[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1944.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1944.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. h3 e5 $146 7. d5 a5 8. Be2
Na6 9. g4 (9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gf2f3,Gd2f1,Gg2g4,Gf1g3]} Ne8 11.
g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 f4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bg4 $14) 9... Nc5 10. Qc2 Ne8
11. Nf3 f5 $6 {le coup naturel est probablement prématurée dans cette position}
12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 $16 (13. O-O-O Kh8 14. Rhg1) 13... Qd7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15.
Nd2 $1 Nfxe4 (15... a4 16. f3 h6 17. Be3 a3 18. b4 Na4 (18... Na6)) 16. Ndxe4
fxe4 17. Rdg1 $36 {[%cal Gg1g8,Gg5h6]} Rxf2 $6 18. Be3 (18. Rg3 Nd3+ 19. Kb1
Nf4 20. Bh6 e3 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Bxg7 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 Bf5 $132) 18... Rf8 $6 (
18... Rf6 $142) 19. Rg3 {[#]} Kh8 $2 (19... Rf6 20. Nxe4 (20. Rhg1 Rg6 $11)
20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rg6 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Qf7 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Rg1 Qxg5 26.
Bxg5 Kh8 27. Bd3 $16) 20. Rhg1 $18 Rg8 $2 21. Qd2 {[%cal Ge3h6,Gg3g8]} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O (5... c5 6. d5 e5 7.
Bd3 Nh5 8. Nge2 Qf6 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bd2 O-O $13 {Polgar,Z-Uhlmann,W/Aruba/1992/
1:0 (43) Inf 55/291/}) (5... e5 6. d5 a5 7. Bd3 Na6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Bg5 Bd7 10.
O-O Qe8 11. Rc1 $14 {Chernin,A-Brunner,L/Buenos Aires/1992/ 1:0 (34) Inf 54/
575/}) 6. Bg5 Na6 $5 (6... c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. f4 Qa5 $1
11. Kf2 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. a4 Nh5 $1 $10 {Suba,M-Yrjela,J/Manila(ol)/1992/ 0:1 
(33) Inf 55/584/}) 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Qe8 9. g4 Kh8 (9... Nd7 $5 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2
f5 11. exf5 e4 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 Ndc5 13. Bf3 gxf5 $44) 12... gxf5 13. gxf5
Ne5 $44) 10... f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. Nh4 Ndc5 14. Bc2 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 $10 {Daunovic,T-Kupreichik,V/JUG (tch)/1992/ 0:1 (24) Inf 55/
583/}) 10. Nge2 Ng8 11. Ng3 f5 $6 (11... f6 $5 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14.
Qxe3 Nc5 15. Bc2 a5 $14) 12. exf5 e4 (12... gxf5 13. Bxf5 $16) 13. Ncxe4 gxf5 (
13... Bxb2 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Rb1 Bc3+ 16. Kf1 Bg7 17. Kg2 $16) 14. gxf5 Bxf5
15. Be3 $16 {! Knaak} (15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Qd2 Raf8 (17... Qxb2 18.
Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Nxd6 $16) 18. O-O-O $16) 15... Bxe4 (15... Bxb2 $2 {
Knaak} 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Nxd6 $18) 16. Nxe4 Nb4 $6 (16... Bxb2 $5
17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Rxb7 Nc5 $5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rxc7 Qe5 21. Rxc5 Rae8 $44) 17.
Rg1 {! Knaak} Qe5 (17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Nxd3+ $8 19. Qxd3 Bg7 20. Ng5 $16) 18. a3
Nxd3+ (18... Qxb2 {Knaak} 19. Rb1 Qxa3 20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Kf1 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 b6 (
22... Nf6 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 (23... Nxe4 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxe4+ Kg7 26. Bd4+ $18)
24. Bd4 $18) 23. Ra3 Qb4 24. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Bd2 $18) 19. Qxd3 Rae8 $6 (19...
Qf5 20. O-O-O Rae8 21. Ng5 $18) (19... h6 $5 $16) (19... Qxb2 {Knaak} 20. Rb1
Qe5 21. Ng5 Qc3+ 22. Ke2 Qxd3+ 23. Kxd3 b6 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Rxg7 Rxg7 26. Bd4
$18) 20. Ng5 $18 Rf5 (20... Nf6 21. Ne6 Rf7 22. Nxg7 Rxg7 23. O-O-O $18) 21.
Ne6 Rxe6 22. dxe6 Ne7 23. Rg4 b6 24. Qc2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Be5 27. Kd2
Ng6 $2 (27... Rf6 28. f4 $1) (27... h5 28. Rg5 $18) 28. Rxg6 $1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5 b5 $10) 11... dxe5 12. O-O Rd8 13.
Qc2 b6 (13... c5 $5) 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Bb7 $2 (15... Nf8 $14) 16. c5 b5 17.
Nb2 Nf8 18. Bc3 Nh5 19. Bf1 Ne6 20. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 21. Nd3 Nd4 $2 (21... f6 $14)
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 Bh8 (23... f6 24. g4 fxe5 25. gxh5 e4 26. Qb3+ Rd5 27. Nd2
exd3 28. Bg2 $16) 24. g4 Ng7 25. Ng5 Ne8 $2 (25... Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Re1
$16 (27. f4 {/\g5} g5 $1)) 26. e6 $1 f6 27. Nf7 Rb8 28. Re1 Qe7 29. f4 f5 30.
gxf5 Qh4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qg2 Qf6 33. Nxh8 $1 Kxh8 34. Ne5 Ng7 35. Nxg6+ Kg8
36. Bd3 $2 (36. f5 d3 37. Bxd3 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Qxd3 39. f6 $18) 36... Nxe6 37. h4
$1 Rd8 38. f5 Ng7 39. Qg5 $18 Qxg5+ 40. hxg5 Bc8 41. f6 Ne6 42. Ne7+ Kf7 43.
Bg6+ Kf8 44. Nxc8 Nxg5 45. Nxa7 Nf3+ 46. Kf2 Nxe1 47. Kxe1 Ra8 48. Nxc6 (48.
Nxc6 Ra6 49. Nb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 c6
(8... Qe8) 9. Nge2 $146 (9. Qd2) 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. exd5 $5 (
12. cxd5 Bd7 {/\ b5}) (12. Nxd5 Ncxe4 $1 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7
Nxc4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 12... Bd7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ng3 $6 (14. Rab1 Qa6 15. b3
b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 $15) (14. Be3 Qa6 (14... Nh5 $6 15. Ba4 $1) (
14... Rac8 15. a3 $1) 15. b3 (15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. b3 Ne8) 15... Rfc8 {/\ b5}) (
14. Kh1 $5 {/\ 15.f4 e4 15.f5|^} Rae8 $1 15. Be3 $5 (15. f4 e4 16. f5 Bxf5 17.
Rxf5 (17. Nd4 e3 $1) 17... gxf5 18. Nd4 e3 $1 19. Bxe3 Nfe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxf5 Qxb2 $17) 15... Qa6 16. b3 b5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. cxb5 Bxb5
19. Nxb5 Qxb5 $10) 14... Rfc8 (14... Qxb2 $2 15. Rfb1 Qa3 16. Qe1 $18) (14...
Ne8 $5 15. Be7 f5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qe2 (16. b3 b5 $5 (16...
Ne8 $5 17. a3 $140 a4 $1)) 16... Ne8 17. f4 f5 18. Nb5 (18. fxe5 dxe5 $1 (18...
Bxe5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng7 22. Qg4 $40) 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20.
Bxf5 (20. Rxf5 $5) 20... Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Nd6 $1 22. Rg5 Nde4 $17) 18... Nc7 $6 (
18... a4 19. fxe5 dxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Ng7 23.
Qg4 $40) 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rxf5 $5 $13) (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Rxf4 $5 Be5
20. Nd4) 19... Qb6 20. Kh2 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nf6 22. Bxf5 $5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 $44) (
18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qb6 20. Bxf5 (20. Nxf5 $5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Rc7 22. Be6+ Kh8
23. Rac1 $44) 20... gxf5 21. Nxf5 $44) (18... e4 $1 19. Nd4 Nd3 $1 20. b3 (20.
Bxd3 exd3 21. Qxd3 Qxc4 $15) 20... Nb4 $5 {/\ 21...Nd5! 22.cd5 Bd4; 21...a4=/+}
(20... b5 $5)) 19. a4 Nxb5 20. axb5 Qb6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 $6 (21... dxe5 $5 22.
Bxf5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rf8 $1 (24... Qg6 25. Rg5 $1 Qd3 26. Qf3 $44)
25. Rg5 Qd6 26. b4 Nb3 $15) 22. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 (23... Rf8 24. Nh6+
Kg7 25. Qh5 $18) 24. Rxf5 Rf8 25. Raf1 (25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Raf1 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg8
28. Qh5 Bg7 $1 29. Rf7 Qd8 {/\ Rf8, Qe8=/+}) 25... Bg7 $1 (25... Qc7 26. Bh6 $1
(26. b6 $6 Qe7 27. Bxc5 Rxf5 $1 28. Rxf5 Bd4+) 26... Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Kh8 28. Qf3
(28. Qh5 $2 Ne4 $1) 28... Rg8 29. Rf7 Qc8 30. Bf8 $1 b6 $2 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32.
Qh5#) 26. Rg5 $2 (26. Qg4 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Qc7 28. Bd4 Kh8 (28... Rf8 $2 29. Bxg7
$18) 29. Rg5 $1 Rg8 30. Bf6 $1 Qf7 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Qc8+ Qg8 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7
34. Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qxd6 $10) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Rf8 28. Rxg7+ (28. Qa1 Qc7 29.
Bd4 (29. b4 Ne4) 29... Rf7 (29... Nb3 $2 30. Bxg7 $1 $18) 30. b4 Nb3 $19) (28.
Qe2 Qd8 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Bd4+ Rf6 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34.
Qh5+ Kf8 $19) 28... Kxg7 29. Bh6+ $6 (29. Bd4+ Kg8 30. Qe2 Qd8 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32.
Qh5+ Ke7 33. Qxh7+ Ke8 $1 (33... Rf7 $2 34. Bf6+ $1 $18) 34. b4 (34. Bxc5 dxc5
35. Qxb7 Qe7 $19) 34... axb4 35. Qg6+ Kd7 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37. Qe6+ Kc7 38. b6+
Kb8 39. Qe5+ Kc8 $19) 29... Kxh6 30. Qxf8+ Kg6 $19 31. Qg8+ Kf6 32. Qxh7 Ke5 $1
33. Kh2 Qd8 34. Qh5+ Kd4 35. Qg4+ Ne4 36. b3 Qf6 37. Qd1+ Kc5 38. Qe1 Qf4+ 39.
g3 Qf3 40. Qg1+ Nf2 41. Qc1 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 (7... c6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. dxc6 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. O-O Rc8 $10 {
Simic,R-Cvitan,O/YUG/1981/}) 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Nge2 (9. g4 $5) 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 c6
11. a3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. b4 Na6 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Nh5 16. Na4 $5 (16.
g4 $13 {Cramling,P-Kindermann,S/Dortmund/1986/}) 16... f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 $6 (
17... Bxa4 18. Bxa4 gxf5) (17... gxf5 $5 18. Nb6 $6 f4 19. Nxd7 fxe3 20. Nxf8
exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qb6+ $40) 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. O-O Qh4 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 (20... gxf5 $5
21. f4 (21. Nd7 $6 f4 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Bb6 f3 24. Ng3 Nf4 $1 $40) 21... Rbe8
22. Nc4 $14 exf4 23. Nxf4 Rxe3 24. Qxh5) 21. Nc3 Nf4 (21... Nxb4 22. Qa4 $1 $18
) 22. Qg4 $16 Qe7 23. Ne4 Nc7 24. Qd1 Kh8 25. b5 Rd8 26. Kh2 Rh5 27. Re1 Rf8
28. Qb3 Qh4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Qf3 Nxd5 31. Nc4 Qd8 (31... g5 32. Kg1 $16) 32.
Nexd6 Qd7 33. b6 (33. Rbd1 $6 Nc3 $10) 33... Qc6 34. Re6 Qd7 35. Ree1 (35. Rbe1
$2 Ne3) 35... Qc6 36. Rbd1 Qc5 37. Re6 Kg8 (37... Nxb6 $2 38. Nxb6 Qxb6 39.
Nf7+ $18) 38. Ne5 Nxb6 (38... Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxd5 Qc6 (40... Qxb6 $2
41. Nc4) 41. Ne4) 39. Nxb7 Qc8 $2 (39... Qb5 40. Nd6 $40) 40. Qb3 $18 Bxe5 (
40... Kh8 41. Nd6 $18) 41. Rc6+ Kh8 42. Rxc8 Nxc8 43. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 {The idea of this
move is to prepare 7...c5 8.d5 b5 with Benko gambit type position. 6...c5 7.d5
a6 is answered by 8.a4. However I'd prefer the central strategy with 6...Na6 /
\ e5 or 6...c5 7.d5 e6.} 7. Bd3 (7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5) 7...
c5 8. d5 b5 9. Nf3 $1 (9. cxb5 $2 {Accepting the pawn sacrifice runs into the
well known trap:} axb5 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1) 10... Nxe4 $1 11. Bxe4 Qa5+
12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 (14. Kf1 Ba6+ 15. Ne2 Bxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Qe5
$19) 14... Qe5 $19) 9... bxc4 $6 (9... b4 10. Ne2 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. g4 h5 {
was the serious alternative.}) 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O {Now White has the space
advantage, and Black cannot put pressure on the centre.} Rb8 12. b3 Ne8 13. Rc1
Nc7 14. Qe2 {against Nb5} Nb6 15. Rfd1 Nxc4 16. bxc4 $1 (16. Qxc4 $6 a5 $132)
16... Bd7 17. Bh4 {/\ e5} ({The immediate} 17. e5 {runs into} f6 $1 (17... Qe8
$2 18. exd6) 18. exd6 exd6 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qd2 Rb6) 17... f6 {In the Benoni
positions it is very sad if Black has to defend himself against e5 like that.}
18. Rb1 Na8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Qb2 Qa5 {[#]} 22. Qb7 $1 {This
penetration secures White the advantage.} Bc8 $2 (22... Qxc3 23. Qxd7 $18) (
22... Nc7 $1 23. Qb6 (23. Rb6 Rc8) (23. Rb3 Rc8) 23... Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Rc8 25.
Bg3 Bh6 26. Ne2 Kf7 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Nxf4 $16) 23. Qxe7 $1 $18 Nb6 (23... Qxc3
24. Rb8 Qxc4 (24... Bxh3 25. Rb7 $1 f5 26. e5 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Bxe5+ 28. Nxe5 Qxe5+
29. Qxe5 dxe5 30. Kxh3 $16) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qe6+) 24. Bg3 Nxc4 25. Rb8 Qd8
26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Na4 Re8 28. Nb6 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 Rxe4 30. Bxd6 c4 $2 $138 (30...
Rb4 $142 31. Rxb4 (31. Rc6 Bb7 32. Rxc5 Rb5 $11) 31... cxb4 32. Bxb4 Kf7 {
Looks drawish.}) 31. Bb4 f5 $6 32. Rc6 Re8 (32... Bd7 33. Rc7) 33. Rxc4 Rd8 34.
Rc7 Bf6 35. Be7 Bxe7 36. Rxe7 a5 37. d6 Kf8 38. Rxh7 Be6 39. Ne5 Rxd6 40. Nxg6+
Kg8 41. Ra7 Bxa2 42. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 (6... Na6) 7. d5 e6
8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 $4 {This is a serious blunder at first sight! 
[#]} (10. Bd3) 10... a6 $4 (10... Nxe4 $1 11. Bxd8 (11. Ncxe4 Qxg5) 11... Nxc3+
$19 {wins outright?}) 11. a4 $4 {Ignoring the threat again??} Nbd7 $4 (11...
Nxe4 $1 $19) 12. Be2 Rb8 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Qe1
Nfd7 (17... Ng6 18. Bg3) 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Ne5 21. Qh5 Qf6 (
21... Ng6 22. Bxh6 $1 $18) 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 25.
Rc7 b5 (25... Bf6 26. Nc4 Bd8 27. Rxc8 $18) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nf3 b4 (27...
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rxe4 29. Raa7 $18) 28. Nd1 Bf6 (28... Bf4 29. Nf2 Be3 30. Raa7)
29. Rc6 Rxe4 (29... Rd8 30. e5 $1 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Rxc5) (29... Be7 30.
Nf2) 30. Rxd6 Be7 (30... Bg7 31. Rd8+) 31. Rxh6 Bb7 32. Rb6 Bf8 33. Nf2 $18
Ree8 34. Ng4 Bg7 35. Ra7 Bxd5 36. Rg6 Bf7 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Nxe8+
Rxe8 40. Ng5 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Rxf7+ Kg6 43. h4 Rxb2+ 44. Kf3 c4 45. Rc7 c3
46. Rc6+ Kg7 47. h5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m5-8"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Bd3 (9. a3 Nc5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nb3 13. Qd1 Nd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Nb5 Qe7 $44) 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 c6
11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. exd5 {Bareev-Gelfand (Linares 1994)}) 12... Bd7 13.
a4 Qb6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfe1 Nb3 16. Bxb3 Qxb3 17. Ra3 Qb4 $11 18. Qc2 h6 19.
Bd2 (19. Be3 $2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxc3 $19) 19... Qc4 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Qe2 Nh5 $1
22. Rb3 Nf4 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rb6 $6 Nd3 $1 25. Rb1 Bf8 $15 26. Rb7 Be8 27. Nd2
Nxb2 28. R7xb2 Rxc3 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nc4 Bxa4 32. Nxa5 Bb5 33. Rc1
Be7 34. Nb7 a5 35. Rc3 a4 36. Bc1 g5 37. Ba3 Ra6 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40.
Rc7 Kf6 (40... Kf8) 41. g3 $1 Rb6 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf8 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45.
Rxf7 Kxe4 $2 (45... h5 $1 $15) 46. Nd8 Bc4 47. Rxf8 Rb3 48. Bxd6 Rxh3 $11 49.
Nb7 Bxd5 $2 (49... a3) 50. Nc5+ Kd4 51. Nxa4 Rf3 52. Rh8 Rf6 53. Bg3 Ra6 54.
Nb2 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 $4 (55. Kf2) 55... Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 (5... O-O {is more flexible
waiting for White's next move.}) 6. Bg5 e5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 {Now White has got,
what he wanted. Provoking h7-h6 weakens Black's >>, and nowadays in many lines
like this the experts prefer Na6 instead of Nd7.} (8. Bh4 $143 {because the
B's real /^ is c1-e3.} g5 9. Bg3 {Here the B is out of play, which is not
fully compensated by the weakening g6-g5. In comparision to the Petrosian
Variation h2-h3 is not useful.} Nc5 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. b4 Nd7 $13) 8... Nc5 (8...
