[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{This clash between the two rising nations on the top board will be one for
the ages! Board 1) Harikrishna-Anish Giri Board 2) l'Ami-Adhiban Board 3)
Vidit-van Wely Board 4) Bok-Sethuraman} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {
This was a surprise!} Nc6 $5 {Taking the game into Tango type positions.} 5.
Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 {A useful gain of space which at the
same time restricts White's queenside initiative.} 9. e3 (9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8
11. c5 O-O 12. Bd3 Na6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bxa5 b6 $1) ({One of my earlier games
in this line proceeded with} 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 {
(Debashis-Adhiban 2011), with a fine game for Black.}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 (10.
Be2 e5 {looks alright for Black.}) 10... h6 ({The typical} 10... a4 {runs into}
11. d5 $1 ({Another tempting continuation is} 11. g4 $5) 11... exd5 12. Bxf6 (
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8) 12... Qxf6 13. cxd5 $16) ({I rejected} 10... e5 {
in view of} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng5 ({White retains a slight pull after} 12. Nd2
$5) 12... Ng4 $1 {A nice tactical shot.} ({I only briefly checked} 12... h6 13.
Ne4 Nd7 14. g4 $1 {with a nice initiative for White.}) 13. Nf3 f5 (13... Nf6 {
would give White the chance to return to} 14. Nd2) 14. e4 Nf6 15. O-O fxe4 16.
Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qe3 e4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qf7 {with a draw.}) 11.
O-O e5 12. d5 (12. dxe5 $5 {aiming for open positions.} dxe5 13. Nd2 a4 {
and Black can hope to equalise with precise play.} (13... Be6 14. b3 $14))
12... Nb8 13. Nd2 (13. b4 e4 (13... axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 (15. Rxa1 e4))
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxe4 axb4) 13... a4 $1 {In spite of what might happen in the
centre and on the kingside, this is Black's best bet.} 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Rae1 {
In spite of the closed nature of the position White is clearly superior and
hence something went wrong for Black much earlier, probably on move 10.} Re8
16. Bf5 c6 $5 {Opening up the position to compensate for White's initiative.} (
16... e4 17. Bxd7 $1 (17. g4 Nc5 {Black has sufficient counterplay to hold the
balance.}) 17... Bxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. f5 f6 19. Rf4 Nc5 20. Bd4 $16 {rounding
up the e4-pawn.}) 18. f5 b5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxe4 Qe5 (20... Qh4 21. Nd2 bxc4
22. f6 $14) 21. Nc3 bxc4 22. f6 $40 {Black is clearly suffering.}) ({The most
natural} 16... exf4 {doesn't work due to} 17. exf4 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Nf1
{Black's pieces are too stuck to capitalise on the two rooks vs queen
advantage.} Re7 20. Ng3 {with a clearly winning position for White.}) ({
Another interesting option was} 16... b5 17. Bxd7 ({One weird way to an
advantage is} 17. e4 $5 Ba6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf3 Nxc4 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Nxb5 $14
) 17... Qxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. cxb5 $16) 18. Nf3 $1 (18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf6 gxf6)
18... bxc4 (18... e4 19. Bxf6 exf3 (19... gxf6 20. Nd4 $14) 20. Bc3 fxg2 21.
Rf2 $1 $16) 19. e4 exf4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 $14) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ne4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Ra6 $5 (19... Bb7 {I felt the bishop might be misplaced here.} 20.
fxe5 Nxe5 (20... dxe5 $2 21. Bb4 $18) 21. c5 $1 dxc5 22. Rf5 $14) 20. Rd1 $5 (
20. Bf5 Nf6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qf5 Re8) ({White had a chance to
crown his strategy with the strong} 20. c5 $1 d5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. fxe5 {
But Black can fight on with} Ra8 $1 23. Bd3 (23. e6 Qxe6 24. Bf5 Qe7 25. Qd1
Nxc5 26. Qh5 Kg8 27. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 28. Rxf7 Bg4 29. Rxe7 Bxh5 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31.
Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 {with approximate equality.}) 23... Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5
25. Rxf7 Ba6 $1 26. Bxa6 (26. Bg6 Qg5 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 (28. Bxf5 d4 $44)
28... Re6 29. Bf7 Re7 {and due to White's weakened pawn structure Black is
able to defend this endgame though a pawn down .}) 26... Rxa6 27. Re2 $14 {
White is a pawn up but Black has his saving chances.}) 20... Nf6 (20... exf4
21. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 22. exf4 $16) 21. Bf3 c5 {Another point behind ...Ra6, Black
has sufficiently stablilised the position and all his pieces are working
together well, so much that my opponent decided to take drastic measures...} (
21... Bg4 $2 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Ge2a6,Ge2g4,Gc4c5]}) 22. Rxd6 (
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bd5 $5 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Nxd5 24. cxd5 e4 $1 {with an equal
game.}) 22... Rxd6 23. fxe5 Rd7 $6 {White's major firepower was the two
bishops and hence I decided to get rid of one.} (23... Rdd8 {was stronger:} 24.
exf6 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 g6 26. Qxa4 Bf5 $1 $15 {and White is not able to whip up
any compensation.}) 24. exf6 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qd3 (25... Bb7 26. Qxa4 Bxf3 (26...
Qd3 27. Rd1 $14) 27. Qxd7 Qe2 28. Rg1 {Black has nothing better than a
perpetual after} Bxg2+ $11) 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. fxg7 Ba6 $5 (27... Ree3 $5 {
[%cal Gd3c3]} 28. Bc6 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Bxa4 Rxa3 31. Bb5 Kxg7 32. Kg1 Be6
33. Rf4 {with a draw.}) 28. Bc6 Re2 {Trying to save the a4-pawn. I will
summarise the team situation: Vidit took an early draw (or rather was forced
to take it due to a strong equaliser), Sethu was more or less equal (hopefully
another draw on the horizon), Hari was fighting an uphill struggle to hold
against the Dutch prodigy. So I had the best if not the only chance to save my
team!} ({I had a good try in the form of} 28... Ree3 $5 {now White has to find}
29. Kg1 $1 (29. Bxa4 $143 Bxc4 30. Rc1 (30. Rd1 Rxc3 $1 31. bxc3 Rxc3 $15)
30... Bd5 $1 {[%cal Ge3e2]}) 29... Bxc4 30. Rf4 {and once a4 falls it will be
a draw.}) (28... Re7 29. Bxa4 Bxc4 30. Rd1 {would also lead to a draw.}) 29.
Bd5 Re7 {The point! White is not able to win the a4-pawn anymore, Now I
threaten to take on d5 and am also preparing ...Bb7 at the same time but I
underestimated White's resources.} ({I had a draw after} 29... Rf2 30. Re1 Re3
$1 31. Rd1 Rd3 $11 {But in for a penny...}) 30. Bf6 ({A deep computer move is} 
30. Rc1 $5 {aimed against} Bb7 (30... Rde3 $142 31. Kg1 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33.
Rd1 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Rb3 $11) 31. Bf6) 30... Re8 31. Rc1 $1 (31. Bd4 $5 Rxd4 32.
Bxf7+ Kxg7 33. Bxe8 Bxc4 {[%cal Gc4b3] Luckily only Black can play for a win
here.}) 31... Re2 32. Kg1 {By now I realised that my hopes of winning were
more or less gone and also Hari had managed to hold on and was very close to
achieving a draw. And hence it was time for me also to make a draw...} Red2 $1
33. Bf3 Re3 {A funny rook dance.} 34. Bc3 Rd6 35. Bd5 (35. Kf2 Re7 {with ...
Bb7 next.}) 35... Re7 {I managed to make the only moves to prevent any
immediate problems.} 36. Rd1 $2 {The moment of destiny...} (36. Kf2 Bb7 37.
Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Re1 f6 (38... Re6 39. Rd1) 39. Re8+ Kxg7 40. Rc8 Rbb6 $15 {
[%cal Gb6c6]} (40... Rxb2+ 41. Bxb2 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rxb2 43. Rxc5)) ({The
computer comes up with the paradoxical} 36. Rb1 $5 Bc8 $1 (36... Bb7 37. b4 $1
{The beautiful hidden point behind the mysterious rook move.} Rb6 (37... Bxd5
38. bxc5) 38. Rd1 $14) 37. b3 (37. h4 Be6 38. Re1 Re8 {with a probable draw})
37... axb3 38. Rxb3 Re8 $11) 36... Bxc4 $1 37. Bf3 (37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 {[%cal
Rf7f1]}) 37... Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Bb5 39. Kf2 ({White's best try was} 39. g4 $5 f6
$1 (39... Be2 $5 {changing the character of the struggle} 40. Bxa4 Bxg4 $17) (
39... Re6 40. h4 f6 41. Kf2 {and it's not easy to win the g7-pawn}) 40. h4 Kxg7
41. g5 Re4 $1 42. gxf6+ (42. gxh6+ Kxh6) (42. Bxf6+ Kf7 43. Bh5+ Ke6 $19) 42...
Kf8 $17) 39... Re6 40. Bf3 Bc6 41. Bg4 Rd6 {With ...f6 next and I can finally
get rid of the annoying g7-pawn.} 42. Be5 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rxg2 44. h3 h5 $1 45.
Bd1 h4 46. Kf4 Bd7 47. Bf3 Rg1 (47... Rg3 48. Ke3 Rxh3 49. Kf2 {and suddenly
the rook is caught although apparently Black can break free with it after a
long struggle.}) 48. Bf6 Rf1 49. Ke3 Bxh3 {I decided to take a longer route
which will definitely lead me to the final destination!} ({My original
intention was} 49... Bc6 50. Bxc6 Rxf6 51. Bxa4 Rb6 52. b3 {Although this is
clearly winning it felt unnecessary.} Rg6 53. Kd3 Rg3+ 54. Kc4 Rxh3 55. Kxc5
Rg3 $19) 50. Bxh4 Kxg7 51. Bc6 Rb1 52. Bxa4 Rxb2 53. Be7 c4 54. Bb4 Kg6 55. Kd4
Be6 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. Bc6 f5 58. a4 f4 59. a5 Kf5 60. a6 Ke5 {Just in time.} 61.
Bb7 Bd5 62. Bc5 f3 63. Bd4+ Kd6 64. Bxd5 Kxd5 65. a7 Kc6 66. Kxc4 Kb7 {For the
first time (and not the last time) India was leading the Olympiad!} 0-1

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. Rd1 (9. e3 {Dautov} e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6
13. O-O Ng6 14. h3 Qe7 15. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 16. c5 $14 {Lautier,J-Piket,J/
Groningen (01) ;CBM 51 1995}) 9... Qe7 10. e3 {N} (10. d5 {Dautov} Nb8 11. dxe6
Bxe6 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Bg4 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rd4 Bh5 $10 {Bischoff,
K-Hecht,H/Munich 1988}) (10. g3 $6 {Dautov} e5 11. d5 $6 e4 $1 12. Ng5 {
Timman-Morozevich/Amsterdam/1995} Ne5 $1 13. Bg2 $140 Kf8 $1 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $17 {
Timman}) 10... a5 (10... e5 {Dautov} 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 $5 $14) 11. Be2 e5 12.
d5 Nb8 13. h3 (13. O-O Bg4 $10) (13. Nd2 {Dautov} a4 14. O-O Nbd7 15. e4 Nc5
$10) (13. b4 $5 {Dautov} axb4 14. axb4 Bg4 15. O-O (15. h3 Bh5 16. e4 Nbd7 17.
g4 Bg6 18. Nd2 c6 $13) 15... Nbd7 16. e4 c6 $6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rfe1 $14)
13... a4 $6 14. c5 $1 Bd7 $8 {/\Na6} (14... e4 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf6 $16 (16.
Nh2 $14 {Dautov /\Ng4}) (16. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Qg6 $15)) (14... Na6 15. Qxa4
$16) (14... Nbd7 $2 {Dautov} 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bb5 $16) 15. O-O Na6 16. cxd6 (
16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxe5 Be4 $1) 16... cxd6 17. e4 b5 (17... Nc5 {
Dautov} 18. Nd2) 18. Nd2 Reb8 {/\b4} 19. Bb4 $6 (19. Ra1 $1 b4 $6 (19... Qd8
20. Rfc1 {/\ Qd1 >< b5}) 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qd1 $16) 19... Nxb4 20. axb4 Rc8 21.
Qd3 Rc7 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Qb1 Ne8 $1 (24... Qd8 $5 {Dautov} 25.
Rc1 Qc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 $10) 25. Nf3 (25. Rc1 $1 Bxh3 $2 (25... Qg5 26. Rxc7 Nxc7
27. Qc2) 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. Qc2 $1 Qg5 (27... Bc8 28. Bxb5 $16) 28. Bf1 Ne8 29.
Qc6 Kf8 30. Nf3 $16) 25... f5 $6 (25... g6 {>=} 26. Rc1 (26. Bd3 {Dautov} Ng7 {
/\f5}) 26... Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qd8 $10) 26. exf5 h6 (26... Qf7 27. Ng5 Qxd5 (27...
Qxf5 $2 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxb5 $16) 28. Rd1 Qb3 29. Bf3 (29. Bh5 $36) 29... Bc6
30. f6 Nxf6 31. Rxd6 $16) 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Nh4 Qf7 29. Ng6 Bc8 $2 (29... Nxd5 $1
30. Bf3 $6 (30. Rxd5 Bxf5 31. Bd3 (31. Qd1 Bxg6 32. Rxd6 $16) 31... Bxg6 32.
Rxd6 (32. Rxb5 $5 $14) 32... Bxd3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qxd3+ $14 g6 35. g3 Rc1+ 36.
Kg2 Qb7+) (30. Qa2 Bxf5 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc2
$10) 30... Bxf5 31. Bxd5 (31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Nf6) 31... Bxb1 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7)
(29... Kh7 30. g4 {/\} Nxd5 $2 31. Qa2 Bc6 32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxd5 $18) 30. Bxb5
$16 Bb7 (30... Nxd5 31. Qa2 Bxf5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Qxd5 $18) 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32.
dxc6 Rxc6 33. b5 $1 Rb6 34. Qc2 Kh7 (34... Qe8 35. Qxa4 d5 36. Rc1 $18) 35.
Qxa4 Nd7 36. Qc2 h5 37. g4 $1 (37. Ne7 $5 {Dautov} Nf6 38. Nc8 Rxb5 39. Nxd6
$18) 37... Nf8 38. gxh5 Kh6 39. Qd2+ Kh7 40. Qc2 Kh6 41. Nxf8 $1 (41. Qc1+ Kxh5
$8 (41... Kh7 42. Qc8 $18) 42. Nxf8 Qxf8 43. Qe3 $18) 41... Qxf8 42. Qc7 Rxb5
43. Rxd6+ Kxh5 (43... Kh7 44. h6 Rxb2 45. f6 $18) 44. Qc4 $1 Qxd6 (44... Qxf5
45. Qxb5 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Ke3 $18) 45. Qg4+ Kh6 46. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Bratto op 25th"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 $5 {This line is underestimated. Does
anybody know how to play against it?} 5. e3 $5 {A practical decision since I
could have never learned how to handle the positions after the normal} (5. Nf3
d6 6. Bd2 $1 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 9. Rd1 Qe7 (9... Re8 10. e4 Qe7 11. Bd3
e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. c5 Nbd7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Bb5 Rf8 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bxe5 $14)
10. g3 $5 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 Na6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Nh4 $1 $14)
5... O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Nf3 (7. Bd3 $5 e5 (7... Bf8 8. a3 d6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Ng5
$1 g6 11. d5 Nb8 12. O-O $14) 8. d5 $13 {looked more risky.}) 7... Bf8 8. Ne4
$1 {A move a la Karpov.} Nxe4 9. Qxe4 a5 $5 (9... d5 10. Qc2 (10. Qb1 $2 e5 11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bc3 Rg5 $40) 10... Nb4 11. Qb3) 10. Ne5 $1 d5 $6 (
10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bc3 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
O-O Qf6 17. Rab1 Rd8 $11) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Bd3 h6 15.
Bc3 Bb4 16. O-O $14 Re8 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Rd2 Qg5 $5 {Black tries to find a
justification for his comprpmised pawn structure.} 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxb4 axb4
21. Qxc7 d4 22. Qf4 $1 dxe3 {After having given white a luft black has to be
careful.} (22... Qxf4 23. exf4 Be6 24. a4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ra5 $14) 23. fxe3 b3 (
23... Rxe3 24. Qxb4 Rae8 (24... Bf3 25. Bf1 (25. Qd4 Rae8) 25... Re4 26. Qc3
Re3 27. Rd3 $16) 25. a4 Bf3 26. Bf1 $16) 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. a4 Rxe3 26. a5 $1 {
Things developped like in my game against Ulibin from Beijing Open. White has
to push his a pawn as far as possible.} Kf8 27. a6 Re5 (27... Ra7 28. Ra5 $16)
28. Ra3 Be6 (28... Rd5 $2 29. Be4 Rxd2 30. Bxa8 Rxb2 31. Bd5 $18) 29. a7 $18
Bd5 30. Ra5 $1 f6 31. Re2 $1 Rxe2 32. Bxe2 {White rightfully exchanged
everything.} Bb7 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 {After having pushed the
pawn all the way to a7 decided the game.} Kd6 (35... f5 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 Kc6
38. Ke5 $18) 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Kf5 Kb6 38. Ra3 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Kxa7 40. Kg6 {
I have calculated everything till the end after 33.Kf2.} Kb6 41. Kxg7 Kc5 42.
Kxf6 Kd4 43. Kxg5 Kd3 44. h4 Kc2 45. h5 Kxb2 46. h6 {There is no good square
for black's king. Anywhere on a line white exchanges queens after Qa8 check.
On c3 white promotes his queen with check. c2 allows the exchange of queens
after the diagonal check with Qh7. And the last but not the least after Kc1
queens will be exchanged after lateral check with Qh1. So this position is
geometrically lost for black.} Kc1 47. h7 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rathanvel, VS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 $5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 Re8 (11... Bg4 $6 12. O-O Bh5 (12... a5
13. h3 Bh5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 16. Qf5 Ng3 17. fxg3 Nxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qxc4 $16) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxh5 Nxh5 15. Qf5 Nxc4 16. Qxh5 {
is the drawback of the bishop's sortie.}) 12. h3 a5 13. O-O a4 {A well known
position since Flohr-Tartakower,Groningen 1946.} 14. Rae1 $146 {I am proud of
my over the board novelty based on an accurate calculation.} (14. Nd2 $5 Be6
15. Bf3) (14. Rad1 Nd7 (14... g6 15. Bd3) 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Bb4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Na6
18. Qxa4 Bf5 {and the rook stands in the way for} 19. b5 $2 Nb4 20. Qb3 Bc2) (
14. Rfd1 Nd7 (14... g6 15. Bd3 e4 16. Bxf6 exd3 17. Qc3) 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Bb4)
14... Nd7 (14... g6 15. Bd3 $1) 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Bb4 $1 (16. f4 $6 exf4 17. Bf3
fxe3 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Rxe3 $44) 16... Nxb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. Qxa4 Rd8 (18... Bf5
19. b5 Nb4 20. Qb3 e4 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qa3 c5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qa5 c5 25. Nb3
$16) 19. Rd1 (19. Nf3 e4 20. Nd4 Qxb4 $11) 19... Bf5 (19... Qxb4 20. Nf3 $1 {
keeps the extra pawn.}) 20. Nf3 $1 Nxb4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxe5 Bc2 23. Qa3 (
23. b3 c5) 23... c5 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qc3 (25. Ra1 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Qa8+ Rd8
28. Qa4 Qf6 $132) 25... Rd6 $6 (25... Bd3 $1 26. Re1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Rd1+ 28. Kh2
Qd6+ 29. Qe5 (29. g3 Qd3) 29... Qxe5+ 30. Nxe5 f6 31. Nf3 Rc1 $11) 26. Ra1 f6
27. Nd2 $1 (27. Ne1 Be4 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Qd6 30. Be2 $14) 27... Qe5 28.
Nf1 $1 {The correct manoeuvre.} Qxc3 29. bxc3 Nc6 (29... Ra6 30. Rc1 (30. Rxa6
Nxa6) 30... Bd3 31. cxb4 Bxe2 32. bxc5 $16) 30. Bf3 Rd3 31. Ra3 f5 32. Ng3 (32.
g4 Ne5 33. Bd5+ $16) 32... Ne5 (32... g6 33. Ne2) 33. Bd5+ Kh7 34. Be6 (34. Ra7
g6 35. Rxb7+ Kh8 $16) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Kg6 (35... g6 36. Ra7) 36. f4 Kf6 (
36... Rd6 37. Bd5 Nd7 38. Ra2 Bb1 39. Rd2 Rb6 40. e4 $18) 37. Bd5 Nc6 38. Ra2
$1 Bb3 39. Ra8 $18 {Finally White has broken in!} Ne7 40. Rf8+ Kg6 41. Bf7+ Kh7
42. Re8 Rd7 43. Be6 (43. Nxf5 Nxf5 (43... Bxc4 44. Bxc4 Nxf5 45. Bg8+) 44. Bg8+
Kg6 45. Re6+ Kh5 46. Re5 $18) 43... Rc7 44. Nxf5 Nxf5 (44... Bxc4 45. Bxc4 Nxf5
46. Bg8+ $18) 45. Bxf5+ g6 46. Be6 (46. Be4 Bxc4) 46... Ba4 47. Rb8 Re7 48. Bd5
Rxe3 (48... Bc6 49. e4 Bxd5 50. cxd5 Rxe4 51. d6 $18 {and the passer is
unstoppable.}) 49. Rxb7+ Kh8 50. Rc7 Rxc3 51. Rxc5 Bb3 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Rc7+
Kh8 (53... Kf8 54. g4) 54. h4 h5 55. Kg1 {White moves his king towards the
part of the board where he could keep the e2-square under control.} ({However
even without that White could have won due to his far advanced pawn phalanx:} 
55. Be4 Rxc4 56. Rxc4 Bxc4 57. Bxg6 Be2 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. f5 Kf6 60. Kf4 Bd1 61.
Bxh5 $1 Bxh5 62. g4 Bf7 63. g5+ Kg7 64. Kg4 Bb3 65. h5 Bd1+ 66. Kh4 Be2 (66...
Bc2 67. h6+ $1 Kh7 68. Kg4 Bd3 69. Kf4 Bc2 70. Ke5 Bd3 71. f6 Kg6 72. Ke6 Bc4+
73. Ke7 Bb3 74. h7 Kxh7 75. f7 Bxf7 76. Kxf7 Kh8 77. Kg6 Kg8 78. Kh6 Kh8 79. g6
Kg8 80. g7 $18) 67. g6 Kf6 68. h6 $18) 55... Rc2 56. Kf1 Ba2 57. Ke1 Bb3 58.
Be4 Rc1+ 59. Kd2 Rxc4 (59... Rh1 60. c5 Rxh4 61. Ke3 $18) 60. Rxc4 Bxc4 61.
Bxg6 Bd5 62. g3 Bf3 63. Ke3 Bd1 64. Bd3 Ba4 65. Ke4 Kg7 66. Kf5 Kh6 67. Ke6
Bb3+ 68. Ke7 Bd5 69. f5 Bb3 70. Bb5 Bc2 71. f6 Bb3 72. Be8 Bc4 73. Bf7 Bd3 74.
Bxh5 Bc4 75. Be8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 64th"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2011.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. Nd2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bd3 b6 (13... h6 14.
b4 d5 15. O-O Rd8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. b5 Na5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Rad1 Qc7
21. Qa4 Ne7 22. Qb4 b6 23. h3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Lautier,J (2682)-Sharif,M (2467)/
Asnieres sur Seine 2006/EXT 2007}) 14. Ne4 h6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. O-O Bb7 {[#]}
17. f4 $1 {Opening the lines for his artillery.} Qe7 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rad1 {[#]}
Nb8 {Although Black is already in danger of being stampeded, this cannot be
best.} (19... Nd8 {was an alternative as it still threatens to lock things up
with 20...e4, and keeps the knight around protecting f7 and a possible Ne6 or
even ...f6 followed by Nf7.}) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. Qf5 g6 (22... Nf6
$2 23. Bxe5) 23. Qh3 h5 {[#]} 24. Qg3 ({Here White missed a nice tactic with} 
24. Bf5 $3 gxf5 25. Rxf5 $1 f6 26. Rxh5 Rc7 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+ {Winning the
queen.}) 24... Rcd8 25. Bc2 Kh7 26. Rd2 h4 27. Qh3 Bc8 28. g3 Kg7 29. Qxh4 Qxh4
30. gxh4 Rde8 31. h5 $1 g5 (31... gxh5 32. Rg2+ Kh6 {and the exposed king with
all White's pieces swarming around it are a death knell.}) 32. Bf5 Nf6 33. Bxc8
Ne4 34. Bf5 $1 Nxc3 35. Rc2 {[#]} (35. Rc2 Na4 36. Bd7) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.05.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 2]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. b3 a5 10. Bd3 a4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. O-O e5 $11 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Bb2 (14. b4) 14... axb3 $15 15. Nxb3 (15. Be2) 15... Ne4 $17 16. Qc2 Nxc4
17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qg5 19. f4 Qg6 {[#]} 20. Rfd1 $2 (20. Qxc7 Bh3 21. Qc2
Rac8 22. Qe2 Be6 $17) 20... Nd6 $19 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qc3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Qd3
Nf5 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bb6 Ree8 29. Qf1 h5 30. Nd4 Nxd4
31. Bxd4 Re4 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxa3 34. Kh1 Ra8 35. Re2 Kh7 36. h3 Re8 37.
Qf2 Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 a5 11. h3 O-O 12. Be2 a4 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd2 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 g6 {[/\ 16...Bf5]} 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. b4 $1 axb3
20. Qxb3 Rab8 21. Be4 Qg5 22. Kh2 Qh4 23. f3 Qf2 24. Re1 Red8 25. Ra2 Qh4 26.
Rb2 Rd6 27. Qb5 f6 28. c5 Rdd8 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. Rxb8+ Kg7 {
[/\ 32...Bxh3]} 32. Rb2 $8 Qc4 33. Bb4 Qa6 34. Rd2 f5 35. e4 $138 (35. Bc3 $142
) 35... f4 36. Ra1 Qa4 37. Bc3 Kf6 38. Bb4 g5 39. Rc1 h5 40. Rc3 g4 41. fxg4
hxg4 42. hxg4 Bxg4 43. Rd8 $1 Ke7 44. Rg8 Qd1 45. Rg7+ Ke8 46. Rxc7 f3 $1 47.
