[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 exd4 $6 (9... Re8) (9... Qb6) (9... Qa5) 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 a5 (
11... Nc5 12. Bf4 $5) (11... Nb6 12. b3 d5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... Bxd4 17. Be3 $5 Bxa1 (17... Bxe3 $5) 18. Qxa1
Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qf8 20. Qe5 $16) 17. Bb2 $14) 12. Nc2 $2 (12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7
14. Be3 Nc5 15. Re2 Qe7 16. f4 $14 {Lengyuel,L-Tringov.G/Amsterdam izt/1964/
1-0/ 67 TOP}) 12... Nb6 13. Na3 (13. b3 a4) (13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bf1 d5 $1) 13...
Be6 14. Bf1 Nfd7 {/\Nc5} 15. f4 (15. Qxd6 Ne5 $1 $17) (15. Be3 Ne5 16. c5 dxc5
17. Bxc5 Nbc4 $17) 15... Nc5 16. Be3 (16. Qf3 $142) 16... Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Nxe4
18. Qd4 Nc5 19. f5 (19. Rad1 Nba4 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne4 $19) 19... Bxf5
20. Bh6 f6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxf6 Qe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 $19 24. Re1 Re8 25. g4 Be4
(25... Bd3 $2 26. Bxd3 Nxd3 27. Rb1 Na4 28. Rxb7 Nxc3 29. Nc2 $40 {/\Ne3,g4-g5,
Ng4; Rg7+}) 26. Nb1 Nba4 27. Nd2 Bd3 (27... Nxc3 $2 28. Re3 $18) 28. Bxd3 Nxd3
29. Re3 Nac5 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Ke2 a4 {/\a4-a3, Nc1xa2} (31... Nc1+ $2 32. Kd1
Nxa2 $2 33. Kc2 $18) 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf7 34. c5 Nxc5 35. Rc4 (35. Rxe5
Rd5 36. Rxd5 cxd5 {/\Ne4}) 35... Na6 36. Rxa4 Ke6 37. Be3 c5 38. Ra5 Kd5 39.
Rb5 Kc6 40. c4 b6 41. Kf3 Nb4 (41... Nb4 42. a3 (42. Ke4 Rd3 43. Rxb4 Rxe3+ 44.
Kxe3 cxb4 45. Ke4 Kc5 $19) 42... Nc2 43. Rb3 Ra8 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Bf4 Bf8 16. Bf1 {[#]} Nh5 (16... Nfd7 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. f4 Re8 20.
Kh2 Nc5 21. Bd4 f5) 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc1 Ng7 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. a3 Nge6
22. Be3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb3 24. Be3 Be6 (24... Rad8) (24... c5 $1) 25. f4 Rad8
26. Qf2 $1 Qa6 (26... Rd7 27. f5 $1 gxf5 28. Bb6 Qe5 29. exf5 $18) (26... Nc5
$142) 27. Bb6 $1 Rd7 28. c5 Bc4 (28... Qa8 29. f5 $1) 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. e5 $1
d5 31. Ne4 $1 dxe4 32. Rxd7 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rd4 Qe6 35. Qc2 $1 b6 36.
Rd6 Qc8 37. Qc4 {[#]} h5 $2 $18 38. Rxg6+ Kf8 39. Rf6 Qd7 40. Rd6 Qf5 41. Rf6
Qd7 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Qe2 h4 44. Qg4 Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8 46. Rd6 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3
Qc7 48. Qh4 Ke8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. Rxc6 Qd7 52. Qd6 1-0

[Event "America m"]
[Site "Mex/NY/Salvador"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 (8... c6 $5) (8... Re8 $5) 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qc2 (12.
Nb3 $5) 12... a4 (12... Ng4 $5 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Nb5
$14 {Lipnitsky,I-Boleslavsky,I/URS/1952/}) 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 (14... Nfd7
$5) 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Nf3 Be6 (16... Rd8 $5) 17. Bxd6 Bxc4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. e5
Nd5 20. Rd4 b5 21. Qd2 (21. Ng5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 h6 $13) 21... Kg8 22. Qh6 f6 $1 (
22... Nxc3 23. Ng5 $1) 23. exf6 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exf6 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qxe1+
26. Kh2 Ne6) 23... Nxf6 24. Qg5 (24. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 25. Nd2 Bd5 (25... Bf7 26.
Bxc6) 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5+ Nxd5 28. Rxd5 $16) 24... Nfd7 25. Qd2 (25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Nd2 Bf7 27. Bxc6 $140 Ne6) 25... Qc7 26. h4 Nf6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Ng5
$14 Ne6 29. Rd6 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe3 Nd4 $6 (31... Nxg5 32. hxg5 Nd5 33.
Qe6+ Kf8 34. Ne4 (34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. f4 d4 $13) 34... Nc3 $1 35.
Qd6+ Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Ne2+ $2 (36... Nxa2 $1 37. Bxc6 Nb4 $1 $10) 37. Kf1 $1 Bd3 (
37... Nxg3+ 38. Ke1 {/\Nc4,Bc6/}) 38. Ke1 Nd4 39. Kd2 Bb1 40. Kc3 c5 41. a3 Ke7
42. Nb7 $16) 32. a3 Qd6 33. Nce4 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qd8 35. Kh2 $16 Nf5 (35... Kg7
$5) 36. Qf4 Bd5 37. h5 Qe7 (37... c5 $5 38. g4 $140 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Qd6) 38. g4
$1 Nh6 (38... Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Qd6 40. Qxd6 Nxd6 41. Bxc6) 39. g5 (39. Nf6+ $4
Qxf6) 39... Nf7 (39... Nf5 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Nxd5 $18) 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Qb8+ Nd8
(41... Nd8 42. h6 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Qf8 (43... c5 44. Qxb5 $18) 44. Qc7 Nf7 45. f4
c5 46. Kg3 b4 47. Kg4 bxa3 48. bxa3 c4 (48... Nxh6+ 49. gxh6 Qxf6 50. Qc8+) 49.
Qxc4 Qe7 (49... Ne5+ 50. fxe5 Qb4 51. axb4) 50. Qe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {1) Kirillov,V: Mikhail Tal 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.217-229.} Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 (9. Be3
Ng4 10. Bg5 Qb6 $1 11. h3 exd4 $1 12. Na4 Qa6 13. hxg4 b5 14. Nxd4 bxa4 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. e5 Qxc4 17. Bxa8 Nxe5 {Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V World Championship
20th 1954 (14) 0-1}) 9... Qb6 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Re5d4,Gf6e4,Yb6b4]} 10. d5 (10.
dxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gb6d8,Gd8e7]}) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 (12.
Re1) (12. Nd2) 12... Bd7 (12... a5 {Petrosian,T-Shianovsky,V URS-ch sf Kiev
1957 (14) 1-0} 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18.
Rab1 Nd7 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. Nxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qf6 24.
fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxf5 Nc4 26. Qc2 {1-0 (26) Petrosian,T-Shianovsky,V Kiev 
(Ukraine) 1957 MCD}) 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfc8 (14... Nh5 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 15.
Be3 Qd8 16. Qe2 $1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. g4 $18) (14... Ne8 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Rac1
f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4) 15. Rb1 (15. Qe2 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 15... Nh5 16. Be3 Qb4
(16... Qd8 17. Nb5) 17. Qe2 Rc4 (17... f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rbc1) 18. Rfc1 {
[%cal Gg2f1]} Rac8 19. Kh2 (19. Bf3 {oder Bf1} f5) 19... f5 $1 20. exf5 Bxf5
21. Ra1 (21. a3 Qb3 22. Ne4 Rc2 $2 {Fritz} (22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Nf6 $11 {Fritz}) 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qd1 Nf4 $5 25. gxf4 {Fritz}
exf4 26. Rc1 $19) 21... Nf4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd2 (23. a3 Qb3 24. Bxa7 Be5 {
[%cal Rf4f3]} 25. Bf3 {Goldberg,G} (25. Kg1 b6 {[%cal Rc4c7]} 26. Qd1 Qxb2 27.
Ra2 Rxc3 $1) (25. f3 b6 26. Qd1 (26. Qf2 Bd4 {[%cal Gd4e3]}) 26... Qxb2 27. Ra2
Rxc3 28. Rxb2 Rxc1 29. Qd2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 R1c2 31. Qd4 Re8 32. Qxf4 Ree2 33. Qg3
) 25... b6 26. Qd1 Qxb2 27. Ra2 Rxc3 28. Rxb2 Rxc1 29. Qe2 (29. Qd2 Be4 $1 30.
Kg2 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 R8c3+ 32. Ke4 Rc4+ 33. Kf3 R1c3+ 34. Ke2 f3+ 35. Kd1 Bf4 {
Konstantinopolski,A}) 29... R8c3 {Konstantinopolski,A}) (23. Bxa7 Qa5) 23...
Qxb2 (23... Be5 24. f3 (24. Bf3 Qxb2 25. Nd1 Qa3 $1 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxf3
) (24. Kg1 Qxb2 25. Rab1 (25. Nd1 Rxc1 $19) 25... Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qc2 27. Rc1 (
27. Be4 Rxe4) 27... Qf5 28. Qf3 Qh5 29. Ne2 Rc2) 24... Qxb2 25. Nd1 $1 Qd4 26.
Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Qxd5 29. Bf1) 24. Rab1 (24. Nd1 Qe5 $1 25. Qxe5
Bxe5 26. Rxc4 (26. Bf3 Rc2) 26... Rxc4 27. Rc1 f3+) 24... f3 25. Rxb2 $2 (25.
Bxf3 $1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qc2 27. Rc1 (27. Be4 $1 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 $3 (28. Qxe4 Be5+)
28... Qxb1 (28... Be5+ 29. Kg2 Qxb1 30. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qd7+ $1 {
Flohr}) 29. Nxd6 Rf8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34.
Kg3 Be5+ 35. Bf4 {Flohr}) 27... Qb2 (27... Qf5 28. Bg4 Qe5+ 29. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 30.
f4 Rxc3 31. Bxc8 $18) 28. Rb1 $11) 25... fxe2 26. Rb3 Rd4 $1 27. Be1 (27. Be3
Rxc3 28. Rbxc3 Rd1) 27... Be5+ 28. Kg1 Bf4 (28... Rxc3 $1 29. Rbxc3 Rd1 30. Rc4
Bb2 $19) 29. Nxe2 (29. Ra1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rd1) 29... Rxc1 30. Nxd4 (30. Nxc1 Rd1
) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Be4 $1 32. Ne2 (32. Rxb7 Bd3) 32... Be5 33. f4 Bf6 34.
Rxb7 (34. Kf2 Bh4+ (34... Rb1)) 34... Bxd5 35. Rc7 (35. Rxa7 Rxe2) 35... Bxa2
36. Rxa7 Bc4 (36... Rxe2 37. Ra8+) 37. Ra8+ Kf7 (37... Kg7 38. Re8 (38. Ra7+
Kh6) 38... d5) 38. Ra7+ Ke6 (38... Kg8) 39. Ra3 d5 40. Kf2 Bh4+ 41. Kg2 Kd6 42.
Ng3 Bxg3 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Kxg3 Kd5 (44... Re7) 45. Ra7 c3 46. Rc7 Kd4 47. Rd7+
{sealed move} 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch16 playoff Portisch-Szabo +1-1=1"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Portisch,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 a5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Bf4 Bf8 16. Rb1 $1 Ne6 17. Be3 Bg7 $2 (17... Ng5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxa4) (17...
Nxd4 $5) 18. Nde2 $1 Qb4 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Nd7 21. Red1 Ndc5 22. Bd2 $1 (22.
Rxd6 $6 Ra3) 22... Qb6 23. b4 Nd7 24. Be3 Qc7 (24... Qa6 25. b5 Qa3 26. Rb3)
25. Rd2 Ne5 26. Qb3 f5 $6 27. Rbd1 Bf8 28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 $1 Ng6 30. Bf2 Qf7
31. Na4 Nc7 32. Nb6 Be6 33. Nd4 $1 (33. Nxa8 Bxc4 $44) 33... Rad8 34. Qc2 Bg7
35. Nxe6 Rxe6 (35... Qxe6 36. b5) 36. b5 Ne7 (36... cxb5 37. Nd5 $1 Ne8 38.
cxb5 $16) 37. Na4 $1 cxb5 38. Nc5 $1 bxc4 39. Nxb7 Rb8 40. Nxd6 Qf6 41. Qxc4
Qc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. Rc2 Ba5 (43... Rb3 44. Bf1) (43... Bb4 44. Nxf5) 44. Nb7
1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... Nc6) 7. O-O
e5 8. e4 c6 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. Ndb5 $1 $16 {O'Kelly-Najdorf/Dubrovnik/
1950}) 9. Rb1 (9. h3) 9... Re8 (9... Qb6 10. b4 {Portisch}) (9... exd4 10. Nxd4
Qb6 $13 {Stein-Bolbochan/Mar del Plata/1965}) 10. h3 a5 11. Re1 exd4 (11... Qc7
12. b3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bf4 $1 $40 {Najdorf}) 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 Bf8 $8
14. b3 Nfd7 15. Rb2 $2 (15. Re2 $142 $16) (15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Be3 $14) 15... Ne5
16. Rd2 Qb6 {/\ a4} 17. Be3 a4 18. f4 (18. Rb2 Ned3 $17) 18... Ned7 19. Rb2 $17
axb3 20. axb3 Qb4 21. Qd2 {/\ Nc2} Bg7 {/\ BxN, Nxb3 Portisch /\ Ne6 Najdorf}
22. e5 dxe5 23. Nc2 Qb6 24. b4 exf4 25. gxf4 (25. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Nxc5 27.
bxc5 Qxc5+ $19) 25... Rxe3 $8 (25... Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Na4 27. Bxb6 $18) 26. Nxe3 (
26. Qxe3 $6 Ne6 $1 $17) 26... Ne6 {-> ><f4,-> d4} (26... Bxc3 $2 27. Qxc3 Na4
28. Qa3 $1) 27. f5 Nd4 (27... Nf4 28. c5 Qc7 29. Nc4 $13 {Najdorf}) 28. c5 Qc7
29. Rf1 (29. fxg6 hxg6 $17 {Portisch}) (29. Nc4 $143 Ne5 $1 {Najdorf}) 29...
gxf5 (29... Ra3 30. f6 (30. Ne4 Bh6 $1) 30... Nxf6 31. Nc4 (31. Qxd4 Nh5) 31...
Ra8 32. Qxd4 (32. Nb6 Rb8 33. Qxd4 Nd5 34. Qe4) 32... Nd5 33. Qe4 Bxc3 (33...
Nxc3 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. Nb6 Rb8 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Rxf7) 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Bxd5
Qg3+ (35... cxd5 36. Nd6) 36. Bg2 Be6 $1 37. Qxa8 Bxc4 $44 {=/+ Najdorf}) 30.
Ra2 (30. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 Ne5 32. Rg5 h6 33. Rg3 Nc4 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.
Qd4+ Ne5 36. Ne4 $16 {Najdorf}) 30... Rxa2 31. Qxa2 Nf8 (31... Ne5 $5 32. Qd2
Ng6) 32. Qf2 b6 33. Na4 (33. Na4 b5 (33... bxc5 34. Nxc5 Ng6 $17 {Portisch})
34. Nb6 (34. Nc3 Ng6 $1 $19 {Petrosian}) 34... Be6 $17 {Portisch}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-07"]
[Site "Sousse"]
[Date "1967.11.09"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1967.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Qd3 a5 16. a3 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Rad1 (18. Red1 $5) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20.
Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 c5 23. f5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf8 $2 (
25... Bxd4+ $1 26. Rxd4 Rxb4 $13) 26. Bc5 Bxf5 27. e5 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Bc8 29. Rf1
Ra2 30. Rf2 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 b6 32. Bc6 Rd8 33. b5 Be6 34. c5 bxc5 35. b6 Rb1 36.
b7 c4 $2 (36... Bc4 $1) 37. Ra2 Kg7 38. Ra8 Rxd6 39. exd6 c3 40. Ra5 Rb2+ 41.
Kg1 c2 42. Rc5 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 c1=Q 44. Rxc1 Rxc1 45. Bb5 $1 Rc8 46. bxc8=Q Bxc8
47. d7 Bxd7 48. Bxd7 Kf6 49. Be8 Ke7 50. Bb5 f5 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Kd4 h5 53. Ke3
h4 54. g4 Ke5 55. Bf1 Kf6 56. Kf4 g5+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Na4 $5 (12. Nc2 Nc5 13. b4 $1 Ne6
14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Rad1 (18. Red1 $1 $16 {
Portisch/}) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 c5 $1
23. f5 Nd4 $1 $16 {Portisch,L-Stein,L/Sousse(izt)/1967/1:0 (58)/}) (12. Re2 $5
Qb4 (12... Ng4 13. Rd2 Nge5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nde2 $1 $14) 13. Rc2 $1 Nc5 14. Bd2
Qb6 15. Be3 a5 16. Nb3 $5 a4 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. Qc1 $1 $14 {Akopian,
V-Scherzer,A/Biel(izt)/1993/1:0 (61)/}) 12... Qa5 (12... Qc7 $142 13. Bf4 Ne5
14. Qc2 b6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Rad1 c5 $10 {Ivkov,B-Geller,E/Skopje/1969/}) 13. Bf4
(13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Ne5 $10) 13... Ne5 14. b3 (14. Bf1 $5 c5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16.
Nf3 Nc6 17. Nc3 $14 {Sturua,Z-Nunn,J/London/1990/1:0 (41)/}) 14... Nfd7 15. Bd2
Qd8 16. Bc3 $14 Nc5 17. Nb2 $1 (17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Ne2 $8 f5 $15) 17... a5 18.
a3 Ne6 (18... Ned7 {/\ Nf6} 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Qc2 $14) 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Qc2 (20. f4 $6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 (21. Bd4 Nf3+ $19) 21... Ng4 $1 $17) 20... f5
$6 (20... Qf6 $5 {/\ Nf3} 21. Re3 $1 g5 22. Rf1 g4 $5 23. hxg4 Qh6 $1 $13) 21.
f4 Nf7 22. Kh2 $5 {>< h3, /\ Re2} fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd7 24. Bg2 $6 (24. Bxg6 $142
hxg6 (24... Bxc3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxc3 $18) 25. Qxg6 Ne5 $8 26. fxe5 Re6 (
26... dxe5 27. Rxe5 $18) 27. Qe4 (27. Qh5 $2 Rh6) 27... dxe5 28. Rad1 $16)
24... Bxc3 (24... Bf5 25. Qd2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qc7 27. g4 $16) 25. Qxc3 Qb6 26.
Nd3 Bf5 (26... Rxe1 $5 27. Rxe1 Re8 $14) 27. Rad1 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Qf2 $6 (28...
Qc7 $142 29. Rde3 Rxe3 $14) 29. Rde3 $1 $16 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kf8 31. Qd4 $1 $18 {
/\ Re8 >< Qf2/} Qc2 32. Qb6 $1 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qxb7 c5 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36.
Bxe4 Nh6 37. g4 $1 Ng8 38. g5 Ne7 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5 Kg7 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne8 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qa4 a5 $6
{><b6} (14... Nc7 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qb4 Ne6 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Nd4 {Gufeld}) (
14... f5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. c5 Rf6 19. f4 Rg6 20. Kh2
e4 21. Bd4 {0,5-0,5/Bagirov-Yuneev/Leningrad/1989}) 15. a3 Nc7 $6 16. Be3 $1
Qxb2 17. Rec1 b5 18. Qd1 bxc4 19. Bc5 Ne6 20. Na4 $1 (20. Rab1 Qxb1 21. Rxb1
Nxc5) 20... Qb3 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Bf1 $16 Nd4 23. Rxc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Be6 25.
Rc3 Rd8 (25... Bb3 $2 26. Rxd4) 26. Kg2 Rb8 27. Nc5 Rb2 28. Bd3 Ba2 29. Na4 Rb3
30. Ra1 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 Bb3 32. Ne2 a4 33. f4 Nb5 34. fxe5 Bg7 35. Rc1 Bxe5 36.
Rxc6 Nxa3 37. Ng1 Kf8 38. Nf3 Bb2 39. Nd2 Bd1 40. Rc7 Be5 41. Rc5 Bd4 42. Rc8+
Ke7 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Nf3 Bb2 45. Rb7 Bc1 46. Kf2 h5 47. Be2 Bb3 48. Nd4+ Ke5
49. Nxb3 axb3 50. Rxb3 Kxe4 51. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. b3 {Mit dieser Reihenfolge vermeidet man Varianten wie 9.h3 Qa5 und 9.h3
Qb6.} exd4 (9... Re8 10. h3 a6 $5 11. Be3 b5 12. dxe5 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Qc2 Qa5 $2 15. a4 Qb4 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 cxb5 18. Bf1 $16 {
Stohl-Bilek/Trnava-B/1989}) 12... dxe5 13. c5 $5 b4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Nd2 $1
Nxd2 (15... Nc3 16. Nxc3 bxc3 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Qd6 $18 {Goldin})
16. Qxd2 $44 e4 17. Rad1 (17. Qxb4 $2 a5 18. Qd2 Ba6 $1 19. Rfd1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1
Qf6 $17 {Ribli-Shirov/BL9192/1992}) 17... Qa5 {Goldin-Bernard/Paris/1990/i50/
607} 18. Qc2 $1 Ne5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Bxe4 $16 {Goldin}) 10. Nxd4
Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 Bd7 {Der Weltmeister spielt's ohne a5.} 13. Bf4 Qb6 14.
Be3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b4 (18. Bc1 Nfxe4 $2 (18... d5
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Kh2 $13 Nxd5 $2 23. Nxd5 Bxd4
24. Qd2) 19. Nxe4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 d5 21. Bg5) 18... Ncd7 19. Qa2 a6 {/\ c5} 20.
a4 a5 $5 21. b5 c5 22. Nde2 (22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Nxa5 Qc7 24. Bd2 $13) 22... Nb6
23. Nf4 Be6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Nd5 Nfxd5 26. exd5 Qf6 (26... Qf6 27. Bd2 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Ra8 29. Bf1 Qd4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5
8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Nc3 Nc7
15. Be7 Re8 16. Bd6 Ne6 {RR ECO 69/9,61  Kasparov} 17. a4 $6 (17. Qd2 $142 {
ist besser} Nef8 18. Qf4) 17... b4 18. Ne2 Qa5 $1 (18... Nef8 19. Nc1 (19. Nf4
Qa5) 19... Nxe5 (19... Qa5 20. Nb3) (19... Qb6 20. a5) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Nd3 $16) (18... Qc4 $2 {Knaak} 19. b3 $1 Qxe4 $2 20. Nh4 $18) (18...
c4 $1 {Knaak} 19. Bxb4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc5 $13) 19.
Nd2 Ba6 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. e5 $16) 20. f4 c4
21. Kh2 {/\ 22.Qc2} (21. Qc2 c3 22. Nb3 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 cxb2 24. Qxb2 c5 $19) (21.
Nf3 Nec5 $17 {>< b3,d3}) (21. Rf2 Nec5 {/\ 22...Nd3}) (21. Rc1 Nb6 $17 {>< a4})
21... Rad8 $6 (21... c5 22. Nf3 $13) (21... Nec5 22. Rf3 $13 {/\ Nd4} (22. Nd4
c3 23. N2b3 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Qb6 25. a5 Qb7 26. Rf2 $13)) (21... Ndc5 22. Rc1 c3
23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Nb1 Nxa4 25. Rf3 $13) (21... Nb6 $142 $5 {ist besser} 22. Nf3
(22. Qc2 c5 23. Nf3 c3) 22... Nc5 23. Nfd4 Rac8 {/\ 24...Nd3} 24. Nc1 Red8 25.
Rf2 Bf8 $17) 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 (23... c5 24. Bf1 Rc8) (23... Rc8 24. Bf1
{/\ 25.Nf3}) 24. Nf3 (24. Nf1 $2 {/\ Nf1-e3-g4} c3 $17) 24... c3 25. Ned4 Nxd4
(25... cxb2 $5 26. Qxb2 (26. Nb3 $2 bxa1=N 27. Rxa1 Bd3 28. Qxd3 Nc5 $19) 26...
Nxd4 27. Nxd4 {= game}) 26. Nxd4 cxb2 27. Qxb2 (27. Nb3 $5 bxa1=N 28. Rxa1 Qxa4
29. Rxa4 Nxa4 30. Qxc6 Nb6 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Qc5 (32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 $19
{/\ 32...Bc4}) (32. Nc5 Rc8 33. Qd6 Bc4 $17) 32... Rc8 33. Qxb4 Rc2 $13) 27...
Nc4 28. Qb3 Qb6 (28... Rc8 $5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Bf1 c5 (30... Nb6 31. Bxa6 Qxa6
32. Qxb4+ c5 33. Qb5 $18) 31. Nb5 Nb6 (31... Bxb5 32. axb5 Nd2 33. Rxa5 Nxb3
34. Rxa7 Re7 35. b6 $18) 32. Nd6 c4 33. Qf3 {/\ f5}) 29. a5 Qb7 (29... Nxa5 $2
30. Qa4 $18) 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. e6 (31. Bf1 $6 c5 (31... Nxa5 {Kasparov} 32. Qa4
Bxf1 33. Qxa5 Qb6 $13) 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 b3
$17 36. e6 Rxe6) 31... c5 32. e5 Qc7 33. exf7 Qxf7 34. Nc6 Rxd1 (34... Nxe5 $5
35. Qxf7+ Nxf7 36. Nxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. Rc1 Ne6 (38... c4 39. Bf1 b3
40. Bxc4 b2 41. Rd1 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Bxc4 43. Rb8 Ke7 44. Rc8 $16 {/\ 45.Rc7+, 46.
Rxa7}) 39. Bd5 Ke7 40. Re1 (40. Bxe6 $2 Kxe6 41. Rxc5 Kd6 $19) 40... Bc8 41.
Bc4 Kd6 $13) 35. Rxd1 (35. Qxd1 $6 Ne3 36. Qd6+ Kg8 37. Bf3 (37. Qxc5 Nxg2 38.
Nxb4 (38. Kxg2 Bb7) 38... Nxf4 $17) (37. Be4 Qc4) 37... Qb3 $17) 35... Nxe5 (
35... Qc7 36. Qc2 {/\ Qc2-f2 +/-}) 36. Bd5 Bc4 37. Qc2 Ng4+ $2 (37... b3 38.
Qf2 (38. Qc3 Qf5 39. Nxe5 (39. Bxc4 Qc2+ 40. Qxc2 bxc2 41. Rc1 Nxc6 42. Rxc2
Nxa5) 39... Qc2+ 40. Qxc2 bxc2 41. Rc1 Bxd5 42. Rxc2 Rc8 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Nd7+
Ke7 45. Nxc5 Kd6 46. Nd3 Bc4 47. Ne5 Kc5 48. g4 Kb5 $10) (38. Qc1 Qf5 (38... b2
39. Qxb2 Bxd5 40. Nxe5 Qb7 41. Qc3 $16) 39. Nxe5 Qc2+ 40. Bg2 Rxe5 41. fxe5
Qxc1 42. Rxc1 Bd3 43. Rxc5 (43. Rf1+ Ke7 (43... Bxf1 44. Bxf1 Ke7 45. Kg2 Ke6
46. Kf3 Kxe5 47. Ke3 $18) 44. Rf2 Ke6 $13 (44... c4 $2 45. Bd5 $18)) 43... b2
44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rb8 b1=Q 46. Rxb1 Bxb1 47. Bd5 Bf5 {/\ ...Bf5-e6 =}) 38...
Ng4+ (38... Bxd5 39. Qxc5+ {/\ Nc6xe5 +-}) 39. hxg4 Re2 40. Bxf7 (40. Qxe2 Bxe2
41. Bxf7 Bxd1 $13) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rb8
Rc3 45. Nxa7 $18) (37... Nxc6 $142 {ist besser} 38. Qxc4 Qc7 39. Qxc5+ Qe7 40.
Rc1 (40. Qxc6 Qe2+ 41. Bg2 Qxd1) (40. Qxe7+ Nxe7 41. Bb3 Nc6 $10) 40... Qxc5
41. Rxc5 Re2+ 42. Kg1 Ne7 43. Bf3 Ra2 44. Rb5 b3 $10) 38. hxg4 Re2+ 39. Qxe2
Bxe2 40. Bxf7 Bxd1 41. Bc4 (41. Bd5 a6) 41... b3 42. Nxa7 b2 43. Ba2 (43. Bd3
$4 c4 $19) 43... Be2 (43... c4 44. Nb5 $18) (43... Bxg4 44. Nb5 Be6 45. Bb1 Bf5
46. Bxf5 gxf5 47. Nc3 $18) (43... Ba4 44. Nc8 (44. a6 Bd7) 44... c4 (44... Bb5
45. Nd6 $18) (44... Ke8 45. a6 $18) 45. a6 c3 46. a7 c2 (46... Bc6 47. Bb1 $18)
47. a8=Q b1=Q (47... c1=Q 48. Qxa4 $18) 48. Nb6+ (48. Nd6+ Ke7 49. Qe4+ Kxd6
50. Bxb1 c1=Q) 48... Be8 (48... Ke7 49. Qe4+ Kd8 50. Bxb1 c1=Q 51. Nxa4 $18)
49. Qa3+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ $18) 44. Kg2 Bd3 (44... Ke7 45. Kf2 Bc4 (45... Bd3 46.
Ke3 {= game}) (45... Ba6 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. f5 $18) 46. Bb1 Kd7 47. f5 gxf5 48.
gxf5 Kc7 49. f6 Kb7 50. Nb5 $18) 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3 b1=Q 47. Bxb1 Bxb1 48. Nb5
Kd7 49. a6 Kc6 50. f5 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Rb1 Be6 14. b4 Qc7 15.
f4 Ned7 16. Be3 (16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxc4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Bf4
Qb6 21. Na4 Re1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxd4+ {/\ 23... Qc4-/+}) (16. Kh2 $5) 16... a5 17. a3
$146 (17. b5 {i3/686}) 17... axb4 18. axb4 h5 $1 (18... Ra3 $2 19. Ncb5) 19.
Qc2 $2 (19. Qd2 $6 Nb6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. c5 Na4) (19. Bf2 Nf8 20. Qd2 $14)
19... h4 20. gxh4 (20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Nf3 f5 $40) (20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21.
g4 Ra3) 20... Nh5 21. Qf2 {/\ f5} Ndf6 22. c5 {>< e5} dxc5 23. bxc5 Ra3 24. Bd2
{/\ Ncb5} (24. Ncb5 cxb5 25. Nxb5 Qa5 26. Nxa3 (26. Bd2 Rg3+ 27. Qxg3 Qxd2 $19)
26... Qxa3 27. Bg2 Bc8 $17) 24... Bf8 $6 (24... Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Nxf4 26. Nxe6
Rxe6 27. Qf3 $44) (24... Rd8 25. Nxe6 (25. Ncb5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Rxd2) 25... fxe6
26. e5 Nd5 27. Nxd5 (27. Ne4 Rf8) 27... Rxd5 28. Be3 $17) 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. e5
Nd5 27. Ne4 Qf7 $2 $138 (27... Bh6 28. Bc1 (28. Nd6 Rb8 29. f5 (29. Re4 Ra2 30.
