[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{I had lost the previous game, so I was eager to play a cool game.} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O (8... a6
$5 {was what I used against Karjakin.}) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 {An offbeat
line which has depressing results for Black.} (10... a6 {is the popular
mainline.}) 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Bf8 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd5 $1 {was a nice trick.}
Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Rxd2 $16) 13. g4 $5 {The most natural continuation
playing for space and intiative on the kingside.} ({The computer also likes} 
13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 Rac8 15. Rh3 $5 $14 {A nice rook lift to protect the
queenside.}) 13... Bd7 14. h4 {Continuing the same strategy.} Rab8 15. Nce2 {
Here I decided to aim for a more pleasant endgame and there is no good way for
him to refuse.} (15. Ndb5 $5 Be8 {also looks alright for Black.}) 15... Qxd2 (
15... Qc7 16. Nb5 {was my idea.} Qc8 17. Ng3 $40 {1/2-1/2 (30) Guerra Mendez,J
(2523)-Cordova,E (2609) Catalunya 2014}) 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 (
18. Nxd4 Ng3 (18... h5 19. gxh5 Ng3 20. Rg1 Nxh5 21. Be2 {[%csl Rh5]}) 19. Rg1
Nxf1 20. Rgxf1 Bc5 $1 {followed by the exchange of the knight with an equal
endgame.}) 18... b6 (18... Bb5 19. Bxa7) 19. Bg2 Bb5 20. Rhe1 (20. Nc1 {
is just too slow I felt, but maybe it wasn't so bad.} h5 $5 21. gxh5 (21. Bxe4
dxe4 $132) 21... Ng3 22. Rh2 Nxh5 23. Bf3 $3 Nxf4 24. h5 $16 {This plan wasn't
easy/not possible to see during the game :).}) 20... Bb4 {At first I thought
this was very strong but...} (20... Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Nc5 $5 {Black could aim for
this material imbalance with the aim of exchanging the dark-squared bishop,
but I have enough time to retain BB with b3-Bb2 if needed.} 22. f5 $14) (20...
Bc5 $1 {not allowing White time to consolidate.} 21. Bf3 $1 {White still
retains some chances for an edge.} (21. Bxe4 dxe4 $132)) 21. c3 Be7 {
Positionally this plan looks sound as it forces g5 from White...} 22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. g5 $1 {Both of us overestimated Black's chances at first...Soon it struck
me that I was the one with any realistic winning chances.} Bd3+ 24. Kc1 h5 ({
Black had to try to create counterchances on the queenside.} 24... b5 $1 25. a3
({I was calculating} 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bb6 Rdb8 27. Bc7 Rb7 28. Bd6 Rxa2 {
Black gets sufficient activity.} 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Nd4 b4 $1 31. Nc6 bxc3 32.
Nxe7+ Kf8 33. bxc3 Kxe7 {with strong compensation.}) (25. Kd2 b4 26. Ke3 bxc3
27. bxc3 Rb2) 25... a5 26. Kd2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ke3 bxc3 29. bxc3 {and
only now} h5 $1 {Black holds the balance.}) 25. Kd2 (25. Ng3 Rxd4 $1 26. cxd4
Rc8+ 27. Kd2 Bb4+ 28. Ke3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 g6 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Kxe4 Rc2 32. Re3
Rxb2 33. Ra3 a5 34. Rb3 Rxa2 (34... Rxb3 35. axb3 b5 36. d5 exd5+ 37. Kxd5 Kf8
38. Kc5 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Kb4 Ke7 41. Kxa4 Ke6 42. Kb5 Kf5 43. Kc6 Kxf4 44.
Kd6 $18 {Just in time for the climax!}) 35. Rxb6 Rh2 {with a draw.}) 25... Bc5
(25... Kh7 26. Ke3 (26. Ng3 Kg6 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Kf5 {would allow Black
decent saving chances.}) 26... Kg6 {Now I have the devastating} 27. f5+ $1 (27.
Ng3 {is also possible with a solid pawn up.}) 27... exf5 (27... Kxf5 28. Rf1+
Kg6 29. Nf4+ Kh7 30. Nxd3 exd3 31. Rxf7 $18) 28. Nf4+ Kh7 29. Nxh5 $16 {
with very nice position for White.}) 26. Ke3 Rbc8 (26... Bxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rbc8
28. g6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1g1] and the difference between the minor pieces is
evident.}) 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Ng3 Rcd5 29. Nxh5 Bc4 30. Rd4 $1 {This is the
point, White keeps the d-file closed.} Bxa2 31. Ra1 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Bd5 33. Rxa7
g6 (33... Rc8 {was the last try, now I have two interesting options.} 34. f5 $5
{I would have probably gone for this.} (34. g6 fxg6 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rxg6 Rc1
37. f5 exf5 38. Rf6+ (38. Nf4 Bf7 39. Rxb6 Rf1) 38... Ke7 39. Rxf5 $18) 34...
exf5 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. h5 {with a crushing bind.}) 34. Rd7 $1 {We lost a medal
in the Olympiad thanks to my opponent, so it was nice to get revenge!} (34.
Nf6+ Kg7 35. Rd7 Rh8) (34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Nf6+) 1-0

[Event "Surfers Paradise op"]
[Site "Gold Coast"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Black "Xie, George Wendi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Amir,K"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 g5 $5 11. fxg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ncxe5 $5 (12... Ndxe5 {this is
the move I knew of} 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc5 {is a line if I am not
mistaken}) 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nce2 {this seemed like the most logical plan,
bringing the knight to h5} O-O 15. Ng3 Ng4 $1 {this move I hadn't expected
although looking back it seems to be the best move} (15... Qc7 16. Nh5 Ng4 17.
Rf4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe5 (18... e5 19. Nf6+) 19. Qh3 $1 (19. Qg3 $18)) 16. Rf4 {
I didn't quite realise that with this move the next set of moves is semi forced
} (16. c3 {During the game I really only thought about going for a direct
attack but this sensible move certainly has merits}) 16... Nde5 $1 {After this
I went into the thinking tank, the more I thought the more I realised that
white now has to sacrifice something} (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxg5 (17... e5 18.
Rh4 exd4 (18... e4 19. Ngf5 exd3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh3+ {is a
nice line which I did see :)}) 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 {I saw up to here and I thought
it should be winning, now with an engine it's also quite straight forward} 20.
Qf4 Ne5 21. Nh5 f6 22. Bf5 fxg5 23. Nf6+ $18) 18. Nxe6 {I was this much but
now Fritz 5 points out} Qe7 {but the rest is quite easy here} 19. Nf5 Qxe6 20.
Qg3 Qe5 21. Nxg7 $16) 17. Raf1 $5 {I saw the upcoming idea and despite the
fact it all worked out I still have doubts now even after the game. On the
other hand everything else looked depressing so this decision is forced too...}
Nxe3 {Black has many options now...most of them winning some material} (17...
Qxg5 18. Rxg4 (18. Nxe6 $2 Qh4 $19) 18... Qxg4 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Nxe6 $18 {
took a while for me to see but finally it clicked}) (17... Nxd3 {this one also
gave me huge headaches} 18. Rxg4 $1 (18. cxd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 e5 20. Rf6 exd4 21.
Qxd4 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qe7 $19) (18. Qxd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 (19. Rh4 h6 $1 $19) 19...
e5 20. Rf6 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qe7 23. h3 Rae8 $19 {this whole
variation could have also happened in the game but if white is forced into it
then he is justlost}) 18... Nxb2 {this move fell outside of my vision but
fortunately white seems fine here} (18... Ne5 19. Rh4 {is what I was planning})
19. Nh5 $40) 18. Qxe3 Nxd3 {Diagram # Diagram #} 19. Rf6 Nc5 $2 {I feel this
is too passive although of course a deep computer analysis is needed} (19...
Bxf6 $1 20. gxf6 Kh8 21. cxd3 Rc8 $1 {and I am not that confident about
white's chances} (21... Rg8 22. Nf3 (22. Qe5 Qb6 (22... Rg6) 23. Kh1 Rac8 24.
Nf3 d4) 22... Rc8 (22... d4 23. Ne5 $1) 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. d4 $44) 22. Nh5 Rg8 23.
Ng7 Qf8 {here I think black is better although white may hold}) (19... Nxb2 20.
Nh5 Nc4 21. Qh3 Qb6 22. c3 Bh8 23. Kh1 (23. Rh6 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1))
(19... e5 {I didn't think this was good in the game but there is this Nc1 idea
which might make it okay} 20. Nh5 exd4 21. Qxd4 (21. Qxd3 Qe7) 21... Nc1 $5 {
Fritz 5 idea} 22. Rxc1 Bh8 23. Rcf1 Qe7) 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Rh6 {Now I didn't
really see a defence} Ne4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf6 Qd6 (23... Kh8 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7
25. Qh3+ Kg6 26. Qg4+ Ng5 27. h4 $18) (23... Qb6 24. Rf4 Rfc8 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26.
Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxf7+ Kd6 30. Qxe6+ Kc7 31. Rxh7+ $18)
24. Rh5 {A nice way to sort of rescue a really up and down tournament} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 {Needing only a point from 3 games to become World Champion, I decided
just to play a normal game and to forget about the score.  I had to check all
the openings that Alexei plays, but this year we have played a lot of French
Defences, so I wondered if he would repeat.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {
In Sydney, I went for 4.Bg5, but didn't get much out of the opening.} Nfd7 5.
Nce2 {I used this against him in Leon and Frankfurt. Against Bareev, I didn't
get much from the opening, so in Sydney I deviated with 4.Bg5, but now it's
time to return to "our" main line!} c5 6. f4 ({Against} 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 {
Black tried to blast White's centre immediately. White can play 8.f4, but this
contains a lot of danger for White.}) 6... Nc6 {Fairly quickly. Black can go
for 6...cxd4, but Alexei had an improvement in mind over our game in Frankfurt.
} 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 {He played 8...Be7 in Frankfurt, but we transpose anyway.
} 9. a3 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. Rh3 a5 $1 (11... Na5 $2 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc4 14.
Ng3 $16 {Anand-Shirov Frankfurt 2000}) 12. b3 Qc7 {There are two game with 12..
.Qd8, but this move looks much better. For a start, there are possiblities of
Qc3+ in some line...} 13. Neg1 a4 $2 {There is no need for this.} (13... b6 14.
Be3 (14. Bd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ fxg5 17. hxg5+ Kg8 18.
Qh5 Ndxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5+ 20. Ne2 Ba6) 15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 (16... Ncxe5))
14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 {This looks about equal.}) 14. b4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 {
In this position, such drastic measures are simply necessary. If White can
consolidate his centre, then his kingside attack will be overwhelming.} (15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 $16) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 $1 {
The best move. White's two knights would keep tripping on each other, so it's
useful to exchange one of them.} Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Bxh4+ $2 {He played this quite
fast, but it's an error.} (18... Qc7 $1 {Black now follows with e5 which
should give him some play. Also, White's king isn't going to be completely
safe on the queenside either.}) 19. Kd1 $1 {Now Black has to exchange queens.}
Qf6 $2 (19... Qxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bf2 21. Be3 e5 22. Bxf2 Rxf2 23. Rg3 {I think
White has a comfortable edge in the ending. This reminds me of the ending in
the Slav, where White is a piece up (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4
Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4). Here Black's centre is too loose.}) 20. Nf3 $1 Qxc3 $6
(20... g5 21. Nxh4 Qxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Ke2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 gxh4 25. Rxh4 $16
{White's rooks have all the open files they need!}) 21. Bb2 {Now White wins a
second piece.} Qb3+ 22. Kc1 e5 {The only move - otherwise Ne5 wins the queen.}
23. Rxh4 {Obviously a pleasant choice - to win a queen or be two pieces up. I
saw that I could swap queens and go into an ending and decided not to bother
with the alternative. Still, taking the queen would have finished it earlier.}
(23. Nd2 Bxh3 24. Nxb3 Rf2 (24... Bg4 25. Qxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Kc2 axb3+ 27. Kxb3 c4+
28. Ka2 $18 {White just collects all the pawns.}) 25. Qb5 (25. Qd1 Bg5+ 26. Kb1
Bf5+ 27. Bd3 e4 28. Bc2 axb3 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qxb3 $18) 25... Bg5+ 26. Kb1
Bf5+ 27. Bd3 axb3 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. bxc5 $18) 23... Bf5 24. Qd1 e4 25. Qxb3
axb3 26. Nd2 {Harvesting all these pawns is going to take a while, but
basically the evaluation of the position is clear - White is winning.} e3 (
26... c4 27. Bd4 $18) 27. Nf3 (27. Nxb3 Bg6 28. Be2 Rf2 29. Kd1 Rxg2 30. Rg4
$18) 27... Rae8 28. Kd1 (28. bxc5 e2 29. Kd2 exf1=Q 30. Rxf1 {Wins as well,
but there is no reason to return material.}) 28... c4 29. Be2 Be4 30. Kc1 Re6
31. Bc3 Rg6 32. Rh2 Bd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Kb2 d2 35. Kxb3 (35. Rd1 {Followed
by Bxd2 just finishes it.}) 35... Rg3 36. Kb2 {Yes, Kc2 is quicker. I guess I
was getting nervous!} g5 37. Kc2 Rc8 (37... g4 38. Nd4 (38. Be5 gxf3 39. Bxg3
f2 40. Rh4 Rf5 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Bxf2 Rxf2 43. Kd3 $18) 38... Rf2 39. Rd1 e2 40.
Nxe2 Rxe2 41. Rxd2 $18) 38. Kd3 g4 39. Be5 Rc1 40. Rh1 Rxg2 41. Nh4 {I played
this and left the stage. When I came back Alexei graciously congratulated me
on becoming World Champion!} (41. Nd4 $4 {There is one last trick in the
position} d1=Q+ $1 42. Rxd1 Rd2+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 {
I'm not sure why Nc6 is delayed (this game and Kamsky-Ivanchuk Tilburg 1992)}
8. Qd2 Be7 (8... Bb7 {Knaak} 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7
13. Rf3 O-O 14. Rh3 g6 15. Nf2 {Kamsky-Ivanchuk/Tilburg/1992}) 9. Bd3 g6 {
and this is really asking a bit too much of Balck's position.Of course the
position is somewhat closed but black cannot neglect his development} 10. O-O
Bb7 11. Nd1 {forcing Black to take or White plays c2-c3 and moves his knight
to g4} cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. b4 $1 {@} Na4 (13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nc6 15. Rb1 $14
) (13... Ne4 14. Qe1 {פe4 /\a4} (14. Bxe4 {Knaak} dxe4 $14)) 14. c3 Nb6 $1 15.
Bf2 Qc7 16. Nb2 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nc6 $2 (17... Na3 $1 {Though this hardly helps
Black's devlopment it is imperative to delay a4 and this seems to do the job
for a few moves}) 18. a4 $16 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 $2 {A loss of tempo when Black
can ill afford it} (19... O-O $8 20. Nd1 (20. a5 Nxb2 (20... f6 $5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 $44) 21. Qxb2 f5) 20... bxa4 21. Nf2 $1 $40 f6 (21... Bc6
22. Ng4 $16) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Ng4) (19... Nxb2 {Knaak} 20. Qxb2
bxa4 21. Rxa4 {>< Pa6}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 (22...
dxc4 23. Be4 O-O (23... Bxe4 {Knaak} 24. Qxe4 O-O 25. Ra1 $18) 24. Ra1 $18 {
+- may seem a strong evaluation but I don't see hope for Black here}) 23. Bc2
Bc6 24. Qe3 $1 {anticipating 24...0-0} (24. Ra1 $16 {Knaak}) 24... O-O 25. f5
exf5 (25... Ra8 {Knaak} 26. f6 Bf8 27. h4 $16) 26. Bxf5 Qd8 (26... gxf5 $4 27.
Qg3+ $18 (27. Qg3+ {Knaak} Kh8 28. e6+ f6 29. Qxc7 $18)) (26... Ra8 {Knaak} 27.
e6 $1 gxf5 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh6 Ke8 30. Qxh7 Ra2 31. Re1 Kd8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33.
b5 $1 Ba8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. b6 Qd6 36. b7 $1 Qxe6 (36... Bxb7 37. Bb6+ Ke8 38.
Qxd6 $18) 37. b8=Q+ Kd7 (37... Qc8 38. Bb6+ Kd7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qxc8 $18)
38. Rxe6 Kxe6 39. Qc8+ $18) 27. Bg4 $1 {to help with e6. The bishop has no
more work on the /^ b1-h7} Bg5 28. Qe2 h5 {Allows 28.Bh5 but this is already
bad for Black} (28... Bd7 29. e6 $18) (28... Qe7 29. Bc5) (28... Re8 29. e6 (
29. g3 f5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Re6) (29. Qf3 Qe7 30. g3 $18) 29... f6 30. g3)
29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Be8 (30... Qe7 31. h4 $1 (31. Rf5 $2 f6 32. exf6 Qe1+
33. Rf1 Be3+ 34. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Rxf6 $1 $17) (31. e6 f6 32. h4) 31... Bxh4
(31... Bd2 {Knaak} 32. Rf3 $18) 32. Rf4 $18) 31. Rf6 $1 $18 (31. Rf6 Bc1 (31...
Bd2 {Knaak} 32. e6 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 $18) 32. e6) 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {Shirov and I continue where
we left off from Leon. This manoeuvre is basically designed to keep the center
intact - White meets c5 with c3 and f6 with f4. It is something Shirov himself
has used on various occasions.} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10.
h4 {10.b4 is also possible, but if you want to attack the black king, h4 and
Rh3 can't be wrong.} f6 11. Rh3 {Suddenly, Black has finished all the easy
developing moves. Bareev once came up with 11...a5 with the idea Qa7 and b5,
which seems very reasonable.} Na5 {I think this is a mistake since it takes
the pressure off d4 completely} 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc4 14. Ng3 a5 ({Perhaps
Black should already consider...} 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 {
It may not be enough for a piece, but Black will have lots of play and
probably Shirov would have enjoyed this kind of position more!}) 15. Bd3 f5 ({
Now it's too late for...} 15... fxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Bxg5 (17... Kg8
18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qg6 {There seems to be no defence against Nh5}) 18. hxg5+ Kg8
19. Qh5 $18) 16. Ng5 Rd8 (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rd8 (17... Rf7 18. Rxh7 Kxh7 19.
Qh5+ Kg8 20. g6 $18) (17... g6 18. Nh5 $1 Rf7 19. Nf6+ $16) 18. Nh5 {/\ Nf6} (
18. Qh5 Nf8)) 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 $1 (18. hxg5 Nf8) 18... Rf8 (18... Nf8 19.
Nh5 Rd7 20. Nf6+ $18) 19. Nh5 Rf7 20. Rg3 g6 21. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 22. b5 $1 {
Now the bishop enters the game as well.} Qxb5 (22... Kh8 23. Ba3) (22... Nf8
23. Ba3 Bd7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. h5 $18) 23. Ba3 b6 24. Qh6 Bb7 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxf7 Rg8 {Of course Nf6 wins, but I saw something more elegant:}
28. Bf8 $1 {This victory clinched the tournament for me as it gave me a 2
point lead ahead of the last round.} (28. Bf8 Nxf8 29. Nf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7
{Not always the most useful move. Black may want to keep the option of Ba6} 9.
Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 (12... Bc5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qxb4) (12... Nc5 13. Nf2 $14) 13. Rf3 $1 O-O 14. Rh3 g6 15. Nf2 $14
Nc5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Re1 $16) 16. Ng4 Ne4 (16... h5
17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. f5 $1) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 h5
20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qd5 22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf5 (24... Rab8
25. f5 exf5 26. Qh6 $18) (24... Kf8 $5 25. g4 $140 Ke8) 25. Rg3 Rxd4 $8 26.
Qxd4 h4 27. Rg5 Qxf4 28. Rc5 $18 e5 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Rf1 f3 32.
gxf3 Bh3 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Rc4 exf3 35. Rxh4 Be6 36. Rd2 g5 37. Rh5 g4 38. Kf2
Rc8 39. Rh4 Rb8 40. c4 Rc8 41. c5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {Of course, this
move no longer comes as a surprise when I play it, but I was curious to see
what he intended.} c5 6. c3 cxd4 {This is one of the most direct attempts -
Black wants to break with f6 while White is still relatively undeveloped.} 7.
cxd4 f6 8. Nf4 {8.f4 is another ball-game, and Judit's game with Hernandez
from Merida 2000 is the latest example, but this was too much for a game that
started at 9:00 AM!} ({Nothing promises} 8. exf6 {Finkel,A} Nxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 (
9... Bd6 {Finkel,A} 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Ne4
$132 {Bologan,V-Glek,I/BL9293}) 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 {Finkel,A} O-O 12.
Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 $6 Nh5 14. Ne2 $5 (14. Qc2 {Finkel,A}) 14... e5 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ge8e2] Nijboer,F-Glek,I/Hoogovens-B 1999}) (11. Be2 {Finkel,A} O-O 12.
O-O h6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Re1 g5 $5 $132 {Hort,V-Knaak,R/BL9697}) 11...
O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. a3 Re7 $132
{Lau,R-Gleizerov,E/Dresden op 1994}) (8. f4 $146 {Finkel,A} fxe5 9. dxe5 (9.
fxe5 {Finkel,A} Bb4+ 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be3 $13) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3
Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 {Finkel,A} Nc5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15.
g3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rc1 Nb3 $17) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2
O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (14. a3 {Finkel,A} Ne4 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1
$17 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 $1 {Of course.
Why should Black restrict himself to 9...Qe7} 10. Bxb4 (10. exf6 {Finkel,A}
Nxf6 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bd3 O-O 15. a3 Nh5 $5 $13 {
Vukovic,Z-Piskov,Y/JUG-chT 1994}) 10... Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13.
exf6+ (13. Nf3 {Finkel,A} Nc6 $5 (13... fxe5 {Finkel,A} 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 {
Finkel,A} Nc6 15. Nd3 Rf8 16. Be2 b6 17. Rac1 Bb7 $132) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6
16. Nd3 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18. Rc1 Rf8 19. g3 $14 {and white has slighly better
chanses.})) 13... gxf6 14. Re1 (14. Nf3 $6 {Finkel,A} Kd6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 14...
Nb6 15. Nf3 {Finkel,A: 'In the only game which was played in this variation
white didn't choose the correct plan and very soon found himself in troubles:'}
(15. Bd3 $6 {Finkel,A} Nc6 16. Nf3 Kd6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 17. Nh5 Rf8 18. Bxh7
e5 $36 {Bezgodov,A-Sakaev,K/RUS-ch KO 1999}) 15... Nc6 {'?!' Kortschnoj.} 16.
Bb5 Bd7 {I can't really criticise this, but after 16...Na5 or Nd8 followed by
a6, I don't see any difficulties for Black.} 17. Bxc6 {Again, I was relieved
to get this exchange as I liked the position with two knights} bxc6 18. Re2 $1
{If Black gets his king to d6, then White might have problems.} Rae8 {
'Kortschnoj: 'Very experienced "French" player Bareev chooses a plan to keep
all his pieces on the king side of the board. It was a worth instead to play
Rhe8, followed by a7-a5-a4.} (18... Rab8 19. Nxe6 (19. Rhe1 Na8 20. b3 (20.
Rxe6+ Bxe6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Nh4 Rhe8 24. Rd6 {In our postmortem,
we thought that now 24...Red8 could be met by Nf5, but at home, I see that 24..
.Re4 is rather better.}) 20... Nc7) 19... Nc4+ 20. Kc3 Bxe6 21. Rhe1 {Is a mess
}) 19. Rhe1 Kf7 (19... Kd6 $1 20. Nh5 (20. Kc1 $1 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 $6 (20... a5
$6 {Finkel,A} 21. Nh5 Ref8 (21... Rhf8 $6 {Finkel,A} 22. Ng7 $1 Re7 23. Nf5+
$18 {[%csl Re7]}) 22. Ng7 Rfg8 23. Nxe6 Rxg2 24. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gh4f5]}) (20... h5 $5 {Finkel,A}) 21. g3 a5 22. Nh5 Rg6 23. Nh4 Rh6 24. Ng7 $18
) 20... Ref8 $1 (20... Rhf8 21. Ng7 $1 Re7 22. Nf5+ $18) 21. Ng7 Nc4+ 22. Kc3
e5 23. b3 Rhg8 $1 (23... e4 24. bxc4 exf3 25. c5+ Kc7 26. gxf3 $18) 24. bxc4
Rxg7 {This looks fine for Black} 25. dxe5+ fxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxg2 27. Nxd7 Kxd7)
20. Kc1 {Somehow, White's position is a little more pleasant here.} Nc4 {
This helps White swap knights} 21. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 {Now White can aim for
Nc5 and possibly move a rook to a3. Evgeny lashes out} c5 23. dxc5 e5 24. Nxd5
$1 (24. Nd3 {Black seems to have enough compensation here.}) 24... Bb5 25. Kc3
$1 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rc8 $2 {He tries to stop c6 while he brings his forces over,
but in fact b4 is the move he must prevent, not c6!} (26... Rhg8 27. f3 $16) (
26... Rd8 $1 27. Kc4 Ke6 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. c6 {White should take the draw.} (29.
f4 $2 {The same as in the game. However, White is lacking the move b4.} e4 30.
Rd4 (30. c6 Rd6 31. Kc5 Rhd8) 30... f5 31. g4 Rhd8 32. gxf5+ Kf7 33. c6 Rd6 34.
Kc5 e3 35. c7 e2 $1 36. cxd8=Q (36. Re4 Rxd5+ 37. Kc4 Rd4+ 38. Rxd4 Re8 $1 $17
{Amazingly White is lost here}) 36... Rxd8 37. Re4 Re8) 29... Rd6 30. Kc5 Rhd8
31. Nc7+ (31. c7 Rxd5+ 32. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 33. Kc6 Rd6+ 34. Kc5 $1 (34. Kb7 Rb6+ {
Wins for Black!}) 34... Rd5+ 35. Kc6 $11) 31... Ke7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 {Now moving
the knight to f4 doesn't help} 33. Nd5+ (33. Nb5 $2 Rd2 {White even has
problems here} 34. Nxa7 Rc2+ 35. Kd5 Kd8 $1) 33... Ke6 34. Nf4+ Ke7 $1 {
I had seen that now c7 would be met by Rd2, but I assumed that some win
existed and anyway White has a forced draw at any moment}) 27. Kc4 Ke6 (27...
a5 28. a3 a4 {is met by} 29. Nb6) 28. b4 $1 Rhd8 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. f4 (30. b5
Rcd8 {leads to a draw}) 30... e4 (30... Rcd8 31. c6 Rd6 32. f5+ Kxf5 33. c7 $1
Rc8 34. Ne7+ Ke6 35. Rxd6+ $18) 31. Rd4 f5 32. g4 Rg7 (32... Rcd8 33. c6 Rd6
34. gxf5+ Kf7 35. b5 $1 {The b-pawn makes all the difference} e3 36. c7 e2 37.
Re4 $1 $18 {And Rxd5 isn't check!} (37. cxd8=Q $4 Rxd8 38. Re4 Re8)) 33. Ne3 {
Now it's over} fxg4 34. Rd6+ Kf7 35. Nf5 {Winning back the exchange} e3 (35...
Rg6 36. Rxg6 {Black can't avoid a fork.}) 36. Nxg7 Re8 37. Nxe8 e2 38. Rf6+ {
Since the first game was drawn, this victory gave me the inaugural FIDE world
cup} (38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 $1 (13...
b6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Nc5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. a4 $1 $16 {Nunn}) 14. Nb2 (14. Rb1
$5) 14... gxf4 15. Nd3 b6 16. Kf2 (16. Qg4 Ba6 17. Qxf4 Rc8 $1 (17... Bxd3 18.
Bxd3 Qc3 19. Ke2 $16 {In Informant the line given is 19.0-0 Qd3 20.Qf7 Kd8 21.
Qe6 Qe3 22.Kh1 Qe5 +/= but this is unnecessary}) 18. Qxd4 Qc3 (18... Rc4 19.
Qb2 Re4+ 20. Kd1 Qa4+ 21. Nb3 $13 (21. Qb3 $6 Qd4 $40) (21. Kc1 $6 $13 Re3 $19)
) 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Nf4 (20. Nb4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 a5 $17) 20... Bxf1 $15) 16...
Ba6 17. Nf3 Rc8 $1 {Dreev plays the next few moves accurately} (17... Bxd3 18.
Bxd3 Nc5 19. Re1 $16) 18. Nxf4 Nc5 19. g3 (19. Bxa6 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 Qxa6 21. Nxd4
$13) 19... d3 $1 20. Bxd3 (20. Nxd3 Ne4+ 21. Kg2 Qa3 $36) 20... Nxd3+ 21. Nxd3
Qa3 22. Nf4 Qb2+ 23. Kg1 Rc2 (23... Rc3 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 $10 (25... Qc4
$6 26. Qa4+ Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Bc4 28. Rxa7 $16)) 24. Qd4 Qa3 (24... Rc3 25. Rd1 $14
) 25. Ne1 Rb2 (25... Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. h3 $13 {This may have been Black's
best try-the position is extremely double-edged}) 26. Rc1 Qxa2 27. Nh5 {
In time-trouble this an extremely annoying move and Dreev quickly bashed out
27...Qb3?} Qb3 $2 (27... Bc4 $1 {The position is still O.K for Black} 28. Nf6+
(28. Rxc4 $6 Rb1 $1 29. Nf6+ Kd8) 28... Kd8 (28... Ke7 $2 29. Rxc4 Rb1 30. Rc7+
$18) 29. Qf4 $15 (29. Ne4 $5 Rb1 $1 {this possibility was pointed out by John 
(Van der Wiel) and Jeroen (Piket)} 30. Nc3 Rxc1 31. Nxa2 Rxe1+ 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33.
Kh3 Rxa2 $17)) 28. Nf6+ Kd8 29. Nxd5 $1 $18 exd5 (29... Qxd5 30. Qxb2 Bb7 31.
Ng2 $18) 30. e6 Ke7 (30... Rf8 31. e7+ Kxe7 32. Qe5+ Kd8 33. Rc3 $1 Qb4 34.
Qc7+ Ke8 35. Re3+ $18) (30... Re8 31. exf7 Rf8 32. Qf6+ Kd7 33. Rc3 (33. Qc6+
$1 Ke7 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kxf7 37. Rc7+ $18) 33... Qb5 (33...
Qd1 34. Qc6+ (34. Re3 Re2 $3 35. Qe6+ Kc7 36. Rc3+ Bc4 $17) 34... Ke7 35. Qc7+
Kf6 36. Rc6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kxf7 38. Rf6+ $18) 34. Nd3 $1 (34. Re3 Qf1+ 35. Qxf1
Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Rxf7+ $15) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxd3 36. Qc6+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Kf6 38.
Rc6+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kxf7 40. Rc7+ $18) 31. Rc3 $1 Qb5 32. Rc7+ Kxe6 33. Qe3+ {
The point of 31.Rc3} Kf6 34. Qe7+ Kf5 35. Qxf7+ Kg5 1-0

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 Bb7 $1 (9... b4 10. Na4 cxd4 (10... c4 11. b3 $14) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Bb7 13. Qe3 $14) (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Bd3 $14) 10. h5 $6 (
10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 $1 11. Qf2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nb4 $36) 11.
Bxc5 Nxc5 $132) (10. a3 $13) 10... b4 $1 11. Na4 $2 cxd4 $6 (11... Nxd4 $1 12.
Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $17) 12... cxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc6 $17) 12. Bf2 $1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Na5 $2 (13... f6 14. O-O fxe5 15. fxe5 (
15. Ng5 e4 16. Nxe6 Qd6 $17) 15... Be7 $15) 14. Nxd4 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bc6 $2 16.
Nxc6 Qxc6 17. b3 Na3 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qe3 g6 20. Qh3 Bh6 21. Be3 Nb5 22. Rf3 $36
Nc3 {not necessary but then black would constantly have to watch out for Na4-b6
} 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Raf1 Qc6 25. Kh1 Bg7 (25... Nc5 $2 26. f5 Bxe3 27. hxg6 $18
) 26. Bd4 (26. g4 $1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 $16) 26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5 28. g4 Rc6 $1
29. R1f2 Qd4 30. Qf1 Ke7 31. Rh2 a5 $2 {><b5} 32. h6 $1 Bf8 33. f5 gxf5 34.
gxf5 Rg8 $2 (34... exf5 $1 {His best chance} 35. Rxf5 Kd8 36. Rxf7 Be7 $14) 35.
fxe6 fxe6 36. Bxh7 $1 (36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Bb5 {The consequence of 31...a5} Qe4+
38. Rf3 $18) 36... Rc3 37. Bxg8 Qe4 38. Rhh3 Bxh6 39. Qg2 $1 Qe1+ 40. Qg1 Qe4
41. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT 11th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor SK Piramida"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $5 {An interesting move.} (5.
f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {is always an intriguing alternative for me.}) 5... c5
6. c3 cxd4 $1 {I like this more than the reminiscent of Tarrasch's 3.Nd2 Nf6
type of lines.} 7. cxd4 f6 8. Nf4 {This is the usual response.} (8. f4 {
is another line.} fxe5 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ $13) 9... Bb4+ 10. Kf2
O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 $13) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Bxb4 (10. Rc1 {I have
considered this move during the game.} O-O 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qe7 $13)
10... Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Kf7 $5 $146 {An idea of GM Nigel Short.} (
12... Ke7 13. exf6+ gxf6 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Nf3 {Anand-Bareev,New Delhi(WCh)2000.}
Bd7 $1 16. Bd3 (16. Nd3 $140 Nc4+) 16... Nc6 17. Re2 (17. Bf5 $2 e5 $1 18. Bxd7
Kxd7 19. Nd3 $2 e4 $19) 17... Kd6 18. Rhe1 Rae8 19. Nh5 Ref8 20. b3 $14) 13.
exf6 gxf6 14. Nf3 Nc6 $5 {Whether this move lacks accuracy I really do not
know.} (14... Nb6 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Nd3 a6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. b3 Ke7
20. Rhe1 Kd6 21. Nf4 Rae8 22. Nh5 Nd7 23. Nh4 $36) 15. Bb5 $1 Nb6 16. Bxc6 $5 (
16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nd3 a6 {transposes to the note above.}) (16. Nd3 Na5 17. Nc5
Nac4+ 18. Kc3 Nd6 19. Bd3 Nd7 $13) 16... Nc4+ 17. Kc3 bxc6 18. Nd3 Rg8 $1 {
Black has to give white's pawn structure some weaknesses.} 19. g3 (19. Rhg1 {
looks more accurate though passive as well.} Nd6 20. Nc5 Nb7 $13) 19... Nd6 20.
Nc5 Nb5+ $6 (20... Nb7 {First of all it is not clear if after this one black
is worse.} 21. Nxb7 Bxb7 $13) ({Besides} 20... e5 21. dxe5 Nb5+ 22. Kd2 Bg4 {
is a much better way to reach the text avoiding 22.Kd2 e5 23.a4 in the game
continuation.}) 21. Kd3 (21. Kd2 e5 22. dxe5 $1 (22. a4 $2 {I could not
appreciate this move well during the game.} Nxd4 $1 (22... Nd6 {Also possible
is} 23. dxe5 $140 Nc4+ 24. Kc3 fxe5 25. Rhe1 (25. b3 Bg4) 25... Re8 $1 (25...
Kf6 $2 26. b3 Bg4 27. bxc4 Bxf3 28. Nd7+ $18) 26. b3 Bg4 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. bxc4
(28. Nge4 Nb6 29. Nd6 Red8 30. Ncb7 Rf8 {goes nowhere for white.}) 28... Kxg5
29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rxe5+ Rxe5 31. f4+ Kf6 32. fxe5+ Kxe5 33. Re1+ Kd6 $11) 23.
Nxd4 exd4 {Black should not be afraid of this position.} 24. Kd3 (24. b4 Rb8
25. Rhb1 Bf5 26. Rb3 Rb6 27. b5 Rc8 $1 $17) 24... Rb8 25. b3 Rb4 $15) 22... Bg4
23. e6+ Bxe6 24. a4 $1 Nd6 (24... Bg4 25. axb5 Bxf3 26. Rhe1 cxb5 27. Re3 Bg4
28. Rea3 $16) 25. Nd4 Bf5 $1 $14) 21... e5 22. dxe5 Bf5+ 23. Ke3 $2 (23. Kd2
Bg4 24. e6+ Bxe6 25. a4 Nd6 $14 {looks normal.}) 23... Rae8 $1 $17 {After this
white looks like being in a horrible shape.} 24. e6+ $8 (24. Kf4 fxe5+ $1 25.
Nxe5+ (25. Kxf5 $4 Nd6#) 25... Kf6 26. Ncd7+ Bxd7 27. Nxd7+ Ke6 28. Nc5+ Kd6
$19) 24... Bxe6 25. Rhe1 Bg4+ 26. Kf4 Bxf3 $4 (26... Rb8 $1 {I have overlooked
this simple idea.} 27. Rac1 (27. Nb3 c5 28. Nxc5 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Nd4+ 30. Kg2 Nc2
31. Nd3 Nxa1 32. Rxa1 $17) 27... Nd6 $1 (27... Bxf3 $6 28. Kxf3 Nd4+ 29. Kg2 (
29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30. Kf4 Rb4+ $1 $17) 29... Rxb2 30. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 31. axb3 Rc8 $1
32. Re3 c5 33. Rec3 Ke6 34. Re3+ (34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxb3 36. Ra5 Rb7 37.
Kf3 $15) 34... Kd6 $1 35. Ra1 $132 Rb8 36. Rf3) 28. Nd4 (28. Nd3 Bf5 29. Rxc6
Rg4+ 30. Ke3 Nc4+ 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Nfe5+ fxe5 33. Nxe5+ Kf6 34. Nxc4 dxc4 $19)
28... Rb4 29. Ke3 Nc4+ 30. Kd3 Ne5+ $19) 27. Kxf3 Nd4+ 28. Kg2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1
Rb8 30. b3 Rb5 31. Na4 {Since black has lost a lion share of his advantage I
have accepted Gyula's draw offer.} (31. Na4 Ra5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. f4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT 5th"]
[Site "Banja Vrucica"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.06.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prozor Rama"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {This is an
annoying line for black.} a6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nc5 (12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16.
Rc1 $1 b6 17. Be2 Qa5 18. c3 Qc5 19. c4 $40 {is a vicious line.}) 13. O-O-O Bd7
$14) 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 {The Old line.} (9. a3 Rb8 $5 (9... Qa5 10. Ra2 Qc7 {
is very popular these days.}) 10. Ne2 $5 $13) 9... Bxc5 ({I am not in a very
big love with.} 9... Qa5 $5) 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 (12. b4 Nd7 $8)
12... Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 $6 {I do not know why I have chosen this one.} (13... Na4
$1 14. Nxa4 bxa4 $13 {is more logical.}) 14. Rfd1 Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. Qxb6 (
16. b3 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bd7 18. a3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 a5 $132) 16... Rxb6 17. b3 Nc6
18. Bf1 $2 {White had to act quickly.} (18. c4 $1 axb3 19. axb3 Nb4 (19... Rxb3
$2 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bxa6 Be6 22. Rdc1 $16) 20. Nd4 Ke7 21. Bf1 (21. c5 Rb8 22.
c6 $2 Kd8 23. Rdc1 Kc7 24. Rc3 Rb6 25. Kf2 Nxc6 26. Rac1 Bb7 $17) 21... Rb8 22.
c5 Kd8 23. Ra4 $16 {with a further idea of Bb5!}) (18. Rdb1 axb3 19. Rxb3 Rb4 (
19... Rb7 20. Bxa6 Rxb3 21. axb3) 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Rb1 Nc6 23.
Rb6 Kd7 24. Rxa6 Rb8 $44) 18... Ke7 19. c4 (19. Nd4 Bd7 20. bxa4 $2 Rb4 $1 (
20... Nxd4 $6 21. Rxd4 a5 22. a3)) 19... dxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Bxc4 Na5) 20... Rd8
$1 $15 {b line combined with the strong a pawn gives black a clearly better
game.} 21. Rxd8 (21. Rd6 $6 Rxd6 22. c5 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Rb2 24. Rd6 Bd7 (24... Bb7
$2 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Rxc6 Bb7 27. Rc7+ Kd8 28. Rxf7 Bxf3 29. gxf3 g6 30. Rxh7
Rxa2 31. Ra7 a3 32. c6 Kc8 33. h4 Kb8 34. c7+ Kc8 $11) 25. Bxa6 a3 $17) (21.
Rdb1 Rb7 (21... Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nd4 23. Ng5 f6) 22. Rxb7+ Bxb7 23. Rb1 Na5 24.
Rb4 Bc6 25. Kf2 Rd1 $17) 21... Nxd8 22. Nd2 $1 {An incredible defence by
Robert.} Rb2 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. Nd6 a3 25. c5 Bd5 26. Nc4 Rc2 (26... Bxc4 27. Bxc4
Nc6 28. Bxa6 Nb4 29. Bc4 Rc2 30. Bb3 Rxc5 31. Rd1 $15) 27. Ne3 Rxc5 28. Bxa6
Nc6 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Rb1 Rc2 {This looks like losing the advantage but I
really could not have found anything clear.} (30... g5 31. g3 $1 (31. fxg5 $2
Nxe5 32. Rb3 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Nc4 $19) (31. Rb7+ Kd8 (31... Ke6 32. Bb5 gxf4 33.
Rb6 Kd7 (33... Kxe5 $2 34. Bxc6 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Ra6 Rc2 38.
Be8) 34. Rb7+ Kc8 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxf7 $11) 32. Bb5 $2 Nd4 $17) 31... gxf4
32. gxf4 Rc2 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Bb5 Nd4 35. Rd7+ Kc8 36. Rxd5 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh2+
38. Ke1 Rxa2 39. Rd3 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 a2 41. Ra3 Nf3+ 42. Kc3 Nxe5) (30... Nd4 31.
Bd3 Rc3 32. Rb7+ Ke8 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. Bxh7 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxf4 36. Bf5+ Ke7 $11)
31. Rb7+ Kd8 (31... Kf8 32. Bb5 g6 (32... g5 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. f5) 33. Ba4 Rc4
34. Bb3 Rxf4 35. Bxd5 Nxe5 36. Ra7 Rd4 37. Bb3 $11) 32. Bb5 Nd4 33. Rd7+ Kc8
34. Rxd5 $11 Nxb5 35. Rxb5 Rxa2 36. Ra5 g6 (36... Kd7 37. f5) 37. h4 h5 38. Kh2
Kb7 39. Kg3 Kb6 40. Ra8 Ra1 41. Ra4 (41. f5 $5 gxf5 42. Kf4 Kc5 (42... a2 43.
Kg5 f4 44. Kf6) 43. Kxf5 Rf1+ 44. Kg5 Kb4 $11) 41... a2 42. Ra8 Kc5 43. Ra7 Kd4
44. Ra4+ Ke3 45. Ra3+ Ke2 46. Ra7 Ke3 47. Ra3+ Ke4 {Black can only win if his
king reaches h1 square however the road is closed for that.} (47... Ke2 48. Ra7
Kf1 49. Kh2 (49. Ra8 Kg1 50. Kh3 (50. Ra7 $4 Rb1 $19 {mates.}) 50... Kf2 51.
Kh2 $11) 49... Kf2 50. g3 $11) 48. Ra6 Rb1 49. Rxa2 Rb3+ 50. Kh2 Kxf4 51. Rf2+
Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Karel likes this more than} (4. Bg5 dxe4 5.
Nxe4 Nbd7 $14) 4... Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 $5 {Glek rules!} (7...
cxd4 {I think I can hold my own in the following endgame, but Glek's treatment
of the position impressed me deeply.} 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11.
Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nd4 h5 16. h4 g6 17. a4 a6
18. Bd3 Nc8 19. Kd2 Na7 $14) 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 {Karel had already a game with
this.} ({Theoretically more critical is} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6
12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 (15. b3 O-O) 15... Ne7 16. Rad1 (16.
b3 h6) 16... Na4 $11) 9... Qb6 10. Qf2 Rb8 {Strangely Itkis has played this
move which I did not know during the game.} 11. h4 (11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Ne2 Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 Nc5 $11 {looks ok for black
since I have b5 in compared to the classical endgame mentioned above.}) (11.
Nd1 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 c4 $132) 11... cxd4 {I wanted to make use of my
Rb8.} (11... h5 $5 12. f5 $2 {looks critical but tactics work for black.} (12.
O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 g6 18.
b4 Nb6 $11) (12. Rh3 $5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 (
16. Nxb5 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Rb4 18. c3 Rxb2) 16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. c3 Nc5 19.
Bc2 Bd7 $11) 12... Ndxe5 $1 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Bd2 dxc3
16. Bxc3 c4 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Bd4 Rb8 19. Be4 exf5 20. Ba7 Bb7 21. Bxb8 Bxe4
22. O-O-O Bxg2 $44) 13... d4 14. fxe6 Bxe6 $17) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14.
Qxd4 Bc5 15. Nxb5 $5 {A surprising move by Karel.} (15. Ne2 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 h5 $1
(16... Nc5 $6 17. h5 (17. b4 Na4) 17... h6 18. Kd2 $16) 17. Kd2 (17. b4 Nb6 $11
) 17... g6 18. c3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bd7 $11) 15... Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Rb4 $8 17. Ne2 (17.
c3 Rxb2 18. O-O Nc5 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Ke7 22. Rb6 Rc8 $132)
17... Rxb2 18. Kd2 f6 $2 {Too ambitious and wrong.} (18... Nc5 19. Rhb1 Rxb1
20. Rxb1 Kd7 21. Nd4 Kc7 $11) 19. exf6 $2 {Karel also did not take the
advantage after my mistake.} (19. Nd4 Rb6 (19... fxe5 20. fxe5 (20. Nb3 exf4
21. Kc3 Rxb3+ 22. axb3 Ke7 23. Bxa6 e5 $44) 20... Nxe5 (20... Rb6) 21. Nb3 O-O
22. Rhf1 Nxd3 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Kxd3 d4 25. Kd2 $18) 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
fxe5 22. Nxe6 (22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxa6 O-O 24. Bxc8 Nc4+ $44) 22... Ke7 23. Nxg7
e4 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Rb8 Rd8 (25... Rg8 26. g4) 26. Ra8 $16) 19... gxf6 20. Rhb1
(20. g4 $6 e5 21. Bf5 Ke7 22. Rhb1 Rb8 $1 23. Rxb8 (23. g5 Nb6 24. Bd3 Kd6 $1
$17 (24... e4 $2 25. Nd4 exd3 (25... Kd6 26. Be2) 26. Nc6+ Kd6 27. Nxb8 Nc4+
28. Kxd3 Bf5+ 29. Kd4 $18)) 23... Nxb8 24. Ng3 exf4 25. Nh5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nc6
27. Nxf4 Kd6 28. Re1 Ne5 $17) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nc5 (21... Rg8 22. g3 h5 23.
c4 $14) 22. g3 $1 $14 {A move I have failed to appreciate its strenght.} (22.
g4 $6 e5 23. Bf5 O-O 24. Bxc8 Ne4+ 25. Ke3 Rxc8 $17) 22... Nxd3 (22... e5 $6
23. fxe5 $1 (23. Rb6 Ke7 (23... Nxd3 $6 24. cxd3 Ke7 25. fxe5 (25. Nc3 $6 Rd8
26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rh6 Bf5 28. Rxa6 d4 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rg8 $40) 25... fxe5
26. d4 $16) 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Rc6 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rg8 27. f5 Bf7 28. Ne2 d4 29.
Rxa6 Rb8 $44) 23... fxe5 24. Nc3 {and my center becomes lose after this move.}
e4 25. Be2 (25. Bf1 $2 d4 26. Ne2 (26. Nd5 Rf8 $17) 26... e3+ 27. Ke1 d3 $1 {
A move I have missed during the game.} 28. cxd3 Nxd3+ 29. Kd1 O-O $17) 25... d4
26. Nd5 Kd7 27. Rb4 Kd6 28. Nb6 Ne6 (28... e3+ 29. Ke1 Ne6 30. Nxc8+ (30. c3
dxc3 31. Rc4 Nc5 32. Nxc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc3 Re8 34. Bf3 $16) 30... Rxc8 31. Rb6+
Rc6 32. Rxc6+ Kxc6 33. Bxa6 $16) 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 30. Bg4 e3+ 31. Kd1 $16) 23.
cxd3 Rg8 24. Rb6 Ke7 (24... Rg7 $6 25. f5) 25. Ke3 (25. d4 h5 $5 (25... Rd8 $6
26. g4)) (25. a4 e5 (25... d4 26. Nxd4 Rxg3 27. Nc6+ Kd7 28. Na7 Rf3 29. Rb4 e5
$11) 26. Nc3 Be6 27. f5 Bf7 28. Rb7+ Kf8 $11) 25... e5 26. d4 $1 {I had still
some illusions to be better in this position.} (26. fxe5 $6 fxe5 27. d4 Bg4 $1
(27... e4 $2 28. Kf2 $16) (27... Rg4 $2 28. dxe5 Re4+ 29. Kf2 Rxe5 30. Rh6 Bf5
31. Nd4 $16) 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Ne2 Bg4 30. dxe5 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Rxg3 32. Rxa6 h5
$11) 26... exf4+ (26... e4 $5 27. f5 {Van der Weide} (27. Kf2 Rd8) 27... Bxf5
28. Rxa6 Bc8 29. Ra8 Kd6 30. a4 Kc7 31. Kf2 h6 32. Nf4 e3+ 33. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 34.
Kf2 Rg4 $11) 27. Kxf4 (27. Nxf4 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Ra3 29. Nxd5+ Kf7 30. Rxf6+ Kg7
31. Rc6 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Bg4 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Nf6 $14) 27... Rg4+ 28. Kf3 Re4 29.
Kf2 (29. Nc3 Rxd4 30. Ke3 Rg4 31. Nxd5+ Kf7 $14) 29... a5 $2 {This looked
clever but...} (29... Re6 $1 30. Rb8 $1 (30. Nf4 $6 Rxb6 31. Nxd5+ Kd6 32. Nxb6
Be6 33. d5 Bxd5 (33... Bf7 $11) 34. Nxd5 Kxd5 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Kg4 Ke4 37. Kh5
Kf3 38. g4 Kg3 39. a3 a5 40. a4 Kf4 41. g5 fxg5 42. hxg5 $11) 30... Rc6 31. Nf4
Kd6 $14) (29... Bd7 $6 30. Nc3 Rxd4 31. Ke3 Rg4 32. Nxd5+ Kf7 33. Rxf6+ (33.
Nxf6 Rxg3+ 34. Kf4 Rd3 35. Rxa6 Bc8 36. Rc6 Bb7 37. Rb6 Ra3 38. Nxh7 Ra4+ 39.
Kg5 Be4 $11) 33... Kg7 34. Rxa6 (34. Rd6 Bb5) 34... Rxg3+ 35. Kf4 Rg4+ 36. Ke5
Bb5 37. Ra7+ Kh6 38. Ne3 Ra4 39. Nf5+ Kh5 40. Rxh7+ Kg4 41. Rg7+ Kh3 42. h5
Rxa2 43. h6 Ra8 44. Kf6 $18) 30. Nc3 $2 {This comes close to win the game, but
white had a great alternative.} (30. Rc6 Bd7 31. Rc5 a4 32. Rxd5 Be6 33. Ra5
Bg4 (33... Bxa2 $2 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Nc3 Rxd4 36. Ke3 Rg4 37. Nxa2 Rxg3+ 38. Kf4
Ra3 (38... Rg1 39. Rxa4) 39. Nb4 $18) 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Nc3 Rxd4 36. Rxa4 (36.
Ke3 $6 Rc4 37. Nxa4 h5 $44) 36... Rd3 37. Ne4 Rf3+ 38. Kg2 Rf5 $16) 30... Rxd4
31. Ke3 Rg4 32. Nxd5+ Kf7 33. Rxf6+ Kg7 34. Rc6 Rxg3+ 35. Kf4 Rd3 $8 (35...
Rg4+ $4 36. Ke5 $18 {loses a piece.}) 36. Rc7+ $1 (36. Ke4 $6 Bf5+ $11) 36...
Kh6 37. Rc6+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Nf6 Kg6 $8 40. Nxh7 $1 (40. Rc6 Rf3+ (40...
Bb7 41. Rb6 Rf3+ $11) 41. Kxf3 Bb7 $11) 40... Rd8 $1 $14 {I had to show
excellent defensive technic in order to take the sting out of the position.}
41. Ng5 Rd4+ $1 {Everything should be done very accurately to equalise.} (41...
Rf8+ $2 42. Kg3 Rd8 43. Rc6+ Kh5 44. Rc5 $18) 42. Ne4 Bh3 $1 43. Rc3 (43. h5+ {
is not horrifying!} Kh6 44. Ke5 Rd1 45. Ng3 Ra1 46. Rc6+ Kg7 47. h6+ Kh7 48.
Ne4 Re1 $11) 43... Bf1 $1 44. Ke5 Rd3 $1 {Finally the defence started to give
its first fruits.} 45. Rc1 (45. Rxd3 Bxd3 46. Ng3 a4 47. a3 Kh6 48. Kd4 Bc2 49.
Kc3 Bd1 50. Kb4 Kg6 51. Ne4 Kh5 52. Nc3 Bc2 53. Nxa4 Kxh4 54. Nc5 Kg5 55. Nb3
Kf6 56. a4 Ke7 $11) (45. Rc6+ Kh5 $11) 45... Be2 $1 {With h5 square controlled
I started to feel safe after this move.} 46. Rg1+ (46. Re1 Bh5 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48.
Nd6 Bg6 $11) 46... Kh6 $8 {Black should not fall into cheap tricks.} (46... Kh5
$2 47. Ng3+ Kxh4 48. Nxe2 Re3+ 49. Kf4 $1 Rxe2 50. Rh1+ $18) 47. Nd6 Kh5 $1 48.
Rg2 {I was surprised with Karel's draw offer, however he did not have winning
chances anymore.} (48. Ne4 Bf3 (48... Kh6 $11) (48... Re3 49. Re1 Kxh4 $11) 49.
Ng3+ Kxh4 50. Nf5+ Kh3 51. Rg3+ Kh2 52. Kf4 Be2 $11) (48. Rg2 Bg4 (48... Rd5+
49. Kxd5 (49. Ke6 Rd2 50. Rg5+ Kxh4 51. Rxa5 $11) 49... Bf3+ 50. Kc5 Bxg2 51.
a3 Kxh4 52. Kb5 Kg5 $11) 49. Rh2 Rh3 50. Rxh3 Bxh3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 11th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eric, Jovana"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 $5 b6 10. O-O f5 $5 11. Nd1 (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 (12. Ne5 $2 Nxd4)
12... Qc7) (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 (13. Nxd5 $2 exd5 14. Qxd5+ Be6
$19) 13... Bxc6 14. Nd4 Qc8) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 Bb7
(14... Bd7) (14... a5) 15. c3 (15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $1 $132) 15... Qc8 $1
$146 (15... Qc7) 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. Bf3 $5 Qe8 18. Qe3 Rd8 (18... Rc8 $142) (
18... Qg6 19. b4 Rac8) 19. Kh1 Qg6 20. b4 Rc8 $1 21. Rg1 (21. c4 Ne4 22. cxd5
exd5) 21... Ne4 22. a4 Bc4 23. a5 Bd8 (23... Bc5 $2 24. Nxe4 Bxd4 25. Nf6+ gxf6
26. cxd4 $16) 24. Nh3 (24. axb6 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Qxb6 Nxc3 $17) 24...
bxa5 25. Bxa7 (25. bxa5 a6) 25... axb4 26. cxb4 Be7 27. Rgb1 (27. g4 fxg4 28.
Bxg4 Qh6) 27... Qe8 $17 28. Qb6 $2 (28. Bd4 Rb8) 28... Qd7 $1 {No need to win
the exchange and simplify the position.} (28... Nd2 $2 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd5
Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Qa4 33. Be3 $17) 29. Bxe4 fxe4 (29... dxe4 $5) 30.
Qd4 (30. Ng5 Rc6) 30... h6 $1 $19 31. Bb6 Rf7 32. Ra7 Qc6 33. Ra5 (33. Ba5 Bc5)
33... Bd3 34. b5 Qe8 (34... Bc5 $5 35. Qxc5 Qxc5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 $19) 35. Rb2 (
35. Rg1 Bxb5) 35... Rc1+ 36. Ng1 Rxf4 37. Qa4 Qh5 38. h3 (38. Be3 Rh4) 38...
Rff1 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Be3 Rxg1+ 41. Bxg1 Bc5 (41... Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qxe5 $19)
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tirard, Hugo"]
[Black "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Qf2 b4 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. Qh4 Nf8 20. Ng3 Bb5 21.
f5 Bxd3 22. cxd3 exf5 23. Nxf5 Ng6 24. Qg3 Rxe5 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Rf1 Re6 (26...
b3 {was a good option here.}) 27. Rc7 Ra7 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. h4 $1 f6 30. Rc1
Re8 31. d4 (31. Rc7 {is not efficient here in view of} Qg1+) 31... Qd7 32. Qg4
Kh8 33. g3 Nf8 34. h5 a5 35. Qf3 Ne6 $6 (35... Qe6 {deserved here serious
attention.}) 36. h6 g6 37. Ne3 f5 38. Nxd5 Rd8 39. Nf4 Ng5 40. Qe3 Nf7 ({After
} 40... Ne4 41. d5 $1 {White has good attacking prospects.}) 41. d5 $1 {
[%cal Ge3d4,Gd4h8]} Kg8 (41... Qe8 {was more stubborn.}) 42. Ne6 Re8 43. Qd4
Nd8 {[%tqu "En","How can White exploit the weak position of the enemy king?",
"Try to deflect the black queen.","Use your rook for the decisive blow!",
"c1c8","This terrific blow crowns White's attack.",6]} 44. Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gc8,
Rd7,Rd8,Re8,Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gd4g7,Gh6g7,Gc8e8] This impressive rook thrust
immediately decides the game.} Qe7 ({Black is defenseless:} 44... Qxc8 45. Qg7#
) (44... Nxe6 45. dxe6 $3 {(the point of White's combination)} Qxd4 (45... Qxc8
46. Qg7#) 46. Rxe8#) (44... Rxe6 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8 46. Qg7#) 45. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 46.
Nxd8 Qe1+ 47. Kc2 (47. Kc2 {, and Black resigned, as after} Qe2+ 48. Kb3 Qf3+
49. Ka4 {White's king escapes checks.}) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Manninen, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 Be7 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bh6 Qb6 14. b3 Rc8
15. Ne2 Rxc2 16. Ned4 Rc3 17. Qf4 Rd3 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rg8 20. Ng5 Bxg5
21. Bxg5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 {This position is a good example of the value of
having opposite coloured Bishops in attack. The Bishops operate along
different squares and Black cannot stop White's attack on the dark squares. In
effect White is a piece up.} 23. Qf6 Qc7 24. h4 h6 (24... h5) 25. Bxh6 Qd8 26.
Qf4 Qc7 27. Bg5 f5 28. Qb4 Rg7 29. Bf6 Rf7 30. Rd3 a5 31. Qd2 Rh7 32. Rg3 d4
33. Rxg6 Qf7 34. Rg3 Qh5 35. Qxa5 Rd7 36. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 Bb7 (13... b4 14.
Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $5 $14) 14. g4 $5 (14. h5 b4 15. Na4
Qa5 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 Rfc8 $132 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/GER/1993}) 14... b4 15.
Ne2 (15. Na4 $6 Qa5 16. b3 Bc6 $36) 15... a5 16. g5 Ba6 17. h5 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6
19. g6 $5 {[#] Eine unbedingt notwendige Operation. Weiß versucht den Punkt e6
abschwächen und mit Bh3 und möglicherweise mit Nd4 angreifen.} h6 (19... fxg6
20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qe1 $5 (21. Rg3 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 (22. Nxd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxe5
$17) 22... Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nxe5 25. Nxe6 Rf6 26. Re1 Rxe6 27. fxe5
Rc4 $15) (21. Bxc5 Nxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Nd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxe5 24. Nxe6 Nc4 25.
Qh2 Qb5 26. Rh8+ (26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Ng5+ Kf6 $13 29. Nh7+ (29. Rf8+
$5 Rxf8 30. Re6+ Kf5 31. Qh3+ Kxf4 32. Qf3+ Kxg5 33. Qg3+ Kf5 34. Qh3+ Kf4 35.
Qh2+ $10) 29... Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kf6 $10) 26... Kf7 27. Ng5+ Kf6 $13 (27... Ke7 28.
Re1+ Kd7 29. Qh3+ Kc6 30. Qe6+ Nd6 31. Nf3 $40) 28. Nh7+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kf6 $10)
22. Nd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Ne4 24. Qd1 Rc4 $36) (21. Qe3 g5 $5 $13 (21... a4 22.
Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 $13) 22. fxg5 $2 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxf1 $19) (21.
Re3 {/\ Bh3} g5 $5 (21... a4 22. Bh3 $36) 22. Bxc5 (22. fxg5 $2 Bxd4 $17) 22...
Nxc5 23. fxg5 Ne4 $17) 21... g5 $5 (21... Bxe2 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxe2 Rxf4 24.
Qh2 Rff8 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kd7 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Qxg6 $36) 22.
Bxc5 Nxc5 23. fxg5 $13) 20. Re3 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 a4 22. Bh3 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24.
a3 fxg6 25. hxg6 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Rc5 27. Qa4 Rd8 28. Re3 Rc4 29. Qxb3 Qc6 30. Rc3
Nf8 $2 (30... Rc5 $5) 31. Qxc4 $1 dxc4 32. Rxd8 $18 Qe4+ 33. Ka2 Qxg6 (33...
Qxf4 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Rxc4 $18) 34. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Rb8 15.
Kh1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 Ba6 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rhc8 {
[#] Die typische für der Französischen Verteidigung Stellung. Die Partie wird
dadurch zu einem Musterbeispiel des Kampfes zwischen Springer-d4 und Läufer-a6}
21. g3 $6 {Weiß verliert die Zeit und erlaubt Schwartz den Königsflügel zu
blokieren.} (21. g4 $5 f6 (21... h6 22. f5 a4 23. Kg2 Rc7 24. Kg3 Rbc8 25. fxe6
fxe6 26. Rdf1 $16) (21... h5 $6 22. gxh5 Rc7 23. Rg2 $36) (21... g6 22. g5 $5
Rc7 23. Rc2 (23. Rf3 $2 Rbc8 24. Rh3 Rc1 $17) 23... Rbc8 24. Rxc7+ Rxc7 25. Kg2
a4 26. Kf3 {/\ Ke3,Rh1,h2-h4-h5 mit der Initiative auf dem Königsflügel; z.B.}
a3 $6 27. bxa3 bxa3 28. Ke3 Rc3 29. Rd2 {/\ Ne2,Kd4 -> Pa3}) 22. Re2 (22. exf6+
gxf6 23. Re2 Rb6 24. Rde1 Bxd3 25. Rxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxe6+ Kf7 27. Rb6 Be4+ 28.
Kg1 Rc4 $13) (22. f5 fxe5 23. Nxe6 g6 $13) 22... Rb6 23. f5 $5 $36) 21... g6
22. Kg2 Rc7 23. Kf3 $6 (23. Rc2 Rxc2+ 24. Nxc2 Rc8 (24... d4 $6 25. Nxd4 Rd8 $2
26. Nc6+ $18) 25. Nd4 $14 h5 26. h3 {/\ Kf2-e3-d2,Rh1,g4 ->}) 23... Rbc8 $10
24. Ke3 h5 25. h3 a4 26. g4 $6 (26. Rdd2 $5 {/\ Rc2 mit der Idee die Türme
abzutauschen.} Rc1 27. Rc2 Rg1 (27... Re1+ 28. Rfe2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Rxe2+ 30.
Kxe2 $16) (27... R8xc2 28. Nxc2 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30. Nd4 $16) 28. Rxc8 (28.
Nc6+ Kd7 (28... Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 30. Rf3 Rxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Bxd3 32. Rb6 $16)
29. Nxb4 Rxg3+ 30. Kd4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Bb7 $132) 28... Rxg3+ 29. Rf3 Rxf3+ 30.
Kxf3 Bxc8 31. Nc6+ Kd7 32. Nxb4 Bb7 33. Nc2 {/\ Nd4 +/-} (33. Ke3 d4+ $5 {
und Schwartz kommt gut im Spiel, z.B.} 34. Kxd4 h4 35. a3 Bg2 36. Na6 Bxh3 37.
Nc5+ Kc6 38. Nxa4 Bf1 39. Ke3 h3 $19) 33... d4+ 34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Ke2 Kc6 36.
Nxd4+ Kd5 37. Ke3 $14) 26... hxg4 27. hxg4 Rh8 $15 28. Rf3 (28. g5 Rh3+ 29. Rf3
Rh2 30. Rf2 Rh3+ 31. Rf3 Rh4 $15) 28... f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. g5+ Kf7 31. Rf2
Rh3+ 32. Nf3 $5 Ke7 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Ne5 b3 $5 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rdd2 (36. Nxg6
Rc2 $17) 36... Rb7 $5 37. Nxg6 $2 (37. Rd1 Rb4+ 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. Nd7+ Kb5 $13)
37... Rb4+ 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. Rd1 $8 d4+ 40. Kd2 Rxd3+ 41. Ke1 Re3+ 42. Kd2 Rc4
43. Rc1 $8 Rxc1 44. Kxc1 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Rb1 $19 46. Rf3 $8 Rxb2+ 47. Ke1 Re2+ 48.
Kd1 d3 49. Ne5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Bashkov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bg3 a6 (9... b6 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Re1 a5 14. Bf1
O-O 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a4 17. Rad1 {Makarichev,S-Vogel,J/Amsterdam IBM-B
1974/1-0 (65)}) 10. h4 (10. O-O b5 (10... g5 11. h3 h5 12. Re1 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4
14. Nh2 Qg5 15. Qxg4 Qxg4 16. Nxg4 Rg8 17. Be2 Nd4 18. Bd1 Nxc2 19. Bxc2 Rxg4
20. Ne2 {Buchenau,F-Putzbach,G/BL2-N 1991/1-0 (52)}) 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne2 b4 13.
c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 a5 15. Nf4 Ba6 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Nh5 {1-0 Gufeld,
E-Spassky,B/URS-ch27 Leningrad 1960 (33)}) (10. a3 Ba7 (10... Qc7 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Ne7 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. c3 Nf8 15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Rdc8 18.
Nh5 $36 {Sarakauskas,G-Kaunas,K/LTU-ch Vilnius 1996/1-0 (48)}) 11. b4 Ncxe5 12.
Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qh5 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 O-O 16. f4 Qc7 17. Raf1 $36 {
1-0 Rigo,J-Bednarski,J/Hamburg op 1984 (32)}) 10... b5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. h5 $1 {
Ein lehrreicher Zug. Durch ihn wird der Punkt g7 als Angriffsobjekt für Weiß
festgelegt. Gleichzeitig wird das Feld h4 für die weißen Figuren freigemacht.}
Nb6 13. Qf4 Nc4 (13... O-O $2 14. Bh4 $5 Qc7 15. Bf6 $5 {Das Ziel des weißen
Angriffs ist der Punkt g7!} gxf6 (15... Rfc8 16. Rh3 $40) 16. Qxh6 $1 f5 (16...
Rfd8 17. exf6 $18) 17. Rh3 $18) 14. Bxc4 {Für viele noch etwas unerfahrene
Schachspieler ist es in ähnlichen Positionen häufig nicht leicht zu
entscheiden, mit welchem Bauern geschlagen werden soll.Da gibt es einerseits
die Regel, daß man immer in das Zentrum schlagen soll, in unserem Fall 14...
bxc. Andererseits gibt es auch Ausnahmen von dieser Regel.} dxc4 $6 {[%csl Ye4]
[%cal Yb7d5] Schwarz öffnet zwar die Diagonale h1-a8 für den Bb7, überläßt
aber andererseits das Feld e4 dem Weißen.} (14... bxc4 $142 $5 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Yb6b2,Yd8b6,Yd4f2]} 15. O-O (15. O-O-O Qa5 $132) 15... Qa5 16. Rad1 Be7
17. a3 $13) 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Ne4 $5 {[%csl Yd6,Yf6] Ein typischer Zug für
derartige Positionen. Der weiße Springer nimmt auf e4 eine ideale Stellung
zwecks Schaffung von Drohungen gegen den schwarzen König ein.} (16. Bh4) 16...
Nb4 $5 {[%cal Yb7e4,Yb4c2] Schwarz beabsichtigt den Ne4 zu tauschen.} 17. O-O (
17. Rd6 Qc7 $13) (17. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qa5 19. O-O O-O (19... Qxa2 $2 20.
Rd7 $3 Kxd7 21. Qxf7+ $40) 20. Bh4 (20. a3 $5 Nxc2 21. Rd2 (21. Bh4 c3 $5)
21... Nxa3 22. bxa3 Bxf3 $13) 20... Bxf3 (20... Qxa2 $2 21. Bf6 $1 gxf6 (21...
Bxf3 22. Qg3) 22. Qxh6 $18) 21. Qxf3 (21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Qg4 Kh8 $17) 21... Qxa2
22. Bf6 gxf6 23. exf6 Kh7 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Qf4 Kh7 26. Qe4+ $11) 17... Bxe4 (
17... Nxc2 $2 18. Rd6 $5 (18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb4 21. Qd7+ Kf8
22. Rd6 (22. Bh4 Nd3) 22... Kg8 $17) 18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 {/\20.Rd7} Bxd6 (19...
Bd5 20. R6xd5 $1 exd5 21. Rxd5 Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 $16) 20. Nxd6+ Kf8
21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 $14) 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Bh4 {Nun gibt es gegen den Angriff
auf den Punkt g7 für den Schwarzen keine befriedigende Verteidigung mehr.} Nd5
20. g4 $5 (20. Qg4 Kh8) 20... Rae8 21. g5 $5 hxg5 (21... c3 $5 22. gxh6 gxh6
23. Rxd5 (23. Kh1 cxb2 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qf4 (26. Qf5 Be7) 26...
f5) 23... exd5 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Qg4+ (26. Kh1 Be7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28.
Bf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 Qxf2 30. Qf4 (30. Rg7 Re1+) 30... Qe3 $19) (26. Bf6 Qe6)
26... Kh7 $11 {Fazit: Schwarz kann sich verteidigen, aber solche Varianten
sind schwer zu berechnen.}) 22. Nxg5 $40 {[%csl Rh7]} f5 $8 23. exf6 Nxf6 $8
24. Qg6 $40 {Die Öffnung einer Stellung kommt meistens dem aktiver Stehenden
zugute,der weiße Angriff auf dem Königsflügel schlägt nun durch.} Qc7 25. Kg2
$6 (25. h6 $5 Kh8 (25... Re7 26. Rde1) 26. Rfe1 $40) 25... Re7 26. Bg3 Qc6+ 27.
f3 Qe8 $132 28. Rfe1 Qxg6 $6 (28... e5 $5) 29. hxg6 Rfe8 30. Bd6 $5 Bxd6 31.
Rxd6 $14 Nd5 32. Kg3 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]} c3 33. bxc3 a5 34. Nf7 {/\35.Rh1} (34.
Rexe6 $1 Rxe6 35. Nxe6 Nxc3 36. Rd7 Kh8 (36... Nxa2 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8
39. Nd4 $18) 37. a3 $16) 34... Kf8 (34... Nxc3 35. Rh1 Rxf7 {-> Text}) 35. Nd8
(35. Rh1 $1 Rxf7 (35... Nf6 36. Rh8+ Ng8 37. Ng5 $18) (35... Rc7 36. Rh8+ Ke7
37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Rxe6+ $16) 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39.
Rc6 $16) 35... Nxc3 36. Rh1 $6 (36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. a3 Na4 38. Re5 $16) (36. Re5
$5 $16) 36... Kg8 37. Nf7 Rxf7 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rc6 $5 (39. a3 Rc8 40. Re1
Nd5 $5) 39... Nxa2 40. Ra1 (40. Rc5 b4 41. Rxa5 Nc3 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Rb7 Nd5 $1
{mit fester Stellung.}) 40... Nb4 41. Rc5 (41. Rc7+ $142 Re7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43.
Rxa5 Nxc2 44. Rxb5) 41... a4 42. Rxb5 Nxc2 43. Rxa4 Ne3 44. Kf4 Nd5+ 45. Ke5
Re7 46. Rba5 Ne3 47. Ra6 g5 48. Re4 Nf5 49. Rc4 Rb7 50. Rac6 Rb3 51. Rc3 Rb5+
52. R6c5 Rb6 53. Rc7+ Kg6 54. R7c6 Rb5+ 55. R3c5 Rxc5+ 56. Rxc5 Nh4 $5 $132 57.
Rc3 {Schwarz hat hier gute Rettungschancen. Der weiße Turm steht passiv und
ist nicht in der Lage, die schwarzen Bauern anzugreifen.} Kf7 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59.
Rc3 Kf7 60. Ra3 Ng6+ 61. Kd6 Kf6 62. Re3 Kf5 $5 (62... Nf4 63. Re5 $16) 63.
Rxe6 Nh4 64. Kd5 Nxf3 $11 {Hier hat Weiß keine Gewinnchancen.} 65. Re8 Kf4 66.
Rf8+ Kg3 67. Ke4 g4 68. Rd8 Nh4 69. Ke3 Nf3 70. Ra8 Ng5 71. Ra5 Nh3 72. Ra2 Ng5
73. Ra1 Nh3 74. Rb1 Kh2 75. Rb2+ Kg3 76. Rb4 Ng5 77. Ke2 Nf3 78. Kf1 Nh2+ 79.
Ke2 Nf3 80. Ra4 Nh2 81. Ke3 Nf3 82. Ra2 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 $146 (11. g4) (11. Kb1) 11... Bb4 (11...
Be7) 12. Bd3 (12. a3 $2 Be7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 b4) 12... b5 13. Rhf1 Nb6 (13...
f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 $14) (13... Qc7 14. Rf3 {/}) 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 $5 (
15. Bc5 Bxc5 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd4 $11) 16. Nxc5 $11)
15... bxc4 16. Nd4 Ne7 $1 17. g4 f6 $1 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nde2 $1 (19. f5 exf5
20. Bg5 Rg6 $1 $15) 19... Rb8 $2 (19... Qc7 $15) 20. Ne4 $1 Rf8 21. c3 Ba5 22.
Qg3 $2 (22. Nd2 $1 {}) 22... Bb6 $1 23. a3 $6 (23. Nd2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qa5 25.
Kb1 Qb5) (23. Ng5 h6 24. Nh3 Bd7 $13) 23... Qc7 $1 24. Ng5 (24. Nf2 $5) 24...
h6 25. Nh3 Bd7 {} 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Rf2 Qa5 28. Rdd2 (28. Nc2 Bd6 $1 29. Bd4 Ba4
{.}) 28... Rb6 $2 (28... Bxa3 $1 29. bxa3 Qxc3+ 30. Kd1 (30. Nc2 Qb2+ 31. Kd1
Qb1+ 32. Ke2 c3) 30... Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Qc1 {}) 29. Kd1 $1 Rb7 30. Ke2 $2 (30. Ng1
$1 $13) 30... Nc8 $1 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 (32. Nxf5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 (33. gxf5 Re7
34. Rxd5 Qb6 35. Re5 Qxb2+ 36. Kf3 Rxf5+ 37. Kg4 Rexe5 38. Rxb2 h5+ 39. Kh4
Rxe3) 33... Rxf5 34. gxf5 Re7 35. Rxd5 Qb6 36. Re5 Qxb2+ 37. Bd2 Bd6) 32...
Bxd4 $2 (32... Nd6 $1 33. Qe5 (33. f6 Rxf6 $1 34. Rxf6 Ne4) 33... Bxd4 $1 34.
Qxd6 (34. Bxd4 Re8) (34. cxd4 Ne4) (34. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 35. Kf1 Nxf5) (34. Qxd4 Bxf5
35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 37. Kd1 Rb1+ 38. Bc1 Rf6) 34... Bxe3 35. Kxe3
Re8+ 36. Kf4 d4 37. Kg3 Re3+ 38. Kg2 Bxf5) 33. Bxd4 Bxf5 34. Kf1 Qc7 $2 (34...
Qd8 $1 {}) 35. Nf4 $2 (35. Be5 $1) 35... Qd6 36. Nh5 Qxg3 37. hxg3 Nd6 38. Bc5
Bd3+ (38... Ne4 39. Bxf8 Nxd2+ 40. Rxd2 Kxf8 41. Nf4 $17) 39. Kg1 Rxf2 40. Rxf2
Ne4 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Bd4 g5 $2 (42... Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kg5 44. Ne6+ Kg4 45. Rf4+
Kh3 46. Be5 g5) 43. g4 Rxb2 44. Rf7+ $2 (44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Ra8 Be2 46. Rxa6+ Kh7
(46... Kf7 47. Nf6 Bf3 48. Ra7+ Kf8 $19) 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kf8
$19) 44... Kg8 45. Ra7 Be2 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 $1 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+
Kd8 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kc8 52. Ra8+ Kb7 53. Ra7+ Kb8 54. Rxa6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. h4 a4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. dxc5 Nc4 14. Bg1 Qa5 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. h5 Rfc8 21. h6 {
Diagramm [#]} a3 $5 {Buhmann entscheidet sich für den Weg nach vorne, doch am
Ende findet er nicht die richtige Fortsetzung.} (21... g6 22. a3 Ra6 23. Nf3
Bb5 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Nd4 $11 {Der weiße Springer ist etwas besser als der
schwarze Läufer, ein Zustand, den Buhmann vielleicht nicht zementieren wollte.
}) 22. b3 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. hxg7 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat am
Königsflügel gefährliche Drohungen kreiert.} Rc2 $1 {Hier spielt Schwarz
noch stringent geradeaus...} 25. Rxh7 Bc8 $4 {Diagramm [#] ... doch an diesen
grausamen Zug kann er eigentlich schon im Moment der Ausführung nicht
geglaubt haben.} (25... Rac8 $1 26. Rh8+ Kxg7 27. Rh7+ Kg6 28. Rxd7 Rh8 29. Nh3
Rxg2 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Ng1 Rhh2 $15) 26. Rh2 $4 ({Najer findet} 26. Kd1 $1 Rxg2
27. Rh1 Kxg7 28. Rc1 $1 {nicht.}) 26... b6 $4 {Verpasst die einmalige Chance.}
(26... Ra5 $1 $11) 27. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 28. Rh8+ Kxg7 29. Rxa8 d4 30. Rd1 Rxa2 31.
Rxd4 Bxb3 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33. Rd6+ Kh5 34. Rg7 $1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 {Diagramm [#] Dieses Bauernopfer wurde schon hundertfach auf
höchstem Niveau gespielt.} 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 (12... Bb4 {
ändert nichts daran, dass Weiß den Bauern letztlich zurückbekommt:} 13. O-O
a6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 Be7 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rxb7 Bc5 18. Rb8+ Ke7 19. R1b5
Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qa3 21. Rxh8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Edouard,R (2679)-Meier,G (2632)
Helsingor 2014}) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rxb8
Qxb8 18. f5 Qc8 19. f6 gxf6 {Diagramm [#]} 20. Qf4 ({Mit} 20. Rxf6 {erreichte
ein anderer Spieler der Weltspitze nichts und kam zwischenzeitlich gar in arge
Schwierigkeiten:} h5 21. Rf3 Qc4 22. h3 Be7 23. a3 Bxa3 24. Ne4 dxe4 25. Rxa3
Rg8 26. Rb3 Qc7 27. Rc3 e3 28. Bxe3 Qxe5 29. Rd3 Qb5 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. Rb8+ Bc8
32. c4 Qxc4 33. Rb4 Qc6 34. Rd4 f6 35. Kh1 Kf7 36. Rd6 Qb5 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bf4
Qf5 39. Rc6 Kg6 40. Rc7 e5 41. Be3 Be6 42. Qb4 Rg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qb7+ Bf7
45. Qxa6 Qe4 46. Qe2 f5 47. Qf3 Qxf3 48. gxf3 Kg6 49. f4 exf4 {1/2-1/2 (49)
Grischuk,A (2792)-Agdestein,S (2628) Stavanger 2014}) 20... Qc4 (20... f5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxh8 Qxc2 $11 {kam auch in Frage.}) 21. exf6 Rg8 22.
Nxd5 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25. Qa7 {Diagramm [#]} Be6 ({Oder} 25...
Bd6 26. Re7 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bh3+ $1 $11) 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qb7+ Kd6
29. Ba7 {Diagramm [#]} Rxg2+ ({Schwarz steht zu schlecht, als dass er
ernsthaft daran denken könnte, seine Mehrfigur zu verwerten. Z.B.:} 29... Qc6
30. Bb8+ Kc5 31. Ba7+ Kd6 $11) 30. Kxg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1
Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kottnauer Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King Tsesarsky} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Ne2 (9. dxc5 {Psakhis/} Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 $14 (11.
Qf2 {Tsesarsky} Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rb8
17. f5 exf5 18. Nf4 Ne6 $10 {Nunn,J-Nogeiras,J/Rotterdam/1989/0,5/60/})) 9...
b4 (9... cxd4 $6 10. Nexd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 $142 $14) 11... Nc5 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. O-O-O $6 Qc7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 h5 16. Nf3 b4 17. Bd4 Na4 $36 {<< Metz,
H-Sykora,R/Prague Metro (10) ;EXT 90 1990}) (9... Bb7 10. g3 (10. c3 {Tsesarsky
} Rc8 11. g3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 $15) 10...
Rc8 11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 $132 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares (04)
;CBM 28 1992}) 10. h4 $5 $146 (10. g3 Qb6 11. Bh3 a5 12. c4 $6 bxc3 13. Nxc3
Ba6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rc1 $2 d4 $1 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rd8 $19)
16... Nd3+ $19 {Seibold,H-Liedtke,M/BL2-O 9192 (1992) ;BL2 1992}) 10... Qb6 11.
h5 a5 (11... cxd4 12. Nexd4 Bc5 13. g4 f6 14. h6 $36 {>>}) 12. f5 $5 cxd4 (
12... exf5 13. Nf4 cxd4 (13... Ne7 $2 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qf2 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Qd8
17. O-O-O Ne4 18. Qg1 $1 Bd7 19. Bb6 $18) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc6 16. h6 $1
$40) 13. Nexd4 Bc5 $8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bb5 (15. Nxe6 $6 {Tsesarsky} Bxe3 16.
Qxd5 Bh6 $2 (16... Bb7 17. Nxg7+ $6 (17. Bb5 Bf2+ 18. Kf1 (18. Kd1 Ncb8 19.
Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Qe6 Qxe6 (20... Bxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qd4+ 22. Ke2 Kxg7 (22... Qxe5+ 23.
Kxf2 Qxg7 24. Rad1 $40) 23. Qe7+ Kh6 (23... Kg8 24. Rag1+ Bxg1 25. Rxg1+ Qxg1
26. Bc4#) 24. Qe6+ Kg5 25. Qe7+ (25. Rag1+ Bxg1 26. Qe7+ Kh6 (26... Kf4 27.
Rh4+ Kf5 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Bd3+ (29. Bxd7+ $4 Nxd7 30. Qxd7+ Kxe5 31. f4+ Ke4
$15) 29... Kf4 30. Qh4+ Kxe5 31. Qe4+ Kf6 32. Qxd4+ $18) 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qe7+
$10) 25... Kf4 26. Qf7+ Kxe5 27. Qe7+ Kf4 $17) 21. Nxe6+ Ke7 $15) 18... Bg3 19.
Nxg7+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ (20. Ke2 Ncxe5 $19) 20... Kc8 $19) 17... Kd8 (17... Ke7 18.
Qd6+) 18. Ne6+ (18. Rd1 $2 Bf2+ 19. Ke2 Qe3#) (18. Qd3 Bf2+ 19. Kd1 Nd4 20.
Nxd4 Bxd4 21. e6 $2 (21. Ne6+ Qxe6 22. Qxd4 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 $19) 21... Ne5
$19) 18... Kc8) 17. Bc4 Ba6 $6 (17... Bb7 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. O-O-O
$1 (20. e6 $2 Qe3+ 21. Kf1 Nce5 22. Qxg7 Bxf3 (22... Nxf3 23. Qxd7#) 23. exd7
Nxc4 24. Qxh8+ Kc7 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Qg7+ Kc8 27. gxf3 Qxf3+ (27... Rd2 $2 28.
Qg4+ Kb8 29. Qg3+ Ne5 30. Re1 $18) (27... Nd2+ $1 28. Kg2 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 (29.
Kh2 Ne4 $19) 29... Qe3+ (29... Rd5 30. Re1 $1 Ne4 $10) (29... Rd4 30. Qg8+ Kc7
31. Qxh7+ Kc6 32. Qg6+ Kb5 33. c4+ bxc3 34. Qe8+ Ka6 $10) 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kg3
Ne4+ 32. Kf4 (32. Kh4 Qf2+ 33. Kh3 Qe3+ 34. Kh4 Nf2 $19) 32... Nc5 $19) 28. Kg1
Rd2 $2 (28... Qe3+ $10) 29. Qg8+ Kb7 30. Qxh7+ Ka6 31. Qg6+ Nd6 32. Rh2 $18)
20... Bh6+ 21. Kb1 $16) (17... Qe3+ $2 18. Kf1 Ndxe5 $2 (18... Qb6 19. Nxg7+ (
19. Rd1 Ra7 20. Nxg7+ Bxg7 21. Qf7+ Kd8 22. Qxg7 $18) 19... Bxg7 20. Qf7+ Kd8
21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Rd1 (22. e6 Qc5 23. exd7 Rxf3+ $8 (23... Qxc4+ $2 24. Ke1 (24.
Kg1 $6 Qc5+) 24... Qe6+ 25. Kf2 Qf5 26. dxc8=Q+ $18) 24. gxf3 Qxc4+ 25. Ke1
Bxd7 26. Qh8+ Be8 27. Rd1+ Kc7 28. Rh2 $15) 22... Qc5 23. Rh4 Ncxe5 24. Rd5
Rxf3+ $8 25. gxf3 Qe3 26. Qf6+ Kc7 27. Qd6+ Kd8 28. Be2 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Qxf3+ 30.
Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 $10) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd8+ Kf7 21. Ng5#) 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19.
Qf7+ Kd8 20. O-O-O $1 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 Ne7 22. e6 $16) 15... Nxd4 (15... Bxd4 $6
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 (16... Ncxe5 $2 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Nxg7+ Kf7 19. O-O+ Nf6 (19...
Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qf4 $18) 20. Qd4 Ned7 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. Bg5 $18) 17.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 18. Bxd4 Qb5 19. h6 $16) 16. Bxd7+ (16. Nxd4 O-O $15 (16... O-O {
Tsesarsky} 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. O-O-O b3 $1 19. axb3 (19. cxb3 a4 $15) 19... a4
$15)) 16... Bxd7 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Rh4 Rf5 19. Qe3 (19. Bxc5 {Tsesarsky} Qxc5
20. O-O-O Rc8 $15) 19... Rc8 $10 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 (21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Kd2
$15 {_|_}) 21... Rf7 {King: White would have a good position if he didn't have
to worry about his king. If 22 0-0-0, then he must contend with 22...a4 and 23.
..a3, upsetting his position.} 22. g3 (22. Rf4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 a4 $36) 22... a4
23. Rf4 Be8 $1 24. h6 $5 {King: White attempts to expose Black's king, but the
bishop is there to cover.} (24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. g4 (25. h6 {Tsesarsky} gxh6 $32
$15) 25... Qe7 $15 (25... a3 $15)) 24... a3 {King: It is useful to put the
pawn on a3 in any case: so that the c3 square can be used, but also to target
the a2 pawn.} 25. bxa3 (25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. bxa3 (26. hxg7 {Tsesarsky} axb2 27.
Rb1 Qc3+ 28. Qxc3 bxc3 $19) 26... bxa3 27. hxg7 Rb8 $17 {_|_}) (25. b3 Rxf4 26.
gxf4 gxh6 (26... Qc3+ $6 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Nxe6) 27. O-O-O Bg6 28. Rg1 $44)
25... bxa3 26. Rb1 (26. hxg7 {Tsesarsky} Rxg7 27. Rb1 Qa5+ 28. Kf2 Bg6 $15)
26... gxh6 27. Kd2 $2 $138 (27. Rxf7 $142 Bxf7 28. Rb3 Bg6 29. Kd2 $1 $13 Bxc2
$140 $4 30. Rc3 $1 $8 Qxc3+ 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 $18 {_|_ Nd4>Bc2, ><e6, /
\Kb3-Kxa3-Kb3, o^a}) (27. Rb3 $5 $15 {Tsesarsky}) 27... Rxf4 $1 28. gxf4 Bg6
29. Rb5 (29. Rb3 $142 Bxc2 (29... h5 $5) 30. Rc3 (30. Nxe6 Qa5+ 31. Rc3 Qb4 $3
32. Nd4 Bg6 $19 {עd2}) 30... Qxc3+ 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 Bb1 (32... Bf5 $2
33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Kd4 $1 $10) 33. Nxe6 $8 Kf7 34. Nd4 Bxa2 $17 {_|_ o^h}) 29...
Qc4 30. Rb3 (30. Rb7 {Tsesarsky} Bxc2 31. Nxe6 Qxa2 32. Ke1 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 a2 34.
Qf3 Qc1 $19) 30... h5 $1 {(.)} (30... Bxc2 31. Nxe6 (31. Rxa3 Qb4+ 32. Ke2 (32.
Rc3 Bg6 $19) 32... Qb2 $19) (31. Rc3 Qxc3+ 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 Bb1 34. Nxe6
Kf7 35. Nd4 Bxa2 $17 {_|_}) 31... d4 $1 (31... Bxb3 $2 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qg7+
Kxe6 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Ke8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ $10) 32. Nxd4
(32. Qg1+ Bg6 33. Nxd4 Rd8 $19) 32... Bxb3 33. Qxb3 Qxb3 34. Nxb3 Rc4 $19 {_|_}
) 31. c3 (31. Rc3 Qb4 $1 32. Nxe6 Rc4 $19) (31. Rxa3 $5 {Tsesarsky} Qb4+ 32.
Kc1 (32. Ke2 Bxc2 33. Ra7 Qb6 34. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 (34... Kxg7 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36.
Qxb6 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38. Qd8 Rg2 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kg6 42.
Qe8+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Rg7 44. Qf6+ $10) 35. Re7 Qb2 36. Qd2 Rg8 $19) 32... Qc5 33.
Kd2 Bxc2 34. Nxe6 Qb4+ 35. Rc3 Bg6 36. Nd4 Rc4 37. Nc2 d4 $19) 31... Qf1 32.
Qf3 $138 (32. Rxa3 $8 Qb1 33. Qh3 $1 Qb2+ 34. Kd1 Rb8 $1 35. Rb3 $1 (35. Qxe6+
Bf7 $19) 35... Qa1+ 36. Kd2 Qxa2+ 37. Ke1 Re8 $5 (37... Rxb3 $2 38. Qxe6+ Bf7
39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kg6 41. Nh4+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ $10) 38. Rb6 Kh8 $17) (32. Rb7
{Tsesarsky} Qg2+ 33. Qe2 Qg3 34. Qf3 Qh2+ 35. Ne2 Bf5 $19) (32. Nxe6 {Tsesarsky
} Bf5 33. Nd4 Bg4 34. Ne2 (34. Qg3 Qd1+ 35. Ke3 Qxb3 (35... Qa1 36. Kd3 Qxa2 (
36... Qf1+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qxa2 40. Qh4 Qd2 41. Qg5+ $10) 37.
Qh4 $10) 36. Nxb3 Rxc3+ 37. Kf2 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Bf5 $15 39. Nd4 Bd3 40. f5 Bc4
41. Kf4 Bxa2 42. Nb5 d4 43. Nxa3 d3 44. Ke3 h4 $19) 34... d4 $1) 32... Qa1 $19
33. f5 Qxa2+ 34. Kd3 Rf8 $1 35. Rb6 (35. Ke3 {Tsesarsky} Qh2 36. Rxa3 Qxe5+ $19
) 35... Qc4+ 36. Kd2 (36. Kc2 {Tsesarsky} Bxf5+ 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Qg3+ Qg4 39.
Qxg4+ hxg4 $19) 36... a2 37. Nxe6 a1=Q 38. fxg6 Qca2+ (38... Rxf3 $4 {Tsesarsky
} 39. Rb8+ Rf8 40. Rxf8#) (38... Qca2+ {Tsesarsky} 39. Kd3 Rxf3+ 40. Kd4 Qc4#)
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Ndb8 (11... Na5 12. f5) 12. O-O (12. f5 Bb4
13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O exf5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 O-O 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6
19. Bh6 d4 20. Qxd4 Qd8 {1/2-1/2, Dreev Alexey(2676) - Vallejo Pons Francisco
(2648), Dos Hermanas 2003 It (cat.16)}) 12... Bb4 (12... a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Rb3 Qa5 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Nxc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 18. f5 $44) 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. a3
$5 (14. Rfb1 $5 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 Qd8 18. Bc5 Na6 19. Bd6
$44 {Sittenfeld Johan (SWE) 2220 - Stjazhkin V (RUS) 2335, Sollentuna (Sweden)
1995}) 14... Bc5 $6 (14... Bxc3 15. Rxc3 O-O 16. Bd3 (16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Bc5 Re8 $13) (16. Rb1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bd3 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8)
16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bc5 Rd8 19. Qe1 Bd7 (19... d4 {?} 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Rh3+ Kg8 22. Qh4 f5 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rg3 $18) 20. Bd6 g6 21. Qa1 $44) 15.
Qf2 $1 Bb6 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 O-O 17. Bc5 Rd8 18. Bd3) 16. f5 exf5 (16... O-O
17. fxe6 (17. f6 g6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qf4 Kh8 21. Rf3 Rg8) 17...
Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 fxe6 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qh3 $36) 17. Nxd5 Bxd4 18.
Bxd4 Be6 19. c4 Nd7 20. Bc5 $1 (20. Rg3 Nxd4 (20... g6 21. Bc3 Qd8 22. Rd3 $16)
21. Qxd4 O-O-O 22. Rxg7 (22. Ne7+ Kb8 23. Qd6+ Ka8) 22... Kb8 $14) 20... a6 21.
Bb4 $1 (21. Bb6 Nxb6 22. Nc7+ Ke7 (22... Kf8 23. Nxa8 axb5 24. Qc5+ Kg8 25.
Nxb6 bxc4 26. Rb5 Qc3 27. Na4 $16) 23. Nxa8 Nd7 (23... Nxa8 24. Qc5+) (23...
Rxa8 24. Qc5+) 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nb6 Nxe5 26. Qg3 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Kf6 28. Rbb1 g6
29. Rfe1 Re8 30. Na4 Qa5 31. Nb2 g5) 21... Qd8 22. Bd6 (22. Qg3 g6 23. Bxc6
bxc6 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. exf6 $13) 22... axb5 23. Nc7+ Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Bxc4 25. Rc3
$1 (25. Re3 Bxf1 (25... O-O 26. Rd1 Be6 27. Qf1 Rfc8 28. Bd6 $16) 26. Qxf1 Nd4
27. Bd6 $16) 25... O-O (25... Bxf1 26. Qxf1 b4 27. axb4 O-O 28. Qxf5 Ra1+ 29.
Kf2 Ra2+ 30. Ke1 Re2+ 31. Kf1 Rd2 32. Bd6 Ra8 33. Rc1 Nb6 34. Bc5 Nd7 35. e6
fxe6 36. Qxe6+ $16) 26. Re1 Be6 (26... g6 27. Qd2 Nc5 28. Qh6) 27. Qb2 b4 $5
28. axb4 Ra2 29. Qb1 Rfa8 30. b5 $4 (30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Nxb4 32. Qb1 Nd5 33.
Qxb7 Re8 34. Bd6 Nf8 35. Ra1 $18) 30... Nd4 31. Qd3 R8a4 32. Bd6 h6 33. Rc7 (
33. Bc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 b6 35. Rc7 Bd5) (33. Kh1 Bd5) 33... b6 34. Qf1 (34. h3
Rb2 35. Qd1 Raa2 36. Qxd4 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Kg1 Rag2+ 39. Kf1 Ra2 {=})
34... Kh7 (34... Nc2 35. Re2 Ra1 36. Rexc2 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Ra5 38. Rb2 $14) (
34... Rb2 35. Rb1 Rd2 36. Bb4 Rda2 37. Bd6 {=}) 35. Rd1 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Rf4 37.
Qe1 Re4 38. Qf1 Nxe5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Ra1 Rb2 41. Rb1 Rexb5 42. Rxb2 Rxb2 43.
Qa1 Ra2 44. Qb1 $11 Nd4 45. Rd7 $5 (45. Rc1 Bd5 46. Rg1 b5 47. Qd1 Ra4 {=})
45... Ra4 (45... Nc2 46. Rd1 Ne3 47. Re1 Ra3 48. Qc1 Nc4 49. Kg1 b5 50. Qb1 Nd6
{=}) 46. Rd6 b5 47. Qb2 Nb3 48. h3 Bc4 (48... Nc5 49. Qxb5 Ne4 {=}) 49. Qe5
Ra1+ $4 (49... Be6 50. Qxb5 Re4 51. Kh2 Nd4 52. Qc5 Ne2 53. Rd8 Nf4 54. Qf8 Re2
55. Kg3 Nh5+ 56. Kf3 Rb2 $11) 50. Kh2 Rf1 51. Rd8 $18 Nc1 (51... Rf2 52. Qb8
Rd2 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Qg3+ Kf6 55. Rg8 g6 56. Qh4+ $18) 52. Qe8 Ne2 53. Qh8+ Kg6
54. Rg8 f4 55. Qxg7+ Kf5 56. Re8 Be6 57. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "DAN DZO & PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{It was the penultimate round of the European Club Cup and only a win in the
match could leave us some chances for the title. For the encounter we decided
that I had chances against the young grandmaster from Odessa.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 {A very
fashionable line, Black is trying to compensate for his lack of space on the
kingside by advancing the queenside pawns.} 9. a3 Bb7 ({More popular is} 9...
Qb6 {now due to the pressure on d4 White has to bw satisfied with} 10. Be2 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Rd1 g5 $5 $146 13. g3 (13. fxg5 $5 Ndxe5 14. O-O $14) 13...
Rg8 14. Bh5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Ke7 $11 {
Kobalia M - Danin A, 2009 Chigorin Mem Open}) ({Another typical idea is to
attack the pawns immediately} 9... g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5 12. Bd3 Bg7
13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Nce2 $1 {The knight is going to h5.} Nb6 (15...
Nxd3 16. cxd3 e5 17. Nf5 d4 18. Bf2 Nc5 19. Rae1 $14) 16. b3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qd6
18. Nf4 $14 {Timoshenko G - Sengupta D, 2009 1st SCS GM Open}) 10. Bd3 Be7 ({
Black can also try} 10... g5 {, but I think Bd3 is a more useful move than Bb7.
} 11. fxg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ncxe5 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nce2 $1 {A typical manoeuvre.}
O-O 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. c3 Qb8 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qb6 {Li Chao2 - Ding Liren ,
2009 zt 3.5 Men} 19. Nh5 $1 {} e5 20. Nxg7 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22. cxd4 Kxg7
23. Bf5 $18) (10... Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qf2 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 b4 14. Bb6 Qb8 15.
Na4 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Bc5 $14 {Vitiugov N - Ding Liren, 2009 RUS-CHN Match
Rapid}) 11. O-O O-O {Here I decided to clarify things in the cenre. Whether
Black plays c4 or takes on d4.} 12. Qf2 (12. Kh1 $5) 12... f6 $1 {Practically
speaking the best, but initialy I underestimated the move.} (12... c4 13. Be2)
(12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Nce2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc2
18. Rfc1 $16 {Garakov Mikhael - Kurnaev Vladimir, Sukhumi (Georgia) 2007}) 13.
Qh4 (13. exf6 Nxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. dxc5 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Re2 $16) 14. Qg3
(14. dxc5 d4 $1 {} 15. Bxd4 Ng4 16. Qg3 Nxd4 17. Qxg4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxc5 19.
Kh1 Qc7) 14... c4 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Qh3 Bc8 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5
$14) 13... f5 14. Qf2 c4 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. b4 Nb8 18.
Ne2 Nc6 19. Bb6 $14) 15. Be2 Qb6 16. h3 {White's plan is clear: to prepare g4,
then to double on the g-file, then if necessary to play h4-h5.} a5 17. b3 $1 {
From a practical point of view this is very strong, as I make my opponent's
task much more difficult now. He will have to struggle on the two sides of the
board.} Ba6 {Positionally wrong. Black shouldn't allow the knight on c3 to
stay there any longer as it exercises strong pressure on d5 as well as
controlling many important squares on the queenside.} (17... cxb3 $1 {would be
the right choice. After which White must go in for simplifications} 18. cxb3
Ba6 19. Rfc1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Na4 Qb7 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Qf1 {
with a very small edge for White which will be very difficult to exploit.}) 18.
bxc4 bxc4 19. g4 Rab8 (19... Qb2 20. Ra2 {!} Qxc3 {?} 21. Bd2 Qxa3 22. Rxa3
Bxa3 23. c3 Be7 24. Bd1 Rab8 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qg2 $16) 20. Ra2 $1 {This move
can be met in the French quite often. The idea is not to get into
simplifications and at the same time to control the square b2.} g6 21. Kh2 Kh8
22. Rg1 Qd8 23. Qg3 Rf7 (23... a4 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Qa5 27.
Nd1 Rf7 28. Bg4 $14) 24. Nxd5 $5 {Tactics is always nice especialy when it
works. I decided to change the character of the position hoping to make use of
the new appearance of the square e5.} (24. h4 {!? would be stronger taking
into account the possible 25th intermediate move for Black}) 24... exd5 25. e6
Rf8 {Natural but not the best.} ({At Black's disposal there was a very strong
intermediate move, after which even at home I could not find any substantial
advantage for White:} 25... fxg4 $1 26. hxg4 (26. exf7 gxf3 27. f5 Nf8 28. Bxf3
Bc8 29. Qg2 Bd6+ 30. Kh1 Bxf5 $17) 26... Rf8 27. exd7 Qxd7 28. Ne5 (28. Rd1 Qc8
29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 c3 31. Bxa6 Qxa6 32. Qf3 Bg5) 28... Nxe5 29. dxe5 d4 30.
Rd1 d3 31. cxd3 cxd3 32. Bf3 Bc4 $13) 26. exd7 Qxd7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Rb6 (
28... Qc6 29. Bh6) (28... fxg4 29. Bh6 Rfe8 30. Bxg4 $14) 29. Bh6 f4 $6 {
Panic! Black should keep his calm and try to defend the inferior position
instead of giving material away.} (29... Re8 30. gxf5 Qxf5 31. Rf1 Qe4 32. Be3
$14) 30. Bxf4 g5 31. Bc1 {Black has some compensation for the pawn, that's why
White has to be careful in the next few moves until he bring the rooks into
play.} (31. Bd2 c3 32. Bxa6 cxd2 33. Be2 Qb7 34. Qe3 Rb1 {would give Black
some chances to survive}) 31... Rb1 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Qc3 Qg6 34. Bf3 Bb5 35. Be3
Qf7 36. Bf2 Rxg1+ 37. Bxg1 Ba4 38. Rb2 Qf4 39. Qe3 $1 {Clearing up the
situation.} (39. Bxd5 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 $18) 39... c3 40. Rb7 (40. Qxc3
{was good enough.}) 40... Qxe3 (40... Bxa3 41. Qxc3 Bxc2 42. Bh2 $18) 41. Bxe3
{Now the endgame is lost.} Bxa3 42. Bxg5 Bc6 43. Rc7 Ba8 44. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
b3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb7 17. c3 $1 Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd8 $6
21. g3 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Bd3 a5 24. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 25. exd6 Rc6 26. Bb5 $1 Rxd6
27. Rc1 Nb6 28. Rc7 Nxa4+ 29. bxa4 Rb6 30. Kc3 e5 31. fxe5 g5 32. e6 $1 fxe6
33. Kd4 gxh4 34. Kc5 Rxb5+ 35. axb5 d4 (35... hxg3 36. Kb6 g2 37. Rc1 Ba8 38.
Ka7 $18) 36. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Kf2
Ba6 15. Nf3 d3 (15... Rc8) 16. Nb2 Nc5 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 (17... Qa3 18. Bxa6 Ne4+
19. Kf1 Qxb2 20. Qa4+ $1 Ke7 21. Qd4 Nc3 22. Re1 Qa3 23. Bb7 Rab8 24. Re3 $1
$16 Qc1+ $140 $2 25. Kf2 Qxh1 26. Qb4+ $18) 18. Nxd3 Ne4+ 19. Ke3 $1 (19. Kg1
O-O 20. h4 Rac8 $13) 19... Rc8 20. Rc1 O-O 21. Qb3 Nc3 22. Rc2 Rc4 23. Nd2 $5
d4+ 24. Kf2 Ra4 25. Nb1 $1 Nxa2 (25... Rxa2 26. Rhc1 $1 Rxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Nxb1 28.
Qxb1 $16) 26. Rd1 (26. Nb2 Rb4 27. Nc4 Qc5 28. Ncd2 Rxb3 29. Rxc5 Rxb1 $1 $19)
26... Nb4 27. Rc4 $1 Ra2+ 28. Rd2 (28. Kg1 Nd5 $1) 28... Rxd2+ 29. Nxd2 Nd5 30.
Nf3 b5 31. Rxd4 Qb6 32. Nb4 $1 (32. Kg3 a5) 32... Nxf4 33. Qe3 Ng6 34. Rd7
Qxe3+ $8 35. Kxe3 a5 36. Nc6 a4 37. Ra7 $6 $138 (37. Rb7 Ra8 38. Rxb5 a3 39.
Ra5 Rxa5 40. Nxa5 a2 41. Nb3 Ne7 42. Kd2 Nd5 $14) (37. Nfd4 $1 Ra8 38. Nxb5 a3
39. Nc3 $1 $16 Rc8 $140 40. Rd6) 37... Rc8 38. Ncd4 $2 (38. Nfd4 h6 (38... f6
39. Nxe6 $1) 39. Ke4 $16) 38... h6 39. Ra5 Rc3+ 40. Ke4 (40. Kd2 $142) 40...
Ne7 41. Nxb5 Rc2 42. Rxa4 (42. g3 Nf5 43. Rxa4 (43. Nbd4 Rc3 $1) 43... g5 $5 {
P e2+}) (42. g4 Nd5 (42... Rg2 $5)) 42... g5 (42... Rxg2 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Ra7
Nf5 45. Rxf7 Re2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2 47. Ra7 Kg8 48. Ra3 $16) 43. Nd6 $5 $40 Rxg2 44.
Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ne8+ Kg6 46. Nf6 {P e8} Re2+ 47. Kd3 Rb2 48. Nd4 Rxh2 (48... Rb7
49. Re8 h5 50. Kc4 $1 $16 g4 $140 (50... h4 $140 51. Nb5 $1) (50... Rc7+ $140
51. Kb5) 51. Rh8) 49. Re8 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Rh3+ 52. Kc4 Re3 53. Rxe7
Rxe5 54. Nd7 Re3 55. Nc6 Re4+ $6 (55... f5 56. Nce5+ Kh5 57. Rxe6 $18) (55...
f6 $5 56. Nf8+ Kh5 57. Nxe6 Kg4 $1 $16) 56. Kd3 Rf4 57. Nd8 $1 h5 58. Nxf7 $1
g4 $8 59. Nfe5+ Kf5 60. Rf7+ Kg5 61. Rg7+ Kf5 62. Nc4 $1 $18 Rf3+ 63. Ke2 Kf4
64. Nc5 Kg3 65. Ne4+ Kh2 66. Rh7 Rh3 (66... Rf5 67. Ne3) 67. Nf2 Rh4 68. Ne3
Kg3 (68... g3 69. Nf1+ Kg2 70. Rg7 $18) 69. Ra7 $22 Kh2 70. Ra1 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Popescu, Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Be3 $6 (7.
Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qe2 $16) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Qg4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxc5 11. Qxg7 Rf8
12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Qxe5 14. Qh6 Nf6 15. Rd8+ Kxd8 16. Qxf8+ Kc7 17. Nh3 e3
18. Bc4 b5 $2 (18... exf2 $132) 19. Qxf7+ Bd7 20. f4 Qe4 21. Qxf6 bxc4 22. Ng5
e2 $4 (22... Qxg2 23. Rd1 e2) 23. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. g3 (10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14.
Ne5 Qe8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O Qg6 18. a4 c4 19. Rf3 a6 20. a5 b5
21. Nd1 b4 22. Nf2 Bb5 23. Rg3 Qf5 24. Qg4 Rf7 25. Qd1 c3 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Ne5
Rff8 28. b3 Bf6 29. Ng4 Be8 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4 Bg6 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 33. Ra2 h5
34. Bf2 Kh7 35. Re3 Rf7 36. Bh4 Rg8 37. g3 Be4 38. Re2 Kg6 39. Ra4 Rb7 40. h3
Re8 41. Ra1 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. dxe5 Rxe5 44. Rf1 Rf5 45. Rxf5 Bxf5 46. Bd8 d4
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Bxc2 49. Rxc2 d3 {0-1 (49) Macieja,B (2470)-Morozevich,A 
(2590)/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 062}) 10... Kh8 11. h4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bh3
Bd7 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. fxe5 d4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. O-O
dxc3 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 {From here on the Norwegian GM
proceeds to outplay the tournament leader in this double-bishops ending.
Typical Carlsen.} Re8 23. Bf2 Be4 24. Re1 Re7 25. Rc1 h5 26. Bg2 Bf5 27. Bf3 g6
28. a4 Kh7 29. b4 g5 30. a5 g4 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bc6 Re2 33. Bxb6 Be5 34. b5
Kg7 35. Ba5 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Bxc2 37. Kf2 $2 (37. b6 {would have probably held
the position.}) 37... Bd3 38. Ke3 Bg6 39. Be4 $2 ({Once again White could have
tried to defend with} 39. b6) 39... c2 40. Bd2 Bxg3 41. Bxg6 Kxg6 42. Kd3 Bf2
43. Kxc2 g3 44. Bf4 g2 45. Bh2 Kf5 {Nicely played by the amazing Magnus. A
game to study.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. h4 Nc6
9. Ne2 O-O 10. c3 Ba6 11. g3 Rc8 12. Kf2 {Weiß vertraut darauf, dass sein
Bauernzentrum stabil genug ist, um die fehlende Koordination seiner Figuren
auszugleichen.} Qc7 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. Kg1 b5 15. dxc5 b4 {Schwarz nimmt nicht
auf c5 zurück, sondern ergreift mit einem Bauernopfer die Initiative.} 16.
cxb4 Qxb4 17. Qc2 d4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxc5 {Schwarz hat
einen Bauern weniger, aber die unharmonische Stellung der weißen Figuren und
die anfälligen Bauern am Damenflügel bieten ihm mehr als genug Kompensation.}
21. Qf2 Nb6 22. Nc2 Qc4 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rh2 Rfc8 25. Ne3 Qxa2 {Schwarz hat
den Bauern zurückgewonnen und steht optisch klar besser. Computerengines
sehen Schwarz hier allerdings nur leicht im Vorteil.} 26. h5 Nd5 27. h6 Rc1 28.
Nxd5 Qxd5 29. hxg7 $2 {Erst nach diesem Zug bewerten Engines die weiße
Stellung als verloren.} ({Nach} 29. Qe2 {steht Schwarz besser, aber zum Gewinn
ist es noch weit.}) 29... Qd3 $1 30. Rg2 ({Nach} 30. Qe2 Qxg3+ 31. Rg2 {
gewinnt Schwarz mit} Qxf4) 30... Qb1 {Die weißen Figuren scheinen sich
ängstlich aneinander zu klammern und stehen denkbar unharmonisch. Schwarz
droht 31...Txf1+ 32.Dxf1 Tc1 und dagegen gibt es keine adäquate Verteidigung.}
31. f5 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Rc1 33. Rf2 exf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 b5 14. Kb1 b4
15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qe1 Rab8 17. Nd2 Nxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Qc5 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nd3 Qe7 21.
g4 a4 22. Bh3 Rfc8 23. f5 Nd4 24. f6 Qd8 25. Qg5 Qf8 26. Ne1 Nb5 27. Bf1 h6 28.
fxg7 Qxg7 29. Qf4 $2 {#Najer was doing very well and misses a winning
continuation here.} Rf8 ({Here he might have finished his amazing journey in
style had he played} 29... b3 $1 30. axb3 axb3 {and here both White's main
choices fail. The alternative} 31. c4 {also meets a spectacular demise with#} (
{The obvious} 31. cxb3 {is punished by} Nc3+ $1 32. bxc3 (32. Kc2 Ne2+ 33. Kd2
Nxf4) 32... Rxb3+ 33. Kc1 Rcxc3+ 34. Kd2 Qf8 {and Black is winning.}) 31...
Nc3+ $3 {Curiously, none of the engines seem to find this move.} 32. bxc3 Qf8
$1 {and though White has a number of choices, they all end up losing
significant material to avoid mate. Ex:} 33. Rh2 Ra8 34. Rf2 Be8 {Protecting
f7 and freeing the queen.} 35. Qc1 Ra4 {followed by Rca8 and White is lost.})
30. Nf3 f6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Rg1 Rb7 35. g5 hxg5 36.
Bd3 Rg7 $2 (36... Nd6 $1 37. Rxg5+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rg1+ Kh8 {and it is
equal.} (39... Kh6 40. Ng4+)) 37. Ng4 Rf4 38. h6 Rh7 39. Bxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rdf1
Bg6 41. Rxf4 gxf4 42. Rh1 f3 43. Kc1 Nd6 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Rg1 f2 46. Rf1 Nf7
47. Ng4 Kh7 48. Rxf2 Bf5 49. Nf6+ Kg6 (49... Kxh6 $2 50. Nxd5 exd5 51. Rxf5)
50. Ng8 Nxh6 51. Nxh6 Kxh6 52. Rf4 b3 53. cxb3 axb3 54. a4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 (
{Die bekanntere Alternative ist} 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O (13... b6) {z.B.:} 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 {
Mit unklarerer Situation. Ein aktuelles Beispiel:} 16. a4 Qc3 17. Qc2 Nc4 18.
Ra2 Ne3 19. Qb1 Nxg2+ 20. Kd1 b4 21. a5 Nxf4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qe3 24. Bd3
Qxe5 25. Kc2 Qc7+ 26. Kd1 e5 27. Qc2 Bg4+ 28. Kc1 Qd6 29. Kb1 Rac8 30. Qb3 Rc3
{0-1 (30) Gao Rui (2464)-Ding,L (2547) Hefei 2010}) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5
{Sieht improvisiert aus.} ({Kamsky spielte kürzlich} 10. Bb5 Qa5 ({Eine
bessere Statistik hat gleich} 10... c4) 11. O-O c4 12. f5 {und hatte Erfolg in
einer wilden Partie nach} Nb6 (12... Bb4 $5) 13. Qe1 exf5 14. a4 Be6 15. Bd2
Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Ne4 $5 (17. Nxd5 Qb2 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc1
Qxc2 21. Qb4 Qe4 22. Qd6+ Kc8 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qd6+ $11) 17... Qb2 18. Nd6+ Kf8
19. Bc3 Qxc2 20. Nxb7 Nxa4 $2 (20... Nd8 $5) 21. Bb4+ Kg8 (21... Nxb4 22. Qxb4+
Kg8 23. Bxa4 a5 24. Nxa5 Qd3 25. Bc6 Rf8 $14) 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rf2 Qb3 24. Na5
Rxc6 25. Nxc6 h6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ba3
Rb8 31. Qg3 g4 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bc1 {1-0 (34) Kamsky,G (2733)
-Akobian,V (2611) Saint Louis 2011}) ({Oder} 10. Nb5 $5 Qxa2 11. Rc1 Rb8 12.
Be2 cxd4 13. Nfxd4 Bb4 14. c3 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bc5 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Ra1 Bxd4 18.
Rxa5 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 a6 20. Nd6+ Ke7 {mit vermutlich zuwenig Kompensation für
die beiden Bauern.}) 10... a6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 (
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5 $17) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ndxe5 16. Rb3
Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Qd6 $19 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 {Der weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung ist
zuwenig Kompensation für den Materialverlust.} 19. Na4 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bf4
e5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bg3 Qe6 24. Rb1 e4 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Rf8 27. c3 a3 28.
Be2 Bd6 29. Bh4 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Qa2 Qd6 32. Bg3 Qc5 (32... Qc5 33. Bh4
$2 Ba7 34. Qa1 a2) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qa3 17. Rfb1 Bc5 18. Ne2 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Rc4 20. R7b4 O-O
21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. c3 Qc5 23. Qb2 Bb5 24. Qb4 Qd5 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3 Rd8 27. Qa5
g6 28. Rb1 Qe8 29. Rb4 Rxd4 $1 30. cxd4 Qd7 31. Qb6 Qd5 32. f5 (32. Qd6 Qe4 $11
) 32... exf5 33. Qd6 Qe4 34. e6 fxe6 (34... Qxe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. a4 $18) 35.
a4 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 f4 $1 37. Qd8+ (37. axb5 Qg3+ $11) 37... Kf7 38. Qh4 Qd2 $1 39.
Qxh7+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ (40. Qh4+ $1 g5 41. Qh6+ Kf7 (41... Kf5 42. d5 $3 exd5 (
42... Qxd5 43. axb5 $18) 43. Qf8+ Kg6 44. h4 $1 {and white wins. Only a
machine would find this.}) 42. Rb1 $16) 40... Kf7 41. Qh7+ Kf6 42. Qh4+ g5 43.
Qh6+ Kf7 44. Rb1 Qd3 45. axb5 Qxb1 46. bxa6 Qd3 47. Qxg5 Qxd4 48. a7 Qxa7 49.
Qxf4+ Kg7 50. Qxc4 Qb8+ 51. Kg1 Qa7+ 52. Kh2 Qb8+ 53. g3 Qb2+ 54. Kg1 e5 55.
Qe4 Qa1+ 56. Kg2 Qa2+ 57. Kf1 Qa1+ 58. Kf2 Qa2+ 59. Kf3 Qf7+ 60. Kg4 Qd7+ 61.
Kg5 Qd8+ 62. Kf5 Qd7+ 63. Kxe5 Qc7+ 64. Kf5 Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 {In round two, Short
played dxc5 against Morozevich, and got into all kinds of trouble. Clearly he
found no special improvement and goes back to one of the mainlines.} Nc6 7. Ne2
{Be3 is the most common guest but Ne2 has already been played by Short more
than once and it is unlikely Vallejo was unprepared.} Be7 8. c3 a5 9. h4 {
#The main caveat of this move is that it assumes White's king is safe in the
center without castling, or at the very least will compensate any risk taken
by creating threats against Black's king. It is really not clear how this can
be true after 0-0 and f6, opening the f-file and undermining the center.} O-O
10. Rh3 f6 11. a3 Rf7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. b3 Qf8 14. Qb1 a4 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. b4 Qf8 18. Ned4 $2 {#Although a mistake, its refutation is a
brilliancy that Nigel should be forgiven for missing.} fxe5 $1 19. Nxc6 {#} e4
$3 20. Nce5 Rxf4 $1 {The point is that not only is black threatening f1 behind
the knight, but the knight on e5 is actually trapped and has nowhere to escape
to.} 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. Neg4 {#} Rxf1+ ({The engine say that} 22... h5 $1 {
was stronger, and while there is no doubting their analysis here, the line is
really not obvious and one cannot blame Paco for shirking this choice even had
he seen much of the idea. With so many possibiities at every move, simplicity
was much preferable.} 23. Ne3 Qf6 {This move is the key as it pressures c3 and
h4. The attack on c3 gains time now, but by freeing the c8-h3 diagonal, e5
will hit hard.} 24. Qc2 e5 25. g4 {Forced since Rg3 is countered by Qxh4.} hxg4
26. Rg3 Qxh4 27. Qg2 d4 {And the combination of steamroller center with pieces
tied up in knots is winning.}) 23. Nxf1 Qxg4 24. Ne3 Qg6 25. Kf2 e5 26. Rg3
Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Be6 28. Qe1 Rf8 29. Rd1 Kh8 30. h5 Qh4 {This was the point Kh8,
to be able to play this and not suffer a fatal discovered check with Rxg7+.}
31. c4 d4 32. c5 Nc4 33. Nf1 Qxh5 34. Rc1 e3 35. b5 e4 {It is all over
needless to say.} 36. Qb4 e2 37. Nh2 Qf5 38. Nf3 Qf4 39. Qe1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 $5 {The French Defence. In my younger years I used to consider it at
best a second-rate opening, and I once even lost a bet with one of my friends,
and as a result had to play 1... e6 in all my games with Black in a Super-GM
tournament. Fortunately my friend was greedy, and took money instead. I
believe that both 1...c5 and 1...e5! are better choices, but since I
desperately wanted to win this game (I was trailing the leaders Kramnik and
Shirov by 1 point at this stage) I decided to try something new.  Die
Französische Verteidigung. In meinen jüngeren Jahren pflegte ich sie als
bestenfalls zweitklassige Eröffnung zu betrachten, und einmal verlor ich sogar
eine Wette mit einem meiner besten Freunde, wodurch ich in all meinen Partien
mit Schwarz in einem Super-GM-Turnier 1...e6 spielen musste. Zum Glück war
mein Freund gierig und nahm lieber Geld. Ich glaube, dass sowohl 1...c5 als
auch 1...e5! bessere Züge sind, aber da ich diese Partie unbedingt gewinnen
wollte (zu diesem Zeitpunkt lag ich einen Punkt hinter den führenden Kramnik
und Shirov zurück), beschloss ich, etwas Neues zu versuchen.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 {The other main move here is 3...Bb4, which is rather more controversial.
Some think it gives Black good counterplay, while others regard it as a simple
positional mistake to give up the bishop too early.  Der andere Hauptzug hier
lautet 3...Bb4, was deutlich kontroverser ist. Manche denken, dass er Schwarz
gutes Gegenspiel gibt, während andere es für einen simplen positionellen
Fehler halten, den Läufer zu früh herzugeben.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 {Other options here are the relatively slow 7...a6, or the more
concrete 7...cxd4 followed by ...Qb6 or 7...Qb6 immediately, both of which are
rated quite highly by Wesley So and his Rybka (see the previous issue of NiC).
Andere Optionen hier sind das relativ langsame 7...a6 oder das konkretere 7...
cxd4 nebst ...Qb6 bzw. 7...Qb6 sofort, was beides von Wesley So und seinem
Rybka recht hoch geschätzt wird (siehe vorige Ausgabe von NiC).} 8. Qd2 O-O 9.
Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 $5 {An interesting, quite unusual move. 11.a3 or 11.
Nd1 are the most usual moves here. The text is actually a quite cunning
waiting move, as ...b4 and a5-Ba6 (the normal reply to Nd1) can now be met by
Na4, while ...Bb7 (one of several possible replies to a3) can be met by Nd1.
Then Black will probably have to play ...b4 and a5-Ba6 anyway, but with a
tempo less. Therefore I decided to be more flexible, and make a more or less
useful waiting move. Ein interessanter, recht ungewöhnlicher Zug. 11.a3 oder
11.Nd1 sind die üblichsten Züge hier. Der Text ist eigentlich ein ziemlich
schlauer Wartezug, denn auf ...b4 und a5-Ba6 (die normale Erwiderung auf Nd1)
kann nun Na4 folgen, während ...Bb7 (eine von mehreren möglichen Antworten auf
a3) mit Nd1 begegnet werden kann. Anschließend wird Schwarz wahrscheinlich
trotzdem ...b4 und a5-Ba6 spielen müssen, allerdings mit einem Tempo weniger.
Daher beschloss ich, flexibler zu sein und einen halbwegs nützlichen Wartezug
zu machen.} Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 {A typical manoeuvre. White
intends to gradually start an attack on the kingside. Therefore I decided to
start counterplay in the centre immediately. Ein typisches Manöver. Weiß
beabsichtigt, allmählich einen Angriff am Königsflügel zu starten. Der
beschloss ich, sofort Gegenspiel im Zentrum einzuleiten.} cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 $2 {While this move might objectively speaking not
deserve a question mark, it was definitely a turning point in the game, as
after my reply, Karjakin became very uncomfortable with his position. Dieser
Zug verdient womöglich objektiv gesehen kein Fragezeichen, doch war er
definitiv ein Wendepunkt in der Partie, denn nach meiner Antwort wurde
Karjakin seine Stellung sehr unbehaglich.} (17. Qf2 {or something similar was
required, as the queen needs to have more influence in the centre after I play
...f6, which is bound to happen sooner or later. oder etwas Ähnliches war
erforderlich, denn die Dame braucht mehr Einfluss im Zentrum, nachdem ich ...
f6 spiele, was früher oder später geschehen wird.}) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 $1
19. Bd3 {This one probably doesn't help much either, but since it was part of
the plan with Qh4, I will not attach any mark to it. Dieser Zug hilft
wahrscheinlich auch nicht besonders, aber da er Bestandteil des Plans mit Qh4
war, werde ich ihm kein Kommentarzeichen geben.} h6 20. exf6 (20. Qg4 Qb6 $1 {
would not help White. würde Weiß nicht helfen.}) (20. f5 fxe5 21. Rg4 Nf6 {
stops any illusions of a white attack. stoppt jegliche Illusionen eines weißen
Angriff.}) 20... Rxf6 {Now it is clear that something has gone wrong for White.
The rook on d4 is exposed, f4 is weak, and he will be facing tactical problems
with ...e5 quite soon. The "bad" bishop on b7 is certainly no worse than the
white knight, which has dominated it in so many textbook games.  Nun wird klar,
dass für Weiß etwas schief gelaufen ist. Der Turm auf d4 steht exponiert, f4
ist schwach, und recht bald wird er sich taktischen Problemen mit ...e5
gegenübersehen. Der "schlechte" Läufer auf b7 ist gewiss nicht schwächer als
der weiße Springer, welcher ihn in so vielen Lehrbuchpartien dominiert hat.}
21. f5 (21. Rg1 Rcf8 22. Ne2 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 {would not have been much of a
relief; the black pieces are just much more active than their white
counterparts here. wäre keine große Erleichterung gewesen; die schwarzen
Figuren sind hier einfach wesentlich aktiver als ihre weißen Gegenüber.}) (21.
Qg3 Rcf8 22. Rf3 Nb8 $1 {leaves White on brink of disaster. bringt Weiß an den
Rand einer Katastrophe.}) 21... Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 $1 {The most energetic. Am
energischsten.} ({The tempting Das verlockende} 22... e5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
Nb6 {trapping the rook, gives White very good drawing chances after mit
Turmfang gibt Weiß sehr gute Remischancen nach} 25. Qe4 Nxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27.
Re1 {.}) 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 $6 (24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nf4 26. Rd4 Qc5 {
forces White to give up the exchange with Rxf4, as zwingt Weiß zur Hergabe der
Qualität mit Rxf4, da} 27. c3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rf1# {is mate. That
being said, it would probably have been a better try. Matt ist. Davon
abgesehen wäre es womöglich ein besserer Versuch gewesen.}) 24... Nf4 25. Qg3
Qe7 $1 {The last key move, after which Black is completely winning. The point
is to control e2, leaving the white knight without a good square after ...d4
next. The tactical justification, based on a slightly surprising queen sac, is:
Der letzte Schlüsselzug, nach dem Schwarz komplett auf Gewinn steht. Der
springende Punkt ist, e2 zu konrollieren, wodurch der weiße Springer nach
folgendem ...d4 kein gutes Feld bleibt. Die taktische Rechtfertigung,
basierend auf einem leicht überraschenden Damenopfer, ist:} 26. Rxf4 {After
this Black will only have to make a couple of more good moves to win the game,
but White was probably lost in any case. Danach wird Schwarz nur noch ein paar
gute Züge machen müssen, um die Partie zu gewinnen, aber Weiß war
wahrscheinlich in jedem Fall verloren.} (26. h3 d4 27. Re1 (27. Ne2 Nxe2 28.
Bxe2 Bc8 $1 {wins an exchange, while gewinnt eine Qualität, während}) ({nach} 
27. Nd1 Bc8 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Rh4 Bb7 30. Rg1 Nxg2 $1 (30... g5 {is also very
good of course ist natürlich auch sehr gut}) 31. Rxg2 Rf3 32. Qg4 Re8 {leaves
the uncoordinated white forces defenceless against the threat of ...Re1. die
unkoordinierten weißen Kräfte wehrlos gegen die Drohung ...Re1 sind.}) 27...
Qxe1+ $1 28. Qxe1 Nxd3 {and Black will be material up in every line. und in
jedem Abspiel bleibt Schwarz materiell im Vorteil.}) 26... Rxf4 27. Ne2 (27.
Qg6 R8f6 28. Qh7+ Kf7 {is obviously not dangerous. ist offensichtlich nicht
gefährlich.}) 27... Rf1 (27... Rh4 {with the idea of 28.Qg6 Rxh2+, mating was
tempting, but I could not refute the considerably stronger 28.c3. mit der Idee
28.Qg6 Rxh2+ und Matt war verlockend, aber ich konnte das wesentlich stärkere
28.c3 nicht widerlegen.}) 28. Nd4 {Now Black can force a queen exchange, but
Nun kann Schwarz einen Damentausch forcieren, aber} (28. h3 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Qc5+
30. Kh2 d4 $1 {finally activating the bishop, was hardly much stronger. ,
wonach endlich der Läufer aktiviert wird, war kaum wesentlich stärker.}) 28...
Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 {With queens on the board White could perhaps have hoped to
resist, but without queens the extra exchange is bound to count, even though
the knight on d4 is holding the position together for the moment. Mit Damen
auf dem Brett hätte Weiß vielleicht noch hoffen können, Widerstand zu leisten,
ohne Damen aber muss die Mehrqualität ins Gewicht fallen, obwohl der Springer
auf d4 die Stellung im Moment zusammenhält.} 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3
Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3 Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39.
Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 {Now the white king
is cut off, and the undermining a5+b4 cannot be prevented. Nun ist der weiße
König abgeschnitten, und das unterminierende a5+b4 ist nicht zu verhindern.}
44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {My best game in Corus 2010! Meine beste Partie beim
Corus 2010!} 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 (9... c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 a5 14. a3
Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
$14 {Kruppa,Y-Dokhoian,Y SSSR 1991 Inf 53/271/}) 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 (13... b6 14. Qb3 (14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Nc5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. Qe2 Qa3 18. Qb5+ Ke7 19. O-O Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Rhc8 21. Rd1 g6 22. Nf1 Qa3 23.
Rxd4 Qxa2 24. Ng3 $1 $16 {Chandler,M-Gurevich,M Leningrad 1987 Inf 43/358/})
14... g5 15. Qb5 gxf4 16. Qxa5 bxa5 17. Nf3 Rb8 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Nc5 Rb2 20. Nd3
$1 $16 {Ghinda,E-Dizdar,G Polithenica Bosha 1987 Inf 44/343/}) 14. Rb1 (14. Nb2
gxf4 15. Nd3 b6 (15... O-O $2 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxf4 f6 18. Qxd4 $18 {Evdokimov,
A-Monin,N SSSR 1987/}) 16. Kf2 Ba6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Nxf4 Nc5 {Anand,V-Dreev,A
Madras 1991 Inf 51/274/} 19. Bxa6 $1 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 Qxa6 21. Nxd4 $13) 14... a6 (
14... gxf4 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Nb6 $16) 15. Nb2 $5 $146 (15. Bd3 $5
gxf4 16. O-O b5 (16... Nxe5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxb7 Nxd3 20. Qh5 O-O
21. Ne4 $1 Rc1 22. Rxc1 Nxc1 23. Nf6+ $18 {Kalegin,E-Okhotnik,V SSSR 1992/})
17. Nb2 Nxe5 18. Rxf4 Nc4 19. Ndxc4 dxc4 20. Qh5 $16 {Kalegin/}) 15... Nc5 (
15... Qxa2 $2 16. Na4 $1 $16) (15... gxf4 $5 16. Nd3 {/\Kf2,Qg4/}) 16. Bd3 (16.
Nd3 Ne4) 16... Bd7 (16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nbc4 $18) 17. O-O Qxa2 (17...
Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Bb5 19. Nf3 $18) 18. fxg5 Qa3 19. Nf3 $16 a5 $6 20. Qe2 Nb3 21.
Bb5 Bc6 22. Na4 O-O 23. Qd3 $18 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Nd2 25. Nxd2 Qe3+ 26. Rf2 Rfc8
27. Nf1 Qxg5 28. Nc5 Rc7 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Ne8 Re7 32. Nd6 Rf8 33.
Re1 f5 34. Qxa5 f4 35. Qd2 b5 36. Qxd4 f3 37. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Tirnavia"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 $6 (11. Kb1 Nxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
g4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Bxc5 Bxe2 17. Bxf8 Bxd1 18. Bxg7 Bxc2+ 19.
Qxc2 Rc8 20. Qd2 Kxg7 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 h6 23. Bf3 a4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rg1 b3
26. Rxg5+ Kh8 27. Rg2 $2 Qc1+ {0-1; Abramovic,B-Kovacevic,Vlado/JUG-ch/1989/})
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. g4 Bb7 15. Ne4 $2 {!; Psakhis Inf.45/321} dxe4 16.
Qxd7 Rad8 $1 17. Qxe7 Rxd1#) 11... Qc7 12. Rh3 $6 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Qe3 Bb7
15. Bd3 f6 $1 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 $1 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Re3
Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. g3 Rff8 23. Qd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Bc8 25. Rc7 Rf1+ 26. Kd2
Bg4 27. Nd4 Rf2+ 28. Kc3 Rg2 29. Kb4 Bd1 30. Re1 Bh5 31. Nf5 Bg6 32. Nxg7 Rxc2
33. h5 Bd3 34. Ne8 Rxb2+ 35. Ka3 Rf2 36. Re6 a5 37. Rf6 b4+ 0-1

[Event "All Russian-ch04 Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1906.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alapin, Simon"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1906.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {5.f4 c5 6.dc5} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7.
f4 Be7 8. Nf3 f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf8 11. Bg2 fxe5 12. fxe5 Ng6 13. O-O O-O
14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 16. Rf2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Be3 Qa6 $2 19. Bf1 Qb6 {
19..R:a2? 20.Ra1} 20. Bd3 Nb4 $2 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bb1 (22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ng5+
Bxg5 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Bxg5 Qxd4 $1 27. Qh5+ $11) 22... Rf8 23. Bg5
Qd8 (23... Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rxf2 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6+ Kg7 28. Qh7+
Kf8 29. Kxf2 $18) 24. h4 Be8 25. Qb3 (25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Ng5 h6 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxe6 Qe7) 25... h6 $1 26. Bd2 Bh5 $1 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 Bxf3
29. Qa3 $1 {;29.Q:b7 Qa5} Qc8 $1 30. Rf1 Qc4 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 g5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Rc1 Rf7 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc1 Bh5 37. Rc2 Bg6 38. Bxg6 Kxg6 39. Rf2
Rxf2 40. Kxf2 Kf5 41. Kf3 g4+ 42. Ke3 a5 43. a4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 8899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Nd4 h5 16. g3 Na4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. h3 Rag8 19. Rhf1 g6 20. Kd2 Be8 21.
Rc1 Bd7 22. b4 Na4 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Nb2 27. Rc7
Nxd3 28. Kxd3 Rb8 29. b5 Kd8 30. Rc3 b6 31. Ke4 Rb7 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ke7
34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. Kc2 Kg7 38. Kb3 Kf8 39. Kb4 Ke8 40. Nf3
Ke7 41. Nd2 f6 42. Rh3 $6 (42. exf6+ $1 Kxf6 43. Nf3 $1 $16) 42... fxe5 43.
fxe5 Rc7 44. Rh7+ Ke8 45. Rh8+ Ke7 46. Ne4 Rc1 47. a4 Re1 48. Rh7+ Kd8 49. Nf6
Bc8 50. Rxa7 (50. Rh8+ $5 Kc7 51. Ne8+ Kd7 52. Nd6 Rxe5 $1 53. Nxc8 Re4+ 54.
Kb3 Re3+ 55. Kc2 Ra3 56. Nxa7 Rxa4 57. Nc6 Kd6 58. Kb3 Rxg4 59. Rh3 $1 {
+- / ~/=}) 50... Rxe5 51. a5 bxa5+ 52. Kxa5 Re1 53. Rg7 e5 54. Rxg6 Be6 55. Kb6
e4 56. Nh5 Bc4 57. Rc6 Be2 58. Nf6 Rb1 59. Re6 Bxb5 60. Kc5 Ba4 61. Rxe4 Rb5+
62. Kd6 Rb6+ 63. Ke5 Bc6 64. Rf4 Ke7 65. Ng8+ Ke8 66. g5 Rb5+ 67. Kf6 Kf8 68.
Ne7 Be8 69. Nc8 Rc5 70. Nd6 Rc6 71. Ke5+ Ke7 72. Nf5+ Kd8 73. Rd4+ Bd7 74. Nd6
Ke7 75. Ne4 Re6+ 76. Kf4 Rc6 77. Rb4 Be8 78. Rb7+ Ke6 79. Rb5 Bg6 80. Nc5+ Kd6
81. Nb7+ Ke7 82. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 $6 11. h4 Bb4 12. Kb1 Rb8 (12... Na5 $2 13. Nxd5 $1
$18) 13. a3 Be7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Qf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. b4 Nd7 18. f5 Nb6 19.
f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bd6 21. Rhe1 Kd8 $1 (21... Bg3 $2 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Nxd5 Bxf2
24. Nxc7+ Kd8 25. Na8 $1 $18 {/\ Bb5}) 22. Bxb5 $2 (22. Qf3 $142 $16 {Dreev,A})
22... Bg3 23. Bxb6 Bxf2 24. Nxd5 Rxb6 25. Nxb6+ Bd7 26. Na8 $138 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 8. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:
04:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:03:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 13.
Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:12:38]} 14. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Bd7 $2 {[%emt 0:03:40] Ivanchuk: "I was calculating 16...f6 but then
my hands moved 16...Bd7?"} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18.
Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (18... Ra6 $142 {[%cal Gf8a8]})
19. axb4 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb7 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Qa2 {[%emt 0:41:14]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Qb1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} (22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Qxa8+ Qxa8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bc6)
22... f5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 23. exf6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24.
Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (24... Qc7 25. Ra6) 25. Rxa8+ {
[%emt 0:03:51]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qf7
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:15:16]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
(33. Ke3 Bc6 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Bh5 h6 36. g4 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gg4g5] Dorfman}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O $14 {
Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Moscow/1992/}) 9... b4 10. Na4 (10. Nd1 Qb6 $10) 10...
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 (12... Qa5 $6 13. b3 $14) 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe3
a5 15. c4 (15. Bd3 $5 Ba6 16. f5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 exf5 18. Rxf5 Ra6 19. Qf3 Qa8
20. Rf1 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 $14) 15... dxc4 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Nxc3 Ba6 $10
) 16... Ba6 17. Rab1 $14) 16. Bxc4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qd3 Qb7
20. Qc4 Raa8 21. Qc6 Rfb8 22. Rfd1 g5 $5 23. g3 (23. Be3 Qxc6 $5 (23... gxf4
24. Rxd7 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 fxe3 26. Rxe7 $18) (23... Nf8 $6 24. fxg5 Ng6 25. Qxb7
Rxb7 26. Nc5 $16) 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Rc7 $2 Nxe5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 23... gxf4 24.
gxf4 Nf8 25. Kf2 (25. Be3 Ng6 26. Kf2 $14) 25... Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rd8 27. Ke3 Ng6
28. Ke4 Bf8 29. Rg1 Rac8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nc5 $2 (31. f5 exf5+ 32. Kxf5 Rc2
33. h4 $14) 31... Rxc5 (31... Bxc5 $2 32. Rc1 $16) 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Rc1 Bb6 (
33... Bb6 34. Rc6 Bg1 35. h3 Bh2 36. Ra6 Bxf4 37. Rxa5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Nxe5 39.
Kxe5 f5 40. a4 bxa3 41. bxa3 Kf8) 0-1

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 c5 7. d5
Qb6 $6 $146 {Hertneck hofft mit dieser Neuerung in einer seltenen Variante der
Französischen Partie den Ukrainischen GM Onischuk zu überraschen.} (7... exd5
8. Qxd5 $5 Qxd5 9. Bxd5 Nc6 (9... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 10. Bf4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Bc4 (12. O-O-O $5 $14) 12... Bd7 13. a4 O-O-O 14. Ne2 Bc6 $11 {Zauner
Josef-Kretschel Klaus/Bayern Regionalliga Southeast 1995/1-0 (49)}) 10. Bxe4
Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nf3 $14 {@}) (7... Nd7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nh3 $1 $14 (9. f4
exf3 10. Nxf3 $14) (9. Bxe6 Qe7) (9. Nh3 {Finkel,A} Nxe5 (9... Nb6 $2 10. Qxd8+
Kxd8 11. Be2 Be7 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 13. Bxg5+ Ke8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. O-O-O $16 {
Georgiev,K-Maksimovic,B/Hania op 1992 (26)}) 10. Qh5+ Nf7 11. Ng5 g6 12. Qg4
Ne5 (12... Bg7 13. Bxe6 $1 Ne5 14. Qxe4 Qe7 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. O-O $16 {Kveinys,
A-Crouch,C/Katowice op 1992 (40)}) 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Qh4 $1 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5
16. Bc3 $40 {Kindermann,S-Dobosz,H/Bern op 1995 (20)}) (9. Bf4 Qb6 10. c3 $5
Qc6 $6 (10... Qxb2 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qc6 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Ng3 $14) 11. Qb3 $16
a6 12. Nh3 b5 13. Bxe6 Nxe5 14. Bd5 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 $18 {Herrera,I-Alonso,R/
CUB-ch Holguin 1991 (39)})) (7... g6 {Finkel,A} 8. f4 $5 f6 $6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10.
Ne2 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Bd2 $1 Bg7 13. Bc3 $16 {Howell,J-Crouch,C/Isle of
Man op 1994 (18)}) (7... a6 $5 {Finkel,A} 8. a4 Nd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nh3 Nxe5
11. Qh5+ Nf7 12. Ng5 g6 13. Nxf7 $5 Qa5+ $1 14. Bd2 gxh5 15. Bxa5 Kxf7 16. O-O
$14 {Van der Wiel,J-Visser,Y/NLD-chT 1993 (20)}) 8. c3 {Vermeidet Qb4+} Nd7 (
8... e3 {Finkel,A} 9. fxe3 exd5 10. Bxd5 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. c4 Nc6
14. b3 $16) 9. f4 $1 {Finkel: A very strong move, which is, however, not so
difficult to find. Now black is faced with a difficult choice: to help White
develop another piece or to remain with a weak pawn on e4. In both cases
Black's position is highly sucpicious. Nun hat Weiß schon klaren
Eröffnungsvorteil. Die schwarzen Figuren am Damenflügel stehen ungemütlich.
Falls der Nachziehende auf f3 e.p. nimmt, so bekommt Weiß nach 10.Nf3 nebst
0-0 auf der f-Linie eine starke Iniative.} exd5 (9... exf3 $5 {Finkel,A} 10.
Nxf3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qe6 12. Bf4 (12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd3 $14) 12...
Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb6 14. Be4 $14) 10. Qxd5 Qg6 11. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2g3,Yg3e4] Der
Springer strebt nach g3} Be7 (11... Nb6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Ng3 $16
) (11... Qxg2 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Rg1 Qxh2 14. Be3 $18) 12. Ng3 Bh4 (12... f5 13.
e6 Nb6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qxf5+ Qxf5 16. Nxf5 Bxe6 17. Ng3 $16) 13. O-O Bxg3 14.
hxg3 O-O 15. f5 Qxg3 $2 (15... Qc6 16. e6 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf6 18. exf7+ Kh8 19.
Be6 b6 $16) 16. Bf4 Qg4 17. e6 $1 $18 {Finkel: After this move black is
defenceless.} fxe6 {Finkel: Allowing white to finish with elegance.} (17... Nb6
18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Qxc5 Bxf5 20. Bd6 $18 (20. Bd6 {Finkel,A} Nxc4 21. Bxf8 $18))
18. fxe6 Nb6 19. e7+ $3 {Nach diesem ausgezeichnetem Damenopfer verliert
Schwarz sofort.} Nxd5 20. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 21. Bd6+ Ke8 22. Bb5+ Bd7 23. Rf8# {
Ein widerlegtes Eröffnungssystem.} 1-0

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Mher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 {Funny! The same position one day later! This my opponent changed
the line, but ends up playing a worse one in my opinion.} cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11.
cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 {A line that has
been tried recently, but refuted!} 16. O-O Nc4 17. Nbxc4 bxc4 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nf3 g6 (20... f6 21. exf6 Qc7 22. fxg7 Qxg7 23. Ne5) 21. Qh6
Qc7 22. Nh4 (22. f5 exf5 23. Rae1 {was played by Zherebukh in 2010 and also
looks a very strong move. But the next move, played first by Kosintseva, just
wins! Actually, my opponent missed that game, but it's funny that I had found
that move before Kostintseva played it! So things went exactly as if
Kosintseva's game simply did not exist.}) 22... d3 $146 (22... f5 23. Nxg6 Qg7
24. Qh5 Rf7 25. Rf3 Bd7 26. Rh3 Be8 27. Qg5 d3 28. Rh6 $1 Rb8 29. Qh5 $2 (29.
Qh4 $1 Rfb7 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7 Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qf6+ $18) 29... Qxh6 (
29... Rfb7 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7 Kg8 {would be not so clear! As weird as it
looks at first sight, White's queen is terribly misplaced on h5!}) 30. Qxh6 $18
{1-0 Kosintseva,T (2534)-Shen,Y (2452)/Jermuk ARM 2010 (51)}) 23. Rf3 Re8 (
23... Rd8 {loses an even simpler way:} 24. Nf5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qf8 26. Ne7+ {
(Black's rook doesn't defend that square anymore)} Qxe7 27. Rh3 $18) 24. Nxg6
$2 {I saw that this is sort of winning, and as my opponent already had no time,
I did not spend enough time on the position. Actually, the move 24.Kh1 wins in
a very simple way.} (24. Kh1 $1 {was a much better version of the game:} Qe7
25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ $1 Kf8 27. Rg3 {and White wins because ...Ke7 is no
longer possible:} Qf7 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Rg7 $18) 24... fxg6 25. Rg3 (25. Qxg6+
$4 Kf8 26. Rg3 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Ke7 $19) 25... Qh7 (25... Qg7 26. Rxg6 Re7 27. Rf1
Bd7 28. f5 $1 exf5 29. e6 $18) 26. Rxg6+ Kh8 27. Qg5 Rf8 $1 (27... Rg8 28. Qf6+
Rg7 29. Rh6 {is even less pleasant for Black than the game!}) 28. Rh6 Rb8 29.
Rxh7+ $2 {A kind of "hand mistake". Actually, I thought I want to go f5, but
felt like putting Black's king on h7 (instead of Black's rook after ...Rb7 and
...Rxh7) was an improvement. The problem is that it allows Rxf5!} (29. f5 Rb7
$8 (29... Rxf5 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qc7+ $18) (29... exf5 30. Rxh7+
Kxh7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. e6 Rb7 33. Qd6 $18) 30. f6 Rg8 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7 32. Qe3 {
should be technically winning, though Black keeps a few chances.}) 29... Kxh7
30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. f5 {I thought this move was anyway objectively
the best. Otherwise, it is far from easy to see a winning plan, as Black's
pawn will be very strong if White doesn't have a mating attack. Although there
is another good option, I keep thinking that move was probably the best,
especially from a practical point of view.} (32. Rf1 Rb7 $1 33. Rf3 Rg7 34.
Qh4+ Kg8 35. Kf2 $1 {should be fine too. Let's note that it's better to ask
the king to prevent ...d2, and let the two other pieces attack!}) 32... Rxf5 (
32... exf5 {is like 29.f5 exf5.}) 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. Qc7 Ra8 35. Rb1 Rf7 $2 (
35... d2 $8 36. Rd1 Rf7 37. Qa5 {with a huge avantage anyway.}) 36. Qc6 d2 $6 (
36... Bb7 37. Qxe6+ $18) 37. Qa4 $4 {Funny! I had 1 hour against 30 seconds
and I agreed with my opponent that Qxa8 was bad! Actually, it is just
completely winning!} (37. Qxa8 Rc7 38. Rf1 $8 {Ok, all other moves are losing,
but for some reason here I thought Black goes ...c2: but Black's pawn is still
on c4 only!} (38. Qb8 $4 Rb7 $8 $19) 38... c3 39. Qb8 $18) 37... Bd7 38. Qc2+
Kg7 39. Qxd2 Rc8 40. Rc1 Kg8 41. Rc3 Rcf8 {It is difficult to say how Black
could have played this endgame, which seems totally lost.} 42. Rg3+ Rg7 43. Rh3
$5 (43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Kf2 {should be winning too. But I liked
the next move more, as mating is more pleasant than pushing an h-pawn :-)})
43... Be8 $2 (43... Rf5 $8 {was the only way to hold a bit, but Black's
position is lost, for example:} 44. Qh6 Kf7 45. Qh4 $5 Rfg5 (45... Rg8 46. Qd4
$18) 46. Qf2+ Kg8 47. Qf6 $1 Rxg2+ 48. Kf1 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 R1g2+ 50. Kf3 $18) (
43... Rff7 44. Qh6 Rh7 45. Qg5+ Rhg7 46. Qh4 Rh7 47. Qd8+ $18) 44. Qh6 Bg6 45.
Rg3 Kf7 46. h4 Rfg8 47. h5 Bf5 48. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 (11. Be2 {is the other move.}) 11... Be7 12.
Bg2 (12. Bh3 {is actually the normal move, but I couldn't remember exactly and
actually liked the idea of putting the bishop on g2 in order to have more
pressure on d5 in some lines with ...b5, Nc5 Nxc5, dxc5.}) 12... f5 $5 13. O-O
(13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 {is possible, but I don't see how I'm going to improve
my position anymore.}) (13. g4 {was one of my ideas, but after} fxg4 {Black is
just fine:} (13... b5 14. gxf5 $1 bxa4 15. fxe6 Nb6 16. f5 $44) 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. fxg5 b5 $1 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Qxg4 Nf5 $36) 16. Qxg4 (16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. bxc5
O-O $15) 16... Ndxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nd3+ 19. Ke2 Qxg3 20. hxg3 bxa4
$15) 13... Nf8 14. Rb1 $5 {A prophylactic move without a real threat. However,
Black must be careful regarding the b5-b6 push, and has no good developing
move for the moment. The move my opponent played is the most logical, but
White can enter tactics which are, from human point of view, unpleasant for
Black.} b6 (14... Bd7 15. Nc5 {is bad for Black: it is important to keep both
bishops. Furthermore, it is more logical to trap White's knight on a4 by
playing ...b6.}) (14... h5 $5 {Watch out! This is a purely defensive move.
Black doesn't care about the positional point view: the aim is just to hold.
However, after something like} 15. Qe2 b6 16. Nd2 {I don't know exactly how
Black can develop. White will play h3-g4 sooner or later, and keep many sac
possibilities, especially Nxc4 (an interesting idea at any moment).}) 15. g4 $5
fxg4 (15... g6 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 {would leave White a lot of free
initiative.}) 16. Nd2 Ng6 (16... h5 17. f5 Nd8 18. Nb2 Bb7 19. fxe6 Ndxe6 20.
Ndxc4 O-O-O (20... dxc4 21. Qa4+)) (16... g6 17. Nxc4 $1 dxc4 (17... b5 18.
Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Nc5 {is very strong for White.}) 18. b5 Bb7 19.
bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxg4 {and Black's position is very unpleasant: c4 will be weak,
and White's knight may come to e3 in order to threaten some d5-push while
Black's knight is sort of trapped on f8.}) 17. f5 (17. b5 Na5 18. f5 exf5 19.
Bxd5 Rb8 {is not so clear.}) 17... exf5 $8 (17... Nh4 18. f6 (18. Qxg4 $5 Nxf5
19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Bxd5 f4 22. Rf1 $1 $16) 18... gxf6 19. exf6 {
with an almost winning position.}) 18. Bxd5 Qd7 ({A high class move} 18... Rb8
{was probably the best way to defend. However, I believe White should sac a
piece at some point and crush. For instance:} 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Qb3 $1 {and none
of the knights can really be taken. I believe Black is in huge trouble here.})
(18... b5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 (19... Rf8 20. Nxc4 $1 Bxc5 21. Na3 $1 Be7 22. Nxb5 Qb6
23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 $18) 20. bxc5 Qd7 (20... Rf8 21. Rxb5 $18) 21. Bg2 O-O
22. a4 $5 (22. Rxb5 $2 f4 23. Nxc4 $2 Ba6 $1 $15) 22... a6 23. axb5 axb5 24.
Rxb5 f4 25. Nxc4 $1 {(thanks to 22.a4, the b6-square is free!)} fxe3 26. Rxf8+
Nxf8 27. Nxe3 $16) 19. Bxc4 f4 (19... Ngxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 $1 {just
wins, as Black cannot take a piece back:} Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 (22... b5 23. Bd6
$18 {threatening both Nc5 and Re1.}) 23. Rbxd1 b5 24. Rfe1 $18) (19... Bb7 20.
e6 Qc7 21. Rxf5 $18) 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Bg3 $1 {Simply positional!} Ne6 (21...
Bg5 22. cxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Rf2 Be3 24. Rb3 {just wins.}) 22. Ne4 $1 {The only move
to avoid ...Bb7.} (22. Qxg4 {is not bad, but the next move is clearly much
stronger.}) 22... Rf8 (22... Qxd1 23. Rbxd1 Bd7 24. Rxd7 $18) (22... b5 23.
Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nac5 $18) 23. Qe2 $1 (23. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 24. exd6 $18) 23... Qxa4 (
23... Bb7 24. Nd6+ (24. Rbd1 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Qc8 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 $18)
24... Bxd6 25. exd6 $18) 24. Bb5+ Qxb5 25. Qxb5+ Bd7 26. Qd5 Rd8 27. Nd6+ Bxd6
28. exd6 Rf6 29. Qh5 Kf7 30. Bh4 Kg8 31. Bxf6 Nef4 32. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 $5 10. O-O-O b6 {An interesting idea, which I discovered a few
days before when preparing against GM Christiansen from the White side!} 11.
Bb5 (11. cxb6 axb6 12. Nd4 (12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Rfc8 $40) 12...
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb4 $11) 11... Nb4 $1 12. a3 bxc5 (12... Na2+ $2 13. Nxa2 Qxb5
14. Nc3 Qc4 15. b3 Qa6 16. c6 Nb8 17. Nd4 $16) 13. Bxd7 $6 (13. Kb1 $1 {
is critical.} Rb8 $1 (13... Nb6 $2 {loses:} 14. f5 $1 d4 15. axb4 Qxb4 (15...
cxb4 16. Nxd4 $1 $146 bxc3 17. Qe2 $1 {/\Nc6}) 16. f6 gxf6 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18.
Bxd4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. Qh6 $1 exd4 20. Rd3 $18) 19... f6 20. Rhf1 Bb7 21. Rf4
Qc5 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Qg5 Rf7 24. Bxf6+ {1-0 Fakhrutdinov,T (2460)-Volkov,S 
(2580) Yaroslavl 2018}) 14. axb4 (14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. b3 c4 $40)
14... cxb4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd7 $1 (16. Nd4 $5 Nxe5 $1 $146 (16... Rxb5 $2
17. Nc6 $16) 17. fxe5 (17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxb8 Qxb8 $40)
17... Rxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxd5 Qa6 20. Qd3 Qc6 $44) 16... Bxd7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5
18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Ra5 Rfc8 20. Rxa7 (20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bh3 22. b3 (22. Nb3
Bf5 23. Rg2 Rc4 $132 {0-1 (45) Sieber,F (2290)-Hoolt,S (2357) Dresden 2018})
22... Ra8 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 f6 $132) 20... Bf8 {Players agreed a draw in
Kovacevic,A (2493)-Cabarkapa,N (2439) Senta 2018, ½-½ (20). Black should
anyway have enough compensation to manage it, e.g.} 21. b3 Be4 22. Nd4 Bc5 23.
Ra2 Bxg2 24. Re1 Be4 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Bxc5 Rdc8 28. Bd6 Rb6 29. Rd2
h5 $11) (13. f5 $2 Na2+ 14. Nxa2 Qxb5 $15 {0-1 (46) Ponkratov,P (2622)-Volkov,
S (2580) Yaroslavl 2018}) 13... Bxd7 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 ({
The first time this position occured, it went very wrong for White as well:} 
16. Rdf1 Qa2 17. f5 exf5 18. Nd4 a5 19. Qd3 a4 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 a3 22.
Bd4 Qc4 $1 23. Rf4 Bg5 24. Be3 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 g6 {0-1 (25) Saric,I (2609)
-Martinovic,S (2551) Valpovo 2017}) 16... Qa1 $5 {A reasonable move, deviating
from the usual 16...Qa2. But it was a pure improvisation, and I would advise
to go ...Qa2 as others did.} (16... Qa2 17. f5 {The best try, but the position
remains a nightmare for White.} (17. b3 Rc3 $1 $17 (17... Rc7 $5) (17... a5 $6
18. c3 Qa1 19. Nc2 Qa2 20. Nd4 {was the reason why I went 16...Qa1.})) (17. Qd3
a5 18. f5 (18. b3 Rc3 $3 19. Nxc3 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bb4 $19 {0-1 (34) Dorst,J 
(2217)-Spiess,G (2422) Vellmar 2018}) 18... a4 19. f6 Bc5 20. Rhe1 a3 21. bxa3
bxa3 22. Qb3 Qa1 23. Qc3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxc2+ $1 25. Kxc2 Rc8+ 26. Nc3 Qb2+ 27.
Kd3 Bb5+ {0-1 (27) Wang Jue (2354)-Santiago,Y (2473) Hanoi 2018}) 17... exf5
18. Rhf1 (18. Qf2 a5 $1 (18... g6 $2 19. g4 $1 {1-0 (32) Mamedov,N (2596)
-Tratar,M (2456) Antalya 2017}) 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 a4 21. e6 f6 $1 22. Bd4
Rc4 $40) 18... a5 19. Qf2 a4 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 a3 $1 22. Bd4 b3 $1 $146 (
22... Qc4 23. Nxa3 $1 $146 bxa3 24. b3 Qxb3 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qe8+ $1 Rxe8 27.
cxb3 $11) 23. Nxa3 Bxa3 24. Rf2 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Bb4+ 26. c3 Qxb2+ 27. Ke1 Bxc3+
28. Kf1 Qa3 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 $19) 17. Qd3 (17. f5 $1 exf5 (17... a5 $2 18. f6 $1 {
is not what we want.}) 18. Rhf1 a5 (18... Rc7 $5) 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 a4 21.
Qd3 $8 b3 (21... a3 22. bxa3 bxa3 23. Bd4 Qa2 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rh5 g6 26. Rf1 $3
Qxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 gxh5 29. Nd2 $14) 22. c3 a3 23. bxa3 Ra4 $13)
17... a5 18. f5 exf5 19. e6 $4 {Making it easy for Black.} (19. Rhf1 $1 a4 20.
Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 {would still transpose to 17.f5.}) (19. Nxf5 $2 Bxf5 20.
Qxf5 b3 21. c3 a4 $19) 19... fxe6 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Bf6 23.
Rd4 (23. Bd4 Rd8 $19 (23... b3 $5 24. c3 Bg5+ 25. Rd2 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 27.
Ke3 Re8+ $19)) 23... b3 (23... Rd8 $2 24. Qc6 Rxd4 $4 {was the last try:} 25.
Bxd4 $1 Bg5+ 26. Kd1 Qxb1+ 27. Ke2 $18) 24. c3 a4 25. Qf7 a3 26. Qxb3 a2 27.
Qc2 Rxc3 $1 (27... Rxc3 28. bxc3 axb1=Q+ 29. Qxb1 Qxc3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Kavala op 13th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2004.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 {This position can be arised
after the following order of moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3}
c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 {Black can take on f6 with
the queen as well:} (9... Qxf6 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Bareev,E/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71/
[Finkel,A] (70)}) 10. O-O O-O {The main idea of this variation for white is to
prevent the advance of black's central pawns, occupying the e5 square with the
pieces.} 11. Qe2 $6 {Probably, not the best continuation. White has the
following alternatives:} (11. Bg5 {0-1 Rosanov,L-Korniushin,N/Moscow 1998/CBM
63/[Finkel,A] (30)}) (11. Ne5 {0-1 Shilov,S-Ulibin,M/Barlinek 2001/CBM 85/
[Bangiev] (40)}) (11. Bg3 $6 a6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Rae1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qd6 15. Qg5
Rf6 $132 {Pogosian,T-Nikolenko,O/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992 (41)}) 11... Nh5 $1 {
Black is going to occupy the f4 square or to eliminate the important
dark-squared bishop.} 12. Bg3 $2 $146 {It is not recommendable to allow black
to take on g3, as the "g" pawn will become the target for black's attacks.
This move is new. In the previous game white tried with more logical} (12. Bg5
{, but I don't think white has chances for an advantage...} Nf4 13. Qd2 Qc7 14.
Rae1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. Nxd5 $2 (16. Be3 $142 $11) 16... Qd6 $17 17. Nf4 hxg5
18. Nxg5 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Bb6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Nd4 22. Re7 Nxc2 23. Rxb7
Rad8 24. Ne5 Rxf2 {0-1 Pozin,S-Volkov,S/Ekaterinburg 1996/EXT 2000 (24)}) 12...
Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 {Good prophylactic move, which is going to cover the b5
square. In this way, black prepares to play b7-b5 in the near future, as well
as to occupy the b8-h2 diagonal by the queen.} 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16.
Qxe5 Qf6 $15 {Black's position is clearly better. It should be noted, that
black's dark-squared bishop is extremely active, as there isn't white's
counterpart on the board...} 17. Nd1 {protecting the f2 square.} Qxe5 18. Rxe5
b5 {preventing from white the attack of black centre with c2-c4.} 19. Re2 Rf6 {
Black increases the pressure along the "f" file, doubling the rooks.} 20. Ne3 {
intending to occupy the e5 square via g4.} ({Maybe better was} 20. c3 $5 $15)
20... h5 {covering the g4 square.} 21. g4 (21. c3 {doesn't help too much:} Raf8
22. a3 g5 $17) 21... h4 $6 ({Probably stronger was} 21... d4 22. g5 dxe3 23.
gxf6 exf2+ 24. Kh2 gxf6 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Rd2 $17) 22. Kh2 {moving the king from
unpleasant pin along the a7-g1 diagonal.} (22. g5 Rf4 $17) 22... Raf8 23. f3
Bd6+ $2 {missing much more attractive continuation:} (23... h3 $1 24. Kxh3 $141
Bd6 $1 {threatening with the mate.} 25. g5 e5+ 26. Kh4 Rf4+ 27. g4 e4 $19) 24.
Kh3 g5 25. Rfe1 Kg7 26. c3 {limiting black's pawns, and, at the same time,
preparing the c2 square for the knight.} Rf4 27. a3 Kf6 28. Nc2 (28. Bb1 a5 29.
Nc2 Bc5 $17) 28... e5 {threatening with e5-e4.} ({Worse is} 28... Bc5 $6 29.
Nb4 Bxb4 (29... a5 $2 30. Nc6 $14) 30. axb4 {with approximately equal chances.}
) 29. Ne3 {The only move.} (29. Nb4 Bxb4 30. Rxe5 Ba5 31. Rxd5 Bc8 $17) 29...
Bc6 $1 (29... Be6 $2 30. Bf5 $11 Bf7 $2 31. Nxd5+ Bxd5 32. Rd1 $16) 30. Bb1 {
liberating the "d" file for the rooks, thus, threatening with the capture on
d5. Also, white adds the resource of occupying the a2-g8 diagonal by the
light-squared bishop.} (30. Nf5 {is parried by simple} Bc7 $17) 30... Bb8 $6 {
throwing away the advantage. Better was} (30... Bc5 31. Rd2 Bxe3 (31... Rd8 32.
Be4) 32. Rxe3 d4 33. Re1 $15) 31. Ba2 (31. Rd1 e4 $1 (31... d4 32. cxd4 exd4
33. Nc2 Rd8 34. Nb4 {[%cal Yb4d3]}) 32. Nxd5+ Bxd5 33. Rxd5 exf3 34. gxf3 Rxf3+
35. Kg2 Rg3+ 36. Kh1 $11 Rh3+ 37. Kg1 Ba7+ 38. Kg2 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Be3 $15) ({
White equalized after} 31. Rd2 $1 e4 (31... Rd8 $2 32. Be4 $14) (31... d4 32.
cxd4 exd4 33. Nc2 Rd8 34. Nb4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Kg2 Rg3+ 37. Kh1 Rh3+ 38.
Kg1 Bf4 39. Rde2 Be3+ 40. Kg2 Rg3+ 41. Kh1 Rh3+ 42. Rh2 $14) 32. Nxd5+ Bxd5 33.
Rxd5 exf3 34. gxf3 Rxf3+ 35. Kg2 Rg3+ 36. Kh1 Rh3+ $11) 31... Rd8 32. Nc2 $2 {
Again white missed the opportunity to get equal position:} (32. Rd2 $1 d4 (
32... e4 33. Nxd5+) 33. Nc2 (33. Nf5 d3 $17) 33... Ba7 $1 (33... Rd6 34. cxd4
exd4 35. Nb4 (35. Rxd4 Rfxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Rxc6 Rd1 $19) 35...
Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rxf3+ 37. Kg2 Rg3+ 38. Kf1 $14) 34. cxd4 Bxd4 35. Nb4 Bxf3 36.
gxf3 Rxf3+ 37. Kg2 Rg3+ 38. Kh1 Rh3+ $11) 32... e4 $1 $17 {Black succeeded to
push forward his "e" pawn, that together with the pair of bishops promise
black an obvious advantage.} 33. Nd4 Bb7 34. Bb1 (34. Re3 {isn't better than
the move in the game:} Ba7 35. Bb1 Re8 $17) 34... Re8 35. Nf5 Bc6 36. fxe4 $2 {
Decisive mistake. White should keep the pawn construction g2-f3-g4.} ({Better
is} 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Re3 Ba7 38. fxe4 dxe4 39. Rxe4 Bxg4+ 40. Kh2 Rexe4 41. Bxe4
Rf2 $17) 36... dxe4 $19 37. Rd2 {Other continuations lead to lost positions as
well:} (37. Bc2 Rxf5 38. gxf5 Kxf5 39. Rf2+ Bf4 40. Bd1 Kg6 $19) (37. Ne3 Ba7
$1 {[%cal Ya7e3]} 38. Bc2 $141 Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxg4 $1 $19) (37. Nd4 Bd7 $19) {
[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for black.","","","f4f5","",10]} 37...
Rxf5 $1 {using terrible position of white monarch.} 38. gxf5 Kxf5 {threatening
with g5-g4 and following mate.} 39. Rf1+ (39. Rf2+ {doesn't help at all:} Bf4
40. g4+ hxg3 41. Rfe2 g4+ 42. Kg2 Kg5 $1 $19) 39... Bf4 40. g4+ (40. Rxf4+ Kxf4
$19) 40... hxg3 {White is hopeless against black's pieces activty.} 41. Rd6
Rh8+ 42. Kg2 Kg4 43. Rxf4+ (43. Rxc6 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Be3+ $19) 43... gxf4 44. Rg6+
Kf5 45. Rxc6 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 f3 47. Rc5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia-A 38th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 $5
{Quite a rare continuation, whose idea is to build a strong centre with c2-c3.}
(8. Qd2 {is a much more popular line.}) 8... Qb6 {Morozevich plays his
favourite line in this variation, despite his loss to Topalov in Linares last
year.} ({It's interesting to point out that Topalov has played this variation
himself with the black pieces and avoided 8...Qb6 line. I assume that
Predojevic prepared some improvement after 8...Be7.} 8... Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. g3
cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 a5
17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Qf2 Be8 22. f5 Qxe5 23.
fxe6 $2 ({Much better is:} 23. Nf3 $1 {attacking the queen and the knight.} Qd6
24. fxg6 $1 Ne4 (24... hxg6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 f5 (26... Rd7 27. Bf6 $18 {
[%cal Yf2h4]}) 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rg1 Rd7 (28... Bg6 29. Bxd8 $18 {[%cal Yg2d5]}
) 29. Be3 $18) (24... fxg6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 (25... Nd7 26. Nf7 $18) 26. Bxc5 Bh4
27. Qg1 $1 Qc7 28. Qe3 Bf7 29. Qh6 g5 30. Qf6 {[%cal Yc5d4]} e5 31. Be7 Rf8 32.
cxd5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 $18) 25. gxh7+ Kh8 (25... Kxh7 26. Ng5+ $1 Nxg5 27. Qh4+ Kg8
28. Bxg5 $18) 26. Qc2 $18) 23... Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rde1 Qxg4 26. Bd4 Qh4
$17 {0-1 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Topalov,V (2767)/Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess
705 (38)}) 9. Qc1 g5 {Trying to literally destroy White's centre.} 10. c3 cxd4
11. cxd4 Bb4+ $1 {It is very important to make White's monarch move to the
a7-g1 diagonal.} 12. Kf2 f6 13. g3 {[%csl Rc8,Yd4,Ye5,Yf4,Yg3] In this opening
line White needs to stabilize the situation, which will promise him a big
advantage, thanks to his strong centre, space advantage and Black's passive
light-squared bishop. However, it turns out that Black has enough dynamic
resources to exploit the vulnerable position of White's king.} g4 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Here is another opening bomb by Alexander! It should be said that
this improvement is clearly showed by Fritz... From now on there follows a
series of forced moves.} ({Morozevich was definitely unhappy with opening
results in his game against Topalov:} 13... Rf8 14. Kg2 g4 15. Nh4 Rg8 (15...
fxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. h3 $14) 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nc3 fxe5 (18... Nxd4
19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Qd1 $18) 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 (19... Nxd4 20. Nf5 $1 (
20. Na4 $5 Qc6 21. Bxd4 Qxa4 22. Bd3 $44) 20... exf5 21. Nxd5 Qa5 22. Bc4 (22.
Nc7+ Kd8 23. Qc4 b5 $13) 22... b5 23. Bb3 Bb7 24. Bxd4 $16) 20. dxe5 d4 21. Na4
Qa5 22. Qc4 Nxe5 23. Qxd4 Nf3 24. Nxf3 $18 {1-0 Topalov,V (2783)-Morozevich,A 
(2741)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2007/The Week in Chess 642 (48)}) 14. Nh4 (14.
Ne1 {[%cal Ye1d3] is even worse:} fxe5 15. dxe5 (15. fxe5 Rf8+ 16. Kg2 Bxe1 $1
17. Qxe1 Ndxe5 $19) 15... d4 (15... Bc5 16. Nd3) 16. Nxd4 Bxe1+ (16... Nxd4 $2
17. Qc4 Bc5 18. b4 $16) 17. Qxe1 Nxd4 18. Qc3 Qc6 (18... Nb5 $2 19. Qb3 $16)
19. Qxd4 Qxh1 20. Rd1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 Qd5 $19) 14... fxe5 {Blowing up White's
centre.} 15. fxe5 (15. dxe5 $2 {loses immediately:} Bc5 $1 {[%cal Yd5d4]} (
15... d4 {doesn't work, in view of} 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qc4 $16) 16. Bxc5 Nxc5
$19 {[%cal Rc5d3]}) 15... Ndxe5 $1 {[%mdl 516] This is the point! The diagonal
a7-g1 is opening for Black's queen!} (15... O-O+ {would be a huge mistake.} 16.
Kg2 $16) 16. dxe5 d4 17. Bf4 Rf8 $1 {[%mdl 4] White's pieces are located so
awkwardly that Black has enough time to activate all his forces.} 18. Kg2 Bd7
$1 {The bishop is ready to occupy the long diagonal.} 19. h3 {White tries to
eliminate the g4 pawn, which will give White's monarch the h3 shelter. This
move looks like the least of the evils. I haven't found anything better:} (19.
a3 Be7 20. b4 d3 {[%cal Yb6f2]} 21. Be3 Qb5 {[%cal Yb5d5]} 22. Nc3 Qc4 $17) (
19. Qc2 Nxe5 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 20. Bxe5 Bc6+ 21. Kg1 d3+ 22. Bd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4
dxc2 {[%cal Yb4c5]} 24. Nxe6 Rf6 $19) 19... d3 20. hxg4 {Again the best.} (20.
Be3 Qa5 21. Nf4 Nxe5 22. Kh2 Rc8 23. Qd1 Rc2+ 24. Bg2 Rxf4 $1 25. Bxf4 Nf3+ 26.
Nxf3 gxf3 27. Rg1 Qd5 $17) (20. Nc3 Nxe5 21. Qe3 Bc6+ 22. Kh2 Qxe3 23. Bxe3
Bxh1 (23... Nc4 24. Bh6 Rf2+) 24. Kxh1 Rd8 $19) 20... dxe2 21. Bxe2 Nd4 $15 {
Black has won the material back, and, thanks to better located pieces and a
slightly safer king, his advantage changes from slight to obvious.} 22. Qe3 $2
{It was not a good idea to put the queen on the diagonal, where the
dark-squared bishop is going to operate...} ({Somehow after} 22. Bf3 $1 {
Fritz doesn't show a clear way to get a big advantage:} Rc8 $1 (22... Nxf3 $2
23. Nxf3 Bc6 24. Rh6 $1 O-O-O (24... Rc8 25. Qd1 $13) 25. Rxe6 Kb8 $2 26. Rxc6
$16) 23. Qd1 Rc2+ (23... Be7 24. Kh3 Nxf3 25. Nxf3 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qc2 $15) 24.
Kh3 Rxb2 $15) 22... Bc5 $17 {Strong and simple. Now White is in trouble.} 23.
b4 (23. Kh3 Nc2 24. Qd2 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 O-O-O 26. Bg5 (26. Rc1 Bc6 27. Qc2 Be3
28. Bxe3 Qxe3 29. Bxa6 Kb8 $19) 26... Rde8 27. Bf6 Rf7 28. g5 Bc6 29. Bh5 Rd7
$17) 23... Qxb4 24. Rhb1 $6 {White has tried to move away the kingside rook
from the h1-a8 diagonal, but his other rook is now stuck in the corner.} ({
Better was} 24. Rab1 Bc6+ (24... Qa5 25. Kh3 Bc6 26. Rhc1 $15) 25. Kh3 Nxe2 26.
Qxe2 Qe4 $17) 24... Qa5 25. Kh3 (25. Rd1 {doesn't change too much:} O-O-O 26.
Rac1 Ba4 $1 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qc3 (28. Qxd4 Bc6+) 28... Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Bc6+ $19)
25... Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Bd4 $19 {Winning an exchange. Black gets a big material
advantage, while White has no compensation.} 27. Bh6 (27. Qe4 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Bc6
(28... O-O-O 29. Bg5 Rde8 30. Bf6 $17) 29. Qxh7 O-O-O $19) 27... Rf2 28. Qe4
Bxa1 29. Rxa1 O-O-O {The rest is a matter of simple technique.} 30. Bg5 Bc6 31.
Rc1 Qd5 32. Qxh7 Qxa2 33. Rxc6+ bxc6 34. Nf3 Rxf3 35. Bxd8 Kxd8 {and Black
easily escapes from checks. A very important game for the theory of 8.Ne2 line.
White will have to come up with some new idea, otherwise, they will have to
switch back to 8.Qd2.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 a6 7. Ne2 (7. a4 $16
) 7... c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Bb3 O-O 13.
Rd1 Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Nc3 $16) 14. O-O Bd7 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Bc2
Bb5 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qg4 Nxb2 20. Nh5 g6 21. Bxe4 Qd8 (21... Nxd1
22. Bxg6 $18) 22. h4 $1 {Square g5.} Kh8 (22... Nxd1 23. Bxg6 Kh8 24. Qf4 $18)
23. Qf4 g5 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rb1 $16 {The attack continues in
the endgame.} Nc4 27. Rb3 Rfd8 28. Rh3 Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Rh7 Ke7 31. Bg6 Rf8
32. Ne4 Rad8 33. Nxg5 Be8 $1 {Black defends well.} 34. Nf3 Bc6 35. Be4 Bxe4 36.
Rxe4 Rh8 37. Reh4 $1 Rxh7 38. Rxh7 b5 39. Kf1 b4 40. Ke2 a5 41. Kd3 Nb2+ 42.
Kc2 Na4 43. Ng5 Rc8+ $2 $18 (43... Rf8 44. Kb3 Nc3 45. a3 Nd5 46. axb4 axb4 47.
g3 Ke8 48. f4 $16) 44. Kb3 {Wins another pawn.} Nb6 45. Rxf7+ Ke8 46. Rf3 Kd7
47. Ne4 Rc4 48. Rd3 a4+ 49. Kb2 Nd5 50. Nc5+ Kc6 51. Nxa4 Nf4 52. Rd2 Nxg2 53.
Kb3 Kb5 54. d5 Nf4 55. d6 Rc8 56. Rd4 Nd5 57. d7 Rf8 (57... Rd8 58. Rxd5+ exd5
59. e6 $18) 58. Rxd5+ exd5 59. e6 Kc6 60. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 {[#]} Na4 $5 $146 12. Nxa4 $2 (12. Nd1 $1
$14) 12... bxa4 13. Bd3 Rb8 {><b2} (13... a3 $5) 14. c3 $1 (14. b3 $2 Qa5+ $1 (
14... Qb6 $2 15. O-O $14 {Ernst,T-Bikhovsky,A/Dortmund/1992}) 15. Qd2 Qc5 $10)
14... Qb6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Bc2 $2 (16. b3 $1 O-O (16... axb3 17. axb3 Qa5 $1 18.
Qd2 (18. b4 $2 Qa3 19. Qd2 a5 $1 20. b5 Na7 $17) 18... O-O 19. O-O d4 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qd3 Rfd8 $13) 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Kd2 $14) 16... Qxf2+ 17.
Kxf2 Na5 18. Nd4 Ke7 19. Bd3 Rb6 20. Rhe1 Rhb8 21. Re2 Nc6 22. Nxc6+ Bxc6 23.
Ke3 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Kd3 a5 26. Kc2 Rc5 27. Kd3 g6 (27... a3 28. b3 a4 29.
Rc2 Rcb5 30. b4 $1) 28. g3 Rbc8 29. Rc2 Rb5 30. Re1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. b4 $1 Nd7 13. a4 Nxb4 14. axb5 a5
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Nd4 $16 f6 17. Na4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 O-O 20. g3 Bd7
21. Ra3 Rf5 22. c3 $1 {Wins a piece or the exchange.} Rxf1+ (22... Rxe5+ 23.
Kd2 $16) 23. Kxf1 Nd3 24. Nf3 {Keeps the important e5-pawn.} Bxb5 25. Kg2 Nc5
26. Nd4 Bd3 27. Rha1 a4 28. Nb3 $1 Be4+ 29. Kg1 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rc8 31. Rb2 Rxc3
(31... Rc4 32. Ra3 Kf7 33. Rb4 $16) 32. Rxa4 h5 33. Rb7 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35.
Ke3 Rc3+ 36. Kd4 Rd3+ 37. Kc5 Kh7 38. Raa7 $18 Kh6 39. Rxg7 Bf5 40. Rgf7 Rc3+
41. Kd6 h4 42. g4 Bg6 (42... Bxg4 43. Rf6+ Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kh5 45. Rf8 $18) 43.
Rf6 d4 44. Kxe6 d3 45. Rd7 Rc2 46. Rxd3 Rxh2 47. Rd8 Rg2 48. Rh8+ Kg7 (48...
Kg5 49. Rg8) 49. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 (12. O-O-O Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Ke7
14. h4 h5 15. Be2 Nb8 16. Rd2 $14 {Dreev-Bareev/1986/}) 12... Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7
14. h4 Nb8 15. h5 Nc6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Bd3 f6 19. Rae1 $14 Rhf8 20.
g3 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rac8 23. Ke3 a6 24. Kd4 Kd6 25. Rhe1 Rf6 26. b3
$6 (26. f5 $1 {Wessman} Rcf8 (26... exf5 27. Rxd5+ Kc6 28. Re7 $18) 27. g4 R8f7
28. c4 $16) 26... Rcf8 27. c4 dxc4 28. bxc4 b6 29. c5+ (29. Rb1 Kc7 30. c5 b5
$14) 29... bxc5+ 30. Rxc5 Rb8 31. Ra5 Bc8 32. Rc1 (32. Bxa6 Ra8 33. Rb1 Ke7 34.
Rb6 Rxa6 35. Rbxa6 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 Rf5 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. a4 Rxh5 39. a5 Rh3 $14)
32... Rf7 33. Rac5 (33. Bxa6 Ra7 $17) 33... Rb4+ 34. R1c4 Rxc4+ 35. Rxc4 Bb7
36. Ra4 Rf8 37. Bxa6 Bc6 38. Rb4 Rf5 39. Be2 Ra5 40. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Bf4
Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxb4
15. Qd2 O-O 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ned4 {Ein ideales Feld für den
Springer.} Rfc8 19. c3 Nc6 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Re3 h6 24.
Bf4 a5 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Qe2 Rab8 27. b3 a4 28. Bxh6 $1 Rxc3 (28... gxh6 29. Qg4
$18) 29. Bxg7+ Bxg7 30. Rxc3 Qb4 31. Qe3 Kg8 32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Rac1 Qb2 34. Qg5
Kf8 35. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfd1 Na4 15.
Nxa4 bxa4 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 O-O {In der Partie Bareev-King, Hastings 1990
folgte 17.-Ld7 18.Dxb6 Txb6 19.Sd4 und Weiss stand besser.} 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19.
Nd4 f6 20. g3 fxe5 21. fxe5 Bd7 22. Ra5 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. c3
Kg6 26. Rf3 Bb5 27. g4 h5 28. gxh5+ Kh6 29. Ra1 Be8 30. Rf8 Bd7 31. Rxc8 Bxc8
32. Ke3 Bd7 33. Rf1 Be8 34. Rf8 Bxh5 35. h4 a5 36. Ra8 Bd1 37. Rxa5 Bxb3 38.
Ra8 Bd1 39. Kf4 Kg6 40. Ra7 Rb2 {Es gab keine Verteidigung gegen die Drohung
41.Te7.} 41. Nxe6 Rf2+ 42. Ke3 Rh2 43. Nf4+ Kf5 44. e6 Rxh4 45. Rf7+ $1 Ke5 46.
e7 Ba4 47. e8=Q+ $1 {Eine schöne Kombination, die eine ganze Figur gewinnt.}
Bxe8 48. Re7+ Kd6 49. Rxe8 g5 50. Ne2 Rh3+ 51. Kd2 Rh4 52. Rg8 Rg4 53. Kd3 Ke5
54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Ke3 Kc5 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Rc8+ Kd6 58. Ke3 Re4+ 59. Kd3 Rh4 60.
Re8 Rh3+ 61. Kd2 Rh2 62. Rg8 Rg2 63. Ke3 Kc5 64. Kf3 Rh2 65. Rxg5 Rh3+ 66. Rg3
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Manninen, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O a6 (13... O-O 14.
Rb3 Qa5 15. Qf2 Nb6 $2 (15... f5) 16. a3 (16. g4) 16... Be7 17. Ne4 $1 Nc4 18.
Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qd2 20. fxg7 $18 {Ziatdinov-Zuger/Biel/1994/}) 14. Rb3 Qa5
15. Rfb1 {[#]} Ba3 (15... Qxb5) (15... Be7 $5 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Kh1 (17. Rxb7
Rc8 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 $15 {/\ 20.Rb8 Bc8.}) 17... f5 $44 {Magem Badals}
) 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {[#]} 17. Kh1 $2 {/\ 18.Bb6,ףa5} (17. Ne4 $5 Qa4 18. Rb4) (
17. Rxb7 $6 Rc8 18. Kh1 Bc5 $15) (17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Rxb7 Bc5 19. Ne2 Bxd4 20.
Nxd4 Rd8 $14) 17... Bc5 (17... b5 $2 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Nxd5 $16) 18. Rxb7 (18.
Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxb7 Rd8 (19... Rc8 $4 20. Ne4 $18) 20. Ne2 {Magem Badals-Zuger/
Horgen/1994/}) 18... Rc8 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. R1b3 Bc8 21. R7b4 Qc7 $2 22. h3 O-O
23. Qe3 Rc4 $2 (23... a5 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Ra4) 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Ne2
Bb5 27. Nd4 g6 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Rg3 Bd7 30. a3 {[#]} Kg7 $2 (30... Kh8 $1 $14) (
30... Qa4 $5) 31. Rb3 Bb5 $2 {[#]} (31... Rc7 $1) 32. f5 $1 Qc7 (32... exf5 33.
Nxf5+ $1) 33. f6+ $1 (33. Qf4 $2 exf5 34. Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8
37. Qf6 Kd7 $1 $17) 33... Kh8 34. Nf3 {[#]} Rg8 $2 (34... Qc5 35. Qh6 $1 (35.
Rb4 Qf8 36. a4 (36. Rh4 Rc4 37. Rh6 $2 Kg8 $13) 36... Rc4 $1 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38.
Qa5 Qb8 $1 $14) (35. a4 Bxa4 36. Rb7 Qf8 37. Ng5 Be8 38. Qf2 h6 $13) 35... Qf8
36. Ng5 $1 Qg8 (36... Qxh6 37. Nxf7+ Kg8 38. Nxh6+ $18) 37. a4 Bxa4 38. Rb7 Be8
39. Nxe6 (39. Ra7 $18 {/\ Rxa6,Ra7,Nxe6}) 39... a5 40. Ng5 a4 41. e6 $18) 35.
Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 14th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb3 Qa5
15. Qf2 f5 (15... Nb6 16. g4 $1 Nc4 17. f5 a6 18. f6 $1 $16) 16. Rfb1 Be7 17.
Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxb7 $16 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Nd6 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 (21. Nxb7 $2 Rb8
22. Nxa5 Rxb1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 $15) 21... Qxa2 22. h3 Qa4 23. Rxa7 Qc6 {
Eine ausgeglichene Stellung. Die Aktivität der weissen Figuren wird vom
schwarzen Läuferpaar kompensiert.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch47"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1992.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nc6 (6... a6 7. a4
b6 8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Nf4 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. O-O g6 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. Rfd1 Bh6 14. a5
$1 O-O 15. axb6 cxb6 {Aseev - Lputjan, SSSR (ch) 1984.} 16. c3 $16) 7. c3 a6 8.
Bb3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 $16 13. Bd2 Bc6 14.
f3 Nc4 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Rxc6 Kd7 18. Rb6 Nc4 19. Rb7+ Kc6 20.
Rxf7 Rb8 21. Bc1 Rb1 22. Ne2 Ra1 23. O-O Rxa2 24. Nf4 Bb4 25. Nxe6 $18 Kd5 26.
Nf4+ Kxd4 27. Rd7+ Kc3 (27... Kxe5 28. Nd3+ Ke6 29. Nxb4 $18) 28. Rd3+ Kc2 29.
Rf2+ Kxc1 30. Rxa2 a5 31. Rb3 Nd2 32. Rbb2 Rd8 33. e6 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 g5 35. Ne2+
Kd1 36. Nc3+ Ke1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 $5 8. Qd2
b5 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 $5 b4 $5 (10... f6) 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Qxd4+ $5 (13... Bc5 14. c3 $14) 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Qxc5
Nxc5 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. Rab1 d4 19. b4 dxc3 20. bxc5 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Ke7 22. Rc1
Rd8 $10) 16... Ke7 $10 17. Ne3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. Rac1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21.
f5 $5 Rb8 22. Ng4 $1 (22. Rf3 f6 $1) 22... exf5 23. Ne3 Ke6 24. Nxf5 g6 25. Nh4
(25. Ng7+ Ke7 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Rb1 Raa8 28. Rb6 Rac8 29. Ra7 Ra8 $10 {פg7})
25... Rab6 26. Nf3 h6 27. Rc2 Rb1 (27... Rb2 $5) 28. Ne1 R8b4 29. Rc6+ Ke7 30.
Nc2 Rb6 31. Rc7 Rb7 32. Rc8 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Ne3 Ke6 35. Rc1 Rb6 36. Rc8
f6 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rd8 Ke7 39. Rg8 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 fxe5 $6 {|} (40... Kf7 $10)
41. Rxg6 exd4 42. Nxd5+ Kf7 43. Rxh6 $14 Ne5 $1 $8 44. Rf6+ Kg7 45. Re6 Rb2+
46. Kg3 Re2 $1 47. Nf4 Re3+ 48. Kh4 d3 $10 49. Rd6 (49. Nxd3 $2 Ng6+ $19) 49...
Re4 50. Kg3 Re3+ 51. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 (11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 Rb8 13. Rh3 Bb4 14. a3
Ba5 $13) 11... Nxd4 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 $5 (13. g4) (13. Bxc5)
13... Bb7 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 $14 Qb6 19.
Bd3 f6 (19... Nc3+ $2 20. bxc3 bxc3+ 21. Bb5 $18) (19... a4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Nf5 $14) 20. h6 g6 21. exf6 (21. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 22. Nf5 Qxe3 23. Nxe3 fxe5 24.
fxe5 $14 {><f6, d6}) 21... Rxf6 22. g3 a4 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qe2
Rc5 26. Qd2 $138 Rf7 27. Qe3 Bd5 28. Ne2 b3 $6 29. cxb3 axb3 30. a3 $16 {
><e4, b3} Rfc7 (30... Qc6 $5) 31. Nc3 Qb7 32. Nxe4 $18 Bxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 34.
Rxe4 Kf7 35. Rb4 $1 Rh5 36. Rxb3 Rxh6 37. Rc1 Ra7 38. Rbc3 Kf6 39. b4 Rh3 40.
Kb2 h5 41. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O a6 14. Rb3 Qa5
15. Rfb1 Ba3 (15... Qxb5 16. Rxb4 Qc6 17. f5 h6 18. f6 $16 {Georgiev,
Kir-Dolmatov/Moskva(GMA)/1990/}) 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Kh1 Bc5 (17... b5 18. Qe3
$18) 18. Bxc5 (18. Rxb7 $14) 18... Qxc5 19. Rxb7 Rd8 20. Ne2 Qf2 $1 $10 21.
R1b3 O-O 22. Rf3 Qc5 23. Nd4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Fedorov,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Ndb8 $5 {N/} 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 (12... Nxc6 13.
Ncb5 Qxa2 14. O-O $36) 13. O-O Bc5 14. Rb3 Qa5 (14... Qa6 15. f5 exf5 16. e6 $1
$40) 15. Rfb1 Bb6 (15... Qc7 16. Na4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 $146) 16. Qc1 Bxd4 (16...
Qa6 17. Ra3 Qb7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. c4 $146) 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. f5 $5 (18. Ra3 $5 Qc7
19. Na4 $44) 18... exf5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qg5 Qd8 (20... Rg8 21. Re1 $40) 21.
Qxg7 Rf8 22. Ne2 $2 (22. Na4 $5 $44) 22... Qe7 23. Qh6 Nf6 $2 (23... c5 24. Nf4
Nf6 $1 $19 (24... cxd4 25. Nxe6 $18)) 24. Rb8 $2 (24. Rc3 $1 Ng4 25. Qh5+ Qf7
26. Qh4 e5 27. Rxc6 $146) 24... Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Kd8 $2 (25... Kf7 $1 $19) 26. Nf4
Rf7 27. Qg5 Kc7 (27... e5 28. Qxf5 $18) 28. Qg3 $4 (28. Be5+ Kd7 29. Nd3 $16)
28... e5 $1 $19 29. Ra8 (29. Bxe5+ Qxe5 30. Nxd5+ Kd6 31. Qxe5+ Kxe5 32. Nxf6
Be6 $19) 29... exf4 30. Qxf4+ Kd8 31. h3 (31. Qb8 $4 Qe1#) 31... Ne8 32. Kh2
Qe4 33. Qg5+ (33. Qb8 Rc7 (33... Qe6 34. Bxa7 Qd6+ 35. Qxd6+ Nxd6 36. Bb6+ Kd7
$19) 34. Bxa7 Ke7 35. Bb6 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 Bd7 37. Bxc7 Qxc7 38. Qb4+ $22 Kf7 39.
Qh4) 33... Kc7 34. Qd2 Nd6 35. Qa5+ Kd7 36. Qxa7+ Ke6 37. Qc5 Bb7 38. Ra3 f4
39. Rf3 Nf5 40. Bf2 Nd6 (40... Qc4 $5) 41. c3 (41. Bd4 $5) 41... Qc4 42. Qa7
Bc8 43. Qa5 Bd7 44. Qd8 Qxa2 45. Qg8 Qc2 46. Bd4 (46. Rxf4 Qg6 $19) 46... Qg6
47. Qh8 Qg5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:23"]
[BlackClock "0:03:10"]

