[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dorfman} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3
Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Nb5 Qc6 9. Nf3 (9. Bf4 $2 {Dorfman} d6) 9... d6 10. Nfd4 Qd7
(10... Qb6 11. Nb3 (11. Be3 Qd8) 11... a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e4 b6 14. Nd4 Bb7)
11. Bb2 (11. e4 a6 12. Nc3 {Smyslov,V-Portisch,L/Montpellier/1985/} (12. Nc3 {
Ftacnik} Qc7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bb2 g6 18. Rae1
Rfe8 $13 {Smyslov,V-Portisch,L/Montpellier ct/1985/})) (11. e3 {Ftacnik} a6 12.
Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rac1 Nbd7 $13 {Kakageldyev,
A-Anastasian,A/Frunze op/1989/}) 11... b6 (11... a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e4 b6) 12.
Rd1 Bb7 (12... a6 13. Nc3 Bb7 {is best. The knight should not be allowed to
remain on b5} (13... Bb7 {Dorfman} 14. e4 $14)) 13. Nf3 $1 d5 (13... a6 14.
Nxd6+ (14. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Qd8 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. c5 $40) 14... Bxd6 15. c5 (15.
Be5 $2 Bxe5 16. Rxd7 Nbxd7) 15... bxc5 16. bxc5 $16) (13... O-O {Dorfman} 14.
Ng5 g6 15. Nxd6 $18) 14. e4 $1 $16 (14. cxd5 {Dorfman} Qxb5 15. e3 Qd7 16. Ne5
Qd6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bc4 Qc8 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kf8) 14...
O-O (14... a6 15. Nc3) (14... Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Be5 Na6 17. cxd5 $16) 15.
e5 Nh5 (15... Ne8 16. cxd5 (16. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 17. Bd3 dxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8
19. Be4 $16) 16... exd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Bd3 $16) 17.
Bd3 $16) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... exd5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nbd4 $16) 17. Nc3 Qc7 (17...
Rc8 {Dorfman} 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Bc6 21. Rxe7 Kf8 22. b5 $18)
(17... Qc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nf5 Qb7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7
22. Qe4 Nd7 23. g4 $18) (17... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
gxf3 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Ng7 23. Rg1 $18) 18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Qf5 Rd8 $2
{the alternative is not attractive but black has no choice} (19... g6 20. Nxd5
Qd8 (20... gxf5 21. Nxc7 Nc6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb5 $18) 21. Qe4 Nd7 (21... Nc6
22. Bb5 $1) 22. Bc4 $16 (22. Bb5 $18 {Dorfman}) (22. Bb5 $16 {Ftacnik})) 20.
Qxh5 d4 21. Nd1 d3 (21... Qc2 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxd4 Qe4+ 23. Qe2 Rxd4 24. Bxd4
Qxd4 25. Qf3 Nc6 26. Qxc6 Rd8 27. Be2 $18) 22. e6 $1 fxe6 (22... f6 {Dorfman}
23. Bxd3) 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Ne5 (25. Ne5 {Ftacnik} d2+ 26. Ke2 Rd7
27. Kf3 Re7 28. Qf5 Nd7 29. Bd3 Nxe5+ 30. Bxe5 Qc6+ 31. Be4 Qh6 32. Bxa8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 (10... h6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. f3 e5 13.
Qxe5 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Re8 15. Qd4 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Rg1 Nh5 18. h4 gxh4 19.
Rd1 {Gurevich,M-Korchnoi,V Wijk aan Zee 1990}) 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13.
Qb4 Qc7 $1 {This dynamic piece sacrifice was first played in Ivanchuk-De
Firmian} 14. fxe4 Rb8 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 O-O 17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qa5 Qe5 $1 {N} (
18... Rb6 19. e3 Rfb8 20. Rc1 Nxe4 21. Nf3 $14 {Ivanchuk-De Firmian Manila 
(izt) 1990} (21. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Qe7 $2 (21... Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qe7 23. Bd3 Qxa3 24.
O-O $14) 22. Bb4 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-De Firmian,N/Manila izt/1990/ ->CBM 19})) 19.
Rc1 Nxe4 20. Nf3 (20. Rxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} Rb1+ 21. Rc1 (21. Bc1 Qf4 $1) 21... Qb2
22. Rd1 Qc2 $19) 20... Qb2 21. e3 (21. Rxc6 Qb1+ (21... Qa1+ {Ftacnik} 22. Rc1
Rb1 23. Qc7 Rfb8 $40) 22. Bc1 (22. Rc1 Rfc8 $19) 22... Rfc8 23. Qa4 Qxc1+ 24.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qd1 Rbb1 $19) 21... Bb5 $1 22. Qb4 Bxf1 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rxf1
Rfb8 {Timman later said he had this position on the board during his
preparation!} (24... Ra2 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb4 Rb8 26. Nd2 $16) 25. Bc3 $6 {
Mikhail had prepared a faulty combination} (25. Ke2 $5 g5 $140 26. Rfd1) 25...
Rxg2 26. Be5 (26. Bd4 $1 $44 {Ftacnik}) 26... Ra8 27. Rg1 $2 Nd2 $19 28. Rxg2
Nxf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxe5 30. Rc7 Nc4 31. Re2 Nxa3 32. Ra2 Nb5 33. Rb7 Nd6 34. Raxa7
Rf8 35. Rd7 Ne4 36. Ke2 Nf6 37. Rdc7 g6 38. Kf3 g5 39. Re7 h5 40. Rab7 Ng4 41.
h3 Ne5+ 42. Kg3 Ng6 43. Rec7 Kg7 44. e4 dxe4 45. Rb4 h4+ 46. Kh2 (46. Kg4 {
Ftacnik} Kh6 47. Rxe4 f5+) 46... Ra8 47. Rxe4 Nf4 48. Re5 Kg6 49. Rc3 f5 50.
Rf3 Kf6 51. Rb5 Ra4 52. Rb8 g4 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Rf8+ Ke5 55. Rf1 g3+ 56. Kg1
h3 57. Re1+ Re4 58. Ra1 Ne2+ 59. Kh1 g2+ 60. Kh2 Rg4 61. Kxh3 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Subasic Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2005.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Honeymoon tournament in Bosnia,I was a little bit rusty.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 (5... O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 {is usual.}
) 6. Nf3 Nc6 $6 {this does not justify the unprovoked retreat and early
capture.} (6... Qc7) (6... Qb6 {or} 7. e3 Qc7 {are the normal lines.}) 7. Bg5
h6 ({I thought his idea was to go to Old Romanishin line.} 7... Bb4 $5 8. Rd1
$5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. a3 $16) 8. Bh4 O-O 9. e4 Be7 (9... d6 10. O-O-O $16) 10.
O-O-O $1 $16 e5 $6 {This move looks as ugly as my opponent.} (10... Qa5 11. Kb1
d6 12. Rg1 $5 $40) 11. Kb1 $1 (11. Bg3 $6 Qa5 12. Kb1 d6) 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Be2 $2 {I had difficulties to calculate the following
line.} (14. c5 b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Nc6
$1 {I have missed this down in the line.} Qc7 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rf5 Rae8 22. Nd5
Nxd5 23. Rxd5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb7 25. f3 $18 {A healthy pawn up and a better
pawn structure.}) 14... Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c5 $2 {Going blind.} (16. Qd2
Rd8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Kf8 19. Rhd1 $16) 16... d5 $3 17. cxd6 (17. exd5 $2
Bf5 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Qc4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 e4 $19) (17. Rxd5 $2 Nb4 18. Qc4 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Qg6+ 20. Ka1 Qxg2 $19) 17... Bg4 $132 18. Qc5 Rfd8 19. Rd5 Rac8 20. Qa3
Qg6 21. Qe3 $8 (21. Bd3 $2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qg2) 21... Bxf3 (21... Rxd6 $2 22. Nh4
$18) 22. Bxf3 Rxd6 {Draw offer.} 23. Rhd1 Rcd8 $2 (23... Nd4 24. Rxd6 (24. Rxe5
Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxg2 $1 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxg2 Rxd1+ 28. Kc2 Rd7 $17) 24... Qxd6
25. Be2 $15) 24. Rxd6 $1 (24. Qc5 $6 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Nd4 $17) 24...
Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Be2 Qd4 $6 {Nobody taught this guy that Q+N is better
than Q+N.} 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Kc1 Ke7 30. Kd2 f6 31. b4 $11 {
White equalized.} Kd6 32. Bf7 g5 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Bh5 Kd6 35. Kc4 Nc2 36. Kc3
Nd4 37. Kc4 Nc2 38. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pozarevac-ch op"]
[Site "Pozarevac"]
[Date "2016.12.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lajthajm, Borko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Back in the Classical System which is
sometimes attributed to Capa.} c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 {What he intends to play is}
({similar to} 5... O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Qd3 $5
Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Be7) 9... Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2
$14) 6. Nf3 (6. Bf4 $5 e5 7. Bg3 Nc6 8. e3) 6... Nc6 7. Bg5 (7. Bf4 O-O (7...
e5 8. Bg5) 8. e3 d5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 {transposes the game into QGD,
Blackburne's System.}) 7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Qd3 $5) 8... Bxd4 9. e3 Qa5 10.
exd4 Qxg5 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 b6 13. b4 $14 {The well known ending tends to
be better for White due to the better pawn structure.} d6 (13... Bb7 14. f3 d6)
14. Bd3 (14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Rb1 Kd7 17. Bd3 Ba6 18. Nb5 $14) 14... Bb7
15. f3 Kd7 $5 16. a4 (16. Rhb1 Rhb8 17. Rb2 Kc7) 16... a5 17. Rab1 Bc6 (17...
Rhb8 18. Rhe1 g6 $1) (17... Rab8 $2 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Rb5) 18. bxa5 (18. Rhc1
axb4 (18... Rab8 $2 19. d5 $1) (18... Rhb8 $6 19. b5 Bb7 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5
dxc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4+ 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rc8 25. Rb3 Kd6 26. Rd3+ Ke5 27. Kc3
$16) (18... g6) 19. Rxb4 Rhb8 20. Rcb1 Kc7 21. d5 Bd7 $14 {with a tough
defensive line.}) (18. b5 Bb7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 (20... Nxe4+ 21. fxe4)
21. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... bxa5 $14 {So far so good! It is always a question
whether White should continue to play safe and press but...} 19. d5 $2 (19. Rb6
$6 Kc7 20. Rhb1 Rhb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8 Kxb8 $11) (19. Nb5 $142 $14) 19...
exd5 20. Bf5+ Kd8 $1 (20... Kc7 $2 21. cxd5 (21. Nb5+ $2 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nd7 23.
Bxd7 Kxd7 $11) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5+ Bxd5 23. Rhc1+ Bc6 24. Rb3 Ra6 25. Rbc3 Kb7
26. Bd7 Bxd7 27. Rc7+ Ka8 28. Rxd7 $16) 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5) 21... Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 (22. Rhc1 $142 Nb4 23. Na2 $44) (22. Ne4 $2 g6) 22... Bxd5 23. Rhc1 (23.
Rb6 Ke7 (23... Kc7 $6 24. Rb5 Bc6 25. Rc1) 24. Re1+ Be6 $17) 23... Re8 $6 {
Returning the compliment!} ({He absolutely had to try} 23... Ke7 $1 24. Rc7+
Kf6 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rhf8 27. Rbb7 $44 {should have led to a draw.}) (
23... g6 24. Rb6 Ke7 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Rxd6+ Ke5 27. Rcd7 Bxf3 28. gxf3 gxf5 29.
Rd5+ Kf6 $11) 24. Rb6 Be6 $6 (24... Ke7 25. Rc7+ Kf8 26. Rxd6 Bb3 27. Bd7 Red8
(27... Re7 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Rxb3 Rexd7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7+) 28. Rd3) (24... Re5 25.
Rxd6+ Ke7 26. Rd7+ Kf6 27. Bd3 $14) 25. Be4 (25. Bd3 $5 Bd7 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27.
Rd4 $14) 25... Ra7 (25... d5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd6+ Ke7 28. Rxd5 Red8 29. Rcc5
$16) 26. Rxd6+ Ke7 $2 {Draw offer} (26... Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Bc6 Re5) 27.
Rb6 $1 (27. Rcc6 $6 {If White wanted he could have immediately made a draw with
} Bd7 (27... Rb8 28. Rb6 Bd7 29. Bc2 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Kd8) 28. Ra6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6
Bxa4 30. Rxa5 $11) 27... Rd8+ 28. Ke3 Rd6 $6 (28... f5 29. Bb7 Bd7 $11) 29.
Rxd6 $6 {For some reason or another I lost my concentration in this part of
the game.} (29. Rb8 f5 $1 30. Bd3 f4+ 31. Ke2 Rd4 32. Bb5 Bb3 33. Re8+ Kf7 34.
Re4 Re7 $1 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Ra7 Bxa4 38. Ra6+ Ke5 39. Rxa5 $11)
({The move to play obviously is} 29. Rcc6 $1 Rxc6 (29... Rd8 30. g4 g6 31. h4
Bd7 32. Rc4 Be6 33. Rc5 Rd1 34. Bd3 $1 Re1+ 35. Kf4 Ra1 36. Bb5) (29... Rad7
30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rb5 Ra6 32. Bf5 $16) 30. Bxc6 Kd6 31. Kd4) 29... Kxd6 30.
Rc6+ $2 ({Let us do a Fischer!} 30. Bxh7 $1 g6 31. h4 Ke7 32. h5 Kf6 33. Rc6
Re7 (33... Kg7 34. Rxe6 (34. Bxg6 Bd7 35. Be4) 34... fxe6 35. Bxg6 Rb7 36. Be8
$14) 34. hxg6 Kg7 (34... fxg6 35. Bg8) 35. Rc5 (35. Kf4 fxg6 36. Bxg6 Kxg6 37.
Ra6 Kf7 38. Rxa5 $11) 35... fxg6 36. Bxg6 Kxg6 37. Rxa5 $14 {In all cases,
with proper play Black should draw but the type of ending offers more chances
for White!}) 30... Ke7 $2 (30... Kd7 31. Rb6 Kc7 $11) 31. Rc5 $2 {An
incredible blunder!} (31. Rb6 Bd7 $1 32. Bc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rb7 $1 $11 {does
not give exactly what Chigorin provided Saint Petersburg with against London
in the famous correspondence game of 1886/87 but still it has to be chosen.})
31... Bb3 $1 $36 32. Bc2 ({I might have as well gone for the bishop ending but
I thought White could be put in zugzwang and would have had to give way to
Black's king. Alas it is not the case.} 32. Bc6 Rc7 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Rc3 Be6 35.
Bb5 Rxc3 36. Kxc3 Kc5 {This is the ending I was afraid of.} 37. f4 f6 38. g3 h6
39. Be8 Bg4 (39... Kd5 40. Kd3 Bf5+ 41. Kc3 Ke4 $6 42. Kc4 $1 Kf3 43. Kb5 Kg2
$140 $2 44. Kxa5 Kxh2 (44... Bc2 45. f5 Kxh2 46. g4 Kg3 47. Bh5 $18) 45. Kb6
$18) 40. Bb5 Kd5 41. Be8 Bd1 (41... Be2 42. Bg6) (41... Ke4 42. Kc4 $11) 42.
Kd3 Bf3 43. Bb5 Bg2 44. Kc3 $11) 32... Kd6 33. Rc3 $2 {Losing a clear tempo
for no reason at all.} (33. Kd4 $1 Bxc2 34. Rxc2 Rb7 35. Rd2 $1 Rb4+ (35... f6
36. Kc3+ Kc5 37. Re2 Rb4 38. Re7 g5 39. Rxh7 Rxa4 40. Ra7 Ra2 41. Ra6 $11) 36.
Kc3+ Ke6 (36... Ke5 37. Rd7 Ke6 38. Rd4) 37. Rd4 $11) 33... Bxc2 34. Rxc2 Rb7
35. Rc4 $2 (35. Rc8 Rb3+ 36. Kf4 Rb4+ 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Rh8 h6 39. Ra8 (39. Rg8
Kf6) 39... Rxa4 40. Ra6 $1 Ra2 41. g4 a4 42. Kf4 a3 43. Kg3 Ra1 44. Kg2 $15)
35... Rb3+ $1 {This fine check is one of the points I missed in the game.} 36.
Ke4 {I wanted to bring my king up.} (36. Kf2 Rb2+ $1 37. Kg3 (37. Kf1 Rb4 $19)
37... Rb4 38. Rc8 Rxa4 39. Rg8 g6 40. Rg7 Rc4 $1 41. Rxf7 Rc7 42. Rf4 Kc5 43.
Ra4 Kb5 44. Ra1 Rc4 45. f4 a4 46. Kg4 h6 47. h4 Rc5 $1 $19) 36... Rb2 37. Rd4+
(37. g4 $142 Rxh2 38. Rd4+ Ke6 39. Rc4 Re2+ 40. Kf4 Ra2 41. g5 $17) 37... Ke6
38. Rc4 $2 ({Still} 38. g4 $1) 38... Rxg2 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40. Rc5 $2 {The final
mistake!} (40. Ra6 $1 Rxh2 (40... Rg5 41. Ra7+ $11) (40... Re2+ 41. Kd5 $1) 41.
Rxa5 g6 (41... Rc2 42. f4 $44) 42. Ra8 Ke6 43. a5 Ra2 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Ke5 $44)
40... Re2+ $1 41. Kd3 Rxh2 42. Rxa5 Rh4 $19 {Black is winning with White's
king back on the third rank!} 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. a5 (44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Ra7 Kg6 46.
a5 h5 47. Kc3 Rf4 48. Rd7 Ra4 49. Rd5 h4 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. Kb2 Re1 52. a6 h3 53.
a7 Re8 54. Rd1 Ra8 55. Rh1 Kg5 56. Rxh3 Rxa7 $19) 44... h5 45. Rc7 Ra4 46. Rc6+
Kd5 47. Rc7 Ra3+ 48. Kc2 $5 (48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Rc5 (49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rc7 Ra2+ 51.
Ke3 Kg6 52. Rc5 h4 53. Kf4 Ra4+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 f5 $1 $19) 49... Ra2+ $1
50. Ke3 h4 51. Rh5 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Ra4 53. a6 g6 54. Rh8 g5 $19) 48... Ke6 (48...
h4 49. Rxf7 h3 $19) 49. Rc6+ Kd7 50. Rc5 g6 51. Kb2 Rxf3 52. a6 Re3 $1 {
This is easier} ({than} 52... Rf6 53. Ra5 Rb6+ 54. Kc3 Rb8 55. Kd4 Kc6 (55...
h4 $2 56. Ke5 h3 57. Kf6 $11) 56. a7 Ra8 57. Ra3 Kb6 58. Rb3+ Kxa7 59. Ke5 Rb8
60. Ra3+ Kb6 61. Kf6 Rb7 $19) 53. Rb5 Re8 54. Kc3 Kc6 55. Rb7 (55. Kb4 h4 56.
Ka5 (56. Rb7 Rf8 57. Ka5 h3 58. Rb1 g5 $19) 56... h3 $19) 55... Ra8 $1 $19 (
55... Rf8 $4 56. Re7 $1 Kb6 57. a7 $11 {is an amazing escape!}) 56. Rxf7 Rxa6
57. Rf6+ (57. Kd4 Ra4+ 58. Ke5 (58. Ke3 Kd5 $19 (58... Rg4 $19)) 58... Rg4 $19
{and the king is on the wrong side of the board.}) 57... Kb5 58. Rf8 Rd6 59.
Re8 Kc6 60. Re7 Rf6 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Re8 (62. Rg7 Rf4+ 63. Ke3 Rg4 64. Rf7 Ke6
65. Rf8 h4 66. Kf3 Rg3+ 67. Kf2 g5 68. Kf1 h3 $19 {Known roller-coaster
strategy!}) 62... Re6 0-1

[Event "SLO-chT 11th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Cigan, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ptuj"]
[BlackTeam "Radenska Pomgrad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 $5 6. Nf3 a6 $5 7. e3 {
Maybe not the most exact.} (7. g3 Bxc5 (7... Qxc5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d5 10.
Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rc1 $14) 8. Bg2 Be7 9. b3 b5 $140 $6 10. Bf4 d6 11. cxb5 axb5 12.
Nd4 $16) 7... Bxc5 8. Bd2 {My trademark in such kind of positions.} Be7 9. Ne4
d5 $1 (9... b5 {is not as good as it seems.} 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (10... gxf6 $6 11.
Rc1 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. Qd1) 11. Bc3 bxc4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14.
Bxc4 $14) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. O-O-O {This move does not deliver much.But what
else?} (11. Bc3 Nd7 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Bxc4 O-O $11) 11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 ({After the brave} 12. Bb4 b5 {white does not seem to have enough
compensation.}) 12... Nd7 13. Bd3 {A sad necessity.} Qxc2+ (13... Nc5 14. Kb1)
14. Bxc2 b6 15. e4 $1 (15. Be4 Ra7 {goes nowhere.}) 15... Bb7 16. Be3 $6 {
This is a positional oversight.} (16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Rhe1 $14) (16.
Rhe1 Rc8 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Be3 $14) 16... Rc8 17. Kb1 Ke7 18. Nd2
g5 $6 {Black tries to be too sophisticated.} ({After the natural} 18... Rc7 19.
f3 (19. f4 $6 Rhc8 20. Rc1 e5 21. f5 g6 $17) 19... Rhc8 20. Rc1 $11 {equality
comes.}) 19. f3 Rhg8 $6 {This at least helps white to bring some imbalace in
the game.} (19... h6 $142 20. Rc1 Rhd8 21. Rhd1 Be5 22. g3 $11) 20. e5 $1 {
Paradoxal exhange.We all know that a center pawn is more precious than a one
on the flank but in this particular position stronghold on e4 makes things go
in white's way.} Bxe5 21. Bxh7 Rh8 22. Be4 Bxe4+ 23. Nxe4 f6 24. h3 $14 {
After this both rooks have to guard the h line.} Nc5 $1 {A good decision.} 25.
Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rhe1 Bf4 {Interesting play by black.} 27. Kc2 ({After} 27. Bxf4
gxf4 {the organic weakness on g2 would bother white.}) 27... Rh4 $2 (27... Bxe3
28. Rxe3 Rh4 29. Rb3 Rb4 $11) 28. Bf2 Rhh8 29. Re4 c4 30. Be1 $1 {White once
again takes over the initiative.} Rc6 $8 31. Bb4+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Bc3 $5 (
{Also interesting is to go after the bishop.} 33. Re7 e5 34. Be1 $1 f5 35. Re2
Kf6 36. Rb7 Bh2 37. Bc3 Re8 38. Rd2 Re7 39. Rb8 $36) 33... Bg3 34. Rg4 Bb8 $1 (
{I was hoping for} 34... Bf4 $2 35. g3 Be3 36. h4 e5 37. Re4 $36) 35. Rb7 $2 {
A lapse.} (35. Rdd4 Rhc8 36. h4 e5 37. Rd5 $16 Rh8 38. hxg5 f5 39. Rg3 $16)
35... Bd6 36. Rd4 Kf5 37. Rd7 Bg3 38. Rd1 $1 {Still creating some difficulties
for black.} Rhc8 39. Rf7 e5 40. Rdd7 Bf2 41. Rde7 Bd4 $4 (41... Bg3 42. a4 $14
{is better for white though difficult to prove an immediate win.}) 42. Bd2 $1
$18 {Now it is a mate.} Rg8 43. g4+ Kg6 44. h4 $1 (44. h4 $1 gxh4 45. Rh7 $18 {
ends up in a mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Subasic Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2004.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Zivanic, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 $6 {This has become a
dangerous system in this days since white is not forced to allow black to
reach a hedgehog type of set up.} (5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. g4 $1 {
is a sister line of the game continuation.}) 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 {Simply the
best reaction to the line he has chosen.} Qb6 8. e3 a6 $5 {Not the most usual
move order.} (8... Qc7 9. g4 $1 h6 (9... Nxg4 $6 10. Rg1 Nxh2 (10... Ne5 11.
Nxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qf6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Qh4+ 15. Rg3 $16) 11. Nxh2 Qxh2 12.
Rxg7 Nc6 13. Rg3 $1 $44) 10. Rg1 $36) 9. g4 $1 $146 {I did not know if I
should have combined this idea with b3 or a3, b4 so I have played it right
away.} (9. Na4 $2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Qc6 12. Rg1 b5 $17) (9. b3 Qc7
10. Bb2 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. g4 {looked very slow to me.}) 9... h6 (
9... Nxg4 $6 10. Rg1 $16 {is even worse for black now.}) (9... Qc6 10. Be2 d6
11. a3 $16) 10. Rg1 Qc6 {I was sure that he would go for a pawn sac with b5.} (
10... Qc7 11. h4) (10... Be7 11. h4 d6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nfd7 14. Nd4 $5 Nc6
15. g6 Nxd4 16. gxf7+ Kf8 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qxf7 20. O-O-O $16)
11. Be2 {His potential pawn sac did not put a scare on me however I could have
deployed my light squared bishop into the other diagonal as a prophylactic
measure.} (11. Bg2 $5 d5 (11... Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 d6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4
Bc6 16. Qd3 Ba7 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 $16) (11... Be7 12. b3 Qc7 13.
Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 $16) 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. h4 $16) 11... b5 $132 12.
cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 {There is nothing wrong with this capture but as usual it
is not the only move.} (13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nd3 Bxb5 16. Qxc5 Qb7 17.
a4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 Bxa4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Qc7 21. e4 $5 $16) 13... Ba6 (13...
Bb4+ $6 14. Kd1 $1 {was my idea.} Qxc2+ 15. Kxc2 Na6 16. a3 Be7 17. Nc3 Nc5 18.
b4 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bb2 O-O 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22. Raf1 Nh3 23. Rg3 Ng5 24. h4
Nh7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. Nf3 f6 28. Nxg5 fxg5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rh3
Bf6 (30... Bb7 $2 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Bh5+) 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Bd4 Kd6 33. a4 Bb7
34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. a5 $18 {and the pawns walk.}) 14. Nbd4 (14. Nfd4 $6 Qb6 15.
Nb3 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Bxb5 18. Qc8+ Ke7 19. Qxh8 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Qa6+
21. Ke1 Nc6 22. Qxg7 Nb4 $17) 14... Qb6 (14... Qd5 15. g5 $16) 15. g5 $1 Nd5 $5
{He wants to generate some counterplay around my king and in the queenside.} (
15... hxg5 16. Rxg5 Bf8 17. a3 $16) 16. gxh6 g6 17. Bd2 ({I can not retain the
pawn using some sacrificial leitmotif like Rg6.} 17. h7 $6 Nb4 $1) 17... Bxe2
$5 (17... Nb4 18. Qb3 Bxe2 19. Bxb4 Bxf3 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxf3 Nc6 22. Rg5 d5
23. Kd1 $1 Rb8 24. Qxb8+ $3 Nxb8 25. Rc1 $16) 18. Kxe2 {I was very much
satisfied with my king participating in the game.} (18. Nxe2 Nc6 19. a3 Ncb4
20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Nc1 Rb8 22. Rg4 $16 {was also good.}) 18... Rxh6 (18... Na6 19.
a3 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxh6 21. b4 Rxh2 22. Rh1 $16 Nf4+ $140 $2 23. exf4 Rxh1 24.
Rxh1 Qxd4 25. Be3 $18) 19. a3 {Time to make use of the extra material on the
queenside.} (19. Nb3 $5 Na6 20. e4 Ndb4 21. Qc3 Rh3) (19. Qb3 Qa6+ $8 20. Qb5
Bxd4 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxd4 Rxh2 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Ke7 25. e4 $16) (19. e4
$5 Nb4 20. Qc4 Rh5 21. Qb5 $8 Nxa2 $1 22. Qxb6 Bxb6 23. Bg5 $1 $16) 19... Rh5
$5 {It took me sometime to understand if he blundered or not.} (19... Rh8 20.
b4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Na6 22. b5 Nc5 23. a4 $16) (19... Rh3 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4
Rxh2 22. b5 $16 e5 $140 $2 23. Qe4 $18) 20. Rxg6 fxg6 $4 {Played this
incredibly fast!} ({I have thought that his idea was} 20... Qa6+ 21. Ke1 Nb4
22. Rg8+ Ke7 23. Bxb4 ({Absolutely unnecessary was} 23. Qxc5+ $2 Rxc5 24. Bxb4
d6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Nbd2 $14) 23... Bxb4+ 24. Nd2
Rxh2 25. Rg1 Nc6 26. Nxc6+ dxc6 27. Rd1 Rg8 28. Rf1 Rg3 29. Qe4 Ba5 30. Qe5 $1
(30. b4 Bc7 31. Nf3 $5 f5 32. Qd4 Rxf3 33. Rd2 $3 Rg3 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qxc7
Rxe3+ 36. fxe3 Rxd2 37. Rxf5+ exf5 38. Kxd2 Ke6 39. Qa5 Qf1 40. Qc5 Kd7 41.
Qd4+ Kc8 42. a4 $16 {leads to a technical win.}) 30... Rhg2 (30... Rgh3 31.
Qc5+ Ke8 32. b4 Bd8 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Nd6+ Bxd6 35. Rxd6 $18) 31. b4 Rg5 32. Qc3
Bc7 33. Ne4 Rf5 34. Rh1 $18 {and white's attack continues.}) 21. Qxg6+ Ke7 22.
Qxh5 Qxb2 23. Qg5+ $1 {So his king could not run in the queenside.} Ke8 24. Rc1
(24. Qg6+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. Rc1 Ra5 27. Ne5 $18 {is a nightmare for black
since the position contains pins,crosspins and forks.}) 24... Qb6 {He has no
other choice.} (24... Nc6 25. Rxc5 Nxd4+ 26. exd4 $18) (24... Qxa3 25. Nb5 Qa6
26. Rxc5 d6 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Rc8+ Qxc8 30. Nxd6+ $18) 25. e4 $1
Qa6+ 26. Ke1 {Not only black loses a piece but the attack continues.} 1-0

[Event "Aegina op"]
[Site "Aegina"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Be7 $6 $146 7. Bf4
Nh5 (7... O-O 8. Rd1 (8. O-O-O $5)) 8. Bd2 d6 (8... f5 9. h3 $5) 9. g4 $1 Nf6
10. g5 Nfd7 (10... Nh5 11. Bh3) 11. O-O-O a6 12. Ne4 $1 (12. Bf4 e5) 12... Qc7
(12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. e4) 13. Bb4 $1 (13. Bc3 O-O
14. Rg1 e5) 13... Nc5 (13... d5 14. Bxe7 dxe4 15. Bd6 Qa5 16. Qxe4 Qxa2 17. Qd4
) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bc3 f6 $8 (15... O-O 16. e3 Nc6 17. Bd3) 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 (17... Qf4+ 18. Nd2 gxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qh6+ 20. e3 O-O 21. Nxc5
$1 $16 (21. f4 $6 e5 $132 22. Rd6 $140 Qh4) (21. h4 Nc6 22. Ng5 Nb4 23. Qe4
Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nb4)) 19. Qe4 $1 Qxf2 $140 $2 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Rg1 $18) 18. Qd2 $6
(18. Rg1 Qf4+ 19. Qd2 (19. Kb1 e5) 19... Qxc4+ 20. Kb1 $40) 18... Rg8 19. Bh3
Nc6 20. Rhg1 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Qf7 $1 22. Qh6 $1 (22. Qd6 e5 23. Qd5 Ne7 $1) 22...
e5 23. Nd2 $8 Bxh3 24. Rg7 $3 Qf8 $8 (24... Qe6 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Qxh7 Ne7 27.
Rg3 (27. Qh8+ Ng8 28. Rg3 Bf5 29. Qg7+ $18) 27... Bg4 28. h3 f5 29. hxg4 fxg4
30. f3) 25. Ne4 $1 O-O-O $8 (25... Be6 26. Nxf6+ Kd8 27. Rd7+ $18) 26. Qxh3+ f5
27. Qxh7 $1 fxe4 28. Rc7+ (28. Rxb7 $4 Qd6) 28... Kb8 29. Rxb7+ Ka8 30. Rb6 $18
Rd1+ $8 (30... Qe7 31. Qxe4 $1 Qg5+ 32. Kc2 Qd2+ 33. Kb3 Qd1+ 34. Ka3 $18) (
30... Qf4+ 31. e3) 31. Kc2 Rd2+ $8 (31... Nb4+ 32. Rxb4) 32. Kc3 Qc8 $8 (32...
Qf3+ 33. exf3 Rd3+ 34. Kc2 Nd4+ 35. Kc1 Ne2+ 36. Kb1) 33. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 34. Qg8+
$1 (34. Kxd2 Qd6+ 35. Kc1 Qd4 $44 36. Qg8+ Ka7 37. e3 Qd3 38. Qf7+ Kb6) 34...
Ka7 35. Kxd2 Qh6+ 36. Kc2 Qxh2 37. Qf7+ Kb6 38. Qg6+ Ka7 39. Qxe4 Qxf2 40. Qxe5
Kb6 41. a3 $18 1-0

[Event "Liechtenstein op 13th"]
[Site "Liechtenstein"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 b6 {In this line Black usually avoids
castling too early, since then White can start a dangerous attack after g2-g4!}
12. e4 {Preparing a typical manouevre, which Black ignores completely.} Bb7 $6
{[#]} 13. Nd5 $1 {This manoevre is fairely standard, when White has a pawn on
c4 and a major piece on the c-file Black has his knight on c6 and queen on c7.}
exd5 14. cxd5 {White gets a piece back, obtaining a favourable pawn structure.
Some weakness of the e4-pawn makes further play and this game itself rather
interesting.} Rc8 ({After} 14... Qf4 15. dxc6 Bxc6 {White seizes the
initiative by} 16. O-O $1 ({but not} 16. Be5 $6 Qg4 17. h3 Qxg2 18. Ke2 Qg6 $13
)) 15. dxc6 Qxc6 ({The most testing move, as} 15... dxc6 $16 {won't be
pleasant for Black.}) 16. Qe2 $1 ({After} 16. Qxc6 dxc6 {Black would be OK.})
16... Nxe4 {In this position I spent a lot of time choosing between two
tempting continuations. Finally I got it right.} 17. Nd4 $1 (17. O-O $2 Ng5 $1)
(17. Ne5 $6 Qd5 18. Bc4 Rxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxf2 $13) 17... Qd5 18. f3 Ng5 $4 ({
I did not take this move into consideration (and indeet it is not worth
consideratng!), expecting} 18... Nd6 {Then the continuation might be follows:}
19. O-O Kf8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Bf6 22. Rad1 Ra8 23. Qe2 Nc4 24. Nf5 $1 $16)
19. Nf5 Ne6 20. O-O {Black cannot castle which in this position means that he
is lost.} Bc6 21. Rad1 $1 Bb5 22. Nxg7+ Nxg7 23. Bxg7 $18 Rg8 24. Rfe1 Qg5 25.
Bxb5 axb5 26. Rd5 $1 f5 27. Rxf5 Qxg7 28. Re5 Kd8 29. Rxe7 Qg6 30. Re4 h5 31.
g3 Rc3 32. Rd4 Qc6 33. Red1 Rg7 34. Qe5 Qxf3 35. Qxg7 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kh3
Qe6+ 38. Kh4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg5 Qe3+ 40. Kg6 Qxg3+ 41. Kh7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 10. b4 Na4 11. Qc2 b5 (11... Bd7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e4 Rc8 14.
Qd2 $1 O-O (14... Nxe4 15. fxe4 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxe4+ 17. Ne2 $16) 15. Bd3 Nh5 (
15... Qe8 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Qa2 $16) (15... Qe7 16.
Ne2 Rfd8 17. Qe3 $16) 16. Qg5 $3 $14) 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3 $146 Bb7 (13... O-O 14.
e5 Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 $16) 14. Qf2 exd5 $2 (14... Qc7 15. Ne2 exd5 16.
Bf4 Qe7 (16... Nb2 17. Bb1 $1 Qe7 18. Nd4 $16) 17. e5 Nh5 (17... Nb2 18. Qd4
Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Nh5 20. O-O O-O 21. Rfe1 $16) 18. Qd4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 f6 20. e6 g5
21. Nh5 Qxe6+ 22. Kf2 Kf7 $13) (14... O-O $1 15. Be3 (15. Ne2 Re8 $13) 15...
exd5 (15... Re8 16. Bd4 exd5 17. e5 $16) 16. e5 d4 $1 {(Fressinet)} 17. Bxd4
Ng4 18. fxg4 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qxe5+ 21. Ne2 Nc3 $44) 15. e5 Qe7 16.
Qd4 (16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 16... Nd7 (16...
O-O 17. f4 (17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rae8 19. f4 g5 $132) 17... Ne4 18. Nf3 $14) 17.
f4 f6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. O-O Rae8 20. Re1 fxe5 21. fxe5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nxe5 23. Kh1
Bc6 (23... Nxf3 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qf4 d4 26. Qb8+ Kf7 27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28. Be4 $18
) 24. Bf4 (24. f4 Qh4 $1 25. Rxe5 (25. Bb2 Nxb2 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Nxd3 $11
) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5 d4+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qxd3 30. Qe6+ Kf8
31. Qxc6 Nc3 $44) 24... Nxf3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 (25... Kxh7 26. Qd3+ Qe4 27. Rxe4
dxe4 28. Qd6 Ba8 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Be3 Nb2 31. Rg1 $16) 26. Rxe7 Nxd4 27. Rxe8+
Bxe8 28. Bd3 Nb2 29. Be5 Nxd3 30. Bxd4 Bg6 31. Rf1 Kh7 32. h4 Kh6 33. Kg2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch42 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 d5 (6... Nc6) 7.
Bf4 $5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e3 Be7 11. a3 a6 12. Bd3 Bf6
13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 $14 {Boleslavsky,I-Vasilchuk/URS/1956/}) 7... dxc4 (7...
Nc6 8. Rd1 O-O 9. a3) 8. e3 Nd5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 $6 (10... Nxc3 $142
11. bxc3 O-O $13) 11. exf4 Bb4 (11... O-O $5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ne4 Be7 $14) 12.
O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 $5 (16. Qh3 h5 17. Qg3
Ne7 $16) 16... Kg7 17. Ne4 $16 {>< d6/} a6 (17... Rd8 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. f5 $1
gxf5 20. Qg3+ Kf8 21. Rd3 $16) 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qg3 (19. Nd6 $5) 19... Ra7 20.
Qh4 b5 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rd6 $1 Ne7 (22... Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Qc7 (23... Rc7 24. Ne8
$18) 24. Ne8 $1 $18) 23. Red1 Rf8 $8 24. Qd4 $18 Rc7 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Rd8 Qxc3
27. Rxf8+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ (28. Nh5+ Kxf8 29. Qd8#) 1-0

[Event "Wuerzburg op 12th"]
[Site "Wuerzburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3
a6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. a3 Bb7 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15.
Bd3 O-O (15... Bf6 $142 $1) 16. e4 g6 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Rad1 Bf6 20.
Bb1 Rf7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe3 Rb8 23. Rd6 Qb2 24. Red1 Qxa3 25. exf5 exf5 26.
h4 Qc5 27. Qf4 Re8 28. h5 Re6 (28... Ne5 $142 $1 $11) 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7
Re7 31. Rd5 Qa3 32. Qg5 Qa1 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. Qd2 Qf6 35. h6 Ke8 36. Ng5 Qe5 (
36... Bc8 $142) 37. Bc2 Kf8 38. f4 Qf6 39. b4 axb4 40. Ba4 Rc7 41. Qe3 Qe7 42.
Nxh7+ Kg8 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Landesliga Nord 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Rupp, Markus"]
[Black "Karlik, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bamberg SC II"]
[BlackTeam "Kelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. e3 Be5 10. f4 Bb8 11. Be2 Qb6 12. O-O Qxe3+ 13. Kh1 h6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Rae1 Kf8 16. f5 Be5 17. fxe6 dxe6 18. Rf3 Qb6 19. Rd1 a6 20. Ne4 f5
21. Nc3 Qc7 $17 22. Qd2 b6 (22... Bxh2) 23. Rh3 Bb7 24. Rxh6 Rxh6 (24... Rg8
25. Bf1 Bf4 $17) 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Bf6 27. Qe3 Rh8 28. h3 Kf8 29. Na4 Qc6
(29... Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qc6+ $17) 30. Qa3+ Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh6 32. Nc3 Be5 33. Qe3+
Kg6 34. Nd5 exd5 35. Qxe5 dxc4 (35... Rxh3+ 36. gxh3 $2 (36. Kg1 Qc5+ 37. Qd4
Qxd4+ 38. Rxd4 $14) 36... dxc4+ $19) 36. Rd6+ $18 Qxd6 37. Qxd6+ Kg5 38. Qg3+
Kf6 39. Qd6+ Kg5 40. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. a3
(8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Be2 Be7 (10... Bb7 $5 {=/+/=}) 11. g4 $1) 8... a6 9.
Bd3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. h3 $6
Rac8 $10 16. e4 Qb8 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Bd8 $5 {18..Bf8} 19. Rcd1 Bc7 20. Bf1
Qa8 21. Bd3 Rcd8 22. Qc1 Nf8 23. Qe3 Ng6 24. Na4 Nd7 25. Qd4 f6 26. Bc2 Qb8 27.
Bb3 Ba8 28. Nc3 Nde5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. Qe2 Bb8 $1 32. Rd2 Qc7 33.
Red1 Nf7 34. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 a6 7. g3 Bxc5 8. Bf4
d6 9. Bg2 h6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. O-O O-O {this appears to be a novelty here} (11...
e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qb3 (16. Qa4 Qb6 17.
Qa3 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Nh4 g6 21. Qb3 e4 22. Rc4 Nbxd5 23. Bxe4
Qxb3 24. axb3 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf6 26. Red4 d5 27. Ng2 Re8 28. Ne3 Rad8 29. Kf1
Re5 30. R4d3 {1/2-1/2 Rawlings,A (2164)-Santagata,C (2216)/ICCF 1/2-1/2
Rawlings,A (2164)-Santagata,C (2216)/ICCF}) 16... Qb8 17. Qa3 Rd8 18. Nd5 Nd7
19. Rd2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21. Bh3 Kf8 22. e4 Nf6 23. Rdc2 Nxe4 24. Nxe5 dxe5
25. Rc7 Nd6 26. Bd7 Ne4 27. Bh3 Nd6 28. Bd7 Ne4 29. Bh3 {1/2-1/2 Fontaine,R 
(2557)-Genov,P (2489)/FRA 1/2-1/2 Fontaine,R (2557)-Genov,P (2489)/FRA}) 12. a3
Bd7 13. b4 Ba7 14. Qd3 e5 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Be6 17. Qd3 Rac8 {
seems good for black}) 15... Ne7 {black has equalised} 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be1
Bb8 $5 {of course not} (17... Qxc4 18. Qxd6 {with big advantage to white}) ({
However} 17... Nf5 {was playable also}) 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Qb1 Ba7 $1 {the
bishop has done its job and repositions on an active diagonal} 20. Nb3 Qb8 21.
c5 $1 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Bc6 $5 {black is playing for a complicate dposition and
does not wish to simplify after} (22... Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25.
Bxb7 $11) 23. Bh3 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Rd8 25. Nb2 $6 (25. Ne3) 25... b6 $1 {now
although white saves the knight black takes over the initiative} 26. Nxa6 Qb7
27. b5 {only move of course} Bxb5 28. Rc7 {white seeks counterplay in active
play but it was difficult to find something better} (28. Nc7 Bxe2 29. Bb4 b5 $1
30. Bxe7 $2 Bxf2+ $1 31. Kxf2 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Bf3+ 34. Bg2 Bxg2+ 35.
Kxg2 Qe2+ {and mate shortly after}) 28... Qxa6 29. Rxe7 Bb8 30. a4 Be8 (30...
Bxe2 $17) 31. Bf1 Bd6 32. e3 Qa8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {so white has lost an exchange
with very little compensation} 34. Bc4 Qb7 35. Qa2 Qe7 36. Qb3 (36. a5 bxa5 37.
Qxa5 Rb8 38. Bc3 {clearing the a-pawn was also possible}) 36... Nf6 37. Nd1 Bc5
38. Nc3 Qd7 {threatening Qh3 at some point. Actually,with the bishop on e1
black does not have the standard threat of Qh3,Ng4,Qxh2 and Qxf2 mate so must
be a bit careful in theattack} 39. Kg2 (39. Bb5 $5 Qh3 40. Bf1 Qg4 41. Bc4 Rd7
42. Qb5 $5 {threatening a5 was playable}) 39... h5 40. h4 g6 $17 41. e4 $2 {
this gives d4 square to black although white was thinking of jumping to d5 at
some point probably} Kg7 42. Be2 (42. Nd5 Nxe4 43. Nxb6 Qd1 $19) (42. Bd5 Bd4)
42... Qd4 43. Bf3 {so compared to 2 moves ago, all of a sudden black has many
squares to invade on} Qb4 44. Qc2 Bd4 45. Qd2 Rc8 $19 {the rest is easy for
black now} 46. Nb5 Qxa4 47. Nd6 Rc6 48. Bd1 Qa8 49. Nf5+ gxf5 50. Qg5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
Nf3 (8. Rb1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. b3 (10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Bd2 Ne4 $1 $10) 10...
Qxa3 11. f3 d5 12. b4 Na4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $10) (8. Rd1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4
Nxa4 11. Be5 b6 12. e3 Ba6 13. b3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 $1 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Nd2 d5 $1
$13) (8. e4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. e5 Ne4 (11... Nxc3 12. exf6 Na4
13. fxg7 Rg8 14. b3 Nc3 15. b4 Na4 $14) 12. Bd4 Nec5 13. O-O-O Nb3+ 14. Kc2
Nxd4+ 15. Rxd4 $14) (8. b3 $5 O-O {Yudasin,L-Korchnoi,V Pamplona 1990/} 9. Ra2
$1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd8 11. f3 $1 $14 {Yudasin Inf 51/555/}) (8. O-O-O $6 Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 Qa4 $1 $10) (8. Rc1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. b4 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Na4 12. Bd4 b6
13. e3 Ke7 (13... d6 14. f4 a5 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Be2 Ke7 17. O-O Rhc8 18. Rfc1
$14 {Flear,G-Arkell,S Dublin 1991 Inf 51/556/}) 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Ne2 Rhc8 16.
O-O Rc7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. e4 $14 {Flear,G-Franco,Z Palma de Mallorca 1991/})
8... d6 (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Be5 d6 12. Bxd6 Ne4 (12...
Nxb2 13. e3 Na4 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O Nac5 16. Bc2 f6 17. a4 b6 18. Nd4 Kf7 19.
Rfb1 $14 {Peicheva,E-Fishdik,G Novi Sad 1990 Inf 51/557/}) 13. Be5 f6 14. b3
fxe5 15. bxa4 O-O 16. g3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 e4 18. Ke3 exf3 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Bh3 $14
) 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qd8 $5 $146 (10... Qb6 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Rd1 (12. Qd3 Ke7
13. Nf3 a6 14. Nc3 a5 $132) 12... a6 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. e4 O-O 15. Be2 b6 16. O-O
Bb7 17. Qd3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Korchnoi,V Amsterdam 1991 Inf 51/557/}) 11. b4 a6
12. Nc3 (12. bxc5 axb5 13. cxb5 (13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. cxb5 O-O $44) 13... O-O $1
$44) 12... Ncd7 13. g3 Qc7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Qb3 Bd7 $15 16. O-O O-O (16... Rc8
17. Rac1) 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Na2 Bc6 19. e4 $1 (19. Bxc6 Qxc6 $15) 19... b5 20.
Qe3 (20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qe3 Qb7 {/\Nb3 Nc4/}) 20... Qb7 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5
Nfd7 23. Rc3 Nb6 (23... Qb6 $5) 24. Nc1 Na4 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ncb3
Nc4 (27... Rc3 $5 28. Qd4 Nc6 29. Qd6 e5) 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Nd4 (29. Na5 Qb6 $5
(29... Qc7 $5)) 29... Qb6 (29... e5 30. Nc2) 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Bf1 h6 32. Nc2
Qxe3 33. Nxe3 c3 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Kf1 (35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3
(8. a3 a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. h3 $1
$14 {Sherbakov,R-Gurevich,M/Helsinki/1992/ 1:0 (33) Inf 55/550/}) 8... a6 9.
Bb2 Be7 (9... b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4
Nc6 15. Qc3 Ke7 16. O-O-O d6 17. Rd2 h5 18. Rhd1 Rad8 19. Kb2 h4 20. h3 Rh5 $13
{Sjeberg,M-Atalik,S/Borsodtavho/1991/ Inf 56/628/}) 10. g4 d6 $146 (10... Nxg4
$2 11. Rg1 Nxh2 (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nd5) 12. Nxh2 Qxh2 13. Rxg7 Bf6
14. Ne4 $1 $16) (10... h6 $5 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. h4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Be2 $14 {
Nogueiras,J-Korchnoi,V/Zagreb/1987/ 1:0 (28) Inf 44/683/}) 11. O-O-O Nc6 $6 (
11... h6 $5) 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. cxd5 Nde5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. dxc6
Bg4 17. Bg2 $1 $16 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 $8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (19... Kxd8 $5 20. cxb7
Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Bd6) 20. f4 exf4 $6 (20... f6 $5 21. fxe5 (21. gxf6 gxf6 22.
fxe5 fxe5 23. Qf5) 21... fxg5 22. cxb7 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bc7) 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22.
Qxh7 Rxg7 23. Qxg7 fxe3 24. g6 $1 $18 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Bd5+
Ke7 28. Qxe3+ Kd6 29. Qe6+ Kc5 30. cxb7 Qf4+ 31. Kb1 Qf1+ 32. Kb2 Bf6+ 33. Ka3
Qc1+ 34. Ka4 Qf4+ 35. Qe4 Qxe4+ 36. Bxe4 Be5 37. h4 Kb6 38. h5 Kc7 39. Kb4 Kb6
1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.05"]
[Round "18"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 {[(Noa) - Najdorf-Botvinnik (19)]} 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O (6... Ne4 $5) 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b4
Nce4 11. Qd4 (11. Qb2 $142) 11... dxc4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc4 $14 {[|_]} b5 $1
$10 14. Be2 (14. Bxb5 $2 Nc3 {(P 15. xd1#)} 15. Be2 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Ba6+ 17. Ke1
Rac8 $19) 14... Nc3 15. Bb2 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Bb7 17. Rhd1 $10 Bd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6
19. Nd2 e5 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2 a5 22. bxa5 Ke8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.
fxe4 Rxa5 26. Ke2 Ra4 27. Rb1 Ra5 28. Ra1 Kd7 29. Rd1+ Ke6 30. Rb1 f5 31. exf5+
Kxf5 32. Rb3 e4 33. Kd2 Ke6 34. Kc3 Ra4 35. Kb2 Ra5 36. Kc3 Ra4 37. Kb2 Ra5 38.
Rc3 Ra6 39. Kb3 Rd6 40. Kb4 Rd2 41. g3 Rxh2 42. Kxb5 Rg2 43. a4 Rxg3 44. a5 Rg1
45. a6 Kd7 46. Ra3 Rb1+ 47. Kc5 Rc1+ 48. Kd5 Rc8 49. a7 Ra8 50. Kxe4 Kc6 51.
Kf5 Kb6 52. e4 Rxa7 53. Rxa7 Kxa7 54. e5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 {White sidesteps the critical lines with a rare continuation
that has not earned much of a reputation.} d5 10. c5 d4 $5 {An interesting
novelty, though black has also done well after} 11. e3 (11. Nf3 $2 Ng4) 11...
e5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. exd4 exd4 17. Bd2
Rhe8 18. Rac1 {With a very sharp position.} Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Rd5 21.
b5 Qf5 22. b6 a6 23. Bc7 Re8 24. c6 d3 25. Bg3 Nc5 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne6
28. h3 d2 29. Rd1 Qe4 30. f3 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. cxb7+ Kxb7 33. Kf2 Nb5 34.
Bf4 Nxa3 35. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 36. Bxd2 Nc4 37. Bc3 f6 38. g4 Nxb6 39. g5 Nd5 40. Ba1
Kc6 41. h4 Kd6 42. gxf6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 a5 (8... d5 $5 9. cxd5 b6 $5 {N} 10. e4 (10. dxe6 $2 Bxe6 {בc @}) (10. b4
Na4 11. Qb3 b5 12. e4 a6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd5 16. e5 Re8 $1 17.
f4 $5 g5 18. Bf2 Ne4 19. Bd4 Be6 20. Qf3 (20. h4 $5 {RR} g4 21. Ng3 {Krnic,Z})
20... Rc8 21. f5 Bd7 22. e6 (22. Ng3 $2 Rxe5 $1 $17 {Miles-de Firmian/Manila
izt/1990}) 22... Bxe6 23. fxe6 Rxe6 24. g3 Nac3 25. Bh3 Nd2 $13) 10... exd5 11.
e5 Nfd7 12. Nh3 O-O 13. Be2 Re8 $15) 9. e4 O-O 10. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf4d6]
><d6} (10. Be3 b6 11. Rd1 d5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf4 Bb7
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Bb5 $18 {Chekhov,V-Zaitsev,I/Moskva/1982})
10... Qb6 11. Rd1 Ne8 12. Ne2 d6 13. Be3 {[%cal Rb2b4] /\b4} Qc7 (13... a4 14.
e5 $1) 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6] /\Nd6} Ra6 16. Be2 f5 $5 17. e5 dxe5
18. Qxe5 Nd7 19. Qc3 e5 20. O-O Rg6 $5 21. Qxa5 f4 22. Bc1 (22. Bf2 e4 23. fxe4
f3) 22... Qg5 23. Rf2 e4 $2 (23... Ra6 $142) 24. fxe4 $18 Ne5 25. Qd8 Nf6 26.
Bxf4 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf4 28. Qd6 $1 Qh4 29. g3 $1 (29. e5 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne4+
$19) 29... Qh3 30. e5 h6 (30... Ng4 $2 31. Bd5+ Be6 32. Qxf8#) 31. Bd5+ Kh7 32.
Qxf8 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Bg4 34. Rd3 Qh5 35. Nd6 Be2 36. Nf7 Rb6 37. Rd2 Bc4 38. Qc5
1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2
Nxc5 8. Rd1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Be5 (11. Bd4 {Marin}) 11... b6
$1 {N} (11... d5 {Marin} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Ke7 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Rac8 16.
Bb5 Nb6 17. Bc3 a6 18. Bd3 $16 {Sokolov,I-Hoeksema,H Olanda 1994}) 12. f3 Ba6
13. e4 Rc8 14. b3 (14. Nh3 $5 {Marin} O-O (14... Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. b3 Rc5
17. Bxf6 $18) 15. b3 (15. Bd6 $2 Nxb2 16. Rd2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8
$17) (15. Nf2 Rfd8) (15. Be2 d5 $5 $132) 15... Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17. b5 Bb7 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd7 Nc5 20. Rd6 $14 (20. Rd1 a6 $1) 20... Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Nf4 f5 23. exf5 Rd4 24. fxe6 $1 Rxf4 $4 25. e7 $18) 14... Nc5 15. b4 Na4
16. b5 Bb7 17. Bd6 Kd8 $1 18. Nh3 Ne8 19. Bb4 {(/\Ng5, ><f7,h7)} h6 (19... Nc5
$2 20. Ng5 Ke7 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxd7+ $18) (19... f6 $6 20.
Nf4 {(/\Nxe6#)} Kc7 (20... Nc7 21. Be2 a6 22. Kf2 $16) 21. h4 $14 {/\Kf2, Rd2,
Rhd1+/-} (21. Be2 {Marin /\Kf2, Rd2, Rhd1+/-})) 20. Nf4 a5 $2 (20... Nb2 $1 21.
Rc1 a5 (21... d6 $5 22. Rc2 Na4 $10) 22. Bd2 (22. bxa6 $6 Bxa6 23. c5 Bxf1 24.
Kxf1 d6 $1 (24... Na4 25. Nd3 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Bxc5 $14) 25. c6 Na4 {
/\Nc5}) 22... d6 (22... Nd6 $2 23. c5 $16) 23. Be3 Na4 24. h4 Nf6 $10) (20...
a6 {Marin} 21. Be2 Nb2 22. Rd4 (22. Rc1 axb5 $17) 22... axb5 (22... e5 23. Nd5
exd4 $4 24. Be7#) 23. cxb5 e5 24. Nd5 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 (25. Bd1 exd4) 25... Nxd1)
21. bxa6 Bxa6 22. Nd3 $1 {(/\Ne5, ><d7,f7) [#]} d6 (22... f6 $2 23. Nf4 {
(/\Nxe6#)} Kc7 (23... Nc7 {Marin} 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Nf8 d5 26. cxd5 exd5 (26...
Bxf1 27. dxe6+ $18) 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Rxd5+ $16) (23... Rc6 24. Ng6 Rg8 (24...
Rh7 25. Nf8 Rh8 26. Rxd7+) 25. Ne7) 24. Ng6 Rh7 25. Nf8 $18) (22... Bxc4 $4 {
Marin} 23. Ne5 Bxf1 $140 24. Rxd7#) 23. e5 $1 Bxc4 24. exd6 {(/\Ne5)} Bxd3 $8 (
24... f6 {Marin} 25. d7 Kxd7 26. Ne5+ $18) 25. Bxd3 $16 Nf6 (25... Nb2 $2 26.
d7 $1 Nxd3+ (26... Kxd7 27. Bb5+ {(פb2)} Kc7 28. Rd7+ (28. Rc1+ {Marin} Kb8 (
28... Kb7 29. Ba6+ Kxa6 30. Rxc8 Kb7 31. Rd8 Kc7 32. Be7 Nc4 33. Ke2 {/\Rhd1+/-
}) 29. Ke2 $1 (29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Bc3 Nc7 31. Bf1 (31. Be2 Na4 32. Bxg7 Rg8 33.
Bxh6 Rxg2 $132) 31... Na4 32. Bxg7 $16) 29... Nc7 (29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nc7 31.
Bd6 Rc8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Kd2 $18) 30. Bd6 Rhd8 31. Bxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Kxc7
33. Rb1 $18) 28... Kb8 29. O-O $16 (29. O-O f6 $14)) 27. Rxd3 Rc1+ 28. Kd2 Rxh1
29. Be7+ $1 $18 (29. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 30. d8=Q+ Kf8 31. Rd7 $18)) 26. Ba6 $1 Rc2
27. O-O Nc5 (27... Nd5 $2 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Bb5 $18)
28. Bb5 Kc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kb7 31. Bc3 (31. Bxc5 $2 {Marin} bxc5 32.
Rxc5 Kb6 33. Re5 Rd8 $15) 31... Rd8 32. Rd1 (32. Be5 Nh5 33. g4 $2 f6 34. gxh5
fxe5 $10) 32... Ncd7 33. a4 Rc8 34. Bd4 $1 e5 (34... Rc2 $4 {Marin} 35. Bxf6
Nxf6 36. d7) 35. Be3 Rc3 36. Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ (36... Rxe3 37. Rc7+ (37. Kf2 $5 Nd5
(37... Ra3 38. Bxd7) 38. Bc6+ Kb8 39. Bxd5 Rd3 40. Rc7 Nf6 41. Bxf7 Rxd6 42.
Re7 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Re2 $132) 37... Kb8 38. Bxd7 Rd3 (38... Nd5 $2 39. Rc8+ Kb7
40. Bf5 $18) 39. Bb5 Rxd6 40. Rxf7 g5 41. Re7 Rd5 (41... Rd1+ {Marin} 42. Kf2
Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Nd5 (43... Nh5+ 44. Kg4 Nf4 45. g3 $16) 44. Rxe5 (44. Rd7 Kc8 $5)
44... Nf4 45. Bf1 {(/\h4)} Rd1 46. Kf2 {(/\g3)} Rd2+ 47. Ke1 $16) 42. Re6 $16)
37. Bxc1 Nc5 38. Bb2 Nfd7 39. Kf2 f6 (39... f5 $142) 40. Ke3 $18 g5 41. Ba3 (
41. Bxd7 $5 Nxd7 42. Ke4 Nc5+ (42... Kc6 43. Ba3) 43. Kd5 Nxa4 44. Ba3 Kc8 45.
Ke6 Kd8 46. Kxf6 Kd7 47. Kxe5 $18) 41... f5 42. Kd2 f4 43. Kc3 e4 44. fxe4
Nxe4+ 45. Kd4 Nef6 46. h3 Kc8 (46... h5 47. Bxd7 Nxd7 48. Ke4 $18) (46... Kb8 {
Marin} 47. Bxd7 Nxd7 48. Kd5 $18) 47. Ba6+ Kd8 48. Bb7 Ke8 (48... h5 {Marin}
49. Bc6 g4 (49... Kc8 50. h4 g4 51. Bc1 Nc5 52. a5 Nb3+ 53. Ke5 Nxc1 54. a6 $18
) 50. h4 {/\Bc1} (50. Bc1 f3 51. gxf3 gxh3 $5)) 49. Kc4 Kf7 50. Kb5 Ke6 51. Kc6
Ne5+ 52. Kc7 (52. Kxb6 Nc4+ 53. Kc7 Nxa3 (53... Ne8+ 54. Kc6 Na5+ 55. Kb6 Nc4+
56. Kc5 Nxa3 57. Bc8+ Kf7 58. d7 Ke7 59. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 60. Bf5 $18) 54. Bc8+ Kd5
55. d7 Nxd7 56. Bxd7 Nc4 57. Bg4 Kc5 58. Be2 Na5 59. Kd7 Kb4 60. Ke6 Kxa4 61.
