[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Gibraltar is an unusual event because there are 10 consecutive playing days,
and I was fortunate that the fatigue affected my adversaries in the final 2
games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 ({I thought my opponent would play} 3...
Nd7 {here.}) 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 ({After} 6... g6 7. c3 {
White can build a strong centre.}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 (8... Rc8 $5 {
is an interesting option here.}) 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 ({During the game I thought
this was more accurate to prevent d5 ideas, but the straightforward} 10. Nc3 $5
{was also reasonable} Rc8 11. b3 d5 {is a critical line} 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb6 $1 ({I was looking at} 14... Bf6 $6 15. Rb1 {but here Black
is struggling.}) 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Ba3 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxf8 Bxa1 19. Ba3
Bf6 20. Nd6 Ra8 21. Nxb7 Nc3 {Black should hold, but it's not much fun.}) 10...
Re8 ({I was expecting a transfer to a traditional Hedgehog with} 10... a6 {
although this is not a very fashionable option these days. I'm sure Ulf
Andersson would be happy here with Black!}) ({Nils spent some time here, and
was obviously considering} 10... d5 $5 {which isn't a bad option} 11. e5 Ne4
12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 Bb4 (13... Ng5 $5) 14. fxe4 Bxe1 15. Qxe1 Nxe5 {when
matters are rather murky.}) 11. Bb2 Nc5 ({Again the central break is hard to
assess} 11... d5 $5 12. e5 Ne4 13. cxd5 (13. f3 Nec5 14. cxd5 exd5 $13) 13...
exd5 14. e6 {looks dangerous here, but due to White's lagging development it
is too ambitious} fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qb6 (15... Qa5 $5 {is another good option}) 16.
Rxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd7 e3 18. Qd5 $2 {which I thought was good enough, but as my
opponent pointed out after the game} (18. Na3 $1 exf2+ 19. Kf1 Qd6 20. Qxd6
Bxd6 21. Ng5 Bxh2 {is roughly equal.}) 18... exf2+ 19. Kf1 Qa6+ $1 {leaves
Black in charge.} 20. Kxf2 $2 Bh4+ $19) 12. Nc3 d5 $2 ({Having rejected two
viable occasions to make this move, this is a really unfortunate moment for
this break - it simply loses immediately.} 12... a6 {or}) (12... Rc8 {were
indicated.}) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nf5 $1 Bf8 (14... Qd7 15. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Nxd5
$18 {is totally crushing.}) (14... d4 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd4 {
is relatively best, but far from hopeful.}) ({My opponent had not initially
realised that} 14... dxc4 $2 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Qxd8+ {wins a rook.}) 15. Rxe8
Qxe8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nh6+ $1 ({A killing intermezzo} 17. cxd5 $6 Qe4 {
allows Black to fight}) 17... Kh8 (17... gxh6 18. Qg4+ {mates.}) 18. Qxd5 Qe6 (
{Black has to part with a second pawn:} 18... f6 19. Qg8# {is an abrupt
conclusion}) (18... Ne6 19. Re1 $1 {and Black lacks a decent move:} Rd8 $2 20.
Qxd8 $1 Qxd8 21. Nxf7+ $18) 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Qxe6 Nxe6 21. Ne5 Rd8 (21... a5
$5 {was probably the best way to try to cause trouble.}) 22. Bc3 {Black has no
entry squares, and conversion was not too difficult.} Bc5 23. Kf1 Bd4 24. Bxd4
Rxd4 25. Re1 $1 Nc5 (25... Rd2 {is repelled by} 26. Nf3 {.}) 26. Nf3 Rd6 27.
Ng5 {Now the exchange of knights is pretty inevitable.} Rd8 28. g3 h6 29. Ne6
Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Kf7 31. Re5 Rd2 32. a4 ({I was thinking for a while about} 32.
Rc5 Rxa2 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 a5 {but the game move is cleaner.}) 32... Rb2
33. Rb5 b6 34. h4 Ke6 (34... g6 {was more practical, once the pawn is fixed on
g7 the game is over.}) 35. h5 Kd6 36. a5 Kc6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Kg2 {With my
king heading up the board and no targets to aim at Black resigned. A nice way
to finish the tournament, as I joined the winning group of players on 7.5/10.}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 97th"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Simon doesn't play the Sicilian that often and had
seemed unsure about this line in his past games but his next few moves came at
a brisk rate as he whipped out the main line.} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 ({The variation} 9. h3 {seems to have been
killed off by the alert response.} Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5)
9... O-O 10. Be3 {The idea of White's play is to complete queenside
development before castling to reduce the chances of a successful central
break.} Rc8 ({It's not clear the rook is well placed here} 10... Nc6 {was one
sensible alternative.}) 11. b3 e6 12. Rc1 d5 ({This pawn move is premature} 
12... Nc6 13. O-O d5 {certainly gets closer to equality than the game. Black
could also simply develop rather than breaking in the middle.}) 13. e5 Ne8 ({
The piece sacrifice} 13... Nh5 14. g4 dxc4 15. gxh5 Bxe5 16. hxg6 hxg6 {
doesn't convince.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 ({The alternative} 14... Bxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6
16. O-O {leaves Black with a weak pawn and} Rd8 $2 {is well met by} 17. Nxe6)
15. f4 Nc6 16. O-O Nc7 ({The computer recommends} 16... Bf8 {but} 17. Nxc6 bxc6
18. f5 {looks rather ominous.}) 17. Nxc6 $1 {Given time to improve his pieces
Black is ok so this tactical opportunity shouldn't be missed.} bxc6 18. Ne4 {
Transferring the knight to greener pastures due to the opposition of the
queens.} Ne8 ({I thought} 18... a5 {keeping the knight within touching
distance of the useful outpost on e6 was better.}) ({The immediate} 18... Ne6 {
is strongly countered by} 19. f5) 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nd3 {An important withdrawal
that I took a while to spot , now Black's steed will be stuck on the back rank
for a while.} Qe6 21. Qf3 a5 ({The weakening of the b6 square causes Black
problems so} 21... Bf8 {was worth considering. However} 22. Rc2 a5 23. Bc5 {
is not very pleasant.}) 22. Nc5 ({I considered} 22. g4 {but such drastic
measures aren't required} f5 {is a reasonable response.}) 22... Qe7 23. Bf2 ({
I felt} 23. Rc2 {was the right move as} Nc7 ({but} 23... f6 {seemed like an
interesting option for Black.}) 24. Na4 {is very good}) 23... Rab8 ({Now} 23...
Nc7 {is refuted by} 24. Na4) ({and} 23... f6 24. Bh4 {also keeps control.}) 24.
Qh3 $1 {Introducing a threat of Nd7 and the option of Bh4.} f5 {It was getting
difficult for Black to move anything but this leaves White with a passed
e-pawn to go with his other trumps.} 25. Qc3 Ra8 $2 ({I thought Simon should
try} 25... Qd8 26. Bd4 $1 ({The impatient} 26. Ne6 Qd7 27. Nxg7 Nxg7 28. Qxa5
Ne6 {allows Black's knight to find a dream square}) 26... Bf8 ({the best
practical chance is} 26... Nc7 27. Qxa5 Bf8) 27. Ne6 Qd7 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 {
intending to bring his knight to e6 but} 29. e6 $1 Qxe6 30. Rfe1 {tears
Black's position in two.}) ({It was also worth considering} 25... Rb5 {keeping
everthing covered for the moment.}) 26. Na4 Ra6 ({Giving up a pawn} 26... Rab8
27. Qxa5 {was relatively best this costs even more material.}) 27. Qd3 {
Black resigned as material is dropping off 27...Ra7 28.Bxa7 Qxa7+ 29.Kh1
offers little hope.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Alekseev,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 ({Interestingly, the previous day,
Timofeev beat Ni Hua with} 4... Nxd7) 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 a6 {Black has a slightly cramped, but solid
position, very like the Maroczy System, but without the light-squared bishops.
Who this favours is not quite clear. Black's plan is to advance b5, but this
is far from simple, since White can prevent it with the move a4.} 12. Qe2 Rac8
13. f3 {A little slow. 13.f4 is a more principled move, since it is hard to
manage without this advance sooner or later.} Qc7 14. b3 Qa5 {Starting play on
the queenside.} 15. Kh1 Rfe8 {A difficult decision. It is not clear what else
is better.} (15... b5 {is not possible because of} 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. cxb5 Rxc3
18. Bd2) 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 {16...bxc6 is riskier, because it gives up the advance
b5 forever.} 17. f4 Qh5 $6 {A waste of time, but I wanted to simplify the
position. Here, I decided to test my opponent's intentions by offering a draw,
but Ni was in the mood for a fight.} 18. Qd3 ({Going into the endgame deserved
consideration:} 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 Nd7 21. Kg2 {and White stands
slightly better.}) 18... Nd7 19. Rf3 Qa5 {Black is forced to admit his mistake,
since the queen has no future on h5.} 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Rh3 g6 22. Rf1 Bf6 23. g4
$5 {On the one hand, this creates a weakness, but on the other, it starts an
attack.} ({It was also possible to settle for the quiet} 23. Ne2 {followed by
Bc3, and White retains the initiative.}) {Now the king is somewhat exposed.}
23... Bg7 24. g5 (24. f5 {was interesting, after which Black should play} {
Other moves are worse, eg.} Be5 (24... Ne5 25. Qg3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Nxb5
Rc2 28. Bb4 Qg5 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. fxe6 (30. a3) 30... fxe6 {with an unclear
position.}) 25. g5 Qe7 {and White has a strong attack.}) 24... f5 $1 {
Preventing White playing the analogous advance. I liked this move for the fact
that Kasparov played the same move in a similar position in the decisive 24th
game of his 1985 match with Karpov.} 25. exf5 $2 {After this, Black obtains a
powerful central pawn mass. Evidently, Ni liked the idea of later transferring
his knight to h5. During the game, I also thought this was dangerous for me,
but it turns out to be impossible to carry out this plan.} ({Stronger was} 25.
gxf6 Qxf6 26. Ne2 {followed by Bc3 with some attack.}) 25... gxf5 26. Ne2 $6 ({
More accurate was} 26. Qf3 Nf8 27. Rd1 {preventing the advance.}) 26... b5 27.
Nd4 Rc7 {An accurate move. Now Black enjoys a small advantage. The character
of the struggle has changed, and now it is White who has to defend.} 28. Ba5
Qa8+ 29. Nf3 Rc6 30. Bc3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Nc5 32. Qe3 Rc7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Qd4
Qc6 {White's attack has come to nothing, and the pin is unpleasant. The
position is not easy to play.} 35. g6 $4 {The decisive mistake, which shows
that my opponent could not withstand the pressure which has come upon him, as
a result of the preceding moves.} ({After} 35. Rh6 {Black's position is the
more pleasant, but there is still a lot of fight ahead.}) 35... hxg6 36. Rg1 e5
37. fxe5 dxe5 38. Qh4 Nd3 {Not fearing ghosts. The pin on the a8-h1 diagonal
decides the game.} 39. Rd1 Nf4 40. Rd6 Qxd6 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Kf6 $1 {
Accuracy is needed to the end.} ({After} 42... Ke7 $4 43. Qxg7+ Kd8 44. Nf7+ {
it is White who wins.}) 43. Nh7+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Kd8 {In view of the inevitable
material losses, White resigns.} 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 h6
$1 (14... O-O 15. Qh3 $14) (14... O-O-O $5) 15. Bxf6 O-O 16. Qh3 (16. Nd5 Bxf6
$17) 16... Bxf6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Bxc3 (18... Rae8 $1 19. Rae1 (19. Rxd6
$2 Bd4 20. Rf1 Rxf2 $19) 19... Rxe6 (19... Kf7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22.
Ne4 Kd7 23. b3 Kc6 $15) 20. Rxe6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rf4 22. Rxd6 Rxc4 23. Rd8+ (23.
Rd7) 23... Kh7 24. g3 (24. Rd3 Ra4 25. Rd2 Ra3 26. Rc2 Kg6 $17) (24. f4 $3 Rxc3
25. Rd7 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kf3 Rb2 28. f5 Kg8 29. Rc7 $10) 24... Rxc3 25.
Rd7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rb1 27. Rc7 Rb5 28. h4 $15) 19. bxc3 Rae8 20. Rxd6 Re2 21. f3
Rfe8 22. h4 $1 Kh7 23. Rd7 Rb2 24. Kh2 Ree2 (24... Re3 25. Kh3 Rxc3 26. Re1
Rcc2 27. g4 $14) 25. Rg1 Rxa2 $2 (25... a5 $10) 26. Rxb7 Ra4 27. Kh3 $14 h5 $2
(27... Rxc4 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Rdd7 Rg8 30. Rxa7 Rxc3 $10) 28. Rd1 $1 Raa2 29. Rd5
Rxg2 30. Rxh5+ Kg6 31. Rxc5 Rh2+ 32. Kg3 Rag2+ 33. Kf4 Rxh4+ 34. Ke3 Rc2 35.
Rc6+ Kh7 36. Kd3 Rf2 37. Rf7 Rh3 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kd4 Rd2+ 40. Ke5 Rd3 41. Rcc7
Rg3 42. Rxa7 Rxc3 43. Kd4 Rc1 $1 (43... Rcxf3 44. Rxf3 Rxf3 45. c5 Rf1 46. c6
Rc1 47. Kd5 Kh6 48. Ra5 g5 49. Kd6 Kh5 50. c7 Rxc7 51. Kxc7 Kg4 52. Kd6 Kf4 53.
Ra4+ Kf5 54. Kd5 g4 55. Kd4 Kf4 56. Kd3+ Kf3 57. Ra8 g3 58. Rf8+ $18) 44. f4 $2
(44. Rf4 $1 $16) 44... Rd1+ 45. Kc5 Rc1 $1 $14 46. Rac7 Kh6 47. Rc6+ Kh7 48.
Rd6 Rgc3 49. Rd4 Ra3 $1 50. Rb7 Ra5+ 51. Rb5 Ra8 52. Rb6 Rc8+ 53. Rc6 Rf8 54.
Rcd6 Rc8+ 55. Kd5 Rf8 56. Rd7 Rf5+ 57. Kc6 Rf6+ 58. Kd5 Rf5+ 59. Kd6 Rf6+ 60.
Kc7 Rf5 61. Kc6 Rf6+ 62. R7d6 Rf8 63. Kd7 Rf7+ 64. Ke6 Rf6+ 65. Ke5 Re1+ 66.
Kd5 Rf5+ 67. Kc6 Rc1 68. R6d5 Rf6+ 69. Kc5 Rf8 70. Kd6 Rd8+ 71. Ke7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-Cup"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2000.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 Rfd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 e6 $1 14. f4
Qc7 (14... a6 $2 15. c5 $1) 15. Kh1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f5 Bg5 $1 18. fxe6 $1
(18. Nf4 $6 gxf5) (18. h4 Bxh4 19. fxe6 (19. Nf4 exf5) 19... fxe6 20. Nf4 Re8
21. Nxg6 Qg5 $15) 18... fxe6 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg5 $1 (20... Qe5 21. Qg4) (
20... Ne5 21. Rf6) 21. Qd2 Ne5 22. Raf1 (22. b3 $2 Nd3 $1 $19) 22... Nxc4 $1 (
22... Qe7 $11) 23. Qd4 Ne5 $2 (23... d5 $1 $36 24. exd5 $140 e5) 24. Rf6 Ng4
25. Rf7 Qe5 26. Qg1 $1 (26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxb7 Rdb8 28. Rxb8+ Rxb8 29. b3 a6
$15) 26... Rf8 $1 (26... b6 27. h3 Qh5 28. Ne2 $40) 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. h3 Qg3 (29... Nf6 30. Qxa7) (29... Qf6 $5 30. hxg4 $1 $11 (30. Qc1 Ne5
31. Nb5 Nf7)) 30. Qf1+ Qf2 31. Qd1 Ne3 32. Qxd6+ Kf7 (32... Kg7 33. Qe5+) 33.
Qc7+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qxb7+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qxa7+ Kf8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39.
Qc7+ Kf8 40. Qh2 Nf1 $1 (40... Qe1+ $2 41. Qg1 Nf1 42. g4 $18) 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42.
Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. h4 Ne3 $1 (44... Ne3 45. Qh2 Qe1+ 46. Qg1 Qxh4+ 47.
Qh2 Qe1+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial-B"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 d5 14. cxd5 (14.
cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5
20. Rd1 d4 21. Bd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled op 21st"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. O-O (9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rad1 d5 14.
exd5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 dxc4 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Qxc4 (17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1
Qa5 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Qxc4 Rxb2 21. Qxc6 h5 $11) 17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 h6 (18...
Rxd1 $6 19. Rxd1 Qxb2 20. Qxc6) (18... Qxb2 19. Rb1) 19. Bc1 Ne8 (19... Rxd1 $6
20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Be3 $16) (19... Nd7 20. f4) 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Be3
Qb4 $132) 14... exd5 15. c5 Ne8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Bf8 18. Qf4 (18. Rfe1 Ng7
19. b4 Ne6 20. Bf6 Be7 $11) 18... Ng7 $11) 9... Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 Rfd8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e6 14. Qd2 d5 $1 {Yermolinsky} (14... Kh7 $6 15. Rad1 d5 $2
16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Nc3 $16) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxh6 (
16. Bxh6 dxe4 17. Qxd7 (17. Qg5 Nh7 18. Qh4 exf3 19. Rxf3 Ne5) 17... Rxd7 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. fxe4 Rd2 20. b3 (20. Rab1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe2 22. Nd6 Re7 $11) (
20. b4 Nxb4 21. Rab1 Nxa2 22. e5 (22. Rxb7 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Rd7 $15) 22... Ng4 23.
e6 $44) 20... Nxe4 (20... Rad8 $6 21. Ng3) 21. Nxe4 Rxe2 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Rac1
Nd4 24. Rfe1 Rd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 $1 {This move
will replace 13.Be3.} a6 14. a4 {Preventing a possible b5.Black's main idea is
not to get boxed,so he will always look to ideas like Na5,b5.} Qc7 15. Kh1 Nd7
16. Rb1 Rfe8 {Difficult to come up with the best move.} (16... Rae8 $5 17. f4 (
17. Qd2 $6 Na5 18. b3 Nc5 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. Bg3 Ncxb3 21. Bxd6 Qxc4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8
$17) (17. b3 Nc5 18. Bg3 Ne5 19. Qd2) 17... f5 18. b3 (18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 $6
Nb6 20. Nh5 Nxc4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 $15) 18... Nc5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qd3
Nd8 22. Rfd1 Nf7 23. c5 d5 24. a5 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qe3 Nd8 27. Nd4 Bxd4
28. Qxd4 (28. Rxd4 Nc6 29. Rd3 d4 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Qf2 Rd5 $13)
28... Nc6 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Ne2 Rg8 31. Nd4 Rg4 32. g3 Qf7 $14) (16... Rac8 $5
17. f4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rf3 Nf6 20. b3 $14) 17. f4 $1 Nb4 $6 {Black does
not react in the spirit of the position.} ({Usually f4 should be met by f5 in
this type of position.} 17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rf3 (19. Ng3 Na5 20. Nh5
Nxc4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. b3 Ne3 $1 $13) 19... Nd8 20. Rg3 Kh7 21.
Qd3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Nf7 23. Qf3 Nf8 24. Qh5 Nh8 25. Rgd3 Qf7 26. Qf3 Nhg6 27. Bf2
e5 28. Rxd6 e4 29. Qh3 Rxc4 30. Bd4 $13) 18. b3 Nc5 19. f5 $1 Ncd3 (19... exf5
$2 20. exf5 Re3 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nd5 $16) 20. Na2 $1 $16 {A very strong move ,
now black has problems to stop his opponents clamp in the kingside.} Qc6 21.
Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Be1 $1 {Jaan increases whites initiative.} (22. Ng3 exf5 23. exf5
d5 24. Qg4 g5 25. f6 (25. Nh5 $2 Re4) 25... Bxf6 26. Nf5 Re4 27. Nxh6+ Kh7 28.
Qf5+ Kxh6 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxf6+ Kh5 31. Bg3 dxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. a5 Rac8
34. h3 Rc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc6 37. Bd6 (37. Rxf7 b6 $11) 37... g4 38.
hxg4+ Kxg4 39. Rf4+ Kg5 40. Rxb4 Rxd6 41. Rxb7 Rd5 42. Rxf7 Rxa5 $11) (22. fxg6
$6 fxg6 {is profitable for black.}) 22... Qc5 $2 (22... a5 $8) 23. Nf4 $1 g5
24. Nh5 Nc6 (24... Be5 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Bc3 $18 {Black's kingside
is too weak.}) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bc3+ $1 (26. Qh5 Ne5 27. Bc3 Qc7 28. c5 exf5 (
28... Qxc5 $2 29. f6+ Kh7 30. Bxe5 $18) (28... dxc5 $2 29. f6+ $18) (28... f6
$2 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qg6+ $18) 29. exf5 (29. Rxf5 $6 f6 30. Rbf1 Re6 31. Bxe5
dxe5 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37.
Qxa8 Qc6 $132) 29... dxc5 30. Rbe1 Kh7 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxf7+
Qg7 34. Qd5 $1 $16) 26... e5 27. f6+ (27. Qh5 Rh8) 27... Kg6 28. Qg4 $2 {
White conducted a great offense till this position,here he misses an immediate
win.} (28. h4 Qe3 (28... Re6 29. Qf3 $1 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qf5+ Kh5 32. g4+
Kxh4 33. Qf2+ Kxg4 34. Qf3+ Kh4 35. Kg2 $18) 29. Qg4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rbe1
$18) 28... Nd4 29. Rf5 Qc8 $1 {Black resolved most of his problems.} 30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Rd1 Re5 $1 (31... Rxe4 32. Rxg5+ hxg5 33. Qxe4+ Qf5 34. Qxd4 $16) 32.
h4 $1 (32. Rxd4 $2 Rxf5 33. exf5+ Qxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kxf5 35. Rxd6 Re8 36. Kg1 Re6
$11) 32... Qe6 $1 {Though defense.} (32... Rxf5 $2 33. exf5+ Qxf5 34. h5+ Kxf6
35. Qxd4+ Qe5 36. Qxd6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd6+ Kg7 38. Rb6 Rb8 39. Kh2 $18 {looks
hopeless to me.}) (32... Qc5 33. Rdf1) 33. Rxd4 Re8 34. Kh2 Rxf5 35. exf5+ Qxf5
36. Qxf5+ Kxf5 37. Rxd6 Re6 38. Rd7 Rb6 39. Rxf7 Rxb3 $1 $14 (39... Kg6 $2 40.
Rd7 gxh4 41. f7 Kg7 42. Rd3 Kxf7 43. Kh3 $18) (39... gxh4 $6 40. Rd7 (40. Rh7
Ke6 41. f7 Ke7) 40... Kxf6 41. Rd3 $16) 40. Rh7 $6 {This is an immediate draw.}
(40. h5 $1 {The last dangerous moment for black.} g4 (40... Rb4 41. a5 Ke6 42.
Rh7 Kxf6 43. Rxh6+ Kf5 44. Rb6 Rxc4 45. h6 (45. Rb3 Kf6 $1 46. Rxb7 Rh4+ 47.
Kg3 Rxh5 48. Rb6+ Kf5 49. Rxa6 Rh1 $11) 45... Rc7 46. Kg3 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48.
Kf1 Rc1+ 49. Ke2 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rxg2 51. Rxb7 Ra2 52. Rb8 Ra3+ 53. Kd2 Ra2+ 54.
Kc3 Rh2 55. Rb6 g4 $11) 41. Rg7 Kxf6 42. Rxg4 Ra3 43. Rg6+ Kf5 44. Rxh6 Kg5 45.
Rb6 Kxh5 46. Rxb7 Rxa4 47. c5 Rc4 48. Rc7 a5 $11) 40... Kxf6 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42.
hxg5 Rb4 (42... b5 $11 {Another way to draw is to play against a set of double
pawns which is an easy draw.}) 43. c5 Rxa4 44. Rb6 Rc4 45. Rxb7+ Kg6 46. Rc7
Kxg5 (46... a5 47. Kh3 $11) 47. Kh3 (47. c6 a5 48. Rc8 Kg6 49. c7 Kg7 $11)
47... a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1998.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 172]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 (6.
Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O {is another idea not allowing 8...Qg4 as it happened in the
game.}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qg4 {in my opinion this is an equalizer.}
9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 $1 {Later I have discovered that this move
has Baklan's trademark.} g5 $3 {At full blast.} (11... e6 12. h3 Ne5 (12... Nf6
13. O-O-O $16) 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 $16) (11... f6 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 fxe5
14. c5 $16) (11... Nf6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Rhe1 (13. Be3 $6 g6 14. f4 Bg7 15. Kc2
f5 $1 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 O-O-O 18. Re1 Rhe8 $11 {V.Baklan-Ch.Lutz,
Deutschland 1998.-Inf 72/(199).}) 13... g6 14. e5 $1 $16 (14. Na4 Nb6 15. Nxb6
axb6 16. e5 Kd7 $11)) (11... g6 12. h3 (12. f3 Nf6 13. c5 $14) 12... Nf6 13. e5
$14) (11... Rg8 12. h3 g5 13. hxg4 gxf4 14. f3 $16) 12. Bxg5 Ne5 (12... Bg7 $5
{Goldin} 13. Bd2 $6 (13. Ke2 Ne5 (13... Rb8 14. Rab1 Rb4 (14... Ne5 15. b3) 15.
f3 Ne5 16. c5 $16) (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 (14... Rg8 15. f4 $1 (15. Bf4 Nf6
16. Kf3 Nd7 $44) 15... Ne5 16. c5 f6 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. g3 $16)
15. c5 Rg8 16. Bf4 $16) 14. c5 $16) 13... Bd4 $1 14. O-O (14. Ke2 Nxf2) 14...
Ne5 15. b3 Rg8 16. Kh1 Nd3 $17) 13. b3 $8 Rg8 14. Bh4 $8 (14. f4 $2 Ng6 15. g3
h6 $17) 14... Rg4 $1 (14... Rxg2 $6 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Kf1 Rxg3 17. hxg3 Nd3 $1 (
17... Nf3 18. Rc1 $18 (18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. Rac1 Bd2 (19... Ne1+ 20. Kf1 Ba5 21.
Rxe1 Bxe1 22. Kxe1 $16) 20. Rcd1 $18)) 18. Rd1 Nb2 19. Rc1 Nd3 20. Rxh7 Bf6 21.
Rc2 Nb4 22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nb2 24. Rc1 Nd3 25. Ne2 Nxc1 26. Nxc1 $16 d5 27.
exd5 $1 (27. cxd5 cxd5 28. exd5 Rc8 29. Nd3 Rc2 30. Nb4 Rb2 $44 31. d6 exd6 (
31... Bd4 32. d7+ Kxd7 33. Rxf7 a5 34. Nd3 Rxa2)) (27. Nd3 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rd8
$44) 27... cxd5 28. c5 Rc8 29. Nd3 $16) 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Kd2 (16. h3 Rg6 $1 (
16... Nxc4 17. hxg4 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 (19. bxc4 Bd4 20. Kd3 c5 21.
Rxh7 Rb8 $44) 19... Nb6 20. Rh1 $18) (16... Rxg3 17. fxg3 Nxc4 18. Rc1 Nb6 $44)
17. Kd2 a5 $44) 16... Ng6 17. f3 Rg5 $44 {17...h5 is coming.} 18. Rag1 $6 {
after a long thought.} (18. Rad1 h5 19. f4 Rg4 20. f5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. g3
Rg4 $5 $36) (18. f4 $1 Rg4 19. Raf1 h5 20. Nd1 Bh6 (20... Bd4 $2 21. Ne3 Bxe3+
22. Kxe3) 21. Nf2 Bxf4+ 22. Ke2 Rg5 23. Nh3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Ng5 Nf4+ 26.
Kd2 (26. Ke3 e5 27. Nh3 Ne6 $44) 26... h4 27. Rf3 Rd8 $44) 18... Bd4 $6 (18...
h5 $142 19. Ne2 Rd8 $5 $40) 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rc2 Rg8 23.
Be1 Ne5 24. Nf4 Ra3 $1 25. Ke2 Bd4 $1 26. Bb4 (26. Bf2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 a5 (27...
c5 $2 28. Rd1 a5 29. Nd5 Rb8 30. Nc3) 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rd1+ Kc7 $11) (26. Bb4
Ra6 27. c5 Rb8 28. a3 dxc5 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 f6 32. Ne6 Rxa3
33. f4 Ra2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Kf7 36. fxe5 Kxe6 37. exf6 exf6 38. Rxc6+
Ke5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
Nc3 Nf7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Rg1 Nh8 18. g4 Ng6 19. g5 Na5 20. Qf2 b5 21. h4 f4 22.
Bc1 b4 23. Ne2 Qb5 24. Rd1 Rf5 25. Bxf4 Rcf8 26. Qg3 Nc4 27. b3 $2 ({A serious
mistake. White obviously overlooked the reply of his opponent. Correct was} 27.
Rab1) {[%tqu "En","White seems to have defended, but this is just an illusion.
How Black break this defence?","Exploit the shaky position of White's
e2-knight.","Sacrifice your knight to deflect White's d3-knight and open the
f1-a6 diagonal.","c4b2","This efficient knight move immediately dissolves
White's illusions.",6]} 27... Nb2 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Re2][%cal Gb5e2] An impressive
knight thrust, after which White is entirely helpless.} 28. Nxb2 Qxe2 {[%csl
Rf3,Rf4][%cal Gf8f3,Gg6f4] Elimination of the White's key defenders yields
Black an irresistible attack.} 29. Rd2 Qa6 {, and White resigned, as he cannot
avoid huge material losses.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rfe8 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. f4 Qc7 14. Kh1
a6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 Rc8 17. b3 Bd8 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Be7
21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ng5 $1 Rc7 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rxf7 $1 (25. Nxf7 Rf8
26. Rd8 {was also sufficient for win, but the text move is much more efficient.
}) 25... hxg5 26. Rxc7 Rf8 $1 {A remarkable but insufficient attempt to refute
White's combination.} (26... Qxc7 {loses after} 27. Qxe8+) {[%tqu "En",
"Black's last move seems to be an impressive refutation of White's combination:
he is threatening 27...Rf1 and 27...Qc7. Yet, White can justify his previous
play and impressively conclude his attack. Do you see how?","Disclose the
enemy king!","Sacrifice your c7-rook!","c7g7","The winning move is a nice
touch!",5]} 27. Rxg7+ $1 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8][%cal Gh5g5,Gd3h3]} (27. Rd8 $2 {
(/\ 27...Rd8 28.Qf7+ +-) would be a wrong choice, as after} Qxc7 {Black is
winning. After the text move mate is inevitable.}) 27... Kxg7 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29.
Qf6+ (29. Qf6+ {, and Black resigned in view of} Kg8 (29... Ke8 30. Rd8#) 30.
Qg6+ Kh8 31. Rh3#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 g6 ({The
principled answer used to be:} 6... Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5
Ne4 {and black has no problems here}) 7. c3 (7. e5 $5 Ng4 $1 (7... dxe5 $2 8.
Nxe5 Qc7 (8... Qc8 9. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Qc6 10. Na5 Qc7 11. Qf3 $16 {[%csl
Gb7][%cal Gf3f6]}) 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nb5 Qb6 $140 11. Nc4 $1 $18) (7... Nd5 $143
8. d4 Bg7 9. dxc5 (9. c4 $143 Nb6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qe2 Nc6 $11 {[%csl Gd4]})
9... dxc5 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 $36) 8. exd6 (8. e6 $2 fxe6 9. Ng5 e5 $17) (8. d4
cxd4 (8... dxe5 $5 $13) 9. Bf4 (9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Re4 Nf6 11. Rxd4 Qb6 $11 {
[%cal Gb8c6]}) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Rg8 $11 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 8...
Qxd6 9. Nc3 Bg7 $13 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 O-O $146 (8... cxd4 $143 9.
cxd4 d5 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Ter Steponiants,A-Zaitseva,E/Smolensk 2001/
EXT 2002 (34)}) 10. Ne5 (10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Ng5 e6 14.
Qg4 h6 15. Nh3 O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Riedl,J-Koeller,O/Aschach 2000/CBM 79 ext 
(29)}) 10... Qd8 11. Qb3 $36 {[%csl Gb7]}) 9. d5 (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qxd7 Nfxd7
$11 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 9... Na6 (9... e6 10. Bg5 $1 (10. dxe6 Qxe6 (10... fxe6 $2
11. e5 $16) 11. Bf4 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd6 Rc8 $11) 10... exd5
$140 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd5 $14) 10. a4 (10. c4 $143 {[%cal Ge4e5]} e5 {
and black has a very good Kingsindian}) (10. Na3 b5 $5 $13) 10... e6 11. Bg5
exd5 (11... Nc7 $143 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Bh4 $1 {and black's knight is misplaced
on e6} (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Na3 Rad8 $11 {[%cal Gd6d5]})) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd5
Nc7 14. Qd3 (14. Qxb7 $4 Rfb8 {[%csl Rb7]}) 14... Qc6 {Generally speaking,i
was quite happy with the way i solved my opening problems,but i've realized,
that after premature d6-d5 advance white will get slightly better chances.
That's why i decided correctly to delay this advance.} (14... d5 15. Nbd2 Rad8
16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. a5 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 15. Nbd2 Rfe8 16. Nc4
Rad8 (16... Re6 $142 $1 17. Nfd2 (17. Rad1 Rd8 $1 (17... Qxa4 $140 18. Nxd6 Rd8
19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Rexd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 $36) 18. Qc2 Rde8 $11) 17...
Rae8 {and black is fine}) 17. Nfd2 b6 (17... d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8
20. Qf3 Qe6 21. g3 $14) 18. Ne3 d5 ({Here i missed a very interesting
opportunity:} 18... Bg5 $5 19. c4 Bf6 20. Ra2 Bd4 {with double-edged play}) 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxd5 (21... Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Nc4 Kf8
24. Kf1 $14) 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. g3 h5 25. h4 Rd3 (25... Rf5 26. Qe4)
26. Qe2 Qd5 27. Qe4 Qxe4 (27... Qd8 28. Kg2 {[%csl Gd3]}) 28. Rxe4 $14 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc3,Gc4,Rf6] Finally white got exactly what he wanted to achieve-a
slightly better endgame,due to my bad bishop against well-placed knight on c4.
Still it's not so much for the serious advantage,black has quite enough
resources to hold this endgame.} Rd1+ (28... Kf8 29. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1e2]}) 29.
Kg2 Kf8 30. Kf3 {Of course white's idea is to pentrate with his king to the
queenside.} Rb1 {I've decided to defend in an active way,despite the fact,that
after passive:} (30... Rd7 31. Ke2 Rd8 {it was not so clear how white could
improve his position ,for example:} 32. Na3 (32. Re3 Rd7 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Rxd7+
Kxd7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Bd8 $11) 32... a6 33. Nc4 b5 $11) 31. Ke3 (31. Ke2
$140 a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 31... Bd8 32. Kd2 Bc7 33. Kc2 Rf1 34. Re2 Ra1 (34... a6
35. Ne3 Ra1 36. Nd5 Bd8 37. Kb3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. c4 b4 {and black holds
somehow}) 35. Kb3 Rh1 $1 {[%cal Gh1h2] A first signal for counterplay} (35...
a6 $143 36. Na3 {[%csl Ga4]} Rd1 37. Kc4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Bd6 38. Re3 {[%cal
Ge3d3] and black is in danger already}) 36. Ne3 Rh2 37. Rc2 (37. Nd5 $4 Bxg3)
37... f6 $1 {[%cal Gg6g5]} (37... f5 $2 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 38. f4 $1 Rh3 39. Nd5
Bd6 40. Rg2 Kf7 41. Kc4 $14 {[%cal Gc4b5,Gb5c6]}) 38. Kc4 g5 39. Nf5 gxh4 40.
gxh4 (40. Nxh4 $4 Bxg3 $19) 40... Kf7 41. Kd5 Be5 42. Rd2 (42. a5 bxa5 43. Kxc5
Ke6 44. Ng7+ Kf7 $11) 42... Rh1 {[%cal Gh1a1]} (42... Kg6 $2 43. Ke6 $1) 43.
Kc6 {[%cal Gc6b7]} Ke6 (43... Kg6 $2 44. Ne7+ Kf7 45. Rd7 $16) 44. Ng7+ Kf7 45.
Nxh5 (45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Rxa7 Rxh4 47. Kxb6 Rf4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh5h4] and
h-pawn is very dangerous}) 45... Rxh4 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. f4 (47. Ng3 $2 Rxa4)
47... Bxc3 $5 (47... Rxh5 {was also enough for the draw} 48. fxe5 Rxe5 49. Rxa7
Re6+ $1 (49... f5 $2 50. Kxb6 f4 51. Rd7 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gd7d1]}) 50. Kd5 (50.
Kb5 f5 51. a5 bxa5 52. Rxa5 f4) 50... Re5+ 51. Kc4 f5 52. Ra6 $140 (52. a5 $142
$11) 52... f4 53. Rxb6+ Kg5 54. Rb8 f3 55. Rf8 Rf5 $17) 48. bxc3 (48. Rg7+ Kxh5
49. Rh7+ Kg4 (49... Kg6 $5 {pointed after the game by Malakhov} 50. Rxh4 Bxb2
51. Kb7 Bc3 $1 52. Kxa7 Ba5 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gg6f5] with easy draw}) 50. Rxh4+ Kxh4
51. bxc3 Kg4 52. Kb7 Kxf4 53. Kxa7 f5 54. Kxb6 Ke3 55. a5 f4 56. a6 f3 57. a7
f2 58. a8=Q f1=Q 59. Kxc5 Kd2 $1 $11 60. c4 Qg1+ 61. Kd6 Qg3+ 62. Kc5 Qe3+ 63.
Kb5 Qb3+ {with perpetual}) 48... Rxh5 49. Rxa7 Rh3 50. c4 (50. Kxb6 {still was
create some problems for black} Rxc3 51. Rc7 c4 (51... Rb3+ $143 $2 52. Kxc5
Kf5 53. Rc6 $1 Rf3 54. a5 Rxf4 55. a6 Ra4 56. Kb6 $18 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gc5a5]}) (
51... Rc4 $140 $2 52. f5+ $1) 52. Kb5 $1 (52. a5 Rb3+ 53. Ka7 c3 $11) 52...
Rb3+ 53. Kxc4 Rf3 54. a5 Rxf4+ 55. Kb5 Rf1 56. a6 Rb1+ 57. Kc6 Ra1 58. Kb7 {
and now black will make a draw after both:} Kf5 ({and} 58... Rb1+ 59. Kc8 f5
60. a7 Ra1 61. Rc6+ Kg5 62. Kb7 Rxa7+ 63. Kxa7 f4 64. Rc1 f3 65. Kb6 Kf4 66.
Kc5 Ke3 $11) 59. a7 Ke4 60. a8=Q Rxa8 61. Kxa8 f5 $11) 50... Rc3 51. a5 (51.
Kxb6 Rxc4 52. a5 Rc1 53. a6 c4 54. Rc7 c3 55. a7 Rb1+ $11) 51... bxa5 52. Kxc5
Kf5 $11 {Now the draw result is clear.} 53. Ra6 Rc1 54. Kb5 a4 55. c5 a3 56.
Rxa3 Kxf4 57. c6 Ke4 58. Kb6 f5 59. Ra4+ Ke3 60. c7 {I was really very proud
to hold such an endgame against Malakhov ,also this result was a decisive
factor in our match.My team Beer-Sheva has manged to beat an extremely strong
team of Norilsky Nikel 3.5-2.5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Azmaiparashvili"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. O-O Nd4 {Die bekannte Züge sind 7...-g6 7...-e6 und 7...-Ne5} (7... g6 {
Kramnik-Gelfand,94}) 8. b4 $5 $146 (8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nxe4 (9... a6 10. Nxd4
Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qf3 e6 13. Nf5 Qc6 14. Qf4 $16) 10. Nxd4 $10 {
Rublevskiy-Sakaev} (10. Qa4 $5 Rc8 11. Qxa7 Rxc4 12. d3 Rc8 13. dxe4 Qxb5 14.
Qxd4 $16 {Dolmatov})) 8... Qg4 9. Kh1 (9. Nxd4 Qxd1 10. Nxd1 cxd4 11. d3 a5 12.
Bd2 axb4 13. Bxb4 $14) 9... Nxf3 (9... Nxe4 {Horvath,T} 10. h3 Qf5 11. Nxd4
cxd4 12. Qa4+ Kd8 13. Nb5 $16) 10. gxf3 Qh3 11. Rb1 $2 (11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Rb1
e6 13. e5 $16) 11... g6 12. bxc5 Bh6 13. Rg1 (13. d4 $5 {Horvath,T} Bxc1 14.
Rxc1 dxc5 15. Nd5 $14) 13... dxc5 14. Rxb7 Bf4 15. Rg2 O-O $1 $44 16. d3 (16.
Rxe7 {Horvath,T} Rfb8 {/\Bd6} 17. e5 Nd7 $44) 16... Be5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5
Rfb8 19. Rxb8+ (19. Rb3 Rxb3 20. axb3 Qh5 $1 $44) (19. Rxe7 $2 {Horvath,T} Bd6
20. Bg5 Kf8 $19) 19... Rxb8 20. f4 Bd4 21. Rg3 Qd7 22. Qc2 e6 $6 (22... Qb5 23.
Kg2 Qb1 24. Qxb1 Rxb1 25. Be3 Rb2 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Kf3 f6) 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24.
Kg2 c4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. dxc4 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rxc4 28. Rd3 $1 $14 Kf8 (28... Ra4 $2
29. a3 Bc5 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bc3+) 29. Kf3 Ke8 (29... f5 $5) 30. Ra3 Bb6 31. Be3
Kd7 32. Ra6 $2 (32. h4 $5 h5 33. Ra6 Rb4 34. e5 $16) 32... Rc3 33. h4 $2 (33.
Ke2 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. Rxa7+ $14) 33... Kc6 34. Ke2 (34. Ke2
Kb5 35. Kd2 Kxa6 36. Kxc3 Bd8 37. h5 gxh5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vartapetyan, Armen"]
[Black "Guliev, Logman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. O-O e6 14. Rfd1 d5
15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Re8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd4 Qf5 19. b4 $6 {[#] It is
unlikely that White will be able to advance his pawns on the Q-side any
further while his last move already weakened the c4-square, which can be
occupied by Black's Knight later.} (19. Re1) (19. Ne2 $5) 19... h5 20. Qf2 Bh6
21. Rab1 Nd7 $1 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nc4 {[#] Black's Knight has reached its
destination and will threaten to go further. This is the result of the
careless move b3-b4; pawns do not come back!} 24. f4 Bg7 $1 25. b5 Bxd4 26.
Rxd4 Ne3+ 27. Kg1 cxb5 28. Rxb5 Re6 29. Rd2 Rce8 30. Rb1 Ng4 31. Qd4 Re3 32.
Rf1 h4 33. Nxd5 Re1 34. h3 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe1 37. Qd3 Ne3+ 38.
Nxe3 Rxe3 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh7 41. Rf2 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 {In recent months this move has become
slightly more popular. It seems to me, that it can't be really dangerous for
Black, but at the same time it can be unpleasant for those who look for active
play in the Najdorf. What does White have in mind? It's all about building a
strong pawn structure on white squares, e.g. a2-b3-c4 and e4, which allows him
to control the centre convincingly.} Nc6 {This move was played after 25
minutes of thinking. Obviously, this was a serious mistake, because there was
no reason to waste so much time. Of course, Sjugirov was surprised, but at
that point all moves were acceptable, so why should he spend 30% of his time
on move nr. 4? Other options were, for example:} (4... e5 {, which doesn't
seem too convincing, as after} 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 {White should
have the upper hand as the bishop on c1 is much better than the bishop on f8.})
(4... Bxb5 5. cxb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 {and White can be a
bit better as he looks a bit more active and has some prospects on the
queenside.}) (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {and we get one
of the crucial positions for 4.c4. It seems that White won't have much,
although it is Black who must play carefully in order not to be pressed too
much.}) 5. Nc3 {I played this move instantly, because I didn't expect my
opponent to play e7-e5.} ({Another option was} 5. d4 {and Black wouldn't have
been able to close the centre.}) 5... e5 {I am not exactly sure how to
evaluate this move. At the first sight, Black should be fine, as White's
prospects in the closed position are significantly limited, but on the other
hand, Black faces serious problems with space now - it's not obvious how he
should develop.} 6. d3 g6 $6 {Sjugirov, an active player, looks for an active
plan. However, there's no time to develop the bishop to g7 and try to play ...
f5 - it will take a lot of time.} ({The correct way was} 6... Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. Rb1 {and I think White is a bit better, but it's nothing special.})
7. Nd5 $5 {Of course, there is a rule that you shouldn't move your pieces in
the opening more than once, but who cares about the rules?! With this active
move White tries to fight against Black's development on the kingside.} Bg7 8.
O-O {More logical than} (8. Bg5 $6 f6 (8... Nf6 9. Qd2 h6 {is also ok for Black
}) 9. Bd2 Nge7 {and Black is happy about castling and playing ...f5.}) 8... h6
$6 {This move is easy to explain, as Sanan wanted to take control over the
g5-square. However, it's very slow.} ({There was actually nothing wrong with} 
8... Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O {and it's probably impossible to make use of the pin on
the h4-d8 diagonal. However, it's needless to say, that in a practical game it
looks frightening.}) 9. b4 $1 {A very logical move. Black is developing very
slowly on the kingside, so it's time to start action on the other side of the
board.} Nge7 $2 {After this move White is much better.} ({It was neccessary to
play} 9... Nxb4 {, but I believe that after} 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxb4 cxb4 12.
Bd2 Ne7 (12... a5 $5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 b6 15. Be3 $16) 13. Bxb4 O-O 14. a4 {
White is better due to the bad position of the g7-bishop.}) 10. bxc5 dxc5 11.
Be3 b6 (11... Nd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qb3 $14) 12. Qc1 $5 {
There were many moves now, but I liked this prophylactic move best. It almost
forces Black to play f7-f5 and f5-f4 - otherwise castling is impossible, as
the h6-pawn is under attack. And, of course, such moves seriously weaken
Black's position. It's important to put the queen on c1, not on d2, because
the d2-square is reserved for the bishop.} f5 13. a4 {Again, White had a wide
choice, but the move in the game is the most logical. White is better on the
queenside, so he should develop the game there. The plan a2-a4-a5 is very
simple and effective - after the exchange on b6, b6 will be a very weak spot.}
f4 ({Another option was} 13... fxe4 {with the idea} 14. dxe4 O-O 15. Bxh6 Rxf3
{what was worrying me during the game. Luckily, White can play} 16. Nxe7+ $1 (
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe7 $1 (17. gxf3 $2 Nd4 $13) 17... Qxe7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19.
gxf3 Rh8 20. Rd1 $18) 16... Qxe7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. gxf3 {and it's almost
winning for White.}) 14. Bd2 g5 $2 {Black is trying to attack without pieces!}
({It was much better to play} 14... O-O {with the unpleasant intention of ...
Bg4. In that case White would need to consider h2-h3, but it seems very
suspicious.}) 15. Bc3 g4 16. Nd2 $16 {Now White is much better. He has
developed all his pieces and at the same time has a lot of objects to attack -
after a5 he can press on b6, while the e5-pawn is a target all the time.} O-O
17. a5 Rb8 {Black is giving up the a-file, but there was nothing better.} (
17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd5 (18... Bxb5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. cxb5 $18)
19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. exd5 exd4 21. f3 $1 {looks completely winning for White from
a technical point of view - the bishop on g7 is simply completely useless and
the white knight will dominate the game.}) 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qb2 $2 {This
natural move seems to be a mistake.} ({White should have been more careful and
play the prophylactic} 19. f3 $1 {, which blocks the f3-square and stop all
active options for Black. It also may win f3 for a knight in the future.})
19... Ng6 $2 {The idea of this move is clear - to prepare space for the queen
to enter the attack. However, it seems that the queen won't be that useful in
attack, but it's sure that the knight on g6 is placed badly.} ({Black had an
exellent chance to complicate matters with the always tempting and natural} 
19... f3 20. g3 h5 $1 {At the beginning it seems that White has a big plus,
but digging deeper and deeper I realised, that Black's plan h4-hxg3 and later
even ...Kf7 with the plan of using the h-file is really dangerous. For example
after} 21. Bxc6 (21. Rfb1 h4 22. Nf1 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Ra7
Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Be5 {leads to a complicated position in which the "bad" bishop
from g7 is suddenly quite a normal piece.}) 21... Nxc6 22. Ra6 h4 23. Rxb6 hxg3
24. fxg3 Qg5 {things get risky for White.}) 20. Bxc6 $1 {From the practical
point of view the best. The bishop on b5 was a bit out of the game, while the
knight on c6 was always dreaming about moving to d4. Also, after the exchange
White gains direct options to attack thw b6-pawn.} Bxc6 21. Ra6 {The simplest.}
({I was also considering} 21. Ra7 $5 {with the idea} Qh4 $2 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Bxe5+ {, but Black isn't forced to play ...Qh4.}) 21... Bxd5 $2 {After this
move Black is totally lost (both tactically and positionally), but it was
already hard to find anything better.} 22. exd5 f3 23. g3 Qg5 {This is, of
course, the only thing Black can do, but it's not sufficient.} ({Sacrificing
the knight by} 23... Nf4 {wasn't good because of} 24. gxf4 Qh4 25. Kh1 $1 Qh3
26. Rg1 $18) 24. Rb1 {I liked this most. The rook on f1 wasn't playing and now
it's both entering into the game and preparing a corridor for the queen.} Nf4 {
Sjugirov is looking for some chances in a berserker style attack, but it
simply can't work.} ({Another option was} 24... Qh5 25. Qc1 $1 {and White is
about to win.}) 25. gxf4 $18 Qh4 26. Qc1 (26. Kh1 $5 Rf5 (26... Qxf2 27. Rg1)
27. Rg1) 26... Rf5 27. Kh1 $1 exf4 28. Bxg7 $2 {This is a bit careless.} ({
Some moves earlier I saw} 28. Ra7 {which finishes the game on the spot, but
when the position arose on the board, I... had forgotten about it!}) 28... g3
$2 {The position was lost anyway, but after} (28... Qxf2 29. Qg1 Qxd2 30. Qxg4
Qg2+ (30... Rg5 31. Qe6+ $18) 31. Qxg2 fxg2+ 32. Kxg2 {Black could reach a
probably easily lost endgame. There was nothing better, though.}) 29. Nxf3 {
Now White is two minor pieces up and the rest is simple.} Qg4 30. Qd1 Re8 31.
Be5 gxf2 32. Raxb6 Rh5 33. Re6 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 4th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Dann, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:07:
01]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:07:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} bxc6
{[%emt 0:01:59]} 10. c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:36]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:
03:10]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:20:41]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:18:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 13.
e5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 14. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nxc3 {
[%emt 0:04:57]} 15. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
03:22]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:10:17]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 18.
Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 19. Rc3 {[%emt 0:08:55]} Rfb8 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 21. Rb1 {[%emt 0:
02:25]} a4 {[%emt 0:11:46]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23.
Re1 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 25. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 26. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
h5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 27. gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 28. Nxf5 {
[%emt 0:09:01]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} 30. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 31. Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:15]}
Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 32. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 33. Qxc6 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 34. Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:32]
[#] Hier war Weiß wohl noch nicht verloren. Aber was soll er tun? Mit seinem
Freibauern vorstoßen oder doch lieber den Freibauern des Gegners stoppen?
Bologan versucht es mit Ersterem - das funktioniert jedoch nicht.} 35. c6 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} (35. Qc4 $1 {wäre ein probates Mittel gewesen, den Zug d4-d3
zu verhindern.}) 35... Rf8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:57] Stark gespielt. Neben d4-d3
steht plötzlich auch das Qualitätsopfer auf g3 im Raum. Und ein Fortzug des
Te2 aus der e-Linie ließe Lxe5 zu. Die Stellung ist mit einem Male unhaltbar
für Weiß.} 36. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} ({Oder} 36. c7 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Rg2
Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Bxe5+ {mit durchschlagendem Angriff.}) 36... d3 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (4... Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6.
Re1 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a4 a6 $10 {Barua,
D-Khalifman,A Biel izt (11) 1993 0-1 45}) 5. O-O e6 (5... Nf6 6. e5 $5 dxe5 7.
Nxe5 Qd6 8. Nc4 Qd7 9. b3 $146 Nc6 10. Bb2 e6 11. f4 Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Na3
$10 {Georgiev,Kr-Genov,P/BLG-ch1992/}) 6. b3 (6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4
9. Bg5 $146 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be7 11. Rfd1 $44) 6... Nf6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Bb2 Be7 9.
d4 (9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 $10) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c4 Rfd8 (11... Nxd4 $5 {
Ambroz /\ b5}) 12. Nc3 Rac8 $10 (12... a6 {Ambroz} 13. Na4 Rab8 14. Rc1 b5 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. cxb5 Qxb5 $10 {Hjartarson-Watson, Brighton 1982}) 13. Qd2 (13.
Rc1 {Ambroz} Ne8 $5 {/\ Bf6}) 13... b6 (13... a6 $142 $5 {Ambroz}) 14. Rad1 a6
(14... Qb7 $5) 15. a4 Na5 (15... g6 {Ambroz} 16. Qe3 Qb7 (16... Nxd4 $5) 17.
Qh3 $143 (17. Nxc6 $5 Qxc6 (17... Rxc6 18. Qf3 {/\ Nd5, /^ a1-h8}) 18. Qh3 Bf8
19. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 exd5 21. Qc3 $18) 17... Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf8) 16. Qe3 Ne8
(16... e5 $2 17. Nf5 Nxb3 18. Qg5 (18. Nd5 {Ambroz} Nxd5 19. Qxb3 $1 (19. Rxd5
Na5 (19... Nd4 $5 20. Nxd4 (20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 $13) 20... exd4 21. Bxd4
Rxc4 22. Bxb6 Rdc8 $10) 20. Bxe5 Nxc4 21. Qg3 g6 22. Ba1 $44 (22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23.
Nxd6 Bxd6 24. e5 Qe6)) 19... Nf6 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 (20... Rc6 21. Qg3 g6 (21... Nh5
22. Qg4 $40) 22. Qg5 (22. Bb2 $36 {/^ a1-h8}) 22... Nd5 23. Qh6 $5 Bf8 24. Bg7
$1 gxf5 (24... Ne7 25. Bxf8 Nxf5 26. exf5) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. cxd5 (26. Rxd5)
26... Rc4 27. Rd3 f4 $8 28. Qxf4 $16) 21. Nxg7 Nf6 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Nf5 $1 $18)
18... g6 19. f4 $40) (16... Nc6 {Ambroz} 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 (17... Rxc6 18. e5 (18.
Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Qxb6 Rb7 $15) 18... Ne8 19. Qg3 $40) 18. Nd5 exd5 19.
exd5) 17. f4 Qb7 18. Kh1 Bf8 19. Qh3 (19. Qg3 $5 {Ambroz}) 19... Nc7 (19... Nc6
{Ambroz} 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. f5 $16) (19... e5 $5 {Ambroz} 20. fxe5 (20. Nf3 $5)
20... dxe5 21. Nf5 Nxb3 (21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxb3 $2 23. Nd5 {/\ Nfe7}) 22. Nd5
Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 $36) 20. Rd3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qh4 Ne8 23. Rh3
h6 24. Rg3 Kh7 (24... g6 {Ambroz} 25. f5 Kh7 26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Qg4) 25. f5
exf5 (25... Nf6 {Ambroz} 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nd5 $1 exd5 (27... Nxd5 28. exd5
exd5 29. Bxg7 $1 $18) 28. Bxf6 Re8 (28... gxf6 29. Qg4) 29. cxd5 $16 Qxd5 $140
30. Rxg7+) 26. Nd5 $1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qf4 bxc4 (28... Qd7 {Ambroz} 29.
exf5) 29. Qxf5+ Kg8 30. Bxg7 (30. Bxg7 Bxg7 (30... Nxg7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qh7#)
31. Ne7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch46"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1991.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (4... Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nc3 Rfe8
13. Rad1 Bf8 14. f4 $14 {Ulibin-Ruban Santa Clara 1991}) 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6
7. d4 Nxe4 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ng8 $5 (9... Ne4 10. Ne1 h6 $10) 10. b3
$6 e6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nge7 13. Nc2 O-O $10 {Kraut-Boensch Bundesliga
1991/92}) 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 (9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Nd6 11. Rxe5 g6 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bf6 Rg8 $13) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Na3 O-O-O (11... g6 $4 12. Qxf6 $18)
12. b4 Qg4 13. Qd3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qb5 cxb4 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Qa5 a6 18.
cxb4 Rd7 19. Be3 (19. b5 $2 b6 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 {/\Ra7}) 19... Be7 20. Ba7 Bd8 21.
Rbc1+ Rc7 22. b5 $2 (22. Bb6 $1 $13) 22... Nf4 $19 23. g3 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 25.
bxa6 Qf3 26. Kg1 bxa6 27. Be3 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Rc6 29. Qa4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {The choice of the opening was easy to predict. As
we knew later on Valery needed just a draw to take the first price. But this
time his simplification weapon didn't work.} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4
Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Rb1 (8. d4 $142) 8... Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Ng4 $1 {Taking
under control the squares 'd4' and 'e5'.} 11. Nd5 e6 12. Ne3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 dxe5
$1 $15 {At this moment I guess Salov started to realize that the first place
is slipping away from his hands.} 14. b5 (14. bxc5 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rd1
Bf8 $15) 14... Nd4 15. Nc2 Rad8 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qc2 Qd3 18. Rb2 Qe2 $17 19.
d3 (19. Rb3 Rd4) 19... Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxd3 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Kf1 f5 23. Bb2 f4 $1
$19 {The best . White is helpless against the pawn atack on the kingside.} 24.
Bc3 g5 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ree2 Bf6 27. a4 (27. Red2 $2 Rxc3 $19) 27... h5 28. h3 g4
29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Bh4 31. g3 Bxg3 32. Bxe5 f3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Csiba, Dominik"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Brunner,N"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 (9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d3 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qg4 g6
14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qd5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. c4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 gxf5 {Papp,G (2551)
-Hracek,Z (2627) EU-ch 13th Plovdiv 2012 (9) 0-1} (18... exf5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20.
Re3 Bf8 $11 {Arsovic})) 9... Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Qg3 Nc6 13. Nxc6
Qxc6 14. Ne4 {67} f5 {71} ({RR} 14... Kh8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bc7 Rde8 17. Nd6
Ra8 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Re4 b5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bc3 b4
24. Rh4 bxc3 25. Qg6 h6 26. Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ {
Finegold,B (2494)-Robson,R (2545)/Saint Louis 2011/Mega2011 Update 22/1/2-1/2})
15. Nd6 $146 {57} ({RR} 15. Nd2 Rf6 16. Rfe1 g5 17. h4 Rg6 18. hxg5 h6 19. Nf3
hxg5 20. Be5 g4 21. Qh2 Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf3 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qxa8 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1
Nxf6 26. Rg1 Ng4 {0-1 Chan We Xuan,T (2344)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2500)/Ho Chi
Minh City 2009/CBM 133 Extra}) 15... Rf6 16. Nc4 {57} Rg6 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. Rae1
Qd5 19. a4 Bd4 20. g3 Nb6 21. b3 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qd7 23. Qg2 Re8 24. Be5 b6 25.
Bxd4 cxd4 26. a5 bxa5 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. Rfb1 Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Qc6 h5 31.
Rxa5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 h4 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 33. Qa8+ $2 (33. Rxf5 $1 {[%cal Gc6g6]})
33... Kh7 34. Rxa7 h3+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kf4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Bus, Mariusz"]
[Black "Wach, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hof SK"]
[BlackTeam "Pang/Rosenheim SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Qd3
Rac8 15. h4 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Re2 Nd8 18. Rae1 Rc6 19. Bg5 Nf7 20. Qe3 Qe7
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qb3 Rb6 23. Qa3 a6 24. Rc1 Qf4 25. Rec2 Nd6 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Nc4 28. b3 Nxe3 29. Rc8 Ng4 30. h5 h6 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Rb5 33. Rxf8+
Kxf8 $17 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 $5 36. Rxg7 d4 37. Rg4 Rd5 (37... Rxe5 38.
Rxd4 Rxh5) 38. Kf2 d3 39. Ke1 Rxe5+ 40. Kd2 Rxh5 41. Kxd3 Rg5 42. Re4 Kd7 43.
g4 Kd6 44. Rb4 b5 45. Rf4 h5 46. gxh5 Rxh5 47. a4 Rh3+ 48. Kc2 Re3 49. a5 Kc5
50. b4+ Kd5 51. Rf7 Re4 52. Rd7+ Ke5 53. Ra7 Rc4+ 54. Kd3 Rc6 55. Rh7 Kd5 56.
Rd7+ Rd6 57. Rc7 e5 58. Rc5+ Ke6+ 59. Ke3 Kf5 60. Rc8 Rh6 61. Ra8 Rh3+ 62. Ke2
Ke4 $5 63. Rxa6 Rh2+ 64. Kf1 Rb2 65. Rb6 Rxb4 66. a6 Kf3 67. Ke1 e4 68. a7 Ra4
69. Rb7 Ke3 70. Kd1 Ra2 71. Re7 b4 72. Rb7 Ra3 73. Kc2 Kf3 74. Kd1 Ra1+ 75. Kd2
Ra2+ 76. Kd1 b3 77. Rf7+ Ke3 78. Rb7 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Mercosur Cup"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Black "Obregon, Carlos Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. d3 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nc4 f6 14. Ne3
Ndb4 15. Qd2 e5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Qe2
Rfe8 21. Qf3 Re6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Kf1 Re8 24. Nd2 Nc3 25. Rc1 b6 26. h3 Qe5
27. g3 Qg5 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Qe5+ 30. Kf1 f5 31. Qb7+ Kh6 32. Qf3 Qe7 33.
Nc4 Kg7 34. Kg2 Na2 35. Qd1 Nb4 36. Na3 Kf6 37. Qd2 Qb7+ 38. f3 (38. Kh2 Qf3
39. Nc4) 38... Nd5 39. Nc4 a6 (39... f4 $5 40. g4 Ne3+ 41. Kf2 $17) 40. Qh6 (
40. h4 b5 41. Qg5+ Ke6 $17) 40... Qe7 41. Kf2 b5 42. axb5 (42. Qh4+ Ke6 (42...
g5 $2 43. Qh6+) 43. Qxe7+ Kxe7 44. axb5 axb5 45. Na3 (45. Nd2 Nb4 $19)) 42...
axb5 43. Qh4+ Ke6 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 45. Na3 {Diagrama #} (45. Na5 $5 Nb4 46. Ke2
Nxc2 $5 (46... Kd7 47. Nb7 Kc6 (47... Na6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Na5 Nc5 50. Nb3 Ne6
$17) 48. Nd8+ Kd7 49. Nb7 Na6 50. b4 cxb4 51. Na5 Nc5 (51... Kd6 52. Nb3 Kd5
53. f4 Nc5 54. Kf3) 52. Nb3 Ne6 (52... Nxb3 $2 53. cxb3 g5 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4
Ke7 56. Kf2 Ke6 57. Kf3 Kf7 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Kh4 Kh6 60. Kg3 Kh5 61. Kg2 $11)
53. f4 $17) 47. Nb7 Na1 48. Nxc5 Kd6 49. Nb7+ (49. b4 Nc2 50. Na6 Kc6 51. Nc5
Nxb4 52. Ne6 Kd5 53. Nf8 Nc6 54. Kd2 Ne5) 49... Kc6 50. Na5+ Kb6 51. b4 Nc2 52.
Nb3 Nxb4 53. Nxd4) 45... Nc3 $1 {Dejando sin jugadas al caballo blanco en e3,
las negras lograrán mejorar poco a poco su posición y ganar la partida.} 46. g4
(46. f4 Kd6 47. Ke1 Kc6 48. Kd2 Kb6 49. g4 Ka5 50. Kc1 Ne2+ $19) 46... fxg4 47.
fxg4 g5 $1 48. Kg3 Kd6 49. h4 h6 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kf2 (51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Kg2 Kb6
53. Kf3 Ka5 $19) 51... Kc6 52. Kf3 (52. Ke1 Kb6 53. Kd2 Ka5 54. Kc1 Kb4 55. Kb2
Nd1+ 56. Kc1 Ne3 $19) 52... Kb6 {y el rey negro llegará a b4, capturando el
caballo blanco. Las negras se rindieron.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd6
8. d4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Qe2 $5 Qe4 $1 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc4 $36) 10. Qb5+ $22 $13 {
Chekhov,V-Ryskin,A/Vladivostok/1994/0,5/10/} Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nc3 Qc6 13.
Qxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 g6 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Na4 $44) 9... cxd4 10. Rd1 e6 11. Rxd4
Bc5 12. Rd3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 $10 14. Nc3 Nf6 $6 (14... Ne5 $5 15. Rg3 O-O 16.
Bf4 Ng6 17. Be3 Rac8 $10) 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. c4 a6 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19.
Rad1 $14 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Rc8 (20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxd8 f6
24. f3 Nd6 25. b3 e5 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke3 Ke6 $10) 21. b3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke8 23.
Ke2 Rd8 24. h3 Rxd3 25. Kxd3 Kd7 26. Be3 e5 (26... Kc6 27. Bd4 g6 28. b4 $14)
27. c5 Ke6 28. Kc4 Nd7 29. b4 f5 30. f3 Bd8 31. a4 h5 32. b5 axb5+ 33. Nxb5 $16
g6 (33... Be7 34. Nc7+ Kf7 35. Kb5 $16) 34. Nd6 b6 35. Nb7 Bc7 36. Kb5 bxc5 37.
Kc6 $1 Bb6 (37... Bb8 38. Nxc5+ Nxc5 39. Bxc5 e4 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. a5 Kf5 42.
a6 Kf4 43. Kb7 $18) 38. Bxc5 $1 (38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nxc5+ Bxc5 40. Kxc5 e4 41.
fxe4 fxe4 42. Kd4 Kf5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. a5 Kd5 45. a6 Kc6 46. Kxe4 Kb6 47. Kf4
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 e5 (9... a6 $5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nc2 Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfe8
14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Rac1 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 $14 {Adams,M-Tiviakov,S/New York/1994/0,
5/43/}) 10. Nc3 Ne8 (10... g6 $5 11. a3 Nh5 12. g3 Ng7 13. b4 b6 14. Nd5 f5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. Rab1 $14 {
Kamsky,G-Alterman,B/Tilburg/1993/1|0/43/}) (10... Nb8 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nd2 Nd4
13. Qd1 a6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 b5 16. Rf1 Rb8 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Qd2 $14 {
Rublevsky,S-Rashkovsky,N/Elista(RUS-ch)/1994/1|0/88/}) 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. Nc2 $5 {
N/} (12. Nd3 $5 Ne6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. g3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bh6 20. Qf2 f5 21. Qxd4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 $44 {
Gizynski,T-Womacka,M/Lodz/1989/0,5/26/}) 12... Bg5 (12... Ne6 $5 13. Nd5 (13.
Ne3 g6 $5) 13... Nf6) 13. Ne3 Nf6 (13... Ne6 $5) 14. g3 Ne6 15. Qd3 Qd7 $6 (
15... Kh8 $5 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nc7) 16. Ncd5 Bxe3 $6 (16...
Nxd5 $5 17. cxd5 Nd4 (17... Bxe3 18. dxe6 $18) 18. f4 $16) 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18.
fxe3 $18 Qe7 19. Rf2 Nc7 20. Raf1 Ne8 21. Qe2 (21. Bc3 $5 Kh8 22. b4) 21... Kh8
22. Bc3 Rg8 (22... a5 $5) 23. b4 $1 b6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb1 Rg6 26. Qd3 h5 27.
Qd5 Rd8 28. Ba5 Rd7 29. Rb8 Rg8 (29... h4 30. Qa8 Rg8 31. Bd8 Qe6 32. Bxf6+
Nxf6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxg8+ Kh7 35. Rg4 $6 (35. g4 $18) (35. gxh4 $5 $18)
35... Rd8 36. Qxa7 Qf3 $1 37. Rxh4+ Kg6 38. Qa4 Qe2 $10) 30. Qa8 Kh7 31. Rf5
Kh6 32. Kf2 Qe6 33. h3 (33. d3 $18) 33... Re7 34. Bd8 Rd7 35. Bxf6 Nc7 (35...
Nxf6 36. Rxg8 Nxg8 37. Qxg8 $18) 36. Rxg8 $1 Nxa8 37. g4 hxg4 38. Rxg4 (38.
hxg4 Qxf5+ (38... Kh7 39. Rh5+ Kxg8 40. Rh8#) 39. exf5 $18) (38. Rxg4 Nc7 (
38... Qxf5+ 39. exf5 Kh7 40. Rh4+ Kg8 41. Rh8#) 39. Bg7+ Kh7 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41.
Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giese} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rfd8 (11... Rac8 12. Rad1 b6
13. f4 a6 14. b3 Qb7 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Rd3 $36 {
Nevednichy,V-Marin,M/Bucharest/1994/1|0/30/}) (11... Rfc8 12. Rad1 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Qc6 14. b3 a6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Rd3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rfd1 $14 {Vasiukov,
E-Arbakov,V/Tiraspol/1994/0|1/42/}) (11... b6 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Kh1
Bf8 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qxc4 19. Bxe5 Qxe2 20.
Nxe2 $16 {Bologan,V-Tisdall,J/Gausdal/1991/0,5/53/}) 12. Rad1 (12. Rfd1 Rac8
13. Nb3 b6 14. f4 Qb7 15. Bf2 a6 16. Rac1 Rb8 $132 {Korchnoi,V-Georgiev,Kir/
Biel/1992/0,5/63/}) 12... b6 13. f4 Rac8 14. b3 Qb7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 a6
17. Kh1 Rb8 (17... Nd7 $5 18. Rd3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 b5 $132) 18. f5 $1 e5 (18... b5
19. cxb5 axb5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 $16) 19. Be3 b5 (19... Nxe4
20. Nd5 Bf8 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Qxe4 $16) 20. Nd5 Nxd5 (20... Qb7 $6 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Bg5 $16) 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. Rd3 $1 (22. Rc1 $6 Rbc8 $10) 22... Rdc8 23.
Qh5 b4 $6 (23... Bf6 $5 24. Bh6 (24. Bg5 Qd8) 24... gxh6 25. Qxh6 Bg7 26. Rg3
f6 27. Qxf6 Rc3 28. Rg4 Rf8 29. Qg5 Kh8 30. f6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Qxg4 $1) 24. Bh6
$1 Qb5 $2 (24... Bf8 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 (25... Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Rg3 $18) 26. f6
Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Rc1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 $16) (24... Bf6 $2 25. Rg3 Qb5 (25...
Rc3 $132 {Giese}) 26. Rd1 (26. Rg1 $5) 26... Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. Bg5 Ke7 28.
Qxh7 Qe2 29. Rg1 Qxe4 30. Qxg7 Qxf5 31. Bxf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rf1+ Ke7
34. Rg7 Rf8 35. h4 $16) 27. Bxg7+ Bxg7 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Qh6 $18) (24... f6 $142
25. Bxg7 (25. Bd2 Qb5 $132) (25. Rg3 Bf8 26. Be3 Rc2 (26... Qb5 $5) 27. Rh3
Rxa2 (27... h6 $5) 28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Rh7 Kd8 31. Bh6 Qb5 32. Rg1
$16) 25... Kxg7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qf7 Rg8) 25. Qg4 g6 (25... Bf8 26. Bxg7 Bxg7
27. f6 $18) 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rdf3 Rf8 28. h4 (28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. h4 $18) 28...
Qe2 29. h5 1-0

[Event "Gran Canaria op"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ndb5 Qb8 14. Bf4
Ne5 15. c5 $5 Rxc5 16. Be3 b6 $1 17. Bxc5 bxc5 $44 (17... dxc5 $2 18. f4 Nc6
19. e5 $16 {Epishin}) 18. Na3 Rd8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ng4 21. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. g3 Bf6 14. f4 exf4
15. e5 Be7 16. Rxf4 b5 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Rg4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 f5 (19... Nxe5 $4 20.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Bxe5) 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Rh4 Rae8 22.
Re1 Qf7 23. Rf4 Qg6 24. Re5 a6 25. Qe2 Nd5 26. Rg4 Qf7 27. Reg5 g6 28. c4 bxc4
29. dxc4 Nb4 30. Rf4 {[#]} Qc7 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Rxc5 Nd3 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Bd4 Kf5 37. Re7 Rd8 38. Be3 h5 39. Kg2 Ne5 40. h3 Rd1
41. Bh6 g5 42. Bg7 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Nd3 44. Re2 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. h4 Kg6 47. Bc3
Rc1 48. Bd4 Kf7 49. Bf2 Rd1 50. a3 Rc1 51. Bd4 Ne1+ 52. Kf2 Nf3 53. Bb2 Rd1 54.
c5 Ng1 55. c6 Nxe2 56. c7 Rd2 57. c8=Q Rxb2 58. Qf5+ Kg8 59. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:05:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:01:44]}
Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 6. e5 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:08:03]} (8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc4 e6 10. a4 Be7 11. Ra3 Qc7 12.
Rg3 g6 13. Nc3 a6 14. d3 Nd4 15. a5 Rd8 16. Rh3 O-O 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Nd5
19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nf5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Bh4 24. Rf4 Nxh6 25.
Rfxh4 f5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxh6 Rd7 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. d4 Qe4 31. Kg1
e5 32. c3 Rc5 33. Rh3 Rxa5 34. Qd1 Rad5 35. Rhf3 b5 36. Qa1 R5d6 37. h3 h5 {
Rapport,R (2693)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Biel 2013 1/2-1/2}) 8... e6 {[%emt 0:
01:44]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:33]}
O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:13:16]} 12. h4 {
[%emt 0:14:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:21:40]} 13. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:
01:41]} 14. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:18:48]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 15. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Qxd5 $146 {[%emt 0:01:58]} (15... exd5 16. Rae1 f6 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Qg3
Re6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc7 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. c4 Re8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1
Rc8 25. Re1 a5 26. Re5 a4 27. Rxd5 Rb8 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30. Kf1 Rc3
31. Rd7 c4 32. dxc4 Rxc4 33. g3 h6 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. f4 h5 36. Kh3 Kh6 37. Rd6+
g6 38. Rb6 {1/2-1/2 (38) Rogos,J (2255)-Valutanu,M (2058) ICCF email 2009}) 16.
Qxd5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rfe8 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kf8 $11 {[%emt 0:10:02] Muzychuk's
experiment in the Sicilian gave Lagno no trouble at all. Black equalized
easily, traded off all the pieces and obtained a comfortable draw.} 19. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 20. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 21. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:08:53]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 23. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 24. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:01:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:13:49]} 25. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:
16]} 26. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 27. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:34]}
fxg5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 28. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 31. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd6
{[%emt 0:00:29]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} (6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. c4 a6 13. b3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bb2 Bxb2
18. Rxb2 Rd8 19. Rbd2 h6 20. g4 Ne7 21. Qf4 O-O 22. Qg3 e5 23. Nh4 b5 24. cxb5
axb5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qe7 27. Rd5 b4 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Qxb4 Qxf5 30. Rxd6
Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Rd3 Re6 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg3 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ {Karjakin,
S (2759)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Wijk aan Zee 2014 1/2-1/2 (71)}) 6... cxd4 {
[%emt 0:03:36]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:14:21]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 10. Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:34]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rac8 $146 {
[%emt 0:07:55]} (11... Qd8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Qb1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8
16. Nd2 Nb6 17. c5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Na4 19. Ra3 dxc5 20. b3 Nc3 21. Rxa5 Nxb1 22.
Rxc5 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Red8 24. Rcd5 a6 25. Rd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 b5 27. g4 e6 28. Rb7
h5 29. Rb6 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nb4 31. a4 Nc2 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Nxe3 34. fxe3
Rc2 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. b4 Rc4 37. Ke2 Rxe4 38. Kf3 Rc4 39. Rb7 g5 40. Rb5 Ke7 41.
Rxg5 {Shomoev,A (2587)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) Loo 2014 1/2-1/2}) 12. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 13. b3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:01]
} 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:06:03] The Ukrainian duel seemed as if it was heading for a
long game as Lagno utilized a Maroczy type set-up against Ushenina's Sicilian.
However Black played far too passively and without any real plan, allowing
Lagno to crash through in the center and win in only 24 moves using relatively
simple moves.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:12:29]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:
48]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:15:38]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:21]}
Bxb2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 18. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 19. e5 {
[%emt 0:14:42]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:14:37]} 20. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:06:
38]} 21. Qe3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 22. exd6 {[%emt 0:03:34]}
exd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Rde2 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 25. Re8 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:38]
} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:02:44]} (10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. h4 bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 19.
Re4 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Qb6 a5 22. Qxa5 Rxc4 23. Rxe7 Qf5 24. Qd2 Qf4 25.
Qxf4 Rxf4 26. g3 Rf5 27. a4 Rxd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd3 31. a5
{1/2-1/2 (31) Karjakin,S (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014})
10... Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. exd5
{[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 14. Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 17. Nd6
{[%emt 0:01:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 18. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:
02:13]} 19. Rfxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 22.
Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:36]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 23. Rd6 $146 {[%emt 0:02:53]} (23. Nd6
Ne5 24. Re7 Kf6 25. Rb7 a4 26. Ne4+ Kg7 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Kf2 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Edouard,R (2686)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Al Ain 2012}) 23... Rc8
{[%emt 0:01:47]} 24. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:49] “After two losses and a terrible
blunder, I thought the aggressive approach today might bring even further
disappointments. So a draw against the tournament leader is far from being
bothersome, it is good to run away from the unfortunate series I had and try
again tomorrow”- Anna said during the press conference.} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
25. Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra8 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:01:22]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:11:29]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:
23]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (8. O-O O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12.
Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Qd2 Rf6 19. Rad1 Raf8 20. Re2 e5 21. a4 R8f7 22. h3 Qb6 23. Qc2 Qb4 24. f3 b5
25. cxb5 axb5 26. Re4 Qa5 27. Rd5 Qb6+ 28. Kh2 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rc7 30. Qd2 Rc6
31. a5 Qc7 32. Re2 Rf4 33. Rexe5 dxe5 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35. Rxc7 Rcxc7 36. Qd6 Rfe7
37. a6 Rcd7 {Adams,M (2752)-Areshchenko,A (2720) Warsaw 2013 1/2-1/2}) 8... Nc6
{[%emt 0:17:13]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:05:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:04]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:
01:29]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:23:02]} 11. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxb5 $146 {[%emt 0:02:
31]} (11... Be6 12. Nd5 {Munoz Pantoja,M (2457)-Kovchan,A (2577) Sitges op
39th 2013 (8) 1/2}) 12. cxb5 {[%emt 0:07:02]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:09:05]} 13. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 14. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:10:29]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:
02:36]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
e6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 17. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 19. Qd2 $14 {[%emt 0:07:27][%csl Ra8]}
Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:02:55] The rematch between the World Champion and the ex-World
Champion culminated and yet another victory for Hou Yifan. Their previous
encounter, in the European Club Cup, also favored the Chinese. This time Hou
Yifan stayed away from the main theoretical routes, but Ushenina got an
acceptable position. At some point though she miscalculated the transition to
the endgame and her opponent accurately calculated the consequences of the
rook endgame, which ended with Hou Yifan simply queening her pawns.} 20. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:
00]} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 23. Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Qe5
{[%emt 0:01:33]} 24. Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:
01:51]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 27.
R4d3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 28. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} b6 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 30. e5 {[%emt 0:
03:13]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 31. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32.
Qxc5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} R8xc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 35. Rxb6 {
[%emt 0:06:53]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:24]} 37. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:02:07]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 40. b6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rff2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:
08:09]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 43. b7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rb2
{[%emt 0:02:12]} 44. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 45. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:02:01]} 46. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rbg2+ {[%emt 0:
08:33]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} 48. Ke4 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Nd4 $5
(7... g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8
14. Kh1 $14 {Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Sanghi Nagar/1994/1:0/35/ Inf 61/201/}) 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nxe4 (9... e5 $2 10. d3 a6 11. Na3 Be7 12. f4 $14) 10. Re1 $6
(10. Nxd4 e6 11. d3 Nf6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 $14) (10. Qa4 $5 Rc8 (10... Kd8 $6
11. Qc2 $16) 11. Qxa7 (11. Re1 $2 a6 12. Rxe4 axb5 $17) 11... Rxc4 (11... d3
12. b3 $14) 12. d3 Rc8 13. dxe4 Qxb5 14. Qxd4 $16) 10... Nc5 (10... Nf6 $6 11.
Qa4) 11. Nxd4 Nd3 12. Re3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 g6 (13... e6 14. Qg4 $16) 14. Qf3 (14.
Qe2 Bg7 15. Re1 e5 (15... Bf6 $5) (15... e6 $2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6+ $40) 16.
Nb5 O-O 17. Rd3 $14) 14... Bg7 15. Rce1 Be5 (15... Bxd4 16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Qe4+ Be5 19. d4 $14) 16. Nb5 a6 (16... O-O 17. d4 a6 (17... Bf6
18. Nc3 $14) 18. Nc3 $16) 17. d4 $6 (17. Nc3 e6 $1 18. Re4 f5) 17... axb5 18.
dxe5 O-O 19. exd6 Qxd6 $10 20. cxb5 Rxa2 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chTa 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "White Rose"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 g5 $5
{A critical move. ...g7-g5 is fashionable idea in this type of positions since
the game Carlsen-Topalov, Saint Louis 2015.} 8. c3 g4 9. Nh4 $1 (9. Ne1 $6 Qe6
10. d3 d5 11. Bg5 O-O-O $15 {1-0 (29) Fressinet,L (2675)-Edouard,R (2565)
Paris (blitz) 2009.}) 9... O-O-O $5 {A good solution for Black, although
there's objectively nothing wrong with the main move 9...Qe6.} (9... Qe6 10. d3
d5 $5 (10... O-O-O 11. Bf4 d5 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 (14... Kb8
15. Nb3 b6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bg7 19. Rb4 $40) 15. Nb3 b6 16.
d4 c4 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 (34) Delchev,A (2629)-Morozevich,A (2762)
Porto Carras 2011}) (10... c4 11. d4 $5 (11. dxc4 $5 Qxe4 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Nd2
Qe5 14. Nf5 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 h5 16. Qd3 $36 {1-0 (139) Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)
-Jobava,B (2713) Norway 2014}) 11... Qxe4 12. Qxc4 e6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nd2 Nxe3
15. Qe2 {followed by fxe3, with an easier position for White.}) 11. Bg5 (11.
Nd2 $5 O-O-O 12. Nb3 dxe4 (12... b6 $5 13. Bg5 h5 $13) 13. Nxc5 Qd5 14. Be3 Qh5
15. g3 exd3 16. Nxd3 $16 {½-½ (90) Vallejo Pons,F (2698)-Shirov,A (2709)
Norway 2014}) 11... Rg8 $1 (11... dxe4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxg4 $5 $146 exd3 14.
Rxd3 Ne5 15. Qa4+ Qc6 16. Qxc6+ Nxc6 17. Nd2 $36) 12. Bxf6 O-O-O $3 {I love
this idea! Now, funally enough, the best move according to the engine is...}
13. Bh8 (13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Nf5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxe4 $15) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4
Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Qxe4 {Leaving that bishop on h8!} 16. Nd2 Qd3 17. g3 h5 $5 18.
Nb3 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxh8 20. Nxc5 e6 $36) 10. d4 d5 $1 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bf4 {
Other moves don't give White any advantage either.} (12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 cxd4
14. b4 (14. cxd4 Kb8 $5 $13) 14... d3 $5 15. Qxd3 Bg7 (15... e6 $5) 16. Bf4
Nxe5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qxa7 e5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Rhe8 (20... b5 $5 $13) 21. a4
Re6 $1 22. b5 b6 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qa7+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ {
½-½ (27) Mamedov,R (2662)-Dominguez,L (2723) Russia 2013}) (12. Be3 Rg8 13.
Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13 {½-½ (26) Safarli,E (2626)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Al-Ain 2012}) 12... Rg8 (12... h5 $5) 13. dxc5 Nxc5
$2 ({I was afraid of} 13... e6 $1 {and for good reason:} 14. b4 Be7 15. g3 f6
$1 16. exf6 Bxf6 $44) 14. b4 Ne6 15. Bg3 Bh6 16. Nf5 $2 (16. b5 $1 Na5 17. Nf5
$5 (17. Na3 $5 Kb8 18. Nf5 Bf4 19. Nc2 $36) 17... Nf4 18. Qc2 Ne2+ (18... Bg5
$2 19. c4 $16) 19. Qxe2 Qxf5 20. Na3 {transpositing into the game, but having
avoided 17...Bg5.}) 16... Nf4 $1 (16... Bf4 {leads to some long (almost)
forced line:} 17. b5 Nxe5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe7+ Kd7 $8 21. Qxe5
Bxe5 22. Nxg8 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg8 24. Nd2 $14) 17. Qc2 $8 Ne2+ $2 (17... Bg5 $1
{was completely fine for Black.}) 18. Qxe2 Qxf5 19. b5 Na5 20. Na3 e6 (20...
Qe4 21. Qb2 $1 $16) 21. Rd4 Bf8 (21... Kb8 22. Ra4 b6 23. Nc2 $1 {was
unpleasant for Black.} (23. Rxa5 bxa5 24. b6 Rd7 $8 {holds.})) 22. Ra4 $2 {
Wrong direction.} (22. Nc2 $1 {with the idea Ne3 was right. I haven't realized
that after} Nc4 23. Rxc4+ dxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kb8 {White had} 25. Nd4 $1 Qg6 26.
Nc6+ $1 {with a winning attack:} bxc6 27. bxc6 Kc7 28. Qa6 Rb8 29. Qxa7+ Kxc6
30. Qxb8 $18) 22... Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc4 ({I considered} 23... b6 24. Ra4 {
followed by Rf4 and long-term pressure on the f7-pawn to be good for White,
but after} h5 25. Rf4 Qh7 26. Bh4 Rd7 {the engine just prefers Black, and
probably rightly so.}) 24. Rxa7 Kb8 25. Ra4 Qg5 $6 (25... Rc8 $1 {was a better
move.}) 26. f4 gxf3 27. Qxf3 Rd7 $6 (27... Qd2 $1 {had to be played, according
to the engine.}) 28. Re1 $1 {Now White is definitely better.} h5 (28... Qd2 $6
29. Rd1 $1 {and Black has a problem with his d7-rook (Rxc4).}) 29. Qf2 b6 30.
Ra6 $1 (30. Rxc4 $2 dxc4 31. Qxb6+ Rb7 {leds to nowhere for White.}) 30... Kb7
31. a4 Ra8 32. Bh4 (32. a5 $2 {doesn't work:} bxa5 33. Qc5 $2 Rc7 34. Rc6 Qe7
$17) 32... Qg8 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qc2 Qh8 35. Qe2 Rc7 36. h3 Qh6 37. Qf2 $6 (37.
Bf2 $1 {was stronger, as I did later in the game.}) 37... Qd2 38. Qf3 Qh6 $2 (
38... Nb2 $1 {would give Black some chances.}) 39. Bf2 Qg6 40. Bd4 Rc8 41. Rf1
Rc7 42. Qe2 Qg5 43. Rf2 Qg6 44. Qf1 Qh7 45. Kh2 Qg8 46. Rf6 $6 ({I gave up
with my initial idea} 46. Qd3 {(/\Qg3) because of} f5 {but after} 47. exf6 e5 {
the engine sees many wins for White, like} 48. Bxb6 $5 Nxb6 (48... Kxb6 49. f7
Rxf7 50. Qxd5 $18) 49. a5 Nc4 50. f7 $18) 46... Nd2 47. Qd3 Ne4 48. Rf4 Qg6 49.
Qe3 ({The engine gives} 49. a5 $1 bxa5 50. b6 {as stronger, but even after
checking it with the computer I fail to understand some subtleties.}) 49... Rc4
50. Qf3 Rc7 51. Rh4 Rc4 52. Rf4 (52. Rxh5 $2 Nd2 $132) 52... Rc7 53. Qe3 Rc4
54. Rf3 $5 h4 $6 (54... Rxa4 $6 55. Qf4 $18) (54... Rc7 $8 {was the most
challenging defence, forcing White to be creative:} 55. a5 $1 bxa5 56. Ba7 Ka8
57. Qb6 $1 {wins, e.g.} Rxa7 58. Qd8+ Kb7 59. Qd7+ Kb8 60. Qe8+ $18) 55. Qf4
Ng5 56. Rf1 Rxa4 57. Qxh4 Ra2 58. Qg4 Qd3 59. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c4 a6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rac8 (12... Rfc8 13. Rc1 g6
14. Rc2 e5 15. Nf3 b5 $10 {Madl,I/Raud,R/Budapest Festival/1991/}) 13. Rc1 Rfd8
14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Red1 g6 16. Rc2 Re8 17. Qd2 (17. Rcd2 d5 18. e5 Nh5 $13) 17...
Qc5 18. Qd3 Red8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Rcd2 Ne8 22. Rc2 Qa5 23. Nb1 Bf8
24. Bc3 (24. Nc3 $10) 24... Qh5 25. Qe1 Rb8 26. Bb4 Nc5 27. Re2 b5 $1 $15 28.
cxb5 axb5 29. h3 Na6 30. Bd2 h6 31. Be3 b4 32. Nbd2 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Nc4
Nf6 35. Rc2 Qa7 36. Rdc1 Rdc8 37. Nxd6 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Bxd6 39. e5 Be7 40. exf6
Bxf6 $17 41. Qe4 Bc3 42. Ne5 Rd8 43. Qe2 Rd5 44. Ng4 Kg7 45. Qf3 Qd4 46. Ne3
Rd7 47. Qg4 Qa7 48. Qc4 Rd4 49. Qb5 Qc7 50. Rc1 Qf4 51. Rc2 Qd6 52. Qe2 Rd3 53.
Qf1 f5 54. Rc1 f4 55. Rd1 Rxd1 56. Nxd1 Qd2 $19 57. Kh2 Bd4 58. Qc4 Kf6 59. Qc8
Qxd1 60. Qf8+ Ke5 61. Qxb4 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:12] Less popular than the queen recapture, though it is not
clear to me quite why.} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (5... g6
{was the move I tried in one outing against one of the players currently in
Wijk:} 6. c3 Ngf6 7. Re1 Ne5 $6 {A typical idea, but White is not obliged to
take by any means! My opponent achieved an advantage but then lost it at some
later point:} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5
13. Rd1 e6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Qb6 17. h4 $6 Rad8 $11 {Jones,
G-Fernandez,D London 2016}) 6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,
M-Nakamura,H Palma de Mallorca 2017, failed to achieve anything much.}) 6...
Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (6... Rc8 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11.
Be3 Nb6 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. b3 Nf7 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O
18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nf4 Re8 21. g4 fxg4 22. fxg4 Bg5 23. Nd3 Bxe3+
24. Qxe3 Nd8 25. Nf4 Nc6 26. Nf3 Qd8 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. h4 Nf8 29. Rf2 Rc8 30. Kg2
{1/2-1/2 (30) Mamedov,R (2680)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Kocaeli 2017}) 7. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:04:23]} (7. c3 {is main and we can only assume from his later play
that Black wanted} e6 8. d4 Be7 $11 {or similar, with a fairly solid position
and completion of development one move away for both sides.}) 7... e6 {[%emt 0:
03:38]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (8. c4 $5 {was the logical way to implement a
'light square only' pawn structure. To avoid being slightly worse, Black has
to make a tough strategic call between ...e5 and ...Ne5.}) 8... cxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (9. Rxd4 $5 {merited consideration, still
trying to set up with c4, e.g.} Rc8 10. Na3 Be7 11. Rc4 Qb8 12. Rxc8+ Qxc8 13.
c4 $132) 9... Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:07] A nice point. Now White would really rather
not play Nc3, so his options are limited.} 10. Nb5 {[%emt 0:14:33]} (10. b3 $5
{This leads to the setup White wanted, he just has to see that ...e5 is not
favourable.} a6 (10... e5 11. Nb5 Qxc2 12. Qxc2 Rxc2 13. N1a3 $14) 11. c4 Be7
12. Bb2 $11) 10... Qxc2 {[%emt 0:10:43]} 11. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Rxc2 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 12. N1a3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 13. Nxa7 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. N7b5 {[%emt 0:08:58]} (14. f3 d5 $17)
14... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Nef6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16.
Nxd6+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:02:41]} 18. Rd4 {[%emt 0:14:34]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:
00:51]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:05]} (19... Nd5 {is a bit more ambitious; Black's
minor pieces are probably slightly better placed so he should think about
fighting for an advantage.}) 20. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
21. Bc5+ {[%emt 0:04:35]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:02:19] Whereas in this version, White' bishop
has become active so although Black may still be optically for choice, there
decidedly isn't an edge unless White messes up.} e5 {[%emt 0:08:33]} 24. a5 {
[%emt 0:16:24]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (24... f6 {is more patient and keeps open
knight re-routings starting with ...Nc7, but should objectively also be
nothing.}) 25. a6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 26. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:07:20] A final simplifying
combination.} Ndxb4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 28. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 29. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Godes, Dmitry R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 Qg4 7. d5 $1 {
Otherwise black easily equalizes the position:} (7. O-O Nxd4 (7... Qxe4 $2 8.
d5 Nb8 9. Qb3 b6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nc3 Qg4 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Nxa7 Ra8 14. Qc6 $1
$18) 8. Nxd4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 cxd4 10. Rxd4 g6 (10... Nf6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. b3 g6 13.
Bb2 Bg7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. f3 a6 $11 16. R4d2 Rc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sahovic,D-Rajkovic,D/JUG-ch 1977}) (10... Rc8 11. b3 g5 $5 12.
Bb2 Bg7 13. Rd2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 Nf6 15. Nc3 a6 $11 {Velicka,P-Hoffmann,M/Mitropa
Cup 1991 (25)}) 11. Be3 (11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Rd3 Rc8 13. b3 b5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gg7a1]}) 11... Bg7 12. Rd2 Nf6 (12... Rc8 13. Na3 a6 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. f3
O-O 16. b3 Nd7 17. Re2 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Huebner,R/Solingen 1986}) 13. f3 Rc8
14. Na3 a6 $11) 7... Qxe4+ $5 {Accepting the challange!After} (7... Nd4 $6 8.
Nbd2 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Nf6 14. e5
$14 {white has very comfortable advantage in the endgame; Tal,M-Balashov,Y/
URS-ch42 1974 (53)}) 8. Be3 Nd4 {The best try.In other cases white's
initiative is very dangerous.} (8... Nb4 9. Qa4+ Kd8 10. O-O Nc2 (10... Qc2 11.
Qb5 Qf5 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Kxc8 14. Ng5 Nh6 15. a3 Nc2 16. Ra2 a5 17. b3
Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rb8 19. Nd2 g6 20. Nxf7 Nxf7 21. Rxf7 Kd7 22. a4 Ke8 23. Rf3 Bg7
24. Rc2 Kd7 25. Kf2 h5 26. Rg3 Rh6 27. h3 Be5 28. Rf3 g5 29. Rf5 g4 30. hxg4
hxg4 31. Rc1 Rh4 32. Rb1 Rbh8 33. Ne4 Bg7 34. Rf7 Be5 35. Rf5 Bg7 36. Kg3 Rh1
37. Rxh1 Rxh1 38. Kxg4 Rb1 39. Rf7 Be5 40. Kg5 Ke8 41. Rf3 {1-0 Makarichev,
S-Tseshkovsky,V/URS-ch48 1980}) 11. Ng5 $5 Qg6 12. Nxf7+ Qxf7 13. Qxc2 $16) (
8... Nb8 9. Qb3 b6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nc3 Qg6 12. Nb5 $16) 9. Qa4+ b5 $6 {
The losing move.After correct 9...Kd8 a lot of interesting variations come up:}
(9... Kd8 $5 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Qxf3 12. Rg1 Nf6 13. Qa5+ b6 14.
Qa6 Qh3 $1 $13) 10... Nc2+ $1 (10... Qd3 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. O-O-O Nf6 (12... g6
{[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Gf8h6,Gh6c1]} 13. h4 $1 {[%csl Gg5]} Bg7 $2 (13... Bh6 14.
Ng5 $1 Qf5 15. f4 $1 Qf6 (15... Kc7 16. Qa5+ $1 b6 17. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Rc6]})
16. Rhf1 $40) 14. Ng5 Qf5 15. Rh3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh3f3]}) 13. Nb3 Qg6
14. Na5 Rb8 15. Nxd4 Qxg2 (15... Kc8 16. g3 $16) 16. Ndc6+ bxc6 17. Nxc6+ Kc7
18. Nxb8 Kxb8 19. Qb5+ Ka8 20. Qc6+ Kb8 21. Rhg1 Qxf2 22. Rg3 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qf5+
24. Ka1 Nd7 25. Rb3+ Nb6 26. a4 Qc2 27. Rdd3 $18) 11. Ke2 Qg6 12. Rab1 Nxe3 13.
fxe3 $1 (13. Kxe3 $6 Qxg2 14. b4 g6 (14... cxb4 15. Rhg1 Qh3 16. Rxb4 Qc8 17.
Ng5 Nh6 18. Ndf3 $13) (14... Nf6 15. bxc5 (15. Rhg1 Qh3 16. bxc5 Qd7 17. c6
bxc6 18. dxc6 Qe6+ 19. Kd3 Qf5+ 20. Kc3 $13) 15... Ng4+ 16. Kd3 Nxf2+ 17. Kc2
Nxh1 18. Rxb7 Qg4 19. Qa5+ Ke8 20. Qb5+ Kd8 21. Qa5+ $11) 15. bxc5 Bh6+ 16. Ke2
Bxd2) 13... Qxg2+ 14. Kd3 Nf6 (14... Qg6+ 15. e4 e6 16. b4 exd5 17. cxd5 b6 18.
bxc5 $36) 15. Rhg1 $1 Qh3 16. Ng5 Qh5 17. b4 h6 18. bxc5 $1 hxg5 19. Rxb7 $40)
10. Qa6 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nb4 $2 ({Missing a chanse to put up some resistance:} 
11... Qd3+ $1 12. Kc1 $1 (12. Kxd3 Nb4+ 13. Ke2 Nxa6 14. cxb5 Nc7 15. Nc3 Nf6
16. Rhd1 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. a4 Ncd5 $132) 12... Rb8 $8 13. Qxa7 (13. Qc6+ $5
Kd8 14. Ng5 (14. Rd1) 14... Qg6 (14... Nh6 15. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 16. dxe6 $18) 15.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 16. Kxc2 Qg6+ 17. Kc1 Qxg2 18. Rd1 b4 19. a3 $1 $16) 13... Rd8 14.
Rd1 (14. Qb7 Nxa1 {1/2-1/2 Stean,M-Geller,E/Moscow 1975}) 14... Qg6 $1 (14...
Qxc4 $2 15. b3 Qe4 16. Nc3 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Kxc2 Qxh4 19. Nxb5 $18) 15. Nh4
Qe4 16. Nc3 (16. Nd2) 16... Qxh4 17. Kxc2 Qxc4 18. b3 Qg4 $8 19. a4 $1 $16 {
in both cases with enormous advantage for white.}) 12. Qxb5+ Kd8 13. Ne1 $1 $18
{[%csl Rb4] The last touch:after this simple,but very nice move black is
helpless-his knight on b4 will soon fall a prey of white a-pawn!} Kc8 14. Nc3
Qf5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 Qd8 (12... b6 13. Be3 Qb7 14.
b3 Nd7 15. Rb1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Nd5 f6 20. Bh4 g5
21. Bf2 e6 22. Ndc3 a5 23. Qc2 Bh6 24. Rbd1 {Bologan,V-Golubev,M/Biel op (08)/
1993/0-1 (60)}) (12... Qc7 13. Be3 e6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bg1 Nb4 17.
b3 Rad8 18. Rb1 Rd7 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf8 22. Nce4 Ncd3 23. Nf2
Nxf2+ 24. Bxf2 {Brandis,I-Iosif,C/Bucharest-W (02)/1993/1-0 (58)}) (12... Na5
13. b3 e6 14. Ra2 Rfd8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rd2 Rd7 17. Qb1 d5 $132 {Khomyakov,
V-Dukaczewski,P/Warszaw op/1993/1-0 (27)}) 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rc1 (14. Nd5 $5 Nxd5
(14... Nd7 15. b4 $1 Nxb4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Rb1 $36) 15. exd5 Ne5 (15... Nb4
16. Nd4 Rac8 17. b3 $13) 16. b3 Qb4 17. Nd4 $14) 14... Nd7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Na2 (
16. Nd5 e6 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Qxd6 Rfc8) 16... Rac8 17. Rb1 (17. b4
$2 Nxb4 18. Bd2 Ncd3 $1) 17... b5 $1 18. cxb5 (18. b4 Qxa4 19. cxb5 axb5 20.
bxc5 Qxa2 21. cxd6 Rfd8 $15) 18... axb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 (19... Qxa2 20. bxc6 Rxc6
21. Nd4 Rb6 $10) 20. Nac3 Qd3 $1 21. Nd5 (21. Bxc5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 dxc5 $10)
21... Rb8 (21... e6 22. Bxc5 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 dxc5 24. Nb6 Rc7 $10) 22. b4 Nxb4
$1 23. Nxe7+ (23. Rxb4 $2 Rxb4 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Nxb4 Nxb4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6
7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {Karjakin spends a lot of time on
studying the intricacies of various openings and his choice in the positions
is pretty certainly well informed. White has the positional line 10.cxd4 with
pawns fighting for the centre or the more dangerous gambit with 10.Bg5. In
either case Black manages to hold equality, but the knight recapture on d4
seems to be the least ambitious idea.} (10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 (11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 O-O 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18.
Be3 Rc2 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rxb2 21. g4 Raxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 $15 {1/2 (31)
Collins,S (2439)-Romero Holmes,A (2501) Dublin 2012}) 11... Ne4 12. Be3 (12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Be7 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Ne1 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nd3 Rcf8 18. f4
Bd6 19. g3 h6 20. Qh5 $11 {1/2 (56) Rajkovic,M (2073)-Mladenovic,S (2274)
Obrenovac 2013}) 12... Be7 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Nbd2 Nxd2
16. Rxd2 O-O 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Nh4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bh6 Rc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Re1 $11 {1/2 (47) Krayz,A (2384)-Dvoirys,S (2549) Israel 2008}) 13. Ne1 f6
14. f3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 fxg5 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Ne2 Bd8 20.
Rac1 Bb6 $11 {1/2 (33) Fontaine,R (2557)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573) France 2007})
(10. Bg5 Be7 (10... d3 11. Rxd3 Ng4 12. Na3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rd2 (14. Rd4
a6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rd1 {1/2 (19)
Palac,M (2571)-Jankovic,A (2540) Banja Vrucica 2009}) 14... a6 15. Rad1 Qc6 16.
f4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. f5 O-O {1/2 (20) Ghaem Maghami,
E (2573)-Mamedov,R (2634) Baku 2012}) 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 O-O 13. Nc3
d5 14. e5 (14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Re1 Ng6 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Rad1 {1/2 (21) Idani,P (2473)-Aczel,G (2433)
Kecskemet 2012}) 14... Nh7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rd3 Rc4 17. Nd2 Rb4 18. Nf1 Nf5
19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Rxg3 Rbc4 $11 {0-1 (60) Stevic,H (2626)-Georgiev,
K (2637) Bol 2013}) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 (13. Nc3 O-O 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4 a6 16. a4
Rc4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nc2 Rc6 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb6 $15 {0-1 (38) Ovetchkin,
R (2535)-Kobalia,M (2639) Togliatti 2003}) 13... Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 O-O
16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Rfd8 18. Kf1 (18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Kf1 $11 {1/2 (31) Ghaem Maghami,E (2572)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Al Ain
2012}) 18... Bf8 (18... Rb8 $1 $11) 19. Nb6 axb6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. a3 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd1 $16 {1-0 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2754) Beijing 2013}) 10... Be7 (10... h6 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 Rc6 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Bd2 Rc4 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Kg8 $11 {0-1 (39) Sharif,M (2435)-Marjanovic,S (2515) Dortmund 1982})
11. Nf3 (11. Bg5 a6 12. Na3 Qc7 13. Nac2 O-O 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rd4 Rfd8 16.
Rad1 Qb6 17. Na3 Qa5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Be7 21. Rd7 Bxa3 22.
bxa3 Qxc3 23. g3 Qxa3 24. Rxb7 g6 {1/2 (24) Desboeufs,A (2052)-Soyer,J (2146)
St Chely d'Aubrac 2005}) 11... Qc7 12. c4 a6 13. b3 {White was probably not
watching carefully what were the options for his adversary. It is not possible
to hope for an advantage, but getting worse chances with White is even less
desirable.} (13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. b3 $11) 13... Nxe4 $5 14. Qxe4 Bf6
15. Nc3 {Not a great day for the White player as this meek move finally offers
chances for Dominguez. The equality was hidden in the extreme line with 15.Nd4,
but it is easy to understand White for not craving the complications.} (15. Nd4
d5 16. Qe3 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. Bb2 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 dxc4 $11)
15... Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bb2 (17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rd2 Be7 $15) 17...
Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rd8 19. Rbd2 h6 {The Cuban star must be careful about White's
chances for lashing out against his king. Immediate castling was a way of
asking for trouble.} (19... O-O $6 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qh4 h5 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Qg5
$14) 20. g4 Ne7 {Black does not want to provoke his strong opponent with the
more witty solution 20...h5!?} (20... h5 $5 21. g5 Ne7 22. Nd4 d5 $15) 21. Qf4
O-O 22. Qg3 (22. Rxd6 $2 Nd5 $19) 22... e5 23. Nh4 {The Russian representative
is not looking into tactical solutions like 23.c5!? as he believes in chances
to squeeze Black's major pieces into passive defence of the d6-pawn.} (23. c5
$5 Qxc5 24. Nxe5 d5 25. Nd3 Qb6 $15) 23... b5 {Dominguez is ignoring yet
another chance to solve some problems with the timely advance of the pawn 23...
f5!?} (23... f5 $5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Qd3 Rff8 27. Qd5+ Kh8 $15)
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 (25... Ng6 26. g5 Nf4 27. gxh6 g6 28. Qh4 Kh7 29.
Qf6 (29. Ne3 g5 30. Qg4 f5 31. Nxf5 d5) 29... Nh5 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Nxe7 $11)
26. gxf5 Qe7 27. Rd5 b4 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Qxb4 {Karjakin would love to end his
suffering without a pawn and transfer the position into a manageable form of
slight inferiority. It would have been fairly difficult for Black to improve
his forces in the event of restrained play with 29.Qe4.} (29. Qe4 Rfe8 30. Kg2
h5 $15) 29... Qxf5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 (31. Rxd6 $2 Rc8 32. Qd2 Rc2 33. Qe3
Rxa2 $17) 31... Re8 $6 {Black plays a modest move with a honest ambition to
improve his rook for a kingside attack. Objectively better was to activate it
via the a-file.} (31... Ra8 32. Qd7 Qg6+ 33. Kf1 Rxa2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe5 Qc2
36. Qd4 Qxb3 37. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 38. Rxd3 g5 $15) 32. Rd3 $1 {White is on the alert
and his transfer of the rook to the third rank is an excellent defensive idea.}
Re6 (32... e4 33. Re3 Rc8 34. Qd4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2
Qxe4+ 38. Qf3 $11) 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg3 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2
Qe4+ {Activating the rook via f6 does not lead to any advantage.} (37... Rf6
38. Qd3+ g6 39. Qe3 $11) 38. Kg1 Rc6 39. Qd1 f5 40. b4 $2 {You may not need
much convincing that the 40th move has spoiled an extremely high number of
positions in chess history. The shortage of time before the time control is
preventing White from deciding for the best line 40.Qf3! with practical
equality.} (40. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 41. Rxf3 Kg6 42. a4 $1 (42. b4 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44.
a3 f4 45. Rc3 Rb2 $15) 42... e4 43. Re3 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. b4 Ra1 46. a5 Ra2
47. Rc3 f4 48. Kf1 $11) 40... f4 41. b5 Rc2 42. Rb3 Re2 $1 43. Kf1 {White has
missed his chance and is now facing oblivion. It was more clever to try
interposing the rook on e3, but with the best play Black would have got a
winning position.} (43. Re3 Rxe3 44. fxe3 f3 $1 (44... Qxe3+ 45. Kf1 e4 46. Qc2
g6 (46... f3 47. b6 $11) 47. Qc7+ Kg8 $17) 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Kf1 Qc4+ 47. Kf2 e4
48. Qf1 Qc2+ 49. Kg3 (49. Kg1 Qd2 50. h3 Qxe3+ 51. Kh1 f2 $19) 49... Qc7+ 50.
Kh3 Qe5 $19) (43. Rb1 $2 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 f3 $19) 43... Rxa2 $2 {I presume, that
Dominguez must have been haunted by the dreams about his second rate decision
to abstain from the obvious move 43...f3! with a hopeles position for White.} (
43... f3 $1 44. Re3 (44. b6 $2 Re1+ $1 45. Qxe1 Qc4+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ $19) (44. h3
Qf5 45. Qd3 e4 $19) 44... Rxe3 45. fxe3 Qc4+ 46. Kf2 e4 47. Qd2 Qxb5 $19) 44.
f3 Qg6 $2 {Mistakes rarely come alone and the weak moment can cost half a
point or more. Black had to try 44...Qa8! with good chances to make the life
of White miserable.} (44... Qa8 $1 45. Qd3+ Kh8 46. b6 Rxh2 47. Ra3 Qc8 48. Kg1
Rh3 49. Rc3 Qe6 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qd3+ e4 $19) 45. Qd3 $1 Qxd3+ 46. Rxd3 Rb2 47.
Rd5 Rxh2 48. Rxe5 Rb2 49. Ke1 Rb3 50. Ke2 (50. Kd2 $1 Rxf3 51. Kc2 $11) 50...
g5 51. Kd2 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Karjakin has spotted his chance to save the game.
Despite many pawns the black rook will be too passive behind the white pawn.}
Rxf3 (51... Kg7 52. Kc2 Rb4 53. Kc3 Rb1 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Rc5 Rb4 56. Kc3 $11)
52. Kc2 Rf2+ (52... Ra3 53. b6 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Ra8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Rb5 Kg6 57. Kd3
Kh5 58. Ke2 Kg4 59. Kf2 h5 60. Rb6 h4 61. Kg2 Kh5 62. Rb5 $11) 53. Kc3 Rf1 (
53... Ra2 54. b6 Ra8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Rb5 $11) 54. Kc2 Rf2+ 55. Kc3 Rf1 56. Kc2
Ra1 57. b6 Ra8 {There is no better way to stop the pesky white pawn marching
to the promotion square.} (57... Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Ra3+ 59. Kc2 $11) 58. b7 Rb8 59.
Rb5 Kg6 60. Kd3 Kf6 {Black is not able to win with pawn alone against the
white rook and the king. Going for the b7-pawn costs a lot of time and the
kingside pawn will not survive.} (60... h5 61. Ke4 h4 62. Kf3 h3 63. Kg4 h2 64.
Rxg5+ Kf6 65. Rh5 $11) 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Kd7 63. Kf5 $1 f3 (63... Kc7 64.
Rxh6 Rg8 65. Rh7+ Kb8 66. Kg4 $11) 64. Rxh6 f2 65. Rh1 Rxb7 66. Rf1 $1 {
The technical part of the defence is easy as the black pawns can not be saved.}
Kd6 (66... Rb8 67. Kxg5 Rf8 68. Kg4 $11) 67. Kxg5 Rf7 68. Kg4 Ke5 69. Kg3 Ke4
70. Rxf2 Rxf2 71. Kxf2 {A very interesting game with a fascinating middlegame
phase and a very instructive rook endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 $5 11. Qb3 (11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8
Qxc4 14. Nb6+ axb6 15. Nc3 Ra8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bg5 Qb4
20. Qf7 Be5 21. h3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 Qe4 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-The World/Internet MSN/1999/ (62)}) 11... O-O (11... Rc8 $5 12. Nf4 (12. Qxb7
O-O 13. Qb5 Nxe4 (13... Nb8 14. f3 a6 15. Qb3 Qxc4 $11) 14. Nf4 Qe5 15. Qxe5
dxe5 16. Nxe4 exf4 $11) 12... Qd7 13. Qa3 $13) 12. Nf4 Qc8 (12... Qd7 13. Rd1
$13) 13. Nfd5 e6 {Black is doing fine after an interesting idea 10...Qe6!?
first used against Kasparov.} (13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Qd1 $13) 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Qd1 $1 Qc6 (17... Qxc4 $2 18. Nd5
exd5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qd5 $16) (17... Nxc4 $2 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nd5 $16) 18. b3
a6 $11) 17... Qc6 18. Qc2 (18. f3 Rac8 $17) 18... Rac8 19. b3 d5 $1 {White is
clearly on the defensive now, all black pieces are occupying excellent squares.
} 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nd4 (21. Bf4 dxc4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. bxc4 b5 $1 24. c5 Rd5
$17) 21... Qd7 (21... Qa6 22. Nb5 (22. c5 Nd3 23. Rcd1 Nxc5 24. Be3 Ne4 $17)
22... dxc4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 $17) 22. c5 Ng4 23. Be3 Re8 24. Qd3 (24. Rfe1 Nxe3 25.
fxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxd4 27. Qd2 Bxc5 $19) 24... Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bg5 26. Rfe1 (26.
Rf3 Qe7 27. Re1 Rxc5 $19) 26... Qe7 27. Kf2 (27. Rc3 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 $17)
27... Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 {Black has won a pawn and managed to keep all
advantages of his position.} 29. Nf3 Bf6 (29... Bh6 30. Re2 f5 $19) 30. Re2 Kg7
31. g3 h5 32. Rc2 Qb6 $1 (32... Rxe3 $2 33. Qxg6+ $3 fxg6 34. Rxc5 Rd3 35. Ke2
$11) 33. a4 $2 $138 Re4 {xb3} 34. Nd2 Rxe3 $1 35. Qb5 (35. Qxe3 Bd4 $19) 35...
Rxb3+ (35... Rxb3+ 36. Qxb6 Rxb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {White's grand strategy is
built on solid ground. After the exchange of lightsquared bishops it is ideal
to put the pawns on squares of the opposite colour to that of the hero on c1.}
Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 {Kamsky is pursuing the
Maroczy setup without the burden of the light-squared bishop even though it
costs him a lot of time. Giri has the right to use the relative development
advantage for the active counterplay.} Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a4 {
The real fight for the well prepared grandmasters begins only now. White would
sorely need the tempo for castling, but the threat of counterplay with the
advance b7-b5 was too unpleasant.} (13. Nde2 Qd8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Nd7 17. Nec3 e6 18. Rhd1 Kf8 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nd4+ 22.
Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd7 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 $11 {1/2 (44) Macieja,B (2606)-Sasikiran,
K (2661) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) (13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. a4 e6 15. O-O Qd8 16. Kh1
Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Qd8 20. Be1 $11 {1-0 (59) Al Modiahki,M 
(2559)-Obodchuk,A (2434) Dresden 2008}) 13... e6 (13... Qd8 14. Nde2 Nb4 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Bf2 Na5 20. Qa2 {1/2 (43)
Olsarova,K (2209)-Osmanodja,F (2061) Pardubice 2010} Nc6 $11) 14. O-O d5 {
[%mdl 4] Black has prepared quite carefully for the theoretical discussion. He
thus enters the fight thanks to the immediate counterplay in the centre.} 15.
Nxc6 (15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 (16. c5 Re8 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Nce2 Nh5 19. Qd2 Be5
20. Rfe1 Bc7 21. b4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxa4 23. g4 Ng7 24. Bf6 $14 {1-0 (29) Baklan,
V-Zayabaatar,H Duisburg 1992}) 16... bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bd4 Rd8 19. Qd3 Qb7
20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Rc3 Nc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 $14 {1/2 (30) Ni Hua (2625)
-Areshchenko,A (2570) Moscow 2005}) (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 Ne8 18.
f4 f6 19. Bc5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Nc7 21. Ne4 Bxe5 22. Ng5 Re8 $11 {0-1 (27) Bojkov,
D (2523)-Gaponenko,I (2422) Reykjavik 2008}) 15... bxc6 16. a5 {If Kamsky has
located his pawns on the squares of the right colour, we have to admitthat the
same feat has been achieved by his opponent. If chess logic still applies the
position should be about equal, but it does not mean the end of the fighting.}
(16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 f6 (17... Qb7 18. Bc5 Rab8 19. Rb1 Bf8 $11) 18. a5 Rab8 19.
Na4 Qe7 20. Bc5 Qf7 21. Qd3 Qb7 22. Qh3 f5 23. Rc3 $16 {1/2 (35) Meier,G (2558)
-Wojtaszek,R (2599) Germany 2009}) 16... Qe7 17. Na4 $6 {The player opening
the game is usually hoping to nurture some ambition in the opening. It can
even lead to some delusion, when he loses objectivity and finds himself in
trouble.} (17. exd5 cxd5 18. Na4 Rc6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rdc8 $11) 17... dxe4
18. Nb6 (18. Bc5 $5 Qe8 19. Nb6 (19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Nb6 exf3 21. Rxf3 Nd7 22.
Nxc8 Nxc5 23. Nb6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. Rcf1 f5 $13) 19... Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd7 (20...
exf3 21. Rxf3 Rab8 22. Rcf1 Nd7 23. Bd6 $14) 21. Be3 exf3 22. Rxf3 Rab8 $15)
18... Rd8 19. Qe2 (19. Qc2 Rab8 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Bf4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 e5 $19) 19...
Rab8 20. Kh1 {If we try to understand the language of the pieces we will
quickly realise, that White has become frustrated with his own solution. Not a
single active continuation seems to promise sufficient compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} (20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bf4 Nc3 22. Qf3 e5 23. Qe3 e4 24. Rxc3 Bd4
25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxb8 Rd3 $17) (20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxa5 $17)
20... exf3 21. Rxf3 (21. Qxf3 Rd3 22. Qe2 Rxb3 23. Bg5 h6 24. Qd1 R3xb6 25.
Bxf6 Bxf6 26. axb6 Rxb6 $15) 21... Ng4 $1 {Giri is exploiting the moment for
the start of active operations in the centre.} 22. Bg1 (22. Bf4 e5 23. c5 Rb7
24. Bg3 e4 25. Rff1 f5 $17) 22... Ne5 23. Rff1 (23. Rg3 Qa3 24. Rb1 Qb4 25. h3
h5 $17) 23... c5 24. b4 {Kamsky was now fully aware, that his concept has
failed. He is trying to complicate matters by means of creating an advanced
passed pawn on the c-file.} (24. Na4 Rxb3 25. Nxc5 Rbb8 26. Nxa6 Ra8 27. c5 Qb7
$17) 24... cxb4 25. c5 Qb7 (25... Nd3 26. Rc4 (26. Rcd1 Nxc5 27. Qc4 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Bf8 $19) 26... b3 27. c6 Qc7 $19) 26. Rfd1 (26. h3 Nc6 27. Nc4 Nd4 28. Qe1
Nf5 29. Bh2 Bc3 $19) 26... Nc6 {The knight has found the ideal blockading
square, from which it can attack the weak a5-pawn as well as dream about
active operations of the other side of the board.} 27. Qf3 (27. Rb1 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 $19) 27... Qc7 28. h3 (28. Qe2 Nxa5 29. Rb1 Nb7 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Rxb4 Nxc5 32. Qc2 Bf8 $19) 28... Be5 29. Qb3 (29. Rf1 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Rc4
Bc3 32. c6 f5 $19) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rf1 Nd4 $1 {White has avoided
the exchange of the rooks, but it does not amount to solving the problems of
the fight while two pawns down. Black's knight would love to land on f5 in
order to shorten the opponent's resistance.} (31... Bc3 32. Bh2 Qb7 33. Qa4 Na7
34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Nc6 $19) 32. Qxb4 (32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Qf3 Kg7 $19) 32...
Nf5 33. Rb1 {Kamsky is trying to fight even in a very difficult position and
for that he has to avoid clearly lost lines.} (33. Bf2 Bd4 34. Kg1 Bxf2+ 35.
Rxf2 Ng3 $19) 33... Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Bd4 $5 {Giri breaks the defence of the enemy
with the help of the witty exchange of the g1-bishop. Apart from the mating
threats also the pawn on c5 will lose its natural supporter.} (34... Rd3 $5 35.
Qc4 Nf5+ 36. Kh1 Qd8 37. c6 Rd1 $19) 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Qe1 (36. Qxd4 Nf5+ 37.
Qd6 Nxd6 38. cxd6 Qxd6+ 39. Kh1 Qc5 $19) 36... Ne4+ {The young Dutch star is
playing for safety. It was certainly enticing to think also about the tactical
solution with the sacrifice of the knight on f1.} (36... Nf1+ $5 37. Kg1 Qh2+
38. Kxf1 Rf4+ 39. Ke2 Qxg2+ 40. Kd1 Rf1 $19) 37. Kh1 Qxc5 38. Rc1 (38. Nd7 Nf2+
39. Qxf2 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxf2 $19) 38... Qg5 (38... Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 (
40. gxh3 Rc4+ $19) 40... Qh5 41. gxh3 Rd3 $19) 39. Kg1 {The final part of the
game gives the the impression of play in time trouble. White is facing the
absence of any sensible ideas apart from the admission of defeat.} (39. Rc8+
Kg7 40. Rc2 Qe5 41. Kg1 Rd3 $19) 39... Kg7 40. Nc4 h5 41. Ne3 (41. Qe3 Qxe3+
42. Nxe3 Ra4 $19) 41... Rd3 42. Nf1 Nd2 43. Kh1 (43. Qe2 Qd5 $19) 43... Rxh3+
$1 {The final combination, hoping to shorten the enemy's suffering. After the
misplayed transposition to the middlegame nothing went right for the first
player.} (43... Rxh3+ $1 44. gxh3 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Kh1 Qa5 (
14... Nd7 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. b3 Rac8 (16... Rfe8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Rfd1 Ncd3 19. Bh4
Qb6 20. Na2 d5 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Georgiev,K/Niksic 1997/ (82)}) 17. Bh4 (17. Qd2
Na5 18. Nc1 Naxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Qxc4 21. Rfb1 Bxc3 22. Qxd6 {1-0
Ponomariov,R-Shipov,S/Lubniewice 1998/ (53)}) 17... Na5 18. b4 Nxc4 19. bxc5
Ne3 20. Qd3 Nxf1 21. cxd6 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxf1 Bxc3 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rxc3
Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Sutovsky,E/Ohrid 2001/ (58)}) 15. Bh4 (
15. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Rfd8 (16... Rac8) 17. Qa3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd2
Rxd2 20. f4 Be7 21. Qb3 Qc7 $15) 15... Rfd8 16. Rc1 Qh5 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Bh4 Qh5
19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Qb3 Nd7 $1 21. Qc2 (21. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 22. Qxc6 Ne5 23. Bb6 Nxc6
24. Bxa5 Nxa5 $17) 21... Nc5 22. Rb1 Nb4 23. Qd2 Nb3 (23... Nxa4 $6 24. Ra1 b5
25. Bd4 $14) (23... Na2 24. Qe3 (24. Bd4 Nb3 $17) 24... Nxc3 25. b4 $1 Qxa4 26.
Nxc3 Qa3 (26... Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Nd7 28. Rfd1 Qc6 29. Rbc1 $11) 27. bxc5 Qxc3 28.
Qxc3 Bxc3 29. cxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxb7 $11) 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. Bd4 Ncd3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7
27. Nc1 d5 $2 {Kasparov must have missed 30.Qd4+ or so, since this move
creates only problems for black.} (27... Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rac8 29. b3 Qb6 $11) 28.
cxd5 exd5 29. exd5 Nxc1 30. Qd4+ $1 Kg8 31. Rbxc1 Nxd5 32. Ne4 (32. Qe5 Qc7 33.
Qxc7 Nxc7 $11) 32... f5 $6 {[%mdl 256] It is not easy to withstand white's
sudden pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal, but now black will have to give up
the queen.} (32... b6 $5 33. Rfd1 f5 34. Qe5 $1 (34. Qc4 Rac8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36.
Rxc8+ Kg7 $15) 34... fxe4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. fxe4 Qxa4 37. exd5 $14) (32... Qb6
33. Rc5 a5 34. Rfc1 $16) 33. Rc5 $1 Qb4 (33... Qb6 34. a5 Qb4 (34... Qa7 35.
Qc4 fxe4 36. Rxd5 $18) 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Rc4 (37. Qxb4 Nxb4 38.
Nxh7 $16) 37... Qxa5 38. Nxh7 $16) 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rc4 Qxc4 (
36... Qa5 37. Nxh7 $18) 37. Re1+ Kf7 38. Qxc4 Kxf6 39. h4 Rd7 40. Qd4+ Kf7 41.
h5 $1 Nf6 42. Qc4+ Kg7 43. Qc3 Rf8 (43... gxh5 44. Re5 $18) 44. Re6 gxh5 45.
Qe5 Kg6 46. Qg3+ Kf7 47. Qe5 Kg6 48. Qg3+ Kf7 49. Re5 Rfd8 50. Rxf5 Rd5 51.
Rxd5 (51. Qc7+ $5 R8d7 52. Qc4 $18) 51... Rxd5 52. Qc7+ Rd7 53. Qb6 Re7 54. Kh2
Kg6 55. Kg3 Kf7 56. Kh4 h6 $6 {If this move proves to be necessary black is
lost, but he might have resisted longer with 56...Kg6!?} (56... Kg6 $5 57. b4
Rd7 $16) 57. Kg3 Kg7 58. f4 Kg6 59. Kf3 Kf7 60. f5 Kg7 61. Qd6 Kf7 62. a5 Re8
63. Qf4 Ng4 64. Qc4+ Kf8 (64... Kf6 65. Kf4 $1 Re7 66. Qg8 $18) 65. Qc5+ Re7
66. Qd6 Ne5+ 67. Kf4 Nf7 68. Qc5 Ng5 69. Qd6 (69. f6 $4 Ne6+ $19) 69... Nf7 70.
Qg6 Rd7 71. f6 Rd4+ 72. Ke3 Rg4 73. Qf5 Nd6 74. Qe6 (74. Qe6 Re4+ 75. Qxe4 Nxe4
76. Kxe4 Kf7 77. Kf5 h4 78. b3 h5 79. Kg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Qd8 12. Nde2 Qa5 13. Rc1 (13. a3 Rfc8 14.
b4 $6 Qd8 {xc4}) 13... a6 14. Nf4 (14. Qd2 b5 $11) 14... Nd7 (14... b5 $2 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Ncd5 $1 $16) 15. a3 e6 $5 {Very logical approach, but black has
to find courage to sacrifice a pawn on positional grounds.} (15... Rfc8) 16.
Qxd6 $6 (16. Rf2 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Nce5 18. Nb1 $14) 16... Nde5 17. Qc5 (17. b3 Rfd8
18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Na5 $1 20. Bb6 (20. Rb1 Nd3 21. Nxd3 Rxd3 22. Ne2 Rxb3
$15) 20... Nxb3 21. Bxd8 Nxc1 $15) (17. Nce2 Rfd8 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 g5 20.
Nh5 Nd3 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Be3 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Kg6 $17) 17... Rfc8 $1 18. Nce2 (
18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. c5 Nac4 20. Bf2 (20. Nd1 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bh6 22. g3 Nd3 23. Rc2
Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bxf4 $15) 20... Nxb2 21. Rc2 Nbc4 $15) (18. Rfd1 Qxc5 19. Bxc5
Nxc4 20. Na4 (20. Rc2 N6a5 21. Nd3 b5 $17) 20... Nxb2 (20... b5 21. b3) 21.
Nxb2 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 $17) 18... Qa4 (18... Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Na5 20. Bf2 (20. Bd4
$6 Nb3 21. Bxe5 Nxc1 22. Bxg7 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Kxg7 $17) 20... Nexc4 21. b4 Nb3
22. Rcd1 Ncd2 23. Rfe1 Rc2 $15) 19. Bf2 (19. Nc3 Qb3 (19... Qa5) 20. Nd1 Na7 (
20... Nd4 $2 21. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qa4 24. Ne3 $14) 21. Qb6
Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Bh6 23. g3 Rxc4 $15) 19... Bf8 20. Qe3 (20. Qb6 Nxc4 21. b3 (21.
Qxb7 $2 N6a5 $17) 21... Nxb6 22. bxa4 Nxa4 $17) 20... Nxc4 21. Qc3 (21. Qd3
Nxb2 $19) 21... N6a5 22. Nd4 $6 {[%mdl 64] Shirov realized, that his position
is not good, so he tries to get counterplay in counterattack.} (22. Qc2 Qe8 $1
(22... Qb5 $6 23. b4 $1 Nxa3 (23... Ne3 $2 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Nxf1 26. Bc5
Nd2 27. Bxf8 Qd7 28. Ra8 Nc6 29. Bh6+ Nd8 30. Bg5 $18) 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8
Nb3 (25... Qxb4 26. Nd3 Qd2 27. Bc5 $18) 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Rc7 $14) 23. Nc3 Bh6
24. g3 Rc6 $17) 22... e5 23. Nd5 (23. b3 exd4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa3 $19)
23... exd4 24. Bxd4 (24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bxd4 (25. Qxd4 Nb3 26. Qc3 Bg7 $19) 25...
Ne5 26. Qe3 Nac6 27. Bc3 Bg7 $19) 24... Ne5 $1 25. Qe3 (25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Qxc8+
Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Bf8 28. Bxe5 Qd7 $19) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 (26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Rxc1
Nac6 $19) 26... Bg7 $1 {The refutation of white's activity lays in
vulnerability of a7-g1 diagonal.} 27. b4 Nac6 28. Bxe5 (28. Nb6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3
Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Nxa4 Ne2+ $19) 28... Bxe5 (28... Bxe5 29. Nb6 Bd4 $1 (
29... Qb5 30. Rxc6 Rd8 31. Rc4 (31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Nxc8 Qd7 33. Qc1 Bc7 $19)
31... Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Bxh2 33. a4 $15) 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Nxa4 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc1
$19) 0-1

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (4... Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6) 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Rae1 Bf8
13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. g4 $1 g6 17. Qg2 (17. g5 Nd7) 17... Bg7
18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd4 20. e5 Nh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Ne4 dxe5 (22... Nf5 23.
exd6 Nxd6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Nf5 26. Qh3+ Nh6 27. Re3 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 e5 $2
29. Qxh6+ $1 Kxh6 30. Rh3#) 23. fxe5 Nf5 (23... Bxe5 24. Rxf7+ Qxf7 25. Ng5+
$18) 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Kg8 (25... Rh8 26. Rxf5 $1 exf5 27. Re7 Qc6 28.
Rxf7+ Kh6 29. Rxb7 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rab8 31. Re7 $16) 26. Be5 Qd7 $2 (26... Qc6
27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Bc3 e5 $1 29. Bxe5 Re6 30. Bb2 Rae8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Kg2 $16
) 27. Qg5 Rad8 (27... Qd3 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qh6 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 Qf5+
32. Kg2 Qd3 33. Re3 $18) 28. Rxf5 Qxd2 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Nf6 (4... Nc6) (4... Bxb5 5. Qxb5+ Qd7)
5. Bxd7+ (5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bxb5 7. Qxb5+ Nbd7 $10) 5... Qxd7 6. e5 dxe5 7.
Nxe5 Qe6 8. Na3 Nfd7 9. Nac4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 f6 11. Nc4 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nc6 13. c3
e5 (13... b5 $5 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. d3 e6 $10) 14. a4 Be7 15. d3 O-O-O 16. Be3 b6
17. f3 Rd7 18. g4 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Bf8 20. h4 Ne7 21. a5 Kb7 $2 (21... b5 $1 22.
Na3 b4 23. Nc4 Nd5 $10) 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra3 Nd5 24. Rda1 Be7 25. h5 g6 $6 (
25... Kc6 $14) 26. Ra7+ Kc6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. g5 $1 b5 (29...
Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Ra6 Rb7 32. Ra8 $16) 30. gxf6 Bxf6 (30... bxc4 31. fxe7
cxd3+ 32. Kxd3 $16) 31. Na5+ Kb6 32. Nb3 Nxe3 (32... Be7 $2 33. Bxc5+ $1 Bxc5
34. Ra6+ $18) 33. Kxe3 c4 $6 (33... Rh7 34. Rg1 Rh6 35. Nd2 $16) (33... Bg5+ $1
34. Ke4 Rf7 35. Rg1 Rf5 (35... Rf4+ $5 36. Kxe5 Rf5+) 36. Kd5 $1 (36. Rg4 c4 $1
) 36... e4+ 37. Kxe4 Rf4+ 38. Kd5 (38. Ke3 $2 Rg4+ 39. Kf2 Be3+ $17) 38... Rf5+
39. Ke6 Rf6+ 40. Kd7 Rf7+ 41. Ke8 Rf5 $16) 34. Ra6+ $1 Kxa6 35. Nc5+ Ka5 36.
Nxd7 Bg5+ 37. Ke4 Bc1 38. dxc4 Bxb2 (38... bxc4 39. Nxe5 Kb5 40. Kd4 $1 Bxb2
41. Nxg6 $18) 39. c5 $1 (39. Kd3 b4 $1) 39... Bxc3 40. c6 Ka6 41. Kd5 Ba5 (
41... b4 $2 42. Kd6 b3 43. c7 Kb7 44. Nb6 $18) (41... Ka7 $5 42. Kc5 g5 (42...
b4 43. Kd6) 43. Kxb5 e4 44. fxe4 g4 45. c7 $1 Kb7 46. Nb6 Kxc7 47. Nd5+ Kd6 48.
Nxc3 Ke5 49. Kc4 g3 50. Kd3 g2 51. Ne2 $18) 42. Nc5+ Ka7 43. Kd6 Kb8 (43... b4
44. c7 Bxc7+ 45. Kxc7 g5 46. Kc6 e4 47. Nxe4 $18) 44. Kd7 g5 45. Nd3 $1 (45.
Na6+ $6 Ka7 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Nxc7 b4) 45... b4 (45... e4 46. fxe4 g4 47. e5 g3
48. Nf4 Bc7 49. e6 $1 Bxf4 50. e7 $18) (45... Bc7 46. Nb4 Ba5 (46... Bb6 47.
Nd5 Ba5 48. c7+ Bxc7 49. Nxc7 e4 50. fxe4 g4 51. e5 g3 52. e6 g2 53. e7 g1=Q
54. e8=Q+ Ka7 55. Qa8+ Kb6 56. Qb8+ Kc5 57. Qa7+ $18) 47. Nd5 Ka7 48. c7 Bxc7
49. Kxc7 e4 50. fxe4 g4 51. e5 g3 52. Ne3 $18) 46. Nxb4 e4 47. fxe4 g4 48. Na6+
$1 (48. Nd3 $2 g3 49. Nf4 Bc7) 48... Ka7 49. c7 Bxc7 50. Nxc7 g3 51. Nb5+ Kb6
52. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. d3 (9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13.
Re2 Nd7 14. Qg3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qg3 Nc6 19. Ne4
Nd4 20. Rd2 Kh8 {0-1 Hauchard,A-Neverov,V/Bucharest 1993/ (50)}) 11. Nc4 (11.
Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. h4 Qc6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
dxe4 f6 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. h5 b5 {1/2-1/2 Hug,W-Savon,V/Petropolis 1973/ (28)})
11... Nb6 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Rfe1 Nbd5 16.
Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Nb4 18. Re2 Qc6 19. Qg3 f6 20. c3 Na6 21. e5 {1-0 Nevednichy,
V-Nikolaidis,I/Istanbul 2003/ (28)}) 12. Na5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nb4 15.
Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7 a5 17. Bd2 Ra7 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Bxa5 Nxa5 21. b4
Nc6 22. Rfb1 Kd7 23. bxc5 Kc7 {0-1 Degraeve,J-Naiditsch,A/Belgium 2003/ (39)})
9... Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 (10... b5 11. Na5 Bd6 12. a4 $14) 11. Bf4 Nfd5 (11...
Nxc4 12. dxc4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rad1 $14) 12. Be5 Qc6 (12... f6 13. Bg3 Be7
14. Nxb6 Nxb6 15. Re1 $14) 13. Na5 Qd7 (13... Qb5 14. Nxb7 Nc8 15. c4 Qxb7 16.
cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qg3 $14) 14. Na3 f6 15. Bg3 Be7 (15... h5 16. c4 h4 17. cxd5 hxg3
18. dxe6 gxh2+ 19. Kh1 $14) 16. c4 $1 {[%mdl 4] Sutovsky is not afraid to play
original positions, usually he solves them very well in strategical sense.} Nb4
17. Nb5 O-O (17... e5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 Kd7 20. f4 Nxd3 21. b3 a6 22. Nc3
$36) 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 e5 (19... Nxd3 20. b3 e5 21. Rad1 $14) 20. Na5 a6
21. Nc3 Nxd3 22. Nc6 Kf7 23. b3 Rac8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. f4 $1 {The position has
to be opened to give white a chance to access opponent's weak spots.} exf4 (
25... Rcd8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rae1 $14) 26. Bxf4 Rfd8 (26... Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rfe8
28. Kf2 $14) 27. Bg3 a5 $6 (27... Rd7 28. Rf3 Rcd8 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Re1+ $14)
28. Nb5 Rd7 29. Rf3 Rc6 (29... Rcd8 $2 30. Bc7 $16) 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Bd6 $5 {
Due to the wrong 27th black's move white can even effort such a daring move.} (
31. Rd1 Ne5 32. Rde1 Re6 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd2 36. Rxc5 Rxa2
37. Rh5 $16) 31... Ne5 (31... Nc8 32. Rxd3 Nxd6 33. Rad1 Ke7 34. g4 Ke6 35. a3
Rd8 36. h4 $16) (31... Nb4 32. Rae1 $18) 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Re7 (33... a4
34. Rae1 Kc8 35. Re8+ Kb7 36. R1e7 $16) 34. Rd1+ Ke8 (34... Nd7 35. Rh5 g6 36.
Rhd5 $18) 35. Rf5 (35. Rd6 $5 Rxe5 (35... Rxd6 36. Nxd6+ Kd7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.
Nb7 $18) 36. Rxc6 Nd7 37. Ra6 $18) 35... Ree6 (35... Re2 36. Nc3 Re3 37. Nd5
Nxd5 38. Rdxd5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rde5+ Kd8 41. Re2 $18) 36. Rdf1 Nd7 37. Nc3
Nf6 (37... Re3 38. Nd5 Re2 39. Rf7 $16) 38. Nd5 Kf7 (38... Re2 39. R5f2 (39.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 40. Rxf6 gxf6 41. Rf5 Rxa2 42. Rxc5 Ra3 43. Kf2 Kd7 44. Ke2 Rxb3 45.
Rxa5 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 $16) 39... Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Nxd5 41. cxd5 Rc8 42. Rf4 Rd8 43.
Ra4 Rxd5 44. Rxa5 $16) 39. g4 $1 {White's initiative is enhanced by the
excellent location of pieces and presence of a spare pawn.} h6 (39... g6 40.
Rxf6+ Rxf6 41. Rxf6+ Rxf6 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. Kf2 $18) 40. h4 Kg8 41. g5 hxg5 42.
hxg5 Ne4 (42... Nh7 43. Nf4 Re4 44. Kg2 $18) (42... Nd7 43. Rf7 $18) 43. Kg2
Kh7 (43... Rc8 44. Nf4 Ree8 45. g6 $18) 44. Nf4 Red6 45. Re5 Nd2 46. Rh1+ Kg8
47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Rhh8 g6 49. Nd5 Rd7 50. Ref8+ 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Ne5 7. d3 g6 (
7... e6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. a3 N7c6 10. Rb1 Be7 11. Be3 O-O $10 {Shabanov-Rashkovsky/
URS/1974/}) 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nc3 Bd6 (10... O-O-O 11. Qf3 f6 12. Rfd1
$14) 11. Qf3 $1 f6 (11... Ne7 12. Qf6 $1 $36) 12. a3 Kf7 13. Rab1 Kg7 14. b4 b6
15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb6 Ne7 18. Rfb1 Rhb8 $2 (18... Rhc8 19. Qd1 $14)
(18... Ra7 19. Qd1 $14 {/\ Na4}) 19. Rxb8 (19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Bxb8 21. Bxc5
Bd6 22. Qe3 $1 $16 (22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qd4 24. Nd1 Qa1 $1 $132)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Rac1 {The set up
chosen by White is well known. Despite the harmony and good cooperation of his
forces he finds it difficult to aspire for an advantage against the flexible
defense of the opponent.} Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. f4 g6 (15... e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5
17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Qf3 Nef6 19. Rb1 g6 20. Nd5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bxf6 $14)
16. e5 $6 {Timofeev seemes to have failed in preventing his opponent realizing
his positional dream of advancing the e pawn.} dxe5 (16... Nh5 17. Nf3 Nxf4 18.
Qd2 Nh5 19. g4 Ng7 20. exd6 f5 $13) 17. fxe5 Qxe5 $5 (17... Nh5 18. g4 Ng7 (
18... Bh6 19. gxh5 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxe5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Ne4 $16)
19. Ne4 $16) 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxf6 Nd3 20. Rb1 (20. Rcf1 Bg7 21. Ba3 Red8 22.
Nde2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rc2 26. Nec3 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Rdd2 28.
h3 Nd3 $17) 20... Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Bg7 22. Ne4 {Ni Hua has begun to understand
the depth of the enemy's piece sacrifice and offered a draw. Black has bravely
turned him down, since his ambitions were already aiming much higher.} (22.
Rbf2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 b5 $17) (22. Rbf2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 b5 $17) 22... Red8 23. Rd2
b5 24. Nf3 (24. c5 Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nd7 (26. Ne4 e5 27. Nf3 Rxd2 28.
Nexd2 Rxc5 $19) 26... Rc7 27. c6 Rdxd7 28. Nxe6+ Kh6 (28... Kf6 29. Rxd7 Rxc6
30. Rxf7+ Kxe6 31. Rf1 Rc2 $17) 29. Rxd7 Rxc6 30. Kg1 fxe6 $17) 24... bxc4 25.
bxc4 (25. Rf4 Rxd2 26. Nfxd2 c3 $19) 25... Rxd2 26. Nfxd2 Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7
28. Nfe4 {[%mdl 1024] The two knights without squares of support are a clumsy
pair in the battle against the rook. On top of all the other problems the
white king is far away from the center and the c4 pawn is weak.} (28. Nde4 Rxc4
29. g4 Ra4 $19) 28... f5 (28... Rd8 29. c5 Rd3 30. c6 Re3 31. g4 Re1+ 32. Kg2
Rc1 $17) 29. Nc3 (29. Ng5 e5 30. g3 h6 31. Nh3 Rc5 32. Kg2 Ra5 $19) 29... Rd8
30. Ncb1 (30. Ndb1 Rd4 31. Na3 Kf6 $17) 30... e5 31. Kg1 e4 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Ke2
Ke5 34. Nb3 g5 35. Nc3 (35. N1d2 Rd3 36. g3 Rc3 $17) 35... h5 {The Black
pieces are so domineering, that White finds it difficult to arrange sufficient
defense against the advance of the pawns.} 36. Nd5 f4 37. Nb6 (37. Nd2 Rd6 (
37... Kd4 38. Nc7 Rd6 39. c5 Rc6 40. Nb3+ Ke5 41. Na8 $15) 38. a3 (38. Nc3 Rd3
39. Ndxe4 Re3+ 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Nxe4 Kxe4 $19) 38... Kd4 39. Ne7 Rb6 $17) 37...
h4 38. h3 (38. c5 g4 39. Nc4+ Kd5 40. Nb6+ Kc6 $17) 38... Rd3 39. c5 Re3+ 40.
Kf2 (40. Kd2 Rg3 $19) 40... Rc3 41. Na5 (41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nb6 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rxa2
$19) 41... Rc2+ 42. Kf1 f3 $1 {The knights are far away from the kingside, the
white king is completely helpless.} 43. gxf3 exf3 44. c6 g4 $1 45. c7 (45. hxg4
h3 46. Kg1 Kf4 47. Nb3 Kg3 $19) 45... Rxc7 46. Nac4+ Kd4 47. hxg4 h3 48. Nd2 (
48. Kg1 Kd3 49. Ne5+ Ke2 $19) 48... Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 Qd8 13. Be3 $5 $146 Qa5 14.
Kh1 Rfd8 $6 (14... Nd7 15. Rb1 $14 Nc5 (15... Nb4 16. Qd2) 16. Nd5) 15. Nd5 $1
(15. Qb3 Qb4) (15. b3 e6) 15... Nxd5 (15... Nd7 16. b4) 16. exd5 Ne5 17. b3 $1
(17. Qb3 Nd7) (17. Bd4 Qb4 18. b3 (18. Rc1 b5 (18... Bh6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. b3 Na5
(20... Nb6 21. Bc3 Qe4 22. Ba5 Nxd5 23. Ng3 $16) 21. Bc3 Qb6 22. Qd3 Rac8 23.
Qh3 $16) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bc3 Qa4 21. b3 Qa6 $11) 18... b5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Nf6 22. cxb5 Qxd4 (22... Qxb3 23. b6 Qxd5 24. a5 $44) 23. Nxd4
Nxd5 $13) 17... Nd7 18. Bd4 (18. Rb1 b5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. bxc4
Rac8 $13) 18... Nf6 (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 $16) 19. Qd3 (19. Bc3 $5 Qc7 20. a5
Re8 21. Bd4 $16) 19... Re8 (19... e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nf4 (21. Qe3 Re8 22. Bb6
(22. Rfd1 d5 $132) 22... Qh5 23. Rad1 d5 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. cxd5 g5 $132) 21...
Re8 22. Rfe1 (22. Rad1 Qc7) 22... e5 (22... Kf7) 23. Bc3 Qc5 24. Nh3 d5 (24...
b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. cxb5 Rb8 28. Qc4+ Nd5 29. Bxe5 $1 Qxc4 30.
bxc4 Bxe5 31. cxd5 Rxb5 32. Rd1 $18) 25. Bxe5 dxc4 26. Qxc4+ Qxc4 27. bxc4 Nd7
(27... Rac8) 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 20. Nc3 (20. Rfe1 e6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 $132 (21...
fxe6 22. Nf4 {-19...e6}) 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Nd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 d5 25. Re7 Rc8) (
20. Rae1 Qb4 (20... e6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd1)) (20. b4 $5 Qc7 21. a5 Rac8 22.
Rac1 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Bb6 e4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 $14) 20... e6 21.
dxe6 fxe6 (21... Rxe6 22. f4 (22. Rad1 Rae8) 22... Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rad1
Ng4 $132) 22. Rad1 (22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Be5 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Qe3 (23. Rfe1
Qb4 (23... d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne4 $16) 24. Na2 (24. Bxf6 Bxf6
25. Ne4 Be7) 24... Qa5 (24... Qa3 25. Qc2 d5 26. b4 $18) 25. Qe3 Rd7) (23. Ne4
Nxe4 24. Bxg7 Ng3+ (24... Nc5 25. Bc3) 25. hxg3 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Kxg7 $11) 23...
Qb4 $1 24. Na2 (24. Rb1 d5) 24... Qa3 25. Qc3 (25. Rd2 d5 (25... e5 26. Bb6 (
26. Bb2 Qxa2 (26... Qc5 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxe5 $14 Nh5 30. Bxg7
Nxg7 31. Nc3 Rd3 32. Rc1 Ne6) 27. Ra1 Bh6 28. Qxh6 Qxb3) 26... Rd7 27. Ba5 Qc5
28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Rd1 $14) 26. Bc5 Bh6 (26... d4 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6
28. Bxa3 $14) 27. f4 (27. Qd4 Qxb3 (27... e5 28. Bxa3 exd4 29. Rxd4 $11) 28.
Qxf6 Qxc4 (28... Bxd2 29. Bd4 e5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxd8+ Kf7)) 27... Ng4 28.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Bxa3 Ne3 $132) 25... Qxa2 26. Rd2 (26. Rf2 $2 Ne4 27. fxe4 Qxf2)
(26. Ra1 Nd5 27. cxd5 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxb3 29. Rab1 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Rxb7
$11) (26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxb3 28. Rb1 (28. c5 d5) 28... Qxa4 29. Rxb7 Rd7)
26... Qa3 (26... Nd5 27. cxd5 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc8 29. Rc4 $11) (26... Ne4 27.
fxe4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 $11) 27. Ra1 Nd5 (27... Ne4 28. fxe4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4) 28. Qd3
(28. cxd5 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rc8 $15) 28... Nf4 29. Rxa3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 d5 31. Bxg7 (
31. Bb6 $5 Rc8 32. c5 a5 33. Ra2 Bf8 34. Rc2 $11) 31... Kxg7 (31... dxc4 32.
bxc4 $11) 32. g3 (32. Kg1 a5 33. Kf2 $11) 32... a5 33. Kg2 $6 (33. cxd5 Rxd5
34. b4 axb4 35. Rxd5 exd5 (35... bxa3 36. Rd3 a2 37. Ra3 Ra8 38. Rxa2 b5 39. a5
$11) 36. Rb3 $11) 33... Kf6 34. cxd5 $2 $138 (34. Kf2 d4 35. b4 $11 (35. Ra2 e5
36. Re2 g5 37. Re4 Kf5 38. h4 h6)) 34... Rxd5 35. Rc3 (35. b4 axb4 36. Rxd5
bxa3 37. Rd3 Ra8 38. Rxa3 b5 39. a5 Ke5 $19) (35. Rxd5 exd5 36. b4 Re2+ 37. Kf1
Rb2 38. bxa5 d4 $17) 35... Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Red8 37. Ra1 R8d5 $1 (37... Rb2 38. f4
Rdd2 39. Rh1) 38. g4 Rb2 39. Re3 $2 (39. Rh1 g5 $17) (39. Kg3 Rdd2 40. h4 Rg2+
(40... e5 41. Rg1) 41. Kf4 Rbe2 42. g5+ (42. Re3 e5+ 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. Ree1 Rd4+
45. Ke3 h5) 42... Ke7 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Kxe3 Rb2 45. Rc1 Rxb3+ 46. Ke4 Kd6 $17)
39... Rdd2 40. Rae1 (40. Rh1 g5 $19) 40... Rxh2+ 41. Kg3 Rbg2+ 42. Kf4 g5+ 43.
Ke4 Rd2 44. Rd3 (44. f4 Rd5) 44... Rxd3 45. Kxd3 h5 $1 $19 46. gxh5 Rxh5 47.
Kc4 Rh4+ (47... Rh3 $2 48. Kb5 Rxf3 49. Kxa5 g4 (49... Rxb3 50. Rxe6+ $11)) 48.
Kc5 Rb4 49. Re3 Kf5 50. Kd6 Kf4 51. Rc3 e5 52. Kd5 e4 53. fxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Fritz3} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7.
O-O e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rac8 12. f4 a6 13. Rad1 Qc7
14. b3 Qa5 15. Qe1 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. f5 h6 18. Nde2 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Qg3
exf5 21. Qh3 Ne5 22. Ng3 Ng6 23. Nxf5 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Qe5 25. Rdf1 Kh7 $18 {[#]}
26. Nxh6 $1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} gxh6 (26... Qh5 27. Rh4 Qxh6 28. Nd5 $1 $18) 27. Nd5
{[%csl Re7,Rf6]} Nxd5 (27... Re8 28. Nxf6+ $18) 28. Rxf7+ Kg6 (28... Kg8 29.
Qxh6 $18) 29. R7f5 $4 (29. exd5 $142 $1 $40 Bg5 (29... Qe4 30. R7f4 Qe2 (30...
Qc2 31. Qe6+ $18) 31. Qf5+ Kg7 32. Re4 $18) (29... Rf8 30. Qd3+ Kh5 31. R1f5+
Bg5 32. g4+ Kxg4 33. Qf3+ $18) (29... Qe2 30. Qf5#) 30. Qd3+ Kh5 31. R7f3 {
[%cal Yg2g4]} Be7 32. g4+ Kg5 33. h4+ $18) 29... Rf8 $1 {[%csl Ya1,Yb1,Yc1,Yd1,
Ye1,Yf1,Yg1,Yh1]} 30. Qh5+ (30. Rxe5 $4 Rxf1#) 30... Kh7 31. Rf7+ Qg7 $1 32.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 {+/= Fritz3} 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Re1 Nf6 35. Qg6 Ng8 36. h3 Rf6 37. Qg4
Rcf8 38. Qd7 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kh2 Bg5 41. g3 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa2 43. Qxd6
Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. Qb4 Rd3+ 47. Kf2 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rd3+ 49. Kf2
Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Nancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 e6 8.
d5 exd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Re1 g6 11. c4 Bg7 12. Qe2 $1 Kf8 (12... b5 13. Nc3 bxc4
(13... b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 h6 16. a3 $16) 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Bc1
$16) 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qd3 $14 h6 15. h3 (15. Bf4 Kg8 16. Nb5 $6 Nc8 17. Rxe8+
Nxe8 18. Re1 Kh7 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. h3 a6 21. b3 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Bd2 Nd7 24.
Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nc3 b5 27. cxb5 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 axb5 29. b4 Ndb6 30.
bxc5 dxc5 31. Bd2 Nxd5 32. Kf1 Nd6 33. Ne5 Ne4 34. Bc1 Nec3 35. a3 Na2 36. Bd2
c4 37. Be1 Kg7 38. g3 Nc1 39. a4 bxa4 40. Nxc4 h5 41. Bd2 Nb3 42. Bg5 Kf7 43.
Ke2 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 Nf3 45. Bc1 Ke6 46. Bb2 Ng5 47. h4 Ne4 48. Ke2 Ndc3+ 49. Ke1
Kd5 50. Nb6+ Kc5 51. Nd7+ Kb4 52. Ne5 Kb3 53. Bc1 Na2 54. Be3 a3 55. f3 Nec3
56. Nd3 Kc2 57. Bc5 Kxd3 58. g4 fxg4 59. fxg4 hxg4 60. Kf1 Nb1 61. Kg2 Ke4 62.
Kg3 Kf5 {0-1 Crut,A-Nezar,M/France 2001/EXT 2002 (62)}) 15... Kg8 16. Bf4 Kh7
17. Re2 Nc8 18. Rae1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. b3 a6 22. a4 Qe7 23.
g4 $1 Nb6 24. Kg2 Nbd7 25. Bg3 Kg8 26. Nd2 Kf8 (26... Ne5 27. Qe3) 27. f4 h5
28. g5 Ne8 29. Nce4 Bh8 $2 (29... f5 $142 30. gxf6 (30. Nf2 $14) 30... Bxf6 31.
Nf3 $14 Ng7 32. Neg5 Nf5 33. Nh4 Nxh4+ 34. Bxh4 Bxg5 35. Bxg5 Nf6 36. Kf1 Qe4
37. Qc3 Nd7 38. Kf2 $14) 30. Nf3 $16 Kg8 31. Nh4 Bd4 32. f5 Nf8 33. f6 Qc7 34.
Nf3 Bb2 35. Qe2 Ba1 36. Qe1 (36. Nxc5 Nxf6 (36... Qxc5 37. Qxe8) 37. gxf6 Qxc5
38. Qe7 $18) 36... Be5 (36... Bb2 37. Nxc5 Nxf6 38. Nd3 $18) 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38.
Nf2 Nd7 39. Nd3 Nd6 40. Nxe5 Nf5 41. Nxg6 $1 1-0

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 10th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Diese Partie stammt aus der letzten Runde eines sehr stark besetzten Opens in
St. Vincent. Zum Ende des Turnierns bin ich krank geworden, und es fiel mir
nicht so leicht , den Kampf fortzusetzen. Andererseits wollte ich meine
Elo-Zahl nicht verschlechtern und das Turnier noch würdig beenden. Wenn die
Partie anfing, fühlte ich mich ziemlich schlecht und entschied deswegen,
möglichst vorsichtig und ohne viel Rechnerei zu spielen. Ich denke, es ist mir
ganz gut gelungen und die Partie gibt ein schönes Beispiel ab, wie man in
solchen Situationen praktisch ohne Variantenberechnungen, nur aus dem
positionellen Verständnis heraus, erfolgreich sein kann.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 (6. d3 e6 (6... g6 $5) 7. Ng5 $5 (7.
Nc3 Be7 8. Ng5 $1 $14 {/\ f4-f5|^>>, [+], פd7} (8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bf4 b6
11. Qe2 Qb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Rad8 $11) (8. h3 O-O 9. Re1 a6
10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rfe8 $11) 8... h6 (8... d5 9. exd5 (9. f4 $5) 9... exd5 (
9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qh5 $18) 10. Qf3 $16) (8... O-O 9. f4 $14 {|^}) 9.
Nh3 g5 (9... O-O 10. f4 $36 {>>}) (9... d5 10. exd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. Qg4 $16) 11. Nf4 $5 (11. Qf3 $16)) 10. f4 g4 $146 (10... gxf4 11. Bxf4
Qc7 12. Qd2 (12. Nb5 Qb6 {/\ a6, ><b2} (12... Qc6 13. c4 $14)) 12... Ng4 13.
Kh1 (13. Nb5 $5 Qc6 14. c4 {/\ a3, b4+/=-><<}) 13... Nde5 14. Nb5 $5 (14. a4
$14)) 11. Nf2 h5 $6 (11... Rg8 $142 {/\ g3} 12. Qe2 {/\ e5} Qc7 13. Nfd1 $5 $14
{|^ /\ 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.c4, /\ Ne3, /\ a3, b4}) 12. Qe2 {/\ e5} Qc7 $8 13. Nb5 $5
(13. a3 $5 {/\} O-O-O 14. Nb5 (14. Bd2 {/\ b4}) 14... Qb6 15. c4 {/\ b4+/--><<}
) 13... Qc6 14. c4 $16 a6 15. Nc3 O-O-O (15... b5 16. a3 $16) 16. a3 Rdg8 $6 (
16... g3 17. hxg3 Rdg8 18. Qf3 $16) (16... Ne8 $142 $5 17. b4 $140 Bf6 (17...
Nc7)) 17. Nfd1 Ne8 (17... g3 18. h3) (17... h4 $5 {/\ h3 ׻}) 18. b4 Nc7 19.
Be3 $40 {<<} f5 $6 (19... Bf6 $16) 20. d4 $1 fxe4 $8 (20... cxd4 21. Bxd4 {
/\ b5+- ףc6}) (20... cxb4 21. d5 $18) 21. dxc5 $1 (21. b5 $5) 21... dxc5 22.
b5 Qb6 (22... axb5 23. cxb5 Qb6 24. Nb2 {/\ Nc4+-->}) 23. a4 Bf6 (23... a5 $142
24. Nxe4 $18 {><c5, a5, e6, Qb6}) 24. a5 Qd6 25. Nxe4 Qe7 26. Ndc3 $18 {-><<}
Rd8 27. Nxf6 Nxf6 (27... Qxf6 28. Ne4 $18) 28. Na4 Ne4 29. Qb2 $5 {/\ Qe5} (29.
Qc2 Qh7 $8 {/\ Nd2}) 29... Qf6 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Nxc5 Rd6 (31... axb5 32. cxb5
Nxb5 33. Nxe6 $18 (33. a6 $18 {->})) 32. Rab1 h4 $6 (32... Rhd8 $6 33. bxa6 {
/\ Nb7+-}) (32... Nd7 $5) 33. b6 Nce8 (33... Na8 {פa8}) 34. Nxa6 Ng7 (34...
bxa6 35. b7+ Kb8 36. Ba7+ $18) 35. Nc5 Nf5 36. Rfe1 $138 Rhd8 37. Bc1 $5 {
/\ 38.Bb2, /\ 38.a6 ba6 39.b7 Kb8 40.Bb2} Rc6 38. Ba3 h3 39. Red1 $1 Rxd1+ (
39... Rh8 40. a6 bxa6 41. b7+ Kb8 42. Bb2 $18) 40. Rxd1 Ne3 41. a6 bxa6 (41...
Nxd1 42. a7) (41... Rxc5 42. Bxc5 Nxd1 43. a7) (41... Rxb6 42. a7) 42. b7+ Kc7
43. Rd8 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Oll,L/Beijing (open) 1997/Inf 70/[Tiviakov,S] (43)})
7... d5 (7... h6 8. Nh3 Be7 9. f4 c4 (9... Qc7 10. c4 a6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nc3
a6 12. a3 Rdf8 $2 (12... g5 $5 13. b4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Rb1 Nfd7 (15...
Rdg8 16. Nf2 Nfd7 17. b5 (17. Bg3 Rg7 (17... h5)) 17... a5 18. b6 Nxb6 19. Nb5
Qd8 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe1 Kb8 22. Qxa5 Nc8 23. Qc3 f6 24. Rb3 Rg7 25. Rfb1 Rhg8
26. g3 Bf8 27. a4 h5 28. a5 h4 29. g4 Ka8 30. Ra3 Bd6 31. a6 b6 32. Kh1 f5 (
32... h3 33. Qe1 $16) 33. exf5 exf5 34. Qe1 Qf6 35. Qe2 Rf7 (35... fxg4 36.
Qe4+ Kb8 37. a7+) 36. gxf5 (36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Rxb6 fxg4) 36... Qxf5 37. Qe4+
Qxe4+ 38. Nxe4 Bb8 39. Rg1 $16)) 13. b4 Nb8 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. b5
Bxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 (18... dxe5 19. bxa6 (19. Nf2 h5 20. Qe2 {
/\Sf2-d1-e3-d5}) 19... Nxa6 20. Rf2 $16) 19. Nf4 $18 Qd7 20. Bxe5 (20. Nd5 $142
) 20... dxe5 21. Nd5 Kd8 22. Qd2 (22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Qb3) 22... f5 23. Qc3 (23.
exf5 $142) 23... axb5 24. cxb5 Qd6 25. Qa5+ Kd7 26. Qa7 Kc8 27. Rbc1 Nd7 28.
Qa8+ Nb8 29. Rc4 fxe4 30. Rfc1 b6 31. dxe4 Rf7 32. a4 $1 g5 33. a5 Rhh7 34.
axb6 Rb7 35. Rxc5+ Kd8 36. Rc8+ {1-0 Glek,I-Hahn,D/Baden-Baden op 2001 (36)})
11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a4 e5 13. a5 O-O 14. f5 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Nh7 16. Qf3 Qd8 17. Bd2
Ng5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Be1 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Nd5 b5 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Ba5 Re7
24. Ra3 Reb7 25. Rb3 Qd7 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 Qc6 28. Bc7 Rxb2 29. Nxf6+ gxf6
30. Bd8 {1-0 Ionescu Brandis,I-Perrier,E/Bucharest 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 10. Nc3
cxd3 11. cxd3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. g4 (14. f5 $5) 14... Nh7 15. Be3
Qa6 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Rg1 g6 19. fxg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Nf2 Ne5
22. Bd4 Ra3 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Ng4 e5 25. Qh3 exd4 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28.
Rg4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rc8 30. Ne7 Ne5 31. Nxc8 Nxg4 32. Rf3 Ne5 33. Ne7 Qc4 34. Rf1
d3 35. Qc8+ Qxc8 36. Nxc8 Nxg5 37. Nxd6 Ng4 38. Nc4 Kg7 39. h3 Nxh3 40. Nd2 Ne5
41. Kg2 Ng5 42. a4 b6 43. Rb1 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Nxe4 fxe4 47.
Rb4 Ng4+ 48. Ke1 Nf6 49. Kd2 Kg6 50. a5 bxa5 51. Rb5 a4 52. Ra5 Ng4 53. Rxa4
Kf5 54. Rxa7 Ne5 55. Ra8 Nc4+ 56. Kc3 d2 57. Ra1 e3 58. Kd3 Kf4 59. Rf1+ Ke5
60. Ke2 Kd4 61. Rf8 Kc3 62. Rd8 Kc2 63. Rd4 Kc3 64. Rd3+ Kc2 65. Rd4 Kc3 {
1/2-1/2 Turov,M-Candela Perez,J/Ubeda 2000/CBM 75 (65)}) 8. Qe2 h6 9. Nf3 Qc7
10. e5 Ng8 11. c4 dxc4 12. dxc4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nb5 (14. Re1 $14) 14... Qb6
15. Qe4 (15. Rd1 $142 $14) 15... a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. Re1 g5 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19.
Bc3 Be7 20. Nc2 h5 21. Rad1 g4 22. Nd2 Rhg8 23. f4 Nf8 24. Nf1 Ng6 25. g3 Rxd1
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nfe3 {1/2-1/2 Kiik,K-Vanderstricht,G/Sas van
Gent 1998/EXT 99 (28)}) 6... e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Ng5 $5 {Diese Idee wurde nach der
Partie Tiviakov-Oll Beijing (open) 1997 populär. In der ursprünglichen
Redaktion spielte Weiß Sc3 anstatt von De2, was eigentlich keinen
prinzipiellen Unteschied bedeutet. Der weiße Plan ist klar: f2-f4-f5. 'N'} (8.
Nc3) 8... h6 9. Nh3 Ne5 {Sieht logisch aus, der N steht auf c6 offensichtlich
besser, als auf d7. Es wird besonders deutlich nach dem weißen Vorzug c2-c4,
der in solchen Stellungen praktisch obligatorisch erfolgt.} (9... Qc7 10. f4
O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc8] Black has weakened his K-side with h7-h6 so f4-f5 - and
sometimes even g2-g4-g5 - are possibilies that has gained in strengh. However
putting the K on the queenside is only good, if black will be able to start
some counterplay on the K-side. Because it will be easy for white to get play
against Kc8 with a timely b2-b4.} (10... e5 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. a4 O-O
14. g4 $5 (14. f5 $14) (14. Bd2) (14. Kh1) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 (15. Nxf4 Ne5
16. Nfd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd7 18. Bf4 $14) 15... Ne5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 (17.
Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nxg5 $13) 17... Qd7 18. Nf2 (18. Nf4 Qg4+ 19. Qxg4 Nexg4 $13)
18... Nh7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qh4 21. Kh1 f5 $2 (21... Rbe8 $142 22. Rg1 (22.
Nd1 Qg4) 22... f5 23. exf5 (23. Rg2 f4 24. Rag1 Rf7 $17) 23... Nxd3 24. Qxd3
Qxf2 25. Raf1 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qd4 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Rxb7 Rf7 $11) 22. exf5 Rxf5
23. Ne4 Rxf1+ (23... Rbf8 $142 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Nxd6 Rh5 (25... Qf2 26. Re1
$18) (25... Qh5 26. Re1 $18) 26. Rg1 $18 (26. Rf1 $18)) 24. Rxf1 Nf7 25. Nxd6
Nxd6 26. Ne7+ {1-0 Glek,I-N/Nordhorn-0.30 2001/[,Glek] (26)}) 11. c4 Nb8 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb8c6]} (11... Rhe8 12. a3 d5 13. e5 Ng8 14. Nc3 dxc4 15. dxc4
a6 16. Be3 Nb8 17. Na4 f6 18. b4 Nd7 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rab1 $16 {Begna,
B-Nierlich,G/Bayern 1999/EXT 2001 (41)}) 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,
Gg5][%cal Yd2f3] A better square for the N than c3. White now has the
possibility Nd2-f3 and the N will control the important squares d4, g5 and e5.}
Nd7 14. a3 f5 (14... Bf6 {[%cal Yf6d4]} 15. Nf3 $14 g5 16. fxg5 $14) 15. Rab1
$1 (15. b4 Bf6 16. Rab1 Bd4 $11) (15. Nf3 Nf6 $1 $132 {><e4}) 15... Nf6 (15...
Bf6 16. Nf3 {/\ b4+/= פd7}) 16. Kh1 $1 {Making room for Be3 on g1, so that
white will keep control of d4} (16. Nf2 h5 $1 {(/\ Ng4)} 17. h3 h4 {/\ Nh5=/+})
16... Ng4 17. Bg1 Bf6 18. b4 {'~~' '~~'} Nd4 (18... Bd4 19. b5 $1 Bxg1 $140 20.
bxc6 $16) 19. Qd1 {Around here black could play something like g7-g5. But that
would not achieve anything. White would be ready to take back on f4 with Nh3,
and the g5-P could not advance because Ng4 is in the way.} Qc6 (19... h5 $6 {
(/\ 20.Nf3 Nf3 21.gf3 Nh6!)} 20. Nb3 $14 {><g5}) 20. Nf3 {'!' '!'} (20. Nb3
Nxb3 $5 21. Qxb3 Bd4 $132 {><e4, e3}) 20... g6 (20... Nxf3 $4 21. gxf3) (20...
Rd7 $5) 21. a4 $1 {White improves is position on the Q-side. He will have to
find the right moment for action. If he plays b4xc5 at the wrong moment the
d-line could be very useful for black.} Rhg8 (21... Rh7 $142) 22. a5 Kb8 {
'?!' '?!'} (22... Rd7 $2 23. b5 $1 $16) (22... Rg7 $14) 23. e5 $1 {'!?' '!?'