Rxf3 $1 (47. gxf3 Bd7 $15) 47... Bxf3 48. gxf3 Qxf3 49. Rxc6 Qf2+ (49... Qxe4
50. Rd6 {/\ 51.c6 forces White also to give perpetual check}) 50. Kh3 Qe3+ 51.
Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O (6... e5 7. dxe5
dxe5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 {Flohr-Tartakower (1)}) 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9.
e3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 {>=}) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 c5 (12... b6 13.
Bf3 Rb8 14. Bc6 Bd7) 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rae1 (14. Rad1 $5 {/\ Rd1-d2, Rf1-d1})
14... b6 15. f4 Bb7 $2 {>=} (15... exf4 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. exf4 (17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18.
exf4 Qc6) 17... Bb7) 16. fxe5 $2 (16. Bxe5 $1 Nd7 17. Bc3 (17. Bd3 $2 Nxe5 18.
Bxh7+ Kh8 19. fxe5 g6 $17) 17... Qxe3+ $2 18. Rf2 $3 {/\ 19.Bf3 +-}) 16... Ne4
17. Bf3 Nxc3 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxc3 Qe4 $15 {[קe3]} 20. Rd1 Rxe5 21. Rd7 f6 (
21... Re7 {>=}) 22. Rfd1 Re7 (22... Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Rc7 {/\ R1d7}) 23.
Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd5 Re8 25. Kf2 Qe4 26. h3 Qh4+ 27. Kf3 Qe4+ 28. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1940.01.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. e3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nf3
Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 $10 {Keres-Aljechin/Dresden/
1936/}) 5... O-O $6 (5... d6 6. Bg5 $6 (6. e3) (6. a3) 6... h6 $1 7. Bxf6 $15 (
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 g4 $17)) (5... d5 {Kotov-Botvinnik/Leningrad/1939/}) 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 d6 (7... g5 8. Bg3 g4 9. Nh4 Nxd4 10. Qd2) 8. e3 (8. O-O-O $5 {Euwe}) (
8. a3 $2 {Wasting time. Zeitverlust}) 8... Qe7 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 (10. O-O {
/\ 11.Nd5} Bxc3 $8 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 $17) 11... g5
12. Bg3 Nh5 $10) 10... Nb8 11. Nd2 $1 {/\ 12.0-0, 13.Rae1, 14.f4->>>} (11. O-O
g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 $15) 13... Nbd7 $15) 11...
Nbd7 (11... Re8 12. Bxf6 $1 (12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 $10) 12... gxf6 (12...
Qxf6 13. Qa4 $18) 13. Bd3 $16) 12. O-O a5 13. Rae1 Re8 14. f4 $1 {/\ 15.f5, 16.
Nde4 ->} Bxc3 (14... Bc5 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. fxe5 $1 dxe5 (16... Qxe5 17. Nb5 $16)
(16... Nxe5 17. Nde4 $16) 17. Nb5 Bb6 18. Ne4 $146 {->}) 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3
exf4 16. exf4 Qf8 $13) 15... Ne4 $1 16. Nxe4 Qxh4 17. g3 Qe7 18. Bg4 {/\ 19.
Bd7, 20.f5 +/-} (18. f5 $142 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 $14 {The bishop is
inhibiting counterplay on the queenside. Der Läufer behindert das Gegenspiel
am Damenflügel.}) 18... Nf6 (18... Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Qxa5
$16) 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 {White is better: 1. more space 2.a clear
lplan f5, e4, g3-g4-g5 -> Weiß steht besser: 1. Größerer Raum 2.Klarer
Spielplan f5,e4,g3-g4-g5 ->} (20... Rexc8 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 dxe5 $14) 21.
Rf2 $6 {/\ 22.Qa5} (21. Qxa5 $6 exf4 22. exf4 Qxb2) (21. f5 $142 {/\ 22.e4} e4
22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rd1 $16 {/\ Rf4, Kd4, Rh4, Rd1-f1-f4 then winning the
e4-pawn. nebst Eroberung des Bauern e4.}) 21... b6 $2 {And Black takes up the
chance to meet the aforementioned plan with a counter-offensive on the
queenside: c6 and if dc then bc!. Hiermit nimmt sich Schwarz die Möglichkeit,
den oben skizzierten Plan mit einer Gegenoffensive am Damenflügel (c6 und
falls dc so bc!) zu beantworten.} (21... Ra8 $142) 22. Ref1 (22. f5 $142) (22.
e4 $142) 22... Qg6 $2 (22... exf4 $1 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf4 Rxe3 25. R1f2 $1 {
/\ 26.Rf6+/-/+/=} (25. Rxf6 Re2 $1 $132)) 23. f5 $1 (23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxf7
Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 $10) 23... Qf6 24. e4 $1 c6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. a4 $1 {
/\ g3-g4-g5} Kf8 27. Rd1 Rec8 28. b3 Ke7 (28... Qg5 29. f6 $1) 29. Qf3 Kd7 30.
h4 Kc7 31. Kf1 Kb7 32. Ke2 R8c7 (32... Rh8 33. Rh2 h5 34. Rg1 {/\ g4, Rg4->
><g7}) 33. Rh2 Qd8 34. g4 f6 (34... Rd7 $5 35. Rg1 $2 (35. Rh3 $1 $16) 35... d5
$1 36. exd5 Rxd5 $1 {=/-/+}) 35. Rg2 (35. Rg1 $142 {/\ 36.g5}) 35... Rc8 36.
Rg3 Qd7 37. Qd3 Qf7 38. Rh1 Rh8 39. Rhh3 (39. Rgh3 {With the rook placed here,
Black does not have to exchange on g5 after g4-g5. Bei dieser Turmaufstellung
braucht Schwarz nicht nach g4-g5 auf g5 zu tauschen}) 39... Rcc8 40. g5 $1 (40.
Qxd6 $2 Rhd8 $132) 40... hxg5 41. hxg5 Qc7 42. Qd5+ Ka7 43. Rd3 Rxh3 $2 $18 (
43... fxg5 $1 44. Kf2 $16 {/\ 45.Rd6, /\ 45.Rhg3} (44. Rxh8 Rxh8 45. Qxd6 Qxd6
46. Rxd6 Rh4 $1 47. Kf3 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 g4 $1 {/\ 49... Rf3, 50... Rf4 =} 49. Rd5
g5 $1 50. Rxe5 $2 (50. fxg6 g3 51. Rd2 Rg4 52. Rg2 Rxg6 53. Kf3 Rf6+ 54. Kxg3
Rf4 55. Re2 $10) 50... g3 $19)) 44. Rxh3 fxg5 45. Rh7 {/\ 46.f6} Qe7 46. Kf3
Rf8 47. Kg4 {/\ 48.Qe6 +-} Rf7 48. b4 $1 (48. Qe6 Qxe6 49. fxe6 Re7 {+/-/+-})
48... axb4 49. a5 Qb7 (49... bxa5 50. Qxa5+ Kb7 51. Qxb4+ Kc8 52. Qa5 Kb8 53.
Rh3 $18) 50. axb6+ Kxb6 51. Qxd6+ Ka7 52. Qxe5 b3 (52... Rc7 53. f6 $1 $18) 53.
Rh3 $1 {/\ 54.Qa5} Rf6 (53... b2 54. Ra3+ $19) (53... Qb6 54. Qa1+ Kb7 55. Qd1
$1 b2 56. Qd5+ $18) 54. Qd4+ Rb6 (54... Qb6 55. Qd7+ (55. c5) 55... Qb7 56.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 57. Rxb3+ $18) 55. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1940.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Bd2 d6 8. a3
Bxc3 (8... Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 $16 {/\ 11.c5}) 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 {/\ 10...
Nf3 11.gf -> g<->} Nfd7 {/\ 11... f5, 12... Rf7} 11. Be2 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 dxe5 $15) 11... Qe7 12. Rd1 {See note to move 10. Siehe Anmerkung zum 10.
Zug.} Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 $13 f5 {Time used on this move: 0:20h  Zeitverbrauch für
diesen Zug: 0:20h} 14. Rg1 Rf7 (14... Ne5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bh5 Qe6 17. Bf3 $40 {
+/-}) 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. c5 $1 $16 d5 (16... dxc5 17. Qd8+ Qxd8 (17... Qf8 {
Or 17... Ne8 Oder 17... Ne8} 18. Bc4) 18. Rxd8+ Rf8 19. Bxf6 $18 (19. Bc4+ $18)
) (16... Ne8 17. Qd5 c6 18. cxd6 cxd5 19. dxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxd5 $16) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
(17... Rxf6 18. Qxd5+) 18. Qxd5 Be6 (18... c6 19. Qd8+ Rf8 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 {+/-/+-}) 19. Qxb7 Raf8 {/\ 20... f4->} (19... Rff8 {/\ 20... Rb8})
20. f4 $1 Re7 21. Rd2 Bf7 $1 22. Qxa7 Qh4 {/\ 23... Qh2, 23... Re3} 23. Qb7
Rxe3 {/\ 24... Bc4} 24. Qg2 (24. Rg3 $1 Re7 25. Qg2 g6 26. Kd1 $18) 24... g6
25. Qg5 Rh3 $1 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Rd4 Rxh2 28. Bf3 Be8 (28... Rh3 29. Rg3) 29.
a4 Rf6 30. Rh1 Rxh1+ {Mutual time trouble for the next 10 moves.  Gegenseitige
Zeitnot für die nächsten 10 Züge.} 31. Bxh1 Kf8 32. Bb7 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34.
b4 Ke7 35. Kd2 h5 36. a5 Ra6 37. Kc3 Ra8 38. c6 Rh8 39. b5 h4 40. b6 cxb6 41.
axb6 h3 42. b7 h2 43. Rd1 Rd8 44. Rxd8 h1=Q 45. b8=Q Qc1+ 46. Kb4 Qb2+ 47. Ka5
Qc3+ 48. Kb6 Qb4+ 49. Kc7 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.24"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. e3 e5) 5... d6 6. Bd2 (6.
a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 $14 {[%cal Yc1b2] /\Bb2}) 6... O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 (9. g3 $5 e5 {N} (9... a5 10. b3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13.
Nh4 $1 $14 {Podgaiec-Haritonos, USSR 1983}) 10. d5 Nd8 $5 {/\ Nh5, f5,
Nf7-h6<=>>>} 11. Bg2 Bg4 $2 12. Nh4 $1 $14 {פd8} c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qd7
15. f4 $1 $16 Bh3 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Rxf6 $5 $44 {Gurevich}) (9. b4 e5 10. dxe5
Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. b5 $16) 11. e3 Bd7 12. Be2 Rfe8 13. O-O $14 {
Euwe-Giustolisi, Venice 1948}) 9... e5 (9... a5 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 $14) 10. d5 (10. Be2 Bg4 $13) (10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Yc8g4,Yg4h5,Yh5g6] /\Bg4-h5-g6= Alekhine}) 11. b4 Bg4 12. Be2
e4 13. b5 $1 $16 {Flohr-Keres, USSR 1947}) 10... Nb8 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Bg4 {
[%cal Yb8d7,Yf7f5] /\Nbd7, f5} (11... c6 {[%cal Yb7b5] /\b5})) 11... Nbd7 {
[%cal Re5e4] /\e4} 12. Ng5 g6 $1 (12... h6 $6 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. b4 {
Alekhine}) 13. Ne4 (13. h4 Nc5 (13... b5 $5)) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 15. O-O
$1 (15. Bf3 $6 Qh4 $1 {[%cal Yc8f5] /\Bf5}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qf3 Qh4
(17... Bd3 18. Rfc1 Bxc4 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxc4 Qxb2 21. Qd1 $1 {Alekhine}) 18.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch14 International Masters"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1936.06.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gereben, Erno"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1936.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
b4 e5 9. e3 (9. Bb2 e4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Ne7 12. b5 c6 13. a4 Re8 14. Rc1 Be6
$13 {Volkov-Bologan/Kstovo 1997 - Inf.69/484}) (9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Qe3 f5 11. Bb2
Be6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. g3 Rae8 15. Bh3 Bxc4 16. Bxf5 Nf6 17. Qc3 b5
18. O-O Ne7 19. Bd3 $16 {Baburin-Becker,M/Berlin 1991 - Inf.51/(541)}) 9... Re8
10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qd4 Bf5 13. Be2 Qf6 14. O-O a5 (14... c5 15. Qd5
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxb2 17. Qxf5 Nd2 18. Bd5 Re7) 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17.
Bxd4 Bxe4 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. f3 Bg6 21. Kf2 axb4 22. axb4 b6 23. e4
f6 24. c5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 bxc5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Ra5 Re6 28. Rxc5 Rc6 29. Rxc6
Nxc6 30. Bb5 Ne7 31. Ba5 c6 32. Ba4 Be8 33. Bb6 (33. Bb4 $2 c5 34. Bxe8 cxb4)
33... Bd7 34. Ke3 Ng6 35. Bc5+ Kf7 36. f4 f5 $2 37. exf5 Ne7 38. Bb3+ Nd5+ 39.
Ke4 g6 40. fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Ke5 Bf5 42. Ba4 Nf6 43. h3 Nh5 $4 (43... Nd7+ 44. Kd6
Nxc5 45. Kxc5 Bxh3 46. gxh3 $11 (46. Bc2+ Bf5 $11) 46... Kf5) 44. g4 Bd7 45.
f5+ Kg5 46. Be7+ Kh6 47. gxh5 Kxh5 48. Bd1+ Kh6 49. f6 (49. Kf6 c5 50. Bf8#)
49... Be8 50. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1932.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qd3 d5 9. g3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Qf6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Be3 Rfe8
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rc2 a6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Na7 19. a4 c6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. bxc6
Nxc6 22. Nf3 Nb4 23. Rcc1 b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Rfe1 Bc4 26. Qa4 f6 (26... Qa6)
27. Nd2 $14 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Ra6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rec8 $14) 29. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 (8... a5 9. e4 $14) (8... Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4
Bg4 12. Be2 $14) 9. e3 (9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 (10. g3 {Chekhov} e5 11. d5 e4 12.
Ng5 e3 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 Nb8 15. Bg2 a5 16. O-O a4 17. Nd4 $14 {Timman,
J-Morozevich,A/Amsterdam/1995/1|0/68/}) 10... Nb8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. e3 Nbd7 13.
Be2 Bg4 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bb2 Rad8 $10 {Bischoff,K-Hecht,H/Munich 1988}) (9. b4 $1
e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. e3 Bg4 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. f3 Bh5 14. Be2 Bg6 15. Qb2 Nd7
16. O-O f6 17. c5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 $14 {Euwe-Kramer/Niederland (ch)/1952}) 9... e5
(9... a5 $5 {Chekhov} 10. Bd3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd2 a4 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f4 Qe7
15. Rae1 g6 16. h3 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 $132 {Kiriakov,P-Gasymov,R/Yurmala/1992/
0|1/48/}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 $5 {Chekhov} 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 c5 13.
O-O Qe7 14. Rae1 b6 15. f4 Bb7 $1 $10 {Euwe,M-Najdorf,M/Groningen/1946/0,5/28/}
) 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O $6 (12. b3 $142) 12... Qe7 $6 (12... a4 $142) 13. Ng5 $2 (
13. b3 {>=} Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qb2 Ne4 17. Be1 $14 {/\b4}) 13...
a4 (13... h6 {Chekhov} 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18.
Rad1 Qe6 19. Rd5 f5 20. Qf3 $36) (13... e4 $5 {Chekhov} 14. f3 (14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. gxh3 f5 $132) (14. f4 $5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17.
gxh3 $132) 14... Bf5 (14... exf3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Nxf3 $16) 15.
g4 $6 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe4 Qh6 $36) 15... exf3 (15... Bg6 16. f4 Qc5 17. Qc1
$16) 16. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 fxe2 18. Bxf6 exf1=Q+ 19. Rxf1 g6 $19) 14. Bd3 (14.
Rad1 $5 {Chekhov}) 14... e4 $1 (14... h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc5 $10 (16...
Be6 {Chekhov} 17. Bd5 $36)) 15. Bxf6 (15. Be2 Bf5 $15 {/\h6}) 15... exd3 16.
Bxe7 dxc2 17. Bb4 Bg4 $5 (17... Bf5 18. Rfc1 Rad8 (18... Na5 19. Bxa5 Rxa5 20.
Nf3 (20. e4 $2 Bg6 21. f4 h6 22. f5 Bh5 $17) 20... Rc5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Nxc2
Rxc4 23. Nd4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 c6 $10) 19. Bc3 Re7 $15) (17... Ne5 {Chekhov} 18.
Rac1 (18. c5 Nd3 $19) 18... Nxc4 19. Rxc2 b5 20. Rd1 Bf5 21. Rcc1 Nxb2 (21...
Rad8 $5) 22. Rd5 $132) 18. f3 $2 (18. Rfc1 Bd1 19. Nf3 (19. Bc3 $2 Na5 20. Bxa5
Rxa5 21. Nf3 Rc5 $17) 19... Re4 (19... Nxb4 20. axb4 Rad8 21. Ne1 Rd2 22. Rxa4
f5 23. Ra3 f4 24. Rc3 $14) 20. Nd2 Re6 21. Nf3 $10) 18... Bf5 19. e4 h6 20.
exf5 hxg5 $17 {[%cal Rd8d1,Re8e1] <->e,d} 21. Bc3 (21. Rf2 $2 Nd4 22. Bd2 Rad8
23. Bxg5 f6 $19) (21. Rac1 {Chekhov} Nd4 22. Kh1 Re2 $19) 21... Rad8 (21... Re2
{Chekhov} 22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Rac1 (22. Rf2 $2 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxa1 24.
Rxa1 Rd8 $19) 22... Re2 23. Rf2 (23. h3 Rd3 $1 $17 {/\Nd4}) 23... Rd1+ 24. Rf1
Nd4 $4 (24... Rd3 $1 {/\Nd4} 25. Rf2 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Rxd4 28. Rf2 (
28. c5 Rdd2 $19) 28... Rd1+ 29. Rf1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rd2 $19) 25. Rfxd1 cxd1=Q+
26. Rxd1 Nxf5 27. Rd5 Ne3 (27... g6 $4 {Chekhov} 28. Rd8+ $18) 28. Rxg5 $16 g6
29. h4 Nf5 (29... Nxc4 30. Rc5 Ne3 (30... Nxb2 {Chekhov} 31. Rxc7 $16) 31. Rxc7
Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 $16) 30. h5 Kh7 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. Kh2 c5 (32... Kh6 33. Rg4 Ne3
34. Re4 g5 35. Kh1 $16) 33. Kh3 $1 Kh6 34. Rg4 Ne3 35. Re4 $18 Nxg2 36. Kg3 $1
Rc2 (36... Rxe4 37. fxe4 Ne3 38. Bd2 $18) 37. Re8 g5 38. Re6+ Kh7 (38... Kh5
39. Bg7 $18) 39. Kg4 Nf4 40. Rb6 Re2 41. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 (8... b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. f3 Nef6 14.
d5 Ne5 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Nxf5 Qxc4 17. Qxc4+ Nxc4 18. b3 Na5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Bg5
Rae8 21. Rac1 d5 22. e4 $14 {Sokolov,I-Hulak,K/Wijk op (06) ;CBM 46 1995}) 9.
g3 Qf6 $6 (9... d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. O-O
$14) 12. O-O a5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Nd6 $6 (14... Bd7) 15. c5 Nf7 16. Qc3 $1 Rd8
17. b4 $16 {Georgiev,Ki-Christiansen,L/Tilburg 1994}) 10. Be3 $1 Ne7 11. Bg2
Rb8 12. O-O b5 13. b3 (13. cxb5 $5 Rxb5 (13... Nd5 14. a4 a6 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16.
Ne5 $16) 14. Bf4 (14. Qxc7 Rxb2 $13) 14... Nd5 (14... d6 15. Qxc7 Rxb2 16. Bxd6
Nxd6 17. Qxd6 Rxe2 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 $16) 15. Bxc7 Nxc7 16. Qxc7 Rxb2 17.
Rab1 Ra2 18. Rb8 Qd8 19. Qxa7 $16) 13... d6 14. Nd2 $1 (14. cxb5 Nd5 (14...
Rxb5 15. Qxc7 Rxb3 16. Qxa7 Rb2 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Reb1 Nc6 19. Rxb2 Nxa7 20.
Rxb7 $14) 15. a4 a6 16. bxa6 Bxa6 $44 (16... Nxe3 17. a7 $1 Ra8 18. fxe3 $16))
14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bb7 (15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Bb7 17. d5 $16) 16. d5 $16 exd5
17. cxb5 (17. cxd5 Qf7 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Rac1 Rbc8 20. Bg5 $16) (17. Bg5 Qf7 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. cxd5 Rf7 20. Rfc1 Re8 21. e3 $16 {[%csl Rc7] ><c7}) 17... d4 18.
Bxd4 Qe6 19. a4 (19. Bxa7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxb5 21. b4 f4 $44) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2
f4 21. Rac1 (21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Qxb3 (22... fxg3 23. hxg3 Nf5 24. Bc3 Nh4+
25. Kh2 $18) 23. Qa2 Qxa2 24. Rxa2 $16) 21... c5 $1 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Kg1 fxg3
$2 (23... Nxd4 24. Qxd4 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rxb3 (25... Qxe2 26. Rfe1 Qf3 27. Rc7 $16
) 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qxd6 $16) (23... Qd5 24. Rfd1 fxg3 25. hxg3
Nxd4 (25... Rxb3 $2 26. Bxg7 $18) 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxb3 28. Rxd6 $16) 24.
Rxc6 gxh2+ 25. Kxh2 $18 Rf5 26. Rc3 Rh5+ 27. Kg2 Rb4 28. Rd1 Qe4+ 29. Rf3 (29.
f3 Qg6+ 30. Kf2 Rh2+ 31. Ke3 Qe6+ 32. Kd3 Qf5+ 33. Ke3 Qe6+ $10) 29... Qh4 30.
e3 Qg4+ 31. Rg3 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qh4 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Qxb4 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36.
Rg1 Qxf3+ 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Rd2 Qe4 39. Qc4 Qf3 40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Re8 9. e3 e5 10. d5 {N} (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O Qe7 (12... a4
$142) 13. Ng5 (13. b3 $1) 13... a4 14. Bd3 e4 15. Bxf6 exd3 16. Bxe7 dxc2 17.
Bb4 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. e4 h6 20. exf5 hxg5 $17 {Ivanov,Se-Morozevich,A/RUS-ch
Elista (03) ;CBM 50 1995}) 10... Ne7 (10... Nb8 11. Nd2 c6 12. e4 $14) 11. Bd3
c6 (11... b5 12. e4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 $14) (11... Ng6 $5 12. h4 (12. Nd2 c6 $132) (
12. O-O Qe7) (12. Ng5 Nxd5 13. Nxf7 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Kxf7 15. O-O+ Kg8 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Qxg6 Qe7 $10) 12... Bg4 (12... e4 $2 13. Bxf6 exd3 14. Bxd8 dxc2 15.
Bxc7 $18) 13. Ng5 $36) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ng6 (13... Bg4 14. c5 (14. Ng5 h6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 $10) (14. Nd2 Ng6 $6 15. h3 Be6 16. c5 $16) 14...
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ned5 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe6 19. Rac1 $14) 14.
h3 Qe7 (14... e4 15. Bxf6 exd3 16. Bxd8 dxc2 17. Bc7 $14) 15. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 16.
c5 $14 Bf5 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Qa4 Ne4 (19... Nd5 $2 20. Bxe5 Rxe5
21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxc6 Rd8 23. Rd4 $16) (19... Be4 20. Ng5 Bd5 21. e4 Be6 22.
