[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 (6... Bb7 $5) 7. b4
cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qd7 (9... Bd7 $5) 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Qxb5 (11. Bh3) 11...
Rb8 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Nc2 $1 Nc5 14. Rxa7 Be7 (14... Rb1 15. Ra1 $1 $16) (
14... Bf5 15. Na3 $1 $16) 15. Nf3 Nxd5 16. Nfd4 Nc3 17. Nc6 Rc8 (17... Bxc6 18.
Bxc6+ Kf8 19. Nd4 $16) 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Nd4 $16 N3e4 20. O-O g6 (20... Ra8 21.
Nf5+ Kf6 22. Rxd7 $18) 21. f3 Nc3 22. Bg5+ $1 f6 23. Bd2 Nd5 (23... Ne6 24.
Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Bh3+ f5 26. e4 $18) 24. f4 Nb6 (24... Rc7 25. Rfa1) 25. Rd1 Rhe8
26. Nb5 $1 {/\ Nd6} Nc4 $8 27. Bb4 Rb8 28. Bc6 Rb6 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Nc7 $18
Reb8 (30... Ne3 31. Rd3) 31. Nd5+ Ke6 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. Bc3 Ne3 34. Rc1 Nd5 35.
Bd4 Rb4 $138 36. e4 (36. e3 $1) 36... Ne7 (36... Nxf4 37. gxf4 Rxd4 38. Rcc7
$18) 37. Bf2 Nb8 $1 38. e5 $2 (38. Re1 Nbc6 39. Rc7 $18) 38... fxe5 39. fxe5
Nec6 $1 $8 (39... dxe5 40. Rxe7+ $18) (39... Nbc6 40. exd6 Nxa7 41. dxe7 $18)
40. Rxh7 Nxe5 41. Rc8 $2 (41. Rc2 $1) 41... Nbd7 (41... Rb2 $1 $44) 42. Rc2 $1
Nf6 43. Ra7 Ne4 44. Ra3 d5 45. Re2 $1 (45. Kg2 d4 $44) 45... Kf5 46. Kg2 Rb1 (
46... d4 $2 47. g4+ Nxg4 (47... Kf4 48. Bg3+ $18) 48. Ra5+ Ne5 49. Bg3 $18) 47.
h3 Nc4 48. Ra8 Rb3 49. Rf8+ Kg5 50. Rf3 Rb5 (50... Rxf3 51. Kxf3 Ncd2+ 52. Kg2
Kf5 53. g4+ Ke5 54. Bg3+ Kd4 55. h4 $18) 51. Bd4 Rb1 52. Rf4 Rd1 $2 (52... Kh6
53. Rc2 Re1 54. h4 $18) 53. Rexe4 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 (54. Kf1 dxe4 55. Bf6+ {/\ Rh4#}
) 1-0

[Event "Porz op 28th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szypulski, Andrzej"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. g3 Bc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Nh4 Re8 13. b3 Nf8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15.
Rac1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. e4 Bb6 20. h3 Qe7 21. Kh2
Rbc8 22. f3 c4 23. b4 Nh5 24. f4 Kh7 25. Bf3 Rh8 26. Bxh5 Kg8 27. Qc3 f6 28.
Qf3 Rxh5 29. g4 Rh7 30. Nc3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Rch8 32. Rh1 Re8 33. Rce1 Kg8 34. Re2
g5 35. f5 Kf7 36. Nb1 Ra8 37. Nc3 Rhh8 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Ree1 Rhb8 40. Red1 Be5
41. Qe3 Qd8 42. Qf2 Qc7 43. Qg1 g6 44. fxg6+ Kxg6 45. Rf1 Rxa1 46. Rxa1 Rh8 47.
Qf2 Bxg4 48. Nxb5 Bxh3+ 49. Kg1 Qd7 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Ra3 Qg4+ 52. Qg3 Qd1+ 53.
Kf2 Qf1+ (53... Qf1+ 54. Ke3 Bd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 ({Am
meisten wird} 7. Bg5 {gezogen:} Re8 8. e3 a6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 a6) 9. Bd3 Bf8 10.
d6 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 b4 14. Nb1 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Bg7 16. Nc4 Bb7 17.
h4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nfd2 Re6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. O-O-O b3 23.
Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxb3 Nb4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Nba5 Qf6 27. e4 Na2+ 28. Kc2 Rb8 29. e5
Qd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bh4 Qe8 32. Rdf1 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxb2+ 34. Kd1 Nc3+ 35. Kc1
Na2+ 36. Kd1 Nc3+ 37. Kc1 Na2+ 38. Kd1 {1/2-1/2 (38) Giri,A (2714)-Karjakin,S 
(2763) Beijing 2011}) 7... Bc7 8. d6 {Mit diesem prinzipiellen Zug hat Weiß
gute Ergebnisse erzielt.} Ba5 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf6
12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 b6 16. f4 a5 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. c4
Rac8 19. Bc3 Qg6 20. a3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc4 23. e4 b5 24. Rac1 a4
25. Rc3 Qe6 26. Rec1 f6 27. Qd2 Kh8 28. Re3 Bb3 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. e5 h6 31. Rc3
Bc4 32. Qd4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Re8 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Re3 Rf8 37. h3 Qg6
38. Be4 Qh5 39. Bg2 Qg6 40. Be4 Qh5 41. Bg2 Qg6 42. Be4 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Aronian,L (2786)-Gashimov,V (2758) Moscow 2009}) 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Bg5 (12. Rb1
Nc6 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Nd2 g6 15. Ne4 $14) 12... Bf6 13. Qd5 Na6 14. Rac1 Rb8 15.
Qf5 b5 16. e4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 g6 18. Qg4 f6 19. Nxh7 $1 {Weiß möchte sein
Übergwicht am Königsflügel zu einem Königsangriff nutzen.} ({"Normal" war} 
19. Nh3 Rb6 $11) 19... Kxh7 20. f4 Bb7 21. f5 {Die Schwächung der weißen
Felder war ein Ziel der weißen Spielführung.} Qe8 {Schwarz muss schon
aufpassen.} (21... gxf5 $4 22. Rxf5 $18) (21... Rg8 $2 22. e5 Qf8 (22... gxf5
$2 23. Qxf5+ Kg7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. exf6+ Kf8 26. Qh7 Rg4 27. Rce1 c4 28. Qe7+
Qxe7 29. dxe7+ Kg8 30. e8=Q+ $18) 23. fxg6+ Rxg6 24. Qxd7+ Qg7 25. Qh3+ Rh6 26.
Qf5+ Qg6 27. Bxb7 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxb7 29. e6 $18) 22. e5 (22. Rce1 $5 Ba8 (22...
g5 23. e5 Kh6 (23... Bxg2 $2 24. exf6 $18) 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. exf6 Qh5 26. Qe4
Rbb8 27. g4 Qh4 28. Re3 Rxf6 29. Qg2 $18 {mit Damenfang.}) 23. e5 fxe5 24.
fxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qxd7+ Kg8 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe4 29. Qe8+ Kg7
30. Qe7+ (30. d7 $4 Qe3#) 30... Kg6 31. Qe6+ Kh5 32. Qe8+ $11 {mit Dauerschach.
}) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 fxe5 24. Rce1 gxf5 ({Auf} 24... Nb4 $1 {ist} 25. Rxe5 {
möglich, mit komplizierten Varianten:} (25. Qh4+ $5 Kg8 26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Re4
{und nun schlägt Houdini folgende Zugfolge vor:} Rf4 $1 (27... Rxf1 28. Rg4
Rf6 29. Qh5 Qxg4 30. Qxg4+ Kf8 31. Qxd7 {ist nicht klar.}) 28. Rfxf4 exf4 29.
Re5 f3+ 30. Kxf3 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kxf2 Nd3+) 32... Rf5 33. Qd8+
Kg7 34. Qxd7+ Rf7 35. Re7 Nd5 $19) 25... Qxe5 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Rf4 Qb2+ 28.
Kh1 Qg7 29. Qh5+ Qh7 (29... Kg8 30. Rg4 Rf7 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. f6 Rf7 33. Qh6
Rbf8 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qxc5 Nc6 36. Qxb5 $11) 30. Qg5 Nd5 (30... Qg7 31. Qh5+ {
mit Remis.}) 31. Rh4 Nf6 32. Rxh7+ Nxh7 33. Qh5 c4 34. Qf3 Rbc8 35. Qc3+ Kg8
36. g4 a5 37. a3 Nf6 $19 {scheint zu gewinnen.}) 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5+ Qg6
27. Qxd7+ Kg8 28. Rf1 (28. Rxe5 Qc2+ 29. Kf3 Rf8+ 30. Kg4 $11) 28... c4 ({Mit} 
28... Nb4 29. Qxa7 (29. Kg1 $5) 29... Nc6 30. Qxc5 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Nd4 {konnte
Schwarz noch auf Gewinn spielen.} 32. d7 Nf3+ 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. a3 Nxh2) 29. h4
c3 30. h5 Qe4+ (30... Qxh5 $4 31. Qe6+ $18) 31. Kh3 {Weiß droht nun De6 und
d7 mit Gewinn.} Kh8 32. Qe6 Nc5 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qe7+
Kh8 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1984.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 $6 (7. Bg2)
7... Bg7 (7... Nh5 $5 8. Be3 (8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Nxf4 10. Qxb7 Nh5 11. Qxa8 Qb6
{P g7,0-0, a6/}) 8... Bg7) 8. Qa4+ $6 (8. Nf3 $5 O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. a4 Nh5 (
10... h6 $5) 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. O-O) 8... Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Nf3 (10. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6
11. Qxb7 Qb6 12. Qxa8 Qxb2) 10... O-O 11. Nd2 (11. Bg2 $5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Re8 13.
O-O) 11... Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. Nc4 Na6 $17 14. Bg2 (14. Nb5 $2 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nb4
{P d5, c2/}) 14... Rae8 15. Bf3 (15. O-O Bxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 (16. bxc3 f4 17. Bd2
b5 {P e2/}) 16... f4 (16... b5 17. Qa5 $1) 17. gxf4 Nxf4 $36) 15... f4 $1 16.
gxf4 (16. Bd2 $4 fxg3 17. hxg3 (17. Bxh5 gxf2+) 17... Rxf3 $19) 16... Nxf4 17.
O-O Bxc3 (17... Bh3 $5 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. Kh1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe2 $1 21. Bxe2 (21.
Rxe2 Rxf3) 21... Qe4+ 22. f3 Rxf3 23. Kg1 Rg3+) 18. Qxc3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Qd8 $6 (
19... Qe7 $1 20. Bxf4 (20. Kh1 Nxe2 $1 $19) 20... Rxf4 $17) 20. Kh1 b5 21. Na5
Nc7 (21... b4 22. Qc4 Qxa5 23. Bxf4) 22. Qd2 Qh4 23. Nb7 (23. Nc6 Rf5 {P cd5/})
23... Re5 24. Nxd6 (24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nxd6 Qf6 26. Nb7 Rxf3 $19) 24... Ncxd5
25. Bxc5 $6 (25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Ne4 {P g3/} Rxe4 (26... Bg2+ $1 27. Bxg2 Rh5 28.
h3 Nxg2) 27. Bxe4 Qxf2 28. Rg1) (25. Rg1) 25... Bg2+ 26. Bxg2 Rh5 27. h3 Nxg2 (
27... Nxh3 $19) 28. Qd3 Nge3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Bc7 $6 (
7... Re8 $5 8. e3 Bc7 (8... a6 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
O-O g6 14. a5 Bg7 15. h3 $14 {Zakharevich,I-Cherniaev,A/Arkhangelsk//1996/1|0/
25/}) 9. d6 Ba5 10. Bc4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7
15. e4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. e5 Re6 20. exf6 Qe8 $19 {
Matlak,M-Zaichik,G/Protvino/1988/0|1/29/}) 8. d6 Ba5 9. Rc1 $6 {N/} (9. e4 $5
Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Re8 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re6 14. Re1 Qa5 15. e5 Ng4 16.
Bf4 $16 {Ghinda-Biriescu,T/Predeal/1988/1|0/19/}) 9... Nc6 10. e3 Qb6 $5 11.
Bxf6 Qxb2 12. Rc2 Qa3 13. Nd2 gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qf5 Rg8 (15... Bxc3 16. Bd3
Bxd2+ 17. Ke2 $18) 16. Qxf6+ Rg7 17. Nd5 (17. Nc4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Rxc3
b5 20. Nd2 c4 $13) (17. h4 Nb4 $19) 17... b5 18. h4 (18. Bxb5 Rb8 $36) (18. Nf4
Bd8 19. Qa1 Kg8 $13) 18... c4 19. h5 Bd8 $1 20. Qf4 (20. Ne7 Bxe7 (20... Nxe7
21. h6 Nf5 22. Qxf5 Rg6 23. Qd5 Rb8 24. Qxf7 $16) 21. dxe7 Qxe7 $19) (20. Qf5
Qxd6 $22 21. h6 Rg5 $19) 20... Bg5 21. Qf5 Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24.
h6 (24. Ndc3 Rb8 $19) 24... Rg6 (24... Bxh6 $2 25. Nc7) 25. Nc7 Rb8 26. Nd6 a6
27. f4 (27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Nxa6 d5 $22 29. Rb2 b4 30. Nxb4 c3 31. Rb3 Nxb4 32.
Rxb4 c2 $19) 27... Be7 (27... Bxh6 28. g4 (28. Nf7+ Kg7 29. Nxh6 Rxh6 30. Ne8+
Kg6 31. Rxh6+ Kxh6 32. g4 Kg6 $19) 28... Bf8 $22 29. Nce8 Bb7 30. Rch2 h6 $19)
28. f5 Bxd6 (28... exf5 29. Nxf5 Bb4+ 30. Kd1 d5 $17) 29. fxg6 Bxc7 (29... hxg6
30. Ne8 Be5 31. Rf2 $13) 30. g7+ Kg8 31. Rh3 d5 32. Rf3 Bd7 33. Rcf2 Bd6 34.
Rf6 (34. Rf7 Ne5 $19) 34... Ne5 35. Be2 Be7 36. R6f4 b4 (36... Bg5 $4 37. Rf8+
$18) 37. Bh5 b3 (37... Nd3+ 38. Kd2 Nxf4 39. Rxf4 Be8 40. Bg4 Bf7 $19) 38. axb3
Nd3+ (38... cxb3 39. Bf7+ Nxf7 40. Rxf7 b2 41. Rxb2 Rxb2 42. Rxe7 Rb7 $19) 39.
Kd2 Nxf4 40. Rxf4 Be8 41. Bg4 (41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. bxc4 Bg5 $19) 41... Bf7 42.
bxc4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Espoo zt"]
[Site "Espoo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nec3 b5 $1 11. e5 $5 Rxe5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 $2 (12... Bg4 13. Qb3
(13. f3 Rxd5) 13... Be2 14. Bf4 (14. Re1 $2 Bc4 $1) 14... Bxf1 15. Kxf1 $15)
13. N1c3 Ba6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bf4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Rd8 17. b4 $1 Na6 (17... cxb4 18.
Rc1 Ne8 19. Re1 {/\ Rxe8}) 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rb1 Nh5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Qc2 Qa6
22. Rb4 Rbc8 23. Rfb1 Nf6 24. Qd1 Nfd7 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Be3 h5 27. Bh3 f5 28.
Bf1 Qa5 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. f3 a6 31. Nd4 Nf7 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Bf4 Ne5 34. Rb6 Kh7
35. Bxa6 Ra8 36. Be2 Rxa4 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Be3 Ra3 39. Bf2 Na4 40. Rc6 Qa5 41.
Rb5 Qa8 42. Qc1 $1 Ra2 43. Rc8 Qa6 44. Rb2 Nxb2 45. Bxa6 Rxd5 46. Be2 e4 47.
Rc7 Nd3 48. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Kasparov-Kortschnoj+4-1=6"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1983.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. b4 $1 Na6 $5 (
7... cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 $14 {|^ Sosonko-Timman/Tilburg/1982/
Zaitshik-Wladimirov/1981/}) 8. bxc5 Nxc5 9. Nf3 g6 10. O-O (10. Nd4 $5) 10...
Bg7 11. Nd4 O-O $2 (11... Bb7 $8) 12. Nc3 $1 a6 (12... b4 13. Nc6 Qd7 (13...
Qb6 14. Rb1 $16 {>< b4}) 14. Nb5 $1 (14. Nxb4 Nfe4 $1) 14... Nfe4 (14... Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Bxa1 16. Nxd6 $1 Ne6 17. Nxc8 $1 Qxd5 18. N8e7+ Kg7 19. Nxd5 $18) 15.
Nbd4 Nc3 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Re1 $16) 13. Nc6 $1 (13. a4 b4 14. Nc6 Qd7) (13. Rb1 {
/\ 14.a4} Re8 $1 {/\ 14...Ne4 =}) 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bd4 {/\ 15.a4 +/=/
+/-} Rfe8 (15... Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ {/\ 18.a4 +/=/+/-}) 16. a4 $1 bxa4
$8 (16... Bxc6 17. dxc6 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... bxc3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ {
/\ 21.Ra2 +/-/+-}) 19. Nd5) (16... Nxa4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Bxc6 20. Rc4 $18) 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxa4 {/\ 19.Na5} (18. Rxa4) 18... Nd7 19.
Qb3 {/\ 20.d6} (19. Qa3 {>=} Bf8 {/\ 20.Rb1, 21.Rd1 +-} (19... Bxc6 20. Qxc5))
19... Bxc6 $8 20. dxc6 Nb6 21. Rab1 Rab8 (21... c4 {>=} 22. Qa3 (22. Qxb6 $10))
22. Qa3 c4 (22... Bd4 23. e3 Nc4 24. Nd5 (24. Qxa6 Nxe3) 24... Nxa3 25. Nxc7
Nxb1 26. Nxe8 Nd2 (26... Rxe8 27. exd4 Nc3 28. d5 $18) 27. Nd6 $1 Nxf1 28. c7
$18) 23. Rfc1 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 $18 (24. Rxc3 Rxe2 25. Qxa6 Qe5 $18) 24... Rxe2 25.
Qd4 $1 {/\ 26.Rd1 27.Qd6; 27.Rb6} a5 (25... Re5 $8 {>< Nb6} 26. Re1 $1 Rb5 27.
Rbd1 {/\ 27.g4, 28.Qf6}) 26. Rb5 a4 27. Bf3 Ree8 28. Qc5 $1 Qe7 29. c7 Qxc5 30.
Rxc5 Rbc8 31. Bb7 Nd7 32. R5xc4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik"]
[BlackTeam "KGSRL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O $5 {
A very interesting concept against the Bf4 system.} 8. e3 (8. Bd6 {is
definitely critical, but leads to unclear positions. Some examples:} Qb6 9.
Bxf8 Qxb2 10. Rc1 (10. Bxg7 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 Kxg7 12. g3 d6 13. Bg2 b5 14. O-O
Nbd7 $44 {0-1 (49) Graf,F (2367)-Lupulescu,C (2648) Gibraltar 2012}) 10... Kxf8
11. Nd2 (11. e4 Ne8 $5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 d6 $13) (11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2
d6 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Be2 Ne8 $13) 11... d6 12. e4 (12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Qb3 Na6 $13) (
12. e3 Ne8 13. Rc2 Qb4 14. Qc1 Nd7 $13) (12. Rc2 Qb4 13. a3 $5 Qf4 $5 14. e3
Qe5 15. Be2 Bf5 $13) 12... Ne8 $5 (12... a6 $4 13. Nc4 $18) 13. Rc2 (13. Qc2 $6
Qxc2 14. Rxc2 a6 15. a4 b5 $40) 13... Qa3 $5 14. Qc1 (14. Qf3 a6 15. Nc4 Qb4
16. Qe3 Nd7 $13) 14... Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1 a6 16. Nc4 (16. a4 b5 $44) 16... Nd7 17.
a4 b5 $44) 8... d6 9. h3 Na6 $5 {A possibility Black normally doesn't have, as
the moves ...a6 and a4 are included.} ({Starting with} 9... Re8 {made sense.})
10. Bxa6 $5 (10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O Re8 {and the knight on c7 is very annoying:
White cannot play the natural move Nd2.}) 10... bxa6 11. Nd2 a5 $5 12. O-O (12.
