[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 e6 8. h3 (8.
Bd3 Nbd7 (8... Qe7 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd7 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Bb1 b6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. h3 Qc7 19. Qe3 Kg7 {
1/2-1/2 Martinez,J-Vidal,N/ESP-chT 1990/EXT 97}) (8... Nh5 9. Be5 f5 10. Bxg7
Nxg7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rae1 Rf7 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 {
Stahlberg,G-Fenoglio,V/Mar del Plata 1943/HCL 24/1-0 (76)}) 9. O-O Re8 (9...
Nh5 10. Bd6 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ndf6 13. c5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf8 15. Bxf8
Rxf8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Qe3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Schoeppl,E-Watzka,H/AUT BL
1989/TD 90\04 (39)}) 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 N5b6 13. Ne5 Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 a5 16. a4 f6 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. e4 Nb4 19. Na2 Nxa2 20. Qxa2 Ra6
21. Qa3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Bivshev,V/URS-ch21 Kiev 1954/URS-ch (42)})
8... Nbd7 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bh2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. a4
cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. a5 Bb7 16. Be2 Bd5 17. Qb4 Re8 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. Qa4 a6 20.
axb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Da Silva Rocha,A-Gromer,A/Buenos Aires ol f-A 1939/HCL 37 
(38)}) (8... b6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ba6 Bxa6
14. Qxa6 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Rc2 Bf8 18. Rdc1 $14 {Sanguineti,
R-Padevsky,N/Nice olm 1974/MCD-ol/1-0 (74)}) 9. Rc1 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Re8
11. O-O Nf8 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Qa4 Bf8 16.
a3 Nf6 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qc2 a6 19. Nd2 $11 {Alatortsev,V-Freiman,S/URS-ch09
Leningrad 1934/URS-ch/1-0 (46)}) 12. Bh2 Ne6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7
16. f5 Nec5 17. Nxf7 Qe7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 Qxf7 $13 {0-1 Soln,P-Ivacic,V/
Slovenian Championship Maribor 1998 (30)}) (9. a4 Qa5 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Be2 dxc4
12. Nxc4 Qd8 13. Rd1 Nd5 14. Bg3 Qg5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O $16 {Holowach,W-Hall,
L/CAN-ch 1945/HCL 41/1-0 (46)}) (9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O b6 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. Rfd1 c5
13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nh5 16. Be3 Ndf6 17. Nb5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Jacob,V-Schlindwein,R/Waldshut BM 1991/GER 04 (51)}) (9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5
11. Bh2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. O-O b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c4 Rfd8 16. c5 b5 17. Bc7
Rdc8 18. Bd6 Qe8 19. Ne5 $18 {Morales,S-Castro de Mendoza,R/Buenos Aires ol
f-B 1939/HCL 37/1-0 (44)}) (9. Be2 Nb6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Qd1 a5 12. a3 b6 13. b4
bxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6 15. O-O Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nb8 17. Rab1 $16 {1-0 Soln,P-Hofbauer,
P/Finkenstein op 1995/EXT 95op (26)}) 9... Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 (10... Nh5 11. Bg5
(11. Bh2 e5 $1 $36) 11... f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 $1) 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 N5b6
13. Ne4 (13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. O-O Qh4 $36)
13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 (16. Nd6 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rd8 18. e4
Bf8 19. e5 Bxd6 20. exd6 f6 $13) 16... exd5 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Ke2 Bf8 19. Nxc8
Rdxc8 20. Bf4 (20. h4 $5) 20... a5 21. g4 $11 a4 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. h4
h6 25. Rc2 Ra6 26. Ne5 (26. g5 h5 27. Rhc1) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxe5 c5 {It looks
that black get some advantage but after the next very strong move I didn't
find something special.} 28. g5 $1 c4 29. f4 h5 30. e4 $1 {Now white gets a
very strong counterplay in the centre. Probably black should think about draw.}
b5 31. exd5 Rd6 32. Kf3 Rxd5 33. Ke4 Red8 34. Bf6 (34. Rd1 Bg7 35. b3 {Was
very unpleasant for black}) 34... R8d7 35. b3 cxb3 36. axb3 Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7
38. Rd1 a3 39. b4 R5d6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Rd3 Ra4 42. Raxa3 (42. Rb3 Ra7 43. Rbxa3
Re7+ 44. Kd3 Red7) 42... Rxb4 43. Ke5 (43. Rab3 $4 Rdxd4+) 43... Rd8 $1 44.
Rac3 Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 45. d5 b4 46. Rb3 Re1+ 47. Kd4 Rf1 48. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov Wolff Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O (
5... c5 {Hansen,LB}) 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6
11. O-O Qa5 12. Qe2 $5 Nh5 {To exploit the fact that white has not played h3} (
12... Bf5 13. Rfd1) (12... Bg4 $5 {Hansen,LB} 13. h3 Bxf3 $10 {Farago,
I-Portisch,L/Hungary/1974/}) 13. Bg5 h6 {?! Hansen,LB} (13... Bg4 $1 {Wolff
=Hansen,LB} 14. Ne4 (14. Bh4 Qb4 $10) (14. Nd5 {Yusupov} e6 15. Ne7+ $10 {
0,5/Pfleger-Mohr/BL/1989}) 14... Qf5 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Qh3 $36)
16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rac8 $15) 14. Bh4 g5 15. Rfd1 {! Yusupov} (15. Nxg5 hxg5
16. Qxh5 gxh4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rc4 $140 (18. Rfd1 {Wolff} e6) 18... Bf5 $1 (
18... e6 19. Rxh4 f5 (19... Qxh4 20. Qxh4 exd5 21. Bxd5 $36) (19... Re8 20.
Qh7+ Kf8 21. Rg4 exd5 22. Qxg7+ Ke7 23. Rf4 Be6 24. e4 $1 $40) 20. Nf4 Qf6 21.
Rd1 $40) 19. Qxf5 (19. Rxh4 {Yusupov} e6) 19... e6) (15. Ne4 {Wolff} gxh4 16.
Rc5 Qb4 17. Nfd2 {/\ Qxh5, Rb5} Nf6 18. Rb5 Nd4 $5 {Fritz} 19. exd4 Qxd4 $15)
15... e6 (15... gxh4 $2 {Hansen,LB} 16. Rd5 $16) 16. Bg3 {!?N Yusupov} (16. Na4
{Yusupov} Rd8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Rc2 Be8 21. Rdc1 Qe7
$14 {Hort-Ogaard/Nice/ol/1974}) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 (17... b6 $142 $5 {
Wolff}) 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nd6 (19. Rc5 {Yusupov} Qb4 $132) (19. Nc5 {Yusupov
-Hort-Ogaard}) 19... Qc7 $6 (19... Qb6 $1 20. Ba4 {Wolff !? Yusupov} (20. Rc2
Na5) (20. Nh2 Be8) 20... Nd4 $1 21. Rxd4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxd6) 20. Rc2 $6 (20.
Rd2 $1 $14 {Yusupov} Be8 $140 (20... Bxb2 $2 {Yusupov} 21. Nb5 $1) 21. Nxe8
Rxe8 $8 (21... Rxd2 22. Nxc7) 22. Ba4 $16) 20... Be8 $1 21. Nxe8 (21. Rcd2 $1
$16 {Yusupov} Nd4 $2 22. Rxd4 $1 (22. Nxd4 Rxd6 $10) 22... Bxd4 23. Nxe8 $18)
21... Rxd1+ (21... Rxe8 $2 22. Ba4 $16) 22. Qxd1 Rxe8 23. Ba4 Rd8 24. Qc1 Qd6
$6 {? Yusupov} (24... Qa5 $142 $132 {Yusupov}) (24... Rd6 $14 {Yusupov}) 25.
Rd2 Qe7 (25... Qc7 {Wolff} 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxc6 Qc7 28. b3 $14) 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. b3 Rxd2 (27... g4 $142 {Yusupov}) 28. Nxd2 Qd7 29. Qc2 (29. g4 Qd3 $1)
29... Qd5 $2 {?! Yusupov} (29... h5 $1 {Yusupov Black should be able to hold
this position}) (29... g4 $8 {Wolff}) 30. g4 $1 {Now with the proverbial
second weakness Black will have a difficult task} Kf8 31. Nc4 f5 $2 {Black
adds a weak king to his other problems} (31... Bf6 $1 {/\ Kg7. Keeping the
king safe may help}) 32. f3 (32. gxf5 $2 {Yusupov} exf5 $10) 32... Bf6 33. Kf2
(33. Kf1 $5 {Yusupov}) 33... Kg7 34. Kf1 Bd8 35. e4 $1 fxe4 36. fxe4 Qc5 (36...
Qd4 $142 {Yusupov} 37. Qb2 Qxb2 $16) 37. Qf2 $1 Qe7 (37... Qxf2+ {Hansen,LB}
38. Kxf2 $16 {>< a7,c6,h6;Bd8}) 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Ke2 Bb6 {?! Hansen,LB; ?
Wolff; !? Yusupov} 40. Nxb6 axb6 41. Qxb6 $18 Qa3 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd2 Ke8 44.
Kf3 c5 (44... e5 $5 $16 {Yusupov}) (44... Qf8+ $5 $16 {Yusupov}) 45. Qd6 Kf7
46. Qd7+ (46. e5 {Yusupov} Qa8+) 46... Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kf7 (47... Ke5 {Yusupov}
48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. e5+ $18) 48. e5 Qa6 (48... Qxa2 {Hansen,LB} 49. Qf6+ $18) 49.
Qd7+ Kg8 50. Ke3 Qxa2 51. Qxe6+ Kf8 (51... Kg7 {Hansen,LB} 52. Qf6+ Kh7 53.
Qf7+ Kh8 54. e6 (54. Qd5 {Yusupov} Qa5 55. Ke4 $18 (55. e6 $18)) 54... Qxb3+
55. Ke4 $18) 52. Qxh6+ Ke8 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56. Qd7+ Kf8
57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 $5
(14. Nd5 {did not intimidate Lupulescu+Computer!} e5 15. Rxc6 exf4 16. Rc7 Be6
17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Rfc1 Bxb3 19. axb3 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd6 21. Qf4 Rad8 22. Ng5 Qb6
23. Qh4 h6 24. Ne6 fxe6 25. Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Rd7 Nf5 28. Qe4 Qxb3
29. g4 Ng3 30. Qe1 Nh1 31. Rcc7 Rxf2 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Qxf2+ Nxf2 34. Rcf7+ Ke8
35. Rxb7 Nxh3+ 36. Kh2 Qc2+ 37. Kxh3 Qd3+ 38. Kh4 Qd8+ 39. Kh5 Qd5+ 40. Kxh6
Qh1+ 41. Kg5 Qd5+ 42. Kf6 Qd4+ 43. Kxe6 Qe4+ $11) 14... Bxe4 {I wanted to have
a free day!} (14... Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Rd5 Qc3
19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Na5 22. Rxe7 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qxa2
25. Rbxb7 a5 $11 {is more or less equal known since Ivan having white against
Sutovsky from some Bosnian League game.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League+"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qb3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qd7 10. h4 $5 e6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Qe7 $6 (12... Na6 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Na4 Qf5 $13) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Kd2 $1 b5 $6 15. Ne2 Qe6
16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bxb5 a5 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Qa4 c5 20. b3 Nb6 21. Qb5 c4 22. bxc4
dxc4 23. Be4 $16 Ra7 24. Nc3 Bf8 25. Rhg1 Ng7 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. Bb7 Re8 28. Qd5
Qe7 29. Qxc4 Nf5 30. Ne4 Qxh4 31. Qd5 $2 (31. Bg3 Nxg3 32. Rxg3) 31... Rxe4 $1
32. Qxe4 (32. fxe4 Qxf2+ $19) 32... Qxh2 (32... Qxf2+ 33. Kd3) 33. Qxf5 Bb4+
34. Ke2 Rxb7 35. a3 Be1 $3 36. Rxb7 (36. Rbxe1 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 Qxf2) 36... Qxg1
37. Qxd7 Qxf2+ 38. Kd3 Qxf3 39. Rb8+ (39. Qb5 $1 $16) 39... Kg7 40. Qd8 Qf1+
41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15.
Bh2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 {[#]} 20. Ne7+ Kf8
21. Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nd7 $2 (23... Nxe4 24. Nxf7 Qb6 25. Nxe5
Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Nf3+ $11) 24. Nxf7 b5 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Bd6+ Ke8 27. Be6 Nb6 28.
b4 Qa3 29. Rc7 Bf8 30. Ng5 (30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nd6 Nd7 $1 32. Rxd7 (32. Bxd7
Qxb4 {mit unkoordinierter weißer Figurenstellung und starkem schwarzen
Freibauern.}) 32... Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 30... Kd8 31. Bf7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Be5 a4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 Nxc3 15.
exf5 Ncd5 16. h4 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 e6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Re1 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. h5
gxh5 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Re5 Qc7 24. Rh3 Kh8 25. Kg1 Ra5 26. Qd2 $1 Rxe5 27. Nxe5
Ng8 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qg6 hxg6 $2 (29... Nf6 $1 30. Qxh7+ Nxh7 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32.
Nxe7+ Kf7 33. Bxh7 Kxe7) 30. Nxg6+ Kh7 31. Nxe7+ Kh6 32. Nxg8+ Rxg8 33. Rg3 Rd8
34. Rg6+ Kh7 35. Rxe6+ Kh8 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. d5 cxd5 39. Rh8+ Ke7
40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bd3 (
8. Qb3 $5 Bxf3 9. Qxb7 $2 (9. gxf3 Qd7) 9... Bg4 10. Qxa8 Qb6 $1) 8... Qa5 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2 Rfe8 15.
Qb3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3 Re7 18. Na4 Nh5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rd7 Rb8 21.
Nc5 Bf8 22. Ne4 $10 (22. Nxb7 Nf6 23. Rc7 Ne8) (22. Rxb7 $2 Rxc5 $1 $17) 22...
Re7 23. Rcd1 Rbe8 24. b4 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Re7 26. Rd8 Kg7 27. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. h3 h6 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 c5
15. Rd1 g5 16. Bh2 a6 17. Ne5 cxd4 18. exd4 e6 19. O-O Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Bxe5
$5) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Rfd1 a5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Rfd8
26. Rhd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 a4 28. Bc4 Ra5 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Bf4 Kg7 31. Be3 (31. Bd2
Rc5 32. b3 Be7 $10) (31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32. Rxf8 Kg7 {/\ Te5:=}) 31... b5 32. Be2
a3 33. b3 Bd5 34. Bd2 Ra7 35. Bxb5 Rc7 (35... Bxb3 36. axb3 a2 37. Bc3 a1=Q+
38. Bxa1 Rxa1+ $14) 36. Bc4 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Bxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxf8 Kg7 40.
Ra8 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. f4 $10 (42. Rxa3 Rxf2 $10) 42... Rxa2 43. Kg3 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 ({Üblicher ist} 9... Qa5 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 {z.B.:} Qxa2 (
11... Nxc5) 12. c6 Nc5 13. Be2 Qxd5 14. Bf3 Qc4 15. Be2 Qd5 16. Bf3 Qc4 17. Be2
Qd5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Ivanchuk,V (2757)-Gelfand,B (2740) London 2013}) 10. bxc3 Qa5
11. Qb3 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Qb6 13. Be5 Bf5 (13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Rd8 15. Rd1 Bf5 16.
f3 Qc7 17. Nc6 bxc6 18. Qxc5 Qe5 19. Ba6 cxd5 20. O-O Rd6 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. f4
Qe4 23. Bxd5 Qc2 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxd6 Be4 26. Qc4+ Kf8 27. Rd2 Qxd2 28. Qxe4
Qxc3 29. f5 g5 30. h3 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. Qd5 Rc2 33. Qb3 Qc6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35.
Qg8+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh5 37. Qe8+ Qxe8 38. Rxe8 Rc7 39. Rf8 g4 40. Kf2 Kh4 41. e4
g3+ 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Kd4 Rc2 44. Rf7 h5 45. Rxe7 Rxg2 46. Rg7 Rf2 47. Ke5 Kxh3
48. Kf6 h4 49. e5 Kg2 50. e6 h3 51. e7 Re2 52. Kf7 h2 53. e8=Q Rxe8 54. Kxe8
h1=Q 55. f6 Qh6 56. Ke7 Kf2 57. Rg8 Qe3+ {0-1 (57) Evdokimov,A (2500)-Sutovsky,
E (2607) Saratov 2006}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Qd4+ f6 17. c4 e5 (17...
Qb4+ 18. Nd2 $5 Ne4 19. Rc2 $5) 18. Qd1 Rd6 19. O-O Qa5 20. Ra1 Rb6 21. Nd2 Rb2
22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Qc3 24. Rc1 Bc2 (24... Qxb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. g4 Bc8 27.
c5 a5 $11) 25. Qe1 Qxb3 $6 {Erlaub Weiß den kommenden Damenausflug.} (25...
Qxe1 26. Rfxe1 a5 $11) 26. Qa5 Bf5 (26... b6 27. Qa6 Rf8 28. Qxa7+ Rf7 29. Qb8
Bf5 30. Rfe1 $14) 27. Qc7+ Kh6 28. Bf3 {Nun ist e3-e4 eine häßliche Drohung.}
Qb6 29. Qe7 Bd3 $2 (29... Qd8 30. Qa3 Qb6 $16) (29... g5 30. e4 Bg6 $16) 30.
Rfd1 Bc2 31. c5 ({Nach} 31. Rd2 $2 e4 32. Be2 Bd3 {wäre Schwarz wieder gut im
Spiel, denn die weißen Figuren stehe allesamt unsicher.}) (31. Re1 {wäre
aber auch OK gewesen.}) 31... Qb5 32. Re1 e4 33. Be2 (33. Bg4 {war auch gut,
denn auf} f5 {folgt Matt:} 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Qxf5+ Kh6 37. Qf6+
Kh5 38. g4+ Kxg4 39. Kh1 $18) 33... Bd3 34. Bg4 {nun doch...} f5 35. Bxf5 gxf5
36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. Qxf5+ Kh6 38. Qf6+ Kh5 39. h3 (39. g4+ Kxg4 40. Kh1 $18) 39...
Rg8 40. g4+ Rxg4+ 41. hxg4+ Kxg4 42. Qf4+ Kh5 43. Qf5+ Kh6 44. Qf6+ Kh5 45. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Europa-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1942.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rabar, Braslav"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1942.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 $1 8.
Be5 (8. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 9. Nd2 Bxb2) (8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. b4 Qa3) 8... Nxc3 9. Bxc3 (
9. bxc3 Bxe5 10. Nxe5 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nc6 $1) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. cxd5 (11.
Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc5) 11... Qxc3+ 12. Nd2 Qxc5 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rc1
Qd6 16. e4 a5 $1 17. a4 $2 (17. O-O) 17... bxa4 $1 18. Bc4 (18. Bxa4 Ba6) 18...
Nd7 19. O-O Nb6 20. Qe2 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Ba6 $1 22. Nxd6 Bxe2 23. Rfe1 exd6 24.
Rxe2 Rfc8 25. Rc6 (25. Ra1 Rc4 $1) 25... Rxc6 26. dxc6 Kf8 $1 27. e5 dxe5 28.
Rxe5 a3 $1 29. c7 a2 0-1

[Event "British CF-68 Championship"]
[Site "Morecambe/ Lancashire"]
[Date "1981.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nc5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. a3 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Nd7 21. Qd3 Qc6 22. f3 Bf6 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Ke2 Nb6 25. Kd2 Nc4+ 26. Kc2 b5 27.
Be1 a5 28. Kb1 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Nd1 Qa4 31. Qxc4 Qxd1+ 32. Qc1 Qd3+ 33. Ka2
Qd5+ 34. Kb1 b3 35. Qd2 Qc4 36. g3 h5 (36... Qa6 37. Qf2 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 Qa1+ 39.
Kd2 Qxb2+ 40. Kd3 Qc1 $19) 37. e4 Bd4 $4 38. h3 $4 (38. Qxd4+ Qxd4 39. Bc3 $13)
38... e5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qf1 (40... Qa6) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam KNSB Zeskamp"]
[Site "Amsterdam/ Hilversum"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1939.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Die Partien der 5.Runde wurden im Hilversum gespielt.} d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Qe8 10.
Be2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd8 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa3 Re8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Rfd1
Nd5 17. e4 e6 18. Qf3 Nb6 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Bf6 Qa5 22. Rc5 Qxa2
23. Rh5 e5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. Qf4 Qxb2 26. Bf1 Be7 27. Qh4 Bc5 28. Rh6 a5 29. Rd3
Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 a4 32. Be2 Ra5 33. g4 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Bc4 35. Rdh3
Bxe2 36. Bf6 Re6 37. e5 Bxg4 38. Rxh7 Rxf6+ 39. exf6 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. b3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qa5
$11 15. g4 Rac8 16. Bg3 e6 17. Nb1 Qxa2 18. Bh4 (18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc2
$17) 18... Qb2 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Qf4 Rxc4 $5 {This exchange sacrifice leads to
interesting complications.} (20... Nd3 $1 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Nd5 Qxc1 23. Nxf6+
Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rd1 25. Qh6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rg1+ 27. Kh2 (27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf4 Qd6+
$19) 27... Rh1+ 28. Kg3 Qg1+ 29. Kf3 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qf1+ 31. Kg3 Rxh3+ $19) 21.
bxc4 Nd3 22. Qc7 Rf8 23. Na4 $8 Qe2 24. Rcd1 Ne4 25. Qxb7 f5 $44 26. Rxd3 $2 (
26. Qc6 Ndxf2 27. Bxf2 Nxf2 28. Rxf2 (28. Qg2 $2 fxg4 29. hxg4 Qxc4 $17) 28...
Qxd1+ 29. Rf1 Qc2 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nc5 f4 $1 (31... Rf6 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qe6
$11) (31... fxg4 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 $11 (34... Kg7 $2 35.
Ne6+ $16)) 32. Nd7 (32. exf4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Qc3 $19) (32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. exf4 Bd4+
34. Kh1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg1+ 36. Kf3 Bxc5 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Bf8
$19) 32... f3 33. Rf2 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 $19) (26. gxf5 $1 gxf5 (26... Ndxf2 27.
Bxf2 Nxf2 28. Qg2 Qxc4 29. Nb2 Bxb2 30. Rxf2 Bc1 31. Rc2 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 $16) 27.
Qd7 Ne5 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Kg2 Nf3 30. Be7 $1 (30. Bg3 Nxg3 31. Kxg3 Be5+ 32.
Kg2 Nh4+ $19) 30... Rg8 31. Rd8 $8 Ne1+ 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Ne1+ $11) 26...
Qxd3 27. Qc6 Nd2 28. Rd1 Qe2 $19 29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nc5 Qd1+ 32.
Kh2 g5 33. Bxg5 fxg4 34. Ne4 gxh3 35. Qxh3 Qe2 36. Qe6 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Qf5
h6 $1 39. f4 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Rf8 41. Qd5 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qf5 {Forces the exchange
of queens.} 43. Ne6 Qxd5 44. cxd5 Rb8 45. d6 a5 46. e4 a4 47. e5 a3 48. Nd4 a2
49. Nc2 Kg8 (49... Rb2 $6 50. d7 Rb8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Krnic, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Be6 8. Ng5
Bf5 9. Qb3 h6 (9... Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. h3 h6 $1 14.
Nf3 Be4 $1 15. O-O Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 $10 {Oll,L-Romanishin,O/Tallinn/1987/})
10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 Qxb3 13. axb3 cxd5 14. Ra5 a6 15. b4 g5 16.
Bg3 e6 17. Rfa1 Nb6 18. h4 gxh4 19. Nxh4 Bc2 20. Nf3 Rfc8 21. Be5 Nc4 22. Bxc4
Rxc4 23. b5 Rb4 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 bxa6 26. Rxa6 Ng4 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28. Rb8
Rxb8 29. Bxb8 Bf8 30. Ba7 Bb4 31. Na2 Bd6 32. Bc5 Bc7 33. Nc3 Bd3 34. b4 f6 35.
Ne1 Bc4 36. g3 Kg6 37. Nc2 h5 38. Na3 Bd3 39. Nab5 Bd8 40. Nd6 h4 41. gxh4 f5
42. b5 Bxh4 43. b6 Ba6 44. Ncb5 Bxf2+ 45. Kg2 Bh4 46. Nc7 Be2 47. Nxe6 Nxe3+
48. Kh3 Bg5 49. b7 f4 50. Nxg5 Kxg5 51. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5
15. Rxc6 exf4 16. Rc7 Be6 (16... fxe3 17. Qxe3 Be6 $1 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Nd6
{+=}) 17. Ne7+ (17. Qe1 $6 Qb5 18. Ne7+ (18. Bc4 $5 Qxb2 19. exf4 Nc3 20. Nxc3
$1 Bxc3 21. Qe4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ba5 $1 {~}) 18... Kh8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qb1 $1
Ng5 $1 21. Nh4 $1 Nxh3+ (21... fxe3 $1 22. Nhxg6+ hxg6 23. Nxg6+ Kg8 24. Ne7+
Kh8 25. Ng6+ {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Tukmakov,V/Kujbyshev 1986/ (25)}) 22. Kh2 Qh5
$6 (22... Nxf2 $1 23. Rxf2 fxe3 $1 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Kh3 $1 {~}) 23. Nexg6+ $2
(23. Nhxg6+ $1 hxg6 24. Qxg6 $1 (24. Nxg6+ {=}) 24... Rf5 (24... Qh7 $1 25.
gxh3 $1 Rf6 (25... fxe3 26. Qxe6 $1 Rf6 27. Qxe3 {+/-}) 26. Qg4 $1 {+/-}) 25.
gxh3 fxe3 26. Qxh5+ Rxh5 27. Ng6+ Kg8 28. fxe3 Rd8 $1 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,
W-Neverov,V/ Poznan/1986/ (73)}) 23... hxg6 24. Qxg6 (24. Nxg6+ Kg8 25. Ne7+
Kh8 26. Ng6+ {=}) 24... Qe5 $1 25. Rf7 $1 Rxf7 $1 26. Qxf7 Ng5 $1 27. Ng6+ Kh7
28. Nxe5 Nxf7 29. Nxf7 Kg6 $1 {=+ 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/London/Leningrad
(m11) 1986/ (41)}) (17. Rxb7 Nd6 $1 (17... Bxd5 18. Rb5 Nc3 $3 19. bxc3 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Qxc3 {=}) 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nc6 Qc5 20. Bxe6 Qxc6 21. Re7 fxe6 22. exf4
Nf5 $1 23. Rxe6 Qa4 {Szilagyi,P-Schmidt,W/Budapes/1986/ (26)}) 17... Kh8 18.
Rfc1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ng5 (19... fxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd6 21. Qf4 Rad8 22. Ng5 (22. b4
Qb6 23. Ng5 $1) 22... h6 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxb7 {
1-0 Levitt, J-Mittelman,G/London/1990/ (61)}) 20. b4 Nxf3+ $6 {Obvious move,
that gives white excellent control of the center. White pieces are very active
and black can not claim any compensation for it.} (20... Qa6 $5 21. b5 (21.
Qxa6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 bxa6 23. exf4 Bxb2 {+=}) 21... Qf6 {+=}) 21. Qxf3 Qe5 (
21... Qxb4 22. Rxb7 Qd2 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. exf4 {+/-}) 22. exf4 Qxb2 23. Nd5 Rad8
$6 (23... Rae8 24. Rd1 (24. R7c2 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxc2 {+=}) 24... Bd4 25. Rxb7 {
+/-}) 24. R7c2 Qd4 (24... Rxd5 $2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Qxd5 Bxc1 27. Qc5 {+-}) 25.
Rd1 {Black queen is trapped on a very central square!} Rxd5 26. Qxd5 (26. Rxd4
Rxd4 27. Qxb7 Rxf4 28. g3 {+-}) 26... Qxb4 27. f5 Qb6 (27... Qf4 28. Ra2 a6 29.
Qxb7 Qxf5 30. Rxa6 {+-}) 28. Qd7 Bf6 (28... gxf5 29. Rc7 {+-}) 29. fxg6 hxg6 (
29... fxg6 30. Rc7 {+-}) 30. Rc8 Rxc8 (30... Kg7 31. Rc7 Bh4 32. Qd4+ Qxd4 33.
Rxd4 {+-}) 31. Qxc8+ Kg7 32. Qc4 $1 {If Sokolov manages to prevent the march
of both black free pawns his position will be easily won.} Qa5 (32... Qc6 33.
Qxc6 bxc6 34. Rc1 {+-}) 33. Rd7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 (34... Be5+ 35. f4 {+-}) 35.
Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Qh7+ Kg5 37. Rd5+ (37. Rd5+ Kf4 38. Qxg6 {+-}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1
dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14.
Nd5 e5 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxe5 $6 {Seemingly unimportant change in
the moveorder has great consequences.} (17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Qc2 (19.
Rc1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Bxh6 Qxa2
25. Qb5 {0-1 Frolik,E-Sauermann,W/OLWuert 1988/ (54)}) (19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2
Nf6 21. Qa4 Nd5 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Qa6 Qd5 24. b3 Kg8 25. Rc1 {1-0 Meins,
G-Lagunow,A/Berlin/1993/ (37)}) 19... Bxb3 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. Ng5 Kg8 22. Nc6
Bxa2 23. Bd6 h6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxg6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,
V-Kochyev,A/Tallinn/1987/ (26)}) 17... Bxe5 18. Nxc6 Qd2 $1 (18... Qb6 19. Nxe5
Be6 20. Nc4 $14) 19. Qxd2 Nxd2 20. Bxe5+ f6 21. Bc3 (21. Rd1 Nxb3 $19) (21. Bd6
Nxf1 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. Bd5 Bd7 $17) 21... Nxf1 22. Kxf1 {[%mdl
1024] White has in effect sacrificed two exchanges, as a compensation he can
claim two pawns and active pieces.} Bd3+ 23. Kg1 (23. Ke1 Be4 24. Ne5 Rad8 25.
Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Kg7 27. f3 Kxf7 28. fxe4 Re8 $17) 23... Rac8 24. Ne7 (24.
Nxa7 Rc7 25. Bd4 Kg7 26. Bb6 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rb8 $17) 24... Rxc3 $5 {Shirov
returns first exchange and hopes to get enough activity in the ensuing endgame.
} (24... Rc5 25. Nd5 Kg7 $17) 25. bxc3 Be4 26. c4 (26. f3 Re8 (26... Bb7 27.
Kf2 Kg7 28. e4 $13) 27. Ng8 Bc6 28. Nxf6 Rxe3 29. c4 $15) 26... Kg7 27. Nd5 (
27. f3 Re8 $17) 27... Rb8 28. Nc7 (28. f3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 f5 $17) 28... a5 29.
Ne6+ (29. f3 Bf5 (29... Bc6 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nd4 a4 32. Nxc6 axb3 33. axb3 Rxb3
34. Kf2 $15) 30. Nd5 Bd7 $17) 29... Kf7 30. Nd4 (30. Nc5 Bc6 $17) 30... Ke7 31.
f3 Bb7 32. Ba4 (32. c5 Rc8 $17) 32... Kd6 33. Bb5 Kc5 34. a4 {Sokolov
understands, that black "a" pawn can become very dangerous.} Bc8 35. Kf2 (35.
Nc6 Ra8 36. Nd4 Ba6 $17) 35... Rb6 36. Nb3+ Kb4 37. Nd4 (37. c5 Rb8 (37... Rxb5
38. axb5 a4 39. Nd4 Kxc5 40. Ke2 Bd7 $17) 38. Nd2 Kxc5 39. Ne4+ Kb4 40. Nxf6
Rxb5 41. axb5 a4 42. Nd5+ Kb3 43. Nf4 a3 44. Nd3 Kc4 45. Nc1 Kxb5 $17) 37...
Ba6 38. Nc6+ Rxc6 $1 {The return of the second exchange was forced, but it is
nevertheless very impressive.} (38... Kc5 39. Nxa5 Bxb5 40. cxb5 Kb4 41. Nc6+
Kxa4 42. Nd4 $11) 39. Bxc6 Bxc4 {Hecht: '[#] Nach dem raschen Nehmen von a4
stellt der entfernte Freibauer den Weißen vor unlösbare Probleme.'} 40. e4 Bb3
41. f4 Bxa4 42. Bd5 (42. Bxa4 Kxa4 43. Ke3 Kb4 44. Kd3 a4 45. e5 fxe5 46. fxe5
Kc5 $19) 42... Bc2 {[%mdl 4096] White king is still far away, so the bishop
endgame is very difficult for white.} 43. e5 (43. Ke3 a4 44. e5 fxe5 45. fxe5
Kc5 46. Bg8 h6) 43... fxe5 44. fxe5 Kc5 45. Bg8 (45. Ba2 {Hecht} a4 46. e6 Kd6
47. Ke3 Bb3 $19) 45... h6 46. Ke3 a4 47. e6 (47. Kd2 {Hecht} Bb3 48. Bxb3 axb3
49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Kxb3 Kxe5 51. Kc4 Kf4 52. Kd5 Kg3 53. Ke6 Kxg2 54. Kf6 g5 $19)
47... Kd6 48. Kd4 Bb3 49. Kc3 Bxe6 50. Bh7 Bf7 51. Kb4 Ke5 52. h4 h5 (52... Kf6
{Hecht} 53. h5 Kg7 54. hxg6 Bxg6 55. Bxg6 Kxg6 56. Kxa4 Kg5 57. Kb4 Kg4 58. Kc4
Kg3 59. Kd4 Kxg2 60. Ke4 h5 61. Kf4 h4 62. Kg4 h3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15.
Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 f5 21.
Qa4 Nd2 {[%mdl 4] White is supposed to have two pawns for an exchange and a
solid compensation, but position is roughly equal.} 22. Rd1 (22. Nxd2 Bxe5 23.
Bxe5+ Qxe5 24. Nc4 $14) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bxb2 $2 (23... Qb6 $1 24. b3 Rfd8
$13) 24. Ng5 $1 Qg8 (24... Qe8 25. Qb3 Bg7 26. Ne6 Rf7 27. Nc7 $16) 25. Rd7 Bg7
(25... h6 26. Qb5 Bg7 27. Be5 $16) 26. Qa5 h6 27. Rxg7 Qxg7 (27... Kxg7 $2 28.
Be5+ Rf6 29. Qc7+ Kf8 30. Bxf6 $18) 28. Be5 hxg5 (28... Rf6 29. Qc3 Raf8 30.
Ne6 $18) 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qe5+ {White comes out of the commando attack on
black kingside with spare pawn and active queen.} Kh6 31. Kh2 Rf7 32. Kg3 Raf8
33. Qc5 f4+ $2 (33... Rd8 34. Qe5 Rd2 35. Qh8+ Rh7 36. Qf8+ Rg7 37. a4 Ra2 38.
Qh8+ Rh7 39. Qd4 Rb7 40. e4 fxe4 41. Qd5 Rab2 42. Qxe4 $16) 34. Kg4 Rf5 (34...
fxe3 35. Qxg5+ Kh7 36. fxe3 $18) 35. Qxa7 fxe3 36. fxe3 Re5 37. a4 Re4+ 38. Kg3
Rfe8 39. Kf3 R4e7 (39... Rxe3+ $2 40. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 41. Kxe3 $18) 40. Qd4 Rf8+ 41.
Ke2 Ra8 42. h4 $1 g4 $2 {The final mistake in a position, where black got
worried about his king safety. Unfortunatelly now he will go under due to the
material inferiority.} (42... Rea7 43. hxg5+ Kh5 $1 (43... Kxg5 44. Qf4+ Kh5
45. g4+ Kh4 46. Kf3 $18) (43... Kh7 44. Qf4 Rxa4 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qxg6 $18) 44.
Kf3 (44. g4+ Kh4 45. Qe4 Rxa4 46. Qxg6 Kxg4 47. Qf6 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 R8a6 $14)
44... Rxa4 45. g4+ Kxg5 46. Qc5+ Kh6 47. e4 $16) 43. Qxg4 Rea7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45.
g4 $1 Rxa4 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kg8 49. g5 R4a7 (49... Ra2+ 50.
