[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 (11... cxd4) 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 (
13... cxd4) 14. Nf1 (14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 $6 (15... Nxe5 $142 16. f4 Ng6
17. Nf3) 16. b3 $1 $14 {/\ a4, Bd3, Qe2 ><b5} Bd6 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Bd3 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. Nf1 Bd7 (21... Ne8 $5 {/\ Nc7_a6_b4 Morozevich,A}) 22.
Bg5 Ne8 23. Be3 {/\ b4, Rec1} f5 (23... Nc7 24. b4 Na6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. bxc5
$18) 24. exf5 Nf6 25. b4 Nxd5 $4 (25... e4 26. Bc2 Bxf5 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bb3
$14) 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Qa2 $1 $18 Bc6 28. Be4 Rbd8 29. Rad1 $2 (29. Bxc5 Qxc5
30. Rac1 Qd6 31. Ne3 $18 {/\ Rc6, /\ Red1 פd5}) 29... Bd4 30. Bg5 $5 (30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Ne3 dxe3 32. Rxe3 Kh8 33. Bxd5 b4 $132 {o^b}) 30... Kh8 $1 31. Bxd8
Rxd8 $44 {/\ Nc3 ><f2} 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qd2 b4 34. Ne3 $138 Bb3 35. Rb1 Bc3
36. Qc1 Bd2 $8 37. Qb2 Bxe1 38. Qxb3 Bd2 39. Nc4 Qc5 40. Nxd2 Rxd2 41. Qf3 Rd8
42. Qb7 Qc2 43. Qxb4 Qxf5 44. Re1 h6 45. Qe4 {Zjukin,S-Morozevich,A/Eesti/0,5/
1995/}) 14... Bf6 15. Be3 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Be4 Bb7 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxd1
19. Rxd1 Bxe5 20. Rd7 Rab8 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxc6 Rc7 23. Bf3 c4 24. Rb1 b4 25.
Ne3 Rd8 26. Kf1 a5 27. Be2 c3 28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Bd1 Bd2 30. Bb2 Bc3 31. Bc1 Bd2
32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. Ke1 Rd4 35. Ke2 Rc5 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Nxd1 h5 38.
Kd3 h4 39. Ne3 Rc1 40. Kd2 Rg1 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Kd3 a4 {Akopian,V-Kosashvilli,Y/
Wch-J Santiago(12)/0,5/1990/}) 15... Bb7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Ng3 g6
19. Bb1 Qe7 (19... cxd4 $5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 d5 23. Rd1 $1
Qe7 $1 24. Be3 (24. exd5 Bxd5 $10) 24... Ne5 $1 25. b3 dxe4) 20. Rcd1 Rcd8 (
20... cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nce5 22. b3 $14) 21. b3 cxd4 $1 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. Qc1 Nxd4
24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 $2 (25... Ne6 26. Rdd1 d5 $10) 26. e5 Ne6 27. Rg4 $1
Kh8 28. Nh5 $1 Rc8 (28... gxh5 29. Qh6 f6 30. exf6 Qd7 31. Rg7 $18) 29. Qd2 f5
(29... Red8 30. Nf6 $16) 30. exf6 Qf7 31. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 32. Ng7 $18 g5 33. Nxe6
Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At this stage, we were both tied in the lead with +2.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 {Magnus choice had come as a surprise to me, so I decided
not to repeat my usual systems. I had seen some games of Leko with 12.d5 and
felt that it was a better try.} Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {and Leko got an advantage against both Kramnik and Adams in
2005.}) 14. b4 {Following Leko's game against Mamedyarov.} cxb4 15. cxb4 Nac4
16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 $1 {Leko went for Bh6, but in fact there is no need for
this move.} Nb6 18. Be3 {In fact, the bishop belongs on e3.} Bd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 (
19... Qb8 {This may be worth considering, to first play Qb7 and then Rc8.}) 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 (20... Nxc8 21. Qc2 Nb6 {comes to the same thing.}) 21. Qc2 Bd7 22.
Rc1 {This forces the knight back to a8.} Na8 (22... Qb8 $2 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qxb8
Rxb8 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc7) 23. Qd2 (23. Ne1 {I was initially attracted to
this move, but} Bg5 24. Qd2 (24. Bxg5 Qxg5 {and here White has to deal with
both Rc8 and Bxh3}) 24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb8 {though even here} (25... f5 26.
Nf3 fxe4 27. Ng5 $16) 26. f4 {gives White a nice edge.}) 23... Qb8 (23... f6
24. Ne1 {with the idea to play Nd3 and Nc5!}) 24. Bg5 $1 {Exploiting the fact
that f6 is impossible.} Bxg5 (24... Qd8 $1 25. Qe3 (25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe3 Rc8
$1) 25... Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Qe7 27. f4 $36) (24... Bd8 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Qh6 f6 (
26... Qf6 27. Ng5 Qg7 28. Qh4 Rc8 (28... Re8 29. Ne6 $1) (28... Kh8 29. Nxh7 $1
Qxh7 30. Qe7) 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Nxh7 $1) 27. Rc6 $1 Bc8 28. h4 $1 Rf7 29. h5
Rg7 (29... g5 30. Nxg5 fxg5 31. Rxd6 $16) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Nh4 g5 32. Nf5 Bxf5
33. exf5 {Now White's rook can never be dislodged from c6.}) 25. Nxg5 Rc8 26.
Rf1 h6 27. Ne6 $1 {An aesthetically pleasing move, but White has no other way
to keep the pressure.} (27. Nf3 Kg7 $11) 27... Kh7 {The best try.} (27... fxe6
28. dxe6 Be8 29. Qxh6 $1 (29. e7+ Kg7 30. Qd5 Rc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Nc7
33. Rc1 Nb5 34. Qc8 Qxc8 35. Rxc8 Kf7 36. Ra8 Kxe7 37. Rxa6 Nc3 {Will be very
difficult technically.}) 29... Nb6 30. e7+ (30. f4 Nc4 31. f5 Qa7+ {followed
by Qe3 is too messy.}) 30... Nc4 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. f4 (32. Bd1 {The computer
even suggests Bd1 winning!} Bc6 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. f4 Rg8 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Qf8+
Kh7 37. Rf4 $1 {and Black has nothing better than to give up the exchange.}
Rxf8 38. exf8=Q Qxf8 39. Rxf8 $18) 32... Qa8 33. Rf3 (33. f5 gxf5 34. Rxf5 Qxe4
35. Rf6 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 e4 37. Rf4 {and White wins.}) 33... Qxe4 34. f5 gxf5 35.
Rg3 $18) 28. f4 Qa7+ 29. Kh2 Be8 (29... fxe6 30. dxe6 Be8 31. f5 gxf5 (31...
Qd4 $2 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. f6 Nb6 34. f7 Bxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 {By not taking on f5,
Black has to return to g8.} 36. Rd7 Nc4 37. e7 Re8 38. Rxd6 Rxe7 39. Rxd4 Rc7
40. Rd6 $1 $18) 32. exf5 Qd4 33. Qxd4 {This is what I intended.} (33. Qe1 {
This is harder to work out over the board.} e4 34. Qh4 {This seems to win.} (
34. f6 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 (35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Nb6 {Again, its not completely
clear.}) 35... Bg6 36. f7 Rf8 37. Qh4 d5 $1) 34... Qe5+ 35. Kg1 e3 36. Qe7+ Qg7
37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. f6+ Kg8 39. Rf3 $18) 33... exd4 34. f6 Nb6 35. f7 Bxf7 36.
exf7 (36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rf4 d5 38. e7 Re8 39. Bc2+ Kg7 40. Rg4+ Kh8 41. Rg6 Nc4
) 36... Rf8 37. Be6 $1 {Before Black can play d5 or Nc4} Nc4 38. Rd1 Ne5 39.
Rxd4 Nxf7 40. Rf4 $1 ({Not} 40. Bxf7 $2 Rxf7 41. Rxd6 Rf4 $1 42. a3 a5 43. bxa5
Ra4) 40... Kg7 41. Bxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kg3 {White wins the pawn
ending.} Ke6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. g4 d5 46. h4 d4 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kf5 49. g6
Kxg6 50. Ke4 $18) 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 (31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. exf5) 31... f6 (31...
fxe6 32. dxe6 {would transpose to the above note}) 32. Re1 $1 {The rook is
going via the 4th rank.} (32. Rf3 Bf7 33. Rg3 Rg8) 32... Nc7 (32... Nb6 33. Re4
Nc4 (33... h5 34. Qe1 Nc4 35. Bd1 $18 {Black has no defence against Bxh5.}) 34.
Nf8+ $1) 33. Rc1 {Now White can use the pin.} Bd7 34. Rc3 e4 (34... Ne8 35. Rg3
Bxe6 {White threatened Nf8} 36. Rg6 $1 $18) 35. Rg3 (35. Qc1 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxc3
37. Qxc3 Be8 38. Qxf6) 35... Nxe6 (35... Rg8 36. Rxg8 Kxg8 37. Qxh6) 36. dxe6
Be8 37. e7 $1 Bh5 (37... Qxe7 38. Bg8+) 38. Qxd6 {In addition to being my best
win in Morelia/Linares, this win gave me a one point lead in the tournament.} (
38. Qxd6 Re8 39. Qxf6 Qxe7 40. Bg8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8
15. Be3 (15. Nbd2 {Wedberg} g6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf6
20. N1h2 Bg7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Qe7 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 $44 {
Peng Xiaomin-Romanishin/Luzern/1993}) 15... bxa4 $1 $146 (15... Qc7 {
Khalifman-Romanishin}) (15... Qc7 {Wedberg} 16. Nbd2 g6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. a5 Nc8
19. Nf1 Nh5 20. b4 Bf6 21. Qd2 Bg7 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Bxf4 exf4 25.
Qxf4 Bxc3 26. bxc5 f6 27. c6 Be8 28. Red1 Qxa5 29. Nd4 Bb2 30. Rb1 Bxd4 31.
Rxd4 Qc3 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 $16 {Khalifman,A-Romanishin,O/Belgrade/1993/1/
4-1/4/63}) 16. bxa4 Nc4 $1 $13 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Qd3 $5 c4 $2 {>< /^a3-f8} (18...
Qc7) 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Ba3 $1 (20. Nbd2 {Wedberg} Rb8) 20... Nb3 $2 (20... Nh5 $5
21. Nxe5 (21. Nbd2 Nf4 22. Qf1 f5 $132) 21... Nf4 22. Qd1 $8 (22. Qd2 Bg5 $19)
22... Bxh3 23. g3 $1 {Wolff} (23. gxh3 $2 dxe5 24. d6 Qd7 25. dxe7 $2 Qxh3 26.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 $19) 23... Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 $13) (20... Re8 {Wedberg} 21. Nbd2
Bd7 22. Bb4 $14) 21. Bxb3 cxb3 22. Nbd2 $16 Bd7 (22... Qxc3 23. Nc4 $1 $16) (
22... a5 23. Qc4 $1 $16 (23. Nxb3 $6 Ba6 $14)) 23. Nxe5 $1 b2 $1 (23... Bxa4
24. Qc4 $1 $18 (24. Qc4 {Wedberg} Qa5 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 $18)) 24. Rab1
Bxa4 25. Qc4 $1 Qa5 26. Bb4 $1 (26. Nef3 Rfc8) 26... Qb6 (26... Qd8 {Wedberg}
27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 $16) 27. Qa2 (27. Nef3 $1 Rfc8 (27... a5 28. Ba3 $18) 28.
Qd3 a5 (28... Bb5 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 $18) 29. Ba3 $18) (27. Rxb2 $2 {Wedberg
} dxe5 $19) 27... a5 $1 28. Nec4 (28. Ba3 $1) 28... Qc7 29. Bxd6 $6 (29. Ba3 $1
$18) 29... Bxd6 30. Qxa4 Bh2+ $1 31. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 32. f3 $1 {קe4} (32. Rxb2 $2
Nxd5 $1) (32. g3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 34. Re3 Qh4 $1 {/\ Nd5}) (32. Nf3 Nxe4 (
32... Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxb2 $1 $16) 33. Rxb2 (33. Nxh2 $6 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1
Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 $1 $10 (35. gxh3 $2 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Rxe1+
39. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Kxe1 b1=Q+) (35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Qxh2)))
32... Nh5 33. Nf1 Bg3 34. Re2 Rec8 35. Nce3 $1 Qxc3 36. Nf5 Qe5 37. Rexb2 $1 (
37. N5xg3 Nxg3+ 38. Nxg3 Rc1+ $1) 37... Bf4 38. Rb7 Bg5 39. d6 g6 40. d7 Rf8
41. Nd4 Ng3+ 42. Nxg3 Qxg3 43. Ne2 $1 Qf2 44. Nc3 $1 Bf4 45. Nd5 $18 Be5 46.
R7b3 $1 Qh4 (46... Qg3 $4 47. f4) 47. Rf1 {/\ f4} Ra7 48. f4 Bg7 49. Rfb1 $1 {
/\ Rb8} Raa8 (49... Qd8 50. Rb8 $1 Qxb8 (50... Qxd7 51. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (51... Kxf8
52. Rb8+ $18) 52. Nf6+ $18) 51. Rxb8 Rxb8 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. Nc8 $1 $18) (49...
Rd8 50. Rb8 h5 51. Kh2 {/\ g3}) 50. Kh2 g5 51. Rg3 $1 h6 (51... gxf4 52. Rg4
Qd8 (52... Qf2 53. Qc6 $1 Rfd8 54. Rxg7+ Kxg7 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Ne7+ Kf8 57. Nf5
$18) 53. Qd4 f6 54. Nxf4 Kh8 55. Rxg7 $18) 52. Rf1 $1 (52. Rg4 Qf2) 52... Kh8
53. Rg4 Qh5 54. f5 Be5+ $8 55. Kh1 f6 (55... Rad8 56. f6 Qg6 57. Rf5 $18) 56.
Ne7 $1 Qf7 57. Ng6+ Kh7 58. Nxe5 $1 {>< Rg4} fxe5 59. Rg3 Rfd8 60. Rd1 Ra7 61.
Rgd3 g4 62. Qc6 $1 (62. Qc6 gxh3 (62... a4 63. Rd6 Qg7 64. Rg6 Qf8 65. Rdd6 $1
$18) 63. Rxh3 Qg7 64. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 38th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 ({These days I am more interested in Keres'} 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Nd7) 10. d4 Re8 {So called Zaitsev System in Ruy Lopez.} 11. Ng5 Rf8 12.
Nf3 {White immediately emphasized the main drawback of this system:repetion of
moves for a draw.} Na5 {I have decided to convert the game into the Chigorin's
Romanishin line.} (12... Nd7 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 $5) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Nf1 c5 $14) (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 ({or} 14... Re8 {were bunch of
other offbeat lines to my disposal at the moment.})) 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 $1 $14 {
In the last years people understood that white has advantage in closed center
lines because of lack of space for black.} (14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 $5 $13 {
is Antoshin's} (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 $13 {is Romanishin's continuations.}))
14... Nc4 {Black has to improve his knight on the rim.} ({After} 14... Bc8 {
lack has to be careful about Ne5 de5 d6 motif in case of Bd7.} 15. b3 $1 Re8 $1
$14 {is the old Cuban GM Roman Hernandez's approach these days.} (15... g6 16.
a4 $1 Bd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Nh5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Be3 $16))
15. a4 (15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 Bc8) 15... Nb6 16. b3 Bc8 $1 17. Nbd2 $6 {This move
loses the advantage.} (17. Qe2 $1 {Garry Kimovich proved how to handle the
position against Pipish.} Bd7 18. c4 b4 19. Nbd2 $14 {white is better since
Nb6 is still a liability.} Kh8 (19... h6 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Ng3 Bf6 22. Rb1 Re8
23. Nf5 Nc8 $132) (19... h5 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Ng3 g6 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bh6 Re8 24.
Qe3 Bf8 $132) 20. Nf1 Ng8 21. Ng3 g6 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bd3 Bf6 (23... f5 $2 24.
exf5 gxf5 25. Bb2 $18) 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Nh2 Nce7 26. Qd2 f5 27. exf5 Nxf5 $132)
17... g6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Nf1 Qc7 (20... Qa5 21. Bd2 Bd7 22. Qa1
Qb6 23. Qb2 Nc7 $11 {is another line which is more active than the text.
However I already was building my calculations over a Nd5 type of sacrifice
reminiscent of Jansa-Gligioric,Nice (ol) 1974.}) 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. g4
$1 Bd7 (23... Bb7 $5 {was looking strange but consistent with the idea of
aiming at d5,} 24. Ng3 c4 25. b4 Ra8 26. Nf5 Bd8 $36) 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Qc1 {
Draw offer.} Qc8 26. Ng3 Ra6 27. Qb2 Bf8 (27... c4 28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. b4 $11)
28. Be3 Bg7 (28... h5 29. gxh5) (28... Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 h5 30. gxh5 Nxh5 31. Nxh5
gxh5 32. h4 Be8 33. Nh2 Qb7 $13 {are two similar similar lines which might
have brought about very sharp game.However I was concentrated only on the
knight sac in the center.}) 29. Ra2 Nfxd5 $5 {The sacrifice results in a very
complex play.} 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Bd2 b4 $6 {I am unhappy about this forward
move.} (31... Nf4 $2 {is a positional catastrophe.} 32. Rxa6 Qxa6 33. Bxf4 exf4
34. Ne4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Ned2 b4 37. Qc1 bxc3 38. Nc4 d5 39. Nce5 $18) ({
However I could have performed a calm retreat.} 31... Nc7 32. Rxa6 Qxa6 33. Ne4
Qc6 $44) (31... Nf6 $44 {which could have made white's life much more
difficult.}) 32. Rxa6 Qxa6 33. c4 Nf4 34. Kh2 Nxh3 (34... e4 $2 35. Qb1) (34...
Bc6 $2 35. Be4) 35. Kxh3 e4 (35... Bxg4+ $2 36. Kxg4 Qc8+ 37. Kh4 $18) 36. Qb1
$8 {When I have sacrificed the knight I have underestimated the power ofthis
move.} exf3 37. Be4 h5 38. Bxf3 Qc8 (38... Be6 39. Qd3) (38... hxg4+ $2 39.
Bxg4 Bc6 (39... Qc8 40. Bxd7 Qxd7+ 41. Kg2 d5 42. Qd3 Bd4 43. f3 dxc4 44. Qxc4
Qa7 45. Ne2 $18) (39... f5 $2 40. Bf3 f4+ 41. Kg2 fxg3 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Qxg6
$18) 40. Qd3 d5 41. Be3) 39. Kg2 h4 $2 {I have become too optimistic.} (39...
hxg4 $1 40. Bd5 Be6 41. Qd3 Be5 42. Ne4 Kg7 $44 {was the only way to keep the
game going in the bounderies of logic.}) (39... Bxg4 $2 40. Qe4 (40. Bd5 Bh3+
41. Kh2 Be6) 40... Bh3+ 41. Kh2 Be5 42. Bf4 Bf5 43. Nxf5 Qxf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45.
Bg3 h4 46. Bxe5 dxe5 47. Kh3 $18) 40. Ne2 $2 $138 {Wrong place for the horse.}
(40. Ne4 Bxg4 41. Qd1 $18) 40... Bxg4 41. Qe4 Bh3+ (41... h3+ 42. Kg3 Be5+ 43.
Bf4 Bf5 44. Qe3 Qe8 $44) 42. Kh2 Be5+ 43. Bf4 Bf5 44. Qe3 Qe8 $2 {I think I
have become too tired and unable to calculate properly.} (44... Qe6 $1 45. Kg2
(45. Bd5 $2 Bxf4+ 46. Nxf4 Qxe3 47. fxe3 Bc2 $17) 45... Bxf4 46. Qxf4 Qe7 47.
Qd2 g5 48. Bd5 Kg7 $17) 45. Kg2 h3+ 46. Kg1 Bc2 {This was where I have based
my counterplay.} 47. Bd5 Bxb3 $1 48. Qxb3 Bxf4 49. Qc2 $1 {Missing this in my
calculations caused panick in a major scale.} Be5 $4 {Equal to resignation.} (
49... h2+ $2 50. Kh1 b3 51. Qxg6+ Kf8 52. Qf5 Be5 53. Ng3 Bxg3 54. fxg3 Qe1+
55. Kxh2 Qd2+ 56. Kh3 Qh6+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Qf2 Qc2 59. g4 f5 60. gxf5 $18) (
49... Qe5 $3 {was a great tactical move which would force the trade of his
mighty horse for my poor bishop.} 50. Nxf4 (50. Qxg6+ $2 Kh8 51. Bxf7 Qa1+ $19)
50... Qg5+ (50... Qxf4 51. Qxg6+ Kf8 52. Qg3 Qxg3+ 53. fxg3 b3 54. Kh2 b2 55.
Be4 Ke7 56. Kxh3 Ke6 57. Kg4 Ke5 58. Bb1 d5 $1 (58... Kd4 59. Ba2) 59. cxd5
Kxd5 60. Kf3 Kd4 61. Kf4 (61. Ke2 c4 62. Kd2 c3+ 63. Ke2 Ke5 64. Ke3 Kf6 65.
Kf4 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kf6 $11) 61... f6 62. g4 c4 63. Kf3 c3 64. Bc2 Ke5 65. Ke3 Kd5
66. Kd3 Ke5 67. Kxc3 Kf4 $11) 51. Kf1 (51. Kh1 Qxf4 52. Qxg6+ Kf8 53. Qc2 (53.
Qg3 Qxg3 54. fxg3 Ke7 55. Kh2 f5 56. Bf3 d5 57. Be2 (57. cxd5 $2 Kd6 58. Kxh3
c4 59. Be2 Kxd5 60. Bh5 c3 $19) 57... Kd6 58. Kxh3 Ke5 59. cxd5 Kxd5 60. Bd3 c4
61. Bxf5 b3 62. Bg6 Kd4 $19) (53. Qh7 Qxf2 54. Qxh3 $11) 53... Kg7 $44) 51...
Qxf4 52. Qxg6+ Kf8 53. Qh7 (53. Qe4 Qc1+ 54. Qe1 Qc2 $132) 53... h2 (53... b3
$2 54. Qh8+ Ke7 55. Qc3) 54. Kg2 h1=Q+ 55. Kxh1 Qxf2 $11) 50. Qxg6+ $16 {
Black is in bad shape!} Bg7 $2 {The final mistake.} (50... Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 (
51... Bg7 52. Qxd6+ Kg8 53. Ng3 b3 54. Kh2 b2 55. Be4 Be5 56. Qd3 Bd4 57. Nf5
Bxf2 58. Kxh3 Bd4 $16) 52. Qxh3 Qg8+ 53. Kf1 Qg6 54. f4 $16) 51. Qe4 Qxe4 (
51... Qe5 52. f4 $18) 52. Bxe4 $18 {The rest is agony.} b3 53. Kh2 Kf8 54. Kxh3
Ke7 (54... d5 55. Bxd5 (55. cxd5 c4) 55... f5 56. Be6 $18) 55. Kg4 Kd7 56. Nf4
Kc7 57. Nd5+ Kb7 58. Bf3 $1 {White keeps the black king restrained so
eventually black will lose material.} (58. Nf6+ Kb6 59. Ne8 Bf8 60. Kf5 Ka5
$132) 58... Bd4 59. Kg3 Be5+ 60. Kg2 f5 (60... Ka6 61. Bd1 b2 62. Bc2 Ka5 63.
Kf3 $18) 61. Bd1 b2 62. Bc2 f4 63. f3 {Very patient.} (63. Kf3 $18) 63... Ka6 (
63... Kc8 64. Kh3 Kd7 65. Kg4 Ke6 66. Nxf4+ Bxf4 67. Kxf4 d5 68. cxd5+ Kxd5 69.
Ke3 $18) 64. Kf1 Ka5 65. Ke2 Ka6 66. Kd3 Ka5 67. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Kalamaria op 7th"]
[Site "Kalamaria"]
[Date "2010.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radulski, Julian"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In my opinion one should analyse his losses even deeper.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2
c5 11. d4 Nd7 {The Keres System which I play seldomly has recently received
some improvements by GM Almasi.} 12. dxc5 $5 (12. Nbd2 cxd4 (12... exd4 13.
cxd4 Nc6 {should be called Graf System.}) 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 (
15... a4 16. Bxb5 Qb6 $44 {should be called Romanishin's System.}) 16. d5 Nb4
17. Bf1 a4 18. Nbd4 exd4 19. a3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Nxd4 Qd7 $14 {may be
playable despite of the huge hole in c6.}) 12... dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 $5 ({
Some like} 13... Re8 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. b3 Nd6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Nd2 $14) 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. Qe2 $5 (15. Ng3 g6 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bh6 Re8 $13
{was my intention to continue the game with.}) 15... Qc7 16. g4 $6 {A move
straight out of coffee-house move I still despise.} Rfe8 {My first strange
move in this game.} (16... Rfd8 $142 17. Ng3 g6 {and now what?} 18. Kh2 Nf8 $17
) 17. Ng3 Nf8 $5 ({Why not} 17... g6) 18. Nf5 Ng6 19. a4 Bf8 $5 {I was in a
sacrificial mood that day.} (19... Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8
Rxa8 23. Qxb5 Ba6 24. Qa4 Bb7 25. Qb3 c4 26. Qb5 Ra5 27. Qe8+ Nf8 $17 {White
may have problems in this line due to the weakened kingside combined with the
queen in danger.}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 $6 (21... Rxa8 22. b3 Na3 (22...
Nd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxb5 Ba6 25. Qa4 h6 26. Be3 Qf6 $44) 23. Bxa3 (23. Bd1 b4
) 23... Rxa3 24. Qxb5 Nf4 25. Kh2 ({For some strange reason or another I have
rejected this line because of} 25. Qe8 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Nf4+ 27. Kg3 Ne6 $1 $17)
25... Bc6 26. Qc4 g6 27. Ne3 Qb8 28. Ng5 Qb7 $44) 22. b3 Na5 23. Qxb5 Bc6 (
23... Rb8 24. Qa4 Bc6 25. Qa2 Ra8 $44) 24. Qe2 (24. Qf1 $5 {has also its
points.} Rb8 25. Nd2 Nf4 26. Ne3 g6 $44) 24... Nf4 (24... Rb8 $6 25. Nd2 Nf4
26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Ne3 $16) 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rb1 g6 ({I was not so sure about} 
26... Qb7 27. b4 cxb4 (27... Rxe4 $2 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Bxf3 30. Qe8 $18)
28. cxb4 Bxe4 29. bxa5 Bxc2 30. Rxb7 Rxe2 31. Rb8 Bd3 $44) 27. N5h4 Nb7 (27...
Rb8 $5 28. e5 Be7 $132) (27... Qb7 $6 28. Ra1 {disturbs Black's pieces.}) 28.
e5 Bg7 (28... Qa5 29. b4 $1 (29. Qc4 Nd8) (29. Be4 Nd8 30. Ng2 Qxc3 31. Nxf4
Bg7 $44) 29... cxb4 30. cxb4 Qa2 31. Bd3 $16) 29. Re1 Nd8 30. Qc4 (30. Be4 Qb6)
30... Ne6 $2 {A meek move result of bad calculation.} (30... Bxe5 31. Qxc5 Nb7
32. Qa7 Bxc3 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Be4 Bc6 35. Bxc6 Qxc6 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxf4 Qd5
38. b4 Nd6 $11) 31. Be4 Rb8 (31... Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Rb8 33. Qc4 $16) 32. Bxc6 Qxc6
33. Nd4 ({I was expecting more} 33. Nd2 $5 $16) 33... Nxd4 (33... Qb6 $2 34.
Nxe6 fxe6 (34... Qxe6 35. Qxc5 Bf8 36. Qd4 Rxb3 37. Nf3 $16) 35. b4 $1 cxb4 36.
cxb4 $18) 34. cxd4 Rb4 35. d5 $1 {I have to admit that I have missed this one.}
Qb6 (35... Qb7 36. Qxc5 Rb5 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. dxc6 Rc5 39. e6 Kf8 40. exf7 Rxc6
41. Nf3 h6 42. Re4 g5 43. Rb4 Kxf7 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. b4 $18) 36. Qe2 Bf8 {
The text is the best under these circumstances} ({because of} 36... Qd8 37. d6
$3 Qxh4 38. e6 $18) 37. d6 $1 (37. Nf3 $2 Rxb3 $44 (37... c4 $2 38. bxc4 Rb2
39. Nd2 Bb4 40. Rd1 Qd4 41. Nf3 $18)) 37... Rxb3 38. Nf3 $1 (38. e6 $2 Qxd6 39.
e7 Bxe7 40. Qxe7 Qxe7 41. Rxe7 Rxh3 42. Ng2 g5 43. Re5 f6 44. Rxc5 Kg7 $44)
38... c4 39. Ng5 $6 {A small inaccuraccy.} (39. e6 Qxd6 40. exf7+ Kg7 41. Ng5
Qd5 42. h4 $18 {should be winning.}) 39... Rb1 $2 {I had some other options.} (
39... Rb2 $1 40. Qf3 Qd4 (40... Qa5 $5) 41. Re4 (41. Kg2 h6 42. Nxf7 Rb3 $3 {
I have missed this intermezzo.} (42... Kxf7 $2 43. e6+ Kg7 44. e7 $18)) 41...
Qd2 $132) (39... Rg3+ $2 40. Kf1 Rd3 41. e6 Qxd6 42. exf7+ Kh8 43. Qe8 Rd1 44.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Kg2 $18) 40. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 41. Kg2 Qd3 $2 {Losing at once.} ({
The last hope of resistance could be attached to} 41... Qb5 42. Qe4 c3 43. Kg1
$3 (43. Qxf4 $2 Qd5+ 44. Ne4 c2 $17) 43... Qb3 44. Qd3 $18) (41... c3 $2 42.
Qc4 Qb7+ 43. Nf3 $18) 42. Qxd3 cxd3 43. Kf3 $18 f6 44. d7 Be7 45. exf6 Bxf6 46.
Ne6 Kf7 47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Nxd8+ {My king is too far away from h3 to cmake
anything happen.} Kf6 49. Nc6 h6 (49... Kg5 50. Ne5 d2 51. Ke2 Kh4 52. Kxd2
Kxh3 53. Ke2 Kg2 54. g5 $18) 50. Nb4 d2 51. Ke2 Kg5 52. Nd3 Kh4 53. Nxf4 g5 54.
Nh5 $5 {Beautiful but} (54. Ng2+ Kxh3 55. Ne3 $18 {is the simplest.}) 54...
Kxh3 55. Nf6 Kg2 56. Kxd2 Kxf2 57. Kd3 Kf3 58. Kd4 Kf4 59. Kd5 {After all the
my opponent has shown some good fighting qualities and as well as a good
technique.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 {The Borisenko-Antoshin line.
It is extremely risky business. Somehow before the game I have liked the idea
of 'do or die' but now I do not know!} 13. d5 $1 (13. Nc3 Rc8 (13... Qc7 14. d5
Rac8 {is almost the same thing.}) 14. d5 Qc7 (14... Nd7 $13) 15. Re2 Nd7 $13 (
15... Nh5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Rc2 Qd7 $13)) (13. b3 Nc6 14. Nc3 $1 Rc8
15. Bb2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Bb1 Qe7 $13 {
Ljubojevic-Romanishin,Reggio Emilio 1991.}) 13... Rc8 14. Nbd2 {Alyosha
changes the move.} ({Before this game running into the same position against
Ivan he has prefered} 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Bd2 (16. a4 b4 17. Bd2 f5 18.
Bxb4 Qb6 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 $44) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nbd2 Bf6 $1 19. Rb1 (
19. Rc1 Qxc1 20. Qxc1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. b4 Nb7 24. Nb3 Bc3
25. Nbd4 Nd8 $1 26. Nc2 f6 27. Nfd4 Nf7 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Ke2 g5 $40) 19... Qb6
20. Qe2 b4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd8 23. Ndf3 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxd5 25. Bxa6 Qxe5
26. Rxe5 Bxa6 27. Rxa5 Ra8 $132 {Shirov-I.Sokolov,Sarajevo(03) 2004.}) 14...
Nh5 15. Nf1 Nc4 {Time to pull out the knight out of there!} (15... Nf4 $6 16.
Ne3 $1 (16. Bxf4 $2 exf4 17. b3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bc3 $36) 16... g6 17. b3 $16) 16.
a4 $5 {Having realized that my queenside is under attack I have decided there
ain't no difference between Na5 or Na3.} (16. Bd3 Nf4 17. b3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb6
19. Ne3 g6 $14) 16... b4 $5 {Of course this pawn may never come back!} (16...
f5 $5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ra7 Rc7 $13) 17. b3 Na3 {Never retreat!} (
17... Na5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Ne3 g6 20. Rc1 Nf4 21. Ng4 h5 22. Ngh2 Bf6 23. Be3
Qd8 24. h4 $1 $16) 18. Bd3 a5 $2 {Too aggressive. Here in this position I have
lost the trend of the game. This pawn sacrifice is absolutely unnecessary.} (
18... Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Rac1 (21. Qxf4 Rc3 22. Rad1 Rxb3 23.
Ne3 g6 $13) 21... Rc3 22. Rxc3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 $13) 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Qxh5
Bxe5 21. Ra2 Rc3 22. Qd1 Qf6 $1 {After some forced moves the type of position
I was aiming for appeared over the board alas most likely it is a losing one!}
23. Re3 $1 {Excellent move but I am not sure it was based on perfect
calculation.} (23. Ne3 Bc8 $44) 23... Rfc8 24. Bd2 R3c5 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Ne3
R8c7 {In this position I started to lick my chops but infact my big time
thraeat Qc8 turns out to be toothless.} 27. Ng4 $1 (27. Nf5 $6 Bc8 $1) 27...
Qc8 {Now some funny theatrical scene started. When I was standing proud and
tall my opponent who obviously did not see my last was getting nervous and
burning time.} 28. Bf1 $8 {OK this one is forced!} Rc1 {And there ain't no way
back!} (28... Nc2 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rg3 $16) (28... Ba6 29. Nxe5 Rc1 30. Bxc1
Rxc1 31. Qd4 {This is the difference compared to the game continuation, the
possibility of Qd4 makes black to lose another pawn.} dxe5 32. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 33.
Kh2 $18) 29. Bxc1 Rxc1 30. Qd2 Ba6 (30... Nb1 $2 {Later some Turkish fake IM 
(they are getting bigger in numbers these days) suggested the obviously
moronic move} 31. Qg5 f6 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Ba6+ 35. Kg1
$18) 31. Nxe5 Rxf1+ {Delaying this and capturing f1 by Bad Bischoff (sorry
Klaus) is also in vain.} (31... dxe5 32. Kh2 Bxf1 33. d6 Rc6 34. Qd5 Qd7 35.
Rd2 $18) 32. Kh2 dxe5 33. d6 Bb7 $2 $138 {All of a sudden I have realised that
stopping the pawn on the 7th loses another pawn but anyway this is the only
way to continue the game.} (33... Qd7 34. Qd5 Bb7 (34... Bc8 35. Qxe5) 35. Qxe5
{This is my choice after the game Alyosha was telling that he had inclination
towards the other capture.} (35. Qxa5 $2 Qxd6 36. Qa7 (36. Rd2 $2 Qxd2 37. Qc7
f6 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qxb7+ Kf8 $11 (39... Ke6 $2 40. Qa6+ $1 $18)) 36... Qc7 37.
a5 (37. Rd3 h6 (37... h5 38. Rad2 Nb1 (38... Kh7 39. Qe3 Qc1 40. Qg5) 39. Rd7
Qc6 40. R2d3 (40. R2d5 $2 Qc1 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qxe5 Bxd5 43. Qxh5+ Qh6 44.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 45. exd5 Rxf2 $17) 40... Qxe4 41. Qxb7 Qf4+ 42. g3 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1
Rf1+ $11) 38. Rad2 Nb1 39. Rd7 Qc6 $40) 37... h5 38. a6 Qc1 39. Qb8+ (39. axb7
$2 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg5#) 39... Bc8 40. Kg3 $13) 35... Re1 (35... f6 36. Qd4 (36.
Qxa5 $2 Qxd6+ 37. Rg3 Bxe4 $13) (36. Qe7 $5 Qxe7 37. dxe7 Kf7 38. Rf5 Kxe7 $1 (
38... Rb1 39. Rxa5) 39. Rxa5 Rd1 40. Ra7 Rd7 41. f3 $16) 36... Rc1 (36... Re1
37. Re3 $1 (37. Rf4 Bc6) 37... Rxe3 38. fxe3 $18) 37. Rf5 $18) 36. Rd2 $1 (36.
Re3 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Nb1 38. Rc2 (38. Qf5 $2 Qxf5 39. exf5 Kf8 $17) 38... Nc3 39.
Qxa5 Nxe4 40. Qc7 Qxd6+ 41. Qxd6 Nxd6 42. Rd2 Ne8 43. Rd4 $18) (36. Rg3 $2 f6
37. Qxa5 Qxd6 38. Rxa3 Qd1 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qxb4 Bxe4 41. Qe7+ Kg6) (36. Qe7
Qxe7 37. dxe7 Rxe4 38. Rd2 f6 39. Rd7 Bc6 40. Rc7 Be8 41. Rf5 Kf7 42. Rxa5 Rxe7
43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Ra7+ Bd7 45. Rb7 Kd6 46. Rxb4 $16) 36... Rxe4 37. Qxa5 Nb1
38. Rdd3 $18) 34. d7 Qd8 35. Rd3 $1 {This is the thing I have missed! Now he
has double threat.} ({Even after} 35. Qd6 f6 36. Rxa3 $1 bxa3 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38.
Rc3 Rd1 39. Rc8 Rxd7 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {he is winning with which I have missed
during the game.} 41. Qb6 $1 $18) 35... f6 (35... Bxe4 36. Rd6 $18 {Now white
has double threat 37.Ra3 ba3 38.Qa5! and 37.Qe2.}) (35... g6 36. Qe3 Nb1 37.
Rd6 Nc3 38. Rad2 Nxe4 39. Qb6 $18) (35... Nb1 36. Qe3 f6 37. Rc2 Nc3 38. Qc5 $1
Kf7 39. Qc4+ Ke7 40. Rdxc3 bxc3 41. Qxf1 $18) 36. Rd6 $18 {Now the game is
stone - cold lost for black.} Kf7 (36... Kf8 37. Re6 $1 $18) 37. Qe2 $5 {
The most elegant finish.} (37. Qe3 Ke7 38. Qb6 $18) (37. Rb6 Bxe4 38. Rb8 Qxb8
39. d8=Q Qxd8 40. Qxd8 $18) 37... Rc1 38. Qh5+ Ke7 {I have thought I was
defending my e6 but...} (38... Kf8 39. Re6 Qxd7 40. Rd2 Qc8 41. Red6 $18) 39.
Re6+ $1 Kxd7 (39... Kxe6 40. Qe8+) 40. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 {One of the most popular variations for
Black in the Chigorin.} 12. Nbd2 {When making a short survey of this line I
saw that White has some interesting play after} (12. b3 $5 exd4 (12... cxd4 13.
cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bb2 $14) 13.
cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. d5 a5 18. a3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
20. Qc1 Na6 21. Nxb5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 $16 {Alekseev Evgeny 2662 - Eljanov P 2683 ,
16.10.2011 Governor's Cup}) ({and} 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Kh8 (16... Qd7 17. b3 Raf8 {Saric Iv 2648 - Grandelius N
2543 , 7.11.2011 18th European Teams} 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nb7 20. Qd2 Qf7
21. Rad1 h6 22. Be3 $14) 17. b3 Qg8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Bg5 Qf7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rb1 Nca5 24. Qe2 $16) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 $5 {
Conceptual novelty. The main idea is to avoid tons of theory.} ({Before Black
defended the position after} 13... Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 (15. a4 Bb7 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 (17... Nd7 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rb1 b4 21. Bd3 g6
22. Qc2 Bg7 23. b3 a5 24. Rbd1 $14 {Saric Iv 2648 - Mchedlishvili M 2636 , 9.
11.2011 18th European Teams}) 18. Nf3 Re8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Ra3 Qd7 21. Kg2 Rad8
22. axb5 axb5 23. h4 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. h5 Nf8 26. h6 g6 27. b4 $1 {
Istratescu A 2627 - Flear G 2472 , 4.1.2012 Hastings Masters 2011-12}) 15...
