[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Odense"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Rad1 (11. Rfd1 Rac8 (11... Rfd8 12. Rac1 Rac8 13.
e4 (13. e3 Qb8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 Ba6 $13 {
Benko-Remlinger/NY open 1987}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qe2 Bf6
17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 bxc5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rc2 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Rd2
Rd7 23. a3 a5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qd2 {Rashkovskij-Jusupov /URS-ch/1979/0.5 (27)}
) 12. Rac1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e3 Rfd8 16. Nh4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Bf8
18. Qe2 Re8 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Bh3 Kh8 $13 {Knoedler,O-Kunz,W/Wurt-ch 1985}) (11.
e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Ned2 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qc8 $5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ncd7 $10 {Filip,M-O Kelly,A/La Habana 1967}) 11... b5 12.
c5 b4 13. Nb1 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15. Nbd2 f5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Rab8 (18... Rf5 $5 19. Bh3 $140 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 (20. f4 $5) 20... Qxe5 21. f3 Rb8
$5 {/\ Rb5, >< Pc5} 22. fxe4 Rb5 23. exd5 Rxc5 24. Qd2 (24. Bxe6+ Qxe6) 24...
Rxd5 25. Qf4 $5) (18... Bc8 {/\ Bd7-e8-g6}) 19. Bd4 Qa5 {[#]} 20. f3 $1 exf3
21. exf3 Rf7 22. f4 {()} g6 23. Bh3 Bc8 24. Bg4 Qd8 25. Rf1 Qf8 26. h4 Qg7 27.
Kg2 Bd7 28. Rf2 Rb5 29. Be2 Rb8 30. Rh1 Rff8 31. Bg4 Rb7 32. h5 Bd8 (32... gxh5
33. Rxh5) (32... g5 33. f5 (33. h6 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. h7+ Kh8 36. Be2 $5 {
/\ Bd3}) 33... exf5 34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 h6 (35... Rbb8 36. h6 $1 Qh8 (36...
Qg6 37. Rxf8+) 37. Rd1 $5 $18) 36. Rd1 $5 $16) 33. hxg6 (33. Be2 $5 {/\ Bd3})
33... Qxg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Kf3 Bc8 36. Rfh2 Rg7 37. Ke3 Be7 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 {[#]} 40. a3 $1 $16 bxa3 (40... g5 41. Bh5+ Ke7 42. axb4 gxf4+ 43.
gxf4) 41. Ra1 g5 42. Bh5+ Kg8 43. Rxa3 gxf4+ 44. gxf4 Rh7 45. Be8 Rc7 (45...
Bd7 46. Bg6 Rg7 (46... Rh3+ 47. Ke2) 47. Bh5 Bc8 48. Kf3 {/\ Be8}) 46. b4 Be7
47. Ra1 Kf8 48. Bg6 Bd8 49. Bd3 Be7 50. Rh1 Kg8 51. Kf3 Bd7 52. f5 $1 exf5 53.
Kf4 Rb7 54. b5 $1 cxb5 55. Bxf5 Bxf5 (55... Bxf5 56. Kxf5 $18 {/\ e6} Bf8 57.
e6 Bg7 58. Rg1) 56. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Thessaloniki Galaxias"]
[BlackTeam "Heraklion OAA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Once again I have chosen the Catalan.} d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+
(4... dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 (5... Nc6 6. Qa4 (6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5
Nd7 10. Qc2 $5 Nxe5 11. Be3 $44) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O O-O
(9... a6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc4 Rb8 14. Nc3 Rxb2 (
14... Qd6 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nc5 Rxb2 18. e3 $44) 15. Rab1 Rb6 16.
Qc5 h6 17. Rfd1 $44) (9... Bd7 10. Ne5 a5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rd1 $44) (9... Rb8
10. Na3 O-O (10... a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qxc4 Qxd4 14. Bxc6 Qxc4 15.
Nxc4 bxc6 16. Rfd1 $44) (10... Bd7 11. Qb5 $14) 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5
Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a4 $13) 10. a3 Nd5 11. Qxc4 $14) (5... b5 6. Ne5 Nd5 7.
a4 c6 8. O-O Bb7 (8... a6 9. e4 Nf6 10. d5 $40) 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 b4 11. a5
$44) (5... c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6 (8... Qc8 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 b4
11. a5 $44) (8... Qb6) (8... Qc7 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 $44) 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. e4
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. f4 Be7 13. Ng4 Nf6 14. f5 exf5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ba3 Be7
17. exf5 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 O-O 19. f6 $44) 6. O-O b5 (6... Nc6 7. e3 $5 Rb8 (7...
Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 (
13... Rb8 14. Nd2) 14. Na3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nc2 $44) (7... Nd5 8. Qe2 b5 9.
Rd1 Bd6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 $44) 8. Nfd2 (8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 $44)
8... Qd7 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ncd2 $13) 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. a4 Bb7 9. e4 Nf6 10. axb5 axb5
11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qa1 Bb7 15. Qa7 Qc8 16. d5 O-O 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Na6 19. Nd7 Rf7 (19... Rd8 20. Bh3 $40) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. e5
$44) (4... Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 {resembles these lines.})
5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 (9... dxc4 $2
10. Ne5 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qc5 12. Na3 $16) 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 {I am only
interested in this one.} Rc8 (11... Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nbd2 (13. Nc3 Rc8 (
13... dxc4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Bb2 $44) 14. Bb2 (14.
Bf4) 14... Qc7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nd2 e5 (16... b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Na4 c5 19. d5
exd5 20. exd5 $16) 17. Nxc4 exd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. Ne3 Bc5 20. Ne2 $44)) 12. Nc3
Qe8 (12... h6 13. e4 (13. h3 dxc4 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qc7 17. e3
) 13... dxc4 14. Nd2 (14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Nb3 b5 18. Qxa7
Bc4) 14... b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Bf1 (16. Na4 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nh5 19.
Be3 Bf6 20. Rab1 Bd4 $132) 16... Nb6 (16... c5 $2 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5) 17. a4
Bb4 18. a5 Nbd7 19. Na4 (19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 22. Qd3 Nef6
23. Rab1 $44) 19... c5 20. Bd6 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 cxd4 22. Rxd4 $44) (12... dxc4 13.
Nd2 (13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 (14... b5 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Bd2 N5b6
18. e4) 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Qxa7 Ba8) 13... c5 (13... Nd5 14. bxc4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 b5
16. Nce4 Qc7 17. e3 $44 bxc4 18. Nxc4 c5 19. Qa4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qb5 cxd4
22. Rxd4 f5 23. Ng5) 14. dxc5 $1 (14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rdd1 b5 17.
Nd6 b4 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Rac1 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxe2 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. b4 Bxf2+ 23.
Kxf2 $44) 14... Bxc5 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 cxb3 17. Qb2 bxa2 18. Rxa2 Bc4 19.
Rxa7 Bd5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Qf6 $11) (12... c5 13. e4 cxd4
14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd4) (12... Re8 13. e4 (13. h3 h6 14. e4 dxc4 15. bxc4 (15.
Nd2 b5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bf1 Nb6 18. a4 Bb4 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Na4 c5 21. dxc5 e5
22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bxc4 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qe2 Rc6
28. Ne3) 15... Bxc4 16. Qa4 b5) 13... dxc4 14. Nd2 (14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nd2 (15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rd4 b5 18. Rad1 Rc7 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Bf1) 15... Ba6
16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Nb3 b5 18. Qxa7 Bc4 19. Nd2 $40) 14... b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Bf1
(16. Na4 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nh5 19. Be3 Ne5) 16... Nb6 17. a4 Bb4 18. a5
Nbd7 19. Bxc4 Bb5 (19... Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 22. Qc2 $16) 20. Qb3
Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nd5 22. Qf3 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 $14) (12... b5 13. c5 b4 14. Na4 Bb5
15. a3 a5 (15... bxa3 16. Rxa3) 16. Ne1 $16) 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 (14. Nd2 e5
15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5 18. Rd2 Ndxe5 19. Na4) 14... Bxc4 15.
Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Nb3 Bc2 (17... b5 18. Qa6) 18. Rdc1 Bxb3 19. axb3 $14)
8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Rd1 (11. b3 $5 {may be a line with more
solid perspectives.} b5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Bb2 a5 15. a3 Bf6 16. b4
Nxd2 17. Qxd2 a4 $132) (11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 Ba6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. e5 Ne8 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Nf1 Qc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Ne3 $14) 11... dxc4 $5 {I have
not expected this.} (11... b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. e4 c5 15. exd5 exd5
16. dxc5 dxc4 17. b4 bxc5 18. b5 $44) (11... Ne4 12. Ne5 f5 13. Bf4 $14) 12.
Nbd2 (12. Qxc4 e5) 12... b5 13. b3 c3 14. Qxc3 Bb7 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17.
Ba3 (17. a5 Qa7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 $13) 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 c5 19. axb5
axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc1 cxd4 22. Qxd4 (22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne5 24. Qc3
$13 {was another option.}) 22... Ra2 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rc5 (24. Rc7 Bd5 25. Rc5
) 24... Nfd7 25. Rc7 (25. Rxb5 Ba6 26. Rb4 Bxe2 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 $11)
25... Ba8 26. Nf1 (26. e4 $5 {should also bring no more than equality.}) 26...
Kf8 (26... Rxe2 27. Nd4 Ra2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Nxb5 $11) 27. Nd4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2
b4 29. Ne3 $5 {A risky move.} (29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Nc5 (30... Nd5 31. Nd2 (
31. Nfe3 Nxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Nc5 33. Nc2 $11) 31... Nc5 32. e4 Nc3 33. Kf3 Na2 34.
e5 Nc1 $11) 31. Nd2 Nd5 32. e4 Nc3 33. Kf3 Na2 $11) 29... Rd2 30. Nc6 $2 {
Greedy, ambitious and stupid at the same time.} (30. Nec2 $3 g6 (30... e5 $2
31. Nf3 Rxe2 32. Kf1 Re4 33. h3) (30... Ke8 31. f4 Kd8 32. Ra7) 31. f4 Nf6 32.
Nf3 Rxe2+ 33. Kf1 Nfd5 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Kxe2 $14) 30... Rxe2 31. Nc4 (31. Rb7
g5 32. Nxb4 Rb2 33. Nc6 Rxb3 34. Nc4) 31... Rc2 32. Nxb4 Rc3 33. Rc6 $2 (33.
Nc6 g5 (33... Nxc4 $4 34. Rc8#) 34. Nxb6 Nxb6 35. b4 Nd5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. b5
Rb3 38. Rb8 Rb2 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 $11) (33. Rb7 Nxc4) 33... Nxc4 34. bxc4 g5
$15 {I had some problems about the protection of my kingside.} 35. h3 h5 36.
Na2 Ra3 37. Nc1 (37. Nb4 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Nc2 Ra2 40. Ne3 Ne5 41. Rc5 f6
42. Rb5 $15 (42. Rxe5 $2 fxe5 43. Nxg4 e4 44. Ne3 Ke7 45. g4 Kf6 46. Kg3 Ke5
$17)) 37... g4 38. hxg4 (38. h4 $2 Ne5 39. Rc5 Nf3 $19) 38... hxg4 39. Ne2 Ne5
40. Rc5 Nf3 (40... f6 $2 41. Rc7 Nf3 42. c5 $132) 41. Rc8+ $5 (41. Ng1 $2 Ne1+
(41... Nd2 $17) 42. Kf1 Ra1 43. Ke2 Nc2 44. Kd2 Rxg1 45. Kxc2 Rg2 $19) (41. Rh5
$142 Ra2 42. Nc3 Rc2 43. Nd1 Rc1 44. Rh1 f5 45. Ne3 Rxh1 46. Kxh1 Ke7 {wins a
tempo compared the game continuation.}) 41... Ke7 $1 {A very good move. Now
the ending is very unpleasant for White.} (41... Kg7 42. Rd8 $3 (42. Ng1 Ne1+)
(42. c5 Ra2) 42... Ra1 43. c5 Re1 44. c6 Rxe2 45. c7 Re1 46. Rg8+ Kxg8 47.
c8=Q+ Kg7 48. Qh8+ $11) 42. Rh8 $1 (42. Rc7+ $2 Kf6 43. Rb7 Ra2 44. Nf4 Ra1 45.
Ne2 Re1 46. Rb2 Ke7 47. c5 Kd7 $19) 42... Ra2 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Nd1 Rc1 45. Rh1
Kd6 46. Ne3 (46. Rf1 Nd2) 46... Rxh1 47. Kxh1 f5 48. Kg2 Nd2 $1 $15 {After
this White loses a pawn but the position seems to be playable.} 49. Nd1 Kc5 50.
Nb2 Kd4 51. c5 Kxc5 52. Nd3+ Kd4 53. Nf4 Ke5 (53... e5 54. Ne6+ Kd5 55. Ng7 Ke4
56. Kg1 $1 $15) 54. Nh5 Kd6 55. Nf4 e5 56. Ne2 Kd5 57. Nc3+ Kd4 58. Nb5+ Kc5
59. Nc7 (59. Nc3 Kc4 60. Na4) 59... Kc6 60. Ne8 $4 {It is hard to be believe
that I have lost my knight in a knights ending!} (60. Na6 Kb5 61. Nc7+ Kc4 62.
Ne8 $15 (62. Na6 Nb3 (62... f4 63. gxf4 exf4 64. Nc7 Kd3 65. Ne6 Ke4 66. Nc5+
$11) 63. Kf1 Nc5 (63... Nd4 64. Nb8 Kd5 65. Nd7) 64. Nc7 f4 65. gxf4 exf4 66.
Ne8 Ne4 67. Ng7 Kd4 68. Nf5+ Kd5 69. Nh6 Nf6 70. Kg2 Ke5 71. Kh2 Kd4 72. Kg1
Kd3 73. Kf1 f3 74. Nf5 Ke4 75. Ne3 g3 76. Ng2 $3 $11)) (60. Ne6 Nf3 61. Nd8+
Kc7 62. Ne6+ Kd6 63. Nd8 $15) 60... Nf3 $1 $19 61. Kf1 Nd4 62. Ke1 Kd7 63. Nf6+
Ke6 64. Ne8 Nb5 65. Kd2 Ke7 66. Ng7 Kf6 67. Ne8+ Kf7 {A bad start!} 0-1

[Event "YUG-Cup"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lajthajm, Borko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
Ne4 9. b3 f5 10. Ba3 $5 Nd6 $5 11. Nc3 Qe8 12. e3 $1 dxc4 13. bxc4 (13. Bf1
cxb3 14. Qxb3 Nf7) 13... Nxc4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 $44 Nd6 16. Re1 fxe4 17.
Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Rh4 Bd7 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bf1 g6 22. Ne5 Qg7 (22...
g5 23. Rh3) 23. Bd3 g5 24. Rh3 h6 25. f4 g4 (25... gxf4 $2 26. Rh4 fxg3 27. Re3
$1 $18 (27. Rh3 $2 Nh5 $1 28. Rxh5 Rf2 $13)) 26. Rh4 Rd8 27. Qd1 h5 28. Ng6 Rf7
29. Re5 Be8 $2 (29... Qh6 30. Rexh5 Nxh5 31. Qxg4 Qg7 32. Qxh5 Be8 33. Ne5 Re7
34. Qe2 $44) 30. Bc4 $1 (30. Rg5 $6 Nh7 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 33. Bc4
Nf8 $13) 30... Nh7 31. Rxe6 b5 32. Rxe8+ $6 (32. Bb3 c5 33. Ne5 c4 34. Rg6 Qxg6
35. Nxg6 cxb3 36. Qxb3 $18) 32... Rxe8 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Ne5 Qf5 35. h3 Nf6
36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Qb3+ (37. Nxg4 $6 Nxg4 38. Rxg4+ Kf8 39. Rg5 Qe6 $14) 37...
Re6 38. Qd1 Rd6 39. Rh6 c5 40. Qb3+ Rd5 41. Rxf6 (41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rxf6 Qe4 43.
Nxg4 $18) (41. Qxb5 $18) 41... Qe4 42. Qd3 $4 (42. Qd1 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44.
Kh2 Qh7+ 45. Kg1 $18) (42. Nxg4 $18) 42... Rxe5 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. dxc5 Rc4 45.
c6 $6 (45. Rc6 $1 Kf7 $1 (45... Rc1+ $2 46. Kf2 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. Rc8+ Kf7
49. c6 Ke6 50. f5+ Kd6 51. f6 Ra3+ 52. Kf4 Rf3+ 53. Kg5 b4 54. Kg6 b3 55. f7
$18) 46. Kf2 Rc3 $11) (45. Rg6+ Kf7 46. Rxg4 Rxc5 $11) 45... Kg7 $11 46. Rd6
Rc2 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. c7 b4 49. Kf1 a5 50. Ke1 a4 51. Kd1 b3 52. axb3 axb3 53.
Rd3 Rxc7 54. Rxb3 Rh7 55. Ke2 Rh2+ 56. Ke3 Rg2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Re3 Ra2 59. Kd3
Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kd5 Ra5+ 62. Kc4 Ra2 63. Kd3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 28th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Zivkovic, Nemanja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {An invitation to the Catalan which my opponent
accepted} d5 (3... c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9.
O-O Re8 $1 {but this particular line in the Benoni keeps on intimidating
people.}) 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 $5 (6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6
9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $13) 6... c6 (6... dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9.
Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 $14 {In this very line Nc3 may fit well for
White rather than castling short in such positions.}) 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 $5 (8.
Bf4 Nh5) (8. Nd2 b5 $1) (8. Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bf4 {leads to the
famous game Korchnoi-Petrosian, Moscow 1975 where Korchnoi scored big time
after their problematic match in Odessa.}) 8... b6 (8... b5 $6 9. cxb5 (9. c5
$5) 9... cxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5 11. a4 $16) 9. Bb2 Bb7 {Where to deploy the bishop
is a matter of taste.} (9... Ba6 10. a4 $1 (10. Nd2 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. a3 {
Kortschnoj-Lputian, Sarajevo1998.}) 10... Rc8 11. Nd2 {is a plan recommended
by Korchnoi.}) 10. Qc2 (10. Qd3 $5) (10. e3 $5 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 $14) 10... Qc8
$5 {An interesting move I learned with this game. At first what Black is
trying to accomplish seemed incomprehensible to me.} ({The immediate} 10...
dxc4 $6 11. bxc4 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16.
Ne5 $16 {is bad so Black moves the queen away first.}) (10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4) (10... Rc8 11. e4 {is a well known path in the Catalan.})
11. Rfd1 (11. Rac1 $6 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $132 {is one of Black's ideas.}) (11. e4
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. Qe2 $11 {is nothing special.} (14. d5 $2 Bf6
)) 11... Ba6 $1 {After the game I saw a couple of games played by IM Branimir
Maksimovic who turns out to be from the same city of Nis where Nemanja
Zivkovic is from.} 12. e4 $1 $146 {After having spent 30 minutes after his Qc8,
I came to the conclusion that this is a must. After all one should not play
the Catalan if one is afraid to lose a pawn!} (12. Nd2 b5 13. e4 (13. c5 $2 b4)
13... dxc4 14. bxc4 bxc4 {is seen in many games and provides Black with a
decent position.}) 12... dxc4 13. e5 (13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rac1 e5 16.
Nf3 $1 {is saved for other games in the future.}) 13... cxb3 $2 {An
unnecessary and bad move.} (13... Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb4 (14... cxb3 15. axb3 Nb4) 15.
Qd2 cxb3 16. axb3 $44) 14. axb3 Nd5 15. Ba3 $1 {This makes a huge difference
since the removal of the dark-squared bishops weakens the d6-square.} c5 $6 (
15... Bxa3 $6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Rxa3 $16) (15... Nxc3 $6 16. Bxe7 Nxd1 17. Ng5 g6
18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Ne4 $16) (15... Nb4 $142 $1 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qc1
Kg7 19. Qe3 $44) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bh3 $1 {The sharpest possible reply.} (17.
dxc5 bxc5 18. Rxd5 (18. Bh3 Bb5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rxd5 $5 Rxf3 22.
Rad1 Qa6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Qxa3 25. Qe4 $1 Raf8 26. Qxe7 Qb2 27. R1d2 Qb1+
28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Rd8 Kg8 $16) 18... Bb7 19. Rd2 $16) 17... Qc6 (17... Bb5 18.
dxc5 bxc5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rxd5 Rxf3 22. Rad1 Qa6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7
24. Rxd7 Qxa3 25. Qe4 Raf8 26. Qxe7 Qb2 27. R1d2 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 $16) (17... Qc7
18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bf5 $1 Bc8 (19... g6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rxa6 gxf5 22. Qxf5 $18
) 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 $16) 18. dxc5 (18. b4 $5) 18... Nxc5 $8 (18... bxc5 $2
19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Bb2 Bb7 22. Nxg7 $1 $18) 19. Nd4 Qe8 $8 (19... Qh6
$2 20. Nf5 Qxh3 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Bxc5 $18) 20. Bxc5 bxc5 {It seems like Black
is about to hold but...} 21. Ne6 $1 {For me this is another must!} (21. Rxa6 $5
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bd8 $1 23. Rxd5 Bb6 $44) 21... fxe6 (21... Bc8 $2 22. Nxf8 Bxh3
23. Qxh7+ Kxf8 24. Qh8#) 22. Rxa6 ({The rook should take on e6 but not the
bishop because of} 22. Bxe6+ $6 Kh8 23. Rxa6 Qb5 $1 $14) 22... Kh8 $1 23. Rxe6
Rd8 24. f4 $6 (24. Bg4 $142 $5 c4 25. bxc4 dxc4 $44) 24... Qf7 $2 $138 ({
The obvious move was} 24... c4 $1 25. Kh1 $5 $36 (25. bxc4 $6 dxc4 26. Rdd6 (
26. Rxd8 $2 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Qxd8 28. Qxc4 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Qf3+ 30. Bg2 Qe3 31. Qf1 a5
$44) 26... Qf7 27. Rc6 Bb4 28. Qxc4 a5 $44)) 25. Rc6 $1 d4 $6 (25... c4 26. Rc7
$1 cxb3 27. Qxb3 $16) 26. Rc7 $1 (26. Be6 Qe8 27. Ra6 $16) 26... a5 27. Rd3 $6
{I preferred Qc4 to Bf1-c4 which was strange indeed!} (27. Bf1 $1 Rc8 $140 $2
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxd4 $1 $18) 27... Rb8 28. Qc4 Qh5 $6 (28... Qxc4 29. bxc4
Bd8 30. Rxc5 a4 $132) 29. Qe6 Bd8 30. Bg4 Qg6 $1 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Rxc5 $1 g5
33. f5 $2 $138 {Being also very low on time I missed a direct win.} (33. e6 $1
gxf4 34. e7 Bxe7 35. Rh5+ Kg8 36. Be6+) (33. Be6 $2 gxf4 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rh3+
Bh4 $132) 33... Bb6 34. Rb5 $1 (34. Rc6 $6 Rfc8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Kf2 Rc3 $140
$1 37. Rxc3 dxc3+ 38. Ke2 Bg1 $11) 34... Bc7 (34... Rfc8 35. Kg2 $16) 35. Rxb8
Rxb8 36. e6 Kg8 37. Rd1 $1 {Activating the rook is worth a pawn.} (37. Kg2 Be5
38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Ke4 Bf6 40. Kd5 Ke7 41. Kc6 $14) 37... Kf8 $1 (37... Rxb3 $2
38. Kf1 Bb6 39. Re1 Re3 40. Rb1 Bc7 41. Rb7 Rc3 42. Rb5 $1 $18 {and the rook
comes in via the d5-square.}) 38. Rc1 (38. Kg2 $142 Be5 39. Rc1 Bd6 (39... Rxb3
40. Rc5) 40. Rc6 Ke7 41. Ra6 {wins at least a tempo in the coming
complications.}) 38... Bd6 39. Rc6 Ke7 40. Ra6 Bc7 $2 {The notorious 40th move.
} ({Surprisingly enough} 40... Rxb3 $1 {was the only move.} 41. Rxa5 $5 $36 {
and it is still not a draw.} (41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rf7+ Ke5 43. Rxg7 $40 ({The
natural} 43. e7 $2 Rb8 44. f6 gxf6 45. Bd7 Bxe7 46. Rxe7+ Kd6 47. Rf7 Rb7 48.
Be8 Rxf7 49. Bxf7 a4 {and Black will exchange f- and g-pawns by force.} 50. Kf2
Ke5 51. Ke2 f5 52. Kd3 f4 53. gxf4+ gxf4 54. h4 Kf6 55. Bd5 a3 56. Ke2 Kg6 57.
Kd3 Kh5 58. Kxd4 Kxh4 59. Kd3 Kg3 60. Ke2 $11 {is a sample line.}))) 41. Ra7
Kd6 42. Bh5 $1 d3 43. Kf1 Rb5 $2 {The final mistake.} (43... Rh8 $142 $1 44. g4
g6 $1 45. Bxg6 $1 (45. fxg6 $6 Rg8 46. e7 Re8 47. g7 d2 $132) 45... Rxh2 46.
Ke1 Kc6 $1 (46... Re2+ 47. Kd1 Kc6 48. Ra6+ $1 Kb7 49. f6 $1 $18) 47. f6 (47.
e7 Re2+ 48. Kd1 Rxe7 49. f6 {transposes.}) 47... Re2+ 48. Kd1 Rxe6 49. f7 Rf6
50. Be4+ Kd7 51. Bd5 Rf2 52. Ke1 d2+ 53. Kd1 Kd6 54. Ra8 Kxd5 55. f8=Q Rxf8 56.
Rxf8 Bf4 57. Rf5+ $18) 44. Rxc7 $1 {The simplest winning method.} (44. e7 Rxf5+
45. Kg2 Kxe7 46. Rxc7+ Kd6 47. Rxg7 $18) 44... Rxf5+ 45. Kg2 ({There is no
need for a flash of stupidity:} 45. Ke1 $4 Kxc7 46. e7 Re5+ $19) 45... Kxc7 46.
e7 (46. e7 Re5 47. e8=Q Rxe8 48. Bxe8 d2 49. Bh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nova Gorica op 04th"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Rd1 {this is an interesting position.There are two approaches now people
either plays Bb7 and then when white puts Nc3 they go like ba6 beleving that
the N is misplaced there,or like I did in this game there are players who
first play Ba6 forcing Nbd2 then going for Bb7.} Ba6 10. a4 $5 (10. Bb2 Rc8 11.
Nbd2 c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qh3 h5 16. Ne5 Rc7 $1 17. cxd5
(17. dxc5 Bc8 $3) 17... Nxe5 18. d6 (18. dxe5 Nxd5 19. Be4 Bc8 $1 20. Qg2 Be6
21. Nc4 Rd7) 18... Nd3 $1 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxb7 Nxb2 21. Rdb1 Qxb7 22. Rxb2
cxd4 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 d3 $44) 10... Rc8 (10... c5 {It is interesting to
find out why nobody has tried this move.} 11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... Rc8 $6 12. Nb5
dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. Nfxd4 $16) 12. bxc4 Bxc4 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Bd5 (
14... Nxe5 15. Rxd8 Raxd8 16. Ba3 $1 $14) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5
Rc8 18. Qf5 Qf6 $14) 11. a5 c5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Qa2 Bb7 $1 {This simple move
looks like giving black some advantage.} 14. Ba3 (14. Qxa7 $5 dxc4 (14... Qxb3
$2 15. Rd3 Qb6 (15... Qxc4 $2 16. Nbd2) 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rb3 Nfd7 (17... Bd8
18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Ba3 (19. Be3 $5) 19... Ra5 20. c5 $18) 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. Ne5 (
19. Bf4 dxc4 20. Rb5 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 cxd4 (21... Rbc8 22. Bb7) 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23.
Bc6 c3 24. Bxd7 (24. Be4) 24... c2 25. Rc7 cxb1=Q+ 26. Rxb1 Bd8 27. Rc5 $1 $16)
19... dxc4 (19... Nxe5 20. Rxb6 Bc6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nd2 Ng6 23. Ba3 Rc8) 20.
Nxd7 cxb3 21. Nxb8 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxb8 23. Rxe7 Nd5 24. Rd7 c4 25. Bb2) 15. bxc4
cxd4 $11) 14... Rfe8 $146 (14... Ne4 15. e3 $1 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rfd8 17.
f3 $2 (17. Qc2 Bg5 $5) 17... dxc4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. fxe4 Rd1+ 20. Kf2 (20. Bf1
cxb3 21. Qb2 c4+) 20... cxb3 21. Qb2 c4+ 22. e3 Bg5 23. Qe2 c3 $1 $19) 15...
Bf6 16. Bb2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Rb8 18. Nc3 (18. Nbd2 Nxf2 $1) 18... Ba8 (18... Nxf2
$2 19. Na4) 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bc3 $14 {Chiburdanidze(2505)-Vaganian(2645) Biel
1994}) 15. Nbd2 cxd4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qxa7 e5 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Ra7 Rcc7 20.
c5 $1 Rxc5 21. Nxe5 {a sequence of forced moves.} Nc8 (21... Rc2 22. Bh3 $1)
22. Nd3 $8 {During the game I did not have the faintest idea as if these moves
were played before.Then when GM Sermek told me like 'Of course you know
Kozul-Dizdar from last (Slovenian) league I have understood that something was
going on.} Rc3 $1 {N Much better than the move chosen by Dizdar.Because rooks'
invasion on the second is not only dangerous but serves white to take on d4
with the N.} (22... Rc2 23. Ra5 Rxe2 24. Nf3 {Kozul(2570)-Dizdar(2570) Skofja
Loka1998.}) 23. Ra4 (23. Raa1 $142 Rxe2 24. Nf3) 23... Rxe2 24. Rxd4 g5 $11 25.
Nb4 Ne7 26. Bf1 Re6 27. Rd3 Rc5 (27... Rc7 $142) 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Nd4 Rb6 30.
Nbc2 Ng6 (30... Ba6 31. Re3 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 $11) 31. f3 Nd6 32. Re3 Rc8 33. Bh3
Rb8 34. Rd2 (34. Rc3 $1 $14) 34... Ra6 35. Rde2 {Here white has offered draw.}
Ra2 36. Re1 Kg7 37. Bf1 Rc8 38. Nb4 Rb2 39. Nd3 Rd2 40. R1e2 Rd1 41. Re1 Rd2
42. R1e2 Rd1 43. Re1 Rxe1 $6 {After this move only white can be better.It
would have been much sane to take a draw here.} 44. Rxe1 Kf6 45. Kf2 h5 46. Rc1
h4 47. Rxc8 Bxc8 48. Nc5 hxg3+ 49. hxg3 Ne7 50. Bd3 Ke5 51. Ke3 f5 52. f4+ Kf6
$1 $11 53. fxg5+ Kxg5 54. b4 Ne4 55. Bxe4 dxe4 56. Nxe4+ fxe4 57. Kxe4 Bb7+ 58.
Ke5 Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {A small surprise, I was more expecting Valeri's favourite Grünfeld
defence.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
({Another popular option is} 8. Bf4) 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 ({Another
line} 10... Ba6 11. Ne5 {occurred in the Tkachiev-Jakovenko semi-final match
in Dresden.}) 11. Nc3 Nh5 ({Black has another option} 11... dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5
13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 {with very complex play.}) 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13.
b3 Rc8 14. e4 c5 {Later on I was really surprised to discover, that this
position has been seen only once (!) in tournament practice.} (14... Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 $14 {Obviously slightly better for White.}) (14... dxe4 15.
Ng5 $1 (15. Nxe4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. dxc5 Bxc1 20.
Raxc1 Rxb7 21. c6 Rc7 {with good chances to survive.}) 15... c5 16. dxc5 {
See my comments to 15.dxc5 dxe4.}) 15. dxc5 $146 (15. exd5 exd5 16. Bb2 (16.
Bf4 {Transposes to a well-known theoretical position with many games.}) 16...
Qc7 $2 (16... Re8 $142) 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. dxc5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxc5
21. Qf5 {with White's advantage. 1-0 De Boer,S-Tindall,B/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM
060 ext (23)}) 15... dxc4 $1 (15... dxe4 16. Ng5 $1 bxc5 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 (20... Qxg5 21. Rxd7 $16) 21. Bf4 {
Beliavsky-Ibragimov 2005 White was better.}) 16. b4 $1 {The only way to fight
for the advantage.} (16. e5 $143 $6 Bxf3 $1 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 19.
Kh1 (19. Kg2 $2 Ne1+ $19 {[%cal Ge1c2]}) 19... Rfxd8 $15) (16. bxc4 $6 Bxc5 $15
(16... Rxc5 17. Qe2 $1 $14)) 16... bxc5 ({During the game I saw an interesting
alternative for Black:} 16... a6 {but even here White keeps an edge after:} 17.
Nd2 (17. cxb6 $140 Bxb4 $132) (17. Ne5 $5) 17... bxc5 18. b5 $14) 17. b5 $44
Qc7 {This looks a bit passive.} (17... Qa5 $142 18. a4 (18. Bd2 $140 Qa3 19.
Bc1 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. a5 Bd6 {/\ Ne5, with very complicated play.
}) 18. Bf4 ({I wasn't sure about this position, which could have arisen after} 
18. Nd2 Nb6 (18... Ne5 $6 19. f4 Nd3 20. Nxc4 Nxc1 21. Raxc1 (21. e5 $5) 21...
Rfd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 {with advantage.}) 19. a4 a5 20. bxa6 Bxa6) 18... e5 $6
{In my opinion this move is a serious positional inaccuracy.} (18... Qa5 $142
19. a4 Rfd8 20. Bd2 (20. Bf1 $5) 20... Qc7 {-17 ...Qa5}) 19. Be3 Rfd8 (19...
Rcd8 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. a4 {-19...Nb6}) (19... Nb6 20. a4 Rcd8 21. a5 Nc8 22. Nd2
Rd4 $5 (22... Nd6 23. f3 {following by 24.Bf1, with a clear positional
advantage for White.}) 23. b6 axb6 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nxc4 {and
White should be better.}) 20. Nd2 Ng4 (20... Nb6 21. a4 a5 22. bxa6 Bxa6 23. a5
Nbd7 24. Bf1 {And now it's very important that Black is not able to tranfer
his N to d4.} Nf8 25. Nxc4 Ne6 $6 26. Nb6 {winning an exchange}) 21. a4 {
Typically human decision, the computer of course prefers} (21. Nxc4 Nb6 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {but I wasn't sure that White has
something serious here.} g6 26. a4 Qa5 $14) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 {This is the
position I was aiming for when playing 18.Bf4. Despite weakening my pawn
structure I was pretty happy to have my pawn on e3, where it covers the
important d4-square.} Bg5 23. Re1 a6 $2 $138 {This only helps White to create
a passed pawn on the Q-side.} ({Much better was} 23... Qd6 24. Nxc4 Qe6 25. Nd5
Nf6 26. h4 Bh6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qc3 $14) ({,or} 23... Nf6 24. Nxc4 h5 {
[%cal Gh5h4]} 25. h4 (25. h3 h4 26. g4 Qd7 27. Red1 Qe6 28. Qe2 g6 $13) 25...
Bh6 26. Rad1 (26. a5 Qe7 27. a6 Ba8 28. b6 axb6 29. Nxb6 Rc6 30. Nbd5 Qa7 $14)
26... Qe7 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Qd3 $14 {, but without any doubts White keeps
pressure in all lines.}) 24. a5 $1 (24. Nxc4 Nb6 {was his idea.}) 24... axb5
25. Nxb5 {[%csl Ga5]} Qb8 ({Unfortunately for Black} 25... Qc6 {doesn't work
in view of} 26. Na7 Qh6 27. Nxc8 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxc8 (28... Bxd2 $2 29. Ne7+ Kh8
30. Nf5 $18) (28... Rxc8 29. a6 Ba8 30. Nxc4 $16) 29. Rxe3 $1 Qxe3 30. Nxc4 Qh6
31. Rd1 $16) 26. Nxc4 Ba6 (26... Rc6 27. Reb1 $16) 27. Nbd6 Rc6 28. Rab1 Qa8 (
28... Qc7 29. Red1 h5 30. Nb5 Qb8 31. h4 Bh6 32. Qa4 $16) 29. Bh3 {First step
in the wrong direction.} ({The correct move would be} 29. Qa2 $142 $1 Bxc4 30.
Nxc4 g6 31. Red1 $16) 29... Nf6 30. Nxf7 $2 {Actually this was the idea behind
my 29th move, I thought, that it would be impossible for Valeri to defend his
position, having just few seconds on his clock. Of course, I completely
underestimated Black's defensive resources.} (30. Rb6 $142 $5) 30... Kxf7 31.
Nxe5+ Kg8 $1 (31... Kf8 $2 {loses after} 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Rb6 Bd3 (33... Qa8
34. Qxc5+ {[%cal Gc5g5]}) 34. Rxc6 Bxc2 35. Rxc5 Rd1 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rxd1 Bxd1
(37... Bxe3+ 38. Kg2 Bxd1 39. Rc3 $1 $18) 38. a6 Bxe3+ 39. Kf1 Nxe4 40. Bg2 Nf6
41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. a7 Bxa7 43. Rxa7 $18) 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Rb6 Qa8 34. e5 ({
Black holds the balance after} 34. Qxc5 Nxe4 35. Qb4 Bd3 $1 36. Bg2 Qd5 37. Rb8
(37. a6 Qf5 $11) 37... Rxb8 38. Qxb8+ Kf7 39. Qa7+ Be7 40. Qd4 Qxa5 41. Rd1 Nc5
42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. Rxd3 Qe1+ 44. Bf1 Nxd3 45. Qxd3 Bf6 $11) 34... Qf3 $2 $138 {
Black loses in 1 move, instead he could have saved the game after} (34... Nd5
$1 35. Rd6 (35. Bg2 Qc8 $1) 35... Bxe3+ $1 36. Rxe3 Nxe3 37. Qb3+ Bc4 (37...
Nc4 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Bd5 Qc8 40. Bxc4 $18) 38. Qxe3 Qxa5 39. Qc1 Bb5 40. Be6+
Kh8 41. Qc3 Qc7 $11) (34... Ne4 35. Rxa6 Qxa6 36. Qxe4 Qxa5 37. Rf1 $14) 35.
Bg2 $1 {Now it's over.} (35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Qf2 $18) 35... Bxe3+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 (
36... Qh5 37. exf6 $18) 37. Qxf2 Bxf2 38. Reb1 Bd3 39. Rb8 $1 Rf8 40. exf6 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Gagarin, Vasilij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 (8... dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 $14) 9. Qc2 b6 {Marin,M-Kiselev/Bucharest/
1993/} 10. Rd1 (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. d6 Ng6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Bg5 Rfd8
15. Rd1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e3 $14 {Ulibin-Ionov/URS-ch/1991/}) (10. Nbd2 Bb7
11. e4 Rc8 12. Rad1 Nh5 (12... c5 {ECO}) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. e5 g6 15. Bg5 Qd8 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa4 $14) 10... Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 (11... Nh5 12. Bd2 f5 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Bh3 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. e3 {Bareev,E-Shcherbakov/Naberezhnie Chelni/
1988/} Bd6 {/\ Qe7}) 12. b3 (12. Ne5 $5 b5 $6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. c5 e5 15. dxe5
Nxc5 16. Be3 $1 $16 {Razuvaev,Y-Rajkovic/JUG/1991/}) 12... Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14.
Bb2 Bd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Nhf6 (16... c5 $5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... cxd4 $5) 18.
dxc5 Nxc5 $13) 17. Nf4 Ne4 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 (18... bxc5) 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 $14) 18. Nd3 Ndf6 $6 (18... c5 $13) 19. Nfe5 Rfd8 20. f3
Ng5 21. c5 $1 $14 Bb8 22. a4 Nd7 (22... Ba6 23. Nb4 $16) 23. a5 $1 Ba6 (23...
b5 24. a6 Ba8 $16) 24. Nxd7 (24. axb6 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Nxe5 26. dxe5 axb6 $13)
24... Bxd3 (24... Rxd7 $5) 25. Qxd3 Rxd7 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qa6 $1 $16 Rb7 28.
axb6 Bd6 29. Rdc1 (29. Bc3 Rcb8 30. Ba5 Bb4 $10) 29... Qd7 30. Bc3 Rcb8 31. Ba5
{/\ 32.Qd3+/-} Bb4 $1 32. Bxb4 Rxb6 33. Qa4 Rxb4 34. Qxc6 Qe7 $1 (34... Qxc6
35. Rxc6 Rxb3 36. h4 Nf7 37. Rxe6 $18) 35. Ra6 Rxb3 36. h4 Nf7 37. Qxe6 Rxe3
38. Rc8+ $1 Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Qd8 (39... Nd8 40. Ra8) 40. Qxd8+ Nxd8 41. Ra8 Re8
42. f4 $18 Kf7 43. Bxd5+ Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Bf3 Ke7 46. Ra5 Kf6 47. Bd5 Ke7
48. Bf3 Kf6 49. Bd5 Ke7 50. Ra6 $1 Kf8 51. Ra8 Ke7 52. Bc4 $1 Kd6 (52... Nc6
53. Rxe8+ Kxe8 54. Bb5) (52... Nb7 53. Ra7 Rb8 54. Bd5) 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Ra7+
Kf8 (54... Kf6 55. h5 Rf8 56. Bd5 $18) 55. Rd7 Ne6 56. h5 Nd8 57. h6 gxh6 58.
d5 Kg8 59. d6+ Kh8 (59... Kf8 60. Rxh7) 60. Re7 Rf8 61. Bd5 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {Diagramm [#] Eine
Modevariante - es gibt in letzter Zeit kaum ein Turnier der Weltspitze, wo
einem diese Stellung nicht begegnet.} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 ({Muzychuk spielt
die Variante nicht zum ersten Mal:} 7... c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Na6
11. a3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. b3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bc1
f5 18. Qd3 Nb8 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. f3 Qf7 22. Rf1 e5 23. dxe5 Nc5 24.
Qd1 d4 25. Nb5 Qxb3 26. Qxb3+ Nxb3 27. Rad1 Rc2 28. Bxd4 Ba6 29. f4 Nd2 30. Rf2
Bxb5 31. e3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rfc8 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Rfxd2 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rc1+ 36.
Kg2 Bh4 37. e4 Bf1+ 38. Kf3 Be1 39. Rb2 Rd1 40. Be3 Bh3 41. Rb3 Bh4 42. Rc3
Bg4+ 43. Kg2 Re1 44. exf5 Re2+ 45. Kf1 Re1+ 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Re1+ {1/2-1/2
(47) Muzychuk,M (2464)-Khukhashvili,S (2422) Khanty Mansiysk 2010}) 8. Qc2 c6
9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 {Diagramm [#] Alles schon hundertfach gespielt...} 11.
cxd5 {Muzychuk wählt eine ganz zahme Variante; es entsteht eine Struktur wie
in der Slawischen Abtauschvariante.} cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 {Die Partien,
die sich zu dieser Stellung in der Datenbank finden, weisen eine extrem hohe
Remisquote aus.} Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6 17. a4 {Diagramm 
[#] Immerhin ein Versuch aktiv zu werden. Es gibt aber kaum
Hebelmöglichkeiten in der Stellung; etwas wie f2-f3 nebst e2-e4 verspricht
auch nicht viel: Schwarz könnte das weiße Bauernzentrum wirksam blockieren
und eine wirkliche Aktivierung des weißen Läuferpaars käme nicht zustande.}
({In einer Partie aus dem Jahr 2014 lässt sich besichtigen, wie der weitere
Verlauf auch hätte aussehen können:} 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bg5 Nhf6 20.
Bf4 Nh5 21. Bg5 Nhf6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Wen,Y (2581)-Yu,Y (2667) China 2014}) 17...
Bc4 18. a5 bxa5 {Geradlinig gespielt: Dass sich der weiße Bauer auf a6
einnisten könnte, lässt Hou Yifan nicht zu.} 19. Rxa5 Qb4 {Aktive
Verteidigung! Es gibt keinen Grund für die Annahme, dass der Ba7 schwächer
sein könnte als jener auf b2. Nach dem Verschwinden dieser beiden Bauern
gingen den weißen Läufern dann auch die potentiellen Angriffsziele aus.} 20.
Rda1 Rb8 21. Rxa7 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Bf3 h6 24. h4 Rc8 25. Bf4 Rc2 26. R7a3
h5 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 {Diagramm [#] Beide Spielerinnen machen
unverdrossen ihre Arbeit und versuchen ihre Figuren besser zu stellen, doch es
mündet alles in Abtauschoperationen ein.} e5 {Schwarz fasst sich ein Herz und
setzt den letzten noch verbliebenen Hebel an.} 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Be3 Nxf3 32.
Kxf3 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Bxe2 35. Ra5 f6 36. Rc5 Rxc5 {Jetzt macht
eine Fortsetzung der Partie wirklich keinen Sinn mehr.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington op 5th"]
[Site "Rockville"]
[Date "2016.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. e3 b6 14. b4 g4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe7 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qxa3 21. Qxe6+
Kh8 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Nb8 24. Bd5 {Diagramm [#] Die Computer bewerten
diese Stellung noch mit "0.9", also noch nicht gerade aufgabereif für Schwarz.
Aber wie agiert man eigentlich im Kampf gegen die weiße Bauernmasse? Eine
extrem schwierige Aufgabe, die hier auch ein Großmeister nicht lösen kann.}
Na6 25. Qxg4 Qe7 26. a3 Rcd8 27. Qe4 Qg7 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Be4 Qe7 30. Bg2 Rc8
31. Qa4 Nb8 32. Rbc1 Rc7 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rcc1 Nf8 36. Qb3 {
Diagramm [#] Beide Seiten lavieren...} h5 {Diese weitere Entblößung des
schwarzen Königs kann kaum gut sein.} 37. a4 Ne6 38. a5 Qd6 ({Vielleicht} 
38... Rd6) 39. axb6 axb6 {Diagramm [#]} 40. Rb1 {Dieser Zug war leicht zu
finden.} Qe7 {Der Bauer war auf seinem Platz nicht zu halten.} 41. Qxb6 Rxc4
42. Qb5 Rc7 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 {Diagramm [#] Eine faszinierende Stellung, wie man
sie nur selten zu sehen bekommt. Natürlich steht Schwarz jetzt komplett auf
verlorenem Posten.} 44. Rb5 Ng5 45. h4 Nf7 46. Rb6 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Nxd6 48. e4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nhf6
15. Nc3 $2 {Diagramm [#] Dieser Versuch, das Remis zu vermeiden, erweist sich
als nachteilig, was eigentlich auch nicht schwer zu berechnen war.} Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Ng4 17. Bf4 $6 (17. e4 $1 d4 18. Ne2 c5 19. f4 $15 {war für Weiß
spielbar.}) 17... g5 18. Bf3 $6 {Besser wäre es wohl gewesen, sich
unmittelbar von dem Be5 zu trennen.} Nxf2 19. Kxf2 gxf4 20. gxf4 Bc5+ 21. Kg2
Qh4 {Diagramm [#] Weiß steht jetzt offensichtlich schlecht: Auf den dunklen
Feldern dominiert Schwarz und die weißen Bauern im Zentrum sind schwach.} 22.
cxd5 cxd5 23. e4 d4 24. Na4 Qxf4 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. b4 {Diagramm [#]} Kh8 $1 {
Stark gespielt! Die Drohung Tg8+ nötigt Weiß zu Zugeständnissen.} 27. Qe2 f5
$1 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rf1 c4 30. Kh1 Qe5 31. Bg2 Rh6 {Diagramm [#] An dieser
Stelle zog Weiß es vor, die Waffen zu strecken. Seine Lage ist aussichtslos.}
0-1

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4
(8. Nbd2) 8... Ne4 9. Nc3 (9. Nfd2 $5 g5 10. Be3 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. f3 $16)
9... g5 $1 10. Bc1 f5 11. b3 Bf6 (11... Nd6 $5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nf7) 12.
Bb2 Bg7 (12... Qe7 {/\ 13...Qg7}) (12... g4 13. Nxe4 gxf3 $4 (13... fxe4 14.
Ne5) 14. Nxf6+ $18) 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 15. Ne1 Nf8 16. f3 exf3 17.
Bxf3 $2 (17. Nxf3 $142 Ng6 18. e4 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 $16)
17... Bd7 18. Nd3 Be8 19. Qc1 (19. Ne5 $5 Rf5 20. e4 $14) 19... Rc8 20. Qe3
Rcc7 21. Ne5 Rf5 22. Bg2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qe7 {/\ 24...Ng6} 24. Bh3 (24. Bc1 Ng6)
24... h5 25. Bg2 Ng6 26. Nd3 Bf7 (26... dxc4 27. bxc4 c5 $1) 27. Qf2 b6 $2 {>=}
(27... dxc4 28. bxc4 c5 29. Ba3 Bxd4 30. e3 Ne5 $1) (27... b5) (27... Rd7) 28.
e4 dxc4 29. bxc4 c5 30. dxc5 (30. d5 $5) 30... bxc5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. e5 $1 Nf8
33. Qf6+ (33. Be4 $5 $36) (33. Qe3 $5) 33... Qxf6 34. exf6+ Kg8 35. Ne5 Nd7 36.
Nf3 Nxf6 37. Nxg5 Kg7 38. Re1 Rd7 $1 (38... Re7 $6 39. Re5 Nd7 40. Nxf7 $1 $16)
39. Nxe6+ Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Rd1+ 41. Bf1 a5 (41... Ng4 $5 42. h3 Nh2 $5) 42. Re3
Ng4 43. Ra3 a4 44. h3 Nh2 45. Kxh2 Rxf1 46. Rxa4 (46. Kg2 Rc1 47. Rxa4 Rc3 $14)
46... Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Rc2 48. Ra3 Rxc4 49. Rf3 Rc2 50. a4 Ra2 51. Rf4 Ra3 52. Kf2
Ra2+ 53. Ke1 Ra3 54. Rf5 h4 55. gxh4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Rab1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd3 Bc7 24. e4 g6 25. e5 Nh5 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. f5 Qd7
28. f6 Kf8 29. b3 Bc7 30. Qe4 Bb8 31. Nde3 Qd8 32. Nd5 Qd7 33. Nde3 Qd8 34. h4
h6 35. Nd5 Qd7 36. Nde3 Qd8 37. Kh1 Qc8 38. Kg2 Qe8 39. Kf3 Qd7 40. Ke2 Kg8 {#}
41. Qg4 $2 (41. Ke1 $1 {This move may seem odd at first, but the idea is quite
simply to allow Nd5 without allowing the tactic Qxd5 Qxd5 and Nf4+. It is also
the first step in the winning plan.} Qd8 42. Nd5 $1 Qd7 43. Ne7+ Kh7 (43... Kf8
$2 44. Qe3 Ke8 45. Qxh6 Qb7 46. Nxg6) 44. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 (44... Qe6) 45. Nxd5 g5
46. hxg5 hxg5 {and Black is helpless. The knight has nowhere to go, and the
bishop has no way to escape. Ex:} 47. Ke2 g4 (47... Kg6 48. Ne7+ Kh7 49. Nc6)
48. Ke3 Kh8 49. Ke4 g3 50. Kf3 gxf2 51. Kxf2 Kh7 52. Kf3 Kg6 53. Kg4 {Zugzwang.
}) 41... Qd8 $6 ({After} 41... Qb7 {White would still play} 42. f4 Qc6 43. f5
Kf8 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Qf3 $1 $18 (45. Qxg6 $4 Nf4+)) ({The blockading move} 
41... Qe6 $1 {would make it much harder for White though.} 42. Kd3 Qe8 43. f4
Kh7) 42. f4 a6 43. f5 Qe8 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Nd5 Kf7 46. Ne7 Nxf6 47. Qxg6+ Kxe7
48. Qxf6+ Kd7 49. Nxb6+ Kc7 50. Nd5+ Kd7 51. Nb6+ Kc7 52. Qd6+ Kb7 53. Qd7+
Qxd7 54. Nxd7 Ba7 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 45th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 (12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. Bf4 a6 19. Qc2 b5 20. Qd3 Nb6
21. Rac1 Qd7 22. b3 Rc6 23. Nb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rc1 Nc8 26. Rxc6 Qxc6
27. Qc3 Na7 28. Kf1 h6 29. Bd2 Ne4 30. Qxc6 Nxd2+ 31. Nxd2 Nxc6 32. e3 Nb4 33.
a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Na2 35. Nb1 f5 36. Bf3 Kf7 37. Be2 a5 38. f4 g5 39. h3 Kg6 40.
Bb5 Kf6 41. Kf2 Bb4 42. Ke2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nc3+ {1/2-1/2 (43) Donchenko,A (2567)
-Bindrich,F (2610) Dresden 2015}) 12... Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15.
Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar gewonnen, Schwarz pocht hingegen auf
die große Remisbreite in einer symmetrischen Struktur sowie eine Stellung ohne
Schwächen.} Nb8 {beginnt die Standart-Umgruppierung beider Springer.} 17. e3
Ne8 18. Nc3 Nd6 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Be1 Bf6 21. Rac1 Qd7 {Diagramm [#] beide
Seiten haben ihre Figuren postiert, nun liegt es am Weißen, einen
durchschlagenden Plan zu präsentieren.} 22. Qg4 $146 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rc3d5]
gefällt mir gut, da Weiß dem ohnehin etwas gedürckt stehenden Schwarzen ein
weiteres Feld im eigenen Lager streitig macht.} (22. Nb5 $6 {damit hat
Alekseev, ein Experte dieser Variante, bereits Erfahrung gemacht.} Nf5 {
Schwarz lehnt den Tausch ab und der Sb5 steht falsch.} 23. Bf1 g6 24. Nc3 Bg7
25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Qa4 Nb8 27. Ne2 Rfd8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Nd6
31. Nd3 Nc6 32. Nb4 Nxb4 33. Bxb4 Bf8 34. Qc2 Qc8 35. Qxc8 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Mchedlishvili,M (2651)-Alekseev,E (2683) Germany 2012}) 22... Qe7 (22... Qb7 {
[%cal Rg2b7] sieht unangenehm aus, da nach der ohnehn geplanten Verdopplung in
der c-Linie Einschläge auf d5 drohen.}) 23. Rd2 Qd8 (23... Rc7 $2 {zeigt die
taktische Anfälligkeit der De7} 24. Bxd5 $1 exd5 25. Nxd5 Qd8 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27.
Rdc2 $18) 24. b3 g6 25. Bf1 {zieht den Läufer von d5 ab, nimmt aber die
wichtigen Felder a6 und b5 unter Kontrolle. Schwarz kann nun seine Figuren auf
der c-Linie verdoppeln, ist aber zu spät dran.} Rc7 26. Qd1 $1 {auf den ersten
Blick, wirkt der weiße Figurenhaufen auf den ersten beiden Reihen wie
hingewürfelt, doch jede Figur erfüllt ihren Zweck und der Kampf um die
spielentscheidende c-Linie ist in nur wenigen Zügen gewonnen.} Qc8 {Schwarz
ist nun ein Tempo zu langsam, Weiß gewinnt die Kontrolle über die c-Linie.} (
26... Qa8 27. Nb5 Nxb5 28. Bxb5 Rfc8 $2 29. Ba6 Re8 30. Rdc2 $18 {[%cal Gb3b4,
Gb4b5]}) 27. Nb5 Nxb5 28. Bxb5 Qb7 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Rc2 Qb7 32.
Qc1 $16 {Diagramm [#]} Qa6 (32... a5 $1 {nebst langer passiver Verteidigung
wäre nötig gewesen. Der schwarze Versuch, Gegenspiel zu organisieren,
scheitert.} 33. b4) 33. Bb4 Rd8 34. a4 h5 35. Rc7 Qe2 {bricht alle Brücken
hinter sich ab. Weiß bleibt jedoch ruhig, steckt das Material ein und
verhindert danach die wenigen Drohungen von Schwarz: 1-0} (35... h4 36. Qc2 $1
$16 {[%csl Ga6]}) 36. Rxa7 h4 37. Qc7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 h3+ 39. Kxh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 g5
41. h3 Qg6 42. g4 Kg7 43. Bd6 Rh8 44. Be5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1
a5 9. Bf4 Nh5 (9... a4) 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. b3 b5 12. Be1 Ba6 13. Nbd2 bxc4 14.
bxc4 Rc8 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. c5 Rb8 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. Rdb1 Qc7 19. e3 Rfb8 20. a3
R4b7 21. Nbd2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qc7 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Nd2
Qa7 27. Bh3 h6 $10 28. Rc1 Be2 29. Qc3 Rb5 30. f3 Qe7 31. Kf2 Bc4 32. Qd4 a4
33. Nxc4 Rxc5 34. Bf1 dxc4 35. Bxc4 Ra5 36. Kg2 Re5 37. e4 Ra5 38. Rc3 Ra8 39.
Be2 Qb7 40. Qc5 Rd8 41. Qxc6 Qb2 42. Kf2 Qa1 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Bxd3
Qxa3 46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Rd1
b6 9. b3 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $5) 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 (11... c5 12. exd5 exd5 13.
Bb2 $5 dxc4 14. d5 $1 Bd6 (14... Ne8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7 $1 Rc7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18.
dxc6 Rxc6 19. Ne5 Rd6 20. Nc6 $18 {Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G /simul USA 1989}) 15.
bxc4 a6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Re1 Rc7 19. a5 $1 bxa5 20. Nce4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Rce7 22. Qc3 f6 $8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Re3 $16 {Cifuentes,R-Giorgadze,G /
Ubeda op 1996}) 12. Nxe4 c5 (12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Bb2 Rc7 15. Qe2 Bf6
16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Ng4 $16 {Kasparov,G-Ballmann,M /simul Basel 1988}) 13. Nxf6+
Bxf6 14. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Be4 $6 (16. dxc5 $1 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rxb7
18. c6 Rc7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. cxd7 Qxd7 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Qd3 $14 {Yusupov,
A-Beitar,H /Salonica (ol) 1988}) 16... f5 17. Bg2 cxd4 $6 (17... Bf6 $1 18. Bb2
(18. Bf4 Bxd4 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rac1 f4 21. Rd2 Nf6 $44) 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5
20. Bc3 e4 $13) 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd5 Qe7 (20... e4 $2 21. Qxe4)
21. Re1 g6 (21... e4 22. f3 $16) 22. Qd2 $6 (22. Qc3 $1 $14) 22... Kg7 $1 23.
Qc3 Kh6 $1 24. a4 Rf7 25. a5 Rc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. b4 Qd6 28. Bd5 Re7 29. Rd1
e4 $132 30. c5 $5 bxc5 31. b5 f4 (31... Qe5 32. Qe3+ (32. Qb3 Nf6 33. b6 axb6
34. axb6 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Qa1+ 36. Rd1 Qe5 37. Rd5 $10) 32... Kg7 33. Bc6 Nf6 $13)
32. gxf4 Nf6 $1 (32... Qxf4 $2 33. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 (33... g5 34. Qxf4 gxf4 35. Bc6
Nf6 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Rg7+ 38. Kf1 Rg8 39. b7 f3 40. Rb1 Rb8 41. Ra1 $18)
34. fxe3 Nf6 35. Bc6 Rc7 36. Rd6 Kg5 37. b6 axb6 38. axb6 Rc8 39. b7 Rb8 40.
Rd1 $18) 33. Bb3 Qxf4 34. Qe3 g5 $1 $13 (34... Qxe3 35. fxe3 Rb7 36. Bc4 Ng4
37. a6 $1 Rb8 38. Rd7 (38. Rd5 $2 Nxe3 39. Rxc5 Nxc4 40. Rxc4 Rxb5 41. Rxe4 Rb6
$17) 38... Nxe3 (38... Ne5 39. Rb7 Rd8 40. Be2 $13) 39. Be2 Ra8 40. Rc7 $44)
35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 Qe5 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. h3 h6 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. Ba6 Rb8 41. b7
Qd6 42. Bf1 Qd5 $1 43. Ba6 Qa2 $2 (43... Qd6 $10) (43... Qc6 $2 44. Qg3 $1 Nd7
45. Rd1 $18) 44. Rb6 Qa1+ (44... Nd5 $2 45. Qxc5 Nxb6 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Qxb8 $18
) 45. Bf1 Qe5 46. Qa3 $1 Nd7 47. Rb1 Rf8 48. Bg2 c4 49. Qe3 Nf6 $2 (49... Re8
50. Rb4 Rb8 51. Bxe4 $6 Nc5 $1 52. Bg2 Qxe3 53. fxe3 c3 54. Rc4 Nxb7 $1 55.
Rc7+ Kf6 56. Bxb7 c2 $10) 50. b8=Q $1 1-0

[Event "NED-GER m"]
[Site "Venlo"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Tiviakov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2
b6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 {
'!' Tiviakov.} 14. gxf4 Qc7 (14... g6 15. e3 Nf6 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18.
Ne5 Kg7 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qb3 Rc7 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 $16 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Wolff,P/
New York 1994}) (14... Rc8 $5 {Tiviakov}) (14... Nf6 $5 {Tiviakov}) 15. e3 Rac8
(15... f5 16. Rac1 Rf6 17. Ne2 Rg6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. a3 Rf6 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rg6 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rcd1 $16 {Astrom,R-Engqvist,T/Haninge 1997})
(15... f5 {Tiviakov}) 16. Rab1 {Ein kritischer Moment. Weiß bereitet b2-b4 vor,
jedoch wirkt der Turm auf b1 etwas künstlich.} ({Die richtige Spielweise wurde
ein Monat später von J.Lautier demonstriert:} 16. Rac1 $1 Nf6 17. a3 Nd5 (17...
Rfd8 18. b4 $14) 18. Ne5 Bd6 (18... f6 $4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ $18) 19. Qa4
Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxe5 21. fxe5 f6 22. f4 Ba8 23. b4 $16 {Lautier,J-Tiviakov,S/
Mondariz zt 2000}) (16. a3 $5 {Tiviakov}) (16. Rac1 {Tiviakov}) 16... Nf6 17.
b4 Nd5 $1 $146 {Schwarz plant Gegenspiel am Königsflügel, deswegen läßt er
seinen Turm auf f8 stehen.} ({Weniger überzeugend wirkt} 17... Rfd8 18. Rdc1
Nd5 19. a3 Qb8 {'=' Tiviakov.} (19... f5 $11 {Tiviakov}) 20. Ne4 c5 $2 {
Dieser Zug paßt nicht in das schwarze Konzept der passiven Verteidigung.} 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 {'+/-' Tiviakov. Tiviakov: 'Gulko,B-Begovac,J/Sombor 1974/MCD'
} Nf6 23. Na5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Qxe4 $16 {Gulko,B-Begovac,J/
Sombor 1974}) 18. a3 f5 $1 {'!?' Tiviakov. Der Plan von Schwarz ist leicht zu
verstehen, der Hebel g7-g5 wird vorbereitet und der auf e5 erscheinende weiße
Springer sofort abgetauscht.} (18... Rfd8 {Tiviakov}) 19. Ne5 (19. Rbc1 Bf6 (
19... Rfd8 {Tiviakov}) 20. Qb3 Qe7 $132) (19. Rdc1 {Tiviakov} Bf6 $11 (19...
Rfd8)) 19... Bd6 20. Rbc1 (20. Nc4 {Tiviakov} Be7) 20... Qe7 21. Qa4 {'?!'
Tiviakov.} (21. Kh1 $6 {Sowohl hier, als auch früher oder später hat Schwarz
eine starke Reaktion auf diesen prophylaktischen Zug parat:} Nxc3 22. Qxc3 c5
$36 {, und nach} 23. Bxb7 $4 {wird der Läufer mit Schach zurückgenommen.} Qxb7+
$17) (21. Qb3 {Tiviakov} Kh8 $11) 21... a6 22. Qb3 (22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qd7 Rfd8
24. Qxe7 Bxe7 $11 {führt zum Ausgleich, womit Weiß sich begnügen sollte.})
22... g5 $1 {Tiviakov: '[|^<->g, /^h1-a8]' Die Zeit ist reif für diesen
energischen Zug. Schwarz übernimmt die Initiative.} 23. fxg5 {'?!' Tiviakov.} (
23. Nxd5 $142 {Tiviakov} cxd5 $11) 23... Bxe5 {'!' Tiviakov.} (23... Qxg5 {
Tiviakov} 24. f4 $14) 24. dxe5 Qxg5 {'=/+' Tiviakov.} 25. Kh1 (25. f4 $6 Qg7 (
25... Qg6 {Tiviakov} 26. Nxd5 (26. Ne2 c5 $17) (26. Kf2 Kh8 $15 {|^}) 26...
cxd5 27. Kh1 $15) 26. Ne2 $1 (26. Kh1 $2 Nxe3 27. Qxe6+ (27. Rg1 Nxg2 28. Rxg2
c5 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Nd5 Qf7 31. Qxf7 Rxf7 $19) 27... Kh8 28. Rg1 c5 $19) (26.
Nxd5 cxd5 27. Kh1 d4 $1 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) 26... c5 27. Ng3 Kh8 28. bxc5 bxc5
29. Rc4 Rg8 $15 {/\h5}) 25... Kh8 ({In Frage kam der Zwischenzug} 25... Qh4 $5
26. Qb2 (26. e4 $2 Nf4 27. Rd7 Ba8 28. Rg1 Kh8 $17) 26... f4 27. Rd4 $13) (
25... Qh4 $5 $15 {Tiviakov}) 26. f4 Qh5 $1 {Tiviakov: '[/^d1-h5]' Dies ist das
beste Feld für die schwarze Dame.} (26... Qg7 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Qb2 $11 (29. Bf3 $11)) (26... Qh4 {Tiviakov} 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Qb2 $11) 27.
Nxd5 cxd5 28. Qb2 (28. Qd3 {Tiviakov} Rc4 $15 {/\b5}) 28... Rg8 {'?!' Tiviakov.
} ({Als Gewinnversuch kam in Frage} 28... Rc4 $5 29. Rg1 b5 {'=/+' Tiviakov.}
30. Qf2 Rfc8 31. Rxc4 bxc4 {, obwohl Weiß dank dem passiven schwarzen Läufer
und dem schwachen schwarzen König das Gleichgewicht aufrechterhalten kann. Z.B.
} 32. Bf3 Qf7 33. h3 Qe7 34. Kh2 c3 35. Rc1 a5 36. bxa5 Qxa3 37. Rc2 Qxa5 38.
Qh4 Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxc3 $11) (28... Rc7 {Tiviakov} 29. Rg1 $11) (28...
b5 $15 {(Tiviakov) /\Rc4}) 29. Rg1 $11 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 $2 {'(+)?!' Tiviakov.}
(30... Rg7 $11 {Ein Zeitnotfehler. Der Abtausch der Türme ist für Weiß
ausgesprochen günstig. Richtig war 30...Rg7.}) (30... Qg4 $11 {Tiviakov} 31.
Qd2 $140 (31. Qf2 Qg7) 31... Qg7 {/\d4}) 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. h3 $2 {'(+)?!'
Tiviakov. Weiß unterläßt seinerseits eine gute Möglichkeit.} ({Nach} 32. Qd4 $1
Qe2 (32... b5 33. h3 Qf7 34. Qc5 $14) 33. h3 Qb5 34. a4 $1 {'+/=!' Tiviakov.}
Qc6 (34... Qxa4 35. Qxb6 $14 {><a6}) 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxa5 $14 {könnte er ein
vorteilhaftes Endspiel erreichen. Mit dem schlechten Bc8 könnten Schwarz
einige Verteidigungsqualen bevorstehen.}) (32. Qc1 {Tiviakov} Bb7 {/\Qf7}) (32.
Qc2 {Tiviakov} Bb7 {/\Qf7}) 32... Qe8 $1 $11 {'=' Tiviakov. Das Feld c5 bleibt
unter schwarzer Kontrolle, die Stellung ist gleich.} 33. Qc2 Qd7 34. Qf2 Qd8
35. Kh2 Bd7 36. Bf3 a5 37. Qe1 Kg8 38. Bh5 Kf8 39. Bf3 Be8 40. bxa5 (40. Qc3 {
Tiviakov} axb4 41. Qxb4+ Kg7 $11) 40... bxa5 41. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-GER m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 ({Recht häufig gespielt wird} 11... dxc4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 $1 (16... Nf6
17. a3 Nd5 $6 18. Ne5 $14 {Lautier,J-Tiviakov,S/Mondaritz zt 2000}) 17. a3 Qb8
$13) (11... Nh5 {führt zu einem Stellungstyp, der aus dem Stonewall-System im
Holländisch gut bekannt ist.} 12. Bc1 f5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 $14) 12. b3 c5 $1 {
Dieser sehr logisch aussehende Zug scheint der beste Weg zum Ausgleich zu sein.
Bisher wude er jedoch selten getestet.} ({Die Stellung nach} 12... Ba6 $6 {
kennt man aus Damenindisch, dort ist jedoch Schwarz am Zug. Das Spiel mit
einem Minustempo ist riskant für Schwarz, Weiß entwickelt ein starkes
Druckspiel mit} 13. e4 $1 dxc4 14. Nd2 $1 {. z.B.,} c5 15. d5 e5 16. Be3 Ng4
17. bxc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Qd3 h5 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. Bh3 Re8 22. a4 $14 {
Hracek,Z-Tiviakov,S/Netherlands 2000}) ({Erneut möglich ist} 12... Nh5 13. Bc1
f5) 13. cxd5 $146 {Der Zug ist neu. Ich habe ihn vor einiger Zeit analysiert
und kam dabei zu dem Schluß, daß er Weiß gute Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil
bietet.} (13. Nb5 cxd4 $1 14. Nxa7 $2 (14. Rxd4 a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Re8
$11) 14... Rc5 $1 15. Nb5 dxc4 16. bxc4 e5 $17 {Lingnau,C-Kacheishvili,G/
Senden 2001}) (13. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 13... Nxd5 $6 {Nicht der beste Weg,
vorzuziehen war die scharfe Fortsetzung 13...cxd4!.} (13... cxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 (
14. d6 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxc3 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Bd6 $1 Rxc2 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Rxd4 e5 $11) 14... Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 $2 15. e4 Bb4 16. Ndb5 a6 17. Bd6
$16) 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qd3 (16. e4 Ba8 $11) (16. Qb2 Ba8 $11) 16... Nf6 $1 {
Dank diesem genauen Zug kann Schwarz die Balance halten.} (16... Ba8 17. Ndb5
$14) (16... Nc5 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Ndb5 $14) 17. Ndb5 a6 18. Na7 Ra8
(18... Rc5 $5) 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Ba3 $11) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 ({
Oder} 14... exd5 15. Bh3 $1 {/\Ne5} cxd4 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Nxd4 $14) 15. e4 $1
cxd4 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Nxd4 $14 {Der Druck auf der d-Linie gibt Weiß einen
klaren Vorteil.} e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Offenbar hat sich Gyimesi irgendwo
verrechnet, anders kann man diesen Zug nicht erklären. Stattdessen sollte er
sich mit 17...Qe8 verteidigen.} (17... a6 18. Bh3 $1 Kh8 19. Nf5 $1 exf5 20.
Bxf5 Bc6 21. Qg4 $16) (17... Qe8 18. Nb5 Ba6 19. a4 Nc5 20. Qf3 $14) 18. Nf5
$16 exf4 (18... Bf6 19. Qg4 Rc7 20. Bh6 $18) 19. Qg4 {Etwas genauer war der
Damengewinn mittels 19.Rxd7!, auf diese Weise könnte ich meinen Turm auf dem
Brett behalten.} (19. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 20. Qg4 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 fxg3 22. hxg3 $16)
19... Bf6 20. Rxd7 Bxa1 (20... Qxd7 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Bxa1 23. Nxf7+ Kg8
24. Nd6 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Bc8 26. Nxc8 Rcxc8 27. gxf4 $18) 21. Rxd8 Rcxd8 $2 {
Es war nicht Zoltans Tag, er übersieht das folgende geometrische Motiv.} ({Mit
} 21... Rfxd8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 $1 (22... Kh8 23. Nxc8 Bxc8 24. Qxf4 $18) 23. Nxc8
Bxc8 24. Qe2 (24. Qxf4 $2 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Bh3 26. Qb8+ Ke7 27. Qxa7+ Kf8 $11)
24... fxg3 25. hxg3 $16 {konnte Schwarz noch zähen Widerstand leisten.}) 22. e5
$18 {, und wegen der Mattdrohung verliert Schwarz seinen Bb7. Der Rest ist
einfach.} Bxe5 23. Bxb7 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bf6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Rd4 27. Qf5 Rd6
28. Kg2 $1 b5 (28... gxh6 29. Be4 $18) (28... g6 29. Qf4 Re6 30. Bd5 $18) 29.
Be4 g6 30. Qxb5 Bg7 31. Qc5 Rb6 32. Qc1 f5 33. Bd5 Rbf6 34. Qg5 f4 35. g4 f3+
36. Kh3 a5 37. a3 1-0

[Event "IBM-19 Grootmeestergroep A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1979.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1979.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b5 9. c5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Bb2 Qc7 (11... b4 $5 12. a3 Ba6 13. Rfe1 bxa3 14.
Rxa3 Bb5 $10) 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Ba6 $6 (13... Bf6 $13 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nc1 e5 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Be6 $10) 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nc1 Rae8
16. Nd3 Ng5 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc8 19. h4 Nf7 $6 (19... Ne4 $5 20. Kh2 g5
21. hxg5 (21. f3 $2 gxh4 22. gxh4 Bxh4 23. fxe4 Qg7 $40 (23... fxe4 $44)) 21...
Bxg5 22. f3 $2 Nd2) 20. Qc3 Kh8 21. Kh2 Nh6 22. Bh3 g5 (22... Bd7 $5 $10 {
P d8, e8-e7, d7-e8-h5}) 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Bc1 Qg7 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qd4 Rg8 27.
Rh1 Ref8 28. Nf4 Nf7 (28... Bd7) 29. Kg2 Qg7 30. Nd3 f4 $2 (30... Bd7 $10) 31.
Qxf4 (31. Nxf4 Qxe5 32. Qxe5+ Nxe5 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Bxe6 Rg6 35. Bh3 Nc4 $44)
31... Ng5 32. Qh4 Ne4 33. Bg4 Rf7 34. Bf3 Nd2 35. Rh3 Nc4 36. Qd4 Bd7 37. Qc3 (
37. Rh5 $5 Rgf8 38. Qh4 $16) 37... Qg5 38. Rah1 Rgg7 39. Rh5 Qd2 40. Qxd2 Nxd2
41. Rh6 Nc4 42. Bh5 Re7 43. Ra1 $18 Rg8 44. g4 Kg7 45. g5 Kh8 46. f4 Be8 47.
Bxe8 Rexe8 48. Rf6 Rg6 49. Kg3 Kg7 50. Ne1 Nd2 51. Nf3 Nb3 (51... Ne4+ 52. Kg4
Nxf6+ 53. exf6+ $18) 52. Rh1 d4 53. Rh6 d3 54. exd3 Rd8 55. Rxe6 Rxd3 56. Rd6
1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 (10... Bb7 {is also possible - of course.}) 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Nc3 {had been played few times.}) 12... Nxe5 $5 {
I'm near by putting a new "N" after this move, as this is actually the move
showing a new idea!} (12... Rc8 13. Nc6 $1 {has actually already been played
with another move order. White gains the bishop pair, but the practise has
showed no problem at all for Black. So probably some new ideas were coming in
case this position would happen!}) 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. h3 {Maybe this
move can be improved, though I doubt it.} Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 (17.
Ke1 f6 $1 {offers Black big compensations. Somehow, it is better to bring
White's king to e3 for one move and then remove it, rather than hiding it
forever on e1. Here probably Black would even be much better.}) 17... Bxe3+ 18.
Kxe3 b5 ({Another computer line is:} 18... f6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Qd2 b4 21. Nxd5
fxe5+ 22. Ke1 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rac1 $14 {and White enjoys
some space advantage.}) 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qg5+ $6 {This
simply looks wrong or too optimistic - still, that's why we like Topalov's
games!} (21... Qb6+ 22. Kf3 Rc5 {was probably the best chance, not so far from
equalizing, for instance:} 23. e4 Qc7 24. Qe3 Bc8 $1 25. Qf4 Be6 {with
"drawing counterplay".}) 22. Kf2 Qxe5 $6 {The logical continuation now. But
probably not the best.} 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qd6 $6 (24. Qd4 $1 {might give White
good winning chances, for instance:} Qe6 $5 (24... Qh5 25. h4 {doesn't help.})
(24... Qf5+ 25. Kg2 Bb7+ (25... Re8 26. Rd2) 26. Kh2 {and White's queen has
control of the f2-square. I believe this kind of position should be
technically winning for White, as his king is not in the drafts anymore.}) 25.
g4 (25. h4 $5) 25... c3 $5 26. bxc3 $1 Qxe2+ 27. Kg3 Bb7 28. Rd2 Qe7 29. c4 $16
{Here some engines give a "+/-" evaluation, some other a decisive advantage. I
believe the reality is inbetween. This should be technically winning but
White's weak king gives Black some chances to draw.}) 24... Qf5+ 25. Ke1 Qxh3
$1 {Now Black draws.} 26. Qxa6 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qf4+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 Qe3+ 30.
Kb1 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 {An exciting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 (3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qc2 b6 7. O-O Bb7
8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rac1 Nh5 12. Qb3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd6 14. e3
Qe7 15. Rc2 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bb8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rdc1 h6 19. Ne2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Nxb8 Qxb8 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Be6
27. Qc6 Qd8 28. Nf4 Bxa2 29. d5 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qg4 31. d6 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 g5 33.
Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. Qd4 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 gxf4 37. d7 Bc4+ 38. Qxc4 Qd1+ $17 {
0-1 Piket,J-Seirawan,Y/Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52 (73)}) 3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5.
Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 (
11... dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 N7f6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e4 b5 17. Ne3
Rc8 (17... Qb6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Rac8 {[#]} 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Rab1 c5 22. Qb2
Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qa5 24. d5 Bc3 25. Qe2 Nxe5 26. f4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. dxe6
Bd4+ 29. Kg2 fxe6 30. Qxc4 Kh8 31. Rb7 Rce8 32. Rb5 Qa6 33. Rxc5 Qxc4 34. Rxc4
e5 35. Bg6 Rc8 36. Rdc1 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Rd8 38. a4 exf4 39. gxf4 Bb6 40. Re4 Kg8
41. h4 Kf8 42. Re5 {Marin,M-Tisdall,J/Andorra op 1993/TD 93\07/1/2-1/2 (53)})
18. e5 Nd7 19. a3 a5 20. a4 Qb6 21. Qe2 Ba6 22. Qh5 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Qb4 24. Nc3
Qxb2 25. Rxa5 Nb8 26. Rxa6 Nxa6 27. Ne4 Rfd8 28. Nc4 Qb8 29. Ncd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6
Rxd6 31. exd6 Qxd6 32. Qa5 Nb4 33. Rb1 Nd5 34. Qa6 Rd8 35. Rc1 Nb4 36. Qc4 {
Van Wely,L-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal Int 1992/TD 92\08/0-1 (92)}) (11... Nh5 12. Bc1
f5 13. b3 Ba6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 g5 17. Nc1 Rac8 18. Nd3 Qg7 19. a4
Bb8 20. a5 Bb7 21. a6 Ba8 22. b4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe7 24. Nfe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5
26. dxe5 c5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rd6 Ng7 30. Qxc5 f4 31. exf4 gxf4
32. Rc6 Qg5 33. Rd1 h5 34. Rd7 h4 35. Qe7 Qg6 36. Qxh4 {Bischoff,K-Stangl,M/
Altensteig 1993/CBM 37/1-0 (47)}) 12. Ne5 (12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Qb3) 12... Nh5 13.
Be3 Nhf6 14. h3 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c5 b4 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Bf1 Rb8 19. b3 Bb5
20. Nb2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rb7 24. Na4 Qb8 25. Nc3 Bf6 26.
Bd4 Re8 27. Bg2 Nd7 28. e4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxc5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 (31. Nxb5
$142 Rxb5 32. Rxd5 Ne6 33. Rxb5 Qxb5 34. Rxa7 Nd4 35. Qc4 $16) (31. Nxd5 Ne6) (
31. Bxd5 Rc7) 31... Bd3 $1 32. Qd2 (32. Rxd3 Nxd3 33. Bxb7 (33. Qxd3 Rxb3 $11)
33... Qxb7 $19) 32... Rc7 33. Na4 (33. Rxd3 Nxd3 34. Qxd3 Qb4) 33... Nxa4 34.
Rxd3 (34. bxa4 $11) 34... Nc5 35. Re3 Rd8 36. Qe2 g6 37. Kh2 Ne6 $11 38. Ra2 (
38. Ra4 $1 {>< d4}) 38... Nd4 39. Qa6 $4 $138 (39. Qg4 $142) 39... Nc2 $17 (
39... Nc2 40. Re4 Nb4) 0-1

[Event "Bad Ragaz Accentus YM"]
[Site "Bad Ragaz"]
[Date "2016.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loetscher, Roland"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 ({White can also
take on c6. However, after the computer moves} 13. Nxc6 Nb4 14. Qa4 Nxc6 15.
Bxc6 (15. Qxa6 $6 Nc5 $15) 15... Bxe2 16. Rc1 (16. Re1 b5 17. Qxa7 Rxc6 18.
Rxe2 Nf6 $11) 16... Nb8 {Black has fully equalized.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6
15. Bf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 f5 17. e3 Bb7 {[#]The position seems to be equal and
White seems to have play on the queenside. But in the game Black surprisingly
quickly manages to develop a ferocious attack on the kingside.} 18. Qe2 $146 ({
A new move. In a previous game White played} 18. Rac1 {but also fell victim to
a kingside attack:} Rf6 19. Qa4 Rg6 20. Ne2 a5 21. Ng3 h5 22. Nxh5 Rxg2+ 23.
Kxg2 Qe8 24. Qb3 Qxh5 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd7 Ba6 27. Rg1 c5 28. dxc5 Rd8 29. Qe6
Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Bb7+ 31. c6 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 Rd1+ {0-1 (32) Mchedlishvili,M (2607)
-Parligras,M (2584) Germany 2015}) 18... Rf6 19. Rd2 Rh6 {At first sight it is
hard to imagine what the rook is doing here. After all, White's kingside seems
to be solid enough.} 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. h3 {[#]} Kh8 $1 {Intending to play ...g5
to attack down the g-file - and against this plan White is surprisingly
helpless.} 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. Na3 g5 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. f4 Qg7 26. Kh2 Rg8 27. Qf2
c5 $1 {Letting the white-squared bishop join the attack.} 28. dxc5 ({After} 28.
Bxb7 $4 {Black has the tactical shot} Rxh3+ $1 29. Kxh3 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh5+ 31.
Qh4 Qxh4#) 28... e5 $1 {And this invites the black-squared bishop to join the
party.} 29. Rd8 exf4 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 {[#]} 31. Bxb7 ({White has no adequate
defense, e.g.} 31. c6 fxe3 32. Qxe3 Rg8 {with a winning attack.}) ({or} 31.
exf4 Rg8 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. Bxb7 Rxg1 {and Black is material up and has a strong
attack.}) 31... Rxh3+ $1 32. Kxh3 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34. Kg1 (34. Kg2 Rg8+ {
does not change much.}) 34... Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 (10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14.
gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 {1-0 (55) Wang,Y (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian 2016})
10... cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16.
Nxg5 Qb8 (16... Nhf6 17. e3 a6 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Bd3 Qd8
22. Ne2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 g6 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Straka,Z (2547)-Pessoa,F (2566) ICCF email 2013}) 17. e3 Nhf6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19.
a4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. a5 Bc6 22. Ba6 bxa5 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Rxa5 Bxa6 25. Rxa6
Rc7 26. Kg2 Qb4 27. Ra4 Qb7 28. Ra3 Nb6 29. Ne5 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe2 Nxc3
32. bxc3 Qe7 33. Qa2 Rc7 34. Ra5 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Qa3 Qxa3 37. Rxa3 a5 38. Rxa5
Rxc3 {[#] Close to the finish line the black and white pawns do their best to
form a nice symmetrical pattern.} 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra5 Kg8 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra5
Kg8 43. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Butnorius, Algimantas"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Rd1
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. dxc5 (13. Bb2 Qc7 (13...
dxc4 14. d5 $5 Ne8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7 Rc7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Ne5
Rd6 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. Bxc6 Nd6 22. bxc4 Qc7 23. Bg2 $16 {Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/
New York exh/1989/}) 14. dxc5 dxc4 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Na4 Qa6 17. Qf5 Nc5 18.
Ba3 Nfe4 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qf4 {0,5/Sosonko,G-Herzog,A/Holzoster
am See/1981/}) 13... dxc4 14. b4 a5 (14... bxc5 15. b5 $36) 15. a3 (15. bxa5
bxa5 $15) 15... axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. b5 Ra8 18. Rb1 (18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nd2 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Nb6 $13) 18... Qb6 19. Qe2 (19. Na4 Qa5 20. Nb2 $2 Be4
$19) 19... Bd6 20. Qxc4 Be5 $1 21. Bb2 (21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2
Qb7+ 24. f3 Rfe8 $36) 21... Qc7 22. Ra1 Nb6 23. Qh4 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Bxf3 $1 25.
Bxf3 Rd8 26. Qg5 (26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qg5 Bd4 $36) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 h6 28.
Qc1 Qa7 $1 29. Be2 (29. Bb2 Nc4 30. Be2 Nxb2 31. Qxb2 Qa5 $19) 29... Bd4 30.
Bb2 Qe7 31. Bf3 Qe5 32. Nd1 (32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Ba1 Nd7 $17) 32... Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Ne4 34. Bxe4 (34. Bxd4 Nd2 $1 $19) 34... Qxe4+ 35. Kf1 Qd3+ 36. Kg2 Bxb2 37.
Nxb2 Qxb5 38. Nd1 Nd5 39. Kg1 Qd3 $1 40. Nb2 Qd4 41. Nc4 Nc3 42. Qf1 $8 Ne4 43.
Ne3 Qd2 44. Kg2 g6 45. h4 h5 46. Kf3 Qd4 (46... f5 47. Nc4 $17) 47. Qa6 Kg7 48.
Qc6 Nf6 49. Kg2 Ng4 $1 50. Nxg4 hxg4 51. Qb5 c4 52. h5 c3 53. hxg6 c2 54. Qg5
f6 55. Qh5 Qe4+ 56. Kh2 Qxg6 57. Qc5 Qh6+ {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 f5 {Play has transposed into a Stonewall Dutch.} 11.
Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. Bd6 Rf7 14. e3 e5 15. Qb3 $1 {A good move which
leads to interesting complications.} exd4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Nb6 18. Qc5
dxe3 19. fxe3 Be6 20. Nxe4 Rc8 {In a bad position Banjamin strives for
counterplay. This is probably the best practical chance, forcing Kaidanov to
find good moves.} 21. Qh5 $1 Nc4 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Bc5 $16) 23.
Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Rf1 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Bf4 Nxb2 27. Bxb7 Rc2 28. Be4 Re2 29.
Bxg6 Bh3 30. Rb1 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rd2 32. Be5 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Nxd1 34. Bd4 Be6 (34...
Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 36. Bxa7) 35. Kg1 a5 36. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simonenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2
Nbd7 8. b3 a5 9. Nc3 (9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb2 a3 11. Bc3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Qb8
14. e5 Ne8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nf1 Nc7 17. Qd2 Na6 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. Bf1 Qc7 20.
Rec1 {Smejkal,J-Ostl,A/BL 8788/1988/1-0 (50)}) 9... Nb6 (9... b6 10. Re1 (10.
e4 Ba6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. e5 Ne8 13. Ng5 g6 14. h4 Ng7 15. Ne2 a4 16. Nf4 Be7 17.
Bh3 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Bb7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rab1 axb3 21. axb3 Rfc8 22. b4 Ba6 23. c5
Bc4 24. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Steckner,J-Weyrich,M/OLNN 9192/1992/}) 10... Ba6 11. Bf4
Rc8 12. Qb2 b5 13. c5 b4 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bf4 g5 18.
Bc1 Bb5 19. f3 Bxa4 20. fxe4 Bb5 21. Qc2 {Sunye Neto,J-Agdamus,J/BRA-ch (10)/
1995/1-0 (53)}) 10. c5 (10. Qd3 c5 11. Be3 $13) 10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nh5 (11...
b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 $14) 12. Na4 (12. Be3 f5) 12... Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qc7 14.
e3 b5 (14... f6 15. Rac1 e5 16. Rfe1 $5 e4 (16... exf4 17. exf4 Re8 18. Re3 $14
) 17. Nd2 f5 $132) 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 (16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Rfc1
$14) 16... Qxb6 17. Rfc1 Ba3 18. Qxc6 (18. Ng5 $5 g6 19. Qxc6 Qb8 20. Rc2 $16)
18... Qb8 (18... Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Ba6 20. f5 $1 $16) 19. Rc2 Ra7 20. Qa4 (20. Ne5
f6 21. Bh3 fxe5 (21... Kh8 22. Qa4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nc6 $14) 22. Qxc8 Rxc8
23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Bxc8 exd4 26. exd4 Rc7 27. Be6 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1
Bxc1 29. Bxd5 Bb2 $14) 20... Qd6 21. Bf1 (21. Ne5 f6 22. Rc6 Qb4 23. Nd3 Qxa4
24. bxa4 Bd7 25. Rb6 $16) 21... f6 22. Rd1 Qe7 (22... Bd7 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5
a4 25. Rc6 $16) 23. Bb5 Kh8 24. Rd3 e5 $1 25. dxe5 (25. fxe5 Bf5 26. exf6 Qxf6
$13) 25... Bh3 (25... Bf5 26. Nd4 Bxd3 (26... Be4 27. Nc6 Qf7 28. f3 $18) 27.
Bxd3 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Nc6 $16) 26. Rc6 (26. Nd4 fxe5 27. Nc6 Qh4 28. Nxe5
Bd6 29. Kh1 Bf5 $132) 26... Bb4 27. a3 (27. exf6 $2 gxf6 $1) (27. Kh1 Bf5)
27... Qf7 $1 {Petursson} 28. axb4 $2 {Petursson: Falls for the trick} (28. Kh1
Bf5 (28... Qh5 29. Ng1 Be1 {Petursson} (29... Qg4 30. Nxh3 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+
32. Kf1 Qxh3+ 33. Ke2 $14) 30. e4 Bf1 31. Rxd5 $16) 29. Rd4 $1 (29. axb4 Be4
30. Kg1 Qg6+ 31. Ng5 Bxd3 $17) 29... Be4 30. Be2 (30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Nd4 Be7 $14
) 30... Be7 (30... fxe5 $2 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Nxe5 $18) 31. e6 Qh5 32. Rxe4 dxe4
33. Nd4 $14) 28... Qh5 29. Ne1 (29. Nh4 Qxh4 30. e4 Qg4+ 31. Rg3 Qd1+) 29...
Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qe2 (30... Qe2 31. Rd1 $8 Qxd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Branimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Bb2 Ba6 (11... Rd8 12. Rac1 Ba6 13. Nd2 b5 14. e4
bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Qa6 20. Nd2 Bd3
21. Qc3 Rdb8 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. Bxa3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Manor,I-Porper,E/Tel-Aviv Cup
30' (01)/1996/ (43)}) (11... b5 12. Rac1 bxc4 13. bxc4 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. Rb1
Bd8 16. Bc1 Ba5 17. Rb3 h6 18. h4 Ba6 19. Bh3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne4 21. Rb3 Bb5 22.
Rb4 a5 23. Rb1 a4 {Sher,M-Bischoff,K/Dortmund op-A (04)/1993/0-1 (57)}) 12. Nd2
b5 13. e4 (13. Rac1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Na4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bb5 17. Ba1 Qa6 18.
Nab2 Qxa2 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Bf8 21. Qf3 Ba6 22. g4 Rb3 23. Qf4 Rdb8 24. Rd2
Ba3 {Arsovic,Z-Maksimovic,B/JUG-ch Podgorica (02)/1996/0-1 (59)}) 13... bxc4
14. bxc4 dxc4 (14... Bxc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Na4 Nb6 17. Rdc1 $14) 15. Na4 Bb5 (
15... Nb6 16. Nc5) 16. Bc3 Nb6 (16... Qa6 17. Nb2 c5 18. a4 Bc6 19. Ndxc4 $14)
17. Nc5 e5 $6 (17... Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ba4 19. Qb2 Nbd7 20. Rdc1 Rb8 21. Qa3 Bb5
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxc4) 18. a4 $1 (18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. exf6 Ba4 20. Qb2 Bxd1 21.
fxg7 Rd8 22. Rxd1 Na4 $17) 18... exd4 19. Bxd4 Rd8 (19... Ba6 20. a5 Nbd7 21.
Nxa6 Qxa6 22. Nxc4 $16) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. e5 (21. Ra2 c3 22. axb5
Rxd2 23. Rxd2 cxd2 24. e5 $13) (21. Rab1 Bd4 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nb7 Qxb7 24. e5
Qc7) 21... Bxe5 22. axb5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Qg4 24. Nb7 Qe2 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra2
cxb5 27. Qe4 $14) 21. axb5 Bxc5 (21... cxb5 22. Na6 $16) 22. bxc6 Bd4 23. Rac1
Qxc6 (23... Be5 24. Kh1 Qxc6 25. f4 Bd4 26. e5 Qc8 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. Qe2 $16)
24. e5 Qc5 (24... Nd5 25. exf6 (25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28.
Bxd5 Rac8 $10) (25. Nxc4 fxe5 26. Be4 h6 27. Nxe5 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 Ne3 29. fxe3
Bxe5 $10) 25... Rab8 26. Nxc4 $14) 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 (25... Bxf2+ $2 26. Kg2 Rxa8
27. Ne4 $18) 26. Qf5 fxe5 (26... Bb2 27. Rc2 Qxe5 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Nxc4 $18)
27. Ne4 Qc6 28. Nf6+ Kf8 (28... Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kf8 (29... Kh8 30. Qh6 $18) 30.
Rxd4 exd4 31. Re1 $18) 29. Qg5 Qe6 30. Nxh7+ Ke8 31. Nf6+ Ke7 32. Nd5+ Kd6 33.
Ne3 Kc5 34. Nf5 Nd5 (34... Qd5 35. Qe7+ Kc6 36. Rd2 $18) 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Qd2
Nb6 (36... d3 37. Qxd3) (36... Qe5 37. Qa5+ Kd6 38. Rxc4 $18) 37. Qxd4+ Kc6 38.
Re1 Qd6 (38... Qd5 39. Qf6+ $18) 39. Rxc4+ Nxc4 (39... Kd7 40. Qg4+ $18) 40.
Qxc4+ Qc5 41. Qxf7 Rf8 42. Re6+ Kb5 (42... Kd5 43. Qd7+ Kc4 44. Rc6 $18) 43.
Qb7+ (43. Qb7+ Kc4 44. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch15 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.03.05"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 (6... c5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 {/\8... Sc6}) 7. Qc2 c5 $2 (7... dxc4 8. Nbd2 $1 (8. Qxc4 a6 9. Rd1 b5 10.
Qc2 Bb7 11. a4)) (7... c6 $142 8. Nbd2 b6 {/\9... Lb7, 10... Tc8}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Nc3 (9. a3 {/\10.e4, 10.dc 11.b4}) 9... Nb4 $6 (9... Nxc3 $142 10. bxc3 cxd4
11. cxd4 Nb6 {/\12... Ld7+/=}) 10. Qb1 Nc6 (10... cxd4 $142 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12.
Rd1 $16) 11. dxc5 (11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nb6) 11... Nxc5 (11... Bxc5 12. Ng5 $1
Nf6 $2 (12... g6 13. Rd1 $16) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {/\16.Dc6})
12. Rd1 (12. b4 Bf6) 12... Qa5 13. Bd2 {/\14.Sd5} Nd7 14. Ne4 Qf5 (14... Qa6 $2
15. Neg5 {/\16.Lc3->}) 15. Bc3 Rd8 (15... Nb6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd5 18. Qc1
$1 {/\19.Sc5, 19.Sc3, 20.e4} (18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxb1 20. Raxb1 b6 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Nb3 $16 {_|_}) 18... Bd7 $2 19. Nc5) 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb6 18.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qd1 (19. Nd6 $1 Qxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rd1 $18 {
_|_}) 19... Be7 20. Qd4 (20. Nd6 $1 $18) 20... Qg6 21. Nc5 Nd5 $1 (21... Bxc5
22. Qxc5 $18) 22. Rd1 (22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Bh3 $16) 22... b6 (
22... Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Bd7 24. e4 $1 $18) (22... Nxc3 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. bxc3 $18)
23. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5+ Qe6 26. Qxa8 $18) 24. Bxd5
Rd8 (24... Bf6 $142) 25. e4 Bg4 26. Rd3 Kh8 27. Qe5 $1 Bf6 (27... Bd6 28. Bb3
$1 h5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Bxf7 $18) 28. Qc7 Rd7 29. Qc6 Bh3 30. Be6
$1 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. b3 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 c5 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Qxe4 Qc7 15. Bf4 $14) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Re8 (14... a6 15. Qb2 $1 dxc4 16.
d5) (14... dxc4 15. d5 $1 Re8 (15... Nh5 16. Be3 cxb3 17. axb3 g6 18. Rxa7 $16)
16. bxc4 $16) 15. dxc5 $1 (15. Nb5) 15... dxc4 $6 (15... Bxc5 16. Nd4 Ba8 $1
$14) 16. b4 $1 bxc5 (16... a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. b5 $16) 17. b5 Qa5
(17... a6 $6 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Ne5 $1 $16 {xBa6}) 18. a4 h6 (18... a6 19. Nd2
Bxg2 20. Nxc4 Qb4 21. Na2 Be4 22. Nxb4 Bxc2 23. Nxc2 $16) 19. Rab1 $6 (19. Nd2
$1 Bxg2 20. Nxc4 Qb4 21. Na2 Be4 22. Nxb4 Bxc2 23. Nxc2 $16) 19... g5 $1 20.
Nxg5 (20. Bxg5 $2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 hxg5 $17) (20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Bc1 Bf8) (20. Bc1 $5
Qc7 21. Bb2) 20... Bxg2 (20... hxg5 21. Bxb7 gxf4 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd5 $16)
21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Kxg2 (22. Rxd7 $6 Bf3 $1 23. Re1 Be4 $5 24. Rxe4 Nxd7 $13)
22... Nf8 (22... Kg7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6) 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qb6 25.
Qxc4 Kg7 26. Rb3 (26. Rh5 $5 Qg6 27. Bxh6+ Kh8 28. Rh3 Nh7 $13) 26... Ng6 27.
Rd7 Rcd8 (27... Red8 28. Be5+ $1 Nxe5 (28... Kf8 29. Rf3+ Ke8 30. Qf7+ Kxd7 31.
Rd3+ Qd6 32. Rxd6+ $18) 29. Rxe7+ Kf6 30. Rxe5 Kxe5 31. Qf4+ $18) 28. a5 $1 (
28. Bc7 $2 Qb7+) 28... Qf6 (28... Qxa5 $2 29. Bc7) (28... Nxf4+ 29. Qxf4 Qxa5
30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Re3 $1 Bf6 32. Qg6 $18) 29. Rxa7 Rd4 30. Qc1 (30. Qxc5 Rxf4 $1
31. gxf4 Nxf4+ 32. Kg3 Qg6+ 33. Kxf4 Qf7+ 34. Kg3 Qxb3+ (34... Bxc5 35. Rxf7+
Kxf7 36. b6 $16) 35. Kg2 $13) 30... Nxf4+ 31. gxf4 Rxf4 32. Qb2 c4 $1 33. Rg3+
Kf7 34. Qc2 $6 (34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rc7 Rf5 $10) 34... Qf5 35. Qxf5+ Rxf5 36. b6
(36. Rb7 Kf6 37. Rb6+ Ke5 38. Re3+ Kd4 $36) 36... Kf6 $1 37. a6 Bc5 38. Rh7 $1
Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Bxb6 (39... Ree2 40. Rxh6+ Kf5 (40... Kf7 41. Rc6) 41. Rh5+ Kf4
42. Rg4+ $16) 40. Rxh6+ Kf5 41. Rh5+ (41. Rxb6 $4 Rh8+ $19) 41... Ke4 42. Rh4+
Kf5 43. Rh5+ Ke4 44. Rh4+ Rf4 (44... Kd5 45. Rg5+ Kd6 46. Rxc4) 45. Rxf4+ Kxf4
46. Rg4+ Kf3 47. Rxc4 Bf2 (47... Rh8+ 48. Rh4) 48. Rc3+ Be3 49. Rc4 Re6 50. Ra4
Rh6+ 51. Rh4 Rxa6 52. Ra4 Rd6 (52... Rxa4 $10) 53. Rb4 Rd2 (53... Bd4 54. Rxd4
$1 Rxd4 $10) 54. Rb3 Ra2 55. Rc3 Ra8 56. Rc4 Bd2 57. Ra4 $1 Rf8 58. Rh4 Rb8 59.
Rc4 Rb3 60. Ra4 Bf4 61. Ra2 Rc3 62. Rb2 Ra3 63. Rc2 Rd3 64. Rb2 Be5 65. Ra2 Bd6
66. Rb2 Ra3 67. Rb1 Ra2 68. Rf1+ Ke4 69. Kg4 Rg2+ 70. Kh5 Bxh2 (70... Rxh2+ 71.
Kg6) 71. Rf6 Bf4 72. Rg6 Ra2 73. Rg4 Kf5 74. Rg5+ Ke4 75. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nfd2 {N} (10. Nbd2 g5 11. Be3 f5) 10... Nxd2 (10... f5 $5
11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nc3 $13) 11. Nxd2 g5 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 $1 Bd6 14. Bf2 Nf6 15.
e4 fxe4 (15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Nf3) 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Nf3 dxc4 $1 (17...
Nxf2 18. Rxf2 g4 19. Ne5) 18. Bh3 $1 Nxf2 (18... e5 $5 19. Qxc4+ Kg7 20. Bxg4
Bxg4 21. dxe5 Bc7 $13) 19. Rxf2 b5 20. Raf1 (20. e5 Bc7 21. Qe4 Bd7 22. Qg4
$146) 20... Qe7 $2 (20... e5 $1 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxe5 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Bxe5 24.
Qf7+ Kh8 25. dxe5 Qd4+ 26. Rf2 Qxe5 $13) 21. e5 Bc7 22. Nxg5 $1 Rxf2 23. Qxf2
Bd7 24. Qf4 (24. Qf7+ Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Bd8 26. Rxh7 Bxg5 27. Rxd7 $16) 24... Bb6 (
24... Rf8 $2 25. Bxe6+ $1 Bxe6 26. Qxf8+ $18) 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qxh5 Bxd4+ 27. Kg2
{Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Rostock-07 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1981.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neckar, Lubomir"]
[Black "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1981.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
b5 $6 (8... Ne4) (8... b6) 9. c5 (9. Nbd2 bxc4) 9... a5 (9... Ne4 10. Nbd2 f5
11. b4 Bf6 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ne1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 e5 $10 {Schmidt-Csom,
Olot 1975}) 10. Bf4 $5 (10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Rxe4 b4 15. Bd2 $14 {Knaak-Espig,Zinnowitz 1971}) 10... Ne4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 f5 (12... f6) 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bd6 Be7 (15... Re8) 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. f3 $1 exf3 18. exf3 Qf6 19. f4 g5 20. fxg5 Qxg5 21. Re1 Ra7 22. Re5
Qg4 23. Qd2 Rg7 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Bd7 26. Be2 Qh4 27. Bh5 a4 28. Qf2 Qe7
29. Qf4 b4 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3 Bc8 32. Re1 Rg5 33. Bf7+ Kh8 34. h4 Rg7 35. Bh5
$6 Qb7 36. Rf1 $6 Qb3 $1 37. Qf8+ Rg8 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ Rg7
41. Rf3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kh1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qe2+
47. Kh3 e5+ 48. g4 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden ZMD op-A 21st"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 (11. Nc3 {ist üblich}) 11... Nh5 ({Nach} 
11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7
17. Nc3 $14 {stand Weiß etwas besser in Schreiner-Oparin, Athens 2012}) 12. Bd2
Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qa4 ({In
Tomashevsky-Matlakov, Taganrog 2011, folgte} 17. Qd3 Nd6 $11 {mit Ausgleich})
17... Nd6 18. Na3 Nf6 ({Nachahltiger wäre} 18... Qc7 $5 19. Rac1 Qb7 $11) 19.
Rac1 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. e3 Nb8 ({Das Enspiel nach} 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Nb5 Nf6 {scheint ausgeglichen zu sein.}) 22. f3 Rxc1 23.
Bxc1 $6 ({Überlässt Schwarz die c Linie. Vorsichtiger war} 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nc2 b5 26. Bf1 Nd6 27. b3 a6) 23... Rc8 24. e4 Nc6 25. Nc2 Nb5 (
{Etwas mehr vom Spiel versprach Schwarz} 25... dxe4 $5 26. fxe4 f5 27. d5 Ne5
28. Bf4 Ng6 29. Nd4 Nxe4) 26. exd5 Ncxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Be3 Nc2 ({Zum
Ausgleich führt} 28... Nf5 29. Bf2 Rc2 30. Bh3 Rxb2 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. d6 Bd8
33. Re1 Kf8 34. d7 Be7 35. Rd1 Bd8 36. Re1 Be7 $11) 29. Bf2 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rd8
31. f4 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Nb4 ({Einfacher war} 32... Bf6 33. Be4 Nd4 34. a4 Kf8 35.
b4 Ke7 36. a5 g6 $11) 33. Bc4 Bf6 34. a3 Nc6 35. b3 Bb2 ({Und hier} 35... Kf8
36. a4 Ke7 $11) 36. a4 Bc3 37. Kg2 Bd4 ({Sinnvoller erscheint} 37... Nd4 38.