Kf6 Kb4 62. Kg6 Kc5 63. Kxh6 Kd6 64. Kxg5 Ke5 65. h4 $18) 52... Ne8+ 53. Kxb6
Nxd6 (53... Nc4+ {Marin} 54. Kc5 Nxa3 (54... Nexd6 55. Bd5+) (54... Ncxd6 55.
Bd5+ Kd7 56. a5 $18) 55. Bc8+ Kf7 56. d7 Ke7 57. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 58. a5 $18) 54.
Bxd6 Kxd6 55. a5 Nc4+ (55... Nd7+ {>=} 56. Kb5 Kc7 57. Bf3 $1 (57. a6 $2 Kb8
58. Kc6 (58. Bf3 Ka7 59. Kc6 Ne5+ 60. Kd5 Nxf3 61. gxf3 Kxa6 62. Ke4 Kb5 $10)
58... f3 $1 59. gxf3 Ne5+ 60. Kd6 Ng6 $10) 57... Ne5 58. Kc5 Kb8 59. Kd5 Ng6
60. Ke6 Nh4 61. Kf6 Ka7 62. Be4 Ka6 63. Kg7 h5 64. Kh6 g4 (64... Nxg2 65. Bxg2
g4 66. h4 f3 67. Bh1 $18) 65. Kxh5 Nxg2 66. Kxg4 $18) 56. Kb5 Nxa5 (56... Na3+
{Marin} 57. Kb4 $1 (57. Ka4 Nc4 58. a6 Kc7 59. Kb4 Nd6 60. Kc3 (60. Kc5 Nxb7+)
60... Kb6 (60... Nxb7 $4 61. a7 $18) 61. Kd4 Nxb7 62. axb7 Kxb7 63. Ke5 Kc6 64.
Kf6 Kd5 65. Kg6 Ke6 66. Kxh6 Kf6 $10) 57... Nc2+ 58. Kc3 Ne3 (58... Na3 59. a6
Nb5+ 60. Kc4 Na7 61. Bf3 $18 {zugzwang}) 59. Kd3 Nf5 (59... Kc7 60. Bf3) (59...
Kc5 60. g3 Kb5 (60... fxg3 {(/\><h8)} 61. Kxe3 h5 62. Kf3 h4 63. Kg4 Kb5 64. a6
g2 65. Bxg2 Kxa6 66. Kxg5 Kb6 67. Kxh4 Kc7 68. Kg5 Kd7 69. Kg6 Ke7 70. Kg7 $18)
61. a6 Kb6 62. gxf4 gxf4 63. Ke4 Ng2 64. Kf3 Nh4+ 65. Kxf4 $18) 60. Ke4 Nh4 61.
a6 Kc7 62. Ke5 Kb6 63. Kf6 Ka7 (63... Nxg2 {(><h8)} 64. Bxg2 Kxa6 65. Kg6 Kb6
66. Kxh6 Kc7 67. Kxg5 Kd8 68. Kf6 Ke8 69. Kg7 $18) 64. Kg7 h5 (64... Nxg2 65.
Bxg2 h5 66. Bb7 g4 67. h4 f3 68. Kh6 $18) 65. Kh6 g4 (65... Nxg2 66. Kxg5) 66.
Kxh5 f3 (66... Nxg2 67. Kxg4) 67. gxf3 (67. Kxh4 $4 f2) 67... g3 68. f4 g2 69.
Bxg2 Nxg2 70. Kg5 Kxa6 71. h4 $18) 57. Kxa5 Kc5 58. Bf3 Kd4 59. Kb5 Ke3 60. Kc4
Kf2 61. Kd4 h5 62. Ke4 Kg3 (62... g4 {Marin} 63. hxg4 hxg4 64. Kxf4) 63. Ke5 g4
64. hxg4 hxg4 65. Ke4 $1 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bareev Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 (6.
a3 {Ernst} Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Nb5 (8. e4 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nb6
12. Qe2 d5 $1 $10 {Chekhov,V-Petrosian,A/Moscow7op/1991/}) 8... Qc6 9. Nf3 d6 (
9... a6 10. Nfd4 Qb6 11. c5 Qd8 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne8 15. Rd1
Nxd6 16. g3 $44 {Peicheva,V-Bellin,J/Novi Sad olw/1990/}) 10. Nfd4 Qb6 $1 (
10... Qd7 $2 11. Bb2 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nf3 $1 $16 {Dorfman,J-Tal,M/Barcelona/
1992/}) 11. Be3 (11. Nb3 a6 12. N5d4 (12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. e3 Qc7 14. Bb2 b6 15.
Be2 Bb7 $10 {Gretarsson,HA-Gipslis,A/Gausdal int/1993/}) 12... Nc6 13. Bb2 Bd7
14. e3 Rc8 $10 {Sherbakov,R-Petrosian,A/EUCup-qual/1991/}) 11... Qd8 12. Nb3 a6
13. Nc3 b6 $10 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Petrosian,A/Groningen op/1990/}) 6... Bxc5 7.
g3 $1 (7. Bg5 {Ernst}) 7... b6 $6 (7... a6 8. Bf4 $1 (8. Bg2 b5 $1 $13) 8... d6
9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd3
Bb8 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 b6 18. Nh4 $16 {Bareev-Razuvaev/Tilburg/1993}) (7... Qb6
$5 8. e3 (8. e4 Ng4 9. Nd1 Nc6 $132) 8... d5 (8... O-O 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O Nc6
11. e4 $14) 9. Bg2 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2
Be6 14. Rac1 Be7 15. Bc3 $14) 9... dxc4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Bc6
13. e4 Nbd7 $10) 8. Bf4 $1 Qc6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 $1 $16 Be7 (11...
Nxe4 $4 12. Ne5 $18 (12. Ng5 {Bareev} d5 13. Ngxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc8 15. Bxh7+
$16)) (11... d6 12. a3 a5 13. Nh4 $1 {/\e5} e5 (13... Nh5 14. Bd2 $16 {/\g4,e5}
) 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nf5 $16) 12. e5 Nh5 (12... Ne8 {Bareev} 13. Rad1 $16) 13.
Be3 f5 (13... Qxc4 {Ernst} 14. Nd2 (14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 $14) 14... Qc8 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. g4 $16) 14. Ne1 Qc8 15. f4 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Na6 (16... Nc6 17. Qe2
g6 18. Nf3 $16) 17. Qe2 {!? Bareev} g6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Nf3 Nc7 20. Rd3 Ne8 21.
Rfd1 d6 (21... Qxc4 22. Rxd7 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Kf8 (23... Rxd7 {Ernst} 24. Rxd7 $16
) 24. Nc3 $16) 22. b3 dxe5 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Nxe5 Bf6 $6 {פh5} (24... Nhf6 {>=
} 25. Qf3 Be7 26. Nc6 Kf8 27. Bd4 $5 Qb7 28. Re1 Ng7 29. Kg2 $16) 25. Qf3 Rb8
26. Nb5 (26. Qc6 $1 Bxe5 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. fxe5 $18) 26... Bxe5 (26... Rb7 27.
Qc6 Qxc6 28. Nxc6 a6 29. Nbd4 (29. Nba7 {Bareev} h6 30. b4 g5 31. b5 axb5 32.
cxb5 $18) 29... Nhg7 30. Nf3 $16) 27. fxe5 Rb7 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 $1 {<->d}
(29. exd6 Rd7) 29... Ng7 30. Bg5 (30. Qd1 $5 Kf7 31. Qd4 $16 {/\Qh4}) 30... Kf7
31. Rd8 Qc7 (31... Qc5+ {Bareev} 32. Kg2 $16) 32. Rh8 {! Bareev} Rb8 33. Rxb8 (
33. Rxh7 $2 Kg8 (33... Qxe5 $13 {Ernst}) 34. Rh6 Qxe5 $14) 33... Qxb8 34. Qe3
Qc7 35. Qd4 Ke8 $6 {? Bareev} (35... Ne8 {>=} 36. b4 Kg7 37. h4 $16) (35... Qc5
{Ernst} 36. Qxc5 bxc5 37. Be3 $18) (35... Qc6 $1 {Bareev}) 36. b4 f4 $6 37. g4
$18 b5 38. c5 Qd7 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40. cxd6 Kd7 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2
Nxc5 8. b3 (8. Rc1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 $10) (8. f3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4
11. Bd4 d6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bf2 Be6 14. e4 Ke7 15. b3 Nc5 $132 {Stohl-Robatsch/
Mitropa Cup/1993}) (8. Nf3 d6 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qd8 11. b4 a6 $1 12. Nc3
Ncd7 $10 {Akopian-Goldin/Novosibirsk/1993}) 8... d5 $5 {N} (8... O-O {
Yudasin-Kortschnoi/Pamplona/1990} 9. Ra2 $1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd8 11. f3 $14 {
Yudasin}) (8... d6 $5 9. Ra2 (9. e4 $2 Ncxe4 $1 10. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qe5 $19
) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b4 Nd7 $10) 9. Ra2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qb6
11. b4 $2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... dxc4 {Ftacnik} 12. b4 gxf6 13. bxc5 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 c3 15. Qc2 e5 16. e4 Be6 17. Ra1 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rxc5 19. Ne2 $14) 12. b4 (12.
cxd5 Qxb3 13. Qxb3 Nxb3 14. e4 Nc5 $15 {@}) 12... Nd7 (12... Ne4 $6 13. c5 Qc7
14. f3 Ng5 15. h4 Qg3+ 16. Kd2 (16. Kd1 Qf2 $17) 16... Qf2 (16... Qf4+ 17. e3
Ne4+ 18. Qxe4 $1 $18) 17. Qc1 $16 (17. Qd1 $18 {Ftacnik})) 13. cxd5 (13. e3 $5)
13... exd5 (13... a5 $5 14. dxe6 Ne5 $44) 14. e3 Ne5 15. Ne2 a5 (15... Be6 16.
Nd4 Rc8 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Qd1 $16) 16. b5 (16. Nc3 $5) 16... Qxb5 17. Nd4 Qb6
18. Rb2 Qd8 19. Bb5+ $44) 11... Nce4 12. c5 Qc7 13. Ba1 $2 (13. Bxf6 {>=} Nxf6
14. e3 O-O 15. Nf3 $10) (13. Nf3 $13 {Ftacnik}) 13... Ng4 $1 14. Bxg7 (14. Nh3
Nxh2 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Ba1 (16. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Ng4 $17) 16... Nxf1 17. Kxf1 e5
$17 {/\Be6,פh3}) (14. f3 {Ftacnik} Nxh2 15. fxe4 Qg3+) 14... Ngxf2 (14... Rg8
15. Bd4 e5 16. h3 (16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qc2 f5 $17) 16... exd4 17. hxg4
Bxg4 18. Rxh7 (18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. exf3 Nc3 $17 {/\0-0-0}) 18... Bf5 19. Rh5 Bg6
$17) 15. Bxh8 Nxh1 16. Nf3 f6 $17 17. e3 (17. g4 {Ftacnik} Nhf2 18. g5 fxg5 $17
) 17... Kf7 18. g4 $1 (18. Bd3 Nhf2 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd2 Bd7 $19) (18. Nd2
Nhf2 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 $19) 18... Bd7 19. Bxf6 Kxf6 (19... Nxf6 $2 20. Bg2) 20.
Qb2+ (20. Qg2 {Ftacnik} a5 21. Qxh1 axb4) 20... Kf7 21. Qd4 Kg8 (21... b6 $5
22. Bg2 Nhf2 23. Rxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Kg8 26. Ne5 Rf8+ 27. Kg1 Bb5
$17) 22. Bg2 Nhf2 23. Rxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Rf8 25. Kg1 Bb5 26. Ng5 Re8 (26... Qe7
$2 27. Nxe6 $1) 27. Nf3 (27. Bxd5 $5 {Ftacnik} exd5 28. Qxd5+ Kg7 (28... Kh8
29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Nd6 $132) 29. Qf5 Qd7 $1 (29... Kh8 30. Nf7+) 30. Qxh7+ Kf6
31. Qh6+ Ke5 $19) 27... Qf7 28. e4 $6 (28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Nf3 Qg6 (29... Qxd4 30.
Nxd4 Bc4 $17) 30. h3 Rf8 31. Kh2 $17) 28... dxe4 29. Qxe4 (29. Ne5 $2 Qf4 30.
Qxe4 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qxa3 $19) (29. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Qf4 30. Nxe4 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Rf8+
32. Kg3 Qf4+ 33. Kh3 Bc6) 29... Bc6 30. Qe3 Qf6 (30... e5 $1 31. Ng5 (31. Nxe5
$2 Bxg2 $19) (31. Qg5+ Qg7 $19) 31... Qf4 32. Qb3+ Kh8 $19) 31. Ne5 $1 Rf8 32.
h3 (32. Nxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} Qa1+) 32... Bxg2 (32... Bd5 $142 $1) 33. Kxg2 Qf4 34.
Qxf4 $2 (34. Qe2 {>=} Qd4 (34... Rd8 35. Nc4 (35. Nf3 {Ftacnik} e5 $5 36. Qxe5
Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Ra2 $19) 35... e5 36. Nd6 $17) 35. Nc4 Qd5+ 36. Kg3
$17 {/\Nd6}) 34... Rxf4 $19 {/\Re4} 35. c6 bxc6 36. Nxc6 a6 37. Nd8 (37. Nb8 a5
38. bxa5 Ra4 39. Nc6 Rxa3 $19) 37... e5 38. Nc6 e4 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nf5 Ke6 {
/\Ke5,Rf3} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3
Qc7 8. b3 (8. a3) 8... a6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Ke7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {Bareev-Hansen,L/Aosta/1989} 16.
O-O-O $1 $14 {Bareev}) 11... Be7 12. Ne4 d6 (12... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxe4 $14)
13. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {N} (13... Bxf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 d5 16. Bd3 dxc4 17.
Bxc4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb2 Qb8 20. Be2 O-O 21. Qd4 $14 {Yakovich-Gurevich,M/
Moskva op/1992}) 14. Nd4 (14. Be4 d5 (14... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 15. a3 Rg8 16. Bxh7
Rh8 17. Be4 O-O-O $44) 15. Bd3 Nd7 $10) (14. Bxh7 $5 Bxf3 (14... Nd7 $2 15. Be4
O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Qxb7 17. e4 Nc5 18. Rfe1 $16) 15. gxf3 Qc5 $1 (15... Nc6 16. f4
(16. Be4 $2 d5) 16... Nb4 17. Qb1 Qc5 $44) 16. Rfd1 $1 (16. Be4 $4 Qg5+ 17. Kh1
Qh4 $19) (16. Qe4 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Qxa8 Rxh7 19. Qxb8+ Bd8 20. Qxd6 Qxf3+
21. Kg1 Rg7+ 22. Qg3 Rg5 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. Qxg5 fxg5 $17) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kf1 Qg7
18. Be4 Rxh2 19. f4 Ra7 $13) 14... Nd7 15. e4 {/\f4-f5} (15. Bxh7 O-O-O $1 $44
(15... f5 16. Nxe6 Qc6 17. Nc7+ $1 Kd8 18. Nd5 $1 (18. f3 Kxc7 19. Bxh8 Rxh8
20. Bxf5 $14) 18... Rxh7 19. Qxf5 Nf8 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6+ $18) 16. Be4 $4
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qf4 e5 $19) (15. Be4 $5 {Ftacnik} Nc5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. f3
$14) 15... Rg8 $5 (15... O-O-O 16. f4 (16. b4 $5) 16... Rhg8 17. f5 Nc5 18. b4
(18. Rae1 d5 $1 $13) 18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rg4 20. Rae1 Rdg8 21. Rf2 e5 (21...
Qd7 $5) 22. Nb3 Kb8 23. a4 $14) 16. f3 (16. f4 f5 17. Rf2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 (
18... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxh7 Rg4 $132) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Re1 O-O-O 21. Nf5 Ng4
22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $13) 16... Qc5 (16... O-O-O 17. b4 $14) 17. Qd2 (17. Rf2 $5 {/\}
Qh5 18. f4 Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 O-O-O 21. f5 $14) 17... Qh5 (17... e5 $2
18. b4 Qc7 19. Nf5 $16) 18. Rae1 Bd8 $1 {/\Bc7,/^ h2-b8} 19. f4 Bc7 (19... f5
$2 20. Nxf5 $1 exf5 21. exf5+ Kf8 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qh6 24. f6 $40) 20. Be2
$6 (20. Rf2 O-O-O 21. b4 $13) (20. f5 $6 {Ftacnik} d5 $1) 20... Qh6 21. Qd1 (
21. Bf3 $6 d5 (21... Ne5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 22. Bc1 dxc4 23. bxc4 Nc5 $15) 21...
O-O-O (21... Bxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 $16) 22. Bc1 f5 (22...
Bxe4 $5 23. Bf3 f5 (23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 $44) 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 (25. Nc6 f5
26. Nxd8 Qg6 27. Re2 Rxd8 $132) 25... d5 26. cxd5 Nc5 27. Re2 Rxd5 $36) 23. Bf3
Qg7 (23... Qg6 $2 24. exf5 Qxg2+ 25. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rd2+ 27. Nf3 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 $16) 24. Rf2 (24. exf5 $4 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxd4+ $19) 24... Ne5 $2 (24...
fxe4 $1 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 (25... d5 {Ftacnik} 26. cxd5 Nc5 $40) 26. Rxe4 Nc5 27.
Ree2 d5 28. Nc6 Ne4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 $15) 25. fxe5 $1 (25. exf5 $6
Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 exf5 {/\d5} (26... d5 $40 {Ftacnik})) 25... fxe4 (25... dxe5 26.
exf5 Rxd4 27. Bxb7+ Kxb7 28. Qf3+ Kb8 29. Bb2 $16) 26. Nxe6 $1 (26. Bxe4 {
Ftacnik} Bxe4 27. Rxe4 dxe5 $17) 26... fxe6 27. Bxe4 d5 28. cxd5 Bxe5 29. Qc2+
(29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Qc2+ Kb8 31. Qxb2 exd5 32. Qxg7 Rxg7 33. Bd3 $10) (29. Be3 $6
{Ftacnik} exd5 30. Bf5+ Kb8 31. Bxb6 Bxh2+ $1 32. Kxh2 Qh6+ 33. Bh3 Qxb6 $13)
29... Kb8 30. dxe6 $1 Rc8 31. Qe2 $4 (31. Qd2 $1 Bxe4 (31... Rgd8 32. Qg5 Bxe4
33. Qxg7 Bxg7 34. Bf4+ Kb7 35. Rxe4 Rd1+ 36. Rf1 Bd4+ 37. Be3 $18) (31... Bd4
32. Qf4+ Be5 (32... Ka7 33. Be3 Be5 34. Qf7 $18) 33. Qxe5+ Qxe5 34. Bf4 $18)
32. Rxe4 Qc7 33. Rc4 Bxh2+ 34. Kh1 $16) (31. Qd2 $1 $16 {Ftacnik}) (31. Qd1 $5
{Ftacnik}) 31... Rxc1 $1 32. Rxc1 (32. Rf7 {Ftacnik} Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bd4+ 34.
Kh1 Qxg2+ $1 35. Bxg2 Bxg2#) 32... Qh6 $19 33. g3 (33. Rff1 {Ftacnik} Bxh2+ 34.
Kf2 Bg3+ 35. Kf3 Qf4#) 33... Qxc1+ 34. Kg2 Qg5 35. Rf7 (35. Bxb7 Bxg3 $1 $19)
35... Bc8 36. Bxh7 Rd8 37. Rf5 Bb7+ (37... Bb7+ 38. Kh3 Qh6+ 39. Rh5 Qxe6+ 40.
g4 (40. Bf5 {Ftacnik} Qf6 $19) 40... Re8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Flohr +2-2=8"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1933.11.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3,Yc3d5] Der Springer strebt zum
starken Punkt d5!} Be6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Be2 a6 (14... Ncd7 15. Rc1
$1 Bxc4 $6 16. Nb1 $16) 15. Rc1 Ncd7 16. Qd2 $1 Qb8 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Nd5 $18)
17. Nd5 {[%cal Yd5e7,Ye7c8,Ye7g8]} Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qd8 20. O-O Rc8
21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Der
Anziehende hat seine Ziel erreicht. Er hat einen kleinen aber dauerhaften
Vorteil dank des Läuferpaares gegenüber den schwarzen Springern. Theoretisch
kann der Nachziehende remis halten, aber die Praxis hat gezeigt, dass die
Läufer meistens gewinnen. GM Flor zeigt mit filigraner Endspieltechnik auf
musterhafte Weise, wie man einen kleinen Vorteil in einen ganzen Punkt
umwandelt!} Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Be3 Kd8 27. Ke1 Kc7 28. Kd2 Nc5 29. b4 {
Weiß hat bei seinem Plan folgende Punkte im Visier: a) Eroberung von mehr Raum
am Damenflügel b) Eroberung von mehr Raum am Königsflügel c) Einschränken der
Bewegung der schwarzen Springer d) Bei Gelegenheit entfernte Freibauern zu
bilden und das Spiel an beiden Flügel zu führen, da in solch einem Fall die
Läufer gegenüber den schwarzen Springern ihre Macht zeigen können.} Ncd7 (29...
Na4 $5 {nebst b7-b5.}) 30. g3 Nb6 31. Kc2 Nbd7 32. a4 Nb6 33. a5 $1 {Der
Anziehende hat ein wichtiges Teilziel erreicht. Jetzt ist der b7-Bauer
rückständig und schwach.} Nbd7 34. Bc1 Kd8 35. Bb2 Ne8 36. Kd2 Nc7 37. Ke3 Ke7
38. Bf1 Nb5 39. h4 {Jetzt beginnt der zweite Teil des weißes Planes - mehr
Raum am Königsflügel} Nc7 40. Bh3 {Ein besondere Art der Fesselung. Der
Springer d7 darf nicht wegziehen wegen der starken Drohung Bc8 nach dem der
schwache Bauern b7 fällt.} Ne8 41. f4 $1 f6 42. Bf5 $1 g6 ({Nicht besser ist:} 
42... h6 {[%cal Ye3f3,Yf3g4,Yg4h5] weil so die weissen Felder am Königsflügel
geschwächt werden und der weisse Monarch dort eindringen kann.}) 43. Bh3 {
Das Bild hat sich aus weißer Sicht positiv verändert. Im Zukunft ist z.B.
möglich f4-f5 oder g3-g4 nebst h4-h5.} h6 44. Bc1 Ng7 (44... Nc7 $142) 45. fxe5
$1 dxe5 (45... Nxe5 46. Bc8 $18) (45... fxe5 46. Kf3 {[%cal Yc1h6]} h5 47. Bg5+
Ke8 (47... Nf6 48. Bc8 $18) 48. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Yh3d7,Yh6g7] [#] Das Läuferpaar
triumphiert über die schwarzen Springer!}) 46. Kf3 {[%cal Yc1h6]} (46. Kd3 $6
Nh5 $132) 46... h5 (46... g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 $16 {In dieser Stellung hat der
Anziehende einen sehr starken Plan: Der König bleibt auf g4; danach müssen die
beiden Läufer optimal aktiviert werden auf e3 und a4. Dann wird Schwarz im
Zugzwang sein.}) 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Bh6 {Die armen schwarzen Springer sind auf
der 7. und 8. Reihe eingeschränkt und zu einer passiven Rolle im ganzen
Endspiel verurteilt.} Ne8 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Bxg4 Nc7 51. Be3 Nb5 52. Ke2 $1 Nc7
(52... Nc3+ 53. Kd3 Nxe4 54. Bxd7 $1 $18 (54. Kxe4 $2 f5+ 55. Bxf5 Nf6+ 56. Kd3
gxf5 $17)) 53. Kd3 {Der Anziehende hat die Stellung seinee Figuren maximal
aktiviert; infolge dessen ist jetzt der Nachziehende im Zugzwang. Wegen der
Drohung Bc5 kann der schwarze Monarch nicht ziehen, und der Springer d7 ist
auch gefesselt wegen des Zuges Bc8. Falls die letzte schwarze Figur, der Nc7,
sich bewegt, folgt Be6 nebst Bf7!} f5 54. exf5 gxf5 {Das vierte Teil des
weißen Planes ist in die Praxis umgesetzt - Weiß hat schon einen starken
entfernten Freibauern.} 55. Bxf5 Nxd5 56. Bd2 N7f6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Bg6 {
Es droht einfach h4-h5.} b5+ {Auf diese Weise hat sich Schwarz von dem
rückständigen Bauern b7 befreit, aber dafür wird das Bauer a6 schwach.} 59. Kd3
Ne7 60. Be4+ Ned5 (60... Kd6 61. Bb7 $18) (60... Kc7 61. Bg5 Neg8 62. Bg6 $18 {
nebst h5.}) 61. Bg5 Nh5 62. Bf3 {Die weißen Läufer dominieren klar gegenüber
den Springern.} Ng3 63. Bd2 $1 (63. h5 $6 Nxh5 64. Bxh5 Nxb4+ $16) 63... Kd6
64. Bg4 {[%cal Yg4c8,Yc8a6]} (64. h5 $2 e4+ $1 65. Bxe4 Nxh5 $13) 64... Nf6 65.
Bc8 Kc6 66. Be1 e4+ 67. Kd4 Ngh5 68. Bf5 Kd6 69. Bd2 {Das beste Endspiel zum
Thema "Läuferpaar gegen Springerpaar" das ich je gesehen habe!} 1-0

[Event "Match Eliskases-Bogoljubow +6-3=11"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1939.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Eliskases,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1939.01.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1939,S.37 2)Eliskases,Erich: Der Wettkampf Bogoljubow-Eliskases.
1939.Kecskemet. Spielort der Partien 1-2: Berlin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 Nd4 (7... h6) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. e3 Qa5 10.
exd4 Qxg5 11. g3 $14 (11. Qd2 $14) 11... O-O 12. f4 (12. Bg2 e5 {Eliskases} 13.
O-O exd4 14. Nb5 Qc5 (14... d5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Qc4 d3 17. Nd6 $16) 15. Qd3 $16
) 12... Qh6 13. Be2 (13. Bg2 d5 $1 {Eliskases} 14. c5 b6 $1 15. b4 bxc5 16.
bxc5 Ba6) 13... d6 14. Qd2 (14. O-O e5 {Eliskases}) (14. O-O-O e5 {Eliskases})
14... Bd7 15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 $2 {Eliskases: Damit stärke ich die feindliche
Bauernstellung} (16. O-O Bxf3 17. Rxf3 $11 {Eliskases}) 16... bxc6 17. O-O d5
$1 (17... e5 $2 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 $16 {Eliskases. Diese Variante hatte
mich zu 16.Bxc6? verführt.}) 18. cxd5 (18. c5 Rfb8) 18... cxd5 19. Rac1 Rfd8
$1 {Eliskases: Der "geheimnisvolle Turmzug". Schwarz plant Ne4 und möchte
nach Nc3xe4 dxe4 bereits auf der geöffneten Linie stehen.} 20. Rc2 Qg6 $1 {
/\h7-h5} 21. Rd1 {/\Qd2-d3} Rac8 $1 22. Rdc1 (22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Ne4 $17 {
Eliskases:}) 22... Rb8 23. Nd1 h5 24. Nf2 Kh7 $1 {Eliskases: Ein feiner
Abwartezug.} (24... h4 25. Qd3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qe3 Rb4 28. Rc8 $1) 25.
Rc7 $2 {Eliskases:Verfrüht} (25. b3 $142) 25... h4 26. Qd3 (26. Qc2 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qc3 hxg3 29. hxg3 e3 $1 30. Qxe3 Rxb2 31. Rxa7 Rxd4 {Eliskases})
(26. Qc3 Nh5 27. Nh3 f6 28. Kf2 e5 29. dxe5 d4 {Eliskases}) 26... Rxb2 (26...
Ne4) 27. Qxg6+ (27. Rxf7 Ne4) 27... Kxg6 28. Rxa7 (28. Nd3 $142 Rxa2 29. Ne5+
Kf5 30. Rxf7 Rb8 31. g4+ Kxf4 32. Rxg7 Ke3 33. Rf7 Ne4 34. Re1+ Kd2 35. Nf3+
Kc3 36. Rc7+ Kb3 37. Rb1+ Rb2 38. Rxb2+ Kxb2 39. Rxa7 $11) 28... Rd2 $1 29.
Rcc7 Rf8 $19 (29... Rb8 $19 30. Rab7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Rxd4) 30. a4 Ne4 31. f5+ (
31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. gxh4 e3 33. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 31... exf5 32. Nh3 hxg3 33. hxg3
Nxg3 34. a5 Kh5 35. a6 (35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kg4 37. Nf2+ Kf3 38. Rc7 Rxf2 $1
39. Rc3+ Kg4 40. Kxf2 Ne4+ $19) 35... Re8 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Kg4 38. Nf2+
Kf3 39. Rb7 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Ra2 41. Nd3 Ng3+ 42. Ke1 Rxa6 43. Rxf7 Ke3 44. Nf2 g5
0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Cvek, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
Rd1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Be5 b6 12. f3 (12. Nf3 $5) 12... d6 $5 {
Very interesting idea.Black temporarily sacrifices a pawn getting the
possibility to develop the pieces on the queenside and at the same time
discoordinating white pieces.} (12... Ba6 13. e4 Rc8 14. b3 Nc5 15. b4 Na4 16.
b5 Bb7 17. Nh3 (17. Bd6 $5 Kd8 18. Nh3 Ne8 19. Bb4 (19. Be5 $6 Ke7 20. Be2 f6
21. Ba1 Nd6 $15 {Achang,A-Holst,A/EU-chJ Denmark 1991/EXT 91ch/0-1 (46)}) 19...
h6 20. Nf4 a5 21. bxa6 Bxa6 22. Nd3 $1 d6 23. e5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Bxc4 24.
exd6 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Nf6 26. Ba6 Rc2 27. O-O $16 {Sokolov,I-Dautov,R/Ter Apel
1995;(65)}) 17... d5 $1 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 (19. Nf2 $6 dxe4 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rg8 $15) 19... Nc3 20. Rc1 Ncxd5 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nf4
Nxf4 $11 {Drasko Milan-Grosar Aljosa/It (open), Formia (Italy) 1995 (39)}) (
12... Ke7 $6 13. b3 Nc5 14. Bd6+ Kd8 15. b4 Nb7 16. Bg3 Ke7 17. e4 d6 18. Ne2
$14 {Sokolov,I-Robatsch,K/AUT-chT9495 1995/EXP 45 (48)}) 13. Rxd6 ({Nothing
promises} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. b3 Nc5 15. b4 Nb7) 13... Ba6 14. e4 Rc8 15. b3 Nc5
16. b4 Ncd7 17. Bb2 $6 {After this move black does'nt have any problems.The
only chance to fight for advantage was} (17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 $1 18. b5 Bb7 19. Nh3
Ke7 20. Rd4 Ne5 21. f4 Ng4 22. Be2 {where black has some compensation for a
pawn,but white's chances should be better.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {
In arising endgame white has symbolic advantage and a draw is not far away.}
19. Ne2 Ke7 20. Rd2 Rhc8 21. Kf2 Rc2 22. Rhd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 b5 24. Bd4 a6 25.
a4 (25. Ke3 e5 26. Bb2 Nb6 27. Kf2 Nc4 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Bc1 Rd3 $132) 25... Rc4
26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb2 e5 28. Bc3 Ne8 29. Ra2 Nd6 30. Bd2 Ke6 31. Nc3 Rxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 {Most top players prefer 4...0-0, but
the last thing you may accuse Moro is being a conformist!} 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. g3 a6 8. Bf4 d6 {The fans of the hedgehog formation should probably
follow Chuchelov's foot steps:} (8... Qb6 $5 9. e3 $140 Be7 10. e4 d6 11. Bg2
Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 {Chernin,A-Chuchelov,V/Cappelle la Grande,1994}) 9.
Bg2 h6 {A necessary move if Black intends to play...e5 at some point.} (9...
Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd3 $14 {
Bareev,E-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg 1993}) 10. Rc1 $1 $146 {[%csl Gc2] In some lines
it's very important that the queen is protected.} (10. O-O e5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12.
a3 (12. Nd5 $5) 12... Ne7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. e3 Rfd8 $11 {Hoang Thanh
Trang-Berkes,F/Budapest 2001}) (10. Rd1 e5 11. Bc1 Be6 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. O-O O-O
14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bd4 $15 {Grigorov,G-Genov,P/Sofia 2004}) 10... Nc6 {
It was safer to play} (10... e5 {right away, since after the move in the game
White gets a chance to spice the things up.}) 11. O-O e5 12. Nd5 {This move is
possible due to the position of the rook on c1.} Nxd5 $2 {Moro is too
optimistic. After the modest, but safe} (12... Qd8 {things are not perfectly
clear} 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e3 $14) 13. cxd5 exf4 ({After
} 13... Nb4 {White may choose between} 14. Qe4 $5 ({and} 14. Qa4+ Qd7 (14...
Bd7 $2 15. Qxb4) 15. Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. Bxe5 Nxa2 17. Rxc5 (17. Bxg7 Nxc1 18. Bxh8
Nxe2+) 17... dxc5 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Bf6 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2e5]}) 14... Nxa2
15. Nxe5 O-O 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Ra2]}) 14. dxc6 fxg3 15. hxg3
Qxc6 $2 {After this mistake there is no way back.} (15... Qe7 $142 16. b4 Bb6
$16) (15... bxc6 16. b4 Ba7 (16... Bxb4 17. Qe4+ $18) 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Qxc6 Qxc6
19. Nxc6 Kh8 20. Rfd1 $16) 16. b4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc2b2]} Bxb4 (16...
Bb6 17. Qb2 $18) 17. Qb2 Bc5 18. Ng5 $1 Qd7 19. Qxg7 hxg5 (19... Rf8 20. Nh7
Qe7 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Nd5+ $18) 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Rc4
$1 {[%cal Gc4e4] White keeps on attacking} Qd8 22. Qg7 Be6 23. Rb1 $1 {The
fastest way to victory.} Rb8 (23... b5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5+
$18) 24. Qxg5+ Ke8 25. Bc6+ Kf8 (25... bxc6 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Qg8+ $18) 26.
Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Rxb7 Kg7 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32.
Rh4 Qb2 33. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 {Hansen: In my opinion
this is not worse than the more common 4.-, 0-0 or 4.-, d5.} 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6.
Nf3 Qb6 {Hansen: Forces White to shut in the blacksquared bishop at the cost
of a tempo.} (6... Nc6 {Hansen,LB}) 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3 (8. a3 $5) 8... b6 {
Hansen: The correct move order. Black has to create counterplay on the h1-a8
diagonal, before White is allowed to play g2-g4-g5.} (8... a6 $6 {Hansen,LB} 9.
g4 $1) 9. Bb2 a6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O-O (11. Ne4 Be7 (11... Bb4+ $5 12. Ke2 Be7
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Be4 Nc6 16. Qb2 Ke7 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7
$11 {Korsunsky,R-Goldin,A/Leningrad-chT 1989 (33)}) 12. Nxf6+ (12. Ke2 $5 Nc6
13. a3 h6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rhg1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. g4 $5 $13 {[%cal Gh2h4,
Gg4g5] Hansen,L-Stempin,P/Warsaw 1990 (35)}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4
Ke7 (14... Nc6 15. Qc3 Ke7 16. O-O-O d6 17. Rd2 h5 18. Rhd1 Rad8 19. Kb2 $14 {
Sjoberg,M-Atalik,S/Borsodtavho 1991 (39)}) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ke2 (16. O-O-O $1
$14 {Bareev}) 16... d6 17. Rhd1 Nd7 18. Rd4 Ne5 19. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {
Barejew-Hansen,L/Aosta op/SW,1,17 1990 (33)}) (11. O-O Be7 12. Ne4 Nc6 (12...
d6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 (14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Rac1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nf6 17. Be2 O-O
18. Bf3 Rac8 $11 {Ruzele,D-Gurevich,M/Bonn GSK-3 Bad Godesburg 1996/1/2-1/2 
(56)}) 14... gxf6 15. Be4 d5 16. Bd3 (16. cxd5 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bxd5 $10) 16...
dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd7 18. Rac1 {/\ Be6} Rc8 (18... Bxf3 {>=} 19. gxf3 O-O 20. Be2
$14 {Gurevich,M}) 19. Qb2 (19. Qe2 $2 Bxf3 {/\ b5-+}) 19... Qb8 (19... Bxf3 $2
20. Bxa6 Rg8 21. g3 $18) 20. Be2 O-O 21. Qd4 $14 {Yakovich-Gurevich,M/Moskva
op/1992}) (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $14) 13. a3 $6 Ng4 $5 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Ng3 h5 16.
b4 O-O-O 17. b5 h4 $1 $40 {Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/RUS-ch Orel 1992 (25)}) 11... Be7
12. Kb1 d6 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Ne5 $1 {A serious improvment comparing to game
Arbakov,V-Makarov,M(1996),Cappelle;where was played} (14... O-O $6 15. Nd4 Rfe8
16. Rhe1 Bf8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Bc2 Ng6 19. g3 $14 {with quiet significient
advantage for white.} (19. g3 {Hansen,LB} Rac8 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. h4 Rc5 22. Na4
Re5 23. f4 Ra5 24. Nf3 b5 25. Qd2 Rxa4 26. bxa4 bxc4 27. Ka1 Qa8 28. Ng5 e5 29.
h5 {Arbakov,V-Makarov,M/Cappelle op 1996/EXP 51/1-0 (51)})) 15. Bc2 (15. Nxe5
$5 dxe5 16. g4 O-O 17. h4 Rfd8 18. h5 Nd7 $13) 15... Nxf3 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 $6
O-O 17. Qg3 b5 $1 $36) 16... O-O-O {Hansen: An original concept - it is not
often that you see Black castleing queenside in the 4.Qc2 Nimzo!} 17. f4 {
White has some advantage in space,but black has no weaknesses and his pieces
are harmonically placed so the position is about equal.} Nd7 18. Rd2 (18. Na4
$5 {Hansen,LB}) 18... Kb8 19. Rhd1 Ka7 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh3 Nf6 22. Ba3 $13 {
[%csl Rd6]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hansen, LB} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7.
e3 Qc7 8. Bd2 a6 {Hansen,LB: I believe this is an instructive inaccuracy.
Black loses a crucial tempo. Better is 8.-, b6! in order to answer 9. g4 by 9.
-, Bb7.} (8... b6 $5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Be2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Ke7 $5 15. Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/
Wijk 1996/CBM 51}) (8... O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 f5 $10) 9... Nc6 10.
a3 b6 11. g4 $5 g6 (11... Ne5 $2 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 $16) (11... Nxg4 $5 12.
Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Ne4 $13) 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne4 Bb7 (13... f5 $2 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxg6 $18) (13... Be7 14. Bc3 d5 15. Ng3 $16) 14. O-O-O (14. Bc3
d5 $1 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 d4 $1) 14... Ne7 (14... Be7 15. Kb1
$5) 15. Bc3 (15. b4 $5 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Bd6 19. Qxc7 Bxc7
$14) 15... Rac8 (15... d5 $5 16. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 17. Be5 $14) 16. Ne5 $16 {
Lerner,K-Sokolov,A/USSR (ch) 1989 (34)}) 9. g4 $1 {Hansen,LB: Very energetic!}
(9. Bd3 b6 (9... Be7 10. O-O-O b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. f3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e4
d6 $132 {Remlinger,L-Gurevich,D/Chicago opI 1992/TD 92\05 (31)} (14... d6 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. Be2 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. f4 b4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Ba6 exd4 25. Ne2 Bxe4+ 26. Ka1 Rcd8 27. Ng3
Bd5 28. Bc4 Qb7 29. Rhe1 Bg5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rc7 Ra8 {1-0 Remlinger,
L-Gurevich,D/Chicago opI 1992/TD 92\05})) 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bc3 Bb7 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O $11 {Werner,D-Semkov,S/Chartres op 1990/EXT
90op (36)} (14... O-O {Hansen, LB} 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 h6 18. Rh4 d6
19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Bc2 Qe7 21. Rg4 Ne5 22. Rg3 Rac8 23. f4 Rxc4 24. Qa3 Qh4 25.
Rh3 Qg4 26. Qxd6 Bxg2 27. Rh2 Be4 28. Rhd2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Nc4 30. Qd4 Nxd2+ 31.
Rxd2 Rc8 32. b3 Qf5 33. Qxb6 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 35. Kb2 Bd3 36. Kc3 Be2 {
0-1 Werner,D-Semkov,S/Chartres op 1990/EXT 90op})) 9... Be7 $6 {Very passive
continuation giving white a free hand in developing the initiative.Too
dangerous was to play} (9... Nxg4 $6 10. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g7]} f5 (10... Nxh2 $6
11. Nxh2 Qxh2 12. Rxg7 Qh6 13. Rg3 f5 14. O-O-O $36) 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5
13. Na4 $1 $16 {,but serious attention deserved}) (9... d6 $5 10. g5 Nfd7 11.
Ne4 O-O 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. Rg1 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg1g7] with slightly inferior,
but complicated position.}) 10. g5 Ng4 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Ne4 $1 Nc6
14. c5 $1 $36 (14. Bc3 Bb4 $1 (14... Nb4 $1 $132 {Hansen, LB})) 14... Qc7 15.
Bc3 {White's play is very simple and logical.Black is deprived of counterplay
so white has a time to improve position of his pieces before decisive blow.}
Kf8 (15... O-O 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. gxf6 g6 18. Qe4 $1 $16) 16. f4 $36 b6 17. b4
Bb7 18. Bg2 Rg8 $6 {Dubious decision.Better was} (18... bxc5 19. bxc5 h6 20.
Qb2 Rg8 {with difendable position.}) 19. O-O {Hansen,LB: >< Kf8, Rg8} f5 20.
cxb6 Qxb6 21. Nc5 $1 $16 Kf7 (21... Bxc5 {Hansen, LB} 22. bxc5 Qxc5 $2 23.
Bxg7+ $18) 22. Rad1 Nxb4 {Despiration.} 23. Bxb4 Bxg2 24. Nxd7 $1 Qxe3+ (24...
Qxb4 {Hansen, LB} 25. Ne5+ Kf8 26. Qxg2 $18) 25. Kxg2 Rgc8 $2 {Missing white's
reply after which the game is over.But even after Hansen,LB: Loses immediately.
} (25... Bxb4 26. Ne5+ Kf8 27. Qc7 (27. Rf3 $5 {Hansen, LB} Qe4 $8 28. Qxe4
fxe4 29. Re3 $18 {Hansen,LB: >< e4, e6, Kf8, Rg8}) 27... Qe2+ 28. Rf2 Qe4+ 29.
Kh2 Be7 30. Qd7 Qe3 31. Qxe6 $1 {nothing can save black.}) 26. Qd3 $1 $18 Qxd3
27. Ne5+ Ke8 28. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Schahin Cury"]
[Site "Americana"]
[Date "1997.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "De Toledo, James Mann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Na4 9. Qb3 Ne4 (9... Nb6 10. c5 Nbd5 11. f3 $5 b6 12. e4 Ne7 13. cxb6 axb6
14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bb5 d5 $13 {Bareev,E-Christiansen,L/BL9192 1992/BL 90/1/2-1/2 
(70)}) 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 $5 Qf6 11. Rb1 $6 (11. Ra2 Qc3+ $5 12. Qxc3 Nexc3 13.
Rc2 O-O 14. e3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 $14 {Straschewski Joerg-Zier Ludwig/
Bayern Landesliga North 1995 (36)}) 11... b5 $5 12. cxb5 Nec3 13. Bg5 Qg6 14.
Rc1 Bb7 15. Bd2 (15. Rxc3 $2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qb1+ 18. Kd2 Rc8 $19)
15... Bd5 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nxb5 18. Bc1 Bb3 $15 {Olsen,P-Brynell,S/
Politiken Cup 1996/EXP 54 (30)}) 10... b5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn aiming
quickly to develop the pieces and to sieze the initiative.A risky decision
taking into consideration the fact that white does'nt have any weaknesses and
his bishops pair can be very strong in open position.} 11. cxb5 Nb6 12. Bd4 $5
{[%cal Gd4g7]} (12. Nf3 Bb7 13. g3 $5 O-O 14. Bg2 Bd5 $1 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Bd4 f5
$1 $132) 12... Bb7 $6 13. Nf3 $6 {Trusting that black has something in mind,
while after} (13. Bxg7 $1 Qg5 14. Qb2 Nc4 15. Nf3 $1 Qxb5 16. e3 $5 Rg8 17.
Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rc1 $16 {white is a clear pawn up without any danger.}) 13... Rc8
$6 {Still leaving to white an option to take on g7.} (13... O-O $5 $14) 14. e3
$6 (14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bd4 d6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. g3 $16) 14... d6 $6 15. Be2 $6 {
Loosing the last chance to take on g7!} e5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 $44 {[%cal Gc8c3,
Ge8g8,Gh8f8,Gf8c8] Controle over the c-file and good position of minor pieces
gives black full compensation for the lack of the pawn.} 17. O-O Rc3 18. Qb2
O-O 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qc7 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Bf1 Kf8 $1 {
Also in the arising endgame black's chances are not worse.Last move of black
is a good profilactic against Nf3-d2-c4,because the pawn on d6 needs
protection.} 24. Nd2 (24. a5 Nd5 25. Rb1 Nc3 26. Ra1 Nd5 $11) 24... Nd5 $6 25.
Nc4 Ke7 26. Rb1 $14 Nc3 27. Rb3 $1 Nxa4 28. Ra3 {[%cal Ga4a7]} Bd5 $8 (28...
Nb6 $2 29. Rxa7 Nxc4 30. Rxb7+ Ke6 31. g3 $18) 29. Nd2 $1 (29. Rxa4 Bxc4 30.
Rxa7+ Ke6 31. b6 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Rb8 33. b7 Kd5 34. Ke2 Kc6 $11) 29... Rc2 $1 30.
Rxa4 Rxd2 31. Rxa7+ Kd8 $8 (31... Ke6 $2 32. b6 Rb2 33. b5 Rb1 34. Rc7 $1 $18)
32. f3 $6 (32. b6 $1 Rd1 33. Rc7 Be4 34. Rc3 $16) 32... Rb2 $132 33. e4 Be6 34.
Ra8+ Kc7 35. Rh8 Rb1 $11 {[%cal Gb1f1,Gb1b4]} 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxb4 38.
Rxh7 Rb3+ 39. Kd2 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Rb1 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44.
Kg3 Rb1 45. Bd3 Rb3 46. Bc2 Rb2 47. Ba4 {[47...Rb4 48.b6 R:b6 49.Be8 Rb8!=]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. cxd5 {N} exd5 (10... O-O $5) (10... Qxd5 11. Qxd5 $14)
11. Bb2 O-O 12. e3 Nd6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Be2 Be4 15. O-O Nc4 $6 (15... Rc8 $14)
16. Bc3 $1 a6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Re8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Rac1 Nh7 21. Qd4 $1 Nf6
(21... f6 22. Bc4 $1) 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Rxc8 (23. Bg4 $5 $16) 23... Qxc8 24. Rc1
Qe6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Ne8 $1 28. Bd4 Nd6 29. Qc7 (29. a4 $1 $16)
29... b5 30. Bg4 Bf5 31. Bh5 Nc4 $2 (31... Bg6) 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qf8 f6 34. Bf7
Qc8 35. Qe7 Qd7 36. Qxd7 Bxd7 37. Bxd5 Nxa3 38. Bb7 Nc4 39. Bxa6 Bc6 40. f3 Kg6
41. Kf2 Kf7 42. h4 Nd6 43. Bc5 $1 Bb7 (43... Ke6 44. e4 $18) 44. Bxb7 Nxb7 45.
h5 $1 f5 46. Bb6 Nd6 47. Ke2 g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kd3 Nc4 50. Bc7 h5 51. Kd4
Kf6 52. Bf4 Ke6 53. Kc5 Na3 54. Bg3 Nc4 55. Bf2 Nd6 (55... Na3 56. Kc6 $1) 56.
Kc6 Ke7 57. Bh4+ Ke6 58. Bg5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 (9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 h6 11. Nh3 $6 (11. f3 Ng5 12. h4 Ngh7) 11...
d4 12. f3 e5 $3 13. fxe4 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxe4 $17 {Greenfeld,A-Mokry,K/Haifa ETC/
1989/}) 9... d5 10. c5 b6 $6 (10... h6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. f3 e5 13. Qxe5 Re8 14.
Qd4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Rg1 Nh5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Rg4
Re5 21. f4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Korchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1990/}) 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5
Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 (13... Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Nc3 15. Bb2 d4 16. e4 $16) 14. fxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4+ $1 (15. Qd4 e5 16. Qd3 Nxe4 17. Nf3 (17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qd3 (18. Qc4
Qa5+) 18... Rd8 (18... O-O 19. Nf3 Rfd8 $40) 19. Qb5+ Bc6 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. Be3 (
21. Qd3 Qf5 22. Qe3 Nf2 $1) 21... Bb5 22. c6 (22. Qa5 Ba4 {/\ Qd1}) 22... Qd5
23. Qxa7 Qb3 24. Rc1 Ba4 $19) 17... Be6 $44) 15... Bd7 16. c6 $5 (16. Qd1 Nxe4
$36) 16... O-O $1 (16... Bxc6 17. Bf4 $1 Qd7 (17... Bxa4 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5
Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bd4 $16) 18. Qd4) 17. Bd2 $1 (17. cxd7 $4 Qc3+ 18. Kd1 (
18. Kf2 Ng4#) 18... Nxe4 19. Nh3 Qxa1 $19) (17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. cxd7 Nxe4 19. Nf3
Qe3 $19) (17. exd5 Qe5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bd2 Bxc6 19. Qd4) 18. Ra2 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 (
19. Kd1 Nxd5 $22 20. cxd7 Rb1 21. Rc2 Ne3#) (19. Kf2 Qxc1 20. cxd7 exd5 {/\ Ne4
}) 19... Rb1+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. e3 Qxd5 $40) 17... Bxc6 18. Qa5 Rb6 (18... Qxa5
19. Bxa5 Nxe4 20. Nf3 $16) (18... Qe5 19. Qc3 $16) 19. e3 (19. exd5 exd5 20.
Nf3 Re8 $132 {e<->}) 19... Rfb8 20. Rc1 $1 (20. exd5 $2 Rb1+ 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22.
Kf2 Ne4+ 23. Kf3 (23. Ke2 Bb5+ 24. Kf3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxe4 f5+ 26. Kd4 e5#) 23...
Nxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ $19) 20... Nxe4 21. Nf3 Qe7 (21... Nxd2 22.
Qxd2 Rb2 23. Qc3) 22. Bb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Bb5 24. Bxe4 (24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Qa4 a5
26. Bd2 Rb2 $132) 24... dxe4 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Kf2 f6 27. Rhe1 h6 28. Kg1 Qf7 29.
Nc6 Ra8 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nc8 Rb5 (31... Ra6 32. Qc7 Qg6 33. Qb7 $18) 32. Qc7
Qh5 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 a5 (34... Qd5 35. Bf8 Qg5 36. Qb7) 35. Bf8 Qg5 36.
Qb7 Ra6 37. Nd6 Qg6 38. Ne8 $1 Kg8 39. Nc7 {Ftacnik,L} (39. Nc7 Qf7 40. Bc5 Kh7
41. Bb6 a4 42. Qb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 $5 {N} (9... Qxd5 10. e4 $16 {Rubinstein-Johner/Karlovy Vary/
1929/}) 10. b4 (10. Bg5 exd5 11. Rd1 Bd7 $5 {(De Firmian)} (11... Be6 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. e3 (13. e4 Qe7) 13... Rc8 14. Ne2 $14) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rxd5 (13. e3
Ba4 $132) 13... Rc8 14. e3 Ne6 15. Qd2 Qc7 $132) (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12.
Rd1 Qe7 $132) 10... Na4 11. Qb3 b5 12. e4 a6 (12... Qb6 13. Be3 $16) 13. Ne2 (
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Ne2 (16. d6 Rd8 17. Ne2 e5)
16... exd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 $36) 14... exd5 15. Rd1 O-O (15... Be6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. exd5 $14) (15... Qb6 16. exd5 O-O $13) 16. Rxd5 Qb6 (16... Be6 17. Rxd8
Bxb3 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $44) 13... O-O (13... exd5 14. e5 Nd7 15.
f4 O-O 16. Be3 $14) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd5 (15... Re8 $5 16. Rd1 (16. e5 $2
Qxd5) 16... exd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 (17... Be6 18. Rxd8 Bxb3 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nd4
Ba2 21. Kd2 $14) 18. Bf2 Qb7 19. Rd2 Be6 $44) 16. e5 Re8 $5 (16... g5 17. Bf2
Nd7 18. Qxd5 Nab6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Rd1 $16) 17. f4 $1 (17. exf6 $2 d4 18. Rd1 (
18. Qd3 Nb2 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Rd1 (20. Qd3 Re3 21. Qd1 d3) 20... Ne3 $40) 18...
Bf5 19. Rd3 (19. Kd2 Rc8 $40) (19. Kf2 d3 20. Nc1 Qd4+ 21. Kg3 g5 $19) 19...
Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb2 21. Qc2 Nc4 22. Qd3 Re3 $19) 17... g5 (17... d4 18. Qd3 (18.
Rd1 Be6 19. Qf3 $5) 18... g5 19. Bf2 Nd5 20. g3 Bb7 21. Rg1 $14) 18. Bf2 Ne4
19. Bd4 Be6 (19... Bg4 20. Qe3 (20. g3 Bxe2 21. Bxe2 gxf4 22. gxf4 Qh4+) 20...
gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qg5 22. g3 $14) (19... gxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5 21. g3) 20. Qf3 $1 (20.
g3 Rc8 21. Bg2 Nac3 22. Nxc3 Nxc3 $22 23. Bxc3 d4) 20... Rc8 $6 (20... g4 21.
Qe3 Rc8 22. Ng3 {/\ Bd3}) (20... f5 $5 21. exf6 (21. Qh5 Kh7 $13) 21... g4 22.
Qe3 Nxf6 23. f5 (23. Be5 Nd7 $132) 23... Bxf5 24. Qxh6 Kf7 $13) (20... Qd7 21.
fxg5 hxg5 22. Ng3 {/\ Bd3}) 21. f5 $1 (21. Qh5 Kh7 22. h4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Qd7 $13
) (21. Ng3 f5 22. Bd3 $13) 21... Bd7 22. Ng3 $2 (22. Qh5 Bxf5 23. Qxh6 Re6) (
22. h4 $1 gxh4 (22... Qc7 $5 23. hxg5 Qc2 24. Rd1 Nac3 25. Nxc3 Nxc3 26. Bd3 $1
Qxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nxd1 28. Kxd1 Rc4 $8 (28... hxg5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31.
Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rxd7 $18) 29. Bb2 (29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. g4 Rd8 (30... Bc6 31. Rxh6
Rd8 32. Rd6) 31. Rxh6 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Rxd4+ 33. Kc2 Rd5 34. Rxa6 Rxe5 $14) 29...
Rf4 (29... Rg4 30. Rxh6 Rxg5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Kf8 34. Rxd7 $18
) 30. e6 (30. Rxh6 Bxf5 31. e6 fxe6 $13) 30... fxe6 31. f6 $5 (31. Rxh6 exf5
32. g6 d4) 31... e5 (31... hxg5 32. f7+ Kxf7 33. Rh7+ Kf8 34. Rxd7) 32. Rxh6 e4
33. g6 exd3 34. f7+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 37. g7 Bf7 $22 38. g8=Q
Bxg8 39. Rxg8 Rf1+ 40. Kd2 Rf2+) 23. f6 $1 (23. e6 Qg5 24. Rd1 (24. exd7 $2
Qd2#) 24... fxe6) 23... Re6 24. Qh5 Qf8 25. Rxh4 $16) (22. e6 $5 fxe6 (22...
Bxe6 23. fxe6 Rxe6 24. g3 $1 (24. Rd1 Rc2 $132) 24... Rc2 (24... Nec3 25. Kf2
$1) 25. Bh3 g4 (25... Re7 26. O-O $18) 26. Bxg4 Rxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Nec3 28. Qxe6 $1
fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh7 30. Rf1 Qe8 31. Rf7+ Kg6 32. Rf6+ Kh7 33. Kf1 {/\ Rf1 -> 
(Miles)}) 23. Qh5 (23. f6 Rf8 $1 (23... Kh7 24. f7 Rf8 25. Ng3 {/\ Bd3}) (23...
Kf8 24. Be5 $1 Rc2 25. Qh5 Nxf6 26. Qg6 $18) 24. h4 (24. Qh5 Kh7 25. f7 Qe7)
24... Nxf6 25. hxg5 Ne4 26. Qe3 Qxg5 27. Rxh6 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 Rf6 $17) 23... e5
$8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ (26. h4 g4 (26... exd4 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28.
Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+) (26... Bxf5 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qxg5+ Nxg5 29. Rh5 Nf7 30.
Rxf5 exd4 31. Rxd5) 27. Qg6+ Kf8 $13) 26... Kf8 27. Qh6+ (27. Be3 d4 28. f6
Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Nxf6 30. Bxg5 Kf7 $17) 27... Kg8 $10) 22... Rxe5 $3 23. Be2 (23.
Bxe5 Qe8 24. Nxe4 (24. Rd1 Qxe5 25. Qe3 Rc3 26. Bd3 (26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Qa1+
) 26... Nb2) 24... Qxe5 25. Rd1 dxe4 (25... Nc3 26. Rc1 Nxe4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.
Be2 Qa1+ 29. Bd1 Qd4 $40) 26. Qe3 Bxf5 $17) 23... Qe8 24. Nh5 (24. Bxe5 Qxe5
25. Rd1 Rc3) (24. Rd1 Nac3 25. Rc1 Nxg3 26. Bxe5 Ngxe2 $19) 24... Rxf5 25. Qe3
Rc3 $1 (25... Rc2 26. g4 Rf2 27. Qxf2 Nxf2 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxe8 Nxh1 30. Nf6
$132) 26. Bxc3 Naxc3 27. Bg4 (27. Qd4 f6) (27. Rf1 Re5 28. Rc1 Nxe2 29. Qxe2
Nc3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 Rxe2#) 27... d4 $1 28. Qxd4 Nc5+ 29. Kd2 Nb3+ 30.
Kxc3 Nxd4 31. Bxf5 Qe3+ 32. Bd3 Bf5 33. Rad1 Ne2+ 34. Kc2 Qe5 35. Kd2 (35. Bxf5
Qc3+ 36. Kb1 Qb3+ 37. Ka1 Qxa3+ 38. Kb1 Qxb4+ 39. Ka1 Qa3+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc2
Nxd1 42. Rxd1 Qc5+ $19) 35... Qb2+ 36. Ke3 Bg4 37. Rd2 Qd4# {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. fxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 O-O 17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qa5 Qe5 (18... Rb6 19. e3 Rfb8 20. Rc1
Nxe4 21. Nf3 Qe7 $2 22. Bb4 $1 $18 {Ivanchuk,V-De Firmian,N/Manila izt/1990/})
19. Bc3 $5 {N} (19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Qb2 21. e3 Bb5 22. Qb4 Bxf1 23. Qxb2 Rxb2
24. Rxf1 Rfb8 $44 {Gurevich,M-Timman,J/Linares/1991/}) (19. Qc3 Qxe4 20. Qxc6
Rfc8 21. Qa6 Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ $40 {Timman}) 19... Qxe4 20. Bxf6
gxf6 (20... Rb1+ 21. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kf2 Qf5+ 23. Nf3 Qxf6 24. Qc7 $16) 21. Nf3
d4 (21... Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Kf2 e5 24. Qd2 d4 25. h4 $16) 22. Qd2 e5 23.
h4 $1 Qg6 $6 (23... Kh8 24. h5 (24. Qh6 Qg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 $44) 24... Rg8 25.
Rh4 (25. Qh6 Qf5 26. g4 Qe6 $13) 25... Qf5 26. g4 Qe6 27. Bh3 $36) 24. Kf2 Kh8
(24... Rbd8 25. h5 (25. Rh3 Kh8 26. h5 Qf5 27. Kg1 $16) 25... Qg4 26. Rh4 (26.
Rh3 e4 27. Nxd4 e3+ $1) 26... Qe6 27. Kg1 $16) 25. h5 Qg7 (25... Qf5 26. g4 Qe6
(26... Qxg4 27. Bh3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 exf4 29. Rhd1 $18) 27. Rg1 $40) 26. Rc1 (26.
Rh3 Rg8) 26... Rb6 (26... Bxf3 27. exf3 Rg8 28. g4 $18) 27. g4 $1 e4 (27...