Nc4 $2 Ba6 $1 13. Nxd6 Rb8 {would be terrible for White.}) 12... Ba6 13. Re1
Rb8 14. Qc2 Nh5 (14... Re8 $13) 15. Bh2 f5 16. g4 $4 {Unbelievable! Any normal
move who lead to dangerous positions for both sides.} fxg4 17. hxg4 Qh4 18. f3
Nf6 $5 (18... Rxf3 19. Nxf3 Qxg4+ 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rxb2+ 22. Kg1 Bxc3 {
was also great for Black, but I considered my move even stronger.}) (18... Be5
$1 {was winning at once, but wasn't easy:} 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nde4 $8 (20. gxh5
$2 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Rf5 $19) 20... Rxf3 21. Qg2 (21. gxh5 Rh3 22. Qg2 Rxb2 $1 $19)
21... Rh3 $1 $19) 19. Kg2 $8 (19. Bxd6 Nxg4 $19) 19... Nxd5 $1 20. Bxd6 (20.
Nxd5 Rxb2 21. Qd1 Rxf3 $1 $19) 20... Rxb2 $2 {Unnecessary.} (20... Nb4 21. Qb3+
c4 22. Qd1 (22. Nxc4 Nd3 $19) 22... Nd3 $19) 21. Qxb2 Bxc3 22. Qc1 (22. Qb3 $1
c4 23. Qd1 {was a better defence.}) 22... h5 $2 {Collapsing, not seeing
anything concrete.} ({The engine comes up with the amazing idea} 22... Re8 $1
23. e4 Re5 $3 24. exd5 $8 Bf1+ $3 25. Nxf1 $8 Rxe1 {but even then after} 26.
Qc2 $8 (26. Qxc3 $2 Re2+ $19) 26... Rxa1 27. Qb3 {White has chances.}) 23. Qc2
Kf7 $4 (23... Qg5 $8 {was still unclear.} 24. a4) 24. Qe4 Qg5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
Rad1 (26. Rab1 $1 Bxd2 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Qe8 {was winning.}) 26... Bb7 27. Kf1
$2 (27. Kg1 $1 $16) 27... Qh4 28. gxh5 $4 (28. Qxg6 $11) 28... Qh1+ 29. Kf2 (
29. Ke2 Qh2+ 30. Kd3 Nb4+ $19) 29... Qh2+ 30. Kf1 {Now pick up your win.} Bxd2
$4 {I considered this to be game over, and didn't look for anything better.} ({
If you want to ask me why I didn't play} 30... Bc8 {as did approximately
everyone around right after the game, please restrain yourself!}) 31. Rxd2 $2 (
31. Qxg6 $1 {is a draw according to the engine!}) 31... Qh1+ (31... Ba6+ $1 32.
Rd3 (32. Ree2 $2 Bxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 gxh5
$19) 32... Qd2 33. Qh4 $8 Bxd3+ 34. Kg1 {with some cheances for White, but
Black should be winning.} {Houdini 4 Pro x64B:} g5 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 c4 {
should be an easy win.}) 32. Kf2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 {Repeating moves to give me time
to calculate ...Ba6+, as I had seen the arising pawn ending after Re2 was lost
for White. But even an extra minute didn't give me time to figure out the Re2 .
..Qd2 idea.} Qxd2 $2 34. Qe6 $8 {Woops! Preventing ...Ba6+, and the position
is a draw.} Nc7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qxg6+ Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc8 38. Qf5+ Kd8 39. Qf6+
Kd7 40. Qf5+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 h5 $6 {
Campora does not belong to the chess elite, but even average grandmaster
should not ignore basic positional principles.} 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. exf3
$1 {Khalifman creatively solves the problems of the defense, the doubled pawns
will be excellent in control of the important squares on the kingside.} (10.
Bxf3 h4 11. g4 Nbd7 12. O-O $14) 10... Na6 11. g4 Nd7 (11... hxg4 12. fxg4 O-O
13. O-O $14) 12. O-O Nc7 13. Re1 Kf8 (13... b5 14. f4 b4 15. Ne4 O-O 16. g5 g6
17. f5 $1 $16) 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bf6 (15... b5 16. g5 Nb6 17. Be4 Kg8 18.
Qf3 $14) 16. g5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 b5 (17... g6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Qxf5 $14
) (17... f5 18. Qd3 g6 19. c4 Rh7 20. Bb2 $14) 18. a4 $1 bxa4 (18... a6 19. f5
Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Qd3 Nc4 24. Qg3 $14) (18... b4
19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Bb2 a5 21. Qd4 f6 22. Re3 $14) 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Rae4 Qd7 {
The active white pieces are making possible snap of the d5 pawn very
problematic. The bishops would be overjoyed by the opening of the position.} (
20... Nbxd5 21. Qd3 $1 Nb6 22. c4 a5 (22... d5 23. cxd5 Qd6 24. Ba3 Rd8 25. Rc1
Nd7 26. Ra4 $16) 23. Bb2 Ra6 (23... a4 24. Re7 Ne6 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf5+ $18)
24. Re7 Ne6 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qg6 Ra7 29. Bc6 $18)
21. Qf3 Qf5 (21... Ncxd5 22. c4 f5 23. R4e2 Nc7 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Bb2 Re8 26. Bc6
$3 Rxe2 (26... Qxc6 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. g6+ $18) 27. Bxd7 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Nxd7 29. Qxd6+ Ke8
30. Qxc7 $16) 22. c4 Re8 (22... a5 23. Re7 Qc8 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qg3 $18) 23.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. f5 f6 (25... Nc7 26. f6 gxf6 27. gxf6 Rh4 28. Qd3
Qg4 29. Re4 Qh5 30. Bf4 $18) 26. g6 $1 Nc8 {Black king has found himself in
the cage with no chance for the escape. The limited access of the white pieces
is somewhat complicating realization of the enormous advantage.} (26... Nc7 27.
Bf4 Nc8 28. Qb2 Nb6 29. Ra1 $16) 27. Bf4 Rh4 28. Bg3 Rh8 (28... Rd4 29. Qh5 Ne7
30. Qh8+ Ng8 31. Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 32. Qxg8+ $18) 29. Bf3 Nc7 30. Qe4 Na8 31. Qc2
Nab6 32. Re6 Rh6 (32... Na8 33. Qb1 Nc7 34. Qb7 Qd8 35. Bd1 $18) 33. Kg2 (33.
Qb3 Rh8 34. Qb5 Qxb5 35. cxb5 Nc4 36. Be2 N4b6 $16) 33... Rh8 34. Be2 Na8 35.
Qb3 Nab6 (35... Nc7 36. Qb7 $1 $18) 36. Bd3 Rh5 37. Qd1 Rh8 38. Qg4 (38. Re1
Ne7 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Qxh1 a5 41. Qh2 Nbc8 42. Qh8+ Ng8 43. Bf4 a4 $14) 38...
Qc7 39. Qe4 Qd7 40. Bh4 {Finally Khaliman has spotted the contours of the
final combination.} Qd8 (40... Na8 41. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (41... Nc7 42. Bxg7+ Qxg7 (
42... Kxg7 43. f6+ Kg8 44. g7 Rh5 (44... Rh6 45. f7+ Qxf7 46. Rxh6 $18) 45. Qg4
) 43. f6 Qxg6+ 44. Qxg6 Rg8 45. Re1 Rxg6+ 46. Bxg6 $18) 42. Rxf6+ Kg8 43. Rf7
$18) 41. Bc2 Rh6 $2 (41... a5 42. Bg3 (42. Kf1 a4 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44. g7+ Kxg7
45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qg6 Nd7 47. Bxa4 $13) (42. Qg4 Kg8 43. Bg3 Kf8 44. Bd3 a4 45.
Bf4 Nd7 (45... a3 46. Qe2 Qd7 47. Bc1 $16) 46. Bxd6+ Nxd6 47. Rxd6 $18)) 42.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 43. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. f4 g6
9. Nh3 {The knight tries to reach the square f2 via h3 in order to protect
central e4 pawn.} Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf2 Nb6 12. Re1 Re8 (12... Rb8 13. Nc3 b4
14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qd8 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2
20. Bxc5 Na4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. d6 {Milton,K-Rowson,J/World op/2002/ 1-0 (36)})
13. Na3 Ba6 14. Nc2 (14. Bf1 $5 c4 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Bg2 Qb6 $11) 14... Nfd7 15.
Rb1 Na4 16. Ne3 (16. Qf3 Bc8 (16... b4 17. a3 $11) 17. Nd1 $13) 16... Rc8 17.
Qc2 c4 $1 {It becomes obvious, that Gelfand is making inroads on the queenside,
while the opponent struggles to make any progress on the other half of the
board.} 18. Nf1 (18. Ned1 Qa5 19. Bd2 b4 20. a3 b3 21. Qc1 Qb6 $15) 18... Ndc5
19. a3 (19. Bh3 Rc7 20. Bd2 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 c3 22. Bxc3 Na4 $17) 19... Nb3 20.
Be3 (20. Ne3 Qa5 21. Rf1 f5 22. Ned1 Nac5 23. exf5 Nd4 $17) 20... Qa5 21. Bh3 (
21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 c3 23. bxc3 Nxc3 24. Qb3 Bd4 $17) 21... Bxb2 $1 {[%mdl
1024] The concentration of black's forces was already calling for the tactical
solution, exchange sacrifice is very unpleasant.} 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. f5 (23.
Rxb2 Qxe1 24. Rb1 Qc3 $19) 23... Bg7 (23... Nd4 24. Bxd4 (24. Qd1 Qxe1 25. Qxe1
Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxe1+ 27. Rxe1 gxf5 $19) 24... Bxd4 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Ne3 Nc3 $17)
24. Nd2 Nac5 25. Nf3 (25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rf1 Nd4 $15) 25... Qc3 26. Qd1 (26.
Qxc3 Bxc3 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Re2 a6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rc1 Na4 $15) 26... gxf5
27. Bxc5 (27. Ng5 h6 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. exf5 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 hxg5
32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Rxc8 c3 $19) 27... Nxc5 28. exf5 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 {Not even a
queen exchange could help Lastin to cope with the activity of black's pieces
and the potential of the passed "c" pawn.} (29. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kf8 31. g4
h5 32. h3 a6 $17) 29... Bxf5 30. Rxb5 (30. Rc1 Qxa3 31. Nc2 Qb3 $19) 30... Bd4
$1 31. Nf3 (31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Ne4 33. Rxe4 Bxe4 34. Qg4+ Bg6 $19) (31. Kf1
Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Ne4+ 33. Kg2 Bh3+ $1 34. Kg1 Qe3+ $19) 31... Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nd3+
33. Kg1 (33. Kf1 Qf6 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Bg4 36. Kg2 Bxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 38.
Kxf3 c3 39. Rc8 c2 $19) 33... Be4 {Black is using a very efficient method in
attack- maximal activization of his forces.} 34. Rb1 (34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Bxd5
36. Re3 Qb2 37. Qf1 Qxa3 $17) (34. Qe2 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qd4+ 36. Kf1 Qa1+ 37. Kg2
Ne1+ $19) 34... Qf6 35. Qd2 (35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Rb8+ Kg7 $19) 35... Bxf3 36. Qe3
Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Stuttgart-ch op"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Wagner, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 {Der schwedischhe
Theoretiker Rolf Martens, der am 22. April 2008, starb, steuerte viele Ideen
zur Theorie dieser Variante bei, die er wegen der schlängelnden Läuferbewegung
Schlangen-Benoni nannte. Diese riskanteSpielweise hat GM Normunds Miesis so
begeistert, dass er sie zur seiner Spezialwaffe ausbaute.} 6. e4 {Richard
Palliser, Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko, Everyman Chess 2008, sieht
diesen Zug mit der Drohung 7.f4 als die wirksamste Widerlegung. Seine Arbeit
kann aber nicht überzeugen, viel interessanter sind die Analysen von Stefan
Bücker in Kaissiber 33, 2008, und in dessen Rubrik "Marxism and Schocking
Chess Discoveries", bei Chess Cafe, November 2008.} O-O ({Im Jahre 2007 hielt
Martens den Zug} 6... Be5 $5 {, von Gerard Welling eingeführt, für notwendig
und ausreichend, während Palliser diese Möglichkeit mit keinem Wort erwähnt} {
Nach} 7. Nf3 ({Vielleicht ist} 7. Bd3 $5 O-O (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Ne2 O-O
10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 $14) 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 ({
in Danner-Szebe, Oberwart 2007, folgte schwächer} 11... Nf8 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. h3
a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 $14) 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qd2 h6 $13 {eine
bessere Alternative}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 $1 ({Aber nicht} 8... Nxe4 9. Bd3
Nf6 (9... f5 $2 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. O-O $40) 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+
Kxe7 12. O-O d6 13. Re1+ Kd7 14. Ng5 $5 (14. c4 h6 15. Bb2 Kd8 16. Bxf6+ $14 {
Bücker}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Nxf7 Rf8 17. Bb2 b5 18. Be6+ Kc6 19. Bxc8
Na4 20. Nxd6 Nxb2 {Bücker,} 21. Ne8 Na6 22. Re6+ Kd5 23. Bd7 Raxe8 24. Rxe8
Rxe8 25. Bxe8 Nc7 26. Bf7+ $16) 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 ({auch} 
11... Nb6 12. Qd1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf4 {, Maurits Wind, ist nach} c4 15. Bc2
Re8 $11 {gut spielbar}) 12. Qc2 (12. Re1 Nb6 13. Qd1 Bg4 14. Bf4 Nh5 $11) 12...
c4 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. Re1 Ndf6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. c4 (16. h4 Bg6 17. h5 Bxh5 18.
Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Bg6 20. Nd2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qh4 22. f3 Qe1+ {mit Dauerschach})
16... Bg6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Rab1 Rac8 $11 {stehen die Chancen gleich, Bücker,
Chess Cafe.}) 7. f4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Re8 9. Qe2 Na6 {Diese ungetestete Fortsetzung,
von Raetsky und Chetverik in Starting out Benoni Systems, Everyman Chess 2005,
als unzureichend angegeben, wird von Bücker favorisiert.} ({Als
Hauptfortsetzung galte} 9... Bf8 10. g4 d6 ({Abzuraten ist von} 10... f5 11.
gxf5 d6 12. Bh3 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qh4+ {,Hillarp Persson-Almeida,
Banyoles 2006, wonach Palliser zurecht gibt} 15. Kd1 Qxh3 16. Ng5 Rxe2 17. Nxh3
$18) ({Interessanter erscheint, reicht jedoch ebebnfalls nicht aus} 10... Nc6
11. dxc6 d5 12. Bg2 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxg4 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. Be3 bxc6 16. O-O-O Ba6
17. Nc3 Bd3 18. Rxd3 exd3 19. Bxc6 $16 {, Bücker.}) 11. f5 Bxf5 12. gxf5 Qh4+
13. Kd1 Rxe4 {(mit schwarzer Initiative, Lev Psakhis, The complete Benoni,
Batsford 1995)} 14. Nf3 {Hebden-Hector, Sure Memorial 1987, wonach Bücker} Rxe2
$5 {(nicht erwähnt von Palliser)} 15. Nxh4 Re5 16. Bd2 (16. Bg2 Be7 17. Bf4
Bxh4 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Nd7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 Nf6 $44) 16... Be7 17. Ng2
Rxd5 18. Ne3 Rd4 19. Kc2 Nc6 20. Bc3 {als etwas günstiger für Weiß angibt.})
10. Bd2 $5 ({Sowohl} 10. Nf3 c4 $5 ({anstatt von} 10... f5 11. Nxd6 Rxe2+ 12.
Bxe2 Nb4 13. Kf2 {Chetverik/ Raetsky, und nun} Qf6 14. Nc4 $16 {Palliser}) 11.
Nxd6 Rxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nb4 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Nxc4 Nxd5 {, Bücker,} 15. g3 d6 16. Kf2
Bg4 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Rd3) ({als auch} 10. Kf2 $5 b5 (10... f5 11.
Nxd6 Rxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Nc3 $16) 11.
Qf3 Qe7 {, Bücker,} 12. Ne2 Qxe4 13. Qxe4 Rxe4 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Nxb5 Bf8 16. a3
{sieht freundlich für Weiß aus.}) 10... f5 $2 ({Vorzuziehen war} 10... Qe7 11.
Nxd6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Rxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Qf6 14. Nb5 Qxb2 15. Bc3 Qc2 16. Nf3 Nb4 (16...
Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc3+ 18. Kf2 Rb8 19. Nb5 Qa5 20. Rhe1 $16) 17. O-O d6 18. Bc4 Bd7
19. Rac1 Qe4 20. Nxd6 Qe3+ 21. Kg2 Nd3 22. Rc2 Ba4 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 $14 {
mit Plus für Weiß.}) 11. Nxd6 Rxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Qh4+ ({Kaum günstiger ist} 12...
Qf6 13. Nb5 Qxb2 14. Bc3 Qc2 15. Nf3 Nc7 (15... Nb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Kf2 Qc5+
18. Kg3 $16) 16. Nxc7 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Rb8 18. d6 b6 19. Nd5 $16) 13. g3 Qf6 14.
Nb5 d6 $2 ({Das kleinere Übel wäre} 14... Qxb2 15. Bc3 Qc2 16. Nf3 Nc7 17. Nxc7
Qxc3+ 18. Kf2 Rb8 19. d6 $16 {gewesen}) 15. Bc3 Qf8 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. a4 Re8 18.
Kf2 Rxe2+ ({Und hier} 18... Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nbd4 $16) 19. Kxe2 Bxb5+ 20.
axb5 Qe8+ 21. Kf2 Qxb5 22. Rhe1 Nb4 23. Bxb4 ({Auch} 23. Re7 Nd3+ 24. Kg1 $18 {
gewann leicht}) 23... Qxb4 24. Ng5 Qxb2+ 25. Re2 Qd4+ 26. Kg2 Qxd5+ 27. Kh3 Qc6
28. Rae1 Qg2+ 29. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Ivanisevic,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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 "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qd3 {This
variation was prepared for the Olympiad in Tromso 2014, but was not used then..
. The main idea of 7.Qd3 is to prevent Black from castling or to enter the
endgame with next Qe3.} Na6 $5 (7... Bg7 8. Qe3+) 8. a3 (8. Bg2 Qe7 $5 {
directed against mentioned ideas... e.g.} (8... Nb4 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. e4 Qe7 11.
Qe2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. a3 Na6 14. f4 $16) 9. Qe3 Nb4) 8... Bg7 9. Qe3+ Kf8 (
9... Qe7 {was also possible} 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. e4 b5 $13) 10. Bg2
Bf5 11. Nf3 Qd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Qf4 h6 14. Re1 {Played with a wrong idea.} (14.
Nd2 {with the idea 15.Nc4 or 15.e4 with next Nc4.} g5 15. Qc4 Nc7 16. a4 Bh3
17. e4 $13) 14... Ne4 15. g4 $6 {Go on!} (15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Qd2 $11 {Black's
position is really comfortable.}) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Nxc3 16. gxf5 g5 $1 (
16... Nxd5 17. Qd2 $44) 17. Qd2 (17. Qc4 b5 18. Qd3 Na4 $1 $17) 17... Ne4 18.