Bc4 Nhxf4) 29... Bxd2 30. Qxd2 gxf5 $17) 28... Ra4 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. f5 Bxc1 31.
Rexc1 gxf5 32. Rb3 $13) 28. Bc1 Ra4 29. Rb3 Rea8 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Nhxf4
32. Rf3 $2 $138 (32. Bb2 Rf8 33. Kh1 $16) 32... Qf5 33. Qg3 Rd4 $2 (33... Rf8)
34. Bb2 Re4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Rb3 Rf8 37. Rxb7 Nh5 $2 (37... e5 38. Rb3 $13)
38. Qd3 $18 Ne3 (38... Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Qd4+ 40. Qf2) (38... Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Ndf4
40. Bf1) 39. Rb8 (39. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 40. Kh2 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rf1+ $10) 39... Qxd3 (
39... Ng3 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bg7+ Kf7 $8 42. Qxe4 Nxe4 43. d7 Ke7 44. Bd3 Ng3 (
44... Nf5 45. Bf8+) (44... Nxc5 45. Bf8+) 45. Bxg6 Ngf5 46. h5) 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8
41. Bxd3 Nf4 42. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3
e5 8. h3 c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Na4 (12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5
14. f4 Nf7 (14... c4+ 15. Kh2 Nd3 16. e5 Nc7 (16... Bh6 17. Nge4 Qb4 18. h4 b5
19. a4 a6 20. Qg4 Ra7 21. Ng5 Ng7 22. Nce4 Nf5 23. h5 Nxc1 24. Rfxc1 Qxb2 25.
Qf3 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 {Cvitan,O-Brunner,L/Basel-Zьrich/1993/0.5 (34)}) 17. b3 Nxc1
18. bxc4 Nxa2 19. Rxa2 Na6 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Rd6 Qb4 22. Qd4 Nb3 23. Qe3 c5 24.
Rb1 a5 25. Na2 Qxc4 26. Qxb3 {Mozny,M-Sykora,R/Praha Metro-A (3)/1990/1-0 (30)}
) (14... h6 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxe5 (17... Qxb2 18. Rd1 b6
19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. Rf1 Ng7 21. Qf7+ Kh7 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxc3 24. Qxg6+ Kg8
25. e5 Qxe5 26. Qf7+ {Mozny,M-Ankerst,Mic/Praha DDM (01)/1992/1-0 (33)}) 18.
Qf3 Qxb2 19. Rf1 Ng7 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Bc1 Qxa2 22. Qf7+ Kh7 23. Nf4 Be8 24. Qe7
Qc4 25. Kh1 Qd4 {Mozny,M-Dolezal,M/Praha Metro-A (1)/1990/1-0 (26)}) 15. Nxf7
Bd4+ 16. Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5 Nc7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. Nd6 Rf8 22.
h4 b6 23. h5 Qg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Be4 Ba6 26. Re1 {Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/
Linares (12)/1993/0.5 (47)}) 12... Qb5 (12... Qc7 13. Bf4 (13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5
Ne5 15. Nxc5 Qe7 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc7 18. f4 Rd8 19. Qb3 Nb5 20. Be3 Nd4
21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh2 a5 23. Rad1 Ra6 24. Qc4 Qb4 25. Qc2 Rb6 26. Rf2 {
Modr,B-Karlik,J/CSR-chT/1992/1-0 (36)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe7
16. Na4 Nc7 17. Rfd1 {Kirov,N-Yuneev,A/Leningrad/1989/0.5 (17)}) (12... Qb4 $6
13. Bd2 (13. Bg5 b5 14. Nc3 Nxe5 15. Be7 Qxb2 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Rc2
Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qb4 20. Qd2 c4 21. Rb1 Qe7 22. Rcb2 {Bunkens,R-Vetemaa,Y/Huy op/
1992/0-1 (22)}) 13... Qxe4 14. Re1 Qd3 (14... Qf5 15. g4 Qd3 16. Bf1 Qd5 17.
Nc3 Qe6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 $16 {Ninov-Mc Donald/Groningen jr/
1986/}) 15. Bf1 Qf5 16. g4 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 b5 20. Bg5 Nef6
21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. Nc3 h6 23. Bf4 b4 24. Bd6 Qd8 25. Bc4+ Kh7 26. Na4 {
Kirov-Pekarek /Praha/1983/1-0 (32)}) (12... Qa6 13. Bf4 (13. Qc2 b6 14. Bf4 Nc7
15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Rd6 b5 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Ne2 Qc7 20. b3 a5 21. a4
bxa4 22. bxa4 Rb8 23. Nc1 Rb4 24. Na2 Rb8 25. Bf1 Nxf4 26. gxf4 {Soppe,
G-Servat,R/Argentina ch (11)/1989/0.5 (63)}) (13. Bg5 b5 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be7 (
15. Qd6 Ne6 16. h4 b4 17. Nd1 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Re8 19. Ne3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Qxc5 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Be6 23. e5 Rac8 24. Rd6 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. f4 {Manakova,
M-Sergeev,Vl/Moscow op Russian Winter/1991/0-1 (61)}) 15... Re8 16. Bd6 Ne6 17.
a4 b4 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Nd2 Ba6 20. f4 c4 21. Kh2 Rad8 (21... Nec5 $5 22. Nd4
Rac8 23. h4 Qb6 24. a5 Qb7 25. Rf3 $6 Nd3 26. Nxc4 $1 {Adianto,U-Loginov,V/
Manila (ol)/1992/0.5 (45)}) (21... Nb6 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Ned4 Rac8 24. Ng5 c3 25.
bxc3 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 {Adianto,U-Antonio,R/Beijing (05)/1992/1-0 (37)}) 22. Qc2
Nb6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Nf3 c3 25. Ned4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 {Huebner,R-Kasparov,G/
Dortmund (6)/1992/1-0 (50)}) 13... Nc7 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Rfd1 Re8 (15... b5 16.
Nc3 c4 17. Rd6 Qb7 (17... Ndc5 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Nf6 Qb7 20. Rad1 Nd3 21. R1xd3
cxd3 22. Qxd3 c5 23. Qd2 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Be6 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6 {Adianto,
U-Kjeldsen,J/Gausdal AC/1992/1-0 (28)}) 18. Rad1 Ndc5 19. Bf1 Qc7 20. b3 b4 21.
Na4 Nxa4 22. bxa4 c3 23. Bc4 h6 24. Kg2 g5 25. Be3 a5 26. Qe2 {Adianto,
U-Wojtkiewicz,A/New York op (8)/1991/1-0 (47)}) 16. Rd6 Qa5 17. Rad1 Nb6 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. a3 Qa4 20. Qe2 b5 21. Qe3 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. R6d2 Ra2 24. Rb1
c4 25. Rc2 b5 26. Bh6 {Yusupov,A-Kasparov,G/Linares (5)/1990/0-1 (63)}) 13. Bg5
(13. Qc2 Nc7 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 c4 (14... Ne6 15. Bf1 Qa5) 15. Bf1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. Bf4) 14... Ne6 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Bf1 (16. Nd2 Qxe5 17. Nxc4 Qh5 18. Nd6
Ne5 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20. g4 Qh4 21. f4 Qg3 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nc4 24. e5 Nxe3
25. Kxe3 g5 26. fxg5 {Verat,L-Apicella,M/Clichy op (4)/1991/0-1 (38)}) 16...
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxc4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 b6 22. Nd3
c5 23. Rac1 Bb7 24. Bg2 Rfe8 25. e5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 {Yusupov,A-Dolmatov,S/Wijk
ann Zee (cm/12)/1991/0.5 (49)}) (13. Be3 Nc7 14. Rc1 Ne6 15. b3 Rd8 $1 16. Bg5
Re8 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Nb2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Qc2 b5 23.
Nb2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd3 Nd4 26. Qd1 {Yusupov,A-Damljanovic,B/Belgrad/
1991/0.5 (164)}) 13... Nc7 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bd6 Ne6 (15... Na6 16. b3 Nxe5 $140
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd8+) 16. b3 $1 $146 (16. Re1 c4 17. Re3 Nxe5
18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ng5 21. a4 Qxb2 22. Rc2 Qg7 23. Kh2 Nxe4
24. Bb4 Bf5 25. g4 Rad8 26. Qc1 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Blees,A/Komotini op/1992/0-1 
(31)}) 16... Qa6 (16... a5 17. Nb2 Qa6 18. a4 b6 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. Nfd2 $14 {/\f4
}) (16... c4 17. Nc3 (17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Re1 (18. Re1 Qb5 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. Nb2 b5
21. a4 $36)) (17. Nb2 {Dautov} cxb3 (17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20.
Nxc4 $14) 18. a4 Qa6 19. Qxb3 b6 20. Nc4 $36) 17... Qa5 18. b4 $14) (16... Nef8
{Dautov} 17. Nb2 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc4 $44 {/\Qd8}) 17. Qc2
$6 (17. Nb2 $1 b5 (17... b6 18. Nd3 Qb7 (18... Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. f4 c5 21.
a4 $16) (18... Nef8 19. a4 Qb7 20. a5 $16) 19. Nd2 $16 {/\f4}) 18. a4 (18. Nd3
{Dautov} Qb6 (18... c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nb4 Qb6 21. Rb1 $16) 19. Rc1 $16 {
/\Kh2,Nd2,f4}) 18... Qb6 19. a5 Qd8 20. Nd3 $36) (17. Rc1 {Dautov} b5 (17... b6
$5) 18. Nxc5 Ndxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxa2 $13) 17... b6 18. Nb2 (18. Rfd1) 18... Qb7 (
18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd4 21. Qd2 Rxe5 22. Nc4 $44) 19. Nd3 (19. a4
$5 a5 20. Nc4) 19... a5 $1 20. h4 (20. Nd2 $2 {Dautov} Nd4 21. Qd1 Nxe5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nc4 Re7 $17) (20. Qb2 {Dautov} Qa7 21. Nd2 Ba6 22.
Nc4 b5 23. Nxa5 $2 (23. Ne3 c4 $132) 23... Qb6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 c5 26. Qd2
b4 $19) 20... Qa7 21. Rfd1 (21. Bh3 {Dautov} Nef8 $1 {/\Ne5}) 21... Ba6 22. Bh3
Nef8 (22... Rad8 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Nf4 Ree8 25. e6 $44) 23. Qc3 {/\Nf4} Bxd3
24. Rxd3 a4 25. Rad1 axb3 26. axb3 Qa5 $1 27. Qxa5 (27. Qb2 $6 {Dautov} Qb4 {
/\c4}) 27... bxa5 $1 (27... Rxa5 $2 28. Bxf8 (28. Bxd7 {Dautov} Nxd7 29. Bc7
Nxe5 $2 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rd8 $18) 28... Nxf8 29. Rd8 $16) 28. Bxf8 (28. Rc1 {
Dautov} a4 (28... Nxe5 $6 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxc5 $14) 29. Bxc5 (29. bxa4 Rxa4
$10) 29... Nxc5 30. Rxc5 a3 31. Rd1 a2 32. Ra1 Reb8 33. Rc3 Rb4 $10) 28... Nxf8
29. Rc1 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxc5 Rxe4 $10 32. Rxc6 (32. Re3 $5 Rxe3 33. fxe3
Ra8 (33... Bh6 34. Kf2 f6 35. Rxc6 fxe5 $14) 34. Rxc6 Ra3 35. Kf2 Bh6 $10)
32... Bxe5 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 $5 fxe6 13. Ng5 $1 Ne5 (13... Nc7
14. f4 e5 15. f5 $1 c4+ 16. Kh2 Nf6 (16... Qc5 17. Qe2 b5 18. a4 $1 $16) 17.
Qe2 Qa6 18. Be3 $16) 14. f4 Nf7 $1 (14... c4+ 15. Kh2 Nd3 16. e5 Nc7 17. Nce4
$16) (14... h6 $2 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxb2 18. Rd1 $1 b6 19.
Qf3 $18 {Mozny-Ankerst/Prague/1992/}) 15. Nxf7 Bd4+ $1 16. Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5 Nc7
18. Ne4 Nd5 19. a4 $5 a5 (19... Qc7 20. a5 Rb8 21. Qc2 b6 22. axb6 axb6 {xa})
20. Ra3 Qc7 $6 (20... Qd8 $142) 21. Nd6 Rf8 (21... Rg7 $2 22. Ne8) (21... Rd7
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nb5 $14) 22. h4 b6 23. h5 $6 (23. Qc2 {/\ Qc2-e4, Ra3-f3,
b2-b3, Bd2+/-}) 23... Qg7 $1 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Be4 Ba6 26. Re1 Ne7 27. Kg2 Rad8
28. Rb3 $5 (28. Qb3 c4 $1 29. Nxc4 Bc5 30. Ne3 {/\ Ng4}) 28... Bxe5 $1 (28...
b5 $6 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Qg4 Nf5 31. Nxb5 c4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rb6 $16) 29. fxe5
Qxe5 30. Qg4 Rxd6 31. Bf4 $6 (31. Bxg6 $1 Qg7 32. Rxe6 $10) 31... Rxf4 32. gxf4
Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Qf6 $6 (33... Qd4 $1 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Rbe3 Bc8 $1 36. Qe5 Qxe5
37. fxe5 $17) 34. Rxb6 Bd3 $1 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Qh3 Bxe4 37. Qh7+ Qg7 38. Qxg7+
Kxg7 39. Rxe4 Nf5+ 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Rc4 Rd5 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Ra8 Nd6 44. Rc3 c4
45. Ra6 Rc5 46. b3 Kf6 47. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 a5 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bf4 a4 (13... h6) 14. b4 (
14. Rb1 $5 axb3 15. axb3 h6 16. Qc2 Ra3 $6 17. Rbd1 Nh5 18. Bc1 Ra1 19. b4 Nd7
20. Nb3 Ra8 21. g4 Nhf6 22. Rxd6 $16 {Abramovic-Zontakh/Podgorica/1993}) 14...
Ne6 15. Be3 $5 {N} (15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxd6 Bxc4 17. e5 Nd7 18. Re4 Be6 19. b5
Bf5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rd4 Qa5 $1 22. Rc1 Nxe5 23. Rxa4 $10 {Stohl-Akopian/
Manila ol/1992}) 15... a3 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 $2 17. Nxa4 Bxc4 18. Nb6 $18
) 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Ne2 c5 $2 (18... d5 $2 19. exd5 cxd5 20. c5 $16
) (18... Qc7 19. Nf4 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Ba1 $16 {/\Nd5}) (18... b5 $1 {>=}
19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nc3 (20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxe5 Bxa2 $44) 20... Bc4
$14) 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Qa5 21. Bd6 $1 (21. Be3 Rac8 22. Qb3 $2 Rxc4) (21.
Bd4 Rac8 22. e5 Nd7 23. Bxb7 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 $10) 21... Red8 (21... Rac8 22.
c5 Bxa2 23. e5 Nd7 24. Bxb7 Rxc5 (24... Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27.
Nd4 Rxc5 28. Nc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Be6 30. Qe2 a2 31. Ra6 a1=Q 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.
Rxa1 Bxa1 $16) 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qc2 Nxb7 27. Qxa2 Rxe5 28. Rc8+ Bf8 29. Rd1
$16) 22. e5 Nd7 (22... Ne8 23. Nd4 Nxd6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. exd6 $16) 23. Nd4 $1
Nxe5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. c5 Nf7 26. Rxe6 Rd7 27. Qb3 Qd2 28. Rce1 $18 Bd4 29.
Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Bf8+ (31. Bf8+ Kf6 32. Qe6+ Kg5 33. Qg4+ Kf6 34.
Re6#) 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ndf6 $6 (13... Ne5
14. f4 Nf7 (14... c4+ 15. Kh2 Nd3 16. e5 $44) 15. Nxf7 Bd4+ 16. Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5
$44) (13... e5 14. Qe2 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Rd1 $44) 14. Be3 Qa5 (14... h6 15.