Rac1 $16) 20. Rac1 c5 21. Qc4 (21. Rd5 f6 22. Nh4 Qf7 23. Rdd1 Red8 24. Ba5
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 $14) 21... Rac8 22. Rd5 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qb7 24.
Rcd1 (24. Rxe5 Bxh3 $14) 24... e4 25. Ne5 c4 26. Nxc4 $2 (26. Rd6 {>=} Be6 (
26... Qb3 27. Nc6 Qa4 (27... Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rc7 29. R1d4 $16) 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29.
axb4 Rc7 30. Ra1 $16) 27. R1d4 Bxh3 28. Nxg6 Bf5 29. Nf4 $14) 26... Be6 27.
R5d4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxb2 $10 30. Qa4 (30. Rd7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 $10
) (30. Qc6 Qe5 31. Rd4 Kh7 $10) 30... Re7 31. Rd4 Kh7 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 f5
34. Ra4 g5 35. Kh2 g6 36. Kg3 Kh6 37. Ra6 Rc7 38. a4 Rb7 39. a5 Rc7 40. h4 Kh5
41. hxg5 Kxg5 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 12th "]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin,A} e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 (10. Be2 $5 Ne7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bf5 13.
Qb3 (13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 $11 15. h4 $6 (15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. O-O
$11) 15... Rfe8 16. Rh3 c6 17. Nc3 h5 $15 {[%csl Rh3] Kharlov,A-Gogichaishvili,
G/URS-Army Khabarovsk 1990/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 13... Be4 $5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6
16. O-O Rab8 $11 {Graf,S-Opocensky,K/Prague 1937 (46)}) 10... Bxc3+ (10... Bf5
$5 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 $5 Ne7 13. O-O c6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxf5 Nxf5
16. Qxc4 Rfe8 $11 {Wegner,H-Reeh,O/BL 1990/1-0 (74)}) 12... Bg4 (12... Bxd3 $5
13. Qxd3 Nd8 14. Ne5 Re8 15. b4 $14) 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. O-O Re7 15. Rfe1 Nd8 16.
Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Ne6 $11 {Zigouris-Ivanovic/Korfu op/SW,38,17 1990 (64)}) 11.
Qxc3 Bg4 (11... Qg6 12. b4 a6 13. g3 Bg4 14. Bg2 (14. Nd2 $5 $14) 14... Bxf3 $5
15. Bxf3 Qf5 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. O-O Rd7 18. a4 $14 {Lazarev,V-Naumkin,I/Festival
Porto San Giorgio 1997/EXP 59/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 12. Nd2 $5 (12. Be2 Rfe8 13. O-O
Qd6 14. Rac1 Re7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 $11 {Lindblom,P-Kolarov,A/Moscow olm 1956/
MCD-ol (22)}) 12... Rae8 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. f3 $18) 13. Nb3 Re7 $1 {Protecting
a pawn on c7 and giving the knight a possibility to move.} 14. Bb5 ({Baburin:
Perhaps, White should have preferred} 14. Bd3 {Baburin,A ,as the knight on c6
is misplaced, and Black would have to relocate it anyway.}) 14... Nd8 15. O-O
c6 16. Bd3 Ne6 $11 {Both sides has finished development and we can see that
black easily solved all opening problems.} 17. Rfc1 Rc8 {Planing to simplify
the position,while very serious attention deserved} (17... Rfe8 $5 18. Nd2 Bf5
19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. b4 Ng5 21. a4 Re6 $132) 18. Nd2 c5 $5 {Baburin: This is the
easiest way to equalise here, as Black's pieces are ready for the break in the
centre.} 19. dxc5 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc5 21. Rac1 {Actually offering a draw.Better
was} (21. Rxc5 $1 Nxc5 22. Bc2 (22. Bb5 {Baburin,A does not give White any
hope for an edge either after} a6 23. Rc1 Ne6 {with a further ...d4.}) 22...
Rc7 23. f3 Nd7 $1 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Kf2 $14) 21... Rxc3 22. Rxc3 d4 23. exd4 Nxd4
24. f3 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 (6. Bg5 O-O $10) 6...
O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. g3 (9. e3) 9... e5 10. d5 Nd8 $6 (10... Nb8) 11.
Bg2 Bg4 $2 (11... Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. e3 $16) (11...
Nh5 $5 12. e3 f5 13. O-O-O Nf7 14. Nh4 Ng5 15. f4 $16) 12. Nh4 $1 c6 (12... Nd7
13. O-O f5 $2 14. h3) 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qd7 15. f4 Qb5 16. e4 Be2 17. Rfe1
(17. fxe5 Ng4 $1 (17... dxe5 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Nf5 Qd3 20. Qc1) (17... Bxf1 18.
exf6 Bxg2 19. fxg7 Re8 20. Nf5 $40) 18. Rfe1 Qb6+) 17... Bd3 18. Qd2 Re8 19.
Kh1 (19. Nf5 $5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Bb5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qg5 $18) 19... g6 20. a4 Qa6
21. b3 Rc8 22. Bf3 (22. Rad1 Ng4 23. h3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nxd1 26.
Rxd1 Be2) 22... Nd7 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. fxe5 (24. Bb4 f5 $132) 24... b5 (24...
dxe5 25. Bb4 f5 26. Bxc5 fxe4 27. Bb4 $1 (27. Bg1 Rc2 28. Qe3 exf3 29. Qxd3
Qxd3 30. Rxd3 f2) 27... Rc2 28. Qe3 exf3 29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 f2 31. Rf1 $18)
25. Bd4 bxa4 26. Bxc5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 $1 (7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 g4 $17) (7. Bxf6 Qxf6) 7... Qe7 8. a3 (8. e3 e5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3
Nb8 11. Be2 O-O 12. h3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O $14 {Finegold,B-Sosonko,G/
Amsterdam II/1989/ ->CBM 15}) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12.
Nd2 $1 Nbd7 13. Be2 e4 $6 14. O-O (14. g4 $5 Ne5 15. h3) 14... Kh8 15. Bd4 (15.
Rae1 {/\ f3}) 15... Ne5 16. Bd1 (16. Nxe4 $2 Bf5) 16... Bd7 17. Qc3 Bf5 18. Bc2
Bg6 (18... Bh7 $5) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qb4 (20. f3 exf3 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxf3
$16) 20... Qd6 21. f3 exf3 22. Bxg6 fxg6 (22... fxg2 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Be4 $16)
23. Rxf3 a5 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Raf1 Kg8 26. a4 $16 Rac8 $6 (26... g5 $1) 27. h4
Rcd8 28. b3 b6 29. R1f2 Ng4 30. Rf1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Nf6 32. Kf1 Nd7 33. Ke2 Nc5
34. Kd1 Nd3 35. Rf1 Rd7 36. Kc2 Nc5 37. Kc3 Na6 (37... Rd8 38. b4 Nxa4+ 39. Kb3
$18) 38. g4 Rd8 39. g5 h5 40. Rf3 Rf8 $6 (40... Rd7 41. Nb1 {/\ Na3-b5-a7-c6,
b4+-}) 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. c5 $1 bxc5 (42... Nxc5 43. Kc4 $18) 43. Nc4 Ke7 44.
Nxa5 Nc7 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. Nc6 Na6 47. e4 Nc7 48. a5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Vaujany op-A 8th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Gazik,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bd2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 a5 9. b3 Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 (11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O e4 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 d5 15. Nc2 Qe6 16. c5 h5 17. b4 a4 18. b5 Ne7 19. Bb4 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Bd2 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 Rb3 23. Nb4 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qc8 25. Na2 Qc7 26. h3 g5 27. Be1
Ng6 28. Rb6 g4 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. h4 Ne8 31. Qd1 Qc8 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Qb2 f5 34. g3
Kf7 35. Na2 Ng7 36. Rb7 Qc8 37. Qb6 f4 38. Nb4 Ngf5 39. Nxc6 fxe3 40. Ne5+ Kg8
{Fridman,D (2639)-Kovalenko,I (2702) Liepaja 2015 1-0}) 11... Nb8 12. Nd2 c6
13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O d5 $146 (15... Be6 16. Qb2 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8
18. Ne4 Nb6 19. a4 f6 20. Ng3 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Ne4 Rac8 24. h3
Ncb4 25. Bd2 b6 26. Ng3 Nc6 27. e4 Nc7 28. Nf5 Qf8 29. Be3 Rb8 30. Qe2 Bxf5 31.
exf5 Nd4 32. Qg4 b5 33. axb5 Ncxb5 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Rfc1 Rd6 36. Bxb5 Nxb5 37.
Bc5 Qd8 38. Bxd6 Qxd6 39. Rxa5 {1-0 (39) Brynell,S (2498)-Klings,P (2178)
Helsingor 2012}) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 Be6 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Rac1 f6
21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Bb1 b5 23. Nd2 b4 24. Ne4 Nde7 25. Nc5 Bf7 26. axb4 axb4 27.
Qc2 Ng6 28. Qe2 Qe7 29. Bf5 Ra8 30. Qb5 Na5 31. Be4 Rdb8 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qb5
Rdb8 34. Qe2 Ra7 35. Rfd1 Nf8 36. Na6 Rb6 37. Bd3 Nxb3 (37... Bxb3 38. Rd2 e4
39. Bb5 Rab7) 38. Rc8 Rd7 39. Nb8 Rc7 40. Rd8 Nc5 41. Bf5 Rcb7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 {A rare move, leading to an
interesting struggle. This position can also arise from a 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6
variation} 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 (6. a3 {is another line, forcing an exchange of
the black bishop, though White usually prefers to recapture on c3 with the
bishop} Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 (7... Qe7 {deserves attention} 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 e5 10.
d5 Nb8 11. b3 c6 {is unclear, Pelletier,Y - Alterman,B Dresden 1998}) 8. b3 Qe7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 {Prokopchuk,E-Vlassov,N/
Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998/1/2-1/2 (81) arises a typical position for
this line, where White is a little better.}) (6. Bd2 {is another possible move,
in the famous game Bareev,E - Timman,J Corus 2004 White was able to get a
slight edge after} O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b4 e5 11. d5 Nb8
12. e4 Bg4 13. Be2 $14 {although he lost after an interesting game}) 6... h6 (
6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Bxd8 Nxc3 9. Bxc7 Ne4 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Rc1 {with a clear edge for White in the endgame, Ivanov,S - Balberov,A
Smolensk 2000 1-0(38)}) 7. Bd2 (7. Bxf6 {Giving the bishop up is not a way to
fight for advantage, Black doesn't have any problem to equalise:} Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O-O {0-1 Claassen,
J-Rashkovsky,N/Oberwart 2002/CBM 089 ext (26) and Black is totally fine.}) (7.
Bh4 $2 {obviously not here, since after} g5 8. Bg3 g4 {white loses a pawn})
7... e5 {Black wishes to leave the e7 square for his knight, it was also
possible to play Qe7 and after d4-d5 to retreat with the knight to b8.} (7...
Qe7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. e4 e5 {allowing white to play e4-e5 is highly
unpleasent for black} 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 {with a
more comfortable game for white, Shariyazdanov,A - Horvath,T Izmir 2004 1-0(54)
}) 8. d5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne7 10. e4 {This is a typical position for this line, it
reminds of a King's Indian defense but without the black dark-squared bishop}
O-O (10... Nh5 {is also possible, preparing an immedeate f7-f5:} 11. g3 f5 12.
exf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Qe2 Qe8 {and Black seems to be fine
here 0-1 Flear,G-Bologan,V/Belfort 2004/EXT 2005 (30)}) 11. Nh4 {White
prepares to stop Black's agression, with f7-f5.} (11. Bd3 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 {
and Black can't complain here.}) 11... Ne8 {[%cal Gd8h4] threatening to take
on d5} (11... Nh5 {looks like a better spot for the knight, White would have
probably continued as in the game.} 12. g3 f5 13. f3 {when black can simply
transpose to the game, with} (13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 {with a serious
initiative for black}) 13... fxe4 (13... f4 14. g4 Nxd5 $2 {doesn't work in
view of} 15. Ng2 $1 Nxc3 16. gxh5 {and Black loses a piece}) 14. fxe4 Nf6 {
with a fine position.}) 12. g3 {White protects the knight.} f5 13. f3 fxe4 14.
fxe4 Nf6 15. h3 (15. O-O-O Ng4 16. Re1 Rf2 17. Qb3 a5 {leads to a complicated
game.}) (15. Be2 $5 {deserved attention, planning h2-h3 and preventing Black
from playing Nh5.}) 15... Nh5 {Black harrasses White's kingside, using the
fact that in case white plays g3-g4 the black knight would be very strong on
f4.} 16. Qh2 c6 17. Be2 Nf6 (17... Qe8 {was also possible, not fearing 18.c5.}
18. O-O-O (18. c5 $6 cxd5 (18... dxc5 $2 19. d6 $1) 19. cxd6 Nc6 20. exd5 Nd4 {
with a strong intiative}) 18... Nf6 19. Bd3 b5 $5 {leads to complications} (
19... cxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 21. Qe2 Rc8 22. Kb1 {is slightly better
for White}) 20. c5 dxc5 (20... b4 $5 {deserves attention, further complicating
the situation}) 21. d6 Ng6 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Bxe5 Be6 24. Kb1 Nd7 25. Bf4 Qf7 {
with strong counterplay for Black.}) 18. Bd3 Qb6 {Taking control of the a7-g1
diagonal, the drawback of this move is that Black blocks his b-pawn, which
could blow up the white centre.} 19. Qe2 (19. O-O-O $2 {is strongly met by}
Nxe4 $1 (19... Qe3+ $6 20. Rd2 Nxe4 21. Ng2 Qf3 22. Ne1 Qe3 23. Ng2 {and White
forces a draw}) 20. Bxe4 Qe3+ 21. Qd2 Qxe4 $17) 19... Nh7 20. Nf3 {Covering
the g5 square, the position is pretty balanced.} cxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 {Finishing
the development and connecting rooks.} 22. O-O-O {White finds a shelter for
his king on the queenside.} Rac8 {Now Black threatens to play ...Ng5 and
penetrate to the second rank with the rook, in case White captures the knight.}
23. Rdf1 {Defending against the threat.} a6 $1 {A strong move, preparing the
exchange of the light-squared bishops with ...Bb5.} 24. Rh2 $2 {Weakens the
first rank, what would be clear in a few moves.} (24. Nd2 {kept the balance}
Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Bb5 (25... Rf8 26. Ne3) 26. Nd2 Nf6 27. Rf1 {with approximate
equality.}) 24... Rf7 25. Nd2 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Bb5 {Black has gained an
advantage, his pieces are more harmonically placed and the white pawn on e4 is
weak and needs constant attention.} 27. Ne3 $2 {A serious mistake, White has
probaly missed black's 29th move.} ({It was better to admit the mistake and
return with the rook:} 27. Rh1 {in order to cover the g1 square} Nf6 28. Nd2
Nh5 (28... Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qd4 30. Qf3 {and White is ok}) 29. Qxh5 (29. Nf1 Bxd3
30. Qxd3 Qf2 $17) 29... Bxd3 {with advantage for Black, though White is still
in the game.}) 27... Nf6 {[%csl Re4] Now the pawn on e4 falls.} 28. Nd1 Bxd3
29. Qxd3 Qd4 $1 30. Rd2 Qxe4 31. Ne3 b5 32. a3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O ({
Besides Black has two main alternatives:} 7... Qe7 $5 {You can see my comments
to Mrva,M-Blatny,P/Krynica,1998/CBM 67(1-0)(46)}) ({and} 7... a5 $5) 8. Bg5 $5
({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 8. g3 $5) (8. e3) ({and} 
8. b4 {(The most testing move). See comments to Volkov,S-Bologan,V/Kstovo,1997/
CBM 59(1-0)(Stohl,I)(61)}) 8... h6 {Also were checked up in previous games: 8..
.Re8; 8...Qe7 and 8...a5!?} 9. Bh4 g5 $5 ({On:} 9... Re8 {you can find three
games in Mega Database 2003.}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 ({Hardly is
better:} 12... a5 13. b3 (13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {+/=/=}) 13... Qf6 14. O-O-O
Kg7 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {Taskovits,I-Berkes,F/Szekszard,
1998(1-0)(48)}) 13. c5 $5 {Differently,Black quietly will finish development
and will receive convenient game:} (13. Bd3 $6 {Stohl,I} Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 $36 {
()}) ({Also deserves attention:} 13. O-O-O $5 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c5 $1 {
You can see comments to Hertneck,G-Titov,G/Moscow,1994/CBM 45(1-0)(Stohl,I)(54)
}) (13. d5 $143 Nd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K-Dizdar,G/Slavonski Brod,1995(13)})
13... h5 $5 $146 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} ({Were checked in the preceding game:
} 13... dxc5 $6 14. dxc5 (14. Bxc7 $143 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rf7 $1 $11 {[%csl Rc7]} (
15... Nxd4 $6 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 $36)) 14... e5 (14... Nxg3 $5 15. hxg3 g4 (
15... e5 16. Bb5 $14) 16. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Rh6]}) 15. Bb5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Be6 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc3 e4 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd4 $14 {Karr,J-Bricard,E/Meribel,1998
(1/2-1/2)(58)}) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. h4 g4 ({Badly:} 15... Nxg3 $2 {because of:}
16. hxg5 Qg6 17. fxg3 $16) 16. Nd2 {For White it is certainly favourable to
exchange NN.} ({It was very interestingly:} 16. Bh2 $5 {[%csl Re4]} Qd8 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Ye4f6]} (16... gxf3 $6 17. gxf3 {[%csl Re4]} Qxh4 $2 18. fxe4 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gh1g1]}) 17. Ng5 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Nd2 $143 Qxh4 18. Nxe4 fxe4
19. Rc1 Bd7 $13 {[%csl Rf2]}) 17... Qa5+ 18. Ke2 $14) 16... Nxd2 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 16... Nxg3 $5 17. fxg3 Qh6 (17... Bd7 $5 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Bd3 $11
) 18. Qd3 (18. Kf2 e5 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 18... b5 $1 $11 {[%csl Re3]}) 17. Qxd2 e5
{[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5f4]} 18. d5 $5 ({Leads to equality:} 18. Bc4+ Kg7 19. d5 f4
(19... Ne7 $6 20. f4 $1 $14) 20. dxc6 fxg3 21. fxg3 bxc6 $11) 18... f4 $5 ({
Leads to benefit of the White:} 18... Ne7 19. f4 $1 gxf3 20. gxf3 f4 21. exf4
exf4 22. Bf2 $14) 19. dxc6 ({Pretty dubiously:} 19. Bh2 $6 {in view of:} fxe3
20. fxe3 $140 (20. Qxe3 Nd4 $36) 20... Na5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5b3]} 21.
Qxa5 $140 $2 Qf2+ 22. Kd1 g3 $1 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 23. Be2 gxh2 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Gf2]
}) 19... fxg3 20. Bc4+ Be6 $6 {Can it was not necessary to hasten with this
exchange of the bishops.} (20... Kg7 $5 21. fxg3 bxc6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 22. Rf1
Qg6 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Rd1 Ke7 (24... d5 $2 25. Bxd5 cxd5 $140 $2 26. Qxd5 Rb8
27. Qd8+ {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gd8c7]} Qe8 28. Qd6+ {[%csl Rb8,Rf8]}) 25. Qa5 Bd7
$13) 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. fxg3 (22. cxb7 $2 gxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rab8 $15) 22... bxc6
23. e4 {[%csl Rg8,Rh5][%cal Gd2g5]} Qg6 24. O-O-O {[%csl Yc1,Rg8] Position of
White more preferably at the expense of the location of the his king.} Rf6 ({
Too passively,but reliably:} 24... Rad8 25. Rhf1 $140 Rf6 {[%csl Rd6,Yd8,Yf6,
Yg6]}) 25. Qc2 Rc8 ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 25... Rd8 {
[%cal Gd6d5]} 26. Rhe1 (26. Qxc6 $2 d5 {[%csl Rc1,Rc6]}) 26... Qe8) ({or} 25...
c5 {/\Raf8}) 26. Kb1 {+/=/=} Qf7 27. Rd2 Rf1+ $2 {The strange decision,
probably connected to the strategical miscalculation.} ({It was necessary:} 
27... Kh7 $5 28. Rhd1 Qc7 29. Rd3 Rd8 {+/=/=}) 28. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Rd1 $16 {
[%csl Rd6]} Qf8 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 29... Qf6 30. Qb3+ {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc8][%cal Gb3b7]}) 30. Qc4+ ({Also good enough:} 30. Qd2 $5 {
[%csl Rd6,Rg5][%cal Gd2d6,Gd2g5]}) 30... Kg7 31. Rf1 {Black can not
simultaneously protect all weaknesses.} Qe7 $2 {It's,already decisive mistake.}
({More stubborn resistance after:} 31... Qe8 {[%cal Ye8h5]} 32. Rf5 Rc7 33.
Rg5+ Kh7 34. Qf1 $16 {[%csl Rh5,Rh7][%cal Gf1f5]}) 32. Rf5 {[%csl Rh5]} c5 (
32... Qe8 $144 33. Rg5+ Kh7 34. Qf1 {[%cal Gf1f5]} Rc7 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. Qf6+
Kh7 37. Qxd6 $18) 33. Rg5+ $1 ({The rest is the matter of technics:} 33. Rg5+
Kh7 (33... Kf8 34. Qg8#) (33... Kf6 34. Qf1+ Ke6 35. Qf5#) (33... Kh6 34. Qc1 {
[%csl Gc1,Re7,Rh6][%cal Gg5e5]}) 34. Rxh5+ Kg6 35. Rg5+) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 {Besides White has
two main alternatives:} (6. Bg5 $5 {You can see my comments to Milov,
V-Yermolinsky,A/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(38)}) ({and} 6. a3 $5 {You can see my
annotations to game: Kacheishvili,G-Mastrovasilis,A/Istanbul,2003/CBM 96(1-0)
(33)}) 6... O-O ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 6... a5 {See
comments to Bareev,E-Gulko,B/New Delhi,2000/CBM 81(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 7. a3
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 ({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 8... a5
$5) ({and} 8... Qe7 $5 {You can see comments to Ruzele,D-Ostojic,N/Budapest,
1996/CBM 56(1/2-1/2)(Kantsler,B)(34)}) 9. Rd1 $5 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]} (9. e3 $5 {
You can see annotations to Lautier,J-Piket,J/Groningen,1995/CBM 51(1/2-1/2)
(Dautov,R)(42)}) ({Also were checked in the preceding games:} 9. g3 {; 9.b4; 9.
e4 and 9.0-0-0}) 9... Qe7 10. b4 $5 $146 {[%cal Gb4b5,Ye2e4] This continuation
is the next attempt of Evgeny Bareev to bring in a "new word " in theory of
Nimzo Indian.} ({On:} 10. g3 {you can find four games in Mega DataBase 2004}) (
{Once were checked in the preceding game:} 10. d5 $5) ({Also it deserves
attention:} 10. e3 {You can see comments to game: Alterman,B-Kosashvili,Y/
Rishon Le Ziyyon,1996/CBM 53(1-0)(Alterman,B)(46)}) 10... e5 {It's the most
logical reaction to the previous move of White.} 11. d5 ({Leads to equal game:
} 11. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 (11... dxe5 $2 12. b5 e4 13. bxc6 exf3 14. gxf3 Qxa3 15. Rg1
$14 {[%csl Gc3,Gg1,Rg8]}) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. e3 a5 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4]}) 11... Nb8
12. e4 {Results of a opening: White has a obvious positional advantage at the
expense of best pawns chain and presence of two bishops.} Bg4 ({Hardly it was
better:} 12... a5 13. Be2 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 {[%csl Rc2,Rd1][%cal Gd7a4]} 15.
Rc1 $14) 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. Nh4 ({Can it was better to include the following
move:} 14. h3 Bh5 (14... Bxf3 $143 15. Bxf3 {[%csl Yc3,Gf3]}) 15. Nh4 Bxe2 16.
Nf5 Qf8 17. Qxe2 g6 18. Ng3 $14) 14... Bxe2 15. Nf5 $1 ({After:} 15. Qxe2 {
Black has an additional opportunity:} Nxd5 $5 16. Nf5 $140 {[%csl Rd5,Re7,Rg8]
[%cal Gf5e7]} Nxc3 $8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {[%csl Rd1,Re2]} 18. Qd3 Nxd1 19. Qxd1 (
19. Kxd1 $143 a5 $132 {[%csl Ga8,Rd1]}) 19... a5 20. O-O $14) 15... Qf8 16.
Kxe2 {The rather strange decision.In my opinion,it was better:} (16. Qxe2 {
[%cal Ye2h5]} g6 17. Ng3 $14) 16... Nh5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5f4,Gg7g6]} 17. Bd2
(17. Rhe1 $5 {[%cal Ye2f1]}) 17... Nf4+ 18. Kf1 ({Leads to unnecessary
complications:} 18. Bxf4 $6 exf4 19. Rhe1 Ne5 {[%cal Gg7g6]}) 18... g6 19. Ne3
{[%cal Gg2g3]} c5 $5 {Thus Jan Timman prevent a immediate pressure of White in
queen side.} 20. g3 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. g3
Ne6 {[%csl Rd4]} 22. Bc3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf1g2]} c5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6d4]
+/=/=}) 20... Nh5 21. Kg2 $14 Qe7 22. Rb1 {Can it was not necessary to spend
tempo for this move.} (22. h3 $5 {/\Ng4} Ng7 23. Rhf1 Rf8 24. Rde1 f5 $140 25.
f4 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Ye5,Re7,Gf4,Yf5]}) 22... Rf8 {Black's plan is: Ng7 and f5.}
23. f3 Kh8 (23... Ng7 $142 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 24. bxc5 $140 $6 Nxc5 25. Bb4 Rac8
$11) 24. Qd3 ({Can be recommended:} 24. Rhf1 $5 Ng7 $140 25. Rbe1 Rae8 (25...
f5 $143 26. exf5 Nxf5 (26... gxf5 27. f4 $14) 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. f4 $14) 26. Bc3
$14) 24... Ng7 25. Nd1 {From my point of view,this continuation is much better,
than:} (25. Rhf1 f5 26. Rbe1 {[%cal Gf3f4]} f4 $1 27. Ng4 Nh5 $13) 25... f5 26.