After this move black cannot keep his central structure based on the control
of d4.} (23. a6 $2 Qxa6 $1 $15) (23. bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Be7 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qf3
Qxf3 27. gxf3 Ne3 $15) (23. b5 Qd7 24. a6 b6 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Qf3 $13 {><b7})
23... dxe5 24. bxc5 Nxf3 {'?' '?'} (24... e4 25. dxe4 $1 Qxe4 26. Re1 $1 $16) (
24... exf4 25. Nxf4 {(><e6)} g5 26. Nh5 $5 $40) (24... g5 25. fxe5 Nxf3 26.
exf6 Nxg1 (26... Nh4 27. Rb2 $1) 27. Nxg1 $1 Ne3 $140 (27... Nxf6 28. Qe2 $5 {
/\ Nf3->}) 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 {/\ c6+/=}) (24... Ka8 $1 $13 {IG:} 25. Nxe5
Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe1 Bh8 28. Nf4 Rde8 29. Qd2 $14) 25. Qxf3 {'+/-!' '+/
-!'} Qxf3 {'?' '?'} (25... Rc8) (25... Kc7) 26. gxf3 Rxd3 27. fxg4 Rxh3 28. c6
{White is a P down, but he has a very dangerous attack in the b-<->} Rg7 29.
fxe5 {'+-!' '+-!'} Bd8 (29... Bxe5 30. Rfe1 $16) 30. a6 b6 31. c5 Ra3 (31... b5
32. Rxb5+ Kc8 33. Rb7 (33. Rd1 Bc7 34. Rd6 Re7 $1 $16) 33... Bc7 (33... Rc7 34.
Rfb1 $1 $18) 34. Rxa7 (34. Re1 Ra3 35. Rxa7 Bxe5 36. Ra8+ Bb8 37. Rb1 $18)
34... Bxe5 35. Rb7 (35. Ra8+ Kc7 36. Re1 $18) 35... Ra3 36. Re1 $18) 32. cxb6
axb6 33. Bxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxb6+ Ka7 {'(+)' '(+)'} 35. Rb7+ Rxb7 36. axb7 Kb8 37.
Rd1 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Khalifman,A/Samara 1998/CBM 67/[Hansen,Cu] (37)}) (9...
O-O 10. f4 Re8 (10... b5 11. Be3 (11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nf3 c4 13. d4 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. c3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Rae8 17. Bd2 f6 18. Ng6 Rf7 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. Nxf8 Rfxf8
21. g4 Qf7 22. a3 f5 23. g5 h5 24. a4 a6 25. Ra1 g6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra6 Qd7
28. Rfa1 {1/2-1/2 Kiik,K-Keskisarja,T/Helsinki 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 11... e5
12. Nd2 a6 13. Kh1 (13. c4 $5) 13... exf4 14. Rxf4 (14. Nxf4 $142) 14... d5 15.
Raf1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bd6 17. Rf5 Qe7 18. Nf2 Rae8 19. b3 Bc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 Ne5 22. Qh3 Qd6 23. Nf3 Re6 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Rxf5 26. exf5 Qc6 27.
Bxc7 Qxc7 28. f6 Re8 29. fxg7 Re6 30. Qf3 Kxg7 31. h3 Rg6 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Rd1
Qe7 34. Qf3 Qf6 35. Qe2 Kg7 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rg5 38. Rf1 Qd4 39. Rd1 Qf6
40. Re1 Qd4 41. a4 Rf5 42. Rd1 Rf2 43. Qe1 Qb2 44. Rb1 Qe2 45. Qxe2 Rxe2 46.
Rb6 Rc2 47. Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Wang Zili/HeiBei 2001/EXT 2002 (47)}) (
10... d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. c4 Nc7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Bd2 a6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. g4 Nb8
17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Qg2 Nc6 19. Nf2 Qd7 20. Ng4 Kh7 21. Ne3 Rd8 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23.
Rf3 Nd4 24. Rg3 Bf8 25. Kh1 b5 26. Rg1 Rd7 27. b3 b4 28. Na4 Nde6 29. Nb6 Rf7
30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. e6 Rf5 34. Qb7 {1-0 Kiik,
K-Keskisarja,T/Tampere 1998/EXT 2001 (34)}) 11. g4 Bf8 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7
14. g6 (14. Qf2 $5) 14... fxg6 15. Qg2 (15. Qf2 $5) 15... Be7 16. Nf4 Bf6 17.
Nxg6 Ne5 18. Nf4 Qe7 19. Nc3 Rf8 20. Nh3 Nc6 21. Ne2 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxf1+ 23.
Qxf1 Rf8 24. Qg2 Qf6 25. Bf4 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Be5 27. Rxb7 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29.
Qg4 Nc6 30. Ng3 Nf8 31. Bg5 Qf7 32. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Bhat,V-Donaldson,J/San
Francisco 2000/CBM 79 ext (32)}) (9... e5 $6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. Nc3
Ne5 13. Ncd5 Neg4 14. c4 (14. Nh5 $5 Nxh5 (14... Re8 15. Qf3 Kh8 16. Nhxf6 Nxf6
17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxh6 $18) 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxh6 Bxb2 18. Rab1
Bd4+ 19. Kh1 $16) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Ne3 $1 Ne8 (16... g6 17. Bd2 $16)
17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 (18... Qxg5 19. Rf3 $16) 19. Qg4 g6 20. Ne3 Nc7 21.
Rf3 Kg7 22. Raf1 f6 23. h4 Qc8 24. Qg3 Qe6 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Qxg5 {1-0 Glek,
I-Werle ,J/Bussum op 1999 (26)}) 10. f4 Nc6 11. c3 {Gut möglich wäre auch 11.
Be3 und 11.c4.} (11. Be3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. c4 d4 14. Bf2 Qc7 $13 (14... g5 15.
Bg3 Qc7 16. Nd2 gxf4 17. Nxf4 Qxe5 18. Ne4 $36) 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Bg3 h5 17.
Ne4 h4 18. Be1 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Bd6 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Nf2
Rde8 24. Ne4 Qe6 25. Rd5 Nb6 26. Rxc5 Kb8 27. Qf1 Na4 28. Rf5 Nxb2 29. Rxf6 Qd7
30. Rb1 Na4 31. Rf7 Re7 32. Rf8+ Re8 33. Nf6 Qe7 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Nxe8 Qxe8
36. Bxh4 a6 37. Qf4+ Ka7 38. Qc7 Nb4 39. Bf2 {1-0 Bellini,F-Hodgson,J/Mondariz
2000/CBM 79 (39)}) (11. c4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Bf6 14. Be3 g6 15. Kh1 Bg7
16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Qc6 20. Na3 O-O 21. f5 $14 g5 22.
Nf2 exf5 23. exf5 Nf6 24. Nc2 Rfe8 25. Ng4 Qc5 26. b4 Qa7 27. Rb1 b5 28. axb6
Qxb6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qf3 Ra7 31. Rfe1 Rae7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Ra1 Kg7 34. Kg1
{1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Ruck,R/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (34)}) 11... Qc7 12. f5 e5
13. Nd2 {Das sofortige c4 war auch nicht übel, aber nach dem kurz davor
gespielten c3 war diese Entscheidung psychologisch schwer. Insbesondere gewann
der Zug c4 nach dem Vorschub e5 an Kraft, da nun das Feld d5 für immer fixiert
wird. Seinerseits bekommt Schwarz das Feld d4 in seine Verfügung, der
ensprechende N kann dagegen leichter für den B ausgetauscht werden. Darin
besteht eigentlich einer der prinzipiellen Vorteile eines guten B, dass man
ihn für eine starke Gegnerfigur abgeben kann. Im Idealfall lautet der weiße
Plan: c3-c4, Nb1-c3, Nh3-f2-d1(g4)-e3. Es ist hier gar nicht so leicht zu
verwirklichen.} (13. c4 $5) 13... O-O-O 14. c4 {Es schaut vielleicht
inconsequent aus, anderenfalls aber bekommt Schwarz nach d6-d5 bestimmtes
Gegenspiel. Ich bin mir nicht so sicher, ob das für Schwarz wirklich gut ist,
da der weiße N dann das starke Feld e4 einnehmen kann und die einzige Schwäche
auf d3 durch Nf2 zuversichtlich gedeckt wird. Nichtsdestotrotz, wäre das Spiel
in diesem Fall offener geworden, und gerade das wollte ich wegen meines
Gesundheitszustandes vermeiden!} Nd4 15. Qd1 Nh7 16. Nb3 Nc6 $1 {Das ist
richtig. Der N-abtausch wäre günstig für Weiß. Nach N:d4 c:d4 besitzt Weiß
gute Angriffschancen (b2-b4 usw), und e:d4 wäre noch schlimmer, da Weiß
ausserdem das Feld e4 bekommt.} 17. Nf2 Bg5 {Hier machte mir mein Gegner ein
Remisangebot, den ich trotz meinem Unwohlfühlen ablehnte. Die Stellung kann in
der Tat ausgeglichen erscheinen, aber der P f5 gibt dem Weißen einen
bestimmten Raumvorteil und der verursacht ein kleines aber langhaltiges Plus
für mich.} 18. Ng4 Qe7 (18... Nf6 19. Ne3 $14) 19. a3 $1 {Der weiße Plan ist
sowieso mit dem Angriff auf Damenflügel verbunden, so dass dieser Zug der
Vorbereitung des Vorschubs gilt. Ausserdem wartet Weiß noch ab, um den
Schwarzen zu einer Entscheidung oder einer Wahl zu zwingen.} Bxc1 (19... Nf6
20. Ne3 $14) 20. Rxc1 Qg5 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Ne3 $1 {Wenn der weiße N schon
abgetauscht werden soll, dann lieber auf d5, was eine wichtige Linie für die
weißen Schwerfiguren öffnet und die Angriffsresourcen vergrößert.} h5 23. Nd5
Ng4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Qf2 h4 {Das ist aber zweifelhaft. Klar, Schwarz ringt sich
um ein Gegenspiel (z.B. Qg5-g3 oder Nf6-h5-g3), der P kann aber gegebenfalls
zu einer Zielscheibe werden.} 26. Nd2 Nd4 27. Nf3 {Natürlich muss der N d4
sofort ausgetauscht werden!} Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Kb8 29. b4 $16 {Endlich kann Weiß
mit dem direkten Angriff anfangen.} Rc8 30. Rc2 Rhe8 (30... Nxd5 31. exd5 $1 {
Hier nur mit diesem P! Nach Rc2-e2-e4-g4 bekommt Weiß ein spürbares Spiel auch
auf dem Königsflügel. Deswegen hat wahrscheinlich Schwarz vor, nach dem
kommenden Nf6:d5-e:d5 e5-e4!? auch um den Bauernpreis ein Gegenspiel erhalten.
Das will ich dagegen nicht zulassen.}) 31. Re2 Ka8 32. Rb1 Nd7 {Schwarz will
auf eventuelle b:c5 mit dem N nehmen, jetzt aber wird Nd5 zum Kaiser!} 33. Reb2
Rf8 34. Kh1 ({Hier könnte ich Partie durch} 34. bxc5 $1 Nxc5 35. d4 $1 exd4 36.
Rxb7 $3 {sofort entschieden:} (36. e5 Rfd8 37. e6 d3 (37... fxe6 38. fxe6) 38.
Rb5 Qg3 $13) 36... Nxb7 (36... Qd8 37. Re7 Rb8 38. Nc7+ Qxc7 39. Rxc7 Rxb1+ 40.
Kh2 Kb8 41. Re7 d3 42. Qf4 Rd8 43. e5 $18) 37. Qb3 $1 Nc5 38. Qb8+ $1 Rxb8 39.
Nc7# {Ich habe aber 36.T:b7!! nicht bemerkt und sah nur e5, was völlig unklar
ist. Bei einem besseren Zustand hätte ich natürlich diesen unkomplizierten
Schlag gefunden. Trotzdem bleibt die schwarze Stellung schwer genug und die
Partie setzt logisch die Idee des kalkulationsfreien Spiels durch!}) 34... Qd8
35. f6 $5 {Weiß benutzt, dass Schwarz nicht mit dem N nehmen kann (wegen 36.b:
c5 und 37.R:b7). Das Nehmen mit dem P ist ganz schlecht für Schwarz. Nun aber
vergrößert Weiß seinen Raumvorteil und kriegt das Feld e7 für seinen N.} g6 36.
Qf2 Rh8 37. Rb3 Rb8 38. a4 (38. R1b2 $5 {/\Df1-b1}) 38... cxb4 39. Rxb4 Nc5 40.
Qc2 Rc8 41. R1b2 Rc6 (41... g5 $5 42. Qb1 Qd7 43. a5 (43. Ne3) 43... Rc6 (43...
g4 44. a6 b6 45. Rxb6 $18) 44. Kh2 $16) 42. Qb1 Qd7 43. a5 Rb8 (43... g5) 44.
Rb5 Qd8 45. Ra2 a6 $6 ({Es droht schon z.B. nach} 45... g5 46. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 47.
Nb6+ $1 Rxb6 48. axb6 a6 49. Qb5 Qc8 50. Ra5 $18) ({Mehr Widerstand könnte} 
45... Na6 {leisten.}) 46. Rb4 $18 Ka7 47. Qg1 Ka8 48. Qe3 Ka7 49. Qf2 Qh8 (
49... Ka8) 50. Rab2 Qh5 {Der letzte Versuch eines Gegenspiels. Andererseits
hat Schwarz keine Wahl, da es sich nach Rb6 und Ne7 herausstellt, dass
ausserdem der Pd6 richtig schwach ist.} 51. Rb1 Qg5 52. Rb6 Qg3 53. Qb2 $1 Rcc8
$8 54. Rxd6 b5 ({Ganz ohne Taktik geht es doch nicht! Als ich noch 53.Qb2
spielte, musste ich merken, dass nach} 54... Nxd3 55. Qb6+ Ka8 {ein schönes
Damenopfer die Partie entscheidet:} 56. Qxa6+ $1 bxa6 57. Rxa6#) 55. axb6+ Kb7
56. Qa3 Qxd3 57. Rd7+ Kc6 58. Nb4+ 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 4th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Senff, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Rb8 $5 (11... g5 $5 12. Bxg5 Bg7 (
12... Ne5 13. b3 Rg8 14. Bh4 (14. f4 $2 Ng6 15. g3 h6 $17) 14... Rg4 $1 $44 {
Atalik,S.}) 13. Ke2 Rb8 14. Nd1 (14. Rab1 Rb4 (14... Ne5 15. b3) 15. f3 Ne5 16.
c5 $16) 14... Rb4 15. Rc1 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 17. Rb3 Rxb3 18. axb3 Kd7 19. Ne3
Rg8 20. h4 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxg2 22. Kf3 Rg8 23. Ra1 Bb4 24. Rxa7+ Ke6 25. Rb7 c5
26. e5 dxe5 27. Rb6+ Kd7 28. Rb7+ Ke6 29. Rb6+ Kd7 30. Rb7+ {1/2-1/2 Jansa,
V-Trapl,J/Ostrava 1976}) 12. b3 (12. h3 {IG:} g5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. O-O-O Rb4 (
13... Nd7 14. Rhe1 g6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Bg7 17. Ra5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rb7 19.
Be3 c5 20. Rb5 Rb6 21. a4 a6 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 23. Kc2 Nxc4 24. Bxc5 h5 25. h4 Rg8
26. Rd5 f6 27. Bb4 g5 28. Rc5 Nd6 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Ra5 h4 31. Rxa6 g4 32. Bxd6
exd6 33. Rxd6 Rf8 34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Rh6 Rh3 37. a5 Kd7 38. Rh7+ Kc8
39. Kb3 Rh1 40. Kc4 h3 41. Kc5 h2 42. c4 Kb8 43. a6 Ra1 44. Rxh2 Rxa6 45. Kb5 {
1/2-1/2 Reinderman,D-Van Wely,L/Rotterdam 2000}))) 12... g6 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. Ke2
(14. c5 Bd4 (14... Bd4 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 Bxc5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Na4
Bd4 20. Rxc6 Kd7 21. Rfc1 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. f3
f5 26. a3 fxe4 27. fxe4 d5 28. exd5 Kd6 29. Be1 Kxd5 30. Nc3+ Bxc3 31. Bxc3 {
[#] Normalerweise ist bei offener Stellung und verteilten Bauernmehrheiten der
Läufer die bessere Leichtfigur. Hier aber besitzt Schwarz mit seiner starken
Königsposition sogar etwas mehr als Kompensation.} Ng3+ 32. Ke1 Ne4 33. Ba1 (
33. Bb4 Kd4 34. Ke2 Nc3+ 35. Ke1 e4 $15) 33... Nc5 34. b4 Nd3+ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36.
Kf3 g5 37. Bc3 e4+ 38. Kf2 Kc4 39. Bd2 Kd3 40. Be3 a6 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5 hxg5
43. a4 Nd5 44. Bxg5 Nxb4 45. g4 Nc2 46. Bh4 Nd4 {Schwarz kommt nicht weiter wie
} (46... e3+ 47. Kf3 e2 48. g5 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 Kd2 $11 {zeigt}) 47. Bg5 Nc2 48.
Bh4 Nd4 49. Bg5 Nf3 50. Bf4 Nh4 51. Be3 Ng6 52. Ba7 Nf4 53. Kg3 Ne6 54. Kf2 Ng5
55. Bb6 Nf3 56. Kg3 Nd4 57. Bxd4 Kxd4 58. Kf2 e3+ 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. g5 Kf5 {
1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Sutovskij,E/Shenyang 1999/CBM 73/[Hecht] (60)})) (14. f3
Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. c5 d5 17. exd5 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 cxd5 19. c6 Rb6 20. Kf2 Kd8
21. Rd1 e6 22. Rd4 Kc7 23. Ra4 Ra8 24. Rh4 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rxc6 27. Rf3
f5 28. Rh7+ Kd6 29. Rg7 fxg4 30. Re3 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rh8 32. Kxg4 Rg2+ 33. Kf3
Rgxh2 {0-1 Mohr,G-Sutovsky,E/Pula CRO 2000}) 14... c5 15. Nd5 Ne5 (15... Rb7 $5
) 16. b4 $1 (16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 $11) 16... e6 (16... cxb4 $1 17. c5 dxc5
(17... e6 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Na6 $1 $16) 18. Rxc5 Nd7 (18... e6 $1 19. Nc7+ Ke7
20. Rxe5 (20. Bg5+ f6 (20... Kf8 21. Na6 Re8 22. Rc7 $16) 21. Rxe5 fxg5 22.
Rxe6+ Kd7 (22... Kf7 $13) 23. Rd1+ Kxc7 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. Rxg7 a5 $13) 20...
Bxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 $13) 19. Rc4 Ne5 (19... Nb6 20. Nc7+ (20. Rxb4 Rc8 $14) 20...
Kf8 21. Rxb4 $14) 20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21. Nxb4 a5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc6 Bc7 24. Rd1
$14) 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Na6 Rb6 19. b5 $16 Nc6 (19... Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxb5 21. Rd1)
20. Be3 Nd4+ 21. Kd3 Rb7 (21... f5 22. Rhe1 (22. f4) (22. f3)) (21... Rc8) 22.
f4 (22. Rb1 $16 {a2-a4-a5,b6(Sa6-b4)}) 22... Rc8 23. g4 (23. Rb1) 23... Ke7 24.
Rb1 e5 $6 (24... Rd8 25. a4) 25. f5 h6 26. h4 (26. a4) 26... gxf5 27. exf5 $6 (
27. gxf5 $16) 27... h5 $2 (27... d5 $1 28. cxd5 c4+ 29. Ke4 Nxb5 $13) 28. Bxd4
exd4 29. g5 Be5 30. Ke4 (30. Rhe1 $18) 30... f6 31. Kd5 $2 (31. g6) 31... Bf4
32. Rbe1+ Be3 33. Rh3 $2 $138 (33. g6 Kd7 34. Ke4 Re8+ 35. Kd3 $18) 33... Kd7
34. Ke4 $1 (34. Rhxe3 $2 dxe3 35. Rxe3 fxg5 $1 36. f6 (36. hxg5 Re8 37. Rxe8
Kxe8 38. Kxd6 h4 39. Nxc5 h3 40. Ne4 Rd7+ 41. Kc5 h2 42. Nf2 Rd2 43. Nh1 Rd1
$19) 36... Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. hxg5 h4 39. g6 h3 40. Ke6 (40. g7 Kf7) 40...
Kf8 $19) 34... Bxg5 (34... fxg5 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. Rg1 Re8+ 37. Kd3 Bf4 38. Rf3
Be3 39. Rg7+ Kc8 40. f6 (40. Rg6 Rd7 41. a4 $13) 40... Rxg7 41. fxg7 Bh6 42.
Rf7 Rg8 43. Rf6 Bxg7 44. Rxd6 h4 45. Rc6+ Kd8 46. Nxc5 $14) 35. Rg1 Re8+ 36.
Kd3 Be3 (36... Bf4 37. Rg6 $14) 37. Rg6 Kc8 $2 (37... Rf8 $14) 38. Rxf6 Rg8 $2
(38... Rd7 39. a4 $16) 39. Rxd6 Rb6 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Rc8 $1
8. d4 cxd4 $6 (8... d5 $1) 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 $14 {N/} (11. Be3 Nb6
$5 {Wahls,M-Kasparov,G/Simul/1986/} (11... Be7)) 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13.
Rfc1 O-O 14. Qb5 Nb6 15. Bb4 $5 (15. b3 $5) 15... Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Qd7 (16... Rc4
$5 17. Qa3) 17. b3 Rc6 18. Rc5 (18. a4 $5) 18... Rxc5 19. dxc5 Nc8 20. Qa4 $2 (
20. Qa5 $1) 20... Qxa4 21. bxa4 Rd8 22. Nd4 Rd7 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Rb1
(25. Rc1 b6 $5) 25... Rxc5 26. Nxb7 Rc7 27. Nd6 $2 h6 28. f4 Nxd6 29. exd6 Rd7
30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rb6 a5 32. Kf2 f6 33. Ke3 e5 34. f5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ne5 $6 7. d4 $3 {
N/} cxd4 (7... Nxc4 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qd2 $44) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 $16 (8... Nxf3+ 9.
gxf3 $36) (8... Qg4 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxe5 $5 $16) (8... g6 $2 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10.
Nxd7 Bxd4 11. Bg5 $18) 9. Qd2 (9. Qd1 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Nd5 O-O)
9... Nf6 10. O-O g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. h3 $5
Nge5 16. Nh2 $5 Nb4 17. Qe2 g5 18. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 $8 20. Bc1 $5 Qf5
21. Be3 $6 (21. Qe3 $5) 21... a6 22. Qd2 Bf6 $14 23. Rf1 Kh8 $1 24. f3 $1 b5
25. cxb5 axb5 26. Ng4 Rc8 27. Rc1 $5 (27. Nxf6 exf6 28. Rc1 $14) 27... Nxg4 28.
hxg4 $6 (28. fxg4 $1 $14) 28... Qe5 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rb8 32.
Rc2 Qa1+ 33. Rc1 Qe5 34. Rc7 Qa1+ 35. Rc1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rfe1
a6 15. a5 Nb8 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nd5 19. c3 Rc8 20. Ba3 Na7 21.
Ne3 Nxe3 22. dxe3 Rc7 23. Red1 Nb5 24. Bb2 c4 25. bxc4 Nd6 26. Nb6 Ne4 27. Ba3
Nxc3 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. Nd7 Rc8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Nb6 Rc5 33. Rd8+ Re8
34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Rd1 Rxa5 36. Rd8 Kf8 37. Rb8 Ra2 38. c5 Rc2 39. e4 f6 40.
Rxb7 Kg8 41. Re7 Kf8 42. Rxe6 Nc7 43. Rc6 Nb5 44. Nd5 Nd4 45. Rxa6 {Nakamura
has a reputation as a tactical wizard but he displayed his maturation as a
player against Gelfand, when he ground out a long win in the endgame.} Rxc5 (
45... Rxc5) 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Nf4 Rc6 {This is a very typical
situation in chess that Gelfand is faced with - a pawn down in some grim
ending where he is devoid of active counterplay. Such a situation is very
depressing but it is far from resignable yet.} 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 $1 {
All these little moves are significant as they force a weakness in the
opponent's armour. Just in case, Nakamura is softening up Black's kingside.} h6
51. Rb8 Rc7 {Defending passively for the moment.} ({Given that passive defence
in a position like this is from the pyschological point of view so unpleasant,
I would be looking to get active with} 51... f5 $5 {trying to exchange some
pawns and hopefully making Black's defensive task that little bit easier.} 52.
Rb7+ $1 (52. e5 $6 g5 53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. Nd5 Re6 55. f4 {also looks unenviable
for Black}) 52... Kf6 $1 (52... Kf8 53. Rd7 Rc4 54. Rxd4 {is really bad}) (
52... Kg8 53. Rd7 Rc4 54. e5 {and the problems remain.}) 53. exf5 Nxf5 54. g4
Ng3 {the only move, to cover h5} 55. Kf2 Nh1+ 56. Ke3 Ng3 {with some chances
to hold.}) 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. Rd6 Nb5 54. Rd5 Rb7 55. Kh2 {Slowly improving the
position is going to be the key for White here.} Na7 56. Rd6 Nc8 57. Rc6 Ne7
58. Ra6 Ng6 59. Nh5 Ne7 60. Nf4 Ng6 61. Nd5 Ne7 62. Ne3 $1 Rc7 63. g4 Rc3 64.
Nf1 Rc7 65. Ra3 Rb7 66. Ne3 Rd7 67. Kg3 Rc7 68. Ra5 Rc3 69. Kf2 Rc7 70. Rb5 Ng6
71. Nd5 Ra7 72. Rc5 Ra2+ 73. Kg3 Kg8 74. Rc7 Ra3 75. Rb7 Ra2 76. Rc7 Ra3 77.
Rd7 Ra2 78. Ne3 $1 Ne5 79. Rb7 Ra3 80. Nf5 Nf7 {White has strengthened his
rook and knight combination to the maximum. Now it's time to bring up
reinforcements, in the shape of those humble little foot soldiers called pawns,
to stretch the opponent's defences to breaking point.} 81. Kh2 Ra2 (81... Ra4
$5 {just to prevent the plan of f4, suggests itself.} 82. Rb8+ Kh7 83. Re8 {
threatens both f4 and Re7 though, and Black can hardly prevent both.} g6 84.
Ne3 Kg7 85. Re7 Kf8 86. Nd5 $1 {when f6 also becomes a target.} f5 $2 87. gxf5
gxf5 88. exf5 Ra5 89. Rd7 Ke8 90. Nf6+ Kf8 91. g4 $18) 82. Re7 (82. f4 Re2 83.
Rb8+ $1 Kh7 84. Rf8 Nh8 85. Re8 {when White has a simple plan of marching his
e-pawn up the board.} Ng6 86. Kg3 Ra2 87. Nd4 Ra3+ 88. Nf3 $16) 82... Ra8 83.
f4 $1 {So much patient manouevering, but Nakamura is now close to a
breakthrough.} Kf8 84. Rc7 g6 {Gelfand is rather forced into this unwelcoming
weakening move as the more active tries} (84... Re8 $2 85. Rxf7+) ({and} 84...
Ra4 85. Rc8+ {both fail tactically.  This brings back a point made once by
Yasser Seirawan, that good technique is basically good tactics.  If you know
your way around the chessboard like Nakamura clearly does, then the small
tactical problems that tend to be presented in the endgame phase, don't offer
a serious problem.}) 85. Nh4 g5 86. Nf5 gxf4 87. Rc6 Ng5 $2 {Finally after a
long period of defending this desperately depressing ending, Gelfand
understandably cracks.} ({The almost "study like"} 87... Kg8 $1 88. Rxf6 Ra4 $1
{would have made White's task much harder, even if he retains a large advantage
} 89. Rg6+ Kf8 90. Re6 Ra5 $1 {crucially keeping the e5-square under control} (
{the "pseudo active"} 90... Ng5 $6 {like in the game, again fails to convince
because of} 91. Rf6+ Ke8 92. e5 Ra2 93. Nd4 $1 ({after} 93. Rxh6 $6 {Black has
the strong waiting move} Kd7 $1 {when it is difficult for White to prevent the
f3 threat;} ({But certainly not the immediate} 93... f3 {because of} 94. e6 $1)
{he can try} 94. Rd6+ Kc7 95. Rd3 f3 96. Ne3 {but this kind of winning attempt
is best left to engines; we humans prefer to keep control}) 93... Rd2 94. Rxf4
$16) 91. Rf6 Kg8 92. Nh4 Ra2 93. Rxf4 Ne5 {and probably White will gradually
win.  However it was interesting that better defensive opportunities were
offered by a passive defence when we are always told that it's better to
defend actively. Perhaps in this computer era it's better to rip up all the
chess generalisations?!}) 88. Rxf6+ Kg8 89. e5 Ra2 $2 90. e6 $1 Nf3+ 91. Kh3
Ng1+ 92. Kh4 Rxg2 93. Kh5 Nf3 94. Nxh6+ Kh7 95. Rf7+ Kh8 96. e7 Re2 97. Rxf4
1-0

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-POL U26"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1979.10.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dobosz, Henryk"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Gruenberg,HU"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1979.10.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 12/1979 Seite 541} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 ({In Betracht kommen
auch} 3... Nd7) ({und} 3... Nc6) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 $2 {Bis jetzt galt dieser
Zug als gut spielbar. Mit meiner Neuerung glaube ich jedochdas Bauernopfer
widerlegt zu haben.} Qg4 $1 6. O-O Qxe4 7. d4 cxd4 8. Re1 Qg4 $1 {Die Neuerung}
({gegenüber} 8... Qc6 {gewinnt ein wichtiges Tempo, da Weiß nicht auf d4
nehmen kann.}) 9. Qb3 ({Nach} 9. h3 {muss Weiß nicht nach} Qd7 10. Nxd4 Nc6 {
auf c6 nehmen.}) 9... Qd7 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bf4 Nf6 14.
Rad1 Be7 15. Rd3 ({Auf} 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. c5 {folgt einfach} Bxh2+) 15... O-O
16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. Ree3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Rh3 {Die folgende Abwicklung ist
vielleicht nicht am genauesten, gibt dem Schwarzen jedoch eindeutigen Vorteil.}
Nxc3 $1 20. Qc2 {[#]Darauf hatte Weiß gehofft!} Qxd3 $1 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. bxc3
Rad8 23. h3 Rd1+ $2 ({Besser sind wohl} 23... Bf6) ({oder} 23... Bc5 {,obwohl
Schwarz weiterhin seinen Vorteil behält.}) 24. Kh2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 R1xd6 26. Qa4
R8d7 27. c4 Rc7 28. Qb4 Rd8 29. Qc5 g6 30. a4 Rdd7 31. Kg3 f6 32. a5 Kf7 33. a6
e5 34. Kh2 Ke6 {Schwarz kann immer noch Gewinnversuche unternehmen. Der Bauer
a6 ist schwach.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice op-A"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 (
7... g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rfd8
12. Re1 a6 13. Nc2 (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 b6 (14... Qe8 15. a4 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nd7
17. Rcd1 Nc5 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Re3 {Tkachev-Watson, London 1993}) 15. Qe2 Qb7 16.
Rcd1 Rab8 17. a4 Nd7 $14) 13... d5 $5 (13... Rab8 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. h3
Ng6 17. Ba1 Nd7 18. Ne3 Bf6 19. Qd2 Qc5 {ist auch möglich, Ye
Inangchuan-Gergiev, Elista 98}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd7
Rxd7 18. Rxe4 Rd2 19. Rc4 Rad8 20. Kf1 h5 ({Spielt Schwarz auf Gewinn?.} 20...
Na5 21. Rc3 (21. Rc7 Nc6) 21... Nc6 22. Rc4 Na5 $11) 21. Rb1 Na5 $2 (21... R8d5
$5 22. Ne3 Rb5 23. Nf5 Bc5 24. Rf4 Rb4 25. Rf3 Re4 $11) 22. Rc7 Nc6 23. Ne3 $16
Bc5 24. e6 f6 25. Rxb7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 R8d5 $2 (26... Re8 27. Rd7 Rc2 28. Rd6 a5)
27. e4 Rd6 28. Rd7 (28. e7 $5 Re6 29. Rb6 Rc2 30. Rxa6 {mit klarem Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 28... Rxd7 29. exd7 Rxd7 30. Ke2 Nb4 $2 ({Notwendig war} 30... Kf7)
31. a3 Nd3 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. b4 Nb7 34. Rc1 $18 Kf7 35. Rc6 Nd6 36. a4 Ke7 37. e5
Nf5+ 38. Ke4 Rd2 39. Bc3 Rf2 40. exf6+ gxf6 41. Rxf6 {Glück muss mann haben!}
1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marusenko, Petr"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8
20. Qc3+ Qxc3 21. bxc3 Kf6 {Hecht: '[#] Das Bauernendspiel steht gleich, ist
jedoch nicht ganz einfach zu spielen. Schwarz begeht den Fehler, zu passiv zu
bleiben und handelt sich im 26.Zug den entscheiden Raumnachteil ein. Zudem hat
Weiß die besseren Temporeserven. '} (21... f5 {Hecht} 22. Kf2 (22. exf5 gxf5
23. f4 Kf6 24. Kf2 e5 25. dxe6 Kxe6 26. Kf3 h5 27. h3 a5 28. g4 fxg4+ 29. hxg4
hxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Kf6 31. Kf3 d5 32. Ke3 Kf5 33. Kd4 Kxf4 34. Kxd5 $11)) 22. Kf2
e6 $6 {This should probably not lose but black could have tried to undermine
white P-centre} (22... Ke5 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 f5 $1 25. f4+ (25. exf5 $2 Kxd5
26. g4 Ke5 27. a3 a5 $17) 25... gxf4+ 26. gxf4+ Kf6 27. Kd4 fxe4 28. Kxe4 Kg6 {
and white has some very slight problems. Black will play Kf6-g6-f6 until white
has no more waiting moves and then he will be able to put his K on f5. It
might still be draw but white has to be careful} 29. Kf3 $1 {The easiest way}
Kf5 30. h3 h6 31. Ke3 $11) 23. dxe6 Kxe6 {Quite logically the P-struckture is
very important in P-endgames, and especially one should be careful about
allowing the opponents K a potential strong outpost - here d5. However the
textmove is not yet a mistake} (23... fxe6 $5 24. Ke3 e5 (24... g5 $5) 25. Kd3
Ke6 26. c4 Kd7 $11 (26... b4 $2 27. Kc2 a5 28. Kb3 Kd7 29. Ka4 Kc6 30. Kxa5 Kc5
31. h4 h6 32. Ka6 Kc6 (32... Kxc4 33. Kb6 $18) 33. g4 $18) 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Kc3 Kc6 29. Kb4 Kb6 30. a3 g5 $11) 24. Ke3 Ke5 $6 (24... d5 $142 $11 25. Kd4
dxe4 26. fxe4 $1 Kd6 (26... f6 $2 27. Kc5 $18 (27. c4 bxc4 28. Kxc4 Kd6 $11)
27... Ke5 28. Kb6 Kd6 29. Kxa6 Kc6) 27. e5+ Kc6 $11) (24... f5 $5 {Maybe this
also allows black to draw but the clean way for the half point is of course 24.
.d5} 25. exf5+ (25. Kd4 f4 26. c4 bxc4 27. Kxc4 Ke5 28. a4 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Kb4
Kd4 31. Ka5 Ke3 32. Kxa6 Kf2 33. a5 Kxg2 34. Kb6 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. fxg4 f3
37. a6 f2 38. a7 f1=Q 39. a8=Q $14) 25... Kxf5 26. Kd4 Kf4 $11) 25. f4+ Ke6 26.
g4 (26. Kd4 f5 $132) 26... f6 $2 {Hecht: 'Führt zu entscheidendem Raumnachteil'
} (26... d5 $142 $11 27. Kd4 (27. e5 h5 $1 (27... g5 $6 28. fxg5 Kxe5 29. a3 a5
30. h4 (30. h3 d4+ 31. cxd4+ Kd5 32. Kd3 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. h4 b3 35. Kc3 b2
36. Kxb2 Kxd4 37. Kb3 Ke3 38. Kc4 Kf4 39. Kd5 Kxg4 40. Ke5 Kxh4 41. Kf4 $1 $11)
30... Kd6 31. Kd4 $14) 28. gxh5 (28. h3 $2 hxg4 29. hxg4 g5 $19) 28... gxh5 29.
Ke2 $11) (27. g5 {Hecht} dxe4 28. Kxe4 f6 29. a3 fxg5 30. fxg5 Kd6 31. Kd4 a5
32. c4 Kc6 $11) 27... dxe4 28. Kxe4 $11) (26... h5 $142 {Hecht} 27. gxh5 gxh5
28. Kd4 f5 $11) 27. Kd4 $18 g5 28. f5+ Ke7 29. c4 bxc4 (29... b4 30. c5 a5 31.
Kc4 $18 (31. Kc4 {Hecht} dxc5 32. Kxc5 Kd7 33. Kb5 Kd6 34. Kxa5 $18)) 30. Kxc4
Kd8 (30... Kd7 31. Kd5 a5 32. a4 h6 33. h3 $18) 31. Kd5 Kd7 32. a3 {'(.)'
Hecht.} (32. h3 {Hecht} a5 33. a3 a4 34. Kc4 Kc6 35. Kb4 Kb6 36. Kxa4 Kc5 37.
Kb3 Kd4 38. a4 Kxe4 39. Kb4 d5 (39... Kd5 40. Kb5 $18) 40. a5 d4 41. a6 d3 42.
a7 d2 43. a8=Q+ $18) 32... a5 33. a4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Ng5 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5]} h6 9. Nh3 Qc7 10. f4 O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc8] Black has
weakened his K-side with h7-h6 so f4-f5 - and sometimes even g2-g4-g5 - are
possibilies that has gained in strengh. However putting the K on the queenside
is only good, if black will be able to start some counterplay on the K-side.
Because it will be easy for white to get play against Kc8 with a timely b2-b4.}
11. c4 Nb8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb8c6]} 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gg5]
[%cal Yd2f3] A better square for the N than c3. White now has the possibility
Nd2-f3 and the N will control the important squares d4, g5 and e5.} Nd7 14. a3
f5 (14... Bf6 {[%cal Yf6d4]} 15. Nf3 $14) 15. Rab1 Nf6 16. Kh1 $1 {Making room
for Be3 on g1, so that white will keep control of d4} Ng4 17. Bg1 Bf6 18. b4
Nd4 19. Qd1 {Around here black could play something like g7-g5. But that would
not achieve anything. White would be ready to take back on f4 with Nh3, and
the g5-P could not advance because Ng4 is in the way.} Qc6 20. Nf3 g6 21. a4 $1
{White improves is position on the Q-side. He will have to find the right
moment for action. If he plays b4xc5 at the wrong moment the d-line could be
very useful for black.} Rhg8 22. a5 Kb8 23. e5 $1 {After this move black
cannot keep his central structure based on the control of d4.} dxe5 24. bxc5
Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rxd3 27. fxg4 Rxh3 28. c6 {White is a P down, but
he has a very dangerous attack in the b-<->} Rg7 29. fxe5 Bd8 (29... Bxe5 30.
Rfe1 $16) 30. a6 b6 31. c5 Ra3 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxb6+ Ka7 35.
Rb7+ Rxb7 36. axb7 Kb8 37. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik HarZvi,R} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 {HarZvi: a very very new idea played in really no more than a
few games} (7... cxd4 {HarZvi,R} 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 e6 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. Qd2
Nge7 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. b3 O-O 14. O-O a6 15. a4 b6 16. Bh6 N5c6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Qe3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Ng3 Na5 22. Nce2 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nf4
dxe4 25. Nfh5+ gxh5 26. Qg5+ Ng6 27. Nxh5+ {1-0 Berezjuk,S-Ishbulatov,S/Minsk
op 1996/EXP 52}) 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Nd2 $5 {Rublevsky played in the
russian team, that won the gold medal in Erevan 1996. So his opinion of the
opening play in Shirov-Kasparov from that tournament is interesting.} (10. O-O
f6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qe2 Qa4 13. f4 Nh6 14. e5 O-O-O $13 {Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/
Erevan olm 1996/CBM 55 [Shirov]}) 10... f6 11. f4 O-O-O $6 {Too early} (11...
b6 $5 {is probably better. In that case black can still castle kingside and/or
queenside so he is more flexible.}) 12. O-O b6 13. a4 {HarZvi: not like
Shirov's plan,Rublevsky wants to play on the Queen's side that's why he leaves
his Queen on d1 to control the a4 square,and now play a4 to take this square
from black's queen} (13. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qa4 $1) 13... Nh6 {HarZvi: I do not
understand this move,since now white opens a file on the queen's side. Why
black has to allow it?} (13... Kc7 $5 {HarZvi,R} 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 a5) (
13... Kb7 {Ftacnik} 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 a5 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Rf2 Ka7 18. Rfb2
Rb8 $13) (13... e5 {Ftacnik} 14. Nb3 $1 $16) 14. Nb3 $1 {Comparing with the
Shirov-Kasparov game blacks positions is now much worse. It is impossible to
avoid the opening of lines on the queenside. Which is of course why Kasparov
played his Q to a4 before long castle.} Nf7 (14... Nxc4 15. Qe2 $16 (15. Qd3 {
HarZvi,R} Na5 16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. c4 $36 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gf1b1]} f5 $6 18. e5 e6 19.
dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qf3) (15. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Na5 16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. Rb1 $1 (17. Qa6+
Qb7 18. Qxa5 f5 19. Be3 fxe4 20. Rab1 $16) 17... c4 18. Qxc4+ Qc7 19. Qa6+ Kd7
20. Rb7 $18)) (14... Nb7 {HarZvi,R} 15. a5 {[%cal Ga1a8] HarZvi: threatening
right now a6,and having very strong pressure on the a and b files}) (14... Nxb3
{Ftacnik} 15. Qxb3 f5 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 fxe4 18. Qa2 $16) 15. Nxa5 bxa5 16.
Qb3 {HarZvi: the correct move,not Rb1 as we will see when black manages to
hold his position but Qb3 when now black's position becomes very quick a very
bad one Ftacnik: White will clearly try to win with attack along the b line,
but his c1 bishop can be only of limited help. Ftacnik: Weiss will
offensichtlich mit Angriff auf der b-Linie siegen, aber sein Läufer c1 kann
dabei nur begrenzt helfen.} (16. Rb1 {HarZvi,R} Kc7 17. Rb5 $2 (17. Rf2 {
Ftacnik} Rb8 $14) 17... a6 18. Rxa5 $4 Kb6) 16... Qb7 (16... Kc7 {HarZvi,R} 17.
Qb5 Rb8 (17... Qxb5 18. axb5 (18. cxb5 c4 $8 (18... Kb6 $2 19. c4 $16 {[%cal
Gc1d2,Gd2c3]})) 18... Kb6 19. Rf2 $1 a6 20. Rfa2 (20. Rfa2 {Ftacnik} axb5 21.
Rxa5 bxc4 22. Ra6+ Kc7 23. Ra7+ $18) (20. bxa6 Kxa6 21. Rfa2 Ra8 22. Rxa5+ Kb7
$14)) 18. Qxa5+ Kc8 19. Be3 $16) 17. Qc2 (17. Qb5 {HarZvi,R} Qb6 (17... Qb6 $3
{Ftacnik} 18. Rb1 Kc7 19. Rf2 Rb8 20. Rfb2 Rhe8 $14) (17... a6 18. Qxa5 Kd7 19.
Rf2 Rb8 20. Rb2 Qa8 21. Rab1 $18)) 17... Qd7 18. Rb1 Kc7 (18... Z0 {HarZvi,R}
19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Qb5 Qb6 $8 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxb6 $16) 19. e5 $1 {A very nice
P-sacrifice giving space for Bc1} (19. Rb5 {Ftacnik} a6 $1) 19... fxe5 (19...
e6 {HarZvi,R} 20. exf6 $16) (19... dxe5 $2 {HarZvi,R} 20. Qf2 (20. Rb5 {Ftacnik
} Kd6 21. Ba3 Rc8 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Rfb1 $18) 20... Qd6 21. Ba3 $16 {/+-}) 20. f5
{Black now has to control both the b- and the f-line.} gxf5 (20... g5 {HarZvi,R
}) (20... g5 {Ftacnik} 21. f6 exf6 22. Rxf6 h6 23. Qf2 Rhf8 24. Rb5 Rb8 (24...
a6 25. Rxc5+ dxc5 26. Qxc5+ Kb8 27. Rb6+ Ka8 28. Rxa6+ Kb8 29. Rb6+ $18) 25.
Rxa5 Kc8 26. Rb5 $16) 21. Rxf5 Rdf8 $2 {HarZvi: after this black gets
immediately a lost position,it seems is only move was e6 After this mistake
whites task becomes easy} (21... Rhf8 $1 22. Qf2 (22. Be3 e6 23. Rf6 exd5 24.
cxd5 Nh8 25. Qd3 $1 Rxf6 26. Qa6 $16) 22... e6 (22... Qe8 23. Qb2 Rb8 24. Qxb8+
Qxb8 25. Rxb8 Kxb8 26. Bh6 Nxh6 27. Rxf8+ $18) 23. Rf6 exd5 24. cxd5 $40 (24.
cxd5 {HarZvi,R} Qe7 25. c4 $1 $18 Nh8 26. Qd2) (24. Bh6 {Ftacnik} Rb8 25. Rb5
Nxh6 26. Rxf8 Rxb5 27. cxb5 $16)) (21... e6 $8 {HarZvi,R} 22. Rf6 (22. dxe6
Qxe6 23. Qf2 Rd7) 22... exd5 (22... Rhe8 $2 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Qb2 $1 Rf8 25.
Qb7+ Kd8 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rb7+ Kc8 28. Rfxf7 $18) 23. cxd5 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Kxb8
$14 {/+/-}) 22. Qf2 $1 Qe8 (22... e6 23. dxe6 (23. Rf6 {Ftacnik} exd5 24. cxd5
$16 (24. Bh6 Rb8 $1)) 23... Qxe6 24. Bh6 $1 $18 {The big difference between 21.
- Rdf8 and 21. - Rhf8} (24. Bh6 $1 $18 {HarZvi,R} Qxf5 (24... Nxh6 25. Rxf8
Rxf8 26. Qxf8 $18) 25. Qxf5 Nxh6 26. Qe6)) 23. Qb2 Qa8 (23... Qc8 {HarZvi,R}
24. Qb5) (23... Qb8 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxf7 Rb1 27. Rf1
Ra1 28. Bg5 $18) 24. Qb5 $18 Nd8 (24... Rhg8 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxa5+ Kc8 26. Rf2
$16) 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Bg5 Nf7 (26... Rf7 {HarZvi,R} 27. Qe8 $18 (27. Qe8 {
Ftacnik} Qc8 28. Bxe7 $18)) (26... e6 {HarZvi,R} 27. Be7 Rg8 28. Qa6 $18) 27.
Bxe7 Rb8 (27... Re8 $8 {HarZvi,R} 28. Qxa5+ Kd7 29. Bh4) 28. Qxa5+ Kd7 (28...
Kc8 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf1) 29. Rf1 {White has greater mobility so he does not want
to exchange rooks} Ke8 (29... Nh8 {HarZvi,R HarZvi: the best chance,but also
losing immediately} 30. Bxd6 $1 Kxd6 31. Qa6+ Kc7 (31... Rb6 32. Rf6+ Kc7 33.
Rxb6) (31... Kd7 32. Qe6+ Kc7 33. Qxe5+) 32. Rf6 $1 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 {HarZvi: and
the game is over}) (29... Kxe7 {Ftacnik} 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Qxf7+ $18) 30. Bxd6 {
Ftacnik: The triumph of the weakest piece on the board! Ftacnik: Triumph der
schwächsten Figur auf dem Brett!} Nxd6 31. Qc7 (31. Qc7 {Ftacnik} Nxc4 (31...
Rd8 32. Qg7 $18) 32. Qg7) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 12th "]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. O-O (6. Nc3 Nc6 (6...
g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. a3 (8. Nd5 Ne7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nc2 O-O
13. Ne3 Qh4 14. f3 {1/2-1/2 Boey,J-Makarichev,S/Amsterdam IBM-B 1974/MCL 08})
8... Nc6 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. b4 O-O 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O h6 13. Nd5 f5 14. Qb3 b6
15. Bd2 g5 $36 {0-1 Torre,E-Radulov,I/Leningrad izt 1973/IZT (30)}) (6... Ne7
7. d3 Nbc6 8. a3 h6 9. Rb1 a5 10. O-O g6 11. b4 axb4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 15. axb4 $36 {[%cal Gb1b7] 1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Grigorian,K/URS-ch41
Moscow 1973/URS-ch (29)}) 7. O-O (7. d3 g6 8. Nd5 (8. a3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. b4
b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 $14 {1-0
Spassky,B-Byrne,R/San Juan cqf 1974/CAND (58)}) 8... Bg7 9. a3 Nge7 10. Rb1
Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b4 f5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Qb3 b6 16. O-O fxe4
17. dxe4 Rc8 18. Qc4 O-O $132 {0-1 Tkachiev,V-Ivanchuk,V/London PCA rapid 1994/
EXP 42 (50)}) 7... Nge7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 (9... Nb4 10. d3 Be7 11. Ne1
O-O 12. Bd2 f5 13. a3 Na6 14. Nc2 fxe4 15. dxe4 c4 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. Nxc4 Nxe4
$13 {[%csl Rd5] /=/+ 0-1 Radulov,I-Smejkal,J/Leningrad izt 1973/IZT (56)}) 10.
Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 Be7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. f4 Rac8 14. Bd2 f6 15. h3 Rc7 16. Rf2 Rfc8
17. Raf1 Rc2 18. g4 a6 19. a4 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Ribli,Z/EU-chT Bath 1973/
EU-chT (70)}) 6... g6 (6... Nc6 7. Nc3 (7. d3 g6 8. Ne1 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. f4
exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Nc2 f5 13. Qd2 Rf7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Raf8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,S-Haik,A/FRA-chT 1991/TD 91\02 (31)}) 7... Nge7 8. d3 g6 9.
Bg5 Bg7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. f3 O-O 14. Qb3 f5 15. Bd2
f4 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. a4 a6 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Bf8 21. Bd2 g5
22. Qd1 h5 23. b3 Be7 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Be1 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Radulov,I-Smejkal,J/
Amsterdam IBM 1973/MCL 07}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3 Ne7 9. Nh4 (9. Rb1 Nbc6 10. Bd2
O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 (11... Rab8 12. b4 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Rxb4
Rfe8 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Qb3 Bh6 18. g3 Re7 19. Rb1 b6 $15 {Schmid,L-Andersson,U/
Nice olm 1974/MCD-ol/0-1 (40)}) 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qb3 Rfc8 15.
Rbc1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Rc8 17. Rc4 Rxc4 18. dxc4 Bf8 19. a4 Be7 20. a5 Bd8 21. f3
Kg7 22. Qc2 b6 23. a6 h6 {Shaked,T-Van Buskirk,C/Reno op 1994/EXT 94op/1/2-1/2
(57)}) (9. a3 Nbc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 Nd4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 f5 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Nd5 fxe4 16. dxe4 b6 17. Ne1 Rae8 18. b5 $14 {/+/- Klinova,M-Belakovskaia,
A/Erevan olw 1996/EXT 96ch2/1-0 (46)}) 9... O-O 10. f4 exf4 {this is a solid
safe move when the big question now is whether a  draw will be reached in 10
moves or in 15 moves?!if black wishes to play, than his move must be 10...f5
with unclear position} (10... f5 $5) (10... Nbc6 $2 11. f5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 11.
Bxf4 Nbc6 (11... h6 $5 {this was black's last chance for some play,but black
really should mind making a draw in this position} 12. Be3 $5 (12. Nf3 Nbc6 13.
Qd2 Kh7 (13... g5 14. Bg3 f5)) 12... Nbc6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rf2 $11) 12. Qd2 f5
13. Bh6 Nd4 (13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. dxe4) 14... Nd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rae1
$11) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exf5 Nexf5 16. Nxf5+ Rxf5 17. Rxf5 Nxf5 18. Re1 Re8 19.
Nd5 Re6 20. Nf4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qe7 {now you can see what I mean when I say
that after 10...exf4 the question is how fast will a draw be made!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Sibekobank"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszegi Csuti Antal SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Baburin: One drawback to having doubled pawns is that often your opponent may
get a good place for his pieces in front of such a pawn. This applies
particularly to isolated doubled pawns. A typical example of this is a pawn
pair c2-c3, or c3-c4, which often occurs when Black plays something like ...
Bxc3. This is often a good way of imbalancing the position; White uses this
technique equally often by playing Bxc6. Our next 6 games will illustrate this
theme.} 1. e4 {Horvath,T Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O
Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 (6... Rc8 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bd2 O-O
12. Rac1 e6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Nf3 d5 $1 15. Bg5 Qa5 $13 {Rublevsky,S-Maksimenko,
A Jugoslavija 1995 64/197 [Maksimenko,A]}) 7. d4 (7. c3) (7. b3 {Horvath,T} g6
8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 O-O {Rublevsky-Neverov 1995}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 (8... Nc5 9.
f3 Qb6 10. Qb5+ Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Kd7 12. Rd1 Kc6 13. c4 a6 14. Nd4+ Kc7 15. Nc3
Be7 16. Bf4 $14 {Kortchnoi,V-Miles,A Linares 1985}) (8... Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3
Rc8 11. b3 Qb6 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. f4 Qa5 $13 {Tkachiev,
V-Serper,G Jakarta 1994 61/(204)}) 9. c4 g6 10. Nf3 (10. Nc3 Bg7 11. b3 O-O 12.
Bb2 Qa5 13. Rad1 Rfc8 14. a3 Rab8 15. Kh1 $13 {Kazhgaleyev,M-Neverov,V Kstovo
op 1994}) 10... Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 (12. Be3 {Horvath,T}) 12... Bg7 13. Nc3
{[#]} (13. Rd1 $142 {Horvath,T}) {Baburin: Perhaps White should have been
careful with his last move as now Black seriously upsets his pawn formation by
playing the thematic} 13... Bxc3 $5 (13... Nb6 $5 {Harzvi}) 14. bxc3 {Baburin:
As a result of his action Black has got an excellent square for his knight on
c5, the white pawns on the c-file are good targets for his pieces, while White
can hardly take any advantage of Black's somewhat loose kingside.} O-O 15. Rfd1
Rfc8 16. Qd3 $6 {White's position is unpleasent. He has several weaknesses,
while he has no compensation in return. White decides to try and do something
on the king's side but his pieces just get stuck there, Rd2-Rad1 was a
possible try} (16. Rab1 Nc5) 16... Nc5 17. Qe3 (17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19.
Rd7 Nc5) (17. Qd4 $142 {Horvath,T} e5 18. Qd5) 17... e5 $1 {creating a very
important place for the knight on e6,plus taking the control over the
important d4,f4 squares} 18. Bh4 $2 {a wrong plan by white,all his pieces will
get stuck in the king's side with no threat at all} Ne6 19. Qh6 (19. Rab1 $1 {
Horvath,T}) 19... f6 (19... Qxc4 $6 {Horvath,T} 20. Rxd6 Qxc3 21. Rad1 $44) 20.
h3 (20. g4 $2 Nhf4 21. Bxf6 Rf8) 20... Rf8 21. Rd2 (21. Qe3 g5 22. Bg3 Rfd8)
21... Nhf4 22. Rad1 $2 (22. Bg3 $8) (22. Nh2 {Horvath,T} Qxc4 23. Ng4 Qxe4 24.
f3 Qf5 25. Ne3 (25. Rxd6 Qc2) 25... Qh5 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 $17) 22... Nd8 $1 {
Xh6,white probably missed this move,now the queen is trapped and white has to
give material to save her} 23. Rxd6 (23. Bg3 Nf7 24. Qh4 g5 25. Qg4 Nh6) 23...
Nf7 24. Rd7 Qc6 (24... Qxd7 $4 25. Qxf8+) (24... Rad8 $2 {Horvath,T} 25. Qxf8+)
(24... Rfd8 {Horvath,T} 25. Bxf6 (25. Qxf4 exf4 26. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 g5 $19)
25... Nxh6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Qxd7 29. Nxe5+ Kxf6 30. Nxd7+
Ke7 $17) 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Kh2 Raf8 (26... Qxe4 27. Bxf6 {Horvath,T} Nh5 $1 $17
) 27. Nd2 (27. Bg3 {Horvath,T}) 27... Rd7 28. f3 Rfd8 (28... Qa4 $1 {Horvath,T}
) 29. Be1 Qa4 30. Rb1 Rxd2 31. Rxb7 (31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Qd1#)
31... R2d7 (31... Rxg2+ {Horvath,T} 32. Kh1 Rh2+ (32... Qd7 $1 33. Rxd7 Rxd7
$19) 33. Kg1 $13) 32. Rb2 Qxc4 33. Bh4 Qf7 34. Rb6 Rd6 (34... Qxa2 $1 {Horvath,
T}) 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Rb7 R6d7 0-1

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 (9... Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 (13.
f4 Qc5 14. Na4 (14. Rad1 $4 e5 15. Na4 Qa7) 14... Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. f5 Bf6
17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 $14 {Tal,M-Miles,A Riga izt 1979}) 13... Qc5 (13... d5
$6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf5 dxe4 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rxd5 Rad8 (18...
Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rd7 {[%cal Gf5h6]}) 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Nh6+ Kf8 21. Rf5 $1
f6 22. Bxf6 {1-0 Ulibin,M-Knoppert,E Leeuwarden op 1993}) 14. Rd3 {the rook is
taking a big part in the attack by putting pressure on the g7 square from g3}
Ne5 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rh3 Ng6 17. f4 e5 18. Nf5 Nxf4 (18... exf4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Qh5 Kf8 $8 21. Qxh7 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Ne7 22. Nxd6) 19. Rxf4 exf4 20. Bc3 $1 (
20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Qg5) 20... Qd8 21. Nxg7 $1 $40 {/+- 1-0
Akopian,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Ubeda 1997 (38) CBM 58 [Har-Zvi,R]}) 10. d4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Rc8 (11... Re8 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Kh1 g6 15. f4 Rc5 16. Nf3
$14 {Ulibin,M-Neverov,V Voskresensk 1990}) (11... Qa5 12. Nc3 Rfc8 13. Rad1
Rab8 14. Kh1 Bd8 15. f4 Qh5 16. Nf3 Bc7 $13 {Grosar,A-Tukmakov,V Portoroz 1996}
) (11... Qb6 12. Kh1 (12. Nc2 Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Rac1 Qh5 16.
Qxh5 Nxh5 17. g3 $14 {Adams,M-Tiviakov,S New-York (m/2) 61/(204) 1994}) (12.
Rd1) 12... Qc5 (12... Rfe8 13. f4 g6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. e5 dxe5 17.
fxe5 Ng4 18. Ne4 Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $44 {[%cal Ga1h8]
Ulibin,M-Sherbakov,R Cheliabinsk-A 1991}) 13. f4 (13. Rd1) 13... Rfe8 14. Nf3
b5 15. e5 $5 (15. Nbd2 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 $13) 15... Ng4 16. Nd4
dxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg4 Bf6 19. fxe5 (19. Nc3) 19... Bxe5 20. Nc3 $13 {
0-1 Ricardi,P-Wolff,P/Najdorf Buenos Aires (1) 1997 (41) CBM 60 [Har-Zvi,R]})
12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rac1 Bf8 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 Qb8 16. N4b3 e5 17. Rfd1 b6
18. Nf1 a5 $13 {Chiburdanidze,M-Kotronias,V Geneve 1990}) 12... Qa5 (12... Qb6
13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Nc2 Rfe8 16. f4 Qa5 17. a3 Qh5 18. Rf3 Rcd8 $13 {
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Chernin,A Tilburg 1994}) 13. Rad1 Qh5 (13... Rfe8) 14. f3 (
14. Qxh5 Nxh5 {is similar to the game Adams,M-Tiviakov,S New-York 1994 which
is mentioned above,white is maybe very slightly better,but black can and
should be draw this position}) 14... Rfe8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Qe1 {white wants to
play on the King's side of course,but not changing that's why he needed f3 and
Qe1 to be able to play now f4,this is not really waste of time since black
lost one tempi by playing Qh5,when the Queen on h5 is not very good} Qa5 (16...
d5 $6 17. g4 $1 Qe5 (17... Qg5 18. Bc1 Qe5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. g5
Bb4 22. Nde2 $16) 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Ree8 21. g5 $16) 17. f4 e5
18. fxe5 Qxe5 $2 {after this move black first must morwe his queen from the
a1-h8 diagonal as quick as possible,socondly he has a very weak d6 pawn [ and
indeed in the end he will lose this pawn ],and in this game he was not able to
create counter-play,after 18...dxe5 and b5 he has some play with an unclear
position} (18... Nxe5 $6 19. Nd5 Qxe1 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rfxe1 $16) (18... dxe5
$142 $5 19. Nf5 b5 $13 20. Qg3 g6) 19. Qf2 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Qh5 {we are now on
move 19,when black has already played 5 moves with his queen 4 of them along
the fifth rank,I do not think this is a good sign} 20. Nf5 {[%csl Rd6]} Nc5 (
20... Nxe4 $4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Ng3 $18) (20... Rc6 21. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 22. Qf4
Nec5 (22... f6 23. Rde1 g5 24. Qf3 g4 25. Qf4) 23. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 24. Qg3 Ne6 25.
Rde1 $18 {and the game is over}) 21. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 (21... Kh8 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23.
Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rd7 $16) (21... Rcd8 22. Nd5 $1 Ncxe4
23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Nc7 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 22. gxf3 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg1g8,
Ga1h8] now we can in the clearest way the damages of black's 18 move Qxe5} Re6
(22... Rcd8 23. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 24. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 (24... gxh6 25. Rg1+) 25. Rxd5 (25.
Nxf7+ $4 Kg8 26. Nxd8 Ne3) 25... Rd7 26. Rfd1 Ne6 27. Nf5 $16) 23. Nd5 $1 Nh5 (
23... Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rg6 25. Bc1 {threatening Nh4 and after Rf6 Bg5 winning an
exchange} Rf6 $8 (25... h6 26. Nh4 Rf6 27. Bb2 Rf4 28. Ng2) 26. Nh4 $1 {
[%cal Gc1g5]} Re8 (26... Be7 27. Rg1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gc1g5]} (27. Bg5 $6
Nxe4 28. Bxf6 (28. fxe4 $4 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxg5) 28... Nxf6 $16)) 27. Bg5 Nxe4
28. fxe4 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxe4 30. Nf3 $16 {/+-}) 24. Rg1 {white threat is Rg5
and Rxh5,and despite the fact that black has the move now he can not prevent
this} g6 (24... h6 25. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 26. Rxg7+ Bxg7 27. Nde7+ $18) 25. Rg5 h6 (
25... f6 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Nf4 $16 (27. Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Nxh5 $16 (28. Nxh7 $16)))
26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 (27... Kh8 28. Nxh5+ Kh7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rg1 Rxf6
31. Bxf6+ Kh7 32. Rd1 $18) 28. Bxf6 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rh5,Rh6][%cal Gd1g1,Gg1g8]}
b5 (28... Rc6 29. Rg1+ (29. Ne7+ Bxe7 30. Bxe7) 29... Kh7 30. Bg7 Rc8 31. Bxf8
Rxf8 32. Rd1 $18) 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nxd6 Ra8 (30... Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Ne6 32. Rd2)
31. b4 Ne6 (31... Nd7 32. Bc3 Rxa2 33. Nxb5) 32. Nxb5 Rxa2 33. Nc3 Rf2 34. b5
Bc5 (34... Rxf3 35. b6 Nc5 36. Bd4 Kh7 (36... Nb7 37. Rg1+ Kh7 38. Nd5 $18) 37.
Kg2 Rf4 38. h3 $1 {[%cal Gd4e5]}) 35. Nd5 Rxf3 36. Rb1 Nf4 37. Nxf4 Rxf4 38.
Bd8 Rxe4 39. b6 Rb4 40. Rxb4 Bxb4 41. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Gb6b7,Gh4g3]} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O e6 6. Qe2 (6. b3 {this was
the only game I found with a similar idea to the game -Ne7 since in all other
gaems black is playing Ngf6 automatically} Be7 7. Bb2 Bf6 8. c3 Ne7 9. d4 O-O
10. Re1 Nc6 11. Na3 Qb8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nc4 $13 {1-0 Grosar,A-Danner,G/EU-chTM
1997/EXP 57/[Hecht] (58)}) 6... Ne7 $5 {an new move according to my data,I
have never seen this idea before} 7. c3 Ng6 8. d4 Be7 9. g3 $5 {[%csl Gf4,Gh4]
[%cal Gh2h4] controling the important "f4" sqaure and prepering h4} O-O 10. h4
{[%cal Gh4h5]} cxd4 $1 {the best way to prevent "h5' by white is not a direct
such as "h5" but a stronger move} (10... h5 11. Ng5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 11. cxd4 Qa5
{[%cal Ga5h5]} 12. Nfd2 (12. Nc3 $5) 12... Rfc8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nc3 $14 {
/= I prefer white here,he has I believe slight but quite abvious advantage,
mainly a space advantage ,but black has no weakness and it does not seem so
terrible for him} Ngf8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. d5 $5 Nc4 (16... exd5 $6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6
18. Nxd5 $16) 17. dxe6 Nxe6 {at first sight I thought white should be clearly
better for white because of his control over the "d5" square ,but white has
one problem his "b3" knight and the "b2" pawn which is under attack} (17...
fxe6 $5) 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bd4 $6 (19. Rac1 $5 Nxe3 (19... b5 20. Nd4 $14 {/+/-})
20. Qxe3 $14) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6 $1 {a very strong move,the knight on
"d5" should be exchanged,this is the way to do it} 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Nf5 Bf6
23. Rad1 Rc6 {black has only one weakness the "d6" pawn ,it's cleat white is
better but,black has to play one or two good moves in order to make a draw} 24.
Rd2 Re8 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 25. Rfd1 Re6 26. Qd3 {[%cal Gf5e3,Ge3d5]} g6 27. Nh6+ (
27. Ne3 $5 Qa6 $5 $11 (27... Qb4 28. Nd5 Qc4 29. Qe3 $14)) 27... Kg7 28. Ng4 h5
29. Nxf6 Rxf6 $11 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Re6 32. f3 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Re5
35. b4 a5 36. a4 axb4 37. Rxb4 b6 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Horvath,T Petursson Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 e6 (2... d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7
4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 {- game}) 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2
Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 (5... Nbd7 6. e5 (6. Qe2 a6 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10.
Bc2 Re8 11. d4 Qc7 12. dxe5 $1 dxe5 (12... Nxe5) 13. c4 Bf8 14. Nc3 $14 {
/+/- Neverdnichy,V-Rogozenko,D/Chisinau op/1993/}) 6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. O-O
(8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6
$11 {De la Villa Garcia,J-Magam Badals,J/Leon/1992/}) 8... O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10.
Qf3 a6 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. d3 Rad8 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. a4 Nd5 15. Ne4 f6 16. Qg3 b5
$13 {Chandler,M-Zapata,A Palma GMA 1989}) 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Qe2 Be7 ({Mir
gefällt} 7... g6 {Horvath,T} 8. c4 Bg7 {besser.}) 8. O-O {so now we have
reached a typical position from a quite well played opening 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5 Bd7 4.BxB NxB 5.00 Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 and so on.....} O-O (8...
Qc7 {Horvath,T} 9. c4 Ne5 $5) 9. c4 Qc7 (9... a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 (
11... Qa5 12. Nc3 Rfc8 13. Rad1 Rab8 14. Kh1 Bd8 15. f4 Qh5 16. Nf3 Bc7 $13 {
Grosar,A-Tukmakov,V/Portoroz 1996/}) 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Kh1 g6 15. f4
Rc5 16. Nf3 $14 {Ulibin,M-Neverov,V/Voskresensk/1990/}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6
12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 (13. f4 Qc5 14. Na4 (14. Rad1 $4 e5 15. Na4 Qa7) 14...
Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 $14 {Tal,M-Miles,A/Riga
izt/1979/}) (13. Kh1 {Ftacnik} d5 (13... Qc5 14. Rad1 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Nf3
Rac8 17. Rd2 Nhf6 18. Re1 Nc5 19. g3 Bd8 20. Ba3 Be7 21. Bb2 Red8 22. Nd4 Kf8 {
Brynell,S-Tiviakov,S/Haninge (03)/1992/1-0 (74)}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. exd5 Ba3 17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,S-Ligterink,G/
Amsterdam OHRA-B (07)/1987}) (13. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} Ne5 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6
16. f4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxa2 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxd6 Rb8
22. Re3 Rb2 23. Rdd3 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 R2xb3 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Rachels,
S/New York op/1987}) (13. Rac1 {Ftacnik} Rad8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5
Nf8 17. Qf3 N6d7 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Nce2 Bg5 22. Rcd1 h6
23. Nf4 {Bossuyt,K-Ballmann,M/Wch-stud Antwerpen (07)/1992/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 13...
Qc5 (13... d5 $6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf5 dxe4 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rxd5
Rad8 (18... Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rd7 {[%cal Gf5h6]}) 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Nh6+ Kf8
21. Rf5 $1 f6 22. Bxf6 {1-0 Ulibin,M-Knoppert,E/Leeuwarden op/1993/}) (13...
Bf8 {Ftacnik} 14. f4 e5 15. Nf5 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 g6 18. Ng3 exf4 19.
Rxf4 d5 20. Qf1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bh6 22. Rf3 dxe4 23. Ncxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxd7 Nc3 25.
Rfxf7 {1-0 Ulibin,M-Ruban,V/Santa Clara (09)/1991/}) (13... Rad8 14. f4 Bf8 15.
Kh1 e5 16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 exf4 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qc6 20. Rxf4 Bg7 21. Rdf1
f6 22. h3 b5 23. Qf2 bxc4 24. Rxf6 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rf7 Rde8 27. Rc7 {
1-0 Liiva,R-Kempinski,R/EUchJ Vejen 1993/EXT 93ch}) 14. Rd3 {the rook is
taking a big part in the attack by putting pressure on the g7 square from g3}
Ne5 (14... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ndxb5 Reb8 17. Rd4 $16) 15. Na4
Qa5 16. Rh3 Ng6 (16... Nc6 $5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5) 17.
f4 e5 (17... Nxf4 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Rxf4 e5 19. Rf5 g6 20. Rg3 $18) 18. Nf5 (18.
fxe5 {Petursson} Nxe5 $5 (18... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Rxf4 exf4) 19.
Nf5 b5 20. Rg3 bxa4 21. Nxg7 (21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rxf6 Qc5+ $13) 21... Kh8 22.
Nxe8 Rxe8 $13) 18... Nxf4 (18... exf4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5 Kf8 $8 (20... h6 {
Petursson} 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Qxa5 $18) 21. Qxh7 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Ne7 22. Nxd6)
19. Rxf4 {Baburin: [#]This is an example of the Exchange sacrifice in attack:
White has accumulated a decisive advantage in force around the black monarch
and conducts his attack energetically:} exf4 20. Bc3 $1 {it is important to
move the queen from the fifth rank} (20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Qg5)
(20. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 21. Qh5 $4 Qe1#) 20... Qd8 21. Nxg7 $1 (21. Bxf6 {
Ftacnik} Bxf6 22. Qh5 h6 $19) 21... Kxg7 (21... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 22. Nh5 b5 23.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qh5 h6 25. Qxh6 $18) 22. Qg4+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 $2 {[%tqu "En",
"try to find mate,there is one!","","","h3h7","with mate in a few moves",2]}
23. Rxh7 $3 {with mate in a few moves} (23. Rxh7 $1 {Petursson} Nxg4 24. Rh8#))
23. Qf5 Kg8 (23... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Bg7# (26. Qxg8+
Kxg8 27. Rh8#)) 24. Rh6 {there was another very strong idea for white the most
simple move take a pawn 24.Qxf4 as we will see is probably winning for white} (
24. Qxf4 $1 {simply freeing the g3 square for the rook black is hopeless it is
very strange that Akopian had missed this move} d5 $8 25. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gh3g3]}
Qb8 26. Rg3+ Qxg3 27. hxg3 $18) (24. Qg5+ $11) (24. Bd4 {Horvath,T} Rc8 $1 25.
Nb6 Rc5 $8 26. Bxc5 (26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Qa5 $13) 26... dxc5 27. Nd5 Qa5 $1)
24... Kf8 $8 (24... d5 {Baburin} 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 (25... dxc4 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27.
Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg6+ $18) 26. Bxf6 $18 (26. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Re7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28.
Qg7+ Ke8 29. Nc5 dxe4 30. Qg8#)) (24... Z0 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Re5 27. Qg4+
$18) 25. Qg5 (25. Rxf6 $2 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Re5 $8 27. Qxf4 Qa5 $13 (27... Qc7 {
Horvath,T} 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Qxh7 Rc8 $13) (27... Qa5 $1 {Ftacnik} 28. Qg3 Rxe4
29. Nc3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 $19)) (25. Bxf6 $5 {Baburin} Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Kg8 27. Rh6
) 25... d5 $8 {The only hope} (25... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxh7 Bd8 27. Rh8+ Ke7
28. Qxf6#) 26. Rxh7 (26. Rxf6 $2 d4 $1) (26. exd5 $5 {Ftacnik} f3 27. gxf3 Rc8
28. Kg2 $18) 26... Bc5+ 27. Nxc5 Nxh7 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ $3 (29. Bb4 $5 {
Petursson This move would win the black queen by force!} a5 30. Nxb7+ axb4 31.
Nxd8 Rexd8 32. Qh4+ Kf8 33. Qxh7 $16) 29... Kf8 (29... Kd6 $2 {Ftacnik} 30.
Nxb7+ $18) (29... f6 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Nd7+ $18) 30. Qh6+ {Just
repeating moves to gain time on the clock} Ke7 31. Qh4+ Kf8 32. Qxh7 $18 Re6 (
32... Qg5 33. h4 $1 (33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Bf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Qf5+) (33.
Bg7+ Ke7 (33... Qxg7 34. Nd7+ $18) 34. e5 $18) 33... Qg6 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+
Kd8 36. Nxb7+ Kd7 37. Nc5+) (32... Qb6 33. Bf6 $3 (33. Qg7+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ Kd6
35. Qxf4+ Ke7 36. Bf6+ Qxf6 37. Qc7+ Kf8 38. Nd7+ $18) 33... Qxf6 (33... Qxc5+
34. Kf1 {with mate}) 34. Nd7+ Ke7 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Qf5+) (32... d4 {Horvath,T}
33. Bb4 $1 $18 (33. Bb4 {Ftacnik} Ke7 34. Nxb7+ $18)) (32... dxe4 {Horvath,T}
33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Bf6+ $18) (32... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 33. Qg7+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ f6 35.
Qg7+ Kd8 36. Nxb7+ $18) 33. Nxe6+ fxe6 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Bf6 Qd6 (35... Qb6+ 36.
Kf1 $18 (36. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Qb4 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qxa8 $18)) (35... Qd7 {Ftacnik}
36. Qg8#) 36. Qg8+ Kd7 (36... Qf8 {Ftacnik} 37. Qxe6+) 37. Qxa8 Qb6+ 38. Kf1
dxe4 39. Qf8 (39. Qf8 {Ftacnik} Qe3 40. Qe7+ Kc6 41. Qxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 (7. d4
Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 (9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Nd6 11. Rxe5 g6 12. Re1 (12. Bg5
Nf5 13. c4 Bg7 14. Re2 h6 15. Bf4 Nd4 16. Re1 O-O 17. Be5 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Golod,V-Har-Zvi,R Tel-Aviv ASA 1995}) 12... Bg7 13. Na3 O-O 14. Bf4 b5 15. Qf3
Rfe8 {with a good position for black Pedzich,D-Shirov,A Wchj-U20 Santiago 1990}
) 9... Nxf3+ (9... Nf6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Rxe5 {[%csl Re7]}) 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4
e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 h6 (14... O-O-O $5) (14... O-O 15. Qh3 $14
) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bh4 O-O 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rad1 Qe6 20.
Rd5 b5 21. Red1 $44 {Ulibin,M-Garcia Ilundain,D Las Palmas 1993}) 15... O-O 16.
Qh3 Bxf6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 {Grunfeld,Y-Alterman,B Israel 1996 66/(166)}
Rae8 $1 19. Rae1 Kf7 (19... Rxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rf4 22. Rxd6 Rxc4 23.
Rd8+ Kh7 24. f4 $1 {Alterman,B}) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Ne4 Kd7 23. b3
Kc6 $15 {Alterman,B}) 7... e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12.
Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd2 (14. Nd3 fxe5 15. Bxg5 $6 (15. dxe5) 15... Bxg5 16.
f4 (16. dxe5 O-O 17. f4 Bd8) 16... Bxf4 $1 17. dxe5 Nd4 $3 (17... Bh6 18. Qh5+
Kd8 19. Nc3 $44) 18. Qd1 (18. Qf2 O-O 19. Nxf4 (19. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxf1
21. b3 Qf7 $19) 19... Rxf4 $19 {Micic,S-Jovanovic,S Jugoslavija 1994 61/203})
18... Be3+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Nc3 O-O $19 {Fusthy,Z-Shirov,A Budapest 1989}) 14...
O-O 15. Nd3 Nf7 (15... fxe5 $5) 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 $14 {this is quite a
pleasure to play this position with the white pieces since he has big space
advantage,better pieces and some quite obvious and too complicated plans,one
is to play on the King's side with h3-g4 one day,and the second is to play on
the Queen's side,it means white is better on both flanks,which means quite a
lot} b6 18. h3 $1 {just a usefull move,making a kood square for the king on h2,
and prepering g4 one day} Nh6 19. Kh2 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Qa6 $1 Rac8 (21...
Qc8 22. Qa4 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c6]}) 22. Rac1 Be7 23. Rg1 Rfe8 24. Bd2 Red8 25.
Rgf1 (25. g4) 25... Kh8 26. a4 Re8 27. Rfd1 Rf8 28. Re1 Rfe8 (28... Nf7) 29.
Red1 Rf8 $6 {black thought or maybe felt white has nothing to play for or
maybe a draw is close or something like this,since when white decides to do
something right now it seems black defence is not organized so well,the knight
on h6 would have been much better on f7,so his the king on h8 which could stay
with out any problems on g8...} (29... Nf7) 30. Qb5 Qxb5 (30... Qb7 31. a5) 31.
axb5 {[%csl Ra7,Re6][%cal Ga1a7]} Nf7 32. Ra1 (32. Rc6) 32... Rc7 33. Rdc1 $1
$16 {[%cal Gc1c8] now black has been cought by white,since black can not play
Rfc8 because of Rxa7 he must give up now the "c" file,and this means very bad
news for him} Rd7 (33... Rfc8 34. Rxa7 $1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxe7) 34. Rc6
Nd8 35. Rc8 {[%cal Gc8a8,Ga1a7]} Nf7 {if not white simply played Ra8 and takes
on a7} 36. Rac1 h6 $6 (36... Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Nd8 {this is the only way to try
and hold the position with the black pieces} (37... Rd8 38. Rc7) (37... Bd8 38.
Rc6 Re7 39. Bb4 Re8 40. Rc8 $18) 38. Ne1 (38. Ng5 Bxg5 39. fxg5 g6 40. Bb4)
38... Kg8 39. Nd3 Kf7 40. Bb4 {and after the exchange of the black bishops
white will be able to place his knight on b4,with a difficult position for
black,now we see the price he had to pay for the fact that his king ans knight
were out of the game}) 37. R1c7 $18 Rxc8 38. Rxd7 Re8 39. Rxa7 Kg8 40. g4 g6
41. Rb7 Bd8 42. Bb4 Kg7 43. Kg3 Rh8 44. Be7 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6.
Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 (8... O-O 9. Rd1 (9. e5 Nd5 (9... Ne8) 10. c4 Nb4 (
10... N5b6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Be3 Nca4
16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Bd4 $14 {Borge,N-de Firmian,N Farum 1993}) 11. exd6 Bxd6 12.
Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. d5 Rfe8 15. a3 Na6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18.
Nc3 Nc7 $11 {Wahls,M-Browne,W/Dortmund-A/1990/}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nc3
Qc7 (11... Rc8 12. Rd3 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Be7 16. d5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Nd4 Rfc8 $11 {Chekhov,V-Panchenko,
An RUS-chT Podolsk 1992}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Qd8 15. Rc2 d5 16.
e5 Ne8 $11 {Torre,E-Polugaevsky,L Biel 1989}) 9. cxd4 d5 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6
(10... Rc8 $6 11. e5 Ne8 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. e6 Ne5 $8 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qxe5
Bd6 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qd4 $14 {Wahls,M-Mainka,R/Dortmund-B/1989/}) 11. b3 Rc8
12. Bb2 a6 13. Ne1 d5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nb8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qe3 Qd7 $11 {
Nijboer,F-Polugaevsky,L/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Be3 f6
13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 (14. Qd2 {Horvath,T} fxe5 $1 15. Bxg5 $2 (15. dxe5 Bc5 $15)
15... Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qxb2 $17 {Etmans-Van der Wiel/Amsterdam/1996}) 14... O-O (
14... Nf7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rfe1 (16. f4 $5) (16. a4 $5) 16... fxe5 (16... Rac8)
17. dxe5 Qa6 18. Nf4 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Nd8 20. Nb5 $14 {/+/- Chekhov,V-Ftacnik,L/
Deutschland 1992 56/205 [Chekhov,V]}) 15. Nc3 Qa6 (15... Rac8 16. Bf2 Qa6 17.
Rfe1 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxf3 20. Nxd5 Bf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qe2 Qxe2
23. Rxe2 Rf4 {the fight on the e4 square} 24. Rae1 Rg4 $1 (24... f5 25. Be3)
25. Kf1 f5 $13 {/+/= Lechtynsky,J-Doncev,D Bratislava 1983}) 16. Rae1 Rae8 17.
Bf2 (17. f4 {Horvath,T} Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nf2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 f5 21. d5 $5 (
21. Rc2 Nb6 $1) 21... exd5 22. Rd1 (22. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 22... Nc5 23. Rxd5 Rc8
$13) (17. Bxg5 {Horvath,T} fxg5 18. f4 Nb8 $1) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. dxe5 (19. Qxa6 $2 Nexf3+) (19. Qxe5 Rxf3) 19... Qxe2 20. Rxe2 a6 $13
21. Rc2 Nf7 22. f4 Nd8) 18... Nf7 19. f4 Nh6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc2 Rc6 22. Rfc1
Qa5 (22... Nf5 $5) 23. a3 a6 24. Na2 Qb5 25. Nab4 Rc4 26. g3 a5 27. Na2 Qb3 28.
Nc3 Rfc8 29. Ne1 Nc5 (29... Bc5 30. Nf3 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Ng4 32. Qa7 $1 {
threatening Nd2} Qb6+ 33. Qxb6 Nxb6 34. Nd2 R4c7 35. Nb3 $13 {/+/=}) 30. Nd1 $6
{A very strange move. White has started a good correct plan transfering the
knight from d3 to f3,and insted of continuaing with his plan and playing now
Nf3 which as we will see probebly gives him a good position he decided to play
something else} (30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Nd4 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Qa2 (32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3
Rxc3 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 35. Qc2 (35. g4) 35... a4 (35... Rb5 $2 36. Qa4 Rxb2 37.
Qe8+ $18) 36. Qc7 Kf8 (36... Kf7 37. Bc5 Ng8 (37... Nf5 $2 38. g4) 38. f5 $1
$18) 37. Qd7 $18) 33. Rxc4 dxc4 (33... Rxc4 34. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra2,Re6]
just what is exactely the queen on a2?}) 34. Rc3 $1 {not 34.Nxe6? because of
34...c3 but just after 34.Rc3! black's position is bad the queen on a2 is out
of the game,the e6 pawn is very weak,black can not his "b" pawn to support the
c4 pawn which is also weak} Kf7 35. Kg2 $16) 30... b5 (30... Rxc2 31. Rxc2 (31.
Qxc2 Rc6) 31... Rc6 {and in both cases black seems OK}) 31. Ne3 Ne4 {Baburin: 
[#]Black sacrifices the Exchange on the c4-square in similar circumstances to
those in the game Maherramzade-Pigusov: he obtains pressure upon the newly
opened b-file (in that game it was the d-file) and gets better minor pieces.
This is an interesting attempt to fight for initiative, while} (31... Rxc2 32.
