. Nd6+ Kd3 43. Ne4 c4 44. Nxf6 Nxc3 45. Nd7 Nd5 {/\}
46. f6 Nxf6 $1 47. Nxf6 c3 $19) 40... Kxc3 41. Nxf7 c4 ({An easier win was} 
41... Kd4 $1 42. Nd6 (42. f5 c4 $19 {transposes to the game}) 42... Ne4+ 43.
Nxe4 Kxe4 44. Kg4 c4 45. f5 Ke5 $19 ({, or} 45... h5+ 46. Kg5 c3 47. f6 c2 48.
f7 c1=Q+)) 42. f5 (42. Nd6 $5 {is better, but also loses by force to} Kd3 $1
43. f5 (43. Nb5 c3 $19) 43... c3 44. f6 c2 45. f7 c1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg1+ 47. Kh3 (
47. Kh4 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 Qg2+ 49. Kh4 Nf3+ $19) 47... Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Nf1+ 49. Kf4
Qh2+ 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kh4 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qh5+ 53. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 54. Kf3 (54. Kxf1
Qh1#) 54... Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ $19 {- White gets mated, or loses his queen.})
42... Kd4 43. Nd6 ({As} 43. f6 {fails to} Ne4+ {, Black's win is already
trivial.}) 43... Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 (4... g6 {is the main line and White
usually plays} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 {etc.}) 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 ({Last
year Nakamura already tried this sideline with Black, but his opponent
Dominguez played} 6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8. Nd5 Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11.
Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6 {with a comfortable position for
Black, Dominguez Perez-Nakamura, London 2012}) 6... exd4 (6... Nxd4 {was the
main move, probably Black doesn't want to allow Nd5 after exd4.} 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qxd4 {transposes to the game.}) 7. Nxd4 (7. Nd5 $5 {was an interesting
alternative, similar to the Belgrade Gambit} Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne5 9. Nxd4 Be7 {
Black's position looks solid, on the other hand White has gained some space.})
7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 (9. Qd3 {was also tried} g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. O-O-O f5 15. h5 $14 {Inarkiev-I.Sokolov, Plovdiv
2012.}) 9... g6 10. Qg5 $5 $146 {A logical novelty. Kasimdzhanov offers the
exchange of the Q, because the c7 P can become weak.} (10. Qg3 Be6 (10... Bg7 {
is also very similar.} 11. Bc4 Be6) 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Qd7 14.
O-O-O Qf7 15. h4 f5 $132 {and Black looks nicely placed, Milov-Heimrath, Bad
Wiessee 2010.}) 10... h6 11. Qg3 $5 {In comparison to 10.Qg3 Black has an
extra h6. It is difficult to say that this is advantageous or not for White.} (
11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (11... Nxd8 $6 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. f4 $14 {with a slight advantage
for White.}) 12. Be3 Bg7 {and Black's chances are not worse.}) 11... Be6 {
This move prevents Bc4.} ({After the natural} 11... Bg7 12. Bc4 {thanks to h6
now Black hasn't Be6, as the g6 P is hanging.} O-O 13. O-O (13. Qxg6 $2 {
could have been met by} Ne5 $1) 13... Ne5 14. Bb3 Be6 ({in case of} 14... Kh7 {
White can get the initiative after} 15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 {with some pressure.})
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 {with a double attack on h6 and e6.}) 12. O-O Ne7 {
Probably Nakamura didn't want to allow Nd5.} ({On the other hand, after} 12...
Bg7 13. Nd5 O-O 14. c3 Re8 {Black hasn't got any problems.}) 13. Be3 ({The
cheeky engine here also suggests} 13. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (13... Bg7 14. Nf4) 14. exd5
Bxd5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $44 {with huge compensation for the P.})
13... Bg7 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O-O {An interesting change in
the game. Nakamura has suddenly castled on the Q side.} 17. b4 $1 {
Kasimdzhanov immediately starts the attack against the opponent's K.} Qc6 ({
After the greedy} 17... Nc6 18. Rd2 Nxb4 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Nd5 {White has good
attacking chances.}) 18. Rfd1 {It was important to protecting the d4 R.} (18.
a4 {could have been met by} Qb6 19. Rfd1 Nc6 $132) 18... g5 {The plan is Ng6
and e5 or f4.} 19. a4 Ng6 20. Bf1 {A prophylatic move. White simply avoids Nf4.
} Ne5 21. Qe3 $6 {An inaccurate move.} ({White should continue the plan with} 
21. b5 $1 axb5 22. axb5 Qc5 23. Na4 $1 Qxc2 24. b6 {with a dangerous attack.})
21... Qb6 22. a5 Qa7 23. Nd5 Kb8 24. Qc3 Rc8 {Black has protected his weakness
on c7, and now it is not so easy to continue with White.} 25. Ne7 {
Kasimdzhanov starts a very exciting sacrifice.} Rce8 26. Rxd6 $5 {This
sacrifice is objectively not so good, but a very creative one.} cxd6 27. Rxd6
Ng4 $1 28. Rb6 $1 {Closes the a7 diagonal and threatens Bxa6.} Ka8 29. Bxa6 $1
Rxe7 30. Qxh8+ Qb8 31. Qxb8+ Kxb8 32. Be2 Nf6 {Black has successfully defended
against White's attack. The N is stronger than 3 P, so Black's chances are
better.} 33. a6 $6 {A nervous move, which unnecessarily throws away the e4 P.}
(33. f3 Nd7 34. Rb5 f6 35. Kf2 {with a hope of holding the position.}) 33...
Nxe4 34. Bf3 Bd5 (34... Nd2 $5 35. Rxb7+ Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Ka7 {was also an
attractive possibility.}) 35. h4 f5 $6 {An inaccuracy, which again gives
chances for the draw.} ({Probably Nakamura didn't want to reduce the material
after} 35... gxh4 $1 {, but} 36. Rxh6 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Nc3 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rh6
Nxb4 40. Rxh4 Nxc2 41. Rf4 Rd7 42. g4 Nd4 {should be winning for Black!}) 36.
Rxh6 g4 37. Be2 $2 {Loses immediately, but White's position was already
difficult.} (37. Bxe4 {was the only way} Bxe4 38. Rh8+ Ka7 39. axb7 Rxb7 40. c3
{with some chances to reach the draw.}) 37... Nd2 $1 38. Bd3 f4 $1 {Nakamura
creates a wonderful mating net.} 39. Kh2 Re1 40. Rh8+ Ka7 41. axb7 Kxb7 {
and White resigned, because he can't prevent Nf3! For example:} (41... Kxb7 42.
Rh7+ Kb6 43. Rh6+ Kc7 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Rh7+ Kf8 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48.
