[Event "Christmas Congress 1954/55-30 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 (7...
Nfd7 $5) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qh5 11. O-O Bxf3 (11... Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5
13. Be2 $1 O-O 14. h3 $16) 12. Rxf3 (12. Qxf3 $2 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 $19) 12... Ng4
13. Rh3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 $1 (14. Qf1 $2 Qc5 $17) (14. Qd1 Nxe3 15. Qxh5 (15. Qa4+
b5 16. Nxb5 Qc5 17. Nxd4+ Kf8 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Qb5 Nxc4+ 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 $17 {
Boleslavsky/}) 15... gxh5 16. Rxe3 Ne6 17. Ne2 O-O-O 18. Rb1 h4 $13) 14...
Bxd4+ 15. Kf1 Nxh2+ 16. Ke1 Qg4 17. Qd2 $4 (17. Kd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxf4 19. g3
Qg4 20. Rxh2 Qxg3 $44) (17. Nd5 Kf8 18. Kd1 e6 19. Rxh2 Qxe2+ $10) (17. Nb5 $1
Bb6 18. Kd1 Qxf4 19. g3 $1 Qg4 20. Rxh2 Qxg3 21. Kc2 $16) 17... Qxh3 $1 $19 18.
gxh3 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 21. Kxc3 e5 22. Rf1 Ke7 (22... exf4 23.
Rxf4 Ke7 $19) 23. f5 f6 24. Be2 Rac8 25. b4 b5 26. Kb3 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rhg8 28.
cxb5 Rg3+ 29. Rf3 Rxf3+ 30. Bxf3 d5 $1 31. Bg4 (31. exd5 f5 $19) 31... Rf8 32.
Bf5 dxe4 33. Kc3 Rg8 34. a4 Rg3+ 35. Kc2 (35. Kd2 Rb3) 35... e3 36. Kd3 e2+ 37.
Kxe2 Rb3 38. Bxh7 Rxb4 39. Bc2 Rh4 40. Kd3 Rxh3+ 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. Kb4 e4 43. Kc4
f5 44. a5 Ke5 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 f4 47. Ba4 f3 48. Bb5 Rh8 49. Kc3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-12c"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.09.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 (8... Bxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. f5 Bd7 11. O-O) 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 $1 11.
Ng5 $6 (11. Nxd4 $2 cxd4 12. Ne2 e5) (11. Ne2 $142) 11... e5 $1 (11... h6 12.
Nf3 $1) 12. f5 (12. fxe5) 12... h6 13. Nh3 (13. fxg6 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Be6 (14...
Ne6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qh5 Nf8 (16... Nf4 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. g3 Nxd3 19. Nd5 $1)
17. Nd5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Be6 19. Be2 $1 Qd7 20. Qg5 $1 $40 {/\ h2-h4-h5-h6 +/-/})
15. Nd5 (15. h4 Qd7 $1) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 $1 17. Bxe4 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rae8) (
13. Nf3 gxf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf5 Qd4+ $1 $17 17. Kh1 Bxf5 18.
Rxf5 Ng4 $1) 13... gxf5 14. exf5 b5 $1 15. Be3 $2 (15. b3 b4 $1 {>< Nc3}) (15.
cxb5 d5) (15. Nxb5 $142 $1 Nxb5 (15... e4 16. Be2 Nxf5 $10) 16. cxb5 d5 $10)
15... bxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 $1 {/\ 17.d5, >< Pf5} (16... d5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qb3) 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nd5 $17 Ba6 $1 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rb8) (
18... Rb8) 19. Nxf6 Bxc4 20. Nh5 Bxf1 21. Qg4 $1 Qd7 $1 22. Rxf1 d3 $1 23. Qf3
(23. Qe4 d5 $1 24. Qxd3 e4) (23. Nf2 $142 d2 24. Ne4 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 d1=Q+ 26.
Qxd1 Qxf5 27. Nxd6 Qg6 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. h3 {-/+/=/+}) 23... d2 $1 24. g4 (24.
f6 Bxf6 $1 25. Nxf6 Qg7) 24... Rac8 $1 25. Qd3 (25. f6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6 Qg7 27. g5
$1 Rc1 28. Kf2 Qg6 $1 {-/+/-+}) 25... Qa4 26. Nf2 Qd4 $1 $19 27. Qxd4 exd4 28.
Nf4 Rfe8 29. Ne6 Rc1 30. Nd1 Bf6 $1 (30... d3 $6 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. b3 Rb4 33. Ke3
$1) 31. Kf2 Bg5 (31... Bh4+ $6 32. Ke2 Be1 33. Rf3 Rec8 34. Rd3 $1 {>< Be1, d4}
) 32. Ke2 Rc5 $1 33. Kd3 Re5 34. Nxg5 hxg5 (34... Re1 $2 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Rf2
Rxd1 37. Nxd6 $10) 35. Rf2 (35. Kxd2 Re4 $1 36. h3 Rf4 37. Rg1 Rf3 $1 $19)
35... Re4 36. h3 $2 (36. Rg2 $142) 36... Re3+ $1 37. Kxd4 (37. Nxe3 dxe3 38.
Rf1 e2) 37... R8e4+ 38. Kd5 Re2 39. Rf3 Re1 40. f6 (40. Rd3 Rxd1 $1 41. Kxe4
Re1+ $19) 40... Rf4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. Bd2 $5 (9. a4 $5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb4 11. Qc2 c4 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 (
13... Bf5 $6 14. Na2 $1 $18) 14. Nd1 Qc5 15. Qxc4 $16 {Dlugy,M}) 9... Qb6 10.
a4 axb5 11. axb5 (11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6) 11... Rxa1 12. Qxa1 e6 13. dxe6
Bxe6 14. Ng5 $6 (14. Be2 Re8 15. O-O Bb3 (15... Nbd7 16. Qa6) 16. e5 $13) 14...
Bb3 $1 $15 (14... Re8 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Qa8 Re8 17. Bc4 Nbd7 18. Qc6 Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 Qxc6 20. bxc6 Rxe4+ 21. Kf2 $16) 15. Be2 (15. Qa3 c4 {/\ Ng4-/+}) 15...
Re8 16. e5 (16. O-O h6 17. e5 dxe5 (17... hxg5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bf3) 18. fxe5
Rxe5 $15) 16... dxe5 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Qa3 $18) 17. O-O (17. fxe5 Nfd7 $15 (
17... Rxe5 18. O-O $10)) 17... exf4 $1 18. Rxf4 (18. Bxf4 Nd5 $1 $17) 18... h6
19. Nge4 Nd5 $1 $19 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bf3 Bxe4 (21... g5 22. Rg4 h5 $1 (22...
Nd7 $2 23. Nxg5 $16) (22... Be6 23. Rg3 f5 24. Ba5 $1 (24. Nxg5 $6 hxg5 25.
Bxg5 c4+ 26. Kh1 Bf7 $19) 24... Qxb5 25. Nd6 Bxb2 26. Qe1 $16) (22... f5 23.
Nf6+ (23. Nxg5 $2 Bxf3 24. Qa2+ c4+ $19) 23... Qxf6 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Bc3 $13)
23. Rxg5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc3 Rg4 $19) 22. Rxe4 (22. Bxe4 Be5 (22... g5))
22... Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxb5 (23... c4+ 24. Kh1 Qd4 25. Qe1 (25. Qa8 Qxd2 26. Qxb8+
Kh7 $19) 25... Qxb2 $17) 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qe2 26. Bd5 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Nd7 28.
h3 Ne5 29. c4 h5 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 h4 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Ke3 f5 34. Kf4 Kf6
35. Ke3 g5 36. Bg8 (36. Bg8 Nf7 37. Bh7 Nh6) (36. Kf2 Ng6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. Bf3
Nf4 39. Bb7 Ne6 {/\ Nd4, g4}) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. b4 Na6 13. a3 c5 (13... Bg4 14. O-O
Qe7 15. c5 Rad8 16. Qb3 Nb8 17. Rad1 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Kh8 19. Qc2 h5 20. Nb5 a6
21. Nc3 Bh6 22. Bc4 b6 23. d6 cxd6 24. cxb6 {Hansen,Su-Skodvin,E/Gausdal
International (2)/1990/1-0 (38)}) 14. Rb1 (14. b5 Nb8 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Nb6
17. a4 Bd7 18. a5 Nc8 19. d6 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Nd5 Qxd6 22. Qc3 Bg7 23. Nb6
axb6 24. Rxd6 {Bischoff,D-Stolz,M/GER-ch (09)/1993/0-1 (39)}) 14... Bd7 (14...
Qb6 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. h4 h5 17. b5 Nc7 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. O-O Rf8 20. Kh1 b6 21. Rf2
Ne8 22. Ng5 Qd7 23. d6 Nxd6 24. Nd5 {Rodriguez,O-Dorfman,I/Platja d'Aro
Barcino/1994/0.5 (47)}) (14... Qd6 15. Qb3 f5 16. O-O g5 17. Ne1 Qg6 18. Nd3 b6
19. Qd1 g4 20. Nf2 h5 21. b5 f4 22. bxa6 f3 23. Nb5 Rf7 24. Nd3 {Hausner,
I-Salai,L/CSR-chT/1992/1-0 (61)}) 15. b5 (15. O-O cxb4 16. axb4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 (
17. c5 Nxc5 $1 18. bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc3 20. Rxb7 Rfd8 $17) 17... Nxb4 18.