{If the theme of round 4's best clashes (as judged by me) was the rook endgame,
then round 5 was similarly characterised by... great attacking chess. We see a
number of specimens, and then just as you were beginning to think I had woken
up a bit, we return to our rook endings with extra b-pawns.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 Qb6 9. a3 O-O (9...
a5 {is main here, presumably to avoid what happens in the game.}) 10. b4 cxd4
11. cxd4 a5 12. b5 $1 {Previously played only in little-known games, but the
only move to make any sense, and so Black could have expected this.} Qxb5 13.
Nc3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Bd3 a4 $5 {risks looking a bit irrelevant.} (15... Nb6
16. h4 f5 17. Nb5 Nc4 {would have got Black started a bit faster, since he
doesn't really want to to play ...Qa5 anyway, and White was never going a4.})
16. h4 f5 {Something must be done about the Greek gift.} 17. Nb5 $44 Re8 18. g4
Nf8 {Black defends well for now.} 19. Qc2 Bd7 {Not bad at all; the idea of ...
Rc8 makes White take on f5 now - at least once...} (19... fxg4 {is inhuman,
and in fact terrible, thanks to} 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Kf2 {(for
instance) when the machine learns the error of its ways.}) (19... Ra6 $5 {
is an interesting bet, trying to use the squares left behind by captured
pieces for good.} 20. gxf5 (20. Qg2 Na5 {Eventually, White must take, and then
the 6th rank defence will be useful.}) 20... exf5 21. Bxf5 (21. Kf2 Ne6 $11)
21... g6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 $11 {when Black has extremely good light squares.}) 20.
gxf5 exf5 21. Bxf5 $6 (21. Bd2 $5 $14 {takes a time out before snacking on f5
to ensure that Black can't swap knights in a favourable way. The weakness of
a4 is noteworthy in the line} Rc8 22. Qxa4 $14) 21... Nb4 $1 $15 {Inspired use
of tactics - it was clearly this that Black had in mind two moves ago.} 22.
axb4 Bxb5 23. Qg2 $1 a3 $1 {I didn't want the pawn to be moved to a4, but
since it was, it should be moved further...} 24. Rg1 {There really is no time
for messing around.} Bxh4+ 25. Kd1 g6 26. Bc2 a2 (26... Re6 $132 {is
unhelpfully suggested by the machine.} 27. f5 Rc6 {and Black has great
counter-attacking chances based on ...Rxc2 motifs.}) 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. f5 $5 {
For bravado: The initiative is far more important than taking pieces right now!
} (28. Nxh4 Qc3 29. Nxg6 {was objectively best, and should draw - but nobody
tells you this during a game.} Be2+ 30. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke1 Qc3+ 32. Kf2 Nxg6
$11) 28... Rec8 $2 (28... Qc3 {should have been played anyway, and after} 29.
fxg6 h6 $1 $19 {- a theme which gives me a flashback to Groszpeter-Fernandez,
Kecskemet 2015...}) 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Nxh4 {Since Black was not threatening
even a check and this move now does, White gets in first.} Qc3 31. Qxd5+ Kh8
32. Nxg6+ Nxg6 33. Qh1+ $3 {Not the only mate, but we always play Qh1+ when we
can, no?} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Qf2 {As i previously mentioned
in my comments to one of the games played in this line, this move is starting
to gain popularity after Krmanik had used it in his game against Radjabov in
the last Linares tournament.} Qc7 13. Bd3 (13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6
Rxf6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Qd4 $14 {Schmid,G-Janka,H/Koetzting 1988}) (13. g4 $5 b5
14. Bd3 b4 15. Qh4 h6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. g5 $36 {
Kosmol,H-Uiess,H/ICCF-Cup corr 1994}) 13... Bxd4 {Radjabov didn't take his
chance to trade the queens and very soon found himself under the decisive
attack'} (13... b5 14. Qh4 (14. Ne2 Be7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rae8 17. Qg3 f5
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qh3 $14 {Moreda,L-Kovacevic,B/Nova Gorica 2001}) 14... h6 15.
Ne2 f6 (15... Bb7 16. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4g5]} f6 17. g5 fxe5 18. gxh6 $1
$18 exd4 $140 19. hxg7 Rf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. g8=Q#) 16. Qg4 $36 {Kramnik,
V-Radjabov,T/Linares 2003/CBM 94_01}) 14. Qxd4 Qc5 (14... b5 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne2 b4 18. Nd4 a5 19. b3 $14 {Pedzich,D-Aaberg,A/Copenhagen 1991}
) 15. Ne2 b5 {I must admit that it's not so easy to point out what black
should play to reach an equality. One thing is for sure- he should avoid the
positions with lightsquared bishop versus white knight.} (15... b6 16. Kb1 (16.
Rhe1 $5 Bb7 17. f5 f6 (17... exf5 18. Bxf5 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. c3 $14) 18.
fxe6 (18. exf6 e5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng3 Kf6 $44) 18... Nxe5 19.
Qf4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Kb1 $14) 16... Bb7 17. c3 Bc6 18. Bc2 $1 $14 {Hossain,
E-Vakhidov,T/Dhaka 2003}) (15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Rhe1 $14) ({Doesn't
work 15...f6 since white is better prepared to open up a center.} 15... f6 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. Rhe1 e5 (17... b6 18. c3 Bb7 19. Bc2 $16) 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qg4+
Kh8 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5c5]}) 16. Kb1 b4 17. Rc1 $1
{[%cal Gc2c4]} Qxd4 $6 {After this move black can't get any counterplay in the
endgame, so deserved attention to try to avoid the trade.} (17... a5 $5 18. c3
(18. c4 Bb7) 18... b3 (18... Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 (19... Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxa6 21.
cxb4 axb4 22. Rc7) 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. cxb4 $16) 19. axb3 Qe7 $44 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Gd7c5,Ga8b8]}) 18. Nxd4 $14 Nc5 (18... a5 19. c3 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc7 $16) 19. Rhd1 $1 {White is very persistant with his plan to
transfer c3.} f6 $6 {Another inaccuracy puting black in the danger of losing.
It was necessary to play} (19... Na4) 20. c3 fxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxd3
23. Rdxd3 $16 {White knight is so much stronger than black bishop that white
win is just matter of time.} Bd7 (23... a5) 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Ra7 {Too
passive. The best way to defend is by trading the rooks and penitrating with
the king to the kingisde.} (25... Rc8 $5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kc2 Kf7 28. Kc3 Kg6
29. Kb4 Kg5 30. Kc5 Kf4 31. Kd6 Ke3 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Kxe6 d4 34. Kf7 d3 35. e6
d2 36. e7 d1=Q 37. e8=Q+ Kxf3 $16) 26. Kc2 Kf7 27. f4 Rb7 28. b3 h6 29. Kd2 Ke7
(29... g5 $2 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rg3 Kg6 32. h4 $18) 30. a3 {First of all
Grischuk takes care of the queenside.} Kf7 31. h4 g6 32. Rc5 Ke7 33. b4 Kf7 34.
Ke3 {[%cal Ge3f3,Gf3g4,Gh4h5]} Ke8 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Ke7 37. h5 $18 {
Everything was set up for this break aimed to free the way for e-pawn.} Kf7 38.
hxg6+ Kxg6 39. f5+ exf5+ 40. Kf4 Be8 41. Rc8 Bd7 42. Ra8 Bb5 43. Rf8 Rf7 44.
Rd8 Rd7 45. Rb8 Bd3 46. Rb6+ Kh7 47. e6 $1 Rg7 48. Nxf5 Rg5 49. Nxh6 $1 {
Little oombination to finish the game with some style.} Rg1 50. e7 Re1 51. Nf5
Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Bxf5 53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 (10... c4 11. Be2 h5 (11... a5 $5 12. O-O g6 13. g4 Nb6
14. Bf2 Be7 15. Ne3 h5 16. h3 Ba6 17. Kg2 $14 {Zulfugarli,M-Pereyra Arcija,D/
World Juniors, Zagan POL 1997 (44)} (17. c3 $5)) (11... Nb6 $5 12. O-O Be7 13.
Bf2 (13. Qe1 a5 14. Qg3 g6 15. Nf2 Ba6 16. Ng4 Qc7 $1 {/\ 17...c3 18.Ba6 cb2} (
16... h5 $2 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Nd7 19. Ne5 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 $16) (16... c3
17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. b3) 17. Rf2 $6 (17. Rae1 $5 $13) 17... h5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 $13 {
Franzoni,G-Dreev,A/Luzern 1993 (37)}) 13... g6 14. Ne3 a5 15. Bg3 $6 Bd7 16. b3
cxb3 $5 17. axb3 a4 $132 {Stripunsky,A-Dreev,A/Rostov op 1993 (35)}) 12. O-O g6
13. Bf2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf2h4]} Be7 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. c3 Qa5 16. Bh4 bxc3 17. bxc3
Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Ne7 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. Rab1 $16 {Shaposhnikov,E-Smikovski,I/
RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997 White has significient advantage due to controle
over the b-file and possibility to break through on the kingside by g4.}) 11.
Qf2 (11. c3 a5 12. O-O g6 13. Rc1 c4 14. Bc2 a4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Qf2 a3 17.
Rb1 $13 {Roschina,T-Nikolenko,O/Moscow Alekhine op 1996}) (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
O-O Bb7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qf2 f5 15. h3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 $14 {Timoshenko,
G-Gleizerov,E/Alushta 1993}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 (12... Bc5 13. Nf3 (13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. a3 $14 {Novik,M-Gleizerov,E/
Moscow Alekhine op 1992}) 13... Bb7 14. O-O f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 $14 {
Chuprov,A-Gleizerov,E/St.Petersburg op 1994}) 13. Bxd4 Bc5 (13... Nc5 $5 14.
O-O Be7 15. Qg3 (15. a3 $6 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qb5 17. Qg3 O-O 18. axb4 Qxb4 $132)
15... O-O 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Be6 19. Rad1 $36) 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
Ne3 (15. O-O $5 Rb8 16. Ne3 O-O 17. f5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 exf5 19. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 20.
Rxf2 Be6 21. Nf4 Rfd8 $11) 15... O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Ng4 Bxd3 $2 {
Onr careless move and black is in very deep troubles.After correct} (18... Rfb8
$5 19. Qh4 Bxd3 20. cxd3 a4 21. Rhf1 Qd8 $132 {it's very hard to say who keeps
better chanses.}) 19. Rxd3 Nd7 ({Very nice finish comes after} 19... h5 $2 20.
Nf6+ $1 {[%csl Rg8]} gxf6 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qh4 $1 Nxd3 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. exf6
Nxf4 25. Qh6 $18) 20. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $2 {It was nessesary to take on f6.} (20...
gxf6 $8 21. Qh4 $1 Rfc8 $8 (21... fxe5 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Rh3 $18) 22. Qh6 $1 (
22. exf6 $2 Qc5 $1 (22... Kf8 23. Rg3 Ke8 24. Rg8+ Nf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxh7
Ke8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. Qxe6+ Kb7 30. Qxd5+ $44) 23. c3 Kf8 24. Rg3
Ke8 $19) 22... Rc3 $1 23. exf6 (23. bxc3 $2 bxc3+ 24. Kc1 Qb2+ 25. Kd1 Qb1+ 26.
Ke2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Qxg2 $19) 23... Nxf6 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qxf6 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Kg8
$14 {with defendable position.}) 21. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8] Now everything is
over.} Nxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rh3 $18) 22. exf6 e5 23. fxe5 Qe6 24. Rf1 $5 Qxe5
25. Rh3 Qe4 26. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6176]} 1. e4 {Hecht.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6.
dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. Qe2 (11. O-O O-O
12. Bh4 Qh5 (12... h6 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd7 16. Kh1 Bc6 $132 {
Andreescu,N-Bobrowska,M/EU-chJW 1997}) 13. Bg3 Nf6 (13... a6 14. Na4 Ba7 15. c4
Nc5 $2 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxh7+ $1 $16 {Yukhtman,J-Prokhorovich,T/
URS-ch sf 1957}) 14. Qe2 (14. a3 Kh8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. c3 Ng4 18.
Nbd4 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxd4 b6 24.
Be5 Rf7 25. Qxd5 Rf5 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qd7+ Rf7 28. Qxc8 Bg4 29. Qc3+ Kg6 30.
h3 Bd7 31. Rad1 {1-0 Dankert,P-Krauseneck,P/BL8182 1982}) 14... Bd7 15. Rae1
Rae8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Bxe5 Re7 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Nd4 Ng4 $132 {
Zsekov,Z-Kontic,D/Burgas 1991}) (11. Bh4 Nde5 (11... Qh5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Qe2 Nf6
14. Na4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Ba7 17. b4 $14 {Maier,C-Zier,L/FRG-qual Sued
1986}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O Nd4 16. Bg3 Nxb5 17. Nxb5
Bd7 18. Nd4 Qf6 $11 {Mosionzhik,I-Nei,I/URS-chT}) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Bd2
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. f3 a6 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 $14 {Marcoli,
P-Cazzaniga,W/Corsico op 1997}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Bg3 Nb6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16.
Rhf1 Qh5 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rde1 Rf6 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Ne5 $5 {Till this moment
both sides improved position of the poeces and moved into their own camp and
finally white makes a step!} (20. Bh4 $6 Rxf3 (20... Rf4 21. Bg3 Rf6 $11) 21.
gxf3 Nd4 22. Be2 $8 Nc4 23. Qd1 (23. Bxc4 $2 Nxf3 24. Qxd5 exd5 (24... Nxe1 25.
Qe4 Nf3 26. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd1d7]}) 25. Bxd5 Nxh4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7
$17) 23... Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxb2 $1 25. Kxb2 Bd4 $17) (20. h3 $5) 20... Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 $2 {It's hard to say if it's some kind of illusion or miscalculation,but
anyway one thing is for sure:white will suffer till the end of the game from
consequances of this move.} (21. Rxe5 Bd6 $6 (21... Bd4 $6 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qxd4 $14) 22. Ree1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bc6 24. f4 $14) 21... Rxf2 22. Qd1 Qe7 23.
Rxf2 Bxf2 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Qh5 Rf8 26. Re1 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 $17 {Black is just
a pawn up and for a player of Bareev's level this advantage is more than
enough to decide the game in his favour.} 28. b4 Be7 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. Nd4 Nc4
31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Kb2 Kf7 33. c3 Bf6 34. g3 (34. Kc2 $6 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf6 36.
Re1 e5 37. Nf3 Bf5+ 38. Kd2 Re4 $17) 34... Rc8 (34... Bxe5 $5 35. Rxe5 Kf6 36.
Re1 e5 37. Nf3 Re4 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Ng1 (39. Ne1 Kf5 40. Kc2 Kg4 41. Kd2 Kh3
$19) 39... Bb5 $1 (39... e3 40. Kc2 Bb5) 40. Kc1 e3 41. Kd1 Kf5 $17) 35. Re2
Rh8 36. Bd6 g4 $1 {[%cal Gh8h5,Ge6e5]} 37. Nb3 e5 38. Nc5 Bb5 39. Rf2 b6 40. a4
Bc4 $1 (40... bxc5 41. axb5 cxb4 42. bxa6 Ke6 $1 43. Bc5 bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Ra8 45.
Ra2 e4+ $17) 41. Nd7 (41. Nb7 Ke6 42. Bc7 Kd7 43. Bxb6 Kc6 $19) 41... Ke6 42.
Nxf6 gxf6 {Hecht: '[#] Themen: Lavieren, Freibauernbildung'} 43. Bc7 b5 44. a5
Bd3 45. Bb6 Be4 46. Rd2 f5 47. Rf2 Rh3 48. Bc7 Bf3 49. Kc2 Rh7 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4]
} 50. Bb6 f4 $19 51. gxf4 exf4 52. Kd3 Ke5 53. Bd4+ Kf5 54. Bb6 Rh6 55. Ba7 Re6
56. Kd2 $6 (56. Bb6 Bd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1b3,Gb3c4]} 57. Bc7 Re4 58. Kd2 Bb3 59. Re2
Bc4 60. Rf2 d4 61. cxd4 Rxd4+ 62. Kc3 Rd3+ 63. Kc2 f3 $19) 56... Ke4 57. Rf1
Rh6 58. Bg1 Kf5 59. Re1 Be4 60. Re2 Rh3 61. Bd4 g3 62. hxg3 fxg3 63. Re1 Rh2+
64. Ke3 Rf2 65. Bg7 Kg4 66. Rg1 Rf7 67. Bd4 g2 68. Re1 Rf1 69. Ke2 Kh3 70. Bg1
Bf3+ (70... Bf3+ {Hecht} 71. Kd2 Rxg1 72. Rxg1 Kh2 73. Rxg2+ Kxg2 74. Ke3 Kg3
75. Kd4 Kf2 76. Kc5 Ke3 77. Kb6 Kd3 78. Kxa6 Kxc3 79. Kxb5 d4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 (12. Qd2) 12... Nxb6 13.
Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d4] This move is the main line of the variation in which were
played 1000's of games. Such experts as Gurevich, Kortchnoj and Short hold
easily with black pieces. However for all the rest to hold this position is
anything, but easy!} (13. O-O-O a6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Nc8 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Rhf1
Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. f5 Bd7 20. f6 g6 21. Rf3 $36 {Hartmann,G-Moors,H/BL/1986}
) (13. Bd3 Ke7 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Rhf1 Bc6 16. Ne2 f6 17. exf6+ gxf6 18. Nd4 Kd6
19. Rde1 Rae8 20. g4 $5 $36 {Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1992}) (13. a4 {
/\ a5} a5 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6 $5 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Bxb5 19.
Bxb5 Nc8 20. c4 Nb6 $5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kc1 Rac8+ 24. Bc4 $10 {
Georgiev,Kir}) 13... Ke7 14. Nd4 (14. b3 $5 Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kd2
h5 18. g3 Rac8 19. a4 $14) (14. a4 $5 Bd7 15. a5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd7 17. b4 Rac8
18. Kd2 g5 $1 $132 {Luther,T-Mueller,K/Altensteig 1992 (32)}) (14. h4 h5 15.
Rh3 $5 Bd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. b3 a6 18. Rc3 Rhc8 19. Kd2 $14 {Gallagher,
J-Kelecevic,N/Biel Credis 1996 (43)}) (14. Kd2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 16. b3 Nc5 17.
Bd3 g6 18. a4 $5 a5 19. Raf1 h5 20. g3 Rag8 21. h4 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,M/
Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Rac8 (15... a6 16. Bd3 Nc8
17. g4 Na7 18. Rhg1 Nc6 19. c3 Rac8 20. Be2 b5 21. Nxc6+ Bxc6 22. Rd4 f6 $11 {
Shmuter,L-Dickenson,N/EUCup Gr4 1995 (28)}) (15... h5 16. g3 Na4 $6 17. Bd3 Nc5
18. h3 Rag8 19. Rhf1 g6 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rc1 $14 {Chandler,M-Short,N/Hastings
A1 1988}) 16. b3 f5 $6 17. Bd3 Rcg8 18. g3 g5 19. Rdg1 h5 20. Kd2 Rg7 21. Ke3
$14 {Pax,H-Mattern,M/RL-ch 1993 (35)}) 14... Bd7 15. Bd3 f6 (15... Na4 16.
O-O-O Nc5 (16... g6 $5 {The idea behind this move is to play h5 and to change
the pawns on the kingside if white will prepare f5.} 17. Rdf1 h5 18. g3 a6 19.
Rf3 (19. Kd2 Rac8 20. c3 b5 21. Rc1 Rc7 22. b3 Nc5 $11) 19... Rac8 20. h3 Rc7
21. Rhf1 Nb6 $11 {Fedorov,A-Gurevich,M/Belfort 1999}) (16... h5 17. h4 g6 18.
c3 Rac8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. Rh3 Nc4 21. b3 Na5 22. Kb2 $14 {Fontaine,R-Gurevich,M/
ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 17. h4 (17. Rhf1 Rac8 (17... Bc6 18. Rf3 Nd7 19. Re3 Rhc8
20. f5 g6 21. g4 gxf5 22. gxf5 Rg8 $11 {Clerides,P-Elbilia,J/Erevan olm 1996})
(17... g6 18. Rf3 h5 19. g3 Rag8 20. Rdf1 Be8 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Bd3 Be8 $13 {
Fogarasi,T-Namgilov,S/Budapest FS03 GM 1996}) (17... g5 $6 18. f5 Nxd3+ (18...
Rac8 19. Kd2 h6 $5) 19. cxd3 exf5 20. Nxf5+ Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $14 {Lutz,C-Luther,T/
GER-ch 1998}) 18. Kd2 f6 19. Rde1 f5 20. h3 g5 21. g3 Rhg8 22. Rg1 Rcf8 23. h4
$14 {Ramsingh,Y-Schmidt,L/Novi Sad olm 1990 (28)}) (17. Kd2 h5 (17... g5 {[#]}
18. fxg5 Rag8 19. h4 h6 20. Nf3 hxg5 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Rxh4 22. Rxh4 Rxg5 23.
g4 Rxe5 24. Rh5 Ne4+ {[#]} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 $13 {De Firmian,N-Andersson,U/Biel
1990}) 21... Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nxg5 24. Rh5 Nxf3 25. gxf3 {1/2-1/2
Nunn,J-Andersson,U/Wijk 1990}) 18. Rhf1 h4 19. Rf2 Rac8 20. Rdf1 f5 21. Ke3 g5
22. fxg5 Rcg8 23. b4 $14 {Nunn,J-Hjartarson,J/Linares 1988}) (17. Rhe1 g6 (
17... h5 18. Re3 Rag8 19. h4 g6 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. Ree1 Na4 $11 {Herrera,
I-Hernando Rodrigo,J/Guillermo Garcia Premier II 1999}) 18. Re3 a6 19. Be2 h5
20. Bf3 Rac8 21. b3 Rc7 22. Kb2 Rhc8 23. g3 Rh8 24. a4 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Maric,
M/Moscow olw 1994}) (17. Rde1 h5 18. g3 Rag8 19. h4 g6 20. Rh2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Lau,R-Kindermann,S/Lippstadt 1993}) 17... h5 18. Kd2 a6 19. a3 g6 20. b4 Na4
21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Rhd8 23. Ke3 Nb6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Ba2 Ba4 26. g3 Bb5 27.
Rhe1 Bc4 28. Bb1 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Christiansen,L/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 064 
(28)}) (15... a6 16. Kd2 h5 17. b3 g6 18. a4 Nc8 19. b4 Na7 20. b5 $14 {
De Firmian,N-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990}) (15... g6 16. Kd2 h5 17. g3 Rag8
18. b3 Nc8 19. h3 Ke8 20. Ke3 Ne7 21. g4 Nc6 22. Nf3 $14 {Dominguez,L-Delchev,
A/Bled 2002}) 16. Nf3 {White intends to take on e5 with the knight if it comes
to it.} Raf8 17. O-O $5 {Usually white prefers to kep the king in the center,
but there is nothing wrong with the castle too.} Na4 (17... fxe5 18. Nxe5 $14 {
[%csl Gf4]}) 18. b3 Nc5 19. Rae1 f5 (19... Rc8 20. Nd4 a5 21. f5 fxe5 22. fxe6
Bxe6 23. Rxe5 Kd6 24. Rfe1 $14) 20. h4 {White intends to push c4 later on, so
he takes ome precautions on the kingside.} h6 21. g3 a6 (21... b6 22. Kf2 Rc8
23. Nd4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Rcg8 $132) 22. Kf2 Be8 $6 23. Ke3 Bh5 24. Nd4
Bg4 {[%csl Rg4] The bishop has come a long way, but it's quite useless on g4!}
25. Rc1 Rd8 $6 (25... Rc8 26. c4 (26. b4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. c3 Rc4 $13)
26... dxc4 27. Bxc4 b5 28. Bd3 Nxd3 29. Kxd3 Rhd8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rf2 $14)
26. b4 Ne4 (26... Nd7 27. c4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 Nb6 29. Bb3 $16) 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
c4 g5 (28... Rd7 29. c5 (29. Rf2 $6 Rhd8 30. Rd2 Be2 $5 $14) 29... Rhd8 30. Rc4
$16) 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 gxf4+ 31. gxf4 Bh5 32. c5 Kf7 33. Rh2 {[%cal Gc1h1]}
(33. c6 $6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 Bg4 35. Rc7+ (35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Rxa6 $2 Rh3+ 37. Kf2
Rd3 38. Nxe6 e3+ $19) 35... Kg6 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Nxe6 Rh3+ 38. Kd4 Rd3+ 39.
Kc4 Be2 $132 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 33... Bf3 $5 34. Rxh8 Rxh8 35. Nxf3 exf3 36. Rd1 (
36. Kxf3 Rh3+ 37. Kg2 Rd3 $1 $14) 36... Ke7 37. Rd6 Rh2 38. Kxf3 a5 $5 39. Rb6
$6 (39. b5 Rc2 40. Rb6 Rxc5 41. Rxb7+ Kd8 42. Ke3 Rc2 43. Kd4 Rxa2 44. Kc5 $16)
39... axb4 40. Rxb7+ Kd8 41. Rxb4 Rxa2 42. Kg3 Kd7 43. Rb6 Rc2 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45.
c6 Rc4 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rd6 Ke7 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rh7 Rxc6 50. Kh4 Kf8 $2 (50...
Kd8 51. Kg5 Rc4 52. Kf6 Rxf4 53. Kxe6 Re4 54. Kf6 f4 55. e6 f3 56. Rh8+ Kc7 57.
e7 f2 58. Rh1 Re1 59. Rf1 Kd7 60. Rxf2 Re6+ $11) 51. Kg5 $18 {[%csl Rf8]} Kg8
52. Kg6 Rc4 53. Ra7 Kf8 54. Kf6 Kg8 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. Kf6 Kg8 57. Kxe6 Rxf4 58.
Kf6 Re4 59. e6 f4 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rg4 Re1 62. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {In this position
were played hundreds of games,but so far white didn't manage to show clear way
to equality and black's results in this variation are quiet satisfactory. '><
c3'} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 $132 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/
Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/})
(13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1
$10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146
16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21.
gxf3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994}) (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3
$1 Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 $14 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/
Leuwaarden/1992/}) 16. Bb5 {'!?' Finkel,A.} (16. c4 $5 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxh4 18.
g3 Qd8 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 $13 {Nijboer,F-Korchnoi,V/Sonsbeek
SNS 1999}) (16. b3 $6 Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21.
Rf2 f6 22. Ree2 h6 $15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16... Rb8 (
16... Qc7 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $132 {
De la Riva,O-Comas Fabrego,L/Barcelona op 1996}) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Kb1
Bc6 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qf2 $13 {De la Riva Aguado,
O-Glek,I/Open 1999}) 17... Nb6 {I think that the best way for black to play in
the following position is 17...Bb7, but playing this move would mean to accept
the idea that a draw would be the most probable result, which definitely
wouldn't satisfy Gurevich.You already know what happen next!} (17... Qc7 18.
Re1 (18. h5 Bb7 (18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. f5 Rbc8 21. Rd2 $14 {Berndt,S-Furlan,
M/Bled op 21st 2000}) 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5
Qc6 24. Qf4 Qc7 $13 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993}) 18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6
20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rg3 (21. h5 Rfc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Nc5 24. f6 Ne4 25. fxg7
h6 $15 {Sedlak,N-Antic,D/55th ch-YUG 2000}) 21... Rbc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Kh8
24. h5 Rg8 25. Rf3 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995}) (17... Bb7
18. f5 {'!' Finkel,A.} (18. Rg3 Bc6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qc7 21. Qd4 Bb5 $11 {
Tirard,H-Zontakh,A/16th open 2000}) 18... Bc6 $5 {Probably this move is an
improvment comparing to 18...Qc7,which was tried without success by Kortchnoi:}
(18... Qc7 19. Re1 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bc6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 $14 {Fedorov,
A-Kortschnoj,V/EU-chT 1999 (24)}) 19. Nc5 ({Worth an attention} 19. Rg3 $5 exf5
20. e6 Qf6 21. Bxf5 $5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc5
Bc6 $13) 19... Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rf3 (22. f6 $5) 22... Rc8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Antic,D/JUG-ch 55th 2000 (44)}) 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Na4
Qc7 $5 (19... Nb6 $11) 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Qc5 Qb7 $2 {Black is so concerned with
the prospect of draw that he misses simple reply of white after which he may
resign!} (21... Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bd7 (22... Nd7 $11) 23. Ba6 Rfd8 24. g4 $14) 22.
Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 23. Qxf8 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh3g3,Gh4h5]} Bd7 (23... Nxa4 24.
Rg3 g6 25. h5 Bd7 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. Rh1#) 24. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5b7] That's it!
Here black could have put the end for his own suffer,but he keeps on playing
hoping for the miracle...} Qc6 (24... Rxf8 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Nd6 $18) 25. Qd6
Qb5 (25... Qxd6 26. exd6 Bc6 27. c3 Rd8 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rb3 $18) 26. Qxb8
Qxc5 27. b3 Bb5 28. h5 Qf2 29. h6 $1 {Finishing the game with the style.} Qxe1+
30. Kb2 gxh6 (30... Qf2 31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Qh7#) 31. Qf8 Kg6 32.
g4 $1 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Kobylkin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 a5 (10... Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. b4
Be7 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. O-O $14 {Voitsekhovsky,S-Erashchenkov,D/Voronezh 2003}) (
10... g6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. h4 h5 16. b4
Nb6 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. O-O $14 {Pikula,D-Jeremic,V/Topola 2004}) (
10... Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 g5 15. g3 Bb7 16.
O-O-O $14 {Karjakin,S-Kiriakov,P/playchess.com INT 2004}) 11. c3 Ba6 12. dxc5
$6 {White can't get an advantage with this move. The right plan is to push f5
right away, depriving black a chance to trade nearly all minor pieces.} (12. f5
$5 b4 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nf4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd8 17. Ng5 Be7 18. h4
Bxf1 19. Kxf1 O-O 20. Kg1 $14 {Efimenko,Z-Kobylkin,E/Kharkov 2004}) 12... Bxc5
13. Ned4 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Bxa6 ({No better was} 15. Bb5 $5 bxc3 16. bxc3
Na5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bc1 g6 $132 {and black has comfortable
position.}) 15... Rxa6 16. O-O bxc3 17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 O-O 19.
Rc1 Ra8 20. Kh1 g6 21. b3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc5 $13) 17... O-O $11 {
The position is balanced. Both sides have no weakness, except of the white
pawn on c3, but white has no problems to protect it.} 18. Rab1 Qa7 19. Qd3 Rc8
20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 (21. cxd4 Ra3 22. Qe2 Be7) 21... Ra2 22. Bg1 g6 23. Qg3 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qa6 25. h3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qg5 Qc8 {Black is
trying to get out of this position more than it can offer, which is a very
dangerous strategy.} (27... Rc8) 28. Rb3 h5 29. Rf3 Rc2 30. Qg3 Ra5 (30... Qd8)
31. Rf1 Rc5 32. Rf3 Rc4 33. Kh2 Rc1 34. Qg5 Ra1 (34... R1xc3 35. Rfxc3 Rxc3 36.
Rxc3 Qxc3 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qe7 $11) 35. Qf6 $40 Ra8 36. Rg3 Rc7 $6 (36... Qd8
$2 37. Rxg6+ fxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rb6
$18) (36... Qc7 $142 $5 $11 37. f5 $140 Rf4) 37. f5 exf5 38. e6 Raa7 $2 (38...
Ra6 39. exf7+ Kf8 40. Rb6 Rxb6 41. Qxb6 Rc6 42. Qd4 Kxf7 43. Qxd5+ Qe6 $11) 39.
exf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxg6+ Rg7 41. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gb3b8]} Kh7 (41... Rxg6 42. Rb8 Rc6
43. Rxc8+ Rxc8 44. Qe6+ $18) 42. Rb8 Rge7 43. Rh6+ $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potkin, Alexey V"]
[Black "Sretenskij, Nikolai V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
Qg4 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Ne2 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxd7+ (12. Ba4 $6 Qxe5 13.
Qxe4 Qxe4 14. Nxe4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 $11 {Kalegin,E-Danielian,O/Moscow op 1995 
(51)}) (12. Be2 $6 Nxe5 13. Qxe4 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Rfd1 O-O 17.
Qg3 Bf6 $11 {Haugli,P-Maksimovic,B/Copenhagen op 1989 (40)}) 12... Bxd7 13. Bd4
(13. Qxe4 Bc6 14. Qf4 Ba3 $1 15. Bc1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Rxg7 O-O-O $44 {
Tolnai,T-Samovojska,D/CRO-chT Makarska 1994/0-1 (55)}) 13... Bc6 14. O-O-O (14.
O-O O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Rxd4 $5 16. Rxd4 Qxe5 $44 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. Rc4 f5 19. Qg3 f4
$2 (19... Qxg3) 20. Rxc5 $1 $16 {1-0 Mainka,R-Voss,G/Dortmund op-A 1992 (27)})
14... O-O-O (14... Rd8 15. Qg3 $1 Rd7 16. Kb1 Qd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Bg5 Qc7 19.
Nxd5 exd5 20. f3 $14 {Rogic Davor-Samovojska Damir/Cup Croatia Pula (Croatia)
1996 (42)}) 15. Kb1 (15. Qf4 $5 Ba3 $6 16. Qe3 Be7 17. Kb1 Rd7 18. Nxe4 Rhd8
19. Rd3 $16 {1-0 Seul,G-Zach,A/Open, Biel SUI 1997 (34)}) 15... Rxd4 16. Rxd4
Qxe5 17. Rhd1 (17. Rc4 $5 f5 18. Qe2 Kc7 $6 19. f3 $1 $16 Bc5 20. fxe4 b5 21.
Nd5+ $1 $18 {Ivanov,A-Malaniuk,V/USSR 1981 (25)}) 17... Bc5 18. Rc4 f5 $1 $36 {
Serious improvement after which white has to play very carefully to keep the
balance.} (18... b5 $6 19. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Qg3 Qc7
23. Nxf7 $16 {Kobalija Mihail-Pereyra Arcija Diego/Ch World (cadets) (under
1995 (65)}) 19. Qe2 (19. Rxc5 $6 Qxc5 20. Qxg7 Re8 21. Qf7 Kb8 $5 (21... Qxf2
22. Nxe4 $1 Qe2 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Kc1 Qe3+ $11) 22. Rd2 e3 23. fxe3 Qxe3 24. Rd1
Qh6 $1 $15) 19... Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $13 21. Qd2+ Ke8 22. b4 $8
(22. Nd1 $6 b5 23. Rc3 Bb4 $17) 22... Be7 $1 23. g3 Bf6 24. a4 $1 g5 $5 25. Qd1
$6 {White's position is extremly dangerous,and after the move which was played
in the game probably lost.Nothing would change} (25. b5 $6 Bd5 $5 (25... axb5
26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Rc8+ Kf7 $17) 26. Rc8+ Kd7 27. Rc5 Qd4 $1 $17 {,but 25.a5!
kept white in the game.}) 25... Kf7 26. Kc1 Kg6 27. h3 h6 28. Qe2 Bd5 $1 $19 {
Proving once again that the bishops pair is a real force!} 29. Nxd5 (29. Rc8
Bc6 $1 30. b5 Qxc3 31. bxc6 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Bc3+ 33. Ke3 Qc1+ $19) 29... exd5 30.
Rc8 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qxb4+ 33. Kd1 Bc3 $1 34. Qe3 d4 35. Qc1 Qxa4 36.
h4 Qb5 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rd1][%cal Gb5f1]} 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henrichs, Thomas"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 (7...
Qb6) 8. cxd4 f5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Nc3 $6 {The knight is getting too busy in the
opening! This manouvre is just a waste of 2 tempi if white intends to play on
the kingside with h3, followed by g4 as happened in the game! However in the
closed positions a waste of 2 tempi isn't that crucial as in the open ones, so
white just loses a chance to get an opening advantage.} (10. h3 $5 Nb6 11. Kf2
(11. g4 Bh4+ 12. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 13. Kd2 Qf2 14. b3 Nxd4 15. Kc3 Qf3+ 16. Kb2 Qxh1
17. Nxd4 $44 {Polgar,J-Short,N/New York 1994}) 11... O-O 12. g4 Bd7 13. Ng3 Rc8
14. Rh2 a5 15. Kg1 $14 {Zakharov,A-Makarjev,I/Protvino 1992}) (10. g3 Nb6 11.
Nc3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 Be8 15. g4 $14 {Vehi Bach,V-Alvarez
Ibarra,R/San Sebastian 1993}) (10. h4 $6 h5 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Kf2 Rc8
14. a3 a5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Ng5 Na7 $15 {Balogh,C-Cao Sang/Budapest 2000}) (10.
Be3 Nb6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Nc1 a5 13. Nd3 a4 14. Be2 axb3 15. axb3 Nb4 16. Kf2 $14
{Jones,R-Cobb,C/Newport 2004}) 10... Nb6 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. a3 a5 13.
b3 Bd7 14. O-O Qe8 15. Bb2 a4 16. b4 Na7 $13 {Laveryd,P-Larsson,P/Sweden 1999})
11. Bd3 Bd7 12. h3 (12. Rg1 $5 O-O 13. g4 fxg4 14. Rxg4 $13) (12. O-O O-O 13.
a3 Rc8 14. Be3 Na5 $13) 12... O-O 13. g4 Be8 14. Ne2 Bg6 15. a3 {[%csl Gb4] In
case of} (15. Kf2 {black can just take a pawn on a2 after} Nb4 16. Bb1 fxg4 17.
hxg4 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 Nxa2 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bd2 Nc4 $15) 15... Qe8 16. Kf2 a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4,Gb6c4]} 17. b3 a4 18. b4 Na7 19. Ng3 Nb5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 $1 {The
bishop has nothing much to do on 6 so black is happy to get rid of it.} 21.
Nxf5 exf5 22. Bb2 $6 {The pawn on f4 is too vulnerable, so it was better to
put the bishop on d2 instead.} (22. Bd2 Nc7 23. h4 Nc4 24. h5 Nb2 25. Qe2 Nxd3+
26. Qxd3 $11) 22... Nc7 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} 23. Rc1 $6 Ne6 24. Ke3 Qh5 $15 25. Qg1
(25. Ng5 Qxd1 26. Rhxd1 Bxg5 27. fxg5 Nxg5 28. h4 Ne6 $15) 25... Bh4 26. Qh2 (
26. Be2 Qh6 27. Qh2 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Bf2+ $19) 26... Kh8 27. Rhg1 g5 $5 28. fxg5
$6 ({Far more persistant was} 28. Nxh4 gxf4+ 29. Kd2 Qxh4 30. Kc2 f3 31. Kb1
Nf4 32. Bb5 Rg8 $15 {and white has significant counterchances.}) 28... Bg3 $1
$19 {From now on it's just a one way traffic.} 29. Qg2 (29. Rxg3 f4+ 30. Kf2
fxg3+ 31. Qxg3 Nxg5 $19) 29... Bf4+ 30. Kf2 Bxc1 31. Bxc1 Rac8 32. Bd2 (32. g6
Rg8 33. Bg5 Rxg6 34. Bf6+ Kg8 35. Qf1 Nf4 $19) 32... Nc4 33. Bc1 Nxd4 $1 34. g6
hxg6 35. Nxd4 Nxe5 $1 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Kobylkin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 $5 {Quite poisonous variation promising white good chances to fight for
the advantage.} Qb6 10. Ne2 a5 (10... Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Qc7 14. b4 Be7 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. O-O $14 {Voitsekhovsky,S-Erashchenkov,D/
Voronezh 2003}) (10... g6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. h4 h5 16. b4 Nb6 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. O-O $14 {Pikula,D-Jeremic,V/
Topola 2004}) (10... Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 g5
15. g3 Bb7 16. O-O-O $14 {Karjakin,S-Kiriakov,P/playchess.com INT 2004}) 11. c3
Ba6 12. f5 $5 {Undesputably the best try. White has to hurry up, otherwise
black will just push b4 initiating multiple trades which result in balanced
position.} (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ned4 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O bxc3
17. bxc3 O-O $11 {Neelotpal,D-Kobylkin,E/Alushta 2004}) 12... b4 13. fxe6 (13.
Nf4 $5) 13... fxe6 14. Nf4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd8 17. Ng5 ({Less
ambitious players would've preferred} 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20.
Rab1 Qa6 21. Bg5 $36 {with unpleasent pressure, but white is playing for the
maximum.}) 17... Be7 18. h4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Gh1h7]} (19. Rxf1)
19... O-O 20. Kg1 Bxg5 ({Deserevd attention} 20... Re8 {[%cal Gd7f8] followed
by Nf8, not giving white a pleasure to make a good use of his rook over an
h-file.}) 21. hxg5 Qb3 $8 {[%csl Gc2,Gd3]} 22. g6 h6 23. Nh5 {[%cal Gh5g7]} Rc8
24. Rc1 (24. Nxg7 $2 Rc2 25. Qe1 Qb2 26. Rh2 Re2 $19) 24... Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qd3
(25... Qc4 26. Qd1 (26. Qd2 $2 Nxe5) 26... Nc6 $14) 26. Rh3 $1 $36 Qc4 {
The pawn on g6 was poisoned:} (26... Qxg6 27. Bxh6 $1 Qxh6 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29.
Rxh6 Rxh6 30. Qc8 $18) 27. Qd2 Nc6 (27... Rf1+ 28. Kh2 Nc6 29. Bf2 $1 Qc1 30.
Qxc1 Rxc1 31. Rf3 $18) 28. Kh2 Rf5 29. Nf4 ({Spectacular} 29. Nxg7 $6 {would
lead to unclear position after} Kxg7 30. Bxh6+ Kxg6 (30... Kg8 31. Bg7 $1 $18)
31. g4 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Ndxe5 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 $13) 29... Nf8 30. Rg3 a4
31. Nd3 $5 {Setting up a nice trap.} Rh5+ 32. Kg1 Nxd4 $2 {Black is just too
optimistic. This move is the decisive mistake leading to completely lost
endgame. The funny thing is white's reaction is so predictable and deadly that
I can't really perceive what black was hoping for!} 33. Rg4 $1 Nb3 34. Rxc4
Nxd2 35. Rc8 Ne4 36. Nc5 Nxc5 $6 (36... Rxe5 $142 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nd7+ Ke7
39. Nxe5 $16) 37. Bxc5 $18 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8][%cal Gc8g8] The pin is lethal.} Rf5
38. g4 Rf4 39. Kh2 Rf3 40. Kg2 Rf4 41. Kg3 Rf1 42. Ra8 d4 43. Bxd4 Rc1 44. Kf3
Rc2 45. Ke3 Rc1 46. Kd2 Rc4 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. Bc3 h5 49. gxh5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 $5 {Quite poisonous variation promising white good chances to fight for
the advantage.} (9. dxc5) 9... Qb6 10. Ne2 b4 $6 {After a move in the game
white may start to build up a pressure on the kingside since he doesn't have
to worry about the center.} (10... c4 11. Ng3 (11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3
Rh8 14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bf4 $14 {Kasparov,G-Radjabov,T/
Linares 2003} (17. Bg5 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. c3 {1/2-1/2 Belov,V-Vysochin,S/St
Petersburg 2004/EXT 2005 (19)})) 11... b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Bf8 14. Be2 Na5
15. Rb1 Nb3 16. Qc2 g6 17. O-O $14 {Luther,T-Mullon,J/France 2003}) (10... a5
11. c3 (11. g4 Be7 12. Bh3 Ba6 13. O-O b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. f5 cxd4 16. Nfxd4
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 $132 {Bobras,P-Barredo,L/Dos Hermanas 2003}) 11... Ba6 12. f5
$5 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ned4 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O bxc3 17. bxc3
O-O $11 {Neelotpal,D-Kobylkin,E/Alushta 2004}) 12... b4 13. fxe6 (13. Nf4 $5)
13... fxe6 14. Nf4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd8 17. Ng5 $36 {Efimenko,
Z-Kobylkin,E/Kharkov 2004}) (10... g6 $6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 $16 Qc7 (12...
Bb7 13. b4 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 $16) 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. h4 h5 16. b4 Nb6 17. Bd4 $16 {Pikula,D-Jeremic,V/Topola 2004}) (10...
Bb7 11. g3 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. b4 Be7 15. Bd3 $14 {
Voitsekhovsky,S-Erashchenkov,D/Voronezh 2003}) 11... Rc8 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. Nexd4
Nc5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. O-O Ne4 17. Qe2 $14 {Hawkeye-Petrovich/
Greece 2002}) (10... Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 g5
15. g3 Bb7 16. O-O-O $14 {Karjakin,S-Kiriakov,P/playchess.com INT 2004}) 11.
axb4 cxb4 12. g4 {White means business! f5 is coming right away.} (12. Nc1 $5
a5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nd3 a4 15. O-O a3 16. b3 $14) 12... b3 13. c3 Qb7 {[%cal
Gd7b6,Gb6c4]} 14. f5 $5 ({Another promising option was} 14. Qd1 $5 a5 15. f5
Nb6 16. Qxb3 exf5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Bg4 19. Bg2 a4 20. Qb5 $14) 14... Nb6
15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O Ne7 {transferring the knight to d5, however
white succeeds to develop a very strong initiative over an f-file.} 18. f6 $1
$40 gxf6 19. Nh5 Nd5 (19... f5) 20. Ra5 $1 {All white pieces are taking part
in the attack, while black is trying to withstand the pressure counting on his
centralised knight!} Be7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $2 ({Strangely enough I fail to see
anything convincing after} 21... Nxf6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bg5 Bg7 24. Bh6 f6 $132
) 22. exf6 Bd7 23. Rc5 {White is ready to sacrifice a pawn on f6 not to let
black to cut off the rook by Bb5.} (23. Ne5 $5 Bb5 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Bg7 $16)
23... Nxf6 24. Bg5 Ne4 25. Qf4 Rg8 (25... Nxc5 26. Qf6 {[%csl Re7,Rh8]} Bc6 27.
Qxh8+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. Rxf7+ Nd7 30. Qg7 $18) 26. Rc7 ({More convincing was
} 26. Nd2 $1 Nxg5 27. Rxg5 Rxg5 28. Qxg5 Kf8 29. Nxc4 $16 {and black is in
deep troubles.}) 26... Qd5 27. h4 Rc8 28. Nd2 ({Once again white chooses the
wrong square for the knight. After correct} 28. Ne5 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Rxc7 30.
Qxf7+ Kd8 31. Qxg8+ Be8 32. Rf8 Re7 33. g6 $18 {white gets the decisive
advantage.}) 28... Nxg5 29. hxg5 Rxc7 30. Qxf7+ Kd8 31. Qxg8+ Be8 32. Rf8 (32.
Rf5 Qd7 33. Re5 Qf7 34. Qh8 $14) 32... Re7 33. Nf3 a5 34. Ne5 a4 35. Nf7+ $6 ({
It wasn't too late to win the game} 35. g6 $1 hxg6 (35... a3 36. gxh7 a2 37.
Rf1 $18) 36. Qxg6 a3 37. Qg5 axb2 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Qg8#) 35... Kd7 36. Ne5+
Kd8 37. Nf7+ Kd7 38. Ne5+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Breutigam, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 (5. Nxe4) (5. Nce2 $5) 5... Nxc3
6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 (7... c4 8. Be2 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Nc6 11. Rh3 Qa5 12.
Bd2 Bd7 13. Rg3 $14 {Baklan,V-Danneel,G/Ghent 2003}) (7... Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9.
dxc5 Qc7 10. Re1 Bxc5 11. Qe2 h6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Mainka,R-Sharif,M/Lippstadt 1995/EXT 97 (14)}) 8. O-O c4 9. Be2 Ba4 10.
h4 h6 {There is nothing wrong with the move in the game, but in my opinion it
was more accurate to prepare an f6 break.} (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. h5 f6 13.
exf6 gxf6 $13 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge8c8,Ga8d8,Gf8d6,Ge6e5]}) 11. h5 Nc6 12. Nh2
Be7 13. Bg4 b6 $6 {Very strange plan which brings black nothing, but troubles.}
(13... Qa5 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. f4 Rdg8 16. f5 Nd8 $13) 14. f4 Kd7 $6 15. f5 Qg8
16. Qf3 {Threatening to take on d5 and penitrating to the seventh rank.} Kc7 (
16... Bxc2 $2 17. fxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxd5+ $18) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qf7 Qxf7 19. Rxf7
$16 {White is a way ahead on the kingside, so his chances are much better.} Kd7
20. Rxg7 Bxc2 21. Be3 (21. Bd2) 21... Raf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nd8 24. Bh3
Rh7 25. Rg8 $6 ({I fail to see why shouldn't white to take the pawn on h6:} 25.
Rxh7 Bxh7 26. Bxh6 Bb1 27. Bd2 Nf7 28. g4 Bxa2 29. Nf3 Bb3 30. g5 $18) 25... a5
26. Ng4 Rf7+ (26... b5 $5) 27. Ke1 Bd3 28. Bxh6 $4 {Overlooking that the king
is in the mating net.} (28. g3 Rf3 29. Bxh6 Rxg3 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxg3 Bh4 32.
Bf4 $14) 28... Rf1+ $19 29. Kd2 Ra1 $4 ({Missing the chance to decide the game
in just one move:} 29... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Ga3c1] and white can't
prevent mate.}) 30. Nf6+ Kc6 31. Bf8 $18 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Bxf6 34.
exf6 Nf7 35. Rg7 Nh6 36. Re7 Ng8 37. f7 1-0

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 $5
{According to what I now this is one of the numerous ideas of grandmaster
Murrey.This move is extremly poisonous and as shows the following game if
black doesn't come up with the right plan and keeps on playing regular moves
his position deteriorates very quickly.The main line of variation starts with
8.Na4.} (8. Na4 Qa5+ (8... Qc7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 (11. Qd2 Bd7
12. O-O-O Bb5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Riemersma,L-Barsov,A/Vlissingen op 1996 (28)})
11... Qxc5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Qf2 $6 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxc2 16. Bb5+ Nc6
17. O-O O-O $17 {Wemmers,X-Barsov,A/Soest op 1995 (41)}) (8... Qc6 9. c4 $2
dxc4 10. Nc3 b5 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qa1 Na6 $17 {
Motylev,A-Volkov,S/RUS-sf 1995 (29)}) 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12.
Qd2 b5 (12... Be7 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 b5 14. Nb2 a5 15. O-O axb4 $13 {1/2-1/2
Arakhamia,K-Drasko,M/Heraklio op 1993}) 13... b5 14. Nb2 a5 15. O-O axb4 16.
Rfc1 $5 Qb7 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qc2 $44 {Vratonjic,S-Drasko,M/JUG-chT2 1993 (38)}
) 13. Nb2 f6 14. exf6 $6 (14. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 $1
Nxd4 17. Bxd4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 19. Ra7 $16 {Scripchenko,E-Matveeva,S;Belgrad
1996.}) 14... Nxf6 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. a4 Rb8 $11 {Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/
Elista olm 1998 (30)}) 8... Nc6 ({Of couse not} 8... Qxb2 $4 9. Na4 $18 {
[%csl Rb2] and black queen is trapped.}) 9. Be2 Be7 ({Too dangerous is} 9... f6
$6 10. exf6 $1 (10. f5 $6 cxd4 (10... fxe5 $1 11. dxc5 $6 (11. fxe6 cxd4 $1 (
11... Nf6 12. dxe5) 12. Na4 Qc7 (12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa4 14. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra4]
}) 13. exd7+ Bxd7 14. Bf2 b5 $15) 11... Bxc5 12. fxe6 Nf6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 $17)
11. Nxd4 Ndxe5 (11... fxe5 $2 12. Bh5+ g6 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+
$18) 12. Nxe6 Qxe3 (12... d4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. O-O $16) 13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. N3xd5 Qe4 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. O-O $18) 10... Nxf6 (10... gxf6 11. f5 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. fxe6 $16) 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. dxc5 Ne4
14. Be3 $16 {and white's advantage is quiet significiet.}) 10. Bf2 $5 cxd4 (
10... c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. cxb3 Qc7 13. Qc2 $14) 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. c3
Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({After} 14... b5 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Nxd7 Qxd4
18. cxd4 Bxd7 19. Rc1 $14 {black still has a lot of troubles in the endgame.})
15. Qxd4 Qc7 $6 {Too passive.More in the spirit of the position was} (15... O-O
16. O-O b6 $5 17. Bd1 $5 {preventing Nc5} Bb7 18. Bc2 b5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5
Rac8 21. Qe3 Qc7 $14) 16. b4 $14 {Now white has very safe and convenient
advantage.} O-O 17. O-O b5 18. Nb2 Bb7 19. Bg4 $1 {Black's only chanse to
create counterplay is to play f6 at some stage so white is getting prepared.}
Rac8 20. Rf3 f5 (20... a5 $5 21. Re1 axb4 22. axb4 Rfe8 23. Rg3 $14) 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Re1 Nf8 23. Re5 Qd6 24. Rfe3 Rc7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 {Envading the space
on the kingside.} Rc6 27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Bg4 Rc6 29. g3 Nd7 $4 {This move is not
so easy to explain.After logical 29...Rc7 it's not so simple for the white to
breakthrough.} 30. Bxe6+ $18 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Nd3 {Nw it
is over.} Re4 34. Qa7 Bc6 35. Qxa6 Rc4 36. Nc5 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Ndb8 (11... Nxd4) 12. Bxc6+ (12. f5 $6 Bb4
$5 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O exf5 15. Rfb1 f4 $1 $15 {Dolmatov,S-Volkov,S/Russia Cup
GP 1997 (19)}) (12. O-O $5 a6 13. f5 $5 axb5 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Nxb5 Qa5 17. Qf2 Nxe5 18. Bb6 Qa4 19. Bc5 Bxc5 (19... Ra5 $2 20. Bxf8 Rxb5 21.
Rxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bxe5 {1-0 Poluliakhov,A-Ivanov,O/URS 1989}) 20. Qxc5
Nbc6 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22. Nxb7+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Nb7+ Ke8 25. Nd6+ Kd8 {
1/2-1/2 Nordholz,T-Boehm,J/RLNS 1988}) 12... bxc6 13. O-O a6 (13... Bc5 $5 14.
Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 Bb6 16. Qc1 $5 Bxd4 (16... Qa6 $6 17. Ra3 Qb7 18. Na4 Nd7 19.
c4 $1 $36) 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. f5 $1 exf5 19. e6 (19. Qg5 $5 $40) 19... fxe6 20.
Qg5 Qd8 21. Qxg7 $36 {Fedorov,A-Volkov,S/Russian Cup , Omsk RUS 1996/0-1 (47)})
14. Rb3 Qa5 (14... Qe7 $2 15. Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 17. Rc3 $18) 15. Rxb8
Rxb8 16. Nxc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 18. f5 $5 (18. Rb1 $5 Qc7 19. f5 $1 Qxe5 20.
fxe6 fxe6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Qe3 Be7 $1 23. Bxg7 Bc5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 $13 {
Chandler,M-Klinger,J;Vienna Op,1986,1/2-1/2}) 18... Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qe3
Qc4 21. Ne2 ({Serious attention deserved} 21. fxe6 $5 fxe6 (21... Bxe6 $6 22.
Rb1 $16 {[%cal Gb1b8]}) 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Qe3 Be7 24. Bxg7 Bc5 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26.
Qxd4 Rg8 27. Re1 $14 {[%csl Re8] with promising position.}) 21... h5 $1 {
Bringing rook to defense via h6.} 22. Nf4 Rh6 23. c3 (23. fxe6 $6 fxe6 (23...
Bxe6 24. Qe5 Kd7 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxf7+ Be7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2 $15) 24. Nd3 (24.
Qf2 Be7 $15 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 24... Qc7 25. Be5 Bd6 26. Qf4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Rf6 $17)
23... h4 24. h3 a5 25. a4 Ba6 26. Re1 Bc8 27. Rf1 Ba6 28. Rb1 Bc8 29. Qe5 $1
$40 Rf6 ({Black faces serious difficulties also after} 29... f6 30. Qb8 e5 31.
Nxd5 exd4 32. Nb6 Qxc3 33. Nxc8 Bb4 34. Rd1 $40) 30. Re1 Be7 31. fxe6 fxe6 32.
Qh5+ (32. Qb8 Kf7 33. Nd3 $1 Qxd3 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxc8 e5 36. Qd7 $1 $14)
32... Kd7 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Nxe6 $16 Kd6 35. Nd4 (35. Nxg7 Bxc3 (35... Qxc3 36.
Ne8+ Kc6 37. Qe2 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Bc3 39. Rc1 d4 40. Qe4+ Kb6 41. Qxh4 $18) 36.
Ne8+ Kc5 37. Rd1 $16) 35... Bd7 {[%tqu "En","","","","h5f3","",0,"h5h8","",20]}
36. Qf3 $6 {Missing very nice opportunity to reach decisive advantage.} (36.
Qh8 $3 $18 {[%cal Gh8b8]} Bxd4+ $8 37. cxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Kc7 $8 (38... Bxa4
39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Qb7+ Kd6 41. Qe7+ Kc6 42. Rc1+ Kb6 43. Qc7+ Ka6 44. Qc8+ Kb6
45. Rb1+ $18) (38... Qxa4 39. Qb8+ Kc5 40. Rc1+ Kd4 41. Qf4+ Kd3 42. Qf3+ Kd4
43. Rd1+ Kc5 44. Qxd5+ $18) 39. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gh8b8]} Bxa4 (39... Qxa4 $2 40.
Qb8+ Kc6 41. Qb6#) 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Qg8+ Kf5 43. Qf7+ Ke4 (43...
Kg5 44. Qxg7+ Qxg7 45. Rxg7+ Kf5 46. Ra7 $18) 44. Qf3+ Ke5 45. Re7+ Kd6 46. Qf8
$18 {[%cal Rf8d6]}) 36... Bxa4 37. Qf4+ Kd7 38. Qg4+ Kc7 39. Qf4+ Kd7 40. Rb1
$5 Bc6 41. Qf5+ Kc7 42. Qf4+ Kd7 43. Rb8 {It seems that white managed to
create dangerous threats,but black finds extremly beutiful way to escape.} Qxc3
$1 $11 44. Qf5+ Kd6 45. Qe6+ Kc7 46. Nb5+ $5 (46. Rc8+ Kb7 47. Nxc6 Qc1+ 48.
Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 46... Bxb5 47. Rc8+ Kb7 48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Qxd5+ Kb6 50. Qd8+ Kc5
51. Kf2 Kb4 52. Qxh4+ Bc4 53. Qe7+ Kb3 {[%cal Ga5a1] The passed a pawn and the
bishops pair give black sufficient counterplay in the arising ending.} 54. Qb7+
Ka2 55. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
(8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nb8 $1 12. O-O Nc6 13. Kh1 Qa5
14. a3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd2 $10 {Apicella,M-Murey,J/FRA-tch/1993/0,5/66/})
8... O-O (8... Nxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 Be8 $5 12. Qe1 Rc8 (12... f6
$5 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 $14) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. b4 $1 Nd7 15. Nb5 Qb8
16. Bd3 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Morozevich,A,1996,1-0}) (8... Bxc5 $5 9. Qd2 O-O 10.
O-O-O Qb6 11. Bg1 Bxg1 12. Rxg1 Nc5 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Korchnoi,V/Monaco/1992/0,5/
27/}) 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 {Quiet unusual plan for this type of positions.} (10.
O-O-O $5 Bd7 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Nd4 Na6 $5 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Nb5 $14 {
Berndt,S-Marchio,E/GER-chJ U17 1991 (33)}) 11. Kb1 Rc8 (11... a6 12. Qf2 Qa5
13. Nd4 Na4 14. Nce2 $1 Rfc8 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Ned4 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. c3 $14 {
Kuczynski,R-Kujawski,A/POL-ch Lublin 1988 (37)}) 12. f5 $5 Qa5 13. Nd4 Rfd8 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 (15. Nxd5 $2 Rxd5 16. Qxa5 Rxd1+ 17. Bc1 Bg5 $19) (15. f6 $1
gxf6 16. Bd4 $1 Kh8 17. exf6 Bf8 18. Qg5 $40) 15... exf5 16. Nxd5 Qxd2 17.
Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Rxd2 Ne4 19. Nxc8 Nxd2+ 20. Kc1 Rxd4 $1 $132 {Gdanski,J-Kujawski,
A/Zakopane 1988 (48)}) (10. Bd3 $6 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 f6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne2 fxe5
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 16. Bd4 a6 $15 {Edelman,D-Alburt,L/USA-op Los
Angeles 1991/0-1 (67)}) 10... b6 $5 {Intending to change the lightsquared
bishops.} 11. O-O (11. f5 $6 Ne4 $1 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bb5 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nb4
15. Ba4 exf5 $17) 11... Ba6 12. Nd4 $6 {Much better was to trasfer f5 with
knights on the board:} (12. Bxa6 $1 Nxa6 13. f5 $5 exf5 14. Nxd5 Bc5 15. Rad1
Re8 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf4 $1 $14) 12... Qd7 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. f5
exf5 16. Nxd5 Bc5 $11 17. Rad1 $6 (17. c4 $5 Rad8 18. Qf2 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 g6 (
19... Qe4 $5 20. Nxf5 Qxe5 21. Rae1 Qc5 $11) 20. Qg3 Rd2 21. b3 Kh8 22. Rfd1
Rfd8 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Rd1 $11) 17... Rad8 18. c4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qxc4 $15 {
After a few inacuracies of white black got slightly better chances,but the
position is far from being clear.} 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc5 (
22... Qxa2 $2 23. Qg5 $1 Rg8 24. Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qb1+ 25. Kf2 Qxb2+ 26. Kf3
Qb3+ 27. Kg4 Qc4+ 28. Kh3 Qb3+ 29. g3 $18) 23. Rf1 Nd7 $1 24. Qa3 (24. b3 $6
Qe6 $17) 24... g6 (24... Qc5+ $6 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Nd6 Kg8 27. Rf3 Nd7 28. Ra3
a5 29. Rb3 $11) 25. Ne3 $6 {Missing nice possibility to force a draw:} (25. Qd6
$1 Qc5+ 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Nd6 $1 Nxe5 28. Rc1 Nd3 (28... Rd8 29. Rxc5 Rxd6 30.
Rxe5 Rd2 31. Ra5 $11) 29. Rc3 Nxb2 30. Rxc5 Kg7 31. Rc7 a5 32. Rb7 $1 $11)
25... Qe4 26. Kh1 (26. Rd1 $5 Nc5 27. b4 Ne6 28. Qc3 $1 Kg8 29. Nd5 Qe2 $1 $15)
26... Nc5 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. h3 Qd3 29. Qe1 h5 $5 {Black all the time finds some
chances to continue the struggle.} 30. Rf3 $6 {Another inacuracy after which
white's position becomes very difficult.} (30. Qg3 $5 $15) 30... Qe4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Re5]} 31. Qg3 Nd7 32. Rf5 $5 {The only way to defend a pawn,but not for
a long time.} Kh7 33. Qg5 Qc6 34. Rf4 Qe6 35. Re4 f6 36. Qg3 f5 $1 {Keeping
the knights on the board.} (36... Nxe5 37. Nc4 Qd5 38. Qf4 Nxc4 39. Rxc4 Rf7
$17) 37. Ra4 a5 38. Rd4 Nxe5 39. Nd5 Rf7 40. Qe3 Rd7 41. Nf4 Qf6 42. Rxd7+ Nxd7
43. Qe8 Nc5 44. Nd5 Qxb2 45. Qe7+ Qg7 46. Nf6+ Kh6 47. Qd6 Ne4 $1 $19 {The
simplest way to win,queens ending is hopeless for white.} 48. Nxe4 fxe4 49.
Qf4+ g5 50. Qxe4 Qf6 51. Kg1 Qd6 52. a4 h4 53. Qe8 Kg7 {[%cal Gg7c3,Gc3b4]} 54.
Qe4 Qc5+ 55. Kh2 Kf6 56. Qg4 b5 $1 57. Qf3+ Ke6 58. Qg4+ Qf5 59. Qh5 bxa4 60.
Qe8+ Kd6 61. Qd8+ Kc6 62. Qa8+ Kb5 63. Qe8+ Kb4 64. Qe1+ Kc4 65. Qc1+ Kb5 66.
Qb2+ Kc6 67. Qc3+ Qc5 68. Qf3+ Kb6 69. Qf6+ Kb7 70. Qf3+ Kb8 71. g3 hxg3+ 72.
Kxg3 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2 $6
{Dubious variation promising white nothing,but troubles!} (8. Na4 Qc7 9. dxc5
Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Bb5 $11 {Riemersma,L-Barsov,A/
Vlissingen op 1996 (28)}) (8. Rb1 $5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 $14 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Moscow blitz 1993 (34)})
8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O ({Even worse is} 11. f5 $6 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rf1 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 $17 {and black
has a huge advantage;Zontakh,A-Drasko,M/Podgorica 1993 (38)}) 11... cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd3 O-O {The opening is
over and we can make some conclusions:black is a pawn up and it's quiet clear
that white doesn't have sufficient compensation for it,which means that white
has lost the battle in the opening and will have to fight for survival.} 17. g4
b5 18. Bf3 (18. Rf3 Bb7 19. Rh3 g6 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Bg2 f6 $17) 18... Bb7 19.
Ne2 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 $17 21. Nd4 Rae8 22. Qe3 ({More persistant is} 22. a4 $5
Nd7 23. Bg2 (23. axb5 $6 Rxf4 24. c3 axb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Ref8 $19)
23... e5 24. Nb3 Qd6 (24... Qc4 25. Na5 $1 $15) 25. Na5 Ba8 26. axb5 e4 $36 {
and white at least has some counterchanses.}) 22... Ne4 23. Bg2 Rf7 24. a3 Ref8
{[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf8f4] Increasing the pressure.} 25. Rbe1 Qd6 26. f5 $8 exf5
27. Nxf5 Qe5 28. Kg1 Kh8 $5 {[%cal Gg7g6] Preparing g6.After} (28... Bc8 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. c4 $17 {
white's defensive resourses are quiet significient.}) 29. Bxe4 ({May be better
was} 29. Nd4 $5 {,but it's just a matter of taste!}) 29... dxe4 30. Qd4 Qxd4+
31. Nxd4 Kg8 32. Ne6 $6 {In the endgame both sides don't show their best.} (32.
Rxf7 $5 Rxf7 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Kf7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke5 $17) 32... Rc8
33. h4 Re7 $5 (33... Bd5 $5 34. Nf4 (34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Nf4 Ba8 36. Re2 Rc3 $19)
34... Ba8 35. Ne6 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Bd5 $19) 34. Nd4 Rc3 35. Nf5 Rd7 $6 ({After
simple} 35... Rec7 $1 36. Re3 (36. Nd6 Rg3+ 37. Kh2 Rxg4 38. Kh3 h5 $19) 36...
Rxc2 37. Nd6 Bd5 38. Nxe4 R7c4 $19 {its very hard to believe that white will
survive!}) 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Bc6 $1 (37... h6 $2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Bc8
40. Rxg7+ Kh8 41. Rg6 $11) 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rc8 e3 $2 {If 35th move of black
was inaccuracy making life more difficult,this one is serious mistake turning
everything upside down.Black still had good winning chanses after} (39... Ke6
40. Nxg7+ Ke5 41. Nf5 Rxc2 42. Ne3 Rc5 $17) 40. Nd4 $14 Rc4 41. Nxc6 $6 ({
More chanses to win would leave} 41. Rc7+ $1 Kg8 (41... Kf8) 42. Nxc6 Rxg4+ 43.
Kf1 Rxh4 44. Ke2 $14) 41... Rxg4+ 42. Kf1 Rxh4 43. Ne5+ Kf6 44. Nf3 Ra4 45. Rc3
g5 46. Ke2 (46. Rxe3 g4 47. Ne5 h5) 46... g4 47. Ne1 h5 48. Ng2 g3 49. Rxe3 h4
50. Nxh4 {Uff!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. a3 (9. g3 $6 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Nb3 Bb4 $1 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc4
14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nd2 Na5 $11 {Haag,E-Blatny,F,1970,1-0(70)}) (9.
Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nb8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf2 (13. Kh1 $6 Qa5 14. a3
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Bd3 f6 $15 {Apicella,M-Murrey,J/FRA-chT 1993/
1/2-1/2 (66)}) 13... Bd7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Bd3 f5 (16... Nxd4 $5 17.
Bxd4 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. b4 $1 $14) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. c3 $14 {
Timman,J-Hort,V/Linares 1983/1-0 (79)}) (9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Qe3 Nxd3 $6 (14... b4 $5 15. Bxc5 bxc3 16. b3 a5
17. Bb6 Qe8 18. a4 $14) 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Ne2 $36 {Vratonjic,S-Vucinic,P/
JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (33)}) (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 $6 (10. O-O-O $5 Bd7 11.
Kb1 a6 12. Qf2 Qa5 13. Nd4 Na4 14. Nce2 Rfc8 15. Nb3 Qc7 $132 {Kuczynski,
R-Kujawski,A/POL-ch Lublin 1988 (37)}) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 f6 $1 12. O-O Bd7
13. Ne2 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 16. Bd4 a6 $15 {Edelman,D-Alburt,L/
USA-op Los Angeles 1991 (67)}) 9... b6 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 $6 {
Dubious idea passing the initiative into black's hands.} Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14.
Ne5 Qe8 15. Qe2 (15. O-O-O $1 Nd7 (15... Ba6 16. g4 Rc8 17. Rhe1 Bd6 18. h3 $13
) 16. Nf3 Qg6 17. h3 Bb7 18. g4 Rac8 19. Rhe1 $13) 15... Nd7 $15 16. Nxd7 (16.
O-O Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Rf1 Qg6 $15) 16... Bxd7 17. O-O Qg6
18. a4 c4 $1 {Reminding white that queenside is black's territtory!} (18...
Rab8 $5 19. Rad1 a6 20. Rf3 c4 $15 {[%cal Gb6b4]}) 19. Rf3 a6 20. a5 b5 21. Nd1
(21. Raf1 b4 22. Nd1 Bd8 $17 {[%csl Ra5]}) 21... b4 22. Nf2 Bb5 23. Rg3 Qf5 $15
24. Qg4 Rf7 25. Qd1 (25. Qxf5 exf5 $17 {[%csl Re3,Rf2]}) 25... c3 26. Ng4 Kh8
27. Ne5 Rff8 28. b3 (28. bxc3 $5 bxc3 29. Bc1 Rac8 30. Rf3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Qe4
31. Re3 Qxf4 $5 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33. Rh3+ Qh4 34. Rxh4+ Bxh4 35. g3 Rf1+ 36. Qxf1
Bxf1 37. gxh4 Bh3 $17) 28... Bf6 29. Ng4 Be8 $1 {Bishop's place is on diagonal
b1-h7.} 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4 Bg6 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 $17 {[%csl Rc2] Despite of the
opposite coloured bishops,who are considered a drawing factor and the material
balance white has extremly unpleasent ending:the difference in strength of the
bishops,weak pawn on c2,lack of coordination between white rooks-all this
makes white's life not so easy.} 33. Ra2 $8 (33. Rc1 Rab8 $19 {[%cal Gb8b5,
Gb5a5,Ga5a2]}) 33... h5 34. Bf2 Kh7 35. Re3 Rf7 36. Bh4 Rg8 37. g3 Be4 38. Re2
Kg6 39. Ra4 Rb7 40. h3 Re8 41. Ra1 e5 $1 $19 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. dxe5 Rxe5 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd5d3]} 44. Rf1 Rf5 45. Rxf5 (45. g4 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 hxg4 47.
hxg4 Rh7 48. Bf2 Rh1+ 49. Bg1 Kg5 $19) 45... Bxf5 46. Bd8 d4 47. g4 hxg4 48.
hxg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","f5c2","",3]} Bxc2 $1 49. Rxc2 d3 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5) 12. Bxd4 b5
13. h5 b4 (13... Qb6 14. g4 (14. h6 $5 g6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Qe3 Rac8 $11 17. Rd2
Rc7 18. Kb1 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Sobura,H-Rosiak,A/Jachranka POL tt 1987}) 14... Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 $14 h6 (16... f6 $5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bh3 Ra7 19. Kd2
Raf7 20. Re1 $14) 17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Nxa4 $14 {1-0 Sutovskij,E-Dizdar,G/
EU-chTM 1997 (37)}) (13... Qe7 14. h6 g6 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd3 Bb7 $6 (16...
Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 $14) (16... b4 17. Ne2 a5 {/\ Ba6}) 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Kb1 Rc7 19.
Nd4 Rac8 20. g4 Na4 $6 21. Rhe1 $36 {Metz,H-Leander,K/corr 1991 (44)}) 14. Ne2
(14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 (15... a5 16. Bb5 $1 {/\ 16... Ba6 17. Bd7 Qd7 18.
Nb6+-} (16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Bd3 (17. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 18. g4 Qc7 19. h6 g5 $1 $13)
17... Qc7 18. Rc1 $6 Rfc8 19. Qe3 Qc6 $11 {Michalek,J-Glek,I/Katowice op 1992 
(24)}) 16... Rb8 17. Bd3 Bb7 {/\ Bc6} 18. h6 $2 (18. f5 $1 exf5 19. h6 g6 $13 {
- 18. h6}) 18... g6 19. f5 $5 Bc6 $2 20. fxe6 (20. fxg6 $2 hxg6 $17) (20. Nc5
Qb6 $1 $17) 20... Qg5+ (20... fxe6 $2 21. Nc5 $16) 21. Kb1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5
23. Nc5 $14 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila (ol) 1992 (45)}) 16. b3 Bb7 {/\ Bc6} 17.
f5 (17. Rh3 Bc6 18. Nb2 $13 Qxa2 $6 (18... Rfc8 $1 19. f5 Qc7 $1 20. Qxb4 Nxe5
$10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL 9293/}) 19. f5 a5 20. Rg3 $40) 17... Bc6 18. Rh3
$5 Bxa4 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. bxa4 Qc7 $1 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Bd3 Nc5 $15 {De la Riva,
O-Campos,L/Barcelona UGA 1993 (38)}) 14... a5 15. Qe3 (15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3
Qc7 (16... Qb6 $5 17. f5 $5 a4 18. Kb1 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 exf5 21. Rxd5
Ra5 22. Nf4 h6 $2 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Rc1 Rc8 $2 (25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3
Qe4 $13) 26. Qd4 $16 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Rostov 1993 (30)}) 17. Kb1 (17. Nd4 $5
$13) 17... a4 18. Ng3 a3 19. b3 Ba6 20. Rd4 $14 {Rivera,D-Jurkovic,A/La Coruna
op 1993 (30)}) (15. f5 $6 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. h6 g6 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bb5
Qd6 $17 {Zakic,S-Dizdar,G/JUG-chT Cetinje 1990/0-1 (55)}) 15... Qc7 $1 {
Important improvment:queen is much better placed on c7} 16. Kb1 (16. g4 $5 {
[%cal Ge2g3,Gf4f5]}) 16... Ba6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng3 {[%csl Re4] Covering
square e4.} (18. Nd4 a4 19. Bxa6 (19. Bd3 b3 $1 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. cxb3 axb3 22.
Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Rb8 $40 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc7a7]}) 19... Rxa6 20. f5 Ne4 21.
Qf4 a3 $40) 18... Rfc8 19. Rc1 a4 20. Bxa6 ({Also after} 20. f5 $6 {[%csl Re5]}
a3 21. b3 exf5 22. Nxf5 Ne4 $17 {black has much better chanses.}) 20... Rxa6
21. Rhd1 a3 22. b3 Rc6 $36 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]} 23. Qd4 (23. f5 Nd7 $1 $17 {
[%csl Re5]}) (23. h6 $5) 23... Na6 24. Rd2 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 25. Qd3 $6 ({
Much better was} 25. Rh1 $1 h6 (25... Nc7 26. Ne2 Nb5 27. Qd3 $13) 26. Ne2 Nc7
27. Qd3 $132 {[%cal Gg3g5,Gg2g5] with counterplay.}) 25... Qh4 $15 26. Qf3 Rc3
27. Rd3 h6 $1 28. f5 $6 {The final mistake.} (28. Rh1 $2 Rxc2 $1 $19 29. Rxh4
Rc1#) (28. Qe3 $5 R8c6 29. f5) 28... Qg5 $1 $19 29. Qf1 (29. Nf1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3
Nc5 31. Qe3 Qxf5 $19) 29... Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nc5 31. Qf3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 $5 {It's qiete strange,but this logical move was never
tried in tournament practice.} (10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd1 $5 (11. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 12. Nd4
Bb7 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Nd1 Ne4 15. Qe3 a5 16. Nf2 Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Ba6
$11) 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bd4 b4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Qe3 a5 $132 {Diaz,
J-Borges Mateos,J/Santa Clara 1991 (54)}) 11... b4 12. Nf2 a5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 (
13... Nxc5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 Rd8 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Qc2 $14) 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Na4 18. Rab1 $14 {Kamsky,G-Morozevich,A/
Amsterdam Donner 1996 (59)}) 10... b5 (10... Qb6 $6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxc5 (12.
c3 $5 b6 $2 13. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} cxb4 14. cxb4 Qxb4 15. a3 $18) 12... Nxc5
13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. c3 b5 16. Qd2 $14) (10... f6 $5) 11. a3 Bb7 12.
Qe1 $5 {Showing an agressive intentions.} f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Rd1 $14 {
All white pieces are harmonically placed in the center,black pawn on e6 needs
protection,bishop on b7 is out of play:all this make white's advantage
indisputable.} Qc7 $1 {From now on black's play is unmistakable and it lets
him to hold the position.} (14... b4 15. axb4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxb4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6
18. Bd4 Rh6 19. Bg4 $14 {[%csl Re6]}) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 (17.
g3 $6 d4 $1 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 18. b4 $5 dxc3 19. bxc5 e5 $1 $36) 17... Ne4 $1 (
17... Nd7 18. Ng5 $1 Nf8 $1 (18... h6 $6 19. Bg4 $1 hxg5 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Nxd5
Rxe6 22. Qxe6 (22. Nxc7 $5 Rxe1 23. Rfxe1 Nb6 24. Nxa8 Bxa8 25. Re8+ Kh7 26.
fxg5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rh7][%cal Gd1d6]}) 22... Qc8 23. Ne7 $1 Nxe7 24. Rxd7 $18)
19. Bg4 Nd8 20. f5 $6 h6 $1 21. Nxe6 Nfxe6 22. fxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Qxc3 24. e7
Nf7 25. Be6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Re1 $1 (27. Rd3 $2 Re8 $1 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29.
Bxf7 Rxe7 $19) 27... Bc6 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. e8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 $132) 18.
Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. Bg4 Bd5 21. Bxe6+ $1 {The best chance to fight for
the advantage.} Bxe6 $1 (21... Rxe6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxe4 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6
25. Rd6 Bc4 $8 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Rd7 $14) 22. Qxe4 Qc6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ng8
25. Nh7+ Kf7 26. Ng5+ ({Also after} 26. Nxf6 Nxf6 27. Qh4 Qxc2 28. Rfe1 Qc3 (
28... Bd5 $2 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Qh5+ $18) 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 a5 $11 {the
draw is most probable result.}) 26... Kf8 27. Nh7+ Kf7 28. Ng5+ Kf8 29. Nh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {N} Qb6 (13...
b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 f6 (15... a5 16. Bb5 $1 Rb8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. h5 Bb7 19.
g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 $1 Qc6 (20... Bc6 21. Nc5 Qb6 22. Nb3 a4 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd4
$14) 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5 $14 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993 
(65)}) (15... Qa5 $5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 (17. Rg3 Rfc8 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. f5 $5 {
>< Pe5} Qc7 20. f6 g6 21. Qf4 Kh8 22. Re3 Bxa4 23. bxa4 $13 {Arakhamia,
K-Gurevich,M/Helsinki op 1992 (33)}) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb1 (18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3
Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {+/= Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leeuwarden 1992}) 18... bxc3 19. Rxc3
Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Rc8 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. Ne2 $14 {Herrera,I-Ramas,L/
CUB-ch 1993 (45)}) 16. Qxb4 fxe5 17. Qd6 Qf6 18. f5 $1 Qh6+ (18... Qxf5 $2 19.
Rf3 Qg4 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Nb6 $18) 19. Kb1 Rxf5 (19... Nf6) 20. Rf3 $36) (
13... Bb7 14. Kb1 (14. g4 $5 b4 15. Ne2 (15. Na4 $6 Qa5 16. b3 Bc6 $36) 15...
a5 16. g5 Ba6 17. h5 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. g6 $5 h6 (19... fxg6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Qe1 $5 g5 $5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. fxg5 $13) 20. Re3 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 a4 $13 {
Gruenfeld,Y-Gurevich,M/Haifa 1995 (33)}) (14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Bc6 17.
Nb2 Rfc8 $132 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/GER/1993}) (14. Rg3 $6 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Nc5 $1 (18... Qxa2 $6 19. Nd3 a5 $2 20. Kd2 $1 $18)
19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Ne4 $15 {Dutreeuw,M-Gurevich,M/Brussels op
1995 (44)}) 14... b4 (14... Bxd4 $5) 15. Ne2 $5 (15. Na4 $6 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5
17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qc5 19. c3 a5 $36) 15... a5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Bg2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2
Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc7 20. g5 $14 {Lau,R-Knaak,R/BL 1995 (41)}) 14. h5 Bb7 (14...
Ra7 $5 15. Rg3 (15. g4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Be2
Raf7 $13) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 $132 {
Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL 1993 (66)}) 15. g4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h6 $6 (
17... f6 $5 $132 18. exf6 gxf6 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gd5d4]} (18... Nxf6 19. Be2 Ne4 20.
Nxe4 (20. Rf3 Rf7 21. a4 Raf8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rg3 Rxf4 25. Bxb5
Rf3 $132) 20... dxe4 21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Re7 Rxf4 23. h6 Rf7 24. Rxe6 Rf6 25. Rxf6
gxf6 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Ke3 $14) (18... Rxf6 19. Bg2 (19. g5 e5 20. Rxd5 Rf7 21.
Rd1 exf4 22. a4 Ne5 $13) 19... Raf8 20. Ne2 {[%cal Gh3c3,Gc3c7,Gg4g5,Gg2h3]} h6
21. Rc3 Nb6 $14 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 19. Bg2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf4f5]} Nc5 (19... Nb6
20. f5 e5 21. Rd1 e4 22. b3 $16 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4]}) (19... f5 $5 20. g5 h6
$132) 20. b4 e5 21. Bxd5+ (21. fxe5 Ne6 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Nxd5 Nxh3 $15) 21...
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. Ne2 exf4 24. Rf3 Rad8 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxf4 $16) (17... g5 $1 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg2 (19. Bd3 Nb8 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]
[%cal Gb8c6]}) 19... g5 20. f5 (20. Ne2 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Rae8 22. Rh5 Nb8 $1 $132)
20... exf5 21. e6 Nb6 22. Rh5 h6 $1 $13) 18. Re3 $1 $14 Bc6 19. g5 Nc5 $6 (
19... hxg5 20. fxg5 Rab8 $14) 20. b4 Nd7 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. f5 $1 Kh8 23. fxe6
fxe6 24. Bh3 Nb6 (24... Rae8 25. Ne2 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Ge2f4]} Rf2 26. Rf4
$1 Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Nf8 28. Rc3 Bd7 29. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf4d3,Gd3c5]})
25. Re1 (25. Bxe6 $2 Rae8 26. Bh3 Nc4 27. Re1 Rf3 28. Rd3 d4 $1 $17) 25... Rf3
26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 a5 (27... Bd7 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Kd2 Rf8 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31.
Ke3 $16 {[%cal Gg1g6,Ge3c5]}) 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Re2 d4 $6 (29... b4 $1 30. Nd1
d4 $1 31. Bxe6 Bf3 32. Rf2 Rxe5 33. Rxf3 Rxe6 34. Rf4 $14) 30. Ne4 Bd5 31. Nf6
$1 $16 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Bxa2 33. Kb2 Bd5 34. Ka3 {Despite of the fact that black
is a pawn up his position is hopeless because white king is much better than
his opponent and it makes all the difference!} Na4 35. Nxd5 exd5 36. Kb4 Nc3
37. Kc5 $18 {[%cal Ge5e8]} Ne2 38. e6 Kg7 39. e7 Kf7 40. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 12th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Qe3 Qe7 $6 {[%csl Ge5] The queen
belongs to c7: it's necessary for black to keep an eye on e5, since f5 break
is pretty difficult to handle.} (12... Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5
15. Ne2 b6 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. c3 Nf8 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. g4 Bb5 20. Qd2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2
$14 {Pavlovic,M-Wustefeld,E/Dieren 2004}) 14. Qh3 (14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Qh3 g6 16.
Qg3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. h4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. h5 $16 {Pavlov,O-Degterev,A/
Novosibirsk 2002}) 14... g6 15. Qe3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. h4 Ba6 18. h5 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Rfc8 $132 {Manelis,V-Chuprikov,D/Voronezh 2001}) 13. Bd3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5
$6 {Black doesn't feel the danger and keeps playing "logical"moves, which are
typical for this structure.} (14... Qc5 15. Ne2 $14) 15. Kb1 b5 $6 {Missing
the last chance to put up serious resistance.} (15... Nxd3 16. Rxd3 f5 17. exf6
Qxf6 18. g3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Re6][%cal Gh1e1,Gc3e2,Ge2d4]}) 16. f5 $16 {[%cal
Gf5f6] After this move white's attack is simply unstoppable.} exf5 ({Better
try was} 16... Nxd3 $142 17. Rxd3 Qa7 18. Qh4 f6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qf7 23. Rdd1 $16 {hoping to survive in the endgame with
a pawn down.}) 17. Nxd5 Qa7 18. Qh4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd5e7]} Kh8 19. Rhf1 Nxd3
20. Rxd3 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd3h3]} Be6 (20... h6 21. Nf6 Qc5 22. Qf4 Qc4 23. Rd4
Qe2 24. Rd3 $16) 21. Nf6 h6 22. Rh3 f4 23. g4 fxg3 24. Qe4 {It was just too
easy for white!} 1-0

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7
14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd7 $132 {Luther,T-Mueller,K/Altensteig 1992})
10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. Bxc5 {One of the most popular lines
in french defense leading to complicated struggle with mutual chanses.} (13.
Rh3 Bb7 (13... b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. Kb1 Qc7 (16... Ba6 17.
Bxa6 Rxa6 18. c4 $36) (16... f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rf3 Ne4 $13 20.
Bd3 Bb7) 17. Bb5 $14 {Glek,I-Kortschnoj,V/Hessen-ch int 1999}) 14... a5 15. g4
Ba6 16. g5 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Rc1 a4 20. h5 a3 $132 {Brustman,
A-Zielinska,M/55th chTeam-POL 1999}) 14. Kb1 (14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $13 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293}) 14... b4 15.
Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qc5 19. c3 $14 {David,A-Luther,T/
Frankfurt Ordix op 1998}) (13. h5 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17.
f5 Bc6 18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6 Kh8 $13 {Gallagher,J-Barsov,A/Bern op 1994}) 13...
Nxc5 14. Qd4 (14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Rh3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Bd3 Ba6 $132 {
Van Blitterswijk,S-Kalinin,A/Corus Reserve Group 2000}) 14... Qc7 15. a3 (15.
Rh3 Bb7 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 18. Rc3 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Ne4 $19 {Ljubicic,
F-Dizdar,G/Solin 1994}) 15... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ga8b8,Ga6a5,Gb5b4] This move is
certain improvment comparing to 15...Bb7. After the move in the game black
gets sufficient counterchanses.} (15... Bb7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. h5
Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a5 22. Rd2 $14 {Apicella,M-Miljanic,B/
Ciocaltea Mem 2000}) 16. f5 Rfc8 17. f6 $6 {Inaccuracy after which black
seizes the initiative} (17. h5 $5 Ne4 18. Rh3 exf5 $1 (18... b4 $6 19. axb4 a5
20. b5 a4 21. b6 $16) (18... Rab8 19. h6 a5 20. Bd3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qc5 (21...
Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxc3 $14) 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23.
hxg7 exf5 24. Rdh1 $14) 19. h6 gxh6 $13) 17... gxf6 18. exf6 Kh8 19. Kb1 $6 {
Too slow, it was necassary to play} (19. Bd3 $1 a5 20. Bxh7 e5 (20... Kxh7 $2
21. Qg4 Rg8 22. Qh5#) 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Nxb5 Bxd5 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxd5 Kxh7
$13) 19... Rab8 $17 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gb5b4]} 20. Be2 a5 21. Bh5 $5 b4 22. Bxf7 (22.
axb4 Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 23. Bxf7 (23. Nxe4 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Rxb4 $19) 23... Rxb4
$19 {[%cal Ge4c3]}) 22... e5 $5 $19 23. Qe3 (23. Nxd5 exd4 24. Nxc7 bxa3 $1 (
24... Rxc7 25. axb4 Rxb4 $19) 25. Nd5 Rxb2+ 26. Ka1 Rf8 27. Bh5 Rxc2 $19) 23...
Bf5 (23... bxc3 24. Qh6 Rxb2+ 25. Ka1 Ne6 26. Bg6 Ba4 $19) 24. axb4 axb4 25.
Nxd5 Qxf7 26. Ne7 b3 $1 27. Nxf5 bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Ne4+ (28... Ne4+ 29. Kb1 (29.
Kd3 Qc4#) 29... Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Felsberger, Alfred"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 {#} 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 {On the
evaluation of this ending depends the evaluation of whole variation.So far
white has attempted the folowing possibilities: A) 13.0-0-0. B) 13.Bd3 C) 13.
a4, D) 13.Nb5,but he is still facing some difficulties in getting significient
advantage:} 13. Nb5 (13. O-O-O a6 (13... Bd7 14. Bd3 h5 $5 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Nd4
g6 17. g3 Bc6 18. Rde1 Nd7 19. c3 $10 {Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/Lucern/1985}) 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Ne2 Nc8 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Rhf1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 (18. c3 $5 $14) 18... Bxc6
19. f5 Bd7 20. f6 g6 21. Rf3 $36 {Hartmann,G-Moors,H/BL/1986}) (13. Bd3 Ke7 14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. Rhf1 Bc6 (15... g5 $5 16. f5 $5 Bc6 $5 $13 {/\ Nd7}) 16. Ne2 f6
17. exf6+ gxf6 18. Nd4 Kd6 (18... e5 $6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rde1 e4 21. c4 $36)
19. Rde1 Rae8 20. g4 $5 $36 {Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1992}) (13. a4 {
/\ a5} a5 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6 $5 16. exf6+ (16. Kd2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 {>< Pe5
}) 16... gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Bxb5 (18... h5 $6 19. Nc7 $1 Rac8 20. Nxe6
Bxe6 21. f5 $14) 19. Bxb5 Nc8 20. c4 (20. Re3 Nd6 21. Rhe1 Ne4+ $15) 20... Nb6
$5 (20... dxc4 21. Bxc4 Rd8+ 22. Kc3 Rd6 23. Rd1 $14 {Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,M/
Manila(izt)/1990}) 21. cxd5 (21. c5 Nd7 22. c6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rad8 $15 {
Georgiev,Kir}) 21... Nxd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kc1 Rac8+ 24. Bc4 $10 {Georgiev,Kir})
13... Ke7 14. O-O-O (14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 (15... g6 $6 16. b3 h5 17. Kd2 a6
18. a4 Nc8 19. b4 Kd8 20. Rhc1 a5 21. Rcb1 Kc7 22. Ra3 $14 {Timann,J-Korchnoi,
V/Brussels SWIFT/1986}) (15... Nc4 $5 16. b3 Na5 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Ke3 Rac8 19.
Rab1 h6 20. Nxc6+ Rxc6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 g6 $10 {Arnasson,J-Dolmatov,S/Akureyri/
1988}) (15... h5 16. b3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/URS-chTJ Kramatorsk 1989
}) 16. O-O-O Nc5 {This is considered to be the main line of variation.} 17. Kd2
(17. Rde1 $6 h5 $1 18. g3 Rag8 19. Rhg1 g5 20. f5 g4 $1 21. f6+ Kd8 22. Re3 h4
23. b4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 Rh2 $17 {Timman,J-Chernin,A/Montpellier(ct)
/1985}) (17. Rhf1 g6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Kb2 a6 20. Rf3 h5 21. g3 Rcg8 22. Rdf1 Be8
23. Re3 g5 24. f5 g4 25. Be2 $5 Rg5 26. Rc3 $5 b6 27. Kc1 {/\ b4} a5 28. a3 $14
{Chiburdanidze,M-Vareille,F/Montpellier/1986}) 17... g5 $5 {#} (17... h5 18.
Rhf1 h4 $5 (18... g6 19. Rde1 $14) 19. Rf2 (19. f5 Nxd3 20. Kxd3 Rh5 21. fxe6
Bxe6 $10 {Nunn,J}) 19... Rac8 20. Rdf1 f5 $5 (20... a6 21. f5 Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Rh5
23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 $16) 21. Ke3 a6 $14 (21... g5 $6 22. fxg5 Rcg8 23. b4 $1
Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rxg5 25. Rc1 $16 {Hunn,J-Hjartarsson,J/Linares/1988})) 18. fxg5
Rag8 19. h4 (19. Nf3 Ne4+ 20. Kc1 Nxg5 $15) 19... h6 20. Nf3 (20. g4 $5 hxg5
21. h5 Nxd3 (21... Rh6 22. Rdf1 {-> f6,f7}) (21... f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Rhf1+
Ke7 24. Rde1 Kd6 25. Rf6 Ke7 26. Ref1) 22. Kxd3 f6 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Rhf1+ Ke7
25. Rde1 Rf8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Re5 Kf6 28. Re1 Ke7 $10) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 (
21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nxg5 24. Rh5 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Bc6 $10 {
Nunn, J-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee/1990}) 21... Rxh4 $5 22. Rxh4 Rxg5 23. g4 (23.
Re1 Rxg2+ 24. Re2 {Christiansen,L-Gurevich,M/Reykjavik/1990} Rg8 $5 $44 {
Gurevich,M}) 23... Rxe5 24. Rh5 Ne4+ $5 {#} 25. Bxe4 (25. Kc1 Ng5 $44 {
Gurevich,M}) 25... Rxe4 26. Re1 Rd4+ 27. Kc1 Bc6 28. Rg1 Rf4 $10) (14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3}) (14. b3 $5 Bd7 (14... f6 $5 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. a4 a5 17.
Nc7 $6 Rb8 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. O-O Kd6 $132 {Nijboer,F-Hoeksema,E/NLD-ch sf
Enschede 1991 (60)}) 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kd2 h5 18. g3 Rac8 19. a4 $14) (
14. a4 $5 Bd7 15. a5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Kd2 g5 $1 $132 {Luther,
T-Mueller,K/Altensteig 1992 (32)}) (14. h4 h5 15. Rh3 $5 Bd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. b3
a6 18. Rc3 Rhc8 19. Kd2 $14 {Gallagher,J-Kelecevic,N/Biel Credis 1996 (43)}) (
14. Kd2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bd3 g6 18. a4 $5 a5 19. Raf1 h5 20. g3
Rag8 21. h4 $14 {Ehlvest, J-Gurevich,M/Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 14... Bd7
15. Nd4 Rac8 $5 {This move seems to be a novelty,but it does'nt change
anything in the position:white has to play on the kingside,while black tries
to create a counterplay on the queenside by doubling the rooks over the c-file
and transfering the knight to c6.} (15... Na4 16. Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3} (16. Bd3 Nc5
17. Rhf1 (17. Kd2 f5 $5 18. Rdg1 (18. exf6+ gxf6 19. Rde1 Kd6 20. g4 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 $13) 18... h5 $5 19. g3 Rag8 20. h3 $2 g5 21. b4 Ne4+ 22. Ke3 Rg7 $36 {
Mainka,G-Schmidt,B/BL 1990/0-1 (53)}) 17... g6 (17... Bc6 18. Rf3 Nd7 19. Re3
Rhc8 20. f5 g6 21. g4 $14 {Clerides-Elbilia/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 
(31)}) 18. Rf3 h5 19. g3 Rag8 $10 {Fogarasi Tibor-Namgilov Sogto/It (cat.9),
Budapest (Hungary) 1996 (28)})) (15... h5 $5 16. Bd3 (16. g3 Na4 17. Bd3 Nc5
18. h3 $1 Rag8 19. Rhf1 g6 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rc1 $1 Bd7 22. b4 Na4 23. c4 $14 {
Chandler,M-Short,N/Hastings A1 1988/1/2-1/2 (82)}) 16... g6 17. g3 a6 18. h3
Nc8 19. Kd2 Na7 20. c3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/Bruxelles/1985})
(15... a6 16. Bd3 (16. g3 Nc8 17. Bg2 Na7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. c3 Rc7 {1/2-1/2
Chandler,M-Chernin,A/Moscow GMA-qual f 1990}) 16... Nc8 $5 17. g4 Na7 18. Rhg1
Nc6 19. c3 Rac8 20. Be2 b5 21. Nxc6+ Bxc6 22. Rd4 $14 {Shmuter,L-Dickenson,N/
ECC - Tyniste n. Orlici 1995 (28)}) 16. Bd3 (16. b3 $5) 16... Nc4 17. Rde1 $6
Na5 18. Kd2 Nc6 19. Nf3 (19. c3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 h5 21. Rc1 g6 $10) 19... a6 20.
h4 $6 {Depriving himself the play on the kingside and letting black to do what
he wishes.} (20. g4 h5 21. h3 (21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Rhg1 g6 23. a3 Na7 $10) 21...
g6 22. a3 Na7 23. Nd4 Bb5 $132) 20... h5 $1 {Of course!} 21. Rhf1 g6 22. a3 (
22. c3 $5) 22... Rc7 23. Rh1 Na7 24. Nd4 Bb5 25. Rc1 (25. Nxb5 $5 Nxb5 26. Bxb5
axb5 27. c3 Rc4 28. g3 $10) 25... Rhc8 26. Rhe1 Bc4 $5 27. a4 Nc6 28. Nxc6+
Rxc6 29. g3 $6 (29. b3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 d4 $5 31. Rc4 $10) 29... Rb6 $1 $15 {
Finaly getting a chanse to make some progress.It's quiet interesting to
observe how black move by move is improving position,while white is just
moving the pieces!} 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. b3 Rc5 32. Re3 Rbc6 33. Rd3 b5 34. axb5
axb5 35. b4 (35. c3 b4 36. Rc2 f6 37. Rc1 Kf7 38. Rc2 g5 $1 $17) 35... Rc4 36.
c3 Ra6 $1 $17 37. Rc2 f6 {Bringing the king to the center decides the game.}
38. Rd4 Rc8 39. exf6+ (39. Ke3 Ra3 40. Kd3 (40. Rd3 Rc4 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Kd2
Kf5 {39.e:f6}) 40... Ra1 41. Ke2 fxe5 42. fxe5 Rf8 $17) 39... Kxf6 40. Ke3 Ra3
41. Rd3 Rc4 $1 42. Kd2 Kf5 43. Re3 Re4 44. Kd3 ({More persistant was} 44. Rd3 {
with some drawing chances.}) 44... Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 e5 46. fxe5 Kxe5 47. Kf2 Ke4
48. Re2+ Kd3 49. Re6 Kxc3 50. Rxg6 d4 $1 $19 {This pawn will cost white a rook
so there is no reason to capture the pawn on b4 and to lose precious time.} 51.
Rg5 d3 52. Rxb5 Ra1 53. Rxh5 d2 54. Rd5 d1=Q 55. Rxd1 Rxd1 56. Ke3 Kxb4 57. h5
Kc5 58. Ke4 Kd6 59. Kf5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 {One of the three main
continuations in this variation.} (12. O-O-O) (12. Nb5 $5) 12... Nxb6 13. a4 $5
a5 (13... Ke7 14. a5 Nd7 15. Kd2 g5 16. g3 gxf4 17. gxf4 f6 18. Rg1 $11 (18.
exf6+ Nxf6 19. Bd3 (19. Rg1 Bd7 $14) 19... Bd7 20. Ne2 Rhg8 21. Rhg1 Kd6 22. c3
{1/2-1/2 Short,N-Timman,J/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48}) 18... fxe5 19. Bh3 $6 (19. Re1
$5 $11) 19... exf4 20. Rae1 Nf8 $6 $11 {Kasparov,G-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1997/1-0 
(73)}) (13... Bd7 $6 {Georgiev,Ki} 14. a5 $14 Nc8 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Nb5 $6 Bxb5
17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. a6 $6 b6 $15 {Betko,L-Lembak,J/SVK-chT 1994/0-1 (65)}) 14.
Kd2 {More ambitious is} (14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6 $1 (15... Bd7 16. Kd2 {/\ Re1,
Nd4+/-}) 16. exf6+ (16. Kd2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 {><e5}) 16... gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7
18. Re1 $1 $14 {with certain opening advantage;Georgiev,K-Gurevich,M/Manila 
(izt) 1990 (40)}) 14... Bd7 15. b3 ({Of course not} 15. Nb5 Bxb5 $1 16. Bxb5+
Ke7 17. b3 Rac8 $11 {and black has no opening problems.}) 15... Ke7 16. Re1 (
16. Bd3 $5 Rag8 (16... h5 $5) 17. g4 h5 18. h3 g6 19. Ne2 g5 $5 (19... hxg4 20.
hxg4 g5 21. Rxh8 $1 (21. f5 $6 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Raf1+ Ke5
25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Bf5 Rf8 $11) 21... Rxh8 22. fxg5 Rg8 23. g6 Be8 $5 {[%csl
Re5]} 24. Nd4 $1 Nd7 25. Nf3 fxg6 26. Rh1 Rf8 27. Ke3 $14) 20. f5 f6 $5 21.
exf6+ Kxf6 22. fxe6 (22. Ng3 hxg4 $1 23. hxg4 e5 $132) 22... Kxe6 (22... Bxe6
$6 23. Rhf1+ Ke5 24. Rae1 Kd6 25. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Re6][%cal Gf1f6]}) 23. Ng3
hxg4 24. hxg4 Kd6 25. Bf5 $14) 16... Rag8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 17. h4 h6 18. Bd3 $6 {
Giving black the possibility to transfer g5 and to equalize.Deserved attention}
(18. g4 $5 g5 $6 (18... h5 $1 19. g5 $5 (19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Be2 Rh7 21. h5 (21.
Bf3 Rgh8 22. h5 Bc6 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Ng3 Nc5 $13) 21... d4 $1 22. Ne4 Nd5 $132)
19... g6 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rhc8 23. Rh3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gh3b3]})
19. fxg5 hxg5 20. h5 Rh6 21. Bd3 Bc6 (21... f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Rhf1+ Kg7 24.
Re5 Kh8 25. Rf7 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd7,Re6][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gd4e6]}) 22. Ne2 Nd7
23. Nd4 $14) 18... g5 $1 $11 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g3 (20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. fxg5 Rh5
$1 $11) 20... Bc6 {Bringing the knight into the game.} 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Ne2
Nd7 23. Nd4 Rh3 $1 {Afer this move the draw is inevitable:white has to
exchange the remaining pieces and neither side can make a progress.} 24. Rg1
gxf4 25. gxf4 Rh4 26. Ke3 Rh3+ 27. Kf2 (27. Nf3 $4 d4+ $19) 27... Nc5 28. Rg3
Rxg3 29. Kxg3 Nxd3 30. cxd3 f6 31. Kf3 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bd7 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rb3 Qa5 15. Qe3 (15. Qf2 f6 (15... f5 16. Rfb1 Be7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxb7 Qd8
19. Bc5 $16 {Kruppa,Y-Kaidanov,G/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988}) 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17.
exf6 gxf6 18. Rfb1 Bd6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Rxb7 $16 {Kruppa,Y-Nikolenko,O/
Budapest 1990/CBM 17}) (15. f5 Qxb5 $2 16. f6 $1 h6 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf4 Qc4
19. Nb5 $1 $18 {Solodovnichenko,Y-Timoshenko,I/Alushta 1999/CBM 70}) 15... Nb6
16. Qg3 (16. f5 exf5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Rf6 20. Rxb4 Nc4 $13 {
Gallagher,J-Zueger,B/Biel 1998/EXT 99}) 16... Nc4 17. f5 Rd8 (17... exf5 $6 18.
e6 $1 f6 19. Rxb4 Qxb4 20. e7 Qxe7 21. Nxd5 Qe2 22. Bxf6 $16 {Pavasovic,
D-Zueger,B/Portoroz 1998/EXT 99}) 18. Rf4 $5 {Only this move appears to be a
novelty! In any case it leads to extremly complicated position with good
attacking chanses for white.} (18. Qh4 Bf8 19. Na4 exf5 $6 20. Nb6 axb6 21.
Qxd8 Be6 22. Qh4 Qd2 23. Qf2 $14 {Peptan,C-Zueger,B/Biel 1998/EXT 99}) 18...
Bf8 (18... exf5 $2 19. e6 g6 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh4 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh4f6,
Gh4h7]}) 19. f6 g6 20. Rh4 $5 {Starting a forced play with quiet unclear
consequances} a6 (20... Nd2 21. Qh3 h5 $8 22. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Nxb3 24.
Bd3 $3 {[%csl Gh7]} Bg7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Bb5+ Qxb5 28. Nxb5 $18)
21. Qh3 h5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 axb5 24. Kf2 $3 {The 'poente' of white's
combination! Now white threatens to move the knight bringing his rook to attack
} (24. Ne4 $4 Qe1#) 24... Qa3 $8 {black has enough material to give back the
queen!} (24... Bd7 $2 25. Ne4 Qa3 26. Ng5 $18) 25. Nxb5 Qxb3 26. axb3 Na3 27.
Nd6 $2 (27. Nc7 $1 Bd7 (27... Ra5 28. b4 $1 Ra4 29. Bc5 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 28.
Nxa8 Rxa8 29. b4 $1 {[%cal Gd4c5]} Rc8 $8 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Qh3+ $18 {[%cal
Gh3a3,Gh3h7]}) (27. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Nxb5 28. Bh6) 27... Rxd6 $8 28. Bc5
Nb5 $8 29. exd6 Bd7 30. Be3 Nxd6 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Ne8 $11 {Bringing
another defender! '+/=' Hecht. Etwa gleiche Aussichten für beide Seiten, wobei
Weiß das Remis jederzeit in der Tasche hat. Der Spieler mit den besseren
Nerven gewinnt.'} 33. Ke3 {White always have the possibility to give the
perpetual, but he keeps on playing for win, although his position isn't better
any more.} Ra6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 34. Qg5+ Kh7 (34... Kf8 $5) 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qe5
Rd6 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 37. Kd4 Rc6 38. Kd3 d4 $1 {Bringing bishop to play} 39. h4
Rd6 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qc5 $6 {Extremly risky continuation, leading
to black's advantage.} (42. Qg5+ $11) 42... Rd5 43. Qe7 Bb5+ 44. Kd2 Rf5 $17 (
44... Nd6 $5 {Hecht} 45. g4 Ne4+ 46. Kc1 $13) 45. g4 Rf2+ 46. Kc1 Nxf6 47. Qxb7
$5 (47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qxd4 Rf1+ 49. Kb2 $13) 47... Rf1+ 48. Kb2 Nd5 (48... Be2)
49. Qa7 $2 (49. Qxb5 Rb1+ 50. Ka3 Ra1+ 51. Kb2 $11) 49... Rd1 $6 (49... d3 $1
50. Qb8+ (50. cxd3 Bxd3 51. Qb8+ Kh7 $17) 50... Kg7 51. Qxb5 Rb1+ 52. Kxb1 (52.
Ka3 dxc2 $19) 52... Nc3+ 53. Kb2 Nxb5 54. cxd3 f5 $17) 50. g5 Be2 (50... d3 $1)
51. Qb8+ Kh7 $2 (51... Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kg6 (52... Kg8 {Hecht} 53. Qxe2 Rb1+ 54.
Ka3 Ra1+ $11) 53. Qxe2 Rb1+ $11) 52. Qf8 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Rf1 53. h5 {'!' Hecht.
} (53. Qh6+ Kg8 54. g6 Nf6 $1 (54... fxg6 55. Qxg6+ Kf8 56. Qxe6 $16) 55. g7
Nh7 56. Qd2 d3 57. cxd3 Bh5 $17) 53... Rf5 54. h6 $1 Rxg5 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 (55...
Kxh6 $2 56. Qxe6+ $18) 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qd7+ Kh8 58. Qxe6 {Hecht: 'Schwarz hat
die Stützpunkte für seine Figuren verloren.'} d3 $6 (58... Bh5 59. b4 $16) (
58... Bg4 {Hecht} 59. Qf7 Bh5 60. Qd7 $22) 59. c4 $18 Rg2 {'?' Hecht.} (59...
Bg4 $1 {Hecht} 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qd8 Kxh6 62. Kc1 {[%csl Rd5]} Be6 63. Qd6 Kg7
64. cxd5 (64. Qxe6 {Hecht} Rg1+ 65. Kb2 (65. Kd2 {Hecht} Rg2+ $19) 65... d2 66.
Qd7+ Kg6 67. Qe8+ Kg7 $11) 64... d2+ 65. Kd1 Bf7 $11) 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qe4+
Kxh6 (61... Rg6 {Hecht} 62. Qxd5 Kxh6 63. c5 $18) 62. Qxg2 Nf4 63. Qg3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.12.30"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. O-O-O ({Another popular
continuation is} 12. Nb5 $5) 12... Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Ke7 14. g3 (14. Bb5 $5 Nb6 15.
Rf1 g6 16. Rf3 h5 17. a4 $5 a5 18. Rfd3 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne4 $1 $36 {
Szalanczy,E-Somlai,L/Zalakaros op 1992 (41)}) (14. h4 $5 h5 15. Be2 (15. Rh3 g6
16. Nb5 $5 Nb8 17. c4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Rb8 19. Rc3 $14 {Mencinger Vojko-Brezovar M/
It (open), Ljubljana (Slovenia) 1995 (67)}) 15... Nb8 16. Rd2 Bd7 (16... Nc6
17. Rhd1 Bd7 18. Ne4 $1 $36) 17. Rhd1 g6 18. b3 $1 {[#]} Bc6 (18... Nc6 19. Ne4
$1 $16) (18... a6 19. a4 Bc6 20. Kb2 Nd7 21. a5 Rhb8 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Rb4 $14 {
Dreev,A-Bareev,E;1991,1-0}) 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Ne2 Rhc8 21. Nd4 $1 {White is
better, but Black has a solid position.} Rc7 22. Kb2 Nb6 23. Rd3 $1 $14 {
Leko,P-Ruzele,D/Debrecen/1992} (23. a4 Bxa4 $1 $13 24. bxa4 Nc4+)) (14. Be2 Nb8
15. Re1 $5 (15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd4 Rac8 19. Nd1 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,M/URS-ch54 Minsk 1987}) 15... Nc6 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Nb5 g5 18.
g3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Rhg8 20. Nd6 f6 21. c4 $1 fxe5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. fxe5 Be6 24.
Bf3 Raf8 $1 $10 {Abramovic,B-Kajdanov,G/New York/1990}) 14... Nb8 $5 {
Transfering the knight to c6 which is the most natural place for it.} (14... g6
15. Bg2 h5 16. Rhd1 Nb6 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Bd7 19. Rad4 $14 {Westerinen,
H-Schmittdiel,E/BL2-W 1989 (65)}) 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. h4 $6 {Permiting
black to close the kingside and by this to solve opening problems.Better was} (
17. g4 Bd7 $5 (17... g5 $2 18. fxg5 Rg8 (18... Nxe5 $6 19. Re1 $1 Nxg4 (19...
Kd6 20. Bxd5 $1) 20. Nxd5+ Kf8 21. Nc7 $1 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rb8 23. h3 $18) 19. h4
Nxe5 20. Re1 Nxg4 21. Nxd5+ Kf8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Rd8+ $16) 18. h4 Rac8 19. Re1
Na5 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Rd3 $14) 17... h5 18. Rhd1 (18. f5 $5 exf5 (18... Nxe5 $6
19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxd5+ Kf8 21. Nc7 Rxd2 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ 24. Kc1
$14) 19. Nxd5+ Kf8 20. Nc7 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Rb8 22. Re1 Be6 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Ne2
Rac8 20. Kb1 g6 21. c3 {White's position seems better but the problem is that
it's extremly difficult to breakthrough rock-solid position of black.For the
next 20 moves both sides try to create weaknesses in the opponent's camp and
position does'nt change much.} Rc7 22. Bf1 Rdc8 23. Ng1 a6 24. Nf3 Na7 25. Nd4
Bb5 26. Bg2 (26. Nxb5 $5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Rd4 Rc4 29. Kc2 Kd7 30. Kb3 $14
) 26... Ba4 27. Re1 Nc6 28. Nf3 (28. Nxc6+ Bxc6 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Rd4 a5 31. Re1
b6 $11) 28... Na5 29. Bf1 Bd7 30. Nd4 Nc6 31. Nb3 Na7 32. Nd4 Bb5 33. Bg2 Bd7
34. Bf3 Nc6 35. Nb3 Rh8 36. Be2 Na7 37. Nd4 Nc6 38. Nf3 Na7 39. Ng5 Bb5 40. Bf3
Bd7 41. Kc1 Bb5 42. Kb1 Bd7 43. Nh3 Bb5 44. f5 $5 {[%csl Rh5] Finaly deciding
to make an attempt to create something on the board,but arising complication
don't bring anything to white.} gxf5 45. Nf4 Rcc8 $1 46. Nxh5 Rcg8 47. Kc2 Nc6
48. Rg2 Rc8 $1 {Preparing d4 with initiative.} 49. Kd2 d4 $15 50. Nf4 (50. cxd4
$2 Nxd4 51. Bd1 Rxh5 $5 52. Bxh5 Rc2+ 53. Ke3 Rxg2 54. Kxd4 Rxg3 $17) 50...
dxc3+ 51. bxc3 Rhd8+ 52. Kc1 Nd4 53. Bd1 Rxc3+ 54. Kb2 Rc4 (54... Rc5 $5 55.
Rd2 $8 Nc6 56. Rxd8 Nxd8 (56... Kxd8 $2 57. h5 Rxe5 58. Rh1 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gh5h8]}) 57. h5 Rc8 $1 58. h6 Nc6 $17) 55. h5 Rdc8 56. Bb3 Nxb3 $6 {Without
the knight black's advantage is not so significient.} (56... R4c5 $5 $17) 57.
axb3 R4c5 58. h6 Bc6 59. Rd2 Rh8 60. Rh2 Be4 61. g4 Rhc8 (61... Rxe5 $6 62. g5
Rc5 63. g6 Rcc8 $8 64. h7 Kf6 65. Rg1 fxg6 66. Rxg6+ $1 Ke5 67. Nxe6 $44) 62.
Ka3 $132 Ra5+ 63. Kb2 Rac5 64. Ka3 Ra5+ 65. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 (7. c3 $5
c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 b5 12. Be3 c4 13. Qc2 Bb7 14.
Ng3 Qh4 15. a4 $1 $14 {Rogers,I-Visser,Y/Oostende op 1992 (32)}) (7. a4 b6 8.
Ne2 (8. Nh3 Bb7 (8... Nc6 $6 9. c3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Qh5 $1 g6 12. Qg4 Ne7 13.
Nf4 Nf5 $2 14. Nxe6 $1 $18 {Levacic,P-Marinescu,M/Cannes opB18th 1997 (26)}) 9.
Nf4 (9. O-O $5 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf4 Be7 14. Qg4 g6
15. Rac1 $14 {Seifert,H-Przewoznik,J/Bielsko Biala op 1990 (40)}) 9... Nc6 10.
Be3 Ne7 11. Qg4 g6 12. O-O h5 13. Qe2 Bh6 14. Rad1 Nf5 $13 {Pedzich,
D-Przewoznik,J/POL-ch Warszawa 1990 (34)}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 (
10... Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Bb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $1 14. Nf4 g6 15. Qg4 $14 {
Psakhis,L-Kobalija,M/Vienna Open 1996/1-0 (56)}) 11. cxd4 Be7 $6 12. Nc3 Bb4 $2
13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qg4 $16 {Ginzburg,M-Wolrich,C/WchJ
Verdun 1995 (22)}) (7. d5 $6 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 fxe6 11. Bxe6
Nc6 $36 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nh3 Nd4 14. Bb3 e3 $1 $17 {Pergel,L-Kobalija,M/EU-chJ
U16 Herculane 1994 (34)}) 7... b5 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Bb7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+
(10... Bb7) 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Bb7 13. Bc2 f5 $6 (13... Nd7 14. Ng3 $14)
14. exf6 gxf6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nf4 Nf8 (16... Qe7 17. d5 $16) 17. Qe3 f5 18. f3
$16 {Kuporosov,V-Przewoznik,J/Karvina 1992 (18)}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 $6 {
After this move white gets a big advantage.Better was} (11... Qh4 $5 12. f4 Rd8
$5 (12... exf3 13. Rxf3 Be7 14. Nf4 $36 {[%csl Rh4]}) 13. Qe1 Qxe1 14. Raxe1
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 $14 {Mortensen,E-Binham,T/Helsinki 1983 
(56)}) 12. Ng3 h5 $6 13. Nxh5 $5 {This move also gives white an advantage,but
he had even better options:} (13. f3 $1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 (14... Qb6 15. fxe4
Nxe5 16. Nxh5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Qf3 $1 $18) 15. Nxe4 Nxb3 16.
Qxb3 Bd5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qf2 $16) (13. Bc2 $5 $16) 13... g6 14. Nf4 {Giving
black some counterchanses.} (14. Ng3 $1 $16) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bc2
Nc4 17. Qb1 $6 {White's play in the opening is not very convincing.} (17. b3 $5
Na3 $1 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 $16) 17... Bg5 18. Bxe4
Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxd4 $1 {Suddenly the position becomes not so clear!} 20. Bxb7 (
20. Re1 $5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Nxb2 23. Bg5 $1 $36 {[%csl Re8]}) 20...
Qxf4 21. g3 Qh6 22. h4 Rb8 (22... Nd2 $2 23. Qc2 $18) 23. b3 $5 (23. Qe4 Nxe5
24. Bxa6 Qh5 25. Kg2 O-O 26. Rfd1 $16) 23... Nxe5 24. Qe4 O-O 25. Bxa6 Qh5 26.
Bb7 $1 {The hardworking bishop is coming back!} Rfd8 27. Rac1 Rd7 28. Bc6 Rd2 (
28... Nxc6 $5 29. Rxc6 Rd2 30. a3 Ra2 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Rb6 $16) 29. b4 $5 Rxa2 (
29... Re2 30. Qf4 $1 (30. Qb1 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 Qf3 32. Rc2 Rd8 $14) 30... Nxc6 31.
Rxc6 e5 32. Qf6 Rxa2 33. Rfc1 $16) 30. Rc5 $1 f6 31. Qd4 {The exposed position
of black king makes the defense quiet difficult.} Qg4 $8 32. Qxg4 Nxg4 33. Bxb5
Rb2 34. Bd7 R2xb4 35. Bxe6+ Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kh6 37. Bxg4 Rxg4 38. Rd1 {The
endgame is definitly drawn,but after tough defense in previous stages of the
game black makes few mistakes and loses.} g5 39. hxg5+ Rxg5 40. Rdd7 Rb2 $6 (
40... Rbg8 $5) 41. Kg2 Rg8 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rh4 Rb5 44. f4 Ra8 45. Rhh7 Rb3 46.
Rcg7+ Kf5 47. Rh5+ Ke6 48. Rc5 Kd6 $6 49. Rc2 Raa3 50. Kh3 Ke6 51. Kh4 Rf3 $2 {
This is losing immediatly.Better was} (51... Kf5 52. Rc4 Ke6 53. Rc6+ Kf5 54.
g4+ Kxf4 55. Rxf6+ Ke5 56. Kg5 $16) 52. Rc6+ Kf5 53. g4+ $1 Kxf4 54. Rxf6+ Ke5
55. Rxf3 Rxf3 56. g5 Ke6 57. Kh5 Ra3 58. Kg6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Bg5
$6 {Dubious decision.Bishop has got nothing to do on g5.More logical is} (8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. b3 (9. Re1 h6 $6 (9... Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 $6 11. Nd4 $1
Bd7 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Nf3 h6 14. h4 $1 Rb8 15. h5 $14 {Odeev,H-Danielian,O/
Voskresensk 1993 (29)}) 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Qh4 $5 13. Qe2 g5 14. Nd1 Rg8 15. c3
a5 $1 $36 {Torre,E-Tatai,S/Madonna di Campiglio 1973}) 10. a3 a5 11. Ne2 g6 12.
h4 $5 Bg7 13. h5 g5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ng3 O-O 16. Nh2 $36 {Shabanov,Y-Lobach,P/
RUS-chT 1996 (28)}) (9. Na4 $5 cxd4 (9... Rb8 10. c3 c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 a5
13. Re1 Be7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14 {Gurgenidze,B-Chikovani,Y/Gori 1968 (42)}
) 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qg4 Qc7 12. Re1 h6 13. h4 g6 14. b3 Nb8 15. c4 d4 $13 {
Lehmann,H-Tatai,S/Malaga 1970}) (9. Ne2 $5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gg3h5,Gf4h6] Dunnington,A-Klinger,J/Oakham YM 1986 (39)}) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 c5
11. Qg4 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Qh3 Be7 $13 {Martorelli,A-Psakhis,L/Catania op 1995
(32)}) 8... Qc7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 $15 12. Qh4 $6 {
Sacrificing a pawn and getting nothing in return!Better was} (12. Qc3 Bb7 13.
b4 Rc8 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rab1 O-O 16. Be3 Rb8 $15 {with slightly worse
position.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 h6 $5 ({Another nice possibility
was} 14... Bd6 15. Rfe1 Qf5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Be7 Bxe7 18. Qxe7 c4 $17 {with
good chanses to win the game.}) 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Nxd5 $5 {Of course
this sacrifice doesn't realy work out,but it's probably the best practical
chanse to fight for th survival.} exd5 18. Rfe1+ Kd8 {It's better than} (18...
Be7 19. Bd6 Ra7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qc7 $5 (21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qc7+ Kf6 23. Qxc5
Qf5 $19) 21... Be6 $8 22. Qb8+ Kd7 23. Qb7+ Kd8 24. Qa8+ Bc8 25. Qxd5+ Rd7 26.
Qxc5 $17 {and white has some chanses to hold.}) 19. Qf3 Ra7 $1 {The best way
to defend.} (19... Be6 $2 20. Rad1 Ra7 21. Rxd5+ $1 Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ $18) (19...
Bb7 $5 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Rxd5+ $1 Qxd5 22. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Qxd1+ 23. Qxd1+
Ke8 24. Qe2+ Kd7 25. Qg4+ Kc6 26. Qf3+ Kb6 27. Qb3+ Ka7 28. Qxf7 Rd8 $17) 20.
Qxd5+ Rd7 21. Qb3 Bb7 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 22. f3 Bd6 $19 {Now,when black
has compleated development of the pieces and his king is perfectly safe ,the
only thing that can save white is the miracle and we all now that in chess
they do happen!} (22... Be7 $5 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1+ Kc8 $19) 23. Rad1 Kc8
24. Rd3 Rhd8 (24... Re7 $5 25. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Re6 27. Qb6 Qxc2+ 28. Kg3
Rg6+ 29. Kh4 Qf2+ $19) 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Re7 Bxf3 $6 {Not missing the win yet,
but shurely making the life more difficult.Why not} (26... Rb6 $5 27. Qc3 (27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qe3 Re6) 27... Rxd3 28. cxd3 Qd6 29. Rxf7 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31.
b3 g5 $19 {and the win is not far away?}) 27. Rxf3 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 R1d2+ $2 {
This move doesn't spoil anuthing because black still can make the right choice:
} (28... R8d2+ $1 29. Re2 Qe4 $1 30. Qe3 (30. Rfe3 $4 Qf4+ 31. Rf3 Rxe2+ 32.
Kxe2 Qd2#) (30. Rxd2 Qe1#) 30... Rxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Qh4+ 32. Rg3 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 (33.
Kf3 $6 Qf6+ 34. Ke3 Rd4 $1 $19) 33... Rd2+ 34. Kf1 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxc2 $19 {
and the rooks ending is winning for black.}) 29. Ke1 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 R1d2+ $2 31.
Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 c4 11. Be2 h5 (11... a5 $5 12. O-O g6 13. g4 Nb6 14. Bf2 Be7
15. Ne3 h5 16. h3 Ba6 17. Kg2 $14 {Zulfugarli,M-Pereyra Arcija,D/World Juniors,
Zagan POL 1997 (44)} (17. c3 $5)) (11... Nb6 $5 12. O-O Be7 13. Bf2 (13. Qe1 a5
14. Qg3 g6 15. Nf2 Ba6 16. Ng4 Qc7 $1 {/\ 17...c3 18.Ba6 cb2} (16... h5 $2 17.
Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Nd7 19. Ne5 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 $16) (16... c3 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18.
b3) 17. Rf2 $6 (17. Rae1 $5 $13) 17... h5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Nd7 20. Qg5
Qd8 21. Ne5 Ndxe5 22. dxe5 $2 (22. fxe5 Qb6 $5 $15) 22... d4 23. Bf3 (23. Rd1
Qb6 $17) 23... dxe3 $17 {Franzoni,G-Dreev,A/Luzern 1993 (37)}) 13... g6 14. Ne3
a5 15. Bg3 $6 Bd7 16. b3 cxb3 $5 17. axb3 a4 $132 {Stripunsky,A-Dreev,A/Rostov
op 1993 (35)}) 12. O-O g6 (12... Be7 13. a3 Rb8 (13... bxa3 $5 $13) 14. axb4
Bxb4 15. c3 Be7 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Qc2 Qb6 (17... Bxg5 $5 18. fxg5 Ne7 $13) 18.
Bxc4 $1 dxc4 19. d5 Bc5 20. dxc6 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 $36) (12... a5 $5
) 13. Bf2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf2h4]} Be7 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. c3 Qa5 (15... a5 16. Qe1 {
[%cal Gf2h4]} h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Qb6 19. Kg2 O-O-O 20. Qd2 $14 {[%cal
Gf1h1,Gg3g4,Gf4f5]}) 16. Bh4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Ne7 19. Nf3 Nb6 20.
Rab1 $16 {White has significient advantage due to controle over the b-file and
possibility to break through on the kingside by g4.} Bc6 21. Ng5 Na4 22. Rb4
Qc7 23. Bd1 (23. Rfb1 $2 {[%cal Ge2d1]} a5 $17 {[%csl Rb4]}) (23. g4 $5 hxg4
24. Nxg4 Nf5 25. Nf6+ Ke7 26. Bg4 $14) 23... Nb6 24. Rf3 $1 (24. g3 {[%cal
Gh2h3,Gg3g4]}) 24... a5 25. Rb2 $6 {It was better to keep the bishop on the
board.} (25. Rb1 $1 Rb8 26. Rh3 $16 {[%cal Gg2g4,Ge3g4,Gg4f6]}) 25... Na4 26.
Bxa4 Bxa4 27. Rh3 (27. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1b1]} O-O 28. g4 hxg4 29. Nxg4 Kg7 30. Nf6
Rh8 31. Rfb1 Bc6 $132) 27... Nc6 28. Ng4 O-O-O 29. Nf6 Qe7 30. Rf3 Kc7 31. Qc1
(31. Rf1 Rb8 32. Rfb1 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rb8 $2 34. Rxb8 Nxb8 35. f5 $16) 31... Na7
$1 $132 {Preparing the exchange of rooks on the b-file.} (31... Rb8 32. Rff2
Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rb8 $6 34. Rxb8 Kxb8 35. f5 $1 gxf5 36. Nxh5 Kc7 37. Nf6 $18 {
[%cal Gh2h8]}) 32. h3 Bc6 33. Rff2 Rb8 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nb5 36. Rh2 Qa3 37.
Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rc2 (38. Nxf7 $2 Rh3 39. Ng5 Rxc3 40. Nxe6+ Kc8 $17) 38... Qf8
39. Rh2 Rxh2 40. Kxh2 a4 41. Kg3 Kb6 42. Nf3 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 {This move is less popualr
than 12.Qxb6, but as the following game shows White is able to pose Black a
few problems.} (12. O-O-O Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Ke7 14. h4 h5 15. Be2 Nb8 16. Rd2 $14 {
Dreev-Bareev/1986/}) (12. Qxb6) 12... Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 (13... Nb6 14. O-O-O {
0,5/Felsberger,A-Zier,L/Wien op/1986/}) (13... Nc5 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O-O h5 16.
Rhf1 g6 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. b3 $14 {Gurevich,V-Reichenbach,W/Berlin
summer op/1993/}) 14. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3c3] I believe this move is more
flexible than 14.Bd3 since black has to deal with the possibility of Rh3-c3.} (
14. Bd3 Nc5 (14... h5 15. Kd2 g6 16. g3 a6 17. h3 Nb6 18. b3 $14 {Kamsky,
G-Held,T/Bern op/1990/}) 15. Ke2 Bd7 16. Ke3 f6 17. Nf3 Rac8 $10 {Roese,
O-Borngaesser,R/BL/1986/}) (14. g3 Nb8 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Nf3 h6 18.
h4 h5 $10 {Short,N-Chernin,A/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 14... Nb8 (14... h5 15. Rh3
a6 (15... Nb6 $6 16. a4 $5 (16. Rc3 Bd7 17. Rc7 Rab8 $10 {[%cal Gh8c8]}) 16...
Bd7 17. a5 Na4 18. b3 Nc5 19. b4 $14) 16. Rc3 Ra7 17. b4 f6 18. Rc7 fxe5 19.
fxe5 Ra8 20. c4 $14 {Gofshtein,L-Chernin,A/Brno 1993}) 15. h5 Nc6 16. Nf3 h6
17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rhc8 ({In the games piayed in this position before Black
tried} 18... f6 $5 {but didn't succeed to equalize} 19. Rae1 Rhf8 20. g3 fxe5
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rac8 23. Ke3 $14 {Hellers,F-Andersson,U/Malmo 1994}) 19.
Rae1 (19. g4 $5 f6 20. Rae1 Rc7 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. g5 fxg5 23. fxg5 Rf8 24.
Rhf1 $14) 19... Rc7 20. c3 a6 21. Rh4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gg2g5,Ge1g1]
Multiple purpose move. White's plan is to push g5 and to penetrate on the
g-file, so he might need to double the rooks later on. In addition to it, in
some of the lines the pawn on f4 must be protected.} (21. g4) 21... Rac8 22. a3
Kf8 23. g4 Ne7 24. g5 $16 Bb5 25. Bb1 Rc4 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Rg1 ({Another
promising possibility was} 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rg1 Nc6 29. Nxc6 R8xc6 30. Bd3 Ra4
31. Rhg4 $16 {[%csl Rh6] with much better chances in the arising endgame.})
27... Nc6 28. Rhg4 Ke7 29. f5 (29. Ke3) 29... exf5 30. Bxf5 Rd8 31. Rxc4 $6 {
Giving up a major part of the advantage just when White was so close to get
the decisive advatage. After the correct} (31. b3 $1 Rxg4 32. Rxg4 {[%csl Rb5]
[%cal Ga3a4]} a5 33. Rg7 {[%csl Rh6]} Rh8 34. e6 Nd8 35. exf7 $18 {[%cal Gf3e5,
Ge5g6] Black is in deep trouble.}) 31... dxc4+ 32. Ke3 Rd5 33. Ke4 Rc5 $1 {
[%csl Rb2,Re5]} 34. Rd1 (34. Rg7 Kf8 35. Rh7 Ne7 36. Nd4 Bc6+ 37. Nxc6 (37. Kf4
Nd5+ 38. Kg3 Ne7 39. Rxh6 Rxe5 40. Kf4 Re1 $14) 37... Rxc6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rd8
Rb6 $14) 34... Nd8 35. Nd4 Nc6 36. Nf3 Nd8 37. Kf4 Be8 38. Rd6 Ne6+ 39. Bxe6
fxe6 40. Nd4 Bd7 (40... Bf7 41. a4 Rc8 42. Rb6 Rc7 43. a5 Kd7 $14) 41. Rb6 Bc8
42. Nc2 Rc7 43. Ne3 Bd7 44. Ng4 Be8 45. Nf6 Bc6 46. Ng8+ Kf8 47. Nxh6 Rh7 48.
Kg5 Rg7+ 49. Kf6 Rh7 50. Ng4 Rf7+ 51. Kg5 Rf5+ 52. Kh4 (52. Kh6 $2 Bf3 53. Ne3
(53. Nf6 $2 Kf7 $19 {[%csl Rh6]}) 53... Rxh5+ 54. Kg6 Rxe5 55. Nxc4 Re1 $11)
52... Kg7 53. b3 (53. Rb4 Bd5) 53... cxb3 54. Rxb3 b5 55. Rb4 Bf3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 f5 $5 {
At the first hand look this move appears to be not logical, since black is
supposed to play against white's center. However a deeper look at the position
reveals positive sides of black's plan. White's main idea is to attack on the
kingisde, so black is taking measures to suppress white's attack.} 8. Nf3 Be7
9. Kf2 {The center is closed so the king feels very comfortable on f2.} (9. Be3
O-O 10. Nc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. Be2 a4 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Kf2 Be8 16.
Qd2 $14 {Piket,J-Hoeksema,H/Leeuwarden 1992}) (9. Ng3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2
Qb6 12. O-O g5 13. fxg5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Nh5 $14
{Enevoldsen,J-Gilfer,E/Helsinki 1952}) (9. a3 a5 10. h4 Nb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
Ned4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qe2 Na4 $13 {Spence,D-Cobb,C/London
2000}) 9... b5 (9... b6 10. h3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Bd2 Bb7 14.
Qa4 a6 15. Bb4 b5 16. Qa3 Re8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. b3 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 $16 {Maric,
R-Leban,S/Cateske Toplice 1968}) 10. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} b4 11. g4 g6 (11...
fxg4 $5 12. Rxg4 O-O 13. Bh3 (13. Ng3 Qb6 14. Kg2 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6) 13... Qe8
14. Qg1 Qf7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Rxg5 Ba6 17. Be3 $36) 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Be3 $6 {
Too solid in my opinion. More in the spirit of the position was to open up a
center} (13. dxc5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc5 15. Kg2 Ne4 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 $14 {
and despite of his fantastic knight on e4 black faces serious problems.}) 13...
c4 14. Rg3 Rb8 15. Bg2 Nf8 16. Qh1 $5 {[%cal Gh1d5,Gh2h5] Cunning move putting
some pressure on d5.} (16. h4 $5) 16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba3 18. Bc1 {For some
reason white doesn't want to push his h-pawn, even though it appears to be the
most natural plan.} (18. Ng5 $1 Ne7 19. h4 h5 (19... h6 $2 {[%csl Rg6]} 20. Nf3
Qa5 21. h5 Bb2 22. Rg1 $16) 20. Rb1 Rb6 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 $14
) 18... Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Qa5 20. Ne1 (20. h4 $5 Ne7 21. h5 Ne6 22. Rh3 $14) 20...
Ne7 21. Nc2 Ne6 22. Bf3 Kf7 23. Rg1 {The rook has nothing much to do on g3, so
white brings it to g1 in order to fight for the control over the b-file.} (23.
Qa3 Qxa3 24. Nxa3 Rb2 25. Ke3 Bd7 26. Rgg1 Rhb8 $11 {[%csl Ra3]}) 23... Qa4 $5
24. Ne3 Bb7 25. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3h4,Gh4f6]} Ba8 26. Qh3 {[%cal Gh3h4]}
Ke8 27. Rgb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Kd7 29. Qf1 $6 {Losing a thread. The most logical
continuation of white's plan would be} (29. Rb2 $1 Qa3 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. Qh4 $1
$16 {[%cal Ge3c4] and it's very difficult to find a usefull move for black!})
29... Kc7 30. Rb4 $2 (30. Rb2 Rb8 31. Qb1 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 $14) 30... Qxa2 $1 31.
Qd1 Bc6 $1 {[%csl Ga4]} 32. Qc1 $2 (32. Kg1 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Kxb8 34. Qe1 $15)
32... Kd7 $2 (32... Nxf4 $19) 33. Rb1 $6 (33. Kg1) 33... Qa5 $6 (33... Nxf4 $17
) 34. Ra1 $44 Qc7 35. Ra6 Rb8 36. Qa1 Rb7 37. Qh1 Rb2 38. Qa1 (38. Nxd5 $2
Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Bxd5 40. Bxd5 Nxf4+ $19) 38... Nxf4 39. Rxa7 Rb7 40. Ra5 (40.
Rxb7 Nd3+ 41. Kg3 Qxb7 42. Qa3 g5 43. Qd6+ Kc8 $17) 40... Nxe2 41. Kxe2 Rb2+
42. Qxb2 Qxa5 43. Qb8 $6 (43. h4 $132) 43... Qxc3 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. e6 Qb2+ 46.
Kf1 c3 $6 (46... Kf8 47. Nxd5 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) (46... Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge7]} 47. Qe5 Kd8 48. Kg2 Qb4 $17 {[%cal Gd8c8,Gc4c3]}) 47. Qe5 {[%cal Ge5h8]}
Kd8 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qe5 Kd8 50. Qd6+ Ke8 51. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. a3
Be7 9. Nf4 $6 {Permitting black to win a pawn on d4 without any compensation.}
(9. g3 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bg2 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rb1 a4 15. Be3
Qd8 16. Nf4 $14 {Farago,S-Blauert,J/Budapest 1997}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 g5 $1 {
[%csl Rd4] Typical idea for this structure. white is trying to get some
counterplay on the kingside, but 2 knights are just not enough to create
anything special.} (10... O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. b4 Nf8 13. h4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qf7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Bb5 $14 {Philipowski,
R-Kuerten,J/Sulzfeld 1999}) 11. Nh5 (11. Ne2 g4 12. Nfg1 f6 $17) 11... g4 12.
Ng5 (12. Ng7+ Kf8 13. Bh6 gxf3 $1 (13... Kg8 14. Nh5 f5 $1 15. exf6 (15. Nf4 $2
Kf7 16. b4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Nf8 18. Qh5+ Ng6 $19 {Ask,J-Hiebel,J/Gothenburg 1997})
15... Nxf6 16. Ne5 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nxg4 $13
) 14. Qxf3 Qxb2 15. Nxe6+ Ke8 16. Ng7+ Kd8 $19) 12... Rg8 $1 $17 {Very strong
move preventing Ng7 ideas.} (12... Qxd4 $4 13. Ng7+ Kf8 14. N7xe6+ $18) (12...
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. N7xe6+ fxe6 16. Nxe6+ Kf7 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 $13
) 13. Nxh7 Qxd4 14. N7f6+ ({Even worse is} 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rb1 Rh8 16. N7f6+
Kd8 17. Nxd7 $140 Rxh5 $1 $19 {and white knight is trapped on d7.}) 14... Bxf6
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Bb5 $6 ({More chances of survival would leave
} 17. h4 $5 gxh3 18. Rxh3 d4 $17) 17... Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O d4 $1 {
Opposite colored bishops don't help white since there are major pieces left on
the board, so black's attack is even more dangerous.} 20. Re1 O-O-O 21. Qd3 e5
22. Qg3 Rde8 23. Bd2 Qd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gf7f6] Stablizing position in the
center and bringing the queen to d5.} 24. Bb4 Qd5 25. Rac1 f6 26. Rc5 Qd7 27.
Rec1 Kb8 $1 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gb7b6,Gd7d5] Black's plan is to play Rc8, b6 and Qd5.
once this plan is accomplished the game is actually over since white queen has
to guard g2.} 28. Bd2 Rc8 29. b4 b6 30. R5c4 Kb7 31. R4c2 Qe6 32. Re1 Qd5 33.
Bc1 Bb5 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Bd2 Kb7 36. Bh6 Bc6 37. Kh1 Re8 $1 {[%cal Gf6f4]
Prepring an advance of an e-pawn.} 38. b5 Bxb5 39. Qxg4 Rg8 40. Qf3 (40. Qh3
Bc6 41. f3) 40... Qxf3 41. gxf3 Bc6 42. h4 Rh8 43. Bd2 Rxh4+ 44. Kg2 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozlov, Vladimir N"]
[Black "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 (7...
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 (8... Bxd2+ $6 9. Qxd2 f6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rd1 b6 13.
Nc3 $14 {Finkel,A-Nardin,F/Nova Gorica op 1997 (32)}) 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. g3 f6 11.
Bh3 $6 fxe5 12. Bxe6 e4 $15 {Meijere,A-Matveeva,S/Erevan olw 1996 (32)}) 8. f4
(8. Nf4 $5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2
O-O 14. O-O $14 {Sax,G-Glek,I/BL9293 1993 (37)}) 8... Bb4+ (8... fxe5 9. dxe5
Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 d4 $1 $13 {
Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993/1/2-1/2 (88)}) 9. Bd2 Qb6 (9... Qe7 10. Nf3
O-O 11. h4 Nc6 12. h5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nb6 14. b3 a5 15. h6 $14 {Fogarasi,
T-Dezan,P/Utasellato IM-A 1990 (37)}) 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Nc6 (11... Qxd2+
12. Kxd2 Nb6 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nf3 a5 15. Nc3 a4 16. Bb5 axb3 17. axb3 $14) 12.
Nf3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {The arising endgame is slightly better for
white due to advantage in space and better bishop,but white has to play
accurately not to waste it.} Nb6 15. Nc3 a6 $6 ({Deserved attention} 15... Nc4+
$5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nb5 (17. Rac1 O-O $5 (17... Bd7 18. Ne4 b5 19. Nd6+ Ke7
20. b3 $14 (20. Nxb5 Rab8 $13)) 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Rxc4 Bd7 $1 21. d5
exd5 22. Rc5 Bg4 $11) 17... O-O 18. Rhc1 Bd7 19. Nd6 b5 20. b3 $14 {with
minimal advantage.}) 16. Bd3 (16. b3 Bd7 (16... g5 17. h3 h6 18. Bd3 Rf8 19.
Raf1 Bd7 20. Ke3 $14) 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Ke3 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Raf1
O-O 18. h4 $6 {Aimless move.White doesn't have a clear plan and it's very
dangerous in this type of positions.} (18. b3 $5 $14) 18... Nb4 19. Be2 ({
Better was} 19. b3 $5 Nxd3 20. Kxd3 Bb5+ $5 21. Nxb5 axb5 {[%csl Ra2]} 22. Rf2
Rfc8 23. Rhf1 b4 24. Ke3 Rc3+ 25. Kf4 h6 $1 $132 {with mutual chanses.}) 19...
Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 (20. Kc1 Ne3 21. Rf2 Rac8 22. Kd2 Nc4+ $15) 20... dxc4 $15 {
Now we can evaluate the consequances of 18th move of white:black siezed the
initiative and now white is on defensive.} 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nge4 Bc6 23. a3 Nd5
$1 (23... Nd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3]} 24. b3 b5 25. Rxf8+ (25. g3 $6 Rfd8 $1 26. Ke3 b4
$1 27. axb4 Nxb4 28. bxc4 Nc2+ $17) 25... Rxf8 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rb1 Rf4 28.
Ke3 Rxh4 29. g3 Rh2 30. Rb6 $13 {[%cal Gb6a6,Gb6c6]}) 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Ke3 b5
26. g3 a5 27. Rf4 b4 28. Ra1 $1 Rfb8 29. Rf2 (29. Nc5 $5) 29... Rb6 30. Nc5 $6
{Now this moves prove to be a mistake.After correct} (30. axb4 $1 Rxb4 (30...
axb4 31. Rxa8+ Bxa8 32. Rc2 Bd5 33. Nd6 Rc6 34. Kd2 $11) 31. Nc3 (31. Nc5 Rab8
32. Rxa5 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 $15) 31... Bc6 32. g4 a4 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rab8
35. Ra2 Rb3 $15 {white has good chanses to save the game.}) 30... Rbb8 31. g4
Rf8 $1 $17 {Changing the pair of rooks is correct idea.} 32. Raf1 (32. axb4
Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Rf8+ 34. Ke3 axb4 35. Ra4 Rf3+ 36. Ke2 Rf4 $17) 32... Rxf2 33.
Rxf2 bxa3 $1 34. bxa3 {[%csl Ra3]} Rb8 35. g5 (35. Rc2 Rb1 36. a4 (36. h5 Rg1
37. Kf4 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd2 Rxa3 $19) 36... h5 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} 37. gxh5
Rh1 38. h6 gxh6 39. Nd7 Rh3+ $1 40. Kd2 Rxh4 $19) 35... hxg5 36. hxg5 Rb1 {
Now white has two weaknesses:on a3 and on g5 and has no possibility to protect
both of them!} 37. a4 Rg1 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Nd7 $6 Rd1 $1 $19 40. Kg4+ Ke7 (40...
Kg6 $4 41. Nf8#) 41. Nb6 Rxd4+ 42. Kh5 Be4 43. g6 Bf5 44. Nc8+ Kd7 45. Nd6 c3
46. Nxf5 exf5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O g6 {
There was no reason to hurry up with this move since white wasn't threatening
to push f5, but may be it's not such a bad idea after all.} (14... Ba6 15. Kh1
(15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Rac1 Na4 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Nfd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 g6
$11 {Tseshkovsky,V-Skorchenko,D/Krasnodar 2003}) (15. Rad1 Na4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6
17. b3 Ke7 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rhc8 $11 {Meszaros,T-Farago,I/Balatonlelle
2004}) 15... h6 (15... Ne7 16. b3 h6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Nfd4 Nc5
20. f5 Ne4 21. Qf3 O-O 22. Nf4 Nc6 $132 {Berndt,S-Glek,I/Germany 2003}) 16.
Rad1 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Nf4 Na4 19. Qg3 Ne7 20. Nh4 Nxb2 $17 {Mainka,R-Lalic,
B/Bad Mergentheim 1988}) 15. b3 (15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Rad1 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rb8 18.
Rd2 b3 19. a3 Na4 20. Rc1 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Kd7 $11 {Mende,A-Kosak,R/Germany 1997}
) 15... Ba6 16. Rad1 a4 17. Kh1 h5 {Teasing white to push f5.} (17... O-O $5
18. Qh4 (18. f5 $6 Bxd3 19. cxd3 exf5 20. Nf4 Rfd8 21. Qh4 axb3 22. axb3 Ne6 (
22... Nxb3 $2 23. Qh6 $16 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Rd7 $15) 18...
axb3 19. axb3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nxb3 21. Ng5 (21. Ng3 Qc7 22. Nh5 gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kh8
24. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 21... h5 22. g4 Nbd4 23. gxh5 Nf5 24. Qh3 Kg7 $132) 18. f5 $2
{Intending to get to black king, which is left in the center. However white's
attack is no more than illusion.} gxf5 (18... Bxd3 19. cxd3 gxf5 20. Nf4 h4 21.
Rc1 Ra5 22. Rc2 h3 23. g3 Nd8 24. Rfc1 Nd7 25. d4 $14) 19. Nf4 h4 $5 20. Nxh4 {
Having in mind the sacrifice on d5.} (20. Rde1 $5) 20... Nxe5 21. Nxd5 $5 exd5
(21... Nexd3 $2 22. Qd4 $1 e5 23. Nxb6 exd4 24. Nxa8 $18) 22. Rfe1 Qc7 {
[%cal Gc5e4]} 23. Bxf5 (23. Qd4 Ne4 24. Nxf5 Rxh2+ $5 25. Kg1 Bxd3 26. cxd3
axb3 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8a2]} 27. Qxd5 Rxa2 28. Qxe4 Rhxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Rxg2+
30. Kxg2 Qc6+ $19) 23... Bb7 {White's attack over an e-file is easily
suppressed by black due to control over the very important e4 square.} 24. Qf4
Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Rd4 (27. Nd6 Ng6 28. Qf6 Kg8 29. Re3 Rh7 $19)
27... Re8 28. Red1 {White has no immediate threats so he jus keeps on playing
pretending that nothing happened!} Bc8 $6 {Hoping to get rid of the annoying
knight on f5, but white is on guard.} (28... Ba8 $5 29. Nd6 Re6 30. Nf5 $17)
29. Ne3 $1 Qe7 30. Rxe4 Bb7 $2 (30... Ng6 31. Rxe7 Nxf4 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Rd4
Ne6 34. Rxb4 axb3 35. cxb3 Rh5 $15) 31. Nf5 $44 Qc5 32. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 (32...
Qxe5 33. Qxb4+ Kg8 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qb4+ $11) 33. Rd8+ $2 {Either being very
optimistic or just missing the chance to force a draw after} (33. Qg5 $1 Bxg2+
34. Qxg2 Rxf5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rxh8 Rg5 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Qa6+ $11) 33... Re8
34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Nd6+ Kd7 36. Nxb7 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} 37. h4 $8 Re8 $6 (
37... axb3 38. axb3 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} (38... Rg8 $6 39. Nc5+ $1 Kc6 (39...
Qxc5 40. Qxf7+ Qe7 41. Qxg8 Qxh4+ $11) 40. Ne4 f5 41. Ng5 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6 43.
Kg3 $13) 39. Kh2 Ra7 $1 (39... Qxb7 40. Qxf7+ Kc6 41. Qc4+ Kd6 42. Qd4+ Ke6 43.
Qe3+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ $11) 40. Qg4+ (40. Nd8 Qd6 $19) 40... f5 41.
Qg7+ Kc8 42. Qf6 Kxb7 43. Qe7+ Ka6 $19) 38. Qxb4 Kc7 $6 (38... Re5 $1 {[%csl
Rb7]} 39. Qxa4+ (39. Qb6 $2 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) 39... Kc7 40. Kh2 Kxb7 41.
Qb4+ Kc8 $17) 39. Nc5 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41. Kg1 $6 (41. g3 $1 Re2+ 42. Kh3 $16)
41... Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. Kg1 (43. g3) 43... Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Sautron"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 (7... Qb6
) 8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qb6 (10... Be7 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nf2
Nc5 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. c3 Rac8 16. Bd3 $14 {Byrne,R-Drira,A/Skopje 1972}) (10...
g6 11. Rae1 Qc7 12. Bd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. a3 Be7 16. Kh1 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Niedermaier,H-Reichel,A/Kirchseeon 1989}) (10... b4 11. Nd1 Rc8 (11...
Qb6 12. c3 a5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. f5 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qf4 Qd3 17. Qg4 exf5 18.
Qxg7 $16 {Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Vlissingen 2002}) 12. Nf2 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Kh1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 e3 18. Qc1 h6 19. Nf3 O-O $17 {
Yagupov,I-Volkov,S/St Petersburg 1998}) (10... Rc8 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. f5 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qf4 $1 $40 {Nijboer,F-Visser,Y/
Cesenatico 1999}) 11. Nd1 {With idea to take a good care of d4 by playing c3.
After depriving black any counterplay in the center white is ready for the
actions at the kingside, which is abandoned by black pieces.} (11. Rad1 $6 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Rf3 g5 14. fxg5 Ndxe5 15. Rh3 O-O-O 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc5
Qxc5+ $15 {Lohmeier,H-Visser,Y/Ruhrgebiet 1998}) 11... Rc8 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. c3 O-O 15. Kh1 f6 16. b4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 $16 {Hetey,
L-Berndt,M/Germany 1991}) 12. c3 b4 (12... Be7 13. Bf2 f5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4
Bxf2+ 16. Nxf2 O-O 17. a4 $16) (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 Qa5 14. Nf2 Qxd2
15. Bxd2 Nb6 16. b3 $14)) 13. Bf2 {Leaving the square e3 for the knight.} a5 $6
14. f5 $1 $36 {A signal for the attack.} exf5 {After this move white breaks in
the center deicding the game in his favor in just a few moves, however it's
clear that black's opening plan had failed and white is a way ahead in his
play on the kingisde.} (14... Be7 15. Qf4 (15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Nd8 $13) 15...
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qg4 $16) 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. c4 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re7,Rf8] The
decisive break turning black's position into ruins.} cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 (17...
Qg6 {[%csl Rg2]} 18. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d6]} Nxe5 19. Bg3 Qe6 20. Rad1 $16) 18.
cxd5 g6 (18... f4 19. Bb5+ Nd7 20. Nc4 $18) 19. Bb5+ Nd7 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. Bh4 $1
$18 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Qxh4 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Nxb7+ Kc7 24. d6+ Kxb7 25. Bxd7 Rd8 (
25... Bh6 26. Qd3 Rc5 27. dxe7 Qxe7 28. Nb3 $18) 26. Nf3 Qc4 27. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 (12... Qc7
13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 g6 15. Ne2 b4 16. Qh6 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. h4 $16 {
Miljanic,B-Kalezic,B/Budva 2003}) 13. Bd3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2 Qxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nb8 17. h4 $14 {Grischuk,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
Be3 (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. h4 Qc7 17. h5 Rfc8 18. Be3 a4 $36 {
Kharitonov,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 13... b4 {This move is considerably
better than 13...Bb7 which was tried by Shirov on the black side of this line
in his game against Kramnik.} (13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5
17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 Ndxe5 $4 19. Bb6 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2003/
CBM 93 ext (19)}) 14. Na4 (14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6 {After trading
the lightsquared bishops black has no problems what so ever.} 17. Kb1 Qc7 $11 {
[%csl Ge5] Shirov,A-Radjabov,T/Leon 2004/CBM 102}) 14... Bb7 {Having in mind
an interesting pawn sacrifice, which leads to a very lively and interesting
play.} (14... f6 $6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bb6 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qf6 18. g3 Qf7 19. Bg2 e5
20. Rxd5 $1 $16 {Shomoev,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) (14... a5 15. h4 $5 (
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ncb8 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. h4 Rc8 $132 {Solovjov,
S-Nikolenko,O/St Petersburg 2004}) 15... f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. h5 Ng4 18. Qg3
Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd6 20. g3 $14 {Kraai,J-Schneider,I/Philadelphia 2004}) 15. Bd3
Qa5 16. b3 d4 17. Be4 $2 {It's hard to understand what white was counting on
sacrificing a piece for a couple of pawns, but it's obvious that he had to
take on d4 to test black's idea.} (17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 (18... Bc6 19.
Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rd6 Rfc8 23. Rhd1 $14) 19. Be4 Nf6 $1 (
19... Nxe5 20. Qb6 Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Bxe4 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. fxe5 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Bd5
25. Rd4 $16) 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nxe4 23. Nxb7 Nc3 24. Rd2
Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 Nc3 26. Rd7 $14) 17... dxe3 18. Qh4 Rfd8 (18... f5 $2 19. Rxd7
fxe4 20. Rxb7 $14) 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Nf8 {The king feels
perfectly safe on e7, while the white one is about to get under attack.} 22.
Rde1 (22. h4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Rxe3 Nd4 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Bc4
Bd5 $17) 22... Ra7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc6d4] An important move after which the
outcome of the game is no longer a question.} 23. Rxe3 Nd4 24. Bxb7 (24. Bd3
Bc6 $19) 24... Rxb7 25. Kb2 Ke8 26. Rh3 Nf5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd8d2]} 27. Qg5
Rd2 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. g4 Rg2 (29... Ne3 $5 30. f5 Qxe5+ 31. Kb1 Nxc2 $19) 30. Kb1
Rc7 31. Rd3 Nd4 (31... Rgxc2 $1 32. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 33. Kb2 R7c2#) 32. f5 Qxe5 33.
Rcd1 Rd7 34. c3 bxc3 35. Nxc3 Nb5 36. Qc1 Nxc3+ 37. Rxc3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 (
8. Qd2) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nb2 Nc6 (12... Nb6 13.
Bd3 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qe2 Be7 18. a4 $14 {Peiter,
A-Balean,H/Koblenz 1990}) 13. a4 $6 {It's much better to prepare this move
with 13.Qd2 in order to take on d4 with the knight.} (13. Qd2 Nb6 14. a4 Nc4
15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. O-O a5 18. b5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $14 {Santos,
F-Pesquero,E/Porto Belo 1998}) (13. Rc1 f6 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. exf6
Nxf6 17. Nde5 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxf4 $1 $17 {Paulis,W-De Mie,M/
Leeuwarden 2002}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O $6
{Permitting black knight to come to e4 via c5. It was better to play} (17. Nd3
{taking square c5 under control} Nb6 18. Ra2 a5 19. O-O Nc4 20. Rfa1 (20. f5
exf5 21. Nf4 Bb7 $17) 20... Bb7 $132 {with unclear position.}) 17... Nc5 $1 {
[%cal Gc5e4]} 18. Ra3 Bb7 19. Nd2 {Preventing Ne4, but weakening e5.} (19. Na4
Ne4 20. Rfa1 a5 21. Nb6 Rab8 22. Rxa5 Qxc3 $15) 19... f6 $5 {[%csl Re5]} 20.
Ra5 Nd7 21. Bg4 $2 {A painfull blunder after which nothing can save white.} (
21. Nd3 Rac8 22. Ra3 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rf8 25. Be2 Nb8 $13) 21...
fxe5 {Black either didn't want to take an exchange or decided that the move in
the game is even stronger, although I don't see anything wrong with} (21... f5
$1 22. Be2 Qxa5 23. bxa5 Bc5 $17 {and black's win is just a matter of time.})
22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Raa1 (24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Ra1 Bf6 $17) 24... Bf6
$17 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf6a1] Black darksquared bishop rules!} 25. Qc5 Qxc5+ 26.
bxc5 Bc6 27. Na4 (27. Nb3 $6 Rab8 28. Ra3 a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 27... Rae8
28. Bh3 Bg5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Nf1 (30. Nb3 $2 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 Rf1#)
30... Rf4 $1 31. Nb2 Be7 $19 32. Ng3 Bxc5+ 33. Kh1 Bb5 34. Re1 Ng6 35. Be6 Rf2
36. Nd1 Rd2 37. Nf1 Re2 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. Nfe3 Nf4 40. Bf7 g6 41. h4 (41. g3
Bf3+ 42. Kg1 Bxd1 $19) 41... Kg7 42. Be8 Kf6 43. Bc6 Ke5 44. g3 Bf3+ 45. Kh2
Nd3 46. Nc4+ Ke6 47. Ncb2 Ne5 $5 (47... Nxb2 48. Nxb2 Kd6 49. Bb7 Be2 $19) 48.
Bb7 a5 49. Na4 Ba7 50. Ndb2 Kd6 51. c4 Ng4+ 52. Kh3 Bg1 $1 {[%cal Gg4f2]} 53.
Nd3 Ne3 54. g4 Bxg4+ 55. Kg3 dxc4 56. Ndb2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qxb2 $6 {Bareev's Qb2 is
playing with fire.} (12... Nc5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qd4 (14. Kb1 Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4
16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Rhf1 O-O-O 18. Rf3 Kb8 $11 {Franzoni,G-Kelecevic,N/Switzerland
1996}) (14. h4 O-O-O 15. Rh3 d4 16. Nb1 Bc6 17. Na3 Ne4 18. Qe1 Qc5 $13 {
Alonso,S-Ibar,M/Buenos Aires 1997}) 14... a6 (14... a5 15. h4 Qb4 16. Rh3 Qxd4
17. Rxd4 h5 18. Re3 g6 19. b3 Ke7 20. a4 Rac8 $11 {Zontakh,A-Gundersen,H/Eupen
1999}) 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Rh3 (16. h5 Bc6 17. Rh3 Kc7 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Qxb6+ Kxb6
20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rb3+ Ka7 22. Bd3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Savchenko,S/Moscow 2001})
16... Bc6 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Rc3 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. b3 Nc8 22. h5
Ne7 $11 {Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Horgen 1995}) 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5 Qxa2 {in only
other game played in this variation black tried to come back to c5 with the
queen, but didn't manage to hold.} (14... Qc5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Rb5 Qa3 17. c4
d4 18. Rb3 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. Qb4+ $40 {Nielsen,P-Holst,A/Aars 1999}) 15. Nd6+
Kf8 16. Rd1 Qb2 17. Be2 Qb6 (17... Nc5 $5) 18. c4 $1 {White has a significant
advantage in development . To make best use of this advantage it is very
important to open the position's files and diagonals!} d4 (18... dxc4 $4 19.
Nxc8 $18) (18... Nc5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nc4 $16 {And white's
initiative is very unpleasant .}) 19. Bf3 {The Bishop has discovered the most
active diagonal! Black's targeted Queen-side, imparticularly the b7 pawn, will
be an extra bonus.} a5 20. O-O d3+ 21. Kh1 Qd4 (21... g6 {It does not help to
try and draw the King to g7 after} 22. Qxd3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. Rb1 Qa7 25. Rb5
$1 $18 {And Black's position is hopeless .}) 22. Nb5 Qc5 (22... Qxc4 23. Nd6
Qd4 24. Rc1 Nb6 25. Rc3 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 23. Qxd3 g6 24. Nd6 Nb6 25. Rb1 $1
{Alexey improves all of his pieces executing the final smash!} Kg7 26. Rb5 Qc7
27. Qd4 Nd7 28. f5 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6] If we look at the position carefully, we
discover that certain combinational motifs are possible. These themes can be
provoked by the weakening of the dark squares near the Black king and
undeveloped Queen side.} gxf5 (28... Rf8 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%csl
Rc8,Rd7]}) 29. Nxf5+ exf5 30. e6+ Ne5 31. Rxe5 f6 32. Rxf5 Rf8 33. Bd5 {
White's pressure on the kingside is decisive.} Qe7 34. Rh5 Kh8 35. Be4 Bxe6 36.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 37. Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 (7...
cxd4 $5 8. Bxd4 Bc5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Bd3 $14
{Apicella,M-Dolmatov,S/Cannes op 1994 (22)}) (7... Qxb2 $6 8. Nb5 cxd4 9. Nc7+
Kd8 10. Bxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Bc5 12. Nxa8 $16 {Solin,N-Tuominen,R/Stockholm op
1994 (38)}) 8. Na4 Qc6 (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Nc6
12. Rc1 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Gleizerov,E/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998})
11... Nc6 (11... a5 $5 12. b5 b6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 $13 {
Jonasson,B-Thorhallsson,T/ISL-ch 1996 (39)}) 12. Qd2 b5 (12... Be7 13. Bd3 O-O
14. O-O b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. a4 $14 {Vodicka,V-Pachman,L/CZE-chT 9596 1996/1/2-1/
2 (57)}) 13. Nb2 f6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rb5]
Skripchenko,A-Matveeva,S/Belgrade Yugometal 1996 (39)}) 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. Bxc5 $6 {A waste of tempo,which costs white the opening advantage.
Better is} (11. Qd2 $5 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. g3 Rc8
16. h4 $14 {as was played in Ulibin,M-Alavkin,A/RUS-Cup6 1997 (47)}) 11... Qxc5
12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O $5 15. h4 $5 ({Another possibility was
} 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. h4 Kb8 18. Bh3 g6 19. Bg4 $14 {,but as in the
game white's advantage is symbolical.}) 15... h5 {Closing the kingside.} (15...
f6 $6 16. g3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rhf8 18. Qe2 $14) 16. Rh3 Kb8 17. Rg3 Rhg8 18. Nd4 {
This move can be estimated as a draw offer,because without knights and queens
white can't make any progress.Deserved attention} (18. Ng5 $5 f6 (18... Rgf8
19. Nh7 Rg8 20. Be2 $14) 19. Rc3 Qb4 20. Nf7 Rdf8 21. Nd6 fxe5 22. Nxb7 (22.
fxe5) 22... Qxf4 23. Qe2 Kxb7 24. Qxa6+ Kc7 25. Bb5 $40) 18... Qxd4 19. Qxd4
Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 $11 21. Be2 g6 22. Kc1 Rc8 23. Kd2 Rgd8 24. Rc3 Rc7 25. Ke3
Rdc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 $13) 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. Rh3 {In this position were played handreds of games,but
so far white didn't manage to show clear way to advantage and black's results
in this variation are quite satisfactory.} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 a5 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila ol/1992/} (15... f6 $1 $36)) 14... a5 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 $13 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 14.
h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4
Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/})
14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146 16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18.
f5 $3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994} Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1
Rxf3 21. gxf3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994}) (15... Qa5 16. b3
Bb7 17. c3 $1 (17. Kb1 Bc6 18. c3 $14) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3
20. Qxc3 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23.
Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3 Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {Nijboer}) 16. Kb1 $5 {
[%cal Gc2c4] The idea behind this move is not new, white is trying to transfer
c4 hoping to exploite certain advantage in space and more active pieces,
however it was never tried in the following position.} (16. Bb5 Rb8 (16... Qc7
17. Kb1 Rb8 18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $132 {De la Riva,
O-Comas Fabrego,L/Barcelona op 1996}) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Nc5
Bb5 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qf2 $13 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Glek,I/Open 1999
}) 17... Qc7 (17... Bb7 18. f5 Bc6 $5 (18... Qc7 19. Re1 exf5 (19... Qc6 $6 20.
Rg3 Qxa4 $6 21. Qg4 $1 g6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Kh8 24. Be8 $3 $18 {[%csl Gg7]
}) 20. Bxf5 Bc6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Rfe8 23. Rhe3 $14 {Fedorov,A-Kortschnoj,
V/EU-chT 1999}) 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rf3 (22. f6 $5)
22... Rc8 $11 {Marjanovic,S-Antic,D/Subotica 2000/CBM 76}) (17... Nb6 $5 18.
Nc5 Nd7) 18. h5 (18. Re1 Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. h5 (21. Rg3 $5 Rbc8
22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Kh8 24. h5 Rg8 25. Rf3 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev
izt-W 1995}) 21... Rfc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Nc5 $5 $13 {Sedlak,N-Antic,D/
Subotica 2000/CBM 76}) (18. Rg3 Bb7 19. Re1 f6 $2 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxe6 $1 $16
{Cherevatenko,R-Shemeakin,A/Alushta 1998/EXT 2000}) 18... Bb7 (18... Qc6 $6 19.
b3 Ba6 20. f5 Rbc8 21. Rd2 Bxd3 22. Rhxd3 Qc7 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. Rg3 exf5 25. e6
{1-0 Berndt,S-Furlan,M/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (25)}) 19. Re3 $5 (19. g4 Rfc8 20.
Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qf4 Qc7 25. Re2 $14 {Fogarasi,
T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993/CBM 37 ext}) 19... Bc6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Rfc8 22.
f5 Bb5 $1 $11) (16. b3 Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21.
Rf2 f6 $15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995} 22. Ree2 h6 $15 {Kulish,
I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) (16. c4 $5 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxh4 18. g3 Qd8
19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 $13 {Nijboer,F-Korchnoi,V/Sonsbeek SNS 1999})
16... Qc7 17. b3 $6 {[%csl Ga4]} (17. c4 Bb7 (17... dxc4 $2 18. Qxc4 Qa7 19. h5
h6 20. Rhd3 $16) 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. h5 h6 $13) 17... Ba6 18. c4 Rac8 $1 (18...
bxc3 19. Rxc3 Qb8 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rdc1 Ra7 22. Rc6 $14) 19. Re3 Rfd8 {
[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd5c4]} 20. Rc1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bb5 $1 22. Qd6 Bxa4 (22... Qa7 $1
23. Rd3 Bxa4 24. bxa4 Qa8 $1 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd7c5]} 25. Bb5 Rxc1+ (25... Nc5
$2 26. Rxc5 Rxd6 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. exd6 $16 {[%cal Gd6d7]}) 26. Kxc1 Rc8+ 27.
Kd1 Nf8 $36 (27... Nc5 $2 28. Bc6 $3 $18 {[%csl Rg8]})) 23. bxa4 Nb6 $6 (23...
Qb7 $5 24. Rd3 Qa8 $1 {transposing to the position arising after 22...Qa7} (
24... Qe4 25. Qd4 Qxg2 26. f5 $1 $13)) (23... Qa7 $5) 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bb3
Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Rd4 $6 (26... Kf8 27. Kc2 Ke7 28. Rd3 Rc8+ $15) 27. g3 $11 Nd7
28. Bc2 Nb6 29. Bb3 Nd7 30. Bc2 g6 $2 {Without the rooks an endgame is very
tough for black so he had to play 30...Nb6 deviating from the trade.} (30...
Nb6 $11) 31. Rd3 $1 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 $16 Nc5 33. Bc2 Kf8 34. Kd2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd7
36. Kd4 Kc6 37. g4 h6 (37... Kb6 38. h5 Kc6 39. h6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Kb6 (39...
Nd7 40. Bd3 Kc7 41. Bb5 $18) 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Bxf5 Ne6+ 43. Kd5
$18) 38. h5 $1 gxh5 39. gxh5 Kb6 (39... Nb7 40. Be4+ Kb6 41. Bxb7 Kxb7 42. Kc5
$18) 40. Bg6 $1 $18 Nxa4 41. Bxf7 Nc5 42. f5 $1 {[%cal Ge5e8]} exf5 43. e6
Nxe6+ 44. Bxe6 f4 45. Ke4 Kc5 46. Kxf4 a4 47. Ke5 b3 48. Bxb3 $1 1-0

