[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Khetsuriani, Besarion"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koropiou"]
[BlackTeam "Thessaloniki Galaxias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 {Colle System is a rare bird in tournaments these
days.} c6 $5 4. h3 $6 {Over cautious!} ({He sensed that I might have gone for} 
4. c4 Bg4 $5) 4... Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 Bg6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Re1 Ne4 $1
$36 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qb3 Qe7 $2 {
A ridiculous move.} (14... Qb8 $5 $13) 15. Qa3 $2 (15. Qxb7 O-O (15... Bh2+ $4
16. Kxh2 Qxb7 17. Nd6+ $18) 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qa4 Bb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. g3 Rcd8
20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Qc8 22. Kg2 Qf5 23. Nd2 Bh5 24. Qb5 $1 {and White holds.}
) 15... Qe6 16. b3 Bf5 $1 {With very serious intentions to chop on h3.} 17. Kf1
(17. Bb2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Ne5 h5 $19) 17... a5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 ({I could
not have appreciated the consequences of} 18... Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Qxh3+ 20. Ke2
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qf3+ 22. Kd2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 O-O-O 24. Kc2 Qxf2+ 25. Kb1 Qxe1 $19) (
18... Bd6 19. Qb2) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Ne2 Qh2 21. Qc5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3+ 23.
Kg1 O-O-O 24. Qg5 Rd5 25. Qg2 Qh4 26. Ng3 Rg5 27. Ba3 (27. Bb2 Nh5 (27... h5
28. Kf1)) 27... h5 28. Be7 $2 {This helps White after all.} (28. Rac1 Qg4 29.
Rc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Rh6 31. Kf1 Rg6 $40) 28... Qg4 29. Kf1 h4 30. Qh1 (30. Bxf6
gxf6 31. Qh2 hxg3 32. Qxh8+ Rg8 $19) (30. Qh2 Qf3) 30... Qf3 (30... Rh6 $5 {
would have also brought the desired result.}) 31. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 ({No need to
play the endgame after} 31... Rxg3 32. Qxf3 exf3 33. fxg3 hxg3 34. Kg1 f2+ 35.
Kg2 fxe1=Q 36. Rxe1 gxf6 37. Kxg3 Kd7 $19) 32. Qxf3 exf3 33. Ne4 h3 (33... h3
34. Nxg5 h2 35. Nxf3 h1=Q+ 36. Ke2 Qh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vorotnikov, Vladislav V"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 Qc8 7.
c4 {This variation had the peak of popularity in the mid-30ies and in the
modern chess we see it quiet rarely!} (7. b3 $5 Na6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10.
Nc3 c6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Rfc1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Qe6 $11 {Alekhine,A-Euwe,M/Wch16 1935 
(22)}) (7. O-O $5 c6 (7... Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Ba3 (10. Nc3 b6 (10...
Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Qe6 $15 {
Reilly,B-Gruenfeld,E/Warsaw ol 1935 (38)}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2
g6 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. Qc3 Rd8 16. Ne5 $36 {Alekhine,A-Kostic,B/Bled 1931 (46)})
10... Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Na6 12. Rab1 Nc7 13. b4 a6 14. Rfc1 Ra7 15. cxd5 Nfxd5 16.
Nc4 $14 {West,G-Sarfati,J/Melbourne Masters 1995 (29)}) 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6
10. Nc3 O-O 11. a4 Na6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Na2 Ne4 $132 {Breyer,
G-Rubinstein,A/Goteborg 1920 (39)}) 7... dxc4 $5 (7... c6 8. Nc3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7
10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfc1 Qe6 14. Ne2 $14 {Pytel,K-Lacrosse,
M/Bethune op 1992 (40)}) 8. Qxc4 Bd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. b4 ({Too passive is} 10. Bd2
Nbd7 11. Qd3 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Be1 Rad8 16. Nd2
Qe6 $15 {and black is slightly better; Pedersen,E-Milner Barry,P/Helsinki olm
1952 (37)}) 10... O-O 11. b5 Nbd7 12. Bb2 (12. bxc6 Nb6 13. Qb5 bxc6 14. Qd3 c5
15. O-O cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 $132) 12... Nb6 13. Qb3 a6 $5 {Making white to take
something!} 14. bxc6 Qxc6 15. O-O Nc4 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. h3 ({Interesting
complications may arise after} 17. d5 Qc7 $5 (17... Nxd5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Nxf5 (
19. Qxb7 Nxb2 (19... Ndxe3 $5 20. fxe3 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Rxb2 22. Nd1 $1 {[%csl Rb2,
Rc4]} Nxe3 $3 23. Rxc5 (23. Nxb2 $6 Qxd4 24. Qd3 Qe5 $36) 23... Rxg2+ 24. Kh1
Rxh2+ $11) 20. Qxd5 Nd3 21. Rd1 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxc3 23. Qxf5 $11) 19... Nxb2
20. Qxd5 (20. Nxd6 $2 Nxc3 21. Qxb2 Ne2+ $1 $19 {[%cal Gc5c1]}) 20... Be5 $1
21. Rab1 Bxc3 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Rxc5 $11)) 17... Rc7 18. Ne5 Bxe5
19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Ne2 b5 $36 {Black knight on c4 is extremly strong and it
makes all the difference.} 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Bd4 g6 23. Nc3 (23. Rd1 Re8 {
[%csl Re5]}) 23... Ne6 $1 (23... Re8 $5 24. a4 $5 Nxe5 (24... b4 $2 25. Na2 $16
) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qb1 (26. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 27. Rab1 Qd3 28. Bxc5 Qxc2 29. Rxc2
Nd3 $19 {[%cal Gc7c2]}) 26... Ned3 27. Rd1 b4 28. Na2 $11) 24. Qb3 Re8 $6 {
Keepiing in mind his next move.} 25. a4 b4 $2 26. Ne2 $2 ({Missing nice
possibility to decide the game in his favour:} 26. Qxb4 $1 Rb7 {[%csl Rb4]
Queen has no place to go,but...} 27. Nb5 $3 Rc8 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30.