Kf3 Rf8+ 51. Kg3 Raf2 52. h5 gxh5 53. g6 $18) 50. Qe6+ Kh7 51. Kf3 Rf8+ 52. Kg4
Ra4+ 53. Kg3 Ra1 54. h5 $1 gxh5 55. g6+ 1-0

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bf5 9. Be2 (9. h3 h6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 $2 Nxc3 14.
exf5 Ne4 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Kd1 gxf5 $17 {Van Wely,L-Mohr,S/Amsterdam OHRA-B/
1989/ ->CBM 14}) 9... h6 10. Nf3 dxc4 (10... Qb6 11. Qd2 Nbd7) 11. Bxc4 Nbd7
12. h3 g5 (12... c5 13. g4 $5) 13. Bh2 c5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 (15. d5 a6 16. a4
b5 17. axb5 Nb6 18. b3 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nfxd5) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Bd3 {
xf5} (17. Rfd1 Qb6) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qb1 Nd5 (19... e6 20. Ndb5 $16)
20. Rfd1 (20. Nf5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 e6 22. Rfd1 Qf6 $13) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxc3
22. Rxc3 Qb6 (22... Qe8 $2 23. Rdc4 b6 24. b4 $18) 23. Qc2 Rc6 24. b4 Ne6 25.
Rxc6 bxc6 (25... Nxd4 26. Rxb6 Nxc2 27. Rxb7 $18) (25... Qxc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27.
Rd7 $16) 26. Rc4 a5 $6 (26... Rc8) 27. Rxc6 (27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. Rxc6 Qe1#) 27...
Qxb4 28. Be5 Ng7 (28... Nd8 29. Rg6+ $18) 29. Rxh6 f6 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Qg6+ Kg8
32. Rh7 Rf7 33. Kh2 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (33. Qh6 $2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxh7) (33. Kh2 $1
fxe5 34. Qh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Rc1 O-O 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. b3 $6 (10. Bb3) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Bg4 12. h3
Rfd8 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qa5 15. g4 e6 16. Bb5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxc3 18. Bxc6
bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Huzman,A/ISR-chT (01)/1996/}) 12. Nb5
Bf5 (12... Bg4 13. a3 Rad8 14. Qe2 (14. Qe1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 a6 $15) 14... e5 15.
Bg5 a6 $17) 13. a3 Rad8 14. Qe2 (14. Qe1 a6 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nbd4 Nxc4 17.
Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rxc4 Nd5 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Bg3 a6 16. e4 (16. b4 $6 Qa4 (16...
Qb6 17. e4 axb5 18. Bxd5 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Ra8 $15) 17. e4 axb5 18.
Bxb5 Qxa3 19. exd5 Na7 $17) 16... axb5 (16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qxc6 bxc6
19. Bc7 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Rd7 21. Bxa6 Rxc7 22. Bb5 $11) 17. Bxd5 Bg4 18. h3 (18.
Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qxa3 20. Qxb5 Bd7 21. Qc5 Qxb3 $11) 18... Nd4 19. Qe3 (19.
Qa2 $2 Bxf3 20. Bc7 Qa8 21. Bxd8 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. gxf3 e6
$19) 19... Bxf3 20. b4 Qa6 $6 (20... Ne2+ $1 21. Qxe2 (21. Kh2 Qa6 22. Qxf3
Nxc1 23. Rxc1 e6 24. Ba2 Ra8 $19) 21... Bxe2 22. bxa5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rd7 24. Rc5
e6 25. Bb3 Bb2 26. Rxb5 Bxa3 $17) 21. gxf3 e6 22. Ba2 Ra8 23. Bb3 Qxa3 24. Rb1
Qxb4 (24... Rfc8 $5 25. Kg2 Nc2 (25... h6 $17) 26. Qd2 Nxb4 27. Bxe6) 25. Bxe6
Qc3 26. Qxc3 (26. Bg4 $2 h5 $19) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kg2 Nxc3 28. Bd5 Rad8 (28...
Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Ra5 30. Bc7 b6 31. Bxb6 Ra6 32. Bc7 $13) 29. Bxb7 f5 (29... Nxb1
30. Rxb1 h5 31. Rxb5 $15) 30. Bh4 Rd7 31. Bc6 Rd6 32. Bxb5 g5 (32... Nxb1 33.
Rxb1 g5 34. Bxg5 Rg6 35. h4 (35. f4 fxe4 36. h4 $11) 35... h6 36. exf5 Rxf5 37.
Bc4+ Kh8 38. Bd3 $14) 33. Bxg5 Rg6 34. f4 (34. h4 fxe4 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. Rb7 h6
37. Rh1 exf3+ 38. Kf1 $11) 34... fxe4 (34... h6 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Bd3 $14) 35.
h4 Nxb1 36. Rxb1 h6 37. h5 Rxg5+ (37... hxg5 38. hxg6 Rxf4 (38... gxf4 $2 39.
Bc4+ Kh8 40. Rh1+ $18) 39. Rd1 Kf8 40. Bc6 $14) 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rb4 Rf4 40.
Bc6 Kh7 (40... Kh7 41. Bxe4+ Kh6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 $5 $146 {
7...Na6; 7...Be6; 7...Bf5; 7...Qa5;} 8. dxc5 Bf5 9. Qb3 Ne4 (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5
Nxc5 11. Qb4 Rc8 12. Rd1 $14) 10. cxd5 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 (11. Qxb7 exf3
12. Qxa8 Bxb2 $19) 11... Nd7 12. Qa3 e5 13. Bg3 Qe7 $132) 10... Nxc5 11. Qa3 (
11. Qc4 Qb6 12. Qb5 Nbd7 $132) 11... Qb6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Be2 (13. d6 Bxc3+ 14.
bxc3 exd6 15. Bxd6 Rfc8 $14) 13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe7 (15. b4 Rfc8 $132
) 15... Nf6 16. Rd2 (16. d6 Qxb2 17. d7 Qc3+ 18. Kf1 Rad8 $13) 16... Rfe8 17.
Qd6 (17. Qa3 Nxd5 18. Bd6 Rac8 19. O-O Re6 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. Rxd5 (18. Qxb6
axb6 19. a3 Nxf4 20. exf4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ra4) 18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxb2 20. Ng5 (
20. Qb3 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Qa1+ 22. Bd1 Rad8 23. Ke2 $14) 20... Qc3+ 21. Kf1 Qc1+ 22.
Bd1 Rf8 (22... Re7 23. g4 $16) 23. Ke2 (23. Ne4 Rac8 24. Nd6 $16) 23... Rad8
24. Qb3 Rd2+ 25. Kf3 Qc6+ (25... h6 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bb3+ $18)
26. Kg3 Rb2 27. Bf3 $1 Qa6 28. Qd5 Rb5 (28... h6 29. Ne4 (29. Nh3 g5 30. Bc7
$14) 29... Qxa2 30. Qd6 $40) 29. Qd7 Qa5 30. h4 h6 31. Ne4 Qa4 32. Rd1 (32. Nd6
$2 Rg5+ $1) 32... Rb4 33. Qxa4 Rxa4 34. Rd2 b6 35. Nd6 Kh7 (35... Rd8 36. Bd5
Rxf4 37. exf4 Rxd6 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd6 $18) 36. Bd5 f5 37. Bb3 Rb4 38. Kh3
Rd8 39. Rd5 a5 40. Nf7 Rxd5 41. Bxd5 Rb2 42. f3 b5 43. e4 b4 (43... fxe4 44.
fxe4 b4 45. e5 a4 46. e6) 44. e5 a4 45. e6 Re2 46. Bd6 Bc3 (46... Bf6 47. Bxb4
$18) 47. Kh2 (47. e7 Kg7 48. Nd8 Kf6 49. Be4 $18) 47... Kg7 48. Bc4 (48. Bc4
Re1 49. e7 Bf6 50. Bxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bh2 Rad8 (13... exd4
14. exd4 Qb4 15. Bb3 (15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rfe8 17. Rc5 Nfd5 18. a3 Qd2 19. Rc2
Qg5 20. Nc3 Bxd4 21. Ne4 Qh4 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 $44 {
Zaitshik-Arencibia/Camaguey II/1987/}) 15... Qxd4 (15... Nb6 16. Rfd1 a5 17.
Rb1 a4 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. a3 Qe7 20. g4 h6 21. Bg3 Nh7 22. h4 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qxf3+
24. Kxf3 $10 {Portisch,L-Epishin,V/Reggio Top 15/1991/}) 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Rd6
Rae8 18. Rcd1 Re7 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qf4 h6 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5
24. f3 $44 {Ligterink-Rayner/Stockholm tt (2)/1987/}) 14. Bb3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1
exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Be5 Nfd5 (17... Nbd7 18. Ne4 Nxe5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6
$18) 18. Bg3 Qb4 (18... Nf6 19. Bh4 $14) 19. Bh4 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 $6 (20... Bxd4
$2 21. a3 $1 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qxe4 23. Re1 Ne3 24. Rc3 $18) 21. Nc5 Rf7 22. Bg5
f4 (22... Bxd4 23. a3 $18) 23. a3 Qa5 24. Ne4 Ref8 (24... Rf5 25. Nd6 Rxg5 26.
Nxe8 $18) 25. Nd6 Rd7 26. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 27. Rc5 Qa6 28. Rxc6 Rd7 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 (
29... Rxd5 30. Rxb6 Qxb6 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Be7 $18) 30. Be6 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4
32. Be7 (32. Be7 Re8 33. Qxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Na6 12. Ng5 (12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Bxf7+
Rxf7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. b4 (15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Nc7 Nxc7 17. Bxc7 Qd5 18. Qa4 Bd7
19. Qa3 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Rxc7 {0-1 Profit,B-Stone,R/Detroit 1994/ (20)}) 15... Qxb4
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Ne6 (17... Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxa2 20. Be5 $1)
18. Rc4 Qb2 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. h3 Rd8 21. Qf3 (21. Qa5 a6 22. Bc7 (22. Rd1 Bb5)
22... Rc8 23. R4c2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Bb6 Rc6 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Gavrikov,V/
Moscow 1988/ (56)}) (21. Bc7 $2 Bc6 22. Rf4+ Bf6 $19) 21... Ke8 22. R4c2 Qb5
23. Bg3 Bc6 24. Qg4 Qf5 25. Qb4 Rd3 26. Rc4 Qd5 {0-1 Lukacs,P-Gavrikov,V/
Debrecen 1988/ 0-1}) (12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc4 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne6 15. Bb3
Qh5 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Rc7 Bxa2 18. Rxb7 e5 19. Rb5 Qg4 20. Ra1 exf4 21. Rxa2
fxe3 22. Qxe3 Rae8 {0-1 Pollmann,S-Thiel,T/Muenster 1994/ 0-1}) 13... a6 (13...
Be6 14. a3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Ne6 16. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Lutz,C/Wildbad 1990/
1/2-1/2}) 14. a3 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bc7 Qh5 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Ne8 19.
Qxh5 gxh5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rd8 b5 23. Ba5 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Levitt,
J-Kouatly,B/Augsburg 1988/ (35)}) (12. Qd4 Rd8 13. Qe5 Nd5 14. Qg5 h6 15. Qh4
Nxf4 16. exf4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Be6 18. f5 gxf5 19. b4 Qc7 20. bxc5 Bxc3 21. Bxf5
Bxf5 22. Rxc3 {1-0 Magerramov,E-Khenkin,I/Podolsk 1989/ (32)}) (12. Bc4 Bg4 (
12... Nc5 13. a3 Be6 $1 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Be5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Ng5 17. Bf4 Ne6 18.
Be5 Ng5 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Ribbegren,C-Hjelmaas,L/NOR/1993/ (20)})
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rac8 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. e4 Ne6 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Rfd1 a6 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6+ exf6 23. d6 Kg7 24. d7 Nxd7 25.
Rxd7 b5 {0-1 Yakovich,Y-Groszpeter,A/Palma de Mallorca 1989/ (38)}) (12. Qd2 $5
Rd8 (12... Bg4 $5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ne5 Be6 $11) 13. Qe2 Nc5 $2 (13... Bg4 $5)
14. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Ne6 (15... e6 16. b4 $16) 16. Ng5+ Kf8 17. Nxe6+
Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Qb6 19. Qh3 $5 (19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nh5 22. Bc7
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa2 24. Bxb6 Nf6 $16) 19... Qxb2 20. Be5 Rac8 21. f4 Rc6 (21...
Qa3 22. Rcd1 $16) 22. Rb1 Qc2 23. Nb5 {1-0 Timman,J-Nijboer,F/Rotterdam 1998/ 
(48)}) (12. h3 Nc5) 12... h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 g5 15. Bg3 (15. Qh5 $5 Qb4
16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Be5 Rf7 20. Qg6 Nc5 21. Bd4 b6 $13
) 15... Bxb2 {Black accepts the weakening of the kingside pawn structure for
the chance to play for win.} 16. Qh5 Qf5 (16... Bxc1 $2 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+
Kg8 19. Bd6 $3 Ba3 (19... Bf5 20. Bxe7 Bxe4 21. Bf6 $18) 20. Nf6+ exf6 21.
Qxf8+ Kh7 22. Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Qxf6+ Kh7 24. Bc2+ $18) 17. Rc2 (17. Qxh6 Bg7 18.
Qxg5 Qxe4 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qxe7 $15) 17... Bg7 18. f3 Be6 19. h4 (19. Rfc1 Bxb3
20. axb3 Rfc8 $17) 19... Bxb3 20. axb3 Rac8 $6 (20... f6 $1 $17) 21. Rxc8 (21.
Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 f6 $17) 21... Rxc8 22. hxg5 f6 23. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 64] It is
a pitty for white to miss a great shot with 23.Bd6!!, the normal move leaves
black firmly in control.} (23. Bd6 $3 fxg5 (23... exd6 24. Nxd6 Qe6 25. Nxc8
Qxc8 26. gxh6 Bf8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rd1 $18) 24. Bxe7 Qe5 25. Bd6 Qe6 $15) 23...
hxg5 24. Bf2 Nb8 (24... Nb4 25. Rd4 a5 $17) 25. Ng3 Qc2 26. Rd5 (26. Ra1 Nc6 (
26... Qb2 27. Rxa7 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Qe8+ Bf8 30. Qg6+ $11) 27. Qg4 Rd8 28.
Qe6+ Kf8 29. Nf5 a6 $17) 26... Qb1+ 27. Kh2 (27. Nf1 Rc1 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Qb5
e6 30. Rd2 a6 31. Qd3 Nc6 $19) 27... Qh7 28. Qxh7+ (28. e4 a6) 28... Kxh7 29.
e4 a6 30. Rd2 (30. e5 fxe5 31. Ne4 Kg6 32. Be3 Bf6 $17) 30... Bf8 31. Nf5 Kg6
32. Ba7 e6 (32... Nc6 33. Bb6 Ne5 $17) 33. Ne3 (33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Bc5 Nc6 $19)
33... Nc6 34. Bb6 Ne5 35. Nc2 Rc3 {White is a pawn down and all his pieces are
worse than the opponent's ones.} 36. Nd4 (36. b4 Rxf3 $1 $19) 36... Kf7 37. Ba5
(37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 Nd3 $17) 37... Rd3 38. Rxd3 Nxd3 39. g3 Bd6 40. Nc2 (40.
Kg2 Be5 41. Ne2 b5 $17) 40... Nc5 41. b4 (41. Bb4 Ke7 (41... a5 42. Bxa5 Nxb3
43. Bc3 b5 $17) 42. Bxc5 Bxc5 $19) 41... Nd7 42. b5 axb5 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Bd2
Nd3 45. g4 b4 46. Nd4 Bf4 47. Bxf4 gxf4 48. Kf1 e5 49. Nb3 b6 50. Ke2 Nc5 51.
Nd2 b5 0-1

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5
15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 (19. Qc2 Bxb3
20. Qxe4 Be6 (20... Bxa2 $6 21. Nd7 Qxb2 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Be5 $14) 21. Ng5 (
21. b3) 21... Kg8 22. Nc6 Bxa2 23. Bd6 h6 (23... Rfe8 24. Ne7+ Kh8 $15) 24.
Qxg6 fxg6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxg6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Kochyev,A/Tallinn/
1987/ (26) 1/2-1/2}) (19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Bxh6
23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Bxh6 Qxa2 25. Qb5 Qf7 {0-1 Frolik,E-Sauermann,W/OL Wuert
8788/1988/}) (19. Nc4 Qa6 (19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nc5 21. Ne5 Nxb3 22. axb3 (22.
Nd7 Qb7 {0-1 Vasile,C-Modena,G/EU-chT4 corr8896/1988/ (22)}) 22... Qb7 23. Rd1
Rac8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Pyrich,G-McGowan,P/SCO-ch
corr/1992/ (26)}) 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Qf1 (22. f3 $5 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxc4
24. Rxc4 Qxd6 $11) 22... Rc5 23. Na3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Bxb3 26. axb3
Qf6 {0-1 Shliperman,I-Ashley,M/New York/1999/ (34)}) 19... Qxe6 20. Qc2 Nf6 (
20... f5 21. Nc4 (21. Qa4 Rac8 (21... Nc5 22. Qb5 Rac8 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Ndc6 Nd7
25. Nf3 a6 26. Qxa6 Nc5 27. Qc4 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Meins,G-Coenen,N/Groningen/1998/
(41)}) 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qb7 Qxa2 24. Nd4 Ra7 25. Qc6 Ra6 26. Qb7 Ra7 27. Qc6
Ra6 28. Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Meins,G-Holzke,F/GER 1999/BL9899 (28)}) 21... Rac8 22. b3
Nc3 (22... Qe7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Rd5 27. Ng5 {
1/2-1/2 Dannehr,J-Schimmel,B/FRG-chT qual corr 1991/ (27)}) 23. Be5 Bxe5 24.
Nfxe5 Ne4 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Sinkovics,P-Vegh,E/Hungary/
1998/ (55)}) 21. Qa4 Nd5 22. Bg3 Kg8 {The first independent move in the line
full of fireworks. White has two pawns for an exchange, but black position is
solid and general endgames are fine for him.} (22... Nb6 23. Qa6 Qd5 24. b3 Kg8
25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. e4 Qxe4 27. Nxf7 $1 {1-0 Meins,G-Lagunow,A/Berlin 1993/ (37)})
(22... f6 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Nec6 Ne7 25. Rc1 Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Rc8 27. b4 {1/2-1/2
Grigore,G-Herrera,I/Linares/1999/ (62)}) 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Qa6 Qc8 25. Qe2 (25.
Qxc8 Raxc8 26. Nd4 (26. b3 Rc2 27. a4 Rfc8 $13) 26... Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nc4 28. Nf3
Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rc2 $13) 25... Re8 26. b3 Qc3 27. Rd3 Qa1+ 28. Rd1 Qc3 29. Rd4 (
29. Qd2 Rac8 30. Nd3 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 $11) 29... Qa5 (29... Qa1+ 30. Rd1 $11) 30.
b4 Qa3 31. h4 Rac8 (31... Rad8 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Nxd3 Rc8 $13) 32.
h5 Rc1+ (32... gxh5 33. Kh2 Qc3 34. Qb5 $13) 33. Kh2 Ra1 34. Qb5 Rf8 (34... Rc8
35. Nc6 Qc1 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Be5 $18) 35. Nc6 $5 {White has to use strong
meassures, as black already wants to attack his king as well as eat his pawns.}
Qxa2 $2 (35... Bxd4 $5 36. Nfxd4 Qxa2 (36... Qc1 37. Ne7+ Kg7 (37... Kh8 38.
Be5+ f6 39. Qe8 $1 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 $18) 38. Be5+ f6 (38... Kh6 39. Bf4+ Kg7 40.
h6+ Kh8 41. Be5+ f6 42. Bxf6+ Rxf6 43. Qe8+) 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Bxa1 Kxe6 41.
Qc6+ (41. Nc6 Qxa1 42. Nd4+ Kf7 $19) 41... Qxc6 42. Nxc6 Kd7 $13) 37. Ne7+ Kg7
(37... Kh8 38. Qe8 $3 Rxe8 39. Be5+ f6 40. Bxf6#) 38. Qg5 f6 39. Ndf5+ Kf7 40.
hxg6+ hxg6 41. Qxg6+ Ke6 42. Qg4 $13) 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. hxg6 fxg6 (37... Bxd4
38. exd4 hxg6 39. Qg5 $18) 38. Rh4 Qb1 39. Be5 h5 (39... Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Rxf3+ 41.
Kxf3 (41. gxf3 $2 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Qxh4#) 41... Qd1+ 42. Kg3 $18) 40. Bxa1 Bxa1 41.
Qg5 (41. Nxg6+ Qxg6 42. Rxh5+ Kg7 43. Rg5 $18) (41. Qg5 Kg7 42. Rxh5 Rf7 43.
Qh6+ Kf6 44. Nf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5
15. Bh2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 (
20... Kh8 21. Qxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Nf7#) 21. Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4
$5 {N, Magerramov} (23... Bh6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxf7 Qf4 26. Nxh6 Qxh6 $17 {
Huzman,A-Dorfman,I/Lvov/1988/}) 24. Nxf7 Qb6 25. Nxe5 (25. Bxe5 $2 Nf3+ $1 26.
gxf3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Ng3#) 25... Bxe5
26. Bxe5 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ {Ftacnik,L
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[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 "Voronezh OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 c5
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Qb5 (12. Ng5 e6 13. Nge4
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Rd8 $11) (12. Nd5 Nh5 $1 (12... Na5 13. Qb5 Qxc4 14.
Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Qxa5 $16) 13. Bg5 e6 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Qb5 Qxc4 16. Qxa5 b6 $15)
12... Qxb5 13. Bxb5 (13. Nxb5 Bg4 $15) 13... Na5 {Despite activity of white's
pieces black has no visible weak spots. If he can manage to develop all his
pieces white can even meet problems often along a1-h8 diagonal.} 14. O-O (14.
Nd4 a6 15. Bd3 b5 $11) 14... a6 15. Be2 Be6 16. Ng5 (16. Ne5 Rac8 $11) 16...
Bc4 17. Bxc4 (17. Rd4 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nc6 $11) 17... Nxc4 18. b3 Nb6 (18... Na3
19. Be5 Rac8 20. Nf3 b5 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Nd5 Rc2 23. Nb4 Rb2 24. Nxa6 Rxa2 25.
Nb4 Rb2 26. Rd3 $14) 19. Bc7 (19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Ng4 $11) 19... Rac8 $1 20.
Bxb6 Rxc3 {This position is sligtly better for black, who has better pieces
and controls all access points of white forces.} 21. Rd2 (21. Bd8 Re8 22. Rd2
Rc5 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. b4 Nxb4 $15) 21... Rfc8 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Nh3 $2 (23. Nf3 $1
Ne4 (23... Rc2 24. Ne1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc1 26. Kf1 $11) 24. Rd7 Rc1 25. Ne1 R8c6
26. Ba5 $11) 23... e6 $1 24. f3 (24. Bd4 Rc1 25. f3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc2 $15)
24... Nd5 25. Bd4 (25. Ba5 R3c5 26. b4 Rc2 $17) 25... Bxd4 26. exd4 (26. Rxd4
Nxe3 $17) 26... Rc2 {White knight is displaced on h3 and isolated pawn d4
needs protection. The situation is critical for the defender.} 27. Nf2 Rxd2 28.
Rxd2 {Hecht: '[#] Blockierter Isolani. Insbesondere aber führt die
unglückliche Position des Sf2 zum Angriff des schwarzen Turms auf die weißen
Damenflügelbauern.'} Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. a3 (30. Ra1 Nc3 $17) 30... Rb2 31. b4
(31. Rd3 {Hecht} Nf4 32. Rd1 $8 Rxb3 $19) 31... Ra2 32. Ne4 (32. Rd3 {Hecht}
Nf4 {gewinnt wie gehabt}) 32... Rxa3 33. Rc1 Rb3 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Nf6 36.
Nd6 (36. Nxf6 {Hecht} Kxf6 37. d5 Rxb4 $19 (37... exd5 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39. Rb6 {
wäre nicht ganz so klar})) 36... Rxb4 37. Rb8 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Rad8 (15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rad8 (16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 (17... Bf6
18. Rd7 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Hoffmann,M/Budapest 1998/(19)}) 18.
Bd5 e6 19. Be4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxb7 h6 23. Kh2 Qa4 24. f3
Rd7 25. Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Wiedenkeller,M/Helsinki 1986/ (25)}) 17. Rxd8
Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bc4 Na5 22. b3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Tseshkovsky,V/Las Palmas 1976/ (23)}) (15... Qh5 16.
Bc2 (16. Rd7 Rac8 17. Rcd1 e6 18. R1d2 Na5 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Rc7 e5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Bg3 e4 {0-1 Hoffmann,M-Holzke,F/GER/1998/ (50)}) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3
18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Be4 Bxb2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 f6
24. e4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Arakhamia,K/Roquebrune 1998/ (24)}) (15... h6 16.
Rd7 Rac8 17. Rcd1 Qb6 18. g4 g5 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Qf3 Kg7
23. e4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Peter,A/Budapest 1997/ (28)}) (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Rc4 Bc6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rcd4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Leko,P/Budapest/
1997/ (19)}) 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 $2 {Serious mistake, since the opening of the
access to black king will cause lasting problems.} (16... Qxd8 $5 17. Rd1 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 $14) 17. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Qxa2 (19... Qb4 20. Nc3
$16) 20. Kh2 $1 a5 (20... Qxb2 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. Qc7 Re8 24. Rc2 Qa1
25. Rc5 $18) 21. Qb5 Qxb2 22. Qc4+ (22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Rxb7 Rc8 $15)
22... Kh8 23. Ng5 Ne5 (23... Rf8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 (24... Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+
Rxg8 27. Nf7#) 25. Qxf7 $18) 24. Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Gretarsson attacks with
great stamina, black is unable to parry all threats.} (24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Qd5 $13)
(24. Qc7 Re8 25. Rc2 Qa1 26. Ne6 $16) 24... h6 (24... Qxc1 25. Bxe5 h5 (25...
Bxe5+ 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qxe7+ $18) 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qxe7+ $18) (
24... Rf8 25. Rc8 $18) 25. Rc8 hxg5 (25... Rxc8 $2 26. Qxc8+ Bf8 27. Qxf8#) 26.
Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Bg3 Nc6 (27... a4 28. Qg8+ Kh6 29. Rd5 Nc6 (29... a3 30. Qxg7+ $1
Kxg7 31. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 32. Rxe5 $18) 30. h4 $18) 28. Qg8+ Kh6 29. Rd5 {Black
king is still hiding, but white is able to open up his recluse.} e5 (29... a4
30. h4 Bf6 31. hxg5+ Bxg5 32. Be5 $18) 30. Rd7 e4 31. h4 (31. h4 gxh4 32. Bf4+
g5 33. Rd6+ Kh5 34. Qf7+ Kg4 35. Qe6+ Kh5 36. Qg6+ Kg4 37. Qxg5#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Ng5 {White is using analogy with other line of Gruenfeld indian
defense in order to win back the c4 pawn.} Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6
(12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc4 Qd6 15. Rb1 e6 16. Ne2 Ng4 17. g3 c5 $15)
(12. Bxg5 cxd5 13. Re1 Nc6 $15) 12... Nxc6 (12... gxf4 $2 13. cxb7 Nc6 14.
bxa8=Q Qxa8 15. Bf3 $18) 13. Bxg5 Nxd4 (13... Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxc4 Rfd8
16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bd3 $11) 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qd3 (15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17.
Be3 $11) 15... Rc5 {Black seems to be having just enough compensation for the
white's bishops pair in activity of his pieces.} (15... Qd6 16. Rae1 Ng4 17.
Qh3 Rxc4 18. Qxg4 Re8 19. Qe4 Qa6 $11) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 Ng4 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18.
Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxg7 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Rf4 21. Bd4 Rd8 $17) (16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Bb3 Nxb3
18. axb3 Qf5 $15) 16... exf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Ne4 Rc6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qe4 $14
) 17. Rad1 f5 18. Ne2 $6 (18. Nb5 Nc6 (18... Qc8 19. b4 (19. Nxa7 Qc7 20. Nb5
Nxb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb2 $11) 19... Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Rxc4 21. Nd6 Rc2 22. Qe3 Qc3 23.
Qxa7 Qxb4 $13) 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Qe3 Ne5 21. Be2 Rc2 $11) 18... Qc7 $1 (18...
Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qe8 $11) 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxf7+ $2 Qxf7 20. Nxd4 Rd8 21. Qa3 Rcd5
$19) 19... Rxc4 20. Nb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Sambuev has no luck with his knight
forrays, the piece on b5 is very vulnerable.} (20. Nf3 Bxb2 $15) 20... Qc5 21.
b3 (21. Nd6 $2 Rd4 22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Qf3 Rb8 $19) 21... Rb4 (21... Rc2 22. b4
Qc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. a3 a6 $11) 22. Nd6 (22. a4 a6 23. Nd6 Rd4 24. Nxb7 Qb6
25. Qf3 Rb8 $19) 22... Rd4 23. Qg3 (23. Nxb7 Qb6 24. Qf3 Rb8 $19) 23... Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. b4 (25. h3 Be5 $19) 25... Qxb4 26. h4 Bf8 27. h5 Rxd6 28. Rc1
Qg4 0-1

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. h3 h6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc2 e6 18. Qb4 Nb8 19. Rfc1 Nc6 20. Qa3 Qe7 $2 (
20... b5 $142 $1) 21. Na4 $1 Qxa3 (21... b5 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Nc5 $16 Rc7 (
23... Rb8 24. Nd7 $18) (23... Ba8 24. Nxa6 $16) 24. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 25. Rxc7 $18)
22. bxa3 b5 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Rfc8 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. a4 Rd8 28.
Bxa6 Bxa6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rb8 31. a5 Rb7 32. Nxd5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Bd3 34.
Rb6 Ra1 35. Nb4 Bc4 36. a6 f5 37. Rc6 Bb3 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. a7 g5 40. Nc6 (40.
Nc6 Bd5 41. Ne5 g4 42. h4 {/\ 43.Rf7#}) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Na6 12. Qd2 $5 (12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc4 (
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne6 15. Bb3 Qh5 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Rc7 Bxa2 18. Rxb7 e5
19. Rb5 Qg4 20. Ra1 exf4 21. Rxa2 fxe3 22. Qxe3 Rae8 23. h3 Qc4 24. Qb3 Qc1+
25. Kh2 Re2 26. Rb8 Qf4+ {0-1 Pollmann,S-Thiel,T/Muenster op/1994/}) 13... a6 (
13... Be6 14. a3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Ne6 16. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Lutz,C/Wildbad/
1990/}) 14. a3 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bc7 Qh5 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Ne8 19. Qxh5
gxh5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rd8 b5 23. Ba5 Bb7 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bc3
{1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Kouatly,B/Augsburg/1988/ (35)}) (12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Bxf7+ (13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be6 15. a3 Rac8 $1 16. b4 Qd8 $11) 13... Rxf7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. b4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Ne6 (17... Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxa2
20. Be5 $1 b6 21. Rc2 Bb3 22. Rc3 Bxe5 23. Rxb3 a5 24. f4 Bg7 25. Rxb6 a4 26.
Rf2 a3 27. Ra2 Bb2 $16) 18. Rc4 Qb2 19. Rfc1 (19. Bg3 Bf6) (19. a4 a6 $1) (19.
Rc7 $1 {/\ Qc4} Kf8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Qxe6 Rc1 22. g4 $11) 19... Bd7 20. h3 (
20. Qxd7 $2 Rd8 21. Qa4 b5 $19) (20. R4c2 Bc6 $19) 20... Rd8 (20... Bc6 $1 21.
Rxc6 $2 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qb1+ 23. Kh2 Qf5 $19) 21. Qf3 (21. Qa5 a6 22. Bc7 (22.
Rd1 Bb5) 22... Rc8 23. R4c2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Bb6 Rc6 (25... Rxc2 26. Rxc2
Bc6) 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. f3 Nf8 28. Kf2 Nd7 {Beliavsky,A-Gavrikov,V/URS-ch55/
1988/0-1 (56)}) (21. Bc7 $2 Bc6 22. Rf4+ Bf6 $19) 21... Ke8 22. R4c2 Qb5 23.
Bg3 Bc6 24. Qg4 Qf5 25. Qb4 Rd3 26. Rc4 Qd5 27. e4 Qb5 28. Qxb5 {0-1 Lukacs,
P-Gavrikov,V/Debrecen/1988/}) (12. Ng5 e6 13. Qf3 Nh5 14. Rfd1 Nxf4 15. Qxf4
Qb4 16. Nge4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Rd8 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. a3 {1/2-1/2 Meins,
G-Zagorskis,D/Koop Tjuchem op/1996/}) (12. a3 $6 Bg4 13. h3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qb6) (12. h3 Nc5) (12. Bc4 Nc5 13. a3 Be6 $1 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Be5 $11
) 12... Rd8 (12... Bg4 $5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ne5 Be6 $11) 13. Qe2 Nc5 $2 {Nijboer
falls for a nice trap, white queen has lured the rook from f8 to enable small
combination.} (13... Bg4 $5) 14. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Ne6 (15... e6 16. b4
$16) 16. Ng5+ Kf8 17. Nxe6+ Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Qb6 19. Qh3 $5 (19. Qxb6 axb6 20.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nh5 22. Bc7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa2 24. Bxb6 Nf6 $16) 19... Qxb2
20. Be5 Rac8 21. f4 Rc6 (21... Qa3 22. Rcd1 $16) 22. Rb1 Qc2 (22... Qa3 23. Nb5
$1 (23. Rxb7 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qe6 Qa3 $13) 23... Qxa2 24. Nd4 Ra6 25.
Rxb7 $16) 23. Nb5 {Black's main problem is not so much material as myriad of
weaknesses and potential activisation of white's pieces.} Rb6 24. Bd4 (24. Bc7
$5 Rxb5 25. Rbc1 Qxa2 (25... Qd3 26. Bxd8 Rh5 27. Qe6 $18) 26. Bxd8 Rb2 27. Rc8
$16) 24... Rc6 (24... Ra6 25. a3 h6 26. Rfc1 $16) 25. Be5 Rb6 26. Rbc1 Qf5 (
26... Qxa2 27. Bc7 Rxb5 28. Bxd8 Rb2 29. Rc8 $16) 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Bc7 $1 Rxb5
(28... Rd2 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rf2 $18) 29. Bxd8 b6 (29... Rb2 30. Rf2 $18) 30.
Bc7 Ra5 (30... Ne4 31. Rc2 Rd5 32. Rfc1 Rd3 33. Bb8 a6 34. Ba7 b5 35. Kf1 $18)
31. Be5 Nd5 (31... Rxa2 32. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 a5 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Rb1 a4
36. Rxb6 a3 37. Ra6 Bb2 38. Kf2 $18) 32. Rf2 Nxe3 (32... Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nxe3 34.
e6 Re5 35. Re1 Ke8 36. Rf3 f4 37. Rxf4 Nxg2 38. Rc1 $1 Re1+ 39. Rf1 $18) 33.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re2 Nd5 35. g3 {The endgame is technically won, but requires
some work.} Kf7 (35... Kf6 36. Rc6+ Kf7 37. Re5 $18) 36. Rc6 Nf6 (36... Nb4 37.
Rce6 Nd5 38. R6e5 Kf6 39. Rd2 e6 40. Rde2 $18) 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rce6 Ne4 (38...
Ng8 39. R6e5 $18) 39. Rh6 Nf6 (39... Nc3 40. Rh7+ (40. Re5 Rxe5 (40... Rxa2+
41. Kh3 Ra5 42. Rxa5 bxa5 43. Ra6 $18) 41. fxe5 Nxa2 42. Kf3 Nc3 43. Kf4 Kg7
44. Kg5 Ne4+ 45. Kxh5 Nc5 46. Rc6 $16) 40... Kg6 41. Rexe7 Rxa2+ 42. Kh3 Ne2 (
42... Ne4 43. Rxa7 $18) 43. Kh4 Ng1 44. Reg7+ Kf6 45. h3 Rh2 $11) 40. Rh8 Ra3
41. Kh3 b5 42. Rb8 Nd5 43. Kh4 (43. Rxb5 $2 Nxf4+ $1 $19) 43... b4 (43... Nc3
44. Re3 Kg6 45. Rb7 Rxa2 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Rbxe7+ Kf8 48. Kxh5 $18) 44. Rd2 e6 (
44... Nc3 45. Rxb4 Nxa2 46. Rb7 $18) 45. Kg5 $1 Ra6 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47. Rc2 Kd8 (
47... Rd6 48. Rc8+ Rd8 49. Rxd8+ Kxd8 50. Rxa7 $18) 48. Kxh5 (48. Kxh5 Nc3 49.