Qxg4 28. Bh3 Qe4 29. Qh6 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 dxe3+ 31. Kxe3 $18) (27... Rd8 28. Rg1
e4 29. Nxd4 f5 30. e3 f4 31. Rc4 $16) 28. Qxd4 (28. Nxd4 e3+ 29. Qxe3 Bxh1 $17)
28... exf3 29. h6 $1 Qg6 (29... Qg5 30. Rh5 Qxc1 31. Qxf6+) 30. exf3 Bb7 (30...
Bb5 31. Qb4 Rfb8 (31... Kg8 32. Bxb5 a6 33. a4 axb5 34. axb5 $18) 32. Bxb5 Rxb5
(32... a6 33. Bd3 $1 Qxd3 (33... Rxb4 34. Bxg6 Rb2+ 35. Bc2 Rc8 36. Kg3 Rbxc2
37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. Rb1 Rc8 39. Rb7 Kg8 40. Ra7 $18) 34. Qxb6 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 $18)
33. Qxb5 Rxb5 34. Rc8+ Qg8 35. Rhc1 Rb8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Rc7 Ra8 38. a4 $18)
31. Bd3 Qg5 32. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 (32... Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Qg5 34. Rh5 $18) 33. Bxb1 Qe5 (
33... Rc8 34. f4 Qxg4 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Rg1 $18) (33... Re8 34. f4 Qxg4 35.
Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qxe8+ $18) 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. Bf5
$1 Bc8 (35... Rd8 36. Rc1 Kg8 37. Rc7 Bd5 38. Rxa7 $18) 36. Rc1 Bxf5 (36... Be6
37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rc7 Ra8 39. Ke3 $18) 37. gxf5 Rb8 (37... f6 38. Rc7 a5 39.
Ra7 $18) 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. Ke3 (39. Rxa7 Kf8 40. Ke3 $18) 39... Kf8 40. f6 Ke8 (
40... Ra8 41. Ke4 $18) 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Rxa7 Ke8 43. Ke4 Rb1 44. a4 Rh1 45. a5
Rxh6 46. Kxe5 Rh1 47. a6 {Ftacnik,L} (47. a6 Re1+ 48. Kf5 Ra1 49. Re7+ Kf8 50.
a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 h6 (10... b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 $16)
11. Nh3 $5 (11. f3 Ng5 12. h4 Ngh7) 11... O-O 12. f3 e5 13. Qxe5 Re8 (13...
Bxh3 14. gxh3 Ng4 $2 15. hxg4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Nf2+ 17. Kc2 Nxh1 18. Bb2 $18) 14.
Qd4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Rg1 $1 Nd7 18. Rd1 (18. Qxd5 Qf6 19.
Rd1 Ne5 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Qb3 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 $132) (18. f4 $1 Nf8 19. fxg5
$16) 18... Ne5 19. Kf2 Qf6 20. h4 g4 21. Rg3 Rad8 $2 (21... Qf5 22. Qxd5) (
21... Qxh4 22. h3 $1) (21... Re7 $5 22. f4 Qf5 23. e3 Nf3 24. Qxd5 $2 Qc2+ 25.
Be2 Rxe3 $1) 22. f4 Qf5 23. h3 Kf8 24. e3 $6 (24. Bg2 $1 Nc6 (24... f6 25. hxg4
Nxg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh5 27. Rdd3 $16) 25. hxg4 Nxd4 26. gxf5 Nxe2 27. Re3 Nxf4 28.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Bf3 $16) 24... Nc6 25. hxg4 Qh7 $1 (25... Nxd4 26. gxf5 Nxf5 27.
Rh3 d4 28. exd4 Re4 29. d5 $16) 26. Qd3 Qxh4 27. Kf3 Re4 28. Rh3 Qf6 (28...
Ne5+ $1 29. fxe5 Qxg4+ 30. Kf2 d4 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Rxd8 Rxe3 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34.
Qxe3 dxe3+ 35. Kxe3 $10) 29. g5 Qf5 30. Kg3 Ne5 31. Qe2 Ng6 $2 (31... Nc4 32.
Rd3 $1 Ke7 $1 $14) 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Kg2 d4 34. f5 Qa2+ 35. Kg1 Rxe3 36. Qh5 Rxh3
37. Qxh3 (37. Bxh3 $5) 37... Qc2 38. Rd3 Ne7 39. f6 $2 (39. Qh8+ Ng8 40. f6 $18
) 39... Ng6 40. Qh7 gxf6 41. gxf6 Qc1 42. Qg7+ Ke8 43. Qg8+ Nf8 44. Rh3 Kd7 45.
Qxf7+ Kc8 46. Qh5 d3 47. Qf5+ Kc7 48. Qe5+ Kc8 49. Qf5+ Kc7 50. Rxd3 Rxd3 51.
Qxd3 Qg5+ 52. Bg2 Qxf6 53. Qg3+ (53. Qe4 $5) 53... Kc8 54. Bh3+ Nd7 55. Qd3 Qe7
56. Kf2 Kc7 57. Bg2 (57. Qxd7+ Qxd7 58. Bxd7 Kxd7 59. Ke3 Kc6 60. Kd4 Kb5 61.
Kd5 a5 $1 $10) 57... a5 58. Qd5 Qf6+ 59. Kg1 Qa1+ 60. Kf2 Qb2+ 61. Kg1 Qa1+ 62.
Kf2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 $6 10. c5 $1 h6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. f3 e5 $5 13. Qxe5 Re8 14. Qd4
Bxh3 15. gxh3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Rg1 Nh5 $1 18. h4 $1 gxh4 19. Rd1 Qf6 $6 (
19... a5 $1 20. Qg4 $6 (20. Qxd5 Qf6 $132) (20. Rg4 axb4 21. axb4 Qe7 22. Rxh4
g6 $44) 20... Qf6 21. Qxh5 Qc3+ 22. Kf2 Qe3+ 23. Kg2 Re5 $19) 20. Rg4 Re5 (
20... Qxf3 21. Rd3 Qf5 22. Bh3 $36) 21. f4 $1 Re4 22. Qxf6 (22. Qxd5 $2 Rae8
23. Qxh5 Qc3+ 24. Kf2 Rxe2+ $1 25. Bxe2 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 h3+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ 28. Kg1
Qe3+ $10) 22... Nxf6 23. Rxh4 Rae8 $2 (23... g5 24. Rh3 Rxf4 25. Bg2 $16) (
23... a5 $1 24. Bg2 Rc4 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 g6 $1 (26... axb4 27. Rdh5 $1)
27. Rh3 axb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. f5 gxf5 $14) 24. Rh3 $1 a5 25. Rb3 Rxf4 26. Bg2
(26. bxa5 $5 Ra4 (26... Rc4 27. Rxb7 Rxc5 28. a6 Ra5 29. a7 $16) 27. Rxb7 Rxa5
28. Rc1) 26... Rg4 27. Bf3 a4 28. Rbd3 (28. Rc3 Rh4 29. b5) 28... Rh4 29. Bxd5
Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxh2 31. R1d2 Re3 32. R5d3 Re5 (32... Rhxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Rxd3 34.
Re7 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 $18) 33. Rc2 $1 g5 34. b5 Rh1+ 35. Kd2 Rh2 36. Ke1 Rh1+ 37.
Kd2 Rh2 38. Re3 (38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Kd3 $16) 38... Rd5+ 39. Ke1 Kg7 40. c6 bxc6
41. bxc6 Rh8 42. Re4 $1 Ra5 43. Rd4 Rc8 44. c7 Kf6 $2 (44... Ra7 45. Rd7 Kg6
$16) 45. Rd8 Raa8 46. Rcd2 Kf5 47. Kf2 Kg4 48. R2d4+ Kh5 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Ke4
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7
(13... Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Nc3 15. Bb2 d4 16. e4 $16) 14. fxe4 Rb8 15. Qa4+ (15. Qd4
e5 16. Qd3 Nxe4 17. Nf3 Be6 $44) 15... Bd7 16. c6 (16. Qc2 Nxe4 (16... O-O 17.
exd5 Qe5 (17... exd5 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. e3 $16) 18. Ra2 Rfc8 (18... Ba4 $5 19. Nf3
Qxd5 20. e4 $3 Nxe4 21. Bc4 Bxc2 22. Bxd5 Bb1 23. Bxe4 Bxa2 24. O-O $16 {_|_})
19. Nf3 Qxd5 20. e4 $1 $16 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Gezalian,T/Balassagyarmat op/1990 
(42)}) 17. Nf3 O-O (17... Nxc5 18. Be3 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 $16) (17... Rb5 18. Be3 O-O
19. Rc1 Rfb8 20. c6 Rb2 21. Qa4 Rb1 22. Qc2 R1b2 23. Qa4 Rb1 24. Qc2 Qa5+ (
24... R1b2 $11) 25. Bd2 $8 (25. Nd2 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bxc6 $17) 25... Nxd2 26.
Nxd2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rc8 28. Qb2 Rxc6 $5 29. Qb4 Qc7 $17 {0-1 Forintos,Gy-Aseev,
K/Sestola/1991 (40)}) 18. e3 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 Ne4 22.
Bd3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Ne4 24. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Djukic,Z-Gligoric,S/JUG-chT Cetinje (08)/
1990/}) (16. Qd1 Nxe4 $36) 16... Qe5 {This very strong move was first seen in
quite an obscure game, Ryccov-Kastenada, Moscow 1993.} (16... O-O $1 17. Bd2 $1
(17. cxd7 $4 Qc3+ 18. Kd1 Nxe4 19. Nh3 Qxa1 $19) (17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. cxd7 Nxe4
19. Nf3 Qe3 $19) (17. exd5 Qe5 18. Ra2 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Rb1+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. e3
Qxd5 $40) (17. Nf3 Bxc6 (17... Nxe4 18. e3 Rb6 19. Bd3 Rxc6 20. Qd1 Nc3 21. Qd2
e5 22. Bb2 e4 23. Nd4 exd3 24. Nxc6 Ne4 25. Qxd3 Qxc6 26. O-O Qg6 27. Qd4 {
1-0 Schandorff,L-Volzhin,A/Gistrup (02)/1996/ (40)}) 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. e3 Qb6
20. Be2 dxe4 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Qd2 e5 23. Nc2 Ba4 24. Nb4 Rd8 25. Qc3 a5 26. Na2
Nd5 {0-1 Stephan,A-Cording,H/Hamburg op (05)/1992 (42)}) 17... Bxc6 18. Qa5 Rb6
(18... Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Nxe4 (19... dxe4 $5) 20. Nf3 $16) (18... Qe5 19. Qc3 (19.
Bc3 $5 Qxe4 (19... Qf4 20. Nh3 (20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Ne3 $132) (20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. e5 $5 (21. Rc1 dxe4 22. Qc3 Rb1 $1 23. Qxc6 e3 $1 24. Rxb1 Qf2+ 25. Kd1
Qxf1+ 26. Kc2 Qf5+ 27. Kc1 $8 Qf1+ 28. Kc2 Qf5+ $11) 21... Qxe5 22. Rc1 Qf4 $1
(22... Qd6 $2 23. Qc5 $16) 23. Qd2 (23. Qc3 $6 Rfc8 {/\} 24. e3 Qh4+ 25. g3 d4
$1 $17) 23... Qd6 $44 {0-1 Kiss,Lau-Stoica,V/ROM/1991 (43)}) (20. e5 $6 Rb5 $1
21. Qxa7 Rfb8 $40) (20. Nf3 Nxe4 21. Be5 Qe3 22. Bd4 Qh6 $1 23. e3 Rb3 {
/\ Re3~/=}) 20... Qh4+ (20... Qxe4 21. Bxf6 $1 Rb1+ $1 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Kf2
Qf5+ 24. Kg1 Qxf6 25. Qxa7 d4 26. Nf2 e5 27. e3 $1 Rd8 $5 28. exd4 Rxd4 $44)
21. g3 Qxe4 22. Nf2 Rb1+ 23. Kd2 $1 (23. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 24. Kd2 d4 $19) 23... Qg6
24. Rxb1 Qxb1 25. Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Nadera,B-Antonio,R/Cebu (05)/1992 (31)}) 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 (20... Rb1+ 21. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kf2 Qf5+ 23. Nf3 Qxf6 24. Qc7 $16) 21.
Nf3 d4 (21... Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Kf2 e5 24. Qd2 d4 25. h4 $16) 22. Qd2 (
22. Qxa7 $2 e5 23. Qe7 Qf5 $1 $17) 22... e5 23. h4 $1 (23. Qh6 Qg6 $1 24. Qxg6+
fxg6 $15) (23. g3 $1 Rb1+ $1 24. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 25. Kf2 e4 26. Qxd4 $8 exf3 27. Bg2
$1 Qc2 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Bxf3 $11) 23... Qg6 $6 (23... Kh8 24. h5 Rg8 25. Rh4
Qf5 26. g4 Qe6 27. Bh3 $36) (23... Rb3 $1 24. Rh3 Re3 $17) 24. Kf2 Kh8 (24...
Rbd8 25. h5 Qg4 26. Rh4 Qe6 27. Kg1 $16) 25. h5 Qg7 26. Rc1 Rb6 27. g4 $1 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Biel (08)/1991 (47)}) (19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Qb2 21. e3
Bb5 22. Qb4 (22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Qc7 d4 $1 24. exd4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxd4 $40) 22...
Bxf1 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rxf1 Rfb8 25. Bc3 $6 (25. Ke2 $5 g5 $140 26. Rfd1) (25.
g4 {/\ Bc3, /\ Kd1, Rc2}) 25... Rxg2 26. Be5 Ra8 27. Rg1 $2 Nd2 $19 {Gurevich,
M-Timman,J/Linares (02)/1991/0-1 (61)}) 19... Qxe4 {/\} 20. Qxc6 Rfc8 21. Qa6
Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ $40) 19. e3 (19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Re8 $132 {
e<->}) 19... Rfb8 20. Rc1 $1 (20. exd5 $2 Rb1+ 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22. Kf2 Ne4+ 23.
Kf3 Nxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ $19) 20... Nxe4 21. Nf3 Qe7 (21... Nxd2
22. Qxd2 Rb2 (22... Qe7 23. Bd3 Qxa3 24. O-O $14) 23. Qc3) 22. Bb4 Qb7 23. Bd3
Bb5 24. Bxe4 (24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Qa4 a5 26. Bd2 Rb2 $132) 24... dxe4 25. Nd4 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-De Firmian,N/Manila izt (04)/1990 (39)}) (16... Bxc6 17. Bf4 $1
(17. Qc2 Nxe4 18. Nf3 O-O 19. e3 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Ellers,
H-Grabert,R/Dortmund op-A (09)/1993/}) 17... Qd7 18. Qd4) 17. cxd7+ Ke7 18. Ra2
$6 {Already in 1993, Kastenada pointed out that this was losing.} (18. Qxa7
Qc3+ 19. Kd1 Qb3+ (19... Qxa1 20. d8=Q+ $18) (19... Rhd8 20. Ra2 Qb3+ 21. Rc2
Rb6 22. Qa5 Nxe4 23. Nf3 $18) 20. Ke1 Qc3+ 21. Kd1 Rhd8 (21... Qb3+ 22. Ke1 {
1/2-1/2 Rychtsov-Kastanieda,G/Moscow/1993/}) 22. Ra2 Qb3+ 23. Rc2 Rb6 24. Nf3
Rxd7 25. Nd4 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rxa7 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. e4 {1-0 Candela Perez,
J-Garcia Carbo,M/La Coruna op 1996 (49)}) 18... Qc3+ 19. Kd1 (19. Rd2 Rb1 $40)
(19. Bd2 $2 Rb1+ 20. Kf2 Ng4#) (19. Kf2 {Petursson} Ng4#) 19... Ng4 20. Qxa7 (
20. d8=Q+ $2 Rhxd8 21. Qxa7+ Rd7 $19) 20... Rb1 21. d8=Q+ (21. Rc2 Ne3+ 22.
Qxe3 Qxe3 23. exd5 Rd8 $19) 21... Kxd8 22. Rc2 (22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qa7+ Kf6 24.
Rc2 Ne3+ $19) 22... Ne3+ 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 {White has no chance of freeing himself
from this horrible bind.} 24. Nf3 $6 (24. exd5 exd5 (24... Ke7 {Petursson} 25.
d6+ Kf6 26. Nf3 Rd8 $19) 25. Nf3 Re8 $17) 24... dxe4 25. Nd2 Ra1 26. Rb2 (26.
g3 Qxa3 27. Bg2 e3 $19) (26. Nc4 {Petursson} Qb3 $19) 26... Ke7 27. Rb7+ (27.
g3 Rc8 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Qc5+ $19) 27... Kf6 (27... Kf6 28. Rc7 Rd8 $19)
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 $5 7. e3 Qc7 8.
b3 $5 (8. Be2) 8... a6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. g4 $5 h6 (10... Nxg4 $2 11. Rg1 Nxh2 (
11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nd5) 12. Nxh2 Qxh2 13. Rxg7 Bf6 14. Ne4 $1 $40) 11.
Rg1 Nc6 (11... d5 12. Rc1 $1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 (13... b5 $2 14. Nxb5 $1 $18)
14. h4 h5 15. Ne4 $14) 12. h4 h5 $8 (12... d5 13. g5 $16) 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Be2
$14 d5 $1 (14... b6 15. Ng5 $1 {/\ Nf7}) 15. cxd5 (15. Ng5 Bf6 $1 (15... d4 $2
16. Nxf7 $1 $18)) 15... exd5 $4 (15... Nb4 $142 $1 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5
18. Rc1 $14) 16. Nxd5 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Bd8 19. Nc4 $18 Be6 20. O-O-O
Nf6 21. Nf4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Kf8 23. h5 Rc8 24. Kb1 Bc7 25. Nd5 Nxh5 $2 (25... Rg8
) 26. Be2 $1 (26. Rxg7 Be5 $1) 26... Nf6 (26... Be5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rg5 $18)
27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Cebu"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. fxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 (16. Qc2 Nxe4 17. Nf3 O-O 18. e3 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Bc2 Ne4 22. Bd3 Nc5 $10 {Djukic,Z-Gligoric,S/Cetinje tt/1990/}) 16...
O-O 17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qa5 Qe5 19. Bc3 (19. Qc3 Qxe4 $1 20. Qxc6 Rfc8 21. Qa6
Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ $40 {Timman,J}) (19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Qb2 21.
e3 Bb5 22. Qb4 Bxf1 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rxf1 Rfb8 $44 {Gurevich,M-Timman,J/
Linares/1991/}) 19... Qf4 {N} (19... Qxe4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf3 d4 22. Qd2 e5
23. h4 {Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Biel/1991/} (23. g3 $5 Rb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 25. Kf2
e4 26. Qxd4 exf3 27. Bg2 Qc2 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Bxf3 $10) 23... Rb3 $1 24. Rh3
Re3 $17) 20. Nh3 (20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Ne3 $132) 20... Qh4+ 21. g3 Qxe4 22.
Nf2 Rb1+ 23. Kd2 $1 (23. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 24. Kd2 d4 $19) 23... Qg6 24. Rxb1 Qxb1 25.
Qb4 Qf5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Ng4 (27. Nd3 d4 28. Rg1 e5 $132) 27... Qg5+ 28. Qf4
Qe7 29. Qb4 Qg5+ 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Qb4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Na4 $5 {N} (8... Nce4) 9. Qc2 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6 11. Nf3 (11. e4 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8
13. Qb3 d5 $132) 11... Bb7 12. e3 Rc8 13. Qd1 Ne4 (13... Nc4 14. Be2 Qb6 15. a4
$14) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Be2 Nc4 (15... Nc3 16. Bxc3 Rxc3 17. O-O $14) 16. Bd4 d6
17. O-O (17. Bxa7 Nc3 18. Qc2 Nxb5 19. Bxc4 Nxa7 $132) 17... e5 18. Rc1 (18.
Bxa7 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxb5 20. Bxc4 Nxa7 $44) 18... Nb6 (18... Nxa3 19. Bxa7 $16)
19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qb3 Qf6 21. Qb2 h5 $6 (21... h6) 22. Nd2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rc8
24. Nxe4 Qg6 $1 25. Qd1 Bxe4 26. Bf3 (26. f3 Bb7 $44) 26... Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qd3
28. Qb7 (28. Rd1 $2 Qxa3 29. Rxd6 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Qa1 $19) 28... Rc3 29. Qxb6 Rxa3
30. h3 Rb3 31. Qc6 Kh7 (31... Rxb4 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 Qg6 34. Qd5 $16) 32.
Qf3 Qg6 (32... Kg8 33. Ra1 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb4 36. Qc6 $16) 33.
Rd1 Rxb4 34. Qe2 Kg8 (34... Rb1 35. Kh2 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 $16) 35. Kh2 Qe6 36. Rd2
e4 $6 (36... d5 $5 $132) 37. Qxh5 f5 (37... Qe5+ 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Rd5 f6 $16)
38. Qg5 Qe5+ 39. g3 Rxb5 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kg8 42. Rxd6 Kh7 43. Kg2 Ra5 (
43... Rb1 $2 44. Rd5 Qa1 45. Qxf5+ $18) 44. Re6 Qb8 (44... Qb2 45. Qf7 $18) 45.
Qf7 Re5 46. Rg6 {Ftacnik,L} (46. Rg6 Qg8 47. Rh6+ $1 Kxh6 48. Qxg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. a3
a6 9. Bd3 (9. b4) 9... Be7 10. O-O d6 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. h3
(14. Rac1 O-O 15. e4 Ng4 16. Rfd1 Nge5 $13) 14... O-O 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8
(16... Bf8 $5) 17. Qe3 Qb8 (17... Bf8 18. Ne2 g6) 18. Ne2 a5 $6 (18... d5 19.
cxd5 exd5 20. e5 $16) (18... Bf8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qxb6) 19. Rfd1
axb4 20. axb4 Bf8 $6 (20... Bc6 $14) 21. Ng3 Bc6 22. e5 $1 dxe5 (22... Bxf3 23.
exf6 Bxd1 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 (26... Kh8 27. Qh6 f5 28.
Qxe6 Ba4 29. Qxf5 Nf8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Nf5 Rd7 32. Nh6#) 27. Rxd1 d5 28. Re1
$40) 23. Nxe5 Ba4 24. Re1 Bxb4 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 (25... Rxd7 26. Bxf6 Rxd3 (26...
gxf6 27. Qh6 Rxd3 28. Nh5 Bf8 29. Nxf6+) 27. Qxd3 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 gxf6 29. Nh5
$18) 26. Nh5 Bf8 $2 (26... g6 27. c5 $3 $18) (26... e5 27. c5 $3 (27. Qg5 Bf8
28. Rxe5 f6 (28... Nxe5 29. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 30. Qh5 h6 31. Bxe5 $18) 29. Qf5 fxe5
$13 (29... Nxe5 30. Nxf6+ $1 $18)) 27... Bxe1 (27... Bxc5 28. Qe4 $18) 28. Qg5
Kf8 29. Qxg7+ Ke8 30. Rxe1 $16) 27. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 28. Qg5 Kf8 29. Rxe6 $1 Qe5 $8
(29... fxe6 30. Qxg7+ Ke8 31. Bxh7 Nf8 32. Nf6#) 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Re1 Re8 32.
Qh6+ Ke7 33. f4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3
Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 h6 11. f3 Ng5 12. h4 Ngh7 13. g4 {N} (13. Bf4
{Haik,A-Hort,V/Malta ol/1980/}) 13... O-O 14. g5 (14. Bb2 Re8 15. f4 e5 $1 16.
fxe5 Nxg4 $13) 14... Nh5 15. Bb2 (15. gxh6 {Ernst} Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 $44) 15...
b6 $1 (15... Re8 16. Qe5 $1 $40) 16. gxh6 f6 17. Qg4 Qe8 18. hxg7 Nxg7 19. cxb6
e5 20. Qg2 axb6 (20... d4 21. f4 $13) 21. e4 $1 d4 (21... Bb7 22. Bd3 $13) 22.
Bd3 Kh8 23. Ne2 Nh5 (23... Be6 $5) 24. Rg1 Be6 25. Qh2 (25. Qg6 Bf7 26. Qh6 Qe6
$13) 25... b5 26. f4 Bc4 27. Qh3 Rg8 28. Kf2 Qf7 29. Qf3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc4 31.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 (31... Kxg8 32. Qf3 $40) 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rc1 $6 (34.
Nxd4 exd4 35. Bxd4+ N7f6 36. Rc1 Rc8 $10) 34... c3 35. Bxc3 dxc3 36. Rxc3 N7f6
37. Kf3 Rf8 38. Ke3 Nf4 (38... Ng4+ 39. Kd2 Nf4 $15) 39. Nxf4 (39. Ng3 N4d5+ $1
$19) 39... exf4+ 40. Kd4 Ng4 41. Rf3 Rd8+ (41... Nh2 42. Rf2 f3 43. Rxh2 $1 f2
44. Rxf2 Rxf2 45. b5 $10) 42. Kc3 Rf8 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 a6 8. e3
Be7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Rd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 {N} (13... O-O-O
$6 14. b4 h6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 g5 17. a4 $16 {Finegold,B-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam
OHRA-B/1989/ ->CBM 15}) 14. e4 O-O 15. b4 d5 $1 16. exd5 Bxb4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Rd4 Rfe8 (18... Bc5 19. Bf4 (19. Rh4 $5) 19... e5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 (
21... Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxb7) 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxe5
Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd4+ 25. Kf1 Qxe5 $15) 19. Ne4 e5 $1 (19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qxe4 $10) 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. h3
Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bc5 25. Nh4 Qd6 (25... Bc8 26. Bd3 $36) 26. Qa4 Qc6 (26... Bc6
$2 27. Qxa6 Qd2 28. Qc8+ Bf8 (28... Kg7 29. Nf5+) 29. Qxc6 $18) 27. Qd1 Qd6 28.
Qa4 Qc6 29. Qd1 Qd6 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Ukraine-ch"]
[Site "Kherson"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
Rd1 {N} Ng4 (8... Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 $16) 9. e3 Bb4 10. Be2 Nge5 11. Bf4
Nxf3+ (11... Bxc3+ $2 12. bxc3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 {Stefansson-Romanishin,O/Moscow
GMA-op/ -> TD 1989/12}) 12. gxf3 e5 13. Bg3 d6 14. f4 Be6 15. Rg1 O-O-O 16. f5
Bd7 17. Bh4 Rdg8 18. Bf3 f6 $1 19. Bd5 g5 20. fxg6 (20. Bxg8 Rxg8 21. a3 Bxc3+
22. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rf8 $44) 20... Rxg6 21. Rxg6 hxg6 22. Bxf6 Rxh2 23. a3
Bxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 Kc7 26. Kf1 b6 27. Kg1 Rh7 28. Kg2 Na5 29. Kg3
Rh3+ 30. Kg2 Rh7 31. Kg3 Rh3+ {Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 (9... Qxd5 10. e4 $16 {Rubinstein-Johner/Karlovy Vary/1929/})
10. b4 (10. Bg5 exd5 11. Rd1 Bd7 $5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rxd5 Rc8 14. e3 Ne6 15.
Qd2 Qc7 $132) (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qe7 $132) 10... Na4 11. Qb3 (
11. Qc2 b5 (11... Bd7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 Ba4 16.
Rc1 O-O 17. Nh3 Qd6 18. e3 Nd5 19. Qd2 Qe5 20. e4 Rcd8 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Nf2 {
0-1 Medancic,R-Verat,L/Candas op (07)/1996 (45)}) 12. e4 a6 13. Be3 exd5 14. e5
O-O 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. O-O Rc8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21.
Qe3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Moskow,E/New York MCC (08)/1992 
(29)}) 11... b5 12. e4 a6 (12... Qb6 13. Be3 $16) 13. Bd3 (13. Ne2 O-O (13...
exd5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 O-O 16. Be3 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. Be3 exd5 15. e5 d4 16.
Nxd4 Re8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd6 $14 {Rychagov,A-Lugovoi,
A/St.Petersburg/1996/}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 exd5 (15... Re8 $5 16. Rd1 exd5 17.
Rxd5 Qb6 18. Bf2 Qb7 19. Rd2 Be6 $44) 16. e5 Re8 $5 (16... g5 17. Bf2 Nd7 18.
Qxd5 Nab6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Rd1 $16) 17. f4 $1 g5 18. Bf2 Ne4 19. Bd4 Be6 (19...
Bg4 20. Qe3 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qg5 22. g3 $14) 20. Qf3 $1 {0-1 Miles,A-De Firmian,N/
Manila izt (06)/1990 (37)}) (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 exd5 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qb6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $44) (13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Nf4
Rfd8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Qd1+ 21. Kf2 h5 22. Qg5 Nc3 {0-1
Rossi,G-Schlamp,R/Biel op (04)/1996 (25)}) 13... O-O (13... exd5 14. e5 Qe7 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. f4 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bd4 Ndb6 20. Qb1 Nc4 21. Ra2 Bg4
22. Kf2 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qf1 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Mitenkov,A-Zhidkov,V/Moscow-ch/
1994 (44)}) 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Bb2 Nxb2 (15... exd5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nxb2 (17...
Bb7 $6 18. Bd4 $14)) 16. Qxb2 exd5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 f6 (18... Qh4+ $5 19. g3
Qh3 20. Nd4 Nb6 21. Kf2 $11 (21. O-O-O Bg4 $15)) (18... Bb7 19. O-O f6 20. Qc2
Nf8 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qd2 $11) 19. Qc2 (19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11) 19...
Nf8 (19... fxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6 Re7 22. Rd1 $13) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. O-O
Bg4 22. Ng3 (22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Qa2 Qe6 24. Rfe1 $11) 22... Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Rac8
24. Qd2 g6 (24... Qc3 25. Ra2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc3 27. Bb1 $11) 25. Ra2 Rc3 26.
Bb1 Qc4 $2 {Black overestimates his central control and will be punished by
strong white's attack. Schwarz uberschatz seine Kontrolle im Zentrum und wird
bestraft vom starkem weissem Angriff.} (26... Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxa3 28. Rxd5 Be6
$11) 27. Rc2 Rxc2 (27... d4 $4 28. Ba2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 $18) (27... Rd3 28. Qc1
Qd4 29. f5 $1 $14) (27... Ree3 28. Rcc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qb3 30. f5 $1 $16) 28.
Bxc2 d4 (28... Nd7 29. f5 $40) 29. f5 Qc3 (29... Bxf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Qf2 Ng6
32. Nxf5 Rf8 33. Kg1 $1 $16) 30. f6 $1 (30. Qxc3 dxc3 31. Ne4 Kh8 32. fxg6 Nxg6
$14) 30... Re3 (30... Qxd2 31. f7+ Kg7 32. fxe8=Q $18) 31. f7+ Kg7 32. Qf2 Re6
(32... h6 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bxg6+ Nxg6 35. f8=Q Nxf8 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qxf8+ Kh7
38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Qg7#) (32... Qc6 33. Qf4 Qc4 34. Qf6+ Kh6 35. Bd1 Rxg3 36.
hxg3 $18) 33. Bb3 $1 Rb6 (33... Qxb3 34. Qxd4+ Kh6 35. Qxg4 Qe3 36. Nf5+ $1
gxf5 37. Qg8 Ng6 38. f8=Q+ Nxf8 39. Qxf8+ Kg6 40. Qxf5+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. h3
$18) 34. Qf4 h5 (34... d3 35. Qxg4 Qxb3 36. Nf5+ Kxf7 37. Nd4+ $18) (34... Be6
35. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 36. Qf6#) 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Ne4 Qxb3 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. h4 (38.
Qh8+ Kxg5 39. Qxf8 Rf6 40. Qc5+ Kh6 41. f8=Q+ Rxf8 42. Qxf8+ Kg5 43. Qf4+ Kh4
44. Qf6+ g5 45. Qf2+) (38. h4 Qe3 39. Qh8+) 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miranda, Marcio MC"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 (6...
a6 7. Bf4 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd3
Nxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Kf1 Qc7 16. b4 d6 17. Ne4 Rd8 $10 {Ionov,S-Anastasian,A/
St-Petersburg/1993/1-0/35/}) 7. e3 Qc7 8. Bd3 (8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. g4 h6
11. Rg1 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Na5 15. g5 Nh5 16. O-O-O $40 {Ilanos,
G-Panno,O/Trelew/1995/1-0/46/}) 8... b6 9. a3 (9. O-O a6 10. h3 (10. b3 Bb7 11.
e4 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qe2 a5
17. Nd4 O-O {1/2-1/2 Erkan,M-Vitouch,A/EuYouth U14 Boys, Tallinn EST 1997})
11... Nc6 12. a3 Ng4 13. g3 h5 14. Bf4 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 h4 17. b4 Bd4
18. Rac1 g5 19. Bxg5 hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng6 21. Kg2 Qe5 22. Qd2 Qf5 $1 $17 {0-1
Blasovszky,I-Kislov,S/Zalakaros op 1995 (25)}) 10... Bb7 11. e4 Nc6 $5 12. Re1
d6 13. a3 O-O 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. b4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne2 Bf6 $13 {Ruzele,
D-Yemelin,V/Moscow(ol)/1994/0-1/45/}) (9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rd1 Na6 12.
Nb5 Qc6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qb1 a6 15. Nbd4 Qc7 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Ne2 d6 18. Ng3 Ncd7
19. Bd3 O-O 20. Rfe1 Qb8 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22. Bf1 Bf8 $11 {Hort,V-Ionescu,C/Haifa
ETC 1989/0-1 (80)}) (9. Bd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Na6 12. Be2 O-O 13. a3
Nc5 14. Nd4 Nfe4 15. Be1 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qxh2 18. Nf3 Qh3 19. Qd4
Bf6 20. Qf4 e5 21. Nxe5 Ne6 22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. Qxg2 Qxg2 24. Rxg2 Rfd8 25. f4 Bf6
26. Bf3 $44 {Petursson,M-Wahls,M/Munich 1989/1-0 (45)}) (9. Nb5 {Ftacnik} Qd8
10. Bd2 a6 (10... Bb7 $5 {/\ d5}) 11. Nbd4 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Bc3 d6 14. Ng5
Qc8 $8 15. f4 h6 (15... Nbd7 $5 16. e4 h6 17. Ngxe6 fxe6 18. e5 $14) 16. Ngxe6
(16. Ngf3 Nbd7 17. e4 Nc5 $132 18. e5 dxe5) 16... fxe6 17. Bg6+ Kf8 (17... Kd8
$6 18. Qb3 $5) 18. e4 Qxc4 (18... e5 $5 {Petursson,M} 19. b3 $5) 19. e5 Nc6 20.
exf6 (20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. exf6 gxf6 $1 {><g}) 20... Nxd4 $1 (20... Bxf6 $6 21.
Nxc6 $16 {()}) (20... gxf6 21. Nf3 $5 $13) 21. fxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qf2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1
Nxc3 24. bxc3 (24. Rac1 Qe2 {} 25. Qh4+ $2 Kd7 26. Rf2 Qe3 $19) (24. Qh4+ Kd7
25. bxc3 $17) 24... Rhf8 {Petursson,M-Schussler,H/Espoo (zt)/1989/1/2-1/2 (51)}
) 9... Bb7 10. b3 (10. b4 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rfe1 Ng4 (
14... O-O {Ftacnik} 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bg5 $14) 15.
Rac1 Rc8 16. Na4 O-O 17. h3 (17. Qe2 $5 {Ftacnik} Bc6 18. Nc3 $14) 17... Nge5
18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 b5 21. Nc3 Rfd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rychagov,
A-Yemelin,V/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1995 (41)}) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 d6 12. Nb5 (
12. Rd1 Nc6 13. O-O a6 {-game}) 12... Qd7 (12... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 13. Rd1 {xd6})
13. Rd1 Nc6 14. O-O a6 15. Nc3 (15. Nbd4 O-O (15... Nxd4) (15... Nxd4 {Ftacnik}
16. Nxd4 O-O $11) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 $6 dxe5 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxd7 Bxd7
20. Bxe5 Bxa3 $15) 15... Qc7 16. Nd5 $4 {Ftacnik: White mises the tactical
finesse and loses the game with one shot.} (16. Rfe1 $142 {With a normal game.}
) 16... exd5 (16... Nxd5 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bb2 $18)
17. Bxf6 (17. cxd5 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bb2 Ne5 $19) 17... dxc4 {
White, probably, missed this move.} (17... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. dxc6
Qxc6 20. Qxc6+ Rxc6 21. Be4 $16) 18. Bxg7 (18. Bxc4 Bxf6 19. Bd5 O-O 20. Rc1
Rac8 $19) 18... cxd3 19. Qxd3 Rg8 20. Qxh7 O-O-O {Although white has two pawns
for the bishop his position is, of course, hopeless! Ftacnik: The result of a
combination is not encouraging, white is left with two pawns for the piece and
the king on g1 prone to be attacked by the enemy.} 21. Rc1 (21. Qf5+ {Ftacnik}
Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bc3 Na5 $19) 21... Kb8 22. Rc4 (22. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Bf6 $3
23. Nxc6+ Bxc6 24. Qc2 Bxg7 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Kb7 $19) 22... Qd7 (22... d5
{Ftacnik} 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Rf4 $17) 23. Rf4 Qe6 {/\ Ne5,Qg6} 24.
b4 (24. Rb1 {Ftacnik} f5 25. Bc3 Ne5 $19) 24... Ne5 {[%cal Gb7g2,Gg8g2]} 25.
Nxe5 (25. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Qd5 26. Nf3 f6 $19) 25... dxe5 26. Rxf7 {Ftacnik:
Small trick that will badly backfire.} Qxf7 {A 2640 player loses his queen in
one move!!! (???)} 27. Bxe5+ Ka8 (27... Ka8 28. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rg7+ (29...
Rxf2+ {Ftacnik} 30. Kg1 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rg3+ 32. e4 Bxe4+ 33. Qf3 Bxf3+ 34. Rxf3
Rd1+ 35. Rf1 Rxf1#) (29... Rg7+ 30. f3 Rxf7 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 {Other
alternatives are:} (5... Na6 $5 {See comments to Sjoberg,M-Brynell,S/
Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (46)}) (5... O-O $5 {See comments to
Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(41)}) ({
and} 5... Nc6) 6. Nf3 Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%mdl 4] After this move impossible 7.
Bg5 or 7.Bf4. Other lines are:6...0-0!?;6...b6;6...d5!?; 6...a6!?} ({and} 6...
Nc6 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Dao Thien Hai-Liang Shuai/Qingdao,
1999/CBM 74 (1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3 $5 {Besides white has several
options:} (8. Bd3 {See comments to Miranda,M-Tiviakov,S/ New York,1998/CBM 64
(0-1)(Gershon)(27)}) (8. Bd2 $5 {See comments to Stohl,I-Berzinsh,R/ Olomouc,
1997/CBM 61(1-0)(Finkel,A)(28)}) (8. a3 $5 {See comments to Arlandi,E-Gurevich,
M/ Linares,1995/CBM 51(1/2-1/2)(Gurevich,M) (41)}) (8. Be2 $5) ({and} 8. g4 $5
$146 Nxg4 (8... h6 $6 9. Rg1 b6 10. Bd2 a6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Be2 g6 13. g5 hxg5
14. hxg5 Nh5 15. Ne4 $14 {Savchenko,S-Guedon,S/Metz,1999(1-0) (38)}) 9. Rg1 f5
10. h3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bd2 $44 {Savchenko,S-Grooten,H/Gelsenkirchen,
1999(1-0)(40)}) 8... b6 (8... a6 {Is the main move in this position. See
comments to Ruzele,D-Gurevich,M/Bonn, 1996/CBM 56(1/2-1/2)(Gurevich,M)(56)}) 9.
Bb2 Bb7 ({Again good enough:} 9... a6 $5 {See comments to Alterman,B-Tiviakov,
S/ Beijing,1997/CBM 61 (1/2-1/2)(Finkel,A)(22)}) 10. Be2 ({Another possibility
is:} 10. Rd1 $5 Be7 (10... a6 $142) 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Qd2 $5 $14 {
Kozul,Z-Ionescu,C/Berga,1991/Inf 52/564 (1-0)(Kozul,Z)(33)}) 10... a6 11. Rd1 (
11. h3 $143 Be7 12. O-O d6 13. Nd4 Nbd7 $11 {Lalic,B-Wells,P/Toulouse,1990(1/
2-1/2)(43)}) (11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 (12. Rfd1 d6 13. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
C-Ionescu,C/Odorheiu Secuiesc,1995(13)}) (12. Rad1 $5) 12... d6 13. Nd2 Nbd7
14. Bf3 $11 {M Abdulla,A-Ionescu,C/Manila,1992(0-1) (66)}) 11... Be7 12. O-O
O-O $6 $146 {McShane: 'Black is a couple of moves away from completing his
development, when White will have a slight bind in the centre due to the c4
pawn helping to restrain the d5 and b5 breaks. But White grasps on a familiar
tactical motif, and pursues it through in calculation...'} ({In my opinion
much better is:} 12... d6 $5 13. Ng5 (13. Bd3 $6 Nbd7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. e4 $11 {
Gunawan,R-Razuvaev,Y/Biel,1994(1/2-1/2) (25)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Rd2 O-O 15. Nce4
{+/=/= Lev,R-Kanstler,B/Israel,1997(1-0)(40)}) 13. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Yf6,Rh7]
[%cal Gc3d5] '!!' McShane.} Rd8 $2 {Gross blunder.} ({Also badly:} 13... Rc8 {
in view of:} 14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. cxd5 {[%csl Rf8,
Gh7][%cal Gd5d6,Gh7h8]} d6 (17... Be5 $143 18. f4 $40) 18. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]}
Bxg5 (18... Nd7 19. Nxf7 Ne5 20. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6]} Ke7 {[%cal Gc8h8]} (20...
Qc2 21. e4 $16) (20... Bxg5 $2 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+ $18) 21. f4 $1 Rh8 $140
22. fxe5 $1 Rxh7 23. Nxh7 {[%csl Gd5,Gf1]} Qc3 (23... dxe5 $2 24. d6+) (23...
Bxe5 $2 24. Rf7+) 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Rc1 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 {+/-/+-}) (18... Qc2 19.
e4 $16) 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 {[%csl Rf7,Rg5]} Rf8 (20... Bh4 $4 21. Qxf7+ Kd8
22. Qe8#) 21. Qxg5+ $16) ({Dubious:} 13... Nc6 14. Nd5 exd5 $8 15. Bxf6 g6 16.
Qb2 {+/=/+/-}) ({It is necessary:} 13... g6 $14) (13... h6 {McShane} 14. Nd5
exd5 15. Bxf6 hxg5 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bxg5 $16) 14. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Yf6,Rh7][%cal
Gb2f6][%mdl 64]} exd5 $8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. cxd5 {[%csl Rf8,Gh7]
[%cal Gd5d6,Gh7h8] with the idea 18.d6 and 19.Qh8 mate} d6 $8 (17... Be5 {
is refuted by:} 18. f4 $1 Qc5 19. fxe5 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxg5 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. d6+
Ke6 23. Qh3+ Kxe5 24. Qc3+ Ke6 (24... Ke4 25. Qd4#) 25. Bc4+) ({Also loses
right away:} 17... Qd6 {because of:} 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. d6+ Ke6 21.
Qh3+ Qf5 22. Bc4+ Ke5 23. f4+ Kxe4 24. Qf3#) (17... Bxg5 {McShane} 18. d6 {wins
}) 18. Bh5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg5f7]} Bxg5 (18... Rd7 $4 19. Ne6+ fxe6 20.
Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qe8#) (18... g6 $4 19. Ne6+ {[%csl Rc7,Rf8,Gh7]}) 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20.
Qxg7 {[%csl Rf7,Rg5][%cal Gg7f7,Gg7g5]} Rf8 $8 21. Qxg5+ Ke8 $8 {McShane: '
White really only had to see this far, as it is clear that with three pawns,
an enormous attack and ineffectual Black forces on the queenside that White
has a winning advantage. But it would be easy to let it slip and let Black
back into the game. Kiriakov plays incisively. '} ({Loses:} 21... Kd7 {in view
of:} 22. Rd4 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd4c4,Gd4e4]}) 22. Rc1 {Behind piece white has a
three pawns and strong attack.} Qd8 $8 ({Again loses:} 22... Qd7 {because of:}
23. Rc4 {[%cal Gc4e4]} Rh8 24. Rfc1 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gc4c7]} Qe7 25. Rc8+
Bxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kd7 27. Bg4+ {[%csl Rd7]}) 23. Qf5 {[%csl Rb7,Yc1,Yf5][%cal
Yf5c8,Yc1c8] (control over point c8.) McShane: 'Exchanging queens when you
have an attack like White's would be ludicrous. '} Qe7 $2 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 23... Nd7 24. Qe6+ Qe7 25. Rc7 {[%csl Rb7]} Qxe6 (25... Rb8
$4 26. Rxd7 Qxe6 27. dxe6 $18) 26. dxe6 Nc5 27. b4 {[%csl Rb7,Yc5][%cal Yc5b7]}
Kd8 28. Rxf7 (28. e7+ $143 Kxc7 29. exf8=Q Rxf8 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Rd1 $14)
28... Rxf7 (28... Nxe6 $4 29. Rxb7) 29. exf7 Ne6 {+/-/+/=_|_}) 24. Rc4 {
[%cal Gc4e4] '!' McShane. McShane: ' Threatening Re4 so Black tries to put his
knight in the way. '} Nd7 $8 (24... Kd8 $2 25. Re4 Qd7 (25... Bc8 26. Qxc8+
Kxc8 27. Rxe7) (25... Qc7 26. Qf6+ {[%csl Ge4]}) 26. Qf6+ Kc7 27. Rc1+) 25. Rc7
{'!' McShane. McShane: ' A clever move after the initial dummy Rc4. '} Bc8 $8 (
25... Rb8 $2 26. Bg4 Bc8 27. Rfc1 Kd8 (27... Qd8 28. Qe4+ Ne5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30.
Rxc8) 28. Qc2 $18 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2,Gc7,Rc8]}) 26. Rfc1 Kd8 $8 (26... Qd8 $2 27.
Qe6+ Qe7 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8#) 27. Bg4 $1 $18 {with the idea 28.Qc2(ץc8)
McShane: ' Black is paralysed and can only shuffle pieces.'} ({Insufficiently
for win:} 27. Qc2 {in view of:} Qe5 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Ke7 {[%csl Rc8,
Rh5]} 30. Qxa6 Qxh5 31. Qc4 $14) 27... Qe8 28. R1c6 {Pictorial position.Full
domination.} Rg8 29. h3 $1 {Preventive move. McShane: ' Patiently protecting
loose pieces and preventing any back rank mate hopes Black may have had.'} b5
30. Qf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf4d6]} Qf8 {After this move white has a forced win.}
(30... Qe7 31. Rxd6 Kxc7 $140 (31... Rxg4 32. hxg4 Kxc7 33. Re6+ Kd8 34. Rxe7
Kxe7 35. Qc7 $18) 32. Rxd7+ Kb6 33. Qc7#) ({Slightly better is:} 30... Qe5 31.
Qxf7 Rg7 32. Qe6 $18 (32. Qf3 $5)) 31. Bxd7 Bxd7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 (32... Qe7 33.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rc7+ Kxc7 35. Qxe7+ {[%csl Rd6] McShane: 'is easily winning.'})
33. Rxd6 Rd8 34. Rdxd7 $1 {McShane: '34...Rxd7 35.Rc8+ mates. '} (34. Rdxd7 $1
Rxd7 35. Rc8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8#) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Lioe, Dede"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 $5 (8. b4 $5 {You can see comments to Cramling,P-Chiburdanidze,M/Shenyang
2000/CBM 79 (1-0)(Golod,V)(88)}) 8... d6 ({More essentially:} 8... d5 $5 {
See comments to Hillarp Persson,T-Brynell,S/Goteborg,1999/CBM 69 (1-0)(46)}) 9.
e4 e5 ({Here more often was checked:} 9... O-O {See comments to Golod,
V-Gaprindashvili,V/Linares,2001/CBM 80 (1-0)(Golod,V)(47)}) 10. b4 $5 $146 ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... Qe7 11. Rc1 $6 (11. Rd1
$142) 11... a5 12. Ne2 a4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nc3 $14 {Starck,B-Handel,H/Gera,1962
(1/2-1/2)(26)}) 11. Ne2 Be6 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nc3 h6 14. Be2 a6 15.
Rd1 $14 {Rychagov,A-Glagolev,B/Moscow,1996(1-0)(25)}) 12. Qc2 (12. Ng3 $143 O-O
13. Be2 Rfc8 14. O-O Na4 15. Qb4 Nc5 16. Qc3 Qd7 {+/=/= Zamikhovsky,A-Kirillov,
V/Moscow,1931 (0-1)(35)}) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Be2 a6 15. Rc1 Ncd7 16.
Qd2 Qb8 17. Nd5 $14 {Flohr,S-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad,1933 (1-0)(69)}) 10... Ne6 (
{Senselessly:} 10... Na4 {in view of:} 11. Qc2 Bd7 $140 12. Be3 {[%csl Rd6] /
\Rad1,Qd2(קd6)}) 11. Bd3 ({In my opinion,it was better:} 11. Be3 $5 {(it was
necessary to occupy a diagonal: "a7-g1").}) 11... O-O {A little passively.It
deserves attention:} (11... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6g1]} 12. Bb1 $140 {[%cal Gc1e3]}
Bd7 13. Be3 Qc7 {and black save a tempo.}) 12. Ne2 ({Again can be recommended:
} 12. Be3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ge3a7,Ge3g1,Ge3c1,Ge3h6]}) 12... a5 $6 ({All the
same it was more preferable:} 12... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6g1]}) 13. Be3 $14 Nh5 $6 {
Absolutely not logically.Black can not play at once on both sides.} (13... axb4
$142 14. axb4 Rxa1+ 15. Qxa1 Bd7 16. O-O $14) 14. O-O g5 {[%csl Ye5,Yg5][%cal
Yh5f4] Black continue the wrong plan.} 15. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd6]} axb4 ({Weakly:} 
15... Nef4 {because of:} 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Bf1 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 16. Qxb4 $5
{[%csl Rd6] White want more quickly to reach weakness "d6".} ({Also good
enough:} 16. axb4 $5) 16... Ra6 17. Nc3 Nhf4 18. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gc3b5]} g4 ({Most probably more stubborn resistance after:} 18... Nc5 19. Nb5 (
19. Bxc5 $143 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Qa5 $16) 19... Nfe6 20. Rd5 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 19.
fxg4 Qg5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf4h3]} 20. Kh1 Qxg4 21. Rxd6 $18 {White gets a
absolutely won position.The rest is the matter of technics.} Nd4 22. Rxa6 Nc2
$1 {It is sole chance to complicate a task of white.} (22... bxa6 $143 23. Qe7
$18 {[%csl Re5]}) 23. Qb2 Nxe3 $8 (23... Nxa1 $2 24. Rd6 {[%csl Ra1]}) 24. Rb6
({A little bit better is:} 24. Rd6) 24... f5 25. Nd5 Nfxd5 26. exd5 {[%csl Re5]
} Qe4 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]} 27. Rb3 $5 Ng4 ({Now badly:} 27... f4 {because of:}
28. Bd3 {[%csl Re4]} Qd4 $8 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. c5 Nxd5 31. Bc4 $18) 28. h3 Ne3
29. Bd3 Qf4 30. c5 Qg3 ({Also loses:} 30... Nxd5 31. Rf1 Qa4 (31... Qe3 $143
32. Be2 {[%csl Re5]}) 32. Bc2 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Re5,Gg8][%cal Gb3g3,Gb2e5]} Qd4 33.
Qxd4 exd4 34. Rd3 Ne3 35. Bb3+ Kg7 36. Rf4 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 31. Qe2 {[%csl
Re3]} f4 (31... Nxd5 $2 32. Bc4 {[%csl Rd5]}) (31... e4 $2 32. Bxe4 {[%csl Re3]
}) 32. Qf3 Qh4 33. Rb2 {[%csl Yb2][%cal Yb2g2]} Rf7 34. c6 Rg7 35. Rc1 bxc6 (
35... Rg3 36. cxb7 Bxb7 37. Rxb7 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c8]}) 36. Rb8 {The white
pieces first reach the king of the contender.} Rg3 37. Rxc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kg8 (
38... Kg8 39. Rxh7 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gh7h4]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Palo, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Aarhus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 {Doing this move white consciously go on acute variant, in
which black sacrifice a N and gets perfect game. Maybe Loek van Wely prepared
a strong novelty.} ({Besides,white has two normal options:} 9. Qc2 {See
comments to: Shariyazdanov,A-Akopian,V/Moscow,2002/CBM 88(0-1)(Golod,V)(35)}) (
{and} 9. Qb2 {See comments to Cramling,P-Chiburdanidze,M/Shenyang,2000/CBM 79
(1-0)(Golod,V)(88)}) 9... d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7
14. fxe4 Rb8 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 {All this was repeatedly met.} O-O ({It it
also pretty interesting:} 16... Qe5 {See comments to Ionov,S-Aseev,K/St.
Petersburg,1997/CBM 58(0-1)(Ftacnik)(27)}) ({Very bad:} 16... Bxc6 {Ftacnik,L}
17. Bf4 $1 Qd7 18. Qd4 $18) 17. exd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Before that white
with changeable success was using:} 17. Bd2 $5 {You can see comments to
interesting game of this line: Ivanchuk,V-De Firmian,N/Manila,1990(1-0)
(Ftacnik,L)(39)}) ({Now impossibly:} 17. cxd7 $4 {because of:} Qc3+ 18. Kd1
Nxe4 19. Nh3 Qxa1 $19) (17. Nf3 $5) 17... Qe5 ({Black does not have time on:} 
17... exd5 $4 18. Bf4) 18. Ra2 {This move is much better,than:} Qc3+ (18...
Rfc8 $2 19. Qf4 Qc3+ 20. Bd2 Rb1+ 21. Kf2 Qc5+ 22. e3 Qxd5 (22... Nxd5 $143 23.
Qh4 {[%csl Rb1,Rh7][%cal Gf1d3]} Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bxc6 25. Qd4 $18) 23. cxd7 Rd8
(23... Nxd7 $143 24. Qd4 Qxa2 25. Qxd7 $18) 24. Nf3 $1 Qxa2 25. Bc4 Qc2 26.
Rxb1 Qxb1 27. Qc7 Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Ne5 $16) 19. Bd2 Rb1+ 20. Kf2 {[%csl
Ya4][%cal Ya4h4]} Qc5+ 21. e3 ({Obviously,that it is bad:} 21. Be3 $2 Qxd5 22.
cxd7 Ne4+ $1 23. Qxe4 (23. Kf3 $4 Qf5+ 24. Bf4 Rxf1+ $19) 23... Qxe4 24. Rd2
Rb3 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd2,Ye3]}) 21... Qxd5 22. cxd7 Qxa2 23. Nf3 Rb2 $2 {Gross
blunder.} ({On my opinion,after:} 23... Rd8 {Black's position at least not
worse.}) 24. Be2 Qd5 ({Obviously of all,black missed while doing 23...Rb2 ,
that they can not take B on "d2":} 24... Rxd2 $4 25. Nxd2 Qxd2 26. Rd1 {
[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd7d8]}) ({Also badly:} 24... Rd8 {in view of:} 25. Rc1 $18 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c8]}) 25. Rd1 {White creates a threat:26.Bc3 Ne4+ 27.Qxe4
Qxe4 28.d8Q} Ne4+ 26. Ke1 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Nxd2 $8 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 $16 Rd8
({Loses right away:} 28... Qxg2 29. Nf3 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Rd8 30. Qxa7 $18) 29.
Bb5 {Pd7 is more important,than all white's PP in king side.} Qxg2 30. Qxa7
Qxh2 31. Qb6 Qh4+ (31... Qb8 $2 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gf3d4,Ge5c6,
Gd4c6]}) 32. Ke2 {White's king can always easily hide from checks.} h5 33. a4
$18 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a5] Now a pawn a4 easily win a game.} Qg4+ 34. Kd3 Qg5
35. Nf3 Qf6 (35... Qf5+ $143 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Nd2 $18) 36. a5 Rxd7+ (36... h4
37. a6 h3 38. a7 {/\Bc6}) 37. Bxd7 Qxf3 38. Kc3 Qf6+ 39. Kc4 Qf1+ 40. Kc5 Qc1+
41. Kd6 Qa3+ 42. Kc7 h4 43. a6 h3 44. a7 ({And following could happen:} 44. a7
h2 45. Qb8+ (45. Bc6 $5) 45... Kh7 46. a8=Q {[%cal Ya8h1]} Qc1+ 47. Kd6 h1=Q
48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Qhxh1) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 {The statistics of last
games of this variant shows, that black it is necessary to stop the choice on
other continuations:5...0-0 or 5...Bxc5.} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4
9. Qc2 {Besides,white has two options:} (9. Qd4 $5 {See comments to Ionov,
S-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg,1997/CBM 58(0-1)(Ftacnik)(27)}) ({and} 9. Qb2 $5 {
See comments to Soffer,R-Tsesarsky,I/PetahTikva,1998/CBM 63(1-0)(Tsesarsky)(50)
}) 9... d5 {Comments from 9...d5 to 12.e3 of this game,you can find in
annotations to game: DaoThien Hai- Antonio,R/Yangon,1998/CBM 69(Golod,V)(0-1)
(28)} 10. f3 Nd6 11. c5 Nf5 12. e3 e5 $5 ({Were checked in the preceding games:
} 12... O-O $6 13. Bd3 (13. g4 $5 Nh4 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Ne2 a5 17. g5
$36 {Leyva,H-Ponce,H/Holguin,1992(1-0)(37)}) 13... Ne7 $5 (13... Qc7 $143 14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Ne2 Re8 16. O-O $14 {Morales,J-Perera,P/Las Palmas,1989(1-0)(41)}
) (13... Nd7 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Ne2 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Ne5 18. O-O $14 {
Nikolaev,V-Barbitskij,A/St.Petersburg,1998(1-0)(35)}) 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. Ne2 Re8
16. O-O e5 17. Rad1 $14 {Varga,P-Szabo,Z/Budapest,1997(1/2-1/2)(21)}) ({and} 
12... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd8h4,Ga7a5] You can see comments to games:DaoThien Hai-
Antonio,R/Yangon,1998/CBM 69(Golod,V)(0-1)(28) and Sjoberg,M-Brynell,S/
Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(46)}) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 $4 {
is refuted by:} 14. Qxf5 Bxb5 15. Qxe5+) 14. Ne2 h5 $5 $146 (14... a5 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 h5 17. O-O h4 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. e4 $14 {Budovic,E-Kosikov,A/Beltsy,
1979(1/2-1/2)(32)}) (14... e4 $6 {See comments to Ivanov,S-Aseev,K/St.
Petersburg,1996/CBM 56(1-0)(Kanstler,B)(27)}) (14... Be6 $5 $14 {Kanstler,B})
15. O-O $14 (15. Bd3 $5 {not supposing reorganization of black's pieces(Be6
and Qd7).}) 15... Be6 16. Bd3 {On my sight,Andrey Shariyazdanov has not found
of the best continuation for white:} (16. e4 $1 dxe4 $140 17. Rd1 Qc7 (17...
Bd5 $2 18. Bg5 $1 exf3 19. Qxf5 fxe2 20. Bxe2 $18) (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19.
fxe4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc1b2]}) 18. fxe4 Ne7 19. Bg5 {with big advantage of
white.}) 16... Qd7 17. Rd1 h4 18. e4 $5 {White correctly opens the centre, as
black's rook "h8" does not participate in game.} (18. Bxf5 $6 Bxf5 19. e4 Bg6 (
19... Be6 $143 20. Bg5 $16) 20. Bg5 d4 $14) 18... Ne7 $140 19. f4 $1 {[%csl
Rd5,Ge4,Re5,Gf4]} dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 (21. fxe5 $6 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd8 23.
Qd4 h3 $132) 21... Nfxd5 22. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Now,as a consequence of this
mistake,black have time to receive counterplay.It was good enough:} (22. fxe5
Qg4 ({loses right away:} 22... h3 {in view of:} 23. Nf4 hxg2 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25.