Nf3 Qxb2 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Bxc5 Rf7 19. Ne5 $16) 15. Rc1 c4 (15... b6
$2 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 $16) (15... h6 16. Nf3 b6 $2 17. Ne5 $16)
16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Rfd1 Nfe8 (17... Rd8 18. Bf4 e5 (18... Nfe8 19. e5 Nf7 20. Rxd8
Nxd8 21. Qxc4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxh7 Nf7 24. Qh4 $16) 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20.
Qxc4+ $18) 18. Rd2 e5 $2 (18... h6 {>=} 19. Nf3 {/\e5} e5 (19... b5 20. Bc5 b4
21. Bxd6 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 $16) (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Rd4 $16
) 20. Rcd1 Rf6 21. Nxe5 $5 Qxe5 22. f4 (22. Bd4 Qe7 $1 (22... Qe6 23. e5 $16)
23. e5 Re6 24. exd6 Rxe2 (24... Nxd6 25. Qf1 $44) 25. dxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7
27. Rd8 Nc7 $10) 22... Qa5 (22... Qe7 $6 23. e5 Re6 24. Bc5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5
26. Qf2 Re6 27. Rxd6 Nxd6 28. Qd2 $16) (22... Qe6 $6 23. e5 Nf5 24. exf6 Nxe3
25. Re1 Nxg2 26. Rd8 $1 Kf7 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. fxg7 Kf7 29. g8=Q+ Kxg8 30. Qxe6+
Bxe6 31. Rxe6 $18) 23. e5 Re6 24. exd6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Kf2 Bd7 $13) 19.
Rcd1 h6 20. Rxd6 $1 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 hxg5 22. Rxg6 $40 Rf6 (22... b5 23. Rxc6 Bb7
24. Rg6 $16) 23. Rxg5 b5 24. Qh5 $16 Qc7 (24... Re6 25. h4 {/\Bh3} b4 26. Nd5
$1 cxd5 27. exd5 Rf6 (27... Re7 28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31.
Qf6+ $18) 28. Qe8+ Rf8 29. Qxe5 Rf7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Be4+ $18)
25. Rxe5 Rxf2 26. Rg5 Rf7 27. e5 Be6 28. Ne4 $18 Qd8 29. Qh6 Qd5 30. Bc5 $2 (
30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Bxd5 Bxh6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Bc5#) 30... Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxh6 32.
Rxe6 Bg7 33. Rxc6 Rd8 34. Ba3 $2 (34. b3 $18) (34. Rg6 $18) 34... a5 35. Nd6
Rf6 36. Nxb5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rf2 $132 38. h4 (38. Rd6 $142) 38... Rdd2 39. Rxc4
Rxg2+ 40. Kh3 Be5 $10 (40... Bxb2 41. Bd6 $14) 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Rg5 Ke6 43. Nc3
Rh2+ 44. Kg4 Rd3 45. Ne4 Re3 46. Rg6+ Kf7 47. Kf5 Rf3+ (47... Rxe4 48. Kxe4
Bxb2 49. Ra6 Bxa3 50. Rxa5 $10) 48. Kg5 Bxg3 49. Ra6 (49. h5 Be5 50. Nd6+ Bxd6
51. Rxd6 $10) 49... Bxh4+ 50. Kg4 Rf1 51. Nd6+ Kg6 52. Ne4+ Bf6 53. Nxf6 Rxf6
54. Rxa5 Rg2+ 55. Kh3 Rff2 56. Ra6+ Kf5 57. Ra5+ Ke4 58. Ra4+ Kd3 59. Rf4 Rh2+
60. Kg4 Rxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Rb1 a5 (9... a6 {/\b5}) 10. h3 a4 $146 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Be3
Re8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 (14. Rbe1 a4 $10) 14... Nfxe4 $1 15. Nxc6 (15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 $15) 15... bxc6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17.
Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 $10) (10... Re8) 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nc5
14. Rfe1 Nfd7 (14... Qe7 15. Rbd1 $14) (14... Qb6 $5) 15. b4 $1 (15. f4 $6 Qb6
16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb4 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nf5 $16) 18. Na2 Qa3 19. Nc3 Qb4
$10) 15... axb3 16. axb3 Qe7 (16... Qb6 $2 17. b4 $16) 17. Rbd1 (17. f4 $1 Nf6
18. Bf2 $14) 17... h5 18. b4 (18. f4 $5) 18... Ne6 19. Nxe6 (19. Nb3 $6 h4 $1 (
19... Ne5 20. Ne2 {/\f4}) 20. g4 Be5 21. Ne2 g5 {/\Ndf8-g6}) (19. f4 $6 h4 20.
g4 (20. Nxe6 Qxe6 {><c4}) 20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxf4 $17) 19... Qxe6 20. Ne2 Ne5
$10 21. c5 $2 (21. Rc1 Ra3 (21... b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nf4 Qc4 24. Qb1 Qa2 $10)
22. Nd4 (22. Nf4 Qf6 23. Red1 h4 $1 24. gxh4 Bh6 25. Nd5 cxd5 26. Bxh6 Qxh4 $17
) 22... Qf6 23. Rcd1 (23. Red1 $5) 23... Be6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 $132) 21... Ra2 22.
Qc1 dxc5 23. bxc5 Qb3 $36 24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Qb1 (25. f4 $6 Qxc1 26. Bxc1 Nd7 27.
Nb3 Rc2 28. Be3 Rc3 29. Rb1 Bf8 $17) 25... Ra3 26. Re2 Rd8 (26... Qxc5 27. Nf5
(27. Nc2 Qc4 28. Nxa3 Qxe2 29. Bf1 Qf3 30. Bg2 Qf6 31. f4 Qe7 (31... Nd7 $2 32.
Nc4 $44) 32. Qc1 Bf8 $1 33. Nb1 Nd7 $17) 27... Qc4 28. Rc2 Qa4 29. Nxg7 Kxg7
30. Bd4 $44) 27. Nc2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rd3 29. Qb1 Bf8 {><c5} (29... Nd7 $5 30.
Bf1 $1 (30. Ne1 Rc3 31. Ra2 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qxc5 $15) 30... Rc3 31. Qd1 $13) 30.
Ne1 Rb3 (30... Rc3 $1 31. Qd1 (31. Ra2 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qxc5 $15) 31... Bxc5 32.
Bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qd8+ Qf8 34. Qd4 Rc5 35. f4 Nd7 $15) 31. Qd1 $1 Be6 32. Kh2 Rb1 (
32... Bxc5 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Bg5 Nd7 35. Rd2 $40) (32... Rc3 $5 33. Rb2 $1 $10 (
33. Qd4 Nd7) (33. Bd4 Rc1 34. Qd2 Nd7 35. Nd3 Rb1 36. Qc2 Rb5 $17) 33... Bxc5
$6 34. Rxb7 Bxe3 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 $16) 33. Qxb1 Qxe2 34. Bd4 Nc4 35. Nf3
$10 Bg7 36. Qxb7 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Qxf2 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Qxc6 Ne3 40. e5 (40. Qc8+
Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kg8 $10 (41... Kh6 $4 42. Qf4+)) 40... Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Nxg3+ 42. Kh2
Nf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3
e5 8. h3 (8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 {Only transposes to the
game position with some extra moves.} ({A more interesting try is} 11... Ne8 $5
) 12. Na4 $5 Qd8 13. b3 Nc5 14. Nc3 a5 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Be3 Qb4 $2 17. Qc2 Nfd7
18. Na4 $2 ({White misses a typical winning combination} 18. Ncb5 $1 cxb5 19.
Nxb5 a4 20. Bd2 $18) 18... Nxa4 19. bxa4 Qa3 20. Bc1 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qe5 22. Rd1
Nc5 23. Bb2 Qe7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Rb3 Rd8 27. Qb2+ Kg8 28. Rxd8+
Qxd8 29. Qe5 $36 {Jurek,J-Sonnberger,R/Schwaebisch Gmuend op/1997/}) 8... Re8
9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Re1 a5 (11... Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Bxd6 $1
{This tactical operation is similar to the game, only Black's pawn is still on
a7. This favour White-there are more vulnerable pawns on the 7-th rank.} (14.
Be3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Rbd1 a6 18. f4 Qa5 19. Bf2 h5 20. Qb2 $6
Ncxe4 $5 21. b4 Qc7 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 c5 24. Qd2 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxc4 26.
Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Bxh3 $44 {Marin,M-Thipsay,P/Goodricke Calcutta/1997/}) 14...
Nfxe4 (14... Ncxe4 15. Bxe4 c5 16. Nc2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Re5
$1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qxd6 21. Rd5 Qe6 22. Rad1 Bd4 23. Kg2 $18 {Yakovich,
Y-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup5/Ekaterinburg/1997/}) 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17.
Nxe4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd1 f5 (19... Bg7 20. Bb8 $1) 20. Rxd4 fxe4 21. g4
Re8 22. Bc5 Bc8 23. Bxa7 h5 24. gxh5 Bxh3 25. hxg6 Kg7 26. Kh2 Bf5 27. Rd6 Be6
28. Kg3 Kxg6 29. Kf4 $16 {Khalifman,A-Thipsay,P/Ubeda op/1997/ This game shows
Khalifman knew very well what he was doing-he won a similar game only some
weeks earlier.}) 12. Rb1 (12. b3 Nc5 13. Bf4 $5 (13. Rb1 {is only a
transposition of moves}) 13... Qb6 $2 {With the B still on c8 this is a heavy
mistake, which leads directly to a lost position.} 14. Bxd6 $1 Rd8 15. e5 Ne8
16. Nxc6 $1 Nxd6 (16... bxc6 17. Bxc5 $18) 17. Nd5 Nf5 (17... Qa6 18. Nc7 $18)
18. Nxb6 Rxd1 19. Raxd1 Ra6 20. Nxc8 bxc6 21. g4 Nh4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc6 Ne6
24. Rd6 Bh6 25. Nd4 Rxd6 26. exd6 Nxd4 27. d7 Nhf3+ 28. Bxf3 {Vaulin,A-Ozolin,
M/RUS-Cup4 Perm/1997/}) 12... Nc5 13. b3 Bd7 $6 (13... Qe7 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Be3
Nf6 16. Qc2 Nfxe4 $5 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Bd2 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+
21. Bxe1 Bxd4 22. Qe4 Be5 23. f4 Bf5 24. Qe3 Bf6 25. g4 c5 26. Bc3 $18 {
Manninen,M-Ronneland,D/Rilton Cup9697/1997/}) (13... h6 $142 $5 14. Re2 Bd7 15.
Bf4 Qb6 $5 {Here the Khalifman combination is ineffective, as Black has
already played h6 and his back rank is not weakened.} 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Qc8
18. Kh2 Re5 19. f3 Rh5 20. h4 d5 $5 21. exd5 $13 {1/2,Adorjan,A-Vukic,M/Biel
op/1990/}) 14. Bf4 Qb6 $4 {This is the idea behind 13...Bd7,passively
defending the d6 pawn enables White to achieve a permanent positional
advantage.} (14... Bf8 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rbd1 Rad8 18. Qd2 Bc8 19.
Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Ng7 21. f4 Qc7 22. g4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bf3 Qf7 25. Re2 Be7
26. Rg2 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8] |^()><d6,>>,Tregubov,P-Kahn,E/Balatonbereny op/
1992/}) (14... Qc7 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Be3 Be5 17. Rbd1 Rf8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Nde2 f5
20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rad8 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Bf2 Nf6 25. Nc3 Nc5 26.
Kh2 $16 {[%csl Rg8] ע,Janjgava,L-Gurcan,S/Ankara zt/1995/}) 15. Bxd6 $1 {
Starts a tactical operation, which gives White an endgame with very good
winning chances. It's surprising it took quite some time to find the idea (the
point being of course 21.Bb8!) and White mostly just mechanically retreated
his B to e3:} (15. Be3 Qc7 (15... Qd8 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. f3 (17. Rbd1 $5 Nfxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf4 $36) 17... Nh5 18. Kh2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21.
Qxf5 Nxg3 (21... Qe5 $142 $1 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Ne2 Nd3 24. Red1 Nxg3 $132) 22.
Qg4 Nf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qe5+ 24. f4 Qxc3 25. Rbc1 Qf6 26. Rcd1 $16 {Tregubov,
P-Bagaturov,G/Kobanya op/1992/}) 16. Qc2 (16. f3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. Rbd1 Qe7
19. Bf2 Nfd7 20. f4 Nf8 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Bd4 f6 23. g4 Be6 24. Qf2 $36 {(),
Loeffler,S-Bastian,H/BL/1986/}) 16... Qc8 ({The following games show Black
must take care of tactical tricks, connected with Ndb5. Thus it's best to move
the Q out of fire at once.} 16... Re7 $6 17. Rbd1 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Ndb5 $1
cxb5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bxd6 b6 22. Bc7 Qc8 23. Bxb6 Nb7 24. g4 Re5 25. gxh5 Bxh3
26. f4 Rxh5 27. Bf3 Bg4 28. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 29. Qg2 $16 {Smejkal,J-Uhlmann,W/
Sarajevo/1982/}) (16... h5 17. Rbd1 Nh7 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Red2 Bc8 $6 20. Ndb5
$1 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Qe7 22. Nxd6 Na6 23. Bb6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Nb4 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. f4
Nf8 27. e5 g5 28. Kh1 $16 {Bagaturov,G-Ubilava,E/Protvino zt/1993/}) 17. g4 $5
(17. Kh2 Re5 18. Nde2 Rh5 19. Nf4 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Re5 22. Rd1 Qc7
23. Nd3 Re7 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Ne2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15 {Hansen,C-Akopian,V/
EU-ch act Cap d`Agde/1996/}) 17... h5 18. f3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qd8 20. Rbd1 Qe7 21.
Bf4 Nh7 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Re2 Be5 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Red2 $14 {Pigusov,E-Akopian,V/
Moscow Final GMA/1990/ So even after 15.Be3 White keeps his spacial advantage
and an edge, typical for this line.}) (15. Nc2 $143 $6 Ng4 16. hxg4 Bxc3 17.
Bxd6 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Bxg4 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. c5 Qd8 21. Qf4 Be6 22. Nd4 Qf6 $15 {
Verdihanov,V-Petrushin,A/Azov/1993/}) 15... Nfxe4 16. Bxe4 $1 (16. Nxe4 {Huzman
} Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. c5 Qb4 20. a3 $2 Bxf2+ $19) 16... Nxe4
17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxd4 $8 (18... Bxd4 $2 19. c5 Qb4 20. a3 $18) 19. Qxd4
Bxd4 20. Rd1 Bg7 (20... f5 21. Rxd4 fxe4 22. g4 $14 {wins a pawn, just as in
Khalifman-Thipsay.} Re8 23. Bc7) (20... Bb2 21. Bb8 $1 (21. Rd2 $2 Bf5 $11) (
21. Ba3 Bf5 22. Bxb2 Bxe4 23. Rd7 b5 $14) 21... Bf5 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Nd6 $16)
21. Bb8 $1 $16 {Huzman: This brilliant move opens the white's idea.In the
endgame R+N against R+B the big advantage of the white determines the active
position of Rd7 and the weaknesses of black pawns.} Rxb8 (21... Be6 22. Rd8+
Bf8 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Ne8+ Kg8 25. Nc7) 22. Rxd7 b5 (22... Re8 23. Nd6 Re2 (
23... Re1+ {Huzman}) 24. Rd8+ (24. Nxf7 Rxa2 25. Rxb7 Bd4 $11) 24... Bf8 25. a4
b6 26. c5 $1 bxc5 27. Nc4 $16) (22... b6 {Huzman} 23. Nd6 f5 24. Rc7 c5 25.