O-O) 9. Qc2 (9. f3 $6 {weakens a whole bunch of squares on the >>.} Nh5) 9...
a5 (9... Nh5 $6 10. b4 Nd7 11. Rb1 {preparing against a7-a5.} a5 12. a3 axb4
13. axb4 O-O 14. Be2 Nf4 15. Bf3 f5 16. g3 $16) 10. Nge2 $1 (10. g4 O-O (10...
h5 $6 11. g5 Nh7 12. Nf3 O-O {soon or later Black has to castle >>.} 13. Rg1 {
fighting against the typical freeing move f7-f6.} Bd7 14. Nd2 Re8 $6 {This is
too passive.} ({Good or bad,} 14... f5 {has to be played here.}) 15. Nb3 Nxb3
16. axb3 Qc8 17. h4 Bg4 18. Rg3 {/\ f2-f3} Qb8 19. f3 Bc8 20. c5 $16 {
Dobosz-Kuntzig, Wuerzburg op.1991}) 11. O-O-O Nh7 {/\ f5}) (10. O-O-O Nh5 11.
g4 Nf4 12. Nge2 O-O 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Rg1 Kh8 $13) (
10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 c6 {Black prepares his counterplay on the <<, because White
want to castle long.} 12. O-O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 $13) 10... Nh5 (10... O-O 11.
g4 Nh7 12. Ng3) 11. g3 f5 {[#]} (11... O-O 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. g4 Nf6 14. f3 $16 {
and Black is driven back completely.}) 12. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 13. exf5 gxf5 (13...
Bxf5 $2 {loses the vital e4 square, which is ideal for a blockading N.} 14. Ne4
Nf6 15. N2c3 $16) 14. g4 $1 {White wants to get control over the light squares.
} Nf4 15. Nxf4 exf4 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Bd3 f3 (17... fxg4 $2 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19.
Rdg1 {opens up the <->s for the white Rs.} Qd7 20. f3 $1 Bxf3 21. Rxh6 $18) 18.
gxf5 (18. Kb1 $1 {This prophylactic move was missed by White.} Qf6 (18... fxg4
$2 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Rdg1 Qd7 (20... h5 $2 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxg4 $1 hxg4 23.
Bf5+ Kg8 24. Be6+ $18) 21. Rh4 h5 (21... Bf5 22. Rxh6) 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rgxg4
$1 $18) 19. Rdg1 $16) 18... Bxf5 $1 {White had to avoid this freeing move!} 19.
Rdg1 (19. Bxf5 $2 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qxf5 $11) 19... Qf6 20. Rg3 $16 {Black's
position is still awkward.} Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rae8 22. Rhg1 Re7 23. Kc2 {The open
g <-> and the weakness of the light squares secure White the edge.} Kh8 24. Rg6
Qh4 ({The _|_ after} 24... Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 (25... Bxd4 26. Rxh6+ Rh7 27.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Ne4 $18) 26. Nd1 Kh7 (26... Re2+ 27. Kd3) 27. Kd3 $16 {/\ c5 is
not rosy either.}) 25. R1g3 a4 $2 (25... Qd4 26. Qxd4 $16) (25... b6 26. Re6 $1
(26. R6g4 Qh5 27. Ne4 Qe5 $132)) 26. a3 (26. Nxa4 $2 Re2+) 26... b5 27. cxb5 c4
28. Qd2 Rfe8 29. Kb1 $1 (29. Rxf3 Kh7 $1 30. Rgg3 (30. Rfg3 Bxc3 $1) 30... Bxc3
31. Qxc3 Qe4+ 32. Kc1 Qxd5 $13) 29... Qh5 (29... Re1+ $2 30. Ka2 R1e2 31. Nxe2
Rxe2 (31... fxe2 32. Rxg7 $1 e1=Q 33. Qxe1 $18) 32. Rxg7 $1 $18) 30. Ka2 Qf5
31. Rxg7 $1 $18 Rxg7 32. Qxh6+ Rh7 (32... Qh7 33. Qf6 Kg8 34. Qxf3 $18) 33. Qc6
Rf8 34. Qxc4 Qe5 35. Rg4 $1 Rxh3 36. Re4 Qg7 37. Rg4 Qf7 38. Qxa4 Rh2 39. Qe4
Qf5 40. Qd4+ Qf6 41. Qc5 Re8 42. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 (6... Na6 {
is the popular main line these days.}) 7. d5 b5 $6 {This P sacrifice is also
dubious against the Averbakh system, where Be2 is played instead of h2-h3. As
we will see it later, this difference helps only for White.} (7... e6 $142 {
leads to the so called Roumanian Variation popularized by Ghitescu, Suba and
other strong Roumanian players.}) 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 e6 (10... axb5 {
See Mikhalevsky-Rashkovsky, EXP 59}) (10... Qb4 11. Bd3 $1 {Here is an
important difference to the Averbakh line. In comparision to that White has an
extra h2-h3, which is rather useful considering that Ng4 is the main line in
the Averbakh!} (11. Qc2 {is less clear:} axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. f3 c4 14. Nge2
Qc5 $44 {S.Grunberg-Ardeleanu, Timisoara 1988}) (11. f3 Nfd7 12. Qc2 c4 (12...
Qa5 13. Ra3 e6 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Nf3 $16 {Suba-Chiburdanidze,
Dortmund 1983}) 13. Nd1 Qc5 14. Qxc4 axb5 15. Qxb5 $1 (15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxb5
Bd7 17. Ra3 Bxb2 $1 18. Nxb2 Bxb5 19. Ne2 Bxa4 20. Kf2 Bc6 21. Bb4 Nba6 22. Bc3
Bb7 {1/2:1/2 Suba-Ermenkov, Prague zt 1985}) 15... Ba6 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Bc3
$14 {Foisor-Ghitescu, Baile Herculane 1984}) 11... Nfd7 (11... c4 12. Bc2 Nfd7
13. Nge2 $1 Nc5 14. O-O {/\} Nbd7 $2 15. a5 $1 axb5 16. Na4 $18) 12. Nf3 c4 13.
Bc2 $14 axb5 {(Glek-Shchekachev, SU 1989)} (13... Nc5 14. O-O Nb3 15. Bxb3 cxb3
16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Na2 Qc5 18. Nb4 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bf6
22. Rxb3 $16 {Marin-Ardeleanu, Romania (ch) 1994}) 14. axb5 $14) 11. Nf3 (11.
Bc4 {is also worth considering:} exd5 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. Bg5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7
15. Ne2 {Here is the difference, White can castle, which was not the case in
the game.} Bxd5 16. exd5) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bc4 axb5 15.
Bxb5 (15. axb5 {is met by} Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Re8 {>< e4}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Qe7+
17. Kf1 (17. Be3 $143 Na6 18. O-O Nb4 19. Bc4 Qb7 {>< d5}) 17... h6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 {Black has some hopes for a draw because of the opposite coloured Bs.} 19.
Rb1 Na6 20. g3 ({Liquidating for an _|_ is also interesting, e.g.} 20. Bxa6
Rxa6 21. b3 Rb8 22. Qd3 Rab6 23. Nd2 Qc3 (23... Rb4 24. Nc4 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3
(25... Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kf3 Qxh1 28. Nxd6 $16) 26. Qxb3 Qa1+ 27. Ke2 Qxh1
28. Kf3 $16) 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Nc4 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Ke2 {with an
excellent N on c4, which is usually a pest for Black in the Benoni structures.}
) 20... Nc7 (20... Nb4 21. Kg2 Qf5 22. Re1 $16) 21. Bc6 Rab8 22. b3 Na6 23. Kg2
Nb4 24. Re1 Nxc6 (24... Rfc8 25. Bb5 Qf5 26. Bc4 {and Black has no counterplay
for the P.}) 25. dxc6 Rfc8 26. Qd5 Rb6 27. Rbc1 Qf5 ({Taking the c P fails to
the pin on the c <->.} 27... Rbxc6 28. b4 $1 $18) ({the same goes for} 27...
Rcxc6 28. b4 $1 $18) 28. Qxd6 {Here White had already a pleasent choice:} (28.
Qxf5 gxf5 29. Nh4 $16) 28... Rcxc6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Rc4 Rd6 (30... Rxb3 31. Rf4
$18) 31. Qe7 Bd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Re5 Qd7 34. b4 d3 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 {It is a
good defensive idea liquidating to a R _|_, which poses many technical
problems for the party who has the advantage.} 36. Re1 d2 37. Rd1 Rd3 38. b5
Kg7 39. Rc2 {Time trouble?} (39. Rb4 $18 {looks simpler}) 39... Rbd6 (39... Ra3
40. Rc4 (40. Rcxd2 Rxa4) 40... Rd3 {leads to the previous position.}) 40. Ra2
R3d5 41. Kf1 Kf6 42. Rb2 Ke7 43. b6 Rd8 44. Ke2 Re5+ 45. Kf3 Rf5+ 46. Kg2 Rfd5
47. g4 Rb8 48. Rbxd2 Rxd2 49. Rxd2 Rxb6 {[#] Hecht:  Weiß ist in der Lage,
seinen Freibauern mit dem Turm von h i n t e n zu decken. das ist in der Regel
mehr als die halbe Miete!} 50. a5 $18 {Finally White could exchange his b o^
for the annoying d o^.} Ra6 51. Ra2 $1 {The well-known Tarrasch rule, White
has to put his R behind the P.} Kd6 52. Kg3 Kd5 53. h4 Ke6 54. Kf4 Kd5 55. g5
h5 {Hecht: Weiß hat durch Raumgewinn am Königsflügel seine Stellung verbessert,
wirkt in der Folge aber unentschlossen, wie es weitergehen soll. Das Problem
ist, wie man mit dem König in die Stellung eindringen kann.} 56. Ra4 Kc5 57.
Kg3 (57. Ke5 {Hecht} Re6+ 58. Kf4 Ra6 {ist nutzlos}) 57... Kd6 58. Ra3 Ke6 59.
Kf4 Kd5 60. Ra1 Kc5 61. f3 Kd5 62. Ra4 Kc5 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. f4 Re6+ 65. Kf3 Ra6
66. Ra1 {Hecht: Möchte mittels f5 und Kf4 den Stützpunkt e6 erobern, den
Schwarz mit dem nächsten Zug freiwillig aufgibt.} f6 (66... Kc5 {Hecht} 67. f5
gxf5 68. Kf4 Kd5 69. Kxf5 Kc5 70. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Re1e7,Rf5f6]}) 67.
Ke3 f5 (67... fxg5 {Hecht} 68. fxg5 Ke5 69. Ra4 Kd5 (69... Kf5 70. Kd4 Kg4 71.
Kc5+ $18) 70. Kf4 Ra7 71. a6 Rf7+ 72. Ke3 Ra7 73. Ra1 Re7+ 74. Kd3 Ra7 75. Ra5+
Kc6 76. Kc4 Kb6 77. Ra1 Rc7+ (77... Kc6 78. Rf1 $18) 78. Kd5 Ka7 79. Ke6 Rc4
80. Kf6 Rxh4 81. Kxg6 Rh2 82. Kh7 $18) 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Kc3 Kb5 70. Kd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. Nge2 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 {White flicks in this
move to forestall ...b5, e.g.} (13. Kh1 b5 $1) 13... a4 {as White was
threatening b4.} 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. g4 Ng8 17. Ng3 {White has
prevented ...f5 and intends taking the initiative on the kingside.} Qa6 18. h4
{I'm not convinced by this plan: White's attack comes to nothing against
Black's accurate play.} ({I would prefer} 18. Qd2 {preventing ...Bh6. I feel
that White has done enough on the kingside: he is not going to deliver mate so
it might be better to turn to the queenside. Ultimately, I think that is where
White should be thinking about breaking through.}) 18... Qc4 19. h5 Bh6 $1 20.
Bxh6 Nxh6 21. f3 f6 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Rh1 b5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qe2
Qxe2+ 27. Ngxe2 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Nc1 Nd8 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Nxb3 32.
Rxb3 Nb7 33. Nxb5 Ra8 34. Nc7 Ra7 35. Na6 Na5 36. Rc3 Bxg4 37. fxg4 Rxa6 38. g5
fxg5 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. Kg4 Nb7 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Kxg5 Ra8 43. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 {Hazai: /\
e5} (6... c5 {(Hazai) was the former main line in the Suba Variation, but the
game continuation has ousted it these days.}) 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 (8... c6 {
(Hazai) looks more flexible, see Kasparov-Kramnik, Las Palmas 1996 CBM 57.}) 9.
Bc2 a5 10. a3 (10. Qd2 {(Hazai) is not so precise here, the development of the
>> is of higher priority.} Qe8 {/\ Nh5} (10... c6) 11. g4 c6 {An attack on the
>> has to be counterd in the centre, as the good old rule says.} 12. a4 {
defending against b7-b5, but giving up the dark squares making the c5 N
immortal.} (12. Nge2 cxd5 13. cxd5 b5) 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Nge2 Kh8 {
/\ Ng8 f7-f5} 15. f3 Ng8 16. Kf2 f5 17. Kg2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bf6 {
activating the passive King's Indian B.} 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Ng1 b5 $15 {
Lazarev-Ibragimov, Alushta 1993}) (10. Nge2 {Hazai} c6 11. O-O (11. a3 {
/\ b2-b4} cxd5 12. cxd5 a4 $5 {is a positional P sacrifice in order to
exchange White's important dark-squared B.} (12... Bd7 13. g4 {White has to
decide whether he is playing on the << with b2-b4 or on the >> with g2-g4. The
mixture of these two plans is not healthy.} (13. b4 {drives the N away, but
Black has sufficient resources on the <<.} axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Na6 16.
Qb2 Qb6 17. Na2 Rc8 $11) 13... h6 14. Be3 h5 15. f3 Nh7 16. b4 (16. gxh5 Qh4+)
16... axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Na6 19. Qa3 {White has opened two fronts and
he is not strong enough to hold both of them.} Qh4+ 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Nb1 Rc8 22.
Bd1 h4 23. O-O Bh6 24. Kg2 Qe7 25. Nec3 f5 $17 {Mikhalevsky-Visser, Leeuwarden
1994}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. Bxa4 {Crisper is} Qg5 $1 (15... Bh6 $6 {
is a bit waste of time.} 16. Bb5 Qg5 17. Ng3 $1 (17. g3 f5 $13) 17... f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. O-O e4 {(Mikhalevsky-Gulko, Beersheva 1993)} 20. Qe2 $16) 16. g3
f5 17. Nc3 fxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Qd8 19. Bc2 Qb6 $1 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Qd4 22. O-O
$1 Bxh3 23. Re1 Qb6 $13 {Mikhalevsky}) (11. g4 Qb6 12. f3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14.
Kf1 Kh8 {/\ Ng8} 15. Rb1 Ng8 16. Ng3 f6 17. Be3 Bh6 {exchanging the passive B
against the active one.} 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 $13 {Tyomkin-Ch.Gabriel, Holon 1995})
11... cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. Nxd5 Ne6 $1 {with a fine play on the dark squares.})
12... Qb6 (12... Bd7 13. a3 Qb6 14. Be3 Rfc8 {comes into consideration as well.
}) 13. Be3 Bd7 {White has not enough pressure on the << because of the B on c2.
Here the B is fighting against f7-f5 in some cases, but leaves the important
f1-a6 /^ unattended.} 14. Rb1 Rfc8 15. f3 Qd8 16. a4 $5 {White gains the light
squares, but gives the black squares for Black forever.} ({On} 16. a3 {follows}
a4) 16... Qe8 17. g4 b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Ng3 Qd8 21. Ra1 Ne8 22.
Qd2 a4 23. Kg2 Qa5 24. Ra3 Qb4 $13 {Petursson-Zuger, Horgen 1994}) (10. Nf3 {
(Hazai) /\ Nd2 - E90 deserves attention here, because the d2 square is ideal
for the N in these types of positions.}) (10. g4 {Hazai} c6 11. Qd2 cxd5 12.
cxd5 a4 13. Nge2 Qa5 14. f3 b5 15. Nd1 b4 {Black has got the |^ on the <<,
which is a rare situation in the King's Indian.} 16. Nf2 Qb5 17. O-O Ba6 18.
Rfe1 Qb6 $15 {Spragett-Sion, Sevilla 1993}) 10... c6 (10... Bd7 {Hazai} 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Na6 14. Qa3 $14 {and the N is driven back to a
passive position.}) 11. Rb1 ({After} 11. b4 $6 {Hazai} axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13.
Qxa1 Na6 14. Qa3 Qb6 $132 {White cannot hold his achievements on the <<
anymore.}) 11... a4 12. Nf3 {'>=' Hazai.} (12. Nge2 {Hazai} cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7
$13) (12. Nxa4 $4 {Hazai} Nxa4 13. Bxa4 Qa5+ $19) 12... h6 {'?!' Hazai. Hazai:
This weakening move is not necessary at all.} (12... cxd5 {Hazai} 13. cxd5 Bd7
$13 {was the natural continuation with level chances.}) 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5
Bd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 {This is the kind of structure that could arise in a number of
Kings Indian Lines - for instance the Averbakh(5.Le2 + 6.Lg5). Black has his
usual bad Bg7 and wants to get some play on the K-side with f7-f5. The strange
thing is black has been building up on the Q-side, but he can never (almost)
get enough minor pieces to that part of the board to make any real impact. The
best thing he could achieve would be to place his Bg7 on b6/a5 in some distant
future - and of course to stop white from doing anything on this part of the
board. With his next move white starts to build up on the K-side but that is
profylactic as well.} 16. g4 {'!?' Hazai.} (16. O-O {Hazai} Ne8) 16... Qa5 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Yf8c8,Yb7b5,Yb5b4] '?!' Hazai. Hazai: The Q is misplaced here,
Black needs his Q on the >>.} (16... Ne8 {(Hazai) /\ f5}) 17. O-O Rac8 (17...
b5 {Hazai} 18. Kg2 (18. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 19. Nxe5 {is strongly met by} Nxe4 $1 20.
Qf4 Nxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Rad8)) 18. Kg2 ({White cannot win material yet:} 18. Bxc5
$2 {Hazai} Qxc5 19. Bxa4 Bxa4 20. Nxa4 Nxe4 21. Nxc5 Nxd2 $19) 18... b5 (18...