Qxc2 (32. Rxc2) (32. Rxc2 {Baburin would have led to equality.}) 32... Qxc2 (
32... Qa2) (32... Rb8 {Horvath,T} 33. Qxb3 Nxb3 34. Rc7 Bc5 35. Nd3 $13) 33.
Rxc2 Rd8 (33... Rc7)) 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Qf3 (33. Qe3 Qb5 34. Qb6 Qd7 35. Qxa5
g5 $44) (33. Nf3 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Ng4+ {for example,} 35. Ke1 Bc5 (35... Nxh2 36.
Nxh2 Qxg3+ 37. Qf2 (37. Kd1 {Baburin} Qxf4 $13) 37... Bh4 38. Qxg3 Bxg3+ 39.
Kf1 Bxf4 40. Re1 Bg3 41. Re3 $1 Bf4 42. Ree2 d4 43. Re4 d3 44. Rcxc4 $18) 36.
Ng5 $1) (33. Nf3 $1 {Horvath,T}) 33... a4 34. Qxb3 $2 (34. Kg2 Qb7) 34... axb3
35. Re2 c3 36. Re3 $2 (36. Rxe4 $2 dxe4 37. bxc3 b2 38. Rb1 Rxc3 39. Rxb2 e3
$19) (36. Bd4 $8 c2 (36... Nf5 37. Bxc3 Nxc3 (37... Bxa3 38. Rxe4 $1 (38. bxa3
Nxc3 39. Kg2 Rc4 $44) 38... Bc5+ 39. Kh1 dxe4 40. Bb4) 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. bxc3
Bxa3 40. Nd3) 37. Nxc2 Nf5 38. Bb6 $13 (38. Bf2 {Baburin} Nxf2 $17) 38... Rc6
39. g4) (36. bxc3 $2 Nxc3 {[%cal Gc3e2]} (36... Nxc3 {Horvath,T} 37. Kf1 Bxa3
$19)) 36... Ng4 $19 37. Rxe4 (37. Rexc3 {Horvath,T} Rxc3 38. bxc3 Bxa3 $19)
37... dxe4 38. bxc3 e3 39. Bxe3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7.
Qe2 {this is the main line for white,which we can also get in our game if
white would have played 7.c3 and not 7.b3} e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4
11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd2 (14. Nd3 fxe5 15. Bxg5 $6 (15. dxe5)
15... Bxg5 16. f4 (16. dxe5 O-O 17. f4 Bd8) 16... Bxf4 $1 17. dxe5 Nd4 $3 (
17... Bh6 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Nc3 $44) 18. Qd1 (18. Qf2 O-O 19. Nxf4 (19. Qxd4
Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxf1 21. b3 Qf7 $19) 19... Rxf4 $19 {Micic,S-Jovanovic,S
Jugoslavija 1994 61/203}) 18... Be3+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Nc3 O-O $19 {Fusthy,
Z-Shirov,A Budapest 1989}) 14... O-O 15. Nd3 Nf7 (15... fxe5 $5) 16. f4 f5 17.
Nf3 $14 {1-0 Pedzich,D-Kuczynski,R/POL-ch 1997/CBM 59/[HarZvi,R] (43)}) 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. b3 g6 (7... e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. exd5
exd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Ne2
Ne4 19. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996/CBM 52 (39)})
8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d4 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rab1 e5 11. d3 Rfe8 12. a3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Rfe1 Rad8 $15 {Fries Nielsen,J-Wahls,M/Hamburg HSK 1996/CBM
56/[HarZvi]/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 9... Qg4 $5 $146 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Nh5
11. Rd1 Nf4 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Lutz,C/Dortmund 1994/CBM 42 
(92)} O-O $11) 11. c4 a6 12. Rd1 b5 13. Na3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qb7 15. f3 bxc4 16.
Nxc4 a5 17. Rac1 Ra6 $13 {Abramovic,B-Marjanovic,S/JUG-ch 1985/MCL 02/1/2-1/2 
(44)}) 10. Re1 {there is nothing else} (10. dxc5 $4 Nh5 $19 11. h3 Nf4 12. hxg4
Nxe2+) (10. Nbd2 $6 cxd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Nxd4 $4 Nxd4 12. Qxg4 Nxg4 $19) 11...
Nxd4 (11... Nh5) 12. Nxd4 Qxe2 13. Nxe2 O-O $11 {/=/+}) (10. e5 $6 Nd5 11. Re1
cxd4 12. h3 (12. exd6 $2 d3 $1 13. cxd3 Nf4 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2]}) 12... Qd7 13.
exd6 Qxd6 $17) 10... cxd4 11. h3 Qh5 12. Nxd4 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 Nd5 {now black
takes the initiative,not winning of course but he the side playing now for the
advantage,Nd5 is better than Nh5 since now on c3 by white black has 14...Nxc3!}
14. Rd2 (14. c3 $6 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxd4 $17) (14. exd5 $5 {this seems as an
interesting to play with just leaving black with his bishop and putting the
pawns on white squares when he has nothing to attack seems OK for white} Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Be5 17. a4 $13 {[%cal Ga1a2,Gc3c4]}) 14... Nf4 15. Kf1 (
15. c3 Ne5 {[%csl Rd3]}) 15... Ne6 16. c3 O-O 17. Na3 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 $15 {
[%csl Rb2,Re4][%cal Ga7a5,Gf8b8,Ga5a4]} 18. c4 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Nc5 (19... c5 $5)
(19... Nd4 20. c5 $5 dxc5 21. Nd2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga1c1]}) 20. Nc3 a5 $15) (
17. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gf8f1]}) 17... Rac8 18. Rad1 Nexd4 19. cxd4 Nb4 {[%cal
Gc8c1]} 20. Nb5 (20. Ba1 d5 $5 {[%csl Ra3]}) 20... Nxa2 21. Ra1 (21. Nxa7 Ra8
22. Nb5 Rfc8 23. d5 (23. f3 $5) 23... Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nb4 $15 {[%cal Gc8c1,Ga8a1]
}) 21... a6 (21... Nb4 22. Rxa7) 22. Rxa2 (22. Nxd6 exd6 23. Rxa2 Rfe8 {
[%csl Ra2,Ga6,Rb3,Gb7]}) 22... axb5 23. Ra5 Rc7 24. Rxb5 Ra8 {[%cal Gc7c1,
Ga8a1] black control now now both open files the "a" and the "c"} 25. d5 {
white does not really want to play this move,since it weakeness some important
squares in the center espcially the "e5" square,bu he simply has no choice
since black wants to Ra2 threatening Bxd4 when after Ke1 he wins immediately
with Bh6 and after Re2 Bc1!-+} (25. b4 Ra6 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb7b6,Yg8f8,
Yf8e8,Ye8d8,Yd8c8,Yc8b7,Ga6a4,Yb7a6] when black idea is to play b6,when nobody
wants such rook on b5}) 25... g5 (25... Bh6 26. Re2 Ra2 27. f3) 26. Ke2 Bxb2
27. Rxb2 Kg7 {[%cal Gg7e5]} 28. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4c4] if white manages to play Rc4
blocking the "c" file he should have no problem making draw in this position}
Rac8 {not so quick,black also understand this} 29. g3 h5 $1 30. Ke3 h4 31. Kf3
(31. Rc4 $5 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxb7 hxg3 (33... Rc3+ 34. Kd2 Rf3 35. Ke2)
34. fxg3 Rc3+ 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ra7 {when I can not see how can black advance
his position}) (31. gxh4 gxh4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 31... hxg3 32. fxg3 Rc3+ (32... Kf6
33. Kg4 {[%cal Gb2f2]}) 33. Kg4 Re3 34. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 35. Kf4 Rcc3 36. Rf2 Rxb3
37. Rxb7 Rxh3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Kf5 {it seems black could have gotten more
than this position,but still this one is simply a draw} Rg3 40. Kf4 Rh3 41. Rf1
Kg6 42. Rf2 Rd3 43. Rg2+ Kf6 44. Rh2 e5+ 45. dxe6 fxe6 46. e5+ dxe5+ 47. Ke4
Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Ra4 49. Rh8 Ra1 50. Rf8+ Ke7 51. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ne5 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 dxe5 7.
Qa4+ (7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. d3 Bd6 11. b4 cxb4 12. Be3 a6 13.
O-O Ne7 14. d4 $1 Rc8 15. dxe5 axb5 16. cxb5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Rd2 Rc3 19.
Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Orlov,G-Khenkin,I/Minsk 1990/CBM 17 (32)}) 7... Qd7 8. Qxd7+ Kxd7
9. d3 e6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. a3 b6 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Rhb1 Nd4+ 15. Bxd4
exd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panchenko,A-Rashkovsky,N/Agzamov mem 1986/EXT 86 (23)}) 6...
e6 (6... Qd7 7. b3 g6 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bb2 f6 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Bh6 12. Rf3
Bg7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. d3 Nh6 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Qf2 $36 {1/2-1/2
Unzicker,W-Portisch,L/Milano 1975/MCL 02 (26)}) (6... g6 $5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. d3 e6 11. Be3 b6 {[%cal Gg8e7,Ge7c6]}) 7. Nc3 (7. d3
Ne7 8. Ne1 N5c6 9. Be3 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne5 14.
Nxe5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 dxe5 16. f4 Qd8 17. Kh1 f5 $1 $132 {0-1 Jasnikowski,
Z-Akesson,R/Rubinstein mem 1981/MCD-r8 (38)}) 7... Ne7 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 g6
9. e5 $40 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge5d6,Gf3b7]}) 8. Ne1 $1 {well I will not say white
must play this move but this is certainly a very very smart move since black
was threatening to play simply Nxf3 followed by Nc6 .now just look both
black's night are placing the same future sqyare I mean the "e5" one so we
will no exchange one pair of knighs but keep them both so black will have a
problem to place on of them} g5 {why to play this move???I do not say it;s bad
but well I think that after the simple g6 with Bg7 and after f4 playing N5c6
black is ok} (8... g6 9. f4 N5c6 {[%cal Gf8g7,Ge8g8]}) 9. d3 h6 10. Ne2 $5 {
[%cal Gf2f4] a good move the knight on "c3" is doing nothing special on the
King's side it will have more job to do} N7g6 (10... Bg7 11. f4 gxf4 12. Nxf4 {
[%cal Gf4h5]}) 11. b3 Bg7 12. Rb1 $14 {I quite like white's position he just
let black played few weakening moves when he created no weaknesess for himself
at all and just prepering now to play "d4" at the right moment.maybe black
should have played here Qc7 with a strange idea playing long castle and then
white will try to attack on Queen's side and black of course on the King's side
} (12. Bb2 $6 Nf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 {[%csl Rd4,Re5][%cal Gh8a1] and
black is just fine}) 12... Nc6 $6 (12... Qc7 {this seems as better than Nc6
played in the game} 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 $132 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 13. Nc2 {
[%cal Gd3d4] again playing for d4} d5 $2 {well black is just playing wrong
move one after another,probably all his idea was wrong since breaking in the
center this way giving now the "f5" square can not be a good idea without even
chescking one variation} 14. exd5 exd5 15. Ne3 {[%csl Rf5]} Nge7 16. Ng3 $14 {
[%cal Ge3f5,Gg3h5] /+/-} Bd4 (16... O-O {this was of course better than Bd4
well u can not play the all game with your king on "e8" this way} 17. Nef5 {
when white is of course better}) 17. Nef5 Qd7 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Ba3 Qc7 $2 {
another mistake after which black's position becomes very critical if not
losing already correct was of course b6,but still there is no question who is
better} (19... b6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Nec6 (21... O-O-O 22. c5 {[%csl Rc8]})
22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Bc3 $40) 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 b6 22. b4 $18 {this seems just
very very bad for black} Qc6 (22... Ne6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Ne4) 23. bxc5 Nf4 24.
Re1+ Nde6 (24... Kd7 25. Re4 {[%cal Gc5b6]}) 25. Ne4 b5 26. Qf3 {white has a
pawn up and very strong attack the game is already decided,all he has to do is
not make a serious mistake which he did not make} Ke7 27. Bb2 Rhc8 28. g3 g4
29. Qxg4 Rg8 30. Qh4+ Kd7 31. Kf1 f5 (31... Nxd3 32. Red1) 32. Nf6+ Kc8 33.
gxf4 Qg2+ 34. Ke2 Rg4 35. Nxg4 fxg4 36. Kd2 {[%mdl 24580]} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 (5... e5 6.
Nc3 g6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 Be7
12. Qb3 O-O 13. f4 $14 {/= Karpov,A-Ribli,Z EU-chT bath 1973}) 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Rb1 Nc6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. b4 f5 14. bxc5
dxc5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qb3 b6 17. f4 $13 {Shaked,T-Kaidanov,G USA-ch 1996}) 6.
Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qg4 9. O-O Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Rc8
12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Rad1 (13. Rc1 g6 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxg5 Ne6 17. Be3
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rg8 19. Bxa7 Bg7 20. b3 e6 $13 {Krays,A-Har-Zvi,R Tel-Aviv 1996})
13... g6 14. Nd5 h6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. R4d2 Rxc4 17. b3 Rxe4 18. f3 Rxe3 19. Nxe3
Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Arkhipov,S-Shipov,S Moscow 1994}) 7... e6 {the other main move is
7...g6} (7... Nd4 8. b4 (8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nxe4 10. Re1 (10. Qa4 $5) 10...
Nc5 11. Nxd4 Nd3 12. Re3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 g6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Rce1 Be5 $1 $11 {
Rublevsky,S-Sakaev,K Jugoslavija 1995 64/196}) 8... Qg4 9. Kh1 Nxf3 10. gxf3
Qh3 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J Dos Hermanas 1996 66/(166)} 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Rb1 e6
13. e5 $16 {Azmaiparashevili}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 a6 (
11... Rac8 12. f4 (12. Rad1 b6 13. f4 a6 14. b3 Qb7 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6
17. Bd4 $14 {Nerednichy,V-Marin,M Bucharest 1994}) 12... a6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. b3
Qa5 15. Qe1 Kh8 16. Kh1 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Ionov,S RUS-ch Elista 1995}) (11...
Rfd8 {Horvath,T => Hachian-Petrosian/CBM/50}) 12. Rad1 Rfc8 13. b3 Qc7 {
the correct idea the queen has nothing to do on d7 the best place for the
queen is on a5 the's black's next move} 14. f4 Qa5 15. Nxc6 (15. Qd2) 15...
Rxc6 16. Bd4 Nd7 (16... e5 $2 {Horvath,T} 17. Nd5 $1 $18) 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Nd5
Qd8 (18... exd5 19. exd5 Rc7 (19... Rcc8 20. Re3 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Kh8
22. Qxd7 Qc7) 20... Qd8 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Qh5 $8 Kg8 (22... h6 23. g4 $1 $40 (23.
Re6 $1 {Horvath,T} Nf6 $8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. R6e3 Qb6
27. Kf1 $18) 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qf5 $18) (23. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg7 24.
Rg3+ Bg5) 23... f6 24. g5 fxg5 25. Qg6 $1) (22... f6 23. Qxh7 Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kg8
25. c5 $1 Nxc5 (25... dxc5 26. d6) 26. Bxf6 $1) 23. Qe2 $11) 20. Rg3 $1 f6 (
20... g6 21. Re3 Nf8 (21... Kf8 22. Qb2 $3 {this move leads sure for an
advantage for white,I think also after f5 white has very strong initiative and
for sure I would take white but after f5 there are big complications here
things are more simple!} Rcc8 {making room for the queen but white has another
idea} (22... Kg8 23. b4 Qa4 24. Ra3 Qxa3 25. Qxa3 Rxc4 26. Qe3 $16) 23. Bb6 $3
{[%cal Gb2h8]} Bf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxa5 $16) 22. f5 $1 $40
gxf5 23. Rxf5 Ng6 (23... f6 24. Rg3+ Ng6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 (25... Kg7 26. Bxf6+ Bxf6
27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rxg6+) 26. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Rxf6 {with mate in a few moves})
24. Rxf7 $3 Bf8 (24... Kxf7 25. Rf3+) 25. b4 $1 $18) 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qh3 Qd2 (
22... Kg8 23. Qe6+ {leads to the same result}) 23. Qxh7 (23. Rd3 $142 Qc2 24.
Qxh7 $40 {with here atleast a draw for white}) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 f5 {black
has nothing to do despite his 2 pieces advantage but playing this with a draw}
25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 27. Qxe8+ Nf8 $13 {/+/=}) 27. Qh8+ $11)
19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rfd1 (20. Bc3) (20. Bb2) (20. e5 $5 {Horvath,T} dxe5 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 $14) 20... e5 $15 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. R3d2 (22. Bxe5 Qxe5 (
22... dxe5 $6 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 23. Rd5 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxd6) 22... h6 23.
Bb2 Qh4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Qg6 26. Ba3 $6 {from some unknowen reason white
tries to win an equal position,but not any more,still I believe after BxN the
game should end with a draw although white has weakened his king a lot,but now
white will not have the cahnec to get this exchange anymore} Re6 27. Rd4 Nd7 $1
28. Qd3 Nf6 (28... Nc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 (31. Re1 {Horvath,T}
Rcd6 $15) 31... Rxe4 32. Rxf7 $8 (32. Rxb7 $2 Rce6 $36 {[%csl Rb7]}) 32... Rce6
33. Rf2 $11) 29. Bxd6 Nxe4 30. Bf4 Qh5 31. Qf3 Qg6 32. Qd3 f5 $1 33. Re1 Nf6
34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rd6 Nh5 36. Rxe6 $4 {??? what?} (36. Rd8+ $8 Kh7 37. Bd2 (37.
Bb8 {Horvath,T} Nf6 $15) 37... Nf6) 36... Nxf4+ 37. Kf1 Nxe6 {probably white
missed this move,but this is a lot to miss!} (37... Nxd3 $2 38. Rxg6 {This was
the line White wanted to be played.}) 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Ng4 12. d4 Re8 13. h3 Nh6 14.
Rd1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nf8 17. Qb5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5] David,A-Efimov,I
Casablanca 1994}) (9... e5 10. Nc3 Ne8 (10... Nb8 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nd2 Nd4 13.
Qd1 a6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 b5 16. Rf1 Rb8 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Qd2 $14 {Rublevsky,
S-Rashkhovsky,N Elista RUS-ch 1994}) (10... g6 11. a3 Nh5 12. g3 Ng7 13. b4 b6
14. Nd5 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Bc3 $14 {Kamsky,G-Alterman,B
Tilburg 1993}) 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. g3 Ne6 15. Qd3 $14 {
Yudasin,L-Shirov,A Ljubljana 1995}) (9... Re8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Rae1
Bf8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. g4 $1 g6 17. Qg2 $40 {Smyslov,
V-Ioseliani,N Monaco 1994 61/204 [ Smyslov,V]}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 {
I believe this is black's best move,stopping white from playing Nc3 on the
next move} (11... Re8 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Kh1 g6 15. f4 Rc5 16. Nf3
Qb8 17. e5 dxe5 18. b4 Rc7 19. fxe5 $40 {Ulibin,M-Neverov,V Voskresnsk 1990}) (
11... Rc8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Rad1 Qh5 14. f3 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Qe1 Qa5 17. f4
e5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf2 $36 {Adams,M-Kengis,E Shalernes Skakklub 1997}) 12.
Kh1 (12. Nc2 Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Rac1 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. g3
$14 {Adams,M-Tiviakov,S New-York (m/2) 61/(204) 1994}) (12. Rd1) 12... Qc5 $146
(12... Rfe8 13. f4 g6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Ne4
Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $44 {[%cal Ga1h8] Ulibin,
M-Sherbakov,R Cheliabinsk-A 1991}) 13. f4 (13. Rd1) 13... Rfe8 14. Nf3 b5 15.
e5 $5 (15. Nbd2 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 $13) 15... Ng4 16. Nd4 (16. Nbd2
Qe3 17. Qxe3 Nxe3 18. Rfc1 Rec8 {with a fine position for black}) (16. h3 $6 {
[%csl Rg3]} Ne3 17. Re1 (17. Bd4 $4 Nxf1 18. Bxc5 Ng3+) 17... Nf5 $36) 16...
dxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg4 Bf6 19. fxe5 (19. Nc3 $5 Qc6 $13 (19... bxc4 20.
Ne4 $36)) 19... Bxe5 20. Nc3 bxc4 21. Rad1 (21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. bxc4
Rf8 $11) 21... Qc7 (21... Nf6 $4 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 $18) 22. bxc4 Rac8 23.
h3 Nf6 (23... Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxd7 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Ra7 e5 28.
Rff7 Rg3 29. Kh2 Rg5 (29... Rg6 30. Rfe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 $11) 30. Rfe7 Rxe7 (
30... Rc8 31. Rxa6 h6 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 32. h4) 31. Rxe7 $11 {[%cal Ge7e6,Ge6a6]
with a quick draw}) 24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28.
Rxf6 Re7 {I was very surprised to see that black won this game,since both
players are strong GM,and you do not expect any one of them to lose this
position,what I may think is that there was time trouble at this stage,atleast
for white} 29. Rd8+ (29. Rd6 Ra4 (29... e5 30. Rxa6 e4 31. Rfe6) 30. Rfxe6 Rxe6
31. Rxe6 Rxa2 {when here both players should make draw}) 29... Kg7 30. Rf3 e5
31. Rg3+ Kf6 32. Rf3+ Kg7 (32... Ke6 $5 33. Ra3 Rc6 34. Ra8 Kd5 {transposes to
the game}) 33. Rg3+ Kf6 34. Rf8+ Ke6 35. Ra3 Rc6 36. Ra8 Kd5 37. R8xa6 (37. Kg1
Rf7 38. Rd8+ Ke4 39. Ra4+ Ke3 40. Ra3+ Ke2 41. Rdd3 $13) 37... Rxa6 38. Rxa6 e4
39. Kg1 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7f1]} 40. Ra5+ $4 {losing immediately,at first I thought
that anyway this ending is a lost one for white'but I think he can draw this
position} (40. Ra8 $8 {the rook being the pawn} e3 41. Re8 Kd4 42. a4 $1 {
white has to create some chance with his pass pawn} Kd3 43. Rd8+ Kc2 44. Re8
Kd2 45. Rd8+ Ke1 46. a5 $1 $11 (46. g4 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 (48. Kg3 e2)
48... Rd2 $19) 46... e2 47. a6 Rf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf7 49. Kg1) 40... Kd4 41. g4 (41.
Ra8 e3 42. Rd8+ Kc3 43. Re8 Kd2 44. Rd8+ Ke1 45. a4 e2 $19) 41... e3 0-1

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. b3 g6 (
7... e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. c4 O-O (9... e5 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qd3 $1 {with the idea
Ne1-c2-e3}) 10. d4 cxd4 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Rd1 $14) 11. Nxd4 d5 (11...
Rac8 12. Rd1 a6 13. Nc3 $14) 12. exd5 exd5 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 exd5 14. Rd1
$14) 13. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. cxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17.
Nd2 $1 {with Nc4}) 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Ne2 $14 {Yudasin,L-Aseev,K Sankt_Peterburg
1996 66/166 [Yudasin,L]}) 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Nc3 (9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nh5 $1 (10...
O-O 11. c4 a6 12. Rd1 b5 13. Na3 (13. cxb5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 axb5) 13... Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Qb7 15. f3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 17. Rac1 $14 {Abramovic,B-Marjanovic,S Jug-ch
1985}) 11. Rd1 Nf4 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. c3 {Timman,J-Lutz,Ch Dortmund 1994 61/202 
[Lutz,Ch]}) 9... O-O 10. Rab1 e5 $1 {XBb2,with the ideas d5 or f5} 11. d3 Rfe8
12. a3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 $15 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rbd1 h6 17. h3 Re6
{black's idea is one day to advance the king's side pawns,while white has no
counter play at all since he can do nothing in the center} 18. Qe4 Qd6 19. Nd2
b5 {Xc4} 20. Nf3 (20. a4 a6) 20... Qc7 21. c4 {now the d3 pawn becomes weak} a6
22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Rb1 Rd7 24. Qc2 b4 25. a4 Qd8 $17 26. Re3 h5 {the idea is Bh6
so white play Ne1 after his pieces are tied down to defend th d4 pawn,it seems
very strange black has done nothing special but got a fantastic position,but
really it is the structure which gave black his plus} 27. Ne1 (27. h4) (27.
Rbe1 $5 {was a better try}) 27... f5 28. Re2 Red6 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. Qc1 Re7 31.
Qb1 Qd7 32. Qc2 g5 33. Rd1 g4 34. Qc1 Rg7 (34... gxh3 35. gxh3 (35. Qe3 $8 hxg2
36. Qxc5) 35... Rg7+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kh1 Nd4 $1 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 {with the idea Rh4}
38. Kh2 e4 $17 {/-+}) (36. Ng2 $4 f4 $19) 36... Bg5 $1 37. Qb1 Bf4+ 38. Kh1 Nd4
$1 39. Bxd4 cxd4 $19 {and the game is over}) 35. h4 $1 {of course 35.hxg4 is
not possible because of 35...hxg4 and white will probablt get mated on the "h"
but this tricky moves closes the "h" file,but of course black's position
remains winning} (35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Bxd4 cxd4 $19) 35... Bxh4 36. Bxe5 Re6 37.
Qf4 $2 (37. d4 $8 Nxd4 $1 $19 (37... cxd4 $2 38. Nd3 $13) 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Nd3
) 37... Rge7 38. d4 cxd4 $4 {a terrible unexplained move [ the reason is
probably a serious time trouble ] instead of this move after 38...Nxe5 black
is simply a piece up,now things become less clear} 39. Nd3 Nxe5 (39... Qe8 $32
40. Rde1 Qg6) 40. Rxe5 {of course not 40.Nxe5?? Qe8! 41.Rde1 d3 winning} Rxe5
41. Nxe5 Qd6 42. Nd3 Qxf4 43. Nxf4 g3 (43... Re4 $1 44. Nxh5 (44. Nd5 a5 45. c5
$2 Re5) 44... Kf7 {Xh5}) 44. fxg3 Bxg3 45. Nxh5 Be5 46. Kf2 Kf7 (46... Rh7 47.
Re1) 47. Rd3 Ke6 48. g3 Rh7 49. Nf4+ Kd6 50. Kg2 Rg7 51. Kf3 Kc5 {probably a
mistake in the text!! since i do not thing both white and black had missed the
simple Ne6??} 52. Ne2 Rh7 53. Kg2 Rg7 54. Kf2 Rd7 55. Kf3 Rf7 56. Rd1 Rg7 57.
Kf2 a5 58. Rd3 Rh7 59. Kg2 Rh5 60. Rf3 Kd6 61. Rd3 Kc5 62. Rf3 Kd6 63. Rd3 (63.
Nc1 Kc6 64. Nd3 Bd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 (7. Nc3
Rc8 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Ne5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Re8 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. f3 Nb8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rb1 b6 18. b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kobas,
A-Marjanovic,S/Zenica 1987/TD 87\06 (83)}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ngf6 9. Nc3 a6 (
9... O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 (11... Nc5 12. f3 Ne6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qd7
15. Na4 Qc6 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bb6 $14 {
1-0 Franzen,J-Ac,M/SVK-ch 1985/MCD-ch (48)}) 12. b3 Re8 13. f3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Qf2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Grivas,E-Skembris,S/Akropolis 1992/CBM 30})
10. b3 O-O 11. a4 {this is quite a standeard position for this variation only
that the black's knight normally stand on c6 not on d7} Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13.
Re1 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qh5 15. Nf3 {well the opening is over and we can that white
is slightly better mainly thanks to the bad location of black's knight on d7,
again it is not a lot but when u get slight advantage with this variatiob you
should be very happy} e6 {with the idea d5} (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nd5
$14) 16. h3 Red8 (16... d5 $4 17. e5 {[%csl Rf6]}) 17. Qe2 h6 18. Red1 {[#]} g5
$5 {to ne honest I play this type of positions quite alot both with the white
and the black pieces,and do not remember analysing or even thinking about such
an idea,so of course at first I thought well just a tricky move white must be
much better after it,but now after analysing this for some more time I think
it's a very interesting idea maybe not a positional good move but certainly
not bad for some tactics here} 19. Rbc1 {well this is really no move since
after Nc5 white simply playes Rb1 back so what is Rbc1 but not easy to find a
plan for white} (19. Nd4 Qg6 (19... Qxe2 20. Ndxe2 $14 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd2e3]}
)) 19... Nc5 20. Rb1 g4 $5 (20... Ncd7 $5 {I wonder what white was going to
play after it?? maybe Rbc1 again?}) 21. hxg4 {white must take on g4 since
moving the knight ia losing a pawn} (21. Nh2 gxh3 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. gxh3 Bxc3
24. Bxc3 Nxe4) 21... Nxg4 22. Be1 (22. g3 Qh3 23. Be1 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4] when
black's plan is very simple h4 and after gxh4 Be5 or moving the king first to
h8 and then Rg8 when white can not play Qf1 because of QxQ followed by Bxc3
and Nxe4}) 22... Nd7 $6 {this move turned in the end very good for black since
after white took on "d6" black got immediately strong attack,but I think white
must think here how to free his king to he had to play g3,that's why I think
Nd7 is not so good is allowes white to free his position with g3 since after
Qh3 white can play Qf1 because the "e4" pawn is not hanging after Bxc3,but
there is no clear way for black to play here} (22... Kh7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Rxd6
Be5 25. Rd3 Bh2+ 26. Kf1 Bb8 (26... Bc7) 27. Kg1 Nde5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. g3 $13)
23. Rxd6 (23. g3 Nde5 24. Nh4 Nc6 25. Kg2 $13) 23... Be5 24. Rd3 Bh2+ 25. Kf1
Bc7 26. Kg1 (26. Qd2 Nc5 $17) 26... Bh2+ 27. Kf1 Bc7 28. Kg1 Nde5 29. Rxd8+
Rxd8 30. Rd1 (30. g3 $2 Nxf2 $1 31. Bxf2 (31. Nxe5 Qh1+ 32. Kxf2 Bb6+ 33. Qe3
Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qh5+ $1 {the only to win immdiately Bxe3 is a mistake} 35. Ng4 (
35. g4 Qh3+) 35... Bxe3) (31. Kxf2 Qh1 $3 {[%cal Ge5g4,Gc7b6] winning}) 31...
Qxf3 32. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 33. Kg2 Rd3 $17) 30... Rf8 $1 31. g3 $4 (31. c5 f5) (31.
Nb1 $8 {white must protect his knight on f3!! that's why Nb1 becasue he is
going to d2,this is ugly but the only way to play with white as I see it} f5
32. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f1]} (32. exf5 Nxf3+ (32... Rxf5 33. Nbd2 Ba5 $1 $17 {
the fight for the "f3" knight!} 34. Qe4 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Nxf2 $19) 33. Qxf3 Qh2+
34. Kf1 Qh5 35. Kg1 $11) 32... Nxf3+ (32... Ba5 33. Nf1 $16) 33. Nxf3 (33. Qxf3
fxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxf2 $19) 33... Bh2+ 34. Kf1 Bg3 35. Kg1 $11) 31... Qh3 $19 {
and now what to play??} 32. Nb1 {too late!!} Bb6 $1 33. Nbd2 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+
35. Kg1 Kh7 $19 {[%mdl 8384] (+)} 0-1

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ne5 7. d3 (7. d4
Nxf3+ (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 (8... g6 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Nxd7 Bxd4 11. Nb5) 9. Qd2
Nf6 10. O-O g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. h3 Nge5
16. Nh2 Nb4 17. Qe2 g5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Bc1 $14 {Belikov,
V-Golubev,M/Moscow 1996;CBM55 [Golubev,M]}) 8. gxf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 e6 10. Be3 (
10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6]} (11... e5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg7g5]})) (10.
Rg1 Ne7) 10... Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Rd8 (12... Ne5 13. Qe2 Qc6 14. b3) 13.
Rhg1 Qc8 (13... g6 14. Bg5 $1 $36 (14. Bxa7 $2 Nxa7 15. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gd4h8]
} Bh6+ 16. Kc2 O-O 17. Qxa7 Qc6 $44 {[%cal Gh6f4,Gf4e5]})) 14. f4 $40 {1-0
Rublevsky,S-Becerra Rivero,J/WchT 4th 1997/CBM 62/[HarZvi] (32)}) (7. Nxe5 dxe5
8. Qh5 Qd4 (8... Qd6 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. d3 a6 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 (
13... Nd7 14. g3 Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 g6 17. e5 Bg7 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Be3 f6
20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. d4 Nh5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Titov,G-Rashkovsky,N/
URS-ch58 1991/URS-ch (67)}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. g3 b5 17. g4 Rd8 18.
b3 Nf8 19. Be3 Ng6 $15 {0-1 Nevednichy,V-Arbakov,V/Tiraspol 1994/CBM 40 (48)})
9. Qe2 (9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Rd1 Qd3 12. Qxd3 Rxd3 13. Kf1 e6 14. Ke2
Rd8 15. a3 Nd7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxa7 Bxc3 19. dxc3 Nc5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. f3 {1/2-1/2 Komliakov,V-Atalik,S/Ciocaltea mem 1995/CBM 48}) 9... e6
10. d3 Qd7 11. O-O Ne7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. e5 O-O 16. Kh1
Rad8 17. Rf3 a6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V-Tseitlin,M/Bucharest 1993/CBM 34 (30)
}) 7... e6 8. O-O (8. Bf4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Be3 Be7 12. d4 cxd4
13. Bxd4 O-O 14. g3 Qc7 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rac1 a6 17. Qe2 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adler,
V-Shipov,S/Groningen op 1994/EXP 45 (25)}) 8... Nf6 (8... Ne7 9. Ne1 O-O-O (
9... g6 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. f4 N5c6 12. Be3 O-O 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rfd8 15. Qd3
Rac8 16. Rad1 a6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Margolin,B-Atalik,S/Cappelle op 1995/EXT 95op2 
(26)}) 10. f4 N5c6 11. Be3 g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Rc1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 Nc6
$13 {0-1 Martens,M-Piket,J/OHRA-B 1988/CBM 09 (45)}) (8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne7
10. Qg3 Nc6 11. f4) 9. h3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 a6 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 d5
13. e5 Ne8 (13... d4 14. exf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Bh6) 15. Ne4 dxe3 16. Qxf6
$1 $18) 14. cxd5 $16) 12. a4 (12. d4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 b5) 12... Ng6
13. d4 Qc7 14. Qc2 (14. d5 $5) 14... Rad8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {so
finally we got a typical position for this line,white should be quite happy,he
has a slight advantage with a very pleasent play,he simply has to push the
pawns on the king's side play something such as f4-f5 or f4-g4.what is most
important for white here is not to allow black to play b5 or d5 since without
this black has really no counterplay} Rfe8 17. f4 Nf8 18. g4 {white begins is
plan on the king's side,but as we will despite his big space advantage it's
not easy at all to convert it into real advantage,since black has no weakness}
(18. f5 $5 {this is another alternative and maybe a better one than what has
been played in the game,since white does not weaken his king so quickly and
will be able to play g4-g5 when he wishes} N6d7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nce2 Bf6 21.
Nf4 $14) 18... h6 19. Kh1 (19. Qg2 $5) 19... N6d7 20. Qf2 (20. f5 $5 Bf6 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Nce2 Ng6 $132) 20... Qa5 {typical to this variation black queen
attacks white knight and after "a4" the "b3" pawn disturbing white to play on
the king's side} 21. Bd2 (21. Nce2 Nc5 22. Qf3 Ng6 $132) 21... Qc5 {so white
has everything in place but what to do now?? it seems that white also was not
sure} 22. Be3 (22. a5 $6 Bf6 $1 (22... Qxa5 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Bb4 Qc8 25. Nxe7+
Rxe7 26. Bxd6) 23. Nce2 e5 $132) 22... Qb4 23. Bd2 Qc5 24. Be3 (24. f5 $142 $5
$14 {to me this seems as the way to try a play here,by playing Be3-Bd2 white
seems to be satisfied with a draw black not so much}) 24... Qa5 25. Bd2 Qc7 {
after 25...Qc5 26.Be3 the position repeats for the third time =draw but black
has other plans} 26. h4 (26. f5 $5 {again this was a possible move}) 26... Bf6
27. g5 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 h5 29. Be3 (29. Qf2 $5 Nc5 30. Rb1 Qc6 31. Qf3 Ng6 32. Be1
$36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 29... Nb8 (29... Nc5 $5) 30. Qb6 Qc8 (30... Qxb6 31. Bxb6 Rd7
32. Rf2 $16 {[%cal Gf2d2,Gh1g2,Gg2g3]}) (30... Qe7 31. f5 $16) 31. f5 (31. Rxd6
Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Rd8 33. Qc5 (33. Qe5 Nc6 34. Qc5 Rd3 $17) (33. Qa3 Ng6 $36) 33...
Qxc5 34. Bxc5 Rd3 35. Rd1 (35. Rc1 $2 Ng6 36. Bb6 Nc6 $17) (35. Bxf8 Rxc3 $1 (
35... Kxf8 36. Rd1 $11) 36. Bd6 Nc6 $36 {[%csl Rb3,Re4,Rh4]}) 35... Rxc3 36.
Bxf8 Nc6 $1 (36... Kxf8 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Rxb8 Rxb3 39. c5 $11) 37. Bc5 Rxb3 $15
{/-/+}) 31... Nc6 32. Bg1 {[%cal Gg1h2]} exf5 33. exf5 Nd7 34. Qf2 Nde5 35. Qg2
(35. Ne4 $5) 35... Ng4 36. Nd5 (36. Ne4 $142 Qc7 37. Rfe1 $16) 36... Ne7 37. g6
fxg6 (37... Qc6 $5 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Nf4 Nf6 40. Ne6 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rd7 42.
Ng5+ Kg8 43. Bd4 $14) (37... Nxd5 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd5 $16 (39. Qxd5+ Kf8
40. f6 Nxf6 41. Qxh5 Qh3+ 42. Bh2 Qxb3 $1 43. Rxf6+ gxf6 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh7+
Kf8 $11) 39... Re5 40. Bd4 $1) 38. Nxe7+ Rxe7 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. fxg6 {we have
reached a very interesting position, both king seems very weak but from
different reason while black's king is in the corner with no space at all,
white's king has all the space in the world maybe too mcuh I should say,it
seems that black active play combined with white's weak king give him not
worse chances here} Nh6 (40... Re5 41. Qf3 {[%cal Gg1d4]} Nh6 42. Bd4 Rf5 43.
Qe3 Kg8 $13) (40... Ne5 $5) 41. Qxh5 Re4 $6 (41... Re3) (41... Qh3+ $5 42. Bh2
Qxb3 43. Rd4 $5 (43. Rxd6 Rde8 $36) (43. Bf4 Re4 $1 $17) (43. Bxd6 Re4 $1 $36 (
43... Red7 44. c5 Qxa4 45. Rd3 $13)) (43. c5 d5 44. Rf7 Rxf7 (44... Rde8 $5)
45. gxf7 Rf8 46. Bf4 (46. Qxd5 Qxa4 $17) 46... Qh3+ 47. Kg1 Qe6 $15 (47... Rxf7
48. Bxh6 $11))) 42. Bh2 (42. Rd3 $5 $16) 42... Rde8 (42... Qh3 43. Rf3 Qxh4 44.
Qxh4 Rxh4 45. Kg2 $14 {/+/-,now the king are very important and black's one is
very bad}) 43. Rxd6 Re1 (43... Qh3 44. Qf3 Rxh4 (44... Qxh4 45. Rd2 $16) 45.
Rd2 (45. Qxh3 Rxh3 $13)) 44. Rd1 (44. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe8 $36 {[%csl Rg2]})
44... R1e3 (44... Qc6+ 45. Kg1 R1e6 46. Qd5 Rxg6+ 47. Kh1 Rg4 (47... Re3)) 45.
Qd5 $6 (45. Kg1 $1 $16) 45... Qh3 46. Qc5 $2 (46. Qg5 Rf3 (46... R3e4)) 46...
Rf3 $1 $11 47. Rfe1 (47. Rg1 $2 Rf5 48. Qd6 (48. Qd4 $2 Re2 $19) 48... Ng4 $19)
(47. Rf2 b6 $1 {of course,just remove the queen from the fifth rank so now
black is able to play Ng4} 48. Qd4 (48. Qxb6 Ng4 $19) 48... Ng4 49. Rg2 Rg3 $1
$19 50. Re2 (50. Rgd2 Rge3 $19) 50... Rge3) 47... Ref8 48. Qg5 $8 Rxb3 (48...
Ng4 49. Qh5+ Nh6 50. Qg5 $11) 49. Rd8 $4 (49. Kg1 Ng4 50. Qh5+ Nh6 51. Qg5 $11)
49... Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 {black has 2 plans in this
positions b5 or d5,white has 2 plans also to play a4-Nde2 but then the bishop
is better placed on g5 and it's better to play it first with the bishop on c1 
[immediately Nde2 and a4-b3] or to play Qd2 and b3 with rac1 and rfd1} (12. Rc1
Rac8 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e6 15. Qd3 Rc6 16. Rcd1 Qc7 17. f4 Rc8 18. a4 Ng4 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qd4 $13 {0-1 Kaplan,J-Velimirovic,D/IBM 1974/MCL 04 
(72)}) 12... e6 (12... Rac8 13. b3 Rfe8 (13... e6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Na5 16.
Nce2 Qc7 17. Qa2 {1/2-1/2 Platonov,I-Polugaevsky,L/URS-ch39 1971/URS-ch}) 14.
Qd2 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Nce2 Qc7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. a5 Qc7 20. Nf4
Bh6 21. Nd5 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 $14 {1-0 Jansa,V-Bogdanovic,R/Sarajevo 1972/MCD-r7 
(45)}) 13. Nde2 Qc7 {the queen is very bad on d7 on c7 it can go to a5-b4} 14.
Rc1 Nd7 15. b3 Nc5 $14 {[%csl Rd6] /= a standeard position,white has a slight
positional advantage mainly to his space advantage,but I think this is not so
terrible for black} 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 (18. Qd2 Na5 (18... Nxb3
19. Rxb3 Na5 20. Rbb1 Nxc4 21. Qd3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxc3 23. Rfc1 $18) 19. Qc2
Ncxb3 20. Rxb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxc4 $36) 18... Re8 19. Bf4 Be5 {despite white's
space advantage it's easy what to do with it,when black has his weakness on d6
and white his on b3} 20. Bg3 (20. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4][%cal Gc8d8,
Gd8d1]}) 20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qd2 Qg7 23. f4 (23. Bxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Gc6d4]
} 24. Qe3 Nd4 $13) 23... Bf6 24. Rf3 (24. Qxd6 Bxc3 $5 (24... Na5 $5 {[%csl
Rb3,Rc3]}) 25. Qxc5 Nd4 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxc3 $13) 24... Nd4 $6 {this more is
a pawn sacrifise,the "d6" pawn,I am not sure if this is neccesary,Rcd8 seems
possible} (24... Rcd8 25. Bf2 Kh8 $13) 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Ne2 Bf6 {[%csl Re4]}
27. Qxd6 Ne4 28. Qd1 Rcd8 {[%cal Ge4d2]} 29. Rd3 {force since otherwise black
playes Nd2} Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qe3 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7d2] this is really quite a
force position after black's pawn sarifise and indded it seems black has
enough compensation for his pawn} 32. Be1 (32. Qb6 $5 Qd3 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Re1
Rd6 35. Qe8 (35. Qxf5 Nf2+) (35. Qc8 Qd2 36. Qe8 (36. Qxb7+ $4 Rd7) 36... Rd8
37. Qe6 Rd6 $11) 35... Qxb3 $36) 32... Qd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 {the position is not
clear at all black is a pawn down but has compensation all his pieces are
active he controls the only opoen file but on the other hand it's not clear
how to win what? both players prefers not to think to much...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 (8... Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qg4 12. Qd3 Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O
14. f3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Rfc8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. f4 Rac8 18. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Petursson,M/ISL-ISR Reykjavik 1996/CBM 53 (30)}) 9. d4 cxd4 (9... O-O 10. d5
Na5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bb2 Nh5 13. Qc2 e6 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. c4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 bxc4
17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Steinhoff,I/WchJT U26 1997/EXT 97 
(30)}) 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf6 Nxd2 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 exf6 17. e6 $5 $146 {a new move, which at first thought seems to
be good for white, but I think black can get equality here, anyway black lost
because of a big mistake later.} (17. Qxd2 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Rf5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20.
Rad1 Rd8 21. Re4 b6 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. Re1 Re5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2
Rd7 27. h3 Rd8 28. h4 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Polgar,J/Fontys 1997/CBM 61 (48)
}) 17... Qd6 18. Qxd2 Rfe8 19. Qe3 a5 $6 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]} (19... b6 $5) 20.
Rad1 Re7 (20... Rac8 $5 {this seems as quite simple plan,to play "f5" when the
rooks are on "e8" and "c7" so that after white takes on "g7" black takes back
with the rook on "c7" so he still has pressure on the "e6" pawn} 21. Re2 Rc7
22. Bd4 f5 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg7e7]}) 21. Bd4 Rc8 $8 22. Re2 Rc6
23. Rde1 f5 (23... Qb4 $5) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. h4 $1 (26. Re5 $2
Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 $4 Rc1+) 26... h5 27. Re5 (27. Qf6 Kh7) 27... Qb4
$2 {a very big mistake after which black gets a very bad position,probably a
losing one.I really do not like black's position after 27...Rc5 he is passive
but alive! and it's not easy to find something for white there althought it's
clear white's better,but here black just looses a pawn immediately} (27... Rc5
$5 28. R5e3 (28. Qf4 Rxe6 (28... Qc6 $4 29. Qg5 $18) 29. Rxe6 Qxf4 30. Re8+ Kf7
31. R1e7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ $11) (28. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 28... Kh7 29. Qf6 Rc2
30. Rg3 Rg7 31. Re5 (31. Rxg6 Rxg6 32. Qf7+ Kh6 (32... Rg7 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 34.
Qxc2) 33. e7 Rxf2 $1 $11) 31... Rcc7 32. Rd3 $36) 28. Qxd5 Rd6 (28... Qxh4 29.
Qxa5) (28... a4 $142 29. Qd8+ Kg7) 29. Qxa5 Qxh4 (29... Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rexe6 31.
Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rb5 b6 33. a4 $18) 30. Rb5 {threatening Rxb7 followed by Qa8} Kg7
$2 {the decisive mistake which loses immediately} (30... Kh7 $8 $16) 31. Rxf5
$1 $18 Rexe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qc3+ Kh7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Qh8+ {quite important
game for the theory,but with too many tactical mistakes by black...} (35. Qh8+
Kg5 36. Qd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ne5 7. d4 (7.
Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qh5) 7... Nxf3+ $146 (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 (8... g6 9. Nxe5 Bg7
10. Nxd7 Bxd4 11. Nb5) 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. O-O g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfe1
Ng4 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nh2 Nb4 17. Qe2 g5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8
20. Bc1 $14 {Belikov,V-Golubev,M/Moscow 1996;CBM55 [Golubev,M]}) 8. gxf3 cxd4
9. Qxd4 e6 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6]} (11... e5 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Gg7g5]})) (10. Rg1 Ne7) 10... Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Rd8 (12... Ne5
13. Qe2 Qc6 14. b3) 13. Rhg1 Qc8 (13... g6 14. Bg5 $1 $36 (14. Bxa7 $2 Nxa7 15.
Qd4 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gd4h8]} Bh6+ 16. Kc2 O-O 17. Qxa7 Qc6 $44 {[%cal Gh6f4,Gf4e5]}
)) 14. f4 $40 {from now on the game in only for one side,white on the king's
side} g6 15. Kb1 Be7 (15... Bg7 16. Nb5) 16. Qe2 O-O 17. h4 Na5 (17... Bxh4 $5)
18. h5 Bf6 (18... Nxc4 19. Bd4 $1 e5 20. Nd5 Rd7 21. Bc3 $40 {/+-}) (18... Qxc4
19. hxg6 Qxe2 (19... hxg6 20. Qh5 {[%cal Gg1g6,Gh5a5]}) (19... fxg6 20. Qh5 {
[%cal Gg1g6,Gh5a5]}) 20. gxh7+ Kh8 (20... Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Qh5 (21... Kg6 22.
Rdg1+ Kf6 23. Rh6#) 22. Rxh5+ Kg6 23. Rxa5) 21. Nxe2 $16) 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Qc5 21. Rdd1 Nxc4 (21... Qxc4 $5 22. hxg6 (22. Qg4 $5) 22... fxg6 (22... Qxe2
23. gxh7+ (23. gxf7+ $142 Kxf7 24. Nxe2 $14 Nc4 25. Nd4) 23... Kxh7 24. Nxe2
Rg8 $11) 23. Qh5 Qc7 24. f5 Nc4 25. fxg6 (25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27.
Qxe6+ Qf7 (27... Rf7 28. Qxc4 $18) 28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Rh1+ Kg8 $11) 25... h6 26.
Rg2 $1 $16) 22. Rg5 Qb4 23. Ka1 (23. Rb5 $4 Na3+) 23... a6 (23... d5 24. exd5
Rfe8 (24... exd5 $2 25. Nxd5) 25. Ne4 $1 $40) 24. f5 Rc8 (24... exf5 25. hxg6 (
25. Nd5 Qb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5e8]} 26. Ne7+ $1 (26. hxg6 fxg6 (26... hxg6) 27. exf5
Rde8 28. Qc2 Re5) 26... Kg7 (26... Kh8 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Nxg6+ $18) 27. f4 $40)
25... fxg6 $8 (25... hxg6 $2 26. Nd5 $18)) 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. fxg6 h6 27. Rg3
Kg7 (27... Rc7 28. Rh3 $16 {[%csl Rh6]}) (27... Qc5 $5) 28. Rh1 Qb6 (28... Qc5
29. b3 $1 Nb6 30. Qd2 $18) 29. Rg2 (29. b3 $1 Rxf2 (29... Ne5 30. Qd2 $18) 30.
Qh5 Rh8 31. Qh4 $18) 29... Qb4 {[%cal Gc4b2]} 30. Rh3 Rf6 $2 {[%tqu "En","can
you imagine that black's last move was a decisive mistke,since it takes the
'f6' a way from the king,can you see how to use it the way Rublevsky did?","",
"","h3h6","",6]} 31. Rxh6 $3 $18 Rc5 (31... Kxh6 32. Rh2+ Kg7 (32... Kxg6 33.
Qg4+ Kf7 34. Rh7+) 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rh8+ Kg7 (34... Kxh8 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qh7+
Kf8 37. g7+) 35. Rxc8 $18) 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rf7 $4 {what is this move from a
player as Rublevsky??? afetr 33.g7 the game is over immediately,33.Rf7 could
have make things much more complicated for white!to his good luck black simply
resigned ormaybe it was his flag?} (33. Rf7 Rxf7 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. f4 $1 {
[%cal Gg2b2] this is the move that still gives white the win} Nxb2 36. Qg4 $18)
(33. g7) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Nc6 8.
Bb2 Be7 9. c4 O-O (9... a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 b5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rac1 Rfc8
14. Rfd1 Qb7 $11 {Puljek,Z-Shipov,S/Ljubljana op 1992}) (9... e5 10. Nc3 Nd4
11. Qd3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1c2,Gc2e3]}) 10. Nc3 (10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12.
exd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. cxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5
17. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6][%cal Gd2c4]}) 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Rd5]
Yudasin,L-Aseev,K/Sankt_Peterburg 1996/66/166 [Yudasin,L]}) 10... Ne8 (10...
Rfe8) 11. Na4 Bf6 (11... e5 12. Nc3 $14) 12. e5 Nxe5 (12... Be7 13. Rad1 $1 $14
{[%cal Gd2d4]} (13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Rad1 Nd4 $1 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxh2+))
13. Nxe5 Bxe5 (13... dxe5 $6 14. Nxc5 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rf6]}) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15.
Nxc5 (15. Qxe5 $2 b6 $15 {[%csl Rd2]}) 15... Qd6 (15... Qc7 $6 16. Nd3 f6 17.
f4 $1 Qb6+ (17... exf4 18. Qxe6+ $16) 18. c5 Qa6 19. fxe5 Rd8 20. Rf3 $14 {/+/-
}) 16. Ne4 Qc7 (16... Qd4 $5 17. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f3]} Qf4 18. Qe3 $14) 17. Rfe1
$1 f6 (17... Nd6 18. Nc3 (18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxe5 Qxd2 20. Red1 Qc2 21. Qd6 $1
$14 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 18... f6 19. d4 Nf7 $1 (19... exd4 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Nd5
Qc5 $1 (21... Qc6 22. Qg4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 22. b4 Qxc4 (22... Qc6 23. Ne7 Qc7 24.
c5 Nc8 25. Rad1 $16) 23. Rec1 $1 (23. Qxd6 $2 Rfd8) (23. Rac1 Qxa2 (23... Qa6
24. Nc7) 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Reb1 Qc4 26. Rc1 Qb3 $11) 23... Qa6 24. Nc7 $16) 20.
dxe5 (20. Rad1 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. f4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Ng6 $11) (17... Rd8 18. Ng5
$1 Nf6 19. d3 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5f3]} Qa5 20. Nf3 Nd7 $14) 18. Rad1 Rd8 (
18... Nd6 $2 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. d4 exd4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19. Qe3 b6 (19... Rd4 20. Nc3 $1 {
[%cal Gc3b5]} a6 (20... Qd7 21. Nb5 Rd3 22. Qxa7 Rxd2 23. Nc3 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]
}) 21. Ne2 Rd6 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 $36) 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 $14
{[%cal Gd1d8]} e5 23. Qe3 $6 {I do not know but to me this seems very strange
to take the Queen from the "d" file Qd3 of Qd5 seems normal} (23. Qd5+ $14) (
23. Qd3 $14) 23... Qd8 $6 {but this looks even stranger!! you have such bad
knight out of play on "e8" what you wait for?? play Nd6 when black is about OK}
(23... Nd6 $11 {/+/=}) 24. c5 $1 bxc5 (24... Nc7 $5 25. cxb6 Nd5 26. Qf3 $5 (
26. Qc5 Nxb6 27. Nd6 Qd7) 26... Qxb6 27. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Nf4 28. g3 $36)
25. Qxc5 Rf7 26. h3 $1 {just a good move in this type of positions,making
"air" for the king,white's advantage in this endgmae is based mainly on 3
things,the first is a pawn majority on the Queen's side 2 against 1,the second
is a more active pieces, Queen and night and there is also one important other
thing, the kings black's king is weak and exposed,a factor which will decide
the game} Rc7 (26... Qc7 $5 27. Qd5 Qd7 $14) 27. Qe3 {white does not have big
advantage but in all endgames he has slight advantage thanks to his 2 against
1 on the Queen's side} Qd5 $6 (27... Nd6 $4 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Qd3) (27... h6 $5)
28. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Ge1d1]} Qa5 (28... Rd7 29. Rc1) (28... Qe6 29. Rd1 $14) 29.
Rd1 {now white has already something real,not just advantage because of the
structure but real chances against black's king,giving white the "d" file so
easily was a big mistake by black} Re7 {[%csl Gd7,Gd8] preventing the
penetration to the 7 or 8 line} (29... Qxa2 $2 30. Rd8 Re7 31. Nd6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2
Qg6 33. Qd5+ Kf8 34. Qc5 Kg8 (34... Qd3 35. Nb7 Qa6 (35... Qg6 36. Rd7 Qf7 37.
Nd8) 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Nd8+) 35. Nc8 Re6 36. Ne7+ {exactly for
such things you need white's 26 move h3!}) 30. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Qc7 31. Qb5
g6 32. Qd5+ Kg7 (32... Rf7 33. b4) 33. b4 {[%cal Ge4c5]} Qb7 $6 {this gives
white to play Nc5 with a tempi threatening the Queen} (33... Qb6 $142 $5 34. a3
f5 (34... Nc7 $4 35. Qd8 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 35. Nc5 Nf6 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 $14)
34. Qc4 Nc7 $6 (34... Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Qxd7 36. Nc5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Nc7 38. Nd3 $14 {
/+/-}) 35. Nc5 Qb5 (35... Qc6 36. Rd8) 36. Qb3 Qe8 (36... a5 37. Rd8 Ne8 38. a3
) 37. Rd6 Nb5 $2 (37... Qf7 $142 $14) 38. Ne6+ Kh8 $4 (38... Kh6 39. Qc4 g5 40.
Ra6 $16 {[%csl Rh6]}) 39. Rd8 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4
cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 (11. Nd3 e6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Be3 Be7
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Re1 Nd8 18. f4 $1 Bxf4 19. Qh5+ g6
20. Qh4 O-O 21. g3 $18 {[%csl Rf4] 1-0 Djurhuus,R-Tisdall,J/NOR-ch 1990/EXT
90ch (39)}) 11... Ng5 12. Bxg5 (12. Be3 e6 13. Nc3 (13. Nd3 Nf7 (13... Be7 14.
Qd2 O-O 15. b4 b6 16. Bxg5 fxg5 17. Qb2 Qe8 $1 18. Rc1 g4 $1 $36 {/-/+ 0-1
Wahls,M-Rechlis,G/WchJ 1986/EXT 86ch (43)}) 14. f4 f5 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Nf3 b6
17. Rf2 O-O 18. h3 Kh8 19. g4 $14 {1-0 Pedzich,D-Agnos,D/EU-chJ U20 1989/TD
89\08 (69)}) 13... Be7 14. Qd2 (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. f4
Nf7 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxd5 Bd8 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Qf3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Brynell,
S-Hellers,F/Malmo 1988/CBM 11 (40)}) 14... O-O 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nd3 Nf7 17.
Nf4 Nd6 18. Bf2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Bd8 20. Re2 Nf5 21. Na4 $14 {[%csl Re6] 1-0
Chiburdanidze,M-Ljubojevic,L/Bilbao 1987/CBM 03 (41)}) 12... fxg5 13. f4 gxf4
14. Nd3 e6 (14... Nxd4 $4 15. Nc5 {[%csl Rd4,Rd7]}) 15. Nxf4 O-O-O 16. Nc3 $14
{This is quite an interesting position, both sides have some advantages and
some disadvantages. White's advantages are black's weak "e6" pawn and of
course a space advantage, while black's advantage is the weak white d4-pawn.
Black's idea will be of course transferring his bishop to "b6" while white
will try to attack the "e6" pawn. In conclusion I prefer white, since his
space is the critical factor in the position.} Kb8 17. Qd3 Rc8 {first black
secures his king,and of course the threat now Nxd4} 18. Kh1 Bb4 19. Nce2 {
white probably did not want to allow black to play bxc3 since exchanging
pieces help the side who has no space} g5 $6 {as a rule I do not like to
weaken my position unless I have to! why to play "g5" which weakeness quite a
lot especially the "f6" square?} (19... Ba5 20. Qh3 Rce8) 20. Nh5 Ba5 21. Qh3
$6 {this idea is not so clear to me what's the queen doing there and after Qg4.
..} (21. a3 $5) 21... Bb6 22. Rad1 h6 {[%csl Rh6]} 23. Qg4 {the queen defends
the "d4" pawn from here} a6 {both players are reallt doing nothing and just
strengthing their positions, 23...Na5 seems more active with immediate threats
such as Nc4 and Rc2} (23... Na5 $5 24. Rf6 Rc2) 24. h3 $1 {both creating room
for the king,and defending the queen on "g4"} Ka7 (24... Na5 25. Rf6 Rc2 $2 (
25... Rc6) 26. Rxe6 {and now the queen is defended}) 25. Rf3 Nd8 (25... Na5 $5
$132 {to me this seems much more logical than Nd8 going back}) 26. Nc3 Rc4 27.
b3 Rc7 28. Nf6 Qc8 29. Na4 $36 {black play weas too passive white got now some
initiative} Rc2 (29... Rc1) 30. h4 Qc7 (30... Rxa2 31. Nxb6 (31. Nxd5 $2 h5 32.
Ndxb6 Qc2) 31... Kxb6 (31... Qc2 32. Rg1 Kxb6 33. Rh3 $1 Qg6 34. hxg5 $16) 32.
Nxd5+ Ka7 33. Rc3 Qd7 34. Nb4 (34. Nf6 $5 Qe7 (34... Qb5 35. Rh3 $14 {[%csl
Rg5,Rh6]})) 34... Rf2 $13) 31. a3 gxh4 32. Rff1 (32. Qxh4 Rc1 33. Rff1 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Nc6 $13) 32... Qe7 (32... Ra2 $5 33. Rc1 Nc6) 33. Qg6 {[%cal Ga4b6,Gg6c2]
threatening Nxb6 followed by Nxd5} Rc6 $8 34. b4 h3 (34... Bc7 $5) 35. gxh3 Qc7
36. Nxb6 Rxb6 (36... Qxb6 $4 37. Qg7 {[%csl Rh8]}) (36... Kxb6 37. a4 (37. Rc1
$6 Rxc1 (37... Ka7 38. Rc5 $14) 38. Nxd5+ Ka7 39. Nxc7 Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 Rff8 {
[%csl Rg2]}) (37. Ne8 Qh7 $1 38. Qxh7 Rxh7 {[%csl Ra3,Rd4]}) 37... Ka7 38. b5
$132) 37. Rc1 Rc6 38. Rc5 Rxc5 (38... b6 $2 39. Rxc6 Nxc6 40. Ne8 $1 Qd7 41.
Rf7 Ne7 42. Ng7 $18) 39. bxc5 Rf8 $4 {I can not understand this move, giving a
pawn, wasting time and the rook is attacked?? the most natural move in the
position seems to be Nc6 [I really do not like knights on "d8" too much!]
attacking the "d4" pawn and freeing the rook to go maybe to "c8"} (39... Nc6 $1
40. Qg4 $5 (40. Qd3 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 40... Qa5 {[%csl Rh1]}) 40. Qxh6 Rf7
41. Qd2 $16 {/+-} Nc6 {we get the same position as after 39...Nc6 only without
the "h6" pawn!!} 42. h4 $1 Ne7 (42... Nxe5 43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Qf2 $18) 43. h5
Nf5 44. Rxf5 $5 (44. Rf3 $5 $16) 44... exf5 45. h6 f4 $6 {such nice players:
everyone gives the other some material, black first his "h" pawn then white
the exchange now black another pawn nice players indeed!! now seriously why to
give this pawn?? white simply takes it and then coome with his king to h5,
white's exchange sarifise is not bad since after it the position is simpler} (
45... Qd8 46. Qg5 {[%cal Gh6h7]} (46. h7 $2 Rxh7+ 47. Nxh7 Qh4+ 48. Kg2 (48.
Qh2 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe3+ $11)) (46. Kh2 $5 {[%cal Gh2h5]} Rxf6 47.
exf6 Qxf6 48. Qf4 $16) 46... Qa5 $1 47. h7 $2 (47. Qc1) 47... Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+
$11) 46. Qxf4 Qa5 47. Qe3 Qb5 48. Kg2 $18 {and noow the game is over} Qb1 49.
Kg3 Qg6+ 50. Kh4 {[%cal Ge3g5]} Rxf6 51. exf6 Qxf6+ {[#] Hecht:  White has the
technical task in front of him of escorting in the h6 pawn and avoiding
perpetual check. [#] Hecht: Weiß steht vor der technischen Aufgabe, den Bh6
zur Dame zu führen und Dauerschach zu vermeiden.} 52. Kg4 Qg6+ 53. Qg5 Qe6+ 54.
Kh5 Qf7+ (54... Qh3+ {Hecht} 55. Kg6 Qe6+ 56. Kg7 Qd7+ 57. Kf8 Qc8+ 58. Ke7
Qc7+ 59. Ke6 Qc6+ 60. Ke5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yg5f6]}) 55. Qg6 Qf3+ 56. Qg4 Qf7+
57. Kg5 Qg8+ 58. Kh4 (58. Kf4 {Hecht} Qf8+ {[%csl Rh6]}) 58... Qf8 (58... Qf7 {
Hecht} 59. Kg3 $1 {[%cal Yg4g7,Gg7h6,Gg7d4] [#] This avoids the situation of
being stuck on the rim! Once the queen stands on g7 and everything is
protected, the infiltration of the king is not to be prevented nor, finally,
is h6-h7-h8(Q). [#] Vermeidet die eingeklemmte Lage am Rand! Steht die Dame
erst auf g7 und ist alles gedeckt, ist das Einsickern des Königs nicht zu
verhindern und am Ende auch nicht h6-h7-h8D} Qf1 60. Qg7 Qd3+ 61. Kf4 Qe4+ 62.
Kg5 $18 {[%cal Yh6h7,Yh7h8]}) 59. Qe6 {[#] [#]} (59. Qg7 $6 {Hecht} Qf4+ 60.
Kh5 Qf5+ 61. Qg5 Qf7+ {führt nur zur Stellungswiederholung. Der weiße König
muß sich vom Rand lösen können!}) 59... Qf4+ 60. Kh5 Qf3+ (60... Qxd4 61. h7 {
[%cal Ge6b6]}) 61. Kg6 Qd3+ 62. Kf7 Qh7+ 63. Ke8 Qh8+ 64. Kd7 Qxd4 65. h7 Qg7+
66. Qe7 Qg4+ 67. Kd8 Qg3 (67... Qd4 {Hecht} 68. c6 Qh8+ 69. Kc7 Qc3 70. h8=Q
Qxh8 71. Qc5+ Ka8 72. cxb7#) (67... Qh5 {Hecht} 68. c6 $18) 68. c6 Qb8+ 69. Kd7
bxc6 70. Qc5+ {Hecht: mit nachfolgendem Damentausch.} (70. Kxc6+ Ka8 71. h8=Q {
with mate on the next move}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 (
7... Nd4 8. b4 $5 (8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nxe4 10. Re1 (10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. d3 g6 12.
b3 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qe2 Rac8 $10 {Nevednichy,V-Sakaev,K Jugoslavija 1995 64/
(196)}) (10. Qa4 $5) 10... Nc5 $8 (10... Nf6 $2 11. Qa4 $16) 11. Nxd4 Nd3 12.
Re3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 g6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Rce1 Be5 $1 $10 {Rublevsky,S-Sakaev,K
Jugoslavija 1995 64/196 [Rublevsky,S; Sakaev,K]}) 8... Qg4 9. Kh1 (9. Nxd4 Qxd1
10. Nxd1 cxd4 11. d3 a5 12. Bd2 axb4 13. Bxb4 $14 {Azmaiparashvili}) 9... Nxf3
10. gxf3 Qh3 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J Dos hermanas 1996 66/(166)} 11. bxc5 dxc5 12.
Rb1 e6 13. e5 $16 {Azmaiparashvili}) 8. h3 (8. Rb1 Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Ng4 $1
11. Nd5 e6 12. Ne3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $1 $15 {/-/+ Salov,V-Shirov,A Madrid 1996
}) 8... Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 e6 (10... Ne8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc7 13. Rc1
$14 {Spassky,B-Ioseliani,N Prague Wom-Vet 1995} Rfc8 14. b3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bh6
16. Be3) 11. d4 (11. Qd2 a6 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Qb2 Rab8
16. a4 Kg8 $10 {Smyslov,V-Ligterink,G Donner mem-B 1994}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4
Rfd8 13. Rc1 Rac8 (13... d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxc6 (15. exd5 Nb4) 15... bxc6
16. exd5 (16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 f6) 16... Nxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Bd4) 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. b3 (18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. b3 a5 $14 {but the game willend with a draw}) 18...
a5 $14 {/=}) 14. b3 b6 15. Re1 a6 (15... d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 (17...
Qxc6 18. Nxd5) 18. exd5 $16 Nxd5 $140 $2 19. Nxd5 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 $1 $18 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Bh6) 16. a4 {preventing Nxd4 followed by b5 which
was black's plan} Qb7 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd4 $14 {white got what he wants from
this opening slid position without one weakness when it is almost impossible
to create real counter play by black,who has several weaknesses the d6 and b6
pawns} Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {now also the b lack squares around the king are weak}
20. Rc2 $1 Qc5 21. Rd2 {Xd6} Ne5 22. Kh1 $1 {prepering f4-f5} h6 $6 {just
weakening the king} (22... Qb4 23. Re3) 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rf1 $1 $16 {it is not
clear what can black play in this position,while white's plan is very simple
f5 and attck} Kf8 $6 (24... f5 25. Re1) 25. f5 $40 Kg7 {a very strange
manoeuvre by black Kf8-Kg7} 26. Rdf2 Rf8 (26... Ne5 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Ne2 {
with Nd4}) 27. Ne2 $1 {the knight joins the attack now} Qe5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29.
Nf4 {the threat is Qg4} g5 $32 (29... Qxe4 30. Qxd6 Rce8 31. Nh5+) (29... h5
30. Nxg6 $1 $18) 30. Nh5+ $1 {also 30.Ng6 was strong and possiblr but the text
move ends the game immediately} Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qh5 {and black resigned
without waiting for Ne8 or Ng4 by white} 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. Nde2 (12. b3 a6 13. Rc1 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qd3 b4 17. Na4 Qb7 $13 {1-0 Djurhuus,R-Howell,J/
EU-chJ U18 1986/EXT 86ch (41)}) 12... Qd8 {the queen has nothing to do on "d7"
her place is "a5"} (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. b3 Nc7 15. Rac1 Na6 16. Rfd1 Qd8
17. Nd5 Nc5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Cardoso,R/Manila 1974/
MCD-r7 (41)}) 13. Qd2 (13. Rc1 Qa5 (13... a6 14. Nf4 Rab8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rfd1
Qf8 17. Nfd5 b6 18. Na4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nac3 b4 21. Na4 e6 22. Ndb6 Nxb6
23. Nxb6 Nd4 24. Qd2 Rxb6 25. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qb8 28. Qc4 Qb7
{1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Ftacnik,L/Warsaw zt-B 1987/CBM 03}) 14. b3 Rab8 15. Kh1 a6
16. a4 Ne5 17. Nf4 Ned7 18. Nfd5 Qd8 19. a5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Titov,G-David,P/
Bardejov 1991/EXT 91 (47)}) (13. b3 a6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Qd2 Rab8 17.
Rfd1 Qf8 18. Nf4 Nb4 19. Nce2 Nc6 20. a5 Qd8 21. b4 Na4 22. c5 Ne5 $132 23. Qa2
Qe8 24. Ra1 Nb2 25. Rdb1 Nbd3 26. cxd6 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 exd6 28. Rd1 Qb5 {1/2-1/2
Andersson,U-Donner,J/Hoogovens 1973/MCD-r7}) 13... a6 {this position has been
played several times but it seems that black is just fine here an equal
position with no problems at all} 14. b3 (14. Kh1 Rab8 15. Nf4 Ne5 16. b3 Nfd7
17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bd4 $2 Nxc4 $1 19. bxc4 e5 $17 {0-1 Kaiszauri,K-Ekstroem,R/
SWE-ch 1979/MCD-ch (53)}) (14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Rac1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bh6 Bxh6
18. Qxh6 b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,S-Yermolinsky,A/Hastings9596 1996/CBM 51/
[Hecht] (59)}) 14... Qa5 {the idea is to play "b5" after white moves his "a"
rook for example to Rac1 b5} 15. a4 Nd7 16. Rab1 Qd8 {this is just the problem
here black with no weaknesses is just waiting for white,to try and dio
something and by doing so weakening is own position} 17. Rfd1 Qf8 18. Nd5 a5 $6
{this is quite a new idea for me,I thought that black should give white a
place for his knight on "b5" in compensation black gets the c5 and b4 squares
it's an interesting idea,but I think it's not a good idea for black this trade
of squares.} 19. Nec3 Rd8 (19... Nc5 $4 20. Nb6) 20. Nb5 Nc5 21. Qf2 Rab8 {
a pawn sacrifise this is very similar to Semisch variation with c5 I mean 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.QxQ RxQ 9.bxc5
and so on...} (21... e6 $2 22. Nb6 Ra6 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Nd7 $16) 22. Bxc5 dxc5
23. Qxc5 e6 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {ok so what we have? I think just a better position
for white with chances for black but not enough for the pawn I think,I think
now that "a5" was not a right move as I thought before it's not in the type of
the position} 25. Ne3 (25. Nb6 $5 {when it seems here black should fight for
his compensation}) 25... Nb4 26. Kf1 $6 {this might be a very critical moment
since white tries to play a simple as possible bring the king to the center
and then see... but sometimes this is not good! since after Nd3 by black white
will not be able to play "c5" any move and will get stucked with a serious
weakness on "b3"} (26. c5 $5 Nd3 27. Nc4) 26... Nd3 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Nd3
29. g3 (29. Ke2 Nf4+ $11) 29... Nc5 {[%csl Rb3]} 30. Ke2 Ke7 {so now already
black got his compensation although white ois still atleast equal} 31. Na3 h5
$1 {a very strong move,black has pressure on the Queen side,but this is not
enough,so he needs to get something more,playing on the king's side seems the
best way it's simply the principiale of 2 weaknesses!} 32. Nac2 (32. h4 $5 Be5
33. f4 Bd4 (33... Bg7 34. e5 Ne4 35. Nb5 Nxg3+ 36. Kf3 {[%csl Rg7]}) 34. Nec2
Bg7 35. e5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 (36. Kxd1 Ne4 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4]}) 36... Nxb3 $36 {
[%csl Ra4][%cal Gf7f6]}) 32... h4 33. Ne1 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rh8 {[%cal Gh8h1]} 35.
Kf2 $6 {probably another incorrect move,but now it seems that black may be
better after this,35.Nf1 was still fine for white} (35. Nf1 $5 {[%cal Ge1d3]
the knight on "c5" must be exchanged so I think this is the way tp play with
the white pieces when here white is still ok}) 35... Rbd8 $1 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37.
Nf1 (37. Ke2 Rd6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd6b6]}) 37... Bc3 {[%csl Ra4,Rb3][%cal
Gc3e1,Gd8d3] now white is already in serious trouble} 38. Nc2 Rd6 {[%cal Gd6b6]
} (38... Rd3 39. Ke2) 39. Na3 {[%cal Ga3b5]} Bb4 $1 40. Nc2 (40. Nb5 Rd3 $17)
40... Rd3 41. Na1 g5 42. Ke2 g4 43. f4 $4 {a decisive mistake losing,probably
time trouble since it's move 43 very close to the time control,but any way
also after fxg4 Rc3 white's position seems very difficult} (43. fxg4 Rc3 $36 {
[%csl Rb3,Re4,Rg3,Rg4] /-/+}) 43... Rf3 44. Rd1 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Be3 f5 (12... f6 13. f3 Ng5 14.
Nd3 (14. Qd2 fxe5 $1 15. Bxg5 $2 (15. dxe5 Bc5 $15) 15... Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qxb2
$17 {Etmans-Van der Wiel/Amsterdam/1996}) 14... O-O (14... Nf7 15. Nc3 O-O 16.
Rfe1 (16. f4 $5) (16. a4 $5) 16... fxe5 (16... Rac8) 17. dxe5 Qa6 18. Nf4 Qxe2
19. Rxe2 Nd8 20. Nb5 $14 {/+/- Chekhov,V-Ftacnik,L/Deutschland 1992 56/205 
[Chekhov,V]}) 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nb3 Nf7 17. Rfe1 Qa6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19.
Nbc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Bf2 Kf7 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Rd1 Re7 25.
Kf1 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milov,L-Alterman,B/UKR-ch sf 1986/EXT 86ch (43)}) 15...
Rac8 (15... Qa6 16. Rae1 Rae8 $13 {0-1 Shaked,T-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach
Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (39)}) 16. Bf2 Qa6 17. Rfe1 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
Qxe5 Rxf3 20. Nxd5 Bf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rf4 {the fight on
the e4 square the fight on the e4 square} 24. Rae1 Rg4 $1 (24... f5 25. Be3)
25. Kf1 f5 $13 {/+/= Lechtynsky,J-Doncev,D Bratislava 1983}) 13. f3 (13. exf6
Bxf6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. a4 Rac8 16. Na3 Be7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3
20. Rab1 Qc6 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qd6 23. g3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Nxf3+
26. Qxf3 Qe6 27. Qb3 b6 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Bxe3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc7 {
1/2-1/2 Dehmelt,K-Fedorowicz,J/New York op 1985/MCL 02}) 13... Ng5 14. Nd3 (14.
Nc3 O-O 15. Nd3 Nf7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Rg1 g5 18. g3 a6 19. h4 h6 20. Rg2 Kg7 21.
g4 f4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 $40 {/+/-} Nh8 24. Nh5+ Kg8 25. Qe3 Rf7 26. Nxd5
exd5 27. e6 Nf8 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qe5 Ne6 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Re1 Rc6 32. Rge2 {
1-0 Ricardi,P-Hoffman,A/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1995/CBM 49}) 14... O-O 15. Nd2
Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Nf7 $11 {/+/=} 17. g4 $5 {This is a critical moment in the game,
white has a space advantage,and it's quite clear, that he will have to use it,
if he wants to make something out of it on the king's side. It means one day
he will to push the pawns over there. On the other hand it's not easy to do
something there, since black has no weaknesses at all and has a very solid
position, all he has to do is just to exchange the rooks along the "c" file
and to agree a draw.} (17. f4 $5) 17... fxg4 18. fxg4 Nh8 $1 {not allowing
white to play h4-h5 which would give him big space advantage on the king's side
} 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Kg2 Qa6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rf8 {as I understand thing's
by playing this move,black is saying "I want to play here no draw!" since
after Rxc1 the endgame there is a draw} (22... Rxc1 23. Nxc1 (23. Bxc1 Qxa2 $17
) 23... Qxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Nh4+ 25. Nxh4 Bxh4 $11) 23. b3 Nb8 (23... Qb6 $5) 24.
Kg3 {white wants and he is right to change queens that's why he playes now Kf4
to be able to play Nf4 on his next move} h6 {and again black does not want to
simplify the position as after 24...Nc6 25.Nf4} (24... Nc6 25. Nf4 (25. h4 $2
Nb4 $17) 25... Qxe2 26. Nxe2 $11) 25. h4 (25. Nf4 $6 Rxf4 26. Qxa6 Rxf3+ 27.
Kxf3 Nxa6 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Ra8 {when even here white seems OK}) 25... Nc6 26.
Nf4 Qxe2 (26... Nxd4 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. Nxd4 Bxh4+ 29. Kh3 Nxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxf4
31. Nxe6 $18) 27. Nxe2 Ba3 (27... Rc8 $5) 28. Rc3 Bb4 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. h5 Nf8
31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 Be1+ $2 {a very bad check,black has some problems with
both his pawns on the King's side [e6-g7] and his king which may become weak
in certain positions,it was necessary to think of defence right a way and not
wasting time.in my opinion both players were in time trouble at this stage
since they both made some silly mistakes in the next few moves} (32... Be7) 33.
Kh3 Re8 34. Nf4 Ba5 $2 (34... Bb4 35. Rg2 $36) 35. Rg2 Bb6 (35... Ne7 $2 36.
Ngxe6 Nxe6 37. Nxe6 Nf5 38. Nxg7 Nxg7 (38... Nxe3 39. Nxe8+ Nxg2 40. Kxg2 $18)
39. h6 Re7 40. Bg5 $1 $18) (35... Re7 36. h6 $1 $16) 36. Nf3 $2 {it seems that
after 36.h6 white is winning, but after his move in the game black had a
chance to defend but did not take that chance and lost quickly} (36. h6 $1 Bxd4
(36... Nxd4 37. Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 38. Nf3 $18 Be3 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Ng5) (36... Nxe5
37. hxg7 Kxg7 (37... Nfd7 38. Rg3 Nc6 39. Ngxe6 $18) (37... Nfg6 38. dxe5 Bxe3
39. Nxg6 $18) (37... Nh7 38. Nxh7 Kxh7 39. dxe5 Bxe3 40. Nh5 $18) 38. Nh5+ Kh8
(38... Kg6 39. Nf7+ $3 {and mate in 2 moves!!!}) 39. Nf6 $18) (36... Re7 37.
Bc1 $1 Kh8 (37... Bxd4 38. Ba3 Bxe5 39. Bxe7 Nxe7 40. hxg7 $18) (37... Ba5 38.
Ba3 Bb4 (38... Nb4 39. Nh5 $18) 39. Bxb4 Nxb4 40. Nh5 $18) 38. Ba3 gxh6 39.
Bxe7 hxg5 40. Bf6+ Kh7 41. Rxg5 $18) 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. hxg7 Nd7 (38... Nh7 39.
Nxh7 Kxh7 40. Nh5 $18) 39. Nh5 Rc8 40. Nf6+ Nxf6 41. exf6 Nf5 (41... e5 42. Kg4
{[%cal Gg2h2]}) 42. Rf2 $18) 36... Ne7 $2 (36... Kh8) (36... Kf7) 37. h6 $1 $18
Nf5 (37... g6 38. Nh5 Nh7 39. Nf6+ Nxf6 40. exf6 Nc6 (40... Nf5 41. Rxg6+ Kh7
42. f7 $18) 41. Nh4 $1 Kf7 (41... Kh7 42. Rxg6 $18) 42. Nxg6 {[%cal Gh6h7]})
38. Nh5 (38. Nh4 $1 $18) 38... Re7 (38... Kf7 39. Ng5+ Ke7 40. hxg7 Nd7 41. Bc1
Bxd4 42. Ba3+ Bc5 43. Bxc5+ Nxc5 44. Nh7 $18) 39. Bc1 $2 {giving black chances
to defend,39.hxg7 ends the game immediately} (39. hxg7 Nd7 (39... Nxg7 40. Bh6
$18) 40. Nf6+ Nxf6 41. exf6 Rf7 42. Rg6 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf3e5]} (42. Ne5 Rxf6
43. Bg5 Bd8) 42... Nxe3 43. Rh6 Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Kxg7 45. Rxe6 $18) 39... g6 $4 {
losing immediately yhe only chance to defend was after 39...Nh7 now the game
is over} (39... Rf7 40. hxg7 Nh7 $8 (40... Nxg7 $2 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Ng5 Rc7 43.
Ba3 Ng6 44. Nf7+ Rxf7 45. Rxg6 $18) (40... Nd7 41. Ng5 Re7 42. Nh7 $1 $18) 41.
Ng5 Nxg5+ 42. Bxg5 Rc7 43. Bd2 $1 $18 (43. Nf6+ $2 Kxg7 44. Ne8+ Kf7 45. Nxc7
Bxc7 {and white lost a lot form his advantage})) (39... Nh7 40. hxg7 Rc7 (40...
Nxg7 41. Bh6) 41. Nf6+ Nxf6 42. exf6 Bxd4 (42... Nxd4 43. Ne5 $18) 43. Nxd4
Nxd4 44. Bb2 Nf5) 40. Ba3 $18 Rf7 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Ng5 Rc7 43. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon Gardar"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bd2 Rxa1 14. Rxa1
Qb8 15. Qd1 h6 16. Qc1 Bg4 17. Qa3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Qa6 Qd8 20. Ne2 Bg5
21. Be3 Qf6 22. Kg2 d5 23. exd5 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 cxd5 26. Qc6 d4 27.
exd4 Nf4 28. Nxf4 Qxf4 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 exd4 31. Ra8 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33.
Kg3 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 g6 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39.
dxe4 $8 {[#] The capture with the f-pawn loses, because the lone pawn majority
on the queenside is blockaded and cannot be activated in time. [#] Das Nehmen
mit dem f-Bauern verliert, weil die eigene Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel
blockiert ist und nicht rechtzeitig aktiviert werden kann.} (39. fxe4 g5 40.