Rh7+ Kg8 $19 {followed by Nf3.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {Eine Überraschung. Mein Gegner hat diese
Variante zum ersten Mal gespielt.} 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 ({Einmal spielte ich hier} 10. O-O-O {
, aber nach} Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O {hat Weiß auch Schwächen am Königsflügel. Der
Zug 10.Nd2 sieht logisch aus. Weiß hat die bessere Struktur - wie in der
Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie.}) 10... c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 ({
Ich dachte hier auch an} 12. f3 {, aber die weiße Idee ist die Mehrheit der
Bauern am Königsflügel zu bewegen: f4, h3, g4, deshalb sieht 12.h3 stärker aus.
}) 12... Be6 ({Die andere Idee ist} 12... Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f3 {und wegen
der besseren Struktur steht Weiß etwas besser.}) 13. O-O-O Nd7 {Schwarz will
sein Springer via b8 nach d4 überführen. Der weiße Plan ist sehr einfach zu
spielen: f4, Nf3, Rhe1 und f5 oder e5.} 14. f4 $14 f6 ({Nach} 14... Nb8 {
kann Weiß zur Partie übergehen:} 15. Rhe1 ({oder das Feld f6 benutzen} 15. e5
Nc6 16. Nde4 $14) 15... f6 (15... Nc6 $2 16. f5 $16)) 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Nf3 Nb8
({Der Zug} 16... Nb6 {macht keinen Unterschied:} 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. f5 $14 {
Ilescas Cordoba-Salov, Madrid 1997}) 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. f5 $1 {Stark gespielt.
Weiß benutzt die Schwächung der schwarzen Felder am Königsflügel.} Bg8 (18...
Bf7 $2 {ist schwach wegen} 19. Qh6 $1 $16) 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. e5 $1 {Weiß
provoziert vorteilhafte Abtäusche.} Nd7 $1 {Die stärkste Verteidigung.} 21.
exf6 Qxe3+ $2 {Der Fehler. Natürlich darf Schwarz die Figuren nicht abtauschen,
denn das Bauerendspiel ist verloren.} ({Stärker war} 21... Qxf6 {, worauf ich
plante} 22. Qg5 $14 {mit dauerhaftem Vorteil.}) 22. Rxe3 Nxf6 23. Ne5 $1 $18 {
Richtig gespielt. Weiß benutzt die Schwäche auf g6. Meiner Meinung nach ist
die Stellung schon technisch gewonnen für Weiß.} Re8 {Schwarz fesselt den Ne5.}
({Der Zug} 23... Bh7 {sieht schrecklich aus.} {Nach} 24. Rf3 {muss Weiß
allmählich gewinnen.}) 24. Kd2 $2 ({Beide Spieler haben den Zug} 24. Rf3 $1 $18
{übersehen. Weiss gewinnt den Bauern auf g6 und die Partie.}) 24... g5 25. g4
$1 {Fixierte die Schwäche auf g5!} Bd5 26. Nf3 $1 {Weiß setzt seine
Abtauschstrategie fort.} Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Nd7 {Schwarz sucht Gegenspiel in der
Taktik.} 28. Rf5 Ne5 29. b3 b6 ({Oder} 29... c4 30. b4 $1 $18 {mit der Idee
Nd5 oder Nb5 und Kc3.}) 30. Nd5 $1 c6 31. Nf6 Re7 32. Kc1 $1 {Allmählich
gewinnt Weiß den Bauern auf g5. Schwarz hat nur einige taktische Ideen.} c4 (
32... Nf7 33. Nh7 $1 Nd6 34. Rf8+ Kd7 35. Nxg5 $18) 33. Rxg5 Nf3 34. Rg8+ Kc7
35. bxc4 Re6 36. Rf8 Re1+ 37. Kb2 Ne5 38. Re8 ({Vielleicht was es einfacher,
die Bauern nach vorne zu bewegen.} 38. h4 Re3 39. c3 Re2+ 40. Kb1 Nd3 41. h5
Rb2+ 42. Ka1 Rh2 43. a4 $18) 38... Re3 39. Kc1 Re1+ 40. Kd2 Nf3+ 41. Kc3 Rh1 {
Die Zeitkontrolle ist vorbei. Schwarz hat einige Drohungen, aber Weiß sollte
ohne Probleme gewinnen.} 42. Re7+ Kd6 43. Re3 {Weiß spielt auf Dominanz.} Ng5 (
43... Rxh3 44. Ne4+ Kc7 45. Nf2 Rg3 46. Kb2 $18) 44. c5+ $5 ({Der andere Weg
ist} 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Kd4 Nxh3 46. Nf6+ Kc7 47. Ke5 Rh2 48. a3 a5 49. c3 $18 {
und dann Ne4 und g5.}) 44... bxc5 45. Kc4 Nxh3 {Fast die ganze Partie spielte
ich ziemlich stark und jetzt wurde ich müde und machte eine Ungenauigkeit.} 46.
Ne4+ ({Das logische Ende der Partie war} 46. Ne8+ $1 Kd7 47. Kxc5 $18 Rf1 48.
Rxh3 Kxe8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ $18 {und Weiß gewinnt sehr leicht.}) 46... Kc7
47. Nxc5 $2 {Ein ernster Fehler. Danach kann Schwarz die Partie halten.} ({
Weiß gewinnt noch nach} 47. Kxc5 $1 Rh2 48. c4 Nf4 49. Nf6 Rxa2 50. Re7+ Kd8
51. Re4 Ng6 52. Kd6 Rd2+ 53. Kxc6 Ne7+ 54. Kc5 $18 {Weiß muss dieses Endspiel
gewinnen.}) 47... Nf2 $1 {Alle schwarzen Figuren sind jetzt im Spiel.} 48. Re7+
Kd8 49. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 {Einziger Zug.} 50. g5 Ne4 $1 {Plötzlich hat Schwarz
Gegenspiel und wegen des Mangels an Material kann er schon Remis machen.} 51.
Rg7 {Der beste praktische Chance.} (51. Rxa7 Nxg5 52. a4 Rh4+ $1 53. Kb3 (53.
Kc3 Ne4+ $1 54. Nxe4 Rxe4 {und das Turmendspiel ist unentschieden}) 53... Nf3
54. c3 Nd2+ 55. Kc2 Ne4 $1 {Ohne Springer kann Weiß nicht gewinnen.}) 51...