Ne8 $2 {(Hazai) is bad on account of} 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 (19... dxc5 20. Nxa4 $1)
20. Bxa4 $1 Bxa4 (20... Rxc3 21. Bxd7) 21. b4 $18) 19. g5 {'!' Hazai. Hazai:
White grabs the |^ on the ... kingside! A very tough move that would normally
not be any good.} hxg5 (19... Ng8 {Hazai} 20. gxh6 $1 (20. h4 {allows the
closing move} h5) 20... Bxh6 21. Ng5+ Kg7 22. f4 $1 $16) 20. Nxg5+ Kg8 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Rf6h5]} 21. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd7] Hazai: Suddenly White opens up
the >> because the black Q is misplaced on the <<. Hansen: White does all the
wrong things. First he weakens his K-side, then he opens up the long /^ h8-a1.
The only reason why it might be good is that black cannot quickly get a N to
d7 controlling e5 because Bd7 is in the way.} b4 $2 {'!?' Hazai.} (21... exf4
$5 22. Bxf4 Qb6 $13 {[%csl Rd7,Re5,Rg2,Gg7][%cal Yc8b8,Yd7c8,Yf6d7,Yd7e5]} (
22... Qb6 {Hazai} 23. Be3 $16)) (21... Nh5 {Hazai} 22. f5 $16) 22. Na2 $16 {
'!' Hazai.} Nb3 {'!' Hazai.} 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Nxb4 (24. axb4 $143 {Hazai} Qb5
(24... Qxa2 $2 25. Ra1) 25. Nc3 Qxb4 26. fxe5 dxe5) 24... Rc4 25. fxe5 Nxe4 {
'?!' Hazai.} (25... dxe5 {(Hazai) was the best practical chance, for example:}
26. Qd3 (26. Qf2 $6 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Bc5 $2 Rf4 $1) (26. Qe2 Bb5 $13)
26... Bb5 (26... Rfc8 $2 27. Nc6 $1) 27. Qxb3 Nxe4 $44) 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. e6 {
'+/-!' Hazai.} fxe6 {'?' Hazai.} (27... Bb5 $142 {(Hazai) was more persistant:}
28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qf2+ Kg8 31. Rc1 Qd8) 28. Rxf8+ {'+-' Hazai.}
Kxf8 (28... Bxf8 {Hazai} 29. Rf1 exd5 30. Bd4 $18 {/\ Rf8 !}) 29. Bh6 exd5 30.
Rf1+ Bf5 31. Qg5 Bxh6 32. Qxg6 {'!' Hazai.} Re5 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 {The is the most
popular reply here recommended by the theory.} 7. Nge2 (7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Nc5) (
7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 {is frequently played nowadays.}) 7... Qe8 ({There is nothing
wrong with the natural} 7... e5 {and after} 8. d5 Qe8 9. Ng3 {we reach the
game continuation with transposition.}) 8. Ng3 e5 9. d5 h5 {/\ Nh7 is a good
idea against the Bg5 and Ng3.} 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Be3 h4 12. Nf1 f5 {The white
pieces are pushed back at a cost of the weakenings in the black camp.} 13. a3 {
/\ b4 keeping the N offside.} (13. f3 Bf6 {/\ Qe7 Bg5}) 13... Nc5 14. Nd2 Bd7
15. Qc2 {This allows Black to simplify the position with exchanges.} (15. Bxc5
{deserves attention to grab the |^ on the << at the expence of giving away the
nice dark-squared B, for example:} dxc5 16. b4 Qe7 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nb3 Qe7
19. c5) ({Without preparation} 15. b4 {is only a blow in the air:} Na4 16. Nb5
$2 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nc3) 15... Na4 16. Ndb1 {This is a really strange move!} (16.
f3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. O-O Bg5 19. Bf2 Nf6 $132) (16. Nxa4 Bxa4 (16... f4 $5
17. Nc3 fxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 $44) 17. b3 f4 $132) (16. Nb3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nf6 {
>< e4} (17... fxe4 {liquidates the tension in the [+], which is not very
useful for Black.} 18. Nd2 Bf5 (18... Nf6 19. Bg5) 19. g4 hxg3 20. fxg3 {/\ g4}
)) 16... a6 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Qc1 (20. O-O-O Bf6 {/\ Bg5
}) 20... Rae8 (20... Bf6 $5 {comes into consideration.} 21. O-O (21. exf5 Bxf5
(21... gxf5 22. O-O Bg5 23. f4) 22. O-O Bg5 $11) 21... Bg5 $11 (21... f4 {
looks also dangerous, but after} 22. Bd2 Ng5 23. Qd1 {White can hold the
blockade on the light squares.})) 21. Ra2 ({Here} 21. O-O {is more dangerous,
than before:} f4 22. Bd2 Ng5 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 h3 25. f3 Bf6 $36) 21... Bf6
22. O-O Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. exf5 $6 {Giving up the [+] is hard
to recommend here. White is following a wrong plan connected with a
miscalculation.} (25. Bd3 {holds the vital >< e4 and the game as well.}) 25...
gxf5 (25... Bxf5 {was also tempting.}) 26. f4 $6 {This was the main idea, but
it will be refuted by tactical means.} ({The last chance to defend was} 26. Bh5
Re7 27. f4 exf4 28. Ne2 f3 29. Bxf3 Re3 30. Nd4) 26... exf4 27. Rxf4 Re3 28.
Rc2 {[#]} Rxh3 $1 $17 {Shocking, isn't it?} 29. Ne4 {This witty intermediate
move wins the exchange, but Black's position remains much better in the _|_.} (
29. Bf3 Rxf3 $1) (29. Bf1 Rg3) (29. Rd4 Rg3 30. Rxh4 f4) 29... fxe4 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. gxh3 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kg2 Ke7) 32... Ke7 33. b4 (33. Bf1 Ng5 34. Rf2
Nf3+) 33... Nf4 {The white pieces are paralyzed, he can't find active
counterplay.} 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Nxd5 36. c6 Bxc6 37. Bxa6 Kd6 $19 {Now
White is lost materially, too.} 38. Bc4 Nf4 39. Bf1 e3 40. a4 Bd5 41. a5 c5 42.
a6 bxa6 43. Bxa6 Be6 44. Kg1 Kd5 45. Bc4+ Kd4 46. Bxe6 Nxe6 47. Rh2 Kd3 48.
Rxh4 c4 49. Kf1 c3 50. Rh2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Bg5
c5 8. Nf3 $146 {Completely new way to play this opening.After 8.d5 Ne5 black
forces white to exchange the bishop-d3,which is very importent piece for white
in that structure.After that exchange all breaks on the queenside(b7-b5)become
much stronger.white can not keep this bishop by 9.Be2 because of 9...b5! and
black gets very strong initiative.} (8. d5 Ne5 9. Nf3 (9. Be2 $6 b5 $1 $36 10.
cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxa6 {Black gets good edition of Volga Gambit.}
13. Qc2 Rfb8 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 {0-1 Pinter,J-Tkachiev,V/Porec CRO 1998 
(23)}) 9... Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a6 {Fritz5: Überdeckt b5} (10... h6 $6 11. Be3 e5
12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O Qb6 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rfe1 $14 {1-0
Christiansen,L-Rey,G/San Francisco 1998/CBM 66 (75)}) 11. a4 e6 (11... Nh5 $5
12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Bxf4
Rxf4 $132 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Smirin,I/Belgrade YUG 1998 (32)}) 13... e6 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Rad1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. b3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. cxb5
Rab8 21. b4 Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,A-Smirin,I/Invitational, Rishon LeZion
ISR 1998 (21)}) 12. dxe6 (12. O-O h6 13. Be3 e5 $5 14. a5 Nh5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
g4 Nf6 17. Ne1 Nxe4 $5 18. Nxe4 f5 $132 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Krakops,M/Groningen 1995
(42)}) 12... Bxe6 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 (14... Ne8 15. Nd5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5
17. g4 $5 Rf7 18. Ra3 g5 19. Bg3 b5 20. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Mikhalevski,A-Milov,V/
ISR-chT Beer-Sheva"B"-Kfar-Saba"A" 1998 (40)}) 15. a5 Qc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5
$14 {1-0 Bareev,E-Svidler,P/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (39)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5 10.
Bd2 (10. Qd2 Nxe4 $5 11. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bxd4 13. Bxe7 Re8 14. Bxd6 Bxb2
15. Rab1 Bg7 {[%cal Gb7b6,Yc8b7]}) (10. Nf3 $11) 10... Ne5 (10... Qb6 11. Be3 (
11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 $132) 11... Qxb2 12. Na4 Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Bc1 $11)
11. Be2 Qc5 (11... Nxc4 $4 12. Bxc4 Qc5 13. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%cal Yc4f7]}) (11...
Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 $140 $4 13. Na4 Qa3 14. Nb5 Qb4+ 15. Bd2 {[%csl Rb4] cathing
the queen.}) 12. Nb3 Qc6 {Too ambitious.} (12... Qc7 $142 13. Nd5 Qd8) 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. cxd5 $2 {Simply blundering the next square for black queen.} (14. exd5
Qa4 15. Bc3 b5 $5 16. cxb5 Qe4 17. O-O Bb7 18. f4 (18. Qd2 Qxd5 (18... Bxd5 $2
19. f3) 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 e6 $13) 18... Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bf3 Qxf4 21.
Na5 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Qb6 $14) 14... Qa4 $1 15. O-O $5 {The best.White sacrifices a
pawn with hope to finish development succcesfuly using the black queen.} (15.
f3 f5 16. exf5 $140 Qh4+) 15... Qxe4 16. Bc3 g5 $1 {[%cal Ge4g6] getting more
spaece for the queen.} 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Nd4 f5 19. Bf1 (19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
g4 {[%csl Rg1]}) 19... f4 $6 {weekening light squares on the lingside,
especially g4-square.} (19... g4 $2 20. f4) (19... Bd7 $142) 20. Be2 Bd7 21.
Nf3 (21. Bg4 $5) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 {[%csl Re7,Rg4] Black
still has the pawn up,but black's pawn structure is broken which lets white to
get a counterplay.} Qf6 24. Rb1 (24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Rab1 b6 26. Qa6) 24... b6 25.
Qe2 (25. Bg4 $142 Rad8 $15) 25... Bf5 26. Rb4 (26. Rb3 $142 {[%csl Gc3]}) 26...
Rac8 27. Qxe7 Rxc3 28. Bh5 (28. Qxa7 Rxf3 $1 {using awkward positions of white
rooks.} 29. gxf3 Qc3 30. Rbe4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxf3 32. Re7 Qxh3 $19) 28... Qxe7
29. Rxe7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 $1 (30... Rfc8 31. Rf7 Bd3 32. Rxa7) 31. Rc4 {
[%cal Gc4c7]} (31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Rxb6 Rcc1 33. Rb8+ Bc8 34. g3 Rxf2#) 31... Rxf2
32. Rxa7 {It lets black to finish the game by nice tactical blow.} (32. Rcc7
Rxa2) {[%tqu "En","Find the best way to the win for black.","","","f4f3","",10]
} 32... f3 $1 33. Bxf3 Bd3 34. Rc3 R8xf3 35. Kg1 Rc2 $1 {and the last tactical
trick in this game forces white to resign at once.} (35... Rc2 36. Rxc2 Rf1+
37. Kh2 Bxc2) 0-1

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 (6... Na6 7. Bd3 e5
8. d5 Qe8 {transposes to the game continuation.}) 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 $5 e5) 7... e5
8. d5 Na6 9. g4 (9. Nge2 {- Psakhis-G. Mohr, Dresden zt CBM 65}) 9... Kh8 {
The idea is Ng8.} (9... Nd7 {The plan is Ndc5 and f5 and sometimes Nb4.} 10. a3
{White wants to keep the black knights as passive as possible.} (10. Nge2 {
allows Black to realize his plan.} Ndc5 11. Bc2 (11. Bb1 {The B is rather
offside here.} f5 $132) (11. Ng3 {is no real defence against f7-f5.} f5 $1 12.
gxf5 gxf5 13. Bb1 (13. exf5 e4 $1 $36 {This is the main idea here!}) 13... Qg6
14. Be7 Rf7 15. exf5 Qh6 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. a3 Qf4 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20.
Nxe4 Rh6 $13 {and Black has a pressure on the dark squares, Chernin-Tratar,
Feldbach op 1997.}) 11... f5 12. f3 $1 {Soln-Bukic, Ljubljana 1997 CBM 58 ext}
(12. gxf5 {opens up the position only for Black.} gxf5 13. Ng3 Qg6 14. h4 f4 $1
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rxf5 $1 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 {Now the B is in a big trouble.}
18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Rxg4 h6 $17 {Soln-Tratar, SLO-ch 1996})) (10. Nf3
{is again met by} f5 $1) 10... f5 11. b4 (11. exf5 {is again met by the
standard} e4 $1) 11... Nf6 (11... f4 12. Bh4 (12. f3 Bf6 {exchanging the
"King's Indian" B is good for Black.} 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nge2 c5 {Black closes
the << and can defend the vital >< c5 successfully.} 15. Rb1 Bd7 $11 {G.
Flear-Hebden, Hastings 1995}) 12... Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nf3 Qe7 $13 (14... c5
$6 {Here Black cannot close the position, as it was before.} 15. dxc6 $1 bxc6
16. c5 $1 dxc5 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. Qa4 Nc7 19. g5 $16 {Bareev-Gallagher, BL
Germany 1999})) (11... Qf7 12. Ra2 c6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Nb6 15. Be4 Nxc4
16. Qd3 $16 {V.Mikhalevski-Antonsen, Aarhus op 1997}) (11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6
13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $14 {Ksieski-Howell, Liechtenstein op 1994}) 12. f3 c6 (
12... h5 $6 {forces White to solve the tension, but it also weakens his own
position.} 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Nge2 h4 {against Ng3} 15. Rg1 Qh5 16. f4 Nxe4 17.
Bxe4 fxe4 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe4 Kh8 20. N2c3 Qh7 21. Qe2 Bf5 22. O-O-O $16 {
with a total control of the vital >< e4, where the P on e5 is a damaging piece,
Avrukh-G.Mohr, Ljubljana op 1998.}) 13. Qb3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qe7 16.
O-O-O Nc7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rc1 Rfb8 19. Nge2 a5 20. Rc2 Ra7 21. Be3 Ra6 $13 {
with a complex middlegame, Psakhis-Coleman, Monarch Assurance 1999.}) (9... c6
{is not that logical.} 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. cxd5 {Now Black has problems with the
light squares on the <<.} Nc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 {This is a favourable
exchange for White from strategical point of view.} Nfxd7 14. Ng3 {against f5.}
Nb8 15. b4 Nca6 16. a3 Nd7 17. O-O Nb6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Rac1 Nc7 21.
Qd3 $14 {Sotnikov-Gelman, Moscow RUS-chj 1995}) 10. Nge2 Ng8 11. Ng3 f6 (11...
f5 {here is not so good as in the previous lines.} 12. exf5 e4 13. Ncxe4 gxf5
14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Be3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb4 17. Rg1 Qe5 18. a3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Rae8
20. Ng5 Rf5 21. Ne6 $16 {Bareev-Mozetic, Belgrade, 1993}) (11... Nb4 12. Bb1
Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Qd2 Ng8 15. a3 {and the N has to retreat.} Na6 16. Bc2
$14 {P.Varga-B.Molnar, Cseppko op Aggtelek 1995}) 12. Be3 Bh6 {Black will
exhange the dark-squared B, after which he can successfully blockade the
position.} 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Be2 (14. Qd2 Ng8 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. f3 c6 17. Nc3 Nb4
18. Bb1 cxd5 19. cxd5 a5 20. h4 Qd8 21. h5 g5 22. O-O Ne7 $11 {and White has a
bad B, Potapov-Isupov, RUS-chT Orel 1996.}) 14... Qe7 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. O-O-O Bd7
17. Rdg1 Nf7 {Black's >> is completely safe.} 18. h4 c5 {Now Black wants to
blockade the << as well.} (18... Nc5 {was also interesting with an active play,
for example:} 19. h5 g5 20. Nf5+ Bxf5 21. gxf5 c6 $11) 19. Nf1 (19. h5 g5 20.
Nf5+ Bxf5 21. gxf5 h6 (21... Nc7 22. h6+ $1 Kh8 23. Bh5 a6) 22. Rg2 Nc7 $11 {
and the position is almost completely closed.}) 19... Nc7 20. g5 fxg5 21. hxg5
Rab8 {Now Black is preparing his counterplay on the <<.} 22. Qe3 (22. Bg4 Bxg4
23. Rxg4 b5 24. Ne3 Rh8 $132 (24... Kh8)) 22... Rh8 (22... b5 {looks more
active.}) 23. Bg4 b5 24. Nd2 a6 25. b3 Rbf8 {The R belongs to the b <->.} (
25... Be8 $5 {keeps the good B.}) 26. Nd1 Na8 $2 {This is a time-consuming
manoeuvre.} (26... Bxg4 27. Rxg4 bxc4 28. bxc4 (28. Nxc4 Nb5 $132) 28... Rb8
$13 {was still playable for Black.}) 27. Qh3 $1 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Nb6 29. Ne3 Nd8 {
[#]} (29... Qd7 $1 {was the persistant defence.} 30. Qh4 (30. Nf5+ $6 {doesn't
work here because of} gxf5 31. exf5 Rfg8) 30... bxc4 (30... a5 31. Ng4 $16) 31.
Ndxc4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4 a5 33. f4 a4 34. f5 $1 axb3 (34... gxf5 $2 {opens up the
lines against his own K.} 35. g6 hxg6 36. Rxg6+ $18) 35. f6+ Kg8 36. axb3 Qb5
37. Kc2 $14) 30. Nf5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] This is a nice positional piece
sacrifice in order to paralyse Black's pieces.} gxf5 31. exf5 Qd7 (31... Qf7
32. f6+ Kg8 33. Ne4 $18) 32. f6+ Kg8 33. Qe4 (33. Qh4 $1 {was crisper} Qf7 (
33... Qf5 34. g6 $1) 34. g6 Qxf6 35. Qh5 $1 $18 (35. g7 $16)) 33... Rf7 (33...
bxc4 34. g6 Rxf6 35. Rxh7 $1 $18) 34. g6 Rxf6 35. g7 (35. Rxh7 $1 $18 {was
again better.}) 35... Qxg7 $1 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qh4 Nf7 $16 {Black has a R, N
and P for the Q and at least the first wave of attack has been repelled.} (
37... bxc4 $2 38. Ne4 $1) 38. Ne4 Rh6 39. Qg3+ Rg6 40. Qd3 (40. Qh4 Rh6) (40.