Nd6 $16 {with good chanses to win this endgame.}) 26... a5 27. Rd1 Qa6 $15 {
Now everything is back on track!} 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Nc1 $6 {From now on white
loses a thread and manages to spoil the position compleatly in couple of moves.
} (29. Rac1 Rec8) 29... Rd8 $17 30. Nb3 $6 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qb3 Qe4 $1 31.
Ne2 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Qxe5 34. Rc1 Nd2 35. Qd1 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Ne4 $17)
30... Nb2 $19 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 31. Bxb2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rc2 33. Bd4 f4 34. Rad1 Qc6
(34... Qe4 $5 $19) 35. Nxa5 Qxa4 36. Nb3 Qc6 37. Ra1 Qe4 38. Rad1 f3 39. g4 Ng5
40. R3d2 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Match Spielmann-Petrovs +2-1=5"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1934.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1934.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Spielmann in WSZ 1934,S.115:Meine Schachreise durch das Baltikum.} d5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 c4 5. Be2 b5 6. b3 Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 g6
10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16.
Rfb1 Qc7 17. f4 f6 18. e6 Nf8 19. f5 Bh6 20. Nf1 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Ng6 22. a5 Kh8
23. Qh5 Bg7 24. Bg4 Rg8 25. Bf5 Bf8 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rd4 Be8 28. Rxd5 h6 29. Qh3
Bc6 30. Rc5 Qb7 31. Ng3 Rd8 32. Rb1 Qa8 33. Qh5 Rd2 34. Bxg6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Bf3
36. Qf5 Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Be2+ 38. Ke1 Qf3 39. Qf5 Qxe3 40. Bc1 Qg1+ 41. Nf1 Bg4
42. Re5 Bxf5 43. Rxf5 Rc2 44. Bd2 Rxd2 45. Kxd2 Qg2+ 46. Kc1 Qe4 47. Ng3 Qe3+
48. Kb2 Qd2+ 49. Ka1 Qxc3+ 50. Ka2 Qc2+ 51. Rb2 Qa4+ 52. Kb1 Qd1+ 53. Ka2 c3
54. Rb8 Qd2+ 55. Ka1 c2 56. Rxf8+ Kg7 57. Rc8 c1=Q+ 58. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 59. Ka2 Qc4+
60. Ka3 Qxe6 61. Rh5 Kg6 62. Rh4 Qd6+ 63. Rb4 Qc5 64. Ka4 Qc2+ 65. Ka3 Qc3+ 66.
Ka4 Qa1+ 67. Kb3 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 03rd quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Troeger, Paul"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1981.06.06"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Nd5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Ng4 b5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. b3 Be7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. c4 bxc4 21.
bxc4 Nf6 22. Ne5 c5 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Qf3 Nd5 (26...
h6 27. Nc6 $14) 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 28. Qb7 Qxb7 (28... Qa3 $11) 29. Rxb7 Ng6 (29...
Rfe8 30. Rxa7 Ra8 31. Rc7 $14) 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Rc1 $16 a5 (31... Rb8 32. Rxa7
Ra8 33. Rb7 Rfb8 34. Rxb8+ Rxb8 35. c5 $16) 32. c5 $16 {[#]} Rb8 (32... Rd4 33.
c6 Rc8 34. Rc5 g5 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Rxa5 $16) 33. c6 $18 Rfc8 (33... Rbc8 34. c7
f6 35. Rd1 g5 36. Rd7 Kh7 37. Rb3 $18) 34. Rc5 a4 (34... Ra8 35. c7 Kh7 (35...
Kf8 36. Rcb5 Ke7 37. Rb8 $18) 36. f4 a4 37. Rc6 a3 38. Rd6 $18) 35. Rc4 a3 36.
Ra4 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 {[%cal Rd3b5,Rd3f5]
/\Qf5, Qb5} Qc8 7. b3 (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Na6
12. Rab1 Nc7 13. b4 a6 14. Rfc1 Ra7 15. cxd5 Nfxd5 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Qd2 f4 18.
exf4 Qg4 19. Ne3 Qxf4 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. a4 Ne6 24. b5
axb5 25. axb5 Kf8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rb4 Rad7 28. Rcc4 Rd5 29. g3 c5 {1/2-1/2
West,G-Sarfati,J/Melbourne Masters (10) ;EXT 95 1995}) 7... Na6 (7... c6 $143)
(7... Be7 $143) 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bb2 (11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qd2
Nbxd5) 11... Ne4 12. Rfc1 (12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxd5) 12... Rd8
13. Qe2 Qe6 14. a3 Nc7 15. c5 $10 Re8 16. b4 f4 17. exf4 Nxc3 18. Qxe6 Nxe6 19.
Rxc3 Nxf4 20. Rb3 a6 21. g3 Ne6 22. a4 Bf6 23. Rd1 {draw, offered by White.} (
23. b5 $2 axb5 24. axb5 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Nxc5) (23. Rd1 g5 24. Ne1 Kg7 25. Nc2
Kg6 26. Ne3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christmas Congress 1925/26-06 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings Town Hall"]
[Date "1926.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "Delaire,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1925.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 (6... e6) 7.
cxd5 (7. Be3 e5 $1 {Alekhine}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nc3 e6 (8... Nxd4 $2 9. Nxd4 Bxd1
10. Bb5+ {[%csl Re8]}) 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O {[%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7]
} 12. Rd1 Ncb4 13. Be4 Bg5 14. f4 {En réalité, forcé pour empêcher les noirs
de prendre possession du trou en f4} Bh6 15. a3 Qh4 16. Bxd5 (16. axb4 Nxe3 $19
{[%cal Gh4e1]}) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. O-O
Rad8 21. Qxb7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Re1 h5 $1 {La manière dont les Noirs
exploitent la faiblesse du roque opposé mérite d'être étudié} 24. Re4 Qd1+ 25.