Na2 a5 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 f5 $36) 15... Nc7 16. d6 Ne6 (16... Ne8 17. Qd5
Qe6 18. Qxc5 b6 $132) 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qd2 Nd4 (18... f5 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. h4
fxe4 21. Ng5+ Nxg5 22. hxg5 $40) 19. O-O Be6 20. Nxd4 Bxd5 (20... exd4 21. Ne7+
Kh7 22. Qf4 Re8 23. e5 Rxe7 24. dxe7 Qxe7 $13) 21. Nc6 $1 (21. cxd5 cxd4 22.
Qb4 Qb6 23. Bg4 $13) 21... bxc6 (21... Bxc6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb7 $16) 22. cxd5
cxb5 (22... cxd5 23. Qxd5 $16) 23. Rxb5 Qxd6 24. Qa5 f5 (24... Bf6 25. Rb7 $1 (
25. Rxc5 $2 Bd8 $19) 25... Bd8 26. Qb5 Bb6 27. Bc4 $10) 25. Rxc5 fxe4 26. Rc6
Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf8 28. d6 (28. Rxg6 e3 29. Qe1 Qf5 $13) (28. d6 Rd8 29. Qd5+
Kh7 30. Qxe4 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Bd3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kindermann} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 {This is Gabriel's
pet line hoping for 5...c5 6.dxc5 with positional play.} O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2
e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 {According to the theory this line is
not particularly dangerous for Black.} Nc5 11. Nd5 {!? ECO} (11. Bf3 Be6 12.
O-O (12. Be3 Nd3+ 13. Nxd3 Rxd3 14. Kf2 Bxc4 $11 {Belov}) (12. Nd5 $6 Nfd7 13.
Nxd7 Rxd7 14. Ke2 Re8 $1 15. e5 c6 $15 {Vaiser-Weindle, Chiasso 1989}) 12...
Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Rxd7 15. Nd5 c6 $11 {A.Geller-Belov, SU 1988}) 11...
Nxd5 (11... Nfxe4 $2 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. O-O $16) 12. exd5 Re8 $1 13. Be3 (13. O-O
f6 14. Nd3 Rxe2 15. Nxc5 Bf8 16. Nb3 (16. Nd3 Bf5) 16... Rc2 $11 (16... a5 $5
17. a4 Bf5 $44)) 13... Bxe5 (13... f6 $5 14. Bxc5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5) 14. fxe5
Rxe5 15. Kf2 (15. Bxc5 Bg4 $11) (15. Bd4 Re4) 15... Ne4+ 16. Kf3 {[#]} Bg4+ $1
{Kindermann is a dangerous tactician, he finds the complications even in a
seemingly positional position!} (16... Ng5+) 17. Kf4 $1 (17. Kxg4 Nf6+ (17...
Nd6 $5) 18. Kf3 Rae8 19. Bd4 (19. Bxa7 Rf5+ 20. Kg3 Rxe2 $36) 19... Rf5+ $15)
17... Rae8 (17... Rf5+ 18. Kxe4 Bxe2 $11) 18. Bxg4 Nf6 $1 {This is the main
idea of the sacrifice.} 19. Bxa7 (19. Bf3 $2 g5+ $1 20. Kg3 Rxe3 $17) 19...
Re4+ 20. Kf3 Nxg4 {Now the white K feels himself uncomfortably.} 21. h3 Nf6 22.
b3 Nh5 $5 (22... b6 $142 $1 {Kindermann} 23. d6 Re2 24. dxc7 R8e3+ 25. Kf4 Nh5+
(25... h6 $5 26. c8=Q+ Kg7 $19) 26. Kg5 Kg7 $1 27. c8=Q (27. g4 f6+ 28. Kh4 Nf4
29. g5 Ng2+ 30. Kg4 f5#) 27... Rxg2+ 28. Qg4 Rxg4+ 29. hxg4 (29. Kxg4 f5+ 30.
Kh4 Re4+ 31. Kg5 h6#) 29... f6+ 30. Kh4 Nf4 31. g5 Ng2+ 32. Kg4 f5#) 23. g4 (
23. g3 b6 24. d6 Re3+ $1 25. Kg2 cxd6 $17) 23... Nf4 (23... Rf4+ 24. Kg2 Re2+
25. Kg1 Ng3 26. Rh2 Rf3) 24. Rad1 $1 (24. Bf2 Nd3 $1 $17) 24... b6 {[#]} 25.
Rhe1 $8 {White is also on the top! White sacrifices an exchange, but gets the
entire queenside.} (25. d6 $6 Re3+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kxf4 f6 27. Rd4 g5+ 28. Kf5
Rf3+ $19) 26... Re2+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kf3 g5) 27... R8e3 $19) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1
Rxe1 27. Kxf4 Re8 (27... Re2 $5 {deserved serious attention, for example:} 28.
a4 (28. d6 cxd6 29. Bxb6 Rxa2 $17) 28... Rb2 29. Bb8 Rxb3 30. Bxc7 f6 (30...
Rb4 31. d6 Rxc4+ 32. Ke5 $1) 31. d6 Rd3 32. Ke4 Rd1 33. Bxb6 Rxd6 34. c5 Rd1
35. c6 Rc1 36. c7 Kf7 37. Kd5 Ke7 38. a5 Kd7) 28. d6 cxd6 29. Bxb6 Kf8 30. a4
Ke7 31. a5 h6 32. a6 Kd7 33. b4 Re2 $1 (33... Kc6 $6 34. Bd4 Ra8 35. b5+ Kd7
36. Ke4 Ke6 37. a7) 34. a7 (34. Bd4 Ra2 35. b5 Ra4) 34... Re8 {Black has
secured the b7 square for his K.} 35. b5 Ra8 36. Ke4 Kc8 37. Kd5 Kb7 38. Bd4
Rc8 39. Be3 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Bxh6 Rh8 42. Bf4 Kxa7 43. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 b5 {
Hazai: According to the theoreticians this risky move is not completely sound.}
(7... e6 $142 {Hazai Hazai: is the real main line transposing after} 8. Be2
exd5 9. cxd5 {to the Benoni 4 P attack.}) 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 {
Hazai: A Benko Gambit-type position arised now, but Black's chances are a bit
worse than usual.} Ba6 11. Bd2 Bxb5 12. axb5 {It is important to take back on
b5 with the P.} Rxa1 (12... Nbd7 {Hazai} 13. O-O e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Re8
16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b6 $16 {Mackova-Koys, CZE-cht 1997}) 13. Qxa1 Qb6
14. O-O Nbd7 (14... Ne8 {Hazai} 15. Qe1 $1 Nc7 16. Qh4 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18.
Qxe7 $16 {Nogueiras-Sax, Graz 1984}) 15. Qe1 $1 {Hazai: This is the strong
move, White prepares the push in the centre e4-e5, and also Qh4 is a threat.} (
15. Qa6 {Hazai Hazai: Surprisingly enough playing for an endgame doesn't
secure White the real advantage!} Rb8 16. Ra1 Ne8 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ra7 Kf8 19.
Be1 (19. b3 Nc8 20. Rd7 Nb6 21. Ra7 {1/2 Banikas-Agnos, Greece ch 1996}) 19...
Nc8 20. Rd7 Nb6 {1/2 Vaisser-Lanka, Cappelle la Grande 1994}) 15... Qb7 16. e5
(16. f5 Ng4 $1 (16... gxf5 17. Nh4 $5 $40) 17. Qh4 Nde5 $13) (16. Qh4 $1 e6 (
16... Nb6 17. f5 $1 Nc4 18. Bh6 $40 (18. Bh6 {Hazai} Nxb2 19. Ng5 {Hazai:
deserved attention as well.})) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Re8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nce4
$40 h6 $2 21. Nd6 hxg5 22. fxg5 Qd5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 Qxd6
26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kd7 29. Qf7+ $18) 16... Nxd5 (16... dxe5
17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. e6 N7b6 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qe6 Nc7 21. Qe2 $14 (21. Qa2 c4
$11)) 17. e6 N7b6 18. exf7+ (18. f5 gxf5 19. Nh4 (19. Qg3 $6 f4 $1 20. Bxf4
Nxf4 21. Qxf4 fxe6 $15) (19. exf7+ $6 Rxf7 20. Ng5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rf6 $15) (19.