Kf3 h5 41. Ke2 g4 42. Kd2 h4 43. c4 g3 44. hxg3 h3 $19) 39... g5 40. Kg3 h5 41.
f4 (41. h4 f6 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. f4 {loses due to the appearance of an outside
black passed pawn: verliert wegen des Entstehens eines entfernten schwarzen
Freibauern.} (43. Kh3 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kg4 Kf6 47. f4 (47. Kh3
Ke6 48. Kg4 Ke5 49. Kh3 Kf4 50. Kg2 h3+ 51. Kxh3 Kxf3 52. e5 g4+ 53. Kh4 g3 54.
e6 g2 55. e7 g1=Q 56. e8=Q Qg4#) 47... gxf4 48. Kxf4 h3 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Kxh3
Kxe4 51. Kg4 Ke3 52. Kf5 Kd2 53. Ke4 Kc3 54. Kd5 $11) 43... gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kf6
45. e5+ Ke6 46. Ke4 h4 47. Kf4 h3 48. Kg3 Kxe5 49. Kxh3 Kf4 $1 $19 {combines
the stalking of the c2-pawn with the exclusion of White's king. verbindet das
Anpirschen an den Bc2 mit dem Fernhalten des weißen Königs.}) 41... f6 42. Kf3
Kf7 43. Ke2 g4 44. h4 (44. Kd3 $6 h4 45. Ke2 (45. Kxd4 g3 46. hxg3 h3 $19)
45... Ke6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ye6d6,Yd6c5,Yc5c4,Yc4c3]} 46. Kf2 Kd6 47. Ke2 Kc5
48. Kf2 Kc4 49. Ke2 {[#] Variation Diagram: It appears that White can just
hold the draw. The following variation doesn't yield anything else. [#]
Variantendiagramm Es sieht danach aus, als würde Weiß gerade Remis halten. Die
nachstehende Variante gibt nichts anderes her.} Kc3 50. e5 fxe5 51. fxe5 Kxc2
52. e6 d3+ 53. Kf2 d2 54. e7 d1=Q 55. e8=Q Qf3+ 56. Kg1 $11) 44... gxh3 45. Kf2
h4 46. Kg1 Kg6 47. Kh2 Kh6 48. Kxh3 Kh5 49. e5 fxe5 50. fxe5 Kg5 51. e6 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Boavista Masters"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Black "Del Rey, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. Kg2
Rac8 15. a3 a6 16. h4 f6 17. Bf4 f5 18. Bg5 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Qd2 h6 22. Rfd1 Qa4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qc4 26. Qd2 Nc6 27. h5
a5 28. Qf4 Qc2 29. g4 Qe4 30. Kg3 Qxf4+ 31. Kxf4 fxg4 32. Kxg4 Kf7 33. Kf4 g6
34. hxg6+ Kxg6 35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kf4 a4 37. Nh4+ Kh6 38. Nf3 Kg6 39. Nh4+ Kh6 40.
Nf3 Ne7 41. Nh4 Ng6+ 42. Kg3 Nxh4 43. Kxh4 {[#] Thema: Entfernter Freibauer}
Kg6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. Kh3 h4 46. f4+ Kxf4 47. Kxh4 b5 48. Kh5 Ke4 49. Kg5 Kxd4
50. Kf6 Kc4 51. Kxe6 d4 52. Kf6 d3 53. e6 d2 54. e7 d1=Q 55. e8=Q Qf3+ $2 (
55... Qf1+ $1 {[%cal Gf1b5]} 56. Kg5 Kb3 57. Qe5 Ka2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]
[%cal Rf1g2,Rf1c1,Rf1c4,Rc4b3]}) 56. Kg7 Qg2+ 57. Kh6 Qxb2 58. Qc6+ Kd3 59.
Qg6+ Kd2 60. Qg2+ Kc1 61. Qf1+ Kc2 62. Qf5+ Kc3 63. Qe5+ Kc2 64. Qf5+ Kd2 65.
Qf2+ Kc3 66. Qc5+ Kd3 67. Qf5+ Kc4 68. Qe6+ Kc3 69. Qe5+ Kb3 70. Qxb5+ Kxa3 {
Remis laut Tablebase 1.0} 71. Qc5+ Ka2 72. Qc4+ Qb3 73. Qe2+ Kb1 74. Qf1+ Kb2
75. Qe2+ Qc2 76. Qe5+ Qc3 77. Qe2+ Kb3 78. Qe6+ Qc4 79. Qe3+ Kb4 80. Qb6+ Qb5
81. Qd4+ Ka5 82. Qc3+ Kb6 83. Qe3+ Qc5 84. Qd3 a3 85. Qd8+ Kb5 86. Qd3+ Ka5 87.
Qd2+ Qb4 88. Qd5+ Qb5 89. Qd2+ Ka6 90. Qc2 Kb6 91. Qd2 Kc6 92. Qc3+ Qc5 93.
Qf3+ Kc7 94. Qf7+ Kb6 95. Qb3+ Ka5 96. Qd3 Qf8+ 97. Kh7 Qf7+ 98. Kh6 a2 99.
Qa3+ Kb5 100. Qb2+ Kc6 101. Qc3+ Kd7 102. Qd4+ Kc8 103. Qg4+ Kc7 104. Qg3+ Kd7
105. Qd3+ Kc7 106. Qc3+ Kd8 107. Qa5+ Ke7 108. Qc7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. Nde2 Qd8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rfd1
Rab8 15. Rac1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Ng3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Qe3 Qa4 26. Re1 Qc2
27. f4 Nd3 28. Rf1 Rc7 29. f5 Ne5 30. f6 Qc4 31. Qg5 exf6 32. Qxf6 Rd7 33. Rf4
Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. Ne4 Qxa2 36. Nxd6 Qxd5 37. Ne8 Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Nf6
Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 Qe5+ 41. Rg3 Rd8 42. Ng8+ Ke6 43. Qxe5+ Kxe5 {TS-T: 1B für die
Figur, eingekreister Springer} 44. Nh6 (44. Ne7 $2 Kd6 45. Re3 Rb8 $1 $19 (
45... Re8 $2 46. Nf5+ Kd7 47. Rxe8 Kxe8 48. Nd4 $16)) 44... Rd7 45. Rb3 (45.
Ng4+ Kd4 46. Rb3 Kc4 47. Rb1 Rb7 $44) 45... f5 $1 46. Rxb4 Kf6 47. Rb8 (47. g4
Kg5 48. Ng8 Rg7 49. h4+ Kxh4 50. gxf5+ (50. Nf6 Kg5 $10) 50... Kg5 $10) 47...
Kg7 48. Ng8 g5 49. h4 h6 50. h5 Ra7 51. Rd8 Rb7 52. g4 Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54.
Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 fxg4 56. Ne7 Kf6 57. Ng8+ (57. Nd5+ Ke5 58. Nc3 g3 59. Rd5+
Ke6 60. Rd1 Rh2 $10) 57... Kg7 58. Ne7 Kf6 59. Ng8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vouldis, Angelos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Bg5
O-O 15. Qh3 h6 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Kf7 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Bh4 Bf8 20. Rxe8
Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. f4 Be7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 {[#] Der ideelle Mehrbauer.
Mehrstufenplan: a) Aktivieren des Königs b) Königsflügelmehrheit in Marsch
setzen c) Königs- und Springerpositionen verbessern d) Umgehung} 24. Kf2 h5
25. Kf3 Ke6 26. h3 g6 27. g4 hxg4+ 28. Kxg4 {Überraschend aber wohlbegründet,
weil Weiß den Bg6 angreifen und im Zweifelsfalle gegen den f-Bauern tauschen
kann. Dann bliebe ihm der in Springerendspielen starke Randfreibauer auf der
h-Linie.} a6 29. Kg5 Kf7 30. Ne4 $1 {Nagelt den Se8 fest.} b5 31. b3 bxc4 (
31... b4 32. Kh6 a5 33. h4 $18 {siehe Partie}) 32. bxc4 a5 33. a4 Kg7 34. h4
Kf7 (34... Kh7 35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. Kxf6 Kh6 {und Weiß kann sich aussuchen, wie
er gewinnen will (f5 oder Ke6 oder Kf7)}) 35. Kh6 {Umgehung mit dem
unmittelbarem Zugzwangmotiv} Nf6 36. Nxd6+ Ke6 37. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 Bf6 8.
c3 Ne7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Na3 Qb8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. cxd4 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ne3 Nf8 18. g3 g6 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qf3 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qf4 Nc6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nb4 26. Rd2 Nxa2 27.
Ba3 Nc3 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Kraft der Türme; der Springer ist bei leergefegtem
Zentrum ohne echten Stützpunkt. Der schwarze Mehrbauer geht schnell verloren.}
29. Re3 Nb5 30. Re7 b6 (30... Rb8 31. Rdd7 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Gd7b7,Ge7h7]})
31. Rb7 Nc3 32. Rxb6 Ne4 33. Re2 f5 34. Rxa6 Rb8 35. f3 Ng5 36. Kg2 Rxb3 37.
Ra7 {die 7.Reihe absolut bedeutet Mattgefahr und Naterialverlust für Schwarz.}
Rb8 38. Ree7 Kf8 39. f4 Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Nf3 41. Rxh7 Nxh2+ 42. Ke1 Kg8 43. Rhg7+
Kh8 44. Rxg6 Nf3+ 45. Kd1 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 Rd8 47. Rga6 Nd4 48. Ra8 Ne2+ 49. Kc2
Rxa8 50. Rxa8+ Kh7 51. Ra3 Kg6 52. Kd2 Nd4 53. Rd3 Nb5 54. Rd5 Nc7 55. Rd6+ Kh5
56. Ke3 Ne8 57. Rc6 Ng7 58. Kd4 Ne8 59. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nc3 Qg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. b3 g6 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. c5
Bd4 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 Bxc5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Na4 Bd4 20. Rxc6 Kd7 21.
Rfc1 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. f3 f5 26. a3 fxe4 27.
fxe4 d5 28. exd5 Kd6 29. Be1 Kxd5 30. Nc3+ Bxc3 31. Bxc3 {[#] Normalerweise
ist bei offener Stellung und verteilten Bauernmehrheiten der Läufer die
bessere Leichtfigur. Hier aber besitzt Schwarz mit seiner starken
Königsposition sogar etwas mehr als Kompensation.} Ng3+ 32. Ke1 Ne4 33. Ba1 (
33. Bb4 Kd4 34. Ke2 Nc3+ 35. Ke1 e4 $15) 33... Nc5 34. b4 Nd3+ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36.
Kf3 g5 37. Bc3 e4+ 38. Kf2 Kc4 39. Bd2 Kd3 40. Be3 a6 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5 hxg5
43. a4 Nd5 44. Bxg5 Nxb4 45. g4 Nc2 46. Bh4 Nd4 {Schwarz kommt nicht weiter wie
} (46... e3+ 47. Kf3 e2 48. g5 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 Kd2 $11 {zeigt}) 47. Bg5 Nc2 48.
Bh4 Nd4 49. Bg5 Nf3 50. Bf4 Nh4 51. Be3 Ng6 52. Ba7 Nf4 53. Kg3 Ne6 54. Kf2 Ng5
55. Bb6 Nf3 56. Kg3 Nd4 57. Bxd4 Kxd4 58. Kf2 e3+ 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. g5 Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e5 Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 b5 15.
Qe2 c4 16. dxc4 bxc4 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Ra4 Qc5 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Qd1
Nf8 22. Qa1 Nd7 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Rg4 Nc5 25. Qc3 Rec8 26. Qe3 Kf8 27. Rc1 Ne7
28. Rgc4 Nd3 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Nxc8 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Nb6 33. Ned2
Ke7 34. Kf1 Kd7 35. g3 Kc6 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Ne1 Kd5 38. f4 Kd4 39. Nc2+ Kc3 40.
Na3 Nxb3 41. Nb5+ Kb4 42. Nd6 a4 43. Nb1 {[#] Der schwarze Randfreibauer wird
Weiß einen Springer kosten. Zuvor sollte Schwarz seine Bauern am anderen
Flügel sichern.} a3 $6 (43... f5 44. Ne8 g6 45. Nf6 Nc5 {und Schwarz gewinnt
leicht}) 44. Nxa3 Kxa3 45. Nxf7 {Jetzt bekommt Schwarz bei sich weiter
reduzierendem Bauernmaterial technische Probleme,} Kb4 (45... h5 $5) 46. Kf3
Nd5 47. g4 Kc4 48. f5 Kd3 (48... Nd4+ 49. Kg3 (49. Ke4 Nc3+ 50. Kf4 Kd3 {
drohend Sce2#} 51. Kg3 Nce2+ 52. Kf2 exf5 53. gxf5 Nxf5 $19) 49... exf5 50.
Nd6+ Kc5 51. gxf5 {[%cal Rg3g4,Rg4h5]} (51. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 52. gxf5 Kd4 53. f6 gxf6
54. exf6 Nxf6 55. Kf4 Ng8 $1 56. Kf5 (56. h5 Ne7 $19) 56... Ke3 57. Kg6 Kf4 58.
Kh5 Kg3 $19) 51... Ne7 52. f6 (52. Kf4 Kd5 $19) 52... gxf6 53. Ne4+ Kd5 54.
Nxf6+ Ke6 55. Ng4 Ndf5+ 56. Kf4 Nd5+ 57. Ke4 h5 {und Schwarz sollte gewinnen,
notfalls mit zwei Springern gegen Bauer.}) 49. f6 Nd4+ 50. Kg3 gxf6 51. exf6
Nxf6 52. g5 Ne2+ 53. Kf3 hxg5 54. hxg5 Nd5 55. Ne5+ Kd4 56. Nc6+ Kc5 57. Ne5
Nef4 58. Ke4 Ne7 $2 (58... Kd6 $17 {oder =, wenn Weiß nach g5-g6-g7 den
Springer gegen den letzten Bauern opfern kann.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Ne5 8.
d3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. Be3 Qc6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. b3 a6
15. d4 Nd7 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Re8 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Nd5 Rac8 21.
Kh2 Nc5 22. Re1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nb4 Qb6 25. f4 Red8 26. Rd1 Qb7 27. Qb2
Kg8 28. Qe2 Ne6 29. Rd5 Nxf4 30. Qxb5 Qa8 31. R5d4 e5 32. Qf1 Qa3 33. Rc4 Rxc4
34. Qxc4 Rb8 35. Nd5 Qxa2 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Rxd6 f3 38. Qf1 Rxb3 39. Rd1 Qxg2+
40. Qxg2 fxg2 41. Kxg2 {[#] 2-3 am Königsflügel bei zwei sehr schwachen weißen
Bauern und abgeschnittenem König.} Re3 42. Rd4 (42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Re8 f5 44.
Re7+ Kh6 45. e5 g5 46. Re6+ Kh5 47. Re7 h6 48. Re6 (48. Re8 f4 49. e6 Rg3+ 50.
Kh2 Kh4 51. Rh8 Rxh3+ 52. Kg2 Re3 53. Rxh6+ Kg4 54. Kf2 (54. Rf6 Re2+ 55. Kf1
f3 $19) 54... Kf5 $19) 48... f4 49. Kh2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Kh4 51. Rxh6+ Kg3 52. Kf1
Rxe5 53. Rh5 Ra5 $19) 42... Kg7 43. h4 Kf6 44. h5 g5 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rd4 f6
47. Ra4 Ke6 48. Ra7 Rxe4 49. Rxh7 Kf5 50. Rh8 Kg4 51. h6 Re2+ 52. Kf1 Rh2 53.
Kg1 Rh5 54. Kg2 f5 55. h7 f4 56. Kf2 Rh6 57. Kg1 f3 58. Kf2 Rh2+ 59. Kg1 Kg3
60. Rf8 Rxh7 61. Rf5 g4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chisinau Rezina-Gaz"]
[BlackTeam "Smederevska Palanka Gosa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Kh1 Qc5
15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 b5 20. Qe2 b4 21.
Na4 Qb7 22. Rd3 d5 23. Rg3 g6 24. e5 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. h4 Bh6 27. c5 Qa5
28. Rc2 Qxa2 29. Rd3 Qa5 30. h5 Rc8 31. Bd4 Rc6 32. Rh3 Bg7 33. hxg6 fxg6 34.
Qg4 Qd8 35. f4 Rf8 36. g3 Rf5 37. Rch2 Rh5 38. Rxh5 gxh5 39. Qxh5 h6 40. Qg6
Kf8 41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8+ Kxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. Be3 a5 45. g4 Rc7 46. Bxh6 Rxc5
47. Bf4 Rc3 48. g5 Rxb3 49. Rh8 Kf7 50. g6+ Kxg6 51. Rxf8 Rf3 52. Rg8+ Kf7 53.
Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rg4 b3 55. Bh6+ Ke8 56. Kg2 Rf5 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. Rg7+ Ke8 59. Re7+
Kd8 60. Rxe6 Kc7 61. Bc1 d4 62. Bb2 a4 63. Bxd4 a3 64. Rb6 b2 65. Rb3 Kd7 66.
Rb8 Kc7 67. Rb3 Kd7 68. Rb8 Kc7 69. Rb4 Kd7 70. Bc3 Rf4 71. Rb3 Rf5 72. Bd4 Ke6
73. Rb6+ Kd5 74. e6 Kxd4 {# Dramatischer H�hepunkt einer schon zuvor
spannenden Endspielphase. Beiderseits stehen verbundene Freibauern kurz vor
dem Ziel. Die Taktik dominiert. Wer mit Dame+Turm zuerst am Zuge ist, wird bei
beiderseits offenen K�nigsstellung wohl gewinnen....} 75. e7 Rg5+ (75... Rxf6
76. Rxf6 b1=Q 77. e8=Q Qb7+ 78. Kf2 Qb2+ 79. Kg3 Qb3+ 80. Kf4 $18) 76. Kf3 Rf5+
77. Kg4 Rxf6 78. Rxf6 b1=Q 79. e8=Q Qd1+ 80. Kf5 (80. Kg5 Qg1+ 81. Kh6 Qh2+ 82.
Kg7 Qc7+ 83. Kg8 Qc4+ (83... Qg3+ 84. Kf8) 84. Kh8 {und die Schachs sind alle})
80... Qd3+ 81. Kg5 Qd2+ 82. Rf4+ Kc3 83. Qc6+ Kb3 84. Qb5+ Kc3 85. Kf5 $1 Qxf4+
86. Kxf4 a2 87. Qa5+ $4 (87. Qe5+ Kc2 88. Qa1 $18 {Zeitnot?!?}) 87... Kb2 88.
Qb4+ Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. d4 e6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Qf3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. b3 O-O 17. c4 b5 18. a3 Qa5 19. Nb2 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qb5
21. Rfd1 Rab8 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rd5 24. h3 h6 25. Qg3 Rbd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5
27. Rc1 a5 28. Qc3 Ne4 29. Qe3 Nc5 30. Nxa5 Nd3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ g6 33. b4
Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Qb6+ 35. Ke2 Qg1 36. Nc4 Rf5 37. Nd2 Qf2+ 38. Kd1 Rd5 39. Rc2
Qf1+ 40. Qe1 Qd3 41. a4 Qd4 42. Rc5 Rd7 43. Rb5 Qa1+ 44. Ke2 Qxa4 45. Re5 Qxb4
46. Qc1 Qf4 47. Re3 e5 48. Qc3 Qh2 49. Qc6 Rd4 50. Nf1 Qf4 51. Qf3 Qxf3+ 52.
Kxf3 Rf4+ 53. Ke2 f6 54. Ra3 h5 55. Nd2 Rb4 56. Ke3 h4 57. Ra6 Kg7 58. Ra7+ Kh6
59. Rf7 f5 60. Nf3 Rb3+ 61. Kf2 Rb2+ 62. Kg1 Rb1+ 63. Kh2 e4 64. Nxh4 Rb2 65.
Nxf5+ gxf5 66. Rxf5 Kg6 67. Rf4 Re2 68. Kg3 Kg5 69. h4+ Kh5 70. Rf5+ Kg6 71.
Rf2 Re1 72. Ra2 e3 73. Kf3 Kh5 74. g3 (74. Ra5+ Kxh4 (74... Kg6 75. Re5 Rf1+
76. Kxe3 Rh1 77. g3 Rf1 78. Re4 Kh5 79. Rf4 $18) 75. g3+ Kh3 76. Rh5#) 74...
Rf1+ 75. Kg2 (75. Kxe3 Kg4 76. Rg2 Kh3 77. Rf2 Ra1 {Remis? Analyse!}) 75... Rf5
(75... Re1 76. Ra5+ Kg6 77. Kf3 Kf6 78. Ra3 e2 79. Kf2 $18) 76. Ra6 (76. Ra6
Re5 77. Kh3 Re4 78. g4+ Rxg4 79. Ra5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Nd2 e5 11. O-O Nf6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Nh5 14. Rf2
O-O-O 15. Qf1 f6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. b4 Rhe8 19. b5 a5 20. Rxa5 Qg4
21. Bf4 Rxe4 22. Ra8+ Kd7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bxd6 Qg5 25. Re2 Qg4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4
27. Bxc5 {[#] Nicht ausreichendes schwarzes Gegenspiel mit dem wendigen
Springer; die weiße Bauernüberlegenheit entscheidet.} Nf4 28. Kh1 f5 29. Bd4
Kd7 30. Qf3 Qe1+ 31. Bg1 Ne2 32. Qf2 Qd1 33. Qa7 f4 34. Qxb7+ Ke8 35. Qa8+ Kf7
36. Qa7+ Kg8 37. d6 f3 38. d7 fxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Nh5+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42.
Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Ke4 Nf6+ 44. Ke5 Nxd7+ 45. Ke6 Nf8+ 46. Ke7 Qe2+ 47. Kd6 Qxc4 48.
Qc5 (48. Qb7 $1 Qf4+ 49. Kc5 Ne6+ 50. Kb6) 48... Qe6+ 49. Kc7 Qf7+ 50. Kc6 Qd7+
51. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sendur, Adnan"]
[Black "Erdogan, Hakan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc7
8. Qe2 e6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. f4 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Na3 O-O 14. Nb5
Qc6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Rae1 Ng6 17. Qh5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qh3 e5 20. Nc3 Rae8
21. Ne4 Qe6 22. Qh5 Nf4 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Kh1 Rg7 25. g3 Ng6 26. Nc3 b6 27. Nd5
Qh3 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. d3 Rg6 30. Ng2 Rg7 31. Nh4 Qe6 32. Bc1 Rc8 33. Bh6 Rf7 34.
Qh5 Kh8 35. Ng2 Rg8 36. Nf4 Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Ng6 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Rf2 Ngf8 40. Ref1
Rg6 41. Rf5 Qd6 42. Bg5 Kg7 43. Qf3 h6 44. Bh4 Nh7 45. Kh1 Nb8 46. Qe4 Nc6 47.
R5f2 Ne7 48. Nc3 Qc6 49. Nb5 Qxe4+ 50. dxe4 Nc6 51. Nd6 Rf8 52. Nf5+ Kf7 53.
Ne3 Ke6 54. Kg2 Nd4 55. Nd5 Rf7 56. h3 Rf8 57. Kh2 Rf7 58. g4 Ng5 59. Bxg5 hxg5
60. Kg3 Rh6 61. Kg2 Nc6 62. Rd1 Rd7 63. Rdf1 Rf7 64. Rf3 Nd4 65. R3f2 Nc6 66.
a3 Na5 67. Rf3 Nb7 68. Rd1 Nd6 69. Nc3 Rhh7 70. Rdf1 Ne8 71. Nd5 Rh6 72. Rd1
Rd7 73. Rdf1 Kf7 74. Rc1 Rg6 75. b4 Nd6 76. Re3 Ke6 77. Kf3 Rh6 78. Kg2 Kf7 79.
Kf2 Ne8 80. Rf3 Ng7 81. bxc5 bxc5 82. Rb1 Ne6 83. Rb8 Nf4 84. Rfb3 Nxh3+ 85.
Kf1 Kg6 86. Rg8+ Kf7 87. Rbb8 Nf4 88. Rbf8+ Ke6 89. Rc8 Rh1+ 90. Kf2 Rh2+ 91.
Kg3 Rh3+ 92. Kf2 Rh2+ 93. Ke3 Rh3+ 94. Kd2 Rh2+ 95. Kc3 Rh3+ 96. Kc2 Nxd5 97.
exd5+ Kf7 98. Rgf8+ Kg7 99. Rg8+ Kf7 100. Rcf8+ Ke7 101. Re8+ Kd6 102. Re6+ Kc7
103. Rxf6 Rxa3 104. Rxg5 Rh7 105. Rh5 Rxh5 106. gxh5 {[#] Freibauern} Rh3 107.
h6 Kd8 108. Re6 a5 $2 {Verliert sofort wegen des bekannten Umgehungstricks auf
den Reihen 7 und 8. Allerdings war der Verlust auch bei besserer Verteidigung
nicht aufzuhalten:} (108... Kd7 $142 109. Ra6 Kd8 110. Kd2 Ke8 111. Rxa7 Rxh6
112. Rc7 Rh3 113. Rxc5 e4 114. Rc6 Kd7 115. Re6 $18) (108... e4 $142 109. Kd2
Kd7 110. Ra6 Ke8 111. Rxa7 Rxh6 112. Rc7 Kd8 113. Rxc5 Rh3 114. Rc6 $18) 109.
Ra6 $18 a4 (109... Kc8 110. Ra8+ Kb7 111. d6 Kc6 112. d7 Kxd7 113. h7 Rxh7 114.
Ra7+ $18) 110. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzuev, Danil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
c4 e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. d3 Nc7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15.
Rb1 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. a4 Qc8 18. a5 Nd7 19. Qa4 Ne6 20. Nd5 Bf8 21. Be3 Nf6
22. Nd2 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Nc7 24. Qe4 Rf7 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Rxb1 28.
Rxb1 Qd8 29. Bg3 Qf6 30. h3 Re7 31. Qg4 Re8 32. Rf1 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. Nxd6
Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Nxd5 {[#] Starker Läufer, schwache schwarze Bauern. Taktisches
Motiv: Springereinkreisung} 36. Bc5 a6 37. Bxd4 Nb4 38. Rb1 Nxd3 39. Rb7 Re4
40. Bxg7 Nc5 41. Ra7 h5 42. Bf6 h4 43. Be7 Nd3 44. Bd8 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Re2 46.
Bxh4 Nf4 47. Kg3 Nxg2 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. h3 Be7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. b3 Qb7 13. Nh2 Nb8 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
g4 Nd7 16. g5 f5 17. f4 Rae8 18. axb5 axb5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. c3 Nb6
22. Ra6 d5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Bd6 26. Kg2 Re7 27. Rf2 Rfe8 28.
Nhf1 Re1 29. Qd3 b4 30. Nf3 Rc1 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 g6 33. Qb5 Re6 34. Qxb4
Qd8 35. Qd2 Rb1 36. Rf3 Qc8 37. Ra2 Rc6 38. Ne3 Rcc1 39. Rc2 Rxc2 40. Qxc2
Qxc2+ 41. Nxc2 Rc1 42. Rf2 Kf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ke3 Rh1 45. Rf3 Rg1 46. Kf4 Nd7
47. Rc3 Nf8 48. Rc7 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 Rh1 50. Nb4 Rxh3+ 51. Kd2 Rh2+ 52. Ke3 Rh3+
53. Ke2 Rh2+ 54. Ke1 Rh3 55. Nc6 Nd7 56. b4 Rb3 57. Rb7 Rb2 58. b5 f4 59. Nd8+
Ke7 60. Nc6+ Ke6 61. Nd8+ Ke7 62. e6 Kxd8 63. Rxd7+ Ke8 64. Rxd5 {[#] Nach dem
Verschwinden etlicher Bauern entsteht ein Freibauernrennen, das Weiß mit
Mattangriff zu seinen Gunsten entscheidet.} Rb4 65. Rd7 Rxb5 66. d5 Rb3 67.
Rxh7 Re3+ 68. Kf2 Re5 69. Rd7 Rxg5 70. Kf3 Rf5 71. d6 Rf6 72. Re7+ Kf8 (72...
Kd8 73. Ke4 f3 74. Kd5 Rf5+ 75. Kc6 Ra5 76. Rh7 Ra6+ 77. Kc5 Ra5+ 78. Kb6 Rh5
79. Rg7 $18) 73. Rc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Khimik"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Rfd1 b6 14. a4 Qb7
15. f3 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. Nde2 Rd8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Bg1 Na5 21.
Qa2 Nc6 22. Qd2 Na5 23. Qc2 Nc6 24. Qc1 Nb4 25. Qd2 Be7 26. Bd4 Nc6 27. Be3 Na5
28. Nc1 h6 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. N1a2 Nc6 31. b4 Nd7 32. c5 dxc5 33. bxc5 Nce5 34.
cxb6 Nc4 35. Qe2 a5 36. Nb5 Nxe3 37. Nd6 Qb8 38. Qxe3 Rc6 39. Nb5 Nxb6 40. Qe1
Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Nxa4 42. Qxa5 Rc5 43. Qxa4 Rxb5 44. Nc1 Rh5 45. h3 Qg3 46. Nd3 e5
47. Qd7 Kh7 48. Ra1 Rg5 49. Ra2 Kg6 50. Re2 h5 51. Ra2 Qh4 52. Ra7 Kh7 53. Qxf7
Qg3 54. Ra2 Rg6 55. Re2 Qg5 56. Qd7 Be7 57. Qf5 Bd6 58. Qxg5 Rxg5 {[#]
Strategische Gegebenheiten: Bauern auf einem Flügel, schlechter Läufer Themen:
a) Belagerung der schwarzen Bauernschwächen, b) Turmeinkreisung, c) T+S+B - T+B
} 59. Ra2 Rg6 60. Ra6 Rf6 61. Kg1 h4 62. Kf1 Rg6 63. Ra5 Bc7 64. Rc5 Bd6 65.
Rb5 Re6 66. Nf2 Bc7 67. Ng4 Ra6 68. Rd5 Ra2 69. Nxe5 Ra1+ 70. Ke2 Ra2+ 71. Ke3
Rxg2 72. Ng4 Rg3 73. Rh5+ Kg6 74. Rxh4 Kg5 75. Rh8 Bb6+ 76. Ke2 Rg2+ 77. Kd3
Bc5 78. Rc8 Ba3 79. Ke3 Rg3 {[#] Die Einkreisung des schwarzen Turms beginnt.}
80. h4+ $1 Kxh4 81. Kf2 Bd6 (81... Rxg4 82. fxg4 Kxg4 83. Ke3 g5 {sollte für
Weiß gewonnen sein, erfordert allerdings einige Sorgfalt. Idee: Tc7 nebst Tf7
mit Absperren des schwarzen Königs, während der weiße in der Nähe des g-Bauern
bleibt. Analyse!}) 82. Rh8+ (82. e5 $6 Rxg4 83. fxg4 Bxe5 84. Kf3 g6 $14) 82...
Kg5 83. Ne3 {[%cal Re3f5,Re3f1]} Kf4 84. Nd5+ Kg5 85. Ne3 Kf4 86. Ng2+ $1 Kg5
87. Rd8 Be5 88. Rd5 Kf6 89. f4 {Viel einfacher war:} (89. Rxe5 $1 Rxg2+ 90.
Kxg2 Kxe5 91. Kg3 $18) 89... Bxf4 (89... Rxg2+ 90. Kxg2 Bxf4 91. Rf5+ $18) 90.
Nxf4 Ra3 91. Nd3 g5 92. Kf3 Rb3 93. Kg4 Ra3 94. Rd6+ Ke7 95. e5 Ra5 96. Rd4 (
96. Kxg5 $2 Rxe5+ $11) 96... Ra1 97. Kxg5 Rf1 98. Nf4 Ra1 99. Kf5 Rf1 100. Rb4
Ke8 1-0

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 (6... g6 7.
c3 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O $10 {Peresipkin-Karasew/UdSSR/1976}) 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 a6 9. c4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qb6 $6 (11... Qc7 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Rc1
Rac8 $13) 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nfd7 $2 16. Nf5 $1 Bf8
17. Ne3 Qa5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Rf1 Be7 20. Rf3 b5 $2 21. cxb5 Rxc3 22. Qd2 Rdc8 23.
Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Nd5 $1 $18 Rc8 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27. Rxd6 Nf8 28. bxa6
f5 29. a7 (29. b4 $1 fxe4 30. Ra3) 29... Ra8 30. Ra6 fxe4 31. Rc3 Nd5 32. Rc4
Nd7 33. b4 e3 34. a4 g5 35. a5 gxf4 36. b5 Ne5 37. Re4 Nd3 38. Rexe6 Nc5 39.
Re8+ Rxe8 40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Rxa8+ Kf7 42. Rc8 Ne4 43. Kf1 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Nb3 45.
b6 Nd4+ 46. Kd3 e2 47. Rc1 Ne3 48. b7 Nd1 49. b8=Q e1=Q 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. Qf8+
Ke5 52. Re7+ Ne6 53. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 (5... Qg4 $6 6. O-O Qxe4
7. d4 $36) 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... e5 7. d3 g6 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bd2 {
Bd2/\ Rb1;b4+/=}) 7. O-O $1 (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qg4 $5 9. O-O Qxd1 $10) 7... e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rac8 (11... Rfc8 $5 12. Rad1 Rab8 {
/\Nxd4;a6;b5}) 12. Rad1 b6 13. f4 a6 14. b3 Qb7 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
Bd4 Nd7 18. Rd3 Bf8 19. Rh3 $1 g6 20. Qf2 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f5 $1 Qc5 23.
Qf4 h5 24. fxe6 Ne5 25. e7 $1 b5 26. Nd5 bxc4 27. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 28. Qg5+ Ng6 29.
Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS08 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Stanojevic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 d6 (3... a6 $5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O
Be7 (7... b6 8. Nc3 Nf4 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf1 d6 $13 {Rosentalis-Sokolov,A/UdSSR/
1990}) 8. Nc3 Nf4 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 Ng6 $1 $15 {Short-Portisch,L/
London/1982}) 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Rc8 10. c4 a6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. f4 Bf8 15. Nf3 Red8
$2 (15... g6 $142) 16. e5 Ne8 (16... Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. f5 $1 $18) 17. Ng5 g6 (
17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Nxf7 $18) 19. Nb5 axb5 20. Bxe5 $18)
18. f5 $1 Nxe5 19. fxe6 f6 20. Nf7 Nxf7 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxf6
Nxf6 24. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 (5... e5 6.
Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rb1 $1 $14 {/\b4 Keres-Panno/
Petropolis/1973}) 6. Nc3 Nc6 (6... Qg4 $2 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Qb3 $1 b6 9. h3 Qf5
10. Qa4+ Kd8 (10... Nd7 $2 11. Qc6 $18) 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. d3 Nef6 13. Ng5 Qg6 14.
Nf4 $18) 7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 $5 (10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Rac8
12. b3 e6 $13) 10... O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 (12. Be3 {Ftacnik} Ne5 13. b3 b5 14.
Nd5 Qb7 15. Nb6 Rab8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nc3 b4 18. Nca4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 d5 20. exd5
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Rbd8 23. Nb6 R5d6 24. Nc4 {Tseitlin,Ma-Lerner,K/St.
Petersburg/1992/0.5 (44)}) (12. Bg5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rab8 17. b4 Rfc8 18. b5 Nc4 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
Qxg5 22. Rxc4 Nd7 23. Nd5 Nc5 24. Qb1 {Kubala,P-Dumitrescu,D/Szombathely
EUchJM-U16 (5)/1993/1-0 (41)}) 12... Rfc8 (12... Qd8 {Ftacnik Kramnik,
V-Gelfand,B (7)/FIDE-cm2 Sanghi Nagar/1994/}) 13. b3 Qd8 (13... Na7 $6 14. Be3
$2 (14. a5 $16) 14... b5) 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rab1 e6 (
17... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nxe7+ $18) 18.
Rfd1 (18. Qxd6 Rd8 $5 (18... Nxb3 19. Rxb3 Qxg5 20. Rxb7 Na5 21. Rc7 Nxc4 22.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxa6 Qc5 $44) (18... f6 {Ftacnik} 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Qd2 Rd8 21.
Qc2 Nb4 $44) (18... Nxa4 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxa4 Qxg5 20. Nb6 Rd8) 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20.
b4 Nxb4 21. Qg3 Nbd3 22. Nd1 Qd2 $44) 18... Rab8 19. Bh4 Qb6 20. Qxd6 Be5 (
20... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxd8 (21. Qg3 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Nxa4 $13) 21... Rxd8 22.
Qg3 Nd3 23. Rf1 (23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Nf2+ 25. Qxf2 Qxf2 26. dxc6 bxc6 (26...
Qxe2 $2 27. c7 $18) 27. Ng3 Be5 $13) 23... Qb4 $132) 21. Qd2 Nxb3 22. Qb2 Nca5
23. Nd5 $3 exd5 (23... Bxb2 24. Nxb6 Nxc4 (24... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bg3 $16) (
24... Rc6 25. Nd7 $18) 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd7 $16) 24. Qxe5 Nxc4 (24... dxc4 25.
Nc3 {/\Nd5}) 25. Qxd5 Qe3 (25... Ne3 26. Qd3 $1 Nxd1 27. Qxd1 $18 (27. Qxd1 {
Ftacnik} Qc6 $1 28. Qxb3 Qc2 $132)) 26. Re1 Nbd2 (26... Ncd2 {Ftacnik} 27. Nc1
Qc3 28. Nxb3 $16) (26... Nba5 {Ftacnik} 27. Nd4 Qa3 28. Bg3 $16) 27. Rxb7 Rxb7
28. Qxb7 Re8 29. Qd7 Rb8 30. Bg3 Nxf3 (30... Rf8 31. Nf4 $1 (31. Bf4 Qb6 32.
Bxd2 Rd8 (32... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 33. a5 Rxd7 34. axb6 Rxd2 35. b7 $18)) 31... Qc5
32. Nd5 {/\Bh6}) 31. Bxb8 Qxe4 (31... Qf2 {Ftacnik} 32. Bg3) (31... Nxe1 {
Ftacnik} 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxc4 Nd3 34. Qd4+ Qxd4 35. Nxd4 $18) 32. gxf3 Qxf3+
33. Kg1 Qe3+ (33... Ne3 {Ftacnik} 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Be5+ $18) 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35.
Kh3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Rb1 Nc6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nd5 (11. a3 h6 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14.
Nd5 f5 $13) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. b4 f5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxd4 exd4 $6 {
Spielt auf gewinn,gibt aber das Zentrum auf.} (15... cxd4 $10) 16. Qb3 b6 17.
f4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Rac8 19. Qc4 Kh8 20. a4 g5 21. e5 $1 gxf4 22. e6 $2 (22. Bxf4
$1 Rxf4 $6 (22... Rfe8) (22... Rce8 23. Rbe1 $16) 23. Rxf4 Bxe5 24. Rf3 Rd8 25.
Rbf1 $16) 22... Qd6 23. Rbe1 Rce8 24. a5 b5 25. Qxb5 Qxd5 26. e7 Rg8 27. a6 Be5
28. Qb7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 $4 (9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 $14) 9... Ne5 $1 10. Nbc3 (10. Na3 $142
Rc8 11. Qb3 Qc6 $17 12. Ng3 Nf6 (12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qxc4 14. Qxb7)) 10... Nxc4
11. b3 Nb6 12. a4 Qd8 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. h3 Nbd7 16. g4 Ne5 17. f4 Nc6
18. f5 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. g5 Nb4 21. Nce2 Nc5 $6 (21... Rxc1 $17) 22. Rc4 a5
23. Ng3 Be5 24. Qg4 $5 Nxb3 $4 (24... Bxf4 $142 $1 $17) (24... Qd7 $142 25.
Bxc5 Rxc5 26. fxg6 (26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. Rd1 Bd4+) 26... Qxg4 27. gxh7+ Kxh7 28.
hxg4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Rc8 $17) 25. fxg6 $1 Rxc4 (25... fxg6 26. Qe6+ Kg7 (26...
Kh8 27. Nxg6+) 27. Nfh5+ gxh5 28. Nxh5+ Kh8 29. Rxf8+ $18) (25... hxg6 26. Nxg6
$1 Rxc4 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. g6 fxg6 (28... f6 29. Qh5 $18) 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+
Kg8 31. Nf5 Rf7 (31... Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Qd1+ 33. Rf1 $18) 32. Kh1 $1 (32. Qg6+ Kh8
$1 33. Qxf7 Qg8+ 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Nxe7+ Kg7 $132) 32... Rh7 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34.
Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Rxh6 36. Bxh6 $18) 26. gxh7+ $142 Kh8 (26... Kxh7 27. Nf5 $1
Nc2 (27... Bxf4 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. g6 $1 $18) (27... e6 28. g6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+
Kh8 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh7 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Bg7 34. Nh5 $18) 28. g6+
fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh7 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Bg7 34. Ne6
$18) 27. g6 Nc2 (27... e6 28. gxf7 $1 (28. Ngh5 Rxe4 $1 29. g7+ Kxh7 $17) 28...
Bxf4 29. Rxf4 Nc2 30. Nh5 $18) 28. Nf5 $18 Bg7 29. gxf7 Rxf7 30. Qh5 Rf6 31.
Ng6+ Rxg6+ 32. Qxg6 Qf8 33. Bh6 $1 (33. Bh6 Bxh6 34. Nxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Damit weicht Weiß den langen scharfen Varianten
aus und bekommt ein angenehmes, relativ risikofreies Spiel.} Bd7 {Das ist
unumstritten der Hauptzug, wenn Weiß das Läuferschach gibt. Andere
Alternativen bieten Weiß gute Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} (3... Nd7 4. d4
Ngf6 (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 $14 {Die weiße
Dominanz im Zentrum ist deutlich.}) 5. Nc3 cxd4 (5... a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O
e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und
Entwicklungsvorsprung.}) 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 $14 {Mit dem schwachen
d6-Bauern und dem Feld d5 hat Schwarz viele Probleme am Hals.}) (3... Nc6 {
ist solider als 3....Nd7, aber weniger populär als der Partiezug.} 4. O-O (4.
Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 Nf6 $132 {
Die Stellung ist gut spielbar für beide Seiten, Weiß hat keine bessere Chancen.
}) 4... Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 $11) 7... Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 $1 $132 {Mit dem letzten Zug hat Schwarz 11.d4
verhindert. Die Chancen der beiden Seiten sind ungefähr gleich, doch auf Dauer
hat Weiß etwas bessere Perspektiven aufgrund des Läuferpaars und des höheren
Potenzials im Zentrum.}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 ({Ebenfalls möglich ist} 4... Nxd7 5.
O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 (7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O $11) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6
10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. Nc3 $14 {Die entstandene Igelstellung ist etwas
besser für Weiß, weil Schwarz keinen Druck gegen die Bauern c4 und e4 aufbauen
kann. Weiß seinerseits wird sein Spiel im Zentrum gegen den Bauern d6 immer
haben.}) 5. c4 ({Es ist wichtig zu wissen, dass in solchen Stellungen der Zug} 
5. d4 $2 {ein grober strategischer Fehler ist. Durch die Abwesenheit der
weißfeldrigen Läufer ist das weiße Angriffspotential wesentlich gesunken, auf
der anderen Seite hat Schwarz das Feld c4 für seine Figuren zur Verfügung. Zum
Beispiel:} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Qd2
Ne5 $36) (5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 $5 {Das Bauernopfer ist interessant, aber
auch nicht mehr. Bei richtiger Verteidigung kann sich Schwarz gut verteidigen.
Die weiße Kompensation reicht nicht aus, um einen Vorteil zu erzielen.} (7. Re1
e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 $11) 7... Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 (9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Rxe5 e6 12. c4 Bd6 13. Re1 O-O-O $11 {Es ist klar zu
sehen, dass Schwarz keinerlei Probleme hat.}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4 (
11. Bg5 Qg4 $1 $15) 11... e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bh4 O-O
16. Qh3 Kf7 17. f4 $44 {Adams - Anand (Groningen, 1997)}) 5... Nf6 (5... Nc6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 (9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O {führt
zur Partie.}) 9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 $132 {
Weiß hat zwar einen Raumvorteil, aber dafür doch einige Schwachpunkte in der
Stellung, das Feld b4 und der Bauer c4 sind zwei der wichtigsten davon. Ich
denke die Stellung befindet sich im dynamischen Gleichgewicht, wie fast alle
Stellungen dieser Variante.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 ({Will
Weiß den Aufbau mit f3 erreichen, muss er genau spielen. Ein Fehltritt wäre
dann z.B. die Rochade:} 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 $6 (10. Be3 Ng4 $1 $36 {/\Nc6,xd4})
10... Rc8 $1 11. b3 d5 $3 {Kaum zu glauben - der schwarze Bauer betritt das
Feld, das unter der totalen weißen Kontrolle ist!} 12. exd5 (12. Nxd5 e6 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Ne2 Qe7 $17) 12... Nxd5 $3 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 (16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qe5 18. Qd4 Nc6 $11 {Kritz -
Kempinski (Bundesliga, 2005)}) 16... dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1
Rxd1 20. Rxd1 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc6 $11) ({Man muss erst} 9. f3 {spielen, um
schnell genug den Gegenangriff von Schwarz zu stoppen:} O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3
{Hier hat Schwarz keine taktischen Chancen im Zentrum mehr. Trotzdem ist die
Stellung nach} a6 12. a4 Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 {/\Qa5 ziemlich ausgeglichen}) 9...
O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 {führt zur Partie.}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O {
Bereits in dieser Stellung haben sich die Kontrahenten in der Partie Spasov -
Smirin (Plovdiv, 2008) auf Remis geeignet...} Rfd8 {Das ist ein neuer Zug. Mir
scheint es nicht ganz logisch zu sein, den Turm auf die d-Linie bringen zu
wollen. Schließlich macht er auf d8 ziemlich wenig. Vielleicht wollte Schwarz
später mal zu e6-d5 kommen.} (11... Rac8 $5 12. b3 (12. Rc1 Nxd4 $15 {xc4 Hier
sieht man den Vorteil des Zuges 11....Rac8 - Weiß wird gezwungen, 12.b3 zu
spielen.}) 12... a6 13. Rc1 (13. a4 Qd8 $132 {/\Qa5}) 13... b5 $5 14. cxb5 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 axb5 16. Qd3 {Garcia - Delgado (Guayaquil, 2003)} (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nd5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qa7 $11) 16... Ra8 $1 $11 {Ich denke nicht, dass
Weiß hier einen Vorteil hat.}) 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. b3 e6 (13... a6 $5 14. Qd3 $5 {
Um das Feld b5 ein Mal mehr unter Kontrolle zu nehmen.} e6 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Qe2
Qc7 $132 {/\Qa5 Die Stellung ändert sich kaum von Variante zur Variante, auf
dem Brett ist ein dynamisches Gleichgewicht.}) 14. Qf3 ({Nichts bringt auch} 
14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nb5 (15. Bxa7 b6 $15) 15... Ra8 16. f3 (16. Nxa7 Qxe4 $15)
16... a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 $11) 14... Qe7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Bd4 Rdc8 18.
a4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Die Stellung ist absolut gleich. Schwarz hat eine
einzige Schwäche - den Bauern d6, den er gut verteidigen kann. Da drei
Leichtfiguren schon getauscht sind, bringt der kleine Raumvorteil Weiß auch
nichts.} 20. Qe3 Qd8 21. Ne2 Qa5 22. Nd4 Rb6 23. Rc3 Qc5 24. Qe1 Ne5 25. Re3
Nc6 26. Nc2 a5 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. g3 Nb4 29. Nxb4 Rxb4 30. Qf6 Rb6 31. e5 Re8 32.
h4 d5 33. Rf3 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Rbe6 37. Rxa5 Rxe5 38.
Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Re3 Rd5 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Rb8 Rd7 42. Kg2 h5 43. b4 Kf6 44. a5 Ke6
45. b5 Kd6 46. Rc8 Re7 47. b6 Re5 48. a6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Lamprecht,F"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. b3 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf1 Nc7 14. Ng3 Rac8
15. Re3 Nb5 16. Rd3 Rc6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nh3 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Qd8 21.
a4 Nc3 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. h3 Nf8 24. Kh2 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. Re3 b5 27. axb5
Nxb5 28. Ne2 Rc2 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Rd3 Rb2 31. Qe3 Rb6 32. Rd2 Qb1 33. Nc3 Nxc3
34. Qxc3 R6xb3 35. Rxb2 Qxb2 36. Qxb2 Rxb2 37. Kg3 Rb4 38. h4 g6 39. Kg4 Rxd4+
40. f4 f6 41. exf6 Kf7 42. Rxa7+ Kxf6 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rb3 45. Rh7 h5 46.
Rd7 Rb1 47. Rd8 Rh1 48. g3 Kf5 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Ra1 51. Rf8+ Kg4 52. Rf6
Kxg3 53. Rxe6 Kxf4 54. Rxg6 Ra3 55. Rg5 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Re5 57. Rg8 Ke4 58. Rh8
Kf3 59. Rg8 Re4 60. Rg5 Rd4+ 61. Kc2 Rxh4 62. Rxd5 Rh1 {[#]} 63. Kb2 $2 {
Howell strebt eine Vancura Remisstellung an. Mit dem Turm auf der d-Linie geht
dies aber nicht, da dieser schon bald vom schwarzen König angegriffen werden
kann. Mit sehr wenig Zeit auf der Uhr ist das Remis hier nur schwer zu finden:}
(63. Rd3+ $1 Ke4 64. Rc3 $3 {Der Turm gehört auf die c-Linie!} (64. Rb3 $2 h4
$1 65. Kb2 Kf4 66. Rc3 Rf1 67. Kc2 Rf3 $19) 64... h4 (64... Rf1 65. Rh3 Rf5 66.
Kd2 $11) (64... Kf4 65. Kd2 $1 h4 66. Ke2 $1 $11) (64... Rh2+ 65. Kd1 $11) 65.
Kb2 Rh2+ 66. Kb1 $11 (66. Kb3 $4 Rd2 $1 $19)) (63. Rc5 $2 {wäre verfrüht:} h4
64. Rh5 h3 65. Rh8 Kg2 66. Rg8+ Kh2 67. Kd2 Rg1 $1 68. Rf8 Kg2 (68... Rg5 $5
69. Ke2 Kg3 $19) (68... Rg4 $4 69. Ke2 $1 Kg3 70. Rf3+ $1 Kh4 71. Rf8 h2 72.
Kf2 $1 h1=Q $6 (72... h1=N+ $11) 73. Rh8+ $1 $11) 69. Rg8+ (69. Ke2 h2 $1 70.
Rg8+ Kh3 $1 71. Rh8+ Kg3 $1 72. Rg8+ Kf4 $1 $19) 69... Kh1 $1 70. Rf8 h2 (70...
Rg5 $5) 71. Ke3 Kg2 $1 72. Rg8+ Kf1 $1 73. Rf8+ Ke1 $1 74. Ra8 Rg3+ $1 75. Kf4
Rf3+ 76. Kg4 Rf1 $19) 63... h4 64. Rd4 {[#]} Ke3 $4 {Ein grober Fehler von
Nakamura, der damit seinen siebten Sieg in Folge verpasst. Zum Gewinn führte}
(64... Kg3 {droht den Turm zu verbessern} 65. Rd3+ Kf2 66. Rd2+ (66. Rd4 h3 67.
Rd2+ (67. Rh4 Kg3 68. Rh8 Rh2+ 69. Kc3 Rf2 70. Kd3 h2 71. Ke3 Rf3+ 72. Ke2 Rf4
$19) (67. Rd3 h2 $1 68. Rd2+ Ke3 69. Rc2 Rb1+ $19) 67... Ke3 $1 68. Rc2 Rd1 $1
(68... h2 $4 69. Rc3+ Kf2 70. Rc2+ $1 Ke3 71. Rc3+ Kd4 72. Rh3 $1 $11) 69. Rh2
Rd2+ $1 $19) (66. Rc3 Re1 $19) 66... Ke3 {jetzt passt es, denn nach} 67. Rc2 {
ist der Bauer nicht angegriffen:} Rf1 68. Rc4 Rf4 $19) 65. Rc4 h3 66. Rc3+ $1 {
[#]Nun hat Howell die Standard-Vancura-Remisstellung erreicht.} Kd4 67. Rg3
Rh2+ 68. Ka1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nde2 Rfe8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Ncxe4 Nf6
21. Nd6 Re7 22. Ngf5 Rd7 23. Rad1 Kh7 24. g4 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. Nf5 Re6 27.
Rd3 Rc8 28. Rfd1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. h4 Bf8 32. Kg2 b4 33. Rbd3
Ree8 34. R1d2 Ra8 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Bc5 gxh4 37. Bxb4 Rd7 38. Bc3 Ra6 39. Nf5
Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Rb6 $2 (40... h5 41. Rd8 Bh6 $14) 41. Rd8 $18 Bb4 42. Bd4 Re6 43.
Kh3 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Nxh4+ Kg5 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Nf5+ Kh7 49.
Rh8+ Kg6 50. Kg4 Nf6+ 51. Bxf6 Kxf6 52. f4 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 Qg4 8.
d3 Ne5 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. d4 Nf4 11. Qb5+ Kd8 12. Ne1 Ned3 13. f3 $1 (13. Qxb7 $2)
13... Qg5 $1 (13... Nh3+ $2) 14. Nb3 $1 (14. Qxb7 $2) 14... Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Ndxc1
16. f4 Qh4 17. Nf3 Ng3+ 18. Kg1 Nge2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. Kg1 Nge2+ $1 (20...
Nce2+ $2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh6 14. Nb3 Nf5
15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc3 Bb4 18. Rcd3 Be7 19. a3 a5 20. Nbd2 a4 21. Nb1
b5 22. g4 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Rh3 Bg5 26. Bg3 b4 27. Nxa4 bxa3
28. Qc2 h6 29. Qxc6 $2 (29. f4 axb2 30. Nxb2 $15) 29... axb2 $2 (29... Qa5 30.
Bh4 Rbc8 $19) 30. Qc2 $11 Qa5 31. f4 Rfc8 32. Nc5 Qb4 33. Qb1 $6 (33. fxg5 b1=Q
34. Rxb1 $11) 33... Qc3 $6 (33... Be7 34. Be1 Qxd4+ $17) 34. Kg2 $11 Rxc5 35.
dxc5 Rb3 36. Rf1 $1 (36. fxg5 $2) 36... Ra3 $4 (36... Be7 37. f5 Bg5 $15) 37.
Rf2 $18 Ra1 38. Qxb2 Qe1 39. Rh5 g6 40. fxg5 gxh5 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {Given Kamsky's tendency to
avoid topical lines, this looks like a safe choice of opening. In the
Rossolimo variation White cannot claim an objective advantage, but obtains
more space in a relatively stable position. Judging from the further course of
the game, Kamsky did not anticipate how "relative" this evaluation really is...
} Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O {Black has delayed the
development of his queen's knight, but could still transpose to the old main
lines with 10...Nc6. However, Gelfand had other plans.} 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 $3
{Boom! Forget about stability in the centre; with this "delayed Grünfeld" blow
Black gives the position an open character. Judging from Kamsky's long
thinking starting with this moment, he must not have been aware of the fact
that this move had been played in several dozens of games already...} {Black
has no problems after} 12. exd5 ({Personally, I would be more concerned about} 
12. e5 {, but the move played by Kamsky belongs to main stream of "theory"
still. For further details about the advance of the e-pawn, see the comments
to Vescovi,G (2633)-Areshchenko,A (2564)/Moscow 2004/CBM 100/[Psakhis] (1-0,
29)}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 $1 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c5 ({This had
been played just once before. Most of the games went} 16. Nb5 {with equal play.
Here is a recent example:} dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc6 22. Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Boidman,Y (2438)-Savchenko,S (2545)/
Metz 2007/CBM 117 ext}) 16... Na6 17. Nc2 ({This is a strong novelty
maintaining... equality! After} 17. Qd2 Nxc5 {Black was a pawn up in
Kovalevskaya,E (2469)-Kosintseva,N (2459)/Krasnoturinsk 2005/CBM 107 ext (0-1,
36)}) 17... Nxc5 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Qh4 $2 ({With so many short draws
around, Kamsky probably felt like proving his fighting spirit, but he will
never get even a faint shadow of compensation for the pawn.} 20. Qxd5 {would
have most probably led to a draw.}) 20... Rc5 21. Rad1 d4 22. Ng4 Rf8 $17 23.
Rfe1 Rh5 24. Qg3 Rd5 25. Rd2 Qd6 26. Qh4 h5 27. Nf2 g5 28. Qe4 Re5 29. Qb1
Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rd8 31. g3 Nc5 32. Qe2 a5 33. Qb5 b6 34. a3 Qe6 35. Rb2 d3 36.
b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb3 38. Qa4 Nd4 39. Kg2 Nc2 40. Rxc2 {In view of the threat ..
.Ne3+, this exchange sacrifice was virtually forced, but it is much less
effective than the sacrifice from the yesterday's game between the same
players.} dxc2 41. Qxc2 g4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Kg1 Rd4 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qc2+ f5
46. Qc3 Rc4 47. Qd2 Kh7 48. h3 gxh3 49. Nxh3 Qc6 50. Qe3 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52.
Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Nf2 {According to the server, Gelfand took his time before
delivering the deadly blow} Rxf2+ $1 {with mate on e4 to follow.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {This (Rossolimo) Variation has become a very
important alternative instead of 3.d4. It has been played by the strongest
grandmasters including Kasparov and Carlsen.} Bd7 {Main move} ({The second
possibility} 3... Nd7 {has become very popular in the last two years}) ({
while the third possibility} 3... Nc6 {after} 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 {
is still playable.}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 ({When I was younger one often saw} 5.
O-O Nf6 $5 (5... Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 $5 Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 $44 {White has
adequate compensation for the sacrificed pawn}) 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 {
or ...Qc7 with an unclear position.}) 5... Nf6 {The new main line (without ...
Nc6).} (5... Qg4 $6 {is too risky} 6. O-O Qxe4 7. d4 {with an advantage in
development.}) ({In the past} 5... Nc6 {was required. The old main line was
after} 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 (7... g6) 8. Nc3 g6 (8... Qg4) (8... e6) 9. f3 (
9. O-O Bg7 10. Nde2) 9... Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O {with a small (space)
advantage.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O {Third possibility.} ({
The second possibility is} 9. h3 Qc7 $5 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qe5
13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Na6 ({more often
} 17... Rf8 {was played immediately}) ({while} 17... Nd7 {was seen last year
in one of my games} 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Rhe1 Nxe4+ 21. Rxe4 Rf8 22. f3
Kd7 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. a4 Rc5 25. Kd3 Rg5 26. R1e2 h5 27. Ke3 Rgf5 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Spasov,V (2573)-Marjanovic,S (2464) Serbia chT, Kragujevac 2013}) 18. Nxe4 Rf8
19. O-O-O Rc8 20. Rhe1 Kd7 21. Kb2 Nc5 22. f3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc5 24. b4 Rcf5 25.
Kc3 Rf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (51) Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)-Ivanchuk,V (2755)
Thessaloniki 2013}) ({The most playable move (in the new main line) is} 9. f3
O-O (9... Qc7 $5 {was played by Anand against Carlsen, 2012}) 10. Be3 Rc8 11.
b3 a6 {and Black has to play very precisely in order to equalise.}) ({While
after} 9. b3 $5 {(played by Negi and Rozentalis)} Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O {
we are getting to the same position as in the annotated game.}) 9... O-O ({
The previous move 9.0-0 allows a transposition to the old main line:} 9... Nc6
10. Nde2 Qe6 $5 (10... O-O 11. f3) 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 $13
{with an unclear position.}) 10. b3 $5 ({If} 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 {Black
equalises thanks to Ivanchuk's improvement} d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14.
Bh6 $1 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 10... Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nd5 ({Black does not
equalise even after} 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 (12... bxc6 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15.
Na4 $14 {1-0 (40) Rodshtein,M (2683)-Svane,R (2472) Groningen NED 2013}) 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 (16. Qd2 $5) 16... e5 (16... Rfe8
17. Qd2 $14 b5 (17... e5) 18. Rac1 Qa7 19. b4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 $16 {1-0 (26)
Bacrot,E (2730)-Giri,A (2749) Germany 2013}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 Rf6 19. Rad1
Raf8 20. Re2 e5 21. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (46) Adams,M (2752)-Areshchenko,A (2720)
Warsaw 2013}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rfe1 {
In this position White has also a small (space) advantage.} Rfc8 (16... bxc4
17. bxc4 Rfe8 18. h4 h5 19. Re3 e5 (19... Rac8 $5) 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. c5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Negi,P (2638)-Jianu,V (2500) Cappelle la Grande 2013}) 17. h4 $146
{A novelty.} ({After} 17. Re4 bxc4 18. bxc4 {Black can try} Rc7 $5 (18... Qa7
19. Qd2 Rab8 20. Rae1 Rc7 21. h4 Rbb7 22. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (63) Rozentalis,E 
(2592)-Socko,B (2617) Austria 2013}) 19. Rae1 Rac8 {as in the annotated game.})
17... bxc4 18. bxc4 {Black has almost a balanced position: he has a weak pawn
on e7, while White has one on c4.} h5 {one more precise move} ({If} 18... Ra7
19. h5 {Black can equalise with some effort:} Rac7 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. h6 (21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Rc3 a5 $11) 21... f6 22. Re4 Qg5 23. Rce1 Qxh6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25.
Rxe7 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qh6+ 27. Kg3 Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Ke3 Qg5+ 30. Ke2 Qc1 $11)
19. Re4 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Qb6 (21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. g4 (23. g3
Re2 $13) 23... hxg4 24. Qxg4 Rec7 25. h5 Rxc4 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. hxg6 f6 28. Qf5
Rh8 $11) (21. Qd3 Qa4 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rb8 $11) 21... a5 (21... Qa4 22. c5
Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. c6 e6 25. dxe6 Rxc6 26. exf7+ Kxf7 $11 {is an equal
ending.}) ({After} 21... Rxc4 22. Rxe7 Qf5 23. Qxd6 Rc2 24. Qb6 Rd2 $44 {
Black has adequate compensation.}) 22. Qxa5 (22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24.
Qxa5 (24. Qxd6 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Rxc4 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qxa5 Rxh4+ 28. Kg3 Rg4+ 29.
Kf3 Rd1 $11) 24... Re4 25. g3 Rcxc4 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qxd6 Re2 $11) ({The last
try to get a small advantage was} 22. Qb3 $5 Rb7 23. Qc3 a4 24. g3) 22... Rxc4
23. Rxe7 Qf5 $44 {Black has sufficient compensation.} 24. Qd2 Qf4 (24... Kh7
25. Qg5 $14) 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. g3 (26. Rd7 Rc2 27. f3 Rxa2 28. Rxd6 Rd4 $11)
26... Rf5 27. a4 Rxd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd3 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 ({The following game will be referred to in the notes later:} 1. c4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2
b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
b4 Qb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qa8 20. Bf2 Ngf8 21. Qe2 Qb8 22. Red1 g6
23. e5 Bc6 24. Bd4 Red8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nf3 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rdc8 28. Ne4 Qc7
29. Nfd2 a6 30. Nf2 Bg5 31. Rf1 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Ng4 Rd6
35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Qf2 Qd4 38. c5 bxc5 39. Qxd4+ Rxd4 40. Rxc5 Rcd8
41. Rcc7 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 R1d2+ 43. Kh3 R2d5 44. Ng4 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rf5+
47. Ke3 Rxf7 48. Rxf7 Rd8 49. Nf6 Rb8 50. Kf4 h6 51. Ke5 a5 52. bxa5 Ra8 53. a6
{1-0 (53) Carlsen,M (2848)-Polgar,J (2705) London 2012}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 (6. Re1 {is the other main move.})
6... e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. c4 Rc8 10. b3 {In such positions, White
normally needs to be careful with the move order to avoid tactical tricks
against the centre. However, it's interesting to note that} (10. Nc3 $5 {
might be playable anyway, e.g.} Qc7 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 Qxc3 13. Be3 Qa5 14.
Rfc1 {with dangerous compensation for the piece.}) 10... g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nc3
O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Kh1 (14. f4 {might perhaps have been played immediately.}
e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 {looks a little better for White. In the future, the Nd4 may
move towards the d5 square.}) 14... Rfd8 (14... d5 $5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5
Rfe8 17. Qf3 {is equal according to my engine. The d5 pawn is not about to
drop off, but Black's pieces are all active.}) 15. f4 Qb8 {In this game,
Black's heavy pieces turned out to be on the wrong squares. The rook soon
returns to e8, and the Black queen will be out of play on b8. But these
decisions are not easy. For example, if Black left the queen on c7 and rook on
e8, the sacrifice Nd4-b5 (with a fork on d6) would need careful consideration.}
16. Nf3 {Black has to look out for two pawn breaks in this position: e4-e5 and
f4-f5. At this point of the game, I was thinking about the break with e4-e5,
and trying to recall the ideas from the game Carlsen-Polgar, London 2012. That
game started with 1.c4, and is listed in the variation to White's first move.}
Nh5 ({I calculated a straightforward path to an advantage after} 16... b5 17.
cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 (18. e5 {is also not bad, but much more complex.}) 18...
Qxb5 (18... Nxe4 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20. Nxe4 Bxb2 21. Nxd6 $16) 19. Nxb5 Nxe4 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 $16) (16... Re8 {is even worse} 17. e5 Nh5 18.
Ne4 Nxf4 19. Qe3 dxe5 20. Rxd7 $18) 17. f5 {It looked natural to push the pawn
first and decide what to do with the f3 knight later.} (17. Ng5 {is my
engine's preference.} h6 18. Nxf7 $1 (18. Nh3 b5 {is quite playable for Black.}
) 18... Kxf7 19. f5 {with an enormous attack:} Kg8 (19... Nhf6 20. fxe6+ Kxe6
21. Nd5 $18) 20. fxe6 Ne5 21. Nd5 {and g2-g4 will soon win a piece back.})
17... Re8 18. fxe6 fxe6 (18... Rxe6 19. Ng5 {is disastrous for Black.}) 19. e5
$1 {A thematic sacrifice, clearing a space for the knight on e4.} Nxe5 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Ne4 Bxb2 (21... Nf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf4 23. Nf6+ {wins easily, e.g.} Kf7 24.
Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf3 e5 26. g3 $18) (21... Rcd8 22. Bxe5 dxe5 {is unattractive
for Black.}) 22. Qxb2 d5 (22... Rf8 {was a better defence, and contains a
little trick.} 23. Rxf8+ (23. g4 {is the move White would like to play, but it
doesn't work:} Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rf8 $1 {That's the trick!} 25. Rg1 d5 26. gxh5
dxe4 27. hxg6 h5 {and with Qb8-f4 coming, Black is doing fine}) 23... Rxf8 24.
Qd4 {and White will preserve an edge after capturing on d6.} (24. g4 d5 $1 {
is fine for Black once again.}) (24. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6)) 23. g4 $1 {This move had
to be foreseen when pushing 19.e5!, else White would have to settle for
equality.} (23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Qc7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 $11) 23... dxe4
24. gxh5 $16 {White's pieces are on excellent squares, and Black's king is in
serious danger.} e5 (24... Qc7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg2 Qg7 27. Qxe4 $16 {Most
likely, White will win a pawn soon.}) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg2 Rc6 27. Rd7 {
Natural and strong. As well as doubling rooks on the seventh rank, Qg2-h3-h7
is threatened.} Rd6 (27... Rd8 {was a bit more stubborn} 28. Rdf7 Qc8 {and
here Black's d8 rook is active on the d-file so White can't win by force} 29.
Qf2 (29. R7f6 $2 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Rd1+ {and Black is better.}) 29... g5 {to
prevent Qf2-h4} 30. Rf6 $1 {threatens to exchange rooks and play Qf2-f7+} e3
31. Qxe3 Qg4 32. R6f5 Rg6 33. Rxe5 {and Black is lost but the game continues.})
28. Rdf7 {Here I could see that White wins by force. There is only one way to
prevent Qg2-h3-h7 mate.} Qc8 29. R7f6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Re7 31. Rxg6+ Kh8 32. Qg5
Qf8 {Black staves off mate, but can't avoid a hopeless pawn endgame.} 33. Qh5+
Rh7 34. Qxe5+ Rg7 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 {Das sieht zwar nicht
gut aus, aber für Menschen, die nicht Karpov heißen, ist die Minderwertigkeit
des Bf8 nicht so leicht nachzuweisen. Die Motivation für Schwarz, diese
Struktur zu spielen, ist wohl der noch bewegliche f-Bauer und die damit
verbundene Möglichkeit, am Königsflügel das Ruder zu übernehmen.} 6. Nc3 Nc6 7.
d3 ({Es lohnt sich diese instruktive Musterpartie zu studieren:} 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 Be7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. f4 Rac8 14. Bd2
f6 15. h3 Rc7 16. Rf2 Rfc8 17. Raf1 Rc2 18. g4 a6 19. a4 R8c5 20. Bb4 Rxf2 21.
Kxf2 Rc7 22. Bd2 Qc8 23. Ke2 Rc5 24. f5 Bd8 25. Qa3 Kf7 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Kd1 Qd7
28. b4 Rc8 29. Qa2 Bb6 30. Be1 Kf7 31. Ra1 Bd8 32. Bd2 Bb6 33. a5 Bd8 34. Qa4
Qxa4+ 35. Rxa4 Ke8 36. h4 h6 37. Ra2 Kd7 38. Be1 Be7 39. Rg2 Bd8 40. Bd2 Be7
41. Rg3 Rh8 42. Kc2 Rc8+ 43. Kb2 Rh8 44. Rg2 Rc8 45. Rg1 Rh8 46. Kc2 Rc8+ 47.
Kd1 Rh8 48. Be1 Rc8 49. Rg2 Rh8 50. Rb2 Rc8 51. Bd2 Bd8 52. b5 axb5 53. Rxb5
Kc7 54. Ke2 Kb8 55. Bb4 Bc7 56. a6 Ka7 57. axb7 Rb8 58. Bd2 Rxb7 59. Rxb7+ Kxb7
60. g5 hxg5 61. hxg5 Bd8 62. Kf3 Kc8 63. Kg4 Kd7 64. Kh5 Ke8 65. Bb4 fxg5 66.
Bxd6 Bf6 67. Bb4 Kf7 68. Bd2 Be7 69. Bxg5 Ba3 70. Bd8 Bd6 71. Kg5 {1-0 Karpov,
A (2660)-Ribli,Z (2525)/Bath 1973/EU-chT}) 7... g6 8. a3 Bg7 9. b4 Nge7 10. Qa4
$5 $146 {Heute wollte ich meinen König in der Mitte lassen, ein bisschen
Provokation trägt meist zur Belebung des Spiels bei...} (10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O h6
12. Nd5 f5 13. Ne1 f4 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Bb2 Kh7 16. Bc3 g5 17. h3 Bh8 18. Qg4
Rad8 19. a4 Nc8 20. Rb5 b6 21. Nf3 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Nd6 23. Rb2 Nb7 24. Nd2 Nb4
25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Nc5 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rb5 Nxd3 29. Rxa5 Rf7 30. Rfa1 Bg7
31. R1a3 Nb4 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Nc6 34. Rc7 Nd4 35. Nf3 Kg8 36. c5 Ne6 37.
Rc6 Nd4 38. Rb6 Kf7 39. c6 Ke8 40. Rb7 {1-0 Tseitlin,M (2480)-Jankovec,I (2320)
/Olomouc 1973/EXT 2002}) 10... Nd4 11. Rb1 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nc6 {Hier wurde der
Grundstein für meine spätere - glücklicherweise folgenlose - Zeitnot gelegt.
Denn ich musste feststellen, dass das Türschloss der Toilette heute nur einen
einmaligen Gebrauch zuließ. Von innen ließ es sich nicht mehr öffnen und so
war das Orga-Komitee etwa 20 Minuten damit beschäftigt, einen
Toiletten-Skandal abzuwenden und mich aus dieser misslichen Lage wieder zu
befreien... ;-)} 13. Nd5 (13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd5 Rc8 {nebst b6 und der
Damenflügel ist befestigt.}) 13... O-O 14. bxc5 (14. h4 Rac8) 14... Qh3 {
Wie schon bei Qa4 angedeutet... ließ "Action" nicht lange auf sich warten.
Allerdings war ich der Ansicht, kein echtes Risiko einzugehen, da die Dame auf
sich allein gestellt ist.} (14... dxc5 15. Be3 Qh3 16. Rxb7 (16. Ke2 f5 17.
Rxb7 Rac8 $132) 16... Qxf3 17. Rg1 Nd4 {geht zur Partie über.}) 15. Be3 Qxf3
16. Rg1 dxc5 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 {Es sieht so aus, als ob Wei? sehr
zufrieden sein kann: Turm auf der siebten Reihe und ein "Oktopus" auf d5
gegenüber dem unschuldig wirkenden Bg7... Dafür ist der weiße König jedoch
ohne sicheren Unterschlupf und das sollte Schwarz zu ausreichendem Gegenspiel
genügen.} 19. Rg3 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Rab8 $2 {Mein Gegner übersah hierbei vermutlich
die Parade 25.Nb4 (nach dem konsequenten 23...Rb8) und wähnte sich deshalb
wohl sogar im Vorteil.} (20... Qxh2 $142 21. Qd7 Qh5+ (21... Z0 22. Ne7+ Kh8
23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Rh3+ $18) 22. Rf3 $13 (22. Kf1 Qh1+ $11)) 21. Qxa7 Rxb7 (
21... Be5 22. Rf3 Rxb7 (22... Qc1 $2 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rh3 h5 26.
Rxh5+ gxh5 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qxe5 $16) 23. Qxb7 {-Text}) 22. Qxb7 Be5 23. Rf3
Qxh2 (23... Rb8 $2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Nb4 $1 (25. Nb6 Qb1 26. Qe7 Bg7 27. Rf7
Qc2+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Kf4 Qc1+ 30. Kg3 Qg1+ 31. Kh3 h5 32. f3 g5 $11) 25...
Qxh2 26. Qe7 Bd6 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rh3 Qf4 30. Qxg6 $18) 24. a4 g5
{Ab hier lasse ich einige klare Gewinnmöglichkeiten aus, doch der Vorteil ist
so überwältigend, dass mein Gegner keine echte Chance mehr bekam.} 25. Qd7 $2 (
25. Qe7 h6 26. a5 $18) 25... Qh5 26. a5 Rb8 27. Nb6 Bf4 (27... f6 28. a6) 28.
Qf5 Bd6 29. Qd5 Qg6 30. Rf5 $2 (30. Nd7 $18) 30... Bf4 $2 (30... h6 $142 31.
Ke1 $16) 31. Ke1 $1 (31. Kf1) 31... Bc1 $2 32. Qe5 $6 (32. Nd7 $18) 32... Rb7
33. Qxc5 Rb8 34. Qe5 Rb7 35. Qc5 {Wichtig, um sich der Zeitkontrolle
anzunähern!} Rb8 36. Qc7 Re8 37. Qd7 Rb8 38. Qxd4 Qh5 39. c5 Bf4 40. Rxf4 gxf4
41. Kd2 Qg5 42. a6 f3+ 43. Kc2 Qe7 (43... Rd8 44. Qxd8+ Qxd8 45. a7 Qd4 46.
a8=Q+ Kg7 47. Qd5 $18) 44. Nd5 Qd8 45. c6 Rc8 46. Qc5 Kg7 47. c7 Qd7 48. Qc3+
Kg6 49. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {There is a good rule to follow
here as Black: If White plays c3, then ...e6 is usually more accurate, while
if White plays c4, then ...g6 is the best setup against the Hedgehog structure.
} 5. O-O ({For example:} 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6
10. f3 O-O 11. O-O {is the main line, when both sides have a number of
alternatives. We saw this position in Kasparov's reappearance in 2017, against
Caruana in a rapid game:} a6 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxd7
Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Rd3
22. e5 Qd7 $15 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2807)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017,
when Black is doing perfectly fine: the bishop is out of play on g7 for now,
but he has the control of the central d-file.}) 5... Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 (7.
c4 g6 $1 {[%cal Rf8g7,Rg7d4] Now the move 6.Re1 wouldn't fit in the position,
since White has to try to stabilise the central situation quickly (with d4 and
after the pawns get exchanged, Be3, and preferably f3 to avoid ...Ng4).}) 7...
e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 $5 {An interesting alternative to the
popular 10...Ne4.} (10... Ne4 {is the main move here, and we achieve a
position that has huge drawing tendencies - an amazing 68.2% draw percentage
over 627 games, according to my Mega Database 2018.} 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7
13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3 Rfc8 15. a3 Nd8 16. Ree3 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc8 $11 {½-½ (38)
Burg,T (2511)-Shirov,A (2715) Skopje 2015, Black could also have played in
many different ways, but basically nothing is really happening, and the c-file
is a great place to exchange pieces. The only thing White may rely on is
having more space with the e5-d4 structure, but realistically, that is nothing.
}) 11. a3 (11. Nc3 Nge7 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Nf4 h5 14. h4 Be7 15. g3 O-O-O $1 {
The same idea we see in this game} 16. a3 Kb8 17. b4 Rdg8 18. Ne2 Qd8 19. Bf4
Ka8 (19... g5 $5 {was already possible, with complex play} 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21.
Bxg5 Rxg5 22. hxg5 h4 $40 (22... Qxg5 $5)) 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qa4 a6 22. Rb1 Na7
23. Qb3 Rc8 $11 {0-1 (51) Sebag,M (2471)-Radjabov,T (2729) Cap d'Agde 2006,
Black has changed his mind, but also reached a fine position; there are always
weaknesses on White's camp to be worried about, like c4 for example.}) 11...
Nge7 12. Nc3 h5 (12... Nf5 $5 {could have been better at once, since it is not
entirely clear that g4 is good for White:} 13. g4 Nfe7 {[%cal Rh7h5] followed
by h5} 14. Bf4 h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Na5 17. Rc1 Nc4 $15 {½-½ (33)
Bruchmann,S (2304)-Grigorian,S (2345) Germany 2016 and Black should play with
the king in the centre, with the h8-rook already 'developed'.}) 13. Bg5 (13.
Nh4 $5 {[%csl Rf5] a typical move in such positions - the knight looks awkward
on h4, but on the other hand, it stops Black's main plan of playing ...Nf5:}
Nc8 14. h3 Be7 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Qd3 $14 {and without the knight on f5, White
has to be better here.}) 13... Nf5 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd3 O-O-O $5 {
An interesting decision! Usually Black castles to the kingside in such
positions, since the c-file is open. But Duda has a strong ...g5-plan coming
quickly. The game becomes tense!} 17. Na4 Kb8 18. Nc5 g5 $1 $132 19. Rc3 $2 {
It's hard to understand this mistake, 19.b4 was still pretty decent for White.}
(19. b4 $1 {was needed} g4 20. b5 Na5 (20... gxf3 $2 21. bxc6 $18 {and White
is simply winning}) (20... Nb4 $5 {sacrificing a pawn for activity} 21. axb4
gxf3 22. Qxf3 Rhg8 {[%cal Rf5h4]} (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Qd3 $1 Nf5 24. Rc2) 23. g3
h4) 21. Nd2 $13 {with complex play.}) 19... g4 20. Nd2 Ncxd4 $17 {And Black
has a huge advantage after taking the central pawn for free, and the
compensation for it is not clear at all.} 21. Rec1 Rc8 22. Nf1 Rc6 23. Ng3 Ka8
$1 {Good prophylaxis!} (23... Rhc8 $2 {wouldn't be precise:} 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25.
Na6+ $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8]} Ka8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qc3 $132 {and
White has good counterplay chances.}) 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. b4 Rhc8 26. a4 b6 {
Having played consistent moves after winning the pawn, Black is close to
deciding the game.} 27. Nb3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 (28... Kb8 $5 {would be a
subtle and pretty move, bringing the king back to the game.}) (28... Kb7 $4 {
It is never late to go wrong!} 29. Na5+ $1 {and Black is in trouble now:} Kb8 (
29... bxa5 30. Qb5+ Ka8 31. Rxc8#) 30. Rxc8+ (30. Nc6+ {is not better for
White:} Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Qxb4 $132) 30... Kxc8 31. Qa6+ $1 Kd7 32. Nc6 $3 {
an amazing move, forcing Black to resign, since the knight is untouchable:}
Kxc6 (32... Qf8 33. Qb7+ Ke8 34. Qc8#) 33. Qc8+ Qc7 34. b5+ Kc5 35. Qxc7+ $18)
29. Qxc3 Kb7 30. a5 (30. b5 {wouldn't change much:} Qc7 $1 {The knight ending
is easily won. For example:} 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 32. Kf1 Kd7 33. Nc1 (33. Ke2 $2 Nh4
34. g3 Nf3 $19) 33... Ke7 34. Ke2 f6 $19) 30... Qd7 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5]} 31. Nd4
Nxd4 32. Qxd4 Qc7 {White resigned since a second pawn will be lost, and the
position is hopeless. A nice win for the young Polish star Duda!} 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oblitas Guerrero, Carlomagno"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {[%mdl 16] o plano das
Pretas será instalar o Cavalo em 'c4', dobrar as Torres na coluna 'c' e
gradualmente ir aumentando a pressão sobre o Peão atrasado 'c3'. Enquanto isso
as Brancas devem atacar na ala do Rei, onde têm vantagem de espaço.} Be7 13.
Ng5 (13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Na5 15. h6 gxh6 16. Bxh6 Rg8 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Rac1 Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 O'Donnell,T-Gurevich,V/Siofok 1990/CBM 20 ext (18)}) (13. Qd3 Rc8 14.
Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 g6 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. Ne2 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Na5 19. f4 h5 20. h3 Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 Blasko,I-Ballai,Z/HUN 1998/EXT 99 (20)}) ({a idéia de trocar o Bispo
mau não melhora as perspectivas das Brancas, porque depois de} 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14.
Nxg5 Na5 {as Pretas teriam melhor jogo.}) 13... h6 14. Nh3 O-O-O $1 {
naturalmente as Brancas teriam mais chances de empreender um ataque bem
sucedido na ala do Rei.} 15. Qa4 (15. Nf4 Kb8 16. Rb1 (16. Re2 Na5 17. Bd2 Rc8
18. Be1 Rc4 19. a4 Rc6 20. Nd3 Rhc8 21. Rb2 Nc4 22. Rba2 Ka8 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. h4
Ra6 25. h5 Ra5 26. Nb4 b5 27. axb5 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Qxb5 29. Kh2 a5 {Cetkovic,
M-Parma,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1962/EXT 2000/0-1 (49)}) 16... Rc8 17. Qf3 Rhd8 {
1/2-1/2 Fuchs,R-Bogdanovic,R/Tbilisi 1965/EXT 98 (17)}) 15... b6 16. Qa6+ Qb7
17. Qd3 Na5 18. Qf3 Rdf8 19. Nf4 Kb8 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf4 (21. Nf6 Qc7 (21... Nc4
22. a4) 22. a4 $1 Nc4 (22... Rc8 23. Ba3) 23. a5 Nxa5 24. Ba3 $44) 21... Nc4
22. a4 Ka8 23. Be3 ({sempre й bom esse sacrifício temático:} 23. a5 $5) 23...
Rc8 {[%mdl 32]} 24. Reb1 (24. a5 $5) 24... Na5 25. Bc1 Rhd8 26. Rb5 Rc4 27. Qd1
$6 (27. Nd3 $1 a6 (27... Rxc3 $2 28. Bd2 $18) (27... h5 $2 28. Rab1 $18) 28.
Rbb1 Bf8 29. Nb2 Rc6 30. Nd1 $14) 27... h5 {[%csl Rd5,Re6,Rf7,Rg6,Rh5] e as
Pretas fizeram o "V" da "vitória" com os Peões. ;-)} 28. Ne2 Rdc8 29. h3 Qd7
30. Ba3 Bxa3 31. Rxa3 Qe7 {as peças Pretas estão melhor coordenadas e possuem
um plano mais claro: aumentar a pressão sobre 'Pc3'.} 32. Ra1 g5 33. Qd3 Qe8
34. Rb4 Qg8 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Ng3 h4 $1 37. Nh5 Kb7 (37... g4 $5) 38. Nf6 Qg6
39. Qxg6 fxg6 {[%mdl 4096]} 40. Nh7 {as Brancas vão ganhar material, isso está
claro, mas as Pretas vão criar um poderoso Peão passado distante, que decidirá
a partida.} Nb3 41. Rd1 Rxa4 $1 {Após a inevitável troca de Torres, o final
será claramente superior para as Pretas.} (41... Rxc3 {conduziria
tranqüilamente ao empate.} 42. Nxg5 Rc6 $11) 42. Nxg5 Rc4 43. Nxe6 Rxc3 44. Nf4
Rc1 45. Rxc1 Nxc1 46. Kf1 Nb3 47. Ke2 (47. Nxg6 a5 48. Nxh4 (48. e6 Kc7) 48...
a4 {e as Pretas devem vencer.}) 47... Nxd4+ 48. Kd3 Nf5 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Ye3,Ye4,
Gh4]} 49. Nxg6 Kc6 50. Nf4 ({Não há o que se possa fazer. Uma tentativa
desesperada como} 50. Nxh4 {seria rapidamente refutada com} Nxh4 51. g4 a5 52.
f4 a4 53. f5 a3 54. Kc2 d4 $1 55. f6 d3+ $19) 50... a5 51. Ne2 $1 (51. Kc3 b5
52. Ne6 a4 53. Kb4 (53. Nd4+ $4 Nxd4 54. Kxd4 a3 55. Kc3 d4+ $19) 53... d4 54.
Nc5 Ne7 55. Nd3 Nd5+ 56. Ka3 Nb6 57. Kb4 Nc4 58. e6 a3 $1 59. Kb3 Kd6 60. Nf4
b4 $1 61. e7 Kd7 $1 {e as Pretas devem vencer.} (61... Kxe7 62. Nd5+ $11))
51... a4 52. g4 hxg3 53. fxg3 a3 $6 ({Й uma posição difícil de avaliar, mas
com o avanço combinado dos Peões a,b, as Pretas teriam mais chances de vencer} 
53... b5 $1) 54. Kc2 d4 55. Kb3 $6 ({as Brancas poderiam empatar com} 55. Nf4
Nxg3 56. Kb3 Nh5 $1 (56... Kc5 57. Kxa3 Kc4 58. e6 Nf5 59. h4 $11) 57. Nd3 $1 (
57. Nxh5 d3 $19) 57... Kd5 58. Kxa3 Ke4 59. Nb2 $11 {e logo não haveria Peões.}
) 55... d3 56. Nc3 d2 57. Kxa3 $2 (57. Nd1 $1 $11) 57... Ne3 $1 (57... Nxg3 58.