Rxb4 Nxa2 50. Rbb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 e5 14. Bh2 (14.
Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Kg8
20. Nxe4 Qxa2 21. Bh4 Rd7 22. Nc5 Rc7 23. Qd2 {1-0 Schwarz,P-Steinheimer,J/
Wiesbaden op 1993/GER 08 (34)}) 14... Ne4 (14... e4 15. Nd2 (15. Nd4 Nb4 16.
Ncb5 Nd3 17. Rc3 Bd7 18. Bc7 b6 19. Bc4 Ne8 20. Bd6 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 Ne5 22. Bb3 {
Ludewig,D-Klee,M/OLO-A 1995/GER 11/1-0 (50)}) 15... Ne5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5
Nd3 18. Rc7 b6 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. N2xe4 Nd5 22. Rc2 Bxb2 23. Rd2
N5b4 24. Rfd1 Be5 25. a3 Nb2 26. Bxe5 {1-0 Pytel,K-Zoltek,T/POL-ch 1973}) (
14... Rae8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Nd2 Qb4 (16... Bxb3 17. Nxb3 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19.
Nc5 Rd8 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. Qb5 Nde7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxb8 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxb8 25.
e4 {1-0 Petran,P-Vadasz,L/Ajka op 1992/TD 92\11 (34)}) 17. a3 Qe7 18. Ba4 Nd7
19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Nd5 Qg5 21. Bg3 Ndb8 22. Nc3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Dvoirys,S/
URS-chT 1990/TD 90\02 (33)}) (14... Rfe8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Nd4 a6 18.
Qc4 Rac8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxa6 Qe7 21. Qe2 Qb4 22. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Barsov,
A-Almasi,Z/Cansys IM-A 1991/EXT 91 (60)}) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rfd1 (16. Nd2 Bd5
17. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Anikaev,Y/Lublin 1974/}) 16... Rad8 17. Qc4 Bxf3 (
17... Bf5 18. Ng5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd8 20. Qd5 (20. e4 Be6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bg3
$14) 20... Qc7 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 $14) 18. gxf3 Rd2 (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Qc7 20. Bg3 Kh8 $14) 19. Rxd2 $5 Qxd2 20. Rd1 Qxb2 (20... Qa5 21. Rd7 Qe1+ 22.
Kg2 Na5 23. Qd5 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 $16) 21. Qb5 Qc3 (21... Kh8 22. Qxb7 Na5 23. Qe7
Nxb3 24. axb3 f6 25. Rd8 $14) 22. Rd7 {White has sacrificed the pawn, but his
pieces have become very active. Black will have to play carefully, since b7,f7
and e5 pawns are all under fire.} (22. Qxb7 $6 Na5 23. Qxa7 Nxb3 24. axb3 Qxb3
$11) 22... Bf6 (22... b6 23. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 (23... Rxf7 24. Qd5 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Nd8
26. Rxd8+ Bf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Bxe5+ Kh6 30. Qh4#) 24. Kg2 $14)
23. Bg3 (23. Rxb7 Na5 24. Rxf7 Nxb3 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. axb3 $16) 23... Nd8 (
23... Na5 24. Bd5 (24. Rxf7 Nxb3 (24... Rxf7 $2 25. Qe8+ $18) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. axb3 $14) 24... a6 25. Qb6 $36) 24. Kg2 Kg7 (24... a6 25. Qd5 Qc6 26. Rd6
Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Kg7 28. Rb6 $14) 25. Qd5 $1 {Playing for domination is a great
chess art and white is here succeeding in a model way.} Qc6 (25... Kh8 26. Rd6
$1 Ne6 (26... Kg7 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. Qd6+ Ne6 29. Bxe6 $18) 27. Qxb7 $16) 26.
Bxe5 Bxe5 (26... Qxd5 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Bxd5 a5 29. a4 $16) 27. Qxe5+ Kg8 28.
Qe7 Qb6 (28... Qc8 29. e4 Kg7 30. e5 $18) 29. h4 {Black is still stuck with a
passive position, but in the meantime white has won a pawn back.} a5 (29... Kg7
30. h5 $1 gxh5 31. Rd6 Nc6 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rd5 $18) 30. Bd5 (30. e4 Ne6 31.
Qf6 a4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Bxe6 $18) 30... a4 31. h5 gxh5 (31... a3 32. h6 Ne6
33. Rd6 Qc7 34. Rxe6 $18) 32. Rd6 Qa5 (32... Qb2 33. Rxd8 Qg7+ 34. Kh3 $18) 33.
Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxd8 $1 (35. Rxd8 $1 Qxd8 36. Bxf7+ Rxf7 37. Qxd8+
$18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5
15. Rfd1 (15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. e4 Bg6 19. Rd5 Qc7 20.
Qe3 e6 21. Rdd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 {0-1 Martz,W-Byrne,R/Lincoln 1969/ (73)}) (
15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qxh5 gxh4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rc4 e5 (18... Bf5 $1 19. Qxf5 e6
$17) 19. Rd1 Na5 20. Bc2 Re8 21. Nc7 Qe7 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Rxh4 Be6 24. Bf5
Bxf5 25. Qxf5 {1-0 Sinkovics,P-Konopka,M/Hungary 1995/ (53)}) 15... e6 16. Na4
(16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Rc2 Be8 21. Nxe8 Rxd1+
22. Qxd1 Rxe8 23. Ba4 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 1994/ (58)}) 16...
Qc7 {It should be stronger to bring the rook into the center with 16...Rd8.} (
16... Rd8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Rc2 Be8 21. Rdc1 Qe7 22. a3
{1-0 Hort,V-Ogaard,L/Nice 1974/ (56)}) 17. Ne1 Nf6 (17... Nf4 18. exf4 gxh4 19.
Qg4 $14) 18. Bg3 e5 19. Nc5 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ (20. Na6 Qe7 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nc5
$14) 20... Qxd8 21. Ba4 $1 Qe7 (21... Nd7 22. Ned3 (22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Bxc6 Rc8
$17) 22... Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Qd6 24. Bb3 $16) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. e4 {Sokolov has
excellent control and potential to improve hios pieces. Black suffers despite
having a bishop's pair.} Nd7 24. Nb3 (24. Ned3 $1 Rb8 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Qe3 Rb6
27. b3 $16) 24... Nb8 (24... Qe6 25. Qc2 h5 26. f3 a5 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6
$16) 25. Nc2 $6 (25. Nd3 Be6 26. Ndc5 $16) 25... f6 26. Ne3 Bf8 27. f3 (27. Qf3
Be6 $14) 27... a5 28. Be1 a4 29. Nc5 (29. Na5 Be6 30. Nac4 Nd7 $14) 29... Qf7 (
29... Qa7 30. Nd3 Be6 31. a3 $14) 30. a3 Nd7 31. Nd3 (31. Bb4 Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Bd7
$14) 31... Ba6 32. Qc2 (32. Rxc6 $2 Nc5) 32... Bxd3 $6 {L'Ami could have
equalized, white has played too artificially.} (32... Qb3 $1 33. Qxb3+ axb3 34.
Rc3 c5 $11) 33. Qxd3 Nc5 (33... Bc5 34. Bf2 Rb8 35. Rc2 $14) 34. Qf1 Rd8 (34...
Rb8 35. Bb4 (35. Nf5 Rxb2 36. Bb4 Nb3 37. Rxc6 Nd2 38. Bxd2 Rxd2 $11) 35... Nb3
36. Rxc6 Nd4 37. Rc4 $14) 35. Ba5 Rd7 (35... Rb8 36. Bb4) 36. Bb4 Nd3 37. Rxc6
Bxb4 $2 {Terrible decision to give up the trusted defender of the kingside.
Black is left with a knight, that can not contribute to the defense.} (37...
Nxb4 38. axb4 Rd2 $5 39. Qc1 (39. Ng4 Qb3 40. Nxf6+ Kg7 41. Nh5+ Kf7 $13) 39...
Bxb4 40. Nd5 Qa7+ 41. Nb6 (41. Kh1 Qd4 42. Rc8+ Bf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Qc8+ $11
) 41... Qa6 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Be7 44. Nxa4 Qe2 45. Qc4+ Qxc4 46. Rxc4 Bd6
$14) 38. axb4 Nxb4 39. Rc8+ Kh7 (39... Kg7 40. Qb5 Rb7 41. Qxa4 Kh7 42. Qa8 $18
) 40. Qb5 Nd3 (40... Rb7 41. Qxa4 Nd3 42. Qc2 Nxb2 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. Rc6 $16) (
40... Rd3 41. Qb6 Na2 42. Ng4 $18) 41. Rf8 $6 {White is missing the best idea
again, but the position remains critical for black.} (41. Ng4 $1 Rd4 42. Qb6
Kg7 43. Rc7 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Qxf6+ Kg8 46. Qg6+ Kf8 47. Qxh6+ $18) 41...
Qe7 (41... Qg7 42. Rb8 Nf4 43. Qxa4 $16) 42. Qb8 Rb7 (42... Rc7 43. Rh8+ Kg6
44. h3 Qf7 45. Nf5 $18) 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Qg7 45. Rxh6+ $1 Kxh6 46. Nf5+
Kg6 47. Nxg7 Rxg7 48. Qe8+ Rf7 (48... Kh7 49. Qb5 Nf4 50. Qxa4 $18) 49. Qb5 Nf4
50. g3 Ne6 51. Kg2 Nd4 (51... Ra7 $2 52. Qe8+ $18) 52. Qe8 $1 {The very final
part is played with a steady hand, white wins in direct attack.} Kg7 53. h4
gxh4 54. gxh4 Rf8 (54... Rb7 55. h5 Rxb2+ 56. Kh3 Nxf3 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qxf6+
Kg8 59. h6 Rb7 60. Kg4 $18) 55. Qxa4 Kg6 56. Qd7 Rb8 57. Kh3 Rxb2 58. Qe8+ (58.
Qe8+ Kh6 59. h5 (59. f4 $5 exf4 60. h5 $18) 59... Kg5 60. Qg6+ Kf4 61. Qxf6+
Ke3 62. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5
15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 (17... Qc5 18. Ncxe5 Qe7 19. Rc1 g5 20.
Rc7 Qxc7 21. Ng6+ fxg6 22. Bxc7 {1-0 Kharlov,A-San Segundo,P/Malaga/1999/ (31)}
) 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Nc4 (19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 f5 (20... Nf6 21. Qa4 Nd5 22.
Bg3 f6 (22... Nb6 23. Qa6 Qd5 24. b3 Kg8 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. e4 Qxe4 27. Nxf7 {
1-0 Meins,G-Lagunow,A/Berlin/1993/ (37)}) 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Nec6 Ne7 25. Rc1 Nxc6
26. Rxc6 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Grigore,G-Herrera,I/Linares/1999/ (62)}) 21. Nc4 (21. Qa4
Nc5 22. Qb5 Rac8 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Ndc6 Nd7 25. Nf3 a6 26. Qxa6 Nc5 27. Qc4 Qxc6
{1/2-1/2 Meins,G-Coenen,N/Groningen/1998/ (41)}) 21... Rac8 22. b3 Qe7 (22...
Nc3 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nfxe5 Ne4 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rd4 {1/2-1/2
Sinkovics,P-Vegh,E/Hungary/1998/ (55)}) 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rd8
26. Qc2 Rd5 27. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Dannehr,J-Schimmel,B/FRG-chT qual corr 1991/ (27)}
) (19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.
Bxh6 Qxa2 25. Qb5 Qf7 {0-1 Frolik,E-Sauermann,W/OLWuert/1988/ (54)}) (19. Qc2
$5 Bxb3 20. Qxe4 Be6 (20... Bxa2 $6 21. Nd7 Qxb2 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Be5 $14) 21.
Ng5 $6 (21. b3) 21... Kg8 $1 22. Nc6 Bxa2 $1 23. Bd6 h6 $6 (23... Rfe8 24. Ne7+
Kh8 $15) 24. Qxg6 $1 fxg6 $8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxg6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,
V-Kochyev,A/Tallinn/1987/ (26)}) 19... Qa6 (19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nc5 21. Ne5
Nxb3 22. axb3 (22. Nd7 Qb7 {0-1 Vasile,C-Modena,G/EU-chT4 corr8896/ 1988/ (22)}
) 22... Qb7 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc2 {1/2-1/2
Pyrich,G-McGowan,P/SCO-ch corr/1992/ (26)}) 20. Nd4 (20. Ng5 $2 Nxg5 21. Bxg5
Rfc8 22. Rc1 Rc5 $19) 20... Bd5 {White has two pawns for the exchange, but his
pieces lack coordination.} 21. Rc1 (21. f3 Nc5 $15) 21... Rac8 22. Qf1 (22. f3
$5 Nd6 (22... Nc5 $2 23. Nd6 $16) (22... Nf6 23. Be5 $13) 23. Bxd6 Bxc4 24.
Rxc4 Qxd6 $11) 22... Rc5 23. Na3 (23. f3 Rfc8 24. fxe4 Bxc4 $17) 23... Rxc1 (
23... Qxf1+ 24. Rxf1 g5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Bh2 $15) 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Bxb3
26. axb3 (26. Qxb3 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Qxf7 Rh1+ 29. Kg3 Ne4+ 30. Kf3 Ng5+
31. Bxg5 Rf1+ $19) 26... Qf6 {Black has achieved some success, white's pawn
structure was compromised and black can generate attack against white king.}
27. Qf3 $6 (27. Nc4 $5 g5 28. Qg4 Rd8 29. Bg3 $13) 27... Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qe7 29.
Nc4 f5 (29... Rf1 30. Bg3 f5 31. Qf4 $13) 30. Bg3 h6 31. h4 (31. Qf4 Qb4 $5)
31... Nf6 $6 (31... Qb4 $5 32. Ne2 (32. h5 $2 Qe1 $19) 32... Ra1 $17) 32. Qa8+
$2 {Shliperman misses his last chance for tactical complications.} (32. Ne5 $5
Qxe5 (32... Kh7 33. h5 Nxh5 34. Nxg6 Qg5 35. Nf8+ Bxf8 36. Ne6 Qg4 37. Nxf8+
Kg8 38. Qa8 $13) 33. Bxe5 Ng4+ 34. Qxg4 (34. Kh3 Rh1+ $19) 34... Bxe5+ (34...
fxg4 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kg3 h5 37. b4 $15) 35. Qg3 Bxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Rb1 37. h5
$15) 32... Kh7 33. f3 (33. Bd6 Qe4 $17) 33... Nh5 34. Bf2 (34. Ne2 Nxg3 35.
Kxg3 (35. Nxc1 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 f4 37. Kf2 fxe3+ 38. Nxe3 Ne4+ $19)) 34... Rf1 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Prakash, GB."]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Qxa2 20. Kh2
Qd5 {Clear improvement over the older game with 20...a5, black firmly controls
the center.} (20... a5 21. Qb5 Qxb2 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Ne5 24. Qe6 h6 25. Rc8
hxg5 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Bg3 {1-0 Gretarsson,H-Pelletier,Y/Bermuda/1999/ (31)})
21. Nc5 (21. f3 h6 22. Rc2 $11) 21... b6 22. Na6 (22. Na4 Qe6 $11) 22... Ne5
23. Rc7 (23. Nb4 Qb3 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxb2 26. Qc4+ Kf8 27. Bg3 Be5 $15)
23... Rd7 24. b4 $2 {Very sloppy move, that gives black the chance to force
favourable ending.} (24. e4 Qd6 25. Qc2 Rxc7 26. Nxc7 $11) 24... Rxc7 25. Nxc7
Qc4 $1 26. Qxc4+ Nxc4 27. Na6 (27. b5 e5 28. Bg3 Kf7 29. Bh4 Bf8 $17) 27... e5
28. Bg3 Kf7 29. h4 (29. Kg1 Ke6 30. e4 Kd7 $17) 29... Ke6 30. h5 gxh5 {It was
very temting to go after the knight on a6 with the king, but also next to
impossible to judge the complications properly.} (30... Kd7 $5 31. hxg6 hxg6
32. Kh3 Kc6 33. Kg4 Bf8 34. Kg5 Bd6 $19) 31. Kh3 Kf5 32. Bh4 (32. Kh4 Kg6 33.
e4 Bf6+ 34. Kh3 Be7 35. Bh4 Bd6 $17) 32... Bf8 33. Bd8 Bd6 34. Kh4 Kg6 (34...
Na3 35. Kxh5 Nc2 36. b5 Na3 37. g4+ Ke6 38. Kh6 $11) 35. e4 Nd2 36. f3 Nc4 37.
Kg3 (37. Bc7 Bxc7 38. Nxc7 a5 $17) 37... Na3 38. Bc7 $6 {This exchange of
bishops is helping black to mobilize the pawns, white is lost.} (38. Kh4 Nc2
39. b5 Nd4 40. Nc7 Bxc7 41. Bxc7 Kf6 42. Bd8+ Kf7 (42... Ke6 43. Kxh5 Nxb5 44.
Kh6 Nd4 45. Kxh7 b5) 43. Kxh5 Nxb5 44. Kh6 Nd4 $17) 38... Bxc7 39. Nxc7 a5 $1
40. Nd5 (40. bxa5 bxa5 41. f4 a4 (41... exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Nc4 43. Nb5 a4 $17) 42.
f5+ Kf7 43. Nd5 Nb5 44. Nb4 Nc3 45. Kf3 a3 46. Nc2 a2 $17) 40... Kg5 41. Kf2 (
41. bxa5 bxa5 42. f4+ exf4+ 43. Nxf4 h4+ 44. Kf3 Nc4 45. Nd5 a4 $19) 41... h4
42. Ke2 Nc2 43. Nxb6 axb4 44. Nc4 (44. Kd2 Nd4 45. Nd5 b3 46. Kc3 Nxf3 $1 $19)
44... b3 45. Nb2 (45. Nxe5 b2 46. f4+ Kh5 $19) 45... Kf4 46. Kf2 (46. Nd3+ Kg3
47. Kf1 Ne3+ 48. Kg1 Nxg2 $19) 46... Nb4 47. Ke2 $22 {White had to move and
this only makes his position even worse.} (47. Nc4 Nd3+ 48. Ke2 b2 49. Na3 Kg3
50. Kxd3 Kxg2 51. Kc2 h3 52. Nc4 h2 $19) 47... Kg3 48. Kf1 h3 (48... Nc2 49.
Kg1 Ne3 $19) 49. gxh3 Kxf3 50. Nc4 Kf4 (50... Kxe4 51. Nd2+ Kf4 52. Nxb3 Kg3
53. Ke2 $17) 51. Ke2 h5 52. h4 Nc6 53. Kd3 Nd4 54. Nb2 Nf3 55. Kc3 Nxh4 56.
Kxb3 Nf3 57. Kc2 h4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Be6 8. cxd5
(8. Ng5 Bf5 (8... Bc8 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 e5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. exd4
Be6 14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd7 17. Qb3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Yandemirov,V/Smolensk 1997/ (51)}) 9. O-O (9. Qb3 Qb6 (9... h6 10. Nf3 Qb6
11. O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 Qxb3 13. axb3 cxd5 14. Ra5 a6 15. b4 g5 16. Bg3 e6 17.
Rfa1 Nb6 18. h4 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Krnic,Z/Belgrade/1988/ (51)}) 10. c5 Qxb3 11.
axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. h3 h6 14. Nf3 Be4 15. O-O Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1
e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Romanishin,O/Tallinn 1987/ (30)})
9... Na6 (9... Qb6 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Nc5 b6 12. Nb3 Qa4 13. Nd2 Qb4 14. Qc1 Nbd7
15. a3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qd1 dxc4 18. e4 h6 19. Nxf7 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,
K-Romanishin,O/Moscow 1987/ (50)}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Na4 Nb4 13.
Nxb6 Ra6 14. a3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bd3 16. Rae1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nd3 18. Bg3 {1-0
Alburt,L-Vaganian,R/Vilnius 1975/ (46)}) (8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7
11. h3 h6 12. b4 a6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bh2 Bf5 15. O-O Nh7 16. Nb3 e5 17. Na5 Ra7
18. b5 exd4 19. exd4 axb5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxa7 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Santa Torres,
L-Arencibia,W/Sagua la Grande 1989/ (36)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 (9...
Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. O-O $14) 10. Ne5 $14) 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 (9... cxd5 $5 10. O-O
Nc6 $11) 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 h6 (11... Nf6 12. Nd2 $14) 12. e4 Be6 13. Rfd1 {
The pawn structure is favourable for white and even though black's position is
solid the good plan is hard to find.} a5 (13... g5 14. Be3 f5 15. d5 $1 cxd5
16. exd5 $14) 14. h3 a4 15. Bc4 (15. Be3 Qa5 $14) 15... Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qa5 17.
Rac1 Kh7 (17... Qa6 18. Qc2 $14) 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Qc2 (19. Qb4 Nf6 $14) 19...
Rac8 20. Bc3 e6 (20... c5 21. d5 $14) 21. h4 Qb5 (21... h5 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Bb4
$14) 22. g3 f5 (22... Rfe8 23. Kg2 $14) 23. h5 $1 {[%mdl 128] White is well
prepared for any opponent's activity. The g6 pawn is now exposed and opening
of the center will bring well located white pieces into play.} gxh5 (23... g5
24. Re1 Rce8 25. d5 exd5 26. exf5 Bxc3 27. f6+ Re4 28. bxc3 Kh8 29. Rxe4 dxe4
30. Qxe4 Nxf6 31. Qe7 $14) 24. Nh4 Rf7 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Qxe4+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+
Rf7 27. d5 cxd5 28. Nf5 $18) 25. exf5 exf5 26. d5 $1 Bxc3 (26... cxd5 $2 27.
Nxf5 Kg8 28. Nd6 $18) 27. bxc3 (27. Qxc3 Rb8 28. Qf3 $16) 27... Rcf8 (27...
cxd5 28. Nxf5 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxf5 30. Re1 $18) 28. Rb1 Qa6 (28... Qc5 29. Rxb7
cxd5 30. Qd3 $16) 29. d6 Ne5 (29... b5 30. Re1 c5 31. Rbd1 b4 32. Re7 $16) 30.
d7 Rxd7 (30... Nxd7 $5 31. Nxf5 Kh8 $1 32. Nh4 (32. Qc1 Qe2 33. Rd2 Qe6 $15)
32... Rxf2 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Qc1 R8f6 36. Rxd7 Qe2 37. Ng6+ Kg8 (
37... Rxg6 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rxb7+ Kf6 40. Rf8+) 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Nh4 $16) 31.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Nxf5 {The attack has fully succeeded, black king can not find
any shelter and the queen is far away.} Ne5 (32... Kh8 33. Qd2 $18) 33. Qe4 Ng6
34. Nh4 Rg8 (34... Rf6 35. Rd1 Qb6 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Nxg6+ Rxg6 39.
Qf7 Rxg3+ 40. Kh2 $18) 35. Nxg6 Rxg6 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Alawieh, Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Bd3
dxc4 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bc7 Ne8 12. Bd8 $6 Nd6 13. Bxb6
axb6 14. Be2 b5 $15 {Barona,J-Arencibia,W/Bogota/1990/}) 9. Bxc4 b5 (9... Nbd7
10. Ng5 e6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 $40) 10. Bxf7+ Rxf7 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 (11... b4
$2 12. Ne5 $18) 12. Ne5 e6 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Nxb8 Qxb8 (14... a6 15. Nxa6 Bxa6
16. O-O $14) 15. Qxb5 Qd6 (15... Rb7 16. Qa5 Rxb2 17. Qd8+ Kf7 18. O-O Ba6 19.
Qxb8 Rxb8 20. Rab1 $36) 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Ne4 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. f3
e5 $13) 18... Qb6 19. a3 Rc7 $6 (19... e5 $5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxd5 Qxb2 $19)
20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxd4 $2 (21... e5 22. Qc5 $16) 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. f3 Qd3
(23... Ne3 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. b4 Nc4 26. Qc3 $18) 24. Ng3 Ne3 25. Kf2 (25. Qd2
Nc2+ 26. Kd1 Ne3+ 27. Kc1 Qc4+ 28. Qc3 $18) 25... Nc4 26. Rd1 Nxb2 27. Rd2 $1 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-A"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15.
Bh2 Nc5 16. e4 $5 {N} (16. Bc4 e4 17. Nh4 Be6 $36) 16... Rad8 $1 (16... Bxe4
17. Rxc5 Bxf3 18. Qe3 $22 Bh6 $2 19. Qxh6 $18) (16... Nxe4 $5 17. g4 Nc5 18.
Rxc5 Qxc5 19. gxf5 gxf5 {/\ e4, Nd4<=>}) (16... Be6 17. Bc4 {/\ a3|^}) (16...
Nxb3 17. axb3 Be6 18. Ra1 Qc5 19. Rfc1 Qd6 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. b4 $36) 17. Qe3 $6 (
17. Rxc5 Qxc5 18. exf5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Nd4 $15) (17. Bc4 Bxe4 18. b4
Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxb4 $17) (17. exf5 Nxb3 18. Rxc6 Qxd5 19. f6 Nd4
20. Nxd4 exd4 $22 21. fxg7 Rfe8) (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Bxe5 (19. exf5
Nxb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Bxe5 Qxe7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 $15)
19... Bxe5 20. exf5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bf6 (21... Rfe8 22. b4 Rxe7 23. bxa5 Bh2+ 24.
Kxh2 Rxe2 25. Rc7 $40) 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rc4 Qd2 24. Qe4 Rd7 $17) (17. Rfd1 $5
Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 18. g4 Nc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Nh4 Nd4 22. Rxd4 $1
$40) 18. Rxc5 Bxf3 19. Qe3 Bxd1 20. Rxa5 Bxb3 (20... Nxa5 21. Bxd1 Rxd5 22. Bf3
Rb5 23. b3 $13) 21. axb3 (21. Qxb3 Nxa5 22. Qb5 Nc6 $22 23. Qxb7 $2 Rxd5 $19)
21... Nxa5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 Nc6 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Nxc6 bxc6
27. Qxc6 Rf7 $10) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 (18. Rxc6 bxc6 (18... Rxd5 $1 19. exd5
bxc6 20. axb3 e4 $1 $17) 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxc6 Qxa2 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. exf5 $40)
18... Bxe4 (18... Be6 19. Rxc6 $1) 19. Rc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 (20. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 21.
Qxc5 Rd5 22. Qe3) 20... Rxd5 21. Qc4 $6 (21. Qe3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rfd8 {/\ Rd3|^-/
+}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rfd8 23. Bg3 (23. f4 Rd4 24. Qc1 Bh6) 23... Rd2 (23...
Rd4 $5 24. Qc1 (24. Qb5 Rb4) (24. Qe2 $5 Rd2 25. Qb5) 24... Rd2 $17) 24. Qb5 $1
Nd4 (24... R8d7 25. Rc1 Nd4 (25... Rxb2 26. Rxc6) 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. Qb4 Nxf3+
28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxb7) 25. Qxb7 Ne2+ $6 (25... Rxb2 $5 26. Qe7 Rf8
27. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Rxb3 $15) 26. Kg2 Nxg3 27. Kxg3 Bh6 28. Qxa7 (28. Ra1
Bf4+ 29. Kg2 Be3 $17) 28... Rxb2 29. Qb6 (29. Ra1 Rxb3 30. Qe7 Bf4+ 31. Kg2 Rf8
$10) 29... Rd3 30. Ra1 (30. Qb8+ Bf8 $8 31. Ra1 Rbxb3 32. Qc8 (32. Qxe5 Rxf3+
33. Kg2 Rf5 34. Qe8 Rb2 35. Ra8 Rbxf2+ $10) 32... Rxf3+ 33. Kg2 Ra3 34. Rd1
Rad3 35. Rc1 Rf5 {/\ Rd2=}) 30... Kg7 $1 (30... e4 $2 31. Qb8+ Bf8 $8 32. Ra8
Rxf3+ 33. Kh4 $18) (30... Bf4+ 31. Kg2 Rdxb3 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Qd8 $40) 31. Ra6
(31. Ra8 e4 (31... Bf4+ 32. Kg2 e4 $1 33. fxe4 Rg3+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+
36. Kf1 $10) 32. Qb8 Rxf3+ 33. Kh4 $10) 31... Bg5 32. Qc7 $6 (32. h4 Rbxb3 33.
Qc6 Rxf3+) (32. Qc5 Bf4+ 33. Kg2 e4 (33... Rdd2 34. Ra8 Kh6 35. Rh8 $10) (33...
Rd1 34. Qe7 $10) 34. fxe4 Rg3+ $10) 32... Bf4+ 33. Kg2 Rdd2 34. Qb6 {Ftacnik,L}
(34. Qb6 Kh6 $1 35. Ra4 (35. Qc5 Rdc2 36. Qf8+ $2 Kh5 37. Qxf7 Rxf2+ 38. Kg1
Bh2+ $19) (35. Ra1 Re2 36. Kg1 {/\ Rf1}) 35... f5 (35... Re2 36. Re4) 36. Qa7
Re2 37. Kf1 $1 (37. h4 Re1 38. Rxf4 Rbb1 $1 $19) (37. Rxf4 exf4 38. Qd4 Kh5 {
/\ g5,Kh4,h5-+}) 37... Rec2 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Qe7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Championship of Israel prel"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Na6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (11... Nc6 {It's
main line.}) 12. a3 {Besides,white has seven options:} (12. Ng5 {See comments
to Peng,Z-Van Wely,L/ Rotterdam,1999/CBM 72(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(51)}) (12. Qe2) (
12. Qd4) (12. Bc4) (12. h3 Nc5 $13) (12. Qd2 $5 {See comments to Timman,
J-Nijboer,F/ Rotterdam,1998/CBM 66(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(48)}) ({and} 12. Ne5) 12...
Nc5 $5 ({Weakly:} 12... Bf5 $6 13. Ne5 $140 Rad8 {in view of:} 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7
15. Qb3 $36) (12... Bg4 $5 {(recommendation of Ftacnik,L)} 13. h3 (13. Qe2 $142
) 13... Rad8 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb6 $15) 13. Bc4 $6 ({Also dubious:} 13. Ba2
$6 Be6 $140 14. b4 $2 {because of:} Qxa3 15. bxc5 Bxa2 $17) ({Unexpectedly
leads to draw:} 13. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 (13... Kxf7 $2 14. b4 Qxa3 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16.
Qb3+ $36) 14. b4 Qxa3 15. bxc5 Qxc5 (15... Bg4 $2 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Re8 (
17... e5 $2 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Qxb7 $18) 18. Ne4 $1 {+/=/+/-} (18. Qxb7 $4 e5))
16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ (18. Nb5 $6 Qd5 19. Rc4 Ne8 $15) 18... Kg8
19. Nh6+ (19. Nd8+ Kh8 20. Nb5 $2 (20. Nf7+ $11) 20... Qd5 $17 (20... Qb6 $4
21. Bc7 Qa6 22. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra6]})) 19... Kh8 20. Nf7+ $11) 13... Be6 14.
Bxe6 (14. b4 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxa3 {[%csl Rc4,Yc5][%cal Yc5e6]}) 14... Nxe6
15. Be5 Rfd8 ({Much worse is:} 15... Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 $11 {[%cal
Gd1b3]}) 16. Qa4 $146 {This move was not played in the next game:} (16. Qe2 Ng5
17. Bf4 (17. Bxf6 $6 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxf6 19. Qxb7 $140 Rab8 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]
}) 17... Ne6 18. Be5 Ng5 19. Bf4 Ne6 (19... Nxf3+ $5 20. Qxf3 Qb6 21. b4 Rac8 {
=/=/+}) 20. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Ribbegren,C-Hjelmaas,L/NOR,1993 (20)}) 16... Qxa4 17.
Nxa4 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {=/=/+} 19. Nc3 ({Weakly:} 19. Rfd1 $6 {because of:}
Rac8 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 19... Nd2 $6 {Annoying inaccuracy.} ({After:} 19... Nxc3
$1 20. Rxc3 $140 Rac8 21. Rcc1 (21. Rxc8 $143 Rxc8 {<->c}) 21... Nc5 {I have a
incontestable advantage in the endgame.}) 20. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxd1+ 22.
Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 {=/=/+ KN/KN_|_} 24. f4 f5 25. f3 Nc6 $6 ({It deserves
attention:} 25... Kf6 26. Kf2 (26. Nd5+ $5 Ke6 27. e4) 26... e5 {=/=/+}) 26.
Kf2 Kf6 ({Senselessly:} 26... Na5 27. Ke2 Nc4 {in view of:} 28. Nd1 $11 {
[%cal Ge2d3]}) 27. Ke2 Ke6 ({Also equality after:} 27... e5 28. Kd3 Ke6 (28...
g5 29. fxg5+ Kxg5 30. Nd1 Kh4 31. Nf2 $13 {[%csl Yf2][%cal Gd3c4,Gc4d5]}) 29.
Kc4 $11) 28. Kd3 a6 $6 (28... Kd6 $142 29. b4 (29. Nb5+ $5 Kc5 30. Nc7 $2 Nd8 {
[%csl Rc7]}) 29... e5 $11) 29. Na4 Kd6 30. b4 Nd8 {After this move Avigdor
Bykhovsky is agreed for draw, because of next variant:} (30... Nd8 31. Nc5 a5
32. Kc4 axb4 33. axb4 Kc6 34. b5+ Kd6 35. Kd4 Kc7 (35... b6 $143 36. Na4 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. e4 e5 $11) (30... a5 $2 31. Kc4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. cxd5
Nb4 9. Qd2 Nbxd5 10. Be5 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Qb4
15. Qe2 a5 16. Nd2 Nbd7 17. Rac1 Bh6 18. Rfd1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nh5 20. e6 Bxe6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rc2 Rad8 24. Nf3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd1+ 26. Ne1 Nf4
27. Qxe7 Rdd8 28. f3 Rfe8 29. Qh4 Rd1 30. Qxh6 Nd3 31. h4 Rdxe1+ 32. Kh2 R1e5
33. Qd2 (33. Rd2 Rh5 34. Qxh5 gxh5 35. Rxd3 $16) 33... Re3 34. Rb2 $2 (34. c4
$1 Ne1 35. Rc3 (35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rb2 $18) 35... Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Re2+ 37. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Rb3 Rc2 40. Rxb7 Rxc4 $15) 34... Nxb2 35. Qxb2 R8e7 36.
Qb6 R3e5 37. Qd8+ $6 (37. c4 $1 Kg7 38. c5 R5e6 39. Qxa5 Rc6 40. Qd8 Rec7 41.
Qd4+ $10) 37... Kg7 38. Qd4 Kf7 39. Qc4+ R5e6 40. Qd5 b6 41. a4 Rc7 42. Qd4
Rec6 43. Qd5+ Ke7 44. Qe5+ Kd7 45. Qg7+ Kc8 46. Qf8+ Kb7 47. Qe8 Rxc3 48. h5
gxh5 49. Qxh5 R3c4 50. Qe8 Ka7 51. g3 Rg7 52. Kh3 Rc5 53. Qf8 Rh5+ 54. Kg2 Rhg5
55. g4 h5 56. Kg3 R5g6 57. Kg2 hxg4 58. f4 Rc7 59. f5 Rgg7 60. f6 Rgf7 61. Qd6
Rc8 62. Kg3 Rcf8 63. Kxg4 Rxf6 64. Qd7+ Kb8 65. Qg7 R8f7 66. Qg5 Rf1 67. Qe5+
Ka7 68. Kg3 Rg1+ 69. Kh2 Rg4 70. Qh5 Rfg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Urday Caceres, Henry"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peru"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
Rd8 9. Qa4 Qxc5 10. b4 Qc6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. c5+ Be6 17. cxd6 Bxb3 18. dxe7 Kxe7 19. axb3 Nd7 20. Bb5 Rac8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Kd2 Nf6 23. Ra1 Rd8+ 24. Ke1 a6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. b5 axb5 27.
Bxb5 Kd6 28. Bc4 Rc5 29. Ra8 b5 30. Ra6+ Kd7 31. Rxf6 bxc4 32. bxc4 Ke7 33. Rf4
Rxc4 34. f3 $18 {This position with 4-2 pawns is won, but as we can see, you
need a good technique! The white R is passively posted.} Rc1+ (34... Ke6 35.
Rxe4+ Rxe4 36. fxe4 Ke5 37. Ke2 Kxe4 38. Kd2 $18) 35. Kd2 Rg1 36. Rxe4+ Kf6 37.