Nxe5 16. a4 Rb8 17. f4 (17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Rf1 Bg3 21. f5
Ne5 22. Ng5 Bh4 23. f6 g6 24. Qd2 $18 {Akopian R 2053 - Kavutskiy K 2303 , 9.
12.2011 14th Metropolitan IM}) 17... Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bg3 20. f5 Ne5 21.
Ng5 Nd7 (21... h6 22. f6 g6 23. Nf3 Qxf6 24. Bxh6 Re8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxe5
Qxe5 27. Ra3 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 $14) 22. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 23. f6 $1 g6 24. Qd2 Nxf6 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bg5 Be5 27. Ra3 $40 {Berg E 2575 - Forsberg V 2227 , 13.1.2012
TCh-SWE 2011-12}) 14. Nf1 Bb7 15. Ne3 {Novelty.} ({Beforehand} 15. d5 {was
played, after which Black's typical black knight on a5 managed to escape via
the c4-square} Nc4 16. b3 Bf6 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. N3h2 (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 $13)
18... c4 19. f4 Nd3 $1 20. Bxd3 cxd3 $15 {Baron Ta 2497 - Efimenko Z 2695 , 24.
3.2012 13th EICC; strategically speaking White is doing fine, but from the
tactical point of view he simply can not hold the pawn centre.}) 15... cxd4 {
Otherwise White would simply play d5 and the knight on a5 would be stuck.} 16.
Nxd4 Bf8 17. Ng4 {Maybe I should try immediately to play} (17. Bd2 {instead,
but I didn't want to give up a pawn at the start and also to exchange too many
pieces.} Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Bc3 Nc4 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8
23. Re1 Nce5 24. Qd1 f6 25. f4 Qf7 26. Nf5 $44) (17. b3 $5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4
19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Nd5 Ne5 22. Qg3 Nac6 23. Nf5 Kh8 24. Rad1 {with
compensation.}) 17... Rc8 (17... h5 18. Nh2 g6 19. Nhf3 Rc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Rc1
Nc4 22. b3 Nce5 23. Bb1 Qb6 $11 {Preparing ...d5.}) 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bc3 Nde5
$11 20. a4 b4 (20... Qb6) 21. Bxb4 Nxb2 22. Qb1 Nbc4 23. a5 $2 {Too slow, but
even more important I shouldn't allow Black to spoil my pawn structure on g4.}
(23. Qa2 Nxg4 24. hxg4 a5 25. Bc3 Ne5 $15) (23. Nxe5 {perhaps was the best
solution for me. After that already Black has to guess right how to equalise}
dxe5 {wrong. A better move is} (23... Nxe5 $1 $11) 24. Bxf8 exd4 (24... Qxd4
25. Qxb7 Rxf8 26. Qxa6 $14) 25. Bxg7 Ba8 26. Bh6 Re6 27. Bf4 d3 28. Bxd3 Rb6
29. Qd1 Nb2 30. Qf3 Nxd3 31. Red1 Rc3 32. Be5 $18) 23... Nxg4 24. hxg4 g6 $5 {
A logical and good move but a bit slow, now I have time to arrange my pieces.}
(24... Qg5 25. Qd1 g6 26. Rb1 Ba8 27. Bd3 Bg7 $15) 25. Qa2 Bg7 26. Rad1 Qg5 (
26... Qh4 $1 27. Bb3 Rxe4 $5 28. Bxc4 (28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxc4 Bxg2 {the small
but extremly important difference with the line with the queen on g5 is, that
now mate on h1 is threatening}) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxd4 30. Bxd6 Qxg4 31.
Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Re8 $1 33. Rxe8 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ {=}) 27. Bb3 d5 (27... Rxe4
28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxc4 Bxg2 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Be6 $18) 28. exd5 Rxe1+ (28...
Qxg4 29. Bxc4 Bxd4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 $13) 29. Bxe1 Bxd5 (
29... Qxd5 30. Nf3 Qe4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd7 Bxf3 34. Rd8+ Bf8
35. gxf3 Rc1 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 {=}) 30. Qe2 $1 $14 {The first moment in the
game where I can say that I am better. Now the knight on c4 is pinned twice
and another problem is the unstable bishop on d5 - the threat Nf5 is very
serious.} h5 (30... Bf8 31. Nf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qf4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 $14)
31. Nf5 $1 gxf5 32. Rxd5 Qxg4 $1 33. f3 Qf4 34. g3 Qe3+ 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. Rd7
Nc4 37. f4 Re8 (37... Rc6 {was much more resilient} 38. Kg2 (38. Bd1 h4 39.
gxh4 Bh6 40. Bh5 Bxf4 41. Bxf7+ Kh8 42. Bd5 Rc5) 38... Bf6 39. Ra7 Ne3+ 40. Kf3
Nc4 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxa6 Bc3 43. Bf2 $14) 38. Bf2 Rc8 39. Rd5 Bc3 40. Rxf5
Rc7 {The last move in time trouble.} 41. Rg5+ $1 Kh7 (41... Kf8 42. Rc5 $18)
42. Rxh5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Kg2 Nd2 (44... Bb4 $16) 45. Bb6 Re7 46. Ba2 Re2+
47. Kh3 $18 Ke7 48. Rc5 Ne4 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Bc4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Breutigam,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 (11... Bb7 12. d5) 12. Kh1 $5 {This
mysterious waiting move was played for the first time by Vladimir Kramnik in
Linares 2003 (against Ruslan Ponomariov). As with 12.b3, White more or less
leaves his opponent the move. Black now has to take a decision: if he
exchanges on d4, the knight on b1 goes to its favourite square c3; and after
moves such as 12...Re8, 12...Bb7, 12...Bf6 or 12...Qc7, White plays the
delayed 13.d5, in the hope that Black's 12th move does not harmonise quite so
well with the usual counterplay (e.g. ...f5).  12.Kh1 is moreover not so
useless; in many cases White later plays g2-g4 perhaps and if after that the
g-file should open up, it could immediately be occupied by his rook. Dieser
mysteriöse Abwartezug wurde zum ersten Mal von Vladimir Kramnik in Linares
2003 gespielt (gegen Ruslan Ponomariov). Wie bei 12.b3 überlässt Weiß dem
Gegner quasi das Zugrecht. Schwarz muss jetzt eine Entscheidung treffen:
Tauscht er auf d4, bekommt der Springer b1 das Lieblingsfeld c3; und auf Züge
wie 12...Re8, 12...Bb7, 12...Bf6 oder 12...Qc7, spielt Weiß das verzögerte 13.
d5, in der Hoffnung, dass der 12. zug von Schwarz nicht so gut mit dem
üblichen Gegenspiel harmoniert (z.B. ...f5).  Ganz nutzlos ist 12.Kh1 übrigens
auch nicht, in manchen Fällen spielt Weiß später vielleicht g2-g4 und wenn
sich danach die g-Linie öffnen sollte, könnte diese sofort vom Turm besetzt
werden.} ({At the same ECh GM Luka Lenic, three rounds after his game against
Sutovsky, was faced by another rare but not so mysterious move. But he had no
trouble keeping things level: GM Luka Lenic bekam bei derselben EM, drei
Runden nach seiner Partie gegen Sutovsky, noch einen anderen seltenen, aber
weniger mysteriösen Zug vorgesetzt. Er hatte aber keine Mühe, die Balance zu
halten:} 12. a4 Bb7 (12... Rb8 $5 13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16.
Nf1 Nc4 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Ra7 Nc5 21. Nd2 Qc6 22. f3 Ne6
23. Kh2 Rfd8 24. b4 Nd4 25. Qd1 Bh4 26. Rf1 Nxc2 27. Qxc2 Rd3 28. Bc5 Rbd8 29.
Nb1 Bg5 30. Kh1 Bf4 31. Bg1 f5 32. exf5 e4 {0-1 Borisek,J (2541)-Karjakin,S 
(2763), Porto Carras 2011.}) 13. d5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Bd2 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Nxa4
17. Rxa4 Nb3 18. Be3 Rfb8 19. Nbd2 Bc8 20. Nxb3 Rxb3 21. Rea1 a5 22. R4a2 Bd7
23. Nd2 Rb7 24. Qd1 Bb5 25. Ra3 g6 26. R1a2 Kg7 27. b3 Rba7 28. Qa1 Ra6 29. c4
Bd7 30. Nb1 Rb6 31. Bd2 Qb7 32. Rb2 a4 33. Bc3 Rb8 34. Nd2 Bg5 35. Nf3 Bf6 36.
Nd2 Bg5 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Nd2 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V (2675)-Lenic,L (2623),
Aix-les-Bains 2011.}) 12... Bb7 ({Another move which is playable here, though
a little bit of a concession, is Spielbar, obwohl ein kleines Zugeständnis ist
auch hier} 12... exd4 13. cxd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gb1c3] Here we can see a
slight difference between the waiting moves 12.b3 and 12.Kh1. In this case,
should the black bishop pop up on f6 White has not been weakened so much on
the a1-h8 diagonal.  Hier zeigt sich ein kleiner Unterschied zwischen den
Wartezügen 12.b3 und 12.Kh1. In diesem Fall ist Weiß, wenn der schwarze Läufer
auf f6 auftaucht, weniger geschwächt auf der Diagonale a1-h8.} Bb7 (13... Nc6
14. Nc3 Bf6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bf4 $14) 14. Nc3 Re8 (14... Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 Nb6 $2 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. a4 Nac4 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Rd8 24. Qb3 Nxd5 25. Qxb5 Nd2 26. Nxd2 Nc7 27. Qc4 Rd4 28.
Rxf6 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 Nd5 30. Rf3 Nb4 31. Bb3 {1-0 Bologan,V (2661)-Graf,A (2604),
Dresden 2006.}) 15. dxc5 (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 $11) (15. Bf4 Nc4 16. b3
Ncb6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. a3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Nde2 Bf8 21. f3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Nc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Be6 26. b4 Qh4 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bg5 Qc4
29. Qxd7 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Bf6 Bg7 32. Be4 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D
(2638)-Mecking,H (2567), Wijk aan Zee 2009.}) 15... Nxc5 $5 (15... dxc5 $5) 16.
Nd5 $6 ({The critical test is Der kritische Test ist:} 16. b4 $5 Bf6 17. Bd2 {
with complications far too deep for human minds to plumb, e.g. mit für
Menschenhirne kaum zu bewältigenden Komplikationen, z.B.} Nc4 18. bxc5 dxc5 19.
e5 $1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd2 (20... Nxd2 21. Qf5) 21. Be4 Nxe5 22. Bxa8 Rf8 $1 23.
Qg3 Nd3 $1 24. Ne4 Nxf2+ 25. Nxf2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxa8 27. Kh2 $14) 16... Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Rc8 18. Bd2 (18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 $11) 18... Nc4 19. Bb3 Bf6 20.
Bxc4 $2 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxe4 22. Qxa6 Nxf2+ 23. Kh2 Ne4 24. Qd3 Bxb2 25. Rab1
Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Bf6 28. Rb7 g6 29. Qb4 Kg7 30. a4 Bc3 31. Qg4 Rc5
32. h4 Qf6 33. Kh3 Be5 34. Rb5 h5 35. Qg5 Qe6+ {0-1 Enders,P (2433)-Graf,A 
(2610), Bad Koenigshofen 2007.}) ({Former champion Oleg Romanishin prefers
instead of waiting moves like 12.b3 or 12.Kh1 the manoeuvre Altmeister Oleg
Romanishin bevorzugt auf Wartezüge wie 12.b3 oder 12.Kh1 das Manöver} 12... Re8
13. d5 Nf8 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gf8g6]} 14. b3 Ng6 15. Be3 Rf8 16. Nbd2 Nb7 17. a4
Bd7 18. Ra2 bxa4 19. bxa4 Na5 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Rb2 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 Qd7
24. Reb1 Bd8 25. c4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Bd3 h6 28. Qc2 Be7 29. Rb6 Ra7 30.
Rb8 Bd8 31. Nxc5 Bxd3 32. Nxd3 Rc7 33. c5 dxc5 34. Nde5 Qd6 35. Qc3 Ra7 36. Rc8
Qxd5 37. Rxc5 Qa2 38. Rd1 Qxa4 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxa5 Qe4 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Qc6
Qb1 43. Ra4 Qf5 44. Qb6 Raa8 45. Ra5 Rd1 46. Qb4 Rc8 47. Ra4 a5 48. Qxf4 Qxf4+
49. Rxf4 Ra1 50. Rf7 Re8 51. Ra7 a4 52. Nd7 Kg8 53. Nfe5 a3 54. f4 a2 55. Kg3
Rd8 56. Nc5 Re8 57. Ncd3 Rd8 58. Nb4 Rd2 59. Nbd3 Rc2 60. Nb4 Rb2 61. Nbd3 Rc2
62. Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2700)-Romanishin,O (2559), Warsaw 2005.}) 13. d5
Nc4 $5 {This is slightly reminiscent of the Romanishin Variation in which
Black plays 11...Bb7 (instead of Keres' 11...Nd7), after 12.d5 Nc4 a very
similar position appears on the board, except that the king is on h1 and the
knight on d7. This difference could favour Black, insofar as ...f5 works well.
In any case, that the black knight on the edge can no longer return to b7 in
the event of b2-b4. So Lenic puts it on c4, before a white knight pops up on
d2 and exchanges on c4, which led to a weakening of the black pawn structure
in Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu's game.. Dies erinnert ein wenig an die
Romanishin-Variante, in der Schwarz 11...Bb7 spielt (statt Keres' 11...Nd7),
nach 12.d5 Nc4 kommt eine ganz ähnliche Stellung aufs Brett, bloß dass der
König auf h1 steht und der Springer auf d7. Dieser Unterschied könnte Schwarz
begünstigen, sofern ...f5 gut funktioniert. Wie auch immer, man bedenke, dass
der schwarze Randspringer im Fall von b2-b4 nicht mehr nach b7 zurückkehren
kann. Also stellt Lenic ihn nach c4, bevor ein weißer Springer auf d2
auftaucht und auf c4 abtauscht, was in der folgenden Partie von Liviu-Dieter
Nisipeanu zu einer Schwächung der schwarzen Bauernstruktur führte.} (13... f5
14. Nbd2 (14. exf5 Nc4 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bxd5 18. f4 Qc7 19.
Ne6 Bxe6 20. fxe6 Nh5 21. Qd5 Rad8 22. f5 Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf5 24. Rf1 Nh4 25. Bg5
Ng6 26. h4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. g3 f3 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31. Qd3 g6
32. Rf1 Qc8 33. Rxf8+ {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2807)-Ponomariov,R (2734), Linares
2003.}) 14... Nc4 $6 (14... Nb6 $5) 15. Nxc4 bxc4 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. exf5 Nf6 17.
Bg5 Nxd5 (17... Rb8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf3d2]}) 18. Be4 $16
Bxg5 19. Bxd5+ Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qxd6 Qxf5 23. Re2 e4 24.
Rd1 e3 25. fxe3 Qh5 26. Rdd2 Qf5 27. Kh2 Rf6 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Re5
Rb6 31. Re4 Rcb8 32. Rxc4 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rxc5 Kg8 35. Ra5 Re2 36. Rxa6
Rxe3 37. Rc6 Re2 38. a4 Ra2 39. Rc4 Kf7 40. h4 Kf6 41. Kg3 Ke5 42. Kf3 g6 43.
g3 Ra1 44. Kg4 h6 45. h5 g5 46. Rc6 Rxa4+ 47. c4 Ke4 48. Re6+ Kd3 49. Rxh6 {
1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Rapport,R (2523), Baile Herculane 2010.}) (13... g6 14.
Nbd2 Kh8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Rc1
Qf8 21. Ba4 $14 {1-0 (42.) Bologan,V (2682)-Olszewski,M (2414), Warsaw 2005.})
14. b3 (14. g4 Re8 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6,Gg6f4]} 15. b3 Ncb6 16. Nbd2
Nf8 17. Nf1 Ng6 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nxf4 Bf6 $44 {1-0 (46.
) Huerga Leache,M (2456)-Garbisu de Goni,U (2467), Pamplona 2009.}) (14. Nbd2
Nxd2 15. Bxd2 f5 16. exf5 Bxd5 $13) 14... Ncb6 15. a4 bxa4 {Black should not
allow the queenside to be locked up tight (with a5/b4). Schwarz sollte nicht
zulassen, dass der den Damenflügel verriegelt wird (mit a5/b4).} ({With this
in mind In diesem Sinne war auch} 15... c4 $5 {was also worth considering, e.g.
eine Überlegung wert, z.B.} 16. bxc4 (16. b4 f5 $1 {Here, exceptionally, the
closing down of the queenside is acceptable, because Black manages to
undermine the d5-pawn in time. Hier ist die Verriegelung des Damenflügels
ausnahmsweise akzeptabel, denn Schwarz schafft es rechtzeitig, den Bauern d5
zu unterminieren.} 17. a5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Na4 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5][%cal Gd7f6,
Gb7d5,Gf6d5,Ga4c3]}) (16. a5 cxb3 17. Bxb3 Nc4) 16... Nxc4 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18.
Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Be3 $5 Qxc3 (19... f5 20. Bb3 Qxc3 21. exf5) 20. Qb1 Rfb8 21. Rc1
$44 {1-0 (63.) Klauner,T (2468)-Jandek,S (2458), ICCF email 2008.}) 16. bxa4 a5
17. Na3 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4][%cal Ga3c4,Ga3b5]} f5 18. exf5 ({Also in the event of
Auch im Fall von} 18. c4 {Black plays, e.g. spielt Schwarz mit, z.B.} fxe4 (
18... f4 $5 19. Rb1 g5) 19. Bxe4 Nf6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gb7c8]}) 18... Nxd5 19.
Nb5 Kh8 20. c4 (20. Be4 N7f6 $13) 20... Nb4 21. Bb1 Nb6 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Qh5 d5
24. cxd5 N6xd5 25. Ne4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Ng5 $6 (27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Ra3 $13)
27... h6 (27... Bxg5 $5 28. f6 Bh6 29. fxg7+ Kxg7) 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bd5
30. Qg6 f3 31. g4 $2 Qd7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Nd6 Re7 (33... Re2 $1 $19) 34. Ne4 $5
Bxa1 35. f6 Bxe4 $4 {Here, proably pressed for time, GM Luka Lenic, lets the
well-played game slip away from him. Hier entgleitet GM Luka Lenic, vermutlich
zeitnotbedingt, die gut gespielte Partie.} (35... gxf6 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 $19) 36.
Rxd7 Bxg6 37. fxe7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 $1 (12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 $10
) (12. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 $10) 12... dxc5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 $2 (13... f6 14. Nh4 Nb6 15.
Nf5 Rf7 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Nxe7+ $2 {Fischer,R-Ivkov,B Habana 1965}) 16... Kh8 17.
h4 $1 {/\ h4-h5, Nd2-f3-h4} g6 18. Nh6 Rg7 19. Qf3 $16) 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne3 Rd8
16. Qe2 Be6 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5 f6 19. h4 $1 Nxd5 (19... Nac4
20. h5 Nd6 21. Qd3 $1 e4 22. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $18) 20. h5 $40 {/\ Qe4})
18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Ra7 (19... Bd6 20. Qd3 $1 Bxe5 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. f4 $18)
(19... Be6 20. Nxf7 $1) (19... Bf8 20. Qh5 g6 (20... h6 21. Ng4) 21. Qh4 Bg7 (
21... Be7 22. Qg3 {/\ Nxg6}) 22. Ng4) (19... f6 20. Qh5 $1 fxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kf8
22. Rxe5 Bf7 23. Rf5 Bf6 24. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Re1+ Be6 (26... Kd6
27. Bf4+ Kc6 28. Be4+ $18) 27. Bf5 Rd6 28. Bf4 $18) (19... Re8 $2 20. Qd3) 20.
Bf4 Qb6 (20... Qc8 21. Rad1) 21. Rad1 $1 {/\ Rxd5} g6 (21... Bxa2 22. Rxd8+
Qxd8 (22... Bxd8 23. Nc4 $1 Qe6 24. Qd1 Rd7 25. Nd2) 23. b4 $1 cxb4 24. cxb4
Bxb4 (24... Nc4 25. Nc6 $18) 25. Qe4 $1 Bxe1 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28.
Bg5+ f6 29. Ng6+ Kd7 30. Bf5+ Kc7 31. Bf4+ $18) 22. Ng4 Nc4 (22... Bxa2 23.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bh6 $1 f5 (24... f6 25. b3 $1) (24... Bf8 25. Qe8 Ra8 26. Nf6+
Kh8 27. Bxf8 $18) 25. Qe5 $1 Bd6 (25... Bf8 26. Qe8 Qxe8 27. Rxe8 Rf7 28. Ne5
Rf6 29. Nd7) 26. Rd1 $1 Nc4 (26... fxg4 27. Rxd6 Rd7 28. Qg7+ $3 $18) 27. Qe6+
Kh8 (27... Rf7 28. b3 fxg4 29. bxc4 Qh4 30. Rxd6 Qxh6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+)
28. b3 $1 fxg4 29. bxc4 Rd7 30. Bg5 $1 $18) 23. Bh6 (23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Rxd5 Rxd5
25. Nxf7 Qf6 $1 $19) 23... Be6 (23... Nxb2 24. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 25. Be4 Rd8 26.
Qxb2 f5 27. c4 $1 $18 {/\ Qg7#}) 24. Bb3 $1 Qb8 {>< e5} 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (25...
Qxd8 $2 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 (26... bxc4 27. Qe5) 27. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 28. Qe5) 26. Bxc4
bxc4 27. Qxc4 $1 Qd6 (27... Qxb2 28. Rxe6 $1) (27... Bxc4 $4 28. Re8#) 28. Qa4
Qe7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nd5 Qd7 31. Qe4 $1 Qd6 (31... Bxd5 $2 32. Qe8+ Qxe8 33.
Rxe8#) 32. Nf4 (32. c4 $18) 32... Re7 33. Bg5 (33. Bf8 $1 $18) 33... Re8 34.
Bxd8 Rxd8 (34... Qxd8 35. Qe5+ f6 (35... Kg8 36. Nd5 $1) 36. Qxc5 Bxa2 37.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. c4 $18) 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 (35... Re8 36. Qe5+ $18) 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37.
Rxe6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Rb6 Rxf2 40. Rb7 $1 Rf6 41. Kg3 (41. Kg3 Kg8 42. b4
cxb4 43. cxb4 Rd6 44. a4 Rd3+ 45. Kh2 Ra3 46. a5 Ra4 (46... Kh8 47. Kg1 Ra2 48.
Kf1 Kg8 49. Ke1 Rxg2 50. b5 axb5 51. a6 Ra2 52. a7) 47. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.06.15"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Die Partie wurde wegen Krankheit von Keres erst am 15.06. statt am 13.
06. gespielt.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. g4 h5 14. Nh2 hxg4
15. hxg4 Bg5 16. Nd2 g6 17. Ndf3 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Kg7 19. Qg5 Nb7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8
21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Bd7 24. Ra2 c4 25. Nd2 Bb5 26. Nhf1 Rh8 27.
Ne3 Rh4 28. Kg2 Rah8 29. Nf3 Rh3 30. Nf1 Nc5 31. Ng3 Bd7 32. g5 f6 33. gxf6+
Kxf6 34. Re3 Ke7 35. Nd2 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Bb5 37. Ra1 R2h4 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Rf3 Rb8
40. Kg1 Ra8 41. Ra5 Rc8 42. Ra3 Ra8 43. Ra5 Ra7 44. Kg2 Nb7 45. Ra1 a5 46. Ngf1
Nc5 47. Ne3 a4 48. Rh3 Rxh3 49. Kxh3 Nd3 50. Ra2 Nxf2+ 51. Kg3 Nd3 52. Nexc4
Ra8 53. Nb6 Ra6 54. Nbc4 Nc5 55. Kf3 Ra8 56. b4 Nb3 57. Na3 Bd7 58. Kg2 Bg4 59.
Nac4 Rc8 60. Ne3 Bd7 61. c4 Rb8 62. b5 Nc5 63. Nd1 Kd8 64. Nc3 Ra8 65. Nf3 Kc7
66. Ng5 Kb6 67. Nf7 Rf8 {[#]} 68. Rf2 $2 (68. Nxd6 Kc7 69. Nxa4 Kxd6 (69... Ra8
70. Nf7 $11) 70. Nxc5 Kxc5 71. Ra7 Bg4 72. Kg3 Bf3 73. Rc7+ Kb6 74. Rc6+ Ka5
75. Rxg6 Bxe4 76. Re6 $11) 68... a3 $19 69. Rf3 Bg4 70. Rf2 a2 71. Nxa2 Nxe4
72. Rf1 Bf5 73. c5+ dxc5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-06"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1964.06.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 exd4 (16... Bf6 17. Nf1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Ne3
Bb7 21. Qd2 a3 22. b4 $14 {Gligoric-Tal, Amsterdam izt 1964.}) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4
18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Nf1 Be6 20. Ne3 Rc8 (20... Bf6 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. b3 $14) (20...
Bg5 21. b3 Nc6 22. Bc3 b4 23. Bd2 Bf6 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Nd5 $14 {Tarjan-Karklins,
USA (ch) 1973}) 21. b3 axb3 22. Bxb3 Nc4 23. Qh5 $14 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rad1
$1 (25. Qxb5 $2 Rc5 26. Qb4 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bxh3 $1 $17) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxb3
27. axb3 Rc5 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Rd8 30. Rfd3 g6 31. Rd5 Re8 32. f3 Re6 33.
b4 Rc2 34. R1d2 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Rd5 f4 38. Rxb5 Re1+ 39. Kf2
Rb1 40. Rg5+ Kh8 41. b5 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 h6 43. Rf5 Kg7 44. Kh2 (44. Rxf4 $16)
44... Kg6 45. Rxf4 Rxb5 46. g4 $16 Rd5 47. Kg3 Rd1 48. h4 Ra1 49. Rd4 Ra6 50.
Rd5 Rb6 51. Ra5 (51. h5+ Kf6 52. f4 $16) 51... Rb7 52. Ra6 Rd7 53. Kf4 Kg7 54.
Ra4 Rf7+ 55. Ke3 Rb7 56. Ra6 Re7+ 57. Kf2 Rd7 58. f4 d5 $1 $132 59. Kf3 d4 60.
Ra2 d3 61. Rd2 h5 62. g5 Kg6 63. Ke4 Re7+ 64. Kxd3 Kf5 65. Rg2 Rd7+ 66. Ke3
Re7+ 67. Kf2 Ra7 $14 68. g6 Ra2+ 69. Kg1 Ra1+ 70. Kh2 Ra8 71. Rg5+ Kxf4 72. g7
Rg8 73. Kg2 Ke3 74. Rxh5 Rxg7+ 75. Rg5 Rf7 76. Kg3 Ke4 77. Kg4 Rf1 78. Ra5 Rg1+
79. Kh5 Kf4 80. Kh6 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 03rd Final"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1965.06.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1965.06.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. a4 Bb7 (10... b4 11. Bd5 Bb7 12. cxb4 Rb8 13. b5 axb5 14.
axb5 Nb4 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nc3 $16 {Schmid-Keres,Tel Aviv (ol)1964}) (10... Nc5
11. axb5 (11. Bd5 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d4 Nd7 15. Na3 b4 16. Nc4
$14 {Fischer-Kalme,New York 1960/61}) 11... Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Be6 $1 $15 (12... Rb8
13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qxc6 Rb6 15. Qxb6 $16 {Suetin})) 11. d4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2
cxd4 (13... Re8 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd3 $16 {
Matanovic-Petrosian/JUG-URS/1969/}) 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Nb3 (15. Nf1 exd4 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb6 $10 {Suetin-Petrosian,SU 1958})
15... Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Nbd2 exd4 20. Nxc4 bxc4
21. Qxc4 Ne5 $1 $10 22. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qc8 24. Qa7 d5 25. Be3 dxe4 26.
Bxe4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Bb4 28. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.06.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Keres/Tal"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Tal in Shakhmatyi (Riga) 1963. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Michael
Tal. Sein Lebenswerk. 1962-1983. Chessgate. 2004. S.6-9.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11.
d4 Nd7 {The Keres Variation. Black plays for the control of the point e5. The
knight also vacates the f6 square for the occupation of the bishop. Keres had
lost with this variation to Fischer in Round 7. The famous encounter is
included in Fischer's book, "My 60 Memorable Games".} 12. Nbd2 (12. dxc5 dxc5
13. Nbd2 Qc7 $2 (13... f6 $142 {Tal: Gegen diesen Zug konnte ich während der
Vorbereitung keinen Vorteil für Weiß finden. So erging es wohl auch Fischer,
denn im dritten Durchgang spielte er gegen Keres 12.d5, der sich als
positionell gänzlich unbegründet erwies.}) 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Qe2
Be6 17. Nd5 {Fischer-Keres. Candidates Curacao.[7] 1962. Tal: Und Weiss steht
wohl schon auf Gewinn.}) 12... cxd4 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 $1 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 $16) 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
a3 {This move preventing ...Nb4 preserves the present position for the bishop
on c2. But it would lose a tempo if White has to play a4 later. He has other
alternatives, 14.Nf1, 14.d5 and 14.Nb3.} exd4 15. Nb3 Nde5 16. Nfxd4 Bf6 17.
Bd2 {'?!'} (17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. f4 Be6 {deserves attention.}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4
Nd3 19. Nc6 $6 {Keres wrote,"Tal tries for the greatest possible complications
in every position....The combination initiated by the text move is indeed very
complicated, but it eventually turns to Black's advantage."} (19. Bxd3 Bxd4 20.
Qc2 Qf6 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 $11) (19. Ba5 Qxa5 20. Qxd3 g6 $11)
19... Nxf2 $1 20. Qf3 $2 (20. Qh5 $5 Nxh3+ $1 (20... Qb6 $6 {During the game
Keres had intended this move and calculated} 21. e5 Ne4+ 22. Kh2 Bxe5+ 23. Nxe5
Nf6 {Here John Nunn found the stunning} 24. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 25. Ng6 $1 fxg6 26.
Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxa8 Bb7 28. Qe8 $1 Bxg2 $1 (28... Rxe8 $4 29. Rxe8+ Nf8 30. Rxf8+
$18) 29. Be3 $1 ({Not} 29. Kxg2 $2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Nf8) 29... Rxe8
30. Bxb6 Be4 {and White is only slightly superior. A phenomenal
might-have-been!}) 21. Kh2 (21. gxh3 $2 Qb6+ $1) 21... g6 $1 ({Tal: At this
moment I thought up a very interesting combination and after making a
preparatory move, I even went up to Petrosian and joked, "I am going for the
brilliancy prize." The point was that I was planning to sacrifice my queen for
only two minor pieces.} 21... Qc7 22. e5 g6 23. exf6 gxh5 24. gxh3 Qxc6 25. Be4
Qd7 26. Re3 $40) ({Tal: ...but after writing down 20.Qh5 I saw} 21... Be5+ 22.
Qxe5 dxe5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Ba5 Nf4 {and now on} 25. Bxd8 {I conjured up 25...
Rxd8!!? when Black would be a piece up. So I changed my mind.}) 22. Qf3 Be5+
23. Nxe5 dxe5 $19 {If} 24. Bh6 $2 Qh4 $1) 20... Nxh3+ {'!'} ({Tal was a
dangerous adversary even in bad positions.} 20... Qb6 $2 21. e5 Ng4+ 22. Be3
Nxe3 23. exf6 $1 Nxc2+ 24. Kh1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 $40 {and White has an attack
going for him.}) 21. Kh2 (21. gxh3 $2 Qb6+ $1 {juat as in the line after 20.Qh5
}) 21... Be5+ 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Red1 (23. Bb4 $2 Ng5 $1) 23... Nf4 24. g3 (24.
Bxf4 $2 Qh4+ $1) 24... Ne6 25. Bc3 Qg5 26. Rd6 (26. Rd5 $2 Qh6+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 $1
$40) 26... Qh6+ 27. Kg1 (27. Kg2 $2 Nf4+ $1 28. gxf4 Qxd6 $19) 27... Nd4 28.
Rxh6 (28. Rxd4 $2 exd4 29. Bxd4 Qd2 $19) 28... Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 gxh6 30. Kxf3 Re8
31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Bb3 Bb7 33. Bd2 f5 34. Rxh6 Rad8 35. Rb6 Bxe4+ 36. Ke2 Bf3+ 37.
Ke1 f4 38. Bc3 fxg3 39. Rxa6 Rd4 40. Ra7+ (40. Bxd4 {also loses.} exd4+ 41. Re6
Rxe6+ 42. Bxe6 d3 43. Bf5 d2+ $1 44. Kxd2 g2 $19) 40... Kh6 41. Rf7 {and Tal
resigned. A great battle in which so much action remained behind the scenes.}
0-1

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 g6 (13... c4 14. Nf1
Nb7 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Bxh3 17. N3h2 Nh7 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Bf4
$14 {Spassky,B-Olafsson,F/Moscow/1959/}) 14. b4 Nb7 15. a4 Bd7 16. Nf1 Qc7 (
16... Ne8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Ba4 $14 {Gufeld,E-Krogius,N/URS/1960/})
17. Bh6 $6 (17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Ra2) (17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Bh6) 17... Rfc8 18. axb5
cxb4 (18... Bxb5 19. Ba4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Qc4) 19. bxa6 Nc5 20. cxb4 Nxa6 21. Ba4
Nxb4 22. Bxd7 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 $10 Nxd7 24. Rc1 Nc5 25. Ng3 $6 (25. Be3 Nbd3 26.
Rc3 Qb7 27. N1d2 $10) 25... Nbd3 26. Rc3 Qb7 27. Ra3 Bf8 28. Be3 Rb8 29. Ra7 (
29. Nd2 Qb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Ra8 $10) 29... Qb1+ 30. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kh2 Rb7
32. Rxb7 Nxb7 33. Nd2 Be7 34. Nc4 $2 (34. Kg1 $5 $10) 34... Bh4 35. Bb6 Kf8 36.
Nh1 Ke7 37. g3 $6 (37. Kg1 Nbc5 38. f3 f5 39. g3 Bg5 40. Bxc5 Nxc5 41. Nf2 $10)
37... Bg5 38. f3 $2 (38. Kg2 f5 39. f3 f4 40. g4 Bh4 41. Kf1 $10) 38... Ne1 39.
f4 exf4 $17 40. Kg1 Nd3 41. Nf2 Ndc5 42. Kg2 fxg3 43. Kxg3 h5 (43... Bf6 44.
Kf4 Bd4 $17) 44. e5 dxe5 45. Nxe5 Bf6 46. Nc4 Bd4 47. Bc7 Bxf2+ (47... Kd7 48.
Bb8 $15) 48. Kxf2 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Nf6 50. Ne3 Nc5 $6 (50... Nd6 51. Kf4 Nfe4 $15)
51. Bf4 Ncd7 52. h4 Ke8 53. Bc7 Ke7 54. Bf4 Ne8 55. Ke4 f6 56. Nc4 Nc5+ 57. Kd4
Nb7 58. Bb8 Ng7 59. Ne3 Kd7 60. Bf4 Ne8 (60... Nd6 $5 61. Bxd6 Kxd6 62. Nc4+
Kd7 63. Ne3 Ne8 $15) 61. Bg3 Ned6 62. Be1 Nd8 63. Bg3 N8f7 64. Bf4 Nb5+ 65. Kc4
Nfd6+ 66. Kd3 Nb7 (66... Kc7 67. Nc4) 67. Kc4 N5d6+ 68. Kd4 Na5 69. Kc3 Ne4+
70. Kd4 Nf2 71. Bb8 Ng4 72. Nxg4 hxg4 73. Ke4 $10 Nc4 74. Kf4 Kc8 75. Ba7 Ne5
76. Bg1 Kd7 77. Bh2 Kd6 78. Ke4 Ke7 79. Kf4 Nc4 80. Kxg4 Ne3+ 81. Kf3 Nxd5 82.
Kg4 Ne3+ 83. Kf4 Nc4 84. Bg1 Ke6 85. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 $5 Na5 13. Nbd2 $14) 12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 (13... exd4 14. Nb3 d3 15. Bxd3 Bb7 16. Bd2 Re8 17. a4 Bf8
$10 {Geller,E-Romanishin,O/Lvov/1978/}) 14. Nf1 (14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Qe2
Qc7 17. Nf1 Rfc8 18. Bd2 $14) 14... Re8 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ng3 Rc8
17. Nf5 Re8 $10 {Suetin,A-Bannik,A/URS/1958/}) 15. Ng3 (15. d5 $5 Nb4 16. Bb1
a5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 $14) 15... g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2 $6 (17. Bxf8
$5 Kxf8 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 $14) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh6 19.
Qxh6 exd4 20. Rad1 Rc8 $10 21. Bb1 Re6 22. Rxd4 Qe7 (22... Rc4 $5 23. Rxc4 bxc4
$10) 23. Qg5 Rc5 (23... Re8 $2 24. Nf5 $40) 24. Qe3 Rc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Ne2
$5 Qc7 (26... Nxe4 27. Nd4 Re5 28. f4 $16) 27. Nd4 Re5 28. Nf3 Rc5 (28... Re8
29. Qd4 Nd7 30. Rd1) 29. Rc1 (29. Qd4 $5 Nd7 30. Rd1 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxd6
Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nc5 35. Rb6 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxa6 Nxf2 $10)
29... Qc6 $6 (29... Qe7 $5 30. Qd4 Nxe4 31. Rxc4 (31. Re1 f5 $132) 31... Rxc4
32. Qxc4 Nd2 33. Nxd2 Qe1+ 34. Nf1 Qxb1 $10) 30. Nd4 Qe8 31. Re1 Re5 32. Nf3
Re6 $6 (32... Rc5 33. Qd4 (33. e5 $2 Bxf3 34. exf6 Re5 $19) 33... Qe7) 33. Qb6
Bxe4 (33... Qd7 $1 34. Nd4 Re8 $16) 34. Nd4 Nd5 $6 (34... Re7 $1 35. Qxd6 Kg7
36. f3 Rd7 37. Qc5 Qf8 $16) 35. Qxa6 Re7 36. Qc6 $1 $18 (36. Qxd6 Bxb1 37. Rxb1
Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe4 $14 40. Nf3 Nf4) 36... Nf6 37. Qxd6 Re6 $2 38.
Nxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 (9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 {1-0 Comp Hydra-Adams,M/London 2005/
CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (28)}) 9... Nd7 {Black transfers the kingside knight to
b6 and liberates the f6 square for dark-squared bishop in order to press
white's centre along the h8-a1 diagonal. More popular continuations are:} (9...
Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {1-0 Leko,P-Adams,M/Miskolc 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] 
(32)}) (9... Bb7 10. d4 Re8 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Bacrot,E/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/
[Erenburg] (31)}) 10. d4 Nb6 {Black prefers not to define the position of his
light-squared bishop as long time as possible. Another option is:} (10... Bb7
11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. N1h2 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. Ng4 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $14 {1-0 Bauer,C-Fressinet,L/Belfort 2003/CBM 99/[Wedberg] 
(37)}) 11. Nbd2 (11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nc3 Nac4 15. Bc1 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Bf6 17. a4 bxa4 $10 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Olafsson,F/Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade
1959/Candidates/[Bulletin] (51)}) (11. a3 Bf6 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Be3 d5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Bxd5 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Adams,M/Groningen
1997/CBM 063 (44)}) 11... Bf6 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Adams,M/Linares 1999/CBM 070/[Wedberg] (33)}) 12. Nf1 ({White
didn't get anything after} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qf3 c5 15. Nf1 c4
16. Bc2 Be6 $11 {1-0 Shirov,A-Balashov,Y/Tallinn EST 2005/The Week in Chess
533 (35)}) 12... Na5 {driving away the bishop from an active position, and, at
the same time, preparing c7-c5 advance.} (12... Re8 13. N1h2 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5
15. Bc2 c5 16. b3 {1-0 Popovic,P-Salov,V/Manila 1990/CBM 019/[Schussler] (57)})
13. Bc2 c5 14. b3 $1 $146 {Extremely strong novelty. It seems a bit strange to
open the long diagonal, when black's dark-squared bishop is located on f6. But,
white covers the c4 spot, and making possible the development of dark-squared
bishop. In the previous games white tried:} (14. Ng3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. d5
Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. Nh5 Be7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Re8 21. b3 Na6 22. Bd3 $14 {
1-0 Averbakh,Y-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1957/EXT 2001 (45)}) (14. d5 c4 15. Ng3 g6
16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Nh2 Nb7 20. h4 Na4 21. Rb1 Rf7 22. h5
Qf8 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Nh4 Qf7 26. Rf1 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Malich,B/
Halle 1981/MCD (26)}) (14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Ne3 h5 17. g4 g6 $11 {
1-0 Pietzsch,W-Pytlakowski,A/Warsaw 1959/EXT 2001 (43)}) (14. Ne3 cxd4 15. cxd4
Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Bd2 Na4 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lee,P-Janetschek,K/Bad Aibling 1968/EXT 2001 (41)}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Nc6 {attacking white's centre.} ({Black doesn't equalize after} 15... exd4 16.
Nxd4 Bb7 (16... d5 17. e5 $16) 17. Be3 $14) 16. Be3 {White isn't interested to
close the centre:} (16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 $13 {[%cal Yb4a6,Ya6c5]}) {Black
faces some problems to maintain the tension in the centre, as he cannot
complete the development of the queenside.} 16... d5 $2 {losing the pawn.} ({
Better was to get the position with inferior pawn structure, but with material
balance:} 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be5 {[%cal Yd8f6]} (18... Nd7 19.
Ne3 Bb7 20. Nf5 $16) 19. Rc1 $14) 17. exd5 Nxd5 (17... Nxd4 {leads to white's
obvious advantage as well:} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bb7 (19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4
Nxd5 21. Be4 Be6 22. Rad1 $18) 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Be4 Rfe8 23. Qd3
Qh4 24. Bf3 $16) (17... exd4 18. Nxd4 Nb4 (18... Ne7 19. Nc6 $16) 19. Nc6 $16)
18. dxe5 Nxe5 (18... Nxe3 {is even worse, than the move in the game:} 19. Rxe3
Qxd1 (19... Be7 20. Bxh7+ (20. Be4 $16) 20... Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Qxc6 $18)
20. Rxd1 $18 {[%cal Yc2e4]}) 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%tqu "En","Please find the best
continuation for white.","","","c2h7","",10]} 20. Bxh7+ $1 {Simple tactics,
that gives white a material advantage.} ({Another interesting option is} 20.
Qh5 f5 21. Rad1 Bc3 (21... g6 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. Bc5 $18) 22. Re2 $14) 20... Kxh7
21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 $16 {White is a pawn up without any compensation from
the black's side.} Re8 23. Qg3 Nxe3 {Otherwise, white would create some
serious threats against black's monarch from the long diagonal...} 24. Nxe3 Be6
{trying to limit the possibilities of white's knight.} 25. f4 $1 {intending to
drive away the bishop from e6.} Qf6 26. Kh2 $1 {moving away the king from
diagonal a7-g1, thus, threatening with f4-f5 advance.} (26. f5 {doesn't work
at the moment:} Bxf5 27. Rf1 Qb6 $11) 26... Bf5 {blocking white's pawn.} 27.
Rad1 Be4 {covering the central d5 spot. But, now white is getting the g4
square.} (27... Rad8 $2 {loses immediately in view of} 28. Nd5 Qh6 (28... Qd6
29. Ne7+ $18) 29. Ne7+ $18) 28. Ng4 $1 {activating the knight.} Qg6 29. Ne5 {
foring black to change the queens.} Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 f5 31. Re2 Re6 32. Kh4 $1
$16 {[%cal Gd1d7,Yg2g4] /+-. Probably, black lost on time, but, anyway, this
endgame is winning for white.} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Nbd2
Bd7 (15... g6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nf1 $14 {WangZili-Romanishin/Manilaol/
1992/}) 16. a5 Nc8 17. b4 c4 $14 18. Nf1 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ng3 Bf8 21. Bg5 h6
22. Be3 Nh7 23. Qd2 h5 24. Ng5 (24. Nh2 h4 25. Ne2 g5 $14) 24... Nxg5 25. Bxg5
f6 26. Be3 h4 27. Nf1 g5 $1 28. Bd1 Re7 29. Bh5 Rh7 30. Qe2 Ne7 31. Bb6 Qc8 32.
Ne3 Bg7 33. Rad1 Qb7 34. Bg4 Rf8 35. Be6+ Kh8 (35... Bxe6 36. dxe6 $16) 36. Nf5
Nxf5 37. exf5 Rb8 38. Qe4 Bf8 39. f3 Be7 40. Bf2 Kg7 41. Kf1 Rbh8 42. Ke2 Kf8
43. Rh1 Ke8 44. Qg4 Bf8 45. Rd2 Kd8 46. Kd1 Kc8 47. Kc2 Kb8 48. g3 hxg3 49.
Bxg3 Be8 50. Rdh2 Qg7 51. Qe4 Be7 52. Kb2 Bd8 53. Bf2 Rh5 54. Qe3 R8h7 55. h4
Qb7 56. Bg3 Qa7 57. Qe1 (57. Qxa7+ Kxa7 58. hxg5 Rxh2+ 59. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 60. Bxh2
fxg5 $17 {Weakness f3/}) 57... Qg7 58. Bf2 gxh4 59. Bxh4 Bf7 60. Qf2 Bxe6 61.
fxe6 Qb7 62. Qd2 Kc8 63. Bg3 Rxh2 64. Rxh2 Rxh2 65. Bxh2 f5 66. Bg1 (66. Bxe5
$2 dxe5 67. d6 Qxf3 68. e7 Kd7 69. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 70. Qg5+ Kc8 71. Qe7 Qe2+ 72.
Kc1 Qe1+ 73. Kc2 Qe2+ 74. Kc1 Qe3+ 75. Kc2 Qd3+ $17) 66... f4 67. Bf2 Bf6 68.
Bb6 Bd8 69. Bxd8 Kxd8 70. Kc1 Qg7 71. Qh2 Qg3 72. Qh1 Ke7 73. Kd2 Qg6 74. Qh4+
Ke8 75. Kc1 Qg1+ 76. Kb2 Qg2+ 77. Ka3 Qg7 (77... Qc2 $4 78. Qh8+ Ke7 79. Qg7+
$18) 78. Qh3 Ke7 79. Kb2 Ke8 80. Qh5+ Ke7 81. Qh4+ Ke8 82. Qf2 Qh7 83. Qg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 17. f4 (17. Ne3 Bf6 18. Qd1 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5
Rc8 21. Bb3 Nc4 22. Rb1 (22. Re2 Rc5 23. Qd1 d5 $17) 22... Re8 23. Bf4 Be5 24.
Be3 Qf6 $15) 17... Nc6 18. Qf2 (18. Qd1 $5) 18... Bh4 $1 19. g3 (19. Ng3 Qf6
$15) 19... Bf6 20. Kh2 (20. Rd1) 20... Bb7 21. Ne3 $6 (21. Rd1 $142 Rc8 {
/\ 22.e5 Be5 23.fe5 Ne5} 22. Bb3) 21... Bd4 $1 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Ne7 24. Rd1
Qb6 25. Nc2 Bc5 (25... Bf6 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Bd4 $1) 26. f5 (26. Be3 a5 $15 (
26... Kh8 {/\ f5} 27. f5 $2 Nxf5)) 26... d5 $1 27. exd5 Qf6 $17 28. Rf1 $6 (28.
Be3 a5 $1 $17) 28... Rfd8 29. Qg4 h6 30. Ne3 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Rb1 Bd6 34. h4 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Rd4 36. Bf4 (36. Qf3 Qxh4+ $19) 36... Bxf4 37.
Rxf4 Rdd2 38. Rh1 Rxb2 39. Qf3 Rxa2 40. g4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 (14. d5
Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Nb6 18. Qb3 Na4 19. Nf1 $14) 14... a5 15. Bd3
Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18. a3 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 axb3 20. Bxb5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Bxb5
22. Qxb5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Raxb8 24. Bg5 Rfc8 25. Rac1 h6 (25... Rc2 26. Rxc2 bxc2
27. Bc1 Rc8 28. Re2 Rc4 29. Nd2 $14) 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Re3 Rc2 (
28... Rc1+ $142 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Rxb3 d5 31. a4 dxe4 32. Ng1 e3 33. fxe3 e4 {
/\ Be5} 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Re8 Bxb2 (35... Rxb2 36. Rxe4 $14) 36. Rxe4 f5 37. Re6
$14) 29. Rxb3 d5 30. Ne1 Re2 31. Kf1 Rxe4 32. Rd3 $1 Rc4 33. Rxd5 e4 34. Rd2 $6
(34. Rb5 Rc1 35. Ke2 $16) 34... Rc1 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. g4 Kh7 (36... Bxb2 37. Rd8+
Kh7 38. Rb8 $18) (36... g6 37. f3 $1) 37. b4 Bc3 38. Rd1 Rb2+ $2 (38... Rb3 39.
Nc2 Rb2 40. Rc1 g6 41. Ke3 f5 42. a4 Bxb4 (42... f4+ $2 43. Kxe4 Bd2 44. Rd1
Rxc2 45. Kd3 $18) 43. Nxb4 Rxb4 44. Ra1) 39. Ke3 Ra2 40. Kxe4 Re2+ (40... Rxa3
41. Nd3 Rb3 42. Kd5 $18) 41. Kf3 $1 (41. Kd3 Rxe1 42. Rxe1 Bxe1 43. Ke2 Bc3 44.
Kd3 $10) 41... Rxe1 42. Rxe1 Bxe1 43. b5 $18 Ba5 44. Ke4 Kg6 45. Kd5 Be1 (45...
Kg5 46. Kc6 Kh4 47. b6 Bc3 48. a4 Kxh3 49. a5) 46. f3 Kg5 47. b6 Kh4 48. b7 Bg3
49. a4 Kxh3 50. a5 Bb8 51. a6 g6 52. Kc6 h5 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 $5 {[#]} (13. Nbd2
$142) 13... Qc7 (13... Rc8 14. d5 (14. Bd3 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 b4 $1 17. Na4
Nxa4 18. bxa4 d5 $10 {Anand,V-Cseshkovsky,V/Wijk aan Zee/1989 0-1 (40)/ Inf 47/
(444)}) 14... Qc7 15. Re2 Nh5 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-El Taher,F/Manila olm/1992 1-0 
(39)/ Inf 55/(362)}) 14. Re2 (14. a3 $6 Rfe8 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Qb3 exd4 17. Nxd4
d5 $15 {Ragozin,V-Levenfish,G/URS-ch11 Leningrad/1939 0-1 (58)}) 14... Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 b4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. bxa4 d5 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. dxe5 Nxe4 23. e6 f6 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nf5 Qxe6 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Qg4 Kf8
28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Qxh7 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bb1 Rd8 32. Bc2 Bd5 33. Ne3 Bxa2
34. Bxe4 Bc5 35. Nf1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 Re8 15.
d5 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bd2 Nbd7 19. a4 $16 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ba5
Qd7 22. Nf1 Nh5 23. Qd2 Nf4 24. Bb6 $1 Bd8 25. Bxd8 Rexd8 26. Ne3 Ra8 27. Ng4
Qe7 28. b4 Na4 29. Bd3 h5 30. Ne3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qd7 32. Nh4 Rac8 33. Ra3 Kh7
34. Qd2 Rg8 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. g3 Rb8 37. f4 $1 exf4 38. Rxf4 Bc8 (38... g5 39.
Nhf5 Qe5 40. Rf1 Qxe4 $2 41. Nxd6 $18) 39. Kh2 Rg7 40. Qd4 $1 Rb7 41. Nf3 Nb6
42. Rc3 Bd7 43. Qf6 Be8 44. Ng5+ Kg8 45. Qxe7 Rxe7 46. Rf6 Re5 47. Rxd6 Rxg5
48. Rxb6 Re5 49. Rb8 f6 (49... Rxe4 50. d6 f5 51. Rcc8 Kf8 52. Nd5 Re2+ 53. Kg1
Ra7 54. Ra8 $18) 50. Rcc8 Kf8 51. d6 Rxe4 52. Nd5 Re2+ 53. Kg1 Ra7 54. Ra8 Rxa8
55. Rxa8 Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. d7 Bxd7 58. Rxd7 Re4 59. Rd6 Kg7 60. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. b3 $1 g6 (13... Ne8 14. a4
Bd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Be3 g6 17. Nbd2 Ng7 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc4 20. Nxc4
bxc4 $14 {Psakhis - Romanishin, Moskau 1986.}) 14. Bh6 {Mit 14.a4 konnte Weiss
versuchen in die Partie Psakhis - Romanishin einzu- lenken.} Re8 15. Nbd2 Bd7
16. a4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Be3 Nh5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 $5 {Eine Spezialvariante des
bekannten russischen Grossmeisters Romanischin.} 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 c4 (14...
bxa4 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Rb1 $16) 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Na3
Qc7 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd3 $1 $16 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Nd7 20. Be3 f5 21. exf5 Nf6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Nxd5 24. Bd7 Nxc3 25. Rac1 Ra3 (25... Nd5 26. Rb1 $18) 26.
Bg5 Bf6 (26... Bxg5 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Nxg5 Bc8 29. Re3 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Rc8 31. e7
Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nxc1 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nd8 $18) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Re3 Na2 (28...
Bc8 29. Bc6 Na2 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Rxc8 $18) 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Rc7 Rxe3 31. fxe3
Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nb4 33. Kf2 d5 34. Kg3 d4 35. exd4 exd4 36. Kg4 Na6 37. Rd7 Nc5
38. Rd5 Nb7 39. Rxd4 Rd8 40. Rc4 Nd6 41. Rc7 Ne8 42. Rf7 Rd4+ 43. f4 Nd6 44.
Ra7 Nb5 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Kh5 h6 47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. Re8 Kg7 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rf7+
Ke8 51. Kg6 Nd6 52. Rd7 Kf8 53. Kxh6 (53. Kxf6 Ne4+ 54. Kg6 Rxd7 55. Bxd7 $18)
53... Rd2 54. h4 Rd1 55. h5 Rd2 56. Kh7 Rd1 57. h6 Rd2 58. Rg7 Rh2 59. Rg6 Ne8
60. Rg8+ Ke7 61. Rg4 Nd6 62. Kg7 Ne8+ 63. Kg6 Kf8 64. Rg1 Nd6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 $5 {The chess theory marches on and this shocking
move was borned only in the year 2007! Black hopes to benefit from white's
slow, academic way of queenside development.} 11. d4 (11. exd5 e4 12. Ng5 Nxd5
13. Nxe4 f5 14. Ng3 f4 15. Ne4 f3 16. d4 fxg2 17. Qh5 (17. Ng3 Qd6 18. Qd3 (18.
Be4 Bb7 19. Nf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Rf8 21. Re6 Rxf5 22. Rxd6 $18 {0-1 Kuznetsov,V 
(2448)-Gajewski,G (2556)/Pardubice 2007 (31)}) 18... g6 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Bh6 Nf4
21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Nbd2 Qf7 23. a4 Bh4 24. axb5 Bb7 25. Rxa5 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4
27. Qe3 Bxc2 $15 {1/2 Wang Hao (2624)-Jones,G (2526)/Liverpool 2007 (104)})
17... g6 18. Qh6 Rf5 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. b3 Nf4 22. Ne4 Nxh3+ 23. Kxg2
Qd7 24. Qe3 Bb7 $17 {0-1 Gouliev,N (2560)-Fressinet,L (2654)/Ajaccio 2007 (36)}
) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe5 c5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. dxc5 (14. Nd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. b4 Nc6 20. Nc5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Nxb4 23. Bb3 $11 {0-1 Charbonneau,P (2503)-Benjamin,J (2576)/ICC INT
2007 (80)}) 14... Qc7 15. Bxf6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Should this move fail on
tactical grounds it will amount to a real positional crime! From now on
Volokitin will fight for a lost case.} (15. c6 $5 Rad8 16. Nd2 Nxc6 17. Nxc6
Qxc6 18. Qe2 e3 19. Nf3 exf2+ 20. Qxf2 $11) 15... Rad8 $1 (15... Bxf6 $2 16.
Nd7 Rfd8 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ $16) 16. Qe2 (16. Nd2 Bxf6 17. c6 (17. Ng4 Bg5
18. Ne3 Nc4 19. Nexc4 (19. Re2 Nxb2 $17) 19... bxc4 20. Re3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qxc5
$17) 17... Bxe5 18. cxb7 Nc4 19. Re2 Bf4 $17) 16... Bxf6 17. Ng4 (17. c6 Nxc6
18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd1+ 22. Kh2 a5 $17) 17...
Bg5 18. Ne3 (18. b4 f5 $1 19. Ne3 (19. bxa5 fxg4 20. hxg4 Qxc5 $17) 19... f4) (
18. Bxe4 $2 Rfe8 $19) 18... f5 19. b4 f4 (19... Nc6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Ne5
22. Rd1 $13) 20. Nf1 (20. bxa5 fxe3 21. fxe3 Qxc5 $17) 20... f3 $1 {The
punishment comes at a speed of light, all black pieces play near to their
maximal strength.} (20... e3 21. fxe3 (21. bxa5 $2 f3 $1 $19) 21... Nc4 22. e4
$13) 21. gxf3 e3 22. fxe3 $6 (22. Nxe3 $1 Bxf3 23. Qf1 Bf4 24. Ng2 Nc4 $17)
22... Rxf3 23. e4 (23. bxa5 $2 Rg3+ $1 $19) 23... Rdf8 {White position makes
an impression of a shattered dream, his king is naked and pieces still in
disarray.} 24. Qg2 (24. Nbd2 Rxc3 25. Rac1 Nc4 26. Bb3 Rg3+ 27. Kh1 Rxh3+ 28.
Kg2 Rh6 $19) (24. bxa5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Rxh3+ 26. Kg2 Bc8 27. Nbd2 Bh4 $19) 24...
Bh4 25. Nbd2 Rxc3 26. Rec1 Bc8 $1 27. bxa5 {The long wait for the consumation
of the knight was not pleasant for White and the joy will be very shortlived.}
(27. Bb3+ Nxb3 28. Rxc3 Nxa1 29. Nf3 Bf6 $19) 27... Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 Rf2 $1 29.
Bb3+ (29. Qg1 Rxh3+ 30. Nh2 Rfxh2+ $19) 29... Kh8 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Qxf2 Bxf2
32. Rd1 Bxh3 33. Nh2 (33. Kh2 Bg4 $19) 33... Qg3 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Be3
bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Nbd2 (18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nbd2 Rfb8
$10) 18... Qc7 19. c4 Rb8 20. Ra2 g6 21. Bb2 Nh5 22. Bd3 Bd8 (22... Nf4 23. Bf1
) (22... Bd7 {/\ Rb7,Rfb8}) 23. Bc3 f6 24. Bf1 Qg7 25. Qc2 Rf7 (25... g5 $6 26.
Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nh4 $16) 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Rb7 28.
Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Qb7 30. Qc2 (30. Qxb7 Nxb7 31. Be2 Nf4 32. Bd1 Ba5 $17) 30...
Nf4 31. Kh2 Bd7 32. Ne1 Be8 (32... Be8 33. g3 Nh5 34. Nd3 Qd7 35. Nb2 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Kh1 $146 {Kramnik comes up with not
easily understandable novelty, as the king's retreat to corner comes ahead of
the queenside development.} (12. Nbd2) (12. dxc5 dxc5) (12. d5) (12. a4) 12...
Bb7 13. d5 (13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 $13) 13... f5 14. exf5 (14. Nbd2 $5 Qc8
(14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 h6 (15... Nc4 16. Nfg5 $16) 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc4 18.
Qd3 Qb6 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Bxh6 Bxd5 21. Bxg7 $18) 15. b3 Nf6 16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4
f4 $13) 14... Nc4 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 (15... Bxd5 16. Nxc4 (16. Be4 Ncb6 17. Bxd5+
Nxd5 18. Ne4 N7b6 19. a4 bxa4 20. c4 Nb4 $17) 16... Bxc4 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5
axb5 19. b3 Bf7 20. Ra7 $13) (15... Ncb6 16. Ne4 Bxd5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5
Qf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxf5 21. Qxd6 $11) 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bxd5 18. f4
$1 Qc7 (18... exf4 19. Qxf4 Qd7 20. Ne6 Rfe8 21. Qg3 Bf8 22. Bg5 $14) (18... e4
$2 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Rxe4 $16) 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. fxe6
Nh5 (20... Rae8 21. a4 c4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd1 Qc6 24. f5 (24. fxe5 dxe5 25.
Rxe5 Bd6 26. Re1 Bg3 $15) 24... e4 25. Be3 d5 $11) 21. Qd5 (21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Qd1 Nf6 23. Bg5 Rad8 $11) 21... Rad8 {Ponomariov is defending with a great
deal of souverenity, white's only trumph is the pawn e6.} (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4
exf4 23. Qh5 (23. a4 Rab8 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Rxa6 Rxb2 26. Be4 g6 27. Rea1 $13)
23... g6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 22. f5 (22. fxe5 $2 dxe5 $19) 22...
Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf5 24. Rf1 Nh4 (24... g6 25. Be4 Qc8 26. a4 b4 27. cxb4 cxb4 28.
Bg5 Qc5 $13) 25. Bg5 Ng6 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Bxh4 $1 Bxh4 27. Qe4 g5 $8 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Rd1 $16) 26. h4 (26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. a4 Kh7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. axb5 axb5
$11) 26... Nf4 (26... Kh8 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. exf7 Rf8 30. Rf1 $11)
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. g3 $5 {White is still trying to complicate matters, he can
force drawn at any moment with the move Qh5.} (28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ $11) 28... f3 (28... fxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Kh8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6
Bf6 32. Bf7 $36) 29. Rxf3 (29. Qh5 g6 30. Bxg6 $11) 29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31.
Qd3 (31. Qh5 g6 32. Bxg6 $11) 31... g6 32. Rf1 (32. h5 $2 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kh3
c4 34. Qe4 d5 35. Qxd5 Rxc2) 33... c4 34. Qe4 Qc5 $19) 32... Qc8 33. Rxf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 {This is
the starting position of the closed version of the Romanishin variation (12.d5)
.} 15. Na3 (15. Nbd2) (15. Qe2) 15... Bd7 16. Be3 Qb8 $146 (16... Qc7 17. Nd2
g6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Rfb8 20. Qe2 b4 21. cxb4 cxb4 22. Nc2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1
Nc8 24. Nc4 $14 {>< b4; Xie Jun - Maric,A/Erevan OL/1996/}) 17. Kh1 g6 18. a5
Nc8 19. b4 c4 {This pawn structure is typical of the Romanishin variation. The
Q-side is closed, but Romanishin has shown in several games that a lot of
action can take place on the K-side!} 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rg1 Bf8 23.
g4 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qd8 25. Raf1 Qe7 26. Nd2 Kh8 27. Qe3 g5 $1 {Also typical: The
blacksquared Bs are exchanged and Black plays on the black squares, thereby
compensating for White's superiority in space.} 28. f3 (28. Qxg5 Nxd5 $1) 28...
Ng8 29. Rf2 f6 30. Rh2 Qg7 31. h4 h6 32. Nf1 gxh4 $5 33. Rxh4 Qg5 34. Qf2 Re7
35. Rh5 Qg7 36. Ne3 Qf8 37. f4 Qe8 38. f5 Rg7 39. Qh2 Qe7 40. Nb1 Be8 41. Rh3
Qa7 42. Nd2 Rh7 43. Bd1 Rb8 44. Rg2 Rbb7 $11 45. Qg1 Rbg7 46. Nf3 Nce7 47. Qf2
Nc8 48. Kg1 Nce7 49. Kf1 Nc8 50. Ke1 Nce7 51. Kd2 Nc8 52. Qe1 Qc7 53. Qh1 Qa7
54. Rgh2 Qe7 55. Rh4 Qf7 56. Ng1 Qe7 57. Bf3 Rg5 58. Be2 Rgg7 59. Nf3 Qf7 60.
Kc2 Qa7 61. Qc1 Qe7 62. Qd2 Qa7 63. Ng2 Qe7 64. Qe3 Qf7 65. R4h3 Qf8 66. Ngh4
$5 Rxg4 67. Nd2 (67. Nxe5 Rxh4 $1 $17) 67... Rg5 68. Nhf3 Rgg7 69. Nf1 Qe7 70.
Qd2 Qa7 71. Ne3 Nce7 72. Rh1 Nc8 73. Nh2 Rg5 74. Bg4 Qg7 75. Rh4 Qa7 76. Nf3
Rgg7 77. Bh5 Bxh5 78. Rxh5 Nce7 79. R1h3 Qb8 80. Qf2 Qf8 81. Qh4 Qf7 82. Rh2
Qf8 83. Kb2 Qf7 84. Ng4 Nc8 85. Nxh6 Nxh6 86. Rxh6 Rxh6 87. Qxh6+ Rh7 88. Qd2
Rxh2 89. Qxh2+ Qh7 90. Qg3 Qh6 91. Ne1 Kh7 92. Nc2 Qg7 93. Qh2+ Qh6 94. Qg1 Qg7
95. Qd1 Qg5 96. Qf3 Kg7 97. Ne3 Kf7 $11 98. Kc2 Ke7 99. Kd2 Kd7 100. Ke2 Ne7
101. Ng4 Ng8 102. Qh3 Ke8 103. Nf2 Nh6 104. Qf3 Ke7 105. Kd1 Qg1+ 106. Kd2 Qg5+
107. Kc2 Kf7 108. Qh3 Ke7 109. Nd1 Qf4 110. Qg2 Nf7 111. Qe2 Ng5 112. Nf2 Qh2
113. Kd1 Qg3 114. Kc2 Qh2 115. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 (12. d5) 12... cxd4 13.
cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. b3 (15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ng3 {is the main line.}) 15...
Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Rc1 (17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 b4 20. Nf1 d5 21. exd5
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Nf4 24. Bxb7 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nxb7 26. Ba1 Nc5 $17 {
Popovic,P-Romanishin,O/Stara Pazova/1988/}) (17. b4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nb3 (
19. a3 {Wedberg} Bg7 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. f3 Bd7 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Na5 d5 24. e5 Nh5
25. Bb3 $13 {Shilov,I-Kuzmin,G/Voroshilovgrad op ;EXT 89op 1989/1/2-1/2 (61)})
19... Bg7 20. f3 Rc8 $132 {Salai,L-Romanishin,O/Novy Smokovec/1992/}) (17. Nf1
{Wedberg} Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Bb1 $14 {
Nijboer,F-Dorfman,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B (01) ;CBM 20 1990/0-1 (56)}) (17. a4 {
Wedberg} b4 18. N4f3 (18. Ra2 Bg7 19. N4f3 Rc8 20. Re3 d5 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 $15 {0-1 Kotronias,V-Chiburdanidze,M/Geneve (08) ;CBM 21 1990 (37)}) 18...
Rc8 19. Rc1 Bh6 20. Bd3 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bg7 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc4 Ne5
25. Nfxe5 dxe5 26. Nxa5 Qxa5 $10 {Balashov,Y-Beliavsky,A/URS-chT Azov ;CBM 25
1991/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 17... Bg7 18. Bd3 (18. b4 Nc4 $5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Ba4 Rxe4
21. Nc6 $1 Qe8 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxd6 Ne8 24. Qd7 Bxb2 25. Qxb7 Ra7 26. Qxa7
Bxc1 27. Qe7 $14 {Mainka,R-Smejkal,J/Bad Mergentheim/1989/}) 18... Nd7 19. b4
Ne5 $1 20. Bf1 Nac4 $1 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qd2 (23. Rxc4 $2 d5 $1
24. Rc2 (24. exd5 $2 Qxd5 $19) (24. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 (25. Bxg7 dxc4 $19)
25... Bxb2 $19) 24... dxe4 $17 {^^, >< /^ a1-h8}) (23. Rxc4 $142 $10) 23... Rc8
24. f3 d5 $1 $17 {^^} 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Bc3 Rcd8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qf2 h5 29.
Rd1 Qd6 30. Kh1 Qf4 31. Ba1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Nc2 Rd3 $1 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35.
Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Ne3 Kf6 37. f4 $8 g5 $1 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Kg1 Kf4 40. Kf2 Bc6 $1
$19 {/\ Ke4-d4-c3-+.Now White cannot eliminate the << through a2-a4 and b4-b5.}
(40... Ke4 41. a4 $1) 41. h4 f5 $1 (41... Ke4 42. g4 $1 {o^ <-> h}) 42. Nf1 (
42. g3+ Ke4 43. Nf1 Kd4 44. Ke1 Kc3 $19) 42... Ke5 43. Ke3 $6 (43. g3 Kd4 $19)
(43. Nd2 Kd4 $19) 43... f4+ $1 44. Kf2 (44. Kxd3 Bb5+ $19) 44... Kd4 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anka, Emil"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15.
Qe2 $5 {Interesting. Romanishin has shown, that the variation 15.Be3, bxa4!?.
16.bxa4, Nc4 is OK for Black.} Bd7 16. Be3 bxa4 $5 $146 {Introducing a new
plan.} (16... g6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 (18. Na3 $5) 18... Nxa8 19. b4 c4 20.
Nbd2 Nb6 21. Ra1 Qc7 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Qe1 Bd8 24. Qa1 Qc8 25. Ra7 Rb7 $10 {
Almasi,Z-Hansen,LB/Tilburg/1994/}) (16... Qc7) 17. bxa4 Qe8 18. a5 Bb5 $1 19.
Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb5 21. Qc2 Nc4 22. Nbd2 $1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfb8 24. Ree1 Bd8
25. Reb1 Qd7 26. Nc4 Rb5 27. Nfd2 Rab8 28. Kh2 g6 $6 {>< f6; >< <-> f} (28...
h5 $5) (28... Ne8 $5) 29. Rf1 $1 {/\ f4 >< <-> f} Nh5 30. Nb6 $1 $14 Bxb6 31.
axb6 R5xb6 32. Nc4 Rb3 33. Ra5 $1 (33. Rxa6 $2 Qb5 $19) 33... Nf6 34. Rfa1 Ne8
35. Rxa6 Qd8 36. g3 Qg5 $6 (36... Qf6 $5) 37. Kg2 (37. Nxd6 $2 Nxd6 38. Rxd6
Rb2 $19) 37... Kg7 $6 (37... Qf6) 38. Nxd6 $16 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 Rb2 40. Qd3 Rd2 $1
41. Qf3 Rbb2 $1 42. Rf1 Re2 43. Rd7 Qf6 44. Rc7 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Rec2 46. Rxc5
Rb3 47. Ke3 Rbxc3+ 48. Rxc3 Rxc3+ {Hecht: T - T  Motive: 5-4 am K-Flügel; kein
Zusammenspiel zwischen wK + T} 49. Kd2 Rc4 50. f3 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Ra4 52. Rd1 Kf8
$1 53. Rd3 h5 54. h4 Ra2 55. f4 exf4+ 56. Kxf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Ra2 58. Rb3 Ke7 59.
e5 (59. Rb7+ $5) 59... Ra4 $1 {Cutting off the white K.} 60. Rb7+ (60. Rd3 {
Hecht} Rg4 61. Kf3 Ra4 62. Re3 Rd4 $14) 60... Ke8 61. d6 Ra1 $1 $14 {Only now,
when the white K can no longer hide at d6.} 62. Kd4 Rd1+ 63. Ke3 Re1+ 64. Kf4
Rf1+ 65. Ke4 Re1+ 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 67. Kc3 Rc1+ 68. Kd2 Rf1 $1 69. Re7+ Kd8 70. e6
fxe6 71. Rxe6 g5 $1 72. hxg5 (72. Re5 gxh4 73. gxh4 Kd7 74. Rxh5 Kxd6 $10)
72... Rf3 73. Re3 Rf5 74. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 {Romanishin`s favorite line, in which he
is the leading expert.} 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Be3 bxa4 $5 16.
bxa4 Nc4 $5 17. Bc1 Na5 $5 {An extraordinary manouvre, which Romanishin has
succesfully employed in several games.} 18. Qd3 (18. Nfd2 Nd7 19. Na3 Nb6 20.
Qe2 Qc7 21. Nac4 Nbxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 a5 24. Qe2 Ba6 25. c4 Rfb8 $10 {
Loncar,R-Romanishin,O/Pula/1994/}) (18. Nbd2 Qc7 19. c4 Rb8 20. Ra2 g6 21. Bb2
Nh5 22. Bd3 Bd8 23. Bc3 f6 24. Bf1 Qg7 25. Qc2 Rf7 $10 {Anand,V-Romanishin,O/
New York PCA (4)/1994/}) 18... Nh5 $146 (18... c4 $6 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Ba3 Nb3
21. Bxb3 cxb3 22. Nbd2 $16 {Anand,V-Romanishin,O/New York PCA (2)/1994/}) 19.
c4 Rb8 20. Bd2 g6 21. Qc3 Rb4 $1 {It is essential for Black to hold the
a5-square.} 22. Na3 (22. Qd3 Nf4 $1 $132 (22... Rb8 23. Qc3 Rb4 $10)) 22... Qc7
23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd8 $1 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Qb2 Re8 27. Rb1 Qc8 28. Qc3 Bc7
$1 29. Nh2 Qd8 $1 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Qd1 Nf4 $15 32. Kh1 Bc8 $1 {An instructive
plan: Black prepares the exchange of the black-squared bishops.} 33. Qe1 Qd8 $1
34. Qd1 Nb7 $1 35. Qf3 Ba5 $5 36. Bxa5 (36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Qxf4 Bb4 38. Qf3 Na5
$17 {>< c4}) 36... Qxa5 $15 37. Ng4 Rf8 38. Qe3 Qd8 39. Nh2 Kg7 40. Nf3 h6 41.
Kh2 Re8 42. Rb2 Na5 43. Qd2 Bd7 44. Bd1 Nh5 45. Qc3 Nf6 46. Bc2 Re7 47. Nb1 Be8
48. Nbd2 Rb7 49. Rxb7 Nxb7 50. Ne1 Qa5 $1 {Again a5 is the key-square for a
favorable piece-exchange!} 51. Qxa5 Nxa5 $17 {>< c4,a4} 52. Nd3 Nd7 53. Kg3 f5
54. f3 Nb6 55. Nb2 f4+ 56. Kf2 Kf6 57. h4 $1 g5 58. hxg5+ Kxg5 $1 59. Bd1 h5
60. Bc2 h4 61. Bd1 Bd7 62. Bc2 h3 63. gxh3 Kh4 64. Bd1 Kxh3 65. Bc2 Kh2 66. Bd1
Nb7 67. Bc2 a5 $1 {The a5-square is no longer needed. The N goes to the K-side
to help the K penetrate.} 68. Nf1+ Kh1 69. Nd2 Kh2 70. Nf1+ Kh3 71. Nd2 Nd8 72.
Nf1 Nf7 73. Bd1 Ng5 74. Bc2 Nh7 75. Bb3 Nf6 76. Bd1 Be8 77. Bc2 Nh5 78. Kg1 $2
(78. Bb3 $142 Ng3 79. Nd2 Kh2 {/\ Bd7, Nh1+, Kg3-/+}) 78... Ng3 79. Nd2 Ne2+
80. Kf2 Nc3 $19 81. Nb3 Ncxa4 82. Nd1 (82. Nxa4 Bxa4 $19) 82... Nxc4 83. Bd3
Nab6 84. Ke2 Kg3 {Instructive positional play!} 0-1

[Event "Schoeneck"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na7 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nc8 15. Ng3
Re8 16. Nh2 Nb6 17. Rf1 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. a3 Bb5 20. Bd3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nbd7
22. Ng4 Nc5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. b4 Na4 27. Qg4 g6
28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Qd8 30. Qh6 Qe7 31. Rc1 Nb2 32. Rc3 Nc4 33. Nf5 Qf8 34.
Qh4 f6 35. Ne3 Nxe3 36. Rxe3 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6] [#]_|_ () für Weiß. Bis zum
R-Endspiel druckvolle Belagerung der schwarzen P-Schwächen.} Rc8 37. Ra3 Qe7
38. Ra5 Rb8 39. Qh6 Qc7 40. Kh2 Qb7 41. Qe3 Qc7 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. Qa3 Qd7 44. Qc1
Ra7 45. Rc6 f5 46. Qe3 fxe4 47. Qb6 Rb7 48. Rxd6 Qf7 (48... Rxb6 49. Rxd7 $16 {
[%csl Re4,Re5][%cal Rd7h7]}) 49. Qe3 Qf4+ 50. Qxf4 exf4 51. Re6 Kf7 52. Rxe4
Kf6 53. Re6+ Kf5 54. Rc6 Ke5 55. Rc5 Rb6 (55... g5 56. d6+) 56. h4 h5 57. Kg1
Rb7 58. Kf1 Ke4 59. Ke2 Rb8 60. Kd2 Kd4 61. Ke2 Ke4 62. d6 Rd8 63. Rxb5 Rxd6
64. Rc5 Ra6 65. Rc2 Ra1 66. Rb2 Kd4 67. b5 Kc3 68. b6 $1 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 (12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4
14. Nxd4 Re8 $13) 12... Nc4 (12... Bc8 13. b3 $14) 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 (14. Nbd2
g6 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Bh6 Re8 $13 {Vasiukov,E-Romanishin,O Vrsac 1989}) 14... Bc8
(14... c4 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Na3 $1 Qc7 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd3 $1 $14 {Khalifman,
A-Beliavsky,A Reykjavik 1991}) (14... bxa4 $6 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 $1 Ba6 (16...