Ng5 f6 $1 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Rf3 Qc8 23. Rh3 (23. Rg3 Qxe6 24.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ $11) 23... Qxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ $11)
19... Bd4+ 20. Kh1 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxf5 Nf6 $5 $13 {/\ Rg8}) 18... Rxf7
19. Ng5 (19. Qe6 $5 {Hazai} Nc7 20. Qh3) 19... Bd4+ (19... Rf6 $6 20. Qe4 $36 {
/\ Nd5, Bc3, /\ Ne6, /\ f5}) 20. Kh1 Rf5 $6 (20... Rf6 21. Qe4 Qa8 {/\ e5} (
21... e5 22. f5 $14) 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 $14 (22... Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qxg5 24. Qd8+ Kg7
25. Qxb6 Qd5 $14)) 21. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} (21... Kg7 22. Qe4 $1 e5 (22... Qa8 23.
Ne6+ Kg8 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 $16) 23. Ne6+ Kh8 (23... Kf6 24. Nd8 $36) 24.
g4 Rf6 25. f5 $36) 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nd8 {Hazai: This was a pretty N manoeuvre!}
Qa8 (23... Qd7 $2 24. Nxd5 Qxd8 25. Nxe7 $1 $16) 24. Nc6 $36 (24. Nxd5 {Hazai}
Nxd5 25. Nc6 Qg8 (25... Bxb2 26. g4) 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qe4 e5 28. b6 {Hazai:
looks also promising.}) 24... Qg8 $2 (24... Qf8 $2 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. g4 $1 Nxf4
(26... Nc7 27. Qd7 $18) 27. Qe4 d5 (27... Rf7 28. Rxf4 $18) 28. Qf3 Rf6 29.
Bxf4 g5 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Be5 $18) (24... Bxc3 25. Bxc3+ (25. bxc3 Qf8 $132)
25... Nxc3 26. bxc3 Qf8 $132) 25. Qxg8+ Kxg8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. b6 $1 $16 (27.
Ba5 $1 $18 {Hazai Hazai: was the easiest way to get a decisive advantage.}) (
27. b3 {Hazai}) 27... Nxb6 28. Nxe7+ Kf7 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Bc3 (30. b3 $6 Nd5
31. g3 Nf6 32. Kg2 Ne4 33. Ba5 Ke6 $132) 30... Ke6 {Hazai: White is a healthy
exchange up, but the centalization of the Black K may cause some headache.} 31.
Re1+ $6 (31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Kg1 (32. g4 fxg4 33. f5+ Kf6 34. Rd1 Kxf5 35. Rxd4
d5 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Rb4 Nc4 39. Kh4 Ne3 $132 {/\ d4}) (32. Rf3 $5)
32... Nc4 (32... Kd5 $6 33. g4 $1 $18) 33. b3 Nd2 (33... Ne3 34. Rb1 Kd5 35.
Kf2 Kc5 36. b4+ Kb5 37. g3 $18) 34. Re1+ (34. Rd1 Nxb3 35. Rd3 Nc1 $1 $16)
34... Kd5 $16) (31. g4 $142 {Hazai} fxg4 32. f5+) 31... Kd5 32. g4 $6 fxg4 33.
f5 (33. Re7 {Hazai Hazai: against Nd7 was still good.}) 33... Nd7 34. Re7 (34.
Kg2 Nf6 (34... Ne5 $2 35. Kg3 h5 36. Re2 $1 $18 {/\ Kf4-g5}) 35. Kg3 (35. Re6
Nh5 $1 (35... Ne4 36. Rxe4 Kxe4 37. Bxd4 Kxf5 (37... cxd4 38. f6 d3 39. Kf2 $18
) 38. Bg7 $18) 36. Rh6 Nf4+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kg3 Ne2+ 38. Kxg4 Nxc3 39. bxc3 Bxc3
$132) 37... Ke5 38. f6 Ke6 $132) 35... Be5+ 36. Bxe5 (36. Kh4 h6) 36... dxe5
37. Rd1+ (37. Kh4 h6 38. Rd1+ Ke4 39. Rd6 Kxf5 40. Rc6 e4 41. Rxc5+ Kf4 42. b4
e3 $132) 37... Ke4 38. Rd6 Kxf5 39. Rc6 Kg5 40. Kg2 Ne4 $13) 34... Nf6 35. Kg2
(35. Re6 {Hazai} Ne4) 35... h5 $1 $132 {/\ h4} 36. Kg3 Ne4+ $1 {Hazai: A
strong centralization is important also in the endgame!} 37. Rxe4 (37. Kf4 $6
Nxc3 38. bxc3 Bxc3 39. Kg5 c4 40. Kxh5 (40. f6 Bxf6+ 41. Kxf6 h4 42. Kg5 g3 43.
h3 g2 $1 44. Re1 c3 45. Kxh4 Kc4 46. Kg3 d5 $1 $11) 40... Bd4 $1 41. Kxg4 c3
42. Re2 (42. h4 $2 c2 43. Re1 (43. Rc7 Bc5 $19) 43... Bb2 $17) 42... Kc4 $36)
37... Kxe4 38. f6 (38. Bxd4 $6 cxd4 39. f6 d3 40. Kf2 h4 $1 41. f7 g3+ 42. hxg3
hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 (43. Ke1 g2) 43... d2 44. f8=Q d1=Q $11) 38... Bxf6 (38... Be3
$2 39. Kh4 d5 40. Kxh5 Bf4 41. f7 Bd6 42. Kxg4 d4 43. Ba5 Be7 {/\ Ke5-e6} (
43... d3 44. Kg5 $18) 44. Bd8 Bf8 45. Kg5 d3 46. Ba5 $18) 39. Bxf6 d5 $1 40.
Kh4 $6 (40. b3 $1 d4 (40... c4 $2 41. b4 $1 d4 42. b5 d3 (42... c3 43. b6 $18)
43. Bc3 Kd5 44. b6 Kc6 45. Ba5 $18) (40... Kd3 $2 41. Be7 c4 42. b4 $1 c3 43.
b5 $18) 41. Kf2 (41. Be7 d3 (41... Kd3 $2 42. Bxc5 $18) 42. Bg5 Kd4 $1 43. Bd2
Ke4 $22 44. Kh4 (44. Bc1 Kd4 $1 45. Kh4 $2 Kc3 46. Kxh5 Kxb3 47. Kxg4 c4 48.
Kf3 c3 49. Ke3 Kc2 $19) 44... Kf3 45. Bc1 Ke2 46. Kxh5 d2 47. Bxd2 Kxd2 48.
Kxg4 Kc3 49. h4 Kxb3 50. h5 c4 51. h6 c3 52. h7 c2 53. h8=Q c1=Q $11) 41... Kd3
42. Be7 h4 $1 (42... Kc3 $2 43. Bxc5 h4 44. Ke1 d3 45. Kd1 h3 46. Bf2 $18) 43.
Ke1 (43. Bxh4 $2 Kc2 $36) (43. Bxc5 g3+ 44. hxg3 hxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Kc3 46. b4 d3
$11) 43... g3 $1 (43... Kc2 $2 44. Bxc5 d3 45. Be3 g3 (45... Kxb3 46. Kd2 Kc4
47. Ba7 $18) 46. h3 $18) (43... h3 $2 44. Kf2 Kc3 45. Bxc5 d3 46. Be3 Kxb3 47.
Kg3 Kc2 48. Kxg4 d2 49. Bxd2 Kxd2 50. Kxh3 Ke3 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. h4 Ke5 53. Kg5
Ke6 54. Kg6 Ke7 55. Kg7 Ke6 56. h5 $18) 44. h3 (44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Bxc5 g2 46.
Kf2 Kc3 47. b4 d3 $11) 44... g2 $1 (44... Ke3 $2 45. Bxh4 (45. Bxc5 g2 46.
Bxd4+ Kxd4 47. Kf2 Kc3 48. Kxg2 Kxb3 49. Kf3 Kc4 50. Kg4 Kd5 51. Kxh4 Ke6 52.
Kg5 Kf7 $11) 45... Kf3 46. Kf1 d3 47. Bg5 g2+ 48. Kg1 Kg3 49. h4 $18) 45. Kf2
Kc2 46. Bxc5 (46. Bxh4 $2 d3 47. Bg5 Kxb3 48. h4 c4 49. h5 c3 50. h6 d2 51. h7
d1=Q $19) 46... d3 47. Be3 Kxb3 48. Kxg2 Kc2 49. Kf3 d2 50. Bxd2 Kxd2 51. Kg4
Ke3 52. Kxh4 Kf4 $11) 40... d4 $1 41. Kxh5 Kf3 $11 42. Kg5 (42. b3 g3 $1 43.
hxg3 Kxg3 44. Kg5 Kf3 45. Kf5 Ke3 (45... d3 46. Bc3 Ke3 47. Ke5 d2 48. Bxd2+
Kxd2 49. Kd5 Kc3 $11) 46. Be7 Kd3 47. Bxc5 Kc3 48. b4 d3 $11) 42... d3 43. Bc3
c4 $1 44. Kf5 Ke2 45. Kxg4 (45. Ke4 d2 46. Bxd2 Kxd2 47. Kd4 Kc2 48. Kxc4 Kxb2
49. Kd3 Kb3 $11) (45. Kxg4 d2 46. Bxd2 Kxd2 47. h4 Kc2 48. h5 Kxb2 49. h6 c3
50. h7 c2 51. h8=Q+ Kb1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 {This unorthodox
idea gets more and more adherents among the strong players nowadays.} 7. Be2 (
7. Be3 $5) (7. e5 $5) 7... e5 8. O-O $143 {This simply cannot be good, because
in this P structure f4 weakens the e4 P forever, but White cannot breakthrough
in the [+].} (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf3 Nc5 11. Re1 {
[#]} Bg4 $1 {This is the refutation!} 12. Nc2 (12. Bxg4 $6 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 (13.
Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qh4 15. h3 Bd4+ $1 $19) 13... Bxd4+ $17) (12. e5 {was enough
only for equality after} Bxf3 13. Nxf3 dxe5 14. Nxe5 c6 $11 {Mc Nally-Bennett,
Scotland 1994}) (12. Nb3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nfxe4 $1 ({Slow and passive play may
guarantee some small positional advantage for White in the long run, for
example:} 13... Nfd7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Na5 Ne6 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Be3
Nc5 19. Qb1 b6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 bxa5 22. Red1 $14 {Skembris-Argiroudis,
Komotini 1993}) ({or} 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Bd2 $14 {Bisguier-MacDonnell,
New York (op) 1991}) 14. Rxe4 (14. Nxe4 f5) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 a5 $1 16. a4 c6
$44) (12. Be3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 {The doubled Ps are only targets here.} Nh5 14. Kh1
Ne6 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be5 $15 {Schoen-Fleck, Porz 1988}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3
c6 14. Rb1 (14. Bd2 Qb6) 14... Qe7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 (16. fxe5 Nfd7 $19)
16... Qd6 17. Be3 (17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $17) 17... Rxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qe7 20.
Re1 Ne6 21. Bf2 Qc7 $19 {White has lost a P without any counterplay for it.}
22. h3 Nd7 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxa7 Nd3 27. Ne3 Ndf4 28.
Qf2 Qa5 29. Bb8 Nd3 30. Qd2 Nxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxc3 32. Qe2 Be5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34.
Qd2 Qd4 35. Qe1 f5 36. Kh1 Kf7 37. Qc1 Nf4 38. c5 Ne2 39. Qc4+ Qxc4 40. Nxc4
Ng3+ 41. Kh2 Ne4 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Ke6 44. Kg2 Nxc5 45. Kf3 Kd5 46. Nb6+ Kd4
47. a4 Ne6 48. Nd7 c5 49. Nf6 c4 50. Ke2 c3 51. Kd1 Kd3 52. Nd7 c2+ 53. Kc1 Nd4
54. Nc5+ Kc4 55. Ne4 h5 56. gxh5 gxh5 57. a5 h4 0-1

[Event "Benasque op 18th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Sahikiram, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {[#] (3) -0.19/7} 5. f4 {[#] (3) 0.25/5}
O-O {[#] (3) -0.25/2} 6. Nf3 c5 (6... Bg4 7. Be3 $1 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd3 dxc5
10. e5 Nfd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Qf2 $5 $16 (
15. a3 $6 f6 $1 $15 {Cifuentes,R-Becerra,J/La Habana Open 1995}) 15... Nd4 16.
Ne2 $1 Nxe2+ (16... f6 $2 17. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 $16) 17. Qxe2 $16) 7. dxc5
Qa5 8. Bd3 Qxc5 (8... Nfd7 $6 9. cxd6 $1 {[#] (1) -1.00/1} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+
11. Qd2 Qxa1 12. dxe7 {[#] (3) -2.38/2} Re8 13. e5 Nc6 (13... Nc5 14. O-O Nxd3
15. Ba3 Qxf1+ {[#] (1) 1.53/1} 16. Kxf1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nxf5 gxf5 {[#] (3)
-2.31/1} 19. Qxd3 Nxe7 20. Qd7 $16) 14. O-O Nd4 15. Ng5 $3 $16 Nc5 {[#] (1) -2.
50/1} (15... h6 16. Nxf7 $1 {[#] (3) -2.34/5} (16. Bb2 $5 {[#] (3) -2.41/3}
Qxa2 {[#] (3) 3.06/1} 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 {[#] (3) 3.97/3} 18. Bxg6+ $3 {[#] (1)
-11.84/1} Kxg6 19. Qxd4 {[#] (3) -4.47/1} Qb3 {[#] (3) 2.97/6} 20. Qe4+ Kg7 {
[#] (3) 4.19/3} 21. Bd4 {[#] (1) -12.91/1} Rxe7 {[#] (3) 1.38/7} 22. e6+ Nf6
23. f5 Kf8 24. Bxf6 {[#] (3) -1.19/6} Qb6+ 25. Kh1 {[#] (3) -1.63/2} Qd6 {
[#] (2) -1.47/1} 26. Bxe7+ {[#] (3) -0.38/1} Qxe7 {[#] (3) 0.22/2} 27. Qe5 $1
$18) 16... Kxf7 {[#] (3) 2.13/5} 17. e6+ {[#] (3) -2.34/4} (17. Bb2) 17... Nxe6
{[#] (3) 0.03/9} (17... Kxe6 18. Bxg6 {[#] (3) 1.69/8} Rxe7 {[#] (3) -1.50/7}
19. Ba3 $18 {[#] (3) 2.59/8}) 18. Bxg6+ {[#] (3) 0.94/8} Kxg6 {[#] (3) -1.28/9}
19. f5+ {[#] (3) 2.34/8} Kf7 {[#] (3) -2.56/9} 20. fxe6+ {[#] (3) 1.19/7} Kg8 {
[#] (3) -1.06/7} 21. Bb2 {[#] (3) 3.50/10} Qxb2 {[#] (3) -3.69/10} 22. Qxb2 {
[#] (3) 3.78/9} Rxe7 {[#] (3) -4.38/10} 23. Qd4 $1 $18 {[#] (3) 5.28/10}) 16.
Ba3 {[#] (3) -2.34/5} Ncb3 {[#] (3) 1.03/6} 17. Qf2 {[#] (3) -2.53/1} Qc3 {
[#] (3) 0.38/7} 18. Qh4 {[#] (3) -2.22/1} h5 {[#] (3) 0.69/7} 19. Ne4 {[#] (3)
-1.34/7} Qxd3 {[#] (3) -0.13/9} (19... Ne2+ 20. Kh1 {[#] (3) 3.16/10} Qxd3 {
[#] (3) -0.44/8} 21. Nf6+ {[#] (3) 0.63/7} Kh8 {[#] (2) -8.25/10} 22. Nxe8 $18
{[#] (3) 8.03/9}) 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Nxe8 Nf5 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qxg6+ $3 (23. Nd6
$2 {Gretarsson,H-Van der Wiel,J/Leeuwarden Open 1995/1-0 (44)}) 23... fxg6 24.
Nf6+ Kg7 25. e8=Q Be6 26. Bf8+ Kh8 27. Qxg6 $18) 9. Qe2 {[#] (3) 0.09/2} Bg4 {
[#] (3) -0.19/5} 10. Be3 {[#] (3) 0.25/3} Qa5 {[#] (3) -0.16/2} 11. O-O {
[#] (3) 0.22/2} Nc6 {[#] (3) -0.25/2} 12. Rac1 {[#] (3) 0.16/6} Nd7 {[#] (3) 0.
00/3} (12... Rac8 $6 13. Rfd1 {[#] (3) 0.00/4} (13. a3 {[#] (3) -0.03/5} Nd7 {
[#] (3) 0.03/3} 14. Nb5 {[#] (1) -2.56/1} a6 {[#] (3) 0.00/6} 15. b4 {[#] (3)
0.09/1} Qd8 {[#] (3) 0.03/5} 16. Nc3 a5 {[#] (3) 0.09/5} 17. Qb2 {[#] (1) -0.
19/1} axb4 {[#] (3) -0.03/5} 18. axb4 {[#] (3) 0.09/1} Nb6 19. Qf2 $14 {
Garcia,R-Hellers,F/ Malmo 1987 [#] (3) -0.13/6}) 13... Nh5 {[#] (3) 0.06/6} 14.
Bb1 {[#] (3) -0.13/6} Bh6 {[#] (3) -0.03/6} 15. h3 {[#] (3) 0.34/4} Be6 {
[#] (3) 0.44/6} 16. Nd5 {[#] (3) -0.91/1} Bxd5 {[#] (3) 0.16/6} 17. Rxd5 {
[#] (1) -0.41/1} Qa6 {[#] (3) -0.03/5} 18. Rxh5 {[#] (3) 0.13/3} gxh5 {[#] (3)
0.56/6} 19. Nh4 {[#] (3) -1.34/1} e6 {[#] (3) 0.00/7} 20. Qxh5 {[#] (3) 0.00/1}
Bg7 {[#] (3) -0.13/4} 21. e5 {[#] (3) -2.69/1} f5 {[#] (3) -0.41/6} 22. exf6 {
[#] (3) 0.50/1} Rxf6 {[#] (3) -1.59/4} 23. Qxh7+ {[#] (3) 1.41/1} Kf8 {[#] (2)
-1.44/3} 24. f5 {[#] (3) 0.19/1} exf5 {[#] (3) -0.31/6} 25. Nxf5 {[#] (3) 0.31/
1} Rc7 {[#] (3) -0.34/2} 26. Nxg7 {[#] (3) 0.16/1} Rxg7 {[#] (3) -0.34/2} 27.