Qc3 $5 b4 (40... bxc4 41. bxc4 Kf8 (41... h6 42. f4) 42. Qa5 $16) 41. Qh3 Kf8
42. Qf5 Kg7 43. f4 $16) 40... b4 41. Ng3 Nd7 42. f4 exf4 43. Nh5+ Kf8 44. Nxf4
Rf6 45. Ne6+ Ke7 46. Qg3 (46. Rxh7 $2 Nde5 47. Qh3 Rxh7 48. Qxh7 Rf1+ 49. Kd2
Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kd3 Nge5+ 52. Ke4 Rxa2 $11) 46... h5 47. Qg7 ({missing
the last chance after} 47. Ng7 $1 Nfe5 (47... Nde5 $2 48. Qh4 $1) (47... Rg8
48. Rg1) 48. Rxh5 (48. Qh4 Kf7) 48... Rf1+ 49. Kc2 Rxh5 50. Nxh5 Nf3 51. Nf4
Nd4+ 52. Kd2 Ne5 53. Qg7+ Nf7 54. Ng6+ $16) 47... Nde5 $1 {Now Black can build
up a real fortress.} 48. Qg3 Rhh6 49. Qh3 Rhg6 50. Rd1 Rf3 51. Qh4+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. Nge2 Nc5 10. Bc2 cxd5 11. cxd5 a5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. Kh1 Ra5 $5 $146
(14... Qb6 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. Ng3 (16. g4 Ng8 17. Ng3 Qa6 18. h4 Qc4 19. h5 Bh6
20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. f3 f6 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Kg2 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Fedorov,A/RUS
t-ch 1998/CBM 66/[King] (43)}) 16... Ng8 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. f4 Qh4 20.
Qf2 Nh6 21. Nge2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Nc1 $1 $16 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Mowsziszian,K/Balaguer op 1998/CBM 67/[Psakhis] (36)}) (14... h6
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Nc1 Rfc8 17. N1a2 Qe8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Qd1 Qe8 21.
g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Peker,O/ISR t-ch 2000 (30)}) 15. Rb1 (15. Qd2 Bb5 $5)
15... Qc8 {[%cal Gd7h3]} 16. Kh2 Qb8 17. f3 Rc8 (17... b5 18. Na2 {[%cal Ga2b4]
}) 18. Be3 Be8 $5 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gd7b6,Gb6c4]} 19. g4 Qa8 (19... Nfd7 $2 20. Nxa4
) 20. h4 {[%csl Ra5,Ra8]} Nfd7 21. h5 Nb6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qe1 (23. Bg5 $142
$5 Nc4 $140 24. Qe1 $40 {[%cal Ge1h4,Gf1h1]}) 23... Bf6 $5 (23... Nc4 24. Bg5)
24. g5 Bd8 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bc1 (26. Qf2 $5 $36) 26... exf4 27. Bxf4 Rc7 28. Nd4
Rf7 29. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 640]} (29. Qg3 $5) 29... gxf5 30. exf5 $44 {[%csl Gc2,
Gf4,Gf5,Gg5][%cal Ge1h4]} Ne5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. f6 Qc8 (32... Bc7 $5) 33. Qh4
e4 34. Kg2 Bd7 $6 (34... Bb5 $142 {[%cal Gb5d3]} 35. Nxb5 (35. Rh1 Qf5 36. Nxe4
Bc4 $1) 35... Rxb5 36. g6 $5 hxg6 37. Qg5 Bxf6 $1 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Qg4+)
35. Nxe4 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 {[%cal Rg5g6,Rf1h1]} Qc5 37. Rh1 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} (
37. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rb1h1]} Qb5 (37... Rb5 38. g6 $5 (38. b4 Qf8 (38... axb3 39.
Rh1) 39. Rh1 h6 40. Qxh6 Qxh6 41. Rxh6 $18) 38... hxg6 39. Bxg6 Bf5 $1 40. Bxf5
Bxf6 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Bg6 $18) (37... Qf8 38. Rh1) 38. Kh1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1g1]
} (38. g6 hxg6 39. Bxg6 Qe2+ 40. Rf2 Qg4+ 41. Qxg4 Bxg4 42. Bxf7+ Kxf7)) (37.
Rbd1 $5) 37... Bf5 $1 38. Rbd1 $1 (38. Bxf5 Qxd5+ 39. Be4 Qxg5+ 40. Qxg5+ Rxg5+
41. Kf3 Bxf6 {[%csl Rf3]}) 38... Bxe4+ 39. Qxe4 {[%cal Gg5g6]} Qb5 (39... Bb6
40. Qf5 $132) 40. Rd2 $1 (40. g6 Rxf6 (40... Qxb2+ 41. Kh3 Qxa3+ 42. Rd3 Qxd3+
43. Qxd3 Rxf6 44. gxh7+ Kh8 45. Re1 $18) 41. gxh7+ Kh8) 40... Qd7 (40... Ra6 $5
41. Rh4 $1 (41. g6 Rfxf6 42. gxh7+ Kh8 43. Qe5 Rad6 44. Re2 Be7 $1) (41. Rh6
Rd6 $1 (41... Bxf6 42. gxf6 Raxf6 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Re2 $11)) 41... Qd7 (41...
Bxf6 42. gxf6 Raxf6 43. Rg4+) 42. Re2 Bxf6 (42... Rd6 $2 43. g6 $18) 43. Qe8+
Qxe8 44. Rxe8+ Kg7 45. gxf6+ Raxf6 46. Rg4+ $11) 41. g6 $1 Rxf6 42. Rxh7 Qd6 $1
(42... Qf5 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Qxf5 Rxf5 45. Rxd8 $16) 43. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 $1 (43...
Kxh8 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qh7+) 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Soln, Primoz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 (6... Na6 {/\ e5
is the main line, but the text has the same idea with e5.}) 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 {
is the more common continuation here.}) 7... e5 8. d5 a5 {/\ Na6} 9. g4 {
This is not an attacking move but a preventive one, white is fighting against
f5.} Na6 10. Nf3 {E92} Kh8 {/\ Ng8, f5 and the opened g <-> is not dangerous
anymore for the K.} (10... Nd7 {- Barsov-Kempinski, Istanbul olm 2000 MEGA2002}
) 11. Nd2 (11. Rg1 Bd7 (11... Ng8 {is the consequent continuation of the plan,
but now the f3N is not forced to d2 in order to play h3-h4.} 12. Qc2 {looks
more sophysticated leaving opened the way back for the B.} (12. Qd2 f6 13. Be3
f5 $5 {/\ f4 and the here we see the drawback of Qd2.} (13... Nc5 {Now f5-f4
is not a direct threat anymore.} 14. O-O-O Bd7 {with attacking counterchances
on the <<.} (14... Nxe4 $2 {is self-destructive:} 15. Nxe4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17.
Rxg7 Kxg7 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Bh6 $16 {Jacimovic-Pace, Elista 1998}))) 12... f5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 {Here we see the difference!} Nb4 15. Qd1 Ne7 16. a3 Na6
17. Qc2 e4 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. f3 Nc5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rgf1 $14 {A.Vajda-Badea,
Bucharest 1998}) (11... Nd7 {- 10...Nd7}) 12. Nd2 (12. Qc2 $5) 12... Ng8 {/\ f5
} 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nc5 {The fight for the key-square >< e4
begins.} 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxf5 18. Bd3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 {The Q is already a bad piece for a blockade.} Qh5 22. Qg4 {otherwise the
white K remains vulnerable in the [+].} Qxg4 23. Rxg4 Bf6 {The exchange of the
bad B helps for Black.} 24. Ke2 {1/2:1/2 Jacimovic-Safin, Istanbul 2000}) 11...
Ng8 12. Nb3 (12. h4 f5 {immediately poses more problems for White.} (12... f6
13. Be3 f5 {/\ f4, but the B is usually less vulnerable on e3 than on g5.} 14.
f3 $1 $14 (14. gxf5 {Matros} gxf5 15. exf5 {White can get >< e4, but the
weaknesses on the f <-> and >< h4 secure Black sufficient counterplay.} Bh6 $1
{It is advisable for Black to exchange his passive dark-squared B, this is
also a result of the manoeuvre Kh8, Ng8.} (15... Bxf5 16. Nde4 Nf6 {fights for
>< e4 but forgets about the bad B.}) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Bxf5 18. Nde4 $13 {
1/2:1/2 Giddinsen-Gullaksen, Gausdal 1995}) 14... fxg4 $5 (14... f4 $2 15. Bf2
$16 {and the >> is closed completely, and White win slowly but surely get the
upper hand on the other flank.}) (14... Nf6 15. a3 {/\ b4, it is better to
keep the >> as closed as possible.} (15. h5 $6 {allows Black to keep the >>
open.} f4 $1 16. Bf2 $5 (16. Bxf4 $6 Nxg4 $1 {This is an important
intermediate move, otherwise White's idea works well.} (16... gxh5 $6 17. Be3
hxg4 18. fxg4 $14) (16... exf4 17. h6 Nc5 18. Nb5 Rf7 19. hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qc2 $5
$14) 17. Bg5 Bf6 {The exchange of the dark-squared B is again Black's favour.}
18. Bxf6+ Nxf6 19. hxg6 Qxg6 $13) 16... gxh5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nb5 $13) (15. exf5
{opens up the position for the black pieces!} gxf5 16. h5 h6 (16... Rg8 $5 $13)
17. g5 Nxh5 18. gxh6 Bf6 $13 {and the o^ on h6 defends the black K.}) 15... Bd7
16. b3 Qc8 (16... c6 $6 {creates a hole on >< b6.} 17. h5 f4 18. Bb6 gxh5 19.
g5 Ng8 20. Bxa5 Qg6 $14) 17. h5 $1 f4 $1 18. Bf2 gxh5 19. g5 Ng8 20. Rxh5 Qe8 (
20... Be8 21. Rh1 Qd8 22. Rg1 $14 {/\ Bf1-h3}) (20... Qd8 $5 21. Qc2 Be8 22.
Rh2 Qxg5 23. O-O-O $14 {and White has some compensation on the g and h lines?!}
) 21. Rh2 $1 {Matros} (21. Rh1 $5 Qg6 $14 {Matros-Nataf, Stockholm 77/561 1999}
) 21... Qg6 22. Bh4 Ne7 23. Qc2 $16) 15. fxg4 Rf4 $5 {is a typical positional
exchange sacrifice in order to open the long /^ and the e <->.} 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. O-O Qe7) 13. f3 (13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nc5 {fighting for >< e4 by all
means.} (14... Bxf5 {is certainly met by the standard} 15. Nde4) 15. Nde4 (15.
Bh5 $6 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qd7 $36) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxf5 $11) (13. h5 {opens up
the position for the black pieces as well!} fxg4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16.
Bxf6 Rxf6 $13 {<-> f}) 13... f4 {and now White cannot avoid the exchange of
his important dark-squared B.} 14. h5 Bf6 $1 15. hxg6 Qxg6 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17.
Nb3 b6 {Now the N on b3 is miserable.} 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. O-O-O Kg7 20. Rdg1 h6 {
/\ Nh7-g5 controlling the important squares on the >>.} 21. Kb1 Nh7 22. Nc1 Ng5
$132 {Lazarev-Cebalo, Estensi 2001}) (12. Be3 f5 13. gxf5 (13. f3 Bh6 $5 {
as it was mentioned before, this exchange is useful for Black almost
everywhere.} 14. Bxh6 (14. g5 $6 f4 $1) 14... Nxh6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. g5 Nf7 17.
Rg1 Rg8 (17... Qe7 18. h4) 18. h4 $13) 13... gxf5 14. exf5 Bh6 $1 {The same
old idea again!} 15. Bg4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Bxf5 17. O-O-O Bg6 18. Nde4 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3
Nf6 $11 {Ch.Gabriel-Smirin, Pula 2000}) (12. Qc2 f5 $5 {looks again more to
the point.} (12... f6 13. Be3 f5 (13... Bh6 $5) 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nb4 (
15... Bh6 {was again the "conservative" method}) 16. Qb1 Bxf5 $5 (16... e4 {
Black's plan is connected with a positional P sacrifice in order to open up
the diagonals for the ^^.} 17. a3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bxf5 20. Nde4 Qe5
21. Rg1 {Rxg7 is always hanging in the air from now.} Nf6 (21... Rae8) 22. Bd4
Qf4 23. Qe3 Qh4 24. Rxg7 $1 {This is the decisive blow.} Kxg7 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26.
Qe7+ Kg6 27. O-O-O Qh6+ 28. Be3 Qf8 29. Rg1+ Kh5 30. Qxc7 $18 {D.
Gurevich-Forster, Geneve 1996}) 17. Nde4 Bh6)) 12... a4 {The N was rather bad
on b3, so it is a question whether it is worth chasing him away?} (12... f5 {
unnecessarily sacrifices >< a5.} 13. Nxa5 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16.
Nd2 $14) (12... b6 {looks logical, for example:} 13. h4 f5 14. h5 fxg4 15. Bxg4
(15. h6 Bf6 16. Be3 Qe7 $132 {/\ Bg5}) 15... Bh6 (15... Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf6 17.
Bxf6 Rxf6 {<-> f}) 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Qd2 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Qf7 {
and White's K has also his own problems.}) 13. Nc1 a3 14. b3 Bf6 (14... f5 15.
Nd3 Bf6 (15... Nf6 16. f3 $14 {keeps the >> more or less closed.}) 16. Be3 Bh4
{- 14...Bf6} (16... Qe7 17. b4 Bg5 {This was a logical, but a bit
time-consuming manoeuvre.} 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. h4 $14)) 15. Bxf6+ (15. Be3 Bh4 {
/\ Qe7, Bg5 blockading the dark squares.} 16. Nd3 f5 17. Bf3 (17. b4 Nf6 18.
Bf3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 b5 $13) 17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Bd7 $13 {with a complex middlegame
position.}) 15... Nxf6 16. Nd3 c5 $2 {closing the part of the << was not
necessary, because it takes away the nice c5 square from the N.} (16... Nd7 17.
Qc1 Nac5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 $13) 17. Qd2 Bd7 (17... Nb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Nb5 Qd8
20. f3 {and materially losses are inevitable.}) 18. f4 {Suddenly White changes
the course of the game and grabs the |^ on the >> "thanks to" the exchange of
the fianchettoed B.} Nb4 19. O-O (19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Rg8) 19... Nxd3 20. Bxd3
Ng8 (20... Qe7 21. Rf3) 21. f5 {Now White has a huge space advantage on both
flanks, in the King's Indian it is Black, who plays f5!} Qd8 {Black has to
defend himself in a very passive position.} (21... f6 22. h4 Qe7 23. g5 $36 {>>
}) 22. g5 f6 23. h4 Qe7 24. Rf2 Rf7 25. Raf1 $16 {Now White has brought his
last remaining piece into action.} Raf8 26. Qe3 Rg7 27. Rg2 (27. fxg6 {- 27.Rg2
}) 27... Rgf7 28. Rgf2 Rg7 29. fxg6 Rxg6 30. Be2 fxg5 $2 {This loses outright.}
31. Rxf8 $18 gxh4+ 32. Kh1 Rg3 33. R8f3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 (6... Na6 {is the
main line, but it can transpose to the text, for example:} 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Bc2 a5 10. Nge2 c6 11. O-O) 7. Bd3 e5 (7... Na6 8. Nge2 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2
a5 11. O-O {transposes to the game again.}) 8. d5 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O (10.
Qd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 (11... cxd5 12. exd5 {- Bareev-Gelfand, Linares 1994 CBM 40
}) 12. O-O {- 10.0-0}) 10... Nc5 (10... Bd7 {- Neidhardt-Kachiani, BL 2000 CBM
82}) 11. Bc2 cxd5 (11... Bd7 12. Qd2 cxd5 13. cxd5 (13. exd5 {is not so
logical here.} Qb6 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Be3 f5 {Now Black's P structure is
impressive.} 16. Ba4 Nf6 17. b3 Rae8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxf4 b5 21.
Bxb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nh5 $15 {Sulypa-Lanka, Cannes 1995}) 13... b5) (11... Qb6 {
is again premature in view of} 12. Rb1 $14 (12. a4 $6 {is inferior because it
weakens the dark squares of the <<.} Na6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. g4 Ndc5
16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Kg2 Nb4 {and both black knights work excellent, 1/2-1/2
Mista-Blehm, Rowy 1998.})) (11... h6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. exd5 {is a bit unusual,
but if White can prepare b4, his << P majority will play a decisive role.
However Black has also counterchances in the [+] after f7-f5.} (13. cxd5 Bd7 {
is the consistant answer.} (13... Nh5 $143 {There is no time for >> assault
yet.} 14. Qd2 Kh7 (14... g5 {weakens all the light squares, especially >< f5.}
15. Ng3 $1 Nf4 16. Nf5 $16 {and Black is worse on both flanks.}) 15. g4 Nf4 (
15... Qh4 16. gxh5 Bxh3 17. f3 $1 $16 {parrying all the threats.}) 16. Nxf4
exf4 17. Bxf4 $16 {with a healthy P up.})) 13... Bd7 (13... Nfd7 14. Qd2 Kh7
15. f4 f5 16. Nb5 (16. g4 Nb6) 16... Nb6 17. b3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 $44
{with a good compensation for the sacrtificed exchange because of the weak >>.}
) 14. b3 (14. Qd2 Kh7 15. f4 Qc8 16. Ng3 a4 17. Rac1 Ra6 18. Kh2 exf4 19. Bxf4
Ne8 20. Nh5 Be5 21. Rce1 f5 22. Ng3 Bxf4 23. Re7+ Ng7 24. Qxf4 Re8 25. Qe3 Ra8
26. Nge2 Qd8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 $11 {Avrukh-Soln, Szeged 1994}) 14...
Ne8 $5 (14... Nh5 $6 15. Qd2 g5 {Now White can punish Black again for this
weakening move.} 16. Ng3 $1 Nxg3 17. fxg3 f5 18. g4 $1 {ruining Black's P
chain.} e4 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Nb5 $16 {Kazhgaleyev-Zyla, Koszalin
1999})) 12. exd5 {This is unusual in the King's Indian, but here deserves
attention.} (12. cxd5 Bd7 (12... Qb6 13. Be3 {/\ Na4, /\ f3, g4} Bd7 14. Rb1
Rfc8 15. f3 Qd8 16. a4 $5 {gaining control over the vital b5 and c4 squares.} (
16. a3 a4 $5) 16... Qe8 17. g4 {This is not an attacking move, but a
prophylactic one.} b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Ng3 Qd8 {/\ a4-a3=} 21. Ra1
Ne8 (21... Rab8 $5 22. Ra2) 22. Qd2 a4 23. Kg2 Qa5 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Bd1 {
(Petursson-Zuger, Horgen II 1994 61/624)} Ra6 $13 (25... Qc4 26. h4 Qd3 27.