Qxg2 Rd8 26. Bg5 {[%csl Rd8]} f6 $8 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Bxf6 Rg8 29. Bg5 $18 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Yh2h4,Yh4g5]}) 23. Rd4 Qh5 24. Qe4 {[%cal Ge2f4]} h3 25. g4 Qh4
26. Bd2 Kg8 27. Rf1 $16) 22... h3 $1 23. Nxd5 ({Probably,it was better:} 23.
fxe5 Qc6 {[%csl Rg1]} 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. b5 Qe6 $44) 23... Nxd5 24. g3 $6 ({
White get a material advantage,after:} 24. fxe5 Qe6 $44 (24... hxg2 $2 25. Qxg2
Rd8 26. Bg5 {[%csl Rd8] and so on.})) 24... exf4 25. Bxf4 Qe6 $5 ({Also
deserves attention:} 25... Kg8 $5 26. Qe4 Rh5 $13 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) (25... Qc6 $4
26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. b5 $18 {[%csl Yc6,Rd5][%cal Gb5c6]}) 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Bd6+ Kg8
28. Re5 $5 Nf6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc6h1]} 29. Qe2 a6 $6 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5]}
({Can be recommended:} 29... Re8 $5 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Bf4 $13) 30. a4 $2 {
Absolutely not clear and unnecessary move.} (30. Rf1 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1f6]
} Rh6 31. Qf3 $14) 30... Rh5 31. Re7 $6 ({Impossibly:} 31. b5 {in view of:}
axb5 {[%csl Ra1,Rg1]}) (31. Rxh5 $5 Nxh5 32. Re1 Nf6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Qd5
35. Rd1 $11) 31... Rf5 $36 32. Ra3 ({Pretty dubiously:} 32. Rc7 {because of:}
Qd5 33. Rd1 $140 Qb3 $1 34. Rxb7 (34. Qd3 $143 Qxa4 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gf5d5]})
34... Re8 35. Rb8 (35. Re7 $2 Rxe7 36. Bxe7 Re5 $1 {[%csl Re2,Re7]} 37. Rd8+
Kh7 38. Qd3+ (38. Qxe5 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Ng4+ {[%csl Re5,Rf2]}) 38... Qxd3 39. Rxd3
Rxe7 $19) 35... Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Qxb4 37. Bd6 Qxa4 $17) 32... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gf5f2]} 33. Bf4 $6 (33. Qxg4 $4 Qg2#) ({It was necessary:} 33. b5 $1 axb5
34. axb5 Rxa3 35. bxc6 Ra1+ 36. Qe1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 bxc6 {[%cal Gf5f2]} (37...
Rf2 $2 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. c7 $8 (39. cxb7 $2 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Nxh2+ 41. Ke1 Nf3+ 42.
Kd1 h2 $19) 39... Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Nxh2+ 41. Ke1 Nf3+ 42. Kd1 (42. Kf1 Nd2+ 43. Ke1
Nf3+ $11 (43... h2 $4 44. Rh8+ Kxh8 45. c8=Q+ Kh7 46. Qh3+ {[%csl Rg2,Rh7]}))
42... h2 43. Rh8+ Kxh8 44. c8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qh3+ Nh4 {[%csl Rd1,Gh2][%cal Gg2g1]}
46. Qxh4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qh4+ $11) 38. Re4 Nf6 39. Rh4 Rd5 40. Rxh3 Ne4 {
[%csl Rc5,Rd6] -/+/=/+}) 33... Rd8 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd8d1]} 34. Ra2 Rfd5
35. Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Decisive mistake.} (35. Rd2 Qxa4 36. Rxd5 Qa1+ 37. Qe1
Qxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxd5 $17 {[%csl Rh2]}) (35. Qf1 Rxc5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re7,Rg1]})
35... R8xd6 $1 {After this move whitte resigns,because of next variants:} (
35... R8xd6 $1 36. cxd6 (36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ f5 38. cxd6 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Rd1+
40. Re1 Rxe1#) 36... Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Rd1 38. Rae2 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Qc6 {[%csl Rd6,
Rg1]}) 0-1

[Event "Basel Hilton op 08th"]
[Site "Basel"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Izsak, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 {This is how I avoid the Queens Gambit Accepted.} Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 ({You can also find games in the
database commented by me, where I gave other main alternatives for this
variation:} 7... Nd4) ({and} 7... Be7) 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Rd1 ({The most common in
this position was:} 9. e3) 9... O-O 10. e3 ({This was a bit too early:} 10. e4
$6 Qa5 (10... Nh5 $5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 (12. Qd2 $6 d5 {עe1}) 12... Nf4 13.
O-O $11) 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O $14 {Chibukhchian,A-Babujian,L/Yerevan,2005(0-1)
(65)}) 10... Nh5 $6 $146 {Seems like a bad novelty. After the exchange of the
dark squared-bishops , Black gets a weakness in his camp (the square "d6").
Before that, 10...b6!? was checked in a couple of positions and only once 10...
d5; 10...a6 and 10...Qa5.} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 {[%cal Gg2g4] I thought for
long, and decided not to play in creative style:} (12. g4 $1 Nf6 $140 13. g5
hxg5 14. Nxg5 $14 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh1g1]}) 12... Nf6 13. O-O d5 {Black solves
his problem with the weak "d6" pawn, but in return, gets an isolated "d"-pawn.}
14. cxd5 exd5 {Black should refrain from exchanging knights for the moment:} (
14... Nxd5 $143 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 $14 (16. Rxd5 $4 Nb4)) (14... Nb4 $2 15.
d6 $16 Qxd6 $140 (15... Nxc2 16. dxe7 Re8 17. Bb5 Rxe7 18. Rd8+ Kh7 19. Bd3+ {
[%csl Rc2,Rh7]}) 16. Rxd6 Nxc2 17. a3 {/\Rd2 פc2}) 15. Nd4 Be6 (15... Ne5 $5
16. Nf5 $140 Qc7 (16... Qe6 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxf5 $140 (18... Qxd5 $4
19. Ne7+) 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxe5 $16) 17. Rc1 $14) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 {The pawn
structure changed again, but White keeps the typical positional advantage
which is characterized by these positions.} 17. Na4 Rac8 {Maybe my opponent
should have considered a retreat with the rook to "a8":} (17... Rfc8 $5) 18.
Nc5 Nd7 19. Rc1 ({Another change in the pawn structure:} 19. Nxe6 fxe6 {
+/=/= now it's unlikely to become a won game for me.}) 19... Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5
21. Rxc5 d4 $1 {[%csl Ra2] It is obvious that Black was counting on this
option, when he played his 18th move.} 22. a3 ({This lead to complete equality:
} 22. exd4 $6 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Rxa7 Rb8 $11) 22... dxe3 23. fxe3 Rfd8 24.
Rd1 {I can't give the black rooks the file <-> "d".} Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 {/\Bf3 קc6
} Bd5 26. b4 Kf8 27. Ba4 $6 {I was fascinated with the idea of grabbing the
pawn on "c6".} (27. Kf2 $142 Ke7 $140 28. e4 Be6 29. Bf3 $14) 27... f6 (27...
Ke7 $2 28. e4 Be6 (28... Bxe4 $4 29. Re5+) 29. Bxc6 Bd7 $140 30. Bd5 $16) 28.
Bc2 {After a lot of thought, I decided it was a bad idea to take the pawn:} (
28. b5 Ke7 29. bxc6 Kd6 30. Ra5 {In the rook ending, which arises after:} Bxc6
(30... Rc7 $143 31. Kf2 $14) 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxa7 g5 {[%cal Yc6c2,Yc2a2]
Black has a good chance to draw, for his active rook.}) 28... Ke7 29. e4 Be6
30. Ra5 Rc7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Bd3 Bc8 33. Ke3 $14 {I optimized my piece position,
but what's next, how do I break down my opponent's defense? I decided to move
my kingside pawns a little, for now.} Re7 34. g3 Rc7 35. h4 Re7 (35... g5 $5)
36. h5 {In my opponent's camp there is a new weakness - the pawn "g7", but it
is very hard to reach it.} Rc7 37. Be2 Re7 38. Kf4 (38. g4 $5 {[%csl Ye2,Ye4,
Rf6,Yg4,Rg7,Yh5,Rh6]}) 38... Be6 39. Bd1 Bc8 40. Bb3 $6 $138 (40. g4 $144 a6
41. Be2 Re5 42. Ra4 Rg5 $11) ({I had to retreat:} 40. Be2 {(meaning, make the
last controlled move)} Be6 {and now simply think about my plan. Even though
the position is still drawish.}) 40... a6 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rh5][%cal Ge7e5] I
completely forgot about this idea.} 41. Bc4 Re5 $132 42. Ra4 (42. Rxe5 $2 fxe5+
43. Kf3 c5 {Only Black can go for the win here :)}) 42... Rxh5 43. Bxa6 Bxa6 (
43... Be6 $5 44. Bd3 Rh2 $132) 44. Rxa6 Rb5 45. Ra7 g5+ 46. Kg4 {I continue
play to the win, even though after the knight exchange the draw is obvious.}
Re5 47. Kf3 (47. Rh7 $6 Rxe4+ 48. Kf5 Re3 49. Rxh6 Rxg3 50. Rxf6+ Kd5 $11)
47... h5 48. Rf7 Ke6 49. Rc7 Kd6 50. Rf7 Ke6 {This was a definite draw, but i
still went on.} 51. Rh7 Rb5 52. Rxh5 c5 $11 53. Rh2 $6 {One can't force the
position.} (53. Rh8 cxb4 54. axb4 Rxb4 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Ra8 $11) 53... cxb4
$140 54. Rb2 b3 55. Ke3 ({This lead to a sad result:} 55. a4 $2 Rb4 56. a5 Kd6
$17 {[%csl Ra5,Yd6][%cal Yd6c6,Yc6b5]}) 55... Ke5 56. Kd3 Rb8 57. Ke3 ({
Unexpectedly at once loses:} 57. Kc4 $4 Kxe4 58. Rxb3 Rxb3 59. Kxb3 f5 60. Kc3
Kf3 61. a4 Kxg3 62. a5 f4 63. a6 f3 64. a7 f2 65. a8=Q f1=Q $19) 57... Rb7 (
57... f5 $5 58. exf5 Kxf5 59. Kf3 $11) 58. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 a6 $5 (6... Bxc5 $5
{You can see comments to Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/ISR,2000/CBM 71(0-1)(Golod,V)(40)
}) 7. g3 $5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc1f4][%mdl 4] Besides,white has four options:} (
7. e3 {See comments to Atalik,S-Cigan,S/Bled,2001/EXT 2002(1-0)(Atalik,S)(44);
7.Bg5; 7.e4}) ({and} 7. a3) 7... Bxc5 8. Bf4 d6 (8... Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rf2]} 9. e3
$140 Be7 (9... d5 $2 {Chuchelov,V} 10. O-O-O $16) 10. e4 d6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12.
O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 {+/=/= See comments to Chernin,A-Chuchelov,V/Cappelle la
Grande,1994/Inf 60/509 (0-1)(Chuchelov,V)(55)}) 9. Bg2 h6 {[%csl Yh6][%cal
Yh6g5,Ge6e5]} (9... Nbd7 $143 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 $14 {You can see comments
to Bareev,E-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg,1993/Inf 59/596(1-0)(Bareev,E)(52)}) 10. O-O e5
11. Bd2 Be6 $5 $146 ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 11... Nc6 12. a3 $6
(12. Nd5 $5) 12... Ne7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. e3 Rfd8 $11 {Hoang Thanh
Trang-Berkes,F/Budapest,2001(0-1)(30)}) 12. Nh4 {The adventurous decision,
though after solid:} (12. b3 $5 {Black,without problems,equalizes a position.})
12... O-O $6 {Ashot Anastasian is not consecutive.The capture of pawn was more
essentially:} (12... Bxc4 13. Nf5 O-O (13... g6 $5 14. Bxh6 gxf5 15. Bg7 Rh5 {
[%csl Yh5][%cal Yh5f5]} 16. Bxf6 Nd7 17. Bh4 $13) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Be6 16.
Qg4 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nc6 (17... Qd7 $6 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. b4 Bd4 20. Rac1 $14 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc1c7]}) 18. Be4 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Rad1 $44) 13. Rac1 $1 {
Now,already it is not necessary to protect a pawn "c4".} Nc6 ({A little worse
is:} 13... Bxc4 14. b3 Be6 15. Na4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb3b4]} Rc8 {[%csl Rc2]
[%cal Gc5f2]} 16. Be3 Nc6 (16... Nbd7 $2 17. b4 {[%csl Rc7,Gg2]}) 17. Nxc5 dxc5
18. Bxc5 $14) 14. Nd5 {The concrete game begins!} Qd8 ({Pretty dubiously:} 
14... Nxd5 {because of:} 15. cxd5 Nd4 $140 16. Qd3 $1 (16. Qe4 $143 {[%cal
Ge2e3,Gb2b4]} f5 17. Qe3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} f4 18. gxf4 Bg4 $13) 16... Bd7 17. b4
Bb5 18. Qb1 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 {[%csl Rc5]} b6 21. Nf5 Bd7 22. Qe4 {
with obvious advantage of white.}) 15. Nf5 Rc8 {There is no sense to force
exchanges:} (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nd4 18. Qh5 $14 (18. Qd3 $143 {
[%cal Ge2e3]} f5 $132)) 16. Qb1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb2b4]} Nxd5 $6 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 16... b5 $5) 17. cxd5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nd4 19.
Qd3 $14 {White has a clear positional advantage : two bishops and also best
pawns structure at the centre.} f5 {[%cal Ge5e4] On the one hand-active move,
with another- the next easing of position.} 20. e4 Qe8 ({It deserves attention:
} 20... f4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. b4 Bb6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Kh1 $14) 21.
exf5 Qh5 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1][%cal Gd4e2]} 22. Kh1 Rce8 (22... Qxf5 $5) 23. Be4 Nxf5
24. Kg2 Qg4 $2 {Inaccurate move.It's not best place for queen.} (24... Rf6 $142
{[%cal Yh5f7]}) 25. f3 Qg6 $8 (25... Nh4+ $4 26. Kh1) (25... Qh5 $4 26. g4 Nh4+
27. Kh3 $1 {[%csl Rh4]}) 26. Rce1 $16 Qf6 27. b4 Bb6 {[%csl Rd6]} 28. Kh1 ({
After:} 28. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge4,Gf1,Rf5,Rf6][%cal Gd2c3] it's difficult to give a
good advise for black.}) 28... Qf7 29. f4 Qh5 30. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White
have missed an easy win:} (30. fxe5 {[%csl Rf5]} Rxe5 $8 31. Bf4 Rxe4 (31...
Re7 $143 32. Bxf5 {[%csl Re7]} Rxe1 33. Bh7+ Kh8 34. Rxe1) (31... Ree8 $143 32.
Bxf5 {[%csl Re8]} Rxe1 (32... Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxe8+) (32... Rxf5 33.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxf5) 33. Bh7+) 32. Qxe4 $18) 30... Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30...
exf4 $142 31. Rxf4 $16) 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Again white
have missed a win:} 32. Bc3 $1 Ne3+ (32... Rxe4 $143 33. Qxe4 Ne3+ 34. Rxe3)
33. Rxe3 Bxe3 (33... Rxf1 34. Bxe5 {-see 33...Bxe3}) 34. Bxe5 Rxf1 35. Qxe3 $18
{[%csl Ge4,Ge5,Rf1]}) 32... Re8 33. Bf3 $6 (33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.
Bxd6 (35. Qxf5 $2 Qe2+ {[%csl Rf1]}) 35... Rxf1 36. Qxf1 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 $16)
33... Qg6 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Be4 Qf7 (35... Nd4 $142 {+/=/+/-}) 36. Bd2 (36.
Bg5 $5) 36... Ne7 (36... Nd4 $142) 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 $14 38. Bf3 Ng6 (38... Qb2 $5)
39. Qc2 Qd4 $2 {Probably because of the zeitnot black makes this mistake.} (
39... Nf8 $14) 40. Qxg6 $1 Qxd2+ 41. Kh3 Qe3 $2 {Last mistake in this cheerful
game!} (41... Qe1 $142 42. Qxd6 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Qc4+ (43... h5+ $143 44. Kf4 g5+
45. Ke4 Qc4+ 46. Kf5 $18) 44. Kf5 Qc2+ 45. Be4 Qf2+ 46. Qf4 $18) 42. Be4 $18 {
[%csl Rg8] Further resistance is impossible:} (42. Be4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg6e8]}
Kf8 (42... Qf2 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Bh7+ {[%csl Rf8]}) 43. Qxd6+ Kg8 $8 44. Bg6 $1
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd6b8]}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 $5 {After this
move,impossible: 7.Bg5 or 7.Bf4. Other possibilities are: 6...0-0!?; 6...b6; 6.
..d5!?; 6...a6!?} ({and} 6... Nc6 $5 {It's main line.See comments to Dao Thien
Hai-Liang Shuai/Qingdao,1999/CBM 74 (1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3 $5 {
Besides,white has several options:} (8. Bd3 {See comments to Miranda,
M-Tiviakov,S/ New York,1998/CBM 64(0-1)(Gershon) (27)}) (8. Bd2 $5 {See
comments to Stohl,I-Berzinsh,R/ Olomouc,1997/CBM 61(1-0)(Finkel,A)(28)}) (8. a3
$5 {See comments to Arlandi,E-Gurevich,M/ Linares,1995/CBM 51(1/2-1/2)
(Gurevich,M) (41)}) (8. Be2 $5) ({and} 8. g4 $5 Nxg4 (8... h6 $6 9. Rg1 b6 10.
Bd2 a6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Be2 g6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15. Ne4 $14 {Savchenko,
S-Guedon,S/Metz,1999(1-0) (38)}) 9. Rg1 f5 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bd2 $44
{Savchenko,S-Grooten,H/Gelsenkirchen, 1999(1-0)(40)}) 8... a6 {It's main move
in this position.} (8... b6 $5 {You can see comments to Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/
Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1-0)   (Golod,V)(34)}) 9. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Interestingly,that in this position,this move is applied for the first time.} (
{Was checked repeatedly in the previous games:} 9. Bb2 {See comments to Ruzele,
D-Gurevich,M/Bonn,1996/CBM 56(1/2-1/2) (Gurevich,M)(56)}) 9... h6 $6 {In my
opinion,it was necessary to react essentially:} (9... Nxg4 $5 10. Rg1 Nxh2 11.
Nxh2 Qxh2 12. Rxg7 Qe5 13. Rg3 $44 {[%csl Re5,Rh8][%cal Gc1b2]}) 10. Bb2 b6 ({
Already absolutely illogically:} 10... Nxg4 11. Rg1 Nxh2 12. Nxh2 Qxh2 13. Rxg7
$36 {׻; /^a1-h8}) 11. Rg1 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Yg1,Gg4] White's plan is: h4,g5(פf6)
;/^a1-h8 with idea to grasp more spaces.} Bb7 12. Be2 d5 $6 ({Impossibly:} 
12... Bxf3 $2 13. Bxf3 $140 Qxh2 $4 {because of:} 14. Rh1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rh2]})
({Can be recommended:} 12... e5 $5 13. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd2e4,Gh2h4,
Gg4g5]} (13. g5 $6 hxg5 14. Rxg5 {[%csl Re5,Rg7]} e4 $13 {[%csl Rh2]})) 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 $2 {Now Konstantin Sakaev carry material losses.} (13... exd5 $5) 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 $6 ({Leads to big material advantage:} 15. Bxg7 Bb4+ $8 (
15... Rg8 $2 16. Qh7 {[%csl Rg8]}) 16. Kd1 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Rh7 18. Bc3 $16 (18.
Bd4 $6 Nc6 $1 (18... Nd7 $2 19. Bd3 {[%csl Rh7]}) 19. Bxb6 $140 Ba3 {[%csl Rc2]
[%cal Ga8c8]} 20. Nd2 Rb8 {+/-/+/=})) 15... Bb4+ ({After:} 15... O-O 16. g5
Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 {black get under very strong attack.}) 16. Kf1 $1 {
Here white's king is in a perfect place!} Qxc2 17. Rxc2 {[%csl Re8,Rg7][%cal
Gc2c8]} O-O 18. g5 h5 $2 ({More obstinate resistance can be rendered,after:} 
18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 {[%csl Gb2,Gg1,Rg7][%cal Gg5e6]} f6 (19... g6 20. h4 $18 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]} (20. Rg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4h4]} Be7 21. e4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gg4h4]})) 20. e4 fxg5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rxg5 Ra7 23. Rxd5 $16) 19. Ne5 {
[%csl Rh5]} g6 $2 {Decisive mistake.Now white has a forced way to win.} ({
It was necessary:} 19... Ra7 $16) ({or} 19... Bd6 $16) 20. e4 $1 Bb7 (20...
Bxe4 $2 21. Rc4 {[%csl Rb4,Re4]}) 21. Rc7 $1 Ra7 $140 ({Again impossibly:} 
21... Bxe4 {in view of:} 22. Rc4 {[%csl Rb4,Re4]}) 22. Nxg6 $18 Re8 (22... fxg6
$2 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rxg6+ Kh7 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rxb7+ Kg8 27. Rxa7) 23. Nf4 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5g6]} Re7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. g6 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg8]} f6 26.
Bc4 {[%csl Re6]} (26. Bc4 Bxe4 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 $8 28. Nxh5+ Kh6 29. g7 {[%cal
Gg7g8]}) 1-0

[Event "Qingdao Daily Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Liang, Shuai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 {Other alternatives
are:} (5... Na6 $5 {See comments to Sjoberg,M-Brynell,S/ Stockholm,1999/CBM 73
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(46)}) (5... O-O $5 {See comments to Sokolov,I-Van der
Sterren,P/Amsterdam,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(41)}) ({and} 5... Nc6) 6.
Nf3 Nc6 $5 {Is the main line.Besides black has several options:6...0-0!?;6...
b6;6...d5!?;6...a6!?} ({and} 6... Qb6 $5 {See comments to Miranda,M-Tiviakov,S/
New York,1998/CBM 64(0-1)(Gershon,A) (27)}) 7. Bg5 {Other possibilities are:} (
7. Bf4) (7. a3) ({and} 7. e3) 7... Be7 {Other lines are: 7...Qa5;7...Nd4;7...
h6!? and 7...0-0} 8. e4 $5 (8. e3) ({and} 8. Rd1 {-was checked in the previous
games.}) 8... a6 $6 $146 (8... Qa5 $5 9. Bd2 (9. Rd1 $5 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bxg5 11.
Rd5 f5 $8 12. Rxa5 fxe4 13. Rxg5 exf3 14. Rxg7 $14 {Rejfir,J-Muffang,A/Haag,
1928(0-1)(31)}) 9... Qc7 10. Be2 (10. h3 $143 a6 11. Be2 Ne5 $2 (11... O-O $5)
12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 Qd4 14. e5 Ng8 15. O-O-O $16 {Silman,J-Berube,R/
Philadelphia,1991(1-0) (26)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. Rfd1 {
+/=/= Rubinstein,A-Tarrasch,S/Bad Kissingen, 1928(1/2-1/2)(30)(Is the first!!!
game in this variation.)}) (8... d6 $5 9. Be2 (9. Rd1 $5 Qa5 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bd2
Qd8 12. Be2 {+/=/= Taha,M-Islam,M/Singapore,1990(1-0) (44)}) 9... a6 10. O-O
Qc7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Rfe1 {Vasiliev,V-Kotov,A/Leningrad,1938(1/2-1/2) (37)}) (
8... h6 $5 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Bg3 Qf6 12. O-O-O $14 {Shabtai,R-Dotan,V/
Tel Aviv,1990(1-0)(32)}) (8... O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O d6 $6 (10... Ng4 $6 11.
Bf4 Qa5 12. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4] Schmidt,H-Moller,A/Copenhagen,1998(1-0) (86)})
(10... e5 $5) 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 $14 {Denecke,T-Kalveus,J/Stockholm,1994
(1-0) (35)}) 9. Be2 ({Senselessly:} 9. e5 {in view of:} Ng4 10. Bxe7 (10. Bf4
Qa5 $36 {[%csl Re5]}) 10... Qxe7 11. Qe4 f5 $11) 9... h6 $5 ({Can be
recommended:} 9... e5) ({Dubious:} 9... d6 10. O-O $14 {[%cal Gf1d1,Ga1c1]})
10. Bh4 Nh5 $6 ({Again good enough:} 10... e5 {+/=/=}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2
$14 {[%csl Yd2,Rf4][%cal Yd2f4] This move, surely better,than:} (12. O-O Nf4
13. e5 O-O 14. Rad1 f6 {+/=/=}) 12... Qf6 $6 {[%cal Gh5f4]} ({Badly:} 12... e5
$2 {because of:} 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 $140 15. Qc3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Ge2,
Re5,Rh5][%cal Gc3e5,Ge2h5]} (15. Bxh5 $5)) ({Dubious:} 12... Nf6 {in view of:}
13. e5 $16 Ng4 $140 $6 14. Qf4 f5 $2 (14... h5 $8) 15. h3 g5 16. Qg3 $18 {
[%csl Rg4]}) ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 12... g5) 13. g3 {[%csl Yg3]
[%cal Yg3f4]} g5 $6 {Black blundered,because he didn't see 17.Kd1,but it's
difficult to find a good recommendation.} (13... O-O {is refuted by:} 14. Nh4 {
[%csl Rh5]} g5 (14... g6 $2 15. Qxh6) (14... Qe5 $2 15. f4 Qc5 16. e5 $18 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 15. Bxh5 gxh4 $16) (13... g6 14. Rd1 {+/=/+/-}) ({Probably better
is:} 13... Rb8 {with the idea b5(פf3)}) 14. h4 $140 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg5]} g4 $2
({Much better is:} 14... gxh4 15. Rxh4 Ng7 16. Rd1 $16) 15. Nh2 Ne5 16. Nxg4
Nf3+ ({Loses right away:} 16... Qf3 {in view of:} 17. Rg1 {[%csl Ye5,Rf3][%cal
Yg4e5]}) 17. Kd1 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rf6][%cal Yf6f3]} Nxd2 $8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.
Kxd2 $18 {White has a pawn up and absolutely winning position.} d6 20. g4 $5 {
/\g5 and so on.} Rg8 21. Rag1 Nh7 $6 {More stubborn resistance after:21...Ke7
or 21...b6} 22. g5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} hxg5 23. hxg5 Rxg5 $2 {Again tactical
blunder.} ({It is necessary:} 23... Nf8) ({or} 23... Rg7) 24. Rxg5 Nxg5 25. f4
{[%csl Rg5] The rest it is of no importance.} Nxe4+ 26. Nxe4 Ke7 27. Ke3 e5 28.
Rd1 Be6 29. Nxd6 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Rd8 31. Nf5+ Ke8 32. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 {Is the main line,other
lines are: 5...d5;5...d6 and 5...b6.} 6. a3 $5 {Other options are:} (6. e3) (6.
Bg5) ({and} 6. dxc5 $5 {See comments to Sokolov,I-Arlandi,E/Pula, 1997/CBM
57ext (0-1)(Petursson)(37)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 ({Another alternative is:} 7.
Qxc3 $5) 7... d5 $5 {Besides this move:7...Qa5!?;7...d6!?; 7...Qc7; 7...cxd4;7.
..Nc6!?;7...b6 and 7...h6?!-was checked in the previous games.} 8. e3 b6 $5 {
This move probably better than:} (8... Nc6) (8... dxc4) (8... Qa5) (8... Nbd7)
(8... cxd4) ({and} 8... Qc7 {(see previous games in this variation).}) 9. cxd5
$5 ({A little worse is:} 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qxd5 (11... exd5 $5)
12. c4 Qc6 13. Ne5 Qc7 $11 {Dydyshko,V-Lerner,K/St.Petersburg,1992 (1-0)(36)})
({and} 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 $11 {Quinteros,
M-Bronstein,L/Buenos Aires,1966 (1-0)(49)}) (9. Be2 $6 Ba6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. O-O
$6 (11. cxd5 $142) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nfd7 $17 {[%csl Rc4] Dao
Thien Hai-Zagrebelny,S/Tehra,1998 (1-0)(40)}) 9... exd5 ({Interestingly:} 9...
Qxd5 $5 10. c4 $140 (10. Be2 $6 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd1 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nc6 $11 {=/=/+ Asgeirsson,A-O'Donovan,J/Buenos Aires,1939(½-½)(23)})
10... Qh5 $5 (10... Qd6 $6 11. e4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Ge4e5]
Alatortsev,V-Kan,I/Moscow,1945(0-1)(47)}) 11. Be2 Bb7 $13) 10. a4 $5 $146 {
[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Ga4a5][%mdl 8]} (10. Bd3 $143 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 Qd6
13. Rfe1 Bd7 {Kchouk,B-Vizantiadis,L/Varna,1962(1-0)(30)}) ({Dubious:} 10. Be2
Nc6 11. O-O c4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. a4 g6 14. Ba3 Bf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Caldero-Lhagva,J/
Siegen 1970/MCD (61)}) (10. c4 $5 Bb7 (10... Re8 $143 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd4
13. Bb5 Nbd7 14. Bxd4 Bxd5 15. Qf5 $14 {Novak,J-Miskovsky,P/Prague,1995(1/2-1/
2) (39)}) 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. Be2 (14. d5 $5 Nxd5 $140 $2
15. g4 $16) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 $11 {Turecek,V-Szirmai,E/
Pardubice,1994(1-0) (43)}) ({Also possibly:} 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 (11...
Ba6 $5 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 c4 14. Rd1 Qa5 $11 {Maderna,C-Nogues Acuna,A/
Rosario,1929 (0-1)(36)}) 12. O-O c4 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. f3 $11 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Yf3e4] Nimzowitsch,A-Marshall,F/London,1927 (0-1)(30) Is the
first game in this variation.}) 10... Ne4 $6 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gc8f5]} ({
Also dubious:} 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 Qe7 12. Bb5 $14) ({Can be recommended:} 10...
Ba6 $5 11. Bb5 (11. Bxa6 $143 Nxa6 12. O-O Re8 $11) (11. a5 $143 Bxf1 12. Kxf1
Nc6 $11) 11... Bxb5 12. axb5 Re8 {+/=/=} (12... a5 $5)) 11. a5 Bf5 ({After:} 
11... bxa5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ba3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. c4 {white has a full
compencation for a pawn and apparently better position.}) 12. axb6 Nc6 ({
Impossibly:} 12... Ng3 {in view of:} 13. b7 Bxc2 14. bxa8=Q Nxh1 15. Rxa7 $18 {
[%csl Rh1]}) ({Probably slight better is:} 12... Qxb6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ba3 $5
Qa5 $140 {[%csl Ra1]} 15. Bb2 {/\16.Nd4+/=}) 13. b7 $1 {Is the best move.} ({
Also good enough:} 13. dxc5 axb6 ({Badly:} 13... Ng3 {because of:} 14. Qa4 Nxh1
$140 15. b7 $1 Rb8 (15... Qf6 16. bxa8=Q Rxa8 17. Bb5 $18) 16. Qxc6 $18) 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nh4 $14) 13... Rb8 14. dxc5 Rxb7 ({Again very badly:} 14... Ng3 {
in view of:} 15. Qa4) (14... Qf6 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge4g3,Yf6c6]} 15. Bd3 Rxb7 {
transfer to 14...Rb7}) 15. Bd3 $14 Qf6 ({In my opinion better is:} 15... Bg6
16. O-O $140 Nxc5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ba3 Qa5 (18... Qe7 $2 19. c4 {[%csl Rc5]})
19. c4 Nb3 20. Qb2 (20. Ra2 $5 $14) 20... Rfb8 $1 (20... Nxa1 $143 21. Qxb7
Qxa3 22. Qxc6 dxc4 23. Qxc4 $16) 21. Bf8 {[%csl Ra5,Rg8]} Nbd4 $8 22. Qxd4 Nxd4
23. Rxa5 Ne2+ (23... Nxf3+ $2 24. gxf3 Kxf8 25. cxd5 $16) 24. Kh1 Kxf8 25. cxd5
Rb1 26. Ra1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 a5 $14) 16. O-O ({A little worse is right away
(without 16.0-0):} 16. Nd4 Nxf2 $6 {[%csl Rd3,Rh1]} (16... Ne5 $5) 17. Qxf2
Nxd4 $8 18. exd4 (18. cxd4 $5) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxf6 gxf6 {+/=/+/-}) 16... Bg6 {
[%cal Ge4c5]} 17. Nd4 Ne5 ({After:} 17... Nxc5 $2 {white has a forced win:} 18.
Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ba3 Nxd4 (19... Qd6 $143 20. Nb3 Rxb3 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxb3 $18)
20. cxd4 Nb3 21. Bxf8 Nxa1 22. Qc8 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rf6,Rg8][%cal Gf8e7]} Qa6 $8
23. e4 Kh7 (23... dxe4 $2 24. Ba3+ Kh7 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26. Rxa1 $18 {[%cal Yh3a3]}
) 24. exd5 $18) 18. c6 $6 ({Much better is:} 18. Ra6 {/\19.c6+/-}) 18... Nxc6
19. f3 Ng5 ({Badly:} 19... Nc5 $2 {in view of:} 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ba3 {[%csl
Ga3,Rc5,Rf8]} Qd6 22. c4 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxa7 $16) (19...
Nxd4 20. cxd4 Ng5 (20... Nd6 $2 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qc6 {[%csl Rd5]} Qe6 23. Ra6
$16) 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qc5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]} Qf7 $14) 20. h4 Nxd4 $8 ({Loses
right away:} 20... Bxd3 $2 21. Qxd3 {[%csl Rc6,Rg5]} Ne5 (21... Nxd4 22. hxg5
$18) 22. hxg5 $18) 21. cxd4 Ne6 $2 {Evident tactical blunder.} ({It is
neseccary:} 21... Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne6 23. Ra5 Rd8 $14) 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qc6 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd5]} Rc7 ({Also after:} 23... Rfb8 24. Qxd5 Qxh4 25. Qe5 {[%cal
Gd4d5] white has a big advantage.}) 24. Qxd5 Qxh4 25. Bd2 (25. Qe5 $142 {
/\26.d5+/-}) 25... Rd8 26. Qe5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Rcd7 $6 ({More strongly:} 26...
Re7 27. Be1 Qf6 28. Bg3 Qxe5 (28... Nxd4 $4 29. Qxf6 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 {[%csl Re2]})
29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bg3 {+/=/+/-}) 27. Ra5 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ya5d5,Gf1a1]} Qf6 28.
Rfa1 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 $16 Ra8 {Is the passive move.Can be recommended:} (29... Rc8
30. Rea5 Rcc7 $16) 30. Rea5 {White's plan is: Ra6(פe6) and Be1-g3(/^b8-h1)}
Nd8 ({Senselessly:} 30... f5 {because of:} 31. d5 Nc7 32. e4 $18 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge4]}) 31. Ra6 Ne6 32. Be1 $1 {[%cal Ge1g3,Gg3b8]} Kf8 33. Bg3 {Now white's
plan is: 34.R1a5 and maybe 35.d5} Rb7 (33... Ke8 $142 {[%cal Ye8d7]}) 34. d5
Nc7 35. R6a5 Ke8 36. e4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gg3f2]} Kd7 37. Bf2 $5 {[%csl Ra7]} a6
$140 38. Bg3 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Yc7][%cal Gg3c7]} Rb6 39. Bf4 (39. R5a4 $5 {/\Be1-a5
}) 39... f6 40. Bg3 {Probably because of the zeitnot white makes these moves
(39.Bf4 and 40.Bg3).} g5 41. R5a4 {[%cal Gg3e1,Ge1a5]} Kd8 42. Be1 Kd7 43. Ba5
$18 Rd6 44. Kf2 {[%csl Ga5,Ra6,Rc7,Gd5,Ge4,Gf3,Rf6,Gg2,Rg5,Rg7] Black resigns
in the absolutely strategical losing position.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 {Besides,white has two options:} (9. Qc2 $5 {See comments to
Dao Thien Hai-Antonio,R/ Yangon,1998/CBM 69(0-1) (Golod,V)(28) and Sjoberg,
M-Brynell,S/ Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(½-½)(Golod,V)(46)}) ({and} 9. Qd4 $5 {
See comments to Ionov,S-Aseev,K/ St.Petersburg,1997/CBM 58(0-1)(Ftacnik) (27)})
9... Nd6 {[%mdl 4] On my opinion this idea is pretty dubious and was made by
Tsesarsky,Ilya for first time.} (9... d5 $5 {Is the main line.}) 10. c5 $1 (10.
Qb3 $143 {See comments to Soffer,R-Tsesarsky,I/ Petah Tiqwa,1998/CBM63(1-0)
(Tsesarsky,I) (50)}) 10... Nc4 $6 $146 {I don't think it's a good spot for the
black's knight.It would be better to:} (10... Nf5 11. g4 $5 (11. g3 d6 12. cxd6
Qxd6 13. Bg2 e5 14. Nf3 e4 15. Bf4 $14 {Ballo,E-Florea,D/Apolda,1997(1/2-1/2)
(30)}) 11... Nxg4 12. e4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yf5g7]} O-O $2 (12... Ne7 $142 13.
Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qb2 (14. Qxh7 Nf6 15. Qh4 Ng6 16. Qg5 Nxe4 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Bg2
{+/=/=}) 14... d6 15. Nf3 $14) 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bf4 Re8+ 15. Ne2 $18 {
Pedersen,D-Jakobsen,L/Aarhus,1999(1-0) (41)}) 11. Qc3 d5 ({Weakly:} 11... b5 {
in view of:} 12. e4 {()} Nxe4 13. Qxg7 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. a4 {[%csl Yb5,Rc4]
} Ba6 16. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3d4]}) 12. e4 $1 (12. e3 $143 b5 13. Nf3 {+/=/=})
12... b5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} ({It's necessarily:} 12... Nxe4 13. Qxg7 Qf6 14.
Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Bb2 Ke7 17. Rc1 {[%csl Rc4]} a5 18. Rxc4 Rg8 $44)
13. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 ({Probably it's stronger when Aseev,K is taking a bishop with
another pawn:} 13... dxc4 14. f3 {+/=/+/-} (14. Bg5 $143)) 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qd4 {
[%cal Gf2f3] Now is a threat 16.f3 Qh417.g3} f6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (15... Qh4 {
It was only one chance for black do not let to white to make (16.f3).} 16. Nf3
Qh5 {+/=/+/-}) 16. f3 fxe5 17. Qxe5 Nf6 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 
17... Qh4+ 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bf4 Ng5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra1]}) 18. Ne2 {Full
domination,black doesn't have space for any movement .} O-O 19. O-O Re8 20. c6
$1 $18 {[%csl Yc6,Rc8][%cal Yc6d7,Yc6b7]} Qb6+ 21. Nd4 Ba6 22. b5 $1 {Further
resistance is impossible.} (22. b5 Bc8 (22... Bxb5 23. Rb1 a6 24. a4 $18 {
[%csl Rb5]}) 23. a4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3
$5 {Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} (8. Bd3 {See comments
to game: Miranda,M-Tiviakov,S/New York,1998/CBM 64(0-1)(Gershon,A)(27)}) (8. a3
$5 {See annotations to Arlandi,E-Gurevich,M/Linares,1995/CBM 51(1/2-1/2)
(Gurevich,M)(41)}) (8. Bd2 $5 {You can see my comments to Bosboom,M-Tiviakov,S/
Leeuwarden,2004/CBM 103(1/2-1/2)(42)}) (8. Be2) ({and} 8. g4 $5) 8... b6 ({
After:} 8... a6 {it deserves serious attention:} 9. g4 {For further
information,you can find my comments to game: Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/
CBM 86(1-0)(26)}) 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nb5 $5 $146 {Interestingly,that in this
position,this move is applied for the first time. Three games,which have
reached this position were continued as follows:} (10. Be2 $5 {You can see my
annotations to game: Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1-0)(34)}) (
10. Rd1 Be7 (10... a6 $142) 11. Bd3 a6 (11... Na6 $143 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Qd2 $5
$14 {Kozul,Z-Ionescu,C/Berga,1991/Inf 52/564(1-0)(Kozul,Z)(33)}) 12. O-O d6 13.
Qe2 Nbd7 14. Bb1 O-O 15. Nd4 Qc5 $11 {Piket,J-Tiviakov,S/Netherlands,2000(1-0)
(44)}) 10... Qd8 ({Hardly it was better:} 10... Qc8 11. O-O-O a6 $5 (11... O-O
12. Ng5 (12. Bd3 $6 a6 $132) 12... h6 $8 13. Bxf6 hxg5 14. Be5 $1 $14 {><d6} (
14. Bxg5 $143 a6 15. Nc3 b5 $132)) 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Qc7 {+/=/=}) 11.
O-O-O {><d6} O-O {The contenders have hidden the kings on different sides.This
fact - "harbinger" of active actions in this game.} (11... a6 $143 12. Nd6+ (
12. Bxf6 $143 gxf6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qc7 $13) 12... Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ne4 14.
Rd1 O-O 15. Bd3 f5 {+/=/=}) 12. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb2f6,Yf6h7]} Re8 $1 {
Black had no other worthy alternative.} (12... g6 $2 13. Qc3 Be7 14. Nd6 Qc7 (
14... Bc6 $2 15. Nde4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Kg7 17. g4 $1 h6 18. f4 $18 {/\g5}) 15.
Nge4 $16) (12... h6 $4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $140 14. Qh7#) 13. h4 ({It was very
difficult to decide on Fritz's continuation:} 13. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 14. Qxh7+ (14.
Nc7 $2 Qxg5 15. Nxe8 Qe5 $1 {[%csl Re8]} 16. Qb2 $140 (16. Kb1 Nc6 $36) 16...
Ba3 $1 17. Qxa3 Qc3+ 18. Kb1 Be4+ 19. Bd3 Bxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 21. Kc1 Nc6 $15)
14... Kf8 {as it is impossible to estimate the following situation:} 15. Nc7
Na6 $5 $13) 13... e5 $5 {Black,in turn, prevent a threat 14.Bxf6} ({Leads to
favourable complications for White:} 13... h6 $6 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 $140 $8 15.
Nc7 hxg5 (15... Qa1+ $2 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 $18) 16. Nxe8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qe5 18.
Qc3 Nc6 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Nb5 d5 $1 {+/=/+/-}) 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15.
Rxd6 {White have created a threat: 16.Rxf6 Qxf6[] 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 18.Ba3+ and 19.
Qh8# But now it's not real,because of: 18...d6 (black's K has a field "e7").}
h6 16. Qf5 $5 {Well-hidden provocation.} Nc6 $140 $4 {Painful blunder leading
to immediate loss.} ({Also loses a game the following move:} 16... hxg5 $4 17.
hxg5 Ne4 (17... Be4 18. Qh3 Nh7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 $18) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Ba3
Nc5 $8 20. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh1h8,Gf5e5]} Kg8 21. Rh7 $1 {/\Rdh6 (><f7)
or Qh3} Be4 (21... Ne6 22. Qh3 f5 23. g6 {with checkmated in two moves.}) 22.
Rdh6 $3 f6 (22... Bxf5 23. Rh8#) 23. gxf6 Qxf6 (23... Bxf5 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25.
Rh8#) 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Qh5+ Bg6 27. Rh7+) ({It was necessary:} 
16... Qe7 $1 17. Rd2 (17. Ba3 $6 Na6 {/\Nc5 /^a3-f8} 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5
20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 $15) 17... g6 18. Qh3 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20.
Rh2 $44 {/\g4}) {[%tqu "En","White has a typical sacrifice that completely
destroys Black's position?","","","d6f6","",10,"d6f6","",0]} 17. Rxf6 $3 (17.
Rxf6 $3 Qxf6 (17... hxg5 $144 18. hxg5 gxf6 19. gxf6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf5h7,
Gh7h8]}) (17... gxf6 $2 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qxf7#) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Ne4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Gb2a3,Gh7h8] Probably,Nurlan Ibraev missed a this obvious move.
}) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8.
Bd2 $5 {Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} (8. Bd3 {See
comments to game: Miranda,M-Tiviakov,S/New York,1998/CBM 64(0-1)(Gershon,A)(27)
}) (8. a3 $5 {See annotations to Arlandi,E-Gurevich,M/Linares,1995/CBM 51(1/
2-1/2)(Gurevich,M)(41)}) (8. b3 $5 a6 (8... b6 $5 {You can see my annotations
to game: Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1-0)(34)}) 9. g4 {
Interestingly,that in this position,this move is applied for the first time.
For further information,you can see my comments to Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,
2001/CBM 86(1-0)(26)}) (8. Be2) ({and} 8. g4 $5) 8... b6 {Besides Black has
two main alternatives:} (8... a6 $5 {See comments to game: Stohl,I-Berzinsh,R/
Olomouc,1997/CBM 61(1-0)(Finkel,A)(28)}) ({and} 8... O-O $5 {See comments to
Lerner,K-Sokolov,A/USSR (ch),1989/Inf 48/745(1-0)(35)}) 9. O-O-O $5 $146 {
White have hidden the king and now can quietly begin game on centre and king
side.} ({The games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:
} 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc3 $5 (13. Be2 Nc6
14. O-O-O Ke7 15. Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee,
1996(16)}) 13... Ke7 14. Be2 Nc6 15. O-O Rhg8 16. g3 h5 17. Nh4 {+/=/= Schmidt,
W-Stempin,P/Warsaw,1990(1-0)(64)}) ({or} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bc3 Nc6 12.
Nxf6+ gxf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Kb1 f5 $11 {Belov,V-Zhang Zhong/
Playchess.com INT,2004(0-1)(42)}) 9... a6 {><b5 It's rather difficult to
continue a game without this move.} 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 $5 {/\Kb1 and Ne4}) (10.
Ne4 $143 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 f5 12. Qh4 (12. Qxa8 $2 Bb7 13. Qxb7 (13. Qa7 $143 Nc6)
13... Qxb7 $17) 12... O-O {with convenient game for Black.}) 10... Bb7 {
Black correctly are afraid to make castle in the short party.} 11. Rhg1 Nc6 ({
In this position I can recommended the strange positional decision:} 11... h5
$5 {but, all the same, this move is directed against progress "g4".}) 12. g4
O-O-O (12... Nb4 13. Qb1 h6 14. a3 Nc6 15. h4 $36) (12... h6 $5 13. h4 O-O-O
14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Ne8 {+/=/=}) 13. g5 Ne8 14. Kb1 $14 Kb8 15. a3 {><b4 It's
important preventive move.} Be7 16. Na4 {[%csl Rb6] White have found a weak
point in camp of the contender.} Na7 {Black wants to improve a position of his
knights.} (16... Ne5 $2 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxb6 (18. Bc3 $5 Qxh2 19. f4 $36)
18... Qxh2 19. Ba5 $36) 17. Nd4 $5 {It's the most logical reaction to the
previous move of Black.} (17. Qb3 Nc8 18. Bc3 {/\Bd4(קb6)} d6 19. Bd4 Ka7 {
+/=/=}) (17. h4 $143 Nd6 {[%csl Rb1,Rc2,Ye2,Rf3][%cal Gb7e4]} (17... Rc8 $6 18.
Qb3) 18. Rg4 $140 $6 b5 $1 19. cxb5 Be4 $1 20. Rxe4 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Nxe4 22.
bxa6 Nxf2 23. Rf1 Ne4 $15) 17... Nd6 ({It was very dangerously:} 17... Qxh2 $6
{in view of:} 18. Nxb6 Qxf2 $140 19. Rgf1 $36) 18. Bb4 Ndc8 {Basically,the
correct direction of actions - than is less pieces,the less problems.} 19. Bxe7
Nxe7 20. Qb3 Nac8 21. Rc1 {<->c} (21. f4 $5 $14) 21... Nc6 22. Bf3 $6 (22. Rg3
$142 $14) 22... g6 $6 {Black did not use discrepancy of the contender:} (22...
Qxh2 $5 23. Nxb6 $5 (23. Bxc6 dxc6 24. Nxb6 c5 25. Nc2 (25. Nxc8 $2 cxd4 26.
Nb6 Qxf2 27. Rgf1 Qxe3 28. Qxe3 dxe3 29. Rxf7 Be4+ $15) 25... Nxb6 (25... Qxf2
$2 26. Rgf1 {/\27.Rxf7}) 26. Qxb6 Qd6 27. Qb3 $11) 23... Nxd4 24. exd4 Bxf3 25.
Nxc8+ (25. Na4+ $2 Bb7 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Qb6 {/\Na6+ or Rg3} Rc8 {/\Rc6} 28.
Nxa6+ Ka8 29. Nc7+ Rxc7 $1 30. Qxc7 Rc8 31. Qxd7 $140 Bc6 32. Qe7 Nxc4 $1 $15)
25... Bb7 (25... Kxc8 $2 26. Qxf3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc8,Rf7][%cal Gf3a8,Gf3f7]})
26. Nb6 Qxf2 27. Rgf1 Qxd4 28. Rcd1 Qe4+ 29. Ka2 $44) ({or} 22... Nxd4 $5 23.
exd4 Bxf3 (23... Qxh2 $6 24. Bxb7 (24. Nxb6 $143 {the same position with
rearrangement of moves also it is possible to receive,after 22...Qxh2 23.Nxb6
Nxd4 24.exd4}) 24... Kxb7 25. Qf3+) 24. Qxf3 Qc6 $11) 23. h4 h6 {It's
necessary to open <-> h for the black's R and also to get rid of weakness "h7".
} 24. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 24... dxc6 25. c5 b5
26. Nc3 hxg5 27. hxg5 e5 28. Nde2 Rh2 29. Ne4 $14) 25. c5 b5 (25... Bxa4 $2 26.
Qxa4 bxc5 $140 27. Qxa6 $16) 26. Nc3 hxg5 27. hxg5 {+/=/=} Bb7 (27... Rh2 $6
28. a4 Rxf2 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ndxb5 Qb7 31. Qb4 Rh8 (31... Na7 $2 32. Qh4 $1 {
[%csl Rb8,Rf2][%cal Gh4f2,Gh4g3,Gg3b8]}) 32. Rcf1 {+/=/+/-}) {Previous move of
Black, is directed against "a4 ",but nevertheless:} 28. a4 (28. Rgd1 $143 Qxc5
29. Ncxb5 Qb6 $1 $11) 28... Qxc5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ndxb5 ({Hardly it was
better:} 30. Ncxb5 Qb6 31. f4 Be4+ 32. Ka1 d6 {עa1 ~~}) 30... Rh4 $1 {[%csl
Yh4][%cal Yh4b4] The rook,at cases,will be thrown on protection of his king.}
31. Nd4 e5 (31... Qb6 $5) 32. Nf3 (32. Nde2 $143 Nd6 $5 (32... d5 $6 33. Ne4
Qa5 34. Nc5 Rb4 35. Qc3 $36 d4 $140 $2 36. Nxb7 dxc3 37. Nxa5 Rxb2+ 38. Ka1
Rxe2 39. Nc6+ Kc7 40. Rxc3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rd8,Re2][%cal Gc6d8,Gc6d4,Gg1d1]})
33. Rgd1 $140 Rb4 $132) 32... Rb4 {Black have calculated precisely all
consequences of this move.} 33. Qa3 (33. Qxf7 $2 Rf8 34. Na2 (34. Qxg6 $143
Rxf3) 34... Be4+ 35. Ka1 Qxc1+ (35... Rxf7 $4 36. Rxc5) 36. Rxc1 Rxf7 37. Nxe5
$8 Ra4 $1 38. Nxf7 $140 Bd5 39. Ne5 (39. b3 $2 Bxb3 40. Rb1 $140 $4 Rxa2#)
39... Rxa2+ 40. Kb1 Ra7 $17 {[%csl Ya7,Yd5][%cal Yd5e4,Ya7d7]}) 33... Rc4 34.
Nd2 Qxa3 35. bxa3 {After exchange of the queens,White can expect only on
minimal positional advantage.} Rh4 (35... Rc7 $5) (35... Rc6 $5) 36. Nb3 Nb6
37. Na5 Ba8 38. Rgd1 Rc8 {<->c The Black pieces are consolidated and now it
will be complex to ram their position.} 39. Rd6 (39. Rd2 $5 {/\Rb2}) 39... Nc4
40. Nxc4 Rhxc4 41. Kb2 Bc6 {In this position I would accept the following
decision:} (41... R8c7 $5) 42. Rf6 Rg4 {From my point of view,Manuel Bosboom
in a final position,could check up the contender on achievement of equality:} (
42... Rg4 43. Rxf7 Rxg5 44. e4 Rg4 $1 (44... Kc7 $6 45. Nd5+ (45. Nb5+ $143 Kb6
(45... Kd8 $4 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rxc8 Bxb5 48. Kc3 $18) 46. Nd6 Ra8 47. Rc3 Kc7
48. Rf6 Rb8+ 49. Kc2 Rg1 $132) 45... Kb7 46. Nf6 Rd8 47. Rd1 Kc7 48. Kc3 Rg2
49. Nd5+ $14) 45. Rd1 g5 {/\Rf4=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bg2 $5 {Comments to this part of the game(5-8 moves) and also:} (9. b3 {
You can find in annotations to game: Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/ISR,2000/CBM 77(0-1)
(Golod,V)(40)}) 9... d6 ({On:} 9... a6 $5 10. O-O Qc7 11. b3 {you can find
three games in Mega Database 2003.}) 10. O-O a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Nd4 $1 $146 {
White prevent a progress "b6"(/\Bb7) and take under control /^a8-h1.} ({
Usually the games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 
12. Bb2 Nbd7 (12... b6 $143 {(this variant,already was met in a game by the
same contenders!!!)} 13. Rac1 (13. Ne4 $5 $36) 13... Bb7 14. h3 Nbd7 15. e4 O-O
16. Nd4 Rac8 $11 {Arlandi,E-Naiditsch,A/Budapest,2000(0-1)(54)}) 13. Ng5 Rb8
14. Rac1 ({After:} 14. Nge4 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position
from a game: Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/ISR,2000/CBM 77(0-1)(40)}) 14... O-O (14...
b6 $5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3
Ne5 21. Rf1 Bg5 $132 {Brglez,R-Petrosian,A/Ptuj,1998(0-1)(64)}) 15. Rfd1 b6 16.
Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 18. Qc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Akopian,V/Las Vegas,
1999(18)}) 12... Nbd7 $6 {In my opinion,it's doubtful decision.} ({Also
dubiously:} 12... Nc6 {because of:} 13. Nd5 $36 {[%csl Gc2,Rc7]}) ({It
deserves attention:} 12... Ra7 $5 {/\b6 and Bb7} 13. a4 $1 (13. Ndb5 $6 axb5
14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Nxa7 Qxa7 $13) 13... b6 14. a5 bxa5 15. Qa2 d5 $1 $13) ({and} 
12... O-O) 13. Bb2 $14 Rb8 {All the same pawn "b7" will not move from a place 
(><c6).} 14. Qe2 $5 {[%csl Ga1,Rc2,Gc7][%cal Yc2e2,Ga1c1] /^a6-f1;><b5} (14. e4
$143 b6 15. Rad1 O-O 16. f4 Bb7 $132 {with standard position of this variant.})
14... O-O 15. g4 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5] () The game of White corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} Ne5 ({Senselessly:} 15... Nb6 {[%cal Gd6d5]
because of:} 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 $36) 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 {[%csl Ge3,Gf4,Gg5]} Nc6
18. Nf3 $1 {White has a big advantage in space,therefore does not have sense
to exchange the knights.} b5 $5 {Black had no other worthy alternative.} 19.
cxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} (20... Qd7 $143 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 21. Nbd4
$16) 21. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc6]} Ba6 22. a4 $16 d5 23. Nfd4 {Last moves were made
according to the standard chess norms.} Na7 $6 ({Is a possible continuation of
the play:} 23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qd8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} 25. Rc6 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nd6
$140 27. Be5 {[%csl Rb8]} Rb7 28. Qb2 {[%csl Rg7]} Ne8 (28... f6 $6 29. gxf6
gxf6 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Raa6 {[%csl Ga6,Gc6,Rd6,Re6]}) 29. Bf1 $16) 24. Bf1 Nd6
({Hardly is better:} 24... Nxb5 25. axb5 Bb7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qd8 28. Qc2
{[%csl Ya1,Yb2,Gb5,Yc2,Yc6,Yf1]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for
White.","","","e2e1","",0,"d4e6","",10]} 25. Qe1 $2 {Ennio Arlandi missed an
excellent opportunity to receive a material advantage:} (25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 $140
(25... Bxb5 $143 26. axb5 fxe6 27. Bd4 {[%csl Ra7]}) 26. Bd4 Qd8 (26... Qb7 $2
27. Nxd6 Bxe2 28. Nxb7 Bxf1 29. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Re7,Rf1]}) 27. Bxa7 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Rb7 (28... Rxb5 $2 29. Qg4 {[%csl Rb5,Re6]} Rxb3 30. Qxe6+ Nf7 31. Bg2 $18
{[%csl Rd5]}) 29. b6 {+/-/+-}) 25... Bxb5 {This move is much better,than:} (
25... Naxb5 $2 26. Nc6 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8,Gc6,Re7]} Nf5 (26... Rb7 27. axb5 Nxb5
28. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Rg1,Yg2][%cal Gg1g2]}) 27. Nxb8 {[%csl Rb6,Rf8][%cal Gb8d7]}
Rxb8 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Be5 $1 Nxe3 $140 $2 30. Bc7 {[%csl Rb6,Re3][%cal Yb6e3]}
Nc2+ (30... Qd4 31. Qf2 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8,Rg8]}) 31. Bxb6 Nxe1 32. Bxb5 Nf3+
33. Kh1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) ({or} 25... Ndxb5 $2 26. axb5 Bb7 (26... Bxb5 $143
27. Rxa7 {[%csl Rb5,Re7]}) (26... Nxb5 $143 27. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Ra6,Rb5]
[%cal Ga5b5,Ga5a6]} Nc7 28. Rc6 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 27. Qa5 Qxa5 (27... Nc8 $143
28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Nc6 {[%csl Rb8,Re7][%cal Ga1a7]}) 28. Rxa5 Nc8 29. Kf2 Nd6
30. Bd3 {+/-/+-}) 26. axb5 Ndxb5 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 26... Naxb5 $1 27.
Nc6 (27. Rc6 $2 Nxd4 28. Rxb6 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxe1 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Kxe1 Nf5 $15
{[%csl Rb3,Re3]}) 27... Rb7 28. Bd3 {+/=/=}) 27. Ra5 Nd6 (27... Nc7 $2 28. Rxa7
{[%csl Re7][%cal Gd4c6]} Bb4 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxa7 31. Qxc7 {+/-/+-}) 28.
Ba3 Ndc8 $4 {It already decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary:} 28... Rbc8 $5
29. Ra6 (29. Bc5 $143 Rxc5 30. Rcxc5 (30. Raxc5 $143 Nf5 $132 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4]})
30... Nb7 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Gb7,Rc5][%cal Gb7a5,Gb7c5]} (30... Ne4 $6 31. Rc2 Bb4
32. Ra6 Qxa6 33. Qxb4 Qa1 (33... Qd6 34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Rc7 $16) 34. Qa4 $1 Qxa4
35. bxa4 $16) (30... Nf5 $6 31. Rxd5 {[%csl Rf5]} Bb4 (31... Nxd4 $6 32. Rxd4
Nc6 33. Ra6 Nxd4 34. Rxb6 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxe1 36. Rb7 (36. Kxe1 $2 Bc5 {[%csl
Rb6,Re3]}) 36... Bc5 37. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re1]}) 32. Ra6 Nxd4 (32... Qxa6
$2 33. Qxb4 Qc8 34. Nxf5 {[%csl Rc8,Rg8][%cal Gf5e7]} exf5 35. Qc5 $18) 33. Qd1
$1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd4]} (33. Rxd4 $6 Qxd4 34. exd4 Bxe1 35. Rxa7 Rd8 $13 {[%csl
Rd4,Rf4]}) 33... Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Qb8 35. Rd7 {[%csl Ra7,Rf3]} Nxh2 36. Raxa7 $16)
31. Rxd5 $1 exd5 32. Ra6 Qc5 33. b4 Qxb4 34. Qxb4 Bxb4 35. Rxa7 $14) 29... Rxc1
(29... Qb8 $4 30. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ga1,Ga6,Ra7][%cal Ga3d6]}) 30. Qxc1 Qb8 {
[%cal Yb8a7,Yb8d6]} 31. Bd3 {+/=/+/-} Rc8 $140 $2 32. Qa1 {[%csl Ga1,Ga6,Ra7]
[%cal Ga3d6]}) 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Ra6 Qb7 $8 31. Qa5 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Nac8 (31...
Nec8 $142 32. Rc7 Qb4 (32... Qa8 $2 33. Rcxa7 Nxa7 34. Rxa7 {[%csl Ra8]}) 33.
Qxb4 Rxb4 34. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rc8][%cal Gh2h4,Yg1f2,Yf2e2,Ye2d2] the king
approaches to point "d2" and White gradually win this position.}) 32. Bb5 $1
$18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc1c7]} (32. Bb5 {After this move Black resigns,because
of next variants:} Nb6 (32... Nd6 33. Rc7 Qxb5 34. Nxb5 Rxb5 35. Qa3 {[%csl
Rd6,Re7]}) 33. Ra7 Rfc8 34. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra8 35. Rxb7 Rxa5 36. Rxe7)
1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 a6 $5 ({At the same time black
has several options:} 5... Na6 $5 {(see comments toVaisser,A-Fressinet,L/
Meribel,1998/CBM67(1-0)[Golod,V][40)]}) (5... O-O $5 {(see comments to
Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM67(1/2-1/2)[Golod,V](26)}) (5... Nc6) ({
and} 5... Bxc5) 6. Nf3 Bxc5 $5 {(transfers to variation:5...Bxc5)} ({Possibly:
} 6... Nc6) 7. Bf4 $5 ({Other alternatives are:} 7. Bg5 $5 Be7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2
Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sotnikov,I-Rodin,D/St.