Bh6 {[#] (2) -4.13/1} Rxh6 {[#] (3) -2.16/1} 28. Rf1+ {[#] (2) 1.59/1} Ke8 29.
Qxg7 {[#] (3) 6.13/5} Qb6+ {[#] (3) -6.78/5} 30. Kh1 {1-0 Topalov,V-Sherzer,A/
New York PCA-op 1994/EXP 41}) 13. Qd2 $5 {[#] (3) -0.09/6} Bxf3 {[#] (3) 0.00/7
} (13... Nc5 14. Bb1 {[#] (3) -0.03/5} Na4 {[#] (3) -0.16/3} 15. Nxa4 {[#] (3)
0.06/6} Qxa4 16. Nd4 $1 (16. h3 {[#] (3) 0.13/2} Bxf3 {[#] (3) -0.31/1} 17.
Rxf3 Qb4 {[#] (3) -0.47/1} 18. Qxb4 {[#] (3) 0.25/8} Nxb4 19. Rf2 {[#] (3) -0.
56/1} Nc6 {[#] (3) -0.25/7} 20. c5 {[#] (3) 0.31/6} dxc5 {[#] (3) -0.13/7} 21.
Bxc5 Bd4 {[#] (3) -0.34/4} 22. Bxd4 {[#] (3) 1.06/6} Nxd4 23. Rd2 {[#] (3) 0.
81/1} Rfd8 {[#] (2) -0.53/1} 24. Kf2 {[#] (3) 0.38/6} Nc6 {[#] (3) -0.31/4} 25.
Rxd8+ {[#] (3) 0.44/7} Rxd8 26. Ke3 {[#] (3) 0.34/6} e5 27. g3 f6 {[#] (3) -0.
22/4} 28. a3 {[#] (3) 0.16/6} Kg7 {[#] (3) -0.13/1} 29. Ba2 {[#] (3) 0.19/2}
Rd7 {[#] (3) -0.16/2} 30. Be6 {[#] (1) -1.53/1} Re7 {[#] (3) -0.31/7} 31. Bd5
Nd4 32. b4 g5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. a4 h5 35. Rc8 b6 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 h4 $11 {
Garcia Palermo,C-Sorin,A/Alicante op 1992}) 16... Nxd4 (16... Bd7 17. b3 Qa3
18. Nb5 Qb2 19. Rc2 Qf6 20. e5 $16) 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bc3 (18. b3 Qc6 19. Be3
exf4 20. Bxf4 Be5 $11) 18... Qc6 (18... Bh6 19. Qxd6 $16) 19. f5 gxf5 20. h3
Bh5 21. exf5 f6 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Kh2 Bf7 24. Qe2 $14) 14. Rxf3 {[#] (3) 0.22/6}
Rfc8 {N} (14... Nc5 {[#] (3) -0.19/6} 15. Bb1 {[#] (1) -0.16/1} Qb4 {[#] (3)
-0.25/6} (15... Rfc8 16. Rf2 {[#] (3) 0.19/5} Na4 {[#] (3) -0.19/5} 17. Nd1 {
[#] (2) 0.00/1} Qxd2 {[#] (3) -0.06/6} 18. Rxd2 b6 19. Kf2 {[#] (3) 0.28/6} Kf8
{[#] (1) -2.03/1} 20. Kf3 Nc5 {[#] (3) -0.16/4} 21. Nc3 {[#] (2) -0.06/1} Ne6 {
[#] (3) -0.28/2} 22. Ne2 {[#] (3) 0.16/6} Na5 {[#] (1) -2.22/1} 23. b3 {
[#] (3) 0.31/1} Nc6 {[#] (3) -0.13/1} 24. h4 $14 {Spraggett,K-Barlov,D/Candas
op 1992 [#] (3) 0.34/7}) 16. Rf2 {[#] (3) 0.19/5} (16. b3 $5) 16... Rac8 {
[#] (3) 0.28/1} (16... Qxc4 17. Nd5 Qa4 {[#] (1) -3.44/1} 18. b3 Qa3 {[#] (2)
-1.44/1} 19. b4 $1 {[#] (3) 0.81/5} (19. e5 Rad8 (19... Na6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rc4
Qb2 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. b4 Na4 27. Rbc2
Nab6 28. Re4 Kf7 $15 {Braga,F-Belotti,B/Reggio mem Chicco 1991}) 20. exd6 exd6
21. b4 {[#] (1) -1.53/1} Nd7 $15 {[#] (2) -3.19/1}) 19... e6 {[#] (3) -0.34/4}
20. Nc7 $1 {[#] (3) 0.34/2} (20. bxc5 $6 exd5 {[#] (3) -0.25/1} 21. exd5 Nd4 $1
(21... Ne7 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Bc5 Qd7 24. f5 $1 $16) 22. cxd6 Rae8 23. Re1 Qxd6
24. Rd1 Nb5 $13) 20... Nxb4 $8 {[#] (3) -0.44/4} 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 {[#] (3) -0.34/5
} 22. Rf3 $1 {[#] (3) 0.41/2} Ncd3 {[#] (2) -3.94/1} 23. Rd1 {[#] (3) 0.28/2}
Bc3 24. Qe2 Nb2 25. Bc1 Qa6 $8 26. Qxa6 Nxa6 {[#] (3) -1.38/4} 27. Rxd6 $16)
17. Nd5 {[#] (1) -0.22/1} Qxd2 {[#] (3) -0.34/6} 18. Rxd2 Rfe8 {[#] (3) -0.50/7
} 19. e5 $1 b6 {[#] (3) -0.44/6} 20. b4 Nd7 21. exd6 {[#] (3) 0.53/5} exd6 {
[#] (3) -0.59/1} 22. Bf2 $6 {[#] (3) 0.69/2} (22. Kf2 $1 $16) 22... Nf6 {
[#] (3) -0.69/2} 23. Nxf6+ {[#] (3) 0.84/1} Bxf6 {[#] (1) -0.72/1} 24. a3 $14 {
[#] (3) 0.69/6} Bg7 {[#] (2) -2.56/1} 25. g3 {[#] (3) 0.56/6} Nb8 {[#] (1) -2.
56/1} 26. Ba2 {[#] (3) 0.59/4} Bf8 {[#] (3) -0.53/2} 27. Bb3 {[#] (3) 0.47/3}
Re4 {[#] (3) -0.47/5} 28. Kg2 h5 29. Kf3 {[#] (3) 0.44/3} Ree8 {[#] (3) -4.59/1
} 30. h3 {[#] (3) 0.63/6} Rc7 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rec8 33. Rcd1 Nc6 {[#] (3)
-0.84/1} 34. Rd5 {[#] (1) -0.31/1} Be7 35. g5 Rb8 36. Be1 Nd8 {[#] (3) -0.91/1}
37. Bc3 {[#] (1) 0.06/1} Ne6 {[#] (3) -1.03/2} 38. Rh1 {[#] (2) 0.00/1} Ng7 {
[#] (3) -1.38/5} 39. f5 gxf5 {[#] (3) -0.94/2} 40. Rxf5 {[#] (1) 0.72/1} d5 {
[#] (3) -3.06/1} 41. c5 {[#] (2) 1.53/1} Bxc5 {[#] (1) -#1/1} 42. g6 {[#] (1)
-1.72/1} Bd6 {[#] (3) -1.75/6} 43. gxf7+ {[#] (3) 0.84/1} Kf8 {[#] (1) -0.94/1}
44. Rh8+ {[#] (1) 1.94/1} Ke7 {[#] (1) -3.72/1} 45. Bxg7 {[#] (1) -0.81/1} Rxh8
46. Bxh8 {1-0 Garcia Palermo,C-Llanos,C/Clarin GP 1995 [#] (3) 3.84/3}) (14...
Bd4 $5 15. Bxd4 {[#] (3) 0.31/2} (15. Kh1 Bxe3 {[#] (3) -0.13/5} 16. Qxe3 Qb6 {
[#] (3) -0.34/6} 17. Qd2 {[#] (3) 0.41/6} Qd4 {[#] (3) -0.50/8} 18. Ne2 {
[#] (3) 0.50/5} Qg7 {[#] (2) -6.63/1} 19. Bb1 {[#] (2) 0.56/1} a5 {[#] (3) -0.