Nd6+ $1 {Mein Gegner spielte das Ende der Partie ausgezeichnet.} 52. Kb4 Rh4+
$1 53. Kb3 Rh3+ $1 54. c3 ({Nach} 54. Nd3 c5 55. Ka4 Rh4+ 56. Ka5 Rh2 {muss
Schwarz auch Remis machen.}) 54... Nb5 $1 55. Ne4 Re3 $1 56. Nf6+ (56. a4 Rxe4
57. axb5 cxb5 58. Rxa7 Rg4 59. Rg7 Kf8 60. Rg6 Ke7 {mit Remis.}) 56... Kf8 57.
Rb7 ({Oder} 57. Rd7 Rxc3+ 58. Kb4 Rg3 59. a4 Rxg5 $1 60. Nh7+ Ke8 $11) 57...
Rxc3+ 58. Kb4 Rf3 $1 {Sehr stark. Jetzt erreicht Schwarz das Remis ohne
Probleme.} 59. a4 Rf4+ $1 60. Kc5 Rxa4 61. Kxc6 (61. g6 Rc4+ $1) 61... Nd4+ 62.
Kd5 Nf5 63. Ke5 Ne7 64. Nd7+ Kf7 65. Nc5 Rb4 66. Rxa7 Rb5 67. Rc7 Kg6 68. Ke6
Nf5 69. Ne4 Ng7+ 70. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bg5 (10. Bxc6+ {is also possible. The double c-P is
a major strategic motif in this line.}) 10... Qd6 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qd2
Nb8 $5 (12... a6 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Bxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Klovans,J-Zinina,N/Cappelle
1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 13. Bh6 c6 14. Bf1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Pisk,P-Rogulj,B/Aschach
1997/CBM 63 ext (52) with a solid position for Black. It´s hard to see any
real advantage for White without the doubled c-Ps.}) 11... O-O 12. Nc4 (12. Ne4
Qb4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. h3 Rab8 16. b3 Bf5 17. Bd2 $14 {1-0
Tiviakov,S-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 45/[Wedberg] (44)}) 12... Qb4 13. a4
{Taking on c6 looks like the logical continuation, but if Black must play a6
now it might just be a different path to the same type of position with
doubled c-Ps.} (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. a4 Qa6 17. Nce5 $14
{0-1 Djordjevic,I-Stankovic,B/Nis 1993/EXT 97 (30)}) 13... a6 (13... Rfb8 $5
14. Rc1 Nd8 15. Bd2 Qf8 16. Ne3 a6 17. Bc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 c6 20.
Bb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tsuboi,E-Nagashima,C/Sao Paulo 1995/EXT 97 (48)}) 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Nfe5 Rfe8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. b4 c5 $6 {A P for nothing? Well,
not quite.} (18... Bd5 $14) 19. dxc5 Rad8 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Na5 Qa8 22. Bc3 (22.
Nac6 $142 $1 {Following the rule of improving the position of the worst placed
minor piece.} Nd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bc3 Bf5 25. Qb2 $16) 22... Nd4 23. Qb2 (23.
Bxd4 Rxd4 $13) 23... Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 64] The play on the long
diagonal is dangerous. Black is rewarded for his daring P-sac.} (24... Bh3 25.
f4 $8 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Nf3+ $1 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Qf2 Rd1+ $1 (28... Qxc3 $2 29.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxc3 $16) 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Be1 Qg4+ 31. Qg3 Qd4+ {with
perpetual check on d4, d1, g4 and e4.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 (5... f6 $6 6. Bh4 Bg7 7.
O-O Nge7 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Qxd4 Nec6 10. Qd5 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 d6 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Nd4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. f4 {+/- /\f5, xBg4 Nunn-Davies/Hastings 1987/88/1-0 29})
6. Bxe7 (6. h4 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 $15) (6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bh6 a6 9. Ba4 Nb6
10. Bb3 d5 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Ba4+ Nxa4 14. Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6
16. Nc3 Qd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O {Sax-Radulov/Warszawa 1987}) 6... Ngxe7 (6... Qxe7
$6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O (9... Bg4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 Be6 12.
O-O-O Rfd8 13. Qe3 b5 14. f4 {+/=/Psakhis-Smyslov/Rostov/1993/1/4-1/4/64}) 10.
O-O-O Be6 11. h3 Rfd8 12. Qe3 b5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f4 Be8 15. g4 a5 16. g5 Nh5
17. Ng4 b4 18. Na4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Nc5 {+/- Sax-Smyslov/
New York Open 1987}) 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Nc3 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 O-O (9... dxe4 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nc3 f5 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Nd5 $1 $36) 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Qf3 dxe4
12. Qxe4 Re8 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Qd4 Bb5 15. Bb3 Qg5 {= Hellers-Barbero/Budapest/
1988}) 8... O-O (8... dxe4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxe4
Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd4 Rad8 (14... Kg7 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. b3 Rb5
18. Rc4 Rd5 19. Rd3 Re6 {+/= Nunn-Salov/Skelleftea 1989/1/4-1/4 79}) 15. Rfd1
Rxd4 16. Rxd4 c5 17. Rc4 Rb8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Nd5 Bxc2
22. Nxb4 Bb1 {=/+ Ronin-Mukhametov/Novosibirsk 1989/0-1 56}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10.
Nb3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nbc5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. O-O Kg7 15. c4 Bxe4 16.
Nxe4 Rae8 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. b3 $14 Re5 19. Nd3 Re2 20. a4 Nd7 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 c5 23. f3 Rb8 24. Re7 Rd8 25. Kf2 Kf6 26. Re3 Rb8 27. Nf4 c6 28. g4 Nf8
29. h4 h6 30. Rd3 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Re3+ Kd7 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5 Re8 (
34... Rg8 35. Re5 Kd6 36. Rf5 $16) 35. Rd3+ (35. Rxe8 Kxe8 $10) 35... Kc7 $2 (
35... Ke6 $14) 36. f4 Re4 37. Kf3 Re1 38. Kg4 $18 Rg1+ 39. Kf5 Rh1 40. Kf6 Rxh5
41. f5 Rh1 42. Kxf7 h5 43. Re3 Kd7 44. Rd3+ Kc7 45. f6 h4 46. Ke6 Re1+ (46...
h3 47. Rd7+ Kb6 48. f7 h2 49. f8=Q Re1+ 50. Kd6 Rd1+ 51. Ke7 Rxd7+ 52. Kxd7
h1=Q 53. Qd8+ Ka6 54. Qc8+ Ka5 55. Qxc6 Qh7+ 56. Kd6 $18) 47. Kf5 Rf1+ 48. Kg5
Rh1 49. Rf3 h3 50. Kh4 $1 h2 51. Kh3 Rg1 52. Kxh2 Rg8 53. f7 Rf8 54. Rf6 Kd7
55. Kg2 a5 56. Kf3 Ke7 57. Rxc6 Rb8 58. Rc7+ Kf8 59. Ke4 Rxb3 60. Kd5 Ra3 61.
Ra7 Ra1 62. Rxa5 Kxf7 63. Kxc5 Rc1 64. Ra8 Ke7 65. a5 Kd7 66. a6 Kc7 67. Rg8
Ra1 68. a7 Ra5+ 69. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bd7 $1 {Putting the B
on c6 seems to be the best setup.} (12... Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3
Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Salov,
V/Madrid 1997/CBM 59/[Illescas Cordoba] (65)}) 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. g4 Rhe8 15.