Kb3 Ne4 59. Nd1 Kd5 60. Kc2 Kxe5 61. Ne3 $11) 58. Kb3 b5 $1 (58... d1=Q+ $4 59.
Nxd1 Nxd1 60. h4 {e as Pretas teriam que lutar pelo empate.}) 59. h4 b4 60. Nd1
$1 (60. Kxb4 Nd5+ $19) 60... Nxd1 61. Kc2 Ne3+ (61... b3+ $2 62. Kxd2 (62. Kxd1
$4 b2 $19) 62... b2 63. Kc2 Kd5 64. g4 Kxe5 65. h5 Kf6 66. h6 Kg6 67. g5 $11)
62. Kxd2 Nc4+ 63. Kc2 Nxe5 64. h5 Ng4 65. Kb3 Kc5 66. Kb2 Kc4 67. Kc2 b3+ 68.
Kb2 Kb4 69. Kb1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:28"]
[BlackClock "0:00:35"]

{A very important game between the 1st and 2nd seeded players in the
tournament. Mucychuk said, that she had not won against Hou Yifan for a long
time - her last win was in Krasnoturjinsk in 2007! So, the game was very much
a key one and Anna decided not to play main lines, but to choose a side line,
which has promised White good results recently. Even World Champion Anand has
lost twice here.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 {The World Champion plays
this line regularly, she has just once played a sharper move} (3... Nd7) 4.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11.
O-O a6 $5 {(Kasparov) The logical plan is to try to control the black squares.}
(11... Qd8) 12. a4 e6 13. Nxc6 $1 {A very logical novelty. In the past the
following have been tested:} (13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Qe2 Rfc8 $1 15. b3 d5 $1 16. cxd5
(16. f4 Neg4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. exf6 (18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 dxc4 $1 20. Rfd1 cxb3
21. Nxb3 Qe7 22. Qxg4 Qa3 $15) 18... Nxf1 19. fxg7 dxc4 20. Rd1 cxb3 $13) 16...
exd5 17. f4 $1 Rxc3 $5 18. Rxc3 Nxe4 19. Rc2 Ng4 $1 (19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Qd3 $14) 20. Rfc1 h5 $1 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Qd3 Qd8 23. Nf3 $14)
21. Rc7 Qd6 $5 {Sadvakasov,D (2585)-Kasparov,G (2835)/Astana 2001; with big
complications.}) (13. Nde2 Qc7 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Na5
18. Qa2 Ncxb3 19. Rxb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd3 $1 {Zagrebelny,
S (2526)-Shipov,S (2593)/Russia 2004; with a slight advantage.}) 13... bxc6 (
13... Qxc6 {would be clearly worse:} 14. Rc1 Qxc4 $2 15. Nd5 Qa2 16. Ra1 Qxb2
17. Bd4 Nxd5 18. Bxb2 Bxb2 19. exd5) 14. a5 ({It is necessary to keep the
d6-pawn weak:} 14. c5 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 Rb8 {with very serious counterplay.}
) ({Muzychuk considered here} 14. b4 {but decided that} Ng4 {is very unpleasant
}) 14... Qc7 ({It would be safer to go to the other side with} 14... Qe7) 15.
Bb6 ({Sharper and probably equally good was} 15. Na4 d5 16. Bb6 Qf4 17. g3 Qg5
18. f4 Qh6) ({Anna said that she did not like to allow her opponent to build a
strong structure by} 15. Qd2 c5) 15... Qb8 ({Still it was not too late to go
the other way by} 15... Qe7) 16. Na4 ({Very unclear developments would follow
the rook transfer} 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. Rb3 Nxb6 18. Qd3 Qd8 19. Rxb6 Qg5) 16... Nd7
17. Be3 {Anna said, that she had to return with her bishop as c6-c5 threatened
to cut it off.} c5 18. Qd2 Qc7 ({Black has a problem with the d6-pawn and it
could be solved in a slightly unusual way:} 18... Rc8 19. Rfd1 Rc6) 19. Rfd1
Ne5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Ra3 {A typical rook transfer to increase the attacking
power.} Nc6 ({An aggressive approach could lead to many weaknesses:} 21... f5
22. Bg5 Rde8 23. exf5 (23. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nf7) 23... Rxf5 24. Bh4 Bf8
25. Bg3) 22. Rd3 Rfe8 23. Bg5 ({There was a positional trap:} 23. Rxd6 Bd4 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe1 Qd6 {and, a pawn down, Black creates huge
pressure on the open file.}) 23... Rb8 ({White keeps a serious advantage after
} 23... f6 24. Bf4 Nd4 25. b4) 24. Rxd6 Nd4 ({Another way did not work either} 
24... Bd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Bf6 Qd6 27. Qh6 Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. b4 Rfe8 30.
Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 {White would have total control over the most important
files for the sacrificed exchange.}) 25. Rd7 Qc6 26. Ra7 Rxb6 {After the game
Hou Yifan said, that she has not seen any other way, as activity does not help.
} (26... f5 27. b4 fxe4 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxg7+) 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Rd7 Qb3 29.
Kh1 ({There was possibly a sharper way to cash in on the material advantage:} 
29. Qd3 Qxb2 30. Rb1 Qa2 31. Rbb7) 29... Qxc4 30. Qf4 Rf8 ({A slightly better
try was} 30... e5 31. Qc1 Qb5 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Qa1) 31. Rb7 Qa4 32. Re1 Nc2 $2 {
A bad move, but the World Champion said that she had not seen anything which
would allow her to continue serious resistance.} 33. Rc1 Nb4 34. Qd2 Nc6 35.
Qd7 h6 36. Be7 Ra8 37. Bxc5 Kh7 38. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:09"]
[BlackClock "0:01:04"]

{Hou Yifan lost in the 3rd round against the outsider from Mongolia, got a
strong reprimand from her mother, who accompanies her to most tournaments and
was ready to strike back. But she has not played so convincingly against
Viktoria in the past. We remember the fantastic win of Viktoria in the
Sicilian last year in Kazan. Viktoria uses the same approach, playing the
World Champion as I taught my pupil Betul Yildiz last year. It is simple. Hou
Yifan is a fantastic, fine technical player, and the only way to play
successfully against her is to challenge her from the start. It means to
attack as soon as possible. Hmm, but it is tremendousely difficult. You have
to show her, that you aren't afraid of her.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {
Usually the former World Champion plays main lines, but sometimes she returns
to her junior weapons.} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O ({A very modern way here is
to transfer to a Maroczy structure:} 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7
9. Be3) 5... Nc6 ({The Chinese champion had one interesting game here:} 5...
Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. c3 d3 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Na3
Qc8 13. Rad1 e6 14. Rxd3 Be7 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6+
bxc6 19. Nc4 {Hou,Y (2158)-Fontaine,R (2539)/Shenzhen 2005; and obtained a
sweet endgame here.}) 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Rd1 g5 $5 {Typical modern attitude -
attack on the flank in the opening. But still, I would prefer more timid
developing moves.} (7... Rc8) (7... g6) (7... e5) 8. c3 ({There are two
possible direct approaches to refute Black's counterattack immediately:} 8. e5
g4 9. Ne1 dxe5 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Na3 h5 12. d3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Bg7 14. Be3 Nf4 15.
Qc2 Qd5 16. Qa4 h4 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxf4 f5 19. Nc2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qd7 {
Pridorozhni,A (2485)-Nevostrujev,V (2510)/Tomsk 2003; with a very good
position.}) (8. d4 $2 {seems to be very risky:} g4 9. Ne5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd4 11.
Rxd4 cxd4 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bf4 Bg7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Nf1 Qa4 17.
Rc1 Qxa2 18. Ng3 Qxb2 19. Nf5 Rc3 {Yandemirov,V (2380)-Amonatov,F (2590)/
Moscow 2011; and White's attack is completely stopped.}) (8. Nxg5 $2 Nd4) 8...
g4 9. Ne1 ({Another retreat seems to be much more dangerous for Black:} 9. Nh4
Qe6 10. d3 (10. Re1 d5 11. d3 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O-O 13. Na3 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4
15. Bf4 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Nc4 Rd7 18. Re4 h5 19. g3 e6 {Bojkovic,N (2390)
-Korbut,E (2430)/Zlatibor 2006. White has no real compensation for the pawn.})
10... O-O-O 11. Bf4 d5 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. Nb3 b6 16. d4
c4 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Nxc4 Kb8 19. a4 dxc4 20. d5 Qc8 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Nf5 {
Delchev,A (2629)-Morozevich,A (2762)/Porto Carras 2011; where the white knight
is very well placed.}) 9... Qe6 10. d3 h5 ({The central counterstrike} 10... d5
{is possible:} 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 d4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bg5 $11) 11... O-O-O 12.
Nd2 Rg8 13. Bxf6 exf6 {'!'} 14. Nc2 f5 15. Re1 (15. Qe3 dxe4 16. dxe4 f4 $1 17.
Qe2 (17. Qxf4 $2 Bh6) 17... Ne5 18. f3 h5 19. Kh1 g3 20. Nf1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Be7
22. Rd5 gxh2 23. Qd2 Qf6 {Collutiis,D (2451)-Vocaturo,D (2480)/Palau 2009;
with advantage.}) 15... dxe4 16. dxe4 f4 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. f3 Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qxb2
{Fressinet,L (2675)-Edouard,R (2565)/Paris 2009. White just has chances of
some tricks here.}) ({More risky is} 10... c4 11. d4 (11. Nd2 cxd3 12. Qxd3 a6
13. Nc2 Ne5 14. Qe2 h5 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. Nf1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Nf5 Rg6 19.
Rxd6 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Rd4 {Sarana Hungeling,O (2231)-Huppertz,A (1842)/
Germany 2008. The white pieces are much better placed.}) 11... d5 12. e5 Nd7
13. b3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Nc2 Bh6 16. bxc4 Nbxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxh6 Qxh6
19. Qxg4 {Brochet,P (2389)-Bernard,C (2364)/France 2008. The black king will
not be safe in the centre.}) 11. Bg5 Rg8 12. Bh4 Bh6 ({The immediate} 12...
O-O-O {was possible}) 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nf1 Nd5 $5 ({A risky but interesting
knight transfer. For me a logical idea was to exchange the bishop which is
blocking Black's pawns on the kingside:} 14... Bg5 15. Bxg5 Rxg5) 15. Qc2 Nf4
16. d4 ({Black would have fantastic play after} 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. Nf5 Nxh4 18.
Nxh4 Bg5 19. Nf5 Kb8 20. Qe2 d5) 16... d5 (16... cxd4 {was very good:} 17. cxd4
d5 18. b4 Qxe4) 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Ne3 Nh3+ $3 ({The simple retreat} 18... Rdd8
{was completely logical:} 19. dxc5 Ng6 {but Cmilyte saw a fantastic attacking
possibility.}) 19. gxh3 gxh3+ 20. Kf1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qg4 $2 ({Black would keep
a very strong attack after the correct} 21... Qxe3 22. Bf2 Qf4 23. Qh7 Rg6 24.
Rd3 Rf5 25. Rf3 Qxh2 26. Rxf5 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+) ({Another way of attack was
not so convincing, but still playable:} 21... Rf5+ 22. Ke2 Rg1 23. d5 Rxd5 24.
Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qd3 Qe6) 22. e4 $1 {The only way to refute the opponent's attack.
} Qf4+ ({Black could still create a lot of problems after} 22... Rd6 $1 23. e5
Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf3 Qxe5 27. Qe4 h2) 23. Bf2 Rdg5 $2 ({
Here still better was} 23... Rd6) 24. Qd3 $1 f5 ({After} 24... Qxh2 {a very
strong reply was} 25. Nf3 $1) 25. Qxh3 cxd4 (25... Rg1+ {promised nothing:} 26.
Ke2 Qxe4+ 27. Qe3 R1g4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4+ 29. Kf1) 26. cxd4 Rg1+ 27. Ke2 Qxe4+ 28.
Qe3 Qg4+ 29. Nf3 Rg2 30. Rg1 $1 {After this exchange it becomes clear that
Black|s attack is over.} f4 31. Qe4 Qh3 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33. d5 Nb8 34. Rc1+ Kd8
35. Qe5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kessler, Luca"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 Rc8 7. Qe2 e6
8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 Nh5 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Qf1 Bf6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 17. Ree1 e5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. a4 b6 20. g3 Nh3+
21. Kg2 Ng5 22. f3 Ne6 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. Rab1 Rfd8 25. c3 Ne6 26. Rbd1 Qc6 27.
Qe3 a6 28. Qe4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ne3 b4 31. cxb4 cxb4 32. Qxb4 Rd4 33. Qd2
Rcd8 34. Nf5 R4d7 35. b4 g6 36. Nh6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Nd4 38. Qe3 Nf5 39. Qe4 Qc2+
40. Nf2 Rd4 41. Qb7+ R8d7 42. Qb5 R4d5 43. Qa6 R5d6 44. Qb5 Rc7 45. Qa5 Rdd7
46. b5 Ra7 47. Qd2 Qc5 48. Rb1 Rdb7 49. Ne4 Qb6 50. Rb2 Ra3 51. Qb4 Rxd3 52.
Qc5 Nd4 53. f4 $2 (53. Ra1 {should maintain the balance or may even give White
some edge but the Austrian IM felt that it was time for him to do something.})
53... Qa5 $4 {A strange blunder.} ({After} 53... exf4 54. Qxb6 (54. gxf4 $2 Qe6
{and suddenly White's king is exposed to all kinds of threats and the game
will soon be over.}) 54... Rxb6 55. gxf4 Rxb5 {and Black is at least a pawn up
with good practical chances. But Caissa had other plans for Swedish GM.}) 54.
fxe5 $1 {Now it is Black's king which is unsafe and under attack.} Ne6 {
Loses with ease.} (54... Qxe1 55. exf6+ Kf7 56. Ng5+ Kxf6 57. Qf8+ Ke5 (57...
Kxg5 58. Qf4+ Kh5 59. Qh4#) 58. Qe8+ {and White wins the queen!}) (54... f5 {
was much more stubborn.}) 55. exf6+ Kh6 (55... Kf7 56. Ng5+ Nxg5 57. Re7+ {
and mate will follow in 3 moves!}) 56. Qc1+ g5 57. Nxg5 $1 {The most accurate.}
Nxg5 58. Re5 {It is all over!} Rg7 59. fxg7 Qa8+ 60. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. c4 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Nhf6 15. Rfe1 a6 16. g3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Rab8 18. f4 g6 19. Re2 Rbc8 20. Kf3 Bg7 21.
Red2 Bf8 22. Nde2 Rc7 23. Na4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nac3 Rb8 26. b4 e5 27. a3
Rc4 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 h5 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Rc2 32. Bxe5 Nxe5+ 33. fxe5
Ra8 34. Nd4 Rxa3+ 35. Ke4 Ra4 36. e6 Rc1 37. e7 Re1+ 38. Kd3 Rxe7 39. Nxb5 Rxb4
40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. d6 Rb7 42. Nc7 Rb8 43. Rxb8 Rxb8 44. Kd4 f5 $2 (44... Kf8 45.
Kc5 Rb2 $19 {is much easier. ist viel einfacher.}) 45. Kc5 Kf6 46. Nd5+ Ke6 47.
Nf4+ Kf7 48. Kc6 $6 (48. d7 $5 g5 $17 (48... Ke7 $2 49. Kc6 g5 50. Nxh5 (50.
Kc7 $2 gxf4 51. Kxb8 Kxd7 52. gxf4 Kc6 $19) (50. Nd5+ $2 Kd8 51. Nc7 g4 52.
Ne6+ Ke7 53. d8=Q+ Rxd8 54. Nxd8 Kxd8 55. Kd5 f4 56. gxf4 h4 57. Ke4 h3 58. Ke3
g3 $19) 50... Rb2 51. Ng7 Rc2+ 52. Kd5 Rxh2 53. Nxf5+ $11)) 48... Rc8+ $2 (
48... g5 $142 $1 $17) 49. Kd5 Rc2 50. h4 Rc3 51. d7 Ke7 52. Nxg6+ Kxd7 53. Ke5
Rxg3 (53... Rc5+ 54. Kf6 $11) (53... Ke8 54. Kf6 Rxg3 55. Nf4 $11) 54. Kxf5 Ra3
55. Nf4 Ra5+ 56. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qe5 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qxe5+ Nxe5 20. Rac1 b6
21. Rfd1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Rd2 24. Re1 Nd3 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 {
Theme: active king.  Thema: Aktiver König} Kf6 $1 $17 {it is astonishing how
great Black's advantage already is. After all, knight endings are (almost) the
same as pawn endings.  es ist erstaunlich, wie groß der schwarze Vorteil
bereits ist. Springerendspiele sind eben (fast) wie Bauernendspiele.} 27. Nc3
$6 Ke5 28. Kf1 a6 29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kd2 ({After Auf} 30. Kf2 {comes folgt} f5 $1
{intending mit der Idee} 31. g3 $2 Kd4 $19) 30... Nxg2 31. Na4 Nh4 32. Ke2 b5
33. Nc5 a5 34. a4 Kd5 35. Nb7 Kc6 36. Nd8+ (36. Nxa5+ $2 Kb6 37. b4 bxa4 $19)
36... Kc5 37. Nxf7 bxa4 38. bxa4 Kb4 39. Ne5 Kxa4 40. Kd3 Kb3 41. Nc4 a4 42.
Na5+ Kb4 43. Nc6+ Kc5 44. Ne5 Kd5 45. Nc4 Nxf3 46. Nb6+ Ke5 47. Ke3 Nxh2 48.
Nxa4 Kf5 49. Nc3 Kg4 50. Nd5 Kh4 51. Kf2 Ng4+ 52. Kg2 Ne5 53. Nf6 h6 54. Nd5 g5
55. Nf6 g4 56. Ne4 Nd3 57. Kh2 Ne1 58. Ng3 Kg5 59. Ne4+ Kf4 60. Ng3 Nf3+ 61.
Kg2 Nh4+ 62. Kf2 Nf5 63. Ne2+ Kg5 64. Nc3 Nd6 65. Kg2 h5 66. Ne2 h4 67. Ng1 Nf5
68. Ne2 h3+ 69. Kh2 Kh4 70. Nf4 g3+ 71. Kg1 Nd4 72. Ng6+ Kg5 73. Ne5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 77th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2004.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 b5 17. Rfc1 Qa7 18. Qxa7 Rxa7 19. Rc3 bxc4 20. Rac1 Rb7
21. Kf2 Rc5 22. bxc4 Ra5 23. R1c2 Kf8 24. Ke2 Rb1 25. Rb3 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxb3
27. Rxa6 Rb2+ 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Rc8 g5 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Kg1 h5 33. g3
h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. h3 Rd2 36. Rc8 Kf5 37. Rc7 Kf4 38. Rxe7 f5 39. Re6 Rc2 40.
Rxd6 Rxc4 41. Rc6 Rd4 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxd5 44. Ke2 Ra5 45. Rb6 Ra2+ 46.
Kf1 Kg3 47. Rg6+ Kxf3 48. Kg1 f4 49. Rg4 Ke3 50. Rg8 Re2 51. Ra8 Kf3 52. Rg8
Re1+ 53. Kh2 Re7 54. Kg1 Re4 55. Rg4 Re1+ 56. Kh2 Ke3 57. Rg8 {An instructive
and exciting ending now follows:  Es folgt ein lehrreiches und spannendes
Finale:} f3 $2 (57... Rd1 58. Ra8 Rd2+ 59. Kg1 Rd3 60. Kh2 f3 61. Re8+ Kf2 62.
Ra8 Ke1 63. Re8+ Kf1 64. Re4 f2 65. Re8 Rd2 66. Re7 Re2 67. Ra7 Re3 68. Ra1+
Ke2 69. Ra2+ Kf3 70. Ra1 Re1 $19) {[%tqu "En","What did White conjure up
here?","","","g8f8","",7,"De","Was zauberte Weiß aus dem Hut?","","","g8f8","",
7]} 58. Rf8 $1 Re2+ (58... f2 $6 59. Rxf2 Kxf2 {stalemate. patt.}) (58... Kf2
$6 59. Rxf3+ Kxf3 {stalemate. With so many stalemating possibilities around,
it comes as no surprise that Black loses his nerve at some point.}) 59. Kg1 Rd2
(59... Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Rg5 61. Re8+ Kf4 62. Kf2 Rg2+ 63. Kf1 Kg3 (63... Ra2 64.
Rg8 Rh2 65. Rf8+ Kg3 66. Rg8+ Kxh3 67. Rg7 $11) 64. Rg8+ Kh2 65. Rf8 Rg3 66.
Kf2 $11) (59... f2+ 60. Kg2 $11) 60. Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 4096]} (60. Re8+ {would
have held the draw, because the black king cannot find a good hiding place.
hätte remis gehalten, weil der schwarze König kein gutes Versteck findet:} Kf4
61. Rf8+ Kg3 62. Rg8+ Kxh3 {normallly the ending rook +h and f pawns is won
against a bare rook, if the defending king is cut off on the starting rank,
But this is an exception. normalerweise ist das Endspiel Turm+h und f Bauer
gegen Turm gewonnen, wenn der verteidigende König auf der Grundreihe
abgeschnitten ist. Doch dies ist eine Ausnahme:} 63. Kf1 (63. Rg7 $4 Rg2+ 64.
Kh1 (64. Rxg2 fxg2 65. Kf2 Kh2 $19) 64... Rg4 65. Ra7 Kg3 66. Kg1 h3 67. Ra2
Rg5 68. Rb2 Re5 69. Rg2+ Kf4 70. Ra2 (70. Rg8 Rg5+ $19) 70... h2+ 71. Kh1 (71.
Rxh2 Re1+ 72. Kf2 Re2+ 73. Kg1 Kg3 $19) 71... Re1+ 72. Kxh2 Re2+ $19) 63... Kh2
(63... Rg2 64. Rxg2 fxg2+ 65. Kg1 $11) 64. Rf8 $8 Kg3 65. Rg8+ $8 Kh2 66. Rf8
$8 Rd3 67. Kf2 $11) 60... Rd1+ 61. Kh2 Rd3 62. Kg1 Ke2 63. Rf8 Re3 64. Rf7 Re8
65. Rf6 Rg8+ 66. Kh2 Kf2 67. Rf7 Rg2+ 68. Kh1 Rg3 69. Kh2 Ke2 $6 (69... Kf1 70.
Rf4 f2 71. Rxh4 (71. Re4 Rd3 72. Re8 Rd2 73. Re4 Re2 74. Ra4 Re3 $19) 71...
Rg2+ 72. Kh1 Rg1+ 73. Kh2 Ke2 $19) 70. Re7+ $6 (70. Ra7 Rg2+ 71. Kh1 Kf2 72.
Rf7 Rg8 73. Kh2 Re8 74. Ra7 Kf1 75. Ra1+ Re1 $19) 70... Kf1 71. Rf7 (71. Re4 f2
72. Rxh4 Rg2+ 73. Kh1 Rg1+ 74. Kh2 Ke2 $19) 71... Rg2+ 72. Kh1 Kf2 $4 {this
careless move gives away the fruits of the long hard labour. dieser sorglose
Zug vergibt die Früchte der langen, harten Arbeit} (72... Rg1+ 73. Kh2 Rg3 74.
Rf8 f2 75. Re8 Rd3 76. Re4 Rd2 77. Re8 Re2 78. Ra8 Re3 79. Ra1+ Ke2 80. Ra2+
Kf3 81. Ra1 Re1 82. Ra3+ Ke4 $19) 73. Rxf3+ (73. Rxf3+ Kxf3 {stalemate. patt})
1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sedina, Elena"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.03.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mendrisio"]
[BlackTeam "Biel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Ng5 {Dieser Zug wurde vor einigen Jahren von Sergei Tiviakov empfohlen, wobei
er sogar behauptete, dass 4. ... Sxd7 aus diesem Grund von zweifelhaftem Wert
sei. Ich hatte damals eine Antwort vorbereitet...} d5 ({Ständig wurde hier} 
8... h6 9. Nh3 {gespielt, und nun in der Begegnung Tiviakov-Oll, Beijing 1997,
folgte} g5 $6 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2 h5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. c4 {mit weissem
Vorteil. Anstelle von 9...g5?! verdient erneut 9...d5 den Vorzug, da 10. exd5
exd5 11.Qf3 Ne5 12.Qg3 Ng6 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Nh5 ungefährlich ist.}) 9. exd5
exd5 10. Qf3 {Das ist die natürliche Spielweise. Weiss greift unverzüglich das
gegnerische Zentrum an.} Ne5 11. Qg3 Ng6 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bd6 14. Qh3 Ne7 {
Diese Stellung hatte ich damals auf meinem Vorbereitungsbrett, wobei ich die
schwarzen Aussichten als nicht schlechter eingestuft hatte. Trotzdem darf der
Nachziehende die gegnerischen Angriffschancen am Königsflügel nicht
unterschätzen.} 15. Nf3 ({Gefährlicher sieht} 15. g4 {aus, wonach} Qd7 $5 {
vermutlich am besten ist. Die Alternativen} (15... d4 16. Nce4 Ned5 17. Bd2 $14
) ({und} 15... h6 16. Nf3 Nh7 17. Bd2 $14 {sind unangenehm}) {, aber nach} 16.
Bd2 ({oder} 16. Nf3 d4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 f6) 16... Rae8 $13 {kann sich
behaupten.}) 15... d4 16. Ne4 ({Die entstehende Bauernstruktur begünstigt den
Nachziehenden, obwohl die weissen Angriffsperspektiven intakt bleiben. Mir
gefällt} 16. Nb5 $5 {besser.}) 16... Nxe4 17. dxe4 f6 18. g4 Nc6 ({Ich wollte
zuerst den Vorstoss des g-Bauern mittels} 18... h6 {verhindern, aber das wäre
unnütz gewesen, da Weiss trotzdem} 19. g5 $1 {spielen würde. Nach} hxg5 20.
Bxg5 $1 fxg5 $2 21. Nxg5 {ist es schon kaputt.}) 19. g5 Qe8 $6 ({Genauer war
hier} 19... Qd7 $5 {Ich befürchtete} 20. Qh4 ({oder} 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Bg5 Rf7
22. Bd2 h6 $15 {und die Dame steht auf d7 besser}) 20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 (21. g6
$142 h6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Bf8 $132 {[%csl Re4]}) 21... Bxe5
22. g6 {aber es scheint, als ob Weiss nach} h6 {nie richtig auf h6 opfern kann.
Eine denkbare Fortsetzung lautet} 23. Bd2 Rfe8 24. Rf3 Bd6 {gefolgt von Bf8
und der Turmverdoppelung auf der e-Linie. Der Druck gegen e4 und die
bewegliche Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel würden Schwarz die besseren
Aussichten versprechen.}) 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Bg5 ({Nach} 21. Ng5 h6 (21... Rh6
$2 22. Qb3+) 22. Ne6 Nd8 $15 {wird der Eindringling beseitigt.}) 21... Rf7 22.
Bd2 $1 {Meine Gegnerin provoziert eine Schwächung meiner Königstellung, was
ihr aktive Möglichkeiten für den schwarzen positionellen Vorteil auf jeden
Fall einräumen wird.} h6 23. Rae1 Ne5 24. Nh4 $1 ({Ich hatte eher} 24. Kh1 Nxf3
25. Rxf3 (25. Qxf3 Be5 26. Rg1 Rf6) 25... Be5 26. Rg1 {erwartet, aber nach} Rf6
{hat Schwarz seine Verteidigung organisiert und kann bereits daran denken, am
Damenflügel mittels ... c4 oder Ra6 aktiv zu werden.}) 24... Rf6 ({Der f-Bauer
muss blokkiert werden, da} 24... Qa4 25. f6 $1 Qxc2 26. Bxh6 $1 $40 {äusserst
gefährlich ist.}) 25. Bf4 $2 ({Den Kampf um das Feld e5 sollte Weiss nicht
unternehmen, denn Schwarz kontrolliert dieses Feld sehr gut. Richtig war} 25.
Ng2 $1 {[%cal Gg2f4,Gf4e6] , um via f4 auf die geschwächten weissen Felder
einzudringen. Als bestes erachte ich dann für Schwarz} Nf7 $1 (25... Qa4 $6 26.
Nf4 $1 Qxc2 27. Rf2 $16) (25... g5 $6 26. fxg6 Rxg6 27. Bxh6) (25... Nc4 26.
Bc1 {/\ b3}) {Und nach} 26. Nf4 (26. Bf4 c4) {muss der Springer beistigt
werden, da er auf e6 viel Unruhe verursachen würde:} 26... Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Qd7 $1
28. Qg3 (28. e5 $2 Qxf5) (28. Rf2 Re8) 28... Re8 {und Schwarz hält knapp die
Stellung.}) 25... Qc6 26. Bxe5 (26. Kh1 $142 Re8 27. Rg1 Nc4 $1 28. Qg2 Qd7 $15
) 26... Bxe5 27. Kh1 Re8 28. Rg1 c4 29. Rg4 ({Auf} 29. Nf3 {wollte ich mit} Qc7
{[%cal Gf6a6,Yf6b6] reagieren, da der Rf6 entlang der 6. Reihe plötzlich zum
Damenflügel herübergeschoben werden kann.}) 29... Rd6 30. Ng6 $138 ({Elena
Sedina begeht eine weitere Ungenauigkeit in Zeitnot. Vorzuziehen war} 30. Nf3 {
, obwohl Schwarz mittels} d3 $1 31. cxd3 (31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qg3+
Kf7 34. Qxe5 dxc2 35. Rg1 Rd1 $19 {und es gibt kein Dauerschach}) 31... cxd3
32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qg3+ Kf7 $1 35. Qxe5 d2 36. Rd1 Qc2 $19) 30...
Bf6 31. Qg2 d3 32. cxd3 ({Hartnäckiger war sofort} 32. e5 dxc2 (32... d2 33.
Rd1 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Qxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rxe5 36. Rgxd2 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Rxf5 $17) 33.
Qxc6 bxc6 34. Rxc4 Rd2 35. h4 Bd8 $17) 32... cxd3 33. e5 d2 34. Rd1 Qc2 $1 (
34... Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rxe5 37. Rgxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxf5 $17) 35.
Qg1 Rc6 36. exf6 Qxd1 37. Qxd1 (37. f7+ Kxf7 38. Ne5+ Rxe5 39. Rxg7+ Ke8 $19)
37... Re1+ (37... Rc1 $6 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. fxe7 Rxd1+ 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. Rd4 Kxe7
$17) 38. Rg1 (38. Kg2 Rxd1 39. Rd4 Kf7 $1 40. Ne5+ Kxf6 41. Nxc6 bxc6 $19)
38... Rxd1 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Rxd1 Rc1 41. fxg7 Rxd1+ 42. Kg2 Kxg7 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. b3 ({
Another way of development is} 7. c3 {[%cal Gd2d4]}) 7... e6 {Black can also
play 7...g6. I think it's just a matter of taste.} 8. Bb2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. d4
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rfd8 12. Nc3 {A typical "hedgehog" setup. White has advantage in
space, while black's position is quite solid and flexible.} a6 13. Qd2 $6 {
This choice is not too wise, since it allows black the typical breakthrow
which follows. White has several playable alternatives:} (13. Nc2 Rab8 14. a4
Qc7 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. h3 Ng6 17. Ba1 Nd7 18. Ne3 Bf6 19. Qd2 Qc5 20. g3 h5 21. h4
Nde5 22. Kg2 Rbc8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Nc2 Bf6 26. Ne3 Bd4 27. Nc2 {
1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Georgiev,K/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (27)}) (13. a4 Ne8 14.
Nc2 Nc7 15. Ne3 Bf6 16. Qh5 Bd4 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Lalic,B/London 2000/CBM 76 (51)}) (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Rad1 Rac8
16. Rd3 Nd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Nd1 Ne5 20. Rh3 h5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Zarnicki,P-Vazquez,R/Havana 2002 (45)}) 13... b5 $1 14. cxb5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 axb5
16. a4 $146 {This looks like the only attempt to justify white's previous play,
but black's position is already slightly preferable.} (16. Rad1 Qb7 17. Rd3 b4
18. Na4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Vandevoort,P-Vanderstricht,G/Antwerp 1999/CBM
73 ext (35)}) 16... bxa4 17. bxa4 Ra6 $1 $15 {This is the most flexible move.
The black rook from a6 attacking the Pa4 and defending the Pd6 as well.} 18.
Red1 ({Possible was} 18. Rec1) 18... Qb7 19. Rab1 Qa8 20. e5 $5 {Here I
realized, that my position is worse, therefore I should try to simplify the
position, but objectively speaking, I am not sure about the evaluation of this
move.} Ne8 {This is more exact, than 20...dxe5. Black is setting free the f6
square for the bishop.} 21. exd6 Raxd6 22. Qc4 $6 (22. Qf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf6
24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. h3 $15) 22... Rc8 {Black rightly avoids the unfavourable for
him exchange of rooks.} 23. Qa2 ({A bit more precise was} 23. Qb3 {since the
queen has more influence from b3, compared to a2.}) 23... Bf6 24. Rxd6 Nxd6 {
Black has achieved optimum activity for his pieces. The Pa4 is actually doomed,
so white is clearly fighting for a draw.} 25. Rc1 h6 ({Black could have won
the Pa4 by force after} 25... Rc4 {, but the move in the text is no worse.})
26. Nd1 $6 {[%csl Re1] After this careless move white has another problem to
solve - the weakness of the first rank.} ({Better was naturally} 26. h3) 26...
Qa5 $6 (26... Qe4 $1 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Ne3 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qxa4 {and white
faces a tough struggle for a draw.}) 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Qc4 (28. Bc3 Bxc3 29.
Qc2 Ne7 $1 30. Qxc3 (30. Nxc3 $4 Nd5 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ra5e1]}) 30... Qxa4
$17) ({Probably stronger was} 28. Kf1 $5 Qa6+ 29. Ke1 {This position looks
quite suspicious for white, but there is no clear way for black to take
advantage of it.}) 28... Nb6 29. Qe2 Bxb2 30. Nxb2 Nxa4 31. Nxa4 {The exchange
of knights makes white's task easier.} Qxa4 {In general, this sort of endgame
should be drawn. However in practice the stronger side can play on for many
many moves and the defender has to be on his guard all the time. The slightest
mistake can be fatal.} 32. g3 g5 33. h3 {Preventing the g5-g4 squeezing
advance.} Qd4 34. Qc2 Kg7 35. Qe2 e5 $6 {This is a dubious plan. Black is
moving his pawns in the wrong order, after which it would be much more
difficult to carry out the push f7-f5.} ({More troublesome for white would
have been} 35... Qd5 {protecting the Pe6 and preparing f7-f5.}) 36. Qf3 e4 37.
Qf5 e3 {Black has no other way to play for a win, however the exchange of
pawns is in favour of the defending side.} 38. fxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg1
Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qe6 43. Qf1 $8 f5 44. Qf2 {Since the pawn balance
has shifted from 4-3 to 3-2 white's defensive task has become easier.} Kg6 45.
Qd2 Qe5 46. Kg2 h5 47. Qd8 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qe6 49. h4 {Forcing another exchange
of pawns after which the draw becomes quite obvious.} gxh4 50. gxh4 Qf6 51.
Qe8+ Kh6 52. Qe3+ f4 53. Qf2 {White does not have to look for constant checks
all the time. Good enough is an approach, where black does not have any
constructive way to strengthen his position.} Qg6+ 54. Kh2 Qe4 55. Qb6+ Kg7 56.
Qc7+ Kg6 57. Qd6+ Kf5 58. Qd7+ Qe6 59. Qd3+ Kf6 (59... Kg4 $4 60. Qh3# {
Even in the simplest positions one always has to be careful...}) 60. Qd8+ Ke5
61. Qd3 {Preventing the further advance of the black king.} Qf5 62. Qc3+ Kd5
63. Qb3+ Kc6 64. Qc4+ Kd7 65. Qd4+ Ke8 66. Qa4+ Kf7 67. Qc4+ Kg7 68. Qc7+ Kg6
69. Qc6+ Qf6 70. Qc2+ Kh6 71. Qf2 {The same defensive "stand off" as after the
53.Qf2.} Qd6 72. Kh3 Kg6 73. Qg2+ Kf7 74. Qg5 Qd3+ 75. Kh2 Qd2+ 76. Kh3 Ke6 {
And now the stalemate idea finally appeares...} 77. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Weinstein, Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 (6. Re1) (6. Qe2)
6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 (7... Qc7) 8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nbd7 (
11... Nfd7 $142 12. Qg3) 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. a4 Nbd5 16.
Ne4 Rd8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Be5 Ne8 19. Rfe1 (19. a5) 19... f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 {
Not the hottest theoretical line, but one that still presents Black with a few
problems to solve} Qd6 (7... Qc7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Bf4 (9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6
11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qxa7 g5 $1 14. Bg3 Bg7 $36 {1/2-1/2 Vydeslaver,
A-Karpman,V/ISR t-ch 2002 (32)}) 9... Nc6 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qc6 12. Qxd4 e6
13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Qh4 Nd7 15. Bg3 Be7 16. Qe4 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Felgaer,R-Aagaard,
J/Copenhagen Politiken Cup 2002/The Week in Chess 402 (38)}) 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Nc4
Qc6 10. Nc3 e6 (10... a6 11. a4 e6 12. f4 g6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Rxf5 Rg8 15. Rf3
Rg6 16. d3 Bg7 17. Bf4 Kf8 18. Raf1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Aseev,K/Heart Of
Finland op 2002 (32)}) 11. f4 $5 $146 {Quite fresh idea.After} (11. d3 Be7 12.
Bg5 O-O 13. Ne4 Rfe8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 $11 {Delgado,
N-Dominguez,L/Havana 2001 (20) Black hadn't any problems to get nice game.})
11... g6 12. f5 $1 gxf5 13. Rxf5 {Here Black's pawn formation is seriously
compromised on the kingside, but he can hope to use g line for counterplay.}
Rg8 14. Rf3 Be7 15. a4 $5 {[%csl Gc4] It is very understandable that Volokitin
wants to keep knight on c4} (15. d3 b5) 15... Ng4 (15... O-O-O 16. d3 Kb8 17.
Bf4+ Ka8 18. a5 $5 $36) 16. d3 Nge5 (16... Bd6 17. Bf4) 17. Rf1 ({Worth
considering simple} 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rf1 $14 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 17... Nxc4 18.
dxc4 Nf6 (18... Bf6 $5) (18... a6 $5) 19. Bf4 a6 20. Bg3 (20. Rad1) 20... Rd8 (
20... O-O-O 21. a5 {[%cal Gc3a4]} (21. Nb5 axb5 22. axb5 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24.
Rxf7 Kd7 $1) (21. Qe5 Nd7)) 21. Rf3 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4h6,Gh6f5]} 22. Re1 (22. Raf1
f5 (22... Nh6 23. Re1 $5) 23. Re1 {[%cal Rf3f5]}) 22... Rd7 23. Rf4 (23. a5 $5
{[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6,Gb6d5]}) 23... Nh6 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. Rfe4 Kf8 (25... Kd8 $5
26. a5 Nf5) 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Nd5 $5 Bd8 {Black's weaknesses on the kingside are
well covered, and it is not easy for white to strengthen his position further}
28. Qe5+ (28. Bxh6+ Rxh6 29. Rg4+ Rg6 30. Nf4 Rxg4 (30... Bf6 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32.
b3 Qd6 $44) 31. Qxg4+ Kf8 $13) 28... Kg8 29. Qb8 Kg7 (29... Nf5 30. Bc7 $1) 30.
Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qb8 Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qb8 {White got very nice position after
opening, but somehow couldn;t find best plan ( if it existed! ) and Black
managed to organize tough defense.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 {leads to ell known variations.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 $5 {Great idea} (11... Nc6 $5
12. Be3 a6 {leads to famous theorethical position.}) 12. e5 ({Black has no
problems after} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 (14. Be3 exd5 15. cxd5 Na6
16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Delchev-Ivanchuk,
Istanbul 2003}) 14... exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Qxd1
19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc6 22. Rd7 a5 23. Rd6 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Lupulescu-Colovic, Subotica 2003}) ({Worth considering} 12. Nxd5 $5 e6 (12...
Nxd5 13. cxd5 e6 14. f4 exd5 15. e5 $14) 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ne3 Nxe4 $1 14. Bb2 Nc5
$11) 13... Bxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Ne2 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 {with good compensation for
exchange}) 12... Ne8 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 Bxe5 {White got nothing from the
opening: Black's pieces are well-developed} 15. Nde2 $2 $146 {Bad novelty!
Good or bad, but White had to play} (15. Nce2 Rd8 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18.
Qc2 $11 {with equal chances.} (18. Bxe5 Rxd1 19. Rfxd1 f6 20. Bg3 Qc5+ 21. Bf2
Qe7 22. Rd2 Rd8 $15 {Kuba,G-Wittmann,W/AUT t-ch 0304 2004//1/2-1/2 (60)})) (15.
Be3 $2 Rd8 16. Nde2 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rd8d1,Ge5h2]}) 15... b5 $1 {[%cal Re5a1,
Gc8c3]} 16. Bh6 bxc4 17. Rb1 (17. Rc1 cxb3 18. axb3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nc6 $17)
17... cxb3 (17... Qxd1 $5 18. Rfxd1 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Nc6 $17) 18. Rxb3 Qe7 $2 {
It looks like Black was too happy with his position and understimated white's
attacking chances.} ({After smple and logical} 18... Qxd1 $17 {Black would
have more chances for a win than White for draw.}) 19. f4 Bh8 (19... Bg7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 $15) 20. f5 $5 {[%mdl 2176]} gxf5 $6 {One should be a real
optimist to make such a move.'} (20... Rd8 $5 {deserved attention followed by
21...exf5,}) ({which is stronger than the immediate} 20... exf5 21. Nd5 $1 {
and White is very active.}) (20... Qc5+ $1 21. Kh1 exf5 22. Nd5 Nc6 $17) 21.
Nd5 $5 exd5 $2 {As know how badly this move turned out for Black in this game,
I dare suggesting} (21... Qc5+ $5 22. Kh1 Qxd5 23. Rg3+ Bg7 24. Qa1 e5 $1 (
24... f6 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Qxf6 $18) {, and} 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nf4 Qd4 27. Qxd4
exd4 28. Nh5 {hardly gives White much.}) 22. Rg3+ Bg7 ({Maybe best option for
Areshchenko was strange move} 22... Ng7 {but white's attack is very dangerose
any case -} 23. Nd4 (23. Nc3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 d4) 23... Qc5 24. Kh1 f4 $1 25. Rxg7+
Bxg7 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Bxg7 $5 (27. Nf5 Rc6 $8 28. Bxg7 Rg6) 27... h5 28. Qxf4 (
28. Qf5 Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 28... Qxg7 29. Nf5 Rc4 $1 30. Qd6 Qf8 31. Nh6+
Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Nxf7 $18) 23. Nd4 Kf8 $4 {Lose immediately, but what
Black could do?} (23... Qc5 $8 24. Kh1 $1 (24. Re1 $2 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
Bxg7 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ge7g6]}) 24... f4 (24... Kf8 25. Nxf5 Bxh6 26. Nxh6 $40) 25.
Rxg7+ Nxg7 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Bxg7 (27. Nf5 Rc6 $1) 27... h5 $1 28. Qxf4 $1 Kxg7 (
28... Qxg7 29. Nf5 Rc4 30. Qd6 Qf8 31. Nh6+ $18) 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Qg5 f6 31.
Qxh5+ Kg8 32. h3 $1 Nd7 $8 33. Rf3 {with decisive attack.}) (23... f4 $6 24.
Rxf4 Rc3 25. Rxc3 Bxh6 26. Nf5 Qe6 27. Rg3+ Kf8 (27... Bg7 28. Nxg7 Nxg7 29.
Qg4 $18) 28. Qd4 $16) 24. Rxg7 Nxg7 25. Nxf5 {It seems that Black's position
can no longer be saved - there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black
king!} Qe4 (25... Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rc6 27. Bxg7+ Ke8 (27... Kg8 28. Bd4 Qc4 29. Qf3
$1 $18) 28. Qh5 $18) 26. Bxg7+ Kg8 (26... Ke8 27. Nd6+) 27. Qh5 Rc6 28. Nh6+
Kxg7 29. Qg5+ $1 (29. Qg5+ Rg6 30. Rxf7+ Kh8 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nf6 (9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Nc3 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Qe2 g5 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Kf7 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20.
Bg3 Bf8 {1-0 Can,E-Husnullin,R/Izmir GP 2002/The Week in Chess 409 (64)}) 10.
Nxe5 dxe5 11. c4 (11. Rxe5 e6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Re1 exd5 15. Nxd5 (
15. cxd5 Qf5 16. h3 h5 17. Be3 Rhe8 18. Qa4 a6 19. b4 cxb4 20. Nb5 Qxd5 21.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 22. Red1 Nd5 23. Rd4 Qc6 {0-1 Bergez,L-Abergel,T/Evry GM 2002/
Ajedrez Madrid (40)}) 15... Qf5 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. h3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Kb8 19. b4
Bc7 20. Qa4 Qxd5 21. Rac1 Qd7 {0-1 Hokkanen,P-Shneider,A/EUR-Cup Halkidiki
2002/The Week in Chess 411 (29)}) 11... e6 12. Nc3 Be7 $6 $146 ({According to
all accounts} 12... O-O-O $5 {stronger than text, at least up to now White
didn't get any advantage on practice, for example} 13. Bg5 (13. Rxe5 Bd6) 13...
h6 $1 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Rxe5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxh4 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Rxc5+ Kb8 {1/2-1/2 Kristensen,B-Shneider,A/Isle of Man op 1999 (24)}) (12...
Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Nb5 Ke7 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. Rad1
Rhd8 19. Nc3 f5 20. Rd5 Rd7 {Vita-Simoni/corr 1977/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 13. Rxe5 exd5
14. Bg5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc6 (15... Qe6 16. Be3 $36 (16. Qa4+ Qc6 17.
Qxc6+ bxc6)) 16. Re5 {[%csl Re8]}) 14... d4 $8 (14... dxc4 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Rd1+ $18) ({Unfortunately for black the castle is taboo:} 14... O-O 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Rxe7 $18) 15. Ne4 $1 O-O-O ({After} 15... Kf8 16. Nxf6 (16. Qf3 $5)
16... Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxc5 Rg8 19. Rd5 Qg4 20. g3 $18 {Black's position
looks miserable.}) 16. Nxc5 Qc7 (16... Qc6 17. Rxe7 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxf7
d3 20. Qg4+ $16) 17. Nd3 Kb8 (17... Bd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rh5 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]
[%cal Gc4c5]}) 18. c5 Ka8 19. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Gd3,Ge5,Gf3,Gg5]} Rd7 20. Rae1 Bd8
(20... Rc8 $5) 21. Nb4 $1 {[%cal Gc5c6] By relocating this knight to the
kingside, White greatly increases his advantage in force on that flank.} Qc8 (
21... h6 22. Bf4) 22. c6 bxc6 (22... Rc7 23. Rb5 $5 bxc6 $140 24. Nxc6 $1) 23.
Nxc6 Qb7 24. a4 $5 {[%cal Ge5b5] White calmly brings more pieces into attack,
making Black's survival impossible.} (24. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 $1 (24... Bxf6 25. Re8+
Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bd8 27. Rxd8+ $18) 25. Re8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 d3 27. Qxf6 Qb6 28. Qf3
Qb7 $11) 24... d3 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rc1 a6 (26... Nd7 27. Rb5 Bb6 28. a5 $18) 27.
b4 $1 {White is very consistent in his desire to open up the files!} Nd7 28.
Rf5 f6 29. b5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {Surprise! I just can remember few games when principle Eduard
Rozentalis avoids his favorite 2.c3} d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6.
Re1 Nc6 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 ({White employed a different plan in the game Adams,
M-Anand,V/Dortmund GM 2001 -} 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12.
Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rfc8 15. h3 Nd8 $1 16. Rac1 Ne6 {but didn't get
any advantage.}) 8... Bg7 9. c4 e5 10. a3 (10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Rae8 (11... Nh5
12. Nd5 f5 13. Nd2 $13) 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. h3 Nh5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nf4 16.
Bc1 f5 {Kristensen,B-Sadler,M/Gausdal PG 1994/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 10... O-O 11. d3
Ne8 12. Nc3 {[%csl Gd5]} Nc7 $146 {[%cal Gc7e6]} ({looks for me more natural,
for example} 12... f5 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bc1 Nf6 16. f3 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Bf6 18. Bd2 g5 19. g4 h5 $132 {Ivanovic,A-Starcic,T/SLO-ch B18 1996/0-1 
(45)}) 13. Rb1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Rfb8 {Both players are ready to start hard fight
on the queenside.} 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nd5 b5 16. Bc3 Rb7 ({In the case of} 16... b4
17. axb4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nxb4 19. Nc4 {[%csl Rc6] white keep clear advantage.})
17. h3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. b4 $1 cxb4 (19... Rc8 $5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne4 Rc8
22. Bb4 Rb6) 20. axb4 Rc7 21. Rb3 {[%cal Gd1a1]} f5 22. f4 $1 {Slowly but
surely, White overplayed his opponent} bxc4 23. dxc4 e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qa1+
Kf7 26. Reb1 Rcc8 27. Qd4 Qa7 $5 28. Qxa7 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Ra1 Kf6 30.
Rba3 Rca8 31. b5 {This move looks very strong, but it has some drawbacks} ({
Worth considering simple} 31. Kf2 {and after for example} g5 {White have
strong answer} 32. fxg5+ Kxg5 33. g4 $1 {with big, maybe even decisive
advantage}) 31... a5 32. Nb3 a4 33. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Nc8 $8 34. Nc6 Rc7 35.
Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4] White wood be happy now to have king on d4
instead of g1!} 37. Ra6 Nxc4 38. Ne5 $1 {Great chance} Nxe5 {Only response!} ({
After} 38... Ke7 39. b6 Nxb6 40. Nc6+ Rxc6 41. dxc6 Nc8 42. Kf2 Kd8 43. g4 $18
{White must win endgame}) 39. Rxd6+ Ke7 40. fxe5 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5,Ge5]} Rc5 41.
b6 Rb5 {It is difficult to believe, but White can't win this game anymore.} 42.
g3 g5 43. b7 (43. Kf2 $142 $5 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Rf6 Rxd5 46. Rxf4 Rxe5 47.
Rh4 $5 (47. b7 Rb5 48. Rh4 Kf6 49. Rxh7 Rb3 $11) 47... Rb5 (47... h5 48. b7 Rb5
49. Rxh5 Rb2+ (49... Rb3 $2 50. Rh8 $1 $18)) 48. Rxh7+ Kf6 49. Ke3 {with small
chances for victory}) 43... Rxb7 44. Rf6 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47. Kd2
Rb3 48. d6+ Kd7 49. Rxf5 Ke6 50. g4 (50. Rxg5 h6 51. Rh5 Rxg3 {and I don't see
how White can improve his position.}) 50... h6 51. Ke1 Re3+ $1 (51... Rxh3 52.
Rf8 $1) 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. Ke2 Kd5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {A quite strange move for a so aggresive
chessplayer like Emil Sutovsky!} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 ({I don't see
too many problems for black after} 5... Nc6 $5 6. c3 Nf6 {for example:} 7. Re1
(7. Qe2 $5) 7... e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 $11) 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5
Qc8 ({Worth considering} 7... Qc7 $5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 $13)
8. Qf3 g6 (8... e6 $5 9. a4 (9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Qg3 Nxe5
13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Rae1 b5 16. Re2 Rb6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qf3 Re8 {
Breder,D-Aagaard,J/Budapest GM 2002}) 9... Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Nbd7 12. Nc4
Nb6 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 Galdunts,S-Savchenko,S/
Griesheim Testa GM 2004/}) 9. Re1 Bg7 10. d3 $146 (10. Nc4 O-O 11. Na5 Nbd7 12.
Nc3 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. d3 Re8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qc6 Nh5
19. Nd5 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/FRA t-ch 2001/ (43)}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3
Na6 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ga6b4]} ({It is quite possible, that after} 11... e6 $5
12. Bg5 Nfd7 $13 {Black could equalize chances without big problems.}) 12. Nc4
(12. Bg5 $5) 12... Nb4 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Rxe7 $1 (13. Re2 Nc6 $11) 13... Nxc2
14. Rb1 Re8 (14... b6 $5 15. Bg5 $140 Nd4 16. Qf4 Ne6) 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $6 (15...
Nxe8 $142 16. Na5 (16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Qe4 Qd7 $13) 16... Qc7 $1 $13) 16. Bg5 $1
Qc6 {Black worsens his pawn structure, without any real compensation for it.}
17. Qxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]} 18. Bxf6 (18. Ne4 Nd7) 18... Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 (
19... Bd4 20. a3 {[%csl Rc2]} f5 21. Ned6 $36) 20. Ne5 Nd4 (20... f5 $5 $14)
21. Nd7 Ne6 {Passive move} ({Black had good choice:} 21... Rd8 $142 $1 22.
Ndxc5 (22. Nexc5 Ne6 23. Rc1 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxd3 26. g3 Rd2 27.
Rxc6 Rxb2 $11) 22... Ne2+ (22... f5 23. Nb7 Rd5 24. Nc3 Rd7 25. Na5 Bb4 26. Nc4
Bxc3 27. bxc3 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nxc3 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Ne5 Rc7 $11) 23. Kf1 Nf4 $13)
22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Ne5 Nd4 24. Kf1 Rd5 $6 ({Worth considering} 24... f6 $5 25. Nc4
f5 26. Nc3 Bf6 $13) 25. Ng4 Kg7 26. Ne3 Rh5 {[%csl Rh5]} 27. h3 Ne6 (27... f5
28. Ng3 Rh4 29. Nc4 $36) 28. Rc4 (28. Rc3 $142) 28... Bd8 $2 {Mistake!} ({
It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 28... Rd5 $5 29. Nxd5 $140
cxd5 30. Ra4 dxe4 31. dxe4 Bf6 32. b3 Bd4 $13) 29. Nd6 $16 (29. Ra4 Bb6 30. Nd6
{[%cal Gd6c8]}) 29... Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black slips up in a difficult
position.} 30. Ndf5+ $1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. O-O {This line doesn't look too dangerous
for black, but it quite poisoned and controling bigger space White can pretend
for some initiative} Rfc8 ({Worth consideration another plan} 11... a6 $5 12.
a4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Kh1 Nd7 {for example} 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bf4 Ne5
18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 Kg8 22. f5 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Miroshnichenko,E-Sakaev,K/EUR-ch blitz Panormo 2002/ (38)}) 12. b3 a6 13. a4
Qd8 14. Be3 (14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rab1 e6 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19.
Bh4 Qb6 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Sanghi Nagar (m/3) 1994/[Kramnik,V] (35)})
14... Nd7 15. Rb1 Qa5 $146 ({Black employed a different plan in the game} 15...
Rab8 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qa2 Nc6 20. Nd5 b6 21. h3 $14 {
Tkachiev,V-Summerscale,A/Cannes op 1996/1-0 (64)}) 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18.
Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qa5 $8 {Black's queen had to go back, but he still has
tough and solid position} 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Qd2 Qb4 (20... Rab8 $5) 21. Bg5 Re8
22. Bh4 Rac8 23. f4 $5 {Starting activity on the king's side.} Nc5 24. Qc2 (24.
Qe3 e6 25. Be1 $5 Qa3 26. Rxd6 $13) 24... Qa3 25. Rf1 e6 ({I think that Black
rightly avoided the line} 25... Bxc3 26. Nxc3 (26. Qxc3 $2 Nxe4) 26... Nd4 27.
Qd1 Ncxb3 28. Nd5 $44) 26. f5 Nb4 ({Maybe} 26... Be5 $5 {was better option})
27. Qd1 exf5 28. exf5 Ne4 ({And after} 28... Re3 $5 29. fxg6 $5 hxg6 30. Bf6 $1
Rd3 31. Qe1 $36 {White is upper hand}) 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5c1]
Playing quite naturally White has reached a particularly good position} Ree8
31. Ng3 ({Worth consideration} 31. f6 $5 Bf8 32. Nc3 Nc6 33. Nd5 $16 {and
Black should have stuck to a passive defense}) 31... Nc6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Rxf7
$5 {Unfortunately for Black, the residence of her monarch isn't safe, which
White proves energetically!} (33. Qf3 Rc7 34. Ne4 $36) 33... Qc5 (33... Kxf7 $2
34. Qd5+ Re6 35. Rf1+ $18) 34. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] There is no need for a
long cogitation here to perceive that the elimination of black dark-squared
bishop will bring White large dividends: elimination of an important defender
of Black's king and full control of the dark squares.} Kxg7 35. Qg4 $40 Ne5 (
35... Qd4 36. Qh3 Kg8 37. Rf1 $40) {Zhang Zhong start to play not the best way
from this moment.} 36. Qh4 ({White could get decisive attack after} 36. Qf4
$142 $5 {for example} Rc7 $140 37. Ne4 Qc6 38. Bh6+ Kh8 39. Nf6 Rf7 40. Bg5 $1
$18) 36... Nf7 $8 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Qg4 Kh7 (38... Ne5 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Qxg6+
Kh8 41. Rf1 $18) 39. Rf1 Rc7 (39... d5 {lose immediately -} 40. Nf5 $1 Rc6 41.
Bd4 $18) 40. Qh4+ {Missing quick victory -} (40. Bd4 $142 $1 Nh6 $8 (40... Qc6
41. Rxf7+) 41. Qh4 Qa5 42. Ne4 $18) 40... Kg8 41. h3 (41. Nf5 $5 $16) 41... Qe3
42. Kh2 Qh6 (42... Qxb3 43. Ba1 Qxc4 44. Qf6 Kf8 45. Qxd6+ $18) 43. Qg4 {
[%cal Rg3f5]} Ne5 44. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 ({Maybe} 44... Rxe5 $5 45. Ne4 $16 {could
give more chances to Black for survival}) 45. Ne4 Ree7 (45... Kh8 $5 46. Rf6
$16) 46. Nf6+ Kh8 (46... Kg7 47. Nd5 Rf7 48. Re1) 47. Nd5 Rf7 48. Re1 Rc6 49.
Rxe5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} Qf8 50. Qg3 Qd6 51. c5 ({White continue to play cat and
mouse game -} 51. Nf4 $142 $1 $18 {wins at once!}) 51... Qf8 (51... Qxc5 52.
Qg5 (52. Ne7 Qxe7 53. Rxe7 Rxe7 54. Qh4+ Rh7 55. Qd8+ Kg7 $14) 52... Kg7 53.
Ne7 $18) 52. b4 $18 Kg7 (52... Kh7 53. Re4) 53. Qc3 (53. Re4 {[%cal Rg3e5]})
53... Kg8 54. Qe3 Kh7 55. Re8 Qg7 56. b5 {Quite interesting game!} 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc7
(7... Qc8 $5) 8. d4 e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 (9... Qd8 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd4
Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Rd3 Bf8 17. Rh3 Nbd7 18. Ndf3 Nxe5
19. Bxe5 Be7 20. Ng5 $36 {[%csl Ge5,Gg5,Gh3] 1-0 Degraeve,J-Le Huec,M/
Saint-Affrique op 2004 (45)}) 10. Nc3 $6 {Good idea, poor implementation. The
following should have been played:} ({Black experiences much more difficulties
after} 10. Na3 $142 $5 Bxe5 (10... a6 11. Nac4 O-O 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Ng6 Qxd4
14. Nxf8 Kxf8 15. Be3 $18) 11. dxe5 (11. Bxe5 Qc6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. d5 Qb6 14.
Bg3 O-O 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Re1 Qc6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd6 Rad8 19. Qb3 $14 {1-0
Bologan,V-Naiditsch,A/Mainz Ordix op 2004/ (112)}) 11... Nd5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13.
Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bg3 h5 15. c4 Nb6 16. f4 g6 17. Qe1 f5 18. exf6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 {
1-0 Lendwai,R-Postl,A/OST-ch 1991 (19)}) 10... a6 11. Bg3 (11. Re1 Nc6 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Rxe4 O-O-O 14. Qh5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Kb8 17. Qg5 Rhg8 18. h4
Rd5 19. c4 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Gushpit,J-Askarian,K/UKR t-ch 1998 (29)}) 11... Nc6 $5
$146 (11... cxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qxc6 15. Rad1 O-O 16.
Rd3 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Di,D-Toth/Torino 1983 (30)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxg3 13. fxg3 (13. hxg3
Qxc6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 $15 {=}) 13... Qxc6 14. d5 {Now it is clear, that without
serious measures White will get a slightly worse position without big chances
for equalization.} (14. dxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 O-O $15) 14... exd5 (14... Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rae1+ Kf8 18. Rf5 Rd8 19. Ree5 $44) 15. Re1+ Kd7 $5
{Looks too risky, but has proved to be all right.} (15... Kf8 16. Qf3 Re8 17.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Qf4 $132) 16. Qf3 (16. g4 h6) (16. Ne4 $142 $5 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 Rhe8 (17... g6 18. Re5 $13) 18. Qg4+ Kc7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxg7 Qg6
21. Qc3 $132) 16... Rad8 (16... Rae8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Red1 Ke6 {[%csl Re6]})
17. Rad1 ({The following does not give anything to White} 17. g4 h6 18. h4 c4
$5 19. g5 $140 $2 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qc5+ 21. Re3 Rhe8 22. Rae1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Re8
24. Nd1 Ne4 $17) 17... Rhe8 18. Qf5+ ({Worth of considering was} 18. Ne4 $5
Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kc8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Qg4+ $15 {and Black must still work hard
to convert his initiative into something real.}) 18... Kc7 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 (19...
Rxe8 $11) 20. h3 (20. Qg5 d4 $1 21. Qxc5+ Kb8 $19) 20... Qe6 21. Qg5 g6 $17 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd5]} 22. Rf1 Ne8 23. Qh6 (23. g4 $5) 23... d4 $1 24. Na4 b6 $5 25.
Qxh7 Nd6 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Gd4,Gd6,Ge6,Rh7]} 26. b3 Rd7 (26... Qe4 $5) 27. Qh8 Rd8
28. Qh4 Re8 $5 29. g4 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 (30. Kh1 Qe2 $19) 30... b5 ({It looks that
Black could win here just in few moves after} 30... d3 $1 31. cxd3 b5 32. Nb2
Qe5+ $19) 31. Nb2 (31. Nxc5 $4 Qe5+) 31... Qc3 32. Nd3 Qxc2 33. Rf3 Qe2 $6 ({
After} 33... c4 $142 34. Nf4 Qe4 $19 {Black's positional and material
advantage is decisive.}) 34. Qg3 $6 {White slips up in a difficult position.} (
34. Qg5 $142 $1 f5 35. Qxg6 $15) 34... Kc6 35. Rf6 Re6 36. Rf2 Qe3 37. Rf3 Qe4
38. b4 (38. Rf4 Qd5 {[%cal Ge6e3]}) 38... c4 $1 39. Nc5 Qe5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]}
40. Nxe6 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 fxe6 {The smoke has cleared, Black has great
compensation for the exchange and manages to turn it into a win very quickly.}
42. Kf2 $8 c3 43. Ke1 e5 (43... Nc4 $5) 44. h4 e4 45. Rh3 (45. Rf6 d3 46. Rxg6
e3 $19) 45... Nc4 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O {preparing Nde2 and Bg5 was more
fashionable some years ago, but the highly surprising counter-attack} Rc8 11.
b3 d5 $3 {, introduced by Ivanchuk himself in 2003, allows Black to equalise.})
10... Nc6 11. O-O e6 ({I would preffer} 11... Rfc8 12. b3 Qd8 {transposing Q
to the queenside and it is not easy for White to get any advantage, for
example:} 13. Qd2 Nd7 (13... Qa5 14. Rfd1 a6 15. a4 $146 (15. Rac1 b5 16. Nxc6
Rxc6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Rdc2 Rac8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5
Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Ke3 Kd7 27. g4 e6 $11) 15...
Nd7 16. Nde2 Re8 17. Rab1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Gelfand,B/Astana 2001/
ChessBase}) 14. Rac1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfd1 f6
19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. a4 g5 22. Kf2 Rc5 23. Rd5 Ke6 24. Ke3 Rg8 25. g3
h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Nielsen,P/Wch Moscow 2001/ (29)}) (11... a6 {(/\ 12...
Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5)} 12. a4 {and only now} e6 $1 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. fxg4 Bxd4 21. Qc4
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Re7 24. h4 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Kasparov,G/Bled
Olympiad 2002/ChessBase}) 12. Qd2 (12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Ndb5 $5 Rfd8 14. f4 (14.
Bf4 $5) 14... a6 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Bb6 Re8 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Bg1 Nc5 19. Nab1 $1 b5
$1 {was double-edged in A.Vajda-Golubev, Bucharest 2003}) 12... a6 (12... Ne5
13. b3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. c5 $14 {Benjamin-I.Gurevich, New York 1991}) 13.
Nxc6 {This move appears to be a novelty, and therefore may have theoretical
value.  Ftacnik: 'Ivanchuk is trying to win against the gifted Cuban player
with the help of an original approach to the problems of the position. Black
has an uneasy task to find the best approach to the surprising novelty. '} (13.
Rfd1 Rfd8 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfc8 18.
Be3 Nh5 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. b3 Re6 24. Rd8+
Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kf7 26. Bc5 Nf6 27. Ra8 Nd7 28. Ra7 {Ostermeyer,P-Solomunovic,I/
Lindau Bodenseecup 2002/ 1-0 (57)}) 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. b3 Qe7 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qf2 Rdc8 $11 {Mieles Palau,D-Dominguez,L/Guayaquil 
(zt) 2003 0-1 (45)}) 13... Qxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bb6 Rdb8 16. Na4
Ne8 17. b3 $14) 14. Rac1 b5 ({Black could try} 14... Qxc4 $5 15. Nd5 {'!'
Ftacnik.} (15. Qxd6 Rfd8 16. Qg3 $11) 15... Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qb3 17. Ra3 Qb5 18.
Nc7 {and after} Qe5 (18... Qd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 $14) 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd3
$1 $14 {White can pretend just for a small advantage.}) 15. Rfd1 {White is
increasing pressure over the main target - Black's d6-pawn} (15. cxb5 axb5 16.
a3 $5 (16. Nd5 Qb7 {is OK for Black} 17. Rc7 Qa6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. a3 $14))
15... Rfd8 ({White's chances are preferable in the case of} 15... bxc4 16. Qxd6
Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfd8 18. Rcd1 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rxc4 Bxb2 21. Rc6
$36) (18. Rc6 Rdc8 (18... Rd3 19. Re1 {[%csl Rc4]}) 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rd1 {
'+/=' Ftacnik.}) 18... Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Kf8 (19... Ne8 20. Rc6 Rb8 21. Na4 $16)
20. Na4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4]} (20. Rc6 Rb8 {.})) (15... Ne8 {[%csl Rf8]} 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. a3 {[%csl Gb5,Rd6][%cal Gc3d5]}) 16. e5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Yet another severe blow in the moment, when all White pieces are already
prepared for the start of the action.'} Ne8 (16... Nd7 17. Bg5 $36 (17. cxb5
axb5 18. exd6 $16)) (16... dxe5 $2 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bf8 (18... Ne8 19.
cxb5 axb5 20. Ne2 $18) 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Ne4 $18) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ne4 $1 Qd5
(18... Qd7 $5 19. Bg5 $5 (19. exd6 f5 (19... Rxa2 20. Bb6 Rb8 (20... Rxb2 21.
Qa5 $18) 21. Rc7 $1 $16) 20. Nc5 Qxd6 21. Qe2 Qe5 $11) 19... Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Rd7
21. Nc5 Rc7 22. exd6 Nxd6 (22... Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. d7 $16) 23. Qxd6 (23.
Be3 Nc4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Nxe6 Rd7 $1 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 fxe6 $11) 23...
Bf8 24. Qd3 Bxc5 25. Qxb5 $14) 19. exd6 f5 (19... Rxa2 $2 {looks too dangerous
for Black, for example} 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 f6 22. d7 fxg5 23. Rc8
Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. d8=Q Rxd8 26. Rxd8 $18) 21. Qe3 Qb7 (21... Qe5 22. Nxf6+
$1 Bxf6 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxd8) 22. Qb3 $18) (19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 f5 (20...
Rxa2 21. d7 $18) 21. d7 fxe4 22. Bb6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rdb8 23. d8=Q Rxd8 24. Rxd8
$16) 20. Qf2 (20. Qb4 {could be interesting alternative to the text and after
almost forced line -} Qxa2 (20... Qe5 21. d7 $1) 21. Nc3 $1 Qc4 (21... Bxc3 $5
22. Rxc3 Qa4 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Bf4 $16) 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Bxb2 24. Rc6 (
24. d7 Bxc1 25. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Rxc1 $36) 24... Rd7 $14 {White keeps small
advantage}) (20. Qe1 Qe5 21. Bd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kf1 e5 $16) 20...
Qxa2 21. d7 $1 (21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxd6 $15) 21... fxe4 22. Bb6 {'!'
Ftacnik.} Rxd7 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Dominguez had to choose between this move and the
retreat of the rook to b8. White will prove with an excellent play that more
promising was probably the alternative to the text.'} ({Objectively, more
stubborn was} 22... Rdb8 $1 23. d8=Q (23. fxe4 $5 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Rc2 Qe5 (
24... Ra1 25. Qd2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qb3 27. g3 $14) 25. Rcd2 Qxe4 26. d8=Q Rxd8
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 $14) 24... Bxb2 25. Rc6 (25. Rb1 Bf6 $11) 25... Bf6 26.
Rxe6 Kf7 $13) 23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Qxb2 (25... exf3 26. Qxf3 Qxb2)
26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 exf3 29. gxf3 Kf7 (29... Nd6 30. Bc7 Bc5 $14
) 30. Rxb5 Nd6 {and of course the endgame is in White's favour still, but
Black will have two active pieces and good chances for successful defence.})
23. Rxd7 Qxb2 (23... Bxb2 24. Rd2 $1 Qa1 25. Rf1 $18) 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 {[%mdl
4096]} 25. Rb1 Nf6 ({Worth considering} 25... Be5 $5 26. Rxb5 $140 Ra1+ 27. Kf2
Ra2+ 28. Ke3 Ra3+ $5 29. Kxe4 Nf6+ 30. Kxe5 Nxd7+ 31. Kxe6 Nxb6 32. Rxb6 Kg7
33. Rb7+ Kh6 34. h4 $16 {with interesting rook endgame.}) (25... Ra1 26. Rxa1
Bxa1 27. fxe4 $16) 26. Ra7 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Very strong players show a
tendency towards correct decisions in the critical moments of the fight. '} ({
Much inferior was} 26. Rdd1 Bc3 27. Rxb5 exf3 28. gxf3 Nd5 $14) 26... Rxa7 (
26... Rb8 $5 27. Rxb2 Rxb6 28. Rc2 Rb8 29. Rcc7 (29. fxe4 $16) 29... exf3 30.
Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rgf7 $16) 27. Bxa7 Bc3 28. fxe4 (28. Rxb5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} exf3 29.
gxf3 {was possible, but Ivanchuk does not like to worsen the pawn structure.}
Nd5 $14) 28... b4 (28... Nxe4 29. Rxb5) 29. Bc5 {'!' Ftacnik.} (29. Kf2 Nxe4+
30. Ke3 {hardly would give winning chances to White.}) 29... Nxe4 {White is an
exchange up. However, it is not that easy to convert it owing to Black's solid
position.} 30. Bxb4 Bd4+ $6 {And no matter how long the rest seems, the game
was virtually decided here. Ftacnik: 'The last really interesting moment of
the game. Black seems to win material with the help of Nd2. Ivanchuk has
calculated exactly, that the Knight would never get out of the square b1.'} ({
It looks that Domingues had to try} 30... Nd2 $1 31. Bxc3 $1 Nxb1 32. Bb4 {
'!' Ftacnik. The Black's Knight is trapped, but the position is not so simple -
} Kf7 33. Kf2 e5 (33... Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Kd3 Kd5 {36.Be7! or} 36. Bf8 $1 {
followed by 37.Kc2}) 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Be7 (36. Kc2 $2 Kc4 $11) (36.
Bf8) 36... e4+ 37. Kc2 Kd4 (37... e3 38. Kxb1 $18) 38. Kxb1 Kd3 {with good
chances for a draw.}) 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. Ke2 Be5 (33... e5 $5) (33...
h5 $2 34. Kd3) 34. Rf1+ Kg5 (34... Kg7 35. Bf8+ $1 Kg8 36. Bh6 (36. Kd3 Ng5 37.
Bh6 Nf7) 36... Bd6 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Ra1 {with big chances for victory}) 35. Kd3
(35. Be7+ $5 Kg4 36. Kd3) 35... Nd6 $5 (35... Bd6 36. Bxd6 Nxd6 37. Kd4 $18)
36. h3 Nf5 $6 ({The lesser evil for White was} 36... h5 $142 $5) 37. Bd2+ $1
Kh4 38. Re1 Bb8 (38... Bg7 39. Rxe6 Kg3 40. Re2 Nd4 41. Be1+ Kh2 42. Ra2 $18)
39. Rxe6 Kg3 40. Re2 Ng7 {[%csl Rg7]} 41. Be1+ Kh2 42. g4+ $1 Kxh3 43. Re7 {
[%csl Rg7] Black knight is lost and Dominguez decided to stop resistance.} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 (5... e5 6. Nc3 g6 7.
O-O Bg7 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. b4 f5
14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qb3 b6 17. f4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Shaked,T-Kaidanov,G/USA (ch) 1996/Inf 67 (29)}) 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 g6 8. O-O f5 $5
{This is a highly ambitious attempt to avoid the slightly dull drudgery of
defending the main lines} (8... Bg7 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Rb1) 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Nh4
$146 {This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to fear here
} ({Worth considering} 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. Nd5 h6 12. Qh5 $36) 10... O-O-O 11.
Qh5 f4 12. Nd5 ({I think that just after} 12. Ne4 $5 {Ramesh could pretend for
advantage.}) 12... Nge7 13. Nxe7+ Bxe7 14. Nf3 Rdg8 {[%cal Gg8g2]} 15. Bd2 Rg6
{Black got quite dangerouse attack on the kingside, but Ramesh didn't lose
head and managed to organize tough defense.} 16. Bc3 Rhg8 17. g3 Bg5 ({
Deserves attention} 17... Bf8 18. Nd2 Rh6 19. Qf3 Qh3 20. Qg2 Qh5) 18. Nd2 fxg3
19. fxg3 (19. hxg3 $6 Bxd2 20. Bxd2 Qf7 $40 {just could help black to create
threats against white king.}) 19... Be3+ 20. Kg2 Bxd2 ({or} 20... d5 21. cxd5
Qxd5+ 22. Qf3 $11) 21. Bxd2 Nd4 22. Qh3 Rg4 ({Surely, that Black must avoid
queen exchange-} 22... Qxh3+ 23. Kxh3 $14 {leads to white's advantage in
ending.}) 23. Rae1 Qc6+ 24. Re4 h5 (24... Kb8 $2 25. Qxh7) 25. Kg1 Kb8 26. Qg2
(26. Qxh5 Rxe4 27. dxe4 Qxe4 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 26... Qa4 {Looks natural,
but maybe this move is a step to the wrong direction,} ({it looks that after} 
26... Rxe4 $5 27. Qxe4 (27. dxe4 h4 28. g4 $140 h3 $1) 27... Qxe4 28. dxe4 Rg4
{just Black can pretend for advantage.}) 27. Be3 Qxa2 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Bxd4
cxd4 30. Qd5 {[%csl Gd5] White improved queen's position and got enough
compensation for the pawn.} Rd8 $8 31. b4 (31. Rf7 $2 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qxb2+) 31...
Qd2 (31... Qe2 32. Rf8) 32. Rf8 $1 $11 {Last good move, now Black must force
draw.} Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. b3 e6 ({
Strong players use more often move} 7... g6 $5 {and after, for example:} 8. c3
Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rfc8
15. h3 Nd8 $1 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. Nh2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Adams,M-Anand,V/Dortmund GM 2001/ (23) Black easy equalized chances.}) 8. c4 (
8. Bb2 Be7 9. e5 (9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Rad8 13. Qd2 Rfe8
14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 Nf4 16. Qe3 b6 17. g3 Ng6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb4 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Kornev,A-Areshchenko,A/St Petersburg Petrov mem 2002/}) 9... dxe5 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. d3 Nd5 14. Qg4 f6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Qxd7 Rxd7 17. Bf4 Kf7 18. Kf1 Rc8 $11 {Zavgorodniy,S-Karjakin,S/Alushta-100
2002//1/2-1/2 (39)}) 8... Be7 $146 (8... e5 $5 9. d3 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. a3 O-O
12. Rb1 Nh5 13. b4 f5 $132 {0-1 Johannessen,S-Lie,K/NOR-ch Asker 2000/The Week
in Chess 297 (22)}) 9. Nc3 Ng4 ({Worth considering} 9... Ne5 $5 {with possible
continuation} 10. d4 $140 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Rhg8 $5 {[%cal Gg7g4]})
10. d4 Bf6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 $36 {[%csl Rd6]}) 11.
e5 $6 {Beggining of complicated and unclear complications.} ({Worth
considering quiet} 11. h3 $1 cxd4 12. Nd5 $1 exd5 13. exd5+ Nge5 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Nxd4 $14 {with small, but stable advantage.}) 11... dxe5 12. d5 $5 {
A logical play - White is trying to break before Black completes his
development.} e4 $1 {[%mdl 2112] Zhao Jun has chosen the course of principle!}
({He could play also} 12... exd5 $5 13. cxd5 O-O-O $1 {for example:} 14. dxc6
Qxd1 15. Nxd1 e4 16. Ng5 Bxa1 17. Nxf7 Rhf8 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. cxb7+ Kxb7 $13)
13. Nxe4 (13. dxc6 $2 Qxd1 $19) 13... Bxa1 (13... O-O-O 14. Bf4 $1) 14. Nxc5 (
14. Bf4 Be5) 14... Qd8 $2 {Inaccuracy!} ({It is interesting what White would
do after correct move} 14... Qc7 $1 {at least, I didn,t found how he can keep
even equal chances, for example} 15. Bf4 (15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Ne4 Rd8 $17) 15...
Qxf4 16. dxc6 Bd4 $5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 bxc6 $17) 15. Nxb7 Qb6 {[%cal
Gb6f2]} 16. Nd6+ Kf8 (16... Ke7 $2 17. dxc6 $1 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 $18) 17. Ne4 ({
Good substitute to the move in the game could be brave} 17. dxc6 {and after
possible} Nxf2 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qxa2 19. Re2 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. c7 $1 {
[%csl Gc7]}) 18. Qe2 Ng4+ 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Ke7 22. c5 $36 {
[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gd6] White has edge.}) 17... exd5 ({It is not easy correctly
evaluate posiation and after} 17... Ne7 $5 18. Ba3 Bf6 19. Bc5 Qd8 20. Nfg5 $5
$132) 18. cxd5 Nb4 (18... Rd8 19. Ba3+ Kg8 20. Qxa1 Rxd5 21. Qc3 $40 {[%cal
Gc3c4]}) 19. Bf4 ({In the case of} 19. Ba3 Bf6 20. h3 Nxf2 (20... Ne5 21. Nxf6
gxf6 22. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gd2b4]} Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Bxb4+ $36
) 21. Bxb4+ (21. Nxf2 a5) 21... Qxb4 22. Kxf2 $132 {white also has enough
compensation for small material deficit.}) (19. Nfg5 f5 $5) 19... Nf6 $2 {
Black did not bear the pressure of the struggle.} (19... f5 $142 $1 20. Bd6+
Kg8 21. Bc5 Qg6 22. Nd6 Bc3 23. Re6 Qh5 24. Qe2 $132) 20. Qxa1 Nc2 $2 {[%mdl
8192] This attempt meets the tactical refutation.} (20... Nxe4 $142 21. Rxe4
Nxd5 22. Qe5 $1 $40) (20... Nbxd5 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Be3 $36) 21. Nxf6 $1 Rd8 ({
There wasn't a rescue in} 21... Nxa1 22. Nd7+ Kg8 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rxa1 $18) (
{or} 21... Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Re2 Nb4 (24... Rc8 25. d6 $1)
25. Re4 $18 {[%cal Re4b4,Re4g4]}) 22. Ne5 $1 (22. Ne5 Qxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nd7+
Kg7 24. Qc3 $18) 23. Nd7+ $1 Rxd7 24. Qxf6 Nxe1 25. Qc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rfd8 {As a result of opening, Black got
little bit passive, but but solid and stable position.} 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Qd3 (
13. h3 a6 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. a4 Qc7 16. Re3 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Ne5 19.
Re3 Bf6 $11 {Moskovets,K-Tukhaev,A/UKR-ch Alushta 2002/0-1 (59)}) 13... a6 (
13... b6 $5 {[%cal Gd7b7]}) 14. Nxc6 $146 (14. Rad1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. e5
dxe5 17. Qb6 Qe8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Qxa6 bxc4 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. bxc4 Qc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Bricard,E-Alvarez,R/Cannes op 1992 (34)}) 14... Qxc6 15. Rad1 Ne8 $5 {
[%cal Ge7f6] Typical manoeuvre - knight pretects weak pawn on d6, and bishop
is going to f6.} 16. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5] Knight is running to the
kingside, but this logical move has and drawback - it is easy for black to
organize counter play on opposite side of the board.} b5 (16... Bf6 17. Nd4 Qc5
18. a4 $5) 17. Nd4 (17. cxb5 Qxb5 $11) 17... Qa8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxa2 (
19... d5 $5 20. Nc3) 20. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Qc2 ({It is not easy to assess
positions arising after} 20... Rc2 $5 21. Ra1 Rd2 $1) 21. Qe3 Rb8 $8 22. Rc1
Qxc1 ({Worth considering} 22... Qa2 $5 23. Ra1 (23. Re2 Bg5 $1 24. Qd3 Qxa3 25.
Nxa3 Bxc1) 23... Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxb5 $14) 23. Rxc1 Rxb5 24. Qd3 {Ye strives
very hard, but black position is still hard nut to crack.} Rb6 (24... Rdb8 25.
Rc8 $1 $16) 25. g3 Ra8 26. e5 $5 ({It is possible that placid} 26. b4 $5 $14 {
is stronger than move in the game}) 26... Rxa3 27. Rc8 Raxb3 28. Rxe8+ Bf8 29.
Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c8]} Rb8 $8 30. Rxf8+ $1 {Despite the reduced material, White
can still generate dangerous threats.} (30. exd6 Rxe8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qxb3 Rxd7
$11) 30... Kxf8 31. exd6 R3b7 32. Qxh7 {White still has a slight advantage,
but Wang Zili manages to defend this position with confidence.} f5 $5 33. h4 (
33. Qh5 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 R1b7 $1 $14 (34... R8b7 $2 {[%cal Gb7d7]} 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36.
Qc8 $18)) 33... Kf7 34. Qh5+ (34. h5 Kf6 35. g4 Ke5 $11) 34... g6 (34... Kf8
35. Qg6 Re8 36. h5 $36) 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Qh7+ (36. h5 gxh5 37. Qh7+ Rg7 38.
Qxh5+ Kf6 $11) 36... Rg7 37. Qh8 Rg8 38. Qh7+ Rg7 39. Qh8 Rg8 40. Qe5 Rd7 $11 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg8d8]} 41. g4 fxg4 42. Qf4+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45.
Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. d4 ({
Quite often white tries also} 7. b3) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 (8... a6 9. c4 Be7
10. Nc3 O-O (10... Rc8 11. a4 Qa5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Rfe1
Nc5 16. Rab1 b6 17. Nd4 Nfd7 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Nfd7 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,
A-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee-B 2002}) 11. Be3 (11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 Rfe8 13.