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Ne7 16. Rad1 $5 {In this position white has tried different moves,but none
of them leads to clear advantage;in all cases black has sufficient
counterchanses.Let's see a few examples:} (16. Ng3 Na4 (16... g6 $5 17. Ne2 Rb8
18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Ned4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11 {Cladouras,P-Naiditsch,A/FSGM
April, Budapest HUN 1998 (35)}) 17. Nd4 (17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
20. a3 bxa3 $5 21. Rxa3 Kd7 $132 {Votava,J-Glek,I/BL9697 1997 (40)}) 17... g6
18. Rae1 Nxb2 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f5 $1 exf5 21. e6 $1 $40 {Blatny,P-Glek,I/
Vienna op 1996 (47)}) (16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3
Nd7 21. Kh2 Rfc8 22. Ned4 $14 {Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/NLD-ch 1996 (39)}) (16. b3 h6
17. Ng3 g6 18. Qd2 Nf5 $5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qe3 Ne4 $15 {Renet,
O-Glek,I/EUCup Gr1 1995/0-1 (52)}) (16. Rfd1 h6 $5 17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qh4 Ra7 19.
g4 Ng6 20. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 $17 {[%csl Rf4] Mainka,R-Glek,I/Recklinghausen 1995 
(32)}) 16... Na4 ({Deserves attention} 16... Rc8 17. Ng3 h5 $5 18. Ne2 Qb7 19.
Ned4 Ne4 20. Qe2 Bc4 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. fxg5 g6 $13 {with complicated position;
Zakic,S-Certic,B/Belgrade-A 1990/1-0 (51)}) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 $5 (18. Rf2 $6
Na4 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Ned4 g6 22. Kg1 Ne4 $15 {Mueller,M-Ellers,H/
BL9697 1997 (57)}) (18. Ned4 Na4 19. Rb1 O-O (19... Nc5 $5 20. Rfd1 O-O 21. Kg1
a4 22. Kf2 Rfb8 $132 {Vehi Bach,V-Glek,I/Biel op MTO 1997/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 20.
Kg1 Rfc8 21. Kf2 Rc7 22. g4 g6 23. Ke3 $14 {Nunn,J-Glek,I/BL9293 1993 (44)})
18... O-O $6 {Till this moment neither side made any new move,but on this move
black decides to deviate and does it not very successfully.Better is} (18...
Nd7 $5 19. Kg1 Nc5 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 Nf5 22. Rc1 Ne3 $13 {with unclear
position with mutual chanses;Riemersma,L-Glek,I/Bussum op 1995 (46)}) 19. Bxa6
Rxa6 20. a3 $1 $14 Nd7 $6 ({Mor in the spirit of the position was} 20... bxa3
$5 21. Ra1 a4 22. Rxa3 Rc8 23. Nfd4 Raa8 24. Rfa1 axb3 25. cxb3 $14 {with
minimal advantage for white.}) 21. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ga1a2,Gf1a1] White has very
simple plan how to improve his position and black can do nothing to prevent it.
} Raa8 (21... Rb8 $5 22. Ra2 a4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Rfa1 Nc5 25. Nfd4 Rab6 26. c3
(26. bxa4 Rb1+ 27. Nc1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Rb4 $11) 26... Rxb3 27. Nxb3 Rxb3 28. g3
$14) 22. Ra2 Nc5 23. Rfa1 Rac8 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ned4 $5 {[%csl Rb4]} g6 (25...
f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Ra5 Rfe8 28. Rb5 Ng6 29. f5 exf5 30. Nxf5 $16) 26. Ra5 $16
{[%cal Ga5b5] As strange as it seems,but black can't protect the pawn on b4!}
Nf5 27. Rb5 Ne4 ({Nothing changes} 27... Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Ra8 29. Re1 Ne4 30. Rxb4
$16) 28. Rxb4 Ne3 29. Ne1 f6 30. Nxe6 fxe5 $6 ({More persistant was} 30... Rfe8
31. Nd4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Rb7 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga1a7] ,but also here
white has decisive advantage.}) 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Rb7 $18 Nc5 (32... Rxf4 33.
Ra8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxh7 $18) 33. Re7 e4 34. b4 Nf5 35. Re5 {The rest
is not so interesting:white is an exchange and the two pawns up and black
could resign right away.} Nd7 36. Rxd5 Nb6 37. Re5 e3 38. g4 Nd6 39. Rxe3 Rxf4
40. h3 Rxb4 41. Rb3 Rxb3 42. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {One of the most
critical positions of the French defence. Hundreds of games have been played
in this line thus far, but the latest ones seem to indicate that black's
chances to equalize are higher than white's chances to get an opening
advantage.} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/
Manila ol/1992/}) 14... a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 $13 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/
Rostov/1993/}) 13... Bb7 $5 {Tricky move. All the latest games saw 13...b4
followed by the advance of an a-pawn afterwards, which appears to be quite
safe option for black. However it's pretty difficult to play for a win with
black in that line, so Sadvakasov comes up with 13..Bb7.} (13... b4 14. Na4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 (17. Kb1 Bc6 18. c3 $14) 17... Rfc8 18.
Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3 Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {
Nijboer}) (13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2
Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) 14. h5 {Typical
move for this kind of positions, but it was more accurate to start with 14.
Kb1!?} (14. Kb1 $5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 (18. c3 Rab8
$15) 18... Bb5 19. h5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qb5 21. Nd3 a5 22. f5 $36) 14... b4 15. Na4
(15. Ne2) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 {Doesn't work} (18. c3 $2
Bxa4 19. cxb4 Qc7+ 20. Rc3 Bc6 $19) 18... Qxa2 (18... Rfc8 19. Nd3 (19. f5 Qc7
20. Qxb4 Nxe5 21. h6 exf5 22. hxg7 Bd7 23. Rd2 f4 $40 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/
Germany 1992}) 19... Bb5 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Rc1 a5 22. f5 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Qxe5 24.
Qh4 exf5 25. Rf1 Re8 $13 {Zelcic,R-Dizdar,G/Pula 1999}) 19. Nd3 (19. Rg3 $6
Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5 21. Nd3 Bb5 22. f5 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Qc7 24. Re1 exf5 25. Bxf5 Qb6
$13 {Ollivier,A-Arnold,L/IECC email 2000}) 19... Bb5 (19... a5 $4 20. Kd2 $18 {
[%cal Gd1a1]}) 20. Nxb4 (20. Kd2 Rfc8 21. Nxb4 Qa5 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. Bxb5 axb5
24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc3 Qh4 26. Rc7 Nf8 $15) 20... Qa5 21. Kb2 $6 {Too slow. The
position was calling for more drastic measures, so white sould've started an
immediate actions on the kingside with} (21. h6 $5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rfb8 23. Nd3
g6 24. f5 $1 Rc8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Rhf3 $36 {[%cal Gf3f7,Gf7g7] and black has
to be carefull to keep the balance.}) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qb5 23. Nd3 $6 {
Another inaccuracy, after whch black's attack bnecomes unstoppable.} (23. Ra1
$5 a5 24. Nd3 h6 $15) 23... a5 $40 {[%cal Ga5a4,Ga4b3,Gb5a5]} 24. f5 a4 25. f6
gxf6 26. exf6 Kh8 27. Qb4 (27. Rg3 axb3 28. cxb3 Rfb8 $19) 27... Qc6 28. Nf4
Rfc8 29. c3 Qa6 $19 {[%cal Gc8b8] White is helpless against Rfb8.} 30. Ra1 Rcb8
31. Qe7 Rxb3+ 32. Kc2 Ne5 33. Re3 Rab8 (33... Rab8 34. Ra2 Qf1 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Qf2 $5 {This move is starting
to gain popularity after Krmanik had used it in his game against Radjabov in
the last Linares tournament. In my opinion this move is extremly unpleasent
for black since he has to look for escape in the slightly worse endgame with
no real chances to get more than a half of point.} Qc7 13. Bd3 (13. Bxc5 Nxc5
14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Qd4 $14 {Schmid,G-Janka,H/Koetzting
1988}) (13. g4 $5 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Qh4 h6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. exf6
Rxf6 19. g5 $36 {Kosmol,H-Uiess,H/ICCF-Cup corr 1994}) 13... Bxd4 {Radjabov
didn't take his chance to trade the queens and very soon found himself under
the decisive attack:} (13... b5 14. Qh4 {This is white's idea - to create a
couple weaknesses on the King side and to push pawns to open up a position of
the black king.} (14. Ne2 Be7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rae8 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf6
Bxf6 19. Qh3 $14 {Moreda,L-Kovacevic,B/Nova Gorica 2001}) 14... h6 15. Ne2 f6 (
15... Bb7 16. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4g5]} f6 17. g5 fxe5 18. gxh6 $1 $18
exd4 $140 19. hxg7 Rf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. g8=Q#) 16. Qg4 $36 {Kramnik,V-Radjabov,
T/Linares 2003/CBM 94_01}) 14. Qxd4 Qc5 (14... b5 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6
17. Ne2 b4 18. Nd4 a5 19. b3 $14 {Pedzich,D-Aaberg,A/Copenhagen 1991}) 15. Ne2
b6 (15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Rhe1 $14) ({Doesn't work 15...f6 since white
is better prepared to open up a center.} 15... f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rhe1 e5 (
17... b6 18. c3 Bb7 19. Bc2 $16) 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Qg5
$1 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5c5]}) 16. Kb1 (16. Rhe1 $5 Bb7 17. f5 f6 (17... exf5
18. Bxf5 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. c3 $14) 18. fxe6 (18. exf6 e5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20.
fxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng3 Kf6 $44) 18... Nxe5 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Kb1 $14)
16... Bb7 17. c3 Bc6 18. Bc2 $1 {White is aware of black's plan to trade the
bishops and he takes necessary precautions against it.} Bb5 19. Qd2 (19. Rhe1
Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxd4 21. cxd4 $14) 19... Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rfd8 21. f5 $1 {White
can't wait with this break because black's counterplay on the queenside may
become very menacing.} (21. g4 $6 b5 22. f5 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 $15) 21... exf5 (
21... b5 $2 22. Qh5 Nf8 23. f6 Ng6 24. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4h4]}) 22. Bxf5 Nf8
23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 (24... Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rhe1 $16) 25. Bf7 d4 $1
{[%cal Gc5f5]} 26. Qf2 $1 {Forcing transposition into clearly better endgame
in which white bishop dominates poor black knight.} (26. Rxd4 $4 Rxd4 27. cxd4
Qf5+ $19) 26... dxc3 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]} Rdb8+ 29. Kc2
Ra7 30. Bc4 (30. Bd5 $5) 30... Nd7 31. Rb1 (31. Rd6 $5 Rab7 (31... Ne5 32. Bxa6
Rba8 33. Re1 Nf7 34. Rde6 $18) 32. Rhd1 Rb2+ 33. Kc1 Nf8 34. R1d2 Rb1+ 35. Kc2
$16) 31... Rxb1 32. Rxb1 g6 33. Be6 $5 {I'm not sure white has to play this
one, but it certainly doesn't spoil anything.} (33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Rd6 a5 35. Rc6
$16) 33... Kg7 34. Rd1 Ne5 35. Rd6 a5 36. h3 Kf6 37. Bc8+ Kf7 38. Rd5 Nc4 39.
Rxc5 (39. Kd3 $6 Nb2+ 40. Ke3 Rc7 41. Ba6) 39... Ne3+ 40. Kb3 Nxg2 41. Ka4 Nf4
42. Rc6 (42. Kb5 a4 43. a3) 42... Ke7 43. c4 Nd3 44. Bg4 (44. a3 $1) 44... Nb4
45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Re2 h5 47. Bf3 Rc7 48. Kb5 Nd3 49. Kxa5 Kf6 50. Bd5 $6 {
Giving up a bishop is most definitly a wrong idea, even though white keeps
good winning chance even after the move in the game.} (50. Rc2 Ra7+ 51. Kb5 Ra3
52. Bb7 $18) 50... Nf4 51. Rd2 $6 (51. Kb6 Rd7 52. Rd2 Nxh3 53. a4 Nf4 54. a5
$16) 51... Nxd5 52. cxd5 Ke5 53. Kb6 (53. d6 Rd7 54. Kb6 Rxd6+ 55. Rxd6 Kxd6
56. a4 g5 57. a5 g4 $11) 53... Kd6 54. a4 Rc3 $132 55. Rb2 {[%csl Gb3]} (55. a5
Rb3+ 56. Ka7 h4 57. a6 Rxh3 58. Rb2 g5 59. Kb7 Ra3 60. a7 Rxa7+ 61. Kxa7 h3 62.
Rb6+ Kxd5 63. Rh6 g4 64. Rh4 Ke4 $11) 55... Rxh3 56. a5 Kxd5 57. a6 Ra3 58.
Rb5+ Ke4 59. Ra5 Rf3 60. a7 Rf8 61. a8=Q+ Rxa8 62. Rxa8 h4 63. Kc5 g5 64. Rh8
g4 65. Rxh4 Kf3 66. Kd4 g3 67. Rh3 Kf2 68. Ke4 g2 69. Rf3+ Ke2 70. Rg3 Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Morocco"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 (2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3) 2... d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (
3... d4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. Ng3) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 $5 {
This move is less popular than 7...B:c5, but for no particular reason: black
seems to have very good chances to equalize after the move in the game.} (7...
Bxc5) 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg3 $6 {The bishop has nothing to do on g3, so
it was better to play 10.Re1 instead.} (10. Re1 f5 (10... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd7 12.
Rad1 Rc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 $11 {Novak,
I-Lechtynsky,J/Decin 1973}) 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bg3 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Ra7 15.
Re2 Rb7 16. Rae1 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Nd1 a5 $132 {Gufeld,E-Antoshin,V/Tbilisi
1956}) (10. Qd2 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qe2
Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Rf6 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Re3 Raf8 19. Ne2 Nd7 $11 {Erenburg,
S-Riazantsev,A/Kolontaevo 1998}) 10... Nxd3 (10... Qb6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Rb1 (12.
b4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rfc8 14. Ne2 a6 15. c3 Na7 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nfd4 Nc6 18. f4 Nxd4
19. Qxd4 a5 $15 {Golubovic,B-Mohr,G/Bled 1993}) 12... Rfc8 13. Re1 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 $6 Na5 15. Bh4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Nc4 $17 {Drozdov,I-Neverov,V/Kharkov 1988}) (
10... a6 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Nd1 Be8 $5 $13
{Ledger,A-Buckley,S/Scarborough}) 11. cxd3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 {It's obvious that
black is doing great after the opening.} 13. Rb1 a5 14. Nf4 (14. Qd2 $5 Rfc8
15. a3 a4 16. Qf4 Qb3 17. Rfd1 $132) 14... f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. d4 (16. Re1
Raf8 17. Qc1 Bc5 $17) 16... Raf8 17. Ne2 $6 {Permitting black to sacrifice an
exchange on f3.} (17. Qd2) 17... Rxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Be8 19. Rc1 (19. Qb3 $2 Qxb3
20. axb3 Bg6 21. Rbc1 Bd3 22. Rfe1 Bb4 23. Nc3 Nxd4 24. Kg2 Nxb3 $19) 19... Bg5
$6 {Black is losing a thread, letting white to consolidate the position.} (
19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Bb4 22. Nf4 Rf7 $15) 20. Rc3 Bh5 (20... Qxb2
$2 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rb3 Qxa2 23. Nc3 $18) 21. Rb3 Qa6 22. Kg2 a4 23. Rc3 Qb5 $6
24. b3 axb3 25. Rxb3 Qc4 26. a3 $6 {It's white's turn to return a favor. After
correct} (26. Bd6 $1 Rd8 (26... Ra8 $6 27. Ng3 Bg6 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. f4 $16 {
[%cal Gd1g4]}) 27. Bf4 Bf6 28. Qd2 $14 {black would have to work hard to reach
an equality.}) 26... Na5 27. Rc3 Qa6 28. Ng1 (28. Be5 Nc4 29. Ng3 Bd2 30. Rb3
Be8 $15 {[%cal Ge8a4]}) 28... Nc4 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Rd1 Qb6 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32.
Qxc4 Ra8 33. d5 $6 {Opening up the position just helps blak's bishops to
become more "influental".} (33. Be5 Be7 34. Rc1 Bf8 35. a4 Be8 36. Nh3 $132)
33... exd5 34. Qxd5+ Bf7 35. Qd3 Qc6 $15 {[%csl Ra3]} 36. Nh3 (36. Ne2 Bc4 37.
Qe3 Re8 38. Nd4 Rxe3 39. Nxc6 Rxa3 $17) 36... Bc4 $6 (36... Be7) 37. Qd6 Qxd6 (
37... Qe8 38. Qd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 b5 40. Bd6 Bb2 41. Ng5 h6 42. Ne4 Bxa3 43. h4
$15) 38. Bxd6 {Black has a minimal advantage, but white should hold this
endgame without too many difficulties.} Rd8 39. Rc1 Bb5 40. Bb4 Bc6 41. Re1 Kf7
(41... Rd4 $5) 42. Re3 Rd5 43. Bc3 Bd8 44. Re5 Rd3 45. Re3 Rd7 46. Bb4 $6 (46.
Nf4 $5 Bg5 (46... Bb6 47. Rd3) 47. Kg3 Rd1 48. h4 Be7 $13) 46... g5 {[%cal
Gg5g4]} 47. Kf1 (47. Kg3 Rd4 {[%cal Gd8c7]}) 47... Rd1+ 48. Ke2 Rh1 49. f4 gxf4
50. Nxf4 Rxh2 51. Nd3 (51. Rh3 Rxh3 52. Nxh3 h5 $17) 51... Bb5 52. Rf3+ Ke6 53.
Re3+ Kd7 54. Ke1 Rh1+ 55. Kd2 Bg5 56. f4 Rh2+ 57. Kd1 (57. Kc3) 57... Bh6 58.
Nc5+ Kc8 59. Rc3 (59. Ne6) 59... Bc6 60. Nd3 Kd8 61. Bd6 Rh1+ 62. Ke2 Rh2+ 63.
Kd1 Rh3 $15 64. Kc2 Be4 65. Kd2 Bf5 66. Bc7+ (66. a4) 66... Ke8 67. Be5 Bf8 68.
Nb4 Rxc3 69. Kxc3 h5 70. Bf6 Kf7 71. Bg5 Ke6 72. a4 Bg7+ 73. Kd2 Be4 74. Ke3
Bb1 75. Nd3 Kd5 76. Ne5 Bc2 77. a5 Bf8 78. Bd8 Bf5 79. Kf3 Bb4 80. Bb6 h4 81.
Ng4 Ke6 82. Ne3 Bd2 83. Bd8 Be1 84. Ke2 $2 (84. Kg2) 84... h3 85. Kf3 $2 (85.
Nf1) 85... Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 2128]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6.
Nf3 a6 {'!?' Ftacnik.} 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ (8... Qc7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5
Bxc5 11. Bxc5 (11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Bb5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Riemersma,L-Barsov,
A/Vlissingen op 1996 (28)}) 11... Qxc5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Qf2 $6 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qxc2 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. O-O O-O $17 {Wemmers,X-Barsov,A/Soest op 1995 
(41)}) (8... Qc6 9. c4 $2 dxc4 10. Nc3 b5 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8
Bxa8 14. Qa1 Na6 $17 {Motylev,A-Volkov,S/RUS-sf 1995 (29)}) 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4
Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 b5 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (12... Be7 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 b5 14.
Nb2 a5 15. O-O axb4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Drasko,M/Heraklio op 1993}) 13...
b5 14. Nb2 a5 15. O-O axb4 16. Rfc1 $5 Qb7 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qc2 $44 {
Vratonjic,S-Drasko,M/JUG-chT2 1993 (38)}) 13. Nb2 f6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Morozevich has chosen an ambitious plan that sends white knight to modest
square b2 and quickly undermines the center. '} 14. exf6 $6 {Letting black to
equalize very easily.After correct} (14. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} Rb8 15. axb5 axb5
16. Nd4 $1 {'~~' Ftacnik.} Nxd4 17. Bxd4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 19. Ra7 $16 {
white has got significient advantage in Scripchenko,E-Matveeva,S;Belgrad 1996.}
) (14. Bd4 {Ftacnik} fxe5 15. fxe5 Be7 $17 {xe5}) 14... Nxf6 15. Bd3 Bd6 16.
O-O O-O 17. a4 {Now it's to late.} Rb8 $11 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 $2 {'?!'
Ftacnik.} (19. Rae1 $5 Bd7 (19... e5 $6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 $1
$14 {[%cal Gf4b8]}) 20. Nd1 Ng4 $6 21. g3 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Ne7 23. Ng4 Rbc8 $132)
(19. g3 $1 {Ftacnik} Ng4 (19... e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc5 $14) 20.
Bd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. Ra5 e5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Bxe5 $14) (19. Nd1 $5
{Ftacnik}) 19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 (20. cxd4 $6 {Ftacnik} Ng4 $15) 20... Ne4 $1 $36
{'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black strives to open the position for his long range
bishops, in ideal case together with weakening of white's kingside.'} 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Be3 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} (22. Be5 $5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Bb7 (23... Rd8 {
Ftacnik} 24. Qg5 Bb7 $15) 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nd1 Qxe5 (25... e3 $6 {[%cal
Gb7g2]} 26. Qxe3 Qf7 (26... Qc6 27. Ra2 $14) 27. Nf2 Qg6 28. Qg3 Qc2 29. h4 $14
{[%cal Ga1a7]}) 26. Ne3 Qc7 $5 27. Re1 Rd8 $15) (22. g3 {Ftacnik} Bb7 23. Qe2
Qc6 (23... e3 24. Qxe3 Qc6 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Qh3 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 $11)
24. Qe3 $13) 22... Bb7 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb7d5]} 23. c4 (23. Ra7 {Ftacnik} e5
24. f5 Rbd8 $15) 23... g5 $1 $17 {Extremly strong move agaist which it's quiet
difficult to find the sufficient defense. '!' Ftacnik.} 24. cxb5 $2 {Loosing
by force.} (24. c5 Bxf4 25. g3 Bxg3 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 26. hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Rf3
28. Rg1 (28. Rxf3 exf3 29. Qf2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6]} 31. Bxg5
Rf5 $19) 28... Qh3+ (28... Qh4+ $2 29. Qh2 Rh3 30. Rxg5+ Kf7 31. Rf1+ Ke8 32.
Rg8+ Ke7 (32... Kd7 33. c6+ Kxc6 34. Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rc7#) 33. Bg5+ Qxg5 34. Rxg5
$18) 29. Qh2 Rxe3 30. Rxg5+ Kh8 $19) (24. fxg5 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Be5 $1 (25... bxc4
$6 26. Nxc4 $1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Ba6 (27... Qxc4 28. Rc1 $11) 28. Rc1 Bxc4 29. Qd4
Rc8 30. Qxe4 $1 (30. b5 $2 Be5 31. Qxe4 Qd6 32. b6 Ba6 $19) 30... Bg3 31. g6
hxg6 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 (32... Qh7+ $6 33. Kg1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Bg1 $13) 33.
Qxg6+ $11) 26. cxb5 (26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qg3 28. Qd7 e3 $1 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.
Qxb7 e2 $19) 26... Qg7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rb1 Qg6 $1 29. Qe2 Rf3 $1 30. Kg1 Qh5
31. gxf3 exf3 32. Qf2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Bg3 $19) (24. g3 $5) 24... gxf4
25. b6 fxe3 $1 $19 {'Little' combination immideatly deciding the game. '!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Tha tactical solution for white failed, suddenly black
pawns will roam around promotion squares.'} 26. bxc7 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 (27. Kxf1
Rf8+ $19) 27... exd2 28. cxb8=Q+ Bxb8 {White is helpless against two black
pawns,which simply move forward with some help from the bishops! Ftacnik: 'The
bishops could have only dreamed about such a rosy future. White can not stop
the marching pawns because of their excellent support. '} 29. Nd1 (29. Kf2 Ba7+
30. Ke2 Ba6+ $19) (29. Nc4 Ba7+ 30. Kh1 e3 $19) 29... Ba7+ 30. Rf2 Ba6 $1 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 (8.
Na4 Qa5+ (8... Qc7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Bxc5
Nxc5 14. b4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 $14 {Luther,T-Volkov,S/Moscow 2001}) 9. c3 cxd4 10.
b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nb2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Bd3 $14
{Berg,E-Kiriakov,P/Skelleftea 2001}) 11... a5 (11... Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Be2 b5
14. Nb2 f6 15. a4 bxa4 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxa4 $14 {Schmaltz,R-Libiszewski,F/
FRA 2002}) (11... b5 12. Nb2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6
Rb8 17. Be3 Bd6 $13 {Ernst,T-Ulibin,M/Stockholm 2002}) 12. b5 (12. a3 axb4 13.
axb4 Nc6 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bb5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Antal,G-Horvath,C/
Budapest 2002}) 12... b6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nb2 a4 16. c4 a3 17. Nd1
dxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 {Bar,R-Roiz,M/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000}) 8... Nc6 9. Na4 {
I don't really like combination of a3 and na4 since black gets very
comfortable square c4 for his pieces in most of the variations, however this
move isn't a mistake.} (9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. b4 O-O $132 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 9... Qa5+ 10. c3 (10.
Nc3) 10... c4 (10... cxd4 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nxd4 (12. cxd4 b5 13. Nc5 Qb6 14. Bd3
a5 15. Bd2 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Qb7 17. Qb1 $16 {Fernandez Bouza,F-Abella Vazquez,C/
Ferrol 2000}) 12... b5 13. Nb2 g6 (13... Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7 16. Bd3
Be7 17. O-O Bb7 18. Nb3 $14 {Zarezenko,I-Vitik,V/Cherepovets 2001}) (13...
Ncxe5 14. fxe5 Qxc3+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxe5 $13 {Timmermans,I-Piceu,T/
Belgium 2001}) 14. Be2 Bh6 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rf3 f6 $13 {Coelho,
D-Menendez,M/Merida 1997}) 11. Be2 $6 {Too slow. White had to start with 11.b4
as was played by Apicella in his game against Gurevich:} (11. b4 $5 cxb3 12.
Qxb3 b5 13. Nb2 b4 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kf2 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bc3 17. Ra2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2
Qxa3 19. Rxb8 Ndxb8 20. Be2 $44 {Apicella,M-Gurevich,M/Cappelle la Grande 1999}
) 11... Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gb7b5] Now the knight comes to c4 with a tempo.} 12. b4 (
12. O-O $6 b5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Na5 15. a4 Nb3 16. Ra2 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+
18. Kh1 bxa4 $15 {Karner,H-Vaganian,R/Tallinn 1983}) 12... cxb3 13. Qxb3 Na5
14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Bc1 b5 16. Nb2 Nxa3 17. Qb3 Nc4 $17) 15... dxc4 16.
Nb2 b5 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 17. f5 $6 {White should've tried to keep the position
closed for a while completing development of the pieces before breaking with
f5.} (17. a4 Bb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. O-O Nb6 21. Bd2 Be7 22. Nd1
O-O 23. Ne3 $13) 17... exf5 18. Qxf5 Nb6 $15 19. Qh5 Nd5 20. Bd2 h6 $1 {
[%csl Gg5] Restricting white knight.} 21. O-O Be7 22. Nh4 (22. Ng5 Bxg5 23.
Bxg5 Nxc3 $17) (22. Nd1 $4 {[%csl Rh5]} g6 $19) 22... g6 $1 {White minor
pieces are extremly passive so white's desperate attacking attempt is doomed
to fail.} 23. Nxg6 (23. Qf3 Bxh4 24. Qxd5 Bb7 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. exd6 f5 27. Bf4
Kd7 28. g3 Bf6 29. Rae1 Be4 $17) 23... fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Rae1 (25. Rf7 Qb6
26. Qg7 Re8 27. a4 Rb8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qh7 $17) 25... Bb7 26. Rf7 Qc6 27. Qg7
Qe8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh8g8] Putting white on defensive.} 28. e6 Rg8 29.
Qxh6 Qc6 30. Rg7 Kc7 31. Nd1 (31. Bg5 Kb6 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 $19) 31... Raf8 32. Qg6
Qe8 33. Qg3+ Kc8 34. Re2 Rxg7 35. Qxg7 Qh5 36. Re1 Qf5 37. Qe5 Qc2 (37... Qxe5
38. Rxe5 Bxa3 39. Ne3 Nxe3 40. Bxe3 Re8 $19) 38. Qe2 Rg8 39. g3 Bc6 40. Rf1 Nf6
41. Ne3 Qe4 42. Qg2 Qxg2+ 43. Nxg2 Ne4 44. Be1 Ng5 45. Kf2 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 $5
a5 (8... Qb6 9. Nf3 Be7 (9... a5 10. f5 $5 cxd4 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. cxd4 Be7 13.
Nf4 Nf8 14. Bd3 $14 {Morozevich,A-Dukhov,A/Moscow Tal 1992}) (9... c4 $6 10. g4
f6 11. Bh3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Nh5 Rg8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bg5 Qd8
17. Qd2 $16 {Golubev,M-Relange,E/Groningen op 1993}) 10. f5 cxd4 11. cxd4 b4
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O 15. Bd3 Nxd4 $5 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. Be3
Qa5+ $44 {Arakhamia,K-Repkova,E/EU-chTW 1992}) 9. Nf3 Ba6 ({Too dangerous is} 
9... b4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. f5 $1 exf5 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. e6 $1 $40 {
and white has got a strong attack in Shirov,A-Nikolenko,O/URS-ch58 1991 (30)})
10. h4 ({Different type of position arises after} 10. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 11. b4 Ba7
12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. a4 $1 $14 {,but also in this case white has
chanses to get an advantage; Lanka,Z-Gausel,E/EU-chT 1992 (79)}) 10... b4 11.
h5 Be7 12. f5 {This is the main idea of white's set up-to stabelize the
position in the center and then to push f5 with pressure on the kingside.} exf5
13. Ng3 (13. Nf4 $5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nb6 16. Qd3 $44) 13... Bxf1 14.
Kxf1 Nf8 $6 ({It demands a lot of curriage to play} 14... g6 {,but it would be
better choice:} 15. hxg6 (15. e6 $5 fxe6 16. hxg6 Nf6 $5 (16... Bf6 17. Rxh7
Rxh7 18. gxh7 bxc3 (18... Qe7 $6 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Ng5 $16) 19. bxc3 Qe7 20.
Qe2 $36) 17. Ng5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qd6 $132) 15... fxg6 16. dxc5 $6 (16. Nxf5 $5
gxf5 17. Ng5 Nf8 (17... Bxg5 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Bxg5 Ne7 20. e6 Qe8 21. Qh6+ Kg8
22. exd7 Qxd7 23. Bf6 $18) 18. Qh5+ Ng6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Rxh8+ Kd7 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 $13)) 15. Nxf5 $14 Ne6 16. h6 g6 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. axb4 cxb4 (18... axb4)
19. Kg1 ({Nothing promises} 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. g3 (20. Be3 Kf7 21. Qd2 Rf8 22.
Ng5+ Kg8+ 23. Kg1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qd7 $15) 20... Kf7 21. Kg2 Rf8 22. Be3 Kg8 23.
Rf1 $13 {and black doesn't seem to have any problems.}) 19... Qd7 {Ones again
black chooses "safer" continuation.May be better practical chanse was} (19...
Nxg7 $5 20. hxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. Qd2 bxc3 23. bxc3 $44 {and white has
fantastic compensation for the pawn,but at least black has a pawn,while in the
game white just has very comfortable advantage.}) 20. Nxe6+ Qxe6 21. Bg5 $1 Ke8
(21... f6 $2 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Ne5 $16) 22. Qd2 Kd7
23. Rf1 Rhf8 (23... Raf8 $5) 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7] Black
can't defend the pawn on h7 and very quickly white's advantage gets decisive.}
bxc3 26. bxc3 f6 $8 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Nxh7 Qf5 30. Ng5 $6 ({
More convincing was} 30. Rh3 $1 a4 31. Rf3 Qb1+ 32. Rf1 Qb3 33. Nf8+ $18) 30...
a4 31. h7 Rh8 32. Kh2 Na5 $6 {Now it is over.The last chanse was} (32... Nd8 $8
33. Kg3 Ne6 34. Nxe6 Qxe6 35. Qf4 a3 36. Ra1 Rxh7 37. Rxa3 Qe1+ 38. Qf2 $16 {
with very small chanse of survival.}) 33. Kg3 $1 a3 34. Qf4 Qxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Rf8+
36. Kg4 Nb3 37. Nf7 $1 $18 {Forcing the knights ending with two pawns up,which
is easily winning for white.} a2 38. h8=Q Rxh8 39. Nxh8 a1=Q 40. Rxa1 Nxa1 41.
Nxg6 Nc2 42. Nf4 Kd6 43. Kh5 Ne3 44. g4 Nd1 45. Ne2 Ne3 46. g5 Ke6 47. Kg6 Ng2
48. Kh7 Ne3 49. g6 Kf5 50. g7 Ng4 51. g8=Q Nf6+ 52. Kh8 Nxg8 53. Kxg8 Ke4 54.
Kf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. g3 {Very solid continuation promising white a small, but long-lasting
edge.} cxd4 (9... Be7) 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. Bh3 fxe5 $6 {
Very risky move after which black has to prove that it's initiative worth 2
pawns!} (13... Kh8 14. exf6 (14. Na4 Qa6 15. Bf1 b5 16. Nc3 fxe5 17. Bxb5 Qb6
18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 Ba6 $36 {Sznapik,A-Knaak,R/Bratislava 1983}) 14... Nxf6
15. O-O Ne4 $6 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Bd7 19. Rb1 Nxd4 $2 20. Nxd4
Bc6 21. Re5 $18 {Riemersma,L-Luther,T/Chania 1993}) 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Nxd5 Qd8
16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. dxe5 (17. Nxe7 $5 Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Bh3 (18... Rad8 19. O-O Nxd4
$2 20. Qxd4 Bh3 21. Qe4 {1-0 Dresling,S-Winfridsson,O/ICCF corr 1997}) 19. Be3
Rad8 20. Qd2 Qe6 $44) 17... Bg4 18. O-O {Sacrificing an exchange is the best
way to play in the position, since after} (18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qe4
Nc6 21. O-O Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Qd7 $44 {[%cal Ga8e8] black's piece play fully
compensates him for the lack of a pawn.}) 18... Bc5+ 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Qb6
21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd4 23. Rff1 Nb3 24. Qe2 $6 {Not the best decision.
Strangely enough white should initiate the trade of the queens, so it was
better to play 24.Qf2:} (24. Qf2 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Rae8 26. Rc1 g5 27. Ng4 Qxf2+
28. Kxf2 gxf4 29. Rc7 fxg3+ 30. Kxg3 $16 {Smagin,S-Dimitrov,V/Prilep 1992})
24... Nxa1 25. Rxa1 g5 $1 $13 {An exposed position of the white king promise
black sufficient counterchances.} 26. Rf1 gxf4 27. gxf4 Rf5 28. Kh1 (28. Rf3
Rg8+ 29. Kf1 $6 Rf7 30. f5 Rfg7 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. hxg3 Rxg3 33. Kf2 Rh3 $19)
28... Rf7 29. f5 Rg8 30. e6 Rfg7 31. Qf3 (31. Nd5 $4 Qg1+ 32. Rxg1 Rxg1#) (31.
f6 $4 Qc6+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rg1#) (31. Qd2 $5) 31... Rg5 32. b4 (32. Qe4
Qxb2 33. e7 $2 Qxh2+ $1 34. Kxh2 Rh5+ $19) (32. e7 $2 Qf6 33. Nd5 Qd4 34. Ne3
Qg7 $19) 32... Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6e5]} 33. Nd5 Rg3 $5 34. Qd1 $6 {Making the
wrong choice. White should've grabbed the chance to eliminate black rooks by} (
34. hxg3 $1 Rxg3 35. Ne3 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Kg8 37. Kg2 Kf8 $14 {and white keeps
slightly better chances, even though a draw seems to be the most likely result.
}) 34... R3g4 35. Qf3 Qe5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ge5] Black queen is extremly strong on
e5.} 36. e7 Rh4 37. Nf4 (37. h3 $2 Qxd5 $19) 37... Qxe7 38. Qc3+ Qg7 39. f6 Qf7
40. Qe5 (40. Ne6 Rhg4 41. Ng7 Rf8 $17) 40... b6 41. b5 Rhg4 42. h3 Rg3 43. Kh2
$2 {A blunder in a very difficult position.} (43. Rf2 $5) 43... Qa2+ $19 44.
Ne2 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 $5 {A rare move. Usually
white plays 11. h4 here with complicated struggle. The idea behind 11.Qf2 is
very simple and logical- white intends to develop a bishop to d3 followed by
Qh4 later on.} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 (13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6
Rxf6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Qd4 $14 {Schmid,G-Janka,H/Koetzting 1988}) (13. g4 $5 b5
14. Bd3 b4 15. Qh4 h6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. g5 $36 {
Kosmol,H-Uiess,H/ICCF-Cup corr 1994}) 13... b5 {This is Radjabov's last
opportunity to exchange the queens off and to jump into slightly worse endgame.
} (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 (14... Qc5 15. Ne2 b6 (15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17.
Rhe1 $14) 16. Kb1 Bb7 17. c3 Bc6 18. Bc2 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rfd8 21. f5
$14 {Hossain,E-Vakhidov,T/Dhaka 2003}) 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne2 b4
18. Nd4 a5 19. b3 $14 {Pedzich,D-Aaberg,A/Copenhagen 1991}) 14. Qh4 {This is
white's idea - to create a couple weaknesses on the King side and to push
pawns to open up a position of the black king. Ftacnik: 'Kramnik is trying for
a new solution in a well known variation with the preparation of the kingside
attack.'} (14. Ne2 Be7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rae8 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19.
Qh3 $14 {Moreda,L-Kovacevic,B/Nova Gorica 2001}) 14... h6 (14... g6 {Ftacnik}
15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Kb1 $14) 15. Ne2 f6 (15... Bb7 16. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gg4g5]} (16. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Rac8 17. g4 $14) 16... f6 17. g5 fxe5 18. gxh6 $1
$18 exd4 $140 19. hxg7 Rf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. g8=Q#) 16. Qg4 {At this point it's
pretty obvious that Kramnik won the theoretical discussion. White has
developed very dangerous initiative on the kingside, while Radjabov is
deprived of any counterplay on the other part of the board.} Bxd4 (16... f5 17.
Qf3 (17. Qg6 {Ftacnik} Rf7 18. h3 Nf8 19. Qh5 $14) 17... Qb6 18. Qe3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh1g1,Gg2g4] Next g2-g4 will be coming soon with very
unpleasent threats over the g-file.}) 17. Nxd4 (17. Qxe6+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 (17...
Rf7 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. Qe8+ Rf8 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxf8 $16) 18. Qf5 (18. Nxd4
Nxe5 19. Qxd5 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qxf4+ $11) 18... Be3+ 19. Kb1 g6 20. Qxg6 (20. Qh3
Nxe5 21. Qxe3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bf5 $11) 20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Nc3 $14)
17... Nc5 (17... fxe5 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxe6+ Kf7 20. Nxc7 $18)
18. Qg6 {Forcing black to take on d3.} Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'Only
the youth has the ability to feed the hope into desperate counterattack on the
queenisde. In fact white's advantage after the correct and logical move 19...
Qf7! would be rather symbolic.'} (19... fxe5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22.
Qxe5 (22. Qxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kxf7 23. fxe5 Ke6 24. Re1 Rf2 $11) 22... Qxf4+ (22...
Rad8 {Ftacnik} 23. g3 $14) 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxd5 Rf2 25. Rd2 Raf8 26. Re1 $1
$16) (19... Qf7 $1 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxf7+ (20. Qg3 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4
Rxf4 23. Rdd1 Bd7 $11) 20... Rxf7 21. exf6 Rxf6 (21... gxf6 $2 22. Re1 $16) 22.
g3 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Nf3 Rg6 $11) 20. Rhd1 Ra7 {It is fruitless to attempt
to win a pawn after} (20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Qxa2 22. Ra3 Qc4 23. Rg3 $1 Qc7 24.
Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rc3 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxd5 $16 {and white
emerges with a pawn up.}) (20... Qxa2 {Ftacnik} 21. Rg3 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa5+ 23.
Ke2 Rf7 24. exf6 $16) 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. f5 $1 $16 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Kramnik is ready with all the pieces and thus it makes no sense to wait with
direct attack. '} Qb6 $6 (22... Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Raxf7 24. fxe6 Re7 25. Re3 Bxe6
26. Rde1 $16) 23. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rg8] Preparing Rh6. Black has no defense
against white's mating attack.} fxe5 24. Rxh6 $1 Rf6 (24... exd4 25. Qh7+ Kf7
26. f6 Ke8 27. fxg7 $18) 25. Qe8+ {Ftacnik: 'White even got few words of
criticism for this solution, since the banal continuation of the attack via h
file was winning more quickly. In reality is the choice of world champion very
safe and convincing despite few more moves.'} (25. Qh7+ {Ftacnik} Kf8 (25...
Kf7 26. fxe6+ Bxe6 (26... Ke8 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Nf5#) 27. Rxf6+
Kxf6 28. Rf1+ Ke7 (28... Kg5 29. h4+ Kg4 30. Qg6+ Kxh4 31. Nf3#) 29. Nxe6 $18)
26. Qh8+ Kf7 (26... Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Rf7 28. Qg5+ Kd6 29. fxe6 $18) 27. Rh7 $18
Ke7 28. Rxg7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. fxe6+ Bxe6 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Qxe5 $18)
25... Rf8 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 $18 ({Another possibility was} 
28. Rd3 $5 exf5 29. Qxc8 exd4 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 (30... g6 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ $18
) 31. Qc8+ {and the black king has no escape - Rf3 or Rh3 is coming next.})
28... Qc7 29. fxe6 {The queen with the knight is the best combination of
pieces in the mating attack. Espacially when they are attacking king which is
left alone!} e4 30. Ng5+ (30. Rxd5 $5) 30... Kh6 31. h4 Kh5 32. Qf5 g6 33. g4+
Kxh4 34. Rh1+ Kg3 35. Rg1+ Kh4 36. Qf6 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
a6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {'!' Kortschnoj.} Bc5 {One of the most popular
variations in french defence,leading to very sharp and complicated struggle.}
10. h4 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 (13... Qb6 14. h5 Bb7 (14...
Ra7 $5 15. Rg3 (15. g4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Be2
Raf7 $13) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 $132 {
Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL 1993 (66)}) 15. g4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h6 $6 (
17... g5 $1 {Finkel,A} 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg2 (19. Bd3 Nb8 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]
[%cal Gb8c6]}) 19... g5 20. f5 (20. Ne2 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Rae8 22. Rh5 Nb8 $1 $132)
20... exf5 21. e6 Nb6 22. Rh5 h6 $1 $13) 18. Re3 $1 $14 Bc6 19. g5 Nc5 $6 (
19... hxg5 {Finkel,A} 20. fxg5 Rab8 $14) 20. b4 Nd7 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. f5 $1 $36
{1-0 Christiansen,L-Dizdar,G/Luzern 1997/CBM 62/[Finkel,A] (40)}) (13... Bb7
14. Kb1 (14. g4 $5 b4 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18.
Ne2 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Froeyman,H-Groffen,H/Antwerp 1999/CBM 75 ext (28)}) 15. Ne2
(15. Na4 $6 Qa5 16. b3 Bc6 $36) 15... a5 16. g5 Ba6 17. h5 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19.
g6 $5 h6 (19... fxg6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qe1 $5 g5 $5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. fxg5 $13)
20. Re3 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 a4 $13 {Gruenfeld,Y-Gurevich,M/Haifa 1995 (33)}) (14. h5
b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 Rfc8 $132 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/GER/1993})
14... b4 (14... Bxd4 $5) 15. Ne2 $5 (15. Na4 $6 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6
18. Nb2 Qc5 19. c3 a5 $36) 15... a5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Bg2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxd4 19.
Rxd4 Qc7 20. g5 $14 {Lau,R-Knaak,R/BL 1995 (41)}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (
15... f6 16. Qxb4 fxe5 17. Qd6 Qf6 18. f5 $1 Qh6+ (18... Qxf5 $2 19. Rf3 Qg4
20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Nb6 $18) 19. Kb1 Rxf5 (19... Nf6) 20. Rf3 $36) (15... Qa5 $5
16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 (17. Rg3 Rfc8 (17... Bc6 18. Nb2 Nc5 $1 (18... Qxa2 $6 19.
Nd3 a5 $2 20. Kd2 $1 $18) 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Ne4 $15 {Dutreeuw,
M-Gurevich,M/Brussels op 1995 (44)}) 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. f5 $5 {>< Pe5} Qc7 20. f6
g6 21. Qf4 Kh8 22. Re3 Bxa4 23. bxa4 $13 {Arakhamia,K-Gurevich,M/Helsinki op
1992 (33)}) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb1 (18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {+/=
Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leeuwarden 1992}) 18... bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21.
Nxc3 Rc8 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. Ne2 $14 {Herrera,I-Ramas,L/CUB-ch 1993 (45)}) 16. Bb5
{'!' Finkel,A.} Rb8 17. Be2 $6 {Bishop has nothing to do on e2 so white should
prefer usual Bd3. Kortschnoj: 'Up to now the game moves along well-known
theoretical rails. 17.Bd3 is considered to be more dangerous for black '} (17.
Bd3 Qc7 18. h5 Bb7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 $1 Qc6 (20... Bc6 21. Nc5 Qb6 22. Nb3 a4
23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd4 $14) 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5 $14 {Fogarasi,
T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993 (65)}) 17... Bb7 (17... Nb6 {Kortschnoj} 18. Nc5 Nd7
{is a worth to consider.}) 18. Rg3 (18. g4 Bc6 (18... f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bb5
Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Nc5 Nxg4 23. Nxe6 Rf6 24. Nc5 $14) 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Nxd7
Bxd7 $11) 18... Bc6 19. Nc5 ({After} 19. f5 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qc7 $1 {black
would get a big edge.}) 19... Qb6 (19... Qxh4 20. Rh3 Qe7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Qd3
h6 23. Qg3 $40) 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 ({Certainly not} 20... Qxd4 $2 {Kortschnoj} 21.
Nf6+) 21. f5 $5 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'The move leads to white's
advantage in an arising endgame.'} (21. h5) 21... Qxd4 22. Rxd4 exf5 {
Kortschnoj: '22...Kh8!?'} 23. Rxd5 f4 $1 {After this move arises very
interesting position which remains equal till the moment white makes the
lethal mistake.} 24. Rgd3 {Kortschnoj: 'The only move.'} (24. Rg5 $2 h6 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxd7 Rbe8 27. Rd5 f6 $15) 24... Bb5 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. Rxa5 $5 ({
After} 26. R5d4 Rbe8 27. Rxf4 Rxe5 28. Bf3 $11 {the game would end up a draw.})
26... Bxg2 27. Bc4 {'?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'After 27.Bd1 or 27.Bg4 and
after retreat of the bishop 28.Rf2 black had to look for a compensation for a
lost pawn.'} f3 28. Bd5 {White misses very interesting possibility} (28. Ra7
Rbe8 29. Rdd7 f2 30. Rxf7 Kh8 31. a4 bxa3 32. bxa3 f1=Q+ 33. Bxf1 Bxf1 34. Rxg7
$14) 28... Rb6 {'!' Kortschnoj.} 29. Rd4 $2 (29. Ra7 h5 30. Rf2 $13) ({After} 
29. Rf2 {Kortschnoj} Rh6 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Rxh4 32. b3 Rc8 33. Rf2 {
black would stand a bit better, but a lot of fight was still ahead...}) 29...
Re6 $1 $17 {[%csl Re5] Extremly strong reply, which, I guess, as overlooked by
white. '!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Another strong move. White's position is
on the verge of collapse.'} 30. Rf4 (30. Rxb4 Rxe5 31. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (31... Kxf7 {
Kortschnoj} 32. Rxe5 (32. Rf4+ {Kortschnoj} Kg6 $1) 32... Kg8 $1 $19) 32. Rxe5
h6 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rd8 f2 35. Rd1 f1=Q 36. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kd2 Rh1 $17) 30...
g5 $1 {'!!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'The third consecutive strong move.Black
is winning.'} 31. Rf5 (31. Rxb4 Rxe5 32. Bxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxe5 f2 34. Rxg5+ Kf8
35. Rb8+ Ke7) (31. hxg5 Rxe5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rxe5 Kg6 $1 $19)
31... gxh4 {[%cal Gh4h1]} 32. Bxf3 h3 33. Rd5 Rg6 34. Rd6 $2 {Losing on the
spot} (34. Rd1 h2 35. Bxg2 Rxg2 36. Rff1 Ra8 37. Kb1 Rc8 38. Rc1 Rc5 $17) 34...
h2 $19 35. Bxg2 Rxg2 36. Rh5 Rg1+ 37. Rd1 Rd8 $1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 b6 8. Be2 $5
{Not a very ambitious,but quiet acceptable continuation.White has tried
different moves in this position:} (8. Bd3 Be7 (8... Ndb8 $5 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1
Ba6 11. a3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 O-O $13 {Nicola,R-Sousa,N/POR-chJ U20 Odivelas 1995 
(40)}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. b3 $5 O-O-O $6 13. Qf2 h6 14. Na4
$1 c4 $6 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. d5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb6] Djurhuus,R-Heyken,E/Gausdal
Peer Gynt 1992 (31)}) (8. Bb5 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. f5 O-O $5 (10... exf5 $6 11.
Nxd5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nxe7 $1 Qxe7 14. Qxd4 O-O-O 15. Rxf5 $16) 11. f6 $5
gxf6 12. Bh6 fxe5 13. Qe1 $1 $36 {Gipslis,A-Sherieshevsky,M/USSR 1981 (27)}) (
8. Qd2 $5 Bb7 9. O-O-O a6 10. f5 $5 $36 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Bf4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 $13 {Werner,M-Borngaesser,R/BL 1989 (41)}) 8...
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Ndb8 {Deserved attention} (10... f6 $5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Rad1 Ng4 13. Kh1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd6 $13 {with unclear position.}) 11. Rad1 Kh8
12. Kh1 Ba6 13. f5 $5 $36 (13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne2 cxd4 15. Nexd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Qc7 $11) 13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 exf5 15. c3 cxd4 $6 {After this move white's
initiative becomes extremly dangerous,so deserved attention} (15... c4 $5 16.
Bg5 $5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Rde1 $44) 16. Nexd4 $14
Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. c4 $1 Rd8 (18... Nb4 $5) 19. Nb5 $1 $16 {Very strong move
exposing numerous problems in position of black.} d4 (19... dxc4 20. Qe2 Qb7
21. Qxc4 Nd7 22. e6 $5 fxe6 23. Qxe6 Rac8 24. Ng5 Nde5 $8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Bf4 $1 $16) 20. Nfxd4 a6 (20... Nxe5 21. Qe2 Qb7 (21... Qc8 $6 22. Bf4 $1 Nec6
23. Bxb8 $18) 22. Nxf5 $1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 gxf5 24. Bd4 f6 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qxe5+
Kg8 27. Nc7 $16) 21. Nc3 Qb7 (21... Nxe5 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Bg5 Re8
25. Nf6 $16) 22. Nd5 b5 23. Nxf5 $1 $18 {This nice tactical blow decides the
game.} bxc4 (23... gxf5 24. Rxf5 bxc4 25. Qe4 Bf8 26. Rdf1 $18) (23... Bf8 24.
Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Qc3+ f6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7
30. Nc7 $18) 24. Qe4 $1 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Bf8 26. Rdf1 {Black resigned. The White
attacking pieces are totally dominating the Kingside.} 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Qf2 $5 Qb6 (9... b4 $5 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5
14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. a3 $14 {Pikula,D-Stojanovic,M/JUG-ch Podgorica 1996 (37)}) (
9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Ne2 b4 14. O-O g6 15. Kh1
O-O $132 {Elizarov,A-Grigorian,K/Belgorod GMA-qual 1989/1-0 (66)}) (9... Qa5
10. Bd3 b4 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. f5 $5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6
$13 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Teyssou,D/Alicante op 1989 (41)}) 10. Bd3 Rb8 $6 {
Rook has nothing to do on b8 so better was} (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11...
Bc5 12. Nce2 Bb7 (12... b4 $5 13. c3 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rac1 O-O
$13 {Miladinovic,I-Kosic,D/JUG-chT 1997 (25)}) (12... f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c3
e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Barsov,A/Dieren op 1997})
13. c3 b4 14. O-O Rc8 15. Kh1 g6 16. a3 b3 17. Qh4 $14 {Mitkov,N-Olaizola,L/
San Sebastian op 1993 (44)}) 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Ne2 (13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5
15. b4 Na4 16. Ne2 $1 f6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Nd4 $14 {Gazik,I-Sinkovics,P/
Zalakaros op 1991 (45)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Qxd4 $5 $14) 14... Nc5 $13
15. b4 $140 (15. O-O O-O (15... Nb7) 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nb3 Qxf2+ 19.
Kxf2 Bb7 20. Ke3 Bd5 21. Nc5 a5 22. a3 Rfc8 23. c3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,
Y-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996}) 15... Ne4 $132) 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Qxd4 ({White keeps better chanses also after} 13... Qc7 14. Rae1 Nc5 15. f5
Nxd3 16. cxd3 b4 17. fxe6 $1 Bxe6 (17... bxc3 18. exf7+ Kd8 19. Bxc3 Be6 20.
Rc1 $40 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gc3d4,Gd4c5]}) 18. Ne2 $14) 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Ne2 f6
16. Rf2 $1 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 fxe5 $6 {This move is also inaccuracy,but black's
defensive resourses are still quiet significient.} (17... Nc5 $5 18. Re1 O-O
19. exf6 Rxf6 20. g3 Bd7 21. Rfe2 $14) 18. Nc6 Rb7 (18... Rb6) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 $2
{After this mistake black is in very serious troubles.It was nessasary to play}
(19... Nc5 {hoping to hold this position.}) 20. fxe5 Rf7 21. a4 Rxf2 ({
Unfortunately black can't play} 21... b4 $6 {becuase of} 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. a5
$1 {[%csl Rb4]} Ke7 24. Ra4 b3 25. cxb3 h6 26. Rb4 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb4b6]
and white has winning position.}) 22. Kxf2 O-O+ 23. Ke3 Bd7 (23... b4 $2 24. a5
g5 25. Ra4 Rf4 26. g3 Bd7 27. gxf4 gxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Bxa4 29. b3 $18) 24. a5 $1
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7][%cal Ga1a3,Ga3c3,Gc3c7,Ge3b6] Preparing to penitrate with
the king to b6.} Rc8 25. Ra3 b4 $8 {Otherwise white wins even easier:} (25...
Bc6 26. Kd4 Rf8 27. Kc5 $1 Bb7 28. Kb6 Rf7 29. Rc3 d4 30. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra6]})
(25... h6 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 28. Kd4 Ke7 29. Kc5 Kd8 30. Kd6 $18 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gd3h7,Gh7g8,Gg8e6]}) 26. Rb3 Rc5 27. Rxb4 Rxa5 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29.
Rb7 Ke8 (29... Ke7 30. Ra7 $1 $18) 30. Bxh7 $18 {White won a pawn and all the
rest is a matter of technique.} Ra4 31. Bd3 Rh4 32. h3 a5 33. c3 g5 34. Ra7 g4
35. Rxa5 gxh3 36. gxh3 Bc6 (36... Rxh3+ 37. Kd4 Rh4+ 38. Kc5 Rh3 39. Kd6 $5
Rxd3 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7 Kg6 42. Rxd7 Kf5 43. Rf7+ $18) 37. Bg6+ Kd8 38. Ra7
d4+ $5 39. cxd4 Rxh3+ 40. Kd2 Rb3 41. Kc2 Rg3 42. Bd3 Bd5 43. Ra3 Kc7 44. Rc3+
Kb6 45. Bc4 Rg2+ 46. Kb1 Rg1+ 47. Ka2 Kc6 48. Bb3+ $5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8.
exf6 (8. Nf4 $5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13.
Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rad1 (15. a3 $5 Qd6 16. Rad1 Rf7 17. Bb1 Re8 18. f3
Rfe7 19. Nd3 $14 {Sax,G-Glek,I/BL9293 1993 (37)}) 15... Qd6 16. Bb1 Rae8 17.
Nd3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 $14 {Morozevich,A-Moskalenko,V/Moscow m 1994 (52)
}) 8... Nxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... Bd6 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1
Bd7 14. Bf4 Ne4 $132 {Bologan,V-Glek,I/BL9293 1993 (38)}) 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bd3 (
11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf1 Qb8 $13 {
Lau,R-Gleizerov,E/Dresden op 1994 (37)}) (11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. h3 Bd7 14.
Be3 Qe7 15. Re1 g5 $5 $132 {Hort,V-Knaak,R/BL9697 1996 (44)}) 11... O-O 12. Bg5
Qe8 13. Qd2 $6 Nh5 14. Ne2 $5 {Becoming the defnsive side for the rest of the
game,but it's hard to propose something better.} (14. Qc2) 14... e5 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ge8e2]} 15. Nxe5 ({There is no other way because} 15. dxe5 $2 {loses
after} Bb4 16. Nc3 Rxf3 $1 17. gxf3 d4 18. f4 dxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe5 $1 20. fxe5
Qxe5+ $19) 15... Nxd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Qxe5+ ({Nothing gives} 16... Bxe5 17. Ne2 Nf4
18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Qc2 g6 20. O-O $11 {and white is o'kay.}) 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Bf1
Bg4 $6 ({Loosing a thread.Much more dangerous for white was} 18... Bd7 $1 19.
Rd1 (19. O-O-O Rac8+ 20. Kb1 Qe4+ 21. Ka1 Nxg2 $17) 19... Rae8 20. Ne2 Bc6 {
and black's pressure is quiet unpleasent.}) 19. h3 Bh5 20. g3 Rae8 $1 {The
idea behind 18th move of black,but this sacrifice almost by force leads to a
draw.} (20... Qe7 21. a3) 21. gxf4 Rxf4 {[%csl Rd4]} 22. Be2 (22. Ne2 Bb4 23.
Nc3 d4 $19) 22... Rxd4 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 23. Qxd4 $1 (23. Bxd4 $2 Qxe2+ (23... Qe4
$1 24. Rg1 (24. O-O-O Bf4 25. Bxh5 Bxd2+ $19) (24. O-O Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Bxe2 $19)
24... Bxe2 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Qh6 Bb4+ 27. Bc3 Bxc3+ 28. bxc3 Bc4+ 29. Qe3 Qh1+
30. Kd2 Rxe3 $17) 24. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 25. Kf1) 23... Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxe2+ 25. Kf1 Re4
{[%csl Rf1][%cal Gh5e2]} (25... Rd2 $5 26. Bxa7) 26. Bxa7 Be2+ 27. Kg2 Re6 28.
f4 $1 {This move solves all white's problems.Worse is} (28. f3 Rf6 29. Rhe1
Bxf3+ 30. Kg1 Be4 31. Bd4 Rg6+ $15 {[%csl Rg1,Rh3] and black keeps the
initiative.}) 28... Bxf4 29. Rhe1 Bd2 (29... Rg6+ 30. Kf2 Bd3 31. Re7 Rf6 $13)
30. Kf2 $1 $14 {Now white even gets symbolical advantage,but it's not enough
to cause black serious problems.} Bxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Ra6 $8 32. Bd4 Bh5 33. Re7 Kf8
34. Rxb7 Rxa2 35. Bxg7+ Ke8 36. Ke3 Ra4 37. Bd4 Bg6 38. b4 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rxh3
40. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Ne7 16. b3 (16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Nd7 21.
Kh2 Rfc8 22. Ned4 $14 {Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/NLD-ch/1996}) (16. Rad1 Na4 (16... Rc8
17. Ng3 h5 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. Ned4 Ne4 20. Qe2 Bc4 $6 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. fxg5 $16 {
Zakic,S-Certic,B/Belgrade-A (01) ,EXT 90 1990 (51)}) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ned4 (
18. b3 Nd7 19. Kg1 Nc5 $10 {Riemersma,L-Glek,I/Bussum(4) 1995 (47)}) 18... Na4
19. Rb1 O-O 20. Kg1 Rfc8 21. Kf2 Rc7 22. g4 g6 23. Ke3 $14 {Nunn,J-Glek,I/BL
9293 (1992) ,BL 90 1993 (45)}) (16. Ng3 g6 (16... Na4 $5 17. Qxb6 $5 (17. Nd4
$6 g6 18. Rae1 $5 Nxb2 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f5 $1 exf5 $2 21. e6 $44 {P.
Blatny-Glek, Wien op (8) 1996}) 17... Nxb6 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a3 bxa3
21. Rxa3 (21. b3 $5 O-O 22. Rxa3 Rc8 23. Rfa1 Nc6 24. Nge2 $14 {Brustman,
A-Bobrowska,M/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (49)}) 21... Kd7 22. Rfa1 a4 23.
Nge2 Rc8 24. Kg1 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 $11 {Votava,J-Glek,I/BL9697 1997 (40)}) 17.
Ne2 Rb8 (17... Na4 $5 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Ned4 O-O 20. a3 $6 (20. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6
21. a3 $14) 20... Bxd3 21. cxd3 Na4 22. b3 Nc5 $15 {Werner,I-Bobrowska,M/EuJun
(girls), Tallinn EST 1997 (48)}) 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Ned4 Nc5 20. Qh4 Ne4 21.
Rad1 h6 22. Ng5 $16 {Lutz,Christopher-Glek,Igor V/BL 1995/96 GER 1995 (47)})
16... h6 17. Rad1 (17. Ng3 g6 18. Qd2 $6 (18. Ne2 $32 Nf5) 18... Nf5 $1 19.
Nxf5 gxf5 $17 {Renet,O-Glek,I/FRA-GER Clichy ,CBM 50 1995 (52)}) (17. a3 bxa3
18. Rxa3 $6 Qb4 {/\Bd3/}) 17... Rc8 $5 (17... O-O 18. g4 d4 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20.
Rxd4 $16 {Kuczynski,R-Schmidt,Wl/POL-chT Lubniewice (02) ,EXT 95ch 1995 (41)})
18. Ng3 $5 g6 {[%csl Rf6]} 19. Ne2 (19. Qe3 $6 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Na4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6
22. Nd4 Kd7 $15) 19... Qb7 20. Nfd4 (20. Qh4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rc2 22. Ned4 Rxa2
23. Qf6 O-O 24. Qh4 $132) 20... Ne4 21. Qh4 Qb6 (21... Bxd3 $5 22. cxd3 (22.
Rxd3) 22... Nc3) 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. g4 $6 h5 24. f5 (24. Ng3 Nc3 $5 (24... Nxg3+
25. hxg3 Kd7 (25... Nc6 $5 26. Rf2 $5 (26. Qf6 $6 Rh7 27. Nxe6 hxg4+ 28. Kg1 (
28. Kg2 $4 Qe2+ 29. Rf2 Qe4+) 28... Qa7+ 29. Rf2 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Ne7 $19) 26...
Kd7 $1 27. Kg2 hxg4 $1 28. Qxg4 Qb6 $15) 26. g5 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Rf2 Qc3
$15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2]})) 24... g5 $1 25. Qh3 Rxc2 $1 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc2 Qxe2
28. Qg2 hxg4 $1 $15 29. Qxe2 (29. Nd4 $2 Qe3 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge4g3]}) (29.
Rde1 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nf5 $17) 29... Ng3+ 30. Kg2 Nxe2 31. Nd4 (31. Rd2 Nf4+ 32.
Kg3 Nc6 33. Re1 (33. Kxg4 Nxe5+ 34. Kxg5 Rh5+ $1 35. Kxf4 Rf5+ $19) 33... Rh4
$1 (33... Nd3 $5 34. Rxd3 Rh3+ 35. Kxg4 Rxd3 36. Re2 $1 $15) 34. Nd4 Ne7 $1 $17
{[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge7f5,Gh4h3]}) 31... Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Rh3 $17 33. Rd2 (33. Rde1
Kd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7g6]}) 33... Neg6 34. Re1 Kd7 35. Rc2 Nd3 36. Rf1 Ndxe5
$19 37. Rf6 Nf4 38. Rf8 Rd3 39. Ne2 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 a6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 b6
9. Be2 (9. O-O-O Be7 10. h4 c4 11. f5 b5 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Qf2 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Qa5 $132 {Saulin,D-Sumaneev,D/RUS-ch 1995}) (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O g6 11.
Kh1 Be7 12. Nd1 Qc7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 a5 16. Bf2 $14 {Held,
P-Raedeker,B/Wuert-chT 1994}) (9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Nd1 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 Kb8 15. c3 Ka7 16. O-O $14 {Singer,C-Turian,H/AUT-chT 1993
}) 9... g6 (9... Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd1 Be7 12. c3 c4 13. Nf2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nfg4 Ne4 17. Qe1 $36 {Dyce,A-Chikovani,V/EU-chJ U14 1994}) 10.
h4 $6 (10. Nd1 $5) 10... h5 11. Nd1 (11. O-O-O Bb7) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Be7 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nf2 a5 16. Qe3 $6 (16. O-O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18.
Qe2) 16... Ba6 17. Bf3 (17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qe2 Ra8) 17... Qc7 18. Nh3 $6 Rc8 19.
Ng5 {[%csl Rg5]} Na4 20. Rh2 b5 21. g4 $6 (21. Rd2 Bb4 22. c3 Be7 23. a3 Nc5
24. Rad1 Nb3 $15) 21... hxg4 22. Bxg4 Qc4 $1 $17 23. h5 $6 (23. c3 b4 24. Be2
Qc6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 $36) (23. a3 Nxb2 $1 24. Bxb2 Bxg5 {[%cal Gc4g4,Gh8h2]} 25.
fxg5 Qxg4 26. Qb6 Rxh4 $19) 23... Nxb2 $1 $19 24. Be2 (24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. hxg6+
Kg7 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Bxb2 Qxc2 $19) 24... Qxc2 $1 25. Bxb5+ Bxb5 26. Rxc2 Rxc2
27. Bxb2 Rxh5 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh5h1]} 28. Nf3 Rh1+ 29. Ng1 Bh4+ 30. Kd1 Ba4
$1 31. Bd4 (31. Qd4 Rxg1+ 32. Qxg1 Rg2+ $19) 31... Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 {This continuation
was used by Anand with a great success during the last couple of years.} Nc6 7.
c3 Be7 (7... Qb6) 8. Be3 O-O (8... Qb6 9. Qd2 c4 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. g3 b5 12. Bh3
g6 13. O-O Nb6 14. g4 Bd7 15. f5 $14 {Pahta,P-Henriksson,P/FIN-ch ME corr 1974}
) 9. Nf3 f6 10. Qc1 (10. Ng3 $6 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Qc1 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 $2 fxe5
14. fxe5 Nxd4 $17 {[%cal Gf8f2] Martin Tarrio,D-Mingo Fernandez,M/San Feliu
2000}) 10... a5 $6 {Too slow. Black should've played 10...Qb6 followed by
taking on e5.} (10... Qb6 $5 11. g3 (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5
14. Ned4 Ne4 15. Be2 g5 $5 16. fxg5 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb4+ 18. Nd2 Qxd4 $17) 11...
fxe5 12. dxe5 (12. Nxe5 cxd4 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Bxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 $13) 12... Qc7 13. h4 Nb6 14. Bh3 Nc4 15. Bf2 Nd8 16. Qc2
$36 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 11. g3 a4 12. Bh3 f5 13. O-O $14 {[%cal Gg3g4,Ge2g3] The
opening is over and it's quite obvious that white managed to get an opening
advantage. mainly due to the fact that it's very difficult for black to get
counterchances on the queenside.} cxd4 (13... b6 14. g4 Ba6 15. gxf5 exf5 16.
Rf2 Qe8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bg2 $14 {[%cal Gh2h5]}) 14. Nfxd4 $5 Nc5 15. c4 $1 {
Opening a center is right approach to the position.} dxc4 16. Qxc4 (16. Nxc6 $5
bxc6 17. Nd4 Qd5 18. Bg2 Ne4 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bf3 $14) 16... Na5 17. Qc2 b6 18.
Rfd1 Qe8 19. Bg2 Bb7 (19... Ra7) 20. Bxb7 Naxb7 21. b4 $1 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 $6
{black shouldv'e kept the rook not letting white to penitrate via a-file.} (
22... Qf7 23. b4 Ne4 24. Nc6 $16) 23. Rxa1 Nd8 24. b4 Ne4 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Ra6
$18 {[%csl Rb6,Re6] After this move black can't protect his weaknesses on the
b6 and e6.} Kh8 27. Rxb6 Qa7 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Qa1+ 30. Nc1 (30. Kg2 Qe1
31. Nd4 Bxb4 32. Rb6 Bc5 33. Rb8 g6 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qf7 $18) 30... Bd8 31.
Rc6 Be7 32. Rc7 Bd8 33. Ra7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 (13. O-O-O a6
14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Nc8 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Rhf1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. f5 Bd7 20.
f6 g6 21. Rf3 $36 {Hartmann,G-Moors,H/BL/1986}) (13. Bd3 Ke7 14. O-O-O Bd7 15.
Rhf1 Bc6 16. Ne2 f6 17. exf6+ gxf6 18. Nd4 Kd6 19. Rde1 Rae8 20. g4 $5 $36 {
Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1992}) (13. a4 {/\ a5} a5 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6
$5 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nc8 20. c4 Nb6 $5 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kc1 Rac8+ 24. Bc4 $10 {Georgiev,Kir}) 13... Ke7 14. O-O-O
(14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3}) (14. b3 $5 Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kd2
h5 18. g3 Rac8 19. a4 $14) (14. a4 $5 Bd7 15. a5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd7 17. b4 Rac8
18. Kd2 g5 $1 $132 {Luther,T-Mueller,K/Altensteig 1992 (32)}) (14. h4 h5 15.
Rh3 $5 Bd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. b3 a6 18. Rc3 Rhc8 19. Kd2 $14 {Gallagher,
J-Kelecevic,N/Biel Credis 1996 (43)}) (14. Kd2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 16. b3 Nc5 17.
Bd3 g6 18. a4 $5 a5 19. Raf1 h5 20. g3 Rag8 21. h4 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,M/
Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 (15... Rac8 16. b3 (16. Bd3
Nc4 17. Rde1 $6 Na5 18. Kd2 Nc6 19. Nf3 (19. c3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 h5 21. Rc1 g6 $11
) 19... a6 20. h4 $6 (20. g4 h5 21. h3 g6 22. a3 Na7 23. Nd4 Bb5 $132) 20... h5
$1 21. Rhf1 g6 22. a3 (22. c3 $5) 22... Rc7 $11 {Felsberger,A-Dolmatov,S/EUCup
f 1997 (59)}) 16... f5 $6 17. Bd3 Rcg8 18. g3 g5 19. Rdg1 h5 20. Kd2 Rg7 21.
Ke3 $14 {Pax,H-Mattern,M/RL-ch 1993 (35)}) (15... a6 16. Bd3 (16. g3 Nc8 17.
Bg2 Na7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. c3 Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Chernin,A/Moscow
GMA-qual f 1990}) 16... Nc8 17. g4 Na7 18. Rhg1 Nc6 19. c3 Rac8 20. Be2 b5 21.
Nxc6+ Bxc6 22. Rd4 f6 $11 {Shmuter,L-Dickenson,N/EUCup Gr4 1995 (28)}) (15...
h5 16. g3 Na4 $6 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. h3 Rag8 19. Rhf1 g6 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rc1 $14 {
Chandler,M-Short,N/Hastings A1 1988}) 16. Bd3 Nc5 {This is considered to be
the main line of variation.} 17. Rhf1 (17. Rde1 h5 18. g3 Rag8 19. h4 (19. Rhf1
g5 20. f5 g4 21. f6+ Kd8 22. Re3 h4 $132 {Timman,J-Chernin,A/Montpellier ct
1985 (42)}) 19... g6 20. Rh2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Kindermann,S/Lippstadt 1993}) (
17. Kd2 g5 $5 {[#]} 18. fxg5 Rag8 19. h4 h6 20. Nf3 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Rxh4 $5 22.
Rxh4 Rxg5 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Rh5 Ne4+ $5 {[#]} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Re1 Rd4+ 27. Kc1
Bc6 28. Rg1 Rf4 $10) 17... g5 $6 (17... Rac8 18. Kd2 f6 19. Rde1 f5 20. h3 g5
21. g3 (21. g4 $5 $14) 21... Rhg8 22. Rg1 Rcf8 23. h4 $14 {Ramsingh,Y-Schmidt,
L/Novi Sad olm 1990 (28)}) (17... g6 $5 18. Rf3 h5 19. g3 Rag8 20. Rdf1 $14 {
Fogarasi,T-Namgilov,S/Budapest FS03 GM 1996 (28)}) 18. f5 Nxd3+ $6 (18... Rac8
19. Kd2 h6 $5) 19. cxd3 exf5 20. Nxf5+ Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Rhg8 22. Rdf1 Rg7 23. Kd2
{[%csl Rd5,Rg7][%cal Gd2e3,Ge3d4]} d4 $8 ({Too passive is} 23... Rc8 $6 24. Ke3
Rc2 25. R1f2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Ke6 27. Kd4 Rg6 28. b4 $16 {and black hardly can
move.}) 24. Rc1 Ke6 25. Rf6+ Kd5 (25... Kxe5 $4 26. Rcf1 $18 {[%cal Gf1f5]})
26. b4 b6 27. Rcf1 Re8 28. Rxf7 Re7 29. Rf8 $1 ({Nothing promises white} 29.
Rxg7 Rxg7 30. Rf5 h5 $1 $11 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd5e6,Gh5g4] and black wins back
a pawn}) 29... Kxe5 30. R1f5+ $16 {After this move white by force wins a pawn
and transforms his positional advantage into the material one.} Kd6 31. Rd8+ {
Giving the black an opportunity to choose which pawn to give up!} Rd7 32. Rxd7+
Kxd7 ({Absolutely helpless is} 32... Rxd7 33. Rxg5 Rf7 34. Ke2 Re7+ 35. Kf2 Re3
36. Rg3 Re7 37. Rh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh3h4,Gh4f4,Gf2f3,Gg2g5,Gh2h5]
with easily winning position.}) 33. Rd5+ Kc6 34. Rxd4 Rf7 35. Rg4 h6 (35...
Rf2+ 36. Kc3 Rxa2 37. Rxg5 a6 38. h4 Ra3+ 39. Kc2 (39. Kd4 $5 Rb3 40. Kc4 Rb2
41. g4 $16) 39... Ra2+ 40. Kb3 Rf2 41. g4 Rg2 42. Kc4 $16) 36. a4 Rf2+ 37. Kc3
Kd5 38. h4 $6 {Without the pawns on the kingside black's defensive task
becomes easier.} gxh4 (38... Rf5 $5) 39. Rd4+ Kc6 (39... Ke5 $6 40. Rxh4 Rxg2
41. Rxh6 Rg7 (41... Kd5 42. Rh7 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 42. Kc4 Rc7+ 43. Kb5 Rc3 44.
Ka6 $18) 40. Rxh4 Rxg2 41. Rxh6+ Kc7 42. Rh7+ Kb8 43. Kc4 a6 44. Rh5 (44. d4 $2
Ra2 $1 45. d5 Rxa4 46. d6 Kc8 $11) 44... Rc2+ 45. Kd4 (45. Kd5 Ra2 46. Kc6 Rxa4
47. b5 axb5 48. Kxb6 Kc8 $11) 45... Kb7 46. Rh7+ Kb8 47. a5 $5 {The only
chanse.} bxa5 48. bxa5 Ra2 49. Rh5 Ra4+ 50. Ke3 Kc7 51. d4 Ra1 52. Ke4 Kc6 53.
Rh6+ Kb5 ({Even simplier way to draw was} 53... Kb7 $5 54. Rb6+ (54. Ke5 Rxa5+
55. d5 Ra1 56. Ke6 a5 57. d6 Re1+ 58. Kd7 Kb6 59. Re6 Rd1 60. Ke7 Kc5 61. d7 a4
$11) 54... Ka7 55. Rb2 Rxa5 56. d5 Ra1 (56... Rb5 57. Rc2 a5 58. d6 Rb1 59. Ke5
Ka6 60. d7 Rd1 61. Rc6+ Kb5 62. Rd6) 57. d6 Rd1 58. Ke5 a5 59. Ke6 Ka6 60. d7
a4 61. Re2 $1 Kb5 62. Re5+ Kc4 $11) 54. Rb6+ Kxa5 55. Rb8 Ka4 (55... Ra4 $2 56.
Ke5 Rb4 57. Rxb4 Kxb4 58. d5 a5 59. d6 a4 60. d7 a3 61. d8=Q $18) 56. d5 a5 57.
d6 Rd1 58. Ke5 Ka3 59. Rb5 a4 60. Rd5 Re1+ $2 {Decisive mistake.It was still
possible to make a draw:} (60... Rh1 $1 61. d7 Rh8 62. d8=Q Rxd8 63. Rxd8 Kb2
64. Rb8+ Kc3 65. Ra8 Kb3 66. Kd4 a3 67. Kd3 Kb2 68. Rb8+ Kc1 69. Kc3 a2 $11)
61. Kd4 $18 Rd1+ 62. Kc4 Rc1+ ({Doesn't save} 62... Rxd5 63. Kxd5 Kb2 64. d7 a3
65. d8=Q a2 66. Kc4 a1=Q 67. Qd2+ Kb1 68. Kb3 $18 {and black is helpless.}) 63.
Kb5 Rb1+ 64. Ka5 Rb8 65. Rd3+ $1 Rb3 66. Rd4 $1 {Now it's all over.} Rb8 67.
Rxa4+ Kb3 68. Rh4 $5 Rb7 (68... Rd8 69. Rd4 Kc3 70. Rd1) 69. Rd4 Kc3 70. Rd1
1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 $6 {Absolutely harmless variation
permitting black to equalize very easily.} c5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 (6...
Nc6 7. Nxd5 exd5 $6 (7... Qxd5 $5) 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2
$16 {Lematschko,T-Khugashvili,T/URS-chT Moscow 1972 (31)}) (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3
Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bf4 $14 {Basagic,V-Voiska,
M/Azov iztW 1990 (40)}) 7. Bb5+ {This move clearly shows white's intension to
make a draw.} (7. Nb5 Nc6 8. Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Nb4 (9... Bb4+ $5 10. Kf1 O-O
11. h4 f5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe2 Qb6 $13 {Fette,M-Tyrtania,M/BL2-N9697 1996 (60)})
10. O-O Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {Ljubojevic,L-Bednarski,
J/EU-chT 1973 (35)}) (7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Bd7 (9... Bc5 10. a3 a6
11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Be4 $44 {Kersten,U-Marchio,E/Kassel op 1993 (30)})
10. Be4 Qc5 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 Qh5 $11 {Zelcic,R-Benitah,Y/Cannes op18th 1997})
7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ $11 10. c3 Qxd5 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5
13. Nb3 {From now white starts to play carelessly on each move choosing not
the most accurate continuation and gradually creates to himself quiet serious
problems.} (13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nc2 (14. Nxe6 $6 Bxe3 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Bf4 17.
Rd1+ Bd6 18. Nb6+ axb6 $15) 14... Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ke7 16. Ke2 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 $11)
13... Bb6 14. Bf4 $6 {Of course this move is not a mistake and the position
still remains balanced,but after a few such a small inaaccuracies black seizes
the initiative.} (14. Ke2 Ne5 $5 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Rab1 Rhd8 18. Nd2
$11) 14... O-O-O 15. Ke2 e5 16. Bg3 ({Still deserved attention} 16. Be3 {
with equality.}) 16... h5 $5 17. Bh4 $6 (17. h4 $5) 17... f6 18. f3 g5 19. Bf2
Bxf2 (19... g4 $5) 20. Kxf2 Nb6 21. Rhe1 Nc4 $15 {Black's advantage becomes
'visible':he controls the d-file and his knight is much better placed than the
white one.} 22. Re2 Rd5 23. Rb1 h4 (23... Kd7 24. Ke1 Ke6 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2
Rxd2 27. Kxd2 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 f5 29. Rd1 $11) 24. h3 Rhd8 25. Rbe1 Rb5 26. Rb1 Kc7
$6 ({More in the spirit of the position was} 26... f5 {not permitting to white
rook to attack the knight:} 27. Ke1 Rbd5 28. Na1 Nd2 29. Rc1 e4 30. fxe4 Nxe4
31. Nb3 Ng3 $36) 27. Re4 Nd2 $6 {Practically giving up the idea to play for a
win:without the knights white doesn't have any problems to hold the position.}
(27... Nd6 $5 28. Re2 $6 (28. Ra4 $1 Nc8 (28... a6 $2 29. c4 $16) 29. Re1 Rbd5
30. Na1 a6 31. Nc2 Ne7 $15 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]}) 28... Rd5 29.
Rc1 (29. Nd2 $6 Rxd2 $1 30. Rxd2 Ne4+ 31. fxe4 Rxd2+ 32. Kf3 Kd6 $17 {[%cal
Gd6e6,Gf6f5]}) 29... Nf5 30. Rce1 Ng3 31. Rc2 Kc6 $15) 28. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Re2
Rd7 (29... Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Rd5 31. Rg1 Kd6 32. g3 hxg3 33. Rxg3 Ra5 34. a3 Ra4
35. Rg4 $11) 30. Ke3 Rbd5 (30... f5 $5 31. Kf2 Rbd5 32. Rbe1 {[%csl Re5]} Kd6
33. c4 Rc5 34. Rd2+ Ke6 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. b3 $11) 31. Ke4 Kd8 32. Rbe1 Ke7 33.
Kf5 Kf7 34. Re4 $1 $11 {Now the position is balanced and after a couple of
moves the draw is agreed.} Rd2 35. R1e2 Rd1 36. Rf2 R1d5 37. Rfe2 R5d6 38. Rc4
Rd5 39. Rce4 Rd1 40. Rf2 Rc7 41. Rb4 Rd5 42. Re2 Re7 43. Rbe4 Red7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 $5 {This move is hardly better than
popular 11.h4, but it leads to different kind of play.} Be7 (11... Bxe3 12.
Qxe3 b5 13. Bd3 Qe7 (13... b4 $5 14. Ne4 a5 15. Ng5 h6 16. h4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6
$11 {Cabrilo,G-Kovacevic,V/Stara Pazova 1988}) 14. Qh3 g6 15. Rhf1 Rd8 16. Rde1
Nb6 17. g4 Nc4 18. Qh6 Qf8 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Nd4 $14 {Gurieli,
N-Zaitseva,L/Tbilisi 1987}) (11... Bb4 12. Bd3 (12. a3) 12... b5 13. Rhf1 Nb6
14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nd4 Ne7 $1 $132 {Cabrilo,G-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1988
}) (11... b6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Na4 Rac8 15. Qf2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 b5 17.
Nc3 f6 $13 {Perez Fungueiro,M-Hoffman,A/Pontevedra 1992}) 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qe2 (
13. g4 Qc7 14. Qf2 Na5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nf5 $1 Bb4 18. Qh4 $1 $40
{Nemirovski,S-Meister,P/Val Thorens 1989}) 13... Nb4 (13... Nb6 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qf3 Na4 16. h4 Nb4 17. h5 Nxc3 18. hxg6 $1 $40 {Maric,D-Dizdar,G/Belgrade 1988}
) 14. Bd4 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 a5 16. Rg3 a4 17. Nd2 b4 18. Qh5 $5
{White is playing in very risky manner, but it finally pays off because black
makes the decisive mistake just on the next move.} Kh8 (18... bxc3 19. Qh6
cxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bg5 (20... g6 21. Rh3 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 21. Rxg5 g6 22. h4 Qe7
23. h5 Ba6 24. f5 $40) 19. f5 $6 (19. Nb5 $5) 19... exf5 $2 {Trusting his
experienced opponent Dutch youngster makes the deicsive mistake. It was better
to accpet the sacrifice} (19... bxc3 20. Nf3 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 exf5 (21... f6) 22.
e6 Bf6 $1 (22... Nf6 23. Qg5 g6 24. Rh3 Rg8 25. Ne5 $40) 23. exd7 Bxd7 $17) 20.
Nxd5 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6] Now white got nice attacking position just for free.} f6
(20... Bb7 21. e6 Nf6 22. Qg5 Rg8 23. exf7 (23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. exf7 Qxf7 25.
Qxf5 $14) 23... Qxd5 24. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 25. Qe3 $16) 21. Nf3 Nxe5 $6 (21... Bb7
$5) 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Bxe5 $18 Bf6 (23... Rg8 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Rh3 $18) 24.
Rh3 h6 (24... Bg5+ 25. Bf4 Bxf4+ 26. Nxf4 h6 27. Ng6+ $18) 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26.
Rd1 Qf8 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Rd8 b3 30. Qg8+ Kg6 31. Rg3+ Kh5 32.
Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {It's hard to assume after this move that the game will transpose to
french defense, but chess is a very unpredictable game!} 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4.
e5 Nfd7 5. f4 ({After} 5. c4 $5 {the game would've transposed to queen's
gambit accepted.}) 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 ({Of
course not} 9. Nxd5 $2 Qa5+ $19 {and white loses his knight.}) 9... e6 10. Qd2
Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Bb5 Ndb8 $5 13. f5 Bb4 {It seems that Vallejo came
well-prepared for this game, so he isn't afraid to enter this sharp variation.}
(13... Bd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Bg5 Qc5 19.
Nce2 $40 {[%cal Gb3g3] Benjamin,J-Sarkar,J, Philadelphia 1998}) (13... a6 14.
fxe6 fxe6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20.
Nxb8 Qxb8 21. Bd4 Rf8 $13 {Frolianov,D-Ilijin,A, Toljatti 2000}) 14. Rb3 Qa5
15. O-O exf5 16. a3 {Only this move appears to be a novelty, however it has no
impact on the evaluation of this line as leading to equality.} (16. Rfb1 f4 17.
Rxb4 fxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,
S-Volkov,S/Kstovo 1997}) (16. Nxf5 $6 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Bxc3 (17... O-O $5 18. Qxd5
$140 $2 Ne7 19. Qxb7 Nxf5 $19) 18. Qxc3 (18. Qxd5 $2 O-O 19. e6 Bf6 $6 (19...
Ne7 $1 20. exf7+ (20. Qc5 Nbc6 21. Rxf7 Bf6 $19) 20... Kh8 21. Qc5 Nbc6 $19)
20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qe6 Na6 22. Bxc6 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc6 24. Rb7 {1-0 Traub,
B-Haus,F, Germany 1997}) 18... Qxc3 19. Rxc3 a6 20. Ba4 O-O 21. Rd3 $13) 16...
Bxc3 17. Rxc3 {It's quite obvious that white can't fight for the advantage
without the queens since his pawn structure is seriously damaged, not to
mention the fact he is a pawn down.} (17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Bd7 19. Rc5 Nxd4
20. Bxd4 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 Nc6 22. Rxd5 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Ke7 $11) 17... O-O 18. Bxc6 {
White's initiative is sufficient just for a draw. An attempts to fight for
more would've put white in serious danger.} (18. a4 a6 19. Nb3 $6 (19. Bxc6
Nxc6 20. Bh6 Nxe5 (20... Qb6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Bxg7 $11)) 19... Qc7 20. Bh6 f4
21. Qxf4 (21. Rxf4 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Qf4 f6 26.
Qxh6 Rf7 $19) 21... Qxe5 22. Rg3 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 axb5 24. Bxg7 Ne7 $15) 18...
Nxc6 19. Nxc6 $6 ({Better was} 19. Bh6 Qb6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Bxg7 (21. Qg5 $2
Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 21... Kxg7 22. Qg5+ $11 {forcing a draw right away.})
19... bxc6 20. Bh6 d4 $6 {I can understand Vallejo who is satisfied with a
draw, but it seems that black could've tried to fight for more after 20...f6} (
20... f6 $5 21. Bf4 (21. Bxg7 $6 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Kxg7 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25.
exf6 Qc7 26. Re1 Ba6 27. Rge3 Qd8 $19) 21... Bd7 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be5 Rg6 $17)
21. Qxd4 (21. Qg5 Qxe5 22. Rg3 g6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rh3 Qg7 $132)
21... Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 {This move was braught back to fashion by
Kramnik after scoring very convincing win over Radjabov in Linares.} Bxd4 (
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 (12... Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 g6 15. Ne2 b4 16. Qh6
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. h4 $16 {Miljanic,B-Kalezic,B/Budva 2003}) 13. Bd3 Bxd4
14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nb8 17. h4 $14 {Grischuk,A-Iljushin,A/
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 {White prefers to lose a tempo, but to
keep the bishop on the board.} (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. h4 Qc7
17. h5 Rfc8 18. Be3 a4 $36 {Kharitonov,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 13... b4
(13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 Ndxe5 $4 19.
Bb6 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2003}) (13... f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bb6 (15.
Bc5 Re8 16. Bd3 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Bb7 19. a3 $16 {Bogner,S-Bjerke,R/
Gausdal 2004}) 15... Qd6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. Bb6 Qb7 20. Bg2
a5 21. Bc5 $14 {Hommeles,T-Andersen,T/Germany 2004}) 14. Ne2 {Following the
game Shirov-Radjabov, in which white didn't succeed to get anything out of the
opening. In my opinion 14.Na4 poses black more problems, but I guess it's just
a matter of taste.} (14. Na4 $5 f6 (14... a5 15. h4 (15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ncb8
17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. h4 Rc8 20. b3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Na6 22. Qg4 Qc6 $13 {
Solovjov,S-Nikolenko,O/St Petersburg 2004}) 15... f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. h5 Ng4
18. Qg3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd6 20. g3 $16 {Kraai,J-Schneider,I/Philadelphia 2004})
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bb6 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qf6 18. g3 Qf7 19. Bg2 e5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 {Shomoev,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 14... a5 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6 {After trading the lightsquared bishops black has no
problems what so ever.} 17. f5 $5 {This move is a novelty. There is no reason
to wait with f5 break since black is going to play Qc7 on his next move.} (17.
Kb1 Qc7 {[%csl Ge5]} 18. h4 Rfc8 19. h5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {
Shirov,A-Radjabov,T/Leon 2004}) 17... exf5 (17... Qc7 18. f6 Rfc8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
20. Rhe1 Rc6 21. Rd2 a4 $132) 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. g4 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Rfc8 21. Rf2
Nf8 $6 {Black is playing too passively. More in the spirit of the position was}
(21... Nc5 22. Rdf1 Rc7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Re1 Re7 $132 {with balanced position.
}) 22. Be3 Qb7 (22... Qe6 $5) 23. Qf3 Rc4 (23... Rd8 24. Bc5 (24. Rdf1 Rd7)
24... Ng6 25. Bd6 f6 $132) 24. Rxd5 Rxg4 25. b3 a4 $5 {Starting very
interesting complications which lead to a very weird endgame!} (25... Rg6 26.
Rb5 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Ne6 28. Rb7 $14) 26. bxa4 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} Rc4 (26... Rxa4 27.
Rd8 $1 Rg1+ 28. Kd2 (28. Kb2 $4 Rxa2+ $1 29. Kxa2 Qa6+ 30. Kb3 Rb1#) 28... Qc7
29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxg1 Rxa2 (31... Ne6 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Ra7 $18)
32. Bc5 Ne6 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Bxb4 $16) 27. Rb5 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxa4 (28... Ng6 $6
29. a5 Rc3 30. Rg3 $1 Rac8 31. a6 Rxc2+ 32. Kb1 $18) 29. e6 $5 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8]}
(29. Kb2 $5 Ra8 30. Bd2 (30. Rb7 Rc3 31. Rxb4 Rac8 32. Rb7 Rxc2+ $11) 30...
Rac8 31. c3 Nd7 $1 32. Kb3 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 34. Bxc3 Nc5+ 35. Ka3 Nd3 36.
Bd4 $14) 29... Nxe6 30. Rb8+ Nf8 31. Rf4 Rc6 (31... Rxf4 $2 32. Bxf4 Ra6 33.
Bd2 $18) 32. Rf5 h6 33. Rfb5 $1 {[%cal Ge3c5]} (33. Bc5 $6 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5f5]}
34. Rxf8+ Kh7 $11) 33... Rxa2 34. Bc5 b3 $1 35. cxb3 Rf6 $132 36. Kb1 Rxh2 37.
Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Be3 Rf1+ 39. Bc1 Rhh1 $6 (39... g5 $1 40. Rc5 Kg7 41. Rd8 g4 42.
Rc2 g3 43. Rd3 Rg1 44. Kb2 Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2 h5 $13) 40. Rc5 h5 41. Rfc8 Rh3 $2 (
41... h4 42. b4 h3 43. b5 h2 44. Rh5+ Kg6 45. Rh4 Rf5 46. Rc6+ f6 47. b6 Rb5+
48. Kc2 Rh5 49. Rcc4 Rxc1+ 50. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 51. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 52. Kc2 Rh8 $11) 42.
Kc2 f6 43. b4 $18 Rf2+ 44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46. Rxc3 Rf5 47. Rh3 Rb5 48.
Kc3 Rb8 49. Bf4 Rh8 50. b5 Kf5 51. Bc7 h4 (51... g5 52. b6 g4 53. Rh1 h4 54. b7
$18) 52. b6 Kg4 53. Rd3 g5 54. b7 h3 55. b8=Q Rxb8 56. Bxb8 f5 57. Bh2 $1 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 b4 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Nb6 Nxb6 (11... Rb8 $6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bd3 Bxc5
14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxa6 O-O 16. Qf2 (16. Bd3 f6 17. Rf1 Rf7 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.
Rxf2 g5 $44 {Arakhamia,K-Horvath,M/Lenk op 1991 (39)}) 16... Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 f6
18. Rhe1 g5 19. exf6 gxf4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxf6 $13 {Ziatdinov,R-Miljanic,
B/Niksic 1991 (39)}) 12. cxb6 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O-O ({Nothing promises} 
14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Rb8 16. a4 $6 (16. Ke3 Rxb6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. a3 Bd7 19.
b3 $11 {Ciemniak,R-Gleizerov,E/POL-chT 1993 (23)}) 16... Na5 17. Nd2 Rxb6 18.
c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ke7 20. Bd3 Bd7 $15 {De Heer,M-Kiriakov,P/Dieren op 1997}) (
14. Bd3 Rb8 15. Qf2 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Kd2 Ke7 18. Ke3 Bd7 19. h4 h5 20.
Rag1 g6 21. g4 hxg4 $11 {Kovacevic,P-Vasiljevic,D/Belgrade-B 1990 (36)}) 14...
Qxb6 15. h4 (15. Bd3 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. b3 Ba6 18. f5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc5 20. Rhe1
$36 {Hansen,M-Krause,U/OLNN 1992 (33)}) 15... h5 (15... Bb7 16. Rh3 O-O-O $6
17. Nd4 Kc7 18. c3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 bxc3 21. Rxc3+ $16 {Ziatdinov,
R-Glek,I/Kusadasi op 1990 (39)}) 16. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3b3,Gf3d4]} a5 (16... g6
$6 17. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 a5 20. a3 Ke7 21. axb4
axb4 22. Kd2 $16) 17. Kb1 Ba6 $6 {Passing the initiative into white's hands.It
was better first to play 17...g6 and only then to develop the bishop.For
example:} (17... g6 18. Nd4 $6 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Rd3 O-O $11)
18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. f5 $1 $36 exf5 20. Qg5 Ne7 ({Very serious attention deserved
caregous} 20... g6 $5 21. e6 fxe6 $1 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qf7+ Kd6 24. Ng5 Rhe8
25. Re3 Qc8 26. Qxh5 $36 {with dangerous,but unclear position.}) 21. e6 Qxe6 (
21... fxe6 22. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Re6,Re8]} Kf7 23. Re3 Rh6 24. Rde1 $16) 22. Qxg7
Rg8 23. Qd4 Rxg2 24. Re1 Re2 25. Rhh1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Rxe1 $2 {So far black
defended corectly,but his last move is a serious mistake,leading to very quick
lose.Better was} (26... Re4 27. Ng5 Rxe1 (27... Qc6 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rh2 Qg6
30. Rg1 $14) 28. Rxe1 Qc6 29. Qd3 Kf8 30. Nh7+ Ke8 31. Qxf5 Kd8 32. Qf2 $36 {
with position,where white has the initiative,but black's defensive resourses
are significient.}) 27. Rxe1 Qd6 28. Ne5 $16 Qc5 $6 29. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1a4,
Gd1h5] Suddenly white queen becomes a real threat for the black king!} b3 (
29... bxc3 30. Qa4+ $18) 30. Qxh5 {Now it is over for black.} Kd8 31. Qxf7 Qb4
32. Nd3 $1 bxa2+ 33. Ka1 Qd6 34. c5 Qd7 (34... Rxc5 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Rxe7+ Qxe7
37. Nxc5+ $18) 35. Ne5 Qe8 36. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 {Quite similar positios arise after 9...c4; the only difference
is a position of the white bishop.} (9... c4 10. b4 Qc7 (10... Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 b5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc3 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2
Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Rc8 19. Ke3 Rxc5 20. Kd4 $14 {Frolyanov,D-Salinnikov,D/Tomsk 2002
}) 11. Nb2 Be7 (11... b5 12. a4 (12. Be2 a5 13. a3 Qa7 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4
Qxa1 16. Qxa1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Bd1 Be7 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Bc2 $14 {Moingt,
J-Schemm,H/Lugano 1989}) 12... Rb8 (12... Ba6 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O
Rfb8 16. f5 $16 {Gebigke,M-Wilke,M/Kassel 1996}) 13. axb5 Rxb5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15.
Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. O-O $16 {Kolar,S-Kozamernik,J/Bled 1992}) (11... a5
12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Kf2 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Be8 17. g4 h6 18. Nf3
Qd7 19. Qc2 $14 {Karner,C-Marzluf,D/Werfen 1993}) 12. a4 $5 O-O 13. Be2 Rb8 14.
O-O f5 $5 15. Qe1 a6 16. Kh1 b5 17. a5 Qd8 18. Rg1 Rb7 19. Nd1 Kh8 20. Nf2 Qe8
21. Bd1 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Dubai 2002}) 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4 {
This piece sacrifice seems to be pretty forced, because black faces serious
difficulties after playing Qa6 and letting white to close the queenside. The
great example of white's plan in that case is the game Ivanchuk-Bareev/Dubai
2002.} (11... Qa6 12. a3 (12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 f6 15. Nb2 b5 16. a4
Nb6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. a5 Nc8 21. Rad1 Nd6 $132 {Nijboer,
F-Polster,W/Germany 2003}) (12. Qc2 Be7 13. Nb2 b5 14. Be2 Qb7 15. O-O a5 16.
a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Shaposhnikov,E/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (16)}) (12.
Nb2 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gf1e2,Ge1g1,Gd1e1,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]}) 12... Qb7 13. g3 b5 14.
Nb2 a5 15. Bh3 Be7 16. O-O g6 17. Qc2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 $14 {
Konguvel,P-Barua,D/Nagpur 2002}) 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 $5 {In my opinion more
dangerous for black is 13.Qc2 keeping the queens on the board, but Karjakin
obviously was well prepared for the move he opted for in the game.} (13. Qc2 $5
Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 $5 (16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Nf3 f6 19.
Be2 fxe5 20. fxe5 $16 {Skripchenko,A-Hmadi,S/Djerba 1998}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3
O-O 18. Be2 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. g3 Nb8 21. Nf2 Nc6 22. Rd1 $16 {Luther,
T-Cremers,M/Bad Zwesten 2004}) (13. Kf2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5
b4 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Be2 Qxc5 $132 {Zontakh,A-Salmensuu,O/Budapest
1999}) (13. Rc1 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 (15... O-O 16. a3 Qxa3 17. Nxb5
Qe3+ 18. Be2 Qxf4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Nf3 $16 {Polzin,R-Wornath,K/Germany 2001}) 16.
Nxd5 $6 Qxd5 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Be2 Qxg2 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bxa8 Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Qxf4+
22. Kc2 Ba6 $15 {Nijboer,F-Visser,Y/Hoogeveen 2002}) 13... Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 b5 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Be2 Ke7 20. a3 a5 21.
Rhb1 Rhb8 22. Ke3 {Doubling the rooks over the b-file turned out to be the
wrong plan for white in the game between 2 Dutch players:} (22. Rb2 Rb6 23.
Rab1 $6 Rab8 24. Nc2 $6 f6 25. Ke3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Be8 $1 27. Kd4 Bg6 $15 {
L'Ami,E-Visser,Y/Leeuwarden 2004}) 22... Rb6 23. Bd1 f6 ({It's necessary for
black to transfer b4 because his queenside pawns are his main tramp:} 23...
Rab8 $5 24. h4 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. g4 (26. Bc2 b3 27. Bd1 (27. Bxh7 $6 Rh8 28.
Bc2 Rxh4 $15) 27... f6 $13) 26... f6 27. g5 $14) 24. Bc2 h6 $6 25. h4 Rab8 26.
g4 Rf8 $6 {Black insists on keeping the pawn on b5 suspecting to open up an
a-file.} (26... b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Bg6 R8b7 29. g5 $14) 27. Rh1 $5 fxe5 28.
fxe5 $14 Rbb8 {It was too late for 28...b4:} (28... b4 $6 29. axb4 axb4 30. Ra7
b3 (30... Rfb8 31. Rf1 R8b7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bg6 Be8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. Nxe6
Re7 36. Rf8+ Kd7 37. Nc5+ Kc6 38. Kd4 $18) 31. Bg6 c3 32. Rc1 c2 (32... Rc8 33.
Rf1 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 33. Bxc2 bxc2 (33... Rc8 34. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 35. Bxb3 Rxc1
36. Ba4 $18) 34. Rxc2 Rd8 35. Nc6+ Rxc6 36. Rxc6 $18) 29. g5 Ra8 (29... Rb7 30.
gxh6 gxh6 31. Rhg1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ba4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Bxa4 34. Rxa4 b3
35. Ra6 b2 36. Rxe6+ Kf7 37. Rb1 Rb3+ 38. Nxb3 Kxe6 39. Nc5+ Kf5 40. Rxb2 $18)
(29... hxg5 $5 30. hxg5 Rh8 31. Rab1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Kf7 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Bg6 Rf8
) 30. Rhg1 $1 $18 {Black can't do nothing to prevent white's invasion on the
kingside.} h5 (30... hxg5 31. Rxg5 Rf7 32. Bg6 Rff8 33. Bh5 Rg8 34. Rag1 Kf8
35. Rf1+ $18) 31. Rgb1 $1 Rab8 32. Bg6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ra7 (34. Ra7 Kd8
35. Rba1 b3 36. R1a6 Kc8 37. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 (6... Qb6 7. Be3
Qxb2 $6 (7... cxd4 $5 8. Bxd4 Bc5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. b4
Qd8 13. Bd3 $14 {Apicella,M-Dolmatov,S/Cannes op 1994 (22)}) (7... Be7 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 $6 10. b4 cxb3 11. axb3 Qc7 12. Bd3 $16 {Mirnik,B-Fischer,C/RLNN
1988 (19)}) 8. Nb5 cxd4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Bxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Bc5 12. Nxa8 Nc6 13.
Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd3 $16 {Solin,N-Tuominen,R/Stockholm op 1994 (38)}) 7. Be3 Qb6
8. Rb1 {Possible continuation,which is on my opinion not worse than popular 8.
Na4.} (8. Na4 Qc6 (8... Qa5+ $5 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 (11... a5 $5
12. b5 b6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Kh1 Be7 $11 {Jonasson
Benedikt-Thorhallsson Throstur/Ch Iceland Gardabaer (Iceland) 1996 (39)}) 12.
Qd2 Be7 (12... b5 13. Nb2 f6 14. a4 $5 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
fxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 $11 {Skripchenko,A-Matveeva,S/Beograd Yugometal 1996 (39)})
13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. a4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Be4 $14 {
Vodicka Vladimir-Pachman Ludek/Extra League 1996/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 9. Nxc5 Nxc5
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qd2 (11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $10) 11... Qb6 (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O Bxe3
13. Qxe3 Qa4 14. Kb1 Nc6 (14... Bb5 $2 15. g4 $36) 15. Bd3 O-O-O $1 (15... Nb4
16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 16. c3 d4 $1 $132 {~/= Luther,T-Piskov,Y/Erfurt 1993
(24)}) 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Kb1 $14 Bd7 15. g3 $5 {Ulibin,M-Alavkin,
A/RUS-Cup6 1997} (15. h4 $5)) (8. a3) (8. Qd2 $6 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11.
Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 $17 {Voigt Martin-Gleizerov Evgeny/It 
(open), Hamburg (Germany) 1995 (25)}) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2 (9. g3 $5) 9... Qa7 $6
10. Nd1 cxd4 (10... Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. c3 b4 14. Nf2 $14) 11. Nxd4
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 f6 14. Qe3 $5 {This move leads to certain advantage,
but after} (14. exf6 $5 Nxf6 (14... gxf6 $6 15. Ne3 O-O 16. f5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]}
(16. Be2 $6) 16... Re8 17. fxe6 Rxe6 18. Be2 Bxd4 (18... Ne5 19. Nxd5 b5 20.
Nf4 Rd6 21. Rd1 $16) 19. cxd4 $16) 15. g3 (15. Qe3 $5 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
cxd4 O-O 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. g3 $14) 15... Bd7 16. Bg2 O-O 17. O-O Rac8 18. Ne3 $14
{white could fight for more.}) 14... O-O 15. Nf2 (15. Bd3 $5 a5 (15... fxe5 16.
fxe5 b6 $2 17. Qh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh3h7,Gh3e6]}) (15... b5 $6 16. O-O Bb7 17.
Nf2 Rac8 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ng4 $16) 16. O-O Bxd4 17. cxd4 b6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Rc1 $14) 15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Rf5 17. Be2 $2 {Blundering a pawn!After correct} (
17. Nd3 b6 18. Be2 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nf8 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bd7 22. Rc1 $14 {
white still keeps an edge,but black has good chanses to equalize.}) 17... Rxe5
18. Qd2 Rf5 19. O-O Nf8 $6 {Too passive continuation significiently reducing
black's advantage.Correct was} (19... e5 $1 20. Bg4 Rf6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rbe1
Nb6 $1 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17 {with big positional advantage in addition to pawn.})
20. Bd3 Rf7 21. Qe3 Bxd4 (21... b6 22. Ng4) 22. cxd4 Bd7 23. Ng4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1
Bb5 25. Bxb5 (25. Qf4 $5 b6 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Ne5 Qe7 $15) 25... axb5 26. h4 $6
{White loses a thread and loses a game in 5 moves,while it's far from being
easy for black to convert his material advantage into win.} (26. a3) 26... b4
27. Kh1 $6 b5 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. h5 $6 (29. Qg3 Ng6 $1 30. Nxg6 (30. h5 Nxe5 31.
Qxe5 h6 $17) 30... hxg6 31. Ra1 Rc8 $17) 29... Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxh5 31. Rf7 $6 Ng6
$19 32. g4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Nxd3+ $6 {Dubious
variation,leading to an endgame,which is not so easy to hold.} (13... Na4 14.
b3 (14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. O-O $6 O-O 18. Rf3 Na4 $11 {
Grabics,M-Voiska,M/Zeus-W 1991 (22)}) 14... Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Nc5 16. Ned4 Bb7 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. a3 $14 {Mainka,R-Mueller,K/BL9192 1992}) (13... f6 14. O-O O-O
15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rf7 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. exf6 $14 {Iwaniuk,D-Zielinska,M/
POL-chW 1996 (34)}) (13... Rb8 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qe3 a5
18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $14 {Pulkkinen,K-Liedtke,M/Mlada Boleslav op 1992}) 14.
cxd3 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ke7 (15... a5 16. Rac1 Kd7 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ba6 19.
Ke3 Rhc8 20. Nb3 Rc7 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. Rc1+ Kb6 23. Nd4 $16 {Kuehn,T-Klemm,J/
Hamburg-chJ 1994 (35)}) 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Rc5 Rhc8 18. Rhc1 f6 (18... Na7 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Ke3 Nb6 22. Kd4 Bb5 23. Nc1 $14 {Kreuzholz,
M-Kuczera,F/FRG-chJB 1990 (44)}) 19. Ke3 {Black is deprived of active
counterplay and it makes his defensive task very difficult.} Na7 (19... a5 20.
Ned4 Nxd4 21. Kxd4 a4 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 (22... Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Kc5 b3 25.
axb3 axb3 26. Nd2 $16) 23. Rc7+ Bd7 24. Rb7 $16) 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Ned4 Na7 22.
h4 $5 {Good waiting move giving black the possibility to decide what to do
next.} (22. Rc7 $5 Kd8 (22... Nb5 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Nd4 Rc5 26. Kd2
$16) 23. Rb7 Nb5 $1 24. Nb3 (24. f5 Kc8 25. Rb6 Kc7 26. Rxe6 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxe6
28. Nxe6+ Kc6 29. d4 $13) 24... Rc8 25. Nfd4 $14) 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 {
[%csl Ra7]} ({More persistant was} 23... Nxc8 $5 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Nc5 a5 26. g4
Be8 27. Kd4 $14 {,but also in this case black's problems are not over.}) 24.
Nd2 Bd7 25. N2b3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Nc6 $2 {This move is simply resignation:without
the knight black doesn't have a chanse to hold the position.} 27. Nxc6+ $16
Bxc6 28. g3 {White has plenty of time.} Ba4 29. Kd4 Bb5 (29... Bxb3 30. axb3
Kd7 (30... Kf7 31. Kc5 Kg6 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5+ Kxh5 (33... Kf5 34. Kd6 a5 35.
d4 $18) 34. Kd6 Kxh4 35. Kxe6 g5 36. Kxd5 g4 37. e6 g3 38. e7 g2 39. e8=Q $18)
31. Kc5 Kc7 32. h5 $5 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. g4 $18) 30. a3 $5 $18 ({Even
simplier way to win was} 30. Nc1 $1 {[%csl Gd3]} Kf7 (30... a5 31. Kc5 Be8 32.
Kb6 a4 33. Ka5 $18) 31. Kc5 b3 32. Nxb3 $1 Bxd3 33. Nd4 Ke7 34. b4 $18 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ga2a5,Gb4b5]}) 30... bxa3 31. bxa3 Kf7 (31... h5 32. Nc5 Kf7
33. a4 Bc6 34. a5 Bb5 35. Nb7 Ba4 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Kc5 Bc2 38. d4 Bd3 39. Kb6
$18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd6b7,Gb7c5,Gc5a6]}) 32. Nc5 a5 $2 ({Black still could
put up some resistance after} 32... Ke7) 33. Nb7 Kg6 34. Nxa5 Kf5 35. Nb7 Ba6 (
35... Kg4 $5 36. Nc5 Kxg3 37. a4 $1 Bc6 38. a5 Kxh4 39. Nxe6 g5 40. Kc5 Bb7 41.
Kb6 $1 Bc8 42. a6 $18) 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. a4 Kg4 38. a5 Kxg3 39. Nxe6 $1 {[%cal
Ga5a8,Ge5e8] Bishop is helpless against two passed pawns.} Kxh4 (39... Bxe6 40.
a6 Bc8 41. a7 Bb7 42. e6 $18) 40. Nxg7 Kg5 41. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3
a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14.
O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 Ne7 (15... h6 {Finkel,A} 16. Rad1 (16. f5 exf5 17. Nf4 Ne7 18.
Rae1 Qc7 19. e6 O-O 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Ne5 Rf6 22. Qg3 $40 {Arakhamia,K-Voiska,
M/Azov iztW (04) ,TD 92\07 1990 (49)}) 16... O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Nf4 Na4 19.
Qg3 Ne7 20. Nh4 Nxb2 21. Nh5 $44 {Mainka,Romuald-Lalic,Bogdan/Bad Mergentheim
GER op 1988 (40)}) (15... Bxd3 {Finkel,A} 16. cxd3 {/\ Rac1} Rb8 (16... Qb5 17.
f5 Nxd3 18. Qg3 Nxb2 19. Qxg7 O-O-O 20. Nf4 $16 {Maxion,D-Marschner,J/2.BLN
9091 Lasker-Kreuzberg [6] 1990 (45)}) (16... Nd7 17. Rac1 Qa6 18. Ned4 $14 {
Pasko,W-Spendowski/cr POL cup 1995 (39)}) 17. Rad1 $1 (17. f5 $2 exf5 $1 (17...
Nxd3 18. Qg3 Qe3 (18... g6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Ng5 $16) 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Ng3 (20.
Ng5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Ncxe5 22. fxe6 $13) 20... Nf2+ (20... Ncxe5 21. Rae1 $16) 21.
Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Rf1 $13) 18. Nf4 (18. Nh4 g6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd8 $17) (18.
Ng3 Ne7) 18... Ne6 $1 (18... Ne7 19. Qh4 $1 $13) 19. Qg3 (19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20.
Nxd5 Rb5 $17) 19... O-O (19... Nxf4 20. Qxf4 $10) 20. Nxd5 Qd8 $17 {Nunn,
J-Nogueiras,J/Rotterdam 47/351 1989 (60)}) 17... O-O 18. Qh4 f6 $5 (18... b3
19. a3 Na4 (19... Qa6 20. Qe1 Nxd3 21. Qc3) 20. f5 Nxb2 21. Rd2 $16) 19. Ng3
Ne7 $2 (19... fxe5 20. fxe5 Rb7 $14) (19... Rb7 $5) (19... Qb5 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Nh5 Rh6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nxd3 24. Qe7 Qb7 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxb7 Rxh5
27. Kg1 Nxe5 $14) (19... Rb7 20. d4 Na4 21. Qh3 Re7 22. Rd2 $14 {Klugel-Wurth/
Ft 203-A 1993 (34)}) 20. exf6 $1 Ng6 (20... gxf6 21. f5 $16 {/\} e5 $2 22. Nxe5
$18) (20... Rxf6 21. Nh5 Rf7 22. Ne5 $16) 21. Qg4 Rxf6 (21... gxf6 22. f5 $16)
22. Nh5 Rf7 {Mokry,K-Bruk,O/Haifa 48/390 1989 (42)} (22... Rf5 $2 23. Nh4 $18)
23. Ng5 $1) (15... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 O-O 19.
Qe3 Rac8 20. Rae1 f6 (20... Rfe8 $5) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. g3 $14 {Herrera,I-Gomez,
A/Bayamo (01) ,CBM 18 1990 (59)}) (15... Rb8 {Finkel,A} 16. Bxa6 (16. Qg3 g6
17. Ng5 Ne7 18. Qh3 h5 19. Rae1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Nf5 $15 {Leko,P-Galyas,M/WYFWC
Szeged B16(2) 1994 (52)}) 16... Nxa6 17. Qg3 g6 (17... Kf8 $2 18. Rad1 Ne7 19.
Nfd4 $16 {Zehm,W-Herrmann,K/WT/M\504 9092 CCYB 7 1991 (27)}) (17... O-O 18. Qh3
Nc5 19. Ng3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nh5 Rh6 22. f5 $16 {Zelcic,R-Kovacevic,B/
Djakovo op (06) ,EXT 94op 1994 (41)}) 18. f5 exf5 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Qh4 Nc5 21.
Qf6 Qxf6 22. exf6 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 Muller,Karsten-Bezold,Michael/Munster A chy-D 
(07) 1990}) (15... g6 {Finkel,A} 16. Rac1 Na4 17. Qh4 Qd8 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Qg7
Qf8 20. Qf6 Nc5 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. c4 $16 {Lipka,J-Tibensky,R/Bratislava op (05)
,EXT 92op 1992 (35)}) (15... O-O {Finkel,A} 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qe3
$13 {Rebel-Genius2/3/94-45 Autoplayer T 1994 (32)}) 16. Bxa6 {White has tried
many different moves in this position,but on my opinion no one of them shows
the way to opening advantage.The move in the game is not an exeption.} (16. Nd2
$5 Rb8 $6 (16... O-O $1 {Finkel,A} 17. Nb3 (17. a3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Qb5 $1 $15) (
17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. a3 Rc8 19. Nd4 bxa3 20. bxa3 $11) 17... Rfc8 18. Bxa6 Rxa6
19. Nbd4 Ne4 20. Qe3 a4 $13) 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Nd4 $14 Nc5 (18... O-O {Finkel,A
} 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. Qh4 Ng6 21. Qg4 a4 22. h4 $36) 19. Rae1 Nc6 $6 20. f5 $1 $36
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 $16 {Socko,B-Haimovich,T/EUCup f 1997 (60)}) (16. h3 {Finkel,A}
h6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Kh2 Rfc8 22. Ned4 $14 {
Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/NLD-ch/1996 +/= CBM 54-14.00 Ba6 15.Kh1/Survey 1996}) (16.
Rad1 {Finkel,A} Na4 (16... Rc8 17. Ng3 h5 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. Ned4 Ne4 20. Qe2 Bc4
$6 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. fxg5 $16 {Zakic,S-Certic,B/Belgrade-A (01) ,EXT 90 1990 
(51)}) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ned4 (18. b3 Nd7 19. Kg1 Nc5 $10 {Riemersma,L-Glek,I/
Bussum(4) 1995 (47)}) 18... Na4 19. Rb1 O-O 20. Kg1 Rfc8 21. Kf2 Rc7 22. g4 g6
23. Ke3 $14 {Nunn,J-Glek,I/BL 9293 (1992) ,BL 90 1993 (45)}) (16. Rac1 {
Finkel,A} Rc8 17. f5 $5 (17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Nd4 Nd7 20. Qd2 O-O 21.
c3 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nb6 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. b3 a4 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {
=/+ Arppi,H-Callens,P/cr 1992}) 17... exf5 18. Nh4 g6 (18... Bxd3 19. cxd3 O-O
20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Qg6 22. Nd4 $16) 19. g4 d4 (19... Qb7 $2 20. Bxa6 Qxa6
21. gxf5 $16 {Lau,R-Bykhovsky,Av/Copenhagen 55/(286) 1992}) 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21.
gxf5 Ne4 22. Qg2 Nd2 $13 {Elburg,J-Rydholm,L/cr K.Betinsch ,CYB 14 1994 (40)})
(16. Ng3 {Finkel,A} g6 (16... Na4 $5 17. Qxb6 $5 (17. Nd4 $6 g6 18. Rae1 $5
Nxb2 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f5 $1 exf5 $2 21. e6 $44 {P.Blatny-Glek, Wien op (8)
1996}) 17... Nxb6 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 (21. b3 $5 O-O
22. Rxa3 Rc8 23. Rfa1 Nc6 24. Nge2 $14 {Brustman,A-Bobrowska,M/Polish Team-ch,
Krynica POL 1997 (49)}) 21... Kd7 22. Rfa1 a4 23. Nge2 Rc8 24. Kg1 Nc6 25. Nxc6
Rxc6 $11 {Votava,J-Glek,I/BL9697 1997 (40)}) 17. Ne2 Rb8 (17... Na4 $5 18. Qxb6
Nxb6 19. Ned4 O-O 20. a3 $6 (20. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 21. a3 $14) 20... Bxd3 21. cxd3
Na4 22. b3 Nc5 $15 {Werner,I-Bobrowska,M/EuJun (girls), Tallinn EST 1997 (48)})
18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Ned4 Nc5 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Rad1 h6 22. Ng5 $16 {Lutz,
Christopher-Glek,Igor V/BL 1995/96 GER 1995 (47)}) (16. b3 {Finkel,A} h6 17.
Ng3 (17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 $6 Qb4 {/\Bd3/}) (17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 d4 19. Bxa6
Qxa6 20. Rxd4 $16 {Kuczynski,R-Schmidt,Wl/POL-chT Lubniewice (02) ,EXT 95ch
1995 (41)}) 17... g6 18. Qd2 $6 (18. Ne2 $32 Nf5) 18... Nf5 $1 19. Nxf5 gxf5
$17 {Renet,O-Glek,I/FRA-GER Clichy ,CBM 50 1995 (52)}) (16. Rfd1 {Finkel,A} h6
$1 (16... Na4 $6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 {/\a3!/}) 17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qh4 $6 (18.
Nb3 $32 $10) 18... Ra7 $1 19. g4 $6 (19. Qe1 $15) 19... Ng6 $17 {Mainka,R-Glek,
I/Recklinghausen ,CBM 50 1995 (32)}) 16... Rxa6 17. Ned4 Ne4 18. Qe3 g6 $5 $13
({Another possibility was} 18... O-O $5 19. Rad1 $6 (19. Nd2 $6 Nc6 20. Nxe4 $2
Nxd4 21. Ng5 h6 (21... Nxc2 $2 22. Qd3 $18) 22. Rad1 Nf5 $1 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24.
Nf3 Ne3 $19) (19. Rae1 $5) 19... a4 20. Nd2 (20. a3 $6 Rb8 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22.
Rxd2 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qa5 $15 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ga6b6,Gb8c8,Ga5c3]}) (20. Rd3 $6 a3
$1 21. bxa3 Nc5 $1 22. Rd2 Rxa3 $17) 20... Nxd2 21. Rxd2 a3 22. b3 Rc8) 19.
Rad1 Nc6 20. Ng5 $5 {Without the knights white's attack won't be very
dangerous,but it's not so simple to offer something better.} Nxg5 21. fxg5 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 Ra7 $6 {It was more accurate to play} (22... Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7e5,
Gc7c2]} 23. Rdf4 O-O {with forthcoming Rc6-c4.}) 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. Rdf4 O-O 25.
h4 Rc5 26. h5 Qc7 27. Qf3 (27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rf6 $6 Qxe5 29. Qxg6+ fxg6 30.
Rxf8+ Kh7 31. R8f7+ Qg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rf2 Rc4 $17) 27... Rc4 (27... gxh5
$2 28. Qxh5 Rc4 (28... Qxe5 $2 29. Rxf7 $18) 29. R4f3 Rxc2 30. Rh3 f5 31. gxf6
$16) (27... Rxc2 $1 28. hxg6 (28. h6 Qe7) 28... hxg6 29. Rf6 Qe7) 28. hxg6 hxg6
29. Rf6 {[%cal Gf6g6,Gf3f8]} Rh4+ (29... Kg7 $2 30. Rxg6+ $3 Kxg6 31. Qf6+ Kh7
32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. g6 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Rh4+ $8 34. Qxh4 fxg6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.
Qh8+ $16) (29... Qe7 $5) 30. Kg1 Qe7 31. Qg3 Rh7 32. Qf4 Qc5+ 33. Rf2 Rg7 34.
b3 Qa7 35. Kf1 Qa6+ 36. Kg1 Qa7 37. Kf1 Qb6 38. Rf3 Qb5+ 39. Ke1 Qd7 40. Rh3
Rh7 41. Rxh7 (41. Rh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6g6,Gf4f8]} Rxh6 42. gxh6 Qc7 43. Kd1 Qc3 44.
h7+ Kxh7 (44... Kg7 45. h8=Q+ Kxh8 46. Rxg6 fxg6 47. Qxf8+ Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kh6 {
44...Kh7}) 45. Rxf7+ Rxf7 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Qxe6 Qd4+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qf4+
50. Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qxc2 (51... Qf4+ 52. Kh3 Qe3+ 53. g3 Qe4 54. Qf6 $1 $16)
52. Qxd5 Qxa2 53. e6 $14) 41... Kxh7 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Rf3 Qc7 44. Qh2 $1 $11 {
[%csl Re5,Rg8][%cal Gg3h3,Gh3h8]} Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5) 12. Bxd4 b5
13. Qe3 {Intending to develop the bishop on d3 without the trade on c5.} (13.
h4 Bb7 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 $14 {De Firmian-Short/Manila(izt)/1990/}) 13... Qc7 (
13... b4 $5 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Be2 Bc6 18. Nb2 Bb5 $15 {
Anderson,R-Orlov,G/Reno 1992}) (13... Qb6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd3 $1 (15. Ne2 b4
16. g4 a5 17. Bg2 Na4 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Rac8 21. Nd4 Rc5 22.
Rd2 Nc8 23. f5 Ne7 $11 {Timoshenko,G-Dizdar,G/Pula 1994}) 15... b4 16. Ne2 a5
17. Nd4 Ba6 18. f5 Nxd3 19. f6 $36 {Timoshenko,G-Kortschnoj,V/Panormo 2001}) (
13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb7 {Black is in hesitation to choose a plan. Regarding
the plan, finally chosen, correct was} (14... Qe7 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne4 a5 17. h4
Ba6 18. Ng5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nf3 $14 {Al Sayed,M-Roghani,A/
Dubai 2003}) 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rhe1 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Qe3 $1 $16 {Schmaltz,
R-Duppel,L/Leinfeld 2002}) 14. Bd3 $5 Bxd4 (14... b4 $6 15. Qh3 $1 (15. Ne2 a5
16. h4 Ba6 17. Rh3 Rfc8 18. Rg3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd3 20. cxd3 a4 $132 {Paehtz,
E-Daly,C/Gausdal 2003}) 15... g6 16. Ne2 a5 17. Qe3 $1 Ba6 18. h4 Rfc8 (18...
Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qb6 20. h5 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Nb3 $16 {Ismailova,
A-Iskenderova,K/Baku 2001}) 19. h5 Nf8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 a4 22. Rc1 Bc4 23.
f5 b3 $132 {Kruppa,Y-Fish,G/Alushta 1994}) (14... Bb7 15. Qh3 $5 (15. Rhe1 b4
16. Ne2 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. f5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qg3 Rfe8 21. f6 $16 {
Vidarsson,J-Gunnarsson,J/Seltjarnarnes 2002}) 15... g6 16. Ne2 b4 17. Qe3 Rfc8
18. h4 Bf8 19. h5 $16 {Gurevich,V-Clery,N/Le Touquet 2001}) 15. Qxd4 Bb7 ({
An endgame arising after} 15... Qc5 {is favorable for white:} 16. Ne2 b4 17.
Rc1 (17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 a5 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rh3 a4 21. Re3 Rfb8 22. Rc1 b3 23.
Bxa6 bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Rxa6 25. Rc3 Ne4 26. Rc6 Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Glek,I/
Linz 1990/EXT 2000 (26)}) 17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Rhd1 Na4 20. Re1 Bd7 21.
Re3 Rfc8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 $14 {Khalifman,A-Gurevich,M/
Germany 2002}) 16. Ne2 (16. Qf2 $6 Nc5 17. Qh4 Ne4 $132) (16. Rhe1 Qc5 (16...
Nc5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Qe3 Ne4 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Nf3 Qb4 21. Ka1 Qe7 22. Ng5 d4 23.
Qh3 Nxg5 24. fxg5 g6 25. Qg4 Rc5 $132 {Polgar,J-Luther,T/ Ohrid 2001}) 17. Ne2
b4 18. Rc1 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Re3 Rc7 21. f5 Nc5 $11 {Rabiega,R-Lamprecht,
F/Germany 2002}) 16... f6 {The drawback of this move is quite obvious: white
no longer has to worry about his pawn on e5, which is his main weakness after
f5 push. On the other hand black shouldn't worry about white's attacking
prospects on the kingside.} (16... Nc5) 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qe3 (18. g3 Rc8 19.
Rhf1 (19. Rhe1 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 $36 {[%cal Ge5f3]}) 19... Nb8 (19... Nc5 20.
Ng1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Nf3 a5 23. Rfe1 $14) 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Be2
Qc5 $13) 18... b4 19. Rhe1 Nc5 20. Nd4 Ne4 $2 {Probably considering an endgame
arising after} (20... Qxf4 $5 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Nxe6 {as favorable for white,
but black has sufficient counterchances to keep the balance.} Nxd3 23. cxd3 (
23. Rxd3 Re8 24. Rdd1 Re4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Kc1 e3 28. Re1 Kf7 $15)
23... Rf2 24. Rc1 Rc8 (24... Rxg2 25. Rc7 Rb8 26. Nc5 Ba8 27. Nxa6 Rf8 28. h3
$14) 25. Nc5 Rc7 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Rc2 Rbf7 $11) 21. g3 $14 {Now white is just
better.} Kh8 22. Nb3 (22. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf3e5]}) 22... Rc8 23. Bxe4 (23.
Qd4 $5 Qe7 (23... a5 $140 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qc5 {[%csl Ra5]} Rf7 26. Qxc7 Rfxc7
27. Nxa5 Bd5 28. Re2 Ra8 29. Nb3 Rca7 30. Rd4 $16) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qd6 Qxd6
26. Rxd6 $14) 23... dxe4 24. Qc5 $1 {It's very important to trade the queens
since black has got too many weak pawns to protect.} h6 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Nd2
$1 $16 {Thus far white's play is perfectly accurate.} (26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Nd2 e5
$1 28. Nxe4 (28. fxe5 Rf2 29. h4 Rc5 30. e6 Re5 31. Nb3 Rxe6 32. Nc5 Re7 $132)
28... Bxe4 29. Rxe4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Rf7 $11 32. Rd4 $140 g5 {
[%csl Rb1]}) 26... Rd7 27. Nc4 (27. Kc1 Rd4 28. Nb3 Rd5 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 g5
$132) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 a5 $5 {Very interesting defensive resourse! It was
objectively better to play} (28... Bd5 $142 29. Ne3 g5 30. f5 Kg7 31. Nxd5 exd5
32. Rxd5 e3 33. Kc1 Rc6 34. Rd3 $16) 29. Rd6 $2 {Black's creativity pays off!
For some reason white ignores the pawn on a5, even though it necessary to take
it!} (29. Nxa5 $1 Bd5 30. a3 bxa3 31. c4 Ba8 32. bxa3 (32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rxa8 $2
a2+ 34. Kxa2 e3 $19 {[%cal Ge3e1]}) 32... Kh7 33. Kc2 e5 34. fxe5 Ra6 35. Nb3
Rxa3 36. Kb2 $18) 29... Rf8 $1 $132 30. Kc1 g5 $1 {Black is back in the game.}
31. Ne5 (31. Nxa5 Bd5 {[%csl Ra5]} 32. Nc6 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Kd2 (34. Nxb4
$2 e3 $19 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gf4f1]}) 34... Rf2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 36. Nxb4 Rxb2 37.
Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 $11) 31... Kg8 32. Rd7 (32. Rxe6 gxf4 33. Ng6 $2 f3 $3 34.
Nxf8 f2 35. Rf6 e3 36. Kd1 Ba6 $19) 32... gxf4 33. gxf4 Bd5 34. Ng6 Rf6 35.
Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Rxf4 38. Rxa5 e3 39. Kd1 Rf2 40. Re5 Rd2+ 41.
Kc1 Re2 42. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 (9. h4 Bb7 $1 {Anand-Dreev/Madras ct/1991/CBM22}) 9... b4 10. Na4 (10.
Ne2) (10. Nxd5 $5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Ndb8 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nd2 {/\ Nc4-d6~/=}) (
10. Nd1 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O $13 {Kamsky-Lautier/New York op/1991/CBM23})
10... Qa5 11. Nb6 Nxb6 (11... Rb8 $5 12. Nxd7 (12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Bd3 Bxc5 14.
O-O Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qc5 {=/=/+}) 12... Bxd7 13. Bd3 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxa6
O-O 16. Bd3 (16. Qf2 $6 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 f6 18. Rhe1 g5 $1 19. exf6 gxf4 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxf6 22. Bd3 Kf7 $15 {Ziatdinov,R-Miljanic,B/Niksic 1991 (39)})
16... f6 17. Rf1 Rf7 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 g5 20. exf6 gxf4 21. O-O-O Rxf6 22.
Re1 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Horvath,M/Lenk op 1991 (39)}) 12. cxb6 Bc5 13. Bxc5 (13.
Qf2 $2 b3+ $1 14. c3 Qxa2 $19) 13... Qxc5 14. Qf2 (14. Bd3 Rb8 $5 15. Qf2 Qxb6
16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Kd2 Ke7 18. Ke3 Bd7 19. h4 h5 20. Rag1 g6 $11 {Kovacevic,
P-Vasiljevic,D/Belgrade-B 1990 (36)}) (14. O-O-O Qxb6 15. Bd3 $5 (15. h4 Bb7 $6
(15... a5 {/\ Ba6+/=}) 16. Rh3 O-O-O $6 17. Nd4 $1 $16 {Ziatdinov,R-Glek,I/
Kusadasi 1990}) 15... a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. b3 Ba6 18. f5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc5 20.
Rhe1 $36 {Hansen,M-Krause,U/OLNN 1992 (33)}) 14... Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Rb8 16. Ke3 (
16. a4 $6 Na5 17. Nd2 Rxb6 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ke7 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Rab1 Rc6
22. Rhc1 Rhc8 $15 {De Heer,M-Kiriakov,P/Dutch Open, Dieren NED 1997/1/2-1/2 
(71)}) 16... Rxb6 17. Nd4 (17. Bd3 Ke7 18. a3 Bd7 19. b3 a5 20. axb4 Rxb4 21.
Ra3 Rhb8 22. Rha1 f5 23. Ra4 Be8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ciemniak,R-Gleizerov,E/POL-chT 
(Lubniewice) 1993}) 17... Bd7 {Another possibility was} (17... Nxd4 18. Kxd4
Bd7 19. h4 h5 20. Bd3 Ke7 21. a3 $5 Rc8 22. b3 Rc7 $11 {with equal position;
Motwani,P-Hynes,K/Blackpool zt 1990 (60)}) 18. Bd3 Ke7 19. Rhf1 (19. g4 $5 h5 (
19... Rc8 $5 20. h4 Nxd4 21. Kxd4 h6 22. h5 Bb5 $11) 20. h3 Nxd4 21. Kxd4 Bb5
22. Rag1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rc6 $132) 19... Nxd4 20.
Kxd4 Rc8 $11 21. Rf2 {White is playing rock-solid chess clearly showing the
black that he has nothing against the draw!} h5 22. b3 g6 23. g3 (23. a4 $6 a5
(23... bxa3 $6 24. Rxa3 Rb4+ 25. c4 Bc6 26. Kc3 $14) 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Rf3 Bc8
$15 {[%cal Gc8a6,Gb6c6,Gc6c3]}) 23... Bb5 24. h3 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rbc6 26. g4 hxg4
27. hxg4 Rh8 (27... Rc2 $6 28. Rxc2 (28. Raf1 f5 $1) 28... Rxc2 29. a3 bxa3 30.
Rxa3 Rc6 31. f5 $14) 28. a3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Rh4 30. Rg2 Kd7 31. b4 {Intending to
exchange the pawns on the queenside.} Rb6 32. b5 $5 Rxb5 (32... axb5 $2 33.
Ra7+ Ke8 34. Rc2 $1 Rb8 35. Rcc7 Rh7 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxe6 $1 $16) 33. Rxa6 $11
Rb7 (33... Rb4+ 34. Kc5 Rxf4 $4 35. Ra7+ Kc8 (35... Ke8 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rga2
$18) 36. Rga2 $18) 34. Ra8 Rc7 35. Rf8 Ke7 36. Ra8 Rb7 37. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 $5 {A very interesting move introduced to tournament practice earlier
this year by nobody else than Morozevich! It's too early to judge whether it's
strong enough to become Black's main reply in this line, but so far it proved
to be very efficient for black.} (9... Qb6) 10. dxc5 $6 {[%csl Re5] It's
pretty obvious that Black is doing great after the move in the game due to the
weakness of white pawn on e5 and comfortable piece play on the queenside.} (10.
fxg5 $6 {[%csl Re5]} cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Na2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5
15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 $17 {Anand,V-Morozevich,A/Monte Carlo 2005}) (10. Nxg5
$5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 (13. Qd3 $6 Nxe5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 13...
Qb6 14. Nd1 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 O-O $36) 10... gxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxc5 12. a4 {
This is not a move White normally would want to play, but it's not so clear
what else could be suggested instead.} (12. b4 Ba7 13. a4 (13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rf1
Bb8 15. Qe2 Qc7 $15) 13... bxa4 14. b5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Bb7 16. Bxa4 Bc5 $15)
12... Qa5 (12... b4 $5 13. Nd1 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bd3 Qe7 $15) 13. Bd3 Bb7
14. Ne2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 bxa4 $1 {Correctly deciding to open the position, since
he is better prepared for active piece play in the centre.} (15... b4 $6 16.
Rae1 Bb6 17. Rhf1 Nc5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Ng3 $132) 16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Raa1 Nc4+ 18.
Kc1 (18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Kc3 {[%csl Rc3]} Rg8 20. g3 a5 $36 {[%cal Gc6b4]}) 18...
h5 19. h4 $6 {[%csl Rg4] Giving up control over the square g4 too easily.
White could've tried} (19. b3 Ne3 20. g3 (20. Kd2 $6 Nxg2 21. Bg5 h4 22. h3 Rg8
$17 {[%cal Gg8g5,Gc5e3]}) 20... Ng4 21. Kd2 Nb4 22. Rhf1 $13 {keeping an
option to fleed black knight from g4.}) 19... Ne3 20. Kd2 Ng4 21. Rhf1 Bb6 22.
Rae1 (22. Ra3 Bc7 23. Rfa1 Kd7 $15 24. Bxa6 $140 $2 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Ba5+ $17 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 22... d4 23. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4,Ge4d6]} (23. Be4 $6 Ba5+ 24. c3
O-O-O 25. Kc2 dxc3 (25... Nb4+ $6 26. cxb4 Bxe4+ 27. Kb3 Bd5+ 28. Ka4 Bc7 29.
Nexd4 $13) 26. Nxc3 Nb4+ 27. Kb1 Nd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 $17) 23... Ne3 24. Rf2 $6 {
Very brave decision. By playing this move white is commiting to sacrifice a
piece for just a pawn, however Black has a clear way to advantage if he
declines the sacrifice.} (24. Bxe3 $5 dxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Ke7 (26...
Nb4 $6 27. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 27. c3 Rag8 $15) 24... Nd5 $1 25. Ne4 $5 (25.
Re4) 25... Nxf4 ({Much more convincing was} 25... Ba5+ 26. c3 dxc3+ 27. bxc3
Nxf4 (27... Bxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Nxf4 29. Be4 O-O-O+ 30. Ke3 Nd5+ 31. Nxd5 exd5 32.
Bf5+ $44) 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nxb7 Rad8 $1 (29... Rab8 30. Ng5 $1 $13) 30. Nxd8
Rxd8 31. Re3 Nd5 $1 $17 {with enomous advantage.}) 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nxb7 Rhb8
28. Ng5 (28. Nd6 Ba5+ $19) 28... Nxd3 29. Rxf7+ Ne7 30. Kxd3 Rxb7 31. Ref1 $5
Bd8 $6 {[%csl Rd4] After this move Black's advantage never seemed to be enough
for a win.} (31... Bc5 32. Ne4 Rc8 33. Rh7 Kc6 34. Rff7 Rcc7 35. Rxh5 $17) 32.
R1f4 Kc8 $6 (32... Kc6 33. Nxe6 Bb6 34. R4f6 $36) (32... Rxb2 33. Rxd4+ Ke8 34.
Rh7 Ng6 35. Nxe6 Rb6 36. Ng7+ Kf8 37. Nxh5 a5 $15) 33. Nxe6 Ng6 34. Nxd8 Rxf7 (
34... Nxf4+ $2 35. Rxf4 Rxb2 (35... Kxd8 $2 36. Rf8+ $18) 36. g4 $1 Kd7 37.
Rxd4+ Ke8 38. Ne6 Rc8 39. Ng7+ Ke7 40. Nf5+ Ke6 41. Ke4 $16) 35. Rxf7 Nxe5+ 36.
Kxd4 Nxf7 37. Nxf7 Rb8 (37... Kc7 $5) 38. Nd6+ Kd7 39. Nc4 Ke6 40. Ke4 Rf8 41.
Ne3 Rf2 42. b3 Rf8 43. Nd5 Rf2 44. Ne3 $11 (44. Nf4+ $6 Kd6 45. Nxh5 $140 $2
Rxg2 $1 (45... Rxc2 $6 46. g4 Rb2 47. Kf5 Rxb3 48. Nf6 Ke7 49. Kg6 a5 50. h5 a4
51. h6 Rh3 52. Nh5 Rf3 53. h7 Rf8 54. g5 a3 55. Nf6 Rh8 56. Nd5+ Ke6 57. Nb4
$16) 46. Kd3 Ke5 $19 {[%csl Rh5]}) 44... Rd2 45. Kf3 Rd4 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. Nxg4
Rd2 48. Ne3 Rh2 49. Ke4 Rxh4+ 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Nc4+ Kd5 52. Kc3 Kc5 53. Ne5 Kd5
54. Nc4 Kc5 55. Ne5 Kb5 56. Nc4 Rh3+ 57. Kb2 Kb4 58. Na3 Kc5 59. Nc4 Kd4 60.
Na3 Rh8 61. Nc4 Rb8 62. Na3 Ke3 63. Nc4+ Ke2 64. Kc1 Rh8 65. Kb2 Rh3 66. Na3
Kd1 67. Kb1 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6
8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 (11... Ne7 12. O-O Nb8 13. Nh4 $6
Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bg4 Nc6 16. Rb1 b6 $13 {Salem,G-Volkov,S/Dubai 2002}) 12.
O-O (12. a3 a5 13. O-O f5 14. h3 Nd8 15. g4 Nf8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. g5 $2 $15 {
Ernst,T-Ulibin,M/Stockholm 1998}) 12... f6 (12... f5 13. Bf2 (13. g4 O-O 14.
gxf5 Rxf5 15. Qe1 b6 16. Bd1 Nf8 17. Bc2 Rf7 18. Nb2 Bd8 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. a4 Be8
21. Rg1 Ne7 $132 {Dominguez,L-Borges Mateos,J/Holguin City 2002}) 13... Nf8 14.
Ne1 Bd7 15. Nc5 Ng6 16. Bh5 Nd8 17. Be3 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rf3 $14 {Alavkin,
A-Fakhretdinov,R/Pskov 1998}) (12... b6 13. Nb2 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 f5 16. h3
Nf7 17. g4 Nh6 18. Ne1 Nf8 19. Ng2 Bd7 20. Bf2 $14 {Moreno Carnero,J-Martinez
Martin,D/Sevilla 1999}) (12... b5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. bxc5 O-O 15. g4 Bd7 16. Qe1
Rab8 17. Bd2 Rb7 18. Bd1 Qb8 19. Rb1 a5 20. a3 Qa7 21. Bc2 $40 {Barthel,
A-Wippich,M/Passau 1999}) (12... O-O 13. Nb2 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 Nb6 16. Bf2
f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne5 $14 {Nurbekoglu,M-Wippich,M/Bayern 2003}) 13. exf6 $5
{White decides to open up the center, hoping to take advantage of the knight
on a5. However the other knight is just too akwardly placed on a4, so black
faces no serious problems to equalize.} Nxf6 (13... gxf6 $2 14. f5 exf5 15. Nh4
$16) 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Qc2 b6 16. Nb2 Bd7 (16... Bb7 17. Nd1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18.
fxe5 Ne4 19. Nf2 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Bc6 $11) 18... Ne4
19. Bf3 Rad8 20. a4 $14) 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. a4 Nd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8f7,Gf7d6,Gd6e4]
Heading for e4.} 19. Rae1 Nf7 20. Nd1 Nd6 21. Bc1 Rae8 22. g3 Nfe4 23. Bf3 a6
24. Re2 Bd8 (24... b5 25. a5 Rf6 26. Ne3 $14) 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Rf7 (26...
Qxb5 $5 27. Ba3 Rf7 28. Ne3 (28. Nf2 Nxf2 29. Bxd6 Nd3 $15) 28... Be7 29. Bxd6
Nxd6 30. Ng4 $44) 27. Ba3 Nxb5 (27... Qxb5 $5) 28. Bxe4 dxe4 $6 {After this
move white gets an unpleasent pressure, so it was better to play} (28... Nxa3
29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Qb2 (30. Qg6 $4 Rf6 31. Qh5 Rh6 $19) 30... Kxh7 31. Qxa3 g5
32. Qc1 Ref8 $132 {and black's chances are at least equal.}) 29. Bb4 Nc7 30.
Nf2 Nd5 31. Ba3 e3 32. Ng4 Bc7 (32... Bf6) 33. Nxe3 Ra8 34. Qb2 b5 (34... Qa4
35. Nxd5 exd5 36. Bb4 $14) 35. Bc5 $1 Nxe3 $6 36. Rxe3 Rf6 37. Rfe1 h6 38. Qg2
$1 $16 {Penitrating through the queenside.} Ra6 (38... Rb8 39. Ra1 Bb6 40. Bb4
(40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Qxa8+ Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Bxd8 43. Bd6 Ba5 $11) 40... Rf5 41. Ra6
$16) 39. Qb7 Ra2 40. Bb6 Rf7 41. Bxc7 Qxc7 42. Qxb5 (42. Qxc7 $2 Rxc7 43. Rxe6
Rc2 44. R6e3 Ra7 45. R1e2 Rc1+ 46. Kf2 Ra3 $11) 42... Rxf4 43. Qe8+ (43. Rxe6
$5 Rff2 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Qb1+ Rfc2 46. R8e2 Rab2 47. Qxb2 Rxb2 48. Rxb2 $18)
43... Kh7 44. Rxe6 Rg4 (44... Rf7 45. Rc6 Qb7 46. Qe4+ Kg8 47. Qd5 $18) 45.
R1e5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge6h6] Transposing into an easily winning Queen v
2 rooks endgame.} Qb7 46. Rxh6+ gxh6 47. Re7+ Qxe7 48. Qxe7+ Rg7 49. Qe4+ Kh8
50. Qe6 Rb2 51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Qxc4 Ra7 54. Qf1 Kg7 55. d5 Rd2 56.
c4 Raa2 57. g4 $1 Rxh2 (57... Kg6 58. h4) 58. c5 Rhd2 59. g5 Kg6 60. c6 Kxg5 (
60... Rac2 61. c7 Kxg5 62. Qe1 Kg4 63. Qxd2 $18) 61. c7 Rac2 62. Qe1 $1 {
Winning a rook by force.} Rxd5 63. Qe7+ Kf4 64. Qf6+ Rf5 65. Qd4+ Kg5 66. Qd8+
Kg6 67. c8=Q Rxc8 68. Qxc8 {Hecht: 'By Kg5 Black, with the best defence, can
only survive some 30 moves. ' Hecht: 'Mittels Kg5 kann Schwarz bei bester
Verteidigung etwa 30 Züge überleben.'} Rg5+ 69. Kf2 Rf5+ 70. Ke3 Rf6 {Hecht:
'For the next 7 moves, White just moves around aimlessly without a plan. The
logical move would have been to bring up the king by Ke4! ' Hecht: 'In den
nächsten 7 Zügen eiert Weiß ohne klaren Plan herum. Logisch war die
Königsannäherung Ke4!'} 71. Qc7 Rf5 72. Qg3+ Rg5 73. Qf4 Rf5 74. Qg4+ Kf6 75.
Qg8 Rg5 76. Qh7 Rg6 77. Qh5 {'?!' Hecht.} (77. Kf4 $1 {Hecht} Rg1 78. Qf5+ Kg7
79. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Yf1,Yg6][%cal Yd3g6,Yd3f1]} Rg6 80. Kf5 Rf6+ 81. Kg5 {
[%csl Yg6][%cal Yd3g6,Yg5g6]} Rf7 82. Qc3+ Kh7 83. Qd4 Rg7+ 84. Kf6 Kg8 85.
Qd8+ Kh7 86. Qe8 $1 $18 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Yf6g6,Ye8g6] [#] This is one of the
positions which have to be known and in which Black loses to a zugzwang. It
can also be set up again if White has the move, but in such a way that it is
Black to move. . [#] Dies ist eine der Stellungen, die man kennen muss, und in
denen Schwarz durch Zugzwang verliert, die aber auch mit Weiß am Zug mit
vertauschter Zugpflicht wieder herzustellen sind.}) 77... Kg7 78. Ke4 Rf6 79.
Qe8 Kh7 80. Qe7+ Kg6 81. Qe8+ Kh6 82. Qe7 Rg6 83. Kf5 Kh5 (83... Rg2 {Hecht}
84. Qe3+ Kg7 85. Qd4+ Kh7 {[%csl Yf2][%cal Yd4f2]} 86. Kf6 Rg7 87. Qh4+ Kg8 88.
Qh5 $1 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Yf6f7,Yh5f7]}) 84. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 (8... Nb4 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Nd4 Nf8 12. Bg3 a6 13. f4 g6 14.
Bf2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Kh1 h5 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nd7
21. Nd2 b5 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. b4 $16 {Mason,Ja-Lee,F/London (20) 1899/0-1 (60)}) (
8... Qb6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 h6 12. h4 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd8
15. h5 Bd7 16. Na4 Nb8 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Qe3 Qc8 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Nfd2 Qc7 21. a4
Bc4 22. c3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 $14 {Knezevic,M-Raicevic,V/Majdanpek 21/181 1976}) (
8... Be7 9. O-O Nc5 (9... g5 $6 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ne1 Ndxe5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Rd1
O-O 14. Bb5 $36 {Zimmermann,F-Heinicke,H/BL 8081 FH Hamburg-Mainz [8] 1981})
10. Qd2 O-O 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. d4 Kh8 $132) (
8... a6 $5 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nd4 $132 {
Letay-Godel/Budapest open 1989}) (8... h6 9. Bg3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Re1 O-O 12.
Ne2 b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 $14 {Gufeld,E-Spassky,B/URS-ch27 Leningrad (13)
1960}) (8... f5 $2 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Qc4
Qc7 14. Nb5 {1-0 Edocs,J-Gorla,L/Bern op (8) 1991}) 9. exf6 Qxf6 (9... Nxf6)
10. Bg3 (10. Bg5 Qf7 11. O-O (11. Bh4 Qh5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Na4 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Ba7 17. b4 $14 {Maier,C-Zier,L/FRG-qual (Süd) 1986}) 11...
O-O 12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. a3 Kh8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. c3 Ng4 18.
Nbd4 $14 {Dankert,P-Krauseneck,P/BL 8182 Markth'feld-Porz [5] 1982}) 10... O-O
11. O-O Nd4 (11... h6 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Re2 Nc5 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qf7 18. Rae1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf6 22. Qd2 Bd7
23. Re5 Bc6 24. f4 Rae8 25. Qe3 d4 26. Qxd4 $14 {Matychenkov,V-Galanov,B/
URS-chT 1988}) (11... g6 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Rae1 a6 14. Ne5 Bd4 15. Nd1 $14 {
Kaeser,U-Meyer,P/Sankt Augustin (04) 1990}) 12. Nxd4 (12. Nd2 $6 a6 13. Na4 Ba7
14. c4 {/\cxd5 >< Pd5} b5 15. cxd5 $2 bxa4 16. Ne4 Qh6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 (17...
Qxe6 $2 18. Ng5) 18. Nd6 {/\Bc4/Be4} Ndc5 $19 {Barlov,D-Drasko,M/Tivat 1994/
CBM 43/[Hansen,Cu]}) 12... Bxd4 13. Qh5 (13. Qe2) (13. Qd2) (13. Nb5 $5) 13...
g6 14. Qe2 Nc5 (14... Ne5 15. Nb5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bd7 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be5 Qh4
19. d4 Rac8 $11 {Meissner,H-Uhlmann,W/Stralsund 1975}) (14... a6 15. Rae1 Nc5
16. Nd1 Bd7 17. c3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba7 19. c4 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd5 exd5 $13
{Rogers,I-Drasko,M/Tallinn 1985}) 15. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3g4]} (15. Rae1 Bd7
16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rac8 20. Re2 b5 21. Rd2 Kf7
22. f4 Ke7 $11 {Lind,J-Rylander,D/Skara 2002}) 15... Nxd3 {Thus far everything
was already played.} (15... e5 16. c3 e4 17. Bc2 Be5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Qb5 Rac8
20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. b4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxc3 23. bxc5 d4 24. Qxb7 $16 {Jakymov,
V-Polivanov,A/Kiev 2000}) (15... b6 16. c3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bc5 18. Ne3 a5 19.
Rfe1 $14) 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. c3 Bb6 18. Ne3 h5 {Black can't afford to himself to
let white knight to come to e5.} (18... Qg5 $5 19. Bd6 Rf7 20. f4 $6 Qf5 $11)
19. h3 Rf7 (19... Bc6 20. Rae1 Rad8 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}) 20. Kh1 Qg5 21. Bd6 $1
$16 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge3c2,Gc2d4,Gd6e5]} e5 {This move is probably based on
miscalculation since forthcoming complications are leading to easily winning
endgame for white.} (21... Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bc6 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Be5
$16) 22. Nxd5 e4 (22... Bxf2 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Qe2 Bg3 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc4+
Kg7 27. Qc7 $18 {[%cal Gc7g7]}) 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. f4 $1 Qg3 (24... Rxe4 25. fxg5
$18) 25. Be5 Bxh3 26. Nxb6 Bf5 27. Qa4 Rd8 28. Rad1 $1 $18 {Depriving black
any hope of survival.} (28. Nc4 $2 Be4 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+
32. Kf2 Rd3 $19) 28... Qh4+ 29. Kg1 axb6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Rd1 Rd7 32. Qb3+
Kf8 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 (33... Bxd7 34. Qd5) 34. Qxb6 {The rest is just a matter of
technique.} Ke8 35. Qe3 Kf7 36. c4 Qc6 37. b3 Qe4 38. Qd2 Qd3 39. Qa5 Qd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qd7 41. Qb6 Qe7 42. Kg1 Be4 43. b4 Qh4 44. Qe3 Bf5 45. b5 Qg4 46. c5 Qd1+
47. Kh2 Qd3 48. Qxd3 Bxd3 49. a4 Ke6 (49... Bc2 50. c6 bxc6 51. b6 $18) 50. Kg3
Bc4 (50... Kd7 51. Kh4 Bc2 $6 52. a5 Bd3 53. a6 bxa6 54. c6+ Kc8 55. b6 $18)
51. c6 bxc6 52. bxc6 Bd5 53. c7 Bb7 54. Kf2 Kd5 55. Kf3 Bc8 56. Bf6 Bb7 57. Bd8
Bc8 58. Bf6 Kd6 59. Be5+ Kd5 60. Bc3 Bb7 61. Ke3 Kc6 62. Be5 h4 63. Kf2 Bc8 64.
Kf3 Bb7 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 c4
$6 {In this specific position the idea of closing the center looks slightly
not in the place,but it's not so easy for white to take advantage of it.} (8...
Qb6 9. Nf3 c4 10. g4 f6 11. Bh3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Nh5 $36 {
Golubev,M-Relange,E/Groningen op 1993}) 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. g4 f5 $5 (10... h5 $5
11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ng3 Rh8 13. h4 Be7 14. h5 Bd7 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. f5 $14) 11.
gxf5 exf5 12. Bg2 $6 {Slightly passive and not the most logical continuation,
which has nothing to do with the outcome of the game.Better was} (12. h4 Be7
13. h5 Be6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf1h3,Gd1c2,
Gc1e3] with better chanses for white.}) 12... Be7 13. O-O h6 $5 14. Rf2 Be6 15.
Bf1 g5 $6 (15... g6 $5 $132) 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. h4 $1 g4 $6 {Permitting white
to put the knight to g5 from where it will seriously disturb black.Black had
to take on h4,but even in this case white keeps better chanses.} (17... gxh4
18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Bh3 {[%csl Rf5]} O-O-O 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Ng5 $5 Qg8 22. Rxf5
Kb8 23. Kh2 $14) 18. Ng5 Bc8 (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20. Nf4 $16) 19. Rh2 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Rf5][%cal Gc1e3,Ge2g3,Gd1c2,Gf1g2,Ga1f1]} a5 20. Ng3 Ra6 21. Be3
Na4 22. Qc2 Rf8 23. Rf2 $1 {Black can't protect the pawn on f5 and white takes
it with decisive advantage.} Qd7 (23... Rh8 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 $18) 24. e6
{[%csl Rf5]} 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Pesiakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. exf6 (9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 fxe5 (11... O-O 12. a3 Be7 13.
Bh3 (13. Bd3 $5 fxe5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 $6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Na4 $16 {
Lanka,Z-Soln,P/Ljubljana op 1994}) 13... Kh8 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Re1
$16 {Riemersma,L-Luther,T/Hania op 1993}) 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Bh3 Kh8
15. O-O $36 {[%csl Re6] Mikulas,D-Sladecek,J/SVK-chT3a 1997}) 9... Nxf6 10. g3
Bd6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O cxd4 (12... Bd7 13. Kh1 Rae8 14. Ne5 (14. Be3 $5 c4 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Ne5 b5 17. h3 Re7 18. g4 Be8 19. Ng3 $36 {Neuman,P-Jurek,J/Komercni
Banka op 1996}) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. Qxb6 Bxb6
19. Nc2 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 $132 {Votava,J-Nikolenko,O/Pardubice op 1994}) 13.
cxd4 ({More in the spirit of the position seems} 13. Nexd4 $5 e5 (13... Bd7 14.
Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Rd1 $14) 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16.
axb3 Nd3 17. b4 Bd7 18. Rd1 Nxc1 19. Rdxc1 $14 {with comfortable advantage in
the endgame. Jansa,V-Libeau,R/Muenster 1992}) 13... e5 $1 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Kh1 $6 ({The only chanse to fight for the advantage was} 16. Bf4
$1 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Be6 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Qd2 $14 {with slightly better prospects
for white.}) 16... Bc7 17. Nc3 (17. Bf4 Bg4 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qd3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2
Rae8 $11) 17... Be6 (17... Bg4 $2 18. Rxf6 $1 (18. Nxd5) 18... Bxd1 19. Rxb6
Bxb6 20. Nxd1 $16) 18. Qe2 (18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Bg5 Bd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 $11) 18... Rae8 19. Be3 Bf7 20. Qd2 Qe6 21. Bf4 Ba5 $1 22.
Be5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 $5 {
This variation leads to complicated struggle with mutual chanses and can be
rcommened for anyone who plays french defense.} 8. Qd2 b5 9. Qf2 Qb6 10. Bd3
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 {Another reasonable option is} (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13.
Bxc5 (13. Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Roschina,T-Macek,V/CRO-chT 1996} (
14... Nc5 15. O-O Nb7 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,M-Stamenkovic,Z/JUG-chT 1997} (15...
O-O 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nb3 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bb7 20. Ke3 Bd5 $11 {
Kruppa,Y-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996}))) 13... Nxc5 14. O-O {1/2-1/2 Roschina,
T-Zaitseva,L/Moscow-W 1995}) 12. Nce2 b4 (12... f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. h3 (14. c3
e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Barsov,A/Dieren op 1997})
14... O-O 15. O-O-O e5 16. fxe5 Ne4 $13 {Macieja,B-Schmidt,W/Legnica Voivode
Cup 1994}) 13. O-O (13. c3 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rac1 O-O $11 {
Miladinovic,I-Kosic,D/JUG-chT 1997}) 13... f6 $5 (13... a5 14. Rad1 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Qg3 $13 {[%cal Ge3f2]}) 14. Kh1 $1 O-O ({Too
dangerous is to take the pawn:} 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. Qg3 Ra7 $1 (16...
g6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf2f7,Ge3c5]} Bxe3 19. Qf7+ Kd8
20. Qf6+ Kc7 21. Qxh8 $18) (16... Nxd3 $6 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. cxd3 Qa7 19. Qh6 $1
$16 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qf8+ Kd7 23. Rf7+ Kc6 24. Rxa7 $18)
17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxh7 $1 e5 20. Rad1 $36 {and white has
dangerous initiative.}) 15. exf6 Rxf6 (15... gxf6 $2 16. Qg3+ Kf7 (16... Kh8
17. Nxe6 $1 $18) 17. Nxc6 Bxe3 18. Bxh7 Qxc6 19. Qxe3 $16) (15... Nxf6 16. Nxc6
Bxe3 17. Qg3 $14) 16. Nxc6 $5 Bxe3 17. Qg3 Bb7 (17... Bc5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5
Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Bd7 21. Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf4h5]} (21. Qh4 h6 $13) 21...
Qc7 (21... Rf8 22. Nh5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Bf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nxd7 $18) 22. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Ng6 $18) 18. Ne5 Nxe5 (18... Rd8 $2 19. Ng4 $18 {
[%cal Gg4f6,Gg4e3]}) 19. fxe5 Bf2 $1 {This strong move gives black good
counterchanse,which he,however,doesn't use in the game.} (19... Rf2 $5 20. Qh3
(20. Nf4 $1 Rf8 (20... Rxf4 21. Rxf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 a5 (22... Rf8 $2 23. Bxh7+
$18) 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Qh4 g6 25. Qf6 $16) 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 $1 (22...
Bc8 23. Nh5 $18) 23. Nxe6 (23. Rf1 Qd4 $1 $132) 23... Bc8 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.
Qh5+ Kg8 26. Ng5 Be6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rf1 $14) 20...
h6 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Nf4 $14) 20. Qg4 Rh6 (20... Rf7 $5 $132) 21. Nf4 Rf8 (
21... Bd4 22. Rae1 Bxb2 23. Nh5 Qc7) 22. Nh5 Rf7 $2 {Blundering simple
tactacal blow.After corect} (22... Qc7 $5 23. Nf4 (23. Nf6+ $4 Rfxf6 24. exf6
Rxh2#) 23... Qb6 24. Nh5 $11 {the position remains equal.}) 23. Nf6+ Kh8 (23...
Rfxf6 24. exf6 Rxf6 $14) 24. Nxh7 $1 $16 Qe3 (24... Rxh7 25. Qg6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gg6f7,Gg6h7]}) (24... Qd8 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Nxe6 Qd7 27. Bf5 $18) 25. Rae1
$1 Qf4 ({Worse is} 25... Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxe1 27. Ng5 Re7 28. Nf3 Bf2 29. Qxb4
$18 {and white has decisive advantage.}) 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Ng5 d4 $2 (27... Kg8
$1 28. Re2 Bg3 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 (29... Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Bxf4 31. Nxe6 Bg3 32. Nc5 Bc8
33. e6 $18) 30. Nf3 Bc1 31. c3 $16) 28. Re2 (28. Re2 Bg3 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxh6+
gxh6 31. Rxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 $5 {This rare move is a pet line of Dutch
grandmaster Nijboer. White's idea is to avoid multiple trades on d4 trying to
keep more pieces on the board for the kingside attack.} (11. Kb1) (11. Qf2)
11... Bb4 (11... Be7) 12. Bd3 (12. a3 $2 Be7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 b4) 12... b5
13. Rhf1 {Preparing Rf1-f3-h3.} (13. g4 Nb6 (13... Bb7 14. Rhg1 Rc8 15. Rg3 Re8
16. Rh3 g6 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. g5 Nb4 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bc6 21. Ne2 $16 {
Nijboer,F-Glek,I/France 2003}) 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. g5 dxe4 17. Bxc4 Qc7
18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Be2 Nb4 $132 {Nijboer,F-Stellwagen,D/Leeuwarden 2002}) 13...
Nb6 (13... f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 $14) (13... Bb7 14. Rf3 Rc8 15. Rh3 f5 16.
exf6 Nxf6 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qb6 $13 {Gallagher,
J-Brynell,S/Gausdal 2001}) 14. a3 $5 {A very commiting move, as Black gets a
chance to break through on the queenside by b4.} (14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 $5 (15.
Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 $11) 15... bxc4 16. Nd4 Ne7 $1 17. Nb1 (17. g4 f6 18. exf6
Rxf6 19. Nde2 Rb8 20. Ne4 $1 $36 {Cabrilo,G-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1988}) 17... Rb8
18. c3 Bc5 19. Nc2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nd2 f6 23. Nf3 $14 {
Rowson,J-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 1996}) 14... Be7 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6
17. Bd4 $5 ({The immediate} 17. f5 {doesn't seem to be sufficient for
advantage due to} f6 $8 (17... b4 $2 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. f6 $16)
18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bf5 Rad8 $11) 17... Nc4 (17... b4 $5) 18. Qe2
Rb8 {Black is ready to push b4, so Anand is forced to sacrifice on h7.} 19.
Bxh7+ {Diagram [#]} (19. Rf3 $6 g6 $36) 19... Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rd3 {
It's not so clear which rook White should've transfered to h3, but it seems
that his attack is sufficient only for a draw in any case.} (21. Rf3 f5 22. Rh3
Bc5 (22... b4 $6 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Qg6 Rf7 25. Rh7 Qc7 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7
28. Bf2 $16) 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Nxd5+ Qxd5 27. Bxc5+
Qxc5 28. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 21... f5 22. Rh3 Bc5 23. Rff3 {By playing this move
Anand actually accepts a draw. He could've tried to play on with} (23. Qg6 $5
Rf7 24. Rh7 Qc7 25. Qh5 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kd7 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. e6+ $13
{with a quite messy position.}) 23... Bxd4 24. Rfg3 Rb7 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qxg7+
Ke8 27. Qxf8+ $1 {Diagram [#]} (27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 {The number of the games played with this move is too low yet to jump
to the conclusions, but it seems to be pretty dangerous for Black.} 10. fxg5 (
10. dxc5 $6 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxc5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2
bxa4 $1 $15 {Frolyanov,D-Volkov,S/Sochi 2005}) (10. Nxg5 $5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nd1 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 O-O $36) 10... cxd4
11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 $6 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Na2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. h4 Nc4
16. Bxc4 bxc4 $17 {Anand,V-Morozevich,A/Monte Carlo 2005}) 11... Ncxe5 12. Bd3
$5 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2g3,Gg3h5] White prefers to send the knight to h5 instead of
the bishop. In the previous game White preferred 12.Be2, but the move in the
game is definitely a more logical choice.} (12. Be2 Bb7 $6 13. Bh5 Qe7 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Nce2 O-O 16. b3 Rac8 17. Ng3 $14 {Zhang Zhong-Roiz,M/Beer Sheva ISR
2005}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Kh1 Bg7 15. Rae1 $6 {The rook isn't
necessarily well-placed on e1, so 15.Qf2 followed by Qh4 and Ne2-g3-h5
deserved attention.} (15. Qf2 $5) 15... O-O 16. Nce2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $1 {
It's more important to open up the diagonal a8-h1 for the bishop than to keep
a strong center, even though after} (17... bxc4 18. Ng3 Be5 19. Rf3 c3 20. bxc3
Rac8 $132 {things are not perfectly clear.}) 18. Ng3 c3 $1 19. bxc3 Rac8 20.
Nh5 Qxc3 $2 {A very bad move after which White gets the decisive advantage.
After the correct} (20... Be5 21. Qf2 (21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. gxf6 Qxc3 23. Qf2 Kh8
$36 {[%cal Gf8g8]}) 21... Qxc3 22. Rd1 (22. Qh4 $2 Rc4 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. gxf6
Qxc2 $17) 22... Kh8 $132 {the position would've remained highly unclear.}) 21.
Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Nxg7 Rxe3 $8 (22... Kxg7 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Bd4+ $18) 23. Rxe3
Kxg7 24. Rc3 $18 {[%cal Gc3c7] White is just an exchange up.} Bd5 25. Rc7 Nb6
26. Rf6 {[%csl Re6]} Kg8 27. Ra7 Nc4 28. Rxa6 Rd8 $1 {Black's only chance to
get counterplay is by activating the rook.} 29. Kg1 Be4 30. c3 e5 31. Nf3 $6
Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. a4 $1 (33. Rf5 Be6 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Rc1 $16) 33...
e4 34. axb5 $1 (34. Ne1 $2 e3+ 35. Ke2 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Nb2 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd5c4,
Gd2d1]}) 34... exf3 35. gxf3 Rb1 36. b6 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Kg7 (37... Rb3 38. h4 Rxc3
39. Ra7 Rb3 40. Rd7 Be6 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. h5 h6 43. Rxh6 $18) 38. Rf4 Be6 $6 (
38... Nxb6 39. Rb4 Rxb4 40. cxb4 $18) (38... Rxb6 $142 39. Rxb6 Nxb6 40. h4 Be6
$16) 39. b7 Ne3 (39... Bd5 40. Ra4 Ne5 41. Rab4 $18) 40. Rb4 Rg2+ 41. Kf4 Nd5+
42. Ke4 Nxb4 43. cxb4 Bc4 44. Ra8 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne2 $5 {Very
rare move promising nothing special to white.} (7. Be3 b5 (7... Qb6 8. Rb1 (8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Be2 b5 14. Nb2 a5
$13 {Vratonjic,S-Drasko,M/Becici 1993}) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Nd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. c3 b5 $13 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/
Moscow 1993}) 8. Qd2 Be7 (8... Bb7 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4
Be7 13. Rf3 O-O 14. Rh3 g6 15. Nf2 $14 {Kamsky-Ivanchuk/Tilburg/1992}) 9. Bd3
g6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd1 $14 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Linares 1993}) 7... Nc6 (7... cxd4
8. Nexd4 Nc6 9. c3 Be7 (9... Nc5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nbd2 f5 13. b4 Ne4
14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd4 $14 {Sax,G-Bagirov,V/Aaland-Stockholm 1997}) 10. g3 Nc5
11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 a5 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Rac1 $14 {
Aagaard,J-Kristjansson,S/Hafnarfjordur 1999}) 8. g3 $5 (8. c3 b5 (8... Be7 9.
Be3 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Nc5 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Qc7 $132 {
Rosen,W-Bagirov,V/Grieskirchen 1998}) 9. Be3 (9. a3 Nb6 10. Ng3 h5 11. Bd3 h4
12. Ne2 Bd7 13. O-O g6 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Rf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne7 17. Rh3 $16 {
Dolmatov,S-Dokutchaev,A/Novgorod 1999}) 9... Bb7 10. g3 b4 11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O
bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. f5 $5 $36 {Hernandez,A-Prasca Sosa,R/VEN 1999
}) 8... cxd4 9. Nfxd4 (9. Nexd4 $5) 9... Nc5 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O Bd7 {Black
refrains from typical f6, which would also lead to balanced position.} (11...
f6 $5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Be3 Qe7 (13... Ne4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re4,Re6]}) 14. c4 $5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bf2 $14) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O (15... dxc4 16. Nc6 $1
$16) 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 $132) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c3 g6 $6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
b4 Na4 {[%cal Ga4b6,Gb6c4]} 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bd7 (17... O-O $5 18. Nxc6 $6
Qxc6 19. c4 $2 Nb2 20. cxd5 Nxd1 21. dxc6 Nxe3 22. cxb7 Rb8 $19) 18. Rf2 O-O
19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Nb3 Bb5 $6 {Depriving himself counterplay on the queenside
which proves to be crucial.} (20... Nc4 $5 21. Bd4 a5 22. a3 Ba4 $13) 21. Bxb5
axb5 22. Qe2 Nc4 23. Bd4 Ra8 $6 (23... Rce8 $5 24. Re1 f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26.
Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Nd4 $14) 24. g4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Rfe8 25. Rcf1 Bf8 26. h4 Bg7
27. Nc5 $5 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Gc5d3,Gd3c1] Intending to put the knight on c1 to
neutralize black's pressure over the a-file.} Qe7 (27... Ra3 28. Nd3 Rea8 29.
Nc1 Qe7 30. g5 $36 {[%cal Gf2h2,Ge2f3,Gf3h3,Gh4h5]}) 28. g5 h5 $2 {Helping
white to get to black king!} 29. gxh6 Bxh6 30. h5 $1 $16 Kh7 $6 (30... b6 31.
Nd3 Kh7 32. hxg6+ fxg6 33. Rh2 Rh8 34. Qg4 Raf8 35. Rf3 Rf5 36. Rfh3 Kg7 37.
Bf2 $18 {[%cal Gf2h4,Gh4f6]}) 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. Qg4 Qf7 (32... b6 33. Rg2 Qf7
34. Nd7 Bg7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. exf6 Qh7 38. f7+ $1 $18) 33. Rh2 Qf5
(33... Kg7 34. Qh3 Rh8 35. Qxe6 Qxe6 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. Nc7 $18) 34. Qg5 $1 (34.
Qg5 Qf8 35. Nd7 $18 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 {In my opinion this modest move is extremly unpleasent
for black. It seems that black faces serious problems in finding active
counterplay.} (10. Nb3 $2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. O-O-O Qxf4 14.
Qxf4 Rxf4 $17 {Palkovi,J-Knaak,R/Stara Zagora 1990}) (10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Bxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Ne2 Bb7 18.
Nd4 $14 {Kudriavcev,D-Sventek,A/Bratislava 1992}) 10... a6 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bd3 Ne4
18. Qe3 b5 19. h4 b4 20. h5 $14 {Diaz,J-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cuba 1993}) 11. Bg2 (
11. Bh3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Rb8 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rfe1 $14 {Zwanzger,J-Gamer,T/Oberhof 1999}) 11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bb7 $6 {Too slow. More chances to equalize
would leave} (14... Qb6 15. O-O b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. c3 Qb6 $14) 15. O-O Qb6
16. b4 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 axb4 18. axb4 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra4 19. Kh1 Nb8 (19... Rfa8
20. Rae1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Nf8 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxf5 $14) 20. f5 $1 {Starting an
attack against black king.} Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nc6 (21... exf5 22. Nxf5 d4 $5 23.
Nxd4 (23. Qxd4 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Qxc2 26. Qg4 g6 27. Ne7+ Kh8 $132)
23... Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rd8 25. c3 Nc6 26. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 27. Qxb5 Qc7 $16) 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. f6 gxf6 24. exf6 Kh8 25. c3 $1 {Preventing d4.} d4 (25... Rg8 26. Qd4
Qxd4 27. cxd4 Rg6 28. Ra6 Be8 29. Ra8 Rg8 30. Bf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3h5]}) 26.
Qxd4 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxd4 28. cxd4 h6 29. Ra5 Kh7 (29... Rb8 30. Ra7 Kg8 31. Kf3
Kh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. Rc7 Kxf6 34. Rc5 $18) 30. Rxb5 Rd8 31. d5 exd5 32. Rc5 d4
$6 {After this move black's position is hopeless, while after correct} (32...
Kg6 $1 33. Kf3 $1 (33. b5 Kxf6 34. Rc6+ Ke5 (34... Kg7 35. Kf2 d4 36. Ke2 d3+
37. Kd2 f6 38. Rc3 $18 {[%csl Rd3]}) 35. Rxh6 Rb8) 33... Kxf6 34. Rc6+ Kg7 $1 (
34... Ke5 $2 35. Rxh6 Rb8 36. Rh5+ Kd4 37. Rf5 $16) 35. b5 d4 36. Ke2 d3+ 37.
Kd2 Rd5 $1 38. b6 h5 39. b7 Rb5 40. Rc7 Rb3 41. Ke3 Kg6 $14 {black seems to
hold.}) 33. Kf1 d3 34. Ke1 Rd4 (34... Kg6 $5) 35. b5 Rb4 (35... Kg6 36. Kd2
Kxf6 37. b6 Rb4 38. Rc6+ $18) 36. Kd2 Rb3 37. g4 Kg6 38. Rf5 h5 (38... Kh7 39.
h4 Kg6 40. h5+ Kh7 41. Rd5 $18) 39. Rxh5 Kxf6 40. h4 Kg6 41. Rf5 Kg7 42. h5 f6
43. Rd5 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Ke6 45. Rb7 Kd5 46. h6 Ke4 47. Re7+ Kd4 48. Rd7+ Ke4 49.
h7 Rb2+ 50. Kc3 Rc2+ 51. Kb3 Rc8 (51... Rc8 52. b6 Rb8 53. b7 d2 54. Kc2 Kf4
55. Kxd2 Kxg4 56. Rg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "GER-Kramnik"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2004.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 cxd4 {Black has tried many different moves in this position, but none of
them seems to be sufficient for equality.} (9... Qb6 10. Ne2 c4 11. g4 h5 12.
gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 $5 $36 {Kasparov,G-Radjabov,T/Linares 2003}) (9...
Bb7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qf2 Rc8 12. O-O g6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne2
Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Nc5 17. Ned4 $14 {Potkin,V-Volkov,S/Istanbul 2003}) 10. Nxd4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nb8 $5 {Interesting attempt.} (11... Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf2
Qe7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rae1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 $14 {Lejarre,L-Boukobza,A/
Avoine 2003}) 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bf2 {Probably the most dangerous continuation
for black, even though also after} (13. Ne2 $5 b4 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15.
c3 f6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qe3 $14) 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. c3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. O-O (
17. Bc2 Qb6 18. Ba4+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. f5 Rhb8 $132) 17... Qb6 18. Qf2 O-O
19. b4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 Rb8 22. Rfb1 $14 {white keeps better
chances.}) 13... Bd7 14. O-O Be7 15. Ne2 b4 16. a4 (16. c3 $5 bxc3 (16... bxa3
17. b4 O-O 18. Rxa3 a5 19. Rb3 $14) 17. Qxc3 a5 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Rac1 $14) 16...
Na5 17. f5 $6 {I guess Kramnik overestimated his chances after the e6 break,
otherwise he would've tried the more subtle} (17. Nd4 $1 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bc5 19. b3
Na5 20. f5 $36 {[%cal Gc1f4] with very unpleasent pressure.}) 17... exf5 (17...
Nc4 $6 18. Qf4 Nxb2 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4 $36) 18. Nd4 (18. Qf4 O-O
19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qc8 21. Qd3 Nc4 22. Qd4 Bg5 23. Rad1 Re8 $15) 18... g6
19. e6 (19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. a5 O-O $15) 19... fxe6 20.
Qe2 Nc6 (20... Qc8 21. Rae1 Nc6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kd7 25.
Rfe1 Bd6 $15) 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Qd6 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Bxa6 Bf6 25. Rad1 Ne5
(25... Ne7 $5 26. Bb5 Bxb2 27. Rfe1 Bf6 28. Qe3 $44) 26. Bb5 (26. Bb5 Ng4 27.
Bg3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Ne3 29. Bf2 (29. Bd6 Qa7 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rf3 Nxd1 32. Qxd1
Qc5 33. Rd3 Rd8 34. b3 Kg7 $15) 29... d4 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Rd5 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aars get2net Cup GM"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Holst, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qxb2 (12... O-O 13. O-O-O
Nc5 (13... f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Rhe1 $14 {Krylov,
S-Eroes,P/Wch-09 blind 1998}) 14. g4 $6 Bd7 15. Bg2 Rfc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. Qf2
Na4 $36 {Dell'Agosti,A-Hugentobler,P/Weihnachts Open 1996}) (12... Nc5 13.
O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 (14. Qd4 a6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Rh3 Bc6 (16... Kb8 17. f5 Bc8
$13) 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Rc3 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {Kasparov,G-Timman,
J/Horgen 1995}) 14... Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Rhf1 O-O-O 18. Rf3 Kb8
$11 {Franzoni,G-Kelecevic,N/SUI-chT 1996}) 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5 (14. Bb5 Qe7 $15
) 14... Qc5 $6 ({Deserved attention} 14... Qxa2 $5 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 (16.
Rb3 Nc5) 16... b6 $5 $13 {[%cal Gc8a6] with extremly complicated position.})
15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Rb5 Qa3 17. c4 d4 ({After} 17... dxc4 18. Bxc4 (18. Nxc4 Qa4)
18... b6 19. Rb3 Qc5 20. Re3 $5 $44 {white keeps an initiative.}) 18. Rb3 (18.
Qxd4 Qc1+ 19. Kf2 b6 20. h4 Rd8 21. Rh3 Kf8 $13) 18... Qc5 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. Qb4+
Kd8 21. Bd3 Rf8 (21... b6) 22. O-O b6 23. Nd6 {[%cal Gd3e4]} Nc5 $2 {Serious
mistake with disasterous consequances.Better was} (23... Qc5 24. Qe1 $5 (24.
Qa4 f6 25. Be4 Rb8) 24... f6 25. Rb5 Qa3 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Qxh7 Ba6 28. Rb3 Qxa2
29. Rbb1 $14) 24. Be4 $1 {[%cal Gb4f8]} Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rg8 26. Nd6 $16 Qc5 27.
Qa4 Kc7 28. Rb5 Qc6 29. c5 $1 Bb7 (29... Bd7 30. Rc1 Kb8 31. Qxd4 $18) 30. Rf2
a6 31. Rb4 $1 ({Of course not} 31. cxb6+ $2 Kb8 32. Rb4 Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34.
Kh1 Qe2 35. Rg1 Bxg2+ $1 36. Rxg2 Qf1+ $11 {and black escapes with the draw.})
31... b5 (31... Qxa4 32. cxb6+ Kb8 33. Rxa4 d3 34. Rd4 $18) 32. Qd1 d3 33. Qxd3
Qxc5 34. Rd4 {[%cal Gf2c2]} Qc1+ $2 {The final mistake,this time with fathal
outcome!} (34... Kb8 35. Rc2 Qb6 36. Kf1 Rd8 $16) 35. Rf1 Qc5 36. Qe3 $18 Bc6
37. Rc1 Qb6 38. a4 Rac8 (38... bxa4 39. Rxc6+ Qxc6 40. Rc4 $18) 39. Nxc8 Rxc8
40. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 $13) 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {In this position were played handreds of games,but
so far white didn't manage to show clear way to advantage and black's results
in this variation are quite satisfactory.} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 a5 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila ol/1992/} (15... f6 $1 $36) (15... f6 $1 $36))
14... a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4
(13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19.
Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4
15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,
R/BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146 16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6
$1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994} (18. f5 $3 Qh6+
19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB
1994})) (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 (17. Kb1 Bc6 18. c3 $14) 17... Rfc8 18.
Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3 Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {
Nijboer}) 16. Bb5 (16. b3 Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6
21. Rf2 f6 $15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995} (21... f6 22. Ree2 h6
$15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995})) (16. c4 $5 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxh4
18. g3 Qd8 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 $13 {Nijboer,F-Korchnoi,V/
Sonsbeek SNS 1999}) 16... Rb8 (16... Qc7 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nxa4 20.
Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $132 {De la Riva,O-Comas Fabrego,L/Barcelona op 1996})
17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qf2
$13 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Glek,I/Open 1999}) 17... Qc7 (17... Bb7 18. f5 Bc6 $5
(18... Qc7 19. Re1 exf5 (19... Qc6 $6 20. Rg3 Qxa4 $6 21. Qg4 $1 g6 22. fxg6
fxg6 23. Bxg6 Kh8 24. Be8 $3 $18 {[%csl Gg7]}) 20. Bxf5 Bc6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22.
Qxc5 Rfe8 23. Rhe3 $14 {Fedorov,A-Kortschnoj,V/EU-chT 1999}) 19. Nc5 ({Worth
an attention} 19. Rg3 $5 exf5 (19... Bxa4 $6 20. Qg4 g6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6
Nxe5 $2 (22... Kh8 23. Bxh7 Qe7 (23... Rg8 24. Qh5) 24. Bg6 Rf7 (24... Rf5) 25.
Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Qg5 $16) 23. Bxh7+ Kf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qxe5 $18) 20. e6 Qf6 21.
Bxf5 $5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc5 Bc6 $13) 19...
Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rf3 (22. f6 $5) 22... Rc8 $11 {Marjanovic,
S-Antic,D/Subotica 2000/CBM 76}) (17... Nb6 $5 18. Nc5 Nd7) 18. h5 (18. Re1 Qc6
19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. h5 (21. Rg3 $5 Rbc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Kh8 24. h5
Rg8 25. Rf3 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995}) 21... Rfc8 22. f5
Qc6 23. Re2 Nc5 $5 $13 {Sedlak,N-Antic,D/Subotica 2000/CBM 76}) (18. Rg3 Bb7
19. Re1 f6 $2 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxe6 $1 $16 {Cherevatenko,R-Shemeakin,A/
Alushta 1998/EXT 2000}) 18... Bb7 (18... Qc6 $6 19. b3 Ba6 20. f5 Rbc8 21. Rd2
Bxd3 22. Rhxd3 Qc7 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. Rg3 exf5 25. e6 {1-0 Berndt,S-Furlan,M/
Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (25)}) 19. Re3 $5 {Quite innocent attemptto improve
white's play! Black easily equalizes by exchanging all minor pieces.} (19. g4
Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qf4 Qc7 25. Re2 $14 {
Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993/CBM 37 ext}) 19... Bc6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
Rfc8 22. f5 (22. h6 $6 g6 23. g4 Bb5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. g5 Bxd3 26. Rexd3 Kf8
$11) 22... Bb5 $1 {After this accurate move the position is equal.} 23. Qxc7 (
23. Qd4 $6 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 a4 $40) 23... Rxc7 24. f6 $5 Bxd3 25. Rdxd3 Rbc8 26.
Re2 gxf6 $1 (26... Rc4 $5 27. Rg3 g6 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... hxg6 29. Rh3 $40 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2g4,Ge2h2]}) 29. Rf3 Kf7 $11) 27. exf6 Rc4 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29.
Rg7 Rf4 30. Rxh7 Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kf8 (31... Kf8 32. g3 $6 (32. Rh7 Kg8 33. Rh6 $2
{[%csl Rh6]} Rcc4 $17) 32... Rxf6 33. Rg4 Rf1+ 34. Kd2 Rh1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 {White's best chance to
fight for win in this line is by deviating from immediate trade of the queens.}
(12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rhd8 17. Ke3 Rac8
18. Rac1 $14 {Lipka,J-Bulla,P/Topolcianky 1994/EXT 98}) (12. O-O-O Qxd4 13.
Rxd4) 12... Nc5 {A move like 12...Q:b2 demands very serious preparation and a
lot of nerves since white's initiative is extremly dangerous.} (12... Qxb2 13.
Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5 (14. Bb5 Qe7 $15) 14... Qxa2 15. Nd6+ (15. Qb4 a5 $1) 15... Kf8
16. Rd1 $13 (16. Qb4 $2 a5 $1 $19)) (12... O-O 13. O-O-O f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Be2 Bd7 16. Bf3 $14 {Krylov,S-Eroes,P/Brno 1998/EXT 99}) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qd4
(14. h4 O-O-O 15. Rh3 d4 16. Nb1 Bc6 17. Na3 Ne4 18. Qe1 Qc5 $13 {Alonso,
S-Ibar,M/ARG 1997/EXT 2001}) 14... Bc6 (14... a6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Rh3 (16. h5
Bc6 17. Rh3 Kc7 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Qxb6+ Kxb6 20. Nd4 {Vallejo Pons,F-Savchenko,S/
Moscow 2001}) 16... Bc6 (16... Kb8 17. f5 Bc8 $13) 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Rc3 Na4 19.
Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. b3 Nc8 22. h5 Ne7 $11 {Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Horgen
1995}) (14... a5 15. h4 Qb4 16. Rh3 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h5 18. Re3 g6 19. b3 Ke7 20.
a4 Rac8 $14 {Zontakh,A-Gundersen,H/Eupen 1999}) 15. h4 Nd7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17.
Rh3 h5 (17... Ke7 18. h5 h6 19. Ne2 (19. Rg3 Rag8 20. Bd3 f6 21. Re1 Nd7 22.
Ne2 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf4 Kd6 25. Rge3 Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 Bd7 $11) 19... f6
20. Nd4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Re1 Raf8 23. Rf3 $14) 18. Rg3 g6 19. b3 $14 {
There is no doubt that white has a clear advantage, however black's position
is very solid so it seems that black should hold it with accurate play.} Ke7
20. a4 Rhc8 21. Ne2 Be8 22. Nd4 a6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Kd2 Nb8 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. Ne2
$1 Na5 27. Rh3 Rc7 28. Rg1 Rac8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6+ Rxc6 31. g4 hxg4 32. Rxg4
f5 $1 {After this move black gets sufficient counterchances.} (32... R6c7 33.
h5 gxh5 34. Rxh5 b5 35. a5 b4 36. f5 Bb5 37. Rxb4 Bxd3 38. cxd3 $18) 33. exf6+
Kxf6 34. Rhg3 Ke7 (34... b6 35. Rg2 a5 36. Ke3 Rc3 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. Ke5 Rd8 39.
R4g3 (39. Bxg6 Re3+ 40. Kd4 Bxg6 41. Rxg6 Re4+ 42. Kd3 Rxf4 $11) 39... d4 40.
Bc4 $16) 35. h5 $5 gxh5 36. Rg7+ Kf6 37. Rxb7 Bf7 $1 (37... e5 38. fxe5+ Kxe5
39. Ra7 h4 40. Rh3 (40. Rg5+ Kf4 41. Rf5+ Kg4 42. Rg7+ Rg6 43. Re7 $16) 40...
Bg6 41. Rxh4 Bxd3 42. cxd3 Rc1 43. Re7+ Kf5 44. Rd7 $16) 38. Ra7 h4 39. Rh3 Rh8
40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6 Bg6 42. Bf1 Kf5 (42... Bf5 43. Rh2 e5 44. b4 (44. fxe5+
Kxe5 45. b4 Kf4 46. a5 h3 47. b5 Kg3 48. Bxh3 Bxh3 49. Rh1 Ra8 50. a6 Bd7 51.
Rb1 Bc8 52. Ra1 Kf4 53. Kc3 Ke5 54. Kb4 Kd6 $11) 44... d4 45. fxe5+ Kxe5 46. a5
h3 47. b5 Kd6 $14) 43. b4 Kxf4 44. b5 Bf5 45. Rh2 Kg3 $2 {Losing move.After
correct 45...h3! black would be out of any danger.} (45... h3 $1 $11) 46. Rg2+
Kf3 47. b6 $18 h3 (47... Ra8 48. a5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb5]}) 48. Re2 h2 (48... Kg3
49. Bxh3 Bxh3 50. a5 Bf1 51. a6 $18) 49. Bg2+ Kf4 50. a5 Be4 51. Rxe4+ dxe4 52.
b7 e3+ 53. Ke2 h1=Q 54. Bxh1 Rh2+ 55. Kd3 Rd2+ 56. Kc4 e5 57. b8=Q Rd4+ 58. Kc3
e2 59. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 b4 14. Na4 {
The knight is better placed on a4 than on e2 as it proves to be pretty tough
for Black to get counterplay on the queenside.} a5 (14... f6 15. exf6 (15. Nb6
$5 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Qc7 19. Bh3 $14 {Michielsen,
J-Brandenburg,D/Groningen 2005}) 15... Nxf6 16. Bb6 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qf6 18. g3 Qf7
19. Bg2 e5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 {Shomoev,A-Iljushin,A/
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) (14... Bb7 $5 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. b3 d4 17. Be4 $2 dxe3 18. Qh4
Rfd8 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 $17 {Hertneck,G-Knaak,R/Germany 2004}) 15. h4 {
Black intends to trade the light-squared bishop by Ba6 so there is no point to
waste time on moving the bishop.} (15. Bb5 $6 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ncb8 17. Kb1 Ba6 18.
Bd3 Qb7 19. h4 Rc8 20. b3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Na6 $132 {Solovjov,S-Nikolenko,O/St
Petersburg 2004}) 15... Ba6 {This move makes more sense than the immediate 15..
.f6.} (15... f6 $6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. h5 Ng4 18. Qg3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd6 20. g3
Bd7 21. h6 g6 22. Bh3 $14 {Kraai,J-Schneider,I/Philadelphia 2004}) 16. h5 Bxf1
17. Rhxf1 f6 {A typical reaction. Black should also consider to play} (17... h6
$5 {not allowing White to weaken the dark squares on the kingside.}) 18. h6 g6
(18... fxe5 19. hxg7 Rf7 20. Qe2 Rxg7 21. fxe5 $36) 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 Ne4
21. Qb5 Rc8 $6 ({More in the spirit of the position was} 21... Qc7 $142 22. g4
(22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfc8 $132) 22... Rac8 23. Qd3 (23. Kb1 Ne7
24. Qd3 Qc6 $15) 23... Ne7 $13 {depriving White a chance to push f5.}) 22. Nb6
Rc7 23. Kb1 $14 {Now it's not so easy for Black to regroup the pieces.} Qd6 (
23... Nd6 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. g4 Rb7 26. Qb5 Qe8 27. f5 $36) 24. g4 Na7 $6 {
Desperately looking for counterplay, but Black doesn't have enough offensive
resources to create anything on the queenside.} (24... Ne7 25. Qxa5 Rc6 26. Na4
Ra6 (26... Rb8 $2 27. Qa7 Ra6 28. Qd4 $18) 27. Qb5 Rc6 28. Qd3 $14) 25. Qxa5
Qc6 26. Ka1 $1 (26. Rc1 $6 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]}) 26... Qb5 $6 27. Qxb5 Nxb5 28.
f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5] Finally executing a program breakthrough!} Rcf7 (28...
gxf5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Nxd5 Rxc2 32. Nxb4 Re2 33. Nd5 $18) 29.
Rg1 $1 exf5 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Nxd5 Rf3 32. Rge1 Nbd6 33. Nxb4 $18 Nf5 34. Bc1
Nf2 35. Rd7 Ng4 36. a4 Ra8 37. b3 Ngxh6 38. Nd5 Ng4 39. Re4 h5 40. Rxg4 $1 {
[%cal Gd5f6,Gc1a3]} hxg4 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Ba3+ Ne7 43. Rxe7 Rxa4 44. Nd7+ Kg8
45. bxa4 Rxa3+ 46. Kb2 Rxa4 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Re4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 $5 {A very rare continuation, but not
such a bad one - White's idea is to trade the dark-squared bishops reducing
Black's attacking potential on the queenside.} Qe7 (11... Qc7 12. h4 b5 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Ng5 Re8 $13 {Luther,T-Knaak,R/Berlin 1990}
) (11... Na5 12. Ng3 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Nge2 Qe7 17. Nxc6
Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Bd3 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2000}) 12. Nb3 Bxe3
13. Qxe3 f6 $1 {Starting counterplay in the center.} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 {
White is forced to waste a tempo since Ng4 is not so easy to meet. For example
after} (15. Ned4 Ng4 16. Qf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 $1 18. h3 (18. Qxd5+ $6 Kh8 $36)
18... exd4 19. hxg4 Qe3+ $11) 15... a5 16. a3 (16. Nbd4 a4 17. a3 Ne4 18. g3 e5
$13) 16... b5 17. g4 a4 18. Nbd4 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4,Gf6e4] Active counterplay
is much more important than the pawn!} 19. Nxb5 (19. Nc3 $6 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4
21. Nxe6 Rb8 $40) 19... Nc4 20. Qd4 Bd7 21. Nec3 (21. Nbc3 $2 Rab8) 21... Rac8
(21... Bxb5 $142 $1 22. Nxb5 Rfc8 23. Bxc4 ({After} 23. Re1 Rab8 24. g5 Nh5 25.
Na7 Rc7 26. Bxc4 dxc4 $17 {the knight is trapped on a7.}) 23... Rxc4 24. Qb6 (
24. Qe5 Re4 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rxf4 $15) 24... Nd7 25. Qf2 Rb8
26. Nd4 Nc5 $36) 22. f5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Ne4 (23... e5 24. Qa7 Qd8 25. Qxa4) 24.
Bxc4 $5 {The black knights are very annoying on e4 and c4, so Svidler decides
to trade them.} (24. Bd3 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Ned2+ (25... Ncd2+ 26. Ka1 Nf3 27. Qb6
$14) 26. Ka2 Rb8 27. h4 Qe7 28. Rxd2 Nxd2 29. fxe6 Qxe6 $15) 24... Rxc4 25. Qe5
{White gets 2 pawns for the exchange so it's hard to call this move a
sacrifice.} Nf2 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. fxe6 Nxd1 {Taking the ''right'' rook!} (
27... Nxh1 $2 28. e7 Re8 29. Nd6 Rxe7 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Rxh1 Re3 32. Kd2 Rg3
33. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e4]}) 28. e7 Rb8 29. Rxd1 ({Unfortunately for Svidler} 
29. Nd6 Nxb2 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Nxe8 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Nf2 33. Rf1 Ne4 $19 {[%csl
Re8] doesn't work as the white knight is trapped on e8.}) 29... Re4 30. Nc3
Rxe7 31. Nxa4 Re3 32. Rxd5 Rxh3 33. c4 Rh4 34. c5 Rxg4 35. Nb6 ({Svidler is
not willing to take risks after} 35. b4 Ra8 36. Nc3 Rxa3 37. Kb2 Ra8 38. Kb3 {
with a very complicated struggle.}) 35... Kf7 36. a4 Rxb6 $1 {Forcing a draw.}
37. cxb6 Rxa4 38. b7 Rb4 39. Rd7+ Ke6 (39... Kf6 $2 40. Kc2 h5 41. Kc3 Rb5 (
41... Rb6 42. Rd6+ $18) 42. b4 Ke6 43. Rxg7 Kd6 44. Kc4 $18) 40. Rxg7 h5 41.
Kc2 Kd6 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6
8. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Vukovic,Z-Marinkovic,S/Subotica 1992/EXT 2000 (8)}) 3... Nf6 4.
e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 a5 9. g3 {Arising position is
more typical for 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 etc} (9. a4 Be7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4
Bb4+ 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bb5 f6 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 $14 {Zagrebelny,S-Vakhidov,T/
Dubai 1996/EXT 99}) 10. g3 O-O 11. Bh3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. exf6
Bb4+ 15. Nc3 Nxf6 $44 {Gorin,L-Volkov,S/Bydgoszcz 2000/CBM 76 ext}) (9. a3 a4
10. h4 Ra7 11. f5 exf5 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bd3 Nb6 16.
Qc2 $14 {Arakhamia Grant,K-Volkov,S/Port Erin 2000/CBM 78 ext}) 9... a4 10. Bh3
cxd4 (10... Be7 11. O-O c4 12. a3 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. f5 h6 15. Nf4 O-O-O 16.
fxe6 fxe6 17. Ng6 $14 {Horvath,M-Hagara,E/Trencin 1995/EXT 98}) 11. cxd4 Bb4+
12. Bd2 $5 {Strangely enough this logical move proves to be a novelty.} (12.
Kf2 a3 13. b3 Ndb8 14. Kg2 (14. Be3 Bd7 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Bf1 Ne7 18.
Ng3 Rh8 19. Rc1 Nbc6 20. h4 O-O-O 21. Bd3 Kb8 22. Bb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Volkov,S/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (22)}) 14... Na6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Be7
17. Nc3 Nab4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Na4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Volkov,S/Krasnodar 1998/
EXT 2000 (19)}) (12. Kf1 a3 13. b3 O-O 14. Kg2 Kh8 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. Qd3 f5 17.
Be3 $14 {Stojkovic,A-Kotek,D/Prague 1994/EXT 97}) 12... a3 $6 {With this move
black deprives himself of the counterplay on the queenside.} (12... Na5 $6 13.
Qxa4 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc4+ 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Nc3 $14)
(12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Qc3 $14) 13. b3 Ndb8 $6 14. O-O Na6
15. Be3 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4,Rc6]} Nc7 16. Rc1 Bd7 $6 (16... Nb5 17. Qd3 Bd7
18. g4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5,Ge2f4]}) 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Na4 b6 {[%csl Rc6]} 19. f5 $5
{Black king is still in the center and white exploites this fact with
inspiring elegance!} exf5 20. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Rxc6 Ra7 (21... Ne6 22. Ng5 $1
Nxg5 23. Rxf5 Ne6 24. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5]}) 22. Ng5 $1 Bg6 23. Rxg6 $1 {
Decisive blow.} fxg6 (23... hxg6 24. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4c8]} Qa6 25. Rxf7 Be7 26.
Nxb6 $1 $18) 24. Qg4 Be7 25. Qc8+ Bd8 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Qxe6+ Be7 (27... Re7 28.
Qc6+ Rd7 29. e6 $18) 28. Qc8+ Bd8 29. Bg5 (29. Qc6+ $18) 29... b5 30. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $5 c5 6. c3 b5 $5 (6... b6 $5)
7. Nf3 c4 (7... Nc6) 8. h4 $1 $14 {[/\NF4,NG5,QH5,RH3->]} h6 $5 9. Nf4 Nb6 10.
Rh3 g6 11. Nh2 $1 Be7 12. Ng4 h5 (12... Bxh4 13. Rxh4 Qxh4 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15. Qf3
Nc6 16. g3 $18) 13. Nh2 (13. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Qc2 Bd7
$15) 13... Bxh4 $5 14. g4 hxg4 $8 15. Qxg4 $6 (15. Nxg4 $1 Kd7 $1 $13 (15... g5
16. Nh5 f5 17. exf6 e5 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Nxe5 Qxf6 20. Rf3 $18) (15... Rf8 16.
Ng2 Be7 17. Rh7 $16) 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Rxh8 Qxh8 18. Nh3 $16) 15... Kd7 16. b3
Be7 17. a4 a5 18. Rb1 Rxh3 $6 (18... Kc7 $1 19. Qf3 Bd7 $1 (19... Ba6 20. Rxh8
Qxh8 21. Nh3 Qe8 22. Ng4 $16) 20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21. Nh3 Be8 22. Ng4 N8d7 23. Ng5
Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Qf8 25. Bc1 $1 $44) 19. Qxh3 g5 20. Nh5 Ba6 21. Qf3 Qg8 22. bxc4
dxc4 23. Rxb5 $1 $18 Bxb5 24. Qb7+ Ke8 $8 25. axb5 N8d7 26. Ng4 Qg6 27. Nhf6+
Bxf6 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Qxb6 Qf3 31. Be2 Qxc3+ 32. Bd2 Qa1+ 33.
Bd1 Rc8 34. Qb7 Rd8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Qc5+ Ke8 37. b6 Qxd4 38. Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Grechihin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bd3 {Not the most dangerous for black
continuation,which however proved itself in the following game.} (11. Bb5 $5) (
11. Ncb5 Qxa2 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Ncxe6+ $2 fxe6 15. Nxe6+ Ke7 16. Nc7
d4 17. f5 Ndxe5 {0-1 Doghri,N-Nikolenko,O/Moscow5-B 1991}) 11... Qa5 $5 (11...
Bb4 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd4 17. Nxd4
Nc5 $17 {Santacruz,C-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Juan Fontclara mem 1995}) (11... a6 12.
O-O (12. Nce2 $1 Nc5 13. O-O Be7 $6 (13... g6) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f5
$1 $14 {Piesina,G-Ruzele,D/Vilnius zt 1993}) 12... Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Kh1 Nc5
15. Rxb4 Nxb4 16. Ndb5 axb5 17. Bxc5 $44 {Sulskis,S-Ruzele,D/LTU-ch Vilnius
1994}) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O $13 {Huebner,R-Kortschnoj,V/
Garmisch 1994}) 12. Ncb5 $5 Qd8 $6 {Very strange decision.Of coarse dangerous
is} (12... Bb4 $6 13. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 14. O-O O-O (14... Kf8 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. Nc5
Qa5 17. Nxd7+ Bxd7 18. Bc5+ Kg8 19. Qxb4 $16) 15. a3 $1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxd2 17.
Ne7+ Kh8 18. Bxd2 $16 {,but after logical}) (12... Qxd2+ $1 13. Kxd2 $1 (13.
Bxd2 Nxd4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 b6 $17 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc8b7]}) 13... Kd8 14.
Nxc6+ bxc6 15. Nxa7 c5 16. Nxc8 Kxc8 $15 {it's white who has to fight for
equality.}) 13. O-O a6 (13... Nc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 cxb5 16. Bxc5 a6 17.
Bxf8 Kxf8 18. a4 $44) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 $44 {Now white definity has
compensation for the pawn.} O-O 16. c4 $1 Qf6 $6 {Another inaccuracy,this time
leading to the advantage of white:queen is misplaced on f6 and white manages
to gain cuple of precious tempi due to the awkward position of the queen.} (
16... Nxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Rbc1 $44) 17. Kh1 $5
Kh8 (17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 $2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd4 $18) 18. Bc2 Nxd4 (
18... dxc4 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4 Qh4 21. Rf3 $40 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf3h3]}) 19.
Bxd4 Qh6 20. Rb3 {Even stronger was} (20. Rf3 $1 e5 (20... f5 21. Rh3 Qg6 22.
Rg3 $18) 21. Rh3 Qf6 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Rh5 $18 {with decisive
advantage.}) 20... e5 $8 21. Bb2 (21. Rh3 $1 Qf6 {[%csl Rf1]} 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23.
Bb2 d4 24. Qd3 $16) 21... Nc5 $8 22. Qxd5 Nxb3 23. axb3 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Qe6 (
23... Be6 24. Qxe5 Rfe8 25. Qd4 $14) 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qd4 f6 26. f5 Qe5 $2 {
It's hard to call this move otherthan suicide.The arising endgame doesn't
leave black too many chanses of survival.} (26... Qd7 27. Bxe4 Re8 $14) 27.
Qxe5 fxe5 28. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Re5]} Bd7 29. g4 Rfe8 30. Kg2 Rac8 31. Kf3 b5 32.
Rc1 bxc4 33. bxc4 a5 $2 {It was stil possible to put up some resistance with} (
33... Rb8 $8) 34. c5 $18 Red8 (34... Bc6 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Ke4 Kg8 37. Kd5 $18
{[%cal Gc5c6,Gd6d7]}) 35. Bxe5 Re8 36. Kf4 Bc6 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Ke4 a4 39. Kd5
Ra6 40. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. dxc5 {A quite rare move. In most of the cases White preferred to
keep the pressure with 10.Bd3 or 10.Be2.} Nxc5 (10... Bxc5) 11. Qf2 $1 {
Forcing Black to come to e4.} (11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. Bd3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. O-O Bc5 16. Nd4 g6 17. Kh1 $14 {Guadalpi,D-Letreguilly,O/France 2001})
11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. c4 $1 {I guess this move was prepared
in Carlsen's home lab. In my opinion it poses Black very serious problems so
may be it's safer to take with the bishop on c5 on move 10.} (14. O-O-O Qc8 15.
g4 Nd5 $1 (15... h5 $2 16. Bg2 hxg4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Bb6 Bd5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
Bxd5 $18 {Plachetka,J-Schmidt,W/Trnava 1984}) 16. Nxe4 Nc3 17. Nxc3 Bxh1 $15 {
Hernandez Molina,D-Miranda Pantoja,A/corr 1995}) 14... bxc4 15. Nxc4 ({Another
interesting continuation is} 15. Bxc4 $5 Nf5 16. O-O Rc8 17. b4 $36 {, but
it's a pity to ''give up'' the darksquared bishop.}) 15... Nd5 16. Bc5 {
Intending to bring the knight to d6.} Rc8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Be2 ({It's too
early for} 18. Nd6 $2 e3 19. Qg3 Qa5+ 20. b4 Nxb4 $19) ({Serious attention
deserved} 18. Qa7 $5 Bc6 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. Qf2 e3 21. Qg3 $14 Rd7 $140 22. Be2
Qa5+ 23. b4 Nxb4 24. O-O $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga1b1]}) 18... e3 $8 (18... g6
19. O-O Kg7 20. Nd6 $18) 19. Nxe3 $6 {After the move in the game Black manages
to escape. More problems would pose the agressive} (19. Qg3 $5 Rxc4 $1 (19...
a5 $6 20. O-O (20. Nd6 $6 Rc2 21. Nxb7 Qc7 $132) 20... Ba6 21. Rac1 $16) 20.
Bxc4 Qa5+ 21. b4 Qc7 22. Rc1 (22. Bxd5) 22... Nb6 23. Qxe3 Nxc4 24. Qd4 Bd5 25.
f5 $1 $36 {and it's not so easy for Black to coordinate his pieces.}) 19...
Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bd5 $132 22. Kf2 a5 (22... Rc2 23. Rgc1 Rxb2 24.
Qc5+ Kg8 25. Qc8 Rb8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxa6 $14) 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 g6 25.
f5 {This move leads to a draw almost by force, but also after} (25. b4 axb4 26.
axb4 Kg7 27. b5 Qe7 $132 {Black shouldn't have any problems due to the exposed
position of the white king.}) 25... Qh4+ (25... exf5 $2 26. Qd4 Kg7 27. Rd1 $18
) (25... gxf5 $2 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Bb5+ $18) 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ $11 27.
Kxg3 (27. hxg3 gxf5 28. Rc5 (28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4
Kg7 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bf3 Bc4 34. Kd4 Ba6 35. Bc6 fxe5+ 36. Kxe5 Kg6 $14) 28... a4
29. Bd1 Kg7 30. Bxa4 f6 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. exf6 Kxf6 33. Bc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc6 h5 $11
) 27... gxf5 28. Rc8+ (28. Rc5 $6 Rg8+) 28... Kg7 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. b4 axb4 31.
axb4 Kg7 32. b5 (32. Bf3 $4 Bxf3 33. Kxf3 Kf8 34. b5 Ke8 $19) 32... Kf8 33. b6
Ke7 34. Kf4 h6 35. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 {White needed to win the
game in order to tie the match and to try to qualify to the second round of
the world champinship in rapid chess, so he keeps queens on the board!} (12.
Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rhd8 17. Ke3 Rac8 18.
Rac1 $14 {Lipka,J-Bulla,P/Topolcianky 1994/EXT 98}) 12... Nc5 (12... Qxb2 13.
Rb1 Qa3 14. Bb5 (14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nd6+ (15. Qb4 a5 $1) 15... Kf8 16. Qb4 $2 (
16. Rc1 $5) 16... a5 $1 $19) 14... Qe7 $15) (12... O-O 13. O-O-O f6 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bf3 $14 {Krylov,S-Eroes,P/Brno 1998/EXT 99}) 13. O-O-O Bd7
14. Qd4 $5 (14. h4 O-O-O 15. Rh3 d4 16. Nb1 Bc6 17. Na3 Ne4 18. Qe1 Qc5 $13 {
Alonso,S-Ibar,M/ARG 1997/EXT 2001}) 14... a6 (14... a5 15. h4 Qb4 16. Rh3 Qxd4
17. Rxd4 h5 18. Re3 g6 19. b3 Ke7 20. a4 Rac8 $11 {Zontakh,A-Gundersen,H/Eupen
1999/EXT 2000}) 15. h4 O-O-O 16. h5 $5 {The pawn is well placed on h5: once
queens will dispper from the board white will have the opportunity to play h6
to stop black's counterplay on the kingside.} (16. Rh3 Bc6 (16... Kb8 17. f5
Bc8 $13) 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Rc3 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Horgen
1995/CBM 50}) 16... Bc6 17. Rh3 Kc7 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Qxb6+ Kxb6 20. Nd4 $14 Bd7
(20... Nf2 $5 21. Rb3+ Kc5 22. Rc3+ Kb6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Rb3+ Kc5 25. c3 $14)
21. Rb3+ Ka7 (21... Kc7 22. Bd3 Nf2 23. Rd2 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 $14) 22. Bd3 Nc5 23.
Rc3 Kb6 24. Rh1 f6 (24... a5 25. h6 gxh6 (25... g6 26. Kd2 Bc6 27. Ke3 Rdf8 28.
g3 $14) 26. Rxh6 Rdg8 27. Bf1 Rg4 28. Rf3 $14 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gc1e3]}) 25.
Re1 Rdf8 26. g3 f5 27. b4 Na4 $6 {Knight is trapped on a4 so may be black
should have prefered} (27... Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Ke3 $14 {
although even in this case white would keep better prospects.}) 28. Ra3 $16 {
[%csl Ra4]} g6 (28... Re8 29. c4 $1 dxc4 30. Bc2 a5 31. Bxa4 axb4 32. Bxd7 $18)
29. Nxe6 $5 (29. c4 $5 $16) 29... Bxe6 30. Rxa4 gxh5 31. Rh1 Bf7 (31... Rfg8 $1
32. Rxh5 (32. Rh3 h4 33. gxh4 Rg4 $14) 32... Rxg3 33. Ra5 $1 (33. Bxf5 $6 Bxf5
34. Rxf5 h5 $132 {[%csl Ra4]}) 33... Rg4 34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 h5 36. Rxd5 h4
37. e6 $18) 32. Ra3 $1 {[%csl Gg3]} Be8 33. Be2 Rhg8 34. Kd2 d4 35. Rh3 (35.
Bxh5 $5) 35... Bc6 36. Rxh5 $18 {White is a pawn up and his win is just a
question of time.} Be4 37. Rxh7 Rh8 38. Rh4 $1 Rc8 (38... Rxh4 39. gxh4 Rh8 40.
Rh3 Kc6 41. c3 $18) 39. Bd3 Rhg8 40. g4 $1 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 fxg4 42. Rg3 Rc4 43.
Rhxg4 Rgc8 44. e6 {[%cal Ge6e7,Gf4f7]} Rxc2+ 45. Kd3 R8c4 46. f5 R2c3+ 47. Ke4
Rc1 48. Kd5 Rxb4 49. Rb3 $5 Rc5+ 50. Kd6 Rxb3 51. axb3 Rxf5 52. e7 Rf6+ 53. Ke5
1-0