Bxc5 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxc5 29. Nxa4 $14)) 13. a3 $1 {- 10...Bd7}) (12. Nxd5 {
allows} Ne6 $1 {after which Black has good counterchances on the dark squares,
although the weak >< d6 may fall.} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd6 Ra6 {
White's B has no perspectives.} 16. Qa3 Nf4 $1 17. Nxf4 exf4 $44) 12... Qb6 {
The Q is not well-placed here, but the pin was annoying.} (12... Bd7 13. Ng3
Qb6 14. b3 (14. Rb1 $5 {looks also interesting} Qb4 15. Qf3) 14... a4 15. Rb1
axb3 16. axb3 Na6 17. Qf3 {This is White's main threat here.} Nb4 18. Rfc1 (18.
Bd1) 18... Ne8 19. Be7 Bh6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $13 {Kazhgaleyev-Zhang Zhong,
Shenyang 1999}) 13. Rb1 (13. Nb5 Bd7 14. Nec3 {Now White's knights are
excellently posted.} Rfc8 {/\ Ne8 avoiding the loss of an exchange after Be7.}
(14... h6 15. Be3) 15. Be3 Ne8 16. a3 (16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nxc5 dxc5 {and Black
can blockade on d6.}) 16... Qd8 17. b3 (17. b4 $6 {Hazai is premature in view
of} axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Na6 {and both pawns are hanging.}) 17... f5 18.
Rb1 Qh4 19. f4 (19. b4 $6 {is again met by} axb4 20. axb4 Na6) 19... e4 {
Now the [+] is closed, and White can exchange the dark-squared B and blockade
the e3 and d4 squares. However b3-b4 is still not easy to prepare because of
>< c4.} 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 (21... Qxg7 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 $14 {
would be an ideal _|_ if the problem of >< c4 would have been solved.}) 22.
Qd4+ Qf6 23. Qxf6+ (23. Rfd1 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Nc7 $132 {
Ivanisevic-Djukic, Herceg Novi 2001 CBM 83} (26... Bxb5 {Hazai} 27. Nxb5 Nc7
28. Nc3 $14)) 23... Kxf6 24. Rfc1 {looks more to the point.}) 13... Kh8 $6 {
Probably 14...Ng8 and f5 is the plan, but this is too slow.} (13... Bd7 {
was better and if} 14. a3 a4 15. Be3 {then} Qa6 $13) 14. a3 {There is now
defence against b2-b4.} Bd7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na6 17. c5 {This breakthrough
leads to interesting complications.} (17. Qd2 $14) 17... dxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 $1 (
18... Qxc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Rxb7 $14) 19. c6 (19. Rb6 Ng8) 19...
bxc6 20. dxc6 Be6 (20... Bxc6 $2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qd6 $18 {loses a piece.})
21. Bb3 (21. Rb7) 21... Bf5 (21... Rfd8 $5 {deserves attention.}) 22. Ra1 Qc5
23. g4 Rad8 24. Qc1 (24. Nd5 Bc8) 24... Bd3 25. Rd1 e4 ({Why not} 25... Qxc6
26. Nd5 Qb5) 26. Ng3 Rb8 (26... Qxc6 {was still possible.}) 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28.
Ncxe4 Qxc1 29. Raxc1 Bb2 30. Bc4 Bxc1 31. Bxd3 Nb4 32. Rxc1 Nxd3 33. Rc3 Nb4
34. c7 Rbc8 35. Nd6 {White wins back the exchange, but the o^ is vulnerable.}
Nd5 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Rc5 Nxc7 $2 {Now Black is lost due to the pin on the c
<->.} (37... Nf6 $1) 38. Nf1 $18 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Kh2 Kg7 41. Ne3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 (6... Na6 {
is usually more flexible.} 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Nh5 9. g3 Nc5 {- 6...Nbd7}) (6... e5
7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nh5 {- 6...Na6}) 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 e5 8. d5) 7... e5 8. d5 Nh5 9.
g3 {fighting against f5 and Nf4.} (9. Nge2 Nc5 (9... f5 $132) 10. Bc2 f5 $132)
9... Nc5 10. Bc2 {This leaves the attacking N on h5 unattended.} (10. Be2 $1 {
wants to drive back the intruder N.} Nf6 {Black has provoked some weaknesses
on the >>, but lost two tempi.} (10... a5 $5 {ignoring the threat of taking on
h5 Black sacrifices a P for positional benefits.} 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. g4 (12.
Qxh5 f5 $44 {is a typical positional P sacrifice.}) 12... Kh8 {/\ Bf6}) 11. Qc2
a5 {probably b4 was not an immediate threat.} (11... Ne8 12. g4 (12. b4 Na6 13.
a3 f5 $132) 12... f5 $13) 12. O-O-O (12. g4 Ne8 {/\ f5}) 12... a4 $1 (12... Ne8
{Piket} 13. h4 $1 $16) 13. g4 Ne8 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. h4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16.
Nf3 a3 $1 17. b4 fxe4 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5 $16) 18. Ne1 (18. Ng5
Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 $1 {The B is more important than the R!} (19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3
Bf5 $132) 19... exd3 20. Bxd3 e4 $5 {/\ h6} (20... h6)) 18... Na6 19. Qb3 Bf5
20. Nc2 Kh8 21. Nxa3 {White has eliminated the a3 P, but lost some tempi and
Black has good counterchances.} Nf6 22. Rhg1 Qd7 $1 23. Nc2 (23. Nab1 $2 {
This is too slow.} Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Rde1 c5 $1 $15 26. a3 $1 {trying to
keep the position as closed as possible.} (26. dxc6 $2 {opening up the
position helps only for Black.} bxc6 27. Nd2 (27. Nxe4 $6 d5 $1 28. Nc5 Nxc5
29. Bxc5 Rf3 30. Qc2 d4 31. Rg3 Bf5 $1 $19 {Knaak-Piket, Hamburg 1991 52/599})
27... d5 $1)) 23... Ng4 24. a4 $1 $13 {with immense complications.}) 10... a5
11. Nge2 (11. Qe2 {/\ 0-0-0, but this is not dangerous.} Bd7 12. O-O-O a4 13.
Nf3 Qc8 14. Rdg1 a3 15. b3 Na6 $13 {Wade-Olafsson, Hastings 1953}) (11. Nf3 Bd7
(11... f5 {White is well-prepared for this aggressive move.} 12. exf5 gxf5 13.
Ng5 $1 {This is the point!} Nf6 14. Bxc5 (14. g4 h6 15. Bxc5 hxg5 $13) 14...
dxc5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 e4 17. g4 $14 {blowing up Black's [+].}) 12. Nd2 (
12. Qe2 Qe8 $13 {defending the Nh5 and preparing f5 in case.} (12... a4 13. Nd2
a3 (13... Qe8 $5 {with the same idea as before.}) 14. b4 Nf4 $1 {This is a
beautiful positional piece sacrifice!} (14... Na6 15. Rb1) 15. Qf1 ({Accepting
the sacrifice would ruin the white K's position.} 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Ndb1 fxe3
17. bxc5 exf2+ 18. Qxf2 f5 $40) 15... Na6 16. Rb1 Nh5 {finally both knights
have retreated, but the white K is still in the middle.} (16... c6 $2 {pushing
it too hard!} 17. b5 Qa5 18. bxa6 Qxc3 19. Kd1 bxa6 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 $18
{Neverov-Ivanchuk, Uzhgorod 1985}) 17. c5 f5 $13)) (12. a3 {/\ b4} Qc8 13. Nh4
(13. b4 Na6) 13... Nf6 (13... Bxh3 $2 {is feeble due to} 14. Nf5 $1) 14. g4 c6
(14... Ne8 $5 {is the other plan.} 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na6 17. Rb1 c5 $132)
15. g5 Ne8 (15... Nh5 $6 {is again met by} 16. Nf5 $1) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6
18. Rb1 c5 {freeing the bad a6 N.} 19. bxc5 Nxc5 $132 {Grishchenko-Alekseev,
Korolev 2000}) 12... Qe8 $13 {with a complex middlegame.}) 11... f5 12. exf5
Bxf5 {White now can take control over the vital blockading square e4.} (12...
gxf5 $1 {building up a strong P [+] was more to the point.} 13. Qd2 f4 $1 {
This positional sacrifice opens the lines and the diagonals against the enemy
K in the middle.} 14. gxf4 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qh4 $132) 13. Bxc5 $1 (
13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. g4 {is answered by the active} Nf4 $1 $13) 13... dxc5 14. Be4
{White wants to force Black to take on e4 and give up the ^^.} (14. Ne4 Qe7 15.
N2c3 {was also possible with a total control over >< e4.}) 14... Qf6 (14... Bd7
$5 {avoiding g4 and the N on e2 has problems controlling e4.}) 15. Qd3 Bh6 (
15... Bd7 {was still possible.} 16. Qe3 Qd6) 16. g4 $1 {forcing Black to
exchange the light-squared B. >< f4 will be weakened but a strong blockading N
on e4 versus a bad B is a good price for that.} Nf4 17. Nxf4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxf4
19. O-O $16 {Thw white K is now safe, and many black pawns are on the colour
of the B. However it is not so easy to create a breakthrough.} b6 20. Kg2 Qf7 (
20... Rad8) 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Qe2 (22. g5 $5 {/\ Qg3-g4, h4-h5 was an
interesting plan.}) 22... Bf4 23. Rd3 {Now White begins to manoeuvre...} Kg7
24. Rfd1 Rd7 25. Qc2 Rfd8 26. Qa4 h5 27. Qc6 Rd6 $5 {The N is more valuable
than the R?} 28. Qa4 (28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Qa8 e4 {and at least Black comes out
of passivity.}) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 {The opening of the h <-> helps for White.}
Rh8 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Rd8 32. Rh3 Rf8 33. Qc2 Qd7 34. Qe2 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Kxh8
36. Kg2 {[%mdl 4096] The _|_ Q+N versus Q+B requires a good technique,
perpetual checks may arise in some cases.} Qa4 37. b3 Qd7 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qh3
Qe7 40. a4 {White closes the << bringing his K there reaching safety.} Qd8 41.
Kf3 Bg5 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. Kd3 Bg5 44. Kc2 Bf4 45. d6 $1 {This was inevitable
breakthrough.} cxd6 46. Qd3 Qa8 (46... Bg5 47. Qxd6 Qxd6 48. Nxd6 Be7 49. Ne4
Kf7 {is not a temting _|_ with a good N versus bad B, but the real question is
how can White put Black into zugzwang.} 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Nc3 Bh4 52. f3 (52. Ke3
Bg5+ 53. Ke4 Bh4 54. f3 Bg5 55. Nd5 Bd8) 52... Bd8 53. Nd5 Kd6 54. Ke4 Ke6) 47.
Qd5 Qc8 (47... Qxd5 48. cxd5 $18 {loses outright.}) 48. Qxd6 Qb7 49. Kd3 Qf7
50. Ke2 {The K comes back to the >>.} Qb7 51. f3 Qa7 52. g5 $18 Qf7 (52... Qb7
53. Qf6+ Kh7 54. Qf8 $18 {/\ Nf6#}) 53. Qxb6 {The rest is easy.} Qf5 54. Qf6+
Qxf6 55. gxf6+ Kf7 56. Nxc5 Kxf6 57. Nb7 e4 58. fxe4 Bc7 59. Nc5 Ke5 60. Kf3 g5
61. Kg4 Bd6 62. Nb7 Bc7 63. Kxg5 Kxe4 64. Nc5+ Ke5 65. Kg6 Bd6 66. Nb7 Bc7 67.
Kf7 Kd4 68. Ke6 Kc3 69. Nc5 Kb4 70. Kd5 Bb6 71. Nd7 Bc7 72. Kc6 Bh2 73. Kb6
Kxb3 74. Kb5 Bc7 75. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. g3 {White prevents Black from Nf4, and for the moment f5 is also not a
threat..} (9. Nge2 {closes the d1-h5 /^, so f5 is already possible.} f5 (9...
Nc5 10. Bc2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. b4 Na6 13. Rb1 {It looks that White has
achieved what he wanted, the N is driven back to a6. On the other hand he has
problems with K, because the >> is weakened by h3 and he has no more 0-0-0.
Black's strong P [+] is also a force he has to reckon with.} Qh4 14. g3 Qe7 {
successfully weakening the >>.} 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. g4 Nf4 $1 {This is the best
reaction in most of the cases.} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Kf1 Qh4 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. gxf5
Bxf5 $11 {Rivas Pastor-Polgar, Salamanca 1989}) 10. exf5 gxf5 11. g4 Nf4 $1 {
This is best again!} (11... e4 $143 {is not good here.} 12. gxh5 exd3 13. Qxd3
(13. Nf4 Nb4 14. Rg1 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Kh8 16. Ng6+ hxg6 17. hxg6 Qh4 $17) 13... f4
14. Bd4 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qf6 (16... Re8+ 17. Kf1 $16) 17. O-O-O $16 {
Gaertner-Wohlfahrt, Prague 1994}) 12. Bxf4 exf4 {opening up the long /^ and
the e <->.} 13. Qd2 Qh4 14. gxf5 Nc5 15. Bc2 f3 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Bd3 a6 {
Black wants to open up the position from the << as well.} 18. Kf1 b5 19. Re1
bxc4 20. Be4 Rab8 $17 {Gaertner-Kruppa, Oberwart 1995}) (9. Be2 {runs into} Nf4
(9... Nf6 $143 {is completely illogical.} 10. Nf3 $14 {/\ Nd2 or g4} (10. g4
Nc5 11. Qc2 $14 (11. Bf3 {The B is usually badly placed here.} a5 12. Nge2 Bd7
(12... Nfd7 13. Ng3 $14) 13. Ng3 c6 14. O-O cxd5 15. cxd5 Ne8 16. Kh2 b5 $13 {
with a good counterplay on the <<, Grishenko-Yandarbiev, Voronezh 2005.} (16...
Qh4 17. Qd2 h6)))) 10. Bf3 (10. Bf1 {is sad retreat.} f5 11. g3 fxe4 $1 {
This is a typical positional piece sacrifice in this variation.} 12. gxf4 (12.
Nxe4 Bf5) 12... exf4 13. Bd4 Qe7 $44) 10... Nb4 {>< d3} 11. g3 Nfd3+ 12. Kf1 f5
13. a3 Nxb2 14. Qb1 N4d3 15. Kg2 f4 16. Bd2 $13) (9. a3 {/\ b4} Nc5 10. Be2 Nf6
11. Qc2 a5 {strengthening the N's position on c5.}) 9... Qe8 (9... Nc5 10. Be2
(10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 (11. Nf3 Bd7 (11... f5 {White is well-prepared for this
push.} 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bxc5 (14. g4 h6 15. Bxc5 hxg5 $13) 14...
dxc5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 e4 17. g4 $14 {blowing up the [+].}) 12. Nd2 (12.
Qe2 Qe8 $13) 12... Qe8 $13) 11... f5 $132) 10... Nf6 (10... a5 {is a
well-known positional P sacrifice, Black gets the ^^ and some activity for the
P.} 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. g4 (12. Qxh5 f5 $44) 12... Kh8 {/\ Bf6}) 11. Qc2 a5 (
11... Ne8 12. g4 f5 {is the direct approach, Black is not afraid of b4,
because then the white K has no shelter on the <<.}) 12. O-O-O a4 $1 (12... Ne8
13. h4 $1 $16) 13. g4 Ne8 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. h4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Nf3 a3 $1
{hoping for the opening of the long /^ at once.} 17. b4 fxe4 (17... Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5 $16) 18. Ng5 $1 (18. Ne1 {The N is very passive here.} Na6
19. Qb3 Bf5 20. Nc2 Kh8 21. Nxa3 {White has won the >< a3, but lost a couple
of tempi and opened the a <->.} Nf6 22. Rhg1 Qd7 $1 23. Nc2 (23. Nab1 $2 {
is again a passive N move.} Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Rde1 c5 $1 $15 26. a3 $1 (26.
dxc6 $2 bxc6 {opens the position against his own K.} 27. Nd2 (27. Nxe4 $6 {
continuing the wrong plan.} d5 $1 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Bxc5 Rf3 30. Qc2 d4 31. Rg3
Bf5 $1 $19 {Knaak-Piket, Hamburg 1991 52/599}) 27... d5 $1)) 23... Ng4 24. a4
$1 $13) 18... Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 $1 {This positional exchange sacrifice is forced,
if doesn't want to lose the |^.} (19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Bf5 $132) 19... exd3
20. Bxd3 e4 $5 {/\ h6} (20... h6)) (9... c5 {closes the << for a while, the a6
N is a good defender in case of b4-bxc5.} 10. Be2 Nc7 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5 f5
$132) 10. Be2 f6 {This is the novelty, Black doesn't want to retreat.} (10...
Nf6 11. Nf3 (11. g4) 11... Nd7 (11... Bd7 12. Nd2 Qe7 (12... c6 {The opening
of the << is a double-edged operation.} 13. Kf1 {/\ Kg2} Qe7 (13... cxd5 14.
cxd5 b5 $6 {is strongly countered by} 15. a4 $1 $16) 14. g4 {is this an
offensive or a defensive move?!} (14. Kg2 {looks more flexible.}) 14... Nc7 15.
Kg2 c5 $1 {Now White has only a narrow path on the <<.} 16. Rb1 Nfe8 17. b4 b6
18. bxc5 dxc5 {creating a strong blockading square for the N on d6.} (18...
bxc5 $5 19. Nb3 f5 (19... a5) 20. f3 h5 $13) 19. a4 Nd6 20. a5 Rfb8 $1 21. g5 (
21. Rb2 Na6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Na2 f5 24. f3 Bf6 25. Qb1 Bg5 26. Bf2 Bxd2 27.
Rxd2 b5 $1 $132) 21... Nce8 $1 {/\ f5 with a counterplay on the >>.} 22. h4 f5
23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg4 (24. h5 Bg5 25. Nf1 Bf4 $1) 24... Ng7 $13 {Vilela-Moreno,
Havana 1997 70/(528)}) 13. g4 c6 14. Nf1 {/\ Ng3} (14. a3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Ne8 (
15... Rfc8 {The c <-> is not so important for Black.} 16. Rc1 Ne8 17. h4 f5 18.
gxf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 $14 {Zemerov-Borocz, Szeged op 1993})) 14... Nc5 15. Ng3 a5
16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5 $14) (11... Nc5 12. Nd2 a5 13. g4 Qe7 14. Qc2 (14. h4)
14... Bd7 (14... Ne8) 15. f3 Rfc8 {/\ c6, but I don't like it.} (15... Ne8 $5
16. h4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. O-O-O a4) 16. Nb3 (16. h4 h5 $1) 16... b6 (16...
Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Ne8 18. h4 Qf8 19. h5 Bf6 20. g5 a4 21. Qc2 Bd8 22. Qd2 c6 23.
hxg6 fxg6 24. f4 Ba5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. c5 $16 {Zemerov-Videki, Hungary tt 1995}
) 17. Nxc5 bxc5 {was more persistanmt.}) (11... Qe7 12. Nd2 {This is the main
plan.} (12. a3 $143 {White has problems with his K, the a3-b4 plan is not a
remedy for that.} Ne8 13. g4 f5 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. b4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3
exd3 18. Qxd3 e4 $1 $132 {with the typical positional P sacrifice, B.
Kovacevic-Saric, Borovo 2005.}) (12. g4)) 12. a3 (12. g4 $6 f5 13. a3 (13. gxf5
gxf5 14. exf5 Ndc5 15. Rg1 (15. Nh4 Qe7) 15... Bxf5 {Black is not afraid of
exchanging his fianchettoed B, White has no real attacking chances.} (15... Kh8
16. Nh4 {against Bh6.} Qe7 (16... Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5) 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Qd2 Bxg5
19. Rxg5 Rg8 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Qh5 Bd7 23. O-O-O Be8 24. Qg4 $16 {
Zemerov-Drozdov, Budapest 1995}) 16. Bh6 (16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6) 16... Bg6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 13... Nac5 14. b4 (14. gxf5 $143 gxf5 15. Nd2 Nf6 {with a
strong pressure against >< e4.} 16. Bxc5 dxc5 {The exchange of this B is a big
relief for Black, the dark squares become vulnerable in White's camp.} 17. Qc2
Nxe4 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qh4 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Rg3
Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf4 $17 {I.Sokolov-Van Wely, Groningen 1994 62/(582)}) 14... Nxe4
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qc2 {/\ Ne4=}) 12... f5 13. b4 {The a6 N is
temporarily out of play, but where will the white K castle?} Nf6 14. Qb3 Kh8
15. Ng1 Ng8 {1/2:1/2 Gomez Esteban-Moreno Carnero, ESP 2001}) 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12.
g4 $1 Qd7 $2 (12... Qg6 {was the last practical chance!} 13. gxh5 (13. f3 f5 $1
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 Qg2 16. Qb3 (16. Qe2 Qxh1 17. O-O-O Rxf5 18. Ne4 h4 19.
Qf2 Raf8 {and the black Q cannot be catched.}) 16... Qxh1 17. O-O-O Qg2 18. Rd2
Qf1+ 19. Rd1 Qg2 {with repetition of moves}) 13... Qg2 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 f5
16. O-O-O $14 {White is better not only because of his extra P, but the g7 B
remains passive.}) 13. f3 Qf7 14. Nge2 Qg6 {losing a couple of tempi to get to
g6.} 15. Qd2 {against Bh6} (15. Ng3 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Qxh6 17. Nxh5 f5 {at least
gives Black some hopes for acrivity.}) 15... h4 16. f4 $5 {This allows the
black dark-squared B to come back to fight.} (16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Kb1 {/\ Nc1-d3
with further advane on the << was the slow but safe procedure.} (17. f4 Bh6 18.
Rhf1 {keeping the position opened was the other strategy.})) 16... Bh6 17. f5 {
White closes the P and in the long run the fall of >< h4 is inevitable. Black
has some small hopes to build up a fortress.} (17. O-O-O) 17... Bxe3 18. Qxe3
Qg5 19. Kf2 c5 (19... Bd7 20. Rhc1 {/\ Ng1-f3 >< h4} (20. Ng1 Nb4 $1)) 20. Nb5
(20. Ng1 Nb4 $1) 20... Rd8 21. Rhc1 (21. Ng1 Nb4 $1) 21... Kf7 22. Ng1 $18 {
Finally Black has no active counterplay and >< cannot be defended.} Ke7 23. Nf3
Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Bd7 25. Nc3 (25. Nxh4 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Nc7 27. a4 $18) 25... Nc7
26. Nxh4 (26. a4 a5 {at least closes one flank.}) 26... b5 27. b3 (27. cxb5
Nxb5 28. Nxb5 Bxb5 29. Nf3 {was a healthy P up, too.}) 27... Rdb8 (27... b4 28.
Ne2 $18 {and White will prepare the breakthrough on the >>.}) 28. Nf3 a5 29.
Nd2 (29. cxb5 Nxb5 30. Nxb5 Bxb5 31. Rab1 $18) 29... a4 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Rab1
axb3 32. Rxb3 Ba6 33. Rxb8 (33. Rcb1 $18) 33... Rxb8 34. Rb1 {White can get
passed pawns on both flanks, the o^ on c5 can easily be blockaded on c3.} Rg8
35. Nf3 Kd7 36. Rg1 Nb5 37. Nxb5 Bxb5 38. Rb1 Ba6 39. Rb6 Ra8 40. g5 fxg5 41.
Nxg5 Bc8 42. Nxh7 Rxa2 43. f6 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46. Kh4 Rf3 47.
Kg5 c4 48. Kg6 c3 49. f7 Rg3+ 50. Kf6 Rf3+ 51. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 (7... Na6
$1 {is the more flexible plan.}) 8. c5 $5 {White wants to punish Black's
"negligence" of controlling >< c5. However White's >> is completely
undeveloped.} (8. g4 {- Aleksandrov-El Taher, New Delhi 2000 CBM 81}) (8. Bd3
Na6 9. Nge2 {is the theoretical main line, see the aforementioned game.}) (8.
Nf3 {is a strong continuation leading to E90.}) 8... c6 (8... Na6 9. cxd6 Qxd6
10. Nf3 Bd7 $5 {deserves attention.} (10... c6 $2 {is out of question.} 11.
dxc6 Qe7 (11... Qxc6 12. Nxe5 $16) 12. Bc4 $1 {White has to finish the
development, there is no time for P hunt.} bxc6 13. O-O {Black's << P
formation is shattered anyway.} Nc5 14. Qc2 Nfd7 {Black has no real
counterplay on the dark squares d4 and f4.} 15. Na4 Ne6 16. Rfd1 $16 {
Karpov-Miroshnichenko, Sochi 2005})) (8... Ne8 {Black wants to take back with
the N on d6.} 9. Nf3 dxc5 10. Bxc5 Nd6 {with a strong blockading N.}) 9. dxc6
Nxc6 10. Nf3 ({Accepting the positional P sacrifice leads to a dangerous lead
of development for Black.} 10. Qxd6 Be6 $1 (10... Qxd6 11. cxd6 Rd8 12. O-O-O
Ne8 13. Nb5 {looks better for White.}) 11. Qxd8 (11. O-O-O $2 Qc8 $40 {with
good attacking chances on the <<.}) (11. Nf3 Qxd6 (11... Qc8) 12. cxd6 Nb4 $132
(12... Rfd8 13. Ng5)) 11... Rfxd8 $44 {with an active piece play for the P.})
10... dxc5 11. Bxc5 Re8 12. Bb5 (12. Qxd8 {deserved attention.} Rxd8 13. Bb6 (
13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nd4 {This centralization is Black's main threat.}) 13...
Re8 14. Bb5 Bd7 (14... Nd7 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Rd1 $16 {and Black has to give up
his stronghold on d4.}) 15. Rd1 $14) 12... Bd7 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxd7 (14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Kxg7 $11 {leads to a
dead draw.}) 14... Nxd7 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qxd7 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Be3 $14 {
with some advantage because of the weakened light squares.}) 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 $11 {and Black gains back the material.}) 15... Nxc5 16. Ndb5
Bf8 (16... Ra6 17. Nd5 $14) 17. Nd5 {It seems that White has a strong N versus
bad B, but things are far from clear.} (17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qh4) 17... Rc8 18.
Qf3 Rc6 19. Rad1 (19. g3 Qd7 20. Kg2 f5 $132) 19... Qh4 {Black has a
counterplay against >< e4.} 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Na7 (21. b3 Ne6 $132) (21. Kh2 Ne6
22. g3 Ng5 23. Qg2 Qh5 24. g4 Qh6 $132) 21... Rd6 22. Nb5 Rc6 23. Na7 Rd6 24.
Nb5 {and draw by repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 7. Nf3 {White
doesn't want to close the centre after ...e7-e5; otherwise he should take
measures against ...Nf6-h5, e.g.} (7. Be2) ({or} 7. g4 $5) 7... e5 (7... Na6 {
leads to one of the lines of the Bagirov system (5.Nf3, 6.h3).}) 8. dxe5 $1 {
This is very strong in the particular situation.} (8. d5 Nh5 $1 {, e.g.} 9. Qd2
(9. g3 f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. exf5 {1-0 (62) Khotenashvili,B (2512)-Lomineishvili,
M (2351) Belgrade SRB 2013} gxf5 $132) 9... Na6 10. Bh6 Bd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
g3 f5 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. O-O f4 15. b4 Na6 16. g4 Nf6 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Nh2 h5 $132
{0-1 (29) Delitzsch,J (2278)-Baklan,V (2617) Bad Wiessee 2011}) 8... dxe5 9.
Nd5 $1 (9. Be2 {is less energetic:} c6 (9... Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 Ne6 12.
Be3 Nh5 13. Rfe1 f5 14. Rad1 c6 15. Na4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nef4 $132 {0-1 (41)
Cramling,P (2525)-Jonsson,H (2340) Sweden 1994}) 10. Qd6 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12.
Bh4 Kh7 13. Rad1 Rg8 14. Rd2 Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Qe7 (16. Be7 $5) 16... g5 17.
Qxe8 {1/2 (17) Dydyshko,V (2495)-Shulman,Y (2520) Ostrava 1998}) 9... Nxd5 10.
cxd5 c6 (10... f5 11. Rc1 $1 Qf7 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. h4 b6 15. Qc2 Na6
16. a3 h6 17. Qc6 $18 {1-0 (20) Petkov,V (2559)-Bailet,P (2440) Cappelle la
Grande FRA 2013}) 11. Bc4 (11. d6 $5 {is double-edged:} f6 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Be3
Nd7 {1-0 (49) Szilagyi,P (2360)-Fodor,I (2281) Hungary 2008} (13... Qe6 $142 $5
{M.Golubev}) 14. h4 $1 $36 (14. a4 $5 Nb6 $140 15. a5)) 11... Nd7 (11... cxd5
$5 12. Bxd5 (12. exd5 $2 e4) 12... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ya6b4,Ya6c7]} (12... Nd7 $5 {
[%cal Yd7b6,Yc8e6]})) 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 {[%csl Gd5][%mdl 36]
Black has not equalised: White's strong passed pawn, supported by his
b3-bishop, gives him a clear plus.} h6 15. Be3 Qd8 {Passive defence is
hopeless but here and further on Black has no comfortable ways to change the
situation.} (15... e4 16. Nd2 $1 Qe5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Re1 $16) 16. Qd2 Kh7 (
16... e4 17. Nd4 Nxd5 18. Bxh6 $16 {[%csl Gb3]}) 17. Rfe1 Re8 (17... e4 18.
Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxe4 Qd6 20. Rae1 $16) 18. Rac1 e4 19. Nh2 {[%cal Ye3f4]} Qd6 20.
Bf4 Be5 21. Rxe4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 $18 {White has won a pawn while still keeping
his positional advantage.} (22. Qxf4 $5 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Kg7 24. Rc7) 22... Bf5 (
22... Kg8 23. Rh4 $1 g5 (23... h5 24. Qh6 Qf8 25. Qg5) 24. Rd4 $40 {[%cal
Yf2f4,Yh3h4]}) 23. g4 Be6 24. Nf3 g5 (24... Bxd5 25. Rxf7+) 25. dxe6 $1 Qxf4
26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Rc7 Kh8 28. Rxf7 {[%csl Ge6]} Rad8 29. e7 Rb8 30. g5 Rg8 31.
Bc2 Rg7 32. Rf8+ (32. Rf8+ Rg8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 {Aronian quickly
played this move. Maybe sensing that Hikaru was out for blood, the Armenian
prepared something against Nakamura's King's Indian Defence.} c5 {The most
common reply, transposing back into Benoni waters.} 7. d5 a6 8. Bd3 $5 (8. a4 {
preventing b5 is by far the most common idea. Levon has the notion that the b5
advance is not dangerous in itself, and White can allow it as long as he
obtains quick development.}) 8... b5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 {This move isn't
something black wants to play as it is a weakness and it makes the e6 break
harder as a swap of pawns on that square will severely weaken g6. However the
bishop on the g5-d8 diagonal can prove to be very annoying.} (10... b4 {
closing the queenside is always possible, but never desirable.} 11. Ne2 a5 12.
Re1 $14 {and White will slowly but surely work on getting the e5 break in.})
11. Be3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 a5 13. a4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Ne8 $5 {A typical maneouver in the
Benko Gambit - which is very similar to the position on the board. If someone
asked an experienced grandmaster which opening this position originated from,
a b6 Benko is definitely one of the possible answers.} 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Rc1 Na6
$6 {The knight marches towards b4, its perfect outpost - though it is possible
that on c7 the knight was already well placed as it controlled b5 and allowed
Black to take on e6 with the knight.} (16... Ba6 $1 {It is known that
exchanging bishops is good for Black in these setups.} 17. Bb1 $2 (17. b3 Bxd3
18. Qxd3 Na6 {and no h4-h5 will really be as dangerous.}) 17... Nc4 $15) 17. b3
Nb4 18. Bb1 Bb7 {Probably the beginning of some problems.} (18... e6 $2 19.
dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nb5 $16 {its impossible to defend d6.}) 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. h4 c4 $2
{This is just asking for trouble.} (20... h5 21. Ng5 $5 Bb2 $6 (21... Nd7 $1 {
regrouping the knight, is far more solid and to the point}) 22. Nf4 {gives
White a huge initiative with sacrifice possibilities; however maybe Black can
somehow complicate the issue.}) 21. h5 cxb3 22. Qxb3 {White's plan is very
simple: attack on Black's weakened lightsquares on the kingside.} g5 23. Ng3 {
Obviously the knight is headed to f5. Black cannot allow this, once the knight
gets there the game is over as the pressure would become unbearable.} N6xd5 {
Desperation. Aronian from now on sweeps the game without any issues.} 24. exd5
Bxd5 25. Rxc8 Bxb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nf5 {If Black had time to regoup, to take
a4, and maybe set up his pawns on e6 and d5 he would be ok, but that's not
going to happen.} Bf8 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Bc7 Rc8 {Nakamura plays in the most
cunning way, always placing his opponent little traps that he might fall for.
The game isn't won just yet, but it is a huge advantage for White.} 30. Bxa5 (
30. Nxe7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7 Nd5 {and suddenly it is White who is against the ropes.
}) 30... Nc6 31. Bc3 Bxa4 32. Ba2 Rc7 33. Nh2 $6 (33. Ne3 {was another
interesting regrouping, probably stronger than the one in the game. Aronian is
focused on the h6-pawn though.}) 33... Ne5 $1 {Probably the best practical
chance. Nakamura will try to defend a position in which he is down a piece for
a pawn, but he will have a solid pawn structure and will simply try to build
an impenetrable position.} 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Ng4 e6 36. Ng3 (36. Nfxh6+ Kg7 37.
Rxe5 $2 (37. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 38. Nxe5+ Kg7 39. Bxe6 {is a healthy two pawns, but
the reduced amount of material might give Black some hope.}) 37... Rc1+ 38. Kh2
Bd6 {is Hikaru's "point".}) 36... Kg7 37. Nxe5 Ba3 {The issue for Aronian now
is to create a clear plan of making progress. The pawns are creating a perfect
barrier against the knights, so its likely that a sacrifice at some point will
be necessary.} 38. Ne4 Rc2 39. Bb1 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Bxc1 41. Nd6 $1 {Forcing the
f-pawn to advance is a key part of this endgame. With this weakness it becomes
hard for Black to hold his kingside.} f5 42. Ndc4 Bf4 43. Nd3 $1 {The easiest
solution. Aronian shows remarkable technique.} Be8 44. Nxf4 gxf4 45. g3 fxg3
46. f4 Bxh5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kxg3 Be8 49. Kh4 Bb5 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Bc2 Ke7 52.
Bd1 Kf6 53. Bf3 Ba4 54. Bc6 Bd1 55. Bd7 $1 {Beautiful. It is the transfer of
the bishop to d7 that will win the game thanks to a clever set of zugzwangs
and knight maneouvers.} Be2 56. Ba4 $1 {At the right time. The bishop comes
back to b3 when Black doesn't have the time to protect h5 and bring his bishop
to e8.} Ke7 57. Bb3 Kd6 (57... Kf6 58. Bc4 Bd1 59. Nd7+ Ke7 60. Nc5 {loses
immediately.}) 58. Kg3 $6 {Transfering the king is slow and clumsy, much
better was:} (58. Ba2 Bd1 59. Bc4 $1 {With this Zugzwang the bishop cannot
move because of Kh5.} Ke7 60. Bb5 Kd6 61. Bc6 $1 Ke7 62. Bf3 $1 {with a
winning advantage.}) 58... Bh5 59. Kf2 Bg4 $2 {Returning the favor} (59... Be8
{would've forced Levon to show exactly where his king was going.}) 60. Ke3 (60.
Nxg4 fxg4 61. Kg3 h5 62. Bc2 {was easily winning, but requires some
calculation. Levon is still confident in his plan.}) 60... h5 $2 {Making
things easy for White.} 61. Nf7+ {With Ng5 wrapping up the pawn and the game.}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 $6 {An
unusual and hardly effective combination of opening moves.} Nh5 (7... Qe8 {
[%cal Ye7e5] is good, too:} 8. Nf3 (8. Bd3 e5 (8... c5 $5) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5
Nh5 11. Nge2 f5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5 16. Bxf5
gxf5 17. O-O-O Qg6 $36 {1-0 (56) Arbakov,V (2471)-Kurnosov,I (2287) Alushta
2000}) 8... e5 $5 (8... Nh5 9. g4 Ng3 10. Rg1 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 e6 12. Qd2 f6 13.