Rhe1 b6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is a clever trap anticipating White´s next move.
} (15... Nd7 16. f4 f6 17. Qg3 g5 18. Nf3 Nf8 $13 {1-0 Prie,E-Giorgadze,G/
Andorra 1997/CBM 58 ext/[Bulletin] (66)}) 16. f4 $2 {Walking right into it. An
unusual mistake by Alexei "the calculator" Shirov. It can only be explained by
a lack of concentration.} (16. e5 $142) 16... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] The pin
against the White Q regains the piece.} 17. Ncxe4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nd6+
Qxd6 20. Nc4 Qf6 $17 {Black´s advantage is clear. White has some slight hope
for a draw due to the N post on e5 and the doubled c-P:s.} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Ne5 Be4 23. Rg1 Qe6 24. b3 Qd5 25. Nc4 Kb7 26. Kb2 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Qxg8 28. Qf2
Qd8 29. Ne5 Qd1 (29... Qd4+ {is also possible, but there is no hurry. Black
has a firm grip.}) 30. h4 a5 31. a4 Kc8 32. Nc4 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. c3 dxc3+
35. Kxc3 Kd7 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Bf3 38. Kc3 Bd5 39. Nf1 Kd6 40. Ng3 Be6 41.
Nf1 Kc5 42. Ne3 c6 43. Nc2 b5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. b4+ axb4+ 46. Nxb4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Romero Holmes} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Bf5 $6 (14... Rfe8 {Romero Holmes} 15. h3 Rab8 16. b3 Bf5 17.
Bd2 Qb6 18. Nc5 {Wolff,P-Sokolov,I/Biel izt/1993/}) 15. Qxc6 (15. Ng3 {Romero
Holmes} Be6 (15... Bg4 16. Ne5 Qxd4 $2 17. Re4) 16. Ne4 $10) 15... Bxe4 16.
Rxe4 Qxb2 17. Ree1 Nc3 18. Be7 $1 (18. Qxc7 $2 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxd4 $15) 18...
Rfe8 (18... Rfc8 19. Qc4 c6 20. Ne5 $36) 19. Bc5 Ne4 (19... Ne2+ {Romero Holmes
}) 20. Nd2 $1 $16 (20. Ng5 $2 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxe4 Red8
22. Rae1 h5 23. a4 Qc2 24. g3 a5 25. Re8+ $2 {Letting Black off the hook.} (25.
Rf4 $1 {/\Rxf7!} Rf8 (25... Rac8 $2 26. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 27. Qe6#) (25... Qc4 26.
d5 $1 Qa6 (26... Qxd5 $2 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxa8 $18) (26... Qd3 {
Romero Holmes} 27. Rxf7 $1 Qxd5 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Re7+ $18) 27. Qxc7 Bf6 28.
Qc6 $18) 26. d5 Qd2 27. Ree4 $5 {Keeping the pressure against f7, f8 and e8.
But, can Black mate on the first rank?} Rfd8 (27... Rab8 28. Bxf8 Rb1+ 29. Kg2
Qd1 30. Bxg7 Qf1+ 31. Kf3 Qh1+ 32. Ke3 Qe1+ 33. Kd4 Qb4+ 34. Qc4 $18) 28. Rxf7
$1 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxc7 $16) 25... Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Qxe8+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 Qxa4 29. Qxc7 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 a4 31. Qa7 Qd1 32. h4 Qb3 33. Kg1
$6 (33. Qa8 $142) 33... Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 (4... d6 5. d4 Bd7) 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Nge7 7. d5 (7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Bg5 f6 13.
Be3 Na5) 7... Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bc4 d6 (10... Qc7 11. Qf3 O-O 12.
Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O d6 15. Rad1 Ng8 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Rd3
Nf6 19. Rfd1) 11. dxc6 Nxc6 (11... bxc6) 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bd5 Qe7
15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rae1 Bg7 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Bh6 a6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 f6 21.
Re3 Bf7 22. Bxf7 Rxf7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qc8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Rd1
Rfd7 (27... Qxe4) 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Rf3 Qg5 31. Qc3 Kh8 32. Rg3 (
32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6) 32... Qh4 (32... Qe5 33. Nxf6 Rf7 34. Nd5) 33. Nxf6
Rg7 34. Nh5 Qxg3 35. Nxg3 Ne5 36. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. e5
(14. Nb3 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 b6 (15... Bxb3 16. axb3 $14) 16. f4 f6 17. Qf3 Kb8 18.
Nd2 $14 {Saltaev-Georgadze,G/Manila(ol)/1992}) 14... Rhe8 15. Rhe1 f6 16. exf6
Nxf6 17. Nf3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bd7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 $14 Bc6
22. f3 Kd7 23. Kd2 Kd6 24. Ke3 c4 $6 25. g4 $6 (25. Kd4 $1 b5 26. Ne4+ Bxe4 27.
fxe4 c5+ 28. Ke3 Nd7 29. Nf3 Ne5 30. Kf4 $16 {This is only effective with the
P still on g2.} Nxf3 $2 31. gxf3 $18) 25... b5 26. Ne4+ $6 Bxe4 $1 27. fxe4 Nd7
28. Nf3 Ne5 $1 29. Nxe5 $10 (29. Nd4 a6 30. Kf4 h6 $10) (29. Kf4 {With the P
on g2 this would win...} Nxf3 30. Kxf3 g5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qe5 (11. Qe3 Bg4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 a5
14. h3 (14. Rfe1 $5) 14... Be6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V-Kamsky,G/Tilburg 1990/CBM 20/[Schussler] (38)}) 11... Qxe5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] New and probably good.} (11... Re8 12. Qxe7 Rxe7 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Nd2
Rd8 15. Nf1 Rde8 16. f3 {[%csl Ge4]} Bc8 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Radulski,
J/BUL-ch 1992/TD (71)}) 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. f4 {[%csl Re4] Compared to the game
Georgiev,K-Radulski,J in the previous comment, White is forced to play f4
which makes e4 a target for Black.} b6 14. Rad1 Kg7 15. h3 Bb7 16. g4 Rad8 17.
Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nf3 c5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Rd1 $1 (20. Nxe4 $6 Bxe4 $15 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Yd8d2,Ye4c2,Ye4f3]}) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 f6 22. a3 Kf7 23. exf6 Kxf6 24.
Ne3 b5 $11 {White´s P-formation is better, but Black is fairly active and a B
is always a B, so this should be about equal.} 25. h4 c4 26. Ng5 (26. c3 $2
Nxc3 $17) 26... c3 $5 (26... h6 27. Nxe4+ Bxe4 28. c3 {This leaves Black with
no play - even though it looks fairly drawish anyway.}) 27. Nxe4+ (27. Nxh7+ $2
Kg7 $19) 27... Bxe4 28. bxc3 c5 {The pressure against c2 makes it difficult
for White to do anything.} 29. g5+ {White is not obliged to do this, but else
Black could continue with h6 and g5 creating another target for the B on g4.
After 29.g5 White must control f5 to prevent the black K from entering.} Ke6
30. Kf2 a5 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd1 Kd6 33. Kc1 (33. Nf1 Ke6 34. Ng3 Bd5 {is no big
improvement for White since} 35. Kd2 a4 36. Ke3 $2 b4 $1 {is good for Black.})
33... Ke7 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Kd1 Kd6 36. Kc1 Ke7 37. Kb2 a4 38. Kc1 Kd6 39. Kb1
Ke7 40. Kc1 Kd6 41. Kb2 Ke6 42. Kb1 Bb7 43. Kc1 Bf3 44. Kb2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schuhplattler Veterans-Ladies"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.07.04"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A nice attacking game by Vassily Smyslov - with combinations and everything.
When he beat Zoltan Ribli in their 1983 candidates match he was especially
happy about having won "with combinations". Well, seventeen years later he can
still deliver the same stuff.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 d6
6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O (7. Bg5 Qd7 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12.
a4 b6 13. Bf1 Bb7 $14 {0-1 Lobron,E-Salov,V/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (31)})
7... Qe7 8. dxe5 (8. d5 Nd8 9. Na3 f5 $5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nf7
13. Bh4 O-O $13 {0-1 Comp XBP-Martinovsky,E/Chicago 1994/EXT 97 (60)}) (8. h3 {
is more to the point in my opinion. White keeps the tension and plays for
space advantage without exchanges.} h6 (8... Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4
g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5 exd4 15. Bd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,
M-Vetemaa,J/Tallinn 1997/EXT 2000 (43)}) 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Kh8
12. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Kortschnoj,V/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT/[Bulletin] (48)})
8... Nxe5 (8... dxe5 9. b3 Be6 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Ng5 Bxc4 13. Nxc4
Nh5 14. Nh3 Qe6 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Ne3 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Varavin,
V-Mukhametov,E/Novosibirsk 1989/TD (17)}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. b3 {An ambitious
attempt to get something tangible out of the opening.} (10. Be3 Nf6 11. f3 O-O
12. b4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Puljek Salai,Z-Dabrowska,K/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT (36)}) 10... Nf6 11. Ba3 c5 12. Bd5 O-O 13. b4 $6 {This just doesn´t
achieve it´s aim. White´s play is defused with developing moves.} (13. c4 $5 {
[%cal Ya3e7,Yb1c3,Yc3a4] /\Nc3}) 13... Rd8 $1 14. bxc5 Nxe4 15. c4 (15. c6 Qc7
16. Qb3 Nf6 $1 {The key move that kills White´s initiative.} 17. cxb7 Bxb7 18.
Bxb7 (18. Qxb7 Nxd5 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 $17) 18... Rab8 $17) 15... Qc7 (15... Nxc5 $2
16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd8 e4 19. Nd2 Bxa1 20. Nxe4 $16) 16. Re1 Bf5
$1 17. g4 {Sofia wants to see if the old man really knows what he is doing.} (
17. Nd2 Nxc5 $17) 17... Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 640] Yes, he was once the world
champion...} 18. Kxf2 e4 {[%cal Yg7a1,Yc7h2]} 19. Kg2 Be6 20. Nd2 Bxd5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 {Black´s central pressure and White´s exposed K is ample compensation.}
22. Qe2 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Re8 24. Nc4 (24. Nxe4 Rde5 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Re2+ 27.
Kf1 R8e3 $19) 24... Rd3 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Kg1 Rxa3 $1 27. Nxa3 Qxc5+ 28. Qf2 e3
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4
d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 (9. Re1+ {Ernst} Be6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 $10) 9... Qd6 10.
Re1+ Be6 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 {Ernst} Nxc3 $5) 11... O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. h3 Rab8 16. b3 Bf5 17. Bd2 Qf8 (17... Qb6 18. Nc5 h5 19. Ne5
Rbd8 20. Qa3 Re7 21. Rac1 Rde8 22. Qb2 Qb5 {+/=/Wolff,P-Sokolov,I/Biel(izt)/
1993}) 18. Ng3 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Qc5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23.
Rd1 Ra8 24. f3 $146 {/\Ne4,Bc3} (24. Ba5 Be8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Ne4
$14 {Tsehkovsky,V-Dreev,A/Moscow1992}) 24... f5 25. Bf2 Qd6 26. Qa5 Be6 27. Ne2
Qe5 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Nc2 {/\Ne3} Re8 30. Na3 (30. Qxa7 $4 Qe2 31. Rc1 Qd2 32.
Qa3 Re2 $19) 30... f4 31. Nc4 Qg5 32. h4 (32. Kf1 $5 {Ernst}) 32... Qf5 33.
Qxa7 Nc3 34. Rd2 g5 35. hxg5 Ne2+ 36. Rxe2 $1 Rxe2 37. Qxc7 Qd5 $2 (37... Rxa2
$2 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Bd4+ Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kh5 41. Nxd7 $18) (37... Be6 38. Bd4 (38.
Qxc6 Bd5 $1 $44) 38... Qxg5 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Ne5+ $13) 38. Nd6 $16 Rxf2 $2 (
38... Be8 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. Qxf4 $16) (38... Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Rxf2 $2 40. Qd8+ Kg7
41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8#) 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qxd7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42.
Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Na3 Bb6 6. Nc4 Nf6 (6... d6
7. O-O Nf6 (7... Nge7 8. a4 Be6 (8... O-O 9. d3 {/\ 10.Bc6 Nc6 11.a5} (9. a5 $6
Nxa5 $1 10. Nxa5 Bxa5 11. Rxa5 c6 $13) (9. Bxc6 $6 Nxc6 10. a5 Be6 $10) 9...