Nfd7 {Ernst} 17. c4 Nb8 18. Bd2 Na6 19. Bxa5 Nb4 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Nb5 $16 {
Svensson,B-Jansson,J/Oslo-B/1992/}) 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Rb1 $16 {Gelfand,
B-Nikolic,P Sarajevo m (7) 1991}) 15. Be3 $5 (15. Nbd2 g6 (15... Bd7 {Ernst}
16. a5 $1 Nc8 17. b4 c4 18. Nf1 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ng3 Bf8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Be3
Nh7 23. Qd2 h5 24. Ng5 $16 {Hjartarson,J-Nikolic,P/Biel (izt)/1993/}) 16. a5 (
16. Qe2 $5 Bd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nf1) 16... Nbd7 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2
Bf6 $10 {Peng Xiaomin-Romanishin,O Luzern WchT 1993}) (15. a5 Nbd7 16. c4 $6 b4
17. Nbd2 g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bh6 Ng7 $5 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Romanishin,O Reggio
Emilia 1991}) 15... Qc7 (15... Bd7 $6 16. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 17. d6 $14) (15... g6
16. Nbd2 Bd7 (16... Nh5 17. b4 $1 $14) 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. b4 $14) (
15... Ne8 {Ernst} 16. Na3 Bd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Qc7 $10 {Almasi,Z-Gabriel,C/
Altensteig/1993/}) 16. Nbd2 g6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. a5 $1 {N} (18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3
Rfb8 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Ra1 Qc8 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Romanishin,O Polanica Zdroj 1993
}) 18... Nc8 19. Nf1 Nh5 20. b4 $14 Bf6 (20... c4 21. Ng3 $1 $16) 21. Qd2 Bg7
22. Ng3 $1 (22. bxc5 dxc5 23. d6 $1 Qc6 (23... Nxd6 $2 24. Red1 $18) (23... Qd8
24. Qd5 $1 Rb8 25. Qxc5 $16) 24. Rad1 Rd8 $1 $13) 22... Nf4 (22... Nxg3 23.
fxg3 f6 (23... f5 $2 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bh6 $16) 24. g4 $16) 23. Rac1 Qd8 (23...
cxb4 24. cxb4 Qd8 25. Bb1 $16) 24. Bxf4 $1 (24. bxc5 dxc5 (24... Qxa5 $6 25. c6
Be8 26. Ra1 Qc7 27. c4 $1 $16) 25. Bxf4 (25. Bxc5 Re8 $44) 25... exf4 26. Qxf4
Qxa5 $1 (26... Bxc3 27. e5 $40) 27. e5 Nb6 $1 $13) (24. bxc5 $5 $16 {Ernst})
24... exf4 25. Qxf4 Bxc3 26. bxc5 f6 (26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 dxc5 (27... f6 28. c6
Be8 29. Qd2 $1 $16) 28. e5 $40) 27. c6 Be8 28. Red1 Qxa5 29. Nd4 Bb2 (29...
Bxd4 30. Rxd4 $16) 30. Rb1 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc3 32. Qd2 (32. Rd2 $6 g5 33. Qe3
Qxe3 34. fxe3 Bg6 $13) 32... Qxd2 33. Rxd2 $16 Nb6 34. Bd3 Bf7 35. Ne2 Na4 36.
Nd4 $2 {T} (36. Bc2 $1 Nc5 (36... Nb6 37. Nc3 Nc4 38. Rd4 $16) 37. Nc3 $16)
36... Rfe8 37. f3 (37. Rc1 b4 $13) 37... f5 $1 38. exf5 (38. Kf2 Nc3 39. Re1
fxe4 40. fxe4 Rf8 $1 $13) 38... Nc3 39. Rc1 Nxd5 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. c7 (41. Bxb5
axb5 42. Nxb5 Re7 $1 43. Nxd6 Be6 $10) 41... Rac8 42. Bxb5 (42. Rc6 Nb4 43.
Rxd6 Nxd3 44. Rxd3 Rxc7 45. Rxa6 (45. Ra3 b4 46. Raxa6 Rb7 $10) 45... Rd7 46.
Ra1 b4 (46... Red8 47. Rad1 b4 48. R3d2 $1) 47. Rad1 Rb8 $10) 42... axb5 43.
Nxb5 Re7 44. Kh2 Nxc7 45. Rxd6 Be8 46. Nxc7 Rcxc7 47. Rxc7 Rxc7 $10 48. Kg3 Rc2
49. h4 Kg7 50. Re6 Bb5 51. Rb6 Bd3 (51... Bf1 52. Rb1 Rxg2+ (52... Bxg2 53. Rg1
$10) 53. Kh3 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 $10) 52. Rd6 Bf5 53. Rb6 Kh6 54. Rd6 Bc8 55. Rb6 Ra2
56. Rb8 Be6 57. Rb4 Rd2 58. Re4 Bb3 59. Rb4 Bd1 60. Rb6 Ra2 61. Rd6 Be2 62. Kf4
Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Bc8 14. Bd3 $1 {N} (
14. Nc3) (14. Nbd2) 14... Bd7 15. Be3 g6 (15... Rc8 16. Nbd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4
18. Qc2 $16) (15... Nc4 $6 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nfd2 Qc7 18. Qc2 $16) 16. b4 Nb7 (
16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc3 $16) 17. Nc3 $1 (17. Nbd2 Nh5 $13) 17... Rc8 (
17... a5 $6 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qa8 21. Qb2 $16) 18. Qd2 (18.
Qb3 $6 Qc7 $1 19. Rec1 Qb8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 $14) 18...
Nh5 (18... Qc7 19. Rec1 Qb8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa6 $16) 19. a4 Qe8 (19... f5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bh6 Rf7 (21... fxe4 22. Bxf8 exf3 23. Bh6 fxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf8 25.
Bg5 Be7 26. Be3 $18) 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 fxe4 24. Rxe4 $18) 20. axb5 axb5
21. Ra7 Rb8 22. Bh6 Ng7 23. Qe2 Nd8 24. Rc1 $1 $16 (24. Rea1 $5 f5 25. exf5
gxf5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Bf6 28. Qxb8 Bxc3 29. Rc1 Bd4 $13) 24... f6 $8 (
24... f5 $2 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Bf6 28. Qxb8 Bxc3 29. Qc7
$18) 25. Nxb5 (25. Nb1 $1 Rf7 (25... Nf7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rcc7 Rd8 28. Nc3 $18
) 26. Rcc7 Bf8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 29. Bxb5 $18) 25... Bxb5 (25...
Rxb5 $2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qxb5 $18) 26. Bxb5 Qxb5
27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxe7 Nf7 29. Bd2 Nh5 (29... f5 30. Ng5 $1 $18) 30. g4 Nf4 31.
Bxf4 exf4 32. Rc4 (32. Nd4 $5 Rxb4 33. Ne6 Rxe4 34. Rcc7 g5 35. Nxf8 Rxe7 36.
Rxe7 Kxf8 $16) 32... Rbb8 33. Nd4 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Nc6 (35. f3 $1 Ne5
36. Rc6 $18 (36. Rc7 Rb8 37. b5 $18)) 35... Ne5 36. Rc3 Nd7 37. f3 Ra8 38. Ne7+
Kg7 (38... Kf7 39. Nc8 $18) 39. Nc8 (39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Nc6+ Kg8 41. Nxe5 fxe5 42.
Rc6 Rb8 43. Rxd6 Rxb4 44. Re6 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48.
Rxe5 Rxf3 49. d6 $18) 39... Kh6 $1 40. h4 (40. Nxd6 $6 Kg5) 40... Ra1+ 41. Kg2
Ra2+ 42. Kf1 f5 $5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Nxd6 fxe4 45. Nxe4 Rb2 46. Nc5 Nf6 (46...
Ne5 $5 47. Nd3 (47. Nb3 $6 Kh5 48. b5 Kxh4 49. b6 Kg3 $140 $13 50. b7 $2 Nxf3
$1) 47... Nxd3 48. Rxd3 Rxb4 49. d6 Rb8 50. d7 Rd8 51. Rd5 Kg6 52. Ke2 Kf6 53.
Kd3 Ke6 54. Ke4 Rxd7 55. Rxd7 Kxd7 56. Kxf4 $18) 47. d6 Rxb4 48. Rd3 Kh5 (48...
Rb8 49. d7 Rd8 50. Rd6 $1 $18) 49. d7 Nxd7 50. Rxd7 Kxh4 51. Ne4 (51. Nd3 $18)
51... h5 52. Rd5 Rb1+ (52... Rb2 53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Nd2 Rb2 55. Ke2 $18) 53. Ke2
Rb2+ 54. Nd2 Ra2 55. Kd3 Ra4 (55... Ra3+ 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Rd4 Rxd4+ 58. Kxd4
Kg3 59. Ke5 $1 (59. Ke4 $2 h4 60. Nf1+ Kg2 61. Kxf4 Kxf1 62. Kg4 Kg2 $10) 59...
h4 60. Ke4 $1 h3 61. Nf1+ Kg2 62. Kxf4 Kxf1 63. Kg3 $18) 56. Rc5 Ra3+ 57. Ke4
Ra4+ 58. Rc4 Ra2 59. Kxf4 Kh3 (59... Rxd2 60. Ke3+ $18) 60. Ne4 Kg2 61. Ng5 Rf2
62. Kf5 Rf1 63. Rh4 {[Leko,P]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 (9... Be6 10. d4) 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 (11... Qc7) 12. a4 (12.
Kh1 Bb7 13. d5 Nc4 14. b3 Ncb6 15. a4 bxa4 16. bxa4 a5 17. Na3 f5 18. exf5 Nxd5
19. Nb5 Kh8 20. c4 Nb4 21. Bb1 Nb6 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Qh5 d5 24. cxd5 N6xd5 25.
Ne4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 {Sutovsky,E (2692)-Lenic,L (2623)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM
142/1-0 (37)}) (12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a4 Rb8) (12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2
Bb7 14. b3 (14. Nf1 Nc4 15. b3) 14... Qc7 15. Nf1 Nf6 $11 {Volokitin,A (2676)
-Ragger,M (2615) AUT-chT 1011 2010 (6.1) 1/2}) 12... Bb7 13. d5 Qc7 ({RR} 13...
c4 14. Na3 bxa4 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Bxa4 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Bc2 Rf7 19. Nb1 Nc5
20. Ra2 Nab3 21. Na3 Na5 22. Nh2 Nd7 23. Ng4 Nf8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Nc2 Bd8 26.
Nb4 Qd7 27. Nh2 Ra8 28. Nf3 {Corrales Jimenez,F (2504)-Delchev,A (2618)/
Figueres 2008/CBM 125 Extra/1-0 (66)}) 14. Qe2 (14. b3 c4 $132 {Berelowitsch,A
(2563)-Lenic,L (2641) EU-Cup 27th Rogaska Slatina 2011 (2) 1/2}) 14... Nb6 {
[%csl Gc4]} 15. Bd2 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 $11 17. Rxa4 Nb3 18. Be3 Rfb8 {[%csl
Rb2]} 19. Nbd2 Bc8 20. Nxb3 Rxb3 21. Rea1 a5 (21... Rab8 {[%csl Rb2]} 22. Bc1)
22. R4a2 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7b5,Gb5e2]} 23. Nd2 Rb7 24. Qd1 Bb5 25. Ra3 (25. c4 {
[%csl Gd4]} Be8) 25... g6 26. R1a2 Kg7 (26... f5) 27. b3 Rba7 28. Qa1 {
Conformément au principe " des deux faiblesses", la pression des Blancs est
insuffisante pour jouer pour le gain} Ra6 29. c4 Bd7 30. Nb1 $6 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Gb1c3] Tentant mais l'affaiblissement du P"b3" va donner des ressources
tactiques aux Noirs} Rb6 {[%csl Rb3]} 31. Bd2 (31. Nc3) (31. Nd2 {Il vallait
peut-être encore mieux répéter les coups car les Noirs commencent а s'activer
dans la partie.}) 31... Qb7 $1 32. Rb2 a4 $1 33. Bc3 Rb8 34. Nd2 Bg5 $36 35.
Nf3 Bf6 (35... h6 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Bd2 f6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rb3] Les pièces
Blanches sont mal placées}) 36. Nd2 Bg5 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Nd2 {0h:06m:12s} Bg5 {
0h:01m:28s} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 {This seems to be
the newest trend in this variation.} ({Previously,} 13... f5 {has been played
almost exclusively, but White usually obtained the more pleasant position after
} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {. I have made a Survey of this line in
my notes to Acs,P (2518)-Gschnitzer,O (2427)/Germany 2005/CBM 110/[Marin,M] 
(1-0, 41)}) 14. b4 $146 {Not a very typical continuation. White allows the
installment of an enemy knight on c4 in order to complete his development and
inhibit the kingside counterplay based on ...f5.} ({Against} 14. g4 {as played
in Zakharov,A-Vatnikov,J/Moscow 1966/MCD/ (1-0, 44), Black should play} f5 {
as mentioned in my previous notes.}) (14. Nf1 {Almasi,Z (2628)-Acs,P (2525)/
Paks 2005/CBM 108} f5 $11) 14... cxb4 {The most natural reaction.} ({However,} 
14... Nb7 {is also playable and more ambitious in fact. Generally speaking,
the knight stands badly on b7 in the Chigorin Ruy Lopez, but here Black
compensates with the posibility of a rapid kingside counterplay.} 15. Rb1 (15.
Nf1 a5 $132) (15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qc7 {[%cal Yf8c8,
Yc5b4,Ya6a5,Gb7c5]}) 15... f5 $132 {If Black is allowed to block the kingside
with ...f4, he will have active possibilities on both wings. At the same time,}
16. exf5 gxf5 {would leave the d5-pawn vulnerable and the white knights
unstable.}) 15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 Bd7 (18... f5 $6 {
would leave Black over-extended after} 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rc1 $16 {when} Nb6 $2
{loses to} 21. Nxe5 $1) 19. Qe2 ({White's last chance to change the peaceful
course of the game was} 19. Bxc4 {, but giving up the pair of bishops would be
not without risk.} bxc4 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Rec1 Rec8 22. Nd2 (22. a4 {, aiming to
answer ...a5 with b5 would probably be too slow, allowing Black strong
counterplay after} Rab8 23. Rab1 f5) 22... Rab8 23. a3 (23. Rab1 c3 24. Qd3 f5
$132) 23... c3 24. Nb1 a5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Nxc3 f5 $44 {[%csl Ya3,Gc3,Yd5]})
19... Nb6 {Black has managed to stabilise the queenside, while on the kingside
he is out of danger anyway. White's advantage of space will gradually lose its
relevance after the following exchanges, making a draw the most logical result.
} 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Be3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f4 Qc7
26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. d6+ Kg7
32. dxe7 Nxe7 33. h4 Bc6 34. Bc2 Nc8 35. Bc3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Ke3 h6 38. Be1
Nc4+ 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Kirchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 {This almost forgotten move becomes
little by little fashionable. Generally, White is supposed to refrain from
blocking the centre without immediate necessity.} ({However, Black has scored
relatively well in recent years with the Nenashev line:} 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4
Nc6 {and White's desire to change path is fully understandable.}) 12... Nb6 {
After the famous game Fischer-Keres, almost all the games where this position
was reached continuedlike this. Black clears the h3-c8 diagonal in order to
create the positional threat ...f5, undrmining the d5-pawn. However, if White
will manage to keep the black knights under control, the weakened black king
side might become the telling factor.} ({An important alternative is} 12... Nc4
{, placing the a5-knight on a better path.} 13. b3 Ncb6 14. a4 (14. Nbd2 c4 $1
15. Nf1 (15. b4 a5 $1 $132) 15... Qc7 16. Bd2 a5 17. g4 Nc5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bh6
Re8 $132 {0-1 Papp,G (2477)-Greet,A (2389)/Budapest 2005/CBM 105 ext (53)})
14... bxa4 15. bxa4 Nc4 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Na3 Nb6 18. c4 Nd7 {After this move,
White will manage to consolidate his advantage of space.} ({More challenging
would have been} 18... Bd7 $5 {[%csl Ya4,Yc4] for instance} 19. Bd2 Bxa4 20.
Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nb7 22. Reb1 a5 23. Rb5 Qc7 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. Qb2 Bd8 {
and, although Black's position looks pretty passive, it is not easy for White
to make further progress, especially that the a-pawn needs permanent attention.
}) 19. Rb1 Qe8 20. Bd2 Bd8 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Ne3 g6 23. g4 Qe7 24. Bc3 Ne8 25.
Qd2 Nb7 26. Kh1 Ng7 27. Rg1 Kh8 28. Rg2 $14 {0-1 Sutovsky,E (2665)-Acs,P (2525)
/Paks 2005/CBM 108 (46)}) 13. Nbd2 {Along the years, White has discovered that
he doesn't need to fear the threat of ...f5, which is more double edged than
Black would like it.} (13. g4 $6 {is typically premature because of} h5 $1 14.
Nh2 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bg5 16. Nd2 g6 17. Ndf3 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Kg7 $132 {0-1 Fischer,
R-Keres,P/Curacao 1962/Candidates (73)}) 13... f5 ({The last opportunity to
deviate from the main course of current theory is the very rare} 13... g6 $5 {
After} 14. Nf1 {a draw was agreed in Almasi,Z (2628)-Acs,P (2525)/Paks 2005/
CBM 108. Although we cannot know whether this was a pre-agreed draw or not, it
is suggestive that Acs, who frequently plays the Chigorin with both colours,
regularly deviates from the main plan. In the final position, Black should
probably play} (14. g4 Ra7 (14... f5 $5 {looks like the critical continuation,
when White's king will be more exposed than his colleague. This would
compensate for the weakness of the e4-square.}) 15. Nf1 Bf6 ({This was the
last possibility of playing} 15... f5 {although after} 16. Bh6 Rf7 {it is not
entirely clear whether ...Ra7 has been such a useful move. Maybe instead of 16.
..Rf7, a better choice is 16...fxg4 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.hxg4 Bxg4 with certain
compensation for the exchange.}) 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Kh2 $14 {White has managed to
consolidate his advantage of space and can quietly prepare his king side
attack. 1-0 Zakharov,A-Vatnikov,J/Moscow 1966/MCD (44)}) 14... f5 {and I
cannot see any major problems for him.}) 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {
The first phase of the mobilisation of forces has completed and we can draw
some conclusions already. Black's compensation for White's authoritary control
over the e4-square consists of the relative weakness of the d5-square (as a
consequence of the concentration of knights on this area of the board) and the
pressure along the f-file. However, Black's trumps have a rather transitory
character and if White will manage to consolidate, the future would be his.}
Qd7 {Black completes his development, preparing the connection between rooks
with ...Raf8.} (16... Qe8 {was seen in 1-0 Leko,P (2763)-Adams,M (2737)/
Miskolc 2005/CBM 108/[Erenburg] (44)}) 17. Nfg5 $146 {White considers that he
only needs one knight in order to control the e4-square, since the enemy
knights are too far away to challenge its domination. Therefore, he offers his
other knight for exchange.} (17. Bg5 $6 {looks less logical, since this bishop
can still be useful to White.} Raf8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd3 Nb7 20. Rad1 Na4 21.
Qe2 c4 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Nac5 24. b4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc7 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Rc1
a5 $132 {0-1 Jirovsky,M (2420)-Iuldachev,S (2445)/Mlada Boleslav 1993/EXT 97 
(62)}) ({Keeping all the remaining minor pieces on board didn't offer White
anything concrete in a game played at the highest level:} 17. b3 Raf8 18. Nh2
Qd8 19. Nf1 Qa8 20. Ne3 Rf4 21. f3 Qe8 22. Bd2 Qg6 23. c4 Nb7 24. Kh1 b4 25. a3
a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext 
(37)}) 17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 ({White's development is insufficient to allow him
insist with the occupation of the e6-square:} 18. Nxg5 Raf8 19. Re2 h6 20. Ne6
$6 R8f6 {when threats such as Nxc5 or Nc6-e7 are hard to parry.}) 18... Nb7 $5
{This unforced retreat has the concrete purpose of defending the d6-pawn, in
order to enable setting upthe pressure against the d5-pawn.} ({Spending one
tempo on such a natural move as} 18... Raf8 {would allow White consolidate with
} 19. b3 Nb7 20. Rc1 $5 {/\c4} (20. Qd2 Qf7 21. Rad1 Qg6) 20... c4 21. Be3 Qd8
22. Rb1 $14 {with unpleasant pressure.}) 19. Be3 $5 {White answers with the
same method: he willingly retreats a minor piece for concrete purposes. The
pressure along the e3-b6 diagonal gives White some tactical ideas. Besides,
the g5-square is cleared in view of an eventual installment of the knight on
e6.} (19. Qd2 h6 $15 {[%csl Yg5]}) (19. Qd3 h6 (19... Raf8 20. Rad1 c4 21. Qc2
Na4 22. Be3 $14) 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nb6 $11 {/\Qf7} 22. b3 c4 $1 $132) 19...
Nc4 {Black should not refrain from such a natural move, ofcourse.} (19... Qf7
20. b4 (20. g4 $6 Qg6 $1 $15) 20... Qxd5 (20... Nxd5 21. g4 Rf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6
23. bxc5 dxc5 $14) 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. bxc5 Ndc4 23. cxb6 Qc6 24. a4 Raf8 25. a5
$14) 20. Bc1 a5 $6 {This mechanical move will allow White consolidate.} ({
Black should have insisted with his main idea, the pressure against the
d5-pawn.} 20... Qf7 21. a4 {The only way to fight for an advantage.} (21. Ng5
Qg6 22. Ne6 Nd8 $11) (21. g4 Qg6) 21... Nb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8+ Nxa8 {
and the exchanges have made Black's position easier to handle.}) 21. a4 b4 22.
b3 Nb6 23. c4 $14 {White has managed to freeze the queen side, consolidating
his spatial advantage and leaving the enemy knights on passive positions.
Besides, he has made the second rank available for his queen's rook, in order
to get a perfect coordination of his forces.} Raf8 24. Ra2 Nc8 $6 {This
careless move leads to concrete problems.} (24... h6 $142 $5) 25. g4 $1 {
With the knights far away, there is no danger connected with the weaknesses
created by this move. White simply drives the rook on an unfavourable square,
winning time for the transfer of the knight to e6.} ({The immediate} 25. Ng5 {
would have allowed Black to resist with} Nd8) 25... Rf3 (25... R5f7 26. Ng5 {
is similar}) 26. Ng5 R3f6 27. Qd3 Rg6 28. Ne6 Re8 29. f4 $16 {By opening the
position, White takes full advantage of his by far better coordination of
forces.} exf4 30. Rae2 Nd8 31. Nxf4 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Rf6 33. Nh5 Rf7 34. Bb2 Kf8
35. Qd3 Ne7 36. Qxh7 Ng8 37. Bxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rf1+ Rf7 39. Qg7+ Ke7 40. Re1+ Ne6
41. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 {This variation
is associated with the name of the great expert of the Chigorin Ruy Lopez,
Paul Keres. Play has an entirely different character than in the modern
"Nenashev Variation" where Black captures on d4 with his e-pawn.} 14. Nb3 {
This is considered to be the main line.} ({The Keres- and Nenashev- variations
have the following line in common:} 14. Nf1 {(This natural move, continuing
White's development, does not face Black with serious problems in view of the
following forced operation)} exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 {0-1 Fluvia
Poyatos,J (2464)-Baron Rodriguez,J (2437)/Lorca 2005/CBM 111/[Marin] (48)}) ({
The immediate blocking with the centre with} 14. d5 {(which is supposed to be
the most effective continuation in the Nenashev-line) allows Black obtain a
harmonious regroupment with} Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Nb6 {[%csl Ra4,
Gb4,Rc4][%cal Yc8d7] /\Bd7, with queen side pressure.}) 14... a5 {[%cal Ya5a4]
The natural reaction once the white queen's knight emerges on b3.} 15. Bd3 {
[%csl Gb5] The critical continuation, aiming to take advantage of the slight
weakness of Black's queen side and his incomplete development on this side of
the board.} (15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 {[%cal Yc8e6,
Ye7f6] is known for a long time to be inoffensive for Black, because of his
easy development as well as his considerable queen side spatial advantage. The
slightly exotic} 19. Nb1 $5 {played recently did not manage to change this
evaluation.} Be6 20. Nc3 Qa5 $132 21. f4 $6 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Bf6 $11)
21... Nc6 22. Be3 a3 $15 {0-1 Vachier Lagrave,M (2527)-Mamedyarov,S (2646)/
Lausanne 2005/CBM 108 ext (44)}) 15... a4 $5 {It seems that it is mainly this
pawn sacrifice that can maintain Black's position viable.} ({In case of} 15...
Ba6 {White can take advantage of the slightly congestioned placement of the
black pieces with} 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18. Nbd4 $5 {/\ a3, פb4 1-0 Anand,V 
(2784)-Piket,J (2609)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069/[Wedberg] (41)}) 16. Bxb5 Qb6
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nbd2 Bf6 {We can safely call this the Romanischin sub-line,
since theory greately relies on his games. (The only problem is that there
already exists a more important variation of the Chigorin Ruy Lopez that bears
his name, 11...Bb7, which is a proof of Romanischin's great contribution to
the development of this opening in general). As a compensation for the
sacrificed pawn, Black has the pair of bishops and the slightly better
development. However, White's strong centre of pawns enables him fight for an
opening advantage. For the moment, he has to find a way to solve the problem
of the pressure against the d4-pawn. In practice, a wide range of
continuations have been tried.} 19. b3 {this move prepares the consolidation
of the d4-square with a further Bb2.} ({Bocking the centre with} 19. d5 {
leaves Black frees hands on the queen side, partly because the c5-square
becomes available to the knight.} Qa6 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc8d7,Yf8c8,Ra6a1]} ({
Romanischin had no special reasons to be discontent of} 19... Qb5 {[%csl Gd3]
[%cal Yd7c5,Yc8a6,Yf8c8] , which enabled him to maintain approximate equality
against a strong opponent, just months earlier:} 20. b3 axb3 21. Nxb3 Nb6 22.
Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nf3 f5 $44 {[%csl Yd5] 1/2-1/2 Galkin,A (2607)
-Romanishin,O (2537)/Moscow 2004/CBM 100 (38). In choosing another square for
the queen, he might have intended to avoid specific home preparation.}) 20. b3
axb3 21. Nxb3 {White has managed to take the c5-square under control, but in
doing so he has considerably weakened his queen side.} Nb6 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Bc3
Bd7 24. Nfd2 Na3 25. Nb1 Rfc8 26. Re3 Bg5 27. Rf3 Bb5 $44 {[%csl Gd1,Gf3][%cal
Yb5e2] Black's minor pieces exert strong pressure against White's position.
However, the conclusion of the game arises unexpectedely quickly.} 28. Rf5 $2 (
28. Nc1 $8 {[%csl Ye2]}) 28... Be2 {0-1 Spoelman,W (2357)-Romanishin,O (2543)/
Hoogeveen 2004/CBM 102 ext} 29. Qe1 Nc2 $19 {[%csl Ye1]}) ({Another way of
preparing Bb2 is} 19. b4 $5 exd4 ({Simpler seems to be} 19... axb3 {which
transposes to our main game.}) 20. Bb2 a3 21. Bxd4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 (22. Re3 $5 $14
{(>< d3, a3) Goloschapov}) (22. Qc1 $5 $14 {Goloschapov}) 22... dxe5 23. Bc5
Rd8 24. Qc2 Be7 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rcd1 h6 28. Nc1 Qb5 29. Qc3 {
The activity of the black bishops and the weakness of the a2-pawn offer Black
at least adequate compensation, 1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A (2577)-Romanishin,O 
(2541)/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103}) ({Curiously, the natural} 19. Nf1 $5 {has not
been seen lately, although Black has not proved yet an efficient way of
equalising.} exd4 (19... Qb6 $5 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. d5 Nc5 $44) 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21.
Be3 $1 (21. Nf5 a3 $44 {1-0 Kavalek,L-Hecht,H/Solingen 1974/EXT 98 (34)}) 21...
Qxb2 22. Ng3 {Black has won the sacrificed pawn back, but White's development
is by far superior.} Nc5 23. Nh5 Nxe4 24. f3 Nc3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qd2 a3 27.
Bh6 $16 Kh8 $6 (27... Qxd2 28. Bxd2 Nd5 29. Bh6 Rd8 30. Nc6 $16) 28. Rac1 (28.
Qf4 $1 Nd5 29. Qg3 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 $16 Rg8 $6 31. Qxg8+ $1 $18) 28... Qxd2 29.
Bxd2 Nd5 30. Rc6 $44 {1-0 Matulovic,M (2525)-Ciocaltea,V (2470)/Lugano 1968/
MCD (43)}) ({Quite understandably,} 19. dxe5 {has never been tried, since it
allows Black obtain great central activity, by opening the d-file and
releasing the control over the c5-square.} dxe5 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Ng3 Rd8 22. Qc2
Bb7 $44 {[%csl Yd3]}) 19... axb3 ({Releasing the tension in the centre with} 
19... exd4 {seems to be precisely what White is hoping for.} 20. Bb2 Ne5 21.
Bxd4 Be6 22. Re3 (22. Rc1 Qb5 $1 {/\ Nd3 Tal}) 22... Qb5 (22... axb3 23. axb3
h6 $14 {Tal}) 23. Bc3 Qc5 24. Rc1 (24. b4 $6 Qxe3 $1 25. fxe3 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3
Bxc3 $13 {Tal}) 24... Rac8 25. b4 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Bxc3 28. a3 $16
{1-0 Tal,M (2625)-Romanishin,O (2555)/Jurmala 1987/CBM 005 (39)}) 20. Nxb3 Ra4
$146 {Black immediately occupies the square that has been made available by
the queen side operation initiated by White.} ({Apparently, long term
experience has convinced Romanischin that giving up the tension in the centre
too soon with} 20... exd4 {is not best, although in practice this move has
served him acceptably well.} 21. Bb2 ({In fact, the main problem seems to be} 
21. Nbxd4 Qa4 22. Bg5 $1 {when after} Bb7 23. Rb1 Qxd1 24. Rbxd1 Bxg5 25. Nxg5
h6 26. Ngf3 Nf6 27. Nb5 Bxe4 28. Nfd4 {in the game 1-0 Hossain,E (2413)
-Romanishin,O (2543)/Calcutta 2004/CBM 103 ext (102) Black should have played}
d5 $11 {/+/= although White's position would remain preferable because of the
firm blockade on d4 and the outside passed a-pawn.}) 21... Ra4 (21... Ne5 22.
Nfxd4 Qa6 23. Bc3 Bb7 24. Nf5 Rac8 25. Bd4 g6 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Delchev,A (2624)-Romanishin,O (2537)/St Vincent 2004/CBM 098 ext (83)})
22. Nfxd4 Qa8 23. Qd2 d5 $132 24. Nf5 dxe4 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 26. Nxg7 $5 Ra6 $1
{[%csl Yg7]} 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qxh6 (28. Qg3 Kh8 {[%cal Yf8g8]}) 28... Ne8 29. Qh4
Kxg7 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 $44 Nf6 32. Re5 Rd8 33. a4 Rc6 34. a5 Rd3 35. Nc5
Rc3 36. Ne4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E (2602)-Romanishin,O (2558)/Athens 2005/
CBM 105 ext}) 21. d5 {This does not seem to face Black with too big problems.
With his centre safely defended, he can now plan the activation of his pieces
without any restriction.} ({However, after} 21. Bb2 {, besides 21...exd4,
which would transpose above, to an acceptable position for Black, he could
also play} Qa8 $44 {[%csl Ya2,Yd4] leaving the moment of the decision for
later.}) 21... Qa6 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Re3 Bd7 $44 {[%csl Ya2,Ye4] White's
extra-pawn does not make itself felt. The pressure against the a2- and
e4-pawns ensures Black entirely adequate counterplay.} 24. Rc3 h6 25. Nh2 Rc8
26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qxc8+ Nxc8 28. f3 Bd8 29. g4 Bb6+ 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Nf1 Bb5
32. Ne3 Ng6 33. Nf5 Bc4 34. Nd2 Nf4+ 35. Kh2 Bxa2 36. Nf1 (36. Nxd6 $2 Bd4 $1
$19 {[%csl Ya1]}) 36... g6 37. Bxf4 gxf5 38. Bxh6 f4 39. Bg5 Kg7 40. Be7 Bc5
41. g5 Kg6 42. Kg2 Ra7 43. Bf6 Ra8 44. Nd2 Bd4 45. Rc1 Bxd5 46. exd5 Ra2 47.
Rd1 Be3 48. h4 Bxd2 49. h5+ Kxh5 50. Rh1+ Kg6 51. Rh6+ Kf5 52. Be7 Bc3+ 53. Kh3
e4 54. fxe4+ Kxe4 55. Bxd6 Ra1 56. Rh4 Rh1+ 57. Kg4 Rxh4+ 58. Kxh4 Be1+ 59. Kg4
f3 60. Bg3 f2 61. Bxf2 Bxf2 62. g6 fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch schev"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.11.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Fluvia Poyatos, Joan"]
[Black "Baron Rodriguez, Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.11.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 {
This natural developing move is considered to be relatively inoffensive.} cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 {This position was known long before the author of
the "Nenashev variation" played his first game with it. The old move order to
reach it was 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6, which is currently known as the Keres line.
White has a seemingly active position, but the instability of the queen in the
centre (partly reflected in the threat ...Bxh3) offers Black sufficient
counterplay.} 17. f4 {This move parries the threat, but weakens the e4-square.
This might look as irrelevant at the present stage of the game, but practice
has shown that Black can build up his counterplay pretty fast.} ({Ignoring the
threat with} 17. Ne3 {is possible, but White hardly gets more than just
reasonable compensation for the pawn.} Bxh3 18. Nd5 (18. f4 Nc6 {This tempo
allows Black save his attacked pieces.} 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Nd5 Bh4 21. Re3 Ne7 22.
Rd3 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bg3 $36 {[%csl Yg1] 1/2-1/2 Mahesh Chandran,P (2436)-Thipsay,
P (2456)/Raipur 2002/CBM 087 ext (47)}) 18... Rc8 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Qd1 Bg4 21.
f3 Bh5 (21... Be6 $15) 22. g4 Bg5 23. Be3 (23. gxh5 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1
Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Re8 $15) 23... Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Qg5 25. f4 Qxg4+ 26.
Qxg4 Nxg4 27. Rh3 g6 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd3 $16 {1-0 Bluvshtein,M 
(2462)-Arencibia,W (2531)/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101 ext (68)}) 17... Nc6 18. Qf2
{This looks like the most logical retreat, but Black's next move reveals its
hiden drawback.} ({In any case, the retreat to the initial square with} 18. Qd1
{means losing too much time.} Bf6 19. Ne3 g6 (19... Nd4 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Ng4 Re8
$132 {1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L (2525)-Graf,A (2475)/Moscow 1991/URS-ch (51)}) 20. Ng4
Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Rc8 22. Bb3 Nd4 23. f5 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Keres,P/
Helsinki 1968/EXT 2001 (60)}) 18... Bh4 $1 {This apparently innocent attack is
not easy to meet.} 19. Ng3 $146 {White refrains fromweakening the long
diagonal, but gets under a unpleasant pin.} (19. g3 Bf6 20. Kh2 Bb7 21. Ne3 (
21. Be3 Nb4 (21... Bxb2 $1 22. Rad1 Bc3 $15) 22. Bb1 Re8 23. a3 Nc6 24. Bd3 d5
25. Bb6 Qd7 26. e5 Bd8 27. Rad1 d4 28. Bxd8 Raxd8 $13 {1-0 Megaranto,S (2499)
-Romanishin,O (2570)/Vlissingen 2005/CBM 107 ext (50)}) 21... Bd4 22. Qg2 g6
23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nd5 Rc8 25. Bb3 Bg7 {In spite of White's apparent activity,
Black is better developed and has a safer king's position.} 26. Be3 Ne7 27. Bb6
Qd7 {White has problems maintaining his central domination against Black's
well developed army, 0-1 Zaitsev,I-Romanishin,O/Odessa 1972/EXT 2001 (47)})
19... Bb7 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Rad1 Re6 {[%csl Ye4,Yg3][%cal Ge6g6,Rh4e1] Black
develops with natural moves. For White, it is not easy to find a rational
placement of his forces.} 22. Re3 Qb6 {[%cal Ya8e8,Ye6g6]} 23. Be1 $2 (23. Bb3
Rg6 24. Bd5 Ne7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 $132 {/\f5}) 23... Nd4 $1 24. Bd3 Rae8 25. Bf1 (
25. Qd2 Bxg3 26. Bxg3 Nf5 $1 $17 (26... Bxe4 $2 27. Bf2 $1 $16)) 25... Nf5 $17
{Black's pressure will be materialised soon in the win of the e4-pawn.} 26. Ra3
Qxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Nxg3 28. Bxg3 Bxg3 29. Rxg3 Bxe4 30. Rc3 d5 31. Rd4 h5 32. h4
Rb8 33. Kf2 f5 34. Rc5 Rbb6 35. Rd2 Rbc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Be2 g6 38. Ke3 Kf7
39. g3 Ke6 40. Bd1 Rc1 41. Rd4 Kd6 42. a4 b4 43. Kd2 Rc4 44. Rxc4 dxc4 45. Ke3
Kc5 46. b3 a5 47. bxc4 Kxc4 48. Kd2 b3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 $5 {This highly unusual move seems to be part of
Carslen's special preparation for the World Cup 2008.} 11. d4 ({A couple of
days later,} 11. exd5 {was tried in Adams,M (2729)-Carlsen,M (2714)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/CBM 122/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 83)}) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe5 c5
13. Bg5 {We are following the main theoretical stream still.} ({However, the
solid} 13. Be3 {is less inoffensive than it might look.} Bb7 14. Nd2 Qd5 $6 {
This pseudo-active move places the queen on a vulnerable square and deprives
the f6-knight of the possibility of a jump to the centre.} (14... Qc7 $6 15.
Bf4 $1 {[%csl Gc7,Ge4]}) (14... Rc8 $5 $13 {might be better} 15. Ng4 $140 Nd5
$1) 15. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} cxd4 (15... Nxg4 16. hxg4 f5 17. gxf5 Qxf5 18. f3
$5 $14) 16. Bxd4 $1 e3 $5 (16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 $18 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]}) 17. Nxe3
Qc6 18. Nf3 $16 {Kotronias,V (2614)-Mastrovasilis,A (2529)/Igoumenitsa 2007 
(1-0, 36)}) 13... Bb7 14. Nd2 (14. dxc5 {was played in Volokitin,A (2678)
-Wojtaszek,R (2635)/Crete 2007/CBM 121/[Ftacnik] (0-1, 33), which also
contains a survey of the variation.}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 {Black has obtained
the control of the d5-square, but the vulnerability of the e4-pawn, combined
with the activity of White's minor pieces and the relative weakness of the
c5-square maintain the position quite tensioned.} Re8 (15... Qxd4 16. Nxe4 Qxd1
17. Raxd1 $14) 16. Nb3 $146 (16. Bxf6 {Charbonneau,P (2503)-Benjamin,J (2576)/
ICC 2007 (0-1, 80)}) 16... Nxb3 (16... Nc4 $5 {is an important alternative,
preventing the activation of the Spanish bishop.}) 17. Bxb3 Nd5 {This move
leaves the f7-pawn under the X-Ray attack of the b3-bishop. The merits of the
move is that after the exchange of the g5-bishop Black will get some stability
on dark squares.} (17... Bd5 $5 {should also be mentioned. Here, too, it is
not easy for Black to neutralize White's pressure completely.} 18. Rc1 h6 (
18... Rc8 $2 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxf6 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Bxf6 22. Qxf7+ $18) 19. Bh4
$14 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rc5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxd4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 $132)) 18. Bxe7
Rxe7 19. Rc1 Nf4 $6 {Black moves again with a well-placed piece, before having
completed his development. Besides, the dangerous diagonal is opened.} ({
The developing move} 19... Qd6 {would be more desirable.} 20. Rxe4 $5 ({
This looks tempting, but maybe the more restrained} 20. Qc2 $14 {is better and
only if} Rd8 {then} 21. Rxe4 $1 {for instance} Nb4 22. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 23. Bxf7+ {
[%cal Gg8f7,Gc2c7]} Kf8 24. Re6 Nxc2 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxc2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Kxf7
$14) 20... f6 21. Rc5 $5 (21. f4 $5) 21... Rae8 {[%cal Gf6e5] /\fxe5.} (21...
fxe5 $2 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxd5+ Qxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kf8
27. Bxa8 $18) 22. Nf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Rxe7
Qc1+ $1 $11) 20. Qg4 Ng6 (20... Nd3 21. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Gf7]} Nxe5 22. dxe5 {
transposes}) 21. Qf5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qf8 23. Rc5 Rd8 24. Rec1 $14 {Black is
under serious pressure.} Qe8 25. Rc7 h6 26. R1c5 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Bd5 28. Bxd5
Rxd5 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rc7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd5 32. Rc8 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxe4
Qd2 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. f4 Qxb2 38. e6 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Qe4+
Kh8 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxa6 Qd4 43. Qxb5 Qxf4+ 44. Kg1 Qd4+ 45. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 ({Just few days ealrier, Carlsen found
himself in some toruble after} 11. d4 {Dominguez Perez,L (2683)-Carlsen,M 
(2714)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 45). However, it was
obvious that he had found an improvement since he was ready to play the same
line again. Besides, having familiarized himself during a couple of hours in
an over-the-board game and whi knows how many others examining it before the
tournament would have offerd him an advantage from practical point of view.})
11... e4 12. Bxe4 {White has to give up the pride of his position.} (12. Ng5 {
offers Black good play.} Nxd5 13. Nxe4 ({The tactical operation initiated with
} 13. Nxh7 {wins two pawns after} Kxh7 14. Bxe4+ Kg8 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxe7 {
. However, White is strongly undderdeveloped (while the weakness of the
d3-square makes one remember the games Paulsen-Morphy 1857 and
Fischer-Matulovic 1970. In both games, Black installed a queen on d3, causing
White huge problems in development, although in the second game he managed to
survive somehow. Here, The least Black could do is} Be6 {winning the exchange.