[Event "Hastings 00 75th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
Be7 (8... f6 9. a3 a5 10. g3 Be7 11. Bh3 f5 (11... Nf8 12. O-O a4 13. exf6 gxf6
14. f5 cxd4 15. cxd4 $36 {Vasiukov,E-Kaminik,A/WchS 1993}) 12. O-O cxd4 13.
cxd4 Qd8 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. b3 Bd7 16. g4 $5 $14 {Farago,S-Ottstadt,R/Budapest
FS09 IM-B 1995}) 9. g3 a5 $5 {Speelman is famous for his original style and
deep undestanding of chess.This game is another example of this.} (9... f5 10.
Bh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ndb8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rf2 Na6 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Rb1 $14 {
Sulskis,S-Schmidt,W/MK Cafe op 1998}) (9... O-O 10. Bh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Kh8 12.
O-O f6 13. Kh1 Nd8 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Be3 $14 {Ribeiro,F-Vitor,A/POR-ch 1996}) 10.
h4 a4 11. Bh3 Ndb8 {Intersesting idea:black totally neglects his kingside,
starting an active play on the queenside.It's clear that with accurate play
white could get an advantage,but the character of the game is different,than
in main lines and white doesn't find the right way.} 12. h5 cxd4 13. cxd4 (13.
Nexd4 $5 Bd7 14. O-O Na6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 $14) 13... Bd7 14.
O-O Na5 15. Nc3 Nc4 16. f5 $5 (16. Rf2 O-O 17. g4) 16... Nxb2 17. Qe2 {[%cal
Ge2e8]} (17. Qc2 $6 Nc4 18. fxe6 Bxe6 (18... fxe6 19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Qd3 O-O (
20... Nc6 21. Nb5 Qa5 22. Na3 $1 $13) 21. Bg5 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nxe5
24. Qf4 $13) 19. Nxa4 Qc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc3 O-O $15) 17... a3 18. f6 $5 (
18. Rb1 Nc6 19. Qf2 $13) 18... gxf6 19. exf6 Bd6 {So far white played very
energatically,but at this moment he loses a thread.} 20. Bh6 $6 {Better was} (
20. Nxd5 {[%cal Ge2e8]} Qb5 {[%cal Gb5d5,Gb5e2]} (20... Qa5 $5) 21. Nf4 Bxf4
22. Qxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxf4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 $44 {[%cal Gd4d5,Gf1e1,Gf4h6] with good
compensation.}) 20... Nc6 21. Kh1 $2 {This move is decisive mistake.} (21. Nxd5
Nxd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4e2]} 22. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Bc5+ 24. Be3 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Nc3
$15) 21... Nxd4 22. Qe3 Bc5 $19 23. Bg7 Nf5 24. Qg5 h6 25. Nxd5 (25. Qg4 Rg8
26. Rae1 O-O-O $19) 25... hxg5 $1 {[%cal Gh8h3] Finishing the game in the
style!} 26. Nxb6 Rxh5 27. Nxa8 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxg3+ 29. Kh2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.01.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Feletar, Darko"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. b4 $5 {Interesting continuation,
however promising white very little.} (12. Bd3 b4 (12... Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14.
Rfd1 Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. Qxb6 $14 {Kuczynski,
R-Dolmatov,S/Rubinstein mem 1991}) 13. Ne2 f6 (13... a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 Ne7
16. Rad1 (16. b3 h6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 Rfb8 19. Nfd4 Ne4 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Rg1
$36 {Skripchenko,A-Piskov,Y/Recklinghaus 1996}) (16. Ng3 Na4 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18.
Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nd4 g6 20. a3 bxa3 21. b3 $14 {Brustman,A-Bobrowska,M/POL-chT
1997}) 16... Na4 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Kg1 Nc5 20. Kf2 $6 Ne4+ 21. Ke1
Nf5 $36 {Riemersma,L-Glek,I/Bussum op 1995}) 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Kh1
Rf7 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ng5 $14 {Iwaniuk,D-Zielinska,M/POL-chW 1996
}) 12... Nxb4 {This move is more logical than} (12... Nd7 $5 13. a4 Nxb4 14.
axb5 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Nxc2 16. Ra5 O-O 17. Bd3 $14 {that was tried in Sherzer,
A-Glek,I/Budapest FS04 GM 1998}) 13. Rb1 Nc6 {Possible reply,but the crucial
position arises after} (13... d4 $5 {and I don't see how white manages to get
an advantage.} 14. Nxb5 $5 (14. Nxd4 $6 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ga5e1]} 15. Ndxb5 $2 Ne4
$1 {[%cal Ge4c3,Ge4f2]} 16. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]} (16. Nxe4 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxf2 $19)
16... Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Qxe4 axb5 18. Rb3 Nxc3 19. Qc6+ {[%cal Gc6e8,
Gc6c3]} Bd7 20. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Rxa2 22. Rg1 $11) 14... Ne4 (14... axb5 15.
Rxb4 Bd7 16. Nxd4 (16. Qxd4 Rxa2 $36) 16... Rxa2 17. Nb3 $1 (17. Bxb5 $6 O-O
18. O-O Nd3 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gd3f2,Ga2f2,Gb6b4]}) 17... Na4 (17... Rb2 18.
Qd4 Rb1+ 19. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Gd4b6]}) 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb5 Rxc2 $11) 15. Qe2
Nc3 16. Nxc3 dxc3 17. Rb3 Qa5 $13) 14. Bxb5 Bd7 ({Deserves attention} 14... O-O
$5 15. O-O (15. Ba4 Qa5 16. Bxc6 Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Ra7 $11) 15...
Bd7 16. f5 (16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qc7 $13) 16... exf5 17. Nxd5 Qa7 $132 {
with unclear position,but the move in the game also has the right to exist.})
15. O-O Qa7 $6 (15... O-O) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 $14 {Now white has slightly
better prospects.} Rc8 $5 (17... Qc7 $5) (17... Bd7 $6 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxd5 $36
) 18. f5 exf5 $8 (18... O-O 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 (20. Qxf6 Nd7) 20... Kh8 21.
Nf3 Be8 22. Rb4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gb4h4]}) 19. Nxf5 O-O 20. Rb4 $1 {
[%cal Gf5g7,Gb4g4,Gf2a7] Bringing the rook to the attack.} (20. Qd4 $5 Rc7)
20... f6 (20... g6 $2 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Qf6+ Kxh6 23. Rh4#) 21. Rg4 $6 (21. e6
$1) 21... g6 $2 {Choosing to lose the game instead of keeping on play!After
natural} (21... Rc7 $1 {black easily holds the position.} 22. exf6 (22. Nd4 $5
Bd7 23. Rg3 (23. Rf4 Ne6 $1 24. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 25. R1xf2 Bxe6 $15) 23... Ne6 (23...
Kh8) 24. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Bxe6 26. exf6 d4 27. Ne2 Rxc2 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29.
Re7 Bc4 $11) (22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Nexd5 fxe5 $1 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 $11) 22... Rxf6 23.
Rf4 Ne6 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 $11) 22. exf6 $18 Rc7 23. f7+ $1 {Now it's over.} Rfxf7 (
23... Kh8 24. Qd4#) 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Rf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. a3 (9. g3 f5 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. Be3 Ne4 13. O-O Na5 14. a4
$14 {Vasiukov,E-Vifian,U/Leningrad 1991}) 9... a5 (9... c4 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. h4
Bd7 12. b4 cxb3 13. Bd3 Qc8 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {
1-0 Skaperdas,K-Hatzileonidas,P/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001 (17)}) 10. h4 (10. Ng3
f5 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Bb1 b6 15. h4 Qe8 $13
{Klimov,S-Volkov,S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67}) 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13.
Ne2 a4 14. O-O Na5 15. Kh1 Bd7 $13 {Lanka,Z-Lupu,M/Calimanesti 1992/EXT 98})
10... f6 11. Neg1 $5 {It's hard to say where the knight is better placed, but
a move in the game looks too slow.} (11. Ng3 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Ng5+ Kg8 15. Nxe6 Qe8 16. Qg4 Qf7 $17 {Berkvens,J-Hummel,E/Hoogeveen 2000/CBM
78}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Bd3 {Permitting black to sacrifice on e5
which leads to extremly unclear position.} (13. Nh3 $5) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5
Ndxe5 $5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc2 (16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qc2+ Kg8 18. Nxe5 Bxh4+ $1 {
[%csl Rg1]} 19. Kd2 Qd4+ 20. Nd3 Bg5+ 21. Ke1 Bh4+ $44) (16. Be2 Ng4 17. Nh3
Bd6 $44) 16... Bd7 17. Qe2 (17. Bg5 Bc5 18. Qe2 Ng4 19. Nh3 Bb5 20. Qd2 Rac8
$44) 17... Rac8 18. Bxh7+ $2 {This move appears to be the decisive mistake,
while after logical 18.N:e5 I don't see how black gets sufficient compensation
for two sacrificed knights:} (18. Nxe5 $1 Bxh4+ (18... Bb5 19. Nd3 (19. Bd3
Bxh4+ 20. Rxh4 Qxg1+ 21. Kd2 Rf2 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 $13)) 19. Kd1 (19. Kd2 Qd4+ 20.
Bd3 Ba4 $1 $40 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) (19. Rxh4 $1 Qxg1+ 20. Kd2 Rxc2+ (20... Rf2 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 (21... Kh8 22. Ng6#) 22. Rf4+ $1 Rxf4 23. Ng6+ Kf7 24. Nxf4 $18) 21.
Kxc2 Rf2 22. Bd2 $18) 19... Ba4 $1 20. Bxa4 Qd4+ 21. Nd3 Qxa4+ $19) 18... Kxh7
19. Qxe5 (19. Nxe5 Bb5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ngf3 Rc2 $44) 19... Bd6 20. Be3 $6 Qb3
$1 {After this strong move white is helpless.} 21. Nd2 (21. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 22. Ne2
Rc2 23. Ng5+ Kg8 $19) (21. Qh5+ Kg8 $19 {[%cal Gd6g3,Gc8c2]}) 21... Rf1+ $1 $19
{Nice tactical blow leading to quick finish.} 22. Kxf1 Qd3+ 23. Kf2 Bxe5 24.
Ngf3 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Rc2 26. Rhd1 e5 27. g3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $5 {Thanks to efforts of great
Vishy Anand this variation has become dangerous weapon against french defense.}
c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4 (8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 (9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Bd6
11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. a3
$14 {Lau,R-Gleizerov,E/Dresden op 1994}) 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13.
Rb1 Bd7 14. Bf4 $14 {Bologan,V-Glek,I/BL9293}) (8. Nf4 Bb4+ (8... fxe5 9. Qh5+
g6 10. Nxg6 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bb4+ $13) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. a3 $14 {Sax,G-Glek,I/BL 9293/}) 8... fxe5
(8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h4 Nc6 12. h5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nb6 14. b3
a5 15. h6 $14 {Fogarasi,T-Dezan,P/Budapest 1990/EXT 97}) 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 Nc6 (
9... Qb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. g3
Bd7 $13 {Bologan,V-Short,N/Beijing 2000/CBM 78}) (9... Bc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nc3
Qb6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 $14
{Voitsekhovsky,S-Alavkin,A/Bor 2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Be3
Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $2 d4 $1 $17 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993}) 9...
Qh4+ $6 {I don't like this move and black's idea in whole! Mihail Gurevich won
quiet a few games on the black side of french defense sacrificing a knight on
e5, but in this particular position I don't think that black gets sufficient
compensation for piece.} (9... Bb4+ 10. Kf2 (10. Bd2 $2 Qh4+ $17) 10... O-O+
11. Nf3 Nc6 12. a3 Ndxe5 $6 13. axb4 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 $6 (14. Ng3 $5 Nxd4 15. Be2
Nexf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. Be3 $16) 14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxf3 16. Ng3 Nxd4 17. Bg2
$13 {Polgar,J-Hernandez,G/Merida 2000/CBM 78}) 10. Ng3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O+ 12.
Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Kg1 Qf6 ({Not so good is} 15... Nxf3+
16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Rc1 (19. f4 $2 Rxf4 $1 {[%cal Gd6c5]})
19... Bc6 20. f4 $14 {and white gets sufficient advantage.}) 16. Qd4 $5 {
This move permits black to create serious counterplay so may be better was} (
16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 (17... Qd6 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Gd1d6]})
18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bf2 Be6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Rd1 $14 {with better chanses.}) 16...
Bd6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rc1 b6 19. a3 Nxf3+ (19... Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. b4 Rc1+
$5 22. Kf2 (22. Bxc1 $2 Nxf3+ $19) 22... Nd3+ $5 23. Bxd3 Bxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Rxh1
25. Qg4 $36) 20. gxf3 Be5 21. Qd2 Bxb2 22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Kg2 Bxa3 $13 {Black has
four pawns for the piece and position becomes quiet unclear.} 24. Rf1 $1 {
[%csl Gf3][%cal Ge3g5,Ge2d3]} Bd6 $2 {Mistake leading to a difficult position}
(24... Be8) 25. Bg5 $1 Bb4 $6 {I know that it's very difficult to make such a
move in the game, but it definitly deserved some attention:} (25... Qxg5 $5 26.
Qxg5 Bxc7 27. f4 a5 $132) 26. Qxb4 Qxg5 27. Qd6 $1 $16 {This strong move
emphasises how serious whit advantage is.} Rd8 (27... Qe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Ra1
{[%csl Ra7]} (29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Rxe7 Bxf1+ 31. Nxf1 a5 32. Rxe6 b5 33. Rb6 b4
34. Rb5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb4]}) 29... a5 30. Rb7 $16) 28. Rxa7 Bc8 29. Qxb6 Rxa7
30. Qxa7 e5 31. Qc7 Be6 32. Rb1 $5 (32. f4 exf4 33. Rxf4 d4 34. h4 Qd5+ 35. Bf3
Qd6 $16) 32... h5 33. Rb7 Re8 (33... h4 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rd6 36. Nh5 g6
37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rb7 $16) 34. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qg6 35. Bd3 e4 $8 36. fxe4
dxe4 37. Bxe4 $18 {The rest is a matter of technique.} Qh6 38. Qc3 (38. Nxh5 $6
Qd2+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Ke3 Qe1+ $13) 38... Bg4 39. Bf3 Bxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qg6 41.
Qd5+ Kf8 42. Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gb2f2]} Re6 43. Qd8+ Re8 44. Rf2+ Kg8 45.
Qd5+ Kh8 46. Rf5 $1 (46. Qxh5+ Qxh5 47. Nxh5 $18) 46... Re2+ 47. Kf1 Re6 48.
Ne4 Qe8 49. Qxe6 $1 1-0

[Event "Prerov Friendship GM"]
[Site "Prerov"]
[Date "2001.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Nalivajko, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $5 {Nowdays this move is
considered to be one of the most dangerous variations versus french defense.}
c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ (9... Qa5 10. Nf3 Nb6 (10...
Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nb6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. b3
O-O 17. Ne2 $14 {Acevedo,J-Grimaldi,W/San Salvador 1995/EXT 2000}) 11. Nc3 Nc4
12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Bd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qd5 $15 {Howell,J-Carlson,G/
Dallas 2000/EXT 2001}) (9... O-O 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. O-O-O
$6 Na5 14. Qc3 b5 $132 {Showalter,J-Marshall,F/USA-ch m 1909/HCL}) (9... Qb6
10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Nb5 Nc4 $13 {Golubev,
M-Roth,J/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1994/EXT 97}) 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Nf3 f6 (11... a5 12.
Nc3 f6 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bb5 Nb6 15. a3 Nc6 16. O-O $14 {Turner,J-Schmid,J/
CZE-chT1b 1995/EXT 97}) 12. h4 $5 {The idea behind this move is to take under
control square h4 and to prevent Qh4+ in some variations.} (12. Nc3 a6 13. a3
fxe5 14. fxe5 $5 h6 15. Bd3 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nxd4 $13
{Bobb,I-Geisert,B/Ludwigshafen 1994/EXT 2001}) 12... Qe7 $6 (12... Nb6 $5 13.
Nc3 Nc4 14. Qf2 (14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. O-O b6 16. Rae1 Bb7 $132) 14... fxe5 15.
fxe5 Qb6 $1 16. b3 Qb4 17. Rc1 N4xe5 $13 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 13. Rh3 {[%csl Rh3]}
b6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Bd3 $14 {White has significient advantage in space which
makes his chanses preferable in the forthcoming struggle.} Rac8 16. Rd1 a6 $6
17. Qe2 $1 f5 {Sad necessaty! After} (17... b5 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ fxg5
20. hxg5+ Kg8 (20... Kg6 21. Qh5+ Kf5 22. g6+ $18) 21. Qh5 Rf5 22. g4 $18 {
white's threats over the h-file seem to be lethal.}) 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 $16
{Now white is just a pawn up and the only thing keeping this position not
perfectly clear is awkward position of white rook on h3.} Na5 20. Qe2 Nc4 21.
Kf1 Qb4 22. Rb1 Na3 (22... Rc6 $5 {[%csl Ge6]}) (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Nd1 $18 {
[%cal Gb1b4]}) 23. Rc1 $6 ({Another possibility was} 23. bxa3 Qxc3 24. Ng5 Qc6
25. Rhb3 Rc7 26. Kg1 h6 27. Nf3 $14 {with better chanses to white.}) 23... Nb5
$1 $132 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 24. Qd2 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qc4+ 26. Kg1 Ra8 {[%csl Ra2]} 27.
Rc2 {White has managed to protect everything and now he needs just to bring to
play a rook from h3. Meanwile black manages to create sufficient cunterplay on
the queenside.} Rfc8 28. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gh3e3]} Nf8 29. Re3 b5 30. Nf3 {
Completing regrouping of the pieces.} Ra3 31. Kh2 b4 $2 {Throwing away the
game in one move.After} (31... Rca8 32. Re2 Rc8 $4 {black would keep the
position equal since neither side can deviate from move repitition.}) 32. cxb4
$1 $18 {Very simple and strong. Now white remains with 2 extra pawns in the
ending, which is more than enough to win the game!} Qxc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Rxa3
h6 35. Ra7 Ng6 36. Kg3 Rb2 37. a3 Rb3 38. Ra5 Ne7 39. b5 Kf7 40. a4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 (7...
cxd4 $5 8. Bxd4 Bc5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Bd3 $14
{Apicella,M-Dolmatov,S/Cannes op 1994 (22)}) (7... Qxb2 $6 8. Nb5 cxd4 9. Nc7+
Kd8 10. Bxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Bc5 12. Nxa8 $16 {Solin,N-Tuominen,R/Stockholm op
1994 (38)} (12. Nxa8 Nc6 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd3 $16 {Solin,N-Tuominen,R/
Stockholm op 1994 (38)})) (7... Be7 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 $6 10. b4 cxb3 11.
axb3 Qc7 12. Bd3 $16 {Mirnik,B-Fischer,C/RLNN 1988 (19)}) 8. Na4 (8. a3) (8.
Qd2 $6 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 $17 {
Voigt Martin-Gleizerov Evgeny/It (open), Hamburg (Germany) 1995 (25)}) 8... Qc7
(8... Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2
Luther,T-Gleizerov,E/Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM 63 ext (12)}) 11... Nc6 (11...
a5 $5 12. b5 b6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 $13 {Jonasson,
B-Thorhallsson,T/ISL-ch 1996 (39)} (15... Bb7 16. Kh1 Be7 $11 {Jonasson
Benedikt-Thorhallsson Throstur/Ch Iceland Gardabaer (Iceland) 1996 (39)})) 12.
Qd2 b5 (12... Be7 13. Bd3 b5 (13... O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. a4 $14 {
Vodicka,V-Pachman,L/CZE-chT 9596 1996/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 14. Nb2 a5 15. bxa5 Nxa5
16. O-O Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bc2 Nc5 $132 {Bezgodov,A-Chigvintsev,A/Tula 1999/
EXT 2000}) 13. Nb2 f6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 $14 {
Skripchenko Lautier,A-Matveeva,S/Belgrade 1996/EXT 97}) (8... Qc6 9. Nxc5 Nxc5
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 $6 (11. Qd2 $5 Qb6 (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O Bxe3 13. Qxe3
Qa4 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. Bd3 O-O-O $1 (15... Nb4 16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 16. c3 d4
$1 $132 {~/= Luther,T-Piskov,Y/Erfurt 1993 (24)}) 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Nc6
14. Kb1 $14 {Ulibin,M-Alavkin,A/RUS-Cup6 1997}) 11... Qxc5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13.
O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O $5 $132 {Yagupov,I-Ulibin,M/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67})
9. dxc5 $5 {Possible move, however hardly promising white any opening
advantage.} (9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 b5 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Qf2 N8d7 13. f5 Nc5 14.
Nb3 Nba4 $13 {Stets,D-Volkov,S/Krasnodar 1996/EXT 2000}) 9... Nxc5 10. Nxc5
Bxc5 11. Qd2 Nd7 ({Worse is} 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nc6 (12... Qxc2 $4 13. Rc1 $18
{[%cal Gc1c8]}) 13. c3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Na5 15. O-O $14 {and white gets steady
positional advantage.}) 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 $6 {Dubious decision
permitting black to equalize.} (14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. g4 Rfc8 17. f5
$14) 14... Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 ({Not so bad was also} 16... Qxa5
17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Kd2 Bd7 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Nd4 $14 {and despite minimal
advantage of white black should easily hold this position.}) 17. Qf2 Qa6 18.
O-O Bd7 (18... Qxd3 $5) 19. Nd4 O-O (19... Qxd3) 20. Nb3 Rb5 $2 {Taking
important square from black queen.} (20... Ra3 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Rfc1 Rfa8 $13)
21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Rfc1 Ra8 $6 23. Na4 $5 Rxa4 {Accepting inevitable! After} (
23... Qa6 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. a4 $1 Rb4 26. Qd2 Rb6 27. Nb3 $18 {white would win a
queen in any case.}) 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. f5 $18 Rab4 26. h3 Rb2 27. Qa7 $1 {
Starting an attack against black king.} h6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rf1 Re2 {If black
decides to exchange rooks he is unable to protect his pawn on e6.} (29... Rb1
30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qd6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 $18) 30. Rf2 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rxe5 32. Qb8+ Kh7
33. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 {This is
one of the most complicated and sharp variations in french defense.} 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Ne7 {So far everything is 'forced'!Only now black has afew different
options,but the move in the game is probably the most accurate way to play.} (
15... h6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Nf4 Na4 19. Qg3 Ne7 20. Nh4 Nxb2 21. Nh5
$44 {Mainka,Romuald-Lalic,Bogdan/Bad Mergentheim GER op 1988 (40)}) (15... Bxd3
16. cxd3 {/\ Rac1} Rb8 17. Rad1 $1 O-O 18. Qh4 f6 $5 19. Ng3 Ne7 $2 20. exf6 $1
Ng6 21. Qg4 Rxf6 22. Nh5 Rf7 {Mokry,K-Bruk,O/Haifa 48/390 1989 (42)} 23. Ng5 $1
) (15... Nd7 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 O-O 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Rae1 f6
21. exf6 Rxf6 22. g3 $14 {Herrera,I-Gomez,A/Bayamo (01) ,CBM 18 1990 (59)}) (
15... Rb8 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qg3 g6 18. f5 exf5 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Qh4 Nc5 21. Qf6
Qxf6 22. exf6 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 Muller,Karsten-Bezold,Michael/Munster A chy-D (07)
1990}) (15... g6 16. Rac1 Na4 17. Qh4 Qd8 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Qg7 Qf8 20. Qf6 Nc5
21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. c4 $16 {Lipka,J-Tibensky,R/Bratislava op (05) ,EXT 92op 1992
(35)}) (15... O-O 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qe3 $13 {Rebel-Genius2/3/
94-45 Autoplayer T 1994 (32)}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 Na4 $1 $10 {Nunn,J-Glek,I/
GER/1992/} (16... Na4 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ned4 (18. b3 O-O (18... Nd7 19. Kg1 Nc5
20. Kf2 $6 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 Nf5 22. Rc1 Ne3 $36 {Riemersma,L-Glek,I/Bussum op 1995}
) 19. Bxa6 (19. Ned4 Nd7 20. g4 Ng6 21. Ne1 Nc5 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Nd3 Rc8 24.
Rde1 $13 {Zelcic,R-Kovacevic,B/Ljubljana op 1998}) 19... Rxa6 20. a3 $1 Nd7 21.
Ra1 Raa8 22. Ra2 Nc5 23. Rfa1 Rac8 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ned4 g6 26. Ra5 $16 {
Macieja,B-Horvath,C/Krynica zt 1998}) (18. Rf2 $6 Na4 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Bxa6 Rxa6
21. Ned4 g6 22. Kg1 Ne4 $11 {Mueller,M-Ellers,H/BL9697}) 18... Na4 19. Rb1 Nc5
(19... O-O 20. Kg1 Rfc8 21. Kf2 Rc7 22. g4 g6 23. Ke3 Nc5 24. h4 $36 {Nunn,
J-Glek,I/BL9293}) 20. Rfd1 O-O 21. Kg1 a4 22. Kf2 Rfb8 $13 {Vehi Bach,V-Glek,I/
Biel op MTO 1997})) (16. Ng3 Na4 (16... g6 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Ned4
Nc5 (19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. g4 Nc5 23. Rad1 Ne4 24. Qh4 Rc8
$132 {Cladouras,P-Naiditsch,A/Budapest FS04 GM 1998}) 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Rad1 h6
22. Ng5 $1 $36 {Lutz,C-Glek,I/BL9596}) 17. Nd4 g6 18. Rae1 Nxb2 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
20. f5 $1 exf5 21. e6 $40 {Blatny,P-Glek,I/Vienna op 1996}) (16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17.
Ned4 Ne4 18. Qe3 g6 $5 $13 ({Another possibility was} 18... O-O $5 19. Rad1 $6
a4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 a3 22. b3 Rc8) 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Ng5 $5 Nxg5 21. fxg5
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Ra7 $6 $11 {Thorhallsson,T-Nijboer,F/VISA GP 1998}) (16. Nd2 $5
Rb8 $6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Nd4 $14 Nc5 19. Rae1 Nc6 $6 20. f5 $1 $36 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 $16 {Socko,B-Haimovich,T/EUCup f 1997 (60)}) (16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 O-O 18.
g4 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Kh2 Rfc8 22. Ned4 $14 {Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/
NLD-ch,1996}) (16. Rac1 Rc8 17. f5 $5 exf5 18. Nh4 g6 19. g4 d4 20. Bxa6 Qxa6
21. gxf5 Ne4 22. Qg2 Nd2 $13 {Elburg,J-Rydholm,L/cr K.Betinsch ,CYB 14 1994 
(40)}) (16. b3 h6 17. Ng3 (17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 Rfb8 19. Nfd4 Ne4 20. Qe3 Nc6
21. Rg1 $36 {Skripchenko,A-Piskov,Y/Recklinghaus 1996}) 17... g6 18. Qd2 $6 Nf5
$1 19. Nxf5 gxf5 $17 {Renet,O-Glek,I/FRA-GER Clichy ,CBM 50 1995 (52)}) 16...
h6 (16... Na4 $6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 {/\a3!/}) 17. Ng3 {This move seems to be
the novelty.The idea is to cause black to weakenhis kingside and the to attack
the position of black king...} (17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qh4 $6 (18. Nb3 $32 $10) 18...
Ra7 $1 19. g4 $6 (19. Qe1 $15) 19... Ng6 $17 {Mainka,R-Glek,I/Recklinghausen
1995}) 17... g6 $5 18. Ne2 h5 19. Ned4 (19. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 20. a3 Ne4 (20... b3
21. Ned4) 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Kg1 O-O (22... bxa3 23. b3) 23. axb4 axb4 24. Ned4
$14 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19... Na4 20. Rab1 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rc8 22. Rd2 (22. Rbc1 Kd7
23. Kg1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 $11) 22... Rc7 23. Re1 Kd7 $1 $11 {Here the king
feels safe.It's clear that black has managed to solve opeing problems.} 24. Qh4
$5 Rhc8 25. b3 (25. Qf6 Rc1 26. Rg1 Ke8 (26... Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rb1
$6 29. b3 $14) 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. Qf6 $11) 25... Nc3 26. Qf6 Rf8 27. h3 Rcc8 28.
g4 $2 {Without this move the position would remain equal,but white wants more
and finds himself in troubles.} Rh8 $1 29. Kg2 (29. Qxf7 $2 Rcf8 30. Qg7 Rhg8
31. Qh6 hxg4 $19 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg8h8,Gh8h1]}) 29... Rcf8 30. Rc1 Rh7 31. a4
$5 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rfh8 $15 {[%csl Rg2]} 33. Rdc2 Ng8 (33... Qa6 34. Rd2) 34. Qg5
Qxd4 $4 {Suicide!I don't know what exactly white has missed,but now white is
just a queen up and black gets nothing in return.After logical} (34... Ne7 $1
35. Rd2 Nc6 36. Nxc6 (36. Nc2 d4 $36 {[%cal Gb6c5,Gc5d5,Gh7h2]}) 36... Qxc6 $17
{[%cal Gd5d4,Gh7h2] white is in serious troubles}) 35. Nxd4 $18 Rh2+ 36. Kg1
Rh1+ 37. Kf2 R1h2+ 38. Ke3 R8h3+ 39. Nf3 d4+ 40. Kxd4 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Rxf3 42.
Rh2 $5 (42. Rxc3 $6 bxc3 43. Kxc3 Ne7 44. Kc4 Nd5 $18) 42... Ne7 43. Rh7 Kc6
44. Rh8 (44. Qxe7 $4 Rxf4+ 45. Ke3 Nd5+ $19 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gd5e3]}) 44... Ncd5 {
[%csl Rd4]} (44... Ned5 45. Rc8+ Kb7 46. Qd8 Rxf4+ 47. Kc5 $18) 45. Re8 $1 Kd7
(45... Rxf4+ 46. Qxf4 Nxf4 47. Rxe7 $18) 46. Rxe7+ Nxe7 47. Qf6 g5 48. f5 Nc6+
49. Ke4 Rf4+ 50. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Giddins, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 (11... a6 $5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Bg3
Qc7 14. Ng4 Bd7 15. Kb1 b5 16. Bf5 Rae8 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $132 {Zakharov,
A-Kashtanov,R/RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997}) (11... Bd7 12. Rhe1 (12. Ne5 Nxe5
13. Bxe5 b5 14. g4 b4 15. g5 $5 bxc3 16. gxf6 g6 17. Qg4 $36 {Zakharov,
A-Potkin,V/Petrosjan mem-J 1997}) 12... a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 b5 15. Qf3 $1
(15. g4 Be8 16. f4 b4 17. Nb1 Nd7 18. Bd6 Rf6 $13 {Zakharov,A-Dolmatov,S/
RUS-Cup9 1997}) 15... b4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nf4 Rf7 18. Re2 $16 {Zakharov,
A-Alavkin,A/RUS-Cup9 1997}) 12. Kb1 Nb4 (12... Nh5 $6 13. Be3 $1 Bb4 (13... d4
$6 14. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} (14. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 {[%cal Ga5h5]} 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16.
Qe4 Nf5 17. g4 Nf6 $19) 14... Nf4 (14... dxe3 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17.
Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Qh5+ $16 {[%cal Gh5h8,Gh5c5]}) 15. Bxf4 dxc3 16. Nb3
Qb4 17. Bg3 $36 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 14. Nd4 $1 Nf6 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4h4]}) (14... Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 17. Rxd4 Bxc3 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. bxc3 $16) 15. Nb3
Qd8 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 $14) 13. Be5 $5 {[%cal Gf3d4,Gf2f4,Gg2g4]} Bd7 14.
Nd4 (14. Bd4 $6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rhe1 Rae8 $11) 14... Bxd4 $5 15. Bxd4 Nc6
16. Be5 (16. Nb5 $6 e5 $1 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. f4 Qc7 19. g3 $14) 17.
Bc3 Qb6 18. f3 d4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Be1 e4 $1 $36) 16... Nxe5 17. Qxe5 $14 Rac8
18. f3 ({Even stronger was} 18. f4 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. g3 Ng4 21. Rd2 $14 {
[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gh1e1] with very comfortable advantage in the endgame.})
18... Qc7 19. Rhe1 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Ne8 21. Ne2 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rd8 $1 23.
Bd3 Nc7 24. Kc1 Rf6 25. Kd2 h6 $14) 21... Nd6 22. f4 ({Deserved attention} 22.
Nd4 $5 Nf7 23. Re2 {and black can't play} e5 $2 24. Bf5 $1 Bxf5 (24... Rcd8 25.
Ne6 $1 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 d4 27. Rxe5 $18) 25. Nxf5 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 $1 $16 {with
winning position.}) 22... Rce8 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 23. Re3 (23. g3 $6 Nf7 24. Re3 e5
25. c3 $5 (25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 (26. Rf3 $2 Bg4 27. Rf2 Rfe8 28. Rd2 Nd6 $36)
26... Nxe5 27. Nf4 Bg4 28. Re1 Nxd3 29. cxd3 d4 $13)) 23... Bb5 24. Bxb5 Nxb5
25. g3 $14 Kf7 26. b3 h6 (26... h5 27. Re5 g6 28. c4 Nc7 29. Kc2 dxc4 30. bxc4
Rd8 31. Rb1 b6 32. c5 $14) 27. Re5 $5 Kf6 28. c4 (28. Kb2 g5) 28... Nc7 29. Nc3
g5 $5 {Changing the character of the game.} (29... dxc4 $5 30. Ne4+ (30. Rd7
Re7 31. Ne4+ Kf7 32. Nd6+ Kf6 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Nxb7 cxb3 35. axb3 g5 $11)
30... Ke7 31. Rc5 Na6 32. Rxc4 $14) 30. cxd5 gxf4 31. gxf4 exd5 32. Nxd5+ Nxd5
33. Rexd5 Re2 34. Rd6+ (34. R5d2 Rxd2 $1 35. Rxd2 Ke6 $1 36. Rd4 Rg8 37. Kc2
Kf5 $132) 34... Kf5 35. Rxh6 Rc8 $1 {Even though white is two pawns up the
endgame is drawn.Active position of black rooks on the second rank fully
compensates him for the lack of pawns.} 36. Rf1 (36. Rd7 Rcc2 37. Rf7+ Kg4 38.
Rg7+ Kxf4 39. Rh4+ Kf5 $11) 36... Rcc2 $44 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gc2a2,Ge2h2]} 37.
Rh5+ Kf6 38. Ra5 a6 39. h4 Rh2 40. h5 Rb2+ 41. Ka1 Rbd2 42. b4 Rde2 43. Rb1
Ref2 $1 $11 44. b5 Rxh5 45. Ra4 (45. bxa6 $4 Rxa5 46. axb7 Raxa2#) 45... Rxb5
46. Rxb5 axb5 47. Rb4 Ke6 48. Rxb5 Rxf4 49. Rxb7 Kd6 50. Kb2 Kc6 51. Rb8 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $5 {Interesting variation,
which used to be the part of Shirov's opening repertouar.} c5 6. c3 cxd4 7.
cxd4 f6 8. Nf4 $5 ({Nothing promises} 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... Bd6 10. g3
Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Ne4 $132 {Bologan,V-Glek,I/
BL9293}) 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 $6 Nh5 14. Ne2 $5
(14. Qc2) 14... e5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge8e2] Nijboer,F-Glek,I/Hoogovens-B 1999}) (
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Re1 g5 $5 $132 {Hort,V-Knaak,
R/BL9697}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf1 Qb8
17. a3 Re7 $132 {Lau,R-Gleizerov,E/Dresden op 1994}) (8. f4 $146 fxe5 9. dxe5 (
9. fxe5 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be3 $13) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11.
Nc3 (11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15. g3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxb4
17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rc1 Nb3 $17) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (
14. a3 Ne4 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1 $17 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/
Tilburg 1993}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 (9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. a3 (15. Rad1 Qd6 16. Bb1 Rae8 17. Nd3 e5
18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc3 $14 {Morozevich,A-Moskalenko,V/Moscow m
1994}) 15... Qd6 16. Rad1 Rf7 17. Bb1 Re8 18. f3 Rfe7 19. Nd3 $14 {Sax,G-Glek,
I/BL9293}) 10. Bxb4 (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qxb4 Nxb4
14. Bd3 O-O 15. a3 Nh5 $5 $13 {Vukovic,Z-Piskov,Y/JUG-chT 1994}) 10... Qxb4+
11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. exf6+ $6 {I know that it sounds strange and
hard to believe,but after this natural move I don't see how white manages to
equalize!So better was} (13. Nf3 Nc6 $5 (13... fxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 Nc6 15.
Nd3 Rf8 16. Be2 b6 17. Rac1 Bb7 $132) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17.
f4 Be8 18. Rc1 Rf8 19. g3 $14 {and white has slighly better chanses.})) 13...
gxf6 14. Re1 $5 (14. Nf3 $6 Kd6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 14... Nb6 15. Bd3 ({May be
batter was} 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b3 Kd6 19. Nd3 a5 $15 {
,but who wants to play this position!}) 15... Nc6 16. Nf3 Kd6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]}
17. Nh5 Rf8 18. Bxh7 e5 $36 {The main problem of white is lack of coordination
between the pieces,and till the end of the game white didn't manage to change
it!} 19. Ng3 (19. dxe5+ $6 fxe5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8f2,Gf8h8]}) 19... e4 20.
Nh4 Nxd4 21. f3 $8 ({Nothing changes} 21. Ngf5+ Bxf5 22. Nxf5+ (22. Bxf5 Rh8
23. Kc3 Nb5+ 24. Kb4 Rxh4 25. Kxb5 Rf4 $19) 22... Nxf5 (22... Ke5 $4 23. f4+
$18) 23. Bxf5 Ke5 {[%csl Rf5]} 24. g4 Nc4+ 25. Kc2 Nd6 $17) 21... Rh8 $1 22.
Nhf5+ Bxf5 23. Nxf5+ Ke5 $1 {Sakaev's play in this game is an example of
accuracy and fantastic technique!} 24. Nxd4 (24. f4+ Kxf4 25. Nxd4 Rxh7 26.
Rhf1+ Ke5 $17) 24... Kxd4 $17 25. Bf5 Nc4+ 26. Ke2 $8 (26. Kc1 Ne3 27. fxe4
dxe4 28. Bh3 Kd3 $1 $17) 26... Rag8 $1 27. Rd1+ (27. g4 Rh3 $1) (27. fxe4 Rxg2+
28. Kf3 Rhg8 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc4d2,Gc4e5]}) (27. g3) 27... Ke5 28. g4 Rh3
$1 29. fxe4 Re3+ $1 30. Kf2 dxe4 31. Rd7 (31. Rhe1 Rf3+ (31... Rh8 $2 32. Rxe3
Rxh2+ 33. Kg3 Nxe3 34. Re1 {[%csl Re3,Rh2]}) 32. Ke2 Rh8 $19) 31... Kf4 32. Re1
Rh8 33. Bh7 (33. Rh7 Rxh7 34. Bxh7 Ne5 $1 35. Rxe3 Nxg4+ 36. Ke2 Nxe3 $19)
33... Ne5 $1 $19 {The last touch!} 34. Rxe3 Nxg4+ 35. Ke2 Nxe3 36. Rxb7 Nf5 $1
(36... Rc8 $2 37. Bxe4 $11) 37. Rxa7 (37. Bxf5 Rxh2+ 38. Ke1 Kxf5 39. Rxa7 Rxb2
40. a4 Kf4 $19) 37... Nd4+ 38. Kd1 Rd8 {[%cal Ge4e2]} 39. Rf7 f5 40. Kc1 e3 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {The french defense is now the
most popular opening on the highest level,that's why all the main variations
has been analysed so deeply that the game becomes just a competition in memory.
The following move still is a ''mistery'' from theoretcal point of view and
has strong strategical bases (white just wants to strengthen the center with
c3 and f4) that's why it's not so easy for black to play against it and in the
hands of such a player as Anand it becomes lethal weapon.} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4
b5 8. a3 cxd4 (8... b4 9. axb4 (9. dxc5 bxc3 10. b4 $36) 9... cxb4 10. Nf3 $14)
9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4 $6 Bc5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nf3 f6 $1 13. Nd4 $2
Nxe5 $1 $15 {Shirov,A-Bareev,E/Hastings/1991-92/}) 10... b4 (10... Qb6 11. Nf3
b4 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. axb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf2 a5 15. Be3 Ke7 16. Rc1 Ba6 $132 {
Gofshtein,L-Archangelsky,M/Cappelle op 1995}) 11. a4 (11. axb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2
Qb6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O O-O 17. Ra4 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Rb8
19. Rfa1 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Andersson,U/Ter Apel 1996}) (11. Nf3 bxa3 12. bxa3 Be7
13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bd3 a5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qc6 Ra7 17. O-O $14 {Kammer,C-Thanner,H/
OL9495}) 11... Qa5 {So far everything was played,but now Shirov choses new
continuation,which I think promises black very good chaanses to equalize.} (
11... Nb6 $6 12. Nf3 (12. b3 $14) 12... Be7 (12... Nc4 $5 13. b3 Na3) 13. b3 a5
14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 $14 {Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/WchT
1993} (17. f5 $5 $36 {Ftacnik})) (11... Be7 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. a5 Qc6 14. Be3 Nb8
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. O-O $14 {Laveryd,P-Nordstrom,F/SWE-chB 1995}) 12.
Bd2 Be7 ({Deserved attention} 12... Ba6 $5 13. Nf3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Be7 15. Qe2
Rc8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ke2 Rc7 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 f5
$11) 13. Nf3 O-O $6 (13... Ba6 $5) 14. Bb5 $1 Nb6 (14... a6 $6 15. Bd3 $1 $14)
15. b3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nb8 (18... Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rac8 20.
Rhc1 f5 21. Ne1 Nb8 22. Nd3 Nc6 23. Ke3 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19. Kf2 Qxe2+ 20.
Kxe2 Nc6 21. Rhc1 Rfc8 22. Ra2 Rc7 23. Rac2 Rac8 {[%cal Gc2c7]} 24. a6 $14 {
White has some pressure and certain advantage in space,but this sholdn't be
enough to win the game.} Kf8 (24... f5 25. exf6 (25. Ke3 Kf7 26. Ne1 Ke8 27.
Nd3 Kd7 28. Nc5+ Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Nb8 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. Bxb4 Nxa6
33. Bf8 g6 $11) 25... gxf6 26. g4 Kf7 27. g5 Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. h4 $14) 25. g4
Ke8 26. f5 Kd7 27. Bf4 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] Here the pawn is not only weak,but
white has the possibility to sacrifice on g5 in order to create a passed pawns,
which finally decided the game.} (27... Nb8 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30.
f6 Bf8 31. Ng5 $16) (27... Na5 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. f6 Bf8 31. Ng5
$16) (27... g6 28. f6 (28. Ke3) 28... Bf8 29. Kd3 h6 30. h4 Rb8 (30... Nb8 31.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5 Nxa6 35. Nh2 Nb8 36. Ng4 $18)
31. h5 g5 32. Bd2 $14) 28. Be3 h6 29. f6 Bf8 {[%csl Rf8]} 30. Kd3 Na5 $6 (30...
Rb8 31. Ra1 $1 (31. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Rb6 33. h4 Rxa6 34. h5 Ra3 35. Rb2
Na5 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Kc2 Ra1 38. Bc1 Nc6 $19) 31... Rb6 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33.
Bxg5 Nb8 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. h4 Nxa6 36. Bd2 $18) 31. Rxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7
33. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Nxb3 35. h4 Na1 36. Bc1 Nb3 37. Be3 Na5 38. g5 Nc4
39. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 b4 (9... Qb6 10. Nd1 $5 f6) 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. O-O cxd4 (11... a5 12. c4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Nf2 dxc4 {Gipslis,
A-Cichocki,A/MK Cafe op 1998}) (11... Be7 12. Nf2 O-O 13. Kh1 a5 14. Rg1 Ba6
15. Bd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rab8 $11 {
Schoenfeld,S-Helbig,J/Chemnitz op 1997}) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4+ {Very
solid variation which has,however,one big disadvantage-black doesn't have the
slightest chanse to win the game.} (13... Bc5 14. c3 $14 (14. Bf2 O-O 15. Kh1
Bb7 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Ne3 a5 18. Rae1 Qc7 $13 {Blom,G-Goormachtigh,J/Haarlem
AKN op 1998})) 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. c3 (15. Qf2 Bxf2+ 16. Nxf2 Ke7 17. a3 Rb8 18.
axb4 Rxb4 $132 {Hofmair,K-Reschun,S/AUT-chT2O 9798}) 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 (16.
Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. Rab1 d4 19. b4 dxc3 20. bxc5 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Ke7 22.
Rc1 Rd8 $10) 16... Ke7 17. Rb1 (17. Ne3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. Rac1 Ba6 20. Bxa6
Rxa6 21. f5 $5 Rb8 22. Ng4 $1 $14 {De Firmian,N-Dreev,A/Manila izt 1990}) 17...
a5 18. Nf2 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rfc1 Rha8 (21... Raa8 $5) 22.
Nd3 Kd8 23. Nc5 ({Black doesn't have serious problems also after} 23. g4 Rc8 (
23... Rb6 $6 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Rb1 Nc4 (25... Rb8 26. Rb5 a4 27. Nc5 a3 {
[%csl Ra3]} 28. Kf2 $16) 26. Rb7 Ke8 27. Kf2 $14) 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. Rc1+ Kd8
26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 a4 $11) 23... Nxc5 24. Rxc5 R6a7 $1 {Taking the seventh
rank under control befor changing the rooks.} (24... Rc8 $6 25. Rb7 Rxc5 26.
dxc5 Ke8 $6 (26... Rc6 $1 27. Rb5 $5 (27. Rxf7 Rxc5 (27... Rc7 $6 28. Rxc7 Kxc7
29. Kf2 Kc6 30. f5 exf5 31. e6 f4 32. h4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc5c6,Ge6e7]})
28. Rxg7 h5 $132 {[%csl Ra2]}) 27... a4 28. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6]} (28. Kf2 $6
Kc7 29. Ke3 Ra6 $1 30. Kd4 a3 31. Rb4 h5) 28... Kd7 29. Kf2 Rc7 30. Ke3 Kc6 31.
Kd4 $16) 27. a4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gg1d4,Gg2g4,Gf4f5]}) 25. a4 Rc8 26. Rbb5 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 g6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. g4 {[%cal Gf2h4,Gh4g5]} h6 $5 {Making the penitration
of white king impossible.} 30. f5 Kd7 31. Rb5 (31. Ke3 Ke7 32. h4 Kd7 33. h5
gxh5 34. gxh5 Ra8 35. Kf4 Ra6 36. fxe6+ fxe6 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Rg1 Rb4 $132)
31... Kc7 32. h4 Ra8 33. Ke3 Kc6 34. h5 gxf5 (34... g5 $5 35. Kd3 Kc7 36. Rb1
Rb8 37. Rf1 Rb3+ 38. Kc2 Rb4 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Rf6 Rxd4 41. Rxe6 Rxg4 42. Rxh6
Rxa4 43. Rg6 Rh4 $11) 35. gxf5 Kc7 36. fxe6 ({Also after} 36. f6 Kd7 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]} 37. Rb1 Ke8 38. Rg1 Kf8 39. Rg7 Rb8 40. Rh7 Kg8 $11 {black is just
on time to hold the position.}) 36... fxe6 37. Rc5+ Kd7 38. Kd3 Ra6 39. Rc1 Rb6
40. Rc5 Ra6 41. Rb5 Kc7 42. Rb1 Rb6 43. Rxb6 (43. Rg1 Rb3+ 44. Kc2 Rb4 45. Rg6
Kd7 46. Rxh6 Rxd4 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "De Gleria, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 g6
$6 {Very rare variation which can hardly recommended for use!} (8... c4 9. f5
h6 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 b5 13. O-O Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4
16. Rxa4 Bd7 17. Raa1 $16 {Pcola,J-Fabik,T/Bratislava 1991}) (8... Qb6 9. O-O-O
c4 10. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxc6 Qxc6 13. f5 Qc7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5
$40 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Drasko,M/Polanica Zdroj 1988}) 9. O-O-O (9. Be2 b5 10. a3 (
10. Nd1 Bb7 11. Nf2 h5 12. O-O c4 13. Nh3 Be7 14. Nhg5 Nf8 15. b3 $14 {Hort,
V-Steglich,W/Boeblingen 1985}) 10... h5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Kh1 c4 14.
Ng5 $14 {Lobron,E-Kilian,R/Germany 1984}) (9. Nd1 c4 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Nb6 12.
c3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Qc7 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Bf6 Bxf6 17. exf6 $14 {
Hebden,M-Guigonis,D/FRA-chT 1989}) 9... c4 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Nb8 12. Qf2 Bd7 $2 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxh8 $18 {Magyar,
O-Rithnovszky,A/HUN 1995}) 10. Bxc4 $5 {Quite risky, nevertheless fully
justified decision.} dxc4 11. d5 exd5 (11... Nb4 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Qa5 (
13... Qe7 14. Nce4) 14. Nxe6 Nxa2+ 15. Nxa2 Qxa2 16. Qc3 $40 {[%csl Re8][%cal
Ge6c7,Ge5e6]}) 12. Qxd5 Bh6 $6 {[%csl Rh6] Bishop has nothing to do h6. Much
better was} (12... Be7 $5 13. e6 Nf6 (13... fxe6) 14. Qxc4 Qa5 15. exf7+ Kf8
16. f5 Kg7 $132 {with exremly compicated position with mutual chances.}) 13. h4
$1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} O-O {[%csl Rg8]} (13... Qe7 14. Qxc4 Qe6 15. Qe2 $36) 14. h5
Ne7 (14... g5 15. fxg5 Bg7 16. g6 Ndxe5 17. h6 Bf6 18. Qe4 $16) 15. Qxc4 Nf5
16. Bf2 Bg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g4 $5 {Even stronger was} (18. e6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+
Rf7 20. g4 Nh6 21. g5 Nf5 22. Qxg6 $18 {with decisive advantage.}) 18... Nh6
19. Nd5 {[%cal Gf2h4]} b5 20. Qc6 Rb8 21. Qd6 {[%cal Gd5e7]} Re8 22. Bh4 Qa5
23. Ne7+ Kh7 $2 {Losing on the spot.} (23... Rxe7 $8 24. Bxe7 Qxa2 25. f5 Qa1+
26. Kd2 Qxb2 27. f6 Bb7 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. fxg7 Bxf3 30. Rxh6 $18) 24. Ng5+ Kh8
25. Nxf7+ (25. Nxf7+ Nxf7 26. Bf6+ Nh6 27. Rxh6#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 $5 {This variation seems to be a problem
for black during the last couple of years.} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {As I previously
mentioned in my comments to one of the games played in this line, this move is
starting to gain popularity after Krmanik had used it in his game against
Radjabov in the last Linares tournament.} Qe7 (12... Qc7 13. Bxc5 (13. g4 $5 b5
14. Bd3 b4 15. Qh4 h6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. g5 $36 {
Kosmol,H-Uiess,H/ICCF-Cup corr 1994}) (13. Bd3 b5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15.
Rhe1 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne2 b4 18. Nd4 a5 19. b3 $14 {Pedzich,D-Aaberg,A/
Copenhagen 1991}) 14. Qh4 (14. Ne2 Be7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rae8 17. Qg3 f5 18.
exf6 Bxf6 19. Qh3 $14 {Moreda,L-Kovacevic,B/Nova Gorica 2001}) 14... h6 15. Ne2
f6 (15... Bb7 16. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4g5]} f6 17. g5 fxe5 18. gxh6 $1 $18
exd4 $140 19. hxg7 Rf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. g8=Q#) 16. Qg4 $36 {Kramnik,V-Radjabov,
T/Linares 2003/CBM 94_01}) 13... Nxc5 14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g3 Bd7 17.
Qd4 $14 {Schmid,G-Janka,H/Koetzting 1988}) 13. Bd3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2
Qxd4 {In their previous game Iljushin opted for different move order, but very
soon found himself in troubles:} (15... b5 16. Rhe1 (16. Kb1 b4 17. Rc1 Qxd4
18. Nxd4 Nc5 (18... a5 19. c3 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc7 $16) 19.
Rhd1 f6 (19... Na4 20. Re1 Bd7 21. c3 bxc3 22. b3 $14 {Shivaji,S-Evans,B/San
Francisco 2003}) 20. c3 fxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 22. Rxc3 $16 {Grischuk,A-Iljushin,A/
Istanbul 2003}) 16... Bb7 17. f5 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rae8 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Re3 Rc8 21.
g4 $14 {Ekstroem,R-Quinto,G/Mendrisio 1989}) (15... b6 16. Qg1 (16. Kb1 Bb7 17.
c3 Bc6 18. Bc2 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rfd8 21. f5 $14 {Hossain,E-Vakhidov,T/
Dhaka 2003}) (16. Rhe1 $5 Bb7 17. f5 f6 (17... exf5 18. Bxf5 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5
20. c3 $14) 18. fxe6 (18. exf6 e5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng3 Kf6 $44)
18... Nxe5 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Kb1 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Kb1
Qc5 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Re3 g6 23. c3 b4 24. Bc2 a5 25. g4
bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qb6 27. Qe3 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Bxf5
Bxf5+ 32. Nxf5 Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 Duppel,M-Schenk,A/Germany 2002}) ({Doesn't work
15...f6 since white is better prepared to open up a center.} 15... f6 $6 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. Rhe1 e5 (17... b6 18. c3 Bb7 19. Bc2 $16) 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qg4+
Kh8 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5c5]}) 16. Nxd4 Nb8 (16...
Nc5 17. Rhe1 $14) 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 Nc6 19. Nf3 h6 $1 {It's important to
prevent white from pushing h6.} (19... f6 $6 20. h6 fxe5 (20... g6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. g3 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Re5]}) 21. hxg7 (21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 g6 23. Rhf1
Bb5 24. Kd2 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rac8 $14) 21... Rxf4 22. Rxh7 Rc8 (22... Rd8 $2 {
[%csl Rd8]} 23. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 24. Rh8+ Kxg7 25. Rxd8 $18) 23. Rh8+ Kxg7 24. Rh7+
Kg8 25. Rxd7 e4 26. Ng5 exd3 27. Nxe6 Rf7 28. Rxd5 dxc2 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Rh1+
Rh7 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rg7+ Kh6 33. Rxb7 $16) 20. c3 Rac8 21. g3 Rc7 {Black's
position is a bit passive, but it's extremly difficult for white to break
through.} (21... d4 22. Be4 $18 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd1d7]}) 22. Kd2 Be8 23. Rde1
Re7 24. Rh2 f6 {[%csl Rg6]} (24... a5) 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Nh4 e5 $6 {Too
opitmistic. Black had to take on h5 with good chances to hold the position.} (
26... Bxh5 27. Nf5 (27. Reh1 Rg7 28. Nf5 exf5 29. Rxh5 Rxg3 30. Rxh6 Rg2+ 31.
Kc1 Ne7 $13) 27... exf5 28. Rxh5 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Kg7 30. Rxf5 Rd8 $14) 27. Bc2
Rd7 $6 (27... exf4 28. gxf4 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Bxh5 30. Nf5 Bg6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32.
Rg2 Kxh6 33. Rxg6+ Kh5 34. Rg7 $16) (27... d4 28. Nf5 dxc3+ 29. bxc3 Rd7+ 30.
Kc1 Kh7 $16) 28. Ng6 $1 Bxg6 29. hxg6 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6]} d4 (29... Kg7 30. Rxh6
$1 Kxh6 31. Rh1+) 30. Rxh6 dxc3+ 31. Kc1 $1 $18 {White's attack is unstoppable
so there is no reason to check the variations after 31.K:c3, even though it
was also enough for the win.} (31. Kxc3 Nd4 (31... Rc8 32. Bb3+ Kg7 33. Rh7+
Kxg6 34. Bc2+ f5 35. Rxd7 Nb8+ 36. Kd2 Nxd7 37. fxe5 $16) 32. Bd3 Rc8+ 33. Bc4+
Rd5 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. Bxd5 Kxh6 36. Bxb7 $18) 31... cxb2+ 32. Kb1 Rfd8 (32... Nd4
33. Reh1 Nxc2 34. f5 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Ne3 36. Rd7 Nxf5 37. Rhh7
$18) 33. Reh1 f5 34. Bb3+ Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Bf2 $5 {In the following game
Svidler introduces very interesting and logical plan, which is however not
very typical for this variation.} (12. Qe3 Qc7 (12... b5 13. Bd3 (13. Qh3 Nxd4
14. Rxd4 Qb6 15. Bd3 $6 f5 16. Ne2 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. c3 b4 $15 {Brustman,
A-Voiska,M/Thessaloniki 1988}) 13... Nxd4 (13... Qa5 14. f5 $1 Nxd4 15. f6 Qd8
16. Qxd4 $16 {Palkovi,J-Marinkovic,S/Cacak 1991}) 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Rde1 Rae8 $11 {Damjanovic,V-Marinkovic,S/Belgrade
1995}) 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2 b5 16. Rhe1 Bb7 17. f5 Qxd4 18. Nxd4
Rae8 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Re3 $14 {Ekstroem,R-Quinto,G/Mendrisio 1989}) (12. Bg1 b5
13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. h4 Ncb8 18. h5 Ba6 19. Bd3
$14 {Mitkov,N-Marinkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1991}) (12. Be3 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Rh3 Rab8 17. Kb1 Ne7 18. Ba7 Rbc8 19. h5 $14 {Vasiukov,
E-Zaitseva,L/Moscow 1991}) (12. g3 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Ne2 Qa5 16.
Kb1 Rfc8 17. f5 $36 {Adla,D-Mellano,S/ARG 1991}) 12... b5 (12... Qa5) 13. Ne2
$5 b4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 a5 16. g4 Qc7 {Probably more accurate was} (16...
Ba6 $5 17. f5 $6 Qc7 18. f6 Rfc8 (18... Nxe5 $5 19. Qg5 Ng6 $36) 19. fxg7 a4
$36) 17. Bb5 $5 Ba6 {Black doesn't feel the danger yet.} (17... Nc5 18. Qe3 Ne4
19. Bd3 Bb7 20. f5 a4 $13) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rhg1 Rfc8 20. f5 Qb5 $5 {[%cal
Gb5e2,Gb4b3]} (20... Qa4 $6 21. Kb1 Rc7 22. f6 Rac8 23. Rc1 $16) 21. Rg2 $1 {
Preventing Qe2 and defending on c2 in case black triples his major pieces over
the c-file.} b3 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. f6 Qb4 (23... Qa2 $2 24. Qg5 g6 25. Qh6 Qa1+
26. Kd2 $18) 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. b3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4] Black bishop is out
of play, which makes black's defensive task very difficult.} gxf6 (25... Bb5
26. Kb1 Ra6 27. fxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf2 Rca8 29. Rg1 $14 {[%csl Rb4,Rf7][%cal Gg1g3,
Gg3f3,Gf3f4]}) 26. exf6 Rc6 27. g5 Kf8 28. h4 Ke8 29. h5 Rac8 30. Be5 $1 {
[%cal Gd1d4] Preparing to attack the pawn on b4.} Kd7 31. Kb1 Rg8 32. g6 $1
hxg6 33. hxg6 Rxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Rh1 $1 Rcc8 35. Rh7+ Kc6 36. f7 Rgf8 37.
Rxg6 Kd7 38. Bf4 $18) 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Rh1 $18 {White pawn on f6 is
unstoppable.} Rc8 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Re7 d4 38. f7 d3 39. cxd3 Bxd3+ 40. Kb2 Kd5
41. Rc7 $1 1-0

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 {This move is
the main line of the variation in which were played 1000's of games and M.
Gurevich made a great contribution to these numbers.He is cosidered one of the
best experts in this variation and to beat him in it is extremly difficult
task.} (13. O-O-O a6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Nc8 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Rhf1 Nc6 18. Nxc6
Bxc6 19. f5 Bd7 20. f6 g6 21. Rf3 $36 {Hartmann,G-Moors,H/BL/1986}) (13. Bd3
Ke7 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Rhf1 Bc6 16. Ne2 f6 17. exf6+ gxf6 18. Nd4 Kd6 19. Rde1
Rae8 20. g4 $5 $36 {Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1992}) (13. a4 {/\ a5} a5
14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6 $5 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nc8
20. c4 Nb6 $5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kc1 Rac8+ 24. Bc4 $10 {Georgiev,Kir
}) 13... Ke7 14. Bd3 (14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3}) (14. b3 $5 Bd7 15. Nd4
a6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kd2 h5 18. g3 Rac8 19. a4 $14) (14. a4 $5 Bd7 15. a5 Bxb5 16.
Bxb5 Nd7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Kd2 g5 $1 $132 {Luther,T-Mueller,K/Altensteig 1992 
(32)}) (14. h4 h5 15. Rh3 $5 Bd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. b3 a6 18. Rc3 Rhc8 19. Kd2 $14
{Gallagher,J-Kelecevic,N/Biel Credis 1996 (43)}) (14. Kd2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 16.
b3 Nc5 17. Bd3 g6 18. a4 $5 a5 19. Raf1 h5 20. g3 Rag8 21. h4 $14 {Ehlvest,
J-Gurevich,M/Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Rac8 (15... a6
16. Bd3 Nc8 17. g4 Na7 18. Rhg1 Nc6 19. c3 Rac8 20. Be2 b5 21. Nxc6+ Bxc6 22.
Rd4 f6 $11 {Shmuter,L-Dickenson,N/EUCup Gr4 1995 (28)}) (15... h5 16. g3 Na4 $6
17. Bd3 Nc5 18. h3 Rag8 19. Rhf1 g6 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rc1 $14 {Chandler,M-Short,
N/Hastings A1 1988}) 16. b3 f5 $6 17. Bd3 Rcg8 18. g3 g5 19. Rdg1 h5 20. Kd2
Rg7 21. Ke3 $14 {Pax,H-Mattern,M/RL-ch 1993 (35)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 (15...
a6 16. Kd2 h5 17. b3 g6 18. a4 Nc8 19. b4 Na7 20. b5 $14 {De Firmian,
N-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990}) 16. O-O-O g6 $5 {The idea behind this move is
to play h5 and to change the pawns on the kingside if white will prepare f5.} (
16... Nc5 {This is considered to be the main line of variation.} 17. Kd2 (17.
Rhe1 g6 (17... h5 18. Re3 Rag8 19. h4 g6 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. Ree1 Na4 $11 {Herrera,
I-Hernando Rodrigo,J/Guillermo Garcia Premier II 1999}) 18. Re3 a6 19. Be2 h5
20. Bf3 Rac8 21. b3 Rc7 22. Kb2 Rhc8 23. g3 Rh8 24. a4 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Maric,
M/Moscow olw 1994}) (17. Rhf1 Bc6 (17... g6 18. Rf3 h5 19. g3 Rag8 20. Rdf1 Be8
21. Be2 Bd7 22. Bd3 Be8 $13 {Fogarasi,T-Namgilov,S/Budapest FS03 GM 1996}) (
17... Rac8 18. Kd2 a6 (18... f6 19. Rde1 f5 20. h3 g5 21. g3 Rhg8 22. Rg1 Rcf8
23. h4 $14 {Ramsingh,Y-Schmidt,L/Novi Sad olm 1990 (28)}) 19. Rf3 h5 20. Rdf1
g6 21. g3 Na4 22. b3 Nc5 23. h3 Rc7 24. a4 a5 25. R1f2 Rcc8 $11 {Zelcic,
R-Dreev,A/FIDE WCh KO g/15+10 1999}) (17... g5 $6 18. f5 Nxd3+ (18... Rac8 19.
Kd2 h6 $5) 19. cxd3 exf5 20. Nxf5+ Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $14 {Lutz,C-Luther,T/GER-ch
1998}) 18. Rf3 Nd7 19. Re3 Rhc8 20. f5 g6 21. g4 gxf5 22. gxf5 Rg8 $11 {
Clerides,P-Elbilia,J/Erevan olm 1996}) (17. Rde1 h5 18. g3 Rag8 19. h4 g6 20.
Rh2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Kindermann,S/Lippstadt 1993}) (17. h4 h5 18. Kd2 a6 19.
a3 g6 20. b4 Na4 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Rhd8 23. Ke3 $14 {De Firmian,
N-Christiansen,L/VISA GP 1998}) 17... h5 (17... g5 {[#]} 18. fxg5 Rag8 19. h4
h6 20. Nf3 hxg5 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Rxh4 22. Rxh4 Rxg5 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Rh5 Ne4+
{[#]} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 $13 {De Firmian,N-Andersson,U/Biel 1990}) 21... Rxh1 22.
Rxh1 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nxg5 24. Rh5 Nxf3 25. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Andersson,U/Wijk
1990}) 18. Rhf1 h4 19. Rf2 Rac8 20. Rdf1 f5 21. Ke3 g5 22. fxg5 Rcg8 23. b4 $14
{Nunn,J-Hjartarson,J/Linares 1988}) (16... h5 17. h4 g6 18. c3 Rac8 19. Bc2 Nb6
20. Rh3 Nc4 21. b3 Na5 22. Kb2 $14 {Fontaine,R-Gurevich,M/ch-FRA (team) 1999})
17. Rdf1 h5 18. g3 a6 19. Rf3 (19. Kd2 Rac8 20. c3 b5 21. Rc1 Rc7 22. b3 Nc5
$11) 19... Rac8 20. h3 Rc7 21. Rhf1 Nb6 22. Kd2 {This move is a draw proposal,
but white has reached nothing in the opening.} (22. b3 $5) 22... Nc4+ 23. Bxc4
dxc4 $5 $11 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gc5d5]} (23... Rxc4 24. c3 a5) 24. Ke3 Rc5 25. c3 (25.
b4 Rd5 26. c3 a5 27. a3 Ra8 $11) 25... Ra5 26. a3 Rd5 27. h4 Ba4 28. R3f2 Rhd8
29. Rg2 Kd7 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Rg1 Bc6 32. Rgd1 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 {A quite poisonous set-up in which
White scores extremely well.} (10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qb6 13. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 Bb7 $13 {Rayner,F-Daly,C/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT}) (10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. Rad1 Nb8 15. Qe3
Bd7 16. Kh1 $14 {Shaposhnikov,E-Labollita,M/Szeged 1994}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Qe7
11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rfc8 15. g4 Nb4 $1 16. Nd4 Rc5
17. a3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Astana 2001}) (10... a6 11. Bh3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne2 b4 $5 15. a3 $6 (15. Rfd1 a5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ba6
18. Qe3 $14) 15... Rb8 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qe3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxb2 $13 {Milos,
G-Leitao,R/Sao Paulo 2002}) 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Black has better counterchances if
White's king is on the queenside, so it's the right decision to take on d4
right away. Otherwise White could've played Ne2 with idea to take on d4 with
the knight.} (11... a6 12. Bg2 b5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bb7 (14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4
Qb6 16. O-O Nc5 17. g4 Bb7 18. Rad1 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Rae8 21. axb4 axb4
22. Qf4 $16 {Gofshtein,L-Gurevich,M/Noyon 2001}) 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Bxd4+ 17.
Nxd4 axb4 18. axb4 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra4 19. Kh1 Nb8 20. f5 $1 $40 {Dominguez,
L-Glek,I/Esbjerg 2002}) 12. Qxd4 Nb8 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qc5 $5 {Intending to
disrupt Black's play on the queenside. On the other hand White is wasting
quite a few tempi on moving his queen, so it shouldn't be too dangerous for
Black.} (14. Qf2 Bd7 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qe1 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3
Rc4 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. Ne2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Leon 2001}) 14...
Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qd6 Na5 $6 (16... Nb8 $5 {[%csl Gd7] deserved attention:}
17. Bd3 Qa5 18. Rhf1 Rfd8 19. Qe7 Nc6 20. Qh4 h6 $132 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gd5d4]}) 17.
Bd3 Rc6 18. Qa3 a6 19. Ne2 b5 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Rfc8
23. g4 $14) 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Re8 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Re3 $14 {
[%cal Gh2h5,Gg3g4]}) 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Qb4 Nb7 $5 24. g4 Nc5 25. Qd2 b4 26. f5
Nxd3 27. f6 $1 Qc5 $2 {This move is a strategical resignation. It was
necessary to play} (27... Nxe5 $1 {with very sharp play.} 28. Nxe5 Ba4 29. b3 (
29. Qg5 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 Bg6 31. fxg7 Qd8 $17) 29... gxf6 30. Nd3 Bb5 31. Nf4 Kh8
32. Nh5 Rg8 33. Nxf6 Rg7 $13) 28. cxd3 Qf8 29. Nd4 $16 a5 (29... gxf6 30. exf6
Kh8 31. Re5 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge5g5,Gg5g7]}) 30. Rc1 h6 31. g5 $1 g6 32. h4
{Sealing the kingside.} h5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1 Ba4 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. b3 Bd7 37.
Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Nc2 Bb5 39. Kc1 Qc3 40. Qd4 Qc7 (40... Bxd3 41. Qxc3 bxc3 42. Nd4
Kf8 43. a3 Ke8 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Kd7 46. b5 Kc8 47. b6 Kb7 48. Nxe6 $18) 41.
Kd2 $6 Bd7 42. Kc1 Kf8 43. Kb2 Ke8 44. a3 bxa3+ 45. Nxa3 Kd8 46. Nc2 {The
minor pieces endgame is easily winning for White so Black has got no chance to
survive.} Kc8 (46... Ke8 47. Qc3 Qb6 48. d4 Bc6 49. Qc5 Qxc5 50. dxc5 Kd8 51.
Nd4 $18) 47. Qc3 Kb7 48. Qxc7+ Kxc7 49. Kc3 Kb6 50. b4 a4 (50... axb4+ 51. Kxb4
Bb5 52. Nd4 Bd7 53. Ne2 Bb5 54. Nf4 Be8 55. d4 Kc7 56. Kc5 $18) 51. Nd4 Ka6 52.
Kb2 Kb6 53. Ka3 Be8 54. Ne2 Bb5 55. Nc3 d4 (55... Bxd3 56. Nxd5+ Kb7 57. Nf4
Bf5 58. Kxa4 $18) 56. Ne2 Bxd3 57. Nxd4 Bc4 58. Kxa4 Bd5 59. Ne2 Bc6+ 60. Kb3
Bb5 61. Nf4 Be8 62. Kc4 Bb5+ 63. Kd4 Be8 64. Ne2 Bc6 65. Nc3 Bg2 66. b5 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 (10... c4 11. Be2 Nb6 (11... h5 12. O-O Be7 (12... g6 13.
Bf2 Be7 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. c3 Qa5 16. Bh4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Ne7 19. Nf3
$14 {Shaposhnikov,E-Smikovski,I/St Petersburg 1997}) 13. a3 Rb8 14. axb4 Bxb4
15. c3 Be7 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. d5 Bc5 20. dxc6 Bxe3+ 21.
Nxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 $44 {Shirov,A-Glek,I/Germany 1995}) (11... a5 12. O-O g6 13.
g4 Nb6 14. Bf2 Be7 15. Ne3 h5 16. h3 Ba6 17. Kg2 $14 {Zulfugarli,M-Pereyra
Arcija,D/Zagan 1997}) 12. O-O Be7 13. Bf2 g6 14. Ne3 a5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. b3 cxb3
17. axb3 a4 18. bxa4 $14 {Stripunsky,A-Dreev,A/Rostov 1993}) (10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bd7 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Rf3 $16 {
Timoshenko,G-Peric,S/Cappelle la Grande 2000}) 11. O-O $5 {A very commiting
continuation, which leads to a complicated struggle with unclear consequences.
White sacrifices a pawn for attacking prospects on the kingside, however it's
not obvious that White will succeed in his attack.} (11. Qf2 cxd4 (11... a5 12.
O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. c3 Be7 15. f5 $6 exf5 16. Bf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O $15 {
Shaposhnikov,E-Volkov,S/Samara 2000}) 12. Nxd4 Bc5 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14.
Bxc5 Nxc5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Kh1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd4 $11 {
Fedorov,A-Volkov,S/Krasnodar 1998}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qg3 f5 16.
Bxc5 Nxc5 17. a3 Ne4 $132 {Novik,M-Gleizerov,E/Moscow 1992}) (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
O-O Bb7 (12... a5 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. f5 exf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf1 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.
Qxd5+ Kc8 18. Bxc5 $36 {Konguvel,P-Reefat,B/Calcutta 2001}) 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qf2
f5 15. h3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nc5 17. Kh2 Ne4 $13 {Timoshenko,G-Gleizerov,E/Alushta
1993}) (11. c3 a5 12. O-O g6 (12... Ba6 13. Nf2 h5 14. f5 exf5 15. Nh3 bxc3 16.
bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Qe2 $36 {Fedorov,A-Alavkin,A/Moscow 2004}) 13. Rc1
c4 14. Bc2 a4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 $13 {Roschina,T-Nikolenko,O/Moscow 1996}) 11...
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bf2 a5 (13... Be7 $5 {[%csl Gh4]}) 14. Bh4 g6 $5 {
[%csl Rf6] Weakening the dark squares around the king, but gaining the
coordination between the pieces instead.} (14... Nc5 15. Nf2 Nxd3 16. Nxd3 Bd7
17. Rf3 a4 18. Raf1 a3 19. b3 Rc8 $13) 15. Nf2 Bg7 16. Ng4 Ba6 17. Rae1 Bxd3
18. cxd3 h5 19. Nf2 Rc8 ({Very serious attention deserved} 19... a4 $5 20. Bg5
b3 21. axb3 axb3 22. Rc1 O-O 23. g4 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {with better chances,
however this line is far from being forced, even though it seems to be quite
logical.}) 20. Kh1 Rc6 21. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gd1f3] Giving up his queenside
pawns for g4 break.} O-O 22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Rfc8 24. Qf3 Rc2 25. Qh3 Rxb2 ({
Another possibility was} 25... Qc5 26. Bf6 Qf8 27. f5 exf5 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 {
but White has everything under control after} 29. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31.
Rg1 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 26. Bf6 Rcc2 $2 (26... Nxf6 $1 27. exf6 Bxf6 $1 (27...
Bh8 $2 28. f5 $1 exf5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Nxf5 Bxf6 31. Ne7 Rcc2 32. Qh6+ Bg7 33.
Nxg6+ $18) 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 $5 (29. f5 Rh8 30. Ne8+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ $11)
29... Rh8 30. Qg3 Rxa2 31. f5 Qb8 32. f6+ Kh7 33. Ne5 Kg8 $132) (26... Qc5 27.
f5 $1 exf5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. e6 $18) 27. f5 $1 $18 exf5 (27...
gxf5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rg1 $1 Rg2 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. exf6 $18) 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Qxg6+ (31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33.
Qxd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 (13.
g4) (13. Bxc5) 13... b4 (13... Bb7) (13... Qc7) (13... Bb7 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 a5
16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 $14 {De Firmian,N-Short,N/Manila izt 1990})
14. Na4 (14. Ne2 Qb6 15. h5 a5 16. h6 g6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Rb8 $132 {
Vehi Bach,V-Dizdar,G/Barcelona Vulca 1991}) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... Qa5
16. b3 Bb7 17. h5 (17. Rh3 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Brynell,S/SWE-ch 1998}) 17...
Bc6 18. Nb2 Bb5 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. f5 Qc7 21. fxe6 fxe6 $132 {Baimuratov,S-Fish,
G/Bratislava op 1993}) 16. Rh3 (16. h5 $6 {Knaak} Ba6 17. f5 $2 {>< Pe5} Qc7
$17 18. h6 Rfc8 19. Bxa6 (19. Rd2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Re2 (22.
Nb6 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 $17) 22... Nc4 23. b3 Na3+ 24. Kb2 Ra6 $17) 19... Qxc2+
20. Ka1 Rxa6 21. Qg4 (21. fxe6 $5 Rxe6 22. Qxd5 Nxe5 (22... Qxa4 23. b3 $1) 23.
Qxa5 $17) 21... g6 22. fxg6 Qxg6 $17 {Tosic,M-Lempert,I/Alushta1 1994}) (16.
Bb5 $5 {Knaak}) 16... Qc7 17. c3 $6 ({Serious attention deserved} 17. Bb5 $5 {
,but even in this case black manages to equalize after} Rb8 (17... Rd8 18. h5
h6 19. g4 Rb8 20. Bd3 $1 $14) 18. c4 f6 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nc5 fxe5 21. fxe5
Rbc8 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rhd3 Rf2 $11) 17... Ba6 $11
18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Rc1 ({Too dangerous is} 20. Qxb4 $2 Rb8 21. Qd4
Qa5 22. Nc3 Rb4 23. Qf2 Nb6 $40 {and black has more than sufficient
compensation for the pawn.}) 20... Qb8 21. b3 f6 22. Re3 ({Better was} 22. exf6
$5 Nxf6 (22... Rxf6 23. g3 Qd6 24. Rh2 e5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rd2
$14) 23. Re3 (23. Nc5 $6 Rc6 24. Nd3 (24. Re3 $2 Qb6 $19 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gb6d4,Gf8c8]}) 24... Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Ne4 26. Ne2 Rc8 $15) 23... Ne4 24. g3 Rc8
$5 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qxb4 Rc6 27. Qe1 Qc7 $44 {with complicated struggle.})
22... fxe5 23. fxe5 Rf2 $36 24. h5 h6 ({Also} 24... Rxg2 $5 {was worth
attention.}) 25. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3g6,Gg6g4]} Ra8 (25... Ra7) 26. Qg6 Nf8 27.
Qg4 Rf5 28. Qe2 Nd7 29. Rf1 {After this accurate move game quickly comes to
the peacefull finish.} (29. Nc5 $2 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Qf8 $1 {[%cal Gf5f2,Gf5f1]}
31. Rc2 Rf1+ 32. Kb2 Rxa2+ $1 33. Kxa2 Qa8+ $19) 29... Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 (
30... Nxe5 $6 31. Re1 Nf7 32. Qxe6 Qb5 33. Nb2 Rd8 34. Qg6 $13) 31. Qxe5 Nxe5
32. Nc5 $11 {Regaining the material balance.} d4 (32... Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nf4 d4 36. Kc2 $11) 33. Re1 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f6,Gf6d5,Gd5c3]} 34.
Re4 $1 Nf6 35. Rxd4 Nd5 36. Nxe6 Nc3+ 37. Kc2 Rxa2+ 38. Kd3 Rxg2 39. Rxb4 Nd5
40. Rb5 Nf6 41. b4 Rg4 42. Nd4 g6 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. hxg6 Rxg6 46.
Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 $13) 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {In this position were played handreds of games,but
so far white didn't manage to show clear way to equality and black's results
in this variation are quiet satisfactory.} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 a5 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila ol/1992/} (15... f6 $1 $36)) 14... a5 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 14. h5
Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7
$10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/}) 14.
Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146 16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5
$3 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/
Amsterdam VSB 1994}) (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 (17. Kb1 Bc6 18. c3 $14)
17... Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 $14 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/
Leuwaarden/1992/}) 16. Bb5 (16. c4 $5 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxh4 18. g3 Qd8 19. Kb1 Ba6
20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 $13 {Nijboer,F-Korchnoi,V/Sonsbeek SNS 1999}) (16. b3 $6
Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21. Rf2 f6 22. Ree2 h6 $15
{Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16... Rb8 (16... Qc7 17. Kb1 Rb8
18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $132 {De la Riva,O-Comas
Fabrego,L/Barcelona op 1996}) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Nc5 Bb5 20.
Bd3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qf2 $13 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Glek,I/Open 1999}) 17...
Bb7 ({More logical seems} 17... Qc7 $5 {[%csl Ge5] Finkel,A preventing the
advance of f-pawn:} 18. h5 (18. Re1 Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rg3 Rbc8
22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Kh8 $13 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995}) 18...
Bb7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qf4 Qc7 $13
{Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993}) 18. f5 Bc6 $5 {Probably this move is an
improvment comparing to 18...Qc7,which was tried without success by Kortchnoi:}
(18... Qc7 19. Re1 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bc6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Rfe8 23. Rhe3 Qb6
24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. e6 $14 {Fedorov,A-Kortschnoj,V/EU-chT 1999}) 19. Nc5 ({
Worth an attention} 19. Rg3 $5 exf5 (19... Bxa4 $6 20. Qg4 g6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22.
Bxg6 Nxe5 $2 (22... Kh8 23. Bxh7 Qe7 (23... Rg8 24. Qh5) 24. Bg6 Rf7 (24... Rf5
) 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Qg5 $16) 23. Bxh7+ Kf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qxe5 $18) 20. e6
Qf6 21. Bxf5 $5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc5 Bc6 $13)
19... Nxc5 ({Strangely enough after} 19... Qb6 $2 {black finds himself under
sever attack:} 20. f6 $1 (20. Rg3 $2 Nxc5 21. Qg4 Nxd3+ 22. Rdxd3 g6 $19) (20.
fxe6 $2 Nxc5 21. e7 Rfe8 $19) 20... Nxc5 (20... Qxc5 $2 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qg5 Rfc8
23. h5 Bb5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 $1 $18) 21. Qg4 Nxd3+ 22. Rdxd3 g6 23. h5 $1
{[%cal Gh5g6]} Rb7 $8 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb7h7]} 24. Qg5 $1 Kh8 25. Qh6 Rg8 26.
hxg6 fxg6 27. Qxh7+ $3 Rxh7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh3#) 20. Qxc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6
22. Rf3 (22. f6 $5) 22... Rc8 23. fxe6 $6 {Losing the symbolical advantage
that white had after the opening.} fxe6 24. Rf4 Bb5 25. Kd2 (25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26.
Rdf1 Rbc5 27. R1f2 Rc4 $11) 25... Bxd3 26. cxd3 Rbc6 27. Ke3 Rf8 {Now the
position is absolutely equal and a draw agreement could come every minute,but
the game wnt on for 20 more moves...} (27... Rc2 28. Rd2 $11) 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8
29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Kd2 h5 31. b3 Rc8 32. g3 g5 33. Rf6 gxh4 34. gxh4 Rg8 35. Rh6
Rg2+ 36. Ke3 Kf7 (36... Rxa2 $5 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Kf4 Rb2 39. Kg5 Rxb3 40. Kf6
Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Kf7 $11) 37. Rxh5 Kg6 38. Rh8 Kf5 39. Rh5+ (39. d4 Rg3+ (
39... Rxa2 $4 40. Rg8 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) 40. Kf2 Rd3 41. Rf8+ Kg4 42. Rf6 Rxd4
43. Rxe6 Kf5 $15) 39... Kg6 40. Rh8 Kf5 41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rg5+ Rxg5 43. hxg5
Kxg5 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 {Moldavian grandmaster
isn't ready for the theoretical discussion after 12.Qd2!? and opts for safer,
but less promising continuation.} (12. Qd2) 12... Nxb6 {On the evaluation of
this ending depends the evaluation of whole variation.So far white has
attempted the folowing possibilities: A) 13.0-0-0. B) 13.Bd3 C) 13.a4, D) 13.
Nb5,but he is still facing some difficulties in getting significient advantage:
} 13. Nb5 (13. O-O-O a6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Nc8 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Rhf1 Nc6 18.
Nxc6 (18. c3 $5 $14) 18... Bxc6 19. f5 Bd7 20. f6 g6 21. Rf3 $36 {Hartmann,
G-Moors,H/BL/1986}) (13. Bd3 Ke7 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Rhf1 Bc6 16. Ne2 f6 17.
exf6+ gxf6 18. Nd4 Kd6 (18... e5 $6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rde1 e4 21. c4 $36) 19.
Rde1 Rae8 20. g4 $5 $36 {Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1992}) (13. a4 a5 14.
Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6 $5 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nc8 20.
c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Rd8+ 22. Kc3 Rd6 23. Rd1 $14 {Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,M/Manila
(izt)/1990}) 13... Ke7 14. O-O-O (14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 (15... g6 $6 16. b3
h5 17. Kd2 a6 18. a4 Nc8 19. b4 Kd8 20. Rhc1 a5 21. Rcb1 Kc7 22. Ra3 $14 {
Timann,J-Korchnoi,V/Brussels SWIFT/1986}) (15... Nc4 $5 16. b3 Na5 17. Kd2 Nc6
18. Ke3 Rac8 19. Rab1 h6 20. Nxc6+ Rxc6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 g6 $10 {Arnasson,
J-Dolmatov,S/Akureyri/1988}) (15... h5 16. b3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/
URS-chTJ Kramatorsk 1989}) 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kd2 g5 $5 18. fxg5 Rag8 19. h4 h6
20. Nf3 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nxg5 24. Rh5 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Bc6
$10 {Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee/1990}) (14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3}) (
14. b3 $5 f6 $5 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. a4 a5 17. Nc7 $6 Rb8 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. O-O Kd6
$132 {Nijboer,F-Hoeksema,E/NLD-ch sf Enschede 1991 (60)}) (14. a4 $5 Bd7 15. a5
Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Kd2 g5 $1 $132 {Luther,T-Mueller,K/
Altensteig 1992 (32)}) (14. h4 h5 15. Rh3 $5 Bd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. b3 a6 18. Rc3
Rhc8 19. Kd2 $14 {Gallagher,J-Kelecevic,N/Biel Credis 1996 (43)}) (14. Kd2 Bd7
15. Nd4 Na4 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bd3 g6 18. a4 $5 a5 19. Raf1 h5 20. g3 Rag8 21. h4
$14 {Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,M/Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4 h5 16.
Bd3 (16. g3 Na4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. h3 $1 Rag8 19. Rhf1 g6 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rc1 $1
Bd7 22. b4 Na4 23. c4 $14 {Chandler,M-Short,N/Hastings A1 1988/1/2-1/2 (82)})
16... g6 17. g3 a6 (17... Bc6 18. Rde1 Nd7 19. c3 $10 {Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/
Lucern/1985}) 18. b3 {This one is a first "non-theoretical" move. White's plan
should be transferring c4 at the right moment, so black's got to be ready to
meet it properly.} (18. h3 Nc8 19. Kd2 Na7 20. c3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Korchnoi,V/Bruxelles/1985}) 18... Nc8 {[%cal Gc8a7,Ga7c6]} 19. Kb2 Na7 20.
Rhe1 (20. c4 Nc6 21. Nc2 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Rhd8 23. Rd2 Na5 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Rhd1
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Be4 27. Ne3 $14) 20... Rac8 21. Re3 Rc7 22. Rd2 Rhc8 $11 23. Bf1
(23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nc6 25. Nc2 Ke8 26. Re1 Ne7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 27. Ne3 Bc6
28. Bf1 Bd5 $11) 23... Be8 24. Bg2 Bd7 25. Ne2 Bb5 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Ne2 Bb5 28.
Nd4 Bd7 29. h3 Nb5 30. Ne2 Na7 31. Rc3 Bc6 (31... Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Nc6 {[%cal
Gh5h4,Gg6g5]} 33. h4 (33. Na4 b5 34. Nb6 Rb8 35. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 33... Be8 34.
Nd1 $36 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ga2a3,Gb3b4,Gc2c4]}) 32. Ng1 a5 33. Bf1 Bb5 34. Rxc7+ Rxc7
35. Bg2 a4 36. Nf3 Nc6 37. a3 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. h4 Ne7 40. Nd4 Ba6 41. Bh3
axb3 42. cxb3 Nf5 43. Bxf5 gxf5 44. Nf3 Rg7 45. Ng5 Rd7 46. Rd4 (46. a4 e5 47.
fxe5+ Kxe5) 46... e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Nf3+ Kf6 49. Rb4 Re7 50. Rb6+ Re6 51.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 52. Kc3 f4 53. gxf4 Kf5 54. Kd4 Kxf4 55. Ne5 Kg3 56. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch sf"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {This manoeuvre is basically
designed to keep the center intact - white meets c5 with c3 and f6 with f4,but
he has to pay the price for the strong center and this price,as black shows in
the following game,is too high!} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. h4 Be7 10.
Rh3 O-O 11. a3 {[%csl Gb4]} (11. Ng3 $2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 a5 $36)
11... a5 $1 {During my preparation to the game I scanned briefly the game
Anand-Shirov and was amazed how easily and smoothly white managed to develop
the initiative and to win the game.I simply couldn't beleive that white has
such a a good position and frankly speaking didn't find anything after 11...
a5!, but I said to myself that if Anand himself plays this variation it should
be good and if this position will arise in the game I'll come up with
something...} (11... Na5 $2 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc4 14. Ng3 a5 15. Bd3 $1 $16
{Anand,V-Shirov,A/Fujitsu Siemens Giants 2000}) 12. Ng3 $6 {Unfotunately I
didn't manage to find any idea how to finish development of the pieces,because
the only reasonable alternative move was 12.h5,which looks slightly not in the
place,but I missed following idea:} (12. b3 $5 Rb8 13. Rb1 Qa7 14. Ng3 cxd4 (
14... b5 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 fxe5 17. Bxh7+ $1 $40) 15. cxd4 fxe5 16. fxe5
Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 $13) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 $5 {
Black decides to sacrifice a piece.Another promissing option was} (14... Rxf3
$5 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. f4 Nb3 17. Rb1 (17. Nf5 $6 Nxa1 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Rg3 Qc5
$1 $19) 17... Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qg1 $44 {with more than sufficient compensation
for exchange,but it's just a matter of taste!}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Bd6 $5 {
All other possibilities didn't promise black anything special.} (16... Nxf3+ $5
17. gxf3 Qg1+ (17... e5 $6 18. Rh1 Be6 19. Kf1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 18. Kd2
Qd4+ 19. Kc2 (19. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) 19... Qc5+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Rh1 Be6 $44) (16...
Ng6 $5 17. h5 Nf4 (17... Nh4 $6 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. Nxh4 Qf2+ 19. Kd2 Bxh4 20.
Rxh4 Qxg3 21. Rg4 $16) 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Nf1 $1 $14 (20. O-O-O $2
Rg4 {[%cal Gd6f4]} 21. Ne5 Rxg3 22. Rxg3 Bxe5 $15)) (16... Ng4 $5 17. Qd4 (17.
Nh1) 17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nf2 19. Rh2 (19. Ngf5 $2 Bf6 $1 20. Rf3 Ne4 $19 {
[%csl Rd4,Rf5]}) 19... Bd6 20. Nf1 Bxh2 21. Nxh2 e5 22. Nb5 $13) 17. Nf1 Ng4 $1
{The best way to continue the attack.} 18. Qd4 $8 Bc5 $1 19. Qxg4 e5 20. Qg5 $6
{Intending to prevent e4,but now the king must come to d2,that's why white
should've play 20.Qg3} (20. Qg3 $5 Bxh3 (20... e4 $6 21. Rh1 exf3 22. gxf3 $16)
21. Qxh3 e4 22. Ng5 Rae8 23. Bg4 $13 {[%cal Gg5e6]}) 20... Bf2+ 21. Kd2 Bxh3 (
21... e4 $5 22. Rh1 (22. Ne1 $5) 22... Rf5 23. Qe7 exf3 24. gxf3 Be6 $40 {
[%cal Ga8c8,Gb6d4]}) 22. gxh3 {White has 3 minor pieces for a rook and 2 pawns,
but his king is extremly unsafe and pair of pawns in the center is serious
force so may be black has better chanses in the forthcoming struggle,but the
position is extremy complicated and every mistake may be lethal!} e4 23. Ne1
Qc6 (23... Qd4+ $5 24. Kc2 Bxe1 25. Kb3 (25. Be3 $6 Qa4+ 26. Kb1 Qb3 $1 $17)
25... Bf2 (25... Rac8 $2 26. Be3 Rc3+ 27. Ka2 Rxe3 28. Nxe3 $16) 26. Bd2 $13 {
[%cal Gd2c3]}) 24. Ne3 Rad8 $2 {After this move black is in serious troubles:
suddenly white pieces come back to life with crushing consequances.} (24...
Bxe3+ $8 25. Qxe3 d4 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Kd1 Rae8 $13 {[%cal Gd4d3,Ge4e3]}) 25.
Nf5 Qc7 26. Kd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gc1f4,Gf4e5,Ge2g4]} d4 (26... Rf6
27. Bf4 Qd7 28. Bg4 Qa4+ 29. Ke2 $18) 27. Bf4 Qd7 28. Bg4 {[%cal Gf5h6]} Kh8
29. Be5 $1 Qa4+ 30. Nc2 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4
14. Ne2 a5 15. Kb1 (15. h6 g6 16. Ng1 $6 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19.
Nf3 Qc7 $15 {Brustkern,J-Brynell,S/Berliner Sommer16 1998}) 15... a4 (15... Ba6
16. h6 (16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rh3 a4 18. Rg3 Rfb8 19. f5 $6 Qxe5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. h6
g6 $17 {Nepeina Leconte,M-Maric,M/JUG-chT 1993}) 16... g6 17. Rh3 (17. Bf2 Qc7
18. Nd4 (18. g4 f6 19. Bg3 fxe5 20. f5 $5 Nf6 21. Bg2 Rad8 22. fxe6 $13 {
Van Blitterswijk,S-Herraiz Lopez,H/WchJM U26 1998}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rfc8
20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. c3 Bxf1 23. Rhxf1 Qf8 $11 {Matthias,H-Bunzmann,D/
Hans&Lenze 1998}) 17... a4 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Bc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfc8 21. Nc1 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Ra5 $15 {Zontakh,A-Furlan,M/Bled op 1995}) 16. Nc1 (16. Rh3 Ba6 17.
Bf2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Na5 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Nd6 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $14 {Szalanczy,E-Jakab,
A/FSIMA Dec 1998}) 16... Ba6 17. g4 Qc7 18. Rh2 {[%csl Rc2]} Rfc8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
20. h6 g6 21. Re1 b3 $5 {Typical sacrifice aiming to open the files for the
rooks.The active position of black pieces and unsafe position of white king
fully compensate black for the lack of pawn.} 22. cxb3 ({After} 22. axb3 $6
Nxd4 23. Qxd4 axb3 24. Nxb3 Rca8 25. Rh3 Ra4 26. Qf2 Nc5 $40 {white king is in
grave danger.}) 22... axb3 23. Nxb3 Rca8 24. Nc1 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Ra4 26. Qd2 $5 (
26. Qe3 $6 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga4e4]} 27. Rd2 Nc5 $40) 26... Nc5 27. Rhe2
Ne4 28. Qd3 Qa5 29. Rxe4 $8 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxa2 $5 {This move looks very
logical, but after it I didn't manage to find winning continuation for black
so deserved attention simple} (30... Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Rc8 32. a3 Qd2 $17 {with
big advantage.}) 31. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 32. Kc2 Rc8+ 33. Kd1 Qa1+ 34. Ke2 Qxb2+ 35. Kf1
g5 $1 ({After} 35... Qc1+ $6 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Re2 (37. Kg3 Rc3 $19) 37... Rxe2+
38. Qxe2 Qxf4 39. Qd1 Qxh6 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. g5 $11 {white forces a draw.}) 36.
Re2 (36. Qf3 $5 Qd2 (36... Rc1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Qb4+ 39. Kf2 gxf4 40.
Qa8+ $11) (36... Rc3 37. Re3 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 gxf4 40. Ra3 $11) 37.
Rc4 $1 Rb8 38. Qe2 $11) 36... Qc1+ 37. Kg2 gxf4 ({Nothing changes} 37... Qxf4
38. Qf3 (38. Re4 Qc1) 38... Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rc3+ 40. Kg2 Rc4 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. Rb2
f5 43. gxf5 Rxf5 44. Rb7 $11 {and the position is equal.}) 38. Rd2 $1 $11 {
[%csl Rg8]} f3+ (38... Rf8 39. Qd8 f3+ 40. Kh2 Qb1 41. Qf6 Qg6 42. g5 $14) 39.
Kf2 Qc7 40. Kxf3 Rf8 41. Qd4 Qb7+ 42. Kg3 Qe7 43. Rf2 Qg5 44. Qf4 Qxf4+ $6 (
44... Qg6 45. Qf6 $14) 45. Rxf4 Ra8 46. Rb4 $14 f6 $2 {Black didn't find a
winning continuation so he decids to find the losing one! After the move in
the game black's position is hopeless, while after} (46... Kf8 47. Kf4 Ra7 48.
Kg5 (48. Rb8+ Ke7 49. Rh8 Ra4+ 50. Kg5 Ra5 51. Rxh7 Rxe5+ 52. Kf4 Re1 53. Rh8
$14) 48... Ke7 49. Rb8 Rc7 50. Rh8 Rc5 $14 {the game should end up a draw.})
47. exf6 Kf7 48. g5 Kg6 49. Rb5 $18 Ra7 (49... Ra4 50. Kf3 (50. Rb8 Kxg5 51. f7
Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rh4+ $11) 50... Rc4 51. Ke3 $1 Ra4 52. Rb8 Ra7 53. Rg8+ $18) 50.
Rc5 Rb7 51. Ra5 Rb3+ 52. Kf4 Rb4+ 53. Ke3 Rb8 54. Kd4 Rb7 55. Kc5 Rd7 56. Kc6
Rd8 57. Rb5 Rd1 58. Rb8 $18 Rd5 59. Rg8+ Kf7 60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rxh7 Rxg5 62. Rg7
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qf2 g6 (11... Rc8 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 $14 {Van den Doel,E-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee 1995}) (11...
c4 12. Be2 b4 (12... Ne7 13. O-O h5 14. Qe1 Nf5 15. Bf2 Be7 16. Qd2 Nb8 17. Nd1
$14 {Luther,T-Volkov,S/Moscow 2001}) 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Rc1 h5 15. Ng5 g6 16. g4
hxg4 17. Bxg4 $36 {Smirnov,P-Filippov,V/Rethymnon 2003}) 12. O-O cxd4 $6 {
The arising endgame is clearly better for White, so it's hard to recommend
this variation for Black.} 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 h5
(16... Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 h5) 17. c3 $5 {White wants to take on d4 with a pawn in
order to use the c-file for a possible rook invasion.} Ke7 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. Rfc1
Rac8 20. g3 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Bb7 22. h3 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 {White needs a rook on the
board.} (23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 $14) 23... Nb6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Ne2 Bc6 26.
g4 hxg4 (26... Rh8 $5) 27. hxg4 Bd7 28. Rh1 a5 29. Rh7 Kf8 30. Ke3 Kg8 31. Rh1
a4 $6 {After the move in the game Black's pawn on b5 becomes extremely
vulnerable.} (31... Kg7) 32. bxa4 Nxa4 (32... bxa4 33. Rb1 Nc4+ 34. Bxc4 Rxc4
35. Rb7 Bc8 (35... Bc6 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke8 38. Nc3 Kf8 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5
exf5 41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Rxc4 Bxc4+ 43. Kxc4 $18) 36. Ra7 Kg7 37. Kd3 $18 {
[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge2c3]}) 33. Rc1 Ra8 (33... Rxc1 $5 {deserved attention:} 34.
Nxc1 Nb2 35. Kd2 g5 $1 36. fxg5 Kg7 37. Kc3 Nxd3 38. Nxd3 Kg6 $16 {with some
drawing chances.}) 34. Rc7 Be8 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Bd7 37. Kd2 Kf8 (37... Ra4
$2 38. Rc7 Be8 39. Rc8 $18) 38. Bc2 Ke7 39. Rh3 Rc8 $2 {A blunder which costs
Black the game.} (39... Ra7 $142 40. Kc1 (40. Rh7 Kf8) 40... Rc7 41. Kb2 Rc4
$14) 40. Rh7 Rc4 41. Bxg6 Be8 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Kf8 (43... Rxa3 44. f5 exf5
45. gxf5 b4 46. Bxf7 Bxf7 47. e6 $18) 44. Bd3 Kg8 (44... Rxa3 45. Rh8+ Ke7 46.
f5 $16) 45. Rh3 Kg7 46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 f6 48. Rh1 $1 Rxa3 49. Rc1 b4 (49...
Ra7 50. Rc5 b4 51. Rxd5 b3 52. Rd8 $18) 50. Rc7+ Kh6 51. Rb7 Kg5 52. Ke3 Ba4
53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kc1 Ra3 57. Bb1 fxe5 58. dxe5 Re3
59. Rg1 $1 Kh6 (59... Rxe5 60. f6+ Kh8 61. f7 $18) 60. e6 Be8 61. Kd2 Re5 62.
Bd3 Bh5 63. Rg8 Kh7 64. Rb8 Kg7 65. Rxb4 Kf6 66. Kc3 Re1 67. Rb7 Be8 68. Rh7
Re3 69. Kd4 Rxd3+ 70. Kxd3 Kxf5 71. Rh6 Bg6 72. Kd4 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 $5 {Extremly sharp variation with unclear consequances:white gets very
strong initiative,but black's position is rock-solid and from both sides is
required acccurated play,becuse each mistake my become the lethal one.} 9. Qd2
Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O (14. a3 Be7 15.
f5 (15. Qe3 $5 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. f5 Bc5 18. Bxd7 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd7 20. f6
$40 {De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/Lexington 1995}) 15... exf5 16. Nxd5 Bh4+ 17. Ke2
(17. Kd1 Qd8 $2 18. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 19. exf6 O-O 20. Rg3+ $1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22.
Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Huebner,R/Polanica Zdroj (07) ;CBM 49 1995}) 17...
Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rg3 (19. Rc3 $6 a6 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Bb6 Be6 22. Nc7+ Bxc7
23. Bxc7 g6 24. g4 Bd5 25. Rg1 f4 $17 {0-1 Sahu,S-Singh,G/Calcutta op (06) ;
EXP 50 1996 (45)}) 19... a6 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Rxg7 Be6 {Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/
Wijk-B 1996}) 14... O-O 15. Qe3 ({In the couple of games was tried 15.Qf2:} 15.
Qf2 $5 f6 (15... f5 16. Rfb1 Be7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxb7 $16 {Luther,T-Zueger,B/
Mitropa Cup 1991}) (15... Nb6 16. g4 $1 Nc4 17. f5 a6 18. f6 $1 $16) 16. Bxd7
Bxd7 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rfb1 Bd6 19. Qg3+ $40 {Kruppa,Y-Nikolenko,O/Spring op
1990}) 15... Nb6 (15... f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. f5 $5 exf5 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nxd5
Re6 20. Qd3 $13 {Simacek,P-Williams,S/EU-chJM U16 1995}) 16. Kh1 (16. Qg3 Nc4
$11 {Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/Biel izt 1993}) 16... Rd8 17. f5 $5 {Interesting
continuation,however sufficient cnly for a draw.} (17. Rfb1 $5 Be7 18. Bd3 Nc4
19. Qh3 g6 20. Nb5 a6 21. Na7 $13) 17... exf5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Qg5 $2 {Missing
simple} (19. Bxg7 $8 {[%csl Rb4]} Kxg7 (19... d4 $2 20. Qg5 $1) 20. Qg5+ Kf8
21. Qh6+ Ke7 (21... Kg8 22. Qg5+ $11) 22. Qh4+ {[%cal Gh4e7,Gh4b4]} (22. Qg5+
f6 23. Qg7+ Kd6 24. Qg3+ $13) 22... f6 23. Rxb4 $44 {with compensation for the
lack of two pawns.}) 19... Bf8 $19 {Now black is just 3 pawns up and white has
no serious counterplay.} 20. Nxd5 $6 {[%cal Gb3g3] Disperation!} Nxd5 21. Bxg7
Bxg7 22. Rg3 Kf8 23. Qxg7+ Ke7 24. a4 (24. c4 Nf6) 24... Rg8 25. Qh6 Qb4 (25...
Rxg3 26. Qh4+ Kf8 27. hxg3 Qc3 $19) 26. c4 Nf6 27. Qf4 Qd6 28. Qe3 Rxg3 29.
hxg3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 $13) 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 a6 {One of the most critical variations in French defense.The popularity
of this variation is very easy to explain:it leads to complicated struggle
with mutual chanses where white is as vulnarable as black.} 12. h4 b5 13. Rh3 {
>< c3} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/
Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/})
(13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1
$10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146
16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam
VSB 1994}) (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20.
Qxc3 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23.
Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3 Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {Nijboer}) 16. Bb5 (16. b3
Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21. Rf2 f6 $15 {Kulish,
I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16... Rb8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Re1 (18. h5 Bb7
19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 $13 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/
Kecskemet 1993}) 18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. h5 {Only this move is
the novelty,which,however,doesn't change the assesment of the position:black
doesn't have particular problems and easily manages to equalize.} (21. Rg3 $5
Rbc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Kh8 24. h5 Rg8 25. Rf3 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/
Kishinev izt-W 1995}) 21... Rfc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Nc5 $5 24. f6 $6 ({It was
necessasary to take on c5 with equal chanses:} 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 (25. Qg4
$2 Qg1+ 26. Kb2 a4 $1 27. bxa4 Rc4 $17) 25... Rxc5 26. f6 gxf6 (26... Rbc8 27.
Rg3 g6 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... hxg6 $2 29. Rh3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2g3,
Ge2h2]}) 29. Rh3 R8c7 $132) 27. exf6 Kh8 $13) 24... Ne4 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Ge4] The
difference in the strength of knoghts is amazing!} 25. fxg7 h6 $1 26. Rf3 (26.
Rh4 $5 Kxg7 (26... Ng3 27. Rf2 Nf5 28. Qf4 $1 $36) 27. Rg4+ Kh7 $15 {[%cal
Gc8g8]}) 26... Rb7 27. Qe3 Kxg7 28. Rf4 (28. Qf4 Qc7) 28... Rbc7 29. Rg4+ Kh7
30. Qd3 Rg8 $1 $15 {Black plays this game with a lot of energy and move by
move increases the advantage.} 31. Rxg8 (31. Rf4 Rg5 32. Qf3 Qb7 $15 {[%csl
Re5]}) 31... Kxg8 32. Re3 Rc8 $1 33. Re2 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7e7,Ge7g5]
Transferring the queen to g5.} 34. Qd4 Qe7 $17 35. Qe3 Kg7 (35... Qg5 36. Qxg5+
hxg5 37. g4 Rf8 38. Kb2 f5 39. exf6 Rxf6 $15) 36. Qf4 Rc6 37. Kb2 (37. g4 Qh4
$1) 37... f5 $1 38. Qe3 ({The endgame after} 38. exf6+ Qxf6+ 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40.
a3 Kg5 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Rh5] is helpless.}) ({The same is} 38. g4 Qg5 $1 39.
Qxg5+ hxg5 40. gxf5 exf5 $19 {[%cal Gf5f3] and black is winning.}) 38... Kh7 {
[%csl Gg7][%cal Ge7g7]} 39. Re1 Qg7 $19 40. Qd4 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. a3 Be7 (9... a5 $5 10. g3 Be7 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Bh3 fxe5 13.
fxe5 O-O $1 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Bxd5 Ndxe5 $1 $44 {Kalinin,M-Boog,F/Hamburg-ch
1994/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11. Bh3 Nf8 $6 12. O-O a4 13. exf6 gxf6 14. f5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 $16 {Vasiukov,E-Kaminik,A/WchS 1993 (32)}) 10. h4 {Preventing black's
counterplay connected with g5} (10. b4 $5 cxd4 (10... cxb4 $6 11. axb4 O-O 12.
Ng3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Ncxe5 $6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 $16 {Maslesa,B-Bulic,J/
Portoroz op 1994 (37)}) 11. cxd4 O-O (11... a5 $6 12. b5 $1 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qb6
14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Bd3 f5 16. h3 h5 17. Rg1 $1 $40 {Lanka,Z-Glek,I/Zillertal op
1993 (35)}) 12. Ng3 (12. Qd3 $6 Qc7 13. Qc2 b5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 Qb6 16.
Qd3 a5 $15 {Sax,G-Luther,T/BL9293 1993 (29)}) 12... g5 $5 13. b5 $6 Nxd4 $1 14.
Nxd4 gxf4 15. Nh5 fxe5 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17 {Zontakh,A-Radosevic,N/
Belgrade Beopromet 1993 (50)}) (10. f5 $5 cxd4 11. fxe6 Ndxe5 12. Nfxd4 Bc5 13.
Nf4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Bd3 $36 {Morozevich,A-Gleizerov,E/
Alushta 1993 (40)}) (10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bd3 fxe5 12. fxe5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rxf3 $5
14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. f4 Bc5 $44 {Flechsig,E-Schottlaender,A/DSB-01.Kongress 1879/
1/2-1/2 (49)}) (10. g3 $6 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Bg2 a5 $5 13. Nc3 fxe5 14. fxe5
Rxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 $17 {0-1 Schmidt,M-Florath,P/NRW-II 1994 (40)}) 10... O-O
11. b4 (11. Rh3 a5 (11... fxe5 12. fxe5 Na5 13. b4 (13. dxc5 $2 Bxc5 14. b4
Bf2+) 13... cxb4 14. axb4 Nc4 15. Nf4 $36 {[%cal Gf1d3,Gf3g5]}) (11... Na5 $5)
12. b3 $1 Qd8 13. Ng3 h6 (13... f5 $2 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Qh5 h6 16. Qg6 $1 hxg5
17. hxg5 Qc7 18. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5g6]}) 14. Be3 f5 15. Bd3 cxd4
16. cxd4 Nb6 17. Nh5 $5 $40 {Sakaev,K-Bareev,E/Elista 1998}) 11... cxd4 12.
cxd4 a5 13. b5 $5 {It's interesting that Bauer not only played this position
on the black side, but he bsucceded to crush Bologan in very convincing manner.
Nevertheless he is ready to try it with white as well.} Qxb5 (13... Nd8 14. Nc3
a4 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qc2 h5 17. Nxa4 Qa7 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. a4 $16 {Bologan,
V-Vaisser,A/France 2002}) 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. Bd3 h6 (16... Qe8 17. Nb5
Bd8 18. Nd6 Qe7 19. Qc2 f5 20. g4 $36 {Moreno Tejera,E-Rodriguez Fontecha,M/
Saragoca 2001}) (16... fxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Nb5 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 h6 20. Qg6 Bd7
21. Ng5 $13 {Bologan,V-Bauer,C/Belfort 2002}) (16... f5 17. Qc2 a4 18. Nb5 Ndb8
19. g4 Na6 20. Qg2 Nc7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Qa2 $36 {Matsuura,E-De
Souza Haro,P/Brasilia 2003}) 17. Nb5 Ra6 $6 18. Bc2 f5 19. g4 {[%cal Gf3g5]}
Nb6 {I know that taking on g4 opening diagonal b1-h7 sounds crazy, but
nevertheless it deserved very serious attention.} (19... fxg4 20. Ng5 (20. Ng1
$2 Rb6 21. Qxg4 (21. Qd3 Rf5 22. Ne2 Bxh4+ 23. Kf1 Nf8 $13) 21... Rxb5 22. Rxb5
Nxd4 $17) 20... hxg5 21. hxg5 Rf5 22. Qxg4 g6 23. Qh4 Nf8 $13) 20. gxf5 exf5
21. Bd3 $5 {White's initiative and advnatge in space fully compensate him for
the lack of pawn.} Na8 22. Kf2 Rb6 23. Qg1 $1 $36 {[%csl Gg6] The queen is
heading for g6} Nc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Qg6 Rf7 27. Rg1 Bxh4+ $1 {
Great defensive sacrifice permitting Bareev to force a draw.} (27... Qb3 28.
Be2 Bxa3 29. Be3 $1 Bb2 30. Qxh6 Qb4 31. Qh5 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Ng5 $18)
28. Nxh4 Qxd4+ 29. Ke2 Nxe5 30. fxe5 Qxe5+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kd2 Qh2+ (31... Qf4+
32. Kc3 Qxh4 33. Bxh6 Rc7+ 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. Ka2 Qxd3 36. Bxg7 $18) 32. Kc3 Rc7+
33. Kb3 a4+ 34. Kxa4 Qxh4+ 35. Kb3 Qd4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ $11) 31... Qd4 32.
Rg3 Qa4+ 33. Bc2 Qxh4 34. Bxh6 Qd4+ 35. Bd2 Bd7 36. Rd3 (36. Rh3 Rf6 37. Qh7+
Kf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 $13) 36... Qa1+ 37. Bc1 Rf6 38. Qg2 Bc6 39. Rg3 Re6 40. Rd3
Re4 41. Qg5 Qe5 42. Be3 Qa1+ 43. Bc1 Qe5 44. Be3 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Bxc5 {Quiet rare continuation
promising white very little.} (12. h4 b5 13. h5 (13. Rh3 {>< c3} b4 (13... Qb6
14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20.
Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/
}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146 16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6
18. f5 $3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994}) 16. Bb5 (16. b3 Ba6 17.
Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21. Rf2 f6 $15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,
S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16... Rb8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Re1 (18. h5 Bb7 19. g4 Rfc8
20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 $13 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993})
18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. h5 (21. Rg3 $5 Rbc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2
Kh8 24. h5 Rg8 25. Rf3 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995}) 21...
Rfc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Nc5 $5 $13 {Sedlak,N-Antic,D/JUG-ch 55th 2000}) 13...
b4 (13... h6 14. g4 f6 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bg2 $14 {
Moreno,J-Barreiro Pineiro,J/VI Aceimar Open 1999}) 14. Ne2 a5 15. Kb1 (15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 15... Ba6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17.
Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Qc7 20. Rc1 Na4 $13 {Rivera,D-Moreno,J/
Barcelona UGA 1994}) (12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7
17. Rh3 Bc6 18. c3 Rab8 $13 {Link,M-Barsov,A/Goch op 1994}) (12. Na4 Bxd4 13.
Qxd4 Qc7 14. Rd3 b5 15. Rc3 Qb7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Bd7 $11 {Berg,G-Wilson,E/
US Amateur Team East 2000}) 12... Nxc5 13. Qd4 b6 ({Another reasonable option
is} 13... Qc7 14. h4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Kb1 b5 17. h5 Qb7 18. Ne2 b4 19. h6
g6 20. g4 Bb5 21. f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Lopez Martinez,J/WJun 1999})
14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rhe1 $5 (16. h4 $5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. cxd3 Qc7 18.
Qe3 d4 19. Qxd4 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Bb7 $13) 17... Qc7 18. Ne2 Qc4 19. Nd4 $14) 16...
Qc7 17. g4 f6 (17... Nxd3 $6 18. Qxd3 b5 19. Ne2 $14) 18. f5 $5 Nxd3 19. cxd3
exf5 20. gxf5 fxe5 21. Rxe5 Qc5 22. Qg4 b5 23. d4 Qd6 $6 ({Better was} 23...
Qc6 $1 24. Rxd5 b4 25. Rc5 Qg2 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Na4 Be4+ 28. Kc1 Bxf5 $11 {
with equal position}) 24. h4 Rc7 25. Re6 Qd8 26. Rf1 Rcf7 27. Re5 b4 28. Nd1 {
[%cal Gd1e3]} (28. Na4 $6 Bc8 29. Nc5 g6 $15 {[%csl Rf5]}) 28... a5 29. Ne3 Kh8
30. h5 a4 31. Qg2 b3 32. a3 Qh4 33. Rd1 h6 34. Qe2 Rc7 35. Qb5 Re7 {After this
move game becomes extremly sharp and black doesn't stand a pressure.} (35...
Rcf7 36. Qxa4 Qxh5 37. Qxb3 $16) (35... Bc6 36. Qc5 Rcc8) 36. f6 $1 Rxe5 (36...
Ref7 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxa4 $16) 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. dxe5 Qe4+ 39. Ka1 Rf7 $2 {
Losing in a few moves, while after correct} (39... d4 $1 40. Qd7+ (40. Nc4 Qc6
41. Qb4 Qf3 $132) (40. Rg1+ Kh8 41. Ng4 Qf4 $132) 40... Kh8 41. Qd6 (41. Qe7
Qf3 42. Rg1 Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qxd4 $11) 41...
Qf4 42. Rxd4 Rc8 43. Rd1 Qxe3 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Qxd8+ Kf7 47. Qd7+
Kf8 $11 {the position remains equal.}) 40. Rg1+ Kh7 (40... Kf8 41. Qb6 $1 Qxe5
42. Qd8+ Qe8 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 44. Qxe8+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ $18) 41. Ng4 $1 $18 Bc6 $5 (
41... Qd4 42. Nf6+ Rxf6 43. Qxb7+ $18) 42. Qxc6 Qxg4 43. Qg6+ $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Provotorov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh Red October"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 {
I've never really liked 7...Qb6 for Black, but the latest games put a huge
question mark about the countability of this variation.} 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4
$6 (9... c4 {makes more sense in my opinion, but I would's say black's life is
easy in that line.}) 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14.
Rb1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 {This natural move is White's best reaction.} (15. Qb3 Rc8 16.
a3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Rc4 18. Nb2 Rc3 19. Qb4 Qxa3 20. Qxa3 Rxa3 21. Rf3 Ra2 22. Nd3
$14 {Bronstein,D-Portisch,L/Amsterdam 1964}) 15... Qxa6 16. Nf3 $1 {Another
logical continuation which appears to be very upleseant for Black.} (16. Qb3
Rc8 17. Qb4 Qd3 18. Rb3 Qa6 19. Kd1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qb7 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 O-O
$132 {Malaniuk,V-Lputian,S/Lvov 1986}) (16. Rb4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Ra4 Qc6
19. Nf3 d3 20. O-O c4 21. Kh1 g6 $13 {Santo Roman,M-Juglard,E/Toulouse 1999})
16... Qa5+ (16... Rc8 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Kf2 Rc4 19. Nb2 Qxa2 20. Re1 Rb4 21. Qd2
Nc5 22. Kg1 a5 23. Nc6 Rb3 24. Qc2 $14 {Mainka,R-Winterstein,W/Zuerich 1988})
17. Kf2 d3 (17... Nc5 $6 {doesn't work:} 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rhc1
Rac8 21. Nxd4 $18 {with decisive advantage for White.}) 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Rhc1
O-O 20. Ke3 $1 {White improves the position of the pieces before transposing
into an endgame.} a6 (20... Rxc1 $6 21. Rxc1 f6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. exf6 Nxf6 24.
Nb2 $16 {[%cal Gb2d3,Gd3e5]}) 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 Rc4 24. Rxc4
$5 ({At least as tempting looks} 24. a3 $5 b5 25. Nb2 Rc2 26. Nxd3 Nb6 27. Nfe1
Nc4+ 28. Kd4 Ra2 29. a4 $16 {with very good chances to win.}) 24... dxc4 25.
Kd4 b5 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. a3 $1 {Very cunning move, which wasn't understood by
black.} (27. a4 b4 28. Ne4 (28. a5 $4 bxc3 29. axb6 d2 $19) 28... c3 29. Kxd3
Nxa4 30. Nd4 Nb2+ 31. Kc2 Nc4 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kb3) 27... Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 $2 {
[%csl Re7] Underestimating White's idea. The king proves to be badly placed on
e7 since black can't play a5 due to a fork on c6.} (28... Ke8 $5) 29. a4 $1 $18
b4 30. Ne4 a5 ({You can see why the king is misplaced on e7 in the line} 30...
c3 31. Kxd3 Nxa4 32. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 31. Nc5 b3 (31... f6 32. Nb7 fxe5+
33. fxe5 g5 34. g4 $16) 32. Nd2 f6 33. Nb7 {This position is easily won for
White.} g5 (33... Nxa4 34. Kxc4 Nb6+ 35. Kxb3 $18) 34. Nxa5 gxf4 35. gxf4 Nxa4
36. Naxc4 b2 37. Kxd3 Kf7 38. Kc2 Kg6 39. Nxb2 Nb6 (39... Nxb2 40. Kxb2 fxe5
41. fxe5 Kf5 42. Nc4 Kg4 43. Kc3 Kh3 44. Nd6 Kxh2 45. Ne4 h5 46. Ng5 Kg3 47.
Nxe6 Kg4 48. Nf4 $18) 40. Nd3 fxe5 41. fxe5 Kf5 42. Kc3 Kg4 43. Nf2+ Kf4 44.
Kd4 Nd7 45. Nd3+ Kg4 46. Ke4 h5 47. Nf3 h4 48. Nf2+ {Great performance by the
Russian grandmaster!} 1-0

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Jeremic, Veljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 (9. dxc5) 9... Qb6 10. Ne2 $5 g6 $6 {After this move
black is doomed to passive defense till the end of the game. On the other hand,
none of the moves which were tried by black in this line solves black's
opening problems.} (10... Bb7 11. g3 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7
14. b4 Be7 15. Bd3 $14 {Voitsekhovsky,S-Erashchenkov,D/Voronezh 2003}) 11...
Rc8 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. O-O Ne4 17. Qe2
$14 {Hawkeye-Petrovich/Greece 2002}) (10... c4 11. Ng3 (11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5
13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bf4 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Radjabov,T/Linares 2003}) 11... b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Bf8 14. Be2 Na5 15.
Rb1 Nb3 16. Qc2 $14 {Luther,T-Mullon,J/France 2003}) (10... a5 11. g4 (11. c3
Ba6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ned4 b4 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qd3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
Bxd4 18. cxd4 O-O $11 {Boguslavsky,O-Zaragatski,I/Willingen 2003}) 11... Be7
12. Bh3 Ba6 13. O-O b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. f5 cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5
$132 {Bobras,P-Barredo,L/Dos Hermanas 2003}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 $16 Qc7 (
12... Bb7 13. b4 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 $16) 13. Bd3 Be7
14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. h4 (15. O-O Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. c3 Nb6 19. Qf2 Nc4
$14) 15... h5 16. b4 Nb6 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bd7 (18... a5 19. c3 Bb7 20. O-O)
19. O-O Kd8 $5 {Despite of numerous weaknesses in black's camp it's not so
easy for white to break through.} 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. c3 Kc7 22. Rf2 a5 23. Rfa2
Qa6 (23... a4 $5) 24. Bxc4 $5 bxc4 25. Qe3 {[%cal Gd4c5]} Qc6 (25... axb4 $6
26. axb4 Qxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Bc5 Bxg5 29. Bxf8 Bxh4 30. Qc5+ Kb7 31. Kh2 Rc2
32. Be7 $16) 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rb1 Rb5 28. Rab2 Rfb8 29. Rb4 $5 Be8 (29... Bxb4
30. axb4 (30. cxb4 Be8 31. Nf3 Qa6 $13) 30... Be8 31. Nh7 Ra8 32. Nf6 Kb7 $13)
30. Nh7 Qa6 31. Nf6 Bc6 32. f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]} Qxa3 (32... Bxb4 33. axb4
gxf5 34. Qh6 Qa2 35. Rf1 Qe2 36. Qg7 $18) 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 (33... Bxb5 34. fxe6
fxe6 35. Qh6 Qa2 36. Qxg6 Be8 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8 38. Kh2 $18) 34. Rxb5 Bxb5 35.
fxg6 fxg6 36. Kh2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge3h6,Gh6g7,Gg7f7]} Ba4 (36... Bf8
37. Qg5 Qe7 38. Qxg6 $18) 37. Qh6 Bc2 $6 (37... Bxf6 $1 38. exf6 Qd6+ 39. Kg1
Be8 40. Qg7+ Qd7 41. Qf8 $40) 38. Qg7 Bf5 39. Qf7 $18 Kc6 40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Qd7+
Kb8 42. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O {Less dangerous for black is} (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4
Qb6) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. Rh3 {Typical
manouver for this kind of positions. Rooks comes to e3 to support f5.} (14. h5
b4 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. g4 Rac8 18. Rhe1 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Ne4
20. g5 a5 21. Qe3 b4 22. Nd4 $14 {Markun,B-Sebenik,M/Bled 2001}) 15. Na4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 a5 17. Re1 (17. h6 g6 18. Rc1 Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. c4 bxc3
22. Rxc3 $14 {Khamatgaleev,A-Kosic,D/Patras 2002}) 17... Re8 18. Bb5 Rb8 19.
Bd3 Bb7 20. g4 Rbc8 21. Rhf1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Bc6 25.
Rfe2 {1/2-1/2 Vasilev,N-Kiurkchian,E/Teteven 1991}) (14. Ne2 b4 $6 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qxb4 Ne4 17. Qd4 a5 18. Rh3 Ba6 19. Nc3 $16 {Hinks Edwards,T-Morris,C/
Birmingham 2000}) (14. Qe3 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rh3 Rfc8
19. c3 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd8 21. g3 $14 {Palac,M-Moreno Carnero,J/Dresden 2002})
14... b4 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Bd3
f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Re5 Rf8 23. g3 $14 {Beulen,M-Janssen,E/
Netherland 1995}) (14... Bb7 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. b3 b4 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Qe7
19. Re1 $14 {David,A-Leenhouts,K/Vlissingen 2000}) 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rb8
17. Re3 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4f5] This strong move seems to be a novelty. The
idea is just to defend the pawn on s5.} (17. b3 a5 18. c3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20.
Rf3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bb7 $13 {Schmaltz,R-Janovsky,S/Dortmund 1993})
17... a5 (17... Nb6 $5 18. Nxb6 (18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Nxa6 $2 Bxa6 20. Bxa6 Qa5 21.
Be2 Ra8 22. a3 Rfb8 $40 {[%csl Rb1]}) 18... Qxb6 19. f5 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 exf5 21.
Rxd5 $14) 18. f5 Nb6 $6 {it was necessary to take on f5 with unclear position.}
(18... exf5 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd6 Rfc8 $13) 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. f6 $16 {After
this move black is deprived of any counterplay, meanwhile white's play on the
kingside is very dangerous.} Qxd4 21. Rxd4 gxf6 $6 {Helping white to get to
black king.} (21... Rb6 22. Rg3 g6 23. h5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. c4 bxc3 26.
Rxc3 $16) 22. exf6 Rb6 23. Re5 Kh8 24. Rg4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg4g7,Ge5h5]} Rg8
25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Rg5+ Kh8 27. Be2 Bd7 (27... Ba6 28. Bh5 h6 29. Rg7 e5 30.
Rxf7 $18) 28. Bh5 Be8 29. g4 Rc6 30. b3 $1 {[%csl Gc4] White's plan is just to
play Rg7, g5 and Be2-d3 winning a pawn on h7.} Rc3 31. Rg7 Rc7 32. g5 $18 e5 (
32... Rb7 33. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d3]} e5 34. Bg4 $18) 33. Bg4 e4 34. Bf5 Rc3 35.
Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. g6 fxg6 38. Be6 1-0

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2080]} 1. e4 {Bangiev. McShane.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4
c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O {'!' Bangiev.} 10. O-O-O a6
11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {McShane: 'This looks a little slow. Pushing
on with 13.h5 or 13.g4 may be better.'} b4 14. Ne2 {Bangiev: 'Ein neuer Zug in
dieser Stellung. Der weiße Plan ist allerdings nicht neu. Die Überführung des
Springer nach d4 ist für Weiß in der französischen Verteidigung eine
Herausforderung.'} (14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 (15... f6 16. Qxb4 $5 fxe5 17.
Qd6 Qf6 18. f5 $5 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 $36 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/
Amsterdam VSB 1994}) (15... a5 16. b3 $6 {'!?' Bangiev.} (16. Bb5 Rb8 (16...
Ba6 $2 17. Bxd7) 17. Bd3 (17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. f5 Qc7 $16 {/\Rfc8})
17... Qc7 (17... f6 $5) 18. Re1 {'!?' Bangiev. Bangiev: '/\f5'} (18. h5 Bb7 19.
g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 $132 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993}) 18...
Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rg3 (21. f5 exf5 22. Qxd5 Nb6 $13) 21... Rbc8
(21... Qc6 22. f5) 22. f5 Qc6 (22... exf5 $2 23. e6) 23. Re2 $14 {Arakhamia,
K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995} (23. Re2 {Bangiev} Kh8 $132 {1-0 Arakhamia,
K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev 1995/(61)})) 16... Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5
Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21. Rf2 f6 {Bangiev: '0-1 Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov 1995/(39)'
} 22. Ree2 h6 $15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16. b3 Bb7 17.
Rg3 $5 (17. c3 Rfc8 18. Kb2 (18. Kb1 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3
Rc8 22. Kb2 $14 {Herrera,I-Ramas,L/CUB-ch 1993}) 18... bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Kf8 22. a4 Ke7 23. a5 $14 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leeuwarden
op 1992}) 17... Rfc8 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. f5 Qc7 20. f6 g6 21. Qf4 $5 $40 {
Arakhamia,K-Gurevich,M/Helsinki op 1992}) (14. Na4 {(McShane) may be better,
as Shirov's attack came very fast. The problem is that the knight is prone to
being attacked by a black bishop.}) 14... a5 15. Qe3 (15. Bxc5 {Bangiev} Nxc5
16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qe3 a4 $36) 15... Qc7 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 a4 (
17... Ba6 {Bangiev} 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. h5 (19. f5 $6 Ne4) 19... a4 20. h6 g6 21.
Kb1) 18. Kb1 $6 {Serious inaccuracy passing the initiative into black's hands.
It was nessasary to prevent black from playing 18...a3.The only way to do it
was to play 18.a3!:} (18. a3 $1 Nb3+ (18... b3) (18... bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qb6 (19...
Ba6 20. Rc3 Rfc8 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Kb1 $14) 20. h5 Ba6
21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. h6 g6 23. g4 Ne4 24. Rf3 $13) 19. Kb1 $1 (19. Nxb3 axb3 20.
Qxb3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Ba6 22. Qc3 Qb6 $36) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Bd7
22. h5 h6 23. g4 $14) (18. h5 {Bangiev} b3 $1) 18... a3 $1 {[%csl Rc3] McShane:
'Shirov's attack is already creating concrete threats and Polgar's attack is
barely off the ground.'} (18... b3 $2 {Bangiev} 19. cxb3 axb3 20. Nxb3) 19. b3
Ba6 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'The black bishop has no better role than to
exchange off its counterpart.' '!' Bangiev.} 20. Bxa6 (20. Bd3) 20... Rxa6 $15
21. Qe1 (21. h5 {Bangiev} Ne4 22. Rd3 Rc8 $40) 21... Rb6 $1 {'|^' Bangiev.
Bangiev: 'Der weiße Eröffnungsplan ist gescheitert. Der Nachziehende steht
deutlich besser.'} 22. c3 $6 {White tries to deprive black the control over
the square c3,but opens the king,which proves to be crucial. McShane:
'Otherwise Black will play Ne4, threatening Nc3+ and, if need be, break with
f6!' '?' Bangiev.} (22. g4 Ne4 23. Rdd3 Rc8 (23... f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ne2 Qc5
26. Rhe3 $13) 24. h5 f6 $1 25. exf6 gxf6 $15) (22. Ka1 {Bangiev} Ne4 23. Rhd3
$15 {Weiß steht schlechter, verfügt aber über recht feste Stellung.}) 22... Qb7
{'!' Bangiev.} 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. Rd3 {McShane: 'The knight on e4
is White's main problem, as it stops him doubling his rooks on the c-file and
posting his queen on a better square'} (25. Nc2 {Bangiev} Rc4 26. Nxa3 Rxc1+ (
26... Ra4 $5) 27. Qxc1 Rc8 28. Qe1 (28. Nc2 d4 $19 {/\ Nd3, Qa6}) 28... Qa7 29.
Nc2 Qc5 $19) 25... Rc4 $1 $17 {Very strong move revealing white's problems.
'!' McShane. McShane: 'Now Shirov attacks the c-file with his rooks and
Judit's position crumbles.' '!' Bangiev.} 26. Rxc4 {'?!' Bangiev.} (26. g4 Rfc8
27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Qb5 29. Qe3 Nf2 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd3,Rg4]}) (26. Rdd1 {
McShane} Rfc8 {threatening Nc3+} 27. Ka1 Qb6 $1 {is no better, as the d4
knight must now retreat}) (26. g3 $142 {Bangiev}) 26... dxc4 {[%csl Rb1][%cal
Gb7b1]} 27. Rd1 $6 ({It was possible to put up some rsistance after} 27. Re3 $5
Nc5 28. Qe2 cxb3 29. Nxb3 Qb4 30. g3 Rc8 $17) 27... Nc5 {'-+' Bangiev.} 28. Qc3
Qxg2 {McShane: 'The diagonal opens for the queen.'} 29. b4 (29. Qxc4 {McShane}
Qb2#) 29... Nd3 $19 30. Qxa3 Ra8 {'!' McShane.} 31. Rxd3 cxd3 (31... Rxa3 32.
Rxa3 Qg1+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Kb1 Qe1+ 35. Kc2 Qe4+ $19) {McShane: But Shirov's
move wipes out all counterchances...} 32. Qxd3 Qxa2+ 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Rd8
35. Ke3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5) 12. Bxd4 b5
13. h5 Qb6 (13... b4 $5 14. Na4 (14. Ne2 a5 15. Bxc5 (15. f5 $6 Bxd4 16. Nxd4
Nxe5 17. h6 g6 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bb5 Qd6 $17 {Zakic,S-Dizdar,G/JUG-chT Cetinje
1990/0-1 (55)}) 15... Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qc7 (16... Qb6 $5 17. f5 $1 a4 18. Kb1 b3
19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 exf5 21. Rxd5 Ra5 22. Nf4 h6 $2 (22... Bb7 $1 23. h6 $5
Bxd5 24. Nxd5 f4 $1 25. Qc3 Qg6+ 26. Ka1 Qc2 $1 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. hxg7+ Kxg7 29.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qxa5 Qc2 $19) 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Rc1 Rc8 $2 (25... Nxd3
26. Rxd3 Qe4 $13) 26. Qd4 $16 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Rostov 1993 (30)}) 17. Kb1 (
17. Nd4 $5 $13) 17... a4 18. Ng3 a3 19. b3 Ba6 20. Rd4 $14 {Rivera,D-Jurkovic,
A/La Coruna op 1993 (30)}) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 (15... a5 16. Bb5 $1 {
/\ 16... Ba6 17. Bd7 Qd7 18. Nb6+-} (16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Bd3 (17. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 18.
g4 Qc7 19. h6 g5 $1 $13) 17... Qc7 18. Rc1 $6 Rfc8 19. Qe3 Qc6 $11 {Michalek,
J-Glek,I/Katowice op 1992 (24)}) 16... Rb8 17. Bd3 Bb7 {/\ Bc6} 18. h6 $2 (18.
f5 $1 exf5 19. h6 g6 $13 {- 18. h6}) 18... g6 19. f5 $5 Bc6 $2 (19... Qg5+ 20.
Kb1 gxf5 21. Bb5 Rfd8 22. g4 $1 fxg4 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rdg1 $44) (19... exf5
20. Bb5 Ba8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rhe1 Rfe8 $1 $13) (19... gxf5 $1 $17
20. Rh5 f6 $1 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rxf5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Qg4+ Kf7 25. Qg7+
Ke8 26. Qxe5+ Kd7 27. Nc5+ Kc6 $19) 20. fxe6 (20. fxg6 $2 hxg6 $17) (20. Nc5
Qb6 $1 $17) 20... Qg5+ (20... fxe6 $2 21. Nc5 $16) 21. Kb1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5
23. Nc5 $14 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila (ol) 1992 (45)}) 16. b3 Bb7 {/\ Bc6} 17.
f5 (17. Rh3 Bc6 18. Nb2 $13 Qxa2 $6 (18... Rfc8 $1 19. f5 Qc7 $1 20. Qxb4 Nxe5
$10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL 9293/}) 19. f5 a5 20. Rg3 $40) 17... Bc6 18. Rh3
$5 Bxa4 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. bxa4 Qc7 $1 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Bd3 Nc5 $15 {De la Riva,
O-Campos,L/Barcelona UGA 1993 (38)}) (13... Qe7 14. h6 g6 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd3
Bb7 $6 (16... Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 $14) (16... b4 17. Ne2 a5 {/\ Ba6}) 17. Ne2 Rfc8
18. Kb1 Rc7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. g4 Na4 $6 21. Rhe1 $36 {Metz,H-Leander,K/corr
1991 (44)}) 14. g4 (14. h6 $5 g6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Qe3 Rac8 $11 17. Rd2 Rc7 18.
Kb1 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Sobura,H-Rosiak,A/Jachranka POL tt 1987}) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4
Qxd4 16. Rxd4 $14 {The endgame is a little bit better for white because his
pieces are more active and he has the possibility to play on both sides.} h6 (
16... f6 $5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bh3 Ra7 19. Kd2 Raf7 20. Re1 $14) 17. a4 $5 {
Starting the actions on the queenside.} bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bb7 (18... a5 19. Rh3 Ba6
20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rc3 $14) 19. Rh3 Bc6 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 $6 ({Deserved
attention} 21. Bg2 $5 {keeping the bishops on the board.}) 21... axb5 22. Nc5
Nb6 $5 (22... Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfc8 $5 24. Rxc8+ (24. Rxb5 Ra1+ 25. Kd2 Rg1 26. c4
dxc4 27. Rb4 $11) 24... Rxc8 25. Kd2 Ra8 26. Kc3 $14) 23. b3 Ra1+ 24. Kd2 Rg1
$132 25. f5 Rc8 (25... exf5 $6 26. gxf5 Rf1 27. f6 $1 gxf6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29.
Rb4 $14) 26. Ne4 Rxc3 $6 (26... dxe4 $1 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rxc8
exf5 30. gxf5 Rg5 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 Re5 33. Re8 Rxh5 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. Kxe4
Kf6 $15) 27. Nxc3 $14 Nd7 28. Nxb5 {[%cal Gd4a4,Ga4a8,Ga8a7]} Nxe5 29. Ra4 Rxg4
30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Nc7 $36 Nf3+ 33. Kd3 Ne5+ 34. Kc3 Rg3+ 35. Kb2
Rh3 36. Nxe6 Rxh5 37. Ra7 {[%csl Rg7]} Kg6 $4 (37... Rf5 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Re7
h5 40. Nd4 Rg5 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Rd8 $14) 38. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Be7 $5 {The most popular reply is 9...Qb6,which also gives black good
chances to equalize.} 10. O-O (10. Nd1 $5 Bb7 11. Nf2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 c4
$6 14. g4 f6 15. Nh3 Bd8 16. Rf2 $36 {De Firmian,N-Bruinenberg,C/Antwerpen op
1994 (29)}) 10... O-O 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 $5 {Black's plan
is very simple:to exchange whitesquared bishop,which is not espacially good
piece in this type of pawn structure and to develop initiative over semiopen
c-file,while white has to try to attack a black king,whose minor pieces are
alittle bit far away.It's still to early to say whose trumps are stronger,
because the position on the board is very dynamic and complicated.} 14. Kh1 (
14. f5 $5 exf5 (14... f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nf2 $14) 15. Ne3 Bg5
16. Rxf5 Nb8 17. Rff1 Nc6 $13) 14... a5 15. Qe3 Ba6 $11 16. Bd3 (16. Bxa6 $5
Rxa6 17. Qd3 Rc6 18. f5 Nc5 $5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Ne3 $11) 16... Qc7 17. Qh3 h6
(17... Bxd3 $6 18. cxd3 Ra6 19. Ne3 Rc6 20. Rae1 a4 21. f5 $40) 18. Ne3 Bc5 19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ng4 $6 {Still trying to create an attacking chances,while it was
just a right time to think how to keep the equality.Better was} (20. Bxa6 Rxa6
21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rb8 23. Ra2 {with slightly worse,but safe position.})
20... Rfc8 $6 {Giving white one more chance to change the bishops.It was
better to play N:d3 immideatly.} 21. Rae1 $6 (21. Bxa6 $1 $15) 21... Nxd3 22.
cxd3 Qc2 $1 $17 {Winning a pawn while white's attack is not so dangerous.} 23.
Nf2 (23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Bxd3 25. Rf4 Qc1 $1 26. Qg3 Bg6 $17) 23... Qxb2 24.
f5 exf5 25. Qxf5 Rf8 (25... Qxa2 $5 $19) 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Qf4 Ra6 $1 $19 {
Now white is completly deprived of counterplay.} 28. Rg3 Qxa2 29. Nd1 Qc2 30.
Ne3 Qxd3 31. Ng4 Qc4 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qf3 gxf6 34. exf6 Qe4 35. Qf2 Bf5 36. Qd2
0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Miljanic, Boro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 {One of
the most popular lines in this variation of french defense.} 8. Qd2 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bxc5 (13. Rh3 {N} b4 (13...
Bb7 14. g4 (14. Rg3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 Kh8 17. Qf4 Ba6 18. Qg4 g6 19. h5 $40
{Luther,T-Knaak,R/BL9495}) (14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 $5 a5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Bg2 Bxe2
18. Qxe2 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc7 20. g5 $14 {Lau,R-Knaak,R/BL 1995 (41)}) 14... b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. g5 Ba6 17. h5 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Qc7 $132 {Brustman,A-Luther,T/MK
Cafe op 1997}) (13... Qb6 14. h5 Bb7 (14... Ra7 $5 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4
17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 $132 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL 1993 (66)})
15. g4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h6 $6 (17... g5 $1 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg2 g5
20. f5 exf5 21. e6 Nb6 22. Rh5 h6 $1 $13) 18. Re3 $1 $14 {Christiansen,
L-Dizdar,G/WchT 4th 1997}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 $5 (15... f6 16. Qxb4 fxe5
17. Qd6 Qf6 18. f5 $1 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $36) 16. b3 Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1
18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 $36 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W
1995}) 13... Nxc5 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. a3 $5 {This cautious move seems to be a
novelty,and not such a bad one.} (15. Rh3 Bb7 16. f5 $6 (16. Bd3 Rac8 17. g4
Rfd8 18. Be2 Ne4 19. a3 f6 20. Rf3 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 $13 {Kuczynski,R-Polzin,R/
BL9798}) 16... exf5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rc3 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Ne4 $1 $17 {Ljubicic,
F-Dizdar,G/Solin 1994}) 15... Bb7 16. Bd3 (16. h5 Rac8 17. g4 Ne4 18. Rh3 Rfd8
19. h6 g6 20. Bg2 $13) 16... Rac8 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. h5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 $5 ({
Different kind of position would arise after} 19. Ne2 $5 h6 $5 20. g4 Qc5 21.
Bxe4 Qxd4 22. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Nxd4 $14) 19... dxe4 20. Qe3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a5
$1 $132 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gb5b4] Trying to create the counterplay against white
king.} 22. Rd2 b4 23. Nb5 $1 (23. axb4 axb4 24. Nxe4 b3 $1 25. Nc3 bxc2+ 26.
Rxc2 Ra8 $44 {[%csl Gb7]}) 23... Qe7 24. Nd6 Ra8 25. a4 ({Deserved attention} 
25. g3 $5 {[%csl Rh4]}) 25... Bc6 26. g3 {Now this move is less efficient} (26.
h6 $1 $14) 26... Bxa4 27. Qxe4 Qa7 28. b3 Be8 29. Qd4 (29. h6 $6 a4 $1 $36)
29... Qa6 (29... Kf8 30. Qxa7 Rxa7 31. Kb2 Bc6 32. c4 bxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Rc7 $11)
30. Nxe8 {Giving up the idea to win the game!} Rxe8 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Qe7 {
[%cal Gd2d8]} Qb6 $1 $11 33. Kb2 (33. h6 gxh6 34. Qh4 Qg1+ 35. Kb2 Qc5 36. Qg4+
Kh8 37. Kb1 Rc8 $11) 33... h6 34. g4 Qe3 35. Rd8 Qc3+ 36. Kb1 Qe1+ 37. Ka2 Rxd8
38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8 40. Kb2 Qf2 41. Qe4 Qg1 42. f5 Qc5 43. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 {More ambitoous plan is the one with 0-0-0, but black
still has to be carefull.} (10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qb6
13. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 Bb7 $13 {Rayner,F-Daly,C/Debrecen
1992/EU-chT}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bd3 g6 17.
Ne2 Bb7 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. Kf2 $14 {Kudriavcev,D-Sventek,A/Bratislava 1992/EXT
2001}) (10. Nb3 $4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 f6 $1 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. O-O-O Qxf4 14. Qxf4
Rxf4 $17 {Palkovi,J-Knaak,R/Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 17}) (10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O a6
12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. Rad1 Nb8 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Kh1 $14 {Shaposhnikov,
E-Labollita,M/Szeged 1994}) 10... a6 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13.
Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Qe3 $14 {
Diaz,J-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cuba 1993/CBM 35}) 11. Bh3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O Qb6
14. Ne2 b4 $5 {Worse is} (14... f6 $6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rb8
18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rfe1 $14 {Zwanzger,J-Gamer,T/Oberhof 1999/EXT 2000}) 15. a3
$6 (15. Rfd1 a5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Qe3 $14) 15... Rb8 16. axb4 Qxb4
17. Qe3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxb2 19. f5 exf5 (19... Nc5 $2 20. f6 {[%csl Rg8]} gxf6
21. exf6 Ne4 22. Rab1 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} Qxb1 23. Qh6 $1 Nxf6 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25.
Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Rxb1 $18) 20. Nxf5 Qb6 $1 {Giving back a pawn, but exchanging
the queens!} (20... Qxe5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8 24. Bxc8
Rxc8 25. Rxa6 $16) 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 {[%csl Gc8]} 23. Nxc8 Nxc8 24. e6
f6 25. Rxa6 Ne7 26. Ra7 Rfe8 27. Rd7 Kg8 28. Ra1 Kf8 {Now it's impossible to
breathrough on the seventh rank!} 29. Raa7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {
This continuation has been used by many grandmasters in the last few of years.
However, white has a very serious problem here: and it's of course a
development disadvantage.Many times white's king stays in the center and a
sacrifice on e5 might just completely crush his position(like in Shirov-
Gurevich for example).Of course, black should play desicively,but if you ask
me that's by far not the best continuation white can choose here.} Qb6 8. c3 f6
{Black is opening the center while all white pieces are still practically on
their places.} (8... Be7 {Gershon} 9. a3 f6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Nexd4
$145 Nxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Bh4+ 16. Ke2 Nxe5
17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd7 19. Qe3 $14 {Sax,Gy}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1 a5 $5 13. b5
a4 $5 14. Nc3 $2 Ncxe5 $1 15. fxe5 fxe5 $40 16. Bd3 $1 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bd7 $17) (16. Be3 e4 17. Nd2 Bxa3 $17) 16... exd4 $1 (16... e4
$2 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 $13 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gurevich,M/Muenchen 1993 (40)}) 17.
Nxd4 Ne5 $1 18. Be2 $1 Bd7 19. Qd2 $17) 9. g3 {That is the only way to get the
bishop out and castle, but it takes way too much time.} cxd4 10. cxd4 $6 {
It's simply incriedible how such strong and experienced player as Dolmatov
makes this kind of mistake in the opening.After move in the game white has to
be very careful not to find himself in trouble.} (10. Nexd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 $1 (
11. Nxe6 Nf6 (11... e4 $5 12. Nh4 $6 Nf6 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. f5 $6 (14. Bg2 $6 d4
$1 15. cxd4 Nxd4 $17) 14... Ne5 $6 (14... d4 $1) 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bf4 Nc4 17.
Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qe2 $14 {Djeno,M-Schubert,S/BLW 1994 (41)}) 12. fxe5 Bxe6 13.
exf6 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. fxg7 Rhg8 $44 {Strobel,
A-Piasecki,C/VLNBaden 1993 (36)}) 11... Nxd4 (11... Ndxe5 $6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
Qh5+ Ng6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bxg6+ Qxg6 16. Qxe5+ $16) 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 O-O 14.
Kg2 Be7 (14... Qc7 $6 15. Ng5 $1 Nb6 16. Bd3 g6 17. h4 Nc4 18. h5 $40 {
Koslowski,W-Zieba,S/cr 1992 (20)}) (14... Nb8 $2 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Qc2 h6 17.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Raf1 $1 Qd8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qg6 $18 {Barczay,L-Farago,I/
Magyarorszag 1969 (26)}) 15. Bd3 Rf7 16. h4 Nf8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 g6 $13 {
Psakhis,L-Dizdar,G/Zagreb (zt) 1993 (25)} (18... g6 {Gershon} 19. Rh4 Bd7 20.
b3 Rc8 21. a4 Rc3 22. Rb1 Qd8 23. Qd2 Qc8 24. Ba3 Bxa4 25. Bxf8 Bb5 26. Bxg6 {
1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Dizdar,G/Zagreb (zt) 1993})) 10... fxe5 (10... Bb4+ {Gershon}
11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Bg2 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Ned4 Nc4 16.
Bc3 e5 17. Nc2 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ne3 19. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kf1 Bh3 {0-1 Finkel,
A-Holzke,F/Koop Tjuchem (open), Groningen NED 1997}) 11... O-O 12. a3 $5 Be7
13. Bh3 fxe5 $1 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. dxe5 Bg4 18. O-O
Bc5+ 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Qb6 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd4 $13 {1-0 Smagin,
S-Dimitrov,V/Prilep 1992 (53)}) 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qd2
$2 {This careless move actualy throws away the game.} (14. Bh3 $2 Qxb2 15. Qc1
(15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Rc1 Bb4 17. Bd2 Ndxe5 $19) 15... Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Nb6 (16...
Ndb8 17. Nb5 Na6 $17) 17. Nb5 Nd8 $17 {Anand,V-Sisniega,M/Philadelphia 1987 
(33)} (17... Nd8 {Gershon} 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. O-O $2 (19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nc6
21. Be3 Nd8 22. Bg5 $10) 19... h6 $17 {0-1 Anand,V-Sisniega,M/Philadelphia
1987 (33)})) (14. Na4 $5 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qd8 (16... Qa5+ $11) 17. Bd3
Nb6 18. O-O Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Qc2 $14 {Jaracz,P-Gleizerov,E/Katowice op
1991/0-1 (98)}) (14. a3 $5 {Gershon}) 14... g5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8f3]
After this simple,but very effective blow black gets a huge advantage. This
move was advised by Sinsega in his annotations to his game against Anand back
in1987 (Inf/44).He put the -/+ sign next to this position and Bareev proves it
to be true very quickly.} 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxd4 $17 {As I said earlier:
white pieces are still on their places and the king is completely exposed 
(exept black didn't have to sacrifise anything to crush white's position).} 17.
Bg2 Nxe5 18. O-O-O (18. Kd1 {Gershon} Ndf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3 20. Be3 d4 $19) 18...
Rf2 $1 $19 {Crushing!Now white is completly lost.} 19. Qxf2 Nb3+ 20. axb3 Qxf2
21. Rd2 Qf5 22. Bh6 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Nf2+ {Gershon: Surprising that such a
quallified player as Dolmatov is (with so big experiens in this opening) chose
to play such a dubius continuation!} 0-1