Be6 (9... d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 f6
15. a5 Bc5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Bxc6 Bxc3 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. a6 Rfd8 20. Be3 $16 {
Hellers-Hector/Haninge/1990/}) 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. f4 $1 $16 {
Hellers,F-Hector,J/Rilton Cup/1990-91/}) 9. d4 $14) 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ncxe5 $16 {Schüssler,H-Lukez,
F/Helsingborg/1990}) 7. d3 {/\a4-a5} (7. d4 {Ernst} Nxe4 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. dxe5
d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 $14 {Psakhis,L-Berkovich,MA/Tel Aviv/1992/}) 7... d6 8. a4 a6
9. Nxb6 cxb6 10. Bc4 $14 h6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 (13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bc2
d5 15. Qe2 (15. exd5 Qxd5 $10) 15... d4 $10) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 (14...
fxe6 15. d4 $16) 15. Nh4 (15. d4 $2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Rxe4 $15) 15... d5 16. Qf3
Ne7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf5 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nxf5 (19... Qc6 $5) 20. exf5 $1 Rd6 21.
Qg3 $2 (21. c4 $5 Qxc4 22. Qxb7 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd2 $14) 21... Re8 22.
Rad1 (22. Bxh6 $4 Nh5 $19) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc6 $1 $15 24. Qh4 a5 25. Rd3
Kh7 26. Kh2 Re7 (26... Nd5 {Ernst} 27. Qe4 Nxe3 28. Qxc6 Nf1+ 29. Kg1 bxc6 30.
Kxf1 $16) 27. Rd8 e4 28. Rd4 Re5 29. g4 Nd5 30. Qg3 Re8 31. Bc1 f6 32. Bd2 Re5
33. Be3 b5 34. axb5 Qxb5 35. Bc1 Qf1 36. Qg1 Qe2 37. Rd2 Qb5 38. Rd4 Qc5 39.
Qd1 e3 (39... b5 $15) 40. fxe3 Nxe3 41. Qd3 Qc7 (41... Nd5 $13) 42. Kg1 Qe7 43.
Rd7 Qc5 44. Qd4 $16 Qc6 $2 (44... b6 $10) 45. Bxe3 Rxe3 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. Qxe3
Qb5 $2 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qxf6 $18 Qxb2 52. Qg6+ Kf8
53. Qxh6+ Kf7 54. Qg6+ Kf8 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Qd8+ Kf7 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. Qxa5 Qc1+
59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qd3+ 61. Kf4 Qd2+ 62. Ke4 Qg2+ 63. Kd4 Qd2+ 64. Kc4 Qe2+
65. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 (5. Bg5 $142) 5... Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qxg4 (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5
Re8 12. Bd3 Be6 $10 {Kijk,K-Smagin,S/URS-OT Norilsk 1987/1/2-1/2 (79)}) 9...
Nxd4 10. Bxd4 $6 {Once White has exchanged her blacksquared bishop, Black can
safely disrupt the white pawn formation by taking on c3.} (10. Bd3 d6 (10... d5
11. Qg3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Nd5 $16) 11. Qg3 Be6
12. Rad1 $10) (10. Ba4 d6 11. Qg3 Bd7 $10) 10... Bxd4 11. Rad1 Bxc3 {Forced
but strong.} 12. bxc3 d6 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 $15 16. Qf2 Qf6
17. Qd2 a6 18. Ba4 Kh8 19. c4 Be6 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Rb1 Bc8 $5 {A surprising
retreat. Black wants to keep the white B out of play.} (21... b6 22. Bc6 {
With the B back in the game White is perfectly OK.}) 22. Qe3 Rf7 23. c5 dxc5
24. Bb3 Re7 25. Qxc5 b6 26. Qf2 Qd4 27. Qxd4+ Rxd4 28. Rbd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bd7
30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Re1 $2 {This is dangerous because Black can easily exchange B:
s to reach a P-ending. With the R:s still on the board White had good hopes
for a draw.} Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Kf6 $17 33. Kd2 b5 34. a3 Be6 $1 35. Ke3 c5 36. Bxe6
Kxe6 {[#] Hecht: ungleiche B-Verteilung, Installation eines weit entfernten
schwarzen a-Freibauern} 37. Ke4 a5 38. g4 a4 $1 $19 39. Kd3 (39. c3 b4 $1 $19)
39... b4 40. axb4 (40. Kd2 {Hecht} Kd5 (40... b3 $2 41. cxb3 axb3 42. Kc3 c4
43. a4 $18)) 40... a3 41. Kc3 cxb4+ 42. Kb3 Kd5 (42... Kd5 43. f5 (43. c3 bxc3
44. Kxa3 Ke4 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 $19 (46... Kd3 {Hecht} 47. f6 c2 $19))
43... gxf5 44. gxf5 Ke5 45. c3 bxc3 46. Kxa3 Kxf5 47. Kb3 Kg4 48. Kxc3 Kh3 49.
Kd3 Kxh2 50. Ke4 Kg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 {Sokolov,I} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O (4. Nc3 $5 Ng6 (4... d6 5.
d4 Bd7 6. Bc4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Be6 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O
12. O-O $14 {Lasker-Steinitz/New York 1894}) (4... g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. Nxd4 Kg7 11. Qd2 $3 $16 {Murey-Dreev/
Moscow/1989/}) 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 O-O 9. h4 $1 $16 {
Wedberg-Hartman/Stockholm 1989}) 4... g6 (4... d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Ng6 $13 {
/\ Be7, h6, Bg5}) 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6
10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Qc1 $14 Rfe8 15. h3 (15.
Bd2 Qb5 (15... Qb6 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Ne5 Re7 18. Nb3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rae8 20. Na5
c5 21. b3 Bd3 22. Nc4 Qe6 23. Nb2 Bf5 24. Qxc5 $14 {Oll,L-Dreev,A/URS-56ch/1989
}) 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 f6 20. Re3 $6 fxe5 21. Rxe5 c5
$1 22. Qg5 Qd7 23. Rae1 Nc6 24. Nxf5 Nxe5 25. Nh6+ Kg7 $15 {Gelfand,B-Dreev,A/
Moscow 1989}) 15... Rab8 (15... Bf5 $2 {Sokolov,I RR} 16. Qxc6 $1 Qxb2 (16...
Bxe4 $2 17. Rxe4) 17. Nc5 $1 Be6 $8 (17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nb6 19. Re8+ Rxe8 20.