Qc2 Qxf5 19. Be3 Qg6 $15 {There is some compensation for the pawn, White wants
to enforce b4, Black needs some time to regroup his pieces, but it looks like
it is not enough for a pawn.} (19... Qd7 20. Rac1 $44)) 16. bxc3 Bxg4 17. c4
Bh3 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 $15 20. f3 g5 21. Qe3 f4 (21... Qg7 22. Nxe4 Qxa1
(22... fxe4 23. Rb1 $13) 23. Qd2 fxe4 (23... Rxe4 24. Bb2 Rd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26.
Bxa1 Kf7 27. Bxd4 Rc8 28. Bxa7 Rxc4 29. Rb1 Kf6 30. Rxb7 Ke5 $11) 24. Bb2 exf3+
25. Kxf3 Qxe1 26. Qxe1 Rh7 27. Kg2 $13 {It looks like the game is finishing by
perpetual check...}) 22. Qb3 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Rg8 24. Qd3 Nc7 (24... Qf7 $142) 25.
Rab1 b6 26. a4 Qf7 27. a5 b5 28. cxb5 g4 $13 29. Kh1 g3 30. Rg1 (30. e4 $5 fxe3
31. Rxe3 {and again a passed b-pawn gives White chances to save the game.})
30... Rg5 31. Rg2 Rxd5 32. Qc3 (32. Qc2 $5) 32... Qf5 (32... Rh5 33. b6 axb6
34. axb6 Nd5 35. Qa1 $13) 33. Rb2 Rd4 34. b6 axb6 35. axb6 Nd5 36. Qc1 Qh3 (
36... Rb8 37. hxg3 Qh3+ 38. Rh2 Qxg3 39. Qa1 $13) 37. b7 Rb8 (37... Rxd2 38.
Qxd2 Ne3 39. Qxd6+ Kg7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 (40... Kh8 41. Qe5+ $1 Kh7 $1 42. Qxe3 fxe3
43. b8=Q Rxb8 44. Rxb8 Qd7 45. Rxg3 c4 (45... Qd1+ 46. Rg1 Qxe2 47. Rb7+ Kh8
48. Rb8+ $11) 46. Rb4 c3 47. Rc4 Qd1+ 48. Rg1 Qxe2 49. Rc7+ Kh8 50. Rc8+ $11)
41. Rxg3+ fxg3 42. Qxg3+ Qxg3 43. hxg3 Rb8 44. Rb5 {and the position is very
close to a draw, Black cannot protect the c-pawn in view of} c4 45. Re5 Nd1 46.
Re7 $1 (46. Rc5 Rxb7 47. Rxc4 {also should be enough for a draw}) 46... c3 47.
Rc7 c2 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rxb8 c1=Q 50. Rc8 Nf2+ 51. Kg2 Qh1+ 52. Kxf2 Qh2+ 53.
Kf1 {with a draw.}) 38. Kg1 (38. Qc2 $5 {to activate the queen in time!}) 38...
c4 39. Rc2 $2 (39. hxg3 c3 40. gxf4 $13 {was an idea during the game, but both
of us were in time trouble!}) 39... Rxd2 $2 (39... Rxb7 40. hxg3 Rxd2 $1 {now!}
41. Qxd2 Rb1+ 42. Rc1 Rxc1+ $1 (42... c3 43. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 44. Kf2 fxg3+ 45. Ke3)
43. Qxc1 Ne3 44. Rh2 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1 Qg6 $19) 40. Qxd2 Rxb7 41. hxg3 $2 (41. Rc1
$142) 41... Rb1+ 42. Rc1 c3 $2 (42... Rxc1+ 43. Qxc1 Ne3 44. Rh2 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1
Qg6 $19 {like in the previous variation}) 43. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 44. Kf2 fxg3+ 45. Ke3
Ke7 (45... Qxg2 46. Qxd6+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe6+ $11 {The black king cannot
escape from perpetual check.}) 46. Qb7+ (46. Qe4+ $142 Qe6 47. Qxe6+ Kxe6 48.
Kd3 c2 (48... Kf5 49. Rxg3 h5 50. e4+ Kf4 51. Rh3 Kg5 (51... Rf1 52. Rh4+ Kxf3
(52... Kg5 53. Rh3) 53. Rxh5 $11) 52. Rg3+ Kh6 53. Rh3 $11) 49. Rxg3 Re1 50.
Kxc2 Rxe2+ 51. Kd3 Rh2 52. Rg6+ Ke5 53. Ke3 $11) 46... Kf6 47. Qd5 c2 (47...
Qe6+ 48. Qxe6+ Kxe6 49. Kd3 {transposition to 46.Qe4+.}) 48. Qd4+ Kf7 49. Qa7+
Kf8 50. Qb8+ Ke7 51. Rxg3 $2 {Already tired, defending a worse position, I
didn't realise that even here the position is drawish!} (51. Kd2 $8 {The key
is that the white rook on g2 is untouchable...} Rh1 (51... Ra1 52. Qc7+ Ke6 53.
Qc8+ Ke5 54. Qc3+ Ke6 $11) (51... Qxg2 52. Qc7+ {no escape}) 52. Qc7+ Qd7 53.
Qxc2 $11) 51... Qe6+ 52. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Stella, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 $5 {The most ambitious move
and recently quite often seen in high level games. Black tries to play an
improved Benoni.} 6. e4 $1 {Sosonko's move, in my view the most principled way
to fight for an advantage. This has also been Kramnik's choice - usually not a
bad sign!} Nxe4 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Bg2 f5 ({The alternative} 8... Nd6 {was chosen
by Alekseev, and after} 9. Be3 b4 10. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. Bxd6 Bxd6 13.
Nd2 Rb8 14. Nc4 $14 {Kramnik-Alekseev, Moscow 2007 (1-0, 31). the endgame
proved very unpleasant.}) 9. Nh3 {According to old theory this is not good
because of Black's next move, I had, however, a special idea in mind!} b4 ({
Of course Black tries to keep the white king in the centre by threatening ...
Ba6. Instead} 9... Bb7 10. O-O Bxd5 11. Re1 {is extremely dangerous.}) 10. O-O
$1 $146 ({New, and effectively the end of the line! Previously} 10. d6 {
had been tried, when} Qxd6 11. f3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Nc6 $1 13. fxe4 O-O-O {gave
Black great compensation for the piece in Sosonko-Barle, Ljubljana/Portoroz
1977.}) 10... Ba6 11. Qc2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 {Black is an exchange and pawn up but
faces huge problems as his king is stuck in the centre. That, combined with
strong threats on the long diagonal seem to give White a decisive advantage.}
g6 ({The most logical move. Black fails to impress with:} 12... d6 13. Nd2 Nd7
14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Nf4 {the knight goes to e6,
followed by a3xb4 with huge compensation.}) (12... Qf7 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Nc4 (14.
Qxc5 $5) 14... Nxc4 (14... h6 15. Be3 $36) 15. Qxc4 Be7 16. Qe2 $1 d6 17. Ng5
$16) (12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Qa6+ 14. Kg1 Nd6 15. Bf1 Qb7 16. Nc4 $16) 13. Nd2 Bg7
$4 {This loses immediately, but I don't see a good alternative.} (13... Nd6 14.
Nc4 Kf7 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. d6 Nxd6 17. Bxa8 $18) (13... Qf6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Qxe4+ Kf7 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Bh6 $1 {and the threat of Ng5+ and Bh3
is looming.}) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. d6 $1 Qxd6 16. Qxe4+ Kf8 17. Bf4 ({Black
resigns. After} 17. Bf4 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Bd6+ {the black king is mated.})
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Graf, Felix"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd6
Qb6 9. Bxf8 Qxb2 10. Bxg7 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 Kxg7 12. g3 d6 13. Bg2 b5 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Re1 Nb6 16. Rc1 Qa3 17. e4 c4 18. Rc2 Ng4 19. Qa1+ f6 20. h3 Ne5 21. Rc3
Qa5 22. f4 Na4 23. fxe5 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. exd6 Bd7 26. a3 Na4 27. Kf2 Nc5
28. Ke3 Nb7 29. Kd4 Nxd6 30. g4 h6 31. Bf3 Rc8 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. e5 fxe5+ 34.
Kxe5 Ke7 35. Ne4 Nf7+ 36. Kd4 Ng5 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Ke5 Rc5 39. Be4 Be8 40. Re1
Kd8 41. Bc2 Bf7 42. Kf6 $2 (42. Be4 c3 43. Rf1 $11) 42... Bxd5 $19 43. Bxg6 c3
44. Bf5 a5 45. Kxg5 c2 46. Rc1 Be4 47. h4 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. h5 b3 0-1

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 {Aronian had some previous
experience with this slightly exotic continuation, in the spirit of the
Blumenfeld Gambit. In their rapid chess match earlier this year, Kramnik
played the unexpected 6.Nd2 and eventually emerged with a clear advantage
after a complicated sequence of moves. Generally, many players who do not play
the Benoni against other move orders prefer 5...d6 followed by ...g6 here,
because the fianchetto system is supposed to put Black under less pressure
than others. However, Aronian seems to be of a different opinion. In his
semi-final Candidates' match against Carlsen, he obtained one of his victories
with White precisely in the fianchetto Benoni...} 6. Nf3 $5 ({White almost
authomatically develops his bishop with} 6. Bg2 {, but Gelfand believes that
the bishop can be useful on the f1-a6 diagonal still.}) 6... d6 $146 ({This
natural move is a novelty. In the few previous games where White played 6.Nf3,
Black reacted with} 6... Bb7 {. White will most probably lose his d5-pawn, but
this will lead to positions similar to those arising from the 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2
Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 variation. For the time being, there is no relevant
practical material available.} 7. e4 $5 {(Never played before)} (7. d6 Qb6 8.
Bf4 Nd5 $15 {Raedeker,B (2241)-Happel,H (2213)/Dresden 2007/CBM 117 ext (1/2-1/
2, 13)}) (7. Bg2 Bxd5 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 b4 11. Na4 d6 {Garcia
Martinez,F-Llames Prado,R/Asturias 1996/EXT 2001 (1/2-1/2, 27). and White has
no compensation for the pawn.}) 7... Nxe4 8. Bxb5 Qa5+ 9. Nfd2 Bxd5 (9... Nxd2
$2 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Bxd2 $16) (9... Qxb5 10. Nxe4 $36 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc1f4,Gd1h5]
}) (9... Nxg3 10. Rg1 $5 Nf5 11. Nc3 $32) 10. O-O Qxb5 11. Nxe4 Qc6 12. Nbc3
$44 Be6 13. f4 $5) 7. e4 $5 a6 {In case of the exchange of pawns, White would
develop very quickly, which would suit Gelfand's enterprising style quite well.
} (7... Nxe4 8. Bxb5+ Bd7 (8... Nd7 $2 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O $18) 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7
10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Nef6 12. Qe2 $5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 {(Golubev)} N7b6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bg5 f6 16. Rad1 $16) 8. a4 b4 $2 {But this is a huge strategic concession.}
({Black should have played} 8... Nxe4 9. axb5 Be7 {in the spirit of one of the
main lines of the Blumenfeld Gambit: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5
exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Be7, threatening ...Nxe4. (For further details,
see also my survey on this line in CBM 118) In our position, it is hard for
White to justify the move g3.}) 9. Bd3 {Now that the c4-square has been
weakened, the bishop belongs on this diagonal. The relative weakness induced
by the move g3 does not put White in danger, but could restrict his active
possibilities at a later stage.} g6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 {In order to understand
better where we are, I would resort again to a comparison with a well-known
variation, this time from the Benoni: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.
cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Qc2, followed by a4 (...b4)
Nb1-d2. This line developed mainly by Yakovich, puts Black under serious
pressure. In our position, Black does not need to lose 2 tempi (Bf8-g7) to
activate his bishop, but White saves even more time: the queen's knight's
jumps and the queen's chaotic moves. True, he has lost an additional tempo
with g3, but this still leaves him in a better situation than in the BI.} ({
If Black provokes the strategically desirable exchange of dark-squared bishops
with} 10... Bh6 {, he risks remaining far behind in development after} 11. Nc4
Bxc1 12. Qxc1 {followed by Qf4.}) 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. a5 {The further
course of the game suggests that this generally desirable move should have
been delayed until after castling.} ({Gelfand might have disliked that after} 
13. O-O Bg4 {he does not have the possibility of chasing away the bishop with
h3 anymore (one drawback of the move g3).However, after} 14. Re1 {it would not
be easy for Black to complete his development. White could later play Be2 or
simply Qe2-e3 in order to get rid of the pin.}) 13... Bh3 14. Ng5 {The only
way to get castled, but the knight is awkwardly placed here.} Bd7 15. O-O Bb5
16. Qd2 h6 {Probably best. Black drives the enemy minor pieces away, which
helps him complete his development.} (16... Bxc4 $6 17. Bxc4 Nd7 $2 {fails to}
18. Ne6 $1 $16) ({However,} 16... Nd7 {seems to work out well tactically:} 17.
Nxd6 $6 Bxd3 (17... Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Bxd3 19. Bxf8 {leaves Black with an
unpleasant choice regarding which piece to misplace in order to capture the
bishop.}) 18. Qxd3 (18. Nxe8 Bxf1 19. Nxg7 Bb5 20. N7e6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 $44 {
offers White compensation for the sacrificed material, but Black is not
without chances either.}) 18... Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxg5 20. Bxf8 (20. f4 Qh5 21.
Bxf8 {is strongly met by the intermediate} Bd4+ $1) 20... Rxf8 21. f4 Qh5 {
[%cal Yg7d4]} (21... Bd4+ $2 22. Qxd4 $1 $18) 22. e5 Nxe5 $1 23. fxe5 Qxe5 $44)
(16... Nd7 {is best answered by} 17. Nf3 $1 {, taking the e5-square under
control and renewing the threat against the d6-pawn by removing the knight
from the vulnerable position. Besides, Black would not be able to drive the
f4-bishop away with h6 and g5.}) 17. Nf3 g5 18. Be3 {At the cost of weakening
his kingside, Black has managed to eliminate the annoying pressure against the
d6-pawn.} Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qf6 {It is hard to say whether the final consequences
of this queen incursion favour Black or not.} ({The immediate} 19... Nd7 {
deserves attention. White would have no direct way of taking advantage of the
weakness of the enemy kingside, for instance:} 20. h4 $6 g4 21. Nh2 Ne5 22. Be2
Nf6 {and Black has little to complain about.}) 20. Qd1 Nd7 ({Aiming to
complete his development.} 20... Qxb2 {would be risky because of} 21. e5 {
, when chaos would be reigning in Black's army.}) 21. Rb1 Qe7 (21... Qd8 $5)
22. Nd2 {We can see that White's queen retreat to d1 has been useful by
clearing the d2-square for the knight, which casts some doubt over Aronian's ..
.Qf6.} Nef6 23. Re1 Rfe8 (23... Nxe4 $2 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 {[%csl Yc4]} 25. Bd3 $1
Qe7 (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Bh7+ $1 $18) 26. Bxc5 $16) 24. f3 {White has managed to
maintain his blockade on the light squares, but his pawn centre is not easy to
advance. In the meantime, Black has completed his development and could think
about ways to take advantage of the slight weakness of White's kingside.} Qd8
25. Ra1 g4 $5 ({Aronian hurries to give further meaning to the previous
advance of his g-pawn, but, with hindsight, his last move might be premature.
He could also have strengthened his position with} 25... Ne5 26. Be2 Qc8 {
followed by ...Ra7-e7, keeping the threat ...g4 in reserve.} 27. Kg2 Ra7 28. h3
Rae7 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Rxe4 32. Qd3 (32. Qb3 Bxb2 33. Qxb2
Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Qf6 Qe8 36. Rf1 Rc3 $44) 32... Bxb2 $44) 26. fxg4 Ne5 $6
{After this move, White will manage to consolidate.} ({It is hard to say why
Aronian refrained from} 26... Nxe4 {, re-establishing the material equality
and maintaining sufficient initiative to compensate for the strategic
drawbacks of his position. White could try to maintain his material advantage
with} 27. Bxh6 $5 Nf2 $1 (27... Bd4+ $6 28. Kg2 Nf2 29. Qf3 $1 Ne5 30. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 (30... Rxe5 31. Rf1 $18) 31. Rf1 e4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxf2 Qe8 34. d6 $5
Bxf2 35. d7 Qe7 36. Bd3 Rd8 37. Bxe4 Bd4 38. Qf5 $40) (27... Bxh6 28. Nxe4 $14)
28. Kxf2 Bxh6 {leaves the white king more exposed than after the immediate
capture on h6, a detail that counts in variations such as} 29. Ne4 Bg7 30. Qd2
Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6+ {[%csl Yb2,Yf2]}) 27. Be2 Qd7 28. g5 Nfg4 29. Bf4 hxg5 30.
Bxg5 f5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Bf4 {White has the pair of bishops, a
safe position of his king and an extra-pawn. The relatively exposed b2-pawn
and Black's queenside majority cause the position to be not entirely clear yet,
but Aronian will fail to obtain adequate counterplay.} Nf6 34. g4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4
Nf7 36. Nc4 Re8 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Bf3 Ne5 39. Nxe5 Qxe5 40. Rf5 Qxb2 41. Rf1 b3
42. Kh1 Nd7 43. Bd1 c4 44. Qxc4 Nc5 45. Qf4 Ne4 46. Rf7 Bf6 47. Rb7 Qd2 48.
Qxd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 {Recently, this move has
been submitted to intense theoretical and practical disputes at top level. It
also makes up part of Alekseev's main repertoire, which also includes the
Blumenfeld Gambit.} 6. e4 $5 {Another surprise for Black, although this time
the idea is not new, but just well-forgotten. Several decades ago, the
outstanding Catalan specialist Genna Sosonko repeatedly played like this.
Apart from attacking the b5-pawn, White threatens to win even more space in
the centre with the brutal e5.} (6. Nd2 $5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nc7 8. Bxa8 Nxa8 9. b4
c4 10. a4 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 118 (1/2-1/2, 47)
}) (6. Nf3 $5 d6 7. e4 $5 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Aronian,L (2750)/Mexico City 2007/
CBM 120/[Marin,M] (1-0, 48)}) (6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 Bb7) 6... Nxe4 {The most
principled reaction.} (6... Qe7 $6 {looks unnatural and is probably bad.} 7.
Bg2 d6 8. Ne2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 $1 Qxe5 (10... dxe5 $2 11. d6) 11. Nec3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Qe7 13. N1c3 Ba6 14. Re1 Qd8 15. a4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Ne8 17. Bf4 $16 {
De Carbonnel,H-Wiersma,T/EU-chT1 corr7281 1972/Corr Nr. 1 (1-0, 39)}) (6... Bb7
{keeps the enemy centre under control, but places the bishop on a passive
square. However, things are not that clear here.} 7. Bg2 d6 8. a4 $6 {Possibly
not the best. After the structural modifications on the queenside, the
b7-bishop will revive on a6. White should have continued the development of
his kingside.} b4 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nfd2 Nbd7
14. O-O (14. Nxd6 Qe7 15. N2c4 Nxd5) 14... Nb6 15. Re1 Ng4 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. Bf1
c4 $132 {Manor,I (2510)-Greenfeld,A (2560)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1996/CBM 053 (1-0,
60)}) 7. Qe2 Qe7 {Black has been forced to block the natural development of
his kingside, but this is only the start of the "intrigue". White's
development is not that impressive yet either.} 8. Bg2 Nd6 {This looks
perfectly logical. The knight retreats to a stable blocking square without
creating any weakness in the own camp. However, there are certain drawbacks to
this move. The knight blocks its own d-pawn, too, which causes Black serious
problems regarding the natural development of the queenside (...d6, ...Nd7,
etc.).} (8... f5 {weakens the black kingside, but offers Black certain
stability in the centre. In practice, Sosonko has failed to prove an advantage
for White.} 9. d6 $5 {might be the only way to cause some disharmony in
Black's camp.} ({This was aimed to be an improvement over an earlier game that
continued with} 9. Nh3 b4 10. d6 Qxd6 11. f3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. fxe4 O-O-O 14.
Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G (2530)-Barle,J (2450)/Ljubljana 1977/MCD}) (9. Nc3 Nxc3
10. bxc3 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Bf4 d6 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Nf4 Kf7 16.
Rfe1 Bf6 17. Rab1 (17. Nh5 $5) 17... Nc7 $15 {Sosonko,G (2545)-Timman,J (2600)/
Amsterdam 1980/MCL (1/2-1/2, 35)})) 9. Be3 {White develops a piece and
prevents the exchange of queens at the same time. (this would ease Black's
defence, by enabling the development of the kingside with ...Be7, etc.)} b4 {
To my mind, a slightly cooperative move. Black prepares the development of his
queen's bishop on an active diagonal (a6-f1), but returns the small material
advantage without any fight and, more seriously, does not improve the
situation of the queen's knight. Remember? Knights should generally be
developed before bishops...} (9... c4 {is not entirely satisfactory either.}
10. Nc3 a6 (10... b4 11. Nb5 $5 Nxb5 12. d6 $14) 11. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Gg1h3,Gh1e1]} (11. Bc5 $44 {Ligterink})) ({However,} 9... Na6 {looks
like the best practical chance.}) 10. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 {White has
reestablished the material equality, maintaining his considerable advantage of
space and a slight advance in development. Black mainly relies on certain
stability on dark squares.} Na6 12. Bxd6 $1 $146 {The best way to maintain the
initiative.} ({In the previous game that had reached this position, White
preserved the bishop from exchange with} 12. Bd4 {, allowing Black to activate
his play with} Nf5 13. O-O Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Nd3 17. Rc2
O-O 18. Bh3 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Re5 $1 $132 {Sosonko,G (2530)-Olafsson,F (2560)/Wijk
aan Zee 1977/MCL/[Bulletin] (1-0, 50) Black's pieces are very active and the
d5-pawn is more of a weakness now.}) 12... Bxd6 13. Nd2 {It appears that the
dark-squared bishop is exposed and will cause Black additional loss of time
before reaching a stable position.} Rb8 14. Nc4 Be7 15. d6 Bf6 16. Nf4 Nc5 17.
O-O Ba6 {A critical moment. White's position looks very active, but he has to
choose the best way to maintain his advantage in space.} 18. Nd5 $5 ({It is
not easy to refrain from} 18. Rfe1+ {. Kramnik probably disliked the fact that
after} Ne6 {, the threat against the c4-knight would become real. However,
after} 19. Ne5 Rb6 20. Rad1 $14 {White would maintain his domination. It
remains an open question whether objectively speaking his position is better
here than in the game, but from a practical point of view it might be more
difficult to maintain stability here. Black has no weaknesses and the d6-pawn
needs permanent care.}) 18... O-O (18... Bxc4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rfc1 Nd3 21.
Rxc4 Nxb2 22. Re4+ Kd8 23. Rb1 Nd3 24. Rd4 $16 {White will win his pawn back,
maintaining the better structure, the more active minor piece and a huge
advantage in space.}) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd5 $14 {This is the position Kramnik
had been aiming for. White has ruined Black's kingside structure, while the
queenside could become vulnerable, too. Black's main trump remains the
stability of his minor pieces and certain vulnerability of the d6-pawn.
However, this latter aspect is double-edged. In order to win this pawn, Black
would need to worsen the cooperation between his pieces (for instance, to
disconnect his rook for several moves).} Na4 $6 {Black moves again with an
already well-placed piece. The threat against the b2-pawn is illusory.} ({
He should have continued his development with} 20... Rfe8 {, threatening to
generate some counterplay along the e-file and, eventually, the second rank.})
21. Rfc1 Rfe8 $6 {Too late. The e-file will not be available for this rook
anymore.} (21... Bxc4 $5 22. Rxc4 Rb5 (22... Nxb2 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Rb1 Nd3 25.
Rd4 Ne5 26. Rdxb4 $16) 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Bb3 Nc5 $5 {would keep Black's
position together.} (24... Nxb2 $2 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Bxb5 Nxg4 28.
Bxd7 $16)) 22. Ne3 $1 $16 {This move was not possible one move earlier. We can
conclude that 20...Na4 has just helped White improve the placement of his
pieces, by removing the rook from a vulnerable square.} Rb6 23. Rc7 Rxd6 {
Black has eventually won this pawn, but the rook is miserably placed.} 24. Rd1
{[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd5f7]} Kh8 25. Nf5 Rb6 26. Bxf7 Nxb2 27. Rdxd7 $18 {White's
attack is decisive now. Black's counterplay has not sufficient power.} Re1+ 28.
Kg2 Bf1+ 29. Kf3 Be2+ 30. Kf4 Rb8 (30... Nd3+ 31. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 32. Rc8+ $18 {
[%csl Rh8]}) 31. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gd3]} (31. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Rcg7+
Kf8 34. Rh8+ Bg8 35. Rhxg8#) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-St Petersburg"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. b4 Nbd7 (7...
cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 $14 {|^ Sosonko-Timman/Tilburg/1982/
Zaitshik-Wladimirov/1981/}) 8. bxc5 Nxc5 9. Nf3 Bb7 $146 (9... g6 10. O-O (10.
Nd4 $5) (10. Nd4 Bg7 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 Rfe8 15. O-O
Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nbd4 a6 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Qg5 Bxc6 21. Nf5+
Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,M-Ionov,S/
Ubeda op 1996}) 10... Bg7 11. Nd4 O-O $2 (11... Bb7 $8) (11... a6 12. Nc6 Qd7
13. Nc3 O-O 14. a4 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bf4 Nc3 17. Qc2 Re8 18. e4 Nxa4 19.
Rae1 Bb7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxd5 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25.
Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rd1 Bh3 27. Rfe1 Nb6 28. Bf6 Be6 29. Rd6 Nd5 30. Bb2 b4 31. Rd1
Nc3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Rb8 a5 35. Rb5 Kh6 36. Rxa5 {Gelfand,
B-Chernin,A/Dortmund-A 1990/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (11... Qb6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rb1 O-O
14. a4 b4 15. a5 Qxa5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Rxb4 Re8 18. Be3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 20.
Qd2 Bd7 21. Rbf4 f5 22. e4 Re8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rxg4 fxg4 25. Qg5 Bc8 26. e4
Nd3 27. Ne2 Kh8 28. Qe3 Ne5 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Nf4 Bh6 31. Qd4 Kg8 32. Rf1 Nxc6
33. dxc6 Qxc6 34. e5 Qc5 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Qxc5 {Piza,D-Izeta Txabarri,F/
Sevilla op 1990/0-1 (55)}) {CAND} 12. Nc3 $1 a6 (12... b4 13. Nc6 Qd7 14. Nb5
$1 Nfe4 15. Nbd4 Nc3 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Re1 $16) 13. Nc6 $1 (13. a4 b4 14. Nc6 Qd7
) (13. Rb1 {/\ 14.a4} Re8 $1 {/\ 14...Ne4 =}) 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bd4 {
/\ 15.a4 +/=/+/-} Rfe8 (15... Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ {/\ 18.a4 +/=/+/-})
16. a4 $1 bxa4 $8 (16... Bxc6 17. dxc6 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5) (16... Nxa4
17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxc6 20. Rc4 $18) 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxa4 {
/\ 19.Na5} (18. Rxa4) 18... Nd7 19. Qb3 {/\ 20.d6} (19. Qa3 {>=} Bf8 {/\ 20.
Rb1, 21.Rd1 +-}) 19... Bxc6 $8 20. dxc6 Nb6 21. Rab1 Rab8 (21... c4 {>=} 22.
Qa3) 22. Qa3 c4 (22... Bd4 23. e3 Nc4 24. Nd5 Nxa3 25. Nxc7 Nxb1 26. Nxe8 Nd2
27. Nd6 $1 Nxf1 28. c7 $18) 23. Rfc1 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 $18 (24. Rxc3 Rxe2 25. Qxa6
Qe5 $18) 24... Rxe2 25. Qd4 $1 {/\ 26.Rd1 27.Qd6; 27.Rb6} a5 (25... Re5 $8 {
>< Nb6} 26. Re1 $1 Rb5 27. Rbd1 {/\ 27.g4, 28.Qf6}) 26. Rb5 a4 27. Bf3 Ree8 28.
Qc5 $1 Qe7 29. c7 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rbc8 31. Bb7 Nd7 32. R5xc4 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Kortschnoj,V/London csf1 1983}) 10. Nd4 (10. O-O Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bc6) 10... Nxd5
(10... Bxd5 11. Bxd5 (11. Nc6 $2 Bxg2 $1 12. Nxd8 Bxh1) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxb5 (
12. Nc6 $5 Qf6 13. Qxd5 Qxa1 14. Ne5 $1 dxe5 (14... O-O-O 15. Nxf7 {[%cal
Gd5a8]}) 15. Qxa8+ Kd7 $8 16. O-O (16. Qxa7+ Kc6 17. Qa8+ Kc7 18. O-O Qxb1 19.
Be3 Qc2 20. Rc1 Qb2 $13) 16... Qxb1 17. Ba3 $40 (17. Rd1+ $40)) 12... Qa5+ 13.
Qd2 $14) 11. O-O {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg2b7]} Nc7 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nxb5 $1 {
Aspectacular blow!I was very happy to find it during the game.} (13. Bb2 $5 $36
{[%cal Gd4f5]} Qd7 14. Qd3 $36 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) {Now after} 13... Nxb5 14. Qd5 {
[%cal Rd5b7,Rd5b5] Black can't defend his unfortunate knights.} Be7 $1 {
Probably the best defence.Black strive to get slightly worse endgame.} (14...
Qb6 $6 15. Be3 Qa6 (15... Nc7 $2 16. Qe4+ $18) 16. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7][%cal
Ga2a4,Rc1c6] /\a4} (16. a4 $4 Nc7 $19) 16... Rd8 (16... Kd8 {doesn't help.} 17.
Qxf7 Be7 18. a4 Nc7 19. Rxc7 Kxc7 20. Qxe7+ Kb8 21. Qxg7 Rc8 22. Nc3 $16) 17.
a4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe5+ {[%cal Ge5a1,Ya4b5]} Qe6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 21. axb5
$14 {/+/-}) (14... Nc5 15. Qc6+ {[%cal Rc6e8,Rc6b5,Rc6a8]}) (14... Qd7 15. a4 {
[%csl Rb5]}) 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $14 {After the game I was very
surprised,when I found out that this endgame was annotated by Aseev few years
ago.} 17. Nc3 (17. Bb2 $5 Rhg8 18. Nd2 (18. Nc3 Bf6)) 17... Bf6 18. Rb1 {
[%cal Gc3d5]} Bxc3 19. Rxb7+ Ke6 20. Bg5 $1 {The only attempt to fight for a
win.Otherwise Black would change one pair of rooks by Rfb8.} d5 $1 {With the
idea to play 21...h622.Re7 Kd6} ({After immidiate} 20... h6 21. Re7+ Kf5 22.
Bf4 $1 {White is clearly better.}) 21. Rfb1 $1 {B-file has a big importance.}
h6 22. Be3 $5 {It was difficult to decide if d5-d4 advance is in the white's
favour or not.From the one hand it weakens a"d5"pawn,from the other hand it
strenghten the position of Black's bishop.} (22. Bf4 $5) 22... d4 23. Bf4 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf4b8,Rb8a7] /\Bb8} Rhe8 $1 24. Kf1 $138 (24. Kg2 Kf6 25. Kf3
$140 g5 {/\g4}) (24. Bb8 $142 $1 a5 25. R1b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5e5]} (25. R1b6+
Kd5 {[%cal Re8e2]} 26. Kf1 a4 $13)) 24... Re7 $1 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Be5 $5 {
In order to weaken kingside.} f6 (26... g6 $6 27. e3 $1 {[%cal Ge5c3]} Rd8 28.
Rd1 $16) 27. Rb7+ Ke6 28. Bb8 a5 29. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] fixing the
pawns on f6 and h6} (29. a4 $6 Ra6 $1 30. Rxg7 Rb6 31. Bf4 h5 $1 {[%csl Ra4]
><a4.And Black get counterplay on the queenside}) 29... g6 {[%cal Gh6h5] Black
is trying to improve his pawn structure.} 30. Kg2 {Next ten moves were made in
the double-edged zeitnot.} h5 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Rb5 {[%cal Gb5h5]} a4 33. Kf3
Ra5 34. Rxa5 $6 (34. Rb6+ $5 {+/-/+=}) 34... Bxa5 35. Ke4 Bb6 36. f3 f5+ 37.
Kd3 Kd5 38. Bg3 Bc5 39. Bf2 Bb6 40. Bg1 Ba7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "London MSO Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 {Nowadays this line is not
very popular.} 6. Bg2 d6 7. b4 $5 {Most tough reaction which was found by
Sosonko and later played by Kasparov in his candidate match against Korchnoi
in 1983.} cxb4 8. a3 {Benko gambit at the first hand.} bxa3 9. Nxa3 Bd7 $5 {
Probably the best reply.Other options seems to be worse.} (9... g6 {can be
found in Informant 39/107}) (9... Qd7 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Bh3 Qb7 12. Qxb5+ Qxb5
13. Nxb5 Nb4 14. Rxa7 Rxa7 15. Nxa7 Bd7 16. Nc6 Nfxd5 17. Nd4 Be7 18. Bxd7+
Kxd7 19. Ngf3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Rc8 21. O-O Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Timman,J/Tilburg
1982/MCD (21)}) (9... Ba6 10. Nf3 g6 11. Nd4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14.
Naxb5 Ne4 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxg7 $16 {Steckner,J-Reuss,A/Wuert 1997/EXT 99/1-0 
(39)}) 10. Nf3 (10. Qb3 $5 Be7 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Nxb5 Nc5 13. Qc4 O-O 14. Nfd4 a6
15. Nc3 Ng4 16. O-O Bf6 17. Ra3 Qb6 18. Bf4 Nd3 19. Qxd3 Bxd4 20. e3 Bc5 21.
Na4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 $14 {1-0 Podvrsnik,M-Rajkovic,D/Ptuj 1989/EXT 97 (33)}) 10...
Be7 (10... a5 $5 {is interesting with the idea to keep the b-pawn.} 11. Nd4 b4
12. Nc4 (12. Nac2 Na6) 12... Ra6 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Qb3 Be7 $13) 13. O-O Be7 14.
e4 (14. Qb3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Rd2 Qc5 17. Qd3 a4 18. Ne3 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4
20. Qe4 Qc3 21. Rb1 a3 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Ra2 Qxb5 24. Rxb4 Qc5 25. Be3 Bf5 26.
Bxc5 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Bf6 28. Bb4 Bb2 29. Re3 Nd7 30. Bxa3 Bd4 31. Rd3 Bc5 32.
Bxc5 Rxa2 33. Bxd6 Ra1+ 34. Bf1 Rc8 35. Ba3 Ne5 36. Rb3 Nc4 37. Bb4 Rb8 38. e3
Nd2 39. Bxd2 Rxb3 40. Kg2 Rd1 41. Bc4 Rbb1 42. Bc3 Rbc1 43. Bb3 Rg1+ {0-1
Hulak,K-Podlesnik,B/Portoroz 1996/CBM 51 ext (43)}) 14... O-O 15. Bf4 a4 16.
Qd3 Ne8 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qb6 20. Rac1 $13 {0-1 Kiss,
A-Podlesnik,B/Graz 1992/EXT 98 (31)}) 11. Nd4 $5 $146 ({The only preceding
game where 10...Be7 was played continued} 11. O-O Na6 12. Nd4 Nc7 13. e4 O-O
14. Rb1 a5 15. Naxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nc3 Rxb1 18. Nxb1 Qc7 19. Ba3 Bb5
20. Re1 Nd7 $13 {1-0 Chloupek,S-Hala,B/CZE Tschechien-ch 1993/EXT 97 (34)})
11... O-O $6 (11... Qa5+ $5 {looks better.} 12. Qd2 (12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Be3 $140
Ng4) 12... Qb6 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. Naxb5 Bf6 15. Ra2 O-O 16. O-O $13) 12. O-O $6 ({
Why not} 12. Naxb5 Qb6 13. Rb1 $14) 12... Qb6 13. Qd3 Ng4 ({In case of} 13...
b4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bf4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6][%cal Gf1c1] /\Rfc1;><d6,b4.White
develops strong initiative.}) 14. Naxb5 Ne5 $6 {Probably this natural move is
already a mistake.} ({First} 14... Bf6 $5 {is better} 15. Ra2) 15. Qb1 $1 {
Preparing unexpected combination.} Bf6 16. Be3 $1 Nc4 {Now it comes.} 17. Nxa7
$3 {[%mdl 512] Very unusual idea.White is catching the rook on the place of
its birth.I was very satisfied with this sacrifice especially if we take in
consideration that the game was played in active chess.} Bxd4 {Black has to
accept the sacrifice.} (17... Qxb1 {leads into a bad endgame.} 18. Rfxb1 Re8
19. Nac6 $1 Rxa1 (19... Na6 20. Ra2 $1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 22. Nb5 $1 $16) (
19... Bxc6 20. dxc6 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. c7 Bxd4 24. Kf1 $1 Re8
25. Ra8 Ba7 26. Rxa7 Nd7 27. Bc6 $18) 20. Rxa1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 (21... Bg5
22. Nb5 $1 Bxe3+ 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. Nc7 Rf8 $8 25. Rb1 $1 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Bf5 27.
Rb7 $16 {/\Nd5}) 22. Ra8 {[%csl Rb8]} Re8 (22... Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Re8 24. Nc6 $1
Nxc6 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. dxc6 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7,Gg2b7]}) 23. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%csl
Rd6]}) 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qb7 {[%csl Ra8] The point of 17.N:a7!!Black's rook is
traped.} Rxa7 ({An attempt to trap White's queen doesn't work:} 19... Qb6 20.
Qxa8 Na6 21. Nc8 $1 {Another original idea.} Bxc8 22. Rfb1 $1 Qc5 23. Rxa6 $1
Bxa6 24. Qxa6 $16 {and White is a pawn up.}) 20. Qxa7 $1 {><b8} Qxa7 21. Rxa7 {
[%csl Rb8] Now the problem of undeveloped knight becomes the theme of the day.}
Bg4 22. Rc1 $5 {[%mdl 512] Sacrificing a pawn I intended to make use of
discoordination of black pieces.} (22. e4 $5) 22... Ne5 $2 {After this move
White gets big positional advantage.} (22... Bxe2 $5 {Black had to accept this
sacrifice as well as he accepted the first one.} 23. Re7 (23. Ra2 Bd3 (23...
Re8 $2 24. Re1 $18) 24. Rc3 Bb1 $1 (24... Ne5 $2 25. f4) 25. Ra1 $140 Nd2)
23... Ne5 $1 {Surprisingly Black can afford this move.} (23... Bd3 24. Rc3 Ne5
25. f4 Ng6 26. Rb7 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb7b6] /\Rb6}) 24. f4 Nf3+ (24... Nd3 25.