Be3 g6 39. Bc1 Kg7) 38. Be1 Bc5 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. g4 f6 42. Bc3 Bb4
43. Bb2 Nd8 $2 ({Schwarz verliert den Faden. Angebracht ist} 43... Kf8) 44. Bg8
h6 45. h4 Nb7 46. Kf5 Nc5 47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Nd3 49. Bd4 $2 ({Leicht gewann} 
49. Ba1 fxg5 (49... Ne5 50. h5 Kf8 51. Be6) 50. hxg5 $18) 49... Ne5 50. gxf6+
gxf6 51. h5 Bd2 $2 ({Nach} 51... Kf8 52. Bd5 Kg7 53. Be3 Bc3 54. Bf4 Nd7 55.
h6+ Kh8 56. Be4 Ne5 $14 {hätte es Weiß nicht leicht weiter zu kommen}) 52. Bd5
Kd6 53. Bc4 Ke7 54. Bb2 Kd6 55. Ba3+ Kc6 56. Be2 Kd5 57. Be7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Hammer,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 {I went for this variation hoping for the
ending played in Gelfand-Alekseev Moscow 2008, which is favourable for White.}
Rc8 ({The aforementioned game continued} 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. e4 Rc8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 $1 Rfd8 (17... Nxe5 18. Qa4 Bb7 19.
Rd7) 18. h4 $1 $14) 12. Nc3 {I was still hoping for a transposition to the
Gelfand game, but instead Adams challenged me to prove that I had compensation
for a pawn after...} ({Another possibility is} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 {but the
symmetrical structure makes it hard to claim an edge for White after} Bb5 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7) 12... Bxc4 (12... b5 {was another interesting alternative, when
White should play c5 if he is to hope for an advantage. A possible line is} 13.
c5 b4 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Na4 Bb5 {with a complex position.}) 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14.
e4 b5 {White's compensation for the pawn lies in the potential of the bishop
pair and the strong pawn centre. My strategy was to blast open the centre in
order to exploit my actively placed pieces. This can be done in three
different ways:  1) the game continuation with a4 and axb5. 2) a4, but without
axb5. 3) playing d5 immediately.} 15. a4 ({After the direct attempt:} 15. d5
cxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. Bg5 {Black can play} Qb6 {with good play. For example:}
18. Bh3 Bc5 $1 19. Bxf6 (19. a4 b4 $1) 19... Nxf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 {with good
compensation.}) 15... a6 16. axb5 (16. d5 {Playing without axb5 has the virtue
of preventing the exchange sacrifices with Qb6, but on the other hand White's
rook on a1 won't have an open file to work on.} cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 (
18... Qb6 19. Ne4 {is strong for White, as} Bc5 {is met by} 20. a5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gf6]}) 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3 $44) 16... axb5 17. d5 cxd5 18.
exd5 e5 19. Bg5 b4 $2 (19... Qb6 {was a better alternative. Adams was afraid
of d6, which also was my intention, but it appears it is insufficient.
Therefore Ne4 is the best choice.} 20. Ne4 $1 (20. Bh3 {is a refinement of the
move order, which would have worked brilliantly had it not been for the
exchange sacrifice} Bc5 $1 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44 {when Black has
successfully seized the initiative.}) (20. d6 $2 Bxd6 21. Bh3 Rc6 $1 {the move
Adams missed. Now, play may continue} 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Be7 Nc5 $1
25. Bxf8 Bxf8 {with tremendous compensation for an exchange.}) 20... Bc5 $1 (
20... Rfe8 21. Be3 {is not how Black wants to play.}) 21. Nxc5 $1 (21. Nxf6+
Nxf6 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qf5 Bc5 25. Be4 Rfd8 $1 $17 {and Black gets
the king to safety on e7.}) 21... Nxc5 22. d6 {with a very interesting
crossroads. White has compensation for a pawn after both options:} Rcd8 (22...
Nd3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Be4 Qxd6 25. Qe2 {with a possible attack.}) 23. Be3 Ng4 (
23... Rxd6 $4 24. b4 $1 {is not to be recommended.}) 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd5 Qb6
26. Rad1 {with dynamic equality.}) 20. d6 bxc3 (20... h6 $4 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22.
Nd5 $18 {is a piece up}) 21. Qxc3 $2 {Never make instant recaptures! White had
a golden opportunity:} (21. Ra7 $3 Bxd6 {A tragic necessity, as} (21... cxb2
22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Raxd7 $18 {leaves White well on top.}) 22. Rxd6 Rc7 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc6 $1 $16 {The sting in the tail. White has a big
advantage.}) 21... h6 22. Be3 Bxd6 (22... Re8 {may be a lesser evil, but after}
23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Bh3 $1 {to prevent Qe6, White still enjoys an initiative as
compensation for the pawn.}) 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Rad1 Nc5 25. Qxc4 $2 {The last
mistake of the game.} ({Instead,} 25. Bxc5 {would have given White promising
play on the queenside.} Rxc5 26. b4 $1 {Although the position remains equal
with precise play by Black, this was an excellent opportunity to put some
dangerous pressure on my famous opponent.} Rc7 $1 27. Bc6 Ne8 $1 28. Rd7 Rxd7
29. Rxd7 Qe6 30. b5 Nd6 $1 $11) 25... Nb7 $1 (25... Nce4 26. Rc6 $16) 26. Rc6
Na5 27. Rxc8 Nxc4 28. Bc5 Rxc8 29. Bxe7 Nxb2 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Rd1 Nb2 {A short,
but tense game. Not every draw is dull.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Von Gleich} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7.
O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 f5 (10... g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Ne5
(12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Qe7 (13... Bg7 14. Rad1 Rf7 15. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 16. Ne1 Nf8
17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 $16 {Petrosian,T-Botvinnik,M/Wch/1963/}) 14. Rad1 Qg7 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne1 c5 $13 {Eislet,P-Engel,H/cr/1974/}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7
14. f4 b6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be3 c5 17. Qc3 $10 {Maiwald-Ruf/BL/1992/}) (10...
Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Qc2 f6 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. c5 Nf5 16. Qc3 Nxd4 $2
17. Qxd4 e5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 $18 {Tibensky,R-Paldanius,P/EUCup/1994/})
11. Rad1 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 (11... dxe4 12. Ne5 Bf6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. c5 Rd8 15. f3
exf3 16. Nxf3 Nf8 17. e4 $16 {Hutters,T-Hector,J/Taastrup A 1992/1/2-1/2 (53)})
12. Ne5 Bf6 13. Rad1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. b3 b6 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Larsen,B/
Valby K41 (02) 1991}) (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rab1 g5 $6 (12... a5) 13. Bc1 Bf6 14.
b4 g4 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Ncxe4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bg7 18. Nc5 $16 {Geller,E-Jimenez/
La Habana/1963/}) 11... Nd6 12. b3 g5 $4 13. Nxg5 $18 {Adamski,J-Georgadze,G/
Tbilisi 1983 (27)}) (10. Nfd2 f5 (10... g5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nc3 Qe8
14. Rad1 e5 15. d5 Qg6 16. g4 Nf6 17. d6 Bd8 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. c5 Kh8 $13 {
Steinbacher,M-Brenninkmeijer,J/Groningen open/1994/}) (10... Nxd2 {Von Gleich}
11. Bxd2 $5 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc2 $14) 11. f3 (11. Nxe4 fxe4
12. Nc3 $13) 11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bf6 13. Nb3 dxc4 $6 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qd3 $14 {
Wegner,H-Welin,T/Slupsk 1987/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (10. Rd1 f5 11. Nc3 Qe8 12. Rab1 a5
13. c5 Qh5 14. Ne5 Rf6 15. f3 Ng5 16. h4 Nf7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Na4 $16 {
Bernard,C-Rosandic,D/Cannes op A(5) 1994/1-0 (51)}) (10. Ne5 Nd6 11. Nd2 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Be4 g6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. h5 Kg7 18.
Kg2 $14 {Benko,P-Kortchnoi,V/Stockholm izt/1962/}) 10... Nxd2 (10... g5 $5 11.
Be3 f5 {und Weiß fehlt der Zug f2-f3} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 $13) 11. Nxd2 g5 (
11... f5 12. f3 g5 13. Be3 {- 11...g5}) 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 (13. Nf3 g4 14. Ne1
Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nd3 Qg7 17. e3 h5 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. b4 $14 {Sosonko,
G-Cifuentes,R/NED ch(02) 1993 (35)}) 13... Rf7 (13... f4 14. Bf2 Nf6 15. e4 $16
{Fine,R-Steiner,H/Washington m 1944 (45)}) (13... Bd6 14. Bf2 (14. Kh1 f4)
14... Nf6 {/\ g4} 15. e4 fxe4 (15... dxe4 $5 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Nf3) 16. fxe4 $14
{Tukmakov,V-Cifuentes Parada,R/Wijk II 53/484 1992 (27)}) (13... Qe8 14. Kh1 $5
Qh5 15. Bg1 $14) 14. Bf2 {[%cal Ye2e4]} (14. f4 $5 {Von Gleich}) 14... Nf8 15.
e4 Ng6 16. Rad1 {[%csl Gd4]} (16. Rae1 $5 $14 {[%cal Re1e8]}) (16. Qb3 {
Von Gleich} dxe4 17. fxe4 f4 $132) 16... a5 17. Nb1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4][%cal Yb1c3]
} (17. cxd5 {Von Gleich} cxd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nb3 $13) (17. a4 $5 {Von Gleich
}) (17. Rfe1 {Von Gleich} a4 18. a3 Ra5) 17... dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. exf5 (19.
dxe5 Qc7 {Von Gleich} 20. Bd4 {habgierig} f4 $132) 19... Bxf5 20. Qe2 exd4 21.
Bxd4 Qd7 (21... Qc7 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Bh3 $14 {[%cal Rh3e6]}) 22. Bb6 (22. Nc3
{Von Gleich} Bg4) 22... Qe6 $10 23. Nc3 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Ne5 25. b3 Bg4 26. Rxf7
Nxf7 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. h3 Bf3 29. Bg2 Bxe2 {kein Holz mehr übrig, daher Remis.} (
29... Bxe2 30. Re1 $10 {[%cal Re1e7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Qb2 f5 16. e6 Nb8 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bh3 g5 21. Bc1
cxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qg7 24. Qa4 Bxe5 25. Qxa7 Bd4 26. Qa4 Be5 27. Qb5
Bd4 28. Qa4 Be5 29. Qb4 Bd4 30. e7 Re8 31. Rfd1 Nc6 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Be6+ Kh8
34. Rxd4 Qxe7 35. Qc3 Qf6 36. Qxc6 Rxe6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Rxd5 e3 39. Rd7+ Kh6
40. Qc2 exf2+ 41. Qxf2 b5 42. Qxf6+ Rxf6 43. Kg2 Rc6 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. h3 Rxa2
46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Kg4 h6 49. Rxb5 {[#] Schwarz hat eine aktive
Turmstellung, aber Schwächen am Königsflügel.} Rg2 {plant h5+} 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51.
Rb7+ Kg6 52. Rb6+ Kg7 53. Rb4 h5+ 54. Kf3 (54. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 55. Kh4 Rd3 56. Rb6
Kf7 57. b4 Rb3 58. b5 Kg7 59. Rb8 Kg6 60. b6 Rb4+ 61. Kg3 Kg7 $11) 54... Rc2
55. Re4 Rb2 56. Rb4 (56. Re3 Rh2 57. b4 Rb2 $11 (57... Rxh3 58. Kg2 g4 59. b5
h4 60. b6 hxg3 $11)) 56... Rd2 57. h4 Rd3+ 58. Kf2 g4 (58... gxh4 59. gxh4 Kf6
60. Ke2 Rh3 61. Kd2 Ke6 62. Kc2 Kd6 63. Rc4 Kd5 64. Kb2 Rh2+ 65. Ka3 Rh3 66.
Ka4 (66. Kb4 Kd6) 66... Rg3 {und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß Fortschritt
machen kann.}) 59. Rb5 Rf3+ 60. Kg2 Kh6 61. Rb6+ Kg7 62. Rb5 Kh6 63. Rb8 Kg7
64. b4 Rb3 65. b5 Kh7 66. b6 Kg7 67. Kf2 Rf3+ 68. Kg2 Rb3 69. b7 $11 {Typische
Remisposition, weil Weiß weder den Bh5 erobern noch den Bb7 unterstützen kann.}
Rb1 70. Kf2 Rb2+ 71. Ke3 Rb1 72. Ke2 Rb2+ 73. Kd3 Rb1 74. Kc3 Rb5 75. Kd4 Rb1
76. Kd5 Rd1+ 77. Ke4 Rb1 78. Ke5 {[#]} Rb5+ $4 {[%mdl 12544]} (78... Re1+ 79.
Kf5 Rb1 80. Kg5 Rb5+ 81. Kf4 Rb1 $11) 79. Kd6 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Rb1 80. Re8 {
Gewinnt nach Turmtausch leicht das Bauernendspiel.} 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 Ba8 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15.
Qe2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe3 h6 21.
Rc2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. c5 Nd5 26. Qd4 Nb4 27.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc4 Rc8 29. c6 Kf8 30. a4 Na6 31. Rh4 Ke7 32. Rd4 Rd8 33. Rc4
Kd6 34. c7 Nxc7 35. Rc6+ Kd7 36. Rc5 Rb8 37. Rxa5 Rb3 38. Kg2 Kd6 39. Ra7 f5
40. a5 e5 41. Rb7 Ra3 42. Rb6+ Ke7 43. Rg6 e4 44. Rxg7+ Kd6 45. Rg6+ Ke5 46.
Be2 Rxa5 47. Rxh6 Nd5 48. Ra6 Rxa6 49. Bxa6 {[#] 3-2 Bauern auf einem Flügel.
Technisches Problem: Randbauer mit wL der falschen Felderfarbe. Ab Zug 61
L+g+h vs S; Motiv: S-Einkreisung / Zugzwang} f4 (49... e3 50. f3 (50. f4+ Nxf4+
$10) 50... f4 51. g4 Kf6 52. h4 $16 {Gewinn? - Analyse!}) (49... Nf6 $5) 50. g4
f3+ 51. Kg3 Nf4 52. g5 Ne2+ (52... Kf5 53. Bc8+ Kxg5 54. h4+ Kh5 55. Kxf4 Kxh4
56. Kxe4 $18) 53. Kg4 Nc3 54. h4 Nd1 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Bc8+ Kg6 57. Bb7 e3 (57...
Kf5 58. Bxe4+ (58. g6 Kxg6 59. Bxe4+ Kh6 60. Bxf3 Nxf2 $10) 58... Kxe4 59. g6
Ne3 $1 60. fxe3 (60. h5 $5 Nf5+ 61. Kg4 Ke5 62. Kg5 Ne7 63. h6 $18) 60... Kxe3
61. g7 f2 62. g8=Q f1=Q $10 {laut Endspiel-CD}) 58. Be4+ Kg7 59. fxe3 f2 60.
Bd3 Nxe3 61. Kxf2 Ng4+ 62. Kg3 Nh6 (62... Nf6 63. Kf4 Nh5+ 64. Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Kf5
Nd7 (65... Nh7 66. Ke6 Nf8+ 67. Ke7 Kg8 68. h5 Kg7 69. h6+ Kg8 70. Bf5 $1 (70.
h7+ Kg7 71. Bf5 Kh8 72. Kf7 Ng6) 70... Kh8 71. Kf7 $18 {Zugzwang}) (65... Ng8
66. Bc4 Ne7+ 67. Kg4 Ng6 68. Bd5 Ne5+ 69. Kf5 Ng6 70. h5 Ne7+ 71. Ke5 $18) (
65... Ne8 66. Ke5 Kf7 67. h5 Ng7 68. Bg6+ Ke7 69. h6 Ne6 70. h7 Nf8 71. Bf5 $18
) 66. h5 Nf8 67. h6+ Kh7 68. Kf6+ Kh8 69. Bf5 $18) 63. Kf4 Nf7 64. Bc4 Nh6 65.
Be6 $1 Kg6 66. Ke5 Kg7 (66... Kh5 67. Kf6 $18) 67. h5 Kh8 68. Kf6 Kh7 69. g6+
Kh8 70. Kg5 Kg7 71. Bd5 Kh8 72. Bc4 Kg7 73. Be6 (73. Be6 Kh8 74. Kf6 {Zugzwang}
) 1-0

[Event "Srajber Memorial 08th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2003.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Rd1
b6 9. b3 a5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15.
Qa4 Bb4 16. Ndb1 Qc7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. a3 Be7 21. Rd3
e5 22. e3 Rd8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Rd1 Nd3 27. Ba1 Be7
28. Nf3 Nc5 29. Nb5 Kf8 30. Be5 Nfe4 31. Nfd4 Nd7 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nf5+ Kf6
34. Rxd7 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Bxa3 36. Nxa3 Kxf5 37. Rxf7+ Ke5 38. Rxh7 Rc3 39. Nb5 Rc2
40. Rh5+ Kf6 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Re5 Nxf2 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Rxb6 Nh3 45. Ra6 Ng1+
46. Ke4 Rxh2 47. Rxa5 Ne2 48. Kf3 Ng1+ 49. Kg4 Nh3 50. Nd6+ Kg6 51. Ne4 Ng1 52.
Ra6+ Kg7 53. Ra1 Nh3 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. g4 Ng5+ 56. Nxg5 Kxg5 57. Ra5+ Kg6 58. e4
Rh1 59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Ke5 Kg5 61. Ke6+ Kxg4 62. e5 {[#] Which concrete facts
make White's win easy? A) his rook controls the a-file, which is advantageous
but not decisive B) the black king can be forced on to the h-file. Compared to
theses pluses, the position of the black king on the "short side" pales into
insignificance.  [#] Welche Tatbestände sichern den leichten weißen Gewinn? A)
er hält mit dem Turm die a-Linie, was zwar günstig aber nicht entscheidend ist
B) der schwarze König kann auf die h-Linie abgedrängt werden. Demgegenüber
verblasst der für Schwarz günstige Umstand, dass er mit dem König auf der
"kurzen Seite" steht.} Kg5 63. Ra8 {Two little thoughts to demonstrate the
value or lack of value of the a-file... Zwei kleine Gedankenspiele belegen den
Wert bzw. Unwert der a-Linie.} (63. Rb5 $2 Ra1 $11) (63. Ra6 $2 Rb1 $11 (63...
Kg6 64. Ra7 Re1 65. Kd6 Kf5 $11 {proving that the pushing away of Black's king
is central to the win. woraus folgt, dass die Abdrängung des schwarzen Königs
im Mittelpunkt steht.})) 63... Kg6 64. Rg8+ (64. Rb8 $2 Kg7 $1 $11 ({and not} 
64... Ra1 $2 65. Rg8+ $18)) 64... Kh7 65. Rg2 {[#] There follows a technically
easy win. Pushing the black king away by two files means that the actions of
the black rook from the "long side" fizzle out, because the white king can
hide behind his f-pawn.  [#] Es folgt ein technisch leichter Gewinn. Grund:
Die Abdrängung des schwarzen Königs um zwei Linien bedeutet, dass auch die
Aktionen des schwarzen Turms von der "langen Seite" her verpuffen, weil sich
der weiße König hinter seinem f-Bauern verstecken kann.} Rd1 66. Ke7 Rd3 67. e6
Rd1 68. Ke8 Rd3 69. e7 Ra3 70. Rg4 Rd3 71. Kf7 Rf3+ 72. Ke6 Re3+ 73. Kf6 Re2
74. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qc2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Rd1
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rac1 Nh5 12. Qb3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd6 14. e3 Qe7
15. Rc2 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bb8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rdc1 h6 19. Ne2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Nxb8 Qxb8 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Be6 27.
Qc6 Qd8 28. Nf4 Bxa2 29. d5 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qg4 31. d6 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 g5 33. Qc8+
Kg7 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. Qd4 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 gxf4 37. d7 Bc4+ 38. Qxc4 {D-D: 1
schwarzer Mehrbauer am Damenflügel; ab Zug 66 ein starker schwarzer
b-Freibauer bei gesicherter eigener K-Pos. Bessere schwarze Verteidigung Zug 68
} Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 f3+ 42. Kg3 Qxd7 43. Kxf3 Qd1+ 44. Kg3
Qg1+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+ 46. Kg3 Qg1+ 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. h3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 Qg1+ 50. Kf3 Qh2
51. Qc6+ Kg5 52. Ke2 Qxh3 53. Qc7 Qg4+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kg1 Qa2
57. b4 Kg6 58. Qc6+ Qe6 59. Qa8 Qe7 60. b5 Kg7 61. Qc6 Qe6 62. Qc7 Qg6+ 63. Kf1
f4 64. exf4 Qb1+ 65. Kg2 Qxb5 66. Qxa7 Qc6+ 67. f3 b5 68. Qb8 (68. Qd4+ $142
Qf6 69. Qd2 $17) 68... Qc5 69. Kg3 b4 70. f5 Qc3 $1 {Erst K-Sicherung; dann
Freibauernvormarsch!} 71. Kg4 b3 72. f6+ Qxf6 73. Qxb3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 $6 (9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc7 14.
Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. c5 $1 Qe7 (16... bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qb4 Qe7 19.
Rdc1 $18) 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Ne5 $16 {Portish,L-Radulov,I/Moscow/1977/
1:0 (40)/}) (9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Be4 h6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rd6 $16 {
Bronstein,D-Ciric,D/Saraevo/1971/0,5 (50)/}) 9... Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc7 $5 11. e4 (
11. Rad1 b5 $5 $13) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 $14) 14. dxc5 Qxc5 (14... bxc5 15. Rfe1 {/\Ne5+/-/}
) 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qc6 $5 17. Rxd8 (17. Nh4 Qc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 $10) 17...
Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 h6 (19... h6 20. Ne1 Qc7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qf3 Qd7
23. Nd3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Qc2 (
7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 $5) 7... d5 8. d4 Bb7 (8... Nbd7 {Ftacnik} 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Nc3
Rc8 11. e4 dxc4 12. Qe2 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qc2 (14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Rxb8 (15. Bf4
{Ftacnik} Rxb1 16. Rxb1 Nb6 $13) 15... Qxb8 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Qc2 Bd8
19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nfg5 g6 22. h4 $36 {Skalkotas,N-Seitaj,I/Kavala zt/
1985/1-0 (33)}) 14... Nb6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h3 Bf8 18. g4 Be7 19. Kh1
Nh7 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Ng6 Bd6 22. Bxd6 $14 {Tal,M-Saidy,A/Tallinn/1971/1-0 (43)})
9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ba6 (10... Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 b5 14.
Bf4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Qa5 16. Qc2 Ba8 17. c5 $16 {Salov,V-Spassky,B/FRA/1994/1:0/
45/}) 11. e4 $6 (11. Bb2 $5 b5 $2 (11... dxc4 $5 12. bxc4 Bxc4 13. Ne5 (13. Nd2
Ba6 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Nb8 $13) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 $13) (11... dxc4 12.
Nd2 $5 cxb3 13. axb3 $44 {Rashkovsky/}) 12. c5 b4 13. Nb1 Bb5 14. a4 Ba6 15.
Ne1 Qb8 16. Nd3 Bd8 17. Nd2 Bc7 18. e4 $16 {Rashkovsky,N-Alburt,L/Minsk/
URS-ch1/1976/1:0/41/}) 11... dxc4 12. Qe2 (12. Ne5 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Nc4
$44) 12... b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qc2 (14. Bf4 $5 $44) (14. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Nd7 16. f4 Qc7 {/\Nc5-d3-/+/}) (14. Rb1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Nb6 17. exf6 Bxf6
18. Qd2 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Bf1 $2 (15. a4 $5 $10) 15... Qc8 16. a4 (16. Bf4 $5
{Ftacnik} c5 $140 17. d5) 16... c5 $1 $17 17. d5 (17. a5 {Ftacnik} cxd4 18.
Rxd4 Nbd7 $15) 17... exd5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Rd8 $17) (18. Nxd5 {Ftacnik} Nfxd5
19. exd5 Rd8 $17) 18... Ne4 19. Nxd5 (19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb7 21. Qf4 (21.
Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qg4 $17) 21... Qe6 $17 (21... c3 $17)) 19... Nxd5 20. Rxd5 (20.
Qxe4 $2 Nc3 $19) 20... Qf5 $1 21. Ne1 $8 (21. Bg2 Nxg3 $19) (21. Ng5 {Ftacnik}
Nxg3 $1 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. e6 Bxg5 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxg5 Nd4 $17) 21... Bb7
22. Rd1 (22. Bxc4 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxg3 (23... Qxe5 $17) 24. Bxa8 (24.
hxg3 Qxe5 25. Bxa8 Qxe1+ $19) 24... Qxc2 25. Nxc2 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. Bd5 Nd3
$17) 22... Qxe5 23. Bf4 (23. Bb2 {Ftacnik} c3) 23... Qf6 24. Bxc4 Rad8 25. h4 (
25. Nd3 {Ftacnik} Nc3 26. Rf1 Nd5 $17) 25... h6 (25... Rd2 $5 {Ftacnik} 26.
Rxd2 Nxd2 27. Ra3 Qc6 28. f3 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Bf6 $17) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rb1 (27.
Rd1 {Ftacnik} Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Bd6 $17) 27... Bc6 28. Nd3 (28. a5 $17) 28... Nd6
$1 29. Ba6 (29. Nxc5 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Qf5 31. Rc1 Bxc5 32. Qxc5 Qxc5 33. Rxc5 Rd1+
$19) 29... Qf5 $1 $19 {/^a8-h1/} 30. Re1 (30. Qxc5 Qe4) 30... Qd5 31. f3 (31.
Kf1 Qg2+ (31... Nf5 $19 {Ftacnik}) 32. Ke2 Nf5 $19) 31... Qxf3 32. Kh2 (32.
Rxe7 {Ftacnik} Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qg2+ $19) 32... Ne4 33. Ne5 Rd2+ $1 34. Qxd2 (34.
Bxd2 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2#) 34... Nxd2 (34... Nxd2 35. Nxf3 Nxf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is a wonderful game. I'm not sure that Salov intended sacrificing his
queen, but thereafter his performance is masterful, particularly in the way
that he uses his king.} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6.
Bd2 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 f5 11. b3 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5
13. Qc6 Qb6 14. Qxa8 Nb8 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Ba5 Qa6 17. Qxb8 Rxb8 18. b4 Bd8 $2 {
It doesn't look correct to exchange off these bishops, it just leaves the dark
squares gaping.} 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Nbd2 Qd6 21. a3 Nf6 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Nc5 Bc6
24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Qc7 28. Nd4 {At some
moment in the game Black had to just cut loose and break out, even at the cost
of a pawn or two. As it is, he ends up defending passively and White takes
control. Perhaps this was the time to go for it with 28...e5, or 28...Kf8
preparing ...e5.} Bc6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. f4 Ke7 31. Rd3 Kf6 32. h4 a6 33. Kf2 Be8
34. Re3 Bd7 35. Bf3 g6 36. Re5 Qa7 37. Nb3 Bc8 38. g4 h6 39. g5+ hxg5 40. hxg5+
Kf7 41. Bg2 Qc7 42. Kg3 {First the king is used to cover the f-pawn so that
the rook may retreat; but from here it also covers potential entry points for
the queen on the h-file.} Bd7 43. Re3 Qa7 44. Rd3 Qa8 45. e3 Ke7 46. Rd2 Qh8
47. Nd4 Kd8 48. Rd1 Kc7 {One of Black's problems is that his king does not
have any pawn cover, so while it was indeed sensible to bring the king over to
watch the c-pawn, in the long-term, if White ever does break through, the king
is dead.} 49. Rh1 Qg7 50. Rh6 Qg8 51. Nf3 Be8 52. Ne5 Qg7 53. Bf3 Qg8 54. Be2
Kb7 55. Rh1 Qg7 {The queen must prevent the rook from entering the position,
giving White the freedom to march the king over to the queenside to prepare
the final break-through.} 56. Kf2 Bc6 57. Bf3 Kc7 58. Ke2 Be8 59. Kd2 Bc6 60.
Kc2 Be8 61. Rh6 Qg8 62. Be2 Kb7 63. Kb2 Qg7 64. Bd3 Ka7 65. Bc2 Kb7 66. Rh1 Bc6
67. Rh2 Be8 68. Bd1 Ka7 69. Rh6 Kb7 70. Rh1 Bc6 71. Rh2 Be8 72. a4 bxa4 73. Ka3
a5 74. Bxa4 axb4+ 75. Kxb4 Bxa4 76. Kxa4 Qg8 77. Kb5 Kc7 78. Nc6 {With the
help of the king, White's pieces dominate the queen. For instance:} Qg7 (78...
Qe8 79. Rh7+ Kc8 80. Kb6) 79. Ra2 Qc3 80. Ra7+ Kc8 81. Ne5 d4 82. Kc6 Kd8 83.
Kd6 Kc8 84. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was excellently annotated by GM Evgeny Gleizerov on the chesspro.ru
website. However, it is probably impossible to annotate such a complex game
without any mistakes, and some of Evgeny's conclusions can be disputed.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7
9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 (
14... Qc7 {is the most popular move in this position - see Dautov - Tiviakov
in CBM 79, annotated by GM R.Dautov.}) 15. a3 $1 $146 {[%cal Yb2b4][%mdl 12]
This way White prevents ...c6-c5.} (15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Rd3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18.
a3 g6 19. e3 Qb8 20. b4 c5 $11 {0-1 Bernard,C (2340)-Stempin,P (2445)/Paris
1990/EXT 1997 (41)}) (15. e3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qxb7
Nb4 20. a3 Rb8 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 {1/2 Marin,M (2556)
-Gurevich,M (2634)/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext}) (15. f5 $6 Qc7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17.
Qe4 Rf6 18. e3 Rg6 $36 {0-1 Butnorius,A (2442)-Nestorovic,N (2381)/Plovdiv
2008/CBM 124 (60)}) 15... Rc7 (15... c5 $6 16. d5) 16. e3 Nf6 17. b4 Nd5 18.
Rac1 Re8 $6 (18... f5 $1 19. Ne5 Bd6 {[%cal Yg7g5] (E.Gleizerov) would have
justified 15...Rc7. A similar plan was carried out by GM S.Tiviakov in the
above-mentioned game.}) 19. Ne5 $1 Bd6 (19... f6 $2 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5+
Qxd5 22. e4 Qe6 23. f5 Qc8 24. Qb3+ $18 {E.Gleizerov}) 20. Qa4 $5 Qa8 $6 {
Black wants to prepare ...c6-c5 at any cost.} (20... f6 $6 21. Qxa7 $1 (21.
Nxd5 $143 cxd5 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qxa7 fxe5 24. Qxb7 exf4 $132) 21... b5 (21...
Ba8 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qb3 fxe5 24. dxe5 Be7 25. e4 $16) 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qa5 $1
Kh8 (23... fxe5 24. dxe5 Bf8 25. Bxd5+ $1 Kh8 26. Bf7) 24. Nd3 $16) (20... a6
21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Qb3 $14) 21. Ne4 ({In the event of} 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxc7 Bxc7
23. Rc1 Re7 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 g6 {White can hardly break up Black's
defence.}) 21... Be7 (21... Bf8 $142 $14) 22. Rc2 (22. f5 $5 {was an
interesting way to make use of the removal of the black queen:} exf5 (22... Qc8
23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Nc3 $1) 23. Ng3 Qd8 24. Nxf5 Bf8 25. Qb3 $16 {[%cal Rb4b5]})
22... Rec8 23. Rdc1 a5 $5 24. bxa5 c5 {An attempt to break through.} 25. Ng5 (
25. dxc5 $142 $1 bxc5 26. Ng5 $16 {E.Gleizerov}) 25... Bxg5 (25... b5 $1 26.
Qxb5 Nxf4 $1 27. exf4 Bxg2 28. f3 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Bxf3 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rf8
$44 {[%csl Rg1] E.Gleizerov}) 26. fxg5 f6 27. Nd3 (27. Nc4 $142 $1 cxd4 28. Nd6
$1 {(E.Gleizerov) , and the intermediate} b5 $5 {helps Black just for a while:}
29. Qb3 $1 (29. Nxb5 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qxa5 $14) (29. Bxd5 bxa4 30.
Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 dxe3 $1 33. fxe3 Qxa5 {, and White must give
a perpetual}) 29... Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 dxe3 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Qe4 $1
exf2+ (33... Bc8 34. Qxe3 $1 Bd7 35. Qh6 {[%cal Rg2e4]}) 34. Kxf2 Bc8 35. Qg4+
$1 Kf8 36. Qd4 Ke7 $1 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Qc5 Kd7 39. Nxc8 Qxc8 40. Qxd5+ $16 {
_|_}) (27. Ng4 $5) 27... Qa6 $1 28. Bxd5 $1 {A concrete approach. A lot of
players would hesitate to exchange a strong bishop for a knight - but not
Levon Aronian!} (28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. axb4 b5 31. Qa2 c4 $132) (28.
Qc4 Qxa5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Qb3 $1 $14) 28... exd5 (28... Bxd5 29. Nb4 Qa8 30.
Nxd5 exd5 31. Qb5 $18) 29. Qb3 $1 (29. dxc5 Qxd3 30. axb6 Rc6 31. Qa7 Qa6 32.
Qxa6 Bxa6 $13) 29... Qxa5 30. dxc5 bxc5 $6 (30... fxg5 $142 31. Qb4 $1 (31. a4
h6 {E.Gleizerov}) 31... Qa6 {is considered satisfactory for Black by E.
Gleizerov but after} 32. Qd4 $1 {White keeps an advantage due to Black's
passive bishop:} bxc5 (32... Qxa3 $2 33. c6) (32... Qb5 33. Rb2 bxc5 34. Qxd5+
(34. Nxc5 $14) 34... Bxd5 35. Rxb5 $16) 33. Rxc5 (33. Nxc5 $5 Qf6 34. a4) 33...
Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Qxa3 (34... Rxc5 35. Nxc5 $16 Qb6 $140 36. Qb4 $1) 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8
36. Qxd5+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Nf3 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 {, and Q+N are
clearly stronger here than Q+B.}) 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34.
Qxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096]} Qxa3 (34... fxg5 35. a4 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc4 37. Qb8+ Kf7
38. a5 Qg4+ (38... Qe4+ 39. Kg1) 39. Qg3 Qa4 40. Qc7+ Ke6 41. h3 $18 {[%csl
Ga5] _|_}) 35. Qxd5+ Kf8 36. h4 $1 {Instead of exchanging pawns on f6, White
wants to force Black to take on g5 in order to create a powerful pawn
avalanche.} Qb4 (36... Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc8 38. f3) 37. e4 Qb2 38. Qc5+ Kf7 39. Kg2
Qa1 $2 {This move could have lost at once.} (39... fxg5 40. Qd5+ Kf8 41. hxg5
$16) (39... Qe2 40. Qd5+ Ke7 41. Kg3 $16) 40. h5 $2 (40. Qf5 $1 Kg8 {otherwise
Black loses a second pawn} 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. gxf6 Qxf6 44. Qf5 Qxf5
45. exf5 $18 {_|_E.Gleizerov}) 40... fxg5 41. Qxg5 {White has now only one
strong pawn (e4), which is not enough for a victory if Black defends correctly.
} h6 42. Qd5+ Kf6 43. Qd7 Qb2 44. Kf3 Qa1 45. Qc6+ Ke7 46. Kf4 Qg1 47. Qc5+ Ke6
48. Qd5+ Ke7 49. Kf3 Qh1+ 50. Ke2 Qb1 51. Qf5 Qc2+ 52. Kf3 Qd3+ 53. Kg2 Qe2 54.
Qf3 Qd2 $6 {This move enables White to make some progress but, amazingly,
Black's position still holds out!} (54... Qb2 $142 {E.Gleizerov}) 55. Qa3+ Kf7
(55... Ke6 $5 56. Qa6+ (56. Qb3+ Ke5) (56. Qh3+ Ke7) 56... Ke5 57. Qg6 Qd1 $1
58. Qxg7+ (58. Qf5+ Kd6 59. Qf3 Qd4) 58... Kxe4 59. Qg6+ Ke5 {and it is
unclear what White does next as the pawn endgame after} 60. Qg3+ $6 Kf5 61.
Qf3+ Qxf3+ 62. Kxf3 {is drawish:} Kg5 63. Ke4 Kxh5 64. Kf5 Kh4 $11) 56. Qb3+
Ke7 (56... Kf6 57. Qb6+ Ke5 58. Qg6 Qd1 $1 {- 55...Ke6}) 57. Qb7+ Kf8 (57...
Kf6 58. Qc6+ Ke5 59. Qg6 Qd1 $1 {- 55...Ke6}) 58. Qc8+ Ke7 59. Qc5+ (59. Qc7+
Kf8 (59... Kf6 $2 60. e5+ $1 Kf5 61. Qxg7 $18) 60. Qc5+ {leads to the game
continuation a bit faster.}) 59... Ke6 60. Qf5+ Ke7 (60... Kd6 $2 61. Qf8+ Ke5
62. Qxg7+ Kxe4 63. Qf6 $18 {The difference compared to the 55...Ke6 line is
crucial as Black's king is cut off, and his queen is passive.}) 61. Qe5+ Kf8 (
61... Kf7 62. Qd5+) 62. Qc5+ $1 Ke8 63. Qd5 {[%cal Rd5g8]} Qb2 64. e5 $1 {
This pawn finally moves forward.} Ke7 65. Qd6+ Ke8 (65... Kf7 66. e6+ $18) 66.
Qc6+ (66. e6 Qb5 $1) 66... Kd8 $2 {Contrary to the opinion of GM Evgeny
Gleizerov, it is apparently this mistake, and not Black's earlier inaccuracies,
that definitely decides the game in White's favour.} ({I don't see a win for
White after} 66... Ke7 67. Qc7+ Kf8 {, e.g.} 68. e6 Qf6 69. Qc8+ Ke7 70. Qd7+
Kf8 71. f4 (71. Qd6+ Ke8 72. f4 Qb2+ 73. Kg3 Qb7 {is rather a step backwards
for White}) (71. Kf1 {without f2-f4 is hardly good as Black can trade the
queens and win the e6-pawn afterwards in many positions}) 71... Qb2+ 72. Kf3
Qc3+ 73. Kg4 (73. Ke4 Qc4+ (73... Qe1+ 74. Kd5 Qa5+ 75. Kc6 Qa6+ (75... Qa4+
76. Kb7 Qb4+ 77. Kc8 Qc5+ 78. Qc7 Qxh5) 76. Kc5 Qa5+ 77. Qb5 {may give more
chances to White.}) 74. Ke5 Qc5+ 75. Qd5 Qe3+ 76. Kf5 (76. Kd6 Qxf4+ 77. Kd7
Qa4+ 78. Kd8 Qb4) 76... Qh3+ 77. Ke4 (77. Kg6 Qxe6+ $1 78. Qxe6 {stalemate})
77... Qh1+ 78. Kd4 Qa1+ 79. Kc5 Qa5+ {etc.}) 73... Qf6 $22 {An important
reciprocal zugzwang! White can't pass the move to his opponent.} 74. Qd6+ Kg8
$1 (74... Ke8 75. Qe5 Qd8 $8 76. Kf5 Qd3+ 77. Qe4 $18) 75. Qd5 {Other move
orders eventually lead to the same or a similar position.} Qe7 $8 76. Qd7 Qc5
$1 77. Qf7+ (77. e7 Qg1+ 78. Kf5 Qb1+ 79. Ke5 Qb2+ 80. Kd5 Qb3+) 77... Kh8 78.
e7 Qg1+ 79. Kf3 Qd1+ 80. Ke3 Qe1+ 81. Kd3 Qd1+ 82. Kc3 Qc1+ 83. Kb3 Qd1+ 84.
Kb4 Qd4+ 85. Kb5 (85. Qc4 Qb6+) 85... Qd3+ {etc. - White can't avoid the
perpetual! Even if White has a win after 66...Ke7, it can hardly be found over
the board.}) 67. Qe6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rg7] The g7 pawn is now lost, and the
game is over.} Qb7+ 68. Kg3 Qh1 69. Qg8+ Ke7 70. Qxg7+ Ke6 71. Qf6+ Kd7 72.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 (4. Nc3) 4... Be7 (4... Qe7) (4... a5) 5.
Bg2 d5 {Retombe sur une Catalane} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 {La
variante fermée} 9. Rd1 (9. Bf4) (9. b3) (9. Nc3) 9... b6 (9... Ne4 $5 10. Bf4
(10. Be1) (10. Ne1 f5 11. e3 g5 12. f3 Nd6 13. cxd5 {Khairullin,I (2617)-Ortiz
Suarez,I (2544) Capablanca Memorial Premier 45th 2010 (1) 1/2}) 10... f5) 10.
Bf4 (10. b3 Bb7) 10... Ba6 (10... Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 13. b3
Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb8
20. a4 g5 21. Nd3 g4) 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 11. Ne5 (11. b3 {La grande ligne}
Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 12. Nc3 $1 dxc4 13. e4 (13. Nd2 Nd5) 13... Qe8 14. Nd2)
11... Rc8 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 (12... Nh5 13. Be3) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8
15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 (17... Nxe5 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Rd7) 18. h4
h6 19. h5 Nc5 20. Bf1) 12. Nc3 $1 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 {Ponomariov,R (2737)-Grischuk,A (2756) Amber-blindfold
19th rapid 2010 (2) 1/2}) 12... Bxc4 (12... b5 13. c5 b4 14. Nb1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Bb5 16. Nd2 a5 (16... Bxe2 17. Re1 Bb5 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ra7 $44))
13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4,Gg2]} b5 ({RR} 14... Bb4 15. a4 a5
16. Na2 b5 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. b3 Qe7 19. bxc4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. c5 b3 22.
Qxb3 Qxc5 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb5 Ng6 27. Bd6 Qa7 28.
e5 Nd7 29. Qb7 {Yevseev,D (2527)-Mokshanov,A (2372)/St Petersburg 2011/1-0 (54)
}) (14... Nh5 $5) 15. a4 (15. d5 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} cxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. d6 $5 {
[%csl Re7]} exf4 (17... Bxd6 18. Rxd6 exf4 19. Rad1 $36) 18. Nxb5 fxg3 19. hxg3
Rc5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4]} Nb6 22. Rd4 $11 (22. Nf5 Qe6)) 15...
a6 16. axb5 ({RR} 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 ({RR} 18... Qb6 19. Ne4
Bc5 20. a5) 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3) 16... axb5 17. Ra6 $146 {Un plan
naturel mais d5 semble plus fort et d'ailleurs aucune partie n'a repris depuis
un an cette idée Ra6} (17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Bg5 b4 20. d6 $36 {Wang Hao
(2722)-Efimenko,Z (2677) Sarajevo Bosna op 40th 2010 (10) 1/2}) 17... Nb6 18.
Ra7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7e7,Gd4d5]} (18. Rda1 $5 {[%cal Ga6a7]} b4 19. Ne2 c5 $1
$132 (19... Nh5 20. Be3)) 18... Ra8 $1 19. Rc7 (19. Rb7 $5 Nh5 20. Be3 {
[%cal Ge3b6,Gd4d5] C'est la grande différence avec Rc7 qui a été joué dans la
partie}) 19... Nh5 $132 {[%csl Rc7,Rf4]} 20. Rxc6 {Les Blancs sont contraint
de faire de l'équilibrisme et la position de l'italien n'est pas saine} Nxf4
21. gxf4 b4 22. Ne2 Rc8 (22... Ra5 $5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 23. d5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]}
exd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Ng3 b3 26. Qe2 c3 27. bxc3 Na4 {[%csl Rc3] (=) Un bon
moment psychologique pour proposer la nulle} 28. Ne4 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Bxc3 30. Bh3
(30. Be4 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2h5]}) 30... Rxc6 31. dxc6 Qb8 (31... Qb6 $5 {
[%cal Gb3b2,Gb6c6]}) 32. Qc4 b2 33. Rb1 Ba5 34. Qd4 Qc7 35. Bg2 Rb8 36. f5 {
[%cal Gf5f6]} (36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 $11) 36... Rb4 {Recherche la nulle mais
Bb6 posait des problèmes aux Blancs} (36... Bb6 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 37. Qe4 Qa7 {
[%csl Rf2]} 38. Qe2 Bd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4b2,Gd4f6]}) 37. Qe3 Qd8 38. Qe2
h6 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Qxb2 Qd1+ 41. Bf1 Qg4+ 42. Bg2 Qd1+ 43. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Cet échec intermédaire est devenu
très populaire depuis quelques années dans la Catalane} 5. Bd2 Be7 {[%csl Rd2]}
(5... a5) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 {[%cal Gd2b4]} Nbd7 9. Bb4 {
Un plan intéressant pour résoudre le problème du Bd2 mais c'est un peu lent et
la Qb3 ne soutient pas la poussée "e4"}) 8... b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 {Le plus souple
pour garder les deux options Bb7 ou Ba6} 10. Bf4 (10. b3 Ba6 11. Nc3 (11. a4 c5
12. Na3 (12. a5 $5)) 11... dxc4 12. e4 $44 {[%cal Ga1a6]}) 10... Bb7 (10... Ba6
11. Ne5 (11. b3) 11... Nxe5 (11... Rc8 12. Nc3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 $44 {
Wang Hao (2722)-Efimenko,Z (2677) Sarajevo Bosna op 40th 2010 (10) 1/2}) (11...
Qc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 {Stupak,K (2502)-Balogh,C (2608) Khanty-Mansiysk ol 
(Men) 39th 2010 (10.4) 1/2}) 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 d4 15. Rxd4 Bc5
16. Rd1 g5 $13 {Portisch,L-Van Scheltinga,T Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1969 (6) 1/2
}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nc3 {Plus ambitieux} Nh5 (11... Rc8 12. Ne5) (11... dxc4 12.
Nd2 Nd5 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 {[%csl Ge5]} Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 (15...
Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. a3 {Wang Hao (2724)-Almasi,Z (2707) Khanty-Mansiysk ol 
(Men) 39th 2010 (4.2) 1/2} (17. Ne4 $5 h6 (17... c5 18. Ned6 $1 Bxg2 (18...
Bxd6 19. Bxb7) 19. Nxc8))) 16. Rac1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 {Grischuk,A (2771)
-Kramnik,V (2791) Wch Blitz 5th 2010 (11) 1/2})) 11... Nh5 (11... Rc8 12. Nc3
Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Bf3 f4
19. g4 Ng3 20. b4 Ra8 21. Nxd5 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Rxa7 23. Nxc7 Bxf3 24. Nxe6 Nc3
25. bxc5 Nxd1 26. cxb6 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Ivanchuk,V (2779)/Monte Carlo 2011/
Mega2011 Update 14/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 12. Bc1 (12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Be1 a6 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Qd3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Nc3 a5 22. e3 Bb4 23. Rxa4 Qe7 24. Raa1 h6 25. Qa6 Nb8 26. Qe2 Rc7 {Gelfand,B 
(2739)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 12... Nhf6 (12... f5
13. Nc3 (13. a4 a5 (13... Nhf6 14. a5) 14. b3 Rc8 15. e3 Bd6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17.
Nxa3 $13) 13... Rc8 14. Qa4 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 a6 16. e4 b5)
13. Bf4 (13. b3 Rc8 14. Nc3) 13... Nh5 14. Bc1 {Une répétition de coups pour
gagner du temps а la pendule} (14. Bd2 f5 15. cxd5 Nxe5 (15... cxd5 16. Nc6)
16. dxe5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bf3 g6 20. Nb5 Qxe5 21. Nxa7 Rc5 22.
Bc3 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Rf6,Rg7,Rg8]}) 14... Nhf6 15. Nc3 {01h15 Risqué} (15. Bf4
Nh5 16. Bd2 $11) (15. b3 Nxe5 (15... Rc8 16. Bb2 (16. Nc3) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5
Nd7 18. Nd2 c5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Ne4 $16) 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bb2 Bc5 $132) (15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Qb7 $11 {[%csl Ge4]})
15... Nxe5 $1 (15... Rc8 $143 16. e4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]} dxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18.
Ne3 Qb6 19. b3 Rfe8 20. e5 Nd5 21. Ncxd5 cxd5 22. Qd3 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bb2
b4 25. f3 Ba6 26. Qd2 Bb5 27. Re1 a5 28. a4 bxa3 29. Bxa3 Bxa3 30. Rxa3 {
Hammer,J (2647)-Tkachiev,V (2636)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/Mega2011 Update 06/0-1 (38)
}) 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. cxd5 {42" Joué après une longue réflexion alors qu'il y
avait pourtant une partie de référence de son adversaire sur cette variante
jouée deux mois plus tôt.} (17. e4 Bc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. exd5 $5 Nxf2 19. Na4 {
La pointe mais difficile а trouver devant l'échiquier} Nxd1+ 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
d6 $1 {[%csl Gd6]} f6 22. Qxd1 fxe5 23. Be3 $44) (17. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4e5]} g5 $1)
17... cxd5 18. Qa4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ga4g4]} Nxe5 19. e4 Bc6 $1 20. Qa6 $6 $146
{La Qa6 est hors-jeu} (20. Qb3 d4 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Bc5 23. Bf4 a6 24. Qb3
Ng6 25. Bd2 e5 26. Rac1 Ne7 27. a3 a5 28. h4 a4 29. Qf3 Nc8 30. Qg4 Ra7 31. f4
exf4 32. Bxf4 Ne7 33. h5 f5 34. Qh3 Qd7 {Meier,G (2656)-Volokitin,A (2676)/
Austria 2011/Mega2011 Update 05/0-1 (46)}) 20... d4 $1 21. Ne2 Bc5 22. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} (22. b4 $5 {Semblait un ordre de coups plus précis que 23.b4
joué dans la partie} Bxb4 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Nxd4 $132 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gd4c6]}) (22.
Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3]} Qd7 $36 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc6b5]}) 22... Ng6 $17 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 23. b4 $1 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bxb4 25. Nxd4 Qc8 $1 26. Qe2 Ba4 $1 $17 {Non
seulement les Blancs sont grand zeitnot mais la paire de B des Noirs est trés
forte.} 27. Nb3 (27. Rdc1 $2 Qd7) 27... Qc7 28. e5 Rad8 29. Qe4 a5 30. Bf3 (30.
Rdc1) 30... g6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Nd4 Qh4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Gb4d2]} 34. Ne2 Bb5 35. Ng3 Bd3 36. Qe3 Bc5 37. Qd2 {01mn48} Ba6 {14mns} 0-1

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Topalov +3-3=6"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Topalov chose a solid variation but then went for a slightly risky experiment.
Kramnik managed to find the weak spot in Black's whole concept and obtained a
very pleasant position. After Topalov's blunder on the 24th move the game was
practically over, re-establishing equality in the match.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Being ahead on the scoreboard for the first time since the
beginning of the match, Topalov refrains from capturing on c4 already. Instead,
he adopts a hybrid between the Bogo-Indian and the Catalan, supposed to offer
Black a solid position. Maybe not the best psychological approach...} 5. Bd2
Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 ({Here are two previous games played by our
heroes that bear some relation with further situations from the present game.} 
8. Qc2 Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 $6 {[%csl Yf4]} (10. b3) 10... Nbd7
11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. e4 (13. Be3 $5) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 {[%csl Yf4]}
Nf6 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Qa4 Bxc4 17. Nxc6 b5 18. Qa6 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Nxf4 20. Nxc4
bxc4 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rc3 Bh4 {0-1 Radjabov,T (2624)-Topalov,V (2743)/Wijk
aan Zee 2003/CBM 093 [Ribli] (61). and Black's authoritarian control of the
dark squares eventually yielded him a win.}) 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Rc8
12. a5 b5 13. c5 Ne4 14. Be1 (14. Nc3 $5 f5 15. Na2) 14... f5 {Black has
almost blocked the position but he has left several squares available for the
enemy minor pieces.} 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Na2 Rce8 17. Nb4 Bc8 18. a6 Bf6 19. Nd3 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2807)-Leko,P (2736)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext (36).