Petersburg 1993/EXT 97 (34)}) ({and} 7. a3 $6 Be7 8. e4 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. b4
b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Qb8 14. Qe2 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Sherbakov,
R-Anastasian,A/Rostov 1993/TD (40)}) 7... Be7 $5 $146 {Black's plan is:d6,0-0.}
({Was checked in the previous games:} 7... Nc6 $5 8. Rd1 b5 $5 9. cxb5 axb5 10.
e3 Qa5 11. Bxb5 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nbd5 13. a4 Ne4 14. Be5 Ndxc3 15. bxc3 O-O $44 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Anastasian,A/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (51)}) (7... b6 $5 8. e3 Bb7
9. Be2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Kf1
$13 {1-0 Ionov,S-Anastasian,A/St.Petersburg 1993/TD (38)}) (7... O-O $5 8. e4
d6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. a3 Rd8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Nxe5 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Atlas,V/BL9394 1994/GER-chT (13)}) (7... b5 $6 8. e4 Ng4 9. Bg3 O-O
10. cxb5 Qa5 11. Bd3 axb5 12. O-O Ba6 13. h3 b4 14. hxg4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16.
Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Michaelsen,N-Maier,C/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (49)}) 8. e4 $5 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge4e5,Ga1d1,Gf4d6]} d6 {The best move.} ({Badly:} 8... O-O {
because of:} 9. e5 Ne8 (9... Nh5 $143 10. Be3 f5 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Be2 $16 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 10. Rd1 $14 (10. O-O-O $5)) ({After} 8... Nc6 $6 {also 9.e5 with
the initiative.}) 9. O-O-O $5 {><d6;/\e5,Another options:9.Rd1and white's plan
is:Be2,0-0.} Qc7 {-is the best move.} ({Badly:} 9... Qb6 {in view of:} 10. Qd2
$1 {[%csl Rd6]} e5 (10... O-O $143 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 (11... Rd8 $4 12. Nd5 $1 $18)
12. Qxd6 Qxf2 13. e5 $16) 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. h3 {and white has a positional
advantage.}) ({Also badly:} 9... Nc6 {because of:} 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg2g4]} (11. exd6 $2 Nxf4 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 Ng6 $14)) 10. e5
$5 ({Good enough:} 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Kb1 (12. h3 $2 b5 $1 $36) 12...
h6 13. Be3 (13. Bh4 $143 O-O {+/=/=}) 13... Ng4 14. Nd5 Qc6 $14) 10... dxe5 ({
Loses:} 10... d5 {in view of:} 11. Bg5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6]}) 11. Bxe5 $5 ({Can be
recommended:} 11. Nxe5 $5 Qa5 (11... Bd6 $2 12. Rxd6 $1 (12. Qd3 $143 Nh5 13.
Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Nxf4 15. g3 Ng6 (15... Ke7 $2 16. gxf4 Kxd6 17. Nxf7+ Ke7
18. Nxh8 $18) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bg2 Ke7 $14) 12... Qxd6 13. Ng6 e5 (13... Qd4
14. Ne2 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge2,Rh8][%cal Re2d4,Ye2f4]} (14. Be3 $2 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3
hxg6 $16)) 14. Bxe5 Qe6 (14... Qc5 15. Qe2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Re8,Rh8][%cal
Ge5d6]}) 15. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gc2,Rc8,Re6,Re8,Rh8][%cal Gd5c7,Gc2c8]} Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Qxg6 (16... Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxh8 $18) 17. Qxc8+ Ke7 18. d6+ $18) 12.
Be2 {with the idea g4 or Bf3.}) 11... Qa5 $140 12. Qa4+ ({Dubious:} 12. Bd3 $6
{because of:} Nc6 {[%csl Rd3,Re5][%cal Gc6e5,Gc6b4]}) 12... Qxa4 ({Worse is:} 
12... Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Na4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga4b6]}) 13. Nxa4 Nbd7 $8 14. Bd4
{+/=/=} (14. Bg3 $143 Ne4 $11) 14... O-O 15. Bd3 $5 {/\Rhe1,Ne5 or Nb6.} Rd8 $6
({Possibly:} 15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 Bb7 $5 $44 (16... axb5 $143 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18.
Nc3 $14)) 16. Nb6 $5 {Besides,white has a two alternatives:} (16. Rhe1 $5 Bb4
17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 {and white has a slightly better endgame.}) (16. Ne5 $5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 $14) 16... Nxb6 17. Bxb6 $14 Rd6 ({Worse is:} 17... Re8 18. Ne5
$1 {+/=/+/-}) 18. Bc7 $5 (18. c5 $2 Rd5 19. Bc4 (19. b4 a5 $1 $36) 19... Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Nd7 $13 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]}) (18. Bc5 $143 Rd7 (18... Rxd3 19. Bxe7 {
+/=/+/-}) 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 {+/=/=}) 18... Rd7 ({Dubious:} 18... Rc6 {in view of:}
19. Bf4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3e5]}) 19. Ba5 {/\Ne5(צd7)} Bc5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal
Gd7e7]} 20. Ne5 Re7 21. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} ({Senseless:} 21. Bd8 $2 Re8 {
[%csl Rd8,Rf2]} 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ng4 Kg7 $15) 21... b6 ({It is impossible:} 
21... Bxf2 $2 {in view of:} 22. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg8][%cal Gd1d8]} Bc5 (22...
b6 23. Rd8+ Ne8 $8 24. Be4 Rb8 (24... Bb7 $2 25. Rxa8 Bxe4 (25... Bxa8 26. Bxa8
$18 {[%csl Rf2]}) 26. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 27. Nxf2 Bxg2 28. Rg1 $18) 25. Bc3 Bc5 26.
Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge5c6]}) (22... Bh4 $2 23. Rd8+ Ne8 24. Bb4 $18) 23. Nxf6+
gxf6 24. Bd8 Rd7 25. Bxf6 $16) 22. Be1 $6 {/\b4(ץc5)} (22. Rd8+ $142 Ne8 $5 (
22... Re8 $143 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Be4 Ra7 25. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Rc8,Re8][%cal
Gd1d8]}) 23. Nc6 Kf8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rxe8+ (25. Rxc8 $143 Rxc8 26. Be1 Nf6
$11) 25... Kxe8 26. Bc3 {and white has a slight positional advantage in the
endgame.}) 22... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Yc5f8]} 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. f3 {/\Bf2(קb6)}
({A little bit better is:} 24. Bb4 $5 Bb7 25. Rhd1 Rxd8 $1 (25... Rcc8 $2 26.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 (27... Kxf8 $2 28. g4 $1 h6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5
31. f4 $1 gxf4 32. g5 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Gd1d7] +/-/+-}) 28. f3 $14) 26. Rxd8
Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 {+/=/=}) 24... Bb7 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Bf2 b5 $5
{><d5} 27. Rd1 $1 Rc8 $5 ({Worse is:} 27... bxc4 28. Rd8 Bb7 (28... Bd5 $2 29.
Bb6 Re7 30. Ba4 $16 {[%csl Re7,Rf8][%cal Gb6c5,Ga4e8]}) 29. Bb6 (29. Kd2 $5)
29... Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Nxc4 Nd5 {+/=/=}) 28. cxb5 (28. c5 $2 Bd5 {[%csl
Ra2,Rc5]} (28... Bxc5 $4 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd8+) 29. b4 Bxa2 $15) 28... axb5
$11 29. Nd7 (29. Kb1 $143 Bd5 {and black has a slight advantage.}) 29... Nxd7
30. Rxd7 Bd5 31. Ra7 {[%cal Ya7a2]} Bd6 $5 ({Can be recommended:} 31... h5) 32.
Bg3 $5 ({Worse is:} 32. h3 {because of:} Bc4 $15 {/\Bf1(קg2;h3)}) (32. h4 $5)
32... Bxg3 33. hxg3 Bc4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc4f1]} 34. Kd2 Bf1 35. Bd1 Kf8 {/\Rc5
} (35... Bxg2 $2 36. Be2 {[%csl Rb5,Rg2]} f5 (36... b4 37. Rb7 {+/=/+/-}) 37.
Rb7 {+/=/+/-}) 36. Rb7 (36. Ke1 $6 Bxg2 37. Be2 Rc2 38. b4 e5 $1 $132) 36...
Rc5 37. b4 Rd5+ 38. Ke1 Bc4 (38... Bxg2 $2 39. Be2 {/\Kf2or f4;קb5}) 39. a4
Re5+ 40. Kf2 ({Badly:} 40. Kd2 {in view of:} bxa4 41. Bxa4 $140 Re2+ $1 42. Kc3
Bd5 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rg3]}) 40... Rd5 41. Ke1 $8 Re5+ {In my opinion after a
long defence black should be glad to repeat the moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 $5 (6. Nf3 {-see
comments to Galkin,A-Sveshnikov,E/St.Petersburg 1998/CBM 67(0-1)(Golod,V) (38)}
) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 $5 (8. f3 $5 {-see comments to Vaisser,
A-Fressinet,L/Meribel 1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 8... Nce4 $5 {-is the
main line,another alternativ is:} (8... Na4 $5) 9. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] besides,
white has two options:} (9. Qd4 $5 {-see comments to Ionov,S-Aseev,K/St.
Petersburg 1997/CBM 58(0-1)(Ftacnik)(27)}) ({and} 9. Qb2 $5 {-see comments to
Soffer,R-Tsesarsky,I /PetahTikva1998/CBM63 (1-0)(Tsesarsky)(50)}) 9... d5 (9...
Nxf2 $5 {-see comments to Skomorokhin,R-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg 1996/CBM 56(0-1)
(Shipov)(41)}) 10. f3 $5 {-is the main line,other options are:} (10. e3) (10.
c5 $5) ({and} 10. cxd5) 10... Nd6 11. c5 ({Slightly worse is:} 11. cxd5 exd5 (
11... Nxd5 $2 12. e4 Nb6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Aurell,B-Fels,K/Bad
Woerishofen 1992/EXT 97 (39)}) 12. e3 Bf5 13. Bd3 (13. Qc5 $5) 13... Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nc4 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Bd2 Re8 $15 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. f4 Nf6 20. Nb3
Ne4+ 21. Kf3 Ncxd2+ {0-1 Lim Kok Ann-Dorawa,B/Bad Wildbad 1993/EXT 97 (21)})
11... Nf5 ({Dubious:} 11... Nc4 {in view of:} 12. e4 b5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne2
a5 15. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Shemiakin,V-Gasanov,R/Simferopol 1989/EXT 97 (35)}) 12. e3
Nd7 $5 ({Besides,black has few options:} 12... e5 $5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 $2
{Kanstler}) 14. Ne2 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Budovic,E-Kosikov,A/Beltsy 1979/MCD (32)} (
14... e4 $6 {-see comments to Ivanov,S-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg 1996/CBM 56/(1-0)
[Kanstler](27)}) (14... Be6 $32 $14 {Kanstler})) (12... O-O $6 13. Bd3 (13. g4
$5 Nh4 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Ne2 a5 17. g5 $36 {1-0 Leyva,H-Ponce,H/
Holguin 1992/EXT 98 (37)}) 13... Ne7 $5 (13... Qc7 $143 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Ne2
Re8 16. O-O $14 {1-0 Morales,J-Perera,P/Las Palmas 1989/EXT 97 (41)}) (13...
Nd7 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Ne2 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Ne5 18. O-O $14 {1-0
Nikolaev,V-Barbitskij,A/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (35)}) 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. Ne2
Re8 16. O-O e5 17. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Varga,P-Szabo,Z/Budapest 1997/CBM 56 ext (21)
+/=/=}) (12... Qc7 $5 13. Rb1 e5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ng3
Rad8 18. Be2 Ne8 19. O-O f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leyva,H-Moran,A/Capablanca mem-C 1992/
TD (72)}) 13. Nh3 $6 $146 ({Better is:} 13. Bd3 {-was checked in the previous
game Dao Thien Hai.} Qf6 14. Ra2 O-O 15. Nh3 Ne5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. O-O $14 {
1-0 Dao Thien Hai-Zhidkov,V/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (51)}) 13... a5 $1 ({After:} 
13... Qf6 14. Ra2 O-O 15. Bd3 {white has a slight advantage.}) 14. g4 $2 ({
Can be recommended:} 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 O-O $11) 14... Nh4 {[%csl Rb4,Rf3]
[%cal Gh4f3,Ga5b4]} 15. Be2 $6 ({Slightly better is:} 15. Ng1 $5 axb4 16. Qb2
Qf6 $1 {[%csl Ra1]} 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 {=/+/-/+}) 15... axb4 16. O-O $6 {After this
move black has a big advantage.} (16. Bb2 $5 Qa5 $1 (16... b3 $6 17. Qxb3 O-O (
17... Qa5+ 18. Bc3 Qxc5 (18... Nxc5 $2 19. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gc3g7]}) 19. Bxg7 Rg8
20. Bd4 Qa5+ $132)) 17. O-O (17. Bxg7 $6 b3+ 18. Qc3 Rg8 {[%csl Gb3,Rc5] =/+/-/
+}) 17... b3 18. Qxb3 O-O $15) 16... O-O $17 17. Bb2 bxa3 18. Bxa3 {[%csl Rf8]
[%cal Gc5c6]} (18. Rxa3 $142 $5 Rxa3 19. Bxa3 Qa5 20. Ra1 e5 $17) 18... Re8 19.
c6 (19. Bd3 $5) 19... Ne5 $5 20. Be7 $140 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({It is much better:
} 20. c7 $5) ({and:} 20. f4 Nxc6 21. Be7 Qxe7 $1 (21... Qb6 $4 22. Bc5 $18 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb6]}) (21... Rxa1 $6 22. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Rxd8 {=/=/+}) 22. Rxa8
e5 $36) 20... Nexf3+ $1 21. Bxf3 $8 ({Loses right away:} 21. Kh1 {because of:}
Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gc7h2]} 22. Bxf3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxf3 $19) ({Also loses:
} 21. Kf2 {in view of:} Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc7h2]} 22. Bxh4 $8 (22. Bxf3
$2 Qxh2+ $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 22... Rxa1 23. Bxf3 (23. Kxf3 Qxc6 {and black
transfers to the winning endgame:} 24. Qxc6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 bxc6 $19) 23...
Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxc6 $19) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 (22. Kh1 $4 Rxa1 23. Bxd8 $140
Rxf1+ 24. Kg2 Ne1+ 25. Kxf1 Nxc2 $19) (22. Kf2 $144 Qxe7 (22... Qc7 $4 {
is refuted by:} 23. Rxa8 $1 Qxh2+ 24. Kxf3 Qxc2 (24... Qxh3+ $142 25. Ke2 $16)
25. cxb7 {[%csl Gb7,Rg8]} Qc4 26. Kf2 $18) 23. Rxa8 Ne5 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4][%cal
Ge5c6,Ge5g4] -/+/-+}) 22... Qxe7 $1 ({Also badly:} 22... Qc7 {because of:} 23.
Rxa8 Qxh2+ 24. Kxf3 {and see previous variation.}) 23. Rxa8 Ne5 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4]
[%cal Ge5c6,Ge5g4]} 24. cxb7 Qxb7 {/\d4} 25. Qa4 Rf8 $5 {/\Nc4(קe3) and with
the idea Nb6} 26. Kg3 Nc4 $19 27. Ng5 $2 (27. Qa7 $142 Nxe3 28. Re1 (28. Qxb7
$2 Nxf1+) 28... Qxa7 29. Rxa7 d4 $19) 27... f6 (27... Nb6 $2 28. Qc2 $17 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 28. Nf3 Nb6 {[%csl Ra4,Ra8]} 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 $5 ({Black has several
options:} 5... O-O $5) (5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 $5 ({Another line is:} 8. b4 $5) 8... d5 $5 (8... a5 $5 {-is the main line})
9. cxd5 b6 10. b4 Na4 11. Qc2 $5 ({Another line is:} 11. Qb3 $5 {-see comments
to Vaisser,A-Fressinet,L/Meribel 1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 11... b5 {
-from 11...b5 to- 14.Qf2 of this game,you can see comments in the game:Vaiser,
A-Fressinet,L/Meribel 1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V) (40)} 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3 $5 {
Besides,} (13. Be3 $5) ({and} 13. Bg5 $5 {1/2-1/2 Kramer,G-Glattacker,G/Bad
Woerishofen 1991/EXT 98 (72)-was checked in the previous game.}) 13... Bb7 14.
Qf2 O-O $5 $146 ({Worse is:} 14... exd5 15. e5 Qe7 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. f4 f6 18.
Nf3 O-O 19. O-O $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Degraeve,J/ch-FRA, Meribel FRA 1998 (33)})
15. Qd4 $5 {/\Ne2, 0-0 and after 15...ed4-16.e5} ({Also,can be recommended:} 
15. Ne2) 15... Re8 ({After:} 15... exd5 16. e5 Re8 (16... Ne8 $6 {[%cal Ge8c7,
Gc7e6]} 17. f4 $1 Nc7 $140 18. f5 $16) 17. Ne2 Nd7 {-see current game.}) 16.
Ne2 {[%cal Ye2d4]} ({Dubious:} 16. Bg5 exd5 17. e5 {in view of:} Qb6 $1 $36)
16... exd5 $8 17. e5 Nd7 ({Loses away:} 17... Nh5 {because of:} 18. g4 {
[%csl Rh5]} Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxe5 21. gxh5 $18) 18. f4 f6 $1 ({
Badly:} 18... Nf8 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qf2 $40 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4][%cal Gf4f5]}) ({
After:} 18... Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 {white has a big positional
advantage.}) 19. exf6 Qxf6 $1 $11 {[%csl Rd4,Ge8]} ({Slightly worse is:} 19...
Nxf6 20. O-O {+/=/=}) 20. O-O Rac8 $5 {/\Nc3} ({Good enough:} 20... Re7 {
[%cal Ga8e8,Ge7e2]}) 21. Ra2 {[%cal Ya2e2]} Nc3 22. Qxf6 $8 Nxf6 (22... Nxe2+
$143 23. Rxe2 Nxf6 24. Re5 $1 Rc3 (24... Ne4 25. Bb2 $14) 25. Bf5 $14) 23. Nxc3
Rxc3 24. Rd2 {is the best move(><d3;with the idea Bb2).} Ne4 ({Dubious:} 24...
Re3 {because of:} 25. Bb1 {/\Bb2}) 25. Rdd1 Nd6 $5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gd6c4]} ({
Also,can be recomended:} 25... Rec8 $11) 26. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2]} Rb3 27. Bd4 $5
Rxa3 $140 28. Rf3 $44 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd3h7]} Ra2 ({Badly:} 28... Ra4 {
in view of:} 29. Rg3 g6 30. Bc5 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. f5 {with strong
initiative.}) 29. Rg3 Re7 (29... g6 $2 {is refuted by:} 30. Bxg6 $1 {[%csl Rd6]
} (30. f5 $5 Ne4 $140 31. fxg6 $1 $40) 30... hxg6 31. Rxg6+ Kf8 32. Rxd6 $16)
30. f5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Rf7 {[%mdl 256] -is the best defense.} 31. f6 g6 32. h4
$1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Ne4 $1 {-is the best reaction to-32.h4} 33. Bxe4 ({
Senseless:} 33. Rf3 {in view of:} Ra4 {[%csl Rb4]}) 33... dxe4 34. h5 e3 $1 35.
Rxe3 $5 {[%mdl 128] is the better,then:} (35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rg4
Bc8 (37... e2 $143 38. Re1 $14 {[%csl Re2]}) 38. Rh4+ Kg6 $11) ({or:} 35. Bxe3
Rxf6 36. hxg6 hxg6 $8 (36... Rxg6 $4 37. Rxg6+ hxg6 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ $18 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 37. Rd8+ Rf8 38. Rxg6+ Kf7 {[%cal Gf7g6,Gf8d8]} 39. Rdd6 {+/=/=})
35... Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Bc6 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rd7 $5 $13) 37. Bc3 $4
$138 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After:} 37. Rc1 {white has a forcing win:} Rd2 {(Rg4)} (
37... Bb7 38. Re8+ Rf8 39. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7g7,Gc7b7]} Rxe8 $140 40. f7+ Kf8
41. Bg7+ $1 $18) 38. Rxc6 $1 Rxd4 39. Rc8+ Rf8 40. f7+ $1 Kg7 (40... Kxf7 41.
Rf3+ $18) 41. h6+ Kxf7 42. Rf3+ $18) 37... Rc2 38. Rd8+ $6 (38. Rg3 $142 $11)
38... Rf8 39. Rd6 Rc8 $5 {/\Be8-f7} 40. Bd4 gxh5 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} (40...
Be8 $142 $5) 41. Rg3+ Kf7 ({Worse is::} 41... Kf8 {because of:} 42. Be3 $1 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge3h6]} (42. Bc5 $2 Rxc5 43. bxc5 b4 $13) 42... Kf7 43. Rg7+
Kf8 44. Bh6 Be8 45. Re6 {+/-/+-}) 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal
Ge3h6]} Be8 (43... h6 $143 44. Bxh6 Be8 45. Re6 $1 $18) 44. Bh6 {/\45.Re6 and
46.Rc7+} h4 $6 (44... Rc1+ $142) 45. Re6 h3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rc1+ $8 46.
Bxc1 Rxc1+ 47. Kf2 $16) 46. Rc7+ $1 (46. Rc7+ $1 Kg8 $140 47. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 48.
f7+ Kh8 49. fxe8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 55th"]
[Site "Kazincbarcika"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg3 {
According to my database, this is only the fifth game in this position.} ({
In my opinion, slightly better is:} 7. Bd2 $5 {For further information, you
can see my comments to Ionov,S-Yemelin,V/City-ch 2000/CBM 077(1-0)(66)}) 7...
Qa5 $5 $146 {Before this, the following moves were played:} (7... Nxg3 $5 8.
hxg3 h6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rd1 b6 11. e3 Bb7 12. g4 Be7 13. Be2 a6 14. Kf1 Rc8 15.
g5 Nb4 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. gxh6 Rxh6 18. Rxh6 gxh6 19. Kg1 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
S-Makarov,M/Maikop,1998(19)}) (7... Nc6 $5 8. e3 Qa5 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 Nxg3 11.
hxg3 Bf6 12. Rc1 g6 13. Nf3 d6 14. Qd2 Ke7 15. g4 b6 16. g5 Bg7 17. Nd4 Nxd4
18. exd4 Bb7 19. b4 Qxa3 20. Rh3 Qxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxd4 22. Nb5 $18 {Adianto,
U-Sokolov,A/Tilburg,1994(1-0)(46)}) (7... Be7 $6) ({and} 7... O-O $5) 8. e3 Bb4
{With the idea to take twice on c3.} 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O-O a6 (10... Nxg3 $143
11. hxg3 h6 12. a3 Be7 13. Nf4 $14) 11. a3 Be7 (11... Nxg3 $6 12. hxg3 Bf8 (
12... Bxc3 13. Nxc3 $32) (12... Be7 $2 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. Qxh7 $16) 13. Rxh7
Rxh7 14. Qxh7 $14) 12. Bd6 {A typical plan for this kind of position: White
exchanges the black-squared bishops and plays against the bad bishop on c8.
The only defect of White's position is his weak king. It gives chances for
Black to organize a counterplay.} Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Nf6 {The knight goes back, to
his "natural" place.} 14. Ng3 O-O $11 {A logical move. First of all, guarantee
security of the king.} (14... b5 $2 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Bb7 17. Nge4 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 $16) 15. Nge4 (15. Bd3 $143 Qc7 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. Kb1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4
19. Na4 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Ne8 21. R6d2 d5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. e4 Nf6 24. exd5 exd5 25.
Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 15... Nxe4 {Another continuation was:} (15... Ne8
$5 16. Rd1 f5 17. Nd6 (17. Nd2 Qc7 {/\b5}) 17... Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Rb8 {[%cal
Gb7b5]}) 16. Qxe4 f5 $1 17. Qc2 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5] Black prepares for the
attack.} 18. Qa4 Qc7 ({Leads to equality:} 18... Qe5 19. Rd2 f4 20. exf4 Qxf4 (
20... Qe1+ $2 21. Qd1 Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rxf4 23. g3 Rf7 24. Ne4 {+/=/+/-}) 21. g3
Qf3 22. Rg1 Qh5 23. f4 Qc5 $11) 19. Rd2 b6 20. Be2 Bb7 {Both sides finally
finished the development of their pieces.} 21. f4 (21. Rhd1 Rbd8 22. f4 {
deserved attention with a complicated game.}) 21... d6 $6 {Too passive. After
this move White has time in order to coordinate his pieces. Black missed the
opportunity to open the game:} (21... b5 $1 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 (23. Bxb5 d5
) (23. Qxb5 d5 24. Qc5 Rfc8 $15) 23... Qb6 $36) 22. Rhd1 Rbd8 23. Kb1 Ne7 24.
Bf3 $14 Nc8 {Black doesn't see a reason to immediately exchange bishops in
light of the next continuation:} (24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ng6 (25... Qc5 26. Rd3)
26. Ne2 Qb7 27. Nd4 Rde8 (27... Rfe8 28. Nc6 $18) 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6 d5 30.
cxd5 exd5 31. Rd3 $14) 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. g3 {White prepares Rd4 and e4 in
order to open one more file for his rooks. Black doesn't have any good option
for counterplay.} Rf7 27. Rd4 h6 28. e4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Re7 (29... Rf6 $143 30.
Rde1 Kf7 31. g4 $16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 30. Rde1 Kf7 (30... Rde8 31. g4 $36) 31. Qd1
Qd7 32. Qh5+ {33.g4 with the idea 34.g5 looks also good.} (32. g4 $5 b5 (32...
Kf8 $143 33. g5 d5 34. Rd4 hxg5 35. fxg5 $40) (32... d5 $143 33. Rd4 Qc6 34.
Re5 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8]}) 33. cxb5 axb5 34. g5 $16) 32... Kf8 $16 33. Qg4 $6 ({
The logical continuation of White's previous move was:} 33. Qg6 d5 $140 34. Rd4
Nd6 35. cxd5 Nf5 36. Rd3 exd5 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. fxe5 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5] +/-/+-})
33... d5 34. Rd4 $2 {Why doesn't he take the pawn?} (34. Rxe6 Rxe6 (34... dxc4
$143 35. Rd1 Qe8 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Rxe7 Nxe7 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qxc4
{+/-/+-}) 35. Qxe6 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 dxc4 37. Rc6 $16) 34... b5 35. cxd5 $6 {
The opponents agreed to a draw after this move. But I think, that in this
position White has options for continuation of the fight:} (35. c5 $142 Na7 36.
f5 exf5 37. Rxe7 fxg4 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd5 $14) (35. cxd5 $6 exd5 36. Qd1
Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Ne7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 9336]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 $5 ({Black
has several options:} 5... O-O $5) (5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 $5 ({Another line is:} 8. b4 $5) 8... d5 $5 (8... a5 $5 {
-is the main line}) 9. cxd5 b6 (9... Qxd5 $2 10. e4 $16 {Rubinstein-Johner,
Karlovy Vary,1929}) 10. b4 ({Worse:} 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Rd1 O-O $5 (11... Bd7 $5
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rxd5 Rc8 $44) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qc6 Bd7 $13 {
0-1 Lamprecht,F-Lugovoi,A/Hamburg 1997/EXT 97 (28)}) (10. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 11. Bg5
Rc8 12. Rd1 Qe7 $13) 10... Na4 11. Qb3 $5 ({Another line is:} 11. Qc2 $5 b5 (
11... Bd7 $5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 Ba4 $44 {0-1
Medancic,R-Verat,L/Candas op (07)/1996 (45)}) 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3 $5 $146 (13.
Be3 exd5 $6 (13... O-O $5) 14. e5 O-O 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Shabalov,
A-Moskow,E/New York MCC (08)/1992 (29)}) 13... Bb7 14. Qf2 exd5 15. e5 Qe7 16.
Qd4 Nd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. O-O $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Degraeve,J/ch-FRA,
Meribel FRA 1998 (33)}) 11... b5 12. e4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gf1b5]} a6 {Is the
best move} (12... Qb6 $2 13. Be3 $16) 13. Ne2 $5 (13. Bd3 $5 {See comments to
Beliavsky,A-Short,N/Madrid,1997(cbm59),1-0(38)Ftacnik}) ({Dubious:} 13. Bg5 $6
{because of:} h6 14. Bh4 exd5 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $44 {
[Ftacnik]}) (13. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Nf4 Rfd8
$40 {0-1 Rossi,G-Schlamp,R/Biel op (04)/1996 (25)}) 13... O-O (13... exd5 $143
14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 O-O 16. Be3 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. Be3 $5 exd5 15. e5 d4 16. Nxd4
Re8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd6 $14 {Rychagov,A-Lugovoi,A/St.
Petersburg/1996/}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 exd5 (15... Re8 $5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rd1 exd5
17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Bf2 Qb7 19. Rd2 Be6 $44) 16. e5 Re8 $5 (16... g5 $143 {Ftacnik
} 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qxd5 Nab6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Rd1 $16) 17. f4 $1 g5 18. Bf2 {
[%cal Gf2d4]} (18. fxg5 $2 Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rh4]}) 18... Ne4 19. Bd4 $14 Nb6 $5
$146 {/\Nc4(><d2)} (19... Be6 20. Qf3 $1 $14 {Miles,A-De Firmian,N/Manila(izt),
1990,1-0 (37)}) (19... Bg4 $5 {Ftacnik} 20. Qe3 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qg5 22. g3 $14)
20. g3 $6 {White's plan:/\Bg2,0-0} (20. h4 $1 {:This move is very strong.After
it white has strong initiative on the king side}) 20... Nc4 21. Bg2 Bf5 (21...
Bg4 $6 22. Qd3 {[%csl Gd3,Ye2][%cal Gd3e2] /\0-0}) ({Can be recommended:} 21...
gxf4) 22. O-O (22. Rc1 $5) 22... Ned2 (22... Ncd2 $6 {(><e3)} 23. Qe3 Nxf1 24.
Rxf1 $36) 23. Qc3 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 $44 g4 $6 (24... Be4 $5 25. Bh3 a5 $132) 25.
Bc5 $1 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge2d4]} Be4 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 {White has play on
the king side and the centre} Qd7 28. Qd3 $6 (28. Rh1 $5 {/\h3;<->h}) 28... a5
$5 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6h6]} 29. Re1 {[%csl Ye1,Re5] (><e5)} axb4 30. Bxb4 Ra6 31.
h3 $5 (31. e6 $2 Raxe6 (31... fxe6 $2 32. Qg6+ Kh8 $13) 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 $17)
31... gxh3+ 32. Kh2 Rg6 $6 (32... Kh8 $5 $15) 33. f5 $1 Rg4 (33... Ra6 $5) (
33... Nxe5 $4 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. fxg6 $16) 34. e6 $36 fxe6 $2 (34... Qb7 $5 {
[%cal Gg4e4]} 35. Kxh3 $140 Re4) 35. fxe6 Qh7 $2 ({Can be recommended:} 35...
Qa7 $13) 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. Nxb5 Rgg8 $2 (37... Rc8 $142 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Gc8c7]} 38. e7 Rgg8 39. Kxh3 {+/=/+/-}) 38. Nc7 Kg6 $2 (38... Rc8 $142 39. Nxd5
Rg5 $8 $16) 39. Nxd5 $1 $18 Rg7 40. e7 {[%cal Gd5c7]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 {From my point
of view, this idea brings Black hardly an equal game.} 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Rd1 $5 {
The d-file is the best one for White's rook, because the rook put pressure on
Black's pawn after d7-d6 or d7-d5, e.g.. Besides this move, White has a couple
of options in this position: 8.0-0-0!?; 8.e3!?; 8.f3!?; 8.Rb1 and 8.Rc1.} Bxc3
9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Bd4 {+/=/+/- The game progressed from the
opening directly to the ending, in which white's advantage is clear thanks to
the bishop's pair.} ({Another popular line is:} 11. Be5 $5) 11... b6 12. b3 $5
{Previously was tested also: 12.e3; 12.Nf3 and 12.f3 /\e4.} Nc5 13. b4 Na4 (
13... Nb7 $143 14. g3 Nd8 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Rc1 d6 18. O-O e5 19. Bb2
Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ne6 21. Rfd1 $14 {Stohl,I-Damjanovic,M/Stary Smokovec,1988(1/2-1/
2)(41)}) 14. e3 {An alternative was 14.f3. For example:} (14. f3 $5 Ba6 (14...
Ke7 $5 15. e4 d6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 $36) 15. e4 d6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Bc2 Bb5
18. Bb3 Bd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 b5 21. c5 $16 {Ivkov,B-Damjanovic,M/Palma de
Mallorca,1967(1-0)(58)}) ({Once was checked:} 14. Nf3 $6) 14... Ke7 (14... Ba6
$2 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Bc2 b5 17. c5 Bb7 18. f3 $16 {Zimmerman,Y-Ganaus,H/Budapest,
1999(1-0)(41)}) 15. Bd3 ({Also possible is:} 15. Be5 $5 Ne8 16. Bd3 d6 17. Ba1
Bd7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. O-O a6 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Nd4 Rc7 22. Rfd1 {with a stable
advantage for White. For further information you can see Jakobsen,L-Petersen,S/
Denmark,1998(1-0)(41)}) 15... d6 16. Nf3 $146 {Only this move is a novelty.} ({
Previously was checked:} 16. Ne2 $5 Bd7 17. f3 Rhc8 18. Kf2 Rc7 19. Rd2 Rac8
20. Rhd1 $14 {Lombard,A-Andersen,B/Gstaad,1973(0-1)(40)}) (16. f4 $5 {could be
recommended:} Bb7 17. Nf3 Rhc8 18. O-O $14 {[%csl Ra4]}) 16... Bd7 {Black has
finished his development and connected his rooks.} (16... a5 $5 {deserves
attention:}) ({or} 16... e5 17. Ba1 a5 (17... e4 $4 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Bxe4 $18
) 18. Nd2 $14) 17. Nd2 Rhc8 18. O-O b5 (18... e5 $143 19. Ba1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,
Re5][%cal Gf2f4]}) 19. Rc1 $6 {It is important for White to save the square d4
for his bishop and to prevent the advance e6-e5.} (19. f4 $5) ({Another good
option was:} 19. cxb5 e5 20. Ba1 Nc3 21. Rc1 Nxb5 22. a4 Nc7 23. f4 $1 $14)
19... bxc4 20. Bxc4 $6 (20. Nxc4 $142 e5 21. Ba1 $14) 20... a5 $11 {Black
tries get rid of his weak a-pawn by this move.} 21. Bd3 $2 (21. b5 $5 e5 22.
Ba1 Nb6 23. Bd3 Nfd5 $11) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Rcb8 $15 (22... e5 $5 23. Ba1 Nd5
24. Rxc8 (24. Be4 Nab6 $15) 24... Rxc8 25. b5 Nac3 $15) 23. Rb1 ({After:} 23.
Bxf6+ $5 Kxf6 (23... gxf6 $143 24. Rb1 Nc3 25. Rb3 Nd5 26. b5 $11) 24. Rc7 Ke7
25. Rb1 Nb6 $15 {Black also keeps a small advantage.}) 23... Bb5 (23... e5 $142
24. Ba1 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 $15) 24. Nc4 $4 {A tactical blunder - White loses a
piece.} ({After:} 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rb3 Rab8 27. Rfb1 d5 $15 {
White could have continued to fight for a draw.}) {[%tqu "En","White's
previous move was a deciding blunder. Can you find why?","","","e6e5","",10]}
24... e5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3,Rd4]} 25. Ba1 $140 (25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Nc3 $19 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 25... e4 $19 26. Bxf6+ (26. Be2 $143 d5 {ץe2}) 26... Kxf6 27.
Bxe4 (27. Be2 $143 d5 {ץe2}) 27... Bxc4 28. Bxa8 Bxf1 {Further resistence is
senseless.} 0-1

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 {
Other possibilities are:} (7. Bf4) (7. a3) ({and} 7. e3) 7... Nd4 $5 {[%mdl 4]
Besides this move,black has four alternatives: 7...h6!?; 7...Qa5; 7...0-0 and}
(7... Be7 {See comments to Dao Thien Hai-Liang Shuai/Qingdao,1999/CBM 74(1-0)
(Golod,V) (32)}) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. e3 $5 ({Also can be recommended in this
position:} 9. Nb5 $5 Bc5 (9... Be5 $6 10. O-O-O $36 {See comments to Euwe,
M-Kramer,H/ Amsterdam,1950(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(23)}) 10. O-O-O (10. Bf4 Bb4+ 11.
Bd2 (11. Kd1 $6 O-O 12. Nc7 (12. a3 $143 Ba5 13. b4 a6 $15) 12... e5 $1 13.
Bxe5 d6 14. Bxf6 Qxc7 $44) 11... Bxd2+ $5 {/\ 0-0, d5~~} (11... Be7 12. Bf4
Bb4+ $10)) 10... O-O (10... Qa5 $5) 11. e3 (11. e4 $6 a6 12. Nd6 Qa5 $36) 11...
a6 12. Nd6 (12. Nc3 $143 b5 $15 {|^}) 12... b5 $1 13. Bxf6 $6 (13. Ne4 $1 Be7
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 $6 15. c5 {/\ Nd6, Bd3, Kb1+/=}) 15. c5 $1 Bb7 (15...
Be7 $5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bb7 18. Bd3 $5 $13) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17.
Kb1 $5 $13 (17. Bd3 $13)) 17. Rxd7 $13 {Yudasin,L}) 13... Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe5 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Yudasin,L/Sevilla,1993/Inf 56/(628) (15)}) 9...
Qa5 {[%csl Ga5,Rc3,Re1,Rg5] In my opinion this move much logical,than:} (9...
Bxc3+) (9... Be5) ({or} 9... Bc5) 10. exd4 Qxg5 11. Qd2 $5 ({Repeatedly was
checked in the previous game:} 11. g3 $5) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 {+/=/=} b6 $5 ({
Also it deserves attention:} 12... d6 $5 13. Bd3 b6 $6 (13... Bd7 $142 14. Rhe1
(14. f3 $143 O-O 15. Rhc1 e5 16. d5 Rfc8 $11 {Sotnikov,I-Mojzis,J/Pardubice,
1992(0-1)(22)}) 14... O-O-O 15. b4 Kb8 16. a4 g5 17. f3 h5 18. Ne4 Nxe4+ 19.
fxe4 $14 {Bykhovsky,A-Xu Jun/Belgrade,1988(1/2-1/2) (28)}) 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. b4
Ba6 (15... Bb7 $5) 16. a4 $1 $14 {See comments to Georgiev,Ki-Rogers,I/San
Bernardino,1988/Inf 46/758(1-0) (Georgiev,Ki) (35)}) 13. b4 ({In all
probability leads to approximately equal position:} 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. f3 Ke7 (
14... h5 $6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. b4 $14 {Komljenovic,D-Gast,J/Bern,1990(1-0)(34)})
15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. Nd1 d5 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 a5 $11 {Neurohr,S-Mueller,O/
Germany,1990(1/2-1/2) (40)}) 13... Bb7 (13... Ke7 $5 14. a4 (14. f3 $142 Bb7 {
transfer to 13...Bb7}) 14... d5 15. c5 (15. cxd5 $6 Rd8 $1 $36) 15... bxc5 16.
bxc5 Rb8 17. Rb1 Rxb1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee,1995 (17)})
14. f3 Ke7 ({Slightly dubious:} 14... d6 {in view of:} 15. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5
16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Rhb1 Nd7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rha8 21. Kd3 {
+/=/= Glek,I-Yudasin,L/Tilburg,1994 (1/2-1/2)(41)}) 15. Be2 $146 {This novelty
was not played in the next games:} (15. Bd3 $5 Rhc8 (15... g5 $5 {[%csl Gb7,
Rf3,Rg2][%cal Gg5g4]}) 16. a4 a5 (16... d5 $143 17. c5 a5 18. Rab1 {[%csl Rb7]}
bxc5 19. bxc5 Bc6 20. Rb6 Nd7 21. Ra6 $14 {Bern,I-Svedenborg,P/NOR-chT,1994
(1-0) (46)}) 17. Rhb1 Ba6 (17... Bc6 $5) 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. c5 Bxd3 20. Kxd3 $14
{Marin,M-Skembris,S/Kavala,1990(1-0)(53)}) 15... g5 $5 {[%csl Gb7,Rf3,Rg2]
[%cal Gg5g4] Only chance of black for counterplay.} 16. a4 g4 17. fxg4 Rhg8 $1
{[%csl Rg2,Rg4][%mdl 2048]} ({Pretty weakly:} 17... Bxg2 $6 18. Rhg1 $140 Ne4+
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Ke3 $14) 18. d5 ({After:} 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. h3 h5 20. gxh5 (
20. Bxb7 $6 Rxb7 21. gxh5 $140 Rxg2+ $11) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxh5 {black has
a good compensation behind pawn.}) 18... Nxg4 19. a5 {/\a6(ץb7,Pa7)} bxa5 20.
Rxa5 Ne5 21. g3 $6 ({White save a positional advantage after original and
strong move:} 21. Rd1 $1 f6 ({Dubious:} 21... Rxg2 $6 {because of:} 22. d6+ {
[%csl Re5]} Kxd6 (22... Kf6 $2 23. Rf1+ Bf3 24. Ke3 $18) 23. Ke3+ {[%csl Re5]}
Ke7 24. Rxe5 Rxh2 25. Ra5 $16) 22. g3 Rgc8 23. c5 $1 Bxd5 (23... exd5 $143 24.
Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6]}) 24. Nxd5+ exd5 25. Kc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]} Ke6 $140 $6 26. Bf1
$16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf1g2]}) 21... Rgc8 {[%csl Rc4,Gc8,Rd5,Ge5][%cal Ge5c4]
[%mdl 2048]} 22. c5 ({It deserves attention:} 22. Rb5 $5 Rab8 {[%csl Rc4]} (
22... Ba6 $4 23. d6+ Kf6 (23... Kxd6 24. Ne4+ $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 24. Rf1+ $18 {
[%csl Re5]}) (22... Rc7 $5 23. Rc1 $14) 23. Ra1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ga1a7]} a6 24.
Rb6 (24. Rc5 $143 d6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. b5 Nxc4+ (26... axb5 $143 27. Ra7 Rb8
28. cxb5 $14) 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. bxa6 Ba8 29. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 24... Nxc4+ (24...
Rxc4 $5 {[%csl Rb6,Rd2]}) 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. d6+ Kf6 27. Na4 $44 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Ga4c5]}) 22... Bxd5 ({Badly:} 22... exd5 $2 {in view of:} 23. Rha1 Nc6
$140 (23... d4 24. Nb5 Nc6 25. Nxa7 $1 $16) 24. Nxd5+ Ke6 25. Nf4+ $16) 23.
Nxd5+ exd5 24. Rc1 {[%csl Yc1][%cal Yc1c5]} ({From my point of view much
better is:} 24. Re1 $5 {[%csl Re5]} f6 (24... d6 $2 25. Bf3 $1 $16 Ke6 $140 $2
26. cxd6 $18) 25. Kc3 {+/=/=}) 24... Rab8 25. Ra4 Rc7 26. Ke3 Ke6 $5 ({Leads
to absolutely equal position:} 26... Nc6 $5 27. b5 $140 Nd8 28. Kd4 Ne6+ 29.
Kxd5 Rg8 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg8g5]} 30. Rg4 Rgc8 31. Rgc4 (31. c6 $2 Rd8 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 31... Rg8 $11) 27. Rca1 d6 ({Weakly:} 27... a5 {because of:} 28.
bxa5 Rb3+ 29. Kf2 Rxc5 30. a6 Rb8 31. Rh4 $14 {[%csl Ga6,Rd5,Rd7,Rf7,Gg3,Gh2,
Rh7]}) 28. Ra6 d4+ $5 ({Black equalizes after:} 28... Rc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Ra6
(30. b5 $2 Nb4 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc5,Re3][%cal Gb4c2,Gd6c5]} 31. Rc1 dxc5 32. Rxc5
Kd6 $15) 30... Nxb4 31. Rxd6+ Ke5 32. Rd7 d4+ 33. Kd2 $11) 29. Ke4 (29. Kxd4
$143 Rxb4+ 30. Kc3 Re4 $1 (30... Rb6 $2 31. Bc4+ Nxc4 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Kd4 $14
) 31. Rxd6+ Ke7 32. Kd2 Rxc5 33. Raa6 $15 (33. Rda6 $4 Rd5+ 34. Ke1 Nd3+ 35.
Kf1 (35. Kd2 Nf4+ {[%csl Re2]}) 35... Rf5+ 36. Kg1 Rxe2 $19)) 29... f5+ 30. Kf4
Rd7 ({Less safely:} 30... Ng6+ 31. Kg5 Rxb4 32. Rxd6+ Kf7 33. Rda6 Rxc5 34.
Rxa7+ Ne7 35. Bh5+ Kf8 36. Rd7 $132) 31. R1a4 h6 {[%csl Yh6]} 32. g4 $1 {
Leads to equal RR endgame.} fxg4 $140 33. Ke4 {[%csl Rd4]} d3 34. Bxd3 Nxd3 35.
Kxd3 $11 Ke5 36. Rxd6 ({Senselessly:} 36. c6 $6 {in view of:} Rc7 $15) 36...
Rxd6+ 37. cxd6 Rb7 (37... Kxd6 $144 38. Rxa7 Rxb4 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Rxh6 $11)
38. Ra6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ya6d6,Ga6a7]} Rxb4 39. Rxa7 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Rxd6 41. Ra5+
Kf6 (41... Kf6 42. Kf4 Rd4+ 43. Kg3 $11 {[%cal Gg3h4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 {Besides,white has two options:} (9. Qc2 $5 {See comments to
games: Dao Thien Hai-Antonio,R/ Yangon,1998/CBM 69(0-1)  (Golod,V)(28) and
Sjoberg,M-Brynell,S/ Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(46)}) (9. Qd4 $5 {
You can see comments to Ionov,S-Aseev,K/ St.Petersburg,1997/CBM 58(0-1) 
(Ftacnik,L) (27)}) 9... Nd6 {On my opinion this idea is pretty dubious and was
made by Tsesarsky,Ilya for first time.} (9... d5 $5 {It's main line.}) 10. c5
$1 (10. Qb3 $143 {You can see comments to Soffer,R-Tsesarsky,I/PetahTiqwa,1998/
CBM 63 (1-0)(Tsesarsky,I)(50)}) 10... Nc4 $6 {I don't think it's a good spot
for the black's knight.It would be better to:} (10... Nf5 11. g4 $5 (11. g3 d6
12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bg2 e5 14. Nf3 e4 15. Bf4 $14 {Ballo,E-Florea,D/Apolda,1997
(1/2-1/2)(30)}) 11... Nxg4 12. e4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yf5g7]} O-O $2 (12... Ne7
$142 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qb2 (14. Qxh7 Nf6 15. Qh4 Ng6 16. Qg5 Nxe4 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8
18. Bg2 {+/=/=}) 14... d6 15. Nf3 $14) 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bf4 Re8+ 15. Ne2 $18 {
Pedersen,D-Jakobsen,L/Aarhus,1999(1-0) (41)}) 11. Qc3 b5 $146 {Pretty dubious
novelty of Maia Chiburdanidze.} (11... d5 $142 {See comments Kharlov,A-Aseev,K/
Moscow, 1999/CBM 75(1-0)(Golod,V)(22)}) 12. e4 {()} Bb7 ({Badly:} 12... Nxe4 {
because of:} 13. Qxg7 $140 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. a4 $1 {[%csl Yb5,Rc4]} Ba6 16.
Nf3 {[%csl Ga1,Ya6,Rb5,Rc4,Gf1][%cal Gf3d4]} bxa4 (16... d5 $143 17. axb5 Bxb5
18. Nd4 {+/-/+-}) 17. Nd4 {[%csl Ya6,Rc4][%cal Gb4b5]} d5 18. Rxa4 Bc8 $16) 13.
Bxc4 bxc4 14. f3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3e4]} d6 $6 ({Also weakly:} 14... O-O $6
15. Bf4 $16) ({Undoubtedly,much better is:} 14... d5 $5 15. e5 (15. cxd6 $2
Qxd6 16. e5 Nd5 17. exd6 Nxc3 $11) 15... Nd7 16. Ne2 {with big pozitional
advantage of white.}) 15. Be3 $16 O-O {Inexplicable sacrifice of pawn "d6".} ({
More stubborn resistance after:} 15... d5 16. e5 Ng4 $5 17. Bd4 (17. fxg4 $2 d4
$13 {[%csl Rc3,Re3,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2,Gd4c3,Gd4e3]}) 17... Nh6 18. Ne2 $16) 16.
Ne2 $2 {It is incomprehensible,why not take a pawn"d6"?:} (16. cxd6 {(/\17.Rd1
or 17.Bc5)} e5 (16... Qxd6 17. Bc5 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) (16... Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nxe4
18. Qe5 $1 $18 Nxd6 $140 $2 19. O-O-O {[%csl Rd6]}) 17. Rd1 $18) 16... dxc5 17.
Bxc5 Re8 18. Rd1 (18. Qxc4 Nd7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. O-O a5 {-transfer to 18.Rd1})
18... Qc7 19. O-O $6 {Again mistake.} ({Good enough:} 19. Bd6 Qb6 (19... Qc6
$143 20. Be5 Nd7 $140 $2 21. Bxg7 e5 22. Bh6 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 20. Be5 {
[%csl Gc3,Ge5,Rf6,Rg7]} Red8 21. Bd4 Qa6 22. O-O Ne8 23. Bc5 {+/=/+/-}) 19...
Nd7 {[%csl Rc5]} (19... a5 $144 20. Qxc4 Nd7 {-transfer to 19...Nd7}) 20. Qxc4
a5 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Qc2 {[%csl Yc2,Re2][%cal Yc2e2]} ({Weakly:} 22. b5 {because
of:} Rec8 23. bxa6 Nxc5 24. Rfd1 Qb6 {+/=/=}) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Nxc5 24. bxc5
({Interestingly at first:} 24. Rfd1) 24... Rec8 $6 {After this inaccuracy,
white has a next (25.Rfd1) useful move.} ({Unconditionally, much better is:} 
24... Bb5 25. Rf2 (25. Rfe1 e5 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ye5d4]}) 25... e5 $14 {[%csl
Ye5][%cal Ye5d4,Ye5f4]} (25... Ra4 $5)) 25. Rfd1 Bb5 26. Rd4 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Yd4a4]} Ra5 ({In my opinion again a little better is:} 26... e5 $5 27. Rd5 (27.
Rb4 $2 Qa5 $11 {[%csl Ga5,Rc5,Gc8,Re2]}) 27... Bc6 28. Rd6 Ra5 29. Qc3 $14) 27.
Ng3 g6 {Not obligatory,prophylactic move.} (27... e5 $142 $5) 28. Qd2 {[%csl
Rg8]} e5 ({It deserves attention:} 28... Be8 $5 29. Rdc4 Rd8 $14) 29. Rd5 Bc6 (
{Inaccurate transfer of black's rook in <->a:} 29... Rca8 {in view of:} 30. Qb2
{[%csl Re5][%cal Yb2a1,Gb2e5]} f6 31. Rd6 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8]}) 30. Rd3 Bb5 31.
Rd5 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Bc6 32. Rd3 Bb5 33. Rdc3
Rd8 34. Qf2 (34. Qg5 $143 Ra2 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd8d2]}) 34... Qa7 35. c6 Qxf2+
(35... Qc7 $6 36. Rc5 {[%csl Ra5,Gc5][%cal Gc5a5]}) 36. Kxf2 Ra2+ 37. R1c2
Rxc2+ 38. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf8 39. Rc5 Ba4 40. Ne2 Rc8 41. c7 Ke7 ({Loses
right away:} 41... f6 $4 {because of:} 42. Nc3 Bb3 (42... Be8 43. Nd5 $18 {
[%csl Gc7][%cal Gd5b6]}) 43. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Gb5a7,Gb5d6]}) 42. Rxe5+
Kd6 43. Rd5+ Kxc7 44. Rc5+ Kd7 45. Rxc8 Kxc8 {KN+PPPP/KB+PPP} 46. Nc3 $14 Bb3
47. Ke3 Kd7 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. f4 h5 {Against advance g2-g4.From my point of view
it's not obligatory pawns move.} ({Probably,better is:} 49... f6) 50. Nb5 Bc2
51. Nc7+ Kd6 52. Na6 Bb1 53. Nb4 Ke6 54. g3 Kd6 55. Nd5 Ke6 56. Nc3 Bc2 57. Kc5
Bd3 58. Kd4 Bc2 59. Na2 Bb1 60. Nc1 Kd6 61. Nd3 Ke6 62. Ne1 Kd6 (62... f6 $5)
63. Nf3 Ke6 64. Nd2 Bc2 65. Kc3 Bd1 66. Kd3 Kd6 67. Nc4+ Ke6 68. Ne3 Bb3 69.
Kd4 Kf6 70. h3 Ba2 71. h4 Bb1 ({Can be recommended:} 71... Ke6 $5 72. f5+ $140
gxf5 73. Nxf5 (73. exf5+ Kf6) 73... Kf6 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Ng7 Bb1 76. Nxh5 Bxe4 {
and black has a good chance for draw.}) 72. Nd5+ Ke6 $6 (72... Kg7 $5) 73. f5+
$1 gxf5 $8 (73... Kd7 $2 74. fxg6 fxg6 75. Ke5 Ke8 76. Kf6 $1 Bxe4 77. Nf4 $18
{[%csl Rg6,Rh5]}) 74. Nf4+ Kf6 75. e5+ Kg7 76. Nxh5+ Kg6 77. Nf4+ Kg7 78. Kd5 {
[%cal Gd5d6,Gd6e7]} Ba2+ 79. Kd6 Bb3 ({Slightly perilously:} 79... Kf8 80. Ne2
{[%cal Ge2d4]} Bc4 $6 (80... Kg7 $142) 81. Nd4 Bd3 82. e6 fxe6 83. Kxe6 Kg7 84.
Nxf5+ Kg6 85. g4 {[%cal Ge6e5,Ge5f4]} Be2 86. Ne7+ Kh6 87. Kf5 $18) 80. Ke7 Ba2
81. Nh5+ Kg6 82. Nf6 Kg7 $2 {Decisive mistake! It is necessary:} (82... Bb3 83.
Ne8 Kh5 84. Nd6 Kg4 $8 (84... f4 $2 85. gxf4 Kxh4 86. Kf6 Kg4 87. f5 Bc2 (87...
Kf4 88. Nxf7 $18) 88. Kxf7 $18 (88. Nxf7 $5 Bxf5 $140 89. Nh6+)) 85. Kf6 $1 (
85. Nxf7 $2 Kxg3 86. h5 f4 $1 (86... Bxf7 $2 87. Kxf7 f4 88. h6 f3 89. h7 f2
90. h8=Q f1=Q+ 91. Qf6 $16 {Q_|_}) 87. Ng5 Kg4 88. h6 Bc2 89. Kf6 Kh5 $11 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 85... Kxg3 (85... Bc2 $2 86. Nxf7 Kxg3 87. h5 f4 88. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Ge5,Yg5,Gh5]}) 86. h5 f4 $1 (86... Bc2 $2 87. Nxf5+ Kf4 (87... Kg4 $2 88.
Ne3+ {[%csl Rc2,Rg4]}) 88. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Ge5,Rf7,Gh5][%cal Gd6f7]}) 87. Ne4+
Kf3 88. Nd2+ (88. h6 $144 Kxe4 89. h7 f3 90. h8=Q f2 91. Qh1+ Kf4 {with good
chance for draw.} 92. Qf1 Kg3 93. Kg5 Bd5 94. Qd3+ Bf3 95. Kf5 Kg2 96. Qd2)
88... Ke3 89. h6 (89. Nxb3 $4 f3 {[%csl Gf3,Rf6]} 90. h6 f2 91. h7 f1=Q+) 89...
Kxd2 $1 (89... Bc2 $2 90. Nf1+ Kd4 (90... Kf2 91. Kxf7 Kxf1 92. e6 f3 93. e7 f2
94. e8=Q Kg2 95. Qc6+ $18 {[%csl Gh6]}) 91. Nh2 {[%cal Yh2g4,Yg4e5,Gf6f7]} Bd3
92. Ng4 $18) 90. h7 f3 91. h8=Q f2 {with good chance for draw.}) 83. Ne8+ Kg6
84. Nd6 Bb3 ({Also loses:} 84... Kh5 85. Kf6 Kg4 86. Nxf5 Bb1 87. Nd6 Kxg3 88.
h5 Kg4 89. h6 Kh5 90. Nxf7 $18 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Ge5e6,Yf7h6]}) 85. Nxf7 $1 $18
{[%mdl 64] Refined tactical blow!} Kh5 (85... Bxf7 86. h5+ Kg7 87. h6+ Kg8 88.
h7+ Kg7 89. h8=Q+ Kxh8 90. Kxf7) 86. Kf6 Kg4 87. e6 Ba4 (87... Bxe6 88. Kxe6
Kxg3 (88... f4 89. gxf4 Kxf4 90. h5) 89. h5 f4 90. Ne5) 88. Ne5+ {Please pay
your attention to the fantastic work of the white knigth.} (88. Ne5+ Kxg3 89.
h5 f4 90. h6 f3 91. Nxf3 Kxf3 92. h7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 {From my point
of view this idea hardly brings black equal game.} (6... Bxc3+ $5 {See
comments to Cramling,P-Chiburdanidze,M/Shenyang, 2000/CBM 79 (1-0)(Golod,V)(88)
}) (6... Bxc5 $6 {Inexplicable "computer" move, absolutely illogical after: 5..
.Na6.See comments to Golod,V-Shredder 4/ISR,2000(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(86)}) 7.
Bd2 Nxc5 8. O-O-O $5 {Rather rare course,but nevertheless deserving steadfast
attention.} ({Was checked in the previous games:} 8. Rc1) (8. Rb1) (8. Rd1) (8.
e3 $5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. O-O-O Qxc2+ 11. Kxc2 Ng4 12. Nh3 e5 13. Be2 $14 {
Gershon,A-Rechlis,G/ISR,1999(1-0)(39)}) ({and} 8. f3 $5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10.
Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Bd4 b6 12. e4 d6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Be3 Ke7 15. Ne2 h6 16. b3 Nc5
17. Kb2 Be6 18. Nc3 $14 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Pigusov,E/Neum,2000 (1-0)(42)}) 8...
Bxc3 $8 9. Bxc3 Qa4 {Now black doomed on protection of the worse position.It
was necessary to keep a voltage:} (9... Qc7 $5) ({or} 9... Qb6) 10. Qxa4 Nxa4
11. Be5 $5 {[%mdl 32]} ({Certainly it is worse:} 11. Bd4 b6 12. f3 Ke7 13. Be5
{(loss of tempo)} Ne8 14. b3 d6 15. Ba1 Nc5 {+/=/= Kort,J-Ortega,L/Montecatini
Terme,1997 (0-1)(35)}) 11... b6 $146 ({Badly:} 11... d5 {because of:} 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Re8] Kramnik,V-Campora,D/
Villarrobledo,1998 (1-0)(46)}) 12. f3 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Ke7 $5 ({Does not
equalize game:} 12... Ba6 13. e4 Rc8 14. b3 Nc5 15. Kb2 $14) 13. Bd6+ $140 Kd8
{[%cal Gf6e8]} 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bg3 Ke7 {The black king is on a point"e7",but
strong bishop"g3"(which does not have opponent) and also better pawns chain,
will define always advantage of white.} 16. b3 Nc5 17. b4 Na4 18. Kc2 {[%csl
Ra4][%cal Gc2b3]} d6 19. Kb3 Bd7 20. e5 $1 d5 ({Weakly:} 20... dxe5 $2 {
in view of:} 21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Kxa4 f6 23. Bd3) 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Ba6 $1 {
[%csl Ra8,Rd5][%cal Ga6b7]} Nc7 $140 23. e6 $1 {[%csl Rc7] Graceful tactics!}
Nxe6 ({Much worse is:} 23... Nxa6 $2 24. exd7 b5 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Rxd5 {
[%csl Yd7][%cal Gd5d7,Yd7a4]} Bc6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 24... Nac5+ 25.
bxc5 Nxc5+ 26. Rxc5 bxc5 {+/=/+/-}) 25. Bd6+ Kf6 26. Be5+ Ke7 27. Bd6+ {
Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Kf6 28. Rd2 $16 Rhd8 29. Ne2 b5
$2 ({It was already necessary:} 29... Nac5+ 30. bxc5 Nxc5+ 31. Bxc5 Rxd2 32.