[Event "Pulvermuehle 2nd"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 Nc6 (6... cxd4) 7. Nf3
Qb6 8. c3 Be7 (8... f6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bh3 O-O 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. exf6 (12. f5
cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14. Bg5 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 exd4 16. Nf4 Nde5 $17 {Ottenburg,
R-Voigt,M/Hamburg 1997}) 12... Nxf6 13. Bxc8 Raxc8 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne4
16. Kg2 Nb4 $36 {Dolezal,R-Jurek,J/Klatovy 1995}) 9. a3 (9. g3 O-O 10. Bh3 f6)
9... a5 10. g3 O-O (10... Nf8 11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O a4 13. Kh1 c4 14. g4 h5 15.
Ng3 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Bd7 $132 {Grossett,D-Buckley,S/Bristol 1999}) 11. Bh3 f6 $2 {
It's interesting to mention that this move was tried quite a few times before
this game, but in none of these games black was punished stright in the
opening!} (11... f5 12. g4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qd8 (13... g6 14. O-O Ndb8 15. Kh1 Na6
16. Nc3 Qd8 17. Rg1 $36 {Schuster,B-Schulz,K/Germany 2001}) 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. Nc3
Rf7 16. b3 g6 17. Ra2 Rg7 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. Qd3 $14 {Schuster,B-Sheynina,Y/
Germany 2000}) 12. Bxe6+ Kh8 13. Bxd5 cxd4 14. e6 $6 {This move also leads to
a very serious advantage, but I didn't manage to find any reason why white
shouldn't take another pawn!} (14. cxd4 $1 Rd8 (14... fxe5 15. fxe5 Rd8 16. Qb3
$1 (16. Ng5 $6 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rf1 Qc5 19. Nc3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bg4 21.
Qb3 Re8 $44) (16. Nf4 Nf8 17. Qb3 (17. Bf7) 17... Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Bg4 19. Bd1
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd1 21. Be3 Bg4 22. h3 Bc8 $16)) 15. Qb3 (15. Nc3 $6 fxe5 16.
fxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxb2 $13) 15... Qa7 (15... Qxb3
16. Bxb3 Nb6 17. Be3 $18) 16. Be4 $18) 14... Nc5 15. f5 dxc3 (15... Rd8 16. Nf4
Bd6 17. c4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Ne7 19. Be4 $16) 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 (17. Nf4 $5)
17... fxe5 18. Rf1 e4 19. Be3 Qb2 20. Ra2 $6 {More convincing was} (20. Bxc5 $1
Bxc5 21. Qb1 Qxb1+ (21... Bxa3 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Ra2 $18) 22. Rxb1 Bxa3 23. Nd4
$18) 20... Nd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qxa2 22. Qxe4 Qxa3 23. Bd4 $44 Bf6 24. Nf4 Qe7 {
The fight isn't over yet.} (24... a4 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Kf2 Ra5 28.
Rb1 a3 $14) 25. Nh5 Bxd4 $2 (25... a4) 26. Qxd4 {[%csl Rg7]} Bxe6 $8 (26... Ra6
27. Nxg7 $1 Qxg7 28. f6 $18) 27. Bxe6 a4 28. Rf2 a3 29. Kf1 b5 30. Kg2 Ra4 31.
Qe5 Raa8 32. Rd2 Ra7 33. Qd4 (33. Qxb5 $5 Rb7 34. Qe2 Rfb8 35. Nf4 Rb2 36. Qh5
Rxd2+ 37. Kh3 Qf6 38. Ng6+ Qxg6 39. fxg6 h6 40. Qa5 $18) 33... Raa8 34. Qe5 Ra7
35. Nf4 Qf6 (35... a2 36. Ng6+ hxg6 37. fxg6 $18 {[%cal Ge5h5]}) 36. Qxf6 gxf6
37. Ra2 Rfa8 38. Nd5 Kg7 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Ke3 h5 (40... Ra6 41. Kd4 Ra5 42. Kc5
b4+ 43. Kxb4 Rdxd5 44. Bxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxa3 Rxf5 46. Ra2 Kf7 47. Re2 $18) 41. Kd4
Ra5 42. Kc5 b4+ 43. Kxb4 Raxd5 44. Bxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxa3 Rxf5 46. Ra5 Rf2 47. Rxh5
Kg6 48. Rh4 f5 49. c4 Kf6 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. Kc6 Rc2 52. c5 Rc1 53. Rh5 Ke6 54.
Rh6+ Ke5 55. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 6th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4
(8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 (9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3
Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. a3 $14 {Lau,R-Gleizerov,E/Dresden
op 1994}) 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Bf4 $14 {Bologan,
V-Glek,I/BL9293}) 8... fxe5 9. dxe5 {I don't think that with this move white
may get something out of the opening:black gets very important square c5 for
his pieces and doesn't have any probems with the space} (9. fxe5 Bb4+ (9...
Qh4+ 10. Ng3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O+ 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 $14) 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3
Nc6 12. Be3 $13) 9... Qb6 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 $6 Nc5 12.
Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 (13. Ned4 Qa5 $36) 13... O-O 14. a3 (14. g3 d4 $36) 14... Nc6
15. g3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 (17. Rb1 Ncd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qe3+ $19) 17... Qxb4
18. Rc1 Nb3 $17) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (14. a3 Ne4 15.
Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1 $17 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993}) 10.
Nc3 Nc6 (10... Bc5 11. Nf3 Bf2+ 12. Ke2 a6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bh3 $14 {[%csl Rf2]})
11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 {After the move in the game white definitly doesnt stand
better,that's why deserves attention} (12. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc5 (13... O-O)
14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Rc1 Ne4 (18... Na4 $2
19. Bb5 Nb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Rxc6 $18) 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Gg5e4,
Ge4d6] with slighty better chanses for white.}) 12... Nc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
O-O 15. g3 Bd7 16. b4 $5 (16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb5 $11) 16... Ne4 17. Bd4 Qd8
$5 {Instead a move in the game black could try to play for the advantage by} (
17... Nxd4 $5 18. Qxd4 (18. Nxd4 $2 {[%csl Rd4]} Rac8 {[%csl Rc3]} 19. Bg2 Ba4
$1 $19) 18... Rfc8 $1 19. Bd3 Rc3 20. Ke2 $2 (20. Bxe4 Re3+ (20... Qxd4 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Nxd4 a5 23. Kd2 Rc4 24. Kd3 axb4 25. axb4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxb4 $14
) 21. Kd2 (21. Kf2 $2 Rxf3+ $19) 21... Rxe4 (21... Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Rxe4 23. Kd3
$14) 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rhc1 Rc4 $11 {,but white is out of any danger.}) 20...
Bb5 $1 21. Rhd1 Bxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Qa6 $17) 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd3 a5 20. Qb1 $5 Ne7
$1 21. Nd4 Nf5 $132 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 (7...
Qxb2 $6 8. Nb5 cxd4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Bxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Bc5 12. Nxa8 Nc6 13. Bxc5
Nxc5 14. Bd3 $16 {Solin,N-Tuominen,R/Stockholm op 1994 (38)}) (7... cxd4 $5 8.
Bxd4 Bc5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Bd3 $14 {Apicella,
M-Dolmatov,S/Cannes op 1994 (22)}) (7... Be7 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 $6 10. b4
cxb3 11. axb3 Qc7 12. Bd3 $16 {Mirnik,B-Fischer,C/RLNN 1988 (19)}) 8. Na4 (8.
Rb1) (8. a3) (8. Qd2 $6 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Bc5 $17 {Voigt Martin-Gleizerov Evgeny/It (open), Hamburg (Germany)
1995 (25)}) 8... Qc6 (8... Qa5+ $5 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 (11... a5
$5 12. b5 b6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Kh1 Be7 $11 {Jonasson
Benedikt-Thorhallsson Throstur/Ch Iceland Gardabaer (Iceland) 1996 (39)}) 12.
Qd2 Be7 (12... b5 13. Nb2 f6 14. a4 $5 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
fxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 $11 {Skripchenko,A-Matveeva,S/Beograd Yugometal 1996 (39)})
13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. a4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Be4 $14 {
Vodicka Vladimir-Pachman Ludek/Extra League 1996/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 9. Nxc5 Nxc5
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qd2 (11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $10) 11... Qb6 (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O Bxe3
13. Qxe3 Qa4 14. Kb1 Nc6 (14... Bb5 $2 15. g4 $36) 15. Bd3 O-O-O $1 (15... Nb4
16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 16. c3 d4 $1 $132 17. Qe4 (17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 (
18. cxd4 Bc6 $132) 18... Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 $132) (17. cxd4 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd3 $44)
17... Qa5 $1 (17... f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bc2 $16) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 (19.
cxd4 Bc6 20. Rc1 Qb6 $5 (20... Kb8 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Rxd4 23. Bxa6 Qc7 24.
Qb5+ Ka7 $13)) 19... Bc6 20. Qc4 Kb8 21. Be4 Qb5 $1 22. Rd4 Bxe4+ 23. Rxe4 Qxc4
24. Rxc4 Rd2 $10 {~/= Luther,T-Piskov,Y/Erfurt 1993}) 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O
Nc6 14. Kb1 $14 Bd7 15. g3 $5 {Interesting approuch;white defendes a pawn on
f4 and pushes forward h-pawn.More typical plan for these positions is to play
Bd3,g4 and f5.} (15. h4 $5) 15... Rc8 16. h4 Qb4 17. Qf2 {May be it was better
to play 17.Qe3!?} Na5 18. Nd4 O-O 19. h5 b5 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Bd3 Nc4 22. Bxc4
dxc4 (22... bxc4 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rd2 a5 25. Re1 $14) (22... Rxc4 23. g4 f6 24.
Rhe1 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Qf6 26. Nxe6 $14) 23. c3 b4 24. g4 {White's attack on the
kingside is much more dangerous and the difference in the strength of minor
pieces is quiet remarkable:white knight on d4 is extremly strong whie black
bishop on d7 is out of the game.All this make white's chances much better.} Ba4
25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. g5 Qb7 27. Re1 Rb8 28. Ka1 bxc3 $6 (28... Qb6 $5) 29. Qxc3 Rd5
$6 {Simply giving up a pawn,while it was possible to play} (29... Qb4 30. Rc1
Be8 31. h6 g6 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. a3 Ra4 34. Rcd1 {with unpleasant,but
defendable position.}) 30. Qxc4 $16 Qd7 31. b3 Bb5 32. Qc3 Rd8 33. Red1 Rc8 34.
Qe3 Qa7 35. Kb2 {Look how methodicaly white is improving a position of all his
pieces.} Qb6 36. Nf5 $4 {Throwing away the fruits of previous deep play.} (36.
h6 $5 $16) 36... Qc7 $4 {Refusing to recieve the gift!} (36... Rxd2+ $1 37.
Rxd2 Qc7 $19) 37. Nd6 $18 {Now everything is back on track!} Rxd2+ 38. Qxd2 Rd8
39. Rc1 Qb6 40. Re1 Qc5 41. Qe3 Qd5 42. h6 a5 43. Rc1 Bd7 44. Qe4 Qd2+ 45. Rc2
Qd1 46. hxg7 Qg1 47. Rg2 Qh1 48. Qc2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Nc6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxa4 12. bxc5 f6 13. exf6 (13. c4 $6 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 fxe5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. fxe5 O-O $15 {Berndt,S-Soln,P/Bled
2000}) 13... gxf6 $6 {I don't like this move since black king remains exposed.}
(13... Nxf6 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Bd2 e5 16. fxe5 O-O 17. O-O Bf5 18. h3 Ngxe5 19.
Nxe5 Qd4+ 20. Kh2 Qxe5+ 21. Bf4 Qe6 22. Bd6 $14 {Grischuk,A-Volkov,S/Sochi 2004
}) 14. c4 $5 $14 {Preferring to enter a better endgame, instead of going for
attack by} (14. Nd4 Nxc5 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rg8 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Rd1 $36) 15.
Qh5+ Kf8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qh6+ Kf7 18. Bd4 Nd7 19. Bd3 $36 {with fantastic
compensation for an exchange.}) 14... Qa5+ 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc5 17. O-O {
Even with queens off the board white's initiative is very dangerous.} (17. Qxa5
Nxa5 {[%csl Rc4]} 18. Ba2 Ne4 19. Rc1 $44) 17... Qxd2 18. Nxd2 b6 (18... Na4
19. Ne4 Ke7 20. Bb3 b5 21. Rfc1 $1 Bd7 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd7,
Rf6][%cal Ge3c5]}) 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5,
Rf6]} Ke7 23. Nxc5 $16 {Despite of a limited amount of material black's
defensive task is very difficult due to a weakness of an a-pawn and a very
passive minor pieces.} Nc6 (23... Rd8 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Nxe6 Rd3
27. a4 Ra3 28. Nc5 Rc3 29. Ne4 Ra3 30. Nd6+ Kg7 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Re8 $18) 24.
Nxa6 Bxa6 25. Bxa6 Nd4 $1 (25... Rb8 26. Ra1 Rb2 27. a4 Na5 28. Bb5 e5 29. Rd1
$16) 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. Rb6 Kd7 (27... e5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. a4 Ne6 30. Rc6 Nd4 31.
Rh6 $16) 28. a4 Kc7 29. a5 Nc6 30. Kf2 Rd8 (30... e5 31. Kf3 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Kxb8
33. Bd3 Nxa5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Bxh7 $18) 31. Bb5 Nd4 (31... Nxa5 32. Rxe6 Rd6
33. Re7+ Kb6 34. Be2 $18) 32. Bc4 Ra8 33. Ba6 Nc6 34. h4 $1 h6 35. g4 Rd8 $6 (
35... e5 36. Ke3) 36. Rb7+ Kd6 37. Rf7 $18 h5 38. gxh5 $1 f5 39. h6 Nxa5 40. h7
Nc6 41. Bb5 Ne7 (41... Nd4 42. Rd7+ $1 $18) 42. h5 Rh8 43. Kg3 Nd5 44. Kh4 e5 (
44... Nxf4 45. Kg5 Ke5 46. Kh6 $18) 45. fxe5+ Ke6 46. Rg7 Ne3 47. Kg5 Ng4 48.
Bd7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Lampen, Timo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Joensuu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 {Extremly sharp variation with unclear consequences: white gets a very
strong initiative, but black's position is rock-solid and from both sides is
required accurated play, becuse each mistake my become the lethal one.} 9. Qd2
Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O (13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O (14. a3
Be7 15. f5 (15. Qe3 $5 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. f5 Bc5 18. Bxd7 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd7
20. f6 $40 {De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/Lexington 1995}) 15... exf5 16. Nxd5 Bh4+
17. Ke2 (17. Kd1 Qd8 $2 18. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 19. exf6 O-O 20. Rg3+ $1 Kh8 21. Qh6
Rg8 22. Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Huebner,R/Polanica Zdroj (07) ;CBM 49 1995})
17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rg3 (19. Rc3 $6 a6 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Bb6 Be6 22.
Nc7+ Bxc7 23. Bxc7 g6 24. g4 Bd5 25. Rg1 f4 $17 {0-1 Sahu,S-Singh,G/Calcutta
op (06) ;EXP 50 1996 (45)}) 19... a6 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Rxg7 Be6 $13 {Nijboer,
F-Kuijf,M/Wijk-B 1996}) 14... O-O 15. Qe3 (15. Qf2 $5 f6 (15... f5 16. Rfb1 Be7
17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxb7 $16 {Luther,T-Zueger,B/Mitropa Cup 1991}) (15... Nb6 16.
g4 $1 Nc4 17. f5 a6 18. f6 $1 $16) 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rfb1 Bd6 19.
Qg3+ $40 {Kruppa,Y-Nikolenko,O/Spring op 1990}) 15... Nb6 (15... f5 16. exf6
Nxf6 17. f5 $5 exf5 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nxd5 Re6 20. Qd3 $13 {Simacek,P-Williams,
S/EU-chJM U16 1995}) 16. Kh1 (16. Qg3 Nc4 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/Biel izt 1993
}) 16... Rd8 17. f5 $5 exf5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Qg5 $2 Bf8 $19 {Sedlak,
N-Marjanovic,S/Subotica 2000}) 13... a6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 Be7 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7
17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Qe3 {Intending to meet Bc5 with Ne2.} (18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Bxc5
Rxc5 20. R1b4 O-O 21. Qd4 Bc8 22. Rb8 Rc7 $13 {Grabics,M-Blauert,J/Budapest
1997}) 18... Rc4 (18... Bc5 19. Ne2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc5 21. f5 $1 $40 {Enders,
P-Proehl,H/Binz 1994}) 19. f5 (19. Kh1 Bd8 20. Qd3 Bc8 21. Rb8 O-O 22. Ne4 Qa4
23. Nc3 Qc6 24. R8b2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Rogulj,B/Oberwart 1995/EXT 2001 (24)
}) 19... exf5 20. Kh1 $6 {Untill this move everything was played in the past.
However white decides to refrain from taking on d7 which braught white an easy
win in the following game:} (20. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 21. Rb7+ Ke8 22. e6 $40 Qa3 23.
Rb8+ Bd8 24. Qg5 Qd6 25. exf7+ Kd7 26. Qxf5+ Kc6 27. Qc8+ {1-0 Soffer,
R-Blauert,J/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) 20... Be6 $1 {After this move the
position is not perfectly clear becasue it's not so simple to get to the black
king.} (20... Bc8 $6 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qg5+ Kd7 23. e6+ $18) 21. Rb8+ Bc8 22.
e6 (22. R1b7 $5) 22... O-O $1 $13 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. R1b7 (24. Qe6 Qd8 25. Nxd5
Bxe6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd8+ Kf7 28. c3 Ra4 $17 {[%csl Ra2]}) 24... Qd8 25.
Nxd5 Qxd5 $6 (25... Bg5 $1 26. Rxf7 Bxe3 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) 26. Rxe7 Rxc2 27.
Qd2 $2 {Missing a draw after} (27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qg5 $1 Ke8 (
29... Qxd4 30. Qxf5+ $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) 30. Qxg7 Rc1+ 31. Bg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1
Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd3+ $11) 27... Qc6 $19 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Ndb8 $5 {As shows the following game this
move has a full right to exist.It leads to a very complicated position,where
black's chances should not be underestimated.} (11... Nxd4 {The most popular
reply,which also leads to extremly complicated and interesting position with
mutual chances.} 12. Bxd4 Qa5 $5 (12... Bb4) 13. f5 exf5 14. Qe3 $1 f4 $1 (
14... Bb4 $6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. e6 $5 (16. Bxc3 $5 $16) 16... fxe6 17. Bxc3 Qa3
18. Qxe6+ Qe7 19. Qxf5 $1 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxc3 21. Qg5 $1 $18) 15. Qxf4 Bc5 16. e6
(16. O-O $2 Qxc3) 16... fxe6 17. Bxg7 Rf8 $1 $13 {Fontane,R-Vidovic,S/Cala
Galdana b-16 1996 (23)}) (11... Na5 $2 12. f5 Kd8 13. Bg5+ Be7 14. fxe6 Nxe5
15. Nf5 $16 {Seret,J-Mercier,J/France (ch) 1985 (20)}) 12. f5 $5 (12. O-O a6
13. Bxc6+ $5 (13. f5 $5 axb5 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxb5 Qa5 17. Qf2
Nxe5 18. Bb6 Qa4 19. Bc5 Bxc5 $5 (19... Ra5 $2 20. Bxf8 Rxb5 21. Rxb5 Qxb5 22.
Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bxe5 {1-0 Poluliakhov,A-Ivanov,O/URS 1989}) 20. Qxc5 Nbc6 21. Nd6+
$11 Kd8 22. Nxb7+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Nb7+ Ke8 25. Nd6+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Nordholz,
T-Boehm,J/RLNS 1988}) (13. Rb3 Qe7 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Na4 Qc7 17. Bb6 (17. Rfb1 $1 $36) 17... Qd7 18. Nc5 $14 {0-1 Rause,
O-Eidelson,R/Moscow ol 1994 (32)}) 13... bxc6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 16.
Nxc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 18. Rb1 $14 {Chandler,M-Klinger,J/Vienna op 1986 (24)})
12... Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O (14. fxe6 $5 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Nd7 17.
Rfb1 $44) 14... exf5 $5 15. Rfb1 f4 (15... O-O $6 16. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 17. Nxd5 a6
18. Rxb4 $1 axb5 19. Nb3 $1 $40) 16. Rxb4 (16. Bxf4 $5 Bc5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bxc6
Bxd4 19. Bxb7 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Nc6 $13) 16... fxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O 18.
Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rb5 Qa6 20. Rxd5 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2019.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a very important game for the whole championship.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {Of course this is a very
risky line for White, but I was really in the mood for a fighting game.} Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 $5 10. O-O-O b6 {Having checked this line after the game,
I find it very remarkble that he managed to do such big bluff.} 11. Bb5 Nb4 12.
a3 bxc5 13. Bxd7 $2 {After this move White is lost.} (13. Kb1 $1 Rb8 14. axb4
cxb4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd7 (16. Nd4 $5 Nxe5 $1 17. fxe5 Rxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19.
Qxd5 Qa6 $13 {[%cal Gc8e6,Gf8c8]}) 16... Bxd7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19.
Ra5 Rfc8 20. Rc1 $14 {I think White is better here, although it is not easy to
convert the advantage.}) 13... Bxd7 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nb1 Rfc8 {It's very hard
to find counterplay for White.} 16. Nd4 Qa2 17. f5 $5 {i think this is the
most interesting try} exf5 18. Rhf1 a5 $1 {Black just slowly pushes the
queenside pawns, and White has no counterplay on the kingside.} 19. Nxf5 Bxf5
20. Rxf5 a4 21. Bd4 a3 $6 {From here he started to go a little bit wrong.} (
21... b3 $1 22. c3 a3 23. bxa3 Bxa3+ 24. Nxa3 Qa1+ 25. Nb1 Ra2 $19) 22. e6 $1
f6 23. Qd3 b3 24. Rf2 Ra4 $1 {A very hard move to find over the board.} 25. c3
Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Bc5 27. Qd2 Bxf2 $4 (27... axb2+ 28. Qxb2 Bxf2 {We both were in
very very big time trouble, so he missed this simple thing.}) 28. Qxf2 Qa1 29.
e7 $4 {And here I missed my only chance in this game.} (29. Rxd5 $1 a2 30. Qf5
$11) 29... a2 30. e8=Q+ (30. Qf5 Rxc3+ {I missed this move when I played 29.e7.
} 31. Kd2 (31. bxc3 axb1=Q+ 32. Qxb1 Qxc3+ 33. Qc2 Qxc2#) 31... Qxb2+ 32. Ke1
Re3+ 33. Kf1 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qxd1+ $19) 30... Rxe8 31. Qf5 d4 {My opponent played
a really fascinating game, and congratulations to him on winning such big
event. I manged to win my next two rounds and got the 2nd place at the end.}
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Die Partie verlief schon ab der Eröffnung sehr günstig für mich. Nach einigen
Ungenauigkeiten konnte ich einen direkten Angriff auf den gegnerischen König
starten und einen schönen Sieg, der zum Matchgewinn führte, feiern.} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Mein Gegner spielte viel öfter 3.Nd2.} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 {Ich habe diese Variante gewählt, weil ich dachte, dass
mein Gegner, der meistens die 3.Nd2-Variante spielt, sich nicht sehr gut
auskennen wird.} 8. Na4 {Die Hauptvariante. Außerdem möglich: das solide 8.a3
und das Bauernopfer 8.Qd2.} (8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 b6) (8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bb5) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 b6
{Eine seltene Variante. Meistens spielt man 9...cxd4 oder 9...c4.} (9... cxd4
10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2) (9... c4 10. b4 Qc7 (10... Qa6)) 10. Kf2 {
Der Hauptzug hier ist 10.Bd2!, darauf muss Schwarz mit 10...c4 antworten und
nach 11.b4 kann man entweder mit 11...Nxb4 eine Figur opfern oder mit 11...Qa6
oder 11...Qb5 eine geschlossene Struktur wählen.} (10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Qb5 (11...
Qa6) (11... Nxb4 $5 12. cxb4 Bxb4)) 10... Ba6 {In dieser Stellung ist es
besser, 11.b4 auszuprobieren.} 11. dxc5 (11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nxb4 $8 (12...
Bxb4 $2 13. a3 $1 $18) 13. a3 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. Qxd3 Nc4 $11
{mit ungefähr ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 11... Bxf1 12. b4 (12. Rxf1 $2 b5 $17)
12... Be2 $1 {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} 13. Kxe2 {Nach dem Textzug kann
Schwarz ein wichtiges Tempo gewinnen.} ({Nach} 13. bxa5 Bxd1 14. Rhxd1 b5 {
fällt der weiße Damenflügel auseinander.} 15. Nb2 Nxc5 $15) 13... Qb5+ 14. Kf2
bxc5 15. a3 a5 {Man zwingt Weiß damit, auf c5 zu schlagen und damit die
Struktur zu schwächen. Die schwarzen Figuren kommen mit Tempo ins Spiel.
Zuerst war ich ein wenig besorgt, dass Weiß nach 16.Qc2 mit taktischen Mitteln
noch die Spannung am Damenflügel halten könnte. Nach einiger Berechnung konnte
ich aber feststellen, dass ich in fast allen Varianten einfach den Bauern b4
nehmen kann.} 16. bxc5 (16. Qc2 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Rhb1 Be7 19. cxb4 Nxb4
$17) 16... Nxc5 {Ein wichtiges Moment in der Partie. Ich habe sehr lange
nachgedacht, womit ich auf c5 schlagen soll. Ich bin zum Ergebnis gekommen,
dass der Springer auf a4 ziemlich gut ist und ich versuchen müsste, den
Springer zu tauschen.} (16... Bxc5 17. Nd4 Qc4 18. Nb2 Qa6 19. Qd3 {mit guten
Chancen auf Ausgleich.}) 17. Bxc5 (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4
Bxa3 $1 $15 {Diese Variante machte mir am meisten Sorgen, da ich 19...Ba3!
nicht gesehen hatte.}) 18... Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 O-O $15 {Dank der besseren
Struktur besitzt Schwarz eindeutigen Vorteil.}) 17... Bxc5+ 18. Kg3 Ba7 $1 {
Es ist wichtig, den Läufer zu behalten, da er die Fluchtmöglichkeiten des
weißen Königs kontrolliert.} (18... O-O $6 19. c4 $1 dxc4 (19... Qxc4 $4 20.
Rc1 $18) 20. Rb1 Bb4 $13) 19. Rb1 Qc4 20. Qb3 {20.Nb6 war eine viel bessere
Option und vor allem eine sichere, obwohl auch danach Schwarz besser steht.} (
20. Nb6 Bxb6 21. Rxb6 O-O $15) 20... Qe4 21. Qb7 O-O {Dieses Figurenopfer war
nicht schwer. Der weiße König ist sehr schwach und alle Figuren unkoordiniert.}
22. Qxc6 Be3 23. Kh3 Qxf4 24. Rhf1 Qh6+ 25. Kg3 Rac8 26. Qd7 Rc4 27. h4 Qf4+
28. Kh3 Qg4+ {Es gibt bestimmt andere Gewinnmöglichkeiten, aber man muss auf
jeden Fall bis zum Ende aufmerksam bleiben. Das nahliegende 28...Ra4 führte
nach 29.Nd4 zu unklarem Spiel.} (28... Rxa4 $4 29. Nd4 $1 Rxd4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4
$13) 29. Kh2 Rxa4 30. g3 Rxa3 31. Ng5 Ra2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2 {Sogar hier muss man
noch aufpassen. Das gierige 32...Bxg5 führt plötzlich zum Matt.} (32... Bxg5 $4
33. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 34. Rb8+ {usw.}) 33. Rxf2 Bxf2 34. Qd6 Qxg3 {Mein Gegner
konnte noch einen letzten Trick versuchen, hat aber geglaubt, dass ich 37...
Ke8 finden werde.} (34... Qxg3 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Ke8 $19 (
37... Kd8 $4 38. Nxf7+ $11)) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 {A very interesting moment in the development of this line. Long
castling is not faring so well and White players have invested a lot of love
in the 9.Be2 line. Black seems to be holding after 9...b6, so the exchange on
c5 makes sense at this very moment.} (9. Be2 b6) 9... Nxc5 {Black has two
major ways of recapturing the c5-pawn. If he does it with the bishop the
missing defender on the kingside might become a problem.} (9... Bxc5 10. Bxc5
Nxc5 11. O-O-O Qa5) 10. O-O-O Qc7 {The counterplay with the advance of the
b7-pawn may not be sufficient for equality. Thus it makes sense to try a
speedy development of the pieces, enhancing the control of the centre.} (10...
a6 11. f5 (11. Kb1 b6 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. f5 Ne4 14. f6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bh6
Kh8 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf8 exf3 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Qe4 Bg7 21. Qxf3 Bb7 22. Bf8 {
1-0 (26) Cheparinov,I (2679)-Bruno,F (2461) Budva 2009}) (11. Qf2 Qa5 12. Kb1
Bd7 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5 Na7 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nb5 17. h6 g6 18. Rh3 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 Nxd4 20. Nc3 Nb5 $15 {0-1 (42) Kabanov,N (2483)-Riazantsev,A (2656)
Belgorod 2008}) 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f6 gxf6 14. Qe1 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5
16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Bb6 e3 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bc4 Bd8 21. Bxe3 $14 {
1-0 (72) Najer,E (2670)-Maslak,K (2521) Pardubice 2008}) (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8
(11... a6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Qf2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nb3 b5 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bb6
Qc8 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qd4 $14 {1-0 (68) Li,C (2633)
-Kalezic,B (2449) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12. Nd4 Kh8 (12... Bf8 13. g4 Rb8 14.
Qf2 Bd7 15. Bg2 Rbc8 16. Rhf1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 b5 18. f5 b4 19. Ne2 Rc6 20. Nf4
Ra6 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. a3 Rd7 $11 {0-1 (40) Timoshenko,G (2572)-Volkov,S (2614)
Livigno 2011}) 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. Rh3 Rab8 16. h5 b5 17. h6 g6 18.
Qe3 b4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. e6+ Kg8 21. exd7 Ne4 22. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (26) Najer,E 
(2677)-Kovacevic,B (2490) Pardubice 2006}) 11. Kb1 b6 {The chances at this
early stage are most likely about even. Black may have to invest some energy
in the rather disturbing move 11...Ne4!?} (11... Ne4 $5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4
Rd8 $11) 12. Bb5 Bb7 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16.
exd6 Bxf4 17. Bxc6 Bxe3 18. Bxa8 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Rxd7 $14) 13.
h4 Na5 $6 {Vitiugov is anxious to start real counterplay, but I would strongly
prefer to look into completing the development.} (13... Rfd8 14. Nd4 Rac8 $13)
14. Bd4 Rac8 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 $14) 15. Ng5 $5 {Nakamura has a
reputation of a very dangerous player. He is definitely not moving the knight
to g5 just for fun.} Nc4 (15... h6 $2 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rfe8
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. g6 $18) 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 {A huge
transformation of the strategic character of the position has taken place
within just two moves. White has parted with both of his bishops in the hope
of establishing the knight in the centre.} (18... Qxc5 19. Nge4 Qc6 20. a3 Rcd8
21. g4 $14) 19. Nge4 Bb4 20. Nd6 $5 Rcd8 (20... Bxc3 21. Nxc8 Bxb2 22. Nd6 c3
23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rd4 $14) 21. Rh3 {The young American might have been
frustrated by the minimal advantage after the move of the second knight to b5.
Despite the emotions, it was probably the strongest continuation.} (21. Ncb5 $5
Qc6 22. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxb5 (23... Qxb7 $2 24. Qxc4 Bc5 25. Qe2 $16) 24.
Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 $14) 21... Bxd6 $2 {The defender is also beset by
trepidation. His decision to grab the g2-pawn is objectively not bad, but it
is tied to a huge load of risk. The subtle pawn move 21..a6!? would have
equalised the chances immediately.} (21... a6 $5 22. Rg3 (22. Nxc4 Bxg2 23.
Qxg2 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qxc4 25. Rg3 Qxf4 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg4 Rd8 28. a3 Qd2 $11)
22... Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Rg4 b5 27. a3 $11) 22.
Nb5 $1 Qc6 23. Nxd6 Qxg2 (23... f6 24. Rg3 Qc7 25. h5 $14) 24. Qe3 {The player
who is so attack-minded is not willing to part with his queen so easily.} (24.
Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bd5 26. Rdg1 g6 27. h5 Rd7 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 $14) 24...
Be4 25. Rc1 f5 {Vitiugov has made his own life difficult as he now has to
guess what line promises the best defensive chances.} (25... Bf5 26. Rg3 Qh2
27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Rcg1 Kh8 29. Rxg7 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Rd1 $14) (25... Bh7
$6 26. Rg3 Qh2 27. Rcg1 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 g5 (28... Kh8 29. f5 c3 30. bxc3 exf5 31.
Rxg7 f4 32. Qd4 $18) (28... g6 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxh6 Qf2 31. h5 Rxd6 32. exd6
Re8 33. Qc1 $18) 29. Rc1 Qa4 30. fxg5 h5 31. Qf4 $16) 26. Rg3 Qh2 27. Qg1 Qxg1
(27... Qxh4 $2 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 $18) 28. Rcxg1 Rd7 29. Rg6 Re7 (29... Bd5
30. Rxh6 $14) 30. Rxh6 c3 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Defending a worse endgame type of
position with a structural deficiency (the bishop of wrong colour) is not an
enviable task. Black is eager to complicate matters and get rid of his c4-pawn,
but it will backfire in the medium term.} (30... Rb8 31. h5 Bd5 32. c3 $14) 31.
bxc3 Bf3 (31... b5 32. Rhg6 $14) 32. Rhg6 Bg4 33. Rg5 Kh7 34. h5 Kh6 (34... Rh8
35. Rh1 b5 36. Kb2 Rb8 37. Rh2 $14) 35. Rh1 Rd8 {Black misse one of the last
chances to complicate matters with the annoying move of the b-pawn.} (35... b5
$5) 36. c4 $1 Bf3 (36... Rdd7 37. Kb2 Rd8 38. Kc3 $16) 37. Rh2 Bg4 38. Kb2 Rb8
39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Kd4 Rb8 41. Ke3 Kh7 42. Kf2 Rh8 43. Kg3 {The king is ready to
march all the way to the g5-square in order to advance the h-pawn.} Kg8 (43...
Rd8 44. Kh4 Rh8 45. Rg6 Kg8 46. Kg5 Bf3 47. h6 Rh7 48. Rh4 $16) 44. h6 Rh7 45.
Rg6 (45. hxg7 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Rxg7 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kg3 $16) 45... Bd1 46. c3
Bg4 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Ke3 gxh6 49. Rhxh6 Rxh6 50. Rxh6 Kg7 51. Rh2 (51. Rf6 Bd1
52. Kd4 Kg8 53. c5 $18) 51... Rd7 52. Kd4 Bf3 {Black is unable to prevent the
advance of White's c-pawn.} 53. Rh3 Bg4 54. Rh1 Bf3 55. Rg1+ Bg4 (55... Kf8 56.
Rg6 Re7 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. c5 $18) 56. c5 $1 {Finally Nakamura is able to prove
beyond doubt that he is playing the ending with an extra pawn.} bxc5+ (56...
Kg6 57. Rb1 bxc5+ 58. Kxc5 Rc7+ 59. Kd4 $16) 57. Kxc5 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 {It might
have been easier to realise the advantage with the centralised king. The
transfer of the knight to c5 would simplify the task.} (58. Kd4 Rc6 59. Rb1 Ra6
60. Nb7 $1 Rxa2 61. Nc5 a5 62. Rb7+ Kh8 63. Nxe6 a4 64. Ra7 a3 65. Kc5 $18)
58... Rc6 59. Nb5 Kf8 (59... Rb6 60. c4 a6 61. Kc5 Rb8 62. Nd4 Kf7 63. Rh1 $18)
60. a4 a5+ {Black correctly feels, that he has nothing left to lose. In the
event of passive defense the white c-pawn would simply progress.} (60... Be2
61. Nd4 Rb6+ 62. Kc5 Bd3 63. a5 Ra6 64. Rd1 $18) 61. Kxa5 Rc4 62. Nd4 $1 Rxc3 (
62... Kf7 63. Rb1 Rxc3 64. Rb7+ $18) 63. Rb1 {The final phase is rather
instructive. Black is unable to defend the weak e6-pawn, his bishop on g4 is a
mere by-stander.} Rc8 (63... Ke8 64. Nxe6 Kf7 65. Ng5+ $18) 64. Rb6 Kf7 65.
Nxe6 Rc4 66. Ng5+ (66. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 67. Nd8+ Kg8 68. Nxc6 $18) (66. Ng5+ Ke7 67.
Rb7+ Ke8 68. Nf7 Rxf4 69. Nd6+ Kf8 70. e6 Re4 71. Nxe4 fxe4 72. Rf7+ Ke8 73.
Rf4 Bf3 74. Rf5 Ke7 75. Re5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bareev,E} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O f5 $5 (12... b5 13. Nc5
a5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 $10 {Anand,V-Dreev,A/
Biel izt/1993/}) 13. Ng5 (13. Nc5 {Bareev,E} Nf8 {/\ b6}) (13. exf6 {Bareev,E}
Nxf6 {/\ 0-0, Bd7-e8-g6}) 13... Nf8 14. g4 $5 h6 15. Nh3 fxg4 (15... b6 $5 $15
{Bareev,E}) 16. Bxg4 g6 (16... b6 $1 {Bareev,E /\ g6} 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5
19. Rxf5 Qd7 $10) 17. b5 (17. f5 gxf5 $1 (17... exf5 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Nf4 Bg5
20. Nc5 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qe7 22. Qa4 $44) 18. Bh5+ Kd8 19. Qd2 b6 20. Bxh6 Bd7 21.
Ng5 Kc8 22. Nf7 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 $14) 17... Nd8 18. f5 $5 (18. Nc5 b6 19. Na6 Bxa6
20. bxa6 Qc6 21. a4 $14) 18... exf5 (18... gxf5 19. Bh5+ Nf7 (19... Kd7 20.
Nc5+ Bxc5 21. dxc5 $16) 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh5+ Ng6 22. Nf4 Rg8 23. Kh1 {/\ Rg1
}) 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Nf4 (20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 g5 22. Bxd5 f4 23. Bf2 Qd7 $1
$132 (23... Bxh3 $6 24. Qh5+)) 20... Bg5 21. Nc5 Bxf4 (21... Bg8 {Bareev,E} 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxg5 Bxf3 24. Bxd8 Bxd1 25. Bxc7 $18) 22. Bxf4 Qe7 23. Qe2 (23.
a4 $1 Nf7 24. a5 Ng5 25. a6 b6 26. Nb7 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 $36) 23... Nf7 $1 24. a4
Ng5 (24... g5 {Bareev,E} 25. Bc1 Ng6 $13) 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 $2 (26...
Nxe6 $1 27. Bxd5 Nf4 28. Qxc4 Rd8 $13) 27. Qg2 O-O-O 28. Qxg5 Nh7 29. Qg2 g5
30. Bd1 (30. Ra2 $1 {Bareev,E /\} g4 31. Bd1 Ng5 32. Rxf5 $18) 30... Kb8 (30...
g4 $2 31. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 32. Bxg4 $18) 31. Bc2 (31. Ra2 $5 {Bareev,E}) 31... f4
32. Rf2 (32. Rf3 $2 g4 $1 33. Rxf4 Ng5 34. Rxg4 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Qxg4 $1 36. Qxg4
Nf2+ $19) 32... Rdg8 33. Raf1 Nf8 $2 34. Bd1 $1 Nh7 (34... Rh4 35. Bf3 Qf5 36.
Bxd5 Rg4 37. Bxg8 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 $16) (34... Ng6 {Bareev,E} 35. Bg4) (34... Rh7
{Bareev,E} 35. Bf3 Rd7 36. Bg4) 35. Bg4 Qf7 36. a5 $2 (36. e6 Qe7 37. Qxd5 Nf6
38. Qe5+ Ka8 39. Bf5 $18) (36. e6 $18 {Bareev,E}) 36... Rd8 37. b6 $6 $138 a6
38. Re1 $6 (38. h4 $1 Rhg8 39. h5 {/\ Qh3+/-}) (38. Re2 {Bareev,E /\ e6, Re5+/-
}) 38... Qe7 39. Bf5 Nf6 40. Ref1 $13 (40. Ref1 {Bareev,E} Ne8 41. Bg4 {
/\ h3, e6, Re1-e5+/- ><d5, g5}) (40. Rfe2 {Bareev,E} Ne8 41. e6 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 {
Ivanchuk understands, that even though his counterplay along the dark squares
is efficient, the light-squared bishop on c8 remains a weakness of his
position. The advance of the queenside pawns will later enable attempts at an
exchange of bishops.} 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 b4 {The advance of the
b-pawn is an alternative to the very natural move ...Qb6. Black is trying to
provoke a conflict on the queenside in order to lure away white pieces from
the attack on the other side of the board.} (10... Qb6 11. Bxc5 (11. Ned4 b4
12. O-O-O a5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. g4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6
18. Bd3 b3 19. Kb1 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Rb8 21. c3 Rxf4 $19 {1/2 (32) Vajda,L (2594)
-Berescu,A (2488) Sarata Monteoru 2012 (32)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Ned4 Ne4 (12...
Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 (13... Ne4 14. Qd4 Qxc6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kb1
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc4 19. Nd4 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 $14 {1/2 (65) Quesada Perez,Y (2567)
-Cordova,E (2518)/Santa Clara 2008/ (65)}) 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Bd3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. O-O-O Be8 18. Rhf1 Rc8 19. g4 Qd6 20. Kb1 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bd7 $11 {0-1 (58)
Inarkiev,E (2667)-Lysyj,I (2615)/ Rijeka 2010/ (58)}) 13. Qe3 b4 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 g6 19. Ra1 a5 20. a3 Nc5 21.
axb4 axb4 22. Kf2 $14 {1-0 (50) Leko,P (2738)-Gurevich,M (2635)/Elista 2007/ 
(50)}) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 {The centralised queen will ensure
a higher level of tension than the somewhat academic recapture by the knight.}
(13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Qe3 O-O (14... Na4 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. h4 Kb7 18.
h5 h6 19. f5 Rc8 20. Rh2 $16 {1-0 (58) Aagaard,J (2531)-Socko,B (2627)/
Helsingor 2008/ (58)}) 15. Nb3 Na4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 f6 19.
exf6 Rxf6 20. g3 e5 21. fxe5 $14 {1/2 (48) Guerra Bastida,D (2386)-Herraiz
Hidalgo,H (2485)/Malaga 2008/ (48)}) 13... Qb6 14. a3 (14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Nb3 Na4
16. O-O-O O-O 17. a3 a5 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rd4 Bd7 20. axb4 axb4 21. Bd3 $11 {
1/2 (30) Shomoev,A (2566)-Potkin,V (2682)/Taganrog 2011/ (30)}) 14... Rb8 (
14... bxa3 15. Rxa3 O-O 16. Rc3 Nd7 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rc6 Rb8 19. Kd2 $16) 15.
Be2 a5 (15... Ne4 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. b3 O-O 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6
Rc8 21. O-O (21. Ra2 Nc3 22. Ra1 Rxf4 $15) 21... h6 22. Ne1 Rd4 $11) 16. axb4
axb4 {The defender does not want to avoid exchange of the queens, but his goal
is to couple it with solving the problem of the bishop on c8.} (16... Qxb4+ $6
17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Nd4 $16) 17. O-O O-O 18. Qe3 (18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Nd3 Bb5 $14)
18... Ba6 $1 {Ivanchuk finally manages to realise the positional idea, that
has been in the background of his whole opening plan. White's light-squared
bishop was surely more valuable and thus the exchange must be in Black's
favour.} 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Kf2 Nb8 {Leko is very gifted in
technical positions so the position remains a bit unpleasant. White can hope
to make use of the open a-file and his centralised king to develop an endgame
initiative.} (21... Rc8 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Ke3 $14) 22. Ra8 (22. Rfc1 Nc6 23. Ke3
$14) 22... Nc6 {It seems that the defender has missed the best continuation
and lost the chance for counterplay with the precise move 22...Qc6!} (22... Rc6
$1 23. Rc1 Rc4 24. g3 Nc6 25. Ra6 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 $11) 23. Rfa1 f6 24. Ke3
fxe5 25. fxe5 h6 26. h4 Rb7 (26... Rbb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Rb6 Rc7
$11) 27. h5 Rc7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ra8+ Ke7 $2 {The defence of technically
inferior positions is an ungrateful task, as one serious innacuracy can
endanger the prospects for success. Black has failed to notice the great idea
of advancing the g-pawn after 29...Kf7!} (29... Kf7 $1 30. g4 g5 $14) 30. g4
Nd8 (30... Kf7 31. g5 $16) 31. Nd4 $1 (31. g5 hxg5 (31... Rxc2 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33.
Nh4 Rh2 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Ra8 Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxh5 37. Nh8+ Ke7 38. Rb8 $16) 32.
Nxg5 Nf7 $11 (32... Rxc2 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Rxg7 $14)) 31... Nc6 32.
Nf3 (32. Rg8 $5 Nxe5 (32... Kf7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nxc7 Nxe5 36.
Kf4 $16) 33. Rxg7+ Nf7 34. Rg6 e5 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Nxb4 $16) 32... Kf7 {
The Ukrainian star was facing a very unpleasant choice between repeating the
moves, which would enable an attack on the g7-pawn or passive defence with the
hope to hold the game.} 33. g5 $1 hxg5 (33... Ra7 34. g6+ Ke7 35. Rg8 $18) 34.
Nxg5+ Ke7 35. Rg8 Nxe5 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 (36... Kf6 37. Rxc7 Kxg5 38. b3 $18) 37.
Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Nxe6+ Kd6 39. Nf4 {The tragedy is complete, since in the knight
endgame White has distant and extra passed pawn. The last pawns of the
defender are vulnerable on the squares b4 and d5.} Kc6 (39... Nc4+ 40. Kd4 Nxb2
41. h6 $18) 40. Nd3 Ng4+ 41. Kf4 Nf6 42. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. Rb3 (13. O-O O-O (
13... a6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 (15. Bxd7+ $6 Bxd7 16. Rfb1 Bc5 17. Rxb7 Rc8 18.
R1b3 Ba4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Qc4 $1 (20... Bxb3 21. Ne4 Qxc2 22. Nd6+ Kf8
23. Qxc2 $1 Rxc2 24. Rb8+ Ke7 25. Rb7+ $10) 21. Rb1 O-O 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 $15 {
Georgiev,Kir-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia/1989/0-1 (61) ><c2, f4}) 15... Ba3 (15...
Be7 $5 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Kh1 b5 18. f5 $44) (15... Qxb5) 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17.
Kh1 (17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Kh1 Bc5 $15) (17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Rxb7 Rc4 19. f5 Bc8 20.
fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxg7 Rxd4 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qg5+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ {
1/2-1/2 Santo Roman,M-Zueger,B/Moscow olm (10) FRA-SUI 1994}) 17... Bc5 (17...
b5 $2 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Nxd5 $16) 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxb7 Rd8 $1 (19... Rc8 $4 20.
Ne4 $18) 20. Ne2 Qf2 21. R1b3 {~/= Magem Badals,J-Zueger,B/Horgen II 61/(284)
1994} (21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rc8 23. Nd4 Ke7 $1 24. Reb1 Rc4 25. R1b4 Rhc8 $15
) (21. R1b3 Qf1+ 22. Ng1 O-O 23. Rb1 Qc4 $10)) 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Qf2 f5 (15...
Nb6 $2 16. a3 Be7 17. Ne4 $1 Nc4 18. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 19. exf6 Qd2 20. fxg7 $18 {
Ziatdinov,R-Zueger,B/Biel op/1994/}) 16. Rfb1 Be7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxb7 Qd8 (
18... Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Nd6 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Qxa2 22. h3 Qa4 23. Rxa7 Qc6 {
1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Zueger,B/Mitropa-Cup (6) SWZ-GER [2] 1991}) 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20.
Qxc5 Bc8 21. Rb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8 d4 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Qd6 {1-0 Kruppa,
Y-Kaidanov,G/URS-chT 1988}) (13. f5 exf5 14. O-O (14. Rb3 Qa5 15. a3 Qxb5 16.
Nxb5 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Bxa7 Rd8 20. Re1 d4 21. Rb4 {1-0
Garcia,G-Armas,J/Camaguey-B 1987}) 14... O-O 15. Rf3 Bc5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Nxd5
Qxa2 18. Rfb3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Ra1 Qxa1+ $2 (20... Qxc2 $1 21. Nf6+ gxf6
22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 21. Qxa1 Bxd5 {0.5/Nunn,J-Zueger,B/
London/1987/}) 13... Qa5 14. a3 Be7 15. f5 exf5 (15... b6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6
Qxa6 18. Nb5 O-O-O 19. fxe6 Nc5 20. Rxf7 Nxb3 21. Qe2 Kb8 22. cxb3 Rhe8 23. a4
Qc8 24. h3 Qxe6 25. Rxg7 Rg8 26. Rxh7 Rc8 27. a5 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qg6 29. Rxe7 Qg3#
{0-1/Mencinger,V-Rogulj,B/Bled op (7)/1992/}) 16. Nxd5 (16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxg7
Rg8 18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Be5 d4 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bf4 Rxg2 23. Bh6+
Ke8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ {Van der Wiel,J-Ree,H/Nederland/1986/}) 16... Bh4+ (
16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bd8 18. Rg3 a6 19. Bxd7+ Bxd7 20. Rxg7 {0.5/De Wit,J-Ree,
H/Amsterdam II/1985/} (20. Rxg7 Be6 21. Nf6+ Kf8 $1 $10 {_|_})) 17. Kd1 (17. g3
Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rf1 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23.
Rxe7 Rfd8 $15) 17... Qd8 $2 (17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8) 18. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 (18...
Kf8 19. Bc5+ $18) (18... Ke7 19. Qb4+) (18... Bxf6 19. exf6 O-O (19... gxf6 20.
Re1+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ $18) 20. Bxd7 (20. fxg7 Re8 21. Rh3 $40) 20... Qxd7 21. Rg3
g6 22. Kc1 f4 23. Qxf4 Kh8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Rh3 $18) 19. exf6 O-O (19... Bxf6
20. Re1+ Be7 (20... Kf8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Rg3+) 21. Bxh8 $18) (19... h6 $8 20.
Qe3+ Kf8 21. Qe7+ Qxe7 22. fxe7+ Bxe7 23. Bxh8 f6 24. Rg3 $18) 20. Rg3+ $1 Kh8
(20... Bxg3 21. Qg5+) 21. Qh6 Rg8 (21... Bxf6 22. Qg7+ $1 Bxg7 23. Bxg7+ Kg8
24. Bf6#) 22. Rg7 Nf8 (22... Nxf6 23. Rxh7#) (22... Nf8 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qg7#
) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 g5 $5 {The 21-year old Vitiugov is a great hope for the
russian chess and the championship presented him in the best light. The game
from the last round was bearing a special importance for both players,
Jakovenko needed a win for sharing the first place. In the well known
theoretical position black is presenting a very interesting novelty.} (10...
Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bd4 gxf4 16. Qxf4
Rg8 17. Ne3 f6 18. exf6 e5 19. f7 Rxg2+ {0-1 Svidler,P (2728)-Morozevich,A 
(2741)/Monte Carlo 2007}) (10... Qb6 11. Qf2 c4 (11... g6 12. O-O cxd4 $6 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 h5 (16... Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 h5) 17.
c3 $5 Ke7 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. g3 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Bb7 22. h3 Rxc1 23.
Nxc1 $14 {1-0 Wang Hao (2593)-Akobian,V (2600)/Moscow 2006/ (72)}) (11... Rc8
12. O-O cxd4 (12... g6 13. Kh1 c4 14. Be2 Ne7 15. Nd1 h5 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Bb4 a5
18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. c3 Kg7 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. Ng5 Nf8 {1/2 Smirnov,P (2614)
-Kiriakov,P (2555)/Sochi 2006 (52)}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5
16. Ne2 $14 {Van den Doel,E-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee 1995}) 12. Be2 b4 (12... Ne7
13. O-O h5 14. Qe1 Nf5 15. Bf2 Be7 16. Qd2 Nb8 17. Nd1 Nc6 18. c3 Na5 19. Rb1
Nb3 20. Qe1 a5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 {
1-0 Luther,T (2604)-Volkov,S (2578)/Moscow 2001 (66)}) 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Rc1 h5
15. Ng5 g6 16. g4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 Nc6 18. O-O Ne7 19. h4 Nf5 20. h5 Be7 21. Ne2
f6 22. hxg6 {0-1 Smirnov,P (2629)-Filippov,V (2630)/Rethymnon 2003}) (10... Rc8
11. O-O g6 12. Qf2 b4 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. c3 a5 15. Qe2 h5 16. Nf2 c4 17. Bc2 Ne7
18. Nh3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. Nhg5 Be7 {1/2 Nepomniachtchi,I (2613)-Kiriakov,P 
(2541)/Krasnoyarsk 2007 (47)}) 11. fxg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ndxe5 (12... Ncxe5 13.
O-O Bd6 14. Be2 Ng6 $13) 13. O-O Bg7 {After the demise of the pawn center
black has to be careful about the attacking potential of the enemy. It will
not be easy to solve the riddle of the peaceful spot for the black king.} (
13... Rg8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf2 $14) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 (14... Nxc6 15. Bc5 Ne5 16.
Qf4 $16) 15. Bc5 Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qf4 $14) 16. a4
Nc4 $2 {The very tempting jump of the knight to the sicilian square c4 is
unfortunatelly a false solution in this situation. In the quiet of a home
study it is possible to prove, that the swap of the bishop d3 would bring
relief and parity.} (16... Nxd3 $1 17. cxd3 (17. Qxd3 b4 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Ra2
Be5 20. Kh1 $15) 17... d4 18. Ne2 Bxg2 19. Rfc1 Bd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb4 Qd7
22. Nxd4 (22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Bb6 Be5 24. Qc5 Bd5 25. Nxd4 f5 $11) 22... Rg8 23.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Nxb5 Be5 $11) 17. Qf2 b4 (17... Nxb2 18. axb5 Bxc3 (18... axb5
19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Bxb5+ Bc6 21. Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. Qxf7+ $18) 19. Ra3 Be5 20. bxc6
$16) (17... bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxb2 19. Nb6 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rb8 21. Rxa6 $16) 18. Bxb4
(18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Bxc4 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Be2 Bd5 22. Bh5 $16) 18... Nxb2
19. Rab1 Nxd3 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ba5 $16) 20. cxd3 Be5 21. Rbc1 $1 {
[%mdl 128] Vitiugov might have missed, that despite the centralisation of the
mighty bishop white is still preserving dangerous attacking chances.} Rb8 (
21... Bxh2+ $2 22. Kh1 O-O-O (22... Bg3 23. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 (23... exd5 24. Rfe1+)
24. Qf6 Be5 25. Qxh8+ Bxh8 26. Rxc7 $18) 23. Nb5 axb5 24. axb5 h6 25. g6 $18)
22. Na2 (22. Ba5 $2 Qxa5 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qxe6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Re8 $19) 22... Rb7
23. Qc2 Bd7 (23... a5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Qxc6+ Rd7 26. Nc3 Qc7 27. Nb5 Bxh2+ 28.
Kh1 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Be5 30. d4 Bg7 31. a5 $16) 24. Qf2 Bc6 25. Rc2 $1 {After the
forced repetition of the position white keeps his attack alive without a loss
of strength.} a5 (25... Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3 (26... Bd6 27. Rfc1 Bxb4 28. Rxc6 $18
) (26... Rg8 27. Qh4 Be5 28. d4 $18) 27. Qc5 Rg8 28. Ba5 Qd7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30.
Rxc6 Rxg5 31. Nb4 $16) 26. Rfc1 (26. Ba3 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bd6 $15) 26... axb4 27.
Rxc6 Qa5 $2 {The defense remains the least grateful part of a chess art. Often
one inaccuracy and the fruits of a good defense based on intuition, sound
positional factors and a piece of luck can vanish in a moment.} (27... Qe7 28.
d4 (28. Rc8+ Kd7 29. Rxh8 Bxh8 30. a5 b3 31. a6 Rb5 32. a7 Ra5 33. Qb6 Bd4+ 34.
Qxd4 bxa2 35. Qb6 Qc5+ 36. Rxc5 a1=Q+ 37. Kf2 Rxa7 $11) 28... Bc7 29. Nxb4 Qxb4
30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 O-O 32. h4 $14) 28. R6c5 Qa7 (28... Qb6 29. a5 $18) (
28... Qxa4 29. Rc8+ Ke7 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. Qc5+ $18) 29. Nxb4 Bc7 (29... Qb6 30.
Nxd5 exd5 31. Re1 O-O 32. Rxe5 $16) 30. Rxc7 $1 {The tragedy is complete,
black will be left without a piece.} (30. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. Rc8+
Ke7 33. Rxh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 Qe7 {The novelty after less frequent move 10.g3, Shirov
is defending against attack and reserves the option to exploit the c4 weakness
with the help of Nb6 move.} (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 (11... b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13.
Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Qe3 {1-0 Diaz,
J-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cuba 1993/ (37)}) 12. Bg2 b5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4
Qb6 16. O-O Nc5 17. g4 Bb7 18. Rad1 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Rae8 21. axb4 axb4
22. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Gurevich,M/Noyon 2001/ (39)}) (10... a6 11. Bh3
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rb8
18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Nd4 {1-0 Zwanzger,J-Gamer,T/
Oberhof/1999/ (33)}) 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2 Nb6 {xc4}) 11... Nb6 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13.
Qxe3 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rfc8 (14... f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bb5 $1 Rac8 17. Rhe1 $14) (
14... Rac8 15. Nb5 $1 Na4 16. Nd6 $14) 15. g4 (15. Nb5 Nb4 16. Nd6 Rxc2 17. a3
$16) 15... Nb4 $1 (15... f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 $14) 16. Nd4 Rc5 (16... Qc5
17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Ncb5 $1 Na5 19. Nd6 $14) 17. a3 Nc6 $2 {It is a small mystery
why both players have accepted this artificial move, since it hopelessly
closes the rook on c5.} (17... Na6 $1 18. Ncb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rc6 20. h3 Nc5
$132) 18. Ncb5 $6 (18. Nb3 $1 d4 (18... Rc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 $18) 19. Nxd4
Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 $16) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Nc4 21. Qh3 (
21. Bxc4 $5 Rxc4 22. f5 Ba4 $132) 21... h6 $1 (21... g6 22. Nf3 $16) 22. g5 (
22. Nb3 Nxa3+ 23. bxa3 Rc3 24. Kb2 a5 25. Ra1 Bb5 $40) 22... Nxa3+ $1 {Shirov
comes with a strong counterplay in the twelfth hour, optically his chances on
the kingside looked very bad.} 23. bxa3 (23. Kc1 Nc4 (23... Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Ba4
25. b3 Rxc2+ (25... Rc3 26. Rd3 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qc5 28. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 29. Qd3 Qxf4+
30. Kd1 $16) 26. Nxc2 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Bxb3 30. Qc3 $16)
24. gxh6 g6 $13) 23... Rc3 24. gxh6 g6 (24... Rxa3 25. Nb3 Qb4 26. Qg2 g6) 25.
Qg2 (25. Kc1 Rxa3 26. Kd2 Rc4 $1 27. Nb3 (27. Nf3 Qc5) 27... Ba4 28. Bxc4 dxc4
29. Ra1 cxb3 30. Rxa3 Qb4+ 31. Qc3 Qxf4+ $11) (25. Qg3 Rxa3 (25... Qxa3 $2 26.
Qh4 $1 R8c4 27. h7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kxh7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ $18) 26. Nb3 Qb4
27. Bxg6 $1 Rc3 $1 28. Bh7+ Kf8 29. Qg7+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) 25... Rxa3 26.
Nb3 Qb4 $1 27. Bxg6 (27. Rhg1 Rc3 28. Bxg6 Raxb3+ 29. cxb3 Rxb3+ 30. Kc1 Kh8 $1
31. Bc2 (31. Bd3 Qc5+ 32. Bc2 Qa3+ $11) 31... Qa3+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Kc1 (33.
Ke2 Bb5+ 34. Rd3 Bxd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rb2+ $19) 33... Qa3+ $11) 27... Rxb3+ 28. cxb3
Qxb3+ 29. Qb2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 fxg6 {In this endgame white can not underestimate
the body of black's pawns on the queenside.} 31. h4 (31. Ra1 a6 32. Rhc1 Bc6
$132) 31... Kh7 32. h5 Kxh6 33. hxg6+ (33. Rdg1 gxh5 34. Rg5 Be8 35. Rg8 Bd7
36. Rg5 Be8 $11) 33... Kxg6 34. Rhg1+ Kf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Shirov did not
deserve to lose this game, but after this horribe move he will be mated.} (
34... Kf7 35. Rh1 Kg6 $11 (35... Rg8 $2 36. Rh7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Kc3 $14
)) 35. Rd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 {The whole line with 7...Be7 is gaining popularity and White
players are still searching for the best method to meet it.} Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5
11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 $5 {Najer begins with activity on the kingside, since
Black has all his pieces on the other half of the board.} Bd7 $6 (12... Rb8 $1
13. Qe3 Bd7 $13) 13. Rh3 (13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. Rh3 Rab8 15. Rg3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4
17. a3 Ne7 18. Nd4 b5 19. c3 a5 20. Bd3 b4 21. Bc2 Qxa3 22. Qd3 bxc3 23. Qxh7+
Kf8 24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Rxg8+ {1-0 Shadrina,T (2378)-Grabuzova,T 
(2357)/Sochi 2007/}) 13... Rab8 (13... b5 $5 14. Bxb5 Rab8 (14... Nb4 15. Bxd7
(15. Nd4 Bxb5 16. Ncxb5 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qxa2 18. Ra3 Qc4 $13) 15... Nxa2+ 16. Nxa2
Qxa2 17. Qb4 $1 Nxd7 18. Nd4 Rfb8 (18... Rab8 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rb7 $14)
19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 $14) (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxd5 $1 Qxa2 (16...
Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 19. Rc3 $18) 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Ra3 $1 Nd3+ 19.
cxd3 Rac8+ 20. N5c6 $18) 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. Kb1 $14) 14. h5 {
Speed of action is of the utmost importance in such positions, so White could
have considered also the immediate 14.f5!?} (14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Rg3 Ne6 (15...
Kh8 16. Rxg7 $1 (16. h5 $2 h6 $1) 16... Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rxd5
(19. Ng5 $6 f4 20. h5 Ne7 21. Qxe7 Qd8 22. Qxc5 Qxg5 $15) 19... a6 20. Ng5 f4
21. Rxd7 $18) 16. Qh6 Nb4 (16... f4 17. Bd3 g6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Be6 20.
Rh1 $16) 17. Rxg7+ Nxg7 18. Ng5 Rfc8 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Rxc3
22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qf6+ Kc7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. bxc3 $16) 14... b5 (14... h6 15.
Rg3 Kh8 $13) 15. f5 $1 exf5 (15... b4 16. f6 $1 Ne7 $1 (16... bxc3 17. Qg5 g6
18. Qh6 cxb2+ 19. Kb1 $18) (16... Nxe5 17. Qg5 Ng6 18. fxg7 $18) 17. Qg5 $1 (
17. fxe7 Rfc8 18. Rg3 $18) 17... Nf5 18. Nd4 h6 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Nxf5 Rg8 21.
Ne7 bxc3 22. Rxc3 $18) 16. Rg3 Ne6 (16... Kh8 17. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19.
Qf6+ $1 (19. h6 Ne6 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Qxf5 $18) 19... Kg8 20. Ng5
$1 Ne6 21. Qxf5 $1 Nxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. h6 $18) 17. Qh6 Nb4 $1 {
Riazantsev is doing the only correct thing by lashing out against the white
king in an attempt to slow down the action against his own majesty.} (17... Kh8
18. Rxg7 Nxg7 19. Ng5 $18) (17... g6 18. Nxd5 $18) 18. Rxg7+ Nxg7 19. Ng5 Rfc8
20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. h6 $1 (21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Rxc3 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qf8+ Kc7
25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. bxc3 Nxa2+ 27. Kb2 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Rb6 29. Qf8+ Kb7 30. Rd3 Qxe5
31. Kxa2 Rc6 $14) 21... Rxc3 22. Qxg7+ (22. hxg7+ Ke7 23. g8=N+ Kd8 24. bxc3
Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 Qxc3+ 26. Kb1 Qa3 27. Nxf7+ Kc7 28. Rd3 $11) 22... Ke7 23. Qf6+
Ke8 24. bxc3 $6 {[%mdl 64] White has made enormous progress and his h-pawn
should decide the game. The recapture on c3 is playable, but it was much
better to improve the location of the queen first.} (24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kc7
26. Qd6+ Kc8 27. bxc3 Nxa2+ 28. Kb2 Qxc3+ (28... Rb6 29. Qc5+ $1 Rc6 30. Qa3
Qxa3+ 31. Kxa3 Nxc3 32. h7 $18) 29. Kb1 Nb4 30. Bd3 Rb6 31. Qxb6 $1 axb6 32. h7
Qxe5 33. Nf7 $18) 24... Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 $6 (25. Kd2 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke1
Qc5 28. Qxf7+ Kd8 29. Qg8+ Kc7 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 $16) 25... Qxc3+ 26. Kb1
Qa3 $1 {Najer might have missed this fine idea, now he has to accept the
innevitable draw.} 27. Qh8+ (27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Rd3 Qc1+ 29. Kxa2 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1
Qc1+ $11) 27... Ke7 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 {White's
plan in this line is probably dubious as he runs the risk of falling behind in
developement.} Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3 f5 10. Qh3 d4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6
Qa5 13. Bc4 dxc3 14. Nxc5+ Kh8 15. b4 Nxb4 16. Nb3 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Qa4 18. Kxc2
Qxc4 19. Qxc3 Qe4+ 20. Qd3 Qxg2+ 21. Bd2 Nb6 $17 {0-1 Ovetchkin,R (2539)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2520)/playchess.com INT 2006/ (29)}) 9... Qe7 {It is pretty
surprising to find out that most of the games with this line were played about
100 years ago! Too many players have tried to tame White's initiative with the
9...f5 move.} (9... Re8 10. Nf3 f6 11. Rf1 Nf8 12. h4 a6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Ne2 f5
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. g4 g6 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. hxg5 fxg4 19. Nh2 Kf7 20. Nxg4 Be7 21.
Rh1 $16 {1-0 Maroczy,G-Loman,R/Hastings 1895/ (44)}) (9... f5 10. Qh3 h6 (10...
Qb6 11. Nf3 Bf2+ 12. Ke2 Nd4+ 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. g4 Nc5 15. gxf5 Nxd3 16. cxd3
Rxf5 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Be8 19. Rhc1 Bh5+ 20. Ke1 Raf8 21. Nd1 Bxe5 22. Be3 d4
23. fxe5 Rf1+ 24. Kd2 Bxd1 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 {0-1 Liebenstein,H-Smith,S/Hannover
1902/}) (10... a6 11. Nf3 Nd4 (11... Be7 12. g4 Nc5 13. gxf5 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3
Rxf5 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. d4 Rf7 18. Kf2 Kh8 19. Be3 Rg8 20. Ng5 Bxg5
21. Rxg5 g6 $17 {1-0 Johner,P-Gattie,W/Ostend 1906/ (42)}) 12. Nxd4 (12. g4
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qh4+ 14. Qg3 Qxg4 15. Bd2 Qxg3+ 16. hxg3 g6 17. O-O-O Rf7 18.
Rh6 Bf8 19. Rh2 Nc5 20. Bf1 b5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Omeliansky,V-Romanovsky,A/St
Petersburg 1905/ (49)}) 12... Bxd4 13. Ne2 Ba7 14. b4 a5 15. Bd2 axb4 16. axb4
Qb6 17. g4 Nb8 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qe3 Na6 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21. b5 Nc7 22. Rxa8 Nxa8
23. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Levitsky,S-Blumenfeld,B/St Petersburg 1905/ (65)}) (10... Bb6
11. g4 Nc5 12. gxf5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Rxf5 14. Nf3 a6 15. Ne2 h6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Qxe3 Rf7 18. Rg1 Ne7 19. Nfd4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Tartakower,
S-Johner,P/Nuremberg 1906/ (29)}) (10... Be7 11. b4 g5 (11... Ndxe5 12. fxe5
Nxe5 13. Nge2 Ng4 14. Nf4 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. Bb2 Bxc3+ 17. Bxc3 e5 18. O-O-O
exf4 19. gxf4 Qc7 20. Kb2 Qxf4 21. Rhg1 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Grondin,J (2261)
-Linskiy,O (2412)/Quebec 2001/ (34)}) 12. Qh6 Kh8 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nd2 Rg8 15.
Bb2 Rg6 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Nf8 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. e6 Bxe6 $17 {
0-1 Bonch Osmolovsky,M-Aronin,L/Moscow 1949/ (36)}) (10... Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Qb6
12. Rf1 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Be3 d4 16. Bf2 Rac8 17. b5 Ne7 18.
Bxd4 Qa5 19. Kf2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lehmann,H-Jimeno,A/Tarragona 1960/ (69)}) 11. g4
Nd4 12. Nge2 Qh4+ 13. Qxh4 Nf3+ 14. Kf1 Nxh4 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17.
Na4 Be7 18. Nd4 Rf7 19. Ke2 Nf8 20. Rg1 b6 $11 {0-1 Schallopp,E-Maroczy,G/
Nuremberg 1896/ (34)}) 10. Bd2 f6 $1 {The opening of the centre comes at a
precarious moment for Short; his pieces are not well prepared for the
confrontation.} 11. Qh4 (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. Nf3 e5) 11... h6 12. exf6
(12. Nf3 fxe5 13. Qxe7 Bxe7 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 $17) 12... Nxf6 13. O-O-O (13. Nf3
e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. O-O-O Nxd3+ 16. cxd3) 15... Qxe5+ 16. Kd1 Bf5
17. Re1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxb2 $19) 13... e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf3 (
15. Be2 d4 16. Nb5 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nexg4 $17) 15... Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 b5 $5 {The
first independent move in the game! Morozevich is trying to improve on the old
game with 16...Be3, but also on the natural looking move 16...Bf5.} (16... Be3
17. Rhe1 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Qd6 19. Rde2 Bd7 20. Qd4 a6 21. Re5 Rac8 22. Kb1 Qc6
23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc2+ 25. Ka2 $16 {1-0 Spielmann,R-Alapin,S/Munich 1909/
(28)}) (16... Bf5 17. Rhe1 Qd8 (17... Qd6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Rad8
$15) 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Ng4 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Re2 $15) 17. Rhe1 (17. Nxb5
$2 Qb7 18. Nbd4 Bg4 $17) 17... Qb7 18. Be3 (18. Qg3 a5 19. Bxh6 Ng4 $17) 18...
Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 a5 $1 {The key move of Black's whole idea. White will bitterly
regret his easy-going idea of 7.a3.} 20. Rde1 (20. a4 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Bd7 22. Qa3
Qb4 $17) 20... b4 21. Re7 Qb6 (21... Bd7 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nd1 Qb5 24. Qd4 Ra4
$17) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nd1 Bg4 {It is very easy to play the general after the
battle and also with the help of a clever playing program. Objectively
speaking the most cruel punishment for White might have been 23...Qc5+!?} (
23... Qc5+ $5 24. Kd2 (24. Kb1 Bg4 25. Ne3 Rfc8 $19) 24... b3 25. Nc3 Ra2 26.
Kc1 (26. Nxa2 Qc2+ 27. Ke3 Ng4+ 28. Kd4 Rf4+ $19) 26... Bg4 $19) 24. Kd2 b3 25.
Ke2 Ra4 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qe5 Rf5 {Morozevich is getting a bit nervous, since
White is still dodging and diving despite his terribly located king in the
centre.} (27... Bxf3+ 28. gxf3 Nf4+ 29. Kd2 Qg6 $1 30. Nf2 Kh7 31. Rb7 Qg2 32.
Kc3 Nxd3 $19) 28. Qc3 Bxf3+ (28... d4 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Re4 Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Qb5 32.
Nf2 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Nxd3 $19) 29. gxf3 d4 $2 {Errors are an integral part of the
game, but Black had no need to be so concerned. The transfer of the queen to
g6 would have decided the issue.} (29... Nf4+ 30. Kf1 Qg6 $1 31. Ne3 Rf8 32.
Qxb3 Qh5 $19) 30. Re8+ $2 (30. Qc8+ Rf8 31. Re8 Qf6 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxf8+
Kxf8 34. Kd2 $15) 30... Kh7 31. Qc8 Nf4+ 32. Kf1 Qb5 33. Nf2 Nxd3 $4 {[%mdl
8192] Black will remember his defeat in the game for a long time. Despite all
the small issues his position was still seriously better.} (33... Ra2 34. Rh8+
Kg6 35. Rc1 Ra6 $17) 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Qe6+ Kh5 (35... Rf6 36. Qe4+ Qf5 37.
Qxf5+ Rxf5 38. Nxd3 Rxf3+ 39. Ke2 Re3+ 40. Kd2 $16) (35... Kg5 36. Rb8 Qxb8 37.
Nh3+ Kh4 38. Qxf5 $18) 36. Rb8 $1 {A very cold shower indeed, instead of his
mating White it is Black's own king which will suffer that ignominy.} Qe5 (
36... Qxb8 37. Qxf5+ g5 38. Qh3+ Kg6 39. Re6+ $18) (36... Qd5 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38.
Nxd3 $18) 37. Rxe5 Ra1+ 38. Re1 (38. Ke2 Rxe5+ 39. Qxe5+ Nxe5 40. Rb5 $18)
38... Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Nxe1 40. Kxe1 Rxf3 41. Rd8 Re3+ 42. Kf1 Rc3 {Desperation,
but Black had nothing to lose any more.} (42... Kg5 43. Rxd4 $18) 43. bxc3 dxc3
44. Nd3 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 $1
cxd4 (8... b4 9. axb4 (9. dxc5 bxc3 10. b4 $36) 9... cxb4 10. Nf3 $14) 9. Nxd4
Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4 $6 Bc5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nf3 f6 $1 13. Nd4 $2 Nxe5 $1 $15
{Shirov,A-Bareev,E/Hastings/1991-92/}) 10... b4 11. a4 Nb6 $6 (11... Qa5 $5)
12. Nf3 (12. b3 $14) 12... Be7 (12... Nc4 $5 13. b3 Na3) 13. b3 a5 14. Bb5+ Nd7
15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 (17. f5 $5 $36) 17... Rc6 18. Bd2 O-O 19.
Rac1 (19. f5 Qb6 20. Kh1 $1 {/\ f6; 21.fe6 fe6 22.Bg5} f6 $5) 19... Nb8 20. f5
exf5 21. Qxf5 $2 (21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Qa6 Rc8 $2 24. e6 $1 Qxe6 25.
Ne5 $18) 21... Qb6 22. Rxc6 $6 (22. Kh1) (22. h4 $14) 22... Nxc6 23. Be3 Nd8
24. Qd7 (24. Bg5 g6 (24... Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 $1 27. g3 Qh6 $13)
25. Qg4 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Ne6 $10) 24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 (25. Qb5 Nc6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27.
Ne1 h6 28. Nd3 Bg5 29. Bf2 $10) 25... Nxe6 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. h4 h6 28. g4 Kf8 29.
g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Nxg5 (31. hxg5 Ke7 32. Rc6 g6 33. Kf2 Ra7 34. Ke3 Rc7
$10) 31... Nxd4 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rxf7 Rf8 $2 (33... Nxb3 $1 34. Rd7 (34. e6 Nc5
35. Rc7 Ne4 $17) 34... Nc5 35. Rxd5 Rc8 36. e6 Kf8 $17) 34. Rd7 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 $1
Nxe5 (35... Nxh4+ 36. Kg3 Nf5+ 37. Kh3 $36) 36. Rxd5 Nc6 37. Rc5 Rf6 38. h5 g6
$4 (38... Rh6 39. Nf3 Rf6) 39. Ne4 $4 (39. h6 Rf5 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Kf3 Nd4+
42. Kf4 Nxb3 43. Kxf5 {/\ Kg6, Nf7}) 39... Re6 40. hxg6 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 {Black's expansion on the queenside bears the signs of clear ambition.
The tension along the squares d4-c5 is favourable for him, but he can not
directly benefit from it. With the queenside activity Potkin is trying to
deflect attention from his modestly protected kingside.} b4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. c3
(11. O-O a5 (11... Be7 12. c4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Rb8 14. b3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 Nb6 19. Rac1 Qb4 20. Ne4 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kurnosov,I (2674)-Lysyj,I (2615)/Dagomys 2010 (50)}) (11... cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ke7 17. Ne3 Bxd4 18.
cxd4 a5 19. Rac1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N (2560)-Dreev,A 
(2615)/Manila 1990 (51)}) 12. c3 (12. Rc1 Bb7 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 f5 16. g4 Be7 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bf3 Nf8 19. Qg2 Ne6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Rd8 22. Qg2 $16 {1-0 Andreikin,D (2635)-Shimanov,A (2535)/Dagomys 2010 (56)})
12... Be7 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. f5 exf5 15. Ng5 cxd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Nh3
Ne7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 g5 20. Qf2 Qe6 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. Nb5 Rc8 $11 {1-0
Nijboer,F (2583)-Van Eijk,S (2387)/Groningen 2010 (32)}) (12... g6 13. Nf2 Ba6
14. Bxa6 bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxa6 16. Ng4 Be7 17. Nh6 Nb6 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nd8 20.
dxc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D (2561)-Heberla,B (2465)/Istanbul
2005 (49)}) 13. Bf2 O-O 14. f5 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6
18. Ne3 Bb4 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. Ng5 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc3 22. Qh4 $16 {0-1 Svidler,P 
(2735)-Morozevich,A (2741)/Monte Carlo 2005 (38)}) 11... bxc3 {The immediate
exchange on the c3-square reveals Black's impatience. The second player would
love to know more about the future structure in the centre.} (11... Rb8 12. O-O
g6 (12... bxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Bd3 $14) 13. Kh1 Na5 14. Bg1 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ne3 Qb2 18. Qe1 Ne4 19. Rc1 h5 20. Bd3 $11 {1-0 Nijboer,F 
(2584)-Visser,Y (2480)/Hilversum 2006 (48)}) 12. Nxc3 $1 (12. bxc3 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 Na5 15. O-O Be7 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rfc1 Bb7 19.
Rxc4 Qd8 20. Qc2 $18 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F (2559)-Visser,Y (2470)/Hoogeveen 2007 
(92)}) 12... Rb8 13. b3 Qa5 {The retreat of the queen does not belong to the
dream solutions, but the defender had to solve the problem of his opponent's
threat of Na4.} (13... Qb4 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Rad1
Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. b4 Nd7 $14 {0-1 Inarkiev,E 
(2612)-Kiriakov,P (2565)/Sochi 2005 (68)}) (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb4 15. a3 (15.
Nc2 Bc5 16. Na4 Bxe3 $11) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxb3 18. Qxb3 Rxb3
19. Kd2 f6 20. Rhc1 $16) (13... Be7 $6 14. Na4 Qb4 15. dxc5 $16) 14. Rc1 cxd4 {
After the rook move to c1 Black has to worry about combinations taking
advantage of the pressure along the c-file.} (14... Be7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 (15...
Nxc5 16. Nxd5 $1 Nxb3 17. Qxa5 Nbxa5 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Kf2 $16) 16. Nxd5 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 $16) 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 (15... Bb7 $5 16. O-O (16. f5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exf5
18. e6 fxe6 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxh8 gxh5 21. Qg5 Bc5 $14) 16... Bc5 17. Rfd1 O-O
18. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Bxc6 20. Bg4 $14) 16. Bxd4 Ba3 (16... Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5
18. Ne4 $1 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Nd7 20. Nf3 $16) 17. Rc2 O-O 18. Na4 $1 {[%mdl 32]
This simple move of exceptional strength emphasises the sound nature of
White's setup. The queen exchange would have led into a position with great
suffering in the worse position. Black decides to look for chances in the
complications, hoping to change the flow of the game.} Bb4 (18... Qxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 f6 20. Bg4 Kf7 21. Rc6 f5 22. Be2 $16) 19. Bc3 f6 (19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 21. Rxc3 f6 22. Bg4 Kf7 (22... f5 23. Be2 g5 24. g3 $16) 23. Rc6 f5 24.
Be2 g5 25. g3 Rb4 26. O-O gxf4 27. Rfc1 (27. gxf4 Rg8+ 28. Kh1 Ke7 $11) 27...
fxg3 28. Rxc8 gxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Nxe5 31. Nc5 $14) 20. Bg4 Re8 $2 {
Potkin was reluctant to give up the lion's share of his counterplay with the
help of the f-pawn advance. Unfortunately stubborness will not bring him
relief in the worse position, it will only open up more active options for his
opponent.} (20... fxe5 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. fxe5 Re4+
25. Kd1 Rxe5 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 $16) (20... f5 21. Be2 $14) 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 (
21... Qxb4 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rxc8+ Kf7 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. O-O $16) 22. O-O {
Grischuk combines exceptional chess talent with the ideal qualities of the
gambler. He has also made his name outside the chess world as a clever poker
player - thus he does not lose his sleep over ocassional missed chance. The
blow on the e6-square could have decided the game in an instant.} (22. Bxe6+ $1
Rxe6 (22... Kh8 23. Bf7 Re4+ 24. Kd1 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rd8 26. Rhc1 $18) 23. Rxc8+
Kf7 24. O-O Rxa4 25. Qd1 $18) 22... Bb7 (22... fxe5 23. Bxe6+ $18) 23. a3 {
Gifted players are not obliged to look for the best solutions. The simple
doubling of the rooks along the c-file was objectively devastating.} (23. Rfc1
$1 f5 (23... fxe5 24. Rc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 exf4 28. Nc5
$18) 24. Bd1 Bc6 25. Rxc6 Rxa4 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. a4 $18) 23... Rxa4 24. bxa4
Qxd2 (24... Qxa4 25. Rb1 Ba8 26. Rb4 Qa5 (26... Qxa3 27. Ra2 $18) 27. Bxe6+
Rxe6 28. Rb8+ $18) 25. Rxd2 fxe5 26. fxe5 {Grischuk is logically playing his
own version of chess instead of fishing for the random chances that could lead
to the breaking of his opponent's resistance.} (26. Rb2 $5 Bc6 27. Rc1 Bxa4 28.
Rb4 Bb5 29. Rc7 Nf6 30. fxe5 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 g6 32. Rf4 $18) 26... Nxe5 27. Be2
Rc8 (27... Bc6 28. a5 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rd6 Bb5 31. a4 Bxa4 32. Rxa6 c3 33.
Rb6 $18) 28. Rb2 Rc7 (28... Bc6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. Rb6 d4 31. Rd1 Bxa4 32. Rxd4
$18) 29. Rb6 Nc4 (29... Re7 30. Bxa6 $18) 30. Bg4 $1 {The elegant finish
somehow justifies White's way of handling the chess game. The witty
combination instantly breaks Black's resistance.} (30. Rxe6 g6 31. Rd1 $18)
30... g6 (30... Nxb6 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Rf8#) 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Rxb7 $1 {
Facing the light hand of Grischuk not even the current champion of Europe
Potkin stood any real chance.} (32. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 33. Bxd5 Rb3 (33... Rc7 34.
Rc1 $18) 34. Bxc4 Rxa3 35. Bxa6 Rxa4 36. Be2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 {With this move the game is leaving the known theoretical
continuations and the closed center will contribute to the distinct character
of the French defense.} c4 11. g4 h5 (11... b4 12. Bg2 bxa3 13. bxa3 Rb8 14.
O-O $13) 12. gxh5 (12. g5 g6 13. Bg2 a5 $11) 12... Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 $5 {
Naturally Kasparov has with white pieces high ambitions against Radjabov and
thus he sharply marches forward.} exf5 (14... b4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. axb4 Bxb4
17. c3 $14) 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 (16. exf6 Bxf5 17. fxg7 Bxg7 18. Rg1 Bf6 $11)
(16. Nxg7+ Bxg7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bg2 Bg4 $11) 16... Ng4 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c3 (
18. Bg2 Be7 19. h3 Nh6 $13) 18... Be7 19. Ng5 O-O-O (19... Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Na5
21. Rd1 f6 22. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be2 (21. Qe2 $5 Nh6 22. O-O-O
$14) 21... Ngxe5 $5 {So far nobody was sucessful against Kasparov without a
sound portion of selfconfidence and risk. Black is chosing probably not the
best, but surely the most provocative move.} (21... Nxh2 22. Nh5 g6 23. Nf6
Bxf6 24. exf6 Ng4 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Bxg4 Rh1+ 27. Ke2 Rxa1 28. f7 Qd8 29. Bh6
Rh1 30. Qe3 $18) (21... Rxh2 22. Rxh2 Nxh2 23. O-O-O Na5 24. Qe3 $14) (21...
Nh6 22. O-O-O $14) 22. Qe3 (22. dxe5 d4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Qc1 (24. Qe3 Rf8 25.
Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qa5+ $19) 24... Na5 25. Be3 Nb3 26. Bxd4 (26. Qc3 Nxa1 27.
Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Nc2+ 29. Kf2 Nxd4 $19) 26... Qxd4 27. Qd1 Qe3 $19) (22. Bxe5
$5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. O-O-O (24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Qg5 Be7 26. Qxg7 Rdg8 27. Qf7
Rxg3 28. Qxe6+ Kb8 29. Qxa6 Qc5 30. O-O-O $16) 24... Qxe5 25. Kb1 $16) 22...
Nd7 23. Qxe6 Bh4 24. Qg4 (24. Qxd5 Rde8 25. Kd1 Nf6 26. Qf3 $16) 24... g5 25.
Bd2 (25. Bxg5 Rdg8 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Bxh4 Qc7 $15) 25... Rde8 (25... Na5 $5 26.
O-O-O (26. Rf1 Nb3 $17) 26... Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Qg6 28. b4 cxb3 29. Bd3 Qc6 $15)
26. O-O-O Na5 27. Rdf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Kasparov not only refused to accept the
piece sacrifice, but in the sharp position commited the serious tactical
oversight. It seems only logical, that white king will not feel very safe on
the d1 square.} (27. Kb1 Qg6+ 28. Ka2 Qe6 (28... Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rxh1 30. Rxh1
Qc2 31. Qxg5 (31. Qh5 Re7) 31... Rxe2 32. Rh8+ Kb7 (32... Kc7 33. Qd8+ Kc6 34.
Rh6+ $18) 33. Qxd5+ Kb6 (33... Nc6 34. Qxd7+ Kb6 35. Rh6 $18) 34. Rh6+ (34.
Qxd7 $2 Qb3+ 35. Kb1 Qd1+ 36. Bc1 Rxb2+ $1 37. Kxb2 Qe2+ 38. Kb1 Qd3+ $11)
34... Ka7 35. Qxd7+ Nb7 36. Qc6 Qb3+ 37. Kb1 Qd1+ 38. Bc1 $18) 29. Qxe6 Rxe6
30. Bg4 Rf6 $11) 27... Nb3+ 28. Kd1 Bxg3 $1 29. Rf7 (29. hxg3 Qg6 $1 30. Bc1
Qb1 31. Qxg5 Nxc1 32. Qxc1 Qe4 $19) 29... Rd8 (29... Qe6 $6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31.
Bg4 Rd6 32. Bxg5 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Bxh2 34. Rh7 Bg3 35. Be7 $14) 30. Bxg5 (30. Qxg3
Qg6 $19) 30... Qg6 31. Qf5 (31. Rf5 Rde8 $19) 31... Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Rdf8 33.
Rxf8+ {Not even a great deal of chess phantasy can help in the position, where
white simply misses the whole piece.} (33. Rxd5 Nb6 34. Bg4+ Kc7 35. Rf5 Rxf5
36. Bxf5 Rxh2 $19) 33... Nxf8 34. Bf3 (34. h4 Nh7 35. Rg1 Nxg5 36. hxg5 Bf2 $19
) 34... Bh4 35. Be3 (35. Bxh4 Rxh4 36. Bxd5 Nxd4 $1 $19) 35... Nd7 36. Bxd5 Re8
37. Bh6 Ndc5 $1 38. Bf7 Re7 39. Bh5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sendur, Adnan"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. a3 a5 10. g4 $6 {Even without this weakening move white faces
challenging task of keeping the exposed center intact.} (10. g3 $1 Be7 11. Bh3
Nf8 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Ndb8 (12... fxe5 13. fxe5 O-O 14. Nf4 $16) 13. O-O O-O
14. Kh1 Na6 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Be3 Bd7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20.
Rc1 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Van Driel,E/Vlissingen/1997/ (28)}) 12. O-O (12. exf6
$6 Bxf6 13. Be3 $13 c4 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne5 Nge7 16. g4 g6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. a4
Bg7 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Bykhovsky,A/New York/1990/ (56)}) (12. f5 cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5
14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Ng5 exf5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Ne6 19. Nf3 O-O
20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Qd3 Nd4 {0-1 Galje,H-Kaminik,A/Graz/1996/ (26)}) 12... a4 13.
exf6 gxf6 14. f5 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Nc3 Ra5 17. Kh1 e4 18. Nh4 Qxd4 19. Qh5+
Kd8 20. Rd1 Qc4 21. Bf1 Qb3 22. Nxe4 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Kaminik,A/Bad Wildbad/
1993/ (32)}) 10... Be7 11. Bg2 (11. Bh3 $5 cxd4 12. cxd4 fxe5 13. fxe5 O-O 14.
Rf1 $13) 11... O-O 12. Qd3 (12. Rf1 a4 $1 $15) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Nexd4
$2 fxe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qf2+ $19) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 (14.
dxe5 Nc5 $15) 14... Rxf3 $5 {[%mdl 512] Very logical sacrifice with the main
idea of pawn chain elimination. White pieces are poorly coordinated and the
king is in danger sitting in the center.} 15. Bxf3 (15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4
17. Qf4 Bh4+ 18. Ke2 Qxe5+ $17) 15... Ndxe5 $1 16. dxe5 (16. Qe3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
Bh4+ 18. Kf1 Bd7 $19) 16... Nxe5 17. Qe3 (17. Qc3 d4 $1 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rf1
Bh4+ 20. Ke2 Qa4 21. Bg2 Bd7 $1 22. Qxe5 Qxg4+ $19) 17... Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Nxf3+
19. Kf2 (19. Kd1 Bd7 20. b3 e5 $17) 19... Ne5 20. Bd4 (20. h3 Nd3+ 21. Kf3 Nxb2
$19) 20... Nxg4+ 21. Kg3 Nh6 {Only rarely can a player claim compensation in
three healthy pawns after the exchange sacrifice. White position is simply
hopeless.} 22. Be5 Nf7 23. Bc7 (23. Bc3 e5 $19) 23... e5 24. b4 Ra6 $1 (24...
axb4 25. axb4 Ra6 26. Rxa6 bxa6 27. Rc1 Bf5 $19) 25. Rhc1 (25. Bxa5 $2 b6 26.
Rhc1 Nd6 $19) 25... Rg6+ 26. Kf2 Bg4 27. bxa5 (27. Bxa5 $2 b6 $19) 27... Ng5 $1
28. Ng3 (28. Bxe5 $2 Re6 $19) 28... Rf6+ 29. Kg1 $6 (29. Ke3 Rf3+ 30. Kd2 Ne6
$19) (29. Kg2 Bh3+ 30. Kg1 Kf7 $19) 29... Nh3+ (29... Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kh1
Bf3#) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. a4 $5 {/\a4- a5}
a5 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 f6 $1 (15... Bd7 16. Kd2 {/\ Re1, Nd4+/-}) 16. exf6+ (16.
Kd2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 {><e5}) 16... gxf6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Re1 $1 {/\ Nc7-e6}
Bxb5 $1 (18... Rac8 19. g3 {/\ Bh3, Nd4 ><e6}) 19. Bxb5 Nc8 {/\ Nd6, f5, Ne4=/+
} 20. c4 $1 dxc4 $2 (20... Nb6 $1 21. cxd5 (21. c5 Nd7 22. c6 bxc6 23. Bxc6
Rad8 $17) 21... Nxd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kc1 Rac8+ 24. Bc4 $10) 21. Bxc4 Rd8+ 22.
Kc3 Rd6 23. Rd1 $14 Rc6 (23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nb6 25. Re1 Nxc4 26. Kxc4 $16 {
/\ Kb5}) (23... Nb6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. Rd1+ Nd5+ 26. Kd4 $14) 24. Kb2 Nd6 25.
Bd3 Rg8 $1 26. g3 h5 27. Rhg1 $1 Rc5 (27... h4 $6 28. gxh4 Rcc8 29. Rg3 $1 $16)
28. Be2 e5 29. fxe5 (29. Bxh5 exf4 30. Rge1+ Kd7 31. Bf7 Rh8 $10) 29... Rxe5
30. Bf3 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Rge1+ Kd7 33. Rd4 Rgb8 34. Bd5 $6 (34. Bd1 $5 $14
{><h5}) 34... R8b6 $138 35. Red1 Rb4 36. R1d3 Ke7 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Be6+ Kd8 39.
Rd5 R4b5 40. Rd4 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 (11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
Rh3 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 f6 $2 16. Qxb4 fxe5 17. Qd6 Qf6 18. f5 $1 $16 {
Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam/1994/1:0 (32)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 Qc7
14. Bd3 $14 {Kruppa,Y-Fish,G/Alushta(op)/1994/1:0 (40)}) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 (
9... cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 14. Rb1 gxf4 15.
Bb5 Rb8 16. Nc5 $16 {Short,N-Timman,J/Amsterdam/1994/1:0 (31)}) 10. b4 (10. b3
b5) 10... Qc7 (10... cxb3 11. axb3 b5 12. Nc5 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Nd3 $18) (
10... Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 b5 13. Nb2 O-O 14. Be2 Be7 (14... f6 $5 $13 {
Kholmov}) 15. Qc2 b4 16. h4 f6 17. h5 Nb6 18. g4 $16 {Kholmov,R-Marjasin,B/
Brjansk/1985/1:0 (33)}) 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O (12. g4 $5 b5 (12... f6 $5 {Bareev}
) 13. Nc5 a5 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 $13 {Kamsky,
G-Bareev,E/Madrid/1994/1/2-1/2/70/}) 12... f5 (12... O-O 13. Qe1 b5 14. Nc5 a5
15. a3 Nxc5 $10 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/Leningrad/1987/0:1 (47)}) 13. Nc5 $146 (
13. Bf2 b6 14. Nb2 Nf8 15. Bh4 a5 16. b5 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nd8 18. a4 $10 {Anand,
V-Bareev,E/Linares/1994/0,5 (32)}) (13. Nb2 $1 {Anand}) (13. exf6 $5 Nxf6 (
13... gxf6 14. f5 $16) (13... Bxf6 14. Ne5 $16) 14. Ne5 $14) 13... Nf8 $1 (
13... Nxc5 $2 14. dxc5 O-O 15. g4 fxg4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. Bxg4 $16)
14. Qa4 $6 (14. h3 $142 Ng6 15. g4 O-O 16. Qd2 $13) 14... b6 15. Na6 Qd7 16.
Bd1 (16. b5 Nb8 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 18. Bd1 Ra8 $132) 16... Ng6 17. b5 Nb8 (17... Na5
$13) 18. Nxb8 Rxb8 19. Rb1 O-O 20. Rf2 $2 (20. Qc2 a6 21. a4 Ra8 $10) 20... a6
$1 21. bxa6 Qa7 $1 (21... b5 22. a7) 22. g3 Bd7 23. Qc2 b5 $17 24. h4 Rb6 (
24... Ba3 25. h5 Ne7 26. h6 g6 27. Bc1 Qxa6 28. Ng5 $44) 25. h5 Nh8 26. g4 Rxa6
(26... fxg4 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. fxg5 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Nf7 30. Be3 $13) 27. gxf5 (27.
g5 Ra8 28. Ra1 b4 $17) 27... Rxf5 (27... exf5 $6 28. Nh2 Nf7 29. Bf3 $13) 28.
Rg2 $5 Nf7 $1 (28... Rxh5 29. Ng5 Rh6 30. Bg4 $10) 29. Nh2 (29. Ng5 Nh6 $1 $17)
29... b4 $1 30. cxb4 (30. Bg4 Nh6 $1 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Ng4 Ra3 $17) 30... Ba4
31. Qb2 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Ra4 33. Ng4 Rxb4 (33... Rxh5 $5 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. exf6 g6
36. Qc2 Rf5 $17) 34. Qc2 Qb8 (34... Qa3 35. h6 g6 $17) 35. Bc1 Rb1 (35... Qa7
$1) 36. Qa4 Qc8 (36... Rxh5 37. Qd7) 37. Be3 Rxd1+ $2 (37... Rb4 $5) 38. Qxd1
Kh8 39. Rb2 $132 (39. Nh2 $2 Nh6) 39... Qe8 (39... Rxh5 40. Qb1 Qe8 41. Rb8 Nd8
42. Qb6 $132) 40. Bc1 (40. Qb1 $2 Nd8 41. h6 gxh6 $17) 40... h6 (40... Nd8 41.
h6 $1 gxh6 42. Ne3 Rxf4 (42... Rf8 43. f5 $13) 43. Nxd5) 41. Ne3 $1 Rxf4 42.
Nxd5 Re4 43. Nc3 (43. Nxe7 $2 Qxe7 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Qc2 Qh4 $19) (43. Nf4 Ng5)
(43. Nc3 Rh4 44. Rh2 Rxh2 45. Kxh2 Bb4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0001"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zukertort Amstelveen"]
[BlackTeam "Magnus/BSG Bussum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Be3 cxd4 (8... Nc6 $6 9. dxc5 $1 Qc7 10. O-O Nxe5 $6 (10... Be7 11. Re1 O-O $14
) 11. Re1 f6 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bc6 13. Bd4 Qd7 14. Qh3 h5 15. b4 Rh6 16. f4
$16 {Chikovani,Y-Lputian,S/URS/1978/1:0/34/}) 12. b4 $16 {Gurgenidze,
B-Grigorian,K/Gori 1968}) (8... Qb6 $5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bxe3
12. Nxb6 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 14. Rhe1 Ke7 15. c3 f6 16. exf6+ Kxf6 17. Re3 Be8
18. Rae1 Bf7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 $14 Rd6 21. Rb3 g5 22. Rc1 e5 23. Rc7 Be6
24. Na4 exd4 25. Rbxb7 Bf5 26. Nc5 Re8 27. Rf7+ Ke5 28. Rfe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7+
Kf4 30. Ra7 Rc6 31. b4 Rh6 32. h3 g4 33. hxg4 Kxg4 34. Rg7+ Bg6 35. Nxa6 Rh2
36. b5 Rxg2 37. b6 Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Gurgenidze,B-Kupreichik,V/
Sverdlovsk 1984}) (8... Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 O-O
13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Nb2 Qc3 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nb2 Qc3 18. Na4 {1/2-1/2
Gurgenidze,B-Gurevich,M/Tbilisi 1987}) 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 f6 $1 $146 (10...
Be7 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bh6 $16 {Mortensen,E-Manninen,M/Reykjavik zt/
1995/1:0/36/}) 11. O-O (11. exf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 $5) 12. Qc7 Rc8 (12... Bb4
13. O-O Bc8) 13. Qb6 (13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa6 Rxb2 15. Ne2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rxc2)
13... Bd6 (13... Bb4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Qxb7 e5 17. Rfe1 $36))
11... Bb4 $1 (11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qf6 13. Nxd7 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Kxd7 15. Rad1 $14)
12. Qg4 (12. Qg3 $142 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 (13... Ba5 14. Bc5) 14. bxc3 fxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 $11) 12... Qe7 (12... O-O $2 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 $1) 13.
Rfe1 (13. exf6 gxf6 $5 (13... Qxf6)) 13... O-O 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Bd2 (15. Nxd5
$5 $15) 15... Qf7 16. Qg3 Rac8 $1 (16... e5 $5) 17. Rad1 Ba5 $1 18. Be3 Bc7 $15
19. Qh4 Qg6 20. Nd4 (20. Qh3 $142 Rcd8 (20... Rf7 21. Nh4 Qf6 (21... Qh5 22. g4
Qe5 23. f4 Qf6 24. g5 Qd8 25. g6 Rf6 26. gxh7+))) 20... e5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22.
Qg5 Qxc2 $19 23. Rd2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Bc5 Rb8 26. b4 Rf4 27. Ne4 Be8 28.
Ng3 Bg6 29. h3 Rc4 30. Nf1 h5 31. Ne3 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Ba5 33. Ree2 Bxd2 34. Rxd2
Rb5 35. g4 Rxc5 36. gxh5 Bxh5 37. Nf5 Kf7 38. Rb2 Kf6 39. Ne3 d4 40. Nf1 Rc1
0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 (9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 c4 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Be7 $13 {Shirov-Glek 
(Bundesliga 1995/96)}) (9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. O-O Qb6 13.
Rad1 Rc8 $10 {Kolev,A-Glek (Linares 1996)}) 9... Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6
12. Bd3 b4 (12... Rb8 13. O-O Na4 $14) 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. b3 $146 (15.
Rad1 Na4) (15. Rfd1 O-O (15... Na4 $6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. b3 {/\ 18.a3}) 16. Ned4
Rfc8 17. Nb3 Na4 $10 {Kuczynski-Glek (Bundesliga 1994/95)}) (15. Kh1 Ne7 $1 (
15... O-O $140 $2 16. Bxh7+) 16. Rad1 (16. Rfd1 h6 17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qh4 $6 (18.
Nb3 $142 $10) 18... Ra7 19. g4 $2 Ng6 $17 {Mainka,R-Glek (Recklinghausen 1995)}
) (16. b3 h6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qd2 $6 (18. Ne2 $142) 18... Nf5 $1 19. Nxf5 gxf5
$17 {Renet-Glek (Clichy 1995)}) (16. Ng3 g6 17. Ne2 Rb8 (17... Na4 $10) 18.
Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Ned4 Nc5 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Rad1 {Lutz-Glek (Bundesliga 1996)} Nf5
$13 (21... Rc8 $13)) 16... Na4 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ned4 Na4 $10 {Nunn-Glek 
(Bundesliga 1992/93, "Schach" 2/93, S.54)}) 15... O-O 16. Kh1 Rfb8 $1 17. Rad1
(17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh4+ Kg8 19. Ng5 Ne4 $1 (19... Bxe2 $6 20. f5 $1)) 17...
Ne4 18. Qh4 h6 (18... Qe3 $5 19. Neg1 $1 $13) 19. f5 $5 exf5 20. Nf4 Qd8 (20...
Nc3 $6 21. Rde1 Re8 22. Qg3 $40) 21. Qh5 Ne7 22. Nd4 (22. e6 Qe8 $1) 22... g6
$1 23. Qxh6 Qf8 $1 24. Qh3 Qg7 $1 25. e6 $5 (25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. e6 Rbb6 27.
exf7+ Qxf7) 25... Qxd4 $1 26. Bxe4 $6 (26. exf7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 (27...
Rh8 28. Qg3 $1 Qxe4 29. Rfe1) (27... Qh8 $1 28. Qxh8 Rxh8 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3
Rhc8 $10) 28. Rfe1 $1 Qxf4 (28... Rh8 29. Qg3 Qxc2 30. Rc1 {/\ 31.Rc7+-}) 29.
Qh7+ $18) 26... Qxe4 $1 (26... Qh8 27. Nxd5 $1) 27. exf7+ Kg7 $1 (27... Kxf7 $2
28. Rfe1 $1 Rh8 29. Qg3 Qxc2 30. Rc1 {/\ Rc1-c7+-}) 28. Rde1 (28. Rfe1 $2 Qxf4
29. Rxe7 Rf8 $19) 28... Bxf1 29. Rxe4 (29. Ne6+ Kf6 $1 (29... Kxf7 $6 30. Ng5+)
30. Rxe4 dxe4 $19) 29... dxe4 30. Qh4 Kxf7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Qh4+ Kf7 $138 33.
Qh7+ Kf6 34. Qh4+ (34. Qh4+ Ke5 $1 35. Qg3 $5 Bxg2+ $5 (35... Ba6 $140 $2 36.
Nxg6+ Ke6 37. Qe5+) (35... Rd8 $5) 36. Kxg2 Rg8 $5 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Ne7 $1 16. Rfd1 {N/} (16. Rad1 Na4 $1 $10 {Nunn,J-Glek,I/GER/1992/}) 16...
h6 $1 (16... Na4 $6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 {/\a3!/}) 17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qh4 $6 (18.
Nb3 $32 $10) 18... Ra7 $1 19. g4 $6 (19. Qe1 $15) 19... Ng6 $17 20. Bxg6 fxg6
21. f5 $8 Raf7 $1 (21... gxf5 22. gxf5 (22. g5 $5) 22... exf5 23. Rg1 $36) 22.
g5 $5 (22. fxe6 Nxe6 $17) (22. Rg1 exf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 $1 $36) 22... Rxf5 $1 23.
Nxf5 Rxf5 24. gxh6 $5 (24. Nd4 Rxg5 $19) 24... Rxf3 25. hxg7 (25. Rg1 Rf7 $1
26. Rxg6 (26. hxg7 Rxg7 $19) 26... d4 $1) 25... Kxg7 26. Rg1 Ne4 27. Rae1 (27.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rg1+ Qxg1+ $1 29. Kxg1 Ng5 $19) 27... Rf5 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qe7+
Rf7 30. Qg5 Be2 $1 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 $1 (32... Ke7 33. Qg5+ Ke8 34.
Qg8+ Rf8 35. Qg6+ Kd8 36. Qg5+ Kc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.04.13"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Ne7 16. Ng3 Na4 $5 (16... g6 17. Ne2 Rb8 $13 {Lutz-Glek, BL 1995/96 (1)} (
17... Na4 $5)) 17. Qxb6 (17. Nd4 $6 g6 (17... Nxb2 $6 18. Bxa6 {/\Nh5->}) 18.
Rae1 $5 (18. b3 Nc5 19. Rad1 h5 $5 $15) 18... Nxb2 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f5 $1 exf5
$2 (20... Kd7 $142 $1 $17) 21. e6 $44 {P.Blatny-Glek, Wien op (8) 1996}) 17...
Nxb6 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Kd7 22. Rfa1 a4 23. Nge2 Rc8
$11 24. Kg1 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. c3 Rc7 28. b4 Ra8 29. Kf2 f6 $5 (
29... Rac8 $5 30. g3 h6 $5 $13 {/\g5}) 30. exf6 Rf8 31. g3 Rxf6 32. Ke2 h6 33.
h4 Rc8 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Ra2 Nc4 36. Rda1 a3 37. Nf3 Kd6 38. Nd2 Nxd2 39. Kxd2 g5
40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 f6 $5 16. exf6 $5 {TN} (16. Bd3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qb6 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxe5 Rf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sindik,E-Dizdar,G/Makarska
1994/EXT 97 (29)}) 16... Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Re3 Rae8 19. g3 $14
) 18. Ne2 Re8 {/\19...e5} (18... e5 $5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Raf8 21. Be2 $11)
19. Rc3 Rf7 $1 {[/\Nd7-f6-e4<=>]} 20. Rc7 Nf6 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Ng1 {
/\Ng1-f3-e5} (22. Nd4 Nh5 $132 23. Be2 Nxf4 24. Rf1 e5 25. g3 Kg8 $15) 22...
Kg6 $5 {[/\23...Kf5|^]} 23. Bd3+ $1 Kh6 $5 (23... Kh5 24. Be2+ $1 $36 Kxh4 $4
25. Rd3 $18) 24. Kc1 (24. Nf3 Nh5 $15) 24... d4 $5 25. Be2 (25. g3 Nh5 26. Ne2
Bf3 $36) (25. Bf1 $5) 25... Bxg2 26. Rxd4 Nd5 27. a4 $1 $132 Rf8 28. axb5 axb5
29. Bxb5 Nxf4 30. Kd2 e5 31. Rd7 Ng6 $1 32. Bd3 (32. h5 $5 Nf4 33. Ne2 Nxh5 34.
Re7 $13) 32... Nxh4 33. Ne2 Nf3+ $6 $138 (33... e4 $1 34. Ba6 Nf5 $17 {(/\35...
Kg5, h7-h5-h4)}) 34. Kd1 Nh2 35. b4 Ng4 36. Kc1 Nf6 (36... e4 $5 37. Ba6 Rf2
$36) 37. Ra7 Nd5 38. Ng3 e4 (38... Nxb4 39. Nf5+ Kg5 40. Rxg7+ Kf6 41. Rxg2
Nxd3+ 42. cxd3 Rc8+ 43. Kd2 Kxf5 44. Rh2 $15) 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 40. Nxe4 Nxb4 41.
Rb7 Nd5 42. c4 Rc8 43. Nd6 Rc7 (43... Rc6 44. Nf5+ Kg5 45. Rxg7+ $11) 44. Rb5
$1 Nf6 45. Re5 $1 $15 Kg6 46. Kb2 h5 47. Kb3 Rc6 (47... h4 48. Nf5 (48. Kb4 h3
49. Re3 h2 50. Rh3 Ng4 $17) 48... h3 49. Nh4+ Kf7 50. Re3 h2 51. Rh3 Ng4 52.
Nf3 $11) 48. Nf5 Rb6+ 49. Ka4 Rb1 50. c5 Nd7 51. Rd5 $11 Nxc5+ $138 (51... Nf6
52. Re5 Ng4 53. Rd5 Kf6 54. Nxg7 $11) 52. Rxc5 Rh1 53. Ng3 Rh3 54. Nf5 Kf6 55.
Kb4 g6 56. Nd4 Re3 57. Rc3 Re4 58. Kc5 h4 59. Kd5 Re5+ 60. Kd6 Re1 61. Rf3+ Kg5
62. Ne6+ Kg4 63. Rf6 g5 64. Rg6 Kf5 65. Rxg5+ Kf6 66. Rh5 Rxe6+ 67. Kd5 Re1 68.
Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 (11. Nd1 {-67/366}) 11... b4 $5 {TN} (11... Bb7
12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. f5 $6 exf5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qg5 f6
$17 {0-1 Van Blitterswijk-Gurevich,M/Dutch tch 1997 (25)}) 12. Na4 $5 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bb7 15. f5 $5 (15. b3 Bc6 16. Nb2 Qc7 $13) 15... exf5 16.
Rxf5 Bc6 17. b3 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Nc5 $1 {[/\19...Ne6]} 19. Raf1 (19. Qxb4 $5 Ne6
$5 (19... Rb8 20. Qc3 (20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Qd3 Qd7 $132) 20... Ne4 21. Qf3 $5 $14 (
21. Qe3 Qd7 22. Raf1 Qxa4 23. c4 $36)) 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Raf1 Qxa4 $132) 19...
Ne6 20. Ba1 $5 (20. Bb2 Bg5 $5 21. Qxb4 $2 Rb8 $19) 20... a5 $5 {[/\21...
Rc8<=><<]} 21. Bg4 {[/\22.Rxf7]} Ra6 22. Qf2 Bc5 (22... Qe8 23. Be2 $36 {
(/\24.Bb5)}) 23. Qf3 Ng5 24. Qd3 (24. Qf4 Ne6 25. Qf3 Ng5 $11) 24... Rh6 $5 25.
Bb2 Ne4 $132 26. Bc1 Rc6 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. Qe2 Re6 (28... g6 $5 29. R5f3 h5 $1 (
29... Qxe5 30. Bh6 f5 $1 $17) 30. Bh3 Qxe5 31. Qb5 Rb6 $17 32. Qxa5 Nf2+ $19)
29. Bb2 Rh6 30. Bh3 Qe8 31. R5f4 $2 $138 Qxa4 32. Bc1 Qc6 $17 33. e6 Rxe6 $5 (
33... Qxe6 $3 $19 34. Bxe6 Ng3#) 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qf3 Bd6 36. Rh4 Rc8 37. Qd3
Be5 38. Rh5 g6 39. Rh4 h5 (39... Rc4 $5 40. Bf4 Bf6 41. Rh6 Qc6 $19) 40. Qd1
Nf6 $5 {[/\ 41...Ng4->>>]} 41. a3 bxa3 42. Bxa3 (42. Ra4 $142 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6
44. Rxa3 Ne4 $40) 42... Ng4 43. Qe1 Rxc2 $19 44. Qxa5 Bf6 45. Qb4 Rf2 $1 (45...
Rf2 46. Re1 Bxh4 47. h3 Rf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 (9... Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 b5 15. f4 a6 16. Qf3 b4 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. Qh5 Bxd3 20.
Rxd3 Bxd4 $132 {1-0 Grabarczyk,B (2441)-Bobula,M (2359)/Opole POL 2007/The
Week in Chess 642 (64)}) 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bh4 Qh5 (12... h6 $5) 13.
Bg3 a6 14. Qe2 $5 Nf6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Na4 $1 {i/\17.c4} Ba7 17. c4 Nb4 (17...
b5 $5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Ne4 $132) 18. Nc3 Nxd3 (18... b5 19. cxb5 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Ne4 $44) 19. Qxd3 Rac8 $1 20. cxd5 $6 (20. Ne5
$5 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bc6 (21... Nd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 (22... exd5 23. Nd6 $36) 23. Qe2
Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxd7 Rf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rd7 $11) 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Nxd5
Nxd5 $5 (23... exd5 24. Qb3 $14) 24. Nf3 $14) 20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Be6 $15 24. Rd2 Bxa2 25. h3 Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Rxd2 (26... Bb6
27. b3 $13) 27. Rxd2 Be6 28. Rd6 Re8 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. Kh2 Bc5 31. Rd5 Be7 32.
Bc7 Bf6 33. f4 Kf7 34. Be5 Rd8 $5 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. g4 g6 37. Kg3 Be7 38. Bh8
Kg8 39. Be5 Kf7 40. Bh8 Bb4 41. Kh4 a5 42. Kg5 Bd7 43. Be5 b5 44. f5 (44. Kh6
Kg8 45. f5 $2 Bxf5 $1 $17) 44... Bd2+ 45. Kh4 gxf5 46. gxf5 Bh6 (46... a4 $5
47. Nf3 Bc1 48. Ng5+ Kg8 49. f6 Be8 $17) 47. Kg4 Bf8 48. Kf4 a4 49. Nf3 h6 50.
Bd4 {i/\51.Ne5+} Bd6+ $5 51. Ne5+ (51. Be5 $142) 51... Kf6 $1 52. Ke4 Bxf5+ 53.
Kd5 Ke7 54. h4 (54. Bc5 Bxc5 55. Kxc5 Bxh3 56. Kxb5 Kf6 $17) 54... b4 55. Nc6+
Kd7 56. Ne5+ Kc7 57. Nc4 Be7 58. Be5+ Kd8 59. h5 (59. Bd6 Bxh4 60. Bxb4 h5 $17)
59... a3 $1 $19 60. bxa3 bxa3 61. Ne3 Bh7 62. Kc4 (62. Ng4 Bg8+ 63. Ke4 Bg5 $19
) 62... Kd7 63. Kb3 (63. Ng4 Bg8+ 64. Kc3 Be6 $17 65. Nxh6 $2 Bf8 $19) 63...
Bg8+ 64. Kc2 Kc6 65. Ng4 Be6 66. Ne3 Bg5 67. Nf1 Kb5 68. Bc3 Ka4 69. Nd2 Bf5+
70. Kc1 Bg4 71. Kb1 Bxh5 72. Ka1 Bf7 73. Ne4 Be3 74. Bg7 h5 75. Bf6 Kb3 76. Nd6
h4 $1 77. Nf5 (77. Nxf7 h3 78. Be5 h2 79. Bxh2 Bd4+ 80. Kb1 a2+) 77... h3 78.
Be5 Bg1 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 (8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nb2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Bd3 Bd6) 8... Nc6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 c4 11. b4 cxb3 12. Qxb3 b5 (12... Qc7)
13. Nb2 b4 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kf2 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bc3 (16... Bxa3 17. Nd3) 17. Ra2
Bxb2 (17... O-O 18. Nd1) (17... g5 18. fxg5 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bf4 Nb4 21.
Nc4) 18. Rxb2 (18. Qxc6 Bb7 (18... O-O 19. Bd3) 19. Qc2 Bc3 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Qb1
) 18... Qxa3 19. Rxb8 Ndxb8 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Rb1 O-O 22. Rb7 (22. Ng5 g6 23. Rb7
Rc8) 22... Rc8 23. Qb1 h6 (23... Qe7 24. Ng5 g6 25. h4) 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qb7
Ne7 26. Qxd7 Rc2 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. g4 (28. Qxf7 Nf5 29. Bd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qe3+)
(28. Ne1 Ra2 29. Kf3 Nf5 30. Bd3 (30. Nd3 Nh4+) 30... Qb3) 28... Qd3 29. Nd2 (
29. Ng1 Nc6 30. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Rxc6) 29... Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Qxd2 31. Qxe7
Qxf4+ (31... Qxf4+ 32. Ke1 Qc1+ 33. Bd1 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qf4+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenster"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. g3 $5 {
TN} (8. Qd2 {-56/304,57/288}) 8... Be7 9. Ne2 (9. Bh3 Nc6 10. f5 $5 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Ndxe5 12. fxe6 O-O 13. O-O $36 {(9...g6!?)}) 9... Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. h4 b4
12. cxb4 (12. Ng5 bxc3 13. Qc2 g6 $13 14. h5 $6 Bxg5 15. fxg5 cxd4 $17) 12...
Nxb4 (12... cxd4 13. Nexd4 Bxb4+ 14. Bd2 $14) 13. Nc3 (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Ned4 Qb6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 $13 18. Rc1 d4 $1 $132) 13... cxd4 (
13... Bb7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Be2 $13) 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd3 $6 (16. Be2
$142 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 $132) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 $5 $132 {[/\18...Nxd3,18..
.Ne4]} 18. Bc2 Ne4 19. Qf3 (19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Be3 Rc8 $1 $36 21. O-O Qxd1 22.
Bxd1 Rfd8 $15) 19... Rc8 $1 {[/\Rc8-c4-d4]} 20. Rd1 (20. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rc4 23. Rd1 Bc5 $19) 20... Rc4 21. Bxe4 (21. O-O Rxd4 22. Rxd4
Bc5 23. Rfd1 Qb6 $17) 21... dxe4 22. Qe3 Qc8 23. Rh2 (23. Nxe4 $2 Qa8) 23...
Rd8 $6 (23... h5 $5) 24. Rhd2 $6 (24. h5 $142 $13 {(/\25.Rhd2)}) 24... h5 25.
Bb6 Rxd2 (25... Rd3 26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Rxd3 Qc6 28. b3 $5 Qh1+ 29. Qg1 Qxg1+ 30.
Bxg1 $14) 26. Rxd2 g6 27. Bd4 $10 {[/\28.Nxe4]} Qa8 28. Kd1 $6 (28. Kf1 $10 {
(/\Kf1-g2-h2)}) 28... a5 29. Kc1 a4 30. Kb1 Bc6 {[/\Qa-b7-b3->]} 31. Qe2 Bd5
32. Be3 $2 (32. Nxd5 exd5 (32... Qxd5 33. Be3 Qc6 34. Rc2 $14) 33. f5 Qc6 $15)
(32. Be3 {[#]}) 32... Rxc3 $1 33. bxc3 Qc6 $1 $19 {[עb1]} 34. Rb2 (34. Bd4
Bxa3 $19) 34... Qxc3 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qd2 (36. Bc1 Qxg3 $19) 36... Qxa3 37. f5
Bc4 (37... Bc4 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 {(/\39...Bd3+)}) 0-1

[Event "FRA Cup 8eme"]
[Site "Gonfreville"]
[Date "2003.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxa4 12. bxc5 O-O 13. c4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.
cxd5 exd5 $5 {TN} (15... Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 exd5 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Kf2 f6 19. e6 Rxe6
20. Bd3 Re8 21. g4 Nf8 22. Rhg1 Bd7 23. Bb1 Ne6 24. Ba2 Nc7 25. Rb1 Rab8 26. f5
$44 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (78)}) 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17.
Rb1 Nb8 18. Bd3 Nbc6 19. Kf2 Nc4 20. Rb3 N6a5 21. Rc3 Bd7 22. Rb1 Rac8 23. Bd4
Bb5 24. Bc2 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Ng5 g6 26. Nxe6 Re8 27. f5 Nc6 28. a4 Bxa4 29.
Rxb7 Rxe6 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. fxe6 Nxd4 32. Rxh7 Kg8 $132) 24... Rc7 25. f5 (25.
e6 Nc6 (25... fxe6 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Bxh7+ Kf8 28. Rh3 $36) 26. a4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Bc6 28. f5 $36) 25... Nc6 26. a4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bd7 $132 28. e6 Bc8 29. c6 $6 (
29. Re1 fxe6 30. fxe6 Rxc5 31. Bd1 (31. Nf5 Re8 $15) 31... b6 32. Bh5 g6 33.
Bf3 $44) 29... bxc6 30. Rb8 Rf8 $1 $15 31. e7 Rxe7 32. Nxc6 Rc7 33. Nd4 Bd7 34.
Rb6 Ra8 (34... Ra7 35. Rb1 Rc8 36. Bd3 (36. f6 gxf6 37. Rg3+ Kh8 38. Rf3 Nd2
$19) 36... Kf8 $17) 35. f6 $6 $138 (35. Rd6 $142 Nxd6 36. Rxc7 Be8 37. Kf3 (37.
Rc5 Bxa4 38. Rxd5 Bxc2 39. Nxc2 Ne8 $15) 37... Nc4 38. Kf4 $44) 35... Nxb6 36.
Rxc7 Bxa4 37. Bxa4 Nxa4 38. Nf5 Nb6 (38... gxf6 39. Ne7+ Kg7 40. Nxd5 Nb2 $17)
39. fxg7 a5 40. Rb7 (40. Rc3 Re8 41. Rg3 Re6) 40... Nc4 41. h4 (41. Rd7 a4 42.
Rxd5 a3 43. Rd1 a2 44. Ra1 Nd2 45. Nd4 Ra4 $19) 41... a4 42. h5 h6 $17 43. g4
a3 44. g5 hxg5 $6 (44... Nd6 45. Nxd6 a2 46. Nxf7 Kxg7 47. Ne5+ Kf8 48. Ng6+
Ke8 49. Re7+ Kd8 50. Re1 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Rxa1 52. gxh6 $11) (44... Ne5 45. gxh6
Kh7 46. Rb1 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Nxh6 $17) 45. h6 Ne5 (45... a2 46. Ne7+ Kh7 47. Ra7
$14) 46. Ne7+ Kh7 47. Ra7 Rd8 48. Kg3 $5 $13 d4 49. Rxa3 d3 50. Ra5 $1 f6 (
50... d2 51. Rd5 Re8 52. Rxd2 Rxe7 53. Rd8 $18) 51. Ra6 d2 52. Rd6 Re8 53.
g8=Q+ Rxg8 54. Nxg8 Kxg8 55. Rxd2 Kh7 56. Rd6 Kxh6 57. Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 (11. Nce2 Qe7 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 f6 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 a5 16. a3 b5 17. g4 a4 (17... b4 $5) 18. Nbd4 Na5 19. Nxb5 Nc4
20. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Morozevich,A/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in Chess
582 (43)}) (11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Bd3 (13. Kb1 b5 14. Bd3 Bxd4 15. Qxd4
Qc5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 a5 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Rhe1 a4 21. Bf3 Ra6 22.
Re3 Rb6 23. h4 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Zvjaginsev,V/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/Mega2006 
(23)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15. Ne4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ng5 $36 {1-0
Grischuk,A-Lorenz,R/Mainz 2005/Mega2006 (28)}) (11. Nb3 {-94/(209)}) 11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb7 (15... Rb8 16. Ne2 b4 17. Qe3
Nc5 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 a5 20. h6 g6 21. Nd4 a4 22. Qg3 a3 23. Qg5 Qd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-Stellwagen,D/Wijk aan Zee 2005/Mega2006 (27)}) 16. Rde1 $5 {
TN [/\ 17.f5]} (16. Rhe1 {-Polgar,J-Luther,Th Ohrid 2001 0-1 (75)}) (16. Ne2 {
-Alekseev,E-Zhukova,N Wijk aan Zee 2005 0,5-0,5 (42)}) 16... Qc5 (16... Rfe8 $5
) 17. Ne2 b4 $5 {[/\18...a5,19...Ba6]} 18. Rhf1 Rfe8 19. Rf3 a5 20. Rh3 g6 (
20... h6 $5 21. g4 Ba6 22. g5 (22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qd3 Qf2 24. Rg1 Nc5 $132)
22... hxg5 23. fxg5 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 g6 $13) 21. g4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qd3 {
[/\Qd3-g3-h4|^>>]} Qf2 $5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 f6 $1 $132 26. exf6 (26. Reh1
Re7 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. g5 Ne4 $132) 26... Nxf6 27. g5 Ne4 28. Nd4 e5 $5 29. Nf3
exf4 30. gxf4 Rae6 {[/\31...Nxg5;} (30... Nd2+ 31. Kc1 $11) 31. Rg1 Nd2+ 32.
Kc1 Re2 $36 33. Nd4 (33. Rd1 Ne4 34. Rxd5 Rc8 $40) 33... Rf2 34. f5 $5 Rf1+ $6
(34... gxf5 $5 35. g6 hxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. Rg1 Nf1 $1 38. Rh7+ (38. b3 f4 39.
Rh7+ Kf6 $17) 38... Kf6 39. Rh6+ Ke5 40. Nc6+ Ke4 41. Nxa5 Ne3 42. Rc6 f4 $15)
35. Rxf1 Nxf1 36. c3 $1 $11 gxf5 (36... bxc3 37. Rxc3 gxf5 38. Nxf5 Re1+ 39.
Kc2 Re2+ 40. Kb3 $132) 37. cxb4 axb4 38. Nxf5 Re1+ 39. Kc2 Re5 40. Nd4 Rxg5 41.
a4 (41. Kb3 $5 Rg4 42. Rd3 h5 43. Kxb4 h4 44. Kc5 Rg3 45. Rd1 $14) 41... bxa3
42. bxa3 Rg4 43. Nf5 Rg5 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Kd3 Ng3 46. a4 Ne4 47. Kd4 Nf6 48.
Rg3 (48. a5 Rg4+ 49. Kc5 Ra4 50. Kb5 Ra1 $11) 48... Rxg3 49. Nf5+ Kf7 (49...
Kg6 50. Nxg3 h5 51. Nxh5 Kxh5 52. Ke5 Kg6 53. a5 $11) 50. Nxg3 Ke6 51. a5 Nd7
52. Ne2 Kd6 53. Nf4 Nc5 54. Nxd5 Nb3+ 55. Ke4 Nxa5 56. Nf6 h6 57. Kf5 Nc6 58.
Kg6 Ke6 59. Kxh6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 10th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2006.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 10. O-O-O (10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Rd8
13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Qf2 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Rab8 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 c5 19.
f5 d4 $15 {0-1 Li Chao2-Yu Shaoteng/Suzhou CHN 2006/The Week in Chess 608 (34)}
) 10... Qa5 $5 {TN [/\11...Rd8<=><<]} 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14.
f5 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qg4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxe5 19. Qg3 f6 20. fxe6
Qb7 21. Rhd1 Re8 22. Qh3 Qc6 23. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Gurevich,M/Spanish
tch 2006} Rac8 24. c3 Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 $11) 9... Qa5 $5 {TN} (9... b6 10.
Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Qe3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. b4
Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E-Visser,Y/Leeuwarden 2004/
PowerBook2005 (50)}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bg2 b5 $5 {[/\13...b4,14..
.Ba6<=>]} 13. Ne2 b4 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfd1 (17. Rf2
Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 $36) 17... Bb7 $5 {[/\a7-a5,Nc5-e4<=>[+]]} (17... Nd3 18.
cxd3 Qxd4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rfc8 21. Rac1 $5 (21. Ke3 Rc2 22. Rd2 Rac8
23. Rad1 $11) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxd3 23. Ke3 Bb5 24. Rc7 $44) 18. Qe3 Ne4 19.
a3 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nf5 Qc7 $5 22. Nd4 h6 23. Bf1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. b3 Bb7 28. Kg2 Ba6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kf2 Bb7 31. Ne2
Qa1 $5 32. Qc1 (32. Qb6 Bd5 33. Qxb4 Qh1 $36) 32... Qa5 33. Qe3 Qc7 34. c4 $1
bxc3 35. Nxc3 Qa5 36. Nxe4 Qd5 37. Nc5 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Qxh2+ 40. Qe2
$11 Bg2 $5 41. Qf2 Qh1 42. Kc3 Bc6 43. Kb4 Qa1 44. Na4 Bh1 45. Qe3 Qd1 46. Nc3
Qd8 47. Kc4 Qc8+ 48. Qc5 Qa6+ 49. Qb5 Qc8+ 50. Qc5 Qa8 51. Qe3 Qa6+ 52. Kb4 Bg2
53. Nb5 Qa8 54. Nc3 Bh1 55. Kb5 Bc6+ 56. Kb4 Bg2 57. Kc4 Bf1+ 58. Kb4 Bg2 59.
Kc4 Qa6+ 60. Kb4 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 Qb6 (12... a5 13. Nd3 c4
14. Nf2 Ba6 15. c3 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Rb8 18. Bd1 Rb3 19. Bc2 Qa5 20. Nd1
f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qc1 $13 {1-0 Jakovenko,D-Ni Hua/Ergun CHN 2006/The Week
in Chess 614 (46)}) 13. c3 a5 14. g4 Ba6 15. Nd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4
Nb4 18. f5 Rac8 19. Nfe1 Bg5 20. Nxb4 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Bxe2 22. Rf4 {0-1
Timofeev,A-Wang Hao/Taiyuan CHN 2006/The Week in Chess 609 (66)} g5 $5 $15)
9... c4 $5 {TN} 10. Be2 Rb8 (10... b5 $5 11. a3 Rb8 $132) 11. f5 $5 b5 12. a3 (
12. fxe6 $5 fxe6 13. a3 $14 {/\14.0-0}) 12... Nb6 $1 {[/\13...exf5]} 13. fxe6 (
13. f6 gxf6 14. O-O Nd7 $5 15. Bh6 fxe5 $5 $132) 13... Bxe6 14. O-O (14. Nxb5
Na4 15. Nc3 (15. b3 Rxb5 16. bxa4 Rb2 $44) 15... Nxb2 16. O-O Qa5 $132 {
[/\17...Na4]}) 14... Nd7 $1 {[/\a7-a5,b5-b4<=><<]} 15. Kh1 $5 (15. Ng5 Nxd4 $1
(15... Ndxe5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. dxe5 d4 19. Bf2 dxc3 20. Qxc3 $14
) 16. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 (17. Nxe2 fxe6 18. Bxa7 Bc5+ 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 $132)
17... fxe6 18. Bxa7 Bc5+ $5 $132) 15... a5 16. Bf4 (16. a4 $5) 16... b4 17.
axb4 axb4 18. Nd1 Nb6 {[/\19...Ra8]} (18... Ra8 $5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 $132 20. Bxc4
$6 dxc4 21. d5 Ncxe5 $1 22. dxe6 fxe6 $15) 19. Ne3 Ra8 20. Ng1 $6 (20. b3 $5
Ra3 $5 (20... cxb3 21. cxb3 $14) 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 $132) 20... Qd7
21. Nf3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Nxa8 24. b3 (24. Ng5 Nc7 {/\Qd7-a7-a1|^<<})
24... Nb6 25. Kg1 Qa7 $5 26. Qd1 (26. bxc4 dxc4 $15) 26... h6 27. h3 Qa3 $5 $15
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. d5 Bc5 30. dxe6 (30. dxc6 Nd5 $1 $36) 30... Bxe3+ 31. Bxe3
Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kh1 Qc5 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. Qf1 Ke6 $15) 32... Qc5 $1 (32...
fxe6 33. Qd6 $36) 33. exf7+ (33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. exd6 fxe6 $15) 33... Kxf7 34. Qd2
Nd5 $17 35. g4 Ke6 36. g5 Ne3+ 37. Ke1 Nxe5 38. gxh6 (38. Nd4+ Qxd4 39. Qxd4
Nxc2+) 38... gxh6 39. Qd8 (39. c3 Nxf3+ 40. Bxf3 b3 41. Ke2 Nf5 $17) 39...
Nxf3+ 40. Bxf3 Nxc2+ $19 41. Kf1 (41. Kd2 Qd4+ $19) 41... Ke5 42. Qh8+ Kf4 43.
Be2 Qf5 $1 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 5th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. Bd3 Na5 {Eine ziemlich seltene
Fortsetzung.} ({Öfter kommt} 12... b5 {vor, wie Morozevich gegen Anand, San
Luis 2005, spielte.}) 13. g4 Qc7 ({In Geller-Luther, Dresden 2006, folgte} 
13... Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Nc5 15. Qf2 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 f6 17. Bd4 fxe5 18. Bxe5 a5 19.
Qd4 Qe7 20. Rh3 $14 {mit weißer Initiative.}) 14. Nxa5 Bxa5 15. Bd4 Bb6 16.
Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Qe3 ({Nichts spricht gegen} 17. h4 $5 Bd7 ({oder} 17... f6 18.
exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. h5 $14) 18. h5 Bb5 19. Kb1 Bxd3 20. cxd3 $14 {
mit besseren Perspktiven für Weiß.}) 17... f6 18. Qh3 ({Einfacher war} 18. exf6
Rxf6 19. Ne2 $14 {und Weiß behält mehr vom Spiel.}) 18... g6 19. Qg3 $2 ({
In dieser Variante muss das d4-Feld ständig kontrolliert werden. Richtig war} 
19. Qe3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bd7 21. h4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Rd4 {, um} Rf1+ {mit}
24. Kd2 Rxh1 25. Rxc4 $14 {zu begegnen.}) 19... fxe5 20. fxe5 Bd7 21. h4 Nc4
22. Rhe1 Rac8 23. Nb1 ({Auch nach} 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. h5 g5 $15 {dominiert
Schwarz das Geschehen.}) 23... Bb5 24. b3 ({Auf} 24. c3 {käme stark} d4 $5 25.
Bxc4 Qxc4 26. b3 Qc5 $17) 24... Na5 25. c3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Nc6 27. Kb2 Qf7 28.
Nd2 ({Hartnäckiger wäre} 28. Re2 Qf4 29. Nd2 b5 30. Rf3 Qxg3 31. Rxg3 b4 32. c4
$15 {gewesen.}) 28... Qf2 29. Ka3 Qxg3 30. Rxg3 Rf2 31. Rd3 Rcf8 32. h5 g5 33.
c4 a5 34. Rd1 Nb4 35. Rg3 dxc4 36. bxc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 $6 (9... c4) 10. b4 Nxb4 (10... Qc7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11... g5 12.
Bb5 (12. g3 gxf4 13. gxf4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb8 15. Rg1 Nc6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. Nc5 $14 {Koc,W-Monin,NN/corr/1991/}) 12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. O-O
gxf4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Nf5 Qd8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. Rae1
Ra3 21. Bh6 Qxc3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qf2 f6 24. Re3 {1-0/Nunn,J-Wockenfuss/BL/
1984/}) (11... a6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bd3 $14 {Belarej,A-Owosina,T/Dubai
ol/1986/}) (12. Qd2 b5 13. Nb2 Nb6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rae1 $16 {
Apicella,M-Harris,M/Oakham/1990/}) 12... bxc6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Bd3 c5 15. O-O d4
16. cxd4 cxb4 17. f5 Nb6 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Qf3 Bb7 21. d5 Qa5 22.
fxe6 {1-0/Agdestein,S-Veinger,I/Jerusalem/1986/}) (11... Be7 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O
b6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Qe2 $14 {Fong,J-Ardaman,M/Saint John/1988/}) 12. Bxd4 (12.
Qxd4 Nb8 13. Qd2 g5 $13 {Sanakoev,GK-Zagorovsky,VP/corr/1991/}) 12... Nb8 13.
Bd3 (13. Qg4 b6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfc1 Qd8 17. b5 Ne7 18. Nb2 Nf5 19.
a4 $14 {Nagel,H-Thaler,H/OST-chT/1993/}) (13. a3 Nc6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Bd3 O-O
16. O-O Bd7 17. Rf3 g6 18. Nc5 $14 {Suetin,A-Liberzon,V/USSR/1960/}) 13... Nc6
14. Bf2 b6 (14... g6 15. O-O b6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rc1 Bh6 18. c4 $16 {Van der
Sterren,P-Murey/Hilversum/1984/}) 15. O-O Be7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Rae1 $14 {
Werner,M-Bohm,T/BL/1988/}) 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 $2 (13...
b6) 14. Rb1 $1 $16 gxf4 (14... a6 15. Nb2 (15. Bd3 gxf4 16. O-O Nxe5 (16... b5
17. Nb2 Nxe5 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Nd3 O-O 22. Nfe5 Ra7
23. Qf3 Qd6 24. Rf6 Rc7 25. Rf1 {1-0/Kalegin,E-Chigvintsev/Russia/1992/}) 17.
Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxb7 Nxd3 20. Qh5 O-O 21. Ne4 Rc1 22. Rxc1 Nxc1 23.
Nf6+ Kg7 24. Ne8+ Kh8 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Rxh7+ {1-0/Kalegin,E-Okotchik/Russia/
1992/}) 15... Nc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O Qxa2 18. fxg5 Qa3 19. Nf3 $16 {Kuczynski,
R-Dolmatov,S/Polanica Zdroj/1993/}) 15. Bb5 Rb8 (15... Kf8 16. O-O Nxe5 17.
Rxf4 a6 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. Qh6+ Ke7 20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. Rbf1 Qxb5 22. Rxf7+ Ke8 23.
Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qxh7 Bd7 26. Qh8+ Be8 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qe5+ {
1-0/Ziatdinov,R-Barsov,A/UZB-ch/1993/}) (15... Ke7 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Qxf4 Bd7
18. O-O b6 19. Qxe5 Qxd2 20. Rxf7+ {1-0/Noomen,J-Ritsema,R/corr/1993/}) 16. Nc5
Qc3 {This move was found by Timman during his preparations for the match
against A.Yusupov in April 1992.} 17. Nd3 (17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O
Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Qa4+ $16) 17... a6 18. Rc1 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qa5 (19... Qxb3
20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxb3 $18) 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxf4 $18 {/\Nh5-f6} Rg8 $2 {
Timman} (21... Ke7 $142 {Timman} 22. Qb2 Rhc8 23. O-O Rc3 24. Ne2 $16 {
Riemersma} (24. Nb3)) 22. Qd3 {/\Qxd4/0-0} Rg5 23. O-O Rf5 (23... Rxe5 24. Qxd4
f6 25. Nh5 Rxh5 26. Qxf6 $18) 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Rf2 Bb5 (25... Rc8 {Riemersma}
26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 d3+ 30. Kf1 $18) 26. Qg3 {
->} (26. Qxd4 $2 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxe5 $16) 26... Rd8 27. Nh5 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Bc4
29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nxd4 Bxa2 31. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 (13... Nb6
14. O-O-O {0,5/Felsberger,A-Zier,L/Wien op/1986/}) (13... Nc5 14. Bd3 Bd7 15.
O-O-O h5 16. Rhf1 g6 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. b3 $14 {Gurevich,
V-Reichenbach,W/Berlin summer op/1993/}) 14. h4 {/\h4-h5 ><g7} (14. Bd3 Nc5 (
14... Nb8 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. Ke3 Bd7 {0,5/Gipslis,A-Kengis,E/Jurmale/1985/}) (
14... h5 15. Kd2 g6 16. g3 a6 17. h3 Nb6 18. b3 $14 {Kamsky,G-Held,T/Bern op/
1990/}) 15. Ke2 (15. Kd2 Bd7 {0,5/Smirin,I-Ehlvest,J/Komotini GP-1/1992/} 16.
Rae1 g6 17. c3 Rac8 18. Bc2 a6 19. Re3 b5 20. Ra1 Rc7 21. g4 Rcc8 22. Rh3 $14 {
Hazai,L-Borngasser,R/Dusseldorf/1986/}) 15... Bd7 16. Ke3 f6 17. Nf3 Rac8 $10 {
Roese,O-Borngaesser,R/BL/1986/}) (14. g3 Nb8 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Nf3 h6
18. h4 h5 $10 {Short,N-Chernin,A/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 14... h5 15. Rh3 a6 {
><b5} (15... Nb6 16. a4 $5 (16. Rc3 Bd7 17. Rc7 Rab8 $10)) 16. Rc3 $14 Ra7 17.
b4 f6 (17... Nb6 $6 18. Rc7+ Bd7 $2 19. Nc6+ $18) 18. Rc7 fxe5 19. fxe5 {/\Nc6+
} (19. Nc6+ Kd6 20. Rxc8 (20. Rxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxa7 Ra8 $17) 20... Rxc8 21. Nxa7
Ra8 $17) 19... Ra8 20. c4 {/\21.cxd5 exd5 22.e6 +-} (20. g3 {/\Bh3,Rd1,c2-c4}
Rh6 21. Bh3 Kd8 22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxe6 Rxc2 $10) 20... Re8 {
/\Kd8} 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Rac1 (22. e6 $2 Kd6 23. Rc3 g6 {/\Nf8} (23... Nf6 24.
Nf5+ $13)) 22... Kd8 23. e6 Nf8 24. Rxg7 Nxe6 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Kd2 $16 a5 27.
b5 Re7 28. Rg5 $6 (28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Rc7+ Kd6 30. Rxb7 $16) 28... Kd7 29. Be2 (
29. Rxh5 Rf8 $44) 29... Rf8 {/\Rf2} 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Bxf1 Rf7 $1 32. Be2 Rf4
$132 33. Rxh5 Ra4 34. Rh7+ Kd6 35. h5 Rxa2+ 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Kf3
Bf5 39. Rxb7 Be4+ 40. Ke3 Bxg2 {/\d4+,Bxb7} 41. Rg7 (41. h6 $5 d4+ 42. Kxd4
Bxb7 43. h7 Ra4+ 44. Bc4 Bd5 45. h8=Q Rxc4+ 46. Kd3 Kc5 $10) 41... d4+ 42. Kd3
Be4+ 43. Kxe4 Rxe2+ 44. Kxd4 Rh2 45. Rg6+ (45. Rh7 a4 46. b6 a3 47. b7 Rb2 48.
Kc3 Rb1 $10) 45... Kc7 46. Rh6 Kb7 (46... a4 $2 47. Kc5 Rc2+ 48. Kb4 $18) 47.
Kc4 Rc2+ 48. Kb3 Rh2 {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 (11... Na5 12. f5 Kd8 13. Bg5+ Be7 14.
fxe6 Nxe5 15. Nf5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5+ f6 17. Qd2 Bxe6 18. Nxg7 Bf7 19. O-O Qc5+ 20.
Kh1 Rc8 21. Rxf6 {+- Seret,J. L-Mercier,J. P/FRA ch 40/(358) 1985}) (11... Ndb8
12. O-O a6 (12... Be7 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ncb5 $5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Qxa2 16. Nc7+
Kd8 17. Nxa8 Nc6 18. Qc3 Qa6 19. Rb6 $5 axb6 20. Qxc6 Bd7 21. Bxb6+ Ke8 22.
Nc7+ Kf8 23. Qxd7 Qxb6+ 24. Kh1 Qb8 25. Ra1 Ba3 26. h3 $16) 13. Bxc6+ (13. f5
axb5 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxb5 Qa5 17. Qf2 Nxe5 18. Bb6 Qa4 19. Bc5
Ra5 20. Bxf8 Rxb5 21. Rxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bxe5 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Ivanov,
O/URS 1989}) (13. Rb3 Qe7 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 $44 {
Rause-Eindelson/Moscow ol (13) 1994 (32)}) 13... bxc6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rxb8 Rxb8
16. Nxc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 {= Chandler,M-Klinger,J/Vienna 41/(339) 1986}) (
11... Ncb8 12. O-O a6 13. f5 axb5 14. fxe6 Nxe5 15. Ndxb5 Qa5 16. Qxd5 Nbc6 17.
exf7+ $18) 12. Bxd4 Bb4 {[#]} (12... a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8
16. O-O Qc8 17. Rb3 Bc5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxd5 O-O 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Rh3 Bxd4+ 22.
Kh1 {1-0 Golubev,Mihail-Zakharov,Valentin/It (op) II Moscow (RUS) (01) 1995})
13. O-O (13. Rb3 Qa5 14. a3 Be7 15. f5 (15. Qe3 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. f5 Bc5 18.
Bxd7 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd7 20. f6 Rfc8 21. Qg4 $16 {DeFirmian,N-Kaidanov,G/
Kaidanov 30' (05) 1995/1-0 (66)}) 15... exf5 (15... b6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6
Qxa6 18. Nb5 $44 {Mencinger,V-Rogulj,B/Bled op (7/11) 1992 (29)}) 16. Nxd5 (16.
e6 fxe6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Be5 $16 {Van der Wiel-Ree/
NED radio 1986 (34)}) 16... Qxd2+ (16... Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Qd8 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19.
exf6 O-O 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Huebner,R/
Polanica Zdroj (07) ;CBM 49_08 1995}) 17. Kxd2 Bd8 18. Rg3 a6 19. Bxd7+ Bxd7
20. Rxg7 {1/2-1/2 De Wit,J-Ree,H/Amsterdam II 40/358 1985} (20. Rxg7 Be6 21.
Nf6+ Kf8 $1 $10 {_|_})) (13. f5 exf5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rf3 Bc5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17.
Nxd5 Qxa2 18. Rfb3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Ra1 Qxa1+ $2 (20... Qxc2 $1 21. Nf6+
gxf6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 21. Qxa1 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Zueger,B/London 44/(345) 1987}) 13... a6 {N} (13... O-O 14. Rb3 (14. f5 exf5
15. Rf3 (15. Rxf5 Nc5 $5 16. Rf3 Ne6 $5 17. Rg3 Bc5 18. Ne2 $5 Qxa2 19. Rf1 $13
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb2 21. Rxg7+ $10) 15... Bc5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Nxd5 Qxa2 $15 {
Markovic,I-Machulsky/Novi Sad op (10) 1988 (33)}) (14. Rf3 Bc5 (14... Qa5 15.
Qf2 $5) 15. Ne2 Qxa2 16. Rbf1 b6 $15 {Kolasinski,Marek-Nikolenko,Oleg/Wisla
BES (07) 1992 (45)}) 14... Qa5 {[#]} 15. Qf2 (15. Qe3 Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/Biel izt (03) 1993}) (15. Rfb1 Qxb5 16. Rxb4 Qc6 {/\ b6,Bb7}
17. Nb5 $5 b6 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Rb3 Nc5 21. Rh3 Ne4 22. Qe1 $44)
15... f5 (15... a6 $2 16. Bxd7 {/\ Bb6+-} (16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bb6 $16)) (15...
b6 16. f5 $16 (16. f5 $5 exf5 17. Bc6 $16)) (15... Nb6 16. g4 $1 (16. a3 Be7 {
[#]} 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qd2 20. fxg7 $16 {Ziatdinov,R-Zueger,B/
Bern op (03) 1994}) (16. f5 $5 exf5 17. Qh4 $5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxa2 19. Bb4 Qxc2
20. Rh3 $16) 16... Nc4 17. f5 a6 18. f6 $1 $16) 16. Rfb1 (16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17.
Rfb1 Be7 {-> 16.Rfb1}) 16... Be7 (16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Bd6
$16 {Kruppa,Y}) 17. Bxd7 {[#]} (17. Nxd5 $6 exd5 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Rxb7 Qd8 $1
20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qe3 Bd7 $1 22. Qe5 Rf7 $1 23. Qxd5 Bc6 $1 24. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 25.
Kh1 Rd8 $17) 17... Bxd7 18. Rxb7 Qd8 (18... Rfd8 19. Nb5 (19. R1b3 $5 Bf8 {[#]}
(19... Ba3 $5) (19... a6 $2 20. Bb6) (19... Ba3 {[#]} 20. Bxa7 Bc6 21. Bb6 Qa6
22. Rc7 Rdc8 $13) 20. Bxa7 (20. Rxa7 $6 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Rc8 22. Bd4 Rc4 $15)
20... Rac8 $6 (20... Bc6 $5 21. Bb6 Qa6 22. Bxd8 (22. Rc7 Rdc8 $13) 22... Bxb7
23. Qb6 Bc6 24. Qxa6 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 $5 Rxa6 26. Bh4 $5 {/\ Bf2} d4 27. Bf2 dxc3
28. Bxc5 Rxa2 29. Rxc3 Be4 $10) (20... Rxa7 $2 21. Rxa7 $18) 21. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 (
21... Qa6 $6 22. Bxd8 Bc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxd7 Qc8 $5 25. Be7 $1) 22. R7xb6
Bc5 23. Rd6 $1 $16 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Kf7 25. Ke3 Rc4 $5 26. Ne2 $5 (26. Kd3 $6
Rxf4) (26. g3 $2 d4+ $1 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Kxd4 Ba4+ $15) 26... Ke8 (26... Rxc2
27. Rb7 Ke8 28. Ra7 $16) 27. Nd4 (27. Rb7 $5) 27... Bc8 28. Rbb6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6
Ke7 30. Rc6 $5 Rxc6 31. Nxc6+ Kd7 32. Na7 $5 Ba6 33. Kd4 {1-0/Bangiev,
A-Buchenau,F/Emden/1995/}) 19... Rab8 20. Nd6 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 (21. Nxb7 $2 Rb8
22. Nxa5 Rxb1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 $15) 21... Qxa2 22. h3 Qa4 23. Rxa7 Qc6 {
1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Zueger,B/Mitropa-Cup (06) SWZ-GER ;CBM 26 1991}) 19. Bc5 Bxc5
20. Qxc5 Bc8 21. Rb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8 d4 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Qd6 {
1-0 Kruppa,Y-Kaidanov,Grigory/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988}) (13... O-O {- 46/(365)}
) 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 (15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. Rfb1 Bc5 17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. R1b3 Ba4
19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Qc4 (20... Bxb3 21. Ne4 Qxc2 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Qxc2 $1
Rxc2 24. Rb8+ Ke7 25. Rb7+ $10) 21. Rb1 O-O 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 $17 {Georgiev,
Kir-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia 49/330 1989/0-1 (61) ><c2, f4}) 15... Ba3 {N} (
15... Qxb5 $8 16. Rxb4 (16. Nxb5 $6 Bxd2 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Bxf4 19. Re1 f6
$13 {_|_}) 16... Qc6 17. f5 $1 h6 $1 $8 (17... exf5 $2 18. Qg5 O-O 19. e6 f6
20. Qxf5 Ne5 21. Rb6 $18) 18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6 Qd6 $1 (19... b5 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Nxa4 {/\ Nb6} e5 22. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 23. Re1 Qe6 24. Rb6 $18) 20. a4 $16 {
Georgiev,Kir-Dolmatov,S/Moscow (GMA) 49/331 1990 (31)} (20. Rb6 $2 Nxb6 21.
Rxb6 Qc7 {/\ Bd7, 0-0-0-/+} 22. Qe3 Bd7 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Ne7 Bb5 $17 {/\ Rd8})
) (15... axb5 16. Rxb4 $16) (15... Be7 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rxb7 $16 (17. Rxb7
Rc8 (17... Bc5 18. Rb8+ Ke7) 18. Qe3 Bc5 19. Ne2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc5 21. f5 exf5
22. e6 fxe6 (22... Bxe6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rb7+ Rc7) 23. Rxd7 {[#]} e5 (23...
Kxd7 24. Rb7+ Rc7 25. Rxc7+ $1 Qxc7 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Nc6+) 24. Qxe5+ Kxd7 25.
Qxg7+ Kd6 26. Rb7 {1-0 Enders,P-Prohl/GER-ch 1994}) (17. Kh1 b5 {Magem Badals}
(17... f5 $44 {Magem Badals}) 18. f5 $44 {Magem Badals,J}) (17. Qf2 Rc8 18. f5
Bc5 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rc4 21. Qa7 Qc5 $17 {Dearing,Eddie-Swan,Iain/Nat Ch 
(08) 1995 (39)})) 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {[#]} 17. Ne4 {/\ 18.Bb6,ףa5} (17. Kh1 Bc5 (
17... b5 18. Qe3 $18 (18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Nxd5 $16)) 18. Bxc5 (18. Rxb7 Rc8 19.
Bxc5 Rxc5 20. R1b3 Bc8 $10 {Ernst,T-Manninen,M/Reykjavik zt (09) ,CBM 47 1995 
(35)}) 18... Qxc5 19. Rxb7 Rd8 (19... Rc8 $4 20. Ne4 $18) 20. Ne2 $10 {Magem
Badals,J-Zueger,B/Horgen SKA (04)}) (17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Kh1 Bc5 $15) (17. Qe3 Rc8
18. Rxb7 Rc4 (18... Bc5 19. Ne2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rd8 $14) 19. f5 Bc8 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Rxg7 Rxd4 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qg5+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Santo
Roman,M-Zueger,B/Moscow olm (10) FRA-SUI ,EXP 44 1994}) 17... Qxd2 (17... Qa4
18. Rb4) 18. Nxd2 Be7 19. Rxb7 Bc6 (19... Bb5 20. g4 (20. c4 dxc4 21. a4 Bxa4
22. Nxc4 Bb5 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 O-O-O 25. Ra7 Rxd6 26. Be5 {1-0 Luther,
Thomas-Zuger,Beat/Altensteig (01) 1995}) 20... h5 21. g5 Rc8 22. c3 Bd8 23. Kf2
O-O 24. Ke3 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Nb3 Rc8 27. Kd2 Kh7 $15 {Enders,P-Zueger,B/
Ptuj zt (04) ,CBM 47 1995 (49)}) 20. Rc7 Bb5 21. c4 Bd8 22. Rc5 dxc4 23. Nxc4
O-O 24. Be3 Be7 25. Nd6 Rfd8 $10 26. Rd1 Bxd6 $6 (26... Rd7) 27. exd6 Rac8 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bb6 Bd7 30. Bc7 $14 {[%csl Rc8] צc8} Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 Bc6
33. Kd4 Kd7 34. Rd3 f6 35. g3 Re8 36. Ra3 e5+ (36... Bb5 $5 {/\37..e5+ 38.fxe5
Rxe5}) 37. fxe5 fxe5+ 38. Ke3 Bb5 39. Ra5 e4 40. a4 Bd3 41. Rf5 Ke6 42. Rf2 h5
43. h3 Rh8 44. Kd4 g5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rh1 47. Rf5 Rd1 48. Re5+ Kd7 49. Kc5
Rc1+ 50. Kd5 Bc4+ 51. Kd4 Be6 52. Rxg5 Rc4+ 53. Ke3 Rxa4 54. Rg7+ Kc6 55. g5 a5
56. g6 Ra1 57. Re7 Bd7 58. g7 Rg1 59. Bxa5 Kxd6 60. Bb4+ Kc7 61. Kxe4 Kd8 62.
Ke5 Ba4 63. Ra7 Bb3 64. Be7+ Kc8 65. Bd6 Re1+ 66. Kf5 Rf1+ 67. Bf4 Rg1 68. Bg5
Rf1+ 69. Kg6 Bc2+ 70. Kh5 Bd1+ 71. Kh4 Bb3 72. Ra3 Be6 73. g8=Q+ Bxg8 74. Ra8+
Kd7 75. Rxg8 Rg1 76. Rg6 Rg2 77. Ra6 Rg1 78. Kh5 Rg2 79. Kg6 Rf2 80. Bf6 Rf1
81. Kf7 Rf3 82. Ra8 Rf1 83. Rd8+ Kc7 84. Rd5 Kc6 85. Rg5 Kd6 86. Rg2 Rf5 87.
Re2 Kd5 88. Ke7 Rh5 89. Rd2+ Ke4 90. Ke6 Rh6 91. Rd4+ Ke3 92. Ra4 Rh5 93. Be5
Rh7 94. Kd5 Rd7+ 95. Bd6 Rd8 96. Re4+ Kd3 97. Re7 Rg8 98. Bc7 Rg5+ 99. Be5 Rg8
100. Rd7 Re8 101. Rg7 Rd8+ 102. Bd6 Ke3 103. Rg3+ Kf2 104. Ra3 Ke2 105. Ke5
Re8+ 106. Kf4 Rd8 107. Be5 Rd3 108. Ra5 Rf3+ 109. Ke4 Re3+ 110. Kd5 Rb3 111.
Bd4 Kd3 112. Ra1 Rb5+ 113. Bc5 Rb3 114. Rg1 Rb8 115. Rg3+ Ke2 116. Ke4 Re8+
117. Kf4 Re6 118. Bd4 Re8 119. Be5 Rf8+ 120. Ke4 Re8 121. Rg2+ Kf1 122. Ra2 Re7
123. Kf4 Rf7+ 124. Ke3 Re7 125. Rf2+ Kg1 126. Rf5 Re8 127. Kf3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 (8... Nb4 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Nd4 Nf8 12. Bg3 a6 13. f4 g6 14.
Bf2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Kh1 h5 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nd7
21. Nd2 b5 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. b4 $16 {Mason,Ja-Lee,F/London (20) 1899/0-1 (60)}) (
8... Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 (9... Be7 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 h6 12. h4 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 Qd8 15. h5 Bd7 16. Na4 Nb8 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Qe3 Qc8 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Nfd2
Qc7 21. a4 Bc4 22. c3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 $14 {Knezevic,M-Raicevic,V/Majdanpek 21/
181 1976/1-0 (33)}) 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Bd2 d4 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Bc4 Qxb1 14. Qxb1
O-O 15. Re1 Bc5 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nb6 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qe4 Be7 20. Qh4 h5 21.
Be2 Kg7 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe6+ Bxe6 25. Qxe7 Nd7 26. Qg5 Rh8 27.
Ne4 Rab8 28. Nf6 Nc5 29. Be3 Nd3 30. Rd1 Bf5 31. e6 Ne5 32. Bd4 Rhd8 33. Nd7 {
1-0 Carretero,F-Carrasco,JM/ESP-chT 1993}) (8... Be7 9. O-O (9. a3 Nc5 10. Ne2
Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ned4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rc8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Nd4
Rc4 17. b3 Rc8 18. Re3 Qa5 19. Rh3 g6 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Qe3 f5 22. Rxh7 Kxh7 23.
Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Re1 f4 26. h3 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Chekhover,V-Chistiakov,A/
URS-ch11 Leningrad (02) 1939}) 9... Nc5 (9... g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ne1 Ndxe5 12.
Qe2 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxg4+ Bg7 17. Nd3 d4 18. Nb1
Qa5 19. Nd2 Qxa2 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Qg3 Qb5 23. Rfe1 $16 {Zimmermann,
F-Heinicke,H/BL 8081 FH Hamburg-Mainz [8] 1981/1-0 (33)}) 10. Qd2 O-O (10...
Nxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. a3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4 Nc6 15. Qb2 f6 16. Bg3 fxe5 17.
Nxe5 Bf6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qa2 Nd4 21. Ne2 Nf5 22. Qd2 Nxg3 23.
hxg3 Kh8 24. Rfe1 $10 {Rogers,C-Mastrorilli,N/Mendrisio open (05) 1989/1-0 (42)
}) 11. a3 (11. Rfe1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. a3 a6 16.
Ne2 Qa5 17. c4 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Rf5 19. Rxb2 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qxe1+ 21. Kg2 Nd8 22.
cxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qe4 Bf7 25. Rb1 $10 {Motwani,P-Gronn,A/Gausdal
Troll (3) 1992/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 11... a6 12. b4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6
15. d4 Kh8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Ne2 Qe8 19. Qh6 Qf7 20. Nf4 Rg8 21. Bh4
Rcf8 22. Ra2 Bd6 23. Rae2 Nd8 24. Bg3 Bb8 {#} 25. Nxd5 Bxg3 26. hxg3 $15 {
Pandavos,P-Voiska,M/Katerini GP-2 1992/0-1 (36)} Bb5) (8... a6 9. O-O f6 (9...
Qc7 10. Re1 (10. Bg3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qh5 Bg4 14. Qxg4
Nxg4 15. Bxc7 O-O 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. c3 Kf8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. b4 Bd6 25. Bxd6+ Nxd6 $14 {Lombardy,
W-Yumol,R/New York op (07) 1994/1-0 (45)}) 10... Bb4 11. Bg3 d4 12. Ne4 Bxe1
13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Qxe1 h6 15. Qe4 Nc5 16. Qf4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 g5 18. Qe4 Qb6 19.
h4 Qxb2 20. Re1 Nd8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Qd2 23. Bf4 Qa5 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Qf3
Bc6 26. Nxe6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kxe6 28. Qf5+ {1-0 Roth,P-Fusi,C/Wien op (03) 1990})
10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bg3 Qe7 (12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Qe2 Be8 15.
Bg3 Bf7 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Qf3 e5 18. Bf5 e4 19. Qh3 g6 20. Bg4 Qd6 21. Rad1 Nxg4
22. Qxg4 Qc6 23. Rfe1 Kg7 24. Bg5 $15 {Rogers,Cathy-Ladanyine Karakas,Eva/Biel
open-W (05) 1991/1/2-1/2 (81)}) 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Kh1 Nxg3+ 16. fxg3
Bd7 17. Rf4 Qd6 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rh4 g6 21. Qh6 Rf6 22. Rf4 Raf8
23. Qg5 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Qf7 25. g3 e5 26. Bf1 Be7 27. Qg4 d4 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29.
Qxd4 Nf3 30. Qe4 Nxe1 31. Bc4 Qxc4 32. Qxc4+ Kg7 33. Qe2 {1-0 Letay-Godel/
Budapest open 1989}) (8... h6 9. Bg3 (9. h4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. h5 Bb6 12. a3 Nc5
13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bb7 15. d4 Rc8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nc1 a5 19. Nb3
axb4 20. Qxb5 Bd8 21. Nc5 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxc5 23. Qxb4 Ba5 $15 {Appleberry,
M-Apicella,M/Clichy op (9) 1991/0-1 (36)}) 9... a6 10. O-O b5 (10... g5 11. h3
h5 12. Re1 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 Qg5 15. Qxg4 Qxg4 16. Nxg4 Rg8 17. Be2 Nd4
18. Bd1 Nxc2 19. Bxc2 Rxg4 20. Ne2 b5 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Kf1 O-O-O 23. Rac1 $10 {
Buchenau,F-Putzbach,G/2.BLN 9091 SF Hamburg-SF Hannover [3] 1991/1-0 (52)}) 11.
Re1 O-O 12. Ne2 b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 a5 15. Nf4 Ba6 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8
18. Nh5 Bf8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Bh4 Qd7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Re3 Red8 24.
Rg3 Kh8 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Ba4 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Qc7 28. Qe3 e5 29. Nf3 e4 30. Qd4
exf3 31. Rxg7 Qc5 32. Qg4 Rd6 33. Rg8+ Kh7 34. Bc2+ {1-0 Gufeld,E-Spassky,B/
URS-ch27 Leningrad (13) 1960}) (8... f5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qd3 Bb6
12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Qc4 Qc7 14. Nb5 {1-0 Edocs,J-Gorla,L/Bern op (8) 1991}) 9.
exf6 Qxf6 (9... Nxf6 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. O-O O-O
14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. h3 a6 16. Bf1 b5 17. a3 Re7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Be8 20. Rh4
h6 21. a4 bxa4 22. c4 Nb4 23. c5 {1-0 Zhuravliov,V-Kupruks,R/LAT-ch Riga 1993})
10... O-O 11. Ne5 (11. Qe2 Bd7 (11... Nh5 12. Bg5 Qe8 (12... Nf4 13. Qd2 Qd6
14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Rae1 a6 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Kaeser,
U-Wintzer,J/Sankt Augustin (09) 1990}) 13. Rae1 Qf7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd7
16. Be3 Be7 17. Ne2 a6 18. c4 Rac8 19. b3 Rc6 20. Qb2 Bd6 21. Nd4 Rc7 22. Nf3
Nf6 23. Bd4 Rcc8 24. h3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Qe2 $14 {Pandavos,
P-Moutousis,K/GRE-ch (09) 1994/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12. Rae1 (12. Rad1 a6 13. Na4 Ba7
14. c4 e5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 b5 20.
Bg5 bxa4 21. Qd3 Qd7 {0-1 Rigo,J-Gulko,B/Rome 1988}) 12... Qe7 13. Ne5 Rae8 14.
Bg3 (14. Kh1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. Nc7
Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd6 21. Nxe8 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Bxe8 24. Bd3 Kf7 25.
Kg1 h6 26. Kf2 Ke7 $14 {Garcia,G-Alvarez Ibarra,DR/Capablanca mem-B (03) 1993/
1/2-1/2 (45)}) 14... a6 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. a3 g6 18. b4 Bb6 19. b5
axb5 20. Nxb5 Ne4 21. f3 Qg5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc5 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5
Qe7 26. Re2 Qd6 27. Rfe1 e5 28. Qb2 e4 $15 {Zimmermann,F-Meyer,H/2.BLW 9192
Delmenhorst-FTG Frankfurt II [7] 1991/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (11. Bg5 Bd7 12. a3 a6 13.
Bh4 Qc7 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Bf4 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Qd2
Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 e5 23. Rf1 Bc6 24. Rde1 Qb6 25. Nd1 e4
$15 {Tolnai,T-Farago,I/Budapest Noviki-A (7) 1990/0-1 (45)}) (11. Bg3 Bd6 (
11... a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. a3 Nh5 14. Rae1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. Qg5 Nd4 17. Qxf6
gxf6 18. Rd1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Bf1 Kf7 22. Be2 h5 23. f4 Rh8
24. Bf3 f5 25. Kg2 h4 26. Rh1 $10 {Matychenkov,V-Moskalenko,V/URS-chT Podolsk
1990/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qf4 14. g3 Qh6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4
Ng4 17. Nh4 Nge5 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Qa4 g5 20. Ng2 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Rae1 e5
23. Re3 Qf7 24. h4 Bh3 25. Kh2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 gxh4 27. gxh4 $13 {Sikora
Gizynska,Bozena-Berntsen,Sheila/Novi Sad ol-W (02) 1990/0-1 (62)}) (11. Qd2 Bd6
(11... Qe8 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. a3 Qh5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bd6 Ng4 16. b5 Rxf3 17. gxf3
Nge5 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qf6 21. Na4 Bxb5 22. Nxb6 Bxe2 23. Qe3
Qg6+ 24. Qg3 axb6 {0-1 Rigo,J-Klinger,J/Wien op 1986}) (11... a6 12. a3 Bd6 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Re2 Ng4 16. Rfe1 Rxf3 {(1.10/0.48) 0-1 Muri,
E-Praznik,A/Bled op (7/24) 1992}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c4 a6 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. f4 Nh6 19. Qc2 Qa7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd3
Bd7 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Rad1 Raf8 24. g3 Qb6 25. Qc2 Ng4 26. Nf3 $15 {Buchenau,
F-Hartmann,We/2BLN 8889 Bad Schwartau-Hannover [7] 1988/1/2-1/2 (62)} Ne3)
11... Bd7 (11... Bd6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Bg3 b5 15. Nb1 Re8 16. Nd2
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Re2 e5 21. Rfe1 g6 22. f3 Bb7
23. Nf1 Re7 24. c3 Rae8 25. Bc2 Kf8 26. Bb3 $10 {Aleksic,N-Vaiser,A/Roma op (3)
1990/0-1 (71)}) (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. a3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rae8 16.
f4 Bc6 17. Rae1 Rf7 18. Nd1 Ne4 19. c3 Rd8 20. Qg4 Re8 21. Rf3 Bd6 22. Bxd6
Nxd6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Ne4 25. Re3 Qb3 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Qe5 Rf5 28. Qe7 Bc6
29. Qe6+ {1-0 Rogers,Ian-Calderwood,Stephen/London LB (02) 1991}) (11... Qe8
12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nxc6 Nxg3 14. hxg3 bxc6 15. Qe2 e5 16. Rad1 a5 17. Na4 Ba7 18.
c4 e4 19. Bc2 Qg6 20. c5 Bg4 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxg3+ 24. Qg2
Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxf5 26. Rd3 $17 {Terentiev,A-Serafimov,D/RUS-sf Perm 1993/0-1 
(36)}) 12. Nxc6 (12. Bg3 Be8 13. a3 a5 14. Nb5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4
17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Bg3 h5 19. Qh3 Rf6 20. Bd3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qf7 22. Kh2 Bxf2 23.
Rad1 g6 24. c4 Kg7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Be4 h4 27. gxh4 $13 {Lida,Fidel-Egger,
Fernando/Buenos Aires FMDA tt (07) 1990/1-0 (44)}) (12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Qd2 Be8 14.
Be3 Qb6 15. b4 Qxb4 16. Rab1 Qa5 17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Ne4 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Bc6 20. Rb2
Nd7 21. Nxd7 {1/2-1/2 Motwani,P-Webster,A/Gausdal Troll (1) 1992}) 12... Bxc6
13. Qe2 Qe7 (13... Ne4 14. g3 Nxf2 (14... e5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17.
Rad1 Qe7 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Vogelmann,P-Schaefer,Ma/2BLW 8889 Münster-Monheim [3]
1989}) 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 e5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Bxe5 Qe3 20. Qg6
Rf2+ {0-1 Vogt,L-Farago,I/Kecskemet 27/246 1979}) 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Bg3 a6 16.
a3 Qf7 17. b4 Bd4 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Nd7 20. Qg3 e5 21. f3 Qf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4
23. Rf2 g6 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Rde2 Nd7 $14 {Spassky,B-Petrosian,T (19)/Moscow-Wch
1966/1-0 (68)}) 10. Bg3 (10. Bg5 Qf7 11. O-O (11. Bh4 Qh5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Qe2
Nf6 14. Na4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Ba7 17. b4 O-O 18. Bd6 Rf7 19. Nc5 Qxe2+
20. Kxe2 b6 21. Nb3 e5 22. Bxe5 Re7 23. f4 Ng4 24. Kd2 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 $14 {
Maier,C-Zier,L/FRG-qual (Süd) 1986/1-0 (46)}) 11... O-O 12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 Nf6
14. a3 Kh8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. c3 Ng4 18. Nbd4 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxd4 20.
cxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxd4 b6 24. Be5 Rf7 25. Qxd5 Rf5 26.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qd7+ Rf7 28. Qxc8 Bg4 29. Qc3+ Kg6 30. h3 Bd7 31. Rad1 {1-0
Dankert,P-Krauseneck,P/BL 8182 Markth'feld-Porz [5] 1982}) 10... O-O 11. O-O
Nd4 (11... h6 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Re2 Nc5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
Bxe5 Qf7 18. Rae1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf6 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Re5
Bc6 24. f4 Rae8 25. Qe3 d4 26. Qxd4 $14 {Matychenkov,V-Galanov,B/URS-chT 1988/
1-0 (44)}) (11... a6 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rae1 Nc5 15. Be5 Bxe5 16.
Qxe5 Bd7 (16... Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd7 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Kf7 20. f4 Rfd8 21. g3
Na4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Bh3 Rxc2 24. Bxe6+ Kf6 25. g4 Rxb2 26. g5+ Kg6 27. Rd4
Bc6 28. h4 Rf8 29. f5+ Kh5 30. f6 gxf6 31. gxf6+ Kg6 32. Rf5 Re2 33. Rg4+ Kh6
34. f7 Rxe6 {time 0-1 Zhuravlev,V-Mann,C/BL 1994}) 17. Qg3 Rae8 18. Re5 Bc6 19.
f4 Nd7 20. Ree1 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Rd1 Qb4 23. Rb1 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rf6 25. a3
Qb6 26. Qe1 $15 {Sikora Gizynska,Bozena-Peng Zhaoqin/Novi Sad ol-W (04) 1990/
0-1 (57)}) (11... g6 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Rae1 a6 14. Ne5 Bd4 15. Nd1 Re8 16. Ng4
Qf8 17. c3 Bg7 18. f4 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. Ndf2 Qc5 21. h5 gxh5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23.
fxe5 Bb5 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. Qxh5 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 $14 {Kaeser,U-Meyer,P/Sankt
Augustin (04) 1990/1-0 (40)}) 12. Nd2 $6 (12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qe2 a6
15. Rae1 Nc5 {= Rogers,I-Drasko,M/Tallinn 39/(361) 1985}) 12... a6 13. Na4 Ba7
14. c4 {/\cxd5 >< Pd5} b5 15. cxd5 $2 bxa4 16. Ne4 Qh6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 (17...
Qxe6 $2 18. Ng5) 18. Nd6 {/\Bc4/Be4} Ndc5 $19 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3
{/\b4, >< e6, >< d7} Rab8 22. Qe1 {/\b4} Rxb3 23. Bxb3 Nxb3 24. Rxa6 Bd4 25.
Qe2 Nbc5 26. Ra7 Bc6 {/\Ne4} 27. Qg4 Qf6 {>< Pf2} (27... Ne4 28. Re7 Nxg3 29.
hxg3 Bd5 $15) 28. Ra2 g6 29. Qd1 Qg5 {/\Qd5 -+} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 (12. Qf2 b6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Bd3
Rac8 15. Rhe1 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 b5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne2 d4 19. Nxd4 Be4 $13 {
1/2 (39) Jakovenko,D (2741)-Lysyj,I (2617) Khanty-Mansiysk 2012}) 12... b5 13.
Bxc5 (13. Qf2 {was also possible.}) 13... Bxc5 14. Bd3 b4 (14... f6 15. exf6
Rxf6 16. f5 {with very unclear play.}) 15. Ne2 a5 (15... Bd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh7
Rfc8 18. g5 {is the same motif.}) 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh7 Rd8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5
Qb6 (19... a4 20. Qe1 b3 21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Qe7 {was an
interesting counter-chance.}) 20. Qe1 $1 b3 21. cxb3 Bf2 22. Qf1 Nb4 23. Nc3 (
23. Qh3 $18) 23... a4 24. Qh3 axb3 25. a3 Na2 26. Nb5 Ba6 27. Qh5 Qb7 28. Nd6
Qc7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Lepelletier, Benoit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 c5 7. Bb5+ (7. Ne2
Qb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 Nxe5 11. Qh5 Bxb5 12. Qxe5 f6 13. Qxe4 e5 14.
f4 Bd6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. f5 Bd7 17. g4 Qc7 18. Rhg1 Rae8 19. Kb1 b5 20. Qg2 c4
21. Ne4 b4 {Manca,F-Landenbergue,C/Reggio Emilia9192-B 1991/EXT 91/1-0 (47)}) (
7. c3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Be7 13.
Nf4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Hadraba,V-Vavra,J/CZE-chT2 1995/EXT 95ch}) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 (9... Qc7 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxe5 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Nxe4
Rc8 14. c3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd1 Re5+ 18. Kd2 Ke7 19. Rhe1
Rh5 20. h3 Ra5 21. a3 Rf5 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Kc2 Rg5 24. g3 {Csom,K-Csaba,A/
HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03/0-1 (55)}) 10. Qxd4 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Qxe4 Bxe3 13.
fxe3 Qxe5 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Ke7 16. Nd6 Nc5 17. b4 Na4 18. Rhf1 f6 19.
Rd3 a5 20. Rf4 axb4 21. Rc4 Rhd8 22. Rc7+ Kf8 23. Nxb7 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Kg8 25. e4
Nc3 26. Nc5 Rxa2 27. Nxe6 Rxg2 28. h4 h5 29. Rb7 Kh7 30. Nf8+ Kh6 31. e5 Rf2
32. e6 Re2 33. Rb8 Na2+ 34. Kd1 Nc3+ 35. Kc1 g5 36. Rxb4 Na2+ 37. Kd1 Nc3+ 38.
Kc1 Kg7 39. Nd7 Na2+ 40. Kd1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 g4 42. Rf4 Na2+ 43. Kd1 Nc3+ 44. Kc1
Rxe6 45. Kd2 Nd5 46. Rf5 Ne3 47. Rxf6 Rxf6 48. Nxf6 {[#] This is a hidden
king-and-pawn ending. By a small trick with the knight, Black achieves a won
pawn ending. In order to maintain the c-pawn, the White king has to leave the
square of the g-pawn. All the same, the loss of the c-pawn doesn't
automatically lead to a loss. Notice the little stalemate-joke in this
harmless pawn ending! [#] Dies ist ein verkapptes Bauernendspiel, Mit einem
kleinen Springertrick verschafft sich Schwarz ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel.
Um den c-Bauern zu behaupten müßte sich der weiße König aus dem Quadrat des
g-Bauern begeben. Immerhin führt selbst der Verlust des c-Bauern nicht
automatisch zum Verlust. Man beachte den kleinen Pattwitz in diesem harmlosen
Bauernfinale!} Nc4+ (48... Nf5 49. Nxh5+ Kh6 50. Nf4 Nxh4 $11) (48... Kxf6 49.
Kxe3 Ke5 50. d4+ Kd5 51. Kd3 Kd6 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Kd3 $11) (48... Nc4+ 49. dxc4
(49. Kc3 Kxf6 50. Kxc4 g3 $19) 49... Kxf6 50. Kd3 Kf5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kd3 Kf4
53. c5 Ke5 54. Kc4 (54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Kd3 Kxc5 56. Ke3 Kd5 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Ke3
Kf5 59. Kf2 Ke4 (59... Kf4 60. Kg2 g3 61. Kh3 Kf3 {patt}) 60. Kg2 (60. Ke2 g3)
(60. Kg3 Ke3 61. Kg2 Kf4 62. Kh2 Kf3 $19)) 54... g3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qf2 c4 12. Be2 Ne7 13. O-O h5 14. Qe1 Nf5 15. Bf2 Be7
16. Qd2 Nb8 17. Nd1 Nc6 18. c3 Na5 19. Rb1 Nb3 20. Qe1 a5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3
b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Ra2 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Bc8 28. Rf1 Bg4
29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. cxb4 Bh4 32. Qf4 O-O 33. Bc3 Rfa8 34. g3 Be7 35.
Qd2 Rb8 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Kh7 38. h3 gxh3 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Ra7 Bg5 41. Qe2
Rb6 42. Ra1 Be7 43. Rf1 Qe6 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Ra1 Rb8 46. Ra5 g6 47. Qxh3 Bxb4
48. Bxb4 Qxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Rxb4 {[#]} 50. Rxd5 Rxb2 51. Rc5 Rc2 ({Angesichts der
nun folgenden Einschließung des Königs kam, was man freiwillig selten gern
macht, das Opfer des Bc4 in Frage, um Turm und König besser zu positionieren} 
51... Rd2 $5 52. Rxc4 Kf8 53. Kg4 Ke7 54. Kf4 Rd3 {[%csl Rg3]} (54... Ke6 $6
55. Ke4 Re2+ 56. Kf3 Rd2 57. Ke3 Rg2 58. g4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd4d5]} Rg3+ {
mit Widerstand} (58... Ke7 59. d5)) 55. g4 Rd1 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kd3 Rd1+ 58.
Ke2 Rg1 59. d5 Rg3 {[%cal Gg3a3] mit wenigstens hinhaltendem Widerstand wegen
der Königssperre, obwohl Weiß fraglos Möglichkeiten hat wie:} 60. d6+ Ke6 61.
Rd4 Kd7 62. Rf4 Ke8 (62... Ke6 63. Rf6+ Kxe5 64. d7 Kxf6 65. d8=Q+ Kg7 {
mit ungeklärten Fragen. Kann sich der Turm auf der 3. Reihe halten bzw. kann
er das Feld e6 bzw. nach weißem g5 das Feld f5 erreichen? Analytiker an die
Front!})) 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. d5 Rd2 54. d6 Rd4 55. Kg2 g5 (55... Kh6 $5 {[%csl
Re5][%cal Yh6g5,Yg5f5]}) 56. Kf3 Kg6 $6 {Der vorletzte Fehler?!} (56... f6 $1
57. e6 (57. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 58. e6 Kf8 $19) 57... g4+ $1 58. Kf2 Rd2+ 59. Ke3 Rxd6
$11) 57. g4 {[%csl Gf5,Gf6,Gf7,Gg5,Gh5]} c3 $2 {Der letzte Fehler! Zur letzten
Chance 57...f6 bitte Analytiker auf den Plan! Was ich sehe, ist interessant
genug, vielleicht nicht erschöpfend....} (57... f6 $5 58. Rxc4 Rxc4 (58... Rd5
59. Ke4 Rxe5+ 60. Kd4 Kf7 61. Rc5 $1 Re1 (61... Ke6 62. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 63. Kc5 Kd7
64. Kd5 e4 65. Kxe4 Kxd6 66. Kf5 $18) 62. Rc7+ Ke8 63. Kd5 Re2 64. Rh7 Re1 65.
d7+ Kd8 66. Kd6 Rd1+ 67. Ke6 Kc7 68. Kxf6 Rd5 69. Rg7 $18) 59. d7 (59. e6 {
[%csl Rf7]} Rc3+ (59... Rc6 60. d7 Rxe6 61. d8=Q Kf7 {sieht nach einer
Remisfestung aus.} ({dagegen} 61... Re5 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Qf7 $18)) 60. Ke4 f5+
61. Kd4 $1 ({sogar} 61. gxf5+ $1 Kf6 62. d7 Ke7 63. f6+ Kd8 64. f7 Rc4+ 65. Kf5
Rf4+ 66. Kg6 $3 (66. Kxg5 Rf1 67. Kg6 Ke7 68. Kg7 Rg1+ $11) 66... g4 67. Kg7
Ke7 68. d8=Q+ Kxd8 69. f8=Q+ Rxf8 70. Kxf8 g3 71. e7+ Kc7 72. e8=Q $18) 61...
Rc1 (61... Kf6 62. d7 Ke7 63. Kxc3 f4 (63... fxg4 64. Kd3 $18) 64. Kd4 Kd8 65.
Kd5 Kc7 66. Ke5 f3 67. Kf6 f2 (67... Kd8 68. e7+ Kxd7 69. Kf7 $18) 68. Ke7 f1=Q
69. d8=Q+ Kc6 70. Qd6+ Kb5 71. Qd5+ $18 {[%csl Rg5]} (71. Kd7 $18 {[%cal Re6e7]
})) 62. d7 Re1 63. e7 Rxe7 64. d8=Q Re4+ 65. Kd5 Rxg4 66. Qg8+ Kh6 67. Ke5 $18)
59... Rd4 60. e6 {[%csl Rf7]} Kg7 61. e7 Rxd7 62. e8=Q Ra7 63. Ke4 Ra5 64. Qe7+
Kg6 65. Kd3 Rd5+ 66. Kc3 Re5 67. Qf8 Re4 68. Qg8+ Kh6 69. Qf7 Rf4 70. Kd3 $18 {
Ich verweise in diesem Zusammenhang auch auf "SCHACH" 1/2002, Seite 12}) 58.
Ke3 Rd1 59. Rxc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3d3]} Re1+ 60. Kd4 f6 {Zu spät} 61. d7 fxe5+ 62.
Kc4 Re4+ 63. Kd5 Rd4+ 64. Ke6 {[%csl Gf5,Gf6,Gf7]} e4 65. Ke7 (65. Rc6 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Re6e5]} Kg7 66. Rd6 $18) 65... Kg7 66. Re3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Ne7 16. b3 h6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Ng3 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rc8 21. Nh5
Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 exf5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Kg1 Rc3 26. Rfd2 a4 27. bxa4 Ra3
28. Ne2 Bb7 29. Rb1 R8xa4 30. Kf2 d4 31. Nxd4 Bd5 32. Ke3 Bxa2 33. Rc1 Ra8 34.
Rb2 Bd5 35. Rxb4 Bxg2 36. Rbc4 Bd5 37. Rc5 Rd8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Rxc8+ Kg7 {
[#] Ideller weißer Mehrbauer. Nach der Stellungssicherung aktiviert Weiß
zunächst den Springer und dann den König. Die Folge: Mattangriff.} 40. Rd8 Bc4
41. Nc2 Rb3 42. h4 Bb5 43. Rd6 h5 44. Ne1 Rb2 $6 (44... Kf8 $142 45. Nf3 Ke7)
45. Nf3 Rg2 $2 {Gibt das Spiel gegen d3 vollends auf und verliert die
Kontrolle über das weitere Spielgeschehen.} (45... Rb3 $142) 46. Rb6 Ba4 47.
Ng5 Rg3+ 48. Kd4 Rg4 49. e6 $1 Rxf4+ (49... fxe6 50. Ke5 Be8 51. Nxe6+ Kf7 52.
Rb7+ Kg8 53. Kf6 $18) 50. Ke5 Rf1 51. exf7 {[%cal Rb6g6]} Re1+ 52. Kd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game we had a free day. This was the 9th round, just 3 games till
the end; we both had 50%, it was no longer time to play, it was time to start
fighting.  Vor dieser Partie hatten wir einen freien Tag. Dies war die 9.
Runde, nur noch 3 Partien bis zum Ende; wir lagen beide bei 50%, es war nicht
länger Zeit zu spielen, es war Zeit zu kämpfen.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {
Yan's main weapon.  Yans Hauptwaffe.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {Yan had
already played this position. Yan hatte diese Stellung bereits gespielt.} 13.
Qe3 ({In his previous game White chose In seiner vorigen Partie wählte Weiß} 
13. Qf2 Qb6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Ng3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qd4 Ra7 19.
Bd3 Raf7 20. Nh5 Rh6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Be2 Qd6 23. g5 Rxh5 24. Bxh5 Rxf4 25. Qa7
$16 {...1-0, Filippov Anton 2500 - Nepomniachtchi Ian 2506 , Moscow 11. 2.2006
It (open) "Aeroflot" (A2)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Qe7 $146 {This is a novelty.
Dies ist eine Neuerung.} ({Black has tried Schwarz versuchte bereits} 14... Bb7
) ({and und} 14... Qb6) {The centre is closed, White has an advantage in space
and should try to start an attack on the kingside. Black has a solid pawn
structure; the main problem for him is the bad bishop, which will try to
exchange after b4, a5, Ba6 and then he will try to build an initiative on the
queenside.   Das Zentrum ist geschlossen; Weiß hat Raumvorteil und sollte
versuchen, einen Angriff am Königsflügel zu starten. Schwarz hat eine solide
Bauernstruktur; sein Hauptproblem ist der schlechte Läufer, welchen er nach b4,
a5, Ba6 nach Möglichkeit abtauschen wird abzutauschen, um anschließend zu
versuchen, Initiative am Damenflügel zu entfalten.} 15. Bd3 b4 ({Black can't
exploit the awkward location of the rook on d4: Schwarz kann die ungewöhnliche
Postierung des Turmes auf d4 nicht ausnutzen:} 15... Nb8 $6 16. f5 $1 $16) 16.
Ne4 $1 ({On Auf} 16. Ne2 {Black can try kann Schwarz} Nb8 $5 {versuchen.})
16... a5 ({Of course, Black can't take Natürlich kann Schwarz nicht nehmen:} 
16... dxe4 $2 17. Qxe4 $18 {(xa8,xh7)}) 17. Nd6 f5 {Black has to make a
prophylactic move. Schwarz muss einen prophylaktischen Zug machen.} ({If Falls
} 17... Ba6 $2 {then White has a combination: , dann hat Weiß eine Kombination:
} 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. f5 {(/\Rh4)} Nxe5 21. Rh4 g6 $5 {The only
chance Die einzige Chance.} 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ $1 g5 (24... Kg7
25. f6+ Qxf6 26. Qh7#) {and now und nun} 25. Rh6+ $1 Ng6 ({or} 25... Kg7 26.
Rh7+ Kf6 27. Qh6+ Ng6 28. Qg7#) 26. Qd4+ $1 e5 27. Qb6 $1 $18 Kg7 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. Nf5+) 18. g4 $5 {White immediately starts active play. Weiß leitet sofort
aktives Spiel ein.} ({Simple and strong was Einfach und stark war} 18. h3 $1
Ba6 19. g4 $16) 18... fxg4 19. Be2 $6 {The idea of this manoeuvre is to avoid
the exchange of this bishop, but it gives time to Black. Die Idee dieses
Manövers ist, den Tausch dieses Läufers zu vermeiden, doch dies verschafft
Schwarz Zeit.} ({The move Der Zug} 19. h3 {doesn't lead to success because of
führt nicht zum Erfolg wegen} g3 $1 20. Qxg3 Ba6 $13) ({But White can prevent
g4-g3 by Doch Weiß kann g4-g3 verhindern durch} 19. Qg3 $5 Ba6 20. h3 $1 {
with a strong initiative. For example mit starker Initiative. Zum Beispiel}
Bxd3 21. Rxd3 gxh3 22. Qxh3 $16 h6 23. Rg3 $40) 19... Nc5 $1 20. Bxg4 Nb7 $1 {
Black exploits White's delay and exchanges the strong white knight.  Schwarz
nutzt die Verzögerung von Weiß aus und tauscht den starken weißen Springer.}
21. Nxb7 {White continues to play on the "bad" bishop. Weiß spielt weiter auf
den "schlechten" Läufer.} ({Interesting was also Interessant war auch} 21. Nxc8
$5 Raxc8 22. Qh3 Rc6 23. f5 $1 exf5 24. Bxf5 Rh6 25. Qf3 Qxe5 26. Rxd5 $36)
21... Bxb7 $6 {The first of a series of mistakes. The bishop should defend the
e6-pawn. Der erste in einer Reihe von Fehlern. Der Läufer sollte den e6-Bauern
decken.} (21... Qxb7 $142 {(/\Qb6, Ra7-f7)}) 22. Rg1 $14 Rf7 $6 {Black
probably wants to double rooks. Schwarz will wahrscheinlich die Türme
verdoppeln.} ({The move Der Zug} 22... Kh8 $5 {looks natural. sieht natürlich
aus.}) 23. Qh3 Re8 $2 {This is a big mistake. Dies ist ein schwerer Fehler.} ({
Necessary was Notwendig war} 23... Bc8 {with an acceptable position. mit
annehmbarer Stellung.}) {Now White starts an attack. Nun startet Weiß einen
Angriff.} 24. f5 $1 Qc5 $6 {It's already hard to recommend what Black should
do. Es ist bereits schwer zu empfehlen, was Schwarz tun sollte.} ({Material
was lost after Material geht verloren nach} 24... Qg5 25. Rdd1 exf5 26. Bh5 $16
) ({Maybe Vielleicht} 24... exf5 $5 25. Bxf5 Qxe5 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 {but it's
unbelievable that after , allerdings ist es schwer zu glauben, dass nach} 27.
Rdd1 $40 {Black can save the game with such a king. Schwarz die Partie mit
einem solchen König retten kann.}) 25. Rdd1 $6 {Doesn't spoil things, but
White could win immediately. Verdirbt nichts, aber Weiß konnte sofort gewinnen.
} (25. fxe6 $1 {(/\Bf5)} Qxd4 ({or} 25... Rc7 26. Bf5 $1 Qxd4 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 {
and now und nun} 28. e7+ $1 Kxe7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Qf6+ Rce7 31. Qd6+ Rd7 32.
Qxd7#) 26. exf7+ Kxf7 {Here White already has a choice. Hier hat Weiß bereits
die Wahl.} 27. Qh5+ $5 Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qf5 $18) 25... Rc7 {
What else? Was sonst?} 26. f6 $1 {This decides. Dies entscheidet.} Qxc2+ 27.
Ka1 Bc8 ({If Falls} 27... Qc6 {then , so} 28. Be2 $1 $18 {(/\Bd3;/\Qh6)}) 28.
Bh5 $1 $18 Rd8 ({If Auf} 28... g6 {White has the combination hat Weiß die
Kombination} 29. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 30. Qh6 Rh7 31. f7+ $1 Rxf7 32. Rxg6+ Qxg6 33.
Qxg6+ $18) ({The main idea is illustrated by this variation: Die Hauptidee
veranschaulicht diese Variante:} 28... Rf8 29. f7+ Kh8 ({If Falls} 29... Rfxf7
{then , so} 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qh5+ $1 $18) ({or oder} 29... Rcxf7 30. Bxf7+
Rxf7 (30... Kxf7 31. Rc1 $18) 31. Rc1 $18) 30. Bg6 $1 $18) 29. Qh4 ({Also
winning is Es gewinnt auch} 29. f7+ Kf8 30. Qh4 $18) 29... Rf8 30. f7+ Rfxf7
31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 ({Or Oder} 31... Rxf7 32. Rc1 $18) 32. Qg5 {(/\Rc1)} h6 33. Qd8
{(/\Rdf1)} Ba6 {The final nicety. Die letzte Feinheit.} 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 35.
Rg1+ {Mate is unavoidable. Black resigned. Matt ist unvermeidlich. Schwarz gab
auf.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Kharitonov Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 {This move is not mentioned in the Oprning
theory by ECO C11.} (9... cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 $5 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ $44) 10. b4 Qc7
11. Be2 Be7 12. a3 $5 {Ein nützlicher Wartezug, da Weiß früher oder später so
spielt. Außerdem hofft Short auf f7-f5, da in der Vorgängerpartie auch so
gespielt wurde (Knaak).} (12. O-O f5 13. Nc5 $6 (13. exf6 $142 $5 {Kharitonov})
13... Nf8 14. Qa4 b6 15. Na6 Qd7 $10 {Short,N-Bareev,E/Novgorod/1994/0,5/43/ ;
CBM 43}) (12. g4 $5 {RR Why not?} h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. h4 g6 15. Ng5 Rh8 16. h5
Bxg5 17. fxg5 gxh5 18. Bxh5 $36) 12... f5 $6 (12... b5 $5 13. Nc5 a5 14. O-O
Nxc5 15. dxc5 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 $14) (12... O-O $5 {RR Now we have
to look for the point of 12.a3!?.} 13. g4 $5 {What else?} f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. O-O) 13. Rg1 $5 (13. exf6 $5 Nxf6 14. Ne5 $14) 13...
Nf8 14. g4 $1 fxg4 (14... g6 15. h4 $14 (15. Kd2 {/\Bf2,Qe1,Bh4+/-/}) (15. Kd2
{Kharitonov /\Bf2,Qe1,Bh4+/-/})) 15. Rxg4 $16 g6 {Knaak: Schwarz hat zunächst
alles im Griff und kann sogar einen N auf f5 plazieren, aber er droht nichts.
Weiß kann dagegen auf lange Sicht mittels h4 gegen die Kette h7-g6 spielen.
Auf dem Damenflügel hat Schwarz kein Gegenspiel, da etwa 15...b5 16.Nc5 nur
Weiß begünstigen würde .} 16. Bf2 b6 17. Nb2 Bd7 (17... b5 18. a4 $16) (17...
a5 18. b5 Na7 19. a4 Bd7 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21. Qe1 Kb7 22. Bd1 {/\Bc2,Nd1-e3,Bh4+/
-/}) 18. a4 a6 19. Qb1 $1 Qb7 20. Nd1 b5 21. axb5 $5 axb5 22. Ne3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1
Bd8 24. Kd2 Ne7 25. Bh4 Nf5 26. Bxd8 Kxd8 27. Rg1 (27. Nxf5 $6 exf5 28. Rg2 Ne6
29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Bd1 Ra8 31. Ra2 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 $14) 27... Rg8 28. Bd1 Rg7 29.
Bc2 Nxe3 (29... Rf7 30. Ng5 $16) (29... Ne7 30. Ng4 Rf7 31. Nf6 $16) 30. Kxe3
Be8 31. Qe1 Qe7 (31... Qa7 32. Qh4+ Kc8 33. Qh6 {/\h4,h5+/-/}) 32. Qg3 Kc8 33.
Ra1 Bc6 34. Qh3 Kb7 35. Qh6 $1 Rg8 36. h4 Be8 37. Rg1 Qg7 38. Qg5 $1 (38. Qxg7+
Rxg7 39. f5 (39. h5 $5) (39. h5 $5 {Kharitonov}) 39... exf5 40. Bxf5 $16) 38...
h5 (38... h6 39. Qd8 Qd7 40. Qa5 Qc7 41. Qxc7+ Kxc7 42. h5 (42. f5 exf5 43.
Bxf5 $16) 42... Bf7 43. hxg6 Bxg6 44. f5 exf5 45. Bxf5 $16) 39. Qd8 Qd7 40. Qa5
Qc7 41. Qxc7+ Kxc7 42. f5 exf5 43. Bxf5 Bf7 44. Bh3 Be6 (44... Ne6 45. Ng5 (45.
Bxe6 Bxe6 46. Ng5 Bf5 47. Ra1 Kb6 $16) 45... Nxg5 46. Rxg5 Re8 47. Rg1 {
/\Rf1-f6/}) 45. Ng5 Bxh3 46. Nxh3 $18 Ne6 47. Rf1 Ra8 (47... Rf8 48. Rxf8 Nxf8
49. Nf4 Kc6 50. Kf3 $18 {(.)/}) 48. Rf2 $6 (48. Rf7+ Kd8 49. Nf4 $18) (48. Rf6
$6 Ra3 $132) 48... Kc6 $6 (48... Ra3 $32 49. Rc2 Kc6 50. Nf4 Nf8 51. Rc1 Ra2 (
51... Rb3 52. Kd2 Rb2+ 53. Rc2 Rb1 54. Ra2 $18) 52. Rf1 Rc2 53. Ne2 Ne6 54. Rf7
Ra2 55. Re7 Nc7 56. Rg7 Ne6 57. Rxg6 Kd7 58. Rh6 $18) 49. Rf6 Kd7 50. Nf4 Nxf4
51. Kxf4 Ke7 (51... Ra3 52. Rxg6 Rxc3 53. Rd6+ Kc7 54. Rxd5 $18) 52. Rxg6 Rf8+
(52... Ra3 53. Rd6) 53. Ke3 Rf1 54. Rd6 Rh1 55. Rxd5 Rxh4 56. Rxb5 Rh3+ 57. Ke4
(57. Ke4 Rxc3 58. Rb7+ Ke8 59. Kd5 Rc1 60. Rh7 c3 61. Rxh5 c2 62. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 (12. Qxb6 $142 $1 Nxb6 {
Black's knight is further away from challenging the d4 square on c6.}) 12...
Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 14. O-O-O Nb8 {Black can afford the luxury of such moves
when the centre is blocked. Of course, time is still an important factor, but
the positioning of the pieces is more important. Here, it is desirable for
Black to challenge the blockading knight on d4, after which it is difficult
for White to prove an advantage. It is more testing for Black if White
exchanges queens on b6 on the twelth move.} 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Klimov,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 a5
9. g3 (9. a4 $143 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bh3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14.
exf6 Bb4+ 15. Nc3 Nxf6 16. Bxc8 Re8+ 17. Kf2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Raxc8 {Gorin,
L-Volkov,S/Bydgoszcz 2000}) (9. a3 a4 10. h4 Ra7 {/\Na5} 11. f5 exf5 12. Nf4
cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Qc2 g6 (16... Be7 17. Bxf5) 17.
h5 g5 (17... Bg7 $5) 18. Ne2 f4 19. Bxh7 Nc4 20. Bf5 g4 21. Ng5 Qxg5 22. Bxc8
Nxd2 23. Bxb7 Ne7 (23... Rxb7 $11) 24. Qc7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Nc4 {Arakhamia Grant,
K-Volkov,S/Port Erin 2000} 26. Qb8+ Kd7 27. Nxf4 $16) 9... a4 10. Bh3 (10. a3
Be7 (10... Ra7 $5 11. Bh3 Na5 12. O-O) (10... Ndb8 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O Na5 13.
f5 exf5 14. Nf4 Nb3 15. Nxd5 Qc6 16. Nf4 Nxa1 17. d5 Qb6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ne5
c4+ 20. Kh1 g6 21. Re1 $40 {1-0 McShane,L-Poldauf,D/Germany 1998}) (10... cxd4
11. cxd4 Ndb8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Qe2 Na7 15. Bd3 Na6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17.
f5 $16 {Jansa,V-Poldauf,D/Forchheim 2000}) 11. Bh3 cxd4 (11... f5 $5 12. g4 g6
13. gxf5 exf5 14. Bg2 c4 15. Ng3 Qb5 16. h4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Karlsson,L/
Berlin 1996/CBM 55 (16)}) 12. cxd4 Qb3 $5 13. Qxb3 axb3 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Bc3 (
15. Nc1 Bxa3 16. bxa3 b2 17. Rb1 bxc1=Q+ 18. Bxc1 Nc4 19. Rb3 b6 $11) 15... Na4
16. Rc1 b5 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Nd2 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Nxb3 Nxb2 $11
{Grischuk,A-Delchev,A/Linares 1999}) 10... a3 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2
a3 13. b3 (13. bxa3 Bxa3 14. Bxa3 Rxa3 15. Qd2 Qb4 $13) 13... Ndb8 14. Kg2 Na6
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Nc3 Nab4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Na4 b6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Ulibin,M-Volkov,S/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (19)}) 11. b3 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12.
Nexd4 $5 Nc5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Bc5 15. O-O $14 (15. b4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxc3 17.
bxc5 Nxd1 18. cxb6 Nxe3 $13)) 12... Ndb8 $146 (12... Bb4+ $142 13. Kf2 Ndb8 14.
Be3 Bd7 15. g4 (15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 Na6 17. Rc1 Rac8) 15... h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5
17. Bf1 Ne7 18. Ng3 Rh8 19. Rc1 Nbc6 20. h4 O-O-O 21. Bd3 Kb8 22. Bb1 {
Khalifman,A-Volkov,S/St Petersburg 1999}) 13. O-O Bb4 (13... Nb4 $142 14. Be3
Bd7 15. Nc3 $14 {/\Rf2, Bf1}) 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Ne1 O-O (16... Na6 $5
17. Nd3 h5) 17. Nd3 $14 {/\Nc5, /\g4, f5} Na6 (17... Nbc6 $5) 18. g4 f5 19.
exf6 gxf6 20. Ng3 Rac8 (20... Bd6 21. g5 $36) 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. g5 (22. f5 e5
23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qd2 e4 25. Nh5 $14) 22... f5 23. Qh5 (23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Nh5
$16 {/\Nf6, Qh5}) (23. Nh5 Be7 24. Ne5 Be8) 23... Be8 24. Qh6 Qd6 (24... Bb5
25. Rc1 Bxd3 $140 26. g6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Nh5 Rg8 29. Rxc8 $18) (24...
Rf7 25. Nxb4 (25. Nh5 Bf8 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6 Bg7) 25... Nxb4 26. Nh5 $18) (
24... Bc3 25. Kh1 Ne7 26. Rc1 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxe6+ Bf7 29. Qxe7 (29.
Qe2 Ng6 30. Nxf5 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Ne5 Nxf4 $13) 29... Qxd3 30. Nxf5 $18)
25. Ne5 Qe7 26. Kh1 Nc7 (26... Bd6 27. Nh5 Bxh5 28. Qxh5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 $16) (
26... Nd6 27. Nh5 Bxh5 (27... Ne4 28. Rg1) 28. Qxh5 Qg7 29. Rg1 Rc8 30. g6 h6
31. Nf7) 27. g6 $2 $11 (27. Nh5 $142 Bxh5 28. Qxh5 Qg7 (28... Bd6 29. g6 (29.
Rg1 Bxe5 30. fxe5) 29... Bxe5 30. fxe5 hxg6 31. Rg1) 29. g6 h6 30. Nf7 $18) (
27. Rc1 Bd6 $16) 27... hxg6 28. Nxg6 Bxg6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qh5 Qh7 31. Rg1 (
31. Qg5+ $143 Kh8 32. Rg1 Be7) 31... Kh8 32. Bf1 Qxh5 33. Nxh5 Ne7 34. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bg1 $1 {Ich weiß
zwar nicht warum der B gerade nach g1 muß, aber die Bewahrung desselben
gefällt mir besser als das bisher gespielte 13.h5} b4 (13... Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Nc5 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Qe1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rb8 19. Ka1 {/\ Bd3+/=}) 14. Na4 Qc7
15. Kb1 a5 16. h5 Na7 17. h6 g6 18. Rc1 $16 {Bei einer kaum zu vermeidenden
Öffnung der Stellung wird Schwarz Probleme mit der Grundreihe bekommen.} Qc6
19. b3 Nb5 20. Bd4 Ba6 21. c3 Na3+ 22. Ka1 Bxf1 23. Rhxf1 Qb5 24. Rfd1 Rfc8 25.
g4 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Nb6 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Bb2 Nb5 30. Rc1 Qb7 31.
Qc2 d4 32. Qc4 Rd8 33. a4 Na7 34. Bxd4 Rc8 35. Bc5 Nc6 36. Ba3 Ne7 37. Qb5
Rxc1+ 38. Bxc1 Qc8 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 (7...
Be7 $10) 8. Nxd4 Ndxe5 $5 $146 (8... Ncxe5 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Nxd5 Qh4 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Bg3 Qd8 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxe5 exd5 15. Qf3 $16 {Birmingham,E-Vareille,F/
FRA-chT/1989/}) (8... Qc7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ba4 Nb6 11. Bb3 $13 {Odeev,H-Nikolenko,
O/Azov/1991/}) 9. f4 (9. Re1 a6 $1) 9... Nd7 10. f5 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6
Qb6+ 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nce2 Ba6 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxd4+ $17)
10... Bc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Na4 (13. Kh1 $5 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15.
Qa4 Bb7 16. b3 $44) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qe7 $15 15. Qc3 c5 16. b4 Ba6 $17 17.
Rf2 Rf8 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe5 Rf6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Bg3
Qb6 24. c3 Bd3 25. Bh4 Rf5 26. Kh1 Kg8 27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. h3 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7
30. Re3 Rb7 31. Re2 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. Be1 Kf7 34. Kg3 Be4 35. Kf2 Rb1 36.
Ke3 Bxg2 37. h4 Be4 38. Bg3 Rd1 39. Be5 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 Rf3+ 41. Ke1 Rf5 42. Bd4
a6 43. Rb2 e5 44. Bf2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nb8 {Keine so tolle Idee; mit 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Bf2 hat Weiß eine
Quote von 100%.} 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O {Auch hier
steht Weiß deutlich besser. Was hat Schwarz schon von seinem Läuferpaar?} Be7
14. f5 $1 exf5 15. Rxf5 O-O 16. Raf1 Bd7 17. R5f3 Be6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rb3 b6
20. a4 Rac8 21. Rg3 $1 Kh8 22. c3 $1 {Vorbereitungszug für eine Kombination:
der Bd4 wird gedeckt.} a6 $6 23. Nd6 $1 $18 Bxd6 (23... Rc6 24. Nxf7+ $3 Rxf7 (
24... Bxf7 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Rxg7 $18) 25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. Rxg7 $1 Qe6 27. Rxf7 $1
$18) 24. Rxg7 $3 Bc5 (24... Kxg7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. exd6 {[%cal
Yf6g7]}) 25. Qh6 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 {Dafür 22.c3!} Bf5 27. Rg5 f6 (27... Bg6 28.
Rxg6 $18) 28. Rgxf5 Qxa4 29. Rxf6 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4
$146 (8. Nf4 Bb4+ (8... fxe5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bb4+ $13) 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. a3
$14 {Sax,G-Glek,I/BL 9293/}) 8... fxe5 9. dxe5 (9. fxe5 Bb4+ (9... Qh4+ 10. Ng3
Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O+ 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 $14) 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be3 $13
) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 (13. Ned4
Qa5 $36) 13... O-O 14. a3 (14. g3 d4 $36) 14... Nc6 15. g3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxb4 17.
axb4 (17. Rb1 Ncd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qe3+ $19) 17... Qxb4 18. Rc1 Nb3 $17) 11... Nc5
12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (14. a3 Ne4 (14... d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Rxf4 17. O-O-O Bxa3 18. g3 $1 (18. bxa3 Qxa3+ 19. Qb2 Nb3+ $19) 18... Rxd4 19.
Rxd4 Bb4 $16) 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1 $17 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Rxf4 17. Rd1 Qc7 {/\ 18...Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Qxe5+} 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rf1 Ba4 $1
20. b3 Nxb3 $1 21. Rxf4 (21. axb3 Rxd4 $19) 21... Nxd4 22. Qxa4 b5 $2 (22...
Bxc3+ 23. Kf1 b5 $1 24. Bxb5 Qxe5 25. Rfxd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb5+ $17) 23. Qxb4
Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 a6 26. Rd4 $13 Qxe5 27. Ke1 Qxh2 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ne4
h6 30. Nf2 Qc7 31. Rd6 Qc3+ 32. Kf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Qxa2 34. Re1 Qa3 35. Rexe6
Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxf3 37. Rxa6 Kh7 38. Rab6 Qd5 39. Ne4 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 b4 41. Rb7
Qb2+ 42. Nf2 Qd2 43. Rb5 b3 44. Reb6 b2 45. Rxb2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+
48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Ne4 Qf5+ 50. Ke3 Qh3+ 51. Kd4 Qd7+ 52. Nd6 Qe6 53. R2b5 Qe2
54. Nf5 Qd2+ 55. Ke5 Qc3+ 56. Kd6 Qd3+ 57. Ke7 Qa3+ 58. Nd6 Qe3+ 59. Kd8 Qd3
60. Rc6 Qd4 61. Rb7 Qd5 62. Rbc7 Kg8 63. Kc8 Qe5 64. Kd7 Kh7 65. Ne8 Qa1 66.
Kd8 Qa8+ 67. Ke7 Qa3+ 68. Kf7 Qf3+ 69. Rf6 Qg3 70. Rd6 Qf3+ 71. Ke7 Kg8 72. Ra6
Qe2+ 73. Re6 Qf3 74. Nd6 Kh7 75. Nf7 Qa3+ 76. Rd6 Qa8 77. Rcd7 Qe4+ 78. Kf8 Qf4
79. Re7 Qf3 80. Rdd7 Qf4 81. Ke8 Kg8 82. Re6 Qb8+ 83. Rd8 Qb4 84. Ne5 Kh7 85.
Ng6 Qb5+ 86. Ke7 Qg5+ 87. Kd7 Qb5+ 88. Kc7 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $6 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. Nf3
b4 9. cxb4 $6 Nxb4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bb5 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Nb6
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Na6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. bxa5 (18. bxa5 Bxb5 19. Ncxb5 Nc4 20.
Nc6 Qd7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfd1 $1 {
N; 14.Rad1 Na4 Sznapik-Kortschnoj/EU-chT Haifa/1989} Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. b3
$1 axb3 17. axb3 $16 {>< a6} Bd7 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Nd4 Ke7 20. c3 Nc6 21. Rxa6
Rxa6 22. Bxa6 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Ra8 24. Bd3 Ra2 25. Rb4 Rd2 26. Bxh7 g6 27. h4 d4
28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Kf8 30. h5 Kg7 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. g4 Bc6
34. Kf2 Bd5 35. b4 Bc6 36. Ke3 Ba4 37. d5 exd5 38. Kd4 Bd1 39. b5 Bxg4 40. b6
Bc8 41. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $6 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. a3 f6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O $1 (11... a5 12. b5 (12. bxa5 Nxa5
$15) 12... Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Rb1 $44) 12. Rb1 $6 (12. Qd3 $6 Qc7 $1 {
/\ 13...Bxb4!} 13. Qc2 b5 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. Qd3 a5 $1 17. bxa5
Rxa5 18. Rb1 b4 19. Bd2 Qa7 20. axb4 Ra3 $19 {Sax,G-Luther,T/BL9293/}) (12.
exf6 $13) 12... a5 13. b5 a4 $1 14. Nc3 $6 (14. bxc6 $2 Qxb1 15. cxd7 Bxd7 $17)
(14. exf6 $8) 14... Ncxe5 $1 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Bd3 $5 e4 (16... exd4 $1 17.
Nxd4 Ne5 $17 {Shirov/Gurevich}) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 $1 19. O-O Nf6 20.
Bg5 Nxe4 $4 (20... exd4 $15) 21. Bxe7 Rf7 22. Qd3 $1 $16 Bf5 23. Nxe5 Rxe7 24.
Rxf5 Rd8 25. Rbf1 g6 26. Qc4+ Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rf7 Nd2 29. R1f4 g5 30.
R4f5 Ne4 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. h3 Rd5 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Ng4+ Kg6 36.
Rc7 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rg8+ Kf5 39. Rf7+ Nf6 40. Rgf8 h5 41. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Candidates m5"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. Nf3 b4
9. f5 $6 ({RR} 9. cxb4 Nxb4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bb5 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Be3 Nb6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Na6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. bxa5 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-King,D/
Hastings 1990/CBM 22/[Knaak] (18)}) 9... bxc3 $146 ({RR} 9... exf5 10. Nf4 cxd4
({RR} 10... Ndb8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. Ng5 Bf2+ 14. Kd1 O-O 15. e6 Ne7
16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Nge6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxa8 Nec6 21. Bb5 Qd5+
22. Ke2 Bc5 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Qe8 Qxg2+ 25. Kd3 Qxh1 26. Kc4 Be7 {0-1 Turner,
J-Pcola,P/CZE-chT 9697 1997/EXT 97 (26)}) ({RR} 10... bxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12.
Bb5 Qa5 13. Nxd5 Ne7 14. Qb3 a6 15. Ng5 axb5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Nxe5 18. Bf4
Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxf4 20. Nxf7+ Ke8 21. Nxh8 Qxa8 22. Rae1 Qxg2+ 23. Kc1 Qd5 24.
Qxd5 Nfxd5 25. cxd4 g6 26. Rhg1 Bh6+ 27. Kc2 Kf8 28. Rb1 b4 29. a3 bxa3 30. Rb8
Kg7 31. Re1 Be3 32. Kd3 f4 33. Ra1 Kxh8 34. Rxa3 Kg7 35. Ra7 Bf5+ 36. Ke2 Bxd4
{0-1 Lagua,B-Orlov,G/Chicago 1991/EXT 91op (36)}) 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13.
e6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16. Nxd7 Nxb5 17. Qe2+ Kxd7 18. Qxb5+ Kc7 19.
Be3 Qe8 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Bd4 Bd6 22. b3 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Rhe8+ 24. Kd3 {Finkel,
A-Meessen,R/Budapest 1996/CBM 56/[Tyomkin,D]/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 10. fxe6 fxe6 11.
bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ $15 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Kf2 Nb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb zt"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. Nexd4 $5 (10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 $10) 10... fxe5 11. fxe5 (11.
Nxe6 $6 e4 $1 12. Nxf8 (12. Nfd4 Nf6 $15) 12... exf3 $17 {Uhlmann}) 11... Nxd4
$6 (11... Bc5 $1 12. Bd3 (12. Nxe6 $6 Ndxe5 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 $17) 12... g6 13.
Nxc6 (13. Nxe6 $6 Bf2+ 14. Ke2 Ndxe5 $17) 13... bxc6 14. Qe2 (14. b4 $6 Bf2+
15. Ke2 O-O $36 {/\ Rf3}) 14... a5 $13) (11... Ndxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5+
Nf7 (13... Ng6 14. Bd3 $18) 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. O-O $18) 12. cxd4 $14 Bb4+ 13. Kf2
$1 O-O 14. Kg2 Be7 (14... Nb8 $6 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Raf1
Qd8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qg6 $18 {Barczay,L-Farago,I/Hungary/1969/}) 15. Bd3 Rf7
16. h4 Nf8 17. Ng5 (17. Rb1 {/\ Be3+/-}) 17... Bxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Rh4 Bd7 20.
a4 Rc8 $16 21. b3 $6 Rc3 $132 22. Rb1 Qd8 23. Qd2 $6 Qc8 24. Ba3 (24. Rf4 Rxf4
25. gxf4 b5 $1 $13) 24... Bxa4 $1 25. Bxf8 Bb5 $1 26. Bxg6 (26. Bxb5 $2 Rc2 $19
) (26. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Bc5 $1 (27. Rbh1 $2 Bf1+ $1 28. Rxf1 $8 Rc2 $19) 27...
Rff3 (27... Rxc5 $2 28. Rbh1 Bf1+ 29. Kg1 $18) 28. Rh3 (28. Qxc3 $2 Rxc3 29.
Rbh1 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Be2+ 31. Ke3 Bh5) 28... Rfd3 29. Qf4 (29. Qa2 $6 Rxd4 $1 30.
Rbh1 Bf1+ $19) 29... Rc2+ (29... Rxc5 $2 30. Rh8+ $1 $18 {#8 (FRITZ2)}) 30. Kh1
Rdc3 31. Qf6 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Rc1+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 Nc6 $1 (6... a6 $5 7.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Be3 Nc6 $2 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. f4 {+/=/=}) 9. dxc5 $16) 7.
O-O cxd4 {>= 7...Be7=} 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ba4 Nb6 11. Bb3 g6 $6 (11...
Bc5) 12. a4 Na5 13. Qf3 Bg7 $6 (13... Nxb3 $6 14. cxb3 $1 $16 {/\ <-> c, 15.a5}
) 14. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. e6 Qe7 (16... Qc4 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. b3
Qxd4 19. Be5+ Bf5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd5+ $18) 17. Bd6 $1 Qf6 $6 (17... Qxd6
18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Qxg7 (19. e7+ Qxe7 20. Qxd5+ Kc7 21. Qxa5+ Kb8 $13) 19... Re8
20. Rfe1 $44 Nc6 21. Nxc6+ bxc6) 18. Qxd5 fxe6 (18... Qxd4 19. exf7+ Kd7 20.
Qxa5 $18) 19. Rfe1 Qxd4 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 (20... Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qe7+ Kc8
23. Qc7#) (20... Kf7 21. Re7+ Kf6 22. Rf7#) 21. Re7+ Kd8 22. Bc7+ $3 Kxe7 23.
Re1+ (23. Re1+ Kf6 (23... Kf8 24. Bd6#) 24. Qxd4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nce2 Na5 $5 {N} (11... Qc7 {Nunn-Dokhoian/Wijk/
1990/CBM17}) 12. Ng3 b5 13. Qe1 (13. b4 $5 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 $13
{/\ a5}) 13... Nc4 14. Bf2 Qc7 $17 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Bd4 a5 17. Nh5 Ba6 18. Qg3
g6 19. Bd3 a4 20. Nd2 a3 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. exf6 axb2+ 23. Kb1 Bd6 24. Qh4 Rfb8
25. Nb3 b4 26. Qf2 Rc8 27. g3 Na3+ 28. Kxb2 Bxd3 29. cxd3 Qc2+ 30. Qxc2 Rxc2+
31. Ka1 Nb5 32. Bb2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Voekler, Bernd"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bd3 $2
(8. Qd2) 8... Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. b4 Bxb4 $1 12. cxb4
Nxb4 {/\ de3, Nd3}) 11... Nxd4 12. b4 (12. Bxd4 b5 $19) 12... Nf3+ 13. gxf3 (
13. Kf2 Qc7 14. Qxf3 b5 15. Nb2 Qxc3 $19) 13... Qc7 $17 {>< f2, f3} 14. Rc1 b5
15. Nb2 Nb6 16. O-O Be7 17. a4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Be4 Bb7 20. Qc2 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 O-O 22. Ra1 Qc8 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Kg2 h6 26. a5 Rf7 27. Qe2 g5
28. Rg1 Rg7 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Kf2 g4 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34.
Qd1 Kh7 35. Kf1 Qc4 36. Bd2 Qd5 37. fxg4 fxg4 38. Rg2 Qxe5 39. Kg1 Qe4 40. h3
gxh3 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qf1 Qe2 43. Bh6+ Kxh6 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 $146 (
14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Rh3 (17. f5 Bc6 18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6
Kh8 $17 {(Nunn)}) 17... Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 19. f5 Qc7 $1 20. Qxb4 Nxe5 $10 {
Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL 9293/}) 14... a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 $5 (16...
Qc7 17. Nd4 $13) 17. f5 $1 a4 18. Kb1 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 exf5 21. Rxd5 Ra5
22. Nf4 h6 $2 (22... Bb7 $1 23. h6 $5 (23. Rd6 Be4+ 24. Bd3 (24. Qxe4 $2 Qxd6
$19) (24. Ka1 $2 Rxa3+ 25. bxa3 b2+ 26. Ka2 b1=Q#) 24... Qb7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26.
Rb6 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Qa7 $17) 23... Bxd5 24. Nxd5 f4 $1 (24... Qe6 $2 25. Nf6+ Kh8
(25... gxf6 26. Qg3+ $18) 26. hxg7+ $18) 25. Qc3 Qg6+ 26. Ka1 Qc2 $1 27. Ne7+
Kh8 28. hxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qxa5 Qc2 $19) 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rd6 Qb7 25.
Rc1 Rc8 $2 (25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Qe4 $13) 26. Qd4 $16 Nxd3 (26... Qe7 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. Rxe6 $1 $18) 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ng6 $1 $18 Kh7 (28... fxg6 29. hxg6
$18) 29. Nf8+ Kg8 30. Rd8 g5 31. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5) 12.
Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 $5 $146 {Timman} (13. h4 {Ernst} Bb7 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 $14 {
De Firmian-Short/Manila(izt)/1990/}) 13... Qc7 14. Bd3 $1 b4 $6 (14... Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qc5 (15... Bb7) 16. Ne2 $14) 15. Qh3 $1 g6 (15... h6 16. Ne2 $16 {/\ g4-g5
}) (15... f5 16. Ne2 $16 {/\ g4}) 16. Ne2 a5 17. Qe3 $1 {/\ h4-h5} Ba6 18. h4
Rfc8 19. h5 Nf8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 a4 22. Rc1 (22. f5 b3 $13) 22... Bc4 23.
f5 b3 {/\ 24...a3} 24. fxg6 hxg6 (24... bxa2+ 25. Ka1 hxg6 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qh6 a3 28. b3 $1 $18) 25. a3 $1 (25. Qh6 Qg7 $13) 25... bxc2+ 26. Rxc2 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qxe5 29. Re2 Qf6 (29... Qd6 30. Nxe6 $18) 30. g5 $1 Qxg5 31.
Nxe6 Qf5 $8 (31... Nxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rb6 (33. Re3 $40 {Ernst}) 33... Rh8
34. Rb7+ Ke6 35. Re1+ Kd6 36. Qc3 $18) 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Nf4 {+/-/+-} Ra7 (
33... d4 34. Nd5 $1 d3 35. Re3 Rc2 36. Rg1+ Kh8 37. Nf6 Nh7 38. Nxh7 Rb8 39. b4
$18) (33... Re8 $5) 34. Nxd5 Rc5 (34... Kf7 35. Rf1 $18) (34... Rd8 35. Ne7+
Kf7 36. Nc6 $18) 35. Re5 $1 $18 Kf7 36. Rxf5+ Ke6 37. Rhh5 Raa5 38. Nc7+ Kd6
39. Ne8+ Kc6 40. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 {Der Kampf um das Feld d4 spielt
in dieser Variante eine große Rolle. Darum ist dieser fast neue Zug nicht
unlogisch.} Qc7 {Dokhoian tadelt dies und empfiehlt 11...De7 /\ f6.} 12. h4 (
12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rfc8 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 $6 17. Ng3 $1
Nd7 18. Rhe1 $16 {Sijatdinov-Barsov/Taschkent 1989/1-0}) 12... b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6
14. Rh3 Bb7 {Ich halte 14...f6!? für angebracht.} 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Rg3 Be7 17.
Qe2 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Nf3 f5 20. Qh5 Rac8 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ng5
h6 24. Rh1 $5 (24. Nh3 {Anand}) 24... hxg5 25. hxg5 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+
Kd8 28. Qf6+ Be7 (28... Kd7 $1 29. Bxf5 $1 exf5 $13 {Dokhoian} (29... exf5 {
Anand} 30. Qxf5+ Kd8 31. g6 Rf8 $132)) (28... Qe7 $2 {Anand} 29. Rh7 Qxf6 30.
exf6 $18) 29. Qxe6 Bxg5 30. Qxf5 (30. Qxe8+ $1 Kxe8 31. Rxg5 $18 {Dokhoian} (
31. Rxg5 $18 {Anand} Qa5)) 30... Be7 31. Qf7 Qc5 32. f5 Qd4 33. Qg7 Rc7 34. Rf1
Kc8 (34... Bc8 $1 {Dokhoian}) 35. f6 (35. Qg4 $1 {Dokhoian}) (35. Qg4 $1 $18 {
Anand}) 35... Bf8 36. f7 Rd8 37. Qf6 Re7 38. Re1 Qb4 39. c3 Qc5 40. Qf5+ Kb8
41. e6 b4 42. Qf4+ Rc7 43. Rg8 Qe7 44. c4 dxc4 45. Bxc4 Bd5 46. b3 Bxc4 47.
bxc4 b3 48. Re2 Qb4 49. Rxf8 Qc3+ 50. Kb1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 $13
) 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 $1 {>< c3} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 (
14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 {Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila ol/1992/} (15... f6 $1 $36))
14... a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4
(13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19.
Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4
15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,
R/BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 f6 $6 $146 {Shorts Neuerung, auf die
Kasparow aber präpariert war. Short's Novelty, but Kasparov was prepared for
it.} (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 (17. Rg3 {Ftacnik} Bc6 18. f5 $1) (17. Kb1
Bc6 18. c3 $14) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {Nijboer,
F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3
Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {Nijboer}) (15... a5 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 Qc7
18. h5 Bb7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 {+/=/= Forgarasi,T-Luther,T/
Kecskemet/1993/}) 16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 Qh6+ (18... Qxf5
19. Rf3 Qg4 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Nb6 $18) 19. Kb1 Rxf5 (19... Nf6 20. fxe6 $1 Ne4
21. Qxd5 Nd2+ 22. Rxd2 $1 (22. Ka1 $2 Bxe6 $1 $19) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ (
23... Qxe6 $6 24. Qd8+ Rf8 25. Rf3 $1 Qxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Be6+ 27. Qd5 $18) 24. Qxd1
Bxe6 25. Nc5 $18) 20. Rf3 $1 (20. Be2 $5 {Dieser Zug war in der Heimanalyse
mit Makarichev von Kasparov vorbereitet. This was the move, that was prepared
at home by Kasparov together with his second Makarichev.} Qg6 (20... Rf4 21.
Rf3 $1 Rxa4 $2 22. Qc6 $18) (20... Kf7 21. Rf3 $1 $16) 21. g4 Rf8 22. g5 a5 $14
) 20... Rxf3 (20... Qf6 21. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 22. Be2 Qf7 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Nb6 $18)
21. gxf3 Qf6 (21... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 22. Bh3 a5 $5 $14) 22. Bh3 Kf7 (22... Nf8 $2
23. Nb6 Qxf3 24. Rf1 $18) 23. c4 $1 (23. f4 $5) 23... dxc4 (23... d4 24. f4 (
24. c5 $16 {Ftacnik} Qe7 25. Qc7 Nf8 26. Qxe5 Qxh4 27. Bg4) 24... exf4 25. Rxd4
$18) 24. Nc3 $1 (24. Qc6 Rb8 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Qxd7+ Kg6 $14) 24... Qe7 (24...
Nf8 $2 25. Qc6 $1 Rb8 26. Qc7+ $18) 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Ne4 Nb6 (26... Kf8 27. Bxe6
Qb4 28. Qd6+ Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Ke7 30. Nxc8+ Kxe6 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Ne7+ Kf4 33.
Rxd7 $18 {Kasparov}) (26... Nf8 {Ftacnik} 27. Nd6+ Kg8 28. Nxc8 Qb4 29. Qxe6+
$1 Nxe6 (29... Kh8 30. Qxe5 $18) 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Rd8#) 27. Ng5+ Kg8 (27...
Kf8 {Ftacnik} 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 Bb7 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Qd6 $1 $16) 28. Qe4
g6 29. Qxe5 Rb7 30. Rd6 $1 c3 (30... Na4 {Ftacnik} 31. Rxe6 $18 Rxb2+ 32. Qxb2)
31. Bxe6+ (31. Rxe6 $5 $18 {Ftacnik}) 31... Bxe6 32. Rxe6 (32. Rxe6 {Ftacnik}
Nc4 33. Qxc3 $1 (33. Rxe7 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Rh2 $16) 33... Na3+ 34.
Kc1 Qf8 35. Qxa3 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chuprov, A."]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 (10... c4 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Be7 13. Bf2 g6 14. Ne3 a5
15. Bg3 Bd7 $15 {Stripunsky,A-Dreev,A/Rostov op/1993/}) 11. Qf2 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Bc5 13. Nf3 $1 $146 (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 $15 {
Novik,M-Gleizerov,E/Moscow/1992/}) 13... Bb7 14. O-O f5 15. exf6 $1 gxf6 16.
Re1 d4 (16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 O-O-O 18. f5 $16) (16... O-O-O $2 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18.
Rxe6 $18) 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Qe2 $14 Nf8 19. Nf2 (19. f5 $2 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 $2 d3+
$19) 19... f5 20. Ng5 Rg8 21. Qh5+ Rg6 22. a3 $1 bxa3 (22... b3 23. cxb3 Qxb3
24. Rac1 (24. Nxh7 Nxh7 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qxg6+ Qf7 $13) 24... Qxb2 25. Nxe6
Nxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxd2 27. Rxc5 $16) 23. bxa3 O-O-O 24. Kh1 h6 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Qh3
Nf6 27. Rab1 Qc6 28. Rxb7 $5 Qxb7 29. Nh4 Ng4 (29... Rgg8 30. Rxe6 $16) 30.
Nxg4 fxg4 31. Qg3 Rg7 $6 (31... Rf6 32. Qxg4 Qc6 (32... Rg8 $2 33. Qe2 {>< Pa6}
) 33. Ba5 Rd7 34. Nf3 $36) 32. Rxe6 Rd6 33. Qe1 Qb6 $2 (33... Kd7 34. Rxd6+
Bxd6 35. f5 $16) 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qxe7 Re6 36. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kd2 g5 $5 {N; 17...h5 18.Rhf1
Nunn-Hjartarsson, Linares 1988 (i45/323)} 18. fxg5 Rag8 19. h4 (19. Nf3 $2 Ne4+
) 19... h6 20. Nf3 hxg5 (20... Ne4+ $2 21. Ke3 hxg5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nxg5) 21.
Nxg5 (21. hxg5 $2 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ne4+) 21... Rxh4 $1 22. Rxh4 Rxg5 23. Re1 Rxg2+
$10 24. Re2 Rg5 25. b4 Na4 26. Rh8 Nb6 27. a4 Be8 28. a5 Nd7 29. Bb5 a6 30. Ba4
Rg4 31. c3 Nf8 32. Bxe8 Kxe8 33. Kc2 Ke7 34. Re3 Rc4 35. Kb3 Nd7 36. Ra8 Rc7
37. Ka3 Rc4 38. Ra7 Rc7 39. b5 axb5 40. Kb4 Rc4+ 41. Kxb5 Rc5+ 42. Kb4 Rc4+ 43.
Ka3 Rc7 44. Kb2 Nb8 45. Ra8 Nd7 46. Ra7 Nb8 47. Re1 Nc6 48. Ra8 Kd7 49. a6 bxa6
50. Rxa6 Rc8 51. Rb6 Kc7 52. Rb5 Rh8 53. c4 Rh2+ 54. Kb1 Nd4 55. Rb2 Rxb2+ 56.
Kxb2 Kc6 57. Rf1 Nf5 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. cxd5 Kxd5 60. Re1 Nh6 61. Kd3 Ng4 62. Rf1
Nxe5+ 63. Ke3 Nc4+ 64. Kf4 Kd6 65. Rc1 Nb6 66. Ra1 Nd5+ 67. Kg5 Ke5 68. Re1+
Kd4 69. Rd1+ Ke4 70. Re1+ Kd4 71. Rd1+ Kc5 72. Rc1+ Kd6 73. Ra1 Ke7 74. Ra7+
Kf8 75. Ra8+ Kg7 76. Ra7 Nf6 77. Rb7 Nh7+ 78. Kf4 Kf6 79. Rb6 Nf8 80. Ra6 Ng6+
81. Ke4 Kg5 82. Kf3 e5 83. Ra7 f6 84. Ra8 Kf5 85. Ra5 Nf4 86. Rb5 Ne6 87. Rb8
Ng5+ 88. Ke3 Kg4 89. Kf2 Kf4 90. Re8 f5 91. Re7 Nf3 92. Re8 Nh2 93. Rf8 Ng4+
94. Ke2 Ke4 95. Rg8 Ne3 96. Ra8 Nc2 97. Re8 Na3 98. Ra8 Nb5 99. Re8 Nc7 100.
Rc8 Ne6 101. Re8 Kd5 102. Ra8 Ke4 103. Re8 Nd4+ 104. Kf2 Kf4 105. Rd8 Ne6 106.
Re8 Nd4 107. Rd8 Ke4 108. Re8 f4 109. Re7 Kd5 110. Rf7 Kc4 111. Re7 Kd5 112.
Rf7 Ke6 113. Rf8 Nf5 {(...134)} 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
Be7 8. dxc5 (8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nb8 12. O-O Nc6 13.
Kh1 Qa5 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd2 $10 {Apicella,M-Murey,J/FRA-tch/1993/
0,5/66/}) 8... Nxc5 {N/} (8... Bxc5 $5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Bg1 Bxg1
12. Rxg1 Nc5 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Korchnoi,V/Monaco/1992/0,5/27/}) 9. Be2 O-O (9...
Qb6 10. Rb1 $1) 10. O-O Bd7 (10... f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qd2 $14) 11. a3 Be8 (
11... f6 $2 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 $18) 12. Qe1 Rc8 (
12... f6 $1) (12... d4 13. Rd1) (12... f6 $5 {Psakhis} 13. b4 (13. exf6 Rxf6)
13... Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... Bf7 15. Bg4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 a5 17. Rb1 $1 $36) 15.
Bxd4 $14) 13. Rd1 Qc7 (13... f6 $6 14. Bc4 $3 Qb6 (14... Qa5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Bxd5+ Bf7 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. b4) (14... Qc7 15. Rxd5) 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. b4) 14. b4 $1 {Morozevich gets here another lesson
about the French with b2-b4! Das sieht merkwürdig aus, weil Weiß - der am
Königsflügel angreifen möchte - scheinbar nur seinen Damenflügel schwächt.} Nd7
(14... Ne4 $2 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. Nxe4 Qxc2 18. Nd6 $16) 15. Nb5 $1
Qb8 16. Bd3 f6 17. Qh4 f5 $16 {Ich glaube, Weiß steht im höheren Sinne auf
Gewinn. Am Königsflügel wird Weiß später mit g2-g4 einen Angriff starten, am
Damenflügel hat Schwarz kein Gegenspiel und das Zentrum ist geschlossen.} (
17... g6 18. Qh3 Bf7 19. c4 $1 $16) (17... Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Kf7 20. c4
$1) 18. Qh3 (18. Bxa7 {ist ein Zug von Fritz, aber das wäre nur ein Schritt in
die falsche Richtung.}) (18. Bxa7 $1 Qa8 (18... Bxh4 19. Bxb8 Ndxb8 20. Nxh4
$16) 19. Qf2 $16 b6 $140 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Rb8 22. Qf2 Nxb4 23. axb4 Bxb5
24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. c3) 18... Nb6 (18... a6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf7 21. g4 $16
) 19. Bxb6 $1 axb6 $18 20. g4 g6 (20... Bg6 {Psakhis} 21. Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4
fxg4 23. Qxg4 $18) 21. gxf5 exf5 (21... gxf5 22. c4 $1) 22. Rf2 Nd8 23. Nbd4
Kh8 (23... Rc3 $5 24. Rg2 $140 Rxa3 25. Bxf5 Bxb4) 24. Rg2 Rc3 25. Nh4 {
[%csl Rg6]} Nc6 (25... Rg8 26. Ndxf5 $5 gxf5 27. Rxg8+ (27. Qxf5) 27... Kxg8
28. Nxf5 (28. Qxf5 {Psakhis} Rxd3 (28... Bxh4 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31.
Qxh4+ Kd7 32. Bf5+ Ne6 (32... Kc6 33. b5+ Kxb5 34. Rxd5+ Ka6 35. Rxd8) 33.
Rxd5+ Kc6 34. Be4 $18) 29. cxd3 Bxh4 30. Qg4+ Bg6 31. Qxh4 (31. f5 Qxe5 32.
fxg6 Bf6) 31... Ne6 32. Qg4 (32. Qf6 Nd4) 32... Nd4 33. Rc1 Nf5 34. h4 $1 $18)
28... Qc7 (28... Rc7 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Bxh7 $18) 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bxh7+ Qxh7
31. Qxc3 {+/-/+-}) 26. Ne6 (26. Nb5 $5 {Psakhis} Rxd3 27. cxd3 Nxe5 28. fxe5
Bxh4 29. Qxh4 Bxb5 30. e6 Qe5 31. Re1 $18) 26... Rg8 27. Nxf5 Qc8 (27... Rxd3 {
Psakhis} 28. Rxd3 gxf5 29. Qxh7+ $1) (27... gxf5 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Qh6 $1 Kf7
30. Qxh7+ Kxe6 31. Bxf5#) 28. Rg3 (28. Nxe7 $5 {Psakhis} Nxe7 29. Rg3 (29. Rg3
h5)) 28... h5 (28... Rxd3 {Psakhis} 29. Rdxd3 gxf5 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qh6 Kf7
32. Rg3 $18) (28... gxf5 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qh6 Kf7 31. Qxh7+ Kxe6 32. Bxf5#) (
28... Qxe6 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rh3+ Bh4 31. Rxh4#) 29. Nh6 Rg7 (29... Rf8 {
Psakhis} 30. Nxf8 Qxh3 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 32. Rxh3 $18) 30. Bf5 Rxg3+ (30... Rh7 {
Psakhis} 31. Nf8 $1 (31. Rxc3 gxf5) 31... Rxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Qc7 33. Nxh7 Kxh7 34.
Rxd5 (34. Be6) 34... Kxh6 35. Rd7 Qxd7 (35... Bh4 36. Qxh4 Bxd7 37. Qg5+) 36.
Bxd7 Bxd7 37. Qe3 $18) 31. Qxg3 Qb8 (31... Rh7 32. Nf8 $18) 32. Rxd5 Rh7 (32...
h4 {Psakhis} 33. Qg4) 33. Bxg6 Rxh6 34. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Bxd4 $6 {After freeing the c5-square Black
intends to play Nd7-c5-e4, but how useful is the N on e4?} (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. Rh3 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/ Amsterdam VSB 1994/ 1-0 (32)}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
Rh3 (13. Qe3 b4 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. h5 a5 16. Rh3 Ba6 17. Rg3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxd4
19. Rxd4 f6 20. Qe1 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. h6 g6 23. Bb5 Qf6 24. Rd2 {Martin
Gonzalez,A-Hoffman,A/ Salamanca 1991/ 0-1 (32)}) (13. h5 Qa5 (13... b4 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb7 17. Rh3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qxa2 19. Rg3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. h6 g6 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 {Nikac,P-Marinkovic,S/JUG-ch (11)/
1991/0.5 (66)}) 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Qe3 (16. g4 Ne4 17. Qe3 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Qc7 19. g5 Rb8 20. Bg2 a5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rhe1 Bb7 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Nd6
$16 {Yudasin,L-Touzane,O/ Podolsk 1991/ 1-0 (28)}) 16... Ne4 17. h6 g6 18. g4
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20. Rh3 a5 21. Bg2 Nc5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Rf3 a4 24. Rdf1 {
Hickl,J-Bischoff,K/Munich/1988/0-1 (28)}) (13. Bg1 Qa5 (13... b4 14. Na4 Qc7 $2
15. Kb1 a5 16. h5 Na7 17. h6 g6 18. Rc1 $16 {/\ c2-c3 to open the c-file.
Black's first rank is weak.} Qc6 19. b3 Nb5 20. Bd4 Ba6 {Vasiukov,E-Dizdar,G/
Voskresensk 1990/ 1-0 (38)}) 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Qe1 Nxd4
18. Bxd4 Rb8 19. Ka1 {/\ Bd3+/=}) 13... Qa5 $5 {Preparing Nc5, but blocks the
Pa6.} (13... b4 $5 14. Na4 (14. Ne2 $142) 14... a5 15. h5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 f6 $1
17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Kovacevic,Vlat/Osijek (11) ;
EXP 38 1993}) 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Bg1 $1 (16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rg3 (17. Nd4
a5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. g4 Qc7 20. Re1 Re8 21. h5 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. f5 exf5
24. gxf5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 {Gallagher,J-Huzman,A/ Baku 1988/ 0-1 (46)}) 17...
Qf2 $1 (17... f5 18. Nd4 a5 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qf2 Ba6 21. Qb6 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Na7
23. Ba4 Rfb8 24. Qd6 {Arakhamia,K-Lalic,S/ Hastings 9495 1994/ 1-0 (61)}) 18.
Qe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 a5 {/\Bc8-a6}) 16... Ne4 17. Qe1 Rb8 (17... Qc7 $5 {/\a5} 18.
Ng3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bc5 $14) 18. Nc1 {White intends to play Nb3 (><c5),
Bd3, h4-h5-h6.} Qc7 (18... Nc3+ $2 {Ftacnik} 19. bxc3 bxc3+ 20. Nb3 Qa4 21.
Qxc3 $18) 19. h5 (19. Bd3 f5 $1 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Bc5 Rxf4 22. Bd6 Qb6 $44 23.
Ne2 Rf7 24. Bxb8 Qxb8 25. Nd4 Nxe5 $15) 19... Bb7 $2 (19... f6 $142 $1 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. Nd3 e5 $10) 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. h6 g6 {Now White has a clear advantage
at the kingside.Black can only wait and see.} 22. Nb3 {><c5} (22. Bxe4 {Ftacnik
} dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe5 $1 24. Qxe5 $2 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 Qxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 22...
a5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nc5 $1 {/\ R d7, Qe1-h4-f6} Rd8 25. Nxe4 Ne7 26. Nf6+ Kh8
27. Rhd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rd8 (28... Nd5 $142 29. Qh4 Rc8 30. Rd2 Qe7 {Black is
still living.}) (28... Bxg2 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rd7) 29. Qd2 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nd5 (
30... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 31. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 32. exd6 Nc6 33. d7 e5 34. Bc5 exf4 35.
Bf8) 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 (31... exd5 {Ftacnik} 32. Qd4 Kg8 33. Qa7 $18) 32. Qb5 Bc6
33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. Bxb6 a4 (34... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 35. Bxa5 b3 36. axb3 $18) 35. b3
axb3 36. axb3 Bxg2 37. Bc5 f6 38. exf6 Kg8 39. Bxb4 Kf7 40. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nb3 $4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 f6 $19 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. O-O-O Qxf4 14.
Qxf4 Rxf4 15. g3 Rf2 16. Bh3 Nf8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Rf6 19. Rd2 Ba6 20. Nf4 Rh6
21. Bg2 g5 22. Nh3 Rg6 23. Re1 Rc8 24. a3 Rc7 25. Rf2 Rf7 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. b3
Ne7 28. Nd1 h5 29. Ndf2 Kh6 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rgf6 32. Re1 Neg6 33. Nd3 Nd7
34. c4 Rf1 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kc2 Nf6 38. Re2 Rh1 39. Kc3 Ng4 $4
(39... Ne4+ 40. Kd4 Nxg3 $1 $19) 40. Nhf2 $1 Nxf2 41. Rxf2 $10 h4 42. Rf6 Kg7
43. Rf5 h3 44. Rxg5 Kh6 45. Rxd5 Rxh2 46. g4 Kg7 47. Rh5 Kf6 48. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 b4 $6 (13... Bb7) (
13... Qc7) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 a5 16. h5 $6 (16. Bb5 $5) (16. Rh3 $5)
16... Ba6 17. f5 $2 {>< Pe5} Qc7 $17 18. h6 Rfc8 19. Bxa6 (19. Rd2 Bxf1 20.
Rxf1 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Re2 (22. Nb6 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 $17) 22... Nc4 23.
b3 Na3+ 24. Kb2 Ra6 $17) 19... Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rxa6 21. Qg4 (21. fxe6 $5 Rxe6 22.
Qxd5 Nxe5 (22... Qxa4 23. b3 $1) 23. Qxa5 $17) 21... g6 22. fxg6 Qxg6 $19 23.
Qf4 Rac6 24. b3 Rc2 25. g4 f6 $1 26. exf6 Qxf6+ 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Kb1 Ne4 29.
Rhg1 Rh2 30. g5 Nc3+ $1 (30... Rcc2 31. g6 $2 (31. Rc1 $1) 31... Nc3+ 32. Nxc3
Rb2+ 33. Ka1 bxc3 $19) 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Rdf1 d4 33. g6 d3 34. gxh7+ Kh8 35.
Rc1 c2+ 36. Kb2 d2 37. Rg8+ (37. Rxc2 $19 d1=N+) 37... Rxg8 $2 (37... Kxh7 38.
Rxc8 d1=Q $19) 38. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 39. Rg1+ Kh7 40. Kxc2 Kxh6 41. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 {Das ist zwar mit Abstand der beliebteste Zug, aber rein statistisch
fährt man mit 9.g3, 9.h4, 9.Qf2, 9.Bd3 und 9.Be2 viel besser.} Bxc5 10. Bxc5
Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 b4 {Dagegen hat sich 12...Rb8 nicht bewährt.} 13. Ne2
a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. h3 $5 (16. Ng3 $1 g6 17. Ne2) 16... h6 17. Rad1
O-O 18. g4 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Kh2 Rfc8 22. Ned4 Nc6 23. Nb5 Bxb5
24. Bxb5 Rab8 25. Bd3 Nc5 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Na7 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 g6 30.
h4 Nb5 $6 (30... Kg7 $1 $15 31. Rdf2 Rc3 32. Nd4 Rb7 33. Rf3 Nc6 34. Nxc6 Rxc6)
31. h5 $1 gxh5 32. g6 fxg6 $2 {Danach kippt die Partie endgültig: Schwarz muß
ums Remis kämpfen.} (32... Rf8 $1 33. g7 Rfc8) 33. Rg2 Rb7 (33... Kg7 34. Nh4 (
34. Ng5 Kh6 35. Nxe6 Rg8 36. Rf6) 34... Rf8 35. Rxg6+ Kh7 36. Rfg1 $14) 34.
Rxg6+ Rg7 35. Rxe6 $16 Rc2+ 36. Kh3 Nc3 37. Rf6 Re2 38. e6 Re3 $2 39. Kh4 Ne2
40. Ng5 (40. Ng5 Kh8 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh7 43. Nf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 Na5 (12... b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
Nd4 {N; 14.Rh3 Dokhoian-Nunn/Wijk-A/1990/CBM17} Qc7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Ng5 Re8 17.
Rh3 Re7 18. Bd3 h6 19. Nf3 (19. Rg3 $5) 19... a5 $15 {Luther-Knaak/Berlin op/
1990}) 13. b3 b5 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Ka1 Nc6 (15... b4 $5 {Mohr,S} 16. Ng1 {
/\ Nf3, Ng5 Luther}) 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd3 (18. Nf3 $1 {Luther}
Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxc2 20. Bd3 Qc5 21. Bxh7+ $1 (21. Qe2 f6 $1) 21... Kxh7 22. Qd3+
Kg8 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh5 $1 $18) 18... Qb6 19. Kb1 b4 20. Qe2 Kh8
21. Qh5 h6 22. Be2 a5 23. g4 Ba6 24. g5 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 a4 26. gxh6 g6 27. h5 Kh7
28. Rh3 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Qc6 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. f5 exf5 32. e6 Rbe8 33. exf7 Rxe2 34.
fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 35. h7+ Kf7 36. hxg6+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Rxe3 38. Bxe3 Qc3 39. g7 1-0