White's advantage is of symbolic nature.}) 8... Nbd7 ({Last year, Topalov
experimented twice with another move order, but without too much success:} 8...
b6 9. Nc3 ({The more restrained} 9. Qc2 {could eventually transpose to the
note from Black's 9th move.}) 9... Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 (11... Nbd7
12. Qa4) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8
17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Rec1 Ba6 ({An attempt to improve over} 19... Bc5
20. Bd2 f6 21. b4 Bf8 22. Ng4 Rd8 23. Rc8 Rd7 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bxh6 Rf7 26.
Rd8 Ne7 27. Rc7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2695)-Topalov,V (2778)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107 
[Ribli] (40). and Black was completely paralyzed.}) 20. Bd2 f6 21. Nc4 Rd8 22.
a3 Kf7 23. Ne3 h5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb4 Bd8 26. Rc6 Be2 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. Bxd6 {
1-0 Kramnik,V (2744)-Topalov,V (2788)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108 [Ribli] (41). and
Black could not hold this ending.}) 9. Qc2 a5 {This move refrains from
weakening the c6-square yet, but does not really contribute to the development
in any way.} ({The main variation is supposed to be} 9... b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. b3
{. By refraining from such a course of events, Topalov might have taken into
account the fact that Kramnik likes to transpose to this position from the
main variation of the Queen's Indian. (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3
Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 d5 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Bf4)} Rc8 12. Nc3 dxc4 (12... c5
13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Be5 Qd7 18. Bd4 $14 {
1-0 Kramnik,V (2758)-Adams,M (2715)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075 (49)}) 13. Nd2 c5
14. dxc5 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2770)-Leko,P (2743)/Budapest 2001/CBM 081 
(28)}) 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 b5 ({Each of these last moves is typical of this
variation, but only if taken separately. Removing the knight from the centre
and advancing the queen side pawns at the same time certainly looks risky.
When preparing for the game, Topalov might have overlooked White's logical
reaction. It should be said that} 11... Nhf6 12. Nbd2 b5 $5 {does not offer
Black an easy game in view of} 13. c5 Qe8 14. e4 $14 {Marin-Pogorelov,
Barcelona 1994, an old game I like to speak about.}) 12. cxd5 $5 $146 ({
White's standard reaction to ...b5 is} 12. c5 {. However, in this concrete
position Black could take advantage of the insertion of ...Nh5 by playing} f5 {
as in the only game where this risky plan was seen so far, Rahman-Ghaem, Doha
2003. Optically, White enjoys a more flexible structure but it is not too
clear how and where will he be able to open the position. Kramnik was
perfectly aware of these aspects from his aforementioned game against Leko,
from Monte Carlo 2003 (see the note to White's 8th move).}) 12... cxd5 13. e4
$1 {The only logical continuation after the exchange on d5. Otherwise, Black
would have a very comfortable position, because of the relative passivity of
his Catalan bishop, severely restricted by the black chain of pawns.} dxe4 ({
Black would have faced a difficult defence after the more solid} 13... Nhf6 {
, too.} 14. Ng5 ({Catalan players are circumspect when it comes to block the
position with} 14. e5 {, because their pet bishop could well remain passive
for a long time. Here is a line where White could solve this problem by
tactical means:} Ne4 15. Ne1 f5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Nc3 Rb8
20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5+ $44 {and White's central pawns look threatening.})
14... h6 (14... dxe4 15. Nxh7 $5 Nxh7 16. Bxe4 $14) (14... Bb7 15. e5 $16 {
wins a pawn.}) 15. exd5 exd5 (15... hxg5 16. d6 $16) 16. Nf3 ({We can suppose
that after having lost with a rook for two knights just two games earlier,
Kramnik would not have embarked on the sharp line} 16. Bxd5 Ra7 17. Bxf7+ {
where Black is probably out of trouble anyway.}) 16... Ba6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qf5
$14) 14. Qxe4 $14 {Once the position has been opened, Black's delay in
development starts making itself felt. Apart from having provoked considerable
loss of time, the advance of the queen side pawns has left Black with several
weaknesses.} Rb8 ({The only way to justify the move ...a5 would be the
slightly more active development of the rook to a6, but after} 14... Ra6 15.
Qe2 {the queen would target the h5-knight and the b5-pawn at the same time.})
15. Qe2 Nhf6 {Black's main trump consists of the control of the d5-square,
which makes this willing knight retreat perfectly understandable.} ({The
natural} 15... Bb7 {can be met by the brutal} 16. Nc3 $5 b4 17. d5 $1 {for
instance} exd5 (17... bxc3 18. dxe6 $16) 18. Nxd5 Re8 19. Qd3 Nhf6 (19... Ndf6
20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Be3 $14 {[%csl Yh5]}) (19... Nc5 20. Qc4 $14 {[%csl Yc5,Yd8,
Yf7][%cal Gc4f7,Gd1d8]}) 20. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Yf7,Yh7]} Nf8 21. Qb3 $36 Bxd5 (
21... Nxd5 22. Nxf7 $1 $16) 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxf7 $16) 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 (
17. Nc3 $6 Ba6) 17... Nd5 (17... Bb7 {loses a pawn to} 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nc6
Qe8 20. Nxa5 $16) (17... Nb8 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. d5 ({Maybe now that the enemy
knight has retreated to such passive square, White could choose a quiet path,} 
19. Ne4 $5 {[%csl Yc5] where his advance in development would leave him on the
top irrespective of the control of the d5-square.}) 19... b4 20. dxe6 Bxe2 21.
Rxd8 Bxd8 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxe2 Re7 (23... Rf8 24. Nc4 Rb5 25. Nd4) 24. Rc1
$44) ({For} 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 {see 19...Nxe5.}) 18. Bxd5 $1 {A brave
decision. Black would need just one tempo to consolidate with ...N7f6 in order
to get a perfectly viable position. It frequently happens in the Catalan that
White has to give up the pride of his position in order to maintain the
initiative.} ({He could have offered the other bishop for exchange by means of
} 18. Nc3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 {, when White has considerable advantage of
development to compensate for the structural defects. However, Kramnik might
have remembered Topalov's win against Radjabov, when the FIDE World Champion
exploited the weakness of the f4-square in very efficient way. Besides, Black
could have refrained from capturing on f4, by consolidating his central knight
with 18...N7f6.}) 18... exd5 19. Nc3 Nf6 (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 (20... Be6 21.
Qd3 d4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 $14 {[%cal Yc3e4,Ye4d6,Rc3d5,Ya1d1] Black's pair
of bishops is kept under control by White's centralized pieces.}) 21. Be3 dxe3
22. Rxd8 exf2+ {Zagrebelnyi} 23. Qxf2 Bxd8 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Qd4 {The position
of the white king is wide open, but once again, White's centralization seems
to prevent the enemy bishops from becoming too active. However, the position
would remain sharp.}) 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. a4 {White has not only won a pawn, but
also completed his development in the meanwhile. It is likely that Black will
manage to re-establish the material equality by means of an exchange on b5 in
the near future, but this would make the weakness of the white king side less
relevant, leaving White with the more pleasant play in an almost symmetrical
position.} Ne4 22. Rdc1 Qe8 {[%csl Yb5]} 23. Rc7 {This tempting move might be
not the best. In the case of accurate black defence, the lack of communication
between the white rooks would make itself felt.} (23. Rc2 {would be more
flexible. With this modest looking rook lift, White defends in advance the
b2-pawn and the queen and enables either the autoritarian occupation of the
c-file by means of Rac1 or the transfer of the queen's rook to e1, in order to
harass the e8-queen (or, as we shall see, any other piece occupying that
square).} Bd8 {[%csl Gc7] (/\Bxb5)} ({The immediate capture on b5 would
re-establish material equality only temporarily:} 23... Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25.
Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Nc6 Bd8 (26... Bb4 27. f3 Nf6 28. Bc7 $16 {[%csl Ya5]}) 27. Nxd8
Rxd8 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bd2 $16 {White cannot save his a5-pawn because of the
weakness of the back rank.}) ({If Black plays the prophylactic} 23... h6 {
(<->8, /\Bxb5), the importance of the fact that the queen is defended is
revealed in the line} 24. Nc7 $5 Bxe2 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe2 $14 {which allows
favourable simplifications. Converting the extra-pawn is not easy here, though,
because of the lack of flexibility of the queenside structure.}) 24. Re1 $5 $14
{indirectly defends on b5:} Bxb5 $2 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Nd7 Re8 28.
f3 Nd6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Rc8 $18) 23... Bd8 24. Ra7 f6 $4 {A terrible move
that loses outright.} ({It is understandable that Topalov was not too
enthusiastic about the position arising after} 24... Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26.
Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Ra2 {when White's position looks quite active. However, White's
rooks are not too efficient, being cut off the a5-pawn, safely defended by the
bishop.} f6 ({The extravagant} 27... g5 $5 {is also playable:} 28. Be3 f5 29.
Nd3 Bb6 30. Rd7 Rf7 $11 {and Black cannot complain about his position.}) 28.
Nc6 Bb6 29. Rb7 Rf7 30. Rb8+ Rf8 31. Ne7+ {. The only way to avoid the
exchange of the rook, which would leave Black with a comfortable position.} Kf7
32. Nc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Bxd4 34. Rc2 Nc5 $44 {It is not easy to formulate an
active plan for White. Besides, the exchange sacrifice would suit Topalov's
taste pretty well.}) 25. Nd7 $1 ({Even if Topalov had missed this move, it is
not very clear what he had in mind against} 25. Qg4 $5 {which also looks very
promising for White.}) 25... Rf7 26. Nxb6 Rxa7 27. Nxd5 {White has won a
second pawn and threatens to consolidate by retreating the d5-knight to c3 and
eventually close the long diagonal with d5 if Black tries to start an attack
with ...Bb7. From this point of view, Topalov's next moves are easy to
understand, but in fact they just shorten his suffering.} Rd7 28. Ndc3 Rxd4 (
28... Re7 29. Qd3 $18) 29. Re1 ({There seem to be nothing wrong with} 29. f3 {
, when Black simply loses the knight because after} Nd6 30. Qxe8+ Nxe8 {
the b5-knight would be not pinned anymore, which enables} 31. Nxd4 $18 {
. However, it is easy to understand Kramnik for avoiding such a "weakening"
move as f3 after having lost two games in a row. Just remember the
consequences of this same move in the seventh game...}) 29... f5 {More or less
forced, but now the a2-g8 diagonal becomes very weak.} 30. Qc2 {Simple chess.
White is a pawn up, has the better piece coordination and the safer king's
position. In other words, "+-" already.} Rb4 31. Nd5 Rxb5 {Topalov carries out
his "trademark" exchange sacrifice, which has brought him so many successes
over the past years. However, it can hardly change the course of this specific
game.} 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Nc7 Qc4 34. Qd1 {There was nothing wrong with
exchanging queens at once, of course. By playing such an unexpected move (to a
certain extent similar to the earlier Qc2) , Kramnik might have intended to
get some sort of psychological initiative for the remaining two games of the
match.} Bxc7 35. Qd7 h6 36. Qxc7 Qb4 37. Qb8+ Qxb8 38. Bxb8 {The rest is easy.}
Nd2 39. Ra1 g5 40. f4 Nb3 41. Ra3 Bc4 42. Bc7 g4 43. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Barcelona op 9394"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 {N} (10... a4 {-50/526}) 11. Bc1 Nhf6 (11... f5 $5
12. b3 $140 Nhf6 13. Ba3 Bb4) 12. Nbd2 (12. b3 $6 a4) 12... b5 $5 (12... b6 13.
e4 Bb7 $14) 13. c5 $14 Qe8 (13... b4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Ba6 16. e4 Bb5 $14)
14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qc2 (17. Qe2 $5) 17... Nd5 18. Re1
$1 $14 (18. Ne5 f6 $5) 18... f6 $6 {(><e6)} (18... Ra7 $142 19. a4 b4 20. Ne5
$14) 19. Bf4 $1 (19. a4 $5 b4 $140 20. Bf4) 19... g5 (19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 $16 {
><e6,c6}) 20. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Qd7 22. Nd2 (22. Rac1 Nb4 $5) 22... Qxd6 23.
Ne4 Qc7 24. Rac1 $16 (24. Nc5 $6 Re8 25. Bh3 e5 $1) 24... Ra7 (24... Ra6 25.
Nc5) (24... Bd7 25. Nc5 Rfe8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf7 29. Rexe6
Rxe6 30. Bxd5 Rae8 31. g4 $18) (24... Ne7 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Qe4 $16 f5 27. Qe3)
25. a3 $6 (25. Qxc6 $1 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Nb4 27. Rb6 (27. Nxf6+ $4 Kg7) (27. Rc5
Nd3) (27. Rc3 Nxa2) 27... Nd3 (27... Nxa2 28. Rxb5 Nb4 (28... Rd8 29. Ra1 Nb4
30. Rxb4 $18) 29. Nc5 $18 {><a5,e6 , ץc8}) 28. Rb1 $1 (28. Rd1 $2 Nxb2 29. Rb1
Nc4 30. R6xb5 Na3) (28. Re2 Rc7 $132) 28... Rc7 (28... b4 $2 29. Bf1 $18) 29.
Bf1 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Nxc1 31. Bxb5 Nxa2 32. Bc4 Nb4 33. Nc5 $18) 25... Bd7 26. Nc5
Qd6 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Nc7 30. Rec1 Rff7 31. b3 $1 $16 {
(><a5,b5)} (31. R1c5 a4 $1 $14) 31... Kg7 $138 32. R1c5 Rfe7 33. Bf1 Kf7 (33...
b4 $6 34. a4 {/\Bc4 , ><a5,e6 +/-}) 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 35. Rxb5 a4 $1 36. b4 Rxd4
37. Ra5 h5 $132 {>>} 38. Rca6 h4 39. Kg2 f5 40. Rxa4 g4 41. gxh4 Kf6 (41... Kg6
42. b5 Rd2 43. Rb4 $18) 42. b5 Rd2 43. Ra7 (43. Rb4 $2 Red7 44. b6 Ra2 45. b7
Rdd2 46. Rf4 Rab2 47. Ra7 Ke5) 43... Rxa7 (43... Re8 44. Ra8 Re7 45. R4a7) 44.
Rxa7 Rb2 45. a4 f4 46. Rc7 (46. h5 $2 Kg5 47. Rh7 Kh4 $1 $19 48. h3 f3+ 49. Kg1
(49. Kh2 g3+) 49... Kxh3) 46... e5 47. Rc1 e4 48. Kg1 $8 (48. Ra1 e3 49. a5
Rxf2+ 50. Kg1 f3 51. a6 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 e2 53. a7 Rf2 54. Kg1 Rg2+ $10) (48. a5 e3
49. a6 Rxf2+ 50. Kg1 Ra2 51. Rb1 f3 52. b6 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 e2 54. b7 Rf2 (54... f2
55. Kxg2 e1=Q 56. Rxe1 fxe1=Q 57. b8=Q Qe2+ $10) 55. Kg1 Rg2+ $10) 48... Kg6
49. Re1 $5 (49. Ra1 Kh5 50. a5 Rxb5 51. a6 Rb8 52. a7 Ra8 53. Ra5+ Kxh4 54. Kf1
$22 f3 55. Ra6 Rc8 56. Ke1 Ra8 57. Rh6+ Kg5 58. Rh7 Kf4 59. Rd7 (59. Kd2 Rd8+
60. Kc3 e3) 59... Rc8 60. Kd2 Ra8 61. Rf7+ Ke5 62. Ke3 $18) 49... Rb4 (49...
Kh5 50. Rxe4 $18) (49... Kf5 50. Ra1 Kg6 51. a5 Rxb5 52. a6 Rb8 53. a7 Ra8 54.
Ra5 $18) 50. Kg2 (50. b6 $2 Rxb6 51. Rxe4 $4 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Kf5 53. f3 (53. Rc4
f3+ 54. Kg3 Rg1#) 53... gxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rb3+ $19) 50... Kh5 51. b6 Rxa4 (51...
Rxb6 52. Rxe4 $18) (51... Kxh4 52. a5 {/\Ra1+-}) 52. Rb1 (52. b7 Rb4 53. Rxe4
Rxb7 54. Rxf4 {(/\f3)} Rb3 $10) 52... Ra8 53. b7 Rb8 54. Rb6 $6 $138 (54. Rb5+
$142 Kxh4 55. Kf1 f3 $8 (55... g3 56. hxg3+ fxg3 57. Kg2 gxf2 58. Kxf2 Kg4 59.
Ke3 $18) (55... Kh3 $4 56. Rh5#) 56. Rb6 $1 Rd8 (56... Kg5 57. Ke1 Kh4 58. Rh6+
Kg5 59. Rh7 $18) 57. Ke1 Rb8 58. Rh6+ (58. Kd2 Kh3 $132) 58... Kg5 59. Rh7 Kf4
(59... Kf5 60. Rh5+ Ke6 61. Rb5 $18) 60. Rd7 $1 (60. Kd2 $6 Rd8+ 61. Kc3 $2 (
61. Ke1) 61... e3 62. Rf7+ Ke5 63. fxe3 Ke6 64. Rf4 Rb8) 60... Ke5 (60... Rh8
61. Kd2 Rf8 62. Rd5 $18) 61. Kd2 Ke6 62. Rh7 Kd5 63. Ke3 $18) 54... Kxh4 55.
Rb5 e3 $6 $138 {(>=)} (55... Rd8 $1 56. Kf1 (56. b8=Q $4 f3+ 57. Kf1 Rd1#) (56.
Kg1 $4 Rd1+ 57. Kg2 f3#) (56. Rb1 Rb8 57. Rb6 Kg5) 56... Rb8 57. Kg1 (57. Ke2
$6 Kh3 58. Ke1 $2 (58. Rh5+ $2 Kg2 59. Rh7 e3 $1 $19) (58. Kf1) 58... Kg2 $1 (
58... Kxh2 $4 59. Kf1 $1 $18)) 57... Rd8 (57... f3 58. Kf1 Rd8 59. Ke1 Rb8 60.
Rb6 Kh3 61. Kf1 Kh4 62. Rh6+ Kg5 63. Rh7 $18) 58. f3 $3 (58. h3 Rb8 59. hxg4
Kxg4 60. Kg2 e3 61. f3+ Kh4 $10) (58. Rb1 Rb8 59. Rb6 Kg5) 58... Rd1+ (58...
Rb8 59. fxe4 $18) (58... g3 59. b8=Q (59. hxg3+ Kxg3 60. Rb1 $18)) 59. Kf2 g3+
60. hxg3+ fxg3+ 61. Ke2 g2 62. b8=Q g1=Q 63. Qh8+ $18) 56. fxe3 fxe3 57. Kf1 (
57. Rb3 Kg5 (57... e2 58. Kf2) 58. Kf1 Kf4 59. Ke2 $18) 57... g3 58. Rb4+ $1 (
58. hxg3+ $2 Kxg3 59. Ke2 Kf4 60. Kd3 e2 $10) 58... Kh3 59. hxg3 Kxg3 60. Ke2
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 {
The structure is reminiscent of the Cambridge Springs Queen's Gambit, with one
important difference: the white kingside structure has been spoiled. This will
increase the danger of a perpetual check, but also face White with certain
dangers in the endgame, when the h2-pawn may become a target for the king.} Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Rd2 $5 {"Almost" a novelty, played only once before. White
prepares to keep the tension on d5 after the inevitable pawn break ...c5.} (16.
Rac1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 ({If} 18. Bxd5 Nf6 {White cannot maintain his
outpost, as in Grischuk,A (2771)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow (blitz) 2010 (1/2, 44)
}) 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 $132 {Drenchev,P (2499)-Mastrovasilis,D (2631)/
Skopje 2012/CBM 147 Extra (1/2, 25)}) 16... Nf6 ({The idea behind White's
previous move is revealed after} 16... c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Rad1 {
, although it is far from clear whether this offers an advantage:} Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Qd3 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qd8 25. Qb7 Qd1+ {
1/2 Berkes,F (2693)-Wojtaszek,R (2721)/Paks 2011/CBM 143}) 17. Rad1 c5 18. d5
exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 g6 21. Ne5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Qc4
Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bf6 26. Nd7 Kg7 27. b3 Bc3 28. a4 {White has some domination,
but, as mentioned above, the weakness of the white kingside offers Black a
clear plan for counterplay.} Qd8 29. Qd6 Bf6 30. Kf1 Qe7 31. Qd5 Bc3 32. Ke2
Qh4 33. Kd3 Ba1 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kh6 36. Qc7 Qxf2 37. Qxf7 Qf1+ 38. Ke4
Qb1+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. a4 $5 {This plan is usually played with the queen's bishop
on d2 already (arising from the ...Bb4+ followed by ...Be7 lines). The
difference is easy to spot: from d2, the bishop is ready to exploit the
eventual weaknesses that the contact between the white a-pawn and the black
b-pawn could create in Black's camp.} Rc8 11. Bb2 $5 $146 ({Practice has shown
that} 11. a5 {does not offer White too much.} b5 (11... c5 {Tratar,M (2450)
-Atalik,S (2593)/Nova Gorica 1999/EXT 2002/[Atalik] (1/2-1/2, 58)}) 12. c5 Ne4
{is entirely playable, too.} (12... b4 {This move is possible precisely
because of the minor difference compared to the Bd2-lines, where White could
hope for the eventual transfer of a knight to b4.} 13. Bd2 (13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Ne1
e5 $132 {Tsybulnik,A (2238)-Frolyanov,D (2482)/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 
(0-1, 37)}) (13. e3 e5 14. dxe5 Ne4 $132 {Ilincic,Z (2502)-Papp,G (2477)/
Budapest 2005/CBM 105 ext (0-1, 68)}) 13... Bxe2 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Bxb4 Ne4 16.
Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rb8 18. Ba3 f5 19. b4 Qc7 $17 {Hackel,M (2353)-Vaganian,R 
(2617)/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (0-1, 40)}) 13. b4 {White has to spend a tempo on
this blocking move.} (13. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ye1d3,Yd3b4]} e5 14. e3 b4 $132) 13...
f5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe8 16. Ra3 Qh5 $132 {Grunberg,M (2442)-Azarov,S 
(2571)/Dresden GER 2007/TWIC 649 (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 11... c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Ne5 {
Positions of this type are not easy to evaluate. The structure is almost
symmetrical, but the difference of placement of the king's bishops slightly
favours White. The d5-square is under greater pressure than the d4-square
while an eventual exchange of the light-squared bishops would leave the b7-
and c6-squares weak and available for the white pieces.} cxd4 {This move
cannot be called a mistake, but one of the reasons why Black lost this game is
that he almost always carried out the exchanges himself. In fact, all these
exchanges look like a series of releases of tension which eventually
accumulated into a minimal but stable advantage for White.} (13... a6 $5 {
[%cal Yd8c7,Yf8d8]}) 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bb2 Qc7 (16... Bc5 17. e3
Bxe3 $2 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Qc3 $16) 17. e3 ({White probably refrained from the
natural} 17. Rac1 {because of} Bc5 (17... Rfd8 18. cxd5 $14) (17... dxc4 18.
Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. h3 Nf6
24. Ne5 Bc7 25. Nc6 a6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kf3 $14 {For this kind of ending, see
the game Kozul-Baramidze from the same issue of CBM.}) 18. e3 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Rfd8 $13 {[%cal Yf7f6]
}) (17. h3 $5 Nf6 18. Rac1) 17... Rfd8 18. Qe2 (18. Rac1 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 dxc4)
18... Nf6 19. Rac1 dxc4 $6 {Again, this was not necessary. Now White will have
the possibility of playing for a win without the least risk.} (19... Bxa3 20.
Bxa3 Ba6 {would have given the position a double-edged character.}) 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Rxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rc8 24. e4 {Restricting the black
knight.} Rxc4 $6 {Another willing exchange, allowing White to activate his
queen.} (24... a6 $5) 25. Qxc4 h6 (25... Qb7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $14 {Again this
kind of ending, quite unpleasant for Black.} (26... Bxf6 27. Nxa7 $1 $16)) 26.
Qc6 $14 {Now that he has installed his queen on this comfortable square, White
has a stable advantage.} Bc5 27. Bc3 Ng4 $6 {This counterplay fails to bother
White and will just leave the knight exposed.} 28. b4 $1 Bf8 (28... Bxf2 $2 29.
Nc7 {[%cal Yh2h3]} (29. h3 $2 Qxg3+) (29. e5 {[%cal Yh2h3]} Be3 30. h3 Nxe5 31.
Qe4 Nc4 32. Qxc4 Qb7+ 33. Kh2 Qf3 $44) 29... Be3 30. Kf3 $18) 29. Qc7 $16 Qa8 {
Desperately searching for counterplay.} (29... Qxc7 30. Nxc7 Bd6 31. Nb5 Bb8
32. h3 Nf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Kf3 $16) 30. f3 Ne3+ {[%csl Ge3]} (30... Nf6 31.
Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nxa7 Bxb4 33. Qxb6 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 31. Kg1 f5 32. Bd4 a6 (32...
Nd1 33. Nd6 $40) 33. Na3 Ng4 (33... Nd1 34. Qd7 $40 {[%csl Yd1]} (34. Qc2)) 34.
Nc4 $5 (34. fxg4 Qxe4 35. Nc2 $16) 34... Nf6 35. Nxb6 Qe8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Nd7
$18 Qe7 38. Qc8 Qxb4 39. Nxf8 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qxf3 43.
Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Pelikian, Jefferson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Rd1
Ne4 9. Nfd2 f5 {a formação Stone-Wall foi muito popular no passado e está
ganhando adeptos novamente. Pode ser jogado tanto pelas Brancas como pelas
Pretas, e consiste basicamente em colocar Peões em 4D, 4BR, 3R, 3BD. As
características dessa estrutura são forte controle sobre o ponto 'e4',
favorecendo a instalação de um Cavalo nessa casa, debilidade no ponto 'e5' e
em praticamente todas as casas Pretas, redução da atividade do BD e
possibilidades de ataque na ala do Rei. Antigamente as Pretas ativavam o BD
com a manobra Bd7-e8-h5, mas nos últimos anos a preferência tem sido por b6,
Bb7 e c5.} 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 $1 {as Brancas exploram a situação da maneira
mais exata. As Pretas não dispõem de meios de escapar da abertura sem deixar
fraquezas na estrutura de Peões.} (11. b3 Nf6 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Bd6 14. Bb2
Qc7 15. f4 Bd7 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Nf1 Rf6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qe2 e5 20. dxe5 Bc5+
21. Bd4 Qb6 22. Qd2 Rh6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Qd4 Qc2
27. Rd2 Qb1 28. Qxd5+ Be6 29. Qd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Qg5# {1-0 Safira,S-De
Silva,N/Macau 1996/EXT 98 (31)}) 11... exf3 12. Bxf3 $1 $146 (12. exf3 dxc4 13.
Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bf2 Ne7 17. Nc3 g6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Rd2 Nf5
20. Rad1 Qe7 21. f4 h6 22. h4 Bd7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Qc4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Re1
gxf4 27. gxf4 Qf7 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rad8 31. d5 Rd7 32. Ree2
Bh6 33. dxc6 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Bxf4 35. Rd7 bxc6 36. Bxc6 Be3 37. Bxe3 Nxe3 38.
Rxa7 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rxb2 41. Kf4 Rb6 42. Ba4 Nd5+ 43. Ke5 Nc3 44.
Bd7 Nxa2 45. Rxa2 Kf7 46. Ra7 Ke7 47. Be6+ Kd8 48. Kf6 Rd6 49. Rg7 Rb6 50. Rd7+
Kc8 51. Ke7 Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Vechet,S-Prandstetter,E/CZE-chT 9495 1995/EXT 97 (51)}
) 12... Bd6 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. Bg2 Nf6 ({talvez o melhor plaro para as Pretas
fosse definir imediatamente o centro com} 14... dxc4 15. Ne4 (15. e4 e5) 15...
Bc7 (15... e5 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Rxd5) 16. Qxc4 Rf5 {
[%csl Gg5]} (16... Nb6 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Rf1 e5 20. Nc3 $18) (16...
Rf7 17. Bg5) 17. Nc3 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Rf7 18. e4 e5) 15. Bg5 Bb4 16. e4 Bxc3 $2 {
as Pretas inevitavelmente ficarão com Peões débeis, portanto, para
contrabalançar, deveriam lutar para que as Brancas também ficassem com
debilidades. Porém, esse lance reforça 'd4' e deixa as Brancas praticamente
sem debilidades.} 17. bxc3 dxe4 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rxe4 h6 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Rf8 24. Bh3 Rf6 25. Re5 Qd6 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Qb8 28. Re5 Kf7 29. Bg4 g6 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Bc4 Rf5 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Bd3 Rg5 34.
Qf2 e5 (34... c5 $5) 35. h4 Rg4 (35... Rh5 $142 36. Bc4 Rf5 37. dxe5 $1 $18)
36. Rxe5 c5 (36... Bf5 37. Be2 Re4 38. g4 $18) 37. Bc4 Bf5 38. Qe3 Be4 (38...
g5 39. Qf3 $1 gxh4 40. Qxf5 Rxg3+ 41. Kh1 $18) 39. Be2 cxd4 40. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ ({Ohne die Zwischenschaltung von Bb4+/Bd2 führt
die häufiger gewählte Folge} 3... d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2
c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 {(E 08) unter Zugumstellung zum Text}) 4. Bd2 Be7 5.
Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 {In
dieser bekannten, über diverse Zugfolgen zu erreichenden Position des
Geschlossenen oder Abgelehnten Katalanisch sind 11...Rc8 und 11...Nxe5 die
geläufigsten Fortsetzungen.} Rc8 (11... Nxe5 {überlässt Weiß nach} 12. dxe5 Nd7
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 $1 Rfd8 {- "=" laut
ECO/E4 -} ({bloß nicht} 17... Nxe5 $2 {wegen} 18. Qa4 $1 Bb7 (18... Bc5 19. Rd7
Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qc5+ 21. R7d4 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 e5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxa6 Nc6 25. Na4
$18) 19. Rd7 $18) 18. h4 $1 {einen kleinen Vorteil, z.B.} h6 19. h5 Bc5 (19...
Kf8 $14) 20. R4d2 Be7 21. a3 (21. Bf3 Kf8 $5 {"wait and see"} (21... Bb7 $6 22.
Qa4 Bc6 23. Qc4 $1 (23. Qd4 $6 Bc5 $6 {Fedoseev,V (2520) - Bazeev,G (2312), St
Petersburg 2011, remis/57} (23... Qb8 $142)) 23... Nxe5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bxe5
Qxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxc6 $16) (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8
24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qa4 $1 $18) 22. Kg2 Kg8 23. a3 Kf8 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Nd7
$11) 21... Kf8 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Rd6 $5 {Dieses Qualitätsopfer ist m. E. einen
Versuch wert.} (23. R4d2 Be7 24. Rd4 Bc5 25. R4d2 Be7 {- remis, Vitiugov,N 
(2638) - Tomashevsky,E (2646), Moscow 2008}) 23... Bxd6 (23... Kg8 24. Nd5 $3
exd5 25. R6xd5 Nf8 26. b4 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Ne6 28. Be3 $14) 24. exd6 Qb8 (24...
Qc5 25. e5 Kg8 26. Re1 $44) 25. e5 Kg8 26. Qe4 $44) 12. Nc3 $1 {Jetzt bietet
Weiß doch den katalanischen Gambitbauern an, was angesichts der nachstehenden
Alternativen allerdings auch am attraktivsten erscheint.} ({I Wenig bis gar
nichts erzielt Weiß nach} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Nh5 ({oder auch} 13... Bb5 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3) 14. Be3 Nb8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 Nc6 $11 {Stupak,K (2487)
- Burg,T (2499), Rhodes 2013, remis/42}) ({II Gar ins Hintertreffen gerät Weiß
nach} 12. Nd2 $6 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 $15 {, z.B.} 14. e4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Qa4
Bb7 17. Qxa7 Qc7 18. Qa4 c5 19. f4 g5 $1 $36 {und Schwarz ergriff die
Initiative in Ibrayev,N (2448) - Halkias,S (2584), Dresden 2008} 20. Rf1 gxf4
21. gxf4 f6 22. Bh3 Kh8 $6 (22... f5 $1 23. Bg2 Kh8 $17) 23. Bxe6 $13 {, 0:1/35
}) 12... Bxc4 {Die Annahme des Gambits gibt Weiß mit dem starken Bauernzentrum,
dem Läuferpaar und der Initiative ausreichende Kompensation, mehr aber wohl
nicht.} ({Eine beachtenswerte und zu etwa gleichem Spiel führende Alternative
ist} 12... b5 {, indes liegt mir hierzu noch kein praktisches Beispiel vor.
Darauf könnte folgen} 13. Nxd7 (13. c5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 $6 Nd7 15. b4 g5
16. Be3 Nxe5) 14... b4 15. Na4 Bb5 $13 {/=} (15... Nd7 $13 {/=})) 13... Nxd7
14. c5 b4 15. Na4 (15. Qa4 e5 16. Qxa6 bxc3 17. dxe5 cxb2 18. Rab1 Nxc5 19. Qa3
Ne6 20. Qxb2 Bc5 $13 {/=}) 15... Bb5 16. a3 b3 17. Qxb3 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bh5 $13 {
/=}) 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15. d5 $5 {Resolut.} ({Neben diesem sofortigen,
hier thematischen Zentrumsdurchbruch verfügt Weiß auch noch über den Hebel a4,
z.B.} 15. a4 $5 a6 (15... Qb6 $2 16. axb5 (16. d5 $143 cxd5 17. exd5 b4 $13)
16... cxb5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Be3 g6 19. Ne4 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17. d5 (17. Ra6 Nb6
18. Ra7 Ra8 19. Rc7 $2 (19. Rb7 $13 {/=}) 19... Nh5 20. Rxc6 Nxf4 21. gxf4 b4
22. Ne2 Rc8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Bf6 $15 {Caruana,F (2716) - Palac,M (2586),
Aix-les-Bains 2011, remis/43}) 17... cxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Bg5 Bc5 (19... b4 $2
20. d6 bxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. Ra7) 21... h6 22. Be3 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Rad1 Nc5
25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. b4 $1 $14 {/=, Wang Hao (2722) - Efimenko,Z (2677), Sarajevo
2010, remis/46}) 20. Ne4 $6 (20. Ra6 $142 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Nc3
Bd4 $11) 20... h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. d6 Qd7 24. Ra6 Re8 $15 {
Sharafiev,A (2433) - Matlakov,M (2632), Sochi 2012, 0:1/40}) 15... cxd5 16.
exd5 e5 17. Bg5 $5 ({Ebenso Beachtung verdient} 17. d6 $5 {, z.B.} exf4 18.
Nxb5 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rc5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd6 $44 {Sabuk,P (2206) - Diermair,A 
(2431), Legnica 2013, 1:0/46}) 17... Qb6 18. Bh3 Bc5 $1 {Die beste Chance: Der
ungarische Alt-Großmeister Zoltan Ribli (*1951), bereits seit 1985 in der
Bundesliga, beweist einmal mehr glänzende Eröffnungskenntnisse. Das folgende
Qualitätsopfer bringt Schwarz gute Kompensation.} ({Passiver und weniger zu
empfehlen sind dagegen: I} 18... Rc7 $2 19. a4 $1 (19. d6 $1 Bxd6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7
21. a4 (21. Nd5 $143 Qc6 22. Nxc7 Bxc7) 21... a6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd5 Qc6 24.
Be7 $1 Rb8 25. Qe4 $1 $16 {Plan 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Nxc7 Qxc7 28.Ra8}) 19... a6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. d6 $1 Bxd6 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 (22... Rxd7 $2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qf5 $1
Rfd8 (24... Rdd8 25. Nd5 $18) 25. Nd5 $18) 23. Nd5 Qc6 (23... Qb7 $2 24. Nxc7
Qxc7 25. Qd2 $18) 24. Be7 Rb8 25. Qe4 $1 $16 {wie vorher}) ({II} 18... Bd6 19.
Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qf5 Rd8 22. a4 $14) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44
{Dieses Abspiel wurde bereits von GM Jon Ludvig Hammer in der Analyse seiner
Partie gegen Michael Adams (EU-chT 2009) im ChessBase Magazin für Schwarz
empfohlen. Allerdings stellt die vorliegende, komplexe Position hohe Ansprüche
an beide Seiten.} 21. a4 $5 {Um die gegnerischen Damenflügelbauern zu lockern
bzw. die a-Linie zu öffnen. Prüfenswerte Alternativen sind:} (21. Qf5) (21.
Rac1) 21... a6 ({Relativ risikolos konnte Schwarz} 21... b4 {ziehen. Man sehe:}
22. Qf5 Rd8 23. a5 Qa6 {und nach der Transformation} (23... Qd6 24. Ne4 Nxe4
25. Qxe4 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Rac1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd5 30. Qxc3 $11
) 24. Ne4 Bd4 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Bd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Qf6 28. Rd1 c3
29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. d6 a6 $11) 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
Rac1 Rxd5 28. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxd1 30. Rxb4 {sind die Wogen bis hin zu
einem remisigen Turmendspiel geglättet (=)}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qf5 Re8 ({
Solider ist} 23... Rd8 $142 {mit folgenden Möglichkeiten:} 24. d6 $5 (24. Qxe5
$143 Ng4) 24... Qc6 (24... Bd4 25. Qf3 b4 26. Nd5 Qxd6 27. Ne3 g6 (27... c3 28.
bxc3 bxc3 29. Nf5 Qf8 30. Ra4 $14) 28. Rac1 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 e4 31.
Qe2 Bxc3 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 $13 {/=}) (24... Bxd6 $2 25. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 {
Plan Rad1+/-, z.B.} b4 (26... Rb8 27. Rad1 g6 28. Qf6 Bc7 (28... Bf8 29. Qxe5)
29. Qe7 Qc6 30. Rd7 Qf3 31. Rf1 Bb6 32. Qd6 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Qxe5 Qd7 35.
Ra1 $1) 27. Rad1 h6 28. Rc1 $16) 25. Re1 Bd4 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxd6 28.
Qxb5 (28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Ra8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Nxb5 Nd5 $11) 28... g6 $11
{mit völligem Ausgleich}) 24. d6 $1 {Dieser weitere - "vor und hinter den
Kulissen" oft zu beobachtende - Vorstoß des d-Bauern bringt Schwarz hier ins
Stolpern.} Bxd6 $2 {Ein schwerer Fehler, der dem Gegner klar die Oberhand gibt.
} (24... Qc6 $142 $1 {galt es zu finden:} 25. Ra5 (25. Re1 Bxd6 (25... Bd4 $13
{/=}) 26. Rad1 h6 27. Ne4 Bc5 $13 {/=}) 25... Bxd6 26. Rxb5 Bc5 $13 {/=}) 25.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 $16 {Materielll scheint Schwarz mit Läufer plus zwei
Bauern für den Turm gut abgesichert, doch einer der Bauern geht zwangsläufig
baden und überdies entfaltet Weiß äußerst gefährlichen Angriffsdruck.} Qc6 (
26... Rb8 $143 27. Qd7 Bc5 28. Rxe5) 27. Rad1 Re6 $6 ({Eine ebenso kritische
wie schwierige Entscheidung. Indes war vermutlich} 27... Bf8 $142 {das
geringere Übel:} 28. Rxe5 g6 29. Qf4 h5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qf6 Bg7 32. Qd8 Qf8 (
32... Qxd8 $143 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Rb8 Bxb2 35. Rxb5 Bf6 36. Rc5 c3 37. Kf1 {
mit guten Gewinnchancen}) 33. Rd2 c3 34. bxc3 Bxc3 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rd7 b4
37. Rb7 $16 {und Schwarz wird sich wohl halten können, aber sicher ist das
nicht. Überhaupt tauchen bei der Analyse etliche interessante Transformationen
mit schwer einzuschätzenden Endspielen auf, insbesondere die unterschiedlichen
Formationen mit Turm plus drei Bauern vs Läufer plus vier Bauern.}) 28. Qg5 $1
f6 {Die Schwäche der schwarzen Grundreihe lässt sich damit auch nicht
kaschieren.} ({Keinesfalls besser sind: I} 28... g6 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Qb8 Kg7
31. Qxb5 Qc7 (31... e4 32. Rc1 Rd6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rd4) 32. Rd7 Qc8 33. Qd5
Qc6 34. Rc1 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Kf6 36. Rxc4 Rb6 37. Rd2 $16 {/+-}) ({II} 28... Qb6
29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Rd8 Qc5 31. Ra1 Rd6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Ra8+ Bf8
35. Ra5 $18) ({III} 28... h6 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Qb8 $18 {, und in jedem Fall
befindet sich Weiß auf der Siegerstraße.}) 29. Qf5 {Bei der ansonsten
exzellenten Vorteilsverwertung der finnischen Nr. 1 war die Lockerung des
schwarzen Königsflügels mit} (29. Qg4 $1 {anscheinend etwas überzeugender zu
ahnden:} f5 (29... Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh3 $1 f5 32. Qxf5 {ist Zugumstellung})
(29... Be7 30. Rd7 g6 31. Rc7 $1 {Was bei 29.Qf5 eben nicht möglich ist.} Qxc7
{Ansonsten folgt eine tödliche Turmverdopplung auf der 7. Reihe.} 32. Qxe6+ Kf8
33. Rd7 Qc5 34. Rb7 Qd6 35. Qc8+ Kf7 (35... Qd8 36. Qxd8+ Bxd8 37. Rxb5 Be7 38.
Rb6 $18) 36. Rxb5 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd3 38. Rb8 Qd5+ 39. Kh3 $18) 30. Qxf5 Rf6 31.
Qe4 h6 32. Kg2 b4 33. f3 c3 34. Rc1 $18 {, obwohl Weiß dafür noch sorgfältig
arbeiten muss.}) 29... Bf8 ({Zäher war} 29... Be7 $5 {, aber das am Brett zu
erkennen, ist kaum möglich. Darauf könnte z.B. folgen:} 30. Rd7 g6 31. Qh3 f5
32. Qh6 Qc8 (32... b4 $143 33. Ra7 Rd6 34. Rda1 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Ra8+ Bd8
37. h3 $1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Qe3 $18) 33. Ra7 Qf8 34. Qd2 Rd6 35. Qc2 Qd8 36.
Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Rb7 {, und das aktive weiße Übergewicht setzt sich allmählich
durch. Es ist sehr reizvoll (und aus Trainersicht lehrreich), dies noch
analytisch mit ein paar Varianten zu untermauern:} e4 (37... Qc5 38. Qd2 b4 39.
Qd7 Kf8 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Rc6 Be7 44. Rxc4 {und
vermutlich +- aufgrund der Anwesenheit der b-Bauern, z.B.:} e4 45. Rc6 h5 46.
Kg2 Kf7 47. f3 $1 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bf6 49. b3 Bc3 50. Ke3 Bf6 51. Rb6 Bc3 52. Kd3
Kg7 53. Kc4 g5 (53... Bd2 54. Rxb4 $1 $18) 54. Kd5 (54. Rxb4 $4 Bxb4 55. Kxb4
f4 56. gxf4 (56. Kc4 fxg3 57. hxg3 h4 $19) 56... g4 $1 {nebst h4 etc. -+})
54... Kf7 (54... Bd2 55. Ke5 $18) (54... Kh7 55. Rd6 Kg7 56. Ke6 f4 (56... Kg6
57. Rd5 $18) 57. gxf4 gxf4 58. Rd1 Kg6 59. Rg1+ Kh6 60. Kf5 $18) 55. Ra6 Bb2
56. h3 Bf6 57. Rb6 Bc3 58. Rh6 $18) (37... Qb4 38. Qd1 (38. Qc3 $2 {
Damentausch spielt Schwarz hier in die Hände.} Qxc3 39. bxc3 Bf6 40. Rxb5 e4
41. Rc5 Bxc3 42. Rxc4 Be5 $14 {mit sehr guten Remisaussichten}) 38... Kf8 39.
Kg2 Qxb2 40. Qd7 Qa3 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Rxb5 e4 43. Qxc4+ Kg7 44. Qe2 $5 (44. Rb3
Qc5 45. Qe6 Qd6) (44. Rb7 $2 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+) 44... Qa6 45. Qb2+ {und noch
weiter z.B.:} Qf6 (45... Bf6 46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Qc1+ $18) (45... Kh6 46. Rb7 Qd3
(46... Bf6 47. Qc1+ Bg5 48. Qc7) 47. h3 {(+-)} Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Bf6 49. Qc1+ g5 50.
Qc5 Kg6 51. Rb6 Kg7 52. Ra6 $18 {drohend 53.Qa7+ Kg6 54.Qd4}) 46. Qb3 Kh6 (
46... Qf7 47. Qe3 Qf6 48. Rb7 Qe5 49. h4 Kf7 50. Qh6 Kg8 51. Ra7 Qf6 52. Ra8+
Bf8 53. Qc1 h5 54. Qc8 $18 Kg7 55. Qe8 Kg8 56. Rc8 Qf7 57. Qc6 Kg7 58. Rc7 Be7
59. Qc3+ Kg8 60. Qe5 $18) 47. Rb7 f4 48. gxf4 Qxf4 49. Qh3+ Bh4 50. Qe3 Bg5 51.
Qxf4 Bxf4 52. Re7 Kg5 53. Rxe4 $18) 38. Rxb5 Qd3 $5 (38... Qd4 $143 39. Rb7 Bc5
40. Rc7) 39. Qc1 {und wahrscheinlich wieder +-, etwa nach dem weiteren} Qd4 (
39... Bd6 40. Ra5 {Plan Ra4 nebst Eroberung des c-Bauern}) 40. Kg2 Bc5 41. Qf4
Qd6 (41... Bd6 42. Qg5 $1) 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 {Und wieder wird die Anwesenheit der
Damenflügelbauern Schwarz zum Verhängnis.} 43. f3 $1 {Weiß löst den
potentiellen Schwachpunkt f2 auf, lässt seinen König in den Kampf eingreifen
und entscheidend auf den c-Bauern stürzen.} exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Be7 45. Ke3 Bf6 46.
Kd2 Bd4 47. Kc2 Bg1 48. h3 h5 49. Kc3 Bf2 50. Kxc4 $18 {und der weiße b-Bauer
macht das Rennen}) 30. Rxb5 g6 31. Qh3 e4 ({Falls} 31... f5 {, so folgt} 32.
Rb8 {und die Türme dringen verheerend auf der 8. Reihe ein:} Kg7 33. Rdd8 Rd6 (
33... Rf6 34. Rbc8 Qe6 35. Qf1 {/\Qxc4+-}) 34. Rbc8 Qb6 {, worauf Weiß eine
angenehme Wahl hat:} 35. Qh4 (35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Qf1 Qxb2 37. Qxc4 e4 (37... Qd4
38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Rd8 Be5 (39... Bc5 40. Rd5 Bb6 41. Rd7+) 40. f4 Bf6 41. Rd7+
Kh6 42. Rf7 Bd8 43. Kf2 Bb6 44. Ke2 Ba5 45. Kd3 Bc3 46. h3 {usw. +-}) 38. Kg2
Kh6 39. Rd8 Be5 40. Rd7 Qc3 41. Qf7 Bg7 42. h4 Qf6 43. Qd5 Qc3 44. Qd1 Be5 45.
Rf7 Bd4 46. g4 Qf3+ 47. Qxf3 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 fxg4+ 49. Kxg4 $18) 35... Rxd8 36.
Rxd8 (36. Qxd8 $2 Qxd8 37. Rxd8 Bc5 38. Rc8 Bd4 39. Rxc4 Bxb2 $14 {sollte
remis enden}) 36... Qc6 37. g4 Qc7 38. Re8 c3 39. g5 Kg8 40. Qb4 Qf7 41. Rc8
cxb2 42. Qxb2 $18 {und der Angriff wird übermächtig}) 32. Rb8 f5 (32... Rd6 33.
Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Rc8 $18) 33. Rdd8 $18 Rf6 34. Qh6 Qc5 35. Rd7 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7
37. Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Be7 40. Qc3 Ke6 41. Qg7 g5 42. Qg6+ Ke5 43.
Qf7 {Eine großartige Leistung des finnischen Großmeisters, der mit 6 Punkten
aus 8 Partien und einer Rating Performance von 2716 wieder einer von Werder
Bremens Leistungsträgern ist.} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 ({Another more solid way was chosen in the last round:} 9...
a5 10. b3 b6 11. Bc3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc8
16. Qb2 dxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Rab1 Qc6 {1/2 Ju Wenjun (CHN)
-Pogonina Natalija (RUS)/Khanty-Mansyisk 2016 (31)}) 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Ne5 Nxe5 ({Some players prefer to introduce the rook into the game:} 12...
Rc8 13. Nc6 Nh5 (13... Qe8 {is weaker:} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Be3 Bc4
17. b3 Ba6 18. a4 f5 (18... Qb4 $1) 19. Bc1 Qb4 20. Na2 Qd6 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. Nc3
Qb8 23. Ba3 {Bacrot,E (2723)-Ibrahimov,R (2538)/Basel 2011/EXT 2012 (3), with
a clear advantage.}) 14. Bc1 (14. Be3 $5) 14... Nb8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nc6
17. b3 Rfd8 (17... b5 18. a3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Qb2 h6 22. Bf4 {
Leko,P (2728)-Ponomariov,R (2758)/Saratov 2011, with a very small advantage.})
18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bb2 (20. Rac1 Ne7 21. f3 Nf5) 20... h6 21. Rac1 (
21. f3) 21... Qe7 22. Rc2 Qe8 {Gelfand,B (2743)-Tomashevsky,E (2731)/Moscow
RUS 2016, and Black neutralises the white initiative.}) 13. dxe5 Ng4 {Aiming
for a very sharp line.} ({A much safer line would be} 13... Nd7 14. e4 Rc8 15.
Nc3 d4 $1 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nc5 20. Rcd1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Bg5 {Volokitin,A (2687)-Baryshpolets,
A (2547)/Kiev 2013/CBM 155 (29), and Black managed to draw.}) 14. h3 ({There
was the weaker, maybe even slightly risky} 14. Bf3 f5 (14... g5 15. Bxg4 gxf4
16. gxf4 Kh8 17. Kh1 Bc5 {with the inevitable ...Qh4}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4
Bb7 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Be5 Rac8 20. Qh4 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2747)
-Karjakin,S (2757)/Jurmala 2015/CBM 165 Extra}) 14... Nxf2 ({A more
complicated idea is} 14... Rc8 15. Nc3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18.
Kxe3 b5 19. Qd3 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 Qb8 21. Kf2 b4 22. Nb1 f6 23. Qe3 fxe5+ 24. Kg1 e4
25. Nd2 Rc2 26. Rab1 Qe5 27. Rdc1 Rfc8 28. Nb3 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1
Bxe2 {Cheparinov,I (2681)-Bukavshin,I (2622)/Jerusalem 2015/CBM 166 (74),
Black kept the balance.}) 15. Kxf2 Bc5+ 16. Be3 $1 {This seems to be risky,
but it is much better than} (16. Ke1 f6 17. Qa4 $2 (17. Qc3) 17... fxe5 18.
Qxa6 exf4 19. g4 Be3 {Sirosh,I (2301)-Chukavin,K (2198)/Tallinn EST 2016, and
White faces huge problems.}) 16... Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Rc8 ({A better try seems to
be opening the f-file immediately:} 17... f6 18. Kf2 fxe5+ 19. Kg1 Qg5 20. Kh2
h5 21. h4 Qg4 22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Rf1 b5 24. Bh3 Qd4 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qg6 {
1-0 Swinkels,R (2494)-Sasikiran,K (2680)/Eilat 2012/CBM 151}) 18. Qd2 f6 19.
Kf2 $1 {It is necessary to bring the king into safety.} fxe5+ 20. Kg1 Qe7 ({
A slightly better try was} 20... e4 21. Nc3 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qe5) 21. Nc3 Qc5+ 22.
e3 (22. Kh2 {was quite good.}) 22... Qe7 23. Rac1 h5 24. h4 {Radically
stopping Gunina's activity, even simpler was} (24. Kh2 h4 25. g4) 24... Rcd8
25. e4 $5 {An interesting way of cashing in} ({A technical way was} 25. Bf1 Bb7
26. Qe2 g6 27. Bh3) 25... d4 26. Nb1 Rf6 27. Qg5 Qd6 28. Nd2 Be2 29. Nc4 $1 {
A very active way of finishing the game!} Qb4 30. Qd2 $1 {Forcing a queen swap
and finishing the game.} Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 g5 33. hxg5 Rg6 34. Bh3
Re8 35. Rc6 Re7 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rdc2 Rxg5 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Bxe6 Rg6 40. Rc7+
Kf8 41. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1997.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Bigaliev, Renat Damirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Re8 (13... dxc4 14.
d5 Ne8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7 Rc7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Ne5 Rd6 20. Nc6
Rxc6 21. Bxc6 Nd6 22. bxc4 Nf6 23. Be5 Qc7 24. Bg2 Rd8 25. Rd3 Ng4 26. Bf4 Bf6
27. Rad1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Qe7 30. h3 Ne5 31. c5 bxc5 32. Qxc5 f6 33.
Qa3 h5 34. Qxa6 Ndf7 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. a4 Ng6 37. Be3 h4 38. gxh4 {Kasparov,
G-Kamsky,G/New York exh 1989/1-0 (51)}) 14. Ng5 $1 $146 {+/-} (14. cxd5 {47/601
}) (14. Qf5 {45/(615)}) (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 bxc4 20. Qf5 Re6 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 24.
Kg2 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxe6 Bb6 27. Nd4 Qb7+ 28. Qf3 Qa6 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30.