Kg2 f5 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qb3+ (27. h3) 27... Kh7 28. Qc3 (28. Re6) 28... Qd5+ 29.
Kg1 Rf6 30. Rg3 (30. Qd3) 30... h4 31. Qf3 $2 (31. Qd3 $142) 31... Qc5 $17 32.
Qe3 Qc6 33. Rg5 (33. Rg2 Re6 $19 {[%cal Ge6e1]}) (33. Rh3 Rg6+) 33... Re6 (
33... g6 $142) 34. Qc3 $2 (34. Qd2 Rd6 $19) (34. Rh5+ $142 Kg8 35. Qb3 $11)
34... Qxc3 $19 35. bxc3 g6 {La finale est facilement gagnante pour les Noirs}
36. Kf1 Rc6 37. Rg1 Rxc3 38. Ke2 Rxa3 39. Rc1 Kh6 40. Rc7 Kg5 41. Rc6 a5 42.
Ra6 a4 43. h3 Kf4 44. Rxg6 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Kf3 46. Kg1 Rxf2 47. Rc6 Re2 48. Rc3+
Re3 49. Rc5 f4 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kf1 Rb3 52. Ke1 Kg2 {Une partie intéressante,
notamment pour la réalisation technique d'Alekhine en finale.  Source:
Traduction d'Henri DELAIRE dans le numéro de juin 1926 de la Stratégie d'un
article de la revue the Field} 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 41st"]
[Site "Goa"]
[Date "2002.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Annaberdiev, Meilis"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 (3... Bg4 4. c4 {An interesting nuance- this
position can arise after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4} c6) 4. Bd3 {
A passive move, which doesn't promise anything special.} ({More principal is} 
4. c4 c6 {transforming to very popular variation nowadays. -D12}) 4... Bxd3 (
4... e6 {is more popular, which provides to more complicated game, than after
4...Bxd3.} 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 {0-1 Vorotnikov,V-Kobalija,M/Moscow 1999/CBM 70/
[Avrukh,B] (40)} (6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 Bd6 $15 {0-1 Forman,S-Najer,E/
Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (40)})) 5. cxd3 $5 {White changes the pawn structure-
he opens the "c" line for his heavy pieces as well as strenghens his center.
After black provides c7-c5, white would to change his d4-pawn and to stay with
two whole pawns in the center.} (5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. e4 O-O 9.
c4 Na6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e5 Nd7 12. a3 Rc8 $15 {1-0 Chebotarev,O-Sveshnikov,E/
Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Hecht] (58)}) 5... Nbd7 6. O-O e6 {Black's plan is to
complete the development and to achieve the breakthrough c7-c5.} 7. b3 $146 {
White prepares to trade the dark-squared bishops with Bc1-a3. If black allows
white to carry out his plan, the position will be absolutely equal without any
special chance for black to win this game, so...} b5 $1 8. Bb2 (8. Qc2 c5) 8...
Be7 9. Qc2 c5 $11 {Black is going to complete the development, he has a little
bit more space than white. On the other hand white hasn't any weaknesses and
his pieces occupied good positions, so the position is equal.} 10. dxc5 (10. e4
O-O 11. e5 Ng4 $13) 10... Bxc5 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Qe2 {threatening
d3-d4.} Be7 14. Rc2 ({Deserved attention} 14. e4 b4 (14... d4 $2 15. Nxd4 Qxd4
$2 16. Nd5) 15. Na4 Qb7 16. e5 Ng4 $5 17. Nd4 Ngxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5
20. Qxe5 Qa6 $13) 14... Rfc8 15. Rfc1 {White threatens to play Nxd5,also white
intends to trade the rooks and to get the draw.} Qb7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Nb1 {
[%csl Yc6] White tries to emphasize the weakness of the white squares in the
black's camp.} Bc5 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. h3 h6 {Both of players haven't any concrect
plan, so they do some profilactic moves.} 20. Nbd2 Rxc2 {Now it is the good
time for black to trade the rooks, because white doesn't succeed to take
control over the "c" line.} 21. Rxc2 Rc8 22. Qd1 Ne8 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Gb5b4,
Ge8c7,Gc7b5] Black preparing the transfer of his knight to b5.} 23. Qc1 Rc7 24.
Ne1 b4 $1 $15 {Black secures the strongfold for his pieces in the white's
camp- c3.} 25. d4 $6 {Quite a serious positional mistake. The least of the
evils that I could recommend is a waiting strategy and not to weaken the white
squares in his camp and not to close his dark-squared bishop. Anyway the
defending in such a situation isn't an easy task.} Qb5 {emphasizing the
defects of the previous white's move.} 26. Ndf3 Ndf6 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Qc2 Ne4
(28... Qa5 {comes to consideration.}) 29. Nd3 Qa5 30. Nc1 Kf8 {, centralizing
the king, also the black king from e7 will defend the bishop d6 in case of
white's Qc6.} 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Qc6 Ke7 33. Qc2 Kd7 34. Ba1 Nb5 {Black's pieces
are actively placed, so he is ready to act decisively.} 35. Nd3 Na3 36. Qd1 Ke7
{A profilactic move.} 37. Bb2 Nb5 38. Qa1 Ne4 $1 {It is the right moment to
start decisive operations.} 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40. Nc1 Nc3 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb2]} 41.
a3 (41. a4 {doesn't help, because after} Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5d1]} 42. Na2 Nxa2 {
black is winning the piece.}) (41. Kf1 {was the only move, but after} Nd5 {
keeps a solid advantage. The black's plan is to move forward his pawns on the
kingside and to organize there a passed pawn, while white hasn't any real
counterplay.}) (41. Bxc3 bxc3 42. Qb1 (42. Ne2 c2 $19) 42... c2 $19) 41... Nd1
$19 (41... Qh5 $19 {was simpler.}) 42. axb4 (42. a4 {loses as well:} Qc7 {
[%csl Rb2,Rf2][%cal Gc7c2]} 43. Qb1 $8 Nxb2 $1 (43... Bh2+ {less effective,
but more spectacular:} 44. Kf1 Nxf2 $1 (44... Bg3 $2 45. Nd3 $1 $11) 45. Kxf2
Qg3+ 46. Kf1 Qxe3 47. Ne2 Qxb3 $17) 44. Qxb2 Qc3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rc3e1]} 45.