Rc3 $18) 25. Kf2 Nd4 26. Re4 Nb3 27. Rc3 Bd3 $3 {[%mdl 2112] Playing 22.Rc1 I
have missed this fantastic resource.Anyway White is better after} 28. Re3 Nc5
29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Rxd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23. f4 Ned7 24. e4 $16 f5 {Despite
this move looks dubious it's difficult to recommend something else.} 25. h3 Be2
26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Kf2 Bd3 28. Rcc7 Rf7 29. Ke3 Ba6 (29... Bg6) 30. Rc6 $2 $138
{Time is starting to play essential role.} (30. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4e6] /
\Bg4 wins immediately.}) 30... Bb5 $2 (30... Nxc6 $8 {was necessary with good
chances for a draw.} 31. dxc6 Bb5 32. c7 Re7+ $1 33. Kd4 Re8 34. Ra5 Be2 35.
Bc6 Rc8 36. Bxd7 Rxc7) 31. Rc8+ $5 (31. Rxd6 $18 {is also sufficient for
winning.}) 31... Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Be4 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} g6 34. h4 {[%cal
Gg3g4,Gg4g5,Gh4h5] Advancing pawns of the king side White wins easily.} Kg7 35.
g4 Kf7 36. g5 Kg7 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Kf4 hxg5+ 40. Kxg5 $18 Kh8 41. h5
{[%cal Gh5h6,Ga7c7,Gc7c8] /\h6,Rc7-c8} Nf8 {Black blunders a piece,but he is
already helpless against h6 and Rc7-c8.} 42. Rb7 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Mochalov,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 $5 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. e4 d6 8.
h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a3 (11. a4 $5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 $132) 11...
Nbd7 12. b4 b5 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Bb6 $5 $132) (13. Bf4 $5) 13... h6 14. Bf4 Nh5
$5 15. Bh2 c4 (15... Qf6 $2 16. e5 $1 $36) 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Ne2 (17. Qd2 $5)
17... Ne5 18. Nfd4 (18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2 Nf4 $5 $132) 18... Bb6 19. f4 $4 (19.
Kh1 $5 g5 $132) 19... Nd3 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qh4 $1 $19 22. Bxd3 Bxd4+ 23.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 cxd3 25. Qf3 (25. Qxh5 Qxd5 $19) 25... Rxe5 $1 26. d6 (26.
Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Rae1 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 d2 $19) 26... Ra7 (
26... Rd5 $19) 27. Bg1 Qxd6 28. Bxa7 Be6 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. Rae1 Bd5 31. Qd1 (31.
Qg4 Rg5 $19) 31... Qh4 $1 32. Qg4 (32. Rxe5 $2 Qxh3+ $19) 32... Rxe1 33. Qxh4
Rxf1+ 34. Kh2 d2 35. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Eriksson, Magnus2"]
[Black "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malmo"]
[BlackTeam "Marmaris"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nd2 Bc7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Nde4 b5 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. a4 Bd7 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bg5 Ng4 17. Bf4 f5 18. b4 Qa3 19. Qc2 Qxb4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ra1
Qc4 22. Qd2 b4 23. Nd1 Bb5 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Qb2 g5 26. Rc1 Qd4 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28.
Rxc7 gxf4 29. Rb7 Nc3 30. Nb2 Bxe2 31. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 32. Kg2 fxg3 33. fxg3 f4 34.
gxf4 Nxf4+ 35. Kg3 Nxd5 36. Rb5 Rf5 37. Nd3 Ne7 38. Rxf5 Nxf5+ 39. Kf4 Ng7 40.
Nxb4 Kf7 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Kxd4 Nh5 43. Nd5 Nf6 44. Ne3 h5 45. Nc4 Nh7 46. h4 Nf8
47. Nd2 $2 (47. Ne3 {hätte den Laden vermutlich zusammengehalten, z.B.} Ng6 48.
Nd5 Kf5 49. Ne3+ Kf4 50. Nd5+ Kg4 51. Nf6+ Kxh4 52. Nxh5 Kxh5 53. Kd5 $11)
47... Ng6 48. Nf3 Kf5 49. Kd5 Kg4 50. Nd2 Nxh4 51. Kxd6 Nf3 52. Nf1 (52. Ne4
Kf4 53. Kd5 h4 54. Nf2 Nd2 55. Nh3+ Kg4 56. Ng1 Nf3 57. Ne2 h3 $19) 52... h4
53. Ne3+ (53. Kd5 Kf4 $19) 53... Kg5 $1 (53... Kh5 $2 54. Ng2 h3 55. Nf4+ $11)
(53... Kg3 $2 54. Nf5+ $11) 54. Kd5 h3 55. Nf1 (55. Nd1 h2 56. Nf2 Kf4 57. Nh1
Nd2 58. Kd4 Kf3 59. Kd3 Ne4 60. Kd4 Nf2 $19) 55... Kf4 (55... Kf4 56. Ke6 Nd2
57. Nxd2 (57. Nh2 Kg3 $19) 57... h2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4
Bc7 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bf1 Nf8 14. Nd2 Ng6 15.
Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 $2 {Playing into Black's hands} cxb4 17. Rxb4 Bb6 18. h3 Bc5 19.
Rb3 Qc8 $1 20. g4 Bxg4 $1 $19 {A winning sacrifice. Black has too many pieces
in the attack, while White lacks coordination.} 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Re2 Nf4 23.
Nc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Qg4+ 26. Bg2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qh4+ 28. Ke2 b5
29. axb5 axb5 30. Ne3 b4 31. Ncd1 f5 32. Nf2 fxe4 33. Bd2 Qh5+ 34. Ke1 Qh4 35.
Ke2 Qh5+ 36. Ke1 Ra8 37. Rxb4 Ra1+ 38. Nfd1 Qh4+ 39. Ke2 Qh5+ 40. Ke1 Qh2 41.
Ke2 h5 42. Nf2 Ra2 43. Rxe4 Rxe4 44. Nxe4 h4 45. Nf2 Qg3 46. Ne4 Qf4 47. Kd3
Qh2 48. Ng5 Ra3+ 49. Bc3 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Subotica Interzonal (Women)"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 $5 {An unusual idea in this
position. If White wishes to develop the bishop on g2 she should probably
delay e4. Arakhamia now decides to lead the game away from a King's Indian
Defence and into Benoni channels.} c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5
Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Rb8 12. Rb1 b5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. h3 $2 {
Matveeva, content that she has the a6 knight well under control, takes time
out to attend to the kingside. However the presence of White's king in the
centre of the board gives Arakhamia the chance for an inspired piece sacrifice.
} (15. O-O {would have left the game wide open.}) 15... cxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 $3
17. Qxb4 a5 18. Qb3 b4 19. Na4 Nxe4 {Black has two pawns for the sacrificed
knight and a strong initiative.} 20. Be3 ({White should probably now try} 20.
O-O {belatedly, even though} Bb5 21. Re1 Nxg3 {wins another pawn.}) 20... Bb5
$1 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Rc6 $5 Qf5 $1 23. g4 Qf6 $1 24. Qd1 {White still cannot
castle and must prevent 24...Qa1+.} ({Since} 24. Bd4 {is met by} Qxd4 $3 25.
Nxd4 Nc5+ 26. Qe3 Bxd4 {etc., Matveeva prefers to allow a more prosaic finish.}
) 24... Nxf2 $1 25. Bxf2 Rxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. Nc5 Bb5 28. Ne4 Qb2 {The
threat of mate on e2 wins more material.} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 $6 6. Nc3 Bc7 7. Nd2 $146 (
7. d6 $5) 7... d6 8. Nc4 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e4 $6 (11. e3 $142 $14)
11... Re8 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bc2 Ng6 (16... b5
$6 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. f5 $40) 17. Bg3 b5 18. axb5
axb5 19. f3 c4 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Bf2 Bb6 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 b4 24. Re1 Rc8 25.
Ng1 Nf6 26. Rc1 Bc5 27. Nf1 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Ra8 {/\Ra2} 30. Bb1 $8
Rec8 $6 {ה} (30... Bb5 $36) 31. Ne3 c3 32. b3 Ra3 $6 (32... Kh8 33. h3 g5 $1
$13) 33. h3 Bb5 $2 (33... g5 $13) 34. f4 Ned7 35. Nf3 Re8 36. Nf5 Nc5 37. e5 $1
$40 dxe5 38. fxe5 Nxd5 (38... Nh7 39. N3d4 $16) (38... Nfd7 39. e6 $1 fxe6 40.
Qd4 $40) 39. Qxd5 Bc6 40. Qd4 Rxb3 41. e6 f6 42. e7 (42. Bc2 $142 Rb2 43. e7)
42... Bxf3+ 43. Kxf3 c2+ 44. Kg4 $1 Qc6 (44... cxb1=Q 45. Qd5+ {/\Rb1,Qf7+-})
45. Kh5 cxb1=Q 46. Rxb1 Qf3+ 47. Kg6 Rd3 (47... Rxb1 48. Qc4+ {/\Qf7+-}) 48.
Qxc5 Rd5 49. Rf1 $1 $8 (49. Qc8 $4 Qxg3+ $1 50. Nxg3 Rg5#) (49. Qc2 $4 Qxg3+ $1
50. Nxg3 Rg5#) 49... Rxf5 50. Qxf5 Qxg3+ 51. Kh5 Rxe7 52. Rg1 Qc3 53. Rbc1 Re5
54. Rxc3 Rxf5+ 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. b4 Bb7 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new move, which leads to a sharp position with a fight between the
central and flank pawns.} (7... Nbd7 8. bxc5 Nxc5 9. Nf3 Bb7 (9... g6 10. Nd4
Bg7 11. O-O a6 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. a4 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bf4 Nc3
17. Qc2 Re8 18. e4 Nxa4 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxd5
23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rd1 Bh3 27. Rfe1 $16 {Gelfand,
B-Chernin,A/Dortmund/1990/}) 10. Nd4 Nxd5 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nxb5 $1
Nxb5 14. Qd5 Be7 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bxc3 19.
Rxb7+ Ke6 20. Bg5 d5 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Be3 d4 23. Bf4 Rhe8 24. Kf1 Re7 25. Rxe7+
Kxe7 26. Be5 f6 27. Rb7+ $36 {Mikhalevski,V-Aseev,K/Beersheba/1998/}) (7...
cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Be7 (10... a6 $142 $13) 11. Nf3 Na6 12.
Nxb5 Nc5 13. Qc4 O-O 14. Nfd4 a6 15. Nc3 Ng4 16. O-O Bf6 17. Ra3 Qb6 18. Bf4
Nd3 19. Qxd3 Bxd4 20. e3 Bc5 21. Na4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 $14 {Podvrsnik,M-Rajkovic,D/
Ptuj/1989/}) 8. bxc5 (8. a3 a5 $13) 8... dxc5 9. e4 Bd6 10. Nd2 (10. f4 $142 $5
O-O 11. Nc3 (11. e5 $2 Bc7 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5}) 11... b4 12. Nce2 Bc7 13. Bb2 $13
) 10... O-O 11. Ne2 {White must develop passively and Black gets an excellent
position.} (11. Ngf3 $2 Re8 $17) 11... Re8 12. O-O Ba6 $1 13. f4 Nbd7 {Black
can't hold White's [+] pawns, so he sacrifices a piece for them. But his
remaining pieces are active and << pawns dangerous.} 14. e5 {Consistent,
passive moves don't stop Black's play.} (14. Re1 b4 15. e5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5
17. Rb1 Nxd5 $15) (14. a3 $5 Qb6 $36) 14... Nxe5 $1 (14... b4 15. Bb2 (15. Nf3
Nb6 {/\} 16. Re1 Nfxd5 17. exd6 Rxe2 $1 18. Rxe2 Nc3 $19) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5
Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf4 $1 Bxf1 (18... g5 19. Nf3 Bxf1 20. Nxe5 $16) 19.
Qxf1 $13) 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Rb1 b4 17. Nf3 Bc7 (17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bd4+ 19.
Nxd4 Rxe2 20. Nxe2 Qb6 $13) (17... Nxd5 $5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 $15) 18. Rb2 c4 19.
Nf4 (19. Rxb4 $142 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Rb1 c3 22. Nfg1 Bc4 $36) 19... Qd6 $6
{Black wants to improve his position before cashing in, but this gives White
chances to consolidate.} (19... Bxf4 20. Bxf4 c3 (20... Nxd5 $15) 21. Rxb4 Bxf1
22. Kxf1 Qxd5 23. Nd4 Qc5 $17) 20. Re1 c3 21. Rc2 Bb6+ 22. Kh1 Ne4 (22... Rxe1+
$5 23. Nxe1 Bc4 $44) 23. Nh3 Qg6 24. Nf4 Qf5 (24... Qd6 25. Bf1 $5 (25. Nh3 $11
)) 25. Bh3 Qf6 26. Bf1 $1 $13 {Thanks to a tactical trick White untangles his
pieces} Nf2+ $2 (26... b3 27. axb3 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxa6
Qxa6 31. Nd3 $13 {/+/=}) (26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 a5 28. Re2 $14 {|^}) (26... Bb7
$2 27. Rce2 $16) 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qa4 $18 {Black loses another
piece and it's just the B that could have helped his P.} Qd8 30. Qxa6 Be3 31.
Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Nd4 h6 33. Qc4 Re4 34. Bd3 (34. Qxb4 $2 c2 $14) 34... Re1+ 35.
Kg2 Rd1 36. Nf3 a5 37. Qe4 {The pawns are stopped.} Kf8 (37... a4 38. d6 $5 Kf8
(38... Qxd6 39. Qe8+ Qf8 40. Bh7+ $18) 39. Qf5 Qxd6 40. Qc8+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ Kf8
42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Qc8+ Qd7 (44... Kxd5 45. Qc4#) 45. Bf5+) 38. Nd4
Rd2+ 39. Kf3 {[%cal Rf4e6] /\Nfe6} (39. Kf3 Qd7 40. d6 $1 {[%cal Re4a8,Re4h7] /
\Qa8,Qh7} Qxd6 41. Qa8+ Ke7 42. Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 {Against 3.Nf3 the "Snake Benoni" is
practically unplayable, as Miezis already found out:} c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6
$6 6. Bg5 $1 Bc7 7. d6 Ba5+ 8. Nbd2 $1 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 (10... Ne4 11.
Qc2 f5 12. O-O-O Nxd2 13. Nxd2 f4 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. Nc4 fxg3 16. Rd5 $18) 11. e3
Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. O-O-O Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 b6 16. Rd5 Bb7 17. Qe4+
Kd8 18. Rf5 Qg7 19. Nxg5 $1 $18 {Chernin,A-Miezis,N/Biel op/1994/}) 3... c5 4.
d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bc7 (6... O-O 7. Bg5 Bc7 8. d6 Ba5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3
Qb6 11. Bxf6 Qxb2 12. Rc2 Qa3 13. Nd2 gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qf5 Rg8 16. Qxf6+
Rg7 17. Nd5 b5 18. h4 c4 19. h5 Bd8 {Notkin,M-Vasiukov,E/RUS-ch Elista/1996/}
20. Qa1 $5 h6 21. Ne4 $36) 7. Bg5 (7. e4 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8
11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. f4 Ba5 14. Bf3 Ng6 15. Bg3 a6 16. a4 Rb8 17. Re1
b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 Be6 23. c4
bxc4 24. Nd6 Nb4 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 $44 {Mikhalevski,A-Uritzky,M/ISR-ch Jerusalem/
1996/}) 7... d6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 (9... Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4
Rb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. a5 Nf8 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Ng4 18. h3 N4e5 19.
Nd2 f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Nc4 Bd7 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. e4 Ne7 24. Rad1 Bb5 25. e5 Qg6
26. Kh2 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Bxa5 28. Bh4 b5 29. Ba2 c4 30. e6 b4 $132 {Zagorskis,
D-Miezis,N/Bonn GSK-3 Bad Godesburg/1996/}) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 (11... Rb8
$142) 12. O-O (12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bf4 $5 (13. a5 Ne5 $132) 13... Nf8 14. a5 $36)
12... h6 {Using his experience from this game, Miezis improves the line in a
later encounter. The difference in 12...Rb8!? is White can't put his N on c4
now without allowing b5.} (12... Rb8 $5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. h3 Ba5 16.
Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. e4 Ne5 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Rde1 c4 22. f4
Ra8 23. Bf3 Ra5 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Bh5 Bb7 $13 {Stern,R-Miezis,N/Schoeneck/1996/})
13. Bh4 Nf8 (13... Rb8 $142 $1) 14. Nc4 $1 $36 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 (15... b5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 $1 (17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxd5 20. Bf3 Rb8 $1
$15) 17... Rb8 (17... Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nca3 $16) 18. Nca3
$16) 16. a5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge3,Rd6] ()><d6[+] Now Black is devoid of effective
counterplay and White plays in the center.} Ng6 17. Bg3 Bg4 (17... Qe7 18. Rfe1
$16) 18. Qd1 $1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd7 (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Re8 22. e4
$36) 20. h3 (20. Qd3 $6 Nh5 $14) 20... Ne7 21. Qd3 Nh5 22. Bh2 {[%cal Ye3e5,
Yf2f4] /\e4,f4,e5} f5 $5 23. Rfb1 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4] /\b4|^ White can play on th
whole board. Now he switches his attention to the Q-side.} Nc8 (23... Nf6 $5
24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Qd8 $16) 24. b4 cxb4 (24... b5 25. axb6 Nxb6 26. bxc5 Nxc4
27. Qxc4 $18) 25. Rxb4 Nf6 26. Rab1 Ne4 (26... Bd8 27. Nd2 {[%csl Rb7,Re6,Rf5]
[%cal Rd2f3,Rf3d4] /\Nf3-d4,><e6,f5,b7}) 27. Nxe4 (27. Rxb7 $2 Nc5 $19) 27...
fxe4 (27... Rxe4 28. Rxb7 $18) 28. Qb3 Na7 29. Na3 $1 {[%cal Rb4b7] Prevents
Nb5 and threatens Rb7 at the same time.} (29. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Rb8 $13)
29... Qf5 (29... Bxa5 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Re4] ><a6,d6,e4}
Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Nb5 33. Nxb5 axb5 34. Bxd6 Rd8 35. Rxb5 $18) 30. Qc2 $1 (30. Rxb7
$6 Nb5 $16) 30... Bxa5 31. Rxb7 $18 Rbc8 (31... Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rc8 33. Qd1 (33.
Qb1 Bd2 $5 $16) 33... Rc7 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Bxd6 Rd7 36. Nc4 Nb5 37. Be5 $18)
32. Qa2 Rc7 $8 33. Bxd6 Rd7 34. Bg3 (34. Nc4 $5 $18) 34... Kh7 (34... Nc8 35.
d6+ Kh7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Nc4 $18) 35. Nc4 Bd8 36. Nd6 Rxd6 $8 37. Bxd6 Nb5 38.
Bb4 Bf6 39. Qxa6 Qxd5 $2 (39... Nc3 40. Bxc3 Bxc3 41. Qc4 $18) 40. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 Bd6 $6 {The "Snake Benoni" is a
rather dubious opening, but White must react energetically, as in e.g.
Piket-Adams or Vaiser-Gruenberg, otherwise Black gets a playable position.} 5.
Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 (6. Bg5 Bc7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 d6 11. O-O
a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. f4 Nf8 14. h3 Ng6 15. Bg3 Rb8 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bh2 b5 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Kh1 Qe8 21. Ng3 h5 22. Qe2 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Rb2
25. Ra8 h4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 $5 $44 {Arbakov,V-Miezis,N/Schwaebisch Gmuend op/1996/}
) (6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bc7 (7... Re8 $6 8. Nf3 Bc7 9. d6 Ba5 10. Nd2 $1 Nc6 11.