Qe4+ Kg8 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qa4 Qb7+ 33. Qc6 Qa6 34. Qxc4 Qxa2 {1-0 Dizdarevic,
E-Godena,M/Formia op 1995}) (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qf5 Nf6 17. dxc5
Rxc5 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qf4 Bh3 21. Rc1 Rcd5 22. Qf3 Rd2 23. Nf5
Bc5 24. Bxf6 Rxf2 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qxf2 {1/2-1/2 Gorelov,S-Bagaturov,G/
Belgorod GMA-qual 1989}) 14... h6 $8 (14... cxd4 $2 15. Nxd5 $18) 15. Nh3 {
><f2;/\Nf4} cxd4 $8 16. Rxd4 Ne5 $5 (16... Bc5 17. Rdd1 $1 Ne5 18. Nxd5 $16)
17. Qd1 (17. Rad1 $142 $16) 17... Bc5 (17... Nc6 18. Rd3 $1 (18. Rd2 d4 19. Nb5
Bb4 20. Bxc6 (20. Rd3 $2 Re1+) 20... Rxc6 $44 {/^a8-h1}) 18... Ne5 (18... d4
19. Nb5 Bb4 20. Qf1 $1 $16 {><d4}) 19. Rd2 Bb4 {see 17..Bc5}) 18. Rd2 Bb4 19.
Nf4 $6 (19. Rc1 $142 {/\Nf4+/-}) (19. a3 $142 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qc7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5
22. cxd5 $16) 19... Qe7 $2 (19... b5 $3 20. a3 $1 (20. Nfxd5 Bxd5 $1 21. Bxd5
Qa5 $1 22. a3 (22. Rc1 bxc4 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxa3 $11) 22... Bxc3 23. b4
Qa6 24. Bxc3 Nxc4 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. Bxc3 bxc4 22. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Bxe5 (25. bxc4 $5 $14) 25... Rxe5 26. bxc4 $14) 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $18 Nc6 23. Qg4 Qf8 24. Be4 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 0708"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bredene"]
[BlackTeam "Brussels"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Aronian,L (2744)/
Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Marin,M] (46). is a rather popular line these
days.}) 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 {Black offers to transpose to the regular
Catalan with 4...Be7.} 11. b3 {I didn't mind.} ({White has other options such
as for example} 11. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2681)-Asrian,K (2623)/Kemer 2007/
CBM 121/[Marin,M] (31)}) 11... b6 12. Qc2 ({White can also try to play without
12.Qc2:} 12. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,M (2560)-Lputian,S (2634)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104
(20)}) 12... Ba6 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Bf4 {The bishop comes back to f4, from where
it controls some important squares.} Nh5 {Disturbing the bishop again.} 15. Bc1
Nhf6 16. e4 {After all attempts to play without e4 failed I eventually decided
to go for it.} dxc4 17. Bf4 {Van Wely introduced this move in 2001.The idea
behind it is very simple: White maintains tension b3-c4 since 17...cxb3 loses
the a7-pawn and 17...Nh5 is not a problem anymore as the bishop can return to
e3. Moreover Black has to find a useful move.} ({After} 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nd2
Ba6 19. Qa4 Bd3 $15 {White's compensation for the pawn is probably not enough.}
) 17... Qe8 {Black takes his queen away from the d-file in anticipation of the
central break d5. Now the game transposes to the earlier Qe8, which after e4
dxc4 leads to the text.} (17... b5 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A (2589)-Mitkov,N (2493)/
Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092/[Gershon] (42).}) (17... Bb4 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2670)
-Tkachiev,V (2672)/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 083/[Rabinovich,Al] (41)}) (17...
c5 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Nd2 Nh5 21. Be3 cxb3 22. axb3 Nb8
$13) (17... cxb3 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. axb3 Bb7 19. Rxa7 Ba8 20. Ne5 $16) 18. h3
$146 {An over the board novelty. My idea was to make a useful waiting move,
while Black has to find second useful move in a row.} ({Earlier White played} 
18. Nd2 {trying to provoke an exchange on b3. The main drawback of the move is
the fact that the d4-pawn remains unprotected.} e5 (18... Bb4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20.
bxc4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qb3 $11 {0-1 Rausis,I (2533)-Lautier,J (2666)/
Gonfreville 2003/EXT 2004 (38) and the position is similar to 18...e5.}) (18...
c5 19. d5 e5 20. Be3 Ng4 21. bxc4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bg5 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Bh3 Rd8 25.
a4 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rf1 Ng4 28. Rf3 Rd8 29. h3 Nf6 30. a5 $14 {1-0 Markus,
R (2532)-Bilobrk,F (2338)/Neum 2004/CBM 102 (60) and White creates pressure on
b6, while Black is short of counterplay.}) 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4
Bc5 22. Rd2 Ngxe5 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z (2553)-Komarov,D (2566)/France 2004/EXT
2005. Probably White could have tried to play on by means of} 23. Rad1 Qe6 24.
Qb3 $11 {, but Black seems to have sufficient counterplay thanks to the
weakness of the c4-pawn.}) 18... Bb4 $5 {[%csl Re4]} 19. e5 {An aggressive
continuation. White wants to exploit the fact that Black's dark-squared bishop
left the e7-square and concentrates on attack.} Bxc3 (19... Nd5 {with the idea}
20. Ne4 f5 $1 {deserved serious attention. Now after} 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 c3
{Black should be ok.}) 20. exf6 $5 {An interesting positional exchange
sacrifice. It will be compensated for by the open position of the black king.}
Bxa1 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. bxc4 $5 {[%csl Ra1,Rg7] White can allow this move since
the bishop on a1 is trapped.} (22. Rxa1 $44) 22... e5 (22... c5 $5 {wins a
pawn, but White retains good compensation after} 23. Rxa1 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxc4
25. Qb2 f6 26. Bd6 $44) 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5+ f6 25. Bd6 Rf7 (25... Rg8 $5)
26. Rxa1 $14 {With a pawn for an exchange and the weakened position of Black's
king White has nothing to worry about. Moreover the strong bishop on d6
restricts the mobility of Black's heavy pieces.} Qe6 {Thanks to this double
attack Black provokes weakening of the d5-square.} 27. c5 Bc4 28. Qd2 (28. Be4
$1 {[%cal Ge4h7,Ge4f5] with the threats of Bxh7 and Bf5 was very unpleasant.}
f5 29. Bf3 Bd5 30. Be5+ Kg8 31. Bh5 $14 {and White dominates.}) 28... Bd5 29.
Re1 Qd7 30. Bxd5 cxd5 {Black has managed to exchange the light-squared bishops
and thus made his task easier.} 31. g4 {White protects the h3-pawn, but allows
an exchange of rooks hoping to exploit the bad position of the f7-rook.} (31.
Qe3 $5 {taking control over the e-file is connected with a temporary pawn
sacrifice.} Qxh3 32. Qf3 {Now Black can't protect the d5-pawn.} Kg6 33. Qxd5
Qf5 34. Qb3 h5 $11 {with an approximately equal position.}) 31... Re8 $1 32.
Re3 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 bxc5 34. dxc5 h6 {Black prevents attacking ideas connected
with the move g5.} 35. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gg3h4,Gh4h5] Preparing the
manoeuvre of the king to h5.} Qa4 36. Kg3 Qxa2 37. Kh4 (37. c6 {was sufficient
for a draw, but I was looking for more.} Qc4 38. Qe6 a5 39. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4h6]}
Qe4 $1 40. Qc8 Qd3+ 41. f3 Qd4 42. c7 Qg1+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ 44. Bg3 Qe3 45. Bd6
Qg5+ 46. Kg3 Qc1 $11 {with the perpetual on the e1- and d2-squares.}) 37... Qc2
$1 {Preparing to meet 38.Kh5 with Qg6.} 38. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gh4h5] After f5
White renews a threat of Kh5.} (38. Kh5 $2 Qg6+ 39. Kh4 Qg5+ $19) 38... Qc4 (
38... h5 $5 39. f5 $1 hxg4 40. hxg4 $11 {and White's activity compensates for
the exchange.}) 39. Kh5 (39. f5 {was safer and secured a draw, but that wasn't
my intention when I brought my king into the attack.} d4 40. Qe8 d3 41. Bf8+ $1
Kh7 (41... Rxf8 42. Qg6+ $11) 42. Bxh6 $1 a5 43. c6 a4 44. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gc6c7]
} d2 45. Bxd2 a3 46. Bf4 $1 a2 47. c7 a1=Q 48. c8=Q Qxc8 49. Qxf7+ Kh8 50. Qh5+
Kg8 51. Qg6+ $11 {with perpetual.}) 39... d4 $2 $138 {In time trouble Black
loses the thread.} (39... Qe4 $1 40. Qxe4 dxe4 41. c6 e3 42. c7 e2 43. c8=Q
e1=Q 44. Qf5 Qe8 $1 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Bc5 Qg8 $1 47. Qf5 $1 $44 {The position
is approximately equal.}) 40. Qe4 $138 Qb3 $1 41. h4 {and Black overstepped
the time limit in a lost position.} (41. h4 {The game could continue} Kh8 ({
Other moves don't help either.} 41... d3 42. c6 d2 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. c7 Rxc7 45.
Bxc7 d1=Q ({or} 45... Qg8 46. Qxf6+ Qg7 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kg8 49. Be5 $1
Qf7+ 50. Kxh6 Qe6+ 51. Kh5 Qf7+ 52. Kg5 Qe7+ 53. Bf6 $18 {White escapes the
checks and wins.}) 46. Kxh6 $1 {[%csl Rh8] The peak of the king's activity!}
Qd7 47. Qxf6+ Kg8 48. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 49. Bd6+ $18) (41... f5 42. Be5+ Kg8 43. Qc6
Re7 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Bd6 Qf7 46. c6 Qxg6+ 47. Kxg6 Ke8 48. Bxe7 Kxe7 49. gxf5
d3 50. f6+ $18 {and White promotes with check.}) 42. Kxh6 $1 {[%cal Ge4e8]} Rg7
43. Bf8 $1 Rb7 (43... Qf7 44. Bxg7+ Qxg7+ 45. Kh5 $18) 44. c6 Rc7 45. Bd6 Rg7
46. g5 $1 Qg8 (46... fxg5 47. Bf8 $1 Qf7 ({or} 47... Rf7 48. Qe5+ $1 Kg8 49.
Qxg5+ $1 Kh8 (49... Kxf8 50. Qd8#) 50. Bg7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Rf8 52. Qxf8#) 48.
Bxg7+ Qxg7+ 49. Kh5 gxf4 50. Qxf4 $18 {and the c-pawn decides the game.}) 47.
g6 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mochalov,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. b3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc7 $6 (13... Nf6
$5) 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. c5 $1 $16 Qc7 (16... bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18.
Qb4 Qe7 19. Rac1 $18) 17. b4 Nf6 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Qe1 $5 $16) 18... Rfd8 19. a3
bxc5 20. dxc5 a5 21. Ng5 Ba6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 axb4 24. axb4 Bb5 $10 25.
Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 g6 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Qb8 $2 (28... Rd5 $1 $10) 29. Rxd8+
$2 (29. b5 $1 cxb5 (29... Rxd3 30. Qxd3 cxb5 31. c6 $16) 30. c6 Rc8 31. Qc5 $1
Qc7 (31... b4 32. Rd7 b3 33. Qe7 Rf8 34. c7 Qa8 35. Rd8 $18) 32. Rd7 Qa5 (32...
Qxc6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxc6 Rd5 $16) 33. Qe5 $3 Rxc6 34. Qf4 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qg7
36. Rd8+ $18) 29... Qxd8 30. Qe4 Qd7 (30... Qd5 $10) 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 h5 33.
b5 cxb5 34. c6 Qd6 $1 35. Qc2 Qe5+ (35... Qc7 36. Qc5+ Ke8 37. Qxb5 $14) 36.
Kf1 Ke7 37. c7 Qa1+ 38. Ke2 (38. Kg2 $4 Qa8+ 39. Kg1 Kd7 $17) 38... Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game between the two giants ended peacefully without much of a fight.} 1.
d4 {It is hard to predict Wesley So's first move.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3
{Wesley might have good memories from the Catalan against Naka. He won a
beautiful technical game against the latter in a trimuphant performance at
last year's Sinquefield Cup!} Bb4+ {This time Naka opts for one of the two
closed versions of the Catalan.} (4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3
Rxd4 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 Rd7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qd2 c5
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Kf1 Kh7 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qd8 Qxd8 26. Rxd8 c3 27.
Ke1 Bc4 28. Kd1 Bxa2 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. e3 b5 31. Kxc3 a6 32. Ra8 Nd5+ 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. a5 b4+ 35. Kd2 Bf1 36. Rc8 c4 37. Rb8 b3 38. Kc3 {1-0 (38) So,W (2771)
-Nakamura,H (2791) Saint Louis 2016}) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 $5 {This might have caught Wesley by surprise. This is a less tested but
good enough choice.} 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 $5 {Nakamura shows some ambition by
playing it like Carlsen.} 11. Bc1 (11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3
b5 $5 15. e4 b4 16. exd5 bxc3 17. dxc6 Nb8 $5 {led to a close battle between
Eljanov and Carlsen in which the Norwegian outplayed his ambitious opponent}
18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Na6 22. Rac1 Nc7 23. Ne5 f4 24.
Nc4 Rd8 25. Rxc3 Nxd5 26. c7 Nxc7 27. Bxa8 Nxa8 28. e3 Bb4 29. Rc2 Bb7 30. h4
Be4 31. Rh2 Nb6 32. Ne5 fxe3 33. hxg5 Rxd4 34. Ng4 Nd5 {0-1 (34) Eljanov,P 
(2760)-Carlsen, M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11... f5 {Yours truly had some
pleasant experience in this line. I won an important game against GM Denes
Boros to finish clear first in the Washington International last year!} 12. b3
{This is a better move than what I played.} (12. Rb1 Bf6 13. e3 b6 $6 (13...
Qe7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c5 Nc8 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be8
20. e4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Qg7 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Rf2 Bg7 25. Rbf1 a6 26. a4
g4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Bh6 31. Bf2 cxb5 32. Qb1
Kf7 33. Kh1 b4 34. Bg1 Bd2 35. Qf1+ Qf6 36. Qb5 Bc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. Qxb7 Bxd4
39. Qxb4 Bxg1 40. Kxg1 h5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Rozum,I (2581)-Oparin,G (2597)
Vladivostok 2016}) 14. b4 g4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4
Qe7 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qxa3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Nb8 24. Bd5
Na6 25. Qxg4 Qe7 26. a3 Rcd8 27. Qe4 Qg7 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Be4 Qe7 30. Bg2 Rc8
31. Qa4 Nb8 32. Rbc1 Rc7 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rcc1 Nf8 36. Qb3 h5 37. a4
Ne6 38. a5 Qd6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Rb1 Qe7 41. Qxb6 Rxc4 42. Qb5 Rc7 43. Qxh5+
Kg7 44. Rb5 Ng5 45. h4 Nf7 46. Rb6 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Nxd6 48. e4 {1-0 (48)
Moradiabadi,E (2595)-Boros,D (2441) Rockville 2016}) 12... b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Qe8 {Was played after a long think. Nakamura decides to stay solid and
see what Wesley has up his sleeve.} 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Ba3 Rc8 {} 17. Rfe1 Nf7
18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {The position is even. The players played cautiously
until move 30 and then they agreed on a draw.} 20. b4 Rfd8 21. e3 g4 {} 22.
cxd5 cxd5 23. b5 Rc7 (23... h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Nf4 h3 26. Bf1 Ne4 {is equal as
well.}) 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nfe4 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Ne2 Bd5 {The position is locked and neither side can improve.
Nakamura wanted to try something but Wesley kept things smooth and things
fizzled out soon into a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Payen,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Rd1
Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} (8... Be7 {Renet,O (2505)-Relange,E (2365) FRA-ch Nantes
1993 (6) 1-0}) 9. Nc3 Ba8 (9... dxc4 10. Ne5 Be7 {Tasic,B (2290)-Relange,E 
(2430) FRA-chT France 1994 (4) 1/2} (10... Nxe5 $2 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qb8 15. Qxc4)) 10. b3 (10. e4 dxc4 11. Qe2 b5 12. d5 $1 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2e8]}) 10... Be7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14.
Qc2 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 14... Bf6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Ng4 Be7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6
19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rac1 Na6 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7
25. Ne5 Rd8 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rd7 28. a4 Kf8 29. Kf1 {Sorokin,M (2510)
-Akopian,V (2590)/Moscow 1991/URS-ch/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 15. Ng5 g6 16. Ne4 f5 17.
Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 $16 c5 19. d5 $36 e5 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. f3 Qf8 23.
Qc3 Qd6 24. Re2 b5 25. cxb5 $6 c4 26. bxc4 Nb6 27. Be3 Rxc4 28. Qe1 Rb4 29. f4
$2 (29. Bd4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge2e8]}) 29... e4 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bd4 Bxd5 32. Ba1
Qc5+ 33. Kh1 e3 34. Rc1 Rc4 35. Rxc4 Qxc4 36. Kg1 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nd5 38. Kg1
Nxf4 39. Rxe3 Qc5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 {Nach meiner unnötigen
und lächerlichen Niederlage gegen Volokitin an der Einzel-EM habe ich ein
bisschen gearbeitet.} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qa4 {Diese
Neuerung ändert kaum die Einschätzung der Variante, aber leitet einen neuen
Plan ein.} Qc7 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. Rdc1 a6 19. Qd1 b5 20. e3 {Der erste Teil der
Umgruppierung ist vollständig. Weiß will nun seinen Nc3 nach d3 bringen.} Nb6
21. Be1 Ne4 (21... Nc4 22. Rc2 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2c1,Gc1d3]}) 22. Ne2 Na4 23. Rab1
({Natürlich nicht} 23. b3 $4 Nb2 $19 {[%csl Rd1]}) 23... Bd6 24. Rxc8 ({
Die schwarzen Springer mittels} 24. f3 Nf6 25. b3 Nb6 {sofort zu verjagen, war
auch möglich. Trotzdem entschied ich mich dafür, die Stellung meines Springers
zuerst zu verbessern. Vielleicht dachte ich, dass Schwarz hier irgendwie e6-e5
durchsetzten könnte?!}) 24... Rxc8 25. Nc1 Qc6 26. Nd3 Qc2 {Weiß hat nichts
gegen Damentausch, muss aber aufpassen, dass alle andere Figuren auf dem Brett
bleiben.} 27. Bf3 $6 {Diese Ungenauigkeit erlaubt eine taktische
Abtauschoperation, die uns beiden entgangen ist.} ({Besser war} 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 {
, was ich wegen} 28. Bf3 $14 Nd2 $140 $6 29. Bd1 Rc3 {verwarf. Ich übersah
aber die Widerlegung} 30. Bxd2 Rxd3 31. Be1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 27... Qxd1
$6 (27... Nd2 $1 {wäre eine unnette Überraschung gewesen, da Schwarz nach} 28.
Bxd2 Qxd3 29. Be2 Qc2 30. Rc1 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 $11 {keine Probleme
hat.}) 28. Bxd1 Nb6 29. f3 Nf6 30. b3 $14 Nfd7 31. Ba5 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Ke2
Be7 34. g4 Bd8 35. Bb4 Be7 36. Ba5 Bd8 37. Be1 a5 $6 {Dieser Bauerntausch hat
nur für Weiß gute Konsequenzen: eine zweite Linie wird am Damenflügel geöffnet,
wo er eben besser steht.} ({Schwarz musste einfach mittels} 37... Be7 {
abwarten. Zur nächsten Etape des weissen Plans gehört die Aktivierung seines
Turmes:} 38. Bg3 Ba3 39. Kd2 Ke7 40. Be2 h6 41. h4 {[%cal Gb1h1]}) 38. Bxa5 Ra8
39. Bd2 Rxa2 40. Nb4 Ra8 41. Bc2 Nc8 42. Rb2 {Der Turmtausch erleichtert die
schwarze Verteidigung. Ich sah hier einige vielversprechende Fortsetzungen,
und konnte leider die beste nicht bestimmen.} ({Der einfache Weg} 42. Bd3 Nd6
43. Rc1 h6 44. h3 $16 {war vielleicht am unangenehmsten für den Gegner, der
passiv bleiben muss.}) ({Auch in Betracht kam} 42. e4 dxe4 43. Bxe4 Ra3 44. Bc6
Na7 45. Bb7 {Aber mir war unklar, ob diese Strukturänderung meinem Läuferpaar
oder einem schwarzen Springer (Feld d5) zugute kommt.}) 42... Nd6 43. Ra2 $6 ({
Für} 43. Bd3 {war es nicht zu spät.}) 43... Rxa2 44. Nxa2 Nb8 45. Bb4 Be7 46.
Bd3 Kf8 $1 {Ein tiefer Zug, dessen Sinn bald klar wird.} 47. h3 ({In den
Varianten} 47. Nc3 Nc6 48. Bxd6 ({und} 48. Bc5 Na5) 48... Bxd6 49. Bxb5 {
versteht man, warum der schwarze König weder nach d8 gehen, noch auf e8
bleiben musste.}) (47. Bc5 Nc6) 47... Nc6 48. Bxd6 (48. Bc5 Na5) 48... Bxd6 49.
Bxb5 Nb4 {Die Anwesenheit ungleichfarbiger Läufer kompensieren den verlorenen
Bauern und gibt Schwarz gute Remischancen.} 50. Nc3 e5 $6 ({Hätte Huzman meine
Erwiderung gesehen, hätte er vermutlich eine Abwartestrategie bevorzugt:} 50...
h6 {Ich sehe dann keinen Plan, um Fortschritte zu machen, denn Springertausch
würde leider das Unentschieden bedeuten.}) 51. Bd3 $1 ({Nach} 51. dxe5 Bxe5 {
könnte Weiß d5-d4 mit weiterer Vereinfachung nicht verhindern.}) 51... exd4 52.
Nb5 Bc5 53. Nxd4 g6 ({Im Falle von} 53... h6 {müsste Schwarz immer mit Nf5
rechnen.}) 54. f4 Ke7 55. Nf3 h6 56. h4 Nc6 57. Bb5 Nb4 58. Kd2 Bb6 59. Nd4 (
59. g5 $6 hxg5 60. hxg5 {wäre nur schön, aber leider nicht für einen
Durchbruch geeignet.}) ({Die richtige Spielweise bestand in} 59. h5 gxh5 60.
gxh5 Ba5 61. Ke2 $14 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5] Ich denke aber, dass Schwarz bei
guter Verteidigung sich halten sollte.}) 59... Bc5 60. Bd3 Kd6 61. h5 $6 {
Danach kann Schwarz eine Festung bauen.} ({Wie früher erklärt, hätte Weiß
diesen Bauernzug mittels} 61. Nf3 {[%cal Gh4h5] vorbereiten sollen.}) 61...
Bxd4 $1 62. exd4 gxh5 63. gxh5 Kc6 ({Nicht aber} 63... Nxd3 $2 64. Kxd3 Kc6 65.
Kc2 Kb5 66. Kb1 Kb4 67. Kb2 Ka5 68. Ka3 Kb5 69. b4 Kc4 70. Ka4 Kxd4 71. b5 Kc5
72. Ka5 $18) 64. Kc3 (64. Bg6 f6) 64... Na2+ 65. Kb2 Nb4 66. Kc3 Na2+ 67. Kb2
Nb4 68. Bb1 Kb6 69. Kc3 Ka5 70. Bh7 Kb5 71. Bg8 f6 72. Bf7 Na2+ 73. Kb2 Nb4 74.
Kc3 Na2+ 75. Kd2 Nb4 76. Ke2 Kc6 77. Bg6 Kd6 78. Bh7 Kc7 79. Kd2 Kb6 80. Ke3
Kc7 81. Kd2 Kb6 82. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the game from penultimate round. Only a win would allow me to stay in
the race for a qualification place for the World Cup.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 (8. Bf4 {is the other
option which I have also employed before. In such cases White should be ready
to sacrifice a pawn for an initiative after} Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. e4) 8... b6
9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nh5 (11... dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14.
gxf4 {is a standard position for this line, which has been heavily examined in
grandmaster practice. White has a superiority in space, but the weakness of
his kingside might become apparent in the long run. It seems that objectively
Black is not worse, though it might be somewhat nicer to handle the position
as White. Here is one recent example from the top level:} Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16.
a4 a6 17. Rac1 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Na5 Qxa5 20. Bxb7 Qb6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qe4 {
+/=/= 1/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V (2773)-Adams,M (2754) London 2013}) 12. Bc1 {
The bishop goes back to c1, so that later on it can be developed to b2, not
obstructing other pieces.} Nhf6 13. b3 c5 ({Practice has shown that after} 
13... Rc8 14. e4 {White has grounds to claim a slight edge.}) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 (15... Bxd5 $5 16. e4 Bb7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 {
It's a pity for Black to lose the queen in the opening, but, in fact this
position might be playable for him.}) 16. Bb2 {Now White has small, but stable
advantage. All his pieces are harmoniously developed and Black's Pd5 is a
target.} Rc8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 (17... bxc5 $6 {These pawns in the centre are
vulnerable, for instance:} 18. Ne1 {[%csl Rd5]} Nb6 19. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5
20. Bc3 Ra8 21. Qb2 $16) 18. Bh3 $146 (18. Qf5 Ne4 $6 (18... Qd6 $14) 19. Ne5
g6 $2 20. Ng4 $1 h5 21. Qe5 f6 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Bxe4 Rc6 24. Qxd5 $18 {1-0 (26)
De Vreugt,D (2398)-Roobol,M (2248) Haarlem 1999}) 18... Ne6 19. Qd2 Re8 ({
It would be logical to play} 19... Bf6 {neutralising White's active bishop.} {
In the event of} 20. Rac1 {Black can get counterplay after} Rxc1 21. Rxc1 d4 {
[%csl Gb7] opening the diagonal for his light-squared bishop.}) 20. Rac1 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Nc5 22. Qf4 Bd6 23. Qd4 f6 24. Qd1 {My last three moves have only
transferred the queen from d2 to d1, but I thought that provoking f7-f6
increased my advantage a bit.} a5 25. Nd4 g6 26. a3 {I should kick the knight
away from c5.} Be5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 $5 {That was a surprise.} 29. Bg2 (
29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Bg2 cxd4 31. Bxd4 {White has still some advantage here, but
I didn't want to exchange all the queenside pawns.}) (29. f4 Bxd4+ 30. Bxd4 Ne4
{It's nice to have such a bishop without a counterpart, but the pawn can't be
returned to f2, unfortunately.}) 29... Ne4 30. Qb3 {At this point neither
player had much time.} Nd2 {I expected 30...Kg7, but my opponent is trying to
be active.} 31. Qd3 (31. Bxd5+ $6 Kg7 32. Qa2 (32. Qd3 Bxd5 33. Qxd2 Rd8 $44)
32... Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Bxd5 34. Qxd2 (34. Qxd5 $4 Rd8 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5] losing a
piece.}) 34... Qe4 (34... Qxe2 $2 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Qxd5 $18) 35. f3 Qxe2 36.
Rc7+ Kg8 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 {and a draw is expected due to the opposite coloured
bishops.}) 31... Nc4 32. Bc3 Kg7 $2 (32... Rc8 $14) 33. e3 $2 {Missing the
chance. I moved the right pawn, but not far enough!} ({I didn't realize that
after} 33. e4 $1 {I simply win the Pd5 pawn, as it's tied to the defence of
the knight.}) 33... Bd6 34. b5 (34. Nb5 $5 Bxb4 35. Bxd5 {It looks like Black
has got rid of his weakness and hasn't lost anything. However, after} Bxc3 36.
Bxb7 Qxb7 37. Qxc4 Be5 38. Qc6 {his position is difficult. f2-f4 is coming at
some point kicking the black bishop into total passivity.}) 34... Rc8 35. Bh3 (
35. Nc6 {I considered this idea, but decided not to change the character of
the game in the time trouble.} Bxc6 36. bxc6 Rxc6 37. Bxd5 Ne5 38. Qd4 Rc5 39.
Rb1) 35... Ne5 36. Qd1 Rc4 37. Bg2 Bc5 38. Bb2 ({After} 38. Bf1 {I thought
that taking the rook is not a threat, actually, as it will open the long
diagonal and my king will be suddenly in danger.}) 38... h5 39. Ra1 Rb4 40. Bc3
Rc4 41. Bb2 Rb4 42. Ba3 {Of course, no repetition.} Rc4 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 (43...
bxc5 44. Nb3 {During the game I thought that White has too many threats:
Nb3-a5, Ra1-a7, Pd5 is hanging. However, an engine finds the narrow path for
Black:} Rb4 $1 45. Ra7 Rxb5 46. Bxd5 c4 47. Na5 Qd7 $1 48. Rxb7 Rxb7 49. Nxb7
c3 50. Nc5 c2 51. Qxc2 Qxd5 52. e4 Qc6 {Black has good chances to hold.}) 44.
Ra7 Kh6 {The pin across the seventh rank, together with the other positional
dividends that White has, looks overwhelming, but in fact there is nothing
decisive.} 45. h3 Rc7 46. Qd2 Nc4 47. Qe2 Nd6 48. Qf3 {Trying to sneak with
the queen somewhere into Black's camp.} Kg7 49. Qf4 Bc8 $1 {My opponent finds
a way to neutralise my active rook. The Ph3 is also hanging, so I can't grab
the Pd5 for free.} 50. Nc6 Qd7 51. Rxc7 Qxc7 52. Qb4 Bd7 53. Bxd5 Bxh3 54. e4
Nb7 $2 (54... Nf7 {bringing the knight to e5 was the right manoeuvre.}) 55. Qd4
{Now e4-e5 is coming and White's active pieces will finally harass the black
monarch.} Nc5 ({The lesser evil would be to go back:} 55... Nd6 $1 56. e5 Ne8 {
But, to admit the mistake made just on the previous move is, perhaps, the most
difficult thing in chess.}) 56. e5 fxe5 57. Nxe5 Ne6 (57... Kh7 $2 58. Nf7 $18)
58. Bxe6 Bxe6 59. Nd7+ Kg8 60. Nxb6 Qc1+ 61. Kh2 Qf1 62. Qd8+ $2 {The queen
was excellent in the centre, there was no point in moving it!} (62. Nd5 $1 Qxb5
63. Nf6+ Kf7 64. Ne4 {This line is another good illustration for the great
interaction between queen and knight.} Qd5 65. Qf6+ Ke8 66. Qxg6+ {with good
winning chances.}) 62... Kh7 $2 (62... Kf7 $1 {would spoil all my efforts.} 63.
Qc7+ Kg8 64. Qc5 h4 $1 65. gxh4 Qh3+ 66. Kg1 Qg4+ 67. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 63. Qe7+
Kh6 64. Qf8+ Kh7 65. Qe7+ Kh6 66. Qf6 Bf5 (66... Kh7 67. Qxe6 Qxf2+ 68. Kh3
Qf1+ 69. Kh4 Qh1+ 70. Kg5 Qc1+ 71. Kf6 Qf1+ 72. Ke7 Qxb5 73. Nd7 Qb7 74. Kf7 $1
Qf3+ 75. Nf6+ Kh6 76. Qd6 Qb7+ 77. Nd7 $18) 67. Qh8+ Kg5 68. Qd4 $1 Qxb5 $2 {
Finally, he falls into the mating net.} 69. f4+ (69. f4+ Kg4 (69... Kh6 70.
Qh8#) 70. Qd1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "1993.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 (4... dxc4 $5 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7.
e4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} Nd7 (7... Nf6 $143 8. Bg5 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5];Timoscenko,
G (2519)-Lanzani,M (2417) Valle d'Aosta op 8th 2000 (5) 1-0}) 8. Nc3 $1 Rc8 9.
a3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4];Stohl,I (2530)-Knaak,R (2500) Stara Zagora zt-B 1990 (1)
1-0}) 5. g3 {Retombe sur une Catalane} Ngf6 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Rd1 $1 Be7
(8... Rc8 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Nxc4 $14 {Tasic,B (2290)-Relange,E (2430)
FRA-chT France 1994 (4) 1/2}) 9. Nc3 Qc8 $6 {[%cal Gc8b7] Dans cet ordre de
coups, c'est une nouveauté mais après b3, les deux joueurs vont retouver des
lignes plus connues.} (9... O-O 10. b3 $16 Rc8 {C'est la grande ligne et même
si les blancs restent mieux, l'avantage blanc est moins net qu'aprèsQc8 dont
le seul intérêt est de protéger le Bb7} (10... Qc7 $6 11. Bf4 $36 {C'est
l'idée de jouer Rd1 avant de jouer le Bc1 afin de garder l'option Bf4 en
réserve}) 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 $1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]} 17. Bb2 $1 $40 {[%cal Gd1d7,Ge4h4];Sveshnikov,
E (2535)-Sosonko,G (2595) Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1981 (1) 1/2}) 10. b3 O-O 11.
Bb2 (11. e4) 11... Re8 $6 (11... c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. h4 $6 {C'était la ronde du matin et je commencais а
être en gros retard а la pendule.} (17. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3d7,Gh3c8] Peut
retomber sur la partie jouée par Hulak} Qb8 18. Bf5 $14 {[%cal Gf5h7]}) (17.
Rd2 $142 Bf6 18. Bh3 Qb8 19. Bxd7 Bxb2 20. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gc2h7];Hulak,K (2530)
-O'Donnell,T (2410) Moscow ol (Men) 1994 (2) 1-0}) 17... h6 18. Qc4 Qb8 19. Rd2
Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne5 Qxe5 24. Bxb7 Qxa1+ {
0-1 Primel,D (2099)-Flouzat,J (2177)/France 2006/EXT 2006}) (11... b5 $142) 12.
Rac1 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]} a6 13. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} (13. e4 $5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 (
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc7 16. Ne5) (14. Ng5 $36 {[%cal Gg5e4]} c5) 14... Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Qc7 (15... Nf6 $143 $6 16. Qe3 {[%csl Ge5]} Qc7 17. Rd2 (17. Ne5 c5)
17... c5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Rcd1 $14)) 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Na4 $36 {[%cal Gg2h3,Ga4c5,Gd4c5]} Qd8 {reconnaissant que Qc8 n'était pas une
très bonne idée} (15... cxd4 16. Qd3) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Gg2b7]} Rb8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 (18... Qc7 $2 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxd5) 19. Bxe5
$16 {[%cal Ge5b8]} Rc8 (19... Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxc5) 20. Nc3 (20. Bxf6
Bxf6 21. Nxc5 Be7 22. b4 Qb6 23. a3 Red8 (23... a5) 24. Qc3 Bf6 25. Qb3 $40 {
[%cal Gb3d5,Gg2d5]}) 20... Qd7 $6 (20... c4 $142) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5
23. Rxd5 Qb5 24. e3 (24. Bf3 {[%cal Gg1g2]}) 24... Qa5 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Bf1 $1
Qa3 27. Rcd1 g6 $6 28. Rd6 Qb2 $6 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Rxa6 Ree7 31. a4 $18 {
[%cal Gf1c4]} Bc3 32. Bb5 (32. Bc4) 32... Ra7 33. Rxa7 Rxa7 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ke2
Bb4 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kc4 Ra8 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rd1 Ke7 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rd5 h5
42. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Duquesnoy, Jean Philippe"]
[Black "Rasch, Holger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01h40} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 (6... Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5,Rg4]}) (6... Bb4+ $5 7. Bd2
Bd6 {Fradkin,B (2454)-Radulski,J (2594) Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 14th 2010 (5)
0-1}) 7. O-O O-O {(=)} 8. Rd1 (8. b3) (8. Bf4) (8. Nbd2) 8... b6 9. b3 {
[%cal Gb1c3]} (9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 (10. e4 dxc4 11. a4 (11. b3 $5 cxb3 12. axb3
a5 (12... c5 13. d5 $1) 13. Bf4 $44 Rc8)) 10... dxc4 11. Nd2 Nd5 $1 {[%cal
Gd5f4]} 12. Nxc4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qc7 14. e3 {[%csl Ge5]}) 9... Bb7 (9... Ba6 {
Plus actif} 10. Nbd2 (10. a4 $5 Rc8 11. a5 c5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Qa2 Bb7 14. Ba3
{[%cal Ga3e7]})) 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 {Laisse un avantage durable aux
Blancs et il vaut mieux laisser la tension par la réaction c6c5} (11... c5 $142
12. exd5 exd5 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. d5 $36 Ne8 15. Nb5 {Kasparov,G (2775)-Kamsky,G 
(2345) New York exh 1989 (1) 1-0} (15. bxc4)) 12. Nxe4 (12. Ng5 $5 {[%cal
Gg2b7]}) 12... c5 13. Nxf6+ (13. Nfg5 $6 Nxe4 $11) 13... Bxf6 14. Ng5 {Un
thème classique pour exploiter la force du Bg2 et TARTAKOVER qualifiait même
cette diagonale de "voie lactée"} Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. dxc5 $1 {L'avance de
développement des Blancs rend trés dangereuse l'acceptation du sacrifice du Bb7
} Bxc1 (16... Bf6 17. Bb2 {Lobron,E (2495)-Sehner,N (2315) Bundesliga 8485
1984 [2] 1-0} (17. c6 $5 $146 {Curieusement personne ne semble avoir essayé ce
sacrifice de qualité qui semble pourtant logique après avoir joué dc5} Bxa1 18.
Ba3 Qf6 19. Bd6 $5 {[%csl Rc7]} (19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxf8 Rd8 21. Bxg7 $1 {
Bien évidemment un coup d'ordinateur!} Qxg7 22. c7 {[%csl Gc7]} Rf8 23. c8=Q
Rxc8 24. Bxc8 $14) 19... Rxb7 20. cxb7 Re8 (20... Rd8 21. Bc7) 21. b4 $1 {
[%cal Gc4c5] la majorité de l'aile-dame est trés rapide} Be5 22. Qa4 {[%csl
Rd7,Re8]} Rd8 23. b8=Q Nxb8 24. Bxe5 Qe7 (24... Rxd1+ $2 25. Qxd1 {[%csl Rd8]})
25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd7 $40 {[%csl Ra7,Gd7,Rg8]})) 17. Raxc1 $32 {[%cal Gd1d8]} (
17. c6 $143 Bg5) 17... Rxb7 18. c6 Rc7 19. cxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rd1 {
la position s'est applanie et malgré la majorité de l'aile-dame, le matériel
est trop réduit pour donner des chances réelles aux Blancs} Qe7 22. Qd3 Re8 23.
Qd7 Kf8 24. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Gd1d7,Gd7a7] Les Blancs continuent а garder une
petite initiative} a5 25. Qc6 Rd8 $11 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. c5 (27. Kg2) 27...
bxc5 28. Qxc5+ Ke8 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. h4 h6 31. Qc6 g5 $1 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Qc4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 g4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qa8 Qe1 38. Qd8 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qf5
40. Qd4 e5 41. Qc5 (41. Qe3) 41... Kg7 42. a3 Qh7+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+
45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Ke1 Qb1+ 47. Kd2 {Une partie combative malgré le fait qu'il
s'agissait d'une dernière sans enjeu et jouée le matin.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Mexico"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MEX"]

1. d4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6
8. b3 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 {This seems like a new idea, normally
white players automatically fianchetto. This move is very common in the Slav
or Semi-Slav games, trying to gain some space.  As usual, black has no real
weaknesses and a very solid position.} Bb4 $5 {JC Gonzalez is quite an
aggressive player, and probably didn't wish to go into a passive position with
dxe4, which would probably have yielded equality though.} (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Bb2 Bf6 $11) 12. e5 {Forced.} Bxc3 (12... Ne8 {Ribli} 13.
Bg5 $14 (13. Ng5 $14)) 13. Qxc3 Ne4 {White has obtained the bishop pair, but
it seems like an useless duo in such a closed position. All dogmas concerning
the pair of bishops to always be an advantage have long ago been decipated.
The strong N on e4 and the good control of light squares compensated for the
absence of the dark squared bishop, and all that represents.} 14. Qe1 f5 {
Maintaining the strong point.} 15. Ba3 {Ribli: 'Weiß hat Raumvorteil und er
kontrolliert stark die dunkelfarbigen Punkte. Der Stolz der schwarzen Stellung
ist der e4N, aber später kann Weiß den Springer entweder verjagen oder
tauschen.'} (15. exf6 {'!?' Ribli. Despite the fact that opening the position
is what strategy sais (white has the ^^), it is not desirable to open the f
file for black} Qxf6 $1 (15... Ndxf6 {Is much weaker in account of} 16. Ne5 $14
{Followed by f3-f4}) 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 $14 {Ribli}) 16... c5 $1 $13 {And white
has trouble maintaining his centre.}) 15... Rf7 (15... c5 $5 $132 {Ribli Das
wäre die prinzipielle Fortsetzung für Schwarz, in diesem Fall kann er die
Diagonale des b7-Läufers öffnen.}) 16. Nd2 h6 (16... c5 $2 {Ribli} 17. cxd5 $16
{Jetzt sehen wir, warum der f7R unglücklich steht - 17...exd5 geht nicht wegen
18.e6.}) (16... Nxd2 {Ribli} 17. Qxd2 $14 (17. Rxd2 $14)) 17. Rac1 {Already
planning on a future cxd5. White is clearly trying to make some progress on
the center, and trying to open up the position as much as he can.} (17. f4 $14
{Ribli Auf den ersten Blick ist dieser Zug weniger logisch, denn Weiß kann
nicht mehr f2-f3 ziehen, aber im folgenden kann er den starken e4-Springer
tauschen und er hat großen Raumvorteil.}) 17... Nf8 {Black, on the other hand,
is more concerned with maneouvering and improving his badly placed pieces.} 18.
Nxe4 $1 {A change in the structure, sustaining it wouldn't yield white
anything.} (18. f4 $6 g5 $36) (18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 f4 $14 {Its important
black has this move after f3, so that he doesnt really get smothered. White
should be somewhat better, but not that much.}) 18... fxe4 (18... dxe4 {Ribli}
19. Bd6 $16) 19. cxd5 $6 {Relieving the pressure too fast, better was} (19. Rc3
$1 $16 {Lets understand why:  White needs to rip the game apart, and the 100%
best way to do it is by playing f3. The faster this is played, the better,
since for the moment the N on f8 won't challenge anything.}) (19. Bd6 $14 {
Ribli}) 19... cxd5 {Now the rook is not able to go to c3, and f3 is starting
to become hard to play.} (19... exd5 {Ribli} 20. Bh3 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gh3][%cal
Rh3c8,Ga3f8]}) 20. Bd6 {Ribli: 'Der d6B steht sehr stark, Weiß hat die
Kontrolle über die dunkelfarbigen Punkte.'} Nh7 $1 {Suddenly blacks N is
threatening the strong Ng5-f3 maneouvre. White must do something, and his next
move is forced.  Ribli: 'Das schwarze Gegenspiel richtet sich gegen das
f3-Feld, es droht 21...Ng5 und 22...Nf3+.'} 21. h4 g5 $1 {Without fear! Black
senses his chance to initiate a king side initative. The sudden change in the
position is too much for Ioannis, and he soon collapses.  Ribli: 'Mit dieser
extravaganten Fortsetzung strebt Schwarz sofortiges Gegenspiel am Königsflügel
an.'} (21... Nf6 $14 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ge8d6] Ribli}) 22. Bh3 $2 {A greedy move,
which is nicely refuted, much better was} (22. Qe3 {'!?' Ribli.} Kg7 (22...
gxh4 {Ribli} 23. Qxh6 $16) 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 $13 {To attempt to create
counterplay over the c file.}) 22... gxh4 $1 {Black's rook (either!) is
worthless compared to the white squared bishop.  Ribli: 'Schwarz kümmert sich
nicht um die Verteidigung des e6-Bauern, er opfert eine Qualität.'} (22... Qd7
{Ribli}) 23. Bxe6 ({Still, it might not be too late for white to play} 23. f4
$1 {although after} exf3 (23... Qd7 $5) 24. Bxe6 Ng5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {Black
still has a powerful initiative.}) 23... Ng5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {The hole on f3 is
huge, black's king is much safer then his counterpart, since there is no way
to get to it.} 25. Qe3 Kg6 $1 {'©' Ribli. The king is in charge of its own
protection!  Ribli: 'Schwarz hat Kompensation für die Qualität, die weißen
Punkte sind geschwächt am weißen Königsflügel.'} (25... Nf3+ {Ribli} 26. Kg2
$16) 26. Rxc8 $2 {Hastens blacks attack, better was:  Ribli: 'Nach diesem
Tausch kommt der b7B über c8 ins Spiel.'} (26. Kg2 Nf3 (26... Qd7 {Ribli} 27.
gxh4 Nf3 28. Qf4 Kh5 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Qg3 $14) 27. Qf4 Qg5 $1 {And black
still has good compensation.} 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 $44 {[%csl Gh1]
[%cal Rh4h3,Rh3h2,Rh2h1]}) 26... Bxc8 27. Rc1 Qd7 $1 {Ganging up on whites
poor king, it was now imperative to flee.} 28. Be7 $2 (28. Kf1 Nf3 (28... Qg4
$36 {Ribli}) 29. Ke2 Qg4 $17 {Even though this is very scary for white.} 30.
Rc7 Nxd4+ 31. Kd2 Nf3+ 32. Kc1 d4 $17) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kf1 h3 $1 {And the pawn
joins the attack too!} 30. Bf8 Ba6+ {White king is caught, the rest requires
no more comments} 31. Rc4 Ng5 32. Kg1 dxc4 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. Be7
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Lputian} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7
{Die andere Möglichkeit wäre 6...Bd6 mit der Idee dxc4 und e6-e5.Ribli.} 7. O-O
O-O 8. b3 b6 {Wir haben den sogenannten geschlossenen Katalaner vor uns.
Schwarz möchte seine Entwicklung zum Abschluß bringen und mit c6-c5 Ausgleich
erreichen.} 9. Bb2 {Das ist ein natürlicher Entwicklungszug, aber in vielen
Varianten steht der Läufer auf c1 besser.} (9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Bf4 (10. Nd2 b5 (
10... Qc7 11. e4 Rfd8 12. Re1 Rac8 13. a4 Bb4 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3
c5 {0-1 Rotstein,A-Polak,T/Vienna op 1996 (43)}) 11. a4 (11. Re1 bxc4 12. bxc4
dxc4 (12... Qc8 13. Na4 Bb4 14. c5 e5 15. Bb2 e4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Re8 18.
Nf1 Nf8 19. Qa4 h5 20. f4 e3 21. Nd1 Bb5 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Qc3 Qa6 24. Nfxe3 Bxe2
25. Nf2 Nc7 26. Qd2 {1-0 Shuraev,A-Rustemov,A/Tula 1995 (54)}) 13. Qa4 Qc8 14.
Qxc6 Nb6 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. e3 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bh3 f5 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Bg2
Kh8 21. Qxd5 c3 {0-1 Sukharisingh,R-Vaganian,R/BL9697 1996 (35)}) 11... bxc4
12. bxc4 Rb8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qa5 15. Rfa1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2
Espig,L-Jacob,G/NRW-Cup Masters op 1997 (24)}) 10... Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qe8 12. e4
dxc4 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Ngxe5 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Almasi,Z/Groningen 1994/CBM 45 (25)}) (9. Rd1 $5 {Ich empfehle
diesen Zug. Wenn Schwarz 9...Ba6 spielt, antwortet Weiß mit 10.Nbd2, und auf 9.
..Bb7 folgt 10.Nc3.}) (9. Rd1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 9... Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 (11.
Nbd2 $5 {Wenn der schwarze Läufer auf a6 steht, empfehle ich diesen Zug. Die
Partiefortsetzung ist auch interessant, Weiß opfert einen Bauern.}) 11... Qc7
$5 $146 {Das ist ein logischer Zug. Schwarz öffnet die Stellung nicht, sondern
entwickelt zuerst seine Dame. Jetzt sehen wir den Nachteil von 9.Bb2. Mit dem
Läufer auf c1 wäre 12.Bf4 möglich.} (11... dxc4 12. Ne5 (12. bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qa4
(13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. e4 Nb4 $17) 13... b5 $17) 12... Nxe5 (12... cxb3
{Lputian} 13. axb3 Nb8 {=/+/-/+}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 (13... Nd5 14. Ne4 $13) 14. Ne4
Qc7 15. Nd6 Rcd8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nxc4 Nb7 18. Be4 {Paulsen,D-Schmidt,B/BL8182
1982/BL 80/0-1 (48)}) (11... b5 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Bb5 14. Ne1 Rb8 (14... Bxa4
$6 {Ftacnik ><b5}) 15. Nd3 Ne8 16. Rab1 a5 17. e3 f5 18. a3 (18. f3 $5 {
Ftacnik Hjartarson,J}) 18... bxa3 19. Bxa3 Nc7 20. Bc1 Na6 21. Nab2 e5 22. Bd2
e4 23. Nf4 Rf6 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. h4 {Tisdall,J-Hjartarson,J/
Reykjavik op 1996/CBM 52/[Tisdall]/1-0 (55)}) 12. e4 {Ohne diesen typischen
Zug hätte Weiß keine Hoffnung auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rac1
$11) (12. Nd2 $5) (12. Nd2 {Lputian} c5 $13) 12... dxc4 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 $14 {Weiß hat Vorteil im Zentrum und die freiere Stellung. In
dieser konkreten Stellung hat der Ba6 keine Zukunft.}) 13. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6]} (
13. h4 $5 {Lputian}) 13... b5 14. bxc4 b4 $1 {Ein ungewöhnliches Motiv.
Schwarz gibt seine Zentrumsstrategie zugunsten aktiven Flankenspiels auf.} (
14... bxc4 15. Nd2 (15. Bf1 $15 {Lputian}) (15. Rac1 {Ftacnik} Rb8 $13) 15...
Nb6 16. a4 $14) 15. Nb1 (15. Na4 {[%csl Ra4]} Qa5 (15... c5 {Ftacnik} 16. e5
Nd5 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 $13) (15... Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17.
e5 $14) 16. a3 $5 (16. Qc2 {Lputian} Nxe4 $17) 16... Qxa4 (16... bxa3 17. Bxa3
Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qb4 19. Rda1 Bxc4 (19... Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Nb2) 20. Qc2 $44)
(16... b3 17. Nc3 Rfd8 $13) 17. axb4 {[%cal Ra1a7]} Qxb4 18. Rxa6 $14) 15...
Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} (15... c5 {Lputian} 16. d5 exd5 (16... Nb6 17. d6 Bxd6 18. e5)
17. exd5 Nb6 18. Ne5 $13) 16. Nbd2 (16. Ne5 c5) 16... Na4 {[%csl Ga4,Rc3]} 17.
Rab1 (17. Nb3 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxc4 $1 $19) 17... c5 $1 $15 {Mit diesem Zug
übernimmt Schwarz die Führung.} 18. Rdc1 (18. d5 $2 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 exd5 20. exd5
Nxd5 $17 {[%cal Ga6e2]}) (18. e5 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga6e2]}) 18... Rfd8
19. dxc5 (19. e5 {Ftacnik} Nd5 20. Ne4 cxd4 $17) 19... Nxb2 (19... Nd7 {Lputian
} 20. Ba1 Ndxc5 21. Nb3 $15 (21. Rxb4 $2 Nd3 22. Rxa4 Nxc1 23. Qd1 Nd3 24. Rxa6
Bc5 $17)) 20. Rxb2 Qxc5 {Ftacnik: Two bishops and excellent pieces are
favourizing black's chances. Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, und die Schwächung
der schwarzen Felder in der weißen Stellung ist fühlbar. Ftacnik: Zwei Läufer
und herrliche Figuren favorisieren Schwarz.} (20... Bxc5 {Lputian} 21. Nb3 Bb7
22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. a3 $15) 21. Rbc2 (21. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Bxc4 22. Qe1 Qb6 $17)
21... Nd7 {Der Springer strebt nach e5 oder c5, in einigen Varianten ist Bf6
möglich.} (21... Bb7 {Lputian} 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Nfd4 $15) 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Nfd4 (
23. Qe1 {Ftacnik} Nc5 $15) 23... Ne5 {[%csl Rc4]} (23... Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25.
Nb3) 24. Bf1 {Ob es Weiß gefällt oder nicht: er muß den Pc4 mit dem großen
katalanischen Läufer verteidigen.} (24. Nb5 Qb6 {Es droht 25...Nxc4.} (24...
Qb8)) 24... Rd7 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Qe3 (26. f4 {Ftacnik} Nc6 $15) 26... Rcd8 {
[%cal Gd8d1] Schwarz hat nicht nur das Läuferpaar und Raumvorteil, sondern
auch viele potentielle Eindringungsfelder auf der d-Linie.} 27. Kg2 {Weiß
verhindert taktische Verwicklungen nach eventuellem ...Nf3.} (27. f4 $6 {
Dieser Zug erschwaecht die weisse Koenigsstellung.Ribli.} Nxc4 (27... Ng4 28.