Qxc3 bxc3 $19 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Rd6a3,Rc3c2,Rc2c1]}) 42... Qxb4 43. d5 $2 (43.
Kf1 {doesn't change anything} Qd2 $19 {winning the game.}) 43... Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 (7...
Ne4 8. Be2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 Qa5 $11
{Adly,A-Frhat,A/Cairo 2001}) 8. Be2 {White is playing Tartakover with reversed
colors.} (8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. f4 Bxc2 $2 13. Qxc2
Nxd4 14. Qxc7 Nxe2+ 15. Kf2 $18 {Znosko Borovsky,E-Marshall,F/Nuremberg 1906})
(8. a3 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe1 Nd7 $13 {Farkas,
T-Milenkovic,M/Kladovo 1992}) 8... Bd6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. O-O Qc7 $1 {Initiating
complications that turn out to be in black's favor.} 11. f4 (11. Ndf3 $2 Bxc2
$1 12. Qxc2 {[%csl Rc2]} Nxe5 13. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxc7 $17) 11... Nb4 $1
12. a3 $6 {Wrong reaction. The best way to meet Nb4 was 12.Bb5+ followed by 13.
Bd3:} (12. c3 $2 Nc2 13. Rc1 Ne3 $19) (12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 (13... Nxd3
14. cxd3 h6 15. g4 Bh7 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Qf3 $13) 14. cxd3 Qc2 15. Qxc2 Nxc2 16.
Rac1 Ne3 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. g4 $13) 12... Qxc2 13. axb4 $6 (13. Qc1 $5 Qxc1 14.
Raxc1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Ke7 $15) 13... Qxb2 14. Ndc4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc3
$6 {It's black's turn to mistake.} (15... Bc2 $1 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Qd2 (17. Qc1
Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxd6 $19) 17... Kxd6 18. Rac1 Rhc8 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Qxc2 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 b5 22. Bd3 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Kd5 $17) 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Nxf5+ exf5 18. Rf3 $1
{Now the poition is very unclear} Qxb4 19. Re3+ Kf8 20. Bf3 g6 21. Rc1 $6 {
[%cal Gc1c7] White could save tempo by playing Ra4 right away} (21. Ra4 $5 Qb6
22. Qd2 $132 {[%cal Ga4b4]}) 21... Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gc7]} 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Qd2 Kg7
$15 24. Rb4 (24. Qc3 Rhe8 25. Re5 Rd7 $15) 24... Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga5d2]
} 25. Re5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe1 b6 28. h3 $6 {Strangely enough the best
way to defend was by trading a pair of rooks and the queens.} (28. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5
29. Qe5+ Qxe5 30. fxe5 Rd8 (30... f6 31. e6 Rd8 32. Rc4 Kf8 33. Rc7 Rxd4 34.
Rxa7 Re4 35. Rxh7 Rxe6 36. Rb7 $15) 31. Rc4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. Rc6
$1 $15) 28... Rc8 $17 29. Re7 $6 Rc1 $1 30. Qxc1 Qxb4 31. Qc7 (31. Rxa7 Qxd4+
32. Kh2 Rc5 33. Qa1 Qxa1 34. Rxa1 Rc3 $19) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 Qf6 33. Qxa7 Rd3
34. Rb7 Rxb3 $19 {Now black's win is just a matter of time.} 35. Qb8 Qh4 36.
Rxb6 (36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. Kh1 Qg3 38. Qa1 Re3 $19) 36... Rxb6 37. Qxb6 Qxf4+ 38.
Kh1 Qe5 39. Qf2 f4 40. Qf1 Kh6 41. Qc1 Kg7 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gh6g5,Gg5h4,Gh4g3]
Black king is heading to g3!} 42. Qf1 h5 43. Qd1 Kh6 44. Qc1 Qe3 45. Qf1 Kg5
46. Qb1 Kh4 47. Kh2 f6 48. Qa1 Kg5 49. Qf1 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qe3 51. Qb5+ Kh4 52.
Qf1 Kg3 53. Qb1 g5 54. Qd1 f3 0-1

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 $11 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 (11... O-O 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Bc2
Re8 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Qc3 b5 17. a3 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qd5 $13 {Kaufmann,
W-Costa,J/SUI 1994}) 12. Bc2 {If black bishop was still on c8 white could've
hoped for opening advantage, but once the preoblem of the lightsquared bishop
is solved black is out of any danger.} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Nd2 Rad8 $15 {Umansky,M-Kudischewitsch,D/Moscow 1966}) (12. Bd3 Bc7 13. Be2
Qd6 (13... O-O 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qb3 a6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rab8 $13 {Pelikian,
J-Gerbelli,E/Sao Bernardo 1998}) 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. c5
Bb8 $132 {Koshy,V-Kupreichik,V/Delhi 1982}) 12... O-O (12... Bc7 13. g4 Bg6 14.
Be3 Qd6 15. Ne5 Qb4 16. Bb3 O-O-O $15 {Krasser,R-Schwab,R/Oberwart 1999}) 13.
Qe2 b5 (13... Bc7) 14. c5 Be7 (14... Bc7 15. Rd1 (15. Bg5 $6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4
17. Qxc6 Nd5 18. Qxb5 Qe5 19. f4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Rab8 $36) 15... Qd5 16. g4 Bg6
17. Bb3 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Ne5 $13) 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Rb8 18. Bd3
Qc7 19. Bc4 Bf6 20. g3 (20. g4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. Be3 Qh4 24.