Rf4+ Ke5 38. Rg4 Ra1 39. Ke2 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43.
Re4+ (43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Kf4 h6 45. Rg3 g5+ 46. Ke4 h5 {Gewinn trotz passiver
T-Pos.? Analyse!}) (43. e4 Kf6 44. h4 h6 45. Rf4+ Ke7 46. Kh3 h5 47. g4 $18)
43... Kf6 44. h4 h5 45. f4 (45. Rf4+ Ke7 46. e4 Re1 47. Kf2 Rh1 48. e5 $18)
45... Re1 46. Re5 (46. Kf2 Rh1 47. g3 Ra1 48. Rb4 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra3 50. Ke4 Ra6
51. Rb3 Ra4+ 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. e4+ Kf6 54. Re3 Ra1 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Rg1+ 57.
Rg3 Re1 58. e5+ Kg7 59. h5 $18) 46... Rh1 47. Rg5 Ra1 48. e4 Rf1 49. Ra5 Re1
50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Kf3 Rh1 52. Kg3 (52. g3 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Rg1 54. Kf2 Rb1 55. Ra3
Kf6 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Re1 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rg1 60. Kf2 Rb1 61. Re3 Ke6
62. Kf3 Rf1+ 63. Kg2 Ra1 $13) 52... Rb1 53. Ra5 Rb3+ 54. Kh2 Rb4 55. Re5 Kf6
56. g3 Ra4 57. Kg2 Ra2+ 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kd4 Rxg3 62.
f5 gxf5 63. Rxf5+ Kg6 64. Ke5 Rg1 65. Rf3 Rg2 66. Rf4 Rg1 67. Kd4 Ra1 68. e5
Ra4+ 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Kf2 Ra2+ 71. Ke3 Ra3+ 72. Kd2 Ra2+ 73. Kc3 Ra3+ 74. Kb4
Re3 75. Rf6+ Kg7 76. Rf5 Kg6 77. Rg5+ Kf7 78. Kc5 Re1 79. Rxh5 Ke6 80. Kd4 Rd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dvoretzky} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. Nf3
c6 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bf5 9. Be2 (9. h3 {Ftacnik} h6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. exf5 Ne4 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Kd1 gxf5 $13 {Van Wely,
L-Mohr,S/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1989/0.5 (30)}) 9... Qb6 10. Qd2 $5 $146 h6 (10...
Nbd7 11. cxd5 $14 cxd5 12. g4 $5 {Ftacnik}) 11. Nf3 Ne4 (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5
$14) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 (12... dxe4 13. Ne5 (13. c5 Qd8 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 $1 (17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rad8+ 19. Kc3 $16) 18. Qc3 b5
$5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. b4 $14 (20. Bb3 $14)) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. b4 Qc7
16. Nxg6 e5 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bg3 Nc6 (18... Rd8) 19. O-O f5 20. f4 Rad8 21. Qe1
$16) 13. O-O (13. c5 Qd8 14. Qb4 b6 (14... Qc8 $10 {Gavrikov}) 15. cxb6 axb6
16. Bxb8 c5 $36) 13... Nd7 14. Rfd1 $1 $14 (14. c5 Qd8 15. Qb4 Bxf3 (15... Qc8)
16. Bxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxb7 Qf6 $44) (14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. e4
Bxe4 16. Bxh6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 $132 {><d4,b2})
14... dxc4 (14... a5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Bxh6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxh6 19.
Qxh6 Qxb2 (19... Nf6 20. h4 $40) 20. h4 (20. Rb1) 20... Qxa2 21. h5 Qe6 22. d5
Qf6 23. hxg6 $14 fxg6 $6 24. dxc6 Ne5 25. cxb7 Rab8 26. Rc7 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 $16
{/\Rdd7}) (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxc4 16. Rxc4 e5 17. Bg3 exd4 18. exd4 {/\Rb4}
a5 19. d5 $36) (14... Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 15. cxd5 $14) 15. Bxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 a5 (
16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qc2 (19. f4 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 20. Rb1
Rad8 21. Qc2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bg7 23. Qxg6 $16) 19... Kg7 20. Rd7 Qxb2 (20...
Rad8 21. Rcd1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxb2 23. Bb3 $16 {/\Qc4}) 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rc2 $1
(22. Rb1 $2 b5 $1) 22... Ba1 (22... b5 23. Bb3 $16) 23. Rxb7 a5 24. Rd2 Rab8
25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rdd7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Bc3 28. h4 $16 g5 $140 29. h5) (16... Rad8
$142 17. Qc2 (17. e4 g5 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Be2 Ng6 20. d5 $14) 17... Kh7 18. Kh1
e5 (18... e6) 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 $14) 17. Qc2 (17. e4 $5 Kh7 (
17... g5 18. Bxg5 $5 $40) 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Qe2 e5 20. d5 $5 $16 (20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Bb3 Qe7 22. f4 Nd7 23. e5 $16)) 17... e6 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. Rg1 {/\Be6} Nf8 {
/\a4, Ra5} (19... Rac8 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxe6 g5 21. Bc4 gxf4 22. Qg6 $1 $18)
20. Bb3 $5 Qb5 {/\a4} 21. a4 Qb4 {/\22...c5 23.dc Rb2} 22. Rg4 $1 Rac8 (22...
c5 23. Bc7 h5 24. Re4 cxd4 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 $16) (22... Rd7 $5 23. Bg3 Qe7
$14) 23. Bg3 Qb6 (23... h5 24. Re4 (24. Rg5 c5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rd2 $13)
24... Qb6 (24... c5 25. d5 (25. dxc5 Qd2 26. Rc4 Bxb2 $13) 25... c4 26. Rxc4
Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 $14) 25. Be5 $14) 24. h4 h5 25. Rg5 Bf6 (25... c5
26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Qb4 28. Qc4 Qxc4 (28... Bxb2 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rc4 $16)
29. Rxc4 Bxb2 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 $16) (25... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 26. Re5 Rxd4 $6
27. Bxe6 (27. Rxh5 gxh5 28. Rg1 Bg7 29. exd4 Qxd4 $17) 27... Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Rdd8
29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Be5 Rc7 32. Rg1 Rdd7 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Rg5 $18)
26. Rc5 Be7 $2 (26... Rd7 $142 $14) 27. Rxh5 $3 gxh5 (27... c5 $142 28. Be5 (
28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Qc6 30. Kg2 b6) (28. dxc5 Qc6) 28... f6 29. Rg1 cxd4 (
29... fxe5 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Qf5+ Ke8 32. Bxe6 Nxe6 33. Rxe6 $18) 30. Bxd4 (30.
Qf5 Qxb3 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rxf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6+ Ke8) 30... Rxc2 (30... Rxd4 31.
Qxc8 Qxb3 32. Qe8 $18) 31. Bxb6 $16) 28. Rg1 {/\Bc7} Ng6 (28... Kh8 29. Be5+ f6
30. Bxe6 {/\Rg8} Nxe6 31. Qg6 $16 (31. Qg6 $18) 31... Ng5 32. Rxg5 fxe5 33.
Rxh5#) 29. Bxe6 $1 $18 Kh7 (29... fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Bc7 $18 (31. Bd6 {
Ftacnik} Bxd6 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qxe6+ Be7 34. Rg8#)) (29... Kg7 30. Be5+ $18) (
29... Kf8 30. Qf5 $18 Nh8 31. Be5 $18) 30. Qf5 Rg8 (30... fxe6 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32.
Bf4+ $18) (30... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 31. Be5 $18) 31. Be5 Kh6 32. Bf4+ (32. Bxf7 {
Ftacnik} c5 33. Rg5 $1 Nxe5 (33... Bxg5 34. Qxg5+ Kh7 35. Qxh5#) 34. Rxh5+ Kg7
35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Bxg8+ Kxg8 37. Rxe7 $18) 32... Kh7 (32... Kg7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8
34. Be5+ Nxe5 35. Qxh5#) (32... Nxf4 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxf4+ Kh7 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 35.
Qf4+ Kh7 36. Bf5+ Rg6 37. Bxg6+ $18) 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Bh6+ (34. Bh6+ {Ftacnik}
Kf6 (34... Kh7 35. Bf8#) 35. Qf5#) 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. dxc5 Bf5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na6
15. Nd4 Be4 16. f3 e5 17. fxe4 exf4 18. Bd5 Rae8 19. Nxb5 Nxc5 20. exf4 Na4 21.
Bb3 Nc5 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Na4 24. Rac1 Rxb5 25. Bxb5 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27.
Rd1 Bh6 28. g3 Rb8 29. Bc4 Bf8 30. Bb3 Qc6 31. Qg2 Qc7 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Kg2 h5 {
I'm not sure I understand this game. Why doesn't White open up Black's king?
There would be no defence to White's attack after  34 e6; the light squares
cannot be defended.} 34. Qd7 (34. e6 $1 fxe6 (34... f6 35. Qd7+) 35. Qxe6)
34... Rb7 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36. Kf3 Bc5 37. Rc1 {Why does White wish to exchange
rooks? He still has excellent winning chances in this position.} (37. Ke4 {
With the idea 38 f5, is reasonable, for instance.}) 37... Kf8 38. Ke4 Ke7 39.
h3 Bb6 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 f6 43. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 {This line leads to simplifications; however, Black has
still to work a while to equalise the game due to White's development
advantage.} 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Rd1 {This continuation has become
popular in recent years. White prefers to give up the c3-pawn instead of the
c5-pawn in the main line} (12. Bc7 Rf8 13. c6) 12... Rf8 13. Bg5 $1 Bxc3+ ({
Perhaps it is better to turn down the gift:} 13... Nf6 $5 14. Nd4 (14. O-O Bg4)
14... Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Nb3 Ba4 17. Rd4 b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.
Be2 Kf8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rc1 Ra8 $44 {1/2 (28) Baranowski,T (2289)-Laghetti,G
(2396) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010 This may be the direction of further
analyses in the 12.Rd1 line.}) 14. Ke2 Bf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 $1 ({After} 15... Nxf6
{White's c5-pawn becomes dangerous:} 16. Ne5 $1 (16. Rd4 Bg4 17. Rb1 Rab8 18.
h3 Bxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rfc8 20. Rb5 Rc7 21. Bd3 Rbc8 22. Be4 a6 23. Rb3 Nxe4 24.
Rxe4 e6 $11 {1/2 (28) Harika,D (2520)-Delchev,A (2629) Cappelle la Grande 2011}
) (16. Rb1 Ne4 17. Rhc1 Nxc5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxc5 b6 20. Rc7 Bg4 $11 {
1/2 (24) Portisch,F (2425)-Banas,J (2375) Trnava 1981}) 16... Bf5 (16... Ne4
17. Rc1 Kg7 (17... b6 18. c6 $5 $36 {[%csl Gc6]} (18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bd5 Ra4 20.
Rhd1 Ba6+ 21. Ke1 Nc5 $13 {1-0 (33) Inkiov,V (2500)-Filipovic,B (2335) Banja
Luka 1983})) 18. Bd5 Ng5 {1/2 (32) Lukacs,P (2420)-Swic,W (2365) Lodz 1979} 19.
h4 Ne6 20. c6 bxc6 21. Nxc6 $36) 17. c6 $5 (17. f3 Rac8 18. Rc1 Rc7 (18... Kg7
19. c6 bxc6 20. g4 Nd7 21. Nxf7 $1 Nb6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (34)
Lehnert,R-Santurbano,M IECG 2004}) 19. g4 (19. e4 Bc8 20. Rc2 Kg7 21. Bb3 Nd7
22. Nd3 Nb8 23. Nb4 {1/2 (23) Farago,I (2510)-Jansa,V (2495) Polanica Zdroj
1979}) 19... Bc8 20. g5 Nd7 21. Nd3 Kg7 22. Bb3 Nb8 23. h4 Bf5 $11 {1-0 (44)
Mikhalevski,A (2324)-Britten,D (2482) Chessfriend.com 2003}) 17... bxc6 18.
Nxc6 Rfe8 19. Rc1 $5 (19. Ne5 Kg7 $1 (19... Rf8 20. f3 Rac8 21. Rc1 Kg7 22. e4
Nd7 23. Nd3 Nb6 24. Ba6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Be6 26. Rc7 Bxa2 27. Rxe7 $16 {1-0 (50)
Rusev,K (2516)-Delchev,A (2622) Panagyurishte 2012}) 20. Bxf7 Rec8 21. Bb3 Ne4
22. Kf3 Nc3 $44) 19... Be4 20. Ne5 e6 21. f3 Bd5 22. Ba6 (22. e4 Bxc4+ 23. Rxc4
Rac8 24. Rhc1 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Re7 26. Ke3 Rb7 {1/2 (26) Stadler,P (1749)-Krueger,
H (2181) LSS 2008}) 22... Rab8 23. Rc2 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rhc1 Kg7 26. e4
$14 {_|_: 1/2 (26) Rohde,W (2508)-Toro,G (2556) ICCF 1999}) 16. Rd5 f5 (16...
Re8 17. Rc1 $1 (17. Rb1 Re7 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Bb5 Bg4+ 20. f3 Be6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Rd6 {1/2 (22) Drozdovskij,Y (2625)-Howell,D (2597) Hastings 2010}) 17...
Kg7 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Ne6
24. b4 a6 25. Rcd1 Rb8 26. Nc4 {[%cal Yd2d7]} a5 $5 27. Nxa5 b6 28. cxb6 Rxb6
29. Rb2 $16 {1-0 (45) Moiseenko,A (2709)-Howell,D (2644) Warsaw POL 2013}) 17.
Rc1 {[%mdl 32] Safely protecting the c5-pawn; however, it is a bit too passive.
} (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd7 19. Bd5 {is not dangerous, either, due to} Bb5+
20. Kf3 Rac8 $1 21. Rb1 (21. Bxb7 Rc7 22. Bd5 Kg7 {[%csl Re5]}) 21... Rfe8 $1
22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Rxb7 Rxc5 $11) (17. h4 $5 {may be a better try.}) 17... Nf6
$6 {Premature.} (17... Kg7 $142 $1 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yd7f6]} 18. Nd4 (18. a4 Re8 $1
19. a5 a6 {[%cal Yd7f6,Yc8d7]}) 18... Nf6 19. Re5 Nd7 20. Rd5 Nf6 21. Re5 Nd7 {
1/2 (21) D'Costa,L (2428)-Wagener,C (2249) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2012})
18. Rd4 Bd7 (18... Re8 19. Ng5 $1) 19. Ne5 {That's the drawback of the early
development of the bishop - it has no good place to which to retreat.} Be8 (
19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rd6 $16) 20. f3 $2 {Not energetic enough.} (20. Rb1
$142 Rb8 (20... Ne4 21. Rxb7 Nxc5 22. Rc7 Ne4 23. Nd7 $18) (20... Rc8 21. Rxb7
Rxc5 22. Nd3 Ra5 23. Rd8 $16) 21. f3 $16) 20... Rc8 21. Kd2 Kg7 22. Bb3 Rc7 {
Black has consolidated his position; however, in the subsequent struggle the
European champion outplays his less experienced opponent.} 23. h3 Bb5 24. a4
Ba6 25. g4 Rfc8 $2 (25... Re7 $1 26. Nxf7 $1 Rfxf7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 $13) 26. g5
Ng8 {[%csl Rg8]} 27. Rd6 f6 28. Bxg8 fxe5 29. Be6 Re8 30. c6 (30. Bd7 $5 Re7
31. Bb5) 30... Ree7 31. f4 exf4 32. exf4 Rxc6 33. Rcxc6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 {[%mdl
4096]} Bb7 35. Rd6 h6 {This move is forced sooner or later; however, the
weakness on g6 now paralyses Black's king. In fact, White's king becomes an
extra piece, which decides the game.} 36. h4 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kf8 38. a5 Bf3 39.
Kd3 Rb7 40. Bc4 Bh5 41. Kd4 Rb4 42. Kc5 Rb2 (42... Rb7 43. a6 Rc7+ 44. Rc6
Rxc6+ 45. Kxc6 Ke7 46. Kb7 Kd6 47. Kxa7 Kc7 48. Bf7 $22) 43. Rf6+ Ke8 44. Kd6
Rd2+ 45. Ke5 Rc2 46. Bb5+ Ke7 (46... Kd8 47. Rf7) 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Be8+ Kg7 49.
Re7+ Kh8 50. Kf6 Rc8 51. Bf7 Rf8 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5
Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14.
Nd5 e5 15. Rxc6 {This variation became famous 20 years ago, after the great
Kasparov-Karpov match (1986).} bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19.
Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 {This is the main theoretical position. The material
correlation is roughly equal; the position is open so the question is: who
will seize the open files and invade the rival's camp.} f5 (20... Nf6 {is
another option, less active but more solid:} 21. Qa4 Nd5 22. Bg3 (22. Ng5 Qe7
23. Qd7 Qxd7 24. Nxd7 Nxf4 25. Nxf8 (25. exf4 Rfc8 $17) 25... Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rb8
(26... Rxf8 $2 27. Re1) 27. Nd7 Rxb2 28. a4 Kg8 $44 {Ge.Grigore}) (22. Rd1 Nxf4
23. exf4 Qf5 24. g4 Qc8 25. Rd7 Kg8 26. Kg2 h6 27. b4 a6 28. Qb3 Qe8 29. Rc7
$13 {0-1 Vanderven,T-Van der Mark,N/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 89 (38)}) 22... Kg8
(22... a5 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Qb5 Kg8 25. Nc6 Nc4 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Nc5
Qe8 29. Rd7 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Re7 $18 {1-0 Sinkovics,P-Zentgraf,A/Bayern
2002/EXT 2004 (49)}) (22... Nb6 23. Qa6 (23. Qa5 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. b3 Qe6 {
1/2-1/2 Becker,M-Seger,R/Essen 2002/CBM 087 ext}) 23... Qd5 24. b3 Kg8 25. Rc1
Rfe8 26. e4 Qxe4 27. Nxf7 $1 Qe2 28. Qb7 Re7 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 $16 {
1-0 Meins,G-Lagunow,A/Berlin 1993/TD (36)}) (22... f6 $5 23. Nd4 Qe8 (23... Qg8
24. Nec6 Nb6 25. Qa6 Qc4 26. Qa5 Qf7 27. b3 Rfc8 28. Qa6 Qd7 $13 {0-1
Eisenbeis,N-Naumann,A/Bad Woerishofen 1999/EXT 2002 (64)}) 24. Nec6 Ne7 25. Rc1
Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Rc8 27. b4 Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6 Rf7 30. b5 Bf8 31. a4 Bc5
{1/2-1/2 Grigore,G-Herrera,I/Linares 1999/CBM 068 ext (61)}) 23. Rd1 (23. Qa5
Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nd6 Rad8 27. Rd1 Nc8 28. Ng5 Qe7 29. Qc5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Berkvens,J-Widmer,S/Zug 2005/CBM 108 ext (66)}) (23. Nd4 $5 Qe8 24.
Nec6 Bxd4 25. exd4 $14 Nb4 $2 26. d5 Nxd5 27. Bd6 Qe6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd1 $18
{1-0 Profit,B-Koster,R/IECC 2000/Telechess CBM 89 (32)}) 23... Nb6 (23... h6
24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Ndc6 Nb6 26. Qb3 Kh7 27. Rd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grigore,G-Lupulescu,
C/Iasi 2003 2003/Inf 88/[Grigore,Ge ] (34)}) 24. Qa6 Qc8 25. Qe2 Re8 26. b3 Qc3
27. Rd3 Qa1+ 28. Rd1 Qc3 $11 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Borge,N/Gentofte 1999/CBM
073/[Ftacnik] (40)}) 21. Qa4 (21. Nc4 Rac8 22. b3 Nc3 (22... Rfd8 23. Nd4 Qd5
24. f3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Nc2 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sinkovics,P-Edam,
M/Rommelshausen 2002/CBM 089 ext (55)}) (22... Qe7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+
25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Rd5 27. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Dannehr,J-Schimmel,B/FRG-chT qual
corr 1991/ (27)}) 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nfxe5 Ne4 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Rd1 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sinkovics,P-Vegh,E/Hungary 1998/EXT 2000 (54)}) (21. b3 $6 g5 22. Bh2
Rac8 23. Nc4 g4 24. hxg4 fxg4 25. Nfd2 Nc3 26. Nb1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1
Rxf5 $36 {0-1 Levitt,J-Shirov,A/Birmingham 2005/EXT 2006 (46)}) 21... Qe8 {
Practice has also seen:} (21... Nc5 $5 22. Qb5 Rac8 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Ndc6 Nd7
$11 25. Nf3 $4 a6 26. Qxa6 Nc5 $19 {1/2-1/2 Meins,G-Coenen,N/Groningen 1998/
EXT 2000 (41)}) (21... Rac8 $5 22. Qxa7 (22. Rd1 $2 g5 $1 23. Bh2 Rfd8 $36 {
Loetscher,R-Bagirov,R/Biel (open) 1999/Inf 76/[Bagirov,R]}) (22. Nd4 Qe8 $1 23.
Qxe8 (23. Nec6 g5 24. Bh2 f4 $17 {0-1 Kosyrev,V-Sakaev,K/chessassistantclub.
com INT 2004/CBM 104 ext (37)}) 23... Rfxe8 24. Nec6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Kg7 26. Rd1
g5 27. Bh2 (27. Nxf5+ Kg6 28. Nd6 gxf4 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. f3 Nf6 $15) 27... Kg6
$13 {Ftacnik}) 22... Ra8 23. Qb7 Qxa2 24. Nd4 Ra7 25. Qc6 Ra6 26. Qb7 Ra7 27.
Qc6 Ra6 28. Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Meins,G-Holzke,F/Germany 1999/GER-chT}) (21... g5 $5
22. Bh2 g4 (22... a5 23. b3 h6 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Qxe8 Rfxe8 26. Nec6 Rac8 27. a3
Nd2 28. Rd1 Nxb3 29. Nxb3 Rxc6 30. Nxa5 Rc3 31. Nb7 Rxa3 {1/2-1/2 Gonzales,
J-Adianto,U/Kuala Lumpur 2005/CBM 108 ext (73)}) 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Qxe4 gxf3
25. Qc4 Rae8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Nxf3 Ra6 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rxa2 $13 {
0-1 Riazantsev,A-Eljanov,P/Biel 2004/CBM 101 ext (56)}) (21... Nd2 22. Rd1 (22.
Nxd2 $5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5+ Qxe5 24. Nc4 {Ftacnik}) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bxb2 $2 (
23... Qb6 $1 24. b3 Rfd8 $13 {Ftacnik}) 24. Ng5 $1 Qg8 25. Rd7 Bg7 26. Qa5 $16
{1-0 Adianto,U-Nolte,R/Calcutta 2001/CBM 085/[Ftacnik] (54)}) {As you see, in
most of the lines the position remains balanced. The text move is rather
passive but Black keeps sufficient counterchances all the same.} 22. Qa5 Rb8
23. Nc4 Rb7 24. Be5 {The bishop exchange weakens the position of the black
king.} Qd8 25. Qa3 Re8 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Nd4 $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} (27.
Qa4 $13) 27... f4 $1 {Opening up the lines for the rooks.} 28. b3 $6 {And now
a tactical oversight. It was better for White to admit his mistake:} (28. Nf3
$15) 28... Nxf2 $1 {Complications starting with this move are favorable for
Black.} 29. Nd6 (29. Rxf2 $2 fxe3) (29. Nc6 Nxh3+ 30. gxh3 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Qd5+
$19) 29... Nxh3+ $1 30. gxh3 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Rxe3 32. Nf3 Qg3 33. Nc4 Qxh3+ 34.
Nh2 Re8 $17 {Black's kingside pawns must now decide the game in the long run.
However...} 35. Qb2 f3 (35... g5 $17 {was more consistent}) 36. Qd2 Qg2+ $2 {
Why?} (36... Rf7 {was quite possible. If} 37. Nd6 {then} Qg2+ 38. Qxg2 fxg2+
39. Kxg2 Re2+ {, winning the a2 pawn and then the endgame.}) 37. Qxg2 fxg2+ 38.
Kxg2 Re2+ 39. Rf2 {White now keeps his a2 pawn, which gives him drawing
chances.} Rge7 40. Nf3 Kg7 41. a4 h5 42. Nd4 $6 {Why not move the pawns?} (42.
b4 Rxf2+ (42... R2e4 $5 43. Nfd2) 43. Kxf2 Re4 44. Nfd2 Rg4 45. Kf3 $1 {
looks OK for White.}) 42... Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. a5 g5 45. Nc6 $6 {A crazy
idea but it was difficult to find a counterplan against Black's pawn advance
on the k-side.} Rc7 46. N4e5 $6 {Tying up his own knights!} ({But after, say,} 
46. Nd4 g4 47. Ke3 (47. Kg3 Rd7) 47... h4 48. Kf4 g3 49. Ne3 Rg7 50. Ng4+ Kg6 {
I don't see a draw for White.}) ({or} 46. Nb4 Ke6) 46... Ke6 47. b4 Kd5 $2 {
Allowing White to get rid of the queenside pawns, which leads to a draw.} (
47... a6 $1 {was correct:} 48. b5 axb5 49. a6 Rc8 $1 (49... b4 $2 50. a7 Rxa7
51. Nxa7 Kxe5 52. Nc6+ $11) 50. a7 Ra8 $19) 48. b5 Kc5 (48... a6 {was too late
now:} 49. b6 $1 Rxc6 50. Nxc6 Kxc6 $11) 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Rg7 (50... Rxc6
51. b7 $11) (50... Kxb6 51. Nd4) 51. Kf3 Kxb6 52. Nd4 {The white knights
easily stop Black's pawns on the same side.} Re7 53. Ke4 h4 54. Ndf3 h3 55. Nh2
Kc5 56. Kf5 Kd5 57. Nef3 Rf7+ 58. Kxg5 Ke4 59. Kg4 Rg7+ 60. Kxh3 Kf4 61. Ne1
Rg3+ 62. Kh4 Rg7 63. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Zum ersten Mal im Leben spielte ich Grünfeld.
Ich bereitete mich auf das System 4.cxd5 und später Bc4-Ne2 vor, weil mein
Gegner das zuletzt gespielt hat. Doch Hedinn entschied sich für eine ruhigere
Abwicklung.} 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O {Genauer ist 5...c5, um das Endspiel nach 6.
cxd5 zu vermeiden.} (5... c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 (7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9.
Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Na6 $44) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O $13 {Hier gibt es lange
theoretische Varianten, die zu komplizierten Stellungen führen.}) 6. Rc1 (6.
cxd5 $5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 (8... Nc6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. f3 Rac8 11. Nc3
Qe6 12. Bf4 $14 {Zwar hat Schwarz gewisse Kompensation, doch ich würde in
dieser Stellung die weißen Farben vertreten wollen.}) 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3
11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Ke2 $14 {Das Endspiel ist vielleicht etwas
besser für Weiß, weil die schwarze Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel kompromitiert
ist und Weiß ein gutes Feld c5 für seine Figuren hat. Der schwarze
weißfeldrige Läufer hat seinerseits keine Angriffsobjekte.}) 6... c5 7. dxc5
Qa5 $6 (7... Be6 $1 {Das ist genauer als 7....Qa5} 8. Nf3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5
Bxd5 $44) 8... Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Qa4
Bd5 $132 {Nikolic - Sokolov (Amsterdam, 1999)}) 8. Nf3 $6 (8. cxd5 {gibt Weiß
soliden Vorteil.} Ne4 9. Nge2 $14) {Nach dem weißen Partiezug entstand die
Hauptstellung der 4.Bf4-5.e3 Variante mit einer fehlerhaften Zugfolge. Mir war
klar, dass die Chancen, auf Gewinn zu spielen, nach 8....dxc4 9.Bxc4 sehr
gering gewesen wären. Weil ich doch mehr als einen halben Punkt wollte, habe
ich mich dafür entschieden, eine neue Idee auszuprobieren.} 8... Nbd7 $5 $146 (
8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O {und die Stellung sieht sehr
remislich aus.}) (8... Ne4 $6 9. Be5 $14) 9. cxd5 (9. Qa4 $5 Qxc5 (9... Qxa4
10. Nxa4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Bb5 $16) 10. b4 (10. cxd5 $2 Nxd5 $15) 10... Qc6
(10... Qb6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 $16) 11. Qxc6 bxc6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Ba6
$11 {Schwarz muss noch ein Paar genaue Züge machen, wird dann aber keine
Schwierigkeiten haben.}) (9. a3 $5 {Ein interessanter Vorschlag von GM Jan
Gustafsson.} Ne4 $1 ({die typische Reaktion} 9... dxc4 {führt zum Nachteil nach
} 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Be2 $16 {Der Springer steht auf d7 schlecht,
Weiß hat eine sehr starke Initiative.}) 10. Qb3 (10. b4 Qxa3 11. Nxd5 (11. Nxe4
dxe4 12. Nd2 Qxb4 $17) 11... e6 12. Ne7+ Kh8 $17) (10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11.
Qd2 Nxc5 $19) 11... Bxc3+ 12. Ke2 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Na4 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd5
$17) (10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 (11. bxc3 dxc4 $17) 11... e5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4
Nxc5 13. b4 Qa4 14. bxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 e5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Kc2 $14) 12. Nb3
Qd8 13. Bg3 d4 14. Rc2 (14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxc5 $17) 14... f5 $17) 10...
Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Bg3 dxc4 (12... Nxc5 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. cxd5 $14) 13. Bxc4 (
13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Bxc4 Nxc5 $15) 13... Nxc5 14. Qb4 Qc7 $15) 9... Ne4 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass Schwarz mindestens einen Bauern zurückgewinnen wird, und
für den zweiten wird er im weißen Lager einige Schwächen kreieren, die später
Angriffsziele der schwarzen Figuren werden.} 10. Nd4 (10. Be2 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Na4 $11) (10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. e4 (12. Nd4
Bxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Qd1 (14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Qb2 Rac8 $15) (14. Qb2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3
Bxd3 $132) 14... Ne4 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. Bxd6 exd6 18. O-O Rc7 19. Be2
Re8 20. Bf3 Bd3 21. Rfd1 Bb5 $44 {Das ist eine gute Beispielstellung für die
schwarzen Absichten: er hat einen Bauer weniger, dafür jedoch einen klaren
Plan und zwei offensichtliche Schwächen im weißen Lager - die Bauern c3 und a2.
}) 12... Bd7 13. Nd2 Na4 14. Nc4 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Bxc3+ $132 {Wiederum hat
Schwarz keine Probleme.}) 10... Nxc3 $1 {Es ist sehr wichtig, zuerst auf c3
und erst dann auf c5 zu nehmen, um das Schlagen auf c3 mit dem Bauern zu
erzwingen. Andersherum kommt Weiß in Vorteil.} (10... Ndxc5 11. Qc2 $1 e5 $5 {
Wenn Schwarz nichts dynamisches unternimmt, wird er mit einem Minusbauer davon
kommen.} (11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Na4 14. Rc7 Nxb2 15. Rxe7 $16) (
11... Bf5 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rad8 (14... Na4 15. Qxf5 Nxc3 16.
Bd3 $18) 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rc8 18. O-O Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxc3 20.
Qc2 $14) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg3 $14 {Ich glaube nicht, dass Schwarz hier genug
Kompensation hat.}) 11. bxc3 (11. Rxc3 Nxc5 $15 {und es stellt sich heraus,
dass es gegen Ne4 oder Na4 keine Verteidigung gibt, so dass Weiß eine Qualität
geben muss.}) 11... Nxc5 {Ich wollte während der Partie die traditionellen
Linien beachten und keine Zeit für die Eroberung der Randbauern verlieren.
Doch auch 11....Qxa2 verspricht Schwarz sehr gutes Spiel.} (11... Qxa2 $5 {
verdient ebenfalls Beachtung.} 12. Qb3 (12. Nb3 Qa3 13. c6 bxc6 14. dxc6 Nc5
$11) (12. c4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxc5 15. Ke1 e5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 $15)
12... Qxb3 (12... Qa5 13. c6 Nc5 14. Qb4 $18) 13. Nxb3 a5 $1 {Ganz unerwartet
wird der a-Bauer sehr stark.} 14. c6 (14. Kd2 a4 15. Ra1 Nf6 $17) 14... Nb6 15.
cxb7 Bxb7 16. e4 a4 17. Nc5 a3 $3 $44 {Auch hier hat Schwarz genügende
Kompensation und steht keinesfalls schlechter.}) 12. Bc4 (12. Qc2 Bxd4 $1 {
Wie man sieht, hat Schwarz eine Menge an Überaschungszügen in der Hand.} 13.
exd4 Bf5 14. Qd1 (14. Qb2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. f3 Qxd5 17. Kf2 $11) (14. Qd2
Ne4 15. Qb2 Rac8 $15) 14... Ne4 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. Bxd6 exd6 18. O-O
Rc7 19. Be2 Re8 20. Bf3 b5 $44) (12. Be2 Qxa2 13. Bf3 e5 (13... Qa6 {führt zum
Ausgleich} 14. Be2 Qa2 $11) 14. dxe6 Nxe6 $132) 12... Bd7 {Schwarz wählt die
"normale" Entwicklungsstrategie, um später Druck gegen die Bauern c3 und a2
auszuüben. Gut möglich, dass aktivere Versuche im Gewinnsinne besser waren.} (
12... e5 $5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 (13... Nxe6 14. O-O (14. Bg3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Re8+ 16.
Kf1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 $44) 14... Nxf4 15. exf4 Qc7 16. Qb3 Qxf4 17. Rfe1 $14 {
Weiß behält die Initiative dank seinem Entwicklungsvorsprung. Schwarz hat auch
Probleme mit der Entwicklung des Läufers c8.}) 14. Nxe6 (14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6
Bxc3+ (15... fxe6 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Qh5+ 19. f3 e5 20. Bg3 $16)
16. Ke2 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qa6+ 18. Kf3 Be5 $132) 14... Nxe6 15. Bxe6 Bxc3+ 16. Ke2
fxe6 17. Qb3 Qa6+ 18. Kf3 Be5 $132 {Die Stellung bietet beiden Seiten
ausreichende Chancen.}) 13. O-O Rac8 14. Bb3 Nxb3 (14... b5 $5 {Vorschlag von
GM Evgeny Postny.} 15. c4 b4 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 $44 {Die schwarze
Kompensation basiert auf den aktiveren Positionen seiner Figuren. Der weiße
Läufer b3 hat wenig Perspektiven in dieser Stellung.}) 15. Qxb3 b5 16. e4 $6 {
Damit gibt Weiß die Initiative völlig in die Hände von Schwarz.} (16. c4 $5 {
Davor hatte ich am meisten Angst.} Rc5 $1 (16... Bxd4 $6 17. exd4 bxc4 18. Rxc4
Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qb3 $14 {Das Problem ist, dass Schwarz den Bauern nicht
sofort zurückgewinnen kann. Weiß wird bestimmt zu d6 kommen und damit wird der
schwarze König aufgrund der Schwäche der h6 UND f6 Felder in Gefahr geraten.})
17. cxb5 (17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Bc7 (19. Qc2 Rxd5 $11) 19... Rxb3 20.
Bxa5 Rb5 21. Be1 Rxd5 22. Rc7 Rb8 23. Rxa7 Bf6 {Offensichtlich hat Schwarz
gute Kompensation für den Bauern.} 24. a4 Rb1 25. f4 Rdd1 26. Kf2 Rb2+ 27. Kf3
Rc1 28. Rd7 Ra2 29. a5 Rxa5 $11) 17... Bxd4 18. exd4 Rxb5 19. Bc7 (19. Qe3 Rxd5
20. Qxe7 Re8 21. Qh4 Bb5 $44) (19. Rc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) 19... Qd2 20.
Qa3 Rxd5 $11) 16... Rc4 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Ne2 {Wie man sieht, hat Schwarz
mindestens ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern. Das Problem ist, dass es
sehr schwer ist, etwas mehr als den Rückgewinn des c3-Bauern zu erreichen. Da
ich kein Remis wollte, habe ich es versucht.} Qb6+ (18... Bxc3 {ist vielleicht
objektiv die stärkste Fortsetzung.} 19. Nxc3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3
22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 {und Remis...}) (18... Ra4 19. Rc2 Ra3 20. Qb1 (20. Qb2
$2 b4 $1 $19) 20... Bxc3 {wieder ist nicht zu sehen, wie man vorankommt} 21.