Nf2 Rf7 27. exf5 gxf5 {[%csl Ye5,Yf5]} 28. Rhe1 Rg8 {<->g; עg2} 29. f4 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd2c3]} Nh5 $2 (29... e4 $5 30. Qe3 h6 {[%cal Yh8h7]} 31. Bc3
Kh7 $14) 30. Qf3 $6 {White did not use discrepancy of the contender.} (30. bxc5
$1 {[%csl Rb7]} Qh4 $6 (30... Nxc5 $142 31. Qc3 {[%csl Re5,Rh8]} Re8 32. Be3
$16) 31. cxd6 Rfg7 (31... Nxf4+ 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Re8 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge8,Yg8,
Rh4]}) (31... exf4 32. Bc3+ Ndf6 33. Qd4 {[%csl Rh4]} f3+ (33... Rfg7 34. Re7
f3+ 35. Kxf3 Qxh2 36. Rbxb7 $1 $18) 34. Kxf3 Qxh2 35. Re7 Rxg3+ 36. Ke2 Rxc3
37. Qxc3 Nf4+ 38. Kd1 Qxf2 39. d7 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd7,Rh8][%cal Gd7d8]}) 32. Nh1
$1 {[%csl Yh1]} exf4 (32... Nxf4+ 33. Bxf4 exf4 (33... Qxf4 34. Rxb7 e4 35. Qd4
Qxd6 36. Rxa7 $18) 34. Qc3 fxg3 35. hxg3 Nf6 36. Re6 Nh5 $140 37. Qxg7+ $1 Nxg7
(37... Rxg7 $4 38. Re8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. gxh4) 38. gxh4 Nxe6+ 39. Kf3 $18
) 33. Bc3 Ndf6 34. Qd4 Nxg3 35. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kh1 (36. hxg3 $4 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1
Qg2#) 36... R3g6 37. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 38. Re6 {[%csl Gd6]} Kg7 (38... Rgf8 39.
Rxf6 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Qxf6 (39... Rxf6 $2 40. d7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd7d8]}) 40.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 41. d7 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd7d8]}) 39. Rxf6 {[%csl Rg7]} Qxf6 40.
Rg1+ $1 Kf7 $140 41. Bxf6 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Kxf6 43. c5 $18) 30... Qh4 {[%csl Rg2]
} 31. fxe5 $6 {After this inaccurate move White will have to fight for
equality.} (31. Nh3 $5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gh3g5] +/=/+/-}) 31... Rfg7 $1 {
The important intermediate move.Can him and did not see Evgeny Bareev and
wrongly hoped on:} (31... Nxe5 $2 32. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rh8]} Rfg7 $140 $2 33.
Rxe5 $1 dxe5 (33... Rxg3+ $2 34. hxg3 Rxg3+ 35. Kf1 dxe5 (35... Rxf3 $2 36.
Re8#) 36. Bxe5+ $18 {[%csl Rg3,Rh8]}) 34. Bxe5 $18) 32. Rb3 {[%csl Yb3]} ({
Is more interesting alternative:} 32. exd6 Nxg3 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2][%cal Gg3e4]}
33. Bc3 (33. Rbd1 $4 Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Nxd2+ $1 35. Rxd2 $140 Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Re8+ {
[%csl Re1,Re2]}) 33... Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Qxh2 $15) (32. Nh1 $2 Nxe5
$17 {[%csl Rc4,Rg2][%cal Gf5f4]}) 32... Nxe5 33. Rxe5 $1 {[] White had no
other alternative:} (33. Qxf5 $2 Nxg3 $1 34. hxg3 Rxg3+ 35. Rxg3 (35. Kf1 Qxc4+
$1 {[%csl Rb3,Rf1][%cal Gg3g1]}) 35... Rxg3+ 36. Kf1 Rf3 $3 {[%csl Rf1,Rf5]}
37. Qxf3 (37. Qc8+ $143 Kg7 38. Qc7+ (38. Be3 $2 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Rxe3+ 40. Kxe3
Qxe1+ {[%csl Re3,Rf2][%cal Ge1f2,Ye3f2] with mate in 3 moves}) (38. Re2 $2 Qh1#
) 38... Rf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 37... Nxf3 38. Bc3+ Kg8 (38... Ne5 $5 {[%csl
Rc4]}) 39. Re4 Qg5 {[%csl Rf1,Yf3,Rg4][%cal Yf3h2,Yh2g4]} 40. Ke2 Ng1+ 41. Kd1
h5 $19) (33. Qc3 $2 cxb4 34. axb4 f4 {[%csl Rg2] with decisive attack.}) 33...
dxe5 34. Qxf5 $8 (34. bxc5 $2 Qxc4 {[%csl Rb3]} 35. Rc3 Qa2 {[%csl Rd2]} 36.
Bh6 Nf4+ (36... Rxg3+ $2 37. hxg3 Rxg3+ 38. Qxg3 Nxg3 39. Rxg3 Qxd5+ 40. Kf1
$15) 37. Bxf4 (37. Kf1 Qa1+ 38. Nd1 Rg6 $19) 37... exf4 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2]
[%cal Ga2d5,Gf4g3]}) 34... Qxc4 {[%csl Rb3,Gc4,Rd5][%cal Gc4d5,Gc4b3]} 35. Rf3
(35. Rd3 $2 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. bxc5 fxg3 38. hxg3 Qxc5 $17) 35... Qxd5 36.
Ne4 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss.} ({It was necessary:} 36.
Nd3 Nxg3 (36... Qa2 $143 37. Rf2 (37. Qxh5 $2 Qxd2+ 38. Nf2 e4 $19 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Ge4f3,Ge4e3,Ge3f2]}) 37... Qxa3 38. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rg7,Rh5]} (38. Qxh5
$143 Qxd3 39. Qxe5 $15 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd2c3,Gd2h6]}) 38... Re7 39. Nxe5 Qb3 {
[%csl Re5,Rg2][%cal Gb3d5]} 40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7 Qxf7 42. Rxf7 cxb4 43. Rxb7
$11) (36... Nf6 $143 37. Qxf6 e4 38. Rf5 Qxd3 (38... Qd4 $2 39. Bc3 {[%csl Rd4,
Rg7,Rh8] /^a1-h8} Qxf6 (39... Qxd3 $4 40. Qxg7+ Rxg7 41. Rf8#) 40. Bxf6 exd3
41. bxc5 $16) 39. Bh6 cxb4 40. Bxg7+ Rxg7 41. Qf8+ Rg8 42. Qf6+ $11) 37. hxg3
Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 $15) 36... Rg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd2,
Re4]} 37. Qxh5 Rxe4 38. Bh6 Re2+ 39. Kh3 Qe6+ $1 40. Rf5 ({Also loses right
away:} 40. g4 e4 41. Rg3 (41. Rf5 Qb3+ 42. Kh4 Rxh2#) 41... Qf6 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gf6f1,Ge2h2]} 42. g5 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Rf2 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf2f4]} 44. Qh3
Qe2+ 45. Kh4 Rxh2 {[%csl Rh3,Rh4]}) 40... Rf2 {[%csl Rf5,Rh3]} (40... Rf2 {
After this move White resigns, because of this variation:} 41. g4 $8 Qb3+ 42.
Kh4 Rxh2# {[%csl Rh4]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 $5 (6. Bg5 $5 {
See comments to Ivanov,S-Balberov,A/Smolensk,2000/CBM 77(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) (
6. a3 $5 {See comments to Mrva,M-Blatny,P/Krynica, 1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)
(46)}) 6... a5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 (8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 O-O $11)
8... Qe7 (8... O-O 9. e4 (9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. b3 e5 12. dxe5 (12. d5 $14)
12... dxe5 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Calistri-Neiman/Paris fide 1994 (37)}) 9... Nd7 (
9... Qe7 $14) 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b3 $14 (12. O-O a4 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Gb3]
1/2-1/2 Bystrov S,M-Sergeev V,V/cr 1990/ (22)})) 9. e4 {Here white played also:
} (9. d5 Nb8 10. dxe6 Bxe6 (10... fxe6 11. e4 $14 (11. g3 Nc6 12. Bg2 e5 $132 {
0-1 Kort,J-Hecht,H/Amsterdam 1971 (22)})) 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 a4 13. O-O O-O
14. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Euwe-Stahlberg G./telegraaf 1954(36)}) (9. Rd1 O-O (9... a4
10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Porath,Y-Langeweg,K/Lugano 1968 (32)
}) 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 $14 {1-0 Wood,B-Milner Barry,P/York ch-GBR
1959 (50)}) (9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bh5 13. Bd3 Bg6 $11 {
1-0 Palliser,R-Scannell,S/Scarborough ENG 1999 (63)}) (9. e3 a4 (9... O-O 10.
Be2 a4 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 $14 {0-1 Bouwmeester,H-Johannsson,I/
Copenhagen 1956/(37)}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O (11. dxe5 dxe5
12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ree,H-Hecht,H/Teesside 1972/ (41)}) 11...
Bg4 12. b4 exd4 (12... Rfe8 13. d5 $14 (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Kh1 $2 $15 {1-0 Euwe,
M-Szabados/Zurich 1952 (39)})) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rfe8 {
1/2-1/2 Marovic,D-Hecht,H/Amsterdam 1972 (15)}) 10... dxe5 11. h3 (11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O Re8 13. h3 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ippolito,D-Christiansen,L/New York USA 2000/
The Week in Chess 288/ (50)}) 11... O-O 12. Be2 g6 (12... a4 13. O-O g6 $1 {
Flohr-Tartacover/Groningen/1946} 14. b4 $8 (14. e4 $14) 14... axb3) 13. b3 Bf5
14. Qb2 Rfe8 15. O-O Ne4 $11 {0-1 Van Scheltinga,T-Reshevsky,S/Amsterdam ,MCL
1950/[Ftacnik] (59)}) 10. Be2 e5 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien
Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest FS03 GM 1994(53)}) 9... e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 $5 $146 {
White opens c-line for the initiative on the queenside in closest future.} (11.
b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 O-O 14. Be2 $142 (14. g3 Nh5 15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O
f4 $132 {1-0 Whiteley,A-Martin,B/London 1994 (31)}) 14... Na6 15. Bc3 Bg4 16.
O-O $14) 11... O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 {Interesting manoeuvre. N wants to
take part in queenside white activity.} (13. Bd3 $144 Bg4 14. Nd2 $14 {[%csl
Rd3][%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5,Gc5d3]}) 13... Nbd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4
Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Na6 18. Qb1 (18. Bc3 Bg4 $1 (18... Qc7 {[%csl Rb4]} 19. Bd3 {
[%csl Gc2]} Bd7 20. O-O Ba4 21. Qb2 Rc8 22. Rc1 h6 $14) (18... Bd7 19. O-O Rc8
20. Qb3 Nc7 21. Bb2 $14) 19. f3 Bd7 20. O-O Nh5 $132 {[%cal Gh5f4,Ge7g5,Gf7f5]}
) 18... Bg4 19. f3 $6 $132 {Side which has space and pair of BB advantage must
avoid pieces exchange. But not in this position!} ({Much better was:} 19. Bxg4
Nxg4 20. O-O f5 21. h3 Nf6 22. exf5 Nxd5 23. b5 Nac7 24. Qb3 b6 25. Ne4 $14 {
[%cal Gf1d1]}) 19... Bd7 20. O-O Rc8 $2 $14 ({After f2-f3 Be2 can't control h5
square, so very strong was} 20... Nh5 $1 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ge7g5,Gh5f4]
starting counterplay on the kingside,and now:} 21. g3 (21. Rc1 {leads to draw
by force:} Nf4 22. Bf1 (22. Bxa6 $2 Qg5 $1 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2 25. Bxb7
Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 22... Qg5 (22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1 (23. gxh3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2
25. b5 Nc5 26. Bxe5 Nxe4 27. fxe4 dxe5 $132) 23... Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 23.
Nc4 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 21... Qg5 22. Rf2 b5 23. Bf1 $132 {
with at least equal position in all variations!}) 21. Nc4 Qd8 $2 $16 {[%cal
Gd7b5] Preparing 22... Bb5 and overlooking the next move of white.} ({Here
noted above move} 21... Nh5 $1 {also was worth of attention} 22. g3 Bh3 (22...
Qg5 23. Kf2 $1 $14 (23. Nxd6 Nxg3 $11)) 23. Re1 Qg5 $132 (23... b5 24. Ne3 (24.
Na5 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Qf2 $19) 24... Nc7 25. Bf1 $14)) (21... Bb5 $2 22. Nb6 $1 $18)
22. b5 $1 (22. Nxd6 $4 Qb6+) 22... Nb8 $8 (22... Nc5 23. Nxd6 $18) 23. Kh1 {
Preventing ...Qb6+} (23. Qb4 Ne8 24. Kh1 $16 {-like in the game}) 23... Ne8 24.
Qb4 b6 $6 {losing by force} ({The only resistance possibility was} 24... Qc7 {
but after, for example,} 25. Rb1 {position of Black is quite difficult:} f6 (
25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Bxe5 $16) 26. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2a3]} (26.
b6 Qc5 $14) 26... Qc5 (26... Rd8 27. Rc1 $16) 27. Ba3 Qf2 28. Qb2 $16 {[%csl
Rd6]}) 25. Nxd6 $1 Qe7 26. Bxe5 $1 Rc2 (26... Qxe5 27. Nxc8 Bxc8 28. f4 $18)
27. Bd3 Qxe5 28. Bxc2 Qxd6 (28... Nxd6 29. f4 $18) 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. Ra1 Be8
31. e5 Nxb5 32. Ra8 {[%csl Rb8,Re8]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bg5 (6. a3 $5 {See
comments to Pelletier,Y-Alterman,B/Dresden,1998/CBM 65(0-1)(Golod,V)(39)}) (6.
Bd2 $5 {See comments to Bareev,E-Gulko,B/New Delhi,2000/CBM 81(1-0)(Golod,V)
(32)}) 6... h6 $5 {It's main line.} (6... Bxc3+ {"The little bit strange
decision.The idea of this variation is to place black's PP on the black
squares,because in future Bb4 will be changed on Nc3". You can see comments to
Ivanov,S-Balberov,A/Smolensk,2000/CBM 77(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) ({Dubiously:} 6...
e5 {in view of:} 7. d5 Bxc3+ (7... Ne7 $4 8. Qa4+ {[%csl Rb4,Re8] 1-0
Samisch-Capablanca/Carlsbad,1929(8)}) 8. Qxc3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 a5 (10...
Ng6 11. Bg2 h5 12. h4 $14 {Tunik,G-Pozdniakov,S/Chigorin mem,St.Petersburg,
1997(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 11. Bg2 b6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 $14 {Vilela Jose
Luis-Tallarico,M/Alcobendas,1994(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 7. Bd2 (7. Bh4 $2 {is refuted
by:} g5 $1 8. Bg3 $140 g4 {[%csl Rd4,Yf3][%cal Gg4f3]} 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. Qd3 Nf5
$17 {Korotylev,A-Najer,E/Moscow,1996(0-1)(29)}) ({Nor leads to advantage of
white:} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 e5 $11 {Eliskases,
E-Schmitt,L/Bad Oeynhausen,1938(1-0)(51)}) 7... O-O $5 ({Also was checked
repeatedly in the previous games:} 7... e5 $5 8. a3 $5 Bxc3 (8... exd4 $5 9.
axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3) 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 $14 {Gurevich,
M-Benjamin,J/New York,1989(1-0)(38)}) (7... Qe7 {See comments to Miles,
A-Benjamin,J/USA-ch,1989/CBM 19(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(48)}) ({and} 7... a5 8. a3 Bxc3
9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 {+/=/= Drasko,
M-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade,1994(1/2-1/2)(33)}) 8. e3 $5 ({Weakly:} 8. e4 {
in view of:} e5 9. d5 Ne7 (9... Nd4 $1 $36) 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O $14 {Gonzalez
Haro,E-Kuijpers,F/Malaga,1965(0-1)(30)}) (8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. g3 {
+/=/=  See comments to Gurevich,M-Torre,E/Jakarta,1996/CBM 56(0-1)(Gurevich,M)
(38)} (10. e3 $5)) (8. g3 $6 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bg2 Be6 $11 {
Dzevlan,M-Ostojic,N/Banja Vrucica,1991 (0-1)(29)}) ({Interestingly:} 8. O-O-O
Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 dxe5 {+/=/= Chabanon,J-Ikonnikov,V/France,
1999(1-0)(42)}) 8... e5 $5 (8... Re8 $143 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O e5
11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bg4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd7 15. Ne1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 $14 {
Amura,C-Gonzalez,J/Matanzas,1992(1/2-1/2)(45)}) ({Also it deserves attention:} 
8... a5 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Ne4 15. Rc1 f5 $11 {Martinez,M-Bronstein,L/Buenos Aires,1993(0-1)(69)}) 9. d5
Ne7 $5 $146 ({A little worse is:} 9... Nb8 10. Be2 a5 {[%cal Yb8a6]} 11. O-O
Nbd7 (11... Na6 $5) 12. b3 Nc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nce4 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Qe7 17. e4 Bd7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfc1 $14 {Arkhipov,S-Ogloblin,N/Novokuznetsk,1999
(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 10. a3 {Already it is time to take away the bishop!} Bxc3 11.
Bxc3 Bf5 $1 {/^b1-h7 Differently,white will put pawn on point "e4".} 12. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7] ׫} Ne4 13. Be2 ({Impossibly:} 13. Qxb7 $4 {because of:} Nc5 14. Qb5
(14. Qb4 $143 a5 15. Qb5 Bd7 {[%csl Rb5]}) 14... Rb8 15. Qa5 Nb3 $19 {[%csl
Ra1,Ra5]}) 13... a5 14. Rc1 {[%csl Yc1][%cal Yc1c3]} ({Again impossibly:} 14.
Qxb7 $4 Nc5 15. Qb5 Bd7 {[%csl Rb5]}) 14... a4 15. Qd1 c6 $11 {This piece of a
game Alex Yermolinsky plays very strongly!} 16. dxc6 (16. O-O $143 Nxc3 17.
Rxc3 c5) 16... Nxc6 ({In my opinion,it was better:} 16... bxc6) 17. Nd2 Nxc3 ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 17... Nc5 $5) 18. Rxc3 d5 $6 {Again
doubtful decision.} ({Can be recommended:} 18... Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb2]}) 19. cxd5
Qxd5 20. O-O Rad8 $6 {[%csl Ra4] Pawn "a4" remains without protection.} (20...
Rfd8 $142 21. Nc4 $140 Qe6) 21. Nc4 {[%csl Ra4]} Qxd1 $6 (21... Qb5 $142) 22.
Rxd1 {[%csl Ra4,Rb7][%cal Gc4d6]} Rxd1+ $2 {Probably,black blundered,because
he didn't see 25.g4.} ({Much better is:} 22... Be6 23. Kf1 $14 (23. Nd6 $6 Rd7
24. Bb5 $140 $2 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6]} Rfd8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Kf8 $17 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Gf8e7]})) 23. Bxd1 $140 Rd8 24. Bxa4 b5 25. g4 $1 $16 {[]} bxa4 {
Besides this move,black has several options:} (25... Be4 {[%csl Rg1]} 26. f3 $1
bxa4 (26... Bxf3 $143 27. Bxb5 Na7 28. Ba4 {+/-/+-}) 27. fxe4 $16) (25... Nd4
$5 26. exd4 exd4 27. Rf3 $1 (27. Rc1 $143 Bd7 28. Rd1 (28. Bxb5 $6 Bxb5 $14)
28... Bxg4 29. f3 Bxf3 30. Rf1 Be2 31. Bxb5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 $16) 27... Bd7 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Yd7][%cal Yd7b5,Gb5c4,Gb5a4]} (27... Bxg4 $2 28. Rf4 f5 (28...
Bd7 29. Rxd4 bxa4 30. Ne5 $18) 29. Bxb5 g5 30. Rxg4 fxg4 31. Ne5 $18) 28. Rd3
Be8 29. Bb3 $1 bxc4 30. Bxc4 $16) ({and} 25... Bxg4 $6 26. Bxb5 Na7 (26... Bf3
27. Rc1 $18) 27. Ba4 $18) 26. gxf5 Rb8 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 26...
Kf8 27. Nb6 {[%csl Ra4]} (27. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4,Gf3e2]}) 27... Ne7 28.
Nxa4 Nxf5 29. b4 {+/-/+-}) 27. Rd3 $1 {<->d} Rb5 $6 ({A little bit better is:} 
27... e4 28. Rd6 Ne7 29. f6 Nf5 30. Ra6 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 28. Rd7 e4 29. Rc7 {
[%csl Rc6]} Ne5 (29... Rc5 $143 30. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Re4,Rf7]}) 30. Nxe5 $1 {
White transfer to winning R endgame.} Rxe5 31. Rc4 {[%csl Ra4,Re4]} Rb5 (31...
Rxf5 32. Rxa4 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Gb2]}) 32. Rxe4 Rxb2 33. Rxa4 $18 Ra2 34. Kg2 g6 (
{Nothing changes,after:} 34... Kf8 35. Ra7) ({or} 34... f6 35. Ra7 {with plan
a4-a5-a6(o^); Kg3,f4,e4-e5(o^) and so on.}) 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Ra7 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ya7h7]} g5 37. h3 Kf8 38. Kg3 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6] /\h3,and f4(קg5,h6)} 1-0

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 28784]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 $5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 (4. g3 $5) 4... Bb4 5.
Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Qe7 ({Other lines are:} 7... a5 $5) (7... O-O $5) 8.
b4 $5 {Is the main line} (8. g3 $5 {See comments to Pelletier,Y-Alterman,B/
Dresden,1998/(cbm 65),1-0 (39) Golod,V}) ({Other lines:} 8. Bg5) (8. e3) 8...
e5 $5 ({Black has few alternatives:} 8... O-O $5) (8... a5 $5) (8... a6 $6) 9.
dxe5 Nxe5 (9... dxe5 $2 10. b5 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 10. Bb2 $5 $146 ({Good enough:
} 10. Nxe5 dxe5 ({After:} 10... Qxe5 11. Qxe5+ dxe5 {white transfers to
slightly better endgame} 12. Bb2 $5 (12. e3 $143 O-O 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bb2 Nd7
15. c5 f6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Kf1 Bb3 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Ke1 Ne6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Lengyel,L-Ivkov,B/Wijk aan Zee 1971/MCL 04 (20)}) 12... Nd7 13. g4 f6
14. c5 c6 15. g5 a5 16. Rg1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Kf7 19. e3 Nf8 20. Bd3
Be6 21. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Espig,L/Berlin 1982/MCL 04 (28)}) 11. Bb2 Nd7
12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 (13... Re8 14. O-O a5 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1
c6 18. f4 f6 19. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lilienthal,A-Kopaev,N/Leningrad 1938/HCL 15 
(44)}) 14. O-O c6 15. a4 Re8 16. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Levenfish,G-Konstantinopolsky,
A/Tbilisi 1937/URS-ch (33)}) 10... Nfd7 $6 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Qd4 {[%csl Re4,
Re5]} Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nf6 13. Rg1 $14) (10... Neg4 $5 {(/\11..Nxf2 12.Kxf2 Ne4+)
} 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Qd4 $6 c5 12. Qf4 Ne4 $1 $36) 11... O-O 12. e4 $1 {+/=/=})
11. c5 $1 $14 f6 $6 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 (12. gxf3 $5 $14) 12... Ne5 (12...
dxc5 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bc3 $14) 13. Qd5 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc5d6] Weakness(d6)}) 12.
cxd6 cxd6 (12... Qxd6 13. Rd1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15. e3 $14) 13. Nd4 {White
has a big positional advantage} Nb6 (13... O-O $143 14. Qb3+ Kh8 {White's plan
is: e3,Be2,0-0,Rfd1,Rac1;+/=/+/-}) 14. Qb3 $6 {[%cal Gb3g8]} ({Good enough:} 
14. e3) 14... Bd7 (14... Nbc4 $5 15. e3 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 O-O $14) 15. e3 (15. Rc1
$5 Ba4 $1 16. Qg3 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd4f5]} (16. Qe6 $143 Nec4 $1)) 15... Na4 $4 (
15... Ba4 16. Bb5+ (16. Qa2 $5) 16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb3g8]
}) 16. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb5c7]} Rc8 $8 ({Badly:} 16... Nxb2 17. Nc7+ Kd8
18. Nxa8 Na4 19. Rc1 $18) 17. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Nxa7 $5 Ra8 18. Bd4 (18.
Nb5 $5) 18... Nc6 (18... Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rc1 $18) 19. Nb5 {+/-/+-} (19.