Kh2 f5 $132) 20... Rfe8 21. g4 $5 Bg6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 b3 $1 {With idea
to bring the bishop to c2.} (23... Qe7 24. Be3 Red8) 24. Ra4 $2 {[%csl Ra4]
Missing nice tactical blow by black.} (24. Bg5 $1 $13 {[%csl Ge7]}) 24... Bc2
$1 25. Rf1 (25. Rd4 Nc3 26. bxc3 b2 27. Bxb2 Bxa4 28. Bd3 Bb3 $17) 25... Red8
$6 {Fortunately for white black doesn't take his chance after} (25... Nc3 $1
26. bxc3 b2 27. Bxb2 Bxa4 $17 {with exchange up for no real compensation.}) 26.
Bg5 Rd7 27. Bd2 Qd8 28. Qf3 h6 (28... Qe7 29. Ra3 Qxc5 30. Bxb3 Qd4 31. Bxc2
Qxd2 32. Qe4 Qh6 $15) 29. a6 Qe7 30. Ra5 Rdd8 31. Rfa1 Nb4 (31... Nc7 32. Bc3
Nb5 33. Bxb5 cxb5 $15 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]}) 32. Bc3 Nd5 33. Bd2 Nb4 34. Bxb4 Rxb4
35. Bf1 Rd2 $6 {Losing a thread of the game.} (35... Re4 $1 36. Qg3 Qc7 37. Bg2
Rd3 38. Qh2 Qd8 $1 $17) 36. Qc3 Rbd4 $6 (36... Rdd4 $5) 37. R5a4 Rxa4 (37...
Rd8) 38. Rxa4 Qd8 39. Bg2 Qd3 $4 (39... Rd3 40. Qb4 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rd2 $13) 40.
Qxd3 Rxd3 41. Bxc6 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. Bb7 Rxb2 44. c6 Ra2 $2 (44... Bg6 45.
Rb4 Rc2 46. Rxb3 Be4+ 47. Kg3 Bxc6 48. Rd3 Kh7 49. Rd8 Rc3+ 50. Kh2 Rc2 51. Rc8
$18) 45. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 (8. b3 Bb4 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Qh5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. h3 Re7 19. Ne5 Rc7 20.
Bc1 Rcc8 21. Rd3 Nd7 22. Qd2 Bc7 23. Ng4 Qg6 24. Rd1 {Rivas Pastor,M-Gurevich,
M/Barcelona/1992/1-0 (85)}) 8... Be7 9. b3 (9. e4 O-O $1 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5
Ne8 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Kh1 $6 Rc8 17. Ne2 Qc7
18. Nd2 Rcd8 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. b3 $15 {Murshed,N-Chernin,A/Philadelphia/1989/}) (
9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 a5 11. a4 Qc7 12. e5 Ne8 13. b3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nf1 Nd6
16. Ng3 Raf8 17. Re1 Nf7 18. Nh5 Rf5 19. Ng3 Rf6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nh5 Rf5 22.
Rxe6 Rxh5 23. Rxe7 Nd8 24. Ba3 {Kortchnoi,V-Miles,A/South Africa/1979/1-0 (30)}
) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. Bc3 Qb6 (11... a4 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 $10) 12. Rfd1
Rfd8 (12... a4 13. c5 (13. Rab1 axb3 14. axb3 Ra3 15. Ra1 $10) 13... Qa6 14.
Qxa6 Rxa6 15. b4 {/\ b5}) 13. Rac1 Qa6 14. a4 $1 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 a4 $132)
14... Rac8 15. Ne1 Qb6 (15... dxc4 $6 16. bxc4 $14) 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Nd3 b6 (
17... Ng4 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. h3 Ngf6 $10) 18. h3 Qa7 19. Bb2 Qa6 20. Ne1 (20. Nf3
Ne4 $10) 20... Bb4 21. Nef3 (21. Nd3 Be7) 21... c5 22. dxc5 (22. cxd5 $2 cxd4)
22... Bxc5 23. Qb1 (23. cxd5 $2 Bxe3 24. Qb1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxd5
$17) 23... Qb7 24. cxd5 Qxd5 (24... exd5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Ne4 27. Qb2 $36)
25. Nc4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 (26. Bd4 Qxb1 27. Rxb1 Nd5 $10) 26... Nxe4 27. Bd4 f6 $1
28. Nfd2 (28. Bxc5 Ndxc5 (28... Nexc5 $6 29. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Rxc5 $16) 29. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rb8 $132) 28... Nxd2 29. Rxd2 e5 30. Bc3 (30.
Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Nxb6 Nxb3 33. Rc7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Nd2 $132) 30... Kf8
31. Rcd1 Ke7 32. Kf1 Nb8 $1 33. Ke2 (33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. Ke2 Nc6
$10) 33... Rxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Nc6 35. f4 exf4 36. exf4 Ke6 $1 (36... Rd8 37. Rxd8
Kxd8 38. Kd3 $14) 37. Kf3 h5 38. g4 (38. Re2+ Kf7 $10) 38... hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Rh8
40. f5+ Ke7 41. Rd3 (41. Re2+ Kf7 42. Kg3 Rd8 $10) 41... Rh1 (41... Rh3+ 42.
Ke4) 42. Ke4 Rg1 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 (6... Bd6 7. c4 a5
8. bxa5 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qxa5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Be2 Ndc5 13. O-O Na4 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Nbd4 Bd7 $10 {Bouwmeester,H-Keres,P/Leipzig ol/1960/}
) 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Nbd7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nb6 $6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 (
12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 $16) 13. a4 Rc8 (13... Nfd5) 14. O-O Nfd5
15. Qb3 Bf6 $2 (15... Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7) 16. Ne5 Be7 (16... Qe7 17. Ne4 $36) 17.
Rfd1 Bb4 18. Ndf3 f5 $2 (18... Nf6 $16) 19. Rxd5 $1 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 (22... Bxc8 23. Nf7+ $18) 23. Nxd7 Qc2 (23... Rd8 24.