O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rb8 13. e4 b5 14. f4 h6 15. e5 Nh7 16. Bd5 c4 17. Ne4 Qb6+
18. Rf2 Nf8 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Bxf7 Nh7 22. Bxe8 fxe5 23. Bg6 Qc5
24. Qf5 {1-0/Nasibullin,V-Miezis/Leningrad-chT/1989/}) 8. Nh3 d6 9. O-O a6 10.
a4 Re8 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Nf2 Ba5 14. g4 c4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qd4 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Nxg4 18. e4 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Qc7 20. Bf1 f6 21. Ba3 Bd7 22. Rg2 Kh8 23.
a5 Na4 24. Bb4 Rbc8 25. Re1 Nc5 26. Re3 Nb3 27. Qb6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Gc3,Gd5,
Ge4,Gf1] ^^_|_[+],Gyimesi,Z-Raudive,A/Pardubice op/1996/}) 6... Bc7 (6... a6 7.
a4 O-O 8. g3 (8. Bg5 Bc7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2
Rb8 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Nc4 Re8 17. a5 Bd7 18. Qb1 Bb5 19. b4 Bxc4
20. Bxc4 Qe7 21. h3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rfc1 cxb4 25. Bd3 Re7
$10 {Leyva,H-Bellon Lopez,J/Capablanca mem-B/1996/}) 8... Bc7 9. d6 $1 Ba5 10.
Nd2 $5 b5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c4 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Qd5 Qe8 17. Bh3 Bd8 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Nc5 Bb6 20. Rfe1 f6 21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Bg2 Qh5
23. h3 Qf7 24. Na6 $16 {Vaiser,A-Gruenberg,HU/Tallin/1986/}) (6... Be7 $6 7. e3
O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 13. e4 Nf8 14. Bf4
Ng6 15. Bh2 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nde5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rec1 Bd6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. a5 Qf6
21. Bc4 Nf4 22. Ra3 g5 23. Rb3 Kh8 24. Rb6 Rg8 25. Rc3 Rg6 26. Rcb3 $16 {
Sitnik,I-Savchenko,S/Bled op/1996/}) (6... O-O 7. g3 Re8 8. Bg2 Bc7 9. O-O (9.
d6 $5) 9... d6 10. Nd2 a6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Qc2 b5 14. e4 Bb6 15. a4
c4 16. bxc4 b4 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. a5 Bc5 20. h3 Nge5 21. N2b3 Ba7 22.
Nf5 Nf6 23. Nbd4 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Bc5 25. Bd4 $16 {Lyrberg,P-Summermatter,D/Bern
Rehhag cup/1996/}) 7. g3 (7. g4 $142 $5 Ba5 (7... d6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 a6 10. a4
Qe7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. a5 Qd4 15. Qg3 Qb4 16. h5 Nd7 17.
g6 $40 {Piket,J-Adams,M/Groningen/1995/}) 8. Qd3 Qe7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. g5 (10. d6
$1 $36) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be5 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bxc5
Na6 16. Bd6 b6 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. f3 Na4 20. Rd2 Ba6 21. Qf4 Rac8+
22. Kd1 Nxb2+ 23. Ke1 Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Nd1+ {0-1/Blees,A-Miezis,N/Antwerp op/1996/}
) (7. e4 d6 8. Be2 (8. h3 O-O (8... a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Bd3
Nbd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 Rb8 16. f4 Bd7 17. Qf3 b5 18. b3 Ba5 19.
Rac1 c4 20. bxc4 Bb6+ 21. Kh1 b4 22. Na2 b3 23. Nxb3 Bxa4 24. Rb1 $16 {Khoze,
E-Freeman,M/Melbourne Masters/1996/}) 9. Bd3 Re8 (9... a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1
Re8 12. a3 b5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb1 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb6 17. Nd1 Nf8 18.
Ne3 Ng6 19. Bh2 Nh5 20. Nf5 Nhf4 21. Bf1 Qf6 22. Ra3 Red8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. N3d4
Qd8 25. Qa1 Nh5 26. Nc6 Qf8 27. Rxa6 $1 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Mazi,L/Bled op/1996/})
10. O-O a6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 b5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bh2 c4 16. Bc2 Qf6
17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nfd4 Bb6 19. f4 Nd3 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qh4 $19 {Tihonov,
J-Mochalov,E/BLR-ch Minsk/1996/}) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8
12. Nd2 Nf8 13. f3 Ng6 14. Nc4 Bd7 15. Qb3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxb7 Rec8 18.
Qb3 Nf4 19. g3 Rab8 20. Qd1 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rb4 23. Ne3 Rb3 24.
Rfd1 Qf6 25. Nc4 $14 {Hamann,S-Hartvig,O/Copenhagen City-ch/1996/}) 7... d6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. e4 Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bf1 Nf8 14.
Nd2 Ng6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Bb6 18. h3 Bc5 19. Rb3 Qc8 20. g4 Bxg4
21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Re2 Nf4 23. Nc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Nxf2 $17 {Danailov,S-Lima,D/
Leon-B/1996/}) (11. b3 $5 Re8 (11... Rb8 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bb2 Ba5 14. Nd1 Ng4
15. h3 Nge5 16. Qc2 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne3 Nf8 20. Ra2 Qc7 21.
Rfa1 Bb6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Bc3 Qb7 25. Ng4 Ng6 26. f4 Ra8 27. b4 $14 {
Pekarek,A-Danner,G/Bohemians/1987/}) 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4
Ng6 16. e4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. f5 Ne7 20. d6 Nxf5 21. dxc7 Qxc7
22. Nde4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Ne3 24. Qh5 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 $40 {Vokac,M-Danner,G/
Bohemians Prague/1987/}) 11... Rb8 12. Rd1 $5 $146 (12. Nh4 Re8 13. b3 Nf8 14.
Bb2 Bd7 15. Rac1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. e4 Bb6 20. h3
Qe7 21. Kh2 Rbc8 22. f3 c4 23. b4 Nh5 24. f4 Kh7 25. Bf3 Rh8 $1 26. Bxh5 Kg8
27. Qc3 f6 $17 {Szypulski,A-Miezis,N/Porz-op28/1992/}) 12... Re8 (12... b5 13.
axb5 axb5 14. b4 $5 (14. e4 Re8 $132) 14... cxb4 15. Na2 Ba5 $8 16. Bd2 b3 (
16... Bb7 17. Nxb4 $16) (16... Nxd5 17. Ng5 N5f6 18. Nxb4 $36) 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18.
Qa3 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ra2b4] ><c6,/\Nb4}) 13. h3 h6 (13... b5 $5 $13) 14.
Rb1 Ne5 (14... b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 $36) 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. e4 Re8 17. Be3
Bd7 $13 18. f3 $6 (18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Ba5 $36) (18. f4 $142 $13 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge4][%cal Ye4e5] /\e5[+]}) 18... Ba5 19. Na2 (19. Ne2 b5 $15) 19... Qe7 $1 (
19... b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 $14) 20. Bf2 Rec8 21. Bf1 Qe8 22. b3 Nh7 {
[%cal Rh7g5] /\Ng5} 23. h4 (23. f4 $5 $132) 23... Nf8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 b5
26. axb5 Bxb5 $1 (26... axb5 27. b4 $13) 27. Bh3 Bd7 $15 28. Bg2 (28. Bxd7 Nxd7
{[%csl Rf3,Rg3,Rh4] ׻}) 28... f6 $6 (28... Qe5 $5 29. f4 (29. Kh2 g5 $1 $36)
29... Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Bg4 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ya6a5,Yc5c4,Yb8b7,Yc8b8] /\a5,c4;Rb7,
Rcb8><b3} 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Nd7 33. Rbd1 Qf6 $15) 29. Qd2 $1 Qe5 (29... Rb6
$142) 30. f4 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. Rb2 $132 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4} (32. Red1 $2 Rc2
) 32... Bg4 33. Reb1 Nd7 34. Rd2 a5 $2 (34... Rc4 $1 35. Rdb2 (35. Rbb2 Rc3 $1
$36) (35. Kh2 Nc5 36. bxc4 Rxb1 37. Rxd4 Rb2 $19) (35. Bf1 Ra4 36. Nc1 Nc5 $36)
35... Rc7 36. Rd2 Rc4 $10 (36... Nc5 37. Nc1 $13)) 35. Rxd4 Rc2 36. Ra4 Nb6 37.
Rxa5 $16 Nc4 38. Ra4 Ne3 39. Bh1 Bd7 40. Ra7 Rbc8 {Black's activity doesn't
give him sufficient compensation for two pawns.} 41. Re1 Ng4 42. Bf3 h5 43. Be2
Be8 44. Bc4 Bg6 45. Ra4 Be8 46. Ra6 Nh2 (46... Bg6 $142 $5 $16) 47. Re3 $1 Ng4
48. Rc3 Rd2 49. Rd3 Rc2 50. Nb4 Re2 51. Rxd6 $18 {[%csl Gb3,Gd5,Ge4] Now White
is three (!) o^ up and Black's tactical chances are clearly insufficient.} Bb5
(51... Rxe4 52. Re6 $18 {Black at least tries to avoid exchanging his active R.
}) 52. Nc6 (52. Bxb5 $4 Rc1+ $19) 52... Bxc4 (52... Ra8 53. Rd8+ Rxd8 54. Nxd8
$18) 53. bxc4 Kh7 54. Rd8 Rc7 55. Re8 Rb7 56. Rb8 Rd7 57. Rd8 Rb7 58. Rb8 Rd7
59. Rd4 g5 $5 60. hxg5 fxg5 61. e5 Rg7 62. fxg5 (62. f5 $1 Nxe5 63. Nxe5 Ra7
64. Rd1 Rxe5 65. d6 Rd7 66. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c7,Rc4c6] /\c5-c6,Rc7+-}) 62... Rxg5
63. Rb7+ Kh6 64. Rf4 h4 (64... Nxe5 65. Kf1 $5 Rc2 66. Rf6+ Rg6 (66... Ng6 67.
Ne7 $18) 67. Rxg6+ Nxg6 68. d6 $18) 65. Nd4 $1 Re1+ (65... Rexe5 66. Nf3 $18)
66. Kg2 hxg3 67. Nf5+ Rxf5 68. Rxf5 $4 (68. Rxg4 Rfxe5 69. Kxg3 $18) 68... Ne3+
69. Kxg3 Nxf5+ {By constantly irritating White Black has gained a piece, now
he has to fight against three united passed pawns.  [#] Hecht kein
harmonisches Zusammenspiel von wK und T mit den verbundenen Freibauern
Abdrängen des wK; Taktik} 70. Kf4 Rf1+ 71. Ke4 Kg5 $1 $10 72. d6 Rd1 {[%cal
Rd1d4,Rd4c4] /\Rd4-c4} 73. c5 Rd4+ 74. Kf3 Rd3+ 75. Kf2 (75. Ke2 Re3+ 76. Kd2
Rxe5 77. d7 Rd5+ $10) 75... Rd2+ 76. Kf1 (76. Ke1 {Hecht} Rd5 77. Kf2 Rd2+ 78.
Kf1 Rd1+ 79. Ke2 Rd5 80. d7 Nd4+ 81. Ke3 Ne6 82. Ke4 (82. c6 Rxe5+ 83. Kf2 Rf5+
84. Kg1 Rf8 85. c7 Nxc7 86. Rxc7 Rd8 $10) 82... Rxd7 $1 83. Rxd7 Nxc5+ 84. Ke3
Nxd7 85. e6) 76... Rd1+ 77. Ke2 Rd5 $1 78. d7 Nd4+ 79. Ke3 Ne6 80. Ke4 Rxd7 $1
81. Rxd7 (81. c6 Rxb7 82. cxb7 Nc5+ $10) 81... Nxc5+ 82. Ke3 Nxd7 {Black's
agile pieces managed to disarm the dangerous pawns. An unbelievable save!} 83.
e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 {After it's main
practitioner Miezis gave it up, the "Snake" starts to appear in French chess
circles.} 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8 (7... Bc7 $6 8. d6 Ba5 9. e4 $1 $36) 8. e3 (8.
Nd2 $5 Be7 9. Bf4 d6 10. e4 $14 {[+]}) 8... Bc7 (8... a6 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bd3 d6
11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh2 f5 15. O-O Ng7 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 Nb6
18. Na3 Bd7 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nc4 $14 {Lorscheid,G-Bezold,M/BL2-S9596/1996/}) 9.
d6 $5 {White's most ambitious and aggressive attempt.} Ba5 10. Bc4 (10. Be2 h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Na5 17.
Rab1 Be4 18. Rb2 Rad8 19. Ne1 Re5 20. f3 Bc6 21. e4 Ba4 22. Nc2 Re6 23. Ba6 Rb8
24. Qd3 b5 $17 {Beck,H-Dohr,A/AUT-chT/1997/}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O
b6 ({It's more prudent to kick the pinning B at some moment:} 12... h6 $5 13.
Bh4 b6 14. Qc2 Na5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bf5 (17. c4 $5 $14) 17... g5
18. Bg3 (18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Re5 $13) 18... Nc4 19. Qe2 b5 20. Bd3 Bd5 21.
h4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Rfe1 Qf6 $11 {Ionov,S-Bauer,
C/Wijk aan Zee B/1999/}) (12... Ne5 $143 $6 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. f4 Rxe3 15. Qd2
Re8 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Re7 b5 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxf7
Kxf7 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Qe3 Rb6 24. Qe5+ Kf7 {1-0,Farago,I-Kottke,M/Deizisau/
1999/}) 13. Qd3 $146 {[%csl Gd6] White has to connect his R and this is
stronger than 13.Qc2, as in Ionov-Bauer, as Pd6 remains protected.} (13. Re1 h6
14. Bh4 Bb7 15. e4 $6 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. e5 Re6 20.
exf6 Qe8 21. Bh4 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Qe3+ 23. Bf2 Qxf4 24. Qh5 Re8 $19 {Matlak,
M-Zaichik,G/Moscow/1988/}) 13... Na5 (13... h6 14. Bh4 Na5 {leads to the same
position.}) 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. e4 h6 17. Bh4 Qb8 $2 {Inconsistent,
now White's attack will be too strong.} ({Black must prevent White from
supporting his d6 outpost, this was his last chance to play} 17... g5 $5 {[]}
18. Bxg5 $5 (18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxd6 $142 $5 (19... Re5 20. f4 Rxg5 21.
fxg5 $18 {[%cal Rg5g6] /\g6->}) (19... Re6 20. Qf3 Kg7 (20... Nxd6 21. Rfe1 {
[%cal Re4e5] /\e5->}) 21. e5 Rxe5 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxb7 $16) 20. e5 (20. Qxd6
Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Nxd6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3] ׫}) 20... Rxe5 (20... Nde4 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Qg3+ Kf8 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rad1 $36) 21. Bf4 Re6 22. Bxd6 (22. Qg3+
Kh7 23. Bxd6 Ne4 $132) 22... Ne4 23. Bf4 (23. Rae1 Nxd6 24. Rxe6 dxe6 25. Rd1
Qf6 $11) 23... Qf6 $13) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 $40 {/\f4,e5} Nh5 20. f4 Nxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qxg5 22. Qf3 $44) 18. e5 {[%csl Gd6][%mdl 128]} Nh7 19. Rae1 $16 {/+- Now
the e5,d6 pawn wedge cuts Black's position in two.} Re6 $6 {Loses further
tempi, the R is exposed here.} (19... f6 20. exf6 Qxd6 21. f7+ $18) (19... Nf8
$142 $5 20. Nd2 $16) 20. Nd2 Na5 (20... f6 21. f4 $40) 21. f4 Nc6 22. Nf3 {/\f5
} g6 23. g4 Re8 24. f5 $18 {White's attack flows smoothly.} g5 (24... Nf8 25.
Bf6 $18) 25. Bg3 Qb7 (25... f6 26. Qd5+ Kg7 27. h4 $18) 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxh4
Kh8 (27... Nf8 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Bf6 $18 {[%cal Rd2h6] /\Qh6!,Kg2}) 28. Qd2 (28.
Qd2 Kg7 (28... Rg8 29. Qxh6 Rxg4+ 30. Kf2 {/\Bf6,Rg1+-}) 29. Bf6+ Nxf6 30.
exf6+ Kh7 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Qxh6+ $1 Kxh6 33. Rh1#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O $5 {It's
suprising that the main exponent of the "Snake Benoni" Miezis has never played
this logical move and has suffered quite a few defeats with the other inferior
alternatives.} (6... Bc7 $6 7. d6 Ba5+ 8. Nbd2 $1 $16) (6... h6 7. Bh4 Qa5+ (
7... Bc7 8. d6 Ba5+ 9. Nbd2 Nc6 $146 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Ne5 Nd4 13. Qd3
Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $1 Qa5+ 15. Kd1 Qb5 16. Nc4 Rg8 17. e3 Ne6 18. Qf5 Rg6 19. Bh4
Ng5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qe5+ Kf8 22. Qe7+ Kg7 23. Ne5 Qa4+ 24. b3 Qe4 25. Qxf7+
Kh6 26. Bd3 {1-0,Karr,J-Miezis,N/Paris/1998/}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3
O-O 11. g4 $1 b5 12. g5 h5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 d6 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Rxh5 g6 17.
Rh4 Bf5 18. e4 Na6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Kf1 c4 21. Kg2 Nc5 22. Rah1 Kf8 23. Rf4 Kg7
24. e5 Rxe5 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Rfxf7 Bf5 27. Rhg7+ {1-0,Horvath,C-Miezis,N/
Elista olm/1998/}) 7. Nc3 (7. Nbd2 $5 Re8 8. Qc2 Be7 $1 {/\Nd5} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Qxc5 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. e3 b6 (12... d6 $13) 13. Qa3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qc8 15.
Rc1 Qd8 16. O-O a6 17. Qd6 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rc7 Ra6 20. Qf4 Rb6 $132 {Khenkin,
I-Bezold,M/BL2O 9798/1997/}) 7... Re8 (7... Bc7 $143 $6 8. d6 Ba5 9. e4 $1 (9.
Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Qf5 Re6 13. Qxc5 Na6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15.
Qe5 Bb7 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. Kb2 Rc8 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. f3 b4 $44 {Roeder,M-Wohl,A/
Sydney/1999/}) 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Re8 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re6 $6 (
13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nxe4 16. Qd5 $44) 14. Re1 Qa5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bf4 g6
17. Qd2 b6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. h3 {1-0 Ghinda,M-Biriescu,I/Predeal 1988/EXT 97 (19)
}) 8. e3 Bc7 $5 {Black must choose his moves very carefully, otherwise he may
have serious problems very fast.} (8... a6 9. a4 Bf8 10. h3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12.
O-O Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bh4 Re8 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Qc2
Nf8 19. f4 Bh4 20. Bh2 Bf6 21. Rae1 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Bd3 Ng6 24. Ne2 Bf6
25. Ng1 Qh6 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qc3 $16 {Polgar,Z-Forintos,G/
HUN-ch/1986/}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 (9... Qe7 10. Bc4 b6 11. Qd3 a6 12. a4 g5 13.
Bg3 Kg7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. O-O Ng8 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ fxg6 18. Bd3 a5 19. Nc4
Ba6 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nf6 22. Nxb6 Ra7 23. d6 Re6 24. Bc4 Rxd6 25. Nc8 {
1-0,Lukacs,P-Fernandes,A/Almada/1988/}) 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Kg7 12. d6 b6 13.