Rc8+ $18) (22... Bf8 {Huzman} 23. Ng5 f6 24. Ne4 Bg7 25. Nd6 $16) 23. Nd6 $1 (
23. c5 $143 Re8 $132) 23... a4 $146 {Only this move is new. All this has
already been published in the Informant and Van Wely probably just forgot
about it.} (23... bxc4 24. Nxc4 a4 (24... Rb5 $2 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Ra8 Kg7 27.
Rxa5 Kf6 28. Ra6 Rc5 29. Na5 $18 {Kalinichev,S-Ragozin,E/Berlin/1992/}) (24...
Bc3 {Huzman} 25. Rd3 $18) 25. bxa4 Rb4 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Ne5 Kg7 28. a5 $16 (28.
Nxc6 Rb2 $5)) 24. cxb5 (24. Nxf7 $6 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb2 $132) 24... cxb5 25. Nxf7
Re8 (25... Rc8 26. Ng5 (26. Rd8+ $1 $16 {Huzman /+-} Rxd8 27. Nxd8) 26... h6 (
26... a3 $132) 27. Ne6 $16) 26. Kf1 $1 Bc3 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. g4 $1 {A strong
move, which pins Black's R to the back rank due to mating threats. /\29.g5-to
get mating construction} (28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nd6 Re1+ 30. Kg2 axb3 31. axb3 b4
$132) 28... axb3 (28... Bg7 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nd6 $18) (28... Re1+ 29. Kg2 Re2
$2 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. g5 $18) 29. axb3 Rf8 30. g5 {Huzman: Having created the
mate net for the black king,the white make break f4-f5,after which exchange
rooks and win due to extra pawn and weakness of pawn b5.} Re8 (30... Bg7 {
Huzman} 31. Ke2 {[%csl Rb5]}) 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. h4 $18 {White's
pieces are more active and he has an extra pawn. Khalifman shows good
technique and gradually strengthens his position.} b4 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8
36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. f4 {Numerous repetitions of moves
save White the time, necessary to find the winning plan.} Bb2 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41.
Nh6+ Kh8 42. Kf3 Bc3 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Kg4 Bg7 46. Rb7 Bc3 (46...
Bxh6 47. gxh6 Kg8 48. Rxb4 $18) 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Nh6+ Kh8 49. f5 (49. h5 $5 Bd2
50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rf7 $18) 49... gxf5+ 50. Nxf5 Bd2 51. Rd7 (51. h5 $2 Rg8 $11)
51... Bc1 52. Rd1 $1 {By chasing the B away White gets in the h5 advance.} Bb2
53. h5 Rg8 {[%cal Rb2f6] /\Bf6 This enables the exchange of R, but Black had
hardly anything else.} 54. Nh6 Re8 55. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 56. Nf7+ Kg7 57. Nxd8 Bc3 (
57... h6 58. g6 Kf6 59. Nf7 Bc1 60. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Rf3d5,Rd5c4] /\Ke4-d5-c4})
58. Kf5 Bd2 59. Ne6+ Kf7 60. Nf4 Kg7 61. Nd5 Kf7 62. h6 $1 {/\Nf6} (62. g6+ $2
hxg6+ 63. hxg6+ Kg7 $11) 62... Kg8 $8 (62... Bc3 63. Nf6 Bxf6 64. gxf6 Ke8 65.
Ke6 Kf8 66. Kd5 Kf7 67. Kc4 Kxf6 68. Kxb4 Kg6 69. Kc5 Kxh6 70. b4 $18) 63. Nf6+
Kh8 64. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4,Rg4h5,Rg5g6] White wants to play g6, but he has to
avoid the stalemate traps. He first moves away his N, then transfers his K to
h5.} (64. g6 $2 hxg6+ 65. Kxg6 Bxh6 $1 $11) (64. Kg4 $2 Bxg5 $1 $11) 64... Bc1
65. Kg4 Kg8 66. Nf6+ Kh8 67. Nd5 $1 Bd2 68. Kh5 Kg8 69. g6 (69. g6 hxg6+ (69...
Bc3 70. Ne7+ Kf8 71. g7+ Bxg7 72. hxg7+ Kxg7 73. Nc6 $18) 70. Kxg6 Be1 71. h7+
Kh8 72. Ne7 Bg3 73. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6b4,Rc6d8,Rc6e5] Black can't protect e5,
d8 and b4 at the same time.}) 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3
e5 8. h3 c6 9. e4 a6 $5 {A less usual, but interesting alternative to the more
popular moves like} (9... Re8) (9... Qb6 {or}) (9... Qa5) 10. Be3 (10. a4 Qb6
$6 (10... a5 $142 {[%cal Ye5d4,Yd7c5] /\ed4,Nc5<=>}) 11. a5 Qc7 12. Bg5 b6 13.
axb6 Qxb6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Na4 Qc7 17. c5 a5 18. Rfc1 Nf8 19. Nb6
Ra7 20. Bd2 a4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Qxa4 N6d7 23. Be3 Ne6 24. b4 Qb7 25. Nc4 Qc7
26. Rd1 Bb7 27. Nd6 $16 {Vegh,J-Brunner,F/Geneva op/1997/}) 10... b5 $142 $6 {
It's wiser to give up this idea and play the more solid} (10... Re8 11. Re1 (
11. a4 Rb8 $6 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Nd2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 Na4 17.
Nxa4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Bd7 19. Qb3 $16 {Kalisvaart,P-Brummelaar,L/Hengelo-J op/
1997/}) (11. Qc2 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne1 Rb8 15. cxb5 axb5 16.
Nd3 Nb6 17. b3 Nfd7 18. Ne2 Bb7 19. Nc5 Rec8 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. Qd3 Rc7 22. Kh2
Qe8 23. Qc3 $36 {Kubikova,H-Schauer,J/Klatovy op/1997/}) 11... exd4 $5 (11...
b5 12. c5 $1 b4 13. Na4 Nxe4 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb6
Qd7 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc5 Nb7 20. Bxb4 Rb8 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qf3 Kg7
24. b3 a5 25. Bd2 Bd8 26. Bh6+ $1 {Smejkal,J-Casper,T/BL/1992/}) 12. Nxd4 Nc5
13. Qc2 Qe7 $132) 11. c5 $1 $16 {N@ A typical breakthrough, exploiting White's
lead in development. Surprisingly, until now White used only other, rather
inspid moves.} (11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 $5 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Bb7 (13... Ba6 {
Huzman} 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. a3 h6 18. Nd2 Nf8 19. Qb2 Ne6
20. Nb3 $14 {Saidy,A-Stein,L/Las Palmas 1973/1/2-1/2 (60) /=}) 14. Nd2 {
1/2,Konopka,M-Lanc,A/SVK-ch/1993/}) (12. a3 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Qc2
Rfc8 15. Rad1 Rab8 16. Bf1 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. f4 Ned7 20. Nf3
Ne8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd3 Qb6+ 23. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6]
><c6,d6,Jentsch,K-Schulz,P/2.BLW/1994/}) 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 $143 $6 exd4 14. Nxd4
Ne5 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. Nde2 Nd7 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. Nd3 Ne6
21. Ne2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15 {Tatenhorst,V-Maiwald,J/Hamburg Wichern-op/1995/}
) 13... Qe7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Qb1 Rb8 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Ba8
19. b4 Rec8 20. Qb2 Qd8 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. Rc1 h5 24. Rc2 Nc4 25. Nxc4
Rxc4 26. Bf1 Rbc8 $5 $44 {Kustar,S-Mochalov,E/Zalakaros op/1994/}) 12... Rb8
13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne1 Bf8 18. Nd3 Qe6 19.
Qc2 Qc4 20. Qb1 Qe6 21. Rd2 Ra8 22. Rcd1 Ra3 23. Ne2 Rea8 24. Nec1 R3a4 25. Nb3
$14 {Plachetka,J-Franzen,J/Trinec ch-CS/1972/}) (11. Qc2 Bb7 (11... bxc4 $6 12.
Rfd1 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Na4 Be6 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Kh2
Rb8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf1 c3 20. b3 a5 21. Bd3 a4 22. bxa4 Ra8 23. Qb3 Rfb8 24.
Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rac1 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rc6,Re5,Re6] ק,Barez,H-Vazquez,J/Madrid-ch/
1995/}) 12... Qe7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Be6 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Nb6
Rab8 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Nxc4 $16 {Garcia,A-Sion,M/Sevilla/1992/}) 12. dxe5 (12.
Rfd1 $5 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. b4 Nf8 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. Nd2 Ne6 18.
Nb3 Nh5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qb1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nd4 23. Ne2 Bc8 24.
Kg2 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6] ׫,Beck,H-Ebner,W/AUT-chT2/1994/}) 12... dxe5 13. c5
Qe7 14. b4 $1 {Stohl,I (2455)-Reyes,J (2445) Vrnjacka Banja 1989 (2) 1-0 ()
This pawn structure arises often after a b5 advance in this line. Due to his
space advantage White has chances to be active on both flanks and also on the
d-file, a possible Nd5! sarifice being a typical motive. See the quoted game}
a5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. Nd2 a4 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nf8 20. Nf3 Ne6 21.
f5 Nf8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Ne2 Ne5 25. Ng3 Nc7 26. Qc3 Na6 27. Kh1 Rac8
28. Nd4 Nc7 29. h4 Re8 30. Nf3 $16 {Gruenberg,H-Casper,T/DDR-ch Fuerstenwalde/
1981/}) (11. dxe5 Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12. Nd2 (12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Bxd2 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bxb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qa3 Bc6 21.
Rfd1 Qd7 22. Ba5 {Bukal,V-Groenke,K/Dortmund op/1989/} d4 $132 (22... Rfe8 {
Huzman} 23. Bb6 e4 24. Rab1 d4 $36 {1-0 Bukal,V-Groenke,K/Dortmund op 1989 (35)
})) (12. Qd6 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. a3 Red8 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Rxd8+
Rxd8 18. b4 Nb3 19. Rd1 Ne8 20. Bb6 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qd7 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Qd1 Bc8
24. Nd2 Nc7 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Ne6 $11 {Sader-Rolletschek,H/AUT-chT/1989/})
12... Re8 13. b4 Qe7 14. a3 Nf8 15. Bc5 Qc7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Ne6 18. Nb3
Nd7 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Na5 Bb7 21. c5 Nb5 22. Rac1 Nf8 23. Nd5 $1 $36 {Jurek,
J-Salov,S/Bad Ragaz op/1992/}) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qc2 Be6 (14...
Re8 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. a4 Be6 17. b4 Qxb4 18. Rab1 Qe7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rxb5
Rac8 21. Qb2 Red8 22. Ra1 h6 23. Rb7 {1/2,Vaulin,A-Kiselev,S/RUS-ch Elista/
1994/}) 15. a3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Na2 Rc8 18. Nb4 Bf8 19. Bf1 c5 20. Nd5 c4
21. Bg5 Re8 22. Kh2 h6 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Rab1 $13 {Lukov,V-Dena,B/St.Ingbert op/
1989/}) (11. Qb3 $5 Qc7 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rfc1 Qa5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Bb7 16.
b4 Qd8 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Qd3 Nh5 21. Qxb5 Nb8 22. Nce4
f5 23. Nxd6 $1 $18 {Muhtarov,L-Balkhamishvili,T/Decin op/1996/}) 11... dxc5 $2
{A serious tactical oversight, which is however ignored by White. One must
wonder if the game really went like this.} (11... b4 $142 12. Na4 d5 $5 (12...
Nxe4 13. cxd6 $36 (13. cxd6 {Huzman} Nxd6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc5
$1 $16 {[%cal Gc5f8,Gf1e1]}) (13. Nxe5 dxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe4 d5 $11 (14...
Bxh3 $5 15. dxe5 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 d5 $15)) 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. d5 $16 cxd5 $140 16.
Bxd5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxd5 18. Nb6 $18)) 13. Bg5 $5 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe4
15. Qc2 Ng5 $5 $132) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe5 $14) (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 (12...
dxc5 13. Nxc6 $18 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5}) 13. cxd6 Re8 14. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxe5 $2 (
12. dxe5 {wins material:} Nh5 (12... Ne8 13. Bxc5 $18) 13. g4 $18) 12... Nxe5 (
12... Bb7 $2 {Huzman} 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. dxc5 $16) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Re8 15.
Qd6 {This rather pseudoactive move exposes the Q to attacks. White should have
concentrated on the c5-pawn and limit it's advance, which later in the game
gives Black active counterchances.} (15. b3 $142 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ya1c1,
Yc1c2,Yc3e2,Ye2c1,Yc1d3] /\Rc1-c2,Ne2-c1-d3><c5}) 15... Qb6 (15... Re6 {Huzman}
16. Qd2 {[%csl Re6]}) 16. Rac1 h5 $5 {[%cal Rc8b7,Ra8d8] /\Bb7,Rad8} (16... Bf8
{Huzman} 17. Qd2 {And it`s difficult to find a good plan for Black, how to
finish the development of pieces.}) 17. Kh1 a5 (17... Bb7 $2 18. Qxd7 Rad8 19.
Bxc5 $1 $18) 18. a4 b4 19. Nb1 Bf8 20. Qd1 Ba6 $1 21. Rf2 (21. Qxd7 $4 Rad8 $19
) 21... Rad8 {[%cal Rd7e5] /\Ne5 Black has cleverly managed to activate his
pieces and suddenly has active counterplay.} 22. Nd2 (22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Bf1 Bxf1
24. Qxf1 Nb6 25. b3 c4 $1 $44 {[%csl Rh1] עh1}) 22... Qb7 $132 23. Bf1 {
Huzman: Part of whites plan is to exchange the white square bishops.} Nb6 $1 (
23... Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Nb6 25. b3 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5] ><c5,c4}) 24. Qc2 $1 (24.
Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qd3 $36 {[%cal Rb6a4,Rd3e3,Re3g3] /\Qe3,Qg3,
Nc4} (26... Nc4 27. Qf1 $1 $18) (26... Qa7 $5 {[%cal Rb6a4] /\Na4})) (24. Bxc5
Bxc5 25. Rxc5 $2 (25. Bxa6 {-24.Ba6}) 25... Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qd7 $40) (24. b3 {
Huzman} Bd3 $132 {[%cal Yc5c4]}) 24... Bxf1 25. Rfxf1 Qd7 26. Kg2 Qd3 27. Qxd3
Rxd3 28. Kf2 Red8 $5 (28... Nxa4 $5 29. Nc4 Rb3 $13 (29... Rb3 {Huzman} 30. Rc2
$18)) 29. Ke2 c4 $6 {[%cal Rc4c3] /\c3 Black is getting too ambitious.} (29...
Nxa4 $142 $132) (29... Nxa4 {Huzman} 30. Nc4 Rb3 31. Rc2 Rdd3 32. Bf2 $18 {
[%cal Gf1a1]}) 30. Nxc4 $8 (30. Rfd1 {Huzman} c5) 30... Nxc4 (30... Nxa4 {
Huzman} 31. Ra1 Nc5 32. Nd6 $1 R3xd6 (32... Bxd6 33. exd6 $18) 33. exd6 Nxe4
34. Kf3 Nxd6 35. Rfc1 $18) 31. Rxc4 Rb3 32. Rc2 (32. Rb1 $5 Rdd3 33. Bf2 h4 34.
gxh4 Rxh3 35. f5 $14) 32... c5 33. h4 $5 c4 (33... Rdd3 34. Bf2 $16 {/\Rd1})
34. Rfc1 Rc8 (34... Bh6 {Huzman} 35. Bb6 Rdd3 36. e6 $5 fxe6 37. Rxc4 $40) 35.
Bd4 (35. Rxc4 $142 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 37. Kd1 $1 (37. Kd3 Rg2 $132) 37... Ra2
38. Rc8 Ra1+ 39. Kc2 Ra3 40. Bb6 Kg7 41. f5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg7] Black's main
problem in this line and also in the game continuation is his cramped K, which
is very vulnerable to all sorts of attacks.}) 35... Rxg3 36. Rxc4 Rd8 $1 {[]} (
36... Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Rg4 38. Rc8 $18) 37. Bb6 Rg2+ 38. Kf3 Rdd2 39. Bg1 $5 (39.