Qxe8+ Bf8 21. Bh6 $18) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 $16) (15... Qb6 $5 {Sokolov,I /\} 16. Bh6
Bf5 $1 {Wolff,P}) 16. b3 Bf5 17. Bd2 (17. Qxc6 $4 {Sokolov,I} Bxe4 18. Rxe4
Rxe4) 17... Qb6 (17... Qf8 18. Ng3 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Qc5 $5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd1 Ra8 24. Ba5 Be8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Ne4
$14 {Cseshkovsky,V-Dreev,A/Moscow 1992}) (17... Qf8 $5 $14 {Sokolov,I}) 18. Nc5
h5 (18... Rbd8 $5 {Sokolov,I}) 19. Ne5 Rbd8 20. Qa3 (20. Qc4 $145 $5 {Sokolov,
I /\ Na4} Qb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Nc6 Rxe1+ (22... Ra8 $16) 23. Rxe1 Rd6 24. Ne5
$14 {Wolff,P}) 20... Re7 21. Rac1 Rde8 22. Qb2 Qb5 (22... f6 {Sokolov,I} 23.
Ned7 (23. Nc4 Qb8) 23... Bxd7 24. Nxd7 Qb5 $13) 23. a4 Qb6 24. b4 $16 f6 25.
Nc4 (25. Ned7 {Sokolov,I} Bxd7 26. Nxd7 Qa6 $132) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qb8 27.
Na5 Nf4 28. Rd1 (28. Nxc6 $2 Qa8 $17) 28... Qd8 29. Qb3+ Kh7 (29... Qd5 {
Sokolov,I} 30. Qxd5+ cxd5 31. Nc6 $16) 30. Nxc6 Qd6 31. d5 (31. b5 Ne2+ (31...
Bc2 $3 {Sokolov,I} 32. Qxc2 Qd5 33. f3 Re2 34. Rd2 (34. Qc3 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Qf5 {
/\ Qh3}) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kh2 h4 $1 $17 {->>>} (35... Nxh3 $2 36. Nd3
$1 Qd6+ 37. f4 $1 Nxf4 38. Nxe1 Ne2+ 39. Kh1)) 35... Rh1 $44 {->>>}) 32. Kh1
Nxd4 33. Qc4 Bc2 $13) 31... Nxd5 $1 32. Bc3 (32. Nxa7 $1 c6 33. Bc3 Qc7 34. Nb5
$16) (32. Nd4 $1 $16 {Sokolov,I}) 32... Qxc6 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 $14 Re2 $6
(34... Re7 $14) 35. Na6 (35. Nd7 {Sokolov,I} Be6 36. Rd1 Bb3 37. Rc1 Rc2 (37...
Bxa4 38. Nxf6+ Kh6 39. Bd4 Bxf6 40. Bxf6 Re6 41. Bd4 $16) 38. Rxc2 Bxc2 39. a5
f5 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14 {Wolff,P}) 35... Rc2 36. Rc5 (36. Bd4 $142 {Sokolov,I}
Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bh6 38. Be3 (38. Bxf6 $2 Rc6) 38... Bxe3 39. fxe3) 36... Bd7 (
36... Rc1+ {Sokolov,I} 37. Kh2 Bf8 $1 $17 {/\} 38. Rxc7+ Kg8 39. Be5 $8 (39. g3
$4 Be4) 39... Rb1 $1 40. Bg3 (40. Bf4 $4 g5 41. Bg3 h4) 40... h4 41. Bxh4 Bd6+
42. Bg3 Bxc7 43. Bxc7 Bc8 $1 44. b5 Bxa6) 37. Bxf6 $6 (37. b5 $16) 37... Bxa4
38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Nxc7 (39. Ra5 $1 {Sokolov,I /\ Nc5+/-}) 39... Rxc5 40. Ne6+
Kf6 41. Nxc5 Bc6 42. f4 Ke7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Nd3 Be4 45. Ne5 Kd5 46. g4 (46. g3
$6 {Sokolov,I} Kd4) 46... hxg4 47. hxg4 g5 $10 48. Ke3 (48. Nd7 {Sokolov,I}
gxf4 49. Nf6+ Kd4 50. Nxe4 Kxe4 51. b5 Kd4 $1 $10 {Wolff,P}) 48... Bh7 49. b5 (
49. Kf3 {Sokolov,I} Be4+ 50. Ke3 Bh7) 49... gxf4+ 50. Kxf4 Kc5 51. Nc6 a6 52.
bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {This line has proven it´s worth over the years.
It is always a bit risky in an open game (like the Ruy Lopez) to invest time
in playing g6 and Bg7, rather than just develop the B in one move. But the
efforts of Smyslov and others has made this into a respectable system.} 4. d4 {
The direct approach is a try for refutation of Black´s extravagant move g6.} ({
The main alternative is} 4. c3 {which offers chances of a "normal" white
opening advantage.}) 4... exd4 5. Bg5 {Interfering with Black´s development
and preventing the B to reach g7.} Be7 (5... f6 {is possible, but not very
popular since it leaves the black K-side weakened.}) 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 (10. Qe5 Bxf3 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. gxf3 Nh5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Mayer,D-Maric,D/Bad Zwesten 2001/EXT 2002 (17)}) (10. O-O-O Bxf3 11.
gxf3 O-O 12. f4 Nh5 13. f5 Rfe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A-Malaniuk,V/Warsaw
2002/CBM 92 ext (23)}) 10... c5 (10... O-O $5 11. h3 Rfd8 12. Qe3 Be6 13. O-O
Qb4 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Re8 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Re1 c5 19. Qe3 a5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Radulski,J/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (28)}) 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 (
12. f3 Be6 13. O-O-O b6 14. f4 Rhe8 15. Nf3 c6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qf2 Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Kulak,D-Radulski,J/Golubac 2003/CBM 96 ext (34)}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O-O
Bc6 14. f3 $146 {[%mdl 8] Azmaiparashvili's shocker against Shirov has taught
white players to be careful in this position.} (14. g4 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 b6 $5 16.
f4 $2 Nxe4 $1 17. Ncxe4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nd6+ Qxd6 20. Nc4 Qf6 $17 {
0-1 Shirov,A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Montecatini Terme 2000/CBM 79/[Wedberg] (46)})
14... b6 15. Nc4 h5 (15... Qe6 $5) 16. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 4] White´s agenda is
quite simple: exchange and then exchange som more. The P-ending is winning.
Black on the other hand prefers a middlegame with pressure down the central
files. He also hopes to use his B to his advantage in an eventual ending - but
no P-ending.} Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Re8 18. h4 Nd7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nd5 Re6 21. c3
Ne5 $6 (21... f5 22. Nf4 Re8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Kd2 Nf6 25. Re1 $14) (21... Bxd5
{maybe this is the right track} 22. Rxd5 b5 23. Na5 (23. Nd2 c6 24. Rd3 Ne5 25.