White should give up the rook for the e6-bishop, because} 17. Rxc7 Qd6 {
would only make things worse.}) 13... f5 14. Ng3 f4 15. Ne4 f3 $40 16. d4 fxg2
17. Ng3 (17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Rf5 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Qd2 Rf7 $32 {Guliyev,N (2560)
-Fressinet,L (2654)/Ajaccio 2007/CBM 120 ext (0-1, 36)}) 17... Qd6 18. Qd3 g6
19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Bh6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 $44 {Wang Hao (2624)-Jones,G (2526)/
Liverpool 2007/CBM 120 (1/2-1/2, 104)}) 12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 {It can be
expected that Black will get the usual... Marshall-Attack-like compensation
for the pawn. His strong pair of bishops as well as White's delay in
development make the small material defficit rather insignifiant.} 14. d4 Re8
$5 {A theoretical refinment. By defending the bishop, Black threatens to
capture the d5-pawn with the queen, putting the enemy kingside under serious
pressure.} (14... Bxd5 15. Re1 Qd6 16. b3 $1 Nc6 17. Be3 $6 ({This is
unconsequent. The previous move was useful to restrict the enemy knight, but
could also have been taken advantage of for an active development of the
bishop with} 17. Ba3 b4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Na3 Bxb4
22. Red1 Qh4 23. Nc4 $14 {With such a stable knight, White has a stable
advantage.}) 17... f5 $44 {[%csl Ge3] Onischuk,V (2469)-Drozdovskij,Y (2567)/
Kharkov 2007 (0-1, 44)}) 15. Bf4 Nc4 ({Once the c1-bishop has been developed
on an active square,} 15... Qxd5 {allows White win some time to complete his
development in adequate way after} 16. Re5 Qd7 17. Nbd2 {The importance of the
bishop's good placement can be seen after} Bd6 $6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd6 $14)
({However, the immediate} 15... Bxd5 $5 {comes into consideration.}) 16. Re2
$146 ({The slightly paradoxical} 16. b3 Nb6 17. c4 {allows White retain some
pressure. The d5-pawn will not be easy to win back.} bxc4 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nc3
Nd6 (19... Nb6 20. Qb3 Bxd5 21. Bxc7 $1) 20. Re1 Nb5 21. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc7]
Kaplan,S (2466)-Ragger,M (2528)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 120 ext (1/2-1/2, 51)}) 16...
Bxd5 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Bg3 ({Generally speaking, White would be interested to
exchange these bishops, but his delay in development would leave him in
trouble after} 18. Bxg5 $2 Qxg5 $17 {[%csl Ge5,Gg2]}) 18... Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5
20. Bxe5 Qd7 {White is close to complete his development and, unlike in the
Marshall Attack, his king is in absolute safety. However, Black's firm control
over the light squares keeps the position balanced.} 21. Na3 (21. Nd2 {would
almost surely lead to a draw after} Bxd2 22. Qxd2 f6 23. Bg3 Re8 {It is
virtually impossible for White to create a queenside passed pawn.}) 21... f6
22. Bg3 Qc6 23. f4 {The first significant weakness. Adams wanted the d2-square
for his queen, but the e4-square will remain chronically weak now.} (23. f3 Re8
$44) 23... Bh6 24. Qd2 g6 (24... f5 $5 25. Nc2 Be4 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gh6f8,Gf8d6]
would have allowed Black retain his pair of bishops.}) 25. Nc2 Bf8 26. f5 $1
$14 {White has managed to get rid of this pawn, opening the way to his passive
bishop. It is hard to claim a clear advantage yet, but it is clear that only
White can play for a win.} Re8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rc1 Re4 29. b3 Qe6 30. Re1 c6
31. Kh2 a5 32. Qd3 f5 33. Be5 a4 34. Qg3 Rxe1 35. Nxe1 Be4 36. Nf3 {[%cal
Gf3g5]} Bxf3 37. Qxf3 axb3 38. axb3 {A curious endgame. I would say that White
is not without chances here, but Carlsen defends with such great confidence
that the final part of the games leaves the sensation that the position is
absolutely equal.} Be7 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. Qe2 Kf7 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4
Bh4+ 44. Kf1 Be7 45. Ke1 Bb4+ 46. Kd1 Be7 47. Kd2 Bb4+ 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Qe3 Ke8
50. Qh6 Kd7 51. Qh8 Bd8 52. Qg7+ Be7 53. Kc3 Ke8 54. Qh8+ Kd7 55. Qb8 Bd8 56.
Kb3 Be7 57. Qb6 Ke8 58. Qb8+ Kf7 59. Kc3 Qd7 60. Qh8 Qe6 61. h4 Bf8 62. g3 Be7
63. c5 Bf8 64. Kb4 Be7 65. h5 gxh5 66. Qxh5+ Kf8 67. Qh8+ Kf7 68. Qh1 Ke8 69.
Qf3 Kd7 70. Qd3 Bf8 71. Kc3 Be7 72. Qb1 Ke8 73. Qb7 Bd8 74. Kb4 Be7 75. Qa8+
Kd7 76. Qa7+ Ke8 77. Qa6 Kd7 78. Qa8 Bxc5+ $1 {Bravo Magnus! It is not easy to
spot such chances after having been moving the pieces around for such a long
time.} 79. dxc5 ({The black queen has sufficient mobility along diagonals to
give perpetual check after} 79. Kxc5 Qd5+ 80. Kb6 (80. Kb4 $4 c5+ $1 $19) 80...
Qb3+ 81. Ka7 Qa2+ (81... Qa3+ {is also possible} 82. Kb8 Qf8+) 82. Kb8 Qg8+ 83.
Kb7 Qb3+) 79... Qxe5 80. Qb7+ Qc7 81. Qxc7+ Kxc7 82. Kc4 Kd7 83. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 ({I have taken the liberty of inserting the following, not too well
known, classical game, in which the structure will be the same as in our main
game and Black's problems with his a5-knight quite similar.} 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. d5 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Bf6 17.
Rb1 Bc3 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qf6 20. Re3 Bd4 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 {Every new exchange
increases the significance of the bad placement of the a5-knight.} 22. Re2 Nd7
23. Nf3 Bc3 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Nh4 g6 26. Bg3 Rfe8 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nf3 f6 29. Be1
Bxe1 30. Rbxe1 Rac8 31. g4 Nb7 32. Kf2 Nd8 33. h4 Nf7 {[%cal Gg6g5,Gf7e5]} 34.
g5 $1 {Right in time. Otherwise Black would finally activate his knight with ..
.g5. It is curious that despite simplifications the knight cannot find a good
square! The whole network of squares is bad for it.} Kg7 35. Rg1 Rf8 36. Re3
Rce8 37. Nd2 Nd8 38. Rf3 Nf7 39. Rg2 Rh8 40. Nf1 Kf8 41. Ne3 Ke7 42. Ng4 fxg5
43. hxg5 h6 {Will Black finally clear some squares for his knight?!} 44. Nf6 $1
{Not really.} Rd8 (44... Nxf6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. e5+ $1) 45. Nxd7 Rxd7 46. gxh6
Rxh6 (46... Nxh6 47. Rxg6 $18) 47. Rfg3 Rh4 48. Ke3 g5 49. fxg5 Ne5 {Finally,
Black has activated his knight, but the extra passed pawn is very strong.} 50.
Bd1 Kf8 51. Bg4 Rd8 52. Be6 Kg7 53. Rf2 Rf8 54. Rf5 Rg4 55. Rxg4 Nxg4+ 56. Kf4
Ne5 57. Rxf8 Kxf8 58. Bc8 Ng6+ 59. Kf3 Ne5+ 60. Ke3 a5 61. Ba6 b4 62. Bb5 Kf7
63. Kf4 Kg7 64. Kf5 Kf7 65. Be2 a4 66. bxa4 c4 67. Bh5+ Kg7 68. Bd1 c3 69. Ke6
Nc4 70. a5 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Portisch,L/Sousse 1967/IZT}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 {is an important alternative.} Nb6 {This used to
be the main line for a long while.} 13. Nbd2 g6 ({In view of a series of
recent games,} 13... f5 {does not seem entirely satisfactory.} 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {. I have made a survey of this line in my notes to Acs,
P (2518)-Gschnitzer,O (2427)/Germany 2005/CBM 110/[Marin,M] (1-0, 41)}) 14. b4
$1 $36 {Anand,V (2779)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Anand] 
(1-0, 38)}) ({Therefore, after} 12. d5 {I would prefer} Nc4 {, an idea
advocated by one of the greatest classic experts of the closed Ruy Lopez, Oleg
Romanishin.} 13. b3 Ncb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4 Nc4 {This way of clearing
squares for the knight is typical for Romanishin, not only in this particular
line.} 16. Bd3 ({Here is a highly instructive Romanishin game:} 16. Nbd2 Na5
17. Nf1 Rb8 18. Ne3 g6 19. c4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Bd8 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Ra3 Nh5 23. Kh2
f6 24. Ng1 Nf4 25. Rf1 Rb4 $3 {The key to Black's general plan. Now or later,
Bxb4 would be answered with ...cxb4 followed by either ...Nxc4 or ...Nb7-c5,
with excelent compensation for the exchange. Therefore, Black enjoys absolute
queenside stability, with active possibilities, too.} 26. g3 Nh5 27. Bd3 Bd7
28. f4 Be7 29. Be2 Ng7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Bg4 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4
34. Be2 Rxe4 35. Bd3 Re3 36. Qd2 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 c4 38. Qf3 Nf5 $17 {Nijboer,F 
(2560)-Romanishin,O (2533)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129 (1/2, 42)}) 16... Na5 17.
Na3 Rb8 $1 {Simple chess. The open file has to be taken under control.} (17...
Nb6 $6 {looks clumsy. Black gets nothing by agglomerating his knights on the
queenside.} 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rb1 Qe8 20. Bd2 Bd8 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Ne3 g6 23. g4
Qe7 24. Bc3 $16 {Sutovsky,E (2665)-Acs,P (2525)/Paks 2005/CBM 108 (0-1, 46)})
18. Ra2 Qc7 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 19. Qe2 Nb6 $132 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gc5c4]}) {
Everyone would believe that after the text move Black will have to choose
between the Keres and the Graf variation.} 12... exd4 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6
{is the old Keres variation.}) 13. cxd4 Re8 $5 {Apparently, there is also a
third possibility, which we may have to call the Mecking variation. Black
plays a generally useful move, without hurrying to provoke the blocking of the
centre.} (13... Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 {leads to the Graf variation.} 15. Nh2 $5 {
Ponomariov,R (2718)-Graf,A (2646)/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/[Wedberg] (1-0, 38)})
14. d5 $1 {Even if there was no pressure on d4, this remains the strongest
move. Black will have to justify the knight's placement on a5. Maintaining the
tension promises less.} (14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 (15. d5 Nb4 $11 16. Bb1 $2 Bf6 $19)
15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. a4 Bf6 $11 {Shirov,A (2723)-Short,N 
(2696)/Wijk aan Zee 2010 (1/2, 31)}) (14. Nf1 Bb7 $5 15. Ne3 ({The point
behind Black's last move is that} 15. d5 {is not too dangerous. The a5-knight
wil enter the game, while the b7-bishop will be easy to recycle via c8 if
really needed. Actually, in the following illustrative line, the bishop will
work perfectly from its actual location.} Nc4 16. b3 Bf6 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. N3h2
c4 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 $36 21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf3 Bxd5 $17) 15... cxd4 16.
Nf5 Bf8 17. N3xd4 Ne5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Rc1 Be7 22. Ng4
Nac6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bb1 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Bf6 $11 {Sokolov,A (2596)-Mecking,H 
(2565)/Bazna 2008/CBM 124 Extra (1/2, 41). White's better structure is
compensated for by the unfortunate placement of the b1-bishop, as well as the
relative weakness of the queenside.}) 14... Bf6 15. Rb1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gb2b3]
} Ra7 $146 {A typical way of activating the rook in the Benoni structures, but
I doubt if this was the highest priority in this position. I would think first
of all about a way to justify the knight's placement on a5.} ({The game that
might have inspired Nigel to take up this line into his repertoire went:} 15...
Nb6 16. Nf1 (16. b3 {is the critical line, but I believe that Black can get
reasonable queenside counterplay:} Bc3 17. Re3 b4 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. a3 Bb5 {
Needless to say, the a5-knight is useful in that it controls the c4-square.})
16... Nac4 17. Ng3 (17. b3 Ne5 $11) 17... Ne5 18. Nh2 g6 $11 {Short,N (2660)
-Mecking,H (2565)/Bazna 2008/CBM 124 Extra (1/2, 53)}) ({Black's idea probably
was to keep one knight close to the e5-square by making a generally useful
move, because the immediate} 15... Ne5 $6 {allows} 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bf6
18. b3 $14) (15... c4 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5] does not solve Black's problems
either:} 16. b4 $1 cxb3 17. axb3 $14) 16. b3 h6 {Judging from his play in the
next phase of the game, Black did not have a clear plan, but simply relied on
the soundness of his position. And still, with a knight on a5 one always has
to be circumspect.} (16... c4 $6 {is ineffective:} 17. b4 c3 (17... Nb7 $16 {
[%csl Gb7]}) 18. bxa5 cxd2 19. Bxd2 Nc5 20. Bf4 $16) ({The effects of the move
...Ra7 over the queenside chances are by far less obvious than those of ...Nb6
as in the Short-Mecking game.} 16... Bc3 17. Re3 b4 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Qc2 Rae7
20. a3 $14) 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Rc7 $6 {The rook does not do much on c7, since
...c4 can always be met by b4.} ({This may have been the last moment at which
Black could have obtained a complicated position with about equal chances.} 
18... Rae7 19. Ng3 b4 {[%cal Gc5c4] The only way to make the a5-knight work
somehow.} 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. Bd3 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Re5 {[%cal Gd8g5]
Given Black's good overall coordination, White cannot keep the a5-knight out
of play easily. At some point, ...c4 is likely to free his position.}) 19. Ng3
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nb7 {This looks like the acceptance of the fact that something
has gone wrong. Black hopes to activate his knight via d6, in the event of an
opening of the centre with e4-e5, but White is in no hurry. He can build up
his kingside pressure at his own convenience, because he is practically a
piece up in that area of the board.} 21. Nh5 Be5 22. Re3 Qh4 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24.
Nxg3 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rce7 26. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5,Gg1h2]} f5 {Black has to
react somehow, but the opening of the position hardly favours him.} 27. f4 Qf6
28. Nh5 Qb2 (28... Qf7 {may have been more prudent.} 29. Re1 {[%csl Gb7]}) 29.
e5 $6 ({A better move order would have been} 29. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 (29... Qd4 30. Rd1
Qb2 31. e5 $16) 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Nd6 32. Nf4 $36) 29... dxe5 30. Rb1 Qd4
31. Rd1 exf4 $3 $132 {Karjakin must have overlooked this excellent defensive
resource, which would have been avoided with the aforementioned move order.}
32. Rxd4 Rxe3 33. Qd2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 f3 35. Bd1 cxd4 $6 {Missing his chance.} (
35... R1e2 $1 36. Bxe2 fxe2 37. Nf6+ (37. Qe1 cxd4 $19) 37... gxf6 38. Qxh6 $11
) 36. Bxf3 Nd6 37. Qxd4 $14 {In this position, the queen is stronger than the
rooks. Black's king is vulnerable and the d5-pawn needs permanent attention.}
R1e7 38. Qb6 Ne4 $6 (38... Rd7 $5 $14) 39. Nf4 Rb7 $6 (39... Rd7 40. Qg6 $16)
40. Qc6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Ge8]} Nf6 41. Nh5 Rf8 42. Nxf6+ gxf6 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44.
d6 Rd7 45. Qxb5 Rxd6 46. a4 Kg6 47. a5 Rfd8 48. b4 Ba6 49. Bh5+ Kg5 50. h4+ Kf4
51. Qc5 Bd3 52. b5 Rd5 53. Qc7+ Ke3 54. b6 Be4 55. b7 Rg8 56. b8=Q Rxg2+ 57.
Kh3 Rd3 58. Qc4 Rg1 59. Qxd3+ Kxd3 60. Qb3+ Kd2 61. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Playing on the 2nd board in the 9th round and co-leading the tournament,
21-year old David Anton Guijarro from Spain has been the sensation of this
year's Gibraltar Masters. With ambitious and strong play, he has already
beaten the likes of Gelfand and Sutovsky, not to mention draws with Nakamura
and MVL. Now he faces the always dangerous ex-world champion Veselin Topalov.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 {Topalov goes for
the most principled line, instead of the currently fashionable 6.d3!?, which
leads to quieter positions.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 {This position has
been played almost 37.000 times according to my database! Black has a wide
variety of choices in this main Ruy Lopez variation.} Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7
$5 {An interesting line, that had been played by David Anton himself three
rounds previously against Sutovsky. White now has two choices: a closed
position with 12.d5 or a very double-edged fight after 12.Nbd2. Naturally,
both Sutovsky and Topalov went for the second option, which always leads to
interesting play.} 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 $5 {is more positional, and was played in
the very first time in a classic Fischer - Keres game, from the amazing
Candidates Tournament in Curacao,1962!} Nb6 13. Nbd2 {is the main move} (13. g4
$6 {The brilliant ex-world champion went for a dubious plan here. White
normally has to be better prepared to use this kind of idea on the kingside 
(normally with Nbd2-f1-g3). It is also clear that Fischer wanted to stop ...f5
hitting his strong central pawn on e4, but on the other hand he allows ...h5!}
h5 $1 14. Nh2 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bg5 {Suddenly Black has easy play exploiting the
weak squares, and still keeps good prospects on the queenside} 16. Nd2 g6 17.
Ndf3 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Kg7 19. Qg5 {The endgame is no relief for White, but Black
was considering ...Rh8 and then starting some work on the kingside himself.}
Nb7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Bd7 24. Ra2 c4 25. Nd2 Bb5
26. Nhf1 Rh8 27. Ne3 Rh4 $17 {0-1 (73) Fischer, R-Keres,P Curacao 1962, and
the superb Paul Keres went on to win a nice game.}) 13... g6 14. b4 (14. Nf1 $5
{also looks interesting} f5 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. b3 {with complex play}) 14... Nb7
15. a4 $6 {I don't think White is ready tor this kind of action on the
queenside} (15. Nf1 {1-0 (78) Nakamura,H (2774)-Nisipeanu,L (2659) Medias 2011,
was again possible:}) 15... bxa4 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Bb2
Rfc8 $15 {0-1 (41) Vedmediuc,S (2456)-Zhigalko,S (2669) Calimanesti Caciulata
2016, and Black achieved a better position.}) 12... exd4 $1 13. cxd4 Nc6 {
This is Black's idea, nearly forcing White to enter a double-edged position
with 14.d5. In the event of 14.Nf1, Black can simplify on d4 and enjoy a good
initiative in exchange for the worse pawn structure.} 14. d5 (14. Nf1 $6 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 {justifying the 11...Nd7 move} 17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Ne3
Be6 $11 {This is a typical position where the piece activity easily
compensates for the weak pawn on d6. Black has easy play, with moves like ...
Rc8, ...Nc4, and ...Qb6. Meanwhile, White has a hard time developing his
queenside, and moves like f4 will create weaknesses.} 19. Bd2 (19. f4 Nc4 $132)
19... Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qf6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rfc8
$15 {0-1 (58) Melia,S (2420)-Petrosyan,M (2480) Tbilisi 2016, and Black's
endgame is slightly preferrable, due to his good chances on the queenside.})
14... Nce5 15. a4 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bh4 $1 (17... Bb7 $2 {
Now there is no reason to play like in the game, because white gets 18. f5! in
time.} 18. f5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. b3 $5 $16 {followed by Be3, Rc1, Bd3, and
real pressure against the queenside}) 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. f5 (19. Rf1 {allows}
Bxh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qg3+ {forcing a draw}) 19... Ne5 {used to be the main line,
with a complex position, but Black should be fine.}) 15... Bb7 {Looks safer
than ...Rb8.} (15... Rb8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 (
19... f5 $5 {stops the white attack, but may run into an inferior position:}
20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. g4 Rf8 $5 23. f5 Ne5 24. Bf4 Nf7 25. Re6 $16)
20. Rf1 Bg3 21. f5 Ne5 22. Ng5 h6 $1 {is the only line surviving so far, but
it also looks dodgy} (22... Bh4 $2 {Svidler goes into a refuted line} 23. f6 $1
$18 {and White is winning!} h6 (23... g6 24. Qd2 {threatenig Nxh7} h6 25. Nh7
$1 $18 {1-0 (29) Kilpatrick,C (2052)-Wallis,I Southend 2006}) 24. Qh5 gxf6 25.
Nh7 Kxh7 26. Qxh4 {1-0 (26) Inarkiev,E (2732)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 2016}) (
22... Nd7 23. Nxh7 $5 Kxh7 24. f6 g6 {and now both 25.e5!? and 25.Qg4 look
promising, and only the super computers will tell if White's attack is enough
for a win} 25. Qg4 $5 $40 (25. e5 $5 $40)) 23. f6 $1 gxf6 $5 (23... g6 24. Nf3
Qxf6 25. Bxh6 $36) 24. Nf3 Kg7 $13 {and somehow, Black's position is not
collapsing.}) 16. Qe2 (16. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bf6 {was seen in
David's game against Sutovsky} (18... Bh4 $2 {now this wouldn't make too much
sense with the bishop on b7} 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Rf1 $5 (20. Ra3 $5 {making use
of the a4 move} Nxf4 $2 21. g3 $1 Nxh3+ 22. Kh2 $18 {and White wins})) (18...
Re8 $5) 19. g3 (19. e5 $5 Be7 20. Be4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 $13 {with another
unclear position}) 19... Qd7 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. Ra3 {Generally speaking, this
looks promising for Black, since White's pawn majority is not advancing for
now and Black has good prospects on the queenside} Bd8 $5 (21... b4 $5 22. Rae3
c4 $13 {was very complex}) 22. h4 Nf8 23. h5 h6 24. f5 $2 {weakening too many
squares} Bf6 25. Nh2 Nh7 $1 26. Ng4 Bd4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. b4 Ra2
30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Nf6 $17 {0-1 (56) Sutovsky,E (2628)-Anton
Guijarro,D (2650) Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2017, Now White is clearly in
trouble, with the worse king and difficulty in advancing his pawns, while
Black can organise an attack and also think about advancing his own queenside.}
) 16... Rb8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. axb5 (18. Nf1 {was played in December} Bf6 19.
Ne3 c4 $6 {probably a slight innacuracy to start pushing the pawns without ...
Re8 or ...Bc8} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 $14 {0-1 (41) Hansen,M (2452)-Wagner,D 
(2548) Vandoeuvre 2016, looks slightly better for White now, with the c3- and
d4-squares available for the pieces.}) 18... axb5 19. Nf1 Re8 20. Ne3 Bf6 21.
Bd2 Bc8 $1 {Bringing the bishop back into play, Black achieves a fully
consistent position, and keeps great prospects on the queenside, which is
basically one of the key ideas in this variation - control White's central and
kingside expansion and start advancing the b- and c-pawns at some point. Don't
get me wrong, I don't think Black is better here, but nowadays it is not easy
to achieve such a promising and interesting position as Black without running
into real dangers.} 22. Ba5 (22. f4 $6 Ng6 $17 {always looks good for Black,
since all his pieces are well prepared to meet this advance.}) 22... Qe7 23.
Bc3 $6 (23. Qf1 $5 {trying to prepare something like f4 followed by Nf5} b4 {
locks the bishop in on a5, but hands over the initiative to White} (23... Ng6
24. Nf5 Qd7 25. Ra2 $13 {with a weird position}) 24. f4 Ng6 25. e5 $5 dxe5 26.
f5 Nf4 27. g3 $13) 23... Ng6 $1 {Making a very good piece exchange, Black
doesn't need to worry about f4 anymore.} 24. Qf3 (24. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {would be
equally good for Black, threatening the b2-pawn and moves like ...Nf4.}) 24...
Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qg5 26. Kh2 h5 $1 27. Ra7 Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Ra1 (29. Nf5 $5 {
is a very counter-intuitive move pointed out by the computer. Normally it
could be a positional mistake, but here if Black plays ...Bxf5, then the
knight on e7 has a hard time to find a good square} Bxf5 30. exf5 $13) 29...
Ng6 30. Qg3 Qf6 $1 {Black aims to explore the c3 weakness, and exchange queens
only after White makes further concessions.} 31. Nf5 $2 {A mistake, as pointed
out by David in the post-mortem, and also by Topalov himself, according to him.
Not only because it may be the decisive mistake, but Black has very easy play
from now on.} (31. Nd1 {would be a very sad move to make} h4 32. Qe3 Bd7 $17 {
Black has a very confortable advantage, but for now White keeps control of the
only open file, and there is play.}) 31... Bxf5 32. exf5 Ne5 33. Rb1 h4 34. Qf4
g5 $1 35. Qe3 Nc4 36. Qc1 Kg7 37. Bd3 (37. Kh1 $5 {could have been better
maybe, but the position is already difficult.}) 37... Ne5 38. Be4 g4 $1 39.
hxg4 Nxg4+ 40. Kg1 Qh6 $1 {Forcing a horrible endgame for White, because if
the queen moves, then ...Qf4! is deadly.} 41. Qxh6+ (41. Qe1 Qf4 42. g3 hxg3
43. fxg3 Qg5 $19 {and the white king is in trouble with all the black pieces
joining the attack.}) 41... Kxh6 42. Kf1 Kg5 {A slightly surprising
resignation from Topalov, but the position is already hopeless, Black will
simply play ...Nf6, probably grab two pawns and start marching with his
queenside at some point. A superb win from David Anton, the man of the hour,
going into the last round as the sole leader of the 2017 Gibraltar Masters! In
the last round, he faces the experienced super-GM Michael Adams.} 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {The Chigorin Defence. In modern chess it is
slightly less popular than the Breyer and the Zaitsev Variations. But the
great invention of Chigorin is still very much alive.} cxd4 {An interesting
choice, Morozevich plays according to his style, surprising his opponents and
hoping for a complex game in which he can outplay his opponent. This system is
not clearly classical, but invented by GM Oleg Romanishin. The idea is to
increase the pressure on the centre, as Black can easily protect the weak
d6-pawn.} (11... Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 {is the main line, leading to
complex positions, the evaluation of which is still unclear.}) 12. cxd4 exd4
13. Nxd4 Re8 ({Another good option is} 13... Bb7 14. a3 Re8 15. Nc3 Bf8 16. Nf5
Nc4 (16... Rc8 $142) 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Bg5 Kh8 19. Bb3 Rc5 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rad1
{Dgebuadze,A (2562)-Ginsburg,G (2520)/Lausanne 2008; with strong pressure.})
14. Nc3 {Here White has two other important plans:} (14. Bg5 $5 $146 h6 15. Bh4
Nd5 $1 16. Bxe7 (16. Bg3 $6 Nb4) 16... Nxe7 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. a4 Qb6 19. N4b3
Nac6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nf1 Ne5 {1/2 Leko,P (2713)-Morozevich,A 
(2742)/Wijk aan Zee 2002}) (14. b3 Bf8 (14... Bb7 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Nd2 g6 17.
Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Nf1 Rcd8 {
Nguyen Anh Dung (2537)-Li Ruofan (2417)/Kuala Lumpur 2007; with equal play.})
15. Bb2 g6 16. a3 Bb7 17. Nc3 Bg7 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Re2 Qe7 22. Bb1 Nd7 23. Rde1 Qe6 {Inarkiev,E (2545)-Kayumov,S (2267)/Alushta
2002. Black has good counterplay.}) 14... Bb7 15. Nf5 Rc8 ({Another possible
move is the natural retreat} 15... Bf8 16. Qf3 (16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Rc1
Nc4 19. Qd4 Re6 20. Bb3 g6 21. Qa7 Rc7 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6
25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxc7 Bxe4 {Ivanchuk,V (2762)-Mueller,M (2405)/Mainz 2000;
with sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 16... Re6 (16... h6 17. Rd1
Nc4 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. b3 b4 $2 20. bxc4 bxc3 21. Rxd6 {1-0 Spraggett,K (2585)
-Mueller,M (2405)/Port Erin 2007}) (16... g6 17. Nh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6 $14) 17.
Nd4 Re5 18. Bf4 b4 19. Na4 Rc8 {with counterplay.}) 16. Bg5 Nc4 ({Clearly a
better try was} 16... b4 $5 {in order to deflect the knight from the defence
of the centre} 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Rc1 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. b3 {
White still controls the most important central squares.}) 17. Qd4 $1 {The
centralised queen is a huge source of power, the opponent's king will be in
danger.} Nxb2 $2 {Black fails to see the refutation and grabs the pawn.} (17...
h6 {was necessary:} 18. Bh4 Nxb2 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxc2 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxf6 {and there is no mate, as was possible
in the game!}) 18. Bb3 {White returns the favour, he would have been
immediately winning if he had played} (18. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (18... Rxc2 19. Ndxe7+
Rxe7 20. Bxf6 $18) (18... Rc4 19. Ndxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxb2 $18) 19.
exd5 Rxc2 20. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 {The point is that Black
cannot win the queen because he will get mated on the back rank.} Re1+ 23. Rxe1
Qxf6 24. Re8#) 18... Nc4 19. Rad1 ({The typical attack} 19. a4 {was worth
trying.}) 19... Qd7 20. Rd3 Bd8 $2 {An unnecessary mistake.} ({Black would
have huge counterplay after the correct} 20... Ne5 21. Rg3 Nh5 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7
23. Bxe7 Nxg3 24. Bxd6 Nc4) 21. Nxg7 $1 Re5 ({White would get a terrific
attack after} 21... Kxg7 22. Bxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qxf6 Qe6 25. Qg7+ Ke7
26. Rf3) 22. Nf5 Nxe4 (22... h6 {does not help:} 23. Bf4 Bb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25.
Bxe5) 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. f4 {Fantastic! Black no longer has the
will to fight on!} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At this moment in the tournament I was on -1 and this was probably my last
chance to get back into the fight for the first place.  In diesem Moment war
ich in dem Turnier auf -1 und dies war wahrscheinlich meine letzte Chance,
wieder in den Kampf um den ersten Platz einzusteigen.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 {This was a surprise for me,
as Michael usually plays the 'Marshall threat' move order. Well, in my games
till now it didn't really matter, because I had been playing c3 and d4 without
h3 anyway.  Dies war eine Überraschung für mich, denn Michael spielte
gewöhnlich die 'Marshall-Droh'-Zugfolge. Nun, in meinen Partien bislang
spielte dies nicht wirklich eine Rolle, da ich sowieso c3 und d4 ohne h3
gespielt hatte.} 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 {Yet another
surprise for me, because as strange as it may seem, I had never had this
position in a serious game.  Wieder eine Überraschung für mich, denn so
seltsam es auch scheinen mag, diese Stellung hatte ich noch nie in einer
ernsten Partie gesehen.} 12. Kh1 ({You cannot really enter the sharp line Auf
das scharfe Abspiel} 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
f4 Ng6 {without good home preparation. kann man sich ohne gute
Heimvorbereitung nicht wirklich einlassen.}) 12... Re8 13. d5 {I was aware
that Bologan had had this line with White in some games, but I couldn't
remember any moves. Fortunately, in this type of position you need to know
plans and principles, rather than forced variations of any kind. Ich war mir
bewusst, dass Bologan dieses Abspiel in einigen Partien mit Weiß gehabt hatte,
konnte mich aber an keinerlei Züge erinnern. Zum Glück muss man in diesem
Stellungstyp eher Pläne und Prinzipien kennen als forcierte Varianten
irgendwelcher Art.} Nb6 14. b3 ({To me Mir scheint} 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. Nf1 b4 {
seems to give Black more counterplay than the game continuation, although I
admit that it is a matter of taste. Schwarz mehr Gegenspiel zu geben als die
Partiefortsetzung, aber ich gebe zu, das ist eine Geschmackssache.}) 14... Bd7
15. Be3 Qc7 16. g4 $1 {White has to stop f7-f5 once and for all. Besides that
this move also justifies the position of the white king on h1. Weiß muss ein
für allemal f7-f5 unterbinden. Außerdem rechtfertigt dieser Zug auch die
Stellung des weißen Königs auf h1.} (16. Nbd2 $6 f5 $1 17. exf5 Nxd5 {is not a
dream position for White. ist keine Traumstellung für Weiß.}) 16... c4 17. b4
Nb7 18. Nbd2 a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Nf1 Rea8 21. Bc1 $1 $14 {The only way to stop
Black's counterplay on the queenside. Der einzige Weg, das schwarze Gegenspiel
am Damenflügel zu stoppen.} (21. Rc1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra3 {gives Black a
comfortable position. gibt Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung.}) 21... Nd8 {This
knight has no bright future on the queenside, so it makes sense to bring it to
the kingside.  Diesem Springer winkte keine helle Zukunt am Damenflügel, daher
ist es sinnvoll, ihn zum Königsflügel zu bringen.} 22. Ne3 axb4 23. cxb4 f6 24.
Nf5 $1 {This move causes some coordination problems in Black's camp. Dieser
Zug verursache einige Koordinationsprobleme im schwarzen Lager.} Bc8 $1 (24...
Bf8 25. g5 {seems very dangerous for Black, for example sieht sehr gefährlich
für Schwarz aus, zum Beispiel} g6 26. gxf6 $1 gxf5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Nh4 (28.
Ng5 $2 Be8 29. exf5 Nxd5 $1 $19) 28... Be8 29. exf5 Nd7 30. Bg5 {followed by
Bg4 with a decisive attack. nebst Bg4 mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 25. Rg1 (
25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Nh4 {was also interesting, but I have learned that you
shouldn't exchange pieces when you have a space advantage. war ebenfalls
interessant, aber ich habe gelernt, dass man keine Figuren tauschen soll, wenn
man Raumvorteil hat.}) 25... Nf7 26. h4 Bd8 27. Rg3 {It is obvious that
Black's main counterplay idea is c3 followed by Nc4-b2 and the move made by me
was designed to discourage this plan. Es ist offensichtlich, dass die
hauptsächliche schwarze Gegenspielidee in c3 nebst Nc4-b2 besteht, und der von
mir gemachte Zug sollte diesen Plan entkräften.} Kh8 28. g5 {With the black
king on h8, it makes sense to make h7 the main target for White's attack. Mit
dem schwarzen König auf h8 ist es sinnvoll, h7 zum Hauptziel für den weißen
Angriff zu machen.} g6 29. Ne3 fxg5 30. hxg5 Kg8 31. Kg2 $16 {White has
achieved a very promising position, but around here I began to experience time
trouble problems and wanted to reach move 40 without changing the character of
the position. Weiß hat eine sehr aussichtsreiche Stellung erlangt, aber hier
etwa begann ich Zeitnotprobleme zu bekommen und wollte den 40. Zug erreichen,
ohne den Charakter der Stellung zu verändern.} Na4 32. Qe1 $6 {I don't like
this move at all, but it does bring me closer to the 40th move checkpoint.
Dieser Zug gefällt mir überhaupt nicht, aber er bringt mich näher an die
40-Züge-Marke.} (32. Qh1 {immediately, was more to the point. sofort traf es
eher.}) 32... Bd7 33. Qh1 Qc8 34. Qh2 Nc3 $1 {Quite strange, I had missed the
e2 square completely. Luckily there is still one piece which can prevent the
knight from reaching e2.  Seltsamerweise hatte ich das Feld e2 komplett
übersehen. Zum Glück gibt es noch eine Figur, die den Springer daran hindern
kann, dies zu erreichen.} 35. Kf1 $1 Be7 (35... Bb6 36. Nh4 Bd4 {was a better
try in my timetrouble, alltough after war ein besserer Versuch in meiner
Zeitnot, wenngleich Weiß nach} 37. Nhf5 $1 Bxf5 38. exf5 {White has a
dangerous initiative. eine gefährliche Initiative hat.}) 36. Bb2 Na4 37. Bc1
Bf8 ({After Nach} 37... Nc3 {I was planing to continue with wollte ich
fortsetzen mit} 38. Rg1 {followed by Rh1 with a clear advantage. nebst Rh1 und
klarem Vorteil.}) 38. Qh4 Be7 39. Qh2 Bf8 40. Qh4 {Finally, I reached the time
control and could now search for the decisive blow. Endlich hatte ich die
Zeitkontrolle geschafft und konnte nun nach dem entscheidenden Schlag suchen.}
Be7 41. Nf5 $1 Qf8 (41... gxf5 $2 42. Qh5 {is crushing ist vernichtend.}) 42.