Bh4 c6 14. Bg3 f5 $132 {1/2 (22) Kuzenkov,A (2375)-Sonzogno,A (2560) ICCF 1998}
) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 (10. Nxe5 c5 $1) (10. dxe5 Nd7) 10... Nh5 {with
excellent play for Black.}) 8. Nge2 c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... h6 9. Bh4 f5 $6
10. exf5 gxf5 11. g3 Qe8 12. Bg2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd5+ Qxd5
16. Bxd5+ Kh7 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. O-O-O $14 {1/2 (26) Spassky,B (2545)-Polgar,J 
(2665) Hoogeveen 1998 EXT 1999 [Hazai]}) (8... f6 9. Bh4 Bh6 10. Qd2 (10. f5
$142 $1 $13) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 g5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
fxg5 Nb4 $17 {0-1 (31) Fischer,J (2355)-Kaminik,A (2190) Bad Wiessee 2000}) 9.
d5 b5 $5 {This aggressive play in the spirit of the Benko Gambit is justified
by the fact that White's kingside is seriously weakened.} (9... Nc7 10. g4 Nf6
11. Bg2 {is more passive.}) 10. cxb5 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 (13. Bg2
a6 14. Qb3 {, to gain some time for development while Black will be dealing
with recapturing the b-pawn, is still in Black's favour:} axb5 15. axb5 Bd7 16.
b6 Nb5 $1 17. Na4 (17. Nxb5 Qxb6) 17... Be8 18. O-O Nd7 $1 $15) 13... h6 (13...
a6 $5 14. Bd3 axb5 15. axb5 Nd7) 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc4 (16. e5 $1 dxe5
17. Nge4 {was a good tactical chance leading to unclear complications.}) 16...
axb5 17. axb5 Bd7 {Now Black simply recaptures the b5-pawn and obtains the
better prospects.} 18. e5 $6 {Too late!} (18. Nge2 $142 Nxb5 19. O-O) 18...
Bxb5 $1 19. Nxb5 (19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 dxe5 21. Nge4 exf4 22. d6 Ng5 23. dxc7
Qxc7 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. O-O Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Qe5 $17) 19... Nxb5 20. Qa5 $2 (20. Qd3
$142 Nd4 21. Ne4 Rxb2 22. O-O {with some counterplay for the pawn.}) 20... Qe8
$1 21. O-O g5 22. Nf5 gxh4 {Black has won a whole piece: too high a price for
some activity for White's pieces!} 23. Rae1 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 e6 26.
Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Rf6 Nd4 29. Nxf7 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 {A logical
reaction to White's move order.} 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Re8+ 11. Kf1
Ne5 {This move is usually played after} (11... a6 12. a4 {but GM Ding Liren
has a new idea in mind.}) (11... h6 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 b6 15.
Qd2 h5 {1/2 (72) Suba,M (2430)-Nunn,J (2435) Dubai 1986} 16. Rd1 $14 {[%cal
Yf2f3,Yc3e4]}) 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Qd2 (13. Bf4 Re8 14. g4 a6 (14... h5 $5) 15.
a4 b6 16. f3 Ra7 17. h4 h5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bxd6 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 $44 {1/2 (30)
Suba,M (2535)-Oll,L (2365) Tallinn 1983}) 13... b5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 552] A
typical pawn sacrifice in an unusual situation.} (13... Qf8 14. g4 Bd7 15. Kg2
a6 16. a4 h5 17. f4 (17. f3 $5 $16) 17... Ree8 18. f5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20.
fxg6 f6 21. Raf1 $36 {1-0 (44) Mikhalevski,A (2460)-Tischendorf,M (2200)
Berlin 1996}) 14. Nxb5 (14. cxb5 Bb7 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 Rxg5 $44
{Black's bishop pair and domination on the dark squares compensate for his
material deficit.} 16. f4 $6 {An unnecessary weakening move.} (16. g3 Re5 $44)
16... Rg3 17. Qf2 Qh4 18. Rd1 (18. Re1 a6 (18... Bh6 19. Nxd6 Bxf4 20. Nxc8
Rxc8 21. Bf3 Bd6 $44) 19. Re3 axb5 20. Qxg3 Qf6 $36) 18... Bh6 19. Nc3 (19.
Nxd6 Bxf4 20. Nxc8 Be3 $1 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Qc2 Qxe7 23. Bf3 Qf6 $17 {[%csl Ge3]
}) 19... Bxf4 20. Ne2 Bg4 (20... Be5 21. Nxg3 Bxg3 $17 {was also good: despite
White's extra exchange, his h1-rook is out of play.}) 21. Bf3 Bf5 (21... Be5 $5
22. Bxg4 (22. Nxg3 Bxg3 23. Qe3 Bd7 {[%cal Ya8e8]}) 22... Rxg4 23. Qxh4 Rxh4
$17) 22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Be4 $5 {This tactical trick partially turns off Black's
pressure but not for long.} (23. Kg1 $5 Re8 24. Bg4 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bxg4 26.
Kxg3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Re2 $17) 23... Qg5 24. h4 ({After} 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Kg1 f4
26. Kh2 Kh8 27. Rhg1 Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g6,Yg6h6,Yg5h4] White has no sufficient
defence either.}) 24... Qg4 25. Bf3 Qxc4+ 26. Kg1 Qf4 27. Be4 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2
Rg4 29. Bxf5 Rf4+ 30. Kg3 Rxf5 {, and Black easily converted his extra pawn:}
31. Rhe1 Rb8 32. Rd2 Kf8 33. Re3 a5 34. Ra3 Rb5 35. Ra4 h5 36. b3 Kg7 37. Kh3
Kf6 38. g3 Ke5 39. Kg2 f6 40. Ra3 Ke4 41. Rd1 (41. Ra4+ Rb4 42. Rxa5 Rd4) 41...
g5 42. Ra4+ Ke5 43. Ra3 g4 44. b4 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14] The Anti-Grünfeld move order, but
presumably Black had no intention of playing anything other than a King's
Indian anyway.} d6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} O-O {
[%emt 0:03:11]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:08:33]} (7. Nf3 {led surprisingly quickly to an
unfavourable position in a predecessor by the same player.} c6 8. Rc1 e5 9. d5
cxd5 (9... Nc5 $5) 10. cxd5 $14 {Nepomniachtchi,I-Adhiban,B Tbilisi 2017,
where the position was already hard to play for Black, and this is not just
the standard machine dislike of the King's Indian!}) 7... c5 {[%emt 0:11:07]
Gawain Jones chose an approach with ...e5 instead, earlier in this event.} 8.
Nge2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} b6 $5 {[%emt 0:27:00] Not a machine top choice, but the
only move to play a substantially different position from the ones after ...
cxd4, ...Nd7, et cetera, which are just mangled Maroczy binds.} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:
20:40]} (9. Bg2 Bb7 10. d5 Nc7 11. O-O Nd7 {would have been the principled
continuation from both sides - Black will manage to arrange a plausible ...b5,
...e6 or ...f5 break in the near future and thus has a fully playable game.})
9... Ne8 {[%emt 0:04:47] Now, as in the classic game Letelier-Fischer, White's
centre appears to be on the brink of being detonated.} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:47]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:11:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 12. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:12:01]} (12. f4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 {will not hold up White's centre for
long. Ideas for Black include not only ...cxd4 but also ...Qb7 and ...Nac7.})
12... Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nec7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (
13... Nb4 {was more convincing, if a bit inhuman: after} 14. a3 $6 Nd3 $1 $15 {
White's centre is toast. So he must voluntarily dismantle it with 14.exd6 or
similar.}) 14. exd6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} exd6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:
04:48]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:12:01]} (15... Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Rd2 $14 {is very
comfortable for White, because his centre is even nicer than in the game.}) 16.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:06:57] The situation
has now stabilised and seems to be marginally in White's favour.} Qe7 {[%emt 0:
22:52]} 18. Bf2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (18... Nb4 {was again
the move, resting upon the slightly awkward-looking tactical nuance} 19. a3 Na2
$1 $11) 19. Qxe8 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. g5 {[%emt 0:10:06]}
Nec7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 21. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} (21... b5 {
was maybe the last chance for Black to try and claim an opening success.} 22.
Bxd6 Re8 23. dxc5 b4 {and amidst significant complications Black seems to be
completely fine.}) 22. d5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 23. Bxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. Bg3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} 25. Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 26. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Bxd6
{[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} 30. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} (30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Re5 {would have been my
choice, because reputation aside, rook endings offer no worse winning chances
than other kinds of ending with the same size of advantage!}) 30... Kf8 {
[%emt 0:01:44]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 32. Nd3 {[%emt 0:
02:46]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. Re5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (33. Ne5 $16) 33... b5 {
[%emt 0:00:14] White is now on the verge of losing control of the situation.}
34. Nxc5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (34. Nb2 $14 {just about retained a measure of
control; White is going to get the c4-square for his knight. For instance:} Kf7
35. cxb5 axb5 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Nc4 {and the technical battle continues.})
34... bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 36.
Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (36... Re8 {was much safer; White
has no way to win a pawn with or without compensation.}) 37. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39.
Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Now the position is still broadly speaking equal, but
there is an imbalance, and it is often much harder to prove compensation than
to fight against it, particularly in simplified positions.} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:01]
} (39... Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1 $11 {was apparently the way to go, intending ...Ra3,
and the pawn should be coming home.}) 40. a5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40. Nb4 Nxc3
41. Kh4 Rb1 $11 {escapes.}) 40... Nxc3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (40... g5 $5 41. Nb4
f4+ 42. Kf2 Nxb4 43. Rxb4 Rc2+ $1 44. Ke1 Rxc3 45. Ra4 {and now the rook
endgame would be unpleasant were it not for} Rxf3 $1 $11) 41. Kh4 {[%emt 0:13:
41]} (41. Rc7+ Ke6 $1 42. Rc6+ Ke5 $1 43. Kh4 $14 {might be interesting,
forestalling the idea seen in the game (i.e. ...h6 and ...g5.)}) 41... h6 {
[%emt 0:11:54] The game is still within the drawing margin, but Black is
really cutting it fine.} 42. Nc5 {[%emt 0:09:03]} g5+ {[%emt 0:16:57]} 43. Kh5
{[%emt 0:00:15]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh3+ {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 45. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06] Home and dry.} 46. a6 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} 47. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 48. Ra4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 49. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 50. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 51. Re6 {
[%emt 0:08:21]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:03:22]} 52. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:
31]} 53. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Rh6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 57. a7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 58. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxa7 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 (5... O-O {is the most
popular move.}) 6. Be3 (6. Nf3 {is the other main continuation, but in the
game White wanted to save the Nf3.}) 6... e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. g4 {
This is a typical plan, White has gained some space on the kingside. He avoids
...Nh5 and he is ready to attack the knight with g5 at a good moment.} c6 {
The usual reaction with Black after g4.} (9... O-O 10. O-O-O) 10. g5 $1 $146 {
Good novelty by Anton Guijarro. White immediately attacks the knight, which
loses the control of the central squares.} (10. Nf3 {was played previously,}
cxd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12. Be2 Ne8 13. g5 {(Yankelevich-Jurcik, Balatonszarszo 2017)
} f5 14. gxf6 Nxf6 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 10... Nh5 11. O-O-O cxd5
$6 {This exchange helps only White, because the knight can go to the centre
with tempo.} (11... O-O {was more natural for me.}) 12. Nxd5 O-O 13. Bxc5 dxc5
14. h4 $1 {A cool-headed reaction.} ({White doesn't hurry to win the queen with
} 14. Nf6+ {, because} Bxf6 15. Rxd8 Bxd8 {and the position is closed enough;
White has a bad bishop on f1, so things are not clear.}) 14... Bg4 (14... Kh8 {
was more solid.}) 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ra6 17. Ng3 ({Now already} 17. Nf6+ {
was better then previously,} Bxf6 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Rd1 $16 {because he
exchanged the light-squared bishops and he is threatening tto penetrate with
Rd7.}) 17... Nxg3 18. fxg3 Kh8 19. Qd2 f6 20. Kb1 Rd6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. h5 Bg5
(22... g5 23. Qe3 $16 {is also clearly better for White. He has an extremely
strong knight on d5 against a bad bishop.}) 23. Qc3 Re8 24. hxg6 Rxg6 25. Rdf1
$18 {White has a winning position, he can improve the position without
allowing any counterplay.} b6 (25... Qd7 26. Rf5 $18) 26. Rf7 Rg7 27. Qf3 Reg8
28. Rf5 Qd6 29. Rh3 a4 30. a3 Bd8 31. Kc2 b5 $6 {Loses quicker, but already
Black couldn't hold out.} 32. cxb5 Qd7 33. Nc3 (33. b6 $1 $18 {was stronger
and Black is completely bereft of hope.}) 33... Ba5 34. Qd3 Qd4 35. Qxd4 exd4
36. Nxa4 {White has exchanged the queens, he is two pawns up with a completely
winning endgame.} c4 37. b6 Be1 38. Nc5 (38. b3 $1 {was even more accurate,}
d3+ 39. Kd1 $18 {and Black can resign.}) 38... d3+ 39. Kd1 Bxg3 40. e5 $1 {
It is very important to close the b8-h2 diagonal. The g3-bishop is out of play.
} ({The careless} 40. b7 $2 {could have been met by} Bd6 $1 {and the b7-pawn
is lost.}) 40... Bh4 (40... Rb8 41. b7 $18 {is also completely winning for
White.}) 41. Rxh4 Rg1+ 42. Kd2 R8g2+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kb4 Rxb2+ ({After} 44...
d2 45. Rf8+ Rg8 ({or} 45... Kg7 {and White gives mate with} 46. Ne6+ Kg6 47.
Rf6# {.}) 46. Rxg8+ Kxg8 47. b7 $1 d1=Q 48. b8=Q+ Kf7 49. Rf4+ $18 {and mate
soon.}) 45. Ka5 {Nice play by Anton Guijarro!} 1-0

[Event "Eskilstuna m"]
[Site "Eskilstuna"]
[Date "2019.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.07.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,100,29,29,29,1,37,35,35,33,33,33,32,20,20,14,24,-11,-11,-28,-28,-7,10,
-19,25,27,37,25,35,30,30,46,31,15,47,34,34,45,31,13,70,70,57,52,78,84,55,62,62,
62,65,65,65,65,51,51,47,47,69,66,69,0,0,0,0,-55,-55,-69,-63,-77,-50,-66,-64,
-80,-80,-88,-91,-113,-55,-76,-66,-103,-102,-105,-105,-103,-98,-104,-104,-101,
-89,-98,-98,-98,-94,-98,-98,-98,-93,-94,-98,-94,-94] I enjoyed visiting Sweden
to play a short match against Nils Grandelius. This was the second classical
game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8.
g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. exd5 $5 {An
unusual move, but an interesting one.} (13. cxd5 a4 14. h4 Bd7 15. h5 {0-1 (39)
Caruana,F (2832)-Nakamura,H (2746) London ENG 2018}) 13... f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 (
14... gxf5 15. Bg5 $1 {is very awkward for Black.} Qd7 (15... Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Rg1 {with a dangerous initiative.}) 16. Nh5 {and Black is not comfortable.}
) 15. Nxf5 (15. h4 $5) 15... gxf5 (15... Rxf5 16. Bg4 Rf4 $5 {I briefly
considered, but probably White keeps an advantage after} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Kf1)
16. O-O-O Kh8 (16... f4 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bd3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 $16 {
1-0 (33) Bluebaum,M (2618)-Miller,E (2382) Magdeburg GER 2019}) 17. Rhg1 f4 18.
Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 e4 $1 {In such positions, it is very natural to give up a
pawn to open the diagonal for the bishop. The middlegame which follows is
extremely sharp, with chances for both sides.} 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 ({
The bishop is strong enough that I thought an exchange sacrifice would be
quite natural here.} 21. Rxg7 $5 Kxg7 22. Qxe4 Kh8 $5 (22... Qf6 23. Bd3 $1 Rh8
24. Rg1+ Kh6 {is rather uncomfortable}) 23. Bd3 Rf7 $13) 21... Qf6 22. Rd2 f3
$1 {White's queen was hoping to find a nice home on the f3 square.} (22... Rae8
23. Qf3 Re7 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Rgd1 {and it is hard for Black to create threats.}
) 23. Bd3 Qh6 {Defending against the mate threat and threatening Bg7xb2+} 24.
Rgd1 (24. Qe1 {is the computer's rather surprising suggestion.} Rae8 25. Qd1
Re5 $13) 24... Qxh3 {I didn't grab this pawn lightly - after all, it opens up
the h-file in front of my king. The main goal is to cover the g4 square, so
Ra8-e8 would trap the queen.} 25. Qe7 Qh6 26. Kb1 Rae8 27. Qc7 (27. Qxb7 {
is too risky:} Qf6 {and Re8-b8 is coming, with a big initiative.}) 27... a4 28.
a3 Re1 29. Ka2 Qf4 30. Qb6 ({It seems that White could get away with taking
the pawn, but during the game it looked quite risky to both players.} 30. Qxb7
$14) 30... Re2 31. Qb4 (31. Bxe2 fxe2 {wins a piece} 32. Rxe2 Qxc4+ $19) (31.
Rxe2 fxe2 32. Bxe2 Qxf2 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 {and the ending is very bad for White,
as the h7 pawn will run.}) 31... Rxd2 32. Qxd2 (32. Rxd2 {was probably
stronger.} h5 $15) 32... Qxd2 33. Rxd2 h5 34. Rd1 Rf4 {perhaps not the best
practical try} (34... h4 $15 {Black has good practical chances, but} 35. c5 $1
{is still an important resource}) 35. Re1 (35. c5 $1 dxc5 36. d6 {and White
should hold.} Rd4 (36... Bf6 37. Bb5) 37. Bc2 {and a draw is likely}) 35... Bd4
36. Re4 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 h4 38. Bxf3 Kg7 (38... h3 39. b3 axb3+ 40. Kxb3 Kg7 41.
a4 Kf6 42. Bg4 h2 43. Bf3 Ke5 44. Kc2 Kf4 45. Bh1 Bxf2 46. Kd3 {and White has
a fairly comfortable fortress. If Black brings his king to the queenside,
White can bring the bishop to b5 and protect everything. For example} Ke5 47.
Bg2 Kf6 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Bf3 Ke7 50. Kf1 Kd8 51. Kg2 Bg1 52. Bh5 Kc7 53. Be8 Kb6
54. Bb5 $11) 39. Bg4 $1 $11 {Now White's bishop can snatch the a4 pawn and get
back to defend h1, so the draw is beyond any doubt.} Bxf2 40. Bd7 Kf6 41. Bxa4
h3 42. Bd1 Ke5 43. Bf3 Kd4 44. Kb3 Be1 45. Bg4 h2 46. Bf3 b6 47. Bh1 Kd3 48.
Bg2 Bd2 49. Bf1+ Kd4 50. Bg2 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,34,29,0,43,33,44,50,31,40,36,18,54,28,32,29,22,15,38,56,67,66,
57,44,49,66,52,18,45,-12,-16,-22,-22,-14,0,-21,-21,-52,-52,-29,-40,-38,-17,-53,
-39,-52,-41,-36,-56,-47,-47,-47,-40,-34,-44,-44,-49,-49,-31,-30,37,30,15,67,54,
71,106,35,38,70,205,248,234,209,209,215,215,207,250,239,266,283,703,750,869,
1187,1269,1217,1248,1011,1011,1011,1011,1139,1322,1348]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 {This line is currently quite popular and it
certainly helps that it has lately become Caruana's weapon of choice aginst
the KID.} (6. Nf3 {leads to the Makogonov system, which can be already
considered a mainstream choice. In our game White is in no hurry to decide the
future of the Ng1, often developing it differently.}) ({After} 6. Bg5 {a
plausible reaction is} c6 7. Nf3 d5 $5 8. cxd5 (8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10.