Bd4+ Kg6 33. Rc1 $16) 30. Rc1 Be8 31. Rdd1 Nb6 ({After:} 31... Rd7 {white win
a pawn"b5":} 32. Ng3 (32. Bxb5 $143 Rxd6 33. Bxa4 Bxa4+ 34. Kxa4 Rad8 $16)
32... Nb6 33. Ne4+ Kg6 34. Bxb5) 32. Bb7 {[%csl Ra8]} Nc4 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Nc3
$18 {The rest is the matter of technics.} Kg6 35. Nxb5 $1 {The absolutely
correct technical decision.} Bxb5 36. Rxc4 Bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Rc8+ 38. Kb5 {
[%csl Ga3,Ra7,Gb4][%cal Gb5a6]} Rc2 39. Ka6 Rxg2 (39... Nc7+ 40. Bxc7 Rxc7 41.
a4 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4][%cal Gb4b5,Ga4a5,Gb5b6]}) 40. Kxa7 {[%csl Gb4][%cal
Gb4b5,Gb5b6,Gb6b7,Gb7b8]} 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bg2 {Comments to this part of the game(5-8 moves) and also:} (9. b3 {
You can find in annotations to game: Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/ISR,2000/CBM 77(0-1)
(Golod,V)(40)}) 9... a6 $5 {/\Qc7,b6 and Bb7} ({A little prematurely:} 9... d6
{See comments to Arlandi,E-Naiditsch,A/Istanbul,2003/CBM 96(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)})
10. O-O Qc7 11. b3 b6 ({On:} 11... d6 {you can find three games}) ({and after:
} 11... O-O {you can find only two games in Mega Database 2003.}) 12. Nd4 $146
{From my point of view,it is strange idea, because the Black's bishop has time
to get on a /^a8-h1. The game,which have reached this position were continued
as follows:} (12. Bb2 $5 Bb7 13. Rac1 d6 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Qe2 Rc8 $11 {
Matveeva,S-Khurtsidze,N/Istanbul,2003(1/2-1/2)(38)}) 12... Bb7 13. f4 {[%cal
Yc2g2] The pleased doubtful decision,but White still has a equality.} O-O ({
It was weakly:} 13... Nc6 $6 {because of:} 14. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} exd5 (14...
Qd8 $6 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 (15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 {[%csl Ra8]} Kxe7 $8
18. f5 $36) 16. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 15. cxd5 O-O (15... Nxd5 $143 16. Bxd5
O-O (16... Qd6 17. Qe4 $36 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gc1b2]}) 17. Bb2 $14) 16. dxc6 dxc6 17.
Nf5 (17. Nxc6 $2 Rac8 18. Nxe7+ $8 Qxe7 19. Qe2 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Rfd8 $36 {
[%csl Gc8,Gd8,Ge7]}) 17... c5 18. e4 {+/=/=}) 14. Bb2 Rc8 $4 {The not
compelled and inexplicable tactical miscalculation.} ({Leads to absolutely
equality:} 14... Bxg2 $5 15. Qxg2 Nc6 $11) {[%tqu "En","?Black's last move was
a blunder.How can White exploit it.","","","d4b5","",10]} 15. Ndb5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gb5,Rb7,Rc7,Gg2][%cal Gb5c7,Yc7b7,Gg2b7]} (15. Ncb5 $144) 15... axb5 16.
Nxb5 Qc6 $2 {Absolutely unjustified sacrifice of the queen.} ({Also leads to
hopeless position:} 16... Qc5 $2 17. Bxb7 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]} (17. Bd4 $2 Bxg2
$1 18. Bxc5 $140 (18. Qxg2 $4 Qc6 $19) 18... Be4 {[%csl Rc2,Rc5]} 19. Qxe4 (19.
Qd2 $2 Bxc5 $13) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Nc6 21. Bd6 Na7 {[%csl Yb5,Rd6][%cal
Ga7b5,Yb5d6]} 22. Nxa7 Rxa7 23. Rfd1 $16) 17... Qxe3+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ (18... Bc5
$143 19. Bxa8 {[%cal Yb2d4]}) (18... Qd3 $143 19. Rad1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb7a8,
Yb2d4]}) 19. Rxf2 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bxb7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,
Rc8]}) ({It was necessary:} 16... Bxg2 $1 17. Nxc7 {[%csl Ra8,Rg2]} Be4 $8 18.
Qxe4 (18. Nxa8 $6 Bxc2 19. Nxb6 Rc6 $14) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxa8 Bd8 {[%csl Ra8,
Gc8,Yd8][%cal Yd8b6,Gb8c6]} (19... Bc5 $2 20. Bd4 {[%csl Rb6]} Rc6 21. a4 $18 {
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 20. Bd4 (20. Rfd1 $5 Nc6 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Rxd7 Bxe3+ 23. Kg2
$16 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3,Gc4]}) 20... Nc5 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. b4 Na4 23. c5 Bd8 24.
Rab1 $16 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb1b3,Gb3a3,Ga3a4]}) 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 ({Hardly it was
better:} 17... Nxc6 18. Qd2 (18. a3 $143 d5 {[%csl Rc2]}) 18... d5 19. Bxf6 $1
Bxf6 $140 20. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]}) 18. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Yb8,Yc6,Ge2] White
has a absolutely winning position,but for realization of material advantage(Q/
BN) is required the certain time.} Ne4 19. Bd4 {Paoblo Lafuente correctly does
not play right away "Nc3".} Ra6 20. Nc3 f5 {[%csl Yd7,Ye6,Yf5] Black begin to
build a "fortress".} 21. Rfd1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Ra7 {[%cal Ya7b7] It is necessary
to improve an location of the rook.} 23. Bd4 Rb7 24. Qb2 {/^a1-h8(קg7). Pablo
continue to play without the concrete plan,but all the same he advance to a
victory.} Bf8 25. Be5 {[%csl Ge5,Yf8][%cal Ge5d6]} g6 {Black correctly avoid
exchange of the bishops.} 26. b4 Ba4 ({Probably,it was a little better:} 26...
Be4 $5 27. Rac1 Nc6 28. Bd6 Bg7 29. Qd2 Ra7 {[%csl Ye4,Gg7] <->a}) 27. Rdc1 Nc6
28. Bc3 Nd8 29. Qe2 Bc6 ({Leads to favourable simplifications for White:} 29...
Rbc7 30. Bd4 $5 Bxb4 $140 31. Rab1 Bc5 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb6 {[%cal Yc1b1,
Ye2d2]}) 30. Qd2 Nf7 31. a4 {At last,White begin active actions.} Be4 32. Bb2
Rbc7 33. a5 {It is necessary to open even one line,differently,it will be not
simple to win this game.} bxa5 34. bxa5 {[%cal Ga5a6] <->b} d6 35. a6 e5 {
[%csl Rb2,Yd6,Ye5]} 36. Ra4 Ba8 37. Ba3 g5 38. Kf2 {[%csl Rg8] <->g This move
is directed against 38...gxf4} Be7 39. Rb1 Be4 40. a7 $1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal
Gb1b8] For simplification of a position White decide to sacrifice "Pa".} Bxb1 (
{Much worse is:} 40... Bf8 $2 41. Rb8 Rxa7 (41... Ba8 42. Qa5 {[%csl Ra8,Yc8]
[%cal Ga5c7,Gb8a8]}) 42. Rxc8 Rxa4 43. Bxd6 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Bxa8 45. Bxf8 Kxf8 46.
Qd7 $18) 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kg7 43. c5 $1 {[%csl Ya3,Rg7][%cal Ya3b2] It
is necessary to open a /^ a1-h8 for White's bishop.} dxc5 44. fxe5 Be4 (44...
Nxe5 $2 {is refuted by:} 45. Qb2 {[%csl Rb1,Gb2,Re5][%cal Gb2b1,Gb2e5]}) 45.
Ra6 g4 ({Impossibly:} 45... Nxe5 {because of:} 46. Bb2 Bf6 $8 47. Rxf6 $1 Ng4+
(47... Kxf6 $2 48. Qd6+ {[%csl Rc7,Re5,Rf6]}) 48. Kg1 Nxf6 49. Bxf6+ {[%csl
Rc7,Rg7][%cal Gd2d6]}) 46. Qa5 Rc8 (46... Rb7 47. Ra7 {[%csl Re7]}) 47. Ra7 Kf8
48. Qa6 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga6c8] White have broken through a defense of the
contender.} Rc6 {Black can not find protection against numerous threats:} (
48... Re8 49. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 (49... Rxe7 50. Bxc5) 50. Qf6+ {[%csl Re7,Rf7]} Kf8
$140 51. e6) (48... Rb8 49. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 50. Bxc5+ {[%csl Rf7]} Kd8 (50... Ke8
51. Qe6+) (50... Kd7 51. e6+) 51. Qf6+) (48... Rd8 49. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 (49... Rd2+
50. Ke1) 50. Bxc5+ {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge5e6,Ga6e6]}) 49. Qb7 ({Further
resistance is impossible:} 49. Qb7 {[%csl Re7,Rf7]} Re6 50. Qc8+ Nd8 51. Bxc5)
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bg2 a6 10. b3 ({Previously} 10. e4 $5 {was checked:} d6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12.
O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Nhf6 18. Qd2
$14 {1/2-1/2 Wang Rui-Anastasian,A/Dubai,2005(18)}) (10. O-O $5 {was also
tried immediately. For further information about the opening part you can see
my annotations to the game: Lafuente,P-Bruzon Bautista,L/Buenos Aires,2003/CBM
97(1-0)(49)}) 10... Qc7 11. Nd4 {The idea of this move - to prevent Black from
playing b6 and Bb7.} O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Bb2 $14 {White's advantage is clear.
He has completed the development of his pieces and has a lot of space.} Ra7 $6
$146 {A very unsuccessful novelty. Black has more "natural" ways to finish his
development and not use so artificial moves and spend so much time on it.} (
13... Nbd7 $5 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 Bf8 18. Qd2 h6 19.
Qc2 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rbd8 21. e4 $14 {Shipov,S-Novik,M/FIDE.com,2002(1/2-1/2)(65)})
({or} 13... Bd7 $5 {/\Nc6}) 14. Qe2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gg3g4,Gg4g5] Loek Van Wely
transfered his queen to e2 in order to support the advancement of the pawns on
the kingside.} b6 15. f4 Bb7 16. g4 Bxg2 $6 {Another doubtful decision.} ({
Much better for Black was} 16... Nc6 $5 {to finish the development, although
in this case White continues to keep a serious advantage as well.}) 17. Qxg2 {
+/=/+/-} Qb7 {Vladimir Akopian wanted to exchange the queens hoping to
simplify his defence. A setious disadvantage of this exchange - Black needs to
spend additional moves for it while his queenside remains undeveloped.} 18. g5
Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nfd7 20. h4 {White's idea is to play 21.f5 (><e6,d5).} Re8 {
[%csl Ye8][%cal Ge7f8,Ye8e6]} (20... g6 $6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gb2h8]}) 21.
Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rd2 {Without hesitation, White reinforces his position.} Nc6 {
Finally Black completed his development.} 23. Nde2 ({Maybe Loek Van Wely
thought that after:} 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 {the advantage is not enough and therefore
preferred to go back with the knight.}) 23... f5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf5e4] By
this move Vladimir Akopian prevented White from playing Ne4.} (23... Nc5 $5 {
with the same idea and without creating new weakness deserves attention.}) 24.
e4 $16 {Both sides fought for squares. Now White wanted to take on f5 and puts
his knight on d5.} (24. Ba3 $143 Nc5 25. Rad1 $14) 24... Rf8 $2 ({The rook
move seems dangerous for Black.} 24... g6 $142 25. h5 Nc5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27.
exf5 gxf5 28. Rh1 $40 {[%csl Rg8] Maybe this was better than the text move,
because White saves the square e4 for his knight and Black's pawns in the
centre will fall.}) 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Ne4 {Black was unable to protect the
pawn on d6 and loses it.} e5 ({After:} 26... d5 27. N4g3 Rf7 28. cxd5 exd5 29.
Rxd5 Nb4 30. Rd2 $18 {White also remains with extra pawn.}) 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28.
Rxd6 exf4 29. Rf1 Ne7 ({Hopeless:} 29... f3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Kxf3 b5 32. Nf4
$18 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7][%cal Gf4e6,Ge6c7,Ge6g7]}) ({or} 29... Nc5 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31.
Nxf4 $18) 30. Nxf4 $18 Rb7 (30... b5 $2 31. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7][%cal Ge6g7,
Ge6c7,Gb2g7]}) 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. cxd5 (32. Rxf5 $4 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Nxf5 $19) 32...
Rxf1 33. Kxf1 a5 34. h5 {In addition to his material advantage the white
pieces are fully dominating the board. The rest of the game is only a matter
of technique.} b5 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Bd4 b4 37. Kd3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd6a6,Yd3c4,
Yd3e4]} Ke7 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Kc4 Rc7+ 40. Rc6 Rb7 41. g6+ hxg6 42. hxg6+ Ke8 43.
d6 Kd8 44. Ra6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3
a6 {Same position with rearrangement of moves also it is possible to receive,
after 7...a6 8.b3 Qc7.} 9. Bb2 (9. g4 $5 {You can see my annotations to game:
Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(26)}) 9... b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O $5
{Besides White has several options:} (11. g4 $5 {Typical move in this pawn
structure.For further details you can see my comments to game: Carlsen,
M-Shaposhnikov,E/Moscow,2004/CBM 100(1-0)(30)}) (11. h3 $6) ({and} 11. Rd1)
11... Be7 ({Is senseless the following move:} 11... Ng4 12. Rfe1 $1 Bxf3 $140
$4 (12... O-O 13. Rad1 $14 {/\h3}) 13. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 14. Kf1 $18 {צa8,Ng4}) 12.
Rad1 ({On:} 12. Rac1 {you can find ten games}) ({and after:} 12. Rfd1 {you can
find nine games in Mega DataBase 2005.}) 12... b5 $6 $146 {Unessential move.
Now the contender has an object for attack on queen side (קb).} ({Also
dubiously:} 12... O-O $6 {in view of:} 13. Ng5 $1 $40 {[%csl Gb2,Yf6,Rh7][%cal
Gc3d5] For further details you can see my comments to Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/
Port Erin,1999/CBM 74(1-0)(34)}) ({On:} 12... d6 $5 {I have found five games
in Mega DataBase 2005. For an example we shall consider most interesting of
them:} 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. f4 h6 15. Nge4 O-O 16. f5 d5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ng3 Bd6
$132 {Rowson,J-Moldobaev,E/Mallorca,2004(1-0)(33)}) 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qd2 $1 {
Differently,Black quietly will finish development and will receive convenient
game:} (14. Bxb5 $6 Bxf3 (14... Ng4 $2 15. e4 Rxa2 16. Rd2 Ra5 17. Rc1 $36) 15.
gxf3 Rxa2 $13 {[%csl Rc2]}) 14... b4 {The a little bit sample decision. It
deserves serious attention:} (14... Qb6 $5 15. Bxb5 $140 Bxf3 16. gxf3 O-O $44
{/\d5}) 15. Nb5 Qb6 ({After:} 15... Qa5 $2 16. Bxf6 (16. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6
Ne4 18. Qd4 f6 $13) 16... gxf6 $8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 $16 {with
rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a game (after 19.Qxd6)}) ({
Can be recommended:} 15... Qd8 $5 16. Nd6+ (16. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18.
Qxd6 Rxa2 19. Qxb4 Bd5 $14) (16. Be5 $6 O-O 17. Nd6 Bd5 $13) 16... Bxd6 17.
Qxd6 Rxa2 (17... Nc6 $143 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd2 {+/=/+/-}) 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxb4
Bd5 $14) 18... gxf6 19. Qxb4 Bd5 $14) 16. Bd4 $1 Qa5 $2 {After this inaccurate
move Black will have to fight for escape.} (16... Bc5 $4 {is refuted by:} 17.
Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 $18) ({Again it was necessary:} 16... Qd8 $5
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Rxa2 20. Qxb4 Bd5 $14) 17. Bxf6 $1 {
White have calculated precisely all consequences of this move.} gxf6 $140 $8
18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 $16 {[%csl Re8] The black's king has got stuck at the
centre. Besides of weakness in the pawns structure of the contender (קb4,Pf6)
provide a big positional advantage of White.} Rg8 $2 {Black obviously have
lost a "string of game".} (19... Ba6 $2 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxb4 Nc6 $140 (21...
Qxa2 $2 22. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Ra8,Rf6][%cal Gd1a1]}) 22. Qd6 {+/-/+-}) (19...
Qxa2 20. Qxb4 $16) (19... Bd5 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Rc1 $16) 20. Rd4 $1 {קb4} Ba6 {
Dmitry Gurevich had a rather uneasy choice between it and other continuations:}
(20... Qxa2 21. Rxb4 Qa7 (21... Qxe2 $4 22. Rxb7 Qxf3 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxb8+
Ke7 25. Qxg8) (21... Qa3 $2 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Nd4 $18) 22. Ra4 Na6 23. Rfa1 Qb8
24. Rxa6 $1 (24. Qxb8+ $143 Rxb8 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Rxa6 $16) 24... Bxa6 (24...
Qxd6 $143 25. Rxa8+ $1 Bxa8 26. Rxa8+ Ke7 27. Rxg8 $18) 25. Rxa6 $18) (20...
Bd5 $142 21. e4 $1 Nc6 $140 22. exd5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Nc2
Rxa2 26. Re1 {+/-/+-}) 21. Rc1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc1c8] White develop a
decisive attack,all their pieces are ready for this purpose!} Qxa2 22. Bb5 $1
$18 {I believe, that Alexander Onischuk saw this resource, when he played 20.
Rd4! Now Black cannot find protection against numerous threats: 23.Bxd7+ or 23.
Rdc4 with the idea 24.Rc8+ Bxc8 25.Rxc8#} Qa5 ({Also leads to immediate
disaster:} 22... Qxb3 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Nd2 $1 Qb2 $140 26. Rc8+
{[%csl Yd2,Rg8][%cal Gd4g4,Yd2f1]}) (22... Bxb5 $2 23. Rc8#) 23. Bxd7+ Nxd7 24.
Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Rc7 Qh5 $8 (25... Rg7 $2 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8#)
26. Qe7+ {It was the last move in this game.} ({After:} 26. Qe7+ {Black
resigned,as his king soon will get checkmated:} Kg7 27. Rg4+ $1 Kh6 (27... Qxg4
$143 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 (28... Kh8 29. Qxh7#) 29. Qxh7#) (27... Kh8 $143 28. Qxf6+
Rg7 29. Qxg7#) 28. Qxf6+ $1 Rg6 $140 (28... Qg6 29. Rh4#) 29. Qxf7 {with
checkmated in 3 moves.}) 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 $5 ({Worse is:} 6.
Nf3 {-see comments to Bykov,A-Nikolenko,O/ Moscow,1999/CBM 70(0-1)(Golod,V)(30)
}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 $5 ({Another line is:} 8. f3 $5 {-see
comments to Hillarp Persson,T-Brynell, S/Goteborg,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V) 
(46)}) 8... Nce4 $5 {Is the main line,another alternative is: 8...Na4!?} 9. Qc2
$5 {Besides,white has two options:} (9. Qd4 $5 {-see comments to Ionov,S-Aseev,
K/ St.Petersburg,1997/CBM 58(0-1)(Ftacnik) (27)}) ({and} 9. Qb2 $5 {-see
comments to Soffer,R-Tsesarsky,I/ PetahTikva,1998/CBM 63(1-0)(Tsesarsky) (50)})
9... d5 {From 9...d5 to 12...Nd7of this game,you can see comments to game:
DaoThien Hai- Antonio,R/Yangon,1998/CBM 69(Golod,V) (0-1)(28)} 10. f3 Nd6 11.
c5 Nf5 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bd3 (13. Nh3 $6 {-see comments to Dao Thien Hai-Antonio,
R /Yangon,1998/CBM 69(0-1)(Golod,V)(28)}) 13... a5 $5 $146 (13... Qf6 {-was
checked in the previous game} 14. Ra2 O-O 15. Nh3 Ne5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. O-O $14
{Dao Thien Hai-Zhidkov,V/Budapest,1994 (1-0)(51)}) 14. Bxf5 {Fully logical
move.Nevertheless in my opinion slightly better is:14.Rb1} exf5 {[%mdl 16]} 15.
Bb2 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7,Yb2a1] This move better than:} (15. c6 $6 Nb6 $11 (
15... bxc6 $5 16. Qxc6 Ra6 17. Qxd5 axb4 18. Qxf5 O-O $44)) ({or} 15. Rb1 axb4
16. axb4 Qh4+ $1 17. g3 $140 Qc4 $11) 15... O-O $5 {/\16...axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1+
18.Bxa1 Qh4+(קb4)} ({Dubious:} 15... axb4 {because of:} 16. Bxg7 Rg8 (16... b3
$143 17. Qxb3 Rg8 (17... Nxc5 $4 18. Qb5+ {[%csl Rc5,Rh8]}) 18. Bd4 Rxg2 19.
Kf1 $16) 17. axb4 Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 Qxb4 20. Bd4 $14) 16. Qc3 $5 {
[%csl Rg7]} (16. Qf2 $2 {is refuted by:} axb4 17. axb4 $140 (17. Qg3 f6 {
and so on}) 17... Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Nxc5 {[%csl Ra1]} 19. Qg3 (19. bxc5 $143 Qa5+
$19) 19... f6 $17) ({Also badly:} 16. b5 {in view of:} Re8 17. Kf2 (17. Bd4
$143 f4 $36) 17... Qh4+ $1 18. g3 $140 Qc4 {[%csl Rb5,Rc5]} 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20.
Bd4 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rb5,Rc5][%cal Gc8d7]}) 16... f6 17. f4 $5 $14 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gg1f3]} ({After:} 17. Ne2 {white has a small positional advantage.})
17... Re8 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6]} 18. Nf3 axb4 $5 (18... Qe7 $143 19. Kf2 Ra6 {
[%cal Ga6e6,Ge6e4]} 20. Nd4 {+/=/+/-}) 19. axb4 {[%mdl 16]} Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Nf8
$1 {Black's plan is:Ne6-c7,Bd7(control ><b5)} ({Senselessly:} 20... Qe7 21. Kf2
$140 Qe4 {in view of:} 22. Rd1) 21. Kf2 {[%csl Re3,Yf2][%cal Gh1d1]} Ne6 22.
Rd1 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 22. Qd3 Nc7 $140 23. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Gb4b5]}) 22... Nc7 23. c6 ({Probably slightly better is:} 23. Nd4) 23... bxc6
24. Qxc6 Qe7 25. Bd4 ({Interestingly:} 25. b5 $5 Qxe3+ $140 26. Kg3 $36 {
[%csl Gb5,Rc7]}) 25... Ne6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge6d4]} 26. Bc5 ({Another options
is:} 26. Ra1 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Bb7 27. Qb6 $14 (27. Qc3 $143 Rc8 28. Qd2 Qd7 {
+/=/=})) 26... Bb7 $1 ({After:} 26... Nxc5 $2 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 (27... Bb7 28. Qxe7
Rxe7 29. Rc1 $1 $16 {<->c}) 28. bxc5 {white has a practically winning position
in the endgame.}) 27. Bxe7 (27. Qb6 $143 Nxc5 {[%csl Re3]} 28. Qxc5 Qe4 $132 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Ge8c8]}) 27... Bxc6 28. Bc5 {[%mdl 4096] +/=/=} Ra8 $5 {<->a}
29. Rd2 Kf7 30. Rc2 Ke8 $6 ({Good enough:} 30... Bb5 {(><c4/^a6-f1)}) 31. Nh4
$5 (31. Nd4 $143 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Kd7 $11) 31... g6 32. Nf3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Gf3d4]} Ba4 33. Ra2 Bc6 34. Rc2 (34. Rxa8+ Bxa8 35. Nd4 (35. Bd4 Ke7 36. b5 g5
{+/=/=}) 35... Kd7 (35... Nxd4 $143 36. Bxd4 Bc6 37. Bxf6 $14) 36. Nxe6 Kxe6
37. b5 {with small chance for win.}) 34... Ba4 35. Rb2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc5]} 36. Bd4
{[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb4b5]} Ke7 37. b5 Rb8 $5 38. b6 $140 Nxd4 $1 39. Nxd4 Kd6 {
/\Rb7,Bd7 and Kc5(קb6)} 40. Ra2 $6 (40. Ke2 $6 Rb7 $11 (40... Bd7 $143 41. Kd3
$140 Kc5 $6 (41... Rb7 $5 $14) 42. b7 Kd6 43. Rb6+ Kc7 44. Rxf6 Rxb7 45. Rf7 h6
$14)) ({Can be recommended:} 40. b7 $5 Bd7 41. Rb6+ Kc7 42. Rxf6 Rxb7 43. Rf7
h6 {+/=/=}) 40... Bd7 $11 {[%csl Rb6]} 41. Ra6 Rb7 {[%cal Gd6c5]} 42. Ra8 Rxb6
43. Rh8 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7]} Bb5 $5 {/\Bd3,Rb2+} 44. Nxb5+ Rxb5 45. Rxh7 Rb2+ 46.
Kf3 (46. Kf3 Rb3 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 47. Kf2 (47. Rg7 d4 48. Rxg6 Rxe3+ 49. Kf2 Ke6
50. Rg8 $11) 47... Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bf4 $5 (6. Nf3 $5 {
It's main line.See comments to Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74 
(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 6... Nh5 {Fashionable move.Other possibilities are:} (6...
Nc6 $5 7. Nf3 (7. e3 $5 O-O (7... d5 $5 8. a3 $1 (8. cxd5 $5) (8. O-O-O Qa5 9.
Nf3 O-O 10. Nd2 $132) 8... d4 (8... e5 $5 9. Bg5 d4) (8... dxc4 $5) 9. O-O-O
Qa5 10. Nb5 e5 11. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 $16 {
Obermayr,H-Hellmayr,A/Aschach,1994 (1/2-1/2)(53)}) (7... a6 8. a3 Be7 9. Nf3
Nh5 $5 {[%csl Rf4]} 10. Bg3 h6 11. Be2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qc7 $132 {[%cal Gb7b6,
Gc8b7] Von Herman,U-Seils,J/Oberliga Nord,1995 (1-0)(45)}) 8. Nf3 (8. a3 $5 a6
9. b4 Be7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bg3 f5 12. Be2 d6 13. Rd1 Nxg3 (13... Qe8 14. Bxd6
$16 {Nadj,C-Kolb,R/Neckar op,1999(1-0)(43)}) 14. hxg3 b6 15. g4 h6 $132) 8...
b6 9. Rd1 (9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. a3 Re8 13. Na4 Bf8 14. Qb3 e5
15. Bg3 Re6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Qa2 $6 (17. Nd5 $132) 17... Nh5 18. Nh4 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 e4 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Bxe6 (21. Bh3 g5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $17 {Hansen,P-Hansen,C/
Aarhus op,1994(0-1) (25)}) 21... fxe6 22. b3 g5 $17) 9... Be7 10. a3 Bb7 11.
Nb5 d5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 g6 14. O-O Kg7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 a6 17. Nc3 Bd6
18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. b4 $14) 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 exd5 20.
b4 Qf6 21. Bxa6 (21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 $14) 21... Bxa6 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Ne7
$132 {Hansen,L-Hulak,K/Bled,1991(1/2-1/2)(51)}) 7... Qa5 $5 (7... d5 8. e3 Qa5
9. Nd2 {Lindstedt,J-Hentunen,A/Helsinki Club-ch,1990(0-1)(41) - well known
theoretical position.}) (7... a6 $6 8. e3 Nh5 $6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3
f5 12. O-O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. a3 $16 {Wirth,W-Rea,A/Nuremberg,1990(1-0)
(30)} (14. g4 $16)) 8. a3 d5 9. e3 Be7 10. Nd2 {Tisdall,J-Petursson,M/Espoo zt,
1989(1-0) (39) - well known theoretical position.}) (6... O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Rd1 d6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Ne8 14. f3 Nd7 15. O-O
(15. Nxd6 $2 Nxd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd6 Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Qd2
Ne5 $17) 15... Qc7 $132 {Bronstein,D-Schandorff,L/Tastrup,1990(1-0) (42)}) (
6... e5 $6 7. Bg3 (7. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Ng4+ 9. Ke1 Nxe5 $11) 7... Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Nf3 d6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Be2 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6] Ostenstad,
B-Ionescu,Co/Biel op,1990(1-0) (45)}) (6... b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Nf3 Be7 (8... Nc6
9. Rd1 O-O 10. Be2 Be7 11. e4 Ne8 12. h3 d6 13. O-O Qb8 14. Rd2 Nf6 15. Rfd1
Ne5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. b3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bc6 19. Bf4 Ne8 $132 {Forintos,
G-Tiviakov,S/Amantea op,1992 (0-1)(53)}) 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12.
Nd2 d6 13. e4 Qb8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bf1 Rc8 (15... Ncd7 $132) 16. e5 Ng4 17. exd6
Bxd6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 $11 {Dragomarezkij,E-Rotstein,A/Minsk,1993 (1-0)(54)
}) (6... d6 $6 {Better is first to remove B from c5 to e7.} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qb1 Be8 14. a3 Bb6
$14 {Wong,S-Golts,R/CAN-ch U16,1997(0-1) (57)}) 7. Bd2 ({In my opinion
slightly worse is:} 7. Bg3 O-O (7... Nc6 $5 8. e3 Qa5 (8... O-O 9. Be2 Nxg3 10.
hxg3 f5 11. g4 h6 12. gxf5 Rxf5 13. g4 Rf7 14. Nh3 b6 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Rh5 {
1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Ionescu,Co/Balkaniad Varna,1994}) (8... b6 9. a3 Nxg3 10. hxg3
h6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Be2 Be7 13. g4 a6 14. Rh5 Qc7 $132 {Obermayr,H-Trauner,R/
Donau,1995(1-0) (33)}) 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bf6 12. Rc1 g6 13. Nf3
d6 14. Qd2 Ke7 $14 {Adianto,U-Sokolov,A/Tilburg,1994(1-0)(46)}) (7... Nxg3 8.
hxg3 h6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rd1 b6 11. e3 Bb7 12. g4 Be7 13. Be2 a6 14. Kf1 Rc8 15.
g5 Nb4 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. gxh6 Rxh6 18. Rxh6 gxh6 19. Kg1 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
S-Makarov,M/Russian Club Cup,1998}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 f5 10. e4 g5 11. b4 Be7
12. b5 g4 13. Nd2 (13. bxc6 gxf3 14. c7 Qe8 15. Be5 d6 16. Bd4 Qd7 $13) 13...
Nd4 14. Qd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bf6 $132 {Makarjev,I-Yemelin,V/Sochi,1992(1-0)(39)})
7... b6 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 7... O-O 8. e3 (8. Ne4 Be7
$132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 8... f5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nh3 (10. Nf3 b6 $132 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Gc8b7]}) 10... b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. f3 Nc6 13. O-O Rc8 $132 {Arlandi,
E-Efimov,I/Montecatini,1998(0-1) (36)}) 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8,
Gc2c1] This move is useful, connected with R play on <->d and Qc2-c1 manoeuvre.
} Nc6 ({A little worse is:} 9... O-O 10. e4 $5 f5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 fxe4 13.
Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 Rxf3 $1 $132) 13... Nf6 14. Bg5 $14) 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Qb8 (
11... f5 $143 12. e5 $14 {[%csl Rh5]}) (11... e5 $143 12. Nd5 $14 {[%cal Gd1d7]
}) 12. O-O Nf6 13. h3 $5 {Played against the threat 13...Ng4.} ({Dubious:} 13.
a3 $6 {in view of:} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc6d4,Gb8h2]} 14. g3 f5 $132) 13...
h6 (13... Be7 $144 14. Be3 d6 15. Nd4 {[%cal Ga7a6] with standard position.})
14. Qc1 {[%cal Gd2f4]} Be7 15. Bf4 d6 16. Qc2 Ne5 $6 {Dubious decision.} ({
Right was} 16... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5]} 17. Qd2 Nce5 18. Nd4 (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
b3 a6 $132) (18. Nb5 Rd8 $1 (18... Bxe4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6
Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ng6 23. Bg3 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Gg3]}) 19. Nxd6 Ng6 20. e5 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Ndxe5 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 18... a6 {with well known standard
position.}) 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 $14 {[%csl Re5,Re6]} Bc6 19. a3 {White
preparing PP promotion on the queenside. Black's control on d4 square is not
important because Nf6 is too far from d4 and RR will be changed immediately if
appear on the d-file!} Qb7 20. f3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rd6 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd6
24. Rxd6 Rb8 25. Rd2 Kf8 {Which white piece placed not good? Right, Be2} 26.
Qd3 $1 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gd1a4] White want to change BB!} Qe7 (26... Qd7 27. Qe3 (
27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Bd1 Nb6 $132 {[%csl Ga4]}) 27... Qe7 28. Bd1 $14 {[%cal
Gd1a4]}) 27. Bd1 Rb7 28. Qd6 $1 (28. Ba4 $6 Rd7 29. Qe2 Bxa4 30. Nxa4 Rd4 $1
$11) 28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} Bd7 {[%cal Gb7b2]} 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Kf2 {
Bd1-a4 will not run away...} Ne8 32. Ba4 Nd6 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc2 $1 f5 (34...
Nxc4 35. Na4 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 35. Na4 fxe4 $6 ({In my opinion, better was} 
35... Nb7 {and black have good cance to drew the game.}) 36. Nxc5 Rc7 37. b4 $1
$16 (37. Nxe4 $143 Rxc4 38. Re2 $14 (38. Rxc4 $2 Nxc4 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]}))
37... exf3 38. Kxf3 {Now doubled PP e6,e5 are not strong like white PP on the
queenside!} Rc8 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Rc3 $2 $14 ({Clear advantage would bring} 40.
g4 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Yg4][%cal Gd6f5,Yg4f5]} h5 41. Nd3 $16) 40... Nf5+ 41. Ke2 Rd4
42. Nb3 Re4+ {White pieces started to play, it was not necessary for white...}
43. Kd2 Nd6 $2 $16 {[%csl Rc4]} (43... Rf4 $1 44. Ke2 Re4+ 45. Kd3 (45. Kd2 Rf4
$1) 45... Re3+ 46. Kd2 Rxc3 47. Kxc3 Ne3 48. g3 Nd1+ 49. Kc2 Nf2 50. h4 Ne4 51.
g4 Nf2 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 Nh3 $44) (43... Nd4 $5 44. Kd3 (44. Nxd4 exd4 45.
Rg3 g5 46. Kd3 Rf4 47. c5 e5 $132) 44... Rf4 45. Nd2 (45. c5 Nb5) 45... Rf2 46.
g3 Rh2 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd4e2] and Black pieces are very active}) 44. Na5 $2
$14 ({Strong was} 44. c5 $1 Nb5 (44... Nc4+ $4 45. Kd3 $18) 45. Rg3 g5 46. Na5
Kd7 47. a4 Nc7 48. Rg4 $1 Rf4 (48... Rxg4 $143 49. hxg4 Na6 50. Kc3 e4 51. Nc4
$18) 49. b5 $16) 44... Kd7 (44... Rd4+ $143 45. Ke2 $16) 45. Re3 $6 {
Unsuccessful decision!} ({After} 45. c5 $1 Nb5 46. Rd3+ Kc7 47. g3 (47. a4 Nd4
48. Nc4 Re2+ 49. Kd1 Rxg2 50. Nxe5 Rg5 51. Re3 Rf5 52. Re4 g5 53. Nd3 $14)
47... g5 48. Rf3 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 Rd7 50. Re3 Nd4+ 51. Kf2 Nc2 $1 $14 {Position of
white is better, but the game is unclear.}) 45... Nxc4+ 46. Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxe5
Rc6 {Black want to built defence line on 6-th rank.} (47... Kd6 $143 48. Ra5
Rc7 49. Kd3 $16) 48. Ra5 a6 49. Kd3 (49. h4 $5) 49... Kc7 (49... g5 $6 50. Ke4
Kd6 $14 (50... Ke7 51. Ke5 $14)) 50. h4 $1 Kb7 {Useful move.} (50... Kd6 $11)
51. Re5 Rd6+ (51... Kc7 $11) 52. Ke3 Rc6 53. Kd3 Rd6+ 54. Ke3 Rc6 55. Kf4 Rc2
$4 {[%mdl 16384] Very bad move. Necessary was to turn back with K:} (55... Kc7
$1 56. Re3 Kd6 $1 {and it is quite difficult for white to continue initiative.}
57. Rd3+ (57. Rg3 $4 Rc4+ 58. Kf3 Rc3+ 59. Kf2 Rxg3 60. Kxg3 Kd5 $19 {[%csl
Ra3,Rb4][%cal Gd5c4,Gc4b3]}) 57... Ke7 58. Ke5 Rc1 {[%cal Gc1e1]} 59. g3 Re1+
60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Kc4+ Kc6 {and black keep defence.}) 56. g3 $16 Rc4+ 57. Re4 Rc6
58. a4 Kb6 (58... Rd6 59. Ke5 Rc6 60. Rg4 $16) 59. Ke5 Rc3 (59... h5 60. g4 $1
hxg4 (60... g6 61. g5 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge5f6]}) 61. Rxg4 $22 $18) 60. Rg4
Re3+ 61. Kd6 a5 62. bxa5+ Kxa5 63. h5 $18 e5 64. Rxg7 Kxa4 65. g4 Kb4 66. Rg6
1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion Kasparov"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 $5 ({Black has several
options:} 5... O-O $5) (5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) ({and} 5... Na6 $5) 6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. g3 (7. Bg5 $5 {It's main line.}) 7... Qb6 $1 {The idea of this
variation is to close diagonal c1-h6 - white Bc1.Another continuations are
worse:} (7... Be7 $5 8. Nb5 Qc6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Rd1 e5 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 Be6 12.
Bg2 a6 13. Nc3 Qxc4 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. Nd3 $14 {Schandorff,L-Adamski,J/
Copenhagen op, 1998(1-0)(23)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bg2 a6 13. Nh4 Qb6 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Nc3 $14 {Karpman,V-Newerovski,G/Belavenets mem, 1991(1/2-1/2)(60)}) (7...
a6 $5 8. Bg2 (8. Bf4 d6 (8... Qb6 $6 9. O-O-O Bxf2 10. Kb1 Be3 11. Na4 Qa7 12.
c5 Bxf4 13. gxf4 $16 {Dao Thien Hai-Csom,I/Budapest,1994 (1-0)(20)}) 9. Bg2
Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd3 Bb8 16.
Bf4 e5 17. Be3 $14 {Bareev,E-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg,1993(1-0) (52)}) 8... b5 (8...
Be7 9. b3 (9. Qd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Rac1
$14 {Paronjan,A-Shestoperov,A/RUS-chT, Briansk,1995(1/2-1/2)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2
d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. e3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Qe2 Rfe8
17. h3 $14 {[%csl Rd7] Gabriel,C-Atlas,V/Bundesliga,1996(1/2-1/2) (38)}) 9. Bf4
(9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 (10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Bf4 (13. Be3 $2
Bxe3 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nc4 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qc5 $17) 13... Nd5 $132) 10... bxc4
11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. Qd1 Nf6 $132 {Iashvili,
A-Lerner,K/Moscow,1991(0-1)(43)}) 9... Qb6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 $1 $14) (7... b6
$6 8. Bf4 $1 {See comments to Bareev,E-Yudasin,L/Groningen,1993/CBM 39 (1-0)
(Dautov,R)(41)}) 8. e3 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc1e3]} Be7 ({Badly:} 8... d5 $2 {
because of:} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 $143 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 {
+/=/+/-}) (9... O-O 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bg2 $16) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12.
O-O $14 (12. Ng5 $6 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 d4 $1 $11)) 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2
Qc7 11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ng5 ({After} 13. Nd4 Rb8 14. e4 b6 15. Rad1 O-O
16. f4 Bb7 $132 {Standard position.}) 13... Rb8 14. Nge4 $146 ({Was checked in
the two previous games:} 14. Rac1 O-O (14... b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 f5 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3 Ne5 21. Rf1 g5 $132 {Brglez,
R-Petrosian,A/Ptuj,1998(0-1)(64)}) 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 18.
Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Akopian,V/FIDE-Wch, 1999}) 14... O-O $132 15. Rfd1 Ne8
{[%csl Rd6,Ye8][%cal Ye8d6]} 16. h4 {This move is not connected with e3-e4 and
f2-f4 promotions.} (16. Qe2 $132) 16... h6 17. Rac1 b6 18. f4 {[%csl Rg4]} Bb7
{Black built well-known structure.} 19. Qe2 {There are lot of possibilities in
this position} f5 {Boris Alterman offered draw to Yudasin after opening stage,
but Leonid Yudasin refused.} (19... Nef6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. e4 Rbc8 $11) (19...
Nc5 $132) 20. Nf2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 b5 $5 {[%cal Rb7g2] Based on weak big diagonal
a8-h1.} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. e4 Qb7 24. Qf3 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Nef6 (25... Bf6 $2 26.
Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Nfe4 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6]}) 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Re1 (27. Rc2 b4 $132
) 27... Kf7 $1 {In endgame stage K must take part in the struggle!} 28. Nd3 (
28. b4 {[%cal Ga2a3]} e5 $132) 28... d5 29. Re2 $6 ({Much better was:} 29. a3
Ra8 30. b4 Nb6 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Ne2 (32. f5 Nc4 (32... exf5 33. Nxb5 $16) 33.
Nxc4 bxc4 34. fxe6 d4 35. Ne2 c3 36. Nxc3 dxc3 37. Rxc3 $15) 32... Nc4 33. Nxc4
bxc4 34. Nd4 Ne4 35. Nxe6 Kf7 36. f5 Bf6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Nf4 Ke5 39. Re3 d4
40. Nd3+ $1 cxd3 41. Rc5+ Kf6 42. Rxe4 Rd7 $11) 29... Ra8 $6 $132 (29... b4 $1
30. Na4 Ne4 31. Nf2 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Nf6 $15 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 30. Rce1 Nc5 (30...
Ra6 $2 31. f5 $16) 31. Nxc5 (31. Ne5+ $143 Ke8 32. b4 Nce4 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. a3
Bf6 $15) 31... Bxc5 32. Rd1 $2 {White played quite good until this moment.} ({
Equal position would become after:} 32. Kf3 Bb4 (32... d4 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Kxe4
Rxa2 35. Bxd4 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Bxd4 37. Kxd4 Rd7+ 38. Ke4 $11 (38. Kc5 Rd3 $44))
33. Rd1 $11) ({Badly:} 32. Rxe6 {because of:} d4 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. R6xe4 Rxa2
35. R1e2 d3 36. Rd2 Rd7 (36... Ba3 $2 37. Bc1 Rxd2+ 38. Bxd2 $14 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gg2f3]}) 37. Bc1 (37. Bc3 Rc2 $19) 37... Rda7 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. Rxc2 dxc2
40. Re2 Ra2 41. Ke4 Ba3 $1 42. Bxa3 $140 c1=Q 43. Bxc1 Rxe2+ $19) 32... d4 $17
33. Nb1 (33. Nxb5 $6 Rxb5 34. Bxd4 Rd8 35. Red2 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rbd5 37. Rxd5
exd5 $19) 33... Rxa2 34. Kf3 Rd7 35. Bc1 ({Can be recommended:} 35. Rd3 Nd5 36.
Ke4 $17) 35... Rda7 $6 (35... Rxe2 $1 36. Kxe2 Nd5 $17) 36. Re5 $2 $19 (36. Bb2
$1 {[%csl Rd4] Would force white to go back with R:} Rd7 37. Bc1 Rxe2 38. Kxe2
Nd5 $17) 36... Rc2 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga7a2]} 37. b4 (37. g4 Raa2 38. Rd2 Bb4
$19) 37... Raa2 $1 38. Rd2 (38. Be3 $5 Nd5 $1 39. Bxd4 (39. bxc5 dxe3 $19)
39... Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 (41. Kg4 Nf6+ 42. Kh3 Rh2#) 41... Nf6+ 42. Kd3
Rab2 $1 $19) (38. Rxc5 $2 Rf2#) 38... Bxb4 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Rxb5 Be1 {[%csl
Rc1,Rf3][%cal Gc2f2] Whole this game,despite the white's mistakes Leonid
Yudasin conducted very strong.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 a5 {It's main move in this position,besides black has two options:} (8... d5
$5 {See comments to Hillarp Persson,T-Brynell,S/Goteborg,1999/CBM 69(1-0)
(Golod,V)(46)}) ({and} 8... d6 9. e4 e5 ({Here more often was checked:} 9...
O-O $5 {You can see comments to Golod,V-Gaprindashvili,V/Linares,2001/CBM 80 
(1-0)(Golod,V)(47)}) 10. b4 $5 {See comments to Nguyen Anh Dung-Liu Dede/
Calcutta,2001/CBM 85(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 9. e4 d6 ({Hardly is better:} 9... O-O
10. Be3 (10. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf4d6]} Qb6 11. Rd1 Ne8 12. Ne2 d6 13. Be3
$14 {[%cal Gb2b4] Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A/GER/NLD,1929/MainBase/ChessBase(1-0)
(38)}) 10... b6 11. Rd1 d5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf4 Bb7 $2
(15... Re8 $142) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Bb5 {+/-/+- Chekhov,V-Zaitsev,
I/Moskva,1982(1-0)(24)}) 10. Be3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge4e5]} ({Is a possible
continuations of the play:} 10. Ne2) ({and} 10. Nh3) 10... Qc7 11. Ne2 {
/\Qc2,Nc3} ({Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 11. Rd1) (11. Nh3
$143) 11... e5 {I am not sure, that this best decision. The point "d5" now
will be weak up to the end of a game.} ({Were checked in practice:} 11... Bd7
$5) ({and} 11... O-O) ({A little dubiously:} 11... b6) ({and} 11... a4 12. Nd4
Bd7 13. Be2 e5 14. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 15. cxb5 O-O 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qb4 {
+/=/+/- Dragomarezkij,E-Kremenietsky,A/Moscow,1998(1-0)(39)}) 12. Qc2 $14 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge2c3] The most logical reaction to the previous move of black.
} O-O 13. Nc3 Ne8 $146 {Black at once transfer to passive defence.} ({Were
checked in the preceding games:} 13... Be6 14. Rd1 Ne8 $6 (14... Rfd8 $142) 15.
Be2 (15. f4 $6 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. exd6 N8xd6 19.
Be2 b5 $1 $36 {Martens,R-Hamann,S/Harrachov,1967(1/2-1/2)(66)}) 15... Nd7 $2
16. Nb5 Qc6 17. O-O a4 18. Qd2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6] See comments to Shamkovich,
L-Tseshkovsky,V/USSR,1970(Inf 10/651)(1-0)(Shamkovich,L)(37)}) 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Rd1 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8][%cal Gb2b4]} a4 {Differently,can become very badly:} (15...
Be6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 {and so on.}) 16. Be2 Bd7 ({Can be recommended:} 16...
Be6 $5) 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2b4]} h6 $2 {Loss of an important
tempo. It was necessary:} (18... Rc6 19. Qb4 Nc7 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 (20... Na6 $4
21. Bb6 $18) 21. Qxb7 (21. Nc3 $143 Bc6 $1 22. Nxa4 $140 Na6 23. Qb3 Bxa4 24.
Qxa4 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Rg1]}) 21... Nxd5 22. cxd5 f5 $14) 19. Qb4 Rc6 ({Sergey
Kalinitschew don't have time on:} 19... f5 $2 {in view of:} 20. Nb6 Rc7 (20...
Na6 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. f4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) (20... Rc6 21. Nxa4 Nxa4 22. Qxa4 {
+/-/+-}) 21. Bxc5 dxc5 $8 (21... Rxc5 $4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 $140 23. Qxc5 {[%csl
Rd7]}) 22. Qxa4 {[%csl Rd8] +/-/+-}) 20. Rd2 {Why to not take away the pawn?} (
20. Bxc5 $5 Rxc5 21. Qxb7 $16) 20... Nb3 21. Rc2 Nc5 22. Bd1 $6 ({Again it was
better:} 22. Bxc5 $5 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb4b7]}) 22... f5 (22... Nc7 $142)
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rd2 Rf7 25. Bxc5 {At last, white has decided to take away
this knight.} dxc5 (25... Rxc5 $143 26. Bxa4) 26. Qc3 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Re5]
White again do not hasten with material gains.} b5 (26... Ra6 $143 27. Qxe5 Re6
28. Qc3 {[%csl Ra4]}) 27. Ne3 ({It was much better:} 27. cxb5 Rd6 28. Qxe5 Be6
29. Re1 {[%csl Re8]} Rf5 (29... Rfd7 $144 30. Bxa4 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gb5b6]} Bf7
31. Bb3 $18) 30. Qe3 {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Gd5e7]} Rf8 {[%csl Re8][%cal Yf8e8]}
31. Nf4 $1 Rxd2 32. Nxe6 $18) 27... Rd6 28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. cxb5 ({Also good
enough:} 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 (29... Rxf5 $2 30. cxb5 Nxb5 $140 $4 31. Qc4+ {[%csl
Rb5,Rg8]}) 30. cxb5 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 (31. Kh1 $2 Ne3 {[%csl Rd1,Rf1]} 32. Qxd4
exd4 33. Re1 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 Rb7 $17) 31... exd4 32. Bxa4 Ne3 33. Rc1 c4 34. b6
Rb7 (34... d3 $143 35. Re1 Nd5 36. b7 $1 Rxb7 (36... Rf8 37. Re8 {[%cal Gb7b8]}
Rxe8 38. Bxe8 d2 39. Ba4 {[%cal Ya4d1,Gb7b8]}) 37. Bc6 $18) 35. Bb5 Rxb6 36.
Bxc4+ Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxb2 38. Rxd4 {with easy win in RR endgame.}) 29... Nxb5
30. Qxc5 ({It was possible to take away and other pawn:} 30. Qxe5 Bd3 31. Re1
Qa5 32. Nd5 $16) 30... Bd3 31. Re1 (31. Rf2 $142) 31... Nd4 $2 ({After:} 31...
Qh4 $1 32. g3 $140 Qd4 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 (33... exd4 $143 34. Nd5) 34. Ng4 $16 {
Black keep the minimal chances for positive result.}) 32. Ng4 {[%csl Re5]} e4
33. fxe4 $18 Bb5 (33... Ne6 34. Qe3 $18) 34. Ne5 Re7 ({Also loses:} 34... Rc7
35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. exd5 Rc5 37. d6 Rd5 38. d7 Bxd7 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 40. Bxa4 $18)
35. Nf3 Qa5 $138 36. Qxd4 {[%cal Yf3e1]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Bg5 {Rare and not so
successful continuation.On this line in database there are only four games.} ({
The most basic continuation:} 6. Nf3 $5 {You can see comments to Sargissian,
G-Anastasian,A/Batumi,2002/CBM 90(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)}) 6... Bxc5 ({Also it
deserves attention:} 6... Qxc5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. a3 Qa5 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gb4c3]}
9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 b6 12. Nh3 Bb7 13. Nf4 Ke7 14. e3 Nc6 15.
f3 Rac8 $11 {See comments to Georgiev,K-Gurevich,M/Reggio Emilia,1988(1/2-1/2)
(19)}) 7. Bxf6 $146 {The position has become simpler, and now it will be much
more difficult for White to get the positional advantage.} ({Also were checked
in the preceding game:} 7. Nf3 Be7 $6 (7... a6 $5) 8. e4 $14 {Vera,R-Yudasin,L/
Leningrad,1989(0-1)(29)}) 7... gxf6 {After this move White has two possible
plans:} 8. e3 {With the idea: Nge2-f4,Be2 and usual arrangement of pieces:} (8.
Nf3 {/\e3,Be2 and 0-0.}) 8... a6 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5] Black takes the b5
square under control.} 9. Nge2 Nc6 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 
9... Be7 $5 {/\b6,Bb7}) 10. Nf4 Be7 11. Be2 ({Hardly is better:} 11. Rd1 Ne5
12. Qb3 d6 $11 13. Na4 $140 Qa5+ {[%csl Ra4]}) 11... Ne5 12. O-O b6 $11 {
The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.} (12... Nxc4
$2 {is refuted by:} 13. Ncd5 $16 (13. Nd1 $143 {[%csl Rc4,Rc7]} d5 14. b3 b5
15. bxc4 bxc4 {+/=/+/-}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Qc5 15. Bxc4 $16) 13. Rac1 Bb7 14.
Ne4 $6 ({Can it was necessary to decide on the less active continuation:} 14.
Rfd1 Rc8 {but,it is absolutely not clear what to do further...}) 14... f5 15.
Ng3 Rg8 {[%csl Ga8,Gb7,Gc7,Ge5,Ge7,Gg8][%cal Ga8c8] All Black's pieces are
located ideally.} 16. Rfd1 Ng6 17. Nfh5 ({Leads to favourable complications
for Black:} 17. Ngh5 $2 Nxf4 {[%csl Rg2]} 18. Nxf4 Bd6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yf4g2,
Gd6f4]} 19. g3 $140 Bxf4 20. exf4 Qxf4 21. Qd3 Bc6 {=/+/-/+}) 17... f4 $1 {
[%csl Gb7,Ge7,Gg8] Black wants to open all diagonals and verticals for the his
pieces.} ({Leads to quieter game:} 17... d6 18. Qd2 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Yd2f4]})
18. exf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 ({Impossibly:} 19. Qxh7 $2 {in view of:} Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2
Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 Qe5 $17 {[%cal Ge7c5]}) 19... Qxf4 20. Rd3 {[%cal Ye2f3]} ({
Again very dangerously:} 20. Qxh7 O-O-O {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge7c5,Gg8h8] with
strong initiative.}) 20... Qg5 {[%csl Rc2,Rd3,Rg2][%cal Gb7e4]} (20... Rc8 $143
21. Bf3 d5 22. Rc3 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8][%cal Gc4d5]}) 21. Bf3 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 21. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Ye2f3]}) 21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 h5 $1 $15 23. Rd1
$2 {The strange decision,probably connected to the tactical miscalculation.} ({
It was necessary:} 23. h4 $1 Qxh4 24. Qh7 {[%csl Rf7,Rh5]} O-O-O 25. Qxh5 (25.
Qxf7 $4 Qg5 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rg2][%cal Gh5h4]}) (25. Nxh5 $4 Rh8 {[%csl Rh5]} 26.
Qxf7 Rdf8 $1 27. Qg7 Rxh5 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1]
[%cal Gh4h1]}) 25... f5 $15) 23... h4 {/\Rg6 and hxg3(קg2).} 24. Qe4 ({
Loses right away:} 24. Rfd3 Rg6 {[%csl Rg2]} 25. Rxd7 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qc5 $19)
24... Rd8 25. Rfd3 f5 (25... hxg3 $4 26. Rxg3 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]}) 26. Qb7 {
It is sole chance for continuation of struggle.} (26. Qe2 $2 Qg6 $19) {[%tqu
"En","Please enter a best move for black.","It is necessary to use a weakness
of the White's king!","","h4g3","",10]} 26... hxg3 $1 27. Rxg3 $140 Qh5 $1 {
[%csl Rd1] Looks nearly winning.} 28. Rxg8+ Kf7 {[%csl Rd1,Rg8]} 29. f3 (29.
Re1 Rxg8 (29... Kxg8 30. Qxb6) 30. Qxd7 Rg6 {-/+/-+}) 29... Bc5+ $1 {This move
is better,than:} (29... Rxg8 30. Rxd7) ({or} 29... Kxg8 30. Qxb6) 30. Kh1 ({
Badly:} 30. Kf1 $2 {because of:} Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gh4f2,Gh4c4]} 31.
Rxd7+ (31. g3 Qxc4+) 31... Kxg8 32. Rxd8+ (32. Rg7+ Kh8) 32... Qxd8 {[%csl Rd1,
Rd3][%cal Gd8d3,Gd8d1]} 33. Ke2 Bb4 $19 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd8d2]}) 30... Rxg8
31. Qxd7+ (31. Rxd7+ $143 Kf6 {And white can not create threats to the Black's
king.}) 31... Kf6 32. Re1 Re8 33. Qd2 a5 34. Qc3+ Kf7 $19 {The rest is the
matter of technics.} 35. Rd1 Qh4 {[%cal Ge8h8]} 36. g3 Qh3 37. Qd2 Be7 {
[%cal Ge8d8] <->d} 38. Qe2 Rd8 39. Re1 Qh6 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 40. Rd1 ({After:} 40.
f4 $2 {very strongly:} e5 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gh6c6,Ge7c5,Gd8d2]}) 40... Rxd1+
41. Qxd1 Qh3 {[%csl Rh1] Black perfectly use weakness of the white king.} 42.
f4 a4 43. b3 a3 {[%csl Ra2]} 44. Qf3 Qh8 45. Kg2 Qb2+ 46. Kh3 Qxa2 47. Qh5+ Kg7
48. Qe8 Bc5 $6 (48... Bf6 $142 49. Qd7+ (49. Qxe6 Qb1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gb1f1]})
49... Kh6 50. Qxe6 Qb2 $19 {[%cal Ga3a2]}) 49. Qd7+ $2 ({After:} 49. Qxe6 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge6d7,Ge6e5] Black should still work.}) 49... Kf6 $19 (49...
Kf6 50. Qd8+ Kf7 {[%cal Yc5e7]}) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Gnusarev, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 $6 {From my point of view this is an unsuccessful
move. In the light of previous games I would like to recommend Blac to develop
his bishop on "b7", after "a6, Qc7, b6, Bb7". If White tries to prevent this
plan by playing "Nd4", Black could play "Bd7" and "Nc6". A main deficit of the
move "Nbd7" are the following problems with the development of the queenside.}
({Previously was checked:} 10... a6 $5 11. b3 Qc7 12. Nd4 Nbd7 $6 (12... Bd7
$142 {/\Nc6}) 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. g4 $40 {Arlandi,E-Naiditsch,A/
Istanbul,2003/CBM 96 (1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $146 (12. Rd1 $5 {
could be recommended for White:} a6 13. Ba3 Rb8 14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 $14 {
Kruppa,Y-Bocharov,D/St.Petersburg,2000(1-0)(47)}) 12... a6 13. Rad1 $14 {
White's advantage is clear. He has completed the development of his pieces and
has a lot of space.} Qc7 14. Nd4 {The idea of this move - is to prevent Black
from playing "b6 and Bb7".} Rb8 15. Qe2 {[%csl Gf2,Gg3][%cal Gf2f4,Gg3g4,Gg4g5]
Krishnan Sasikiran transfered his queen to "e2" in order to support the
advancement of the pawns on the kingside.} Ne5 {Now we can understand the
downside of the 10th black's move. He needs to spend additional tempos in
order to finish the development of his queenside. White uses it and starts
active operations against Black's king.} 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 $6 {A doubtful
decision. After this move Black has a strong pawn centre. This could be
recommended by playing immediately 17.g4, without the exchange of the knights:}
(17. g4 Nxd4 18. exd4 b6 19. g5 Ne8 (19... Nd7 $143 20. f5 {ץe7,Pe6}) 20. Rde1
$1 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd4d5,Gc3d5]}) 17... bxc6 18. g4 d5 {The classical
reaction - Black answers by playing in the centre the action on the kingside.}
19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 a5 {[%csl Rc4,Yc8,Re2,Rf1][%cal Ga6f1,Yc8a6] Finally Black
found a place for his light-squared bishop.} 21. h5 {Each one plays on his
side.} Ba6 {+/=/= Black perfectly placed his pieces and nearly equalized the
position. The only thing he needs to do is to neutralize White's attack on the
kingside.} 22. Rf2 ({This seems logical:} 22. h6 $5 g6 {although it is not
clear, how White could use the weakness of the big diagonal.} (22... gxh6 $143
23. gxh6 f5 24. Rf3 Bf6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Na4 $36 {עh8}) 23. Na4 Rfd8 {+/=/=})
22... Nc5 23. Qg4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5g6]} ({Another option was:} 23. h6 $5 g6
{in order to weaken the position of Black's king.}) 23... dxc4 24. Ne4 (24. g6
$5 h6 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $13) 24... Nxe4 $2 {It would
be Interesting to ask Petr Gnusarev, why he avoided the next continuation:} (
24... Nd3 $1 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Be5 Qa7 27. g6 hxg6 (27... f6 $4 28. h6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Oe5b8,Cg7h6,Gg6h7]}) 28. hxg6 Qxe3 29. gxf7+ Rxf7 30. Bxb8 d2
31. Kh2 Bb4 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 33. Qxe6 Qe1 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6+ {[%cal Ge6e8,
Ge6h3,Ge8e6,Gh3e6] and the game finishes with perpetual check.}) 25. Bxe4 cxb3
$2 {The last mistake in a very hard position.} (25... Bc5 $142 26. Be5 Qa7 27.
g6 $1 (27. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 28. Rc2 cxb3 29. axb3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 c5 $44) 27... f5 (
27... hxg6 $2 28. hxg6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4h5]} Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qh5 $18
) 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 {/\h6 ->} Bxe3 30. h6 Bxf2+ 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. Bxc6 $1 $16
) 26. g6 $1 {After this move, Black's position is hopeless, therefore he
resigned.} (26. g6 $1 {For example:} f6 (26... h6 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Be5 Qc8
29. Qg6 {[%csl Gg6,Rg8][%cal Gg6h7,Gh7h8]}) (26... fxg6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. h6
Bf6 29. Rd7 $18) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rd7 Qxd7 29. Qxd7 Rb7 30. Qe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 8. b4 $5) 8... d6 ({More essentially:} 8... d5
$5 {See comments to game: Hillarp Persson,T-Brynell,S/Goteborg,1999/CBM 69 
(1-0)(46)}) 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 b6 ({Here more often was checked:} 10... Qc7) 11.