Rc8 Rh2 $1 40. Ke3 (40. f5 Rd3+ 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. f6+ Kh6 $40) 40... Rhe2+ 41.
Kf3 Rh2 $11) 39... Rxb2 (39... Rg4 $5 $13) 40. Rc8 b3 $2 (40... Rgd2 41. Re8 (
41. f5 $140 {Huzman} Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rg2 43. e6 Kg7 $19) 41... Rd3+ 42. Be3 Rbb3
43. Rcc8 Rxe3+ 44. Kf2 Rf3+ $11) 41. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8] /\Rdd8} (41. Bc5 Rgc2
42. Rxf8+ Kg7 43. Rxc2 (43. Ba3 Rxc1 44. Bxb2 Rc2 45. Ba3 b2 46. Rb8 Rc3+ $11)
43... bxc2 44. Rc8 c1=Q 45. Bf8+ Kg8 46. Rxc1 Kxf8 47. Rc5 Rb3+ $14) 41... Kg7
(41... Rgc2 42. Rb8 Rc3+ 43. Be3 Rh2 44. Rdd8 $18 (44. Rdd8 {Huzman} Rh3+ 45.
Kg2 $18)) 42. f5 $1 $40 {White starts an enterprising tactical endgame attack.}
(42. Rdd8 Rxg1 43. Rxf8 Rf1+ 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd3 Rd1+ 46. Kc3 Rc2+ 47. Kxb3
Rxc8 48. Rxc8 Rf1 $13) 42... gxf5 43. exf5 Rgd2 44. Re1 $5 (44. Rxd2 Rxd2 45.
f6+ Kg6 46. Rxf8 b2 47. Rb8 Rd1 48. Rxb2 Rxg1 49. Rb5 $16 {already did not
seem enough to White.}) 44... Rbc2 (44... Bb4 $5 {Fritz}) 45. f6+ Kg6 (45...
Kg8 46. Bc5 $1 Rxc5 (46... Rc3+ 47. Ke4 Rc4+ 48. Ke3 $18) 47. Rg1+ Kh7 48. Rxf8
{[%cal Rg1g7,Rf8h8] /\Rg7,Rh8#} Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rc4+ 50. Ke3 $18) 46. Rxf8 b2 47.
Be3 Rc1 48. Rg1+ $1 {[]} (48. Rb8 Rxe1 49. Bxd2 b1=Q $17) 48... Kf5 (48... Rxg1
49. Rg8+ Kf5 50. Rxg1 $18) 49. Rg5+ Ke6 50. Re8+ Kd7 51. e6+ $18 fxe6 (51...
Kxe8 52. Rg8#) (51... Kc7 52. Bf4+ Kb7 53. Rb5+ Ka7 54. Be3+ $18) (51... Kc6
52. Rb5 $18) 52. Rb8 Rf1+ (52... b1=Q 53. Rxb1 Rxb1 54. Bxd2) 53. Ke4 Kc7 54.
Rgb5 Rh2 55. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. Nce2 Nge5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be3 a5 (
14... Re8 15. Nc3 (15. Rb1 a5 16. a3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ncd3
20. Red1 c5 $132 {1-0 Dive,R-Rayner,F/New Castle schev 1995 (36)}) 15... a5 16.
Qc2 a4 $1 17. Red1 Qc7 18. f4 $4 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ned3 $17 {0-1
Kraai,J-Sherzer,A/New York op 1991 (29)}) 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Rf1 {This strange
move enables white to neutrilize black's counterplay, push black's pieces out
of the center and achieve a big spatial advantage.} (16. Nc3 Qc7 (16... Qd8 17.
Re2 Qe7 18. f4 Ned7 19. Bf2 $14 {Portisch-Gligoric/HUN-JUG/1964}) 17. Bf1 (17.
Re2 Ned7 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Red2 Qc8 21. g4 h5 22. g5 Nh7 23. h4 Bh3
24. f3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 f5 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Nde2 Be7 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Vasiliev,R-Ibragimov,I/Ufa 1993 (39)}) 17... Ne6 18. Bg2 Nc5 19. Bf1 a4
20. f4 Ned7 21. Bg2 axb3 22. axb3 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Najdorf,M/Dallas 1957}) (16.
Nf4 Qc7 17. Qc2 Ned7 18. Nfe2 Nf8 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Rbd1 Rad8 22. Bg5
Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. f4 Qg7 25. Nf3 Bc8 26. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Borisenko,
G-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch sf 1957}) 16... Qd8 (16... Qc7 17. Qc2 Ned7 18. Nc3 Nf8 (
18... Nf6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Red1 (20. Rbd1 Qc8 21. g4 h5 22. f3 hxg4 23. hxg4
Qc7 24. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Hulak,K-Loncar,R/CRO-ch 1992 (41)}) 20... Re7 21. Bf4 Nh5
22. Ndb5 cxb5 23. Bxd6 {1-0 Sergeev,V-Lundberg,O/Ceske Budejovice op 1993}) 19.
Rbd1 Nfe6 20. Nde2 Bf8 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Bh6 Ng7 23. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Botvinnik,
M-Pachman,L/EU-chT 1961 (41)}) 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rbd1 (18. Nc3 Ned7 19. Rfe1 Nf6
20. Rbd1 Nfd7 21. f4 Qd8 22. Bf2 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Re2 Nb6 25. Rd1 $16 {
1-0 Furman,S-Nezhmetdinov,R/URS-ch26 1959 (51)}) 18... h5 19. Rfe1 {[%csl Re4]
/\20.f4,21.Bf2} h4 20. g4 Bxg4 {Being scared of positional pressing by move 21.
f4,black is trying to change the character of the game by sacrificing the
bishop. However, white has no problems to defence.} 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Bf4 h3
23. Bf3 (23. Bxh3 Qh4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Bg3 Nxe4 26. f3 Bxd4+ 27. Kg2 $1 $18)
23... Ne5 24. Bh1 Qh4 25. Bg3 Qh5 26. f3 $16 {/+-} Ne6 27. Kh2 Ng5 28. Nf4 Qh6
(28... Ngxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Qxf3 31. Nxh3 $18) 29. Nd3 Qh5 30. Nxe5
dxe5 31. Ne2 Nxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Qxf3 33. Ng1 Qg4 34. Qe2 $1 Qe6 35. Nxh3 $18 Rad8
36. Ng5 Qe7 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Rd2 Rh8 40. Red1 Qe6 41. Rxd8 Bxd8 42.
Bxe5+ f6 43. Bd4 Bc7 44. Kf2 Re8 45. Qe3 Qg4 46. Qg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 $5 {In a "must win" situation White quite naturally
chooses the sharpest line available.} dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5
14. f4 Nf7 15. Nxf7 Bd4+ (15... Rxf7 $2 16. e5 $36) 16. Kh1 {It's difficult to
decide where the K is better placed, Kotronias is an expert and has faced
already both alternatives.} ({The text-move appeared later, from the start
White played mainly} 16. Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5 Qc7 (17... Nc7 {Now the main move is}
18. Ne4 {, the whole line is still far from clear after} (18. Rf3 $5 Nd5 19.
Ne2 a5 20. a3 Qa7 21. h4 Bd7 22. Rd3 Bf2 23. Qc2 Raf8 24. Be4 Bc8 25. Bd2 b5
26. Kg2 c4 27. Rf3 Bb6 28. g4 Qe7 29. Rh1 Qc5 $13 {Harikrishna,P-Iuldachev,S/
Kelamabakkam/2000/}) 18... Nd5 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Qd8 21. h4 Rg7 22. h5 b6 23.
Bh3 (23. g4 Ba6 24. Rff3 g5 $5 25. Nxg5 (25. fxg5 Bxe5+ 26. Kh3 Bd4 27. Qe1 Qe7
28. Bf1 c4 $5 29. g6 hxg6 30. Bg5 Qd7 $17 {Goldin,A-Kotronias,V/Niksic/1997/})
25... Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxg5 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxd4 Rf8 $132) 23...
Qe7 24. Rh1 Bd7 25. Bf1 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Be8 27. Qh6 Bg6 28. Ng5 {Komljenovic,
D-Hernandez,G/Zaragoza/1996/} Bf5 $13) 18. Ne4 (18. h4 b6 19. Qa4 $6 Bb7 20.
Ne4 Rd8 21. Ng5 Re7 22. Be4 Ng7 23. Qc2 Ba6 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Qg2 h5 26. Nf3 Bc4
27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Bxc6 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17 {Gaprindashvili,V-Kotronias,V/
Philadelphia/2000/}) 18... b6 19. h4 Ba6 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qg4 (21. Qa4 Bb5 22.
Qb3 Re7 23. Bd2 Bd3 24. Be3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Ng7 26. Rad1 Nf5 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28.
Rd2 c5 $17 {Gregoire,S-Kotronias,V/Cappelle la Grande op/2002/}) 21... Rf5 22.
Ng5 Ng7 23. Be4 Bc4 $1 $15 24. a4 {Gavrikov,V-Seeman,T/Tallinn act/2002/} Bxb2
$1 $17 {Here White would prefer to have his K on h1...}) 16... Rxf7 17. e5 Qc7
{[%cal Yb7b6][%mdl 4] A typical move, here it's also important to free the Bc8
and get the <<P going.} (17... Nc7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Qd8 21. g4 b6
22. Raf3 Ba6 23. Re1 Qe7 {Greenfeld,A-Kotronias,V/Rishon Le Ziyyon/1996/} 24.
g5 $1 $44 {[%cal Re4f6,Rh3h5] /\Nf6,h4-h5 We'll see later on in this game
Kotronias will avoid a similar position by keeping the Ne4 under attack and
being ready to chop it off once White plays g5.}) (17... Bd7 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. a4
$5 (19. h4 Bc8 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Bd2 c4 22. Bc3 c5 23. h5 b5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25.
Ng5 Rg7 26. a3 Rdd7 27. Be4 Bb7 28. Kg2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd3 30. Kf2 Rgd7 $1 $40 {
Tibensky,R-Rowson,J/Yerevan olm/1996/}) 19... a5 20. Ra3 Bc8 21. Qc2 Qa7 22. h4
b6 23. Ng5 Rc7 24. g4 Qb7 25. Rh3 Rg7 26. Be4 h6 27. Nf3 Qf7 28. h5 $40 {
Kozak,L-Rohit,G/WchJ Nakhchivan/2003/}) 18. Ne4 (18. a4 b6 $5 19. Nb5 Qd7 $13)
18... b6 19. Qc2 $146 (19. Ng5 Re7 20. Qb3 Ng7 21. g4 Ba6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Ne4
Kh8 24. Nf6 {Verat,L-Berthelot,Y/Clichy/1998/} c4 25. Qc2 c5 $13) 19... Ba6 20.
Re1 Rd8 21. a4 {White's B is best placed on c1 and he develops his Ra1 via
a3-very typical for this lline.} c4 22. Ra3 c5 23. g4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rg4g5,
Rh3h5] /\h4-h5,g5,><f6} Bb7 $5 24. h4 {[%mdl 256] White is not interested in
the Pc4 and continues his ->. Kotronias defends in an interesting manner -
first he he concentrates his forces passively on the >>, when White
overreaches he lashes out on move 31.} (24. Qxc4 Bd5 25. Qc2 $13 {[%cal Re4g5]
/\Ng5}) 24... Bd5 25. Rh3 Rg7 26. g5 {[%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6} (26. h5 gxh5 27. g5
Bxe4 (27... Qf7 28. Ng3 $1 $13 (28. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 29. exf6 Bxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Bxf6
$17)) 28. Bxe4 Qf7 $132) 26... Bxe4 $8 27. Bxe4 Qf7 {Black had to return his
extra P, but now it's not easy for White's -> to break up the >>.} 28. Kg2 {
Now Black comes just in time with his N.} (28. h5 $142 gxh5 29. Qxc4 {-26.h5}
Nc7 30. Qe2 Nd5 31. Rf1 (31. Qxh5 Qxh5 32. Rxh5 Rf7 $132) 31... Ne7 32. Rxh5
Nf5 33. Kg2 $13 {/+/=}) 28... Nc7 29. h5 $6 (29. Qxc4 Nd5 30. Rf1 Ne7 $11 {
leads nowhere, so White tries it with violence.}) 29... gxh5 30. Reh1 Nd5 31.
Rxh5 (31. Rf3 $5 Ne7 $15) 31... Ne3+ $1 32. Bxe3 Bxe3 $36 {Now White's >>
falls apart and the advantage passes to Black.} 33. Bxh7+ (33. Rxh7 Qxf4 $1 (
33... Rxh7 34. Bxh7+ Kg7 35. Qe4 $13) 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. g6+ $8 (35. Rxd8 $4
Rxg5+ 36. Kh3 Qg3#) 35... Ke7 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 $17 {->}) 33... Kf8 34. Qe4 (34.
Qxc4 $2 Rd4 $19 {[%cal Rd4f4,Rd4d2] /\Rf4,Rd2}) 34... Bxf4 {Black tries to
force the Pg5 to advance, thereby locking in the B on h7.} (34... Qxf4 $5 35.
Qxf4+ Bxf4 36. Rf1 Rd4 37. Bb1 $5 $15) 35. g6 $2 {And White obliges.
Objectively the only chance was} (35. Bg6 $1 Rxg6 (35... Rd2+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kf3
$2 Rxg6 37. Rh7 Rd3+ 38. Qxd3 cxd3 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kxf4 Rg8 $1 $17) 36...
Rxg6 37. Rh7) 36. Rf1 Rd4 (36... Rd2+ 37. Kh1 Ke7 38. Rxf4 $132 {/\} Qg7 39.
Rfh4 Rd4 40. Qb7+ Rd7 41. Qe4 $11) 37. Qa8+ Ke7 38. Rxf4 $1 Rxf4 39. Qxa7+ Ke8
40. Qb8+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ $11 {A pretty tactical motif, but for Kacheishvili a
draw was tantamount to a loss, so the inferior text-move is "forced".}) 35...
Rd4 36. Qa8+ Qe8 37. Qxe8+ Kxe8 $19 {[%csl Re5,Rh7] ץh7,><e5} 38. Kf3 Kd7 39.
Re1 Kc6 40. Re2 Kd5 41. Rh1 Bxe5 42. Rhe1 Rf4+ 43. Kg2 Rf5 {Black has 2 extra
P and a won position, as he controls g7 and can gradualy untangle and free his
Rg7. However, Kotronias is not intent on winning, as a draw is sufficient to
get into the next round.} 44. Kh3 Kd6 45. Kg4 Kd5 46. Rh1 (46. Kh3 Bd4 $19 {/\}
47. Rxe6 $2 Rh5+ 48. Kg4 Rhxh7) 46... Bd4 47. Rh5 Rxh5 48. Kxh5 e5 49. Kg5 (49.
Kh6 e4 50. Rd2 e3 $19) 49... e4 50. Kf5 e3 51. Rg2 a6 52. Kf4 {White gave up,
offered a draw and left Tripoli.} (52. Kf4 b5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novy Bor m"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.09.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 ({The most recent high-level example in the sharp line} 
10. c5 $5 {went} dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Nxf7
Bd4+ 16. Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5 Qc7 18. Ne4 b6 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. a4 c4 22.