44/6} 20. Rd1 {[#] (1) -7.69/1} Rfd8 {[#] (3) -0.53/1} 21. Nc3 {[#] (3) 0.53/5}
Kh8 {[#] (3) -0.50/1} 22. Qf2 {[#] (3) 0.50/7} Rac8 23. Nd5 {[#] (3) 0.41/6} f6
$1 {[#] (3) -0.19/3} 24. h3 {[#] (2) -1.94/1} e5 $13 {Cifuentes,R-Roeder,M/
Open San Sebastian 1997 [#] (2) -1.03/1}) 15... Nxd4 {[#] (3) -0.06/3} 16. Rf2
{[#] (3) 0.47/6} Nc6 {[#] (3) -0.34/1} 17. Bb1 {[#] (3) 0.41/7} Nf6 {[#] (3)
-0.47/8} 18. Nd5 {[#] (1) -7.75/1} Qxd2 {[#] (3) -1.00/7} 19. Nxf6+ {[#] (2) 0.
69/1} Kg7 {[#] (3) -0.97/8} 20. Nh5+ {[#] (3) 0.72/7} Kh6 {[#] (3) -1.25/7} 21.
Rxd2 {[#] (3) 0.69/1} Kxh5 {[#] (3) -0.59/2} 22. c5 {[#] (3) 0.63/8} dxc5 {
[#] (3) -0.63/7} 23. Rxc5+ Kh6 {[#] (3) -0.59/5} 24. Kf2 {[#] (3) 0.47/6} Rfd8
{[#] (3) -0.50/7} 25. Rcd5 {[#] (2) 0.19/1} Kg7 {[#] (3) -0.59/6} 26. Ke3 $14 {
Garcia Palermo,C-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia 1992 [#] (2) 0.78/1}) 15. Bb1 a6 16. Rf2
(16. e5 $6 Nb6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nd7 $1 19. Rb3 (19. exd6 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bd4+
21. Be3 exd6 $17) 19... e6 20. Rxb7 Nc5 21. Ne7+ Nxe7 22. Rxe7 dxe5 23. fxe5
Bf8 $17) 16... Qd8 (16... b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Qd8 (18... Qxd2 $2 19. Rxd2
Kf8 20. Rdc2 $18) 19. Rff1 $14) 17. Rff1 $1 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Nf6 (18... b5 19.
cxb5 axb5 20. e5 Na5 21. b3 b4 22. Ne2 $1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 $16) 19. Qe2 $1 $14 Qe8
20. Nd5 e5 $6 (20... Nd7 $142 $14) 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxd6 exf4 23. Bxf4 Be5
24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. c5 $16 Qe7 26. Qd2 b6 27. c6 (27. Rxb6 $6 Rxb6 28. cxb6 Rxc1+
29. Qxc1 Qb4 $1 30. Kf1 Qxb6 31. h3 Qd4 $44) 27... Rc7 28. h3 $1 Rbc8 29. Qd5
Kg7 (29... Qe8 30. Bd3 $1 b5 (30... Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Rxc6 32. Rcxc6 Rxc6 33. Rd8
$18) 31. Be2 $1 (31. a4 $2 Nxc6 $1 32. axb5 Nb4 $17) 31... Rxc6 (31... Nxc6 32.
Bg4 Nb4 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rd8 $18) 32. Rcxc6 Nxc6 33. Bg4 $1 Ne7 34. Qe5 Ra8
35. Bd7 Qd8 36. Qf6 $1 $18) 30. a3 Qe8 31. Qd4 b5 32. Ba2 Qe7 33. Be6 $1 $18
Qg5 $8 (33... fxe6 34. Qxe5+ Qf6 35. Qxe6 Qxb2 (35... Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Rd8 37. e5
Rd5 38. Re8 Kf7 39. Ra8 $18) 36. Rf1 Qxa3 37. Qf6+ Kh6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Rd7+
$18) 34. Rc5 $1 f6 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 (35... Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. Rxg5 fxg5 38.
Rd7+ $18) 36. Rc3 Nc4 37. Rd5 Qf4 38. b3 Ne5 39. c7 Kh6 40. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e5 $5
9. fxe5 Ng4 (9... dxe5 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ge8d6] /\ Ne8-d6} 10. Bg5 $1 h6 11. Bh4 $14
) 10. exd6 f5 11. Bd3 (11. exf5 $5) 11... Qxd6 $6 (11... Bxc3+ $142 12. bxc3
fxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Ng5 (14. O-O $2 Rxe4 15. Ng5 Qxd6 $1 16. g3 Re8 $17)
14... Nf6 (14... h6 $2 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 $18) 15. O-O (15. Qf3 $2 Bf5)
15... Nxe4 16. Nf7 (16. Qf3 $2 Bf5) 16... Qh4 17. Qf3 $44) 12. exf5 Bxf5 (12...
Re8+ 13. Ne2 $16) (12... gxf5 13. Ne2 $16 (13. O-O Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2
Bxf2 16. Qd2 Bd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 $16)) 13. Bxf5 gxf5 (13... Rxf5 14. Ne4
(14. O-O $4 Rxf3 $19) (14. Qe2 $5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Qf8 16. Nfg5 $36) 14... Qe7 (
14... Qf8 15. O-O $16) 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. O-O Re8 18. Rae1 h6 19. h3
$1 $16) 14. O-O (14. Ne2 f4 (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 $16) 15. O-O Nd7
$132) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 (15... Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 17. Qd2 Bd4 18. Nxd4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qh4 $16 (20. Qb6 Qb4 $1)) 16. Qe1 $1 (16. Ne2 Ne3 (16...
Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Qf1 Bd4 19. Nexd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 $16) 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 $132
{/\ f4}) 16... Rae8 17. Qh4 Qg6 (17... Ne3 18. Bxe3 Bxe3 19. Rae1 $16) 18. Bf4
Nb6 $2 (18... Bf6 $1 19. Bg5 (19. Qg3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Qxg3 (20... Rxe3 $6 21. Qc7
$16) 21. hxg3 Rxe3 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nb6 $1 $132) 19... Ne3 $1 20. Rg1 f4
$132) 19. d6 $1 Bxc3 (19... Bf6 20. Qg3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxc4 22. Nh4 $16) (19...
Nxc4 20. Nd5 $16 {/\ Ne7}) 20. bxc3 Nxc4 21. d7 $1 Rd8 22. Rae1 Rxd7 (22... b5
23. axb5 axb5 24. Re7 Nf6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 $18) 23. h3 $18 h5 (23... Nf6
24. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rf8]} b5 (24... Rff7 25. Qxc4 Qxh6 26. Ne5 $18) 25. Bxf8
Kxf8 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 $18) 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 (6... c5 7. d5 e6
8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 {is the main line leading to the Benoni Four Pawn Attack.})
7. Be2 e5 {It is hard to believe that this idea has also a place under the sun.
However the variation is not refuted at all.} 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 c6 (9... Nc5 {
is the other main continuation.} 10. Bg5 (10. Qc2 {gives Black good tactical
chances.} a5 {is the quiet approach.} (10... Nfxe4 $5 {is also promising.} 11.
Nxe4 Bf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Nfd2 fxg5 14. O-O Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... c6 $5) 16.
Qxe4 Qd6 $15) 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Ng5 Nf2+ {winning the exchange without
any counterplay.} 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Ncxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rf4 $19 {
Dempsey-McShane, Kilkenny 1998}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. b4 Na6 {This is
the logical reply winning a tempo and close the << just in time.} (12... Nxe4
$6 {is too generous.} 13. Nxe4 Qf4 14. Nfd2 $1 f5 15. g3 $1 Qe3 16. Qb3 $1 Qd4
17. Nc3 e4 18. Rc1 {Black cannot win back the piece.} f4 $1 19. Ncxe4 $1 Bf5
20. Qd3 Qe5 {(D.Ilic-Certic, Belgrade 1989 48/(777))} 21. O-O $1 (21. gxf4 $5
Qxf4 22. Rf1 $1 $16) 21... fxg3 22. hxg3 Rae8 23. Bf3 $18 {D.Ilic}) (12... Nd7
13. c5 a5 14. a3 axb4 (14... Qd8 15. O-O b6 16. c6 Nf6 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Qb3 Bf6
{(Gamboa-Miles, Yopal 1997 CBM 60)} 19. Nc4 $1 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. Bc4 $14 {and soon d6 will come.}) 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qf4 17. g3 Qe3 18.
Qb2 Nxc5 {This is phantastic idea, but it is not easy to believe in it.} 19.
bxc5 Bh3 20. Qb4 Ra8 21. Nd1 Ra1 22. Qb2 Rc1 23. Nd2 (23. Rg1 Bg4 24. Rf1 Bh3)
23... Bg4 24. Qb5 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qa6 Bf8 27. Rf1 f5 (27... Bxc5) 28. Nb3
Rb1 29. Nd2 Rc1 30. Nb3 Rb1 31. Nd2 Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Hausner-Khalifman, Germany
1991}) 13. Rb1 (13. a3 c5 $1 {This is the point!} (13... Bg4 $143 14. O-O (14.
c5 $5) 14... Qe7 15. c5 $1 {Now White's P [+] is ideal and the N on a6 is out
of play.} Rad8 16. Qb3 Nb8 17. Rad1 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Kh8 19. Qc2 h5 20. Nb5 a6 21.