Nxc6 $143 bxc6 $16)) (17. Qxa4 $143 a6 18. Rd1 $16) 17... Nxb2 (17... Nf7 $2
18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 $18) 18. Nxd6+ (18. Qxb2 $2 Bxb5 19. Bxb5+ Kf7 {+/=/+/-})
18... Qxd6 $8 {(18...Kf[d]8 19.Nc8+-)} 19. Rxd6 Rc1+ 20. Ke2 $1 $18 ({Badly:} 
20. Kd2 $2 {because of:} Rxf1 $1 (20... Rd1+ $2 21. Qxd1 Nxd1 22. Kxd1 $18) 21.
Rxf1 (21. Re6+ Kd8 22. Rxf1 Nbc4+ 23. Kc1 Bxe6 $14) 21... Nbc4+ 22. Kc1 Nxd6
$14) 20... Nec4 (20... Bb5+ $143 21. Kd2 {[%csl Rb5,Rc1]} Rd1+ (21... Rxf1 $4
22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Rd8+ Be8 24. Rxe8#) 22. Kc2 Ba4 23. Bb5+ $1 Bxb5 24. Qe6+ Kf8
25. Rhxd1 $18) 21. Rxd7 $5 (21. Rd4 $143 Ba4 22. Qa2 (22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxb2
Rc2+ 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. Kd2 $16) 22... Bd1+ (22... Rc2+ 23. Kf3 Nd3 24. Qa1
Nce5+ 25. Kg3 Nxf2 26. Rg1 $18) 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Kf3 $18) 21... Kxd7 22. g3 {
[%cal Gf1g2]} Kc7 {[%cal Gh8d8,Gd7d2,Gd8d2]} 23. Bg2 $18 {White transfers to
the winning endgame.} Rxh1 24. Bxh1 Rd8 25. Be4 {[%cal Ge4b1,Ge4h7]} Rd2+ 26.
Ke1 g6 27. Bc2 {/\Qc3} Rd6 (27... b5 28. Qc3 $18) 28. b5 $5 {פb2;Nc4} Kb6 29.
h4 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gh4h5]} Rd5 30. Qc3 f5 31. a4 Kc5 32. Kf1 {White's
plan is:Kg2,g4,Kg3} a6 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Kg2 Rd2 35. g4 $5 fxg4 36. Kg3 h5 37.
Qb3 $5 {[%csl Rg6]} ({Worse:} 37. Bxg6 {in view of:} Nd1) 37... Rd6 38. Qb7 Rb6
39. Qe7+ Rd6 40. Bxg6 {[%csl Rg4,Rh5][%cal Gg6h5,Gh5g4]} Nxa4 41. Bxh5 Nab6 42.
e4 Kd4 43. Bxg4 Kc3 44. h5 Rd3+ 45. Kg2 Rd2 46. Qg5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gh5h6]}
1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 $5 5. Nf3 d6 (5... d5 $5 6.
Bg5 (6. cxd5 $143 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3
Bg4 12. Nd2 Rae8 13. Nb3 Re7 $1 $11 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc6d8,Gd8e6,Gc7c6]
Chernin,A-Zvjaginsev,V/Vidmar mem, Portoroz SLO 1997 (24)}) 6... h6 (6... dxc4
$5 7. e3 Qd5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. Ne4 Ke7 12. f3 f5 13.
Nd2 Bd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Dao,T-Kiss,A/HUN t-ch 1994 (36)}) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 O-O (
8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Bb5 $5 Bd7 13. e4 Qg6 14.
Qe2 $14 {Petursson-Reeh/Gausdal/SW,20,20 1990 (37)}) 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Re8 (
10... b6 $6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rfc8 14. b4 Nd8 15. Rfc1 c6 16.
a4 $14 {|^<<Lalic,B-Inkiov,V/Haifa 1989}) (10... a5 $5) 11. Rc1 $5 (11. Be2
dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 {Krueger,
K-Rotshtein,A/Berlin Summer op 1992/0-1 (56)}) (11. Rd1 a5 12. h3 a4 13. Be2
Bd7 14. O-O Rec8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Akesson,R-Matros,A/Stockholm op
1997 (58)}) 11... Bd7 12. cxd5 $1 $14 (12. Be2 dxc4 $5 13. Bxc4 e5 14. d5 $6
Nd4 $1 15. Nd2 c6 $36 {Zysk,R-Brglez,R/Ptuj 1989 (54)}) 12... exd5 13. Be2 Nd8
$5 (13... Rad8 14. O-O Bc8 15. b4 $14) 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O c6 16. b4
Rc8 17. Qb3 a6 18. a4 $14) 15... Be4 (15... Be6 16. h4 $5 $36) 16. f3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Zvjaginsev,V/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 (32)}) 6. a3 $5 (6. Bg5 $5 e5
7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Ng6 11. Bg2 h5 12. h4 b6 13. Nd2 a5
14. e3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Pozdniakov,S/Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS
1997 (32)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Qe7 $5 (7... a5 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. e3 Re8
11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. O-O Rf8 17. b4
Na4 18. Bc1 $14 {Prokopchuk,E-Vlassov,N/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998/1/
2-1/2 (81)}) 8. g3 O-O $5 (8... e5 9. d5 $5 (9. dxe5 $143 dxe5 10. Bg2 a5 11.
O-O a4 12. b4 axb3 13. a4 Ne4 14. Qxb3 Nd6 15. c5 Nf5 16. e3 O-O 17. Nd2 Rd8
$11 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Bb2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nfe7 23. Nc3
Bg4 24. f3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Karayannis,A-Nikolaidis,I/Aegina op 1995}) 9... Nb8 10.
Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bg2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Bd7 15. Nd2 Nh7 16. c5 $14
Rac8 17. Qe3 Qg5 $2 (17... a6 $5 18. Rac1 $14 {Golod,V} (18. c6 $143 bxc6 19.
dxc6 Be6)) 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. h4 Nh7 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Ne4 Bb5 22. Nxd6 Bxe2 23.
Nxc8 Bxf1 24. Ne7+ {1-0 Bolbochan,J-Zografakis,A/Dubrovnik olm 1950}) (8... a5
$6 9. b3 (9. d5 Nd8 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Bg5 e5 12. c5 Bf5 13. O-O h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Nd2 $14 {Nesterov,J-Vlassov,N/Moscow2 1994/1-0 (44)}) 9... e5 10. d5 Nb8
11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2 c6 14. Bb2 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nbd7 16. Rfc1 b5 17.
b4 Bb7 18. e4 $14 {1-0 Lerner,K-Martens,M/Groningen op 1992 (37)}) 9. Bg2 e5
10. d5 Nb8 11. b3 $5 $146 (11. O-O $142 h6 $5 (11... c6 $5 12. Nh4 $5 (12. dxc6
$5 Nxc6 13. b4 Be6 14. b5 $5 Nb8 15. c5 $14) 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. b4 Bd7
15. e4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Qb2 b6 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21.
Rc1 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Rozentalis,E/Groningen PCA 1993/1/2-1/2 (112)}) 12.
b4 $5 b5 (12... c6 $2 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. b5 Nb8 15. c5 $16) 13. cxb5 a6 (13...
Nxd5 $2 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rd1 $16) 14. Nd2 $5 axb5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Qd3 Nbd7 17.
Rac1 Nb6 18. e4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Rozentalis,E/Groningen 1992/1/2-1/2 (61) /\ 19.
f4}) 11... c6 $1 {><d5} 12. dxc6 (12. Bg5 cxd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
O-O $11) 12... Nxc6 13. a4 $6 {><b4} (13. O-O $5) (13. Bg5 $5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. O-O Bf5 16. Rad1 {+/=/=}) 13... Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge4c5]} 14. Qc2 (
14. Qe3 $5 f5 (14... Nc5 15. O-O $13) 15. Ba3 $13) 14... Nc5 $11 (14... f5 $143
15. O-O Be6 16. Ba3 $14) 15. Bb2 $2 (15. Bg5 $5 f6 16. Be3 Be6 $11) 15... e4 $1
{[%csl Re1][%cal Gc5d3]} 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 $143 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 $8 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 e3
19. fxe3 Qxe3 $36) 16... Nd3+ {[%csl Rc2,Gd3,Re1,Ge7]} 17. Kf1 $8 Nxb2 (17...
Ncb4 $4 18. Qc3 Nxb2 19. Qxb4 $18 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb4c3,Gc3b2]}) 18. Qxb2 (18.
Nxc6 $6 bxc6 19. Bxe4 $142 (19. Qxb2 $6 Rb8 {[%csl Rb3,Rf1] =/+/-/+}) (19. Qxe4
$2 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Rb8 $19) 19... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ye5b2]} 20. Rb1 (20.
Bxc6 $2 Bh3+ 21. Bg2 Nxc4 $19 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ge5a1]}) (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg7g6]} 21. Rb1 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 g6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 $17) 20... Bh3+
21. Bg2 Bf5 $1 22. e4 Nxc4 23. bxc4 (23. Qxc4 d5 24. Qxc6 Bxe4 $40 {[%csl Rf1]}
) (23. exf5 $2 Na3 24. Qd3 Nxb1 25. Qxb1 d5 $19) 23... Be6 {[%csl Rc4]}) 18...
Rd8 $1 $15 {/\d5} 19. f4 $6 (19. b4 $5 Ne5 $1 (19... d5 $6 20. c5 $13) 20. Bxe4
Bh3+ $1 (20... Nxc4 $6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ {[%csl Rc4,Rh7]} Kg8 23. Qxc4
Bh3+ 24. Ke1 d5 $44) 21. Kg1 (21. Bg2 Nxc4 22. Qc3 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 d5 $15) 21...
Rac8 $36) 19... d5 $1 (19... exf3 $143 20. Bxf3 Bh3+ 21. Kf2 Re8 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Ge7e3]} 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rad1 $11) 20. cxd5 (20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. cxd5 cxd5 (
21... Rxd5 $5 22. Qc2 Bf5 $36) 22. Rd1 Rb8 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) 20... Nb4 $1 {
/\Nd5;><e3} (20... Rxd5 {see 20.Nc6}) 21. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ga3e7]} Rxd5
22. Nc2 (22. e3 b6 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gc8a6]} 23. h3 $15 {[%cal Gf1g1,Gg1h2]})
22... a5 $8 23. Ne3 (23. Nxb4 $143 axb4 24. Qb2 Bf5 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ga8d8] =/
+/-/+}) 23... Rc5 24. Qb2 (24. Rd1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd1d4,Gd4e4,Gg2e4]} Bd7
$143 (24... Be6 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 25. Bxe4 $140 (25. Qb2 Rac8 $17) 25... Bh3+ 26.
Bg2 Nc2 $1 27. Nxc2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kh3 Rh5#) 29... Qxd1+ $19
(29... Rxc2 $19)) 25. Rd4 Bc6 26. Qb2 {=/+/=}) 24... Be6 $15 {[%csl Rb3]} 25.
Kf2 {[%csl Re4]} (25. Bxe4 $2 Bh3+ 26. Bg2 $8 Qxe3 27. Bxh3 Rd8 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gd8d2] (27...Rd2? 28.Qe5)}) (25. Rd1 $6 Rac8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc5c3,
Gc3b3,Ge6b3]}) 25... f5 26. Rac1 Rac8 $5 {[%csl Rb3,Ge6][%cal Gg7g6,Gg6f5]} 27.
Rhd1 (27. Rxc5 $143 Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Re3]}) 27... Rxc1 $5 28. Rxc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1
Qd6 {[%csl Rb3,Rg2]} 30. Qc3 $6 (30. Nc4 $142 Qc6 (30... Qc5+ $6 31. Qe3 $15)
31. Qc3) 30... Nc6 $1 {/\Qd4;><b3} 31. Bh3 $2 (31. Nc4 $1 Qc5+ (31... Qd4+ $2
32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33. Nxa5 $14) 32. e3 $15) 31... Qd4 $1 $17 32. Qxd4 (32. Qc2 g6
$17 {[%csl Rb3,Re3][%cal Gg8g7]}) 32... Nxd4 {Hecht [#] This forces an outside
black passed pawn on the a-file versus a poor white minor piece (the bishop on
h3). [#] Forcieren eines schwarzen entfernten Freibauern auf der a-Linie bei
schlechten weißen Leichtfiguren (Lh3).} 33. g4 $2 (33. Nc4 $5 Nxb3 34. Nd6 Nc5
35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Nxf5 Nxa4 37. Ke3 Nc3 $17) 33... Bxb3 {[%csl Ra4]} 34. gxf5 (
34. Nxf5 $143 Nxf5 35. gxf5 Bxa4 36. Ke3 Bc6 $19) 34... b5 $1 (34... Bxa4 35.
Nd5 Bc6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nxc6 bxc6 $17) 35. axb5 Nxb5 $19 {[%csl Ya1][%cal
Ga5a1] easier is einfacher ist} (35... a4 {Hecht} 36. b6 a3 37. b7 Nc6 $19) 36.
Ke1 (36. Bg2 $142 Nd6 $1 (36... a4 $6 37. Bxe4 a3 38. Nc2 Nc3 (38... Bxc2 $2
39. Bxc2 a2 $140 40. Bb3+) 39. Bd3 Bxc2 40. Bxc2 Kf7 $1 $17 {/\Kf6;a2(><f5)} (
40... a2 $2 41. Bb3+ Kf8 42. Bxa2 Nxa2 43. e4 $15)) 37. Ke1 a4 38. Kd2 a3 39.
Kc3 a2 40. Kb2 Kf7 $19 {/\h5,Kh6;><f5}) 36... a4 37. Kd2 $8 (37. Bg2 a3 38.
Bxe4 Kf8 $1 (38... a2 $143 39. Nc2 Bxc2 40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. Bxa2 Bxf5 {-/+/-+})
39. Bb1 $8 Nc3 $19 {[%csl Ya1,Ga3,Rb1][%cal Ga3a1]}) 37... a3 38. Nc2 $2 (38.
Kc1 $142 Nd4 39. Bf1 Kf7 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Rf5]}) 38... e3+ $1 {[%csl Ya1,Ga3,Rc2]
[%cal Ga3a1]} 39. Kc1 {(39...Bc2 40.Kc2 Nd4+41.Kb1 Ne2-+)} (39. Nxe3 a2 40. Nc2
Bxc2) (39. Kc1 {Hecht} Bxc2 40. Kxc2 Nd4+ 41. Kb1 Nxe2 $19 {[%cal Ye2f4,Ye3e2]}
) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Balberov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 (6. a3 $5 {See
comments to Pelletier,Y-Alterman,B/Dresden,1998/CBM 65(0-1)(Golod,V)(39)}) 6...
Bxc3+ $5 {The idea of this variation is to place black PP on the black squares
because in future Bb4 will be changed on Nc3. To take on c3 would possible
only after Bb4 will be attacked.} ({Another idea is:} 6... e5 $6 7. d5 Bxc3+ (
7... Ne7 $4 8. Qa4+ {[%csl Rb4,Re8] 1-0 Samisch-Capablanca/Carlsbad,1929(8)})
8. Qxc3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 a5 (10... Ng6 11. Bg2 h5 12. h4 $14 {Tunik,
G-Pozdniakov,S/Chigorin mem,St. Petersburg,1997(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 11. Bg2 b6 12.
O-O Ng6 13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 $14 {Vilela Jose Luis-Tallarico,M/Alcobendas, 1994(1/
2-1/2)(41)}) (6... h6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5] It's main line.}) 7. Qxc3 $11 ({
Intresting was:} 7. bxc3 $1 {[%csl Yb4,Gc3,Rc6,Yd4][%cal Yc3d4,Yc3b4]} O-O 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 Ba6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nd2 {+/=/= Charcan,
J-Timmons,A/cr Casual Compuserve,1995(0-1)(13)}) 7... Ne4 $6 $146 {Forcing QQ
change.} ({Quite good was} 7... h6 $1 8. Bc1 (8. Bh4 $143 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qd3
(10. Qc2 $6 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 $2 (11... g4 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Yf3]}) 12. e3 e5
13. d5 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Nd2 $11 {Markos,J-Nilsson,L/Copenhagen,1997(1-0) 
(54)}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 12. e3 e5 $11) 8... Ne4 (8... Qe7 $143 9. b3 e5
10. d5 $14) 9. Qc2 f5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $6 Nb4) 11... Qf6 12. O-O e5
$132) 8. Bxd8 Nxc3 9. Bxc7 $14 ({After:} 9. bxc3 Kxd8 {equality.} (9... Nxd8
$11)) 9... Ne4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge8d7]} 10. c5 ({It deserves attention:} 10. d5
$5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nxd5 (12... Nxa2 $2 13. Rc4 f5 (13... Bf5 14. Nh4
g6 15. g4 b5 16. Rd4 Rc8 17. gxf5 $18) 14. Ra4 Kd7 15. Ba5 Nc1 16. Nd4 $18 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga5d2,Ga4a1]}) 13. e3 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Rd6,Gf1]}) 10... dxc5 ({
Also possibly:} 10... Nb4 11. Rc1 Nxa2 12. Rc4 dxc5 (12... d5 $2 13. Ra4 Nc1
14. Bf4 Nb3 15. Ra3 $18) 13. dxc5 f5 14. Be5 (14. Ne5 $5 Bd7 15. f3 Nf6 16.
Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Be5 Rhc8 18. g4 $14) 14... O-O 15. e3 a5 16. Nd4 $14) 11. dxc5
Nxc5 12. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Gf1] White keeping par of BB.} Ne4 ({A little
worse is:} 12... b6 13. e3 Bb7 14. Bd6 Ne4 15. Ba3 $14 {[%csl Ga3,Gf1]}) 13. g3
{[%cal Gf1g2]} ({Another possibility is:} 13. e3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Bf4 $14)
13... Bd7 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Bf4 Ke7 ({Also white has a positional advantage,
after:} 15... O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 $14) 16. O-O Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nd5 (17...
Rhd8 $5 18. Bd6+ Ke8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 $14) 18. Bd2 $5 ({Interesting was also:
} 18. Bg5+ $1 Nf6 (18... f6 $6 19. e4 Nb6 (19... Nc7 $6 20. Be3 $140 e5 $2 21.
Bc5+ Ke8 22. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 23. Bh3+ Ne6 24. Rd1+ Ncd4 $8 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nxd4
$18 {[%csl Rd7,Re6]}) 20. Be3 e5 21. b4 $14) 19. e4 (19. a3 $5 h6 20. Bd2 $14)
19... h6 (19... e5 $143 20. Rd5 (20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bh3+ Kd6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23.
Bxc8 Rxc8 $14) 20... h6 21. Bxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bh3+ Kd6 24. Rd1+ Ke7
25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5,Yg2h3,Yh3g4]}) 20.
Bxf6+ gxf6 $11) 18... Rhd8 19. e4 Nf6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4]} ({Leads to bad
position.} 19... Nb6 $6 20. b4 e5 21. b5 Nd4 22. Bb4+ Kf6 23. Nxd4 Rxc1 24.
Rxc1 exd4 25. f4 Bxb5 26. e5+ Kf5 27. e6 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rf5][%cal Gc1c5]} Kxe6
28. Re1+ Kd7 $8 29. Re7+ Kc8 30. Bxb7+ Kb8 31. Rxf7 Rd7 (31... d3 32. Bc3 {
[%cal Gc3e5]} Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Bf3 $16) 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Be4 Nf6 34. Bd6+
Kc8 35. Bf5+ Bd7 36. Bd3 $16) 20. Re1 (20. Bc3 $5 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 f6 22. Bh6 $14)
20... h6 ({Can be recommended:} 20... Kf8 $14) 21. b4 Nb8 (21... Kf8 22. b5 Ne7
23. a4 $14) 22. Nd4 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Ba4 ({Worse is:} 23... Nc6 24. Nb3 e5 25. b5
Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Ba3+ Ke8 28. e5 Ng8 29. Bxb7 Bxb5 {[%csl Ya3,Yb7,Yd4]
[%cal Gd4d3,Gg8e7]} 30. Rb1 Bd7 (30... a6 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Bc6+ Rd7 33. Bxb5
d3 34. Kf1 $16) 31. Bc5 d3 32. Bxa7 d2 33. Bf3 Bf5 34. Ra1 Ne7 35. Be3 {
[%csl Rd2][%cal Ga1d1]} Be4 36. Bg4 (36. Bxe4 d1=Q+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1
$17) 36... Bf5 37. Be2 Bc2 38. Bd1 $16) 24. e5 Ne8 $6 ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 24... Nd5 $5 25. b5 Nc3 26. Ba3+ Ke8 27. Bd6 Nxb5
28. Nxb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb7 Nc6 30. Rb1 Ba4 31. Rc1 $14) 25. Be3 b6 26. Rc1 Bd7 (
26... Kd7 27. b5 Nc7 (27... Rc8 28. Nc6 Nxc6 (28... Bxb5 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Nxa7
$18) 29. Bxc6+ Ke7 30. Rc4 Bd1 31. Bc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1a3,Gc4d4]}) 28. Rc4 Bd1
29. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3d3]} Ba4 30. f4 $16 Bxb5 (30... Nxb5 31. Rc4 $18) 31. Rxc7+
Kxc7 32. Nxb5+ Kd7 33. Nxa7 $18) 27. Bb7 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc6,Gc8,Rd7,Rd8][%mdl
32] The same strategy - pieces restriction.} (27. b5 $5 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7]} Rc8
28. f4 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bc8 30. a4 $16 {[%cal Gc1a3,Gg1f2,Gf2e3] Full domination!
}) 27... f6 28. f4 {[%csl Gd6,Ye5,Re8,Gf6]} g5 $5 {Desperate attempt of
release from the pressure.} (28... fxe5 29. fxe5 Ba4 30. b5 $18 {[%csl Ra4]})
29. b5 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Yc6,Rd7] White don't pay attention on the last black's
move.} Kf8 30. a4 $22 Kg7 31. exf6+ (31. Kf2 $5) 31... Nxf6 (31... Kxf6 32.
fxg5+ hxg5 33. Nf3 $18 {[%csl Rg5]} g4 $140 34. Bg5+) 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Bxg5
$18 Kg6 34. h4 Re8 35. Nc6 e5 36. Rf1 Bf5 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. g4 {[%csl Rf5]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Horvath, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 Qe7 {
Comments to this part of the game (also to: 7...e5; 7...a5) and to:} (7... O-O
$5 {You can find in my annotations to game: Milov,V-Yermolinsky,A/Moscow,2001/
CBM 86(1-0)(38)}) 8. a3 ({On:} 8. e3 {you can find only two games in Mega
DataBase 2004.}) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 ({Another theoretical option is:} 9...
O-O 10. e3 e5 {For further information,you can see annotations to game: Miles,
A-Benjamin,J/USA,1989/CBM 19(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(48)} (10... a5 $5 {See comments
to Finegold,B-Benjamin,J/USA(ch),1994/Inf 62/555(0-1)(Benjamin,Joel)(35)})) 10.
e4 ({Two times were tested in previous games:} 10. e3) ({and} 10. g3 $5) ({
Also in this position once was checked the following move:} 10. d5 $5 {קg7}
Nd8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nh4 Rg8 13. Ng6 Qd7 14. O-O-O $14 {Babula,V-Ramik,Z/
Czechia,1995(1-0)(30)}) 10... e5 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 
10... a4 $6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Be2 $14) (10... d5 $6 11. e5 Ne4 12.
Bd3 Nxc3 (12... Ng5 $143 13. Nd2 $36 {/\f4}) 13. bxc3 {and White has obvious
positional advantage,because of a unsuccessful location of the black's pawn
"a5".}) 11. d5 Nb8 ({Hardly it was better:} 11... Nd8 {as the N on a point
"d8" has no the future!}) 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 O-O 15. Be2 Nh7 (
15... g6 16. Nd2 (16. O-O $5) 16... Na6 17. Bc3 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 $14 {
Krklec,D-Joergens,M/Bad Woerishofen,2001(1-0)(29)} (19. O-O $142)) 16. g3 Na6 (
16... f5 $2 17. Nh4 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6][%cal Gh4g6]} Qf7 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
Qxf5 $140 20. Qxf5 (20. Bd3 $2 e4 {/\Re8 (עe1)}) 20... Rxf5 21. Bg4 $16 {
[%csl Ya1,Rb8,Gg4]}) 17. Bc3 Bh3 ({Again weakly:} 17... f5 {because of:} 18.