Bf1 c5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qc6 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Ra3 Rfd7 27. g4 Rd5 28. Rf1
c4 $132 {Pantsulaia,L (2595)-Kotronias,V (2564)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) (10. d5
Nc5 11. Qe2 Qa6 $5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Bg5 Qb7 15. Rab1 a5 16. Be3
Ne6 $13 17. Ng5 $6 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Qc2 c5 21. a3 Qb8 22. b4
axb4 23. axb4 Qa7 $15 {Stangl,M (2490)-Volke,K (2425)/Munich/1992/}) 10... exd4
11. Nxd4 Re8 {This is one of Black's 2 main continuations. Played already by a
past KID great as Geller, the rook move is also the Kotronias's choice in his
huge book about the Fianchetto KID.} ({The other popular move} 11... Ne8 12.
Nb3 a5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Nd4 a4 15. a3 Qa5 16. Qc2 $142 ({This saves a tempo.} 
16. Qe2 $143 Nef6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nfd7 20. Bf2 Bf8 21. Kh2 Qc7
22. Na2 Nf6 23. Nc3 Nfd7 24. Na2 Nf6 25. Nc3 Nfd7 26. Na2 {1/2, Ruck,R (2579)
-Markus,R (2625)/Ljubljana/2012/}) 16... Nc5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Bf2 h5
{leads to a position, in which a3 has solidified the position of Nc5, but
Black has lost quite a lot of time to achieve this. Here Avrukh recommends} 20.
Nf3 $5 Be6 21. Rxd6 Bxc4 22. e5 Nfd7 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Nce4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qc7 26.
Rd4 Bb3 27. Qc3 Red8 28. Rb4 Bd5 29. Rd1 Qb8 30. h4 b5 31. Qe3 Bf8 32. Rbd4 Be7
33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Nf8 35. Nc3 $44 {|^, Flitsch,G (2315)-Hechl,G (2230)/
email/2011/}) 12. Nc2 {[%csl Rd6] White immediately sets his sights on d6.} (
12. Na4 Qc7 (12... Qa5 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. b3 a6 $5 {is another rare, but
interesting recommendation by Kotronias:} 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qe2 b4 18.
Na4 c5 19. Nc2 Bd7 20. Nb2 Bc6 21. f3 Nfd7 22. Rab1 f5 $1 23. Ne3 fxe4 24. fxe4
Nf6 $36 {Onoda,H (2365)-Cilento,F (2485)/email/1998/}) 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rc1 ({
After} 14. Qc2 {Black can get counterplay with} Bd7 $1 15. Rad1 Qa5 (15... Qc8
$5 16. Kh2 b5 $132 {Kotronias}) 16. b3 b5 17. Bd2 (17. Nb2 Rab8 $13) 17... Qa6
18. Nb2 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. Bf4 Rb4 22. Bf1 (22. Bxd6 $5 Rxc4
23. Qd3 $14) 22... c5 23. Nb3 Rb6 24. e5 $36 {Etchechoury,G (2555)-Barrios
Troncoso,J (2507)/email/2004/}) 14... b6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Nc3 a6 18.
Bf2 Rad8 19. b4 c5 20. Nd5 Qb8 21. Nc2 {Khismatullin,D (2534)-Kotronias,V 
(2598)/Moscow 2004/CBM 100/[Stohl,I]} b5 $13 {/=/+}) ({The older move, played
already by Botvinnik and subsequently preferred by Avrukh, is} 12. Re2 Qb4 ({
Forces White to displace his rook, but this is often only temporary. Deserving
attention is also} 12... Nc5 13. Be3 Qa6 $5 14. Bf4 (14. Nb3 Qxc4 $5 (14... Na4
15. Nxa4 Qxa4 $132) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. a3 Qa5 18. Rd2 c4 19. f4 Bf5
20. e5 Bf8 21. Bf2 Nh5 22. g4 Nxf4 23. gxf5 Qxe5 24. fxg6 hxg6 $13 {Antonenko,
V (2519)-Ponomarev,A (2488)/email/2008/}) 14... Qxc4 15. Rc2 ({More critical
seems to be} 15. Bxd6 Ncxe4 $5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bd7 18. Bc5 b6 19. Nd6
Qxc5 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 $44) 15... Nfxe4 (15... Qa6 $5 $15) 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17. Nxd6
Rd8 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Qb3 Qxd2 $5 22. Bxd2 Rxd6 23. Be3
Nd4 24. Qb4 Rd8 25. Kh2 a5 26. Qe7 Bd7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 Be6 $11 {Gelfand,
B (2733)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2011/}) 13. Rc2 Nc5 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f3 a5 17. b3 $5 {Takes the sting out of the space
winning a4.} (17. Qd2 a4 $1 18. Rd1 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Ne5 $1 (19... Qa5 $143 20. g4
Nf6 21. Nde2 Bf8 22. Ng3 Nfd7 23. f4 Nb6 (23... Be7 24. Nce2 Qc7 25. g5 Bf8 26.
h4 Na6 27. Rcd2 Ndc5 28. Bd4 Be6 29. Bc3 $40 {Kroll,O (2244)-Dogan,N/email/
2011/}) 24. Nce2 Be6 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Qa3 27. Nd4 Bc8 28. Bc1 Qa6 29. Bb2
Bg7 30. Kh2 $1 Qa7 31. Ndf5 $1 $16 {Berg,E (2627)-Jones,R (2361)/Caleta/2011/
CBM 141/[Berg,E]}) 20. Bf1 Qe7 21. Rcd2 $2 (21. Bc1 $5 Qf6 $132 {[%cal Ye5d3,
Yc5e6]}) 21... f5 22. f4 Ned7 23. Nde2 fxe4 24. Qg2 Nd3 25. Bd4 N7c5 26. Bxg7
Qxg7 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxd3 Qxb2 $17 {Banusz,T (2598)-Berkes,F (2677)/Gyula/
2013/}) 17... h5 ({Kotronias gives the line} 17... Nfd7 18. Bf2 h5 19. f4 Nf6
20. Re2 Bd7 21. Qc2 Qc8 22. f5 $5 gxf5 23. exf5 Rxe2 24. Ncxe2 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5
26. Rc1 (26. Nc3 $5) 26... Nce4 $11 {It's difficult to judge such a long
unforced line, perhaps White can hope for more by postponing f4 as in
Grachev's game below.}) 18. Bf2 Bd7 19. Qf1 Re7 20. Rd1 Rae8 21. Nde2 Bc8 22.
Rcd2 Rd7 23. Be3 b6 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Qf2 Ne6 26. Be3 Nc5 27. Bf4 Ne6 28. Be3 Nc5
29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 $36 {Grachev,B (2669)-Fier,A (2572)/Zuerich/2013/}) 12...
Nc5 {While this is a typical and often played reaction, it's not ideal.} ({
The same can be said about} 12... Ne5 13. b3 Be6 14. Be3 (14. Nd4 $5 $14) 14...
Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Be3 c5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qa5 20. a3 Rc8
21. f4 Ned7 22. Bf2 Re7 23. Kh2 Ne8 24. Qd3 b5 25. b4 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] 1-0
Kraemer,M (2456)-Jochens,T/Kiel 2008/EXT 2009 (40)}) ({More to the point is} 
12... Qa5 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3 Nxc4 $1 15. Bd4 Nb6 16. b4 Qg5 17. Rc1
Be6 18. b5 c5 19. Be3 Qh5 20. Na3 Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Rad8 22. Rc2 {1/2, Greco,
C-Jorgensen,E/email/1999/} Rd7 $17) 13... Qc7 14. b3 a6 15. Rc1 Nh5 16. Ne3 (
16. Re2 Ne5 17. Ne1 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Nc3 Ba6 21. Re3 Bh6 22.
f4 Qa7 23. Kh1 Rad8 {[%cal Yd6d5]} 24. a4 Rb8 $5 25. Nb1 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27.
Kh2 Nxf4 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rf5 31. Nc3 Rb4 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33.
axb5 Rxb5 34. Nd3 Qd4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qc2 Ra5 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Ra3 $11 {
is another long, but unforced line, given by Kotronias.}) 16... b5 (16... Nc5
$5 17. Qc2 Nf6 $13) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nf5 $1 Qb8 19. Nxg7 (19. e5 $5 Nxe5 20.
Nxg7 Nxg7 21. Ne4 $44) 19... Nxg7 20. Bh6 b4 21. Na4 c5 {Hera,I (2559)-Biolek,
R (2418)/Ruzomberok/2014/} 22. e5 $36) (12... Qc7 13. b3 Nh5 (13... a6 14. Ba3
Bf8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qd4 $1 Nfd7 18. Bb2 Ne5 (18... f6 19. Ne2 $14)
19. f4 Ne6 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. e5 $16 {
Bu,X (2662)-Li,S (2558)/CHN-chT/2013/}) 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bb2 ({According to
Kotronias,} 15. Ba3 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Bc8 18. f4 {poses Black more
problems, but} b6 $132 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yc8b7,Yh5f6] , but still gives him
sufficient counterplay}) 15... Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nd4 a5 $6 (17... a6 {or})
(17... Bc8 $132 {are more in the spirit of the position.}) 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Nce2
$1 Bd7 20. g4 Nf6 21. Ng3 h6 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Nde2 Nh7 24. Qd2 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Re6
26. f4 $36 {Sage,F (2395)-Krapivtsev,A (2000)/email/2006/}) 13. b4 (13. Qxd6 $2
Rd8 14. Qf4 Nd3 $17) 13... Ncd7 {[%mdl 512] This pawn sacrifice is a
double-edged attempt to improve upon} (13... Ne6 14. Be3 Qc7 (14... Qa6 15. a4
$1 {[%csl Ra6]} Ng4 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. a5 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nd5 Bb7 20. Bc3
Rac8 21. Nce3 Nc7 22. Bd4 $14 {fredi_z,d (2633)-erdo,b (2405)/Engine Room/2012/
}) 15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Red1 $5 (18. Rad1 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20.
Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 c5 23. f5 (23. bxc5 $142 $1 Nxc5 24. Bf2 Rxc4
25. Na3 $36) 23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf8 (25... Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxb4
$132) 26. Bc5 $1 Bxf5 27. e5 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 $44 {Portisch,L-Stein,L/Sousse izt/
1967/}) 18... axb4 (18... Nd7 19. Rac1 axb4 20. axb4 h6 21. Rd2 Nb6 22. f5 Ng5
23. Bf4 Qd7 24. h4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxh6 $40 {Salai,J 
(2075)-Hynes,T (1525)/email/2002/}) 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Nf8 21. c5 dxc5 22.
bxc5 Nbd7 23. Nb3 Ne6 24. e5 {Rickers,G-Marcinkiewicz,J/corr/1977/} f6 $1 $14 {
/<=>}) 14. Qxd6 Ne5 $146 {[%mdl 72] A natural novelty. Black wants to exploit
White's exposed position, which leads to great tactical complications.} (14...
Bf8 15. Qd1 a5 16. c5 (16. Be3 $16) 16... Qc7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. a3 Nh5 19. Qe2 (
19. Be3 $142) 19... Be6 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. exd5 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Nc6 $5 23. dxe6
Rxe6 24. Qc4 Rf6 $14 {/<=>, Wright,J-Siemms,R/corr/1982/}) (14... c5 15. bxc5 (
15. Nb5 $5 Qd8 16. Qd1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d6,Rc1f4]}) 15... Nxc5 16. Qxb6 axb6 17.
Rb1 Be6 18. Ne3 Nfd7 19. Ned5 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc4 21. Bh6 f6 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23.
Kxf1 Kf7 $11 {Gutzeit,R-Winterstein,W (2280)/Hessen/1991/}) ({An engine
recommendation is} 14... Nh5 {, but after} 15. Na4 (15. c5 Nxc5 $1 {is Black's
idea:} 16. bxc5 (16. e5 Nd7 17. Be3 Qd8 {[%csl Re5]}) 16... Qa5 17. Bd2 (17.
Nb1 Bxa1 18. Bd2 Qxa2 19. Nxa1 Qxa1 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Rad8 22. Bc3 Qa4 23.
Qc7 Rd1 24. gxh5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qd1 26. Qa5 Qxb1 $13) 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxc3
19. Nd4 Ng7 $132) (15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Na4 (16. c5 Qa6 {[%cal Re5c4]} 17. Ne3 Bxh3
(17... Be6 $5) 18. Bxh3 Rad8 19. Qc7 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Be5 21. Qa5 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1
Qxa5 23. bxa5 Rd2 24. Rb1 Bxg3 25. Ncd1 $14 {/~~}) 16... Qa6 17. Nc5 Qxc4 18.
Qd1 {[%csl Rc4]} Bxh3 (18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bc3 21. Re3 Bxb4 22.
Nxb7 $14) 19. Bxh3 Rad8 20. Bd4 (20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ $1 23.
Kf1 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bg7 {/\} 25. gxh4 Nf4 26. Re3 b6 27. Nb3 Nxh3 28. Rxh3 Rxe4
$44) 20... Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qb3 a5 $14) 15... Qa6 16. Nb2 Ne5 (16... Nb6
17. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 17. b5 cxb5 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. g4 bxc4 (19... Nf6
20. f4 Nxc4 21. e5 Rb8 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Bxa7 Rb2 25. Ne3 $16) 20.
gxh5 Bxh3 (20... Nd3 21. Nxd3 cxd3 22. e5 $16) 21. h6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bf6 23. Rb1
$16 {Blkack's compensation is hardly sufficient.}) (14... Ng4 $143 15. c5 Qd8
16. Bb2 Nge5 17. Ne3 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Nd3 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Ba1 Nxe1
22. Rxe1 $16) 15. c5 (15. Be3 Nxc4 16. Bxb6 Nxd6 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. b5 $14 {
is pleasant for White, but Laznicka wants more than that.}) 15... Qa6 16. Bf4 (
16. b5 $2 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nc4 $17) (16. Bf1 $6 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 Nxe1 18. Bxa6 Nxc2 19.
Bg5 Nh5 $1 (19... Re6 20. Qd8+ Re8 $11) 20. Rc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc2 Be5 22. Bxb7 Bxb7
$15 {/-/+}) (16. Bg5 Bxh3 (16... Nh5 17. Nd5 $5 Nc4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qd1 $13)
17. Bxf6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qd3 $15 {wins the piece back and Black
retains the initiative.}) (16. f4 $1 {is the principled and probably strongest
move, but the tactics are still difficult to unravel over the board after} Bxh3
$5 (16... Qd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Re3 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 $14 {/+/-}) (16... Nc4 17.
Qd3 Be6 18. Nd4 $16) 17. fxe5 (17. Bxh3 $2 Nf3+ 18. Kf2 Nxe1 $19) 17... Rad8
18. Bxh3 (18. Qc7 Rd7 19. Qa5 Qd3 $44) 18... Rxd6 19. cxd6 Qd3 (19... Rxe5 20.
Bf4 $5 (20. Bf1 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Rad1 $14) 20... Rh5 21. e5 Rxh3 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Rad1 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxc3 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. d7 Bf6 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. d8=Q
Qc4 28. Rg8+ Kh6 29. Qd2+ Kh5 30. Nd4 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 {and White has good
chances to win this wild position, but there is no guarantee after} Kg4 $5 $14
{/+/-}) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. d7 Rd8 22. e5 Bxe5 $5 (22... Qxg3+ 23. Bg2 Bxe5 24.
Rxe5 (24. Ne4 $5 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Rxd7 26. Rb1 Rd3 27. Rb3 $14 {/+/-}) 24... Qxe5
25. Ne4 Rxd7 26. Bg5 $14 {/|^}) 23. Rxe5 (23. Ne4 Bxa1 24. Nxa1 f5 25. Bf1 Qd4+
26. Be3 Qxb4 27. Nc2 Qxe4 28. Bg5 Qxe1 29. Nxe1 Rxd7 $13) 23... Qxg3+ 24. Bg2
Qxe5 25. Ne4 Rxd7 26. Bg5 $36 {- 22...Qxg3 transposes to alternative line on
move 22 without giving White the extra option on move 24.}) (16. Rd1 Bxh3 $1 (
16... Qc4 17. Qd4 $14) 17. Bxh3 Qc4 18. Bb2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 (19... Nf3+ 20.