Nh2 (42. Qh2 $1 {was suggested by Michael immediately after the game and
indeed this seems to be decisive, for example wurde sofort nach der Partie von
Michael vorgeschlagen, und dies scheint tatsächlich entscheidend zu sein, zum
Beispiel} Nb6 (42... R8a7 43. Be3 Nb6 44. Kg2 $18) 43. Rh3 h5 44. N3h4 $1 Nh8
45. Nxg6 Nxg6 46. Rxh5 $18) 42... h6 $2 (42... h5 $8 43. Nxe7+ Qxe7 44. Rf3 Rf8
45. Rf6 Kg7 (45... Nh8 46. f4 $16) 46. Kg2 {followed by f4 is much better for
White, but Black is still fighting. nebst f4 ist klar besser für Weiß, aber
Schwarz kämpft noch.}) 43. Ng4 hxg5 44. Bxg5 $1 $18 {Now the attack plays
itself. Nun spielt sich der Angriff von selbst.} Nxg5 (44... Bxg5 45. Nf6+ Bxf6
46. Rxg6+ Bg7 47. Ne7+ Qxe7 48. Qxe7 $18) 45. Ngh6+ Kh7 46. Nf7+ Kg8 47. N7h6+
{I have read on the internet that some people thought that this repetition was
meant to insult my opponent. Besides the fact that I respect Michael Adams a
lot, one must understand that towards the end of such a strong tournament I
was feeling tired and was already short on time again. Also, I didn't have a
computer program to show me that the position is completely winning. Ich habe
im Internet gelesen, dass manche Leute dachten, dass diese Wiederholung meinen
Gegner beleidigen sollte. Abgesehen von der Tatsache, dass ich hohen Respekt
vor Michael Adams habe, muss man verstehen, dass ich am Ende eines so starken
Turniers müde und bereits wieder knapp an Zeit war. Außerdem hatte ich auch
kein Computerprogramm, das mir zeigen konnte, dass die Stellung komplett
gewonnen ist.} Kh7 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Nxg5 Bxg5 50. Rxg5 (50. Qxg5 {was shorter
war kürzer.}) 50... Be8 51. Kg2 R8a7 52. Rh1 Qf6 53. Nh6+ {And finally, I
would like to thank the organisers and sponsors of the MTel Masters 2007 for
giving me a chance to compete with the best players in the world in a
perfectly organised tournament. For this game I proudly received the 'Best
Game' prize from Bulstrad Life Insurance, one of the sponsors of the
tournament. Und am Ende möchte ich den Veranstaltern und Sponsoren des MTel
Masters 2007 danken für die Chance, mich mit den besten Spielern der Welt in
einem perfekt organisierten Turnier messen zu dürfen. Für diese Partie erhielt
ich stolz den Schönheitspreis von Bulstrad Life Insurance, einem der Sponsoren
des Turniers.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,LB} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 {Hansen,LB: Piket plays several different Ruy Lopez
variations.} 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 {Hansen,LB: The Romanishin Variation.} 12.
d5 Nc4 13. a4 (13. b3 {Hansen,LB} Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 {is the main line.}) 13... Nb6
14. Qe2 {Hansen,LB: White gives up the two Bs to get the better pawn structure
(>< a6).} (14. b3) 14... Nxa4 (14... Nfd7 15. axb5 (15. a5 Nc4 16. b4 f5 $13)
15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxb5 f5 (17... Ba6 18. Qa5 (18. Qc6 Qa7)) 18. Bg5
$1 $14) 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 (16. c4 $5) 16... Nd7 (16... Qc7 17. Nbd2 (17.
c4 $5) (17. Bg5) 17... Rfb8 18. Nc4 Bc8) 17. c4 (17. Nbd2 f5 $13) 17... Nb6 (
17... Bc8 {Hansen,LB} 18. Nbd2 Nb6 19. Ra3 a5 20. Nf1 a4 21. Bd2 Bd7 $11 {
Gazik,I-Romanishin,O/Novy Smokovec/1992/}) 18. Ra3 a5 $1 19. Nc3 a4 (19... Ba6
20. Nd2 (20. b3 a4 21. Nxa4 Bxc4 $11) 20... a4 (20... Bg5 21. b3 Bc8 $13) 21.
Nxa4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Nxa4 24. Bd2 $16) 20. Be3 (20. Nd1 $1 Bc8 (
20... f5) 21. Ne3 Kh8 (21... g6 22. Ng4 (22. Nh2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4)))
20... Bc8 21. Nd2 {Hansen,LB: Perhaps 21. Rb1 was more precise.} (21. Rb1 $5
$14 {Hansen,LB}) 21... Bg5 (21... Bd7 22. f4 $5 $14) 22. Rb1 $1 Bxe3 (22... f5
23. exf5 (23. f3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 f4 25. Qe2 Rf6 26. b4 axb3 27. Raxb3 Nd7) 23...
Bxf5 24. Nce4 $14) 23. Qxe3 Bd7 24. b4 axb3 25. Raxb3 {>< Nb6} Ra6 (25... Nc8)
26. Qd3 h6 27. Kh2 Qc7 28. Nf1 Rfa8 (28... f5 29. Ne3 f4 30. Nf5) 29. Nb5 $6 (
29. Ne3 $14) 29... Qd8 $1 (29... Bxb5 30. Rxb5 $14) 30. Nc3 (30. Nxd6 Ba4 31.
Nf5 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 $44) 30... Nc8 31. Ne3 Ra3 32. Rb7 R8a7 33. Qc2 Kh7 $6 (33...
g6 $1 $11) 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. g3 g6 (35... Ne7 {Hansen,LB}) 36. h4 Ra6 $6 $138 (
36... h5) 37. Rf1 Nb6 38. h5 (38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Qe7) 38... Bc8 {/\ Nd7-f6}
39. Qd2 $6 $138 (39. f4 $1 exf4 40. Rxf4 Qe7 41. Qf2 Kg7 42. Nb5) 39... Nd7 40.
hxg6+ fxg6 41. Ng4 g5 42. Kg2 Nf6 43. Nxf6+ Qxf6 44. Qb2 Ra8 (44... h5 45. Qb8
Ra3 46. Nb5 Rxg3+ 47. Kxg3 (47. fxg3 Bh3+)) 45. Qb6 Ra3 $1 46. Qc7+ (46. Nb5
Qf3+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kg1 Bh3) 47... Ra2) 46... Kg6 47. Qxc8 (47. Nb5 Rxg3+ $1 48.
Kxg3 (48. fxg3 Bh3+ 49. Kxh3 (49. Kh2 $4 Qxf1 50. Qxd6+ Kh5 $19) 49... Qxf1+
$11) 48... Qf4+ 49. Kg2 Qg4+) 47... Rxc3 48. Qg8+ (48. Ra1 h5 $5 (48... Rc2)
49. Kg1 g4) 48... Qg7 49. Qe6+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Bb7 17. f4 Nd7 (17... Ng6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Ra3 {
Volokitin,A (2671)-Mecking,H (2567) Corus-B Wijk aan Zee 2009 (10) 1/2}) 18.
Nf3 Qc7 $146 (18... Re8 19. b3 Bf6 {Fejzullahu,A (2302)-Adams,M (2740) EU-Cup
20th Izmir 2004 (2.1) 1/2}) 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Ra3 $5 Nb6 21. Rae3 $14 {[%cal
Ge4e5]} g6 22. b3 Bf6 23. Qe2 (23. e5 $5 {Plus risqué} Bg7 24. Be4 dxe5 25.
fxe5 Nd7 26. Bb2 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 23... Bd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rd3 Nxd5 26.
Rxd4 Rc8 27. exd5 (27. Bd3 $1 Nb6 (27... Nc3 28. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8]
[%cal Gc1b2]}) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 $40 {[%csl Gb5,Gc1]}) 27... Qxc2 28. Qxc2
Rxc2 29. f5 (29. Ba3 Rd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Re7) 29... Rc5 30. Bh6 Ra8 31. axb5
axb5 32. Rde4 Rcc8 33. Rb4 Rc5 34. Rbe4 Rcc8 35. Rb4 Rc5 36. Rbe4 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Black "Kosiorek, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. e5 (14. d5
Nce5 15. a4 Bb7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Kg2 Qd7 21.
Ra2 b4 22. b3 Bc3 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Re7 25. Nc4 Rae8 26. Bb1 f5 27. Rae2
fxe4 28. Re3 Nh8 29. Bxe4 g6 30. f5 Rf8 31. g4 Rg7 32. Rf1 Qd8 33. Kh2 Bc8 34.
Qd3 a5 35. Ref3 Rgf7 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 Nxf7 39. Bxg6 Qf6 40.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qg3 Ke7 42. Qe3+ Kd7 43. g5 Qf5 {Adhiban,B (2646)-Svetushkin,D 
(2592) Moscow 2015 1/2-1/2 (82)}) 14... dxe5 15. dxe5 c4 16. b3 Nc5 17. bxc4
Be6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a3 b4 20. Re3 Qd7 21. Rb1 $146 (21. Bb2 Rab8 22. axb4
Nxb4 23. Ba3 Nxc2 24. Qxc2 Bf5 25. Qc3 Rfc8 26. Qd4 Qb7 27. Qf4 Bg6 28. Qg3 Rd8
29. Rc1 Qa7 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rec3 Be7 32. Kh2 f6 33. Rc7 Rb7 34. R7c6 Rb6 35.
R6c4 Rb2 36. Rc8 Rb8 37. R1c7 Qb6 38. Nc4 Rbxc8 39. Rxc8 Qe6 40. Rc7 Rd5 41.
Qf4 Bd8 42. Ra7 Rd7 43. Nd4 Qd5 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. e6 Qc7 46. Qxc7 Bxc7+ 47. g3
Kf8 48. f4 Be4 49. Na3 Bb6 50. Nab5 f5 {Gudlaugsson,E (2291)-Haeusler,W (2403)
ICCF email 2005 1/2-1/2}) 21... Rab8 22. Qe2 Rfd8 $32 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5
25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Ne4 Ne6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ge6f4,Ge6d4]} 28. Ng3
(28. Qc4) (28. Ba3) 28... Qb1 29. Ba3 Bc5 30. Re4 (30. Qb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b1]})
30... Nd3 31. Bxc5 Ndxc5 32. Rc4 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Nxd3 34. Ne4 h6 35. Kg3 Rd5 36.
Rc8+ Kh7 37. Nd6 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Nxf7 Rd5 40. Re8 Ng5 41. Ne5 Ne4+ 42.
Kf3 Nd6 43. Re6 Nf7 $6 44. Ke4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Ge4,Rh7]} Rd2 45. Nxf7 Re2+ 46.
Kd5 Rxf2 47. Ne5 Rxg2 48. Ra6 Rg3 49. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5,Ge5g6,Ga6a8,Ga8h8]} Rh3
50. Ra4 g5 $1 51. Ke6 Rxh4 $4 (51... gxh4 $8 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Nd7 Re3+ 54. Kf5)
52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Nd7 Kg7 (53... Re4+ 54. Kf6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga7a8]}) 54. Nf6+
Kg6 55. Ra8 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 ({Chiburdanidze held a comfortable draw in the
first game with} 3... Nf6 {but now returns to an old favourite line.}) 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7
12. Nbd2 {Traditional theory in the Ruy Lopez held that White should play d5
as soon as Black commits his or her bishop to b7. However modern players tend
to prefer a more open centre, reasoning that at some point Black must make a
minor concession by exchanging in the centre.} cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb2 Bf8 $6 ({The most reliable plan for Black
lies in} 17... Rc8 {/\...Nd7, ...Bf6}) 18. Qf3 $1 Rc8 19. Bb3 Qe7 20. Rad1 Bb7
21. Qf5 d5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Ne4 $1 g6 $2 {Surprised by White's last move,
Chiburdanidze miscalculates and allows a quick finish.} ({After} 23... Qe6 $1 {
Black's disadvantage could have been kept to manageable proportions.}) 24. Qxd7
$1 dxe4 ({Forced since} 24... Qxd7 25. Nf6+ {loses a piece.}) 25. e6 $1 fxe6
26. Qd4 $1 Kf7 27. Qh8 $1 Qh4 28. g3 $1 ({Black cannot continue protecting the
h7 pawn and the f6 square, e.g. if} 28. g3 $1 Qh5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rd7 {wins.})
1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {"I spent all my time preparing other things than this
whole Ruy Lopez" - Nakamura} 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 (12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6
14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 {was about equal in Giri,A (2690) -Nakamura,
H (2774)/Monte Carlo 2011 (54)}) ({White got some advantage after} 12. b3 Bf6
13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2716)-Nakamura,H (2733)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010.}) 12... Nb6
13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 Nb7 ({After the game Anand-Carlsen, Morelia/Linares 2007
Black started to experience problems after the natural} 14... cxb4 15. cxb4
Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 $1) 15. Nf1 a5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Bd7 {This natural
continuation is a new move. Black prepares massive exchanges on the a-file.}
18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Bd3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ra8 22. Qb1 c4 23. Bc2 f6 24.
Be3 Nd8 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Ne5 ({An interesting alternative was
to prevent the white bishop from coming to the diagonal a7-g1 by continuing} 
27... Na4 28. Ne2 Qb6+ 29. Kh2 Ne5 {with a very complex middlegame, where both
sides have their chances.}) 28. Be3 $1 Ra3 $1 {A strong answer by Nisipeanu,
which cost the Romanian grandmaster a lot of time: before placing the knight
on a4 Black activates his rook.} 29. Ne2 Na4 30. Bd4 Bf8 {The rook on a3 looks
shaky, but White cannot exploit this factor. The position is about equal.} 31.
Rf1 Qd8 32. Qc1 Ra2 33. Nf3 (33. Bb1 Ra1 {(or even 33...Rb2) and the rook
cannot be attacked.}) 33... Bg7 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. Be3 Nb6 36. Kh2 Be8 37. Ng1
h6 38. Bb1 Ra1 39. Qb2 Ra8 40. Bc2 Nd7 {Both players assessed this to be an
inaccuracy.} ({Nakamura considered that after} 40... Na4 {the position is
close to equal.}) 41. Ra1 Rxa1 42. Qxa1 Nf6 43. Qa6 {Now White has built some
pressure, although Black is still very solid and close to equal.} Bf8 44. Nf3
Bd7 45. Nd2 Nh5 46. Nf3 Nf6 47. Kg1 Qc8 48. Qa1 Qb8 49. Kf1 Nh5 50. g4 Nf4 {
A very responsible decision.} ({The simple} 50... Nf6 {was perfectly playable.}
) 51. Bxf4 exf4 52. e5 dxe5 53. Qa6 Qd6 54. Qxd6 Bxd6 55. Bxg6 Kg7 56. Be4 h5 {
The endgame should be a draw, but Nisipeanu was in time trouble and started to
produce mistakes.} 57. Nh2 $1 {The best way to keep the pressure.} Kh6 58. Kg2
hxg4 {Completely unnecessary, giving the h3-square to White's king.} ({After} 
58... Bc7 {Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 59. hxg4 Kg5 60. Kh3 f3 $2 {
Blundering with the last move before the time-control is always very painful.}
({It is not clear if White has something real after} 60... Bc7 61. Nf3+ Kf6 62.
Kh4 Kg7) 61. Kg3 f2 62. Nf3+ {Probably missed by Nisipeanu when he played 60...
f3.} ({Not} 62. Kxf2 $2 Kf4 {and it is Black who can win.}) 62... Kh6 63. g5+
Kh5 64. Kxf2 {White has won a pawn and the rest is a matter of technique.} Be8
65. Ke3 Bf7 66. g6 Bxg6 67. Bxg6+ Kxg6 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Nd2 Bf8 70. Nb1 Bh6 71.
Na3 Bc1 72. Nxb5 Bd2 73. Nd6 Bxc3 74. b5 Ke7 75. Nxc4 Be1 76. Kxe5 Bg3+ 77. Kd4
Bf2+ 78. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Fabiano also has rich experience in the Berlin,
but this time he chooses the Classical Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 {This is one of
most ambitious ways of handling the position - White manages to seize a lot of
space.} Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {
was also tested on the highest level. The control over the e4-spot offers
White a small, but stable advantage.}) 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. b3 {Quite a flexible
continuation - the f1-knight might have better prospects than being placed on
g3.} (15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. b3 a5 18. Qe2 b4 19. c4 (19. Bd2 $5) 19... a4
$132 {Hansen,E - Naroditsky,D Reykjavik 2015}) 15... a5 $146 {This innovation
hardly makes Black's position more attractive.} ({After} 15... c4 16. b4 (16.
Be3 Qc7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Ra6 $132) 16... a5 17. g4 axb4 18. cxb4 Na4 {
Kryvoruchko,Y - Polgar,J Achaea 2012, Black was fine.}) 16. Rb1 $1 {Possibly,
this prophylactic move was underestimated by GM Caruana. Now it's difficult
for Black to make any progress on the q-side.} c4 $6 {An over-optimistic
decision.} ({In the event of} 16... Qc7 17. Ne3 a4 18. b4 Rac8 19. Bd2 $14 {
Black wouldn't have much counter-play, but it was still a better option.}) 17.
bxc4 $1 Nxc4 18. a4 {The poor location of the b7-knight makes it impossible to
protect the pawn.} Qc7 19. axb5 $16 {White is a sound pawn up, though the play
is quite complex.} Nb6 20. Be3 (20. Bd2 a4 21. Rb4 a3 22. Qe2 $16) 20... Rfc8
21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Re2 $6 (22. Qe2 $142 a4 23. Rb4 $16 {White would be able to
limit Black's counterplay and keep a sound extra pawn.}) 22... a4 $2 {Fabiano
is returning the favour.} ({The correct way was} 22... Nba4 $1 23. Rc2 (23. Rc1
Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rec2 Bxb5 27. N1d2 Rcc8 $11) 23... Rab8 {
, obtaining significant counterplay.}) 23. Ra2 {Now Hou Yifan is in control
again.} Bd8 24. Bc2 Nc4 ({Possibly, a better move was} 24... a3 25. N3d2 Nca4
26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Rb3 Qc5 28. Bd3 $16) 25. N3d2 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 {As a result of
Black's over-optimistic play, the a4-pawn should also fall soon.} Rcb8 27. c4
Qc8 28. Ra3 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction.} ({There was no reason
for leaving the opponent's passer:} 28. Bxa4 Ba5 29. Bb3 $18 {there is still
plenty of play ahead, but White's position is winning.}) 28... Ba5 29. Ndf1 Bb6
30. Ng3 (30. Rba1 Qd8 31. Qf3 Qh4 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 g6 34. Qf3 $16) 30...
Qd8 31. Nef5 {This is not a real mistake yet, but White is wrongly focussed on
the kingside attack...} (31. Qf3 g6 32. Ne2 $16) 31... g6 32. Nh6+ ({Perhaps,
it was better to admit the mistake:} 32. Ne3 Qg5 33. Rba1 Rf8 34. Kh1 {and it
would be still difficult for Fabiano to make any real progress on the kingside.
}) 32... Kg7 33. Qd2 $2 (33. Ng4 Qg5 34. Ne3 Rf8 35. Qc1 $14 {White would
still have no risk.}) 33... Qh4 {Now White is losing an important pawn, so the
Kg1 is getting exposed.} 34. Ng4 Bxg4 35. hxg4 Qxg4 $17 {The situation has
completely changed - now White is in big danger.} 36. Kf1 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} (36. Qe2 Qh4 37. Nf1 $17) 36... Qh4 37. Ke2 h5 38. Kf1 {Admitting
the mistake - the Ke2 was helpless.} Rh8 39. Rba1 Qf6 (39... Rhc8 $5 40. Bxa4
Nxe4 41. Nxe4 Qxe4 42. Bb3 Rxa3 43. Rxa3 Qh4 $19) 40. Rf3 Qe7 41. Ne2 ({
The most stubborn way was} 41. Kg1 Nd7 42. Nf1 Bc5 {, but even then Black's
position seems winning from a positional point of view.}) 41... Nb3 $1 42. Bxb3
axb3 43. Ra6 Rxa6 44. bxa6 Ra8 45. Rxb3 Rxa6 {There is nothing ca be done
against the penetration of Black's major pieces.} 46. g3 h4 47. gxh4 (47. Kg2
h3+ 48. Kxh3 Bxf2 49. Kg2 Qa7 $19) 47... Qxh4 48. Ng3 Bxf2 49. Qxf2 Qh3+ 50.
Ke2 Ra2+ {The rest is just an agony.} 51. Ke1 Rxf2 52. Nf5+ Qxf5 53. exf5 Rxf5
54. Rb6 Rf4 55. Rc6 g5 56. Ke2 Rd4 57. Kf3 f6 58. Rxd6 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "World op 45th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,J/Macieja"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 ({A more common move is} 12. Nbd2)
12... c4 $6 {I didn't expect this, as it leads to a structure which is well
known to be better for White.} (12... Nc4) (12... Nb6) 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb7
15. b4 $1 {x Nb7} Nb6 16. Bd3 ({Another good plan for White was} 16. Na3 Bd7
17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qb1 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Qd8 20. Rc1 Na4 21. c4 $16) 16... Bd7 17. Re2
$1 Qc8 18. Rea2 {x Pa6} Na4 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20. Bc2 Nb6 21. Rxa6 $6 {There was
no need to rush with the capture.} (21. Be3 Bd8 22. Nc3 $1 $16) 21... Rxa6 22.
Rxa6 Na8 23. Nc3 (23. Ra7 $5 Nc7 24. Ba4 Nb5 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Nc3 Bd7 27. Be3
f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Qa4 Bf6 30. Qc6) (23. Qe2 $5 Nc7 24. Ra2 Nb5 25. Ba4 $16)
(23. Ba4 $2 Nc5 $1 24. bxc5 Qxa6 25. Bxd7 Qb7 26. Na3 Qxd7 $44) 23... Nc7 {
[%cal Ga6a7,Ga6a3]} 24. Ra2 $6 (24. Ra7 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Be3 $16) 24...
Nb5 25. Bb2 (25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Nd2 c3 $2 (27... Rb8 28. Qa1 Nd8 29.
Qc3 $18) 28. Nb1 Qc4 29. Ra3 Qxb4 30. Rb3 Qa5 31. Nxc3 $18) 25... Bd8 26. Nxb5
Bxb5 27. Bc3 {White still has a clear edge, but it would have been better to
have the knight on c3.} Bd7 28. Qe2 f5 $6 {Looking for counterplay, though
objectively just weakening the light squares.} 29. Nd2 $2 ({It was important
to trade light-squared bishops} 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 (30... Rxf5 31. Ra6
Rf4 32. Nd2 Qf5 33. g3 Qg6 34. Bxe5 $18) 31. Qxc4 Bb6 32. Be1 $18) 29... fxe4
30. Qxe4 g6 31. Qe3 Bf5 32. Bxf5 {Other continuations were also very good for
White.} (32. Be4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Qc7 34. Ra6 Bb5 35. Ra7 Qc8 36. Bg4 Bd7 37. Bxd7
Qxd7 38. Nxc4) (32. Bd1 Bh4 33. Ra6 Bd3 (33... Rf7 34. Be2) 34. Bg4 Qc7 35.
Be6+ Kg7 36. f4) (32. Ba4 Bd3 33. Bc6 Bh4 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. Ra7 Rf7 36. b5) 32...
Qxf5 (32... gxf5 $2 33. f4 $18) 33. Ra7 ({When I exchanged bishops I thought I
could play} 33. Ne4 {but suddenly I saw} Bb6 {and I panicked without a good
reason.} 34. Qe2 $18 {A simple move but I din't even think about it.} (34. Qxb6
Qxe4 35. Ra7 Qc2 (35... Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Qxb7 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qc1+ 39. Be1 $1
{Being in time trouble, I missed that move in my calculations. I thought the
game would finish with a perpetual check.}) 36. Be1 Nd8 37. Qxd6 Nf7 38. Qc5
Qd1 39. Qe3 Rc8 40. Kh2 Qxd5 41. Bc3 $16) 34... Nd8 35. Qxc4 Bd4 36. Re2 Bxc3
37. Qxc3 Nf7 38. b5 $18) ({Forcing a trade of queens was even more technical.} 
33. Qf3 $1 Qc8 34. Qg4 $1) 33... Bg5 34. Qb6 $4 (34. Qe1 Qd7 (34... Bxd2 35.
Bxd2 $18) 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Qe3 $18) 34... Nc5 $2 {Tempting, especially in an
opponent's time trouble, but actually a simple} (34... Nd8 {would give the
advantage to Black!}) 35. Nf3 Ne4 36. Be1 Bd8 $2 (36... Bh6 37. Qc7 Qf7 38. b5
Qxc7 39. Rxc7 c3 $1 40. Bxc3 (40. Rc4 Rb8 $1) 40... Rb8 41. Bb4 Rxb5 42. Rc4
Ng5 $11) 37. Qc6 {Now White is better again.} g5 38. Qb7 $2 (38. Qxc4 h5 (38...
g4 39. hxg4 Qxg4 40. Nh2 $16 (40. Qd3 $16)) 39. Qc1 $1 Bb6 (39... g4 $2 40. Qh6
$18) 40. Ra6 Rc8 41. Qa3 (41. Qb1 g4 42. Rxb6 gxf3 43. Rc6 $16) 41... Bxf2+ 42.
Bxf2 g4 43. Ra8 gxf3 44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. Rxc8+ Qf8 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47. b5 $16)
38... Qg6 $6 {Objectively not best, but Black wants to avoid simplifications
to keep winning chances.} (38... Rf7 39. Qxf7+ (39. Qb8 {is also possible} Rxa7
40. Qxa7 c3 41. Qa8 $1 Qd7 42. b5 c2 43. b6 c1=Q 44. b7 $11 {Hard to believe,
but Black cannot win.}) 39... Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Nd2 Nxd2 42. Bxd2 $11) 39.
b5 $6 (39. Nd2 $1 $14 {was the only move claiming an advantage.}) 39... c3 40.
Qc6 $1 g4 41. hxg4 Qxg4 {The position has complicated.} 42. Ra8 $1 {Avoiding ..
.Rxf3.} Nd2 $6 (42... Kg7 {would have led to a move repetition} 43. Ra7+ $11)
43. Bxd2 cxd2 44. Nxd2 Qf4 45. Nf3 e4 46. Ra4 $6 ({White still had an
opportunity to play for a win:} 46. Qc4 $1 Qf5 47. Qc2 $1 Qxd5 48. Ra7 $14 Bb6
$6 49. Re7 $1 $16) 46... Qf5 47. Qxd6 (47. Ra3 $1 exf3 48. Rxf3 Qb1+ 49. Kh2
Rxf3 50. gxf3 $11 {[%cal Gb5b8,Gc6d6,Gc6e8]}) 47... exf3 48. Qe6+ Qxe6 49. dxe6
{Now Black has winning chances.} Bb6 $6 ({It was better to play} 49... fxg2)
50. Rg4+ $1 {To move Black's king aside.} Kh8 51. Re4 (51. g3 {aiming to trade
the f3-pawn for the passed pawns, should secure a draw either in R vs R+B
ending or due to a bad corner.}) 51... Re8 $1 (51... fxg2 52. e7 Re8 53. Re6
Bc5 54. b6 Kg7 55. b7 Kf7 56. b8=Q Rxb8 57. e8=Q+ Rxe8 58. Rxe8 Kxe8 59. Kxg2
$11) 52. gxf3 Kg7 53. f4 Kf6 54. Kg2 Bc7 55. Kf3 Bd6 {I wasn't sure how to
defend, but I think I found an interesting plan.} 56. Re1 h6 57. Kg4 Rb8 58.
Rh1 Bf8 59. Rb1 Bc5 (59... Kxe6 60. b6 Rb7 61. f5+ Kf6 62. Rb5 {White should
be able to defend this position.}) 60. b6 h5+ 61. Kxh5 Kf5 62. Kh6 Bf8+ 63. Kh5
Bc5 64. Kh6 Rh8+ 65. Kg7 Bd4+ 66. Kf7 Rh7+ 67. Kg8 Rh8+ 68. Kf7 Rh7+ 69. Kg8
Rb7 70. e7 Rxe7 71. b7 Re8+ 72. Kf7 Rb8 73. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schandorff,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 $5 {A risky variation, that
suffers a big blow in this game.} 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. a4 $1 {It is to
White's advantage to open the a-file.} Rb8 (15... b4 $6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4
Ng6 18. Nc4 $16) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 {This
bishop manoeuvre is standard.} 20. Rf1 $1 (20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. f5 Ne5 $11) 20...
Bg3 {The point. Black forces White to play f5 and gets e5 for his pieces.} 21.
f5 Ne5 22. Ng5 $1 {Goes for the initiative.} Nd7 (22... h6 $6 23. f6 $1 hxg5
24. Bxg5 g6 25. Ra3 {And the black bishop is not particularly happy anymore.})
23. e5 $1 $146 {With a strong attack. It is a well known novelty.} Bxe5 24.
Nxh7 $1 {The spectacular point.} Qh4 ({If Black takes the knight he is mated
by force:} 24... Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. f6 Nxf6 (26... g6 27. Bxg6) 27. Rxf6 {
I have to sacrifice an exchange to avoid disaster.}) 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Qf3 Nf6
{Black has good positional compensation on the dark squares. Gashimov decides
to give up a pawn in order to exchange some pieces and get a better endgame. A
good practical decision.} 27. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 Nxd5 30. Rh4
Kg8 {Otherwise Rh8.} 31. Kf2 Ne7 32. Rf4 Nd5 33. Rf3 Nb4 34. Bb1 Bb7 35. Re3
Kf8 {Back again.} 36. h4 {Hopes to create a distant passed pawn.} d5 (36... Nc6
37. f6 Ne5) 37. f6 $1 d4 38. Rg3 gxf6 39. h5 d3 (39... Ke7 40. h6 Rh8 41. h7)
40. h6 $2 {A big mistake in the last move before the time control. I was in
time trouble and Gashimov played too quickly in order to confuse me.} (40. Bxd3
Nxd3+ 41. Rxd3 Kg7 42. Ra7 Be4 43. Rg3+ Kh6 44. Rxf7 $18) 40... Be4 $1 {
Stops the h-pawn and defends d3. Suddenly Black is on top.} 41. Ke3 Bg6 42. Kd2
Kg8 43. Ra7 Kh7 44. Rh3 c4 45. Rd7 Nc6 46. Rd6 Ne5 47. Rh1 (47. Rxf6 b4 48. Rh1
c3+ 49. bxc3 Nc4+) 47... b4 48. Rd4 Rc8 49. Rc1 c3+ $2 ({I had missed} 49...
Kxh6 50. Ba2 b3 51. Bxb3) (49... Bf5 50. Rf4 Be6 51. Rxf6 Rg8 52. Rg1 Rg5 {
with good winning chances. The white bishop is completely out of play.}) 50.
bxc3 Nc4+ 51. Rxc4 Rxc4 52. Bxd3 Bxd3 53. Kxd3 Rxc3+ 54. Rxc3 bxc3 55. Kxc3
Kxh6 56. Kd4 Kg5 57. Kd5 $1 {The pawn ending is drawn. The white king attacks
the black pawns from behind.} f5 58. Kd6 f4 59. Ke5 Kg4 60. Kf6 Kh4 61. Kf5 Kg3
62. Kg5 f6+ 63. Kf5 f3 64. gxf3 Kxf3 65. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ng3 g6 {16. - d5 is risky because of 17.Bg5! intending 17. -
dxe4 18.Nh5! as in Smagin-Romanishin, Berlin 1990.} 17. b3 Nc6 (17... Bg7 18.
Bb2 d5 19. e5 Ne4 $10 {Sax-Murey, Sevilla 1987}) 18. Bb2 (18. Nxc6 {This leads
to similar play as 18.Bb2, but perhaps it`s a good idea to force the B to go
to c6 where it hinders a later Black R at c8.} Bxc6 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. Qd2 Qc7 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Bb1 Qb8 $14 {Renet,O-Romanishin,O Dortmund-B 1991 (CBM 23, game
143)}) 18... Rc8 19. Qd2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd7 21. Rad1 $14 Qh4 22. Bb1 Nc5 23. Bb2
Ne6 24. Qe3 Ba8 25. Nf1 h5 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. Nxg3 Nc5 28. f3 d5 29. exd5 Rxe1+
30. Rxe1 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Bb7 32. Bf6 a5 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36.
Kf2 f5 37. Ne2 Kf7 38. h4 Ba6 39. Bg5 Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Bc5+ 41. Kd2 Bb4+ 42. Ke3
Nb2 43. Nf4 Bc3 44. Bc2 Bc4 45. Ne2 Bg7 46. Nc1 Bb5 47. Kd2 Nc4+ 48. Kd1 Bh8
49. Ke2 Ke6 50. Nd3 Na3 $2 51. Bxa4 $16 Bxa4 52. Nc5+ Kd5 53. Nxa4 Nc2 54. Nb6+
Kc6 55. Nc4 Kc5 56. Ne3 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Ne6 58. Be7+ Kb5 59. Nd5 Be5 60. Nc3+ Kc6
61. Ne2 Kd5 62. Bb4 Bc7 63. Bd2 Bd8 64. g3 Nc5+ 65. Kc3 Ba5+ 66. Kc2 Bc7 67.
Bf4 Ba5 68. Be3 Ne6 69. Kd3 Be1 70. Nf4+ Nxf4+ 71. Bxf4 Kc5 72. Ke3 Kd5 73. a4
Ba5 74. Bb8 Be1 75. Bc7 Kc6 76. Bf4 Kd5 77. Bb8 Ba5 78. Kd3 {Not 78.Kf4...} Be1
79. Bf4 Kc5 80. Ke2 Ba5 81. Bd2 Bc7 82. Be1 Kc4 83. a5 Kb5 84. Ke3 Be5 85. Kd3
Kc5 86. f4 Bb2 87. Bc3 Ba3 88. a6 $18 Kb6 89. Kd4 Kxa6 90. Ke5 Kb5 91. Kf6 Kc4
92. Be5 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b3 Bf8 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Qf3 g6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Bb1 $14 Qe7 20. Re3 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Rde1 Nh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd1 Nf4 25. Nf3 Ne6 26. b4 Red8 27.
Rd3 Bb7 28. a3 Rc4 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. Nf1 Ne6 32. Ne3 Qg5 33. g3 Qe5
34. Ng4 Qb2 35. Qd3 h5 36. Nh2 Rc8 37. Rf1 Ng5 38. Qe3 Qe5 39. f4 Rc3 40. fxe5
Rxe3 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. exd6 Rb2+ 43. Kg1 Nxh3+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+ 45. Kg1 Nh3+ 46. Kh1
Nf2+ 47. Kg1 Nxe4 48. Bxe4 Bxe4 49. Rf2 (49. Rd1 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rxh2 51. d7 Rh1+
52. Ke2 Bf3+ $19) 49... Rxf2 50. Kxf2 Kf6 51. Ke3 Bg2 52. Kd4 Ke6 53. Kc5 Kd7
54. g4 f5 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Kb6 Kxd6 57. Kxa6 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top15 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. b3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 $5 Rc8 15.
Bb2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. Rad1 $14 Bf8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Re3 Qe5
21. Qd2 Qg5 22. a3 Re6 23. Re2 Qxd2 24. Rdxd2 Rce8 25. f3 d5 $1 $10 26. exd5
Bxd5 27. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4
a5 16. Na3 $14 Ba6 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nd2 Rfb8 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Bd3
Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Bf1 Nc8 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Na3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 g6 27. Ndc4
Ndb6 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Rb5 c4 $5 30. Reb1 Qc7 31. R1b2 Nd7 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 34. Nxc4 Qc7 35. Nb2 Nc5 36. f3 Qd7 37. Ke1 h5 38. Nc4 Nxa4 39. Nxa5
Qb5 40. Nb3 Qb6 41. Kf1 Qe3 42. c4 h4 43. c5 Nxc5 44. Nxc5 dxc5 45. Qc4 Kf8 46.
d6 Qd4 47. Qa6 Kg7 48. Qc6 c4 49. d7 c3 50. Qc7 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 c2
53. d8=Q c1=Q+ 54. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15.
b3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bf8 17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bb7 $14 21.
Rad1 Rc8 22. Bb1 h5 $5 23. Qg5 Nh7 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 Ng5 27.
Red1 Ne6 28. R4d2 Nf8 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. f3 h4 31. Kf2 b4 32. a3 $2 {32.Rxd6} bxa3
33. Ra2 Rc6 34. Rxa3 Rb6 35. Bd3 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Nc3 Rd4 38. Bc4 $6 Rxd1
39. Nxd1 Rd6 40. Nc3 Rd2+ 41. Ke3 $2 Rxg2 42. Bd5 Bc8 43. Ra4 g5 44. Bxe6 Bxe6
$19 45. Rxa6 Bxh3 46. Ra2 Rxa2 47. Nxa2 Be6 48. Nc1 Bd5 49. Ne2 Bxb3 50. f4 f6
51. Nd4 Bd5 52. Kf2 Kf7 53. Nf5 Ba8 54. Kg1 Kg6 55. Ne7+ Kh5 56. Ng8 Kg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Winants} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Grischuk tried to surprise Shirov in
game 1 with} (3... Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 $5 {which he has never played before, but
White was the first to come up with a novelty:} 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. d4
Be7 (7... Qe7 $5 {/\} 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. b4 a6 10. bxc5 axb5 11. Re1 Ra6 $1 $13)
8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. f4 $5 $146 c6 (9... a6 10. Bd3 $36) 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qe2 f5 12.
Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Nh8 14. Bd2 a5 15. c4 Nf7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. b4 $36
{Shirov,A-Grischuk,A/FIDE-WCh New Delhi/2000/}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 {Winants: 'La défense de Tchigorine: Les Noirs
facilitent l'avancée du Pc7, mais éloignent leur Cavalier du centre.'} ({
Grischuk also plays} 9... Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 {but the Chigorin system
is an old favourite of his.}) 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 {The main exponent of this
less played move is Romanishin. Winants: 'L'une des spécialités du jeune grand
maître russe.'} ({The more usual continuation is} 11... Qc7 12. Nbd2 {C97-99})
12. d5 {White in principle has 3 ways to deal with the central tension,
shifting the focus to the flanks by closing the [+] is nowadays the most
popular among the strongest players. Winants: 'La réplique consacrée : Les
Blancs y obstruent la diagonale du Bb7, tout en augmentant leur avantage
d'espace.'} (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nbd2 (13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nxe5 $6 Nxe4 $1 $32 {|^
}) 13... Qd6 $5 $11 {promises White little according to modern theory.}) (12.
Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. b3 Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1
Rc8 19. Bb1 Nc6 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Qe3 Ned7 22. Qf4 d5 23. Ng3 Qc7 $11 {Polgar,
J-Milos,G/Buenos Aires/2000/}) 12... Nc4 {Black must improve his misplaced <<
minor pieces, the text is played more often than Winants: 'Stratégiquement
forcé : autrement, après b3, ce Cavalier aurait été mis hors de combat et
condamné а errer entre les cases a5, b7 et d8.'} (12... Bc8 13. b3 ({or} 13.
Nbd2 {when Black's N can stay offside for quite a long time.})) 13. a4 {
Winants: 'Shirov mène l'offensive а l'aile Dame, où le Pd5 gêne
considérablement les mouvements de l'ennemi.'} ({The main alternative is} 13.
b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Nbd2 g6 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Bd3 Bd7 {Winants: 'etc.
Luther-Grischuk, Tournoi olympique d'Istanbul, le 2.11.2000'} 18. Bh6 Re8 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bf8 $1 22. Bg5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Bxb5 Nxd5
25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qd3 Nf6 27. N1d2 Qb7 28. Re1 Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2,Luther,
T-Grischuk,A/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 13... Nb6 14. Qe2 $1 {The most ambitious try.
White wants to resolve the << tension and hopes his () will give him chances
to open up the << advantageously, or transfer the play to the >>. Winants:
'Plus énergique et décidé que'} (14. Nbd2 g6 {leads to a complicated
manoeuvring struggle with mutual chances.}) 14... Nxa4 {The most natural move.
Winants: 'Prenant les "deux Fous", au détriment du Pa6 qui se retrouvera
bientôt isolé sur une colonne ouverte.'} (14... Qd7 {robs the Nb6 of it's best
square, although Grischuk didn't get anything after} 15. a5 (15. b3 $5) 15...
Nc8 16. b4 c4 17. Nbd2 g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ng3 (20. N3h2 $5 $14)
20... Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bf8 22. Qd2 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Rf1 Qg7 25. Qe3 Ne7 $11 {
Grischuk,A-Bezgodov,A/RUS-ch K.O. Moscow/ 1999/ one feels White can play more
energetically here.}) 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. c4 {()[+] White strengthens his centre,
without c4 the counterplay with f5 is even more effective. Winants: 'Pour
dégager la case c3, mais aussi la diagonale d2-a5.'} Nd7 {'!' Winants. Winants:
'Reculant pour mieux sauter : Le Cavalier se dirige vers b6, tout en
améliorant le sort du Be7.'} 17. Rxa4 (17. Nc3 $5) 17... Nb6 18. Ra3 a5 {
Karpov,A (2705)-Gligoric,S (2575) Milan 1975 (6) 1-0 An important move, if
White manages to fix the P on a6 and realize b4, he will win the strategic
battle. Karpov has proven this in similar positions long ago. Winants: 'Juste
а temps pour empêcher Bd2-a5.'} 19. Nc3 (19. b3 a4 {can lead to the game
position, as the exchange of rooks after} 20. bxa4 Rxa4 {would help Black.})
19... a4 {White was already seriously contemplating b3.} 20. Be3 (20. Nd1 Bc8
21. Ne3 g6 $132) 20... Bc8 {Winants: 'Pour couvrir le Pa4, mais aussi pour
attaquer les cases blanches via ...f5.'} 21. b3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A more
accurate move order. White makes this necessary move without allowing the
exchange of B, although after Winants: 'Une amélioration sur'} (21. Nd2 Bg5 22.