Bc4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. O-O-O Na5 16. Bxf7 Kxf7 17. Rxh6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {
1-0,Vaganian,R-Hodgson,J/Sochi/1986/}) 9. d6 $5 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6] [+](),ץc8 A
logical direct refutation attempt.} Ba5 10. Bc4 (10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.
Qd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Rab1 Be4 18. Rb2
Rad8 19. Ne1 Re5 20. f3 Bc6 21. e4 Ba4 22. Nc2 Re6 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Qd3 b5 $1
$15 {Beck,H-Dohr,A/AUT-chT2/1997/}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O h6 (12...
b6 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. e4 g5 16. Nxg5 $6 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne5 18. f4 Nxc4
19. e5 Re6 20. exf6 Qe8 21. Bh4 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Qe3+ 23. Bf2 Qxf4 24. Qh5 Re8
$19 {Matlak,M-Zaichik,G/Moscow/1988/}) 13. Bh4 b6 14. Qc2 Na5 $8 (14... Bb7 $2
15. Qf5 $40 (15. Qg6 $5)) 15. Bd3 (15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rad1 Re6 $15 {
[%csl Rd6] ><d6}) 15... Bb7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bf5 (17. c4 $5 $36 {()}) 17... g5
$5 {Black saves the day by active defence.} 18. Bg3 Nc4 (18... Be4 19. Bxe4
Nxe4 20. Be5 $1 f5 21. g4 $40) 19. Qe2 (19. Bd3 Be4 $13) (19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2
Be4 $15) 19... b5 20. Bd3 Bd5 21. h4 Ne4 (21... g4 $6 22. Nd2 $5 (22. Nh2 h5
$13) 22... Nb2 23. Rb1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 {׻}) 22. Bxe4 $8 Bxe4 23. hxg5 hxg5 24.
Nd2 Bd5 $5 (24... Nb2 25. Nxe4 Nxd1 26. f3 f5 27. Qxd1 fxe4 28. fxe4 $44 {->})
25. Rfe1 Qf6 $11 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Qd2 Qg6 28. e4 f6 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Re6 31.
Re3 (31. Rh1 $6 f5 $15) 31... Rce8 32. Rde1 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5 34. Rxe6 (34. Rxe6
Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Bxe6 $11 {^-}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 $5 6. Bg2 (6. a4 $5
{Chekhov} b4 7. f3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 $1 $132 {
Kortschnoi,V-Timman,J/Tilburg/1987/}) 6... Bb7 (6... d6 7. b4 $1 (7. a4 b4 8.
Nd2 Ba6 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nc4 $6 (10. b3 $142 Bg7 11. Bb2 $13) 10... Bg7 11. Bf4
O-O $1 12. Bxd6 b3 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Bxc5 Nbd7 15. Nd6 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Nxc5 17. Nxe8
Rxe8 $19 {Krasenkov,M-Howell,J,Belgorod 1990-EXP 17}) (7. Nh3 $6 g6 8. O-O Bg7
9. a4 b4 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e4 Ba6 12. Re1 O-O 13. f4 Re8 14. Nf2 c4 15. Nf3 Bb7
16. Bd2 a5 $17 {Beim,V-Dautov,R,Berlin Summer 1991-TD 91_04}) 7... Na6 (7...
cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Nxa3 Bd7 10. Qb3 $44) 8. bxc5 Nxc5 9. Nf3 g6 10. Nd4 Bg7 11.
O-O a6 12. Nc6 (12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bd4 Rfe8 16. a4 bxa4
17. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 18. Qxa4 Nd7 19. Qb3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Korchnoi,V,London cs 1983
}) 12... Qd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. a4 (14. Be3 $5 $36) 14... Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Bf4 Nc3 17. Qc2 Re8 18. e4 Nxa4 19. Rae1 $44 {Gelfand,B-Chernin,A,Dortmund
1990-CBM 18}) (6... d6 $5 {Chekhov}) 7. e4 (7. b3 Qa5+ $6 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Bc3 c4
10. bxc4 Bc5 11. Nh3 bxc4 12. O-O Bb4 13. e4 $16 {Gadasi,D-Soln,P,Duisburg
WchJM-U14 1992}) 7... d6 8. Nf3 $5 Be7 (8... Nxe4 9. Qe2 $5 (9. Nh4 Nf6 10. Nf5
Qd7 11. g4 h5 12. Bg5 hxg4 13. Qe2+ Kd8 14. Qxg4 Be7 15. Qf4 Nh5 $1 16. Bxe7+
Qxe7+ 17. Qe3 Qf6 $17 {Birnboim,N-Tiller,E,Randers zt 1982}) (9. O-O $44) 9...
Qe7 10. Qxb5+ (10. O-O {Chekhov}) 10... Qd7 (10... Bc6 11. dxc6 Nc3+ $19) 11.
Qe2 $36) (8... Nbd7 {Chekhov}) 9. O-O O-O (9... Nxe4 $142 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 {
Chekhov} Nf6 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 $132) 10... Nf6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Bg5 $44)
10. Nh4 $14 Re8 (10... g6 11. e5 $5 {/\} dxe5 $2 12. d6 Bxg2 13. dxe7 $18) 11.
Re1 Nbd7 12. a4 $1 b4 (12... a6 $142 13. Na3 Qb6 $14) (12... a6 {Chekhov}) 13.
b3 {><c4,->>>} Bf8 14. Bb2 a5 (14... Nb6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Nd2 $16) (14... c4 $5
15. bxc4 Nc5 16. Nd2 $14) 15. Nd2 Ba6 (15... g6 {Chekhov}) 16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3
$16 Bg7 {/\Nd5} 18. Qc2 Nb6 (18... Ne5 $5 {Chekhov}) 19. Rad1 Nfd7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. f4 {[+]} Qf6 $6 (21... Kg8 {Chekhov}) 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Qd8 24. f5
Qc7 (24... Nf6 $142 25. Qxc5 (25. Nxc5 Rc8 $132) 25... Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd7 27.
Qc6 $16) (24... f6 $5 {Chekhov}) 25. d6 Qd8 26. f6+ $1 Kg8 (26... Nxf6 27. Nxf6
Qxf6 28. Bxa8 $18 {/\Qc5} (28. Bxa8 {Chekhov} Rxa8 29. Qxc5 $18)) (26... Kh8 $5
{Chekhov}) 27. Ng4 $18 Rc8 (27... h5 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Ng5 $1 {/\Nh7#} Nxf6 30.
Nhxf7 $18) (27... Bc8 {Chekhov} 28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Ng5 {1-0 Ulibin,
M-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg zt (4) 1993}) 28. Qd2 {/\Qh6+-} Kh8 (28... Nf8 29. Qh6
Ne6 30. Ng5 $18) 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Ng5 {/\Qh7#,Nf7#} 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 $5 6. Bg2 d6 7. e4 {
Gleizerov tries a very direct approach to refute Black's setup.} ({The
reputation of} 7. b4 {has been tarnished by} Nbd7 8. bxc5 $6 dxc5 $1 9. Nh3 Bd6
10. O-O $2 O-O $2 (10... Be5 $19) 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Re8 14. a3
Bd7 15. h4 h6 16. Nd2 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nh3 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Nbxd5 20. Rc1 Rad8
21. Bg2 c4 22. a4 a6 $19 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Kasparov,G/EUR-Asia act/2001/}) 7...
Bb7 ({Inaccurate is} 7... g6 $143 $6 8. Qe2 $1 Nbd7 9. f4 $40 Bh6 10. e5 dxe5
11. fxe5 Bxc1 12. exf6+ Kf8 13. Nc3 Nxf6 14. Rxc1 Kg7 15. Qxb5 Re8+ 16. Nge2
Qd6 17. Qc6 Qe5 18. O-O Bf5 19. Nf4 {1-0,Chiburdanidze,M-Bellin,J/Dubai olw/
1986/}) ({More to the point and deserving attention is} 7... Qe7 8. f3 (8. Qe2
$142 Nbd7 9. f4 $13) 8... g6 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. g4 Nfd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 13.
Nc3 b4 14. Nce2 a5 15. g5 Ba6 16. f4 Nd3 17. e5 {Sabik,R-Pejko,O/SVK-chT/1999/}
c4 $15) ({But the most often played move, which also occurred in 2 recent
games by Gleizerov, is} 7... Nbd7 8. f4 $5 (8. Nf3 Rb8 (8... Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10.
Nh4 g6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. h3 Qb6 13. Nc3 a6 14. f4 Nc4 15. e5 Nh5 16. Re1 O-O-O
17. Nf5 gxf5 18. Qxh5 dxe5 {Gleizerov,E-Cherniaev,A/Port Erin op/2001/} 19.
Qxf5+ Kb8 20. Bg7 $16) (8... Nxe4 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O $36 {/\} Bb7 11. Re1 Bxd5
$2 12. Nh4 $16) 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 (10. Nh4 $5) 10... O-O 11. a3 Re8 12. Nc3
Qc7 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Rc1 b4 15. axb4 {1/2,Gleizerov,E-Stocek,J/Port Erin/2001/}
Rxb4 $132) 8... b4 9. Nd2 Ba6 10. a3 b3 $5 (10... Qb6 $13) 11. Qxb3 Rb8 12. Qa4
Bb5 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Nfd2 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Bf6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6
19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. O-O Bd4+ 22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bxd4 Nxc4 24. Rac1 {
1/2,Ulibin,M-Barlov,D/Porto San Giorgio/1998/} Nxa3 $11) 8. f4 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Aggressive, and an improvement over} (8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Nh4 Nf6 10. Nf5 Qd7 11. g4
h5 12. Bg5 hxg4 13. Qe2+ Kd8 14. Qxg4 Be7 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Bxe7+ Qxe7+ 17. Qe3
Qf6 18. Be4 g6 19. Nh6 Qg7 20. Ng4 f5 21. Qg5+ Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Ne5 Kf6 {
0-1,Birnboim,N-Tiller,B/Randers/1982/}) 8... g6 9. e5 (9. Qe2 b4 10. a3 $5 (10.
Nf3 Ba6 $36) (10. e5 $2 dxe5 11. Qxe5+ Be7 {[%csl Rd5] /\0-0-/+,><d5}) 10...
Ba6 11. Qc2 $13) 9... Qe7 10. Nf3 (10. Qe2 Nxd5 11. exd6 (11. Qxb5+ Bc6 12. Qe2
dxe5 13. fxe5 Bg7 $36) 11... Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Bc6 $1 (12... Bxd6 $4 13. Nbc3 $18)
13. O-O Nb4 (13... Kd7 14. Rd1 Nb6 15. Nbc3 f5 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 14. Nbc3 Bxd6 15.
Rd1 Be7 16. Bxc6+ N8xc6 17. Nxb5 Rb8 $11 {/=/+}) (10. Bf3 $5 a6 (10... dxe5 $2
11. d6 $1 Qd7 12. fxe5 $16) (10... Bg7 11. Qe2 dxe5 (11... Nxd5 12. Qg2 Bxe5
13. fxe5 Qxe5+ 14. Ne2 $16) 12. d6 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 (13. Qxf3 e4 $17) 13... Qe6
14. fxe5 $36) 11. Kf2 $5 $13 (11. Qe2 Nfd7 (11... Nxd5 12. Qg2 $1 $16) 12. exd6
(12. e6 Nf6 $17) 12... Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bxd6 $13)) 10... Nxd5 11. O-O Nd7 $6 (
11... dxe5 12. Nxe5 c4 $5 13. Bxd5 (13. Nxc4 $5 Qc5+ 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Re1 $40)
13... Qc5+ 14. Be3 $1 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc3 $32) (11... Nc7 $142 $5 12.
exd6 Qxd6 13. Re1+ Ne6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Nd4 $1 Bxg2 16. Nxb5 Be7 17. Kxg2 Nc6
$11) 12. exd6 $2 (12. Re1 $1 O-O-O 13. exd6 {/\} Qxd6 14. Ng5 $16) (12. Ng5 $5
$36) 12... Qxd6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nc3 N7f6 $5 (14... a6 15. Ng5 N7f6 $13 {
was maybe also playable, but Black wants to get his pieces out of the pins and
K out of the <=> as soon as possible.}) 15. Nxb5 (15. Qe2 a6 (15... Nxc3 16.
bxc3 a6 17. c4 $44) 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Nge4 Qd7 $17) 15... Qb6 16. a4 {Only
further weakens White's position, already compromised by f4.} (16. Qe2 O-O $15)
(16. Na3 $142 $1 O-O (16... c4+ 17. Qd4 $36) 17. Nc4 Qb5 18. Nfe5 Rad8 $11 {/~~
}) 16... O-O 17. Ne5 c4+ 18. Kh1 Rac8 $36 19. Qe2 Rfd8 (19... Bb4 $142 $15) (
19... a6 20. Nxc4 $5 Rxc4 21. Qxc4 axb5 22. Qxb5 $132) 20. h3 {Now Black
consolidates his edge, while the tactical complications were far from clear:} (
20. Nxc4 $142 Rxc4 $1 (20... Qa6 21. b3 $14) 21. Qxc4 Ng4 22. h3 (22. Nd4 Nf2+
$1 (22... Bf6 23. Qe2 $1 h5 24. h3 $14) 23. Kg1 Bf6 24. Re5 Nxf4 $1 25. Bxf4 (
25. gxf4 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxd4 27. Be3 Rxc4 28. Bxb6 Rg4 $36) 25... Ng4 26. Rb5
Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Ng4+ $11 29. Kf1 $2 Qf6 $19 {->}) 22... Nde3 23.
Bxe3 (23. a5 Bxg2+ 24. Kg1 Qb7 25. Bxe3 Bxh3 $19) 23... Nxe3 24. a5 $1 Bxg2+
25. Kg1 (25. Kh2 $2 Qc6 $1 $17) 25... Qb7 (25... Qc6 26. Qxc6 Bxc6 27. Nxa7 Ba8
28. Rac1 $16 {[%cal Ra7c6,Re1e3] /\Re3,Nc6,}) (25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. b4
$5 (27. Rac1 Nc2+ 28. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rd2+ $15) 27... Bxb4 28. Rxe3 Bc5 29.
Kxg2 Bxe3 $11) 26. Rxe3 Bxh3 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Rd2 30. Re5
Bg2+ 31. Kh2 Bf1+ $11) 20... Bb4 21. Rf1 (21. Nxc4 $2 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxe1 $19) (
21. Rd1 $5) 21... c3 22. b3 $6 {[%csl Gc3] o^c} (22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Qe3 Rc5 $1
$36) 22... Re8 $17 23. Kh2 (23. Qc2 a6 24. Nc4 Qd8 25. Nba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Ne4
$1 27. Bxe4 (27. Kh2 Nb4 $19) 27... Ne3 28. Qxc3 Rxe4 $19 {->}) 23... Nd7 24.
Qf3 (24. Rd1 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rc5 $17 {[%csl Re5] ><e5}) 24... Nc5 25. Nc4 Qf6 26.
Ncd6 {White already has to go for tactics, but now they work in Black's favour.
} Ne3 $1 27. Nxb7 (27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxb3 31.
Rab1 Qf5 $1 $19) 27... Nxf1+ 28. Qxf1 (28. Bxf1 Nxb3 29. Rb1 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 (30.
Rxb4 Na2 $19) 30... a6 $19 (30... c2 $5 $19)) 28... c2 29. Ra2 (29. Nxa7 Qxa1
30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Nd6 Rd8 $19) 29... Nxb3 $1 $19 {The most incisive.} (29...
Re1 $143 30. Qc4 Rxc1 31. Rxc2 $17) 30. Bb2 (30. Nxa7 Nxc1 31. Qxc1 Re1 $19)
30... Qb6 31. a5 Qe3 32. Qf3 (32. N7d6 c1=Q 33. Bxc1 Rxc1 34. Qf2 Be1 $19)
32... Qxf3 33. Bxf3 c1=Q 34. Bxc1 Nxc1 35. Rg2 (35. Rb2 Nd3 $19) 35... Re3 36.
Bd5 a6 37. N5d6 (37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. N5d6 Bxd6 39. Nxd6 Rd8 40. Nc4 Re7 $19)
37... Bxd6 38. Nxd6 Rd8 39. Nc4 (39. Bxf7+ Kf8 40. Rd2 Ke7 $19) 39... Rc3 40.
Nb6 Rc5 41. Rd2 Kg7 42. Rd1 Ne2 43. Re1 Nc3 (43... Rcxd5 $5 44. Nxd5 Nd4 $19)
44. Bc4 Rd2+ 45. Kg1 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mowsziszian} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 $6 (5... d6
6. Nc3 {-E7}) 6. Nc3 Bc7 7. g4 $1 $146 {A new and very dangerous and effective
idea. White utilizes the time, consumed by the maneuvre Bd6-c7,d6, to expand
on the King-side and develop an attack there. In the future he can leave his K
on e1 or f1, or even castle Queen-side.} (7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 O-O (8... a6 9. Nd2 (
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Bg3
b6 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Na3 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Bf1 Qf8 22.
Rab1 Bd8 23. b4 f5 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. bxc5 Nxc5 $13 {Alterman,B-Bangiev,A/Lvov
UKR-ch/1988/}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne5 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. a4
Re8 15. Qc2 h5 16. h3 Ba5 17. Nc4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Bxh5 Bf5 20. Bxg6 Bxg6
21. Qe2 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Qe7 23. a5 $1 $16 {Gurevich,M-Hodgson,J/Tallinn/1987/})
9. Be2 Re8 (9... Ba5 $6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. O-O Rb8 14. Nc4
Bc7 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. a5 Rd8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. e4 Ng6 20. h3 Bb5 21.
Ne3 Qd7 22. Nf5 Re8 23. b3 $16 {Filgueira,H-Giardelli,S/Villa Ballester op/
1996/}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Qc2 (14. e4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. a5 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nhf4 21. Kh1 f5
22. Rfe1 Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Nf4 24. Ree1 Bb5 25. b3 fxe4 26. Nxe4 {Naumkin,I-Miezis,
N/Moscow3 1992/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. e4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nfxg4
18. h3 Nf6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nc4 Ba5 21. e5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nh5 23. Bh2 dxe5 24.
fxe5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+],Lutz,C-Miezis,N/Hamburg op/1995/}) (7. Nd2 d6 8.
Nc4 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e4 Re8 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15.
O-O Bd7 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Bg3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. f3 c4 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Bf2 Bb6
22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 b4 $132 {Portisch,L-Benjamin,Joe/Szirak izt/1987/}) (7. g3
d6 8. Bg2 O-O (8... a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nc4 Bd7 13. Bg5
b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ne3 f5 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Bh3 Qc8
20. Qd3 b4 21. Ncd1 h5 22. Ng2 Ng6 23. Nde3 Ne5 24. Qc2 b3 25. Qb1 $16 {
[%csl Rb3,Rf5,Rh5] ק,Marin,M-Hauchard,A/Bucharest/1993/}) 9. O-O a6 10. b3 (
10. a4 $142 $14) 10... b5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Re1 Ba5 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nf8 17. e3 Ng6 18. Red1 Bb7 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Re7 21. Qe2
Qd7 22. h4 Rbe8 23. h5 Ne5 $15 {Gonzalez,F-Bellon Lopez,J/Terrasa op/1995/})
7... d6 (7... Nxg4 $6 8. d6 Ba5 9. Rg1 {Mowsziszian} Nf6 (9... h5 10. h3 Nh6
11. Rxg7 Nf5 12. Rg5 $16) 10. Rxg7 $16) (7... h6 $142 $5 $13) 8. g5 Nfd7 (8...
Nh5 {Mowsziszian} 9. e4 O-O 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Re8+ 13. Be2 $16)
9. h4 a6 10. a4 (10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Ba5 $132) 10... Qe7 11. Bh3 O-O (11... Ne5
$2 12. Nxe5 Bxh3 13. Nxf7 $16) 12. Qd3 (12. Bf4 $5 {also deserves attention.