Nxd5 f5 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb8c6,Yc8e6]}) 8... cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6
11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ned2 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Qxb4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5
24. Qc3 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Gg7] Caruana,F (2807)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis
2017 Maybe this game prompted Caruana to look for a slightly modified set-up.})
6... Nc6 {A provocative reaction. We'll check the more standard replies:} ({
The most often played} 6... e5 7. d5 {is featured in roughly half of the games
and leads to a typical KID situation and structure:} {Maybe a cleverer choice
is the immediate} Na6 {and now:} (7... a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 ({
White has been successful with} 10. Ng3 Ndc5 (10... Bf6 {or maybe}) (10... Qh4
$5 {are alternatives to reckon with.}) 11. h4 $5) 10... Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2
cxd5 13. cxd5 (13. exd5 $5 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. O-O-O Kh8 17.
Rhg1 f4 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Rd2 f3 23. Bd3
Qh6 $44 {Grandelius,N (2691)-McShane,L (2688) Eskilstuna 2019 For more details
see the notes to this game in CBM 191 Extra by McShane.}) 13... a4 14. h4 Bd7
15. h5 Rc8 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6
Rf7 22. Rh2 Bxh6 (22... Re8 $16) 23. Qxh6 Rg7 24. Rch1 Rf8 {Caruana,F (2832)
-Nakamura,H (2746) London blitz 2018} 25. g5 $1 {/\} fxg5 26. Nf5 $3 Bxf5 (
26... gxf5 27. Qxd6 $18 (27. Bh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h8]})) 27. exf5 Nbd3 28. f6
Rxf6 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Rh7 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 $18) {Here} 8. g4 {gives the game an
independent twist:} (8. Nf3 Nh5 9. a3 (9. Nh2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf4 ({or} 10... f5 {
leads to positions from the Makogonov, we won't go into detail here.})) 9... f5
10. b4 Nb8 11. Qb3 (11. c5 $5) 11... Nd7 12. c5 Qe7 13. Rd1 Ndf6 14. Bg5 b6 15.
Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bc4 Kh7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Ba6 Rf7 21. Rfe1
Rg8 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Qd1 Nf6 $132 {/=/+, Houdini 6.03 (3820)-Stockfish 19092522
(3883) Internet 2019}) 8... Nc5 9. f3 c6 ({Black has problems after} 9... Ne8
10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O $14 {|^}) (9... h5 {White has also the
simple} 10. Qd2 (10. g5 Nh7 $5 (10... Nfd7 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 Nab8 13. h4 a5 14.
Rb1 Na6 15. Kf2 Qe8 16. Kg2 axb4 17. axb4 Qe7 18. Qd2 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b5
cxb5 21. cxb5 Nac5 22. Nd5 $16 {Szczepanski,Z (2549)-Neagu,L (2560) email 2013}
) 11. h4 f6 12. Qd2 fxg5 13. hxg5 Rf4 $5 $44 {is a typical exchange sacrifice
for play on the dark squares.}) 10... Nh7 11. O-O-O h4 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
f5 14. Rh2 Kh8 15. Rg2 Bd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g5 f4 18. Bf2 Qe8 19. Ne4 Bf5 20.
Bxh4 Qh5 21. Bf2 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nxg5 23. Rg4 Nh7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. c5 $36 {
Caruana,F (2811)-Jones,G (2640) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7
12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 (13. Rg1 $5) 13... Rc8 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Bd3 Nh7
17. O-O-O h4 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 21. Rhf1 Be5 $11 {/=/+,
Grandelius,N (2691)-McShane,L (2688) Eskilstuna 2019 Black has a comfortable
position and has at the very least resolved any opening problems.}) (6... c5 {
gives White a wider choice:} {However, White mostly aims for the Benoni with}
7. d5 ({1a)} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Rd8 (10... f6 $5) 11.
Nf3 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 $1 {comfortably regains the
material back:} 14. fxe5 cxd4 15. Bd2 dxc3 {½, Miroshnichenko,E (2642)-Markos,
J (2565) Plovdiv 2008} 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. O-O-O Be6 $15) {Black also has the
tactical operation} 11... Nxe5 $142 (11... Nc6 12. Qb1 $5 (12. O-O Nb4 $132)
12... Nb6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Ne4 Qa4 {Lalic,B (2418)-Bates,R (2358)
Hastings 2019} 16. b3 Qc6 17. Nfg5 h6 18. g4 $16) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5
14. O-O Rxd3 $1 ({More sensible than} 14... Bxd3 15. e6 $1 f5 16. Nd5 Bxf1 17.
Nxe7+ $1 Kf8 18. Qf3 $16 {-> and despite being a R down, White has a powerful
attack.}) 15. Qe2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 $1 $13 (16... Be6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rf4 Nd7
19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Rh4 Qxe5 {Romero Holmes,A (2514)-Guseinov,G (2552) Mallorca
2004} 21. Re4 $1 Qxc3 22. Bf4 Qxf3 23. gxf3 $14) {and there is no need to
worry about the counter-sacrifice} 17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Rf1 Qxc3 19. Rxf5 Nxe5 $15
) ({After} 7. Nf3 {the ambitious} Qa5 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Bd7 {leads to a more standard Maroczy structure, but even here White's
5th move is useful after} 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Bg4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yc4c5,Yg4d7] White either swaps his B on d7, or gets
in a central break with c5, or e5, retaining an nagging initiative. His score
in this position is well over 75% from over 100 games.} Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17.
hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. exd5 Rxe7
23. d6 $16 {Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 cxd4
9. Nb3 {can be met by the inspired} Qxc3+ $5 10. bxc3 dxe3 $44 11. f3 Nh5 12.
Qc1 Bh6 13. g4 Nf4 14. Kd1 Ne6 15. Kc2 Nc6 16. h4 Bf4 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Nc1 Bd7
19. a4 Rac8 20. Ne2 Bh6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Nxf3 23. Qd3 Ne5 24. Qxe3 Nxc4 $17 {
Firouzja,A (2682)-Karthikeyan,M (2593) Xingtai 2019}) 8... Nfd7 9. O-O Nc6 10.
Be2 {will anyway sooner or later force Black to resolve the central tension:}
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 a6 16. Qe3 (
16. f4 $5 Nc6 17. Qd2 $14) 16... b5 17. f4 b4 18. Nd5 (18. Na4 $2 Nxc4 $17 {
Pechac,J (2473)-Mazur,S (2426) Ruzomberok 2019}) 18... Nc6 19. Bf3 $14 {
[%cal Re4e5] /+/-}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 exd5 (8... Na6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4
Na6 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1 $142 Nb4 13. Bb1 $14 {is more natural}) 12... Nb4 13. Be2
b6 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rae1 Ra7 16. Qd1 Rae7 17. Qb1 Qc7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Nd7 20.
Bg4 Rf8 21. Kh1 Ree8 22. Be2 Qd8 23. Nf3 Kh8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 Bh6 $132 {
Adhiban,B (2671)-Ponomariov,R (2686) Linares 2018 For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 186 by Adhiban.}) 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 {can be met with
the tactical} b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 {/\} 11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 $132) 9... Na6 (
9... Re8 10. Nf3 $1 Bh6 11. O-O {transposes to E90 and is long known to be
pleasant for White.}) 10. Nf3 Nb4 (10... Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4
fxe4 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Qg4 $1 f5 16. Qh5 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. f4 Bh8
20. g4 $40 {Postny,E (2672)-Summerscale,A (2418) London 2015}) 11. Be2 (11. Bb1
$143 b5 $1 12. a3 (12. Nxb5 Ba6 {/\} 13. a4 Nfxd5 $1 $17) 12... Qa5 13. O-O
bxc4 $15) 11... Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 ({Also after} 12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. a3 Bxb2 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Rd1 Bc2 19. Rd2 Bc3 20. Bd4
Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 $36 {the engine prefers White.}) ({Maybe Black should limit
himself to the modest} 12... Re8 13. a3 Na6 $14) 13. g4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxa2 15.
gxf5 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qf6 17. fxg6 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Kd1 hxg6 20. Kc2 Bg7
21. Rb1 b6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. h5 gxh5 (24... a5 25. h6 Bf6 26. Kb3 a4+
27. Ka3 $16 {Amin,B (2704)-Fedorov,A (2566) Brest 2019}) 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. fxe3
Be5 $14 {Cuenca Jimenez,J (2513)-Amin,B (2709) Sweden 2019 Although in the end
Black managed to set up a fortress, I suspect White's play can be improved.
Amin probably has a similar opinion, as in the later game with Fedorov he
repeated the whole line with White.}) (6... c6 7. Nf3 d5 {is the idea from
Caruana-Nakamura,2017, above. Without the B on g5 White gets a comfortable
pull with the simple} 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qb3 $5 $36 {()}) 7. d5 {White accepts the
challenge.} (7. Nf3 {allows Black to play} e5 8. d5 Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxg7 Re8) 11... Qh4 12. g4 Re8 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. O-O Bxe4
15. Bxg7 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 {with mass simplification and sterile
equalty after} 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 19. Rfe1 {½, Lutz,C (2580)-Finkel,A (2465)
Leeuwarden 1994}) 7... Ne5 {Black's main move.} (7... Nb4 8. a3 (8. Nf3 c6 (
8... e6 $142 $5) 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5
14. a3 Na6 15. b4 c5 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. b5 Nc7 20. f4 exf4
21. Qxf4 Ne8 22. e5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Yankelevich,L (2484)-Corvi,M (2253)
Cattolica 2019}) 8... Na6 9. Bd3 e6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Nac5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Qe2
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nba4 14. Bh6 Re8 15. e5 e6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bf6 exd5 18. Qd2 Qe6
19. O-O dxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. cxd5 Qf7 22. Bd4 Qxd5 23. c4 Qf7 24. Rfe1 $44 {
|^, Parligras,M (2616)-Zelbel,P (2458) Germany 2018}) 10. Nge2 Nc5 (10... Re8
11. b4 $5 $14 {and the N won't even get to c5.}) 11. Bc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13.
f3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Nd4 a5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. O-O-O ({White wants more than the
simple} 17. O-O $5 $14) 17... Rb8 18. h4 b5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 {Jones,G 
(2660)-Maze,S (2614) Porticcio 2017} 21. Na2 $1 $36 {and White's play on the
>> should be faster.}) (7... Nb8 {is rather passive, White built up an
impressive position after} 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O Nbd7 12.
Ng5 Re8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. b3 a6 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Rad1 h6
19. Nf3 Nh7 20. Ne2 $16 {(), Arnaudov,P (2441)-Petenyi,T (2449) Antalya 2017})
8. f4 {If anything, White is consistent.} (8. Qd2 e6 9. f4 Ned7 10. dxe6 fxe6
11. g4 b5 12. cxb5 Bb7 $5 (12... a6 $143 13. Nf3 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Qc2 d5
16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 $1 Bxh1 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. O-O-O Bb7 21. Nxg7 Nb6
22. Bb3 $18 {Repka,C (2519)-Manik,M (2400) Banska Stiavnica 2018}) 13. Bg2 (13.
Bd3 d5) 13... a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {[%cal Yd8a8] /~~}) ({Straightforward
development with} 8. Be2 e6 9. Nf3 {give Black good counterplay after} Nxf3+
10. Bxf3 Nd7 $132) 8... Ned7 9. g4 {Another expansive pawn-move! Although
White builds up an impressive pawn phalanx, he meust realize he is falling
behind in development.} (9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe6 (10. f5 gxf5 11. exf5 e4 $1) 10...
fxe6 11. Nge2 b6 $13 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Ng3 a5 16. Rae1
Nfd7 17. b3 Qh4 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qh6 $132 {Studer,N (2546)-Cheparinov,I 
(2686) Caleta 2020}) 9... c6 $1 {The best reaction, Firouzja was still
following his preparation.} (9... e5 $6 10. f5 Nc5 11. Qc2 gxf5 $6 12. exf5 h6
13. O-O-O $16 {Rychlik,H (2032)-Turlej,L (2146) Polanica Zdroj 2006}) (9... e6
10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bg2 $36 {also isn't ideal. Contrary to Cheparinov above,
here Black can't fianchetto his Bc8 and he is under pressure.}) 10. Nf3 cxd5
11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5 ({or} 11... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge7e6] prepares e6 with
counterplay.})) 11... b6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({A concrete novelty, which is far
stronger, than} 11... Nc5 $2 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Nb6
16. a3 Nd7 17. O-O-O {This is strategic murder, White converted his attacking
position into a won endgame after} a6 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. d6 e6 20. h4 b5 21. h5 b4
22. Nc4 Qd8 23. hxg6 $1 bxc3 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Qxc3 $18 {[%csl
Rf7] ->}) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxf4 29. b3 Rxb3
30. Kc2 Rb8 31. Kxc3 $18 {Jones,G (2662)-Pavlidis,A (2546) Heraklion 2017}) 12.
Nd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 (13. Bg2 Ba6 $132 {[%cal Rc5d3] suits Black.}) ({After} 13. Qc2
{White must reckon also with} Ncxe4 (13... e6 $5 $132 {is probably objectively
stronger}) ({Similar is} 13... Bb7 14. Bg2 e6 15. O-O exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Bf2
Qd7 18. Rfe1 Na6 19. Nc6 Nc7 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. b4
a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Ncxd5 $1 $11 {Rodshtein,M (2628)-Rechlis,G 
(2498) Israel 2020}) 14. Nxe4 (14. g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 Nxd5 16. fxg7 Re8 $1 $36)
14... Nxd5 $14 {/~~ with 2 P and interesting compensation.}) ({An engine
suggestion is} 13. Nc6 $5 Qe8 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $14 {, but
even for an elite GM it's not simple to consider and decide for a voluntary
swap of the strong dark-squared Be3.}) 13... Bb7 (13... Ncxe4 $2 {fails to} 14.
g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 {The Pd5 is protected and Black has insufficient compensation
after} Bxf6 16. bxc3 $16) ({However, an interesting alternative was} 13... e6
$5 14. g5 Nh5 $13 {, e.g. after} 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 Bb7 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Rh5g3]}) 16... f6 $132 {and Black makes use of the bishop on
c8.}) 14. g5 $8 ({Practically forced, as after} 14. O-O-O $6 e6 $36 {White's 
[+] falls apart.}) 14... Nfxe4 {[%mdl 64] The courage of youth, but it seems
that Alireza might have overestimated his position after the following
tactical operation.} ({The engine favours the more mundane} 14... Nh5 $5 15. f5
Be5 $13 ({or} 15... Rc8 {Even this position is far from clear.})) 15. Nxe4 Bxd5
16. Nf6+ exf6 17. Qxd5 Re8 18. Nc2 {Is this the best?} ({The alternative was} 
18. Qf3 $5 fxg5 (18... Qe7 19. Nc2 fxg5 20. O-O-O Qf6 {also deserves attention,
but after} 21. Bd4 Qxf4+ 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Bb5 $5 $14 {the engine prefers
White.}) 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Qxf4 Re4 21. Qf3 $13 {Black's pieces are more
active, but he has only 3 P for the piece. It's difficult to evaluate this
position unequivocally.}) 18... fxg5 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Bd4 ({White can't
afford} 20. Bxf4 $2 Qf6 21. Qd4 Qf5 22. Qxd6 (22. Qd2 Na4 $19 {->}) 22... Ne4
$19) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ne6 ({Both sides have alternatives almost on evey
move, for example} 21... Qh4 $5 $132) 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Qxd6 Qf6 {open the
position for Black's rooks. Therefore Fabiano prefers to leave Black with 4 P,
but they don't present a serious danger and the unopposed light-squared Bf1
can be a strong trump in the near future.}) 22... Qf6 23. Kb1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Red8
25. Nb4 d5 $1 {Black correctly prevents Nd5.} 26. Rhf1 (26. Nxd5 $2 {fails to}
Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Rxd5 $1 28. Qxd5 Rc1+ $19) ({However, interesting was} 26. h4 $5)
26... Rc5 27. a4 d4 28. Nd3 Rf5 29. Rf3 {White has set up a blockade on the
light squares and has a safer K. His position is easier to play in a prectical
game and this will quickly show.} g5 $6 {Weakening the >> is a step in the
wrong direction.} (29... h5 $142 $1 30. Bc4 (30. Rg1 $2 Ng5 {[%csl Rf4] /\} 31.
Rxf4 Nf3 $17) (30. Rdf1 $5 g5 31. Bc4 $13 {might be better}) 30... Rc8 $132)
30. Rg1 Kf8 $2 {Another, more serious error.} ({Black should have prevented h4
with} 30... h5 $5 {Although} 31. Bc4 ({or even} 31. Bc6 $5 {already seems
promising for White, in the game it will be much worse.})) 31. h4 $1 h6 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Rh3 $18 {[%mdl 128] White has opened the kingside and now
pounces on the poor Kf8 from all sides. The game is decided.} f3 34. Bc4 {
First of all prevents any ides with Rxb5, but White was already spoiled for
choice.} ({Strong is} 34. Qh2 $40) ({or also} 34. Rgh1 {/\} f2 35. Nxf2 $1 Rxf2
36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ Nc5 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qxd4+ $18) 34... Ke7
35. Bxe6 (35. Re1 {or}) (35. Qh2 {win as well, but White goes for a more
concrete solution.}) 35... Kxe6 36. Qh2 $1 {[%cal Rh3h6]} f2 ({Black already
has no good defence:} 36... Rg8 37. Rc1 $18) 37. Rf1 Kd7 38. Rh6 Qe7 39. Rxf2
Rxf2 40. Qxf2 Kc8 41. a5 $1 {By dropping his o^f3 Black managed to escape with
his K and prolong his resistance. But he remains in terminal trouble, as
White's attack still continues!} bxa5 ({The superior coordination of White's
forces is nicely illustrated by the line} 41... Rd6 42. Qc2+ Kb7 (42... Kb8 43.
Rh8+ Rd8 44. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c6]}) 43. a6+ Kxa6 44. Qc8+ Ka5 45. Qf5+ Ka6
46. Nb4+ Kb7 47. Qf3+ $18) 42. Qc2+ Kb8 43. Nc5 Rd6 (43... f6 44. Rh7 $18) 44.
Rh8+ (44. Qb3+ Rb6 45. Qg3+ $18 {wins even faster.}) 44... Rd8 45. Qb3+ Kc7 46.
Qb7+ Kd6 47. Rh6+ f6 48. Ne4+ (48. Ne4+ Ke6 49. Nxg5+ {costs Black too much
material.}) 1-0