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 {Diese Variante liegt im Stile von M.Gurevich, ist aber in
letzter Zeit durch das zu schärferen Stellungen führende 9...0-0 verdrängt
worden.} 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. b3 $5 {
Verhindert das Manöver Sb6-a4-c5.} Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kd2 h5 18. g3
$14 Rac8 19. a4 Be8 20. a5 Nd7 21. b4 Nb8 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nxb5
Na6 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Rhb1 Nc5 27. Rb5 Ne4+ 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Ra3 Rd8+ 30. Ke3
Rd5 31. c4 Rdd7 32. Rc3 Kd8 33. Kxe4 Kc8 34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Rb6 Ra1 36. Rb5 Ra2
37. h3 Rc6 38. g4 Rh2 39. Ke4 h4 40. c5 Re2+ 41. Kd3 Rh2 42. Kc4 Ra2 43. Kb4
Rb2+ 44. Kc4 Ra2 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kb4 Rb1+ 47. Kc4 Ra1 48. Kd4 Ra2 49. g5 Ra4+
50. Rc4 Ra3 51. Rc3 Ra4+ 52. Rc4 Ra3 53. Rcb4 Rc7 54. Rb3 Ra4+ 55. Ke3 Rc4 56.
a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Gomez Segura, Adalberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 $1 (11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 $10) 11... Qb6 12.
Bd3 b4 (12... Rb8 $5 13. O-O Na4 14. Nd1 Qxf2+ 15. Rxf2 O-O {Kolev-Moskalenko/
Odessa/1989/TD89_09}) (12... Nb4 13. O-O Rb8 14. Rad1 Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16.
Qxb6 Rxb6 {Sznapik-Kortschnoj/Haifa/EU-chT/TD89_12}) 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Kh1 Nd7 {N} (15... Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rb8 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Qh4 f6 19. Ng3 $13 {
Mokry-Bruk/Haifa/EU-chT/1989/i48/390}) 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 O-O
19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Rae1 f6 (20... Rfe8 $5) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. g3 $14 Re8 23. Nf3
Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Rc8 25. Rfe1 Nf8 26. R3e2 h6 27. h4 Rf7 28. Kg2 Rfc7 29. Kf2 Rc1
30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. Nd4 a4 32. Rc2 Ra1 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 Rd1 35. Ke2 Ra1 36.
Kf2 Rd1 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. Rc8 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rd1 40. Ke2 Rg1 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Kf2
Rd1 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd2 Rg1 45. Ne2 Rb1 46. Nc1 Rb2+ 47. Rc2 Rxc2+ 48. Kxc2
Nh7 49. Na2 Nf6 50. Nxb4 Nh5 51. Nc6 Kf8 52. Nd4 Nxg3 53. Nxe6+ Ke7 54. Nd4 Nh5
55. Ne2 g6 56. Kc3 Kd6 57. Kd4 Ng7 58. Ng3 Ne6+ 59. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Passau"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. g3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15.
Rhe1 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Qd2 (18. f5 Rc4 19. Qf2 Rxc3 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. bxc3 Qxc3 $44) 18... d4 $5 {[%mdl 128] Daran habe ich sehr lange
überlegt, auch deshalb, weil die Alternative völlig ausreichend ist, aber
etwas fad.} (18... Nb6 19. Ne4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 {ergibt ein völlig ausgeglichenes
Endspiel. Auf} Nc4 {wollte er} 21. Nb3 {spielen. Nun kann Schwarz seinen Plan
mit h6 und g5 in die Tat umsetzen.}) 19. Bxb7 {Der zweite Grund für das lange
Überlegen war, dass Weiß hier eine Alternative hat:} (19. Qxd4 Bxg2 20. Qxd7
Rxc3 21. bxc3 Bd5 22. Rcd1 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 $13) 19... dxc3 20. Qd6 $1 (20. bxc3 {
kommt in Frage.} Nb6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rcd1 h6 23. c4 b4 $44) 20... Nc5 $1 (
20... Rc5 $6 21. Re3 $1 (21. Re4 cxb2 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Qxd7 Rc7 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25.
Rxd2 Rxb7 $13)) (20... Rc4 $5 21. b3 $1 Rc5 (21... Rb8 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. bxc4 Nb8
24. Qc5 Nxc6) 22. Ka1 Qa3 (22... Rd8 23. Qe7 b4 24. Red1 Rf8 25. a4) 23. Rb1 b4
24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxa8 $13) 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Re3 b4 23. Rd1 $1 (23. bxc3 $2
bxc3 24. Ka1 Rd8 25. Qe7 h6 $19) 23... cxb2 (23... b3 $2 24. axb3 (24. Rxc3
Qxa2+ 25. Kc1) 24... Nxb3 25. Qa3 Nd2+ 26. Ka2) (23... h6 $2 24. bxc3 $1 bxc3
25. Ka1 $16) 24. f5 $1 {Ein zweischneidiger Zug, denn Weiß erhält zwar
Angriffsziele, schwächt aber die eigene Struktur ebenfalls erheblich.} (24. Qe7
h6 $1) 24... h6 $2 {Zum Remis führte hier} (24... exf5 25. e6 (25. Rd5) 25...
Nxe6 $1 (25... fxe6 $2 26. Rxe6 b3 (26... Na4 27. Re3 $16) 27. cxb3 Nxb3 28.
Re3 $18) 26. Rxe6 b3 $3 27. cxb3 Rc1+ 28. Kxb2 (28. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 29. Kxc1 fxe6
30. Qxe6+ Kf8 $11) 28... Qc3+ 29. Ka3 Qa5+ $11) 25. fxe6 Nxe6 {Es droht nun 26.
..Rd8.} 26. Rf1 $2 ({Wir übersahen beide} 26. Rd5 $1 {, wonach Schwarz keinen
Ausgleich mehr hat.} Qa4 27. Rb3 Rc4 (27... Qe8 28. Qxb4 Rxc2 $5) 28. Qd7 Qxd7
29. Rxd7 $16) 26... Qa4 27. Rb3 Qb5 28. Qd3 (28. Rxf7 $5 {sollte zum Remis
führen:} Qe2 29. Rf2 $1 Qe1+ 30. Kxb2 Nc5 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Rbf3 Na4+ 33. Kb3
Nc5+ $11) 28... Qb7 29. Qf3 $2 {Mit diesem Zug beginnt sich die Waage
zugunsten von Schwarz zu verschieben.} ({Besser gleich} 29. Rxb2) 29... Qc7 30.
Rxb2 a5 {Jetzt wird Weiß an seinem eingeschlossenen Turm zugrunde gehen.} 31.
a3 {Es wird damit enden, dass alle Bauern am Damenflügel verschwinden und der
weiße König ganz schön nackig dasteht.} Nd4 $1 32. Qd3 Qxe5 33. axb4 axb4 34.
Rxb4 Nxc2 35. Qa6 Qc3 36. Rb2 Nb4 $2 (36... Ne3 {ist einer von mehreren Zügen,
die gewinnen sollten.}) 37. Qd6 $2 {Enders hatte auch nicht seinen Tag.} ({Nach
} 37. Qxc8+ Qxc8 38. Rxb4 {sollte die Stellung objektiv remis sein.}) 37... Nd3
38. Rb8 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Qc2+ 41. Ka1 Kh7 $1 42. Qb6 (42. Rxc8 Qb2#)
42... Rc4 (42... Rc4 43. Ra8 Rb4) 0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Qf2 $6 Qa5 $1 11. Ra2 Qb6 12. Ne2 b4 $15 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nb3 c4
15. Nd2 Ba6 (15... bxa3 $1 16. bxa3 Bxa3 $1 17. c3 Bb2 {/\ a4,a3} (17... Nb4 $5
18. cxb4 axb4 19. Nb1 b3 20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. Nxa3 Qb4+ 22. Bd2 Qxa3 23. Nc3 b2
$17)) 16. c3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bxa3 $1 18. g4 Be7 19. f5 Qd8 20. Bg2 Bh4 21. Ng3
O-O 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. O-O Rb3 24. Bd2 Bc8 25. f6 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 gxf6 27. exf6 Nxf6
28. Ng5 h6 29. Qh4 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 f5 31. Qh5 hxg5 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Bxg5 Qe8 34.
Bf6+ Rxf6 35. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Vilnius zt"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Black "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bd3 $5 $146 (11. Bb5) 11... a6 $6 (11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O $44) (11... Bb4 $5) 12. Nce2 $1 Nc5 13. O-O Be7 $6 (13...
g6) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f5 $1 $14 Nxd3 17. cxd3 c5 $6 (17... exf5 18.
Nxc6 $5 (18. Rb3 Qa4 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Qg4 $13) (18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5
O-O $2 20. Rb3 Qa4 21. Rf4 $18) 18... Bxc6 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rf4 $14) 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Nc2 $1 Qxa2 (19... Qa4 $5 20. Bg5 Qg4 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. d4 Rhc8 23.
Rb3 $16) 20. Bg5 $3 $16 Bd8 (20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc2 {game}) (20... h6 21.
Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qf2 $16) 21. Qf4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxc2 23. Qxg7 O-O-O 24. Rfc1 Qxb1
(24... Rhg8 25. Rxc2 Rxg7 26. Rxc5+ Bc6 27. Rxc6+ Rc7 28. Rxe6 $16) 25. Rxb1
Bb5 26. Qe7 Rhe8 27. Qxh7 $18 {o^ h2, g2} c4 28. d4 Rd7 29. Qg6 Ree7 30. h4 Rc7
31. h5 c3 32. Rc1 Be8 33. Qd3 Bb5 34. Qe3 c2 35. Qb3 Rh7 36. Rxc2 Bc4 (36...
Rxh5 37. Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Qa3 Bd7 39. g4 $18) 37. Qf3 $18 Rcf7 38. Qg4 Kd7 39.
Rxc4 dxc4 40. d5 Re7 41. d6 Re8 42. Qxc4 Rc8 43. Qe4 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Rf7+ 45. Kg3
Rc3+ 46. Kh2 Rb3 47. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novik, Maxim"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 $6 $146 b4 10. Nd1 (10. Na4 $6 c4 11. Be2 c3 $1 12. bxc3 $6 Qa5 $19)
10... Qb6 $1 (10... c4 11. Be2 c3 12. bxc3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bb4 14. Rb1 Qa5 15.
Rb3 $13) 11. Qf2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 $15 {>< Nd1; von e2 könnte der N auf das
Idealfeld d4} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qg3 f5 $1 16. Bxc5 (16. Qxg7 $6
O-O-O $40) 16... Nxc5 17. a3 Ne4 $6 (17... b3) 18. Bxe4 (18. Qxg7 $6 O-O-O $40)
18... fxe4 19. axb4 d4 (19... O-O 20. c3 $13) 20. c3 $1 e3 {/\ e2} (20... Qb6
$6 21. cxd4 $1 (21. Qxg7 d3+ $1 (21... O-O-O $5 22. cxd4 Rhg8 23. Qxh7 Qxd4+
24. Kh1 e3 $40) 22. Kh1 O-O-O 23. Qg3 (23. Ra5 $6 e3 24. Rc5+ Qxc5 $1 25. bxc5
e2 26. Re1 Rhg8 $19) 23... Rhg8 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 d2 $1 $17 {/\ 26...Rd3})
21... Qxd4+ (21... O-O-O 22. Qc3+ Kb8 23. Qc5 $1 Ka7 24. Nc3 $1 $18) 22. Ne3
O-O 23. Rad1 Qxb4 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. f5 $16) (20... d3 $6 21. Ne3
$16) (20... dxc3 21. Qxc3 O-O $13) 21. Re1 O-O 22. cxd4 Rxf4 $1 23. Nxe3 Rxd4
$10 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rad8 26. Qg5 Qxb4 27. Rf1 R8d7 28. h3 Qe7 29. Qxe7
Rxe7 30. Rfd1 Re4 31. Nc4 h5 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rc7 34. b3 Bd5 35. Ra1 Rc6
36. Kg1 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Bxc4 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Rxa6 Kf5 41. g3 g5 42.
Ra3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 g4+ 44. hxg4+ hxg4+ 45. Kf2 Rxe5 46. Ra8 Re4 47. Ra5+ e5 48.
Ra8 Rb4 49. Rg8 Rb3 50. Rg7 Rb2+ 51. Kg1 Ra2 52. Rg8 Ke4 53. Rg5 Rb2 54. Rxg4+
Kf3 55. Rg8 e4 56. Rf8+ Kxg3 57. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. a3 Be7
15. f5 exf5 16. Nxd5 Bh4+ 17. Ke2 (17. Kd1 Qd8 $2 18. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 19. exf6 O-O
20. Rg3+ $1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Huebner,R/Polanica
Zdroj (07) ;CBM 49 1995}) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rg3 (19. Rc3 $6 a6 20.
Bd3 Nf8 21. Bb6 Be6 22. Nc7+ Bxc7 23. Bxc7 g6 24. g4 Bd5 25. Rg1 f4 $17 {
0-1 Sahu,S-Singh,G/Calcutta op (06) ;EXP 50 1996 (45)}) 19... a6 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7
21. Rxg7 Be6 {= (de Firmian)} 22. Nf4 Be7 23. g4 $2 (23. a4 $10) 23... fxg4 $2
(23... Kf8 $1 24. gxf5 (24. Nh5 $2 fxg4 $19) (24. Nxe6+ $2 fxe6 25. gxf5 Kxg7
26. f6+ Kf7 27. fxe7 Kxe7 $19) 24... Kxg7 25. fxe6 (25. Rg1+ Kh6 $5 (25... Kf8
26. fxe6 Rg8 27. Rf1 $17) 26. fxe6 Bg5 27. Be3 {- B)}) 25... Bg5 (25... Rhd8
26. Ke3 Bxa3 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Rf1 Ke7 29. exf7 Kxf7 30. Nd5+ Kg6 31. Rg1+ Kf5
32. Rf1+ $10) 26. Rg1 Kh6 27. Be3 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Rhg8 $1 (29...
Rae8 30. Ng7 Rxe5+ 31. Kf4 $10) 30. Rxg8 Rxg8 $17) (23... O-O-O 24. Nxe6 fxe6
25. Rxe7 Rxd4+ 26. Kc3 Rxg4 27. Rxe6 $10) (23... Rd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. gxf5 Kxg7
26. fxe6) 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rf1 {Weiß steht nicht besser, hat aber die
Initiative.} Rd8 26. Ke3 Rd7 (26... h5 27. a4 $1 (27. Rff7 Bf8 28. Rh7 Rxh7 29.
Rxh7 Bxa3) (27. Rg6 Rf8)) (26... b5 27. Rff7 Rd7 28. Ke4 Rf8 29. Rxe7+ (29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxh7) 29... Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Bc5+ Kf7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33.
Kf4 $10) 27. a4 $1 {>< Pb7} Rc7 28. Kd3 Bd8 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rb1 b5 $6 (30...
b6 31. Ke4 (31. Bxb6 Bxe5) 31... O-O 32. Bxb6 Bxb6 33. Rxb6 Rf2 34. Rxe6 Rxh2
$10) 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 $14 Kd7 33. Rb7 Kc6 34. Ra7 h5 35. Ra6+ Kd7 (35...
Kd5 36. c4#) 36. c4 Rc8 (36... h4 37. c5 g3 38. c6+ Ke7 39. hxg3 h3 40. Ra7)
37. c5 Bb8 38. Kc4 h4 39. Kb5 Bc7 40. c6+ Ke7 41. Bc5+ Kf7 42. Bd6 Kg6 43. Bxc7
Rxc7 44. Kb6 Rc8 45. c7 Kf5 46. Ra4 Rg8 47. Rd4 g3 48. hxg3 hxg3 49. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 $6 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 $2 {>< f5 13.
Kb1= Bareev, Fedorov} b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rg1 Ne7 17. Bb5
Rb8 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. Bd3 $2 (19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bxd7 Rxa7 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6
23. b3 $15 {Bareev, Fedorov}) 19... Rfc8 $17 {Hodgson-Bareev/Soci/1987/i44/345}
) 14... a5 $15 15. Ng3 Ba6 16. Nh5 Qc7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qg2 Kh8 19. Rhg1 Rc8
20. Kb1 a4 21. Nf6 $2 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc6 23. Rd2 b3 24. c3 (24. Rc1 bxc2+ 25.
Rdxc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 gxf6 $19) (24. axb3 axb3 25.
c3 Ra8 $19) 24... bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 a3 $1 26. b3 (26. Kxa3 Rxc3+ $1 27. bxc3 Qxc3+
28. Ka2 Ra8+ 29. Kb1 Ra1#) 26... Rxc3 $19 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 28. Qe2 d4 29. Rg3 Qd5
30. Qd1 Rc1 31. Qe2 R1c3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qd1 d3 34. Kxa3 g6 35. h4 Qd4 36.
Ka2 Rc7 37. Kb1 Rc3 38. Ka2 Kg7 39. Qf1 Qa7+ 40. Kb2 Qd4 41. Ka2 Qb4 42. Qd1
Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 $6 {13.Bg1!?
Vasiukov-G.Dizdar/Voskresensk/1990/in CBM 19 besprochen} b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Kb1 Rfc8 $15) 14... Qe7 15. h5 a5 16. Rh3 Ba6
17. Rg3 $6 {><f4} Bxe2 $1 18. Qxe2 $6 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 f6 $1 20. Qe1 (20. exf6
Qxf6 21. Qd2 Nc5 $19) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 $19 22. h6 g6 23. Bb5 Qf6 24.
Rd2 Qf4 (24... Nf7 $1) 25. Re3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 $2 (26... dxc4 $1) 27. b3 $1
Qf4 (27... Qa6 28. Rde2 $1 $10) (27... Qb5 $5) 28. Rxe6 $10 Qxh6 29. Re7 Ra6
30. Qe5 Raf6 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Qxa5 $4 (32. Qe5 $10) 32... Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. a3 Be7 10. f5 $6 $146 cxd4 (10... exf5 11. Nf4 fxe5 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. dxe5
Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. O-O $13) (10... fxe5 11. fxe6
Nf8 12. dxe5 Bxe6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. g3 $13) 11. fxe6 Ndxe5 12.
Nfxd4 Bc5 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxe6 14. Bb5+ Kf7 $44) 13. Nf4 Nxd4 $5 (13...
Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Be2 O-O $15) 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Bd3 g5 $1 (
16... Bf2+ 17. Kf1 Qc5 18. Bb5 $36) 17. Nh5 (17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Nb4 Bxe6 19. Nxc6
bxc6 $17) 17... Kd8 (17... O-O 18. h4 $132) 18. h4 Bxe6 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Bxg5+
Kd7 21. Nf6+ Kd6 22. Kd1 Rhf8 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Be2 Qxb2 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Rc2 Qb1+
27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Rc2 Qb1+ 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Rf3 Be5 31. Be3 d4 32. Ne4+ Kc7 33.
Nc5 Bb3+ $5 (33... Bg4 $6 34. Rxf8 Bxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Rxf8 36. Ne6+ $13) 34. Nxb3
dxe3 35. Nc5 Rxf3 36. Bxf3 Rd8+ 37. Ke1 Rd6 38. Qe4 Rh6 39. Na6+ $5 (39. Qxe3)
39... bxa6 $4 (39... Kd8 40. Qd5+ Ke7 41. Nb4 Bg3+ (41... Qa5 $4 42. Rxc6 $18)
(41... Rh1+ $6 42. Ke2 Rxc1 43. Nxc6+ Rxc6 44. Qxe5+ Re6 45. Qg7+ Kd6 46. Qf8+
$13) 42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Kd3 Nxf3 44. gxf3 Qd6 45. Qxd6+ Rxd6+ 46. Kxe3 Re6+ 47.
Kd3 h5 $19) 40. Qxe5+ Kd7 (40... Kd8 41. Rd1+ Kc8 42. Qf5+ Kb7 43. Rd7+ Ka8 44.
Qf8+ Qb8 45. Rd8 $18) 41. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Ftacnik Bangiev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Ncb5 {Nach dieser Partie wird man wohl
wieder zu dem Bauernopfer 9.Qd2 greifen.} (9. Qd2 {Bangiev} Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3
11. Bb5 {Die Hauptvariante.}) 9... a6 $1 {Eine Neuerung von Kortschnojs
Landsmann Beat Züger.} (9... Bc5 10. c3 $1 a6 11. b4 $1 axb5 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13.
Nf5 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Bxb5 $44 {
Tseshkovsky-Dreev/St.Petersburg/1993/0-1/31/ ;BIG Database.}) 10. Nf5 Bc5 11.
Bxc5 $4 (11. Nbd6+ $142 $10 Kf8 12. Qh5 Nd8 13. Nxg7 $1 Bxe3 (13... h6 14.
Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Qe8+ Kg7 16. Qe7+ Kg8 17. Qe8+ $10) (13... Kxg7 {Bangiev} 14.
Qg5+ Kf8 15. Qh6+ Ke7 16. Qg5+ $10) (13... Qxb2 $5 14. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 15. Qh6+
Kg8 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Qh6+ $10) 14. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 $1 (14... Ke7 $2 15. Qg5+ $1 (
15. Nxd8 $2 Kxd8 16. Nxf7+ Kc7 17. Nxh8 Qb4+ 18. c3 Qxb2 $19) 15... f6 (15...
Kxe6 16. f5+ Kxe5 17. Qe7+ Kf4 $1 (17... Kd4 18. Nb5+ axb5 19. c3#) (17... Ne6
18. Nxf7+ Kxf5 19. Bd3+ $18) 18. Be2 $1 (18. Qh4+ Ke5 $10) 18... Bf2+ 19. Kf1
Rg8 20. g3+ Rxg3 21. hxg3+ Bxg3 22. Rh4+ Bxh4 23. Qxh4+ Ke5 24. Qe7+ Ne6 25.
Re1 $18) 16. Qg7+ Kxe6 17. f5+ $1 (17. Qg4+ Ke7 18. Qg7+ Nf7 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 $13)
17... Kxe5 18. Qe7+ Kf4 19. Be2 Bf2+ 20. Kf1 Rg8 21. g3+ Rxg3 22. hxg3+ Bxg3
23. Kg2 $1 Qf2+ 24. Kh3 Nc6 25. Qg7 $18) 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Qg5+ Kf8 {mit Remis
durch Dauerschach.}) 11... Nxc5 (11... Qxc5 $2 {Bangiev} 12. Nc7+) 12. Nbd6+
Kf8 13. Qh5 (13. Nxc8 Rxc8 $1 (13... Qb4+ 14. c3 Qe4+ 15. Qe2 (15. Be2 Qxf5 (
15... Qxg2 $5 16. Bf3 Qxb2 17. Nfd6 Nd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qxa1+ 19. Bd1 Qxa2 $13) 16.
Nb6 (16. Nd6 Qxf4 17. Rf1 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qxh2 19. Rxf7+ Kg8 $17) 16... Rd8 17. O-O
$14) 15... Qxf5 16. Nb6 Rd8 17. g3 $15) 14. Nd6 Qxb2 $1 (14... Rc7 {Bangiev}
15. Qc1 Nb4 $5 $36) (14... Ne4 {Kortschnoj} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qd6+ Kg8 17.
O-O-O $13) 15. Bxa6 (15. Nxc8 Qc3+ 16. Ke2 (16. Qd2 Qxa1+ 17. Qd1 Qxa2 $17)
16... Nd4+ 17. Kf2 Ne4+ 18. Kg1 Qe3#) (15. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Qc3+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.
Kxd2 Rc7 $17) 15... Ra8 16. Be2 Qc3+ {-/+/-+}) 13... Nd8 14. Nxg7 (14. Nxc8 {
Ftacnik} Qb4+ $1 15. c3 (15. Ke2 Rxc8 16. Nd6 Qxb2 $17) (15. Kd1 Ne4) 15...
Qxb2 16. Rd1 Qxc3+) 14... Qb4+ (14... Kxg7 $2 {Ftacnik} 15. Qg5+ Kf8 16. Qh6+
Ke7 (16... Kg8 $2 17. Ne8) 17. Qf6+ Kd7 18. Qxh8 Qb4+ (18... Qxb2 19. Rd1 Qb4+
20. Rd2 Qxf4 21. Be2 $14) 19. c3 Qxb2 20. Bb5+ $1 axb5 21. O-O {Nunn,J-Zueger,
B/SKA Cup/1990/}) 15. c3 (15. Kd1 {Bangiev} Qd4+ $1 (15... Qxb2 $6 16. Qg5 $1 (
16. Qh6 Qxa1+ 17. Ke2 Ke7 $17) 16... Qxa1+ 17. Ke2 Nc6 (17... Bd7 $2 18. Qh6 $1
Kg8 (18... Ke7 19. Ndf5+ $18) 19. Nge8 $18) 18. Qf6 (18. Nh5 $5 $16 {Fritz3})
18... Nd4+ 19. Kf2 Ne4+ 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nh5 $1 (21. Qd8+ Kxg7 22. Qg5+ $10)
21... e3+ 22. Kxe3 (22. Kg3 Rg8+ 23. Kh3 Bd7 $17) 22... Nf5+ (22... Qc3+ 23.
Ke4 Qxc2+ 24. Kxd4 $16) 23. Ke2 Nd4+ 24. Kf2 Nc6 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ $36) (
15... Qxf4 16. Nge8 Qd4+ 17. Bd3 Nxd3 (17... h6 $5) 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Qg5+ Kd7
20. Nf6+ Kc7 $17) 16. Bd3 Nxd3 17. c3 Nxb2+ 18. Kc2 Qf2+ 19. Kb3 Nc4 $17) 15...
Qxb2 $1 (15... Qxf4 {wäre wegen} 16. Be2 {mit der Drohung 17.Rf1 nur halb so
stark.}) 16. Rd1 (16. Qh6 Qxa1+ 17. Kf2 Qxa2+ 18. Be2 Ke7) (16. Qg5 {Bangiev}
Qxa1+ 17. Kf2 Qb2+ 18. Be2 Qb6 $17) 16... Qxc3+ 17. Rd2 h6 $1 {nimmt Weiß
jegliche Hoffnung.} (17... Kxg7 {Ftacnik} 18. Qg5+ Kf8 19. Qh6+) 18. Nge8 Ne4 (
18... Ne4 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Die Konsequenzen dieses Zuges sind
weitreichend: Weiß hat nun kaum Möglichkeiten zu Alternativen.} Nfd7 5. f4 {
5.Nf3 gilt nicht als vorteilversprechend.} c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 {Mein Ding ist so eine Variante mit
Schwarz nicht; das nach 12.Qxb6 entstehende Endspiel gilt als ausgesprochen
remisverdächtig. Aber was soll Kasparov sagen, mit Weiß ist ja sein
Gewinninteresse noch größer.} 12. Qd2 $146 {Das ist seine Antwort. Aber große
Aussichten auf Vorteil vermag ich hier auch nicht zu entdecken.} Nc5 {
Eigentlich sehe ich nicht, was gegen das Schlagen auf b2 spricht:} (12... Qxb2
13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Bb5 (14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nd6+ (15. Qb4 a5 $1) 15... Kf8 16. Qb4 $2
(16. Rc1 $5) 16... a5 $1 $19) 14... Qe7 $15) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qd4 a6 15. h4
O-O-O 16. Rh3 Bc6 {Möchte irgendwelchen taktischen Dingen in Verbindung mit d5
aus dem Wege gehen, aber 16...Kb8 mit der Idee 17...Rc8 wäre mehr nach meinem
Geschmack.} (16... Kb8 17. f5 Bc8 $13) 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Rc3 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 {
Nun ist doch wieder das Endspiel entstanden. Weiß hat höchstens einen
hauchdünnen Vorteil.} 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. b3 Nc8 22. h5 Ne7 23. g4 Rdf8 {/\ f6 
(Timman)} 24. g5 h6 $1 25. Rh3 g6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Rxh6 (27. gxh6 Nxf4 28. Rh4
Ng6 29. Rh5 f6 $17) 27... Nxf4 (27... Rxh6 28. gxh6 Rh8 29. Bd3 Rxh6 30. Bxg6
Rxg6 $10) 28. Bd3 Rhg8 (28... Rxh6 29. gxh6 Rh8 30. Rh1 Nxd3+ 31. cxd3 Kc7 32.
Nf3 Kd8 33. Ng5 Ke7 34. Rf1 Rxh6 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 $10) 29. Rg1 Rg7 30. Kd2 Rfg8
31. Bh7 (31. Nf3 Kc7 $10) 31... Rh8 32. Ke3 Rhxh7 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Kxf4 Rh4+
35. Rg4 Rh1 36. Nf3 Rc1 37. Rg2 Kc7 (37... b5 $5 {/\ >< Pa2}) 38. a4 Kd8 39.
Rh2 Be8 40. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 (9... b6 $5 10. a3 c4 11. b4 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Ba6 13. f5 Be7 14. g4
Rc8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Nb2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qa6 18. Qc2 $6 Nxd4 $1 19. Nxd4 Bh4+ 20.
Rf2 Nxe5 $17 {Kovacevic,A-Danielian/Leningrad/1991}) 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12.
Nc5 (12. Nb2 a5 13. a3 $10) 12... Nxc5 $5 13. dxc5 a5 14. a3 Be7 15. O-O O-O
$10 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rfa8 21. Bf3
Ra2 22. Qe3 Qc6 23. g3 R8a6 24. h4 Qa8 25. h5 Bf8 26. Kh1 Rb2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28.
Qxf2 Ra2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Be7 31. Qd2 Bc6 32. Kh2 Qd8 33. Bg4 g6 34. Qe2
Qa8 35. Bh3 Qa1 36. Qf3 Qb2+ 37. Bg2 Qb1 38. Kh3 Qe1 39. Bf2 Qd2 40. Bd4 Qe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Ne2 {N} Bb7 10. g3 Rc8 11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 $10 14. Qe2
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 h5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Rf3 Bc5 18. Raf1 Bb6 19. c3 Rc4 20. f5 $1 {
Ohne dieses Opfer kann Weiß nur schlechter stehen.} gxf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rxf5
Bc8 $1 (22... Rc7 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Rxh5 $44) 23. Rxf7 Bg4 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. R7f4
Rg8 26. Kh1 Qa8 (26... h4 $2 27. Rxg4 Rxg4 28. Ne6 $18) 27. e6 (27. Nxb5 $2
axb5 28. Qxb5+ Bd7 29. Qxb6 d4 $1 30. Qxc7 $2 (30. Kg1 Nxg3 31. Bxd4 Nh1+ $19)
30... Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3#) 27... Re7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qc2 Bxe6 30. Qxa4+ Bd7 31.
Qd1 Bg4 32. Qa4+ Bd7 33. Qd1 Kd8 $5 34. Qxh5 Kc7 35. Rf7 Bxd4 (35... Rge8 36.
Bf4+ Kc8 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Be5 Kb7 $13) 36. Bf4+ $5 Kb6 $4 (36... Kd8 37. Rxe7
(37. cxd4 $2 Be8 38. Bc7+ Rxc7 39. Qh4+ Kc8 $19) 37... Nf2+ (37... Kxe7 38.
cxd4 $14) 38. Kg2 $5 (38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ $10) (38. Rxf2 $2 Bxf2 39.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qe6+ Kb7 42. Qd7+ Kb6 43. Bc7+ (43. Qe6+ Qc6 $19)
43... Kc5 $17) 38... Bh3+ (38... Bc5 $2 39. Qf7 $1 Bh3+ (39... d4+ 40. Kxf2
dxc3+ 41. Ke1 Be8 (41... Bxe7 42. Qxg8+ Be8 43. bxc3 Qe4+ 44. Kd2 $18) 42. Bc7+
Kc8 43. Qe6+ Kb7 44. Be5+ $18) 40. Kg1 Ne4+ 41. Kh1 Nxg3+ (41... Rh8 42. Re8+
$1 Rxe8 43. Qc7#) 42. Bxg3 d4+ 43. Rf3 $18) 39. Kg1 Kxe7 (39... Bxf1 40. Qf7
$18 {/\ 41.Re8+! Rxe8 42.Qc7#}) 40. cxd4 (40. Re1+ Ne4+ 41. cxd4 Be6 $13) 40...
Bxf1 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Bg5+ Rxg5 $10) 37. Rxe7 $18 Nf6 (37... Nf2+
38. Rxf2 Bxf2 39. Qf3 $18) 38. Qh4 Rh8 39. Bc7+ Kxc7 40. Qxd4 $138 {1.52/2.00}
(40. Qxd4 Ne4 41. Qe5+ Nd6 (41... Kc6 42. c4) 42. Rf6 Qc6 (42... d4+ 43. Kg1
Qc6 44. Qxd4 $18) 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. Qxh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Rg3 (17. c3 Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {
Nijboer-Luther/Leeuwarden/1992} Qd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24.
Ka3 Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {Nijboer}) 17... Rfc8 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. f5
$5 {>< Pe5} Qc7 20. f6 g6 21. Qf4 Kh8 22. Re3 Bxa4 23. bxa4 $13 Nc5 (23... Rg8
$5) (23... Qa5 $5) 24. h5 Ne4 $4 (24... Rg8) 25. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 26. hxg6 fxg6 27.
f7 $18 Qe7 28. Rd7 $1 g5 29. Qf2 e3 30. Qf3 e2 31. Bxe2 g4 32. Qf4 Qh4 33. g3
Qh1+ 34. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Dresden Uhlmann"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Qe7 $5 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qe7 $5 13.
exf6 Nxf6 14. Bd3 Ne4 $13) 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bd6 (11... g6 $6 {/\ 12...Bg7
>< Pd4} 12. Qe2 $1) 12. Nh5 Qe7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nf6 $1 $10 {/\ 15...e5.
Schwarz hat hier völlig ausgeglichen.} 15. Be2 $8 h6 (15... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd2 h6 19. Be3 d4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Bc5 Qc7 $44) 16. Bd2 Bd7 (
16... e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. O-O $14) 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rb1 $13) 17.
O-O a6 $2 (17... Be8 $10) (17... Ne4 18. Be3 Nxg3 {/\ 19...Be8=}) 18. Bd3 Ng4
$2 (18... Be8 $13) 19. Bc3 Qf6 $5 {Der Zug macht Platz für den Nc6, ist aber
riskant, weil der Ng4 keinen Rückzug hat. Der Trick 20.h3? Nxf2 wird nicht
immer gehen.} 20. Bc2 (20. h3 $2 Nxf2 $1 21. Kxf2 Qh4 $19) 20... Ne7 21. Qd3 g6
(21... Bb5 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Nh5 $18 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxg7+
Ke8 27. Qxb7 {....}) 22. a4 Rf7 $6 (22... h5) (22... b5 $5) 23. Qe2 $1 $16 h5
24. Bd2 $1 Bf4 $2 (24... Rc8 $5) (24... e5 $2 25. Ng5 Rff8 26. f3 Nh6 27. N5e4
$18) 25. h3 $18 Rh7 $6 (25... Nh6 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Ne5 $18 h4 28. Nh1 Nef5 29.
Nxf7 Kxf7 {war ein besserer Versuch, im Trüben zu fischen.}) 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27.
hxg4 h4 (27... hxg4 28. Ne5 $18) 28. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Diaz Diaz, Joaquin Carlos"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qf2 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O Na4 $5 14. Nxa4 {N}
(14. Nd1 Qxf2+ 15. Rxf2 O-O 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Re2 Rfc8 $10 {Kolev-Moskalenko/
Odessa/1989}) 14... bxa4 15. b3 Bd7 $1 (15... axb3 16. axb3 $16 {>< Pa6}) 16.
Kh1 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 Rb6 18. Rd2 Ke7 $10 19. Kg1 f6 20. Re1 Nb4 21. Nd4 Nxa2 22.
bxa4 Nc3 23. f5 fxe5 24. fxe6 $1 exd4 25. exd7+ Kxd7 26. Bf5+ Kd6 27. Rxd4 Kc5
(27... Rf8 $1 28. Bd3 (28. Bxh7 $2 Ne2+ $1 29. Rxe2 Rb1+ $19) (28. Re6+ $2 Kc5
29. Rxb6 Ne2+ $19) (28. g4 $2 g6 29. Bd3 Kc5 $19) 28... a5 $1 $15) 28. Rd3 Nxa4
29. Ra3 Nb2 30. Rea1 g6 31. Bg4 Nc4 $6 (31... Ra8 32. Be2 Nc4 33. Bxc4 Kxc4 34.
Kf2 {=/=/+}) 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Ne3 34. Bf3 Rd8 35. Ra7 h6 36. Kf2 Nf5 37.
Ra5+ Kc4 38. Be2+ Kc3 39. Bd3 Rf8 40. Kg1 Ne3 41. Rc5+ Kd2 42. Rc6 g5 43. Rxh6
Nxc2 44. Bxc2 Kxc2 45. Rd6 Rf5 46. g4 Re5 47. h4 Kd3 48. hxg5 Rxg5 49. Kf2 Ke4
50. Re6+ Kf4 51. Ke2 Rxg4 52. Kd3 Kf5 53. Re8 Re4 54. Rf8+ Ke5 55. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qf2 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Rb8 $5 {N}
(14... Ba6) 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Kh1 (17. f5 $6 exf5 {>< e5}) 17...
f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 $15 19. Qe3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. a3 $2 bxa3 23.
b3 a4 24. Rfb1 axb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Rxf4 27. Qxa3 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 h6 29.
g3 Rf8 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Ra2 Nc3 32. Ra7 Nb5 33. Ra2 Rc3 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ne1 Nd4
0-1

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Black "Miljanic, Boro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 (9. h4 Bb7 $1 {Anand-Dreev/Madras ct/1991/CBM22}) 9... b4 $5 10. Na4 (
10. Nd1 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... Nxd3+ $1 12. cxd3 (12. Qxd3 a5 {/\ Ba6}) 12...
d4 13. Bf2 Qd5 $15) 12. O-O $13 {Kamsky-Lautier/New York op/1991/CBM23}) 10...
Qa5 11. Nb6 Rb8 $1 {N} (11... Nxb6 12. cxb6 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O-O Qxb6
15. h4 $14 {Ziadinov-Glek/Kusadasi/1990/i49/(328)}) 12. Nxd7 (12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13.
Bd3 Bxc5 14. O-O Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qc5 {=/=/+}) 12... Bxd7 13. Bd3 Bxc5 $1 14.
Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxa6 O-O $44 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 f6 18. Rhe1 g5 19. exf6 gxf4
20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxf6 22. Bd3 Kf7 $15 23. b3 Rh6 24. Kf3 (24. h3 Kf6 25.
Rae1 Ra8 26. Kf3 Rh4 $17) 24... Rxh2 25. Kxf4 Rxg2 26. Rh5 Kf6 27. Rh6+ Ke7 28.
a4 Rbg8 29. Rf1 R8g4+ 30. Kf3 R4g3+ 31. Kf4 Kd6 32. Rf2 Rg1 33. Rf3 Rg4+ 34.
Ke3 Kc5 35. Rxh7 d4+ 36. Ke2 Bc6 37. Rh5+ Kd6 38. Rf2 R4g3 39. Kd2 Re3 (39...
Re3 40. Be2 (40. Rh4 Kc5 41. Rh5+ e5 42. Rff5 Rg2+ $17) 40... Be4 {/\ Rc3}) (
39... Bf3 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[BlackTeam "Schwarzach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
Rb8 {This is a relatively new way to treat this position. Thousand of games
had been played with the continuation 7...a6 8.Qd2 b5.} 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Bd3 {
A provocative move. But it has some logic - in case of 9...b5 10.dxc5 b4 he
will put the knight to e2 and eventually to d4.} c4 {Okay, challenge is
accepted!} 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O b4 12. Nd1 h5 13. b3 {White is going to play Nf2
and does not want to allow black to open the b-file after c4-c3.} (13. Bf2 {
Finkel,A} Ba6 14. f5 c3 15. bxc3 bxc3 16. Qe3 (16. Nxc3 Bb4 17. Bxa6 Bxc3 18.
Qd3 Bxa1 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxa1 $44) 16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2 $36) 13... Nb6 14. Nf2
Ba6 15. Nh3 {It seems, the guy, who is playing White does not feel the value
of time in chess. This knight made 9 moves in the game! 15.g3, followed by
h2-h3 and g3-g4 would look more natural.} c3 16. Qe1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Ne7 $1 18.
Nhg5 (18. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} bxa3 19. Ra2 Nf5 20. Rfa1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 g6 $13)
18... Nbc8 $1 19. g3 ({Perhaps, white wanted to sacrifice a piece here:} 19.
Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nxe6 {, but then rightfully changed his mind.})
19... Rb6 20. Bf2 Qa6 21. Qd1 Nf5 22. Ne1 {The move is more or less forced.
Because h2-h3 would cost a piece after f7-f6.} (22. h3 $2 {Finkel,A} f6 {
[%csl Rg5]} 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nfe7 $17) 22... Nce7 23. Ng2 {And this move,
arranging coordination of pieces, is also forced.} ({Because, say, after} 23.
h3 Nc6 24. g4 $2 hxg4 25. hxg4 {Black was winning by} Rh1+ $1) 23... Nc6 24.
Nf3 ({Again, not} 24. h3 Rb5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nfxd4 $1) 24... Rb5 {Black
is very consequent with his assault on the queen side. Frankly speaking, he
hardly has any other active plan.} 25. h3 Ra5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nfe7 (27...
Nh6 {Finkel,A} 28. Ne3 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Qxa2 30. f5 Qa6 31. Kg2 $44) 28. Ne3 ({
Here white could try} 28. a4 bxa3 29. Be1 (29. Qe1 $5) 29... Rh1+ 30. Kxh1
Qxf1+ 31. Kh2 Nb4 32. Ne3 Qb5 33. Bxc3 {with about equal play.}) 28... Rxa2 29.
Rxa2 Qxa2 30. f5 {White is playing without a clear plan. 30.Qd3, preventing
the retreat of the black queen and preparing f4-f5, then Ng5 and Ng2-f4 was
better.} Qa6 31. Ng5 {This knight will soon move back. The young man has to
study Kasparov's games: when a piece is moving for an attack - it will not
retreat!} Nd8 32. Qf3 Nec6 {Being not so consequent, as the man, who plays
this game, I would use, perhaps, this moment on order to get counterplay along
the h-file.} ({Although after} 32... exf5 33. gxf5 Qh6 34. Qg2 f6 35. Nf3 {
White would retain the dangerous initiative.}) 33. Qf4 Qb7 (33... Be7 {Finkel,A
} 34. f6 Bf8) 34. Nf3 a5 {Black is consequently developing his initiative on
the queen side, plays so calm, like nothing happens on the opposite wing of
the board. I would consider here a removal of the king from the dangerous zone
with 33...Kd7!?} 35. g5 Qd7 36. g6 fxg6 ({Here, I believe} 36... exf5 {leads
to an obvious advantage for Black. But the move in the text is also not bad.})
37. fxg6 Ne7 38. Nh4 {Don't you see, dear reader, that the white pieces are
clumsy located?! I do.} a4 {Unbelievable coldbloodness! After 38...Qc7, then
Kd7-c8 and finally some knight to c6 White would not be able to create many
threats to the opponent.} 39. Bg3 a3 40. Ng4 Qa7 41. Nf6+ gxf6 42. exf6 Rxh4 $6
(42... Nec6 {Finkel,A} 43. Kg2) 43. f7+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ Kc8 45. Bxh4 Qxd4+ 46. Bf2
Qg4+ 47. Bg3 e5 $6 (47... Kb7 {Finkel,A} 48. Qb8+ Ka6 49. Qa8+ Kb5 50. Qb8+ Kc5
$11) 48. Qxe5 Ne6 $2 (48... Kb7 {Finkel,A} 49. Qc7+ Ka6 50. Rf6+ Ndc6 51. Rxc6+
Nxc6 52. Qxc6+ Ka7 $132) 49. Qb8+ Kd7 50. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
a6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {
Finkel,A: '>< c3'} (13. h5 {Finkel,A} b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 {
Nunn,J-Lputian,S/Manila ol/1992/} (15... f6 $1 $36)) 14... a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16.
Qe3 Qb6 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 {Finkel,A} 14.
h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4
Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 {Finkel,A} 14. h5 b4 15.
Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/
BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146 {Finkel,A} 16. Qxb4 $1
fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 $16 {
Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994}) (15... Qa5 {Finkel,A} 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3
$1 (17. Kb1 Bc6 18. c3 $14) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 $14
{Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/}) 16. Bb5 {'!?' Finkel,A.} (16. c4 $5 {
Finkel,A} bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxh4 18. g3 Qd8 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 $13 {
Nijboer,F-Korchnoi,V/Sonsbeek SNS 1999}) (16. b3 $6 {Finkel,A} Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1
18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21. Rf2 f6 22. Ree2 h6 $15 {Kulish,
I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16... Rb8 (16... Qc7 {Finkel,A} 17. Kb1 Rb8
18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $132 {De la Riva,O-Comas
Fabrego,L/Barcelona op 1996}) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 {Finkel,A} Bb7 18. Kb1 Bc6 19.
Nc5 Bb5 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qf2 $13 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Glek,I/Open
1999}) 17... Bb7 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (17... Qc7 18. Re1 (18. h5 {Finkel,A} Bb7 19.
g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qf4 Qc7 $13 {
Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993}) 18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 $14 {
Arahamia-Matveeva,1995} (19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rg3 Rbc8 22. f5 Qc6 23.
Re2 Kh8 $13 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995})) (17... Nb6 $5 18.
Nc5 Nd7) 18. f5 {'!' Finkel,A.} Qc7 (18... Bc6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 (19... Qb6 20. f6
$1 (20. Nb3 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxe5 $11) 20... Qxc5 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qg5 Rfc8 23. h5
$18) 20. Qxc5 Qb6 $14) 19. Re1 exf5 (19... Bc6 20. Nc5 $14 (20. f6 Bxa4 21. Qg4
g6 22. Qg5 Nc5 $13)) ({Black doesn't have a time to create the counterplay on
the queenside.} 19... Qc6 $6 {Finkel,A} 20. Rg3 Qxa4 $6 21. Qg4 $1 (21. f6 $2
g6 22. Qf4 Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. h5 Nf8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh1 Qd7 $19) 21... g6
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Kh8 24. Be8 $3 $18 {[%csl Gg7]}) 20. Bxf5 Bc6 21. Nc5
Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Rfe8 23. Rhe3 ({Of course not} 23. e6 $2 {Finkel,A} Qf4+ 24. Kb1
Qxf5 25. Qxc6 Rxe6 $19) 23... Qb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 $14 25. e6 {'+/=' Finkel,A.} (
25. Kd2 d4 $11) 25... g6 ({Deserved attention} 25... f6 $5 {(Finkel,A) with
good chances to defend the arising endgame.}) 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Be6+ Kg7 28.
Bg4 Rbb8 29. Kd2 (29. Re6 Bd7 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 $11) 29... Re4 $1 ({
Also after} 29... Rxe3 {Finkel,A} 30. Rxe3 Rf8 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Bf3 Rf4 33. h5
$14 {black's life is not easy.}) 30. Bf3 Rxe3 (30... Rxh4 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Ra7
$16 (32. Rc7 {Finkel,A} Re8 $5 (32... Bb5 33. Ree7 Kg5 $1 34. Re5+ (34. Rxh7
Rxh7 35. Rxh7 d4 36. Re7 Rf8 $1 $11) 34... Kf4 35. Rxd5 Kg3 36. Rg5+ Kf2 37. c3
$14) 33. Rxe8 (33. Rxc6 $4 Rd4+ 34. Kc1 Rxe1+ 35. Bd1 Rdxd1#) 33... Bxe8 34.
Rc5 a4 35. Bxd5 $14) (32. R1e6 $6 Rb7 $1 33. Rxb7 Bxb7 34. Rb6 Bc8 35. Rb5 a4
$11)) 31. Rxe3 Kf6 32. Bg4 (32. Kd3 $5 Rc8 $1 $13 (32... Bb5+ 33. Kd4 Rc8 34.
Bd1 Rc4+ 35. Kxd5 Rxh4 36. Kc5 $14)) 32... Re8 33. Rf3+ (33. Rxe8 {Finkel,A}
Bxe8 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. c3 bxc3 36. bxc3 h6 $11) 33... Ke7 (33... Ke5 {Finkel,A}
34. Rf7 h6 35. Bf3 a4 36. a3 $14) 34. Rf4 Kd6 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Rf6+ Re6 $4 {
A blunder. Black was going to play 36...Kc5 and considered the position about
equal. Still, due to activity of the white rook white had an edge. White's
plan would be-to place his pawn to g5, bishop to d3, rook to h8, and finally
to play h4-h5. In order to hinder that plan, black had to play d5-d4, thus
activating his bishop...} (36... Kc5 {Finkel,A} 37. g4 Bb5 38. g5 $14) 37. Rf7
{'+/-!' Finkel,A.} Re7 $2 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'As it oftenly happens one
mistake drags the other:the arising endgame is absolutely hopless so it was
nessasary to play 37...h5!?' This move, practically, is losing on the spot.} ({
More stubborn was} 37... h5 {White's attempt to win a pawn right away by} 38.
g4 {would fail due to} Be8) (37... h6 $6 {Finkel,A} 38. Bg4 $1 Re4 39. Rf6+ Ke5
40. Rxg6 Be8 41. Re6+ Kf4 42. Bh3 $16) 38. Rxe7 Kxe7 39. Ke3 Ba4 40. c3 bxc3
41. bxc3 Kd6 42. Kd4 $18 Bc6 43. g3 {Finkel,A: 'Sooner or later black bishop
will have to move from c6 and then c4 will decide th game.'} h6 (43... a4 {
Finkel,A} 44. a3) 44. Bg2 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bf3 {'(.)' Finkel,A.} Bb7 47. c4
Bc8 48. Bxd5 Bg4 49. c5+ Kc7 50. Ke5 Be2 51. Kf5 g4 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. a3 Bd1 54.
Be4 Kc7 55. Bf5 Kc6 56. Bxg4 Ba4 57. Ke5 Kxc5 58. Be6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Women) 08th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Kosintseva,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Poland (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{Our team's matches against Poland always result in a tense and unpredictable
battle. I can recall more than one team event in which our match has taken on
a dramatic character. Therefore, our team's mood on this occasion was
appropriate. Aware of the pressure from the Georgians, we had to beat one of
our main rivals, since dropping match points was a luxury we ciould not allow
ourselves...} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 Be7 {Lately, this plan has become highly popular amongst French Defence
devotees.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 ({Another plan for White involves long castling
after} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 (9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O) 10. O-O-O) 9... b6 {A rare
continuation. Black refrains from queenside action (9...a6 10.0-0 b5), in
favour of play in the centre.} 10. O-O ({The aggressive} 10. O-O-O {results in
double-edged play after} c4) 10... f5 {According to the database, this move is
a novelty. Now White has a choice: keep the centre closed and prepare play on
the kingside (Kh1, Rg1, g4) or after ef, concentrate his pieces in the centre
and occupy the square e5. I preferred the second plan.} ({The move} 10... f6 {
has been seen, after which the following variations are possible:} 11. dxc5
Nxc5 (11... fxe5 12. Nxd5) 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Ne4
16. Qe3 $14) 11. exf6 (11. Kh1 $5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Rad1 {
with complicated play.}) 11... Nxf6 12. Kh1 {A useful move, preparing the
bishop retreat to g1, in the event of Ng4.} ({In a game Baramidze-Berczes
there followed} 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Kh1 (13. Bxc6 $5 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Rae1)
13... Bd7 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bg1 Qc8 18. dxc5 b4 19. Rfe1
bxc3 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Ng5 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bd7 {0-1 Baramidze,D (2593)-Berczes,D
(2458)/Biel 2008/CBM 125 Extra (49)}) 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 {Preventing the move
Ne4, for example after 13.Rad1.} (13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 (14. Qe1 Nb4) 14...
dxe4 15. Ne5 Nxd4 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 $14) 16.
Bxd4 cxd4 17. Bc4 Bf6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Qc7 $44) 13... a6 {
Black intends the central setup Qc7 (Qd6), Rae8 followed by Ng4, so White
cannot afford to play casually.} 14. a3 $6 {A loss of time. During the game,
it seemed to me important to prevent the possibility of a black piece jumping
to b4, for example after c4 Be2; Bb4, but now White does not manage to create
pessure on the e6-pawn, which is more important.} (14. Rae1 $5 c4 (14... Qd6
15. Bg1 Nd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qe2 c4 18. Bxc4 Rxf4 (18... dxc4 19. Rd1) 19. Bb3
) 15. Be2 Bb4 (15... b5 16. a3) 16. Qc1 b5 17. a3 {with unclear play.}) 14...
Qc7 15. Qe1 (15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bg1 Bd6 17. g3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $36) 15... c4 {
Black goes over to concrete play.} ({The quiet} 15... Rae8 $5 {deserved
attention, maintaining the tension in the centre and potentially threatening
to open the centre.} 16. Qh4 (16. Qg3 Bd6) 16... Bd6 (16... cxd4 17. Nxd4) 17.
Rae1 Ne7 $13) 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Bg1 (17. Bd2 Nh6) 17... Rxf4 (17... Qxf4 $2 18.
Ne5) 18. h3 ({Another possibility was} 18. Bxc4 $5 Rf6 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Qxe6+
Kh8 20. Nd5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qc6) 19. Bd3 (19. Bxd5 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Qd6 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 19... Rh6 20. h3 Rf8 21. Nd1 $13 {Objectively, this
continuation may have been stronger, but the chance to win the exchange proved
irresistible, especially as during the game, Black's compensation did not
appear all that serious.}) 18... Nh6 $2 {The wrong retreat, since now White
has the tactical resource Bc4.} ({Necessary was} 18... Nf6 19. Bh2 Bd6 20. Bxf4
(20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rae1 Rf8 24. Qxc4 b5 25. Qd3 Ne7
) 20... Bxf4 21. Bd1 Re8 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Kg1 Ng3 25. Rf2 Nxd4 26.
c3 Ndf5 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Ne4 29. Rf1 $13) 19. Bh2 Raf8 $6 ({Now} 19... Bd6
$2 {is a mistake, in view of} 20. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 (20... Rf6 21. Bxd5 $1 Bxh2 22.
Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Nd5) 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Nd5 $16) ({Better was} 19... Kh8 {
defending against Bxc4, but then after} 20. Bd1 Raf8 21. Ne2 e5 22. Nxf4 exf4
23. c3 Nf5 24. Bc2 {Black's compenation for the exchange is inadequate.}) 20.
Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Nd5 (22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. d5 {was insufficient,
because of} Nf5 24. dxc6 (24. Ne2 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Ned4 Nxf1
28. Nxc6 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Bd6) 24... Ng3+ (24... Bc8 $5) 25. Kg1 Bc5+ 26. Rf2 Bc8
27. Qd5 Bg4 (27... Qe3 28. Nd1 Qf4) 28. Rd1 (28. hxg4 Qh6) 28... Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2
Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nf5 $11) 22... Rxf3 ({After} 22... Nxd4 23. Nxc7 Nxe6 24. Nxe6
Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bxf3+ 27. Kg1 {White has the advantage.}) 23. Bxc7
(23. Rxf3 $5 {deserved attention:} Qd8 (23... Qc8 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (24... Bxf8
25. Qxc8 Bxc8 26. Nxb6) 25. Qd7 Qd8 26. Qxb7 Qxd5 27. Re1 Ng8 28. c3 $16) 24.
Rxf8+ (24. Nxe7 Nxe7) 24... Bxf8 25. Rd1 {with advantage, thanks to the active
pieces and passed d-pawn.}) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kh2 {It turns out
that the piece coordination favours White, because his queen against the
scattered and hanging black pieces, plus the strength of the passed d-pawn,
pose Black insuperable problems.} Rf2 $2 (25... Ng8 26. Qd7 $1 (26. Ne3 Re1 27.
d5 Nd4 28. Qxb6 Rxe3 29. Qxd4 Re2 30. Qd1 Rf2 31. Bg3 Rf5 32. d6 Bf6) 26... Rf8
27. Bg3 Ba8 28. Nxb6 Rd8 29. Qg4 $16) ({The most stubborn was} 25... Bh4 $5 {
with the idea Bf2, after which White must solve some far from easy problems,
in conditions of mutual time-trouble.} 26. Qd7 $1 (26. Bxb6 Bf2 27. h4 Bg1+ 28.
Kh3 Bf2 29. g4 Rg1) 26... Bf2 27. h4 $1 Bxd4 28. Bxb6 Bxb6 29. Nxb6 Na5 30. b4
cxb3 31. cxb3 {with advantage.}) 26. Kg1 $1 Rxc2 27. Nxe7 Nxe7 28. Qxe7 {
Now the passed pawn, combined with mating threats, decides the game.} Ng8 29.
Qf7 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 b5 (30... Rg6 31. Be5 Bg2+ 32. Kf2 Bxh3 33. d5 $18) 31. Be5
Be4 32. h4 Rg4 33. Kf2 h6 34. d5 Kh7 35. d6 Rg6 36. d7 h5 37. d8=Q Nh6 38. Qff8
Rg2+ 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,19,28,46,30,28,39,71,47,16,20,14,20,51,32,79,49,20,23,11,9,20,14,
11,15,41,28,32,24,21,-1,39,46,58,70,51,47,47,47,70,43,25,36,32,74,79,190,192,
211,288,259,259,263,267,270,280,387,345,345,423,393,408,412,450,542,548,548]} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 {A rare continuation, not very consistent with ...
b7-b6 (Black has protected the c5 pawn and now trades it). Moves usually seen
in practice:} (10... f5) (10... f6) (10... Bb7) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nb8 {
A typical manoeuvre, however, quite possible without ...b7-b6.} 13. Bf2 (13.
Nd1 $5 {deserves attention and leads to a position often arising from another
move order, when White plays Nc3-d1 earlier:} Nc6 (13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 (14. Ne3
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. c3 g6 17. Rf2 Rc8 18. Raf1 f5 19. exf6 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxf6
$11 {1/2 (50) Dek,L (2230)-Michiels,B (2533) Netherlands 2016}) 14... Nxa6 15.
Ne3 Nc5 (15... f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ng4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. c3 Qc5 20. Rad1
Nc7 21. g3 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Nb5 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Re1 $14 {1-0 (73) Alekseev,E 
(2614)-Mokshanov,A (2405) St Petersburg 2017}) 16. Qe2 (16. f5 $5 $36) 16... f5
17. Rad1 Qe8 18. c4 $6 (18. g4 $5) 18... dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qb5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.
Kh1 Rfd8 $15 {1/2 (60) Quesada Perez,Y (2630)-Akobian,V (2661) Saint Louis 2017
}) 14. c3 (14. Bf2 d4 15. Bf3 Qc7 $132 16. Bg3 $2 Ba6 $17 {0-1 (47) Steinberg,
N (2466)-Sedlak,N (2518) Palic 2016}) 14... Nxd4 (14... f6 $6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Ne3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. Ng4 Qb6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rac1 $16 {1-0 (39)
Bodnaruk,A (2431)-Grabuzova,T (2314) Sochi 2019}) 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Ne3 {
White concentrates his forces on the kingside.} (16. Rc1 $143 b5 17. Nf2 Qb6
18. Qe3 b4 19. Nd3 Bb5 (19... Rac8 20. Nc5 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rc2 Rc6 23.
Rfc1 Re8 $11 {1/2 (48) Santos Latasa,J (2566)-Ulybin,M (2483) Seville 2017})
20. Nc5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rfc8 22. Qf2 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Rfc1 h5 25. g3 Rc6 26.
Kg2 g6 $11 {1/2 (48) Teran Alvarez,I (2378)-Gleizerov,E (2518) Seville 2017})
16... b5 (16... f5 $6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. g3 $14 {
1/2 (38) Kollars,D (2470)-Lomasov,S (2342) Kirishi 2016}) 17. Rf3 (17. f5 Bg5
18. Bd3 f6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. exf6 Rxf6 $11 {0-1 (67) Konguvel,P (2384)
-Sethuraman,S (2529) Aurangabad 2011}) (17. g4 $5 Qb6 (17... h6 $5) (17... b4
18. g5) 18. g5 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. h4 Kh8 21. Rf2 b4 22. Raf1 $36 {1-0 (35)
Ivic,V (2487)-Cabarkapa,N (2443) Kragujevac 2019}) 17... Qb6 (17... Rc8 18.
Raf1 f5 {1/2 (74) Gulden,E (2161)-Stankovic,M (2401) Mersin 2016} 19. exf6 Bxf6
20. Ng4 $36) 18. Rd1 (18. Ng4 {is a bit premature:} Rac8 (18... f5 $6 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Rc1 $16 {1/2 (33) Perunovic,M (2582)-Sedlak,N (2593)
Vrnjacka Banja 2012}) 19. Kh1 (19. Rg3 f5 20. exf6 {1/2 (20) Pikula,D (2489)
-Ulybin,M (2529) Winterthur 2012}) 19... f5 (19... b4 $5) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. g3 (22. b4 Qc6) 22... b4 23. Re3 Be8 24. a3 bxa3 25. Rexa3 Bg6
$132 {1/2 (31) Vocaturo,D (2537)-Ulybin,M (2538) Alghero 2011}) 18... f6 (18...
b4 19. f5 $5) (18... Rac8 $5) 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 Rac8 (20... b4 $5 {[%cal
Yd7b5]}) 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {1/2 (30) Papp,G (2539)-Gleizerov,E (2579) Zagreb 2011}
22. b4 $14 Be8 $140 23. Rff1 Bg6 24. Rc1 {It is hard to draw a final
conclusion about this line but Black certainly faces problems here.}) 13... Ba6
(13... Nc6 14. a3 (14. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Yb5d4]}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rae1 g6
17. Ne2 $14 {1/2 (48) Ostrovskiy,A (2453)-Hollan,P (2287) Pardubice 2019}) 14.
Bxa6 Nxa6 15. f5 $1 exf5 $6 {[%mdl 32] White's knight now takes a commanding
position on d5.} ({f5-f6 was not threatening yet so Black could have simply
played} 15... Rc8 {[%cal Yc8c4] The initiative belongs to White, though, after,
say,} 16. Rad1) 16. Nxd5 Nb4 17. c4 Rc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. b4 $1 Bxf2+
21. Qxf2 Qd7 ({Giving up a pawn -} 21... Re8 22. Qxf5 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {
- was probably the lesser evil.}) 22. Qh4 Qd8 $2 {A tactical oversight.} (22...
Kh8 $1 {was the only remaining defence although White kept a clear advantage
anyway, e.g.} 23. Rad1 (23. Nf6 $2 Qd4+) (23. b5 Qd8 $1 24. Qh5 Nd4) 23... Qe6
24. Nf4 (24. Nf6 $6 gxf6 25. exf6 Ne5 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Qxe5 Qxc4 28. Qxf5 Qa2
29. g3 Qxa3) 24... Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. e6 (26. Rd7 $143 Rxc4 27. Rxe7 Rxf4
28. Rxa7 h6 {, and Black holds on}) 26... fxe6 27. Nxe6 Rfe8 28. Ng5 $16) 23.
Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} gxf6 24. Rad1 Nxe5 (24... Qc7 25. exf6 Kh8 26. Rd3 $18 {
[%cal Rd3h3]}) 25. Rxd8 Rfxd8 26. Qxf6 $18 {White has a decisive material
advantage, and Black's king is weak. The rest is clear.} Ng6 27. h4 h5 28. Rf1
f4 29. g4 $1 Rd3 30. gxh5 Rg3+ 31. Kf2 Nxh4 {Desperation.} (31... Nf8 32. Qxf4
Rg7 33. Rd1 $18) 32. Qxh4 Rxc4 33. Re1 (33. Re1 Rc2+ 34. Re2) 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,37,19,25,58,28,36,29,33,53,27,12,24,-4,20,23,52,29,0,3,6,8,28,28,25,
52,62,77,61,61,66,-16,84,75,66,58,51,39,105,85]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3
11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. Rb3 (13. O-O {is a more common alternative.})
13... Qa5 14. a3 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16. Nxd5 {An old line, popular in the last
century.} Qxd2+ (16... Bh4+ $5 17. Kd1 $7 (17. g3 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rc3 (
19. Rf1 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 $15 {
L.Ftacnik}) 19... a6 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 {1-0 (31) Schmaltz,R 
(2490)-Wehner,R (2284) Baden 2017} Ng6 $13) 17... Qxd2+ (17... Qd8 $2 18. Nf6+
$1 gxf6 19. exf6 O-O 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 (22) De Firmian
Nick E (2605)-Huebner Robert (2630) Polanica Zdroj 1995 [De Firmian,N]} 23.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qg7#) 18. Kxd2 Bd8 $1 {- 16...Qxd2+}) 17. Kxd2 Bd8 $1 18. Rc3 (
18. c4 $5 a6 19. Bxd7+ (19. Ba4 O-O 20. Rd1 (20. Kc3 b5 21. cxb5 Bb7 22. Nb4
Nb6 $17 {1-0 (56) Nijboer,F (2571)-Porat,S (2444) Cappelle-la-Grande 2006})
20... Re8 21. Kc2 b5 22. cxb5 Bb7 23. bxa6 Bxd5 24. Bxd7 Re7 25. Bxf5 Bxb3+ 26.
Kxb3 Rxa6 {1/2 (27) Finnie,D (2533)-Sowden,E (2394) BFCC Email 2002}) 19...
Bxd7 20. Rxb7 Bc8 21. Rb2 Be6 22. Kd3 Rc8 $13 {1-0 (41) Perez,M (2406)-Catelli,
H (2200) Mar del Plata 2017}) (18. Rg3 a6 19. Bxd7+ (19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Nf8 21.
Bb6 Be6 $15 {1-0 (57) Cori Quispe,K (2468)-Mariani,D (2055) Montevideo 2018})
19... Bxd7 20. Rxg7 Be6 21. Nf6+ (21. Nf4 Be7 $11 {1-0 (49) Nijboer,F (2475)
-Kuijf,M (2470) Wijk aan Zee 1996 CBM 052 [Knaak,R]}) 21... Bxf6 22. exf6 O-O-O
23. c3 h5 24. Re1 h4 25. h3 Rd5 $11 {1/2 (33) Monin,N (2359)-Gavrilov,A (2438)
St Petersburg 2001}) 18... Ba5 {Georg Meier misses the right move, already
seen before:} (18... a6 $142 $1 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Bb6 Be6 21. Nc7+ Bxc7 22. Bxc7
g6 23. g4 $6 (23. Bd6 Rc8 $13) 23... Bd5 24. Rg1 f4 $17 {0-1 (45) Sahu,S (2340)
-Singh,G (2265) Kolkata 1996}) 19. Nc7+ Bxc7 20. Rxc7 Kd8 21. Rc3 $16 {[%csl
Rd8]} Nf8 22. Bc5 $6 (22. Rd3 $1 Bd7 (22... Kc7 23. Bc5 $40) 23. Rb1 b6 24. e6
$1 $16) 22... Bd7 23. Bxf8 Bxb5 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Bf6+ Kd7 26. Rd1 f4 $2 (26...
Rxg2+ 27. Ke3+ Ke8 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxh7 Kf8 {, and Black
successfully defends.}) 27. g3 fxg3 28. Kc1+ Ke8 29. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Re8]
Comparing to the 26...Rxg2+ line, Black has no extra pawn and a poor position.}
Bc6 30. Rd4 Rg6 31. Rcd3 Kf8 32. Rh4 h6 33. g4 Bb5 34. Rd2 Re8 35. g5 Rxg5 36.
Rxh6 Rg8 37. Rdh2 $1 {[%cal Rh6h8]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Dieser Zug hat heute die alte
Hauptvariante 4.Bg5 abgelöst.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O
9. Be2 (9. O-O-O $2 c4 $1 10. f5 b5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14.
exd6 Nf6 $17 {Szelag - Gurevich (Warsaw, 2007)}) ({Eine gute Alternative zum
Partiezug ist} 9. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 (9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 {und nun kann
sich Schwarz nicht ordnungsgemäß entwickeln:} Bd7 $2 12. Nxd5 $3 exd5 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxd5 $18 {Zhigalko - Li Shilong (Cappelle la Grande,
2006). Weiß gewinnt zumindest einen Bauern und damit auch die Partie.}) 10.
O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rab8 14. h6 $14 {Svidler -
Riazantsev (Moscow, 2008)}) 9... a6 (9... b6 $5 {Ein seltener, aber sehr
konkreter Zug. Die eigentliche Idee ist es nicht den Läufer auf b7 zu
entwickeln, wo er eher schlecht steht, sondern den Bauern c5 zu verteidigen.
Schwarz beabsichtigt, so schnell wie möglich ...f5 zu spielen, und nach exf6
mit dem Springer zurückzunehmen. Dafür muss der Bauer c5 gedeckt werden.} 10.
O-O f5 $1 {Wenn Weiß nicht en-passant nimmt, kann er kaum auf einen Vorteil
hoffen. Der einzige aktive Plan mit g4 dauert zu lange, in der Zwischenzeit
bekommt Schwarz gutes Spiel. Das Nehmen auf f6 muss dann als erstes geprüft
werden.} (10... Bb7 {Zu langsam.} 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8 14.
Ne3 Nc6 15. c3 $14 {und Schwarz verblieb mit einem schlechten Läufer b7 in
Zherebukh - Sethuraman (Kirishi, 2010)}) (10... Ndb8 11. Rad1 Kh8 (11... cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Nb5 $14) 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. f5 $1 Bxe2
14. Nxe2 exf5 15. c3 cxd4 16. Nexd4 $44 {Ovetchkin - Morozevich (Russian Cup,
1998)}) 11. exf6 $1 $146 {Prinzipiellste und stärkste Fortsetzung.} Nxf6 12.
Kh1 (12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Diese Stellung ist
etwas besser für Weiss aus dem einfachen Grund, dass Schwarz keinen Plan hat.
Er kann nicht den b-Bauern aufrollen, weil dann sofort auf c5 genommen wird;
er sollte nicht auf d4 nehmen, weil dadurch der weiße Läufer aktiviert wird;
und er sollte nicht ...Ne4 spielen, weil sein Bauernstruktur dadurch
verschlechtert wird. Weiß seinerseits kann seine Stellung langsam verbessern
mittels h3-Kh2-Qf2 usw.}) 12... Ne4 $1 {Ein Versuch, aktiv zu spielen.} (12...
Bb7 13. Rad1 $14) 13. Qe1 (13. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 14. Bb5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2+ 16.
Qxg2 Rb8 $132) 13... Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 $14)
10. O-O b5 11. a3 {Eine spielbare Alternative ist 11.Nd1:} (11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2
a5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Na4 18. Rab1
Ne7 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nd4 $14 {Kamsky - Morozevich (Amsterdam, 1996)}) 11... Bb7
{In dieser Stellung hat Weiß fast überall eine etwas angenehmere Stellung, die
jedoch schwer zu verwerten ist.} (11... Qb6 12. Nd1 a5 13. c3 Bb7 (13... a4 14.
Nf2 Na5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 b4 19. f5 $36 {Karjakin
- Rodriguez Vila (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2009)}) 14. Bf2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 $14 {Svidler - Hou (Amsterdam, 2009)
}) (11... Qc7 12. Nd1 Rb8 13. c3 a5 14. Bf2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ne3 Na5 17.
Qd1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb3 19. Rb1 Na5 20. f5 $14 {Alekseev - Riazantsev (Moscow,
2008)}) 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. dxc5 {Es gibt viele Züge in dieser Stellung, die Weiß
gut spielen kann.} (13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17.
Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 $14 {Karjakin - Carlsen 
(Wijk aan Zee, 2010)}) (13. Bd3 g6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qe1 b4 17.
axb4 Nxb4 18. Nfd4 a5 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Qg3 Bf8 $11 {
Hou - Peng (Dresden, 2008)}) 13... Nxc5 14. Qe1 $5 {Das ist eine neue Idee.} (
14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 d4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4
$44 {Fluvia Poyatos - Narciso Dublan (Sabadell, 2011)}) 14... f6 $1 {Mutige
Entscheidung. Schwarz schwächt seinen e-Bauer, bekommt jedoch aktives Spiel.} (
14... Ne4 15. Bd3 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxc2 18. Rc1
Qa4 19. Qf2 Rac8 $17) 16... Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 $132) 15... Na5 16.
Bd4 $14) 15. Bxc5 $2 {Den Läufer sollte man nicht so leicht aufgeben.} (15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Bd3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 $132) 15... Bxc5 16. Bd3 f5 $1
$15 {Schwarz schließt den Königsflügel und behält die Kontrolle über die
schwarzen Felder und vor allem über das Feld d4.} 17. Ne2 d4 (17... b4 18. axb4
Nxb4 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Ned4 $132) 18. b4 (18. c3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bb6
$15) 18... Bb6 19. a4 $1 {Weiß muss dynamisch spielen, weil seine Stellung
strategisch gesehen schlechter ist.} Qe7 (19... bxa4 $2 20. Rxa4 Qe7 21. Bc4
$14) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rb1 (21. Bxb5 d3 $1 22. Bxd3 Nxb4 $44 {Schwarz hat
ausgezeichnete Kompensation für den Bauern dank seiner starker Läufer.}) 21...
Ra2 $6 (21... Ba6 $1 22. c3 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Rfc8 $15) 22. Nc1 $6 {Beide Spieler
machen viele Ungenauigkeiten, so dass die Stellungsbewertung hin und her geht.}
(22. Qd2 $5 Rd8 23. Bxb5 $14) 22... Ra4 23. Bxb5 Rxb4 24. Nd3 (24. Rxb4 Nxb4
25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rc8 27. Bd3 Nd5 $17) 24... Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Rc8 (25... Rb8
$5 26. Bc4 Bc8 27. Qa2 Bd7 28. Ng5 Nd8 29. Rb1 h6 30. Nf3 Nc6 $132) 26. Bc4 (
26. Ba6 $5 Bxa6 27. Qxb6 Qa3 28. Rd1 $11) 26... Na5 27. Ba2 Rc6 28. Ng5 (28.
Qb2 h6 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Rf2 $11) 28... Bd8 $2 {Das ist ein
grober Fehler.} (28... h6 $1 29. Nxe6 $2 Kh7 $3 (29... Rxe6 30. Qxb6 $18) 30.
Qb4 Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Rb1 Nc4 $19) 29. Qb4 $2 {Weiß nutzt den Fehler
nicht aus.} (29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qa2 Bc8 31. Nc5 Qxc5 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxe6+
Kf8 34. Qxf5+ $18) 29... Bc8 30. Qxd4 h6 31. Nf3 Rxc2 {Nach allen
Komplikationen ist man in ein fast gleiches Endspiel gekommen.} 32. Nb4 Nc6 33.
Nxc6 Rxc6 {Dieses Endspiel ist sicherlich Remis, nur muss Weiß trotzdem
aufpassen, nicht dass die schwarzen Läufer zu aktiv werden.} 34. Qa4 Bd7 35.
Rd1 Rc1 36. Qb3 Qc5 (36... Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 g6 38. Qd4 $11) 37. Qd3 {Es macht
mehr Sinn, ein Luftloch zu machen:} (37. h3 $5 Bb6 38. Kh2 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Bc8
40. Qa4 $11) 37... Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Bb6 39. h3 Bc8 40. Qa4 Kf7 {Im Vergleich zu
37.h3 hat Weiß seinen König immer noch auf h1, und das spielt eine Rolle.} 41.
Kh2 Ke7 42. h4 Bd7 43. Qd1 Qb4 $15 {Schwarz entwickelt seine Initiative, Weiß
hat sich schon zusätzliche Schwächen machen müssen.} 44. Qd6+ $3 {Das ist der
beste Weg für Weiß! Das entstehende Endspiel ist glücklicherweise Remis.} Qxd6
45. exd6+ Kxd6 46. Ne5 Bc8 (46... Bb5 47. Nc4+ Bxc4 48. Bxc4 $11) 47. Nc4+ Kc5
48. Nxb6 Kxb6 49. Kg3 Kc5 50. Kf2 Kd4 (50... Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Kd4 Kf6 53.
Bc4 Bb7 54. g3 $11 {Schwarz kommt nicht zu ...g5.}) 51. Bb3 e5 (51... Ke4 52.
g3 e5 53. Bc2+ Kd4 54. fxe5 Kxe5 55. Ke3 $11) 52. fxe5 Kxe5 53. g3 f4 54. Bd1
$1 (54. gxf4+ $2 Kxf4 55. Bd1 Bg4 56. Ba4 Bf3 57. Bd7 Be4 $19) 54... g5 {
Das macht das Leben von Weiß sehr leicht.} (54... Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg4 56. Bd1+ Kh3
57. gxf4 Kxh4 58. Kg2 $11) 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. gxf4+ Kxf4 $11 57. Bf3 g4 58. Bxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Die Französische Verteidigung hat heute keinen
guten Ruf im Allgemeinen, aber diese Variante ist eine der wenigen, die man
gut spielen kann.} ({Die traditionelle Hauptvariante ist} 3... Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 {wonach Weiß in den letzten Jahren mittels} 7. Qg4 $14 {
in allen Varianten einen Vorteil erzielen konnte.}) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 ({Eine
alternative Fortsetzung ist} 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3 $132 {
und die Stellung geht in eine Variante aus Französisch mit 3.Nd2 über, die zu
unklarem Spiel führt.}) 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 {Die
Ausgangsstellung der Variante. Schwarz hat mehrere gute Spielmöglichkeiten.} b5
({Als Hauptvariante gilt} 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O {und jetzt kann
Weiß am besten mittels} 11. Qf2 {zum Vorteil kommen:} Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 $16 {
Kramnik - Shirov (Monte Carlo, 2003)}) 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Ne2 $14 {Kramnik - Radjabov (Linares, 2003)}) ({Eine andere Variante, die an
Popularität gewinnt, ist} 8... Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. a3 $14 {Weiß hat
einen kleinen Vorteil, Schwarz hat jedoch gewisse dynamischen Möglichkeiten.})
9. a3 Qb6 {Schwarz muss Druck gegen d4 aufbauen. Alternativen führen zu weißem
Vorteil:} (9... Bb7 10. Bd3 g5 11. fxg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ndxe5 13. O-O Bg7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc5 $14 {Jakovenko - Vitiugov (Moscow, 2008)}) (9... g5 10. fxg5
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Nce2 O-O 14. Ng3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qb6 16. Qf2
f5 17. Nf3 Qb8 18. Nh5 $14 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2675)-Bareev,E (2701)/Sochi RUS
2006/The Week in Chess 599 (73)}) 10. Ne2 b4 $5 {Ein selten gespielter Zug.
Die populärste Partie in der Variante ist Kasparov-Radjabov, die der
Weltmeister verloren hatte.} (10... c4 $2 {man darf den Druck auf das weiße
Zentrum nicht so leicht aufgeben.} 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5
exf5 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c3 $14 {Kasparov - Radjabov 
(Linares, 2003)}) (10... Bb7 {ist zu langsam} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Qe3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4+ 19. c3
$14 {Yemelin - Rychagov (Moscow, 2007)}) 11. axb4 Qxb4 (11... cxb4 $2 {Wieder
sollte man den Druck auf d4 behalten.} 12. g4 b3 13. c3 Qb7 14. f5 Nb6 15. Ng3
Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O $16 {Schwarz hatte überhaupt kein Gegenspiel und
dazu noch Entwicklungsnachteil in Luther - Braun (Altenkirchen, 2005)}) 12. c3
Qb7 (12... Qb6 $6 13. dxc5 {und nun kann Schwarz auf c5 nicht mit dem Springer
nehmen.} Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. b4 $18) 14. Ned4 $14) 13. Nc1 $6 {Das ist zu
passiv, der Springer hat auf c1 wenig zu tun.} (13. dxc5 $5 {sieht besser aus:}
Nxc5 (13... Bxc5 14. Ned4 O-O 15. b4 Be7 16. Be2 $16) 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
Rb8 16. Ra2 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O $14) 13... Be7 14. Bd3 $2 {Vermutlich hat
Weiß die Idee von Schwarz überhaupt nicht gesehen.} (14. Be2 Rb8 15. Rb1 $14)
14... c4 $1 15. Bb1 $2 {Immer noch wäre Be2 besser gewesen.} (15. Be2 Rb8 16.
Rb1 f5 $1 $11 {Weiß kann nicht en-passant nehmen, weil der schwarze Springer
dann zu schnell nach e4 gelangt und Schwarz gutes Spiel bekommt.} 17. exf6 $6
Nxf6 $132) 15... Rb8 {Jetzt wird Weiß zur Zugwiederholung gezwungen.} 16. Ra2
Nb4 $1 {Das ist die Idee von Schwarz.} 17. Ra1 (17. cxb4 $4 Bxb4 $19) 17... Nc6
18. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Die beste Fortsetzung, wenn Weiß um
Eröffnungsvorteil kämpfen will. Die Alternative 4.Bg5 bringt nichts in dem
Sinne.} (4. Bg5 dxe4 $1 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nxf6+
Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 $11 {Leko - Anand (Monaco, 2001)})
7... Nxf6 8. Be3 (8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf6 (11. Qe2 Be7
12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 $11 {Aroshidze - Gurevich (Antalya, 2009)}) 11...
gxf6 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxc5 14. Ke2 Ke7 $11 {Kovchan - Baklan (Poltava,
2008)}) 8... Nd5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 $1 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6
14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3 Rd8 $11 {Gashimov - Akobian (Caleta, 2009).
Viele Partien sind in dieser Stellung gespielt worden, und man kann sicher
sagen, dass bei richtigem Spiel die schwarze Festung unantastbar ist.}) 4...
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 {Diese Variante wurde innerhalb der
letzten Jahre besonders populär. Alternativen sind:} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 (
8... Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 $44 {Weiss hat gute
Kompensation für den Bauern, weil er besser entwickelt ist und dazu immer
wieder f5 droht.}) 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Nxd4 {"Die Vereinfachungsvariante" kann
man spielen, wenn man ein sicheres Remis will und bereit ist, die ganze Partie
zu leiden.} 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3 Bd7
15. Nd4 $1 {Das einzige was man hier als Weißspieler wissen muss, ist, dass
der Springer nicht nach d6, sondern nach d4 gestellt wird.} Na4 16. O-O-O Nc5
17. Rhf1 $14 {Fedorov - Andreikin (Moscow, 2007)}) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 (
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 $14 {Kramnik - Radjabov (Linares, 2003)}) 12.
Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 b4 14. Na4 $14 {Jakovenko - Ni Hua (Taiyuan, 2006)}) (7... a6
8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 c4 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 $14 {
Kasparov - Radjabov (Linares, 2003)}) (7... Qb6 $6 {Eine lange forcierte
Variante, die zu weißem Vorteil führt:} 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 ({
Nichts bringt} 10. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Qc7 14. bxc5
Bd7 {und Weiß steht auf Verlust.}) 10... Nxb4 (10... Qc7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
$14) 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Nc5 16. Bxa6
Qxa6 17. Qe2 $14 {Kamsky - Kraai (Foxwoods, 2007)}) 8. Qd2 O-O {Die Idee von
Schwarz ist es, sich beide Möglichkeiten, cxd4 und c4 offen zu lassen. So zum
Beispiel kann Weiß in dieser Stellung nicht gleich lang rochieren, weil
Schwarz nach c4 starken Angriff bekommt.} 9. Be2 (9. O-O-O $2 c4 $1 10. f5 b5
11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 Nf6 $17 {Szelag - Gurevich 
(Warsaw, 2007)}) ({Eine gute Alternative zum Partiezug ist} 9. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 (
9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 {und nun kann sich Schwarz nicht ordnungsgemäß
entwickeln:} Bd7 $2 12. Nxd5 $3 exd5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxd5 $18 {
Zhigalko - Li Shilong (Cappelle la Grande, 2006). Weiß gewinnt zumindest einen
Bauern und damit auch die Partie.}) 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13.
h5 Rab8 14. h6 $14 {Svidler - Riazantsev (Moscow, 2008)}) 9... b6 $5 {Ein
seltener, aber sehr konkreter Zug. Die eigentliche Idee ist es, nicht den
Läufer nach b7 zu entwickeln, wo er eher schlecht steht, sondern den Bauern c5
zu verteidigen. Schwarz beabsichtigt, so schnell wie möglich ...f5 zu spielen,
und nach exf6 mit dem Springer zurückzunehmen. Dafür muss der Bauer c5 gedeckt
werden.} 10. Nd1 {Eine Neuerung, die allerdings nicht gut genug erscheint. Bis
jetzt wurde nur 10.0-0 gespielt.} (10. O-O f5 $1 {Wenn Weiß nicht en-passant
nimmt, kann er kaum auf einen Vorteil hoffen. Der einzige aktive Plan mit g4
dauert zu lange, in der Zwischenzeit bekommt Schwarz gutes Spiel. Das Nehmen
auf f6 muss dann als Erstes geprüft werden.} (10... Bb7 {Zu langsam.} 11. Nd1
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. c3 $14 {und Schwarz verblieb
mit einem schlechten Läufer b7 in Zherebukh - Sethuraman (Kirishi, 2010).}) (
10... Ndb8 11. Rad1 Kh8 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bb7 15.
Nb5 $14) 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. f5 $1 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 exf5 15. c3 cxd4 16. Nexd4 $44 {
Ovetchkin - Morozevich (Russian Cup, 1998)}) 11. Kh1 $2 {Nun hat Schwarz keine
Schwierigkeiten.} (11. exf6 $1 $146 {Die prinzipiellste und stärkste
Fortsetzung.} Nxf6 12. Kh1 (12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14
{Diese Stellung ist etwas besser für Weiß aus dem einfachen Grund, dass
Schwarz keinen Plan hat. Er kann nicht den b-Bauern aufrollen, weil dann
sofort auf c5 genommen wird; er sollte nicht auf d4 nehmen, weil dadurch der
weiße Läufer aktiviert wird; und er sollte nicht Ne4 spielen, weil sein
Bauernstruktur dadurch verschlechtert wird. Weiß seinerseits kann seine
Stellung langsam verbessern mittels h3-Kh2-Qf2 usw.}) 12... Ne4 $1 {Ein
Versuch, aktiv zu spielen.} (12... Bb7 13. Rad1 $14) 13. Qe1 (13. Nxe4 $6 dxe4
14. Bb5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2+ 16. Qxg2 Rb8 $132) 13... Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. dxc5
bxc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 $14) 11... Bb7 12. Rg1 $2 {Eine "leerer" Zug. Zu g4
kommt es nicht.} Rc8 13. Nd1 (13. g4 fxg4 14. Rxg4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Nc5 17. Rag1 g6 $15 {Weiß hat viel aufgegeben und nichts Konkretes erzielt.})
13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. c3 Ne4 $132 {Kislik - Rajlich 
(Budapest, 2010). Der super starke Springer e4 kompensiert den schlechten
Läufer b7, die Stellung ist im Großen und Ganzen ausgeglichen.}) 10... f5 11.
c4 $1 (11. O-O $6 {Wie schon oben gesagt, man sollte nicht dem schwarzen
Bauern erlauben, auf f5 zu bleiben, ohne dafür ein konkretes Spiel zu haben.
Motylev hat's richtig mittels 11.c4 versucht.} cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5
$132) 11... cxd4 $1 {Schwarz reagiert richtig und gleicht in wenige Zügen aus.}
(11... dxc4 $2 12. Bxc4 Kh8 13. Nc3 $1 (13. Bxe6 $2 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bxc8 Nc4 $17) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 $14 {Im Vergleich zur
Partie hat Weiß ein Tempo gewonnen, weil Schwarz Kh8 gezogen hat.}) 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc4 $1 {Wieder die richtige Wahl!} (13... Bb7 $6 14. Nc3 $1 (14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 $2 Bh4+ $1 {und Weiß kann nicht g3 spielen} 16. Kf1 Be4 17.
Bc4 Qe8 $15) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxc5 18. Bxe6+ Kh8
19. Rhd1 Bxg2 20. Bd5 $1 Rad8 21. Kc2 $14 {Das Endspiel mit dem starken
e-Bauern ist eindeutig zugunsten von Weiß.}) 14. Bxc4 Nc5 15. Nc3 {Etwas
Besseres hat Weiß nicht - das Eindringen des schwarzen Springers auf e4 muss
er verhindern.} (15. b4 $2 Ne4 16. Qb2 a5 $1 $17 17. bxa5 $2 bxa5 18. O-O Rb8
$1 $19) 15... Qc7 (15... Bb7 $2 16. Bxc5 Qxd2+ (16... Bxc5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18.
Bd5 $16) 17. Kxd2 Bxc5 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Rhd1 Bxg2 20. Bd5 Rad8 21. Kc2 {
-> 13....Bb7}) 16. O-O-O $6 {Was der König am Damenflügel zu tun hat, ist eine
gute Frage. Besser wäre das standardmäßige 16.0-0.} (16. O-O Rd8 (16... Ba6 17.
Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qe2 Nc5 (18... Rfd8 19. Qxa6 Rxd4 20. Nb5 Qc4 21. b3 Qe2 22. Qb7
$1 $18 (22. Rf2 $2 Bc5 $1 $19)) 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb4 22. Rac1
$36) 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rfd1 Rac8 $11 {
Und Schwarz sollte die Stellung ebenfalls halten können.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary III"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Ke7 14. h4
h5 15. Be2 Nb8 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Rhd1 g6 18. b3 $1 Bc6 $5 (18... Nc6 19. Ne4 $1
$16) (18... a6) 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Ne2 Rhc8 21. Nd4 Rc7 22. Kb2 Nb6 23. Rd3 $1 (
23. a4 $2 Bxa4 24. bxa4 Nc4+ $44) 23... Bd7 24. a4 a5 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Rh3 Bc6
27. Rg1 Rh8 (27... Nd7 $142) 28. Rc3 $1 {/\ Rc5} Nd7 29. Rh1 Rcc8 30. Rhh3 Rhg8
31. Ba6 $1 (31. Bb5 $5 Bxb5 (31... Nb8 32. Rc5 $18) 32. Nxb5 $14) 31... f6 (
31... Nb8 32. Nxc6+ Rxc6 33. Bxb7 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Kd7 35. Ka3 {/\ b4+-}) 32.
exf6+ Nxf6 33. Nxc6+ (33. Rce3 Ne4 34. Bd3 Nc5 35. Rhg3 $14) 33... Rxc6 34.
Bxb7 Rb6 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rhc3 Ne4 (36... Rb8 37. Rf7 Ne4 38. Rcc7 $18) 37.
R3c6+ Rxc6 38. Rxc6+ Kd7 39. Ra6 $1 Kc7 (39... Nc5 40. Rb6 $1 $18) 40. Ba8 Rf8
41. c4 $1 $18 Rxf4 42. cxd5 e5 43. Rxa5 Rxh4 (43... Rf2+ 44. Ka3 Rxg2 45. d6+)
44. d6+ $1 Nxd6 45. Rxe5 Kb8 (45... Rxa4 46. Rc5+) 46. Bd5 Rg4 47. a5 Rd4 48.
Bf3 Nf5 49. Kc3 Rf4 50. Re4 Rh4 51. Rxh4 Nxh4 52. Be4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman with the analysis of the round 5 Game of the
Day from the 2017 Tata Steel tournament. In this round there were many
interesting games, and also a big shake-up in the standings, as the leader
after 4 rounds, GM Pavel Eljanov got ambitious against GM Levon Aronian and
ended up getting outplayed and lost, while GM Wesley So continued his great
form, with a nice win against GM Pentala Harikrishna. However, for Game of the
Day, I decided to choose Adhiban's win against GM Sergey Karjakin because very
rarely do we see a player such as strong as Sergey Karjakin lose with White in
such a convincing matter, and I also thought the game had theoretical
significance.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 $5 {Even though in the last 3 years I've been almost
primarily a French player, somehow this move order involving ...Be7 followed
by ...a6 or vice versa has escaped my attention. I always thought that
normally after White plays 7.Be3, and then Black either plays ...a6 followed
by ...b5, or ...Be7 followed by 0-0. But this move order, while used less
often, has been used by great players, in particular Hikaru Nakamura with
Black a few times, and more recently GM Anton Korobov and one of the biggest
French specialists that I know, GM Matthias Bluebaum.} (8... O-O {This is more
standard and often leads to sharp games and has been seen quite frequently in
practice}) 9. a3 {This seems like the most popular move now in this position,
possibly because Kramnik played it against Meier in the 2016 Baku Olympiad.
However, other moves are certainly possible and deserve separate analysis.} (9.
Bd3 $5 {was used by Fabiano against Hikaru in the St Louis Showdown 2015.} b5
10. O-O Qb6 (10... c4 $5 {Maybe it was better to gain a tempo and close the
structure, though of course this type of position requires deep analysis as
it's not a type of position that the computer has a good grasp on right away
in terms of evaluating its long term prospects.} 11. Be2 Nb6) 11. dxc5 (11. Qf2
$5 {Perhaps this is more precise to try to induce c4.} O-O $6 12. f5 $1) 11...
Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf2 Nd7 $6 {I already don't like this decision, I feel
like the endgame will be better for White.} (13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 {Possibly
this is an important try to trade off the bishop on a6.}) 14. a3 Ke7 15. Qxb6
Nxb6 16. Ne2 Bd7 {Here we can clearly see the endgame is better for White
because Black has not solved the problem of his typical bad French bishop on
d7.} 17. b3 $14 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2787) -Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis USA
2015}) ({.} 9. Be2 {was played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave} b5 10. O-O b4 (10...
O-O {Maybe something has to be said about starting with 0-0}) 11. Nd1 (11. Na4
{Possibly this is an improvement for White}) 11... O-O 12. c3 a5 13. Bf2 a4 (
13... f6 $5 {This was tried by Bluebaum and he got a good position against a
theoretician, Ragger} 14. Ne3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Ba6 16. Nc2 Qc8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18.
Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.
Nf3 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Rc8 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. h4 Rc4 28. h5 Rb4 29. Kh2 Rb2 30. Qe1 a4
31. Qc3 Qb5 32. Nh4 Qe2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Nxf3 a3 35. Nh4 Kf7 36. Rc1 Rxa2 37.
Rc7+ Ke8 38. Ng6 Nxg6 39. hxg6 Rd2 40. Rxg7 Kf8 41. Ra7 Rxd4 42. Rxa3 Re4 43.
Ra7 Rxe5 44. g7+ Kg8 45. Rd7 Rg5 46. Re7 e5 47. Kg1 h5 48. Kf2 h4 49. Rd7 d4
50. Re7 d3 51. Kf1 Kh7 52. Kf2 Kg8 53. Kf1 Kh7 54. Kf2 d2 55. Rd7 Rxg7 56. Rxd2
Kg6 57. Rd8 Kf5 58. Rh8 Rg4 59. Kf3 Rf4+ 60. Ke3 Re4+ 61. Kf3 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 Ra4
63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rh8 Ra3+ 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Kg6 68. Re8 Kf6 69.
Rf8+ Kg7 70. Re8 Ra3+ 71. Ke4 Kf6 72. Rf8+ Kg7 73. Rf5 Ra2 74. Rxe5 Rxg2 75.
Rh5 Ra2 76. Kf3 h3 77. Rxh3 Ra3+ 78. Kg2 Rxh3 79. Kxh3 {1/2 (79) Kryvoruchko,Y
(2693)-Bluebaum,M (2626) Baku AZE 2016}) 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Ne3 Qa5 $15 {
I think here Black has more than solved his opening problems, and even though
he later lost, it had nothing to do with the opening.} 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. Qxa5
Rxa5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Nc3 g5 22. g3 Nb4 23. Ncb5 gxf4
24. gxf4 Rb8 25. Nd6 a3 26. bxa3 Nbd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Rc7 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Rb2+
30. Kg1 Bh4 31. Rf1 Bd8 32. Rxd7 Bb6 33. Kh1 Bxd4 34. f5 Rxa3 35. f6 h5 36.
Rd8+ Kh7 37. Nxf7 Raxa2 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Nf3 Bc5 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42.
Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rh7 Rf2 44. Rg1 Rxh2+ 45. Nxh2 Bxg1 46. Kxg1 {1-0 (46) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2811)-Korobov,A (2687) Bastia FRA 2016}) ({.} 9. g3 {also seems
interesting} O-O 10. Bh3 f5 $6 (10... b5 {Perhaps after simply b5 though,
Black is fine.}) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Kh8 $6 (12... e5 {Perhaps this should
be tried but here also the compensation for Black is not clear} 13. Bxc8 Rxc8
14. Nxe5 d4 15. Nxc6 dxc3 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Nxd8 Rfxd8 18. bxc3 Re8 19. Kd2
Ne4+ 20. Ke2 Nxc5 21. Kf3 {and White is pressing in the endgame}) 13. O-O-O Qa5
14. Kb1 (14. Rhe1 $1 {White was clearly better here.}) 14... Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5
16. Rhe1 Re8 17. g4 Rf8 18. Ng5 Qd6 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 d4 21. Nf3 Bd7 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxh2 24. Rh1 Qc7 25. a3 Rad8 26. Qh4 Bc6 27. Rhg1 Rxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Qh2 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Qg5 h6 31. Qg6 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Be8 33. Qg3 Bf7+ {0-1 (33)
Hou Yifan (2649)-Korobov,A (2687) Bastia FRA 2016}) ({.} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O
{has also been tried by a few strong players. Here though Black should have
good counterplay with Qa5} Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. f5 Bb4
{From here on it looks like it's White who has to be careful not to be worse}
15. Qg5 Bxc3 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. bxc3 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qb4+ 20. Kc1
Rhg8 21. Qxf7 Rxg2 22. fxe6 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb4+ {
1/2 (25) Nepomniachtchi, I (2720)-Meier,G (2654) Dortmund GER 2015}) 9... O-O
10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Nd7 $5 $146 {According to my database, this is the first
novelty of the game and quite interesting. Before this game, White seemed to
have the upper hand in all the games. Also Adhiban played it almost instantly
which almost certainly means it is still his opening preparation. After 11...
Nd7!?, Sergey Karjakin thought for about 10 minutes, so he was probably
surprised.} (11... b6 {This move seems like the most logical but now we see
the whole point of the move 9. a3!?} 12. b4 {Vishnu, Prasanna-Lenderman London
2015; In fact I faced this idea once also in a slightly different variation of
the Classical French against an Indian GM and I ended up getting a very
unpleasant position and was very lucky not to lose.} Nd7 (12... f6 $5 {
Bluebaum, perhaps knowing about the Meier game (after all they played for the
same team at the Olympiad, Germany), might've analysed Nd7 as not being
satisfactory and come up with the very interesting piece sacrifice.} 13. bxc5
bxc5 (13... fxe5 $5 {According to Stockfish this also has to be analysed.}) 14.
Bxc5 Qa5 {The next few moves are nearly forced according to the computer} 15.
Bd4 fxe5 (15... Bd7 $5 {The computer says this might be playable too}) 16. Nxe5
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxf4 18. Nc6 Bc5 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nxa5 Be5 22. Kd2
{So the dust has settled: White has remained a piece up but Black has
tremendous compensation due to very active pieces, two strong bishops and very
strong central control. Very deep analysis of this position is required to
know if this is enough for Black. It's possible both Karjakin and Adhiban knew
about the Kramnik-Meier and Ragger-Bluebaum games, and possibly this is good
for White, and therefore Adhiban decided to take an independent route.} Rf2+
23. Kd3 Bf4 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. c4 Kg8 26. Rd1 Bd7 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Be2 Rc5 29. cxd5
Rxa5 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. Rdf1 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxa3 33. Rf6 Rxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bg7 35.
Bxa6 Bxf6+ 36. Kd3 Kg7 37. Ke4 Bc3 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Kf3 Bd5+ 40. Kf2 Bd4+ 41.
Kg3 Be5+ 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Kg1 Bd4+ 44. Kh1 Kf4 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Bc6 Ke3 47. Bb7
Bf5 48. Bc6 Bd3 49. Bb7 h5 50. g3 Kf2 51. Bc6 Be2 52. Bb7 Bf3+ 53. Bxf3 Kxf3
54. h3 Kxg3 55. h4 Kh3 {1/2 (55) Ragger,M (2694)-Bluebaum,M (2641) Novi Sad
SRB 2016}) 13. Bd3 {Now White develops comfortably while Black finds his
pieces to be a bit restricted. Therefore, he tries to free them all up with...}
f6 14. Qg3 $1 {But White doesn't oblige, and Black is in a difficult situation
here already.} d4 15. O-O-O $5 {Possibly not the only way to play but it's
definitely the most ambitious!} dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ $40 {
would also lead to a dangerous attack for White}) 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ Kg8
18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. Nh4 $1 {I wouldn't be surprised if this is all
Kramnik's preparation but either way, brilliant, whether brilliant preparation
or brilliant play over the board.} Qe8 21. Nd5 (21. e6 $5) 21... Kh7 22. Nxe7
Qxe7 23. Nf5 Nxe5 (23... Qe8 $5) 24. Nxe7 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rc7 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Rd3
Bb7 28. Re1 Bxg2 29. Rdxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 {and White quickly converted this
into a win.} Bd5 31. Nf5 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Re5 Bf7 34. Kb2 b5 35. Nd4 Kg6
36. Nf3 g4 37. Rg5+ Kf6 38. Rxg4 {1-0 (38) Kramnik,V (2808)-Meier,G (2654)
Baku AZE 2016}) ({.} 11... Qa5 $5 {is also a very logical move which has been
tried before, and also the computer likes it, at least at first. As far as I
can see after brief analysis there is nothing particularly wrong with it and
it should lead to interesting play.} 12. O-O-O Bd7 (12... Nd7 $5 {Maybe this
strange move here is possible, in order to prepare b5-b4. It also deserves
attention} 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nd4 Qc7 $6 {But this move I don't like because I
think that after it White gets an initiative for free.} (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4
{I think Black should play more directly here and now it's anyone's game, and
in fact the computer at a lower depth prefers Black.} 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. f5 exf5
(17... Nc5 18. f6 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bd7 {is very unclear})) 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Nxd5
Qa5 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. exf6 Be6 21. g4 Rfd8 22. gxf5
Rd5 23. Qg1 g6 24. fxe6 Rxd3 25. Qc5 Qd6 26. Qg5 Rh3 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Bc3 Qe6
29. Rhe1 Re3 30. f5 {1-0 (30) Salem,A (2650)-Svane,R (2552) Douglas ENG 2016})
13. f5 d4 {Otherwise White gets a free initiative.} 14. Bxd4 (14. f6 $5 {
It's possible that this is the problem move for Black.} dxe3 (14... dxc3 15.
fxe7 cxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Na4+ 17. Kc1 Nxe7 18. Rxd7 Qc3 19. Bd3 {And it's not clear
right away whether Black gets enough initiative for the piece or not.}) 15. Qg3
g6 16. Qh4) 14... exf5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {Here Black has solved his
opening problems.} 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 Rab8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Nc1
Be7 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 b4 25. a4 b3 26. cxb3 Rxb3 27. Qc2 Qb6
28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Nxb3 Qxb3 31. Rd2 Qxa4 32. Qc3 Nb5 33. Qc2 Qe4 34.
Re2 Qd4 35. Re1 g6 36. g3 h5 37. Qb3 g5 38. Rc1 Qe3 39. Qc4 h4 40. gxh4 gxh4
41. Rf1 Ke8 42. Re1 Qb6 43. Qb3 Bg5 44. Qb4 Kf7 45. Ka2 h3 46. Qb3 Qa5+ 47. Kb1
Qd2 48. Qd1 Qxd1+ 49. Rxd1 Kg6 50. Rg1 Kh5 51. Rg3 Kh4 52. Nf2 Bf4 53. Rxh3+
Kg5 54. Nd3 Nd4 55. Rh8 Be3 56. h4+ Kg4 57. h5 Kg5 58. b4 f4 59. h6 f3 60. h7
Kg6 61. Kb2 Kg7 62. Rf8 Kxh7 63. Kc3 Kg6 64. Nc5 f2 65. Rf6+ Kh5 66. Kd3 Nf5
67. Ke2 Bg5 68. Rf8 Be7 69. Ra8 Nd4+ 70. Kxf2 Nc6 71. Re8 a5 72. Rxe7 Nxe7 73.
bxa5 Kg5 74. a6 Nd5 75. a7 Nb6 76. Ke3 Kf5 77. Kd4 Na8 78. Nd7 {1-0 (78)
Sethuraman,S (2633)-Korobov,A (2687) Czech Republic CZE 2016}) 12. Nd4 {
A logical move: trying to control the d4-outpost square and trying to steer
the game into positional waters.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 f6 {This is almost a must.
Otherwise White will simply play Bd3, 0-0 and slowly apply an unpleasant
positional squeeze.} (13... b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. b4 $1 $14 {and
thanks to this useful b4-move, Black doesn't even get a chance to get the
knight to c5 and dislodge the bishop from d4. His bishop on b7 is dead, and
Black might be borderline strategically lost here.}) 14. exf6 Bxf6 $1 {It's
important to continue playing dynamically, and threaten ideas like Bg5 and e5
and make it uncomfortable for White. At least now White is forced to calculate
concrete lines and he can't apply the positional squeeze for free.} 15. Bxf6 {
An underestandable decision by Sergey, to try to play a simpler and safer move
to avoid playing against Adhiban's very strong preparation} (15. O-O-O {
This move might be a critical test of the line after all, however. Possibly
Sergey didn't want to allow extra possibilities like ...Bg5 or ...e5, or even
just ...b5 with a straightforward attacking plan for Black, but possibly they
are not as scary as they seem objectively.} b5 (15... e5 16. Bc5 $1 {The only
move for White but a good once. Ideally he doesn't want to give up the bishop
pair to Black but here the d5-square is weakened quite a bit.} Nxc5 17. Qxc5
exf4 18. Nxd5 (18. Bc4 $5) (18. Qxd5+ $5) 18... Bg4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rd6 Qe7
21. Bd3 {and perhaps White can play for some advantage here in this line.}) (
15... Bg5 {This move seems pretty harmless because White can just go back} 16.
Be3 Bf6 17. Qd2 {and Black has nothing better than to go back and now White
has at least a more pleasant position and he can go Bd4 next move once his
queen has got out of the pin.}) 16. Be2 {Here the top computer choice by far
for White is Be2, trying to simply play Rhe1 and Bg4 and exert pressure on
Black's weakness on e6, and Black still doesn't have anything convincing as it
seems.} Rb8 (16... e5 17. Bc5) 17. Rhe1 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bg4 Bxd4 20. Bxe6+
Kh8 21. Rxd4 Qb6 22. Rd2 Nc5 23. Bxd5 Rxb2 24. Qg3 $1 {It's very hard to
evaluate this position. The computer gives White some edge, but from a
practical standpoint it is probably easier to play Black because he has the
initiative. Also in between there are many pitfalls and White has to find lots
of accurate moves just to get to this position. So it seems like it's very
good practical preparation by Adhiban. But now that it's been played, it's
unclear whether there will be too many followers of this interesting idea, now
that there is less surprise value, and professionals will be able to analyse
this position now deeply with their engines which are more powerful than mine.}
) 15... Qxf6 16. g3 g5 $1 {The whole point of Black's play. Black continues to
not let White consolidate. Now White is forced to play a sharp game.} 17. O-O-O
{This seems fine, sacrifising the pawn for the initiative but it had to be
followed up correctly.} (17. Bh3) (17. Qg2 {were also alternatives but they
don't seems very promising for White.}) 17... gxf4 18. Kb1 {Played after about
a 7-minute think. This move still is not a mistake according to the computer,
getting the king out of checks along the c1-h6 diagonal. But perhaps White had
an interesting alternative here.} (18. Rd4 $5 {Of course now if ...f3, White
doesn't have to play Kb1 anymore.} fxg3 (18... f3 19. Rf4 Qh6 20. Kb1 {and
with the strong defensive rook on f8 traded, White will have more initiative
than he did in the game.} Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Ne2 $1 {is an
example of how White develops a very strong attack.} Qf7 24. Rg3 Ne5 25. Qd4
Qf6 26. Ng1 $1 $18 {is a nice sample variation}) 19. Qxg3+ {Possibly even this
isn't completely forced.} Kh8 20. Rh4 $1 Rg8 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Bd3 Qg7 23. Rh5 {
and according to the engine White's initiative is still more than enough for
the pawn. Black has to play very precisely here to hold the balance.} Bd7 $1 {
Possibly the only move.} 24. Re1 Be8 25. Rhe5 d4 26. Nb1 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Rxg4 28.
Be4 {should be close to equal.}) 18... f3 {Still played instantly by Black!}
19. g4 $2 {And this is White's first real mistake of the game, after which
White's initiative really loses steam and Black takes over the momentum. 19.
Rd4 was seemingly forced now. He tries to go for a sort of desperate attack,
but it doesn't work well for him, in particular because his knight on c3 is
really not being utilised to its maximum, and you can basically say that about
almost all of White's pieces. White's best plans involved at some point
activating his knight on c3.} (19. Rd4 $1 Ne5 20. Rf4 Qg7 21. Na4 {Perhaps
Sergey missed this unusual positional resource, which is easy to miss when
seemingly play is centred around Black's king. However, here the white knight
finds a nice way to penetrate into Black's position and White still has enough
compensation.} Bd7 22. Nc5 Rae8 23. Bh3 $44) 19... Ne5 {This was the first
real think for Adhiban.} 20. g5 Qg7 21. g6 $6 {Objectively probably not the
best but at this point it's already hard to find an active plan for White.} (
21. Na4 {This move again probably should've been tried to try to activate the
knight on c3 at least. Right now that piece is just not doing anything.}) (21.
h4 {This was also possible and here White still has a little bit of
compensation for the pawn.}) 21... hxg6 22. Bd3 Bd7 $19 {Now Black has just
completely consolidated and he's up two pawns. White would have compensation
if his knight on c3 were somewhere on the kingside, but in this position White
can't hope for much since his pieces are not being utilised to the maximum.}
23. Rdg1 Nxd3 {Removing White's last semi-dangerous piece.} 24. cxd3 Rf5 25.
Rg4 Raf8 26. Rhg1 Be8 27. Nd1 {A little too late now.} Rh5 28. h4 Re5 29. Ne3
Bb5 $1 {A nice tactical point to try to activate his bishop.} 30. Rd4 {Now the
white rook is in less than an ideal position} (30. Rxg6 Bxd3+) 30... Re4 $6 {
It's hard for me to criticise a move which led to a win the very next move,
but objectively I feel like it allowed unnecessary chances.} (30... Kh7 {
was maybe more solid.}) 31. Rxg6 $6 {Basically resigning.} (31. dxe4 {White
had a slight faint hope of survival with dxe4 and trying to create a mess near
Black's king.} Qxd4 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 {Suddenly the only move.} (32... Kh7 $4 33.
Rh6+ Kxh6 34. Ng4+ $16 {and suddenly it's White who is better.}) 33. h5 {
and surprisingly even though Black should be winning, he still has to be
careful} Qxe4+ 34. Ka1 Ke7 $1 {and already here this move is by far the best,
which honestly speaking to me, is far from obvious} 35. Ng4 d4 36. Rg7+ Kd6 $19
{If Adhiban calculated to this position and saw he's winning by force, then
it's brilliant. But for me, from a human point of view, I would be a bit
afraid to put my king like this all the way to d6, since in a position like
this, a single mis-step can suddenly change the evaluation of the position.
But I will give him the benefit of the doubt here.}) 31... Bxd3+ {And White
loses more material and is completely lost so he resigned. As a regular French
player myself, I cannot help but wonder why the French Defence is not played
more often at the elite level. And it seems like when it does get played, more
often than not Black seems to get very interesting games, and very often the
opening is a success for Black.  That's why I was very happy to see a game
like this where the French Defence proved to be alive and kicking, and what's
more: against a super-elite player, one of the best 1. e4 players of the
current generation, and a player who just played in the match for the World
Championship and must have prepared deeply for every opening. If even someone
as strong and well-prepared as Sergey Karjakin can be humbled like this in
this French maze, I still wonder why the French is not a more frequent guest
at the top level. Possibly games like this will make it more popular!} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Welcome everyone! This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman presenting to you round one
game of the day. I chose this game between Vachier-Lagrave and Naiditsch as I
found it to be a very rich game in no small part thanks to the material
imbalance. Games like this always interest me quite a bit, since I'm always
fascinated with the fight of material against initiative and other positional
factors.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 $5 {
The first mini-surprise. The most common move here as far as I know is 6...Nc6,
although 6...Be7 or 6...b6 are also quite common. 6...Be7 and 6...Nc6 I've
played myself more than once in tournament practice.} 7. Ne2 {Of course 7.Be3
is also a serious alternative, in which case Black has a choice of either
transposing into the main line with 7...Nc6 or trying to play without
committing the knight to c6, by playing 7...b5!? or 7...Qb6!?} Nc6 {By far the
most common move here.} 8. c3 {A very logical way of following up the move Ne2,
by solidifying the center.} b5 $5 {This move is already quite rare. Much more
frequent in practice has been 8...Qb6 or 8...Be7. Radjabov has also once tried
8...f6. Also it's important to note that based on the clocks, it's clear that
Naiditsch is still in his home preparation, while Vachier-Lagrave already had
around a 10-minute think on move 7.Ne2, meaning that he was probably surprised
by Naditsch's choice of lines, in particular 6...a6. After 8...b5,
Vachier-Lagrave thought for about 7 more minutes before choosing...} 9. a3 {
The idea of this move is prophylaxis against the move ...b4. However it also
has a drawback, since after Black plays ...c4, he can get quicker play with ...
a5 and ...b4, since the a3-pawn serves as a hook for quick queenside play.
However, it seems that if Black does get ...b4 in, he might be already doing
quite well, so most likely the move ...b5!? was just very good preparation on
Naiditsch's part.} (9. Be3 b4 $1 {I think this was Black's plan in the event
of 9.Be3. At first the computer doesn't like the move 9...b4 but then it
starts to realize it's quite a good move.} 10. cxb4 (10. dxc5 bxc3 11. Nxc3
Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 O-O $1 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rxc5 Qb6 16. Qc1 Bd7 17.
Rxd5 Rac8 $36 {Also offers quite good counterplay for Black thanks to the
significant initiative for two pawns.}) (10. g3 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Rb8 $11) 10...
cxd4 11. Nexd4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 (12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nxd4 $1 (13... Bb7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 $14) 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bd3 a5 $11) 14... a5 $1 $11 {
And it seems that this plan of trying to trade off the light squared bishops
should equalize for Black.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 $11) 13...
O-O $132 {Black gets decent counterplay here with ideas like ...f6 and/or ...
Nc5.}) 9... c4 {This move is already almost a novelty: it has been played only
in one game according to my database in a game between two 2000 rated players.}
10. g4 {This move is officially a novelty according to my database, and a very
logical one. Since the structure is fixed, it becomes clear. Black's space is
on the queenside, so he should play on the queenside, while White's only play
is on the kingside, therefore g4 is the only move that makes sense. In the
other game, 10.f5 was played right away.} (10. f5 $6 exf5 {is probably a bit
too optimistic for White and should just be good for Black.}) 10... h5 $1 {
This is again the only logical move, since otherwise White's plan becomes too
strong. It disturbs White's plans and makes it harder for White to get in his
f5.} (10... a5 $6 {would be too slow since...} 11. f5 $1 Bb7 12. Nf4 Qe7 13.
Bh3 $16 {and White is way ahead in the race here.}) 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. f5 $5 {
A very interesting pawn sacrifice.} (12. Ng3 {doesn't help White get the f5
break right away because...} Rh8 13. f5 {This move is still a pawn sacrifice.}
exf5 14. Nxf5 $2 (14. Qc2 $5 g6 15. h4 {maybe deserves attention.}) 14... Ndxe5
$1 $17) 12... exf5 ({Of course not} 12... Rxf5 $2 {because of} 13. Ng3 $16) 13.
Nf4 Rh8 14. Qe2 $5 {Played after a very long think and probably a good move.} (
14. Nxd5 {was of course possible, and would lead to interesting play as well.
One sample line might be...} Nb6 (14... Nf6 $5) (14... Ndb8 $5) 15. Nxb6 Qxb6
16. Qe2 (16. d5 $6 Na5 $17) 16... Bb7 17. Be3 Na5 18. Bg2 Be7 19. Nd2 O-O-O {
with very complex play.}) (14. Qc2 {was also possible but I doubt this move is
best.} Na5 {and it's not clear what White should do here.}) 14... Nb6 $6 {
As tempting as this move is, solidifying the position, it might not be the
most accurate.} (14... Be7 $3 {seems stronger since it seems to help Black
more in building harmony, while preventing White from achieving his ideal.
First of all, the obvious...} 15. Nxd5 {fails because of} (15. Qg2 {The move
that would've been excellent after ...Nb6 would now fail to ...g5!} g5 16. Nxd5
g4 $17 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 Bb7) (15. Rg1 g5 $5 16. Nxd5 g4 17. Bg2 $1 gxf3
18. Bxf3 Bb7 19. e6 {would lead to a crazy mess.}) (15. h4 Nf8 16. Qg2 Ne6 17.
Nxe6 (17. h5 Kd7 18. Nxd5 Bb7) 17... Bxe6 18. Qxg7 Kd7 19. Qg3 Qa5 {would lead
to a more stable but also very complex position.}) 15... Nc5 $1 16. Nxe7 Nd3+
17. Kd1 (17. Qxd3 $2 cxd3 18. Nxc6 Qd5 $19) 17... Nxe7 $36) 15. Rg1 $6 {
This move was probably the best in the event of 14...Be7 but in this case it
seems not quite the best.} (15. Qg2 $3 {This would've been a very strong move,
but it's probably very difficult to find. The purpose of this move is both to
disturb the opponent's harmony (not allowing Black easy development with ideas
like ...Be7, and potentially ...g5, and also, helps White build up his own
harmony in the best way.} Qe7 (15... Ra7 16. Be2) (15... Na5 16. Be3 Rg8 17. h4
$44) 16. Be2 Nd8 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 $36 {and White has a very strong initiative
here with ideas like Bd1-c2 and Nh4, and has no bad pieces. Black in the
meantime is struggling.}) 15... Ra7 $5 {Played after a 30-minute think by
Naiditsch and it certainly deserves a lot of attention since it seems to build
up harmony in a very unconventional way. There doesn't seem to be any way for
White to crash through Black's position.} (15... Qe7 {with idea of Nd8-e6 was
also possible here.} 16. h4 Nd8 17. h5 Ne6 {with complex play.}) 16. h4 (16.
Rg3 $1 {was probably the best way to take advantage of Black's slightly slow
plan. Now Black can't follow up with ...Na8 right away anymore.} Qe7 {and now
Black probably has to revert to the plan which was possible in the previous
move.} (16... Na8 $6 17. Qg2 $1 Nc7 18. Rxg7 $1 Bxg7 $6 19. Qxg7 $16) 17. Ng5
Nd8 {and Black seems to be solid enough even though White has obvious
compensation.}) 16... Na8 $1 17. e6 {Otherwise Black will blockade the
e6-square. Maybe this idea wasn't objectively the most sound, but it was
probably worth a try at least in a practical game.} (17. Bh3 Nc7 18. Qc2 Ne6
19. Bxf5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qd7 {would lead to a more balanced
position.}) 17... Bxe6 $1 {The only move in the position but Naiditsch spent
around half his remaining time here, probably trying to make sure he's not
losing by force. However, Black seems to be doing very well.} 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {
It seems like White doesn't quite have enough compensation, since the key
squares for Black are well defended.} 19. Rg6 Nc7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Qh2 Bxf4 22.
Qxf4 Kd7 ({With} 22... Kf8 {it was also possible to try to hold on to both
pawns. Understandably though Black decides to sacrifice his weak pawn on g7 in
order to get his king to safety.}) 23. Rxg7+ Kc8 24. O-O-O {Perhaps it was
better to put the king on f2 since in the endgame it will be better served
closer to the passed pawn.} (24. Be2 Qf6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. hxg5 $13) 24... Qf6
25. Qg5 $1 {Otherwise Black will be the one to start the attack with a5 and b4.
White is now banking his hopes on the passed pawn.} (25. Qg3 a5 $17) 25...
Qxg5+ 26. hxg5 Ne8 $1 $17 {A nice defensive move stabilizing everything.} 27.
Rg6 Re7 28. Re1 Kd7 29. Rh6 Rg8 30. Bh3 $6 {The last inaccuracy. Now White is
lost. White should've tried to prevent the idea Nd6-e4.} (30. Nh4 $1 Nd6 $6 (
30... Nd8 31. Ng6 Reg7 32. Nf4 Rxg5 33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Rhxe6 $17 {with some
saving chances.}) 31. Ng6 {and here White gets some activity.} Ree8 32. Rh7+
Kc8 33. Nf4 Rxg5 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Nxe6 Rg1 36. Rc7+ Kb8 37. Rxc6 Rxf1+ 38. Kc2
$132) 30... Nd6 $19 {The rest is a matter of technique for Black, especially
after he makes the time control.} 31. Rg1 Ne4 32. Kd1 Reg7 33. Rh5 Nd8 34. Ke2
Nf7 {White is about to lose his only hope of the position and will be down two
pawns for no compensation.} 35. g6 Rxg6 36. Rxf5 {The last chance to muddy the
waters.} Rxg1 37. Rxf7+ Ke8 38. Ra7 Rb1 39. Bxe6 Rxb2+ 40. Ke3 Rg3 41. Bxd5
Nxc3 42. Bc6+ Kf8 43. d5 $6 (43. Kf4 {would prolong the game a little bit but
probably not for long.}) 43... Rg4 {White is losing more material here. A very
nice battle where Arkadij Naiditsch used some excellent preparation to get a
very good 3-result battle against a top player such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
who is always well-prepared. Then he boldly took the challenge, accepted the
material and found some very nice defensive resources to neutralize White's
initiative. Great game!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ootes, Lars"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 Qb6 10. c3 a5 11. Be2 g6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rc1 b4 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. c4
cxd4 16. cxd5 dxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. d6 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rc7 $2 (20. Nd4
Bh6 21. Rc7 $11) 20... Bh6 $2 (20... Be7 $1 21. Rfc1 Bd8 $19) 21. Rfc1 Rd8 22.
Nd4 $2 (22. Qf2 Bxf4 23. Qh4 $11) 22... Nxe5 $1 $19 23. Nc6 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nxc6
25. R1xc6 Qb5 26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Qc1 Kg7 28. Rcc7 Rhf8 29. Rxe6 Qd5 30. Qe1 Bxf4
31. Rce7 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Be2 e5
15. fxe5 Re8 16. Bf3 Rxe5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Qd6 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Qg3 24. Rxe6 Qxf3 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qf1+ 27.
Nd1 Nh5 28. Re7 b5 29. Qb6 Qf4+ 30. Ne3 Rd6 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qe8 Qxg5 33. Re5
Qg1+ 34. Nd1 Nf6 35. Qe7 Rc6 36. Qb7 $2 (36. Re1 Qh2 37. Re2 $15) 36... Rxc2+
$1 $19 37. Kxc2 Qh2+ 38. Kc1 Qxe5 39. Qxa6 Qf4+ 40. Kc2 Qc4+ $2 (40... Qf5+ 41.
Kc1 Qg5+ $19) 41. Nc3 $11 b4 42. Qxc4 dxc4 43. Nd1 Nd5 44. a3 bxa3 45. bxa3 g5
46. Nf2 Kg6 47. a4 Kf5 48. a5 Ke5 49. a6 Kd4 50. a7 Nc7 51. Ng4 Ke4 52. Nf6+
Ke5 53. Ng4+ Kd5 54. Nf6+ Kc6 55. Kc3 Kc5 56. Ne4+ Kd5 57. Nxg5 Nb5+ 58. Kc2
Nxa7 59. Nf3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Qc2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5
15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 Qb6 17. Nf3 a5 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O Ba6 20. Nf2 Rfc8 21. Rab1
Rab8 22. Rfc1 h6 23. g4 c3 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. g5 h5 26. g6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 Nf8 28.
Qxh5 c2 29. Ra1 Rc3 30. Ng5 Qa7 $2 (30... Rc7 31. Kh1 Qc4 $14) 31. Kg2 $2 (31.
Kh1 Rc7 32. Nf3 $18) 31... Qxd4 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Rg1 a4 34. Raf1 Rbc8 35. Kh1
$1 (35. Rc1 $2) 35... R3c7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Ng4 c1=Q $2 (37... Qxg1+ 38. Rxg1
c1=Q $11) 38. Nf6+ $2 (38. Rxc1 Qxf4 39. Nf6+ $1) 38... gxf6 $18 39. Rxc1 Rxc1
$2 (39... fxg5 40. Qxg5+ Kf7) 40. Qf7+ $18 Kh8 41. Qh7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. c3
Be7 9. a3 c4 10. g4 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. f5 Nf8 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nf4 Rh8 15.
Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Qc2 O-O-O 17. Be3 Rh5 18. Bf2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O Nf4 21.
Bg3 Bd6 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. h4 a6 25. Bh3 Na7 26. Rde1 Nb5 27. Ka2
Rh6 28. Re6 Qa5 29. Kb1 Bd6 30. Kc1 Rg8 31. Rf1 Rhg6 32. a4 Bf4+ 33. Kb1 Nc7
34. Re2 Rg3 35. Bf5 b5 36. Be6 $2 (36. h5 bxa4 37. Bg6 $11) {[%tqu "En","","",
"","g3f3","",10]} 36... Rxf3 $1 $19 37. Rxf3 Rg1+ 38. Ka2 Rc1 39. Rxf4 Rxc2 40.
Rxc2 Nxe6 41. Rxf6 Qxa4+ 42. Kb1 b4 43. cxb4 Nxd4 44. Rg2 Qe8 45. Rgg6 c3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Luther,T"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 {Eine gute Idee,
Schwarz kann sich in der Folge nicht mit b5-b4 und a6-a5 ausbreiten.} Qc7 $6 ({
Besser ist gleich} 13... Qe7) 14. Bd3 Bxd4 (14... b4 $4 15. Qh3 h6 (15... g6
16. Ne2 $16) 16. Ne2 $18 {In beiden Varianten kommt der weiße Angriff zu
schnell.}) 15. Qxd4 Bb7 ({Das nach} 15... Qc5 {entstehende Endspiel ist für
Schwarz äußerst undankbar.}) 16. Rhe1 Nc5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Qe3 Ne4 19. Nd4 (19.
Bxe4 dxe4 {macht nur den Lb7 besser. Schwarz hat wegen des Drucks auf der
c-Linie und der Möglichkeit f7-f6 gute Kompensation für den schwachen Bauern
e4.}) 19... Qe7 20. Nf3 (20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Qxe5 {bietet Weiß nicht viel.})
20... Qb4 21. Ka1 Qe7 {Diagr., Schwarz steht etwas schlechter, aber ich kenne
diesen Stellungstyp gut. Wenn Weiss am Königsflügel ihre Bauern bewegt, kommt
Schwarz mit f7-f6 zu Gegenspiel. Judit findet einen anderen Weg, zum
Königsangriff zu kommen.} 22. Ng5 (22. g4 f6 $132) 22... d4 $1 23. Qh3 Nxg5 24.
fxg5 g6 25. Qg4 {Weiss droht nun unangenehm h2-h4-h5. Schwarz muss schnell
gegen e5 oder c2 vorgehen.} Rc5 26. h4 Qc7 27. Qf4 $6 (27. Qxd4 Bxg2 28. Qe3 {
hält den schwarzen Läufer ausser Spiel und droht weiterhin, anzugreifen.})
27... Bxg2 28. Qxd4 $2 {Inkonsequent,} ({nach} 28. h5 gxh5 {hätte es starker
Nerven gebraucht, meine Stellung zu verteidigen.}) 28... Bh3 {jetzt kommt der
Läufer nach f5, Schwarz kann auf Vorteil spielen.} 29. c3 Rd8 30. Qf4 Bf5 (
30... Rxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kb1 Rxd3 33. Rc1 {erschien mir zu gefährlich, z.
B.} Qa5 34. Rc8+ Rd8 35. Rec1 {und Schwarz hat Probleme mit der Grundreihe.})
31. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 gxf5 33. Rd6 $2 {Danach bekommt Schwarz endgültig
Oberwasser, besser war} (33. h5 Rxe5 34. g6 {und wegen des offenen Königs hat
Schwarz keinen Vorteil.}) 33... Qb7 34. a3 Qe4 {dieser Konter bringt die
Entscheidung, Weiss verliert Material.} 35. Qf2 Rd5 (35... Rxe5 $6 36. Qb6 {
und Weiss hat Dauerschach.}) 36. Rxd5 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Qxd5+ 38. Ka1 Qd1+ 39. Ka2
Qd5+ 40. Ka1 Qxe5 41. Qb6 h5 {verschafft dem König genügend Platz, möglich war
auch} (41... Kg7 42. Qd8 f4 43. h5 Qf5 $19) 42. gxh6 Qe1+ 43. Ka2 Qxh4 44. Qxa6
Qc4+ 45. Kb1 Kh7 46. Qb7 Kxh6 47. Qxf7 Kg5 {diese Stellung hatte ich mit 41...
h5 angestrebt, Weiss kann den Vormarsch der Freibauern nicht aufhalten.} 48.
Kc1 Kf4 49. Qg6 Qf1+ 50. Kd2 Qf2+ 51. Kd1 Qf1+ 52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Kd1 e5 54. Qh6+
Kf3 55. Qc6+ e4 56. Qxb5 f4 57. Qb7 (57. Qh5+ Kg2 58. Qg6+ Qg3 59. Qxe4+ Qf3+
$19) 57... Qf1+ 58. Kc2 Qd3+ 59. Kb3 Ke2 60. Qg7 f3 61. Qg4 Qb5+ 62. Kc2 Qd5
63. b4 Qa2+ 64. Kc1 Qxa3+ 65. Kc2 Qa2+ 66. Kc1 e3 67. Qh5 Qa1+ 68. Kc2 Qa2+ 69.
Kc1 Qd2+ 70. Kb1 Qxc3 71. b5 Qb3+ 72. Kc1 Qc3+ 73. Kb1 Kd2 74. Qxf3 Qc2+ 75.
Ka1 Qd1+ {und nachdem beide Bauern sich umgewandelt haben, wird Weiss mit Kc2+
nebst Da5 mattgesetzt.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 (7... a6
8. Qd2 Qb6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. dxc5 (10. Kb1) 10... Nxc5 11. Kb1 b5 $13) (7... Be7
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 (9... Qa5 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Kb1 Kh8
13. Nd4 $13) 10. O-O-O Qa5 (10... b6)) 9... b6 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6) 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qb5 (10... Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 b5 13. a3 Be7 14.
Nc5 Qc7 (14... Qb6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Be2 a5 17. Qd2 O-O 18. f5 exf5 19. Bg5
Bxg5 20. Qxg5 b4 21. Qe7 Be6 22. Qc5 Rab8 23. axb4 axb4 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Ke3
b3 26. Rab1 Ra8 27. Rhc1 Ra2 28. Bf1 h6 29. h4) 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qc2 Qb6 17.
Be2 a5 18. g4 Rc8 19. f5 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rhc1 b3 23. Qb2 O-O
24. Bd2 Be8 25. Ba5 Qb5 26. Kg3 Bg6 27. Bc3 Rf7 {Simon,O (2342)-Metral,J (2039)
/Issy les Moulineaux 2011/EXT 2012/[RR]/1-0 (49)}) (10... Qc7 {La grande ligne}
) 11. Nc5 a5 $1 (11... Ne7 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. a4 Qc6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16.
g4 Nh6 17. h3 f5 18. g5 Ng8 19. Nd2 O-O-O 20. Bf3 Kb8 21. Qe2 Bc8 22. Nf1 Bf8
23. Be3 Ne7 24. h4 Qc7 25. Kf2 a5 26. b5 {Nijboer,F (2571)-Benitah,Y (2398)/
Cappelle la Grande 2006/CBM 110 ext/1/2-1/2 (86)}) 12. a3 $5 {la tentative
d'amélioration du top GMI sur une vieille partie de son adversaire} (12. a4
Qb6 {Mastrovasilis,D (2522)-Benitah,Y (2420) FRA-chT2 0304a 2003 (8.3) 1-0})
12... Ne7 (12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Be7) 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Bf2 a4 $6 {
Les Noirs préparent le ooo mais ils auront une position assez passive} 15. Qc2
b6 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. g4 Nh6 18. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Gg5,Rh7]} g6 (18... O-O-O) 19.
h4 O-O-O 20. h5 $36 {[%csl Rh7]} Bg7 $6 (20... Be8 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge8f7]})
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rxh6 $1 Rxh6 (22... Bxh6 23. Nxf7) 23. Nxf7 Rh1+ (23... Be8
24. Nxh6 Bxh6 25. f5) 24. Bf1 (24. Kd2 $1 Rxa1 25. Nd6+) 24... Be8 25. Nxd8
Kxd8 26. Bg3 Rh8 27. O-O-O Qd7 28. Bg2 Qf7 29. Rf1 Bd7 30. Qd1 Kc7 31. Rh1 Qf8
32. Rxh8 Qxh8 33. Qh1 Bh6 34. Kd2 Qf8 35. Ke3 Kc6 36. Qh4 b5 37. Bf3 (37. Bh3 {
[%cal Gf4f5]}) 37... Kb6 38. Qf6 $1 Qxf6 39. exf6 Be8 40. g5 Bf8 41. f5 $1 gxf5
42. Be5 $44 Kc6 43. Kf4 Bg6 44. Kg3 Bd6 $2 {Les Noirs vont garder un trés
mauvais B} 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. Kf4 {[%csl Ge5,Re6]} Kd7 47. Ke5 Bf7 48. Bxd5 exd5
49. Kxf5 Bh5 50. g6 Ke8 51. Kg5 Bf3 52. f7+ Ke7 53. Kh6 Kf8 54. g7+ {Dominique
PRIMEL} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
b6 $5 {Not one of the main traditional lines, but nowadays players tend to
explore a wide range of variations, especially in such a flexible opening as
the French.} 9. Bd3 (9. O-O-O {exposes the king to a pawn attack.} c4 10. f5 b5
11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 (12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 Qxd2+ 15. Nexd2 b4 $13
{Ziaziulkina,N (2342)-Cori Tello,D (2413) Athens 2012 (1-0, 91)}) (12. Nxb5 Rb8
$36) 12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 c3 $36 {Firat,B (2421)
-Michiels,B (2505) Legnica 2013 (0-1, 20)}) (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 f5
12. Nd1 $6 (12. exf6) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 $132 {Smirnov,V (1957)-Bajarani,
U (2437) Kirishi 2011 (0-1, 46)}) (9. Nd1 {is the same plan as in the game,
but keeping the possibility of castling to either side, according to the
circumstances. It might be White's best move order.} cxd4 (9... O-O 10. Bd3 f5
11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nf2 c4 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Bf3 Be8 17.
c3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Qc6 20. Nh3 Bg6 21. Bg5 $14 {Quesada Perez,Y 
(2596)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2541) Santa Clara 2013 (1-0, 41)}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. g3 O-O 14. Ne3 Nc5 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
O-O-O Rac8 18. Kb1 Rc7 19. Rhe1 $14 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Shirov,A (2706)
Istanbul 2012 (1-0, 90)}) 9... Bb7 (9... O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1
c4 13. Be2 Bb4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Qe1 {Black should be doing fine
here, but the next move was probably based on a miscalculation.} d4 (16... Bxc3
17. bxc3 Bd7) 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qf2 b5 ({Morozevich might have
overlooked that} 19... dxe3 20. Qxe3 $14 {retrieves the piece with an
advantage.}) 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qa5 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Rfd1 $36 {Carlsen,M 
(2837)-Morozevich,A (2770) Astana 2012 (1-0, 44)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 f5 $1 {Grischuk praised this move, which solves Black's
problems.} 14. exf6 {Played after 42 minutes!} ({Grischuk considered the line} 
14. g4 g6 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rg1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {
but then realised that with the knight immobilised by the threat of ...e3+ he
can hardly be better.}) 14... Bxf6 15. c3 Qc7 $1 {Another strong move
according to Grischuk. Black develops normally and White is not in time to
maintain the blockade.} 16. Qe3 Rae8 $6 {Too slow.} ({The best was} 16... e5 $1
$132 {with better development for Black in an open position. Grischuk was
ready to settle for a draw with} 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxh7+ $5 $11 Kxh7 19. Qh3+
Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 $11) 17. Qh3 g6 (17... h6 {creates some other sort of
weaknesses:} 18. Ne3 (18. Qh5 e5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $5 {preventing
Ne3} 21. Nf2 Nf6 $11) 18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 Rxf4 20. Ng4 $40 {and now the other
thematic sacrifice, Nxh6+ is in the air.}) 18. Ne3 $14 Bxd4 {Wang Hao spent 22
minutes before embarking on this risky operation.} 19. cxd4 Rxf4 $6 20. Bxg6 $1
{A very strong sacrifice, but Grischuk was getting short of time and could not
calculate the exact consequences with precision.} hxg6 21. Qh6 Rf6 (21... Rxf1+
22. Rxf1 Nf8 23. Ng4 $18) 22. Ng4 $6 ({As shown by Grischuk afterwards,} 22.
Rac1 $1 {was much stronger:} Qd8 23. Ng4 Rxf1+ (23... Ref8 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.
Rf3 $1 Rxf3 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. gxf3 Nf6 28. Kh1 $16 {The material is about
equal, but the black king is exposed and the bishop is passive. Besides, the
dark squares are weak, allowing sudden queen switches such as Qg3-c7.}) 24.
Rxf1 Rf8 (24... Qe7 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rf7 $18) 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Re1 $40 {[%csl Gb7]}) 22... Rxf1+ (22... Ref8 23.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rac1 Rf7 27. Rc3 Ba6 28. Rf4 $14)
23. Rxf1 Qc2 $1 {Possibly missed by Grischuk who already was in time trouble.
He confessed that he was happy when he found a safe way to a draw.} 24. Qh4 Rf8
25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ Kxh6 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 (28... Kh8 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8
30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Qe7+ $1 {leads to a perpetual anyway.}) 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qe7+
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {Black wants to get the
bishops pair, which may tell later taking into account the white weaknesses
along the c-file. In doing so, he neglects his kingside development slightly.}
({The by far most popular move is} 12... Bb4 {See for instance two games
annotated by Finkel:} 13. O-O O-O (13... a6 {Degraeve,J (2586)-Lampen,T (2315)
Chalkidiki 2002 CBM 092 [Finkel,A] (0-1, 29)}) 14. Rb3 {Rechlis,G (2525)
-Zueger,B (2448) Ohrid 2001 CBM 084 [Finkel,A] (1-0, 63)}) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.
Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 {White has an excellent blockade on dark squares and some
lead in development. However, Black has some long term plusses, such as his
bishops pair and the more compact structure.} Qh4+ 16. Bf2 (16. Qf2 Be7 17.
Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8 O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23.
Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 {1/2 Shirov,A (2714)-Morozevich,A (2694) Biel 2011. Now
and in other positions below, the bishops will provide the vulnerable
queenside with entirely adequate defence.}) 16... Qd8 17. Bb6 {Deviating from
a previous game of Nakamura.} (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O
21. Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 {Typically, the bishops can display effective activity
from the back rank, especially if they act in tandem.} 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8
Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2776)
-Nakamura,H (2774) Monaco 2011 (1/2, 124)}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (
19... Rb8 20. O-O Rc8 {does not make much sense to me: why would he lose one
tempo when behind in development already?} 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. f5 $36 {Kurnosov,
I (2657)-Andreikin,D (2689) Sochi 2012 (1-0, 55)}) 20. Rxc8 $146 (20. Ra7 Qh4+
21. g3 Qh3 22. Rxd7 {Nice, but enough for a draw by perpetual (at least
judjing from the course of this game)} Kxd7 23. Qa4+ Rc6 24. Qxa6 $8 {[%cal
Ga6b7]} Rxc3 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qa4+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ Kc8
30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. Qa4+ {1/2 Solodovnichenko,Y (2598)-Ikonnikov,V (2537) Ghent
BEL 2012}) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 $6 {This is much too slow. White
will need two (!) more tempi to free the b6-square for his rook, leading to
the complete loss of his advance in development.} ({To me, the critical
continuation is} 22. f5 Be7 (22... exf5 $2 23. Nxd5 $18) 23. Rf3 {, when Black
would still have to find a way to bring his king into safety.}) 22... Be7 23.
Qe3 (23. f5 f6 $1) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8 {Black has completed his development
and retains some strategic trumps. Therefore, White starts the peace
negotiations.} 25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {
A curious approach. In the traditional main lines Black tries to obtain some
queenside counterplay before defining his intentions regarding his king. By
castling short so soon Black takes a certain risk but his plan is to wait
until White develops his king's bishop in order to exchange it with ...b6 and .
..Ba6 thus reducing the impact of White's attack.} 8. Qd2 b6 9. Nd1 (9. Be2 Nc6
10. O-O f5 {Bente,B (2312)-Prusikin,M (2536) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2015 EXT
2016 [Prusikin,M] (0-1, 47)}) ({The double-edged} 9. O-O-O {leads to
interesting play:} Nc6 10. Kb1 c4 11. f5 b5 $5 12. Nxb5 $6 {This offers Black
time and the b-file for his attack.} (12. f6 $5 gxf6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bh6 Kh8
15. Qf4 b4 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Na4 {Black surely has compensation for the
exchange due to his compact structure and the strong dark-squared bishop, but
the final evaluation is not too clear. After all, it looks as if only White
could start an attack now.}) 12... Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 Nf6 15. Bg5 Qb6
16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Qa3 exf5 $19 {Saric,I (2628)-Svane,R (2467) Kozloduy 2013 (0-1,
26)}) 9... a5 {Consequently waiting for White to develop his bishop.} (9... Ba6
{Bromberger,S (2532)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Austria 2016 (1/2-1/2, 30)} 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. O-O {offers White some extra time.}) 10. c3 ({Black is well prepared
if White tries to change the character of the position with} 10. c4 Bb7 11. Nc3
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 ({It makes slightly more sense
to develop the queen with gain of time before moving with the knight:} 14...
Qc7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nb5 Qb7) 15. Be3 Bh4+ (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Ke2 Qc8 17. Ne4
Ndxe5 $2 {An unsound sacrifice.} ({Due to his somewhat planless play Black is
under some pressure but he would retain a normal position by regrouping with} 
17... Be7) 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb5 $18 {Vovk,A (2622)-Svane,R (2501) Metz 2014 
(1-0, 28)}) 10... a4 11. Bd3 {White could have continued the half-waiting game
by delaying the bishop's development.} (11. Bf2 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ndb8 13. O-O Ba6
14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. g4 {It is hard to evaluate if White has an
advantage but his position certainly looks more harmonious than in our main
game.} b5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. f5 b4 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Ng4
bxc3 (22... a3 $5) 23. bxc3 e5 $13 {Ochsner,B (2413)-Svane,R (2519) Vaxjo 2015
(1/2-1/2, 32)}) ({To me, the most constructive move looks to be} 11. Nf2 $5
$146) 11... Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 (12... Qc8 {0-1 (37) Asgarizadeh,A (2412)-Svane,R 
(2509) Moscow 2015} 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. f5 Nc6 (14... exf5 15. Bg5) 15. Bh6 $5
gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qd3 17. fxe6 (17. f6 Qg6) 17... Ndb8 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. exf7+ Rxf7
20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. Nxd5 $44) 13. Bxa6 $6 {This looks like a small concession.}
({Giri must have rejected the most natural} 13. f5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 {because it
exposes the white queen to a later ...Nb4.} a3 15. b3 (15. fxe6 {is a similar
concession as in the game, leading to an absolutely fine position for Black:}
fxe6 16. b3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Qe2 Nb8) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 (16. Bxd4 Nc5
17. Qc2 Ne4 $15) 16... Nb4 17. Qe2 $1 ({The attempt to keep the pawn with} 17.
Qb1 {leaves the queen too passive.} Qc8 18. Rf2 Nb8 {[%csl Gf5]} 19. f6 (19. g4
f6 $17) 19... gxf6 20. Bh6 N8c6 $1 {A thematic exchange sacrifice and one
which is already familiar to us .} (20... Rd8 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne3 N8c6 23.
Ng4 Be7 24. Bg5 $40) 21. exf6 (21. Bxf8 Qxf8 $17 {Black has a firm control
over the dark squares and is better coordinated despite the lost exchange.})
21... Bxf6 22. Ne3 Nxd4 23. Qd1 Nb5 24. Rc1 Nc3 25. Qd2 Nbxa2 26. Ng4 Be7 27.
Re1 (27. Qd4 f6 28. Nge5 $5 Ne2+ $1 29. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Nxc1 $19 {[%csl
Ge2][%cal Ge7c5,Ga3a2]}) 27... Ne4 28. Qxa2 Nxf2 29. Qxf2 Kh8 {[%csl Ga3]
White's attack had come to a dead end and the a-pawn is very threatening.})
17... exf5 (17... Nb8 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bh6 {offers White a much stronger attack
than with the queen on b1.}) 18. Bd2 $44 Nb8 {A typical regrouping improving
the placement of the passive knight.} 19. Ne3 Qd7 $2 (19... g6 20. g4 $44) 20.
Bxb4 $6 {Exchanging an important attacking piece.} (20. Nh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb4]}
g6 $6 21. Nhxf5 gxf5 22. Nxf5 Kh8 23. Bh6 Rg8 24. e6 $1 {[%cal Ge2e5]} Qxe6 25.
Qxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe7 Re8 27. Rf7 $18) 20... Bxb4 21. Nh4 $6 {It is not the same
now.} (21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh3 g6 23. Nf4 Ra5 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Rac1 $36) 21... g6 22.
Qf3 Be7 23. Nhxf5 $2 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 {Baskin,R (2329)-Neef,M (2406) Germany
2016 (0-1, 32)}) 13... Rxa6 14. f5 b5 (14... exf5 15. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Ga6,Gf5]})
15. fxe6 {(?) While I was watching the game I considered this to be a serious
mistake, as White abandons any hopes for an attack and dooms himself to play
the defender's part. But since it is the engines' favourite I have inserted my
evaluation between brackets. In fact, the question mark should apply to
White's previous play, preventing him from keeping the tension or insisting
with the attack under optimal circumstances.} (15. g4 {looks too slow:} Nb6 16.
Qg2 Nc4 17. Kh1 b4 $36) ({The only consequent move was} 15. f6 $5 gxf6 16. exf6
(16. Bh6 fxe5 {leaves Black with two pawns for the exchange.}) 16... Nxf6 17.
Bh6 Ne4 18. Qe1 f5 {[%cal Gf8f6]} (18... Re8 19. Nf2 $36 {[%cal Ge1g3]}) 19.
Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nf2 {Black has wonderful compensation for the exchange but the
position remains double-edged.}) 15... fxe6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nf2 a3 18. b3 b4
$36 {Nimzowitsch would be proud of Black's position: he has managed to attack
the pawn chain from its base. White seems to have defensive resources, but
Giri will not exploit them.} 19. dxc5 {This helps Black in activating his
pieces.} (19. cxb4 $5 Nxb4 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Ga6]}) 20. Nd3 Qb5
21. Rad1) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4 Ne4 22. cxd5 $2 {For far from
obvious reasons, White should have kept his pawn on c4.} (22. Kh1 Nc3 ({
The point is that} 22... Nxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nxe5 $2 {fails to} 24. c5 $1 $18) 23.
Qd3 Ne7 24. Nd4 $15) 22... exd5 23. e6 {This looks like desperation but the
e5-pawn was in trouble anyway.} ({Now the line} 23. Kh1 Nxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nxe5 {
works perfectly for Black.}) 23... Ne7 (23... Raa8 $5 $17 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 24.
Kh1 Nc3 25. Qd3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 {Black is in complete control of the
position. It may be early for speaking about a decisive advantage, but in the
game White will not be able to create any complications.} 26. Nd1 Qb5 27. Qxb5
Nxb5 28. Nf2 Rxe6 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Rfc1 Nc3 31. Nxb4 Nxb4 32. Rxc3 {Retrieving
the pawn is a passing joy due to the second rank invasion.} Re2 33. Rc7 Ra8 $1
$19 (33... Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Nxa2 35. Ra7) 34. Nd4 Rxa2 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. h3 a2 {
The pawn is unstoppable so White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. dxc5 {A rare and possibly not best move. White's desire to clear
the d4-square for his pieces is understandable, but theprize to pay is
relatively high: Black wins time for his development.} Bxc5 {In most of the
games where this line was played, Black captured with the knight. With his
move, Morozevich shows that he treasures the dynamic factors (rapid
development) higher than static ones (the exchange of the dark-squared bishops)
.} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 b4 {In such situations, it is far from clear whether
the move a3 slows down Black's attack or just facilitates it.} 13. Ne2 ({
After this volunatry retreat, the second aspect mentioned in the previous
comment seems to become valid. Svidler probably disliked the fact that after} 
13. axb4 Nxb4 {Black threatens not only ...Nbxd3+ followed by the fork on b3,
but also ...d4. However, both threats could be parried with} 14. Be2 {. True,
this would leave the e4-square poorly defended, but we should also take into
account that Black's knight's jump to b4 has left the d4-square to White's
mercy.}) 13... Qb6 14. Qe3 $6 ({Slightly carelessly. With a black bishop on b7,
White's main concern should be to maintain the d4-square safely blocked.
Therefore,} 14. Nfd4 {Should have been preferred.}) 14... d4 $1 {The tendency
of such pawns to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the other pieces is
known from Nimzovich' time.} 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rd8 {
The g2-pawn is not entirely eadible yet, because of Rg1 followed by Rxg7.
However, the activity of the black bishop along the h1-a8 diagonal is quite
annoying for White.} 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. Qxc5 $6 ({White sacrifices the echange,
but gets no adequate compensation for it. True, after} 19. O-O {Black has a
great position, but White is very much in the game still. It is hard to say
whether Svidler overestimated his attacking chances after the game move or
simply disliked his position in general.}) 19... Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Nc3 Qxh2
22. Ra4 Qxg2+ {Although Black is temporarily deprived of the right to castle,
it is the white king who is in danger.} 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Qb4 Qg1+ 25. Nd1 Bf3
26. Rxa6 Qc5 27. Qa4+ Kf8 28. Ra5 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Be7 {These bishops are strong in defence, being able to
control a lot of squares together and thus prevent the enemy rooks' intrusion.}
17. g3 $146 ({If} 17. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 {Black managed to set up a
reliable fortress in two high level games:} 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8
O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23. Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Shirov,A (2714)
-Morozevich,A (2694) Biel 2011 and} 25. Rb8 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Dominguez Perez,
L (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2718) Sochi 2012}) 17... Qh3 18. Kd2 Bd8 {Here, too,
the bishops are effective. The queen is not really out of play, since it is
keeping White busy on the kingside after having provoked him into voluntarily
giving up the right to castle.} 19. Rhb1 Bc6 {[%cal Ge8g8]} 20. Bc5 {Of course,
one of the bishops had to be eliminated in order to get chances for an
advantage.} Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Kc1 $44 f6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qe2 Rc7 25. Rxc7
Bxc7 26. e6 Bb6 27. Bxb6 O-O 28. e7 Re8 29. Bd8 Qc8 30. Kb2 g6 31. Qd3 Qc6 32.
Qc3 Qb5+ 33. Qb3 Qc5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Kb3 h5 37. Kb4 h4 38. g4 h3 39.
Ka5 Rh8 40. a4 Rh4 41. Qg3 g5 42. Qd3 gxf4 43. Qf5 f3 44. Qxf3 Qe6 45. g5 Qc6
46. g6+ Ke8 47. Qb3 Rg4 48. g7 f5 49. g8=Q+ Rxg8 50. Qxh3 Qe6 51. Bb6 Kxe7 52.
Qh7+ Qf7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Kxa6 f4 55. a5 f3 56. Kb7 Rg2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. a7
Ra2 59. h4 Kf6 60. h5 Kg5 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Kxa8 Kxh5 63. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {This is an
obvious slowing down of the traditional plan of putting pressure on d4 and e5.
Black's idea will be revealed on the next move.} 7. Be3 b6 $5 {An idea used by
Morozevich in a couple of occasions, although without success. Black intends
to exchange the light-squared bishops with ...Ba6 and then block the queenside
with ...c4 and maybe the kingside with ...f5. This plan has been used by great
players from the past (such as Botvinnik and Kortschnoj), but in the 3.Nd2 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 lines, where White's dynamism in the centre is neglectable. With the
knight on c3 and without having defined the plans for the c-pawn, White can
react energetically, which will actually happen in the game.} 8. Be2 {Quite
subtle. In the 3.Nd2 lines White usually delays the bishop's development
hoping to play Bf1xa6 without loss of time. With the knight on c3, he can make
use of the bishops tension in another way, provoking Black to play ...Bxe2,
when Nxe2 would regroup with the knight preparing for both c2-c4 and f4-f5 (...
exf5, Nf4).} (8. Qd2 g6 $5 (8... Ba6 {Timmermans,I (2177)-Hvenekilde,J (2296)/
Copenhagen 2002/CBM 089 ext (1/2, 12)} 9. f5 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 $36 Nc6 $2 11. fxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qb8 14. Nb5 $18) 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 ({
Actually, I find} 11. Nxe2 {more dangerous. I am not sure whether the extra
tempo ...g7-g6 does make a big difference after} Nc6 12. c4) 11... Nc6 12. Rad1
a6 13. Kh1 h5 $13 {Sznapik,A (2485)-Hvenekilde,J (2285)/Copenhagen 1990/EXT
2000 (1-0, 48). Black has stabilized both wings and can look in the future
with optimism.}) (8. Bd3 Ba6 9. O-O Bxd3 10. cxd3 {An interesting
anti-blocking concept. On the queenside, Black cannot find a proper way of
releasing the tension.} Nc6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 ({He could block the
kingside with} 12... f5 $5 {though}) 13. Rac1 a6 14. Ne2 Qc7 ({Now is a bit
late for} 14... f5 {, since after} 15. exf6 $1 {the c5-pawn needs defence,
forcing Black to play the unnatural} Rxf6 16. Bf2 $14) 15. f5 exf5 16. Nf4 Qd8
17. e6 $36 {Bologan,V (2681)-Morozevich,A (2748)/Beijing 2012/ (1-0, 59)}) (8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 O-O $6 {Castling right under the attack. Instead, Black should
have found a way to stabilize the kingside and then proceed with the queenside
plan, possibly crowned by caslting long.} (9... h5 $6 {[%cal Gg7g6]} 10. f5
exf5 11. Nf4 $44) (9... g6 $5 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 10. g4 $6 h5 11. f5 $2 hxg4 12.
fxe6 gxf3 13. exd7+ Bxd7 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rh4 $17) 10. Ng3 c4 11. Ng5 h6
12. h4 b5 (12... hxg5 13. hxg5 g6 14. Nh5 $1 $40) 13. Qc2 Bxg5 (13... hxg5 14.
hxg5 g6 15. Rh6 {/\Rxg6+; /\Be2, Kd2, Rah1} Kg7 16. Nh5+ $1) 14. hxg5 $18 {
Shirov,A (2736)-Morozevich,A (2732)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0, 40)}) (8. f5
{has never been tried, but deserves some attention. Still, Black seems to be
doing fine.} Nc6 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Bb5 (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxg5 Qxg5
13. Bxg5 Nxd4) 10... Ndb8 11. O-O (11. Ng5 cxd4) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6
Nxc6 14. c3 a5) 8... Ba6 9. O-O (9. g4 h5) (9. f5 $5) 9... Bxe2 $6 {This helps
White to clear the path for the c-pawn.} (9... g6 {[%cal Gh7h5] is a worthy
aternative.} 10. g4 h5 11. f5 (11. h3 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nc6 14. c4
dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qc8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gd7f8]}) 11... hxg4 (11... Bxe2
12. Qxe2 hxg4 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nb5 $1 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Rf8 16. Qg4 $40) 12. fxe6
fxe6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Rg8 15. Qxa6 gxf3 16. Rxf3 Qc8 17. Qe2 {Black has
solved some important strategic problems and is in no immediate tactical
danger, but in the long run his king will have difficulties finding an
absolutely safe residence.}) 10. Nxe2 Nc6 $146 {Black finally puts pressure on
d4 and e5, discouraging f4-f5. However, her development is delayed and White
can immediately start his attack.} (10... c4 11. g4 b5 12. c3 Nb6 13. f5 $36 {
Hellmann,N-Waldmann,H (2395)/Germany 1992/EXT 97-B (1-0, 57)}) 11. c4 $1 {
In some other lines based on ...b6 and ...Ba6, Black's knights are on c7 and
c6, making this pawn break ineffective. Here, Black cannot maintain stability
in the centre.} (11. g4 h5) 11... dxc4 (11... cxd4 12. cxd5) 12. d5 $1 exd5 13.
Qxd5 Nb4 (13... Qc7 14. Qxc4 O-O 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rd2
$16) 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qe4 (15. Qxb5 Nc2) 15... Qc8 16. Nc3 Qc6 {Otherwise, the
whole previous sequene would only be equivalent with losing time.} (16... a6
17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd5 $16) 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nd5 Rxb2 {
Black has managed to keep the material balance even, but her coordination is
poor and White's space advantage qquite threatening.} 21. Rfd1 {White
initiates a long plan of regrouping, but risks losing part of his advantage.} (
21. Rfb1 {is more energetical, exchanging Black's ony active piece.} Rxb1+ 22.
Rxb1 {/\Rb7} Kc8 $6 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Ng5 $18) 21... Re8 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. Nd2
g5 (23... Ra4 $5 {would control several important squares along the fourth
rank, preventing Ne4 and preparing ...Nd4.}) 24. Ne4 gxf4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26.
Nxc5 {White's advantage is overwhelming now.} Rg8 27. g3 fxg3 28. h3 $1 Ndxe5
29. Nb4+ Ke8 30. Nxa2 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Nf3 33. Ne4 g2+ 34. Kf2 g1=Q+
35. Rxg1 Rxg1 36. Rxc6 {Black probably had some hopes of reaching a R + N vs R
ending, but the h3-pawn is impossible to get rid of.} Ra1 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nc3
Ne5 39. Ncd5+ Kd8 40. Rc3 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kg5 Ne7 44. Nxe7
Kxe7 45. Re3+ Kd8 46. Ra3 Rg2+ 47. Ng4 h6+ 48. Kh4 f5 49. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 ({
A rare move, aimed to consolidate the d4-square at the cost of delaying the
development of the queenside The normal continuation is.} 8. Qd2 {. I would
quote here a recent example form the practice of another great French expert,
which bears some similarity with our main game:} b5 9. a3 g5 $5 {and Black
managed to undermine White's centre, although the position remained
complicated, Jakovenko-Bareev, Sochi 2006.}) 8... Qb6 9. Qc1 g5 $6 {Not only
typical for the French opening, but also for Morozevich' enterprising and
original style of play. However, the tension created by this move has a double
edged character. Black is not allowed to slow down his initiative, because
otherwise several of his minor pieces (the d7-knight, the c8-bishop) would
remain passive.} ({In case of} 9... cxd4 $6 10. Nexd4 Bc5 11. c3 {the fight
for the central dark squares could continue with} f6 $5 12. b4 $1 $36) ({
Maybe Black should not be in a hurry to drive the enemy king away from the
centre. After} 9... f6 $5 10. c3 Be7 11. g3 O-O {the king would actually have
a harder time finding a safe square.} 12. Bh3 (12. Bg2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14.
Kf2 Qb5 {[%csl Ge2]} 15. Rf1 Nb6 16. b3 Bd7 $132) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14.
Bxe6+ (14. Nxe5 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Bb4+ $17) 14... Kh8 $44) 10. c3 (10. fxg5 cxd4
11. Nexd4 Ncxe5 $132) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 f6 (12... gxf4 13. Nxf4
$16 {/\Bd3}) 13. g3 (13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxg5 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 (15. Kg3 $6 e5 $1 16.
fxe5 Rg8 $36) 15... Be7 {/\e5} 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxb2 $13) 13... Rf8 (13...
gxf4 14. gxf4 fxe5 (14... Nf8 15. exf6) 15. fxe5 Nf8 16. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Gf6]})
14. Kg2 g4 (14... gxf4 15. gxf4 Rg8+ 16. Ng3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nf8 18. Rg1 Bd7 19.
Kh1 Be7 20. Nh5 Rxg1+ 21. Bxg1 O-O-O 22. Nf6 $14) 15. Nh4 Rg8 ({Optically
speaking,} 15... f5 {looks safer, but in this case Black would have needed
several tempi to complete his development. White could use this time to
"organize" some piece sacrifice for two pawns in order to get a threatening
central avalanche.}) 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nc3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 $6 ({
Another typical sacrifice. Black solves the problems of development in radical
way, putting the enemy king in danger at the same time. Apparently, Morozevich
is delighted with having such positions with either colour. During the World
Championship held in Moscow he managed to repell Gurevich' attack and convert
his extra-piece into a win, which proved decisive for the final result of
their mini-match. In our concrete case, the sacrifice might not be entirely
sound, but is hard to meet over the board. Besides, in case of a neutral
developing move such as} 19... Nf8 {(preparing ...Bd7 and ...0-0-0), White
could consider sacrificing himself with} 20. Nf5 $5) (19... Nxd4 20. Nf5 $5
exf5 21. Nxd5 Qc6 (21... Qa5 22. Bc4 Ne6 23. Rh6 Nxe5 24. Bb6 Qa4 25. Bb3 Qc6
26. Qxc6+ Nxc6 27. Nf6+ $16 {Shipov}) 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Nxb4 (23. Nc7+ Kd8 24.
Nxa8 Bb7 $5 $132) 23... c5 24. Kf2 Bb7 (24... Nxe5 $2 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Re1 $18
) 25. Rh6 $16) 20. dxe5 d4 21. Na4 Qa5 22. Qc4 Nxe5 23. Qxd4 {Black has only a
pawn (and rather insufficient compensation) for his piece, but the position is
completely chaotic. Remarkably, White will miss several opportunities to
consolidate his advantage.} Nf3 (23... Bd7 24. Nb6 Bc6+ 25. Kh2 (25. Kg1 $5)
25... Rd8 26. Nc4 $1 (26. Qf4 Rh8 $1 {/\Rxh4}) 26... Nxc4 27. Qxc4 $16) 24.
Nxf3 gxf3+ 25. Kf2 Qxa4 26. Bd3 {White has returned his material advantage for
the sake of rapid development. However, the position of his king remains
relatively exposed.} Qd7 27. Qe4 $2 (27. Rh8 $1 Qxd4 28. Rxg8+ Kf7 29. Bxd4
Kxg8 30. Rh1 $18) 27... Bd6 (27... Qg7 $5 {[%csl Gb2,Gg3]}) 28. Rag1 $6 (28.
Rh7 $1 Qc6 (28... Bxg3+ 29. Kxf3 $18 {/\Rg1}) 29. Qxc6+ bxc6 30. Be4 Bd7 31.
Rg1 $16) 28... Qg7 $132 29. Rh6 Qxb2+ 30. Kxf3 Rf8+ 31. Bf4 Qe5 32. Qg6+ Kd8
33. Kg2 Qb2+ 34. Kh1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Bd7 36. Be4 Kc7 $2 ({Rather careless.} 36...
Qd4 {, centralising the queen or}) (36... Rh8 {, aiming for simplifications,
were entirely viable.}) 37. Rb1 Qf2 38. Rxb7+ $2 ({This premature check leaves
the win slip away (true, only temporarily). It would have been better to keep
the threat of capturing on b7 in reserve with} 38. Qg7 {, adding a new one:
Rh7. Black would have been without defence.}) 38... Kc8 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. f5 Rc7
$2 ({A fatal mistake, just before the time control. It is not easy to foresee
why this move is losing, but on general ground, centralising the queen with
tempo would have been a wise idea. For instance} 40... Qf4 {and only after} 41.
Re1 {the rook could come into play with} Rc7 {. The main difference is that
after} 42. fxe6 $2 Be8 {the h6-rook is hanging.}) 41. fxe6 Be8 42. Qg5 {
White is a pawn up and his king is in absolute safety. The long diagonal, the
h-file and the back rank are well defended. The black king is under no
immediate threat, but one can smell the danger approcahing.} Qd4 ({It is too
late now for} 42... Qf4 {because of} 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 44. Rh8 Re7 45. Bg6 {
, winning the bishop.}) 43. Bg2 Rf4 44. e7 Rc5 45. Qg3 Rc3 46. Qe1 Re3 47. Qa5
Bb5 48. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 {This has been played many times, but to
me it looks like he is too straighforwardly playing for the blockade.} ({
The main line undoubtedly is} 11. h4 {combining attacking ideas with strategic
ones.}) 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne4 a5 $1 {It appears now that
the b3-knight, which already has spent three valuable tempi, is unstable and
likely to cause more losses of time.} 15. Nbc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 $146 {Refraining
from a forced draw, but probably wrongly.} (16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.
Qh3+ {1/2 Riff,J (2487)-Feller,S (2540)/Evry 2008/CBM 124 Extra and 1/2 Bobras,
P (2581)-Socko,B (2635)/Lublin 2008/CBM 123}) 16... Ne7 17. Ng5 ({The knight
would not do much on d6 after} 17. Nd6 Ba6 {Black could carry out the same
kind of attack as in the game.}) 17... h6 18. Nf3 Ba6 19. Kb1 Qd7 20. g4 a4 $1
{Black does not care about the b-pawn. ThisWhite is not forced to accept it,
but the threat is ...b4-b3, which would then be an active sacrifice. The main
idea is to open files for the attack.} 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qxb4 Nc6 23. Qb5 Qa7
24. Qd3 Rb8 $40 {White's attack has not started yet, while his own king is in
serious danger already.} 25. Nd4 Na5 26. Ka1 Nc4 27. Rb1 Rab6 $19 28. Qc3 ({
Quite sadly,} 28. b3 {does not work because of} axb3 29. cxb3 (29. Rxb3 Ra8 $19
) 29... Qxa2+ $1) 28... Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. f5 a3 31. h4 Qb8 32. Re1 Nd2 33.
Nb3 Ne4 34. Qd3 Qxe5 35. Nd4 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 (9. a3 Qa5 10. Rb1 $5 {was played by Svidler the day before this game
against the very same Matthias Bluebaum: 1-0 (59) Svidler,P (2742)-Bluebaum,M 
(2641) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 (10... d4 $2 {is simply bad for
Black} 11. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Be4 {[%csl Ra8,Rd4]}
Nxc2+ 14. Qxc2 Rb8 15. Rd1 $16) 12. Ne4 {threatening a simple move like c3} O-O
(12... Bb6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Be4 $18) 13. c3 $16) 11. Bf2 $1 {A very good move,
introduced by Karjakin against Carlsen in 2011.} (11. Bxc5 {was the older move,
after which Black achieves a solid position:} Nxc5 12. Qf2 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14.
O-O Ba6 $1 {exchanging the light-squared bishop and starting some play on the
queenside and in the centre} 15. Kh1 Ne7 $1 {controlling f5} (15... Bxd3 $6 16.
cxd3 Qb5 $2 {it is funny that this position had been reached 13 times already,
and on only 3 occasions did White play the winning move 17.f5! (and won none
of those games!)} 17. f5 $1 Nxd3 18. Qg3 Nxb2 19. Ned4 $1 $146 {the computers
confirm - White has more than a 3 point advantage here, with a devastating
attack} (19. fxe6 $5 O-O 20. Nf4 (20. Ng5 $1 $18) 20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rf7 22.
Neg5 Re7 23. e6 $2 (23. Nh4 $1 $40) 23... h6 $1 $13 {½-½ (52) Brustman,A 
(2415)-Hagarova,Z (2275) Pula 1997, with complicated play.}) 19... Nxd4 20.
Nxd4 Qb6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qf2 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Gf7]}) 16. Rad1 Na4 $5 17.
Qxb6 Nxb6 18. g3 Nd7 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Dominguez Perez,L (2608)
-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2528) Merida 2002; and Black has a fine endgame after
O-O and ...Rc8.}) 11... h6 (11... Bxf2+ {looks slightly inferior for Black:}
12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 O-O 14. Rhe1 Nc5 15. Ke3 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Ned4 Na4
18. Rab1 Na5 19. Kf2 Rc7 20. g4 Rb8 21. f5 $36 {(47) Vitiugov,N (2718)-Feygin,
M (2473) Novi Sad 2016, and White scored a very nice win.}) (11... b4 {is one
of the options for Black, but nowadays White has been scoring amazingly well.
The idea is to drive the white knight away from e2-d4, but then the queenside
gets weakened:} 12. Na4 $1 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 a5 {now White
prepares the strong break with c4} 15. Rac1 (15. Rhc1 $5 {is similar} Ke7 (
15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ke7 19. a3 Rha8 20. Rac1 Ndb8 21.
Rb3 Nd7 22. Rb7 Nd8 23. Rbc7 Ke8 24. Nd4 $16 {1-0 (31) Perunovic,M (2614)
-Simic,D (2309) Bar 2015}) 16. c4 $1 dxc4 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Rxc4 Rhc8 19. Rac1
Nd8 20. Bxb7 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Nxb7 22. Rc7 Rb8 23. Nd4 Kd8 24. Rc4 $16 {1-0 (38)
Robson,R (2628)-Le,Q (2706) Saint Louis 2014; with a huge advantage in the
endgame.}) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 $1 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ke7 19. Rhc1 (19. a3
$1 {as in Perunovic - Simic, mentioned above, may be stronger}) 19... Nb4 $1
20. Rb3 Rc6 21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Rb7 Kd8 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43) Karjakin,S (2776)
-Carlsen,M (2815) Monte Carlo 2011. White is still better, but Black is in
time for ...Kc8 and may put up a good resistance.}) (11... O-O $5 12. O-O Bxf2+
$5 {this is interesting, because it is similar to 11...Bxf2+ but here the
white king is much more passive on g1 (in the Vitiugov-Feygin game, it stood
very active on e3)} 13. Qxf2 $1 (13. Rxf2 f6 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 $36 {½-½ (50)
Jones,G (2615)-Buhmann,R (2619) Reykjavik 2015, looks active for Black.}) 13...
Qxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc5 15. a3 (15. Ne2 $5 $146 b4 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a5 {
followed by ...Ba6, looks consistent for Black}) 15... b4 $1 16. axb4 Nxb4 17.
Bf1 Bd7 18. Nd4 f6 $5 {interesting, but} (18... Rfc8 $1 $11 {followed by Rab8,
was more solid and Black has good play on the queenside. It is not easy for
White to make any progress.}) 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. g3 g5 21. Bg2 gxf4 22. gxf4
Raf8 $132 {1/2-1/2 (44) Melia,S (2419)-Kazarian,A (2231) Baku 2016}) 12. a3 O-O
13. O-O Ra7 14. Rae1 b4 (14... Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 b4 16. Ne2 Qxf2+ (16... Nc5 $1
$132) 17. Kxf2 bxa3 18. bxa3 g5 $6 {not the right moment to open up the
kingside} (18... Rc7 $132 {with counterplay on the c-file, looks acceptable
for Black}) 19. Ned4 $1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Kg1 Kg7 23. Rf3 Rg8
24. Rg3 $16 {1-0 (47) Leko,P (2709)-Lou,Y (2458) Douglas 2016}) 15. axb4 Qxb4
16. f5 $1 {The position changes and now instead of a solid endgame, White is
looking to create direct threats against the black king.} exf5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 18.
Bd3 $1 {Maintaining this important attacking piece.} Bg4 19. Kh1 Bxf2 $2 (19...
Bxf3 $2 20. gxf3 $1 {and White has a very promising attack with Rg1 on the
next move} (20. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5 (20... Bxg2+ $2 {is a very important tempo that
Black can not afford to lose} 21. Qxg2 Qxc5 22. Rg1 $1 {and White wins:} f6 23.
exf6 Rxf6 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Qg6 $1 $18) 21. gxf3 {threatening Rg1} Re7 $1 22.
Rg1 (22. f4 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 $132) 22... Nxe5 23. Qxh6 Ng6 $1 24. Qh5 Rxe1 25.
Rxe1 Qb4 $1 $132 {with counterplay}) 20... Bxf2 (20... Re7 $2 {now the same
defence doesn't work} 21. Rg1 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 $1 Bxf2 (22... Rxe5 23. Qxh6 {
with mate}) 23. Rg4 $1 $18 {and White wins}) (20... f6 $2 21. exf6 Rxf6 22.
Re8+ Rf8 23. Qe2 $1 $18 {with a decisive attack (White is also threatening Na2)
}) 21. Qxf2 Re7 22. f4 $16 {looks scary for Black. And trying to break the
white centre also fails:} f6 $2 23. Qg2 $1 $18 {hitting d5 and threatening Qg6.
}) (19... Re7 $1 {was the best defence, starting direct play against the
e5-pawn:} 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd7 $1 $13 {with many chances
for both sides.}) 20. Qxf2 {Threatening the subtle Na2! that wins because of
the hanging b6-knight. This threat causes Black to lose an important tempo,
and White takes advantage of it right away starting a strong initiative on the
kingside.} Rb8 21. Nh4 $1 Be6 22. Nf5 {It is already hard to give Black any
good advice.} Nd7 $2 (22... Qf8 {was the lesser evil} 23. Nxh6+ (23. Qg3 $5 $40
) 23... gxh6 24. Re3 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gf2f6] threatening Rg3+ followed by Qf6+ and
mate.} Nd7 25. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 $2 (25... Kh8 26. Rg3 {[%cal Gd5f6]} Ncxe5 27. Nf6
Nxd3 28. Qxa7 N3c5 29. Rg8+ Qxg8 30. Nxg8 Kxg8 31. b3 $16 {achieving a weird
endgame, when White has the better chances because of the weakened black king})
26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qf5 $1 $18 {winning right away, the Qh7 threat will cause
severe material losses.}) 23. Nxd5 $1 {A very strong tactical blow from the
top Indian GM.} Qc5 (23... Bxd5 24. Qg3 $1 {is simply devastating. For example:
} g6 (24... Qf8 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf7+ $1 {winning, since} Bxf7 {leads to} 27.
Qh4+ $18 {and mate}) 25. Nxh6+ Kg7 26. e6 $1 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 $18 {with mate in a
few moves.}) 24. Nfe7+ $1 Nxe7 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 (25... Qxe7 26. Qxa7 $18) 26. Nc6
$1 $18 {Winning the exchange and the game.} (26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nc6 $1 $18 {
was also very good.}) 26... Qxc6 27. Qxa7 Rxb2 28. Qd4 Rb6 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30.
Rxb1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 {Matthias Bluebaum is a talented young German player, climbing to
2640 at only 19 years old. He is fond of the French Defence, and has played
nothing else against 1.e4 his whole career (199 games as Black in the database)
!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {Svidler doesn't
shy away from the main lines, here he faces one of the critical modern lines
of recent years - the Classical French, where Black has been repeatedly
finding new ideas to make White's life harder.} a6 {Some alternatives to this
move are:} (7... Be7 8. Qd2 {and now either O-O, a6 or b6 are possible.}) (7...
Qb6 $5 {diving into concrete lines.}) (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {aiming for quick
development, where White normally goes for long castling and tries to launch a
kingside attack.}) 8. Qd2 b5 {White has so many moves here.} 9. a3 (9. dxc5 $5
{is one of the options} Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 $1 {1-0 (30) Harikrishna,P 
(2768)-Bluebaum,M (2641) Novi Sad 2016; and White has been scoring well in
this position. Harikrishna played this against Bluebaum one day after this
game.}) 9... Qa5 {Trying to play ...b4.} 10. Rb1 $5 {A rare idea.} Rb8 (10...
b4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. Be2 g5 $6 {too optimistic} 13. fxg5 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ndxe5
15. O-O Bg7 16. Rf4 $16 {1-0 (26) Short,N (2676)-Zhukova,N (2432) Gibraltar
2006; and White had a decisive attack soon.}) 11. Nd1 $6 {It is always hard to
evaluate such endgames from the French Defence, here it looks like Black had
the opportunity to start hammering White's centre after the exchange of queens:
} Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 cxd4 $6 {It feels like White can start grinding out a small
advantage now that the centre has become more stable.} (12... g5 $5 {a typical
way to create pressure against White's centre} 13. c3 (13. Nxg5 cxd4 14. Bf2
Rg8 $36) (13. dxc5 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc5 {looks fine for Black as well}) 13... g4
14. Ne1 cxd4 $1 15. cxd4 Nb6 $36 {White doesn't have b3 since the a3-pawn is
hanging, and after ...Nc4+ followed by a possible ...b4, I feel like Black
obtains the initative.}) (12... f6 $5 13. c3 fxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Nxe5 Ndxe5 15.
fxe5 cxd4 16. cxd4 b4 $1 17. a4 b3 $15 {with excellent prospects on the
queenside after ...Rb4 or even ...Bb4+}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]
similar to 12...g5.}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Nf2 Nb6 (16...
f5 $5 {followed by ...Nc5. With this move, Black loses the chance to play ...
f6, but on the other hand White's expansion on the kingside loses force (g4
and f5), and Black secures an outpost on e4} 17. Ke3 (17. exf6 gxf6 {followed
by ...e5 is supposed to be good for Black}) 17... Nc5 $13) (16... f6 $5 {
also came into consideration.}) 17. b3 Bd7 (17... Bxa3 {wouldn't lose the
bishop, but with precise play, White achieves an advantage:} 18. b4 {
threatening Rb3} (18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Ra6 21. Rxb5 Rxa5 $1 22.
Rxa5 Bb4+ 23. Ke2 Bxa5 $11) 18... Nc4+ $1 19. Bxc4 (19. Ke2 a5 {most likely
transposes to 19.Bxc4}) 19... bxc4 20. c3 {[%cal Gb1a1]} a5 21. bxa5 Ra8 $1 22.
Rb5 (22. Bb6 f6 $1 $132) 22... Ba6 23. Rb6 Be7 24. Ra1 $14 {and White
maintains a good positional blockade, providing at least a small advantage and
good prospects (after improving the knight's position to d4 most likely)}) 18.
Ra1 $14 {As the game goes, it becomes clearer that Black had to play actively
either on the 12th move or on the 16th move. Now White slowly builds up
pressure with a stabilised position.} Bc6 19. Be2 a5 20. h4 Nd7 21. Nd3 $1 {
Avoiding ...Nc5.} b4 {This may be helpful for White, who can now penetrate
through the a-file. On the other hand, it is hard to give a much better advice
for Black. Simply waiting looks bad as well.} (21... Rfc8 {if Black plays a
move like this, then White may simply start pushing his kingside pawns with g4,
or even play as in the game with Bg4!?} 22. g4 $14 (22. Bg4 $5 $14 {
threatening f5, trying to force ...g6})) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra7 Bb5 24. Bg4 $5 {
Threatening f5.} (24. g4 $5 {was again possible, followed by f5.}) 24... g6 25.
h5 Rfd8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nf2 {Justifying this whole Bg4 idea followed by h5
and hxg6 - Svidler wants to create direct threats against the black king with
Ng4 at some point.} Bc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf2g4] Threatening Ng4!
} Ra8 30. Rc7 Rac8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Ra1 (32. Ng4 $5 Nd7 (32... Kg7 $5 33. Nf6
Rd8 {trying to hold the position together}) 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 Ra8 35. c4
$1 bxc3+ 36. Kxc3 $16 {and the endgame looks very promising for White, with
the passed pawn and a clear path for his king (d4-e5-d6 or d4-c5).}) 32... Ba6
33. Ra5 Rc6 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Ng4 Ke7 36. Kd4 Nd7 37. Ne3 {White has reorganised
his pieces in a good way; now it is time to think about concrete action. Bxd5
is a threat suddenly, because after exd5 Nxd5+ and Nxb4, White wins many pawns.
} Nb8 (37... Kd8 $5 {would be interesting, for now stopping the sacrifices on
d5 forcing White to show something.}) 38. Bxd5 $6 (38. Rc5 Kd7 $1 {controlling
the invasion on c5} 39. Rxc6 Kxc6 40. Nxd5 $5 exd5 41. Bxd5+ Kb6 42. Bxf7 {
would be a possible try} Bb7 $1 {An important defensive resource. Now if g3 or
g4, then ...Nc6+! works much better} (42... Nc6+ $2 43. Kd5 $1 $18) 43. g3 Nc6+
44. Kc4 g5 45. e6 gxf4 46. gxf4 Ne7 47. Kxb4 $16 {only White has chances, but
it feels like he shouldn't win this because the kingside pawns lack mobility.})
38... exd5 39. Nxd5+ Kf8 $6 (39... Ke6 $1 40. Nxb4 Bb7 $13 {an even better
version than the game, with an active king (...Kf5 may be a move soon)}) 40.
Nxb4 Rxc2 $2 {A very bad decision on the 40th move - the last one before the
time control, so it is understandable that most likely Black was in deep time
trouble.} (40... Rc8 $1 {remaining the piece up with complex play would have
been much better} 41. c4 Bb7 42. g3 Ke8 $13 {and it is not too easy for White
to advance his pawns.}) 41. Nxa6 Nxa6 $2 {Makes it all easier.} (41... Nc6+ $1
42. Kd3 Rxg2 43. Rc5 Nd8 {would be much more challenging for White, since it
is not easy to defend ...Ne6 and to control the black rook's activity} 44. b4
Ne6 45. Rc4 g5 $1 46. f5 Nf4+ {with defensive chances}) 42. Rxa6 Rxg2 43. b4
$18 {And White is winning this rook endgame with the strong passed pawn and
the better king.} Rb2 44. Kc4 Ke7 (44... Rf2 45. Rf6 $18 {securing f4 and then
calmly advancing the b4 pawn.}) 45. b5 Rc2+ 46. Kb4 Rb2+ 47. Ka5 Re2 48. Rc6
Ra2+ 49. Kb6 Ra4 50. Rf6 Re4 51. Kc7 g5 52. b6 $1 gxf4 53. b7 Rxe5 54. Rxf4 Rb5
55. b8=Q Rxb8 56. Kxb8 Ke6 57. Kc7 f5 58. Rf1 Ke5 59. Kd7 {And Black resigned
in view of} (59. Kd7 Ke4 60. Ke6 f4 61. Kf6 Ke3 62. Kg5 f3 63. Kg4 f2 64. Kg3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 ({Üblich ist hier} 10... O-O {, z.B.} 11. h4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $2 16. Qxb4 {,
Kasparow - Short, Amsterdam 1994}) 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 $14 {, Fjodorow -
Kortschnoi, Batumi/EU-chT 1999. Dem von Rainer Knaak gewählten (neuen) Plan,
den schwarzen König (zunächst) in der Mitte zu belassen und sofort am
Damenflügel aufzumarschieren, ist hier kein Erfolg beschieden.}) 11. h4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 b4 15. Ne2 Be7 16. h5 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Rh3 Ba6
19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. f5 $1 $40 {[#] Der schwarze Aufbau ist gescheitert,
der gegnerische Angriff erscheint bereits übermächtig (lt. Knaak).} {21...}
exf5 22. Nf4 $5 {Sehr optimistisch, aber auch außerordentlich gefährlich.} (22.
Bg2 $1 $16 {, Borriss/"Schach" 4/02}) 22... Bxf1 23. Ne6 $1 Qc4 24. b3 (24. Rh1
$5 Rg8 $5 (24... Be2 $2 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 $16 {/+-, z.B.} Bg5 (26... Qc6 27.
Nxg7+ Kd8 (27... Kf8 28. Nxf5) 28. Qxe2 Qxg6 29. e6) 27. Nxg7+ Ke7 (27... Kf8
28. Ne6+ Kg8 29. Nxg5) 28. Nxf5+ Ke6 29. bxc4 Bxd2 30. Rxd2) 25. Rhxf1 Nf8 26.
b3 Qc6 (26... axb3 27. cxb3) 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. e6 $13) 24... axb3 25. axb3 {
(Siehe nächstes Dia) [#]} {25...} Qc6 $2 ({Das erforderliche} 25... Qe2 $8 {
mit hochkomplizierter, unklarer Lage hätte Weiß unter Beweisdruck gesetzt, z.B.
} 26. Nxg7+ (26. Rh1 $6 Nxe5 27. Rhxf1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Kd7) 26... Kd8 (26... Kf8
27. Nxf5 Qxd2 28. g7+ Kf7 29. gxh8=N+ Rxh8 30. e6+ Kxe6 31. Ng7+ Kd6 32. Nf5+
Ke6 (32... Kc7 $6 33. Rxd2 Bxh3 34. Nxe7) 33. Ng7+ Kd6 34. Nf5+ $11 {,
Dauerschach}) 27. Ne6+ Kc8 28. g7 Rg8 29. Rxh6 $44) 26. Nxg7+ Kd8 27. Rxf1 $18
Qa6 28. Qd3 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Ra6 30. e6 Bg5+ 31. Kd1 Re8 32. Nxe8 Rxe6 33. Re3 (33.
Be3 $1 f4 (33... Rxe8 34. Bxg5+ hxg5 35. Qxf5) (33... Qa1+ 34. Ke2 Qb2 35. Rxf5
) 34. Bc1 Qa1 35. Rhf3) 33... Bxe3 34. Bxe3 Rxe8 (34... Kxe8 35. Bd4 $1 Rxg6
36. Qxf5) 35. Rxf5 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 Qc3+ 37. Qxc3 bxc3+ 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Kxc3 Nxg6
40. Rxd5+ Kc7 41. Bxh6 Re4 42. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Doha FIDE GP (Women) 6th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:01"]
[BlackClock "0:00:02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 ({More popular is the immediate flank
counterplay} 10... a6) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 ({Another sharp line is the
immediate preparation of an attack} 12... Rb8 {'!' Ftacnik} 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. h5
Rfc8 15. h6 g6 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. a3 Nxc2 18. Kxc2 b5 19. Rd4 Ne4 20. Kb3 $6 ({
Ther was the much better} 20. Rb4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. Qd4 a5 23. Rb3 Qa2+
24. Rb2 Qa1) 20... b4 21. Rxb4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qa4+ 23. Kb2 a5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 25.
Kc1 Qxa3+ 26. Kd1 Qa1+ 27. Ke2 Rb2+ 28. Nd2 Qc1 {with a dangerous initiative,
Kurnosov,I-Kotsur,P, Moscow 2011}) 13. Rh3 ({It was possible to continue the
pawn attack, trying to create weaknesses in a simpler way:} 13. h5 Rab8 14. h6
g6 15. Qe3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. a3 Rxc2 20. axb4 Rc1+
21. Kxc1 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Rc8+ 23. Qc3 Rxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Bb5 25. Kd4 $1 Bxf1 26. Rf2 {
and White wins material, Svidler,P-Riazantsev,A, Moscow 2008}) (13. Kb1 Rfc8
14. Rh3 Rab8 15. Rg3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. a3 Ne7 18. Nd4 b5 19. c3 a5 20. Bd3
b4 21. Bc2 Qxa3 22. Qd3 bxc3 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Rxg8+
{1-0 Shadrina,T-Grabuzova,T, Sochi 2007}) 13... b5 $1 {This is Danielian's
aggressive style.} (13... a6 {would be much slower.}) (13... Rab8 14. h5 {
Speed of action is of the utmost importance in such positions, so White could
have considered also the immediate 14.f5!?} (14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Rg3 Ne6 (15...
Kh8 16. Rxg7 $1 (16. h5 $2 h6 $1) 16... Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rxd5
(19. Ng5 $6 f4 20. h5 Ne7 21. Qxe7 Qd8 22. Qxc5 Qxg5 $15) 19... a6 20. Ng5 f4
21. Rxd7 $18) 16. Qh6 Nb4 (16... f4 17. Bd3 g6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Be6 20.
Rh1 $16) 17. Rxg7+ Nxg7 18. Ng5 Rfc8 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Rxc3
22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qf6+ Kc7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. bxc3 $16) (14. Rg3 f5 15. Nd4 Rfc8
16. Kb1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Be8 19. Re3 b5 20. Rc1 b4 21. Ne2 Qa5 22. b3
Qb6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rg3 h5 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nd4 a4 27. f5 Nxd3 28. cxd3 Rxc1+ 29.
Kxc1 Qc5+ 30. Kb1 axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 32. Rg2 Qa7 33. Nc2 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 d4 35.
Nc2 exf5 36. Rf2 Bb5 37. Nxd4 Bxd3+ 38. Kb2 Re8 39. Nxf5 Rxe5 40. Nd4 Re4 41.
Nf5 Re5 42. Nd4 Re4 43. Nf5 g6 44. Nd6 Re6 {0-1 Frolyanov,D -Lysyj,I Serpukhov
2008}) 14... b5 (14... h6 15. Rg3 Kh8 $13) 15. f5 $1 exf5 (15... b4 16. f6 $1
Ne7 $1 (16... bxc3 17. Qg5 g6 18. Qh6 cxb2+ 19. Kb1 $18) (16... Nxe5 17. Qg5
Ng6 18. fxg7 $18) 17. Qg5 $1 (17. fxe7 Rfc8 18. Rg3 $18) 17... Nf5 18. Nd4 h6
19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Nxf5 Rg8 21. Ne7 bxc3 22. Rxc3 $18) 16. Rg3 Ne6 (16... Kh8 17.
Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ $1 (19. h6 Ne6 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22.
Qxf5 $18) 19... Kg8 20. Ng5 $1 Ne6 21. Qxf5 $1 Nxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8
24. h6 $18) 17. Qh6 Nb4 $1 {Riazantsev is doing the only correct thing by
lashing out against the white king in an attempt to slow down the action
against his own majesty.} (17... Kh8 18. Rxg7 Nxg7 19. Ng5 $18) (17... g6 18.
Nxd5 $18) 18. Rxg7+ Nxg7 19. Ng5 Rfc8 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. h6 $1 (21. Qh8+ Ke7 22.
Qxg7 Rxc3 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qf8+ Kc7 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. bxc3 Nxa2+ 27. Kb2 Qxc3+
28. Kb1 Rb6 29. Qf8+ Kb7 30. Rd3 Qxe5 31. Kxa2 Rc6 $14) 21... Rxc3 22. Qxg7+ {
with a winning attack, but White managed to draw, Najer,E-Riazantsev,A, Sochi
2007 (Ftacnik)}) ({Some old specialists of the French know how to hold a
slightly worse typical French endgame, with the blokade on d4:} 13... Rac8 14.
Rg3 Ne7 15. Kb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxa4 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. b3 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 Bc6 21. h5 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Re3 Re8 24. Be2 e5 25. fxe5 Rfe6 26. Bf3
Rxe5 27. Red3 Rg5 28. Kb2 Ree5 29. Rf4 Ref5 30. Rdd4 h6 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Kc3
Kf7 33. Kd3 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. c3 Rg5 36. b4 Ke6 37. g4 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Bb5 39.
Rd1 Bc4 40. a4 Kd6 41. a5 Re6 42. Rd4 Rf6+ 43. Kg3 Ke5 44. Rd1 g5 45. hxg6 Rxg6
46. Rh1 Rf6 47. Rh5+ Kd6 48. Kf2 Re6 49. Rf5 b6 50. axb6 axb6 51. Rh5 Kc6 52.
Rf5 Kb5 53. Bxd5 {1/2 Bobras,P-Farago,I, Dresden 2009}) 14. f5 $5 ({It was
necessary to calculate the principal capture} 14. Bxb5 Nb4 (14... Rab8 15. Bxc6
Bxc6 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. Kb1 $14) (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxd5 $1 Qxa2 (
16... Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 19. Rc3 $18) 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Ra3 $1
Nd3+ 19. cxd3 Rac8+ 20. N5c6 $18) 15. Bxd7 (15. Nd4 Bxb5 16. Ncxb5 Ne4 17. Qe1
Qxa2 18. Ra3 Qc4 $13) 15... Nxa2+ 16. Nxa2 Qxa2 17. Qb4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nxd7 18.
Nd4 {with advantage.} Rfb8 (18... Rab8 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rb7 $14) (18...
Nb6 19. Ra3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Nb5 Nd5 22. g3 h5 23. Rd4 f6 24. exf6 gxf6
25. Rxc4 Rf7 26. Re4 Re7 27. c4 Nb4 28. Rae3 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc6 30. Rxe6 Rd7 31.
Re8+ Kg7 32. R8e7+ Rxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kf8 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Nd3+ 36. Kc2 Nf2 37.
b4 {1-0 Klein,D-Firat,B, Porto Carras 2010}) 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 $14) 14...
exf5 ({A crazy line could start after} 14... b4 15. Rg3 ({but the strongest
would be direct} 15. f6 {with a terrible attack.}) 15... Ne7 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17.
f6+ Kh8 18. fxe7 Rg8 19. Ng5) 15. Rg3 ({Even here would be a possible capture,
with the same idea to win control over the important strategic square d4.} 15.
Bxb5 Rab8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rg3) 15... Ne7 {The knight has to try
to cement together the weakened kingside.} 16. Kb1 ({The quiet king move could
be replaced by the brave continuation} 16. h5 $5 b4 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qg5+ Ng6
19. h6+ Kg8 20. Qf6 Ne6 21. Nd4 Qd8 22. Nxd5) 16... b4 17. Nxd5 Ne4 18. Qh6 $1
({A much more complicated way was} 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Qxd7 Rad8 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Nc6 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qb6 23. Rgxg7 Nf6 24. Nfd4 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Qc5 26. Be2 e5 27.
Ne6 Qxc6 28. Nxf8 Qxg2 29. Bh5 Qc6 {with a complete mess; evaluation - an
approximately equal position.}) 18... Ng6 ({Or} 18... Nxg3 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20.
exf6 Nh5 21. fxe7) 19. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 20. Ne7+ Kf7 21. Rxd7 $2 ({A mating attack
was possible after bringing the bishop into the play:} 21. Bc4+ Be6 22. Bxe6+
Kxe6 23. Nd4+ Kxe7 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Qxh7) 21... Rad8 $1 {Now White suddenly
faces huge problems.} 22. e6+ (22. Bc4+ {now loses:} Ke8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 22...
Kxe6 23. Bc4+ ({It would be better to drive the black king into the centre:} 
23. Qxg7 Rxd7 24. Bc4+ Kd6 25. Qxf8 Rxe7 26. Qb8+ Kc5) 23... Kxd7 24. Qxg7 Ke8
$1 {Now White is lost.} 25. Kc1 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxa7 Rf6 29.
Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qxb4+ Rd6 31. b3 h6 32. a4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. a5 g4 35. Nh4 Kf6
36. g3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.03.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Tan Zhongyi remains faithful to her French Defence.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 {No more Rubinstein today!} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qd2 {This is one of the best known headaches for Black in this line!} O-O ({
In one of the rare successes of Black in this line, this year's dark horse of
Wijk aan Zee, GM Baskaran Adhiban played in the following fashion against
world championship finalist Sergey Karjakin:} 8... a6 9. a3 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5
11. Qf2 Nd7 $146 {An interesting novelty worthy of thorough investigation.} 12.
Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 $6 {I am not sure about this move
but it is not easy to assess it with one look at the board.} Qxf6 16. g3 g5 17.
O-O-O gxf4 18. Kb1 f3 19. g4 Ne5 20. g5 Qg7 21. g6 hxg6 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Rdg1
Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rf5 25. Rg4 Raf8 26. Rhg1 Be8 27. Nd1 Rh5 28. h4 Re5 29. Ne3 Bb5
30. Rd4 Re4 31. Rxg6 Bxd3+ {0-1 (31) Karjakin,S (2785)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk
aan Zee 2017}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. a3 Be7 $6 {Despite Sadorra's
victory against Wesley So and Nepomniachtchi's against Shomoev, I consider
this move a serious inaccuracy.} 12. Bd3 $6 $146 {Could have been met with 12..
.Nc5.} (12. h4 {appeals more to me.} a6 13. Bd3 {and similar to the game the
threat of Bh7 is devastating.}) 12... a6 $6 (12... Nc5 {should have given
Black enough means to maintain dynamic equality.}) 13. h4 {Now the threat of
Bxh7 is imminent.} b5 $4 {This loses by force. It is strange that Tan Zhongyi
was not aware of this 'Greek gift' sacrifice. All of these moves and the
sacrifice have actually been played before!} (13... f6 {good or bad should
have been played.}) 14. Bxh7+ $1 {The Greek gift in the final of the women's
world chess championship!} Kxh7 15. Qd3+ $1 {The strongest according to
Houdini and colleagues!} Kg8 16. Ng5 f5 (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rd8 18. Qh7+ Kf8
19. f5 exf5 20. Nxd5 {leads to inevitable mate.}) 17. Nxd5 $1 {Anna knows the
details to a T!} (17. Qe2 $1 Bxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Kf7 22. Rdd1 {1-0 (22) Zaas,P (2224)-Greig,S (2164) ICCF email 2014})
17... b4 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bd2 $2 (19. Qd6 bxa3 20. bxa3 {and the rest is
easy!}) 19... Rb8 $2 (19... Nd5 20. Qf3 Ra7 $1 21. Qh5 N7f6 22. exf6 gxf6 $13)
20. Qd6 {Anna is winning, the rest is just a vain struggle by Tan to save the
game but the game was over long before she signed the scoresheets!} Qc5 21.
Bxb4 Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Ng6 23. Nxe6 Re8 24. Bxb8 Rxe6 25. g3 Bb7 26. Rh2 Nc5 27.
Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bd6 Ne4 29. h5 Nh8 30. h6 Nf7 31. Rd7 Rxd6 32. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Moskalenko,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 $5 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qe7 $1 {N} (12... Qxd2+)
13. exf6 (13. Bb5 fxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Ba6 (16... c5 $2 17.
Nxd5 $1) 17. Rfd1 Rab8) 13... Nxf6 14. Bd3 Ne4 $1 15. Qe3 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bd7 18. O-O Bc6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. g3 Rf5 $17) 15... Qb4+ 16.
Kf1 O-O 17. Re1 $6 (17. Bxe4) 17... Qxb2 (17... Qd6 $1 18. Ne2 (18. g3 $2 g5 $1
19. Ne2 Rxf3 $19) 18... e5 $17) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxa2 20. g4 $3 {20...e5
21.Ng5!} Nb4 {21...Qc2, 21...Nd5-f6} 21. Re2 Qa5 22. h4 Nd5 23. Ng5 Nf6 24. Qd3
(24. Qb1 Bd7 25. Nh5 g6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxb7 Qd5 $1 $17) 24... b6 {Ba6} 25.
Nh5 g6 26. Nxh7 $3 Kxh7 (26... Nxh5 $2 27. Qxg6+ Ng7 28. Ng5 $18) 27. Nf4 Ba6 (
27... Rg8 28. h5 $18) 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Nh7 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kh8 (
31... Kf7 32. Qg6+ $1 (32. Qxh7+ Ke8 33. Qg6+ Rf7 $19) 32... Kxe7 33. Qxe6+ Kd8
34. Qd6+ $1 Kc8 35. Qc6+) 32. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia-A 37th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 {White has many alternatives here, I went for a less forced one.} (
9. g3) (9. O-O-O) (9. dxc5) 9... a6 10. O-O b5 {Since b5-b4 is not a real
threat, this move is not neccesary here.} 11. a3 $6 (11. Nd1 $5 {transferring
the N to f2} b4 12. Nf2 a5 13. dxc5 (13. c4 $5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 $13 {Quezada-Borges Mateos, CUB (ch) 2007}) 13... Nxc5
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ba6 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Kh1 $13 {Browne-Akobian, Stillwater
2007}) 11... Qb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Kh1 Bb7 ({Probably Black
could use little tactics here:} 14... d4 $5 15. Nd1 (15. Nxd4 $2 Rd8 16. Bf3
Rxd4 17. Qe3 Bb7 $19) 15... Bb7 16. Nf2 Rad8 17. b4 Na4 18. Bd3 Ne7 {and Black
is doing fine.}) 15. Bd3 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. f5 $5 {I was calculating the
consequences of this aggresive move for quite a while... only to come to the
conclusion, that Black has enough resources to defend...} Qg4 $2 (17... exf5 $5
18. Bxf5 d4 19. Ne4 ({Attempts to mate Black do not bring any success...} 19.
Qe2 dxc3 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg6) (19. Qf2 dxc3 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8
22. Qf5 Qh4) (19. Qg5 h6) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 $11) (17... d4 {
looks quite dangerous for Black:} 18. f6 h6 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf4 $40) 18. h3
$2 ({Hard to explain, why I didn't play} 18. f6 $40) 18... Qh5 19. Ne2 exf5 20.
Ng3 Qg6 21. Nxf5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 $6 ({White has a slight edge after} 22. Qf4 Qxf5
23. Qxf5 Ng3+ 24. Kh2 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 $14) 22... dxe4 23. N3d4 Rae8 24. Nxc6 Bxc6
25. Qf4 Bb5 $2 {The black bishop will be completely misplaced here.} (25... f6
$1 26. Rf2 Bd7 27. Qxe4 fxe5 28. Raf1 $14) 26. Rf2 f6 27. Ra3 $1 {After this
Black's position becomes critical.} Qg5 (27... Bd7 28. e6 $1 Bxe6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7
30. Rg3 $16) 28. Rg3 Qxf4 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxf4 {Black has no time to collect
on e5, as after there Rh4 is a lethal threat.} Bc4 $8 31. Re7 $1 {The rest is
easy.} fxe5 32. Rxe4 Rxe7 33. Nxe7 Ba2 34. Rxe5 Rf2 35. Nf5 Kg8 36. Ne3 Bb1 37.
Kg1 Rd2 38. Rg5+ Kf7 39. Rf5+ Kg6 40. Rf2 Rd6 41. Rf1 Ba2 42. b3 Re6 43. Kf2
Rf6+ 44. Ke2 Rxf1 45. Kxf1 Kg5 46. g3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Rb8 13. b3 Qb4 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Rad1 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. b4
Nd7 22. a4 Ke7 23. a5 g5 24. fxg5 Nxe5 25. Na4 Nd7 26. b5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Nb8 28.
Nc5 Ba8 29. a6 Rc7 30. Na4 Bc6 31. a7 Rxa7 32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxa4 34. Rc7+
Kd6 35. Rfxf7 Rg8 36. Rg7 Rf8 37. h3 Ra2 38. Rgd7+ Ke5 39. Rc3 d4 40. Rg3 Rh8
41. Kh2 Re2 42. h4 Re3 43. Rg4 Re4 44. Kh3 Rxg4 45. Kxg4 Ke4 46. h5 d3 47. g6
hxg6 48. hxg6 e5 49. g7 Rg8 50. Kg5 Ke3 {[%mdl 4096]} 51. Kf6 $2 {Nun kann
Schwarz das Wettrennen für sich entscheiden.} (51. Kg6 $2 e4 52. Kh7 Rc8 53. g4
Kd2 $19) (51. g4 $1 {war vonnöten, z.B.} e4 52. Kf5 d2 53. Rxd2 Kxd2 54. Kxe4
Rxg7 55. Kf5 Ke3 56. g5 Kd4 57. g6 Kd5 58. Kf6 $11) 51... e4 52. Kf7 Rxg7+ 53.
Kxg7 {[%tqu "De","Schwarz zieht und gewinnt","","","e3d2","",3]} Kd2 $1 54. Ra7
e3 55. Ra2+ Ke1 56. Ra1+ Ke2 57. g4 d2 58. g5 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Kxd1 60. g6 e2 61.
Kf7 e1=Q 62. g7 Qf2+ 63. Ke7 Qg3 64. Kf7 Qf4+ 65. Ke7 Qg5+ 66. Kf7 Qf5+ 67. Ke7
Qg6 68. Kf8 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Moracchini, Fabrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bordeaux"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 a6 9. a3 Nd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. Nb1 b5
15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. c3 Re8 19. h3 Nf8 20. h4 f6 21. exf6
gxf6 22. Bb1 a5 23. Qh6 a4 24. Nbd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc5 26. Rd3 Ng6 27. h5 Bf8
28. Qe3 Nh8 29. Bh4 Nf7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Rf3 Be7 32. Bxh7 Ne5 33. h6 Nxf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Rg8 35. Bxg8 Qxg8 36. Ne5 Be8 37. Ng4 Qf7 38. Qf3 f5 39. Ne5 Qh7 40. Qe3
Rc8 41. Bxe7 Qxe7 42. Re1 Qf6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Qa7+ Kxh6 45. Re3 Bh5 46. Qb7 Rd8
47. Qxb5 f4 48. Re1 f3 49. Qb6 Rc8 50. g3 Qf5 51. Qe3+ Kh7 52. Qd3 Re8 53.
Qxf5+ exf5 54. Nd3 Re4 55. Kf1 Kg7 56. Nf4 Bf7 57. Rd1 Kf6 58. Rd3 d4 59. Rxf3
Bc4+ 60. Kg2 Be2 61. Nxe2 Rxe2 62. cxd4 Rxb2 63. g4 Kg5 64. Rxf5+ Kxg4 65. Ra5
Rd2 66. Rxa4 Kf4 67. d5+ Ke5 68. Ra5 Kf4 69. a4 Rd4 70. Kf1 Kf3 71. Ke1 Ke4 72.
Ke2 Kf4 73. f3 Ke5 74. Ke3 Rb4 75. f4+ Kd6 76. Kf3 Rd4 77. Kg4 {Is the result
0-1 correct? 1-0 fits obviously better. Ist das Ergebnis 0-1 richtig? 1-0
passt natürlich viel besser.} 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 36th"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2014.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {This was one of the many variations played by my
opponent, so I hadn't really been able to revise the various lines. On the
other hand, I had recently finished writing a book covering the French...so I
felt confident about going here.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 $5 {Less popular than ...Bc5, but the obscurity has often
worked in Black's favour since White is given a wide array of choices, so it's
easy to go wrong. For me, this was the awkward moment when I couldn't clearly
remember my own recommendations in the 1.e4 series that I had completed a few
months back...} 10. O-O-O Qc7 {A modern way to play this variation for Black.
The idea is to avoid White's quick Bb5 - Bxc6 as in 10...b6:} (10... b6 11. Bb5
Bb7 12. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 13. Nd4 {gives White an excellent position as f5 will be
very strong.} Qd7 $5 {is the best try as I analysed in my book, but this has
never been played before.} (13... Rc8 14. f5 b5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. b4 $1 $16 {
1-0 (48) Zhigalko,S (2658)-Gopal,G (2566) Moscow 2012}) (13... Qc7 14. f5 Rfd8
15. f6 gxf6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rhf1 Be7 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Qe2 $16 {1-0 (55)
Motylev,A (2683)-Wang,L (2400) Beijing 2012})) 11. Kb1 a6 (11... b6 {is again
met by} 12. Bb5 $5 {/\ Bxc6, Nd4 as played in Nakamura - Vitiugov. Also White
has the option of 12.Qe1 /\ f5...}) 12. Qe1 $146 {I saw the idea of Bxc5 here
already, and it felt original and interesting. But an immediate Bxc5 gives
Black a lot of flexibility since Bd3 doesn't create a threat yet. Therefore, I
decided to set my queen to be ready to transfer to the kingside.} ({I could
remember that} 12. Qf2 b6 13. Qg3 $5 $146 {was my suggestion. Here I had
analysed various lines in detail, but I began to get confused as to the most
straightforward and critical line after} f6 14. f5 $1 Ne4 (14... Nxe5 15. fxe6
Bxe6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 {gives White a clear advantage.}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 {
during the game I failed to see that White has the crucial idea of Bh6 at
various points. For instance:} 16. Bc4 $1 exf3 17. Bh6 $1 $18) 12... b5 13.
Bxc5 $5 {At first, it looks a very strange decision to give away the
dark-squared bishop...but the threats created with a quick development pose
some interesting problems for Black:} Bxc5 14. Bd3 {Now Black faces a
difficult decision. Eventually, after a long thought Romain went for the
logical...} Be7 {, but possibly not the best.} (14... b4 $2 {runs into} 15.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Ng5 {and White has a crushing attack.}) (14...
h6 {is always a huge commitment, as g4 - g5 will be very hard to deal with now.
} 15. g4 $36) (14... f5 15. g4 $1 {would just give White a typical initiative.}
) (14... f6 {is better than f5, but White doesn't need to play exf6. Instead
he has a few interesting options as} 15. Qh4 h6 16. Qh5 $5 {trying to provoke
fixing the structure with f5, after which White's initiative will flow easily
with g4. Otherwise Qg6, or g4..g5 could be annoying threats.}) 15. f5 $1 {
I decided to go for an immediate initiative:} (15. h4 {deserves some attention,
but I wasn't sure if the slow burning initiative with Ng5 etc. could yield
eventual results.}) 15... b4 {Now, it was my turn to lapse into deep thought.
I could see many options to repeat moves...but couldn't find a convincing way
to break through.} (15... exf5 16. Nxd5 Qb7 17. g4 $1 fxg4 {I hadn't seen a
forced win here during the game, but it looked dangerous enough for Black. But
the computer points out the excellent:} 18. Be4 $1 gxf3 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (19...
Bxf6 20. exf6 g6 21. Rd6 $1 $18) 20. Qh4 $1 f5 21. Rhg1+ Kh8 22. Qh6 $18) 16.
f6 $1 gxf6 {Unable to find a forced win in the Qh4 line:} 17. Qg3+ $6 {This
lets the win slip. Instead, White had the most amazing combination with} (17.
Qh4 $1 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5+ Kh8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 {All normal so far....} 21.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 {and here I only considered Re1...instead} 22. g4 $1 {let the
initiative go on. Black can't challenge the queen due to the c6-knight, so he
has to go for} Nxe5 23. gxf5 Ng6 24. Rhg1 $36 {when White's initiative is in
no doubt.}) 17... Kh8 18. Qh3 f5 19. Bxf5 $5 exf5 20. Nxd5 {This idea took him
by surprise, so he spent a few crucial minutes here, allowing me to make up my
mind on how to continue and bringing us both into a mutual time scramble.} Qb7
21. Nf6 {Continuing to be ambitious.} (21. Qh6 Be6 $1 (21... Rg8 22. Nxe7 Qxe7
23. Qxc6 $14) 22. Nf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 {was another critical line, but I
couldn't find any way to achieve more than a draw here.}) 21... Bxf6 22. exf6
Rg8 23. Qh5 $5 {The idea is to play h4... Ng5 at the right time.} (23. Qh6 Rg6
24. Qf8+ Rg8 {would be another draw.}) 23... Be6 ({I had mostly considered} 
23... Rg6 {another logical defensive move, but here White has the spectacular}
24. Ng5 h6 25. Rd6 $1 {and Black is absolutely unable to develop. White just
threates Rhd1 or Rxc6...}) 24. Rd3 {Objectively a dubious move...at the same
time, considering the insane complications it does have a point... I stop ...
Bxa2 ideas, and the rook is useful for various ideas to lift to the kingside.}
(24. h4 {seems tempting but after} Bxa2+ $1 25. Kxa2 (25. Ka1 Rg6 $1 26. Ng5 h6
{since the bishop on e6 isn't hanging anymore.}) 25... b3+ 26. cxb3 Rab8 {
it is Black who seems to be trying for a win... although after} 27. Rd3 Nb4+
28. Kb1 Qe4 29. Ng5 Qxd3+ 30. Ka1 {he doesn't seem to have anything more than
a perpetual.}) (24. b3 Rg6 25. Ng5 Rxg5 26. Qxg5 {would lead to a balanced and
calm position.}) 24... Qc7 $2 {The critical turning point. The second choice
of the computer, and still ok, but after this it becomes very hard to hold it
together practically:} (24... Rg6 25. Ng5 Rxg5 26. Qxg5 {Now the rook on d3 is
very useful, and White has a few ways to continue pressurising Black.}) (24...
Bc4 $1 {was the critical defensive move that we both saw, but mis-assesed it
for different reasons. It's not as unusual as it looks because White's
attacking idea is based on various Ng5 - Nxe6 threats, so removing the bishop
makes sense.} 25. Rd2 {is perhaps the best. The computer assesses this as 0.00
still... but the position after ...Bxa2 is of course insane.} (25. Ne5 {
Romain was worried about this, but he didn't realise that Black has too many
pieces for the queen after} Bxd3 26. Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qxf7 Be4 $17) (25. Re1 $5 {
was my idea, just to create further mess... but Black responds in the same way
with} Rg6 26. Rde3 Qd7 27. b3 Bd5 {and White is struggling to prove his
compensation.}) (25. Re3 Rg6 $1 {is similar to 25.Re1.})) {He forgot about} 25.
h4 $1 Rg6 26. Ng5 Bxa2+ (26... h6 {isn't possible:} 27. Nxe6 $18) 27. Kxa2 h6
28. Rhd1 {The position is still a huge mess, but we were both playing on
seconds, so it was much harder for Black:} Ne5 $6 {Now Black starts to lose
the thread.} 29. Rd6 $1 Rf8 $2 30. Kb1 $1 Rc8 31. R1d2 {Luckily, White's moves
were all about preventing Black's ideas, so it was easy to find the last few
moves. Now there are too many threats:} Kg8 32. Qd1 {Only now did I finally
ease up and realise that I'm winning.} hxg5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Rd8
Qxd8 (35... Qc7 36. Qh5+ Rh6 37. Rh8+ $1 {was the idea.}) 36. Qxd8 gxh4 37. Qe7
(37. Qe7 Rxg2 38. Qxe5 Kg6 39. Qe8 $1 {/\ Qh8, and Black is unable to keep the
h-pawn and avoid Qg7+ at the same time.}) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qd8 $5 {At first the recent trend of a few players opting for this
instead of 15...Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qd8 just bewildered me. It seemed like White can
at least go Bb6 as in the main line... or have a host of extra options. But
then I realised their idea:} (15... Qh4+ {Black wants to avoid} 16. g3 $5 {
which leads to some really complicated, and uncharted territory.} Qh3 (16...
Qd8 {now makes simply no sense, because White just has an extra move of g3 in
the main lines after} 17. Bb6) 17. Rf1 $5 {At first, the computer thinks that
everything is just ok for Black, but as is usual in such cases, it
under-estimates White's initiative. There is no easy way to develop for Black;
neither does he have any forcing way to just simplify things (as the
computer's assesment of 0.00 might suggest). I have analysed this line in some
depth in my upcoming book series on 1.e4, and interested readers are welcome
to check that out:).} (17. Nd1 $5 {is another exciting option that still needs
to be explored.}) {In the meantime, I'll leave you with a very instructive
game:} 17... Bc8 18. Rb3 Bd7 19. Rb7 Bc8 20. Rb6 $5 Bd7 $6 21. f5 $1 Be7 22.
Rf2 $1 Bd8 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. Ne2 Rc4 25. Qe3 exf5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Qg4 28. Qd6
Bc8 29. Rf4 Qg5 30. Rxg7 Qh6 31. h4 a5 32. Rxf5 Rxc2 {Zolochevsky,V (2351)
-Shatkovsky,V (2319) ICCF 2011. A brilliant game even by the standards of
correspondence chess!}) 16. O-O (16. f5 $5 Qc8 $1 (16... Qh4+ $140 17. g3 Qh3
18. Rf1 {would be a much worse version than the 15...Qh4+ 16.g3 line.}) 17. Rb3
Qc4 18. Nd1 $5 $146 (18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rf1 (19. Nd1 Bc5 20. c3 Bxd4 21. cxd4
O-O {and White can't castle}) 19... Be7 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Kd2 Rf8 $15 {1/2-1/2 
(107) Karjakin,S (2786)-Nakamura,H (2767) Zug 2013 CBM 154 [Szabo,Kr]}) 18...
Bc5 (18... Rc8 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. O-O Bc5 21. c3 $36) (18... exf5 19. Ne3 Qc6 20.
O-O Be7 21. Rb6 Qc8 22. Nxd5 $16) 19. c3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 exf5 $1 21. Ne3 Qc6 22.
O-O (22. Qb4 f4 $1) 22... O-O 23. Rc3 Qb7 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rac8 $11) (16.
Bb6 {would be my recommendation - going for the usual main lines.} Qc8 17. Rc7
Qd8 18. Qd4 Ba3 19. Nb1 Be7 20. c4 Rc8 21. Rb7 Bb4+ 22. Kf2 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Bc5
24. Rd1 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 dxc4 26. Nc3 Rc7 27. Rxa6 Ke7 28. Rb6 {this is the
critical endgame to assess this whole variation for Black.... it seems to me
that White tries without much risk, so that's already not a bad achievement
from the opening. An instructive game was, Kamsky,G (2741)-Shimanov,A (2655)
Tromso 2013.}) 16... Rb8 $146 {A rather logical novelty. Black should try to
get rid of this rook as soon as possible, but I don't think it really
equalises.} (16... Qc8 17. Rfb1 Bc6 18. R7b3 {has been doing quite well for
White as well:} Be7 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Nf4 Bg5 22. Rg3 Bh6 23. Qf2
$16 {1-0 (28) Brkic,A (2562)-Martinovic,S (2537) Porec 2014}) 17. Rxb8 (17. Bb6
Bc5+ $1 18. Bxc5 Rxb7 $17) 17... Qxb8 18. f5 (18. Rb1 $1 {seems the critical
move.} Qc8 (18... Qc7 19. Qe3 Be7 (19... g6 20. Nxd5 $16) 20. f5 $36) 19. Qe3 {
/\f5. The computer suggests} h5 {which looks rather strange, so I would
definitely prefer White here.} 20. h3 (20. f5 h4 21. h3 Rh5 {can lead to
strange positions}) 20... h4 21. Kh1 $14) 18... Qc8 19. f6 {That's not really
the point behind f5... that's why it was probably better if White could
prepare for a few more moves. Now, Black solves all his developmental problems
with} gxf6 $1 20. Rxf6 (20. exf6 Rg8 {is rather pleasant too, since White has
no initiative.}) 20... h5 21. Rf3 Qc4 {Suddenly, Black's lack of development
doesn't seem a problem anymore since White isn't trying to penetrate through
the b-file.} 22. h3 {Black has a host of pleasant options to choose from.} Be7
23. a3 Bxa3 {Accepting the sacrifice... but I don't think Black should give
away his bishop pair as easily.} (23... Rg8 $11 {is certainly quite pleasant
for Black as well.}) 24. Ne4 $1 {An interesting pawn sacrifice, to keep
Black's bishop stuck behind his own pawns...} (24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxa3 Rg8 {
and Black's bishop will get too active as well.}) 24... dxe4 25. Rxa3 Rg8 26.
Rb3 Qc7 27. Rc3 $6 {Grischuk probably missed Black's nasty intermediate reply.}
(27. c4 $5 {would help White to continue to build up the pressure.} Bc6 (27...
e3 $140 28. Qxe3 Bc6 29. Bb6 $1 {/\ Rd3, gives White almost a winning
advantage!} Qb7) (27... Rg6 28. Qb2 $14) 28. Qb2 $1 $16) (27. Rb6 {is a
strange computer suggestion that I fail to understand, but trust is quite good
as well.}) 27... e3 $1 {Now, everything's getting quite messy, and it's
suddenly Black who is exploiting the typical opposite coloured bishop
initiative. I can also imagine that Grischuk was very much into time pressure
by now...} 28. Bxe3 (28. Qxe3 Bc6 29. g3 Qd7 $15) 28... Qxe5 {White could have
equalised in a few different ways here, but he continues to try and create
something in vain.} 29. Rd3 Qb5 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. Rb8+ Bc8 32. c4 Qxc4 $1 {
Adgenstein clearly isn't impressed by the pawn sacrifices these 2700 guys keep
making.} 33. Rb4 (33. Qd6 Qc2 $1 {would have still led to a likely perpetual,
but after the game move, Black takes over.}) 33... Qc6 $1 (33... Qc7 34. Bb6
Qe7 35. Rc4 {is possibly what White expected.}) 34. Rd4 f6 {...and Black's
king is very safe.} 35. Kh1 $6 {I think Grischuk was just trying to reach the
time control in the next few moves, so I wouldn't comment on the missed
opportunities:} Kf7 36. Rd6 Qb5 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bf4 Qf5 39. Rc6 Kg6 $2 {The big
miss.} (39... Rxg2+ $1 {would have simply been over:} 40. Qxg2 (40. Kxg2 Qe4+
$19) 40... Qxf4+ 41. Kg1 Bb7 $19 {[%cal Gf4c7]}) 40. Rc7 e5 {And the last move
in the time control turns out to be the spoiler.} (40... Qe4 {keeps White's
pieces all caught up in a web. He probably has to go for the endgame after} 41.
Qc2 Bb7 42. Qxe4+ Bxe4 {[%csl Rg2] but this is just very nice for Black.}) 41.
Be3 Be6 42. Qb4 {Now White has enough counterplay.} Rg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qb7+
Bf7 45. Qxa6 Qe4 46. Qe2 f5 47. Qf3 Qxf3 48. gxf3 Kg6 49. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rotman, Daniel"]
[Black "Zalkind, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 (9. Ne2 $5 b4 (9... Bb7 10. g3 (10. c3 Rc8 11. g3 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 $15 {Wohlfart,A - Kingelhoefer,S
/OLO-B Ger/1993/0:1/40}) 10... Rc8 11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 $10 {
= Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares 1992}) 10. h4 Qb6 11. h5 a5 12. f5 cxd4 13. Nexd4
Bc5 {[%csl Rd4]} 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bb5 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Rh4
Rf5 {=/+ Blatny,P-Andersson,U/Prague Kottnauer 1996}) (9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe3 a5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Ba6 17.
Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Qc4 Raa8 21. Qc6 Rfb8 22. Rfd1 g5 23. g3
gxf4 24. gxf4 Nf8 25. Kf2 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rd8 27. Ke3 Ng6 28. Ke4 Bf8 29. Rg1
Rac8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nc5 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Rc1 Bb6 {0-1 Reefat,S-Bareev,
E/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996}) (9. g3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bg2 Bc5 12. Nce2 O-O
13. c3 Qe7 14. O-O b4 15. Rac1 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb4 17. Ra1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Nb6 19.
b3 a5 $36 {0-1 Fogarasi,T-Arnold,L/FSGM Aug, Budapest HUN 1996 (34)}) 9... Bb7
10. Bd3 $5 (10. Qf2 $6 Qa5 $1 11. Ra2 Qb6 12. Ne2 b4 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nb3 c4 $15
{Hodgson-Chandler, London 1990}) (10. Be2 $5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. O-O (12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O-O Rc8 $132) 12... Qb6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bf2 O-O
15. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rxc6 17. Bd3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. h3 Rc7 20. Qe2 Rcf7
21. Rdf1 g6 22. Kh2 Nd7 23. Rf3 Qd6 24. g3 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27.
Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qf2+ Kg8 29. Ne2 d4 30. Ng1 (30. Nf4 Qc6 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Nxg2
Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Ne1 34. Bf1 Nxc2 35. Kg1 Kf7 $17) 30... Qc6 31. g4 Nxd3 32. cxd3
Qc7+ {0-1 Kolev,A-Glek,I/Linares op sp 1996}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 $6 $146 (
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O-O $14 {
Vasiukov-Dokhoian, Moscow 1990}) 12. Qf2 $1 (12. O-O-O $6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 $1
(13... bxc4 $6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Qa5 (15... Rb8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Qc7
18. Qc3 Qb7 19. Nf4 a5 20. Nxe6 Bb4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qd4 Ra8 23. Qc5 $18) 16.
fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Rb8 19. c3 Be7 20. Rf1 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.
Nd4 Bd7 23. Rf2 g6 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bf6 h5 $13) 14. Qf2 $1 (14. Nxc6 Qxd2+ (14...
Bxc6 15. Qf2 $1 (15. Qxd8+ $2 Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc7 18. g3 Be7 $15)
15... Qc7 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qb7 18. Rhg1 Rc8 (18... Bxg2 19. Rd2 Bc6 20.
Rxg7 $16) 19. Rd2 $18) 15. Rxd2 Bxc6 $15) 14... Qc7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 $13) 12...
Nc4 (12... Bc5 $5 13. Nxc6 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxc6 15. Qh3 $1 (15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Qg3 (
16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Be4 $1 21. Rxg7
Bg6 $19) 16... O-O 17. O-O-O Qb6 $13) 15... Qd7 $1 (15... h6 16. O-O-O O-O 17.
f5 $40 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 d4 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Ng3 $1 Qxe5 21. Rde1 Qf6 22. fxe6 Rae8
23. Rhf1 Rxe6 (23... Qg5 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Qe6 Qe7 27. Qxb6
Rxf1+ 28. Nxf1 $18) 24. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 25. Ka2 gxf6 (25... Bd5+ 26. b3 Na4 27. Rf1
Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Nd1+ 29. Kc1 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Ne3+ 31. Rxe1 Nxg2 32. Re4 $18) 26.
Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qf5 Bd5+ 28. b3 $18) 16. O-O $1 (16. O-O-O a5 17. f5 b4 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Ne2 bxa3 20. bxa3 Qe7 $132) 16... Nc4 17. b3 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Ne3 19. Rf3
d4 20. Ne4 $14) 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O-O $14 Nxd4 $5 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Nxc6 Bxc6
16. Bb6 $18) (14... Qc7 15. Ndxb5 $3 axb5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Nxb5 Be7 (17... Bxa3
18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. bxa3 Qxa3+ 21. Kd2 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qb2 23. Rd2 c3
24. Rd7 Qxc2+ (24... Qb5+ 25. Ke1 $18) 25. Ke3 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ba6 27. Rc7 Nb8
28. Ba7 $18) 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Qe3 (20. Bc5 c3) 20... g6 21. Rd7
$1 (21. Bc5 Qa5 $1 22. Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Rd7 Bxg2 $13) (21. h4 Qa4 22. Bc5 (22. h5
c3 23. hxg6 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 fxg6 25. Qh3) (22. Rd7 Nb4 $19) 22... c3 23. Bxe7+
Nxe7 24. Qxc3 Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 Bxg2 26. Rhg1 Bd5 27. h5 $14) 21... Kg7 22. Rhd1
Qa6 23. Bc5 $16) (14... Qc8 $5 15. Qg3 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Rhf1 g6 18. h4 $40)
15. Rxd4 (15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Qg3 g6 17. h4 h5 $13) 15... Qa5 $2 (15... Qc7 $1 16.
Ne4 $5 (16. Qg3 Bc5 17. Rd2 (17. Qxg7 Bxd4 18. Qxh8+ Kd7 19. Qxh7 Bxe3+ 20. Kb1
Rf8) 17... Bxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Rhd1 Rad8 20. g4 $13) 16... Bxe4 (16... Be7
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd7 19. f5 $40) 17. Rxe4 Be7 18. c3 $1 (18. f5 exf5 (
18... c3 19. b4 a5 20. f6 gxf6 21. exf6 Bd6 22. Qf3 Ra6 23. Qh5 Qd7 24. Rd1 $1
axb4 25. Rxe6+ Qxe6 (25... Kd8 26. Re7 Qc6 27. Bc5 Rxa3 28. Kb1 $18) 26. Qxb5+
Kd8 (26... Kf8 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5#) 27. Bb6+ $1 Rxb6 (27... Kc8 28. Qxa6+ $18
) 28. Qxb6+ Kd7 29. Qb7+ Ke8 30. Qc6+ Qd7 31. Qa8+ Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Kxd8 33. Rxd6+
Kc7 34. Ra6 Re8 35. Ra7+ Kb6 36. Re7 Ra8 37. Kb1 bxa3 38. Ka2 Rf8 39. Kxa3 $18)
19. Qxf5 c3 20. b4 a5 21. e6 O-O 22. Rf1 axb4 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Qg4 Bf6 $1 (
24... Rxa3 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg4+ $18) 25. Rxb4 Rxa3 $19) 18... a5 $1 $132 (
18... O-O 19. f5 Qc6 20. Rg4 $40) 19. f5 b4 20. f6 gxf6 21. exf6 Bd6 22. Qf3
Ra6 (22... bxc3 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxa8+ Qb8 25. Qc6+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. f7+
Kxf7 28. Qd7+ Be7 29. Rf1+ $18) 23. Qh5 bxa3 $1 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Rxd6+ Rxd6
26. bxa3 Rd3 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Bd4 $13) 16. Rxc4 $1 bxc4 17. Bb6 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qc7
19. Rd1 $40 Rd8 20. Bd6 $1 (20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. h4 {With idea f5} Qd7 22. g4 Qc6
23. Kb1 (23. f5 Qh1+ 24. Nd1 Bf3 $15) 23... Qf3 24. Qd2 $1 Bd5 (24... Qh1+ 25.
Ka2 Qxh4 26. g5 $18) 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qb4 h5 27. g5 Kd7 28. Qa4+ (28. Bf8 $5
Kc6 29. Bxg7 Rd8 30. Bf6 Rd7 $13) 28... Qc6 (28... Kc7 29. Bd6+ Kb6 30. Qd7
Qd1+ (30... Qc6 31. Qxf7 Rc8 32. Qxe6 $18) 31. Ka2 Qd5 32. Qc7+ Kb5 33. a4+
Kxa4 34. Qb6 $18) 29. Qxc4 Rc8 30. Qd3+ Ke8 31. b4 Rb8 (31... g6 32. Qd6 Qxd6
33. exd6 Kd7 34. c4 Kc6 35. Kc2 Re8 36. Kc3 e5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. Kd4 Re2 39. a4
Rd2+ 40. Ke5 a5 $1 41. Be3 Re2 42. b5+ Kd7 43. Kd4 Kxd6 44. c5+ Ke6 45. c6 $18)
32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. exd6 Kd7 34. c4 Re8 35. Kc2 e5 36. f5 e4 37. Kd2 e3+ 38. Bxe3
Kxd6 39. Bf4+ Kc6 40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Re8 $14) 20... Qc6 21. Rd2 f5 $5 (21...
h6 22. f5 exf5 (22... Qd7 23. g4 $16) 23. Nd5 c3 24. bxc3 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6
26. Qe3+ Kf8 27. c4 $1 $16) 22. Qh4 Qd7 (22... Rd7 23. g4 $5 Qh1+ 24. Rd1 Qf3
25. gxf5 exf5 26. Kb1 $16) 23. Na4 $1 (23. g4 $5 fxg4 24. Qxg4 Rf8 25. Rd4 Rf5
26. Rxc4 Rc8 (26... Qf7 27. Ne2 $16) 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ne2 $16) 23... Qf7 (
23... Bd5 24. Nb6 Qf7 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 $18) 24. Nb6 c3 25. bxc3 h6 26.
Rd4 $1 $18 Bxg2 27. Rc4 g5 28. fxg5 Qg6 29. gxh6 Qxh6+ (29... Rxd6 30. Rc8+ Kf7
31. Rc7+ Kg8 32. exd6 $18) 30. Qxh6 Rxh6 31. Rc7 Rb8 (31... Rxh2 32. Rg7 $1 (
32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rh7+ Rxd6 34. Rxh2 Rxb6 35. Rxg2 $13) 32... Rh1+ 33. Kb2 Rh8
34. Rxg2 Kf7 35. c4 $18) (31... Rxd6 32. exd6 e5 33. d7+ Ke7 34. Rc8 Rd6 35.
Re8+ Kf7 36. d8=Q Rxd8 37. Rxd8 $18) 32. Re7+ Kd8 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34. Bxb8 Rxh2
35. Bd6 Be4 36. Re7+ Kd8 37. Rf7 Bc6 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Terres Catalanes"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
Rb8 {Ivanchuk's idea.} 8. Qd2 (8. Be2 $5 {Hellers}) 8... Qa5 (8... c4 9. f5 $5
$13 {Hellers-Ivanchuk,Tilburg 1993 [1-0]}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 $146 (9... a6 $6 10.
O-O-O b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 $6 12. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. f5 $16 {+/- Vehi
Bach,V-Picanol,A/Olot op 1994}) 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb5 $6 {Too simple to be good
} (11. O-O-O $5 b5 12. Nd4 $1 (12. Kb1 $6 b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Qe3 Nc3+ $40)
12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Nb1 $13) 14... Ba6 $1 (14... b3 $6 15. cxb3
Rxb3 16. Kb1 Rb4 17. Qc3 O-O 18. Rd4 $14) (14... Ne4 15. Kb1 Nc3+ 16. bxc3
bxc3+ 17. Ka1 Rb2 18. Nxc3 Rxc2 19. Bb5+ Bd7 (19... Kd8 20. Rd3 $18) 20. Bxd7+
Kxd7 21. Qa4+ $18) 15. Kb1 Ne4 16. f5 O-O $132 (16... Nc3+ 17. Nxc3 (17. bxc3
bxc3+ 18. Ka1 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Qa3 20. Rb1 Rb2 21. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 22. Bc4 Qb4 23.
fxe6 Rxa2+ (23... Qxc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rxb2 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 fxe6 27. Kc3 Kf7
28. Rb1 $16) 24. Bxa2 Qxd4 25. Rb8+ Ke7 26. Rxh8 fxe6 27. Rb1 Qxe5 28. Rxh7 $16
) 17... bxc3 18. b3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 O-O 20. f6 Rfc8 21. Rd3 Rc4 $1 22. Qe3 Qa3 (
22... Rbc8 23. Qg5 $18) 23. Qc1 Qxc1+ 24. Kxc1 Rg4 25. Rxc3 Rxg2 $15)) 11...
Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 $1 $132 13. Re1 (13. Nd6+ $2 Ke7 14. Re1 (14. Bd3 fxe5 15.
fxe5 (15. Nxe5 Kxd6 16. Nf7+ Ke7 17. Nxh8 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bd7 $19) 15... Bd7 16.
Rae1 Rbf8 17. Rhf1 a6 $15 {The knight on d6 is beautiful and not in use [As
usual!!].He is just a  Weakness}) 14... Bd7 15. Bd3 g5 $1 $17) 13... fxe5 (
13... Ne4+ $6 14. Ke3 a6 15. Nbd4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 $14) 14. fxe5 Bd7
15. Bd3 Ke7 (15... O-O 16. Rhf1 (16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rf2+ 18. Re2 Rbf8 $36)
16... Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bxb5 19. Rxe6 Rbe8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nd4 $14)
16. Nbd4 Nxd4 $6 (16... Rbf8 $5 17. Rhf1 (17. Nxc6+ bxc6 (17... Bxc6 18. Rhf1 (
18. Nd4 Rf2+ 19. Re2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rhf8)) 18. Rhf1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rf4 $1 20. g3
(20. Ng5 Rg4) 20... Ra4 $1 (20... Rb4 21. b3 c5 22. Rc1 $14) 21. a3 Rb8 22. Kc3
c5 $15) 17... Be8 {The same position was in the game,but without exchange Nc6
on Nf3    Black has more chances.Now only White can win [with black's help!]})
17. Nxd4 Rbf8 18. Rhf1 Rxf1 (18... Nxd3 19. cxd3 Be8 20. Ke3 $14) 19. Rxf1 Be8
20. Rf3 h6 21. b4 $6 Nd7 $1 (21... Nxd3 $6 22. cxd3 a6 23. Rf1 $14) 22. Re3 Rf8
$15 23. Ke1 a6 $6 24. c3 {From the begining both of players haven't believed
they can win this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 19th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1980.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Black "Prandstetter, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1980.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3
f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 fxe5 $2 (11... O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. Bh3 fxe5
14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7 (16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. dxe5 Bg4 18. O-O Bc5+
19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qb6 $44 {Smagin,S-Dimitrov,V/Priler/1992/
1:0/54/}) 16... Qxe7 17. d5 e4 18. Ng5 Nc5 $44 {Lukin,A-Ivanov,S/Leningrad/
1984/0:1/35/}) 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Be7 14. a3 Rf7 15. h4 Nf8 16. Na4 Qd8 17.
Rc1 (17. Bd3 Bd7 18. b4 b6 19. Nc3 a5 20. b5 Na7 21. Ng5 $16 {Dubinin,
P-Alatortsev,V/Leningrad/1947/}) 17... Bd7 18. b4 b6 19. Ba6 $2 (19. Nc3 $16)
19... Nb8 $1 20. Bd3 (20. Bb7 $2 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Bxb4+ $17) 20... Qe8 $2 (20...
a5 21. b5 Bxa3 22. Rc2 Bb4+ $13) 21. Nc3 a5 22. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 23. hxg5 axb4 24.
axb4 Nc6 (24... g6 25. b5 $16) 25. Nb5 $1 Nxb4 26. Nd6 Ba4 (26... Qe7 $16) 27.
Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 28. Qh5 g6 $8 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nxe8+ Bxe8 32.
Rc7+ Bf7 33. Rxh7+ (33. Rh6 $18) 33... Kxh7 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rc7 Ra2 36. Kf1
Rc2 (36... Nc2 37. g6 Nxd4 38. Bh6 Ra8 39. g4 Nf3 40. Bg7 Nh2+ 41. Kg2 Nxg4 42.
Bf6 $18) 37. Rb7 Nd3 38. Be3 Rc3 39. Ke2 Nc1+ 40. Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Ke2 Nc1+ 42.
Bxc1 Rxc1 43. Rxb6 Kf7 44. g6+ Kxg6 45. Rxe6+ Kf5 46. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{I was quite surprised to be playing Eric at all, because he didn't play
yesterday's match. He was a kind of a surprise player who was parachuted in
for today's game. Ich war ziemlich ueberrascht, ueberhaupt gegen Eric
anzutreten, weil er beim gestrigen Kampf nicht gespielt hatte. Er war
sozusagen ein Joker, der extra fuer die heutige Partie eingeflogen wurden.} 1.
e4 e6 {He also surprised me by playing the French defence. I always thought of
him as someone who plays the Caro Kann or the Sicilian. Auch seine Wahl der
Franzoesischen Verteidigung ueberraschte mich. Ich hatte ihn immer als
Caro-Kann oder Sizilianisch-Spieler eingeordnet.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 {This is a very
well-known position, and the most common move here is for White to castle. But
since he is not a regular French player I thought I would confuse him by
playing something a little bit unusual. Eine wohl bekannte Stellung, und der
verbreitetste Zug für Weiß an dieser Stelle ist die Rochade. Doch da er kein
regelmäßiger Französisch-Spieler ist, dachte ich, ich könnte ihn verwirren,
indem ich ein wenig ungewöhnlich spielte.} 10. g3 {I played a move that has
been used by Kasparov on at least one occasion. I suspect that Kasparov won't
be playing this move 10.g3 regularly, but even if he plays it only once it
can't be a really stupid move. So I thought it was probably okay to play it.
The idea is that instead of castling queenside White also leaves open the
option of also possibly castling kingside. Dieser Zug wurde von Kasparov bei
mindestens einer Gelegenheit angewandt. Ich vermute, dass er nicht regelmäßig
zu 10.g3 greift spielt, doch selbst wenn er es nur einmal tut, kann es kein
wirklich dummer Zug sein. Daher hielt ich es für vertretbar, ihn zu spielen.
Die Idee besteht darin, dass Weiß sich, statt lang zu rochieren, auch die
Möglichkeit zur kurzen Rochade vorbehält.} O-O 11. Bg2 {Now White can castle
on either side, but more likely he's going to caslte kingside, having spent
two tempi on g3 and Bg2 Nun kann Weiß zu beiden Seiten rochieren,
wahrscheinlicher ist allerdings kurz, da er zwei Tempi für g3 und Lg2
aufgewendet hat.} Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {I was somewhat surprised by this move,
which allows me to retain mydark-square bishop, which can become a rather
powerful piece - in fact later in the game it does become rather strong. The
alternative would have been for him to exchange on d4 in this position, which
may be slightly better. Ich war ziemlich überrascht von diesem Zug, der mir
erlaubt, meinen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu behalten, welcher zu einer ziemlich
mächtigen Figur werden kann - wie es später in der Partie auch tatsächlich
geschieht. Die Alternative wäre für ihn gewesen, in dieser Stellung auf d4 zu
tauschen, was vielleicht einen Tick besser ist.} 13. Bf2 {I decided to punish
him for not exchanging the bishop by keeping it. Now he thought for quite a
long time, because Black has to consider how to get counterplay. He decided on
a plan which involved transferring the knight from d7 to e4. In fact I think
this is quite a good plan. If Black doesn't get some kind of active
counterplay White can consolidate his position, and then the pressure he has
on the dark squares will definitely give him the advantage. Ich beschloss, ihn
für das Nichttauschen des Läufers zu strafen und diesen zu behalten. Nun
dachte er recht lange nach, denn Schwarz muss überlegen, wie er zu Gegenspiel
kommen soll. Er entschied sich für einen Plan, der die Überführung des
Springers von d7 nach e4 vorsieht. Tatsächlich halte ich diese Idee für recht
gut. Falls der Nachziehende nicht irgendwie aktives Gegenspiel erhält, kann
Weiß seine Stellung konsolidieren, und dann wird ihm sein Druck auf den
dunklen Feldern definitiv Vorteil sichern.  He decided on a plan which
involved transferring the knight from d7 to e4. In fact I think this is quite
a good plan. If Black doesn't get some kind of active counterplay White can
consolidate his position, and then the pressure he has on the dark squares
will definitely give him the advantage.} Bb7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 {
Now Black is ready for the knight transfer from d7 to c5 to e4, so White has
to consider how to react to this. In fact I decided to just allow the knight
to come to e4 and to leave it there, play instead to maintain control of the
blockading square d4. Nun steht Schwarz bereit für die Überführung des
Springers von d7 über c5 nach e4, daher muss sich Weiß überlegen, wie er
darauf reagieren will. Ich beschloss, den Springer einfach nach e4 zu lassen
und ihn dort zu erlauben, um stattdessen auf anhaltende Kontrolle des
Blockadefeldes d4 zu spielen.} 16. Ne2 {I played my knight away from control
of e4, but it is heading for d4. Zieht zwar den Springer von der Kontrolle des
Feldes e4 ab, doch dieser strebt ja nach d4.} Nc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 {Both sides
executed their plans and the knight duly arrives on d4.} 18. Qe2 {Now it's an
interesting position, because Black has this knight on e4, but White can at
any moment exchange it. So Black always has to take into account the
possibility of White playing Bxe4. Nun ist eine interessante Stellung
entstanden, denn Schwarz hat zwar diesen Springer auf e4, doch Weiß kann ihn
jederzeit tauschen; der Nachziehende muss also immer mit der Möglichkeit Lxe4
rechnen.} b4 19. Be3 {Keeping my e bishop, but more importantly keeping it on
a square where it will blockade the e-pawn, if White exchanges on e4 later.
Because the one thing White does not want to happen is to exchange on e4, see
the black e-pawn go forward to e3 and be mated along the long diagonal leading
to h1. Behält nicht nur den Läufer, sondern stellt ihn dabei vor allem auf ein
Feld, wo er den e-Bauern blockieren wird, falls Weiß später auf e4 schlägt.
Das Einzige nämlich, was er nicht will, ist, auf e4 zu tauschen, den schwarzen
e-Bauern nach e3 vorrücken zu sehen und dann auf der langen Diagonale nach h1
mattgesetzt zu werden.} Rac8 {I rather expec ted him to play 19...Nxd4
followed up by ...a5, with the idea to develop the bishop on a6. Ich hatte
eher 19...Sxd4 nebst ...a5 erwartet mit der Idee, den Läufer nach a6 zu
entwickeln.} 20. Nb3 {I don't have to take immediately on e4. First of all I
improve the position of my pieces by playing Nb3. Now the bishop diagonal
e3-a7 is open, and then if I take on e4 at some point the knight or bishop can
come to c5 or the bishop to b6, which increases my possibilities. Ich brauche
nicht sofort auf e4 zu schlagen. Zunächst einmal verbessere ich die Stellung
meiner Figuren durch Sb3. Dies öffnet die Läuferdiagonale e3-a7, und wenn ich
dann doch irgendwann auf e4 nehme, können der Springer oder der Läufer nach c5
bzw. letzterer auch nach b6, was mir mehr Möglichkeiten gibt.} Qc7 {This stops
the last of these possibilities, i.e. the bishop going to b6. Verhindert die
letzte dieser Möglichkeiten, d.h. den Läuferausfall nach b6.} 21. Bxe4 {
Since I have no more useful preparatory move, so I might as well take on e4.
Da ich keinen nützlichen Vorbereitungszug mehr habe, kann ich ebenso gut auf
e4 nehmen.} dxe4 22. Qc4 {Actually White would very much like to exchange
queens in this position because Black has a number of weak pawns, like the
pawns a6 and b4 on the queenside, and the pawn on e4 will become weak. So in
an endgame, if you imagine that all the queens and rooks are exchanged, White
would have a large advantage, because he would have various possibilities to
attack the queenside pawns, or just to play the king to e3 and win the pawn on
e4. Im Grunde würde Weiß in dieser Stellung sehr gern die Damen tauschen, da
Schwarz eine Reihe schwacher Bauern hat, wie die Bauern a6 und b4 am
Damenflügel, und auch der Bauer e4 wird anfällig werden. In einem Endspiel,
wenn man sich einen Abtausch aller Schwerfiguren vorstellt, hätte der
Anziehende daher großen Vorteil, weil er über verschiedene Möglichheiten
verfügt, die Damenflügelbauern anzugreifen oder auch einfach den König nach e3
bringen könnte, um den Bauern e4 abzuholen.} a5 23. Qb5 {I think White has a
slight advantage in this position and I expected him to play 22...Qb8, but
instead he aimed for a tactical solution to his problems. Für meine Begriffe
hat Weiß in dieser Stellung leichten Vorteil, und ich erwartete den Zug 22...
Db8, stattdessen aber strebte er eine taktische Lösung seiner Probleme an.}
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 {This is quite a tricky idea but in fact it increases
White's advantage. Dies ist zwar eine ziemlich trickreiche Idee, doch
tatsächlich vergrößert sie nur den weißen Vorteil.} 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Kf2 {
I think he overlooked that I could play this move. Ich glaube, er hatte
übersehen, dass ich diesen Zug spielen konnte.} ({The tactical point is that
if I take on b7 he has Die taktische Pointe nach dem Schlagen auf b7 lautet} 
26. Qxb7 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ {which forces a draw. was das Remis erzwingt.})
26... Qc8 {White has a large advantage: there is no real danger of perpetual
check, Black's queenside pawns are weak and White's pieces can penetrate on
the weak dark squares. Weiß hat großen Vorteil: Dauerschach ist keine reelle
Gefahr, die gegnerischen Damenflügelbauern sind anfällig und seine Figuren
können auf den schwachen dunklen Feldern eindringen.} ({The critical point was
that if he played Der kritische Punkt war, dass im Fall von} 26... Qd1 {
then I play der Zug} 27. Nd2 {stopping the check on f3. folgt, der das Schach
auf f3 unterbindet.} Qh1 {He has to go for counterplay because he was losing a
piece here. Schwarz muss Gegenspiel anstreben, denn am Damenflügel verliert er
hier eine Figur.} ({If he plays Nach} 27... Ba8 {spiele ich} 28. Qa6 {I play
and win the piece. mit Figurengewinn.}) 28. Nf1 Qf3+ {and after und nach} 29.
Ke1 {the fun's over, he has no more checks, my king is secure and he's just
dropping a piece on the queenside. That is why he could not play 26...Qd1 but
instead had to go for something passive and play 26...Qc8. ist der Spaß vorbei:
er hat keine Schachs mehr, mein König steht sicher und am Damenflügel fällt
einfach eine Figur. Aus diesem Grund musste Schwarz von 26...Dd1 Abstand
nehmen und stattdessen etwas Passives wie 26...Dc8 spielen.}) 27. Nc5 Ba8 28.
Qa6 {As I said White would like to exchange queens Wie ich schon sagte, würde
Weiß gerne die Damen tauschen.} Qd8 {Now comes a nice tactical point. Jetzt
kommt eine hübsche taktische Pointe.} 29. Nd7 {threatening to win a piece with
Nb6, trapping the bishop. This is actually a very ackward move. Droht
Figurengewinn durch Sb6 mit Läuferfang. Dieser Zug ist äußerst lästig.} b3 {
He tried to solve his problems tactically by getting b4 for his knight Schwarz
versucht, seine Probleme taktisch zu lösen, indem er das Feld b4 für den
Sprigner freimacht.} ({after for example Nach beispielsweise} 29... Ne7 {
White plays spielt Weiß} 30. Bb6 {and wins the pawn on a5 und gewinnt den
Bauern a5.}) 30. axb3 Nb4 {attacking the queen and the pawn on c2 Attackiert
die Dame und den Bauern c2.} 31. Qd6 {threatening Nf6+, so he has no time to
take the pawn on c2 at the moment Droht Sf6+, daher hat er Im Moment keine
Zeit, den Bauern c2 zu schlagen.} Qc8 32. c4 {This is useful because it
controls the d5 square. Dies ist nützlich, da das Feld d5 kontrolliert wird.}
Nd3+ 33. Kg1 Bc6 ({The point of 33.Kg1 is that if he plays Die Pointe von 33.
Kg1 liegt darin, dass nach} 33... Nxb2 {I go die Fortsetzung} 34. Nb6 Qe8 35.
Nxa8 Qxa8 36. c5 {and there is no way for him to stop this pawn, because the
white king is ideally placed on g1 to stop any checks by the black queen,
which cannot actually get out in time to prevent the pawn from promoting.
That's why I chose g1 for my king, rather than some other square. folgt,
wonach Schwarz diesen Bauern nicht aufhalten kann, weil der weiße König ideal
auf g1 steht und auf diese Weise Schachs der schwarzen Dame verhindert, die
nicht rechtzeitig ausbrechen kann, um die Umwandlung des Bauern zu stoppen.
Aus diesem Grund wählte ich g1 für meinen König und nicht irgendein anderes
Feld.}) 34. Nb6 Qe8 35. Qc7 {Now there is a terrible threat of Nc8, followed
either by Ne7+ or Qxc6. So again he doesn't have time to take the pawn on b2
Nun droht schrecklich Sc8 nebst entweder Se7+ oder Dxc6, daher hat Schwarz
erneut keine Zeit, den Bauern b2 zu schlagen.} h5 $2 {I think Black was losing
anyway, because White has an extra pawn and his pieces are extremely active.
Ich glaube, Schwarz stand sowieso auf Verlust, da Weiß einen Mehrbauern hat
und seine Figuren äußerst aktiv stehen.} 36. Nc8 {In fact he has almost no
moves after this. I'm threatening Qxc6. Hiernach hat er praktisch keine Züge.
Ich drohe Dxc6.} Qd7 {This rather shortend the game Erlaubt ein abruptes Ende.}
({If he wants to avoid immediate loss of material the only move is
Unmittelbarer Materialverlust war nur mit} 36... Ba8 {but this really speaks
for itself. If nothing else I can just play zu vermeiden, doch dieser Zug
spricht wirklich für sich selbst. Wenn mir sonst nichts einfällt, kann ich
einfach} 37. Nd6 {and then take the pawn on a5 spielen und dann den Bauern a5
abholen.}) 37. Qxc6 {and after losing the piece he resigned. Und nach dem
Figurenverlust gab Schwarz sich geschlagen.} 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme op"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Nurkic,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Na4 Qc6 8. Nxc5
Nxc5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Ke2 Bc5
15. Bd2 b6 16. Rhb1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. a4 Kd7 19. Kd3 Ra7 20. b4 axb4 21.
cxb4 Be7 22. Kc2 Rc8 23. Kb3 Rac7 24. Rc1 f6 25. h4 h5 26. Rc2 fxe5 27. fxe5
Nd8 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Bg5 Rc4 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. a5 Nc6 32. a6 Rxb4+ 33. Kc3
Rc4+ 34. Kd3 Na7 35. Rf1 Nc6 36. Ra1 Na7 37. Ng5 Rf4 $6 (37... b5 38. Rf1 Nc6
39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rb7 Ra4 41. Nxe6 Nxe5+ 42. Kc3 Nc6 43. Nxg7+ Kf8 44. Ne6+ Ke8)
38. Rc1 Kd7 39. Rc7+ Kxc7 40. Nxe6+ Kd7 41. Nxf4 Nc6 42. Nxd5 Nxe5+ 43. Ke4 Nc6
44. Nxb6+ Kc7 45. Nd5+ Kd6 46. Nf4 1-0