Nh4) 18. Nh4 {White have created a positional threat "Nf5".} g6 19. Bf1 {
'!?' Andrey Shariyazdanov wants to define a position of the his king.} Bxf1 {
Can it was necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} (19... Ng5 $5
{with the idea to prevent the plan of White.}) 20. Kxf1 Nf6 (20... Ra8 $5 {
/\Nb8-d7} 21. Kg2 Nb8 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Ng5 {/\Qd7 +/=/=}) 21. Kg2 {
'+/=' Now the position was defined.White has a obvious positional advantage 
(in space and presence B against N).} Nh5 22. Re1 ({Probably,it was better at
once:} 22. Rc1 {/\Bd2 and c5} Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Nh3 24. Qe2 $14) 22... Kh7 ({
Now senselessly:} 22... Nf4+ {in view of:} 23. Kh1) 23. Bd2 Ng7 24. Rc1 g5 {
'?!' Now Black remain without counterplay and at the same time weaken a point
"f5".} ({Can be recommended:} 24... f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 (25... gxf5 $5 26. Re1 (
26. c5 $6 Qf7 {קd5} 27. Qd3 dxc5 28. bxc5 Rd8 29. d6 Qe6 $13) 26... c6 27. Qd3
$14) 26. Nxf5 (26. Nxg6 $6 Kxg6 27. g4 Kh7 28. gxf5 Qg7+ 29. Kh1 Qf6 $132)
26... Rxf5 27. Qe4 $14) 25. Nf5 {'!'} Nxf5 26. exf5 f6 (26... Qf6 $6 27. h4 $1
{/\Rh1->} g4 28. Qe4 {with big advantage of White.}) 27. c5 {'!' At last White
begin a movement on queen side.} dxc5 {'/\'} 28. b5 (28. bxc5 $2 {is refuted
by:} Rd8 {(weakness Pd5)} 29. Qc4 Qd7 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]}) 28... Nb8 29. Qxc5 Qxc5
(29... Rf7 $6 30. Qa7 Qf8 31. Be3 (31. Qxb7 c6 32. Qa8 $14) (31. Ba5 $6 Qa3 (
31... b6 $4 32. Rxc7 $18) 32. Rc3 Qa4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ga4e4]}) 31...
Rd7 32. g4 {with strong pressure in both sides.}) 30. Rxc5 {קc7} Rf7 31. Kf3 {
White remember,that K is very important piece in the endgame!} Kg7 32. Ke4 Rd7
33. Be3 Kf7 34. Rc1 {White plan to move the rook on <->a to points "a7" or
"a8".} b6 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. h4 (36. Ra8 $143 Rd8 $14) 36... Kd6 {The Black king
prematurely has occupied this field.} (36... Rd8 $142 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rh1 Nd7
$14 (38... Rf8 $5) 39. Rc1 $140 $6 Ra8 $1 (39... Rc8 $143 40. g4 $5 {/\Rc6})
40. Rxc7 Ra4+ 41. Kd3 Rb4 $132) 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rc1 {The black's knight can
not enter in game and White in turn threaten: Bd2-b4+} Rh7 39. Bd2 {White
supports constant pressure on a position of Tamas Horvath and do not give the
contender to relax.} Rh2 40. Bb4+ Kd7 41. Ke3 Rh8 {'?'} (41... Kd8 $5 {/\Nd7}
42. Ra1 Rh7 $14 43. Ra7 $140 Rd7 44. Ke4 c5 $1) 42. Ra1 {'+/-!' Now White have
created a strong threat: Ra7 and d6.} Kc8 43. Ra7 Rh1 (43... Rh7 $143 44. d6 $1
Rd7 $140 45. Rxc7+ Rxc7 46. dxc7 Kxc7 47. Ke4 Kd7 48. Kd5 g4 49. Bd6 $18) 44.
d6 cxd6 45. Bxd6 Nd7 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a
game.} 46. Ra8+ Kb7 47. Rd8 Nc5 (47... Rh7 48. Ke4 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal Ge4d5,
Gd5e6,Yd7f6]}) 48. Rb8+ Ka7 49. Rf8 Re1+ ({I do not think that it was much
better:} 49... Rh6 50. Rf7+ Ka8 51. Be7 Nd7 52. Bd8 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6]}) ({or} 
49... Rb1 50. Bxc5 (50. Rf7+ $143 Nb7 51. Be7 Rxb5 52. Bxf6 Ka6 {+-/+/-}) 50...
bxc5 51. Rxf6 Rxb5 52. Re6 $18) 50. Kd2 Rb1 51. Bxc5 bxc5 52. Rxf6 Rxb5 53. Re6
c4 54. f6 {'+-' Black resigns because of thes variations:} Rb3 (54... Rb8 $142
55. Kc3 Rb3+ 56. Kxc4 Rf3 57. Kd5 Rxf2 58. Kxe5 $18) 55. f4 $3 {with the idea
to block a <->f} Rd3+ 56. Kc2 Rd8 (56... gxf4 57. f7 Rd8 58. Re8) 57. fxg5 $18
1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 (3... a5 {Kasparov,G-Rozentalis,E/Debrecen/1992/
}) (3... Ba5 $5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1 d5 9. d4 dxc4
10. Qxc4 cxd4 11. Bf4 Bb6 12. Nb5 Nf5 13. e3 Bd7 14. exd4 Rc8 15. Qe2 a6 16.
Nd6 Ncxd4 $15 {Miles,A-Oll,L/Sydney Cepacol/1991/}) 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3 (5...
Be7 $5 6. d4 d5 7. Bg5 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 10. e3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 $10
{Pavlovic,M-Maksimovic,B/JUG-ch/1991/}) 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 Qe7 8. g3 e5 9. d5 Nb8
10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O h6 (11... c6 $5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. b4 Be6 14. b5 $5 Nb8 15.
c5 $14) 12. b4 $5 b5 (12... c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. b5 Nb8 15. c5 $16) 13. cxb5 a6
(13... Nxd5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rd1 $16) 14. Nd2 $5 axb5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Qd3 Nbd7
17. Rac1 Nb6 18. e4 $14 {/\ 19.f4} Rfd8 (18... Rfc8 19. Bh3 $16) 19. f4 Ne8 $5
20. Bh3 Ba6 21. Rf2 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qc3 Bb5 24. Bf1 $5 $16 (24. fxe5 dxe5
25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxa3 27. Bf1 Nd6 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4
Rb3 $14) 24... Nf6 25. Re1 c6 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 cxd5 28. exd5 Rdc8 29. Qb3
Qa7 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. fxe5 Nxd5 32. Qf3 dxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd8 34. Kg1 f6 35. Re4 Qa7
36. h4 Qa4 37. Kh2 Rac8 38. Ree2 Qb5 39. Qg4 (39. Re6 $5 $16) 39... Kh8 40. Qg6
Re8 41. Rd2 $6 (41. Qh5 $16) 41... Qb7 $1 {/\ 42..Ne3 <=>} 42. Bd4 $2 (42. Qh5
Ne3 43. Qf3 $16) 42... Re1 {/\ 43...Rh1 44.Kh1 Nf4+} 43. Rg2 Ne7 $1 44. Qh5 (
44. Qg4 $142) 44... Rcc1 $132 45. Rg1 $2 (45. Bg1 $142 Nc6 $5 46. Qf3 Qc7 $132
{/\ 47...Ne5}) 45... Qe4 $1 46. Bxf6 $5 $8 Qe3 (46... Rxg1 $2 47. Qxh6+ Qh7 48.
Rd8+ Ng8 49. Bxg7#) (46... Ng8 $3 47. Bxg7+ (47. Bd4 Rxg1 48. Bxg1 Rxg1 49.
Kxg1 Qe1+ $19) (47. Rd8 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Qe6+ $19) 47... Kxg7 $19 {/\ 48...Nf6} 48.
Rd7+ Ne7) 47. Rxe1 Rxe1 48. Bxg7+ Kxg7 49. Rg2 Qe4 $2 $138 (49... Qc1 $1 50.
Qg4+ Kh7 51. Rf2 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Qg1+ 53. Kf3 Qd1+ 54. Re2 Ng6 {/\ 55...Ne5+} 55.
Qe4 h5 $1 $17) 50. Qc5 Nc6 51. Qc2 $1 $10 Nd4 52. Qxe4 Rxe4 53. Rb2 Re3 54. b5
Rxa3 55. b6 Ra8 56. Rb4 Nf5 57. Rf4 Ne7 58. Rb4 Rb8 59. b7 Nc6 60. Rc4 Rxb7 61.
Rxc6 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kanstler,B} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bd2 (7. Bh4 $2 {Kanstler,B} g5 8. Bg3 g4 $17) 7... O-O (7... Qe7 {Kanstler,B}
8. e3 e5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nb8 11. Be2 O-O 12. h3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O
$14 {Finegold,B-Sosonko,G Amsterdam II 1989 48/(737)}) 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7
10. g3 (10. e3 {Kanstler,B} a5 (10... e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Be2 $14 {
Miles,A-Benjamin,J/USA-ch/1989/CBM 19/ [Ftacnik]}) 11. Be2 a4 12. h3 e5 13. d5
Nb8 14. g4 $13 {Finegold,B-Benjamin,J USA-ch 1994 62/555 0:1 35}) 10... e5 (
10... a5 11. Bg2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Nd2 a4 16. f4 b6 17.
Rae1 $14 {0-1 Christiansen,Larry M-Orlov,Georgi/Ch USA, X, Key West (USA) (11)
1994 (69)}) 11. d5 e4 12. Nd2 e3 $5 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe4 Bf5 (13... Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 f5 15. Qe3 f4 16. gxf4 Rxf4 17. b3 $16) 14. Bg2 (14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $132 15.
e4 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Bxd4 Bg4+ 18. Ke1 Qxd4 $17) 14... Kh8 $5 $44) 13. fxe3
(13. dxc6 exd2+ 14. Bxd2 bxc6 15. Bg2 Re8 16. O-O Ne4 $13) 13... Ne5 (13... Ng4
14. dxc6 Nxe3 (14... Qxe3 15. O-O-O (15. Qe4 $2 Qf2+ 16. Kd1 Ne3+ 17. Kc1 Qe1#)
15... Nf2 16. Bg2 $16) 15. Qe4 $1 (15. Qd3 Bf5 $17) (15. Qa4 Re8 $1 (15... Bf5
16. cxb7 Rab8 17. Rc1 Rxb7 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Rc3 $16) 16. Kf2 Ng4+
$40) 15... Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Nc2+ 17. Kf2 $1 Nxa1 18. Nd2 $1 Nc2 (18... bxc6 19.
Bg2 Nc2 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. Rc1 $14) 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Rc1 $14) 14. e4 Bg4 (14...
Nfg4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bg1 $14 f5 17. h3 Nf6 (17... fxe4 18. hxg4 Nd3+ 19. Kd1
Bxg4 20. Qc3 $16) 18. exf5 Nh5 19. g4 $16) (14... Nfg4 $132 {Kanstler,B}) 15.
Bg2 c6 16. Nf3 $5 Nfd7 (16... Nxc4 17. Bxf6 Ne3 18. Bxe7 Nxc2+ 19. Kf2 Nxa1 20.
Bxf8 $18) 17. O-O $5 Rfe8 (17... Nxc4 18. Bxg7 Ne3 19. Qc3 (19. Bxf8 {Kanstler,
B}) 19... Nxf1 20. Bxh6 $36) (17... Rac8 $5) 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nd4 (19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. c5 cxd5 (20... dxc5 $2 21. Rf5) 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. exd5 Nc4 $132) 19... Bg6
(19... Qg5 20. Nf5 Nxc4 21. h4 Qg4 22. Bxg7 $16) (19... Nxc4 $2 {Kanstler,B}
20. Nf5 $16) 20. dxc6 Nxc6 (20... bxc6 21. b3 {/\22.Nf5}) 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
(22. Rxf5 Nde5 $44 (22... Nc5 $2 {Kanstler,B} 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bd5
$16)) 22... Qe3+ $1 (22... Qxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Rad1 Nde5 25. Rf4 Rd8 26. Bf1
Rc2 27. Rf2 $16) 23. Kh2 (23. Rf2 Qxg3 $132) 23... Qxe2 24. Qxe2 (24. Qd1 Qxc4
25. Qxd6 Nde5 $132) 24... Rxe2 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Kg1 (27. Rd1
Nde5 $132) 27... Nb6 $5 (27... Nde5 28. Rd1 Nxc4 29. Bf1 Re4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31.
Rxd6 $14) 28. Rd1 Na4 (28... Nxc4 {Kanstler,B} 29. Bf1 Re4 30. Bd3 Ne3 $8 31.
Re1 Re7 32. f6 gxf6 33. Bd2 Nd5 34. Rxe7 Ndxe7 35. Bxh6 $13) 29. Rxd6 Nxc3 30.
bxc3 Re3 31. Kf2 Rxc3 32. Bd5 (32. Bxc6 {Kanstler,B} bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxa3 $10) (
32. Rd7 $5 {Kanstler,B}) 32... Ne7 $5 (32... Ne5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Re8 f6 35.
Bg8+ Kh8 36. h4 $36) (32... Rxa3 $2 {Kanstler,B} 33. Rd7 $16) 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.
Bxf7 (34. Rd7 Nxd5 35. cxd5 Rxa3 $10) 34... Nxf5 35. g4 Ne3 36. Rd6 g5 $8 (
36... Nxc4 $2 37. Bg6+ Kg8 38. Rd8#) 37. Rd7 Kg7 (37... Rxa3 {Kanstler,B} 38.
Rxb7 Kg7 39. c5 $14) 38. Rxb7 Kf6 $138 {+/=} (38... Kf6 39. Rxa7 Nxc4 40. a4
$14) 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 0304"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.10.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Boitsfort"]
[BlackTeam "Liege"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Re8 9. e3 (9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. Nh4
Bxe2 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Kxe2 (16. Qxe2 $5) 16... Nh5 17. Bd2 Nf4+ 18. Kf1 g6 19.
Ne3 c5 20. g3 Nh5 21. Kg2 $14 {0-1 Bareev,E-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2004/The
Week in Chess 481 (40)}) (9. e4 e5 10. d5 {1/2-1/2 Jensen,S-Hessselberg,L/
Copenhagen 2003/CBM 95 ext (30)} Nd4 $5 $132) 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 $5 {TN}
(11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ng6 14. h3 Qe7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. c5 Bf5 17.
cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Qa4 $14 {Lautier,J-Piket,J Groningen 1995 1/2-1/2 
(42)}) 11... Rf8 $5 {[/\12...Nh5,13...f5<=>>>]} 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. exf5
(14. O-O-O $5) 14... Bxf5 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. f4 $5 (16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5
18. Ne6 Nf6 $8 19. g4 $1 (19. Nxc7 Rc8 20. Nb5 Ne4 $1 $132) 19... Rf3 (19...
Nxg4 20. Rg1) 20. Ke2 Rh3 (20... e4 21. Ng5 Rf4 22. h3 $14) 21. Ng5 Rh6 22. h3
Rg6 23. Bd2 $14) 16... exf4 17. O-O-O $44 Ng6 $5 18. Rhe1 {[/\19.Ne6]} Bxd3 19.
Rxd3 (19. Qxd3 Qf5 20. Ne6 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rf7 $13) 19... Qf5 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Qd1
$5 fxg3 22. hxg3 Nf6 23. Rf3 Qg4 24. Qd3 Re8 $5 25. Kc2 $6 $138 (25. Rf5 $1 {
(/\26.Rg5|^>>)} h6 26. Ref1 $40) (25. Ref1 $5 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rf5 $44)
25... Ree7 26. Qe2 c6 27. dxc6 $6 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxe2+ 29. Rxe2 gxf6
30. Kc3 $44) 27... bxc6 28. Re3 Qf5+ 29. Kb3 Ng4 30. Re4 N4e5 $17 31. Nf4 Rb7+
$6 (31... Nxf4 32. Rxf4 (32. gxf4 Ng6 $17) 32... Qg6 33. Ka2 Nd3 $1 $17) 32.
Ka2 c5 33. Nd5 Qf3 34. Nf4 Qxe2 (34... Qxg3 35. Nxg6 Qxg6 (35... Nxg6 36. Re8+
$40) 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rxe5 $36) 35. R1xe2 h6 $6 $138 (35... Nxf4 36. gxf4 Ng6
37. Re8+ Rf8 (37... Nf8 38. Bd2 $44) 38. f5 $44) 36. Nxg6 Nxg6 37. Re6 Ne5 (
37... Rfe7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Rd2 Re6 40. b4 $132 (40. Kb3 Ne5)) 38. Rxd6 (38.
Bxe5 dxe5 39. R6xe5 Rbc7 40. R2e3 $13) 38... Nxc4 39. Rc6 Rfc7 40. Ra6 Nb6 41.
Re8+ Kh7 (41... Kf7 $142) 42. Re5 Rc6 43. a4 $5 $44 Rbc7 (43... Rg6 44. Rxc5
Rxg3 45. Rca5 (45. a5 Na4 $19) 45... Nc4 46. Rc5 $44) 44. Kb3 $5 {/\45.a5|^<<}
Rb7 45. Kc2 Rc8 46. Ra5 Rbc7 47. Kb3 Kg8 48. Rf5 Kh7 49. Rb5 Kg6 50. Re5 Kf7
51. Ra5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Ostojic, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 (6. Bg5 {Gurevich,
M-Torre,E Jakarta (01) CBM56 1996}) (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5
Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 12. Qb2 Ng4 13. Qc3 $1 a5 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. h4 $1
$16 {[%emt 0:01:00] Browne,W-Orlov,G USA-ch 1995 65/521}) 6... O-O 7. a3 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 Qe7 (8... Re8 9. e3 (9. Rd1 Qe7 10. g3 $6 e5 11. d5 e4 $1 12. Ng5 e3 $6
(12... Ne5 $5 $17) 13. f4 $10 {[%emt 0:01:00] Timman,J-Morozevich,A Amsterdam
1995 64/494 68}) 9... e5 10. d5 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ng5
a4 $10 {Ivanov, Se-Morozevich,A Rossija (ch) 1995 65/(521)}) 10... Ne7 11. Bd3
c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ng6 $10 {Lautier,J-Piket,J Groningen 1995 65/(521)})
9. e3 (9. g3 e5 10. d5 Nd8 $6 (10... Nb8) 11. Bg2 Bg4 $2 (11... Nh5 $32) 12.
Nh4 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:01:00] Gurevich,M-Timman,J Rotterdam 1990}) 9... a5 (9...
e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bd3 Nd4 14. Qb1 Ne6 15. b4 b6 16.
Ne4 {Lev,R-Shvidler,E Israel-chT 1/2-1/2 79}) 10. Be2 a4 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb8
13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Rae1 $6 {f4} (14. e4 $5 $14) 14... e4 $1 15. Bd1 {16.f3 exf3
17.gxf3!} (15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5) 15... c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Re8 (17...
exf3 $5) 18. fxe4 c5 $1 (18... Nxe4 $6 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qf2 $36) 19. Rf4 Bb7
20. Ref1 Rf8 21. R1f2 Bc6 22. Be2 Ra7 23. Qd1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bd3 Bxd3
26. Qxd3 Ne5 27. Qd5 Ng6 28. R4f3 Ne5 29. Rf5 (29. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 dxe5
$15) 29... Ng6 30. Qd3 Ra6 31. Rd5 Rb8 32. e4 f6 33. Qg3 Ne5 34. Bxe5 fxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 {Another reasonable
alternative is 6.Bd2 and then a2-a3.} Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. b3 {This move was
rarely played. Instead 8.g3, 8.e3, 8.d5 were applied by White.} ({To my mind} 
8. Bg5 {looks very promising. After} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 (10. d5 gxh4 11. dxc6
e5 $13) 10... Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g4 13. d5 gxf3 14. dxc6 fxe2 15. Bxe2
bxc6 16. Qc3 {White has good compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 8... O-O
9. Bb2 {Here, albeit it might look illogicaI, the best move, I think, is 9.Bg5,
although it had never been played - the pin of the knight f6 is pretty
unpleasant.} Qe7 10. e3 Re8 11. Bd3 $6 {An unlucky move. 11.Be2 with the idea
to castle short was better.} e5 12. d5 ({A standard idea here is} 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Nd2 {White misses the reply of the opponent.}) 12... e4 $1 13. dxc6 {
The obvious move. More entertaining would be to play 13.Bf1!?; still with well
hidden hope to create an assault against the black king.} exd3 14. O-O-O {
White refuses to grab the pawn, offered by Black.} ({Certainly, after} 14. cxb7
Bxb7 15. Qxd3 Ne4 {Black would have had a strong compensation for it. But well,
Black is going anyway to seize the initiative...}) 14... bxc6 15. Rxd3 c5 16.
Nd2 Qf8 {After 16...Bf5 Black was rightfully afraid of the pawn sacrifice 17.
e4, what would for some time stop development of the black initiative.} 17. f3
Nd7 18. f4 $6 {Protecting himself agaginst the threat Ne5 White seriously
compromises his strongholds in the centre. He has had to play instead 18.Qc2,
also taking aim to move the knight -d2-b1-c3.} Bb7 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. g4 Ne4 $17
21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rd2 Rab8 23. Rg3 {The white position is bad. He has no
active plan, whereas Black slowly but surely creats a pressure along the
b-file. With his last move White protects his e-pawn in order to take on a5 -
not a great idea, but otherwise he is lost anyway.} Rb6 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qc3
Rab8 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. c5 Rb3 $19 29. Qa5 R8b5 (29... Ra8 30. Qxc7
Ra1+ $19) 30. Qa1 Qb8 31. h4 Rxc5+ 32. Kd1 Rd5 33. Bc1 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Qb4+ 35.
Kd1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 6. Bd2 {
White prepares e2-e4 or a2-a3, ready to meet ...Bb4xc3 with Bd2xc3.} e5 (6...
O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {is more popular but the text move leads to a very
simple, closed position, in which White's bishops are useless.}) 7. d5 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 {Practice has seen other moves but neither of them
promises White any advantage:} (10. Nh4 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Be2 Qe8 13. Bd2 fxe4
14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Bh3 $36 {1-0 (56) Sultan Khan,M-Milner Barry,P Cambridge
1932}) (10. g3 Ne8 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qd2 Be4 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. O-O Ng6
16. Rae1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6+ 20. f3 {1/2 (20)
Kharitonov,A (2507)-Andreikin,D (2532) Sochi 2007}) (10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O-O Nd7
12. Nd2 c6 13. f3 Nc5 14. Be2 f5 $132 {0-1 (65) Andersson,J (2175)-Tolonen,L 
(2335) Espoo 1996}) (10. O-O-O Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Nd2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bd3
Qe8 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rhf1 Qg6 $132 {0-1 (32) Hahn,E-Unzicker,W Weidenau 1947})
10... Ng6 (10... Ne8 $5 11. O-O (11. h3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Ng6 15. g3 Qf6 16. Ke2 e4 17. Qxe4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 $36 {[%cal Re8d6] 0-1 (35)
Idrisova,R (2120)-Tarlev,K (2484) Anapa 2010}) (11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13.
Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Qh3 Ng6 16. g3 Qe8 17. O-O b5 {1/2 (17) Ree,H (2440)
-Unzicker,W (2430) Amsterdam 1994}) 11... f5 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. g3 Qg5 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. Bd2 h6 16. Kg2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Ng1 Nf6 $132 {1/2 (51)
Kruglyakov,P (2336)-Melnichuk,M (2216) Kiev 2007}) 11. g3 h6 (11... a5 12. h4
Bg4 13. Nh2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 h6 15. h5 Ne7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Rd1 Nc5 19.
O-O Qd7 20. f5 Rfb8 21. Be1 {1/2 (21) Averbakh,Y-Petrosian,T Yerevan 1965}) (
11... Bh3 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. h4 h6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Ng1 Re8 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. f3
Nf6 18. Ne2 c6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Bd2 {1/2 (20) Alterman,B (2615)-Graf,A (2625)
Recklinghausen 1998}) 12. Nd2 Bh3 13. O-O-O c6 {[%mdl 32] Black has forced his
opponent to castle long and now starts paving the way towards his king.} 14. f3
Rc8 15. Kb1 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Nc4 Nc5 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Ne7 20. g4 {
White tries to start his own play but this move weakens the f4-square.} Ng6 $1
21. Ng2 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 23. Qe3 b6 24. Be1 Qe7 25. Rc1 (25. h4 Qe8 {[%cal
Yd7b5]}) 25... a5 26. Bf2 Rc7 27. Qd2 Rfc8 28. h4 Qe8 29. Be3 Bb5 30. Rhg1 {
White can't break through on the kingside:} (30. g5 h5) (30. h5 f6) 30... Kh7
31. Rh1 Kg8 {Black can't improve his position either: he hasless space on the
board after all. Therefore the players decide to repeat moves.} 32. Rhg1 Kh7
33. Rh1 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 45th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 {[%cal Ye6e5] The key to Black's plan started with 4...d6.} 9. e3 a5 (
9... e5 {is possible at once but Black needn't hurry.}) 10. Be2 {White doesn't
fear ...a5-a4} ({but} 10. b3 {is a common continuation, too.}) 10... e5 11.
dxe5 {Logical: White, possessing the bishop pair, opens up the position.} (11.
d5 {is another plan}) ({White can simply play} 11. O-O {but then he must
reckon with} Bg4) 11... dxe5 12. h3 {Preventing ...Bc8-g4.} (12. O-O {is quite
good, though. The point is that in the event of} Bg4 {White can continue} 13.
h3 Bh5 14. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 16. Qf5 Nxc4 17. Qxh5 {keeping a small
edge (B vs N), e.g.} f5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Rd4 $14 {1/2 (72) Nolte,R (2460)
-Bersamina,P (2206) Tagaytay City 2013}) 12... Rd8 {And this move prevents the
manoeuvre Be2-d3-e4.} (12... a4 {is hardly useful for Black:} 13. O-O Nd7 (
13... Re8 14. Nd2 (14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rd5 f6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bg4 $1
$14 {1-0 (41) Bonneville,J (2048)-Riff,J (2460) St Chely d'Aubrac 2007}) 14...