Nh3 $5 $146 {[%cal Gh3f2]} ({Before met:} 11. Ne2) (11. b4 Ncd7 12. Qd4 Qc7 13.
Rd1 d5 $6 (13... Ne8 $142 $14) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. d6 Qc2 17. Rc1
$16 {Michaelsen,N-Dankert,P/Hamburg,1993(1-0)(33)}) ({and} 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne2
Ba6 13. Ng3 Ne8 14. b4 Nd7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qd4 Ne5 17. Rc1 $14 {Tisdall,
J-Agdestein,S/NOR-ch,1994(1/2-1/2) (31)}) 11... e5 12. Nf2 Be6 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Ga8c8]} 13. b4 $1 {It is necessary to grasp space.} Ncd7 ({Probably,
worse is:} 13... Na4 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Bd3 {[%csl Ra4,Yc1,Yd3][%cal
Yd2e2,Yd3c4]}) 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qd2 $14 Qe7 16. Bd3 {()} Rc7 {The game black is
connected only to pressure on pawn"c4".} 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Qe2 Ne8 $6 {This too
passive place for knight.} ({It deserves attention:} 18... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gh5f4]
} 19. g3 g6 20. Ng4 $5 $14 (20. f4 $6 exf4 21. gxf4 Ng7 $13) (20. Nd1 $143 f5
21. Bf2 (21. Nc3 f4 $132) 21... b5 $1 22. Nb2 Nhf6 $13)) 19. Rc2 g6 20. Nd1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1c3,Gc3d5] Now mine knight directs on point"d5".} Kh8 21. Bf2
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1e3,Ge3d5]} f5 22. Ne3 Qf7 23. Rfc1 ({Also possibly right
away:} 23. Nd5 Rc6 $1 $14 (23... Bxd5 $6 24. cxd5 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Rc3 26. Ba4 $5
(26. a4 $14) 26... Rxa3 27. Bc6 $14 {[%csl Ra3]}) (23... Rb7 $2 24. c5 $36 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc8][%cal Gd3a6]})) 23... Ng7 24. Nd5 Rc6 $1 {[] Rest is bad:} (24...
Bxd5 $2 25. cxd5 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 $16) (24... Rb7 $2 25. c5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]
[%cal Gd3a6]}) 25. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Through this victim I want to open the my
bishops,/^a1-h8 and to reach the black king.} (25. b5 $2 Bxd5 26. bxc6 Bxc6 $44
) 25... dxc5 {This capture is stronger than:} (25... bxc5 26. Bb5 (26. b5 $6
Bxd5 27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. Bc4 Qe7 $13) 26... Bxd5 27. exd5 R6c7 28. bxc5 $1 (28.
Bxd7 $5 Rxd7 29. bxc5 Qxd5 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Rdd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6,Re5]})
28... Nxc5 $140 29. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 (29... Rxc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Qxe5 $16) 30. d6
Rb7 $140 31. Ba6 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]}) 26. Ba6 Rb8 ({Can be recommended:} 26...
Rd8 $5 27. Bb5 (27. Bh4 Re8 28. Bb5 $13 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rd6 $11) 27... Rcc8 28.
Bxd7 Qxd7 29. bxc5 fxe4 30. fxe4 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. cxb6 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 axb6
34. Bxb6 $14) 27. Bb5 Rcc8 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. bxc5 bxc5 (29... Bxd5 $143 30. Rd2
$1 {[%csl Gd2,Rd7]}) 30. h3 $1 {[%csl Yh2][%cal Yg1h2] The important
preventive move.} ({Probably,it is not enough for a win:} 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31.
Bxc5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Bxa7 Ra8 $14) 30... fxe4 ({Very dubious:} 30...
Bxd5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qd6 {[%csl Ra3]} 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35.
Rxe5 $16 {[%csl Ra7] _|_}) 31. fxe4 Nh5 ({A little better is:} 31... Bxd5 $5
32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Qd6 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 {[%csl Ra7] +/
=/+/-}) 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Nf4 $2 {Black voluntary open a diagonal a1-h8.}
({It is necessary:} 33... Qd6 $5 34. Qc2 {+/=/+/-}) 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Qc2 $16 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc5c7][%mdl 128]} Rb7 (35... Rc8 $2 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8
38. Qf6 $18 {[%csl Rf4,Rg8][%cal Gf2d4]}) 36. Qc3+ Kg8 $8 37. Qf6 $6 {I wanted
to cause black queen on point"f7".} (37. Qe5 $142 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf2d4]})
37... Qf7 38. Qe5 f3 39. gxf3 (39. Bd4 $143 Kf8 $1 (39... f2+ $2 40. Bxf2 (40.
Kh2 $5 f1=N+ 41. Kg1 Kf8 42. Rc6 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 40... Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2
42. Qxe6+ Qf7 (42... Kg7 43. Qe5+ $18) 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Rc7+ $18 {[%csl Ra7]}
) 40. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Rf8]}) 39... Bxh3 40. Rd5 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Is
forced won:} 40. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Kf8 (40... Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Qa2+ 42. Kxh3 (42.
Kg3 $5 Qg2+ 43. Kh4 g5+ 44. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 45. Rxg5+ {[%csl Rh3]}) 42... Rh1+ 43.
Kg4 Qg2+ 44. Qg3 h5+ 45. Kf4 Qd2+ 46. Ke5 $18) 41. Rd5 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd5d8,
Ge5h8,Gd4c5]} Bd7 42. Qh8+ Qg8 $8 (42... Ke7 $2 43. Bc5+ Ke6 44. Qe5#) 43. Qf6+
Qf7 44. Bc5+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Be8 (45... Kg7 46. Bd4+ Kh6 47. Qg5#) (45... Qe8 46.
Rxd7) 46. Re5 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 40... Rd7 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192]
Answer-back courtesy. Leads to draw:} (40... Qxf3 $1 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kg7
$8 (42... Ke7 $4 43. Bh4+) 43. Qxb7+ (43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Qd2+ Kh5 45. Qd5+ Kg4
46. Qe6+ Kh5 47. Qd5+ Kh6 48. Qd2+ $11) 43... Kh6 44. Be3+ Qxe3+ 45. Kh2 Qg5 {
[%csl Rd8,Rh2][%cal Gg5g2]} (45... Qf2+ 46. Kxh3 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+
$11) 46. Kxh3 Qxd8 47. Qxa7 Qd3+ 48. Kh2 Qxe4 49. a4 $11) 41. Bd4 $1 $18 {
Now in all variants at white there is a forced win:} Qxf3 (41... Kf8 42. Bc5+
$1 (42. Rb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b8]} Rd8 (42... Rc7 $143 43. Qd6+ Ke8 (43... Qe7 44.
Bc5 $18) 44. Re5+ Re7 45. Qb8+ Kd7 46. Ra5 {[%csl Rd7] and mat in 7 moves.})
43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Bc5+ Kd7 45. Qe5 Kc6 46. Bf2 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 42... Kg8 43.
Qb8+ Kg7 44. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 $8 (44... Qxd7 $2 45. Qf8#) 45. Bd4+ Kh6 46. Qh2+ Kg5
47. Qe5+ Kh4 (47... Bf5 48. Be3+ Kh4 49. Qf4+) (47... Kh6 48. Be3+ g5 49. Qxg5#
) 48. Bf2+ Kh3 49. Qg3#) 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qg7+ (43. Qxh7+ $144 Ke8 (43... Kf8
44. Bc5+ Ke8 45. Qg8+) 44. Re5+ Kd8 (44... Be6 45. Rxe6+ Kd8 46. Qg8+ Kc7 47.
Be5+ Kb7 48. Qb8#) 45. Qh8+ Kc7 46. Rc5+ Kb7 (46... Kd6 47. Qe5#) 47. Qc8+ Kb6
48. Qc6#) 43... Ke8 44. Qg8+ (44. Re5+ $144 Kd8 45. Qh8+ Kc7 46. Rc5+ Kb7 (
46... Kd6 47. Qe5#) (46... Kb6 47. Qb8+ Rb7 48. Qd6#) 47. Qc8+ Kb6 48. Qc6#)
44... Ke7 (44... Qf8 45. Re5+ Re7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Bc5+ {[%csl Re7,Rf8]}) 45.
Bc5+ Kf6 46. Qf8+ {[%csl Rf3]} Rf7 47. Bd4+ (47. Bd4+ Ke6 48. Qd6# (48. Rd6#))
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. g4 $5 $146 {[%csl Yg4][%cal Yg3g4,Yg2g3] The next interesting novelty
of Evgeny Bareev in theory of Nimzo Indian.One more move by the pawn "g",but
Black,already too,have made some moves by the queen and bishop. Comments to
this part of the game(5-8 moves) and also:} (9. b3 {You can find in
annotations to game: Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/ISR,2000/CBM 77(0-1)(Golod,V)(40)}) (
9. Bg2 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Lafuente,P-Bruzon Bautista,L/
Buenos Aires,2003/CBM 97(1-0)(49)}) 9... d6 ({I can not recommended in this
position:} 9... Nxg4 $6 10. Rg1 {[%csl Rg4,Rg7]}) (9... Nc6 10. Rg1 {[%cal
Gg4g5]} Nb4 ({after:} 10... d6 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a
position from a game.}) 11. Qd1 {[%csl Rb4,Rf6][%cal Ga2a3,Gg4g5]}) 10. Rg1 $5
{White do not hasten to begin active actions, they continue to grasp a space.}
(10. g5 $143 Nfd7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nc5 $13) 10... Nc6 11. a3 {[%csl Ya3]
[%cal Ya3b4]} Nd7 12. b4 {The next capture of space.} Nde5 13. Nd2 {() From my
point of view,White correctly evade from exchanges of pieces.} Bh4 $5 {[%csl
Gb6,Re1,Gh4][%cal Gb6e3] Black prevent a progress "g5".} ({Also it deserves
attention:} 13... O-O 14. Bb2 Bd7 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8]}) 14. Qe4 {[%csl Ye4,
Rh4][%cal Gg4g5]} Qd8 {[%csl Yd8,Yh4][%cal Yd8g5,Yh4g5]} ({Leads to more
interesting game:} 14... Nxg4 $5 15. Nd5 (15. Rxg4 $6 f5 {[%csl Re4,Rg4]} 16.
Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Rxh4 $15) (15. Qxg4 $6 Qxe3+ {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Re1,Rf2][%cal Ge3c3,
Gc3a1,Gh4f2]} 16. Ne2 Bxf2+ 17. Kd1 Bxg1 18. Qxg7 (18. Nxg1 $143 O-O $17) 18...
Qd4 $1 19. Nxd4 $140 Bxd4 {[%csl Ra1,Rg7]} 20. Qh6 Bxa1 21. Ne4 $15) 15...
Bxf2+ (15... Qd8 $5 16. Qxg4 (16. Rxg4 $2 f5 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,Rg4]}) 16... exd5
17. Qxg7 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rg7]} (17... Qf6 $6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Rb1 $14 {
[%csl Rf6,Rh8][%cal Gc1b2,Gc4d5]}) 18. Qxh8+ $8 Bxh8 19. Rg8+ Ke7 20. Rxd8 Nxd8
21. Ra2 $11) 16. Ke2 Qd8 17. Qxg4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg4g7]} Bxg1 18. Qxg7 exd5 (
18... Rf8 $2 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Nf3 {[%csl Rg1]}) (18... Kd7 $4 19. Qxf7+ Ne7 20.
Bh3 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re7]}) 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh7 Bg4+ 21. Ke1 Qh8 $1 22. Qxh8
Rxh8 23. h3 $11) 15. Bb2 O-O 16. g5 $5 {[%mdl 512] With help of this sacrifice
White remove a bishop of the contender with /^ e1-h4 and also open <->g. I am
not sure that it is an absolutely correct sacrifice.} ({Leads to quieter game:
} 16. Be2 {and so on.}) 16... Bxg5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 16... Ng6 {in view of:}
17. Nf3 f5 $140 18. gxf6 Qxf6 (18... Bxf6 $142 19. O-O-O $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) {
[%tqu "En","Find the best continuation for White?","","","g1g6","",10]} 19.
Rxg6 $1 hxg6 (19... Qxf3 $2 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qxh4 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Rg7]}) 20.
Qxh4 Qxf3 21. Ne4 d5 22. Ng5 Qh5 23. Qg3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf1e2] +/=/+/-}) 17.
Qg2 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2,Rg5,Rg7]} Bh6 (17... Bf6 $6 18. Nde4 $36 {[%csl Rf6]}) 18.
O-O-O $44 {[%csl Yc1,Rg8] White have withdrawn the king from the centre and
now can begin a attack on the king of the contender.} d5 $5 {This move is the
"harbinger" of active actions in this game.} (18... f5 $5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 19.
Qh3 (19. f4 $6 Ng4 20. Qh3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1e2]} Ne7 21. Be2 e5 $15) 19...
Kh8 20. Kb1 f4 21. Nde4 $44) 19. f4 {Evgeny Bareev had a rather uneasy choice
between it and another continuation:} (19. cxd5 $5 exd5 20. Nxd5 (20. Qxd5 Be6
$11) 20... Bg4 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga8c8]} 21. b5 Rc8 (21... Bxd1 $2 22. bxc6 {
[%csl Rd1,Re5]} bxc6 23. Bxe5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kxd1 $18) 22. bxc6 Rxc6+
23. Kb1 Bxd1 (23... Rg6 $143 24. Bxe5 Bxd1 (24... Bf5+ $2 25. Ka1 Rxg2 26. Bxg2
$16) 25. Bg3 $14) 24. Bxe5 Bc2+ 25. Ka1 Bg6 $13 {[%csl Ra1]}) 19... Ng6 ({
Is more interesting alternative:} 19... d4 $5 20. Nb3 $140 {[%csl Rd4,Re5]} (
20. exd4 $6 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4]} 21. Ne2 Nce7 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7f5]}) 20... dxc3
21. Rxd8 (21. Bxc3 $4 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Re3,Rg1,Gh6]}) 21... cxb2+ 22. Kxb2
Rxd8 23. fxe5 g6 $1 $13 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gh6g7]}) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nce7 (
21... Be6 $143 22. Ne4 {[%csl Gd1,Gd5,Rd8,Ge4,Rg8][%cal Ge4c5,Gd5f6]} Bxd5 23.
Rxd5 Qe7 (23... Qxd5 $4 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxd5 $18) 24. Kb1 $14) 22. Nc4 {
[%csl Gd1,Rd8,Rg8][%cal Gd5f6]} Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 $2 ({Can be recommended:} 
23... Qh4 $5 24. Rd4 {[%csl Gd4,Rg6,Rh4][%cal Gf4f5]} (24. Bd3 Be6 25. Rd4 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf4f5]} Rad8 $13) 24... Rd8 25. Bd3 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Be6 $11) ({or
} 23... Qc7 $5 24. Kb1 Be6 25. Rc5 Qd7 $13) 24. f5 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7][%cal
Gf5g6] White have calculated precisely all consequences of this move.} Bxf5 $8
(24... Bxe3+ $2 25. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kb1 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]}) 25. Rxf5 b5 {
[%csl Yc4,Re3][%cal Gb5c4,Yc4e3]} 26. Kb1 (26. Nd2 $6 Bxe3 $13 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2,
Rg1][%cal Ga8d8]}) 26... bxc4 27. Bxc4 {[%csl Yb2,Gc4]} Rc8 (27... Qxe3 $2 {
is refuted by:} 28. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gg2a8]}) (27... a5 $5) 28. Qg4
Qxe3 (28... Bxe3 $143 29. Rgf1 {[%csl Yb2,Gc4,Gf1,Gf5][%cal Yb2g7,Gc4f7,Gh2h4,
Gh4h5] with strong pressure.}) 29. Rgf1 {[%csl Rf7]} Rc7 30. h4 $1 {White
enter in game the last trump.} Re7 31. h5 Nh8 $8 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Yh8f7] It's
obvious not the "best parking" to the Black's knight.} ({Unexpectedly at once
loses a game:} 31... Ne5 {because of:} 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}
Rxf7 $140 34. Qc8+ Re8 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bxe8+) 32. Bc1 $1 $14 {[%csl Re3,Rg8,
Rh6]} Qe4+ $2 ({It was necessary:} 32... Re4 $1 33. Qg2 Qd4 34. Bxh6 Rg4 $8 35.
Qe2 Qxc4 (35... gxh6 $2 36. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 37. Rxf7 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2e8]})
36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Rg1 Ng6 $8 38. Be3 (38. hxg6 $2 hxg6 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6]} 39. Rf4
Rc7 40. Bg5 f6 41. Bh4 g5 42. Bxg5 fxg5 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Rxg5 $11) 38... Ne7
39. Rfg5 g6 40. Bxa7 {[%cal Ga7c5]} Ra8 41. Bc5 $14 {[%cal Yb1b2,Yb2b3]}) 33.
Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Bd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1h6,Gf1g1] The important intermediate
move.} Rg4 {<->g} (34... Bxc1 35. Bxe4 Bxa3 36. Rb5 $16) 35. Bxh6 gxh6 {
[%csl Rh8]} 36. Kb2 $16 Kg7 37. Kb3 Rg5 38. Ka4 {[%csl Ra7] The White's king
is directed behind Pa7.} Rd8 39. Bc4 (39. Bb3 $142) 39... Rd4 40. Bb3 Rh4 41.
Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ra7]} Rxa5+ (41... Rhxh5 42. Rxa7 {[%csl Rf7]} Rf5 43. Rxf5 Rxf5
44. b5 $18) 42. Kxa5 Rxh5+ 43. Ka6 Rh3 44. Rb1 Ng6 45. Kxa7 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4]
The White's king has executed the purpose.Now it's impossible to stop a pair
of the White's pawns.The rest is just a matter of technique.} Ne5 (45... f5 46.
b5 Ne7 47. a4 f4 48. b6 Nc6+ 49. Ka6 $18 {[%cal Gb6b7]}) 46. b5 Rd3 47. b6 Nc6+
48. Ka6 {/\b7,Kb6} h5 49. b7 h4 50. Kb6 Nb8 51. a4 Rd4 (51... h3 52. Bc4 Rg3
53. Bb5 {[%csl Yb5,Rb8][%cal Yb5a6,Yb5e8,Gb6a7,Gb6c7]} h2 54. Rh1 $18) 52. Kc5
Rg4 53. Bc4 {[%cal Yc4b5,Gc5b6,Gb6c7]} Nd7+ 54. Kd6 Nb8 55. Bb5 {[%csl Rb8]
[%cal Gd6c7]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Khlian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 $5 {It's main line,
another alternative is:} (6. Bf4 $5 {See comments to Ionov,S-Yemelin,V/City-ch
,2000/CBM 77(1-0)(Golod,V)(66)}) 6... b6 {[%mdl 4] Besides,black has five
options:} (6... Nc6 $5 {It's main line.See comments to Dao Thien Hai-Liang
Shuai/Qingdao,1999/CBM 74 (1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) (6... Qb6 $5 {After this move
impossibly 7.Bg5;7.Bf4. You can see comments to Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port
Erin,1999/CBM 74 (1-0)(Golod,V)(34) 6...0-0!?;6...d5!?; and 6...a6!?}) 7. Bg5
$5 {Other possibilities are:} (7. Bf4 $5) ({and} 7. g3 $5) 7... Be7 $6 ({
Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 7... Bb7 $5) ({It deserves
attention:} 7... h6 $5) ({Slightly dubious:} 7... a6 8. e3 (8. e4 $143 Qc7 9.
a3 Nc6 10. b4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ (11... Nb3 $6 12. Qd1) 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Be3 d6
$11 {Mikenas,V-Noteboom,D/Brno,1931(1-0)(51)}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O-O $5 Be7 10. Rd2
d6 (10... b5 $5 $132) 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Rhd1 Nc6 $2 (12... Nbd7 $142) 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 Qd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Kb1 $16 {Euwe,M-Noteboom,D/
Amsterdam,1931(1-0) (25) Is the first game in this variation!}) 8. e4 {[%cal
Ge4e5] Undoubtedly,this move better,than:} (8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 (
10... h6 $5) 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rd2 {+/=/= Issakainen,A-Puuska,H/Vantaa,1999 
(1-0)(22)}) 8... O-O $6 {Again inaccuracy.} ({Very badly:} 8... d6 {in view of:
} 9. e5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gc2,Yf6] An strong move which was mentioned by Fritz 6.}
({much worse is:} 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nd4 a6 $11 {Zitin,
Y-Shaposhnikov,E/Szeged,1994(1/2-1/2) (73)}) (9. O-O-O $5 O-O $6 (9... Qc7 $5)
10. e5 $16 {Fedorovsky,M-Kazakov,P/Decin,1997(1-0) (41)}) ({and} 9. Rd1 $5 Qc7
10. Nb5 Qc6 11. Nfd4 Qb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6] Budnikov,
O-Ivanov,A/Kharkov,2000(1-0) (22)}) 9... Nfd7 (9... dxe5 $143 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11.
Qe4 Qc7 12. Qxa8 Nc6 13. Rd1 {[%cal Gc3b5]} a6 14. c5 $18) (9... Nh5 10. Nb5 $1
{[%cal Gb5d6]} Bxg5 11. Nxd6+ Kf8 12. Qe4 $18) 10. exd6 Bxg5 11. Qe4 {[%csl
Ra8]} Nc6 (11... Nc5 12. Qxa8 Bb7 13. Qxa7 Nc6 14. Qa3 $18) 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13.
Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Qb5 {+/-/+-}) ({Can be recommended:} 8... h6 $5) ({or} 8... Bb7
$5) 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxe7 $5 ({Must probably,also leads to better position of
white:} 10. Qe4 $5 Bxg5 $2 (10... Nc6 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 $14) 11. Nxg5 {
[%csl Ra8,Rg8][%cal Ge4a8,Ge4h7]} (11. Qxa8 $2 Nc6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Ge8c7]} 12.
Rd1 Nc7 13. Qxc6 dxc6 14. Rxd8 Bxd8 $11) 11... f5 $2 (11... Qxg5 $142 12. Qxa8
(12. f4 $2 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yf4e5]} Qd8 13. Qxa8 Nc6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Ge8c7]}
14. Rd1 $8 (14. Nb5 $2 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Bd3 Rd8 $19 {[%csl Ra8][%cal
Gc8b7]} (16... Bb7 $4 17. Bxh7+)) 14... Nc7 $140 15. Qxc6 dxc6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8
$11) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Qe4 Qxe4+ 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Nc3 {+/=/+/-}) 12. Qxa8 Nc6 13.
Nxe6 $1 $18 {Soppe,G-Valiente,C/Cordoba,1998(1-0)(19)}) 10... Qxe7 11. Bd3 $14
f5 12. exf6 $146 {This move was not played in the next game:} (12. O-O $143 Bb7
13. Qe2 Na6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Bb1 $14 {Holowach,W-Ayala,C/Buenos
Aires,1939 (1-0)(40)}) 12... gxf6 $6 ({More logically:} 12... Nxf6 13. Ng5 g6 (
13... h6 14. Nh7 Rd8 (14... Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 $14) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.
Rd1 $36) 14. O-O Nc6 $14) 13. Be4 Nc6 $8 14. O-O-O Rf7 ({Dubious:} 14... Ba6 {
because of:} 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Rhe1 {with strong pressure to black's
camp.} Nd6 $140 $6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxa7 $16) 15. Nd4 {><c6;/^a8-h1} Nxd4 ({
Is a possibe continuation of the play:} 15... Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 (16... dxc6
$143 17. Rhe1 $16) 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Qe4 Rc8 19. Rhe1 Ng7 20. f4 {+/=/+/-}) 16.
Rxd4 Rb8 17. Rhd1 {<->d;קd7.} a6 ({It deserves attention:} 17... f5 $5 18. Bf3
a6 {+/=/+/-}) 18. Qd3 e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this tactical blunder white has
a forced way to big advantage.} (18... d6 $5) (18... Kh8 $5) 19. Bd5 {[%csl
Rb8,Rg8]} Kf8 $6 ({It is necessary:} 19... exd4 20. Qg3+ (20. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 21.
Qxh7+ Ng7 22. Rxd4 f5 $17) 20... Kf8 21. Qxb8 dxc3 22. Bxf7 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qb4+
24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kd2 Qxa2+ 26. Ke1 {+/-/+-}) ({Also loses right away:} 19...
Kh8 20. Bxf7 exd4 21. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg3g8,Gg3b8]}) 20. Bxf7 exd4 21.
Qg3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg3g8,Gg3b8]} Qxf7 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:
} 21... Kxf7 22. Qxb8 dxc3 (22... Qc5 $143 23. Nd5 Qxc4+ 24. Kb1 $18 {[%csl
Rc8]}) 23. Qxc8 cxb2+ 24. Kxb2 (24. Kb1 $2 Nd6 $44 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Gd6e4,
Ge4c3,Gd6c4]}) 24... Qb4+ (24... Qe2+ $143 25. Kc1 $18) 25. Kc2 Qa4+ 26. Kd2
Nd6 27. Qc7 Nxc4+ 28. Ke1 {+/-/+-}) 22. Qxb8 $18 Qxc4 (22... dxc3 $144 23. Qxc8
cxb2+ 24. Kxb2) 23. Qf4 {Black's game was performed very weak.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 a6 8. b3
Qc7 {Same position with rearrangement of moves also it is possible to receive,
after 7...Qc7 8.b3 a6.} 9. Bb2 (9. g4 $5 {You can see my annotations to game:
Bareev,E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(26)}) 9... b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g4 $5 {
Typical move in this pawn structure.Besides White has several options:} (11.
Rd1 $5 {You can see comments to Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74
(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) (11. h3 $6) ({and} 11. O-O) 11... Nxg4 $6 $146 {Honestly,
I have to confess that accepting the pawn sacrifice is a very brave decision.
However the game has shown a clear estimate...} ({The games,which have reached
this position were continued as follows:} 11... h6 $5 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. O-O-O $5
(13. a3 Rc8 14. h4 h5 $5 $132 {Foisor,S-Hernandez,R/Balaguer,2003(0-1)(31)}) ({
It deserves serious attention:} 13. h4 $5 d5 $1 (13... O-O-O $140 14. g5 hxg5
15. hxg5 Ne8 16. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Ge1c1,Ga1d1] White has a clear advantage
because of a bad position of Ne8}) (13... d6 $2 14. a3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb3b4]}
) 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nd7 $1 (15... Nh5 $143 {[%cal Gh5g7]} 16. cxd5 Nb4 17.
Qc1 $1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ba3 {[%csl Rc7]} Bd6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Rc1 $14 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Qd1 $5 {[%csl Yd1,Ye2] Protecting the knight on
f3.} (17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Rh3 20. Nd4 Qh2 21. Rg4 $13) 17...
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bb2 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Qb7 $44) 13... O-O-O 14.
a3 (14. h4 $6 d5 $1 15. g5 (15. a3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Na5 $15 {
[%csl Rc2,Rf3][%cal Gb7e4]}) 15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Nb4 17. Qb1 Ne4 $15) 14... Be7
15. h4 d6 $13 {Margvelashvili,G-Zhumabaev,R/Halkidiki,2003(1/2-1/2)(81)}) 12.
Rg1 {[%csl Rg4,Rg7]} Nxh2 (12... Ne5 $6 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O-O $36 {[%csl Gb2,
Re5,Gg1,Rg7][%cal Gc3d5]}) (12... f5 $5 {[%csl Rf2,Yf5][%cal Gg4f2,Yf5e4] The
idea is to keep White's king in the center.} 13. h3 (13. Ng5 $4 Qxh2 $19) ({
Not enough for equality is:} 13. a3 $2 O-O 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bd4 Nc6 $1 16. Bxb6
Qb8 $15 {[%csl Rb6]}) 13... Nh2 $6 (13... Ne5 $5) {[%tqu "En","Find the best
continuation for White?","","","c3d5","",10,"f3h2","",0,"f3g5","Similar
continuation was in the game,but here the pawn on h2 remained on the board.",0]
} 14. Nd5 $3 (14. Nxh2 $143 Qxh2 15. Rxg7 Bf8 16. Rg3 (16. Rg5 Be7 17. Rg7 $11
(17. Na4 Bxg5 18. Bxh8 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Qh2 $13)) 16... Bd6 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Rg7
Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh3 $15) (14. Ng5 $143 {Similar continuation was in the game,but
here the pawn on h2 remained on the board.} Nc6 15. Na4 Bb4+ 16. Bc3 Qe5 $1 17.
Rh1 (17. O-O-O Bxc3 18. Qxc3 ({Dubious is:} 18. Nxc3 $2 {in view of:} Nb4 19.
Qd2 Qxc3+ $1 20. Qxc3 Nxa2+ 21. Kb2 Nxc3 22. Kxc3 Bc6 $1 $17 (22... h6 $2 {
Look's so trivial but also so bad...} 23. Nf7 $3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gf7e5,
Gd1d7]})) 18... Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Ne7 $15 {[%cal Yb7h1]}) 17... Bxc3+ (17... b5 $5
) 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Nd4 $1 20. Rxh2 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxa1 22. Kc1 {[%csl Ra1]
=/+/-/+}) 14... Bb4+ $5 {Calm reaction.} (14... Nxf3+ $143 15. Bxf3 Bb4+ {
[%csl Rf3]} 16. Kf1 Bxd5 ({Also loses a game:} 16... exd5 17. Bxg7 Rf8 18. Bh5+
Kd8 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8][%cal Gg1g8]}) 17. Bxd5 Nc6 (
17... exd5 $2 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Qxf5 Qd6 20. Qxh7 Qe6 (20... Rxg7 21. Rxg7 Kd8
22. Rd1 $18) 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh7g8]} Qf7 (22... Rxg7
23. Qxg7 $18) (22... Qxg5 23. Qxg8+ Ke7 24. Bf8+ Kf6 25. Qxg5+ Kxg5 26. Bxb4
$18) 23. Qe4+ Be7 24. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Nc6 25. Rxc6 Rxg7 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27.
Rg6 {[%csl Ra8,Rg7]} Qa1+ (27... d5 28. Qe6 {[%csl Re8,Rg7][%cal Ge6c6]} Qa1+
29. Kg2 $18) 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Rg4 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7][%cal Ge4a8,Ge4g6,Gg6g8]})
18. Rxg7 Be7 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. Rd1 $16) ({Even worse is:} 14... exd5 15. Bxg7
Rg8 (15... dxc4 16. Bxh8 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Bxf3 19. Qxf5 $18 {
[%csl Re8,Rf3][%cal Gg1g8]}) 16. Qxf5 {[%csl Re8,Gg1][%cal Gf5h5,Gg7f6]} Qd6 (
16... Bb4+ 17. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 17. Qxh7 Bb4+ 18. Nd2 {[%csl Re8,Rg8][%cal
Ge2h5]} (18. Kd1 dxc4+ 19. Nd4 Rxg7 20. Rxg7 Kd8 $16) 18... Bxd2+ (18... Rxg7
19. Qxg7 Bxd2+ (19... Kd8 20. Rg6 Qe7 21. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rh2][%cal Gd4b6,
Gg6b6]}) 20. Kxd2 dxc4+ 21. Kc3 Kd8 22. Rad1 $18) 19. Kxd2 dxc4+ 20. Kc3 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2h5,Gh7g8]} Rf8 (20... Rxg7 21. Qh8+ $1 Qf8 22. Bh5+ {
[%csl Re8,Rf8,Rg7][%cal Gg1g7,Gh8f8]} Rg6 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Qe5+ Kd8 25. Qxh2
$18) 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Rg6 Qe7 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qg5+ {[%csl Rd8,Rf8][%cal
Gg6g8]} Kc7 25. Qg3+ {[%csl Rc7,Rh2]} d6 26. Rd1 $18) 15. Nxb4 (15. Kd1 $2 exd5
16. Bxg7 (16. Qxf5 $2 Rf8 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxh7 Nxf3 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19) 16...
dxc4 17. Bxh8 (17. Qxf5 $2 Nxf3 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gc7d6]} 18. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 19.
Qxf3 Qd6+ 20. Bd4 Nc6 $19) 17... Be4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxf3+ 20. Be2 Nc6
$15 21. Rg8+ $140 $6 Bf8 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Rxg7 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb2f6]} (17. Qc3 $143 Nc6 18. Rxg7 O-O-O 19. Nxa6 Qh2 {[%csl
Re1]} 20. Rg3 Bh5 $13) 17... Nc6 (17... Rf8 18. Qc3 Qh2 (18... Nc6 $143 19. Ba3
$1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Yb4c2,Yg7e7]} Ne5 20. Nc2 $18) 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 $16)
18. Nxc6 Bxc6 (18... Qxc6 19. Bf6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc2c3,Gf6h4] +/-/+-}) 19.
Bf6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc2d1,Gd1h5] White has a very strong attack because
Black's king didn't escape from the center.White threaten to transfer the
queen to "f6" or to "h5". For example,if:} Rf8 {then:} 20. Qd1 $3 Rxf6 $140 21.
Qh5+ Kd8 22. Rg8+ Ke7 23. Qxh7+ Rf7 (23... Kd6 24. Rd1+ Bd5 (24... Kc5 25. Qe7+
{[%csl Rc5,Rc7]}) 25. Rxa8 $18) 24. Qh4+ Kd6 25. O-O-O+ Bd5 26. Qf4+ Kc6 27.
cxd5+ exd5 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rxa8 $18) 13. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} (13. Nxh2 $143
Qxh2 14. Rxg7 Nc6 15. Na4 (15. Ne4 $2 Bb4+ 16. Nd2 $15) 15... O-O-O (15... Bf8
$6 16. Rg3 {[%csl Rb6]} Bb4+ 17. Bc3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 O-O-O 19. Nxb6+ Kc7 20. c5
$14) 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bf3 $44 {[%cal Ge1c1,Ga1d1]}) 13... Nc6 ({Of course not:
} 13... h6 $2 14. Nxf7 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2h5] with decisive attack.}) (
13... f5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Na4 {[%csl Re8,Rg7][%cal Ge2h5,Yb2g7]} Rg8 16. Nxc5
bxc5 17. Bh5+ g6 18. f4 {[%csl Rh2]} O-O-O (18... gxh5 $4 19. Nxe6 $18 {
[%csl Rc7,Rg8]}) 19. Qxh2 gxh5 20. Bf6 Rde8 21. Qxh5 Kb8 22. Qxh7 $14) 14.
O-O-O Ne5 $6 {[%cal Yh2f3] Black had a uneasy choice, and he did not manage to
find the best continuation.} (14... f5 {transfers to 13...f5}) ({Deserves more
attention:} 14... d5 $1 15. Bh5 {[%csl Rf7]} (15. cxd5 $143 Nb4 16. Qe4 O-O-O
17. Kb1 h6 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rg2 {[%csl Rh2]}
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxh2 $13) 15... g6 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gd5d4,Gc7f4]} 16.
Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxh8 Nb4 $132) (14... Be7 $143 {[%tqu "En","White has a typical
sacrifice that completely destroys Black's position?","","","g5f7","",10]} 15.
Nxf7 $1 Nb4 (15... Kxf7 $2 16. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rc7,Ye2,Rg7][%cal Gc2f5,Gg1g7,
Ye2h5]} exd5 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Bxg6+ $18) 16. Qb1 Kxf7 {[%tqu "En","and what now
?","","","g1g7","",10]} 17. Rxg7+ $3 {[%csl Gb2,Rc7]} Ke8 18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19.
Qxh7 {[%csl Re8,Rh2][%cal Ge2h5]} d5 20. a3 Bd6 21. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (
14... h6 $2 {is still losing because of:} 15. Nxf7 $1) 15. Nce4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gb2,Ye2,Ge4,Gg5,Rg7][%cal Gf2f4,Ye2h5] Black's position already very
difficult.} O-O-O ({Not better is:} 15... h5 {[%cal Gh2g4]} 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17.
f4 Nhg4 (17... Neg4 $144 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Qh7 {[%csl Rg8]}) 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19.
Bxg7 Rg8 20. Qh7 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) ({or} 15... h6 $6 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Ne4 $16
{[%csl Rd6,Rg7][%cal Ge4d6,Gg1g7]} d5 $140 $2 18. Nxc5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc5b7]}
Nhf3 (18... Qxc5 $2 19. Bxe5 dxc4 20. Bxh2 $18) 19. Bxf3 Nxf3 20. Nxe6 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2,Re8,Gg1][%cal Gg1g7]} fxe6 21. Rxg7 $18) 16. Nxc5 bxc5 (16...
Qxc5 $2 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc6 19. Qh4 $18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 17. f4 Nef3 (17...
f6 $143 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Rh1 {[%csl Ye2,Gh1,Rh2][%cal Gh1h2]} Nxf4 20. Nd6+ Kb8
21. Rxh2 $18) 18. Nxf7 Nxg1 (18... Rhg8 $2 {is refuted by:} 19. Nxd8 Nxg1 (
19... Qxd8 20. Rg3 $18 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2]}) 20. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qxb7 22. Qxh2
$18) 19. Rxg1 Nf3 20. Rxg7 Rhg8 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Bf6 $6 ({Looks more
convincing:} 22. Qxh7 $142 {but Black still can defends with:} Rh8 $1 (22...
Rxg7 $143 23. Qxg7 Bc6 24. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4,Gg7g4]}) 23.
Qd3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg7g3]} Rh1+ 24. Bd1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd3d6]} Ne1 25. Qd6
Nd3+ $1 26. Qxd3 Bf3 27. Bf6 {[%csl Rd7,Yd8][%cal Gd3d7,Yd8d7,Gf6d8]} Qc7 28.
Rg8+ Kb7 29. Be5 Qc6 30. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gg6,Gg8][%cal Gg6e8]} Rxd1+ 31. Kb2
Rd2+ 32. Ka3 Ka7 33. Qe8 {[%csl Ra7]} Qb7 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Rg7 $1 Bc6 36. Ba5
$16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge8f8]}) 22... Qf8 23. Qxh7 Rh8 $1 (23... Rxg7 $143 24.
Bxg7 Qe8 25. Bc3 Kc7 {[%csl Yb7,Rf3][%cal Ye8a8]} 26. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4] +/-/+-})
(23... Qxf6 $2 24. Rxg8+ Kc7 25. Qh8 $18) 24. Qg6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf6e7]} Rh1+
25. Kb2 Rg1 26. Bg5 Rxg5 $2 {Black throws the game just a few moves before it
has been really started:} (26... Nh4 $1 27. Qh7 $140 Be4 $1 28. Rg8 Bxh7 29.
Rxf8+ Kc7 {[%cal Gg1g2]} 30. Ka3 Bb1 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gg1g2]} 31. Bd8+ Kd6
32. Bxh4 Rg2 33. Re8 Rxe2 34. Be7+ Kc7 35. Bxc5 Rxa2+ 36. Kb4 {+/=/+/-}) 27.
fxg5 $18 {The further resistance is senseless.} Ne5 28. Qf6 Qd6 29. Rg8+ Kc7
30. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Gurgaon op 2nd"]
[Site "Gurgaon"]
[Date "2014.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Not my favourite move but after Anand
lost to Carlsen with 4. f3 after attaining almost everything, I could not
force myself to go for my pet system against the top seed in the tournament.}
O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 {I was out of my preparation
here. I considered everything except this natural move in this position.} 9.
cxd5 (9. Bd3 Ba6 10. cxd5 {is another option that I was thinking during the
game.}) 9... exd5 10. c4 {While preparing for the game I had been looking at
option with c4 in similar situations and decided to go for the same. However.
b6 makes a huge difference here. Black is just fine.} Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. dxc5
Rc8 $5 {Martyn plays the most interesting continuation. White is
under-developed and it makes sense for Black to simply develop.} 13. c6 {
I could not think of anything better to complicate without realising that my
position might be worse already} Bxc6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd2 Qe7 {Not the most
precise. 15... Nc5 would have been better for Black.} 16. Be2 Nc5 (16... Rfd8
17. O-O Nc5 18. Qb4) 17. Qb4 {The only move.} Be4 18. O-O {I don't exactly
remember but I am sure I sighed here. At least White is out of all danger of
checkmate.} Rfd8 19. Rad1 {Wrong rook coming to the party. It was a difficult
decision and I went wrong. Rfd1 was the better option.} Nd5 20. Qd4 f6 21. Nd2
Bc2 $2 (21... Bg6 {was better and keeps the pressure but the text is too
tempting.}) 22. Bc4 {My star trick, or was it?} Ne6 23. Bxd5 {I thought I was
winning. White has an extra piece!} Kh8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb4 a5 26. Qb5 Rd5 $2
(26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc2 28. Bd4 Rxd4 29. exd4 Rxd2 {would have been a nice
draw!}) 27. Qe2 $2 (27. Qa6 {would have made life difficult for Black and I
missed it in no time.} Bd3 28. Qb7 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Re8 30. h3 h6 31. Qc7) 27...
Rcd8 {Let's face facts. White remains a piece up but what can he do?} 28. h3
Rd3 29. Rfe1 h6 {An extra piece with so many pieces is sometimes of no value.
In one of my earlier games in the same tournament against Abhilash Reddy I got
something similar. DOMINATION.} 30. Kf1 Qf5 31. Kg1 Qe6 32. Kf1 Qf5 (32... Rxa3
{he could have pushed for more may be.} 33. Bxa3 Bd3 {White might just hold
the fort.}) 33. Kg1 Qe6 34. Kf1 {I came up with my best move in this game - a
draw offer. Thankfully he accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kanstler,B} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7.
e3 Qc7 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 b6 (9... Be7 {Kanstler,B} 10. g4 $1 $16) (9... Nc6 {
Kanstler,B} 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Qb1 Be7 15. Rd2
$14 {Dreev,A-Romanishin,O USSR (zt) 1990 1:0 44}) 10. Bd3 (10. Nd4 {Kanstler,B}
Bb7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qc6 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qxe4 19. fxe4 f5 $10 {Petursson,M-Tiviakov,S
Moscow (GMA) 1989 1/2-1/2 61}) 10... Be7 11. Ne4 Bb7 (11... Nc6 {Kanstler,B}
12. a3 Bb7 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. e4 g6 17. Rfe1 $14 {
Ruzele,D-Arbakov,V Vurrzburg 1996 67/620 1:0 44}) 12. O-O (12. Nxf6+ {Kanstler,
B} Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 12... d6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (13... gxf6 14. Nd4 Nd7 15.
e4 Rg8 16. f3 Qc5 17. Qd2 Qh5 $132 {0-1 Sokolov,Ivan-Portisch,Lajos/Olympiad,
XII, Moscow (Russia) (11) 1994 (33)}) 14. Nd2 {TN} (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 d5
16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb2 Qb8 20. Be2 O-O 21. Qd4 $14 {
Yakovich-Gurevich,M/Moskva op/1992}) 14... Nd7 15. Rac1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nf6 (
16... Ne5 $5 17. Be2 (17. Be4 Bxe4 (17... O-O 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Ne4
$14) 18. Nxe4 f5 (18... Nd3 19. Qxg7) 19. Ng5 Qe7 (19... Nd3 20. Nxe6 $18 (20.
Nxe6 Qe7 21. Qxg7 $18)) 20. Qd4 $1 (20. f4 $2 Nd3 $17) 20... Qxg5 21. f4 Qf6
22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxb6 O-O 24. Qd4 $10 (24. Rcd1 $14 {Kanstler,B})) (17. Bb1
O-O $13) 17... O-O $13) (16... O-O {Kanstler,B} 17. Be4 $13) 17. Be2 {[/\18.
Bf3]} O-O 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. h3 Qb8 20. Qd4 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rc6 {Rfc8-b5} 22. e4 {
e5} Rfc8 (22... e5 $5 23. Qd3 (23. Qe3 {Kanstler,B} Rfc8 {b5~~}) 23... Rfc8
$132 {(/\24...b5)}) 23. e5 Nd7 (23... dxe5 $6 {Kanstler,B} 24. Nxe5 $14) 24.
exd6 Rxd6 (24... Qxd6 $6 {Kanstler,B} 25. Rfd1 $14) 25. Qe3 Nc5 26. Rfd1 (26.
b4 Nd3 $132) 26... a5 (26... Rcd8 $6 {Kanstler,B} 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. b4 $14) 27.
Rd4 (27. a3 a4 $5 28. b4 Nb3 $132 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Rc3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ $10 (
31... Qa1 32. Rd3 Qxa3 33. Qxb6 $36)) 27... Rxd4 (27... Rcd8 {Kanstler,B} 28.
Rcd1 $14) 28. Nxd4 Qb7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rd2 h6 (30... Qe4 $6 31. Nf5 $1 $36 Rxd2
$2 32. Qg3 $3 $18) (30... Ne4 $5 {Kanstler,B}) 31. Nb5 Rd7 (31... Rxd2 32. Qxd2
Qd7 33. Qf4 $14) 32. Rd4 (32. Rxd7 $5 {Kanstler,B} Qxd7 33. Qf4 $14) 32... Kf8
33. Qe5 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qd7 35. Qe5 (35. Qf4 $32 {Kanstler,B} Qd8 36. Nd6 $14)
35... Qd8 36. Nd4 {[/\37.Nc6]} Nd3 $5 37. Qe3 {[#]} Kg8 $1 $10 (37... e5 $2 {
Kanstler,B} 38. Nc6 $18) (37... Nc5 $6 {Kanstler,B} 38. a3 {b4+/=}) 38. Qxd3 (
38. Nc6 Qc7 39. Qxd3 (39. Nxa5 $2 {Kanstler,B} Nb4 40. a3 Na6 $19) 39... Qxc6
$10) 38... e5 39. Kf1 exd4 40. Qe4 {[/\Kf1-e2-d3] Ke2-Kd3+/-} (40. Ke2 Qe7+ 41.
Kd1 Qf6 $10) 40... d3 $1 41. Ke1 d2+ 42. Kd1 Qf6 $10 {Qf2,Qa1} 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44.
Qe3 Qa1+ 45. Kxd2 Qxa2+ 46. Kc3 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 a4 48. bxa4 (48. Qxb6 $2 {
Kanstler,B} a3 $19) 48... Qxa4+ 49. Kc3 Qa3+ 50. Kd4 Qd6+ 51. Kc3 g6 52. Qd4
Qa3+ 53. Kd2 Qa5+ 54. Ke3 h5 55. h4 Qe1+ 56. Kf3 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Kanstler,B} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3
Qb6 7. e3 Be7 (7... Qc7 {Kanstler,B Ruzele,D-Gurevich,M/Bonn GSK-3 Bad
Godesburg/1996 ;CBM56}) 8. b3 (8. a3 {Kanstler,B} d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Rd1 a6 12. e4 Qc7 13. Nd4 b6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. f3 $14 {Beljavskij,A-Sokolov,
An Jugoslavija 1994 1/2-1/2 35}) 8... O-O (8... a6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. Rg1
b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Na5 15. g5 Nh5 16. O-O-O $36 {1-0 Llanos,
G-Panno,O/Trelew op (7) 1995 (46)}) 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. a3 (10. Be2 $6 d5 11. cxd5
Nb4 12. Qd2 Nfxd5 $132 (12... Rd8 $5)) 10... d5 $5 11. b4 $5 (11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Bd3 (12. Rd1 Be6 $132) 12... Bg4 $132) 11... dxc4 (11... a5 12. c5 Qc7 (12...
Qa7 13. b5 $36) 13. b5 Nb8 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Bd3 $36 (16. c6 $5)) (
11... Bd7 {Kanstler,B} 12. c5 $14) 12. Bxc4 Bd7 (12... a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. O-O
$14) 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. O-O Qc7 {Nb4} (14... Nxb4 $2 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Ne5 $18)
15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. h3 $5 (17. Ne4 Ng4 $5 18. h3 Nge5 19. Bb1 Be8
$132) 17... Be8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 (18... Nd5 {Kanstler,B} 19. Bb1 $14) 19. Bxe4 b5 {
20...a5} (19... a5 {Kanstler,B} 20. b5 Na7 21. a4 $16) 20. Bb1 $6 {Qc2} (20.
Rc2 $1 {[/\21.Rfc1]} a5 (20... a6 21. Rfc1 $16) 21. Rfc1 axb4 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23.
Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxa3 $14) 20... a5 21. Qc2 $6 (21. Ba1 $1 axb4 22. Qc2 g6
23. Qb2 f6 24. axb4 $36) 21... g6 $13 22. Ba1 {Qb2} Nd4 (22... Nxb4 $2 {
Kanstler,B} 23. Qb2 $18) (22... axb4 {Kanstler,B} 23. Qb2 f6 24. axb4 Nxb4 25.
Ng5 $40 {~/=}) 23. Qb2 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 f6 25. Ba2 Bf7 26. Rxc8 (26. bxa5 Qa8
$132) 26... Rxc8 27. f4 {King: The f-pawns provide cover for the bishops,
allowing White to dominate the centre. Advancing to f4 would not be such an
attractive proposition if the pawn on f2 stood on g2: the e3 pawn and the
seventh rank would be weaker.} (27. bxa5 $6 {Kanstler,B} Qa8 $1 $10 {xf3,a5})
27... axb4 28. axb4 Qd6 29. Rb1 Kg7 $6 (29... Qd3 $5 $132) 30. Qe2 Ra8 $6 (
30... Rb8 {Kanstler,B} 31. Bd4 $14) 31. Bc3 (31. Bd4 $2 Rxa2 $1 32. Qxa2 e5 33.
fxe5 fxe5 $17) 31... Qc6 (31... Ra3 {Kanstler,B} 32. Qb2 Qa6 33. Bb3 $16) 32.
Rc1 {Bxf6} Qe4 33. Bb1 Qd5 34. Bd4 Rd8 (34... Bxb4 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Qb2+ $14)
35. Rc7 $36 Rd7 $2 $138 {[#]} (35... Bxb4 {Kanstler,B} 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qb2+
$18) 36. Be4 $1 Qd6 (36... Qxe4 37. Rxd7 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxb4 39. Qc2 $16) 37. Rc5
$16 Qa6 38. Qxb5 Ra7 39. Qxa6 Rxa6 40. b5 Ra4 (40... Ra1+ 41. Bxa1 Bxc5 42. Bd4
$18) 41. Rc7 Bd6 42. Rd7 Bb8 43. Bc6 $18 e5 (43... Rc4 44. Bb6 $18 {(/\45.Rd8)}
) 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3
Qc7 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Be7 10. e4 d6 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Rac1 (
14. Rfd1 {-48/743}) 14... O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 (16. Nd2 $6 {Dautov} Rac8
17. f3 Ne5 18. Qb1 d5 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. exd5 exd5 $17 {Kalesis,
N-Ionescu,Co/Badalona (09) ;CBM 48 1995}) 16... Ne5 $5 (16... Rac8 17. Rcd1 (
17. h3 {Dautov} h6 $6 (17... Qb8 18. Qb1 Nf8 $5) 18. Rcd1 e5 (18... Nf8 19. e5
$1) 19. Be3 Bf8 (19... b5 20. Nh4 bxc4 21. Nf5 $16) 20. Nh4 g6 21. Nd5 Qb8 22.
Qb1 $14 {Thorsteins,K-Hansen,L/Kobenhavn 1989}) 17... Ne8 $5 $13) 17. Nxe5 dxe5
18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be3 Rc8 $5 {(/\20...Nd7,21...Bc6,a6-a5<=><<)} (19... a5 $5
20. Nb5 (20. Rb1 axb4 21. axb4 Bc6 $13 (21... Ba6 $6 22. Ra1 Bxc4 $2 23. Nb5
$18)) 20... Qc6 21. Na7 Qxe4 $6 (21... Qc7 $10) 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxb6 (23. c5
$5) 23... Rd2 24. Bf3 axb4 25. c5 $1 $36) 20. f3 h6 21. Bf1 (21. Na4 $5 {Dautov
} Nd7 22. c5 bxc5 23. Nxc5 (23. bxc5 $2 Qa5) 23... Nxc5 24. bxc5 $14) 21... Nd7
{[/\22...Bg5]} 22. Rd1 (22. Qf2 $5 {/\Na4} Bg5 (22... Bc6 23. Nd5 exd5 24. cxd5
Qb7 25. dxc6 Rxc6 $14) 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Rd1 f6 25. Qd2 Nf8 26. Qd6 $14 {/\Na4}
) 22... Bc6 23. Qd2 (23. Nd5 $5 {Dautov} exd5 24. cxd5 Bb7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. d6
Bxd6 27. Rxd6 b5 28. Kf2 (28. f4 f6 $10) 28... Kf8 $10) 23... Rd8 24. Qc1 $6 (
24. Qf2 $142 Rb8 $5 {(/\25...a5)} (24... Bg5 $6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qd2 $1 f6 27.
Qd6 $16) (24... a5 25. b5 (25. bxa5 {Dautov} bxa5 $132) 25... Bb7 26. Na4 $16))
(24. Nd5 $2 {Dautov} exd5 25. cxd5 Nb8 (25... Ba4 $2 26. d6 $16) 26. Qc2 Qd6
27. Bxb6 Ba4 $19) 24... a5 $1 $132 25. bxa5 (25. Qb2 {Dautov} axb4 26. axb4 Ra8
$10 {><b4}) 25... bxa5 26. Nb5 Qb8 {[/\27...Bc5]} (26... Bxb5 $5 {Dautov} 27.
cxb5 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. Bd2 a4 31. Bb4 (31. Rc1 Bb2) 31... Rc8
$132) 27. Qc3 $5 {[><a5]} a4 (27... Bc5 $2 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.
Qxe5 $16) 28. Qa5 f5 $1 (28... Qa8 29. Na7 $16 (29. Na7 {Dautov} Re8 30. Qc7
Nb8 31. c5 $16)) 29. exf5 (29. Nc7 Nf8 $132) (29. Qxa4 {Dautov} fxe4 30. fxe4
Bc5 $1 (30... Bxe4 $2 31. Nc3 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qb4 Rc8 34. Qxb8 Rxb8 35.
Re1 $16) (30... Nc5 $2 31. Qa7 $16) 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Qa7 Nxe4 33. Qxb8 Rxb8
$14) 29... exf5 30. Qxa4 (30. Qa6 $142 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Bxb7 32. c5 g6 $1 33. Bc4+
$14) 30... f4 31. Bf2 e4 $132 32. fxe4 (32. Qa6 $5 Ne5 $1 (32... e3 $2 {Dautov}
33. Bxe3 Bxb5 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. cxb5 fxe3 36. Bc4 $18) 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. fxe4
f3 $44 35. Nc3 (35. Nd4 {Dautov} Bc5 36. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+
39. Kh1 fxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ $10) 35... fxg2 36. Bxg2 Qd2 37. Qc8+
Kf7 (37... Kh7 {Dautov} 38. Qf5+ Ng6 39. Nd5 $16) 38. Nd5 $16) 32... Nc5 $5 (
32... Bxe4 33. c5 $36) 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qa7 (34. Qc2 Nxe4 $36) 34... Nxe4 35.
Bd4 (35. a4 Nxf2 36. Qxf2 Qf8 $40) (35. Bb6 $142 $1 {Dautov} Qe8 (35... Qxb6+
36. Qxb6 Bc5+ 37. Qxc5 Nxc5 $16) 36. Nd4 $16) 35... f3 $1 36. Qc7 $1 (36. gxf3
Nd2 37. Be2 Bf8 $5 $40 {(/\38...Qg5)} (37... Nxf3+ 38. Bxf3 Bxf3 $44) (37...
Bxf3 $44 {Dautov})) 36... Qe8 $5 (36... Qxc7 37. Nxc7 Nd2 $5 (37... fxg2 38.
Bxg2 Bxa3 39. Ne6 $14) 38. Nd5 Bxa3 39. Be3 Nxf1 40. Kxf1 fxg2+ 41. Kxg2 $10)
37. Na7 $1 $10 (37. Qe5 Qf7 $40 (37... f2+ {Dautov} 38. Kh1 (38. Bxf2 $2 Nxf2
39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Nc7 Qf8 41. Qxc6 Nh3+ 42. gxh3 Bc5+ $19) 38... Qf7 $44)) 37...
f2+ (37... Ba8 38. Qc8 (38. Qe5 {Dautov} f2+ 39. Kh1 Qf7 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qxa8
$4 Ng3+ 42. hxg3 Qh5#) 38... Qxc8 39. Nxc8 Bxa3 $10) (37... Bd7 38. Qe5 $14)
38. Bxf2 (38. Kh1 Ba8 $36 {(/\39...Nd2)}) 38... Qf8 $5 (38... Nxf2 39. Qxc6 $16
) 39. Qc8 $5 (39. Bd4 Bc5 (39... Nd2 40. Be2) 40. Qe5 $8 Qe7 $1 41. Qxe7 (41.
Qb8+ {Dautov} Be8 42. Nb5 $18) 41... Bxd4+ 42. Kh1 Nf2+ 43. Kg1 $10) 39... Nxf2
40. Nxc6 $6 $138 (40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Nxc6 Bc5 42. g3 Nd1+ 43. Kh1 Bxa3 $14)
40... Bc5 $6 (40... Nh3+ $1 41. Kh1 (41. gxh3 $4 Bc5+ 42. Kh1 Qxc8 $19) 41...
Nf2+ $10) 41. Ne7+ (41. Qxf8+ Kxf8 42. g3 Nd1+ (42... Ng4+ {Dautov} 43. Kh1
Bxa3 44. Be2 $14) 43. Kh1 Bxa3 $14) (41. Ne7+ Bxe7 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Kxf2 Bxa3
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 8th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 a6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15.
Bh4 Rac8 16. Rd4 h6 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Qb1 Bc6 19. Bg3 e5 20. Rdd1 Nc5 21. Nd2 Qb7
22. Bf1 Na4 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. b3 Bc6 25. Qb2 Nh5 26. Nb1 f5 27. f3 Bf6 28. Nc3
Nxg3 29. hxg3 e4 30. f4 d5 31. Qf2 dxc4 32. Bxc4+ Kh8 33. Be6 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1
Bd7 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Bxd7 Qxd7 37. Qc2 h5 38. Nf2 Kh7 39. a4 Be7 40. Qe2 Kh6
41. Qxa6 Bc5 42. Kh2 Bxe3 43. Nh3 h4 44. a5 Qd6 45. gxh4 g6 46. Qe2 Qd3 47. Qe1
Bd2 48. Qg3 Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Be1+ 50. Kh2 bxa5 {[#] Aktive schwarze Figuren,
Raum, bessere Bauernstruktur.} 51. g3 Kh5 52. Ng1 Kg4 53. Ne2 Kf3 54. Nd4+ Kf2
55. Kh3 (55. h5 gxh5 56. Nxf5 e3 57. Kh3 e2 58. Nh4 Bc3 59. Ng2 Bf6 60. f5 e1=Q
$19) 55... Bc3 56. Nc2 Bf6 57. g4 e3 58. g5 Bg7 59. h5 e2 60. hxg6 e1=Q 61.
Nxe1 Kxe1 62. Kg3 Ke2 63. Kg2 Ke3 64. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Groningen (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1999.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 a5 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. Rd1 Ra6 11. e4 a4 12. e5 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. Qb4 b6 15. Rd6
f4 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qxc5 O-O 18. Nh3 Bb7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qb5 Rxd6 21. exd6
Qh4+ 22. Kd2 Bc6 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 h6 25. Nh3 g5 26. Nf2 Nf6 27. h4 Kg7 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29. Re1 g4 30. fxg4 Bxg2 31. Re5 Rh8 32. Ra5 Rh2 33. Ke1 Bc6 34. Bc2
Kf7 35. Bxa4 Ne4 36. Bxc6 Nxf2 37. Ra7 Nd3+ 38. Kf1 Nxb2 39. Rxd7+ Kf6 40. c5
Nd3 41. Rd8 Ne5 42. Be4 Nc4 43. Rf8+ Ke5 44. d7 Kxe4 45. d8=Q Nd2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3
47. Rh8 Re2+ 48. Kd1 Ne4 49. Qd4+ Kxd4 50. Kxe2 Nxc5 51. Kf3 e5 52. Rd8+ Kc4
53. Rc8 Kd5 54. Rxc5+ Kxc5 {[#] Motto: "Getrennt marschieren, vereint schlagen"
} 55. Ke4 Kc4 56. g5 f3 57. Ke3 $1 (57. Kxf3 Kd3 58. g6 e4+ 59. Kf2 Kd2 60. g7
e3+ 61. Kf3 e2 62. g8=Q e1=Q $11) 57... f2 58. Kxf2 Kd3 59. Ke1 1-0

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 a6 8. e3
(8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3 b5 $1 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O bxc4 12. Na4 Be7 13. b3 d5 14.
bxc4 Nd7 $10 {Chernin,A-Portisch,L Moskva 1990}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 $146 (9. Be2
d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bf4 Ne5 $10 {Hulak,K-Portisch,L
Toluca izt 1982}) 9... d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 $6 (11. Rfd1 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 $10)
11... h6 12. Bh4 b6 13. a5 $2 (13. Rfb1 Bb7 14. b4 O-O 15. a5 Rfc8 $10) 13...
bxa5 14. Ne4 (14. Qa4 Rb8 15. Rfb1 Bd8 $17) 14... O-O 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nd2 (
16. Qa4 Rb8 17. Rfb1 Bd8 $17) 16... Rb8 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Nxa5 Rb4 $1 $17 19. Ra2
(19. Nb3 $2 Ba4 20. Ra3 Rfb8 $19) 19... Rfb8 20. Rfa1 g5 $1 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. b3
Qc5 23. Qe2 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bf6 25. Rd1 Bd8 26. Rda1 Qe5 27. Qf3 Rc8 28. Be4 (28.