Qf3 Qb6+ $6 29. c5) 28. Bxc4 Bxb5) (27. Rd2 $4 {Ftacnik} Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Rxd2 $19
) 27... h6 (27... Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 (29. Na5 Bf8 $17) 29... Qxb5 {
Der Bauerngewinn wäre auch möglich, aber Schwarz braucht nicht zu eilen.} (
29... Qxb5 {Lputian} 30. Rc7 a6 $17)) (27... h5 $5 {Lputian}) 28. N5d4 (28. Nc5
{Ftacnik} Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Bb7 30. Re1 Nc6 31. a3 a6 $19) {[#]} 28... Rxd4 $1 {
Eine schönes positionelles -"armenisches"- Qualitätsopfer. Tigran Petrosjan
wäre stolz.... Nach dem Partiezug fesselt Schwarz den Nd4 und entscheidet
damit die Partie, weil Weiß nichts tun kann, um sich von der Feßlung zu
befreien.} (28... Bb7 {Lputian} 29. c5 $13) 29. Nxd4 Bc5 {[%csl Gc5,Rd4,Gd8,
Re3]} 30. Rd1 Qd6 $6 (30... Qb6 31. Rcd2 (31. Nxe6 {Lputian} Rxd1 (31... Bxe3 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Re8 b3 $13) 32. Nxc5 Bc8 $1 (32... Rxf1
33. Nxa6 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rb1 35. c5 Nc6 $13) 33. h3 (33. Be2 Re1 $17) (33. a3
bxa3 34. Qxa3 Qb1 $19) 33... a5 {=/+/-/+}) 31... Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 $15 {
Schwarz hat einen Bauern für die Qualität, aber sein aktives Läuferpaar und
die Feßlung bieten dem Nachziehenden die besseren Aussichten.}) 31. Rcd2 Qb6 {
[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Rd4,Gd8,Re3]} 32. f4 $6 (32. Nf3 $5 {Meiner Meinung nach wäre
das die einzige Chance für Weiß, im Trüben zu fischen.} Bxe3 (32... Rf8 $1 {
Lputian} 33. Qf4 Nxf3 34. Qxf3 (34. Kxf3 f5 $17) 34... f5 $17) 33. Rxd8+ Kh7
34. Nxe5 Qa5 35. fxe3 Qxe5 $15 {[%csl Re3,Re4,Rg2]}) (32. Nxe6 {Ftacnik} Rxd2
33. Qxd2 Qxe6 $17) 32... Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 {[%csl Gc4,Gc5,Rg2] Ftacnik: White
has enormous problems to untangle at a reasonable cost. Ftacnik: Weiss kämpft
mit grossen Problemen, sich zu einem bezahlbaren Preis zu befreien .} 34. Kh3 (
34. g4 {Lputian} Bb5 {/\Ba4-/+}) 34... a5 $17 {Ich sehe nicht, wie Weiß sich
von der Feßlung befreien könnte; der Plan von Schwarz am Damenflügel hingegen
ist fast schon vom Brett abzulesen.} (34... e5 $1 {Lputian} 35. fxe5 (35. Nf5
Bxe3 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 $19) 35... a5 $19) 35. e5 (35. Kg2 {Ftacnik} a4 $17) 35...
Ba6 {[%cal Ga6b7,Gb7h1]} 36. Qe4 (36. g4 {Lputian /\f4-f5+/-}) 36... Bb7 37.
Qe3 a4 (37... h5 {Lputian} 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 a4 $19) 38. f5 $6 {
Psychologisch ist das verständlich: Weiß möchte einen aktiven Zug machen
-übrigens der erste in der Partie-, aber das kommt nur Schwarz zugute.} (38. g4
$1 {Lputian}) (38. Kh4 {Ftacnik} a3 39. Kh3 Bd5 40. Qe2 Bxa2 41. Rxa2 Rxd4 $17)
38... exf5 39. e6 (39. Qf4 {Ftacnik} g5 $1 $19) 39... Be4 {[%csl Ge4]} (39...
fxe6 $2 40. Qxe6+ Qxe6 (40... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 41. Qxb6 Bxb6 42. Nxf5 $14) 41.
Nxe6 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 $14) 40. exf7+ Kxf7 {[%csl Rh3] Nach der Zeitkontrolle ist
die weiße Stellung kritisch. Sein König befindet sich im Mattnetz, es droht z.
B. 41...Qg6 nebst 42...Qh5 Matt.} 41. Qe2 g5 $1 $19 {Droht 42...g4 43.Kh4 Qf6.}
(41... Rxd4 42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Qc4+ Kf6 44. Rxd4 (44. Qxd4+ Qxd4 45. Rxd4 $15))
(41... Bxd4 {Lputian} 42. Qc4+ Qe6 43. Qxe6+ Kxe6 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Rxd4 b3 46.
axb3 axb3 47. Rb4 Bd5 $19) 42. g4 (42. Nxf5 {Lputian} Bxf5+ 43. g4 Rxd2 44.
Rxd2 Be6 45. Qe5 Bf8 $19) (42. Qh5+ {Ftacnik} Kg7 43. Ne6+ Qxe6 44. Rxd8 g4+
45. Kh4 Be7+) (42. Qe3 {Ftacnik} g4+ 43. Kh4 Be7+ 44. Kh5 Qg6#) 42... Bxd4 43.
Qc4+ Bd5 44. Qxd4 fxg4+ {Und Weiß muß aufgeben, denn er verliert entweder die
Dame oder wird Matt gesetzt.Ribli.} (44... fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 (45. Kg3 Qc7+ 46. Kf2
Qxh2+ 47. Ke1 (47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Kf2 Qg2+ 49. Ke1 Re8+) 47... Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qf3+
49. Ke1 Re8+ $19) (45. Qxg4 {Ftacnik} Qe3+ 46. Qg3 g4+ 47. Kxg4 (47. Kh4 Qg5#)
47... h5+ 48. Kh4 Qe4+ 49. Kg5 Rg8+ $19) 45... Be6+ $19) (44... Bg2+ {Ftacnik}
45. Kxg2 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 f4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 {Das ist die
geschlossene Variante der Katalanischen Verteidigung - Schwarz nimmt nicht auf
c4, er möchte zuerst die Entwicklung des Damenflügels beenden und
möglicherweise c6-c5 durchsetzen.} 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 {Dieser Zug ist nicht
schlecht, aber die Entwicklung des Läufers auf b2 (8.b3) ist populärer.} b6 9.
cxd5 {Dieser Zug ist nicht ambitionös und gibt Weiß keine Hoffnungen auf
Eröffnungsvorteil.} cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Qd1
Rxc1 14. Rxc1 Qa8 15. Ne5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Gutman,L-Bischoff,K/Bremen 1998/CBM 68 
(62)}) (10. Qc6 Ba6 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Qa4 b5 $5 (12... Qc4 $11) 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nc3 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Bxe2 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11) 10... Bb7 11. Nb5 {Diese Aufbau
scheint mir gefährlicher bei b3-Damestellung - z.B. nach 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 b6 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Nb5, aber auch dort hat Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen.
} Ne8 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Nc3 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4,Gd6e4] Der Springer von d6
kontrolliert die wichtigsten weißen Zentrumsfelder c4 und e4.} 14. Qb3 $6 {
Weiß möchte seine Damenstellung verbessert, da z.B. nach Rc8 die Dame auf c2
weniger gut steht, aber das b3-Feld ist keinesweg gut für die Dame.} (14. Bxd6
{Mit diesem Zug gibt Weiß zwar das Läuferpaar auf, aber das hat keine große
Bedeutung in geschlossenen Stellungen.} Bxd6 15. e3 $11) (14. Qd3 $11) 14...
Nc4 $15 {[%csl Gc4] Weil Weiß nicht b2-b3 ziehen kann, steht der schwarze
Springer noch besser auf c4.} 15. e4 (15. Qc2 $142 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Rc8 $15)
15... b5 {Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem e4-Bauern, er verstärkt seine
c4-Springerstellung.} (15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxc4 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,
Yd5] Der d4P ist isoliert und Schwarz kontrolliert den d5-Punkt.}) 16. exd5
exd5 17. Qc2 {Es scheint mir, dass die weiße Dame nicht ihren Platz findet.
Weiß spielte schon 7.Qc2, dann 14.Qb3 und jetzt 17.Qc2.} g5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]
Eine originelle und gute Idee - Schwarz mobilisiert seinen Bauern am
Königsflügel.} 18. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Be3 f5 $15) 18... g4 19. Nh4 (19.
Ne5 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bg5 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Rg5c1]}) 19... Nxd2
20. Qxd2 Bg5 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Rg5c1] Mit diesem einfachen Motiv
verliert Weiß die Qualität. Die Schwächung des schwarzen Königsflügels bietet
Weiß nur geringe Hoffnungen auf Gegenspiel.} 21. Qd3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. Rf1
(23. Re1 Rae8 $17) (23. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Rac8 24. Rd1 $17) 23... b4 24. Nd1
Bc6 {[%cal Rc6b5,Rb5f1] Alles kommt mit Tempo für Schwarz, jetzt droht 24...
Bb5.} 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Rxe8 (26. Ne3 $142 a5 $17 (26... Bb5 27. Qb3 $132) (
26... Re6 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qd3 Rxa2 29. Qb3 $132 {[%cal Rb3a2,Rb3b4]})) 26...
Rxe8 27. Ne3 Bb5 28. Qd2 {Der b4P hängt und Weiß möchte seine Stellung mit
Nhf5 konsolidieren.} Nf6 29. Nhf5 (29. Qxb4 $2 Rxe3 $1 30. fxe3 (30. Qd2 Re5
$19) 30... Qxe3+ $19) 29... Bd7 30. Nd6 Re6 (30... Rb8 $17 31. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 32.
Ne4 Qh6 33. Nxd5 Qxd2 34. Nxd2 Be6 35. Ne4 Bxd5 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nxd5 b3 $19)
31. Nb7 (31. Qxb4 Rxe3 $1 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Ne8 $1 {Droht 33...Nxd6 und
34...Bb5# und Weiß hat keine Verteidigung.}) 31... Bb5 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Kh1 {
Weiß möchte 34.Qxb4 spielen und in diesem Fall 34...Rxe3 35.fxe3 Qxe3 kommt
nicht mit Schach.} Qg6 {[%cal Gg6b1,Gb1h1]} (33... a5 $17) 34. Qd1 h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h4][%mdl 128] Schwarz möchte mit h5-h4 am Königsflügel angreifen.} 35.
h4 gxh3 36. Bxh3 Qg5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 37. Qf3 h4 38. Kh2 (38. gxh4 Qxh4 $19)
38... hxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ne4+ 41. Kf4 (41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Nxd5 (42.
Nc2 a5 $19) 42... Rxd4 $19) 41... Nxc5 42. dxc5 d4 $19 {Schwarz hat eine klare
Qualität mehr im Endspiel und sein d-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} 43. Nc2 d3
44. Ne3 Re7 (44... d2 $19) 45. Bf1 d2 46. Bxb5 axb5 (46... Rxe3 $19) (46...
axb5 47. Nd1 Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Atlas,V} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O
c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 {Dieser natürliche Springerzug ist eine der beiden
Hauptfortsetzungen. Meiner Meinung nach bietet 8...b6 Schwarz jedoch bessere
Ausgleichschancen, denn danach bleibt Schwarz die Möglichkeit offen, den
Springer über a6 zu entwickeln.} (8... b6 $142 $5 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Na6 11.
Nc3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb4 {Das ist die Hauptidee des
Zuges 10...Na6 - der Springer gelangt a tempo nach d5.} 15. Qd2 (15. Qb3 Nd5
16. e3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 $11) 15... Nd5 16. Rac1 $11) 9. Rd1 b6 (9... Ne4 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 10. Bf4 Bb7 (10... Ba6 $6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Be3 f5
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Qe8 16. Bd4 $14) 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4
14. gxf4 {Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und Weiß einen Doppelbauern auf der
f-Linie. Dafür verfügt Weiß über Raumvorteil und positionellen Druck am
Damenflügel.} g6 {Dieser gegen f4-f5 gerichtete Sicherungszug wird selten
gespielt. Meiner Meinung nach bietet der Plan 14...Qc7 nebst 15...Rad8 Schwarz
gute Ausgleichschancen.} (14... Nf6 15. Ne5 (15. e3 Nd5 16. a3 Rc8 17. b4 Rc7
18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rac1 Qa8 21. Ng5 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Sokolov,I/
Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (41)}) 15... Nd5 16. e3 Rc8 17. Rac1 f6 (17... Bd6
18. Qa4 Bb8 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 f6 21. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Cifuentes Parada,R/
Cala Galdana 2001/CBM 84 ext (21)}) 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Qa4 Bb8 20. Ne4 Qe8 21. Rc2
g5 22. Ng3 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Sprenger,J-Sokolov,A/
Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (50)}) (14... Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 $5 {Schwarz bereitet c6-c5
vor. Stünde ein schwarzer Turm auf c8, so wäre dieser Plan schlecht, denn auf
c5 käme Nb5 und Bxb7, Nd6 mit Qualitätsgewinn.} (15... Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. a3
(17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qe4 Ba8 20. Qb1 c5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. dxc5 bxc5 23.
Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Atlas,V/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (46)}) 17... Rfd8 18. b4
Nf6 19. Qb1 Nd5 20. Ne4 h6 21. Ne5 Bf8 22. Rc2 Qe7 23. Rdc1 Qe8 24. Qb3 {
1-0 Loetscher,R-Atlas,V/Switzerland 2002/CBM ext 91 (65)}) 16. Rac1 (16. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Tukmakov,V/Basel 2001/CBM 80 ext (16)}) 16... Nf6 17. Ne5 c5
18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf6 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxc5 23. b4 Qb5
24. Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Flumbort,A-Horvath,C/Budapest HUN 2003/ (24)}) 15. Rac1 (15.
Ne5 Qc8 16. Rac1 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. e3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qe8 20. a3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2
Bischoff,D-Olcayoz,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (38)}) (15. e3 Nf6 16. a3 Nd5 17.
Rac1 Rc8 18. Ne5 {Das ist eine Zugumstellung zur Variante 18.Ne5 - siehe unten.
}) 15... Rc8 16. e3 Nf6 17. a3 Nd5 18. b4 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4,Gd4,Gg2] Weiß hat
Initiative am Damenflügel - es ist nicht einfach für Schwarz - wenn es
überhaupt einen Weg gibt - den Ausgleichszug c6-c5 durchzusetzen.} (18. Ne5 Kg7
19. Qa4 a6 20. Qb3 Rc7 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Rd2 a5 24. Qd1 Qe8 25. Rdc2
$16 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Wolff,P/New York 1994/CBM 40 ext (55)}) 18... a5 {
Schwarz möchte die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar öffnen - das ist eine
verständliche Idee. Der Nachteil des Textzugs zeigt sich jedoch in der
nachhaltigen Schwächung des Schlüsselfeldes c5.} (18... Rc7) 19. bxa5 bxa5 (
19... b5 20. Rb1 $1 Ba6 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Na4 Qa7 24. Nc5 $16) 20.
Qb3 $1 $14 (20. Ne4 Ba6 (20... c5 21. Qb2 Ba6 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 (23. Rxd5
$6 exd5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 $15) 23... Rxc5 24. Ne5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 $14) 21. Nc5 Bxc5
22. dxc5 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {Anschließend kann Schwarz Rb8 ziehen.}) 20...
Ba6 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Ra1 $1 {Es ist selten, dass ein solch passiver Zug
dermaßen stark ist. Es droht einfach Ne4 und Rdc1 mit deutlichem positionellen
Vorteil.} Rb8 (22... f6 $2 23. Nxc6 $1 Nxc3 (23... Rxc6 24. Nxd5 $18) 24. Qxc3
Kg7 25. Rdb1 $16) (22... Nxc3 23. Qxc3 c5 24. Qxa5 $16) (22... Qc7 23. Rdc1 $16
) 23. Qc2 Rfc8 24. Ne4 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ge4c5,Re4d6][%mdl 32] Atlas,V: 'White
has a stable advantage.'} Qc7 25. Rdc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Bb5 26. Nc5 Bxc5 (26...
a4 {(Atlas,V) was to be preferred.}) 27. Qxc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc1c8]} a4 {
Schwarz unterbindet 28.a4.} (27... f6 28. Bh3 $1 $16) {[#]} 28. f5 $1 $16 {
Atlas,V: 'A very strong move, yielding White a very dangerous attack.' 
"Spielen an beiden Flügeln - das ist meine Lieblingsstrategie", sagte der
vierte Weltmeister der Welt, Aljechin. Mit dem Textzug wäre er sehr zufrieden.}
gxf5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Kh1 {[%cal Rc1g1,Rg1g8][%mdl 128]} f6 $2 (30... Kh8 $8
31. Qd6 (31. Rg1 Rf8 32. Rg5 $1 f6 33. Rxf5 Rbe8 (33... Qc8 34. Qe7 Rb7 (34...
Qxf5 35. Rg1 $18) (34... Qe8 35. Qxe8 Rbxe8 36. Nd7 Bd3 37. Rf4 Rf7 38. Ne5 $18
) 35. Qd6 $18) 34. Rg1 (34. Rf4 Rg8 35. Qd6 $1 (35. Rxf6 $2 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Qg7
$19) 35... Qxd6 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Nxd6 Re6 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Rg1+
Kf8 41. Nb7 $16 {[%cal Gb7c5]}) 34... Qd8 (34... Qc8 $2 35. Qa7 $18) 35. Ng4
Rg8 $14) 31... Qxd6 32. Nxf7+ Kg7 33. Nxd6 Rf8 34. Nxb5 cxb5 35. Rc5 $16) ({
Leads to a spectacular mate final. More stubborn was} 30... Be2 {Atlas,V}) 31.
Rg1+ Kh8 32. Qd6 $3 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Gd6,Ge5,Gg1,Rh8][%cal Rd6f6,Rf6h8] Atlas,V:
'An impressive queen sacrifice wins immediately. Black resigned in view of
inevitable mate:'} (32. Qd6 Qxd6 (32... fxe5 {Atlas,V} 33. Qf6+) 33. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 {
Wenn Schwarz nicht auf c4 nimmt -die geschlossene Katalanische Verteidigung-
kann er -wie in unserer Partie- mit kleinen normalen Entwicklungszügen
beginnen und später c6-c5 spielen.Ribli.} 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 {Das ist eine
Alternative, aber - meiner Meinung nach- steht die Dame auf c2 flexibler.})
8... Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 (10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 (11. Qxc4 Ba6
12. Qc2 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qc5 14. Nc3 $36 {[%csl Rc5]}) 11... Qxd4) (10... Nfd7 11.
Nd3 a5 $5 (11... Nf6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 $14 {Horvath,Jo-Roos,C Bischwiller
1997.})) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qc8 14. Qa4 Qb7 15. Nc3 a6 16.
Rfe1 $1 b5 17. Qb3 Qa7 18. e4 $36 {Horvath,Jo-Horvath,Gy.Ung.
Mannschafftmeisterschafft 1996/97.}) 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 (10... Ba6 11. Nbd2
Rc8 (11... Nh5 $5) 12. e4 dxc4 (12... dxe4 13. Ne5) 13. Nxc4 Nxe4 14. Nfe5 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nd6 16. Qa4 $14 {Horvath,Jo-Kiss,A Zalakaros 1995.}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 (
11... Nh5) (11... dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 {Ein bekanntes Motiv
in dieser Eröffnung. Der weiße Doppelbauer ist nicht schwach, und der Pf4
kontrolliert das Feld e5.} Qc7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rab1 Nf6 (16... c5 $2 17. Nb5
Qb8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nbd6)) 12. Rac1 (12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. h3 (14.
Rac1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Nogueiras,J/Novi Sad olm 1990}) 14... b5
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c5 b4 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Bf1 Rb8 19. b3 Bb5 20. Nb2 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rb7 24. Na4 Qb8 25. Nc3 Bf6 26. Bd4 Re8 {Beliavsky,
A-Jussupow,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58/[Ernst]/0-1 (39)}) 12... Nh5 {Eine gute
Zugfolge für Schwarz. In anderen Varianten ist nach Nh5 das Läufermanöver
Bc1-b2 gut für Weiß, aber nach 12.Rac1 besteht diese Möglichkeit nicht mehr.}
13. Bd2 $146 (13. Be3 Bd6 (13... f5 $2) 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bh3 f5
17. Bg5 Qf7 18. e3 Rce8 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bh6 Ng7 22. Ne2 Kh8 23. Nf4
Rc8 24. Bg2 Nf6 25. Bg5 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Ginting,N-Tiviakov,S/World Cities 1997/
EXP 58}) 13... Nhf6 {Das ist ein verstecktes Remisangebot.} (13... f5) 14. b3
c5 $11 {[%cal Gc8c2] Schwarz hat eine angenehme Stellung erreicht. Der weiße
Bd2 steht schlecht.Ribli.} 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf4 $6 (16. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 (16...
exd5 17. Qd3 (17. Qf5) (17. Bf4) (17. Bg5)) 17. Qb2 $5) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Qe7
$15 {Schwarz hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und gutes Figurenspiel.} 18. Ng5
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h6 20. Nge4 e5 $5 (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6) (20... Ba3 21. Bd6
Bxd6 22. Nxd6) 21. Nxc5 (21. Bd2 Ba3 22. Rb1 Rxc4 $17) 21... Qxc5 (21... Rxc5
22. Be3 Rxc4 $2 23. Nd5 Rxc2 24. Nxe7+ $18) 22. Be3 Qxc4 {Schwarz hat einen
Bauern mehr, aber das weiße Figurenspiel funktioniert gut. So ist es alles
andere als einfach, diesen Materialvorteil zu verwerten.} 23. Qf5 $1 Qc6+ (
23... Qb4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qc4 27. Rxd7 Qxc1 28. Rxa7 $11)
24. f3 Qb7 25. Kf2 {Ein profilaktischer Zug: Weiß beugt eventuellen Drohungen
auf der Diagonale a8-h1 vor.} Rc6 (25... a6 $5) 26. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 {Schwarz hat minimalen Materialvorteil, aber alle weißen Figuren stehen
aktiv.} Qa6 $6 (27... a6 $5 28. Rc7 (28. Nd6 Qd5 29. Nc4 b5) 28... Qd5 29. Nc3
Qd6 $17 {[%csl Rc7]}) (27... Nd5 28. Nd6 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Qd5 $1 30. Qxd7 Qd4#)
28. Qb1 $44 Nd5 (28... Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Nxa7 $11) 29. Nc7 Nxc7 30. Rxc7 {
[%csl Gc7]} Nf6 (30... Nc5 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qd6 33. Qc2 $11) 31. Qb3 {
[%csl Ra6,Gb3,Gc7,Rf8]} Qa5 32. Re7 e4 {Schwarz hat nach wie vor
Materialvorteil, aber es ist nicht leicht voranzukommen. Mit dem Partiezug
wird Weiß erlaubt, seinen Läufer zu aktivieren.} (32... h5) 33. Bd4 {[%csl Gb3,
Gd4,Ge7]} Qh5 {Schwarz kann nach dem Partiezug seinen Turm befreien, zugleich
hängt Ph2.} 34. h4 (34. Kg2) 34... exf3 35. exf3 Rd8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Qc3 $11
(37. Rxa7 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. g4 $11) 37... Qf5 38. Qc4 (38.
Rxa7 Rd3 39. Qc6 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Rd8 41. Kf2 $11) 38... Rd5 (38... Qd5 39. Qxd5
Rxd5 40. Rxa7 $11) 39. g4 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 41. Rxa7 {Die Bauernschwächen in
der schwarzen Stellung haben keine Bedeutung - die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}
Kg7 42. Kg3 b5 43. Kf4 {Und hier einigte man sich auf Remis.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Nc3 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung spielt Weiß gewöhnlich 9.Rd1 (ein
nützlicher Wartezug) und im Falle von 9...Ba6 kann Weiß 10.Nbd2 spielen, weil
im Falle von 9...Bb7 schon 10.Nc3 kommt.} Ba6 10. e4 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern,
aber ich bin gar nicht überzeugt, ob Weiß im Folgenden (ausreichende)
Kompensation hat. Statt der Partiefortsetzung ist der gewöhnliche Zug 10.Rd1,
aber in diesem Fall hat auch Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung.} dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxc4
12. Rd1 Rc8 $15 {[%mdl 4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und auch wenn Weiß
Raumvorteil im Zentrum und Chancen auf Initiative hat, ist das keine
ausreichende Kompensation.} (12... Ba6 13. h4 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16.
Bh3 Bb4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Bf1 a5 21. Qe3 Ba6 {1/2-1/2
Pinchuk,S-Trajkovic,P/Nikea 2002/CBM 89 ext (54)}) 13. a4 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qxa7 Rc7 $17) 13... Ba6 14. Bf4 (14. a5 b5 $15) (14.
Bg5) 14... Re8 15. h4 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 $11) 15... Bb7 16. Rab1 $6 (
16. a5 $5 b5 (16... c5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 $44 (18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Ra8 $15)
18... cxd4 19. Nxd4) 17. a6 Ba8 $15) 16... b5 $36 {Mit diesem Zug übernimmt
Schwarz die Führung am Damenflügel.} (16... c5) 17. Qa2 (17. axb5 $2 cxb5 $17)
17... b4 $17 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Ne4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 c5 $17) (19. Ne2 c5 $17
) 19... cxd5 {Schwarz hat jetzt einen klaren Bauern mehr und er möchte seinen
b4-Bauern mit a7-a5 verteidigen.} 20. a5 Ba6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6c4] Schwarz
hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern auche eine sehr aktive Läuferstellung
auf a6.} 21. Bd2 Bc4 22. Qa4 b3 23. Bf1 (23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Nb8 $19 {
[%cal Rb8c6,Rc6b4,Rc6a5]}) 23... Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gd7a4] Schwarz geht mit
dem Springer zurück und bereitet Qd7 vor.} 24. Rdc1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 (25. Qa1 Na6
$19) 25... Nxd7 26. Be1 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4]} f6 (26... Bxf1 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Kxf1 Rb8 $17) 27. Bxc4 (27. Nd2 b2 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Nxc4 fxe5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
31. Nxe5 Rc1 $17) 27... Rxc4 (27... dxc4 28. Nd2 fxe5 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4
exd4 31. Rxb3 $17) 28. Nd2 (28. Rxc4 dxc4 $19) 28... Rxc1 29. Rxc1 b2 {[%csl
Gb2] Der schwarze b-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} 30. Rc2 (30. Rb1 Rb8 $19)
30... Rb8 31. Nb1 Bb4 $1 $19 32. Kf1 fxe5 33. Rc7 exd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 34. a6
Nc5 35. Rxa7 Bxe1 36. Kxe1 Rc8 37. Ke2 e5 38. Na3 e4 39. h5 d3+ 40. Kd2 Nb3+
0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Nezad, Husein Aziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 {
Mit Zugumstellung ist die sogenannte Geschlossene Variante der Katalanischen
Eröffnung erreicht worden. Schwarz möchte im folgenden zuerst die Entwicklung
des Damenflügels fortsetzen und auf den Befreiungszug c6-c5 spielen.} 8. Bf4 (
8. b3 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 (11. Bb2 dxc4 (11... Qc7 12. e4 dxc4 (
12... Rfd8 13. e5 Ne8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. h4 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rc6 18. Ne2
Rdc8 19. Nf4 {1-0 Bischoff,K-Bezold,M/Baden-Baden Hofmann Cup 1995/EXT 95 (35)
1-0}) (12... Qb8 $6 13. Ne5 $5 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. h4 Bb4 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17.
e5 $14 {1-0 Filippov,V-Shaposhnikov,E/St. Petersburg 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli Zoltán]
(35)}) 13. e5 (13. Qe2 b5 14. bxc4 b4 $1 15. Nb1 Nb6 16. Nbd2 Na4 17. Rab1 c5
$1 $15 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Lputian,S/Lucerne 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (44)}) (13. h4 $5)
13... Nd5 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Ne4 b5 16. Neg5 g6 17. h4 $44 {0-1 Van der Linden,
B-Blecken,V/Ruhrgebiet 1999/EXT 2001/(36)}) 12. e4 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Na4 Qa5
15. Nd2 Bb5 16. Nc3 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Bf1 Nb6 {0-1 Barbero,G-Horvath,J/
Lisbon POR 2000/(46)}) 11... dxc4 12. e5 Nd5 (12... Ne8) 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne4
b5 15. Neg5 g6 16. Qe4 (16. h4 c5 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20.
h5 $40 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Boric,M/Vecernjakov GP, Sarajevo BIH 1998/[Ribli Zoltán] 
(33)}) 16... Re8 (16... Nc3) 17. Bd2 Nf8 18. Qh4 Be2 19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Kg7
21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Rc4 {0-1 Kornev,
A-Ulko,J/Voronezh RUS 2003/(45)}) 8... Nh5 ({Ich empfehle} 8... b6 $5 {, da
Weiss nach 8...Nh5 (wie in der Partie geschehen) seinen Läufer auf b2
platzieren kann.}) 9. Bc1 Nhf6 {Das ist ein indirektes Remisangebot, da
Schwarz wahrscheinlich (weil er 200 Elo-Punkte weniger hat) nach 10.Bf4 Nh5
die Züge wiederholen möchte.} 10. Rd1 b6 11. Nc3 {Der Wartezug 11.b3 hat eine
bessere Reputation als die Partiefortsetzung.} (11. b3 {Nach dieser
strategischen Pointe kann Weiss nach 11...Bb7 schon 12.Nc3 spielen, weil auf
11...Ba6 12.Nbd2 kommt.}) 11... Ba6 12. b3 Rc8 {Schwarz kümmert sich (noch)
nicht um den c4-Bauern. So ist die Stellung wie in der Variante zu 8.b3 b6 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10.R d1 R c8 erreicht worden.} 13. Bb2 (13. e4 $5 dxc4 14. Ne5 (14. Nd2
cxb3 15. axb3 Nb8 16. Nf3 $44) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. f4 $44)
13... dxc4 14. e4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Weiss hat ein starkes Bauernzentrum und
ein aktives Figurenspiel, was Kompensation für den Bauern bietet.} Qc7 (14...
cxb3 $5 15. axb3 Nb8 $13) 15. h3 {Dieser prophylaktische Zug ist gegen die
Möglichkeit Ng4 gerichtet, zum Beispiel kann Schwarz in der Variante 15...e5
16.dxe5 (oder 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5) jetzt nicht 16...Ng4 ziehen.} (15. e5 Nd5
16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Ne4 b5 18. Neg5 g6 19. Qe4 $44 {[%cal Ge4h4]} (19. h4 $44))
15... Qb8 (15... Rfd8) 16. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6]} b5 (16... e5 17. bxc4 (17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5) 17... exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. e5 $14)
20. Qc2 $44) 17. bxc4 bxc4 (17... b4 18. Na4 $14) 18. Qc2 (18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Bc1
Rfd8 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Qc2 $44) 18... Nb6 19. Rab1 Bb7 (19... c5 20. dxc5 (20. d5
$44) 20... Bxc5 21. e5 Nfd7 22. Ng5 $44) 20. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1f4,Gc1g5,Gf4b8] Es
ist interessant zu sehen, wie Weiss seine Läuferstellung wieder verbessern
möchte, jetzt nimmt er die Felder f4 und g5 ins Visier.} Qa8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal
Gc6c5,Ga8g2] Die Dame steht auf den ersten Blick scheinbar passiv auf a8, aber
die schwarze Idee ist c6-c5.} 21. Bg5 (21. e5 Nfd7 22. Bg5 $44) 21... h6 (21...
c5 $5 22. d5 exd5 23. e5 d4 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 (25... Bxf3 26. Qf5 Qc6
(26... Bxg2 27. Qg5 g6 28. Qh6 $18) 27. Bxf3 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Nb5 c3 30.
Rbc1 $16) 26. Qf5 dxc3 27. Qxf6 c2 28. Qg5+ $11) 22. Bxf6 {Das ist die
automatische Antwort, aber 22.e5!? kommt stark in Betracht.} (22. e5 $5 hxg5
23. Nxg5 g6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nge4 Bg7 26. Nc5 $44 {[%csl Gc5]}) 22... Bxf6 23.
a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} c5 24. a5 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Rcd8 {Schwarz stellt den c8-Turm auf
d8, um so in späteren Varianten das Motiv Nb5-Nd6 zu vermeiden.} (25... Rfd8
26. Ndb5 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Gb5d6,Gd6c8,Gd6b7]}) 26. Ndb5 {
[%csl Gb5][%mdl 2048] Das aktive Figurenspiel gibt Weiss ausreichende
Kompensation für den Bauern. Im folgenden kann er sogar den c4-Bauern
zurückgewinnen.} (26. Nce2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Nxd4) 27... Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Nd7 29.
Nb5 Qd8 30. Nxa7 Qc7 31. Nb5 Qxa5 32. Qxc4 $11) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Nd7 28.
Nd6 (28. Qxc4 $11) (28. Ne3 $11) 28... Bc6 29. Nxc4 $11 {Die Stellung ist
materiell gleich. Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, aber die weissen Figuren stehen
etwas aktiver.} (29. Qxc4 Be7 30. Nb5 Rc8 $15) 29... Nc5 (29... Bd4 $5) 30. Nd6
Rd8 31. Nxf7 $5 (31. Qxc5 Be7 32. Nc3 Bxd6 33. Qe3 Be5 34. Ne2 $11) 31... Kxf7
32. Qxc5 Bxe4 33. Ne3 Bxg2 34. Nxg2 {Weiss hat die bessere Bauernstruktur,
aber da der e6P ist die einzige Schwäche bei Schwarz darstellt, müsste Schwarz
seine Stellung halten können.} Kg8 35. Qe3 $6 (35. Qc7 $142 $14) 35... Rd6 36.
Nf4 Bd4 37. Qb3 (37. Qe2 e5 38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Ne2 $11) 37... Qe4 38. Rd1 Kh7 39.
Kh2 e5 {Der ehemals schwache e-Bauern sichert nun den Stand der beststehenden
schwarzen Figur - den Läufer d4.} 40. Ng2 $2 (40. Qd3 Qxd3 41. Nxd3 Bc3 $17) (
40. f3 Qf5 41. Ne2 $11) 40... Rf6 $17 {[%csl Rf2]} 41. f4 exf4 42. Nxf4 (42.
gxf4 Rg6 43. Qa2 Be3 44. Rf1 Rd6 $17) 42... g5 (42... Be5 43. Qd3 Qxd3 44. Rxd3
(44. Nxd3 Bc3 $17) 44... Bxf4 45. gxf4 Rxf4 (45... Rf5 46. a6 (46. Ra3 Rxf4 $17
) 46... Rf6 47. Rd7 Rxa6 48. Kg3 $15) 46. Rd7 a6 47. Ra7 Rf6 $17) 43. Rc1 $2 (
43. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 44. Qb7+ Kg8 45. Qb3+ Kf8 46. Ne6+ Rxe6 47. Qxe6 $11) 43...
gxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Auch in Gewinnstellungen sollte man immer vorsichtigt
sein! Dieser Zug verliert sofort.} (43... Rxf4 44. gxf4 (44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. gxf4
Qxf4+ {[%cal Rf4c7,Rf4h2]}) 44... Qxf4+ {[%cal Rf4c1,Rf4h2]}) 44. Rc7+ $18 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc7,Rh7]} Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf5 46. Qg4+ (46. g4+ Ke5 47. Re7+ $18) 46...
Ke5 47. Re7+ Kd5 48. Qd7+ Rd6 49. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 {Dieser Zug wird
selten gespielt. Ich muss allerdings anmerken, dass die Varianten mit 6...dxc4
weniger gut für Schwarz sind.} Nbd7 {Mit dem Textzug (oder mit 6...c6) wählt
Schwarz die sogenannte Geschlossene Variante.} (6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 (7. Nbd2 $14
b5 $2 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ng5 $18) 7... a6 8. Bf4 $14) (6... c5 $1 {
Das ist die beste Möglichkeit für Schwarz, hier hat er ausgezeichnete Chancen
auf Ausgleich.} 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 cxd4 {Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz mindestens
gleiche Chancen.}) 7... Qa5+) 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 {Dieser Läuferzug ist nicht
schlecht, aber meiner Meinung nach bietet 8.b3 Weiß bessere Chancen.} b6 9.
cxd5 {In unserer Partie ist Wei0 mit diesem Zug zwar erfolgreich., aber es ist
doch eine genügsame Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen (9.Nbd2 oder 9.Rd1) halten
die Spannung aufrecht.} cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Bc7 Qe8 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13.
Bf4 $11 (13. Nb5 $6 Nc5 $1 14. a4 Na6 $15)) 10... Ba6 {Der einfache Läuferzug
10...Bb7 wäre m.E. sicherer für Schwarz.} (10... Bb7 $5 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. Qb3 (
12. Qd1 Ne8 13. Rc2 g5 14. Bd2 Nd6 15. Rac1 f6 16. Ne1 f5 17. Nd3 Re8 $11 {
Andersson,U-Bareev,E Ubeda 1997 Remis (27)}) 12... a6 13. a4 Rc4 14. Na2 Rxc1+
15. Rxc1 Qa8 16. Ne5 Rc8 $11 {Ortega Ruiz,J-Sorokin,M Linares Anibal op  2000
0-1 (59)}) 11. Rac1 (11. Rfc1 Qc8 12. Ne5 Qb7 13. e4 Rac8 14. exd5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nxd5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. h4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {Khalifman,
A-Janjgava,L URS-ch sf 1988  Remis (40)}) 11... b5 $5 {Dieser Zug ist ein
wenig unnatürlich aber nicht schlecht - in der Folge kann Schwarz b5-b4 ziehen
und damit verhindern, dass der Ba6 eingeschlossen wird.} 12. a3 Rc8 $2 (12...
b4 $142 $1 13. axb4 Bxb4 $11) 13. Qd3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 32] Jetzt hängt der Pb5,
und Weiß kann seinen positionellen Plan (b2-b4) doch noch realisieren.} (13. b4
Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]}) 13... Nb6 $2 (13... Qa5 $6 14. b4 Qxa3 $2 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxb4
16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Ra1 Bb7 18. Rfb1 Qc4 (18... Qe7 19. Qxb5 $16) 19. Qxc4 Rxc4
20. Nd2 $16) (13... Qb6 $8 14. b4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Yc5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3,Gb3c5]})
14. a4 $1 (14. Nxb5 $2 Qd7 $19) 14... Nc4 15. axb5 $16 {Weiß hat einfach einen
Bauern mehr.} Bb7 16. b3 {Der Textzug vertreibt den stolzen Nc4.} Nd6 17. Na4 {
[%cal Ga4c5]} Nfe4 18. Ne5 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Ge5c6]} (18. Nc5 $16) 18... Qa5 19.
Nc6 Bxc6 20. bxc6 {[%csl Gc6] Der weiße Pc6 ist sehr stark.} Rc7 21. f3 $1 {
Weiß bereitet mit diesem Zug die Öffnung der Stellung mittels e2-e4 vor.} Nf6
22. e4 Nh5 23. Be3 g6 {Schwarz muss so spielen, ansonsten kommt Weiß mit 24.e5
und 25.g4.} 24. Rfd1 Rfc8 25. exd5 exd5 26. Bh3 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh3c8]} f5
27. Bd2 {Dieser Zug kommt mit Tempo, anschließend besetzt Weiß die e-Linie.}
Qb5 28. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Ge3e6]} Bf6 29. Bf1 Qb8 30. Qe6+ $18 {Das
Eindringen der weißen Dame nach e6 entscheidet die Partie.} Nf7 31. Ba5 {
[%mdl 2048]} (31. Qxd5 $18) 31... Qxb3 32. Nc5 (32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Nc5 Qb6 35. Ne6+ Kh6 36. Nxc7 $18) 32... Qb2 33. Bxc7 Bxd4+ (33... Rxc7 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ $18) 34. Rxd4 (34. Kh1 $18) 34... Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 Ra8 36. Nb3 (
36. Bb8 Rxb8 37. c7 Rf8 38. c8=Q $18) 36... Qf2 37. Qe2 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Feletar, Darko"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brijeg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ {Nach meiner persöhnlichen Meinung hat
Schwarz in dieser Variante gute Chancen auf Ausgleich.} 5. Bd2 Be7 {Auf den
ersten Blick sieht es aus, als ob Schwarz ein Tempo verloren hat, aber in
Wirklichkeit steht der Läufer auf d2 weniger gut als auf c1 - zum Beispiel ist
die Entwicklung des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers mit b3-Bb2 nicht möglich.} 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 {Schwarz spielt die geschlossene Variante, was die
Hauptidee des Zugs 4...Bb4+ ist.} (8... Nbd7) 9. Bf4 {Wenn der Läufer sich
nicht mit b3 - Bb2 entwickeln kann, spielt Weiß gewöhnlich diesen Läuferzug.}
Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {Diese Springerentwicklung ist natürlich möglich,
aber - ich glaube - 11.Nc3 ist chancenreicher für Weiß.} (11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3
Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. e4 c5 17. exd5 cxd4 18. Nc6 Bxc6
19. dxc6 Ne5 20. Nb5 Nxc6 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Rac1 Bc5 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Be5 Qe7
25. Nxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D-Jussupow,A/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (25)}) (11. Nc3 {
Nach diesem Springerzug kann Schwarz entweder 11...Rc8 ziehen oder mit 11...
dxc4 12.Nd2 Nxf4 13.gxf4 Qc7 fortsetzen.}) 11... Nh5 {Das ist ein typisches
Motiv in dieser Variante - Schwarz kann den f4-Läufer tauschen oder f7-f5
ziehen.} 12. Ne5 {Dieser genügsame Zug gefäellt mir nicht - es wäre besser den
Läufer mit 12.Be3 auf dem Brett zu halten.} (12. Be3 Rc8 (12... f5 13. Nb3 Bd6
14. Nc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Ribli,Z/Baden-Baden 1992/CBM 33 (14)}) 13. Ne5
Nhf6 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Temirbaev,S-Ionov,S/Azov 1991/CBM 25 (14)}) (12.
Nf1 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxf4 14. gxf4 cxd5 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. Ng3 Ba6 17. Qd2 g6 18. e3
Nc6 {0-1 Kobylkin,E-Nadyrhanov,S/Krasnodar 1999/CBM 75 (42)}) (12. Be5 f6 13.
Bf4 Rc8 14. Bh3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 f5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Rac1
Qe7 20. e3 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Gavrjushin,O-Mchedlishvili,M/St Petersburg RUS 2002/
(87)}) 12... Nxf4 13. gxf4 Rc8 {Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und die bessere
Bauernstruktur, so hat er eine bequeme Stellung. Anderseits ist die Stellung
geschlossen, wo das Läuferpaar nicht so wirksam ist.} 14. Nxd7 (14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Qd3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qd7 17. Rdc1 Qa4 18. e3 Ba6 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Qd1 Bb4 21.
Nb3 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Osmanbegovic,S-Petran,P/AUT 1994/EXT 98 (41)}) (14. Qa4) 14...
Qxd7 $11 15. Qa4 {Weiß verlässt die c-Linie mit der Dame und möchte den Zug
c7-c5 verhindern.} (15. e3 c5 $15 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) (15. Nf3 $11) 15... b5 $1 16.
cxb5 cxb5 17. Qb3 (17. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 18. Qb6 Ra6 $19) 17... b4 (17... Qc6) 18.
Rdc1 (18. e3 Qc6 $15 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 18... a5 (18... Ba6 19. e3 Bb5 20. Bf1 $15
) 19. e3 Ba6 $15 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6f1] Auf diese Weise verbessert Schwarz
seine Läuferstellung.} 20. Qd1 (20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 Qb5 $15) 20... a4 {
[%csl Ga4,Gb4] Schwarz hat positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} 21. Rxc8 (21.
Bf1 $15) 21... Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 32] Nach diesem
Läuferzug kann Schwarz den Läufertausch vermeiden - es ist eine Seltenheit in
der Katalanischen Eröffnung, dass Schwarz einen so starken weißfeldrigen
Läufer hat.} 24. Bf1 Bf5 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5] Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und etwas
Raumvorteil am Damenflügel. Es ist wahr, dass Weiß die c-Linie kontrolliert,
aber es gibt dort keine Eindringungsmöglichkeiten.} 25. Be2 h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]
Schwarz macht ein Luftloch und später kann er eventuell g7-g5 spielen.} 26. b3
$6 {Es wäre besser nur zu warten und mit diesem Zug nicht zu eilen.} (26. Nf3
Bd6 $15 (26... f6 $15)) 26... a3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4]} 27. Nf3 Bd6 28. Ne1 (28. Ne5
Qb7 $15 {und Schwarz spielt 29...f6 und der Springer muss zurückgehen.} 29. Bd3
$2 Bxe5 30. Bxf5 Bxf4 $17) 28... f6 29. Bd3 Bh3 (29... Bxd3 $6 30. Nxd3 $15)
30. Qd1 (30. Bf1 $142 $5) 30... e5 {Natürlich muss Schwarz die Stellung für
sein Läuferpaar öffnen.} 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Yc3,Ge5,Gh3][%cal
Ge5c3]} 33. Qh5 Qg4+ $1 (33... Qe6 $15) 34. Qxg4 Bxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat
deutlichen Positionsvorteil in diesem Endspiel, aber der Gewinn ist sehr weit,
da das Material reduziert ist und es nicht leicht iat, am Damenflügel
einzudringen.} 35. f3 (35. Nc2 Bc3 36. Kg2 $15) 35... Bh5 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Nc2
Bc3 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Nd4 Be8 (39... Bxd4 40. exd4 $11) 40. Nc2 {Weiß kann nur
mit dem König und mit dem Springer manövrieren, da der d3B gegen die schwarzen
Eindringungsmöglichkeiten verteidigt.} (40. Bb5 $2 Bg6 $19 {[%cal Rg6b1,Rb1a2]}
) 40... Ke5 41. Kg4 (41. f4+ $15) 41... Bd2 42. f4+ (42. Kg3 Bxe3 $1 43. Nxe3
Kd4 $19) 42... Kf6 43. Kh4 Bf7 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kg3 Bd7 (45... g5) 46. Kf3 Bc3
47. Kg3 Bc8 48. Kf3 g5 $1 49. fxg5+ (49. Kg3 h5 $15) 49... Kxg5 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Gg5h4,Gh4h3]} 50. Nd4 (50. Kg3 h5 $15) 50... h5 51. Nc2 (51. Kg3) 51...
Bg4+ 52. Kg2 (52. Kg3) 52... Kh4 $17 {[%csl Gh4]} 53. Bh7 Be2 54. Kf2 Bd1 55.
Kg2 Kg4 56. h3+ $6 {Mit diesem Zug hat Weiß eine neue Schwäche - den h3P.} (56.
Bd3 Bf3+ 57. Kf2 $17) 56... Kg5 57. Bd3 Kh4 58. Bf5 Be2 59. Nd4 $2 (59. Bh7 $17
) 59... Bxd4 $1 60. exd4 Bd1 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3] Droht 60...Bxb3 mit
sofortigem Gewinn. Schwarz steht jetzt auf Gewinn - die weißen Bauern auf a2,
b3, h3 sind angreifbar und die schwarzen Figuren sind sehr aktiv.} 61. Bb1 Kg5
62. Kf2 (62. Kg3 h4+ 63. Kf2 Kf4 $19) 62... Kf4 $22 (62... Kf4 $22 63. Ke1 Bf3
$19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {Diese Variante mit 4...
Bb4+ und 5...Be7 ist sehr populär in der Großmeisterpraxis. Das Läufermanöver
ist kein Tempoverlust für Schwarz, weil der weiße Läufer in Wirklichkeit auf
d2 weniger gut steht als auf c1.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3) 8...
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 {Schwarz verhindert e2-e4.
Jetzt haben wir eine sogenannte Stonewallstellung, die typisch ist für die
Holländische Verteidigung.} (12... Nhf6 $6 {Dieser Springerzug wäre eine
Einladung zur Zugwiederholung.} 13. b3 $14) 13. b3 (13. a4 $6 a5 $13) (13. Rb1
$5) 13... Rc8 14. e3 Bd6 {Das ist ein typisches Motiv, Schwarz bereitet 15...
Qe7 vor.} 15. Bb2 Qe7 (15... Nhf6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Ne5 (17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Ne5 g5
19. Nfd3 Qg7 20. a4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Be7 22. a5 Nc5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 Ra8 25.
Rda1 {1-0 Franco Alonso,A-Pogorelov,R/Mondariz 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 17... Bxe5
18. dxe5 Ng4 19. a4 Ngxe5 20. a5 Ng4 21. axb6 axb6 22. Ra7 Nc5 23. h3 Nf6 24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 $44 {1-0 Miton,K-Hauchard,A/Belgium BEL 2004/(52)}) 16. Rac1
(16. a4 a5 17. Ne2 Nhf6 (17... c5 $5) 18. Nc1 Ne4 19. Nd3 c5 20. dxc5 Ndxc5 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Qb1 {1-0 Dragomirescu,A-Vajda,S/
Szombathely HUN 2004/(50)}) (16. Ne2 c5 $5) 16... Nhf6 $11 {Weiß hat einen
kleinen Raumvorteil, und das e5-Feld ist eine "ewige" Schwächung in der
schwarzen Stellung. Andererseits kann Schwarz seinen Springer auf e4
platzieren und die Stellung mit c6-c5 sprengen.} 17. Qb1 Ne4 18. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2f4,Gf4d3,Gd3e5] Weiß beginnt ein typisches Springermanöver (Nf4-Nd3-Ne5)
und zielt auf das Feld e5.} Ndf6 (18... c5 $5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 (19... exd5 20.
dxc5 (20. Nf4 $6 c4 $132) 20... bxc5 21. Nf4 $14) 20. Nf4 Bb7 $11) 19. Nf4 dxc4
$5 {[%mdl 4] Schwarz möchte die Diagonale des b7-Läufers öffnen mit c6-c5,
aber zuerst nimmt er auf c4.} (19... c5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Be5 $14
) 20. bxc4 (20. Rxc4 c5 $11) 20... c5 {Schwarz hat eine gesunde Stellung, die
Schwächung des e5-Felds hat keine große Bedeutung und im Falle von späterem
d4xc5 wird der weiße c4P isoliert.} 21. Nd3 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gd3e5,Gf3e5]} Ng4
$1 {Schwarz möchte im Falle von 22.Nde5 oder 22.Nfe5 den Springer auf e5
tauschen, und wenn Weiß das e5-Feld (welches eigentlich ein positionelles Loch
in der schwarzen Stellung ist) mit einer Figur besetzt, ist das viel besser,
als die Stellung mit weißem Bauern auf e5.} 22. Re1 {Weiß bereitet 23.h3 vor
und verteidigt zuerst seinen e3-Bauern.} (22. h3 $6 Nexf2 23. hxg4 (23. Nxf2
Nxe3 $36 {[%cal Re3d1,Re3g2,Gb7g2]}) 23... Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxg3 $17) 22... Ba6 {
[%cal Gc8c1,Ga6c4]} 23. h3 (23. dxc5 Nxc5 $15) 23... Ngf6 24. Nde5 {[%csl Ge5]
Endlich kann Weiß das e5-Feld mit dem Springer besetzen.} (24. Nfe5 $2 cxd4 25.
exd4 Nd2 $17 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rd2b1]}) 24... Bb7 (24... cxd4 $5 25. exd4 Nd7 $36)
25. Qd3 Rfd8 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. Red1 (27. Nd3 $11) 27... Bxe5 $1 {
Schwarz nutzt die Möglichkeit und nach dem Springertausch es wird der weiße
Bauer, der das e5-Feld besetzt, so dass e5 keine schwarze Schwäch mehr ist.}
28. dxe5 (28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 $11) 28... Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6a5] Schwarz
macht die d-Linie frei, wo er die Türme tauschen möchte. Schwarz spielt diese
Partie mit ausgezeichnetem strategischen Gefühl.} (28... Nf8) 29. Ne1 Rxd1 30.
Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nd3 (32. Qd3 $2 Qxd3 33. Nxd3 Ba6 $17) 32... Qd7 {
[%cal Gd7a4]} 33. Nf4 Nc6 {Jetzt können wir sehen, warum Schwarz 28...Nb8
spielte.} (33... g5 $2 34. Nh5 $16 {[%csl Yf6]}) 34. g4 Nd8 (34... Ne7 $11) {
[#]} 35. Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Der weiße Springer geht weg vom
Hauptkriegschauplatz. Ich glaube, Weiß war im Zeitnot, sonst es ist schwer
einen solchen Zug zu erklären.} (35. gxf5 exf5 36. Qh5 g6 37. Qe2 Ne6 38. Nxe6
Qxe6 39. Qd3 Qe7 $11) 35... Qd2 $1 $17 {Das Eindringen der schwarzen Dame auf
d2 zeigt, dass es schon Schwarz ist, der einen Vorteil besitzt.} 36. Bf1 (36.
Qxd2 Nxd2 37. Bxb7 Nxb7 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) (36. Kf1 Qxe2+ (36... Ba6 $17) 37.