Bd7 15. Rfd1 g6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. b4 $1 axb3 20. Qxb3
Rab8 21. Be4 $14 {1/2 (55) Flohr,S-Tartakower,S Groningen 1946 MCL [ChessBase]}
) 14. Bd3 (14. Nd2 f5 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (42) Speelman,J (2600)-Orlov,G (2510) New
York 1994} Nc5 $11) 14... g6 15. Be4 Nd8 16. Bb4 Nc5 17. Ne1 c6 18. Nd3 b6 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (45) Salomon,J (2488)-Fenil,S (2267) Sitges 2017}) (
12... Re8 13. Rd1 (13. g4 Nd7 14. O-O a4 15. Nd2 e4 16. Kg2 Nf8 17. Rae1 Ng6
$132 {0-1 (66) O'Kelly de Galway,A-Kieninger,G Oldenburg 1949}) (13. O-O $5 e4
14. Nd4) 13... e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bf5 16. O-O h6 17. Rd2 $14 {1-0 (26) Di
Domenico,G (1266)-Klutz,J (1393) IECC 2009}) (12... g6 13. Bd3 $5 (13. b3 Bf5
14. Qb2 Rfe8 15. O-O Ne4 $10 {0-1 (59) Van Scheltinga,T-Reshevsky,S Amsterdam
1950 MCL [Ftacnik,L]})) 13. O-O (13. Bd3 $2 Rxd3 14. Qxd3 e4 15. Bxf6 gxf6) (
13. Nd2 $2 Nd4 $1 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. e4 Bf5 $1 16. f3 Nh5 $19 {0-1 (30)
Benvenuti,G-Prucha,K Venice 1949}) 13... e4 14. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gc3]} Nxd4 (
14... Ne5 15. b4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rab1 Qxa3 19. Nb3 $1 Re8 20.
Ra1 Qe7 21. Rxa5 $14 {1/2 (91) Enricci,J (2410)-Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2301) ICCF
WS 2006}) 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 a4 {This queenside blockade is unsuccessful as
major events take place on the other flank.} 17. f4 $1 {[%mdl 160]} Bd7 ({
It was probably better to accept the pawn sac:} 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 19.
Kh1 {although White has excellent compensation here.}) 18. f5 Bc6 19. Rf4 Rd6
20. Raf1 Rad8 21. Qc1 {[%cal Yc1e1,Yg2g4,Ye1g3]} Nd7 $6 {An understandable
mistake. Black has no counterplay at all but he can't just sit and watch
White's kingside progress.} 22. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512] The f-file opens up, and
White's attack becomes irresistible.} Nxf6 (22... Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 {is
hopeless in the long run.}) 23. Qe1 {[%cal Ye1h4]} Ne8 (23... Re6 {[%cal Yd8d6]
was probably more stubborn. A possible continuation:} 24. Qg3 Qc7 (24... Rdd6
$2 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Qb8+) 25. Qh4 Rdd6 26. Bg4
Nxg4 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxg4 Rg6 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qxc5 $16) 24.
Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qg3 $16 {Black's rooks are badly restricted by
White's powerful bishops.} Nf6 27. Qe5 Rd2 {Desperation.} (27... b6 28. g4 $1 {
[%cal Yg4g5] etc.}) 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Kf1 {The rest is quite easy.} Rc2 30. Ke1
Rc1+ 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. g4 h6 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5 Bd7 36. Qxc5 Bxg4
37. Bxg4 Rxg4 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qxb7 Rg2+ 40. Kc3 Re2 41. Qc8+ {The whole line
is probably unfavourable for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 g5 12. Bg3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qf6 15.
O-O Bf5 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Qxb4 Bxe4 20. f3 Bd3 21. Rfc1
f5 22. Rc6 Rf6 23. Rac1 Raf8 24. f4 Be4 $2 (24... exf4 25. exf4 Re8) 25. fxe5
$18 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Qe6 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rd1 Qxe5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31.
Rxc8 Bb7 32. Qxb7 $2 (32. Rh8+ $1 $18) 32... Qxe3+ $11 33. Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Ke1
Qe3+ 35. Kd1 Qd3+ 36. Kc1 Qc4+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Ke2 Qc4+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2
Qc4+ 41. Ke3 f4+ 42. Kd2 Qd4+ 43. Ke2 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 ({It is interesting to compare the variation played in this game with a
modern English anti-Nimzo setup:} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 $5 {
In this variation Black has less control in the centre and White has not spent
a tempo on committing his queen, so intuitively I would say that Black's
chances of finding a clear-cut antidote are slimmer. But at the same time
hundreds of games have been played starting from this position and there is no
better theoretician than the accumulation of practice!}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 {This is one of my favourite ways of meeting 4.
Qc2. Black avoids the theoretical lines by setting up a strategic battle where
understanding plans and structures is more important than memorising
lines-lines-lines. White's main continuations are 6.a3 and 6.Bd2, but after
the previous round win with Black Mamedyarov was in an aggressive mood.} 6. g4
$5 {"Almost" a novelty. The early advance of the g-pawn has become a common
pattern in many openings. Imagine, they have tried it in the good old
Tartakower Queen-s Gambit! But every time it pops up in a new form, the
surprise effect may be at least as big as when Bogoljubov faced Keres' 6.g4 in
the Scheveningen Sicilian, back in 1943. Since Black has relatively good
control in the centre in our Nimzo-Indian position, this attack should not be
too dangerous, but meeting it over the board may be unpleasant without
previous (at least brief) preparation. "Did my opponent analyse this
thoroughly or is it just an experiment?" Or: "Could he have meant 6.g3, but
dropped the pawn one square too far?" And finally, after failing to answer
those above: "Should I have played the Queen's Gambit Accepted?!" These are
the kind of questions that may be assaulting the player with Black while his
team-mates would think he is emerged in deep calculation. Or at least this
would happen with me, maybe other players have better over-the-board
discipline.} e5 {Ivan replied relatively fast, after eight minutes. After all,
...e6-e5 is the main idea of the whole variation. However, there are many
reasonable alternatives.} ({If taken by surprise, I would probably play} 6...
h6 {kindly inviting my opponent to justify weakening his kingside so early.
Two weeks after the Tromso game, Black used this method in a tournament game:}
7. g5 hxg5 ({An older game went} 7... Bxc3+ $1 {This seems to be the more
accurate move order. If 8.bxc4 hxg5 would transpose to the nezt comment, while}
8. Qxc3 $6 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxg5 10. Bxg5 hxg5 11. Rg1 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rxg5 g6 $15
{left Black with the better structure in Popovics,A (2404)-Bakos,B (2401)
Hungary 2007 (0-1, 29)}) 8. Bxg5 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 $1 (9. bxc3 b6 10. h4 Qe7 11. h5
Bb7 12. Bg2 Na5 {offers Black pleasant Nimzo-Indian play.}) 9... Ne4 $6 10.
Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Bxc7 Ne4 {Gajek,R (2355)-Belezky,A (2454) Dresden 2014 (0-1, 51)}
12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rg1 g6 15. Rc1 b6 (15... Ne4 16. Rc4 $14) 16.
Bd6 $14) ({The other way of reacting in the centre would be} 6... d5 {,
preparing to meet} 7. g5 {with} Ne4 {when it would be far from clear if the
extra tempo has served for anything other than weakening his position.}) ({
Finally, the pawn is not really poisoned:} 6... Nxg4 7. Rg1 e5 8. d5 {This
forces Black taking a decision regarding the bishop. But the choice is by one
item wider than it may seem!} Bc5 $3 (8... Ne7 $2 9. Qa4+) (8... Bxc3+ {
is a small concession:} 9. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Yc1,Yf1]} Nd4 $6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11.
Qxd4 Ne5 12. Be3 $16 {Chatalbashev,B (2585)-Vocaturo,D (2415) Deizisau 2008 
(1-0, 56)}) 9. Ne4 ({The intermediate} 9. Rxg4 $2 {does not work because of
the counter-intermediate} Nb4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 $19 {[%cal Gd7g4]}) (9. dxc6 Bxf2+
10. Kd1 Bxg1 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Nxg1 O-O $17) 9... Nb4 $132) 7. dxe5 $146 {
Judging from the relatively long period of thought (11 minutes) on this move,
we could infer that Mamedyarov was improvising after all. He could hardly have
missed Black's last move during his anayisis.} (7. g5 Nh5 (7... Nd7 $5) 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qe7 ({Abstractly,} 9... e4 $6 {is dubious because it weakens the
dark squares, transforming the c1-bishop into a potential danger. Concretely,}
10. d5 $1 $14 {is very strong, as in Kocwin,B (2212)-Szotek,J (2019) Karvina
2012 (1-0, 27)}) 10. Rg1 a5 $5 $13) 7... dxe5 {This natural move, played
almost without thinking, allows White to get the kind of position he was
aiming for, although objectively Black seems to be still OK.} ({Black could
have changed the course of the game with} 7... Nxg4 $5 {for instance} 8. Bg5
Qd7 9. exd6 Bxd6 {with good play for... both sides!}) 8. g5 Bxc3+ {This
practically forces White into spoiling his structure, but the dynamic
compensation he gets for it is more relevant.} (8... Nd7 {would ensure White
some small advantage after} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 $14) 9. bxc3 (9. Qxc3 {
would allow Black to gain time for his development with} Ne4 10. Qe3 Bf5) 9...
Nd7 $6 {After this passive move, obstructing the undeveloped queen and bishop,
Black's position becomes difficult.} (9... Nh5 10. Ba3 Qd7 {followed by ...Qf5
soon would have offered better chances for a balanced fight.}) 10. Ba3 {
This simple bishop move paralyses the enemy king and queen!} Nb6 $2 {It seems
that Ivan had lost his feel for danger completely, as he played this 
(virtually decisive) mistake almost instantly.} (10... Na5 {followed by ...
c7-c5 would have allowed Black to get castled.} 11. Qa4 {should not take Black
away from his intended path:} c5 {since} 12. Nxe5 $6 Qc7 {would offer Black at
least some compensation for the missing pawn. In the long run, the chronic
weakness of the c4-pawn would be a telling factor, while the a3-bishop would
face the risk of becoming the worst piece on board.} 13. Ng4 {The knight is
heading for e3, defending c4 and controllng d5. On the way, it may create some
kingside threats if Black hurries to castle short.} (13. Nxd7 $2 Bxd7 14. Qc2
O-O $17 {[%csl Ga3,Gc4]}) (13. Nd3 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O O-O $44
{[%csl Ga3,Gc4]}) 13... b6 (13... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Gd7b6] is less thematic, but
maybe playable:} 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Bc1 O-O 16. Bg2 Nd4 17. Qd2 Nb3 18. axb3 Qxa1)
14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rd5 (17. Ne3 h6 18. gxh6 Rxh6 $44
) 17... Rhe8 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Qb5 Kc7 $44 {A funny line would be} 20. Rhd1 Qxb5
21. cxb5 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Nc4 23. Bb2 Nxe3 24. c4 Nxd1 25. Kxd1 f6 {[%csl Gb2,Re2]
with just marginally better play for White in the endgame.}) 11. Rd1 Bd7 12.
Bh3 {Mamedyarov took almost ten minutes before playing this winning move. He
might have simply been trying to understand whether his opponent had some
trump up to his sleeve.} Bxh3 {A desperate measure.} ({Theer was no other way
to free himself from the pin, for instance} 12... Qc8 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O {
followed by Rd1.}) 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qe4 {Under different circumstances (that
is, with his king on b8 or g8) Black would have excellent compensation for the
queen, due to White's weaknesses on the light squares. But with the king in
the centre Black is helpless.} Na4 {Setting up a nice trap.} 15. Qe3 ({Only not
} 15. Nxe5 $2 Rd1+ 16. Kxd1 Nxc3+ {wins}) 15... Rd7 16. Nd4 Bg2 17. Rg1 Kd8 18.
Nf5 Be4 19. Nxg7 {The rest is agony. Black does not even have the structural
element to his favour.} Bg6 20. Qh3 Nb6 21. Nh5 f5 22. gxf6 Nxc4 23. Be7+ Nxe7
24. fxe7+ Rxe7 25. Nf6 Bf7 26. Rg7 Be6 27. Qh6 Nd6 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Ne4 Nxe4
30. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 97th"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne7 $6 {
With any of 7...Qe7, 7...a5 or 7...0-0 available, it is hard to see why
Littlewood plays this knight retreat. The knight heads to g6, a very poor
square and Black has to spend a lot of time later on repositioning the knight
once again.} 8. g3 O-O ({I would have thought} 8... b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 {to be
better.}) 9. Bg2 Ng6 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 $16 {[%csl Yb2] The dark-squared
Bishop cannot be opposed and thus the theme of the coming middlegame should
focus on how much pressure White can bring to bear on those squares.} Ne4 12.
Qc2 f5 13. e3 ({I am a little surprised that Simon didn't play} 13. h4 $1 {
which looks very troublesome for the knight and Black's dark squares in
general. Black is in some trouble after this:} Qf6 (13... Nh8 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nf7 16. c5 $16) 14. h5 Ne7 15. h6 g6 (15... gxh6 16. Nd2 Ng5 17. Rh4 Kg7
18. O-O-O a5 19. Rdh1 $16) 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. g4 e5 19. Bf3 $16)
13... c6 14. O-O h5 15. Nd2 (15. h4 $1 {may be even stronger this time,fixing
the pawn on h5.}) 15... Nxd2 16. Qxd2 h4 17. f4 d5 18. a4 Bd7 19. b5 Rfc8 20.
Ba3 Qe8 21. Rfe1 $5 {A perplexing move,which nobody in the commentary room
could understand or predict. I suppose it is directed against ....dxc4 after
which White could unleash an attack with e3-e4} ({However} 21. Rfc1 {was more
natural, based on} dxc4 $6 (21... hxg3 22. hxg3 dxc4 23. Rxc4) 22. Rxc4 cxb5
23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. d5 {and White has a dangerous initiative.
Black has to be very careful opening up the game in this manner.}) 21... Qf7
22. Qb4 Nf8 ({Rejecting alternative counterplay with} 22... cxb5 23. cxb5 Rc4
24. Qb3 Rac8) 23. cxd5 $6 (23. Rec1 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh7 25. Rc2 Nf6 26. Rac1 $14)
23... exd5 (23... cxd5 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qc5 $18)
24. Qe7 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nh7 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qh4 Qe6 ({A younger Littlewood
would certainly have been more bold:} 27... Bxa4 $1 28. Bc5 (28. Bd6 Bb5 29.
Bf3 Nf6 30. Ra2 Bd3 $17) 28... b5 29. g4 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Nf6 31. Qg5 a5 $13) 28.
Be7 Be8 29. Ra2 Rc3 30. Bf3 Bg6 31. Rae2 Re8 32. Bg5 Qf7 $138 (32... Qd6 $1 {
keeps in touch with the queenside and prevents Qh1:} 33. Qh1 Nxg5 34. fxg5
Qxg3+ $17 {After 32...Qd6 it would be Black holding the winning chances.}) 33.
Qh1 Nxg5 34. fxg5 Re4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rh2 $138 (36. Qh4 {transferring to f4
right away, looks more appropriate}) 36... Qb3 37. Rhe2 Qxa4 38. Qh4 Rc2 39.
Qf4 Rxe2 40. Rxe2 Qd1+ 41. Qf1 Qb3 (41... Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Bf7 43. Rc2 $1 {
shows why the rook is better than the bishop:} a5 (43... b5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45.
Ra8 Kg6 46. Rxa7 b4 47. Ke2 Bd5 48. Rd7 Bc4+ 49. Kd2 Kxg5 50. Rxg7+ Kf6 51. Rb7
b3 52. Kc3 Bd5 53. Rb6+ Kg5 54. Rxb3 $18) 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 $18) 42. Qc1 Qe6
43. Qc7 Be8 44. Qxb7 Qc4 45. Qb2 Bb5 46. Qa2 {The complications subside into
an easy endgame for White.} Qxa2 47. Rxa2 a6 48. Rc2 Kf7 49. Rc7+ Kg6 50. Kf2
Kxg5 51. Rxg7+ Kf6 52. Rc7 Ke6 53. Rc3 Bd3 54. Kg2 Kf6 55. Kh3 Bf1+ 56. Kh4 Bb5
57. Rc7 Kg6 58. Rb7 {Struggle of the day, rather than game of the day ,is the
right way to describe this fight.} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Migot, Tangi"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 {[%cal Gd7d6,Ge6e5] La variante de
Zurich} 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2c3,Ga2a3] Un coup un peu paradoxal après
avoir joué Qc2 mais les Blancs préfèrent garder le contrôle de la case "e4"
} Qe7 (6... O-O {Bareev,E (2714)-Timman,J (2578) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2004 (9)
0-1}) 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 O-O 9. g3 (9. b4) (9. e3) 9... e5 {La poussée
thématique} 10. d5 {68} (10. dxe5 $6 dxe5 11. Bg2 Rd8 $11 {Gurevich,D (2545)
-Benjamin,J (2620) New York op 1994 (6) 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nb8 {88} (10... e4 11.
Ng5 Ne5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe3 f4 15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. O-O-O Qf7 17.
Rg1 Rxf2 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Bd7 20. Qd4 g6 21. e4 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Re8 23. Bd3
Rxh2 24. c5 Qe5 25. Qb4 b6 26. c6 Bc8 27. Bc2 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Malakhov,V 
(2706)-Ponomariov,R (2739) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 11. Bg2 (11. Nh4 $5) 11... a5
12. b4 (12. b3 $142 c6 13. Nd2 {Gordon,S (2521)-Meszaros,G (2255) GBR-ch 100th
2013 (11) 1-0}) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 b5 $146 (14... c6 15. e4
cxd5 16. exd5 b5 17. O-O bxc4 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Bc3 Bb7 20. Nxc4 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Ba1 Nd7 24. Qd3 N7f6 25. b5 Qh3 26. Qf1 Qd7 27. b6 Rb8 28.
Bb2 Nxb6 29. Bxe5 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Ne8 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Bd4 h6 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. Be3
Nf6 35. Ra6 Qh3 36. Rxd6 Ng4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ g6 40. Qb3
Qxh2+ 41. Kf1 Nxe3+ 42. Qxe3 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qd5 44. Kf1 {Fodor,T (2269)
-Prohaszka,P (2265) Budapest 2005 1/2-1/2 (81)}) 15. O-O {63} Nbd7 {87
Continuant de blitzer l'ouverture} (15... bxc4 $142 16. Qxc4 Nbd7 17. e4 Nb6
18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Rc1) 16. cxb5 Nb6 17. e4 Bg4 18. h3 (18. Nd2 $5 Be2 19. Rc1
Bxb5 20. Qxc7 $16) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ra8 {Les compensations des Noirs sont
insuffisantes} 20. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra7 {78} 21. Bb2 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8a8]} 22.
Ra1 $1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Qb8 24. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kf8 25. Be2 Ke7 {60} 26. f4
$1 Nbd7 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qc5+ Kd7 $4 (29... Ke8 $8) 30. b6 1-0

[Event "Prague m1"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 {A rare move.} (4... O-O) (4... c5) (
4... d5 {are the main lines.}) 5. Nf3 d6 ({More aggressive line is:} 5... d5 6.
a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 e5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 exd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. O-O Re8
{with good chances to equalize.}) 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 $14 {White has
small, but long-lasting advantage thanks to a pair bishops and a space
superiority.} Qe7 {Black's plan is connected with e6-e5 advance, opening the
diagonal for the light-squared bishop.} 9. e3 ({Another common way of
development is:} 9. g3 {followed by 10.Bg2.}) 9... a5 (9... e5 10. Be2 Bg4 11.
O-O e4 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 a6 14. Nc2 d5 15. Nb4 Qe6 16. b3 Ne7 17. a4 c6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2610)-Yermolinsky,A (2597)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 068 ext 
(27)}) 10. Be2 ({I would prefer} 10. b3 $5 {preventing a5-a4.}) 10... e5 ({
I wonder, what would happen after} 10... a4 {!? In this case white's queenside
offensive will be under question. The pawn on a4 can hardly be called a target.
..}) 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 {Going for a typical plan of queenside pawns offensive.}
axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 b5 $1 {Navara correctly strives for active
counterplay.} (14... c6 $6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. c5 dxc5 19.
g4 Bg6 (19... e4 20. Ne5 Bg6 21. Qxc5 $16) 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. bxc5 e4 22. Ne5
$16) 15. O-O Nbd7 16. e4 bxc4 17. Nd2 $1 {White will capture the Pc4 by knight
and at the same time preparing the thrust f2-f4.} Nb6 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 (
19. Bxc4 $6 Nh5 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 19... Ne8 {Navara is preparing f7-f5 as a
counterstrike.} 20. f4 {A logical attempt to open the game in favour of pair
of bishops. However, the continuation of the game shows that Black has
sufficient defensive resources.} ({Probably, it was preferable to prepare for
a long-term struggle by:} 20. Bb2 $5 f5 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 $14
) 20... exf4 21. Qd4 (21. Rxf4 f5 22. Qd3 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25.
Re7 Rf7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 21... f5 22. Rxf4 {Leads to a massive
simplifications and a forced draw.} (22. e5 $5 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxb4 (23... Qxe5
24. Bxe5 g5 25. Bc4 Nd6 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Bb5 Bb7 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. b5 $14) 24.
Rxf4 Qd6 {White has compensation for the pawn, but not more.}) 22... Nf6 {
White's main problem is that Be2 is unprotected.} 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25.
Bxe5 Re8 (25... Nxd5 $2 26. Bc4 c6 27. b5 Re8 28. Bc7 $1 (28. Bd6 Re6 29. bxc6
Rxd6 30. Rd4 Be6 31. c7 Rc6 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxc7 34. Rxf5 $11) (28. bxc6
Rxe5 29. Rd4 Be6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 (30... Bxd5 $4 31. c7 Re8 32. Bxd5+ Kf8 33. Be6
$18) 31. c7 Kf8 32. Bxd5 Bc8 $15 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6,Gd6c7]}) 28...
Be6 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. b6 Bc8 31. Ra4 $16) 26. Bxf6 Rxe2 27. Bd8 Rc2 {Now, the
draw is obvious due to opposite colour bishops.} 28. b5 Rc5 29. Rd4 Bb7 30. b6
cxb6 31. d6 Rd5 32. Bxb6 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. g3 (9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Be2 b5 14. e4
bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nc5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1
Na6 21. O-O Ra8 22. Bc3 Nb8 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Bd2 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. f3 Kf8
27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Na5 Na6 29. Nc6+ Ke8 30. Ke2 Nd7 31. Rc1 f6 32. Kd3 Nb6 33. Kc3
Ra2 34. Rd1 Ra3+ 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Bc1 Ra2+ 37. Kb3 Rxg2 38. Be3 Re2 {Wojtaszek,
R (2727)-Tregubov,P (2582) Gibraltar 2016 1-0 (61)}) 9... a5 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Bg2 e4 $146 (12... Bg4 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Qb2 Ne4 16. Be1
Qe7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd6 20. b5 Bxf3 21. exf3 Nd4 22. Rc1 Qe6
23. f4 Nxc4 24. Qa2 exf4 25. Bf1 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Qh6 27. h3 fxg3 28. Qxc4 Nxe1 29.
fxg3 Qd2 30. Qc3 Qf2 31. Qc4 Nf3 32. Bg2 Qxg3 {0-1 (32) Gebhardt,U (2225)
-Chernov,V (2445) Baden 2012}) 13. Nd4 e3 $1 14. f3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 a4
17. O-O Qe6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. f4 Qa6 20. f5 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 36th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
07:24] La partie commence par une anglaise anti-Nimzo mais elle va ensuite
transposer dans une Nimzo-Indienne} O-O {[%emt 0:02:24]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. d4 {
[%emt 0:03:51]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:13] Une ligne secondaire} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:03:23]}
(8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3) (8. b4 $143 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 $11) 8... Nc6 $1 {
[%emt 0:10:47][%csl Re1][%cal Ge6e5] Comme souvent dans cette variante Capa,
les Noirs ont une petite avance de développement et ils doivent essayer de
jouer activement avant que les Blancs n'aient le temps de terminer le
développement et de faire jouer la paire de B} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:08:21][%csl
Ge5]} (9. g3 Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Bg2 e5 $132 {Balparda,
J-Trompowsky,O Montevideo Casino Miramar de Carrasco 1938 (9) 0-1}) 9... Re8 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:56][%cal Gd1d8]} (10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Be2 (12. Rd1) 12... Bf5 $11 {Grachev,B (2583)-Grischuk,A (2710)
Grischuk-Grachev m blitz 2006 1/2} (12... Bg4)) 10... Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 11.
e3 {[%emt 0:05:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:45] Comme dans la variante de Zurich, le
coup Nc6 visait à soutenir la poussée centrale e5 qui libère le Bc8} 12. d5
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:59] La préparation
des Blancs face à une partie jouée par l'adversaire l'année précédente à
Cappelle} (13. Be2 Bg4 (13... Nbd7) 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17.