Nc3 Bh6 22. Bc4 b6 23. d6 $1 cxd6 24. cxb6 $16 {Su.Hansen-Skodvin, Gausdal 1990
}) 14. Rb1 {- 13.Rb1} (14. b5 {closes the << irreversibly.} Nb8 15. O-O Nd7 16.
Qd2 Nb6 17. a4 Bd7 18. a5 Nc8 {/\ Nd6} 19. d6 {Otherwise Black is clearly
better blockading >< d6 with his N.} Rd8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Nd5 Qxd6 22. Qc3 Bg7
23. Nb6 axb6 24. Rxd6 Nxd6 $132 {D.Bischoff-Stolz, GER-ch 1993})) 13... c5 $1
14. a3 (14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c5 Qf4 (15... Nc7 $5 {/\ Ne6}) 16. g3 Qe3 17. Qd2
Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Rb8 19. a3 Nc7 20. Nc4 Ne6 21. Nd6 Nd4 $132 {Banikas-Krakops,
Zagan 1997}) 14... Qb6 $1 {is probably the best plan here.} (14... Bd7 15. b5
$5 (15. O-O {allows Black to win the b4 P.} cxb4 $5 (15... Qd6) 16. axb4 Qb6+
17. Kh1 (17. c5 Nxc5 $1) 17... Nxb4 18. Na2 a5 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 f5 $36 {
Ftacnik}) 15... Nc7 16. d6 Ne6 {/\ Nd4} (16... Ne8 {is passive.} 17. Qd5) 17.
Nd5 Qd8 18. Qd2 Nd4 $1 (18... f5 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. h4 $1 {/\ Ng5!}) 19. O-O Be6
20. Nxd4 Bxd5 $5 (20... exd4 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Qf4 Re8 {/\ Rxe7 with good
compensation for the exchange.}) 21. Nc6 $1 bxc6 22. cxd5 cxb5 23. Rxb5 Qxd6 {
^- with drawish tendencies.} 24. Qa5 f5 $5 (24... Bf6 25. Rb7 $1 Bd8 26. Qb5
Bb6 27. Bc4 $11) 25. Rxc5 fxe4 26. Rc6 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf8 28. d6 {1/2-1/2
Lautier-Kasparov, Amsterdam 1995 63/(511)} (28. Rxg6 e3 29. Qe1 Qf5) 28... Rd8
29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qxe4 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Bd3 $11 {/\ a4 I.Rogers}) (14...
Qd6 15. Qb3 f5 16. O-O g5 17. Ne1 Qg6 18. Nd3 b6 19. Qd1 g4 20. Nf2 h5 21. b5
f4 (21... Nc7 $5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bd3 $14) 22. bxa6 f3 23. Nb5 Rf7 24. Nd3 $14
{Hausner-Salai, CSR-chT 1992}) 15. Qd2 (15. Na4 Qd6 16. Qd2 {Dorfman}) 15...
Rd8 $1 (15... Bd7 $2 16. d6 $1 $16) 16. h4 h5 17. b5 Nc7 18. Qe3 (18. Na4 Qd6
19. b6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Qf8 $17) 18... Qd6 19. O-O Rf8 20. Kh1 b6 {with a
successful blockade on the <<, and chances for activity on the >>.} 21. Rf2 Ne8
$17 {O.Rodriguez-Dorfman, Costa Catalana 1994 63/(511)}) 10. O-O {This is the
consistant reply.} (10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qb6 $5) 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 {is again
rather unorthodox.} Qxf6 12. O-O $10) 11... Qb6 12. Qd2 (12. Qc2 Ng4 $36) 12...
Nc5 13. Bxf6 $1 (13. Bf2 $2 Nfxe4) (13. Qc2 $2 Nfxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Bf5) 13... Bxf6 14. Qxh6 (14. Rb1 $6 cxd5 $1 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxe4 16. Nxf6+
(16. Nxb6 $2 Nxd2 17. Nxa8 Nxb1 18. Bd3 e4 $1 $19) 16... Nxf6 17. Qxh6 Bf5 $17)
15... Bg7 16. b4 (16. Qe3 f5 $1 $17) 16... Na6 17. Na4 (17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qe2
$15) 17... Qd6 18. Bxa6 (18. O-O Bd7 19. Bxa6 Bxa4 20. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 18... Qxa6
19. Nc5 Qd6 20. O-O {(Bagaturov-Lukin, SU 1989 48/777)} b6 $1 21. Nd3 f5 22.
Nf2 Bb7 $17 {Lukin}) 14... Qxb2 {White has problems on the dark squares.} 15.
Rc1 Bg7 16. Qe3 $13 {Lukin}) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 (11... Ne8 {/\ Nd6} 12.
Be3 Nd6 13. Nd2 $5 (13. Qa4 f5 {Black has to find counterplay on the >>.} 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Bc5 Rb8 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. b3 Nb5 18. Qc4 (18. Ne4 $5 Bb7 19. Rad1
Bxd5 20. Qxa6) 18... Nxc3 19. d6+ Kh8 20. Qxc3 Rb7 21. Rae1 {1/2-1/2
Banikas-Istratescu, Aegina 1996} Rbf7 $13) 13... Nc7 {All the knights want to
defend >< d6.} 14. Bc5 (14. Nc4 Nce8 15. a4 f5 16. Qb3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd6 18.
Bd3 Rf7 19. Nb5 fxe4 20. Rxf7 Nxf7 21. Bxe4 a6 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. Bc5 Nxe4 24.
Nxe4 Bf5 25. d6+ Kh8 26. Qd5 Qd7 27. Rd1 {(Komarov-Istratescu, Bucharest 1994)}
Be6 $13) 14... Nce8 15. Nb5 Nxb5 $1 16. Bxb5 Nd6 17. Bd3 Bf6 $1 {The B wants
to help in the blockade as well.} 18. Nc4 Be7 19. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 $10 {Badzakov-J.
Ivanov, Albena 1992 57/(567)}) (11... Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ng4 (12... Ne8) 13. Qe1 Nb4
(13... Ne3 $2 14. Na4 $1 $18) 14. Na4 Qd6 15. Qc3 (15. Qd1 f5) 15... Nxd5 16.
exd5 e4 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc5 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 $11 {Vaisser-Kaminski, Biel
1995}) 12. Nxe5 {This leads to forced variations and big complications.} Nxe4
13. Nxd7 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd7 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Bxa6 bxa6 {[#]} 17. c4 $5 {
White is more or less forced to sacrifice the exchange, and put his faith into
his connected passed pawns and the weakness of the long /^.} Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qa4
$2 {Now White gets a very strong ->.} (18... Qc7 $1 {was the only chance for a
successful defence, for example:} 19. Qd4 (19. Bb2 Qxc4 20. Bh8 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
Qf8 $19) 19... Rab8 20. Bc1 (20. d6 Qc6 21. c5 Re8 22. d7 (22. Rc1 Re2 $17)
22... Red8 23. Rd1 Rb7 24. Bb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxd7) (20. c5 Re8 21. c6 (21. Bc1
Rb1 22. Bh6 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qe5 $19) (21. Bb4 Qe5 22. Bc3 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24.
Bf6 Rd3 25. d6 Re8 26. Be7 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rc6 {blockading the passed pawns.})
21... Qa5 22. Bb2 (22. Bc5 Re1) 22... Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxd5 {and Black can hold
the _|_.}) 20... Rb1 (20... Rbc8 21. Bg5 Re8 22. d6 Qd7 23. Bd2 $16) (20... Rb4
21. Bg5 Rc8 22. d6 Rxc4 23. Qf6 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 $16) 21. c5 Qb7) 19. Qc3 {/\ Bb2}
Rab8 20. Be7 (20. Bb2 $2 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Qxc4) 20... Rd7 (20... Rdc8 21. Qf6 Qe8
22. d6 Rb7 23. c5 h6 24. h4 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. h5 $18) 21. Qf6 $18 Rxe7 22.
Qxe7 Rf8 23. Qc7 {Now the connected passed pawns will decide the battle.} Qxa2
24. d6 Qd2 25. c5 a5 26. d7 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 a4 28. h3 a3 {[#]} 29. Rxf7 $1 {
This is a nice blow at the end.} Ra8 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Rxh7 Kg8 32. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nb4 {A rare and hardly good move. White's
d3-bishop is not so precious that Black should lose time to exchange it. Main
continuations:} (11... Ng4) (11... Bg4) 12. a3 (12. Bb1 Ng4 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Kh1
Qa6 15. b3 Rac8 16. h3 Nf6 17. f5 Nh5 18. Qf2 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. e5 dxe5
21. a3 e4 $13 {1/2 Conquest,S (2490)-Seredenko,V (2370)/Alma-Ata 1989/EXT 1997
(57)}) (12. h3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 15. Rfe1 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf5 17. Qxf5
gxf5 18. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Levin,E (2465)-Kuzubov,Y (2630)/St Petersburg 2011/CBM
143 Extra (34)}) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Kh1 (14. Bd4 {looks more natural,
e.g.} Rac8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Qe3 $14) 14... Rfc8 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. Bg1 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qa6 {[%csl Rc4]} 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Bd4 Bxc4 {Perhaps a bit too early.} (19... Rc7
$5) 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ne8 23. Qxb7 Nc7 24. Rab1 Qe6 25. Bxa7
Qxe5 (25... Nd5 $5 26. c4 Nc3 27. Rbc1 Ne4 28. Qxe4 Rxa7) 26. Rfe1 (26. a4 $5)
26... Qd6 27. a4 Nd5 28. Red1 $6 {After this move Black obtains a good
position with major pieces on the board.} (28. a5 $142 Qc6 (28... Nxc3 $6 29.