Nxc3 Raxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 $11) 19. Kh1 e6 $5 {Schwarz versucht, das Spiel zu
verschärfen, Weiß seinerseits versucht, den Bauern c3 loszuwerden, um die
Stellung zu vereinfachen.} 20. Rcd1 a5 (20... Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rxc3 22. Qb1 Rc2
23. Rc1 $11) 21. Rd2 h6 22. h3 Qa6 23. Rfd1 g5 24. Bh2 $2 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass der Läufer auf h2 den eigenen König stören wird, sobald
die Linien in der Stellung geöffnet werden. Besser wäre 24.Bg3 gewesen.} (24.
Bg3 $1 $13) 24... b4 {Schwarz verschiebt seinen Angriffsziel von c3 auf a2.} (
24... Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxc3 26. Qb2 b4 27. dxe6 Bxe6 28. Be5 $132) 25. cxb4 axb4
26. Qe3 (26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Qb1 Qa4 $36) 26... Rc2 $1 {Hier kam die Zeitnot
näher und beide Gegner begannen, viele taktische Fehler zu machen.
Glücklicherweise machte mein Gegner den letzten!} 27. Qb3 $2 (27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28.
Nc1 exd5 29. exd5 (29. Rxd5 Bxh3 $1 30. gxh3 Qf1+ $19) 29... Qc4 $15) 27... Ba4
(27... Rxd2 $1 {führte am einfachsten zum Ziel.} 28. Rxd2 Bc3 29. Nxc3 (29. Rc2
Ba4 $19) (29. dxe6 Bxe6 $19) 29... bxc3 30. Rd1 exd5 (30... Ba4 31. Qa3 c2 32.
Rc1 exd5 33. exd5 Qc4 $15) 31. exd5 Qe2 $17) 28. Qxb4 R2c4 $4 {Das war ein
Blunder. Ich dachte ich gewinne die Qualität - in Wirklichkeit habe ich gerade
einen Bauern und fast schon die Partie angestellt.} (28... exd5 29. exd5 Re8 $1
{und Schwarz gewinnt ebenfalls} 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Qb1 Bxd1 32. Qxd1 Bxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qf1+ 35. Bg1 Re2 36. Qg4 Rxa2 $19) 29. Qa3 $1 exd5 30. exd5 $4 {
Ein Gegengeschenk. Nach 30.Rxd5 steht Schwarz fast verloren da.} (30. Rxd5 $1
Rc2 (30... Bf8 $2 31. Rd8 $18) 31. R1d2 Bb5 32. Qxa6 Bxa6 33. Ng3 Rc1+ 34. Rd1
Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Ra8 36. Nf5 $16 {Das Endspiel ist sehr schwer zu halten - Weiß
behält den Springer auf f5, tauscht ihn nicht gegen den Läufer g7, und baut
Druck gegen die schwarzen Bauern auf.}) 30... Bc3 $1 31. d6 (31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32.
Qe7 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Rd3 34. Rxd3 Rc1+ 35. Bg1 Qxd3 $17) (31. Rd3 Bb4 32. Qb2 Bxd1
33. Rxd1 Rc2 34. Qxb4 Qxe2 35. Rg1 Rxa2 $17) 31... Bxd2 32. Rxd2 (32. d7 Rd8
33. Rxd2 Qe6 $17) 32... Rc2 $1 33. d7 (33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Ng3 Qc4 $17) (33. Rxc2
Rxc2 34. d7 Qxe2 $1 35. d8=Q+ Be8 $1 $19) 33... Rxd2 34. Qxa4 (34. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8
35. Qxa4 Rxe2 $19) 34... Rc1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Qa6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Na5 15.
Ba4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. e5 Bxa4 $2 (17... Bf5 18. Bb5 $16) 18. Qxa4 Ne8 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd5 $5 Qe6 21. Nxe7+ $6 (21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Qxa5 $18) 21... Qxe7
$16 22. Qxa5 b6 23. Qa4 h6 24. Nd4 Qh4 $6 (24... Rd7 25. Nc6 Qe6 $16) 25. Nc6
$18 b5 26. Qe4 Rd7 27. e6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. g3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Qa6 $6 {As we will see from
the game, this move has to be considered dubious now.} (12... Bf5 $142 {
is the well-known main line with good chances for equality.}) 13. e4 (13. Ne5 {
leads to simplification and draw after} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Be6 15. Bd4 Rfc8 16. Bxe6
Qxe6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 $11 {1/2:1/2 Ftacnik-Krasenkov, BL 1993}) (13. Na4 {
is nothing special either:} Rd8 14. Nc5 (14. Qe1 $5 Ne4 $5 $13) 14... Rxd1 15.
Nxa6 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Bf5 17. Nc5 Na5 $1 (17... b6 $2 18. g4 Bc8 19. Ne6 $16) 18.
Bc2 Bxc2 19. Rxc2 Nd5 20. Be5 Nb4 21. Rc3 b6 $11 {Mikhalchishin-Gavrikov, Lvov
1987}) (13. Nd4 $5 Bd7 14. Ndb5 (14. Na4 $5) 14... Rad8 $5 (14... Rac8 15. e4
$1 Qa5 $1 16. Be3 $14) 15. Bc7 Rc8 16. Bc4 Rxc7 $1 17. Nxc7 Qxc4 18. N3d5 Qxa2
19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qg4 Be5 $44) 13... Rd8 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $1 {
This is an important novelty here!} (14. Qe1 $6 {gave nothing for White after}
Nb4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. a3 Nh5 18. Be3 Na2 19. Nxa2 Qxe5 $11 {
in the game Ribli-Mecking, Manila izt 1976.}) (14. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 (14... e6 $2 15.
Rxc6 $1 $18) (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Rxc6 $1 $18) 15. exd5 Be6 $5 (15... Bf5 16. d6
e6 (16... exd6 $6 17. Ng5 $16) (16... Bf6 $6 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. Re1 exd6 19. Ng5
$1 Ne5 20. Qd5 Bxg5 21. Rxe5 $1 Be6 22. Rxe6 Bxf4 23. Re8+ $18 {1-0
Grigore-Feher, Goeyzis-B 1996}) 17. Re1 $13) 16. dxe6 Rxd1 17. exf7+ Kh8 18.
Rfxd1 $44) 14... h6 $6 (14... Bd7 15. Rfd1 $16) (14... Na5 $6 {is met by the
pretty} 15. Bxf7+ $1 (15. Ng5 {is not bad either:} Nxb3 (15... Nc4 16. Nd5 $1)
16. Qxb3 Rf8 (16... e6 17. Nb5 $1) 17. Nb5 Qb6 (17... Qa5 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Nd5
Nxd5 20. exd5 Ra8 21. Rc7 $1 $16) 18. Be3 $16) 15... Kxf7 16. b4 Nc4 17. b5 $1
(17. Qb3 Kf8 $1 (17... b5 18. a4 $44) (17... Be6 18. b5 Qb6 19. Ng5+ Kf8 20.
Na4 $18) 18. b5 (18. Ng5 h6 19. b5 Qb6 (19... Qa3 $2 20. Qxc4 hxg5 21. Bc7 Re8
22. Nb1 $18) 20. Qxc4 hxg5 21. Bc7 Be6 $1 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rdc8 24. Bxb6
Rxc4 25. Rxc4 axb6 $15) 18... Qe6 19. Ng5 Qg8) 17... Qb6 (17... Qa5 $2 18. Qb3)
(17... Qa3 $2 18. Nb1 $18) 18. Qb3 (18. Na4 $4 Qxb5 19. Qxc4+ Qxc4 20. Rxc4 b5
$19) 18... Be6 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Na4 $18) (14... Qd3 $142 {is the best
transposing to a somewhat better _|_ for White after} 15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Rfd1
$14) 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Rd2 $1 {White wants to insert pressure on the d <->.} (
16. Nd5 {leads to unnecessary simplifications:} Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qc5 Na5
19. Qxe7 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rd7 (20... Bxb2 21. Rc7 $1) 21. Qe3 Bxb2 22. Bxh6 $1
Bxc1 23. Qxc1 $44) 16... Qa5 $2 (16... Be8 $6 17. Rxd8 $1 ({but not} 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Qe4 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nc3 $1 21. Qe1 Qb6) 17... Rxd8 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb4 (19... Na5 20. Qc7) 20. Qc7 $16 {with penetration.}) (16...
Rac8 $142 17. Rcd1 $16) (16... Na5 {was the persistant defence to eliminate
White's dangerous B at least.} 17. Rcd1 Nxb3 18. axb3 $16) 17. Qd1 $1 $18 {
Now Black cannot avoid material losses.} (17. Nd5 {can be parried by} Rac8)
17... g5 (17... Rac8 18. e5 Nh5 19. Bh2 $18) 18. Bg3 Be8 (18... g4 $2 19. e5 $1
) 19. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 (19... Nxd5 20. exd5 $18) 20. Bc7 $18 Nxd2 (20... Rxd5 21.
Bxd5 Qxc7 22. Bxe4 $18) (20... Qa6 21. Nxe7+ $1 Kh8 22. Rxd8 $18) 21. Bxa5
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Nxa5 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ $5 (24. Nf5 Nxb3 25. axb3 Bc6) 24...
Kg8 25. Bd5 Rd7 26. Re1 Rad8 27. Qf5 Rc7 28. Re7 $1 {Despite of his material
advantage White has to play very actively here.} Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Qe4 Bf6
(30... Bxb2 $2 31. Qb4 $18) 31. Nf5 {The white pieces dominate the board
completely in the [+].} Nc6 32. Nxh6 Ne7 33. Bb3 Rd2 34. Ng4 Bd4 35. Ne3 Ng6 (
35... Bc6 36. Qh7 $1) 36. Qxb7 Bb6 37. Qe4 Nf4 $4 {Time-trouble blunder in a
lost position.} (37... Rd4 38. Qf5 $18) 38. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1
(8. Be5 {has the abstract drawback of moving again with an already developed
piece. A recent game of a 2700+ player went} Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5
$36 {Markov,M (2261)-Wang Hao (2724)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (0-1, 33)})
8... Nd7 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 {is more popular. By the way, after} Qa5 10. cxd5
Nd7 {White could transpose to the game with} 11. Nd4 {(although this has never
happened in practice!)}) 9. cxd5 Qa5 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa2 {"Almost" a
novelty.} (11... Nxc5 {is the common move.}) 12. Qb3 $146 (12. c6 Nc5 $132 {
Somogyi,I (2290)-Kun,S (2295)/Hungary 1992/EXT 2000 (1-0, 44)}) 12... Qxb3 13.
Nxb3 a5 $132 {The same as in his game with Gustafsson, this pawn advance on
the 13th move creates strong counterplay.} 14. c6 Nf6 15. d6 bxc6 16. dxe7 Re8
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bd6 Ne4 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bd3 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23.
Ba3 f5 24. g3 {White has managed to keep his extra pawn, but the bishop pair
and the potentially dangerous a5-pawn offer Black ample compensation.} g5 25.
Kd2 Rce8 26. Rhe1 f4 27. exf4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 gxf4 30. Kd2 Kf7 31.
Kd3 fxg3 32. hxg3 h5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Kc4 h4 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Ne5+
Bxe5 38. fxe5 Ke6 39. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
Nbd7 $5 {It is curious that this logical developing move, aiming to retrieve
the pawn with the knight rather than the queen (which usually is exposed on c5)
, has never been taken into account seriously.} ({The main continuation is} 
8... dxc4 {, which has the defect of speeding up White's development after} 9.
Bxc4) 9. cxd5 Ne4 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 {For the
sacrificed pawn, Black has excelent development. Besides, White's central
pawns are rather vulnerable. If Black manages to capture either d5 or c3, he
will obtain an advantageous position.} 14. Qe2 (14. Bb3 {Steingrimsson,H (2551)
-Kritz,L (2609)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124/[Kritz] (0-1, 34)}) 14... Na4 15. Nb3 Qb6
16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Bb3 Nxc3 18. Qd3 a5 $15 19. Rc2 a4 20. Rfc1 axb3 21. axb3 Qxd5
22. Rxc3 e5 23. Ne2 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Rc8 26. Na2 Bf5 27. e4 Bxe4
28. Rc3 Rd8 29. f3 exf4 30. fxe4 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1
(8. Be5 {is a quite logical idea} Nxc3 (8... Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 (
10... Qc7 11. Qd4 f6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qxd5+ Kg7 14. Qd2 e5 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O
Be6 17. Qb2 Qxc5 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qb4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 b6 21. c5 Qxc5 22. Ba6 Rc7
$11 {1/2 Alburt,L (2420)-Tukmakov,V (2570)/Vilnius 1975/MCL (33)}) 11. Qd4 f6
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qxd5+ (13. Qd2 dxc4 14. Qd5+ $6 (14. Bxc4+ Kg7 15. O-O Qxc5 16.
Bb3 {=}) 14... Kg7 15. Rc1 (15. Qxc4 $2 Be6 $1) 15... Qxa2 (15... Qa3 $6 16.
Rc2 Bf5 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Qxc4 Bg4 19. Be2 $11) 16. Bxc4 Qa5 (16... Qa3 $6 17.
O-O e6 18. Qe4 Qxc5 19. Bxe6 Re8 20. Qd5 $1) 17. h4 $2 (17. Nd4 $2 Ne5 18. c6
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nxc6 Bb7 $1) (17. O-O) 17... Qd8 $1 18. h5
(18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qf4 e5 20. Qg3 h5) 18... Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. e4 a5 21. Rb1
a4 22. h6+ Kf8 23. Nh4 Ra5 $19 24. Rd1 (24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. h7 Kg7 26. Bxc6 bxc6
27. h8=Q+ Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Rb8 a3 $1 $19) 24... Re8 25. f4 Rxc5 $19 {
Yuneev,A-Polovodin,I (2355)/Leningrad 1979/}) 13... Kg7 14. Qd2 Qxc5 (14... Rd8
15. Qb2 Qxc5 $15) 15. Qb2 Be6 16. Nd4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3
Rfc8 20. Kd2 Kf7 21. Rhc1 e5 22. Nxc6 {1/2 Portisch,L (2591)-Ruck,R (2573)/
Hungary 2001/EXT 2004}) 9. Bxc3 (9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O Ne5 16. Rfb1 Rc7 17. h3 Be8 {
Kuzmin,G (2535)-Tseshkovsky,V (2570)/Tallinn 1979/EXT 2001 (30). Black is
still fighting for equality.}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 $36 11. cxd5 Qxc3+ 12.
Nd2 Qxc5 13. e4 $14) 8... Nd7 ({I had an analysis from 1970 which I
successfully used just 30 years later!} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Rd5 Qb6 14. Rb5 Qd8 15. Ng5 e6 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Qb4
Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Rb4 Bb7 22. O-O Rac8 23. Qe2 e5 24.
Bg3 g5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Ra4 Bc6 27. Rc4 Bb5 28. Nd6 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qe6 {0-1
Olarasu,G (2327)-Mikhalchishin,A (2522)/Nova Gorica 2005/CBM 104 ext}) 9. cxd5
Qa5 ({An interesting sharp option is} 9... Ndxc5 10. Be5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 f6 (
11... Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Qd4 Rad8 15. O-O Rd6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17.
Qxg4 Rc8 {Hammer,J (2601)-Swiercz,D (2585)/Germany 2011/ White still keeps the
extra pawn.}) 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Rc8 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. c4 Qb6 17.
Qd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rc5 19. Ne1 f5 20. Qd2 Rc7 21. Nd3 Qf6 22. Rfd1 b6 23. a4 Rb8
24. Nb4 {Andersen,M (2461)-Wagner,D (2456)/Wattenscheid GER 2012; with
advantage.}) 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa2 (11... Nxc5 {is the common move.} 12.
Bc4 e5 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Na4 (13... Rac8 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b5 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. f4 Rc4 18. f5 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qd1 Qxd5 {Sachdev,T (2396)
-Zinchenko,Y (2544)/Kavala 2010/ with better chances.}) 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Bb5
Bxd4 16. Bxd7 Bg7 17. Bb5 a6 18. Be2 Nxd5 19. c4 Nxf4 20. exf4 b6 21. Rfd1 Rad8
{Sanikidze,T (2585)-Gupta,A (2637)/Istanbul 2012; just White can have problems.
}) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1 (16. Ke2 fxe6 17. Qb3
Qa6+ 18. Kf3 Be5 19. h4 Rf7 20. Qc4 Bxf4 21. exf4 b5 {With good play,
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2649)-Le Quang,L (2714)/Moscow 2012}) 16... fxe6 17. Qb3
Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Kh2 Rd2 (20... Rd3 21. Qb1 Rd2 {1/2 Grigore,G
(2532)-Mekhitarian,K (2511)/Arad 2010}) 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6
24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bd6 Kf7 26. Kg3 Be7 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ke7 29. Ra5 c5 30.
Rxa7+ Kd6 31. Kf3 c4 32. Ke2 Rb8 {Gustafsson,J (2633)-Safarli,E (2630)/Porto
Carras 2011; Black's activity is sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 12. c6
(12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 a5 $132 14. c6 Nf6 15. d6 bxc6 16. dxe7 Re8 17. Nd4 Bd7
18. Bd6 Ne4 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bd3 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Ba3 f5 24.
g3 {White has managed to keep his extra pawn, but the bishop pair and the
potentially dangerous a5-pawn offer Black ample compensation.} g5 25. Kd2 Rce8
26. Rhe1 f4 27. exf4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 gxf4 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Kd3 fxg3
32. hxg3 h5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Kc4 h4 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Ne5+ Bxe5 38.
fxe5 Ke6 39. Bd6 {1/2 Fridman,D (2655)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund 2012/CBM 150/
[Marin,M]}) 12... Nc5 13. Be2 $146 (13. c4 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nc5 16.
cxb7 Bxb7 17. f3 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd6 Rfd8 21. c5 Rac8 22.
Rd1 Bd5 {Somogyi,I (2290)-Kun,S (2295)/Hungary 1992/ White has to be very
carefull.}) 13... Qxd5 14. Bf3 ({No problems await Black after} 14. O-O e5 15.
Bf3 Qd6 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Bg3 a5 19. c4 a4) 14... Qc4 (14... Qa2
{was dangerous:} 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 a5 17. c4 exd4 18. Bd6) 15. Be2 {There is
nothing better for White than to repeat moves.} Qd5 16. Bf3 Qc4 17. Be2 Qd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS08 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Be2
dxc4 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O (9. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 10. Bg3 Nxc3 {/\c5}) 9... Nb6 (9...
dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bc7 $6 (11. Be2 $142) 11... Ne8 12. Bd8 (12. Bxb6 axb6
13. Ne4 Nd6 14. Nfd2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Timmermanns,H-Schosse,
T/OLO-B 1994}) 12... Nd6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Be2 b5 15. a3 Be6 16. Qc2 b4 17.
axb4 Qxb4 18. Nd2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rfe1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rc8 22. Rc1 b5 23.
Bd3 b4 24. Nd1 Qd5 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qb3 Nxe3 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qxb4 Qxg2# {
0-1 Barouty,D-Arencibia,W/Bogota op 1990}) 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4
b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. h3 Qb6 18. b4 Qb7
19. Qc5 f6 20. e4 Bf7 21. a4 a6 22. a5 Rfd8 23. Be2 f5 24. e5 Bd5 25. Ra3 Rd7
26. g4 e6 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Be3 Bf8 29. Qc3 Rf7 30. f4 Qe7 31. Bd2 Rg7 32. Kh2
Qa7 33. Be3 Qe7 34. Bd2 Qa7 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Rcg1 Be4 37. Bc3 Bd5 38. Bd3 Qf7 {
1/2-1/2 Nkemeh,D-Knight,T/Thessaloniki olm 1984}) (8... Na6 9. O-O dxc4 10.
Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. e4 Rfd8 14. a3 Nc7 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Ne6
17. Be5 Be8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bf1 a5 20. Qb2 Nf8 21. Ne1 Ne6 22. Nf3 a4 23. Rd3
Nf8 24. Rad1 N8d7 25. Bf4 Qb7 26. Qc1 Nb6 27. Ne5 Nfd7 28. R3d2 f6 29. Ng4 Nf8
30. Be3 h5 31. Nh2 Bf7 32. Nf3 Bb3 33. Re1 {Kotov,A-Ragozin,V/URS-ch13 Moscow
1944/1-0 (50)}) 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 $1 (10. Bd3 $2 Be6 11. Qc2 (11. Qd1 Nd5)
11... Nd5 12. Bg3 $140 (12. Qd2 Nxf4 13. exf4 Rd8 14. O-O Na6 15. f5 Bxf5 16.
Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qg5 e6 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ne2 Nc7 21. Ra3 b4 22. Rb3
Nd5 23. Qh5 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Rh3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rac8 27. Qf4 Rc2 28. Ng3 Qc7
29. Qg5 Rc1 30. Nd3 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 h6 32. Qh4 Nd5 33. Ne5 Qc1 34. Rg3 Nf4 35.
Re3 Qxf1+ {0-1 Fairhurst,W-Pachman,L/Hastings5455 1954}) 12... Nb4) 10... Be6
11. Qc2 $1 (11. Qd1 $2 Nd5) (11. Qa3 $13) 11... Bf5 12. Qc1 $1 b4 13. Nb1 $1
Nbd7 14. Nbd2 Rfc8 15. Nc4 $1 (15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Ne5 c5 $1 17. Bf3 (17. Nc4 Qd8
18. Bf3 Be4) 17... cxd4 18. Qd1 Bc2 19. Qd2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe3+
22. fxe3 Ne4) 15... Qd8 16. Nfd2 $1 Bg4 (16... c5 $1 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. Bxa8 (18.
exd4 Bd3 $13 (18... Nb6 $13)) 18... dxe3 19. Bxe3 (19. fxe3 Rxa8 20. O-O Rc8
$13) 19... Rxa8 $13) (16... a5 17. O-O c5 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. d5) 17. Bxg4 $1 (17.
f3 $6 Be6 18. e4 $2 Nd5) 17... Nxg4 18. Qd1 $1 Ngf6 19. Qf3 $1 c5 (19... Nb6
20. Na5 $1 Qd5 (20... c5 $2 21. Nb7) 21. Nab3 $16 (21. Ndb3 $5)) 20. d5 Nb6 21.
e4 Nfd7 22. Rc1 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Nb6 24. b3 $1 (24. Qb3 $6 a5 $1) (24. Qe2 Nxc4
25. Rxc4 Qd7 $1 (25... Qa5 26. b3 Bc3+ 27. Bd2 $1 (27. Kf1 $5) 27... Qxa2 (
27... Bd4 28. a4) 28. Bxc3 Qb1+ 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kxd1 bxc3 31. Kc2 $16) 26.
O-O e6 27. dxe6 (27. Rd1 Bd4) (27. d6 e5 28. Be3 Qxd6 29. Rfc1 Qa6 30. b3 Bf8)
27... Qxe6 28. Be3 Bxb2) 24... Nxc4 (24... Bc3+ 25. Bd2) 25. Rxc4 Bc3+ (25...
Qa5 26. Qe2) 26. Ke2 Qd7 27. a4 $6 (27. Rd1 e6 (27... Qb5 28. Qd3 {/\Rc3}) (
27... Bd4 28. Be3) 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd6 (29. Be3 Qa6) 29... Qe7 30. Rd5 $16)
27... e6 28. Rd1 Bd4 29. Be3 (29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Be3) (29. Bh6 f5 $1 (29... exd5
$2 30. Rcxd4 $18)) 29... exd5 30. exd5 Re8 31. Kf1 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Re5 33. Kg1
Rae8 34. Rd3 Qe7 (34... Qd6 $142) 35. d6 $1 Qd7 36. Rc1 $1 R8e6 37. Rcd1 Re4
38. Rc1 R4e5 39. Rcd1 Re4 40. a5 $1 (40. h3 c4 41. bxc4 Rxc4 42. Qd5 Rc3 $13
43. Qb5 Qxb5 44. axb5 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Re8 $11) 40... c4 41. bxc4 Rxc4 42. Qd5 (
42. a6 Re8 (42... Rc6 $4 43. Qxc6 $1 $18) (42... Ree4 43. Rd5 f5 44. Rb5 Qxb5
45. d7 Rcd4 46. Rxd4 Rxd4 47. exd4 Qxd7 48. Qb3+ Kg7 49. Qxb4) 43. Qb7 Rd8 44.
Rd4 Rxd4 (44... Rc6 45. Rxb4 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 Qxd6 47. Rd4 Qf6 48. Qxa7) 45. Rxd4
Qe6 $1 46. Qe7 (46. e4 Qb3) 46... Qd7 47. Rf4 (47. Qxd7 $2 Rxd7 48. e4 f6 49.
Rxb4 Kf7 $1) (47. e4 b3 48. Qxd7 Rxd7 49. e5 f6 $1 50. e6 b2 51. Rb4 Rxd6 52.
Rxb2 Rxe6) 47... b3 48. Rxf7 Qxe7 49. Rxe7 Rxd6 50. Rb7 Rxa6 51. Rxb3 $11)
42... Rc3 43. e4 Re8 44. Qd4 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Qc6 $1 46. Qxb4 (46. e5 b3 47. h3 (
47. Rxb3 $4 Qc1+ $19) 47... Rb8 48. d7 (48. Qb2 $2 Qc2 $19) 48... Rd8 $11 (
48... b2 $2 49. d8=Q+ Rxd8 50. Qxd8+ Kg7 51. Qf6+ Kh6 52. Rd1 Qc1 53. Qf1 $18))
46... Rxe4 47. Qd2 Qc5+ $1 48. Kf1 $8 (48. Kh1 $4 Qe5 $1 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Qc3
Re1+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Rg1 $19) 48... Qc4 (48... Qf5+ 49. Kg1 (49. Rf3 $6
Qb5+ $1 (49... Qe5 $5 $13) 50. Qd3 $140 $1 Qb4) 49... Ra4 50. Qd1 Ra2 51. Rd2
$11) (48... Qb5) 49. Kg1 Qc5+ 50. Kf1 Qc4 51. Qc3 Rf4+ $1 52. Kg1 Qxc3 53. Rxc3
$14 Rd4 54. Rc6 Rd2 $1 55. Kf1 Kf8 56. Ke1 Rd5 57. Ra6 Ke8 58. Rxa7 (58. Ke2
Kd7 59. Rxa7+ Kxd6 60. Rxf7 Rxa5 61. Rxh7 Ke6 $11) 58... Rxd6 59. a6 Kf8 60.
Ke2 Kg7 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Ke4 Rd2 $6 (62... h5 $11) 63. Rc7 $1 Rxg2 64. a7 Ra2
65. Kd5 Kg5 $1 (65... h5 66. Kc6 g5 $6 (66... Kg5 {see65Kg5}) 67. Kb7 Rb2+ $1
68. Kc8 Ra2 69. Rc6+ $1 (69. Kb8 $2 Kf5 $1 70. a8=Q (70. Rxf7+ Kg4 $11) 70...
Rxa8+ 71. Kxa8 Kg4 72. Rc3 f5 73. Kb7 f4 74. Kc6 f3 75. Rc2 Kf4 $1 $11) 69...
Kf5 70. Kb7 Rxa7+ 71. Kxa7 Kf4 $1 (71... g4 $2 72. Rc5+ $1 Kg6 73. Kb6 f5 74.
Kb5 $18) (71... h4 $2 72. Rc4 $1 g4 73. Kb6 Kg5 (73... g3 74. h3 $1 Ke5 (74...
Kg5 75. Rg4+ Kh5 76. Kc5 f5 77. Rg8 f4 78. Kd4 f3 79. Ke3 f2 80. Ke2 $18) 75.
Rxh4 f5 76. Rh8 f4 77. Rg8 Ke4 78. h4 f3 79. Rg4+ $1 $18) 74. Kc5 g3 75. h3 f5
76. Kd5 $1 g2 77. Rc8 $1 Kf4 78. Rg8 Kf3 79. Ke5 $18) (71... Kg4 72. Rc3 (72.
Kb6 Kf3 $1 {see71Kf4} (72... f5 $2 73. Rc3 (73. Rc2 $2 Kf3 $1) 73... f4 74. Kc5
f3 75. Rc2 Kf4 76. Kd4 g4 77. Rc8 $18) (72... Kh3 $2 73. Rc2 g4 74. Kc5 h4 75.
Kd4 g3 76. hxg3 hxg3 (76... Kxg3 77. Ke3 h3 (77... f5 78. Rc8 $1 $18) 78. Rc8
$1 Kg2 79. Ke2 h2 80. Rg8+ Kh3 81. Kf2 h1=N+ 82. Kf3 $18) 77. Ke3 g2 78. Kf2
Kh2 79. Rc1 $18)) 72... Kf4 $1 (72... f5 $2 73. Kb6 f4 74. Kc5 f3 75. Rc2 Kf4
76. Kd4 g4 77. Rc8 $18) 73. Kb6 h4 $1 (73... g4 74. Rc6 $3 f5 (74... h4 75. Rh6
h3 76. Rf6+ $18) 75. Rh6 Kg5 76. Rh8 f4 77. Kc5 g3 (77... f3 78. Kd4 f2 79. Rf8
$18) 78. hxg3 fxg3 79. Kd4 Kf4 80. Rf8+ Kg4 81. Ke3 h4 82. Rg8+ Kh3 83. Kf3 g2
84. Kf2 $1 $18) 74. h3 (74. Kc5 g4 75. Kd4 g3 $11) 74... f5 75. Kc5 g4 76. Kd4
gxh3 77. Rxh3 Kg4 78. Rh1 Kg3 (78... h3 $2 79. Ke3 Kg3 80. Rg1+ Kh4 81. Kf2 h2
82. Rg8) 79. Ke3 f4+ 80. Ke2 f3+ 81. Ke3 (81. Kf1 f2 $11) 81... f2 82. Ke2 h3
$11) 72. Kb6 Kf3 $1 (72... g4 $2 73. Rf6+ $18) (72... h4 $6 73. Kc5 (73. Kb5 $5
) 73... g4 $2 (73... Kf3 $1) 74. Rh6 $1 (74. Kd4 $2 f5) 74... h3 75. Rf6+ $18)
73. Rc3+ Kg2 74. Rc2+ Kf3 $1 75. Kc5 g4 76. Kd4 h4 77. Ke5 (77. Rc7 Kg2 $1 $11)
(77. Rc5 $5 g3 $1 (77... Kg2 $2 78. Rh5 $1 h3 (78... Kxh2 79. Rxh4+ Kg3 80. Rh5
$1 Kf2 81. Rf5+ Ke2 82. Rg5 Kf3 83. Kd3 g3 84. Rf5+ $18) 79. Rg5 f5 80. Ke3
Kxh2 81. Kf2 Kh1 82. Rxf5 Kh2 83. Rg5 Kh1 84. Re5 Kh2 85. Re3 Kh1 86. Kg3 h2
87. Re1#) 78. hxg3 hxg3 79. Rf5+ Ke2) 77... g3 78. Rc3+ Kf2 79. hxg3 hxg3 80.
Kf4 g2 81. Rc2+ Kf1 82. Kf3 g1=N+ $11) 66. Kc6 $6 (66. Kc5 $1 h5 $1 (66... Kg4
$2 67. Kb4 $3 $18 f5 (67... Kh3 68. Rc3+ Kxh2 69. Ra3 $18) 68. Kb3 $1 Ra6 69.
Rc4+ Kh3 70. Ra4 Rxa7 71. Rxa7 $18) 67. Kb6 Rb2+ $3 (67... Kg4 $2 68. Rc5 Rxa7
69. Kxa7 Kh3 (69... Kf3 70. Rg5 $1) 70. Rc2 h4 71. Kb6 g5 72. Kc5 g4 73. Kd4 g3
74. hxg3 hxg3 (74... Kxg3 75. Ke3 h3 76. Rc8 Kg2 77. Ke2 h2 78. Rg8+ Kh3 79.
Kf2 $18) 75. Ke3 g2 76. Kf2 Kh2 77. Rc1 f5 78. Rg1 $18) 68. Kc6 Ra2 69. Kb7
Rb2+ $1 70. Kc8 Ra2 71. Kb8 Kg4 72. a8=Q Rxa8+ 73. Kxa8 Kh3 74. Rc2 h4 75. Kb7
g5 76. Kc6 g4 77. Kd5 g3 78. hxg3 hxg3 79. Ke4 g2 $11) 66... Kg4 $1 67. Kb7 Kh3
(67... Rb2+ $1 68. Kc8 Ra2 69. Kb8 Kh3 $11) 68. Rxf7 (68. Rc3+ Kxh2 69. Rc2+
Rxc2 70. a8=Q h5 $11) 68... h5 69. Rf6 (69. Rf3+ Kg2 (69... Kxh2 70. Rf2+ Rxf2
71. a8=Q $11) 70. Rg3+ Kxh2 71. Rxg6 Rxa7+ 72. Kxa7 h4 $11) 69... Rxa7+ 70.
Kxa7 Kxh2 71. Kb6 h4 72. Kc5 h3 73. Kd4 Kg2 $1 74. Ke3 h2 75. Rxg6+ Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {Thomas already played this variation
against Tyomkin last year and so I expected it.} Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 {is a modern way to treat the position
which usually leads to big complications. However having a very bad tournament
his intention to play safer is understandable.}) 9... Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O
Qa5 {This position was popular during the Kasparov-Karpov matches.} 12. Qe2 {
Another safe move. Usually the games in this variation end in a draw.} (12. h3
{preventing Bg4 leaves much more life in the position.}) 12... Nh5 13. Bg5 Bg4
14. Nd5 {I was happy to see this move on the board as finally White deviates
from the drawish line.} ({White could avoid any complications with} 14. Bh4 Qb4
15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+
exf6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Bd5 Kf8 23. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxc6 25. Rd7 Rb6 26. b3
Ra6 {Jussupow,A-Leko,P/Essen 2002. and a draw was agreed; since this game the
line was considered as drawish.}) 14... e6 {Black's answer is virtually forced.
} 15. Ne7+ Kh8 $1 {Starting to sharpen the postion.} (15... Nxe7 {would lead
to a quiet position, exactly what Thomas desired to get.} 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bd6
{with a nominal edge for White.}) 16. Nxc6 Qxg5 {[%csl Re2] The point of the
previous move. Now Black obtained the advantage of the bishop's pair and at
least has a perspective.} 17. Ncd4 (17. Nxg5 $5 {deserved attention. For
example} Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bxb2 19. Rc2 Bf6 $5 ({The only preceding game saw} 19...
Bb5 $5 20. Nxa7 Rxa7 21. Rxb2 Bc6 $11 {Heinig,W-Konopka,M/Germany 1997.}) (
19... Bd3 $2 {is dangerous.} 20. Rxb2 bxc6 21. Rd1 {Now the rook penetrates to
the 7th rank and Black starts to experience problems.} Ba6 22. Rd7 Kg8 23. Nxf7
$1 Rxf7 24. Bxe6 Raf8 25. Rxa7 $18 {with a decisive advantage for Black.}) 20.
Rexe2 Bxg5 21. Ne5 {preparing Rc7.} Bd8 22. Red2 (22. Nd7 Re8) 22... Nf6 23.
Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 b5 $11 {and the activity of the white rooks compensates a
pawn.}) 17... Bxd4 $1 {Black transforms the advantage of the bishop's pair
into a weak pawn on d4.} 18. exd4 {Up to this point White played very quickly,
while I spent a lot of time. However starting from my next move White take
more and more time, but his position is already slightly worse.} Qf4 $1 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg4f3] Black prepares to create weaknesses on the kingside by
means of Bxf3.} ({There was a strong temptation to play} 18... Nf4 {but I saw
that after} 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Ne5 $1 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 {My bishop is in
trouble.}) 19. Qe5+ ({The immediate} 19. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3f3] deserved attention.}
) 19... Kg8 $1 {The second time in this game the king moves from a check
leaving the pieces in tension.} 20. Rc3 ({It wasn't too late to maintain the
balance.} 20. Ng5 $1 {Moving the knight from the exchange was simplier.} Bf5
21. Nf3 ({or} 21. Qe3 Rad8) 21... Bg4 $11) 20... Rac8 $1 {Black strengthens
the pressure.} 21. g3 {[%csl Rf3]} ({And again} 21. Ng5 $5 {deserved attention.
} Bf5 22. Nf3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. d5 {with chances to equalize.}) (21. Bd1
Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxe5 23. dxe5 ({In case of} 23. Nxe5 {Black is slightly better
thanks to a better pawn structure.} Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Rc1 Nf4 26. Kf1 b5
$15) 23... Nf4 (23... Rc8 $5 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxc3 $15) 24. h3 Bxf3 25.