Re3 c4 $132) 23... c6 24. Rd1 f5 $132) 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf4 $1 {Preventing f5,
which would increase the strength of the B. And also cutting off the black K
along the d-file.} Re8 24. Kc2 Re7 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Kd3 Re7 27. Ke3 Re8 28. Nd5
$1 $16 {[%cal Ye3f4,Yf4g5,Yg5f6,Yf6f7]} f5 $6 {Black feels he must do
something, but this only helps White to create a passed P.} (28... Bxd5 $142
29. Rxd5 f6 $14 {[%cal Ye8e6,Yc7c6,Yc8c7] clear white advantage, but still
some hope for Black.}) 29. Kf4 $1 fxe4 30. fxe4 Kb7 31. Nf6 {An early
resignation perhaps, but the situation is quite hopeless for Black.} (31. Nf6
Re6 32. Kg5 Bxe4 33. Re2 Bf5 34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Kxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ne5 $6 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. Qc1 $14) 10... O-O $1 11. Bxc6 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nc3 Nb4
14. Be4 Qxd4 $132) 11... bxc6 12. Nd2 {N} (12. Nxc6 Qd6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Na3 Nb4
$132) 12... Ne7 13. Qa4 Bd5 $15 14. Nb3 Nf5 $5 $36 15. Bf4 (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
15... Qd7 $4 16. Ne7+ $18) (15... Qh4 $5 $132) 16. Qxc6 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10)
15... Re8 16. Rad1 $6 (16. Nxc6 $2 Qd7 17. Nba5 Nxd4 $19) (16. Bg3 $15) 16...
Nh4 $1 $40 17. f3 Qf6 18. Bg3 Nxg2 $1 $19 19. Kxg2 Rxe5 20. Nd2 (20. dxe5 $4
Qxf3+ 21. Kh3 Be6+ 22. Kh4 Qh5#) 20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qf5 22. Qb4 g5 23. Qc3 g4
24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Qe3 h5 26. h3 Kh7 27. Ne4 Kg6 28. h4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Mokry, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 136]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 f6 $6 $146 {Maybe the plan is to develop the N via h6-f7.
But in the following White proves that this idea is not viable. Not every
novelty is an improvement.} (8... Nf6 9. O-O (9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qe3 (10. Nd2 c5
11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. f4 $5 (14. e5 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 f6 16.
Nf3 (16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nf3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bd7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21.
Nxe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Smyslov,V/Prague Wom-Vet 1995/CBM 48/[Wedberg] (28)}
) 16... fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bd7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Kd2
Bc6 22. f3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Smyslov,V/Malmo 1997/CBM 60/[Fritz5.00 
(100s)] (26)}) 14... f6 15. Nf3 Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. f5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Salov,V/Madrid 1997/CBM 59/[Illescas Cordoba] (65)})
10... Rd8 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne1 Be6 13. Nd3 Bc4 14. Rad1 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milos,
G-Conquest,S/Yopal 1997/CBM 60 (36)}) 9... c5 10. Qe5 Qxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Nc3
O-O-O 13. Rfd1 Rd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Giorgadze,G/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (16)
}) 9. Qe3 {[%cal Re3h6]} Bg4 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $1 {[%cal Re3a7,Re3h6] ><a7,
פg8 Blacks K is stuck in the middle.} f5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Re8]
The game already looks very bad for Black. The main problem is the safety of
the K.} fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd7 (14... Nd5 15. c4 $18) (14... Nxe4 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16.
Rxe4 $18) 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ $18 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Re7 Rde8 19. Rxh7
Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Re1+ 21. Kd2 Rg1 22. f4 Kc7 23. Ke2 c5 24. h4 Kc6 25. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 $6 (6... Ngxe7
7. Nxd4 d5 (7... O-O $5 8. Nc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 (10. Nxc6 Qe8+ 11. Qe2
bxc6 12. Nxd5 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 cxd5 14. Bc6 Ba6+ $10) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 bxc6
12. O-O Qf6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Kf8 {=Romero Holmes-Vladimirov,
Leon 1991}) 8. Nxc6 (8. Nc3 dxe4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12.
Nxe4 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd4 Rad8 15. Rfd1 (15. Rc4 $5 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Rfe8 17.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Rc1 $14) 15... Rxd4 16. Rxd4 c5 17. Rc4 Rb8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Nf6+
Kg7 20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Nd5 Bxc2 22. Nxb4 Bb1 {=/+ Ronin-Mukhametov, Novosibirsk
1989}) 8... bxc6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Qf3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13. O-O-O Nd5
14. Qd4 {Hellers-Barbero, Budapest 1988}) 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 (
9... O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3 Rfd8 12. Qe3 b5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f4 Be8 15. g4 a5
16. g5 Nh5 17. Ng4 b4 18. Na4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Nc5 {
+/- Sax-Smyslov, New York Open 1987}) 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O-O Rfd8 13.
Qe3 $14 b5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Na4 Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Nc5
$2 Nc4 19. Qf2 Qf6 $19) 18... Nxa4 (18... Qe8 19. Nc5 $16) 19. Nxc6 Qe8 20.
Nxd8 Qxd8 21. Qxa7 $16 Nb6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qa5 Nc4 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qd8 Qc5 26.
Qd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 c5 28. Rd3 h5 29. b3 $6 (29. a3 $18) 29... Nb6 30. Rd6 Nd7
31. Kd2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rc6 h4 $1 {<=> x g2, h3} 34. Kf2 (34. Kd3 $2 f5 $1
35. exf5 Bxf5+ 36. Kd2 Be4 37. Ra6 Nf6 $17) 34... Nf6 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Rc8 f5
37. Rh8 Nf6 38. Rxh4 $1 (38. e5 Nh5 $13) 38... Nxe4 39. Rh8 Nc3 40. Ra8 Bd5 41.
Ra7+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. g3 Bg2 44. h4 Bh3 45. a4 bxa3 46. Rxa3 Bg4 47. Ra7+
Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Rc6 Ne4 50. c3 $1 Nxc3 51. Rxc5 Ne4 52. Rc6 $2 (52. Rc1 $1
Nxg3 53. b4 Ke6 54. b5 Be2 55. Kf2 Bxb5 56. Kxg3 $18) 52... Bd1 53. b4 Ba4 54.
Ra6 Bb5 55. Rb6 Bd7 56. Kd4 (56. g4 Nf6 $1 $10) (56. Kf3 Nd2+ 57. Kg2 Ne4 58.
b5 Nc3 59. Rb7 Ke6 $10) 56... Nxg3 57. b5 (57. Ke5 Be8 $10) 57... Bxb5 $1 $10
58. Rxb5 Kg7 59. Ke5 Nh5 60. Rb4 Kh7 61. Ke6 Kg7 62. Ra4 Ng3 63. Ra8 Nh5 64.
Ke5 Ng3 1/2-1/2