This positional moves hampers Black's development.} Nb6 (12... Ne5 13. Bxe5
dxe5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Qb3 Ba5+ 17. Kf1 $16) 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. h5
$36 {[%csl Gg5,Gh5] ->>>,()}) 12... Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. a5 $1 {[%cal
Ya1a4] /\Ra4} (14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. f4 Qe7 16. e4 Ba5 17. Bd2 Nd7 $36 {[%csl Re1,
Re4,Rf4] ה,Ke1}) 14... Qd4 (14... b5 $5 15. axb6 Bxb6 16. Qe4 Qe8) 15. Qg3 (
15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Ne4 $13 (16. Ne4 {Mowsziszian} Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Re8 18. Nd2 Re5
19. Rb3 Ra7 $1 20. Nc4 Rxd5 $15)) 15... Qb4 {><a5} 16. h5 Nd7 (16... Bxa5 $6
17. g6 $40 (17. g6 {Mowsziszian} fxg6 18. hxg6 h6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Qxd6 $16))
(16... Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Re8 18. g6) 17. g6 (17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. g6 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Bxg4
20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. f3 Bd7 $132) (17. Ra4 Qb3 18. g6 {-17.g6}) 17... Nf6 18.
gxh7+ Kh8 $8 (18... Nxh7 $2 19. Rg1 $18 (19. Ra4 {Mowsziszian} Qb3 20. Bh6 {
/\Qg7#})) (18... Kxh7 $2 19. Ra4 Qb3 20. Rg1 Rg8 (20... Nxh5 21. Rh4 g6 22.
Rxh5+ gxh5 23. Qg7#) (20... Ne8 21. Re4 {/\Re8,Qg7#} Qc2 22. Bd2) 21. Qg6+ $1
$18 (21. Qg6+ $3 {Mowsziszian} Kh8 (21... fxg6 22. hxg6+ Kh8 23. Rh4+ Nh5 24.
Rxh5#) 22. Qxf7 Bxh3 23. h6 gxh6 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. Qxh6#)) 19. Rg1 $1 {White
must play forcefully in a double-edged position, otherwise the advantage might
change hands. (as it eventually happened)} (19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Ra4 Qb3 21. Qd3
(21. Bh6 $2 gxh6 $1 22. Rg1 Nxh5 $19) (21. Rf4 {[%cal Rf4f6,Rh1g1] /\Rf6,Rg1+-}
Qc2 $1 $17) 21... Rfe8 $13) 19... Nxh5 20. Qf3 Bxh3 21. Qxh5 (21. Qxh3 g6 $17)
(21. Ra4 Bg4 $5 (21... Qb3 22. Qxh5 Bd7 23. Bh6 $1 g6 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6
Rg8 $8 26. hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qf7+ $1 Kxh6 29. Qf6+ $18) 22. Rxg4
Qb3 $132) 21... Bd7 22. Qg5 $6 {Piket had built a winning position but failed
to enjoy its fruits} (22. Bh6 $5 g6 (22... gxh6 23. Qxh6 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. f4
$18) 23. Qf3 (23. Qg5 Bd8) 23... Bf5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. O-O-O $16) (22. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kh8 24. Bg5 f5 $8 (24... Bd8 $2 25. Qxf8+) (24... f6 25. Bxf6+
Rxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxh7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. O-O-O {/\Rh1#}) 25. Bf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6+
Kxh7 27. O-O-O Qf4+ 28. e3 Qh6 (28... Qf3 {Mowsziszian} 29. Rg1 $16) 29. Qf7+
Kh8 30. Qxd7 Qh7 31. Qe6 $16 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Rc3e2,Re2f4,Rd1g1,Rg1g5] ->עh8
With the naked K and passive pieces Black is practically defenceless against
maneuvres like Ne2-f4 or Rg1-g5.}) 22... Qd4 23. Bf4 $2 (23. e3 Rae8 24. Kf1
Qe5 $17) (23. Be3 $142 $1 Qe5 (23... Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bh6 $16) 24. Qxe5
dxe5 25. Bxc5 Rfe8 26. d6 Bd8 27. Nd5 $36) 23... Bd8 $1 24. Qg3 Bf6 $17 {
Now it's different. With the B on f6 Black's K is safe and Ke1 already feels
very uncomfortable.} 25. Rd1 (25. Bxd6 $5 Rfe8 26. Rd1 (26. Kf1 Qd2 $40) 26...
Qb4 $17 (26... Qc4 $40)) 25... Qc4 (25... Qb4 $5) 26. Bg5 (26. Bxd6 $142 Rfe8
$17) 26... Be5 27. f4 $8 Bd4 28. Rg2 (28. e3 Rae8 $19) 28... Rae8 {[%cal Re8e3]
/\Re3} 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rf3 Be4 $1 $138 (30... Be4 31. b3 (31. Nxe4 Qc1#) 31...
Qb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 Bc7 $6 (
7... Re8 $142 8. e3 ({An interesting idea is} 8. Nd2 $5 Be7 9. Bf4 d6 10. e4 a6
11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nf8 13. O-O Ng6 14. Bg3 Bf8 15. f4 Nd7 16. a5 (16. Nc4 $36)
16... b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ra3 f5 19. exf5 Ne7 20. Bh4 Qc7 21. f6 Nexd5 22.
Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. Qa2 Qb7 26. f5 Bf7 27. fxg7 Bxg7 28. f6
Bh6 $13 {Issakainen,A-Kilpela,P/Helsinki/1997/}) 8... Bc7 9. d6 Ba5 10. Bc4
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O h6 (12... Ne5 $6 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. f4 Rxe3 15. Qd2
Re8 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Re7 b5 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxf7
Kxf7 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Qe3 Rb6 24. Qe5+ Kf7 {1-0,Farago,I-Kottke,M/Deizisau/
1999/}) 13. Bh4 b6 14. Qc2 Na5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bf5 (17. c4 $5 $36)
17... g5 18. Bg3 Nc4 19. Qe2 b5 20. Bd3 Bd5 21. h4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. hxg5
hxg5 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Rfe1 Qf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Bauer,C/Wijk aan Zee 1999 
(34)}) 8. d6 Ba5 9. Qc2 $146 (9. e4 $1 Re8 $5 (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Re8
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re6 14. Re1 Qa5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bf4 g6 17. Qd2 b6 18. Be4
Bb7 19. h3 {1-0,Ghinda,M-Biriescu,I/Predeal/1988/}) 10. Qc2 {-9.Qc2} (10. e5
Nc6 11. Qe2 Nd4 $15)) (9. Rc1 $6 Nc6 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bxf6 Qxb2 12. Rc2 Qa3 13.
Nd2 gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qf5 Rg8 16. Qxf6+ Rg7 17. Nd5 b5 18. h4 c4 19. h5 Bd8
20. Qf4 Bg5 21. Qf5 Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. h6 Rg6 25. Nc7 Rb8 26.
Nd6 a6 27. f4 Be7 {Notkin,M-Vasiukov,E/Elista RUS-ch/1996/}) 9... Re8 10. O-O-O
(10. e4 $5 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 (11... g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nc6 14. Bc4 $44) 12.
O-O-O g5 13. Bg3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bd3 $44 {ץc8,Ra8}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3
$2 (11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rxd8 14. e4 b6 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. Bd5 {
(),=/+/=}) 11... b5 {|^עc1} 12. Qf5 (12. e4 Bb7 {/\} 13. e5 $2 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Rxe5) 12... Re6 $5 {Black already avoids a possible draw after} (12... Qa5 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 Qxa2 $132) 13. Qxc5 Na6 14. Bxf6 (14. Qf5 Qa5 15. Kb2 Ne4
$40) (14. Qxb5 Rb8 $40) 14... Rxf6 15. Qe5 Bb7 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. Kb2 Rc8 $2 (
17... Rxf2 $142 18. Nf5 f6 (18... Rxf5 19. Qxf5 Rc8 $44) 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qg3
b4 $1 $40) 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. f3 b4 (19... Re6 20. Qd4 {/\e4+/-}) 20. c4 $1 $16
Re6 (20... Rxc4 $4 21. Qe8#) (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 $8 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. e4
$16) 21. Qb5 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 (23. Qxd7 $2 Qxc4 $32 {->}) 23... Rxc5
24. e4 g6 25. Rd4 a5 26. Kb3 Kg7 27. Bd3 (27. Be2 f5 $132) 27... Rc6 28. Rd1
Rcxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. c5 (30. Ka4 Ba6 31. Kxa5 Bxc4 $11) 30... Rc6 (30... Rd4
31. Ka4 Ba6 32. Be2 $1 $16) 31. Bc4 Rc7 (31... Bc8 32. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Rb3a5] /
\Ka4-a5}) 32. Bd5 (32. Rd6 $1 Bc6 $142 (32... Kf8 33. Ka4 (33. Rb6 $16) 33...
Ke7 34. Bb5 $16) 33. e5 $1 $36 {/\Rf6}) 32... Ba6 33. Bc4 Bb7 34. Bd5 Ba6 35.
Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 {Miezis remains
consistently faithful to the "Snake" and apart from an occasional loss here
and there scores well with it.} 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. g4 $5 {Piket's wild idea, which
seemed like a refutation of the whole system. However, Miezis has already
shown this interesting move leads to a complicated position. The most often
used alternatives are 7.e4 and 7.Bg5, we will examine the less popular moves.}
(7. Nd2 d6 (7... Be5 $6 8. Nc4 d6 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 h6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. f5 c4
13. Qa4 O-O 14. Qxc4 a6 15. Qe2 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Na4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qh4+ 19. Ke2
Nf6 20. Qg2 Nxg4 21. Rg1 Bxf5 22. h3 h5 23. hxg4 Bxg4+ 24. Kd2 Rac8 25. Qg3 Qf6
26. Ke1 $18 {Stertenbrink,G-Buecker,S/2BLW/1988/}) 8. Nc4 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bg5
O-O 11. e4 Re8 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bc2 Ng6 17.
Bg3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. f3 c4 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Bf2 Bb6 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 b4
24. Re1 Rc8 25. Ng1 Nf6 26. Rc1 Bc5 $36 {Portisch,L-Benjamin,J/Szirak izt/1987/
}) ({Another immediate refutation attempt is} 7. d6 $5 Ba5 8. Bg5 Qb6 (8... h6
$5 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qf5 Qa5 14. Bxf6 {
1/2,Barsov,A-Savchenko,S/Bern op/1995/}) 9. Bxf6 Qxb2 10. Bxg7 (10. Rc1 $143
gxf6 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 13. e4 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 b6 15. a4 O-O 16. Rg3+ Kh8
17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Bc4 Rae8 19. O-O Nb8 20. Rxf6 Bxe4 21. Rxf7 Bg6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8
23. Re1 Rf4 24. Bb5 Rd4 $17 {Barsov,A-Miezis,N/NRW-II/1996/}) 10... Rg8 (10...
Bxc3+ 11. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Nd2 b6 13. Rc1 Qg7 14. h4 Bb7 15. Rh3 Nc6 16. Re3+ Kf8
17. g3 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Kxe8 19. Bg2 h5 20. Nc4 Rh6 21. Qa4 f5 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23.
Qxa7 f4 24. gxf4 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Qxf2 26. Qb8+ Kf7 27. Ne5+ Kg7 28. Nd3 $16 {
Lalic,B-Hodgson/Sochi/1987/}) 11. Rb1 Bxc3+ 12. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 Qd4 14. Qc2
Rg6 15. Nc4 (15. g3 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7,Re8,Rf7,Rh7][%cal Yf1g2,Ye1g1] /\Bg2,
0-0,ע,P}) 15... Nc6 16. e3 Qf6 17. Be2 b6 18. Qe4+ Kf8 19. O-O Bb7 20. f3 Re8
21. Qc2 Nb4 22. Qd2 b5 23. Na5 Bc6 24. Nxc6 dxc6 25. d7 Rd8 26. e4 Qg5 27. Qxg5
Rxg5 28. f4 Rg6 $15 {Welin,T-Costa,J/Lugano op/1989/}) 7... Ba5 $5 (7... d6
$143 $6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14. a5 Qd4 15. Qg3 Qb4 {Piket,J-Adams,M/Groningen/1995/} 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Qh3
Rd8 18. h5 Nd7 19. Ra4 Qb3 20. g6 $40 {Adams}) (7... h6 $5 $13) (7... O-O 8. g5
$40) (7... Qe7 8. d6 $5 Qxd6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Nb5 Ke7 12. Be3 Na6
$44) 8. Qd3 (8. g5 $2 Ne4 $36) (8. Bd2 O-O 9. g5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 $132) 8...
Qe7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. d6 $5 $146 {A logical and important novelty.} ({Weaker is
the more straightforward} 10. g5 Bxc3 $8 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be5 Nxg5 13. Nxg5
Qxg5 14. Bd6 (14. Qg3 $5 Qxg3 15. hxg3 $44) 14... Re8 15. Bxc5 Na6 16. Bd6 b6
$36 {[%csl Re1] עe1} 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. f3 Na4 20. Rd2 Ba6 21. Qf4
Rac8+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kb1 Bd3+ $3 $19) 22... Nxb2+ 23. Ke1 Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Nd1+ {
0-1,Blees,A-Miezis,N/Antwerpen op/1996/}) 10... Qe6 11. g5 Bxc3 (11... Ne8 12.
Nd5 $5 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qxd6 14. Ne4 $36) 12. Bxc3 Nd5 $8 (12... Ne4 $2 13. Be5
$16) 13. Bd2 $5 (13. Bh3 Nf4 $1 14. Bxe6 Nxd3+ 15. exd3 dxe6 $15) (13. O-O-O
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxa2 $13) 13... Nc6 (13... Qxd6 $2 14. e4 Re8 15. Be2 $18) 14. a3
Re8 15. O-O-O (15. Bh3 Qxh3 16. Qxd5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Bf4 b6 $11) (15. h4
Qxd6 16. O-O-O Qe6 17. Bh3 Qe4 $15) 15... Nb6 16. h4 (16. Bc3 Na4 17. h4 b5 $5
$132) (16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qxe6 fxe6 $5 18. Bg2 b5 $13) 16... a5 $1 17. h5 {
It seems as if Black will be overrun, but his counterplay comes just in time.}
Nb4 $1 18. axb4 $8 (18. Qb5 Qb3 19. Bxb4 Nc4 $1 20. Rd2 axb4 $19 {->}) (18.
Bxb4 axb4 $40) 18... axb4 19. Bh3 $8 {The only move, as otherwise Black has a
strong attack with a draw always guaranteed.} (19. g6 $2 Ra1+ 20. Kc2 c4 $19) (
19. b3 $6 Ra1+ (19... c4 $40) 20. Kc2 Ra2+ 21. Kb1 (21. Kc1 c4 $40) 21... Ra3
$17) 19... Ra1+ (19... Qc4+ 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Kc2 $1 Rxe2 22. Kd3 $18) (19...
Qa2 20. g6 $5 fxg6 (20... c4 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ $18) (20... Qa1+ 21. Kc2
Qa4+ 22. Qb3 $18) 21. hxg6 c4 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qb1 Qb3 24. Nh4 $18) 20. Kc2
b3+ $1 {Wisely forces a draw.} (20... c4 $143 $2 21. Bxe6 cxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Rxd1
23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxd1 $16) 21. Qxb3 $8 (21. Kc3 $4 Na4#) 21... Qe4+ 22. Qd3 (
22. Kc3 $2 Na4+ 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 $19) 22... Qa4+ 23. Qb3 $8 (23. b3 Qa2+ 24. Kc3
c4 $1 25. bxc4 (25. Qc2 Nd5+ $19) 25... Qa3+ 26. Kd4 Qxd6+ 27. Kc3 Ra3+ 28. Kc2
Rxd3 29. exd3 Qc6 $40) 23... Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {Svart vill spela indiskt, men vit snuvar honom på
konfekten.} 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 {Lite ovanligt. Svart utnyttjar det
faktum att vit inte har spelat Sc3 ännu.} 6. Bg2 d6 7. b4 {Vit offrar bonde
för att få total centrumdominans. Men en bonde är en bonde:} Bb7 {Timmans
nyhet mot Chernin från förra året.} (7... cxb4 8. a3 (8. Bb2 Nbd7 {Vit har
många fält, men jag är lite skeptisk.}) 8... bxa3 9. Nxa3 {Ger någon form av
omvänd Benkögambitstrategi, som vi kanske kommer att få se mer av i framtiden.}
) 8. a3 {Vit har uppnått sitt mål. Svarts damflygelbönder är statiska.} g6 (
8... a5 {Föreslås av Stohl och Fritz med oklart spel.}) 9. Nc3 Bg7 {Svart
ville inte ha bonde, han offrar hellre!} 10. Nxb5 O-O (10... a6 11. Nc3 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxa1 13. Bg5 {Ger vit fint spel för kvallen.}) 11. Bf4 cxb4 12. axb4
Qb6 13. Ra5 {[#]} Ng4 14. e3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 {Svart plockar ihop små bitar
för att uppnå kompensation.} 16. Nf3 a6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Na3 Rd8 (18... Qxb4+
{Återställer den materiella balansen, men vit får mycket enkelt spel:} 19. Qd2
Qe7 20. Nc4) 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. O-O Rac8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Raa1 e4 24.
Rd1 Nf6 25. Nb6 (25. Bh3 Bxd5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb2 Bxc4 28. Qxf6 {Vinner
enkelt för vit.}) 25... Rc7 26. Ra5 $2 (26. d6 Rc6 27. Nc4) 26... Rd6 27. Na4
Rxd5 28. Rdxd5 Bxd5 29. Qb2 Rc6 $2 (29... Rc4 $1 30. Qxf6 Rc1+ 31. Bf1 Bc4) 30.
Nc3 $6 (30. Nc5 {Ser naturligare ut. Varför skall man låta svart binda
springaren i onödan?}) 30... Qe5 31. Rc5 Rb6 (31... a5) 32. Qa3 Qd6 33. Nxd5
Nxd5 34. Bxe4 Nxb4 35. Qc3 Rb8 {[#]Spelet var varit hårt och i nästan varje
drag har det funnits mycket att räkna på. Efter att spelet böljat lite fram
och tillbaka har vi hamnat i en ställning där svart har goda remichanser även
utan a-bonden. A-bonden är betydelselös nu eftersom ställningen har
mittspelskaraktär.} 36. h4 Na2 $6 (36... h5) ({Eller att störa löparen med} 
36... Qe6 {hade varit bättre.}) 37. Qc4 Nb4 {Jag antar att svart var i tidsnöd.
} 38. Rc7 Qf6 39. Kg2 Kg7 (39... h5) 40. h5 {Nu får vit chansen igen.} a5 41.
h6+ Kxh6 42. Rxf7 Rc8 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 44. Qxc8 {Det krävs en del teknik
härifrån, Ralf har den.} Qd6 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qa8 Qe5 47. f4 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Qa1
49. Qe8 Qf6 50. g4 Kg7 51. Qd7+ Qf7 52. Qd4+ Kf8 53. Kg3 Qg7 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55.
Qxa5 Qc3 56. Qa7+ Kf8 57. Bxg6 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qf3+ 60. Kh4 Qh1+ 61.
Kg5 Qd5+ 62. f5 Nc6 63. Qb7 Qd8+ 64. f6 Qd5+ 65. Kh6 Qh1+ 66. Bh5 1-0