Bxf3 Rc8 26. Bxb7 Rxc3 $15 {and activity of the black pieces promises better
chances.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c8c3","I've prepared this sacrifice a few
moves earlier and so when we reached this position I hadn't hesitated for long
before playing",10,"f4f6","was also playable, but I didn't want to miss my
chance.",0]} 21... Rxc3 $1 {I've prepared this sacrifice a few moves earlier
and so when we reached this position I hadn't hesitated for long before
playing it.} (21... Qf6 {was also playable, but I didn't want to miss my
chance.}) 22. gxf4 Rxf3 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4,Rg1] Black already obtained a knight
and a rook for the sacrificed queen. Morover the f4-pawn is doomed. So Black
will keep an approximate material balance while the white king is getting
vulnerable.} 23. Bd1 ({Now there was a good chance to complicate the matters
with} 23. d5 Nxf4 24. Bd1 $5 {A clever intermediate move.} (24. d6 $5 {is also
interesting despite it leads to an endgame with an extra pawn for Black.} Ne2+
(24... Nh3+ {is sufficient only for a draw by repetition of moves.} 25. Kg2 (
25. Kh1 $2 Rf5 $1 $19 {with the idea of Bf3.}) 25... Nf4+ 26. Kg1 $11) 25. Kg2
$1 {Starting a brave march of the king to the centre.} (25. Qxe2 $6 Rg3+ 26.
hxg3 Bxe2 27. Re1 Bf3 28. Re3 Bc6 $15) 25... Rf5 26. Qe3 Bf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28.
Kxf3 Nd4+ 29. Ke4 $44 {and Black shouldn't underestimate the d-pawn.}) 24...
Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Rf5 (25... Nf4+ {leads to repetition again.}) 26. Qc7 Nf4+ 27. Kg3
Bxd1 (27... Be2 $5) 28. Rxd1 Nxd5 29. Qxb7 a5 {and a position with mutual
chances arises while I believe that Black shouldn't be at least worse.}) 23...
Rxf4 24. Bxg4 $6 (24. d5 $5 {would transpose to 23.d5.}) 24... Rxg4+ 25. Kh1
Rd8 {[%csl Rd4]} (25... Rf4 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8d8] looks even more precise.
}) 26. Qc7 $2 {A serious positional mistake. White allows to connect the rooks,
which will lead to a direct attack on the White's monarch.} (26. Rd1 $1 {
was better though after} Rd5 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qxb7 a5 $44 {[%csl Rd4,Rh1]
Black has serious compensation.}) (26. Rg1 $6 {Trying to exchange a pair of
rooks doesn't hit the goal as after the simple} Rh4 27. Rd1 Rd5 28. Qb8+ Kg7
29. Qxb7 Nf4 {[%csl Rh1,Rh2][%cal Gd5h5] with Rh5 in mind Black launches an
attack.} 30. Rd2 (30. f3 Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2d4]} 31. Rd2 Nxd4 $40) 30... Rg5 31.
f3 Nh3 32. Rg2 Rd5 33. Qxa7 Rhxd4 $40 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gd4d1]}) 26... Rgxd4 27.
Qxb7 Nf4 $1 28. Qxa7 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({After the correct} 28. Kg1 $1
R8d7 (28... a5 $5 {[%cal Gd8d5]}) 29. Qc6 Kg7 {White is still in the game
although Black's advantage is out of question.}) 28... Rd1 {[%csl Rh1]} 29. Qa6
({Two other options lead to an immediate mate.} 29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rd1#) (
29. Kg1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rd1#) 29... R8d3 $1 $19 {White can't prevent mate
without giving up the queen and so he resigned.} (29... R8d3 $1 $19 30. Rg1 (
30. Kg1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rd1#) 30... Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rd1+ 32. Qf1 Rxf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 {This line is considered as relatively harmless
for Black. Still, he has to play precisely, as he loses a couple of tempoes by
the queen moves.} Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 {Black has to prevent
the advance e3-e4.} 14. g4 $5 {This is the latest fashion in this line.
Previously, 14.Nd5 appeared almost automatically. The current state of this
line is that Black equalises without many difficulties. Let's take a look at
the classic game from World championship match.} (14. Nd5 e5 15. Rxc6 (15. Bh2
Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 {proved to be okay for Black as well.
}) 15... exf4 (15... bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6
$11) 16. Rc7 Be6 17. Qe1 $1 Qb5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qb1 Ng5 21. Nh4
Nxh3+ 22. Kh2 Qh5 $2 (22... Nxf2 $1 23. Nhxg6+ hxg6 24. Nxg6+ Kg8 25. Rxf2 fxe3
26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Ng6+ Kg8 $11) 23. Nexg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6 $2 (24. Nxg6+ Kg8 25.
Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qg6 $1 $16) 24... Qe5 25. Rf7 Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Ng5 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28.
Nxe5 Nxf7 29. Nxf7 Kg6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740)/London/
Leningrad 1986/MainBase (41)}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 {White's pawn
structure is worse now, so he must play for the initiative.} Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 (
17... Qb6 $6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Rb5 $2 (19. Rg5 $1 {looks awkward, but in fact
Black's queen doesn't have a good square.} Be6 20. Qf1 Bxb3 21. Rxb3 Qa6 22.
Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rc5 Rc8 24. Rb7 $16) 19... Qa6 20. Bc4 Qa3 21. R5b3 Qc5 22. Rb5
Qa3 23. R5b3 Qc5 24. Rb5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Svidler,P (2739)/
Donostia ESP 2009/The Week in Chess 766}) 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6
$1 $146 {This is an improvement over the previously played 20...b6. Black
should not be afraid of allowing the white queen to penetrate to b6.} (20... b6
21. Be5 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 (24... Qa1+ 25. Kg2 Nc5 $2
26. Rxe7 Bf8 27. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 28. Qc4+ Ke8 29. Ng5 Be7 30. Qf7+ Kd7 31. Nxh7
$18 {[%cal Gh7f6]}) 25. cxb4 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxe5 27. Rxa7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D
(2661)-Lupulescu,C (2599)/Novi Sad SRB 2009/The Week in Chess 782 (122)}) 21.
Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. c4 $6 (23. Be5 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. b4
Ne4 27. Rd7 Nxc3 28. Rxe7 Rb8 29. Rd7 (29. Ng5 Kf6 30. Rc7 Kxg5 31. Rxc3 $11)
29... Kf6 30. Nd4 {would yield White a slight pressure in the endgame, but
unlikely sufficient for something real.}) 23... a5 $1 24. Qxb7 Nc5 $6 (24...
Qb2 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] is a very nice idea which would force White to seek for
an equality. For instance:} 25. Qb5 Qe2 26. Qd5 Qc2 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nc5
$15) 25. Qxe7 Qxb3 26. Rd5 Nd3 27. Bg3 $6 (27. Bd6 $1 Qc2 {[%csl Rf2]} (27...
Qxc4 28. Qb7 Qc2 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qa8+ Ke7 32. Qxa5 $16) 28.
Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qc7 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4 31. Bxf8 Bxf8 32. Qxa5 Qxc4 33. Qa8 $16 {
In both cases the defensive task is difficult for Black. Except an extra pawn,
White's queen + knight duo is potentially dangerous.}) 27... a4 28. Rd8 h6 (
28... Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf3 30. Rxd3 Bf6 31. Qb4 Be5 $1 32. Qd2 Bxg3+ 33. fxg3 Rc8
$11) 29. Ne5 {Nothing can stop the a-pawn, so White must create threats
against the black king right away. Objectively, he can achieve a draw at best.}
Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Ne1+ (30... Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 (32. f3 $2 Qc2+ 33. Kg1
Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qd4+ Kh7 37. Qa7 Qxc4 $19) 32... Rxd8 33.
Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Bd6 Qxc4 35. Ba3 Qb3 36. Qe7 {and White is the one that fights
for a draw, but I don't see how Black can remove the blockade of the a-pawn.})
31. Kh2 Rxd8 (31... Qe4 32. Qxf7+ (32. Rxf8+ $4 Kh7 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4g2]})
32... Kh7 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxe5 (34... Ra8 35. Nc6 a3 36. Nb4 a2 37. Nxa2
Rxa2 $11) 35. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rc2 $11 {These and previous variations show
that Black is out of danger. However, on practice it's not easy at all to
calculate all these lines, especially in conditions of time-trouble.}) 32.
Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd5 a3 34. Nd7 a2 $6 (34... Qb2 35. Qxf7 Kh8 36. Qxg6 Qb7 37.
Qe8+ Kh7 38. e4 a2 39. Qf7 a1=Q 40. Nf8+ Kh8 41. Qxb7 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ $11)
35. Be5 $1 {Emil missed this move. Now he has to find a series of only moves
not to get mated.} Bxe5+ (35... a1=Q $4 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ {
mating.}) 36. Nxe5 Qb8 $1 {The only move! Black must pin the knight.} (36...
a1=Q $2 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Nxg6+ Qxg6 39. Qxg6 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 $18) 37. Qxf7+ Kh8
38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. f4 $1 {
The only chance to play for a win.} {[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?",
"","","b8b7","",10,"b8a7","",0]} Qb7 $1 (43... Qa7 $2 44. Ng6 a1=Q 45. Ne7+
Qxe7 46. Qxe7 Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Qg2+ 48. Kh4 Nf3+ 49. Kh5 Qxh3+ 50. Kg6 Qxg4+ 51.
Kf6 Qh4+ 52. Ke6 Qg4+ 53. Kd6 {with good winning chances.}) 44. Nc6 Nf3+ $1 {
It's necessary to cover the h4-square.} (44... Qg7 $4 45. Ne7+ Kh8 (45... Kh7
46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Ng6+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 (48... Kf7 49. Nh8+ $1 Ke7 50. Qc7+ Kf6
51. Qe5#) 49. Nf8+ Kg8 50. Ne6+ $18) 46. Qh4+ Qh7 47. Ng6+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kxg6
49. f5+ Kh6 50. Qf6+ Qg6 51. Qxg6#) 45. Kg3 Qg7 $8 46. Qe6+ Kh7 (46... Qf7 $4
47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qa6 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qd5+ Kh7
50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Ne7 {Mamedyarov is trying all the possible
chances to squeeze a win, but in vain.} a1=Q 53. Qh5+ Qh6 54. Qf7+ Qhg7 {
Not falling into a trap.} (54... Qag7 $4 55. Qf5+ Kh8 56. Qc8+ Kh7 57. Nf5 $18
{A fork on two queens, extremely rare in practice.}) 55. Qh5+ Qh6 56. Qf7+ Qhg7
57. Qf5+ Kh8 58. Qc8+ Kh7 59. Qf5+ Kh8 60. Qh5+ Qh7 61. Qe8+ Kg7 62. Nf5+ Kf6 (
62... Qxf5 63. gxf5 Qg1+ 64. Kxf3 Qf1+ 65. Ke4 Qxc4+ 66. Ke5 Qc5+ 67. Ke6 Qxe3+
68. Kd7 Qa7+ {with a perpetual check.}) 63. Qf8+ Ke6 ({It's never too late to
go astray.} 63... Kg6 $4 64. Ne7+ $18) 64. Qe8+ Kf6 65. Qc6+ Kf7 66. Qd7+ Kg6
67. Ne7+ Kg7 68. Nf5+ Kg6 69. Ne7+ Kg7 70. Nf5+ {Draw. An exciting game, well
played by both players!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the game I had 5/8, performing lower than my rating. So, my objective
chances of beating three very strong grandmasters in a row to qualify for
World Cup looked very low. Nevertheless, I didn't try to win the game at any
cost, but just intended to play normally and see what happened.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 {I didn't really expect Gruenfeld, so I
decided to go for the line which I hadn't played before, neutralising the
preparation of my opponent.} dxc4 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Qxc5
10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 {This is the latest
trend. The older main line 14.Nd5 recently failed to yield White any advantage.
} (14. Nd5 e5 15. Bh2 (15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 {
has appeared in many games with satisfactory results for the second player.})
15... Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21.
Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne8 24. Nxf7 b5 25. Bd5 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 Qd2 28. Rc8 Qxf2 29. Bg1 Qf1 30. Ra8 Nc7 31. Rxa7 Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V (2788)-Kamsky,G (2723)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 (38)}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3
Bd7 16. Rfd1 {The structure has become inferior for White, so his play must be
dynamic and concrete.} Rad8 17. Rd5 Qb6 {Recently, all attention has switched
to 17...Qa3, but the move in the text is also playable.} (17... Qa3 $1 {
The latest games have proved that this is the most precise way to equality.
For instance:} 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6
23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd7 {1/2-1/2
Tomashevsky,E (2699)-Svidler,P (2722)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 841})
18. Rb1 Bc8 $2 {In fact, only this is a mistake.} (18... e6 $1 19. Rdd1 (19.
Bc2 $6 Qxb1+ 20. Bxb1 exd5 $15) 19... Na5 20. Bc2 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qc8 $11) 19. Rg5
$1 {[%csl Rb6] This, seemingly awkward move, is very strong. Black's queen is
practically trapped. I can't promise that I would find it over the board, but,
in fact I knew it! In my annotations to the fascinating game
Mamedyarov-Sutovsky from the World team championship 2010 (CBM 134), I pointed
out this move as an improvement. Indeed, the work for ChessBase Magazine pays
off sometimes! :)} (19. Rb5 $2 Qa6 20. Bc4 Qa3 21. R5b3 Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23.
R5b3 Qc5 24. Rb5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Svidler,P (2739)/San Sebastian
2009/CBM 132}) 19... Be6 {After a long thought Caruana found the only
reasonable continuation, but, of course it's a serious concession by
definition.} (19... Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rc5 {is unsatisfactory for Black, as
he is practically a pawn down in a worse position.}) 20. Rb5 (20. Qf1 Bxb3 21.
Rxb3 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rc5 {is an alternative way for an advantage, but
the move in the text is more tempting.}) 20... Qa6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ng5 $6 (
22. Qc4 {was more simple and strong.} Na5 (22... Rd5 23. a4 Na5 24. Qc7 Qc6 25.
Qxa5 Rxb5 (25... Bxc3 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 Rxf3 28. Rxb7 $16) 26. Qxb5 Qxf3
27. Qd7 $16) 23. Qb4 b6 24. Ng5 (24. Qxe7 $6 Rfe8 25. Qb4 Qc8 $44) 24... e5 25.
Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qe2 27. Rf1 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd2 30. Ne4 Qxa2 31.
Qxe7 Nc6 32. Qe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 {and White should win.}) ({I also considered} 
22. Qc2 $6 {with ideas like Nf3-g5xh7 followed by Rb5-h5+, but it's clear that
this is too slow.}) 22... Na5 23. a4 (23. Bc7 $6 Rd5 24. c4 $140 (24. Bxa5 Rxg5
$11) 24... Nxc4 $1 25. Qxc4 Rxg5 $11) 23... Rc8 $2 ({Black had to eliminate
the knight by} 23... Bf6 24. Qa2 (24. Ne4 $5) 24... Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rf7 {Of
course, White is better, but nothing decisive.}) (23... Bxc3 $2 24. Ne4 Qc6 25.
Qc2 Bg7 26. Rc5 Qa6 27. Bc7 Rd5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxb7 $18) 24.
Qa2 $2 {I played this move quickly, as this was my plan after 23.a4.} (24. Qd3
$1 {Surprisingly, Black doesn't have a satisfactory reply.} Bf6 (24... Rxc3 25.
Qd7 Qc6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Nxe6 $18) (24... Rfd8 25. Qe4 $18) 25. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7
26. Rh5+ Kg7 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. Rxa5 Rc6 29. Rb7 $18) 24... Nc4 {Now my queen
on a2 is just misplaced.} 25. Rxb7 e5 26. Bg3 Qc6 $1 {Suddenly, Black's pieces
became active as well.} 27. Qc2 {Consuming a lot of time at this stage of the
game, I realised that I had spoiled most of my advantage.} (27. Rxe7 $6 {
I was trying to make this work, but it doesn't.} Bf6 28. Rxh7 (28. Re6 Qd5 $13)
28... Bxg5 29. Rbb7 Bf6 30. Qb1 Bh8 $13) 27... h6 28. Ne4 Kh8 29. R7b3 {
Everything backwards just in order to avoid the annoying fork on a3.} Rfd8 $6 (
{After} 29... Qxa4 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 {the position is still in White's
favour, as Black's structural defects are permanent. Still, he should have
chosen this, because here, at least, the material is equal.}) 30. Ra1 a6 31.
Rbb1 $16 {Black has reached the maximum activity he could hope for, but there
is no way for him to advance. The mighty knight on e4 covers everything,
White's king is safe as well.} Rd7 32. Rd1 Rcd8 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Kh2 {A
useful move in general, and also preparing the manoeuvre that followed...} g5
$6 {I didn't know how to provoke this, but Caruana played it voluntarily,
pleasantly surprising me. It's, however, easy to criticise, but very difficult
to suggest a constructive improvement.} (34... Kh7 35. h4 Kh8 36. Qb1 Nd6 37.
Nxd6 Rxd6 {with the idea to penetrate with the queen to f3. Perhaps, this
would give Black more chances.}) 35. Qb1 $1 Rb7 36. Qh1 $1 {The point.
Spinning around the knight, the queen is getting activated from the other side.
} Rb2 {This activity is illusory.} 37. Rd1 Rb8 (37... Nxe3 $2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39.
Nxg5+ hxg5 40. Qxc6 $18) (37... Qxa4 $2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qf3 $18 {[%cal Rf3f5]}
) 38. h4 {Now my dreaming bishop also gets into play. White is winning.} gxh4
39. Bxh4 Qg6 40. Qf3 Rf8 41. Qg2 Rf7 (41... Nd6 42. Nxd6 exd6 43. Be7 $18) 42.
Rd7 Nb6 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Nc5 Bf6 {This loses quicker than I expected, but, the
best Black could do is to prolong the resistanse.} 45. Bxf6 Rxf6 46. a5 $1 Nc4
47. Nd7 {Followed by the fork on f8.} 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:34]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {
[%emt 0:12:38] Après réflexion d'une douzaine de minutes, les Noirs évitent
la ligne principale dc4} (9... dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Rf8 13.
Bg5 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 Bf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Rd5 Re8 17. Rc1 Kg7 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. Nb5
Re7 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Ne6 24. b4 a6 25. Rcd1 Rb8
26. Nc4 a5 27. Nxa5 b6 28. cxb6 Rxb6 29. Rb2 Rb5 30. g3 f5 31. h4 Kf6 32. Rd3
Ke5 33. f3 Kf6 34. Kd2 h6 35. Rc3 Ra7 36. Nc6 Ra1 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. exd4 Rg1 39.
Kd3 {Moiseenko,A (2709)-Howell,D (2644) Warsaw 2013 1-0}) 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} (10... Bxc3+ 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Qc2 Bb4 (12... Bg7 13.
Be2 Nf6 14. e4 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4]} Bd7) 13. Be2 $44 {[%csl Rb4]}) 11. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:06:39]} b6 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:08:34] Le temps de réflexion montre qu'il
ne s'agissait pas d'une préparation maison des Noirs} (11... Nxc5 12. Qb4 Qb6
{Belous,V (2524)-Matlakov,M (2625) RUS-ch U20 St Petersburg 2011 (9) 1-0} (
12... Qxb4 13. cxb4)) 12. cxb6 {[%emt 0:18:50] Après une longue réflexion le
brésilien accepte le P offert mais au risque d'un sérieux retard de
developpement} (12. c6 Nc5 13. Qb2 (13. Qc2 Bf5 $32) 13... Bf5 14. Be5 $13 {
[%csl Re1]}) 12... Bb7 {[%emt 0:13:43]} (12... axb6 $143 13. Bc4 {[%cal Gb3a2]}
) 13. Bb5 {[%emt 0:29:42] Les Blancs avaent joué très rapidement l'ouverture
mais la transition en millieu de partie est plus délicate avec une 1/2h de
réflexion sur cette position critique} (13. Bc4 Nxb6) 13... Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:
12]} 14. Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:01:34]}
Bxd5 $132 {[%emt 0:00:20] Les pièces Noires sont trés actives} 16. Qxa5 {
[%emt 0:14:31] La finale semble assez difficile pour les Blancs après cet
échange} (16. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d5]} Bxa2 17. Ne5 $132 {[%cal Ge5c6,Gc6a5,Gc6e7]}
) 16... Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 18.
gxf3 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (18... Rxa2 19. Rfd1) 19. Rc2 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:26]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:03] Le P
supplémentaire des Blancs ne vaut pas grand-chose avec une structure aussi
laide.} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} e6 $17 {[%emt 0:01:57]}
22. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxa3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:52] Recycler le B
en "c5" permettra de fixer la faiblesse "c4" tout en faisant pression sur
l'autre faiblesse "f2"} 25. Re2 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} (27... Bc5) 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 29. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:02:36]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:21:08] Ne pas se presser en finale et la
faiblesse "f4" est indéfendable} (29... Bxf4 $143 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rb7) 30.
Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (30... Bc5 31. Kg3 Kf6) 31. Rb2 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} (31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Rxh7) 31... Be5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 32. Rxb6 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:
00:08] Gagnant un tempo important et avec un Bb5, les Blancs pouvaient
probablement annuler en simplifiant la position par la prise en "h7"} 34. Be8
$1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:21] La finale
n'est pas si claire mais il est difficile pour les Blancs d'arriver à
échanger les R} g5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 36. Rd7+ $2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} (36. h4 {
Continuer la simplification paraissait plus sain} Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kg4)
36... Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:32] Trop tard!} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:
02:05]} 38. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} gxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:35] C'est la différence
avec la variante 36.h4 car la R ne protège plus le P} 39. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]
} Rxf3 $19 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41.
Kh4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 42. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bb6 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 43. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leniart, Arkadiusz"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Ne4 (7...
Nbd7) (7... Qa5) 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 $146 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. e4 Qa5
12. Bd2 c5 13. a4 Qc7 14. Rc1 b6 15. e5 e6 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Qg4 Rae8 18. O-O a6
19. Qh4 h6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Bxa6 Bxa4 24. Ra1 Bc6 25.
Be3 Ra8 26. f4 Rfd8 27. g4 Bf8 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 cxd4 30. cxd4 Ra5 31. Rab1
Rc8 32. Rf2 Rc4 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Kh2 Bb4 36. Rg2+ Kf8 37. Nd6 Bxd6
38. exd6 f4 39. Bxf4 {Gareev,T (2599)-Sedlak,N (2567) Las Vegas 2010 1-0}) 10.
O-O Ba6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rac1 (12. a4 Re8 13. a5 $14) 12... e6 13. Rc2 Qe7 14.
cxd5 (14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19.
Qxc4 $14) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 cxd5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 (17. Rxc4) 17... e5 $11
18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Qd5 {[%cal Gc2c7]} exd4 $1 20. exd4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rc6
Rd8 23. Qc4 Bxd4 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rc7 Qd5 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxa7
Rfd8 29. Rb7 Rd1 30. Kf1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5
{[%tqu "En","What would you play with White here?","Black's fifth rank is
sensitive.","Black's knight on h5 is hanging.","f1d1","A good one!  White has
this useful intermediate move, since after 15...gxh4 16.Rd5 he would win back
the knight on h5 with advantage.",10,"f3g5","Tempting, but premature.  This
actually loses a piece, though White is not completely without chances
afterwards.",0,"De","Was würden Sie hier mit Weiß spielen?","Die fünfte Reihe
von Schwarz ist anfällig.","Der schwarze Springer h5 ist ungedeckt.","f1d1",
"Gut gespielt!  Weiß hat diesen nützlichen Zwischenzug, da er nach 15...gxh4
16.Td5 den Springer auf h5 vorteilhaft zurückgewinnen würde.",10,"f3g5",
"Verlockend, aber voreilig.  Dies verliert letztlich eine Figur, wenngleich
Weiß auch danach nicht völlig chancenlos ist.",0]} 15. Rfd1 $1 ({Premature
would be Voreilig wäre} 15. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 16. Qxh5 {due to wegen} gxh4 {
(Black's queen on a5 ist protected!). (die schwarze Dame auf a5 ist gedeckt!).}
) 15... e6 ({After Nach} 15... gxh4 16. Rd5 $14 {wins back the piece with
advantage. gewinnt Weiß die Figur vorteilhaft zurück.}) 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3
b6 18. Ne4 Ne5 ({With Mit} 18... Ba6 {Black could have prevented the following
onslaught. hätte Schwarz den folgenden Überfall verhindern können.}) {[%tqu
"En","How would you play with White?","Black's king position is weakened. If
White had the queen on h5...","Rip open Black's king position!","f3g5",
"Strong!  Please also try to figure out what happens if Black does not accept
this sacrifice.",15,"f3e5","Followed by 20.Nd6, this is a very sound
positional continuation - but remember, this is the tactics section!",10,"De",
"Wie würden Sie mit Weiß spielen?","Die schwarze Königsstellung ist geschwächt.
Wenn Weiß mit der Dame nach h5 käme...","Reißen Sie die schwarze
Königsstellung auf!","f3g5","Stark!  Bitte versuchen Sie aber auch zu
überlegen, was passiert, wenn Schwarz dieses Opfer ablehnt.",15,"f3e5",
"Gefolgt von 20.Sd6 ist dies eine kerngesunde positionelle Fortsetzung - aber
dies ist doch die Taktikrubrik!",10]} 19. Nfxg5 $1 ({An quieter alternative
was Eine ruhigere Alternative war} 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd6 {e.g. z.B.} Qxb2 21.
Rc2 Qf6 22. Rc7 {with good compensation for the pawn. mit guter Kompensation
für den Bauern.}) 19... hxg5 ({Attempts to decline the sacrifice seem to fail:
Versuche, das Opfer abzulehnen, sind offenbar zum Scheitern verurteilt:} 19...
Bb7 {would find the vigorous reply fände die kraftvolle Antwort} 20. Rc7 Bd5
21. Qc2 {eyeing h7! mit Blickrichtung h7!}) ({and also after und auch nach} 
19... Ba6 20. Qh5 Bd3 21. Rc7 $1 {Black is not to be envied, e.g. ist Schwarz
nicht zu beneiden, z.B.} hxg5 22. Rxd3 $1) {[%tqu "En","How would you continue
White's attack?","Which move restricts Black's kingside most?","Don't let
Black's bishop go to h6!","e4g5","After this Black can save himself with
accurate defence - the bishop comes to h6!",0,"e2h5","The best continuation,
which would have prevented the following black move.",10,"De","Wie würden Sie
den weißen Angriff fortsetzen?","Welcher Zug schnürt den schwarzen
Königsflügel am meisten ein?","Lassen Sie den schwarzen Läufer nicht nach h6!",
"e4g5","Danach kann sich Schwarz bei genauer Verteidigung retten - der Läufer
kommt nach h6!",0,"e2h5","Die beste Fortsetzung, die den folgenden schwarzen
Partiezug verhindert hätte.",10]} 20. Nxg5 $2 {After this Black can save
himself with accurate defence. Danach kann Schwarz sich bei genauer
Verteidigung halten.} ({Much stronger was Viel stärker war zuerst} 20. Qh5 $1 {
which would have prevented the following black move. , was den folgenden
schwarzen Zug verhindert hätte.}) 20... Bh6 $1 21. Qh5 Bxg5 $2 {Missing
White's cool answer. Übersieht die coole weiße Antwort.} ({Necessary was
Erforderlich war} 21... Kg7 {, e.g. z.B.} 22. Rc7 Bxg5 {and if White now
continues like in the game, Black has the reply 23...Nd7. und wenn Weiß jetzt
wie in der Partie fortsetzt, hat Schwarz die Erwiderung 23...Nd7.}) {[%tqu
"En","How would you continue White's attack?","Resist the temptation - and
weaken Black's position first!","","b3c2","Bravo!!  The cool mate threat on h7
forces Black to weaken his position and wins time for the coup de grace.  Add
yourself another 20 (yes, twenty!) points if you have seen here already how
White wins after the reply 22...Kg7.",15,"h5g5","Oh no!  This spoils
everything since after 22...Ng6 the white attack comes to a standstill.",0,
"De","Wie würden Sie den weißen Angriff fortsetzen?","Widerstehen Sie der
Verlockung - und versuchen Sie, erst die schwarze Stellung zu schwächen!","",
"b3c2","Bravo!!  Die coole Mattdrohung auf h7 zwingt Schwarz, seine Stellung
zu schwächen, und gewinnt so Zeit für den Gnadenstoß.  Geben Sie sich 20
Punkte extra (jawohl, zwanzig!), wenn Sie bereits hier gesehen haben, wie Weiß
nach der Erwiderung 22...Kg7 gewinnt.",15,"h5g5","Oh nein!  Dies verdirbt
alles, denn nach 22...Sg6 kommt der weiße Angriff zum Stillstand.",0]} 22. Bc2
$3 {Simply threatening mate in one - and preparing a move of which piece...!?
Droht schlicht einzügig matt - und bereitet einen Zug welcher Figur vor...!?} (
{After Nach} 22. Qxg5+ $2 Ng6 {White would have less than nothing. hätte Weiß
gar nichts.}) 22... Kg7 ({Black is helpless: Schwarz ist hilflos:} 22... f5 23.
Qxg5+ Kf7 24. Be4 $1 {and the threat 25.Rc7+ decides. und die Drohung 25.Rc7+
entscheidet.}) (22... Re8 23. Qxg5+ Ng6 24. Qh6 Nf8 (24... Qe5 25. Bxg6 fxg6
26. Qxg6+) 25. Rd4 $1) ({or oder} 22... Ng6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Rc7
$1) {[%tqu "En","White to play and win!","If the white queen takes on g5,
Black must reply Ng6 when his queen on a5 is defended. So...?","Deflect the
black queen from a5!","b2b4","Splendid!  A pawn move on the queenside
concludes an attack on the king on the other wing!",15,"De","Weiß zieht und
gewinnt!","Wenn die weiße Dame auf g5 nimmt, muss Schwarz Sg6 erwidern, wonach
seine Dame auf a5 gedeckt ist. Also...?","Lenken Sie die schwarze Dame von a5
ab!","b2b4","Prächtig!  Ein Bauernzug am Damenflügel vollendet einen
Königsangriff auf der anderen Seite!",15]} 23. b4 $3 {Forcing the queen on e5
either to abandon the fifth rank or to move onto an unprotected square. Zwingt
die Dame a5, entweder die fünfte Reihe aufzugeben oder auf ein ungedecktes
Feld zu ziehen!} (23. b4 {and Black resigned since he is left without defence:
und Schwarz gab auf, denn er ist ohne Verteidigung:} Qb5 (23... Nf3+ 24. gxf3
Qe5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. exf4 $18) (23... Qxb4 24. Qxg5+ Ng6 25. Bxg6
fxg6 26. Rc7+ Rf7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Rd8+) 24. Qxg5+ Ng6 25. Qxb5) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Nd2 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qxc5 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 Qc8 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Qa4 Nf5 16. Be2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nh5 18. Ne2 Nxf4 19. Bxf7+ $6 {This wins the
queen, but allows Black strong counterplay against the white king in the
centre. Safer would have been the simple 19.Nxf4 Gewinnt die Dame, überlässt
Schwarz aber starkes Gegenspiel gegen den weißen König in der Mitte. Sicherer
war das einache 19.Nxf4} Kxf7 20. Rxc8 Nxg2+ {Of course. Natürlich.} 21. Kf1
Ngxe3+ 22. fxe3 Raxc8 23. Qb3+ Ke8 24. Kg2 $2 {White's wish to finally get his
rook h1 into play is completely understandable, yet the king goes into the
wrong direction. Der Wunsch des Anziehenden, endlich seinen Turm h1 ins Spiel
zu bringen, ist völlig verständlich, doch der König geht in die falsche
Richtung.} (24. Ke1 {was necessary, although after war nötig, obwohl nach} Bh6
{is at least not in danger of losing. Schwarz zumindest in keinerlei
Verlustgefahr schwebt.}) {[%tqu "En","Black act energetically here, otherwise
White gets time to consolidate. Yet he has a beautiful continuation here.
Which one?","If the black knight could take the pawn on e3 which is protected
by the queen, the white king would be in a mating net.","Interrupt the
connection between the queen and the pawn on e3!","c8c3","Initiating a mate
attack without queen!",20,"De","Schwarz muss hier energisch fortsetzen,
andernfalls bekommt Weiß Zeit, sich zu konsolideren. Doch er hat eine
wunderschöne Fortsetzung zur Verfügung. Welche?","Wenn der schwarze Springer
den Bauern auf e3 nehmen dürfte, der von der Dame gedeckt wird, geriete der
weiße König in ein Mattnetz.","Unterbrechen Sie die Verbindung der weißen Dame
zum Bauern e3!","c8c3","Leitet einen Mattangriff ohne Dame ein!",20]} 24... Rc3
$1 {Initiating a mate attack without queen! Leitet einen Mattangriff ohne Dame
ein!} (24... Nh4+ $2 25. Kh3 {and White is better. und Weiß steht besser.}) 25.
Nxc3 (25. Qe6 {can only delay the inevitable: kann das Unvermeidliche nur
hinauszögern:} Nxe3+ 26. Kh3 (26. Kg1 Rf1#) 26... Rf3+ 27. Ng3 {[%tqu "En",
"Black has driven the white king to the edge of the board, and now he can
finish him off. How?","Black can threaten a mate in one, including the rook
into the attack which has done such a marvelous job on move 24...","","c3c5",
"The knight g3 is pinned, and Black threatens the deadly Rh5++.",15,"De",
"Schwarz hat den weißen König an den Rand getrieben und kann ihn nun dort zur
Strecke bringen. Wie?","Schwarz kann einzügig Matt drohen, wobei er die Figur
in den Angriff einschaltet, die im 24. Zug so großartig gezogen hat...","",
"c3c5","Der Springer g3 ist gefesselt, und Schwarz droht das tödliche Th5++.",
15]} Rc5 $1 28. Qg8+ Bf8 29. Kh4 (29. Qxh7 Rh5+) 29... Rf4+ 30. Kh3 g5 31. Ne2
g4+ 32. Kh4 Nf5+ 33. Kg5 Nh6+ {and White loses the queen anyway. und Weiß
verliert die Dame doch.}) (25. Qxc3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Nxe3+ {with an easily won
endgame. mit leicht gewonnenem Endspiel.}) 25... Nxe3+ 26. Kg3 (26. Kg1 Rf1#)
26... Be5+ 27. Kh4 Rf4+ {and White resigned - mate is inevitable. und Weiß gab
auf - er wird unweigerlich matt.} (27... Rf4+ 28. Kh3 (28. Kg5 Rf5+ 29. Kh6 (
29. Kh4 Rh5#) 29... Rh5#) 28... Rf3+ 29. Kh4 Bf6#) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 ({My preparation was mainly based on:} 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 {which is Igor's favourite
line in the Gruenfeld.}) 4... Bg7 5. e3 c5 (5... O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5
8. Bxc7 {is not to everyone's taste!}) 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9.
Nf3 {This came as a surprise for me.} (9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 {is much more
common nowadays.}) 9... Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 $5 {This looks completely unambitious, but some accuracy is still
required from Black here.} ({The latest game saw:} 14. Nd5 e5 15. Bh2 ({
I knew only a little about} 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5
Be6 $132) 15... Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+
Kf8 21. Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne8 24. Nxf7 b5 25. Bd5 Ne2+ 26. Kh1
Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Qd2 28. Rc8 Qxf2 29. Bg1 Qf1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/
Moscow RUS 2008 (37)}) 14... Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qh5 {This move is very natural -
Black pins the Nf3, so the placement of the Be4 is secured.} ({I also
considered:} 15... Rad8 $5 16. Rxd8 (16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bc7 Qxc7 18. Bxd5 Qa5 19.