Rb1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Bd7 24. b4 axb3 25. Raxb3 Ra6 26. Qd3 h6 27. Kh2 Qc7 28. Nf1
Rfa8 {Topalov,V-Piket,J/FIDE Wch Groningen/1997/ the patient} 29. Ne3 $14 {
would have retained some pressure.}) 21... axb3 22. Rxb3 Ra6 {Black follows
the above game.} ({A possible alternative was} 22... Bd7 $5 23. Reb1 Na4 24.
Nxa4 (24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Nb6 $11) 24... Rxa4 $11 {/+/= and Black is close
to full equality.}) (22... f5 23. Reb1 Na4 24. Nb5 $5 $14 {/\} fxe4 25. Nd2 Bf5
26. Ra3 $36 {regains the pawn advantageously.}) (22... Nd7 $14 {is rather
passive.}) 23. Reb1 {Winants: 'Shirov n'a pas perdu son temps : Il domine la
colonne -b-.'} f5 {Winants: 'Le Bc8 fait enfin parler de lui. Comment réagir ?
[#]'} (23... Bd7 24. Nd2 {shows the idea behind Shirov's move order-Black
doesn't have Bg5 and the follow-up f4 will give White an initiative on both
flanks. But the text allows Shirov to change the character of the fight
abruptly.}) 24. Bxc5 $5 {[%mdl 512] '!!' Winants. A courageous decision, which
poses Black serious defensive problems. But the excitement only starts with
this... Winants: 'Une belle riposte ! : Les pions centraux ne tarderont pas а
se révéler redoutables.'} dxc5 25. Nxe5 {Winants: 'Menaçant d'abord et surtout
de regagner la pièce via 26.Nc6, puis Nxe7+ et Rxb6.'} Na4 {Logical, Black
exchanges the hanging N.} (25... Bb7 {looks strange, but it's not so easy to
prove White's advantage:} 26. Nd3 $142 $5 (26. Qb2 Bf6 27. f4 Bxe5 28. fxe5
Nxc4 29. Qe2 Nb6 30. Qb2 Nc4 $11) (26. exf5 Bd6 (26... Rxf5 27. Nd3 $36 {
[%cal Rc3e4,Re4c5,Rb3b6] /\Rb6, Ne4-c5}) 27. g4 (27. Ne4 Bxe5 28. Nxc5 Qe7 $1
29. Nxa6 Bh2+ 30. Kf1 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Bxa6 32. Rxb6 Bxc4+ $11) 27... Bxe5 28.
Qxe5 Nxc4 $5 29. Qe2 Na3 30. Rxb7 Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Rh6 $132) 26... Bc8 27. e5 $44
{/\} Nxc4 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc4 $36) (25... Nd7 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Ne5 28.
Rd1 $1 Qe8 29. c7 $16 {[%csl Gc7] o^c7}) 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. e5 {
Winants: 'Le rouleau compresseur est en marche ! Remarquez l'immobilité des
deux Fous.'} Ra6 {Grischuk tries to get rid off the powerful Nc6.} (28... Ba6
$6 29. Rb6 {[%cal Rd5d6,Re2d1] /\d6,Qd1} (29. Qc2 {Winants (Pour coincer la
Tour adverse avec 30.Rc3)} Rxc4 (29... Bxc4 30. Rb7) 30. Qa2 Ra8 31. Rc3 $1
Rxc3 32. d6+ $1 {Et la Dame est prise.}) 29... Bxc4 30. Qc2 Bxd5 31. Qxa4 $18)
29. Qf3 {Winants: 'Pour éviter le sacrifice de qualité sur c6.'} (29. Nxe7+
Qxe7 30. f4 Ra4 $5 {/\Ba6 already allows the above indicated play against the
Pc4. Shirov wants to maintain the tension and increase his pressure.}) (29. Nb8
{Winants équilibrait le matériel, mais ne menait а rien après} Rg6 30. d6 Bxd6
31. exd6 Qxd6 {etc.}) 29... f4 {Winants: 'Cherchant de nouveau а ranimer le
Bc8.'} ({Frees the passive Bc8, which will yet play a great role.} 29... Rxc6
30. dxc6 Qxe5 31. Re3 Qf6 (31... Qc7 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Rbe1 {Winants: 'Et les
Tours pénètrent sur la huitième traverse.'} Bd6 34. Re8 {[%cal Re8f8,Re1e8] /
\Rf8,Re8+-}) 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Rbe1 Bd6 34. Re8 h6 35. c7 $1 Kh7 36. Rxf8 Qxf8
37. Qc6 Be7 38. Rb1 $1 {/\Rb8+-}) 30. Re1 (30. Rb8 $6 Rxc6 31. dxc6 Qxe5 $13 {
/=/+}) 30... Bf5 31. Rb5 Bc2 {[%cal Rc2a4] /\Ba4} 32. Rb2 Bg6 $5 {Black
changes his mind.} (32... Ba4 33. Ra2 (33. Ra1 {Winants}) 33... Rxc6 34. Rxa4
$1 Rg6 35. d6 Bxd6 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ (37. e6 $2 Qe7 38. Ra7 Rg5 $1 $19)
37... Kxf7 (37... Rxf7 38. exd6 Rxd6 39. Ra8+ Rf8 40. Ra7 $36) 38. exd6 Rxd6
39. Ra7+ $14 {/+/- leads to an unpleasant _|_.}) 33. Rd2 {Winants:
'L'artillerie est enfin prête а supporter l'infanterie.'} Be8 {Seemingly an
oversight, this is a great tactical resource. Winants: 'Amorçant une
conception de grande envergure.'} (33... Rxc6 $143 34. dxc6 Be8 35. Rd7 $1 {[]}
Bxd7 36. Qd5+ Kh8 $5 (36... Be6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Rb1 Bd8 $5 {[]} (38... Bh4
39. Qd6 Qf7 40. Qxf8+ $1 {Winants: 'Et les Blancs gagnent.'} (40. c7 {Winants
Et les Blancs gagnent.}) 40... Qxf8 41. c7 $18) 39. Qd6 $1 (39. Rb7 Qa5 40. Kh2
Qe1 {/\Qf2=}) 39... Rg8 40. Rb8 (40. Rb7 Qa5 $11 {/\} 41. c7 $4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2
Bh4 $1 $19) 40... Qa5 41. Kh2 {[%cal Rb8c8,Rc6c7,Re5e7] /\Rc8,c7,e6-e7} h6 (
41... f3 42. gxf3 (42. Rc8 fxg2 43. c7 Qe1 $11) 42... Bc7 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44.
Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf8 47. f4 $18) (41... Bc7 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.
Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ $18 Ke7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. e6 $18) 42. Qd7 $5 {/\} Bh4 43. c7
Bg3+ 44. fxg3 fxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Qe1+ 46. Kf4 Qf2+ 47. Ke4 Qxg2+ 48. Kd3 $18) 37.
cxd7 $16) 34. Nxe7+ Qxe7 35. d6 Qe6 ({Evidemment pas} 35... Qa7 {Winants} 36.
Qd5+ Kh8 37. e6 {Et le Bulldozer écrase tout sur son passage.}) 36. Qb7 {
Winants: 'Menaçant la Tour, mais aussi d'avancer le pion : La cause semble
entendue. [#]'} Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Winants: 'Une réaction inouïe, mais
parfaitement correcte !'} ({Black spurns the seemingly forced} 36... Qxc4 37.
e6 $5 (37. d7 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 Rg6 39. Qf3 $16) 37... Bc6 (37... Qb4 $2 38. Qxb4
cxb4 39. e7 $18) 38. Qc7 f3 $1 (38... Qc3 $143 39. e7 $1 Re8 40. Qxc6 $1 Rxc6
41. d7 $18) 39. e7 ({The point was} 39. d7 $2 Qxe6 $3 40. Rxe6 $2 Ra1+ 41. Kh2
fxg2 $19) 39... Re8 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Qxd7 Qf7 (41... Raa8 42. Qc6 $1 $18 {
/\Qa8,Qf3}) 42. Qb5 Raa8 43. Qxc5 $16 {/+- and with his extra Pe7 White is
close to winning.}) 37. Qxa6 Bxg2 $3 {A fantastic tactical counterattack.
Grischuk could hardly have seen everything when he made his 33-rd move, but
his intuition didin't let him down-here Black has the best chances to hold the
game. Winants: 'Voici l'idée des Noirs, le Roi est pris а partie, pendant sa
Dame végète de l'autre côté de l'échiquier.'} 38. f3 $1 {The most fighting
reaction. Winants: 'La seule chance de gain.'} (38. Kxg2 f3+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 {
Winants: '(vers f4 et d2 !)'} (39... Qh6 {(vers f4 et d2 !)} 40. Qb7 {surtout
pas} Qxd2 41. Qd5+ {forçant l'échange des Dames.}) 40. Rg1 (40. Qb7 Qf4+ 41.
Kh1 Qf5 $1 $11 {'!' Winants.} 42. Qd7 $2 (42. Kh2 $11) (42. Kh2 {Winants} Qf4+
43. Kh1 Qf5 {avec répétition des coups.}) 42... Qxd7 43. e6 Qe8 $1 44. e7 Qh5
$1 45. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 46. Kh2 Qg5 $19) (40. Re3 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qf5 42. Rxf3 Qxf3+
43. Kg1 Qxh3 $1 {/\Qg4=} 44. Qb7 Rf4 $1 45. Qa8+ Kf7 $11) (40. Rd4 $5 cxd4 41.
c5 Qg5 (41... Qc2 $5 {/\d3<=>}) 42. Qf1 d3 43. Kh1 d2 44. Rd1 Qxe5 45. Qc4+ $5
(45. Rxd2 Qxc5 46. d7 Rd8 $11) 45... Kh8 46. Rg1 Rd8 $132 {[%csl Gd2,Rh1] עh1,
Pd2 and due to Black's <=> White's pawns are stopped.} (46... Qf5 $2 47. Qg4
$16)) 40... Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qh6 $1 42. Rg3 Qxd2 43. Qa7 Qe1+ 44. Rg1 Qxe5 $11)
38... Bxf3 {Winants: 'Les Blancs comptent encore une qualité de plus,
seulement leur Roi reste toujours aussi exposé et la position des Tours, non
défendues, offre de nombreuses possibilités tactiques.'} 39. Kh2 {Winants:
'Forcé, sinon Qxh3'} Bg4 $1 {The B continues it's dauntless ride. It attacks
the Ph3, also helps blockade White's pawns. '!!' Winants. Winants: 'Encore une
touche splendide.'} (39... g5 40. Rd3 g4 41. Rxf3 gxf3 42. Qb7 $18) ({Le coup
a priori tentant,} 39... Rf6 {[%cal Re6h3] Winants , menaçant 40... Qxh3+ !!,}
{était tout aussi joliment réfuté par} 40. d7 $3 {évitant le mat sur h6 en
ouvrant la sixième rangée !} Qxa6 41. exf6 $1 {et gagne !}) 40. Qb7 {Winants:
'Pour couvrir le roque et menacer d'échanger les Dames en d5. Prendre le Fou
menait encore а la nullité.'} (40. hxg4 Qxg4 {/\f3,Qh4-g3-h4= and White
wouldn't be able to avoid repetition.} (40... Qxg4 {Winants Et maintenant:} 41.
Rf1 (41. Red1 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qf3+ 46. Ke1
Qg3+ 47. Kf1 (47. Rf2 $2 Qg1+ 48. Ke2 f3+ 49. Rxf3 Qg2+) 47... Qf3+ {échec
perpétuel}) (41. Ra1 f3 42. Rf2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ 44. Kf1 Qh4 45. Ke1 Qe4+ 46.
Kd2 Qd4+ 47. Ke1 Qe4+ 48. Kf1 Qh4 {Pareil}) 41... f3 42. Rff2 Qh5+ 43. Kg1 Qg6+
44. Kh1 Qh5+ 45. Rh2 f2 $1 46. Rdxf2 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qg4+ {Nulle.})) 40... Qh6 {
Winants: 'Vers h3 et d2 : La tâche des Blancs reste délicate.'} 41. Qd5+ $1 {
White can't save the Ph3, so he sets a clever trap. Winants: 'Une astuce
inspirée du fameux mat du couloir...'} (41. Qg2 $2 f3 42. Qf2 Rf4 $1 $19 {/\Bh3
}) 41... Rf7 $1 (41... Kh8 $2 42. Qg2 f3 43. Rf2 $1 $18 {'!!' Winants.}) ({Ni} 
41... Be6 {Winants} 42. Qf3) 42. Kg1 ({Le Ph3 ne pouvait plus être sauvé: Si} 
42. Qg2 {Winants} f3 43. Qxg4 $2 Qxd2+) 42... Qxh3 43. Qg2 (43. e6 Qg3+ 44. Kf1
Bh3+ 45. Ke2 Bg4+ $11) 43... Qh4 {Winants: 'Vers e1, les Tours blanches ne
trouvent aucun répit.'} 44. Rf2 {Winants: 'Un dernier piège qui sera cette
fois couronné de succès.'} (44. Ra1 f3 {[%csl Rd7,Re6,Gg1]} 45. d7 $5 {
Otherwise White with the blockaded pawns and vulnerable K even risks losing.}
Bxd7 46. Ra8+ Rf8 47. Rxf8+ Kxf8 48. Qxf3+ Ke7 $44 {and a draw is the most
likely result.}) (44. Qf2 {Winants était simplement contré par} Qg5) 44... f3
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Robs himself of the results of his imaginative play. Winants:
'N'apercevant pas la réponse des Blancs.'} (44... Bh3 $1 45. Qh2 (45. Qf3 Qg5+
46. Kh1 Qh4 $11 (46... Qh4 47. Kg1 Qg5+ {etc.})) (45. Qa8+ {Winants} Rf8 46.
Qd5+ Kh8 ({Non plus} 46... Rf7 47. e6 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 $1) 47. Ree2 Qg5+ $1 ({
Surtout pas} 47... f3 48. Rxf3 Qg4+ 49. Kh2 $1 Qxf3 50. Qxf3 Rxf3 51. e6 {
Et les fantassins décident.}) 48. Kh1 Qh6 49. Kg1 (49. Rh2 f3) 49... Qg5+ 50.
Kh1 Qh6 {etc.}) 45... f3 46. e6 Qg4+ (46... Rf6 47. e7 Rg6+ 48. Kh1 Bg2+ $11)
47. Kh1 Bg2+ $11 48. Rxg2 $2 fxg2+ 49. Qxg2 (49. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) 49... Qh4+ 50.
Kg1 Qxe1+ 51. Kh2 Rf2 $19) 45. e6 $1 $18 {Now White wins a crucial tempo.
Winants: 'L'occasion fait le larron !'} (45. Qh2 Bh3 46. e6 Qg4+ $11 {draws as
above.}) 45... Rf8 {Winants: 'Il n'y avait plus de remède:'} (45... fxg2 $2 46.
exf7+ $18 {mates.} (46. exf7+ {Winants} Kf8 47. Re8#)) ({ou} 45... Bxe6 {
Winants} 46. Rxe6 fxg2 47. Re8+ Rf8 48. Rfxf8#) 46. e7 Re8 47. d7 Bxd7 48. Qxf3
{Winants: 'Menaçant mat en deux coups via 49.Qf8+'} Qg5+ (48... Qg4+ 49. Qxg4
Bxg4 50. Ref1 $18) 49. Kf1 {Winants: 'Les Noirs abandonnent.'} (49. Kf1 h5 (
49... h6 {Winants} 50. Qd5+ Qxd5 51. cxd5 {Une partie d'anthologie!}) 50. Qd5+
Qxd5 51. cxd5 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yf2a2,Ya2a7] /\d6,Ra2-a7+-}) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.02.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "Tal,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tal in the tournament bulletin. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail
Tal 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.131-133.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 {[#]} (
11... Qc7) 12. b4 (12. d5 $142) (12. Nbd2 {Geller,E-Averbakh,Y URS-ch25 Riga
1958 1/2}) 12... cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 14. Nbd2 d5 (14... Nxd2) 15. exd5 (15. Nxc4
bxc4 16. dxe5 Nxe4) 15... exd4 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Nxe5 Nxb4 18. Nxc4
Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Rc8 20. Qd3) 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Qxd4 Bxb4 {[#]} (17... Nxd5 18.
Qe4 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ba4 Nc3 (20... Qb6 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rad1 $18 {Fritz})
21. Qxb7 Nxa4 22. Qc6 (22. Rad1 $1 $18 {Fritz})) (17... Bxd5 18. Ne5 $40) 18.
Rb1 $1 Bxe1 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 (20... Kg6 21. Qh4 Rh8 22.
Qg4 Nf6 23. Qxc4 Qd5 24. Qc2+ Kh5 25. Qe2+ Kg6 26. Qc2+ $11 {Fritz}) 21. Qh4
Nf6 22. Rxb4 {[%cal Rb4b7,Rc1b2]} Qd5 {Euwe} 23. Nf3) 19. Rxb7 Re8 (19... Qxd5
20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxe1 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8) 20. d6 Qc8 (20... Re2 $2 21. Qxc4)
21. Bg5 $5 (21. Rc7 Qe6 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. Rc5 Nc3 $13) 21... Re2 $1 (21... Qxb7
22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... Re2 $1 {Fritz}) 23. Qh4 $4 (23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf5 $18 {
Fritz}) 23... Bxf2+ (23... f5 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qf6 (25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ $11 {
Fritz}) 25... Kg8 (25... Bc3 $1 26. Qxc3 Kg8 27. Nd4 Qd5 28. Nxf5 Qe5 29. Qxc4
Qf6 $15 {Fritz}) 26. Bxf5 $1 {Euwe}) 24. Kxf2 Qb6+ 25. Nd4 Qxd6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8
27. Qh6+ Ke7 (27... Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qxf7#) 28.
Nf5+ $18) 22. Rc7 (22. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kh2 Qxb7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 (25...
h5 26. Qxh5 Re4 27. Qf3 Rae8 28. d7 Qxd7 29. Bxe4 Qd6+ $19 {Fritz}) 26. Bxf5 (
26. Qg5+ $11 {Fritz}) 26... f6 $19) 22... Qe6 23. Nxe1 (23. Re7 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2
Rxf2 25. Rxe6 Rxc2 {Euwe}) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 $1 (24... Qe5+ 25. Qxe5 Rxe5
26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. d7 {Euwe}) 25. Bxf6 (25. Re7 Qxe7 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 $19) (25.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Re7 Qxd6+ (26... Re4 $1 $19 {Fritz}) 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxe1 $17)
25... gxf6 $4 (25... Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. d7 Kg7 (27... Kf8 28. Bxh7 Re2 29.
Kg3 Rxa2 30. Bf5 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Gh3h8]}) 28. Bf5 Re5 29. Rc8 Rxf5 30. Rxd8
Rd5 $14) 26. Re7 Qxd6+ (26... Qxe7 27. Qg4+) 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxe1 Rd2 29. Rc1
Rxf2 30. Be4 Rxa2 31. Rxc4 a5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 exd4 15.
Nd5 Nde5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxh3 $6 $146 {New, but hardly recommendable.
Black gets a completely cramped game - the P is a poor comfort.} (17... Bf6 18.
Kh1 Bxh3 (18... Re8 $142 {[%cal Yc8b7,Ya8c8]}) 19. gxh3 Qc8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Rg1+ Kh8 22. Qe3 Qxc2 23. Qf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Ponomariov,R/Moscow 2002/
CBM 91/[Wedberg] (27). (26)}) 18. f4 $1 Nc6 19. Qc3 Bd7 20. Bb2 f6 21. Rad1 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2,Gd5][%cal Yb2g7,Yc2h7,Yd1d7,Ye1e7] Dominating position for White.
} Rc8 22. Qd3 Bg4 (22... Be8 23. e5 Bg6 24. f5 Bh5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6
27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rxd6 $18) 23. Rd2 Re8 24. b4 Bf8 25. e5 f5 26. e6 Qh4 27. g3
Qh5 28. e7 $1 {Ivanchuk seemingly without effort trades advantage for
advantage and makes a little in between everytime.} Bxe7 (28... Nxe7 29. Bb3
Kh8 30. Nf6 $40) 29. Nxe7+ Nxe7 30. Qxd6 Ng6 (30... Nc6 31. Bb3+ Kh8 32. Rxe8+
Rxe8 33. Qxc6 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Qh2+ 35. Qg2 $18) 31. Bb3+ Kh8 32. Re6 $1 Qh3 33.
Qd7 $1 {[%cal Ye6e8,Yd7g7]} (33. Qd7 Rg8 (33... Qxg3+ 34. Rg2) 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7
35. Qxc8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 {Considered best.
White secures his space advantage and makes the B on b7 look a bit silly.} (13.
Nc3 {is also possible, but putting the N on c3 is not without problems.} Qc7 (
13... Rc8 14. d5 (14. Bd3 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 b4 $1 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 d5
$10 {Anand,V-Cseshkovsky,V/Wijk aan Zee/1989 0-1 (40)/ Inf 47/(444)}) 14... Qc7
15. Re2 Nh5 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-El Taher,F/Manila olm/1992 1-0 (39)/ Inf 55/(362)})
14. Re2 (14. a3 $6 Rfe8 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Qb3 exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 $15 {Ragozin,
V-Levenfish,G/URS-ch11 Leningrad/1939 0-1 (58)}) 14... Rac8 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. b3
Nb6 17. Bb2 b4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. bxa4 d5 $132 {0-1 Gofshtein,L-Kosashvili,Y/
Rishon Le Ziyyon 1994/CBM 45/[Ernst] (35)}) 13... Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nh5 (
15... Bxd5 $2 {is a tactical mistake} 16. exd5 e4 17. Bd2 $1 exf3 (17... Nb7
18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf6 20. Na3 Qc5 21. Bb4 {1-0 Hercik,J-Brom,J/Klatovy
1997/EXT 98 (21)}) 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Rxe7 $16 {1-0 Kapengut,A-Hennings,A/
Schwedt 1969/EXT 2001 (27)}) (15... Nxe4 $6 {is not much better} 16. Bxe4 f5
17. Bd3 e4 18. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 exd3 20. Ne6 $16) 19. Bxf6 Rxf6
20. Be2 exf3 21. Bxf3 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Ponomariov,R/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 
(33)}) 16. a4 $1 {[%mdl 8] Blacks minor pieces are in strange places and lack
communication. White only needs something to attack to have a clear advantage.
The text move starts softening the black Q-side.} (16. Bf1 f5 17. exf5 Nf4 18.
Bxf4 exf4 19. Na3 Bf6 20. Rb1 Qc3 21. Nxb5 {1/2-1/2 Ciocaltea,V-Smejkal,J/
Halle 1974/MCL (21)}) 16... b4 17. Bd2 f5 $1 {Black needs to bring his B on b7
in play. If he can chip away e4 and later d5 the situation looks much brighter.
} 18. Bxb4 Nf4 $1 {Sokolov plays for maximum activity - as usual.} (18... Qb6
19. Bd2 $1 Nxb3 $2 20. a5 $18) 19. Nc3 (19. Ra3 {protects everything, but
looks strange.}) 19... Nxb3 20. Rb1 Nc5 $2 {This move doesn´t work well here.}
(20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Na5 $5 {[%cal Ya5c4] keeps the game alive.}) 21. Bxc5 $1
Qxc5 (21... dxc5 22. d6 $1 Bxd6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxd6 $16) 22.
Rxb7 Qxc3 23. Bxa6 Qa5 24. Rxe7 Qxa6 25. Nh4 fxe4 (25... Nd3 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27.
exf5 Nxe1 28. Qg4 $18) 26. Qg4 $40 Rf7 27. Nf5 $18 h5 28. Qg5 e3 29. Rxf7 exf2+
30. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4
Qc7 $146 {Romanishin comes up with a new move in his favourite line.} (14... c4
) (14... bxa4) (14... Bc8) 15. Na3 (15. a5 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 $14) (15. Nbd2 $5)
15... b4 16. a5 $6 (16. Nb1 bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14) (16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Nb1 Rfc8 18.
Bd3 (18. Ra2 $5) 18... Nbxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxc1 22. Nbd2
Qc7 23. Nc4 Bf6 $13) 16... Nbxd5 17. exd5 bxa3 18. c4 Qxa5 19. Rxa3 Qc7 20. Ng5
Rae8 (20... h6 {The automatic response.} 21. h4 $5 {What else?} hxg5 (21... Bc8
22. Qd3 hxg5 23. hxg5 e4 24. Qe3 Bf5 25. Qf4 Bg6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxe4 Rfe8
28. Bd2 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 $14) 22. hxg5 Nh7 (22... Ne8 23. Qh5 g6 24.
Qh6 Ng7 25. b4 Bc8 26. Ree3 cxb4 27. Rh3 Bxh3 28. Rxh3 $40) 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.
Qh5+ Kg8 25. Re4 Bxg5 (25... g6 26. Qh6 Bd8 27. Rh4 f6 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+
Ke8 30. Rxc7 Rxh8 31. Rxb7 fxg5 $13) 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Bd2 Qf7 $15) 21. Qd3 g6 {
/\ Nf6-h5-g7} 22. Qe2 Qd8 (22... Nh5 $2 23. Nxh7 $1) 23. Bd2 {/\ b3-b4} Nxd5 $1
24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. cxd5 Kg7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Bxb4 Qb6 (27... Bxd5 28. Rd1 Bb7 29.
Rg3 $36) 28. Rg3 Qb5 $4 (28... Qxb4 29. Rb1 Qd4 30. Rxb7 (30. Qh5 Qh4 $1 $17)
30... Qxd5 31. Qg4 (31. Qh5 Qe6 $17) 31... Rg8 (31... Qxb7 32. Bxg6 $18) (31...
Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Bxg6 $18) 32. Be4 $36) (28... Bxd5 $2 29. Qh5 Rh8 30.
Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Rxe5 $18) (28... Rc8 $1 29. Qd3 f5 30. Rxe5 dxe5
31. Bxe7 Rf7 32. d6 $13) 29. Qh5 $1 $18 Rh8 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32.
Qf5+ Kg8 33. Re3 Rh6 {Black has no defense} 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Bd2 (35. Bxd6 $18)
({Or} 35. Rg6 $18 {Petursson}) ({Or} 35. Bxd6 {Petursson} Bxd6 36. Qg5 $18 {
This would be mate in three}) 1-0

[Event "Tiraspol"]
[Site "Tiraspol"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 $1 $14 {Ernst})
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb2 Rc8 $6 (
17... Nd7 18. Nb3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Qd2 Rac8 23.
Bb3 Nd4 $10 {Popovic,P-Romanishin,O/Novy Smokovec/1992/1/4-1/4/27}) 18. Bb3 Bd7
(18... Qb6 {Ernst} 19. Qf3 Qb7 20. Re2 $16 {Moiseev,V-Dresen,U/NWL/1993/}) 19.
Nf3 $14 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Qd3 Rc4 24. a3 Qc8 25.
Bd4 e5 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Bg5 Rc3 28. Qe2 Qc4 (28... Rxa3 {Ernst} 29. Bxf6 gxf6
30. Nh4 $13) 29. Qxc4+ bxc4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rc1 Rxa3 32. Rxc4 $16 {ץf8} Ra4
33. Rc6 Rb8 34. Nh4 Rbxb4 35. Nf5 Rxe4 36. Rb1 Ra2 (36... Reb4 $1 $17 {Ernst})
37. Rc8 Rf4 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Ng4 $18 h5 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Ne3 Rfxf2 42. Rxf8 f5
43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Nd5+ Ke6 45. Nc3 e4 46. Re8+ (46. Re8+ Kf6 47. Nd5+ Kg6 48.
Re6+ Kg5 49. Rg7+ Kh4 50. Rh6 f4 51. Nf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nh2 $5 {In principle this is better than exchanging on e5. White has more
space and should keep as many pieces as possible on the board. Black must find
a way to deploy all his minor pieces.} g5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An idea copied
from the Modern Benoni. The N is secured on e5, but the price is a permanent
weakening of f5.} (15... Ng6 16. g3 (16. Ndf1 Bg5 17. Ne3 Nde5 18. Nf5 Bxc1 19.
Qxc1 Ne7 20. f4 Nxf5 21. fxe5 Nd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anagnostopoulos,D-Skembris,S/
Athens 1996/CBM 55 ext (50)}) 16... Nf6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Ndf1 h5 19. Bf4 Nfg4 $13
{1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc (29)}) 16. Ndf1 {
[%cal Yf1g3,Yg3f5]} Bf6 17. Qh5 Kh8 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Ng4 Rg6 (19... Nxg4 $5 {
Black should take the chance to simplify the position.} 20. hxg4 Be5 21. Nf5
Nf6 22. Qh3 (22. Qxf7 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rg7 24. Qe6 Re7 25. Rxe5 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nxg4
$13) 22... Bxf5 $13) 20. Ne3 c4 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. b3 Ncd3 (22... g4 $5) 23. Bxd3
Nxd3 24. Rd1 Nxc1 25. Rdxc1 c3 {Blacks main problem is the square f5. After an
exchange on b3 White would have had the c-file as well.} 26. b4 $1 {Now c3 is
quite weak.} Bd7 (26... a5 $5) 27. Rc2 Qe7 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Re1 Qe5 30. Nh5 $1 {
[%csl Rc3] Aimed at c3.} g4 $6 (30... Qxe4 31. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qe5 33.
Nxe8 Bxe8 34. Rec1 $16) (30... Rc8 31. Ng4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Rc4 33. a3 $16) 31.
hxg4 Bd8 32. Qxf7 Bxg4 33. Nf4 Rgg8 34. Nxg4 Qg5 (34... Rxg4 35. Ne6 Reg8 36.
f4 Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Bxf6 38. e5 $18) 35. Rxc3 Ref8 (35... Qxg4 36. Rg3 Qc8 37. Rh3
$18) 36. Ng6+ Qxg6 37. Qxg6 Rxg6 38. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Bb3 (18. Nb3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd4
Ne5 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. Bb3 Nd4 $10 {Popovic,P-Romanishin,O/Novy
Smokovec/1992/1/4-1/4/27}) 18... Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 (19... Qxf6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21.
Nf1 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qg6 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Rc6 $13 {[%cal Ye5c4] 1/
2-1/2 Qin Kanying-Voiska,M/Jakarta 1993/EXT 97 (51)}) 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qf3 Bb7
22. Rxc8 $146 (22. Rcd1 Rc7 23. Re3 Rce7 24. Qg3 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qf4 Qc7
27. Rd4 $44 {1-0 Lukov,V-Romanishin,O/Tbilisi 1988/TD (58)}) 22... Qxc8 23. Qf4
Qc7 {White has the slightly better P-formation, but Black's pressure against
e4 seems to balance the play.} 24. f3 Qb6+ 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 d5 $1 $132
27. e5 Nh5 28. Bc2 Rc8 (28... f6 $5 29. e6 Nf4 30. e7 Kf7 {looks quite
interesting for Black, but so does the game continuation.}) 29. Bf5 Rc1+ 30.
Kf2 g6 31. Nb3 Rc4 32. Bd3 Rxb4 33. g3 {White has lost a P but the black
pieces are a bit uncoordinated.} Ng7 34. Re2 Bc8 35. Rc2 Bxh3 36. Rc6 Ra4 37.
g4 h5 38. Nc5 Rxa2+ 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. fxg4 Ne6 (40... Ra3 $5 {/\} 41. Kxh3 Ne6)
41. Nxe6 fxe6 42. Bxg6 Kg7 43. Bh5 $1 {White is setting up an attack against
the black K.} Bf1 44. Rxe6 {[%csl Rg7]} b4 45. Rg6+ Kh8 46. Rb6 Bb5 47. g5 Ra1
48. g6 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 b3 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kh8 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ Kh8 54.
Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0304 79th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Re8 $5 {One of Hebden's pet lines. Black wastes
no time protecting e5. Instead he prepares counterplay against e4 in the event
that White takes the P. And White must take or Black will play Bf8 with a more
efficient deployment of forces than usual.} 12. dxe5 $1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14.
Nd2 (14. Qf3 {has been played as well, but results are better with Nd2.}) (14.
Qxd8 $2 Bxd8 15. Ng4 Nxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Emms,J/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 47
ext (22)}) 14... Bd6 15. Ng4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty aiming
at avoiding the cramped position that results from Nef3.} (15. Nef3 Qc7 (15...
Nxe4 $2 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bg5 $18) 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 c4 18. Qe2 $14 {Hebden
has played this position a number of times with less than satisfactory results.
White has an extra P, but Black has lasting pressure in the centre - clearly
some compensation for the P. All in all not too bad for Black.}) 15... Nxe4 {
This is playable but it doesn't solve Black´s problems.} (15... Qe7 $142 $14)
16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Rxe4 {Fritz} Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Bh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxd1 20.
Bxa8 {White is better but untangling will not be easy.}) 17... Qxg5 18. Bxe4
Rad8 19. Bxh7+ $1 {The point of White's play. He regains his material lead of
one P and gets a clear advantage.} Kxh7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qxd6 Re6 22. Qd3+ Rg6
23. f4 $6 {Why? White gives back the P for no apparent reason.} (23. Re1 $1 $16
Nc4 (23... f5 $2 24. Re5 $18) 24. b3 f5 25. bxc4 fxg4 26. h4 $1 $16) 23... Qxf4
24. Rf1 Qc7 25. Rf5 Nc4 26. Rd5 Qe7 27. b3 Nb6 28. Re5 Qd6 29. Qf5 Qd1+ 30. Kf2
Qd2+ 31. Kf3 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Re2 Qd5 $11 34. Re5 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36.
Kg3 Qd6 37. Kh4 Nd7 38. Re8 Nf6 39. Nxf6+ Qxf6+ 40. Qxf6 Rxf6 41. Re5 c4 42.
Rh5+ Kg8 43. Rc5 Rf2 44. bxc4 Rxg2 45. cxb5 axb5 46. Rxb5 f6 47. a4 Kh7 48. a5
Kh6 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rc5 Kh6 51. Rh5+ Kg6 52. Rc5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 (15. Nh2 {is logical, but has lost it´s steam in the latest few games.}
Ng6 16. g3 Nb6 (16... Nf6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Ndf3 Neg4 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21.
b3 h5 $13 {0-1 Luther,T-Fressinet,L/playchess.com INT 2004/The Week in Chess
493 (42)}) 17. Qh5 Bf6 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. e5 Re8 22.
e6 Qc7 23. Rb1 Nf8 $13 {0-1 Luther,T-Morovic Fernandez,I/Havana CUB 2004/The
Week in Chess 497 (55)}) 15... Nxe5 16. a4 {Anands choice against Ponomariov
in 2002.} (16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 f5 {Is this move refuted? Alexander Khalifman
claims to have found an antidote together with A Bezgodov.} 18. e5 dxe5 19.
fxe5 Bb7 20. d6 Bh4 21. Re2 Bg3 22. b4 c4 23. Bg5 $5 {This is the new move.} (
23. Qd4 $2 Qd7 24. Bd2 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Ponomariov,R-Beliavsky,A/Moscow 2002/CBM
90/[Wedberg] (52)}) 23... Qd7 24. e6 $1 Qxd6 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Bxf5 Qxb4 27. Qd7
Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Kh8 30. Rd1 $18 {an interesting piece of analysis,
but it needs practical testing.}) 16... Bb7 (16... Bd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 (
18... bxa4 19. Bxa4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qd7 21. f5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bd2 $14 {
1-0 Volokitin,A-Gofshtein,L/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (38)}) 19. Re2 Bg3 20. e5
dxe5 21. fxe5 Re8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Qd3 $40 {1/2-1/2 David,
A-Fressinet,L/Belfort FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 496 (28)}) (16... Rb8 17. axb5
axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. f5 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Ponomariov,R/Mainz 2002/CBM 91/[Wedberg] (36)}) 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 19.
Rf1 Bg3 20. f5 Ne5 21. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 128] White goes for an immediate attack
on the black K. One point is the slightly awkward position of the B on g3, it
can easily get trapped.} Bh4 (21... h6 22. f6 $1 {White should not hesitate to
play this.} (22. Ra3 Bh4 23. Nf3 Bf6 $11) 22... hxg5 23. Bxg5 {[%cal Yd1h5,
Ya1a3] strong attack.}) (21... Nd7 22. e5 $3 Bxe5 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. f6+ Kg8 (
24... g6 25. Qh5+) 25. Qh5 g6 26. Bxg6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 $18) 22. f6 $1 {Blacks
operations on the K-side in combination with placing the B on b7 has given him
a very poor game. White is already close to winning.} g6 23. Qd2 $1 {[%cal
Rg5h7] An excellent move.} Nd7 24. Nxh7 Bxf6 (24... Kxh7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg7#)
25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qh6 Nh7 27. Rf4 (27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Qxg5 Nxg5 29. Rf6 Nh7 30.
Rxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bh4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17... f5 {Has been played
several times with good results for Black. Ponomariovs choice has the
advantage of avoiding the forced draw that can result after 17. - f5.} 18. e5
dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. d6 Bh4 21. Nxh4 {leads to a draw.} (21. Rf1 Bg3 22. Ng5
Nh4 23. Qh5 h6 24. Ne6 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Korneev,O-Nenashev,A/Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000
(63)} 25. Qe2 Bxg2 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 $13 {0-1 Korneev,O-Graf,A/Jakarta
1997/EXT 2000 (63)}) 21... Qxh4 (21... Nxh4 22. e6 $16) 22. e6 Qg3 23. Re2 Nh4
24. Qd3 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 18. Nxh4 (18. Rf1 Bg3 $15) 18... Qxh4 19. f5 {
More or less forced.} (19. e5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd3 g6 22. e6 Qf6 $17) (
19. Rf1 {allows a draw (if Black wants it) with} Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qg3+ $11) 19...
Ne5 {The N is strong on e5 but it can be exchanged. Who is better? Well, the
situation looks fairly balanced. White has a space advantage and Black has a
flexible P-majority on the Q-side.} 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Qe1 {White
would like to develop an attack on the Black K.} (22. g4 $5 {seems more in the
spirit of the position. White must play hard on the K-side to balance Black´s
Q-side play.}) 22... f6 23. Qg3 Rfe8 24. b3 a5 25. Bd1 Qd8 26. Bh5 Re7 27. Kh2
Be8 28. Bxe8 (28. Be2 {is better.}) 28... Qxe8 29. Rae1 a4 $15 {Black has all
the play there is.} 30. Re3 b4 31. Qh4 Kh8 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qf4 axb3 34. axb3
Ra2 35. Rfe1 Kg8 36. Rg3 Ra7 37. Rge3 Qc8 38. Rg3 Qa6 39. Rge3 Qa2 40. Qf1 Ra5
41. Rg3 Qb2 42. Qf4 Ra7 43. Qf1 Re8 44. e5 $6 {Slightly desperate, but the
position was not very inspiring.} fxe5 45. f6 e4 46. Rg5 Qd2 47. h4 Rf7 48. Qb5
Ref8 49. fxg7 Qf4+ 50. g3 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Rxg7 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Qd7+ Rf7 54.