Kxe2 Ba6 $17) 36... Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Yf3,Rg1,Gg5][%cal Rg5f3,Rf3g1,Gb7h1] Die
taktischen Motive helfen Schwarz auch. Es droht 37...Nf3+.} (36... fxg4 37.
hxg4 Ba6 $17) 37. f4 (37. Qxd2 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nxd2+ 39. Kg1 Nxf1 40. Kxf1 Ba6 $17
{[%csl Rc4][%cal Ra6f1]}) 37... Nxh3+ {Schwarz gewinnt einen Bauern.} 38. Kh2
Qxe2+ 39. Bxe2 Nf2 40. gxf5 (40. g5 Nc6 $17 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6a5]}) 40... exf5 {
[%cal Gd8e6] Nach dem Bauerntausch bekommt der d8N einen guten Platz auf e6.}
41. Ng3 g6 42. Kg1 Ne4 {Der e4N steht ausgezeichnet und Schwarz kontrolliert
sehr stark die weißfarbigen Punkten.} 43. Nf1 (43. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) 43... Kf7 44.
Bd3 h6 45. Nh2 Ne6 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Ge4,Ge6][%cal Gg6g5] Auf den ersten Blick
scheint es, dass die Aufgabe zu früh kommt, aber in Wirklichkeit kann Weiß die
Partie nur verlängern, aber er hat kein Gegenspiel und mit g6-g5 kann Schwarz
seinen Vorteil leicht verwerten; und der b2B ist eingeschlossen.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Das ist eine relativ selten gespielte,
aber gute Variante gegen die Katalanische Eröffnung.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O c6 {Schwarz spielt eigentlich die geschlossene Variante, aber mit
Mehrtempo (Bd2) für Weiß. In Wirklichkeit aber ist dieses Tempo nicht von
Vorteil für Weiß, denn der schwarzfeldrige Läufer kann nicht sein natürliches
Feld auf b2 einnehmen.} 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3) 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3
Nh5 (11... Rc8 12. Ne5 (12. b3 c5 (12... Ba6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nd2 c5 15. d5 e5
16. Be3 Ng4 17. bxc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Qd3 h5 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. Bh3 Re8 22.
a4 Rb8 23. Nb5 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Tiviakov,S/NED 2000/CBM 76 ext (42)}) 13. Nb5 dxc4
14. Nxa7 Ra8 15. Nb5 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Ra5 17. a4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rdd1 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Froehlich,P/Bad Wiessee GER 2000/The Week in Chess 314 
(41)}) 12... Nh5 13. Be3 (13. Bc1 Qc7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qa4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6
17. Qa6 Qxe5 18. Qxa7 Bc5 {0-1 Sulava,N-Ionov,S/Cappelle La Grande FRA 2000 
(32)}) 13... Nhf6 14. h3 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c5 b4 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Bf1 Rb8 19.
b3 Bb5 20. Nb2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Jussupow,
A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 (39)}) 12. Bc1 (12. Rac1 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd6 14. e3 Qe7 15.
a3 Rac8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4 Nf6 19. Ne5 h6 20. Qb3 Bb8 21. Rc2 Rfd8
22. Rdc1 Ne8 {0-1 Nilssen,J-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62 (60)}) 12... f5
{Das ist die beste Foprtsetzung für Schwarz. Das System erinnert mich an die
Hollandische Verteidigung - Stonewall-Aufbau.} (12... Nhf6 $6 13. b3 $14 {
Auf diese Weise entsteht eine Grundstellung der geschlossenen Variante.}) 13.
Ne5 {Dieser Springerzug gefällt mir nicht, denn in der Folge wird die weiße
Bauerntruktur - wenn Schwarz Nxe5 spielt - schwach.} (13. a4 a5 14. b3 Rc8 15.
e3 Bd6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nhf6 18. Raa1 Qe7 19. Ne2 c5 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Wirthensohn,H/Luzern 1985/MCD (39)}) (13. b3 Bd6 14. a4 (14. e3 Qe7 15. Bb2
g5 16. Ne2 Qg7 17. Nc1 Nhf6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nfe5 a5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. c5 Bc7
22. cxb6 Bxb6 23. Rac1 {1-0 Miton,K-Izoria,Z/Yerevan ARM 2000/The Week in
Chess 308 (60)}) 14... a5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qe7 17. Raa1 Nhf6 18. e3 Rac8
19. Ne2 c5 20. Nf4 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Nikolac,J/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (46)}) 13...
Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe8 $13) 14. cxd5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Dieser Bauerntausch ist - meiner Meinung nach - nicht logisch, denn Weiß
öffnet die c-Linie für Schwarz.} (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. b3 $11) (14. b3) 14... cxd5
15. Qa4 (15. Nd3 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 a6 $13 {Der schwarze Springer steht
nicht so gut auf h5, aber die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist fest und der
katalanische Bg2 ist durch den Pd5 eingeschlossen.} 17. Be3 $6 (17. Bf3 $5 b5
18. Qd4 Bc5 19. Qd3 Qe8 20. Be3 $13) 17... f4 $36 (17... b5) 18. Bd4 (18. gxf4
$6 b5 19. Qd4 Rc4 $15) 18... Rc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 19. Qxc4 {Statt sich passiv zu
verteidigen opfert Weiß die Dame für Turm und Läufer. Er bekommt jedoch keine
ausreichende Kompensation.} (19. Qb3 fxg3 20. hxg3 b5 $15 {[%csl Gc4]} (20...
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. e3 $14)) 19... dxc4 20. Bxb7 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qc7 $17 {
Schwarz hat Materialvorteil. Die weiße Bauernstellung hat auch eine Schwäche -
den Doppelbauern auf der e-Linie.} 22. Bf3 $6 (22. Bxa6 $5 $15 {Der Läufer ist
zwar weit ab von der großen Diagonale, aber ich sehe hier kein konkrete Gefahr.
}) 22... g6 23. Ne4 (23. Bxh5 gxh5 $17 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 23... Ng7 {[%cal Gg7f5]}
24. b3 (24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Ne8 $19) 24... Nf5 {[%csl Gf5] Der zuvor noch
schlechte Springer ist jetzt die beste schwarze Figur.} (24... cxb3 25. axb3
Nf5 $17) 25. Bb2 b5 26. Rac1 (26. bxc4 bxc4 $17) 26... Qa5 {[%csl Ga5] Das
Auftauchen der Dame am Damenflügel ist sehr unangenehm für Weiß.} 27. bxc4 Qxa2
28. Rd2 (28. Ba1 bxc4 $19) 28... Rd8 $1 (28... bxc4 29. Rdc2) 29. Rxd8+ (29.
Rdc2 b4 $19 {[%csl Gb4]}) 29... Bxd8 30. cxb5 $5 {Das ist die einzige
Gegenchance für Weiß - er opfert vorübergehend eine Figur.} (30. Ba1 bxc4 $19)
30... Qxb2 31. Rc8 axb5 (31... Qd4 $2 32. bxa6 $13) 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ (33.
Nd6+ Ke7 34. Re8+ Kd7 $19) 33... Kf8 34. Rxh7 Qxe5 {[%csl Gb5][%mdl 1024] Dank
seines starken b-Bauern muss Schwarz dieses Endspiel bei gutem Spiel gewinnen.}
35. e3 {Sonst muss Weiß immer mit Nd4 rechnen.} Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rh7] Schwarz
schränkt die Aktivität des Turms auf der siebenten Reihe ein.} 36. Kg2 b4 37.
Nd2 Qb2 (37... Qc3 38. Ne4) 38. Nc4 Qc3 39. Nd6 {Jetzt droht 40.Rf7+ und 41.
Rxe7.} Nf5 40. Rf7+ (40. Ne4 Qc2 $19 {[%cal Rf5e3,Gc2g2]}) 40... Kg8 41. Rd7
Nxd6 42. Rxd6 Kf7 {Der schwarze Freibauer auf der b-Linie muss die Partie
gewinnen.} 43. Be4 b3 $19 44. Rb6 Qc4 {Die aktive schwarze Dame und der
b-Bauer sind so stark, dass sie die Partie ohne Hilfe des schwarzen Königs
gewinnen.} 45. Kf3 (45. Bb1 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 (46. e4 Qd1 $19 {[%csl Rb1]}) 46...
Qf3 $5 47. Rxb3 Qxf2+ 48. Kh3 (48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Qh5+ $19) 48... Qf1+ 49.
Kh2 (49. Kg4 Qd1+ $19 {[%cal Rd1b3,Rd1g4]}) 49... Qe2+ 50. Kh3 Qh5+ 51. Kg2
Qd5+ $19 {[%cal Rd5b3,Rd5g2]}) 45... Qf1 46. Rb4 (46. Rxb3 Qd1+ {[%cal Rd1f3,
Rd1b3]}) 46... b2 47. Bc2 (47. Rxb2 Qh1+ 48. Kf4 e5+ 49. Kxe5 Qh8+ $19) 47...
Qc1 48. Bd3 (48. Be4 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qxe4 $19) 48... Qd1+ {Schwarz gewinnt nun
durch eine forcierte Variante..} 49. Ke4 Qg4+ 50. f4 Qf5+ 51. Kd4 Qd5+ 52. Kc3
Qc5+ 53. Bc4 (53. Kb3 Qc1 54. Ka4 Qd1+ $19) 53... Qxb4+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Master"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 288]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 {Schwarz möchte einen klassischen
Aufbau mit Be7 spielen, aber 3...c6 mit nachfolgendem ...Bg4 ist auch möglich.
Ribli.} 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 {Das ist die sogenannte Geschlossene
Variante der Katalanischen Eröffnung. Schwarz nimmt nicht auf c4. Er möchte
zuerst die Entwicklung des Damenflügels beenden.} 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b5 {Die
ruhige Alternative 8...b6 wird häufiger gespielt. Mit der Partiefortsetzung
möchte Schwarz die Situation am Damenflügel klären.} 9. c5 {Das ist die
prinzipielle Antwort. Weiss hat Raumvorteil und der c8-Läufer steht passiv.} a5
(9... b4 $6 10. a3 bxa3 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qc2 Nd5 16. Rxa3 Bf6 17. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Gorelov,S-Hramtsov,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 55
ext (30)}) (9... Ne4 $5 {Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz eine Art
Stonewallstellung erreichen.} 10. Bb2 f5 11. Ne1 Bg5 12. Nd3 Qe8 13. e3 a5 14.
a3 Ba6 15. b4 a4 16. Re1 Bh6 17. f3 $14 {Der schwarze a6-Läufer ist
eingeschlossen. Weiss hat freie Hand im Zentrum und am Königsflügel.(Razuvaev,
Y - Surjadnji,A Montecatini Terme 1999).}) 10. Nbd2 b4 {[%cal Gc8a6,Ga6f1]
Schwarz hat keine Angst von der Schwächung des Damenflügels. Er möchte den
Damenläufer befreien.} (10... Re8 11. e4 (11. Bb2 Bf8 (11... g6 12. Ne1 Bf8 13.
Nd3 Qc7 14. e3 Ba6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Rae1 f5 17. h3 Ngf6 {0-1 Wegerle,J-Ftacnik,L/
Open, Bad Zwesten GER 1999 (26)}) 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe5 Ra7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. a4 b4 20. Nc4 Ra7 21. Nb6
Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd7 {1/2-1/2 Umanskaya,I-Kiselev,M/St.Petersburg 1994/
CBM 41 (23)}) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Bg5 Nd5 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfe1 {1-0 Sosonko,G-Short,N/London 1980/MCD-r8 (46)}) (10... Ba6
$6 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 a4 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Bc8 16. Ne5 $5 Nxe5
$6 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. e4 $14 {1-0 Baburin,A-Castricum,M/Kilkenny 1996/CBM 55/
[Baburin] (24)}) 11. e4 (11. a3 $5 $14) 11... Ba6 12. Re1 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,
Gc7b5]} (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. h4 $14 {Der Springer steht schön auf d5,
aber Weiss hat Raumvorteil und Initiative.}) 13. e5 (13. exd5 cxd5 (13... exd5
14. a3 $14) 14. a3 $14) (13. a3 $14) 13... Nc7 14. h4 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1h2] Ein
typischer Zug in solchen Stellungen. Weiss gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel und
bereitet Nd2-f1-h2 vor.} Nb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5c3,Gb5a3,Gb5d4] Der Springer
steht gut auf b5 und kontrolliert die wichtigsten Punkte am Damenflügel.} 15.
Bb2 Re8 {[%cal Gd7f8]} 16. Nf1 $14 {Weiss hat Raumvorteil und es ist für
Schwarz schwierig, aktives Gegenspiel zu finden.} Qb8 17. Ne3 Qa7 {In einigen
Varianten muss Weiss eventuell mit ...Nxc5 rechnen, aber es droht (noch) nicht.
} 18. Ng5 Nf8 (18... Bxg5 19. hxg5 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Gg5][%cal Gf2f4]}) 19. f4 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Bc8 (19... g6 20. Ng4 $16 {[%cal Gg4f6,Gg4h6]}) 20. Bf1 {[%cal
Gf1d3,Gd3h7,Gf1b5] Weiss verbessert seinen Läufer, der auf seinem
katalanischen Stammplatz nicht sehr gut stand.} h6 21. Nf3 (21. Nh3 $5 $14 {
Und nach späterem f4-f5 bekommt der h3-Springer Platz auf f4.}) 21... Bd7 22.
f5 $36 {Weiss hat freie Hand am Königsflügel. Schwarz kann praktisch nur
abwarten.} exf5 23. Bxb5 {Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber ich glaube,
Weiss konnte mit diesem Abtausch noch warten.} (23. Nxf5 $14) 23... cxb5 24.
Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6g6] Die Dame kontrolliert die sechste Reihe.
Die schwarze Stellung ist etwas passiv, aber verteidigungsfähig.} 26. Rac1 {
[%csl Gc5] Weiss hat einen gedeckten Freibauern auf c5, aber der ist noch
nicht gefährlich, denn Schwarz kann ihn blockieren. Der weisse Läufer steht
schlecht.} Qe6 27. g4 (27. Qxe6 Nxe6 $11 {[%csl Ge6]}) 27... Rec8 {[%cal Gc8c6]
} (27... Qxf5 28. gxf5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5,Gf5][%cal Gg1f2,Ge1g1,Gg1g8]}) 28.
Rc2 Ng6 {[%cal Rg6h4]} 29. Rh2 (29. h5 Nh4 (29... Nf8 $11) 30. Nxh4 Bxh4 $11)
29... a4 $132 {[%cal Ga8a1] Schwarz möchte die a-Linie öffnen, aber dieser Zug
ist riskant, denn der b4-Bauer wird schwach.} 30. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gd2b4]} axb3
31. axb3 Ra1 {[%cal Ga1g1] Schwarz beherrscht die a-Linie, aber sein Bauer b4
kann nicht gedeckt werden.} 32. h5 Nf8 33. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2b4]} Ra3 (33... Rxe1+
34. Bxe1 $16 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Re1b4]}) 34. Rb1 Rca8 35. Bxb4 $16 {Weiss hat
einen Bauern mehr und die Kontrolle der a-Linie ist keine ausreichende
Kompensation für Schwarz.} Ra1 36. Rhb2 Qa6 37. Bd2 (37. Kg2 $16) 37... Ne6 {
[%csl Ge6]} 38. Kf2 Qc8 39. Kg3 (39. Rxa1 Rxa1 40. g5 $40 hxg5 41. Bxg5 $16)
39... R8a6 40. Qd3 (40. g5 $40) 40... Rxb1 41. Qxb1 Qa8 {[%cal Ga8a1]} 42. Qf1
{[%csl Rb5][%cal Rf1b5]} Qb8 43. Kg2 Qc8 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gc8g4] Schwarz hat
eventuell taktische Gegenchancen.} 44. Kh3 (44. Qxb5 $2 Nxd4 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rg2]
[%cal Rc8g4,Rg4g2]} 45. Nxd4 Qxg4+ $19) 44... Qd7 {[%cal Gd7h3]} 45. Rb1 {
[%cal Gb1a1,Ga1a8]} Ra3 46. Kg3 (46. Bb4 Ra6 47. Ra1 Rxa1 48. Qxa1 Nf4+ 49. Kg3
Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nf4 $132 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rf4d3,Rd3b4,Rd3f2,Rd7g4]}) 46... Bd8 47.
Qd3 Ra2 {[%cal Ga2h2]} 48. Rc1 Qc6 49. Rc2 Ra3 {Natürlich tauscht Schwarz
nicht den aktiven Turm.} (49... Rxc2 50. Qxc2 $16) 50. Bc1 Ra1 51. Bb2 Ra6 (
51... Ra2) 52. Bc1 {Weiss hat eine schwere technische Aufgabe. Sein
c-Freibauer ist gut blockiert und es ist nicht leicht, den Mehrbauern zu
verwerten.} Ra1 53. Qc3 Ra6 54. Be3 Bc7 {[%cal Gc7g3]} 55. Kh3 (55. g5 hxg5 56.
Nxg5 f6 $132) 55... Bd8 56. Rc1 Ra2 57. Kg3 Qa6 $14 {[%cal Ga6a1,Gb5b4,Ga6e2]}
58. Qd3 (58. c6 b4 59. Qxb4 (59. Qe1 Qd3 $132) 59... Qe2 $19 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]
[%cal Ga2h2]}) 58... Qc6 59. Rc2 {Es ist interessant. Nach dem 49.weisse Zug 
(49.Rc2) hatten wir fast dieselbe Stellung. Dort stand der Läufer auf d2.} Ra3
60. Rf2 Qd7 61. Rc2 Qc6 {Schwarz wäre natürlich mit Stellungswiederholung
zufrieden.} 62. Kg2 Ra1 63. Kh3 Rh1+ 64. Kg3 Ra1 65. Bc1 Ra6 66. Qf5 {Weiss
hat keinen konkreten Plan.} Ra1 67. Bb2 Ra6 (67... Ra2) 68. Bc1 Ra1 69. Be3 Ra3
{Und es wurde Remis gegeben. Ich kann auch nicht erkennen, wie Weiss den
Materialvorteil verwerten soll.} (69... Ra3 70. Rb2 $14 (70. Qd3 {Jetzt haben
wir dieselbe Stellung wie nach 59...Rc2.})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 8704]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 {Ich glaube, das System 2...d5 und ...c6
wäre die prinzipielle schwarze Antwort. Ribli.} 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O
{Statt der Rochade kann Schwarz mit 5...b5 den Zug 6.c4 verhindern, aber das
schwächt den schwarzen Damenflügel.} 6. c4 Nbd7 {Schwarz nimmt nicht auf c4,
wählt die geschlossene Katalanische Variante. Meines Erachtens ist dieses
System etwas zu passiv und Weiß hat dauerhafte Initiative.} 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6
9. b3 {Schwarz muß sich entscheiden. Wenn er 9...Ba6 spielt antwortet Weiß mit
10.Nbd2, im Falle von 9...Bb7 mit 10.Nc3. Aber in unserer Partie hegt Weiß
andere Gedanken.} Ba6 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Nc3 {Eine sehr riskante Fortsetzung.
Weiß opfert den c-Bauern und bekommt etwas Kompensation. Ich bin allerdings
nicht überzeugt das diese ausreichend ist und denke, es wäre besser, 11.Nbd2
zu spielen.} (11. Nbd2 c5 12. Rac1 (12. e4 cxd4 13. exd5 e5 $13) (12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. e3 Qe7 $13)) 11... Qc7 {Ich glaube, die prinzipielle Fortsetzung wäre die
Annahme des Bauers auf c4. Mit dem Partiezug möchte Schwarz die Stellung
geschlossen halten. Interessant, daß der Läufer in einigen Varianten besser
auf c1 als auf b2 steht. Weiß könnte in diesem Fall jetzt 12.Bf4 spielen.} (
11... dxc4 $5 12. bxc4 (12. Ne5 Nxe5 (12... cxb3 {Lputian} 13. axb3 Nb8 {
=/+/-/+}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nd6 Rcd8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nxc4 {Paulsen,
D-Schmidt,B/BL8182 1982/BL 80/0-1 (48)}) 12... Bxc4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 (
14... Nd7 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. Nd6 $44) 15. Qa4 (15. e4 Nb4 $17) 15... b5 16. Qxa7
Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ne4 Bd5 {0-1 Foisor,C-Dizdar,G/It (open),
Nimes (France) 1991 (29)}) (11... b5 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Bb5 14. Ne1 $1 {/\ Nd3,
a3, ><a7, b4} Rb8 15. Nd3 Ne8 $1 {/\ f5, Bf6<=>, Nc7-b5} 16. Rab1 a5 17. e3 f5
{1-0 Tisdall,J-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1996/Inf 67/[Tisdall,J] (55)}) 12. e4 $6
{Ein natürlicher Zug, aber ich empfehle die Alternative 12.Nd2. Nach der
Partiefortsetzung kann Schwarz mit mindestens gleichen Chancen auf c4 nehmen.}
(12. Nd2 {Lputian} c5 $13) 12... Qb8 $6 {Passiv gespielt. Es war die höchste
Zeit, auf c4 nehmen. Jetzt bekommt Weiß freies Spiel.} (12... Rfd8 13. e5 Ne8
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. h4 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rc6 18. Ne2 Rdc8 19. Nf4 {
1-0 Bischoff,K-Bezold,M/Baden-Baden Hofmann Cup 1995/EXT 95 (35)}) (12... dxc4
$1 13. Qe2 (13. h4 $5 {Lputian}) 13... b5 14. bxc4 b4 $1 15. Nb1 Nb6 16. Nbd2
Na4 17. Rab1 c5 $1 $15 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Lputian,S/Lucerne 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (44)}
) 13. Ne5 $13 (13. e5 Ne8 $11 {[%cal Ge8c7] Schwarz kann ...Ne8-c7 spielen und
den Zug ...c6-c5 vorbereiten.}) 13... Rfd8 (13... Nxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Ng4 (14...
Nd7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. f4 $14) (14... Qxe5 $2 15. Nxd5 $18 {[%cal Rb2e5,Rd5e7]})
15. exd5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bc5 17. Rd2 Nxe5 $13) (13... dxc4 14. Nxc4 $14) 14. Rac1
Bf8 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bc5 $13 (17... Qxe5 $11))
15. h4 {Weiß spielt alle Vorbereitungszüge und hält die Spannung.} Bb4 {
Ein typisches Motiv. Schwarz greift indirekt e4 an.} (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4
$13 {[%csl Gg4]}) 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 (16... Nxd7 $2 17. exd5 cxd5 18. cxd5 exd5 19.
Bxd5 $16) 17. e5 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und der schwarze Springer muß eine
Aufstellung einnehmen.} Ne8 18. Ne2 Bf8 {Der Läufer stand verdächtig auf b4,
aber vielleicht konnte er dort noch bleiben, denn auf das scheinbar
gefährliche c4-c5 hätte Schwarz noch ...bxc5 dxc5 und Bxc5 und der e2-Springer
hängt.} (18... Nc7 $5) 19. Nf4 {[%csl Gf4,Gh4] Weißs hat Initiative am
Königsflügel. Der Springer steht gut auf f4.} g6 $6 {Schwarz bereitet den Zug .
..Bh6 vor, aber diese Schwächung des Königsflügels gefällt mir nicht.} (19...
Nc7 $5) (19... b5 20. c5 b4 21. Ra1 $14 {[%cal Ga2a3] Weiß möchte mit 22.a3
sprengen.}) 20. Qe2 Rcd8 (20... c5 $6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd2 {[%csl Rd5,Rd7]} d4
23. b4 $16) 21. Qg4 {[%csl Gf4,Gg4,Rg8]} Bh6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3]
[%cal Ga3f8] Der Läufer a3 kontrolliert eine wichtige Diagonale.} Ng7 (23...
Rc8 24. h5 $14) 24. h5 $5 Rc8 (24... Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Nxh5 26. Qg5 $44 {Weiß hat
Kompensation auf den schwarzen Feldern.} (26. Qh6 $44 {[%csl Yf6,Yg7,Yh6]}))
25. Bh3 Rxc1 (25... Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Nxh5 27. Qg5 $44) 26. Bxc1 {[%cal Gc1h6]
Jetzt droht 27.Nxd5 und nach 26...Bxc1 28.Nf6+.} Rc7 {[%cal Gc7c1]} 27. Qf3 $6
(27. hxg6 $5 hxg6 28. Nxd5 (28. Qh4 Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Rc2 $132) 28... Bxc1 (28...
Rxc1 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Qh4+ Nh5 32. g4 Bf4 33. gxh5 g5 34. Qg4 $16
) 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. d5 $36) 27... Nxh5 (27... Bxf4 $1 28. Bxf4 Nxh5 29. Bg5 Qc8
$132) 28. Nxh5 Bxc1 $6 (28... Rxc1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Nxh7 $11 Kxh7
$6 32. Qxf7+ Kh6 33. Bxe6 $14) 29. Nf6+ Kg7 (29... Kh8 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Qf6+
Kg8 {Und wir haben die Partiefortsetzung.}) {[#]} 30. Nxd5 $5 $13 {Ein
unerwartetes Springeropfer, daß Weiß Angriff einbringt.} exd5 31. Qf6+ Kg8 (
31... Kh6 32. Qh4+ (32. Kg2 $2 Bg5 $19) 32... Kg7 33. Qf6+ $11) 32. e6 Bc8 $2 {
Dieser Zug ist sehr passiv und verliert die Partie. Es wäre viel besser, die
Dame zur Verteidigung zu bringen.} (32... Qe8 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Be6 Bh6 35.
Bxd5 $13) 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. e7 $18 {[%cal Re7e8] Der weiße e-Bauer gewinnt die
Partie. Schwarz muß den Turm geben.} Rxe7 35. Qxe7 {Und Schwarz gab in völlig
hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.} (35. Qxe7 Bxh3 36. Rxc1 $18 {[%cal Rc1c7,Rc7a7,
Rc7h7]}) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 288]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ {Dieser Zug führt
eigentlich zur Geschlossenen Variante der Katalanischen Eröffnung. Der einzige
Unterschied ist, daß Weiss nach 5.Bd2 nicht mehr die Varianten mit b2-b3 und
Bb2 spielen kann. Ribli.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 (7... dxc4 $6 8. Qc2
$14 {Nach 8...b5? geht 9.a4 c6 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Ng5! mit Materialgewinn, denn
11...Nd5 geht nicht wegen 12.Qh7# und nach 8...a6 9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qc2 hat Weiss
das Extratempo Bd2.}) 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 {Der Läufer kann sich nicht mit
b3-Bb2 entwickeln, daher ist dies die beste Möglichkeit.} b6 {Schwarz hat
keine Angst vor weissen Aktivitäten in der c-Linie und möchte die Entwicklung
des Damenflügels beenden.} (9... Nh5 {Dieser Zug ist relativ populär in der
Turnierpraxis.} 10. Bc1 f5 (10... Nhf6 11. b3 $14)) 10. cxd5 (10. Ne5 Bb7 11.
cxd5 (11. Nc3 $6 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 $13) 11... Nxe5 12. d6 $5 Ng6 13. dxe7 Qxe7
14. Bg5 $14) 10... cxd5 11. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8] Die Bauernstellung ist
symmetrisch und Weiss hat Initiative am Damenflügel.} (11. Qc6 Ba6 12. Nc3 Qc8
13. Qa4 b5 $5 $146 (13... Qc4 14. Qxc4 Bxc4 15. Rfc1) 14. Nxb5 Qc6 15. Nc3 Qxa4
16. Nxa4 Bxe2 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Nc3 Bd3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ne8
22. Na4 g5 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Ke2 f6 $10 {Nogueiras,J-Browne,W/Linares N.L. 1994/
Inf 62 (24)}) (11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. a4 Na6 16.
Qb3 Nxc7 17. Nxc7 Qd8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. e3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas ,
M-Jussupow,A/Moscow 1994/EXP 44 (20)}) 11... Ba6 {Der Läufer steht auf a6
aktiver, aber die sichere Alternative 11...Bb7 ist auch gut spielbar.} (11...
Bb7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Qd1 (13. Qb3 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Rc4 17.
Qd1 Qa8 18. Rc2 b5 {1/2-1/2 Adianto,U-Gurevich,M/Jakarta 1996/CBM 56 (34)})
13... Ne8 14. Rc2 g5 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Rac1 f6 17. Ne1 f5 18. Nd3 Re8 19. Nb1
Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qb8 21. Qc1 h6 22. Bb4 Rc8 $11 {Andersson,U-Bareev,E/Ubeda 1997/
Inf 69 (22)}) 12. Nc3 b5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Schwarz spielt ohne
ausreichenden positionellen Grund aggressiv. Das Manöver ...Qc8, ...Qb7 mit
der Idee ...Rac8 wirkt natürlicher.} (12... Qc8 13. Ne5 Qb7 14. e4 Rac8 15.
exd5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxd5 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. h4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc3 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Janjgava,L/Riga 1988/EXT 99 (41)})
13. a4 $1 $14 Qb6 (13... b4 14. Nb5 $14 {[%csl Yc7]}) (13... bxa4 $6 14. Qxa4
Bb7 15. Nb5 $16) 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1b5,Ge2e4] Weiss
besitzt das Läuferpaar und die Herrschafft über die c-Linie.} a5 17. Qc7 {
[%csl Gc7]} (17. e3 $14 {[%cal Gf1a6]}) (17. e4 $6 Qb7 18. e5 Ne4 $13) 17...
Bd8 (17... Qxb2 $4 18. Rcb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. Rxc6 {[%csl Gc6]
Das weisse Figurenspiel ist aktiv, denn der Turm steht gut auf c6. Schwarz hat
keine besonderen Schwächen, steht aber etwas passiv.} Bb6 20. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]
Weiss möchte e2-e3 ziehen, aber in diesem Fall wäre der f4-Läufer ausgesperrt.}
(20. Rac1 $14) 20... Ne4 21. Be1 {Weiss lässt sich natürlich nicht den Läufer
tauschen.} Rfb8 22. e3 {[%cal Ge1a5,Gf1b5]} Bd8 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 23. Ra2 a4 24.
Bd3 g5 $6 {[%cal Gg5g4] Die schwächt den Königsflügel und mobilisiert seine
Reserven. Meines Erachtens wäre ein neutraler Wartezug besser.} 25. h3 Ba5 26.
Kf1 (26. Bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rc7 $16 {[%cal Gc7h7]}) (26. Rxa4 $2 Bxe1 27. Rxa8 Bxf2+
$1 $17) 26... Bxe1 27. Kxe1 {[%csl Ge1] Der weisse König nähert sich den
Hauptereignissen.} Rb7 {Schwarz verteidigt die 7. Reihe.} (27... h6 28. Rc7 $16
) 28. Nd2 Nef6 (28... Nxd2 29. Kxd2 $14) 29. Kd1 (29. b3 Rba7 30. b4 Rb7 31. b5
Nb6 $11) 29... e5 (29... Kg7 $14) 30. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5] Die Läufer auf f5 ist
sehr unangenehm für Schwarz.} (30. Ba6 $5) 30... exd4 31. exd4 Rb6 32. Rc7 (32.
Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Rc7 Nf6 $14) 32... Nf8 33. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3g5,Gf3e5,Ge5f7]} Rb4 (
33... h6 34. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} Ne6 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Nxf7 Ne4 $132) 34. Kc2 (34.
Nxg5 $5 Rxd4+ 35. Ke2 $16) 34... h6 35. Ne5 Ne6 (35... Ne8 36. Rc3 (36. Rxf7
Nd6 {[%cal Rd6f7,Rd6f5]} 37. Rf6 Nxf5 38. Rxf5 Ne6 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Re6d4,
Rd4c2,Rd4f5]}) 36... Nd6 $14) 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Nc6 (37. Nf7 Rxd4 38. Nxh6+ Kf8
39. Kc3 (39. Rf7+ $2 Ke8 40. Rxf6 Rc8+ 41. Kb1 Rd1#) 39... e5 $132) 37... Rc4+
$11 {[%cal Gc4c7]} 38. Kd3 Ne8 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Rd7 (40. Rxc4 $4 dxc4+ $19)
40... Rc7 (40... Kf6 $11 {Weiss kann, wenn er will, mit 41.Ng8+ Kg6 42.Ne7+
die Züge wiederholen.}) 41. Rxc7 Nxc7 42. Nc6 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gc6e5]} Nb5 43.
Ne5+ {Der Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf e5, aber das hat keine grosse
Bedeutung. Die Stellung ist gleich.} Ke7 44. g4 a3 (44... a3 45. bxa3 (45. b3
$2 Rc8 $17) 45... Rxa3+ 46. Rxa3 Nxa3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 {Das ist eine Einladung zur Französischen Verteidigung.} 2. Nf3 d5 3.
g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 (6. c4 dxc4 $6 7. Nfd2 (7. Nbd2 $14) 7...
Nb6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Qxc4 $14) 6... O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Qc2 {Das ist
der traditionelle Aufbau gegen die geschlossene Variante, aber Weiß kann sich
den Damenzug auch sparen.} (8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. a4 $5) 8... b6 9. Nc3 Ba6
10. Rd1 {Das ist eigentlich ein Bauernopfer.} (10. Nd2) 10... Rc8 {Dieser Zug
ist nicht schlecht, aber die prinzipielle Antwort wäre die Annahme des
Bauernopfers.} (10... dxc4 $5 11. bxc4 Bxc4 12. Ne5 (12. Bg5 Nd5 (12... Ba6 $1
13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 Bb7 $15) 13. Ne4 Ba6
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Neg5 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Yusupov,A/Madrid 1995/Inf
63/[Illescas Cordoba,M] (28)}) (12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bb2
Bb4 $15) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Bb2 b5 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6
Qxd6 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qc3 Qf8 20. a3 Na6 21. a4 Nb4 22. Rd7 a5 23. Rad1 e5 {
0-1 Poldauf,D-Hansen,L/Luebeck GER 2000 (34)}) 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bf4 $146 {
Weiß hat keine Angst vor 12...axb3 13.axb3, denn da der Ba6 und der Pa7 hängt,
gewinnt er das Material zurück und bekommt das bessere Spiel.} (12. bxc4 Bxc4
13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Neg5 g6 16. h4 c5 17. h5 cxd4 18. Qb1 Ng7 19. hxg6
fxg6 20. Rxd4 Qc7 21. Rh4 Bxf3 22. Rxh7 Qxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxg5 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rc7 Bxg2 {0-1 Devcic,D-Rogic,D/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 (26)}) (12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. Ne2 Nxe5 {0-1 Zimmerman,Y-Kotan,L/
Budapest 1999/CBM 71 ext (42)}) (12. e5 Nd5 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne4 b5 15. Neg5
g6 16. h4 c5 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. h5 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Boric,
M/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 64 ext (33)}) 12... b5 (12... Bb4 $5 13. Nd2 $13) (12...
Ra8 {Schwarz bereitet den Zug 13...axb3 vor. Im Fall von 14.axb3 verteidigt er
den Pa7.} 13. Qe2 $44) 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qa4 (14. Rab1 $5) 14... Bb5 15. Nxb5
$5 {Mit diesem Tausch opfert Weiß seinen Pe4, aktiviert dadurch aber seine
Figuren.} (15. Qxa7 Bb4 $13) 15... cxb5 16. Qxb5 Nxe4 17. Rac1 $44 {Weiß
besitzt etwas Initiative für den Bauern, aber ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher,
dass das ausreichend ist.} Nb6 $6 (17... Ndf6 $5 {Nach diesem Zug steht
Schwarz keineswegs schlechter - er hat einen Mehrbauern, und alles in seiner
Stellung ist verteidigt. Hier scheint mir die weiße Kompensation fraglich.} 18.
Rxc4 $2 Nc3 $19) 18. Ne5 {[%csl Yc6]} Nd6 $6 (18... f5 $5) (18... Qd5 $5) 19.
Qa6 Rc7 20. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6]} Qd7 21. d5 $1 {Weiß hat starkes Figurenspiel im
Zentrum.} exd5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxd5 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Gf4][%mdl 2048] Weiß hat
einen Bauern weniger, steht aber keineswegs schlechter - sein Läuferpaar ist
aktiv. Jetzt droht z.B. 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Bxf7+ mit Gewinn.} Rd7 (23... Nxd5 $4
24. Bxd6 $18) (23... Rd8) 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Bc6 Rc7 (25... Re7 $5) 26. Bg2 Re7
27. a4 {Weiß mobilisiert seine Reserven - es droht 28.a5 und der zuvor sichere
Nb6 muss sein Feld räumen.} Nf5 (27... Rfe8 $5) 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. a5 Qa3 $2 (
29... Nd4 $1 30. axb6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc1 32. Qxc4 (32. Bxc1 axb6 33. Ba3 Qd7
$132) 32... axb6 33. Bxc1 $14 {Theoretisch steht Weiß etwas besser, weil das
Läuferpaar stärker ist als Turm und Bauer. Dennoch glaube ich, dass Schwarz
seine Stellung erfolgreich verteidigen kann.}) (29... Nd7 30. Qxa7 $14) 30.
Qxa7 {Jetzt hat Weiß das materielle Gleichgewicht wiederhergestellt. Außerdem
ist sein a-Bauer dank der Unterstützung durch das Läuferpaar sehr stark.} Nc8
31. Qc7 Ncd6 (31... Nfd6 32. Bh3 $16 (32. Bd5 $16)) 32. Bd5 Nb5 33. Qxc4 (33.
Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 34. Qc8+ Rf8 35. Qxc4+ Kh8 36. Qxb5 Nd4 37. Qc5 $18) 33... Qxa5 {
[#]} 34. Bxf7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Mit diesem schönen Zug gewinnt Weiß einen
wichtigen Bauern. Schwarz hat große Probleme bei der Koordination seiner
Figuren.} Kh8 (34... Rxf7 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qxf5 Qb4 (37... Re8 38.
Qe5 Rd8 39. Rb1 $18) 38. Rc8 $18) 35. Qc5 Qd8 36. Bg5 $138 {Das sofortige
Schlagen des Nf5 wäre einfacher.} (36. Qxf5 $18) 36... Qb8 37. Bf4 Qd8 (37...
Nfd6 38. Rb1 Qd8 39. Be6 Re8 40. Bh3 $16) 38. Qxf5 $18 Nd4 39. Qg4 Qa8 40. Bh5
{Schwarz gab auf - er hat eine Figur und einen Bauern weniger.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Kulikov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8224]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 {Die Partiefortsetzung
ist nicht schlecht, aber in dieser konkreten Stellung ist es besser, auf c4 zu
nehmen, wonach Schwarz Ausgleich bekommt. Mit dem Textzug gerät Schwarz in
eine etwas passive Stellung. Ribli.} (4... dxc4 $5 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3
Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O $11) (4... g6 $5) 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. b3 Rc8 {Mit Zugumstellung wir haben eine Grundstellung
der geschlossene Variante der Katalanischen Eröffnung erreicht.} 11. e4 {
Nach diesem Zug hat Weiß etwas bessere Chancen wegen des Übergewichtes im
Zentrum.} dxe4 (11... c5) 12. Nxe4 (12. Ng5 $5) 12... c5 (12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4
Nf6 14. Qc2 $14) 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg2b7,Rc2h7]} (14. Bb2 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Be4 {Die
Alternative erscheint mir einfacher, wenngleich die Partiefortsetzung auch gut
ist.} (16. dxc5 $5 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rxb7 18. c6 Rc7 19. cxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7
21. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3,Gc4,Gd1] Weiß hat Endspielvorteil, denn seine
Bauernmehrheit ist leicht zu mobilisieren und er kontrolliert die einzige
offene Linie.}) 16... h6 (16... f5 17. Bg2 Bxc1 (17... Bf6 18. Bb2 cxd4 19.
Bxd4 e5 20. Bb2 e4 21. Rd5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qe7 23. Rad1 g6 24. Qd4 Nf6 25. Rd6
Kg7 26. f3 exf3 27. Bxf3 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Nikolic,N/JUG 1991/TD (58)}) (17... cxd4
18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd5 (20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Rd6 e4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Rd1
Nf6 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kg8 26. f3 Kf7 27. Re5 exf3 28. Bxf3 {1-0 Lependin,
A-Golod,I/St.Petersburg 1993/EXT 97 (57)}) 20... Qe7 21. Re1 Rc5 (21... g6 22.
Qd2 $6 {1-0 Epishin,V-Belotti,B/Reggio Emilia 1996/CBM 51/[Cifuentes] (50)} (
22. Qc3 $1 $14)) 22. Qd2 Rc7 23. Qc3 Rc5 24. Qd4 Rc7 25. Rd6 Rf6 26. Qd5+ Kh8
27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qf3 {1-0 Horvath,J-Kroencke,M/Velden 1994/TD (41)}) 18. Raxc1
Qf6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Nd7 21. f4 e5 22. Qa4 Nb8 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bd5+ {
1-0 Matveeva,S-Trabert,B/Tuzla 1987/EXT 97 (39)}) 17. d5 $146 {Dieser Zug war
Bronsteins Vorschlag nach seiner Partie gegen Ciric. Weiß strebt eine
symmetrische Stellung mit besserem Figurenspiel an.} (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bb2 Bf6
(18... Qe7 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rcc8 21. Ba3 Qe8 22. Bb7 Rc7 23. Ba6 Ne5 24.
Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Bb5 {1-0 Nesterov,J-Boguslawsky,M/Protvino 1992/EXT 97 (65)}) 19.
Rd6 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,
D-Ciric,D/Sarajevo 1971/EXT 98 (50)}) 17... exd5 18. Bxd5 (18. cxd5 {Dies hat
auch seine Schattenseiten, wenn der Freibauer schwach wird.} Bxc1 (18... Nf6
19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Bg2 Rd7 21. Qf5 g4 22. Rd2 $14) 19. Raxc1 Nf6 20. Bg2 Rd7 21.
Qc4 $14) 18... Bxc1 19. Raxc1 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rd8][%cal Gd1d8] Weiß hat etwas
Aktivität in dieser symmetrischen Stellung, denn sein Läufer ist dem schwarzen
Springer überlegen.} Qf6 $6 (19... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) (19... Nf6 $2 20.
Bxf7+ $18 {[%cal Rd1d8,Rf7g8]}) 20. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]}
(20... Ne5 21. Qc3 $14 {[%cal Gc3f6]}) 21. Qc3 Qd8 (21... Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nc6 23.
Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Re7 Ra8 25. Rd3 $16) (21... Nc6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24.
Re7 $16) 22. Rcd1 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd1d8]} Rd7 23. Qf3 {[%csl Rb8,Gd5,Gf3]
[%cal Gf3a8] Weiß hat eine aktive Stellung. Der schwarze Springer steht passiv
auf b8 und hat einen weiten Weg bis d4 vor sich.} Rd6 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6]
Schwarz befreit das Feld d7 für den Springer, aber noch hätte Weiß Bxf7+.} 24.
Qf4 {[%cal Gf4d6] Jetzt droht 25.Bxf7+.} Kh8 25. Bf3 $1 (25. Rd2 Nc6 $132 {
[%cal Gd8d2]}) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qe7 27. Kg2 {Weiß hat wegen der aktiveren
Figurenstellung die besseren Chancen, aber es ist nicht leicht, den Vorteil zu
vermehren.} Kg8 28. h4 Re8 29. Rd3 (29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gf8e7]
}) 29... Na6 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7e6,Ge6d4]} 30. Bc6 Rc8 $2 (30... Rd8 $5 31. Rxd8+
Qxd8 32. Bd5 Qd7 {Später verteidigte sich Schwarz in der Partie so.}) 31. Rd7
Qe6 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Rd7 ({[#]} 33. Rxh6 $1 Rd8 (33... Qc7 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Rd6
Nb4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Be4+ g6 38. a3 $16) (33... gxh6 34. Qg4+ {[%cal Rg4g8,
Rg4c8]} Kh7 35. Be4+ Kh8 36. Qxc8+ $18) 34. Rh5 $16) 33... Qe6 34. Rd6 Qe7 35.
a3 {Weiß ist natürlich mit Remis nicht zufrieden, findet aber die mögliche
kleine Kombination nicht.} (35. Rxh6 $1 $16) 35... Rd8 $1 {Es ist gut für
Schwarz, den aktiven weißen Turm zu tauschen.} 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Bd5 Qd7 38.
Qe5 {Auch nach Turmtausch hat Weiß die etwas besseren Chancen, denn er besitzt
die beweglichere Leichtfigur.} Nc7 39. Bf3 Kf8 (39... g6 40. h5 $14) 40. Qe4 {
[%cal Ge4b7,Ge4h7]} Ne6 41. Qa8+ (41. Qh7 Ke7 42. Bd5 Kf6) 41... Ke7 42. Bc6
Qc7 (42... Nc7 43. Qb7 Qd6 44. Bf3 a5 45. Bc6 $14) 43. Bd5 Kf6 44. Bxe6 {
Weiß hat nichts besseres, aber auch das Damenendspiel ist für ihn günstig.} (
44. b4 Nd4 $132 {[%csl Gd4]}) 44... Kxe6 (44... fxe6 45. f4 $14) 45. f4 f5 46.
b4 Qe7 (46... cxb4 $5 47. axb4 a5 $11 (47... Qxc4 $4 48. Qg8+ $18 {[%csl Rc4,
Re6][%cal Rg8c4]})) 47. bxc5 (47. b5 Kf6) 47... bxc5 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. Kf2 h5
$11 {Die aktivere Damenstellung ist für Weiß zu wenig, Schwarz kann das
Gleichgewicht bewahren. In manchen Varianten kann Schwarz auch einen Bauern
geben, denn die weiße Königsstellung ist schwach.} 50. Qc6+ Kf7 51. a4 a5 $5 (
51... g6 52. a5 $11 {Weiß hat keine Drohungen.}) 52. Qb6 {Dieser Zug gewinnt
einen Bauern, aber Schwarz gibt dann Dauerschach.} Qd7 53. Qxc5 (53. Qxa5 Qd4+
$11) 53... Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Qd3+ 55. Kg2 (55. Qe3 Qxc4 $11) 55... Qe2+ 56. Qf2 (56.
Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 56... Qxc4 57. Qa7+ {[%cal Ra7a5,Ra7f7]} Kf6 58. Qb6+ (58. Qxa5
Qe2+ $11) 58... Qe6 59. Qd8+ Kf7 60. Qxa5 {Weiß hat einen Bauern gewonnen,
aber seine Königsstellung ist schwach.} Qe2+ 61. Kg1 Qe3+ {Und remis wegen
Dauerschach.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 {Gewöhnlich entwickelt Weiß den Läufer nach f4. Würde
der Läufer noch auf c1 stehen, so wäre die Positionierung auf b2 besser.} Nbd7
11. Nc3 Nh5 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung bietet 11...dxc4!? Schwarz gute
Ausgleichchancen.} (11... dxc4 $5 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6 $5 (
14... Qc7) 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. f5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 exf5 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Sokolov,A/BL0405 Wattenscheid 2004/ (32)}) 12. Bc1 (12. Bd2
f5 (12... Nhf6 $11) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 a6 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. Nd3 Nhf6 17. Qb3
Bd6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc2 Rc4 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. f4 Rfc8 23. Rdc1 b5
24. Nd1 Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 Sprenger,J-Tiviakov,S/BL 0203 Godesberger SK - Turm
Emsdetten 2002 (24)}) 12... Nhf6 (12... f5 13. b3 (13. Rb1) 13... Bd6 14. e3
Qe7 15. Bb2 g5 16. Ne2 Qg7 17. Nc1 Nhf6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nfe5 a5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7
21. c5 Bc7 22. cxb6 Bxb6 23. Rac1 {1-0 Miton,K-Izoria,Z/Yerevan ARM 2000/(60)})
13. b3 {Der Läufer steht noch auf c1, sodass Weiß den Läuferzug b2 vorbereitet.
} Rc8 14. e4 dxe4 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6
Qxd6 19. c5 $1 $14) (14... c5) 15. Ng5 {Auch wenn der Läufer auf d2 steht,
spielt Beliavsky diesen Springerzug Ng5 (Beliavsky,A - Portisch,L Frankfurt -
rapid - 1998).} (15. Ne5 $5) (15. Nxe4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7
Rc7 19. dxc5 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Rxb7 21. c6 Rc7) 15... c5 (15... h6 16. Ngxe4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. c5 $1 $146 (18. Bf4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Rd3 $14) 18... Nd5
19. a3 a5 20. Bf1 $1 Qc7 21. Bd2 Rfd8 $2 (21... b5 {/\ Ra8}) 22. b4 axb4 23.
Bxb4 $1 Ra8 (23... Nxb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Bc4 $16) 24. cxb6 $1 Qxb6 25. Bxe7
Nxe7 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. a4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Mitkov,N/Panormo 82/434 2001/
[Beliavsky,A] (40)}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16... Rxc5 17. Ngxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 $14) (
16... Bxc5 17. Ngxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 $14) 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4
$14 {Weiß verfügt über die bessere Bauernstruktur und aktivere Figurenstellung.
} Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 (20... Qxg5 21. Rxd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Ga1d1] Trotz
reduziertem Material besitzt Weiß einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Vorteil.
Sein Turm steht sehr aktiv auf d7.}) 21. Bf4 (21. Rd2 $14) 21... e5 (21... Nf6
22. Bxc7 Nxe4 23. Ba5 $14) 22. Qf5 Rfd8 23. Bg5 {[%mdl 32] Weiß provoziert die
gegnerischen Bauernzüge, um seine Stellung zu schwächen.} f6 24. Be3 {[%csl
Yd5]} Nf8 (24... Nb6 25. f4 $14) 25. Rd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8]} Rxd5
26. cxd5 {In solchen Stellungen ist die Frage, ob der Pd5 schwach, oder stark
ist. In unserer Stellung mit der Unterstutzung des Turms und aktiver Dame und
Läufer besitzt Weiß Positionsvorteil.} Rd8 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Rd2 a6 29. Qg4 Rb8
30. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6] Weiß plant h5 und h6, um die schwarze
Königsstellung zu schwächen.} g6 31. Qa4 Rb5 32. h5 f5 (32... gxh5 $2 33. Qh4
$16) 33. Qc4 Nd7 34. a3 Nb6 35. Qc3 Nd7 36. h6 {[%csl Gh6] Weiß hat keine
konkrete Drohungen, aber der Ph6 ist momentan unangenehm für Schwarz. Später
wird er eine potentielle Schwäche sein.} Kf7 37. f4 Qf6 38. Qc4 Nb6 {Weiß
verfügt zwar über die aktivere Stellung, aber kein konkretes Gewinnmotiv.} (
38... Qd6) 39. Qc2 Nd7 40. Rd1 exf4 (40... Qd6) 41. Bxf4 g5 $1 $132 {Dieser
Zug scheint ein wenig riskant, da Schwarz seinen Königsflügel schwächt, jedoch
verjagt er den Läufer von f4.} 42. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2h8]} (42. Bc7 Rb7 43.
Ba5 Qe5 $132) 42... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} 43. Kh2 (43. Rd3 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ $17)
(43. Qd3 Qd4+ (43... Kg6) 44. Qxd4 cxd4 45. Rxd4 Rxb3 46. Kg2 Kg6 $15) 43...
Kg6 $2 (43... Rxb3 $3 {Es ist sehr schwer, diese Variante im Spiel zu finden.}
44. Qxb3 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 c4 46. Qa4 Nc5 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Rd1,Ge2]}) 44. Qd2 f4 $2 (
44... Qf6 45. Bb2 Qf7 46. Qe3 f4 47. Qe4+ Qf5 48. Qe8+ Qf7 49. Qe4+ $11) 45.
Re1 {[%csl Ge1,Re5,Rg6][%cal Gc1g5][%mdl 128] Weiß hat einen aussichtsreichen
Angriff gegen den schwarzen König.} (45. Qd3+ Qf5 46. gxf4 Qxd3 47. Rxd3 gxf4
48. Bxf4 $16) 45... fxg3+ (45... Qf5) 46. Kg2 Qf5 47. Re6+ (47. Rf1 Qe4+ 48.
Rf3 Qe5 49. Qd3+ Kxh6 50. Rxg3 $18) 47... Kh5 48. Re3 {Ist dieser Zug wirklich
in der Partie gespielt worden? Statt dieser Fortsetzung konnte Weiß mit 48.
Qd1+ gewinnen.} (48. Qd1+ $1 Qg4 49. Qd3 Qd4 50. Qf3+ Qg4 51. Qf7+ Kh4 52.
Bxg5+ Kxg5 53. Qxd7 $18) (48. Re3 Qf2+ 49. Qxf2 gxf2 50. Rg3 g4 51. Kxf2 Nf6
$11) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The sixth round of the Kings Tournament had two balanced games that finished
in draws. In both Caruana-Nisipeanu and Ponomariov-Radjabov Black didn't have
opening problems and at some moment even took over the initiative, but in
neither of them did White have any problems achieving the draw. Thus the
standings didn't change: Caruana was leading with a plus two score, followed
by Ponomariov and Nisipeanu on 50 per cent. Radjabov and Wang Hao had minus
oneќ.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6
8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 {This move has become popular only
in the past two years and Caruana has already played it a few times.} ({
The main line is considered to be} 11. Nc3) 11... Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 {A position with a long strategic battle ahead. On
the long run White hopes to use his bishop pair, which is not an easy task,
since Black's position is very solid. His only weaknesses are created by the
pawn being on b6 instead of b7, but White has no way to exploit this factor
directly.} Rc8 (15... Qb8 16. Qc2 b5 17. Qd3 {was slightly better for White in
Caruana,F (2757)-Gelfand,B (2740) Zuerich 2013.}) 16. Qb5 (16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Be1
a6 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Qd3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nc3 a5 22. e3 Bb4 23. Rxa4 Qe7 24.