[Event "British chess tornament handicap"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1888.06.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1888.06.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 ({At the time this
game was played, this was a very popular move due to Steinitz's influence.
Nowadays, more often played is} 6. Nf3) 6... Bxc5 7. Qg4 $5 {This move was
introduced by Steinitz and he though that it is very important novelty.
Steinitz: 'We recommend this innovation to special attention. We have tried
the move in the text, at an earlier stage of this opening, in a correspondence
game, viz.: after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Qg4, etc. But we
believe that this move will be found more effective after the additional
introductory line of play which brings about the present position.' However,
according to modern theory, this position leads to even play.} ({It should be
mentioned that Steinitz played} 7. Nf3 a6 (7... Nc6 $11) 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Nb4
$6 (9... b5) 10. Bd2 (10. a3) 10... b5 11. Nd1 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Qb6 $6 (12... b4)
13. b4 Be7 14. a3 $14 {1-0 (35) Steinitz,W-Sellman,A Baltimore 1885}) 7... g6
$6 ({The game move makes a lot of weak squares on the King side, which
practically means that Black cannot castle on the short side anymore.
Steinitz's opponent played better} 7... O-O 8. Nf3 Qe7 ({After} 8... Nc6 {
the position is even.}) 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qh3 a6 $2 ({After the best} 10... Bb6 {
Black has a good position.}) 11. g4 $1 $16 {1-0 (22) Steinitz,W-Vasquez,A
Havana 1888.}) 8. Bd3 ({Better was} 8. Bd2 $14) 8... Nc6 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Nf3 ({
Interesting is} 10. Qe2 $5) 10... a6 11. a3 Nc6 $2 ({Black loses two tempi
with his Knight. Better was to continue with the idea of trading his Knight} 
11... Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 $14) 12. Qh3 ({Very interesting was} 12. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5]}
h5 13. Qg3 $16) 12... Nf8 $2 ({Steinitz's suggestion} 12... Bf8 {with next Bg7
is better, although white has a clear advantage.}) ({Also interesting was} 
12... Be7 $16) 13. Qh6 ({Stronger was} 13. b4 Ba7 (13... Be7 {is worse} 14. Qh6
Nd7 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. O-O $18) 14. Qh6 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rh6g7]} Rg8 15. Ne2 $16 {
from strategical point of view, White has a dominant position.}) 13... Rg8 ({
In case of} 13... Nd7 {White can play} 14. Qg7 Ke7 15. b4 {with dominant
position.}) 14. Ng5 ({Stronger was} 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. b4 Ba7 16. c3 {and White
is clearly better.}) 14... Be7 ({After} 14... b5 {White has a strong} 15. b4
Ba7 16. O-O-O $1 $18) 15. h4 $1 {Zukertort was a great attacker. This game
isn't an exception.} Bd7 ({Black can try} 15... b5 {however, this cannot help
much} 16. Ne2 $18 {gives White a dominant position.}) 16. Rh3 $6 ({Much
stronger was} 16. g4 {with next h5.}) 16... Bxg5 $2 ({This move loses the game.
Better was} 16... Qc7 {with some hope for salvation.}) 17. hxg5 $18 Qb6 ({
Steinitz suggested} 17... Qc7 {although this cannot help much.}) 18. O-O-O
O-O-O 19. Be3 $1 {[%csl Ya7,Yc5,Yc7,Yd6,Yf6] White is dominant on dark squares
which makes Black's position helpless.} Qa5 (19... d4 $2 20. Bf2 $18 {[%cal
Yc3e4,Ye4d6]}) 20. Ne2 {Knight is crying for d4 square.} Kb8 21. Qh4 $1 {
The Queen on h6 is usless and so White gives her another job.} Rc8 22. Qf2 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Yf2b6]} Qd8 ({Necessary, because of White's idea} 22... Z0 23.
Bb6 Qa4 24. Nc3 {catching the Queen.}) 23. Bb6 Qe8 24. Bc5 Ne7 25. g4 {Good
prophylactic move. White prevents Nf5.} Ka8 26. Bd6 Qd8 27. Nd4 Ba4 28. b3 $1
Be8 29. Kb2 {White improves his position gradually. Black cannot respond well,
due to his badly placed pieces.} Bd7 30. c4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Qb6 $2 {Mistake in
lost position.} 32. Bxa6 ({White didn't see a better} 32. Bxe7 Rxc4 33. Bd8 {
and Black loses an exchange. The game move is enough for a win.}) 32... Nd5 33.
Bf1 Bc6 34. Qd2 Nd7 {Black sacrifices a pawn for a desperate attack.} 35. Rxh7
Nc5 36. Bxc5 Qxc5 37. Rc1 (37. Rxf7 {was good enough.}) 37... Qb6 38. Rxf7 Rh8
39. Nxc6 ({Old authors (Steinitz, Hoffer) suggested as a better} 39. Bc4 {
However, the game move is the best one.}) 39... Rxc6 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41. Bc4 $2 (
{This move is a serious mistake, which old annotators didn't mention. After} 
41. f5 $1 {White wins easily. Possible line is} Rb8 42. b4 Rd8 43. fxg6 Ne7 44.
Qc3 Nxg6 45. Bg2 Kb8 46. Be4 $18) 41... Ne3 $2 ({Black misses his chance: after
} 41... Qg1 $1 {he has serious drawing chances} 42. Bxd5 Rh2 43. Bxc6+ Kb8 44.
Qxh2 Qxh2+ 45. Kc3 Qg1 $3 ({Steinitz didn't see this move. He though that after
} 45... Qg3+ 46. Kc4 $18 {"White should win relatively easily" - Steinitz.})
46. Kb4 Qb6+ 47. Bb5 Qd4+ 48. Ka5 Qd5 {and White cannot win.}) 42. Bxe6 Nf1 43.
Qb4 $1 {After this move Black is definitely lost.} Rh2+ 44. Ka1 Qxb4 45. axb4
Ne3 46. Rd7 Rg2 47. f5 {The position clarified into an obvious win for white,
so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rhe1 a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
b5 15. Qf3 b4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nf4 Rf7 18. Re2 Ne4 $2 (18... Rc8 $16) {[%tqu
"En","Can you find a winning move for White here?","Look at those two White
square diagonals. If you could only combine threats against h7 and a8!",
"Exchange sacrifice?","e2e4","",14,"d3e4","",0]} 19. Rxe4 $1 $18 (19. Bxe4 dxe4
20. Qxe4 Bc6 21. Qd3 Bb5 $17) 19... Bd6 (19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Re8 (20... g6 21.
Qxa8+ $18) 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Ng6#) 20. Re2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 {
This is a rare move. Usually White plays 8.Qd2 b5 and here 9.a3. To my mind,
Topalov's choice won't find many followers. After the move in text Black might
save a tempo by refraining from ...b7-b5, at least for a while. It is
interesting that on the next day Topalov employed the same line as Black,
against his second Ivan Cheparinov.} ({Cheparinov didn't follow the main line
either:} 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8
$11 {0-1 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Topalov,V (2767)/Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess
705 (38)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 {Topalov is trying to steal a tempo,
in case that Black will go for a standard overall exchange on d4 followed by
Qd8-b6.} (10. Qd2 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 {In this
endgame White has a slight edge but, usually Black keeps the balance without
many difficulties.} 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne2 f6 16. Kd2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Ke7 18. Rhf1
Raf8 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L (2560)-Drasko,M (2510)/Moscow 1988/CBM 009 (28)})
(10. g3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Nce2 O-O 16.
Bg2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6 18. b3 f6 $1 19. exf6 e5 $1 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Rxf6
$36 {0-1 Lalic,B (2548)-Kortschnoj,V (2659)/Calcutta 2000/CBM 074 ext (47)})
10... O-O {Of course, Black is not forced to go for the exchange on d4 so
quickly.} 11. Qd2 Qc7 ({Now the exchange} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6
{is a bit worse for Black, since in the forthcoming endgame the king is on an
inferior g8 location, compared to an ideal e7 square.}) 12. Bf3 $6 {Topalov
vacates the e2 square for the knight but, loses control over the f1-a6
diagonal which will be exploited by Ivanchuk a few moves later. It would have
been more natural and preferable to complete his development.} (12. O-O b5 (
12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qb6 14. Rfd1 {+/=/=} Qxb2 $4 15. Rdb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 13.
Rad1 {White's position is very solid in this case.} ({Worthy of consideration
was} 13. Rf3 $5 Bb7 14. Rg3 {trying to harass the black monarch.})) 12... Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 (14... Nc4 $6 {is a punch in the air.} 15. Qc3 {
[%cal Gb2b3]}) 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. b3 {If it were White's turn, after QQd4-d2
followed by Ne2-d4 White's position would be very good. However, Black is just
in time to prevent this regrouping.} ({The immediate} 16. Qd2 $6 Rac8 17. Nd4
$2 {would fall into} Nc4 18. Qc3 Nxe5 $1 19. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rxc7 {and
Black is a healthy pawn up.}) 16... Bb5 $1 (16... f6 $6 {is too risky.} 17.
exf6 gxf6 18. O-O e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Qd2 $14 {Black's monarch is vulnerable
and his pawn centre is not so tough.} (20. Bxd5+ $4 Kg7 21. Qd2 Qc5+ $19)) 17.
Nc3 $2 {After this move Black seizes the intiative.} ({By} 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18.
Nxc3 Rfc8 19. Kd2 Rc5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. c3 Rac8 22. Rhc1 $11 {Topalov could
get a much better version of the endgame that arose later in the game.}) 17...
Rfc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ra2 {If White has to make such an awkward
move, this means that something went definitely wrong.} (20. Bd3 Nc5 $17) 20...
Nb8 $1 {Transfering the knight to better pastures.} 21. O-O Nc6 22. Qd2 Qb6+ {
Before proposing the exchange of queens, it is useful to drive away the white
king far from the centre.} 23. Kh1 Qa5 {White is nearly forced to exchange
queens under unfavourable circumstances.} 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Raa1 Rca8 ({
Probably stronger would have been} 25... Nd4 26. Bd3 Rca8 $17 {The knight on
d4 also prevents the counterplay f4-f5 that occurred later in the game.}) 26.
Rad1 Rxa3 27. Bxb5 Nb4 28. c4 {Practically forced.} R8a5 $2 {Wasting time and
weakening the back rank. It should be noted that Ivanchuk was in a severe
time-scramble.} (28... Rxb3 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5
Rxf4 $1 33. Kg1 {White should hold this endgame.}) (28... g6 $5 $15) 29. f5
exf5 {[%tqu "En","White is in trouble. How can he achieve counterplay?","","",
"g2g4","Well played. This move was definitely unpleasant for Ivanchuk,
especially in time-trouble.",10]} 30. g4 $1 {Well played. This move was
definitely unpleasant for Ivanchuk, especially in time-trouble.} Rxb3 (30...
fxg4 31. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]} dxc4 32. e6 Re5 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Bxg4 Ra8 35.
bxc4 {and White survives.}) 31. gxf5 Re3 $2 (31... Rb2 32. e6 Raa2 33. Rfe1
Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 Rag2+ 35. Kf1 {and Black has no more than a perpetual check.})
32. Rb1 Nd3 33. e6 $2 {Missing the chance.} (33. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 g5 35.
cxd5 Nxe5 36. d6 {and Black can't stop the d-pawn and has to give up a knight.}
) 33... d4 {According to the evidence, Ivanchuk had about only 7 seconds for 7
remaining moves until the move 40 (no increment!). So, at this point his prior
task was to be able not to lose on time...} 34. Be8 $2 (34. Bc6 $1 Nc5 35. Bxb7
fxe6 36. fxe6 Nxb7 37. Rxb7 h6 38. e7 Rae5 $11) 34... Nc5 {Finally, the knight
has arrived at a perfect outpost.} 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Ke7 {
Now Black has perfect harmony between all his pieces.} 38. Rh6 d3 39. Rxh7 d2
40. Rg1 Re1 41. Bh5+ Kxe6 {With some ups and downs, Ivanchuk gloriously
survived the incredible time-scramble. Topalov can resign now, the d-pawn
decides the outcome.} 42. Rhg7 Ne4 43. R7g6+ Ke5 {A dramatic finish of a very
important encounter!} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 {It is
curious that Topalov follows the opening line which he played in previous
round ... as White against Vassily Ivanchuk.} 8. Ne2 {Not a common move. I
guess that Chepatrinov wanted to deviate both from the main line 8.Qd2 and
from the game Topalov-Ivanchuk played in the 2nd round.} (8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7
$11 {0-1 Topalov,V (2767)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess
705 (43)}) ({The main theoretical line is} 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 {and here Black can
try out Morozevich's idea} g5 $5) 8... Be7 {This move hadn't appeared on the
top level beforehand. Probably Topalov was trying to deviate from the main
lines which were definitely analysed by Cheparinov, especially after the game
Topalov-Morozevich which was played in Morelia/Linares 2007.} (8... Qb6 9. Qc1
g5 $5 (9... f6 $5 {is a serious alternative suggested by Mihail Marin.} 10. c3
Be7 11. g3 O-O $132) 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 f6 13. g3 Rf8 14. Kg2 g4
15. Nh4 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V (2783)-Morozevich,A (2741)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM
117 (48)}) 9. c3 O-O 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 (11. cxd4 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 {and Black
will slowly, but surely develop his play on the queenside. Meanwhile, White's
attacking chances on the kingside are murky.}) 11... Nc5 {The knight is
heading to e4. It can be concluded that Black has solved his opening problems,
the position is equal.} 12. Bg2 Bd7 (12... f6 $6 {would play into White's
hands.} 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. O-O $16 {and after the exchange on c6 followed by
Be3-d4 White will be in possession of an initiative.}) 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Ne4
({It was possible to go for knight moves on the queenside straight away:} 14...
Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 15. Nd2 Na4 16. Rb1 (16. Qc2 $2 {[%tqu "En","How can Black
win material?","","","e7a3","",10]} Ba3 $1 17. bxa3 Rxc3 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Re3]})
16... Nb6 17. f5 Nac4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bf4 exf5 20. Bxd5 Rc5 21. Bxb7 Qc7 22.
Bxa6 Nxe5 $44) 15. Nxc6 $1 {Eliminating the knight before it comes via a5 to
c4.} bxc6 16. c4 a5 $6 {I don't like this move, since it takes an important
square from black's queen.} (16... Qa5 17. Qc2 Rb8 {looks more to the point.})
17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nd4 {Black's only active piece is driven away from
it's outpost. White is clearly better. His plan is an assault against the
black monarch.} Qc7 {Eyeing the Pe5. However, it does not really prevent from
White his natural attacking plan by f4-f5.} 20. g4 Rfd8 $6 {Topalov does not
sense the danger. Moving away the rook from the f-file makes Black's king more
vulnerable.} (20... f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Kh8 25.
fxe6 Nxe6 26. Qd2 Bg7 27. Bxd5 Qe5 {Black is a pawn down but, after the
forthcoming massive simplifications his chances for a draw are reasonable.
This is because very few pawns are left on the board.}) 21. Qf2 Be8 (21... dxc4
22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Qxe5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Qxe7 Qxe3
28. Rf7 Kg8 29. Rg7+ Nxg7 30. Qxe3 $16) 22. f5 $1 {Everything is ready for an
assault.} Qxe5 ({White gets a strong attack also after} 22... exf5 23. Nxf5 $1
gxf5 24. gxf5 {[%csl Rc5,Rg8][%cal Gf2g3,Gf5f6]}) 23. fxe6 $2 {It is logical
to open the f-file. However, It would have been far stronger to start with the
tempting move 23.Nf3 followed by 24.fxg6, not allowing Black's knight to join
the defence.} (23. Nf3 $1 Qd6 24. fxg6 {All the variations show that Black
does not have a satisfactory defence.} fxg6 (24... hxg6 25. Ng5 f6 (25... Bxg5
26. Bxg5 $40) 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. Nxe6 $18) 25. Ng5 Nd7 (25... Bxg5
26. Bxc5 Bh4 27. Qg1 Qc7 28. Qe3 Bf7 29. Qh6 g5 30. Qf6 $18 {[%cal Gc5d4,Gc5e7]
}) (25... e5 26. Qh4 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Rd7 28. Rf6 Ne6 29. c5 $1 $18) 26. Nf7 Bxf7
27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Bf4 e5 29. Bh6 Rg8 30. cxd5 c5 31. Qe6 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]})
23... Nxe6 24. Nxe6 (24. Rde1 $6 Bd6 25. Nf3 Qg7 {defending successfully.})
24... Qxe6 25. Rde1 $1 {White should not care about such a small detail as Pg4.
} Qxg4 26. Bd4 $2 {This is a typical situation when a player, being on the
offensive, misses a point where it's already necessary to guarantee himself
equality.} (26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ {with a
perpetual check was the objective result at this point.}) 26... Qh4 27. Rxe7
Qxe7 28. Re1 (28. Bf6 Qf8 {White does not have anything better than to win
back the exchange which will leave him simply two pawns down.}) 28... Qg5 29.
Re5 (29. h4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rg1 Rd6 32. h5 Kf8 33. Bc5 Ke7 34. Re1+ Kd7
35. Bh3 {would have been objectively better but, who wants to go to a worse
endgame in such a position?!}) 29... Qc1+ 30. Re1 Qg5 31. Re5 f5 {Of course,
no repetition. White's attack evaporates, while Black's extra material decides
the outcome.} 32. h4 Qg4 33. Kh2 (33. Bf3 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Bf7 $19) 33... dxc4 34.
Bh3 Qd1 35. Re1 Rxd4 $1 (35... Qxd4 $4 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for
White.","","","e1e8","",3]} 36. Rxe8+ $1) 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 {Black has too much
material for the queen.} 37. Bf1 Bf7 38. Be2 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Potkin,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first time I had played in the World Cup, and the tournament
gave rise to various emotions and interesting matches. After beating Yuri
Shulman in the tie-break, I had to face Alexei Shirov. To my surprise, I
managed to win the first game quite easily against this very strong opponent,
and then came the day of game two. Given his situation, and his generally
aggressive style, there was no reason to expect things to go quietly.} 1. e4 e6
{Five years ago, we contested a lively Sicilian, but since winning the
European Championship in France this year, I have tended to prefer another
opening.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 {
In my preparations, I anticipated the possibility of this original, yet at the
same time typical French Defence move.} Qb6 9. Qc1 ({Prior to this game,
Shirov had preferred} 9. Rb1 {but the text is definitely stronger.}) 9... Be7 {
Before my very eyes, Alexander Morozevich played the interesting 9...g5
against Topalov in this position. Although he lost, he later strengthened the
line and beat Borki Predojevic with the help of a nice piece sacrifice.
However, having studied this line with someone else, I came to the conclusion
that it is only Black who is likely to end up under fire here.} 10. g3 (10. c3
{seems more logical to me, with a complicated position, with mutual chances.})
10... cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5 {Using the more active position of his queen, Black
has every right to open the centre.} 12. Bh3 {Once again, my opponent chooses
an original continuation.} ({The positional} 12. c3 {leads after, for example,}
a5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O {to a roughly equal position.}) 12... Qa5+ {It is
always nice to disturb the enemy king.} 13. Kf2 Bd7 {I wanted to place the
rook on the c-file, and then, as the holder of the World Cup likes to say, "to
ask a couple of questions".} 14. Nb3 Ne4+ ({The passive} 14... Nxb3 15. axb3
Qc7 16. c3 {is not to my taste.}) 15. Kg2 Qc7 16. c4 ({In view of the fact
that a quiet continuation such as} 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. c3 b5 {sees Black's
position further strengthened, Alexei decides to change the position sharply.})
16... Nb4 ({Many of my friends, armed with the assessments of the omniscient
Houdini, were at pains to explain that the cold-blooded} 16... Rc8 {was
stronger, but I was not so sure about the position resulting from} 17. cxd5 ({
on} 17. Rd1 {there is the strong} Nb4) 17... exd5 18. f5 ({in the variation} 
18. Qd1 Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 Qd7+ 20. Kg2 h5 21. h3 {after} f6 {Black has
comfortable play, thanks to his strong knight and the weakness of the light
squares.}) 18... O-O 19. Rd1 {Of course, sitting at home, looking at things
with a cup of tea in hand, now I have a different view.}) 17. cxd5 Qc2+ {
It seems to me that my opponent overlooked this daring move.} 18. Qxc2 Nxc2 19.
Bb6 {White pulls himself together and finds the best move.} Nxa1 20. dxe6 fxe6
{In choosing this move, I was aware of three things. The first was that
White's oversight was quite lucky for him, and the position is completely
unclear. Secondly, all three results are now possible.} ({And thirdly, the
most logical continuation} 20... Bxe6 {leads after} 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxa1 Rc8
23. Re1 Rc2+ 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Nfd4 {to an unsatisfactory position for Black.})
21. Rxa1 Rc8 ({The original move} 21... g5 {also came into my head, with the
idea after} 22. Re1 {to play} h5 {but then I thought why play like this, when
I had declined to do so at move 9?}) 22. Nbd4 {Here, Alexei thought for a long
time over which knight to put on this central square, and it may be that the
at first sight so creative 22.Nfd4 is no less interesting.} Bc5 ({I wanted at
first to play} 22... Kf7 {but after} 23. Re1 Bc5 (23... Nc5 {is bad because of}
24. f5) 24. Rxe4 {(other continuations are also possible)} Bxb6 25. Bxe6+ Bxe6
26. Ng5+ Ke7 27. Ngxe6 {White wins another pawn for the exchange, and has
excellent play}) 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. b4 Nd3 {The e-pawn is lost, and Black seeks
active play in compensation.} 25. Rd1 Nb2 ({Maybe} 25... Rc3 {was stricly
speaking the strongest, but quite frankly, I was short of time and could not
delve into all the nuamces at the board.}) 26. Rb1 ({The more subtle} 26. Rd2 {
was also interesting, when after} Nc4 27. Re2 {the black pieces do not
penetrate White's position, whilst the e-pawn still falls.} a5 ({by playing
slowly, Black risks falling into a difficult position, as the following
variation shows} 27... Ke7 28. Ng5 g6 29. Bxe6 Bxe6 30. Ngxe6 a5 31. b5 {
when he has to wait passively}) 28. bxa5 ({After the ambitious} 28. b5 Ke7 29.
Ng5 Na3 {it is hard to say who is better.}) ({A complicated position also
arises after} 28. Nxe6 Ke7 29. Nfd4 g6 {but given the match situation, such
variations did not bother me greatly}) 28... Ke7 29. Ng5 Ra8 {I will not bore
the reader with all the possible variations, but the general view of the
position suggests that the logical course of the game will see both sides
capturing material, as we see in one of the logical variations:} 30. Bxe6 Bxe6
31. Ngxe6 g6 32. f5 ({White cannot create connected passed pawns by} 32. g4 {
because after} Rxa5 {his e-pawn will be hanging}) 32... gxf5 33. Ng7 Nxe5 34.
Rxe5+ Kf6 {and this small trick brings a drawn outcome closer}) 26... Nd3 {
I very much wanted to keep my knight here, so the white king would not feel
too comfortable.} 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rc2+ 29. Kh3 {The logical decision,
since moving the king to the back rank is less logical.} g6 {Since it is very
hard to bring his other rook into active play, Black correctly does not hurry
to do so.} 30. Nc5 ({It seemed to me more logical to try to activate the rook
by} 30. Rb3 Nc1 ({a more complicated picture arises after} 30... Nf2+ 31. Kh4
Ke7 ({Black does not manage to exploit the strange enemy king's position after
} 31... h6 {as White plays} 32. Nfd4 {creating counter-threats}) 32. Nfd4 Rc4 {
the rook should stay on the c-file} 33. Kg5 Kf7 34. f5 h6+ (34... Ne4+ {
only helps the coordination of the white pieces after} 35. Kh6 gxf5 36. Rf3 {
and White can only be grateful to his opponent}) 35. Kf4 Re8 36. b5 a5 37. b6 {
and ove rthe last few moves, White has made great progress.}) 31. Ra3 ({after} 
31. Re3 {Black can help himself to a pawn with} Nxa2) 31... Ne2 32. Nc5 ({
nor can he keep the rooks with} 32. Rd3 Ke7 33. Nc5 (33. Rd6 Rc6) 33... Rd8 {
neutralising the activity}) 32... Rc3 {otherwise the white rook can cause a
lot of trouble} 33. Rxc3 Nxc3 34. Nxb7 Nxa2 35. b5 axb5 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nxb5)
30... Nf2+ 31. Kh4 b6 32. Nxa6 {With just a few minutes on his clock, Alexey
forgets about his opponent's trap.} ({He should acknowledge his mistake and
either retreat or seek new squares by} 32. Nb7) 32... O-O {It is not often
that one gets to castle so late, and with decisive effect!} 33. e6 {Clearly,
BLack's last move came as a knockout blow to White and he loses at once.} ({
It was still possible to resist stubbornly in the game (though not the match)
after} 33. Nd4 Rc4 34. Rf1 g5+ 35. Kh5 gxf4 36. Rxf2) 33... Rf5 {The only
defence against mate, 34.g4, leads to large material losses.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Nd1 O-O ({The move} 9... cxd4 {has been played more often} 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 O-O (11... Nb8) 12. Nf2 (12. Bd3 f6 $1) 12... Nb8 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bd3)
10. c3 a5 11. Bb5 {The white strategy is to preserve the light-squared bishops
- Black's main 'problem piece in the French'.} Ndb8 {Black improves over a
game played in the German Bundesliga.} (11... Qc7 12. O-O a4 13. Bf2 Ba6 14.
Bxa6 Rxa6 15. f5 Na5 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bh4 Qd8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Ne5
Ng8 21. Qh5 f6 22. Ng6+ Kg7 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Ne3 Qf7 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Nc6
27. Qc7 cxd4 28. Nxd5 dxc3 29. Nxe7 Ncxe7 30. bxc3 b5 31. Rad1 {1-0 (31)
Balogh,C (2659)-Schenk,A (2483) Baden-Baden GER 2015}) 12. Ba4 ({The simpler} 
12. O-O {is possible} Ba6 13. a4 $5 {It is not that easy for Black to equalise.
} Na7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nc3 Nxb5 (15... Bxb5 16. axb5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. f5
$14) 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 g6 19. f5 $40) 12... Ba6 (12... cxd4
13. cxd4 {does not help Black.}) 13. a3 b5 (13... Qc7 14. Bc2 Rc8 15. Rc1 (15.
Bb1 Nd7 16. h4 a4 17. Ng5 Nf8) 15... b5 {seems to give Black enough
counterplay.}) 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. h4 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 {A typical French idea,
blunting White's attack. A long phase of manoeuvring continues now.} (16... b4
$5 17. Ng5 g6 (17... h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Qc8 21. Bxa6 Qxa6
22. Qc2 g6 23. h5 Rac8 24. hxg6 Bxg5) 18. h5 (18. Nxh7) 18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Nb6
20. Qf2 Nc4 21. Qh4 {with complications.}) 17. g4 Nb6 18. Qg2 Qd7 19. Bc1 {
White wants his knight on e3.} b4 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Ne3 (21. Rg1 Bd8 22. Ne3
Ra7 23. Qh3 {transposes to the game.}) 21... bxa3 {It appears that Black has
enough counterplay on the queenside and it is quite fast.} 22. bxa3 Bd8 23. Rg1
Ra7 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Qg2 Nc6 26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Kf2 (28. Ba4 Bd3 29.
Rb3 Be4 30. Rc3 Bxh4+ 31. Nxh4 Bxg2 32. Bxc6 Qd8 33. Nxg2 Kh8 34. Be3 $14)
28... a4 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Qh3 Qxa3 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 {The game is marred with
mistakes after this. Time pressure could be a possible reason, but Black
spoilt his chances and even went on to lose.} (31... Kh8 $1 {and I believe
Black has enough resources and counterplay to hold off White's attack:} 32. h5
(32. Bxh7 Nxd4 $17) 32... Bd3 33. Bxd3 Qxd3 $15) 32. Qxf5 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Nxd4+
34. Kg4 Be2+ 35. Kh3 Nxf5 36. Rb8 Kf7 37. Rxd8 a3 $2 {The final mistake. An
otherwise well played game by Black is spoiled by mistakes close to the 40th
move.} (37... Bf3 {still gave equal chances for Black} 38. Bb4 a3 39. Rc1 Kg6
40. e6 a2 41. Ra1 Rb7 42. e7 Nxe7 43. Bxe7 Rxe7 44. Rxa2 Re3 $11) 38. e6+ Ke7
39. Rxd5 a2 40. Rxf5 a1=Q 41. Rxa1 Rxa1 42. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kramnik has started playing 1.e4 a bit these days. Although typically
at the elite level he has faced mostly 1...e5.} e6 {You don't see the French
at the top level too often, but as always Kramnik is well prepared.} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {The most critical continuation for the fight for the
advantage in my opinion.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 (8. h4 {
has also been played, but Kramnik shows his aggressive intentions after the
king has castled.}) 8... O-O ({Life is also not easy for Black even if he
decides to delay castling:} 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 $5 (9. Be2 {is also possible}) 9...
Bb7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. f5 b5 (12... h6 13. g4 $16) 13. fxe6 fxe6
14. Ne2 (14. Ng5 {is more precise here} Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qc7 16. Qf4 $16 {White's
attack is quickly developing and is much faster than Black's.}) 14... c4 (14...
Nb6 {is a better try for Black:} 15. Bg5 c4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg5 h6) 15. Ng5
Nf8 16. Rhf1 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Qc3 h6 19. Qh3 Rh7 20. Qf3 Rh8 21. Qh3 Rh7
22. Qf3 Rh8 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qh3 {1-0 (24) Bok,B (2614)-Kjartansson,G (2457)
Gjakova KOS 2016}) 9. h4 $5 {A very aggressive idea.} (9. Nd1 {is another idea
for White and after 10...a5 Black has been doing okay theoretically.}) 9... Nc6
(9... Ba6 {The exchange of Black's bad light-squared bishop does not solve all
his problems.} 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 $14) 10. Bb5 Qc7 (10... cxd4 $6 {is not a
good idea for Black.} 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11... Bxh4+ 12. g3 $1) 12. Bxd4 Bxh4+ 13.
g3 $1 {is of course White's idea} Bxg3+ $2 14. Ke2 {White has a winning attack}
Bh4 15. Qd3 f5 16. Qh3 $18) 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 (12. Bxc6 {is an alternative
for White, but the move in the game is very strong and I suspect prepared by
Kramnik} Qxc6 13. f5 exf5 (13... Bb7 14. Bg5 $1) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxd5 (15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxd5 Qb7 17. Nf6+ Kh8) 15... Re8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 $13) 12... f5 (
12... c4 {is of course answered by} 13. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qe2 g6
16. Qg4 f5 17. Nxe6 fxg4 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. h5 {White is winning because of the
extremely bad position of the black pieces.}) 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 {Again
Kramnik chooses the strongest move in the position. White has other options
which are slightly less precise, but might also lead to an advantage.} (14. Ng5
cxd3 15. Nxe6 Qb7 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 17. Qxd3 $13) (14. Bf1 fxg4 15. Ng5 Ndb8 16.
Qg2 $16) 14... cxd3 15. fxe6 Ndb8 (15... Ndxe5 {A defensive idea is to
returning the material and consolidating the position.} 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 dxc2
(16... d4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxd3 dxe3 20. Ng5 $40) 17. Kxc2 (17.
Rdg1 Bxe6) 17... Bxe6 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Rhg1 d4) 16... Bxe6 17. cxd3 Nxe5 18.
fxe5 Bb4 19. Kc2 Ba5) 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Qxd3 hxg5 20.
hxg5 Bxe6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. d5 Bf5 {Kramnik has been impeccably accurate so far.
} 23. e6+ $2 {White's first mistake of the game and also after which he loses
all his advantage.} (23. Qh5+ $1 {is both the simplest and most precise way to
continue:} Bg6 24. Qe2 Nxd5 25. Qf3 Ke7 (25... Ke6 26. c4 $18) 26. Rxd5 {
White has more than sufficient compensation for the piece} Qc8 27. Qd1 Be4 28.
Rd6 Bxh1 29. Qxh1 Ra7 30. Bxb6 Rd7 31. Qd5 $18) (23. g6+ $5 Ke8 24. Qxg7 Qc7
25. Rd2 Nxd5 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. g7 Qxg7 28. Rxd5 Qg6 29. Qxg6+ Bxg6 30. Rg1 Bh7
31. Rxg8+ Bxg8 32. Rd6 $14) 23... Ke8 24. Qxg7 Qc7 25. Rh2 (25. Rd2 {kept the
balance in the position} Nxd5 26. Qd4 Bxe6 27. Qe4 Qc6 28. Bxb6 $13 {The
position is equal but I believe beyond the scope of human calculation.}) 25...
Nxd5 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rxd5 Bh7 $2 (27... Bg6 {is winning for Black} 28. b3
Qc3 29. Bd4 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 Qxe6 $19) 28. b3 {A very hard move to make when you
are a queen down but the move is also the computers top choice.} Ke8 (28... Qc3
29. Bd4 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 Qxe6 {does not work anymore because of} 31. Rd8+ $18) 29.
g6 {The positon is actually equal after this because White regains most of the
material back after this move.} Bxg6 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. f5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Qc3 (
32... Kxe6 {also does not change the evaluation of the position} 33. Rff8 Qc3
34. Kb1 Nc6 35. Rxa8 Qxe3 36. Rhe8+ Ne7 37. Ra7 Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ {Black has
nothing better than to repeat for a draw.} 39. Kb1 Qg1+) 33. Bg5+ Kxe6 34. Rf6+
Qxf6 (34... Ke5 35. Re8+ Kd5 36. Kb1 {according to the computer actually gives
some chances for White} (36. Rd8+ Ke5 37. Re8+ {with perpetual})) 35. Bxf6 Kxf6
36. Rh6+ Ke5 37. Rxb6 Kd5 38. Kb2 Nc6 39. a3 Kc5 40. Rb7 {The endgame is drawn
as Black does not have enough material to convert his position and the pawn
will inevitably be exchanged.} Rg8 41. Rh7 Rg2 42. Rh5+ Kd6 43. Kc3 Rg3+ 44.
Kb2 Rg2 45. Kc3 Rg3+ 46. Kb2 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Stets, Dmitry"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:56"]
[BlackClock "0:19:41"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15] Beaucoup moins souvent joué que Nc6} (6...
Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 b6
13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Na5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qh3 b4 19.
Nce2 Kh8 20. g4 Nc6 21. Qh4 Qe7 22. g5 f5 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rg1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc3
26. gxh6 g5 27. fxg5 {1-0 (27) Anand,V (2803)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin 2015})
7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:21][%cal Gc8a6]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:05]}
(8. Bd3 {Perd un tempo} Ba6) (8. Be2 Ba6 9. O-O Bxe2 10. Nxe2 $14 {Karjakin,S 
(2780)-Hou,Y (2603) Tata Steel-A 75th 2013 (1) 1-0}) 8... O-O {[%emt 0:01:31]}
9. Ne2 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:03:28]} (9. Nd1 Nc6 10. c3 a5 {Caruana,F (2808)
-Peralta,F (2590) Baku ol (Men) 42nd 2016 (3.8) 1-0}) (9. h4 $1 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qc7
11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Buhmann,R (2653) Dortmund 44th 2016 (3)
1/2} (12. Bxc6 {N.I.C 6/2016} Qxc6 13. f5 {Kramnik})) 9... Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:33]}
10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:11:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Bxe2 $5
{[%emt 0:05:04]} 12. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:23] L'idée de cette
variante b6} (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8) 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:24] Un plan
probablement trop lent} (13. g4 b5 14. f5 b4 15. Kb1 Qa5 $132 {[%cal Gc4c3,
Gb4b3]}) 13... b5 {[%emt 0:25:00]} 14. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:00]
[%csl Gb4,Gc4]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:08:02]} (15... Qa5 {
[%cal Gc4c3]}) 16. f5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} exf5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 17. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Qe2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Na4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} (
18... gxf5 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 $18) 19. Ka1 {[%emt 0:10:25]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:
02] La position est trés tendue avec des chances réciproques} 20. Nxh7 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:13][%cal Gf5h7,Gh4h5] Les Blancs avaient pourtant encore presqu'une
heure à la pendule et cette position critique méritait davantage de calcul} (
20. Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gd7][%cal Gc6a4]} Nc3 21. bxc3) 20... Nc3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:
10][%cal Gc3a2,Gc3e2] La différence est le fait que les Noirs ont un double
attaque et les Blancs sont donc obligés d'accepter le sacrifice} 21. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10][%cal Ga5a3,Ga3b2,Ga8b8]} 22. Rb1 {[%emt 0:
09:56]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:09:16]} 23. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:25:07]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]}
24. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (24. exf6 Nb4 {[%cal Ga5a2,Gb4c2]}) 24... Nb4 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 26. Qg4 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} Nxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 27. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:26]}
0-1

[Event "Syre Memorial op 35th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 (5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4
Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Qe2 $14) 5... c5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 {L'ancien vainqueur du tournoi reste fidèle а cette variante et
les deux adversaires continuent un duel théorique} (7... cxd4) (7... Be7 8. a3
b6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Bxh7+ {Ressemble un peu а la partie
d'Issy} Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Bxg5 14. fxg5 Rh8 (14... Ne7 15. Rf3 Nf5 16. Rh3+ $44)
15. Rxf7 Kg8 16. g6 Nf8 17. Nf4 Ra7 {Shirov,A (2713)-Morozevich,A (2737)
Saratov Governor's Cup 2011 (6) 1/2}) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 {l'idée de
la variante pour gagner un tempo sur la Q et de l'espace mais la pratique
montre que les noirs ont du contre-jeu avec le sacrifice en b4} Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O (13... b6) (13... g5 $143 14. Rb1) 14. Bd3 $1
{[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge1g1,Gd1h5]} (14. Kf2 $2 {Bien évidement, le GMI ne
recommence pas cette tentative qui avait tournée au désastre au mémorial Syre
en 2010.} f6 {[%csl Rf2];Guliyev,N (2533)-Battaglini,G (2419) Syre Memorial op
33th 2010 (5) 0-1}) 14... b5 {Gagnant un tempo sur le Na4 pour jouer Nb6c4} 15.
Nb2 Nb6 (15... Nc5 $143 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Nxd3 $16) 16. O-O Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Gc4d2,Gc4b2]} 17. Bxh7+ {L'ancien isséen a été confronté а plusieurs
reprises а cette attaque depuis quelques années.} (17. Nbxc4 {L'alternative
mais après 20. Nc4, c'est une simple interversion de coups} bxc4 18. Bxh7+ $1)
17... Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Nf3 f6 {[%csl Gg5]} (19... g6 20. Qh6 Qc7 {[%cal
Gc7h7,Gf7f6]} 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Nc5 $1 Ne3 23. Ng5 f6 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+
Kxg7 26. Ngxe6+ Bxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kf7 28. Nxf8 (28. Nxd4 Nxf1 29. e6+ $44 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge6]}) 28... Nxf1 29. Rxf1) 20. Nxc4 (20. Nd3 $6 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3a1,
Gc3d3]} (20... Ne3 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Nfe5 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]} Qc7
24. Rf3 Qg7 25. Qh5+ Qh7 26. Ng6+)) (20. exf6 Qc7 {Baron,T (2468)-Battaglini,G
(2413) Petah Tiqwa Elitzur-A 2011 (1) 1-0}) 20... bxc4 21. Ng5 {Tentant
d'améliorer une partie jouée par son adversaire en 2011 mais les Blancs n'ont
probablement pas plus que la nulle} (21. exf6 Qc7 (21... Rxf6) 22. fxg7 Qxg7
23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Qd1 (24. Qh4 $142 $1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3g3]} Qf6 (24... Qh7 25.
Qd8+ Rf8 26. Qd6 $36 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]}) 25. Qg3+ Qg7 26. Qe1 Kh8 27. Rf3 $40
) 24... Rb8 (24... d3) 25. Qxd4 Qc7 26. Kh1 c3 27. Rac1 c2 28. Qd3 Rb2 29. Qg3+
Kh8 30. Qa3 Rb6 31. Qa4 Qc3 32. Qxa7 {1-0 Stefansson,H (2557)-Battaglini,G 
(2413)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (32)}) (21. Nh4 Qc7 (21... Qc5 22. Ng6 d3+
23. Kh1 f5 24. Nxf8 Qxf8 25. Rf3 Bd7 $17 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3]}) 22. Ng6) 21... fxg5
22. fxg5 Qc3 $5 $146 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3a1,Gc3e3,Ge3e5,Ge3h6] Une tentative
d'amélioration pour les Noirs avec ce coup qui est multifonction: - En faisant
pression sur la Ra1, les Noirs empêchent Rf3. - Ils menacent surout Qe3 qui
gagne immédiatement car non seulement, le P"e5" tombe mais les Noirs peuvent
parer la menace de mat des Blancs g6 avec le repli Qh6.  Au surplus, la force
du coup est le fait qu'il renonce au coup naturel Qc7 venant défendre
l'aile-roi . "La meilleure défense, c'est l'attaque!"} (22... Rf5 23. Qe8+ Kh7
24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. g4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxa2 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. g6+ {1-0 Riff,J (2499)
-Nguyen Chi Minh (2406)/Guingamp 2010/EXT 2011}) (22... Bd7 23. g6 Rf5 24. Qh7+
Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ Ke8 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Qf8+
Kc7 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. g7 Qd8 33. Qc5+ Kb7 34. Rb1+ Ka6 35. g8=Q {1-0 Kravtsiv,M
(2588)-Atabayev,Y (2404)/Dubai 2012/Mega2012 Update 17 (35)}) (22... Qd2 23.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rf1+) 23. Rxf8+ (23. g6 $4 {[%cal Gh5h7]} Qe3+ {[%cal Ge3h6]})
23... Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ {
[%mdl 8]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Apsap op 103rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {La partie au sommet du tournoi et c'est probablement même le record
historique des tournois du club 608 en moyenne ELO} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (
3... Bb4 {L'alternative également jouée par l'espagnol} 4. e5) 4. e5 (4. Bg5
Bb4 5. e5 {Morozevich,A (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2450) Pamplona 9899 9th 1998 (7)
1-0}) 4... Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 $5 {Une ligne secondaire assez récente
mais beaucoup moins jouée que Nc6} (6... Nc6 {la grande ligne} 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4) 7. Be3 (7. Na4 Qc6 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {Kazhgaleyev,M 
(2547)-Hamdouchi,H (2564) Cannes 1999 (5) 1-0}) 7... a6 {(1h33)} (7... Qxb2 $2
8. Nb5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6,Ga1b1]}) 8. a3 $1 {Une idée récente qui
pose problème а la variante Qb6 et 6. Nc6 est plus populaire. a3 pare la
menace Qb2 а cause de la réponse Na4, tout en gagnant de l'espace а l'aile-dame
} ({RR} 8. Na4 Qa5+ ({RR} 8... Qc7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 ({RR} 
11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Bb5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5) 11... Qxc5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Qf2 Qb4+ 14.
Nd2 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxc2 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. O-O O-O) ({RR} 8... Qc6 9. c4 dxc4 10.
Nc3 b5 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qa1 Na6) 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4
Qc7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 b5 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Be2 ({RR} 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nb2 a5
15. O-O axb4) 13... b5 14. Nb2 a5 15. O-O axb4 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18.
Qc2) 13. Nb2 f6 14. exf6 ({RR} 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
fxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 19. Ra7) 14... Nxf6 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. a4 Rb8) 8...
Nc6 (8... Qxb2 $2 9. Na4) 9. Be2 (9. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxa4 12.
bxc5 O-O 13. c4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. cxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 exd5 17. Rc1 Re8 18.
Kf2 f6 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Bd3 Re8 21. g4 Nf8 22. Rhg1 Bd7 23. Bb1 Ne6 {Kasparov,G
(2838)-Radjabov,T (2610)/Moscow 2002/CBM 091/1/2-1/2 (78)}) 9... h6 $5 $146 {
[%cal Gg7g5] (1h20) Une nouveauté intéressante, le P h6 empêche un éventuel
Ng5 tout en préparant l'attaque indirecte du centre par g7g5} ({RR} 9... Be7
10. Bf2 cxd4 ({RR} 10... c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. cxb3 Qc7 13. Qc2) 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12.
Na4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({RR} 14... b5 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17.
Nxd7 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Bxd7 19. Rc1) 15. Qxd4 Qc7 ({RR} 15... O-O 16. O-O b6 17.
Bd1 Bb7 18. Bc2 b5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Rac8 21. Qe3 Qc7) 16. b4 O-O 17. O-O
b5 18. Nb2 Bb7 19. Bg4 Rac8 20. Rf3 f5 ({RR} 20... a5 21. Re1 axb4 22. axb4
Rfe8 23. Rg3) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Re1 Nf8 23. Re5 Qd6 24. Rfe3 {Nunn,J (2600)
-Pedersen,S (2415)/Oxford 1998/CBM 069/[Finkel,A]/1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 9... f6 10.
exf6 ({RR} 10. f5 cxd4 ({RR} 10... fxe5 11. dxc5 ({RR} 11. fxe6 cxd4 ({RR} 
11... Nf6 12. dxe5) 12. Na4 Qc7 ({RR} 12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa4 14. b3) 13. exd7+
Bxd7 14. Bf2 b5) 11... Bxc5 12. fxe6 Nf6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5) 11. Nxd4 Ndxe5 ({RR} 
11... fxe5 12. Bh5+ g6 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+) 12. Nxe6 Qxe3 ({RR
} 12... d4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. O-O) 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. N3xd5 Qe4 15.
Nxa8 Bd7 16. O-O) 10... Nxf6 ({RR} 10... gxf6 11. f5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc5 14. fxe6) 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Be3) 10. dxc5 (10.
Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 $11) (10. h4 {[%csl Gg5]} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. c3
$11) (10. f5 $142 $1 {Comme dc5 ne donne aucun avantage aux blancs, il faut
peut-être essayer les percées thématiques comme f4f5 même au détriment d'un P
sacrifié car le K noir est au centre.} cxd4 11. fxe6 (11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. fxe6
Nxd4 13. exd7+ Bxd7 14. b4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Bxe3 16. Nxd5 $36 {[%cal Gd5e3,Gd5c7,
Gd5b6]}) 11... fxe6 (11... dxe3 12. exd7+ {[%csl Rd5]}) 12. Nxd4 Ncxe5 (12...
Bc5 $4 13. Bh5+ Ke7 14. Nxe6 $3 {[%cal Gd1d5,Gc3d5]}) (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13.
Bh5+ Kd8 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Na4 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxa4 17. bxc5 $14 {[%csl Rd8]} Rf8
18. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2b4]} Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6]} 19. Bf3 Nc6 20. c3 {[%cal Ge1g1]} Bd7
21. O-O Kc7 22. Rab1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7][%cal Gd2b2]})) 13. O-O $32 Bc5 $6 (
13... Nf6 14. Bh5+ Nf7 15. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge2e6,Gd4e6,Ge2e3]}) 14. Na4 Qc7 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5 16. c4 $1) 10... Bxc5 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. b4 Qxa4 $11 13. bxc5 g5 $1 {
[%csl Re5] (1h04)} 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxc5 {(1h03)} 16. Bf6 Rg8 {(1h01)} (
16... Qa5+ 17. Qd2) 17. O-O Ne4 {[%mdl 8] (1h)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Syre Memorial op 33th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sochacki, Christophe"]
[Black "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Nb6 {Le MI jouait habituellement
la grande ligne avec c5 mais il choisit cette ligne rarissime et jamais
utilisée а haut niveau.} (5... c5 {Bilquez,R (2071)-Battaglini,G (2356) Syre
Memorial op 31st 2008 (6) 0-1}) 6. Nf3 Bd7 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gd8e7,Ge8c8] C'est
l'idée de Nb6 qui est de développer au plus vite, les pièces de l'aile-dame
pour faire le ooo.} 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 $6 {Après a3b4, les blancs auront du mal
а progresser а l'aile-dame} (8. O-O $142 $5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5] Plus
souple pour garder l'option a2a4a5} Qe7 9. Be3 (9. a4) 9... O-O-O 10. a4 Nc4 (
10... Nb4 $6 11. a5 Nc4 12. Bc1 c5 (12... a6 13. b3) 13. Ne2) (10... a5 {
[%csl Gb5]} 11. Nb5 Kb8 12. b3 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Nb4 13. Be2 f5 14. c3 Nc6 15. c4
$36) 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qe2 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c2]} 13. Rfc1 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bc6 15. Qxc4
$16) 8... Qe7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 10. f5 exf5 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6
gxf6 13. Re1 Qf7 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. Nh4 Nc4 16. Rb1 Rg8 17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Nb5 Bxb5
19. Bxb5 Ng6 20. Nxf5 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Bd6 22. Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. Re2 Kb8 24. Rbe1 Nc8
{Kotainy,J (2243)-Lentrodt,T (2367)/Bad Liebenzell 2010/Mega2010 Update 13/1/
2-1/2 (70)}) 10... f6 11. b4 Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8h5] Ranimant le mauvais B} 12. h3
$6 (12. b5 $5 Na5 13. f5 exf5 (13... fxe5 14. Bg5) 14. Bxf5+ Kb8 15. Qd3 Bh5 {
[%cal Gh5f3,Gf6e5]} 16. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 12... f5 13. g4 $6 {Jouer sur
les deux ailes en même temps est souvent trés risqué} (13. Be3 $142 Bh5 14. Qf2
h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 15. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3]} Rg8 16. Ng3 Bf7 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 13...
fxg4 14. hxg4 h5 $1 15. g5 {[%csl Rf5]} (15. Qh2 $13 {[%cal Gh2h8]}) 15... h4
$1 $132 {[%csl Gh4,Gh8]} (15... g6 $15 {[%csl Gh5]}) 16. g6 {[%csl Rf7]} Qd7 $1
{[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5,Ge7g6]} 17. Kh2 Ne7 18. Rg1 Nf5 $17 19. Bxf5 {le signe que
la partie commence а mal tourner pour les blancs} exf5 $17 20. e6 Qc6 $1 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4] les défauts de la structure a3b4 sont maintenant évidents} 21.
Bd2 Nc4 $36 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. Rg5 b5 24. Rxf5 Bxg6 25. Rg5 Bh5 26. Bc1 (26. Rxg7
Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Nxd2) 26... Be7 27. Rxg7 Bf6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh5e2]} 28. Rg2 (
28. Rf7 $5 Bxf7 (28... Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxd4 30. e7) 29. exf7 Rhf8 30. Nxb5 $1
Qxb5 31. Qe6+ Qd7 32. Qxf6 $13) 28... h3 29. Rgg1 Rdg8 30. Qd3 Rg2+ $1 {
Le K blanc sera dans les courants d'air!} 31. Rxg2 hxg2 32. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 33. Qxf3
Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Nb6 $2 (34... Bxd4) 35. Qd3 Kb7 36. e7 Qe8 37. Qf5 Bxd4 38. Nxd5
Qc8 $4 $138 {Au moment où les noirs avaient fait le plus dur, ils vont gaffer}
(38... Qc6 39. Re6 Qc4+ 40. Qd3 Qxd5 41. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7e8]}) (
38... c6 $8 39. Be3 {[%cal Gd5f6]} Bxe3 40. Nxe3 (40. Nf6 Rg1+) 40... Qxe7 $11)
39. Ne3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Syre Memorial op 33th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 (5... Nb6 $143 {le MI n'ose
pas renouveller face а un GMI cette idée essayée а la ronde 3} 6. Nf3 Bd7 {
Sochacki,C (2343)-Battaglini,G (2419) Syre mem op 33th 2010 (3.4) 0-1}) 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Be3 {Malgré le fait qu'il s'agit de la seconde ronde de la journée, il
est probable que les deux joueurs étaient préparés а jouer ensemble.} (7. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2d4] l'alternative}) 7... Qb6 (7... cxd4 {la grande ligne}) (7... a6 {
[%cal Gb7b5]}) 8. Na4 {[%cal Ga4b6,Ga4c5]} (8. Qd2) (8. a3 $5 {[%cal Gc3a4]})
8... Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 (9... b6 {L'alternative qui demande une bonne préparation
théorique de la part des noirs car а la moindre imprécision, ils auront une Q
hors-jeu} 10. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb2b4]} c4 11. b4 Qa6 12. Be2 $14 {Kokarev,
D (2582)-Volkov,S (2636) RUS-ch Higher League 61st 2008 (10) 1/2}) (9... c4 $5
{Plus solide mais les noirs auront aussi plus de mal а obtenir du contre-jeu})
10. b4 {l'idée de la variante pour gagner un tempo sur la Q et de l'espace
mais la pratique montre que les noirs ont du contre-jeu avec le sacrifice en b4
} Nxb4 (10... Qc7 {l'ancienne ligne qui est plus passive} 11. Nxd4 $14 {
Suetin,A-Liberzon,V URS-ch27 Leningrad 1960 (18) 1-0}) 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O $32 {Comme souvent sur cette variante STEINITZ, les noirs
ont une avance de développement et ils doivent jouer de manière dynamique pour
en profiter car si les blancs arrivent а terminer le développement, ils
pourront profiter de l'avantage d'espace.} 14. Kf2 $2 $146 {Une idée
surprenante car la théorie ne connait que Bd3 ou même Be2 mais le MI va
réfuter cette nouveauté sur l'échiquier. Ce thème du roque а la main se
rencontre parfois sur la variante TARRASCH Nd2} (14. Bd3 b5 $1 15. Nb2 Nb6 {
[%cal Gb6c4]} 16. Ke2 $13 {[%csl Ge2] Dans ce genre de position, le K est
nettement mieux placé en e2 qu'en f2} (16. O-O Nc4 17. Bxh7+ {Joli mais les
blancs n'ont probablement pas plus la nulle} Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Nf3 {
[%cal Gf3g5];Quezada Perez,Y (2596)-Cordova,E (2543) Capablanca Memorial
Premier 44th 2009 (3) 1/2}) 16... Nc4 17. Qc1 f6 18. a4 fxe5 19. axb5 Qxd2+ 20.
Qxd2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 e4 22. b6 a6 23. Rhc1 exd3 24. Nxd3 Rb8 25. Rc6 Bd7 26. Rc7
Bb5 27. b7 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Rc8+ Rf8 {Guliyev,N (2516)-Debray,
C (2357)/Malakoff 2010/Mega2010 Update 20/1-0 (55)}) (14. Be2 $5 {Par rapport
au coup plus naturel Bd3, les blancs gardent la case "d3" pour le Nb2 après
avoir été chassé par b7b5} b5 (14... d3 $1 15. Bxd3 Qb4 16. Rb1 (16. O-O Qd4+)
16... Qxf4 17. Nf3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5+) 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. O-O Nc4 $146 (16... Qc3
$6 17. Rf3 $36 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf3c3,Gf3h3,Ge2d3,Gd1h5];Cabrera,A (2507)
-Garcia Roman,D (2446) Palma de Mallorca op 3rd 2008 (5) 1-0})) 14... f6 $1 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8f2] les noirs vont avoir une attaque facile а mener} 15.
exf6 (15. g3 fxe5 16. Bh3 exf4 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nf3 Nf6) 15...
Nxf6 16. Kg1 (16. Bd3 e5 $1 17. Rf1 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Ne3) 16... d3 $1 17. Rc1 (17.
Bxd3 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga8c8]} 18. Bc2 Bxa4 19. Bxa4 Qb6+ {[%csl Rg1]} 20. Kf1
Ne4 $19 {[%cal Gf8f4]}) 17... Qb4 {[%cal Gb4f4]} 18. h3 Qxf4 (18... e5 $1 {
[%csl Gc8] Devait gagner plus rapidement en faisant jouer toutes les pièces
noires}) 19. Nc5 e5 $1 20. Nxd3 Qe3+ 21. Kh2 e4 22. Qe1 $2 (22. Nc5) 22... Qh6
$1 {[%cal Gh6h2,Gf6g4] Gagne un tempo} 23. Nc5 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 25. Rh2 {
[%cal Gg1h1] Un coup très laid mais qui donne une case de fuite au K} b6 {
[%cal Gc8b7] Gagnant un nouveau tempo sur le N} 26. Ncb3 e3 27. Nb1 Rf2 28. Qd1
Bb7 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd5d4,Gb7g2,Gf2g2]} 29. Qd4 $2 {illustrant l'adage "la Q
est une mauvaise bloqueuse"} (29. Nd4 $8) 29... Qg5 30. Kh1 Qg3 31. Qd1 e2 {
[%csl Gb7][%cal Gb7h1,Gd5d4]} 32. Bxe2 d4 33. Bf1 Nf3 34. Qxf3 Bxf3 35. Nxd4
Bd5 36. Ne2 Qe3 37. Nbc3 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Arber op 4th"]
[Site "Bayerisch Eisenstein"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bente, Bjoern"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 {Die
"deutsche" Variante: diese Zugfolge wurde von den beiden jungen Deutschen
Matthias Blübaum und Rasmus Svane in die Praxis eingeführt.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9.
Be2 Nc6 (9... Ba6 $5 {ist mehr im Sinne der Erfinder, aber der Textzug
gefällt mir besser - Geschmackssache, wie so oft.} 10. Nb5 (10. O-O Bxe2 11.
Nxe2 Nc6 12. c3 $11) 10... Nc6 11. O-O $11) 10. O-O f5 {Zu dieser Position
gibt es in der Datenbank eine Menge Partien, meist wurde sie allerdings über
eine andere Zugfolge erreicht.} 11. Bb5 $5 $146 {Eine ganz neue Idee, durchaus
interesant.} (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qe1 Kh8 $11 {0-1 (56)
Gallagher,J (2510)-Prusikin,M (2541) Merlimont 2011}) 11... Bb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (
12... bxc5 $4 13. Nxd5 $18) 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. b4 {Diese Stellung
strebte Weiß bereits mit 11.Bb5 an.} Nb7 $1 {Die richtige Reaktion nach
langem Nachdenken, diesen Zug mat Björn möglicherweise in der
Vorausberechnung unterschätzt. Die schwarze Bauernstruktur bleibt intakt.} (
15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 (16... dxe4 17. c4 $13) 17. a4 $14) 16. Nce2 Qc7 17. a3
{Vielleicht der falsche Plan, Weiß sollte sich die Hebelmöglichkeit a2-a4-a5
offenhalten.} (17. Rfb1 $5) 17... Rac8 $1 {Ein Turm gehört nach c8, das ist
klar. 17...Rfc8 wirkt natürlicher, aber dieser Turm darf bei näherem
Betrachten seinen Posten nicht verlassen:} (17... Rfc8 $6 18. g4 $1 fxg4 (18...
g6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 $36) 19. f5 Nd8 (19... exf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxd5+
Kh8 22. Rxf5 $14) 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4 Qxe5 22. Rae1 $40) 18. Rac1 Nd8 19.
Rfd1 Be8 20. Ng3 Ba4 21. Qd3 Qc3 $5 {Ich konnte der Versuchung nicht
wiederstehen, der Damentausch ist prinzipiell sehr wünschenswert für Schwarz,
z.B. weil der König danach die Deckung von e6 bedenkenlos übernehmen kann.
Allerdings war} (21... a5 $5 {möglicherweise genauer an dieser Stelle}) 22.
Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rd3 Rc7 24. Nf1 Kf7 25. Nd2 b5 $1 {Die Engines sind sich einig:
25...Nc6 soll der einzige Zug sein, nach dem Schwarz besser steht, aber in
einem Endspiel wie diesem ist den Engines nicht zu trauen. c2-c4 muss unbedigt
verhindert werden:} (25... Nc6 26. Rc3 $1 (26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. c4 Rd8 $1 $17)
26... Rfc8 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 (28... Bxc6 29. Nf3 (29. c4 $2 d4 $3 30.
Bxd4 Rd8 31. Be3 Rd3 32. Kf2 Rxa3 $15) 29... Ba4 30. c3 $15 {mit guten
Überlebenschancen für Weiß}) 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rxc4 Ke8 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Nc4
Kd7 33. g3 Bd5 34. Nd6 $1 $11) 26. Nb1 {Der "katalanische" Läufer auf a4 ist
auf Dauer nicht auszuhalten} Nc6 27. Nc3 (27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Bxa7 Ra8 29. Bd4
Bxc2 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 Bd3 $17) 27... Nxd4 28. Bxd4 g5 $5 29. Nxa4 bxa4 30.
fxg5 (30. g3 $5) 30... Bxg5 31. Rf1 a6 {Ich wollte den status quo
aufrechterhalten, evtl. war das konkrete} (31... Rxc2 $5 32. Bxa7 Rfc8 $15 {
objektiv stärker}) 32. g4 $2 {Dieser nervöse Zeitnotzug erleichtert meine
Aufgabe erheblich.} (32. c3 h5 $15) 32... Kg6 33. Bc5 (33. Rg3 f4 34. c3 h5 $1
35. gxh5+ Kf5 $17) 33... Rff7 34. h3 fxg4 35. hxg4 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rf7+ (36...
Bf4 $1 $19) 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Kg3 Rc4 $1 39. c3 {Fügt sich in sein Schicksal,
dabei hätte ich nach dem aktiven} (39. Rf3 $1 {noch kurz vor der
Zeitkontrolle die nicht offensichtliche Ressource} h5 $3 {finden müssen. Die
Aktivierung des Königs entscheidet, zumal der sein weißer Gegenspieler
plötzlich in einem Mattnetz zappelt:} 40. gxh5+ Kxh5 41. Rf8 (41. c3 Rg4+ 42.
Kh3 (42. Kf2 Rf4 43. Be3 Bh4+ 44. Ke2 Rxf3 45. Kxf3 Kg6 46. Kg4 Be1 47. Bd4 Bd2
$19) 42... Rf4 43. Rd3 Rh4+ 44. Kg2 Bf4 $19) 41... Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Kg4 43. Ra8
Rxc2+ 44. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 39... Bf4+ 40. Kh3 Bxe5 41. Bd4 Bf4 42. Be3 Kg5 43.
Bxf4+ Kxf4 44. Kh4 Ke4 45. Rh3 e5 46. Kg5 Rc7 47. Kf6 d4 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cabrera Pino, Alexis"]
[Black "Van Dongen, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. Nc5 a5 15. a3
Nxc5 16. dxc5 axb4 $146 ({RR} 16... Bd7 17. Qd2 axb4 18. axb4 Qb7 19. Rac1 Ra3
20. Nd4 Rfa8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Bd4 Ra2 23. Qe3 Rb2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qa6
26. f5 exf5 27. Bxf5 Be6 28. Rf1 Bd8 29. Qc2 g6 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd2 {
Shaposhnikov,E (2554)-Ayupov,D (2403)/Moscow 2007/CBM 116 ext/1-0 (44)}) 17.
axb4 Bd7 18. Qc2 Ra7 {[%cal Gf8a8]} 19. Rxa7 Qxa7 20. f5 $1 exf5 21. Bxf5 g6 (
21... Bxf5 22. Qxf5 $14) 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Bd4 (24. Ra1) (24. Ng5
Nxe5 25. Bd4 f6 26. Bxe5 fxg5 27. Qd4 $14) 24... Bf8 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. Kg2 Re8
27. h3 h6 28. g4 Re6 29. h4 Qc7 30. Qg3 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33.
Re1 f6 34. g5 hxg5 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Qxg5 Kf7 37. Qh6 Qc8 38. Kg3 Qf5 $15 39.
Qh7+ Kf8 40. c6 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nice Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00][%mdl 512] Prix de beauté de la seconde ronde} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:
51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:12:39]} b6 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 9. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Nc3 $146 {
[%emt 0:04:27]} (10. c3 a4 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. f5 b5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nf2 a3 18. b3 b4 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4
Ne4 22. cxd5 exd5 23. e6 Ne7 24. Kh1 Nc3 25. Qd3 h6 26. Nd1 Qb5 27. Qxb5 Nxb5
28. Nf2 Rxe6 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Rfc1 Nc3 31. Nxb4 Nxb4 32. Rxc3 Re2 33. Rc7 Ra8
34. Nd4 Rxa2 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. h3 a2 {0-1 (36) Giri,A (2790)-Harikrishna,P (2763)
Stavanger 2016}) 10... a4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ba6 {
[%emt 0:02:58]} 12. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:10:01]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:16:08]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 15. c3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 16. Ng5 {[%emt 0:16:54]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:06:05]} (16... Ncxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Nxe5 $44) 17. Nxe6 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 18. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 19. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 20. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:39]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 22. Qg5 {
[%emt 0:04:47]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23. f5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:09:
19]} 24. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 25. Qxg7+ $3 {[%emt 0:00:
36]} Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxg1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27.
Rxg1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. e6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 (7... a6
) 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Qe1 b5 13. Bxc5
Bxc5 14. Bd3 Be7 15. f5 b4 16. f6 gxf6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qh3 f5 19. Bxf5 exf5
20. Nxd5 Qb7 21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 Rg8 23. Qh5 Be6 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. h4 Rg6 26.
Ng5 Bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 h6 28. Rhd1 Ne5 29. Rd6 Rf8 30. Kb1 Rc8 31. R1d2 Kg8 32. Qd1
hxg5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Rd8 Qxd8 36. Qxd8 gxh4 37. Qe7 {1-0 (37)
Negi,P (2645)-Edouard,R (2679) Helsingor 2014}) 9... a6 (9... b6 10. O-O (10.
Nd1 {[%cal Gc2c3]})) 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nd1 (12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Kh1 {
Najer,E (2670)-Maslak,K (2521) RUS-ch Higher League 61st 2008 (11) 1/2}) 12...
Bb7 (12... a5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 13. c3 Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3,Ga5c4]} 14. dxc5 $146 (
14. Qe1 Nb3 {Sadvakasov,D (2643)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2549) Carlos Torre
Wimbledon 21th 2008 (2.2) 1-0}) 14... Bxc5 15. b4 $1 {Force l'échange du
mauvais B} Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 (17. Qxb6 $5 {Aurait évité
l'activation du Bb7} Ndxb6 18. Nd4 Nd2 19. Re1 Nbc4 $132) 17... Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3
dxc4 $132 {[%csl Gb7]} 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nc2 Ne4 25. Re3 Ra2 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27. Rxe6 Rxc3 28. Re5 Rb3 29.
Rxb5 c3 30. Rc5 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zawadzka, Jolanta"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 (8... Qb6) 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 (11. Kb1) 11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5
13. Bd3 {Garder la paire de B par Be3 est peut-être un peu meilleur} (13. Be3
{[%csl Ge3]} Qa5 (13... b4 14. Na4 a5 15. h4 Ba6 16. h5) 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7
16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6 22. f5
Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Qd1 Ra8
29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 gxf6 35.
exf6 Rg8 36. g5 h6 37. Rg1 Rcc8 38. g6 {1-0 (38) Caruana,F (2789)-Meier,G 
(2632) Dortmund 2014}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 15. Kb1 Ba6 $132 16.
h4 a4 $146 (16... Qc7 17. h5 Rfc8 18. Be3 a4 19. Nd4 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 b3 22. Rc1 bxa2+ 23. Kxa2 Qb7 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qb5 26. Qc2 Nc5 27.
Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. d4 Qc4+ 30. Ka3 h6 31. Rb4 Qf1 32. Qb2 Qxf4 33. Rb8
Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb1+ Qe4 36. Qb2 Qd3 37. Kxa4 Qd1+ 38. Kb5 Qxh5 39. Kc6
Qf5 40. Qe2 h5 41. Kd7 h4 42. Ke8 Kh6 43. Qe3+ g5 44. Kf8 Kg6 45. Qe1 Kh5 46.
Qe2+ {Kharitonov,A (2345)-Iljushin,A (2553) Krasnoyarsk 2003 0-1}) 17. h5 Qe7 (
17... Qa5 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 18. g4 Rfc8 19. h6) 18. g4 Rfc8 (18... b3 $5) 19. h6
g6 20. Qh4 $6 {Sans les Q, la structure avantage les Noirs} Bxd3 (20... Qxh4
21. Rxh4 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rc7 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8]}) 21. Rxd3 Qxh4 22. Rxh4 Na5
23. Rhh3 Ra6 $6 {[%cal Ga6c6]} (23... Rc7 $142 {Plus naturel et les Noirs
évitent de perdre un tempo de la Rc6 après Nd4} 24. Bf2 Rac8 25. Nd4 Nc4 $36)
24. Bf2 Nc4 (24... Rac6 25. Nd4) 25. g5 Ra5 26. Rh1 Rb5 27. Nd4 $1 Rb7 28. Nf3
Rbc7 {Les Noirs ont perdu beaucoup de temps avec le mauvais plan Ra6} 29. Bd4
Na5 30. Rh2 $11 Rc4 31. b3 R4c6 32. Rhd2 Ra6 33. Re2 Nb7 34. Nd2 Rac6 35. Nf3
Nbc5 36. Rde3 Ne4 37. bxa4 $6 {Un suicide positionnel face aux R} Ndc5 38. Bxc5
Rxc5 39. Kb2 Rc4 $36 40. Ne1 $2 Nc3 41. Rd2 Nxa4+ {La position Blanche s'est
effondrée en quelques coups probablement à la suite d'un zeitnot} 42. Kb3
Nc5+ (42... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ga4c3,Ga8a2,Gc3a2]}) 43. Kb2 Rxf4 44. Nd3 Rd4 45. Rg2
Ne4 46. Re1 Ra8 47. Ra1 Kf8 48. a3 bxa3+ 49. Rxa3 Rxa3 50. Kxa3 Rc4 51. Kb3 Ke7
52. Rg1 Nd2+ 53. Kb2 Nf3 54. Rg3 Nd4 55. Rg2 Nc6 56. Rg1 Nd4 (56... Re4 {
[%cal Gc6e5]}) 57. Rg2 Nf5 58. Kb3 Re4 $19 59. c3 Re3 60. Nb4 Nd4+ 61. Kb2 Nf3
62. Kb3 d4 63. Ra2 Rxc3+ 64. Kb2 Nxe5 65. Ra8 Nc4+ 66. Ka2 d3 67. Ra7+ Kd6 68.
Nxd3 Rxd3 69. Rxf7 Rg3 70. Rxh7 Rxg5 71. Rg7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:
49]} (7... a6) 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:55]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:
56]} (9. Qd2) 9... b6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd1 b4 12.
Nf2 a5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Na4 18.
Rab1 Ne7 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Nd1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Qd2
{Kamsky,G (2745)-Morozevich,A (2610)/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 055/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (
9... f6) 10. Qe1 {[%emt 0:11:45] Une ligne secondaire trés peu jouée} (10. Qd2
f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1) 10... f5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} (10... f6) (10... Bb7) 11.
exf6 {[%emt 0:24:19]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 12. Rd1 $146 {[%emt 0:03:47]} ({RR
} 12. Bb5 Nb4 13. Rc1 a6 14. Be2 Ng4 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Nd1 Nf6 17. c3 Ne4 18. Bd3
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bb1 Qd6 21. Nf2 g6 22. h4 Bd7 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Nfe5 Qe7
25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. g3 Bb5 {Brkic,A (2606)-Tratar,M (2477)/Bol 2011/CBM 144
Extra/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 12... Ng4 $11 {[%emt 0:16:02]} 13. Bc1 {[%emt 0:05:40]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 14. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:11:07]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 15. Bxg4
{[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:09][%cal Gc5g1]} 16. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qf6
{[%emt 0:03:21]} 17. Rf2 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:37:40][%cal Gc5f2,Gf6h6,
Gf5g3]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:15:47]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} (18... Qh6 $5 {[%cal
Gf5g3]}) 19. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 20. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 21. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:43:02"]
[BlackClock "0:08:23"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} 8. Na4 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:58] Il y a beaucoup
de théorie avec ce gambit qui donne des compensations raisonnables aux Noirs.}
11. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd2+
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (13... O-O) 14.
Be2 {[%emt 0:08:53]} (14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Nc5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qe2 Qa3 18.
Qb5+ Ke7 19. O-O Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Rhc8 21. Raf1 g6 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Nd1 Qe4 24.
axb3 Rc5 25. Qa6 Kf8 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Qa4 Qb1 28. Rxd4 Rc1 29. g4 Qc2 30. Qb4
Rb1 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Kh8 33. Kh1 Qe2 34. Qe1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxb3 36. Ne3 a5
37. Ng4 Rc8 38. Nf6 Rh3 39. fxe6 Rc2 40. Rg4 Rcxh2+ 41. Kg1 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 R1h2+
43. Rg2 fxe6 {Zhigalko,S (2671)-Podolchenko,E (2516) Minsk 2011 1-0}) 14... Nc5
{[%emt 0:13:32]} 15. Nxc5 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:00:18] Renforce le centre} (15. Nb2
{Feliciano Ebert,V (2224)-Cubas,J (2537) Blumenau Santa Catarina Cup 2nd 2013 
(7) 0-1}) 15... bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:
58]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:52][%cal Gc5c4,Gd4d3,Gb6g1]} 18.
Kh1 {[%emt 0:02:37]} d3 $1 {[%emt 0:20:28]} 19. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (19. Bf3
c4 20. Nd2 c3 21. Nb3 Ba6 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3]}) 19... c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]
Illustrant le problème d'avoir joué Nc5} 20. Bxh7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxh7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:10:10]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Rf3 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 23. Rh3 $44 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:
03:44]} 24. exf6 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 25. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:
15]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 27.
Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:19:42]} 28. axb3 $44 {[%emt 0:23:33][%csl
Ra8,Rc8,Rd6]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 29. Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (29. Qh4 $5 Raf8
30. Qh7 Rxf4 31. Rd7+ Kc5 32. Rc1+ Kb4 33. Qd3 $13 {[%cal Gd3b3,Gd3f1]}) 29...
Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 30. Rgxa7 {[%emt 0:06:44]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rxa7
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 33. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 34. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:02:04]
} Ke5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 35. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 36. Qg6+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 37. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:04:
50]} 38. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:08:36]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12][%csl Gd5,Ge5]} 39. Rd1+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 40. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40. Qxe5 Rf1+)
40... Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 42.
Qc7+ {[%emt 0:04:31]} Bb7 $19 {[%emt 0:00:10][%csl Ga7] L'attaque Blanche
s'essoufle et le centre Noir va faire la différence} 43. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Qg1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 45. h3 {
[%emt 0:05:12]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 46. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:15:
49]} 47. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 48. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Rg8
{[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 50. Ra1+ {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 51. Qa7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 52. Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 54. Qa7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Migot, Tangi"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:50"]
[BlackClock "0:03:29"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (3... Bb4) 4. e5 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 6. Nf3
{[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:49] Nc6 est plus courant mais c'est
probablement une simple transposition} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 b6 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Na5 15. b3
Bb7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qh3 b4 19. Nce2 Kh8 20. g4 Nc6 21. Qh4 Qe7 22.
g5 f5 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rg1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc3 26. gxh6 g5 27. fxg5 {1-0 (27)
Anand,V (2803)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin 2015}) 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} O-O {
[%emt 0:03:25]} (7... Nc6 {Aurait transposé dans les grandes lignes}) 8. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:15] Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups} 9.
O-O {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 10. Qe1 $5 {[%emt 0:00:49] Joué
rapidement par le breton alors que le GMI n'avait jamais joué cette ligne
selon les bases.} (10. Qd2 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 $132 {
Hjartarson,J (2547)-Short,N (2655) Nuuk m rapid 2016 (4) 0-1}) 10... f5 {
[%emt 0:02:55]} (10... f6) 11. Kh1 $6 {[%emt 0:06:58][%cal Gg2g4,Gf1g1] Un
plan risqué} (11. exf6 $142 Nxf6 12. h3 (12. Bb5 Nb4 13. Rc1 a6) 12... a6 13.
Rd1 $14 {Andriasian,Z (2628)-Lou,Y (2466) World University-ch 13th 2014 (3) 1/2
}) 11... cxd4 $146 {[%emt 0:14:14]} (11... Kh8 12. Rd1 Ndb8 13. Qf2 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Na5 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. b3 Qd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Bd3
Nc6 21. c4 Nb4 22. Bb1 Qb7 23. Rc1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Nc6 26. h3 Na5
27. Qa2 Qd7 28. Kh2 Rc6 29. Qe2 Nb3 30. Rcd1 Qe8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Rd1 Na5 33.
Nd6 Rxd6 34. exd6 Bxc4 35. d7 Qe7 36. Bd3 Bb3 37. Bc2 Bd5 38. Bxf5 Qxd7 39. Be4
Bf6 40. Qh5 g6 41. Qh6 {Djurovic,G (2391)-Martinsen,S (2164) Malinska 2013 1-0}
) 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 13. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc5
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:11:12]} Bb7 $1 {[%emt 0:13:08][%cal Gb7h1,
Gc5e4]} 15. Rd1 $1 {[%emt 0:16:40] Les Blancs doivent surcontroler la case
"d4" pour éviter les problèmes tactiques avec le vis-à-vis du Bb7 et du Kh1}
Bh4 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 17.
Qe3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:17:46]} 18. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rf7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Qh3 $1 {[%emt 0:07:36][%cal Gh3h4,Gf4f5]} Raf8 {[%emt 0:01:
17]} 20. f5 {[%emt 0:06:46] La percée thématique dans une française mais
les pièces Blanches sont un peu désorganisées pour attaquer à l'aile-roi}
exf5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 21. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (21. Bh5 g6 22. Bf3 $44) 21...
Rxf5 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 22. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Rg1 $6
{[%emt 0:07:40]} Bf2 $1 $40 {[%emt 0:02:46][%csl Gb7,Rh1] Attaquant le talon
d'Achille des Blancs} 24. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:07:19]} (24. Bxf2 d4+ {[%csl Gb7]})
24... d4+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:00]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 26.
Rg2 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Be3 $17 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rxf6 $1
{[%emt 0:02:38]} 28. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:03:11]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:
03]} 31. Qg3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bf4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 32. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:51]}
g5 $19 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 33. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. h4 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kh8 36. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Videnova, Iva"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 {
Une ligne secondaire} (7... a6 8. Qd2) (7... Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2
b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. Qe1 f6 16. b4 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Ne4 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 d4 22. Qe1 Bf6 23.
Kg1 Qc6 24. Rd2 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rf6 26. Re2 Qb6 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qg4 Rdf8 29. Ref2
Bd5 30. h4 Bc4 31. Rf3 Qc7 32. f5 Bd5 33. R3f2 e5 34. Re1 R6f7 35. Rfe2 e4 36.
Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 {Kamsky,G (2762)-Nakamura,H (2760) Beijing 2012 0-1 (61)}) (
7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5) 8. Be2 (8. Qd2) 8... Qa5 9. O-O b5 $6 {Semble un peu
trop lent et les Blancs vont obtenir une forte initiative а l'aile-roi} (9...
cxd4 $142 10. Nxd4) (9... Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. a3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Bc5 14. b4 (14. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3h3]}) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qb6 $11 {Pelletier,Y 
(2607)-Mateuta,G (2504) EU-ch 9th Plovdiv 2008 (8) 1/2}) 10. a4 b4 11. Nb5 Be7
12. f5 $1 $146 (12. dxc5 O-O 13. Nd6 Nxc5 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Qe1 a6 16. Qf2 Bxd6
17. exd6 axb5 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bxc5 Ba6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qd7 22. Bxb4 Rfc8
23. b3 Rc6 24. Rad1 Rbc8 25. c3 Rf8 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Qg5 {1-0 (27) Navara,D 
(2630)-Prusikin,M (2535) Germany 2008}) (12. Nd6+ $5) 12... cxd4 (12... O-O 13.
f6 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. fxe6 $40 fxe6 14. Nfxd4 Ndxe5 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Nxa7 Bf6
17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bb5 $18 Bd7 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qh6 Qe7 21. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 22. Rf1
Qxb2 23. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Geller, Jakov"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 Qc7
15. Qe3 Rae8 16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ng4 Nxd3 19. Nf6+ $1 (19. Qxd3 $2) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 {This game
played in round 10. Four rounds before I won with black against Mastrovasilis,
with Mastrovasilis I played Nc6. And here I prefered Qb6.} Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9.
c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 {Very known position in theory, white can take with bishop,
with queen. If to take to d4 with knight, then just b5! wins pawn on c3 and b4.
After 11.Qxd4 interesting games is Lutz-Morozevich.} 11. Bxd4 (11. Qxd4 a5 $5 (
11... Nc6 $5)) (11. Nxd4 $4 b5 $19) 11... Nc6 12. Be3 b5 13. Nb2 Ncxe5 $1 $146
14. fxe5 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qxc3+ 16. Qd2 Bxb4 $17) 14... Qxc3+ 15. Qd2
Bxb4 16. Kf2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 (17. Bxd2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Nxe5 {And then somewhere
just with Nc4 I can make my pawns very strong!}) 17... Nxe5 18. Rb1 $6 (18. Nd3
$5 Ng4+ $17) 18... Ng4+ 19. Ke2 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 e5 21. Nb3 $1 {The best move!
Whites pieces going to queenside to be not attacked by blacks pawns, when the
pawns will be on e4 and d4!} O-O (21... d4+ $5 22. Kf2 Bf5 23. Nd3 Rc8 $5 $17 {
or -+}) 22. Be2 {Again the best! White wants to play Bd3 but Bd3 is impossible
because of d4+ and f5 then. From now it seems that bishop going to f3 and then
after e4 black pawns will have less energy.} Bf5 {I made Bf5 to force whites
Bd3 move. To get pieces which I will attack when my pawns will go ahead.} 23.
Bd3 {Just 23... Be6 and then f5 and d4 and e4!} d4+ $6 (23... Be6 $1 $19) 24.
Kf3 $8 (24. Kf2 $4 e4 $19 25. Nxd4 $2 Bc5 $1 $19) 24... Be6 25. g4 (25. Be4
Rae8 $19) 25... Rac8 {Here I have seen that 25...f5 winning material. But I
miscalculated the next variation.} (25... f5 26. gxf5 Bd5+ 27. Kg4 h5+ 28. Kxh5
e4 29. Bf1 Rxf5+ 30. Kg4 Raf8 31. Nxd4 Rf4+ $19) 26. Rhc1 Rc3 $5 27. Rxc3 (27.
Ke4 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rfc8 29. Rf1 Rxb3 $19) 27... dxc3 28. Nd1 f5 29. Ke2 Rd8 $3 {
Now black want just to play ...30...Bc4 -+ with exchange of white bishop which
is very important for whites defence.Or to play fxg4 before or f4 with good
attack!} (29... e4 30. Bc2 fxg4 31. Bxe4 $2 (31. Ne3 $5) (31. Ke3 $5) 31... Re8
$1 $19 {[%csl Ge8] With attack on e line}) (29... fxg4 30. a3 $1 Bxa3 31. Nxc3
Rf3 32. Nd2 Rh3 33. Nf1 h5 34. Ne4 $11) 30. Bc2 $8 (30. gxf5 Rxd3 $1 31. fxe6 (
31. Kxd3 $4 Bxf5+ 32. Ke3 Bxb1 $19) 31... c2 32. Rc1 cxd1=Q+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34.
Kxd1 Kf8 $19) 30... Kf8 {The idea of the move was, that after Bxb3 whites
bishop takes on b3 without check!} (30... fxg4 {Was absoulutely winning for
black!}) 31. gxf5 Bxb3 32. Bxb3 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 a5 $1 {Now c2 is a threat!} (33...
Rxh2 34. Rc1 $5 Ke7 35. Ne3 Kd6 36. Nd5 Ba5 37. f6 gxf6 38. Nxf6 {Many pawns
exchanged on the board and I think white will get big chances for a draw.}) 34.
Ne3 (34. Rc1 Rxh2 (34... a4 35. Be6 Rxh2 36. Ne3 h5 37. Ke4 Ba5 $17) 35. Ne3
Rh4 36. Bd5 Rf4+ 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Bc6 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. Bxb5 a4 41. Nd5 Ba5
42. Ke4 a3 43. Nxc3 Rb2 44. Bc4 $14) 34... Bc5 35. a4 $4 (35. Rd1 c2 $5 (35...
a4 $5 36. Rxd2 axb3 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Rd3 bxa2 (38... c2 $2 39. Nxc2 $14) 39.
Nc2 b4 40. Na1 Bd4 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Nb3 Kxf5 43. Rd1 Ke4 (43... c2 $1 44. Rf1+
Kg4 45. Kd3 Bc3 46. Rc1 (46. Kxc2 e4 47. Rg1+ Kh3 48. Rg5 a1=Q 49. Nxa1 Bxa1
50. Rh5+ Kg2 51. Rxh7 Bf6 52. Rh5 e3 53. Rb5 b3+ $3 54. Kd3 (54. Kxb3 e2 $19) (
54. Rxb3 e2 55. Re3 Kf2 56. Kd3 e1=Q $19 57. Rxe1 Kxe1 58. Ke4 Kf2 59. Kf5 Kg2
$19) 54... b2 55. Kxe3 Kxh2 56. Kf3 Kg1 57. Rb4 Kf1 58. Ke3 Ke1 59. Rb6 Kd1 $19
) 46... Bb2 47. Rxc2 a1=Q 48. Nxa1 Bxa1 49. Kc4 Bc3 $19) 44. Ra1 Kd5 45. Rxa2
Kc4 46. Na5+ Kb5 47. Nb3 $11) 36. Bxc2 Bxe3 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 38. Ke4 Bf4 39. Bd3
b4 40. h3 a4 41. Bc2 b3 42. axb3 a3 43. Bb1 Ke7 44. Kd5 Kd7 45. b4 Kc7 46. Ba2
Kb6 47. Bc4 Bg3 48. Ke4 Kc6 49. Kd3 Be1 50. Ke4 Bxb4 51. Kxe5 Bc3+ 52. Ke4 Bf6
53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Ke4 h5 55. Bf7 Ke7 56. Ba2 Bb2 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Kf4 Bc1+ 59. Ke4
Kg5 $19) 35... Bxe3 $1 36. Kxe3 b4 37. Ke4 Re2+ 38. Kd5 e4 39. Bc4 Rb2 40. Rc1
e3 41. Kd4 e2 42. Ke3 b3 $1 $19 43. Bxb3 (43. Bxe2 $2 Rxe2+ $1 44. Kxe2 b2 45.
Kd1 bxc1=Q+ 46. Kxc1 Ke7 47. Kc2 Kd6 48. Kxc3 Kc5 $19) 43... Rxb3 44. Kxe2 Rb2+
45. Kd3 Rxh2 46. Kxc3 Rf2 47. Rh1 h6 48. Rh5 Rf4 49. f6 g5 (49... Rxa4 50.
fxg7+ Kxg7 51. Kb3 Rb4+ 52. Ka3 Rb8 $19) 50. Rxh6 Kf7 51. Kd3 Rxa4 (51... Rh4
$1 $19) 52. Ke3 Rf4 (52... Rh4 $1 $19) 53. Rh8 Kxf6 54. Rf8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nd4 {Very rare. Almost
everyone playis 13.g4, and it scores very well. Surely Vovk knew what he was
doing as he was playing very quickly until 13.Nd4 appeared on the board.} (13.
g4 Na5 14. Bd4 Nc4 $13 {Gharamian-Ni Hua 2011, for example.}) 13... Bb7 {
Natural. The position is a very clear sharp French. Black's attack on the
queenside looks menacing, but you can never underestimate how fast White can
achieve things on the kingside.} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qf2 Nxd3+ 17.
Rxd3 Be7 18. Nd1 b4 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Ne3 f5 {A classic idea. Winning some space
on the kingside allows Black more defensive resources on that side. However,
it does allow White a break on that side of the board.} 21. g4 $6 (21. exf6
Bxf6 $17 {is not playable when White is so committed to the kingside.}) (21.
Rg1 {preparing g4 was better.}) 21... fxg4 22. Nxg4 Be8 $1 {Suddenly the bad
French bishop is jumping to g6 with devastating effect!} 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6
Bg6 $1 25. fxg7 Rf7 {The pawn on g7 does not harm White. He now has very
difficult problems to solve on the kingside.} 26. Be5 (26. c3 Qa5 $1 $19 {
for example:} 27. Rg1 Qxa2 {leads to beautiful continuations, but honestly I
doubt this was Vovk's idea.} (27... Bf5 {is more human and probably what Vovk
had in mind. White cannot prevent Qxa2.}) 28. Rxg6 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 (29. Kd2 Qxb2+
30. Ke3 Rxc3+ $1 31. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Ke2 Qb2+ 33. Ke1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 hxg6 {
winning.}) 29... b3+ $1 30. Kd3 Qd1+ $1 31. Qd2 (31. Ke3 e5 $3 32. Bxe5 Rc4 {
with a decisive attack.}) 31... Qf1+ 32. Qe2 Qxh3+ $19) 26... Qg5 $3 {
Brilliant. The queen attacks e5 and reinforces all the threats on the
queenside by placing itself on f5 when the time is right.} 27. Re3 Bxc2 $1 28.
Kd2 Bg6 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Kxc1 Qf5 {in opposite colored bishop situations, the
most important thing is king safety. It is obvious that White is the one
suffering here.} 31. Qe2 d4 $1 32. Rb3 (32. Bxd4 Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Rc7 $19) (32. Rg3
{was the best try, but already White is losing.} Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Qxb2+) 32... Qb1+
33. Kd2 Qc2+ 34. Ke1 d3 $1 35. Qd1 Rd7 36. Rxb4 d2+ 37. Ke2 Qxd1+ {A fantastic
game.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {It was a real surprise for me, since my
opponent usually goes for 4.Bg5.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 {A very fashionable line - white restricts black's active play on the
queen-side.} g5 $5 {An original idea of Morozevich - black breaks white's
centre at cost of weakening his king-side.} 10. fxg5 {White accepts the
challenge and avoids the exchange of his dark-squared bishop.} (10. Nxg5 cxd4
11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 $44 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Lintchevski,D/St
Petersburg RUS 2005 (47)}) (10. Ne2 g4 11. Nfg1 f6 $132) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4
$146 {This natural tackle is a novelty.} (11. Bxd4 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Na2
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Kb1 Rb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Morozevich,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2005 (38)}) 11... Ncxe5 $1 {This tackle is the
most logical, as it allows black to complete his development quite comfortably.
} ({After} 11... Ndxe5 {white's chances should be better:} 12. Be2 Qc7 (12...
Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc5 $36) 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bh5
O-O 16. Bc5 Ne7 17. b4 $14) 12. Be2 {Preparing queen-side castle, since on the
opposite side the king may be attacked very quickly, like in Anand-Morozevich.}
Bb7 {Not a real mistake, but there was no reason to remove the Bc8 from it's
diagonal.} ({More flexible would be:} 12... Bg7 13. O-O (13. Nxd5 $6 exd5 14.
Nf5 O-O 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxd5 Rb8 $15) 13... O-O 14. b3 Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Na2
a5 17. c3 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nc5 19. Rac1 Rc8 $132) 13. Bh5 Qe7 {Taking control of
Pe6.} ({Deserved attention also:} 13... Ng6 $5 14. O-O Bg7 {with a solid
position.}) 14. O-O Bg7 15. Nce2 {Sending the knight towards g3 white is
clearing the c-file and neutralizes black's possible counterplay.} O-O 16. b3
Rac8 ({I have also calculated:} 16... Ng6 17. Ng3 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Be2 {
with slighty better chances for white.} (19. Bg5 Qc5 $1 20. Be3 Qe7 $11)) 17.
Ng3 f5 $2 {A nervous move which leads to a very unpleasant position.} (17...
Nc6 {also doesn't solve black's problems:} 18. c3 $14 Nc5 $140 $2 19. Ndf5 exf5
20. Nxf5 $18) ({But much better would be:} 17... Nc5 $142 18. Be2 (18. Rf2 Ne4
19. Nxe4 dxe4 $132) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 $132 {with a very complicated play.
}) 18. gxf6 Nxf6 (18... Rxf6 19. Bg5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qc5 21. Kh1 $36) (18...
Bxf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3 $36) 19. Bh6 $1 {After exchanging the
dark-squared bishops black's king becomes very vulnerable.} (19. Bg5 $143 Qc5
$1 (19... Nc6 20. c3 Qc5 21. Be3 $14) 20. c3 Ned7 $132) 19... Nfd7 {I tried to
simplify the position by swapping the rooks.} (19... Nxh5 20. Nxh5 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 $16 Ng6 $140 $2 22. Nxe6 $18) (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $16)
(19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nc6 21. Qg5+ (21. c3 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Rac1 $14) 21... Kh8 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rf2 $36 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ga1f1]}) 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Be2 {Freeing a spot for the Ng3.} Kg8 (21... Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8
$2 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Qh6+ $18) ({Maybe} 21... Kh8 $5 {was a bit better, but
actually it shouldn't make much difference.}) 22. Qh6 Rf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24.
Qxf6 ({Another tempting continuation was:} 24. Qe3 Nf7 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Qd2 $16
{with a strong pressure.}) 24... Nxf6 25. Rf1 Ned7 {This move forces white to
exchange the pawns, since e6-e5 is a real threat now.} (25... Kf7 26. Nh5 Ned7
27. Bg4 Ke7 28. Bxe6 $18) (25... Nfd7 26. Nxe6 (26. Bd1) 26... Rxc2 27. Nd4 $16
) 26. Nxe6 Rxc2 27. Nd4 {White has a clear strategical advantage due to
preferablity of his pawn structure and ugly position of Bb7.} Rd2 $2 {A loss
of time, since white is planning to play Ng3-f5 anyway.} (27... Rc3 {is not a
real improvement in view of:} 28. Ngf5 Ne4 29. g4 $16) ({But after the correct
} 27... Ra2 $142 28. Rc1 Ne8 $1 {I failed to find something convincing for
white. For instance,} 29. Ngf5 Rxa3 30. Bh5 Nef6 31. Bf3 Ne8 32. Re1 Nef6 33.
Re7 Bc8) 28. Ngf5 Nc5 ({Hopeless would be:} 28... Ne4 29. Rc1 Ndc5 30. b4 Nb3
31. Nxb3 Rxe2 32. Na5 Ba8 33. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc1c8]}) 29. b4 Nce4 {
It looks like black has consolidated somehow, but white's next move adds him
troubles.} 30. Rc1 $1 {There is no comfortable defence against the penetration
of Rc1.} Ne8 (30... Ra2 31. Rc7 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 Nd2 33. Ng3 Nfe4 34. Ndf5 Nxg3 35.
Nxg3 h5 36. h4 $18) 31. Bh5 Ng7 $2 {Decisive mistake.} ({The only way to hold
on was:} 31... N8d6 32. Rc7 Bc8 33. Nxd6 (33. Ne7+ $2 Kf8 34. Nxc8 Rxd4 35.
Nxd6 Nxd6 $132) 33... Nxd6 34. Nb3 Rb2 35. Bf3 Be6 36. Nd4 Bf7 37. Ra7 $16 {
although white has a great advantage.}) 32. Bf3 Nxf5 (32... Ne8 33. Nb3 Rd3 34.
Na5 $18) 33. Nxf5 $18 {Now black cannot avoid the loss of material.} Ra2 ({
An attempt to activate the king fails to:} 33... Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. g4 Nf2 (
35... Ba8 36. Ra7 Ng5 37. Bg2 $18) 36. Rxb7 Nh3+ (36... h5 37. Ng3 Nh3+ 38. Kh1
Nf2+ 39. Kg2 hxg4 40. Be2 $18) 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg2 Nxg4+ 39. Kg3 Nxh2 40. Kf4
Nxf3 (40... Rf2 41. Nd4) 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Kxf3 Rd3+ 43. Kf4 Rxa3 44. Ke5 Ra4
45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kh5 47. Kf6 h6 48. Rg3 Rxb4 49. Rh3+ Kg4 50. Rh4+ $18)
34. h4 Kf7 {A desperate move, but there was nothing better.} (34... a5 35. Rc7
Ba6 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxd5 Nd2 38. Ra7 Rxa3 39. Rxa6 axb4 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. h5
$18) 35. Rc7+ $2 {A strange choice - there was nothing wrong with winning the
piece!} ({After} 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Nxb7 $18 {black should resign.}
) 35... Kf6 36. Ne3 Nd6 {At the same time, now black has some hopes, since his
pieces are quite active.} 37. Rxh7 Rxa3 38. Ng4+ {Now black has to make
several only moves in a row.} ({Premature would be:} 38. Rh6+ $2 Ke7 39. Nxd5+
Bxd5 40. Bxd5 Ra4 41. g4 Rxb4 42. g5 Rd4 $132 {and black gets a real
counterplay.}) 38... Ke6 (38... Kf5 39. Re7 Kf4 (39... a5 40. Kf2 $1 Bc8 41.
Re5+ Kg6 42. Rxd5 $18) 40. Nf6 Kg3 41. Rg7+ Kf4 42. h5 $18) 39. Rh6+ Ke7 (39...
Kd7 40. Nf6+ Kc7 41. h5 a5 42. Rh7+ Kb6 43. h6 axb4 44. Rxb7+ Nxb7 45. h7 $18)
40. Ne5 $1 {Now everything is ready for advancing the pawns.} a5 {Looking for
some counterplay.} 41. Rh7+ Ke6 ({Deserved attention also} 41... Kf6 $5 42.
Nd7+ Kf5 43. Nc5 Ba8 $14 {and white has nothing special here.}) 42. Nd7 axb4 $2
{Finally giving up the bishop.} ({At the same time, after} 42... Kf5 43. Nc5
Ba8 44. bxa5 Rxa5 45. Rh5+ Kg6 46. Rg5+ Kh6 47. Bxd5 b4 48. Bxa8 Rxa8 $14 {
black could get excellent drawing chances.}) 43. Bg4+ Nf5 44. Nc5+ Kf6 45. Rxb7
$18 {Now the game is over - white is able to stop black's passed pawns.} Nxh4
46. Rxb5 Rc3 ({or} 46... Ra2 47. Bh3 Rb2 48. Nd3 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 b3 50. Nc5 b2 51.
Nd3 $18) 47. Nd7+ Ke7 48. Nb6 Kd6 49. Rxb4 {The rest is just an agony.} Rc1+
50. Kh2 Rc2 51. Bh3 Nf3+ 52. Kg3 Ne5 53. Rd4 Rc3+ 54. Kh2 Rc5 55. Nc8+ Kc6 56.
Ne7+ Kd6 57. Nf5+ Kc6 58. Rd1 Ng6 59. Bg4 Ne5 60. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 $5 {This is an old
variation in the Classical French that has been becoming trendy among
2600-2700 GMs recently.} ({Another way of reaching the line played in the game
is} 6... Qb6 7. Be3 a6) 7. Be3 (7. Ne2 {transposes to the other mainline with
the c3-knight going to e2 on the 4th or 5th move.} Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. a3 c4 {
For more details anout this type of French structure check out my annotations
in Vachier Lagrave- Naiditsch at the same event!}) 7... Qb6 8. Rb1 (8. a3 Nc6
9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. c3 (12. Nc3 Qc7 $5) 12... Bxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. b4 O-O 16. O-O b5 17. Nb2 Nb6 18. a4 (18. Nd3 Na4 (
18... Bd7 19. Rfc1 (19. Nc5 Na4 $1) 19... Bc6 20. Nc5 Rfc8 $11) 19. Rfc1 Bd7
20. Bd1 Nb6 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Bc2) 18... Bd7 19. a5 Na4 $1 (19... Nc4 $6 20. Nxc4
bxc4 21. f5 $5 (21. h4 $14) 21... exf5 $1 22. Qxd5 Rac8 $2 (22... Rae8 $1 23.
Qxc4 (23. Rad1 Bb5 24. Rxf5 g6 25. Rf2 Rxe5 $132) 23... Qxe5 $132) 23. Qd6 $16
{1-0 (46) Hoolt,S (2371)-Zatonskih,A (2445) Germany GER 2017}) 20. Nxa4 bxa4
21. Bd3 Bb5 22. Rf3 Rfc8 23. Bc2 Qe7 24. Bxa4 Rc4 $44) (8. Na4 {is the old
mainline. For more details check out annotated games by Finkel in Megabase.})
8... Nc6 9. Qd2 Qc7 ({Another way to start the queenside play is} 9... Qa7 $5
10. Ne2 b5 11. c3 Nb6 12. b3 c4 $132 {1/2-1/2 (22) Alekseev,E (2632)-Fridman,D
(2594) Tallinn EST 2017}) 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 ({Also possible is} 11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 $11) 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ {The simplest way to
equalise.} (13... O-O {could lead to somewhat double-edged play after} 14. Nd1
$5 (14. Bf3 b6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. c3 a5 $11) 14... Bxd4+ (14... f6 $1 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Bf3 $5 (16. c3) 16... Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qxc2 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Rbc1 Bd7)
15. Qxd4 Qxc2 16. Nc3 Qg6 17. Rbc1 Nb8 $1 ({if} 17... f6 {then it's very
difficult and unpleasant to meet} 18. f5 $1 fxe5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. fxg6 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 d4 (21... Nf6 $4 22. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Rf8+ Kxf8 24. gxh7 $18) 22. Bc4+
Kh8 23. Ne4 {with a strong initiative in the ending.}) 18. Na4 Nc6 19. Qe3 Bd7
{White has compensation for the pawn, but not more. Both sides have equal
chances.}) 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 (15. Rfd1 b6 {and Black is fine.}) 15... Nxc5
16. Kf2 ({The silicon monster suggests a unique plan in this French-type
ending:} 16. b4 $5 Nd7 17. a4 b6 (17... Nb8 $5) 18. Bd3 (18. a5 b5 19. Bd3 Bb7
20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Nd4 g6 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke3 Nb8 $1 {After testing some logical
human moves, while White is slightly better due his space advantage I believe
Black can still hold this ending.}) 18... Ke7 19. Ne2 g5 $1 $132) 16... Bd7 17.
Bd3 Ke7 18. Ke3 Bb5 $5 (18... Rhc8 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Nd4 f6 $11 {leads to
something similar to the game.}) 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. a3 Ra5 21. Rf3 Rc8 $2 {
It was simply not necessary to sac the exchange in this position, but most
probably Naiditsch is looking for more than equality...} (21... Nd7 22. Rg3 (
22. Kd2 g5 $1) 22... g6 23. Kd2 Nb6 $132) (21... Na6 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 22. Na2
(22. b4 Rxa3 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Nxb5 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 22...
Ra4 $1) 22. b4 Rxa3 23. Kd4 Ra4 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 {In return for the exchange,
Black has gained activity for his pieces and a target on the c-file which can
provide some compensation, but which may not be enough if White is accurate.}
25. Kd3 g6 26. Kd2 h5 27. g3 Rc4 28. h3 $6 ({He had to play} 28. c3 $1 {
to kill any counterplay starting with the check on d4} d4 $2 29. cxd4 Rxd4+ 30.
Rd3 Rc4 31. Rc1 $16 {only helps White.}) 28... Kd7 (28... Rd4+ $1 29. Kc1 Rc4
30. Rbb3 (30. Kd2 Rd4+ $11) 30... d4 $44 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga4c3]}) 29. g4 (29.
c3 $1 {And again!}) 29... Rd4+ {Black now doesn't miss his chance.} 30. Kc1
hxg4 31. hxg4 Kc6 $5 {Once again, Naiditsch continues to fight for more!} (
31... Rc4 32. Kd2 (32. Rbb3 Nb6 $44) 32... Rd4+ $11) 32. Rbb3 ({The pawn break
with} 32. f5 {doesn't work yet due to} Rxg4 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rf6 $4 Rg1+ $19)
32... Re4 {Preventing f4-f5.} 33. Rf1 g5 (33... Nb6 34. Rh3 Rxb4 35. Rh7 Nc4
36. Rxf7 $2 (36. Rf3 Ra4 37. c3 Ra1+ 38. Kc2 Ra2+ 39. Kc1 Ra1+ $11) 36... Ra4
37. Kd1 Ne3+ 38. Ke2 Nxf1 39. Kxf1 Rc4 40. Rf6 Kc5 41. Rxg6 Rxf4+ 42. Kg2 b4
43. Kg3 Rc4 44. Rxe6 Rxc2 {and Black has great winning chances in this ending.}
) 34. fxg5 Rxg4 35. Rxf7 Rxg5 36. Rh3 Rxe5 {With more pawns being traded off
the game gradually moves closer to a draw. Now both sides play more moves to
put pressure on each other, but neither side gains the upper hand as the
respective attacking and defensive resources on each side are equal.} 37. Rhh7
Re4 38. c3 Kd6 39. Rd7+ Ke5 40. Rh5+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ Kf5 42. Rh3 b6 43. Rf7+ Ke5
44. Rf2 Rc4 45. Re2+ Kd6 46. Kd2 d4 47. cxd4 Rxb4 48. Rh4 Rb2+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50.
Kc2 Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Rc6 52. Rh6 Kd5 53. Re5+ Kxd4 54. Rhxe6 Rxe6 55. Rxe6 {
and they eventually agreed to a draw. An interesting choice of opening line by
Naiditsch, who seemed to have easily gained equality from the opening stage,
and great fighting spirit from both players in the complex ending.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. h4 $5 {There have been only 4 games played with this move so
far and it's an interesting way to create problems for Black.} ({The mainline
usually continues} 10. O-O f5 11. exf6 (11. Nd1 cxd4 (11... a5 $5 12. c3 Ba6)
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5) 11... Nxf6 12. Kh1 Bb7 {where Black is doing fine
theoretically.}) 10... f6 ({The most principled is to strike in the centre} 
10... cxd4 {which Predke also faced earlier during the year} 11. Nxd4 $6 (11.
Bxd4 {looks artificial} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 $132) 11... Nxd4 ({I'm sure White
covered taking the pawn in his prep, and it's probably impossible to defend it
successfully otb} 11... Bxh4+ 12. g3 $1 Bxg3+ 13. Kd1 $1 (13. Kf1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
f6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qxg3 fxe5 17. Be3 (17. Bd3 Qf6 $5 (17... exd4 18. Bxg6 Qf6
19. Bd3+ Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rxh7+ Kf6 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. Ke2 e5 $1 $11) 18.
Bf2 Qxf4 19. Kg1 Bb7 $44 (19... a6 $5) (19... e4 20. Be2 Ne5 $44)) 17... d4 $19
) 13... Ncxe5 $5 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 f6 (14... h6 15. Qe3 Bh4 16. Qh3 Be7 17.
Kd2 $18 {[%cal Ga1g1,Rg1g8]}) 15. Qd3 $18 g6 16. Qxg3 fxe5 17. fxe5 $18) 14.
fxe5 Nxe5 15. Kc1 $1 (15. Rg1 Bh4) 15... Bh4 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd3
$40) 12. Bxd4 f6 (12... Bxh4+ 13. g3 Bxg3+ 14. Kd1) (12... Nb8 $1 $146 13.
O-O-O Nc6 14. Be3 Bc5 $132) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Qe3 $14 {1-0 (41)
Predke,A (2550)-Grachev,B (2639) Kolomna RUS 2016}) 11. dxc5 $1 $146 ({Two
months earlier than this game, White tried} 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Nh5 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. fxe5 Ng3 15. Rh3 {but Black has a good game after} Nf5 (15... Ne4 $6 {
0-1 (24) Bruchmann,S (2294)-Romero Holmes,A (2450) Pontevedra ESP 2016}) ({
or simply} 15... Nxe2+ $5 16. Nxe2 Ba6) 16. Kb1 Bd7 $1 (16... c4 17. Bg5 b5 18.
g4 b4 19. Nb5 $16) 17. Bg1 (17. Bg5 Nxd4) (17. dxc5 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bxc5 (18...
bxc5 19. Nxd5 $1) 19. Rf3 Qe7 $11) 17... c4 18. g4 (18. h5 Bg5 19. Qe1 b5 $17)
18... Nxh4 19. Be3 g5 $15 (19... b5 20. g5)) 11... Nxc5 (11... bxc5 $2 12. Nxd5
) (11... Bxc5 12. Nxd5 Ndxe5 {The best way to justify allowing Nxd5} 13. Nxf6+
$1 Qxf6 (13... gxf6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 fxe5
18. Rhf1 Bb7 19. Ke3 $16) 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O $1 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3
Rd8 $1 (17... Qd4+ 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Rd1 $16) (17... Qxb2 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.
Qd8+ Kf7 20. Rf1+ $18) (17... Qxh4 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qd6+ $18) 18. Qf4 Qxf4
19. Rxf4 Rd2 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Bb7 22. Bg4 Bd5 23. b3 $14) 12. Bb5 (12.
O-O-O {this natural move may be better:} fxe5 (12... Qc7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Kb1
(14. g4 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qe1 e5 $1 $132) 14... Bb7 $1 (14... Bd7 15. g4
$40) 15. Nb5 (15. g4 $2 d4 $17) 15... Qe7 16. c3 (16. g4 $6 d4 $1 17. Nbxd4
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rad8 $44) (16. Qe1) 16... Ne4 17. Qc2 $14) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe5
Qc7 (14... Bb7 15. Bg4 Qd7 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. h5 $36) (14... Bd7 $2 15. Nxd5 exd5
16. Bxc5 $16) 15. Bd4 $14) 12... Bb7 (12... Bd7 $5 {is worth exploring.}) 13.
exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 (15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bd4 Be8 $1 {a nice manoeuvre
} (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 $14 Bd5 (18... Qd5 19. Kb1 e3 20. Qxe3 Qxg2
21. Rhg1 Qe4 22. Qh3 (22. Qf2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 $19) 22... Bd5 23. Bc3 {
this position seems easier to play for White in practice as Black has to be
more careful.}) 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Rh3 Rfd8 21. b3 $14) 17. Qe3 Bh5 18. Kb1 Qc7
$132 (18... Kh8 19. Rd2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4) 19. Rd2 (19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20.
Qxe6+ Bf7 $17) (19. Rdf1 Ne4 $1 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qc4 $36) 19... Bxf3 20.
gxf3 (20. Qxf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne4 $17) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Kh8 $15) 15... Ne4
16. Qe3 Ng3 $5 {Black chooses to sacrifice a pawn to obtain activity and
practical chances to equalise.} ({Other ways to maintain the balance are} 16...
Nxc3 $5 {which is strategically risky but Black can obtain dynamic counterplay}
17. Qxc3 Ba4 $1 {an idea worth remembering which can be used in similar
situations} 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. c3 Qe7 $132) ({and} 16... Rc8 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Ne5
Ba4 $1 {again!} 19. Kb1 Nxc3+ 20. Bxc3 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qc4 $36 (21... b5 22. a3
a5 23. Rd4)) 17. Rh3 Nf5 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxc6 Bxd4 $1 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. O-O-O Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxf4 23. g3 $1 Rf5 24. Rcd3 $16) 20. O-O-O Be3+ ({
Another way to play for compensation was} 20... Ne7 21. Qe6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rf6
$8 23. Qe3 $16 {but Shirov probably didn't like it due to a lack of
counterplay against White's plan of a kingside pawn storm and to stick a
knight on e5, and he is correct if he indeed foresaw this line.}) 21. Kb1 d4 (
21... Bxf4 22. Nxd5 Rc8 23. Qa4 $16 {also doesn't give Black enough
compensation.}) 22. Qe4 (22. Ne2 $5) 22... Qe8 23. Qxe8 Raxe8 24. Ne2 (24. Nd5
Nh6 (24... Nd6 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxd4 $16) 25. h5 $1 Ng4 26. Rh4 Nf2 27. Re1
$16) 24... Nh6 ({A more stubborn defence was} 24... Re4 $5 25. Ng5 (25. a3 h5
$132) (25. g4 Nh6) (25. h5 Bf2 26. Nc1 $14) 25... Ree8 26. a3 Bf2 $132) 25.
Nfxd4 Ng4 (25... Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxf4 (26... Ng4 $1 {similar to the game}) 27.
Nb5 a5 (27... Nf5 28. h5) 28. Nd6 $16) 26. Rf1 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Ne3 (27... Rxf4
28. Rhf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Nh2 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Kc1 Rf8 32. Rd3 Rf4 $132) 28. Rg1
Rxf4 29. c3 h5 $6 {Allows White to activate his passive rook and consolidate.}
(29... Nc4 $1 {I like this move as it prevents both Rf3 and Re1!} 30. b3 Nd6
31. Rc1 Ne4 (31... Rf2 32. Rc2) 32. Nf3 (32. Rc2 Nxc3+) 32... Rg4 33. Rc2 h6
$14 {and White still has a huge technical task ahead of him.}) 30. Re1 $1 Rfe4
31. Re2 Nd5 (31... Ng4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rf3 $16) 32. Rxe4 $6 {Obviously it's
difficult to play all the best moves in this complex ending, but usually it is
easier to play the side with the long-term advantage.} (32. Rf2 $142 Rg4 33.
Rh1 $16) 32... Rxe4 33. Kc2 Nf4 ({To keep drawing chances alive Black had to
calculate accurately and find} 33... Rg4 34. g3 Ne3+ 35. Kd3 (35. Kb3 Kh7 36.
a4 a5) (35. Kd2 $2 Nf1+) 35... Nd1 $1 36. Rh2 Rxg3+ 37. Kc4 g5 $132) 34. Rg3 g6
35. Kd2 (35. Rg5 Kg7 36. a4 a5 37. g3 {the point. Now his knight is almost
trapped} Ne6 (37... Ng2 38. Kd3) (37... Nh3 38. Rb5 Re3 39. Rxb6 Rxg3 40. b4
$18) 38. Nxe6+ Rxe6 39. b4 $18) 35... Re5 36. a4 Kg7 37. b4 a5 38. b5 $1 $18 {
Fixes a target on b6. Black has no counterplay and can only wait for the
invasion by White's pieces.} Kh6 (38... Nd5 39. c4 Nf6 40. Re3 $18) 39. Kc2 Ne2
40. Rd3 Nf4 41. Rf3 Nxg2 42. Rf6 Ne3+ 43. Kb3 Rc5 44. Rc6 Nd5 45. Ne6 Rxc6 46.
bxc6 g5 47. hxg5+ Kh7 48. Nf4 Nc7 49. c4 h4 50. c5 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minnesota"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{This game was played on board 1 of the US Chess League match between the
"Minnesota Blizzards" and "Dallas Destiny." It is always tough to prepare
against top players like Wesley as they have a wide opening repertoire, but
since I had limited time to prepare, I simply tried to predict which opening
he'd choose and focused on it. Fortunately, I predicted correctly!} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. a3 {This known to be the killer idea against 9...Bxc5
as shown by Negi's book and in recent tournament practice including Wesley's
win over Meier.} Be7 $5 {I decided to prepare a sideline that doesn't give
White what he wants, and that my opponent didn't have any experience with.} ({
The popular and normal line goes} 11... Rb8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 $1 {
preventing the harmonious development of Black's queenside attack. Here are
some recent games showing the difficulties Black is facing:} Bd7 (13... Qb6 14.
Qe1 $5 ({or simply} 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Kb1 $14 {followed by a kingside pawn storm.
Black's queenside pawns aren't rolling anytime soon which makes his position
unpleasant to play.}) 14... f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g3 Bd7 17. b4 $1 Nxb4 18. axb4
Qxb4 19. Nb1 Qb6 20. Rd4 a5 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nb3+ 23. Kd1 e5 24. Rxd5 Bg4
25. Be2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Nd4 27. Qa2 Kh8 28. Be4 exf4 29. Bd3 f3 30. Kd2 Nc6 31.
Rf1 {1-0 (31) Palac,M (2576)-Jerez Perez,A (2406) Schwarzach AUT 2015}) 14. f5
$1 ({or taking a prophylactic measure first with} 14. Kb1 Rfc8 {then} 15. f5 $1
) 14... exf5 15. Rxd5 $16 b6 16. Bb5 Rbc8 17. Nd2 Nxe5 18. Bxd7 Nexd7 19. Nc4
Qa6 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Nxf5 Nf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxg7 Qc8 24. Rf1 Ng4 25. Qg5 f6
26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Nh5+ Kf7 28. Qxf6+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Rd6 30. Nf6+ {1-0 (30) Guerra
Mendez,J (2523)-Jerez Perez,A (2398) Barcelona ESP 2015}) (11... a6 12. Bxc5
Nxc5 13. Qe3 $1 {etc.}) 12. Kb1 {A typical useful move} ({In my preparation,
one of the lines I examined was the natural-looking} 12. Nd4 {and I planned to
meet it with a typical manoeuvre in French/Caro structures.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8
$1 {I think the first time I saw this idea was from the game in
Szelag-Radjabov 1999, where Black was almost winning after Nd7-b8!} 14. Bf2 Nc6
15. Ne2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bd7 {then I studied this possible ending a little bit
more to learn the best plan for Black. Overall Black is fine:} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 a5 $1 $11 {preventing b4 before playing b5.}) ({I also prepared against
Negi's recommended attacking idea:} 12. h4 a6 $6 (12... f6 $5 {I believe this
is the best way to meet White's kingside aggression}) 13. Bd3 b5 $2 (13... Nc5
14. Kb1 Qc7 15. g4 b5 16. Ng5 $40) 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 g6 (
16... f5 17. Nxd5 $1) 17. h5 $18) 12... Rd8 {A useful waiting move.} (12... Rb8
$6 {this straightforward approach is not so effective after} 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 {and I cannot use the Nb8-c6 idea} b5 $4 15. Nxd5 $18) (12... a6 $6 {
almost works but it creates weaknesses that he can exploit:} 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Nb8 $6 15. Qf2 $1 $16 {and White has a strategically won position.} (15.
Qe3 $1)) 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb8 $5 {I didn't see anything concretely wrong
with this idea so I played the previous 2 moves relatively quickly. After this
move, he spent a good amount of time - revealing that he was not familiar with
this idea or line of play.} 15. Bf2 Nc6 16. Qe1 Rb8 {I didn't see any real
threat created by this move so went ahead with my plan without hesitation.} 17.
Nb5 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 a6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd7 {By this time, I was already
ahead by about 30 min on the clock and I kept up this pace because I thought
the position simply required natural moves.} 21. c3 {Played after a few
minutes, wand I think it subtly creates a positional threat.} Bb5 ({if I had
delayed it like say} 21... Rdc8 22. Bd3 Bb5 23. Bc2 {his bishop escapes trade
which could greatly help his future kingside play. Therefore after checking
that I could sufficiently defend the resulting weakening of my b-pawn, I went
for it.}) 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Rhf1 Rdc8 24. Rd1 Ra8 ({At first I wanted to play} 
24... Bc5 {but I didn't see a need to force it, so I decided to stay flexible.}
) 25. f5 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd4 {A surprise as it gives me an option, which
I thought was good to take considering that the positions which arise after
fxe6 seem unpleasant.} ({In his thinking time, I was calculating the position
after} 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rd4 Rf8 (28... Rc4 29. Kc2 {I was unsure about this
mainly because my king will have a difficult time joining play on the
queenside.}) 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rb4 (30. Ka2 Rc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. a4 Ke7 33.
Ka3 Kd7 34. Kb4 Kc6 {and I should be able to hold with accurate play}) (30. Kc2
Rc4 31. b3 Rxd4 32. cxd4 b4 $1 33. axb4 b5 $11) 30... Ke7 31. a4 Kd7 32. axb5
Kc7 33. b6+ Kc6 34. Kc2 Rc4 $11 {seems like a draw still} (34... Rb5 35. Rf4))
27... exf5 $1 {Going after active play/defence.} 28. Rxf5 Re8 29. Kc2 g6 {
For once I didn't overthink and played this move soon as I saw I could create
enough counterplay on the c-file after a later b2-b4.} 30. Rf6 Rxe5 31. Rb6 Re7
32. b4 Rc6 33. Rxb5 Rec7 34. Kb2 ({Here, I prepared to meet} 34. Rd3 {with} d4
35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxd4 Rc7 {which is objectvely equal, but I was
already trying to work out how to push my kingside majority in this position
while he was thinking. Part of my strategy is to get him in time pressure him
as he had only 27 min on the clock.}) 34... Rxc3 35. Rd2 Re3 36. Rbxd5 Rcc3 37.
Ra5 {Once again he doesn't have any real threat, and I felt that he has
overextended himself. While trying to come up with a way to make progress, an
idea from a recent game came to me. Black to play...} h5 $1 38. Ra7 h4 $1 {
This rook pawn push was inspired by Magnus's 31.a4-32.a5-33.a6 against Dennis
Wagner in this year's World Rapid Championship!} 39. Rf2 Rb3+ {Maybe I
should've played this earlier.} 40. Ka2 {Here, I honestly was tempted to force
a draw as we already had a favourable team score, but I decided to keep up the
tension a little bit more as he was low on time and I cannot really lose this :
)} Kg7 41. h3 g5 {Once again preparing for a possible pawn-race.} 42. Rxb7 {
Played after 5 min thought - now he only had about 7 minutes left.} Rxa3+ 43.
Kb2 Reb3+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kxb3 Rxf2 46. b5 Rxg2 47. b6 Rg1 {I intuitively
thought it's helpful to lure the king farther from the b-pawn first.} 48. Kc2
Re1 49. Rd7 Re6 50. b7 Rb6 51. Kd3 $6 {Played quickly, after a few seconds.
Maybe still not losing, but a step in the wrong direction.} ({But I think he
should be able to draw after} 51. Kc3 Rb1 52. Kc4 g4 (52... Kg6 53. Kc5 f6 54.
Kc6) 53. hxg4 h3 54. Rd3 h2 55. Rh3 Rxb7 56. Rxh2 $11) 51... g4 $1 52. hxg4 h3
53. Rd5 $2 ({I think he can still draw with} 53. Kc2 h2 54. Rd1 Rxb7 55. Rh1
Ra7 56. Kb3 {but maybe he's already psychologically or emotionally disturbed
after seeing g5-g4.}) 53... Rxb7 54. Rh5 $4 {Once again a ghost threat. And
after using my time to calculate & confirm what I felt was the right idea, I
went for it!} ({I believe a draw can still be achieved with a zwischenschach} 
54. Rg5+ $1 Kf6 55. Rh5 Rb2 56. Ke4 h2 57. Kf4 {and I don't see a way for me
to make progress.}) 54... Rb6 (54... Rb8 $2 55. Ke4 Rh8 56. Rxh8 Kxh8 57. Kf3
$11) 55. g5 Rb8 {and White resigned as the resulting pawn ending is a simple
win for Black.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 {This same opening
was tried by Anne Haast in her match recently against Elisabeth Paehtz and not
just once but twice. It is commendable that she is ready to try it once again.
It takes tremendous faith in one's preparation to do that.} Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O g5 {A new move by Robin and the computer approves of this
choice. Below are the two games played by Anne in her match against Paehtz.} (
9... a6 10. Re1 g5 (10... O-O 11. Ne2 f5 12. Ned4 g5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. Bf1 Ne4
15. c4 Bb4 16. Rxe4 dxe4 17. Nxg5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. Nh3 Bc6 20. a3 Rad8 21.
Qe3 Bc5 22. Qh6 Rde8 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd1 a5 26. Be2 h6 27. Bd2
a4 28. Nf4 Re7 29. Bc3 e3 30. Kf1 Kh7 31. Nd3 Ba7 32. Bb4 Ree8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8
34. Nb4 Be8 35. Rd6 Bc5 36. Rxe6 Bd7 37. Rf6 Rxf6 38. exf6 exf2 39. Nd3 Bd4 40.
Bf3 Bc6 41. Bd1 b5 42. b3 bxc4 43. bxc4 Kg6 44. Nxf2 Kxf6 45. Nd3 Be4 46. Nf4
Bc6 47. Nd3 Be4 48. Nf4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (48) Haast,A (2360)-Paehtz,E (2485)
Groningen NED 2014}) 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 Qb6 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 g4
16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Qd4 18. Rad1 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rg8 20. Nd1 Na7 21. Ne3 Ba4
22. Rd2 Nb5 23. Nexg4 Nxa3 24. Ra1 Nc4 25. Re2 Bb5 26. c3 O-O-O 27. f3 d4 28.
cxd4 Rxd4 29. Bf2 Rd7 30. Nf6 Bxf6 31. exf6 Rgd8 32. Ng4 b6 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34.
Rxe5 Kb7 35. Rg5 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Kc6 38. g4 Rd5 39. Rxd5 Kxd5 40.
Bxb6 Ke5 41. g5 Kf5 42. f4 Kg6 43. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Haast,A (2360)-Paehtz,E 
(2485) Groningen NED 2014}) 10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Bd7 (12... Nxd3 13.
Qxd3 Bd7 $15 {seems like a better choice.}) 13. b4 $6 (13. Be2 {preserving the
bishop could well have been a better choice.} g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Nh2 $13)
13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2 Rh5 $1 {An excellent rook lift
putting pressure on the e5 pawn.} 17. Rfe1 (17. Nxg4 O-O-O $1 18. Ne2 Rdh8 19.
Nh2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17) 17... Nxb4 $1 {A bold decision by Robin. It is not
easy to enter into a pin voluntarily. But nothing terrible is happening and
the queen can go to a5 on the next move.} 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5
21. Nxg4 $17 {Materially it is all even but positionally Black is just better.
White pawn structure has too many pawn weaknesses which can be easily attacked.
Robin Van Kampen does not play in the most accurate fashion but the sustained
pressure forces her opponent into making a big mistake.} Rc8 22. c3 Rc4 23. f3
Rh8 24. Bf2 b6 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Kf2 Kd8 27. Rec1 Ba3 28. Ne3 Ra4 29. Rc2 Ke7 30.
g4 Rc8 31. f4 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Kf8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. f5 Ba6 35. Rb3 $6 {most
probably due to time trouble.} (35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Nf4 {And White has very good
prospects.}) 35... Be7 {Now both a2 and d4 pawn are hanging.} 36. Nc3 $2 Rxd4
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 (9. dxc5 {is by far the main move in the position.}) 9... b4 10. Na4 c4
11. Be2 c3 12. Qd1 (12. bxc3 Qa5 $1 $17) 12... cxb2 13. Nxb2 Be7 14. O-O O-O {
The players are following the game Motylev-Wang Hao of 2010
andSvetushkin-Arizm endi of 2014.} 15. Bd3 f5 16. g4 $5 {A bold attacking move
by the Chinese player.} a5 (16... fxg4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1
Nxd4 $5 20. Bxd4 Qxg5 $44) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Kh1 a4 20. Rg1 a3 21.
Nd1 Na4 22. Rg3 Rf7 (22... Be6 {was better.}) 23. Qg2 Nc3 $2 {The knight on d1
is not such a great piece. It makes no sense to go out of the way and exchange
it. But it is not so easy to suggest an improvement for Black. White has a
simple plan of Nf2 followed by Rag1, Nh3 and putting a knight on g5.} (23...
Be6 24. Nf2 Nc3 (24... Qd7 25. Rg1 Bd8 26. Bb5 Ra7 27. Bxa4 Rxa4 28. Nd3 $36)
25. Rg1 Qf8 26. Nh3 $1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Nfg5 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 $18) (23... Qd7
24. Nf2 Nd8 25. Rg1 $40) 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Bb5 (25. Rg1 Qf8 26. Bb5 Nd8 (26...
Bd7 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. e6 $18) 27. Be8 $1 {A very nice deflecting move.} Ne6 (
27... Qxe8 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rg8+ Qxg8 30. Qxg8#) 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Ng5 Nxg5
30. fxg5 g6 (30... f4 31. g6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 $18) 31. Rb1 $16) 25... Qb6 (25...
Nb4 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Ng5 Rb7 28. Rh3 $18) 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Rh3 $1 (27. Ng5 {
was also strong.} Qxb5 (27... Rd7 28. e6) 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rxg7+ Bxg7 30.
Qxg7+ Ke8 31. Bf2 $1 $18 Qe2 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Rg7+ Ne7 34. Qxd5+ $18) 27... g6
28. Ng5 Qxb5 29. Nxf7 Ne7 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Ra7 32. Qh3 Qe2 (32... Nc6 33.
Rgxg6+ hxg6 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Qxg6+ Kd7 37. Qd6#) 33. Rxh7 Qxc2 34.
Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxg6+ {A beautiful attacking game by Wei Yi.} 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Durban"]
[Date "2014.09.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {Der jüngste
Trend in der Klassischen Variante der Französischen Verteidigung.} 7. Be3 b6
8. Be2 ({Hier wäre der übliche weiße Plan mit langer Rochade ungünstig...} 
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Kb1 {... da Schwarz mit} c4 11. f5 b5 {schnell zum
Angriff kommt.} 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 Nf6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Qc3 Ne4
17. Qa3 exf5 18. Be2 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Nxd4 20. Bh5 g6 21. Qc3 Nb5 22. Qf6 d4 23.
Kc1 Nc3 24. bxc3 Qb2+ 25. Kd2 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 d3+ {0-1 (26) Saric,I (2628)-Svane,
R (2467) Kozloduy 2013}) 8... Ba6 ({Ein aktuelles Beispiel aus dem
Spitzenschach:} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 f5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Kh1
Ba6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rg1 Rf7 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4
20. a4 Rc8 21. Rgc1 Rfc7 22. Nh3 Be7 23. Ng1 Bb7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Bf2 Qe8 26. c3
Bc6 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Be3 Rb7 29. h3 c4 30. Rg1 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Raf1 Qh5 33.
Kh2 Ra8 34. Bc1 a4 35. Rf2 Be8 36. Nd2 Qf7 37. Nb1 Qf8 38. Na3 Bxa3 39. bxa3
Bg6 40. Re1 Rb3 41. Rff1 Rab8 42. Re3 Qe8 43. Rfe1 Rb1 44. Qf2 R8b3 45. Qa2 Qb5
46. Rg1 Qb6 47. Rge1 Qd8 48. Rg1 Qh4 49. Rg3 Bh5 50. Qf2 Kh8 51. Rf1 Ra1 52.
Qd2 Qe7 53. Re3 Rbb1 54. Ree1 Qb7 55. Qf2 Bg6 56. Qh4 Qd7 57. Bb2 Rxe1 58. Rxe1
Rxe1 59. Qxe1 Qb5 60. Qd2 Qb3 61. Bc1 Qb1 62. Qb2 Qxb2 63. Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 (63)
Anand,V (2785)-Caruana,F (2791) Dubai 2014}) 9. O-O O-O ({Oder} 9... Bxe2 10.
Nxe2 Nc6 11. c4 dxc4 12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qe4 Qc8 16. Nc3
Qc6 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nd5 Rxb2 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Rac1
Rxa2 23. Nd2 g5 24. Ne4 gxf4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Nxc5 Rg8 27. g3 fxg3 28. h3
Ndxe5 29. Nb4+ Ke8 30. Nxa2 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Nf3 33. Ne4 g2+ 34. Kf2
g1=Q+ 35. Rxg1 Rxg1 36. Rxc6 Ra1 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nc3 Ne5 39. Ncd5+ Kd8 40. Rc3
Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kg5 Ne7 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. Re3+ Kd8 46. Ra3
Rg2+ 47. Ng4 h6+ 48. Kh4 f5 49. Nxh6 {1-0 (49) Karjakin,S (2780)-Hou,Y (2603)
Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 10. f5 $1 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. c3 b5 13. g4 b4
14. Ng3 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nac5 17. f5 f6 18. fxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 fxe5
20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nxe5 Nxd4 22. Nxd7 Ne2+ 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Kh3 Rxc3+ 25. Kh4
g5+ 26. Kh5 Qg6# {0-1 (26) Siemes,R (2051)-Steinle,C (2186) Dortmund 2014})
10... Bxe2 11. Nxe2 exf5 12. c3 Na6 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Qxf5 f6 $2 ({Die Maschine
empfiehlt} 14... Nb8 $5 15. Nf4 Qd7) 15. e6 Nb8 (15... g6 16. Qh3 Nb8 17. Nf4
$16) 16. Nf4 Qd6 $2 ({Nicht wirklich besser war} 16... Bd6 {Nach} 17. dxc5 bxc5
18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Nxd5 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxc5 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+
Nxe6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 {hat Schwarz den Angriff zwar durch Tausch entschärft, hat
aber ein sehr schwieriges Endspiel vor sich.}) 17. dxc5 ({Stark war auch} 17.
Nh4 Nc6 18. Qg4 $18) 17... bxc5 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. b4 $1 {Weiß braucht das Feld
d4 für seine Gewinnidee.} cxb4 20. Ng5 $1 fxg5 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Bd4 {Das war
die Idee.} Rg8 {Nun folgt ein Schluss für die Taktik-Lehrbücher:} 23. Ng6+
hxg6 24. Qxg6 Qxe6 25. Qh5+ {Studer beweist nun Sportsgeist und lässt sich
Mattsetzten.} Qh6 26. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 b6 {Die
moderne Interpretation des Klassischen Franzosen.} 8. Bb5 $5 Bb7 {[#]} 9. f5 $1
{Schon beginnt der Tanz. Auf f5 nehmen oder stehen lassen? Schwarz entscheidet
sich für das Nehmen.} exf5 (9... cxd4 $2 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxd4 $18) 10. Nxd5
cxd4 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. b4 Nd8 14. c4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Bxb4+ 16. Kf1 O-O
{[#] Ein wildes Hauen und Stechen mit komplizierten Berechnungen. Weiß wirft
nun den e-Bauern nach vorne, der eine Figur einbringt.} 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6
Nf6 19. e7 Bxe7 20. Qxe7 Nd5 21. Qd7 Qc5 22. Rc1 Nc3 {Schwarz hat drei Bauern
für die Figur und der weiße König steht unsicher. Die Maschine sieht Weiß
im Vorteil, aber es gibt viele taktische Fallstricke.} 23. Nxd4 Rf7 24. Qe8+
Rf8 {[#]} 25. Qe1 (25. Qe3 $5 {hält den Sd4 gedeckt.} Rc8 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. Qd3
$19 {mit der Idee Ld2}) 25... Rc8 26. Bd2 Qxd4 27. Rxc3 Nf7 28. h4 Qd5 29. Qe2
Qxa2 30. Bc4 Qa1+ 31. Rc1 Qf6 32. Rh3 Kh8 33. Bc3 Qh6 34. Bd2 Qf6 35. Re1 Nd6
36. Bc3 Qg6 37. h5 Qh6 38. Bd2 f4 39. Bb3 Nf5 {[#] Weiß hat um den 25.Zug
einen Großteil seines Vorteils eingebüßt und muss nun einiges schwarzes
Gegenspiel aushalten.} 40. Qf2 Ne3+ 41. Kg1 Ng4 ({Schwarz sollte die
Freibauern ins Rennen bringen.} 41... a5) ({oder} 41... b5) 42. Qh4 Qd6 43.
Qxg4 Qxd2 44. Re7 Qd4+ 45. Kh2 Qf6 46. Rxa7 Rc5 47. h6 Rg5 48. hxg7+ ({Stark
war} 48. Qf3 $1 gxh6 49. Qe4 $18) 48... Rxg7 49. Rxg7 Qxg7 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51.
Rd3 Kf6 {[#] Durch Tausch hat Weiß die Partie in ein Endspiel geführt, in
dem er seinen Materialvorteil nun ungefährdet in einen Punkt verwandeln kann.}
52. Rd5 Ke7 53. Bd1 Rf6 54. Bf3 Rh6+ 55. Kg1 Rd6 56. Rb5 Kf7 57. Be4 h6 58. Kf2
Ke7 59. Kf3 Rf6 60. Bf5 Rd6 61. Kxf4 Kf6 62. Be4 Ke7 63. Rb1 Rf6+ 64. Bf5 Rc6
65. Rd1 Rd6 66. Rxd6 Kxd6 67. Kg4 Ke5 68. Bd7 Kf6 69. Kh5 Kg7 70. Bb5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O (8... b6 $5) 9. dxc5 (9. O-O-O $2 c4 {with an attack.}) (9. Be2 a6 {e.g.}
10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1
Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4
Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3
Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7
41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {0-1 (45) Karjakin,
S (2720) -Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2
b6 {The young German GM Matthias Blübaum played this line a couple of times.}
(11... Qa5) 12. Nd4 (12. f5 Ra7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Be2 Rd7 15. fxe6 Nxe6 16. Nd4
Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bg1 Bb7 19. Bf3 d4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. h4 b5 22. Ng5 Bxf3
23. Nxf3 d3 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Bh2 Qd5 26. Qe1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxa2 {0-1 (27)
Jarmula,L (2395)-Bluebaum,M (2589) Karpacz 2015}) 12... Qc7 13. Kb1 Bb7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Ne2 b4 (17... Rac8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 ({
After} 18... Bxc5 $6 19. Qh4 g6 (19... h6 20. g4 $40) 20. Qg3 Rfe8 21. h4 {
White's prospects on the kingside seem to be promising:} h5 22. Qh3 Kg7 23. g4
Rh8 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. Ng3 Rh6 26. Qg4 $16)) 18. Ng3 (18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. f5 {[#]} f6 $5 {Defuses White's slight initiative.} ({Perhaps} 19...
Nxd3 20. Rxd3 f6 {was more precise.}) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 $6 ({After} 21.
fxe6 $5 a5 ({after} 21... Nxe6 $2 22. Qf5 Ng5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25.
Qxb4 $18 {White wins a pawn and has a good position.}) 22. Rhe1 {White is
slightly better.}) 21... Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rde1 g6 25. Rhf1
Kg7 26. Rf4 a5 27. Rg4 Kh8 28. Bxg6 $5 {So is trying.} hxg6 29. Rxg6 Be7 30.
Nf5 d4 31. g4 a4 32. b3 a3 33. Rh6+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Rg6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nb2 b5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rb8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. g4 Nb3 {[#] Weiß
bläst nun zum Angriff und gibt eine Qualität auf a1.} 21. gxf5 (21. Ra2 f4
22. Bxf4 Ra8 $11) 21... Nxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxf5 (22... Qc6 23. f6 Ra8 24. g6 $13)
23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qf1 (25. e6 $5) 25... Qa5 26. Bc6 Bb7 27. Bxd7
Qd5 {[#] Gegenangriff auf der langen Diagonalen.} 28. Bf4 Ba8 {Um mit Tb1 die
weiße Dame von g2 abzulenken.} 29. Bxf5 Rf8 $19 {Die Fesselung auf der
f-Linie entscheidet endgültig.} 30. Nb6 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qxc3 33. Bg3
(33. Nxa8 Rxf5 {und der Lf4 ist auch weg.}) 33... Qxd4+ 34. Qf2 Qa1+ 35. Qe1
Qa7 36. Qf2 c3 37. e6 Bc6 38. e7 Qxe7 39. Nc4 Be4 40. Nd6 c2 41. Nxe4 c1=Q+ 42.
Kg2 Qc6 {Nun hat Schwarz wirklich sehr viele Schwerfiguren. Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Seyb,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,19,38,43,18,28,25,72,47,7,9,20,23,30,23,58,21,19,-23,-10,-22,-26,
-10,4,2,35,34,6,6,23,1,20,5,33,38,63,24,69,67,81,26,44,-40,-2,9,66,-4,-40,-50,
32,-100,-48,-172,-79,-57,-78,-319,-216,-216,147,-190,0,0,63,233,325,346,346,
346,528,546]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 {The starting position for the variation: White has set up a
stable centre, is pushing for an advantage in space and would like to start a
kingsde attack as quickly as possible with f4-f5. With the moves a7-a6 and
b7-b5 Black has delayed his development in order, for his part, to achieve an
initiative on the queenside. Should White now stereotypically go for queenside
castling, Black's attack would immediately become very dangerous with b5-b4
and c5-c4. White now has several possible ways in which to interpret the
position.  Die Ausgangsstellung der Variante: Weiß hat ein stabiles Zentrum
errichtet, pocht auf Raumvorteil und möchte möglichst rasch mittels f4-f5
zum Königsangriff übergehen. Schwarz hat mit den Zügen a7-a6 und b7-b5 die
Entwicklung zurückgestellt, um seinerseits am Damenflügel eine Initiative zu
erreichen. Sollte Weiß nun schablonenhaft zur langen Rochade greifen, würde
der schwarze Angriff mittels b5-b4 und c5-c4 bereits brandgefährlich werden.
Weiß verfügt nun über verschiedene Möglichkeiten, die Position zu
interpretieren.} 9. Bd3 {Black has two logical continuations: Schwarz hat zwei
logische Fortsetzungen:} (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {For some time this was
considered to be the critical option, based on the following idea: dies wurde
eine Zeit lang als kritische Möglichkeit angesehen, basierend auf folgender
Idee:} Qb6 (10... d4 $2 {fails to scheitert an} 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Ne4 $16 Qh4+
13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Bxa8 Bc5
19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Bb6 22. Qb4+ {1-0 Karjakin,S (2782)-Topalov,V 
(2784)/Kiev 2013/CBM 154 Extra}) 11. Bf2 $1 {White is hoping to reach a
favourable endgame in which Black would suffer from the typical weakness of
the French bishop on c8; see for example Giri's model game. Weiß hofft darauf,
ein günstiges Endspiel zu erreichen, in dem Schwarz an der typischen
Schwäche des Französischen Läufers auf c8 laborieren wird; siehe
beispielhaft die Musterpartie Giri's.} h6 $1 {This move has led to a fresh
evaluation of the variation (after 9.dxc5). On one hand, Black removes from
the position a potential sacrifice on h7 (0-0) and on the other he prepares to
inject some dynamism into the static and bad position (like in the
Giri-Fier-game) by means of g7-g5. Since Black's results in this line were
satisfactory, White sought out new ways and tried with the move 9.Bd3 (see
main game) to entice Black into an unfavourable transposition of moves. Dieser
Zug hat zu einer Neubewertung der Variante (nach 9.dxc5) geführt. Schwarz
nimmt zum einen potenzielle Opfer auf h7 (nach 0-0) aus der Stellung und
bereitet sich zum anderen darauf vor, die statisch schlechte Stellung (wie in
der Giri-Fier-Partie) mittels g7-g5 zu dynamisieren. Da die Ergebnisse des
Nachziehenden in diesem Abspiel zufriedenstellend waren, hat Weiß nach neuen
Wegen gesucht und mit dem Zug 9.Ld3 (siehe Hauptpartie) versucht, Schwarz in
eine ungünstige Zugumstellung zu locken.} (11... Bb7 12. O-O Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 14. Rxf2 (14. Kxf2 {and then Kf2-e3 would also be worth considering
nebst Kf2-e3 wäre ebenfalls in Erwägung zu ziehen}) 14... Nc5 15. a3 {
This type of position is reckoned to be clearly better for White. He will play
Nc3-e2 and then Ne2-d4 (or f3-d4) and fix the weak pawns on the queenside with
b2-b4. After that he can break through on the queenside (a3-a4) or on the
kingside (f4-f5). Dieser Stellungstyp gilt als deutlich besser für Weiß. Er
wird Sc3-e2 nebst Se2-d4 (oder f3-d4) spielen und mit b2-b4 die schwachen
Bauern am Damenflügel fixieren. Danach kann er am Damenflügel (a3-a4) oder
am Königsflügel (f4-f5) durchbrechen.} Ke7 16. Ne2 Na4 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ned4 g6
19. Re2 Rac8 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rc3 23. Ree1 h5 24. b4 Bc8 25.
a4 Bd7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Rea1 Rb6 29. R1a5 Kd8 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31.
R5a7 g5 32. f5 {1-0 Giri,A (2745)-Fier,A (2570)/Tromsoe 2014/CBM 162}) 12. O-O
Bb7 13. a3 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 g5 $1 $132 16. g3 Rg8 17. Ne2 Ke7 18.
Ke3 f6 $1 19. Ned4 gxf4+ 20. gxf4 Ncxe5 $1 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Nb3 d4+ (22... Rg2
$5) 23. Nbxd4 exd4+ 24. Nxd4 Nf6 25. Rae1 Rg2 26. Re2 Ng4+ 27. Kd2 Rxh2 28.
Nxe6 Rxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Kxe6 30. Bxg4+ Ke7 31. Ke3 Rg8 32. Rf4 Rg5 33. c4 bxc4 34.
Rxc4 Kd6 35. Rb4 Rb5 36. Rxb5 axb5 37. Kd4 Bc6 38. b3 Be8 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4
Bxa4 41. Ke4 {1/2-1/2 Gledura,B (2621)-Bluebaum,M (2618)/Batumi 2018/EXT 2019.}
) (9. a3 {first of all prevents the advance b5-b4 verhindert zunächst den
Vorstoß b5-b4} Qa5 10. Ra2 $5 {looks interesting, but can however lead to the
Ra2 being misplaced later and Black gets concrete targets to attack on the
queenside. sieht interessant aus, kann allerdings auch dazu führen, dass der
Ta2 später deplaziert ist und Schwarz konkrete Angriffsziele am Damenflügel
bekommt.}) (9. O-O-O $2 c4 $17) (9. Be2 {prepares short castling, but it looks
somewhat tame. The bishop would be better on d3. Especially since on e2 it is
getting in the way of its own knight; Nc3-e2, then c2-c3 would be desirable in
order to stabilise the centre. bereitet die kurze Rochade vor, sieht aber
etwas zahm aus. Der Läufer würde lieber auf d3 stehen. Zumal er auf e2 auch
seinem eigenen Springer im Weg steht, Sc3-e2, nebst c2-c3 wäre eine
wünschenswerte Idee, das Zentrum zu stabilisieren.}) (9. Ne2 {prepares c2-c3.
Disadvantage: the Bf1 cannot be developed, and also (short) castling is at
first hard to realise. bereitet c2-c3 vor. Nachteil: Der Lf1 kann nicht
entwickelt werden, auch die (kurze) Rochade ist zunächst schwer möglich.})
9... b4 (9... Qb6 10. Qf2 $5 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf2 h6 {would be a
transposition of moves wäre Zugumstellung}) 10... cxd4 (10... Bb7 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Ne2 Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 $16 {here once
again White would have reached the absolutey favourable blockading position he
was seeking. hier hätte Weiß wiederum die angestrebte, überaus günstige
Blockadeposition erreicht.} g6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Nc5 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Ke3 Rac8
21. g3 Rc7 22. Nb3 Rb8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Kd4 Rc7 25. g4 Bc8 26. Rf2 h6 27. Raf1
b3 28. c3 Bd7 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Rg8 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Bf5 Rg7 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. Rf8 Rg4+ 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Rb8 Ke7 37. Rh8 Kd7 38. Rxh6 Rg7 39. Rf8 Rb7 40.
Ra8 Rg2 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. Rc8+ {1-0 Lei Tingjie (2505)-Munkhgal,G (2442)/
Changsha CHN 2019}) (10... c4 $6 11. Be2 b4 12. Nd1 {The computer likes this
for Black. But this provocation (to c5-c4) is precisely White's idea: the
queenside is closed, so the centre is stable and White can totally concentrate
on his attack on the kingside (f4-f5). gefällt dem Computer gut für Schwarz.
Aber genau in dieser Provokation (zu c5-c4) besteht die weiße Idee: Der
Damenflügel ist abgeschlossen, das Zentrum also stabil und Weiß kann sich
voll und ganz auf seinen Angriff am Königsflügel (f4-f5) konzentrieren.}) 11.
Nxd4 Bc5 (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 $1 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 $16
{White is left with the constellation of material he wanted: knight vs. Bc8
Weiß verbleibt mit der gewünschten Materialkonstellation: Springer vs. Lc8}
d4 16. Ne4 O-O 17. O-O Bb7 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Qg6
22. Re2 Rad8 23. Qxd4 f6 24. Qb6 Kh8 25. Ne7 Qf7 26. exf6 Ba8 27. fxg7+ Qxg7
28. Nf5 Qg5 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Rxe7 {1-0 Firouzja,A (2657)
-Kostenko,P (2466)/Astana 2019/CBM 189}) 12. Nce2 b4 $13 {The only correct way
to proceed: Black prepares to exchange his problem bishop by means of a6-a5
and Bc8-a6. das einzig richtige Vorgehen: Schwarz bereitet den Abtausch des
Problemläufers mittels a6-a5 und Lc8-a6 vor.} 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. c3
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qg3 Raa8 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qa6 21. b3 Nb6
22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Ng3 dxc4 24. bxc4 a4 25. Ne4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28.
Rc3 Nf5 29. Nd6 b2 30. Rb1 Nxd4 31. Nxc8 Qa2 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qxb2 Ne2+ 34. Kf2
Qxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxc3 {0-1 Svetushkin,D (2580)-Svane,R (2595)/Batumi GEO 2018}) (
9... Be7 $6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qf2) (9... Bb7 $6 {Sooner or later the bishop
must be exchanged on a6! Der Läufer muss früher oder später auf a6
abgetauscht werden!}) 10. Na4 {Of course Black is being forced into a decision.
Natürlich: Schwarz wird zu einer Entscheidung gezwungen} ({After Nach} 10. Nd1
{Black would of course maintain the pressure: würde Schwarz
selbstverständlich den Druck aufrecht erhalten:} Qb6 (10... c4 $6 {is once
again the choice of the computer; hard to achieve: White has little to fear on
the quenside and can totally focus on the attack on the kingside. ist wiederum
die Wahl der Computer; wenig nachvollziehbar: Weiß hat am Damenflügel wenig
zu fürchten und kann sich ganz auf den Angriff am Königsflügel fokussieren.}
) 11. Qf2 a5 12. O-O Ba6 $132 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. c3 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16. Bf4 cxd4
17. cxd4 O-O 18. Kh1 Bd8 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Rad1 h6 21. g4 fxg4 22. Nxg4 Nf5 23.
Rg1 Kh8 24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Rdg1 Nf8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Ne3 Ng6 28. Ng4 Rc6 29. Be3
Be7 30. h4 h5 31. Nf2 Ngxh4 32. Nxh4 Nxh4 33. Rh2 Qf5 34. Qe2 Rc2 {0-1
Shaposhnikov,E (2503)-Volkov,S (2582)/Samara 2000/CBM 078}) 10... c4 (10...
cxd4 $6 {is the actually "logical choice": The white centre is undermined. But:
the Na4 is doing sterling service, taking control of the b6- and c5-squares
and anticipating a queenside attack by Black (a6-a5-a4). ist die eigentlich
"logische Wahl": Das weiße Zentrum wird unterminiert. Aber: Der Sa4 leistet
wertvolle Dienste, nimmt er doch die Felder b6 und c5 unter Kontrolle und
beugt zudem einem Schwarzen Angriff am Damenflügel (a6-a5-a4) vor.} 11. Nxd4
Bb7 12. Qf2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 (14. Nb3 {is also worth considering
verdient ebenfalls Beachtung} a5 15. Bb5 $5 {An idea you should remember for
positions of this type: according to circumstances White is prepared to
exchange his bishop for a knight in order to deny Black's light-squared bishop
the option to organise an exchange for itself (Bb7-a6). Eine Idee, man sich
für derartige Stellungstypen merken sollte: Weiß ist unter Umständen bereit,
seinen Läufer für einen Springer abzutauschen, um dem weißfeldrigen Läufer
des Schwarzen die Möglichkeit zu verwehren, sich seinerseits (Lb7-a6)
abtauschen zu können.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qd7 18.
f5 $40 exf5 19. Bxf5 Qb7 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. Rd3 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qc6 23. Rhd1 Rac8
24. R1d2 Qe6 25. Qf3 Rfd8 26. b3 h6 27. Bb2 Rc5 28. g3 a5 29. a4 g6 30. Rf2 Rd7
31. Bd4 Rc6 32. Qd1 Bd8 33. Rdf3 Qe8 34. Qd2 Bg5 35. Qd3 Re6 36. h4 Bd8 37. h5
g5 38. Ka2 Kg7 39. Qb5 Kg8 40. Rf5 Bc7 41. Rf6 Bd8 42. R6f5 Bc7 43. g4 Bd8 44.
R5f3 Bc7 45. Rf6 Bd8 46. R6f5 Bc7 47. Rd2 Rd8 48. Qxe8+ Rdxe8 49. Re2 Rd8 50.
Ref2 Rd7 51. Kb2 Bd8 52. Rd2 Rc6 53. Rf3 Kf8 54. c3 bxc3+ 55. Bxc3 Ke7 56. Rf6
Re6 57. Bd4 Ke8 58. Rf5 Bb6 59. Bxb6 Rxb6 60. Rf6 Rxf6 61. exf6 Rd6 62. Re2+
Kd8 63. Re5 Rxf6 64. Rxd5+ Kc8 65. Rxa5 Rf4 66. Rc5+ Kd7 67. a5 Rxg4 68. a6 Re4
69. Rf5 Re7 70. a7 Re8 71. Rxf7+ Kc6 72. Kc3 Kb6 73. Kd4 Ra8 74. Rh7 g4 75. Ke3
{1-0 Motylev,A (2704)-Ding,L (2565)/China 2010/EXT 2011}) 11. Be2 {Now Black
has to make haste: if White could(e.g.by means of b2-b3) fix the structure on
the queenside, Whte's advantage would again be obvious. Black's initiative
would be deadlocked whilst White can, sooner or later, turn to f4-f5. Nun muss
sich Schwarz beeilen: Könnte Weiß (z.B. mittels b2-b3) die Struktur am
Damenflügel festlegen, läge der weiße Vorteil wieder auf der Hand: Die
schwarze Initiative wäre festgefahren, während Weiß über kurz oder lang zu
f4-f5 greifen kann.} c3 $1 {is therefore the only logical choice.  ist daher
die einzig logische Wahl} 12. Qc1 $5 {The idea linked to this move was
previously played only once: in what follows White does not only concentrate
on his kingside play, but he would also like to challenge Black's plan of
delayed development by taking aim at the far advanced queenside.. die mit
diesem Zug verbundene Idee wurde zuvor erst einmal gespielt: Weiß
konzentriert sich in der Folge nicht alleine auf sein Spiel am Königsflügel,
sondern möchte das schwarze Konzept einer verzögerten Entwicklung auch
dadurch in Frage stellen, dass er den aufgerückten Damenflügel ins Visier
nimmt.} (12. Qd1 {Roughly a week before (in the first round of the same
tournament) Jumabayev was confronted with this in his game against Grischuk.
damit wurde Jumabayev ca. eine Woche zuvor (in der ersten Runde desselben
Turnieres) von Grischuk konfrontiert.} cxb2 13. Nxb2 Be7 (13... Nb6 $1 14. O-O
Be7 15. Bd3 Bd7 {Holding back castling seems more logical to me. Black first
mobilises his forces on the queenside in order to tie in White's potential
there. He will not castle till later. Das Zurückstellen der Rochade erscheint
mir logischer. Schwarz mobilisiert zunächst seine Kräfte am Damenflügel, um
das weiße Potential dort zu binden. Erst später wird er rochieren.} 16. Ng5
g6 17. Rf3 Na5 18. Rh3 Nbc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bc1 Ba4 (20... Qb6 $5) 21. Qe1 (
21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Nxh7 Qb6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Be3 Qb7 $44 {with excellent
compensation on the light squares mit exzellenter Kompensation auf den weißen
Feldern}) 21... Qb6 22. Qf2 Na3 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na3 25. Bb2 Nc4 {1/2-1/2
Nakamura,H (2729)-Wang,H (2727)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139}) 14. O-O O-O (14... Nb6)
15. Bd3 f5 {After this too Black's position looks endangered. Auch danach
sieht die schwarze Stellung gefährdet aus:} (15... a5 $6 {is already too slow.
ist bereits zu langsam.} 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ne7 (17... Ba6 $2 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7
19. Qh5+ Kg8 {there now follows a "triangulation by the rook" nun folgt ein
"Dreiecksmanöver des Turms"} 20. Rf4 (20. Rf3 $2 Be2) 20... Ne7 21. Rh4 f5 22.
Rh3 $1 $16 {preparing g5-g6 bereitet g5-g6 vor} (22. g6 $4 Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Qxh4
$19)) 18. a3 (18. Qe2 $16 {This prevents the thematic Bc8-a6. verhindert das
thematische Lc8-a6.} Qb6 19. Na4 (19. c4 $5) 19... Qc6 20. Bb5) 18... Ba6 19.
axb4 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nf5 21. Bf2 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nxb4 Qa4 25.
c3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Ra8 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Kg2 Ke8 29. Rb2 Ra1 30. Nc2 Ra7 31. Ne3
Rc7 32. Be1 Nc8 33. Kf3 Ncb6 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Ke2 Nb8 36. Kd3 Nc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4
38. Bd2 Kd7 39. Bc1 Nc6 40. Bb2 Ne7 41. Kc2 Rc7 42. Ra8 Rc8 43. Ra7+ Rc7 44.
Ra8 Rc8 45. Ra7+ Rc7 46. Ra8 Rc8 47. Ra1 Nc6 48. Kd3 Rb8 49. Kc2 Rc8 50. Kd3
Rb8 51. Bc1 Rb7 52. Ra8 Rb8 53. Ra2 Rb1 54. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2704)-Wang,
H (2715)/China 2010/EXT 2011}) 16. g4 $1 (16. exf6 Nxf6 {and then Nf6-e4 with
counterplay nebst Sf6-e4 mit Gegenspiel}) 16... Nb6 $146 (16... a5 17. gxf5
exf5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Kh1 a4 20. Rg1 a3 21. Nd1 Na4 (21... Be6 22. Rg3 Nc4 23.
Qg2 Rf7 24. Bf2 {and then Nd1-e3 and Ra1-g1. Only White is in the game! nebst
Sd1-e3 und Ta1-g1. Es spielt nur Weiß!}) 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Qg2 Nc3 24. Nxc3 bxc3
25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Rh3 $1 g6 (27... Qxb5 28. Rxh7 Kxh7 29. Qg6+ Kg8
30. Ng5) 28. Ng5 Qxb5 29. Nxf7 Ne7 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Ra7 32. Qh3 Qe2 33.
Rxh7 Qxc2 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxg6+ {1-0 Wei,Y (2675)-Potkin,V (2608)
/Wijk aan Zee 2015/CBM 165/[Sagar Shah]}) (16... fxg4 $6 17. Nd2 (17. Ng5 Bxg5
18. fxg5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Ne7 20. Qg2 g6 21. Qxg4 Nf5 $11 {and the attack is
stopped. und der Angriff ist erst einmal gestoppt.}) 17... Rf7 18. Qxg4 Bf8 19.
Nf3 $40) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Kh1 Na5 19. Qe1 (19. Rg1 Nac4 {Here the difference
from the game Wei Yi-Potkin becomes clear: White does not manage to nullify
Black's play on the queenside with Nb2-d1 and is forced to declare his
intentions. For example Qd1-c1 would be a step in the wrong direction. hier
wird der Unterschied zur Partie Wei Yi-Potkin deutlich: Weiß kommt nicht dazu,
das schwarze Spiel am Damenflügel mittels Sb2-d1 ins Leere laufen zu lassen
und ist gezwungen, sich zu erklären. Beispielsweise Dd1-c1 wäre ein Schritt
in die falsche Richtung.}) 19... Nac4 20. Nd1 Qe8 21. Rg1 Ra7 22. Bf2 (22. Rg3
$5 {White would again like to triple on the g-file. It does not look as if
Black should be able to organise enough counterplay against White's regrouping
(like in the game Wei Yi-Potkin). Weiß möchte wieder auf der g-Linie
vertrippeln. Es sieht nicht so aus, als sollte Schwarz gegen die weiße
Umgruppierung (analog zur Partie Wei Yi-Potkin) genug Gegenspiel organisieren
können.} Rc7 (22... a5 23. Qe2 Be6 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Bf2 Rc8 (25... Na4 $2 26.
Bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 $18) 26. Ne3 $16) 23. Qe2 Qc6 (23... Na4 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Bf2
Nab2 26. Nxb2 Nxb2 27. Rg1 g6 28. h4 $40) 24. Qg2 Rf7 25. Bf2 a5 26. Ne3 $14)
22... a5 23. Bh4 {Exchanging these bishops is also a logical idea. der
Abtausch dieser Läufer ist ebenfalls eine logische Idee.} (23. Rg3 Rc7 24. Qe2
Na4 25. Ne3 Nc3) 23... Qc6 (23... Bxh4 $5 24. Nxh4 Na4 25. Rb1 $1 Be6 26. Rb3
$14) 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. c3 $1 $14 bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rc7 27. Rc1 Na4 28. Ne2 $2 (28.
Bxc4 dxc4 (28... Qxc4 29. Ne2 $18) 29. d5 $36) 28... Nab2 29. Bb1 Qb6 30. Rc3
Qb4 31. Nh4 Na4 32. a3 Qb2 33. Rc2 Qb6 34. Ba2 Ba6 35. Qg3 Qe6 36. Nf3 Qe7 37.
Bb1 Nxa3 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Ng5 Bxe2 40. Qxa3 Qc3 41. Qxa4 Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+
43. Rg2 Qf1+ {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2759)-Jumabayev,R (2630)/Douglas ENG 2019})
12... cxb2 (12... Qa5 $2 13. b3 $16 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Qh3 a5 21. Be2 Ba6 22. Bg4 Bxf1 23.
Bxf5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Nxe5 25. Rxf1 Nd2 26. Bxd2 cxd2 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Qd3 Bg5 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nb2 Qf7 31. Nd1 Qh5 32. Qf3+ Qxf3 33. gxf3 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35.
Ke2 Kf5 36. c3 Bf4 37. h3 Bg5 38. cxb4 axb4 39. Nf2 Be7 40. Nd3 Kg5 41. Kxd2
Kh4 42. Ke2 Kg3 43. Nc5 Kxh3 44. Ne6 g5 45. Nc7 h5 46. Nxd5 {1-0 Miladinovic,I
(2535)-Simic,D (2306)/Montenegro 2017/EXT 2019}) 13. Qxb2 Qa5 {Following the
idea of forcing the white queen to b3, in order to gain a tempo later with
Nc6-a5 . But: that too costs a lot of time of course... verfolgt die Idee, die
weiße Dame nach b3 zu zwingen, um später mit Sc6-a5 ein Tempo zu gewinnen.
Aber: Auch das kostet natürlich viel Zeit...} (13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 $1
{Subsequently a thematic idea. In der Folge eine thematische Idee.} dxc4 (15...
bxc3 16. Qxc3 $16) 16. Bxc4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Qe2 Bd5 19. Nd2 $40 (19. f5)) (
13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. O-O Be7 19.
Qf2 Bd5 20. f5 $40) 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. c3 $1 {The plan behind 12.Qd2-c1. Das
Konzept hinter 12.Dd2-c1.} (15. c4 $2 Na5) 15... Na5 (15... bxc3 16. O-O Bb4
17. f5 $1 exf5 18. Rac1 $40) 16. Qc2 Rb8 (16... bxc3 17. O-O Be7 18. f5 $40)
17. O-O Be7 18. Rab1 O-O 19. Bd3 g6 (19... h6 20. Rfc1 $14 (20. g4 $5)) 20. g4
$5 (20. Rfc1 $14 {iIs the choice of the computer. But it appears more logical
to attack the weakened king position than to move the major pieces to the
queenside. Moreover, in what follows the attack fails to concrete tactics. ist
die Wahl der Computer. Es erscheint aber viel logischer, die geschwächte
schwarze Königsstellung zu attackieren, als die Schwerfiguren zum
Damenflügel zu beordern. Allerdings scheitert der Angriff in der Folge an
konkreter Taktik.} bxc3 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 (21... Qxb8 22. Qxc3 Bb4 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24.
Rxc7 $16) 22. Nxc3 Nbc6 (22... Bb4 $2 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Nf6+ $18) (22... Bd7 $2
23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Nxe7+ $18) 23. Na4 $36 {and White has good play on the
queenside  (at first surprisingly for this type of position) und Weiß hat 
(für diesen Stellungstyp zunächst überraschend) gutes Spiel am Damenflügel}
) 20... Nb6 21. f5 (21. Nxb6 $6 Rxb6 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5
25. Kh1 Rg6 $1) 21... Nac4 $2 {After this the position is already totally lost.
Danach ist die Stellung bereits total verloren.} (21... Nxa4 $1 22. Qxa4 exf5
23. gxf5 b3 $1 (23... Qxc3 24. Ne1 $1 $40 (24. Rbd1 $2 Bxf5)) 24. axb3 Bd7 25.
Qa2 Qxc3 26. Qe2 Rxb3 $132) 22. cxb4 (22. f6 $1 Nxe3 23. Qc1 Re8 (23... Bxf6
24. exf6 Nxg4 25. Ne5 $16 Nxe5 $4 26. Qh6) 24. Qxe3 Bf8 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Ng5
Bh6 (26... h6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. f7+) 27. Rf3 Qxc3 28. Rh3 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Qxd4+
30. Kh1 {And there is nothing to be done against Qg5-h6. und gegen Dg5-h6 ist
nichts zu erfinden.}) 22... exf5 23. gxf5 Nxa4 24. Bh6 $1 Qc6 (24... Bd7 25. e6
$1) 25. e6 $1 Bb7 (25... fxe6 26. fxg6 $18) (25... Rd8 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Rbe1 $18) 26. Qg2 Kh8 27. Ng5 $18 Qb6 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. exf7 Qxd4+
30. Rf2 Qxd3 31. Re1 Ne5 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxe5 Qxh6 34. Rxe7 Bc6 35. Re6 {
Conclusion: the whole variation looks very dodgy for Black. The best seems to
me to be the plan from the game Svetushkin-Svane (see 9...Qb6). After 9...b4
the idea with 12. Qd2-c1 is probably even stronger than the plan from Wei
Yi-Potkin. Fazit: Die gesamte Variante sieht für Schwarz sehr anrüchig aus.
Am besten erscheint mir das Konzept aus der Partie Svetushkin-Svane zu sein 
(siehe 9...Db6). Nach 9...b4 ist die Idee mit 12. Dd2-c1 wohl noch stärker
als das Konzept aus Wei Yi-Potkin.} 1-0