Nfe5 $18) 24. g3 Rg8 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nf6 $1 (26. Nf6 Rf8 27. Qg8+ $1 Rxg8 28.
Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chebotarev, Oleg"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
e4 O-O 9. c4 Na6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e5 Nd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Qc2 15.
Qxc2 Rxc2 16. Rab1 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Ne1 Rc4 19. Kf1 Nb5 20. Ra1 Bg5 21.
Ndf3 Be7 22. Ng1 a5 23. Ne2 Nb6 24. a4 Nc7 25. Rdc1 Na6 26. f4 Nb4 27. Nc3 g5
28. g3 gxf4 29. gxf4 f6 30. Nb5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Bh4 32. Nf3 Rc2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34.
Nxh4 Rxb2 35. Nd6 Rxb3 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Nc4 38. Kf4 Nc2 39. Rg1+ Kf8 40.
Nf3 N2e3 41. Ng5 Rxh2 42. Nxe6+ Ke7 43. Nxc4 Nxc4 44. Nc5 {[#] Freibauern -
Mattangriff} Rh4+ 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. e6+ Kf6 47. Kg3 Rxd4 48. Rf1+ Ke7 49. Rf7+
Ke8 50. Nd7 Rd3+ (50... Kd8 $1 51. Nf6 Kc8 $1 52. Rd7 Ne3 53. Kf3 Nf5 54. Nxd5
Kb8 55. Ne3 Rxd7 56. exd7 Kc7 (56... Nd4+ $5 57. Ke4 Nc6 58. Nd5 h5 {und
Schwarz kann noch spielen}) 57. Nxf5 Kxd7 $11) 51. Kf2 Re3 52. Nf6+ Kd8 53.
Rd7+ Kc8 54. e7 $18 {[%cal Rd7d8]} b5 (54... Nd6 55. Rd8+ Kc7 56. Nxd5+ $18)
55. axb5 a4 56. b6 (56. Rd8+ Kb7 57. Nxd5 Rxe7 58. Nxe7 a3 59. Nc6 $18) 56...
a3 (56... Kb8 57. e8=Q+ $18) 57. Rc7+ Kb8 58. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1984.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a4 (
14. O-O Kf8 $1 (14... Ne4 $6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 {/\ 17.Nc4 mit Gegenchancen
Timman}) 15. Ne5 {/\ 16.f4 Hübner} (15. Rfe1 {Im Buch steht 15.Rfc1 , dies ist
wohl ein Druckfehler.} Rc8 $17 {Timman}) (15. a4 Rh5 16. Qc1 g5 17. Ba3 Kg8 $17
{Timman}) 15... Nxe5 (15... g5 {Timman} 16. Qf5 (16. f4 g4 17. hxg4 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Nxg4 $17) 16... Rh5 17. g4 g6 (17... Rxh3 18. Kg2 Rh6 19. Rh1 $36) 18. Qf3
(18. Qxg6 $6 Nxe5 19. Qf5 Nexg4 20. hxg4 Rh4 $17) 18... Rh7 19. Qg3 Re8 20. f4
$13 {Hier sind weitere Untersuchungen nötig, um zu einem abschließenden und
abgeschlossenen Urteil über den Wert dieser Fortsetzung zu gelangen. Hübner})
16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc5+ Kg8 19. Qxa7 $16 {Schwarz hat keine
Angriffsaussichten und Mühe mit seiner Figurenkoordination. Hübner}) 14... O-O
15. O-O Rfe8 16. Qc1 Rbc8 17. Ba3 c5 18. Qb2 b6 19. Rfd1 Nf8 20. Rac1 Ne6 21.
Qa1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. dxc5 (23. Nd2 cxd4 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxe4 Qd5 26.
Rxc8 Rxc8 {^D} 27. Qb1 $1 $10 {Hübner} (27. Ng3 Qxb3 28. exd4 Rc4 {Mit großem
Vorteil für Schwarz. Timman}) 27... f5 28. Ng3 Rc3 29. Ne2 Rxb3 30. Qa2 Rb5 (
30... d3 $2 31. Nc1) 31. Qa3) 23... exf3 {^D} 24. cxd6 {? Peters 'Players
Chess News'} (24. Rxd6 Qg5 25. g3 Qh5 26. h4 Qg4 (26... Nxc5 $15 {Tal}) 27. Rc4
{Dies war wahrscheinlich der in dieser Variante von Tal geplante Zug.} (27. Kh2
Ng5 $1 28. hxg5 Qh5+ {Schwarz setzt forciert Matt. Timman}) 27... Qh3 28. Qf1 {
Hübner}) 24... Qg5 25. g4 Nf4 26. Rxc8 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Qh4 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bb2+ f6 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Bxf6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mahmud, Syarif"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Ne4 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. c4
d5 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4
14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. d5 $11) 9... Bf5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11.
Bc4 Qd8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 e6 15. Qg4 (15. Re1 Bd5 16. Bxd5
Qxd5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rc1 Qa6 $15) 15... Bd5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Nf3 (18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc1 Qa6 $15) 18... Qa5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Rc3
Rcd8 {Der isolierte d-Bauer ist schwach.} 21. Rd3 Rd5 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 {MUSTER
für FESSELUNG} 23. Qe4 Na5 24. b4 Nc6 25. Ba1 Qa6 26. h3 h6 27. Qe3 e5 28. R3d2
exd4 29. Nxd4 Qb6 30. Nf5 Qxe3 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Nxe3 Rxd1+ 33.
Nxd1 Bxa1 $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Czerwonski, Aleksander"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 (7. c4
dxc4 8. Nxc4 c5 9. a4 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14.