Rbc1) 29. Rec1 $13) 28... Qc7 29. Rxd5 Rxa7 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3]} 30. Qb4 e6 (30...
Qxc3 $4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd4+) (30... Rca8 $5 31. Ra1 Rb8 $36)
31. Rd3 Qa5 (31... Rca8 $5 32. Ra1 Ra5) 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096]} 33. Rb4
Rac5 34. Rb3 Ra8 35. Rb4 Rac8 36. Rb3 e5 {Black starts playing for a win but
White's defensive resources should be sufficient.} 37. Kg1 e4 38. Rd4 Re8 (
38... e3 39. Re4 Rxc3 40. Rxe3 $11) (38... Rxc3 $11) 39. Kf2 e3+ 40. Ke1 Kg7
41. Ra3 Ra5 42. c4 Rea8 43. Ke2 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Kxe3 $11 Kf6 46. h4 Ra1
47. Re4 h5 48. c5 Re1+ $2 {Suddenly Black gets an idea to make a draw in the
pawn endgame, which, however, proves lost! He had no problems after, say,} (
48... Kf5 49. Rc4 Ke5 50. c6 Ra8) (48... Rd1 {, cutting off White's king, was
possible, too.}) 49. Kd4 Rxe4+ $2 {Of course, it is now unclear whether Black
can survive after} (49... Rd1+ 50. Kc4) ({or} 49... Rg1 50. Re2) {but in any
case that was better than the text.} 50. Kxe4 {A similar ending (with reversed
colours) could have arisen in M.Gurevich-Krasenkow (Jakarta 1996 - see CBM 56,
annotation to move 57 of that game). GM Ivan Sokolov took part in that
tournament and probably saw that game!} Ke6 51. Kd4 f6 52. Ke4 Kd7 (52... g5
53. hxg5 (53. g4 {is also possible}) 53... fxg5 54. c6 Kd6 55. Kf5 $18) 53. Kd5
g5 54. hxg5 (54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Ke5 $18) 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch 8th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 ({The main line is
} 6... c5 7. d5 e6 (7... b5) (7... a6) 8. Be2 (8. dxe6 fxe6 $1 9. Bd3 Nc6 10.
O-O Nd4 {is unclear}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 {and we reach one of the most
important positions in the Benoni.}) 7. Bd3 ({In the past one more often saw} 
7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {with an unclear
position as can be seen in the game Lautier,J 2655 - Kasparov,G 2805,
Amsterdam 1995.}) 7... e5 (7... c5 {was played by Anand.}) ({while} 7... Bg4 8.
O-O Nd7 {is deserving attention.}) 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 c6 (9... Ne8 $5) ({
A better move is} 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. O-O (11. Be3 Qe7) 11... Qd6 (11...
Ne8 {was played by the very young Magnus Carlsen}) 12. Qe2 $14 {and White
stands slightly better.}) 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Qa4 $5 $146
{a novelty} ({After} 13. Nb5 Nxb5 (13... b6) 14. Bxb5 Nc7 15. Bd3 (15. Ba4)
15... Ne8 16. Bc5 Nd6 17. Nd2 $14 {White has also a small advantage.}) 13...
Nc7 (13... f5 14. Rac1 $14) 14. Qa3 (14. Rac1 $14) (14. Bc5 b6 15. Ba3 $14)
14... b6 15. Nd2 (15. Rae1 $5 Bb7 16. Bd2) 15... Re8 (15... f5 {should be
played:} 16. Rac1 (16. Nc4 Ba6) (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Nce8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4
Nd6 19. Bd3 $14 {and White stands slightly better.}) 16. Qb3 (16. Nc4 Ncb5 (
16... Bf8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qb3 $14) 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18. Qb4 Nd4 19. h3 $14)
16... f5 17. a4 $14 {White has at least a small advantage.} f4 (17... Rb8 18.
Nc4 f4 19. Bf2) 18. Bf2 g5 (18... Ba6 19. Na2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 $16) (18... Bf8 19.
a5 (19. Rac1 Bg4) 19... bxa5 20. Rxa5 $16) 19. a5 (19. Nc4 Bf8 20. a5 b5 21.
Nxd6 Bxd6 $16) 19... b5 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Na2 Na6 22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. Qxb4 Bf8 24.
Nb3 Nc4 25. Nc5 (25. Bc5 Nxb2 (25... Ne3 26. Rfe1) 26. Be2 $14) 25... Bxc5 ({
It was better} 25... Nxa5 26. Qa3 Nc4 $14) 26. Bxc5 Nxa5 27. Bd6 (27. Ra1 $1 {
is better:} Nb7 28. Rxa7 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 $16 {and White has the upper hand.})
27... Qb6+ 28. Bc5 Qd8 29. Bf2 (29. Ra1 $1) 29... a6 30. Be2 Nc4 31. Bh5 Re7 $6
{A dubious move.} ({A more precise one was} 31... a5 32. Qc3 a4 (32... Re7 33.
Bc5 g4 34. b3 Rg7 35. bxc4 Rg5 36. g3 b4 37. Qd2 $16) 33. Bxe8 Qxe8 34. Qb4 $14
{and White has only a small advantage.}) 32. Rxc4 $1 a5 33. Qd6 bxc4 34. Bc5
$16 {White again has the better position.} Re8 35. Bxe8 Qxe8 36. Qf6 Qg6 37.
Qxe5 Re8 38. Qc7 ({If} 38. Be7 {then} Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bxg5 Rxe4 41. Bxf4
$14) 38... Qf7 (38... Qg7 39. e5 $16) 39. Qxa5 ({White is much better in the
ending which follows} 39. Re1 Bf5 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. e5 $16) 39... Rxe4 40.
Qd8+ Be8 41. Qxg5+ Qg6 42. Be7 (42. Qxg6+ $5 hxg6 43. Bb4 $16) 42... Qxg5 43.
Bxg5 Re5 44. Bxf4 (44. Bf6 Rxd5 $14) 44... Rxd5 {White is a pawn up, but the
presence of opposite-coloured bishops and the reduced material give to Black a
chance for a draw.} 45. Bh6 (45. h3 $5) 45... Bf7 46. Ra1 Be6 47. Rf1 Rf5 48.
Re1 Kf7 49. Bd2 h5 (49... Bd5 50. Re2) 50. h3 Bd5 51. Re2 Bc6 ({White has only
a small advantage after} 51... Ba8 52. Kh2 Rf6 $14) ({or} 51... h4 52. Be1 Rh5
$14) 52. Kh2 Rb5 (52... h4) 53. Bf4 Rf5 54. Kg3 Bd5 55. Bd2 Kg6 56. Kh4 Kf7 (
56... Rf1 $14) (56... Rf6 $14) 57. Bc3 (57. g3) 57... Kg6 58. g3 $16 Kf7 59.
Rd2 Ke6 (59... Be6) 60. Rd4 ({A faster way was} 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4) 60... Kd6
(60... Rf3) 61. Rd1 Kc6 62. Re1 Kd7 63. Re2 Be6 64. Bd2 Rd5 65. Bf4 Bf7 66. Be5
Ke6 67. Bc3+ Kd7 68. Re4 Rf5 69. g4 hxg4 70. hxg4 Rf1 71. Kg5 Rf3 $2 {A
mistake.} (71... Be6 72. Kg6 $16) (71... Bd5 72. Rd4 Ke6 73. Kg6 Rf6+ 74. Kh5
$16) 72. Kh6 $1 Bd5 73. Re1 ({Better is} 73. Re5 $1 Be6 74. g5 Bf5 75. g6 Bd3
76. Rb5 Rh3+ 77. Kg7 Rg3 78. Rb6 {and White is much better.}) 73... Rf4 (73...
Rh3+ 74. Kg6) 74. g5 Rh4+ (74... Rg4 75. g6 Be6 76. Rf1) 75. Kg7 Rg4 76. Bf6
Be4 $2 {The last mistake.} (76... Bf3 77. g6 Rg2 78. Kh7 Rh2+ 79. Kg8 Bd5+ 80.
Kf8 Rh6 (80... Rf2 81. Re7+ Kc6 82. Rf7 $1 $18) 81. Re7+ Kc6 82. Kg7 Rh2 (82...
Rh1 83. Re5) 83. Be5 Rg2 84. Ra7 {it seems that Black has major difficulties.})
77. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 78. Kf7 1-0