Raa1 h6 25. Qa6 Nb8 26. Qe2 Rc7 27. Na4 Nc6 28. Nc3 Nb8 29. Na4 Nc6 30. Nc3 {
Gelfand,B (2739)-Kramnik,V (2790) Moscow 2010}) 16... Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. b3
Nf6 (18... f5 19. f3 Nb8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. e3 Bf6 {Caruana,F (2757)-Adams,M 
(2725) Baden-Baden 2013.}) 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. f3 Nf5 21. e3 h5 {Nisipeanu does
not wish to wait passively and let his opponent slowly improve the position.
Instead, the Romanian GM gains space on the kingside in order to secure some
squares for his knights and eventually prevent White from expanding there.} ({
A passive strategy was fatal for Black in the following game:} 21... Rfd8 22.
Ne2 Qc7 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. a4 Ba3 27. Rc2 a5 28. Qa6
Rb8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd3 Ne7 31. Bf1 h6 32. Ne5 Qd8 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Ne8
35. Kg2 Ba3 36. Bd3 Nc7 37. Qa7 Ne8 38. Be1 {and the Italian converted his
advantage into a full point in Caruana,F (2796)-Yu,Y (2662) Tromso 2013.}) 22.
Ne2 Rfd8 23. Rac1 {An inaccuracy according to the players.} ({Better is} 23. a4
{after which Black continues} a5) 23... a5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 {The second
inaccuracy leads to a very comfortable position for Black.} Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 g5
$1 {Nisipeanu continues the same strategy of getting space on the kingside and
fighting for the important square e4. As long as the centre remains closed
Black can allow himself to play such advances on the kingside.} 27. Bd2 (27. e4
dxe4 28. fxe4 Nxd4 $1 29. Nxd4 Bc5 {works fine for Black.} (29... e5 30. Bxg5))
({Slightly better than the game is} 27. h3 g4 ({Nisipeanu considered to play} 
27... Qc7 $5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nh4) 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Nxg4 30. e4 dxe4
31. Bxe4) 27... g4 28. Be1 Bf8 {Black has achieved a very comfortable position,
which Nisipeanu evaluated in his favour. Nevertheless, White is basically
almost always out of real danger and the balance in the game was never broken.}
29. h3 Bh6 30. Bf2 Qc7 ({As indicated by Nisipeanu after the game, Black could
keep the pressure with} 30... Nd6 {in order to prevent the advance e3-e4.}) 31.
e4 {Forces the matters and leads almost by force to a draw.} gxf3 32. Bxf3 dxe4
33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Ne7 35. Qh4 Nd5 (35... Qc2 36. Qxe7 Qxe2 37. Qf6 $11)
36. Qxh5 Qc2 37. Qxh6 Qxe2 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. a4 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb3 41. Qh5+ Kg8
42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,J/Macieja"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 $6 {Too passive.} ({
I should have tried} 12... exd5 13. Qc1 (13. Ne5 Nb6 $1 (13... Bf6 14. f4 Bg7
15. Rad1 $1 $14) (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nf5 15. Bd2 $11) 14. b3 Bf5 {with a
great position.}) 13... f6 14. h4 h6 $11) 13. Rfd1 b6 $6 (13... b5 $1 {to gain
space on the queenside was more aggressive.} 14. a3 (14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nd3 a5 16.
Nc5 Bc6 $11) 14... Nb6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Nc5 Bc6 $11 {
I was afraid to give the c5-square to my opponent.}) 14. Ne5 (14. Qc1 $5 {
was another interesting plan.} h6 (14... g4 $2 15. Ne5 $18) 15. h4 Nc4 (15...
f6 $2 16. Nxd5 $1 exd5 17. Nxg5 $18) 16. hxg5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. Bh3 Bf6
19. Kg2 Kg7 $14) 14... Bb7 15. Qa4 Nb8 $1 {Protecting the light squares and
keeping the position closed.} (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nf5 (16... Nc4 $4 17. Qxc4
$1 dxc4 18. Rxd8 $18) 17. Bd2 $14) 16. Rac1 f6 (16... Qe8 $5 {was a good
defensive move.}) 17. Bh3 $5 f5 $6 ({I considered} 17... Nf5 $5 {really
interesting, as after} 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nd3 Nc6 {White didn't have an easy
way to improve his position, but eventually I decided to keep my structure
solid.}) ({A simple move such as} 17... Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gb8c6] defending
the e6-pawn, followed by ...Bd7 and ...Nc6, was much stronger. I was nervous
though, as I was facing one of the best players in the world.} 18. Nd3 Bd7 19.
Qc2 Nc4 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. e3 Rc8 $11) 18. Bg2 {...f5 has been provoked, there
are no tasks remaining for the bishop on h3-c8 diagonal.} (18. Nb5 $6 Qe8 $5 (
18... Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Ba6 20. Qa4 Bxe2 21. Re1 $44) 19. Rc7 $6 (19. Nc3) 19...
Bd8 $5 (19... Nxb5 20. Rxb7 Nd6 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rc7 Na6 23. Rc3 Bf6 24. Rdc1
Rec8 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Rd8 27. a3 Nb8 28. Rc7 a5 $11) (19... a6 20. Rxe7 $1
Qxe7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxg5 Nc6 23. Bf4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qe7 25. Qb3 $44) 20. Qb4
$1 Nxb5 21. Rxb7 a5 22. Qb3 Nd6 23. Rxb6 Bxb6 24. Qxb6 Ra6 25. Qc7 $44) 18...
Nf7 $6 {Trying to exchange the strong knight, but losing control over the
b5-square.} (18... Bf6 $14) 19. Nb5 $1 Qe8 $6 (19... Na6 20. Qb3 $5 (20. Nc6
Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qd7 22. Rc2 $1 Nd6 23. Qxa6 Qxb5 (23... Nxb5 $6 24. Rdc1 $1 f4
25. Bd2 Nxd4 26. Rc7 $16) 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Rc6 Kf7 26. a4 Nd6 27. Bxg5 Bxg5
28. Rxd6 Ke7 29. Rc6 Rfc8 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nc5 22. Qa3 $16) (19... Nxe5
20. dxe5 Nc6 21. Rc3 $36) 20. Qb3 Na6 21. Nc7 $2 {Missing an opportunity to
obtain a decisive advantage.} (21. Nxa7 $1 Nb4 (21... Rxa7 22. Qxb6 Qb8 23.
Qxe6 $18) 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bd2 $1 Rxa7 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxa2 26. Qxb6
$18) 21... Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rb8 24. Rdc1 $6 ({We both saw} 24. Rxb7
$1 {but as my opponent needed a draw to qualify to the next round of the World
Cup, I think he didn't want to take any risk.} Rxb7 25. Bxd5 Rc7 26. Bxe6+ Kg7
27. Bd2 $1 $16) 24... Rf7 {Now Black's position is solid again.} 25. Bd2 Rc8 $5
26. Rxc8 (26. Rxb7 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Qc8 28. Rxa7 (28. Bxd5 exd5 (28... Qxc1+ $2
29. Kg2 exd5 30. e6 $18) 29. e6 Qxb7 30. exf7+ Kxf7 $14) 28... Qxc1+ 29. Bf1
Bc5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 $14) 26... Bxc8 27. Rc7 Bc5 $1 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qa4 (29.
Bxg5 Qh5 30. Be3 Qxe2 31. Bf1 Qe1 32. Qa4 $11) ({The only try to play for a
win was} 29. Qc2 $1 Ba6 (29... Qc7 $2 30. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gd2g5,Gb2b4]}) 30. Qa4
$1 Bxe2 31. Bxg5 $14) 29... Qd7 $5 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Bxg5 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 ({Another way to reach the game is} 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Nc3)
9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 ({The other common line here is} 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Ne5 (11.
Nc3 {leads to a well-known equal or drawish position after} dxc4 12. Ne5 Nd5
13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Rac1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Rxd5 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bd6 $11) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 {
now a recent high-level game here went} exd5 $5 14. e4 d4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd2
Qe7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. h3 {Gelfand,B (2724)-Anand,V (2786) Zuerich
2017, and Black should continue} f6 {where White may have a slight edge but
Black has equalising chances.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bf4 {Transposing to
a familiar main line rather than going for a more principled pawn break in the
centre.} ({The most principled approach is} 12. e4 $1 Nxe4 (12... c5 $6 13.
exd5 exd5 14. Be3 dxc4 15. d5 $1 Ng4 16. Bf4 cxb3 (16... Bf6 17. bxc4 Ba6 18.
Rac1 Bxc4 19. Ne4 Ba6 {1-0 (36) Grandelius,N (2562)-Firat,B (2423) Athens 2012}
20. h3 $1 Nge5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qa4 $16) 17. axb3 c4 18. Rxa7
cxb3 19. Qxb3 b5 20. d6 Bf6 21. Rxb7 Rxc3 22. Qb1 $18 {and White has a
decisive advantage.} Nc5 23. Rxb5 Qd7 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Ne4+ 26. Kg1 Rxf3
27. Rb7 {1-0 (27) Swiercz,D (2645)-Xiong,J (2674) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. b4 $1 Be7 18. Rac1 (
18. Bf4 Qe8) 18... Qe8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qa4 21. a3 $1 Nd7 (21... Rfd8 22.
b5 $1 a6 23. Nc6 $16) (21... a6 22. Qf3) (21... Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rfe8
24. b5 $16) 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qf3 $14) 17. Bg5 {½-½ (17) Konopka,M (2398)
-Farago,I (2410) Hungary 2017} Qb6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 $14 {
White's position is easier to play - against the weakness on the queenside
light squares - however Black should hold with accurate play.}) 12... c5 13.
Nb5 cxd4 14. Nd6 (14. Nxa7 $2 {is very risky} Rc5 $1 15. Rxd4 Qa8 16. Nb5 dxc4
17. Nd6 (17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bd5 $17 20. Qd3 $2 e5 21. Rh4 e4 {
0-1 (21) Molina,R (2322)-Leitao,R (2601) Rio de Janeiro 2007}) 17... cxb3 18.
Qxb3 Bd5 $17) (14. Rxd4 Rc5 $1 {A typical idea in these positions.} 15. Rad1 a6
16. Nc3 (16. Nd6 $6 Ba8 $15) 16... Qc8 $1 $36 {and it's White who's under
pressure again, especially on the vulnerable c-file.} (16... b5 $5)) 14... Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Nxd4 Nc5 {This position has been reached 2 times before, and
Naiditsch could be very well still in his prep. He shared in a post-game
interview that he got a good position from the opening.} 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 ({
Another way to get a good complex game is} 17... bxc5 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. e3 dxc4
20. bxc4 Be4 $36 {0-1 (42) Krylov,M (2499)-Grachev,B (2660) Moscow 2011}) 18.
Qb2 ({Another continuation that leads to an equal game is} 18. Qd2 Qa8 (18...
Qe7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) (18... e5 $5 19. Nf5 (19. Nb5 $6 Qb8 $1 20. Rac1 Rec8
$36) 19... Bc8 20. Ne3 d4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 $11) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. f3 Bb7
$11 {0-1 (30) Krishna,C (2326)-Barua,D (2429) Kolkata 2012}) 18... e5 {A
critical moment for White.} 19. Nb5 $6 (19. Nf5 Qd7 20. b4 $1 (20. Ne3 $6 d4
$15) 20... Rxc4 21. Ne3 Rc7 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. e4 Rc4 $36 {
though White has equal chances, I think Black still has some initiative to
work with.}) ({Naitditsch was expecting another retreat:} 19. Nf3 {after which
he considered some interesting possibilities.} e4 (19... Qc7 20. Nd2 (20. cxd5
$2 {helping Black seize the weak c3-square.} Nxd5 21. Rac1 Nc3) 20... dxc4 21.
Nxc4 (21. Bxb7 c3 $19) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Ne4 $15) 20. Nd4 dxc4
$1 21. Ne6 ({The best way to defend is} 21. bxc4 Qe7 $15 {but White has a long
term weakness giving Black a long-term edge.} 22. Qa3 (22. e3 Ng4 $15) 22... e3
$1 $36) 21... c3 $1 22. Qa3 (22. Qc2 fxe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 22... fxe6 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 19... Qb8 $1 $15 20. e3 ({If} 20. Rac1 {White can face
unpleasant pressure after} Rec8 21. Na3 d4 $15) 20... h5 $5 ({Simpler and
better is} 20... a6 21. Na3 dxc4 $1 22. Nxc4 (22. bxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24.
f3 e4 25. f4 Qc8 $1 26. Qxb6 Ng4 $40 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rg4h2,Rc5h5]}) 22... Bxg2
23. Kxg2 b5 $17 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf6e4,Ge4c3,Gb5b4]} 24. Nd6 (24. Nd2 Qb7+ 25.
Kg1 Rd5 $1 26. Nf1 (26. Rac1 Red8) 26... Ne4 $17) 24... Re6 25. Nf5 (25. Qa3
Rc2) 25... Qa8+ 26. Kg1 g6 $17) 21. Qe2 a6 22. Na3 d4 (22... Qa8 $5 23. Rac1
dxc4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxc4 Rd5 $15) 23. Nc2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ne4 25. Qf1 h4 $6 {
After this, things get out of control.} ({The best continuation here, and
positionally in general, is to improve the worst-placed piece which in this
case is the c5-rook.} 25... Rc6 $1 26. Nb4 (26. exd4 Rf6 $40 27. f3 Ng5 28. Ne1
Nxf3 29. Nxf3 e4 $17) 26... Rg6 27. Nd5 {So what if there's a knight on d5? It
looks nice but is it doing anything useful according to the demands of the
position? :-)} dxe3 28. fxe3 (28. Nxe3 Rf6 $1) 28... Qc8 $40 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3,
Rh3][%cal Rh5h4,Re4g5]}) 26. f3 Nc3 27. Rd2 (27. Re1 {was more solid} hxg3 28.
hxg3 dxe3 29. Rxe3 $13 {and White is holding as the position starts to
stablise.}) 27... hxg3 28. hxg3 Re6 29. Qf2 Rf6 $2 ({The best but difficult
way to continue the attack which Naiditch later realised is} 29... e4 $1 30.
Rxd4 (30. Nxd4 exf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rf6 {and the queen has to give up control of the
a8-h1 diagonal.}) (30. f4 d3 $17) 30... exf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rg5 $40 {Black's pieces
start to coordinate and create dangerous threats around the white king.}) 30.
exd4 Ne4 31. Qe3 Nxd2 32. dxc5 Nxf3 {So far both players are playing
reasonably well in this crazy position and in mutual time trouble!} 33. cxb6 $4
{Unfortunately, Meier is the first one to crack under pressure.} ({Naiditch
correctly pointed out in an interview that White must play} 33. c6 $1 {
blocking the a8-h1 diagonal for the black queen; then he was planning} Qc8 {
whereupon Black still has good attacking chances. Indeed, with little time on
the clock, it will be challenging to find only-moves in the ensuing play.} 34.
Nb4 (34. Rh1 Qxc6) 34... Qf5 $1 (34... Nh4+ 35. gxh4 Qg4+ 36. Qg3 Qe2+ 37. Kh1
Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) (34... Qg4 35. Rh1) 35. Nd5 Qc2+ 36. Kf1 $1 {Here White
has to be brave and play the only move that draws:} Nh2+ 37. Kg1 Nf3+ 38. Kf1
$1 $11) (33. Rf1 e4 $1 34. Nd4 (34. Qxe4 Nd2) 34... Rg6 35. Ne2 bxc5 $40) 33...
Qb7 $1 {A powerful, little move by the queen that creates unstoppable
discovered threats. Upon realising there is no defence, White resigned. An
impressive comeback and a much-needed win for the hometown favourite GM
Naiditsch who disappointedly failed to realise good winning chances in his
previous game. Credit to both players for playing one of the more exciting
games in the 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic!} 0-1

[Event "Zalakaros op 34th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the crucial eighth round encounter on the top board. Boruchovsky was
going strong and leading the tournament by half a point. It was now in the
hands of Kovalenko to stop him.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4
{This move order is usually preferred by white players in order to prevent the
Bb4 followed by Be7 ideas. Now that the bishop is on c1, it can be used in a
much better manner on the b2 square, and also the d2 square can be utilized by
the b1 knight.} O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 b6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 {Black develops his knight
before the bishop to keep open the option of developing Ba6 or Bb7.} 9. Nc3 {
Now that the knight has developed itself on c3, the c4 pawn is relatively
undefended and that explains Black's next move.} Ba6 10. Bb2 $5 {A bold
decision to sacrifice the c4 pawn.} Rc8 (10... dxc4 {was a valid option for
Black. A forcing line from this point onwards could go something like this:}
11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne4 b5 15. Rfd1 $13 {and White's
compensation is beyond doubt, with his two strong bishops. But Black with an
extra pawn and central control is not doing so badly. In short it is a big
fighting game ahead.}) 11. e4 dxc4 12. Rfd1 Qc7 (12... cxb3 13. axb3 $14 {
Opening up the a-file would not be a good idea for Black.}) 13. e5 {A risky
move. But the danger exists for both sides now. White gets good attacking
chances.} (13. Ne2 {was more prudent.} b5 (13... cxb3 14. axb3 $44) 14. bxc4
bxc4 $11 {Sooner or later the c4 pawn will fall, but by that time Black would
be able engineer the c5 break and equalise the game.}) 13... Nd5 14. bxc4 (14.
Ne4 {would be met with the strong central break} c5 $1 15. bxc4 cxd4 $15) 14...
Bxc4 15. Ne4 {This is a position which computers assess clearly in Black's
favour, thanks to the extra pawn. But over the board things are entirely
different. When your king is under attack the -/+ 0.74 evaluation is not of
huge help!} b5 16. Neg5 g6 17. Qe4 {White has the intention of playing Qh4.}
Kg7 (17... c5 {looks like the natural reaction. Let's continue the white
attack.} 18. Qh4 h5 19. g4 Kg7 $1 {A not so difficult, yet very important idea
to foresee.} 20. gxh5 Rh8 $1 21. Qg3 Rxh5 $17 {And Black has a super solid
king position. At the same time the white center is falling apart.}) 18. h4 {
White introduces a new character to keep the attack alive.} (18. Qh4 h6 $19 {
is completely winning for Black.}) 18... N7b6 19. h5 Na4 {The black knights
start to cause mayhem in White's position.} 20. Bc1 Nac3 {A deadly knight fork
and it seems as if the game is over.} 21. Qh4 {There are some threats on the
kingside and Black has to be careful not to blunder.} Ne2+ (21... h6 {is a
nice solution. The point being after} 22. hxg6 {Black has the ultra strong} Rh8
$1 $19 {and White is losing just about everything.}) 22. Kh2 Nxc1 {A very
human way to play the position.} 23. h6+ (23. Raxc1 h6 24. hxg6 Qd8 $19) 23...
Kg8 24. Rdxc1 {The chances of a kingside attack have almost vanished for White
and he stands a pawn down with a completely lost position.} Bd3 25. Bf1 Bxf1
26. Rxf1 c5 $1 $19 {The final nail in the coffin. After this break Black is no
longer passive, and his extra pawn starts marching down the board.} 27. Qg4 c4
28. Ne4 c3 29. Rfc1 a5 30. Nfd2 a4 31. a3 Qb6 32. Nf1 Kh8 33. Qd1 Rc4 34. Ne3
Rxd4 35. Qf3 Qb8 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Nd6 f6 38. Rxc3 fxe5 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Qg4
Qb6 41. Ng5 Bxg5 42. Qxg5 Qxf2+ 43. Kh3 e4 {A nearly flawless game from
Kovalenko, and he judged it to be one of his best from the tournament. It was
this game that gave him the sole lead going into the last round.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Ragaz Accentus YM"]
[Site "Bad Ragaz"]
[Date "2016.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 ({Die Hauptvariante ist} 10... Bb7) 11. Ne5 Qc8 ({
Häufiger wird} 11... Rc8 {gespielt:} 12. Nc3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15.
a4 a6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3 e4 22.
Qa3 Re8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Bh3 Rxd6 28.
Rxd6 Rb8 29. Kg2 c3 30. bxc3 Nc4 31. Rxa6 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Nd5 33. a5 f5 34. c4
Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nxc4 36. Bxf5 Rf8 37. g4 Nxa5 38. Rxa5 g6 39. Re5 gxf5 40. gxf5
Ra8 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Rxe4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ra6 44. h4 h5 {1/2-1/2 (44) So,W (2773)
-Karjakin,S (2769) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rac1 {[#]} (13. e4 dxc4
14. d5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne8 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Bh3 cxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. dxe6 Qc6 20.
exf7+ Kxf7 21. f3 Qxf3 22. Bg2 Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8
26. Nb5 Rc5 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rb5 29. Bc1 Re5 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Rf2+ Ke6 32.
Bd2 b5 33. Kh3 b4 34. Bc1 c3 35. Rc2 Ne3 36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Kg2 Kd5 38. Kf2 Kd4
{0-1 (38) Sychevskyy,A (2159)-Yildiz,B (2291) Lvov 2013}) 13... Nxe5 ({Obwohl
bisher nicht gespielt scheint} 13... Bxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 {besser zu sein.}) 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb1 $18 {[#] Schwarz steht bereits auf Verlust.
Gegen Sxd5 und e6 gibt es keine Verteidigung mehr.} Qb8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. e6
Ne5 (18... Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd5 Rab8 21. Bc4 $18) 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Rxd5
Bf6 {[#]} 21. Qe4 ({Nett war auch} 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
und nun} 24. Qe4 $1 {mit der Absicht} Qxe4 25. f8=Q#) 21... Qb7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxb7 Nxf7 25. Rc7 $18 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, zwei
Bauern mehr und keine Mühe die Partie zu gewinnen.} Ng5 26. Bc8 Ne4 27. Bf5
Nd6 28. Bd3 a5 29. Rc6 Nc8 30. b3 Rf8 31. Ba6 Ne7 32. Rxb6 Nd5 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34.
Bxb8 Nb4 35. Bc4 Nxa2 36. e4 Nb4 37. Bc7 Nc6 38. Bd5 Be5 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40. f4
Nd7 41. Kf2 g6 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Nf6 (4... dxc4) 5. Bg2 Be7 (5... dxc4 6. Ne5
$14) 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 h6 (11... c5
$5) (11... Nxe4) (11... dxe4) (11... Ba8 12. Bb2 (12. e5 Ne8 13. h4 h6 14. Be3
Nc7 15. Ne2 c5 $1 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nf4 Qe7 $10 {Poldauf,
D-Zagrebelny,S/Groningen/1993/}) 12... Qc7 $6 (12... h6 $32) 13. e5 Ne8 14.
Rac1 Qb8 (14... c5 $1) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $3 Rxc2 $8 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxc2
$16 {Adamski,J-Butnorius,A/POL/1977/}) 12. e5 $1 {N/} (12. Bb2 Qc7 (12... Ba8
$5) 13. e5 Ne8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. h4 b5 18. Ne2 b4 19.
Nf4 Nb5 20. Bh3 $14 {Kirov,N-Nuss,A/Bern/1988/}) 12... Ne8 13. h4 Nc7 14. Bf4
$1 {/\Nh2-g4,Bh6/} Re8 (14... c5 15. dxc5 dxc4 $2 16. c6 Bxc6 17. Ng5 hxg5 18.
Bxc6 gxf4 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Rxc7 $18) 15. Nh2 Bf8 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Red8 18.
Rac1 $16 c5 $6 (18... Ba8 $5) 19. dxc5 $1 (19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 $14) 19... Nxc5 20. Bxh6 $1 Ne8 (20... gxh6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22.
Qc2 Ne4 $8 23. Ncxe4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 $18) 21. Bg5 (21. cxd5 $5 gxh6
(21... exd5 22. Bg5 f6 23. exf6 $18) 22. b4 $1 $36) 21... f6 22. Be3 (22. Bf4
$1) 22... Ba6 $5 23. exf6 (23. Nb5 $36) 23... gxf6 24. Qc2 dxc4 (24... f5 25.
Bg5) 25. Qg6+ Kh8 $8 (25... Qg7 $2 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ $18) 26. Bxc5 bxc5 $1
(26... Rxc5 $2 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Ne4 $18) 27. Ne4 Qg7 (27... f5 28. Ng5 $18)
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Ne3 (29. bxc4 f5 $2 (29... Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 f5 31. Rd7 $18) (
29... Rd4 $32) 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ng5 fxg4 32. Nxe6 Qe7 33. Nxd8 Qxd8 34. Bd5+
$18) 29... cxb3 30. axb3 Rxd1+ $2 (30... Qf7 $5 $17) 31. Rxd1 Bb7 32. Bh3 Qe7 (
32... f5 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Bxf5 $18) (32... Qf7 33. Qg4+ Ng7 34. Rd7 $18) 33.
Qg4+ Kh8 (33... Kf7 34. h5 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 $18) 34. Qxe6 Qxe6 35. Bxe6 $18 Rb8
36. Bd5 Bc8 (36... Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxb3 38. Rd8) 37. Rc1 f5 38. Nxc5 f4 39. Ng2 (
39. gxf4 Bh6 40. Nd3 $18) 39... fxg3 40. fxg3 Nf6 41. Bf3 Bd6 42. Nf4 Bf5 (
42... Rb5 $2 43. Ne4) 43. Kg2 Rb5 44. Nfe6 Ra5 $1 (44... Bxe6 45. Nxe6 Rxb3 $16
) 45. Nd4 Ra2+ (45... Bxc5 46. Nxf5 $18) 46. Ne2 a5 47. Nb7 (47. Rc4 $5) 47...
Bb4 48. Nd8 Bd3 49. Kf2 Bxe2 50. Bxe2 Ng4+ $10 51. Kf1 Ne3+ 52. Kf2 Ng4+ 53.
Kf1 Ne3+ 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 ({Kramnik against Caruana ventured into a a
Fianchetto Benoni with} 3... c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 (10... Ne4 $5 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4
Bxb2 $44) 11. a4 h6 (11... Nh5 $5 12. Bg5 Qc7 $132) 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qc1 g5 14.
Bd2 Nbd7 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Kh7 $6 (16... h5 $142 17. Bg5 Bg6 18. Nf1 $14 {/~~})
17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Ne3 h5 20. a5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2757)
-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zürich 2013/The Week in Chess 955 (53)} 21. Na4 $5 Nfd7 22.
b4 $14 {|^}) 4. Nf3 Bb4+ {The Catalan is still very popular at the top level,
it brought some exciting chess also in Zürich:} (4... dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 ({A risky attmept to create an unbalanced
position. The more restrained option is} 9... Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nb4 $5
12. Qd1 O-O 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bd2 f6 18.
Nd3 Bb6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rfc7 21. Qd2 Bg6 $11 {Kraemer,M (2516)-Nguyen Anh
Dung (2500)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Be7 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a3 O-O 16. e3 a5 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Rc1 Na7 19. axb4 axb4
{1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2740)-Anand,V (2780)/Zürich 2013/The Week in Chess 956 (40)
} 20. Nd2 $14 {/+/-}) (4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9.
Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. b4 ({A rare move, Kramnik himself against
Leko in the 2007 World Championship preferred the more usual} 12. Bg5 {See
notes to this game by Marin in CBM 120.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 $5 $146 (13...
Bb7 14. a3 Nb6 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. e4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 h6 $13 {Witte,R (2077)-Manz,A/
Berlin/2008/}) 14. a3 Qb7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. e4 Nc4 19.
d5 Bd7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. e5 Ng4 22. Re4 Nxf2 $1 23. Kxf2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B 
(2740)-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zürich 2013/The Week in Chess 956 (46)} Bc6 $44) 5. Bd2
Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 $5 (10. b3
Nbd7 {-E15 This line can and often does arise via the 4.g3 Ba6 Queen's Indian.}
) 10... Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 Nxe5 13. exd5 Be2 14. dxe5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 exd5
16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Nxe5 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. f4 Ng6 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 Rc8 22. fxg7
{is a line, that appears promising for White. However, in practical and postal
games he was mostly unable to transform his initiative into something more
tangible after Black returns the exchange:} Re8 (22... Kxg7 23. Qd2 Rxc3 (23...
Kh8 24. Rf1 f6 25. Kh1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng6 27. b3 Be5 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30.
Rd1 Qc8 31. Qd3 f5 {Alekseev,E (2701)-Sjugirov,S (2626)/Moscow/2011/} 32. Nc4
$36) 24. Qxc3 Qc8 25. Qd2 Ng6 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Kh1 Qd7 28. b3 f5 29. Qg5 Bb8 30.
Re1 Rf7 $14 {/=,Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Alekseev,E (2662)/Saratov/2011/}) 23. Qe2
(23. Qh5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. h3 Re5 27. Qf3 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Qg5 29.
Rf1 h5 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 {1/2,Stohl,I (2510)-Bokros,A (2501)/SVK-chT/2011/
}) 23... Rc5 24. Kh1 Re6 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Qf2 Qxg7 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 {1/2, Standke,
W (2511)-Jensen,E (2501)/corr/2011/} 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Nc4 $132) 9. Bf4 b6
10. Rd1 Bb7 (10... Ba6 {can lead to positions of a similar type:} 11. cxd5 (11.
b3 Rc8 {again leads to the Queen's Indian/Catalan position we have already
mentioned. Marin wrote an article about this line in CBM 122.} 12. Nc3 Nh5 13.
Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nxc4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Ne2
Bc5 $132 {Topalov,V (2752)-Leko,P (2737)/London/2012/}) (11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 (
12. cxd5 {- 11.cxd5}) 12... Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ra6 (17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Bg5 Qb6 $132) 17... Nb6 18. Ra7 Ra8
19. Rc7 $6 (19. Rb7 $142) 19... Nh5 20. Rxc6 Nxf4 21. gxf4 b4 22. Ne2 Rc8 23.
d5 exd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Ng3 (25. b3 $142 $15) 25... b3 26. Qe2 {Caruana,F 
(2716)-Palac,M (2586)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/} Re8 27. Ne4 Bxb2 $1 $17) 11...
cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 {Here, contrary to our game, White will "win" Black's
dark-squared bishop. Although his bishops give him a slight and riskless pull,
the symmetrical nature of the resulting positions makes it difficult to get
something more concrete and in GM practice draws mostly prevail:} Bb5 (13...
Nh5 14. Bc1 $5 (14. Be3 Nb8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rac1 Qd7
19. f3 h6 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. b3 Rc7 22. Bf1 Ne7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Kf7 25. Nb1
Rxc2 26. Rxc2 g5 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Ponomariov,R (2758)/
Saratov/2011/}) 14... Nb8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. b3 b5 18. a3 Nf6 19.
Nc3 Qc7 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Qb2 h6 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. axb4 Bb7 25. Rac1
Nd7 26. h4 $11 {/+/=,Leko,P (2728)-Ponomariov,R (2758)/Saratov/2011/}) 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bf3 (18. Rc2 Qb4 19. f3 Rfe8
20. Rdc1 Rc4 21. Be3 Rec8 22. Bf2 a4 23. e3 R4c7 24. Be1 a3 25. b3 e5 26. Qd1
Qe7 27. Bf2 Qb4 28. Be1 Qe7 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2737)-Grischuk,A (2756)/Nice
blindfold rpd/2010/}) 18... Qb4 19. h4 Bb7 20. Nb1 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Kf1 Ne8 25. Ke1 Kf8 26. Nb1 Bb7 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. a4 Ke7
29. b3 Nd6 30. Bc1 b5 31. axb5 Nxb5 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Ba3+ Ke8 34. Bd6 a4 $11 {
Stupak,K (2520)-Almasi,Z (2707)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 11. Ne5 Nh5 (11... Rc8
12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 {leads to a more complex
struggle, but White's chances are somewhat higher:} b5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. b3 Rfe8
18. Bb2 Bf8 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Qd2 Rcd8 21. Rac1 c5 22. d5 Qa5 23. Qc2 c4 24. bxc4
bxc4 25. Ne2 exd5 26. exd5 Bb5 27. Nc3 Ba6 {Leko,P (2737)-Kramnik,V (2797)/
Istanbul olm/2012/} 28. Ne4 $36 (28. d6 $5)) 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 {Currently quite a topical position in top-flight practical
games. Just as in the note to the 10-th move, Black's set-up is very solid,
but White's bishops provide him with a reason to fight on.} Qb8 (15... Rc8 16.
Qb5 $5 (16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Be1 a6 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Qd3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 $1 21. Nc3 (
21. Qxa6 $6 Nxd4 $1 22. Rxd4 Rc1 23. Kf1 Qb8 $36) 21... a5 22. e3 Bb4 23. Rxa4
Qe7 24. Raa1 h6 25. Qa6 Nb8 26. Qe2 Rc7 27. Na4 Nc6 $11 {Gelfand,B (2739)
-Kramnik,V (2790)/Moscow/2010/}) 16... Ne8 (16... Nb8 17. Nc3 (17. e3 Ne8 18.
Be1 Nd6 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Nb5 Nf5 23. Bf1 g6 24. Nc3 Bg7
25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Qa4 Nb8 27. Ne2 Rfd8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Nd6
$11 {Mchedlishvili,M (2651)-Alekseev,E (2683)/Bundesliga/2012/}) 17... Nc6 18.
e3 Na5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Rac1 b5 22. b3 Na3 23. Bf1 a6 24. Qb2 Rc6
25. Bd3 Rfc8 26. Ne2 b4 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rc1 a5 29. f3 Bd8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31.
Qc1 Qxc1 32. Nxc1 {/+/=,Sasikiran,K (2676)-Alekseev,E (2691)/New Delhi/2012/})
17. Qd3 Nd6 18. b3 ({Similar is} 18. Nc3 g6 19. b3 Nb8 20. Bc1 Nc6 21. Bb2 Nf5
22. e3 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. Qd2 Nd6 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Bf1 Bg7 $11 27. Qe1 Qb7
$11 {/+/=,Tomashevsky,E (2707)-Matlakov,M (2632)/Taganrog/2011/}) 18... f5 $5 (
{The standard} 18... Nb8 {is playable as well, Black opts for a more
interesting Stonewall position.}) 19. f3 Nb8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. e3 Bf6 22. Ne2 Qd7
23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Be1 Rfc8 $11 25. g4 a5 26. a3 a4 $5 27. bxa4 Nc4 (27... fxg4
28. fxg4 Nc4 $44) 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rb1 Ne7 $44 {Caruana,F (2757)-Adams,M 
(2725)/Baden-Baden 2013/CB07_2013 (54) Black has lasting pressure against
White's central pawn mass, in the end his loss cost Caruana the tournament
victory.}) (15... a6 16. e3 b5 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rfc8
21. b3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. exd4 b4 25. a5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4]} Ng5 26.
Be2 Rc2 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 g6 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nf3 $14 {Giri,A 
(2701)-Meier,G (2656)/Dortmund/2011/ Black's queenside pawns are more
vulnerable, than their White counterparts, this went on to decide the game
later on. Gelfand will also advance his queenside pawns, but at least they
won't get split.}) ({After} 15... Qc8 {White would presumably keep the queens
on the board for the time being and fight for an edge with} 16. Qa4 $5 (16. Rc1
Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Nc3 Ne8 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Nd1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1
Nb5 23. e3 f5 24. Bf1 Nd6 25. Nc3 Kf7 26. Nb5 {1/2,Cyborowski,L (2555)
-Sadzikowski,D (2433)/Wroclaw/2012/})) 16. Qc2 $146 {[%mdl 32] For now Caruana
keeps the major pieces on the board and prepares for a long positional and
manoeuvring fight.} (16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qxc8+ Qxc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {leads to a
position, which was already evaluated as equal in the above note. Apart form
the quoted game here Gajewski and Yu Yangyi split the point a weak earlier in
the Rejkjavik open.}) 16... b5 (16... Rc8 17. Qd3 b5 (17... Qb7 18. Nc3 {
[%cal Ye2e4] gives White chances to toy with the idea of a well-timed central
advance.}) 18. a3 $5 (18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 a6 20. b3 Qb5 $11) (18. Be1 Nb6 $1 19.
Qxb5 (19. b3 b4 $11) 19... Nc4 $11 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. b3 $2 Nb2 $19) 18... a5 (
18... b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nc3 a5 $132) 19. Nc3 b4 20. Nb5 Nb6 $11) 17. Qd3 b4
(17... Rc8 $5 {-16...Rc8 tranposes to the previous note and might be more
accurate.}) 18. Be1 {White slowly starts to get his pieces out.} Qb6 (18... e5
{is an idea Gelfand employs later on. It attention even now, when White's
forces still lack coordination.} 19. Nd2 (19. dxe5 Qxe5 $32) (19. Bh3 a5 $132)
19... e4 (19... a5 20. e4 $1 $36) 20. Qa6 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 19. Nd2 a5 (19... Rac8
20. Rac1 Qa5 $5 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bd2 $11 {[%cal
Yd1c1] /+/=}) 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. e3 e5 ({Instead of maintaining the status quo
with solid moves as} 21... Rfd8) ({or} 21... Rc6 {, Black somewhat
surprisingly lashes out.}) 22. Bh3 $5 (22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf5 (23. Qe2 Rfd8 24.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne4 $132 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ye7f6]}) 23... Qb8
$5 $132 (23... Qe6 24. Bh3 $11 {/+/=})) 22... Rc7 {[%mdl 512] Gelfand wants to
keep the position more dynamic and decides to sacrifice a pawn.} (22... exd4
23. exd4 $14 (23. Qxd4 Bc5 $13)) (22... e4 $5 23. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rh3d7]}
(23. Qe2 Rc6 $11) {seems more comfortable for White due to the weaknesson d5,
but he has yet to show, how he can make inroads after e.g.,} 23... Qa7 24. Qa4
Nb6 25. Qb5 Rc7 $5 (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb8 27. Qc6 $14) 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nb3
Nc4) 23. Bxd7 {White accepts the challenge, but a worthy alternative was} (23.
Rxc7 $5 Qxc7 24. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Yd1c1] /<=> with a slight edge.}) 23... Nxd7
24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxd5 Rfc8 (25... Bf6 $5 26. Rxc7 (26. b3 Rd7 27. Nc4 Qd8 28.
Nd6 g6 $44) 26... Qxc7 27. Nb3 Rd8 (27... a4 $2 28. Bxb4 Rd8 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30.
Ba5 $18) 28. Qb5 (28. Rc1 Qb6 (28... Rxd5 29. Rxc7 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 g5 $132) (28...
Qxc1 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nxc1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxh2+ 32. Ke2 Ng4 33. a3 $11 {/+/=})
29. Qxa5 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Qb7 $11) 28... Rb8 29. Qe2 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. Rc1 Nxb2
32. Nxa5 Nd3 33. Rd1 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Ra8 35. Nc6 Bc3 36. Rb1 Rxa2 37. Nxb4 Bxb4
38. Rxb4 h5 $11 {In this line White has only limited and practical winning
chances; theoretically it's a draw.}) 26. Nb3 (26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ (
27... Rd8 $4 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxd8+) 28. Qxf3 h6 $132 {/= and it's difficult
to activate the Be1 and also prevent a liqudation of the queenside into some
drawish endgame.}) 26... Nc4 $44 27. Rd4 (27. Rc2 Qa6 $5 {[%cal Rc4e3]} (27...
g6 28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3]}) (27... Bf6 28. Qd3 g6 (28... Nxb2 $4
29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Qd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8#) 29. Qe2 $14) 28. Re2 (28. Qd3 Qa8 {
[%cal Rc4e5]} 29. Qd5 Qa6 $11) 28... Bf6 $44) 27... Qa6 28. Rf4 Bf6 {[%csl Rb2]
} 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Re4 Qd6 $6 {Only this gives White serious winning chances.
Black had two better moves:} (30... Be5 31. f4 (31. Rexc4 Rxc4 32. Nc5 Rxc1 33.
Nxe6 fxe6 34. Kg2 Bxb2 35. Qb3 Bf6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 $11) 31... Nxb2 32. Qb5 (32.
Qb1 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Qc6 34. Rxe5 Nc4 35. Nb3 (35. Re7 Kf8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4
Nd6 $15) 35... Nxe5 36. fxe5 Qd5 $44) 32... Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Qc6 34. Qxc6 (34.
Qxe5 f6 35. Qe7 (35. Qxb2 $2 Qxe4 $40) 35... Qxc1 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qe7+ $11)
34... Rxc6 35. Nb3 (35. Rxe5 f6 $17) 35... Nd3 36. fxe5 Nxe1 37. Nxa5 Rc2 38.
Rxb4 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 g5 40. a4 Rd2 $11) (30... Ne5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qd1 (32. Qb5
Rc8 33. Kg2 Qf5 34. Nd2 h5 $1 $44 {[%cal Yc8c1]}) 32... Qf5 $44) 31. Re8+ $1
Rxe8 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Rxc7 a4 (33... Bxb2 34. Nxa5 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 34. Nc5
b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rc6 Bxb2 37. Nxb3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] /+/- After a series of
forced moves White has managed to liquidate the queenside pawns without
exchanging any minor pieces. Rook endgames, or R+B:R+B endgames are drawn (or
drawish), but in the current situation Caruana can torture his opponent almost
for ever.} (37. Rxd6 $6 Ba3 38. Rb6 Bxc5 $11 {/+/=}) 37... Ne4 38. Kg2 h5 39.
f3 Ng5 40. Bf2 (40. e4 $5) 40... g6 41. Nc5 (41. e4 $142 {[%cal Yf2e3,Yb3d2,
Yd2c4]}) 41... Ne6 $1 42. Ne4 ({As we have already mentioned,} 42. Nxe6 $6 Rxe6
{helps the defence.}) 42... Bg7 43. Rb6 Ra8 ({Gelfand was reluctant to give
White a passed central pawn after} 43... f5 44. Nd6 Re7 45. e4 fxe4 46. fxe4
$14 {/+/-}) 44. h3 Ra2 45. f4 Ra5 (45... Ra3 46. g4 (46. Kf3 $6 Nd4+ 47. Kg2
Nf5) 46... hxg4 47. hxg4 $36 {or}) (45... Rb2 46. Rc6 {doesn't change the
character of the position.}) 46. Kf3 g5 {[%csl Rh5] A risky endeavour. Gelfand
wants to prevent the gradual advance of White's pawns, but weakens his own
pawn-structure.} 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Nd6 (48. Re8 $1 Rd5 (48... Kg6 49. Nd6 $16 {
[%cal Rf4f5]}) 49. Rxe6 (49. Be1 $5 $16) 49... g4+ $5 (49... fxe6 50. Nxg5+ Kg6
51. Nxe6) 50. hxg4 fxe6 51. Ng5+ Rxg5 52. fxg5 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Kg6 54. e4 $16 {
[%cal Yf2e3,Yg4e2,Ye2b5,Yb5d7,Ye3f4]}) 48... f5 49. Rb6 $6 (49. Rb7 Nc5 (49...
Kg6 50. Rb6 g4+ 51. hxg4 hxg4+ 52. Kg2 Ra2 53. Ne8 $1 $18) 50. Rc7 g4+ 51. hxg4
fxg4+ (51... hxg4+ 52. Kg2 Nd3 53. e4 $1 Ra2 (53... fxe4 54. Bd4) 54. Nxf5
Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 $18) 52. Kg2 Nd3 53. Ne4 Ra2 54. Rd7 $36) 49... g4+ 50. hxg4
fxg4+ $2 (50... hxg4+ $142 $1 51. Kg2 Nc5 {/\} 52. Nxf5 (52. Bg1 $5 $14) 52...
Ra2 (52... Ne4 53. Nd6 $18) 53. Nd6 (53. Rb1 Ne4 54. Rf1 Bf8 55. Kg1 Kg6 56.
Nd4 Bc5 $44 {and there is no obvious way for White to break the blockade.})
53... Bf8 54. Nf7 (54. Ne8 Be7 (54... Ne4 55. Nf6+ Nxf6 56. Rxf6 Bb4 {[%cal
Rb4e1]} 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ $11) 55. Rc6 Nd3 56. Rc7 Rxf2+ 57. Kg1 Re2
58. Rxe7+ Kh8 $11 {and Black has a perpetual.}) 54... Ne4 (54... Nd3 $2 55.
Ng5+ Kh8 56. Ne4) 55. Ng5+ Nxg5 56. fxg5 Bc5 57. Re6 Kg7 $11) 51. Kg2 Nc5 52.
Nb7 Nxb7 53. Rxb7 $16 {/+/=} Ra4 54. Rb6 {Now White has good winning chances,
but it will take time and patience to break down the light-square blockade.}
Re4 (54... Rc4 $142) 55. Kf1 h4 $2 {Desperation, or possibly a gross oversight.
} (55... Rc4 {was still more resilient.}) 56. gxh4 g3 57. Bg1 (57. Bxg3 Rxe3
$16 {/+/= poses big technical problems, as a bishop swap leads only to a drawn
rook endgame.}) 57... Bh6 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 58. Kg2 {The last pawn falls and
further resistance is meaningless.} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 (9. Rd1 {at once looks more flexible. White keeps the options of
using the ideas in the game without committing the bishop, which could come in
handy on f4.}) 9... Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 $5 {I have not been able to find
this exact position anywhere, so perhaps this is a new move. The idea is not
terribly original though. White is willing to part with a pawn in order to
increase the scope of his pieces, e.g.} b5 (11... dxc4 {is very risky.} 12.
bxc4 (12. Ne5 $5 {was suggested by Gausel, with the idea of keeping the
tension, since black cannot afford to open the a-line by capturing on b3. This
may be even more promising.}) 12... Bxc4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 (14... Nd5
$5) 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. Nd6 {seems to me to offer white wonderful compensation -
every single piece is more actively placed and black can only hope to cower
behind his extra pawn.}) 12. c5 {Now a very difficult position arises where
white's chances must be objectively superior thanks to his advantage in space,
but making something of this abstract concept is no easy matter.} b4 13. Na4
Bb5 14. Ne1 $1 {Heading for the ideal square d3. White's plan is to arrange
a2-a3 at a favorable moment, when either b4 or a7 becomes weak. White does not
fear ...Bxa4, which does not change his basic plan, and also robs black of the
b5 square, which he may need later.} Rb8 15. Nd3 Ne8 $1 {A useful move, which
creates the possibility of ...f5 or ...Bf6, and sends the knight within range
of b5 or b4.} 16. Rab1 a5 17. e3 $6 {Bc1-f4 was also possible, but I wanted to
keep e5 under control, bolster the center and ready the Bg2 for action on a
useful diagonal. A nice list of reasons, but this move makes it a bit easier
for black to create counterplay.} f5 18. a3 {Johann suggested} (18. f3 $5 {
after the game. My feeling about this position was that creating a queenside
target was top priority, and that trying to monitor all sectors of the board
would only befuddle my overtaxed brain.}) 18... bxa3 19. Bxa3 Nc7 20. Bc1 Na6
21. Nab2 e5 {It seems that black must play this to create some play as his
queenside comes under fire. Afterwards Johann was sufficiently depressed to
even have doubts about this, but with Bd2 and Ra1 looming, it must be right.}
22. Bd2 e4 (22... exd4 23. exd4 Bf6 {concerned me a bit, as black can punt the
exchange after N or B to f4 by simply taking on d4, when white's center
evaporates. I would guess that white maintains an advantage after the
stubbornly solid} 24. Bc3 {followed by turning his attention to the a- or
e-files.}) (22... Bf6 $5 {is also very interesting;} 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf4 $5 {
on the other hand, looks quite promising. Hjartarson's decision to simply gain
space looks most logical to me, since he avoids activating white's pieces.} (
24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 $5 Bc7 $5 26. Nd6 Bxd6 (26... Nxc5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Bf1)
27. cxd6 Nb4 {does not seem to lead to much for white.})) 23. Nf4 Rf6 24. Ra1
Nb4 {Both players were rather short of time already, and there are a lot of
difficult decisions to make here. Hjartarson opts to keep the bishop on b5
working for as long as possible, but he could have started burning bridges
instead.} (24... g5 $5 25. Bxa5 Qe8 26. Ne2 Qh5 27. Nc3 {and Hjartarson judged
the attack insufficient with the falling of the Bb5. The violent} Rh6 28. h3 f4
29. Nxb5 Rxb5 {does not appear to give black an easy attack;} 30. exf4 (30. Bc3
$5) 30... gxf4 31. Bd2 $5) 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. h4 g6 {Preparing the gradual
expansion of the kingside.} 27. Bf1 {A difficult decision with time running
short. I wanted to play} (27. Ra7 $5 {which is much stronger if it works. The
idea is} Nf8 28. Nc4 {when white begins to invade since} dxc4 (28... h6 29. Ne5
g5 30. Nh5 Re6 31. Bh3 {is awkward for black.}) 29. bxc4 b3 30. Qc3 {is very
good for white. However, if black does not take on c4, and manages to open
lines on the kingside, white will not be able to escape with his king. This is
an understandable fear, but it is hard to find a way for black to achieve this.
After white's nervous decision, the game sinks further into obscurity.}) 27...
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nf8 29. Ke2 h6 30. Rh1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nh5 Rf7 33. Kd2 {
White runs to safety and opens the d1-h5 diagonal for the queen. Both players
must constantly beware of losing control of the a- or h-lines, and the
position is very unclear, at least to those involved.} Rh7 34. Rag1 Ng6 35. Qd1
Qc7 36. Kc2 Rf8 37. Rh2 Kf7 38. Rgh1 Rfh8 39. f3 $5 {White tries to create
more chances for confusion in the final seconds of the first time control.} Qd7
{Hjartarson hastens to support the white squares around his king. White's last
move was well timed, since black must take care of the f-line now that his
king is there. With plenty of time for reflection, though, black could have
tried} (39... Nh4 $5 {with great complications, that I would guess should ebb
out in equality.} 40. gxh4 (40. fxe4 $5 Rxh5 41. e5 $5 Ng2 42. Rxh5 Nxe3+ 43.
Kc1 Nxd1 44. Rxh8 Nxb2 45. R1h7+ Kg6 46. Rh6+ Kg7) 40... Rxh5 41. fxe4 fxe4 {
and white has various ways to get compensation for a pawn, e.g.} 42. Qg4 Rxh4
43. Rf2+ Ke8 44. Rxh4 Rxh4 45. Qe6) 40. fxe4 dxe4 (40... fxe4 {was probably
safer, since it is not easy for white to use the f-line, and he no longer has
an easy route in with the Nb2. On the other hand, black has no hope of
generating play with his pawns.}) 41. Rf2 {A strange move, typical of the
relief of making time control.} (41. Qe2 {was more logical, as white needs to
play this in any case.}) 41... Kg8 42. Nc4 Qe6 43. Qe2 Bf8 44. Rfh2 {The war
of nerves continues. White has more chances of improving his position thanks
to the powerful c4 square. Black can do very little, and his next move allows
white a tactical finesse.} Ne7 $2 45. g4 $1 {After this black's pawn structure
caves in.} f4 $6 (45... fxg4 46. Qxg4 $1 (46. Ne5 $2 Nd5 {and black defends
thanks to the knight fork on e3.}) 46... Qxg4 47. Nf6+ Kf7 48. Nxg4 Rxh2+ 49.
Rxh2 Rxh2+ 50. Nxh2 Kg6 {was a better try, hoping that the g-pawn will create
enough counterplay to balance the terrible weaknesses on e4 and c6, but
neither of us felt that this was likely.}) 46. exf4 gxf4 47. Ne5 $1 (47. Nxf4
$2 Rxh2 48. Rxh2 Rxh2 49. Qxh2 Qxg4 {is nothing for white at best.}) 47... Nd5
48. Qxe4 Bg7 49. Ra1 $1 {Now that the knight on h5 is firmly protected,
white's rooks have total freedom. Now Hjartarson used up most of his time
trying to find a way to hang on.} Bxe5 50. dxe5 Qe8 $1 {I had expected black
either to resign or play into} (50... Rf7 51. Ra8+ Rf8 52. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 53.
exf6 Rxh2+ 54. Kc1 {and white wins.}) 51. Kb2 {Now I used up most of my time
trying to find a simple win. Gausel's suggestion of} (51. Rd2 $5 {is
interesting. I wanted to avoid the mess of} Ne3+ 52. Kb2 Nxg4 {but black is
too exposed to last long here.}) 51... Re7 52. Rah1 Rh6 53. Nxf4 Rxh2+ (53...
Rxe5 54. Qc2 $1 Nxf4 (54... Rxh2 55. Qxh2) 55. Rxh6 Re2 56. Rh8+ {wins easily.}
) 54. Rxh2 Rxe5 $2 (54... Nxf4 55. Qxf4 Rxe5 56. Qxb4 {should not pose too
many technical difficulties.}) 55. Qh7+ 1-0