Bc2 Bd5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rdc1 Qb7 17. f3 Bh6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Nxd7
Qxd7 21. Bd1 Bb7 $13 {Kargl,K-Wittmann,W/AUT-ch 1985/}) 7... c5 (7... b6 8. Rb1
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Rfe1 e6 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
Bd6 Rc6 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rc8 18. Ndf3 Ne4 19. h4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc5 21.
Rbd1 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 $13 {Schubert,G-Levitzky,T/Hajduszoboszlo 1999/}) 8. Bb2 b6
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf1 a6 12. Rb1 Ndf6 13.
Ne5 Nf4 14. Qf3 Ne6 15. h4 Qa5 16. Bc3 Qc7 (16... Qxa2 17. Rec1 $1) 17. Be2 Bd7
18. Bd1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Qa5 20. c3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd2 22. Re2 Qb4 23. g4 Be6 24.
a3 Qd6 25. b4 Ne4 26. Qe3 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qc6 28. f3 Nc3 29. Bxc3 Qxc3 30. Kf2
Rc7 31. Rc2 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rec8 33. Rbc1 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Kf8 36.
Kd4 Ke8 37. Bb3 Kd7 38. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Kaufmann,H-Blank,K/Badenweiler 1995/}) 9.
Qe2 Bb7 10. Ba6 $6 (10. c4 $142 $1) 10... Qc8 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13.
c4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nfe4 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nc4 Bxb2 19.
Qxb2 (19. Nxb2 $2 Nc3 $19) 19... b5 20. Na5 Qd7 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. b4 Qd3 23.
Nb3 $2 (23. Qd4 $8) 23... Rc2 $19 24. Qd4 Nxf2 25. Rf1 (25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Nd4
$19) 25... Qe2 26. Qd7 Rb2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 ({On seeing the position after five moves, many would think that it was
an unpretentious variation of the exchange Caro Kann:} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 (4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 {, as played by Fischer, is supposed to be
slightly more ambitious.}) 4... Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nc6) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 $5 {
When preparing for the game, I noticed that my opponent has a wide repertoire.
My team mates had warned me that he is well prepared in theoretical lines and
I must confess that I did not feel like facing the Volga/Benko Gambit on that
day. The game move does not promise an advantage, but leaves both players on
their own at a very early stage, which was precisely my intention.} d5 4. Nbd2
$5 {A cunning move introduced to grandmaster practice by Vlado Kovacevic, an
outstanding expert of the so called "irregular openings".} ({I considered the
attempt to transpose to a Panov Attack with} 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 {, but then
understood that} g6 {becomes playable. In the normal Panov lines, White has
Nc3 instead of Nf3, which allows him to set up early pressure against d5.})
4... cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 {Compared with a Caro Kann, Black seems to be well off.
He will be able to play ...Bg4 without any problem, while the c1-bishop is
obstructed by its own knight. However, the fact that c2-c3 has not been played
yet, allows White to play in the spirit of a reversed... Ragozin QG!! In such
a sharp line, the extra tempo may well count.} 6. Bb5 {The point behind the
Kovacevic variation.} Bd7 $5 $146 {Being a 1.d4 player, my opponent seems to
have spotted my intentions.} (6... Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. c4 {leads to a genuine
reversed Ragozin, with the corresponding extra tempo for White.} Be7 (8... Bd6
9. Qa4 O-O $5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Ne4 {Kovacevic,V 
(2492)-Handke,F (2455)/Charleville 2000/CBM 079 ext (1-0, 35)} 14. Re1 Nxd2 15.
Nxd2 Qh4 16. Nf1) 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 (11. Ne5 $5) 11... Rc8 12.
Qa6 dxc4 13. Qxa7 Bb4 $44 {Kovacevic,V (2507)-Sutkovic,D (2243)/Donji Vakuf
2001/CBM 082 ext (0-1, 28)}) (6... g6 {is a continuation in the spirit the
line examined in one of my 3...g6 CK articles, published in earlier issues.
The main merit of this move is the inhibiting of c2-c4.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. c3 Nd7 (9... Qc7 {should not change anything essentially, but White's play
in the following game is not too convincing.} 10. a4 $6 Re8 11. Ne5 $6 Nd7 12.
Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nf3 a6 14. Bf1 Rad8 15. g3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Bg5 f6
19. Be3 exd4 20. cxd4 f5 $132 {Fucak,E (2311)-Zelcic,R (2563)/Sibenik 2006/CBM
114 ext (1/2, 48)}) 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Nc4
15. Qc1 Re8 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. N1h2 $36 {Kovacevic,V (2491)-Zelcic,R (2563)/
Sibenik 2006/CBM 114 ext (1-0, 58)}) (6... Qb6 {develops the queen too early.}
7. c4 dxc4 8. Qa4 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Ne5 Qb5 ({The queen's rook
belongs on c8, which makes} 11... Rd8 $6 {look like a loss of time.} 12. Ndxc4
Qb5 13. Qc2 Bd5 14. Be3 e6 15. Rfc1 Rc8 {Here it is, Black loses a tempo in
order to take measures against the increasing pressure along the c-file.} 16.