Qc4 e6 20. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 bxc6 $15) 16... Nxd8 (16... Rxd8 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7
18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Qxa2 20. Nc5 Qxb2 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxc6
Qxc6 24. Rxc6 $14) 17. Ng5 Bc6 $11) ({I didn't like:} 15... e6 16. Ng5 (16. Nd2
Bd5 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfd8 $11) (16. Rd7 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5
$11) 16... Bd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. b4 $1 $36 {and White has some
initiative for free.}) ({For some reason the simple} 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 {
wasn't to my taste. However, in practice Black doesn't face any problems after
that:} 17. Rd5 (17. Rb1 Be5 18. Rd5 Qc3 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Na5
22. Rxe7 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qxa2 25. Rbxb7 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,
I-Sutovsky,E/Neum 2004/CBM 102 (45)}) 17... Qa3 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Rd7 Ne5 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxb7 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Maslak,K/Novokuznetsk RUS
2008 (43)}) 16. Rd7 (16. Rc4 $6 Bd5 17. Rc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Andersson,U-Navara,D/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (39)}) 16... e6 $6 ({Much simpler
was:} 16... Rad8 17. Rcd1 (17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Rc7 Bf6 $11) 17... Rxd7 18. Rxd7
Bf6 19. Qd1 Qb5 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Rd5 Qb6 $11) 17. Bc2 {The game Lysyj-Shirov,
RUS-chT Dagomys was drawn already at this moment. As Igor told me after the
game, according to his analysis White could continue without any risk.} Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 ({The endgame arising after} 19... Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5
21. Bh6 (21. Bg5 $5) 21... Rfd8 22. Rbxb7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Rd8 24. Rb7 Rb8 25.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 $14 {should be drawn, White is slighty better due to his pair of
bishops.}) 20. Rxb7 {Allowing an unpleasant pin.} (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 (21.
Be4 Bxb2 22. Rcc7 (22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Rbxb7 a5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26.
Bxa8 g5 $11) 22... Rad8 $11) 21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Rbxb7 a5 24. Bb3 Rad8
$11 {Black swaps the rooks and equalises.}) ({The quiet move} 20. Rc7 $5 Nxf3+
21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bf6 24. Rbxb7 $14 {led to an interesting
situation - although Black is a pawn up, he has to play very accurately, since
White's pieces are much more active.}) 20... Rfc8 21. e4 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 $6 ({
We both missed a nice tactical idea:} 22. Kg2 $142 Ne1+ ({the point is:} 22...
Rxc2 23. Kxf3 Rxb2 24. Rxa7 $3 $14 Rxa7 $140 $4 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 $18) 23.
Rxe1 Rxc2 24. Rc1 $14 {and the endgame is still quite unpleasant for Black.})
22... g5 {Now White is unable to prevent the exchange of his dark-squared
bishop, so Black is out of danger.} (22... Be5 23. Be3 Bd4 24. Bh6 (24. Bf4 g5
$17) (24. Bd1 Bxe3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. fxe3 Nd2+ 27. Ke1 Nxe4 28. Rxa7 $13) (24.
Ke2 Ng1+ $1 25. Kd3 Bxe3 $17) 24... Bg7 25. Be3 $11) 23. Be3 Bd4 24. Bd1 Bxe3 (
24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Be3 {leads to the same position.}) 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8
26. fxe3 ({Of course not} 26. Bxf3 $2 Rc1+ 27. Ke2 Bb6 $17) 26... Nd2+ 27. Kg2
(27. Ke2 $6 Nxe4 28. Rxa7 Rd8 {looks dangerous for White, as he has no time
for advancing his pawns.}) 27... Nxe4 28. Rxa7 Rc1 29. Bh5 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 (30.
Kf1 $4 Ng3+ 31. Ke1 Nxh5 $19) 30... Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op 8th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2015.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was of exceptional value for the tournament situation. Alexander
Lenderman was leading by a full point, so a draw would definitely suit him and
practically secure the 1st place.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {As was
pointed out by Alex, my opening choice came as a real surprise.} 4. Bf4 {
One of White's most safe systems.} Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. Nf3 ({Another common line here starts with} 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11.
Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 {and leads to very sharp play.}) 9... Qxc5 10. Bb3
Qa5 {Definitely the best spot for a queen.} (10... Qh5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Bg5 $14 {offers White a safe pull in the subsequent
endgame.}) 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 {Securing the placing of White's dark-squared
bishop.} Bf5 13. Bc4 {That original move was seen only once before. The main
idea behind that is to put the queen on b3.} ({The main line} 13. Qe2 Ne4 {
is well-explored since the Karpov-Kasparov matches.}) 13... Rad8 {Definitely
the best response. It's important to keep the Pf7 protected.} (13... Qb4 $6 {
is dubious:} 14. Qe2 Na5 $140 15. Bb5 a6 16. a3 Qc5 17. b4 Qa7 18. Ba4 $16) (
13... Rac8 {seems insufficient for equality:} 14. a3 $1 Nh5 15. Bh2 $14) 14.
Qb3 Qb4 (14... Qc5 15. Nb5 Qb4 16. Nbd4 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Be4) 15. a3
$6 {An unsuccessful innovation.} ({In the preceding game White was able to
secure some edge:} 15. Rcd1 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 $6 ({A more
accurate way was:} 17... Na5 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. axb3 Rc8 $11) 18.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bc7 Ne6 20. Bb8 Nc5 21. Bxa7 Nxb3 22. axb3 $14 {1-0 Dzagnidze,N
(2556)-Lagno,K (2542)/Warsaw 2013}) 15... Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Ne4 {As a result of
White's inaccuracy, the pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal is getting
unpleasant, so White must be very careful.} 17. Na4 h6 $1 {After long
meditation, I managed to find a way to keep up the pressure on the board.} ({
White's task is not too difficult in the event of} 17... Na5 18. Ba2 (18. Bc2
b5 19. Bc7 bxa4 20. Bxa5 Rd5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Bc3 $11) 18... b5 19. Bc7 bxa4
20. Bxa5 Rb8 21. g4 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxb2 25. Rc4 $11)
18. Rfd1 ({An attempt to chase away the bishop by means of} 18. g4 {now can be
stongly met by} g5 $1 19. Bc7 (19. gxf5 gxf4 20. exf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22.
Rfe1 Nd2 23. Bd1 Rxf4 $15) 19... Rd7 20. gxf5 (20. Bh2 Bg6 $15) 20... Rxc7 21.
Bd5 Nd6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $15 {and the Pf5 falls.}) ({Black's position is
preferable also after} 18. Bc2 g5 19. Bh2 Bg6 20. b4 Rd5 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 $15)
18... g5 {It definitely makes sense to seize more space and finally secure the
placing of the Bf5.} 19. Bh2 b5 $6 {That aggressive move was based on a wrong
calculation.} ({Instead, I had to choose between} 19... Na5 $5 20. Bc2 (20. Ba2
b5 21. Bc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nb7 $17) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 b5 $15) ({and} 19...
Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Rd8 21. Be2 h5 $15 {In both cases White's position looks rather
unpleasant.}) 20. Nc3 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({White could have solved all
the problems now:} 20. Rxc6 bxa4 21. Rxd8 $1 ({We both were only considering} 
21. Bxa4 Bd7 22. Rc4 Bxa4 23. Re1 $1 Bd7 24. Rxe4 Bxb2 25. Rxe7 Bxa3 26. Re5
Bb4 $15) 21... Rxd8 22. Bc2 Bxb2 23. g4 Bh7 24. Rc4 $11) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3
Na5 {Black's pawn structure is clearly better. The knight is heading to c4,
freeing for the rook along the c-file.} ({Also deserved serious attention was} 
21... Rxd1+ $5 22. Rxd1 Na5 23. Ba2 (23. Bd5 e6 24. Bc7 Bxc3 $15) 23... Rc8 24.
Be5 a6 (24... Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxc3 26. Bxf7+ Kg7 $15) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Bg6
27. Ne2 Kf6 $15) 22. Bd5 Nc4 ({Rejecting} 22... e6 {in view of:} 23. Bc7 Rxd5
24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Bxa5 Rc8 26. Bb4 $11 {and White is very solid.}) 23. e4 (23.
Bxc4 bxc4 24. Be5 Rd3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. g4 Rfd8 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 $15) 23... Bg6 (
23... Bh7 $5 24. Nd4 Nb2 25. Rd2 Na4 $15) 24. Nd4 e6 $6 {A dubious move, which
allows White to consolidate the position.} ({For some reasons, the strongest} 
24... Nb2 $1 {was missed by both both players} 25. Rd2 Na4 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Ba5
Rc8 $15) 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. f3 {As a result, both Black's bishops are
temporarily out of play.} Rd7 27. Kf2 {Understimating the potential of Black's
bishops.} ({I had mostly expected} 27. Nc6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxc3 29. Rc1 Bb2 30.
Rxc4 Bxa3 31. Nxa7 $11 {with a dead draw.}) 27... Rfd8 28. Ke2 $6 {That
natural move was played rapidly, but it is a serious inaccuracy.} (28. Re1 $142
Kh7 29. Re2 $11) 28... f5 $1 {Of course, I was happy to open up the position.
Now White is under pressure again.} 29. Nxe6 ({Possibly, White could have set
up a fortress by means of} 29. Nc6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 fxe4 32. Ne7+ $1
(32. Ne5 exf3 33. Nxg6 fxg2 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nc6 Bxc3 36. Nxa7 Bd4 $17) 32...
Kf7 33. Nxg6 Kxg6 34. fxe4 Bxc3 35. Bg1 a6 36. Kc2 Bf6 37. g4 {, but there is
no 100% guarantee, so Lenderman's choice looks logical.}) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Bxc3 32. exf5 ({A bit more accurate was} 32. Nc5 $142 Bd4 33.
exf5 Bxf5 34. Ne4 {and White should be able to hold.}) 32... Bxf5 33. Nc5 Bb2
34. a4 Bd4 {I was quite optimistic at this moment, but White's position seems
still very solid.} (34... Bb1 $5 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. Ne6 Bd3+ 37. Kd2 Bb2 $15) 35.
Ne4 {As usual, the centralised knight is a perfect defender.} ({It looks like} 
35. Bd6 $5 {was safe enough:} Kf7 36. a5 {and it would be very difficult to
make any progress.}) 35... Bd7 36. a5 c3 37. Bd6 {Alas, White is just in time
to stop the pawn.} Ba4+ 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Kd1 $2 {Only this mistake puts White
in a real danger.} ({There was no reason for rejecting} 39. Ke1 $142 Bd3 40.
Nc5 Bc4 41. Ne4 Kf7 42. Bb4 c2 43. Kd2 Bd3 44. Ba3) 39... Bf1 40. g4 $1 Bxh3 {
Now Black is a pawn up, but the light-squared bishop remains out of play for a
while.} ({It looks like White should be able to survive after} 40... Kf7 41.
Kc2 Bg2 42. Kd3 Bg1 43. Nxc3 Bxf3 44. Ne2 Bf2 45. Ng3 Bg2 46. Ke2 $11) 41. Kc2
Bg2 42. Kd3 Bg1 $2 {I can hardly explain why I made such a weird move. Now
White's task is getting much easier.} ({Much more natural and strong was} 42...
Bg7 43. Ke2 (43. Nxc3 $2 {is hopeless:} Bxf3 44. Nb5 a6 45. Nc7 Bb7 46. Ne6 Bf6
47. Bg3 Bc8 48. Nc5 Kg7 $19) 43... c2 ({Also good enough is :} 43... a6 $5 44.
Ba3 Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kg6 {with excellent wininng chances. For instance,} 46. Nf5
Be5 47. Ne3 Bh3 48. Bb4 h5 49. gxh5+ Kxh5 50. Nc4 Bf6 51. Ne3 Be6 52. Kd3 Kh4
53. Bxc3 Bxc3 54. Kxc3 Kg3 $17) 44. Ba3 Be5 45. Kf2 Bh3 46. Ke2 a6 ({Only not} 
46... Bf4 $2 47. Nf2 $1 Bg2 48. Nd3 Bg3 49. Nb4 $11) 47. Bc1 Bc7 48. Nc5 Kf7
49. Nb3 Kg6 $17 {sooner or later the Pa5 will fall.}) 43. Ke2 c2 44. Ba3 Bd4 {
Nominally admitting the mistake.} ({Black achieves nothing after} 44... Bh2 45.
Kf2 Bh3 (45... Bxf3 46. Kxf3 Bf4 47. a6 c1=Q 48. Bxc1 Bxc1 49. Nd6 $11) 46. Ke2
$11) 45. Kd3 Be5 46. Nd2 {Liquidating the Pc2 is a clear achievement.} a6 ({
Avoiding a dead draw:} 46... Bf4 47. a6 Bxd2 48. Kxd2 Bxf3 49. Kxc2 Bxg4 50.
Bc5 $11) 47. Kxc2 Bf4 48. Kd3 Bxd2 49. Kxd2 Bxf3 50. Ke3 Bxg4 51. Kf2 {
Unfortunately, the resulting endgame doesn't leaves Black any real winning
chances.} Kf7 52. Bc1 Bd7 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Bd2 Kf5 55. Be3 h5 56. Bd2 h4+ 57.
Kh2 g4 58. Be1 g3+ 59. Bxg3 hxg3+ 60. Kxg3 $11 {All White has to do is to
reach the corner at the right moment!} Ke4 61. Kf2 Bg4 62. Ke1 Kd3 63. Kf2 Bh5
64. Kf1 Kd2 65. Kf2 Be2 66. Kg1 Ke3 67. Kg2 Bd3 68. Kg1 Kf3 69. Kh2 Kf2 70. Kh1
Be4+ 71. Kh2 Bf3 72. Kh3 Kg1 {Desperately trying to cut the king off from a1,
but that is not possible.} 73. Kg3 Bg2 74. Kh4 Kf2 75. Kg4 Bf1 76. Kf4 Be2 77.
Ke4 Ke1 78. Ke3 Bb5 79. Kf3 Kd2 80. Kf2 Be2 81. Kg1 Ke3 82. Kg2 Bb5 83. Kg1 Kf3
84. Kh2 Kf2 85. Kh1 Bc6+ 86. Kh2 Bb7 87. Kh3 Kg1 88. Kg3 Bg2 89. Kh4 Kf2 90.
Kg4 Ke3 91. Kg3 Bd5 92. Kg4 Kd4 93. Kf4 Be4 94. Kg3 Kc3 95. Kf4 Kd3 96. Kg3 Ke3
97. Kh3 Kf2 98. Kh2 Bc6 99. Kh3 Kg1 100. Kg3 Bg2 {A tough defence by GM
Lenderman! At the end, he convincingly won the event.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 ({Easily the most sensational try to dent
the Grünfeld in London was} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 $5 {by Grischuk. Morozevich
played this flank sortie in blitz last year, but Carlsen could have hardly
expected it and reacted cautiously with} c6 ({In a later game Black already
played the more active and straightforward} 5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 $5 $146 7. h5
O-O 8. hxg6 fxg6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Rxh6 dxc4 11. Rh4 Nxc5 12. Rxc4 b6 13. b4
Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Ba6 15. e3 Ncd7 16. Rcd4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nf8 19. Nf4
Rc2 20. a4 Rac8 21. b5 Ra2 $11 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Mamedyarov,S (2766)/Zug/
2013/}) 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h5 Bf5 9. e3 e6 10. hxg6 Bxg6 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. Qe2 e5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Kf1 Rad8
18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qc6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 $11 {1/2, Grischuk,A 
(2764)-Carlsen,M (2872)/London Candidates/2013/}) 4... Bg7 5. Nf3 ({Carlsen
would undoubtedly welcome a repetition of his previous Grünfeld encounter with
Ivanchuk, when Black easily solved his opening problems and even got a slight
edge after} 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 Na6 $5 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10.
Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bg3 b5 14. d6 e6 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nb5
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5 19. Rh4 f5 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rc4 Rhc8 22. Kf1 Ne4
23. Rc7+ Rxc7 24. dxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nd2 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2 a5 $11 {/=/+, Ivanchuk,V 
(2775)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Moscow/2011/ For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 146 by Ramirez Alvarez.}) 5... O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 {The text
move is the main continuation.} ({In round 11 we had the less usual} 7... Ne4
8. Rc1 {with the recent twist} Nd7 $5 ({The older move is} 8... Nxc3) 9. cxd5
Qa5 10. Nd4 Nxc3 $5 (10... Ndxc5 11. Bc4 (11. Qc2 Bf5 $5 12. Nxf5 gxf5 $44)
11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1 fxe6
17. Qb3 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Kh2 Rd2 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc6 23.
Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bd6 Kf7 $11 {/+/=, Gustafsson,J (2633)-Safarli,E 
(2630)/Porto Carras/2011/ The endgame is somewhat unpleasant for Black due to
his split pawns, but he managed to hold it rather easily.}) 11. bxc3 Qxa2 12.
c6 (12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 a5 14. c6 Nf6 15. d6 bxc6 16. dxe7 Re8 17. Nd4 Bd7
18. Bd6 Ne4 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bd3 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Ba3 f5 $44 {
Fridman,D (2655)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund/2012/ Black drew with ease, his
bishops give him full compensation.}) 12... Nc5 13. Be2 (13. c4 $6 {Somogyi,I 
(2290)-Kun,S (2295)/HUN-chT/1992/} e5 $1 14. dxe6 fxe6 $32 {|^} (14... Qa5+ $5
$40)) 13... Qxd5 14. Bf3 Qc4 15. Be2 Qd5 (15... Qa2 $5 $13 {is an interesting
attempt to avoid an immediate draw}) 16. Bf3 Qc4 17. Be2 Qd5 {1/2, Ivanchuk,V 
(2757)-Gelfand,B (2740)/London Candidates/2013/}) 8. Rc1 Rd8 {Carlsen chooses
a rare line, spoiling for a fight. Possibly he wanted to surprise his opponent,
who had problems with time management in London. However, Black will soon come
under pressure.} ({There has been some recent development in another sideline} 
8... Ne4 {Perhaps more testing is} 9. cxd5 (9. Be5 Bxe5 (9... Nxc3 $143 $6 10.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 $16 Qxa2 12. Qc1 Qa5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Be2 f5
16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 $18 {Korotylev,A (2574)-Tilicheev,V (2366)/
Moscow/2012/}) 10. Nxe5 Nc6 $1 ({This is the new twist.} 10... Nxc3 $2 {
is hopeless:} 11. Rxc3 Qxa2 12. Qc1 {[%cal Rc3a3]} Qa4 13. b3 Qa5 14. cxd5 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Kf2 Qb4 18. Be2 $16 {Novikov,I (2490)-Epishin,V 
(2350)/Minsk/1986/}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. cxd5 {is critical:} (12. a3 Rb8 13. Qa4
Qxc5 14. b4 Nxc3 (14... Qd6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 c5 17. O-O cxb4 18. c5 Qe5
19. axb4 Qb2 20. Rfe1 Rxb4 {Simantsev,M (2549)-Misailovic,N (2301)/Kraljevo/
2011/} 21. Qa5 $1 $36 {[%csl Gc5]}) 15. Rxc3 Qb6 16. c5 $6 (16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
Rc6 Qb7 18. Ba6 Qa8 19. Rc7 d4 $132) 16... Qc7 17. Bd3 Qe5 18. Rc1 d4 19. O-O
dxe3 $15 {Docx,S (2426)-Kanep,M (2512)/Caleta/2013/}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qd2 {
, but Black has} Rb8 $1 14. Qxc3 (14. Rxc3 Rd8 15. d6 (15. Bc4 cxd5 16. Bb3 Ba6
$44) 15... Qxa2 16. dxe7 Re8 $44) 14... Qxa2 (14... Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 cxd5 16. c4
Be6 $11) 15. Bc4 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Rxb2 17. dxc6 Be6 $11) 9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 Qxa2
11. bxc3 (11. Rxc3 $5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7 $5 $13) 11... Qa5 $13 {, but even this
position is not quite clear.}) ({Definitely the main alternative is} 8... dxc4
{but this has a drawish reputation after} 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 {After} 14. Nd5 (14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 h6 $5 (15... Qh5
{Aronian,L (2802)-Svidler,P (2755)/Moscow/2011/ For more details about the
whole line see my notes to this game in CBM 146}) 16. Rd7 Rac8 17. Rcd1 Qb4 18.
R7d2 (18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Rd5 Rfd8 20. a3 Qb6 $36 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qh5 {Bulatov,R
(2208)-Nevostrujev,V (2449)/Pavlodar/2012/} e6 23. Bxh6 Ne5 $17) 18... a6 19.
Bc2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 e5 21. Bg3 Rcd8 (21... e4 $5) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd2 f5 24. f3
Qd6 25. a3 Kh7 26. Be1 h5 27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Na5 $11 {Shimanov,A (2599)
-Areshchenko,A (2710)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 14... e5 {White has lately tried}
15. Bg5 (15. Bh2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 $11 {
is a more or less forced draw}) 15... Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Qd8 17. h4 $5 (17. Nf3 e4
18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Nd3 20. Rc2 a5 $36 {Dzagnidze,N (2559)-Lahno,K (2546)/
Gaziantep rpd/2012/}) {, but even here the excitement peters out into
perpetuals after} 17... h6 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ne4 Qxh4 20. f3 Kh8 21. Rf2 f5 22.
Rh2 Qd8 23. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 24. Qh2 Kg7 25. Rxc6 $1 fxe4 (25... Bxc6 26. Qxe5+
Kh7 27. Ndf6+ Rxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Ng8+ Kh7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Ng8+ {1/2,
Cmilyte,V (2503)-Lahno,K (2557)/Tbilisi rpd/2012/}) 26. Qxe5+ Kh7 27. Nf6+ Rxf6
28. Rxf6 Be8 29. g5 Rc8 (29... Qd2 30. gxh6 Qxe3+ 31. Kf1 Kxh6 32. Qh2+ Kg7 33.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qd6+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qd6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qd6+ {
1/2, Jobava,B (2734)-Areshchenko,A (2702)/Burgas/2012/}) 30. Bd5 $2 (30. fxe4
Bxg5 31. Qxg5 Kg7 32. Rf5 $11) 30... Bxg5 $2 (30... Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc8 $1 $19)
31. Qxg5 Kg7 32. Rf5 exf3 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Rxf3 $11 {Nielsen,P (2687)-Nyback,T 
(2627)/Bundesliga/2012/}) 9. Qa4 {The best way to fight for an advantage.
After other moves Black has more than one way to achieve a satisfactory
position:} (9. Nd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 (10... Na6 $5 11. a3 Qxc5 12. b4 Qh5 13.
Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Ke2 Nc7 16. Rhd1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bh4 {1/2,
Vallifuoco,G (2285)-Stone,R (2305)/Dubai olm/1986/}) 11. Bb3 $6 (11. Qb3 $142
$5 $14) 11... Bf5 12. O-O Nb4 13. Bc4 Nd3 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Nb3 {Bykhovsky,A 
(2405)-Manor,I (2510)/Tel Aviv/1996/} Qa6 16. Re1 Ne4 $17) (9. Qb3 Na6 (9...
Ne4 10. cxd5 Nd7 11. Nd4 Ndxc5 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Ncxb5 e5 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6
(15. Nc7 $5 $14) 15... Bxe6 16. f3 Nd2 $6 (16... Nf6 $44) 17. b3 a5 18. Nc7
Rac8 19. Bb5 g5 20. Bxg5 $6 (20. Bg3 $1 $16) 20... Rd5 21. Bf4 Nxb3 22. Rb1
Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Rxb5 24. axb3 a4 $36 {Farago,I (2475)-Rajna,G (2405)/HUN-ch/1974/
}) (9... Qxc5 10. Be2 (10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Be2 Na6 (11... Ne4 $1 $11 {/=/+}) 12.
O-O Nc5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Bf5 15. Nfd4 dxc4 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bxc4 Nfe4 18.
b4 {Tukmakov,V-Dueball,J/Kiev/1970/} Na4 $132) 10... Nc6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4
(12. Bxc4 $142 $1 {/\} Na5 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Qa4 {[%cal Rb2b4]}) 12... Qb6 13.
Qb5 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. h3 a6 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Rcd1 Ne4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Na4
e5 20. Bh2 Be6 21. b3 Nb4 $36 {De Greif,B-Uhlmann,W/Havana/1963/}) 10. Qb5 Qxb5
11. Nxb5 Bd7 12. Nc7 $6 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Be5 f6 $11) 12... Nxc7 13. Bxc7 Rdc8
14. Be5 Rxc5 15. b4 Rcc8 16. c5 a5 17. b5 Ne4 18. Bd4 f6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Kxd2
e5 21. Bb2 Bf8 22. Ba3 b6 $17 {Portisch,F (2425)-Sax,G (2530)/Budapest/1976/})
9... Qxc5 {Natural enough.} ({However, White also has to reckon with} 9... Qxa4
10. Nxa4 Nc6 11. Ne5 $5 (11. Nc3 Ne4 $1 12. Be2 $6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Nxc5 15. O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Rfd1 f6 $15 {
Portisch,L (2600)-Adorjan,A (2490)/Frankfurt rpd/1998/}) (11. Bc7 $5 Rd7 12.
Bg3) 11... Be6 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 a5 $44) 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bc7 Rd7 14. Be5 (14. Ba5 $5 d4 15. exd4 Rxd4 16. b3 $14) 14... Rad8
15. Be2 dxc4 16. O-O Ne4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {1-0 Mac Kenzie,
G-Mondaca,O (2160)/Buenos Aires 1993/EXT 1999 (30)} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b4]} 20.
Rd4 c3 $36) 10. b4 (10. Qb5 Qxb5 (10... Na6 $5) 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. Nc7 Nxc7 13.
Bxc7 Re8 14. Be5 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bb5 Red8 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Rfc1 Kf6 22. h4 Rd6 23. b3 a6 24. Bc4 Bc6 25. Nd4 Nd5
{Orndahl,M (2170)-Li,C (2529)/Taby/2007/} 26. Bxd5 $11) 10... Qc6 11. Qa3 $1
$146 {[%cal Yb4b5,Ga3e7][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, judging by the
consumption of time Ivanchuk invented it over the board.} (11. Qb3 Ne4 $1 (
11... a5 12. b5 Qc5 13. a3 a4 14. Nxa4 Qa7 15. Bc7 $1 Rd7 16. Bb6 Qxa4 17. Qxa4
Rxa4 18. cxd5 $18 {[%csl Rc8] Farago,I (2500)-Vadasz,L (2495)/Budapest/1977/})
12. Be5 (12. Nb5 Na6 13. Bd3 Nac5 (13... dxc4 $1 14. Bxc4 Be6 $15) 14. bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qa3 $4 (15. Qc2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. Qb3 $14) 15... Bb2 {0-1,
Mikhalchishin,A-Vaganian,R/Valencia/1974/}) 12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6 (13... Qd6
$2 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. c5+ Be6 17. cxd6 Bxb3 18. dxe7 Kxe7 19. axb3
Nd7 20. Bb5 $14 {Urday Caceres,H (2470)-Yermolinsky,A (2590)/Moscow olm/1994/})
14. Nf3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Bd3 Bd7
20. e4 Rd6 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. Ke3 Be6 $11 {Karsa,L (2200)-Sax,G (2530)/Budapest/
1976/}) ({It's not so simple for Black even after other moves:} 11. b5 Qc5 12.
Qb3 (12. Be5 Nbd7 (12... Ne4 13. Bd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 {Roeder,M (2365)-Pusch,H/
Porz/1989/} Nd7 15. Be2 $5 $14) 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qa3
Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Be2 Nc5 20. O-O a6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nd4
Nc5 $11 {Laux,T-Wild,H/Porz/1989/}) 12... Bg4 13. Na4 (13. Ne5 $5 Be6 14. Na4
Qc8 15. Qa3 d4 16. Be2 $14) 13... Qc8 {Here White would have profited from
having his queen already on a3!} 14. Be2 (14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qf5 16. Nb6 e5
$36) 14... Ne4 15. Rc2 Nd7 (15... e5 16. cxd5 Qf5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 e4 19.
Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. exd4 Nd7 {Lukacs,P (2450)-Sax,G (2565)/Budapest/
1977/} 22. Rh4 $1 Qg5 23. d6 $16) 16. cxd5 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qb4 (18. Qa3
$5 b6 19. e4 $14) 18... b6 19. O-O Qf5 20. Rc4 Qxd5 21. h3 Bf5 $11 {Farago,I 
(2500)-Gulko,B (2585)/Polanica Zdroj/1977/}) (11. Qxc6 bxc6 (11... Nxc6 12. b5
Nb4 $2 (12... d4 $1 13. Nd1 e5 $13) 13. a3 Ne4 14. Be5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {Petrov,I (2190)-Petkov,V (2375)/Sofia/2004/} 17. Rc1 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 12. cxd5 (12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxb8 Bxd4 15. Bc7 Bb2 16.
Rc2 Rd7 17. Rxb2 Rxc7 18. Be2 a5 19. bxa5 Be6 20. O-O Rxa5 21. Rc1 Rca7 22.
Rcc2 Kg7 $15 {Urday Caceres,H (2480)-Olafsson,H (2525)/Manila olm/1992/}) (12.
Bc7 Rd7 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Ba5 Rb7 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 c5 16. Nxe4
cxb4 17. Bxb4 Na6 18. Bc3 Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Rad8 $44 {Kortschnoj,
V-Stein,L/Moscow/1964/}) 14. cxd5 Bd7 {Sorensen,T (2480)-Loeffler,B (2340)/
corr/1991/} 15. Na4 $5 $36) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bc7 Re8 15. Nd4 e5 16.
Nb5 Na6 17. Ba5 Bf8 {1/2, Ruchlin,V (2304)-Stern,W (2551)/corr/1980/} 18. a3
$14) 11... dxc4 {Carlsen senses the danger and resolves the tension.} (11...
Be6 12. Nd4 Qe8 (12... Qd7 13. Na4 $36) 13. Ncb5 Na6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 $36)
(11... Bf5 12. b5 (12. Nd4 Qd7 13. b5 $14 {[%csl Rb8]}) 12... Qe8 13. cxd5 {/\}
Nxd5 (13... Nbd7 $142 $5 $14) 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4 Rd7 (15... Rd8 16. Ng5 e6
17. e4 Bg4 18. h3 h6 19. hxg4 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Rd4 21. Qh3 Rxe4+ 22. Kf1 Nd7 23.
Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ $18) 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 $40)
12. b5 Qb6 (12... Qe8 $2 13. Bc7 $1 Nd5 (13... Rd7 14. Bxb8 $18) 14. Nxd5 Rxd5
15. Bxc4 Rh5 16. O-O $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8,Rh5]}) 13. Bxc4 (13. Qxe7 $6 Bf8
14. Qc7 Ba3 $132) (13. Ne5 Qd6 $5 (13... Nbd7 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf5 (15...
Be6 $2 16. Na4 Qa5+ 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Bxe6 $18) 16. O-O $14) 14. Qb2 Qb6 15. Nxc4
(15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Qb3 Nbd7 $11) 15... Qc5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Na4 Qd5 $13) 13...
Be6 $1 (13... e6 14. O-O $16 {is ideal for White, he has a lead in development,
while Black's can't get his queenside pieces out.}) 14. Bxe6 (14. Be2 Nbd7 15.
Nd4 Qc5 $11 (15... Bxa2 $5 16. Qxa2 e5 $11)) 14... Qxe6 15. O-O (15. Ng5 Qc4 $1
16. Nce4 Qxb5 17. Qxe7 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Qd7 $1 $11 {/\} 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Qxf6 $4 Qd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 15... Nbd7 {Black decides to sacrifice a pawn
just to get out his forces and swap a few pieces.} ({The resulting endgame
will be admittedly difficult to win, but} 15... Bf8 $5 {seems to be
objectively better. White must still prove he has anything tangible, in other
words Black has chances to gradually neutralise the pressure:} 16. Ng5 (16. Ne2
Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Rdc8 $5 18. Bc7 (18. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 19. Qxa7 Qc4 20. Ned4 Qd5 {
[%cal Re7e5]}) 18... Nd5 $11) (16. e4 Nbd7 (16... Nxe4 17. Rfe1 Qf5 18. Rxe4 e5
19. Qa4 exf4 20. Rxf4 $40 {[%csl Rf7]}) 17. Rfd1 Nb6 $1 $132) 16... Qf5 $5 (
16... Qc4 17. e4 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} (17. Qb2 Nbd7 $11) 17... e6 18. Qb2 Qb4 $8
19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. e5 Bxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Rc7 Nd7 24. Rxb7 Nc5
$14) 17. Qb3 e6 18. f3 {[%csl Rf5]} Nbd7 19. g4 Qc5 20. Nge4 Qa3 $11) 16. Ng5 (
16. Nd4 Qb6 $11 17. Qxe7 $4 Bf8) 16... Qf5 17. Qxe7 Nh5 18. Rfd1 (18. Qe4 Nxf4
19. exf4 h6 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Nd1 $5 $14) 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Bf8
20. Qe4 (20. Qe3 Nc5 $14 {/<=>}) 20... Qxe4 21. Ncxe4 Nb6 $14 {[%mdl 4352]
This is the endgame position Carlsen was aiming for. White has an extra pawn,
but it's doubled and his queenside is vulnerable. Converting the small
advantage requires superlative technique and maybe even some extra luck, Black
proceeds to defend tenaciously and finally saves the game.} 22. g3 (22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. g3 Kg7 $14 {is similar to the game.}) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Be7 24. Nf3
(24. Rc1 $5 Rd8 25. Kg2 $14) 24... Rc8 25. Ne5 Rc7 ({Safe, but engines
indicate the direct} 25... f5 $1 26. Ng5 (26. Nd2 Rd8 $11) 26... Rc5 27. Ne6
Rxb5 28. Rc1 Bd6 $11) 26. Kg2 f6 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. h4 Rc2 29. a4 (29. Rd2 Rxd2
30. Nfxd2 Ke6 $132) 29... Ra2 30. Nc3 Ra3 31. Rc1 Nxa4 {Here Carlsen got too
optimistic and even declined a draw, later criticising his decision. There was
no need to hurry with this capture, now White retains winning chances.} (31...
a5 $142 $5 32. bxa6 bxa6 $11) (31... h5 32. Rc2 Ke8 33. Ne2 (33. f5 gxf5 34.
Ne2 Rxa4 {/\} 35. Rc7 Kd8 36. Rxb7 $6 Nd7 {[%csl Rb7]} 37. Nfd4 Kc8 38. Rxa7
Rxa7 39. Nc6 Ra2 40. Nxe7+ Kd8 $15) 33... Bd6 34. f5 $5 Kf7 $132 (34... gxf5
35. Ned4 f4 36. Nf5 $14)) 32. Ne4 Rd3 33. Rc7 Ke6 (33... Ke8 $5 34. Rxb7 Rd7
35. Rb8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (36... Kxd8 37. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4c6,Yf4f5]}) 37. g4
$14 (37. h5 $5 $14)) 34. Rxb7 (34. g4 $142 $1 Nb6 35. f5+ gxf5 36. gxf5+ Kf7
37. Rxb7 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Nd4 $36 {gives White more winning chances.})
34... Rd7 35. Rb8 Rd8 36. Rb7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 {Contrary to the line above,
Black has forced a rook swap, while his king remains active.} 38. Nd4 f5 $1 39.
Ng5 (39. Nd2 $6 Nc3 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ye7c5,Yd7d5]}) 39... Bxg5 (39... h6 $2 40.
Nf7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yf7e5]}) (39... h5 $2 40. Nc6 $16 {[%cal Yc6a7,Yc6e5]})
40. fxg5 Nc3 41. h5 (41. f4 Kd6 42. h5 gxh5 43. Nxf5+ Kc5 $132) 41... gxh5 $1 (
41... Kd6 $6 42. Nxf5+ $1 {/\} gxf5 $2 43. g6 hxg6 44. h6 $18) 42. Kh3 Kd6 43.
Kh4 Kd5 {Black will use his king to mount a counter-attack on White's pawns.} (
{However, supporting his own passed pawn seems to hold as well after} 43... Kc5
44. Nxf5 Kxb5 45. Ne3 a5 46. f4 a4 47. f5 Ne4 48. f6 (48. g6 hxg6 49. fxg6 a3
50. g7 Nf6 51. Kg5 Ng8 52. Nc2 a2 53. Kxh5 Kc4 54. Kg6 Kc3 55. Na1 Kb2 56. Kf7
Nh6+ 57. Kg6 Ng8 $11) 48... Nd6 49. Nc2 Kc4 50. Kxh5 Kb3 $11) 44. Nxf5 Nxb5 45.
Kxh5 Ke4 46. Ne3 (46. Ne7 a5 47. Kh6 a4 48. Nc6 a3 49. Nb4 Kf5 50. f4 Nc3 51.
Kxh7 Ne4 52. g6 Nxg3 53. g7 Nh5 $11) 46... Nd6 $1 (46... a5 $2 47. Kh6 a4 48.