[Event "Munich Altmuenchen CC"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1909.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Spielmann,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1909.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4
O-O ({Hier kommt auch} 8... g6 {in Betracht}) 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Nf3 f6 {Gibt ein
schwieriges Spiel wegen der Lücke auf g6} 11. Qh4 h6 12. exf6 Nxf6 ({Auf} 12...
Qxf6 {könnte} 13. Ng5 {folgen.}) 13. Bd2 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O-O Nxd3+ 16.
cxd3 Be3 {Um Bg5 oder Bxh6 abzuwehren.} 17. Rhe1 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Qd6 19. Rde2
Bd7 {Kostet den Bauern d5.} ({Am besten war noch} 19... Bg4 {mit der
Fortsetzung} 20. Re7 {,worauf Schwarz wegen 21.R1e6 nicht auf f3 tauschen kann.
}) 20. Qd4 a6 21. Re5 Rac8 22. Kb1 Qc6 {Ein geistreicher Rettungsversuch.} 23.
Rxd5 ({Auf} 23. Nxd5 {wäre nach} Nxd5 24. Rxd5 {nicht angängig wegen} (24.
Qxd5+ {aber würde Schwarz nach} Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Bc6 {auf f3 seinen Bauern
zurückgewinnen. Allen diesen Möglichkeiten beugt das Qualitätsopfer im
nächsten Zug wirksam vor, das Schwarz eine Figur kostet.}) 24... Be6 25. Rd6
Qc2+ {nebst Qc1+}) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc2+ 25. Ka2 Rce8 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7
Rf7 28. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Throughout his career Kramnik has mostly preferred closed openings, but
more than a decade ago he for about 2-3 years switched almost completely to 1.
e4. The results were not too encouraging an around 2006 Vladimir went back 1.
d4, 1.Nf3 and 1.c4. This year he decided to give the "aggressive serve"
another go and so far it's working nicely for him - both in Baku and Moscow 
(Tal memorial) he scored 2 nice wins against strong opposition.} e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Meier plays this line regularly even
against top players, so this was hardly a surprise.} ({He was certainly not
tempted by the newer idea} 6... Be7 7. Be3 b6 {where Kramnik recently
demonstrated an excellent idea} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. h4 $1 ({Too soft is} 9. Nd1 a5
10. c3 a4 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. f5 b5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2
Qb6 17. Nf2 a3 18. b3 b4 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4 Ne4 $36 {Giri,A 
(2790)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Stavanger 2016}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Qc7 (10... Nxd4
11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 (12... Bxh4+ $2 13. g3 $40 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Be2 (16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. h5 $14) 16... Qc7 17.
h5 Rae8 (17... h6 $5) 18. h6 g6 19. Rhe1 Bc6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. g3 Qf7 22. Bg4
Qf8 23. Qe5 Rf7 24. Qg5 Qe7 {Brkic,A (2584)-Smirnov,A (2482) Baku olm 2016} 25.
b4 $5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe7 Rfxe7 28. c4 $36) 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 f5 (
12... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Yd7f8]} 13. Qf2 $14 {/\} c4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. f5 Kg8 16.
h5 $36) (12... c4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qg4 $40 {[%cal
Rg5e6,Rh4h5]}) 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 (14. Bxf5 $5 exf5 15. Qg2 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qb7
17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rhg1 Bd8 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ne4 $40 {Kramnik}) 14... cxd3 15.
fxe6 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ng5 $1 h6 19. Qxd3 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxe6
21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. d5 Bf5 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Buhmann,R (2653) Dortmund 2016} 23.
Qh5+ $1 Bg6 24. Qe2 $44 {-> For more details see the notes to this game by
Prasanna in CBM 174.}) 7. Be3 a6 {Black has more than one way to treat this
line:} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 {There is still no clear refutation of} Qb6 $5 (8...
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O ({Agianst a technician as Kramnik, Meier is in no mood for the
dry endgame after} 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4
Ke7 14. g3 Nc5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bg2 g6 17. g4 h5 18. h3 Rh6 19. f5 gxf5 20.
gxf5 Rg8 21. f6+ Kd8 22. Bf3 Rg5 23. Rde1 h4 24. Rhg1 Rg3 25. Bg4 Ne4 26. Ne2
Re3 27. Nf4 Rg3 28. Rxg3 hxg3 29. Rg1 Bc6 30. Nh5 $14 {Navara,D (2706)-Meier,G
(2637) Belfort 2012}) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 {This was actually introduced into
top-level practice by Kramnik during his first 1.e4 "outing".} ({Kasparov's} 
11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 $132 {is not considered too dangerous nowadays, so the
main alternative is}) ({Therefore the main alternative is} 11. Nb3 $5 Bb4 (
11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. Qh3 g6 16. Qh6 Nb6 17. Bb5 Ne7
18. Nd4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 f6 20. Rhe1 Ra6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Qg5 Qf8 23. Qe5 Nf5 24.
Nf3 Ra7 25. g3 $14 {Carapinha,F (2310)-Dutra Neto,A (2465) email 2013}) 12. Bd3
b5 13. g4 $1 (13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qf2 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Be7
18. Nd1 b4 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Ne3 f5 21. g4 (21. Rg1 $142 Be8 $15) 21... fxg4 22.
Nxg4 Be8 $1 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Bg6 25. fxg7 Rf7 $40 {[%csl Rd4,Gg6] Robson,
R (2680)-Vovk,Y (2628) WCup Baku 2015}) 13... Bb7 (13... Na5 $5) 14. Rhg1 Rc8
15. Rg3 {scores excellently for White, especially in email games.}) 11... Bxd4
(11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6 15. Ne2 f6 16. Qg4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4
Nc5 18. Qg6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. f5 $1 $40 {Kramnik,
V (2807)-Radjabov,T (2624) Linares 2003 See the notes to this game in CBM 093
by Finkel.}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 (16. Ng3 a5
17. Nh5 a4 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 (21... a3 $5 22.
b3 Ncxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bd4 Qxh5 25. Rh3 Qf5 26. Rf3 $11) 22. Qd2 Qb7 23. g4
Rac6 24. Bd4 Qb5 25. Rf3 $13 {Caruana,F (2796)-Meier,G (2610) Dortmund 2013})
16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6 (21...
Rfc8 22. f5 Qb5 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3 Rc3 25. Bxc3 $1 (25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3
Rc8 27. f6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Rxc5 31. Qd8+ {½, Karjakin,
S (2762)-Goganov,A (2575) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 25... bxc3 26. Qd4 Qa5 27. a4
$16) 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 (24... Qa6 25. Qe3 Rfc8 26. f6 Rc7
27. h4 $14 {is also better for White - he overprotects d3 and can continue his
attack.}) 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3
Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 gxf6 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 $16 {
Caruana,F (2789)-Meier,G (2632) Dortmund 2014 The whole branch is dangerous
for Black and Meier was not interested in continuing the theoretical fight
here.}) 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3
Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 (15... Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. f5 (18. Rb1 $5 Qc8
19. Qe3 $14 {Negi}) 18... Qc8 19. f6 gxf6 20. Qf4 Qc4 21. exf6 Rg8 22. Nxd5
exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25. Qa7 Be6 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qb7+
Kd6 29. Ba7 Rxg2+ $1 $11 {Caruana,F (2795)-Robson,R (2663) Saint Louis 2016})
16. O-O (16. f5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qg4 18. Rf1 Be7 19. Rf4 Qh5 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Rxe7+
Kxe7 22. Qd4 Rhd8 23. Qc5+ Kd7 {½, Motylev,A (2665)-Iljiushenok,I (2450)
Jerusalem 2015} 24. fxe6+ Kxe6 25. Ne2 Qxe2+ $1 26. Kxe2 Bb5+ $11) 16... Qa3
17. f5 Bc5 18. fxe6 (18. Ne2 exf5 19. Qg5 g6 20. Qf6 O-O 21. e6 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4
{Dourerassou,J (2436)-Alonso Garcia,R (2339) Barcelona 2015} Qe3+ $1 23. Kh1
fxe6 24. Qh4 Rf7 25. Re1 Qc3 $17) 18... Bxe6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Rb3 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4
Qxa2 22. Rg3 Qb2 23. Rb3 Qa2 24. h4 $44 {Chigaev,M (2542)-Bykov,O (2378)
Voronezh 2016} Kh8 25. h5 h6 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Rf6 Kh7 $11) (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O
(8... a6 {transposes into the game}) 9. dxc5 (9. Be2 b6 $5 (9... a6 10. O-O b5
{is more usual and also quite playable}) 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Nc5 (12... Nb8 $142 $5 13. O-O Nc6 $132) 13. Nf2 a5 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. Bg4 Rc8
16. Kb1 Rc6 17. Rhe1 Qd7 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Be2 Ba6 21. Bg4 Bc8 22.
Be2 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. Ng4 Rc8 25. c3 Nc5 26. f5 exf5 27. Ne3 $36 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2720)-Bareev,E (2675) Baku olm 2016}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6
11. Qf2 (11. h4 Qc7 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. g3 h6 16. Qe2
Bd7 17. h5 Re8 18. Rhe1 Bb4 19. Ne5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qa5 22. Qd6 Bc6
$132 {Harikrishna,P (2762)-Shirov,A (2679) Austria 2016}) 11... b6 12. Nd4 Qc7
13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Ne2 b4 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. f5
f6 $1 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rde1 g6 25.
Rhf1 {So,W (2773)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis 2016} Bg7 $11) 8. Qd2 Be7 (8...
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O {- see 7...cxd4}) ({However, Black's most
popular alternative is still} 8... b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 (10. Ne2 Qb6 11.
Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O O-O 17. Nb3
Nxb3 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. axb3 Ba6 20. Rxa5 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rc6 22. Rb5 Rc2 23. Rxb4
Rxb2 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Rc8 26. Rf2 Rc1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kf8 29. Rb8+
Ke7 30. b4 Ke6 31. d4 Kf5 32. Rb7 f6 $44 {Harikrishna,P (2752)-Anton Guijarro,
D (2630) Monzon 2016}) 10... Qb6 11. Bf2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ke7 14.
a3 Nb6 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rag8 17. h4 h5 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Na4 20. b3
Nc5 21. Ke3 Rb8 22. Re2 f5 23. Kd2 Rhc8 24. Re3 Rc7 25. c3 g6 $11 {Hou,Y (2649)
-Short,N (2670) Hoogeveen 2016/ Black's fortress held strong in the simplified
position.}) 9. a3 $5 {A rare, but tricky continuation.} ({We have shortly
mentioned} 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O {above, here Black is doing more or less OK.
A notable example is} 11. Kh1 (11. a3 $142) 11... Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8
14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20.
exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 $17 {Karjakin,S 
(2720)-Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) (9. O-O-O $6 c4 {[%cal Rb7b4] is
too dangerous, but Kramnik doesn't want to give up the idea of queenside
castling yet.}) 9... O-O (9... b5 10. dxc5 {gives White a useful extra move in
comparison with 8...b5 9.dxc5 above -} Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 11. b4 $36) 11. Bxc5
Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. a4 $14) 10. dxc5 ({White is still not interested in the
transpositional} 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Bb7) 10... Nxc5 (10... Bxc5 {loses a tempo
with the B, White is slightly better after} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3
$14) 11. Qf2 b6 $146 {[%mdl 8] New, but rather passive.} ({Until now Black has
preferred the counterattacking} 11... Qa5 12. O-O-O (12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxd3+
14. cxd3 Bxf6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Qb2 Qb5
20. Qc3 Rad8 21. Rb1 d4 22. Bxd4 {½, Lennartz,M (2430)-Galanov,S (2502) email
2013} Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 $132) 12... Nd7 {[%cal Ye7a3,Yb7b4]} (12... Bd7 13. f5
d4 14. Bxd4 exf5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 Rab8 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Nc1 Be7 $11 {/=/+, Sethuraman,S (2633)-Korobov,A (2687)
Czech Republic 2016}) 13. Bd3 (13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Kb1 Nc5 18. h6 g6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rh3 Rfb8 21. g4 Ra7 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Nb3
Nxb3 24. cxb3 Rc7 $36 {Jankowicz,R (2387)-Galanov,S (2376) email 2008}) 13...
b5 (13... f6 14. Qh4 f5 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Qg1 Rb8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Bb6 Bc5 19.
Bxa5 Bxg1 20. Rhxg1 Nxa5 21. g4 fxg4 22. Bxe4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Rbe8
25. h4 Re7 26. b3 Bb5 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rdf1 Nc6 29. Ne2 Nd8 $132 {Kochemasov,A 
(2507)-Hamarat,T (2604) email 2012}) 14. Nd4 Qc7 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4 $132)
15. Nf5 $5 exf5 16. Nxd5 $44 Qa5 17. Bd2 (17. Bxf5 $1) 17... Bc5 $2 (17... Qd8
$13 {/=/+}) 18. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. exf6 Be6 21. g4 $18 {Salem,A 
(2650)-Svane,R (2552) Douglas 2016}) 12. b4 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 {Hits the centre
before White fully consolidates.} (13... Qc7 14. Na4 b5 (14... Rb8 15. O-O $14)
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O $14) 14. Qg3 (14. Qh4 f5 (14... g6 15. Qh3
$36) 15. Qf2 $14) 14... d4 (14... fxe5 $2 15. Qh3 Nf6 (15... e4 16. Nxe4 $1
dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Qxe4 Bh4+ 19. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rh7]}) 16. fxe5 g6 17.
Na4 $5 $16) (14... Qc7 $5 15. Qh3 (15. Nd4 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Ndxe5 $5 (15... Nxd4
16. Bxd4 f5 17. O-O $14) (15... Nd8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nf5 Rf7 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19.
Nxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O $13 {/+/=}) 16. fxe5 fxe5 $44) (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg8
17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Nxd5 Qb7 $15 {leads nowhere}) 15... f5 16. Ne2 a5 17. b5 Nd8
18. g4 Nc5 $14 {/<=>}) (14... a5 15. Bxh7+ $5 (15. Qh3 f5 16. b5 Na7 17. g4 $5
(17. Na4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. c4 Bb7 $13 {[%cal Ya7c8,Yc8b6,Yd5d4]}) 17... Nc5
18. gxf5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Rxf5 20. Nd4 $14) {seems crushing, but after} 15...
Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg6 $8 17. f5+ exf5 18. Nh4+ Kh7 (18... Kf7 $2 19. e6+ Kxe6 20.
Qxf5+ $18) 19. Qxf5+ (19. Nxf5+ Kg8 20. Qg4 g5 21. Nh6+ Kh7 22. Qh5 Qe8 $17)
19... Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qxc6 Ra6 22. b5 (22. e6 axb4 23. exd7 Bxd7 24. Qxd5
Ra5 $1 25. Qd3+ f5 $11 {/=/+}) 22... Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Ra7 24. O-O Qxd5 25. Nxd5
Nc4 26. Bf2 Rd7 $14 {/= Black has reasonable chances to hold the resulting
endgame.}) 15. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 64] Initiates hair-raising complications.} ({
However, White had a simpler road to an advantage with} 15. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 (15...
Ndxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 17. O-O-O fxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Bg5+ 21.
Kb2 $18) 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. O-O-O $1 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qc7 (18... Qe8 19. Re1 Qf7
20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Qb7 $16) 19. Qf3 $32 {White's lead in development is
overwhelming, Black's ^^ hardly have a chance to show their potential and he
will find it almost imposible to hold the material balance in the long run:}
Rb8 (19... Bb7 20. Nxe6 Qc8 21. Qe3 $16) (19... Ra7 20. f5 $5 (20. Re1 Qc4 21.
Qc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Rc7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rd6 b5 25. Ne4) 20... Qc4 21. fxe6 $16
Bxe6 $2 22. Re1 Bf7 23. Nc6) 20. Re1 Bd6 21. g3 {[%csl Re6]} Re8 22. Ndb5 axb5
23. Nxb5 Bxf4+ 24. gxf4 Qe7 25. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Rd8 26. Red1 {/\} Bb7 27. Qe3
{[%csl Rb6,Re6][%cal Rd6f5]} Kf8 28. Nxb7 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxb7 30. Qxh7 $16)
15... dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ Kg8 $142 (17... Kg6 18. f5+ Kf7
(18... exf5 19. Nh4+ Kh7 (19... Kf7 20. e6+ Kxe6 21. Qxf5+ Kf7 22. Qg6+ $1 Ke6
23. Nf3 Bxb4 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Qg6+ Ke7 27. axb4 Qe8 28. Qd3 $18 {
and the K can't aurvive in the centre for long.}) 20. Nxf5+ Kg8 21. Qg4 g5 22.
Qc4+ Kh8 23. h4 g4 24. Qxc6 $1 (24. e6 Qe8 25. Qf4 (25. Qxc6 Ne5 26. Qxa8 Qa4
$132) 25... Rf7 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Rg7 28. exd7 Bxd7 29. Rxf6 $13) 24... Ra7
25. Qe4 fxe5 26. Qxg4 Rxf5 (26... Rf7 27. Bg5 $18) 27. Qxf5 $16) 19. fxe6+ Kg8
20. exd7 Bb7 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Rhf1 $16) 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. e6 Nb8
21. Qe4+ f5 22. Rxd8 fxe4 23. Rxf8 Bxf8 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. f5 $44 {[%csl Rb6,Re4]
} a5 $5 26. b5 Bxa3+ 27. Kb1 $36) ({Black can't avoid the danger and has to
take one of the pieces:} 15... fxe5 $2 16. Qh3 Rf5 17. fxe5 dxc3 18. g4 Bxb4 (
18... Rxf3 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 22. Qh5#) 19. axb4 Qf8
20. gxf5 Nxb4 21. Rdg1 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qa3+ 23. Kd1 Qb3+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Nd2 $5
cxd2 26. Bxd2 $16 {[%cal Rh3g2,Rf5f6]}) 16. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] The standard
sacrifice with a new twist.} Kxh7 (16... Kh8 $2 17. Bg6 $18) 17. Qh3+ Kg8 {
The motifs are already known from the 15...dxc3 line, but there are
differences as well:} (17... Kg6 18. f5+ $1 (18. Nh4+ Kf7 19. f5 Ndxe5 $5 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $19) 18... Kf7 (18... exf5 19. Nh4+ Kh7 (19... Kf7 20. e6+ $18) 20.
Nxf5+ $1 Kg8 21. Qg4 g5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. h4 g4 24. e6 $1 (24. Qxc6 Ra7 25. Qe4
fxe5 26. Qxg4 Rf7 $13) 24... Qe8 (24... Nce5 25. Qf4 Rf7 26. exf7 Nxf7 27. Qxg4
$18) 25. Qxc6 Ra7 26. Nxe7 e2 (26... Qxe7 27. Nd5 $16) 27. Rd6 $5 Qxe7 28. Nd5
$16) 19. fxe6+ Kg8 20. exd7 Bb7 21. Qe6+ Rf7 (21... Kh8 22. Nd5 e2 23. Rd3 fxe5
24. Re1 $5 $36) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 e2 (23... Kf8 24. Qxe3 Rxd7 25. Nxb6
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxd1 28. Qf4+ Ke8 29. Nxa8 Bxa8 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31.
Qh7 $16 {White wins the Pg7 and has very good winning chances}) 24. Qxe2 Kh8
25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qe8+ (26. Kb1 $5) 26... Rf8 27. Qh5+ Qh6+ 28. Qxh6+ gxh6 29.
Rhe1 $36 {[%cal Yd1d6,Ye1e6]}) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 (18... Kh7 $6 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20.
Qe4+ f5 21. Qxe3 $16 {[%cal Yc3d5,Re5e6] Formally material is equal, but
White's forces dominate the board and he has a huge attack.}) 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20.
Nh4 Qe8 21. Nd5 $6 {Tempting, but not ideal according to the engine.} ({
The silicon beast prefers} 21. e6 $142 $1 Nb8 (21... Nc5 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. bxc5
Bxe6 (23... Bxc5 24. f5 $16) 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Nxe7 Raxe7 26. Rhe1 Bg4 27. Rd3
bxc5 28. Nd5 $16) 22. Qxe8 $1 (22. Qxb6 Rb7 23. Qxe3 f5 24. Qg3 Bxh4 25. Qxh4+
Kg8 26. Rhe1 Bxe6 $13 {/\} 27. Rd6 Qc8) 22... Rxe8 23. f5 Nc6 (23... g5 24.
Ng6+ Kg7 25. Nxe7 Raxe7 26. Nd5 e2 27. Rd2 $14) 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Rhe1 Bd8 (
25... Ne5 26. Nxe7+ Raxe7 27. Nd5 Ra7 28. Rxe3 b5 29. Rg3 Kf8 30. Rd4 $14 {
[%cal Rd4h4] /+/- Sooner or later Black will be forced to take on e6 and
grovel in an endgame a pawn down.}) 26. Ne4 Bc7 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $36)
21... Kh7 (21... g5 $5 22. fxg5 (22. Nxe7 gxh4 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qf3 Qc3 {
and White doesn't have more than a perpetual with} 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ $11)
22... Bb7 (22... e2 $5) 23. Qe6 Bxd5 24. Qh3 Kg8 25. Nf5 Nxe5 26. Rxd5 Qa4 {
and again White doesn't seem to have more than} 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ $11) (
21... Bb7 $2 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Ng6+ Kg8 (23... Kh7 24. Nxf8+ Bxf8 25. Nxf6+
gxf6 26. Rxd7+ Kg6 27. e6 $18) 24. Ndxe7+ Qxe7 25. Nxe7+ $18) 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23.
Nf5 Nxe5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Black decides to avoid direct danger by returning the
piece and simplifying the position. However, this comes at a cost, as in the
endgame he will remain a pawn down.} (23... Qe8 $142 $1 24. Nd6 (24. e6 Nb8 25.
Qxb6 Rb7 (25... Bxe6 $5 26. Nd6 Qe7 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. Rxe3 f5 $13 {[%cal Ye7f6]}
) 26. Qc5 Qxe6 $5 27. Qxf8 Qxf5 28. Rd8 Rc7 {and White must bail out with} 29.
Qh8+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ $11) 24... Qe6 {with an unforced, but plausible follow-up}
25. Rhe1 Qa2 26. Rxe3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qxf4 29. Rh3+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ Kh7
31. Nxc8 (31. Rh3+ $11) 31... Nxe5 32. Qe6 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Qxc2 $11 {Here White
either gives, or allows a perpetual after} 34. Rd4 Qc1+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+ $11) 24.
Nxe7 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rc7 26. Nd4 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. Kb2 (27. Rhe1 Bg4 28. Rd3 Rc4
29. c3 Bf5 30. Rdd1 Bg4 $11 (30... Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 Rdc8 32. Nxf5 Rc2+ 33. Ka1 e2
34. Rb1 R8c3 35. Rb2 Rc1+ 36. Rb1 R1c2 $11)) 27... Re7 28. Rd3 Re4 29. Ne2 (29.
Nf5 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Rxf4 31. Nxe3 Rf2+ 32. Kc3 Re2 $44) 29... Rxd3 30. cxd3 Re8
31. Re1 $14) 27. Rd3 Bb7 $6 (27... Rce7 $5 {seems more resilient. After} 28.
Re1 Kg6 29. h3 $14 {White has reasonable winning chances, but for the time
being Black retains the Pe3 and more tension.}) 28. Re1 Bxg2 29. Rdxe3 $16 {
/+/= White has a healthy extra pawn and although his kingside pawns are split,
Black's queenside is vulnerable as well. All in all with good technique
Kramnik should be able to convert has advantage.} Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bd5 (30... Rc4
31. c3 Kg8 32. Kd2 Kf7 {was perhaps more stubborn}) 31. Nf5 g5 {Pawn exchanges
should help the defence, but here White gets rid of a potential weakness.} (
31... g6 32. Re7+ $5 Rxe7 33. Nxe7 Be6 (33... Bf7 34. Nc8 b5 35. Nd6 $16) 34.
Kd2 Kg7 35. f5 gxf5 36. Ke3 $16) (31... b5 32. Kd2 $5 $16 (32. Ne7 Bg2 $14) (
32. Re7 Rxe7 33. Nxe7 Be4 34. Kd2 Kh6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kc3 g5 $16 {/<=>})) 32.
fxg5 fxg5 33. Re5 {[%csl Rg5]} Bf7 34. Kb2 $1 {White first improves his king.}
(34. Nd6 $143 Bb3 {forces the retreat} 35. Re2 $16) 34... b5 35. Nd4 Kg6 $6 {
Drops another pawn and is tantamount to resignation. However, the endgame was
almost certainly beyond saving anyway:} (35... Rd7 36. Ne6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd2
38. Rxa6 Rxh2 39. Rb6 g4 40. Rxb5 Kg6 41. Rd5 g3 42. Rd1 $18) (35... Kh6 36. a4
$5 bxa4 (36... Rd7 37. Kc3 {/\} Rc7+ 38. Rc5 Rxc5+ 39. bxc5 bxa4 40. Kb4 $18)
37. Ra5 Rd7 (37... Bc4 38. Rc5 $1 $18) 38. Rxa6+ Kh5 39. c3 $18) 36. Nf3 g4 37.
Rg5+ Kf6 38. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 69th"]
[Site "Kolomna"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 (9. h4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 f5 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 (
14. Bf1 $5 b5 15. gxf5 b4 16. Na4 Rxf5 17. Kb1 Nf8 18. Bh3 Rf7 19. Ng5 $16)
14... cxd3 15. fxe6 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Qxd3 $44 {
Kramnik,V (2812) -Buhmann,R (2653) Dortmund GER 2016 1/2 (46)}) 9... Nc6 {
This position can arise after 6...Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Be2 b6.} (9... Ba6
{seems to be more natural than 9...Nc6:} 10. O-O (10. Nb5 Nc6 11. O-O Bb7 12.
c3 Na5 13. Na3 (13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. f5 a6 $13) 13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc4 16. Qd3 f5 17. Rae1 Qe7 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. g4 Nb8
$11 {Kokarev,D (2635)-Ibragimov,I (2555) Moscow 2013 1-0 (46)}) 10... Bxe2 11.
Nxe2 Nc6 12. c3 (12. Rad1 Qc8 $5 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nexd4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Nxd4 (15...
Ne4 16. f5 $1 Bc5 17. f6 $1 $16 {Zude,A (2386)-Poetsch,H (2481) Frankfurt
Sossenheim 2015 1-0 (26)}) 16. Nxd4 g6 17. g4 Qc7 $132) 12... Rc8 13. g4 cxd4
14. Nexd4 Nc5 15. f5 Ne4 16. Qg2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $6 (18. Bxd4 exf5
19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. Nd2 Qg6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 18... b5 19. Re2 a5 $15 {
Rasmussen,A (2499)-Andersen,M (2476) Rhodes 2013 0-1 (29)}) 10. h4 $5 $146 {
An interesting novelty, which is approved by engines. It is clear that Black
can take on h4, but White will get a strong attack.} ({Usually White plays 10.
0-0 and he can't boast of having excellent results.} 10. O-O f5 (10... Bb7 11.
Rad1 Rc8 12. Kh1 f6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Qf6 18. Kg1 Qg6 19. Bd3 (19. b4 $1 Nd7 (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4
dxe4 22. c4 $14) 20. Bd3 Qg4 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. h3 Qh4 23. Qe3 $16) 19... Qf6 20.
Be2 Qg6 21. Bd3 Qf6 22. Be2 {1/2 (22) Giri,A (2734)-Morozevich, A (2736)
Beijing 2013}) (10... f6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 (17... Be8 $5) 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Bf3
Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Nb7 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Nd1 $14 {Kravtsiv,M (2634)-Bartel,M (2640)
Lublin POL 2016 1/2 (41)}) 11. dxc5 (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 (12. Bb5 $5) 12...
a6 13. Rae1 (13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qe1 $6 Bd6 $1 15. Na4 $2 Nb4 16. dxc5 (16. Rc1
Nxa2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Qd1 Ne4 $17) 16... bxc5 17. Bg1 Bd7 {0-1 (17) Van der
Weide,K (2449)-Matamoros Franco,C (2531) Seville 2014}) 13... Ne4 14. Qd1 Nxc3
15. bxc3 c4 $1 16. Ng1 Bd6 17. Bg4 Ne7 18. Bd2 Nf5 19. Nf3 Bd7 $11 {Edouard,R 
(2674)-Michiels,B (2546) Belgium 2015 1/2 (36)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13.
Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. c4 Rad8 {Matthias wants to
play ...g5, which isn't the best plan.} (17... Rfd8 $5 {If Black plays ...a5
he needs his rook on a8, then Black can trade rooks and try to gain the
c4-pawn. I believe that after 17...Rfd8 Black has better chances}) 18. Qc3 g5
19. Rad1 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Qc8 21. Rd2 Rf7 22. Rfd1 $13 {Ponomariov,R (2710)
-Bluebaum,M (2590) Doha QAT 2015 1-0 (41)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 {If Black
wants to take on h4, he shouldn't trade knights on d4.} (11... Bxh4+ 12. g3 $1
{This is the point.} Bxg3+ 13. Kd1 {I believe that Black should sacrifice on
e5. It leads to very complicate positions.} Ndxe5 $1 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Bxd4 h6
15. Qe3 Bh4 16. Qh3 Be7 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rag1 $18) (13... Ndb8 14. Bd3 g6 15.
Rh3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. f5 $1 $18) (13... Bb7 14. Rh3 Bh4 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qh2
$18) 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Kc1 (15. b3 $6 Ng6 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Kc1 Be5 $15) (15. Bg5
f6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 {Black is OK}) 15... Bb7 16. b3 (16. Rg1 Bh4 17.
Nf3 Nxf3 18. Bxf3 Bf6 $13) (16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 g6 20.
Bf6 Be5 21. Qh3 h5 22. Qh4 Rfe8 23. Nce2 Rac8) 16... Ng6 17. Kb2 e5 18. Nf5 d4
19. Nxg3 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 dxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qb4 $13 {Despite the fact that
the computer likes Black's position, I believe that White has better chances.})
(11... Ndb8 $6 12. Nf3 $5 (12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bc5 $132) 12...
Ba6 13. O-O-O Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 15. f5 $1 Bb4 (15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
fxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 Nf7 19. Qxe6 $16) 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nxd5 a6 19.
Qc4 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfe8 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Bd4 Re2
25. c3 $16) (11... Bb7 12. O-O-O {seems to be in White's favour.}) 12. Bxd4 f6
{It seems to be a very natural move but it leads to a worse position.} ({
Black shouldn't take on h4 after 11...Nxd4 12.Bxd4:} 12... Bxh4+ 13. g3 $1
Bxg3+ (13... Be7 14. O-O-O f6 (14... Nc5 15. g4 f6 16. Qe3 fxe5 17. Qxe5 Bf6
18. Qh5 h6 19. g5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qe8 21. Qh4 $16) (14... Nb8 15. g4 Nc6 16. Qd3
h6 (16... g6 $2 17. Qh3 $18) 17. g5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Qg1 Rc8 20. Kb1 Re8
21. Bb5 $18) 15. Bf3 $1 fxe5 (15... Bb7 16. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 17. Qh2+ Kg8 18. Rh1
Kf7 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6+ Kxg6 21. Qh7#) 16. Nxd5 Rb8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7
19. Bc3 $16) 14. Kd1 {see 11...Bxh4+ 12.g3 Bxg3+ 13.Kd1 Nxd4?}) (12... Nb8 13.
O-O-O Nc6 14. Bf2 Bc5 15. Bd3 $14) (12... Bb7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. h5 Nc5 15. Qe3
$14) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O-O ({White could have got a slightly better position
after} 14. g3 Nc5 15. O-O-O Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 (17... gxf6 $6 18.
f5 $16) 18. Rhe1 $14) 14... Nc5 15. Qe3 $5 {White wants to get more than a
small advantage after 15.g3.} (15. g3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf6 $14 {See 14.g3.}) 15...
Bd7 $6 {After this move Black got into troubles.} ({Boris should have played} 
15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Bb7 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bg4 Rae8 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Kb1 $14 {
I believe that sooner or later White will play Qe5 with a slightly better
endgame.}) 16. h5 $1 h6 (16... Bxd4 {Black could have changed dark-squared
bishops but it's unlikely that he would have been satisfied with his position.}
17. Rxd4 h6 18. g4 Qc7 19. Rg1 Rae8 20. g5 e5 (20... hxg5 21. Rxg5 Rf6 22. Qg3
Bc8 23. b4 $1 Nb7 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Bd3 $16) 21. fxe5
Rxe5 22. Qg3 hxg5 23. Rxd5 $16) 17. g4 Rc8 18. Rhg1 Qc7 19. g5 hxg5 20. h6 $1 (
{Another continuation leads to a complicated position:} 20. fxg5 $6 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Ne4 $1 22. Ba6 $1 Nxc3 23. Bxc8 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Rxc8 25. Kxa2 Qxc2 $13)
20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne4 {It seems to be the strongest continuation, at least
Black can trade queens.} (21... gxh6 22. fxg5 h5 23. g6 Ne4 24. Ba6 Nxc3 25.
Bxc8 Rxc8 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rh4 $16 {White should win the
endgame.}) (21... Rf5 22. Rxg5 Rxg5 23. fxg5 Be8 24. Bg4 Bf7 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc3 Kf8 29. b4 $18) 22. Bd3 Qxf4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4
24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxg5 Bc6 $6 ({Black should have tried} 25... Rf7 $5 26. Bxe4
Bc6 27. Bd3 Be8 (27... Bd5 28. b3) 28. Rd6 Re7 $16) 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Ba6 Rcf8
28. Rd6 e3 $1 29. b3 (29. Rxc6 $4 Rf1+ 30. Bxf1 Rxf1#) 29... Bd5 $6 ({
Unfortunately} 29... b5 {doesn't work due to} 30. Rxc6 Rf1+ 31. Kb2 e2 32. Rxe6
e1=Q 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. Bxb5 a5 35. Ra7 $18) 30. Bd3 Be4 31. Rdd7 $18 e2 32. Kd2
$1 (32. Bxe2 $2 Rh4 33. Rxa7 Rxh6 $16) 32... e5 33. Bxe4 e1=Q+ 34. Kxe1 Rxe4+
35. Kd2 Rd4+ 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Rxa7 Rd8 38. Rb7 Rd6 39. Kd3 Kg8 40. h7+ Kh8 41.
a4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Forcen Esteban, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {It is unfair to say, that this move came as a surprise. But actually
my opponent plays so many various openings, that I simply couldn't guess what
he would do in this game. Luckily, I didn't even try to do so - I just
prepared some lines that caused me general concern.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
{I used to play 4.Bg5 almost exclusively, but nowadays I try to be more
flexible, following Korchnoi's advice - as long as a player keeps broadening
his repertoire, he doesn't get older - and included this move in my repertoire.
Curiously, my opponent beat GM Lysyj with the same move just a day before from
the white side of the board...} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 {This
sophisticated setup became somewhat trendy this year. Now White won't have a
chance to play a typical dc5, but there are other plans of course.} 8. h4 Nc6 (
8... h5 {is almost never good in these positions, as my knight heads to g5,
whereas Black's pieces are way too far from g4...}) (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10.
h5 {is better for White}) (8... cxd4 {is met by the typical sacrifice} 9. Nxd4
Bxh4+ 10. Kd2 {and surprisingly, White's king on d2 feels much better than its
counterpart on e8!}) 9. h5 O-O {All this was played a tempo. By Black, of
course - I took a bit of time for my 8th and 9th moves. And now there was an
important decision to make. And after some consideration I went for...} 10. Bb5
{Other options were} (10. Qd2) (10. Qe2) (10. Bd3 {- and honestly, it was
rather an intuitive choice. Not a bad one I'd say.}) 10... Ndb8 {My opponent
took a lot of time to come up with this move, but it is not the best one -
simply too slow.} ({The only chance to get proper play was} 10... Nxd4 $1 11.
Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bh4+ {and here all three retreats with the king
are possible, but none of them guarantess an advantage.}) 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 {
and here the only move is} f6 $1 {leading to some wild complications after} (
12... Bc5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 {is much better for White}) 13. Nxd5 (13. O-O-O
$5 fxe5 14. fxe5 Bc5 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. h6 {leads to another
amusing position, where White can be better. But maybe not.}) 13... Bc5 14. Qd2
exd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8) 11. Qd2 a6 {Another dubious decision.} ({I felt he has to
simplify} 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 a6 {even if White is better after}
14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Ne2) 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Qf2 (13. g4 {was another tempting
option, but I wanted to bring my queen into the attack. Not sure which one is
stronger. It's a matter of taste I guess.}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 {And after
this one Black is probably doomed. Actually the present game shows us well,
why modern chess is so dynamic. Solid moves, improving the pieces do not work
anymore. Especially when you play Black. He had to launch the counterplay
immediately:} (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. O-O-O b4 {Now, to tell the truth, I
considered this position as very much to White's advantage. But go prove it to
your computer, which shows 0.00! Well, I went and proved it:} 17. Na4 $1 (17.
Ne2 a5) 17... Bd7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Kb1 $1 {and only now its majesty realises,
that White will continue with f5 (or g4 and f5), whereas Black can't do much...
} f5) 15. O-O-O b5 {Now I can prepare the attack with Kb1 or Nce2, or g4 - but
after calculating some lines I decided not to delay it. It is always a very
tricky choice between not being hasty and carpe diem :)} 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. f5
exf5 {Of course, all the other moves lose at once.} 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Qg3 (19.
h6 g6 20. Nb4 Qe4 21. Rd4 Qb7 {looks very good for White, but I didn't find a
direct win here during the game. The computer suggests an elegant solution:}
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qh4 f6 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Qd6 $1 Qd7 26. Bg5 $1 {claiming a
huge advantage, but of course I stopped calculating this line after Black's 24.
..Rf8, and started looking for something better...}) 19... Kh8 {The most
natural move, which I also considered to be the main defence, but in fact it
simply loses. For some reason, the computer believes that after 19...Bb7 White
has no direct win - it may be true, but even the simple 20.Bg5 gives White a
significant edge.} 20. Nf4 $1 (20. h6 g6 21. Nb4 $1 Qe8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bg5 {
was much cleaner, but I somehow forgot about the pretty idea to mate with the
knight:} Qe8 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Nd5 $1 {It would have been quite an elegant
knight's dance indeed, but luckily my choice is not much worse - and actually
the idea of sacrificing the knight, and then the rook, and then to brutally
mate his king over the h-file is not less appealing to a human mind.}) 20... h6
(20... Be6 $1 21. Rd6 {is lost but not as dead lost as the move made in the
game.}) (20... Be7 21. Ng6+ fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg8 25.
Rh8+ Kxh8 26. Qh3+ Kg7 27. Qh7# {is one of the illustrative lines, which is
actually more than just illustrative - it is a recurring motif that actually
brings White victory in this game.}) 21. Ng6+ fxg6 22. hxg6 Qe4 (22... f4 {
was probably his initial idea while playing 19...h6, but it loses to} 23. Rxh6+
gxh6 24. g7+ Kh7 25. gxf8=Q {or gxfN! - depending on your ChessBase settings.
Mine promotes to a queen automatically...}) (22... Kg8 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rxh6 {
and White simply mates.}) 23. Bxh6 (23. Rxh6+ Kg8 {may be a bit less clear now,
but there is a simpler way}) 23... Qg4 24. Bg5+ {...and Black resigned in a
view of 24...Kg8 25.Rh8!  Not a very difficult game, but it is pretty
instructive in its way. Black underestimated the dynamics of the position and
went down quickly. Also to be noted - White's imperfect play could have
allowed Black to keep fighting - and that is about enormous resources of
defence, which should never be underestimated. I know, I know - easier said
than done - and I learnt it all the hard way - let's just say that I was just
reminding myself of all that while commenting on this game for you :)} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 $5 (11. Be2) 11... Be7 (11... b5 12. Nc5 a5 13.
a3 axb4 (13... Be7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
Ra6 19. Qf3 axb4 20. axb4 Rfa8 21. Rae1 Bf8 22. h4 Ra2 23. Re2 Qb7 24. h5 Rxe2
25. Qxe2 Ra3 26. f5 exf5 27. h6 Be6 28. hxg7 Bxg7 29. Bh3 Qa6 30. Qh5 Ra1 31.
Bxf5 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 h6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. g4 Ke7 36. Qf5 Kd7 37. Kh3
Bf8 38. Be3 Bg7 39. Bd4 Bf8 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Kh4 Qa6 42. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 43. exf6+
Ke6 44. Kg3 Kd7 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Kf4 h5 47. g5 {1-0, Rechlis-Korchnoj (Beer
Sheva 1988)}) 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Be7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
O-O 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. O-O Qb7 21. Qd1 Ra8 22. Qe2 Ra6 23. h4 Qa8 24. Rf2 Ra1+ 25.
Kh2 Qa3 26. f5 exf5 27. e6 Bxe6 28. Qe5 Bf8 29. c6 h6 30. Qb8 Qa8 31. c7 Kh7
32. Re2 Bd6 33. Qd8 Ra6 34. Rxe6 Bxc7 35. Qxa8 Rxa8 36. Re7 {1-0, Lau-Luther 
(Bundesliga 1995)}) 12. Bh3 (12. Bg2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O b6
16. Nb2 Bb7 17. Qc2 a5 18. b5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Na4 Rae8 21. Qe2 Bd8 22.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Ng5 25. Nb2 Bc8 26. Qc1 Qe7 27. a4 Bd7 $11 {
Soloshenkin-Ulibin (St. Petersburg 1995)}) 12... b5 13. Nc5 a5 14. a3 axb4 (
14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 axb4 20.
axb4 Rxa1 {Remis, Luther-Atalik (Budapest 1991)}) 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxc5
17. dxc5 O-O 18. Nd4 (18. O-O f5 $5 (18... f6 19. Nd4 fxe5 20. Nxe6 Qb7 21. Qd1
$1 $14) 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 (21... Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 $14) 22.
Bxc8 Rxc8 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Qd1 $14) 18... Nxd4 (
18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qc1 Bg5 (20... Qh5 21. Bg2 e5 22. Nxb5 $18) 21.
Kf2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 e5 24. Bxc8 exd4+ 25. Kxd4 Rxc8 26. Kxd5 $18)
19. Bxd4 Bb7 (19... f5 20. exf6 gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. O-O $14) 21.
O-O $14 e5 $2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qd1 $3 Rf8 (24... exd4 25. Qg4+
Kh8 26. Rf7) 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qf5 Bg7 28. Bxe5 $1 $18) 20. O-O
Ra8 21. Qb1 Bc8 (21... g6 $5 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Rf8 (24... Bc8
25. e6 f6 26. Bxf6 $18) 25. Rf4 (25. e6 f6 26. Rf4 Bd8) 25... Bd8 $1 (25... Bc8
26. e6 f6 27. Rg4+ Kh8 28. Rh4 Bd8 29. e7 Qxe7 30. Qxc8 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32.
Bf2 Qc2 33. Qd7 $16) (25... h6 26. e6 Bg5 27. Rg4 Qe7 28. Bf6 $18) 26. Qh5 Bc8
27. e6 f6 $17) 22. Bg2 (22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 g6) 22... Ra6 23. g4 (23. f5 $5
exf5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. Qd1 g6 $13) 23... Qd8 (23... Qa7 24. f5 Bg5
25. Qe1 Ra2 26. Be3 Bd8 (26... Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 $40) 27. f6 $40) 24. Qc2 (24. f5
$5 Bg5 25. f6 gxf6 $5 (25... g6 26. Qe1 Qc7 27. h4 Bh6 28. g5 Bf8 29. h5 Qa7
30. Kh2 Ra2 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qg3 {/\ Rf1-f4-h4, Qg3-h3, Rh4-h8 matt!}) 26.
exf6 Qc7 $1 (26... e5 27. Bxe5 Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 $14) 27. Qe1 Bf4 28. Qh4 (28.
g5 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3 30. Qe2 Bb7 31. Qh5 Qb8 32. Qh6 Qf8 $17) 28... h6 $1 29.
Qh3 Bg5 $1 30. Be3 Qe5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Qg3 Ra2 33. h3 (33. Qb8 Qd2 (33... Kh7
34. Qc7 $16) (33... Qxg4 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Rf2 Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Ra2 $11) 34. Bf3
Kh7 $13) 33... Qd2 34. Qf2 (34. Rf2 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qxc3) 34...
Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Ra1+ (35... Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Kh7 37. c6 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kxf6 39. Kd4
$13) 36. Kh2 (36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Kh7 38. Kf2 Kg6 $17) 36... Bd7 $13) 24...
Bd7 {/\ 25...Qa8, 26...Ra1} 25. f5 Bg5 26. f6 (26. Qf2 Bh4) 26... g6 (26... Qa8
$5 27. fxg7 (27. Qf2 Ra2 28. Qg3 g6) 27... Ra1 $1 28. Qf2 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bh6
30. h4 Bxg7 31. g5 $14) 27. h4 $5 (27. Qf2 Qa8 28. h4 (28. Be3 Ra2 29. Qf3
Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 d4+ 32. Qf3 Bc6 $19) 28... Ra2 29. Qg3 Bd2 $11)
27... Bxh4 (27... Bh6 28. g5 Bf8 29. h5 Qa8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Kh2 Ra2 32. Qd1
$1 $16 {/\ Rf1-f4-h4, Qd1-f3-h3, Rh4-h8 matt}) 28. Qd2 g5 (28... Qf8 $1 29. Be3
(29. g5 h6 30. Be3 (30. gxh6 g5 31. Bf2 Qxh6 (31... Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxh6 33. Bf1
{/\ Rg2}) 32. Bxh4 Qxh4 $17) 30... Bg3 31. Qd4 (31. gxh6 Kh7 (31... Bxe5 32.
h7+ Kxh7 33. Rf3 $40) 32. Qd4 Qb8 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 $15) 31... h5 (31...
hxg5 32. Bxg5 Qb8 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Ra2 35. Rf3 $16) 32. Rf3 Ra1+ 33. Bf1
Be1 $17) (29. c6 $1 Rxc6 (29... Bxc6 30. Bc5 $18) 30. Bc5 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Qxc5+
32. Kh1 Bg3 33. Ra1 Bc6 34. Qh6 (34. Ra6 Bxe5) 34... Qf8 35. Qe3 Bh4 36. g5 h6
37. gxh6 g5 38. Ra6 $13) 29... Bg3 30. Bd4 h6 $17) 29. Bf2 Bxf2+ $6 (29... Kh8
$1 30. Bxh4 gxh4 31. Qh6 Qg8 $11) 30. Rxf2 Ra1+ $2 (30... h6 $6 31. Bf1 Bc6 (
31... Qb8 32. Qe3 Kh7 33. Rh2 Qg8 34. Rxh6+ Kxh6 35. Qh3+ Kg6 36. Qh5#) 32. Rh2
Qf8 33. Rh5 Ra1 34. Qg2 $3 {/\ Qh3} (34. Qh2 Qa8 35. Rxh6 (35. Qh3 Qa3 36. Rxh6
Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qxc3) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qa1+ $11) 34... Qa8 (34... d4 35.
Qxc6 dxc3 36. Rh2 $18) 35. Rxh6 Qa3 36. Qc2 $18) (30... Kh8 31. Qxg5 Qg8 $11)
31. Bf1 Kh8 (31... h6 32. Rh2 Qf8 33. Rh5 d4 34. Qxd4 Bc6 35. Qe3 $14) 32. Rh2
$1 Qg8 33. Rh6 d4 $6 (33... Bc6 34. Kf2 {/\ Bf1-e2-d1-c2} Qa8 35. Be2 Ra2 36.
Qxg5 Qg8 37. Qf4 {/\ g4-g5-g6}) (33... Bc6 34. Kf2 {/\ Bf1-e2-d1-c2} Qa8 35.
Be2 Ra2 36. Qxg5 Qg8 37. Qf4 {/\ g4-g5-g6}) 34. Qxd4 Bc6 35. Kf2 Qa8 36. Be2
Ra2 (36... Bh1 37. Rh2 Ra2 38. Qe3) 37. Qe3 Qd8 (37... Bh1 38. Rh2 Qe4 39. Qxe4
Bxe4 40. Ke3 Bc6 41. Rh3 Rc2 42. Kf2 {/\ Kf2-e1-d1} Rc1 43. Re3 Kg8 44. Bf3
Bxf3 45. Rxf3 Rd1 46. Re3 $16 {/\ Re3-e2-a2-a5}) 38. Kg3 $1 (38. Qxg5 Rxe2+ 39.
Kxe2 Qd3+ 40. Kf2 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qxc3+ 42. Qd2 Qg3+ (42... Qxe5+ 43. Kf2 Bd5 $13)
43. Kd1 Qg1+ (43... Bd5 $5 44. Qd4 $13) 44. Kc2 Be4+ 45. Kb2 Qb1+ 46. Kc3 Qa1+
47. Qb2 Qe1+ 48. Qd2 $11 (48. Kd4 Bd5 $17)) 38... Rc2 (38... Qd2 39. Qxd2 Rxd2
40. Kf2 Rc2 (40... Rd5 41. Bf3 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 $18) 41. Rh3 $14) 39. Rh2 Qg8 $2
$138 (39... Qd2 40. Qxd2 Rxd2 41. Kf2 Rd5 (41... Rc2 42. Rh3 $14) 42. Rh1 $1 (
42. Bf3 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Bxc6 $13) 42... Rxe5 43. Rd1 Rd5 44. Rxd5 exd5
45. Ke3 $16) 40. Bf3 $18 Rxh2 41. Kxh2 Bxf3 42. Qxf3 Qd8 43. c6 h6 44. Kg3 (44.
Qe3 Qd5 45. Qd4 (45. c7 Qd7) 45... Qf3 (45... Qxc6 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qf8 $18)
46. c7 Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Qf2 Qxg4+ 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Kg3 Qh4+
52. Kf3 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 $11) 44... Qb6 (44... Kg8 45. Qe3 Qd5 46. Qd4 (46. c7 Qd7)
46... Qh1 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Ke3 Qg1+ (48... Qg3+ 49. Kd2 Qg2+ 50. Kc1 $18) 49.
Kd2 Qg2+ 50. Kc1 Qxc6 (50... Qh1+ 51. Qd1 $18) 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qf8 Qh1+ 53.
Kb2 Qg2+ 54. Ka3 Qa8+ 55. Qxa8) 45. Kg2 Qc7 (45... Kg8 46. c7 Qxc7 47. Qa8+ Kh7
48. Qf8 $18) 46. Qe4 Kg8 47. Kf1 $1 Kh8 (47... Qa7 48. c7 Qa1+ 49. Ke2 Qa2+ 50.
Kf3 Qa6 51. Kg3 $18) (47... Qd8 48. Qd4 $18) 48. Kf2 $1 {/\ Qe4-d4} h5 (48...
Qa7+ 49. Qe3 Qa2+ (49... Qc7 50. Qc5 $18) 50. Kg3 $18) 49. Qd4 (49. Qe3 $1)
49... Kh7 (49... hxg4 50. Qd7 g3+ 51. Kg2 Qxe5 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qxf7+ Kh6 54.
Qg7+ Kh5 55. Qh7+ Kg4 56. Qh3+ Kf4 57. Qxg3+) 50. Qd7 Qb6+ 51. Ke2 (51. Ke2 Kg6
52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 {This move is
becoming popular nowadays. Black would like to play ...b4, but first he
prevents Na4 with 13...Qa5.} ({In the event of} 13... b4 14. Na4 $1 {.}) 14.
Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Ng3 (16. h4) ({and} 16. Nd4 {are more popular moves.})
16... a5 17. Nh5 f6 $146 {The new move in the game.} (17... a4 18. Bb5 (18. Bd3
f5 19. g4 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Rhg1 g6 24. Ng3 Rff8
25. h4 $36 {C.Balogh-Vasiesiu, Mamaia 2015. and White's attack looks faster.})
18... Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 $132 {Caruana-Meier, Dortmund
2013, with a double-edged struggle.}) 18. Qg3 Rf7 19. Bb5 fxe5 $6 {A dubious
move, because Black opens the f-file, which will be very important for White.}
(19... a4 {was more logical, however} 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qe1 Bb7
23. Qe2 $14 {and White's position looks more attractive.}) 20. fxe5 Ba6 (20...
Ndxe5 {could have been met by} 21. Rdf1 $1 $36 {and White looks nicely placed.}
) 21. Bxc6 $6 {Inaccuracy. White removes the c6-N, but the a6-B controls the
important f1-square.} (21. Rdf1 $1 {was the strongest reply,} Ndxe5 22. Bxa6
Rxa6 23. Bh6 $16 {and White has a dangerous attack!}) 21... Qxc6 22. Bh6 Rc8
23. Rc1 g6 $2 {This move looks like the only move, but it is a mistake!} (23...
Nc5 $1 {should have played} 24. Nxg7 Ne4 25. Qg4 Kh8 $132 {and Black has
strong counterplay; the position becomes very complicated.}) 24. Nf4 $1 {
Threatening Nxg6!} Kh8 (24... Nf8 25. h4 $1 $16 {followed by h5 and Black's
situation is difficult.}) 25. h4 Nc5 26. h5 Ne4 {Black tries to create some
counterplay, but his K is very weak.} 27. Qh4 gxh5 28. Qxh5 (28. Nxh5 {was
also strong.}) 28... Qe8 29. Rh4 ({The engine suggests} 29. Bg5 $1 Nxg5 30.
Qxg5 Rg7 31. Qf6 Qf7 32. Rh6 $18 {and Black has no hope left.}) 29... Rb7 $6 (
29... Re7 {was more accurate,} 30. Qg4 Qg8 31. Qh3 Qf7 {and the e6-P is
protected, however after} 32. Nh5 $36 {White's chances are better.}) 30. Qg4 $1
Qg8 31. Qh3 Qf7 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was difficult.} ({
Even} 31... Nf2 {was tougher, but} 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Re7 34. Ng5 $16 {
and White is a healthy P up.}) 32. Nxe6 $18 {Now Black is helpless.} Rg8 33.
Nd4 Qf2 34. Rg4 Re8 35. Be3 Qf7 36. e6 Qf6 37. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 (9... cxd4 {and}) (9... c4 {are the main lines.}) 10. Bd2 $1 {
The best move. Now White threatens c4!} c4 {Forced.} 11. b4 Nxb4 $5 {The
sharpest reply.} (11... Qa6 {was the positional move.}) 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Qc2 {
White had to avoid c3.} Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 (16. Qa4 $5 {
was an interesting alternative} Qb6 ({The endgame by} 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Bb7
18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bd1 $14 {looks slightly better for White.}) 17. Nb5 $1 O-O 18.
Nf3 f6 ({The inventive sacrifice with} 18... Nxe5 {leads to an advantage for
White after} 19. fxe5 Bd7 20. Qxb4 Bxb5 21. Be2 $16 {and White is better.}) 19.
Be2 fxe5 20. fxe5 $14 {Skripchenko-Hmadi, Djerba 1998.}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3 O-O
18. a3 $146 {The first novelty in the game.} ({The development by} 18. Be2 {
is also possible} f6 (18... a5 19. O-O a4 20. a3 b3 21. Qd2 Nb8 22. Nc3 Nc6 23.
g3 $14) 19. exf6 Nxf6 (19... Rxf6 20. g3 Nb8 21. Nf2 Nc6 22. Rd1 $16 {
Luther-Cremers, Bad Zwesten 2004}) 20. O-O $14 {and White has a comfortable
position.}) 18... b3 19. Qd2 f6 ({In the event of} 19... Qc6 {/\ Nb6-a4} 20.
Nc3 Nb6 21. Be2 Na4 22. O-O Bd7 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 24. Qb2 Rac8 25. Rfc1 $14 {
followed by Nd2-b1-c3.}) 20. h4 ({The natural} 20. Be2 {was an alternative}
fxe5 (20... Nb8 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. O-O Nc6 23. g3 $14 {and White's position is
more promising.}) 21. fxe5 Nb8 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. O-O ({or} 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nc5 {.
})) 20... Nb8 (20... fxe5 $5 21. fxe5 Nb8 22. Nc3 (22. h5 Nc6 23. Nc3 (23. h6
$6 {is dubious, because of} Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Nxd4 25. Be2 g6 26. Rc1 Bb7 {
and Black is very active.}) 23... h6 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 22... Nc6
23. Be2 {is similar to the previous analysis.}) 21. h5 a5 (21... Nc6 $5 22. h6
g5 $5 23. exf6 Rxf6 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 22. h6 Ra7 {This was
the idea of Black's previous move.} 23. Nc3 Nc6 (23... fxe5 $6 {is dubious, as}
24. Nxe5 $1 (24. fxe5 Nc6 25. Be2 {, but 24.Nxe5 is more ambitious.}) 24... Nc6
25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. g3 $14 {and White's position is very powerful.}) 24. Rd1 (24.
Na4 $5 {was also possible} Qb5 (24... Qb8 25. g3) 25. Nc5 {the N looks strong
on c5, on the other hand White has to pay more attention to the c4, b3 Ps.}) (
24. Be2 {is very similar to the previous lines.}) 24... Raf7 ({Probably} 24...
fxe5 $142 {is more exact} 25. fxe5 gxh6 26. Qxh6 (26. Rxh6 Rg7) 26... Rg7 {
and the Black Rs are very powerful.}) 25. exf6 $1 gxf6 26. g3 Kh8 27. Bh3 Qd8
28. Kf2 Qd6 29. Rhe1 f5 {At first sight this is a strange move, because this
weakens the dark squares. On the other hand Black's plan is Rf6 to win the
h6-P.} (29... Qxa3 $6 {is weak, because of} 30. Bxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 $16 {
and White is better.}) ({The simple} 29... Re7 {was also possible to hold the
position. Now White also has a difficult task working out how he can improve
his position.}) 30. Qb2 (30. Ra1 $5) 30... Rf6 31. Rh1 Rxh6 32. Ng5 Kg7 33. Na4
Qe7 34. Nf3 Na7 35. Nc3 Bd7 36. Rde1 Qd6 37. Re3 Qb6 38. Qd2 Qd6 39. Qb2 Qb6
40. Kg2 Nc8 {Both side have just played some easy moves; now after the time
control they can study the deeper plans.} 41. Ne5 Be8 42. Qd2 Nd6 43. Ree1 a4
$6 {A useless move.} ({In the event of} 43... Kh8 44. g4 {is not so logical as
it is in the game,} fxg4 45. Bxg4 Rxh1 46. Rxh1 Nf5 {and Black looks nicely
placed.}) 44. g4 fxg4 45. Bxg4 Rxh1 46. Rxh1 Nf5 47. Bxf5 Rxf5 48. Qe3 h5 (
48... Kh8 49. Rh6 Qd6 50. Qh3 Qe7 {and Black tries to hold.}) 49. Rg1 Kf8 50.
Nf3 (50. Kh2 $1 {was the strongest move. White prepares for Qg3!} h4 (50... Ke7
51. Nxd5+ $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 51. Qf2 $1 Qc7 52. Qg2 Qh7 53. Nxd5 $3 exd5
54. Qxd5 $18) 50... Qd6 51. Ne2 Bg6 52. Kf2 Bh7 53. Ng5 Bg8 54. Qg3 Qe7 55. Qh4
Qf6 56. Qxh5 c3 $6 {Loses immediately, but it was already a very difficult
position for Black.} (56... Ke7 57. Qf3 {followed by Qc3 is also hopeless for
Black.}) 57. Nh7+ Bxh7 58. Qxh7 Rxf4+ 59. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Qxe4 dxe4
62. Kd1 Ke7 63. Rg5 {A very interesting struggle!} 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 $5 {Nakamura is a big expert on this 8...Qb6 system. Recently he has had a
few games with it.} 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 {Black has lost three tempi for
the b2 P, which lookes a poisoned one, but Black's position is very stable and
it is not so easy to destroy.} 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {This is the main line
and the critical position in this system.} (12... Bb4 {is another line and
White usually plays} 13. Rb3) 13. Bxd7+ (13. Rb3 {is a more difficult and
sharper line} Qe7 (13... Qa5 $4 {loses immediately after} 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15.
Bb6 $18 {and the Q is trapped.}) 14. Ba4 $5 (14. O-O $6 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qd8 16.
Qc3 Qa5 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. f5 b6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe3 Qc6 {
Cheparinov-Vallejo Pons, Dresden ol 2008; with a very unclear position, but
looks nice for Black.}) 14... Qd8 (14... b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 {White has
sacrificed a piece, but he has a huge advantage of development.} Qd8 17. Qc3
Qa5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O Qa4 21. Kh1 $1 {A very important move,
otherwise Black can play Qxd4 and Bc5 with the exchange of Q.} Be7 22. Rfb1 f6
23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... gxf6 $6 24. Rb6 $1 $16 {Topalov-Nakamura, Monaco rapid
2011; with a strong initiative for White.}) 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rb8 Qc4 26. Qxc4
dxc4 27. Ra8 $14) 15. Bb6 {This is forced.} ({In the event of} 15. O-O $2 b5 {
Black is much better than in the previous line.}) 15... Qh4+ 16. g3 Qg4 17. Ne4
$5 (17. Nd1 $6 {is too slow, Black has enough time to castle.} Be7 18. Nf2 Qg6
19. Rc3 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rc7 Bd8 22. Rxd7 Bxb6 23. Rxb7 Rab8 $17 {
Grischuk-Morozevich, Astana blitz 2012; and Black is better.}) 17... Qf5 (17...
dxe4 $2 18. Rc3 $1 $18 {followed by Rxc8!}) 18. Re3 $44 {and White has good
compensation for the P.}) 13... Bxd7 14. Rb3 ({In the case of} 14. Rxb7 $6 Bb4
{and Black looks very nicely placed.}) 14... Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 {A rare move,
but very similar.} ({2 rounds later Nakamura again tried} 15... Qh4+ {against
Leko.} 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rfb1 (18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20.
Rfb1 O-O $132 {with a double-edged fight, Karjakin-Nakamura, Monaco blind 2011.
}) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 {with some pressure.}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7
Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (19... Ba3 20. Nb1 $5 {is an unexpected, but a very logical
move. White attacks the B and immediately takes Black's centre under fire
after c4.} Be7 21. c4 Rb8 22. Nd2 (22. O-O $5) 22... O-O 23. cxd5 exd5 24. O-O
{and White has gained some space, Leko-Nakamura, Zug 2013.}) 20. Rxc8 (20. Rc6
Rxc6 21. Bxd8 Bc5) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 Be7 23. Qe3 O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8
25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 {1/2 Anand-Nakamura, Wijk aan
Zee 2013}) 16. f5 $146 {First novelty, Karjakin immeditely tries to attack,
but this move allows the activation of Black's Q from c8 to c4 to prevent
White's castling.} (16. Bb6 {tranposes to 15...Qh4.}) 16... Qc8 $1 17. Rb3 Qc4
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rf1 {White can't castle, but Karjakin brings his R to the
open f-line.} (19. Nd1 {was an interesting alternative.} Be7 20. Ne3 (20. Nb2
Qc7) 20... Qa4 21. O-O Bb5 $132 {Black also has good counterplay.}) 19... Be7
20. Qd3 {White couldn't continue the attacking plan, so he decided to exchange
the Q, but without that Black looks very nicely placed.} ({now} 20. Nd1 $6 {
is too late, as} Bb5 21. Ne3 Qa4 $17 {and Black is better.}) 20... Rc8 21. Kd2
Rf8 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb8+ Bc8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Ne2 Kd7 {Now already Black
is slightly better; we will see a long period of torture. On the other hand
White's position is stable and against a great player such as Karjakin, it is
too difficult to win.} 26. c3 Ra4 27. Nc1 Kc7 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Nb3
Kc6 31. Kc2 Bc4 32. Kb2 Bd3 33. a3 Be7 34. Nd2 Kb5 35. g3 h5 36. Kb3 g5 37. Kb2
g4 {Black has gained some space, but White has protected the a3 weakness, it
is not so easy to continue the pressure for Black.} 38. Be3 Bf8 39. Bd4 Bf5 40.
Kb3 Bh6 41. Rd1 Bd3 42. Kb2 Bf8 43. Ra1 Be7 44. Be3 h4 45. Bd4 h3 46. Be3 Bf5
47. Kb3 Bf8 48. Kb2 Bg7 49. Bd4 Bh6 50. Rd1 Bg6 51. Kb3 Bf5 52. Kb2 Bg5 53. Kb3
Kc6 54. Nf1 Ra5 55. Ne3 Rb5+ 56. Ka2 Be4 57. Re1 Bf3 58. a4 Rb7 59. Rb1 Rxb1
60. Kxb1 a5 61. Kc2 Bd8 62. Kd2 Kd7 63. Nc2 Ke8 64. Be3 Bc7 65. Bf4 Be4 66. Nd4
Kd7 67. Kc1 Bg6 68. Kb2 Be8 69. Kb3 Bg6 70. Kb2 Bd3 71. Kb3 Bb6 72. Kb2 Ke7 73.
Kb3 Kf7 74. Kb2 Ba6 75. Kb3 Kg6 76. Bd2 Bc8 77. Kb2 Bd7 78. Kb3 Bc5 79. Bc1
Bxd4 {Finally Nakamura takes the N, otherwise his K cannot invade White's
position. On the other hand thanks to the opposite coloured B, White can hold
the endgame even with two P down.} 80. cxd4 Kf5 81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Ba3 Bxa4 83.
Bb2 Ke3 84. Ba3 Bb5 85. Bb2 a4 86. Ba3 Bc4 87. Bb2 Bb3 88. Ba3 Ke2 89. Bb2 Bd1
90. Ba3 Kf2 91. Kd2 Kg2 92. Ke1 Bb3 93. Bb2 Kf3 94. Kd2 Ba2 95. Ba3 Bc4 96. Bb2
Ke4 97. Kc3 Kf3 98. Kd2 Kg2 99. Ke1 Kxh2 100. Kf2 $1 Kh1 101. Ba3 Be2 102. Bb2
h2 103. Ba3 Bd1 104. Bb2 Be2 105. Ba3 Bd1 106. Bb2 Be2 107. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 (7... a6
) (7... cxd4) ({and} 7... Qb6 {are the other main lines.}) 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 (
{Still} 9. Be2 {is more common, but the text move is fashionable.}) 9... Nxc5 (
9... Bxc5 {is the other continuation.}) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 {A logical move,
White wants to avoid ...b5.} b6 12. Kb1 {The most natural move.} ({One month
ago So played} 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5 17.
Ne2 b4 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. f5 f6 $5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23.
fxe6 Re8 $44 {So Wesley-Nakamura, Saint Louis 2016, with a balanced position.})
12... Qc7 13. Qg3 f6 {An ambitious reply, however it allows White to continue
as he does.} (13... Rd8 $5) 14. f5 $1 {A typical breakthrough, White would
like to crush Black's centre.} Ne4 $146 {It's strange, but this is the first
new move in the game.} ({In the event of} 14... fxe5 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bf6 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rhd1 Rae8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ng5 $1 (21. Rd7
$2 {was inaccurate, because of} Rd8 $1 $132 {Tari-Johannessen, Fagernes 2015,
with a double-edged fight.}) 21... Bxg5 22. Qxg5 $16 {and White looks nicely
placed.}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 $1 fxe5 $2 {The decisive mistake!} (16... exf3
$2 {could have been met by} 17. Bh6 Bc5 18. Rd7 $3 {What a brilliant tactical
blow!!} Qxd7 19. Bxe6+ $18 {and White wins.}) (16... Nxe5 $1 {was the right
reply,} 17. Nxe5 fxe5 ({but not} 17... Qxe5 $2 18. Qxe5 fxe5 19. fxe6 $18 {
and Black is left with no hope.}) 18. Bxe6+ Bxe6 19. fxe6 Rac8 20. c3 $14 {
and White is more comfortable, but still this is not too much.}) 17. fxe6 $18 {
Now White is winning.} Kh8 (17... exf3 18. Bh6 g6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qxf3+ $18 {
with a decisive attack.}) 18. Ng5 $1 {Another strong move.} Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Re8
20. Qf5 Nd8 21. Qxe4 Bb7 22. Qg4 Bc8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 {What a great victory
for Bok!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 (9. Be2 {is the old main line.}) 9... Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. a3 {
White avoids the unpleasant pin by Bb4. On the other hand this move slightly
weakens the king's position.} (11. Bxc5 {is more popular, with a lot of games.}
) 11... a6 $6 (11... Be7 {is more promising to keep the dark squared of B.})
12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 $1 {A very logical move. White avoids Black's dangerous
attack by b5.} Bd7 $146 {Novelty by Wang Hao.} ({Before only} 13... Rd8 {
was played} 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. f5 (15. h4 Rac8 16. h5 Ne7 17. Nd4 Ne4 {(S.
Zhigalko-Swiercz, Bad Wiessee 2011)} 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc6 20. Qe2 $14 {
and White is slightly better.}) 15... Ne4 $140 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. f6 $1 Be8 (
17... exf3 $2 {doesn't work, because of} 18. Qg5 g6 19. Qh6 $18 {and mate.})
18. Be2 $16 {and White has a very promising attack.}) 14. f5 $1 {Leko
immediately attacks Black's position. Now thanks to the d5-P White can play f5
quickly without any prepariation.} Qb6 {Threatens Nb3.} 15. Qf4 d4 $5 {
Probably objectively not the best move, but Black tries to find some practical
chances. Otherwise 16.f6 is very dangerous for Black!} ({In the event of} 15...
Ne7 16. f6 Ng6 17. Qd4 $36 {and White has some initiative.}) 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
Rxd4 exf5 18. Rd6 (18. Nd5 $5 {was also strong} Qa5 19. Qg3 $1 f4 {Only move.}
20. Nxf4 Bf5 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. Ne7 $1 Be6 23. Rh4 $1 {but these are very
difficult computer moves.}) 18... Qa7 19. Nd5 {White has gained a huge space
advantage, his pieces are very active.} Kh8 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nxd7 ({The engine
finds quickly the difficult manoeuvre by} 21. Qh4 $1 Qb8 22. Qc4 $1 $18 {
and White wins. But of course, in a practical game it is hard to find even for
a top grandmaster.}) 21... Nxd7 22. Qd2 {Now White looks to be simply winning
because of the dangerous pin on the d-file, but...} b5 23. Be2 Qc7 24. Rd1 Nc5
{and Black was able to avoid immediate defeat with this move.} 25. Qc3 (25.
Rxd8 $4 {doesn't work, as} Nb3+ $19) ({Probably} 25. Qg5 $1 {was more precise}
Rc8 (25... Rxd6 26. exd6 Qd7 27. Bf3 $16) 26. Qxf5 g6 27. Qf3 Nb7 28. R6d2 $16
{and the e5-P is not hanging, White is a healthy P up.}) 25... Rc8 26. b4 Ne4
27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxa6 Rfc8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Kb2 ({The computer suggests} 30.
Bxe4 $1 fxe4 31. Rd2 Re7 32. e6 $1 Kg7 $1 33. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 34. exd7 Rd8 35. Rd6
f5 36. c4 $1 bxc4 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 Ke7 39. Rd1 Rxd7 40. a6 Ra7 41. b5 $18 {
and White wins.}) 30... Kg7 31. e6 Nf2 $1 32. Rd2 Nxd3+ 33. cxd3 Rd8 34. exf7
Kxf7 {White is a P up, but the R endgames always give some drawish chances.}
35. Ra5 Rb7 36. a4 ({In the event of} 36. d4 Ke6 37. Ra6+ Kd5 {comes and the
black K is very active.}) 36... bxa4 37. Rxa4 Ke6 38. g3 Ke5 $11 {Black has
enough compensation for the P; his K is very powerful.} 39. Kc3 Rc8+ 40. Kb3
Kd4 41. Rb2 Rc3+ 42. Ka2 Rxd3 43. Ra8 g5 44. b5 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. b6 Ke3 47.
Ra7 Rdd7 48. Ra3+ Ke4 49. Re2+ Kf5 50. Rb2 Ke4 51. Re2+ Kf5 52. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1939.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "TFS"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1939.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 f6 $2 (6... cxd4) 7.
Nf4 Qe7 8. Bd3 fxe5 9. dxe5 Qf7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 13. hxg5
Nf8 14. g6 Qc7 15. gxh7 Qxe5+ 16. Kf1 Bd7 17. Nh5 Qd6 18. Bg5 Ne7 19. Nxg7+ Kd8
20. Bf6 Kc7 21. Ne8+ Rxe8 22. Bxh8 Nfg6 23. Bg7 Nh8 24. Qh5 Nf5 25. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Timman,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Bd3 $5
Ba6 (14... Nc5 $143 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. O-O g6 (16... c4 17. Bxc4 $16) (16... O-O
17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Nf3 f6 20. Ng5 $1 $18) 17. Rc1 Qb6 {
Liberzon-Czerniak / Israel 1975} 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Qa3 Rc8 20. Ba6) 15. Nb2 $1
Bxd3 $6 (15... Nc5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qe2 $1 (17. Nb3 Qa3 (17... O-O $1 18. Nxd4
Qa3 $1 $132) 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4+) 17... Qa3 (17... d3 18. Qe3 $1 Qa3 19. Qd4
$16 {[%cal Ye1g1]}) 18. Qb5+ Ke7 19. O-O) 16. Nxd3 Nc5 17. Nf2 Na4 (17... Ne4
18. Nfxe4 dxe4 19. O-O (19. Qc2 $143 O-O 20. Qxe4 Rac8 $132) 19... Qd5 20. Re1
e3 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. Qd3 $16) 18. O-O Nc3 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Qh4 (21.
f5 $5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Rc6) 21... Qa4 22. Ng4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qc2 24. Rae1 d3 $1 25.
Rd1 $1 (25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. exf6 Kh8 (26... d2 $2 27. Rxe2 d1=Q 28. Qg5+ Qg6 29.
Rxd1 $18) 27. Ng5 (27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Ng5 (28. Ne5 Rc7) 28... Rxg5 29. fxg5 Rg8
$13) 27... d2 28. Qh6 Qg6 $17) (25. f5 d2 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. exf6 Kh8 28. Ng5 $2
Qxf5 29. Rxf5 dxe1=Q+ 30. Qxe1 exf5 $19) 25... h6 (25... Nxf4 26. Nf6+ $40) 26.
Nxh6+ (26. f5 $143 exf5 (26... Rc4 27. f6 Nf4) 27. Ne3 $18) 26... gxh6 27. Qxh6
f6 28. exf6 Rc7 29. Ne5 (29. Qg6+ $142 Kh8 30. Ne5 $18) 29... Rh7 (29... Ng3+
30. hxg3 Rh7 31. f7+ Rfxf7 32. Nxf7 d2 33. f5 exf5 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. Ng5+ $18
{[%cal Yg5f3]}) 30. Qg6+ (30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. f7) 1-0

[Event "Aars"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Although it was too early to be sure, this clash was to determine first place.
After four rounds Gausel had charged into the lead with 3,5, but Larsen
followed closely with 3, and had met stronger opposition.} 1. e4 e6 {Since
Gausel had recently become overworked, having both a weekly and daily chess
column in the Norwegian media, his results have suffered a bit due to the
strain. Here he falls back on one of his older defences, since theoretical
preparation has not fit into his schedule lately.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 {I've always felt that} (7... a6 {was the
most interesting way to play this position, but I confess to very limited
experience with it.}) 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Bxd4 {The d4
knight must be eliminated in order to set the queenside in motion.} 12. Bxd4 b5
13. h5 b4 14. Na4 Qc7 $6 {Apparently theory, but as Gausel remarked after
finding this out that doesn't mean it's good. Here he felt it meant he had
rediscovered someone else's error. With hindsight, Gausel prefers} (14... Nxd4
15. Qxd4 {when the absence of white's dark-squared bishop will make it easier
for black to create counterplay with an eventual ...f6. But...} (15. Qxd4 f6
16. exf6 Qxf6 17. g3 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 a5 19. Bh3 Ra6 20. Re1 Kf7 21. Rd2 Rc6 22.
f5 Nf6 23. fxe6+ Bxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Nc5+ Kf5 27. Rf2+ Kg4
28. Ne6 Kxg3 29. Rf1 Kg2 30. Rf5 Rf7 31. Nf4+ Kg3 32. Nxd5 Kg4 33. Ne3+ Kh4 34.
h6 g5 35. Nd5 g4 36. Nxf6 Kg3 37. Ne4+ {1-0 Riemersma,L-Dobosz,H/Esbjerg-B (11)
;EXT 88 1988})) (14... Qa5 15. b3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb7 17. Rh3 (17. f5 Qc7 18. Re1
Bc6 19. Nb2 Rfc8 20. Qxb4 Bb5 21. Qd2 Nc5 22. f6 Ne4 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Nc4 gxf6
25. Qh6 Bxc4 26. exf6 Qg3 27. Rh3 Qg4 28. Rh4 Qg3 29. Rh3 Qg4 {1/2-1/2
Slobodjan,R-Bricard,E/Montpellier ;EXT 93 1993}) 17... Bc6 18. Nb2 Qxa2 {
Nikac,P-Marinkovic,S/JUG-ch (11) ;TD 91\07 1991/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 15. Kb1 a5 16.
Bf2 $1 {Now white should enjoy a slight advantage as his attack, though slow,
is still a bit quicker than black's.} Ba6 17. Bxa6 $6 {Larsen was not happy
with this afterwards. If black captures on f1 white will gain a tempo over the
game continuation, so white can try} (17. Nc5 $5 {at once.}) 17... Rxa6 18. Nc5
{According to Gausel, Larsen was later critical of this move, deeming it
unnecessary. On the other hand, Gausel felt it was strong, and the ensuing
pawn sacrifice gives white lasting pressure.} Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Rc8 20. Bd6 Qd7 21.
g4 (21. f5 $5 {is an interesting alternative, as it is not clear that the
presence of the g-pawn really assists in white's attack. If} exf5 (21... Na7
22. f6 {is much too dangerous for black.}) (21... f6 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Rhe1
Nxe5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxd5 {is also unpleasant.}) 22. Qxd5 {and white's
central control and activity must give him a simple and lasting advantage.})
21... Na7 {Now the Bd6 is doomed. White will get good compensation for the
pawn, but the material should help hold the balance.} 22. h6 g6 23. f5 Nb5 24.
Rhf1 (24. Qg5 {was the enthusiastic suggestion of live commentator IM Kai
Bjerring.} Nxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 (25... Qd8 26. d7 Rb8 {or} (26... Rca8 27. Qf4
Qxd7 28. Qd4) 27. Qf4 {is dangerous for black, but}) 26. Qf6 Qf8 27. Rxd5 Rac6
{and black should be fine.} 28. Rd7 exf5 29. Qg5 {and black should solve his
problems by neutralizing the d-file, e.g.} (29. Qd4 Rc4) 29... Rd6 30. Rd1
Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 fxg4) 24... Nxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qd4 {White's
grip on the f-file and g7 square give him annoying positional compensation,
and black must take good care to guard f8 as well, to avoid falling into the
good old Qh8+, Rf8 mate routine.} Rc7 28. Rf6 Ra8 29. Qe3 {This move is a
little hard to understand since the queen was a tower of strength on its
former central post. Immediate doubling on the f-file looks more logical. Also
worth considering was} (29. g5 $5 {planning a line like} a4 30. Re1 Re7 31. Qd3
{, threatening to sarifice on g6, check on f6 and play g5-g6, with a decisive
attack.}) 29... Re8 30. Rdf1 a4 (30... Qc5 $2 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rf7 {and white
doubles on the seventh rank with a winning attack.}) 31. Qf2 {With both
players now very short of time, play becomes a bit random. White finds it very
hard to break through and so invites complications.} b3 {It would be hard to
resist this, even without the adrenaline surge of time trouble. The pawn
sacrifice gives white worries about his king safety.} 32. cxb3 axb3 33. axb3 (
33. a3 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Rf7 Rec8 {and white's weak first rank prevents
him from successful invasion.}) 33... Qb4 {Threatens to check on e4 and so
forces a minor retreat. Slightly better was} (33... Ra8 34. Qd4 (34. Rf7 e5)
34... Rca7 {which gains a useful tempo over the game. Here} (34... Qa6 $4 35.
Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 36. Qh8+ Kxh8 37. Rxf8#) 35. b4 {would be refuted by} Ra1+ 36. Kc2
Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Rxf1 38. Rxf1 Rc4) 34. Rf4 Qe7 35. Qd4 Ra8 36. b4 $1 {An
amazingly cold-blooded continuation - with flags hanging, Larsen refuses to be
impressed by the a-file and so puts the pressure firmly back on black.} Rca7
37. b5 Ra1+ 38. Kc2 Rc8+ (38... R1a5 39. Rf7 $1) 39. Kb3 Rxf1 40. Rxf1 Qd7 $6 {
Black falters on the last move of the control. Better was} (40... Rb8 $5 {when}
41. b6 (41. Qb4 Qe8 42. b6 Qd8) 41... Qb7 42. Kc2 {is not so clear, but
black's bad king is still cause for real concern.}) (40... Rc5 $6 41. Qb4 $1 {
leaves black fairly paralyzed.} (41. b6 Rc4 42. Qg7+ Qxg7 43. hxg7 Rc6)) 41.
Qb4 $4 {A very strange thing happened here. Although Larsen had managed to
keep score during the time scramble, for some reason he decided to blitz out
his 41st move, as Gausel had lost track of how many moves had been played. In
so doing, he overlooked that after} (41. Qg7+ $1 {black is left with a
hopeless rook ending as the b-pawn will swiftly net a rook:} Qxg7 42. hxg7 Rc4
43. Ra1 Kxg7 44. b6 Rc8 (44... Rc6 45. Ra6) 45. Kb4) 41... d4 $1 {Suddenly,
instead of triumphantly escorting the b-pawn, white's king meets a gruesome
fate. Now there was plenty of time for both to think, but white cannot escape
disaster on the a-file.} 42. Ka2 Qd5+ (42... Qd5+ 43. Kb1 Qe4+ 44. Ka2 Ra8+ 45.
Kb3 Qd3+) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{This game from the 7th round of the European Team championship in Reykjavik
was very important. In order to continue the fight for the medals our Dutch
team had to win all the remaining matches. The author of these lines had to
play with Black against Gawain Jones, a strong and aggressive player from
England.} 1. e4 e6 {Slowly but surely the French Defence is becoming my main
weapon against 1.e4 especially against strong opponents.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6
{I had started playing this system with Black in July 2015. My game against
Giri had also been annotated for ChessBase Magazine.} 11. Qf2 {This time my
opponent chooses another line with White - 11.Qf2. Clearly, this choice was
the result of home preparation.} (11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g3 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Bh3 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. f5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Nxd5 e5 21.
Qe2 Bb7 22. Bg2 e4 23. Nc3 Qf6 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rac8 26. Qb5 Bd4 27. Bb7
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rf8 29. Re8 Qb6 30. Qd7 Bf6 31. Bf3 h6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc8+
Ke7 34. Qb7+ {1/2-1/2 Giri,A-Tiviakov,S/Amsterdam 2015/(34)}) 11... Bxd4 {
Already in July I had to be ready for the game continuation as well. And then
I noticed a very interesting plan, exchanging the Bc5. The point is that by
exchanging it Black can save an important tempo, not having to defend Bc5,
quickly developing the pieces of the queenside preparing counterplay there.} ({
The main line is} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {when Black has a choice between 3 moves,
defending Bc5.} Qe7 (12... Qc7) (12... b6)) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 {Now White has
the pair of bishops and the black Bc8 is a bad one, but, nevertheless, Black
is able to develop sufficient counterplay on the queenside.} Bb7 14. Bd3 Rc8 (
14... Nb4 {The most famous game played in this varation is the one, played by
Shirov against Kramnik -} 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 $13 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/
Monaco (blindfold) 89/(259) 2003. But I believe, the move chosen by Black is
more flexible, since sometimes Black can play b5-b4 as well.}) 15. Rhf1 $146 {
The text move is new.} (15. Kb1 {is the main answer in the position. It looks
like by playing 15.Rhf1 White is losing a tempo, but it is not entirely clear,
whether 15.Kb1 is a useful move at all. There are plenty of lines when the
white king is safer on c1 than on b1.}) 15... Nb4 {I try to follow the plan
prepared at home for the move 15.Kb1.} ({But it is also possible to play} 15...
Qa5 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. a3 (17. Bd4 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 (18. cxd3 b4 19. Ne2 b3 20. axb3
Qb4 $11) 18... b4 19. Ne2 $11) 17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 b4 $11 {with an equal
position.}) (15... Qe7 $5 {deserves serious attention as well.}) 16. a3 {
White prefers not to allow me to play b5-b4 after exchanging the Bd3, then my
Bb7 comes into play.} ({For example,} 16. Kb1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 (17. Rxd3 Bc6 $15 {
/\b4, Bb5}) 17... b4 $11 {with counterplay.}) 16... Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Qe7 (17...
Qa5 18. Bd4 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. f5 $14) ({Here I spent some time calculating
a very interesting pawn sacrifice. During the game I was not completely sure
about the consequences, but the analysis engine likes this move and gives
Black full compensation after} 17... a5 $5 18. Nxb5 Ba6 19. a4 ({or} 19. Rb3 a4
20. Rb4 Rb8 21. c4 Qa5 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 19... f6 20. exf6 Nxf6
$44 {Of course, playing for the team I preferred to play as safe as possible.})
18. Rfd1 ({After} 18. Bd4 {again} a5 {is possible. E.g.} (18... Nc5 19. Bxc5 (
19. Rh3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 19... Rxc5 $11) 19. Nxb5 Ba6 20. a4 Qb4 $13 {
with a good position for Black.}) 18... b4 (18... Rc4 19. Bd4 Rfc8 $11 {
was an alternative to the text. Also with equal chances.}) 19. axb4 Qxb4 20.
Bd4 (20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Ra4 $11 {is a more safe approach than the text. But when
looking at the game you have to remember that Gawain Jones is an aggressive
attacking player, always looking for possibilities to attack the opponent.})
20... Nc5 {Overestimating my own chances of attack on the white king. It was
better to keep the knight on d7, keeping an eye on the e5-pawn and the square
f6, bringing Rc8 on to a more active square.} ({After} 20... Rc4 $142 21. f5
Nc5 22. Bxc5 (22. Rg3 exf5 $11) 22... Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {the ending would
be equal.}) 21. Rh3 ({White has nothing after} 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Na2 (22. Rd4
Qa5 23. Ra4 Qc7 $15) 22... Qb5 23. Rc3 Rfc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Nc3 Qa5 $11 {
with an equal position.}) 21... Ne4 (21... h6 22. g4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. g5
$14 {would not prevent White's attack either.}) 22. Qh4 $6 ({At this moment
White missed the only chance in the game to take over initiative by} 22. Nxe4
$142 dxe4 23. f5 {when Black has to sacrifice the pawn by} e3 {when after} (
23... Rfd8 24. f6 $14) (23... exf5 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qf6 Qc4 26. Bc3 Qe6 27. Qg5
$16) 24. Rxe3 Rfd8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Qd2 $14 {White is slightly better. This
plan with 22.f5 was missed by both me and my opponent.}) 22... h6 {Now Black's
position is again normal.} 23. g4 {White's attack on the kingside looks
dangerous, but Black is just in time to create his own attack on the opposite
side of the board.} (23. Qe1 $11 {and}) (23. Qg4 Kh8 $11 {both lead to equal
positions.}) 23... Rc4 ({It was tempting to make the following move, but I
could not make it work after} 23... Rxc3 $5 24. Rxc3 (24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3
Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 Qxe5 $13) 24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 $14 {when the white
king is extremely safe on d2, whereas the black king can come under direct
attack after g4-g5.}) 24. Nxe4 $8 {The only move.} dxe4 $5 ({At that moment I
saw that the game could immediately end in a draw by} 24... Rxd4 25. Nf6+ gxf6
(25... Kh8 26. Qg5 $18) 26. Qxh6 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qe4+ $11 {with
perpetual check, but I had a feeling that I should continue playing for a win.
And it turned out to be a completely correct decision.}) 25. Bc3 Qc5 26. g5 ({
It was still possible to go back with the queen to hold equality in the game
after} 26. Qg3 e3 27. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxf4 $11) ({and} 26. Qe1 e3 $11)
26... e3 $1 {Obviously, this very strong move had been overlooked by my
opponent. The line of support of the bishop c3 is being cut off. And in order
to stay in the game White has to return with the queen to the square e1.} 27.
b4 $2 (27. Qe1 $8 {would be the only move for White. After} h5 28. Qxe3 Qxe3+
29. Rxe3 Rxf4 $11 {the ending is equal.}) ({Other white moves also lose:} 27.
gxh6 $4 Rxc3 $19) ({or} 27. Rd3 $2 e2 $17 {with advantage for Black.}) 27...
Qe7 $1 28. Rxe3 Rfc8 {Now we have a typical position with the opposite
coloured bishops and the presence of the major pieces. The material balance is
irrelevant, what matters are the attacking possibilities. Black's king is safe,
the white king cannot be saved. Black always has a direct attack.} 29. Qg3 ({Or
} 29. Kb2 Be4 $19 {winning.}) 29... hxg5 30. fxg5 Be4 $19 {Now all the black
pieces are aiming at the square c2.} 31. Rd6 Bf5 (31... Qc7 {was possible as
well.}) 32. h4 (32. h3 Qb7) 32... Qc7 {Besides the weak king, White has many
other weaknesses in the position.} 33. Kd2 (33. Rxa6 Rxc3 $19 (33... Rxb4 $19))
33... Rg4 34. Qf2 Qc4 {Black is trying to coordinate his pieces in order to
attack White from all sides.} 35. Rd7 Rf4 (35... Qc6 $142 36. Rd6 Qh1 $19 {
would be a quickier win. But before the time control on move 40, I wanted to
play as safe as possible not giving my opponent any chance to survive.}) 36.
Qg3 Qf1 ({There were other winning moves as well:} 36... Rxh4 $19) (36... Bxc2
37. Kxc2 Qa2+ 38. Kd1 Rf1+ 39. Re1 Rf2 $19) 37. Re1 Qc4 (37... Rf2+ 38. Kd1 Qc4
39. Qxf2 Qxc3 $19 {was also winning.}) 38. g6 (38. Re3 {could only repeat the
position for the 2nd time, but nothing more.}) 38... Bxg6 39. Re3 Rxh4 40. Qf2
Rf4 {All the white pawns on the kingside have been collected. Now Black has a
material advantage as well. And with plenty of time to finish, the rest is
very easy and doesn't require a lot of comments.} 41. Qg3 Qf1 42. Re1 Rf2+ 43.
Kd1 Bxc2+ 44. Kc1 Bd3 $1 {An elegant finish to the game.} 45. Rd8+ (45. Rxf1
Rxc3+ 46. Kd1 Bc2+ 47. Ke1 Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Rxg3 $19) 45... Rxd8 46. Rxf1 Rxf1+
47. Kb2 Bf5 48. Qg2 Rb1+ 49. Ka2 Rc1 50. Qc6 Rd2+ 51. Kb3 Rxc3+ {I like this
game very much. It was played on a rather high level in an opening which was
still new for me.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nd1 (12. Rad1 Rc8 $146 (12... Qb6 {
Vitiugov,N}) 13. Kh1 (13. dxc5 $146 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Qc7 $13 {Mekhitarian,
K-Drozdovskij,Y/Beijing (blitz) 104/(220) 2008}) 13... cxd4 (13... Qb6 14. dxc5
(14. f5 $5) 14... Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd3 $13) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5
16. Qe3 Qb6 (16... Bxd4 $5 17. Rxd4 Qb6 18. Bd3 f6 (18... Nb8 $2 19. f5)) 17.
Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qh3 Rce8 $2 (18... b4 19. Bd3 h6 (19... g6 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qh6
Qxb2 22. f5 $1) 20. Ne2 bxa3 21. bxa3 $13) 19. Bd3 f5 20. Ne2 $16 Qe7 21. Nd4 (
21. b4 $5 {Vitiugov,N}) 21... Nc5 22. g4 g6 23. Rf3 $6 (23. gxf5 exf5 (23...
gxf5 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Rd2 Rg8 26. Rdg2 $16) 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. c3 $16) 23... Kh8
24. Rg1 Ne4 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. Rg2 fxg4 27. Rxg4 Ref8 (27... Bc8 $5 {Vitiugov,N})
28. Qh4 Qxh4 29. Rxh4 g5 $2 (29... Bc8 {Vitiugov,N}) 30. fxg5 Rxf3 (30... Nf2+
31. Rxf2 $18) (30... Nxg5 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Nxe6 d4+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Rf7
35. Nd8 $18) 31. Nxf3 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Nxd3 33. cxd3 d4 $1 34. Kg3 $1 Bxf3 35. Kxf3
Rxg5 36. Ke4 $18 Rg2 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kxd4 Ra2 39. Rg4+ Kf7 40. Rf4+ Ke7 (40...
Ke8 41. Rf6) 41. Rh4 Rxa3 42. Rxh7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Ra4 (43... Rb3 44. Rxa6 Rxb4+
45. Kc5) 44. Kc5 Ra3 45. Rd7 (45. d4 Rc3+ 46. Kd6 Rd3 (46... Rc4 47. d5 $18)
47. Kxe6 Rxd4 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Ke7 Rxb4 50. e6 Rb2 51. Ra7 Rd2 52. Rd7 Rxh2 53.
Kd8+ Kf6 54. e7 Rh8+ 55. e8=Q Rxe8+ 56. Kxe8 Ke6 57. Kd8 b4 58. Kc7 a5 59. Rd1
b3 60. Kb6 a4 61. Kb5 a3 62. Kb4 $18) 45... Ke8 46. Rd6 Kf7 47. Kb6 Ra4 48. Rd4
Kg6 49. h4 Kf5 50. h5 Kg5 51. Rh4 $1 Kh6 52. Kc5 Ra3 53. d4 a5 54. Kxb5 (54.
Kd6 axb4 55. Kxe6 b3 56. d5 $18) 54... axb4 55. Kxb4 Ra8 56. Kc5 Rd8 57. Kc6
Rd5 (57... Kg5 58. Kc7 $1) 58. Kc7 Ra5 (58... Kg5 59. h6 $18) 59. Kd7 Ra6 60.
Ke7 Rb6 61. Kf6 Ra6 62. Rg4 Kxh5 63. Rg8 Rb6 64. Rd8 {1-0 Vitiugov,N-Maslak,K/
Russia 104/220 2008/[Vitiugov,N]}) (12. Kh1 $5 {Vitiugov,N}) 12... cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Rc8 14. Nf2 Qc7 15. c3 Na5 $146 (15... Nc5 16. Qe1 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ne4 18.
Nd3 Qb6 19. b4 Rc3 20. Rf3 Rfc8 21. Nc5 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24.
Kh1 Rc7 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Qd2 g6 27. h3 d4 28. Rg3 Bh4 29. Rb3 Bd5 30. Rb2 d3 31.
Bf3 Bc4 32. Kh2 Qd4 33. g3 Bd8 34. Re1 Bb6 35. Rbb1 Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Bxf2 37. Red1
d2 38. Kg2 Be1 39. Ra1 Rd3 40. g4 Re3 41. a4 Bb3 42. axb5 Bxd1 43. Bxd1 axb5
44. Ra5 Bh4 45. Ra2 Rd3 46. Ra5 Rc3 47. Ra2 Be1 48. Rc2 Rg3+ 49. Kf1 Rxh3 50.
Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kf3 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Rc5 h4 54. Rxb5 Rf2+ 55. Kg4 Rg2+ 56. Kh3
Rg3+ 57. Kh2 Bf2 58. Rb8+ Kg7 59. Rd8 Be3 60. f5 exf5 61. Rd7 Bf4 62. e6 Re3+
63. Kg2 h3+ 64. Kf2 h2 65. Rxf7+ Kg8 66. Kg2 Re1 {0-1 Hou Yifan-Ding Liren/
Xinghua Jiangsu CHN 2009/The Week in Chess 761 (66)}) 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nc5
18. Rae1 g6 19. Bc1 Qb6 20. Bb1 Na4 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxf5 Rce8 $2 (22... gxf5
23. Nxf5 Bc5 $44) 23. e6 (23. Bd7 Rd8 24. e6 $16) 23... Nc5 (23... gxf5 24.
Nxf5 $18) 24. Qg4 (24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Bh3 $16) (24. Bh6 fxe6 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26.
b4 gxf5 27. Qh5 Qd8 28. bxc5 $16) 24... Nd6 (24... Kh8 $142 25. Bh6 $16) 25.
Bh6 $18 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxe6 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qf6 Ke8
31. Kh1 d4 32. Nd3 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd4 34. Rxe6 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qd5+ 36. Rf3 Qg5+
37. Kf1 Rxe6 38. Qc8+ Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Kxd8 40. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {In one of my previous videos made for CBM I
explained to the reader the serious problems which Scandinavian Defence
players are facing now. So before the Dutch championship I did some serious
work in order to find a replacement to the Scandinavian Defence for strong
tournaments. And my choice fell on the line with 3...Nf6, being played by the
world's top players like Shirov, Morozevich and others.} ({Previously I had
played only} 3... dxe4) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 {The line
chosen by me in the game against Giri is not the only one which is playable.} (
{In the last round of the Dutch championship I chose another one -} 7... Be7 {
which brought me a good position from the opening, although later I took too
much of a risk, playing g7-g5 and losing.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O
Qb6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 a6 15. Be2 b6 $146 (15...
Nb8 $5) (15... f6) 16. b3 Ra7 17. Kb2 Rc7 18. Nd1 Bb7 19. Ne3 b5 20. a4 bxa4
21. Rxa4 g5 (21... Nc5 $14) 22. Ng4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. fxg5 Ne4 25. Re1 Nxg5
26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rf4 28. h3 h5 29. g3 Rf3 30. Ne5 Rxg3 31. h4 Ne4 32.
Rxe6 Kh7 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Rh3 35. Ne7 Rxh4 36. Nxd5 Kg6 37. b4 Kf5 38. Kb3
Rh3+ 39. Kc4 h4 40. b5 Rg3 41. b6 Rg7 42. Kd4 Nd6 43. c4 Rg4+ 44. Kc5 Nb7+ 45.
Kb4 Re4 46. Ne7+ Ke5 47. Ng6+ Kf5 48. Rxe4 Kxe4 49. Nxh4 Ke5 50. Kb5 Kd4 51.
Nf5+ Ke5 52. c5 Kxf5 53. c6 Nd6+ 54. Ka6 {1-0 Bok,B-Tiviakov,S/Amsterdam 2015 
(54)}) (7... a6 {is another popular option.}) 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O
a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {Now we came to a very popular position with a
huge number of games played here. White can choose betewen 9 possible moves.}
13. g3 {Being surprised by my opening choice, Anish decides to go away from
the main theoretical lines and chooses a rather rare continuation. But even
with deep preparation it is not so easy to find an advantage for White. Let's
discuss the main plans for both sides. It is obvious that White should play on
the kingside, Black should try to develop the attack on the queenside. When
playing on the kingside White can choose between pushing the h- and/or g-pawns
or preparing the advance f4-f5-f6. Also attacking the pawn on e6. The latter
plan is the one chosen by my opponent in this game.} b4 {In this game Black
chooses the most typical plan beginning by pushing the queenside pawns as
quickly as possible in order to activate the 'bad' bishop on c8 by creating
the possibility to develop it to a6 if necessary.} (13... Qc7 {is another
possibility, keeping an eye on the e5-pawn , making the planned advance f4-f5
more difficult} 14. h4 (14. Qe3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18.
Rhe1 b4 19. f5 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. g4 Rfe8 22. f6 g6 23. g5 a5 24. Nb5 Red8
25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Bf1 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. Rh4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31.
Rhxe4 Rd2 32. R4e2 Rcxc2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Rc1 h5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 Rd7 37.
b3 h4 38. h3 Rd3 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rxg6 Rxh3 42. Rh6 Rh1+ 43. Kc2
Kg8 44. g6 Rg1 45. g7 Kf7 46. Rh8 {1-0 Ikeda,J-Schon,E/Tuggeranong 2007/CBM
116 ext (46)}) 14... Nb6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Rh2 Rfc8 17. Ng1 b4 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. g4
Nc4 20. Qg2 Rab8 21. Bd3 Bb5 22. Ng5 h6 23. Qh3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Re1 Na3+
26. Kc1 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxc2 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 30. Qxc2 hxg5 31. fxg5
Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rc8+ 33. Kb3 Rc4 34. Rg1 Re4 35. Rg2 a5 36. Ka4 Rxe5 37. Kxa5
Re4 38. Kb5 f6 39. g6 Ke7 40. h5 Ke8 41. a4 bxa3 42. bxa3 d4 43. a4 Re3 44. a5
Ra3 45. a6 e5 46. g5 Ke7 47. h6 Ra1 48. h7 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 Rb8 50. a7 Rd8 51. Rh2
{1-0 Kelly,P-Hunt Grubbe,H/Sunningdale 2006/CBM 115 ext (51)}) 14. Ne2 ({
The knight on a4 is clearly far away from the main area of the game and Black
has no difficulties equalising after} 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 $11
17. Nb2 Rfc8 18. Bg2 Qc7 19. c4 bxc3 20. Rc1 c2+ 21. Ka1 a5 22. Rhe1 Nc5 23.
Re2 Ra6 24. Rexc2 Rc6 25. Kb1 Nxb3 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Nxd4 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8
29. Na4 Ba6 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Nc5 Bb5 32. a4 Be2 33. Kc3 Nc6 34. Kd2 Bc4 35. Bf3
Ke7 36. Kc3 f6 37. exf6+ gxf6 38. g4 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. g5 Kf7 41. Bh5+ Ke7
42. Bg4 Nd4 43. h4 Be2 44. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 45. Kd3 Nd4 46. h5 Ne6 47. Nb7 Nxg5 48.
Nxa5 Kd6 49. Nb3 Ne6 {0-1 Blair,D-Halliwell,A/England 1994/Corr Nr. 1 (49)})
14... a5 ({Besides the text move Black could have also played} 14... Qc7 $5 {
with equality. For example,} 15. Qe3 (15. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 15... Bb7 (15... a5
$11) 16. h4 Be7 17. h5 h6 18. Ng1 a5 19. Nf3 a4 20. g4 a3 21. b3 Rfc8 22. g5
Qxc2+ {0-1 Goldmund-BigMomma/Internet Chess Club 2006/Computer & Internet 2011
(22)}) 15. Bh3 $146 {Only this move is new.} (15. Bxc5 {was played in a game
almost 25 years ago when Black had no difficulties equalising either:} Nxc5 16.
Bg2 Qb6 $11 (16... Qc7 $11) (16... Bb7 $11) 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Nd4 a4 19. Rhe1 Ne4
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Nd6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Bd5 25. c4 Rfb8 26.
Qc3 Bc6 27. Kc1 Ra2 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Qb6 30. Qc4 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Raa8 32. Rd6
Qa5 33. Rxe4 Rxb5 34. Qa4 Rc5+ 35. Kb1 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Rac8 37. Rad4 g5 38. Rd8+
Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kg7 40. Rd4 gxf4 41. gxf4 f6 42. b4 Rb5 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Kc2
Rh5 45. Kb3 Rh3+ 46. Ka4 Rxh2 47. b5 Ra2+ 48. Kb4 Rb2+ 49. Ka5 h5 50. b6 h4 {
1/2-1/2 Elseth,R-Gausel,E/Oslo 1991/CBM 023 (50)}) (15. h4 Ba6 16. h5 Qb6 17.
c3 Rfc8 18. g4 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Be3 20. Bd4 Bxd2 21. Bxb6 Bd3+ 22. Ka1 Bxe2 23.
Bxe2 Bxf4 24. Bd4 Bxe5 {0-1 Hanson,A-Amann,K/IECG email 2001/Corr 2008 (24)})
15... Qc7 (15... Re8 $5 {was also in the style of the position, not only
over-protecting the pawn on e6, but also attacking the e5-pawn when f5 exf5
would be played.}) 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. f5 {White can no longer improve the
position, so he has to make this move, connected with a temporary pawn
sacrifice.} Nxe5 ({It looks risky to take the pawn on f5 since after} 17...
exf5 18. Nf4 {White can develop an initiative. E.g.} Nb6 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxd5
$18) (18... Qc6 {is not good after} 19. Bg2 $1 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxf5 Nf8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Qh6 Ra7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ $11) (19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Ra7 $11) (19. Bxf5 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bb7 23. Bd4 $14) 19... Nb6 20. c4 $16 {with advantage for
White}) 19. Nh5 $14 {with slightly better chances.}) 18. Bxe5 ({After} 18. Bxc5
Qxc5 19. Nf4 Nf3 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Ng5 22. Bg2 Ne4 $11 {the ending is
equal.}) 18... Qxe5 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Nxd5 ({The analysis engine prefers to
exchange the queens and go into an ending, although, of course, it is
difficult to believe that White can get a substantial advantage in an ending
where Black has the bishop pair in an open position.} 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5
Ra7 22. Nf4 (22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nf4 Rd7 24. Rc1 Rd6 $11) 22... Rae7 23. fxe6
fxe6 24. Bf1 g5 25. Nd3 Bb6 26. Ne5 $14) ({After} 20. f6 {White doesn't have
enough resources to create an attack and Black has many possibilities to
neutralise white threats. E.g.} Bb7 (20... e5 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23.
fxg7 Red8 $11) (20... g6 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Qh6 Bxf6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
$11) 21. fxg7 e5 22. Nxd5 Rad8 23. Bg2 Bd4 24. Ne3 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qg6 $11 (25...
Qe6 $11)) 20... e5 $6 (20... Bd7 $142 {would be a more simple way to equality.
After} 21. Nf6+ (21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 (22... fxe6 $11)) 21... gxf6
22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 exf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {Black has nothing to worry
about.}) 21. Qe2 (21. Qg5 h6 22. Qg4 Rb8 $11 {is not dangerous for Black at
all.}) 21... Bb7 22. Bg2 ({Winning the b4-pawn, opening lines on the queenside
is very dangerous for White:} 22. Nxb4 Bd4 23. c3 Qh6 $15) 22... e4 $1 {
I was not able to foresee all the consequences of this pawn sacrifice clearly,
but made the move very quickly. Sometimes you need to trust intuition and
follow chess principles, like opening the position for the bishops and rooks 
(like in this case).} ({After} 22... Qb8 23. Qc4 $16 {White has a serious
advantage.}) 23. Nc3 $6 ({White became scared and decided to exchange one of
the black bishops, but by keeping a cool head, simply taking the pawn (a pawn
is a pawn!) he could have kept a small advantage by} 23. Bxe4 a4 ({or} 23...
Rad8 24. c4 $1 $14 (24. Ne3 $14)) 24. f6 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxe2 27.
Rxe2 Rd8 28. Rd2 Re8 29. c3 bxc3 30. bxc3 gxf6 $14 {with a better pawn
structure in an ending.}) 23... Qf6 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 ({It was possible to simply
take the pawn on f5. But in my calculations I hadn't seen the move 28...Qb5!} 
24... Qxf5 25. Qb5 (25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Bf8 $1 28. Bxb7 Qb5
$19) 25... Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxc5 $11) 25. Bxe4 Rac8 (25...
a4 $44 {was also possible with compensation for the pawn.}) 26. Qb5 ({Keeping
material on the board by} 26. Qc4 a4 $44 {would be risky for White since the
material advantage here is not very important but what matters is the safety
of the kings (in the positions with the opposite coloured bishops in the
presence of the major pieces). So it is better for White to exchange several
major pieces, which is exactly what my opponent is doing.}) 26... Bd4 27. Bb7
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rf8 29. Re8 Qb6 ({or} 29... g6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxa5 Qe7 32. c3
bxc3 33. Qa3 $11 {with a draw}) 30. Qd7 $6 ({It was better to exchange not
only the rooks but the queens as well by} 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxb6 Bxb6 $11 {
with an immediate draw.}) 30... Bf6 31. Bf3 h6 ({Inside my head I had already
resigned myself to a draw and failed to understand that Black was standing
better and could have continued playing for a win by} 31... g6 $142 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 33. Bd1 Kg7 34. fxg6 hxg6 $15 {with slightly better chances despite being
a pawn down in an ending with opposite coloured bishops. What matters again is
the situation of the kings. The black king is much safer and Black can play
for an attack!}) 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ {And here the game ended
in a draw. Without much trouble with Black I had been able to get a draw
against one of the world's strongest players, despite playing the variation
for the 1st time in my life!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Moracchini, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Verat,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 {
Une ligne de jeu plutot rare, les noirs echangent beaucoup de pieces, dont les
Dames, mais restent avec un probleme chronique: le mauvais Fou de la Francaise,
avec une structure de pions verrouillee sur cases noires par le champion de
France 1992.} 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. h4 (16. Bd3 Rac8 17. h4 f6 18. exf6
gxf6 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Re3 e5 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf5 Rc6 24. Rf1 e4
25. Be2 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 d4 27. Rf7 d3 28. Rgg7 Rxc2+ 29. Kb1 Rxe2 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 {
- Sturm-Kohn, Allemagne 1998}) 16... Rae8 17. Rh3 Bc8 {Certes, la construction
noire est assez solide, mais elle semble tout de meme tres passive.} 18. Re3 f6
19. g3 f5 20. b3 Rf7 21. Rc3 Na8 (21... Ree7 22. a4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. a5
Na8 {permettait un nouvel echange, mais ne resolvait pas les problemes de fond}
) 22. a4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Rd3 {La bataille pour le controle de la colonne
c semi-ouverte fait rage.} Bd7 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. a5 {Gagnant de l'espace a
l'aile-Dame et restreignant au maximum le Cc7, qui n'a plus le transfert en b6
via a8, et aucune perspective en e8. De plus, en cas d'echange des Tours, les
blancs menacent tout simplement d'amener leur Roi en c5 via b2-c3-b4 ! Comment
s'y opposer ?} Kf7 ({Voici un exemple de ce qui pourrait arriver aux noirs en
finale :} 26... Ne8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Kb2 Kf7 29. Kc3 Ke7 30. Kb4 Kd7 31. Kc5
Kc7 32. c4 $1 dxc4 33. Bxc4 $18) (26... Na8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Kb2 Kf7 29. Ka3
Ke7 30. Kb4 Nc7 31. Kc5 {avec totale domination}) 27. Kb2 Ke7 28. Be2 g6 29. h5
Be8 30. h6 {Comme si souvent, l'avantage a l'aile-Dame ne sera pas suffisant,
et Manuel fixe une nouvelle faiblesse en h7.} Bd7 31. Nf3 {Permettant ... Fc6
et la liberation de la Tour noire, mais ce Cavalier doit venir titiller h7.}
Bc6 32. Rc5 Rd8 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Kc3 (34. Nxh7 $1 Rh8 35. Nf6 Kf7 (35... Rxh6 $4
36. Ng8+) 36. h7 {etait possible mais sans doute moins lineaire pour Manuel.
Pourtant,} Ne8 $2 {n'est pas possible a cause de} 37. Nxe8 (37. Bxa6 $5 Nxf6
38. Bxb7 $1) 37... Kxe8 38. Bxa6 $1) 34... Rh8 35. Kd4 Kd7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Nf3
Rg8 38. Kf2 {Pour l'instant, les noirs parviennent toujours a colmater toutes
les isuues, mais les blancs ne manquent pas de plan. Rien qu'au niveau des
percees de pion, il reste encore g4 et c4.} Kd7 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Rd3 Bb5 41. c4
Bc6 (41... dxc4 $2 42. bxc4 Bc6 (42... Bxc4 $4 43. Rc3 $18) 43. Nd4 Be4 44. Rb3
{avec l'idee 45.Ff3 et les blancs sont nettement mieux.}) 42. Ng5 Rh8 43. Rd1 {
Si les blancs parviennent a ouvrir un second front maintenant, la difference
d'activite entre la Td1 et la Th8 sera determinante.} Rf8 $2 {Offrant aux
blancs une cdeuxieme possibilite de prendre en h7 ...} 44. Nxh7 {ce qui est
fait cette fois !} Rh8 45. Nf6 Kf7 46. h7 Ne8 47. cxd5 exd5 48. Nxd5 (48. Nxe8
Kxe8 49. Rh1 {etait l'alternative, avec l'idee de jouer g4 quand le Roi noir
s'approchera de h7.}) 48... Rxh7 49. Nb4 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 Be4 51. Bc4+ Kf8 52. Rd7
1-0

[Event "IND-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Thiruvarur"]
[Date "2015.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had my first encounter with Sethuraman back in 2005. And, funnily enough in
12 games I have played 11 Blacks! :)} 1. e4 e6 {I always have had the craziest
games with the French and I was very much in a fighting mood that day.} 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... Bb4 {I have played this from time to time. In fact I had
played this against Sethuraman in last year's Indian ch. Sadly it was an
uneventful draw after ed.}) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Qa5 $146 12. Kb1 (12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
Nb4) 12... b5 13. Bd3 b4 {My opponent was blitzing out moves till this point.
But from now on he started to use a lot of time for each move.} 14. Ne2 (14.
Bxh7+ {leads to a crazy draw!} Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Bxc5 bxc3 17. Qd3 g6 18.
Bxe7 Nxe7 19. h5 d4 $1 20. hxg6 Qb4 21. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 $1 22. Rh7+ Kg8 $11) 14...
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 (15. cxd3 d4 $1 16. Nexd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 $11) 15... Qb5 {
An important move! Before White can play Ng5 and provoke some weaknesses, it
is better to get rid of the queen from the diagonal.} 16. Qd2 (16. Qxb5 {
I was slightly concerned by this during the game. But I thought counterplay on
the a-file would be sufficient for the doubled pawns.} axb5) 16... a5 17. Ned4
(17. g4 {with the same idea as in the game, but not giving the extra option of
f6.} a4 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc4 20. f5 b3 (20... f6 $1 {This looks much
safer than b3} 21. fxe6 (21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. fxe6 b3 $132) 21... b3 22. Nf5 Re8
23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. exf6 Rxe6 {And the line ends with 0.00!}) 21. Rc1 (21. cxb3
axb3 22. a3 exf5 23. gxf5 Bxa3 $1 24. bxa3 Rxa3 $19) 21... Bb4 22. c3 Bc5 23.
f6 $1 {Engines due to the advanced pawn and the bishop pair seem to support
Black, but the position looks extremely scary.} Ba6 24. Rhd1 $40) 17... Nxd4
18. Nxd4 Qc4 {The queen at least appears to be doing something here!} (18...
Qa6 19. g4) 19. g4 f6 $6 {I didn't want to give White the freehand of f5-f6. I
thought the activity will compensate for the e6-weakness.} ({Black is probably
fine after} 19... a4 $142 20. f5 f6 {transposing to 17.g4}) 20. exf6 {A very
normal move, but for some reason my opponent took 40 minutes to play this!} (
20. Nf3 {Maybe he was considering this move, but Black seems fine after} Qe4
$132) 20... Bxf6 21. h5 ({I was only expecting the natural} 21. g5 Be7 (21...
Bd8 $1 {The engine says this is better. I couldn't understand for a long time
why, but it has a deep point. Compared to Be7 in the lines with h5-g6 h6 Bxh6..
Black has an extra defence with Ra7! :)}) 22. h5 (22. Rhe1 Bd6) 22... a4 23. f5
$1 {I missed this neat trick during the game!} exf5 24. g6 $40 {White has a
strong attack whereas Black's attack seems very slow.}) 21... a4 (21... e5 {
I was trying to make this work desperately, but the d5-pawn is too fragile.}
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. b3 Qa6 (23... Qc3 24. Qxc3 bxc3 25. Nc6) (23... Qc7 24. Nf3)
24. Nf5 $16) 22. h6 $6 {This turns the tables!} (22. g5 {I thought it was
better to play this, as it kicks the bishop off this important diagonal.} Be7
23. f5 $1 (23. h6 g6) 23... exf5 24. g6 $40 {which transposes to 21.g5}) 22...
g6 23. Rhe1 Bd7 {I played this almost instantly.} (23... e5 {leads to
fascinating lines!} 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nf5 $3 {strictly the only move to keep
the game level} gxf5 (25... Bxf5 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 $11) 26.
Bc5 $1 Qxc5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Rxe5 Ra7 29. Rexd5 Qe7 30. Rd8 Qxg5 31. Rxf8+ Qg8
32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rxc8 fxg4 35. Rc4 {And it's 0.00!}) 24. Bf2 {
Here I was very confused regarding which rook to play to e8. Surprisingly
either of the moves isn't in the top 3 choices!} Rfe8 (24... Rae8 25. Bg3) (
24... Rac8 {Stockfish says this is better, but it is too deep for me to
understand :)} 25. Nxe6 $6 (25. Rc1 $142) 25... Rfe8 $1 (25... Bc3 26. Qd3 Bxe1
27. Nxf8 $11)) 25. Nf3 b3 (25... Bc3 {fails to the cool} 26. Qe3 $1 (26. Qe2))
(25... a3 26. b3 Qc3 27. Bd4 $1 $14) 26. Bd4 e5 $1 (26... bxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Qxc2+
28. Kxc2 {This endgame is potentially very dangerous for Black.}) 27. fxe5 Bxg4
$2 {Now the crazy complications start!} (27... bxc2+ $142 28. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 29.
Kxc2 Bd8 $1 $15 {I was so tempted by bxc2+ that I completely forgot about this
retreat} (29... Bh8 30. Rg1 $14)) 28. exf6 bxc2+ 29. Qxc2 (29. Ka1 cxd1=Q+ 30.
Rxd1) 29... Bf5 (29... Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Bxf3 31. f7+ $18) 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rg1+
$2 {Played very quickly, now the position is objectively drawn, although still
complicated.} (31. Ng5 $1 {we both missed this simple move. White's pieces
co-ordinate perfectly and f7 is a strong threat.} Re4 32. f7+ Kf8 33. Nxh7+
Kxf7 34. Ng5+ Kg6 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. h7 $1 f4 37. h8=Q Rxh8 38. Bxh8 e3 39. Rd4
$1 Qc7 40. Rd5 $1 $18) 31... Kf8 32. Ng5 Re2 $1 33. Nxh7+ Ke8 {We both were
under time pressure here. My opponent had 3 minutes whereas I had a little bit
more.} (33... Kf7 34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Ng5+ $11) 34. a3 {Stopping a4-a3.} (34. Ka1
$2 {I was worried about this move for a moment, but it fails to nice tactic} a3
35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Rxa8 Qxd4 $1 $19) (34. Rg8+ $2 Kd7 35. Rg7+ Kd6 $19) (34. Bc3
a3 35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Rxa8 Qe4+ 37. Ka1 axb2+ 38. Bxb2 Re1 $11) (34. f7+ {
was the easiest way to draw} Kxf7 35. Rg7+ Ke6 36. Ng5+ Kd6 37. Nf7+ $11) 34...
Rb8 35. Ka1 $2 (35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Rxb8 Qc2+ 37. Ka2 Qxd1 38. f7 Qxd4 {We both
thought Black is winning here but} 39. Rb7+ Kc6 40. Rb4 $1 $11 {this move
saves the game!}) (35. f7+ {again was the easiest way to draw.}) 35... Rb3 $1
36. f7+ Kxf7 37. Rg7+ Ke8 $1 38. Nf6+ (38. Rg8+ Kd7) 38... Kd8 39. Rg8+ $4 (39.
Bb6+ $1 {was the only move to survive.} Kc8 40. Rc7+ Qxc7 41. Bxc7 Kxc7 42.
Nxd5+ Kb7 43. h7 Rh2 $17) 39... Ke7 40. Nxd5+ Qxd5 $4 {The famous 40th move
blunder! I panicked when I saw few seconds remaining on the clock.} (40... Kf7
{would have won} 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Nb4 {I thought White has defended everything
and h7 is coming next and I prematurely stopped my calculations here.} Re1 $3 {
After this pretty move, White is just lost.} 43. Rxe1 Qxd4 44. Rb1 Rxa3+ 45.
Na2 Rb3 $19) 41. Bf6+ Kxf6 (41... Kf7 42. Rxd5 Kxg8 43. Rxf5 $11) 42. Rxd5
Rexb2 43. Rg1 (43. Rd1 $142) 43... Rh2 44. Rf1 Rxa3+ 45. Kb1 Rb3+ 46. Ka1 Ra3+
47. Kb1 Rb3+ 48. Ka1 Ra3+ {An exciting game! Had I taken my chances, the
tournament would have had a different winner :)} (48... Rh5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eksjo m 80 Jubilee"]
[Site "Eksjo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Bb7 (12... Rb8) 13. O-O h6 (
13... O-O 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Ne2 d4 17. Ng5 $16 {Khalifman,A-Speelman,
J/Munich/1992/}) 14. Ne2 d4 $6 15. Nfxd4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 (17...
Rd8 18. Nb3 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxd3 20. Nc5 $18) 18. Rac1 (18. Nc2 $1 $14) 18...
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 O-O 20. Nc6 $2 (20. Nb3 Qd8 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. b3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 (
23... Qxf6 24. Nd7 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Rc8+ Kf7 27. Rf8+) 24. Ne4 Rf7 25.
Qe3 $16) 20... Qc7 $1 21. Qc5 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qa5 $1 23. Ra1 $1 Qd2 24. Qxa6 Qxb2
25. Rf1 Qd4+ 26. Rf2 Qa1+ 27. Rf1 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Qxd3 29. h3 Rd8 30. Kh2 Qb1 31.
Qc6 Qe1 32. Qf3 Rd1 33. Re2 Qg1+ 34. Kg3 g6 35. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonsbeek SNS"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1999.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2336]} 1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {L'une des
nombreuses inventions de Wilhelm Steinitz. Les Blancs saisissent l'occasion de
gagner du terrain avec gain de temps, et projettent déjà de miner la chaîne de
pions ennemie, а sa base, via f4-f5.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {La
variante du grand-maître Boleslavsky, elle permet de renforcer le contrôle sur
d4 et de préparer le grand roque.} a6 {Deux autres possibilités :} ({a)} 7...
Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 g5 {avec des
complications interminables}) (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 (9... O-O 10.
O-O-O a6 {reviendrait а la partie}) 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13.
Nxd4 {et les Blancs conservent un léger avantage grâce au manque de
collaboration entre le Bc8 et ses fantassins centraux.}) 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O {Ainsi les roques opposés nous promettent déjà un duel
passionnant.} 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {On retrouve ce coup de tour
dans les parties de Kasparov. Les Blancs envisagent de poursuivre l'offensive
le long de la colonne -g- ou encore de défendre leur Roi via la troisième
rangée.} b4 (13... Bb7 {Finkel,A} 14. g4 (14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5
17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qc5 $13 {Herrera,I-Luther,T/Cappelle op 1997 (34)}) 14... b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. g5 Ba6 17. h5 Rc8 18. Kb1 $14 {Gruenfeld,Y-Gurevich,M/Haifa 1995
}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 {Tous ces coups ont été joués а maintes reprises.
Les Noirs se proposent de continuer par 16...Ba6, afin d'échanger leur
"mauvais Fou".} ({Une partie instructive :} 15... f6 16. Qxb4 fxe5 17. Qd6 Qf6
18. f5 $3 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 {'|^' Finkel,A. Finkel,A:
' Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994'} Qf6 22. Bh3 Kf7 23. c4 $1 dxc4 24.
Nc3 Qe7 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Ne4 Nb6 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Qe4 g6 29. Qxe5 Rb7 30. Rd6 c3
31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 {et les Noirs abandonnèrent, Kasparov-Short Amsterdam
1994}) (15... Qa5 {Finkel,A} 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 (17. Rg3 Rfc8 (17... Bc6 18. Nb2
Nc5 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Ne4 $13 {Dutreeuw,M-Gurevich,M/Brussels
op 1995}) 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. f5 Qc7 20. f6 g6 21. Qf4 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Gurevich,M/
Helsinki op 1992}) 17... Rfc8 18. Kb1 (18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Kf8 22. a4 $14 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/Leeuwarden op 1992}) 18...
bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Rc8 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. Ne2 f6 24. Nd4
$14 {Herrera,I-Ramas,L/CUB-ch 1993}) 16. c4 {'!?' Finkel,A. Une conception
originale : Nijboer oublie pour un temps l'attaque du flanc-Roi, pour
s'intéresser aux cases noires du côté opposé.} ({La suite habituelle était} 16.
Bb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 {etc.} (17. Bd3 {Finkel,A} Qc7 18. h5 Bb7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2
$14 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993})) (16. b3 {Finkel,A} Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1
18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21. Rf2 $13 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on
Don-W 1995}) 16... bxc3 17. Rxc3 (17. Nxc3 $6 {Finkel,A} Ba6 18. h5 Bxf1 19.
Rxf1 Rc8 20. h6 Rc4 21. Qd2 g6 $15) 17... Qxh4 {Il faut être sacrément culotté
pour oser prendre un tel pion. Korchnoï n'a pourtant jamais reculé devant un
défi et ce n'est probablement pas а 68 ans qu'il va changer.} 18. g3 (18. Rh3 {
Finkel,A} Qe7) 18... Qd8 {Un coup а gauche, un coup а droite : son butin
acquis la Dame revient au bercail pour surveiller la septième traverse.} ({Si} 
18... Qe7 19. Rc7 Qb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. b3 f6 22. Bh3 {et les Blancs dominent
l'échiquier tout entier.}) 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 {Un choix
difficile} ({car} 21. Rdc1 {était également très tentant.}) (21. Rdc1 {Finkel,A
} Ra8 (21... Qb8 22. Rc7 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Rxd7 Rxa4 25. Rcc7 $36) (21...
f6 $5) 22. Rc7 f6 23. Nb6 fxe5 24. fxe5 Nxb6 25. Qxb6 Qe8 $15) 21... Ra8 22. g4
Rb8 {Vers b4 !} 23. a3 {'!' Finkel,A. Premier signe d'intimidation,} ({mais si
} 23. Rch3 h6 24. g5 Rb4 25. Qg1 (25. Qd1 Rxf4 26. gxh6 g6 {'-/+' Finkel,A.})
25... Rxf4 ({surtout pas} 25... Rxa4 $2 26. Rxh6 $3 {et l'attaque perce.}) 26.
Rxh6 Rf1+ $3 27. Qxf1 gxh6 28. gxh6 Nxe5 {et les noirs restent avec un pion de
plus.}) 23... Nb6 {Encore très énergique : le principal défenseur du roque est
éliminé.} 24. g5 {'!' Finkel,A.} (24. Nxb6 {Finkel,A} Qxb6 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26.
Rch3 Rfb8 27. R1h2 Rb3 $1 28. Rh4 (28. Rxh7 $2 Rxb2+ $1 $19) 28... h6 29. g5
Rxa3 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Rxh6 Rab3 $17) (24. Nc5 $2 {Finkel,A} Nc4 25. Rh2 Rb5 $1
(25... Rc8 26. Rch3 h6 27. g5 Qb6 28. Nb3 a4 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Nd2 $13) 26.
Rch3 h6 27. g5 Qb6 28. gxh6 Rb8 $1 $19) 24... Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Qb6 26. Qc2 {
Protège b2 tout en menaçant h7.} g6 27. Rh6 {'!?' Finkel,A. Il fallait
empêcher le coup ...h7-h5.} (27. Qh2 $5 {Finkel,A} h5 28. gxh6 Kh7 29. Qc2 Qd4
$132) 27... Rb7 {Pour tripler les Tours sur la colonne ouverte et permettre la
fuite du Roi vers e7. La façon dont Korchnoi parvient а combiner attaque et
défense est vraiment impressionnante.} ({Une mauvaise idée était} 27... Qd4 28.
Rch3 Qxf4 29. Rxh7 Qxe5 30. Qh2 $1 Qxg5 31. Rf3 $1 f5 32. Rd7 {et les Blancs
gagnent.}) 28. Qh2 (28. Rch3 {Finkel,A} Rfb8 (28... Qg1+ $6 29. Ka2 (29. Qc1
Rxb2+ $1 30. Kxb2 Rb8+ $19) 29... Rfb8 30. b3 Kf8 31. Rxh7 $14) 29. Rh2 Qg1+
30. Qc1 Qxc1+ (30... Qd4 $6 31. Rxh7 Rxb2+ $8 32. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 33. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 34.
Kxb2 Kxh7 35. Kb3 Kg7 36. Ka4 Kf8 37. Kxa5 Ke7 38. Kb5 Kd7 39. a4 Kc7 40. a5
Kb7 41. a6+ $11) 31. Kxc1 Rc8+ 32. Kb1 Rc4 33. Rxh7 Kf8 $15) 28... Rfb8 29. Rc2
Qd4 30. Ka1 {'?' Finkel,A. La faute décisive.} ({Il fallait jouer} 30. Rxh7
Rxb2+ ({ou} 30... Kf8 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rxf7 Qd1+ 35.
Ka2 Qb3+ {échec perpétuel}) 31. Rxb2 Rxb2+ (31... Qd3+ {Finkel,A} 32. Ka2 Qc4+
$11) 32. Qxb2 Qd1+ (32... Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Kxh7 $11) 33. Qc1 $1 Qxc1+ 34. Kxc1
Kxh7 35. Kb2 {forçant le nul par la capture du pion a5.} {Par exemple,} Kg8 36.
Kb3 Kf8 37. Ka4 Ke7 38. Kxa5 Kd7 39. Kb5 Kc7 40. Kc5 Kb7 41. Kb5 Ka7 42. Ka5 {
etc.}) 30... Rb3 $1 {'-+!' Finkel,A.} 31. Ka2 ({Ou bien} 31. Rxh7 Rxa3+ 32. Kb1
Rxb2+ $1 33. Rxb2 Qd1#) 31... Qa4 {'!' Finkel,A. et les Noirs abandonnèrent.} (
31... Qa4 {Il aurait pu suivre :} 32. Rxh7 Rxa3+ $1 33. bxa3 Qb3+ 34. Ka1 Qb1#)
0-1

[Event "BEL-ch"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulbas, Cemil"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {La variante du blocus, telle
qu'elle avait été adoptée au du grand tournoi de Vienne, en 1873, par William
Steinitz. Les Blancs y projettent de soutenir leurs pions avancés sur d4 et e5.
} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 f6 9. Nf3 Be7 {Une position thématique ; les
Blancs jouissent d'un avantage d'espace, mais subissent une forte pression
contre d4, qui doit pourtant conserver son poste, pour maintenir l'édifice en
équilibre. Les deux camps éprouvent de grosses difficultés а terminer leur
développement.  Le Bf1 se trouve gêné par le Cavalier en e2 et le Bc8 par
celui de d7. Les Tours h1 et a8 ne participeront pas aux événements avant de
nombreux coups. Pour les Noirs, un regroupement général, (Qc7 éventuellement
suivi de Nb6, 0-0, et Bd7-e8-h5) coûterait malheureusement trop de temps et
relâcherait surtout la pression contre d4, ce dont les Blancs pourraient
profiter pour dégager leur aile Roi. Dès l'arrivée du Fou sur d3, les Noirs
seraient même contraints d'envisager le fameux sacrifice du Fou sur h7. Les
Noirs devraient donc tâcher de trouver une solution plus tranchante et faire
sauter le verrou le plus rapidement possible, puis tirer parti de la position
encore exposée du Roi en e1.  La première idée consiste dans le sacrifice
d'une qualité sur f3, qui apporterait d'abord un échec sur h4, puis le gain du
pion d4. La seconde, tout aussi dangereuse, tient dans le sacrifice du
Cavalier sur e5, dans le but de pénétrer avec la Dame sur f2.} 10. b4 {Pour
clarifier la position du côté Dame et libérer le Bc1 de sa tâche défensive.} ({
Une autre possibilité, maintes fois essayée au plus haut niveau, consiste dans
l'avance du pion -h-} 10. h4 {qui couvre cette case face aux velléités du Be7,
tout en offrant de nouvelles possibilités pour la Tour.}) 10... cxd4 11. Nexd4
{Vers e6, pour dégager le Bf1 avec gain de temps.} ({Si} 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rb1
a5 13. b5 a4 14. Nc3 Ncxe5 $1 15. fxe5 fxe5 {obtenant une forte attaque ;
Shirov-Gurevich, Munich 1993}) 11... fxe5 {Une décision très audacieuse.} ({
Une partie rapide Bologan-Gurevich, disputée а Francfort en 2000 avait
continué par} 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 {etc.}) 12. Nxe6 {Menaçant déjà
les pions d5 et g7.} Nf6 13. Nfg5 h6 {Toujours dans le même esprit : les Noirs
jouent pieds au plancher.} 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. N5e6+ Kf7 16. f5 {la phalange
d5-e5 a belle allure, mais on pourrait certainement en dire autant du Ne6,
fermement installé au cœur des lignes ennemies. Cette évaluation ne présente
pourtant qu'un aperçu stratégique. Ce qui est peu dire quand les deux joueurs
sont forcés de calculer d'innombrables variantes, chacune plus compliquée que
la précédente.} Bd7 {Supposons aussi :} ({a)} 16... Nd8 17. c4 Nxe6 18. Nxe6
Bxe6 19. fxe6+ Qxe6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4) ({b)} 16... Rh7 17. Qf3 Rxg7 18.
Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Qg6 {Les Blancs obtiennent l'initiative dans les
deux cas.}) 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Be2 Rag8 19. Nh5 {L'avantage des Blancs se précise
: le pion d5 se révèle plus vulnérable que dangereux.} e4 20. Qh3 Be5 21. Nxf6
{Cet échange continue de miner le centre, en prévision de l'attaque contre d5.}
({Une variante qui méritait le détour était pourtant :} 21. Bf4 Rxg2 22. Qxg2
Bxc3+ 23. Kf1 Rg8 (23... Bxa1 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Bh5#) 24. Qh3
Bxa1 25. Bc7 $1 {la Dame est prise !}) 21... Bxf6 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. Nf4 Kd6 {[#]
} 24. Bb2 $2 {Mais ici les Blancs ratent l'occasion de couronner le plan
initié dès le 19e coup :} ({Il fallait jouer :} 24. Nxd5 $3 Kxd5 25. c4+ Kxc4 (
25... Ke5 26. Bb2+ Nd4 27. c5) 26. Bf7+ Kb5 27. a4+ Kxb4 28. Bd2+ Kc5 29. Qa3+
Nb4 30. Rc1+ {gagne.}) 24... Ne5 {La partie se complique encore : le Bb2 ne
vaut pas celui de f6.} 25. Rd1 (25. O-O-O {se heurtait а} Bg5) 25... Nd3+ ({Si
} 25... Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rg1+ 27. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 28. Qf1 Qe3+ 29. Qe2 Qxf4 30. Qxe4 {
les Blancs gardent le dessus.}) 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3 Kc7 {Encore une
variante amusante :} (27... Re8+ $5 28. Bxe8 Rxe8+ 29. Kf1 ({Surtout pas} 29.
Kd2 Qf2+ 30. Kc1 Bg5+ 31. Kb1 Bxf5) 29... Kc7 ({pas encore} 29... Bb5 $2 30. c4
$1) 30. Qxd5 Bb5+ 31. c4 Qe3 $1 32. Qd6+ (32. cxb5 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ {échec
perpétuel.}) 32... Kc8 33. Qd3 Qxd3+ 34. Rxd3 Bxc4 35. Bxf6 Bxd3+ 36. Kf2 Bxf5
{et les Fous de couleur opposée devraient assurer la nullité.}) 28. Qf3 Bb5 29.
Kd2 {Il saisit l'occasion de mettre son Roi а l'abri.} Ba4 30. Kc1 Bxd1 31.
Rxd1 Kb8 {Lui aussi !} 32. Bf7 Rd8 33. Bxd5 Rhe8 34. c4 Bxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Qf6+ {
Les Blancs comptent trois pions pour la qualité, mais leur Roi n'est toujours
pas en sécurité.} 36. Kb1 Re5 37. Be6 ({Une meilleure piste était apparemment} 
37. g4 Rde8 38. Qf4 Ka8 39. Qd4 {avec centralisation des forces.}) 37... Rxd1+
38. Qxd1 Re3 39. Ka2 a6 40. Qd6+ Ka8 41. Qc5 {Et nulle de commun accord.} (41.
Qc5 {Sur} Qc3 {Les Blancs n'auraient d'autre ressource que de donner l'échec
perpétuel sur c8 et c5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O
14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Qe3 Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2, Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A Biel izt (3)
1993. One would think that White has enough compensation, but I guess neither
player wanted to take any chances!}) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 {A stodgy and
unambitious line by Black, but it keeps his disadvantage to a minimum.} (9...
cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 14. Rb1 $1 a6 (14...
gxf4 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Nb6 $16 {Kalegin,E}) 15. Nb2 $5 (15. Bd3 {
Two recent games of Kalegin have shown that this move is dangerous, too!} gxf4
16. O-O Nxe5 (16... b5 17. Nb2 Nxe5 18. Rxf4 $16 {Kalegin,E-Chigvintsev 56/
(305)}) 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxb7 Nxd3 20. Qh5 O-O 21. Ne4 $1 $18 {
Kalegin,E-Okotchnik 56/(305).}) 15... Nc5 (15... gxf4 16. Nd3 $16 Qxa2 $140 $4
17. Ra1 $18) 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O Qxa2 18. fxg5 Qa3 19. Nf3 a5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21.
Bb5 Bc6 22. Na4 O-O 23. Qd3 $18 {Kuczynski,R-Dolmatov,S Polanica Zdroj (7)})
10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O b5 (12... f5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. g4 $14 h6 15. Nh3
fxg4 16. Bxg4 g6 17. b5 Nd8 18. f5 $2 exf5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Nc5 Bxf4
22. Bxf4 Qe7 23. Qe2 Nf7 $17 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E Biel izt (10) 1993}) 13. Nc5
$14 a5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. Qd2 axb4 19. axb4
Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qa2 $2 {Even if Black should infiltrate along the a-file,
there is nothing there to do so White should continue the attack against the
king.} Bc6 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Qxa8+ $6 {Ending all hopes to play for a win.} Qxa8
24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bc6 27. Kf2 Bd8 28. g3 Bc7 29. h4 g6 30.
Bc8 Kf8 31. e6 Ke7 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. g4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. a3
cxd4 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd4 b5 {Obviously Black is preparing his counter-attack
with a7-a5.} 11. Nf4 $6 {And White ignores it.} ({The right way to play this
position was already shown by Morozevich:} 11. Bd2 Qb6 (11... Nb6 12. Nf4) 12.
Rb1 $1 {Prophylaxis! I wonder if Fabiano would have found it necessary to go
on anyway:} a5 $5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxa3 {is an interesting
sacrifice.}) 11... Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxa3 16.
Be3 $2 {Ray was right to let go of the a-pawn, but his last move marks the
beginning of a slow, plodding plan that fails to put any pressure on Fabiano's
position.} (16. Ng5 $1 {is a standard probing move. Only after} g6 {White will
play} (16... Nxd4 $6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qh5 Nxe5 19. Ngxe6 {Ray Robson knows how
to handle such positions.}) (16... Qxd4 $2 17. Nfxe6 {simply wins for White})
17. Be3 {and then} Be7 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Qf3 {becomes a distinct
possibility.}) 16... Be7 $1 {No more Ng5.} 17. Qd2 $2 ({For better or worse} 
17. h4 O-O 18. Ng5 {even though after} Bxg5 19. hxg5 b4 {I cannot make White's
attack work:} 20. Bxh7+ ({or} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh7+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rfd1
) 20... Kxh7 21. Nxe6 Kg8 22. Nxf8 Nxf8 {comes up short.}) 17... g6 18. Rfc1 b4
19. h4 Ra3 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nh3 Na5 {Black is away ahead already, and Ray's
gallant attempts in his own time trouble were ruthlessly brushed aside by
Fabiano's impeccable calculation.} 22. Bg5 Nb3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. Qe2 Qa8 25.
Qb5 Rc3 $1 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Bxe7 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Kxe7 29. Qb4+ Kd8 30. Nfg5 Rf8
31. Nxh7 c2 32. Nxf8 c1=Q 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Qd6+ Kc8 35. Qf8+ Kb7 36. Qxf7+ Qc7
37. Qxg6 Qxd4 38. f4 Qe4 39. Qxe6 Qg7 40. g4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Varuzhan Akobian lives and dies by his beloved French Defense.} 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa5+
10. Bd2 Qc7 11. c3 b5 12. f5 $5 exf5 13. Nf4 {[#] Nothing new with this
concept, but it's an effective setup. At the cost of a pawn White facilitates
his development for future battle.} Nb6 14. Bd3 g6 15. O-O c4 16. Bc2 Be7 17.
b3 Be6 18. Qe1 Qd7 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. h4 a5 {[#]} 21. Bd1 ({I thought in such
position White is supposed to go} 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qe7 23. Qg3 {as the
departure of Black's DSB makes b5-b4 an iffy proposition.}) 21... b4 22. Be2 h6
$1 {Now Black appears to be OK.} 23. Rfd1 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Bb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26.
bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 $5 Nxd5 28. Bxc4 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 g5 31. Qc1 {[#]}
Ke7 $2 {A huge melee here, but clearly Var went terribly with his choice of
king's position.} ({Instead,} 31... O-O 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qc4 Rfe8 34. hxg5
Nxe5 {is quite acceptable for Black. Look up the games of another relative
old-timer, Kaido Kulaots, from his victorious Aeroflot Open campaign. Kaido
castled into White's attack repeatedly, and won four games with Black!}) 32.
Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qc4 Rhd8 $2 {Another error dooms Black.} (33... Na5 34. Qxb4+ Kf7
35. Qa4 Rc7 {is barely, but holdable.}) 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. Rd1+ Kc7 36. Rd6 Kb7
{Arriving from the frying pan right into a raging fire.} 37. Nd4 Qa4 38. Nxe6
Nxe5 39. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Falun"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 ({
Lately, the move} 7... Be7 {has gained in popularity.}) 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1 {
#Tikkanen knew about this move, but he had not a clear vision how to tackle it.
After the game he wondered why not more people play this move. The move is
very flexible, White don't waist time with a3, sometimes he will play c3 in
order to secure the d4-square. If possible the knight can be transferred to e3
in order to push f4-f5. The disadvantages with the move are clear. It cuts of
the communications between the Queen's and King's wing, it allows a knight to
jump in to e4, and it consumes time...} ({Nowadays} 9. a3 {is considered the
main move here. Black is fighting for full equality.}) 9... Bb7 {This is a
move you generally don't want to do, but simple play like} (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Ne3 O-O 13. O-O-O {gives White the oppurtunity to get
things in order.}) (9... Qb6 {is another logical move which unexpedtedly runs
into problems.} 10. Be2 b4 {Black's dream is to play Bc8-a6 and trade the
bishop off.} 11. c4 $1 dxc4 12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5) (9... Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O
{was the only sencible alternative, but it is somehow passive, and you
probably have to play Bb7 anyway...}) 10. Be2 {The ideal square for the bishop
in obviously d3.} (10. Bd3 {and since} c4 11. Be2 {only takes away all Black's
play, White could have played Bd3 after all.}) 10... cxd4 {logical.} ({A
cunning strategy could be to wait a little, forcing White to declare where to
go with the knight.} 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf2 Qc7 13. c3 Na5 $5 14. b3
Rfc8 15. Qb2 {preventing Ba3. White has a secure position.}) 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12.
O-O Ne4 13. Qe1 {# From an optical point of view, black has achieved moderate
success. Next move is important as it might define future play.} Bc5 (13... Qb6
$5 14. Nxc6 (14. c3 Bc5 $1 15. Nc2 d4 $1) 14... Qxc6 {introducing a new
element in the position, the d5-d4 trust!} 15. c3 Rd8 $11) 14. Nxc6 Qb6 {
An appealing zwischenzug!} 15. Bf3 Qxc6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qf2 $6 (17. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2) 17... Be7 $1 18. Bd4 {#Suddenly we have a
position where time works in favour for Black. He does not have to do anything
special.} O-O-O $5 {Maybe Tikkanen played this because he wanted to win. Now
the position gets unbalanced without any objective disadvantages.} (18... Rd8
19. c3 O-O {is slightly better for Black.}) 19. c3 {Black has a lot of ideas
to toss with. Should he play ...h5 and ...g6 in order to fix white's pawns on
the black squares? Should the h-pawn go to h3 in order to permanently weaken
the g2-square? Should he break in the centre with ...f6?} f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 (
20... gxf6 21. Ne3 {was inferior. Black gets three pawn islands without any
visible compensations.}) 21. Ne3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Kb8 {Tikkanen's experiment did
not go very well. He did not get the unbalanced position he strived for and
white is slightly better.} 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Ka8 25. Rac1 Qh6 26. Qf2 Rhf8
27. Qd2 Rfe8 28. Rfd1 (28. Rf5 {with ideas like Rfc5 or d4-d5 would have
secured a white initiative.}) 28... Rd7 29. Rc5 Qb6 30. b4 Red8 31. Qc3 Qf6 32.
Rf5 Qb6 33. Rc5 Qf6 34. Rf5 Qb6 {An interesting strategical game. I guess we
will see more games with 9.Ne1, a move for the future?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The best opening performance was delivered by Brynell. With this game he
crossed the magic 2500 and in next congress he will receive the honour of
grandmastership.} 1. e4 {Finkel,A: ' '} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4
c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {Finkel,A: 'In my opinion this continuation is much more
dangerous for black than 13.B:c5.' Top players have different views about this
move. Luke Mc Shane believes it's too slow, and I think so to.} b4 (13... Qb6
14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20.
Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/
}) 14. Na4 ({The alternative is:} 14. Ne2) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {[#]} f6 {
After Kasparov bet Short up with this move, it has been avoided by practically
everybody except Brynell who found a hole in Kasparov's analysis.} (15... Qa5
16. b3 Bb7 17. c3 $1 Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {Nijboer,
F-Luther,T/Leuwaarden/1992/} Qd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Ka3
Rxc1 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Bxa6 Ra1 $14 {Nijboer}) (15... a5 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 (17.
c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. b3 f6 $13 {Yurtaev,L-Goloshchapov,A/
Goodricke Open 2000}) (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21.
Qxc5 Qd7 $11 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Glek,I/Open 1999}) 17... Qc7 18. h5 Bb7 19.
g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 {+/=/= Forgarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet/1993/})
16. Qxb4 (16. Rg3 $6 {was played by Thorhallsson against Brynell in Iceland
1997.} Qc7 17. Qxb4 fxe5 18. Qe7 Rf7 19. Qxe6 exf4 20. Rc3 Nf6) 16... fxe5 17.
Qd6 Qf6 18. f5 {I think Wedberg carried some kind of Kafkafeeling here. He is
walking on known streets but people are watching behind the curtains, or do
they not?} (18. fxe5 $2 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxf1 $1) 18... Qh6+ (18... Qxf5 19. Rf3
Qg4 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Nb6 $18) 19. Kb1 Nf6 {Kasparov called this move
interesting but not good enough. Finkel,A: 'This move is definitly an
improvement, because after'} ({Nigel Short played:} 19... Rxf5 {but got
trouble after the difficult move:} 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qf6 22. Bh3 Kf7 23.
c4 $1 $40 {black is in troubles; Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994}) 20.
Nb6 ({Kasparov (and also Ftacnik in CBM) recommended:} 20. fxe6 Ne4 21. Qxd5
Nd2+ (21... Bb7 22. Qxb7 Nd2+ 23. Ka1 Nxf1 24. e7 $18) 22. Rxd2 Bxe6 $5 {
And Brynell won against Berg in Örebro, just one week before this game.}) ({
Maybe we will see:} 20. Qxe5 {next time.}) (20. Qc7 exf5 21. Nb6 f4 22. Nxc8
Raxc8 23. Qxe5 Ng4 $132 {Van Blitterswijk,S-Stellwagen,D/NED-chT 2000}) 20...
Ne4 21. Qc7 Rf7 22. Qd8+ Rf8 23. Qc7 Rf7 24. Qxe5 {'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A:
'An attempt to play for a win'} (24. Qd8+ $11) 24... Rxf5 25. Qd4 (25. Qc7 $5)
25... Rb8 $1 $146 {'!?' Finkel,A.} ({There was:} 25... Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Nd2+ 27.
Qxd2 Qxd2 {with unclear play.}) ({There was also a game, Van der Weide -
Stellwagen:} 25... Nd2+ 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 27. Qxd2 Rxf1+ 28. Qc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Rb8
30. Rb3 {And white has a clear advantage.}) 26. Nxc8 $6 {Wedberg goes one step
to far. '?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Very painful blunder simply losing a pawn
without any compensation.'} (26. Rf3 {was safer.} Bb7 (26... Rf6 $2 27. Nxd5
exd5 28. Qxd5+ Be6 29. Qxe4 $18) (26... Qf6 27. Rxf5 (27. Qxf6 $2 Rxf6 28. Rxf6
(28. Nxc8 $2 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Nc3+ 30. Kc1 Nxd1 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nc6 Rb6 $19)
28... gxf6 29. Nxc8 Nc3+ $19) 27... Qxf5 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxa6 Rb8 30. Bd3 $16
) 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Nxd5 Qxh4 29. Qe5 Qg3 30. Nf4 Rc8 31. Bc4+ Kh8 (31... Rxc4
32. Qe8#) 32. Bf7) 26... Rxf1 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rhd3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxh4 (29...
Qh5 $1) 30. Nc6 $6 (30. Qe5) 30... Rf8 $1 {Black steals the show.} 31. Ne5 Qf2
32. Qb4 Rc8 33. Rc1 Qf4 {The white pieces are chased all over the board.} 34.
Nd3 Qc7 35. Qd4 h6 36. Ne5 Qc5 37. Qd3 Qb5 38. Qh3 Ng5 39. Qe3 Qc5 40. Qd3 a5 {
The position still requires patience. Brynell has it.} 41. Rh1 Ne4 42. Rc1 Qb6
43. Rf1 Kg8 44. Rc1 a4 45. Ka1 Rb8 46. Rb1 Qd6 47. Nf3 Rc8 48. Nd4 Rc4 49. Ne2
Qe5 50. a3 Qc7 51. c3 Nc5 52. Qh3 Re4 53. Nd4 e5 {End of fun.} 54. Ne6 Nb3+ 55.
Ka2 Qc4 56. Rh1 Re2 57. Kb1 Qe4+ 58. Ka2 Re1 59. Rxe1 0-1