a4 $1 {The same plan as in Kovacevic' other game.} Qb7 17. a5 Be4 18. Qa4 Be7
19. Nb6 Rc7 20. f3 Bd5 21. Rc3 O-O 22. Rac1 $14 {Kovacevic,V (2512)-Jankovic,A
(2446)/Solin 2005/CBM 111 (1-0, 34)}) 12. Qc2 Bd5 13. Ndxc4 e6 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Be7 {Both sides have active minor pieces, but White has more space and
Black has two isolated pawns against White's one.} 16. a4 $1 Qb7 17. a5 {
This radical advance of the a-pawn locks the weak a6-pawn and ensures the
d7-square for the knight.} O-O 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. f3 Bd6 20. Qc3 h6 21. b4 {
White's space advantage becomes overwhelming, although Black's position
remains solid.} Rb8 22. Rcb1 Re7 23. Rb2 Bc7 24. Na4 Bd6 25. Rab1 Qb5 26. Nc5
$14 {Kovacevic,V (2505)-Sermek,D (2530)/Sibenik 2009/CBM 132 Extra (1-0, 48)})
7. O-O a6 {Black gets the bishop pair at the cost of one important tempo.} (
7... e6 $5 {deserves to be considered.}) 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Ndf3 {
I was not sure yet which would be the best plan and played an apparently
active move, threatening both Ng5 and Bg5.} (10. c4 $5 {deserves attention.})
10... Nd7 {This came as a surprise.} ({I expected} 10... Ne4 {with the
possible continuation} 11. c4 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 {Defending the
pawn and preparing to meet cxd5 with ...cxd5.} 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 $14 {
The e4-knight has become unstable.}) ({I also considered} 10... Be7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Re1) ({or} 10... Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Re1 {, hoping to simplify to an
endgame in which his light-squared bishop would become bad. I was not sure,
however, whether White has anything concrete in these lines.}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. c4 {The game finally starts looking like a Ragozin.} dxc4 {Clearing the
d5-square for his pieces, but Black will not get the chance to use it.} (12...
Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bf4 $14 {/\Rfc1}) 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qxc4 Be7 {Accompanied by
a draw offer. We had both spent lots of time so far, and our team captain
quickly indicated: "It's up to you". After discovering the next move, I felt
like if it would be a pity not to play on.} 15. Bd2 $1 O-O (15... Qxb2 16. Rfb1
Qa3 17. Qxc6 $16) 16. b4 $1 $14 {This plan bears some similarity to Kovacevic'
a4-a5. Black's queenside pawns become irremediably weak.} Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 {
Probably overlooking my subsequent manoeuvre.} (17... Rfc8 $14) 18. Rab1 {
The start of a curious rook voyage.} h6 19. Rb3 Qb5 20. Qc2 (20. Ra3 Nb6 21.
Qb3 Nd5 22. Ra5 $14) 20... Bf6 21. Ra3 Rc7 22. Ra5 Qb7 23. Bf4 Rcc8 24. a3 (24.
Qc4 $5 Ra8 25. Qxc6 Qxb4 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. Rxa6 $16) 24... Bd8 25. Rh5 {Suddenly,
there are some kingside threats available.} Re8 26. Bd6 {I planned to increase
my space advantage with Ne5 (followed by dxe5), when I could combine the
kingside attack threats with the pressure against c6. My opponent was in
severe time trouble already, while I had some 15 minutes left.} f5 $6 {A
nervous reaction, only making things worse.} 27. Qb3 Kh7 28. Rh3 (28. Re1 $1
$16 {Doru Ionescu} a5 29. Rxe6 Bf6 30. Rxh6+ $1 $18 (30. Rxf5 $18) 30... Kxh6 (
30... gxh6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qf7+) 31. Qe3+) 28... a5 29. Re1 axb4 30. Rxe6 Bf6
(30... Rxe6 31. Qxe6 bxa3 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Be5+ Nxe5 35. Qxb7
Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 $18) 31. axb4 Qb5 32. Rxe8 $2 {I somehow lost concentration in
his time trouble and terribly misplayed such a great position.} (32. Rxf6 Nxf6
33. Qf7 $1 {Doru Ionescu} (33. Ng5+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kh7 $11) 33... Ng4 (33... Kh8
34. Rxh6+ gxh6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Be5+
Rxe5 40. Nxe5 $18) 34. Bf8 $3 (34. Ne5 $2 Qe2 $1 $19) 34... Rxf8 35. Ng5+ Kh8
36. Rxh6+ Nxh6 37. Qg6 $18) (32. Rxh6+ $1 $18) 32... Rxe8 33. Qb1 {The game
broadcast abruptly broke here. I have saved the rest of the moves right after
the game and completed the database version.} Re4 34. Qd1 Qd5 35. Bc7 g5 $36
36. Qd2 f4 37. Ne1 (37. g4 $5 $15) 37... Qxd4 38. Qd3 Kg7 (38... Qxd3 39. Nxd3
g4 $2 40. f3 $1 $16) (38... g4 $1 39. Nc2 $5 Qd5 40. Qxd5 cxd5 $17) 39. Kf1 $5
Qc4 (39... Qxb4 $1 40. Qxd7+ Re7 41. Qd1 Rxc7 $17) 40. Qxc4 Rxc4 41. Rb3 {
The time trouble was over, and becoming aware of the fact that the worse of it
was behind already, I took the liberty of offering a draw. Since we were
leading by 2-1, my opponent had to play on for a while.} Kf7 (41... Nf8 42. b5
cxb5 43. Bd6 $11) 42. g3 $11 Nf8 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Nf3 Ne6 45. Be5 Rc1+ 46. Kg2
Bxe5 47. Nxe5+ Kf6 48. Nf3 Nc7 49. Rd3 Nb5 50. Rd8 Rc4 (50... Rc4 51. Rh8 Kg7
52. Rc8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telechess ol1 7778"]
[Site "telex"]
[Date "1978.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Rittner,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1977.02.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Fernschach 1/1979 Seite 4} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. b3 c5
6. Bb2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 e5 10. N4f3 Nc6 11. c4 d4 12. exd4 e4
13. Ne1 Nxd4 14. Nc2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bg4 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. cxd5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bg7
19. h3 Bf5 20. Rbd1 Qxd5 21. Nc4 Qd3 $1 22. Nb4 ({Nach} 22. Rxd3 exd3 {nebst
dxc2 gewinnt Schwarz}) 22... Qxe3 23. fxe3 Be6 24. Nd6 Re7 25. g4 a5 26. Nc2 h5
27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Nxe4 Bf5 31. Nd6 Bh3 32. Rf3 Be6
33. Rf2 Rc7 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rh8 36. Rh2 {Abgebrochen und zur Abschätzung
eingesandt.} ({Fehlerhaft wurde aber} 36. Rf3 {übermittelt.}) 0-1