Qe4 Qxe4 $1 29. Bxe4 d5 30. Bd3 Bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 32. Bf1 dxc4 $19) 28... d5
$1 (28... Rc5 $2 29. Nb7) (28... f5 $2 29. Bc6 $1 g4 30. Bxd7 gxf3 31. Bxc8 $16
) 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. cxd5 exd5 $2 (30... Bxa5 $1 31. Rxa5 Rxd5 $1 $19 32. Rxd5 (
32. Rxa6 Rxd3 $19) 32... Qxa1+ $19) 31. Qe2 Qc3 $2 (31... Bb5 32. Bxb5 Rbxb5
33. b4 Rc3 $15) 32. Bxa6 Bb5 33. Bxb5 Rbxb5 $2 (33... Rcxb5 $44) 34. Nc6 $1 $14
Bf6 35. Nd4 (35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Nd4 Rb8 $1 $10) 35... Rb8 $1 (35... Bxd4 $2 36.
exd4 Qxd4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 $18) 36. Ra8 $2 (36. Nf5 $14) 36... Rcc8 37.
Rxb8 $4 (37. R8a7 Bxd4 $10) 37... Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 (8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 10. b4 Na4 11. Qb3 b5 12. e4 a6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Be3 $5
(14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd5 16. e5 Re8 17. f4 g5 18. Bf2 Ne4 $13 {Miles,A-De
Firmian,N Manila 1990 49/672 0:1 37}) 14... exd5 15. e5 d4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Rd1
Nd5 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd6 $14 {Rychagov,A-Logovoi,A St.Peterburg
1996 66/(467)}) 8... Nce4 9. Qc2 (9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+
13. Qb4 Qc7 (13... Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Nc3 15. Bb2 $6 (15. e3 $5 e5 16. Ne2 $16)
15... d4 16. e4 Rb8 17. Bxc3 dxc3 18. b5 O-O 19. Rc1 a6 20. bxa6 Ra8 $10 {
Kanstler,B-Grinspon,E Israel 1996 1/2-1/2}) 14. fxe4 Rb8 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6
O-O 17. Nf3 (17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qa5 Rb6 19. e3 Rfb8 20. Rc1 Nxe4 21. Nf3 $16 {
Ivanchuk,V-DE Firmian,N Manila 1990 1:0 39}) 17... Nxe4 18. e3 Rb6 19. Bd3 Rxc6
20. Qd1 Nc3 21. Qd2 e5 22. Bb2 e4 23. Nd4 exd3 24. Nxc6 Ne4 25. Qxd3 Qxc6 26.
O-O $16 {Schandorff,L-Volzhin,A Gistrup 1996 1:0 40}) 9... d5 10. f3 Nd6 (10...
Ng4 $2 11. Nh3 $1 (11. fxg4 $2 Qf6 $19) (11. fxe4 Qf6 12. Bb2 Qf2+ 13. Kd2 Qf4+
$19) 11... Qf6 12. Ra2 $16) 11. c5 Nf5 (11... Nc4 12. e4 $14) 12. e3 e5 $2 (
12... Qc7 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (14... Qxd7 15. Ne2 O-O 16. O-O e5 17.
Rd1 Qe6 18. e4 $14) 15. Ne2 Qe5 16. Qc3 $14) (12... O-O 13. Bd3 Nh4 (13... Qc7
14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Ne2 $14) (13... Ne7 14. Bb2 $14) 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qf2 Ng6 16.
Ne2 e5 17. O-O Qc7 $14) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 $2 14. Qxf5 Bxb5 15. Qxe5+ $18)
14. Ne2 e4 $6 (14... Be6 $32 $14) 15. O-O h5 16. fxe4 (16. Nc3 $6 exf3 17. Rxf3
d4 $13) 16... dxe4 (16... Nxe4 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Bxe4 $1 (18. Bb2 $5 Nxe3 $13)
18... dxe4 19. Bb2 Nxe3 (19... Qg5 20. Nf4 Nxe3 21. Qd2 Nxf1 22. Ne6+ $18) 20.
Qb3 $1 Be6 $8 21. Qxe3 Qxb2 22. Nd4 Ba2 23. Rad1 $18) 17. c6 Nd6 (17... bxc6 $2
18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20. Qc5+ $18) 18. Bb2 Nxb5 19. Qc5+ (19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Qc5+ Qd6 21. Qxb5 bxc6 22. Qc4 $16) 19... Qd6 (19... Nd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rad1 Ke7 22. c7 Qd7 23. Nd4 (23. Rxf6 Kxf6 24. Rxd6+ $18) 23... b6 24. Nf5+ $18
) 20. Qxb5 Ng4 (20... bxc6 21. Qg5 $40) (20... Qxc6 21. Qg5 $40) (20... Qd5 21.
Qa4 Qxc6 22. b5 $40) 21. Ng3 (21. Nf4 bxc6 22. Qa5 Nxe3 23. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 (23...
Qxg6 24. Qd8#) 24. Nxh8 $18) 21... bxc6 (21... h4 22. cxb7 $18) 22. Qg5 f6 23.
Rad1 Qe7 (23... Qxd1 $2 24. Qc5+ $18) (23... Qc7 24. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Rxf6+
Nxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Rf1+ $18) 24. Nxh5 Be6 (24... Rh6 25. Rd8+
$1 Qxd8 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 (28... Qd6 29. Qg6+ $18) 29.
Rxf6 Qd1+ 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Rf7+ Ke6 33. Rh7+ Ke5 34. Rh5+ Bf5 35.
Qg3+ $18) 25. h3 $1 Nxe3 (25... Kg8 26. Nxf6+ $18) (25... Rxh5 26. Qxh5 Nxe3
27. Qh8+ Bg8 28. Bxf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6+ (27. Rxf6+ Bf7 (27... Ke8
28. Ng7+) 28. Qg7+) 1-0

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 (13... Qxb4+
$6 14. axb4 Nc3 15. e3 e5 16. Ne2 $16) 14. fxe4 Rb8 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 O-O 17.
Nf3 $5 (17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qa5 Rb6 19. e3 Rfb8 20. Rc1 Nxe4 21. Nf3 $16 {
Ivanchuk,V-de Firmian,N/Manila/1990/1:0/39/}) 17... Nxe4 18. e3 Rb6 (18... Bxc6
19. Qc2 {/\Bd3,0-0/}) 19. Bd3 Rxc6 20. Qd1 (20. O-O $2 Rxc1 21. Raxc1 Qxc1 $17)
20... Nc3 21. Qd2 e5 22. Bb2 $1 (22. O-O $6 e4 23. Nd4 Rh6 $1 $17) 22... e4 23.
Nd4 exd3 24. Nxc6 Ne4 $8 25. Qxd3 Qxc6 26. O-O $16 Qg6 27. Qd4 h5 28. Rac1 Bb5
29. Rf5 Nf6 30. Qf4 {/\Rf5+-/} Ne4 31. Rxd5 Ba6 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Bd3 34.
Rd5 Be2 35. Rc2 Bg4 36. Rd4 Bf5 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. Rb4 Rxb4 39. axb4 Nd6 40. Rc5
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Qc2 cxd4 (6... Bb7 {
is usually played here.}) 7. exd4 Bb7 8. a3 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5
11. a3 Be7 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Batik,F-Eliskases,
E/corr IFSB Bundesmeisterschaft 1932/Telechess CBM 89/[Eliskases] (38)}) (8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 $5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Ng5 Nf8 16. f4 h6 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Nf2 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Kincs,I 
(2235)-Bradbury,N (2350)/Budapest 1990/CBM 017 ext (41)}) 8... Be7 9. Be3 (9.
Bd3 Bxf3 $5 (9... d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h3
Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Bh2 a6 18. Nd2 h6 19. Qe3 Qa8 20. Bf1 d5 21.
Qd3 dxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 {1/2 Gofshtein,L-Kaspi,A/Lutsk 1986/EXT 2000}) (9... Qc8
10. O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Kh1 g6 14. Rg1 Nh5 15. f4 f5 16. Be2
Nf6 17. d5 Na5 18. b3 $13 {1-0 Portisch,L (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2600)/Bad
Kissingen 1983/Candidates (38)}) 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 (11... O-O 12. Rg1 g6
13. d5 Ne5 14. Be2 Qc8 15. Qb3 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 d6 $13 {1-0
Gofshtein,L (2385)-Levin,F (2295)/Kiev 1986/EXT 1997 (20)}) 12. O-O Na5 (12...
O-O 13. Rad1 Na5 (13... Re8 $5 {[%cal Yc6a5]} 14. Qe2 d5) 14. d5 Re8 15. Qe2
Nb7 16. Kh1 Nd6 17. Rg1 exd5 18. cxd5 g6 19. f4 $14 {0-1 Plaskett,J (2495)
-Polugaevsky,L (2625)/Luzern 1985/MCD (51)}) 13. Qa4 (13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rac1 d5
15. cxd5 {1/2 Portisch,L (2610)-Arnason,J (2540)/Reykjavik 1987/CBM 002}) 13...
O-O 14. Rac1 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Kg2 Bd6 18. Qb5 Qh4 19. h3 Nc4
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qh5 $44 {1-0 Szabo,V (2401)-Faber,H (2287)
/LSS 2008/Telechess CBM 131 (70)}) 9... d5 (9... O-O {is premature:} 10. Bd3 {
[%cal Yd4d5]} g6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qc8 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. h5 Nxh5 15. Rxh5 $1 a6
(15... gxh5 $2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Bg6 $18) 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {
1-0 Szabo,V-Martinez,J/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (23)} gxh5 18. O-O-O Kh8 19.
Qe2 Nc6 20. d5 $18) (9... d6 $5 {was quite appropriate.}) 10. c5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
That's the idea behind 9.Be3.} (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 $11) 10... bxc5 11.
dxc5 O-O 12. b4 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]} Ng4 $6 {The exchange on e3 just opens up
the f-file for White and allows the e3-e4 break.} (12... a6 {is probably more
solid.}) 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 h6 (14... g6 $5) 15. O-O Nd7 $6 (15... a6 $142
16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc6 $14) 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxc5 $6 {
Desperation. Black gets no compensation for the piece.} (18... Nf6 19. Qc4 Qc7
{was more stubborn.}) 19. bxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Qa5 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. a4 Rd5 23.
Nf4 Rd6 24. Nh5 {A kingside attack is the appropriate plan here.} Bb4 25. Rab1
Bc3 26. Rb5 Qc7 27. Qe3 Qc4 (27... Rc8 $142 {but after} 28. Ne5 {Black can
hardly survive} (28. Rc1 $143 Rc6)) 28. Rc1 Rd3 29. Qf4 Qa2 30. h4 Bb2 31. Rc7
Qa1+ 32. Kh2 a6 33. Rxb2 $5 (33. Rxf7 $144 Rxf7 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Rxf3 (
35... Be5+ 36. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 37. g3 Rd2+ 38. Kh3) 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Qxe6+ Kxh5 38.
gxf3 Be5+ 39. Kg2 $18) 33... Qxb2 34. Ne5 Rd2 35. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 36. Qg3+ Kh7 (
36... Kh8 37. Nxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rc8+) 37. Rxf7+ {So, there is a problem for Black
to solve in this system.} 1-0

[Event "Badalona op"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8.
Be2 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 d6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. b4 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. a3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Qb1 d5 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
exd5 exd5 22. Re1 Bd6 $6 (22... Bh4 $1 23. g3 (23. Rf1 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25.
f4 Qe6 26. Nf3 d4 $19) (23. Red1 Bf2 $17 24. Nxd5 $140 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qh5#)
23... Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Nf1 $8 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Qxc3 $19) 23. Nf1 Nf4 24. c5
Qg5 25. g3 Nxe2 26. Nxe2 Qf6 27. cxd6 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 d4 29. Nf4 Qh1+ 30. Kf2
Qf3+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3
(8. b3 $5) 8... Qc7 9. O-O (9. a3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2
Nbd7 14. h3 O-O 15. e4 $14 {Sherbakov,R-Gurevich,M/Helsinki/1992/1:0/33/Inf 55/
550/}) 9... b6 10. h3 Bb7 (10... Be7 11. e4 d6) 11. e4 Nc6 12. Re1 d6 (12...
Nb4 $6 13. Qe2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 {/\ 15 e4-e5}) 13. a3 O-O 14. Rb1 (14. b4 $6 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15) (14. Ne2 b5 15. cxb5 (15. b4 bxc4) 15... axb5 16. b4 $2 Bxb4
$17) 14... Nd7 (14... Rac8 $2 15. b4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne2) 15. b4 (15. Ne2
$5 a5 $10 (15... b5 $6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 $14) 16. Nc3 Nde5) 15... Nd4 16.
Nxd4 Bxd4 $10 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Rbc1 Ne5 20. Qd2 Bh4 21. Bg3 Be7 22.
Red1 $6 {[#]} (22. Nd4 $142) 22... f5 $1 23. exf5 $2 (23. Bxe5 dxe5 $15) (23.
Nd4 $5) 23... Qc6 24. Nf4 (24. f3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 24... g5 $1 25. b5 (
25. fxg6 Rxf4 26. gxh7+ Kh8 $19) 25... axb5 26. cxb5 Nf3+ $1 27. gxf3 $6 (27.
Kh1 Qxc1 $1 (27... Nxd2 $2 28. bxc6 gxf4 (28... Bxc6 29. Nxe6) 29. cxb7 Rxc1
30. Rxc1 fxg3 31. Rc8 $18) 28. Qxc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Nh4 31. Rc7
Bxg2+ 32. Kh2 Bd8 $17) 27... Qxf3 28. Kh2 (28. Kf1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 gxf4 30. Bxf4
e5 31. Bg3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Bf3+ $19) 28... gxf4 29. Rg1 Rxc1 $1 30. Qxc1 Kh8 $1
$19 (30... Qxd3 $2 31. Bh4+ Kf7 32. Qc7) 31. Qxf4 Qxd3 32. Bh4 Bxh4 33. Qh6 Rf7
34. Qxh4 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Nb5
Qc6 9. Nf3 d6 10. g4 a6 11. Nbd4 Qc7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. e3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qc6 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Rc1 g6 18. Bg2 e5 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. O-O Qe8 21. Qe2 Bg4
22. h3 Bf5 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Be4 27. Nxe5 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Bxg5 29. Qd5 {Anton Korobov is one of the most uncompromising players
out there with a distinguished fighting spirit. Here, though, he succumbed to
a tactical shot he missed against Italian youngster Pier Luigi Basso.} Rd8 $2 {
In an already much worse position, Korobov lets his young opponent win the
game with a queen sacrifice!} (29... Rc7 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxg5 Rf5 32. Qh4
Qc6+ 33. Kh2 Rxc5 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Qd7+ Qe7 37. Qd5+ Ke8 {
and Black has to sit tight and hope for the best.}) 30. Qxb7 $1 {A blunder?
No! a queen sac!} Rb8 31. c6 Nf6 (31... Rxb7 32. cxb7 {and Rc8 cannot be
prevented.}) 32. Nf3 $1 {Basso shows great accuracy! Now everything is hanging
while Black's king is stuck in something of a mating net!} h6 33. Nxg5 {
Flamboyant!} (33. Be5 {is a simpler version.}) 33... hxg5 34. Bxf6 Rxb7 35.
cxb7 Qe4+ {The passed pawn is gone but the mating net is still there!} 36. f3
Qxb7 37. Rd1 {38.Rd8 cannot be prevented while it is impossible for Black's
king to run out of the box! Black has to give up his queen for the rook but
the ensuing endgame is elementary as White will be up a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d5 (8... a5 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Qc2 $14) 9. cxd5 b6 10. b4 (
10. Bg5 $1 exd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 12. e3 O-O 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Nd4 Bxf1
15. Kxf1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Nf5 $14) 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e3 O-O-O
15. Kf2 $14) 10... Na4 11. Qb3 b5 12. e4 a6 13. Ne2 (13. Bd3 $1 exd5 14. e5 Qe7
15. Ra2 $1 O-O 16. Re2 Nd7 17. f4 Ndb6 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. O-O $14) 13... O-O 14.
Be3 exd5 15. e5 $16 d4 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Qe4 Qd7 19. Rd1
Bf5 $44) 16... Re8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6
Bxc6 22. Bd4 f6 23. f4 Rad8 24. h4 $2 (24. Be2 $1 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1
Nb2 27. Bb3+ Nc4 28. O-O Kf8 29. Re1 $16) 24... fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1
Nb6 27. Rh3 Nc4 28. Bxc4+ bxc4 29. Kd2 (29. Rg3 g6 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Kc3 Bb5 32.
Bd4 $14) 29... Rd8+ 30. Ke2 g6 31. Rc3 Bb5 32. g4 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Bd4 h5
35. gxh5 gxh5 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Rxc4 Kf5 38. Rc5+ Kg4 39. Bf6 Re8+ 40. Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 (6... a6 7. Bf4
b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 h6 15. Kf1 Qc7 16. b4 d6 17. Ne4 Rd8 $10 {Ionov,S-Anastasian,A/
St-Petersburg/1993/1-0/35/}) 7. e3 Qc7 8. Bd3 (8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. g4 $5 h6
11. Rg1 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Na5 $6 15. g5 Nh5 16. O-O-O $36 {
Ilanos,G-Panno,O/Trelew/1995/1-0/46/}) 8... b6 9. a3 (9. O-O a6 10. h3 Bb7 11.
e4 Nc6 $5 12. Re1 d6 13. a3 O-O 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. b4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne2
Bf6 $13 {Ruzele,D-Yemelin,V/Moscow(ol)/1994/0-1/45/}) 9... Bb7 10. b4 Be7 11.
e4 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bf4 $5 a6 14. Rfe1 Ng4 (14... O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5
Bd6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bg5 $14) 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Na4 O-O 17. h3 (17. Qe2 $5 Bc6
18. Nc3 $14) 17... Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 $1 b5 21. Nc3 Rfd8
$132 22. Ra1 Rd4 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. Red1 Rcd8 25. Nc3 Qc6 (25... Rd4 26. Ne2 R4d7
$10 27. a4 bxa4 28. Nc3 Rd4 29. Rxa4 Qd7 30. Be2 $13) 26. Kh2 g6 27. a4 bxa4
28. Rxa4 Rd4 29. Qe2 Qd7 (29... Bxc5 $2 30. bxc5 Rxa4 31. Bb5 axb5 32. Rxd8+
Kg7 33. Nxa4 bxa4 34. Qc4 $16) 30. Bc2 Bg5 31. Qg4 Bd2 32. Ne2 Rxe4 (32... Rc4
$1 33. Ra2 Rxc2 $1 34. Rxc2 Bf4+ 35. Nxf4 Qxd1 36. Qxd1 Rxd1 37. Ne2 $1 Kf8 $1
38. f3 $1 (38. Nc3 Rd4 39. b5 Rc4 $1 40. c6 Bc8 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. bxa6 Bxa6 43.
Rd7+ Kf6 $17) 38... Rb1 39. c6 Bc8 40. c7 Ke7 41. Rd2 Bd7 42. Rc2 Bc8 43. Rd2
$10) 33. Bxe4 Qxa4 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Bxb7 Qb5 36. Bf3 a5 (36... f5 37. Qg5 Rxe2
38. Bxe2 Qxe2 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. c6 Qxf2 42. c7 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+
44. Kf2 Qc2+ (44... Qf4+ 45. Ke2 Qe4+ 46. Kd2 Qxb4+ 47. Kc2 Qc4+ 48. Kb2 Qb4+
49. Ka2 $1 Qc4+ 50. Ka3 Qc3+ 51. Ka4 Qc4+ 52. Ka5 Qc5+ 53. Kxa6 $16) 45. Kg3
f4+ 46. Kh2 f3 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ $10) 37. bxa5 Qxc5 38. Ng3 Qxa5 39. Qg5 f5
$36 40. Qf6 (40. Qe7 Qb6 $10) 40... Rd6 41. Bb7 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 ({The main alternative is} 8. b4) 8... d5 {The most aggressive way of play
connected with the following pawn sacrifice. More positional continuations are
8...a5 and 8...d6.} 9. cxd5 b6 10. b4 Na4 11. Qc2 ({Another line is} 11. Qb3 {
, for instanse see the commented game Vaisser,A-Fressinet,L/Meribel 1998/CBM
67 [Golod,V]}) 11... b5 12. e4 {[%csl Rb5]} a6 13. Bd3 (13. Be3 exd5 (13... O-O
$5) 14. e5 O-O 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Moskow,E/New
York 1992/EXT 97 (29)}) (13. Bg5 exd5 14. e5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 Nh5 17. Ne2
Be6 18. Qc6+ Kf8 19. g4 Ng7 20. h4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kramer,G-Glattacker,G/Bad
Woerishofen 1991/EXT 98 (72)}) 13... Bb7 {Probably black should put more
attention to the immediate castle.} (13... O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd5 16. e5
Qe8 17. f4 Nh5 18. Bg3 Bg4 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Qd2 f6 $36 {1-0 Kallio,H-Ahlander,B/
Gothenburg 2001/CBM 81 (45)}) (13... exd5 14. e5 $14) 14. dxe6 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This obvious move appeares to be a novelty!} ({Appeared in practice} 
14. Qf2 {- see the commented game Hillarp Persson,T-Brynell,S/Gothenburg 1999/
CBM 69 [Golod,V]}) 14... fxe6 15. Ne2 (15. Be3 $6 Rc8 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Ne2 Nb2
$132) 15... Qb6 16. Bf4 {Black's compensation for the pawn is not sufficient.
White will soon transfer his dark-squared bishop to the diagonal g1-a7.} O-O
17. Rd1 Rf7 (17... Rac8 18. Qd2 (18. Qb3 $143 Rfd8) 18... Rfd8 19. Be3 {
followed by 20.0-0.}) 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Qb3 Bxe4 $5 {This desperate simply does
not work. On the other hand it is impossible to point out clear improvement,
since black has no compensation for the pawn.} (19... Qe3 20. Bf2 Qg5 21. O-O
$18) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rc3 22. Qa2 Rxg3 {Black decided to die in style.} (
22... Rc4 23. Rf1 $18) 23. hxg3 $1 (23. Nxg3 Nc3 24. Qd2 Nxd1 25. Kxd1 Rf2 {
and black still keeps some hope.}) 23... Qf2+ {The play is now forced for a
while.} 24. Kd2 Rd7+ 25. Kc1 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Qxe4+ 27. Qc2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxe2 29.
Qxe2 Nc3+ 30. Kc2 Nxe2 31. Rd6 {In the end of the storm black landed in a very
disappointing endgame, to say the least...} Kf7 32. Rxa6 Nxg3 33. Rb6 Ne2 34.
Kd2 Nf4 35. Rxb5 Nxg2 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Syre Memorial op 29th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {La partie au sommet du tournoi: le GMI avait un 1/2 point de retard sur
son adversaire et il devait impérativement l'emporter pour gagner le tournoi.}
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {La variante CAPABLANCA donne généralement une
légère avance de dévelloppement pour les noirs en contre-partie d'un avantage
structurel pour les blancs (paire de B et parfois aussi avantage d'espace)} c5
(4... O-O 5. a3 (5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. g3 b6
10. Bg2 Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} (10... Bb7) 11. Nd2 Rc8 $132 {[%cal Gc8c3,Rd7d5]}))
5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 {La ligne principale} 14. Bf2 c5 (14... f5) 15. e4 (
15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. dxc5 f5 $1 {Kramnik,V (2770)
-Kasparov,G (2849) BGN World Chess Championship (8) 1/2 La forte nouveauté de
KASPAROV lors du match de Londres sacrifiant le pion "b6" pour l'initiative})
15... Ne7 16. Bb5 Bc6) (4... d5 {N.SHORT était un des rares GMI а jouer cette
ancienne variante mais cette dernière connait un regain récent de popularité
et TOPALOV a d'ailleurs commencé а la jouer.} 5. cxd5 exd5 (5... Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 {[%cal Gf5c2]} 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 {[%csl Gc8,Ge7]} 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Be6
{[%csl Gd5]}) 6. Bg5) 5. dxc5 Qc7 {Un premier carrefour dans la partie où les
noirs ont plusieurs alternatives} (5... O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9.
e3 h6 {Brunner,N (2407)-Spraggett,K (2578) XXIVe Open de Metz 2006 (7.2) 1/2})
(5... Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5] Une variante risquée où les noirs doivent rentrent
dans des complications pour éviter les pertes matérielles. Cette variante
était considérée comme douteuse au début des années 80 avant que les noirs
n'arrivent а trouver du contre-jeu qui rend la ligne jouable} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 (8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 $1 10. b4 Na4 11. Qb3 b5 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3
O-O) 8... Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 (10. cxd5) 10... b6 11. f3 $1 bxc5 12. bxc5
Qa5+ 13. Qb4 $1 Qc7 $1 14. fxe4 Rb8 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 O-O $13 {[%csl Re1]
Les noirs ont des compensations pour la pièce sacrifiée avec la forte avance
de développement et le K blanc au centre} (16... Bxc6 $6 17. Qc2 (17. Bf4 $142
$1 {[%csl Rc6,Re8][%cal Ga4c6] Une forte amélioration suggérée par GOLOD})
17... Nxe4 18. Nf3) 17. exd5 {Van Wely,L (2645)-Palo,D (2394) EUCup 18th
Chalkidiki 2002 (1) 1-0} (17. Bd2)) (5... Bxc5 {La pratique semble démontrer
que les noirs ont des difficultés dans cette variante pour égaliser.} 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. a3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5g5]} 11. exd4 Qxg5
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 d6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Rhb1 Bc6 18. a4
$14 {Les blancs ont une bonne finale et un avantage d'espace}) 6. a3 (6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. Bg5 a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 $11)
6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 (7. b4 Be7 8. Nb5 Qc6 9. Nf3 d6 10. Nfd4 Qb6 11. e3 a6 12. Nc3
O-O 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bb2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f4) 7... a6 8. e3 b6 {
[%cal Gc8b7,Gb8d7,Gd7d6,Gc5e7,Ga8c8] Adoptant le plan classique du hérisson} 9.
b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qb8 $146 {
[%cal Gc8c2,Gb8a8] Un coup thématique sur le hérisson et multifonction:   la Q
laisse place а un vis-à-vis Q R sur la colonne "c"  Les R noires peuvent être
doublées sur la colonne "c" comme dans la partie La Q peut venir accentuer la
pression sur la diagonale "a8h1' par Q a8} ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Qb1 Qb8 16. h3
Rfd8 17. a4 Qa8 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Ne1 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qa2 a5 22. Bf3 Bxf3
23. Nxf3 d5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Nd2 Rc7 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Nc4 h6
29. Qc2 {Cherniakhovsky,P (2237)-Savon,V (2427)/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 
(48)}) 15. b4 {Prend de l'espace mais le Pc4 sur une colonne semi-ouverte
s'est légèrement affaibli et il était plus difficile aux noirs de trouver du
contre-jeu en évitant la poussée "b4"} (15. Qb1 O-O {Une boutade célèbre du
GMI SUBA: Dans les positions de hérisson, les blancs sont bien mais ils ne
peuvent pas améliorer leur position alors que les noirs sont moins bien mais
ils peuvent améliorer leur position!}) 15... O-O 16. Qb3 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gf8c8]
Commence а faire pression sur le P"c4"} 17. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb1d2] Le
lorrain anticipe également et il renforce la protection du P "c4"} Rfc8 18.
Nbd2 Qa8 $11 {[%cal Ge7f8] La fin du plan classique des noirs. Les deux camps
ont placé les pièces sur les meilleurs emplacements} 19. Bf1 e5 $1 {Pour
gagner la partie, il est nécessaire de provoquer des déséquilibres mais les
blancs peuvent difficilement profiter de la case "d5"} 20. Be2 Bc6 {[%cal
Gb6b5] Avec l'idée de casser l'étau de Maroczy} 21. Nb1 (21. Nh4 $5 {[%csl Rf5]
} Bf8) 21... Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4c3]} (21... b5 $6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nc3 $1 {
[%csl Rb5] Par rapport а cette variante Ne4 permet d'échanger le Nc3 et la
poussée libératrice "b5" est réalisée dans des bonnes conditions.} Qb8) 22. Ne1
{[%cal Gf2f3] Un coup prophylactique contre ... b5! pour chasser un attaquant
de la case "c3"} b5 23. f3 (23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nc3 Nxc3) 23... Nef6 (23... bxc4
$1 24. Bxc4 d5 25. Be2 Nef6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nc3 Qb8 26.
e4 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]} Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4] "e4" a affaibli les cases
noires centrales et le GMI exploite immédiatement la faiblesse.} 27. g3 Ne6 28.
Nc2 {[%csl Gd4]} Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rh3] Les pièces noires sont
très actives} 30. Nd5 {Une concession importante, les blancs sont contraints
d'échanger des pièces pour faire baisser la pression mais au détriment de la
perte du contrôle de la case "d5"} Nxd5 31. exd5 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Rh3]} 32. Ne3
Bh3+ 33. Kh1 h5 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Qd3 Bd7 36. h4 $6 $138 Nh7 (36... Nh3 $5 {
[%cal Gh3f2,Ge2d3]} 37. Rf1 $8 (37. Kg2 Bxh4 $3 {[%cal Gh3f4,Rf4d3,Rf4g2]}))
37. Bf1 Bf8 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Bxc1 g6 {[%csl Gf5]} 40. Nd1 Nf6 {Le contrôle du
temps est passé et si le GMI est très légèrement mieux, le français s'accroche
а la nulle qui équivaudrait а une victoire finale. ait} 41. Be3 Qa6 {[%csl Ra3]
} 42. Bg5 Ne8 43. Bd8 Qc8 44. Bb6 Qc1 45. Be3 Qa1 46. Be2 Ng7 47. Bf2 (47. Kg2
Nf5) 47... Nf5 {[%csl Rd4]} 48. Kg2 Bh6 $1 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Ne7 51. g5 Bg7
52. Ne3 Qa2 {[%csl Rd5]} 53. Bf3 Nf5 54. Nc2 Bf8 55. Qc3 Nxh4+ $1 {[%csl Gh4]
[%cal Gf2h4,Rf5h4] Diagramme [#] Le jeune français avait bien résisté aux
manoeuvres noires mais il finit par craquer sous la pression.} (55... Ne7 56.
Ne3 Bf5 57. Nxf5 $2 (57. Kg1) 57... gxf5 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge5e4]}) 56. Bxh4
Bf5 57. Bd1 Qxd5+ 58. Bf3 e4 (58... Qa2) 59. Be2 e3+ 60. Bf3 $2 (60. Kg1 $8)
60... Qa2 61. Bd1 e2 {[%mdl 2048] Non seulement cette partie était décisive
pour l'octroi de la victoire finale mais c'était la dernière а se terminer du
tounoi! La partie est particulièrement instructive par l'exploitation des
petits avantages par le GMI;} 0-1

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 10th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Admiraal, Miguoel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3
b6 (8... a6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rg1 bxc4 14. Bxc4
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qe2 d5 18. Bd3 Bb4 19. Na4 Qd6 20. h4 Kf8 21.
g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nd7 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 e5 25. Bf5 Rd8 26. Qg4 Bc6 27. f4
Bxa4 28. fxe5 Qb6 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6 Ke7 31. Bxd5 Nc5 32. Qd4 Qg6+ 33. Ka1
Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Bc6 35. Qe5+ Ne6 36. Rc1 Bd7 37. Qd5 Qxg5 38. Qxg5+ {Akobian,V 
(2626)-Kuzubov,Y (2635) Lubbock 2009 1/2-1/2}) 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1
$146 (11. Be2 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Rhd1 Rfc8 16. Bd3 h6
17. Ka2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nc6 20. Ba4 Qb6 21. Qd3 Ra5 22. Kb1 Rca8 23.
Qc2 Rc5 24. Qd3 Ba6 25. Qd2 Na5 26. Qc2 Rc7 27. Nd2 Rb8 28. b4 Bxb4 29. axb4
Qxb4 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. Ka1 Nxb2 {0-1 (31) Matthiesen,M (2306)-Sorensen,J (2422)
Denmark 2013}) 11... Nc6 12. a3 O-O-O $6 (12... O-O 13. Ng5 {[%cal Gc3d5]} h6
14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. g4 Rac8 17. h4 b5 (17... d5 18. Ng5 $1 $40 {
[%cal Gc2h7,Gh1h7]}) 18. c5 (18. g5 $13)) 13. Ng5 Rdf8 14. Nce4 Be7 15. Nxf6
gxf6 16. Nxh7 Rd8 17. Nxf6 Ne5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc3 Rh4 20. h3 Rg8 21. f3 Bc5 22.
Qf2 Rh5 23. Na4 f4 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Re1 a5 26. Qd2 fxe3 27. Qxe3 Ng6 28. Qxc5+
bxc5 29. Bc3 Nh4 30. Rh2 a4 31. bxa4 Rh6 32. Rc1 Rhg6 33. Rc2 Kc7 34. Be1 Nf5
35. Bd3 Rb8 36. Rb2 Rgg8 37. Ba5+ Kd6 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. Bd2 Kc7 40. Kc2 Bc6 41.
a5 Ba4+ 42. Kc1 Rxb2 43. Kxb2 Rb8+ 44. Kc1 Bb3 45. h4 Bxc4 46. h5 Bg8 47. h6
Bh7 48. Bf4+ d6 49. Rh1 Re8 50. Rd1 Re6 51. Rxd6 Rxd6 52. a6 Kb6 53. Bxd6 c4
54. Kb2 Kxa6 55. Kc3 Kb5 56. Bb4 Ka4 57. Kxc4 f4 58. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 $5 {Piket} 7. Bd2
Nxc5 8. Rc1 $5 (8. Rb1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 (10. b3 $5 Qxa3 11. f3 d5 12.
b4 Na4 13. Bxf6 gxf6) 10... Nxa4 11. Bd2 Ne4 $10) (8. Rd1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10.
Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Be5 b6 $1 (11... Ng4 $5 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 e5 14. h3 exd4 15.
hxg4 Rxg4 16. b3 (16. Rxh7 $143 $14)) 12. e3 Ba6 13. b3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 15. Nf3
Rc8 16. Nd2 d5 $1 $10) (8. e4 $1 Bxc3 (8... d6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. Nd4 $1 (10. Rd1
$2 Ba4 11. axb4 Bxc2 12. bxa5 Nd3#) (10. Rb1 Ba4 11. b3 Bxb3 12. Rxb3 Nxb3 13.
Qxb3 Qxa3 14. Qxa3 Bxa3 15. Nb5 Bc5 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Nxe4 $1 18. Be3 Bxe3
19. fxe3 Rxa8 $15) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6 12. f3 Na4 13. Rd1 $14) 9. Bxc3 Qa4
10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. e5 Ne4 (11... Nxc3 12. exf6 Na4 13. fxg7 Rg8 14. b3 $5 Nc5
15. b4 Na4 $14) 12. Bd4 Nec5 13. O-O-O $5 Nb3+ 14. Kc2 Nxd4+ 15. Rxd4 $14) 8...
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. b4 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Na4 $1 (11... Nce4 $6 12. Ba1 $1 d5 13.
c5 h6 14. Nf3 Ng5 15. h4 Ngh7 16. e3 $16) 12. Bxf6 $5 (12. Be5 Ke7 $1 13. Rd2
Ne8 14. e4 d6 15. Bg3 b6 $1 {<->c4}) (12. Ba1 $143 $5) (12. Bd4 $142 d6 13. f4
$5 b6 $5 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. e3 $14) 12... gxf6 13. e4 a5 $1 14. Bd3 Rg8 $6 (14...
d6 $142 15. f4 $1 Ke7 16. Kf2 Bd7 17. Nf3 axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 $10 {/^a}) 15. Ne2
(15. f4 $142 $1 d6 16. Kf2 $14) 15... Rxg2 $3 16. Ng3 axb4 17. axb4 (17. Bf1 $2
b3 $1) 17... Nc5 18. Bf1 Nd3+ $1 19. Bxd3 (19. Ke2 $2 Rxf2+ 20. Kxd3 Ra3+ 21.
Rc3 Rf3+) 19... Rxg3 20. hxg3 Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Rxh1 22. Ra2 $146 {<->c8} d6 $1 (
22... Kd8 $2 23. c5 Kc7 24. b5 Rh5 25. b6+ Kb8 26. Rc2 $16) 23. Ra8 Kd7 $1 (
23... Kd8 $2 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Be4 $18) 24. Bc2 {P 25. a4, 26. e8} Rf1 {
25. e2 c1=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skomorokhin, Roman"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 (8. f3) 8... Nce4 9. Qc2 (9. Qd4) (9. Qb2) 9... Nxf2 $5 (9... d5 10. f3 (10.
c5 $2 Nxf2 $1 11. Kxf2 Ne4+ 12. Ke1 Qf6 $19) (10. cxd5 $5) 10... Nd6 11. c5 Nf5
(11... Nc4 12. e4 b5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bb2 O-O 16. O-O Qe7 17. Be5
Rd8 18. Rfd1 $16 {Shemiakin,A-Gasanov,R/Simferopol/1989/1:0/35/}) 12. e3 e5 $1
(12... Qc7 $6 13. Rb1 (13. Bd3 $1) 13... e5 14. g4 (14. Bb5+ Bd7) 14... Ne7 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Be2 Ne8 19. O-O f6 20. Rbc1 a6 21. f4 $14
{Leyva,H-Moran,A/Habana/1992/0.5/72/}) (12... O-O $6 13. Bd3 $1 Qc7 14. Bxf5 $1
exf5 15. Ne2 Re8 16. O-O Qe5 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 a6 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Bb2 $16 {
Morales,J-Perera,P/ESP/1989/1:0/41/}) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 $2 14. Qxf5 Bxb5
15. Qxe5+ $18) 14. Ne2 e4 $2 (14... Be6 $5) (14... a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 h5
17. O-O h4 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. e4 Ne7 20. Bg5 d4 21. f4 Rh5 $1 $13 {Budovic,
E-Kosikov,J/MDA/1979/0.5/32/}) 15. O-O h5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. c6 $1 Nd6 18. Bb2
$1 Nxb5 19. Qc5+ Qd6 20. Qxb5 $16 {Ivanov,S-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg/1996/1:0/27/}
) 10. Kxf2 Ng4+ 11. Kg3 (11. Ke1 $2 Qf6 $19 12. Bb2 Qf2+ (12... Qxf1+ $2 13.
Kxf1 Ne3+ 14. Kf2 Nxc2 15. Rc1 $18) 13. Kd2 Qe3+ (13... Ne3 $6 14. Qc1) 14. Ke1
Qf2+ $10) 11... h5 12. Qb2 (12. h3 $5 Qf6 13. hxg4 h4+ 14. Kh3 Qxa1 15. Nf3 $14
) (12. Nf3 $5) 12... e5 $1 13. h4 (13. h3 $2 h4+ $1 14. Kxg4 d5+ 15. Kf3 Qf6+
16. Ke3 Qf4+ 17. Kd3 Bf5+ 18. e4 (18. Kc3 Qxc4+) 18... Qxf1+ $19) (13. Nf3 $2
h4+ 14. Kxg4 d5#) 13... Qf6 14. Nf3 Qg6 15. e4 Qxe4 16. Qb1 Qc6 $146 17. Bd3 d6
18. Ng5 $1 f6 (18... O-O $2 19. Be4 Qxc4 20. Bd5 $18) 19. Rf1 $1 (19. Ne4 $2 f5
) 19... fxg5 $6 (19... Bd7 $5 $13) 20. Bg6+ Kd8 21. Bxg5+ Kc7 22. Rf7+ Bd7 (
22... Kb8 23. Qd3 $36) 23. Bf5 Rad8 24. Bxd8+ (24. Qd3 $5 Nh6) 24... Rxd8 25.
Qe4 $1 Nh6 26. Bxd7 $2 (26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Qxc6+ bxc6 28. Bxd7 $16) 26... Qxe4
27. Bf5+ Nxf7 28. Bxe4 Nh6 $15 29. Rf1 b6 30. Bg6 Rc8 $1 31. Bxh5 Kd7 32. Be2 (
32. Bf7 $2 Rf8) 32... Ke7 33. Kh3 $2 (33. Bd3 Ng8 34. Kf3 Nf6 35. Ke3 $10)
33... Ng8 $1 34. g4 Nf6 35. g5 (35. Bd3 d5 $1 $36) 35... Ne4 36. Bd3 Nd2 37. g6
$2 (37. Rc1 d5 $17) 37... Nxf1 38. Bxf1 Kf6 $19 39. h5 Kg5 40. Bd3 Rf8 41. Kg3
Rf4 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sieglen, Joachim"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Sieglen,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 a6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
e4 (15. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Rad1 (17. Be4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 d5 $1 $19)
17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 g6 $19 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rg8) 15... Nd7 (15... d5 $2
16. cxd5 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 exd5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nd4 $16) (15... Rac8 $5 16. e5 dxe5
17. Bxe5 Qc6 18. Bxf6 $2 (18. Rfe1 h6 19. Rac1) 18... Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
Rac1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Rc7) 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. f4 g6 (17... Rac8 18. e5
dxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8) (17... e5 $5 18. fxe5 (18. Nf5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2
Ne5) 18... Bxe5) 18. Nb3 Qd8 (18... Rac8) (18... Rfd8) (18... b5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6
20. c5) 19. Rae1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qf6 $2 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qg5 23. Be4 Bxe4
24. Rxe4 Rad8 25. Qe2 Nb8 26. Nd4 Rd7 27. Nf3 Qh6 $4 (27... Qd8 28. Qe3 (28.
Rh4 Nc6 29. Qe3 (29. Qe4 Ne7 30. Ng5 Nf5) 29... f6) 28... Rd1 29. Qh6 Rxf1+ 30.
Kxf1 Qd1+ 31. Re1 Qd3+ 32. Kf2 f6) 28. Rh4 Qg7 29. Ng5 h6 30. Ne4 Rdd8 31. Nf6+
Kh8 32. Qe3 g5 33. Rd4 $1 b5 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Qb6 Rc8 37. Qxb5
Qg6 38. Qb7 Rf8 39. Qe7 Kg7 40. Ne8+ Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. b5 Rc8 43. a4 h5 44.
a5 g4 45. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. f3
$5 $146 (8. b3 d5 $5 9. Ra2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) (8. Rc1) 8...
Bxc3 $8 (8... d5 $2 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qa4 11. cxd5 $16) (8... d6 9. Rd1 Bxc3
10. Bxc3 $16 {><d6}) 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Bd4 d6 {/\ e5} 12. O-O-O (
12. b3 Nc5 13. Rb1 e5 $10) 12... e5 13. Bf2 Be6 (13... Ke7 14. e4 Be6) 14. e4 (
14. Rxd6 $6 Bxc4 $36) 14... Ke7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Kb2 Rhc8 $5 (16... a6 {/\ b5}
17. Ne2 b5 18. Nc3 $1 bxc4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 $14 {><d5}) 17.
Ne2 $8 b5 $132 18. cxb5 (18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 (19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd4 Rb6 $10)
19... Rxc4 20. Nc3 Rcc8 21. Bxb5 a5 $10) 18... Bxb3 (18... Nxb3 19. Nc3 Rc7 20.
Bd3 Rac8 21. Na4 $5 $14) 19. Rd2 (19. Rc1 $2 Nd3+ $19) 19... Bc4 $6 (19...
Nfxe4 $2 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bh4+ Ke6 (21... g5 22. Bxg5+ $1 Nxg5 23. Kxb3 $18)
22. Rd3 Bc4 23. Re3 $16) (19... Be6 20. Nc3 a6 21. a4 Nfd7 $1 $13 {/\ Nb6}) 20.
Nc3 Nb3 21. Rc2 $1 (21. Rd1 Na5 $132) 21... Na5 (21... Be6 $5 22. Be2 Na5 23.
Rhc1 $14) 22. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 23. Kb3 $16 {><a7,<->c} a6 (23... Na5+ 24. Kb4 $16)
24. Rhc1 $1 (24. Nd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Kxc4 Nf4 $1 (26... axb5+ 27. Kxd5
Rxa3 28. Kc6 Ra2 29. Rf1 b4 30. Kb5 b3 31. Kb4 b2 32. Rb1 $18) 27. b6 $8 Rc8+
28. Kb3 (28. Kb4 $2 Nd3+ 29. Ka5 Nxf2 30. Rb1 Kd7 31. b7 Rb8 32. Rb3 $8 (32.
Kxa6 Nd3 $19) 32... Nd3 33. Rxd3 Rxb7 $15) 28... Nd3 29. Be3 Nc5+ 30. Kb4 Kd7
31. Ka5 Kc6 32. Bxc5 dxc5 $13 33. Rb1 Kb7) 24... Rab8 (24... axb5 25. Nxb5 Na5+
(25... Nd2+ 26. Kb4 $18) 26. Kb4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 $18 {o^a}) (24... Kd7 25. Kb4 $1
$16) 25. a4 Na5+ $2 $138 (25... Kd7 $8 26. Kb4 $16 {/\ a5,Nd5}) 26. Kb4 $1 (26.
Ka2 Kd7 27. bxa6 Nc6 $132) 26... Nc6+ $8 (26... Nc4 27. Nd5+ Nxd5+ 28. exd5 a5+
29. Kb3 $18) 27. Ka3 axb5 (27... Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Nd5+ $18) 28. axb5 Ra8+
29. Na4 $1 $18 Na7 30. Rc7+ (30. Rc7+ Kd8 31. Rxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8.
Be2 b6 9. b3 (9. g4 {- 84/439}) 9... Bb7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rd1 (11. O-O {- 41/
(639), 46/(758)}) 11... Be7 12. Rd2 $146 (12. O-O d6 (12... O-O $2 13. Ng5 Rd8
14. Nd5 exd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. cxd5 d6 18. Bh5 $16 Bxg5 19. Qh8+
Ke7 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Qxg5+ Ke8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Qf5 Qe7 24. Rc4 Nd7 25. Rc7 Bc8
26. Rfc1 Kd8 27. Bg4 Qe8 28. R1c6 Rg8 29. h3 b5 30. Qf4 Qf8 31. Bxd7 Bxd7 32.
Qf6+ Ke8 33. Rxd6 Rd8 34. Rdxd7 {1-0 Kiriakov,P-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin 1999/CBM
74 (34)}) 13. Nd4 $14 {/\e4} (13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. Rd2 Rc8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Rcd1
Rfd8 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 $11 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. cxd5 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bc4 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Zpevakova,K-Sergeev,
N/ICCF Email 2000/ICCF tele 5/2001 (25)})) 12... d6 13. g4 $5 (13. O-O Nbd7 14.
Nd4 $14 {/\e4} (14. e4 Nc5 $11)) 13... h6 $1 (13... Nxg4 14. Rg1 $16 {/\Rg7}) (
13... Nbd7 14. g5 Ng4 $13 {/\Nge5}) 14. Rg1 g5 15. h4 (15. Kd1 Nbd7 16. Kc1 $13
) 15... Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nd4 Nbd7 (17... Nc6 $2 18. Ncb5 $1 Qd7 19. Nxc6
Qxc6 (19... Bxc6 20. Bxf6 $16) 20. Nxd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxf6 $16) 18. Kd1 $1 (18. f4
{(><e4)} Nc5 $17 (18... gxf4 19. exf4 d5 20. cxd5 Qxf4 21. dxe6 fxe6 $36))
18... Rc8 (18... O-O-O $5) (18... d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 (21.
Rxc2 Bxd5 22. f3 $13) 21... Bxd5 22. f3 $14) 19. e4 (19. Kc1 $5 d5 (19... Qb8
$5 {/\d5, /\b5, <->c}) 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qh2 22. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 23. Nf3
Qxf2 (23... Qh3 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rgd1 $36 {^^}) 24. Nxb6 $13) 19... Ne5 $13 {
[20.f3, /\Kc1-b1]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petah Tikva Liberman"]
[Site "Petah Tikva"]
[Date "1998.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 (9. Qd3 d5 10. cxd5 $2 (10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Be3 O-O (11... Nxe3 12.
Qxe3 O-O 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Rd1 Qc4 15. Rc1 Qd5 16. Rd1 $11 (16. g3 Rd8 17. Bg2
a5 $15)) 12. Bd4 e5 $5 13. h3 $1 (13. Nxe5 Nexf2 14. Bxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qf6+
$17) (13. Bxe5 Ngxf2 $19) 13... exd4 (13... Ngxf2 14. Bxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 e4 16.
Qxd5 exf3 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. exf3 $16) 14. hxg4 Qc7 15. cxd5 Qc3+ 16. Qxc3 dxc3
$11) 10... Nxf2 $3 11. Kxf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 (12. Ke1 Qf6 13. Rb1 Qf2+ 14. Kd2 Qxf1
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 exd5 17. Bb2 O-O $15) 12... Qf6 (12... Qd6+ 13. Kxg4
exd5+ 14. Kf3 Qf6+ 15. Bf4 Qxa1 16. Nh3 O-O 17. Ng5 g6 18. e3 $132) 13. Nf3 (
13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qxb7 Rc8 $17 (14... Qf2+ 15. Kh3 (15. Kxg4 h5+ $19) 15... Rc8
(15... exd5 16. Qxa8+ Ke7 17. Qxd5 Ne3+ 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Nf3
$16) 16. Nf3 Nf6 (16... e5 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Kxg4 e4 $17) 17. Be3 Qxe3 18. g3
g5 $19)) (13. Kxg4 $4 h5+ $19 14. Kg3 (14. Kh3 exd5+ 15. g4 Qxf1+ 16. Kh4 (16.
Kg3 h4#) 16... Qf2+ 17. Qg3 hxg4+ 18. Kg5 Qf6#) 14... h4+ 15. Kg4 exd5+ $19)
13... Qxa1 (13... h5 $5 14. Bg5 (14. Ra2 h4+ 15. Nxh4 Qf2+ 16. Kxg4 Rxh4+ 17.
Kg5 Qf6#) 14... Qxa1 15. dxe6 O-O 16. exf7+ Rxf7 $15) 14. Bd2 (14. Qb5+ Kd8 15.
Qc5 Nf6 $17) 14... Nf6 15. e4 exd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. Bc3 Qxc3 {0-1 Thomas
G-Winter W/London 1927}) 9... Nd6 $1 $146 (9... d5 10. c5 d4 $5 (10... b6 11.
f3 O-O 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. e3 e5 15. Nf3 d4 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Nxe5
Re8 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 f6 20. O-O fxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 $18 {1-0 Dao
Thien Hai-Kovacs,J/HUN-chT 1993 (28)}) (10... h6 11. f3 (11. Nh3 $2 d4 12. f3
e5 $3 13. fxe4 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxe4 15. Bg2 (15. Rg1 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qf2 17. Rh1 O-O
$44 {->}) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Nc3+ $1 (16... Nf2+ $2 17. Kc2 Nxh1 18. Bxb7 O-O
19. Bxh1 $18) (16... O-O 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rg1 $16) 17. Kc2 $16 {0-1 Greenfeld,
A-Mokry,K/Haifa 1989 (25)}) 11... Ng5 12. Bf4 (12. h4 Ngh7 13. Bf4 $14) (12.
Qe5 Ngh7 13. Bb2 O-O (13... Nf8 14. e3 Ng6 15. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Lazarev,V-Moulain,
J/Cannes 1995 (65)}) 14. e3 Ne8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne2 b6 17. Rc1 bxc5 18. Rxc5
Nhf6 19. O-O $14 {1-0 Kharlov,A-Tunik,G/Budapest GM 1992 (48)}) 12... Nh5 (
12... O-O 13. e3 Ne8 14. h4 Nh7 15. Bd3 Nhf6 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 h5 18. Ne2 Qe7
19. Be5 a5 20. Nf4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 b6 $11 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Zeller,
F/Ghent op 1994 (58)}) 13. Bd6 f5 14. e3 Nf7 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17.
Be5 O-O 18. Ne2 Qb5 19. Bd4 Rae8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lputian Smbat-Zaichik Gennadi/
Moskva 1989 (55)}) 11. e3 (11. Nf3 $2 Ng4) (11. f3 Nc3 12. e3 e5 13. Bd2 Nfd5
14. e4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qxe4 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Re1 Ne3+
20. Kc1 $18 {1-0 Weglarz,L-Dzieniszewski,A/POL-chT Mikolajki 1991 (29)}) (11.
Nf3) 11... e5 (11... Ng4 12. Nh3 (12. Bb5+ $2 Kf8 (12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
Nf3 Nexf2 $132 {0-1 Defize,A-Korchnoi,V/Debrecen EU-tch BEL-SWZ 1992 (32)}) 13.
Nh3 dxe3 14. f3 Qh4+ (14... Nef2 15. Nxf2 exf2+ 16. Ke2 a6 17. Ba4 $16 {
1-0 Hoeksema,E-Grosar,A/Groningen op 1991 (23)}) 15. g3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qxg3+ 17.
Kf1 Qxf3+ $17) 12... Nc3 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bxc3 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc7 16. Be2 $16 {
1-0 Maksimenko,A-Lipka,J/EUCup Gr3 Lubniewice 1994 (42)}) 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. exd4 (16. h3 h5 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bf4
Qf5 19. Qc1 (19. Bd6 $16) 19... Rd5 20. Qc4 (20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nh2 g5 $17)
20... Ngf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Grosar,A/EU-chT Debrecen ITA-SLO 1992 (32)})
16... exd4 17. Bd2 Rhe8 18. Rac1 $132 {0-1 Remlinger,L-Chekhov,V/Gausdal Int
1991 (42)}) (9... O-O 10. f3 Nd6 11. e4 Nfxe4 12. fxe4 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxe4+ 14.
Qe2 b6 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Nf3 $18 {1-0 Drasko,M-Gligoric,S/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991
(40)}) (9... b5 10. c5 Ng4 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Ngxf6 13. f3 $18 {1-0 Hartman,
C-Backe,P/Kumla 1981 (30)}) 10. Qb3 b5 $5 (10... b6 $1 11. e3 (11. Bb2 Ba6 12.
e3 Rc8 $11) (11. Bf4 Nf5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e3 a5 (14... d5 15. Bd3
Nd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O $11 (17. e4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qf4 $17)) 15. Be2 axb4 16.
axb4 d5 17. O-O $11) 11... Ba6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. Be5 Qc6 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Be2 Qc7 (17... Qe7 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Qxa7 $16) 18. O-O d5
19. b5 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) 11. cxb5 $5 (11. c5 $5 Nf5 (11... Nc4 $2 12. a4
Ba6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxf2 17. Bg5 (17. Kxf2
Qf6+ 18. Nf3 Qxa1 19. Re1 $14) 17... Qxg5 18. Kxf2 $18) 12. Qd3 (12. e3 Bb7 13.
Nf3 a6 14. Bd3 (14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 O-O 16. Be2 Bc6 17. Qa3 Bb5 $11) 14... d6
$1 $11) (12. Bg5 h6 13. e4 hxg5 14. exf5 Qc7 15. Nf3 g4 16. Nd4 a6 (16... Rxh2
17. Rxh2 Qxh2 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bxb5 Qg1+ 20. Bf1 Ne4 21. Qe3 Ba6 (21... g3 22.
O-O-O $18) 22. b5 $16) 17. fxe6 dxe6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4+ Kf8 $132) 12... a5
13. e4 Ne7 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Bxb5 axb4 $15) 11... Nxb5 (
11... O-O 12. a4 a6 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1
Nd5 18. g4 Nxf4 19. exf4 (19. gxf5 Nd5 20. b5 Qf6 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23.
f4 Rf7 $132) 19... Nh6 20. h3 Rfb8 21. b5 Qf6 22. Kg2 Qxf4 23. a5 d5 24. b6 $16
) 12. e3 Bb7 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Bb2 (13. Nf3 a5) 13... a5 14. a4 (14. Qa4 Ba6
15. Nf3 O-O 16. bxa5 d5 17. Be5 Rb7 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Rc1 (19. Bd4 Nxd4 20. Bxa6
Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Nc5 $19) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qg5 21. Ng4 f5 22. Rc6 Nc7 23. Bxa6
Nxa6 24. O-O Nb8 $17) 14... Nd6 15. b5 Nde4 16. Rc1 d6 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Be2 O-O
19. O-O Qe7 $132) 13. Nf3 Bd5 (13... Rb8 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bd3 Be4 $11) 14. Bc4
Rc8 $6 (14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rb8 16. Bb2 O-O (16... d5 17. Qc6+ Qd7 18. Rc1 Qxc6
19. Rxc6 Ke7 20. Ke2 Rhc8 21. Rhc1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Ne8 23. a4 Nbd6 24. b5 Nc4 25.
Bd4 Rb7 26. Ra6 Nb6 27. Ne5 $18) 17. O-O d5 18. Qf4 Ne4 $132) 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16.
Bb2 $14 O-O 17. O-O Nbc3 $2 (17... Nb6 18. a4 Nc7 19. a5 (19. Bd4 $1 Na6 (19...
d5 20. a5 Nc4 21. Bxa7 $16) 20. Rfc1 $14) 19... Nbd5 20. e4 Nf6 21. e5 (21.
Rfe1 a6 $132) 21... Nfd5 22. b5 Rb8 23. b6 axb6 24. a6 Ra8 25. a7 b5 $132) 18.
Rfe1 $16 f5 (18... Ne4 19. Rac1 d6 20. Qd3 (20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qd3 (
22. Nd4 $14) 22... f5 23. Nd4 $16 {See later}) 20... f5 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1
$16 {-This game}) 19. Rac1 Ne4 (19... Qc7 20. Bxc3 Nxc3 21. Rc2 a5 22. Nd4 axb4
23. axb4 $16) (19... Qf6 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nb1 $18) 20. Qd3 d6 (20... Qe7 21. Qa6
(21. Bd4 d6 22. Qa6 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 $132) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 d6 23. Nd4 $16)
21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 $5 (22... Qb7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. f3 Nef6 25. Qb5 Qf7 $16
) 23. Nd4 $6 (23. Qa6 $16) 23... Nb6 $5 (23... Nef6 24. Qb5 (24. Qa6 f4 25.
exf4 Nxf4 26. Nc6 e5 27. h3 N6d5 28. Qc4 Qf7 29. Kh1 $14) 24... Qe7 25. Nc6 Qc7
26. Qa6 Ra8 27. Nd4 $16) 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qb5 Kf7 $2 $18 (25... e5 26. Qxd7 Nfxd7
27. Nb5 d5 28. Rc7 a6 29. Nd6 $16) (25... Qf7 26. Qa6 d5 27. Nc6 Nc4 28. Bd4
Re8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 $16) 26. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 $8 27. Nb5 d5 28. Rc7 a6 29.
Nd6+ Kg6 (29... Ke7 30. Rc6 $1 (30. Nb7 Rc8 (30... Na8 31. Rc6 Nb8 32. Rc2 g5
33. a4 $16) 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Bxg7 $16) 30... g6 31. Bd4 Nc4 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33.
f4 $18) 30. Bd4 Rb8 31. Ra7 e5 32. Bxb6 Nxb6 33. Rxa6 Kf6 (33... Kg5 34. h4+
Kxh4 35. Nxf5+ $18) 34. e4 $1 fxe4 35. fxe4 Kg5 36. exd5 Kf4 37. Ra7 $4 $44 (
37. Kf2 $18) 37... Rd8 38. Rf7+ Ke3 39. Nf5+ Kd3 40. Rxg7 Nxd5 41. Rg3+ Kd2 42.
Rg4 Nc3 43. Ng3 Rd4 $4 $18 (43... Kd3 44. Rg7 (44. Rh4 Rd7 45. Rh3 Kd2 46. Nf1+
Kc2 47. Re3 e4 48. Ng3 Rd3 49. Re1 e3 $11) 44... e4 45. Rxh7 Ne2+ $2 (45... e3
46. Rc7 e2 47. Kf2 (47. Rxc3+ Kxc3 48. Nxe2+ Kb3 $11) 47... Kd2 48. Nxe2 Nxe2
$14) 46. Kf1 $18) 44. Rxd4+ exd4 45. Kf2 Kc2 (45... d3 46. Nf1+ Kc2 47. Ke3 Nb1
48. a4 d2 49. Nxd2 Nxd2 50. a5 Kc3 51. a6 Nc4+ 52. Kf4 Kxb4 53. Kg5 Kb5 54. a7
Nb6 55. Kh6 Ka6 56. Kxh7 Kxa7 57. g4 Nd7 58. g5 Kb6 59. h4 Kc5 60. h5 Kd5 61.
h6 Ke6 62. Kg7 $18) 46. Nf5 d3 47. Nd4+ Kd1 48. Ke3 d2 49. Nf3 Nb1 50. Kd3 1-0