Kg2 Qxe4 21. Bxg7 Ne5+ $11 {forces a draw immediately}) 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd2
Bxa1 22. Nxa1 Rad8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Nb3 Qxb4 $11) 16... Nh5 17.
Bf1 Nc4 {The strongest move, which retains the tension.} (17... Nf3+ 18. Kh1
Nxe1 19. Bxa6 Nxc2 20. Rc1 Nxb4 {looks complex, but Black's compensation
peters out after} 21. Bf1 (21. Bc4 $5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Qd7 $16) 21... Nxf4
22. Qxf4 Be5 23. Qd2 Be6 24. f4 Rad8 25. Qb2 $16) 18. Qd3 Bxh3 $5 ({After} 
18... Be6 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qf3 $14 {Black is struggling to prove compensation,
so Rapport ups the stakes.}) 19. Bxh3 Rad8 20. Nd5 $1 {This generous move is
the best reaction.} (20. Qf3 $2 Nxf4 21. gxf4 (21. Bf1 Nd3 $1 22. Bxd3 Nd2 $19)
21... Nd2 22. Qg3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rd3 24. Qf6 (24. b5 Qxb5 25. a4 Rxc3 26. axb5
Rxc2 $19) 24... Rxh3 $17) (20. Bd7 $2 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Re7 $17) (20. Bd6 Nxd6 21.
Qxa6 bxa6 22. e5 $8 Nc4 23. Rad1 Nxe5 24. Bg2 $44 {[%csl Rc6] gives White
reasonable compensation to hold, but hardly an advantage. However, Laznicka
was trailing and he is an ambitious fighter...}) 20... Nxf4 21. gxf4 Bxa1 22.
Rxa1 cxd5 23. exd5 {[%cal Yh3f1]} b5 $1 {Safeguarding the knight is the best
practical chance, otherwise White just plays Bf1.} (23... g5 24. Bf1 (24. Kh2
$5 g4 25. Bf1 Qh6+ 26. Kg3 Nb2 27. Qf5 $36) (24. fxg5 Re5 25. d6 Rxg5+ 26. Kh2
Nxd6 27. Rd1 $1 $14) 24... gxf4 25. Qxc4 Qg6+ 26. Kh2 Re5 27. Bh3 Rh5 28. Qc3
Rdxd5 29. Rg1 Rdg5 30. Rxg5 Qxg5 31. Qf3 $14) 24. Qd4 $2 $138 {On the verge of
serious time-trouble White commits a decisive mistake. His idea to prevent the
activation of Black's queen via f6 fails badly to a powerful counterattack.} (
24. d6 $6 Nxd6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 $36 {would give up the pawns too cheaply.}) ({
In the post-mortem Rapport suggested the interesting} 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. Qd4 (25.
a4 $5 a6 {is similar}) 25... Qh4 {, here White is perhaps better after} 26. Re1
$5 $14) ({However, White had even better moves:} 24. a4 $142 Qf6 (24... Qb7 25.
Bg2 a6 26. d6 {is too passive:} Qd7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 Nxd6 29. Rd1 Re6 30.
f5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Nxf5 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 $18 {[%csl Gc5]}) 25. axb5 Qxf4
26. Bg2 Ne5 27. Qe3 $14 (27. Qd4 $5 {/\} Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Ra3 Qxd5 30.
Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxa7 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd2 33. b6 $1 Rxc2 34. b7 $18)) (24. cxb6 $5 {
is a typical antistrategic computer idea, but it's also strong:} axb6 25. a4 b5
(25... f5 26. Bf1 Re4 27. Re1 $1 Rxf4 28. Re7 Rg4+ 29. Bg2 Kf8 30. Rxh7 $18 {
[%cal Rd3c3]}) 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Ra5 Qc6 28. Rc5 (28. dxc6 Rxd3 29. Rc5 Nb6 30.
Ne3 $16) 28... Nb2 29. Qd4 Qd6 30. Qxb2 Qxf4 31. Qd4 Re4 32. Qd3 $16) 24... Re2
$1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Re2c2,Re2d2] The rook penetrates...} 25. Ne3 (25. Qc3 Rxd5
$19) 25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qa3 $1 $19 {And now Black's queen joins in from a
different direction.} 27. Bg2 (27. c6 Rxd5 28. c7 Rxd4 29. c8=Q+ Kg7 30. exd4
Qg3+) ({More resilient was} 27. d6 $142 Rxe3 28. Bg2 Rd3 29. Qe4 $1 (29. Qf6
Re8 30. c6 Re2 {and the mating attack is faster than the pawns}) (29. Qe5 Qxb4
$19 (29... Rd2 $19)) 29... a5 $5 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Rg1][%cal Ya5b4] White's pawns
are stopped and Black will gradually combine threats against Pc5 and the
exposed Kg1.}) 27... Re8 $1 {The last strong move, activating the only passive
piece. The rest is agony for White.} 28. d6 R8xe3 29. d7 Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 (30.
Kf1 Re1+ 31. Kxg2 (31. Kxe1 Qg3+ 32. Kd1 Qf3+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+) 31... Re2+ {
transposes into the game.}) 30... Re2+ 31. Qf2 $8 (31. Kf1 Qf3+) 31... Rxf2+
32. Kxf2 Qb2+ 33. Kg3 (33. Ke3 Qc3+ 34. Ke2 (34. Ke4 Qc4+ 35. Ke3 Qe6+) 34...
Qc4+ {[%cal Rc4d5,Rc4d4,Rc4d3] wins the passed pawn.}) 33... Qc3+ 34. Kh4 (34.
Kg4 h5+ 35. Kh4 (35. Kg5 Kg7 36. Kh4 Qd2 $19) 35... Qd2 36. c6 Qh2+ 37. Kg5 Kg7
$19 {[%cal Rf7f6,Rh2g3]}) 34... g5+ $5 (34... Qd3 35. c6 f5 36. Rc1 Kf7 $19 {
[%cal Rd3f3] also wins.}) 35. Kg4 (35. fxg5 Qd4+) (35. Kxg5 Qg3+ 36. Kf6 (36.
Kf5 Qh3+) 36... Qxf4+ 37. Ke7 Qe5+ 38. Kd8 Qb8+ 39. Ke7 Qf8+ 40. Kf6 Qd8+ $19)
35... h5+ 36. Kxg5 (36. Kxh5 Qh3+) 36... Qd3 (36... Qd3 {[%csl Rd7]} 37. c6
Qg6+ 38. Kh4 Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 {Diagram [#] Classical King's
Indian strategy: after exchanging on d4 Black tries to exert pressure on
White's vulnerable pawn on e4.} c6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. f4
Bc8 17. Bf2 h5 18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Nf8 21. Kh2 Qe7 22. Qf2 Nfe6
23. Rdd1 Qf6 24. Re3 g5 {Diagram [#]} 25. f5 {This leads to a static pawn
structure and gives Black a good square on e5.} ({More elastic - and better -
was} 25. Ne2 $1 {and now Black cannot win the pawn on f4 because after} gxf4
26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. Nh4 {Black's knight ran into a fatal pin.}) 25... Nf8 {
The knight retreats but already has plans to reenter the game with a vengeance
via d7 and e5.} 26. Qd2 Nfd7 27. h4 gxh4 28. Qxd6 $6 ({Taking the wrong pawn.
After} 28. gxh4 $1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 {the engines consider the position as
equal.}) 28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Ne5 30. Rxd8 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Rxd8 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Na4
Nxe4 {Diagram [#] It is obvous that White lost control of the game - the black
pieces really made an impressive career. However, despite the menacing
position of Black's pieces White is far from lost here.} 34. Kxh4 $2 {This is
the decisive mistake.} (34. Ne1 $1 {After the counter-intuitive computer move}
Rxg3+ 35. Kxh4 Ngf6 36. Bh3 {the engines give Black only a slight advantage.})
34... Ne3 35. Bh3 Nxf5+ 36. Bxf5 Bxf5 37. Ng5 $2 Nf6 $6 {Diagram [#] A few
moves before the time control Black puts his knight on the wrong square.} ({
After} 37... Nd6 $1 38. Rf2 Bg4 {the threat of 39...Nf5+ gives Black a winning
position.}) 38. Nh3 $2 ({After} 38. Rf2 $1 Rd4+ 39. Rf4 {White is still
slightly worse but back into the game.}) 38... Kg7 39. Nf4 Rd1 40. Kg5 Bg4 41.
Rh2 Ne4+ ({After} 41... Ne4+ 42. Kh4 Kh6 {White has no adequate threat against
the threats ...Nd6, ...Nf5+ (or mate), ...Nd2 and ...Nf3, or ...Ng5 and Nf3+,
e.g.} 43. Nxh5 f5 44. Nf4 Ng5 {and White will be mated.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{The Batumi Olympiad was going quite well for the Indian team until the
fateful 9th round match up against Armenia which we lost, essentially putting
us out of the contention for the medal race…Though at the time it still
wasn’t clear and we felt there was a fighting chance to make it! Our coach
mentioned that our standings could have been better, if only we had a
striker…I looked at him in surprise and told him, “We do have a striker!
He has just been playing solid for the sake of the team!” To which he
replied, “Why don’t you ask him to prove it?” and I thought to myself,
"Fine by me!”} 1. d4 d6 $5 {Inviting a transposition to e4!} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3
g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 {One of the minor disadvantages of this line compared to the
main way is that Black has already commited d6 and can't play d5 lines anymore.
..} 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 (9. b3 {used to be my main
issue} exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 {, the key point being that White has avoided
the weakening with h3, but recently} Re8 12. Be3 d5 $1 {- introduced way back
in 1998 by Nisipeanu, but somehow having been vastly understimated! -} 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Bxc5 dxc4 {was equal in (Jakovenko-Sutovsky 2017)}) 9... Qb6 $5 {
Implying my favourite quote of Hammer "No guts no glory!"} 10. Re1 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc2 $1 {This line is probably White's best attempt at fighting
for the advantage.} ({My first game in this line went} 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bf4 Ne5
14. b3 a6 15. Rc1 Nh5 {(Ruck-AD Hungary 2015) and my life has never been the
same since...}) 12... Ne5 13. b3 Be6 14. Ne3 {Generally this square is not
ideal for the knight.} ({Stronger was} 14. Nd4 $5 {when} Bxh3 {doesn't work
due to} (14... Rad8 15. Be3 $16 {and White will be better as Black will find
it hard to create some counterplay.}) 15. Na4 $1) 14... Nfd7 $1 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gd7c5]} 15. Bb2 ({SF} 15. Qe2 $5 {preparing Rd1 and White should still
retain the edge.}) 15... Nc5 16. Bf1 Bxh3 $5 {A nice shot!} ({My first
intention was} 16... a5 17. f4 a4 18. fxe5 a3 19. Bc1 Bxe5 {which looks nice
for Black, but after} 20. Bd2 Bxg3 21. Qf3 $1 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 $16) ({Comp likes} 
16... Qa5 $1 17. Rc1 Bxh3 {as an even better version.}) 17. Bxh3 Ned3 18. Qc2
Nxb2 19. Bf1 $1 {This is what I had to calculate accurately.} Re6 $5 {Bring
all your toys to the party!} (19... Qb4 20. Rec1 $1 {Enabling the other rook
to threaten the knight.} Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxe4 23. Rc2 Nxg3 24. Rxb2
{with a double edged endgame.}) 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. Rec1 Rae8 22. Rxb2 Nxe4 23.
Nxe4 (23. Ned1 Qh5 $1 {[%cal Ge4g5] I have a very strong attack if White
doesn't take on e4.} 24. Nxe4 Bxb2 {and Black looks better.}) 23... Bxb2 ({
After the game my team-mate Sasi mentioned that he felt} 23... Rxe4 $5 {
was even stronger going for the king hunt!} 24. b4 Qg5 25. Rb3 Bd4 26. Ng2 h5
$1 {with a nasty attack.} 27. Rd1 (27. Bd3 Rg4 {followed by h4.}) 27... h4 {
We stopped here but SF finds the cold blooded} 28. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 $16)
24. Qxb2 Rxe4 25. Bg2 Qe5 (25... Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Qf2 Qe5 28. Bf3 $1 {
Controlling everything.}) 26. Qxe5 R4xe5 {I felt this should be very good for
Black as I have the generally superior material balance R+2P vs B+N, but White
is very solid and I can't find any breakthrough for the rooks.} 27. Rd1 R8e6
28. b4 a6 $5 {Hoping to get rid of the queenside pawns.} 29. a4 Kg7 30. Kf1 a5
$1 {I changed track and wanted to stop his king from activating.} 31. b5 Rc5 {
Preventing Ke2...or at least that's what I thought!} 32. Ke2 $2 {Fortune
favours the brave?!} (32. Rb1 h5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Bf3 (34. Rb6 d5) (34. Rb8 d5
)) 32... Rxc4 {Like in L'Ami,E (2611)-Adhiban,B (2671) Baku ol (Men) 42nd 2016
(6.2) 0-1. Looks like the c4-square is jinxed for the Dutch team, last time it
was 36...Bc4 which won the match for us!} 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rxd6 Rxa4 35. Rd2 (
35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Bxc6 Ra2+ {is just hopeless.}) 35... Rc4 {I wanted to
maintain the pawns in the same place as I felt they were doing a good job
restricting white minor pieces.} 36. Ra2 Rc5 $5 37. g4 h6 {Just enjoying my
position...} 38. Ra3 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rc5 42. Ke2 h5 43.
gxh5 Rxh5 {Now the f-pawn will start its march.} 44. Ra4 (44. Rc3 a4 $1 45.
Bxc6 Ra5 {and the a-pawn will be unstoppable!}) 44... Rb5 45. Ra2 f5 46. Kd3 f4
$5 {I decided to cash in using a small tactical motif.} 47. Nd1 {The only way
to prevent f3-Rd5 followed by Re2.} (47. Nc4 f3 $1 {was the point.} 48. Bh3
Rd5+ 49. Kc3 Re2 {winning.}) 47... Rd6+ 48. Kc2 Rc5+ 49. Nc3 Rd4 {Domination!}
(49... f3 50. Bxf3 Rf6 51. Be2 Rxf2 52. Kd3 {I didn't want to enter this as
finally the white pieces will become free. I wanted to keep them on a short
leash :)}) 50. Bf1 g5 51. f3 (51. Be2 {was maybe better but at the same time
allows} f3 $5 52. Bxf3 Rf4 53. Be2 Rxf2 54. Kd3 {though it would be very
similar to 49...f3 and the same comments would apply here also :)}) 51... g4 $1
{Now it's easier.} 52. fxg4 f3 53. Ra1 Rxg4 54. Kd3 Re5 $1 {Continuing the
domination+restriction!} 55. Ra2 Kg6 {It is time for the majesty to join the
fight as the f3-pawn is about to come under attack.} 56. Rf2 Rf4 57. Bh3 c5 58.
Bc8 Rd4+ 59. Kc2 Re3 60. Ba6 Kg5 61. Nd1 Re1 62. Nb2 Kg4 63. Nd3 Re2+ 64. Rxe2
fxe2 65. Ne1 Kg3 (65... c4 {is also winning:} 66. Kc3 Rd1 67. Bxc4 Rxe1 68. Kd2
Rd1+ $1 69. Kxe2 Rd4 {and the a-pawn will decide the game.}) 66. Bxe2 Kf2 {
The best compliment I received about this game was from our national hero
Vishy Anand who called it "a massive game!"} 0-1