Rxe2 c6 18. e4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rec8 20. Qe3 b5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. f3 Nfd7 23. Ree1
Qb6 24. Kh1 b4 25. Kg1 Qa6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Nikolov,M (2577)-Bauer,C (2647)
Cappelle-la-Grande 2019}) 13... c6 {[%emt 0:10:45]} (13... Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6) 14.
dxc6 {[%emt 0:11:36]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:11:47]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:41]} Nxe4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:55]} (16... d5
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Nf6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5
23. Qxb7 Qd6 24. Bb5 Reb8 25. Qc6 Qxa3 26. Ba4 Qb4 27. Rc1 h6 28. Qc3 Ne4 29.
Qd4 Rc8 30. g3 Nc3 31. Kg2 Rab8 32. h4 Kf8 33. h5 Qxd4 34. exd4 Nxa4 35. bxa4
Rc4 36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Re5 Rc8 38. Re2 c3 39. Rc2 Rc4 40. Kf3 Rxa4 41. Rxc3 Rxd4
42. Rc7 a4 43. Ra7 Rb4 44. Kg2 g6 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. f4 {Kretov,E (2278)
-Kharitonov,A (2558) Voronezh 2014 1/2-1/2}) 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra6 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 18. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:06:58] Les Noirs doivent jouer avec
précision car les Blancs menacent d'ouvrir le jeu pour la paire de B} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:05:34]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:09][%cal Gc4c5,Gd3a6]} axb4 {[%emt 0:03:53]
} 20. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 21. O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb7
$1 {[%emt 0:05:50][%csl Rb4] Force Ba3 et le B est hors-jeu} 22. Ba3 {[%emt 0:
04:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Rb1 {[%emt 0:04:27]} (23. f3 $5 {Peut-être
un moindre mal}) 23... e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36] Gagne de l'espace avec tempo sur
le B} 24. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qc8 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:03:47][%cal Gc8f5,Gf5g5,
Gg4f3,Gg5g1] Les pièces Noires commencent à viser l'aile-roi} 25. Rfe1 {
[%emt 0:04:58]} Re5 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:06:56][%csl Rg1,Rh2][%cal Gf5h5,Gc8g4,
Ge5g5] Les pièces Noires commencent à s'activer et la paire de B des Blancs
est inutile. Le K Blanc manque de défenseurs à l'aile-roi et il commence à
être sous pression} 26. Kh1 {[%emt 0:07:08]} (26. Kf1 Rh5 27. h3 d5 (27...
Bxh3 $5 28. gxh3 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Qf3+ 30. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2c1,Gc1b2] Et le K doit
pouvoir se réfugier à l'aile-roi}) 28. hxg4 Qxg4 {[%cal Gh5h1]} 29. Kg1 Qh4
30. Kf1 Qg4 {Et les Noirs doivent probablement se contenter de la répétition
de coups}) 26... Bf3 $1 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 27. gxf3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Qh3 $40 {
[%emt 0:01:20][%cal Ge4f3,Ge5h5]} 28. Qxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qxf3+ $1 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 29. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Rbd1 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} h5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 31. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 32. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 33. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ne8
{[%emt 0:02:05]} 34. b5 $2 $138 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Bxd6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:46][%csl Rd6][%cal Gb6g6] La double attaque
gagne le B} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 {Il n'est pas facile de réfuter cette défense Tango} 3. Nf3
(3. d5 Ne5 4. e4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 (5... Bc5 6. Be2 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9.
O-O Nfg4 10. Na4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 f5 $36) 6. Bd2 Qe7
7. f4 Ng6) 3... e6 4. Nc3 (4. a3 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) 4... Bb4 {Retombe sur une
Nimzo} 5. Qc2 {Transposant sur la variante de Zurich} (5. e3 d5) 5... d6 {
[%cal Ge6e5] Anticipe l'échange du B pour jouer sur cases noires au centre} 6.
Bd2 (6. a3 $142 {Colin,V (2407)-Rusev,K (2549) 12th Sautron Open 2012 (2.9) 1-0
}) 6... O-O (6... Qe7 {Probablement une simple transposition.} 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 O-O (8... a5)) 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 (8... Qe7) (8... Re8) 9. b3 (9. e4) (
9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. O-O a4 $11) 9... Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 10. g3
{Semble un peu trop lent} (10. e3 $142 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O Nbd7
14. b4 $14 {Stern,R (2506)-Miton,K (2628) Bundesliga 1112 2011 (2.2) 1/2})
10... e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. O-O (13. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Gh4f5]} Nb6 {
Podgaets,M (2450)-Kharitonov,A (2430) URS-ch Army Gomel 1983 1-0} (13... Nc5))
13... b6 14. e4 Ng4 15. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gb3b4,Gc4c5]} Ba6 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 16.
Qe2 (16. Nd3 a4 $1 {[%csl Rc4]}) 16... Nh6 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 17. b4 f5 18. exf5
Nxf5 19. Nc2 Rae8 $132 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Bxa5 Nc5 23. Rab1 e4 $44
{[%cal Gc5d3]} 24. Nb4 Nd4 25. Qe3 Nf3+ $1 26. Bxf3 exf3 27. Qd4 Qf5 {[%cal
Gf5h3,Gh3g2]} 28. Qh4 Re2 29. Bxc7 $4 (29. Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) 29... Rfe8 30.
Red1 Qxb1 $1 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 Na6 17. Bc3 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qb2 Re8 20. O-O {[#]
Schwarz konnte das Konzept der Blockade nicht verwirklichen. In der sich nun
öffnenden Stellung erweist sich das weiße Läuferpaar als überlegen.} d5 21.
b5 d4 22. Ba5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Nc5 24. exd4 exd4 25. Bf3 Qa7 26. Nc4 Nce4 27. b6
Qd7 28. Rd1 Ng5 29. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qh3 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Qc4 Be6 33. Qf4 Qh5
34. Ra1 Nd5 35. Qg3 f5 36. Qe5 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Nf4 38. Rg1 Qh6 39. Bd2 Bd5 {
[#] Weiß wickelt nun in eine gewonnene Stellung ab.} 40. Qxd5+ Nxd5 41. Bxh6
Rxd6 42. b7 (42. b7 Rd8 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Rd7) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Titov, German1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 $5 3. Nf3 (3. d5 Ne5 4. e4 e6 5. Qd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d6 8. f4 c5 $5 9. Qc3 Ng6 10. dxe6 Nxf4 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. O-O-O
Re8 13. Qg3 Ng6 14. Ngf3 Kg8 15. Bd3 Ng4 16. Rhe1 N4e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf3
Qc7 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be2 Be6 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qa5 23. a3 Rad8 $10 {
Campos Moreno,J-De la Riva,O/Barcelona VULCA/1991/}) (3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4
Ng6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Bg5
f6 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Nf4 $1 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Qc2 Qg5
19. O-O-O fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Rde1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rae8 23. Rhe1 Rxe4 24. Qxe4
Qxh5 $17 {Dao Thien Hai-Silman,J/Budapest FS FebGM/1994/}) 3... e6 4. Nc3 Bb4
5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O (7... Qe7 8. d5 $5 $14) 8. Bg5 (8. e3 a5 9.
b3 Re8 10. Bb2 e5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Be2 Na6 14. O-O Bh5 15. Bc3 Nc5
16. b4 Bg6 17. Qd1 Nfe4 18. Bb2 Na6 19. Qb3 Bh5 20. Qc2 f5 21. Bc3 Qf6 22. Rfc1
Nxc3 23. Qxc3 e4 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 axb4 27. Nd4 bxa3 28. Rxa3
Nc5 29. Rca1 Ra6 $132 {Dreev,A-Orlov,Gi/New York op/1990/}) (8. b4 e5 $5 9.
dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e3 Bf5 13. f3 Nh5 14. g3 Bg6 15. Be2 a5
16. bxa5 c6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rd2 Rxa5 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qb4 c5 22. Qb3
Ra6 23. e4 Rae6 24. Bf1 R6e7 25. Qb5 Ra8 26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qb3 Be8
29. Qc3 Bc6 $14 {Farago,I-Motwani,P/Forli op/1991/}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 $8 (9...
Qe7 10. d5 $36) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 (11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 g4 $6 13. Rxh6 f5
14. d5 $1 gxf3 15. dxc6 fxe2 16. Bxe2 $16) 12. e3 Qf6 13. O-O-O (13. Bd3 $6
Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 $36 {()}) 13... e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c5 $1 Be6 (15... a6 16.
Bc4+ Be6 17. Bd5 $1 $14) 16. Bb5 Nxg3 $8 17. hxg3 g4 (17... Na5 18. Qc3 Nb3+
19. Kb1 e4 20. Nd4 $36 {<->d,h}) 18. Nd2 Kg7 (18... Bd5 19. Bc4 $14) 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. f4 (20. e4 f4 $132) 20... exf4 21. exf4 Rfd8 22. Rhe1 Rd4 $1 $10 23.
Nb1 Rad8 24. Nc3 Kf7 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Qe2 Re8 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rd8 (
28... Bd5 $5 $10) 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. Ne2 Bd5 (30... Bxe2 31. Rxe2 Rd5 32. b4 $14)
31. Nd4 Re8 $1 32. Re5 $5 (32. Rxe8 Kxe8 $10 33. Nxf5 $4 Be4+) 32... Rxe5 33.
fxe5 $13 {Now we can follw an inresting fight between a flexible N and the Bd5.
Both sides are able to create connected passed pawns. Blacks endgame-play
cannot be called convincing.} Bxg2 34. Kd3 {/\Ke3-f4} (34. Ne2 $5 $44) 34... f4
$1 35. gxf4 h5 36. Nf5 (36. f5 $2 h4 37. Ke2 g3 $19) 36... Bd5 37. Ke2 Kg6 38.
Nh4+ Kh6 39. Kf2 a5 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Be6 42. Kg3 Bd7 $10 43. Kf2 (43. Ng2 {
Hecht} Kg6 44. Ne3 Bc8 45. Kh4 (45. Nc2 Kf5 46. Nd4+ Ke4 47. Nxc6 h4+ 48. Kxh4
Kxf4 49. Nd4 Kxe5 $132) 45... Bd7 46. Nf1 Kf5 $132) 43... Bc8 44. Ke3 Bd7 45.
Kd4 Be6 $1 (45... Bc8 46. Ke4 Bd7 47. Ng2 Kg6 48. Ne3 h4 49. f5+ Kg5 50. e6 $18
(50. e6 {Hecht} Be8 51. Ke5 g3 52. f6 h3 (52... Kg6 53. Ng2 h3 54. Nf4+ $18)
53. f7 Bxf7 54. exf7 $18)) 46. Ke4 (46. f5 Bc8 $10) 46... Bc8 (46... Bd5+ $1
47. Kd4 (47. Kf5 $2 g3 (47... g3 {Hecht} 48. Kf6 g2 49. Nxg2 Bxg2 50. e6 Bh3
51. f5 Bxf5 52. Kxf5 Kg7 53. Kg5 h4 54. Kxh4 Kf6 $19)) (47. Ke3 $10) 47... Be6
$10) 47. Ng2 Kg6 48. Ne3 h4 49. f5+ Kg5 50. e6 g3 $6 (50... h3 $142 51. Nf1 Kf6
52. Kf4 Bxe6 53. fxe6 Kxe6 54. Kg3 Kd5 55. Ne3+ Kd4 56. Nxg4 Kc3 57. Nf6 Kxb4
58. Nd7 Kc4 59. Kxh3 Kd5 60. Kg4 Ke6 61. Nb8 Kd5 62. Na6 Kc4 $10) 51. Kf3 g2 $2
(51... Kf6 $1 52. Kg4 g2 $1 $8 (52... Bxe6 53. fxe6 Kxe6 54. Kxh4 g2 55. Nxg2
Kd5 56. Nf4+ (56. Ne3+ {Hecht} Kd4 57. Ng4 Kc4 58. Ne5+ Kxb4 59. Nd7 Kc4 60.
Kg5 Kd5 61. Kf6 $18) 56... Kc4 57. Kg5 Kxb4 58. Ne6 $18) 53. Nxg2 h3 54. Nf4 $8
(54. Kxh3 Kxf5 55. e7 Kf6+ $10) 54... h2 55. Nh5+ Ke5 56. Ng3 Bxe6 57. fxe6
Kxe6 58. Kh3 Kd5 59. Kxh2 Kc4 60. Ne4 Kxb4 61. Kg3 Kc4 62. Kf4 Kd4 63. Kf3 Kd5
64. Ke3 Kc4 $10) 52. Kxg2 Kf4 53. Kh2 (53. b5 $1 Bb7 (53... cxb5 54. c6 {/\e7+-
}) 54. b6 $1 cxb6 55. e7 $18) 53... Kxe3 (53... Kg5 54. Kh3 $18 (54. Kh3 {Hecht
} Kh5 55. b5 cxb5 56. c6 $18)) 54. b5 $1 {/\bc6,e7} (54. b5 cxb5 55. c6 $18)
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 {The Knight's Tango has lost it's originality and
became just another slightly eccentric opening.} e6 4. Nc3 {Transposes into a
somewhat better line of the Nimzo-Indian (E33).} ({Interesting is Kasparov's
ambitious} 4. a3 $5 {White invets a tempo, trying to prove a Knight doesn't
belong in front of the c-pawn in d4 openings.} d5 (4... d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 $5 (8... e5 {leads to an E9 King's Indian with an extra
tempo for White (a3).}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3
exd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Nd4 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qd2 Bb7 $13 {1/2,Naumkin,
I-Titov,G/Warszawa LEG op/1992/}) (4... Ne7 $143 $6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 Nf5 7. Bg5
Be7 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 c6 10. h3 Nd6 11. c5 Nde4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. b4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. a4 a6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. b5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 axb5 21.
axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 f6 23. Bg3 e5 24. Ra7 $36 {Zaitshik,G-Gurgenidze,B/Tbilisi/
1986/}) 5. Nc3 (5. e3 g6 6. b4 $5 Bg7 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. Rc1 Ne7 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 a6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 c6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qe2 b5 17.
c5 Qc7 18. a4 Nf6 19. Ra1 g5 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. f4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 $14 {(),Neverov,
V-Bologan,V/St.Petersburg op/1995/}) 5... dxc4 $5 (5... a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5
Be7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Rc1
Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 15. Na4 c6 16. Qc2 a5 17. b4 b5 18. Nc5 Nb6 19. bxa5 Nc4 20.
a6 Bc8 21. a4 Bxa6 22. Ra1 Qd6 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Rfb1 Nd6 26. Bc2
$16 {Kasparov,G-Yermolinsky,A/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13.
Bc2 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 17. b4 (17. d5 $1 $36) 17... f5
18. Bd3 Nb3 19. d5 Nxa1 20. dxe6 Bf6 21. e7 Rxe7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qxa1 b5 24.
Ba2 Qd3 25. Rc1 g5 $1 $44 {Bykhovsky,A-Kogan,A/Rishon le Zion YM/1995/}) 6. e4
Na5 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 a5 10. Ne5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13.
Be3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. f3 a4 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Nd3 f6 19. Kf2 Kf7
20. Ke1 Ra8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 e5 24. Rd2 Be6 25. g3 Nc7 26.
f4 exf4 27. gxf4 f5 $11 {Manninen,M-Benjamin,J/Rilton Cup9697/1997/}) 4... Bb4
5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 {The most testing move.} (8. e3 $143 a5
9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 e5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Be2 Na6 14. O-O Bh5 15. Bc3 Nc5
16. b4 Bg6 17. Qd1 Nfe4 18. Bb2 Na6 19. Qb3 Bh5 20. Qc2 f5 21. Bc3 Qf6 22. Rfc1
Nxc3 23. Qxc3 e4 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 axb4 27. Nd4 bxa3 28. Rxa3
Nc5 29. Rca1 Ra6 30. Nxf5 Rea8 $15 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4,Dreev,A-Orlov,G/New York
op/1990/}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. O-O-O e5
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c5 Be6 16. Bb5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. Nd2 Kg7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
f4 exf4 21. exf4 Rfd8 22. Rhe1 Rd4 23. Nb1 Rad8 24. Nc3 Kf7 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26.
Qe2 Re8 $11 {Hertneck,G-Titov,G/Moscow olm/1994/}) 8... e5 $5 {An enterprising
sacrifice. Black wants to profit from his lead in development by opening the
position} ({Rather passive is} 8... Re8 9. b5 Ne7 (9... Nb8 10. a4 $14) 10. g3
(10. Qc2 Ng6 11. h4 h6 12. Bb2 Ng4 13. e3 (13. h5 $5 Nf8 14. e3 $14) 13... e5
14. Bd3 exd4 15. Bxd4 N6e5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Nf6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Nxe5 dxe5
20. Bb2 Qc5 21. O-O a6 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd2 Rb6 24. Bf3 Bd7 $15 {1/2,Hort,
V-Unzicker,W/BL/1989/}) 10... Ng6 11. Bg2 e5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 b6 14. e4 a5
15. Bb2 Nd7 16. f4 f6 17. a4 Bb7 18. Rae1 (18. Qc2 $5) 18... exd4 19. Qc2 c5
20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. h4 Bxa4 23. Qa2 Bc6 24. h5 Nf8 25. h6 gxh6 26.
Qa1 Nfd7 27. Qd1 $44 {Tomaszewski,R-Novotny,J/Sumperk op/1990/}) 9. Bb2 $146 {
An interesting new treatment. White is not interested in a tactical fight and
simply ends his development.} (9. dxe5 $5 dxe5 $5 (9... Ne4 $2 10. Qe3 f5 11.
Bb2 Qe7 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. g3 Rad8 15. Bh3 Bxc4 16. Bxf5 Nf6 17. Qc3
b5 18. O-O Ne7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Rxd3 Qxe2 22. Qb3+ Nfd5 23. Re1 {
1-0,Baburin,A-Becker,M/Berliner Sommer/1991/}) (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11.
Qxe5 (11. Bb2 Re8 12. g3 (12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e3 a5 14. Bd3 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bc2
axb4 17. axb4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bb7 20. Ra1 Rab8 $11 {Umezinwa,G-Orlov,
G/New York op/1994/}) (12. e3 Bf5 13. f3 Nh5 14. g3 Bg6 15. Be2 a5 16. bxa5 c6
17. Rd1 Qc7 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rd2 Rxa5 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qb4 $13 {Farago,I-Motwani,
P/Forli op/1991/}) 12... Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5 13. Bg2 Be4) 13. Bg2 c6 14. h3 Bh5
15. O-O Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rxe5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. b5 cxb5 22. cxb5 b6 23. Bc6 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 h6 25. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gc6,Gd4]
_|_^^,Riemersma,L-Roobol,M/NLD-sf/1994/}) 11... Re8 12. Qb2 Ng4 (12... Qd3 $5
$13) 13. Qc3 $1 a5 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. h4 Qh6 16. Rd1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra6 (17... Ra2
18. Rh3) 18. Rh3 Rf6 (18... Nxf2 $2 19. Re3 $1 Ne4 20. Rxe4 $18) 19. Bc1 $1 Qh5
20. f3 Ne5 21. g4 Nxg4 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Re3 Qxh4+ 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26.
Kb3 Be6 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxh3 Qg4 29. Rf3 $16 {Browne,W-Orlov,G/USA-ch Modesto/
1995/}) 10. e3 (10. Nxe5 $142 {-9...Ne5}) 10... Re8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. b5 e4 13.
bxc6 exf3 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 Qd6 17. Rd1 Qxc6 18. h5 Rxe3+ $1 19.
fxe3 f2+ 20. Ke2 Qxh1 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rd4 Qh4 23. Rf4 Re8 24. Qd4 c5 $1 $44 {
Baburin,A-Nenashev,A/Novosibirsk/1989/}) 9... e4 $5 {Black is ambitious.} ({
Solid is} 9... Re8 $142 10. dxe5 (10. e3 Bg4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b5 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Nd4 $1 $36) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. b5 $16) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {-9.de5 Ne5 10.
Ne5 de5 11.Bb2}) 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Ne7 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rc7c6,Rd5c4] /\dc4,c6,
ץb2} 12. b5 $1 {[] An important move, otherwise the Bb2 would be seriously
restricted.} c6 (12... a6 $142 $5 13. a4 (13. bxa6 $6 b6 14. Be2 Bxa6 $15)
13... axb5 14. axb5 (14. cxb5 $5 c6 $13) 14... Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 c6 $11) 13. a4
Re8 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Be2 Ng6 16. O-O Nh4 $6 {Weakens White's K, but loses time.}
(16... Bg4 $142 $5 17. f3 (17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qc7 Re7 $11) 17...
exf3 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Bf1 $13) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. g3 Ng6 19. cxd5
Bxd5 (19... cxd5 20. Ba3 $36) 20. Nc4 {[%csl Rc6] ><c6} Qd7 21. Rfd1 (21. Ne5
$143 Qh3 $1 $132) 21... h5 (21... Qh3 22. Bf1 $16) 22. Ne5 $1 Qf5 (22... Nxe5
23. dxe5 Ng4 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Qe5 $44 {[%csl Gb2,Rd5][%cal Ga1g7]
^-|^/^a1-h8}) 23. Nxc6 $16 Ng4 (23... Rac8 24. Qa5 $1 Ng4 25. Rf1 $16) 24. Qe1
Nh4 $5 {The last trick to confuse White.} (24... h4 25. h3 Nf6 26. g4 $18) 25.
gxh4 $8 (25. Ne5 Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 exf3 $44 {[%csl Rg1] עg1}) 25... Qg6 26. Kh1 $6
(26. Bxg4 $142 $5 Qxg4+ (26... Bxc6 27. Rxc6 $18) 27. Kf1 Bb3 28. Qe2 Qh3+ 29.
Ke1 $18) 26... Bxc6 27. h3 Nh6 28. Rc5 Bxa4 29. Ra1 Rab8 30. Bc3 Qe6 (30... Bd7
31. Rg5 $40) 31. Qf1 (31. Rxa4 $5 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Ng4 33. Bd1 Qxh4 {probably
seemed too complicated for White. A computer would probably play like this.})
31... Bd7 32. Bxh5 Qxh3+ 33. Qxh3 Bxh3 34. Kh2 Bg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 36. Kg3 Nh6
37. Rxa7 $16 Rb6 38. d5 (38. h5 $1 $16 {stops all counterplay and was more
technical.}) 38... Rg6+ 39. Kh3 Nf5 40. Rc6 Rg1 {Now the d-pawn will tie Black
up.} (40... Rd8 $142 $5 41. Rxg6 fxg6 42. Ra4 Rxd5 43. Rxe4 $16 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]
><g7,g6}) 41. d6 Rh1+ 42. Kg4 Nh6+ (42... Nxh4 43. d7 f5+ 44. Kf4 $1 $18 (44.
Kg5 Rf8 {/\} 45. Rc8 $4 Nf3+ 46. Kf4 g5+ 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kh3 g4#)) 43. Kg3 Rd1
$8 (43... Nf5+ 44. Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7,Rc6c8] /\d7,Rc8+-}) 44. d7 Rd8 45. Rcc7
Nf5+ 46. Kf4 Ne7 (46... Nxh4 47. Kxe4 $18) 47. Ke5 $1 (47. Kxe4 $2 Nd5 48. Rc8
Nxc3+ 49. Rxc3 R1xd7 $11) 47... Rd5+ (47... Nd5 $2 48. Rc8 $18) (47... f6+ 48.
Ke6 $18) (47... Kh7 48. Bd4 $1 $18 (48. Bb4 $2 Nd5 49. Rc8 Nxb4 $1 50. Rxd8
Nc6+)) 48. Kxe4 $18 {The rest is agony.} f5+ 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. h5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]
><g7} Ng8 51. Kf4 Ne7 52. Ba5 Ke6 53. Kf3 R8xd7 (53... Rd3 54. Rcb7 R8xd7 55.
Rxd7 Rxd7 56. Rxd7 Kxd7 57. Bc3 $18) 54. Rxd7 Rxd7 55. Rxd7 Kxd7 56. Bc3 Ke6 (
56... g6 57. h6) 57. Bxg7 Kf7 58. Be5 Nd5 (58... Ke6 59. Bb2 Ng8 60. Kf4 $18)
59. Kg3 Nb4 60. Kh4 Nd3 61. f4 {[%cal Rh4g5] /\Kg5} 1-0