Qg4+ Kh8 55. Ra1 Rf8 {Premature ending to the game. Perhaps White lost on time.
} (55... Rf8 56. Qxe4 Qf5+ 57. Qxf5 Rxf5 58. Rd1 Rf3 59. Re1 Rxb3 60. Re6 Rd3
61. Rxd6 c4 62. Rb6 b3 63. d6 Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Re8 12. a4 $146 (12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14.
cxd4 exd4 15. Ng3 g6 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. b3 d5 {Szalanczy-Hebden, Bern 1992})
12... b4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. d5 $10 (14. b3 $5) 14... Nd7 15. b3 Nb7 16. Be3 a5
17. Nbd2 Nbc5 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Nfd2 Rc8 20. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nh2 $5 {Currently this is the way to battle the Graf variation. Just like in
the Benoni White tries to avoid exchanges. Black has less space and his pieces
easily get in each others way.} Ng6 (15... g5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yd2f1,Yf1g3,
Yg3f5,Yh2g4,Yg4e3,Ye3f5] has been tried and it protects Ne5 from expulsion by
f4, but the weakening of f5 is a long term problem for Black.}) 16. g3 {
Taking squares from the black minor pieces and preparing to expand with f4 or
h4.} (16. Ndf1 Bg5 17. Ne3 Nde5 18. Nf5 Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Ne7 20. f4 Nxf5 21. fxe5
Nd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anagnostopoulos,D-Skembris,S/Athens 1996/CBM 55 ext (50)})
16... Nf6 17. h4 Ne5 {Black is struggling to find squares for all his minor
pieces.} 18. Ndf3 (18. Ndf1 h5 19. Bf4 Nfg4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/
Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc (29)}) 18... Neg4 (18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Re8 20. h5
$36) 19. a4 Rb8 (19... b4 $5) 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 $5 Nxh2 22. Nxh2 Nd7 23. Ng4
cxb4 24. Bb2 b3 25. Bb1 $5 (25. Bxb3 {is perfectly playable, but Stellwagen
does not want to lose sight of h7.}) 25... Nc5 $6 {Wrong side of the board.} (
25... Nf6 $142) 26. e5 $1 {The guns are loaded.} Rb6 $2 (26... dxe5 27. Nxe5
$16 {[%cal Ye5c6]}) (26... Re8 $142) 27. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 128]} Bxf6 (27...
gxf6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Qh5 $18) 28. exf6 g6 29. Qd2 Nd7 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Nb6 (
14... a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a4 18. Nbd4 exd4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Bxd3
Bf6 21. Bd2 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Ziatdinov,R/New York op/1995}) (14... Bf6
15. d5 Na5 16. Nbd2 Nb6 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. b3 Nb7 19. Ng3 g6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. b4 $14 {Khalifman,A-Gschnitzer,O/BL 9293/1993}) 15. d5 Na7 16. Na5 Bd7
17. Bd2 Rc8 18. b3 f5 19. Bb4 f4 20. Bd3 Rf6 21. Be2 {N. White plays for Nh2
and Bg4.} (21. Kf1 Qe8 22. Nd2 Rh6 23. Rc1 Qg6 $13 {Renet,O-Piket,J/Cannes 60'/
1992}) 21... Rg6 22. Kh1 Na8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qb6 25. Rf1 Nc7 26. Qd2 Bd8
27. Nh2 Ne8 28. Bh5 Rf6 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Bxe8 $5 {Softening d6.} Rxe8 31. Nf3 h5
32. Qc2 g5 33. Nc6 $16 Bxc6 34. dxc6 Nc8 35. c7 Bf6 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. Ba5 Qb7 38.
Qe2 Re7 39. Ne1 d5 40. exd5 Qxd5 41. Rd1 Qf7 42. Rd8 Rxc7 43. Bxc7 Qxc7 44. Rd1
Nd6 45. Qd3 Nf7 46. Qf5 Qc5 47. Kg1 Qb4 48. Nc2 Qe7 49. Rd7 Qe8 50. Nb4 $18 e4
51. Nd5 Qe5 52. Qxf6+ Qxf6 53. Nxf6 Kxf6 54. Ra7 Nd6 55. Rxa6 Ke5 56. a4 bxa4
57. bxa4 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. a5 Kd5 60. Ra8 e3 61. fxe3 fxe3 62. Kf1 Kc6 63.
Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 {
The Graf variation. Black has scored well with this approach - especially when
Graf is Black himself.} 15. a4 b4 (15... Rb8 16. b3 Bf6 17. Ra2 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3
Ne5 19. Bf4 Qe7 $13 {1-0 Spangenberg,H-Slipak,S/Buenos Aires 2002/CBM 90 ext 
(44)}) 16. a5 g5 $5 {[%mdl 24] A surprising novelty! But if we compare with
the Benoni the idea of blocking f4 in this type of position is not unusual.} (
16... Ra7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Be3 Bb5 {has been played
twice by Graf.}) (16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bf6 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nf3 Bh4
21. Rf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Iuldachev,S/Kramatorsk 1989/EXT 97 (37)}) (16...
Bf6 17. Nh2 c4 18. f4 c3 19. bxc3 Ng6 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 Ne7 22. Ne4 $14 {
1-0 Smirin,I-Iuldachev,S/Kramatorsk 1989/EXT 97 (33)}) (16... Ra7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5
18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Be3 Bb5 {has been played twice by Graf with good
results.}) (16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bf6 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nf3 Bh4 21. Rf1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Iuldachev,S/Kramatorsk 1989/EXT 97 (37)}) 17. Nh2 Kh8 18.
Ndf1 Rg8 19. Ne3 Nf8 20. Nhg4 {[%cal Yg4h6,Yh6f5]} Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bf6 22. g3 Ng6
23. Kg2 Bd4 24. Nc4 Qf6 25. Be3 (25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Ne5+ 27. Nxe5 dxe5 $15)
25... Bxb2 $1 26. Nxb2 Qxb2 27. Bxg5 f6 28. Rb1 Qe5 29. f4 Qe7 30. Bh6 Nh4+ $5
31. gxh4 Bxg4 $13 {There seems to be a lot of play left here, but neither
player dared to continue.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15.
Nbd2 (15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd2 Qe8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
g6 21. Be3 {+/= Jansa-Westerinen, Oslo 1988}) 15... Qc7 16. e5 $146 (16. b3
Rad8 17. Bb2 c4 18. Qe2 Bf4 19. Rad1 g6 {Ernst-Hebden, Malmö 1987/88} 20. bxc4
Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Rd4 Bxe4 25. Rxc4 {+/- Ernst
}) 16... Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Bg5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 $10
Bxe4 22. Nd2 Bb7 23. Qg4 Qc6 24. Re1 h6 25. Bf4 Bc8 26. Qg3 Bf5 27. Re5 Bg6 28.
Be3 c4 29. Nf3 Qd7 30. Nd4 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Bd4 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qe5
Qxe5 35. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. dxc5 (14.
Nf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 17. f4 (17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Ng3 (18. Ne3 Be6
19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc8 21. Bb3 Nc4 22. Rb1 Rc5 23. Qd3 d5 $10 {1/2-1/2
Kalegin,E-Podgaets,M/Alushta op 1993 (34)}) 18... Nc6 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Rb1 Be5
21. f4 Qh4 22. Ne2 Bd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nxb3 25. axb3 Rfe8 26. f5 Bc8 27.
Qxd6 Bb7 28. Bf2 Qg5 29. Qd3 Qf4 $10 {Akopian,V-Nenashev,A/Moscow Alekhine op
1992/0-1 (59)}) 17... Nc6 18. Qd1 Bf6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Ng4 Re8 22.
Be3 Ne6 23. Qd2 Bh4 24. Red1 Nc5 $17 {Yurtaev,L-Nenashev,A/URS-ch58 (09) 1991/
1/2-1/2 (51)}) 14... dxc5 15. e5 c4 16. b3 Nc5 $2 (16... c3 $5 17. Nf1 Nc5 $132
) 17. bxc4 Be6 18. Ba3 $5 (18. cxb5 axb5 19. a3 $14) 18... bxc4 19. Re3 Rb8 20.
Qe2 Nb4 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 22. a3 Rb7 23. Nxc4 $16 Rd7 24. Rc1 g6 25. Rc3 Bd5 26.
Ne3 Bb7 27. Ng4 Ne6 28. Be4 h5 $1 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. exf6 Qxf6 32.
Qxa6 Rb2 33. Rc8 (33. R3c2 $142 $16) 33... Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36.
Rxc3 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38. Kg3 g5 $1 $132 39. h4 g4 40. Ne5 Nd4 41. Nd3 $10 (41.
Rc7 Kf6 42. Nxf7 Nf5+ 43. Kh2 Rxf2 44. Ng5 Ra2 $10) 41... Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Rd2 43.
Rb3 Nd4 44. Rc3 Ne2 45. Rb3 Nd4 46. Rc3 Ne2 47. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinski, Jan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. b3 {This is quite a typical
position in the closed Ruy Lopez. Black has less space and a N on a5 that has
problems finding a decent square. Usually this type of position is considered
to be slightly better for White. But with Romanishin as Black White will find
it difficult to reach an advantage. He knows these positions better than
anyone. This game is just another example.} Nb7 {A number of alternatives has
been tried. But remember it´s not the moves, but the ideas that are most
important in this type of slow position.} (13... Ne8 14. a4 Bd7 15. axb5 axb5
16. Be3 g6 17. Nbd2 Ng7 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 $14 {with the
Q-side opened Black is again saddled with a misplaced N. 1-0 Psakhis,
L-Romanishin,O/Moscow 1986/MCL (35)}) (13... Bd7 14. Nbd2 (14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. d6
{is possible.}) 14... g6 (14... Nb7 15. Nf1 c4 16. b4 a5 17. N3h2 axb4 18. cxb4
Ne8 $132 {the a-file and protected passed P on c4 gives Black some
compensation for the lack of space. 0-1 Pinter,J-Ostojic,P/Kecskemet 1977/EXT
98 (54)}) (14... Ne8 15. Nf1 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Bd2
c4 20. b4 Nb7 21. a4 $16 {an almost ideal position for White. Pressure on the
a-file, good e4-square and a bad Nb7. 1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Sarapu,O/Buenos
Aires 1978/MCD (31)}) 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 {
Exchanges helps Black who has more pieces than space.} 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rac1 c4
21. b4 Nb7 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Be7 24. g4 {looks slightly better for White,
but 1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Romanishin,O/Erevan 1986/EXT 99 (24)}) (13... g6 14. a4 (
14. Bh6 Re8 15. a4 (15. Nbd2 Bf8 (15... Bd7 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Be3 Nh5
19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Romanishin,O/Tastrup 1992/CBM 28/[Ernst]
(20)}) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. b4 Nb7 19. a4 Bd7 20. Nf1 Qc7 21. Qd2 Kh7 22.
Ng3 Rec8 $132 {the c-file gives Black play. 1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G-Romanishin,O/
Vrsac 1989/CBM 15 (53)}) 15... Bd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. Nh2 Ra7 19.
Ndf1 Rea8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Romanishin,O/Tallinn 1987/EXT 97 (24)}) (14.
Nbd2 Nh5 15. b4 Nb7 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. Be3 Rfc8 $132 {the c-file play
gives Black counter chances. 1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Romanishin,O/Erevan 1988/CBM 08
(32)}) 14... Bd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxe5 $1 {an important trick to check for.}
dxe5 17. d6 Nh5 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Be3 Be6 20. Nd2 Nc6 21. Qe2 $14 {B:s are
better than N:s in open positions. 1-0 Benjamin,J-Romanishin,O/Moscow 1987/TD 
(49)}) 14. a4 {Richard Reti in his Masters of the Chessboard claims that the
move a4 in the Ruy Lopez is just a preparation for a K-side attack. In this
game White plays it as an attack on b5.} (14. Be3 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Nbd2 Ne8 17.
Nc4 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. g4 Qc7 20. Kh2 f6 21. Rg1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Romanishin,O/Vilnius 1975/MCL (81)}) 14... Bd7 15. Na3 {No good square for
the N, but Pinski wants to put pressure on b5.} (15. Nbd2 {is a preferable way.
}) 15... Qc7 16. Be3 Rfb8 17. Nd2 Qa5 18. Ndb1 $6 {White´s setup doesn´t look
very effective.} (18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 $132) 18... g6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Ra2 Na5
21. b4 Nb7 22. axb5 $2 (22. a5 {with the idea of disentangling the Q-side
pieces was the right course.}) 22... axb5 23. Rb2 c4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb1,Rb2]
White now has a difficult puzzle to solve. Blacks immobilized N on b7 is a
free animal compared to the N:s on a3 and b1.} 24. Ra2 Ra6 25. Qc1 Rba8 26. Nd2
Nh5 $1 {Black now starts an attack on the K-side. White's chances of bringing
any defenders over are slim.} 27. Qb2 Bg5 28. Nf1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qh4 30. Re2 Ng3
31. Nxg3 Qxg3 32. Kh1 Nd8 $1 {The N moves over to reinforce the black attack.
White is completely helpless.} 33. Bb1 Qh4 34. Qc1 f6 {The N will go to f7-g5
and then perhaps e4.} 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b3 Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 Nc6 $146 (19... b4 $5
20. Nf1 d5 21. e5 (21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 $15 {0-1 Popovic,P-Romanishin,O/
Stara Pazova 1988/EXT 97 (35)}) 21... Ne4 22. Ng3 Rxe5 23. Ndf5 {was vey
unclear in 1-0 Velimirovic,D-Romanishin,O/Vrsac 1989/CBM 15 (68)}) (19... Qe7
20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Nf1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qf8 23. f3 Nd5 24. Qf2 Nc3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Rd3 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Re6 28. Rbd1 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Thipsay,P/Torquay 1998/CBM 66
ext (65)}) (19... Nd7 20. Nf1 b4 21. Ne3 Qg5 22. Qe2 Qc5 23. Qd2 Rcd8 24. Rc1
Qb6 25. Ng4 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Ramesh,R/Sangli 2000/EXT 2001 (63)}) 20.
Nf1 Ne5 21. Qe3 Ned7 22. Qf4 d5 23. Ng3 Qc7 24. e5 $1 {[%mdl 16] A surprising
sacrifice of a P. The idea is to keep the Black pieces (especially Bb7)
blocked in by the d5-P and then to build play around the excellent blockading
N on d4.} Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd2 $5 {This is a bit speculative, but Judit
is confident in her attacking abilities.} ({Good for an advantage was} 26. Qxe5
Nxe5 (26... Nxe5 27. Ndf5) 27. Ndf5 $1 (27. Nxb5 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 axb5 $11) 27...
gxf5 28. Bxe5 $14) 26... Nh5 27. Nxh5 (27. Bf5 $5 Nxg3 28. Bxd7 Ne4 29. Nf5 $1
Qc7 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) 27... Qxh5 28. Re1 Bh6 $6 {
Leaving the long diagonal creates new options for White. Black is already a P
to the good, so he could have chosen something less provocative.} (28... Nc5 $5
) 29. f4 Qh4 30. Bf5 $3 {[%mdl 512] A beautiful move by the bold Judit - or
the other way around.} (30. Rf1 Nc5 (30... Re8 31. Qc3 Bg7 32. Qc7 Bc8 33. Qc6
$13) 31. Ne2 Ne6 $17) 30... Qd8 (30... Bxf4 31. Qe2 Qd8 32. Rf1 $1 Bg5 (32...
Bd6 33. Be6 $18) 33. Be6 Nf6 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Qe5 $16) (30... gxf5 31. Nxf5
Bxf4 32. Qe2 Qd8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Qg4 Be5 35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 $18) 31. Qe3
Rb8 $4 {Losing on the spot.} (31... Qc7 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34. Qe5 f6
35. Qxf6 Bg7 36. Qxg7+ Qxg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Rxb7 $18) (31... b4
$142 {creating the possibility Rc3}) ({or} 31... Ra8 {to keep the R out of
harms way.}) 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Qe5 {[%cal Ye5b8,Yb2h8]} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Kazan/Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.07.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4
Bc8 15. Na3 Ne8 $146 {Black prepares to defend b5 with Nc7. At the same time
the thrust f5 becomes possible.} (15... Bd7 16. Be3 Qb8 (16... Qc7 17. Nd2 g6
18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Rfb8 20. Qe2 b4 21. cxb4 cxb4 22. Nc2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nc8
24. Nc4 $14 {>< b4; Xie Jun - Maric,A/Erevan OL/1996/}) 17. Kh1 g6 18. a5 Nc8
19. b4 c4 {the blocked Q-side makes it more difficult for both sides to win. 1/
2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Romanishin,O/Linz 1997/CBM 59/[Hansen,LB] (115)}) 16. Bd2 Bd7 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Qe2 Nc7 19. Bd3 Rb8 20. Nc2 Kh8 21. Ne3 Ra8 22. c4 b4 {In this
positon White commands more space, so he should be better. On the other hand
Black is better positioned to break on the K-side with f5. One of the new
principles formulated by the hypermoderns in the beginning of the 20´s was
that it´s not how cramped your position is that counts, but the possiblities
to open the position to your advantage.} 23. Nf5 $1 {before Black goes g6.} Nc8
24. Nxe7 {'?' Hansen,Cu. Hansen,Cu: 'In my opinion this is a positional
mistake. The Be7 did not exactly have a bright future with black Ps on b4,c5,
d6 and e5. Whereas Nf5 was whites strongest minor-piece. After the textmove
black even gets Nc8 to the K-side by gain of tempo. And even more. Blacks
somewhat cramped position is relieved because Be7 was somewhat "in the way".  
I am pretty sure the reason for Galliamovas move Nxe7 should be sought in the
3. matchgame Kasparov-Short London 1993. In that game white won quite easily
by exchanging his K-N for blacks blacksquared B. With the big difference
however that the queenside was not completely closed like in this game.'} (24.
g4 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) (24. Rxa8 {Hansen,Cu} Nxa8 25. g4 $5 $14) 24... Nxe7 $14 {
N:s are better than B:s in closed positions, but this game will open up (f4 by
White and/or f5 by Black). Also the N:s don´t have any strong squares to work
from.} 25. Kh2 Ng6 26. g3 h6 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Nh2 Qc8 29. h4 f5 {'<=>' Hansen,
Cu. White has weakened his K-side, so Black hurries to open the game. Hansen,
Cu: 'black has reasonable counterplay and does not stand worse'} 30. Rxa8 Nxa8
31. exf5 Bxf5 32. h5 Ne7 33. f4 $1 {White correctly opens the game even more.
Black´s Na8 is out of play, so right now White is a piece up on the K-side.}
Nb6 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. g4 {White is better, it´s just a matter of how to
proceed.} (35. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 (35... Nxf5 36. Qxe5 Nd4 37. Bxb4 Nd7 38. Qe4 Nf6
39. Qd3 Nxh5 40. Bc3 Nf5 41. Be5 $16) 36. Bc1 $1 Nd7 37. g4 Qf6 38. Nf3 $16)
35... Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Nd7 37. Qg3 $6 (37. Bc1 Qa6 38. Nf3 $16) 37... Qa6 $1 {
[%mdl 384] The counterplay on the a-file is very disturbing for White.} 38. Be3
Qa2+ 39. Bf2 Nc8 $1 40. Re3 $2 (40. Nf3 {Last chance for counter play.} Qxb3
41. Nxe5 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Ncb6 $11) 40... Nd6 41. Kg1 (41. Nf3 Nf6 42. Qxe5 Re8 (
42... Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 44. Ke2 $14) 43. Qxd6 Rxe3 44. Qxc5 Re8 $17) 41...
Qb1+ 42. Be1 Ne4 43. Qg2 Ng5 44. d6 e4 $1 45. Qd2 Kh8 46. Kh1 Ne5 $19 47. d7
Nd3 48. Qg2 Qa1 (48... Nxe1 $2 49. Qg1 $13) 49. Qg1 Qd4 50. Bh4 Qxd7 51. Bxg5
hxg5 52. Re2 Qd4 53. Nf1 Rf2 54. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 55. Kg2 Nxg4 56. Qxd4 cxd4 57. c5
Ne5 58. Nd2 e3 59. Nf3 d3 60. Nxe5 d2 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5
Nce5 15. Nxe5 (15. a4 b4 16. a5 Ra7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bd7 20.
Be3 Bb5 21. b3 Bh4 22. Rf1 Re8 $132 {0-1 Cela,A-Nenashev,A/Kavala 1997/EXT
2001 (38)}) 15... Nxe5 (15... dxe5 16. Nf1 Nf6 (16... c4 17. Be3 Bb4 18. Re2
Bb7 19. Ng3 g6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Skembris,S/Turin 1996/EXT 98 (37)}) 17. b3
Ne8 18. Bb2 f6 19. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Peptan,C-Olarasu,G/Timisu de Sus 1998/EXT 2000
(19)}) 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 f5 {This looks like suicide, but it´s a mirage.
Black gest a strong game if White tries to push.} 18. Qe2 {'?!' Ernst.} (18. e5
dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. d6 Bh4 21. Rf1 (21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. e6 Qg3 23. Re2 Nh4 24.
Qd3 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 21... Bg3 22. Ng5 Nh4 23. Qh5 h6 24. Ne6 Qb6 $13 {
0-1 Korneev,O-Nenashev,A/Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000 (63)}) (18. a4 b4 19. e5 Bh4 20.
Rf1 Bg3 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 dxe5 24. Bb3 Qe7 25. fxe5 c4 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Nedela,V-Talla,V/CSR-ch U18 1990/EXT 97 (35)}) (18. e5 $1 {Ernst The
only chance to get advantage.}) 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra7 $1 {Defends e7 and
prepars to shift the R over to the K-side.} 20. Qc2 Bh4 21. Re2 (21. Bxg6 $2
Bxe1 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Nxe1 Qh4 $17) 21... Raf7 $1 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nxh4 Qxh4
24. Qxg6 {A P up for White but d5 will be lost, so it´s really White having
problems here.} Rf6 25. Qe4 Qh5 26. Bd2 Bb7 $15 27. Rae1 Bxd5 28. Qe7 Bc6 29.
Qc7 Qd5 30. Rf2 Rg6 31. Ree2 Kh7 32. Kh2 Rf5 33. a3 Rh5 34. Rf3 Qc4 35. f5 Rg4
$1 (35... Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Qxe2 37. Qxc6 Qxd2 38. Rh5+ Rh6 39. Qe4+ $11) 36. Rff2
Qd3 $40 37. Qxc6 (37. Be3 Bxg2 $1 38. Rxg2 Qxf5 $40) 37... Qg3+ 38. Kg1 Qxh3
39. Rf3 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Rxg2+ 42. Ke3 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Rh2+ (43... Rh2+
44. Ke3 (44. Kd3 Qd1 $19) 44... Qg1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b3 g6 (15... Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qf3 (17. Re2 $6 Bg7 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Rd1 Nh5
$1 20. Bb1 Nf4 21. Re3 Qf6 $15 {0-1 Leko,P-Fritz 6/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72/
[Luther] (49)}) (17. b4 Nc6 (17... Nc4 $5) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Bb3
$14 {1-0 Milos,G-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (41)}) 17... Bg7
18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Thipsay,P/Torquay 1998/CBM
66 ext (65)}) 16. Bb2 Nd7 (16... Bf8) 17. Nf1 Bf6 18. Ne3 $1 {White has a very
harmonious position. A more or less ideal setup in the Ruy Lopez.} Nc6 (18...
Bxe4 $6 19. Ng4 Bxc2 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nxc2 $36 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8]
[%cal Yb2h8] The B is tremendous.}) 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qd4 Re6 22.
f3 a5 23. b4 $1 {White prepares to put his B on the a2-f7 diagonal.} a4 24.
Rac1 Qe8 25. Red1 Rd8 26. Bb1 Ba8 27. a3 $16 d5 28. Rc7 Rdd6 29. Ba2 dxe4 30.
Qxd6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 64]} Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qe5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kh6 34. Rxf6
$1 $18 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 exf3 36. Ng4+ Kg5 37. Bd5 fxg2 38. Bxg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 h5 (
39... Qxa3 40. Rd5+ Kh4 41. Nf2 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qc7 43. Rf3 $18) 40. Rd5+ Kh4 41.
Rf4 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1] This is a great game by Anand. The way he seemingly without effort
finds the best squares for his pieces is impressing. Piket makes a slight
mistake when he puts his Q on the wrong square. Anand punishes this with his
super-technique. Study and learn.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4
Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18.
Nbd4 {'!?' Ftacnik. This trick is well known. Ftacnik: 'This fine strategic
motive is not new, but in the given opening line it plays the central role.
The trapped knight on b4 has no escape route, so white can transform the pawn
structure to his advantage.'} ({, but the main line has always been} 18. a3
Nxd5 19. Qxd5 axb3 (19... Nb6 20. Qd1 axb3 21. Qxb3 Qd7 22. Bg5 $14 {1-0
Hellers,F-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1986/CBM 01 (49)}) 20. Bxb5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Bxb5 22.
Qxb5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Raxb8 24. Bg5 Rfc8 25. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Sax,G-Rodriguez,A/
Subotica 1987/CBM 03/[Ernst] (54)}) 18... exd4 19. a3 {The N is trapped.} Nxd5
(19... Nc2 20. Qxc2 Bf6 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Qd2 Nc5 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Nxd4 Rxe4 25.
Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Qb4 $16 {1-0 Lau,R-Toshkov,T/Skien 1979/EXT 99 (34)}) 20. exd5
Bf6 21. Nxd4 Nc5 (21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 $16 {avoids getting a N on c6, but apart
from that there are few positive features in the black position.}) 22. Nc6 {
'!' Ftacnik.} (22. Nxb5 {Ftacnik} Qd7 23. Nc3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rab8 $14) 22... Qb6
$6 {Ftacnik: 'The main reason for black's suffering, since white can prove
that weakness of d6 pawn is more important than the fate of b5 one. '} (22...
Qd7 {looks more natural, since it keeps d6 protected and threatens Nb3.}) (
22... Qd7 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rb1 (23. Qc2 Nb3 24. Rb1 Nd4 $13) 23... Rfe8 24. Be3
$14) 23. Bf4 $1 {A nice shot - from which Black never fully recovers. The
point is that White in a very economical way gets out of the problems with the
weak squares b2 and b3.} Rfe8 (23... Bxb2 24. Ra2 Bc3 25. Re3 Bf6 26. Bxd6 $16)
(23... Nb3 24. Bxd6 Nxa1 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxa1 Bb7 (26... Bh4 27. Re3) 27. Qc1
Rc8 28. Qe3 $1 $18) 24. Qc2 {'!' Ftacnik.} (24. Bxd6 Ne4 $132 (24... Ne4 {
Ftacnik} 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bd3 Ree8 $13)) 24... Nb3 25. Rad1 Qc7 {'?!' Ftacnik.
} (25... Nd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 $1 {Without this Black
would have a playable position.} Qxd4 29. Qc6 Qe4 (29... Rd8 30. Bg5 f6 31. Be3
Qxb2 32. Qxa6 Qxa3 33. Bxb5 $16) 30. Bxd6 Bc8 31. Bxb5 $18) 26. Re4 $3 {
'!' Ftacnik. A beautiful solution. Suddenly all the pieces fall in place for
White. Ftacnik: 'If white can win control of the e file he would control all
important lines and diagonal on the board. '} Rxe4 {else White doubles on the
e-file.} 27. Qxe4 Bxb2 28. Re1 (28. Bd3 $5 {Ftacnik} g6 29. Qb4 Be5 30. Bxe5
dxe5 31. d6 Qxc6 32. Be4 $18) 28... Qd7 29. Qb4 $1 {This is the point of
Whites rook move to e4. The Q blocks all Black's play on the Q-side and
attacks Black's weak spot on d6. Black's position is sterilised of all chances.
Ftacnik: 'The idea that speaks volumes, the queen protects a3 pawn and attacks
both b5 and d6 one. Black has no chance to cover all the weak spots.'} Bf6 (
29... h6 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxd6 Re8 31. Rxe8+ (31. Nb8 $18) 31... Qxe8 32. Nb8 Bb7
33. Bxb5 Qc8 34. Nc6 $18) (29... Re8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxd6 Bc8 (30... Qxd6 $2 31.
Rxe8+ Qf8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Rxf8#) 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Bxb5 Bxa3 34.
Bxe8 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 $18) 30. Bxd6 h6 (30... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 31. Bd3 Nxc6 32. dxc6
Qxc6 33. Be4 Qc8 34. Bxa8 Qxa8 35. Be7 $18) 31. Bd3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ {Ftacnik:
'Anand is not paying enough attention in a very good position, the tactics
with 32.Nb8! would enable much easier win. '} (32. Nb8 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxe1+ 33.
Qxe1 Bc3 (33... Qxd6 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Bh7+ Kxh7 36. Qxf8 $18) 34. Qe3 Qc8 35.
Nxa6 $18) 32... Qxe8 33. Be7 $1 {The d-P is a winner now.} Bb2 (33... Nc1 {
Ftacnik} 34. Bxf6 Nxd3 35. Ne7+ Kh8 (35... Kf8 36. Qd6 gxf6 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38.
Qg3+ $18) 36. Qd2 $18) 34. Qe4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (34. Bxb5 $6 {Ftacnik} Bxa3 $1
35. Qxa4 Bxb5 36. Qxb5 Bxe7 37. Qxb3 Bd6 $16) 34... g6 35. Bb4 {White's
changing of the guards on b4 has made his advantage untouchable.} Qxe4 36. Bxe4
Bf6 37. d6 $18 {Ftacnik: 'The d pawn is so strong, that black must give up
queenside pawns in order to stop him.'} Bc8 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Nb8 Be6 40. Bxb5
Nd4 41. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bf6 (13... Nc6 $142)
14. Nf1 Nc4 (14... Nc6 15. Be3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nde5 17. Bb3 Bd7 (17... Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 Bb7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Ng3 Re8 21. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Tal,M-Johannsson,I/Reykjavik
1964/MCD (26)}) 18. Ng3 Ng6 19. Qd2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Be5 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Nf5 $14
{1-0 Kavalek,L-Novopashin,A/Polanica Zdroj 1964/MCD (84)}) (14... exd4 15. Nxd4
Ne5 16. Ne3 Nac4 17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. b3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rb1
Ne5 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Parma,B-Cobo Arteaga,E/Havana 1969/MCD (56)})
15. b3 Ncb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Ne3 Bg7 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Ng4 $16 Qe7 (
20... Rc8 21. Bb1 h5 22. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 23. Ba3 $40) 21. Ba3 exd4 22. Nh6+ $1 {
[%mdl 64] This move starts a series of tactical strokes that are quite
entertaining. The key square in the turbulance is f7.} Kh8 (22... Kf8 23. Nxd4
Nc5 24. Ndf5 $1 gxf5 25. Nxf5 Qe5 26. Qxd6+ Qxd6 27. Nxd6 $18) 23. Bxd6 $1 Qe6
24. Bf4 Qe7 25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Qa5 Nbd7 27. Qc7 Qf6 (27... Rab8 $142) 28. Ne2 $18
Bc6 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Nd4 Qe8 32. Nxc6 Rc8 33. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
Nxe5 (33... Rxc7 34. Nexf7+ Qxf7 35. Nxf7+ Kg8 36. Bxc7 $18) 34. Qxe5 $1 (34.
Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxe5+ Qxe5 36. Nxf7+ Kg7 37. Nxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Kazan/Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b3 (14. b4 Nb7
15. a4 Bd7 16. Nf1 (16. a5 {This leads to a rather equal game.} Rc8 17. Nf1 Nh5
18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Be3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,
N-Torre,E/Biel 1989/CBM 14 (39)}) 16... Qc7 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. axb5 cxb4 19. bxa6
Nc5 20. cxb4 Nxa6 21. Ba4 Nxb4 22. Bxd7 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 $10 {1/2-1/2 Geller,
E-Romanishin,O/Moscow 1985/MCL/[Dolmatov] (85)}) (14. Nf1 Nh5 15. b4 cxb4 16.
cxb4 Nc4 17. N1d2 Bd7 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. a4 Qc7 20. Re3 Rab8 21. Bd2 Rfc8 $13 {
0-1 Sokolov,A-Romanishin,O/Leningrad 1987/CBM 03 (61)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nf1 Nh5
16. Be3 Bf6 17. Kh2 Nb7 18. g3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Ng1 Qe8 $1 {
[%cal Ye8h5,Yf7f5] Protecting h5. Black is ready to attack with f5.
Instructive Q-moves on the back rank from the world champion.} 22. Bd2 f5 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. Nf3 c4 $5 25. b4 {Now d5 is weak.} (25. bxc4 $5 Rc8 (25... Nc5)
26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Qd1 Nc5 {Black has some activity for the P.}) 25... a5 26. a3
Nf6 27. Ne3 axb4 28. axb4 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 f4 $40 30. Nf5 Qh5 31. N5h4 e4 $1 32.
Bxe4 (32. Nd4 f3 33. Qe1 Qxd5 $17) 32... Re8 33. g4 Qf7 $2 {This meets with a
nice refutation.} (33... Bxg4 $1 34. hxg4 Nxg4+ 35. Kg1 Nf6 36. Ra7 Rxe4 37.
Qf1 Nd8 $17) 34. Ng5 Qe7 35. Ra8 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] This turns the game around.}
Bf8 (35... Rxa8 36. Bxh7+ Kf8 37. Ng6+ Ke8 38. Qxe7#) 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 37. Nf5 Qe5
38. Qf3 Nxe4 39. Nxe4 Kh8 40. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Qf3 (14. Nd2
Bd6 15. Nef3 Qc7 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 c4 18. Qe2 Bc5 (18... Bf4 19. Rad1 g6 20.
e5 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxe5 22. Qf1 $14 {1-0 Ernst,T-Hebden,M/Malmo 1987/TD (32)})
19. Rac1 Nh5 20. b4 Ng3 21. Qd1 $16 {1-0 Howell,J-Hebden,M/Eastbourne 1991/EXT
97 (41)}) (14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Ng4 Nxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Emms,J/Copenhagen
1995/CBM 47 ext (22)}) 14... Bf8 15. Bf4 Re6 16. Ng4 Nc4 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {
[%mdl 512] A positional exchange sacrifice.} 18. Bg5 $6 {Somewhat rash. Black
gets a lot of play for the exchange.} (18. b3 $5 {since} Bd6 (18... Ne5 19. Qe3
Re6 20. Nd2 $16) 19. Bg5 $1 {gives White a better version of the game.} Rxf3
20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Kg2 $18) 18... Rxf3 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. gxf3 Nxb2
$44 {Black's compensation is to be found in the ruptured white P-formation and
his overall more harmonious postion.} 21. a4 b4 22. Ra2 Nc4 23. Rd1 Re8 24.
cxb4 cxb4 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. Bb3 (26. f4 Ng6 27. f5 Nf4 $132) 26... Rd8 27. Kg2
Rd3 28. Bc2 $6 (28. Rb2 $142) 28... Rc3 29. Bb1 Bc6 30. Nf1 (30. f4 Ng6 $15)
30... Nxf3 31. Ne3 b3 $17 {Clearly White's condition hasn't improved over the
last few moves.} 32. Rb2 Nh4+ 33. Kg3 g5 34. Kg4 (34. Rd3 $142 Rxd3 35. Bxd3
Bxa4 36. Bxa6 Bg7 37. Rb1 b2 $15) 34... h6 35. Rd8 Kg7 36. Rbd2 Bc5 37. Bd3
Bxe3 38. fxe3 Bxa4 39. e5 Bc6 40. Rf2 a5 41. e6 fxe6 42. e4 Ng6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Dolmatov utilises the old strategy of opening a second front to take
advantage or superior mobility. He also introduces a new move, but the ideas
behind it are well known since the classical game Spassky - Tringov, Amsterdam
(izt) 1964.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 19. Qb3 Bd7 (19... f5 20.
Bd3 Nc7 21. Rxa8 Nbxa8 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. d6+ $16 {1-0 Butt,S-Oparaugo,T/WchJ
U18 1987/EXT 87ch (29)}) 20. Bd3 (20. Nf1 Nc4 21. Ra2 Nc7 22. Ne3 Rxa2 23. Qxa2
Nb6 24. Rd1 $14 {Haag,E-Foldi,J/HUN-ch21 1965/MCD-ch/1-0 (77)}) 20... Qb8 21.
Nb1 $146 (21. Nf1 Nc4 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Ng3 g6 24. Qd1 Nb6 25. Ng5 Rc7 26. f4 $16
{1-0 Spassky,B-Tringov,G/Amsterdam izt 1964/IZT (45)}) 21... Rc8 22. Na3 Nc7
23. Be3 Qb7 24. Nd2 Rcb8 25. Rac1 Bd8 26. Nc2 Ne8 27. f4 $1 {White needs a
second front to utilise his superior mobility. When Deep Blue played this very
move, albeit in a different spanish position, against Kasparov the computer
was considered to play like a human.} exf4 28. Bxf4 Bf6 29. Be3 Rc8 30. Nd4 $14
Na4 31. N2f3 g6 32. Nc6 $5 Bxc6 33. dxc6 Rxc6 34. e5 $1 {[%cal Yd3e4,Ye4a8]}
Rxc1 35. Bxc1 dxe5 36. Be4 Qa7+ 37. Be3 Qa6 38. Bxa8 Qxa8 39. Bg5 $16 Qa7+ 40.
Kh1 Bxg5 41. Nxg5 Nb6 42. Qe3 (42. Nf3 Nc4 43. Nxe5 Nxe5 44. Qd5 $1 $18) 42...
f6 43. Qc5 Qb8 (43... fxg5 $2 44. Rf1 Qg7 45. Qxb6 $18) 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Qxb5
Nc7 46. Qc6 Ne6 47. Rd1 Qc7 48. Qxc7+ Nxc7 49. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group5"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1993.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Genova CS"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Mladost-Novogradnja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 $5 {This has become quite topical during
the last few years, and Romanishin has been both leading the way and riding
the crest of this variation's popularity.} 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 $5 {ץb7 This may
be White's easiest way to play, and there is no indication that Black has easy
equality. At least in the top games, the result tends to be many draws, a few
wins for White, and no losses! One recent example:} Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8
15. a5 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 g6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 $14 {Peng
Xiaomen-Romanishin,O Lucerne WchT 1993}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ng3 g6 $1 {This position is the main branching point after 12.
Nbd2. White has tried many moves, but so far no one move has proven any
tangible advantage for White.} 17. Nf3 $146 Bg7 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bc3 Rc8 $10 20.
a4 $6 b4 $1 21. Bd4 (21. Bxb4 Nxb2 $15) 21... d5 $1 22. exd5 (22. e5 Nd7 $17)
22... Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 (23. Qxe1 Bxd5 $1 $15) 23... Bxd5 24. b3 Na3 $1 25. Bb2
Nxc2 26. Nxc2 a5 $17 {><b3,^^} 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rb1 h5 $1 {><e4}
30. Ne2 Rd3 31. Nc4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Ne4 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rc1 b3 (34... b3 {
/\35...b2 36.Rb1 Rd2 37.Kf1 Rxe2!} 35. Rb1 (35. Kf1 b2 36. Rb1 Nd2+) (35. c5
Nxc5 36. Rxc5 b2 37. Nc3 (37. Rb5 Rd1+) 37... Rxc3) 35... Nd2 (35... Rd2 36.
Ng3 $1 Nxg3 37. fxg3 b2 {But even this position is lost, /\...Kf6-e5-d4.}) 36.
Rb2 (36. Nc1 Rc3 37. Ne2 Nxb1 38. Nxc3 Nxc3) 36... Nxc4 $19) 0-1