Nc4 $18) 47. Kh6 Nf7+ {The defence finally triumphs, now the draw is
unavoidable.} 48. Kxh7 (48. Kh5 Kf3 49. g6 hxg6+ 50. Kxg6 Kxf2 $11) 48... Nxg5+
49. Kg6 Nh3 50. Nd1 Kf3 (50... a5 51. f4 Nxf4+ $11) ({Even} 50... Nxf2 $6 51.
Nxf2+ Kd4 $1 {[]} (51... Kf3 $2 52. g4 Kxf2 53. Kf5 $1 a5 54. Ke4 Ke2 55. g5 a4
56. g6 $5 a3 57. g7 a2 58. g8=Q a1=Q 59. Qg2+ $18) 52. g4 (52. Nd1 a5 53. Nb2
Kc3 54. Na4+ Kb4 $11) 52... a5 53. g5 a4 $11 {is still a draw.}) 51. Kf5 Nxf2
52. Nxf2 Kxg3 53. Nd1 a5 54. Ke4 a4 55. Kd4 a3 56. Nc3 a2 57. Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 {The main
move, other attempts are innocuous.} (7. Qb3 Na6 $5 ({A rare reaction; more
common alternatives are} 7... Bd7) (7... Nc6) (7... Ne4 {, and another
reliable move is}) (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Be2 Na6
12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Be5 Rfc8 14. Bd4 Bc6 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 a5 18.
bxa5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxc5 20. Ne4 {1/2,Akopian,V (2590)-Kudrin,S (2530)/Los
Angeles/1991/}) 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxd7+
Kxd7 13. Bg3 (13. Nge2 Nxf4 14. exf4 b5 15. b4 {Vallin,G (2419)-Taddei,B (2340)
/FRA-chT/2004/} Na4 $5 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Nd4 a5 $44) 13... b5 14. d6 e6 15. Nf3
b4 16. Nb5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5 19. Rh4 f5 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rc4 Rhc8
22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Rc7+ Rxc7 24. dxc7+ Kxc7 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2775)-Carlsen,M 
(2826)/Moscow/2011/ This game was played 3 rounds earlier, than ours.}) (7.
Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 {The continuation with the best reputation is} Bd7 (8... O-O
9. Nf3 Ne4 10. cxd5 (10. Be5 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14.
Bd4 e5 15. Bxe5 Rxc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bb3 Rxc3 18. O-O Na6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Bd5
Rc7 21. Rab1 Nc5 22. e4 Rd8 $11 {Timman,J (2675)-Kasparov,G (2750)/Belfort/
1988/}) 10... Bd7 11. Rc1 $5 (11. c6 bxc6 12. Bc4 c5 13. Bd3 Bxa4 14. Bxe4 Nd7
15. d6 Rae8 16. dxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Ke2 Bc6
$11 {Dreev,A (2560)-Ivanchuk,V (2560)/London/1995/}) 11... Bxa4 12. Rc4 Nxc5
13. Rxc5 Nd7 (13... Bxb2 $13) 14. Rc4 (14. Ra5 $5 Bc2 15. Nd4 {is possibly
more promising, although Black still has <=>.}) 14... Nb6 15. Rb4 Rfc8 16. e4
Rc2 17. Bd3 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Bxb2 19. O-O Rc8 20. Be3 Rc3 21. Bb1 Ba3 22. Re1 f6
23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Bd3 Kf7 27. Rb1 Bc5 28. Rb2 Ra8 29.
Rc2 Bd6 {1/2 Lambrechts,C-Benz,G/Belgium 1994/Corr 2000}) (8... Na6 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. O-O-O Kc6 13. Nf3 Nxc5 (13... Nxf4 14.
exf4 Rhd8 $11) 14. Be5 Nxa4 15. Bxg7 Rhc8 16. Kb1 f6 17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Rc1 a5 19.
Bh6 b6 20. e4 Nc7 21. Rdc4 {Dreev,A (2650)-Stohl,I (2560)/Brno/1994/} e5 $11)
9. Nc3 Ne4 $1 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 $1 f6
14. Bh4 Kf7 15. Ne2 e6 16. Ndc3 Bh6 17. Bf2 e5 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. e4 f5 20. Ng3
b6 21. Be2 f4 22. Nf1 Bf8 23. a3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Nac5 25. Nd5 $16 {Wang Yue (2732)
-Topalov,V (2803)/Nanjing/2010/}) 13. Nc7+ (13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Bd6
Rc8 16. Nh3 Na4 17. Kc2 Nb6 18. Rb1 Kf7 19. Nf2 Rhd8 20. Ba3 f5 21. Be2 Ba4+
22. Kc1 Rd7 $17 {Hertneck,G (2547)-Ftacnik,L (2539)/AUT-chT/2005/}) 13... Nxc7
14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na4 18. Rd2 Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20.
bxc4 Kd7 21. c5 Rc6 22. Ne2 {1/2,Van Wely,L (2655)-Svidler,P (2660)/Tilburg/
1997/} Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Rhc8 24. Rd1+ Ke8 $11) 7... dxc4 ({More complex and more
dangerous, but perhaps also playable is} 7... Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 {
Now there is the more testing} 10. Rxc3 $5 (10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3
Nxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Ra1 Qb6 17. d6+ Kg7 18. dxe7 Re8
19. Nf3 Rxe7 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Ne4 $11 {Kramnik,V 
(2759)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Nice rpd/2009/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 f6 12.
Nf3 Bd7 13. Be2 Qxd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qe4 18. Ne1 Nd5
19. Qd2 e6 20. Nc2 O-O 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Nd4 Qh4 23. g3 Qh6 24. Bc4 $44 {
Wang Yue (2738)-Carlsen,M (2770)/Leon rpd/2009/}) 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13.
Nf3 Nd7 14. Be2 $5 (14. Ba2 Qa3 15. c6 bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. O-O Nd3 18. Rb1
Nxf4 19. exf4 Bf5 20. Rb5 Rac8 21. Ra5 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rc1 Bb2 24. Rcc5
Rc7 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Ra4 Bxe5 27. Rxe4 Bd6 $11 {Socko,B (2631)-Svidler,P (2723)/
Gibraltar/2009/}) 14... Qa3 $6 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 a5 $132) 15. Nd4 $1 Bxd4
16. exd4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rd8 (17... Qa6 $142 $16) 18. O-O Nxd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20.
Ra1 Qb3 21. Rfb1 {1-0,Gulko,B (2561)-Eckert,D (2275)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2009/})
8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 {was quite popular a few years ago:} {
However, it seems Black can do fine even without these adventures after} Qa5 ({
Immense complications arise after} 10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5
$5 (13... g5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc7 Rxa8 18. Ba6 Qg4
19. Rxc6 Ne8 20. Qb7 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2+ 23. Kf3 Rd8 24. Bc4 $5 (
24. Nf5 Qe5 25. g4 Nf6 26. h3 e6 27. Ng3 Rd2 28. Rb1 h5 29. Rb5 Nd5 30. Qe8+
Bf8 31. Rb8 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rxf2+ $11 {Marconi,R (2090)-Frangi,M (2303)/corr/
2007/}) 24... Nd6 25. Bb3 Rc8 26. Qd5 Qf6+ {1/2,Berczes,D (2293)-Flumbort,A 
(2486)/Budapest/2004/} 27. Ke2 Qb2+ 28. Qd2 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxa8 Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Nxf6 (18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3
Bxg2 21. Nf5 Qh3 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg1 Rc8 24. Qd4 b5 25. Qe5 h6 26. Qxb5 Qxh2
27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Rxg2 Qh5+ 29. f3 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Qh3 $15 {Ward,A (2201)
-Wettstein,K (2200)/corr/2007/}) 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Bd5 Qxf6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Ke2 Qf3+ 23. Kf1 f5 24. Rg2 f4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Ne2 Qe4 27. Qc2 Qd5
28. Nc3 Qe6 29. Ne4 Nf3 30. Ng5 Nxg5 31. Rxg5 Bd4 32. Rg2 Qxa2 33. b4 Qa3 34.
Qd2 c5 35. bxc5 Bxc5 36. Qc3+ Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Rf5 $11 {Satici,A (2354)-Atakisi,U
(2299)/corr/2007/}) 14... Qxg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Nxa8 Qd7 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Qa3 Nb4
19. O-O Bg4 20. f3 Bh6 21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Rxf7 (22. Rf3 $5) 22... Rxf7 23. Nf1
Kg7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxb4 Qf2+ $11 {Wang Yue (2738)-Topalov,V (2812)/Sofia/
2009/ - see notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 131.}) 11. O-O Nbd7 $5 12.
a3 (12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Be6 15. Be5 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Ne6 17. f3 a6
18. Nbd4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2,Lagunow,A (2405)-Konopka,M (2440)/BL2N/1994/}) (12. a4
Nb6 13. Bc7 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nf4 e6 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 $11) 16.
Bb5 Rfc8 17. Bd6 Bxb5 18. axb5 Nbd7 19. h3 Qd8 20. Nd3 Ne8 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. e4
Qg5 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Bf4 Qh4 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qe7 27. Na4 Nxa4 28. Rxa4 Nf6
29. Qe3 $14 {Hacker,C (2351)-Lohmann,H (2178)/corr/2007/}) 12... Nb6 13. Bc7
Bd7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Be2 Rc7 18. Ndb5 Rc6 19. Nd4
Rc7 20. Ndb5 Rc6 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rc7 $11 {Wang Yue (2738)-Carlsen,M (2770)
/Sofia/2009/ Seeing nothing better, White went for the repetiton after all.})
9... Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 {Again an
important crossroads, Aronian chooses the simplest option.} ({Once the main
move,} 14. Nd5 {is now considered harmless due to} e5 15. Bh2 (15. Rxc6 bxc6 (
15... exf4 16. Rc7 $14 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740)/WCh London-Leningrad/
1986/}) 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 f5 21.
Qa4 a6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Qa5 Rc8 26. Qd5 Rc5 27. Nf7+
Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 $11 {Brunello,S (2497)-Svidler,P (2731)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/
2010/}) 15... Be6 16. Rfd1 (16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Rfd8 18. Red1 Rd7 19. Nc3
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. g4 Rd8 $11 {Georgiev,V (2553)
-Djukic,N (2493)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 16... Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8
19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4 24. Nxf7
Qb6 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Nf3+ $1 $11 {Pinter,J (2570)-Maslik,M (2377)/
AUT-chT/2010/}) ({Recently White has tried out} 14. g4 {, but Svidler had
already faced this move twice and certainly knew his way:} Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7
16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 (17... Qb6 18. Rb1 Bc8 (18... e6 19. Rdd1 Ne7 20. Bg5
Rfe8 21. Bd5 $14) 19. Rb5 (19. Rg5 $1 Be6 20. Qf1 $36 {Krasenkow}) 19... Qa6
20. Bc4 Qa3 21. R5b3 Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. R5b3 Qc5 24. Rb5 {1/2,Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2672)-Svidler,P (2739)/San Sebastian/2009/}) 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20.
Qb5 a6 21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Be5 (23. c4 a5 24. Qxb7 {Mamedyarov,S 
(2741)-Sutovsky,E (2657)/WChT Bursa/2010/} Qb2 $1 25. Qb5 Qe2 26. Qd5 Qc2 27.
Rd3 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Nc5 $132) 23... Bxe5 $5 (23... Qc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. Rxe7 Nxc3 29. Rd7 (29. g5 Nd5 30. Rd7 Nb6 31. Rc7
Nd5 32. Rd7 Nb6 33. Rd6 Nc4 34. Rd7 Nb6 {1/2,Guo,Q (2367)-Lou,Y (2433)/
Qinhuangdao/2011/}) 29... Kf6 30. Nd4 $36 {Dreev,A (2694)-Delchev,A (2629)/
Cento/2011/}) 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd7 {1/2,Tomashevsky,E
(2699)-Svidler,P (2722)/RUS-ch Moscow/2010/} f6 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. Rxb7 Rc8 $11)
14... Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qh5 ({White retains only a slight pull after} 15... Rad8
16. Rxd8 (16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bc7 Qxc7 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Qa5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Nf3 Qxa2 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Nxc6 Kg7 24. Rc2 Rc8 $11 {Hansen,L (2574)-Shirov,A 
(2730)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 16... Rxd8 (16... Nxd8 $5 17. Ng5 Bc6 $14 {/<=>}
) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Qxa2 20. Kh2 a6 $1 (20... a5 $2 21. Qb5
$40 {Gretarsson,H (2459)-Pelletier,Y (2483)/Bermuda/1999/ - see notes to this
game by Ftacnik in CBM 069.}) 21. Bg3 h6 22. Nc5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Bg7
(24... Bf6 $142) 25. Nxb7 Rc8 $14 {/=,Bellmann,H (2472)-Scheuermann,B (2540)/
corr/2003/ White didn't manage to convert his small edge in the end.}) ({
However, an equivalent and playable alternative is} 15... Bxf3 {; it's
difficult to say what Aronian had in mind here:} 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Qf5 17. Kg2
Rad8 18. Ba4 Nd4 19. exd4 Qxf4 20. Qxe7 Rxd4 21. Bb3 Be5 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1
Qf4 $36 {Bjornes,L (1964)-Schut,L (2135)/Vlissingen/2008/}) {Solid is also}
16... Bxb2 (16... Rad8 17. Rxd8 (17. Rd5 Rxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Bxd5 $142 Bxb2 19.
Rb1 Nb4 $5 $11) 18... Bxb2 19. Rc5 Qd8 20. Qe4 Qb6 21. Rd5 Rd8 22. Qd3 e6 23.
Rd7 Bf6 24. Qd1 Na5 25. Ba4 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Qd8 $15 {/=,Lysyj,I (2631)
-Mikhalevski,V (2610)/Biel/2010/ Black's extra P is of little use in the _|_
due to White's ^^.}) 17... Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bc4
(21. Qb5 $5) 21... Na5 22. b3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd2 {1/2,Gheorghiu,F (2540)
-Tseshkovsky,V (2550)/Las Palmas/1976/}) 17. Rb1 Bf6 (17... Bg7 18. Rd7 Qf5 19.
Rbd1 e6 20. Rxb7 Na5 21. e4 Qc5 22. Bd6 Qc3 23. Bxf8 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nxb7 25.
Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxe6 $1 $16 {Dobre,C (2237)-Seger,R (2407)/Predeal/2006/}) (17...
Be5 18. Rd5 Qc3 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Na5 22. Rxe7 (22. Bd5 $5 Rae8
23. h4 $44) 22... Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qxa2 25. Rbxb7 a5 26. e4 Rae8 27.
h4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 h5 $11 {Sokolov,I (2690)-Sutovsky,E (2661)/BIH-chT Neum/2004/}
) 18. Rd7 (18. Bd5 Rad8 19. Rxb7 Nd4 $1 20. exd4 Qxd5 $11 {Naumann,A (2478)
-Mirumian,V (2506)/Lippstadt/1999/}) 18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxb7 a5 21. a4
Rac8 22. Rb5 Rc5 {Lazarev,V (2513)-Bobras,P (2563)/BL2S/2006/}) (15... Ne5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4] /\b4} (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rc4 (
19. Bxe5 $2 Bxg2 $1) 19... Qb2) (17. Rc4 Bc6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rcd4 Rac8 {
1/2,Pinter,J (2590)-Leko,P (2635)/HUN-ch Budapest/1997/}) 17... Bf6 18. Bc7 $14
) 16. Bc2 (16. Rd2 Rac8 (16... Na5 17. Bd1 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ng5 Qxe2 20.
Bxe2 Bc6 21. b3 h6 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3
{Kaunas,K (2253)-Von Bahr,O (2303)/Kaunas/2010/} a6 27. Rd7 b5 28. Rxe7 Rc1+
29. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 17. Rcd1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Na5 20. Rd7 e6 21. R1d2
Bf6 22. Bc7 Nxb3 23. axb3 Kg7 24. e4 Rfe8 25. Bf4 Red8 26. e5 Bh4 27. Rxb7 Rxd2
28. Bxd2 Rc2 29. Be3 a5 $11 {Berkes,F (2706)-Tikkanen,H (2591)/EU Cup Rogaska
Slatina/2011/}) (16. Rd7 e6 (16... Rad8 $142 $5 $11) 17. Bc2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3
19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Rxb7 (20. Rc7 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $44)
20... Rfc8 21. e4 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kg2 $1 $14) 22... g5 23. Be3 Bd4 24. Bd1
Bxe3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. fxe3 Nd2+ $132 {Khenkin,I (2647)-Roiz,M (2677)/Dresden
olm/2008/ - see notes to this game by Roiz in CBM 128.}) (16. Rc4 $6 Bd5 17.
Rc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. e4 Qa5 20. Rcd2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rb2,
Rb3] ><b2,b3,Andersson,U (2584)-Navara,D (2663)/EU-chT/Gothenburg 2005/}) 16...
Bxc2 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Be4 (19. b3 e5 20. Bg3 f5 21.
f4 e4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nb4 25. a4 Bf8 26. f3 Bc5 27. Bf2
Kf7 {1/2 Yasakov,I-Bubir,S/ICCF email 2002/Corr 2006}) 19... Bxb2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 f6 24. e4 a5 {1/2 Portisch,L (2595)
-Arakhamia Grant,K (2420)/Roquebrune 1998/CBM 067}) 17. Qxc2 {[%cal Rc2b3]} Qb5
(17... Rfd8 $2 18. Qb3 $1 Na5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qb4 {[%csl Ra5,Re7][%cal
Rc1c5]} b6 21. Qxe7 Qd5 22. e4 Qd3 23. Ne5 $18 {Kozhuharov,S (2404)-Atakisi,U 
(2384)/Konya/2010/}) 18. a4 $146 {[%mdl 40] Aronian's novelty is an attempt to
keep the simplified and symmetrical position alive. In the following strategic
battle he will show determination and better understanding of the position.
Although objectively his new idea doesn't seem too dangerous, it has the extra
merit of being practically risk-free - in the more complex lines the Grünfeld
is doing fine.} (18. e4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rc7
Ba3 23. e5 b6 24. Rc3 Bb4 25. Rc4 Bc5 $1 (25... Ba5 $15) 26. Bxc5 Rc8 27. Bxb6
(27. Ra4 bxc5 $36) 27... Rxc4 28. Bxd8 Kf8 29. Ba5 Ra4 30. Bd2 Rxa2 31. Kf1 a5
32. Ke2 a4 33. Nd4 a3 34. Ke3 {Kozhuharov,S (2436)-Drenchev,P (2519)/Albena/
2011/} Ra1 $1 35. Nc2 Rb1 $17) (18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Bxb2 21. a4
$5 Qb4 22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Rxb7 Kg7 $11) 18... Qb4 (18...
Qb6 19. Rd7 Rac8 $5 (19... Rfd8 $2 20. Bc7) (19... e5 20. Bg5 f6 (20... h6 21.
Be7 Nxe7 22. Rxe7 $14) 21. b4 $5 (21. Bh4 Rad8 22. Rcd1 $14) 21... fxg5 22.
Nxg5 $44 {->}) 20. b4 (20. e4 Qb4 {/\Rfd8=} (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Bc7)) 20... Qxb4
21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Rbxb7 Nd4 23. Qe4 $8 Ne6 24. Rxa7 Nc5 25. Qxe7 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Bf6
27. Qd6 Nxd7 28. Qxd7 Qa2 $11) 19. Ne1 $1 {This manoeuvre is the best way to
retain some tension.} (19. b3 Rfd8 (19... e5 $5 20. Bg3 Rfd8 $11) 20. Bc7 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Bf4 b6 $11 {and White has no
obvious way to increase his pressure.}) 19... e5 {Quite committal, the text
move limits White's B, but also his own Bg7.} (19... Qxb2 $5 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Bf6 22. Rxb7 Nd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8e6,Ye6c5] /\Ne6-c5= is a road to equality,
preferred by engines.}) (19... Rac8 20. Nd3 Qe4 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qb5 Na5 $5 $132
{is another plausible alternative.}) 20. Bg3 Rfd8 (20... Qe7 21. Nd3 {would
probably only transpose back into the game.}) 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Qc5 $5 (22. Nc5
Rac8 (22... h5 $132) 23. Ne4 (23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $1) 23... h5 $1 24. f3 Kh7 $11)
22... Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1] <=><->d A good reaction.} (22... Qxc5 $143 23. Nxc5
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 b6 25. Ne4 (25. Na6 Rd8 26. Rc1 Ne7 $5 27. Rc7 Nf5 $132) (25.
Nb7 Rc8 $11) 25... f5 26. Rd6 $11 {/+/= gives White a slight pull.}) 23. b4
Rad8 24. b5 Rd5 ({The attempt to bail out} 24... Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. bxc6
Qxc5 27. Rxc5 bxc6 28. Rxc6 {[%cal Yc6a6,Ye3e4,Yf2f3,Yg3f2] /\Ra6, f3, e4
leads to a somewhat unpleasant _|_. Nevertheless, Black should still hold with
the accurate} Rd5 29. Ra6 f5 {/\} 30. Rxa7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 g5 32. f3 Rf1 $132 {/=}
) 25. Qc2 (25. Qxe7 $143 Nxe7 26. Nb2 (26. Rc7 Bf6 27. Rxb7 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3
29. Rxa7 Rb3 $15) 26... e4 $36) 25... e4 {An important moment - Black frees
not only his own, but also White's B.} ({It's easier to hold the balance after
} 25... Na5 $5 26. e4 Rd4 27. Nb2 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Gf8a3,Gf8h6,Gh6c1] ,
depending on the circumstances Black can later activate his B via the /^a3-f8,
or c1-h6.} (27... b6 $5)) 26. Nf4 (26. bxc6 exd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. c7 Rc3 29.
cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qc8 $11 {is drawish}) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1
Nb4 29. Qc1 $1 $11 {/+/= Black must tread with care, as his <<P are more
vulnerable after the Q penetration.} Bf6 (29... Qd7 $2 30. Qc4) 30. Qc8+ Kg7
31. Qb8 a6 32. b6 $5 ({The tactical blow} 32. Nxg6 {doesn't cause Black any
problems after} Kxg6 $1 33. Bd6 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Bxd8 35. Bxb4 axb5 36. axb5 Kf5
$11 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rf5c4] - his king is too active.}) 32... Nc6 (32... h5 $5
33. Ne2 Nd3 34. Bd6 Be5 {/\} 35. Bc7 Qf6 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxb7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2
Qe5+ 39. Ng3 $5 (39. g3 Qb2 40. Qxe4 Qxe2 41. b7 Nxf2 42. Qg2 Qb2 $11) (39. Nf4
Nxf4 40. exf4 Qxf4+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ $11) (39. Kg1 $11) 39... h4 40. Qd7 $1 (40.
Qc7 hxg3+ 41. fxg3 Qb2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3e1] /\Ne1}) 40... hxg3+ 41. fxg3 Nc5 (
41... Qb2 42. b7 Ne5 (42... Ne1 $2 43. Qd4+ $18) (42... Nc5 43. b8=Q Qxb8 44.
Qd4+ $14) 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. exd4 Nd7 45. g4 $36) 42. Qc6 Qe7 43. Qc7 Kf8 44.
Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qc7 $11) 33. Qc8 (33. Qc7 Be5 $1 34. Qc8 $11 (34. Nh5+ gxh5 35.
Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Bxe5+ Kg6 $15)) 33... h5 34. Ne2 Nd8 (34... h4 35. Bc7 Na5 36.
Nf4 Qc5 $132) 35. Bc7 Qe6 36. Qb8 Qd7 $6 {After this passive move Black starts
drifting into serious trouble.} ({Instead he could practically force a draw
with} 36... Qa2 $142 $1 37. Bxd8 (37. Ng3 Qxa4 38. Bxd8 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40.
Qxb7 Qd6 $15) (37. Nf4 Qxa4 38. Bxd8 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40. Qxb7 Qd6) 37... Qa1+
$1 38. Nc1 $8 (38. Kh2 Be5+) 38... Be5 (38... Qxc1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40. Qxd8 Qb2
41. Qc7 h4 $1 $132 {/=}) 39. Qc8 Bb2 40. Kh2 Qxc1 $11 {/\} 41. Qxb7 $2 Be5+ 42.
g3 Qf1 43. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 44. Qg2 Bxg3+ 45. Kh1 Qxe3 $17) 37. Be5 Ne6 (37... Qe7
38. Bxf6+ Qxf6 39. Qc7 $36 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2c3,Yc3d5]}) 38. Nc3 Qc6 (38... Qd3
$5 39. a5 Qc4 40. Qd6 Bxe5 41. Qxe5+ f6 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. Nxe4 f5 $14 {The _|_
is not fully clear, as Black's king is active and also Pa5 can be vulnerable.}
(43... Kf7 $5 {/\} 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Nxb7 $2 Kd7 $19 {[%csl Rb7]})) 39. a5 h4 $2
{Only this is the decisive mistake, possibly in time-trouble.} ({Black again
could (and should!) have gone for the N_|_ with} 39... Bxe5 $142 $1 40. Qxe5+
f6 41. Qxe4 Qxe4 42. Nxe4 {-38...Bd3!?}) 40. Bxf6+ Kxf6 41. Qh8+ Kf5 (41... Ke7
42. Qxh4+ g5 43. Qxe4 Qxc3 44. Qxb7+ Kf6 45. Qxa6 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. g3 $18)
42. Qxh4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} (42. Ne2 g5 43. g3 $36 {is also good for White, but
this sacrifice is both brilliant and more effective.}) 42... Qxc3 43. g4+ Ke5
44. Qh8+ f6 45. Qb8+ Kd5 46. Qxb7+ Qc6 47. Qb8 $1 (47. Qxa6 $2 Ng5 $132 {
saves the game, as the b6-pawn can't advance yet.}) 47... Nc5 (47... Ng5 48. b7
Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Qc1 50. Qg8+ $18) 48. Qg8+ Qe6 (48... Ke5 49. Qxg6 $18 {is
similar.}) 49. Qxg6 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gh3][%cal Rh3h8]} Kc4 {White's pawns are
decisive in the long run. Fully realising this, Svidler embarks on a desperate
counterattack.} (49... Nd7 50. Kg2 $5 $18 (50. h4 Ne5 51. Qf5 Qxf5 52. gxf5 Kc6
53. h5 Nf7 54. Kg2 $18)) 50. h4 Kd3 51. h5 Ke2 52. h6 Qc4 (52... Nd3 53. h7 Qc8
54. Qf5 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Nxf2 56. h8=Q Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qxh8 (57... Qg1+ 58. Kf4 $18)
58. Qxf2+ Kd3 59. Qf4 $18) (52... Qb3 53. h7 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qd6+ 55. Kg2 Nd3 56.
Qxe4 (56. h8=Q $2 Ne1+ 57. Kh3 Nf3) 56... Ne1+ 57. Kh3 Nf3 58. Qc2+ Ke1 59.
Qc1+ Ke2 (59... Kxf2 60. Qc2+ Nd2 61. Qc7 $18) 60. Qc4+ Ke1 61. Kg2 Nh4+ 62.
Kh1 Qd1 63. Kg1 Nf3+ (63... Kd2+ 64. Kh2 Nf3+ 65. Kg3 $18) 64. Kg2 Nh4+ 65. Kg3
Qf3+ 66. Kxh4 Qh1+ 67. Kg3 Qg1+ 68. Kf3 $18) 53. h7 Ke1 54. Qxf6 (54. Qxf6 Qf1+
55. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2016.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 ({Die andere wichtige
Variante ist} 5... O-O 6. Rc1 Be6) 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 (
{Meiner Meinung nach ist der Zug} 9. Nge2 {mehr prinzipiell.}) 9... Qxc5 10.
Bb3 Bg4 $1 {Eine gute strategische Idee. Schwarz löst zwei Probleme in dieser
Variante mit der Stellung der Dame und mit dem Läufer c8. Nach dem Abtausch
auf f3 wird Schwarz ein bequemes Endspiel bekommen.} 11. O-O ({Oder} 11. h3 Qh5
12. Bh2 $5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Ke2 {Der weiße König steht auf
jeden Fall besser im Zentrum. Aber ich glaube, dass Schwarz dieses Endspiel
ohne Probleme halten kann.}) 11... Qh5 12. Nd5 ({Nach} 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 {steht der weiße König schlechter auf g1 und nach} 15. Rfd1
Rfd8 16. Ba4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Kf1 Ne6 {ist das Endspiel
völlig ausgeglichen und sogar wegen der Schwäche am Königsflügel hat Schwarz
die besseren Perspektiven.}) 12... Nc6 $1 {Jetzt folgt eine forcierte Variante.
} 13. Rxc6 $1 Nxd5 $1 14. Rc5 Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 e6 16. Bxd5 Rad8 $1 {So war
meine Analyse im Jahre 2012. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 17. Qb3 ({Nach} 
17. e4 {kann die Partie schon Remis enden:} b6 18. Rb5 a6 19. Rxb6 exd5 20.
exd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Re5 $5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. h4 $8 Bd4 24. Rxa6 Qxh4 25. Qe4 Qg3+
$11) ({Oder} 17. Kg2 b6 18. Rb5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. b3 d4 $11)
17... b6 18. Rb5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. b3 ({Ebendfalls möglich
war} 21. Rc1 Bxb2 22. Rc7 Ra8 23. Rb7 Bf6 {mit Remis.}) 21... d4 22. Rd1 {
Die erste Ungenauigkeit.} ({Einfacher war} 22. exd4 $1 Rd8 23. Rc1 Bxd4 24. Rc7
a5 25. Bh6 Bg7 26. Be3 Bd4 $11) 22... Rd8 $15 23. Rd3 {Gegen ...d3 gespielt.} (
{Nach} 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 {steht Schwarz besser, aber glaube ich
nicht, dass Schwarz gewinnen kann. Zum Beispiel} 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Ke2 Kf6 27. h3
Kf5 28. Bd2 Bc5 29. Bc1 Bd6 30. Bd2 Bf4 31. Bc3 Kg5 32. Kf1 $15) (23. Kf1 $6 {
sieht sehr gefährlich aus:} d3 $1 24. e4 Bc3 $1 $36) 23... f5 $1 24. Kf1 Kf7
25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Rd1 ({Am besten war} 26. exd4 $1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. h3 Kd5
29. Bh6 $15) 26... Rc8 $1 27. Kd2 $6 {Die zweite Ungenauigkeit.} ({Weiß muss
sowieso auf d4 nehmen und die Türme abtauschen:} 27. exd4 $1 Rc2+ (27... Kd5
28. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Bxd4 30. h3 $15) 28. Rd2 $1 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Bxd4 30. h3
$15) 27... Kd5 $5 28. Rg1 $2 {Ein ernster Fehler. Der Turm steht sehr schlecht
auf g1. Weiß hat in dieser Partie überhaupt nicht auf d4 genommen.} ({Besser
wäre} 28. exd4 $5 $15) ({oder} 28. h4 $1 Bf6 $140 29. Bg5 $132) 28... Bf8 $1 {
Es droht ...Bb4, ...d3, ...Rc2. Weiß hat eine sehr gefährliche Stellung und
muss den einzigen Zug finden.} 29. e4+ $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler.} ({
Die einzige Verteidigung war} 29. Rc1 $3 Rxc1 ({Nach} 29... Bb4+ $2 30. Kd3 $1
Rxc1 31. e4+ Ke6 32. Bxc1 $11) 30. Kxc1 {und jetzt nach} Bd6 31. Bxd6 Kxd6 32.
Kd2 {habe ich keinen Gewinn gefunden. Zum Beispiel} Ke5 33. Kd3 $1 dxe3 34.
fxe3 $1 g5 35. h3 $8 (35. Ke2 $4 f4 $1 36. e4 g4 $1 $19) 35... h5 36. Ke2 $8 g4
37. Kf2 $3 gxf3 38. Kxf3 h4 39. b4 b5 40. a3 a6 41. Kf2 $8 Ke4 42. Ke2 f4 43.
exf4 Kxf4 44. Kf2 $11) (29. h4 $2 Bb4+ 30. Kd1 d3 31. e4+ Ke6 32. Bd2 Bxd2 33.
Kxd2 Rc2+ 34. Kxd3 Rxf2 $17) 29... Ke6 $19 {Jetzt gibt es keine Verteidigung
gegen ...Bb4 und ...Rc3.} 30. Rd1 ({Sofort verliert} 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Bd6
$1 32. exf5+ (32. Bxd6 Kxd6 33. Kd2 Ke5 34. Kd3 g5 35. exf5 Kxf5 36. Kxd4 Kf4
$19) 32... gxf5 33. Bg3 f4 $1 34. Bh4 Be7 $19) 30... Bb4+ $1 31. Kd3 Rc3+ 32.
Kxd4 Rxf3 33. exf5+ gxf5 $1 {Weiß verliert Material und die Partie.} 34. Bb8 ({
Nach} 34. Be3 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 Rh3 $1 36. Ke2 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Rxh2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 $19
{gewinnt Schwarz zwei Bauern.}) 34... Rxf2 ({Genauer war} 34... a5 $1 35. Bc7
Bc5+ 36. Kc4 Rxf2 $19) 35. Kc4 ({Mehr praktische Chancen verspricht} 35. Bxa7
Bc5+ 36. Kd3 Rxa2 37. Bb8 Ra8 $19 {aber Schwarz sollte trotzdem allmählich
gewinnen.}) 35... a5 36. a4 f4 {Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz sehr leicht.} 37. Kb5 f3
({Oder} 37... Bc5 $19) 38. Bc7 (38. Kxb6 Rd2 $5 39. Rc1 Rb2 40. Bg3 Rxb3 $19)
38... Rb2 ({Genauer war} 38... Bc5 $1 39. Bxb6 Bxb6 40. Kxb6 Rb2 41. Kxa5 Rxb3
$19) 39. Bxb6 Rxb3 40. Bxa5 {Verzweiflung. Aber es gibt für Weiß keinen guten
Rat.} (40. Kc4 Rc3+ 41. Kb5 Kf5 42. Rd7 h5 $19) 40... Bxa5+ 41. Kxa5 f2 $1 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 28th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qb3
dxc4 $5 $146 (8... Qb6) 9. Bxc4 (9. Qxb7 $2 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Ng5 b5 $1 12.
Nxe6 fxe6 $15) 9... Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd5 (10... Nbd7 $6 11. e4) 11. Be5 Na6 $6 {
This is not the best square for knight.} 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rfd1 $1 (15. d5 c4) 15... cxd4 (15... c4 16. Qb5 $1 Nc7 17. Qe5+ Kg8 18. e4
$16) 16. Nxd4 Qc7 (16... Qb8 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nc5 $6 19. Nxb6 $1 (19. Qc3
$6 e5) 19... Nxb3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Nxc8 Nxd4 22. Nxe7 $18) 17. Ncb5 Qc4 18.
Qxc4 Nxc4 19. b3 Nb6 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6] Now the pair of white knights is much
stronger than their opponents.} (19... Ne5 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. Rc7 $1 (21. a3 $6
Nbc6) 21... a6 $8 22. Nc3 Rfc8 23. Rxb7 Rxc3 24. Rxb4 Nd3 25. Rb7 e5 26. Nf3 $5
(26. Ne2 Rc2 27. Ng3 Rd8) (26. Ne6+ Kf6 27. Nc7 Rd8 28. Nxa6 Nb4 $1) 26... Rc2
27. h3 $18) 20. Rac1 Kf6 21. a3 $1 {[%csl Ra6] (פa6)} Rfd8 22. b4 {[%csl Ra6]}
e5 23. Nb3 Nc4 $5 24. Kf1 $1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ke7 (25... Ke6 $2 26. Nc5+ Nxc5 27.
Nc7+ $18) 26. Ke2 $1 $18 {(.) Black doesn't have useful moves.} f6 (26... Ke6
27. Nc5+) (26... Nb6 27. Na5) (26... Nb8 27. Nc7) (26... Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28.
Kd3 Nb2+ 29. Kc2 Nc4 30. Kc3 Nb6 31. Nxa7 $18) 27. g4 $1 h6 28. h4 Ke6 $6 29.
Nc5+ Nxc5 30. Nc7+ Ke7 31. Nxa8 Ne6 32. a4 Nd6 33. b5 b6 34. a5 bxa5 35. b6
axb6 36. Nxb6 f5 37. gxf5 Nxf5 38. Rd5 Nfd4+ $138 39. Kf1 $138 (39. exd4 Nf4+
40. Ke3 Nxd5+ 41. Nxd5+ Kd6 42. Nb6 exd4+ 43. Kxd4 Ke6 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Na4 Ke6
46. Nc5+ Kd6 47. Kd4 $18) 39... Nf3 40. Rxa5 $138 1-0