Rac1 Rac8 14. b3 Nf8 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. Rd3 Ne5 17. Rdd1 Neg4 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3
Nd7 20. f4 h6 21. Rf1 Bf6 22. Nf3 Qa5 {0-1 Gergel,Z-Kankula,R/SVK-ch 2004/
ChessBase (39)}) 11... Rc8 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. Na3 Nc6 16.
Qd3 Qxb2 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rb1 Qe5 19. Rb7 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Qa5 21. Bb6 Qa4 22. c5
d5 23. e5 Nh5 24. g3 Rb8 {0-1 Timman,J-Khalifman,A/Moscow 1993/ChessBase (32)})
9. c4 O-O 10. b3 Qb6 {The idea of this move is to prevent development of white
knight on c3.} (10... Qc7 11. Bb2 Ne5 (11... Rfe8 $5 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Rac1 a6
14. Kh1 g6 15. f4 Bg7 16. Rcd1 e5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3 Ree8 19. Nd5 {
Sadvakasov,D-Vaulin,A/Omsk 1996/0-1 (56)}) 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nf3 $1 Qb6+ (13... d5
14. e5 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ng5 $1 Ne3 18. Rc1 $16) 14. Kh1 Ng4
15. Nc3 (15. Ng1 $5 Nf6 16. Rd1 $14) 15... Qe3 $8 16. Qxe3 Nxe3 17. Rf2 $14 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Gormally,D/London 1999 ChessBase/ [Psakhis,L] (53)}) 11. Bb2 Rfe8
12. Nd2 ({It was possible to play} 12. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gb1c3] but after this
move will be not easy to find good place for another white's rook.}) 12... Ne5
13. Kh1 Nc6 $146 (13... Ng6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nb1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. cxd5 Nf4
18. Qf3 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Ne3 Qa6 21. Nd2 Qxa2 22. Nec4 Qa6 23. Ne4 Nc5 24.
Ra1 Qc6 25. Ned6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Rf8 27. Ba3 b6 28. Rfc1 {Motylev,A-Kempinski,R/
PZU op 1998/ChessBase/0-1 (75)}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 (14... Qxc6 15. f4 $5 $14) 15.
Rae1 Rad8 16. f4 {White has some initiative, nevertheless, the assessment of
the position is not quite clear} d5 17. e5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 {doesn't
promise any advantage to white.}) 17... Nd7 18. f5 $5 (18. Nf3 Qa6 $5) 18...
Bb4 19. f6 g6 20. Rc1 (20. Rd1 $5 $14) 20... Bf8 21. Nf3 Qa6 {Maybe in this
moment White lost chances for real initiative. Worth considering sharp} 22. Nd4
{Maybe in this moment White lost chances for real initiative. Worth
considering sharp} (22. Ng5 $5 h6 (22... Qxa2 $2 23. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 24. Rc3 $18)
(22... Bh6 23. Qg4 $40) 23. Nh3 Qxa2 24. Nf4 $44 {[%cal Cg6g5,Cg5f4,Rf4g6]})
22... dxc4 23. bxc4 (23. Rxc4 Nb6 24. Rc2 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 c5 $13) 23... Nc5 24.
Rb1 ({Perhaps White should have considered} 24. Rcd1 $5 {[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1e3]})
24... Rd7 25. Bc3 Red8 $132 {[%csl Gd7,Gd8] Black should find counter chances
in the center otherwise White will increase his pressure on the king side.} 26.
Rf4 h5 (26... Na4 $5 27. Ba1 c5 $13) 27. Rh4 Na4 28. Ba1 Nb6 $1 29. Nf3 (29.
Nxc6 $2 Qxa2 $1 $19) (29. Rc1 c5 30. Nf3 Qa3 $36) 29... Qa4 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 30.
Rd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxc4 (31... c5 $5) 32. Bxa7 (32. Rc1 Nb6 33. Qf2 Nd7 {
[%cal Gc6c5]}) 32... Na3 $1 {Seemingly, this move escaped Onischuk's attention.
Black has the upper hand} 33. Rb7 (33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Bxb8 Nc2 {[%cal Ga4a2]})
33... c5 {[%csl Ra7]} 34. h4 Ra8 (34... Nc4 $5) 35. Bb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Terrible mistake! The lesser evil for White was move} (35. Bb8 $8) 35... Qc6 $1
36. Ra7 (36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Ng5+ Ke8 (37... Kg8 $4 38. Qd3 $1 $18) 38. Qd3 Qxb6
39. Qxg6+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qxe6+ Kb7 42. Qd5+ Ka7 $19) 36... Rxa7 37. Bxa7
Qb7 $19 {[%csl Ra7]} 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Qd2 Qe4 (39... Qd5 $5) 40. Qd8+ Bf8 41.
Kg1 Nc4 42. Qc7 Qf4 (42... Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gc4e3]}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
d5 Nd8 {Although this reply has proved quite popular, I remain suspicious
about its value.} (8... Ne5 $5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Rxe5 e6 {looks
more promising for black, for example:} 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Re1 exd5
15. Nxd5 Qf5 16. Be3 Rhe8 $11 17. b4 Ng4 18. g3 Rxe3 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Ramirez,A/
American Continental-ch Buenos Aires 2003/}) 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ng8 ({In the
case of} 10... e6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 Be7 13. Qh5 $44 {White has great
compensation for the pawn.}) 11. b4 $1 (11. Nbd2 g6 (11... f6 12. Bf4 Nf7 13.
b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 cxb4 17. cxb4 Ngh6 18. Re6 Bg7 19. Qc2 O-O
20. Rae1 $36 {Can,E-Erdogan,H/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The Week in Chess 449/1/2-1/
2 (67)}) 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Bf4 Kf8 14. Qe2 Bh6 15. Bxh6+ Nxh6 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5
bxc5 18. Rab1 $44 {Nevednichy,V-Georgiev,K/Jugoslavija 2001}) 11... h6 $146 (
11... cxb4 12. cxb4 h6 13. Bc1 (13. Be3 $5) 13... Nf6 14. Bb2 e6 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Nh4 Rg8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Ne4 $44 {1-0 Gushpit,I-Veliev,S/UKR-ch Sevastopol
2000 (35)}) 12. Be3 cxb4 (12... Nf6 $5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. c4 e6 15. Nc3 $36) 13.
Bd4 (13. cxb4 $5) 13... Nf6 (13... bxc3 14. Nxc3 $32) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxb4
Bg7 16. Nbd2 $44 {[%csl Rd8,Re8] White has a stable advantage - small material
defecit more than sufficiently compensated by the better developement and the
bad position of Black's king and knight.} f5 (16... Rc8 $5) 17. Rc1 O-O (17...
e5 $5) 18. Nh4 e6 (18... Kh7 19. Qh5 e6 20. Ndf3 Kg8 $5 $13) 19. Nc4 $1 Rc8 20.
g3 $5 (20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 $11) 20... b5 ({
Worth considering} 20... Re8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 21. Ne3 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 f4 (22...
Bf6 $5 $13) 23. gxf4 Qe7 24. Nhg2 Qf6 25. Qc7 {Despite the simplifications
Black still hasn't solved the problems completely and has to  work hard to
hold balance.} (25. f5 $5) 25... Qb2 26. Qxd6 Qxa2 (26... Bc3 $5 27. Rd1 Bxb4
28. Qd7 a6 $132) 27. f5 $1 $36 Qb2 (27... Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3e6]}) 28. h3 (28.
dxe6 $5 fxe6 29. Nd1 $1 Qf6 30. fxe6 Re8 31. Qb8 Bf8 32. Qxb5 Rxe6 33. Qc4 $14)
28... Qd4 (28... Be5 29. Qc5) 29. Rd1 Qe5 (29... Qf6 $5) 30. Qd7 (30. Qxe5 $5
Bxe5 31. Ng4 $16) 30... Qe4 (30... exd5 $5) 31. Qxb5 exf5 32. Qd7 (32. d6 f4
33. Qc4 $16) 32... f4 (32... Qxb4 33. Nxf5 {[%csl Gd5,Gd7,Gf5]}) 33. Nf5 {
[%csl Gf5]} f3 34. Nge3 Kh7 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Kh1 (36. Rd4 $5) (36. Qg4+ $5)
36... Kh8 37. Rg1 $18 {The smoke has cleared, White has decisive advantage and
manages to turn it into a win quite quickly} Qh4 38. Qf5 (38. Rg4 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1
h5 $1) 38... Rg8 (38... Qd4 39. Rg6 $1) 39. Qxf3 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd2d4]} (7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Rd1 Nge7 12. Nc3
Nc8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Qb2 Be7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nf4 Rc7 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19.
Ne1 Qd8 20. Qg4 Nd7 21. Ned3 Nf8 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Topalov,V/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/
/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 7... Qg4 $6 {Deviating from the "main" theory at a very early
stage.} (7... g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. c4 Rac8 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nc3 e6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. g3 Rcd8 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Karjakin,S/Moscow Aeroflot op A1 2005/}) (7... e6 $5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7
10. c4 O-O (10... Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Qc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Rad1
Ne8 16. a4 Bf6 17. R4d3 h6 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. f3 Qc5 $11 {1-0
Skripchenko,A-Bojkovic,N/ECC CupW Rethymnon 2003/ (42)}) 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. b3 a6
13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Nf3 h6 16. h3 Rab8 17. a3 Qh5 18. b4 Rd8 19. Rd2
Rbc8 20. Rcd1 Ne8 21. Na4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Nc3 Nc7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Najer,E/Moscow-ch blitz 2004/ (53)}) 8. d3 $146 {This
obvious move is definitely better than the previously played} (8. Qb5 Qd7 $5 (
8... O-O-O $5 9. d3 $140 $4 Nd4 $19)) 8... Ne5 (8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. f3
Qd7 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 $14 {with a small but lasting advantage.}) 9. Nbd2 e6
(9... Nh5 $5 10. h3 (10. Qf1 $5 Nf4 11. Kh1) 10... Nf4 11. hxg4 Nxe2+ 12. Kf1
Nxf3 (12... Nxc1 13. Nxe5 dxe5 (13... Nxa2 14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 15. Rxa2) 14. Raxc1
e6 15. Nc4 f6 16. a4 $14) 13. Nxf3 Nd4 (13... Nxc1 14. Raxc1 $14) 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 $14) 10. h3 Qh5 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Qg6 12. e5 dxe5 13.
d4 $3 (13. Nxe5 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. a4 Nf6 $11) 13... Qe4 14. Qb5+ Qc6 15.
Qxc6+ bxc6 16. dxe5 $16) 11. d4 $1 {[%cal Od4e5,Ce5c6,Cc5d4,Ge2b5] Now Black's
underdeveloped queenside ( and king! ) is under attack.} Nxf3+ (11... Ned7 12.
e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Cf8e7,Cd7e5,Gc2c4]}) 12. Nxf3 {It
becomes clear that the badly developed Black pieces are absolutely useless and
can't protect the king from the arising trouble...} cxd4 (12... a6 13. e5 Nd7
14. g4 $1 (14. exd6 Bxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd3 Ke7 17. Bg5+ $5 f6 18. Bf4 e5
19. Be3 Qc6 20. Nh4 $36) 14... Qxh3 (14... Qg6 $4 15. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6]}) 15. Ng5
Qh4 16. Qf3 f6 17. Nxe6) 13. e5 $3 {[%cal Oe5f6,Gh5b5][%mdl 128] A wonderful
resource! Seemingly, this move escaped Areshchenko's attention.} dxe5 (13...
Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 (14... Rc8 15. Rxd4 Rc6 16. Bf4 $18) 15. Rxd4 Qc5 (15... Bc5
16. Rxd7 $1) 16. Qd1 Ke7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ga1d1]}) 14.
Qb5+ Nd7 (14... Kd8 15. Bg5 {[%cal Ob5b7,Rd1d4]}) 15. Rxd4 $18 Rd8 (15... O-O-O
16. Bf4 $1 Be7 17. Rc4+ Kb8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5+ Ka8 20. Rc7 $18) 16. Rxd7
$1 Rxd7 17. g4 (17. g4 a6 (17... Qxh3 18. Nxe5) (17... e4 18. Qxh5 exf3 19. Be3
) 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. gxh5) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 (5... e6 6. O-O Ne7 7.
Nc3 Ng6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nge5 {The knight looks impressive on e5 but could
be kicked away easily.} 10. b3 Be7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bb2 (13. Be3 {
is worth considering to stop Black from putting his queen on b6.}) 13... O-O
14. Rf3 f5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Rxd6 fxe4 19. Rf1 (19. Nxe4
$2 Bxb2 {and White is busted.}) 19... Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ba1 e3 $2 {
Black assumes he has lost the e-pawn and merely advances it. Instead:} (21...
Nd3 $1 22. Nxe4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxf4 {offers equal chances.}) 22. Qxe3 Rd3 23.
Qe1 Qa5 24. Ne2 (24. Nd5 Qxe1 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rxe1 {is better for White.})
24... Qxa2 25. Bxf6 Re3 $2 26. Bd4 Nd3 27. Qd1 {1-0 Cuartas,J-Saladen,R/
Fusagasuga 1999.}) 6. Nc3 e6 (6... Ne5 {looks as a reasonable alternative to
the text.} 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qa4+ (8. d3 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11.
fxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bg5 13. g3 Be7 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2585)
-Serper,G (2560)/Oslo op 1994/ChessBase}) 8... Nd7 9. d3 e6 10. f4 exf4 11.
Bxf4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rf3 Bf6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne2 a6 17. Kh1
Qd6 18. Raf1 Rad8 19. Rh3 Rd7 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Ng1 g6 22. Qf2 Qe7 {0-1
Gurgenidze,B (2278)-Jobava,B (2159)/GEO-ch Tbilisi 2000/EXT 2004 (56)}) (7. d3
e6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 (9. Ne1 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Kh1 Rb8 13. a4 Qd7
14. Be3 d5 15. Ne5 (15. e5 Ng4 16. Bg1 f6 17. h3 Nh6 $15) 15... Qd8 16. cxd5 (
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bc1 f6 $15) 16... exd5 17. Bf2 d4 {0-1 Mednis,
E-Tseshkovsky,V/Riga (izt) 28/401 1979/ChessBase/[Filip,M] (40)}) 9... Nfd7 10.
Ne1 Nc6 11. f4 O-O 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. Nf3 a6 14. Be3 Rb8 15. g4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5
17. g5 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Na2 e5 21. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,
A (2400)-Pelletier,Y (2515)/Cannes op 1998/ChessBase}) 7... e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9.
Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rab8 14. Rad1 Rfc8 15. h3 h6
16. R4d2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ne2 Rb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anastasian,A
(2588)-Sargissian,G (2514)/ARM-ch Yerevan 2001/The Week in Chess 359 (33)}) 7.
O-O (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qe5 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. O-O Ne5 13.
Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 dxe5 15. f3 Bc5+ 16. Kf1 Nd7 17. Ne2 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Christiansen,L (2580)-Ivanov,I (2475)/American op 1996/EXT 2001 (41)}) 7... Be7
8. a3 $146 {A slow move.} ({I am almost sure that just after} 8. d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 (9. Qxd4 a6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. a4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qc2 Bc5 16. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Velicka,P-Dobrovolsky,V/CZE t-ch 1997/
ChessBase (39)}) 9... a6 10. b3 {White can pretend for small advantage, but
Black's position is tough anyway. A possible continuation could be now:} O-O (
10... Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. f4 Re8 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Qe2 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Rad1
g6 17. Nc2 Ned7 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Ne3 Bg7 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Qf2 Qe6 {1/2-1/2
Ramesh,R (2480)-Saravanan,V (2393)/IND-ch Nagpur 2002/ChessBase (59)}) 11. Be3
{Even though White has played b2-b3 White often develops his bishop on the
c1-h6 diagonal.} (11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Rac1 (13. f4 b5 {walks into} 14.
cxb5 Rxc3 15. Qe1 Rfc8 16. Bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. bxa6 Nxe4 {and a
double-edged ending is the result.}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. g3
Qg5 17. Nf3 Qa5 18. Kg2 {Skrzypnik,M-Zawadzki,S/Laczna 2002. when the position
was equal.}) 11... Re8 12. f4 Bf8 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. Rac1 g6 15. Kh1 Bg7 16. Nde2
Rac8 17. Rcd1 Qc7 $13 {1-0 Khachiyan,M (2473)-Novikov,I (2598)/Denver 2003 (48)
}) (8. b3 Ne5 9. Ne1 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. d3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Basagic,
Z-Palac,M/Velden open 1994/ChessBase}) (8. d3 $5) 8... Ne5 $5 {Typical
reaction, Bruzon brings knight to his natural position c6.} 9. Ne1 {[%cal
Gf2f4]} O-O (9... Nxc4 $4 10. Qa4+ $18) 10. d3 Nc6 11. f4 a6 {The game is more
or less equal, but I have a feeling that it is easy to play with the black
pieces. He can simply prepare the moves b5 or d5 and it is more difficult to
find decent plan for White.} 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. a4 {[%csl Gb4] Othercase 13...b5
is coming at once.} Qd7 (13... d5 14. e5) 14. Kh1 b6 15. Be3 ({In the case of} 
15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. b3 Nd7 {Black has a very easy game.}
) 15... Qb7 ({Worth considering} 15... Ng4 $5 16. Bd2 f5 {but Bruzon doesn't
want to change his plan.}) 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. g4 {Trying to open a second front
on king side, but Black hasn't any weaknesses here.} (17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6
$5) 17... Rbe8 $1 18. Qg2 Nb4 19. Rad1 (19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc7 21. b3 Bf6 22.
g5 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 $15) 19... d5 $1 $40 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bc1
$6 {Too passive.} (21. exd5 Nf6) (21. d4 $142 $5 dxe4 22. Ne5) 21... d4 22. Ne2
Bd8 (22... Qc6 $5 {[%csl Ra4]} 23. b3 $140 $2 Qe6 {could win a pawn
immediately, and I don't see reason why Black didn't use this simple plan.})
23. Ng3 $6 ({After the correct} 23. f5 $5 {[%csl Ge6]} Qc6 24. b3 Bc7 25. g5
Ne5 {it is not so easy to evaluate position correctly.}) 23... Qc6 {Finally!}
24. g5 (24. a5 b5) 24... Qxa4 25. Qh3 Qc6 (25... Qb5 $5 {[%csl Rd3]}) 26. Nf5
Re6 (26... Bc7 $5) 27. Rg1 ({Maybe Kabanov could play} 27. N3xd4 cxd4 28. Nxd4
Qd6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. d4 {now with some compensation for his small material
deficit.}) 27... Rfe8 28. Nxg7 $6 {[%mdl 64]} ({Again} 28. N3xd4 {was best try.
}) 28... Kxg7 29. f5 {It may seem that White has obtained excellent prospects.
However, Black had foreseen 1 move further!} Nxd3 $1 {The refutation of
White's combination.} 30. Rxd3 Rxe4 {[%cal Cd3a3,Ca3a6,Rc6h1]} 31. g6 fxg6 32.
Qh6+ (32. fxg6 h5 $5 33. Qxh5 Rh8 34. Qf5 Qe6 $19) 32... Kh8 $8 33. fxg6 (33.
Rxg6 $142 $5 Bf6 $1 34. Bg5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rg8 $19) 33... Nf6 {White's
initiative is not enough to compensate two pawns, the rest is simple.} 34. Bg5
Qb7 $19 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Bxf6 R4e6 $1 37. Qh5 Bxf6 38. Rd2 (38. Rg2 $5 Qf7)
38... Re5 (38... Re5 39. Qg4 Re2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
({White failed to get any advantage after} 7... Qc7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10.
Nxc6 Qxc6 {for example} 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qxa7 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 15. Nc3
Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 $36 {Vydeslaver,A-Karpman,V/ISR t-ch 2002}) 8. Qf3 Nbd7 (8...
e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 (11... Na6 $5 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Rac1 Nfd5
14. a3 {1/2-1/2 Bellin,R-Ubilava,E/Tbilisi 1977 (14)}) 12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6
14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Rae1 b5 16. Re2 Rb6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Breder,
D-Aagaard,J/Budapest-9 GM 2002/ (53)}) (8... g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Na5
Nbd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. d3 Re8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/FRA t-ch
2001/  (43)}) 9. Nc4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d3 O-O (11... Nb6 12. Na5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. c4 Nb4 15. Qxb7 (15. Bd2 $5 Nc2 $140 16. Rab1 Nd4 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18.
Nxb7) 15... Qxb7 16. Nxb7 a5 (16... Nxd3 $5) 17. Bd2 Ra7 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. a3
Nc6 20. Bxa5 Nxa5 $13 {0-1 Degraeve,J-Naiditsch,A/BEL t-ch 0203 2003/ (39)})
12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 $6 {Mistake, Black should have play} (13... Qd7 $142
$5 14. Qxb7 $140 (14. Nxb7 a5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 14... Nh5) 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Rfe1
$146 (15. Bg3 a6 16. Rad1 Nbd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 b5 19. Rd6 Qb7 20. Qe3 $36
{Kharlov,A-Topalov,V/Wch New Delhi 2000/The Week in Chess 317/1/2-1/2 (47)})
15... Nbd5 (15... c4 $5) 16. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (16... Rd8 $5 17. Nxf6+ $140 Nxf6 18.
Be7 Rd5 19. Bxf6 Rf5 $11) 17. dxe4 Nb4 18. Re2 $14 {[%csl Rb4,Gd6] It is not
that easy for Black to neutralize pressure across the d-file and we can
consider that the opening has taken a favourable turn for White.} Qc6 19. Qg3 {
[%cal Rd6e5]} f6 20. c3 Na6 {The text move is artificial and throws Black into
serious trouble. However, he has some problems anyway, for example:} (20... Qb5
$5 21. Rd2 Nc6 22. Rad1 $36) 21. e5 f5 22. Rd1 {Black should have stuck to a
passive defense} Rad8 23. Red2 Rd7 24. h4 {[%cal Gh4h6]} (24. c4 $5) 24... Red8
({The lesser evil for Black was} 24... c4 $5 {[%cal Ga6c5]}) 25. h5 Nc7 26. h6
{Despite the reduced material, White can still generate dangerous threats.} g6
{Now Black's pawn formation is seriously compromised on the kingside} (26...
Ne8 $5) 27. Qg5 Ne8 $2 {And once again Black fails to find the better
continuation!} (27... Re8 $140 $16) 28. Bxc5 $1 {Now the game is over.} (28.
Bxc5 $1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ne5 7. d4 $5 {
The future of this variation depends upon the correct evaluation of this
interesting move.} (7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qh5 Qd4 9. Qe2 e6 10. d3 Qd7 11. O-O Ne7
12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. e5 O-O 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Rf3 a6 18.
Raf1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V-Tseitlin,M/Bucharest 1993 (31)}) 7... Nxf3+ 8.
gxf3 cxd4 (8... O-O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 9. Qxd4 e6 10. Be3
Ne7 (10... Nf6 $5 11. Rd1 a6) 11. f4 (11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rhg1 Qc8
14. f4 g6 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Becerra Rivero,J/
WchT Luzern 1997/CBM 62/[Rublevsky, HarZvi] (33)}) 11... Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13.
Rg1 $5 $146 {Unlike Black who has not completed his development yet, all Black
pieces are involved in the struggle and aim at the Black king.} (13. O-O-O
O-O-O 14. Nb5 $5 (14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Qc2 b6 16. Rd2 Qb7 17. Rhd1 g6 18. f3 Rd7 19.
a3 Na5 20. Nb5 Qc6 $13 {1-0 Kotsur,P-Rashkovsky,N/RUS-Cup Tula 1999 (36)})
14... Kb8 15. Kb1 b6 16. Qc3 $36 Qb7 $6 17. Qxg7 Na5 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. b3 $16 {
1-0 Magem Badals,J-Fernandez Garcia,J/Dos Hermanas op 2000/ (41)}) 13... g6 {
[%csl Re8,Rf6] A mistake after which black will find himself in big troubles!}
(13... O-O $5 14. O-O-O (14. f5 Ne5 $1 15. Qe2 exf5) 14... Rac8) 14. O-O-O Rd8
(14... O-O-O 15. Nb5 Kb8 16. Kb1 $14) 15. Kb1 $5 Qc7 (15... O-O 16. h4 $5 Bxh4
$140 17. Rh1 Bf6 18. e5 $36) ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 15... Qc8
$5) 16. Nb5 Qc8 (16... Qb8 17. Nxa7 $5 Nxa7 $140 18. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4h8,Gd4a7]})
17. Qc3 O-O (17... Rf8 {[%csl Re8]}) 18. f5 $1 {Zhang Zhong immediately begins
an offensive against Black's weak king.} d5 (18... exf5 19. Bh6 f6 20. Bxf8
Rxf8 21. Qc2 $18) (18... Rfe8 19. Bh6) 19. cxd5 $5 ({I think that White
rightly avoided the line} 19. Bh6 d4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 $1 21. Rxd4 Bf6 $14) 19...
Bb4 (19... exd5 20. Bh6 d4 21. Qb3 {[%cal Rf5g6,Rg1g6,Rb3g8]} Na5 22. Qa4 $18)
20. Qb3 (20. Nxa7 $5) 20... exd5 21. fxg6 (21. fxg6 hxg6 22. exd5 a6 23. dxc6
Qf5+ 24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 axb5 26. cxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Ne5 8.
b3 (8. d3 e6 9. Ne1 Be7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 (11. Nc2 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Rfc8
14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Nd1 Nd7 16. Nde3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,
V-Kosanovic,G/YUG t-ch 1999 (18)}) 11... Qc7 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 O-O 14. a4 Rad8
15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bf2 Rfe8 17. g4 d5 $132 {Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/Internet blitz
1998/EXT 2003/1-0 (60)}) (8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 (9. d3 e6 10. f4 Bd6 11. f5 O-O-O
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 {1/2-1/2
Komliakov,V-Shipov,S/Moscow op-12 1996 (16)}) 9... e6 10. f4 exf4 11. e5 Ng8
12. d3 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Kh1 Nd4 $13 {1-0
Iordachescu,V-Ghinda,M/ROM t-ch 1999 (33)}) 8... e6 9. Kh1 $5 $146 (9. Qe2 Be7
10. Rd1 Nfg4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc6 14. Ba3 a6 15. Rad1 b5 16.
Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Qc5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Nxh6 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Ke7 {Brochet,P-Touzane,O/FRA-ch op 1998/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 9...
Qc6 $6 {Inaccuracy! This artificial move leads to very unpleasant game for
black.} (9... Be7 $142 $13) 10. d4 Nxf3 11. d5 $1 {Maybe Wang Zili just forget
about this possibility.} exd5 12. exd5 Qd7 13. Qxf3 Be7 {Black still has solid
position, but it's very difficult for him to get any counter play.} 14. Bf4 {
[%csl Rd6]} (14. Bb2 $5 O-O 15. Rfe1 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Ge1,Gf3]}) 14... O-O (14...
Qg4 15. Qe3) 15. Rae1 {Black should have stuck to a passive defense.} Rfe8 16.
h3 {[%csl Gg4]} a6 17. a4 Bd8 ({I would prefer} 17... Bf8 $5 18. Bg5 Rxe1 19.
Rxe1 Re8 $14 {with good chances for defense.}) 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Ne4 $5 (19.
Re1 Ba5) 19... b5 20. Re1 (20. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ga8a2]}) 20... bxa4 21. bxa4 {
White has gained total control over the position and only needs to find a plan
of breaking through.} Bf6 (21... Ba5 22. Re3) (21... Qxa4 $2 22. Nxc5 $1 dxc5
23. Qb3 $3 Qd7 24. Qb7 $1 $18) 22. Qg4 $5 (22. a5 $5) 22... Qxa4 (22... Qd8 23.
Rb1 $36) (22... Qxg4 23. hxg4 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23. Bxd6 Bd4 {This move allows a
typical exchange sacrifice after which White receives very good compensation
and easy play.} (23... Qb4 $142 24. Qe2 $14) 24. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Excellent
reply! By sacrificing the exchange White takes the initiative.} Qa5 (24... Bxc5
$2 25. Nxc5 Qa5 26. Nd3 $18) 25. Bxd4 (25. Qe2 $4 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19 {[%csl Ga6]}) 25... Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 $44 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Gg4]} h5 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 26... Qb4 $142
$5 $14) 27. Qf5 {[%cal Re4g5]} Qb4 $8 28. f4 $5 (28. Ng5 Qd6+ {[%cal Gd6g6]})
28... Qe7 29. c5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5] It is difficult to believe, that Black can
stop white pawns.} g6 (29... Nc7 30. d6 Qe6 31. Qg5 $18) 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Qg5 (
31. Nd7+ $5 Kg8 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. fxe5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge5] was good enough, but
move in the game even stronger.}) 31... Nxf6 32. d6 $1 Ng4+ (32... Qe6 33. Qxf6
Qxf6 34. Bxf6 Ke8 35. c6 $18) 33. hxg4 Qxg5 34. fxg5 Rd8 35. c6 $1 $18 Ke8 (
35... Rxd6 36. Bc5 Ke7 37. c7) 36. d7+ Rxd7 37. cxd7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. c3 e6 8.
d3 {Very rare move, the main purpose of which is to deviate from the
theoretical lines} ({White failed to get any advantage after} 8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1
Qb4 16. Re3 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Khetsuriani,B-Vouldis,A/GRE-GEO Athens 2003 (40)})
8... Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Rfd8 (10... Ne5 11. Ng3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. Qe2
b6 14. Nh2 Qb7 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 $36 {Reichenbach,W-Zlatilov,I/Berlin op 1988/
0-1 (95)}) (10... d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ng3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nh5 Nd6 15. Nxf6+
Rxf6 16. Bg5 Rf5 17. Be3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Csoke,K-Gonda,L/HUN t-ch2 0102 2002/
Magyar Versenyek 2002 (30)}) 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Ng5 $5 c4 13. d4 $146 (13. dxc4 $6
Nxc4 14. b3 Ne5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nh3 b5 18. Rf1 Qc6 19. f5 exf5 20.
Rxf5 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Nh4 23. Raf1 Re8 24. R5f2 Nf6 25. Kh1 Bd6 26. Be3
Nd5 27. Qh5 Nxe3 {Shishov,M-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1959/0-1 (40)}) 13... Nd3 14. Re2
b5 (14... d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e1]}) 15. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e1]} b4
16. Ne1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Rab8 19. Nf3 d5 (19... Rb7 $5 {[%cal Gd8b8]
}) 20. Ne5 (20. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7b5]} (20... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Gg4h6]}))
20... Qb7 (20... Qb5 $142 $5 {with at least equal game}) 21. Qa4 $1 Rdc8 22. f3
Bf8 (22... Bd6 $5) 23. Rf1 Rc7 {The position is about equal, but Black fails
to find a correct plan and is being outplayed move by move.} 24. Qc2 g6 $6 {
[%csl Rf6,Rh6] Playing pretty good and interesting chess up to here, Nijer did
not bear the pressure of the struggle and without any reason just weaken
position of his king.} (24... Qa6 $5 {[%cal Gc7b7]}) 25. Qc1 Qc8 26. Nh1 $5 {
[%cal Gh1f2,Gf2g4] Seemingly, this move escaped Najer's attention. By
relocating this knight to the f2-g4 White greatly increases his chances for
initiative on the king's side.} Qa6 27. Nf2 Qa3 28. Qf4 Nh5 $8 (28... Ne8 29.
Nxf7 $1) 29. Qe3 Rcb7 30. exd5 ({Another promising possibility was} 30. g4 $5
Nf6 31. g5) 30... exd5 31. f4 Rb1 (31... f5 $2 32. Nc6) (31... Qd6 $5) 32. Nd1
Qa4 33. Ree1 f5 34. g4 $5 Ng7 (34... fxg4 35. Nxg4 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 35. Qf3 Rd8
36. Ne3 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Qa5 38. Rd1 $5 fxg4 (38... Qxc3 $4 39. Nxd5 $1 Qxf3 40.
Nf6+ Kh8 41. Nf7#) (38... Rd6 $142 39. gxf5 Nxf5 40. Nxf5 gxf5 41. Kh1 $16) 39.
N3xg4 $18 {[%cal Re5c6,Rg4f6]} Nf5 40. Nc6 (40. Nc6 Qb6 41. Nxd8 Qxd8 42. Qxd5+
) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O (
14... Nf7 15. f4 f5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Nc5 Nxd4 19. Nxd7 Nxe2+ 20.
Kf2 Rfd8 21. Kxe2 Rxd7 22. Rfc1 Rdc7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxa7 Rc2+ $15 {1/2-1/2
Iuldachev,S-Hracek,Z/Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (93)}) (14... fxe5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16.
f4 (16. dxe5 O-O 17. f4 Bd8 $15) 16... Bxf4 $1 {N} (16... Bd8 {- 41/195}) 17.
dxe5 (17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Rxf4 O-O-O 19. Nc3 Rhf8 $17) 17... Nd4 $3 (17... Bh6
18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Nc3 b6 20. Rf7 Qe8 21. Raf1 $16) 18. Qf2 (18. Qd1 Be3+ 19. Kh1
Nf5 $17) 18... O-O $1 19. Nxf4 (19. g3 Bxg3 $1 $19) (19. Qxd4 Bxh2+ $1 20. Kxh2
Rxf1 21. b3 Qf7 22. Na3 (22. Nd2 Qh5+ 23. Kg3 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qxd2
$19) 22... Qh5+ 23. Kg3 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qh6+ 25. Kg3 Qg6+ 26. Kh2 Rxa1 27. Qxa1
Qxd3 $19) 19... Rxf4 20. Qd2 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qb5+ 22. Kg1 Qc5 $1 23. Qe3 Rf8 {
0-1 Micic,S-Jovanovic,S/Jugoslavija 1994/}) 15. Bf2 (15. Nd2 Nf7 16. f4 b6 17.
Nf3 f5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Bd2 h6 22. h3 a5 23. Kh2 Kh7
24. Be3 a4 $11 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London m 1987/0-1 (56)}) 15... b6 (15... Nf7
16. Rd1 f5 17. h4 Rac8 18. Nc3 b6 19. Nf4 Nh8 20. Rac1 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. f4
Kf7 23. g3 Na5 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Qa6 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Motylev,A/
Corsica Masters KO Bastia 2004/ (53)}) 16. Nc3 {[%mdl 4] White's plan does not
have a great reputation, but it is certainly more dangerous than it seems.} Nf7
$146 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 fxe5 (18... f5 $5 $13) 19. dxe5 Nh6 {[%cal Gh6f5]}
20. Qd2 {[%cal Gc3e2]} ({I don't think that White must play} 20. f4 Qe8 {
[%cal Ge8g6] with a nice game for black}) 20... Na5 21. Ne2 Nf5 (21... Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Nd4 $14) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 {
Possibly White's chances are slightly better: He can fight for the important
square d4 and his pawn structure is better, but surely Black has all chances
for a successful defence.} Bf8 25. b3 Nc6 26. Qc3 Na5 {It looks that
Savdakasov doesn't see how he can improve position.} 27. h4 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5,
Gg2g4] Preparing an offensive on the kingside.} g6 28. g4 Ne7 29. Qd2 {[%cal
Gh4h5]} (29. Nd4 Nac6 {gives nothing to White}) 29... h6 $6 {Black doesn't
follow the good old rule: Never play with your pawns where you are weaker!} 30.
Be3 Kh7 31. h5 $1 {Rublevsky has got excellent attacking chances while Black
still has no real counterplay.} gxh5 (31... g5 32. f4 $40) 32. Nef4 $1 $16 {
Sergei Rublevsky plays with great energy this part of the game.} hxg4 {It is
difficult for black to find another reasonable move} 33. Nh5 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Qc7
({Black needs already good advice, white's advantage is obvious and after} 
33... Ng8 34. Ndf4 Qf7 35. fxg4 {[%cal Rd2d3]} Ne7 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qc2 {
White has many unpleasant threats.}) 34. fxg4 (34. Nf6+ $5 Kg6 35. fxg4 $40)
34... Nac6 35. Nf6+ Kg6 (35... Kh8 36. Bxh6 Nxe5 $8 37. Qe3 $1 Nf3+ (37... Nxd3
38. Bg7+ $3 Kxg7 39. Ne8+) 38. Qxf3 Bxh6 39. g5 Ng8 $1 (39... Bxg5 40. Qh5+ Kg7
41. Ne8+) 40. Nxg8 Bxg5 41. Nf6 $18) 36. Ne8 (36. Qh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2h5]} Kf7 $8
(36... Nxe5 37. Nxe5+ Kxf6 38. g5+ $1 hxg5 39. Ng4+) 37. Qf2 $18) 36... Qb8 37.
Qh2 Kf7 38. Nd6+ $18 Kg8 (38... Kg6 39. Qh5+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Ne8 $1 $18)
39. Qh5 Bg7 (39... Nd8 40. Qe8) 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Ne8 Bxe5 42. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Leriche, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Bordeaux"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 {The easiest way to equalization.} 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7
5. O-O {Glek choose old fashioned move.} (5. c4 {is more popular in modern
practice.}) 5... Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 $5 {The only chance in the fight for
advantage.} ({After} 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Bxd2 Be7 $11 {chances are equal.}) 7... Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nxe5
dxe5 11. c4 (11. Rxe5 e6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 {could lead to the moves
transposition.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bg5 {White must be careful not to
allow black to return the material in favourable circumstances} ({For example,
he is getting nothing after} 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qf5 16. Be3
Rhe8 17. h3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Kb8 $13 {Hokkinnen,P-Shneider,A/EU-Cup Halkhidiki
2002}) 13... h6 $5 (13... Be7 $143 14. Rxe5 h6 15. Bf4 $1 exd5 (15... Bd6 16.
Qe2 $5) 16. Nb5 $5 b6 17. Qa4 a5 18. cxd5 $36 {1-0 Breder,D-Szeberenyi,A/
Budapest-9 GM 2002/}) 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Rxe5 Bd6 $146 ({Worth considering} 15...
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxh4 {for example} 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rxc5+ Kb8 20.
Rd1 Qe7 21. Rc4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kristensen,B-Shneider,A/Isle
of Man op 1999 (24)}) 16. Re1 (16. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 17. Rh5 Be5 18. Qf3 f5 19. Rd1
$13 {with unclear game.}) 16... g5 $5 17. Bg3 ({Maybe Glek could try} 17. Qf3
Nxd5 18. cxd5 gxh4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ne4 $44) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 exd5 19. Qf3
Qc6 ({Black is OK and after} 19... d4 $5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Qxf6 axb5 $132 {
[%csl Gd4]}) 20. Re7 (20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Re5 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 b6 23. Re7 Kb8 $15)
20... d4 21. Qf5+ (21. Qxc6+ $5 bxc6 22. Na4 Nd7 23. Rxf7 $13) 21... Kb8 22.
Nb5 ({Black have nothing to worry about and after} 22. Rxf7 dxc3 (22... Rdf8
23. Qe5+ Ka8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qd7 $13) 23. Rxf6 cxb2 24.
Qe5+ Qc7 25. Qxb2 h5 $11) 22... a6 (22... Ne8 23. b4 $5) 23. Qe5+ (23. Rxf7 $6
Nd7 24. Na3 {[%csl Ra3,Gd4]}) 23... Ka8 24. a4 $1 {[%csl Gb5][%mdl 2048]} d3 (
24... Nd7 $5 25. Nc7+ Kb8 26. Nxa6+ Ka7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Nxc5 $132) 25. Rxf7 {
Brave Glek decides to continue game.} (25. Nc7+ Ka7 {lead to draw.} 26. Nb5+
$11) 25... Nd7 26. Rxd7 ({Too dangerous for White to play} 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27.
Nxc7+ Ka7 $13 28. Ne6 $140 $2 Ne5 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Re7 Nxc4 $19) (26. Nc7+ Kb8
(26... Ka7 $11) 27. Nxa6+ Ka7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nd5 $132) 26...
Qxd7 27. Qxc5 $1 (27. Nc7+ Ka7 28. Qxc5+ b6 $1 $19) 27... axb5 28. axb5+ Kb8
29. b6 {[%cal Ra1a8]} Qc6 $1 {Avoiding simple trap -} (29... d2 $4 30. Ra8+
Kxa8 31. Qa5+ $18) 30. Qe5+ Kc8 (30... Qd6 31. Qa5 Kc8 32. Qf5+ (32. Qb5 Kb8)
32... Kb8 33. Qa5 Kc8 $11) 31. Qf5+ Kb8 32. Qe5+ Kc8 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {It is strange that so active player as Igor Glek
likes so much this modest move.} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 (5... Nf6 $5) 6.
c3 Nf6 7. d4 (7. Re1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2
Be7 $11) 7... Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 (8... Nd8 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ng8 11. b4 h6 12. Be3
cxb4 13. Bd4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxb4 Bg7 16. Nbd2 f5 17. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Re8]
1-0 Glek,I-Klimov,S/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 (40)}) 9. Re1 (9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. Re1 Nd6 (10... Nf6 $5 11. Rxe5 e6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Re1 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Qf5 16. Be3 Rhe8 $11 17. b4 $2 Ng4 18. g3 Rxe3 $1 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Ramirez,
A/Buenos Aires}) 11. Rxe5 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Na3 O-O-O 15. Qb3 f6
16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Qxd5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. Re6 Qxe6 {0-1 Strikovic,
A-Kolev,A/Sevilla op 1999/ (20)}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Na3 (11. c4 e5
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Qh3 h6 16. Qxe6+ $5 (16. Bh4 g5 17.
Rxe6 gxh4 18. Rxf6 Qxh3 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. gxh3 Bf6 21. Rc1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rf4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Najer,E/RUS t-ch Togliatti 2003/ (33)}) 16... Qxe6 17.
Rxe6 Kf7 18. Bxf6 Kxe6 19. Bxg7 Rf7 20. Bxh6 Bf6 21. Rc1 a6 22. b3 b5 23. Ne4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Sutovsky,E/Geneve op 2004 (48)}) 11... e6 (11... O-O-O
12. b4 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. bxc5 d5 15. Nc2 Bxc5 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18.
Qe3 Qc7 19. Nd4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Najer,E/ECC Cup Rethymnon 2003/ (32)})
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O-O {In my opinion Black has solved his
openings problems and has rather comfortable play here.} (14... O-O $6 15. Qh3
h6 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Rfe8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rexd6 Re2 20. R6d2 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 $16 {1-0 Glek,I-Roeder,M/Porto San Giorgio (48)}) 15. Nc4 Rhf8 16. Qe3 $5
$146 {Interesting idea!} ({The following does not give anything to White} 16.
Qe2 d5 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Qxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Kd7 20. Re2 Rde8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22.
Nf3 Nc7 23. h4 Kc6 $11 {Glek,I-Balcerak,J/BL2 0203 2003/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 16...
Nd5 (16... d5 17. Qh3 $5) (16... Rde8 17. Qxe6 Qxe6 18. Rxe6 $36) ({Worse
considering} 16... h6 $5 {for example:} 17. Qxe6 d5 18. Qxd7+ (18. Bxf6 $2 Qxe6
19. Rxe6 dxc4 $19) (18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 dxc4 20. Bd2 Rd3 21. Kf1 Rfd8 22.
Ke2 g5 $132) 18... Rxd7 $11) 17. Qxe6 (17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 dxc4 19. Bxd8
Rxd8 $17) 17... Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Nxc3 $1 ({Black can't be satisfied with} 18...
Bxg5 $2 19. Rxd5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge6]}) 19. Bxe7 (19. bxc3 Bxg5 20. Nxd6+ Kc7
$11) 19... Nxd1 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Re2 {[%csl Rd1] Black knight is trapped, but
has enough time to get good counter-play.} (21. Nxd6+ Kd7 22. Nxb7 (22. Re1
Nxb2 23. Nxb7 Rc8 {[%csl Gc5]}) 22... Kxe6 23. Nxd8+ Kd5 $36 {[%csl Gd1,Gd5]})
21... d5 22. Na3 c4 {[%cal Gc4c3]} (22... a6 23. Kf1 b5 24. Ke1 Nxb2 25. Rxb2
d4 $132) 23. Rd2 Nxb2 $8 24. Rxb2 {A critical, complicated position. Certainly,
Black has compensation for the knight, but is he better?} a6 {[%csl Gb7,Gc4,
Gd5]} 25. Rd2 (25. Re2 $5) 25... Kc7 26. f4 b5 27. Nc2 Kb6 28. f5 (28. Kf2 Kc5
29. Nd4 Rd7 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 28... Kc5 29. Nd4 c3 $5 (29... Rd7 $5) 30. Rd1 (30.
Ne6+ $5 Kd6 31. Rd1 Rd7) 30... Rd7 31. Kf2 Re7 ({Possibly, Black should have
preferred} 31... Kc4 $5 32. g4 b4 33. g5 a5 34. Nf3 $5 Kc5 $13) 32. Nb3+ Kb4 $1
(32... Kd6 33. Rc1 b4 $140 34. a3) 33. Rxd5 Ka3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5,Gc3]} 34. Rc5
Kb2 35. Rc6 (35. Nd4 Re4 36. Ne2 b4 $1) 35... a5 $5 36. Nxa5 (36. Rc5 a4 37.
Nd4 b4 38. Rb5 b3 $1 39. axb3 a3 $19) 36... Ra7 37. Nb3 Rxa2 38. Nd4 Kb1+ ({
Perhaps Black should have considered} 38... b4 $5) 39. Ke3 $2 {Playing pretty
good and interesting chess up to here, White did not bear the pressure of the
struggle/ The following should have been played} (39. Ne2 $142 $1 b4 40. Rc4 $1
Rb2 41. Ke3 c2 42. g4 b3 43. Nc3+ Kc1 44. Kd3 Rb1 45. Nxb1 Kxb1 46. Kd2 $18)
39... c2 40. Ne2 b4 41. Rb6 $2 {One mistake often follows another. It seems
that this natural move is innacurate.} ({After the correct} 41. Kd3 $142 Ra3+
42. Kd2 b3 43. Rc3 $5 b2 {draw will be normal result, for example} 44. Rxc2 Ka1
45. Nc3 Ra7 46. Kd1 Ra3 47. Kd2 $11) 41... Ra3+ 42. Kd2 b3 {[%csl Gb3,Gc2] It
looks, that White can't safe game already - black pawns are too strong!} 43. f6
(43. Nc3+ Kb2 44. Nd1+ cxd1=Q+ 45. Kxd1 Kb1 $19) 43... gxf6 44. Rxf6 Ra7 45.
Rf1+ Kb2 {[%cal Ra7d7]} 46. Nc1 $8 Rd7+ 47. Ke2 (47. Nd3+ Rxd3+ 48. Kxd3 c1=Q)
47... Rd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6g6]} 48. h3 (48. g3 $5 Rd4 49. h3 Rd6 50. g4 Rh6 $19)
48... Rg6 49. Kd3 (49. g4 Rh6 50. Kd2 Rxh3) 49... Rxg2 50. Kc4 Rg3 $19 51. Rh1
Ka3 {[%cal Rb3b2]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 Qg4 (
7... e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14.
Nd3 f5 (14... Nf7 $5) 15. Nd2 O-O 16. b4 Nf7 17. a3 b6 18. Kh1 Ncd8 19. Rfc1
$14 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Akesson,R/Upplands Vasby 2000/(25)}) 8. d3 ({The line} 8.
Re1 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qxe2 10. Rxe2 dxe5 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. b3 e6 {1/2-1/2 Schlawin,
M-Balcerak,P/GER t-ch B20 Greifswald 2002/ (12) leads to equal chances.}) 8...
Ne5 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. d4 Nf4 11. Qb5+ Kd8 {Black has a number of playable
alternatives:} (11... Nd7 12. g3 Rb8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Qa4 Nd3 15. Qc4 Nxc1 16.
Raxc1 e6 17. Kg2 Be7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. h3 Qg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez Garcia,
J-Polgar,J/Basque-World Rapid Santurtzi 2003/ (26)}) (11... Nc6 12. Ne1 O-O-O
13. Nb3 $1 $36) (11... Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Rd1 e6 14. Nc4 $14 {and White
has slight, but stable advantage.}) 12. Ne1 $146 {This move requires courage
and accurate calculation.} ({Leads to big complications move} 12. Nh4 {with
possible continuation} Ned3 13. Kh1 Qxh4 14. Qxb7 Rc8 15. g3 Qh5 16. gxf4 Qe2 (
16... cxd4 $5) 17. Qxa7 Nxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Qb6+ Kd7 20. Qb5+ Kd8 21. Qb6+
Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kd8 23. Qb6+ {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Belov,V/RUS t-ch rapid Dagomys
2004/(23)}) ({White avoids probable draw in the line} 12. g3 Nh3+ (12... Nxf3+
$2 13. Nxf3 Qxf3 14. Bxf4 Qxe4 15. dxc5) 13. Kg2 Nf4+) 12... Ned3 $1 13. f3 $1
(13. Qxb7 Rc8) 13... Qg5 ({Black could play also} 13... Qg6 $5 {but I think
white chances are better after sharp} 14. Nb3 $5 ({Weaker} 14. Qxb7 {because of
} Ne2+ $1 ({Or} 14... Rc8 15. Qxa7 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Ng3+ 17. hxg3 Qh6+ $11) 15. Kh1
Ng3+ 16. hxg3 Qh6+ 17. Kg1 Qe3+ 18. Rf2 Qxe1+ $1 19. Rf1 Qe3+ $11) (14. g3 $2
Ne2+ 15. Kg2 Ndxc1) 14... Nxe1 15. g3 Nh3+ 16. Kh1 Nc2 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18. d5 $5
Nxa1 19. Na5 Rc7 20. Nc6+ Kd7 21. Qa8 Rc8 22. Qxa7+ $40) 14. Nb3 ({Much worse} 
14. Qxb7 $2 Rc8 $1 {and White's loss of control on the squares d3 and e2} 15.
Nb3 Nxe1 16. g3 Ne2+ $1) 14... Nxe1 {It is difficult to believe, but Black get
big troubles after this natural move.} ({It seems that necessary was} 14...
Ne2+ $1 15. Kh1 Ndxc1 $1 16. Nxc1 (16. Qxb7 Ng3+ 17. hxg3 Qh6+ 18. Kg1 Qe3+ $11
) 16... Ng3+ $1 (16... Nxc1 $2 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18. f4 $1 $18) 17. hxg3 Qh6+ 18.
Kg1 Qe3+ 19. Rf2 Qxe1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Rxf1 cxd4 22. cxd4 e6 $11 {with more
or less equal chances}) 15. g3 Nh3+ ({Or} 15... cxd4 16. Qxb7 $1 (16. Qxg5 $6
Nh3+) 16... Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Qxg3 19. Qxa8+ Kc7 20. Qxa7+ $18) ({
Doesn't solve problems and} 15... Ned3 16. Qxb7 Rc8 17. Kh1 $1 Nxc1 18. gxf4
Qxf4 19. Raxc1 {with a great advantage to White.}) 16. Kh1 Qh5 {Serious
mistake!} ({I didn't find how White can get advantahe after} 16... Qf6 $5 {
for example:} 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18. e5 $5 (18. dxc5 $5 Nc2 19. Rb1) 18... Qf5 19.
Rxe1 Rc7 20. Qa8+ Rc8 21. Qd5 e6) 17. g4 (17. dxc5 $5 Nxf3 18. Qe2) 17... Qh4
18. Be3 $1 {Compleating development.} ({After} 18. Qxb7 $2 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2
20. Qxa8+ $11 {and White has the perpetual check only.}) 18... c4 ({Move} 18...
Nc2 {is nicely refuted by} 19. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 20. dxc5 Nxe3 21. Rad1+ Nxd1 22.
Rxd1+ {with mate just in few moves.}) ({Also doesn't work} 18... Nxf3 19. Qxb7
Rc8 20. Rxf3 Qxg4 21. Rxf7 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8,Rh8]}) 19. Qxb7 Rc8 20. d5 $1 {
White doesn't think to much about knight and involves his bishop in attack.}
Nxf3 (20... Rc7 21. Qb8+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ (22. Bxa7 $5 $18) 22... Kd8 23. Na5 $18)
21. Rxf3 cxb3 ({Or} 21... Qxg4 22. Nd2 {: White defended everything and
dominates.}) 22. Rg3 $1 f6 (22... Rc7 23. Qb8+ Kd7 ({or} 23... Rc8 24. Qxa7 $18
) 24. Bxa7 $1 $18 {with idea 25.Bb6.}) 23. axb3 (23. Bxa7 $1 {would have won
even faster.}) 23... g5 (23... Rc7 {doesn't help because of} 24. Bb6 $1 axb6
25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. Qb8 {and White mates.}) (23... Rc7 24. Bb6 axb6 25. Ra8+ Kd7
26. Qb8 $18) 24. Rxa7 Ke8 25. Qxc8+ Kf7 26. Qe6+ {Nice victory.} (26. Qe6+ Kg6
27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 e6 (6... g6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qd8 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc8 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bf4 Nh5
14. Qe4 e6 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. h3 h5 20. a4
Kg8 21. Qf4 {Celaya Tapiz,J-Hidalgo Paniagua,F/Dos Hermanas-D 2003/FCD438/1-0 
(69)}) 7. Ng5 $146 {[%cal Gf2f4] This is a novelty in this position, although
the idea is not new at all.} (7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a3 Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Rb1 d5 11.
e5 Nd7 12. Qe2 g5 13. h3 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 O-O-O 16. b4 f6 17. exf6 Nd4
18. Qf1 Bxf6 {0-1 Jansa,V-Bednarski,J/Havana Armies-ch 1967/EXT 2001 (24)}) (7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. Nd2 d5 9. Re1 d4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Kb7
14. a4 a6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. c3 Qb6 18. a5 Qa7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qf3 Rhf8
21. c4 bxc4 {Sanduleac,V-Navratescu,C/Calimanesti 1999/1-0 (41)}) 7... h6 (7...
Nc6 8. f4 {[%cal Gg5f3]}) 8. Nh3 Nc6 9. Nd2 (9. f4 {looks more natural}) 9...
d5 10. c3 Rd8 11. f3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 {[%csl Gd3]} (12... c4 $5) 13. Nf2 c4
14. f4 Bc5 $3 {[%mdl 2112] Great move!} 15. fxe5 $8 (15. Kh1 Nd3 16. Nxd3 Qxd3
17. Qa4+ Rd7 $36) 15... Nxe4 16. Qf3 (16. Qg4 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 (17. Qxg7 Rf8 18.
Bxd2 Qxd2 $15) 17... Qxd2 18. Qxc4 Bb6 {with small advantage of Black}) 16...
Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd2 18. Kh1 {[%cal Rf2e4]} O-O (18... Bxf2 19. Rxf2 Qd7 20. Qg4
O-O 21. Qxc4 $11) 19. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} Qe3 20. Qg4 $5 ({I think that
Morozevich rightly avoided the line} 20. Qxe3 Bxe3 21. Nd6 Bg5 22. Nxc4 Rd5 $15
) 20... Be7 21. Rae1 Qd3 22. h4 ({It looks that} 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 g6 24.
Qf4 Kh7 25. Re3 Qd5 26. Rh3 h5 $17 {leads to better prospects for Black}) 22...
Qd5 23. Ng3 $44 Qd3 ({Piter Svidler could try} 23... Qb5 {but any case draw
will be normal result of interesting fight -} 24. Nh5 g6 25. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 26.
Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Qg6 $1 $11) 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Ng3 Qd3 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 (9... Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. f4 (13. Rac1
Rad8 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 b5
20. Qe2 b4 {1/2-1/2 Svetushkin,D-Ristic,N/EUCup Krunica 1997/CBM 62 (88)})
13... Qc5 14. Na4 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19.
g4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 Bxd4+ 21. Bxd4 e5 22. gxh5 exd4 23. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Miles,
A/Riga (izt) (54)}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Kh1
Bf8 15. f4 Qa5 16. Nf3 $146 (16. Rd3 g6 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. g3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20.
e5 d5 21. Nd4 b4 22. Na4 Qa6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Nf3 Rc7 {0-1 Fette,M-Gallagher,J/
Krumbach op 1991 (36)}) 16... Red8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Ng5 Ndxe5 ({
It was to dangerous to play} 19... Ngxe5 20. Qe4 (20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Rxd8 Nxh5 22.
Rxc8 Nf6 23. Rd1 $13) 20... g6 21. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 22. Qxe6 Nde5 23. Nd5 Rc6 $8
24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Qxe7 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Ge7,Gf1,Rg8] but saving herself from one
threat, Black is under a new one.}) 20. Nd5 (20. Nxf7 $1 Rxd1 (20... Nxf7 21.
Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Qxg4 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gf1,Gg4]}) 21. Nxd1 $5 Nxf7 (21... Nxh2 22.
Nxe5 (22. Kxh2 Nxf7 23. Qxe6 Qh5+ $1) 22... Nxf1 23. Qxf1 $16) 22. Qxg4 Re8 $14
) 20... exd5 ({Possibly Judit could play superbrave} 20... Qxa2 $5 {for
example:} 21. Qc2 Ng6 22. Ra1 $140 Qxa1 23. Bxa1 Rxd5 $13) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 (21...
dxc4 $2 22. Qxg4 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qxe5 24. Qh5 $18) 22. Qxe5 Rc7 $5 23. cxd5 $6 ({
Black experiences much more difficulties after} 23. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gf1f7]
for example} Bd6 $140 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qh3 h5 26. Rxd5 $18) 23... Re7 (23... Qb6
$5 {bringing queen to the king side.}) 24. Qf5 $6 {Facing stubborn defense,
Fressinet loses his rate of attack.} (24. Qf4 $140 $1 Rdd7 $140 25. d6 Re8 26.
Nxf7 $18) 24... g6 25. Qh3 ({Worth considering} 25. Qf6 $5 Rdd7 26. d6 Re8 27.
Nxf7 Bg7 28. Qf4 $14 {although, the lion's share of advantage had been already
missed.}) 25... f5 $8 (25... h6 26. d6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxg5 28. Rd8 $16) 26. d6
Red7 27. g4 (27. Qd3 Re8 28. Qc4+ Kh8 $13) 27... f4 $5 28. Ne6 (28. Ne4 Kh8)
28... Re8 29. g5 $5 {It looks like White has managed to cause serious threats,
but it is just an illusory thing.} ({The following does not give anything to
White} 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. g5 Qf5) 29... Rxd6 $1 (29... Bxd6 30. Nxf4 {[%cal
Gh3d7]} Rdd8 31. Ne6 Rd7 32. Nf8 $1 Rde7 33. Rxd6 Rxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rf6+
Rf7 $8 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxh7+ $16) (29... Qb5 $5) 30. Nxf8 Rxd1 31. Qxh7+
Kxf8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 (32... Ke7 $2 33. Qg7+ Kd8 34. Rxd1+ Kc8 35. Qd7+ $18) 33.
Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ (36. Rxd1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38.
Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 f3) 36... Kf8 37. Rxd1 Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40.
Kh3 f3 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Kd7 43. Qf7+ Kd6 44. Qf4+ Kc6 45. Qc4+ Kb6 46.
Qd4+ Kc6 {White queen and Black king had strange and very long dance together!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 (13. a3 O-O
14. b4 b5 15. Qe2 Rfb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nc4 20.
Qg3 Qe8 21. Reb1 Qf8 22. Bh6 Kh8 23. Bc1 b4 24. h4 bxa3 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Bxa3
Ra4 {0-1 Naiditsch,A-Izoria,Z/EU-ch B12 Rimavska Sobota 1996/ChessBase (44)}) (
13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... Nxe7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Ng5 Ng6 17. h4 h6 18. h5
Nf8 19. Nf3 Qc6 20. Re2 Rc7 21. g4 Nh7 22. Kh2 Qd7 23. Rg1 {1/2-1/2
Faibisovich,V (2421)-Kalinin,A (2466)/St Petersburg-Moscow 2003/The Week in
Chess 444}) 15. Re3 (15. Qd2 Qb4 16. Qd3 Qc4 17. Qd2 Qb4 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Qd2
Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A (2476)-Mikhalchishin,A (2552)/Dortmund-B 2000/The
Week in Chess 296}) 15... Rac8 16. Rc3 a6 17. Rac1 Na7 18. a3 h6 19. h3 Qd7 20.
Qb3 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb5 22. Rc5 b6 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. a4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Na7 {1/2-1/2
Rausis,I (2495)-Van Wely,L (2605)/Yerevan olm 1996/ChessBase (49)}) (13. Bc3
O-O 14. Qd3 Rac8 15. Re3 a6 16. h4 h6 17. g4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20.
Nxg5 Rh6 21. Rae1 Nd8 22. Qe2 Rxh4 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf6 25. Re8+ Kf7 26.
Qe6+ Qxe6 27. R8xe6 Rd8 {0-1 Aung Thant Zin (2245)-Zagrebelny,S (2475)/Jakarta
Cities-ch 1997/ChessBase (57)}) 13... O-O 14. Rc3 {[%cal Rc3h3] In my opinion
White can only hope for opening advantage by playing this move.} (14. Qb3 Rfc8
15. h4 Qc7 16. Re3 h6 17. h5 Bd8 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Rec3 Bb6 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. a4
Ba5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Kh2 Bb6 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. Qd2
{1/2-1/2 Mahdi,K (2423)-Cvitan,O (2546)/Oberwart op 2003/The Week in Chess 454}
) (14. Bg5 Bb4 15. Re2 Rfc8 16. Rec2 Bf8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Bb4 Rxc2
20. Rxc2 Rc8 21. Bxe7 Bxe7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qd2 a5 24. a3 b5 25. g3 a4 {
0-1 Polaninov,A (2359)-Ionov,S (2505)/St.Petersburg-ch 2001/The Week in Chess
337 (65)}) 14... h6 $146 (14... f6 15. exf6 (15. Qe2 Rae8 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bd8 19. Rec1 Bb6 20. Be3 d4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Qg4 Qf7 23. Bxd4 Rxd4
{0-1 Md Siraj Munir,A-Le Quang Long/Asia-ch B16 Pattaya 2005}) 15... Bxf6 (
15... Rxf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Re2 Raf8 19. Bg5 Rf5 20. Bh4 Qf7 21.
Qc2 e5 22. Bg3 exd4 23. Bxd6 dxc3 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxc3 h6 26. Qd4 b6 27. g4
Qf6 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Qa4 Rxf2 {1/2-1/2 Kosanovic,G (2437)-Navrotescu,C (2453)/
Budapest Elekes-A 2001/The Week in Chess 345}) 16. Rd3 (16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Bxf6
Rxf6 18. Rce3 h6 19. h3 Qf7 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Nxb4 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Ng4 Rff8 24.
Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Qc2 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qxc2+ Nxc2 28. Ng4 Nxd4 29. Rb6 Rf7
30. Kf1 Rc7 {Najer,E (2606)-Loginov,V (2516)/RUS Qualifier St Petersburg 2004/
The Week in Chess 498/1-0 (84)}) 16... Rae8 (16... Qd6 17. Bc3 Rae8 18. Qd2 Rf7
19. Rde3 h6 20. h3 Qd7 21. Qe2 Rfe7 22. a3 a6 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Nh2 e5 25. dxe5
Bxe5 26. Nf3 Bxc3 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Qxc3 Nc6 {1-0 Potkin,V (2500)
-Shomoev,A (2435)/RUS Cup Internet 2004 (64)}) 17. Bf4 Bd8 18. Bg3 Bc7 19. Ng5
Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rf5 21. f4 h6 22. Nf3 Qd6 23. Nh4 Rf6 24. a3 Re7 25. Qg4 Kh7 26.
Nf3 g6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Rh1 Re8 29. Re3 {Druzhinina,I-Pogonina,N/RUS-ch G20
Kazan 2001/RUS/1/2-1/2 (43)}) (14... Rac8 15. a3 a6 (15... b6 16. Rd3 Na5 17.
Ng5 Qb5 18. Qb1 g6 19. b3 Qc6 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qa4 22. Rh3 Nxa3 23. Qd3 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 Bxg5 25. Ra1 Qxb4 26. Rxa3 Rc8 27. Ra1 Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Dobrov,V (2480)
-Kosintseva,N (2425)/RUS-ch B20 Samara 2004/EXT 2005 (87)}) 16. Rd3 Qd8 $146
17. h4 Na5 (17... h6 18. h5 Qd7 19. Nh2 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qg4 Rce8 22. Nf3
Kh8 23. Rde3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Rfe7 25. R3e2 Qd6 26. g3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Rc8 28. Ng1 Qc7
29. Nh3 e5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Qf5 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Shaposhnikov,E 
(2550)-Chuprov,D (2454)/Voronezh Master op 2005/The Week in Chess 555}) 18. Ng5
h6 19. Nh3 Kh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nh3 Kh7 22. Ng5+ {1/2-1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O 
(2528)-Karjakin,S (2576)/Pamplona 2004/Inf 93}) (14... Rfc8 15. a3 (15. h4 Bf8
(15... Bb4 $2 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxb4 Qc2 18. Bc3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 a5 20. Ne1 Kf8
21. Nd3 b6 22. h5 Ke7 23. f4 g6 24. h6 Rc4 25. Kf2 g5 26. fxg5 Rg8 27. Rc1 Kd7
28. b3 Rc6 29. Bd2 Rgc8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Ke2 {1-0 Mamedov,R (2494)-Zhou
Jianchao (2421)/Moscow Aeroflot op A2 2005/The Week in Chess 551}) 16. a3 b5
17. Rd3 b4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Ne7 21. g4 Rc4 22. Bb4 Rac8 23. Nf4
Ng6 24. Nxg6 Bxb4 25. axb4 fxg6 {1/2-1/2 Colovic,A (2404)-Arizmendi Martinez,J
(2509)/Malaga op 2005/The Week in Chess 538 (39)}) 15... b5 16. Rd3 Qd8 17. h4
h6 18. h5 b4 19. Nh2 bxa3 20. bxa3 Qf8 21. Ng4 Rab8 22. Qa4 Rb6 {1-0 Mamedov,R
(2511)-Sjugirov,S (2381)/Kirishi Young Stars of the World 2005/The Week in
Chess 550 (34)}) (14... Bb4 $2 15. Rxc6 Bxd2 16. Rd6 $18) 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Rd3
$1 Qd8 17. h4 {[%mdl 640]} Na5 (17... Bxh4 $5 18. Nh2 $5 (18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Rg3
f5 $5) 18... Bg5 19. f4 (19. Rg3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne7 21. Ng4 Ng6 $15) 19... Bh4
20. Rf1 Qb6 21. Bc3 $44) 18. Nh2 $5 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bxh4 20. Qh5 Bg5 (20... Rc6 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 $140 $2 22. Qxh6 {[%cal Cc4b2,Rd3h3,Rh2g4]}) 21. f4 (21. Rg3 Bxc1 22.
Rxc1 Nd2 $1 23. Rxc8 $140 Qxc8 24. Qxh6 $4 Qc1+ 25. Nf1 Nf3+ $19) 21... g6 {
A necessary prophylactic move as} (21... Be7 22. Ng4 $40 {looks quite
dangerous for black.}) 22. Qh3 Bh4 23. g3 (23. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 23... Be7
24. Qxh6 Rc6 {After this move White's initiative progresses without obstacles.}
(24... Qf8 $142 $5 25. Qh3 Qg7 $14) 25. Nf3 $1 (25. Ng4 $5) 25... Rac8 {
This careless move allows a brilliant combination.} 26. f5 $1 {A very strong
move. By sacrificing a pawn White obtains very dangerous attack..} Bf8 (26...
gxf5 $5 27. Ng5 (27. Bg5 Qf8 28. Qh4 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Qg7) 27... Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Qf8
$8 29. Qh4 Qg7 30. g4 $5 (30. Bf6 Qh7 31. Qg5+ Qg6 $15 (31... Kf8 $5)) 30...
Qh7 (30... fxg4 31. Rg3 $40) 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Rh3+ Kg6 34. Rg3
$14) 27. Qh3 exf5 $2 (27... gxf5 $142 28. Bg5 $1 (28. g4 Nxe5 $1 29. dxe5 Rxc1
30. gxf5 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 exf5 $17) 28... Be7 29. Qh4 Bxg5 30. Nxg5 Kf8 $8 31. Qh5
R6c7 32. g4 $40) 28. Ng5 Bg7 29. e6 $1 $18 {Probably Black underestimated this
move. White's attack is unstoppable now.} fxe6 (29... R6c7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31.
exf7 $18) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Nxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qd7 (32... Rc6 33. Qxg6) 33.
Rf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik. Atlas,V} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6.
Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Be3 ({White had a good choice in
this moment: he also could play} 10. b3 $5 O-O 11. Bb2 {putting bishop on the
great position. Continuation could be now} Rfd8 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Qd3 a6 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rad1 Ne8 16. Ne2 b5 17. Nd4 Qa8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxa2 20.
Ba3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Wang Zili/Yongchuan zt 3.3 2003/ (45)}) 10...
O-O 11. Qe2 (11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qe6 15. Qd3 a6 16.
Rae1 Rac8 17. b3 Nd7 18. h3 Bf6 19. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Miroshnichenko,E-Najer,E/
Polanica Zdroj op 1999 (42)}) 11... Rfd8 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. f4 $14 Qc7 14. b3 a6
15. Kh1 Nd7 (15... Qa5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. e5
$14 {1-0 Velicka,P-Thuner,S/Bern Ambassador op 1999 (25)}) 16. Nxc6 (16. f5 $14
{The initiative belongs to white and after} Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxd4 Nf6 (17...
Bf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 $16) 18. Qe3 $14) 16... Qxc6 (16... bxc6 17. Rd3 (17.
f5 {Ftacnik} Bf6 $13) 17... Bf6 18. Na4 $14) 17. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Qc7 (17...
Bf6 18. e5 $36) 18. Rd3 Qa5 (18... Bf6 19. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd6] '+/=' Ftacnik.})
19. Rh3 (19. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) (19. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Nf6 $14) 19... Bf6 {
'?!' Ftacnik.} (19... Bf8 {(Atlas,V) deserved some attention, although after
Verdiente einige Aufmerksamkeit, obwohl nach} 20. Qg4 {White has excellent
attacking prospects anyway. After the text move White develops an irresistible
attack on the kingside. Weiß trotzdem vorzügliche Angriffsaussichten hat. Nach
dem Textzug entwickelt der Anziehende unwiderstehlichen Angriff am
Königsflügel.}) (19... h6 {Ftacnik} 20. Qe1 $14) 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 $1 $36 {
White is ideally developed, now it is time for action!  Ftacnik: 'It becomes
obvious, that white's attack is quicker than enemy's counterplay on the
queenside.'} dxe5 (21... Ne8 22. f5 $5 Qxe5 $140 23. Qd3 {'+/-' Ftacnik.} exf5
(23... Nf6 $140 {Ftacnik} 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Rf3 $18
) 24. Rxf5 Qe6 25. Rf1 h6 26. Nd5 $40) 22. fxe5 Nd7 (22... Ne8 {(Atlas,V)
fails to scheitert an} 23. Qh5 {, winning. und gewinnt.}) 23. Qh5 $1 Qxe5 (
23... h6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Re3 $16 (27. Nd5 $16 {
Ftacnik})) 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Rg3 {Ftacnik: 'The key move of the whole game,
the rooks are addressing the most vulnerable spots in the protecting cover of
black king. '} (25. Rhf3 f5 26. Rg3 (26. Qh3 {Ftacnik} Kg8 $14)) 25... b5 $6 (
25... f5 26. Nd5 $1) (25... Rc6 $5 {was a better choice}) 26. Ne4 Nc5 27. Ng5
Qf5 {Atlas,V: 'This attempt to parry White's threats by exploiting the
weakness of White's back rank, is convincingly refuted by Rublevsky.' Atlas,V:
'Dieser Versuch, unter Ausnutzung der gegnerischen Grundreihenschwäche die
weißen Drohungen zu parieren, wird von Rublevsky überzeugend widerlegt.'} 28.
Nxe6+ $1 {Atlas,V: 'This impressive knight sacrifice destroys Black's defense.
' Atlas,V: 'Dieses wuchtige Springeropfer zerschlägt die schwarze Verteidigung.
'} Qxe6 29. Rxg7 Rd7 30. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 {leads to well known variations.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4
(7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 (8. d3 O-O 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. f4 e6 11. Kh1 Nd4 12. Be3 Ne8 13.
g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. Rg2 Rae8 17. Qd2 h6 18. exf5 Rxe3 19. Qxe3
hxg5 20. fxg6 Ng4 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Carlsson,P/Calvia op 2004/ (37)}) 8... cxd4 9.
Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc2 $146 Qe6 (10... Rc8 $5) 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. b3 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
cxd5 Qf6 14. Rb1 $11) 12... b5 $5 (12... Nfd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nxb5 Bxa1 15. Rxa1
$44) 13. Nxb5 (13. e5 Nfd7 14. Nxb5 Nc6 15. Bb2 $11) 13... Qxe4 14. Re1 (14.
Be3 $11) 14... d5 $5 $13 (14... Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 $11) 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Qf4 Qxf4
17. Bxf4 a6 (17... dxc4 18. bxc4 Nbd7 19. Ne3 (19. Rxe7 $2 Rxc4 20. Nbd4 Rac8
$19) 19... a6 20. Nc7 Ra7 21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxc4 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Nxe7+
Kf8 25. Bxc1 Rb7 $11) 18. Nba3 Nfd7 (18... Nc6 $5) 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bg3 d4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Itkis,B-Aveskulov,V/Lviv 2004/ (31)}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O
10. O-O (10. Nde2 Nc6 11. Bg5 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Nb4
16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc2+ 19. Kf2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc5 21. Rhd1 a5 22.
Kf1 Rad8 23. Nb5 e6 24. Qf2 f5 {Vanych-Quezada,Y/Dos Hermanas Internet
qualifier S14 2005/1-0 (49)}) 10... a6 $6 ({Invented in 2003 by Ivanchuk
instead of the customary} 10... Nc6 11. Nde2 e6 12. Bg5 a6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rb1
h6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Kh1 Rd7 20. Bg1 Rcd8
21. f4 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxd7 {Velicka,P-Jedlicka,
A/Litomysl Czech Christmas 2005/ 1-0}) (10... Rc8 $1 11. b3 d5 $5 {A great
idea !} (11... Nc6 $5 12. Be3 a6 {leads to a famous theoretical position.}) {
Black has no problems after} 12. exd5 (12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 Bxe5 {
White got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are well-developed.} 15.
Nde2 $2 $146 (15. Be3 $2 Rd8 16. Nde2 (16. Nce2 Nc6 $1) 16... Qc7 $1 {[%cal
Rd8d1,Ge5h2] 'and 17...Bxh2+.'}) 15... b5 $1 {[%cal Re5a1,Gc8c3] '[#] Now
Black wins a pawn.'} 16. Bh6 bxc4 17. Rb1 {White is trying to play for
activity, but he should not have sufficient compensation.} (17. Rc1 cxb3 18.
axb3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nc6 $17) 17... cxb3 (17... Qxd1 $5 18. Rfxd1 cxb3 19. Rxb3
Nc6 $17 {', and I don't see anything for White.'}) 18. Rxb3 $17 {1-0 Vescovi,
G-Areshchenko,A/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/CBM 100/ [Psakhis] (28)}) ({Worth
considering is} 12. Nxd5 $5 e6 (12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 e6 14. f4 exd5 15. e5 $14)
13. Nxf6+ (13. Ne3 Nxe4 $1 14. Bb2 Nc5 $11) 13... Bxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Ne2 Bxa1
16. Qxa1 {with good compensation for the exchange.}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 (13.
Nce2 $4 $146 Nc3 $1 {0-1 Fomichenko,E-Aveskulov,V/ Lugansk 2004}) 13... e6 14.
Bh6 (14. Be3 exd5 15. cxd5 Na6 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2
Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Delchev-Ivanchuk, Istanbul 2003}) 14... exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5
(16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qe5 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qxe5+ Nxe5 20. Rac1 b6 (20... Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Rd2 23. Kf2 Rxa2 24. Rxb7 a5 {1/2-1/2 Li Ruofan-Rowson,J/
Port Erin Monarch Assurance 2004/ (65)}) 21. Rfd1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Rd2
24. Re1 Nd3 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 {theme: active king} Kf6 $1 $17 {0-1
Yandemirov,V-Najer,E/RUS t-ch Dagomys 2004/CBM 101/[Mueller,Karsten] (73)})
16... dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc6
22. Rd7 a5 23. Rd6 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Lupulescu-Colovic, Subotica 2003}) 11. Be3 Rc8
$146 (11... Nc6 12. Qd2 Rab8 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Rb7
17. h3 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nc6 Qa8 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Re8 23.
Rc2 Nc5 24. Nb4 Ne6 25. Qd5 Rc7 26. Qxa8 {Belkhodja,S-Bosboom,M/Amsterdam OHRA
op 1985/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 12. Qe2 $5 (12. Nd5 $5 Qd8 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Qxb7 $140 $6
Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6) 12... Nc6 13. Rad1 Qc7 (13... Ne5 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 $1 $36)
14. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc4c5]} Ne5 15. c5 $1 {White manages to break through
in the centre and changes the character of the game completely.} dxc5 16. f4
Nc6 (16... Neg4 17. e5 Nxe3 $6 18. Qxe3 Ng4 (18... Nd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. e6 $18)
19. Qe2 c4 20. Nd5 $1 $18) (16... Ned7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qd2 $1 Nb6 (18... Rd8 $2
19. Nd5) 19. Bxc5 $16) 17. e5 Nxe5 $5 {Black is already trying drastic
measures - a clear sign that there is something wrong in his position.} 18.
fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf3 $16 {A critical position of the variation, since it is the
end of a series of more or less forced moves. It seems that White's piece is
stronger than Black's three pawns.} c4 20. Bd4 Qh5 (20... Qg5 21. Nc5 Rxc5 $140
22. Ne4 $1 $18) 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Bxg7 (22. Na5 $5 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 b5 24. g4 $36
) 22... Kxg7 23. Nd2 b5 (23... Nf6 $142 $5) 24. Nd5 (24. g4 $5 Nf6 25. g5 Ne8
26. Nd5 Ra7 27. Nf3) 24... Ra7 25. Ne4 e6 26. Nb6 Rc6 27. Nd7 {[%csl Gd7,Ge4]}
f5 28. Ne5 Rcc7 29. Ng5 (29. Nd6 $14) 29... Kf6 30. Ngf3 Nf4 {Finally Black's
knight is coming back to life!} 31. Rd6 c3 $5 $132 {Suddenly White is back in
the game!} 32. bxc3 Rxc3 $2 ({Black doesn't take his chance to put up a
resistance after} 32... Ne2+ $142 33. Kh1 Nxc3 34. g4 $1 Ne4 $1 $13) 33. Nc6
$14 Rc7 34. Ncd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Od6a6,Gf1e1]} Rd3 (34... Ra3 35. g3 Ke7 36.
Rb6 Nd3 37. Rxe6+) 35. Rxa6 Rc4 36. g3 $1 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Nxg5 Rd2+ 39.
Rf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Rxd4 $6 (40... Kxg5 $5 41. Nxe6+ Kg4 42. Nf4 Rc2+ 43. Ne2
Kh3 44. a4 $5 bxa4 (44... b4 45. Rb6 Rb2 46. Rb7 h5 47. Rg7 Ra2 48. Rxg6 Rxa4 (
48... b3 49. Rb6 $1 (49. Rg5 Rxe2+ $1) 49... Rxa4 50. Rh6 Kg4 51. Nf4 $18)) 45.
Rxa4 g5 46. Ra7 h6 47. Ra6 h5 48. Rg6 $18) 41. Nxh7+ Ke5 42. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 $1 $11 {geht auf Ivanchuk
zurück (Delchev-Ivanchuk/Istanbul 2003)}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 e6 13.
Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 $2 {Als Entschuldigung für Ivanchuk
kann gelten, dass so schon in mehreren Partien gespielt wurde, sogar in
Gelfand-Shirov - diese allerdings im Blitz.} (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 $11) 16... Nxd4 $1 17. Bxd4 Ne4 $1 18. Qe3 (18. fxe4 $142
dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 b6 $17) 18... Nxc5 {Schwarz hat nun
glatt einen Bauern mehr.} 19. Rcd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Rd2 d4 23.
Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 (3... Nd7) 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8
7. Rd1 (7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 e5 (8... Bg7) 9. c4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nd5
Nb8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b6 15. Bc1 f5 16. b5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Nf6 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kg7 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rcd8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25.
Nc3 e4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxe4 d5 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. a5 dxc4 30. dxc4 Rd4 31.
Rc1 Rfd7 32. Kf1 h5 33. g3 R7d6 34. h4 Re4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra8 Kf7 {Anand,V 
(2797)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zurich 2015 1-0 (62)}) 7... a6 8. d3 $6 $146 {Trop
lent et il est difficile de justifier la position de la Rd1 sans la poussée d4
} (8. d4 cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qc7 10. Na3 b5 11. Bg5 e5 12. Rdd1 b4 13. Nb1 Qc4 {
1/2-1/2 (13) Fernandez Garcia,J (2470)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2534) Saint
Vincent 2002}) 8... e6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 h6 12. Bb2 e5 (12... Qc7
13. d4 $14) 13. Nd2 (13. Nh4 $5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh4f5]} g6 (13... Nxe4 $6 14.
dxe4 Bxh4 15. Rxd6) 14. Bc1 Kh7) 13... Rb8 14. Nf1 b5 15. Ne3 b4 16. Nb1 (16.
Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Nf6) 16... g6 17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 Nh5 19. g3 Bg5 20. Nf3 (20.
Nd5) 20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 g5 22. h4 f6 23. Kg2 $1 Qe8 24. Rh1 Qg6 25. Qe2 Ng7
26. h5 Nxh5 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Qxh5 Rf6 29. Qxg6+ Rxg6 30. Bc1 Nf8 31. Be3 Ne6
32. g4 Rf8 33. Raf1 Kg7 34. Rh3 Rgf6 35. f3 R8f7 36. Kf2 Nf8 37. Ke2 Ng6 38.
Bd2 Rf8 39. Be3 Nh4 40. Bd2 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3
Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20.
Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rd4 Rf4 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4
e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4 e5 29. R4d3 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Nc4 Rf4 33.
b5 Rd6 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Rde3 Nc4 36. Re4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Kd5 38. Re1 Nb2 39. Rb1
Nd3 40. Kf1 c4 41. Ke2 Kd4 42. Rd1 Kc3 43. Rd2 b6 44. Ke3 h5 45. g3 g5 46. f3
h4 47. Rg2 Nb4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Ke4 Nd3 50. Ke3 Nf4 51. Rg5 Nd3 52. Rh5 $2 (
52. Rg4 Ne1 53. Rg1 $11) 52... Kb2 $19 53. Rxh4 Nf4 54. Rg4 c3 55. h4 c2 56.
Rg1 c1=Q+ 57. Rxc1 Kxc1 58. Ke4 Kb2 59. Kxe5 Ng6+ 60. Kd6 Nxh4 61. Kc6 Nxf3 62.
Kb7 Ne5 63. Kxa7 Nc4 64. a4 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 e6 14. Rc1 d5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 a5 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Rf3 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rcb8 21. Bf2 Nc7
22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Kh2 Be7 24. Rc2 Qf8 25. Nd7 Qd8 26. Nc5 Qf8 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28.
g3 Qc8 29. Be1 Rb6 30. Rc4 Rab8 31. Qd1 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qf8 33. Qc2 Nb4 34. Bxb4
Rxb4 35. Rxa5 Qd8 36. Rc5 Rxb3 $1 (36... Rd4 $2) 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Qd2+
39. Kh1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 e6 (6... Nf6 7.
c3 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. h3 Qb7 12. Nf1 Rfd8 13. Ng3 Rac8 14.
Qe2 h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Red1 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Ne1 Nxg3 20. Bxg3
Rd7 21. a3 Nc6 22. Bf4 Bf8 23. b4 Rdc7 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qh5 Kg8 26. Be3 Ne7 27.
Nd3 Rc4 28. g4 a5 29. f4 Nc6 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Rc3 32. Bf2 Qe7 33. g5 Qf8
34. Rdc1 g6 35. Qe2 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 {Rapport,R (2709)-Oparin,G (2562) Moscow
2015 0-1}) 7. b3 Nge7 $146 (7... Nf6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d5 11. e5
Ne8 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. c3 Nd6 15. Ng3 Rae8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf5
18. Qd2 Nh4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Bd4 a6 22. Qd1 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24.
Rc1 Rff8 25. Qg4 Rc8 26. h4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. h5 Qc1+ 30.
Kh2 Kf7 31. Qf3+ Kg8 32. Qg4 Kf7 33. Qf3+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Kuzmin,G (2530)
-Sokolov,A (2605) Moscow 1992}) 8. Bb2 e5 9. c3 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5
12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e3,Ge3d5]} Ke6 14. g3 (14. Nc4) 14...
b5 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ne3 a4 17. Nd5 Ra7 18. Rad1 f6 19. Bc1 axb3 20. axb3 b4 21.
cxb4 Nxb4 22. Nxb4 cxb4 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Nc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3,Re7,
Rg6] Les pièces Blanches sont plus actives} Rc6 26. Ra1 Raa6 (26... Rca6) 27.
Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d5]} Ra2 29. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 30. Kf1 Nf8 31.
Rd5 Nd7 32. Rb5 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 g6 (33... Rb1 {[%csl Rb3]}) 34. Ra5 Rxa5 35. Nxa5
Bc5 36. Bd2 Kd6 37. Be1 Kc7 38. f4 f5 39. Kd3 Bd6 40. Nc4 fxe4+ $6 (40... Nc5+
$132 {[%cal Gc5b3,Gc5e4,Gc5d3]}) 41. Kxe4 {[%csl Ge4]} Nc5+ 42. Kd5 exf4 43.
Nxd6 Nd3 44. Bd2 fxg3 45. Ne4 g2 46. Be3 Nc1 47. Nd2 Kd7 48. Ke4 Ne2 49. Nf3
Ng3+ 50. Ke5 Kc6 51. Bf2 Nf1 52. Ke6 Kc7 53. Kd5 Kd7 54. Bc5 Ng3 55. Bxb4 g5
56. hxg5 h4 57. Ng1 Nf1 58. Bc5 Nd2 59. b4 Nb1 60. Ke5 Nc3 61. g6 Ke8 62. Ke6
Ne4 63. g7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 (3... Nc6) (3... Nd7) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 (8. d3 $143 {Ehlvest,J (2631)-Carlsson,P (2360) Calvia
op 1st 2004 (6) 0-1}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 $36 {[%cal
Gc8c3] C'est l'idée de Rfc8 pour essayer de profiter de l'affaiblissement des
cases blanches.} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 {Les deux joueurs
continuent а suivre la théorie et notamment une partie KAMSKY-GELFAND jouée au
tournoi des candidats 2006} exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18.
Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc6 22. Rd7 a5 (22... Re8 23.
Nd6 Re7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Riff,J (2474)-Gozzoli,Y (2510)/Nancy
2008/CB10}) 23. Kf2 (23. Nd6 Ne5 24. Re7 Kf6 25. Rc7 Ke6 26. Nb7 Nd7 27. Rc4
Ne5 28. Ra4 Nc6 29. Rc4 Ne5 30. Ra4 Nc6 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Nxa5 {1/2-1/2 Nezad,H 
(2345)-Genser,H (2336)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (32)}) 23... a4 $11 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25.
Nd6 Ra7 26. Rxa7 Nxa7 27. Ke3 Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke7 29. f4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 28th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2010.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Crut, Aurelien"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 (6... Nc6) 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 {[%cal Gc8c3,Gg7a1] C'est
l'idée de Rfc8 pour essayer de profiter de l'affaiblissement des cases
blanches.} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 {[%cal Gd5f6]} exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. cxd5 (16. Nb5) 16... Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qe5 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qxe5+ Nxe5 20. Rac1
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. Nc3 g5 26. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Wegener, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne4 Nbc6 14. Nc4
Nd4 15. Qh5 {Risky. Riskant.} (15. Qd1 {was safer war sicherer.}) 15... Nd5 ({
Black should have seized the chance to destroy White's pawn structure with
Schwarz hätte die Chance nutzen sollen, mit} 15... Nxc2 {, e.g. die weiße
Bauernstruktur zu zerstören, z.B.} 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Nxc5 Nd5 $1 {, and now ,
und nun kann auf} 18. Nd6 {can be met with the counterattack der Gegenangriff}
Nf4 $1 {folgen.}) 16. c3 Nf5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qf3 b5 19. Ncd2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Nb6
21. g4 Nd6 22. f5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd7 $2 (23... exf5 {Necessary was Notwendig war
} 24. gxf5 f6 {when White is only slightly better. , wonach Weiß nur leicht
besser steht.}) 24. f6 $1 {With a strong attack! Mit starkem Angriff!} Qe5 (
24... gxf6 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxf6 {and now und nun scheitert} Rd5 {to an} 27.
Rxe6 $1) 25. Qh3 Kh8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Rf3 Qd5 28. Rh3 Qe5 {Black is helpless.
Schwarz ist hilflos.} 29. Rf1 Rfe8 {Making things easier for White by
weakening the square f7, but otherwise the push g5 would have brought the
decision. Macht es Weiß durch die Schwächung des Punktes f7 leichter, doch
andernfalls hätte der Vorstoß g5 die Entscheidung herbeigeführt.} 30. fxg7+
Qxg7 {[%tqu "En","White to play and win!","The black queen must protect both
f7 and h6...","No more help!","f1f7","Of course!",10,"De","Weiß zieht und
gewinnt!","Die schwarze Dame muss sowohl f7 als auch h6 bewachen...","Mehr
Hilfe gibt's nicht!","f1f7","Natürlich!",10]} 31. Rxf7 $1 {and Black resigned,
since after 31...Qxf7 (31...Qg6 32.Nf6!) follows 32.Qxh6+ and checkmate. und
Schwarz gab auf, denn nach 31...Qxf7 (31...Qg6 32.Nf6!) folgt 32.Qxh6+ nebst
Matt.} 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-POL U26"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1979.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dobosz, Henryk"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Rittner,H"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.10.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 12/1979 Seite 543} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O
{Die hier in den nächsten Zügen von Weiß gewählte Aufbaumethode gilt als
harmlos.} ({Eine interessante Alternative zu dem Textzug besteht in} 5. c4 Nf6
6. Nc3 {um die eigenen Bauern nach dem Abtausch des Königsspringers auf weiße
Felder zu plazieren.}) 5... Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10.
e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Be3 ({In seiner Partie Knezevic-Fischer.
Skopje 1967, hoffte Weiß gegen seinen starken Widersacher mit} 13. Bg5 $6 {
auf weitere Vereinfachung und baldiiges Remis. Angesichts des kampfeslüsteren
Gegners war sogar das nicht so einfach. Es folgte} Bb4 14. Bd2 a5 15. Bxb4 axb4
16. a3 bxa3 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Re3 O-O 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 f6 {
und Weiß musste in diesem Endspiel noch viele Klippen bis zur Punkteteilung
umschiffen.}) 13... O-O 14. h4 $5 Rfc8 $6 {Ohne am Königsflügel an
irgendwelche Gefahren zu denken, wendet sich Schwarz dem Damenflügel zu und
verliert durch diese mit dem Turmzug beginnende Sorglosigkeit die Partie.} ({
Hier kam} 14... f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 {in Frage, um eventuell später e6-e5
durchzusetzen.}) 15. h5 Nb4 16. Re2 Rc7 17. Ne1 Bf8 $6 ({Noch immer war} 17...
f6 {möglich.}) 18. g4 a5 19. f4 a4 20. a3 Nc6 21. Qd3 Na5 $6 {Schwarz
ignoriert weiter die bereits fortgeschrittenen gegnerischen
Angriffsvorbereitungen am Königsflügel und geht dort schnell zugrunde.} ({
Hier war trotz mancher Bedenken} 21... Re8 {nebst 22... f6 unumgänglich.}) 22.
Nf3 Nb3 23. Ng5 $1 {[#]Damit erzwingt Weiß eine wichtige Schwächung des
schwarzen Königsflügels. Der in den vorangegangenen Manövern gut vorbereitete
Vorstoß f4-f5 wird die schwarze Königsstellung aufbrechen.} g6 24. hxg6 fxg6 ({
Nicht} 24... Nxa1 $2 25. gxf7+ {mit Blickrichtung der Dame d3 nach h7.}) 25.
Rf1 Qe8 26. Rg2 Rg7 {Jetzt kommen alle Verteidigungsmaßnahmen zu spät.} 27. f5
$1 exf5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Qg6 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Rff2 {Gegen die weißen
Drohungen, allen voran 32. Nf7, sah Schwarz keine Parade mehr und gab deshalb
die Partie auf.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Breder, Dennis"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7.
Nxe5 Qd6 ({I would prefer} 7... Qc7 $5 {(Psakhis) and after for example} 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qxa7 g5 $1 14. Bg3
Bg7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Vydeslaver,A-Karpman,V/ISR t-ch 2002
(32) Black got very good position}) 8. Qe2 $5 {This move is objectively not
stronger than alternatives 8.Re1 or 8.Nc4 or 8.d4, but probably better from
the practical point of view, since it contains a trap.} (8. Re1 Nc6 $11) (8. d4
Qxd4 9. Qe2 Nbd7 {and it is not clear if White's compensation is worth a pawn.}
) (8. Nc4 Qd8 9. Nc3 e6 $11) 8... Nc6 $2 {Black falls into the trap. Psakhis:
'A mistake after which black will find himself in trouble'} (8... Nbd7 9. Nc4
Qc6 10. f4 $5 $13 (10. Nc3 {Psakhis} e6 11. f4 g6 12. f5 gxf5 13. Rxf5 Rg8 14.
Rf3 Be7 $13 {Volokitin,A-Dominguez,L/Esbjerg North Sea Cup 2002/CBM 91/
[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (33)})) (8... a6 $5) 9. Qb5 $1 (9. Nc4 Qc7 $11 {The position
is about equal here, although I would rather prefer Black, who has a good play
on the d-file later on.}) 9... Rc8 $146 {A tough decision. I decided to
sacrifice a pawn, rather than playing a middlegame without any perspective for
active play. If I only knew that the game move leads almost by force to an
even worse endgame... Psakhis: 'Quite difficult decision - to start to play
game without pawn already after 9 moves, but in the case of'} (9... Rb8 10.
Nxc6 $1 $16 (10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Qxc5 e6 12. Qg5 Nd4 13. d3 b5 14. Ne3 h6 $13)
10... Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. d3 $14 {White keeps better chances in endgame}) (
9... Rd8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Na3 $16) 10. Qxb7 Rc7 11. Qa8+ Nd8 12.
Nc4 (12. Re1 $2 Rb7 13. Nc3 e6 14. d3 Be7 15. Nc4 Qa6 $19 {and the queen is
trapped on a8.}) 12... Qa6 {This was my idea - the knight is attackes and
after the next Rb7 I can hope to exploit the queen on a8.} 13. d3 $1 (13. Qb8
$2 Rb7 14. Qf4 g5 $1 15. Qxg5 Qxc4 $19) 13... Rb7 14. Bd2 $1 {This strong
continuation I calculated when playing 9...Rc8, but I failed to connect it
with the strong 16.Nd6+ after two moves.} (14. Nc3 $2 e6 {X Qa8} 15. Re1 (15.
Bg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) 15... Be7 16. Qc8 O-O 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Nc4 Bc7 $19)
14... e6 15. Ba5 Be7 (15... Rd7 16. Qf3 $18) 16. Nd6+ $1 {This leads by force
to an endgame with an extra pawn for White. I can add that White's play is
forced, since otherwise White can easily fing himself into big trouble because
of his trapped queen.} Qxd6 17. Bxd8 Qb8 (17... Rb8 18. Bxe7 $1 {Everything
works out fine for White.} Qc7 19. Bd6 Qxd6 20. Qxa7 O-O 21. Nd2 $18) 18. Qxb8
Rxb8 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. b3 $16 Nd5 21. a3 Rhd8 22. Nd2 f5 23. Nc4 Kf6 24. Rfe1 (
24. f4) (24. h4) 24... g5 {Black's only practical chance is to create some
space on the kingside. His queenside pawns on c5 and a7 are weak, but for the
moment they manage to hold White's pawn majority there and that's why Black
should hurry to create something on the kingside.} 25. Re5 Rbc8 26. Rae1 Rc6
27. f3 h5 28. g3 Rdc8 29. Kf2 Ne7 30. b4 $1 {Finally White manages to exploit
his pawn majority.} (30. Na5 Ra6 31. Nb7 Rac6) 30... Ng6 31. R5e2 cxb4 32. axb4
Re8 33. Ra1 (33. b5 $142 Rc5 34. Nd6 Re7 35. c4 $18) 33... a6 $16 34. Ra4 h4 {
In the mutual time-trouble the counterplay on the kingside gave me finally
hopes to complicate matters.} 35. gxh4 gxh4 (35... Nxh4 $6 {This is more
logical, but it loses control over square e5, which is important here.} 36. Ne5
Rd6 37. c4) 36. Ke3 h3 $1 {Fixing the pawn on h2 means that almost in every
complications Black will have some additional chances.} 37. Re1 Rh8 38. Rg1 Ne7
(38... Rh4 $4 39. Rxg6+ Kxg6 40. Ne5+) 39. Kd2 Rh4 {'(+)'} (39... Rd8 $142) 40.
Raa1 Nd5 41. c3 Rh8 42. Ra5 Rhc8 43. b5 $2 {White collapsed and resigned
himself to a draw. He would have kept good winning chances, had he found the
maneuver Ne5-d7-c5 in the following line:} (43. Rg3 Nf4 44. Ne5 $1 Rxc3 (44...
Rd6 45. d4) 45. Nd7+ Kf7 46. Nc5 R8xc5 47. bxc5 (47. Rxc5 Rxd3+ 48. Kc2 Re3 {
/\ 49...Re2} 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Ra3 51. Kb2 Re3 $132) 47... Rxd3+ 48. Kc2 Rd5
49. Rg1 $16) 43... axb5 44. Rxb5 Ra8 {Now Black's counterplay secures a draw.}
45. Kc2 Nf4 46. Rb2 (46. Rb2 Nxd3 47. Kxd3 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rxc4 49. Rg3 Rdc8 50.
Rb3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (4... Qxd7 {is much more popular
nowadays.}) 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 $5 {An interesting ''waiting'' move. The
point is that after the immediate 6...g6 white may immediately seize the
centre by c2-c3 and d2-d4.} 7. d3 {This quiet move is not principal and leads
only to an equal long play.} ({White has also tried:} 7. b3 g6) ({or} 7. c3 e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 {but black is usually doing O.K here.}) 7...
g6 ({Another possibility is:} 7... e6 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3
Ne5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Be3 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Fedorov,V-Ubilava,E/Rome 1990/
TD (45)}) 8. Ng5 $5 {This manoevre is typical for the 3.Bb5+ line. White is
going to push f2-f4, provoking the somewhat weakening move h7-h6.} h6 {
Practically forced.} (8... Bg7 9. f4 O-O $2 10. e5 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 9. Nh3
Bg7 10. Nd2 $146 (10. f4 e6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nb8 13. g4 Nc6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 Nd4 16. Qg2 Nh7 $132 {1-0 Papa,S-Cebalo,M/Davos 2003/CBM 095 ext (29)})
10... O-O 11. f4 {The main problem of black here is a deficit of counterplay.
At the same time, White has a clear plan of advancing the king-side pawns.} e6
{A good prophylactic move which makes the f4-f5 advancement pointless.} 12. Nf2
Nb8 {Delivering the knight to c6, where it will be more useful.} ({Deserved
attention also:} 12... b5 $5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Kh1 a5 $132) 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. c3 {
Taking control of the 'd4' square.} (14. Be3 Nd7 15. c3 f5 $132) ({Premature
would be:} 14. g4 $6 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 {and Black's pressure along the 'c'
file is quite unpleasant.}) 14... Re8 {This move is connected with a passive
plan.} ({I would prefer:} 14... Nd7 15. Be3 f5 16. Rae1 $132 {, as here it
will be more difficult forr White to make progress on the king-side.}) 15. g4
Nh7 $6 {This manoevre is dubious - there was no reason for such a passive move.
} ({Better was:} 15... Nd7 {intending to meet} 16. g5 $140 ({deserves attention
} 16. h4 $5 {but it looks risky}) {with} 16... h5 17. Be3 d5 $132) 16. Kh1 b5
17. Be3 {Black has finally regrouped his pieces.} b4 18. c4 $14 {A standard
reaction on white's queen-side action - the weakness of the 'd4' square is not
significant here.} f5 19. Rad1 $1 {An important prophylactic move - now black
has also to deal with a possible d3-d4 advancement.} (19. gxf5 exf5 (19... gxf5
20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Rg6 $36) 20. Rg1 Qf6 21. Rg3 Nf8 $132) 19... Qf6 20. b3 ({
Inaccurate would be the tempting:} 20. d4 $6 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23.
Bxa7 Qf7 $132 {and Black has good counterplay.}) 20... g5 $2 {A serious
strategical mistake - black shouldn't touch anything on the weak side of the
board!} ({Black had to keep the pressure:} 20... Qf7 21. Rg1 Kh8 $14 {,
although White is better here.}) 21. fxg5 hxg5 ({Even worse was:} 21... Nxg5
22. gxf5 exf5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 (23... f4 24. Ng4 $18) 24. Ng4 $18) 22. gxf5 exf5
23. exf5 {Now white gets the ideal outpost for his knight.} Qxf5 $2 {That
tackle makes white's task much easier.} ({Black should try:} 23... Nd4 24. Bxd4
Rxe2 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 $1 (25... Bxf6 26. Rd2 Rce8 27. Ne4 $18) 26. Nxg5 Rxa2 27.
Ne6 a5 {getting some queen-side counterplay. However, it looks like White's
position remains winning after} 28. Nh3 $1 {[%cal Gf1g1]} Bh8 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30.
Rxa1 $16 {/+-}) 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Qg2 ({Good enough was also:} 25. Rg1 Nd4 26.
Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rdf1 Rc7 28. Qg2 $18) 25... Ne5 26. Nfxg5 Nxd3 {A desperate
tactical attempt to simplify the position.} ({The endgame with a pawn down
looks completely lost after} 26... Nxg5 27. Qxg5 Qxg5 28. Bxg5 $18) 27. Rxd3
Nxg5 28. Rxd6 $2 {Missing a winning continuation in zeitnot!} ({White could
win a whole piece by:} 28. Nf2 $1 Re5 29. Rg1 Bh6 30. h4 $18) 28... Qxe4 29.
Bxg5 Bd4 $1 {Suddenly black has got some drawish chances, as there is not much
material on the board!} 30. Rf3 Qb1+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] The last mistake - Andrei
has probably overlooked White's simple next move.} ({At the same time, after} 
30... Qe1+ 31. Rf1 Qe4 32. Rd7 a5 $16 {black's drawish chances shouldn't be
underestimated.}) 31. Bc1+ Bg7 32. Rd1 $18 {Now everything is clear: at least
white can exchange all the pieces.} Rc7 (32... Qe4 33. Rg1 Rc7 34. Bb2 Qb7 35.
Rg3 Qxg2+ 36. R3xg2 $18 {and the Ph2 decides the game.}) 33. Rg1 Ree7 34. Bf4
1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 {Three days previously Sergey played 9.f3 against Nakamura} Qc7
10. Qe2 $5 ({White mostly plays this way:} 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5
13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 {The position gets less complex and it
seems to me that Black equalises without many problems.} 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3
Nd7 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Rhe1 Nxe4+ 21. Rxe4 Rf8 22. f3 Kd7 23. a4 a5
24. Rae1 Rf7 25. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V (2594)-Mamedov,N (2587) Konya TUR 2011})
10... Nc6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bd2 {Sergey is just trying to develop his
pieces. The position is of course about equal.} e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Ne5
16. Na3 (16. b3 b5 $1) 16... Rac8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Nab1 d5 $1 (18... b5 $6 {
is dubious because after} 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Nxe4 22. f3 $1
Ng3 23. Nxd6 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nxc1 26. Nxe8 Nxa2 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28.
Bd4 f6 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Kg1 $16 {White can get a winning endgame in a more or
less forced line.}) 19. f4 (19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Na3 {would be just equal.}) 19... Nc6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Qf2
$6 {Although this move led White to victory, in my opinion a better move would
be 21.g4, with a draw as a probable outcome. The move that White chose to play
could provoke huge problems for him. However, Black did not cash in on that
opportunity.} (21. g4 Ng3 (21... d4 22. gxh5 dxe3 23. Ne4 $13) 22. Qf2 Nxf1 23.
Bb6 Qb4 24. Bc5 Qa5 25. Bb6 $11) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 g5 $1 (
23... Ng3 $5 {was also interesting, but 23...g5! is much stronger} 24. Rf3 Bf8
25. Kh2 Nf5) 24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. Qf2 Bf4 $2 {Black has played very reasonably
and strongly, but unfortunately now Hou Yifan misses an opportunity to take
the initiative.} (25... Ng3 $1 26. Rfd1 (26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf2 Qc5 28. g6 hxg6
29. Qxg6 Qe3 $1 30. Qc2 Rcd8) 26... Red8 {and probably White is in big trouble
here.}) 26. Ne4 $1 $16 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 {White chose a more positional way.} (27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rxc1 Ng7 29. Nbd2 $16) 27... Qe5 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Nbd2 Red8 30.
Nf3 $16 {White had a very nice position, and I didn't have any doubts that
Sergey would gain victory in this round.} Qf4 31. g3 Qc7 32. Qb2+ Ng7 33. Ne5
Qb6+ 34. Kg2 Rc7 35. c5 Qb4 36. Qf2 Rd5 37. Nd6 Nf5 38. Nexf7+ Rxf7 39. Nxf7+
Kg7 40. Nd6 Nxd6 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qxe6+ $1 Kg7 (42... Nf7 43. Rf1 $1 Rd2+ 44.
Kh1 $18) 43. cxd6 {This also wins, but 43.Qf6 would mate Black in nine moves.}
({For example:} 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 (44... Kf7 45. Re7+ Kg6 46. Qg8+) 45.
Re7+ Nf7 46. Qxd5) 43... Qxd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Re7+ Kg8 46. Rxb7 Rd2+ 47. Kf3
Rxa2 48. Kg4 Rd2 49. h4 a5 50. Kh5 Rd6 51. Ra7 Rb6 52. Kg4 Rb4+ 53. Kh3 Rb5 54.
Kh2 Kh8 55. Kg2 Kg8 56. Kh3 Kh8 57. Kg4 Rb4+ 58. Kf5 Rxb3 59. h5 Rf3+ 60. Kg4
Rf8 61. Rxa5 Rb8 62. h6 Kg8 63. Kh5 Kf7 64. Rf5+ Ke6 65. Rf4 Rb3 66. Rf6+ Ke7
67. Ra6 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kg8 69. Ra8+ Kf7 70. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2015.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is a nice example of how to punish the wastage of a move in the
opening.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 (6. c4
{is much more common.}) 6... Nf6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 {This is all normal and
has been seen in almost 40 games before. The obvious move should now be d4.
But I wonder what happened to the Chinese player who decided to waste to
convert the structure into a Maroczy Bind.} 9. c4 $2 {This is just a waste of
an entire tempo.} g5 $1 {Gawain Jones is an agressive and ambitious player. He
will not let a moves like c2-c3-c4 go unpunished.} 10. d4 (10. Nxg5 Nd4 $1 11.
Qd3 Rg8 $36 {Black has an excellent position.}) 10... g4 11. d5 {The only way
to continue. Otherwise the d4 pawn was falling.} gxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd5 (12... Nd4
13. Qxf6 Rg8 {Was another way to play.}) 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Qd3 e5 {Black has a
strong knight on d4 and an open g-file. The opening battle has definitely
ended in his favour.} 15. Be3 $6 (15. Nc3 {was better.}) 15... c4 $1 16. Qf1 (
16. Qd2 $2 Nf3+ $1 17. gxf3 Qh3 $19 {would have ended in a mate.}) 16... Nc2
17. Nd2 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 c3 $1 {Black has won an exchange and continues his
initiative. Gawain Jones was easily able to convert this into a win.} 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 (
6... Nf6 {Horvath,T} 7. d4 (7. O-O $142) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qg4 $10) 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. b3 Nd7
15. Kh1 Qa5 (15... f5 $5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 $13) 16. Qd2 (16. Qxd6 $6 Qxg5
17. Qxd7 Qc5 $1 {ףd7}) 16... Nc5 17. Rab1 Qb4 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19.
Bh4 $13) (17... Be5 $5) 18. Qc2 Qa5 (18... Nd4 $2 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Ne2 $1) 19.
Bh4 (19. Qd2 $10 {Horvath,T}) 19... Nb4 20. Qd1 (20. Qd2 Nbd3 21. Be1 $1 {
(J.Polgar)} Qb4 (21... b6 $5) 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Bh4 $14) 20... Ncd3 (20... Nbd3
$6 21. Na2 $1 $16) 21. Qd2 Qc5 22. f4 $5 {Weiß kann nicht weiter warten,
Schwarz droht schon mit Rac8;d5} b5 23. f5 (23. cxb5 $2 {Horvath,T} Rfc8 $1 $17
) (23. axb5 $2 {Horvath,T} axb5 24. Nxb5 Ra2 25. Qd1 d5 $1 $17) 23... exf5 $6 (
23... bxc4 24. f6 (24. Be7 {Horvath,T} Rfe8 25. f6 Rxe7 $5 26. fxe7 Re8 $44)
24... Bh8 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. Bg3 $44) 24. exf5 Rfe8 (24... bxc4 25. f6 (25. bxc4
Rfe8) 25... Bh8 26. Ng3 $1 $40 {/\Nf5}) 25. f6 Bf8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Re4
$6 (27... Qh5 28. Nf4 Qxh4 (28... Bh6 {Horvath,T} 29. Nxh5 Bxd2 30. Ng7 Red8
31. Bg3 $16) 29. Nxd3 Nd5 $1 $44) 28. Bg3 Rae8 29. Nf4 (29. Nc1 $5) 29... Qg5 (
29... Bh6 $2 {Horvath,T} 30. Nxd3 Bxd2 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Nd6 $18) 30. Rbd1 Re3
$1 (30... Bh6 $2 31. Nxd6 $18) 31. Nxd3 Nxd3 32. Bxd6 (32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Bxd6
Qd5 34. Be7 Qe4 35. Rg1 h5 $1 $44) 32... Bh6 33. Be7 (33. Nc7 R8e4 $44) 33...
Qh5 34. Qxe3 (34. Qxd3 {Horvath,T} Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Bg5 {Siehe Partie.}) 34...
Bxe3 35. Rxd3 $16 Bg5 36. Nc3 (36. Rfd1 {Horvath,T} Bf4 $2 (36... Rxe7 $2 37.
Rd8+ $18) (36... h6 $1) 37. h3 $18) 36... h6 37. a5 Qg4 38. h3 (38. a6 {
Horvath,T} Qe6 39. Ra1 Bxf6 $44) 38... Qe6 39. b4 Qa6 40. Rff3 $6 (40. Rdd1
$142 $16) (40. Rfd1 {Horvath,T} Bxf6 41. b5 Qe6 42. Bxf6 Qxf6 43. b6 $13) 40...
Rc8 41. Bc5 (41. Bd8 $1 {Horvath,T /\b5+-}) 41... Re8 42. Bf2 $1 Bc1 43. Rd1
Bb2 44. Nd5 $2 (44. Na4 Re2 45. Nc5 Qc4 46. a6 Qa2 47. b5 $18) 44... Qc4 $132
45. Bc5 Re2 46. Nf4 Rc2 47. Nxg6 Rc1 48. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 49. Kh2 Qa1 50. Ne7+ (50.
Be7 Kh7 51. Nf8+ (51. Nf4 Bd4 52. h4 h5 53. Nxh5 Qg1+ 54. Kg3 Qe1+ 55. Kg4 Qe6+
56. Kg5 Qe5+ 57. Rf5 Be3+ 58. Kg4 Qe4+ 59. Nf4 Bxf4 60. Rxf4 Qxg2+ 61. Kf5 Qd5+
$10) 51... Kh8 52. Nd7 $2 Qd1 $19) 50... Kh7 51. Nc6 (51. g3 $5 Bxf6 52. Rf2
$14) 51... Qa4 $1 52. Nd4 Bxd4 53. Bxd4 Qxb4 54. Bb6 Qd6+ 55. g3 Kg6 $10 56. h4
h5 57. Rf4 Qd2+ 58. Rf2 Qb4 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kh2 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {This made Kasparov think for awhile. I rememeber
that some time ago, having lost to Ivanchuk, he stated that White only plays 3.
Bb5+ when he wants a draw. I wouldn't be so strict...} Bd7 {Diverging from his
usual} (3... Nd7) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 $5 {A very
interesting novelty which, as he said afterwards, he had already practiced in
a training game against Rublevsky. Now White has not an easy choice between 8.
Be3, which is completely unpretentious because the bishop normally strives for
g5 in this system, and the text.} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 {would be the
common line.}) 8. d5 Bxc3+ $1 {This is the point. Black gets the structure
similar to some good Nimzo Indians.} 9. bxc3 Na5 10. O-O $5 {For the moment it
is not obligatory to defend the pawn.} (10. Nd2 {looked slower.}) 10... f6 $1 {
Very strong.} (10... Nxc4 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. f4 {would yield White
a dangerous initiative.}) 11. Nd2 {Now this seems necessary.} b6 12. Qe2 $6 {
But this is definitely wrong. I rejected} (12. f4 {in view of} Nh6 {, but
maybe I should have chosen}) (12. Rb1 {. The position after logical} Nh6 13.
Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nf7 15. f4 O-O {is quite complicated and looks about equal
to me.}) 12... Qa4 $1 13. f4 Nh6 14. e5 O-O-O {Here I sank into thought and
realised that my queenside is practically stalemated. Then I decided to make
at least an active move with my rook.} 15. Rb1 Nf5 $6 {After the game Kasparov
was very unhappy about this move and suggested} (15... Rhf8 $1 {instead. He
was completely right that after} 16. e6 f5 $1 {intending to bring the knight
to e4 via f6, Black stands better.}) 16. g4 {Risky but necessary.} (16. e6 h5 {
is very annoying for White as he can not do anything against ...Kc7...Rb8...a6.
..b5 etc.}) 16... Nh4 $6 {This gives me a breath. I was afraid of} (16... Ng7 {
and although I wanted to continue} 17. exf6 (17. e6 f5 18. h3 fxg4 19. hxg4 h5
{is awful for White}) 17... exf6 18. f5 {, I had no much confidence in it.})
17. exf6 exf6 18. Qf2 $1 g5 19. Ne4 $1 {Turning into a very concrete play
White is suddenly completely OK. After a long think Kasparov goes for a long
drawing and practically forced line.} Qe8 $5 (19... Qxc4 20. Nxf6 {seems very
attractive for me.}) 20. Re1 Qg6 21. fxg5 {Having had just twenty minutes to
reach the control I rejected tempting} (21. f5 {because the position after} Qg7
(21... Qf7 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Bxg5 Rdg8 {is unclear as well}) 22. Ng3 Nxc4 23.
Nh5 Qf7 24. Re6 Ne5 {didn't apply to me at all, for example} 25. Qe2 $1 (25. h3
Rhe8 $1 {or}) (25. Nxf6 h5 $1 26. Rxe5 (26. gxh5 $2 Rh6 $19) 26... Qxf6 27. Re6
Qxc3 {and Black is much better.  However White has a stronger opportunity e.g.}
) 25... Rhe8 26. Qe4 $1 {and his compensation for the pawn seems quite good to
me. Thus 21.f5 would have been a real (risky though!) winning try while the
text leads to a forced draw.}) 21... Rhe8 $1 {[#] The only move.} 22. Nxd6+ $1
Rxd6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bf4 $1 (24. Qxh4 Qe4 25. Ra1 Nxc4 {could have been
better only for Black. Having made the intermediate bishop move I thought I
was on top but...}) 24... Nxc4 $1 {This came as the lightning from a clear sky.
I had mainly counted on} (24... Qe4 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Qxh4 fxg5 27. Qxg5 Nxc4 28.
Qg8+ $16 {or}) (24... Rd7 25. Qxh4 fxg5 26. Qxg5 Nxc4 27. Qf5 $16 {However a
sensible alternative to the text would be}) (24... Qg6 25. Re1 {and now not}
Rd8 $1 (25... fxg5 $2 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 {which leads to a spectacular mate after}
27. Qf7 $1 Nb7 28. Qe8+ Nd8 29. Re6 $1 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 $3 Nd2+ 31. Ke1 $1 Nf3+ 32.
Kd1 Qxh2 33. Rc6+ Kb7 34. Qd7+ Ka6 35. Qc8+ Nb7 (35... Ka5 36. Rxc5+ bxc5 37.
Qxc5+ Ka4 38. Qb4#) 36. Rxb6+ $1 Kxb6 (36... axb6 37. Qa8#) 37. Qc6+ Ka5 38.
Qb5# {, but}) 26. Qxh4 fxg5 27. Qxg5 Qxg5 28. Bxg5 Rg8 29. Bh4 (29. h4 h6 $10)
29... Rxg4+ 30. Bg3 Kd8 31. Rf1 Ke8 {and it seems that everything ends with
the move repetition after} 32. Re1+ Kd8 {.}) 25. Bxd6 Nd2 $1 26. Rd1 {[#] Here
I was completely sure that my opponent miscalculated something and that the
game was over. But...} Qe4 $3 {Both checks with the knights} (26... Nhf3+ 27.
Kh1 Qe4 28. Qg2 $1 {or}) (26... Ndf3+ 27. Kf1 {would simply lose. Now it's
White who has to be careful}) 27. Bg3 {I forgot that in the line} (27. Rxd2
Qb1+ 28. Qf1 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 {he takes my rook with the check and
after} Nxd2+ 31. Ke2 Ne4 {is better! Thus I had already no choice. After
playing}) (27. Bg3 {I offered draw and the reaction was 'But I have the
perpetual, can I think a while?' I said OK and after some five minutes
Kasparov agreed to call it a day. He could have tried} Nhf3+ 28. Kh1 Ne1+ 29.
Kg1 Ndf3+ 30. Kf1 Nc2 {but after the precise} 31. d6 $1 {(not} (31. Bf4 Qxf4
32. Qxc2 Nxh2+ 33. Kg1 Nxg4 $15) 31... Kd7 32. Bf4 Qxf4 33. Qxc2 Nxg5+ 34. Qf2
Qxg4 35. Qe2 $1 {White is by no means worse.  Draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.12.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d3 $5 Be7
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 (9. Nf1 Ng4 $5) 9... b5 10. Nf1 c4 $6 (10... Ne5 $10) 11. Ng3
cxd3 12. cxd3 Ne5 13. d4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 $6 (15... Ne8 $142 $5)
16. Nh5 Kh8 (16... g6 17. Nf4 $14) 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Bd2 $1 (18. Re3 $2 Rc8 19.
Rf3 Rc4 {P e5}) (18. Be3 $2 Rc8 19. Rac1 Rc4 20. b3 $4 Nxe5) 18... Nb6 (18...
Rc8 19. Rac1 Rc4 20. b3) 19. b3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Ba3 {[#]} 21. Bg5 $1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1
$5 (22. Rxc1 f6 (22... Be7 23. Bxe7) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxg8+
Kxg8 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Rc7+ Kxf6 28. Rxh7) 22... Be7 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rc1 a5 25.
g3 a4 26. h4 axb3 27. axb3 Qb6 28. Nf4 {P 29. d5} Rd8 29. Nh3 Ra8 30. Ng5 Bxg5
(30... Kg8 31. h5 h6 (31... Bxg5 32. Bxg5 $1) 32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 (
33... Kg8 34. Bxh6 Bf8 35. Bxg7 $1) 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Rc3 $1 $18) 31. Qxg5 Kg8
$1 (31... Re8 $2 32. Qe7 $1) 32. Qe7 Qb7 33. Bd2 Rc8 34. Ra1 Nc5 $1 $8 35. Qxb7
Nxb7 36. Bb4 f6 $138 (36... h5 $5) 37. f4 fxe5 $6 38. fxe5 Kf7 $2 39. Ra7 Rc7
40. g4 Kg6 41. Kg2 h5 (41... Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rb2 43. h5+ Kh6 (43... Kg5 44. Be7+)
44. Rxb7 Rxb3+ 45. Kh4 Rxb4 46. g5#) 42. Kg3 Rf7 $6 (42... Kh7 43. Bd2 {
P g5,b4 <->b7}) 43. Ra6 Rf1 44. Rxe6+ Kf7 (44... Kh7 45. g5 $1 Rg1+ (45... Rd1
46. g6+ Kh6 47. Be7) 46. Kf2 Rg4 47. g6+ Rxg6 48. Rxg6 Kxg6 49. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {During the whole tournament Carlsen consistently
and mostly sucessfully avoided any heated theoretical debates in the openings,
opting for lines such as 2.d3, or a quick exd5 against the French Defence.} ({
Also in this game he avoids the Open Sicilian with} 3. d4 {, his last Najdorf
against the World Champion was rather disappointing:} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 e5 $5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 d5 $1 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18.
Be3 Nc6 {1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3... Bd7 {
The most solid response and the result of our game will hardly change this
long-standing verdict.} ({However, there have been some recent developments
after the more enterprising} 3... Nd7 $5 {- see the notes to Bologan-Topalov,
ECC Eilat 2012.}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {This continuation is White's best
chance to fight for an opening edge - he puts his pawns on the light squares,
as he has just exchanged the light-squared bishops.} (5. O-O {occurs only
rarely in top-level games and is generally considered too soft:} Nf6 (5... Nc6
6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Rd1 e5 $5 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nge7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bb2
O-O 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Nd2 d5 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Qb6
19. Rxc8 Nxc8 $5 20. exd5 Nd6 21. Qf1 Rc8 $44 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5] Short,N (2698)
-Anand,V (2811)/London/2011/}) 6. Qe2 ({Simply boring is} 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. a3 Bd8 16. Qb1 Ne7 17. Rec1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8
21. Qxc8 Nxc8 $11 {1/2,Kuzubov,Y (2623)-Areshchenko,A (2691)/UKR-ch Kiev/2012/}
) 6... Nc6 7. Rd1 g6 8. c3 Qg4 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe2 11. Rxe2 dxe5 12. Na3
Bg7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. d3 O-O 15. a4 b6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. g4 Nf8 19.
f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rad1 Bg5 23. Kf2 Bf4 24. h4 h6 $11 {
Mamedov,R (2634)-Negi,P (2664)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 5... Nf6 {Black intends to
develop his kingside first and possibly use the c-file before he plays Nc6.} ({
The alternative is} 5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 $5 {
seems more testing, as after} (9. Be3 {commits the bishop, Black has
reasonable counterplay after} Nf6 10. h3 $5 (10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6
13. Nde2 (13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18.
Bf2 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Rcd1 Rac8 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Rfe1 Nd7 $11 {Adams,M (2722)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2725)/London/2012/}) 13... Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Bf2 Qe7
16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bg1 h5 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Nde2 Qc7 22. Qd2
Red8 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. Ne3 f5 $5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nc2 Qf7 27. Nf4 Ne7 {Tiviakov,
S (2656)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Hoogeveen/2012/ (30)} 28. Rfd1 $13) 10... O-O 11.
O-O a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 e6 (13... Qd8 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Na5
17. Qc2 Rab8 18. b4 Nxc4 19. bxc5 Na3 20. Qb3 Nxb1 21. Nxb1 dxc5 22. Ne6 Qa5
23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd5 Qa4 27. Qb2+ f6 28. Ra1 Qxe4 29.
Ra7 {1-0 Spasov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2423)/Sunny Beach 2012/CB37_2012}) 14. Rc1
d5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 a5 (17... Qd8 $5 $11 {prevents both a5 and
Ne4.}) 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Rf3 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rcb8 21. Bf2 Nc7 22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Kh2 Be7
$14 {/<=>,Carlsen,M (2826)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)/Moscow/2011/}) 9... Nf6 10.
f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 {White can develop his bishop more actively with}
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (
18... Qd8 $1 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rdd8 23. Rxa6 Qb4 24. Rb6 Qc4 25. Nd4 $14 {/+/-,Caruana,F 
(2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ This game was played earlier.
Although Black's position is quite playable, Anand presumably wanted to give
the encounter with Carlsen a different character.}) 6. Nc3 g6 (6... Nc6 7. d4 (
7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 10. Nde2 Qe6 $5 $13 {Kasparov,
G (2851)-The World/Internet/1999/ leads to complications, which Black
ultimately doesn't have to fear. See the notes to this game in CBM 74.}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 {and now:} {More often than not Black avoids these complications
and simply develops with} g6 {Now White can avoid the continuation from
Kasparov-The World with} (8... Qg4 {is an attempt to force quick
simplification:} {However, here Black has to reckon mainly with} 9. Qxg4 (9.
O-O Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxd4 (10... Rc8 11. Nde2 g6 12. f3 Bg7 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. Rac1 b6 16. Nd5 Rfd8 17. Nec3 e6 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Nfe2 a6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21.
Rcd1 Bf8 22. Bf4 Rcd8 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. h3 h6 25. Bf4 Rcd8 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Be7
28. Be3 Rb7 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Bf4 b5 $132 {Rozentalis,E (2623)
-Alterman,B (2580)/ISR-chT/2010/}) 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Rc1 g6 14. Nd5
h6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Rdd1 a6 17. b4 e6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Ke7 20. c5 Be5 21.
Rd3 Rc6 22. a4 Rhc8 23. a5 dxc5 24. Bxc5+ Ke8 25. Rcd1 Bf6 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Ke2
Rcc8 $11 {Cheparinov,I (2621)-Lupulescu,C (2546)/EU-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 9... Nxg4
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 {A more enterprising try is the sacrificial} g5 $5 (11...
Rb8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 (14. O-O-O e6 15. Na4 h5 16. Rd3 Rh6 17.
Rhd1 Rg6 18. g3 Rf6 19. f3 Rg6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rh6 22. a3 Be7 23. Kc2 Rh2+
24. R1d2 Rh1 25. Rd1 Rh2+ 26. R1d2 Rh1 27. c5 Rb5 28. b4 a5 29. Rb3 $14 {
Laznicka,V (2593)-Gashimov,V (2658)/Moscow/2007/}) 14... e6 15. Ke2 Kd7 16.
Rhd1+ Kc7 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. a3 a5 21. c5 Be7 22. Kd3
f5 23. f3 Rd8+ 24. Kc2 Rb8 25. Kc3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8 27. b4 axb4+ 28. axb4 Bh4
29. Nb6 Rf7 30. Kb3 Bf2 31. Rd6 Bd4 32. Nc4 Rf1 33. Na5 $18 {Ni Hua (2705)
-Shengelia,D (2569)/ESP-chT Sabadell/2008/}) 12. Bxg5 Bg7 $5 (12... Ne5 13. b3
Rg8 14. Bh4 Rg4 (14... Bg7 15. Kd2 a5 16. Rab1 a4 17. Nxa4 Bh6+ 18. Kc2 Rg4 (
18... Rxg2 $142 $132) 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rxa4 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Kb3 Ra7 23.
f3 Rg5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rd1+ Ke6 26. a4 $36 {Zhang Zhong (2608)-Petrosian,T 
(2581)/Tiayuan/2005/}) 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Kd2 Ng6 17. f3 Rg5 18. f4 $142 (18. Rag1
Bd4 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rc2 Rg8 23. Be1 Ne5 24. Nf4 Ra3 25.
Ke2 Bd4 $44 26. Bb4 {1/2,Baklan,V (2585)-Atalik,S (2585)/YUG-chT Vrnjacka
Banja/1998/}) 18... Rg4 (18... Ra5 19. a4 Rb8 20. Kc2 f5 21. Rae1 Kd7 22. Rhf1
e6 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ne4 Rbf8 25. Rd1 d5 26. Nc5+ Kd6 27. Nd3 $14 {/+/-,Soltau,
A (2632)-Ugge,A (2567)/corr/2005/}) 19. Raf1 h5 20. Nd1 Bh6 21. Nf2 Bxf4+ 22.
Ke2 Rg5 23. Nh3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Ng5 $14 {/~~ Atalik}) 13. Ke2 Rb8 14.
Nd1 (14. Rab1 $5 Rg8 15. Bf4 Bd4 $44) 14... Rb4 15. Rc1 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 17.
Rb3 Rxb3 18. axb3 Kd7 19. Ne3 Rg8 20. h4 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxg2 22. Kf3 Rg8 23. Ra1
Bb4 $11 {Jansa,V (2490)-Trapl,J (2340)/Ostrava/1976/}) 9. Nde2 Bg7 10. f3 {
- 5...Nc6 , which transposes back to Caruana-Anand, mentioned above.}) 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 ({The other main try is} 9. h3 {, when} Qc7 $5 {has
recently become popular:} 10. Qe2 (10. b3 {allows the simplifying operation}
Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5
Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. Nxe4 (18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8
22. Rd4 Rf4 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4 e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4
e5 29. R4d3 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke6 $11 {Bologan,V (2665)-Naiditsch,A (2712)/ESP-chT
Melilla/2011/}) 18... Rf5 (18... Nc6 19. Rd1 Rf5 20. O-O O-O-O 21. f4 Rdf8 22.
g3 Kd7 23. Nc3 a6 24. Nd5 b5 $132 {Movsesian,S (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2717)/
Wijk aan Zee/2009/}) 19. O-O Kd7 20. Rad1 Na6 21. Rfe1 Raf8 22. Re2 Re5 23. g3
Nc5 $11 {1/2,Movsesian,S (2711)-Svidler,P (2741)/EUCup Ohrid/2009/}) 10... Nc6
11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O a6 (12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Qa5 15.
Ne3 Nd4 16. Qe1 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nf4 18. Ba1 b5 19. Ncd5 Qxe1 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Rfxe1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Kf8 23. Kf1 Nd3 24. Red1 Nc5 $11 {Alavkin,A (2460)-Kokarev,
D (2603)/Kazan/2009/}) 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be3 $146 (15. Ne3 Nd4 16.
Qd3 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Qb1 Rac8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. f4 b5 $132 {
/=/+,Malakhov,V (2715)-Hracek,Z (2606)/EU Cup Ohrid/2009/}) 15... Ne5 16. Na3
Rac8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Nab1 d5 19. f4 Nc6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Qf2 $6 (21. g4 Ng3 22.
Qf2 Nxf1 23. Bb6 Qb4 24. Bc5 $11) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 g5 $1 24.
fxg5 Bxe5 25. Qf2 Bf4 (25... Ng3 $1 26. Rfe1 Bd6 $40 {Safarli}) 26. Ne4 Bxc1
27. Rxc1 Qe5 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Nbd2 $36 {Tiviakov,S (2656)-Hou,Y (2623)/
Hoogeveen/2012/}) (9. O-O Nc6 $132 {once again leads to Kasparov-The World.})
9... Qc7 $5 {With f3 instead of h3 this move is still rare - Black doesn't
have the blow on e4 from the previous note!} ({The standard continuation is} 
9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 $1 {is Ivanchuk's brilliant idea,
Black easily equalised in the stem game} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Be3 exd5
15. cxd5 Na6 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2 Qe7 {1/2,Delchev,A
(2577)-Ivanchuk,V (2704)/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (10. Bg5 {is rare and for a
good reason - here Black easily gets a good position with the accurate} Nc6 $1
(10... Rc8 11. b3 Qd8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nde2 a6 14. a4 Nd7 $132) 11. Nde2 a6 12.
a4 Qc7 $1 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 b5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. O-O (16. Nxb5 Nxe4 $36)
16... bxa4 17. bxa4 Rfc8 (17... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yd7c5,Yd7b6]}) 18. Rfb1
Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc3 20. Kh1 Qc5 (20... Rc5 $15) 21. Rd1 Rc4 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Qd3
Rc3 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. h3 Qa6 26. Qe1 Rc4 27. a5 Nc5 28. Rab1 {Gharamian,T (2471)
-Savchenko,S (2545)/Metz/2007/} Na4 $15 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ra4c3]}) 10... Rc8 (
10... Nc6 $5 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 {transposes to a satisfactory position from
the 5...Nc6 lines, mentioned in the above notes.}) 11. b3 a6 12. a4 e6 (12...
Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Rb1 e6 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. Qxd6 Ne8 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qe1 Rd3
19. Nd1 Qb4 20. Nc1 Rd7 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Nf2 Nc2 23. Bc5 b6 24. Bxb6 Na3 25.
Ncd3 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 $14 {Balogh,C (2664)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)/Saint Louis/
2012/}) 13. Rc1 (13. Nde2 Nc6 14. O-O d5 $1 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Re8 17. Bf2
Rad8 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4 a5 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. Qa1 Nh5
$17 {Laznicka,V (2610)-Wojtaszek,R (2635)/CZE-chT/2007/}) 13... Nc6 14. O-O d5
15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 (17... Nxd5 $142 $5 $11) 18. Bd4 Rd8
19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Rc3 Nc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Ne6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6
25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Qe3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qe7 28. Rc6 e5 $132 {Ni Hua (2625)
-Areshchenko,A (2570)/Moscow/2005/}) (9... Nc6 10. Nde2 {and we are again back
in Caruana-Anand.}) 10. b3 Qa5 {Black's idea is to lure the bishop to b2
instead of its usual deployment on the c1-h6 diagonal (e3 or g5).} (10... Nc6
11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Nde2 $5 ({White avoids the endgame after} 13. O-O
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qc5 $11 {/+/=}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Qd5 Qa6
16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Qxd2 $142 $14) 20. Rfd1
Be5 21. Ndf4 Qe8 22. c5 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 dxc5 24. Rxc5 (24. Nd3 $1 $36) 24... Rd8
25. Qe1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 {Kasparov,S (2500)-Varga,C (2349)/Pardubice/2007/} Bd6
$132) ({A similar type of position arises after} 10... O-O 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. Rc1 $11 {/+/=,Loaiza,Y (1902)-Ramirez,H (2089)/Puerto Boyaca/2012/
White's space advantage gives him a slight pull.}) 11. Bb2 (11. Bd2 {also
deserves consideration, but} Nc6 {is still fine for Black after} 12. Nd5 (12.
Nde2 O-O $132) 12... Qd8 13. Bc3 e6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. O-O Rd8 $11) 11... Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 $146 {[%mdl 40] Although
objectively this novelty is not particularly dangerous, it's in keeping with
White's strategy to avoid excessive simplification and retain fighting chances.
} (13. Kh1 Nd7 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qxe7
a5 $44) 14. Nd5 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Nb5 (16. Qd2 $142 $5) 16... Bxc3 17. Ndxc3
a6 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Rac8 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Qe3 Nce5 22. Rac1 b5 23. f4 Ng4 {
Bolshagin,V (2061)-Kokarev,D (2583)/Moscow/2011/} (23... Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Nd3 25.
Rcd1 bxc4 26. Rd2 Nb4 27. Nxc4 Nb6 $11) 24. Qf3 $13) (13. Nd5 Nxd5 {is simpler:
} (13... Qc5 14. b4 Qxc4 (14... Nxb4 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rf2 $5 Qxc4 (16... Nd7
$5 $132) 17. Qa4 a5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. axb4 $14) 15. Nxc6 Nxd5 16.
Rc1 Qxa2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 bxc6 19. Qd4+ $44 (19. dxc6 $44)) 14. exd5 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 b5 $11 {<=>}) 13... Rfd8 {Anand returns to the idea of
pushing d5 either after preparation (e6), or directly as in the game.} (13...
Nd7 14. Kh1 (14. Bc3 $6 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxd4+ $15) 14... a6 $13) 14. Bc3 (14. Kh1
$5 {/\} Qb6 (14... Nd7 $5) 15. Qd2 {prevents the following central break.
However, Black's position remains solid and he can react differently already
on move 14.}) 14... Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 $1 16. Nxc6 ({This is the only way to keep
the tension in the position.} 16. exd5 $143 Nxd5 $1 17. cxd5 Rxd5 {wins the
piece back and already Black can claim a slight edge:} 18. Qe1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4
Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. Qxe7 Rd7 22. Qe2 Rad8 $15) 21. Qxe7 Rad8 $15
{[%cal Ra2h2,Gd8d2]}) (16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {-16.exd5}) 16... bxc6 17. Qe1 $1
{[%cal Rc3a5]} Rdc8 $6 ({Leaving the d-file perhaps isn't a direct mistake,
but it's certainly unnatural. The most logical response was} 17... a5 {/\} 18.
e5 Nd7 $5 19. e6 (19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 Qb4 21. Bc3 Qb6 $11) 19... d4 20. Bd2
$5 (20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qa7 23. exd7 Rxd7 $11) (20. exf7+ Kxf7
21. Bd2 e5 22. Ng3 Kg8 23. Ne4 Nc5 $11 {/<=>}) 20... Nc5 $5 (20... fxe6 21. Nf4
e5 22. Ne6 $44) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 18. e5 Ne8 (18... Nd7 $143 19. e6 Bxc3 (
19... fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 22. cxd5 $36) 20. Nxc3 Nf6 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Rd1 $5 $14 dxc4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 cxb3 25. f4 $40 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 19.
e6 $5 {[%mdl 128] Carlsen possibly felt his opponent's insecurity and goes for
a direct attack. His approach pays off with surprising speed, but Black could
have defended better.} ({The alternative was} 19. f4 e6 $5 {is safer.} (19...
dxc4 20. f5 $1 {[%cal Re5e6]} (20. bxc4 Qa6) 20... gxf5 21. Rxf5 $44) (19...
Nc7 20. f5 e6 21. f6 Bf8 $13)) 19... fxe6 20. Nf4 (20. Bxg7 {is harmless:} Nxg7
21. Nf4 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Qd6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 $44 d4 (21...
Ng7 22. Rae1 (22. Qe5 Qb8 $11) (22. c5 Qc7 23. Nd3 $5 $44 {[%csl Re5]} (23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe6+ Kf6 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Ge7] [+]})) 22... d4
23. Qd2 c5 24. g4 {transposes back to the game}) 22. Qd2 $5 (22. Qe1 c5 23.
Nxe6 Rc6 24. Nf4 e6 25. Nd3 a5 $14 {/<=> is pleasant and almost riskless for
White. However, here Black's defence is simpler than in the game, so Carlsen
ambitiously envisages a different route for his queen.}) 22... c5 23. Rae1 Ng7
24. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf5] Limits Black's knight and prepares the follwing
manoeuvre, which is easy to overlook.} Rc6 $2 {And sure enough, Anand goes
astray and fails to meet White's most dangerous idea. Black had better options,
leading to balanced positions:} (24... Qc6 25. Nh3 (25. Re5 $44 {[%cal Yh1g2,
Yf1e1]}) 25... Rf8 26. Qh6 Rxf3 27. Kg1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qe4 29. Qxh7+ (29. Ng5
$4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh5) (29. Rf4 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 29... Kxh7
30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Nxe4 Rc8 32. Ng5 Rc6 33. Rf7 Rd6 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Rf4 $14 {
[%csl Rc5,Re6,Re7,Rg7]}) (24... Rf8 {White would have possibly preferred to
change his plan with} 25. Nd3 $44 (25. Nh3 Rf6 $5 (25... Qc6 {-24...Qc6}) 26.
Qh6 g5 27. Qxg5 Qc6 28. Ng1 $5 (28. Nf4 h6 29. Qe5 Raf8 30. Re4 Qd6 $36) 28...
a5 29. Re5 $13)) (24... Qd6 25. Re4 (25. Nh3 e5 26. Qh6 Ne6 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28.
Qxg5 Qf6 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc7 $11) 25... a5 $5 (25... Rf8 26. Nd3 $44 (
26. Kg2 $44)) 26. Rfe1 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Ya5a4]}) 25. Nh3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd2h6,
Rh3g5] Suddenly Black is in trouble - his queen joins the defence one move too
late.} Ne8 (25... Qd8 26. Qh6 Kh8 27. Ng5 Qg8 28. Re4 {[%cal Re4f4]} Rf8 (28...
e5 29. Rxe5 Ne6 30. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Re7]}) 29. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Rg1g3,Rg3h3]} Rf6
30. Rg3 Ne8 31. Rh3 Rf7 $8 32. Rxe6 $5 (32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Re2 $14 {/+/-})
32... Rxe6 33. Nxe6 Nf6 34. Nxc5 g5 35. Rg3 $16) 26. Qh6 Nf6 27. Ng5 d3 $6 {
Hastens the end.} (27... Qa6 28. Re5 Qc8 29. Rfe1 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ (30. Qh3 $5 $40
) 30... Rxf8 31. Nxe6 Rfc8 32. Nf4 $16) 28. Re5 $1 Kh8 (28... Qc7 29. Nxe6 Rxe6
(29... Qxe5 30. Qg7#) 30. Rxe6 $18) (28... Qd8 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 d2 31.
Rd1 Qd3 32. Qe3 $18) (28... Rd8 29. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31.
Rh5) 31. Qxh7 d2 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Re5g5,Rh5g6]})
29. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Rd8][%cal Gg5f7] Here White has no immediate mate, but
Black remains completely paralysed, as due to Nf7 he has no access to the
d8-square.} Qa6 30. a4 $5 (30. Rxd3 Qxa2 31. Re1 $1 Re8 (31... Kg8 32. Red1 Qa5
33. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h7]}) 32. Red1 Qb2 33. Rd8 Rc8 34. Nxe6 Ng8 35. Rxc8
Rxc8 36. Qe3 $18 {also wins, but Carlsen doesn't want to give Black even the
slightest chance.}) (30. a4 Qc8 31. Rxd3 Qg8 32. Rde3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Re6]}) 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 ({Recently I annotated 2 games with the more
enterprising} 3... Nd7 {and CBM 153 features a theoretical article about the
newest developments in this line:} 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7
14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ba3 a5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. Rdb1
Rc8 $132 {Bologan,V (2695)-Topalov,V (2751)/Eilat/2012/CBM 151/}) 5... Ngf6 6.
c3 g6 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. d5 b6 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. cxd5
Re8 14. h3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Re7
20. Qd2 Qd7 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Gb5] (),Caruana,F (2786)
-Topalov,V (2769)/Bucharest 2012/CBM 152/}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 ({The move
order} 5... Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 {allows White to avoid the
line from our game with} 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 $5 (10. O-O Qe6 {transposes}) 10...
O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. b3 Nc5 16.
Rb1 Rac8 17. Qc2 Qa5 {is more popular and somewhat stronger, the active
knights make it difficult for White to achieve any progress:} 18. Be3 Qc7 19.
Rfd1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Na2 Nc6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Be3 Rdd8 {1/2,Burne,N (2509)
-Marez,S (2407)/corr./2011/}) 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8
18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (18... Qd8 $142) 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21. dxc6 bxc6 22.
Rxc6 $36 {Caruana,F (2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ was an
experience Anand was definitely not intent on repeating.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O {This has gradually gone out of fashion after the game
Kasparov-World.} (9. f3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 Rfd8
14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/
Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 151.}
{Here Anand recommended} Re8 $5 (17... a5 $13 {is also better than Black's
choice 17...Rdc8?!}) {/\} 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 $11)
({The other main move here is} 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 (11... Nxe4 $5
12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 {is already mentioned in the notes to Carlsen-Anand -
here too Black is doing fine after} 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+
17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rd4 Rf4 23.
Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4 e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4 e5 29. R4d3 Ne4
30. Re2 Ke6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Nc4 Rf4 33. b5 Rd6 (33... Rc7 $5) 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 $44
{Bologan,V (2665)-Naiditsch,A (2712)/ESP-chT Melilla/2011/}) 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
O-O a6 (13... Rfc8 14. Re1 a6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3
Kxg7 19. a4 Qa5 20. Rd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qe1 Rc5 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qe2 Qf6
25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Qb2+ Qe5 27. Qxe5+ Rxe5 28. Re3 b5 $11 {Bologan,V (2732)-Le
Quang,L (2693)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17.
Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3 Kxg7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Rd1 b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 $132 {
Bologan,V (2732)-Gelfand,B (2738)/Astana rpd/2012/}) ({With the knight on f6
instead of c6, the move} 9. Nde2 $6 {exposes the Pc4 and White must reckon with
} Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]} 10. Qd4 O-O $15) 9... Nc6 10. Nde2 {White has
already no simple way to reach the ideal setup from Caruana-Anand.} (10. f3 $2
Nxe4 $1 $17) (10. Be3 $2 {- the B belongs in g5 on this line, moreover here
Black has the immediate} Ng4 $36) (10. Nc2 O-O {is less harmonious and doesn't
promise White anything:} 11. Qe2 (11. b3 Nh5 12. Bd2 Rac8 13. Qe2 f5 14. exf5
Qxf5 15. Rac1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. f3 b5 $36 {
Chudinovskih,A (2389)-Naiditsch,A (2638)/Moscow/2008/}) 11... a6 12. b3 (12.
Bd2 Rab8 13. Rac1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd5 e6 16. Ncb4 exd5 17. Nxc6 Rb6 18.
exd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 {1/2,Tkachiev,V (2615)-Gelfand,B (2695)/Groningen/1997/})
12... Qc7 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Be1 Rac8 18. Kh1
Red8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Ne2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. b4 Nd7 24. a3 Nb6 25.
Bc3 e5 $132 {Marusenko,P (2406)-Shipov,S (2658)/Port Erin/1999/}) 10... Qe6 $5
{A forcing attempt to disrupt White's plans.} ({We have already mentioned} 
10... O-O 11. f3 {in the note to move 5.}) 11. Nd5 $5 {White more or less must
go for the complications.} ({Black gets an excellent position after the
unprincipled} 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nf4 Qc8 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 $5 (13... e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Qd1 $1 $11) 17... Qc6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19.
b3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. c5 Ng4 $17 {Damljanovic,B (2554)-Stohl,I 
(2600)/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 14. Nxd5 e6 15. Ne3 Ne5 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. f3 f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qd3
Rf8 $15 {[%csl Ge4] Velicka,P (2455)-Dydyshko,V (2520)/CZE-chT/2000/}) 11...
Qxe4 ({The same goes for Black: after} 11... Rc8 12. f3 O-O 13. Rb1 {his 10th
move doesn't make much sense, as the Q must retreat anyway.}) 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13.
Nxa8 Qxc4 14. Nc3 (14. Be3 Rxa8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Rc1 Qe4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rcd1
Nxe3 19. fxe3 f5 20. a4 a6 21. Nf4 b5 $15 {Knoeppel,B (2127)-Vyzharov,I (2178)/
corr/2007/}) ({The main continuation here, played already by Kasparov in 1999
and subsequently others (mainly Rublevsky) is} 14. Nb6+ $5 axb6 15. Nc3 {
[%csl Rb6,Rb7] White's rooks are currently passive and doubling the b-pawns
creates a potential target for the future. However, Black is holding his own
here and even has a wider choice of playable alternatives:} e6 $5 (15... b5 16.
Be3 Rd8 $5 (16... Ra8 17. Rc1 Ke8 18. b3 (18. a3 b4 19. b3 Qh4 $6 (19... Qg4 $5
20. Nb5 Kf8 {/\} 21. a4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rc3]}) (19... Qa6 $11)
20. Nb5 Kd7 21. Bc5 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bxb4 Nf4 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Bd2 f5 26.
a4 h6 27. Rd1 e6 28. h4 $14 {Rublevsky,S (2662)-Van Wely,L (2646)/Frankfurt
rpd/2000/}) (18. Bg5 Qg4 (18... Kf8 19. a3 b4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qd4 22.
Nxf6 Qxf6 23. axb4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qc3 f6 27. b5 Nd8 28. Rfe1
Ne6 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Rb4 d5 31. g4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 d4
$11 {Leitao,R (2587)-Georgiev,K (2676)/Poikovsky/2001/}) 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4
Qxe4 21. b3 Qd4 22. Qe2 Qe5 23. Be3 b4 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. Qc4 Kg8 26. Rd5 Qe6 27.
Rc2 Ne5 28. Qb5 Ng4 29. Rd3 Bh6 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Re2 Rc8 32. Rd1 Nxe3 33. Rde1
Rc3 34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Qa7 Qe4 36. fxe3 Rc3 $36 {Fester,A (2483)-Claridge,J 
(2275)/corr/2000/}) 18... Qg4 19. f3 Qh5 (19... Qd7 20. Nxb5 Rxa2 21. Ra1 Ra6
$132) (19... Qf5 $5 $13) 20. a4 b4 $2 (20... bxa4 21. bxa4 $14 {Rublevsky}) 21.
Nb5 Kf8 22. Bf2 Qd5 23. Qc2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Na7
Nxa7 28. Bxa7 Bc3 29. Bd4 $16 {Rublevsky,S (2662)-Vuckovic,B (2427)/Herceg
Novi/2000/}) 17. Rc1 b4 18. Na4 (18. b3 Qa6 19. Na4 Ke8 20. Bb6 Ra8 21. Re1 Kf8
22. Rc2 Qb5 23. Be3 Nd5 $15 {Stefanov,P (2449)-Roca,A (2569)/corr/2000/}) 18...
Qb5 19. a3 Ke8 20. Qb3 e6 21. axb4 Nd5 22. Nc3 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Ndxb4 24. Rfd1 d5
25. Bb6 Ra8 $11 {/=/+,De Sa Nobrega,A-Walsh,H/corr/2000/}) (15... Ra8 16. Be3
$142 $5 (16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 (17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Ra6 19. Be3 {Ansell,S 
(2371)-Bates,R (2376)/West Bromwich/2004/} Nc5 20. b4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 e6 $13 {
/=/+}) 17... Qxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bg5 Qb4 20. Qf7 Be5 21. h3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4
23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 Qe4 25. Qf7 Bd4 26. Qb3 f4 27. Qf7 Be5 28. h4 b5 29. h5
Qc4 $132 {Kasparov,G (2851)-The World/Internet MSN/1999/ For more details
about this game see the notes in CBM 074.}) 16... b5 17. Rc1 {transposes to a
potentially dangerous branch of the 15...b5 line.}) 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
is an idea, similar to our game:} 18. Qe2 (18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rab1 (19. Bxb6
Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rfd1 d4 23. Bd2 b5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Bc1 Ra5 26.
f4 Ne7 27. Kf2 Kc6 $36 {Neumann,P-Baer,W/corr/2009/}) 19... d4 20. Bd2 Ra8 21.
a3 Ne5 22. Rfc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Rbc1 Na4 25. Rb1 f5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rdc1 Rf8
28. Re1 f4 29. Kf1 Be5 $44 {Kelbl,J-Svartbo,M/corr/2007/ The endgame is viable
for Black even with 2 sets of doubled-pawns and he went on to win!}) (18. Bxb6
Bxb2 19. Rb1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Be5 21. f4 Bxf4 22. Rf1 e5 23. g3 Bg5 24. Rxf7+ Be7
25. Be3 Ke6 26. Rf2 Rb8 (26... d5 $5 27. Rxb7 d4 $44) 27. Rfb2 Ra8 28. Rc2 Nd8
29. Bb6 Nc6 30. Be3 Nd8 31. Bb6 Nc6 32. Be3 {1/2,Ionescu Brandis,I (2286)
-Sudakova,I (2392)/Predeal/2006/}) 18... b5 19. Rad1 Qc4 20. Qd2 Qb4 (20... d5
$5 $11) 21. Qd3 d5 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Rfd1 (23. Rc5 b4 24. Rb5 Qa6 $132) (23. Bc5
Ra8 $5 24. Rc2 Ke8 $13) 23... b4 24. Bc5 $6 (24. b3 Qxa2 25. Bc5 Qa6 26. Qe3
$44) 24... Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Qf3 f5 27. Qf4 Be5 28. Qh4 Qc2 29. Bxb4 Qe4 $15
{Rublevsky,S (2670)-Motylev,A (2574)/YUG-chT Novi Sad/2000/}) 14... Rxa8 15.
Bg5 (15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 e6 (16... h6 17. Be3 Ke8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Qd2 Qh4 20.
Nb5 a6 21. Nd4 Kg8 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Bxb2 26.
Qxc6 Qb4 27. Re2 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Be5 29. Qc2 $14 {/+/-,Antonio,R (2547)
-Rytshagov,M (2529)/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 17. Be3 Nd5 $5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa4
Qa5 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qd1 b6 22. Rb1 d5 23. a3 Qb5 24. a4 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. b4
Ne5 27. a5 b5 28. Be3 a6 29. Bc5 Nc4 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Qe2 Qe5 32. Qf3 Qf5 33.
Qe2 Bc3 34. Red1 Ke8 35. Rb3 Be5 36. Re1 Qf4 37. g3 Qd2 38. Qf1 Rxc5 39. bxc5
Qxa5 40. Qe2 Kf8 41. h4 Bc3 42. Rc1 Bd4 $36 {/-/+,Fasano,D (2260)-Fabri,L/corr/
2009/ This game could have been Anand's initial inspiration for his 16th move.}
) 15... e6 $146 (15... h6 $143 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd4 18. Qf3 f5 19. b3 Qc2
20. Rae1 e5 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Qg3 Qd2 23. Qxg6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd5 25. Qxf5+ Qe6
26. Qxf2 $16 {Pergel,L (2342)-Antok,D (2201)/HUN-chT/2002/}) 16. Re1 (16. Qf3
$5 Qg4 17. Qe3 Qf5 $13 {[%cal Yf6d5,Yf6g4]}) (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf3 Ke7 18.
Rfe1 Be5 $1 $15) 16... Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 4128] Materially Black is doing fine,
with his king in the centre it's important to consolidate his position. Anand
thwarts White's attacking ambitions and forces simplification even af the cost
of breaking up his pawn-structure - we have already seen similar versions of
this idea above.} 17. Nxd5 {It's difficult to suggest an effective improvement.
} (17. Qf3 Rf8 (17... f5 $6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qh3 {is a bit loose and gives
White some targets}) 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 {would probably
transpose into the game}) {seems slightly artificial, Black shouldn't worry
unduly after} 18... Nxc3 ({It's not easy to say what can White achieve even
after a move like} 18... h5 $5 $13 {[%cal Yc4g4]}) 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ke7
$11 (20... f5 $5 $11 {But perhaps this way the way to retain more tension on
the board, as in the endgame only Black can be better.})) 17... Qxd5 18. Qxd5 (
18. Qg4 Qf5 (18... h5 19. Qf4 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qa5 $11 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23.
Rab1 b6 24. Rxb4 Bc3 $13) 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Rad1 d5 $13 {/=/+}) 18... exd5 19.
Rad1 h6 20. Bc1 d4 $11 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6] /=/+ Even though they are doubled,
Black's central pawns control important squares and restrict White's forces.}
21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Rb3 b6 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Ra3 a5 $5 {The engines like this move.
Although it creates a weakness on b6, Black's rook remains poised to invade.
However, Anand criticised his choice, recommending the less committal} (24...
Rc7 {instead. Black is OK here, but it's to early to speak about a tangible
advantage yet after} 25. Rd1 $13 ({Anand didn't like} 25. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Ye2d1]
, which is also a plausible idea.})) 25. b4 {This attempt to bail out leads to
a worse, but probably tenable rook endgame.} ({A solid alternative is} 25. f4
Nc4 26. Rd3 d5 27. b3 Nd6 28. Bb2 Nb5 29. a4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Rxd5+ Kc6
32. Rd3 Kc5 33. Re4 b5 34. axb5 Kxb5 35. Rd5+ Kb6 36. Rd6+ Kb5 $11 {with
repetition.}) 25... Rc2 $1 (25... axb4 26. Ra7+ Kc6 (26... Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Kxc7
28. Bd2 $14) 27. f4 Nd3 28. Rd1 $13) 26. bxa5 bxa5 (26... Nc4 $6 27. Rb3 (27.
Rf3 Ne5 28. Rb3 bxa5 29. f4 Ng4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rb7+ (31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Bxb2 Nd5
{[%cal Rd5c3]}) 31... Kc6 32. Rxf7 Nh5 $132) 27... Nxa5 (27... bxa5 28. Rb7+)
28. Rb2 $1 (28. Rxb6 d3 $44 {[%cal Rd3d2,Rg7d4,Ra5c4]}) 28... Rxb2 (28... Rc6
29. Rbe2 $14) 29. Bxb2 Nc4 30. Bc1 $14 (30. Ba1 $5 $14)) 27. Rxa5 $5 {
Consistent, as other moves give Black the initiative:} (27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Rf3 Ke6
$36) (27. Bf4 Nc4 28. Rb3 Rxa2 $15 (28... a4 $5 29. Rb7+ Kc6 30. Rxf7 g5 $44))
27... Nd3 28. Ra7+ Kc6 29. Rxf7 Nxe1 30. Kxe1 Rxc1+ (30... Be5 31. Bxh6 d3 32.
Rf3 Re2+ 33. Kd1 Rxa2 34. Bf4 $5 $11) 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. Rxg7 Rxg2 33. Ke1 $2 {
After a series of forced moves Naiditsch goes astray. Misplacing the king
loses by force, as it gives Black extra tempi.} (33. Ke2 $15 {retains good
drawing chances, as the winning plan from the game is now too slow:} {/\} Rxh2
(33... d3+ 34. Kxd3 Rxf2 35. Rxg6 Rxh2 36. a4 $132 {[%csl Ga4] /=}) 34. Rxg6 h5
35. a4 Rh1 36. a5 h4 37. a6 h3 38. Rh6 (38. Rg7 Ra1 39. Rh7 $11 {is similar})
38... h2 (38... Kc7 39. a7 Kb7 40. Rxd6 h2 41. Rd7+ Ka8 42. Rh7 $11) 39. Rh7 {
and Black must allow a swap of the passed rook pawns with a theoretical draw.}
Kd5 40. a7 Ra1 41. Rxh2 Rxa7 42. Kd2 Kc4 43. Rh3 $11) 33... Rxh2 34. Rxg6 Rh1+
$1 $19 {Anand had it all worked out and played the rest of the game with
lightning speed.} 35. Kd2 (35. Ke2 h5 36. a4 h4 37. a5 h3 38. a6 h2 39. Rh6 Kc7
$1 ({Or} 39... d3+ 40. Kd2 Kc7 $1 41. Rh7+ Kb8 $19) 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ Ka8
42. Rh7 d3+ 43. Kd2 d5 $22 44. Rh5 Ka7 45. Rh6 d4 $22 46. f4 Ra1 $19) 35... h5
36. Rh6 h4 37. a4 (37. f4 h3 38. f5 h2 39. f6 (39. Rh7 Ra1 $19) 39... Kd7 $19)
37... h3 38. a5 ({White's tragedy is his Pf2 can never move:} 38. f4 h2 39. f5
Ra1 $19) 38... h2 39. a6 Kc7 $5 (39... Kb6 40. Rxd6+ Ka7 41. Rh6 d3 $22 $19)
40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Ke2 d3+ 42. Kd2 (42. Kxd3 Rd1+) 42... Ka8 43. Rh5 (43. a7 d5
$22 $19) 43... Ka7 44. Rh6 d5 45. Rh8 Kxa6 46. Rh6+ Kb5 47. Rh8 Kc4 48. Rc8+
Kd4 49. Rh8 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. b3 {A rare move. First White wants to develop his queenside with
Bb2 and he doesn't want to hurry with 0-0.} (9. f3) ({and} 9. h3 {are more
popular.}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Qg4 (10... O-O {is another line.}) 11. Qxg4 $146 {
A novelty by Motylev.} (11. O-O Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. Rd2 a6 15.
a4 Rfc8 16. f3 Kf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rxd5 {with a nearly equal
endgame, Greet-Le Quang, Beijing blitz 2008.}) 11... Nxg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3
Ne5 14. O-O-O Nd7 {A prophylactic move. Black prevents White's f4 and
sometimes the N can go toward c5.} 15. f4 Rg8 $5 {At first sight this is a
very strange move, but Black is simply protecting the g7 B and he is also
avoiding possible tactics after some N moves.} 16. g4 O-O-O 17. h4 {White
tries to gain some space on the kingside. He prepares for h5 and opens the
h-file for his R.} h6 18. g5 $6 {Too aggressive. First White should have been
protecting his position.} ({In the event of} 18. h5 $6 Bf6 19. hxg6 Rxg6 $15 {
and suddenly Black has some unpleasant threats on the kingside.}) (18. Kc2 {
was a natural and safe reply.}) 18... Rh8 $6 {Black returns the favour.} (18...
Nc5 $1 {was more unpleasant for White} 19. Rhe1 (19. b4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxe4 $15
{with a healthy P up.}) 19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Rh8 $15 {and Black looks nicely
placed.}) 19. e5 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (19. Kc2 {was easier} Nc5 20. b4 {
and White is safe.}) 19... dxe5 (19... hxg5 $1 {was the most accurate answer,}
20. hxg5 (20. exd6 gxf4 21. dxe7 Rde8 $15) 20... dxe5 21. Ne4 Rdg8 $1 $15 {
Black avoids the pin, now the f4 P is hanging. Black is slightly better.}) 20.
Ne4 Rhg8 ({Even here too} 20... Rdg8 $1 {was the best choice} 21. Ba3 (21. fxe5
Bxe5 $15) 21... Re8 22. Bb2 hxg5 23. fxg5 f5 24. gxf6 Bxf6 {and only Black can
play for the win.}) 21. Rhe1 ({The cool-blooded} 21. Kc2 $5 {was an
interesting reaction} exf4 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. gxh6 Rgg8 (23... Rh7 $2 24. Ng5 $1
) 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 $44 {and thanks to the h6 P White has enough
compensation.}) 21... hxg5 22. Nxg5 ({In the event of} 22. fxg5 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rh7
{is a little bit unpleasant for White.}) 22... Nc5 $1 {A very strong move.
Wojtaszek immediately activates his N and he is threatening Nd3!} 23. Nxf7 Nd3+
24. Kb1 $6 ({The strange} 24. Kc2 {was the tougher} Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rdf8 26.
Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 $44 {with some compensation, because the e5 B is very
powerful.}) 24... Rd7 $1 25. fxe5 $6 (25. Re3 Nxb2 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Nxe5+ Bxe5
28. fxe5 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rh8 30. Re4 Ke6 $15 {and Black has a very comfortable R
endgame.}) 25... Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd2 {Black activates his R to the 2nd rank,
which is very unpleanast for White.} 27. Ba3 Rf2 28. e6 (28. Ng5 Rgf8 29. Bxe7
Rf1 $19 {with a winning endgame for Black.}) 28... Bf6 29. Rg1 Re2 $1 30. h5
Rxe6 31. Bc5 Re2 32. hxg6 Rb2+ 33. Kc1 Rxa2 34. Rg4 Kd7 $19 {The K is also
coming. White's position is hopeless.} 35. Be3 Rb8 $1 36. Bd4 Ke6 37. Bxf6 exf6
38. Nh6 f5 39. Rg3 f4 40. Rf3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 $5 {An interesting move, which is
becoming more and more popular. White doesn't hurry with taking to d7 and he
isn't afraid of the worse structure after Bxb5.} (4. Bxd7+ {is the real main
line with a lot of games.}) 4... Nf6 (4... Bxb5 {was also tried} 5. cxb5 Nf6 6.
Nc3 g6 (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12.
Nb3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {
Harikrishna-Negi, Germany 2012}) 7. O-O (7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. e5 Nfd7 10.
Qd5 Qc8 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. O-O e6 14. Qe4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16.
Qxe5 Nd7 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qe5 {Ki.Georgiev-Van Kampen,
Skopje 2013; and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4
O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 e6 12. Bg5 a5 (12... h6 {was also interesting} 13. Be3
Ne5 14. Qe2 Rc8 {and Black looks OK}) 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Nc6 $5 {This move is
the beginning of a strange plan.} Qc7 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Rc1 {(Morozevich-Wang
Hao, Beijing 2013)} Qb6 {was the best move and the e7 N gets into trouble.}) (
4... Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f3 O-O
11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rad1 Qa5 $5 (15... c5 {
(Karjakin-Ulko, Moscow blitz 2013)} 16. Bh6 $14)) 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... Bxb5 6. cxb5
{transposes to the 4...Bxb5 line.}) (5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O
9. Bxd7 Qxd7 {Now we have reached the main line, which usually arises from 4.
Bxd7.} 10. b3 $5 (10. f3 {is more common, but White can face it with} Rc8 11.
b3 d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 $1 13. Nxd5 e6 {and Black wins the piece back with an
equal position}) 10... Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {was more accurate} (12...
Qxc6 $6 13. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 {
Bacrot-Giri, Emsdetten 2013; and White was slightly better, later he managed
to win.}) 13. Qd2 (13. Re1 Qc7) 13... Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 {and Black can hold
the position.}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 {A Maroczy Bind structure has arisen
with a B on b5 instead of e2.} 8. h3 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4 Bg7 {After
the exchange of the light-squared B Black has better equalising chances than
in the normal Maroczy Bind.} 11. O-O (11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd3 Qc6 13. Bd4 Nd7 14.
Nd5 Rfe8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ {1/2 Vedmediuc-G.Szabo, Bucharest 2012}) 11...
O-O 12. Qd3 Qc6 13. Re1 $146 {The first novelty, but Black could equalise in
this case too.} (13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qb6 (15... Qd7 16. Qb3 Be5
17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ {1/2 Obertin-Castro Salguero, corr 2012})
16. Bxe7 Rc7 17. Bg5 Qxb2 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxa2 21. Rc7 Qa5
$132 {Zmokly-Sadowski, corr 2009}) 13... Rac8 14. b3 Nxe4 $1 15. Nd5 $1 Rfe8
16. Rxe4 e6 $1 {A very good cool-blooded defending move.} (16... Bxa1 $2 {
is bad, as} 17. Rxe7 $1 ({but not} 17. Nxe7+ $6 Rxe7 18. Rxe7 b5 $132) 17...
Bg7 18. Bg5 $16 {and White has a huge initiative for the exchange. White will
exchange the g7 B and after that the dark squares become very weak.}) 17. Rb1
exd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 $11 {Gelfand has equalised, the rest is easy.} 19. Be3 Rxe4
20. Qxe4 a6 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Be5 23. Be3 h5 24. a4 Qc8 25. Qc4 Qf5 26.
Kf1 b5 {Black forced the draw with this sacrifice.} 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qxb5 Qb1+
29. Ke2 Qc2+ 30. Bd2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 {
and perpetual checks. A very interesting theoretical game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 (10. h3 {is the other line, but the text move is
the most popular.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O a6 (11... Rfc8) ({and} 11... Rac8 {
are also common.}) 12. Qd3 {A rare move.} (12. a4 {is the main continuation.})
12... Ne5 13. Qe2 e6 $146 {A novelty by Morozevich. This is a typical move;
Black is playing for ...d5.} ({If} 13... Rac8 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5
e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {Safarli-Areshchenko,
Reykjavik 2015, and probably Black can equalise.}) 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. b3 d5 $6 {
This break-through is Black's main idea, but here it is an inaccuracy.} (15...
Qd8 {was more solid to prepare for ...Qa5.}) 16. f4 $1 {The correct reply!
White doesn't exchange in the centre immediately, because Black equalises in
that case. White wants to force an isolated pawn on d5.} Neg4 17. e5 Nxe3 18.
Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. Rfd1 $1 h5 21. h3 Nh6 22. bxc4 {The previous moves
were forced enough.} ({Here still} 22. Nf5 $5 {was an interesting option,} Qc7
23. Nd6 Rd8 24. bxc4 $36 {followed by Nce4 and White looks nicely placed.})
22... Qc7 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. g4 $5 {A brave move, because White opens his king
position, however he avoided ...Nf5.} hxg4 25. hxg4 Rd7 26. c5 $1 {White has
gained some space, the knight will be very strong on d6.} Rd5 ({Probably} 26...
Qd8 $1 {was a better practical chance, because he prepares for ...Qh4 to
create some counterplay against the white king. Nevertheless} 27. Nb3 ({but not
} 27. Nd6 Qh4 $1 $132) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qh4 29. Kg2 $1 Rc8 (29... Qxg4+ 30.
Qxg4 Nxg4 31. Kf3 $16 {is also better for White.}) 30. Nf2 $16 {and White is
safe.}) 27. g5 Nf5 28. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 ({Of course} 29. Rxd1 $2 {is bad,
because the c5-pawn will be hanging.} exf5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. gxf6 Qxc5+ $15)
29... gxf5 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was already difficult.}
(29... exf5 30. Nd6 $16 {and White dominates the board.} (30. Nf6+ $2 {is bad
now, as} Bxf6 31. gxf6 Rd8 $17 {and suddenly Black is better.})) 30. Nf6+ Bxf6
31. gxf6 Qd8 32. Qd6 $1 {Another strong reply!} Rc8 (32... Qxd6 33. cxd6 $18 {
leaves Black no hope and is followed by Rc7.}) 33. Rc2 Kh7 34. Rh2+ Kg6 35.
Rg2+ Kh6 36. Kh2 Kh5 37. Rg7 Kh4 38. Kg2 a5 39. Kf3 Qh8 40. Qd2 {A nice
victory by Bacrot!} 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1998.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nc3 {Of course,white can't get an advantage this way,but he deviates from
theoretical lines.} e6 (8... g6 $5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nd5 Rfc8 $11) 9.
f4 (9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxb5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nd5
15. Bc1 a6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rfd8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nc4 $15 {Lorenz,
S-Szekely,P/Berlin op 1988/1/2-1/2(34)}) (9. Bg5 {Tyomkin,D} Be7 10. Re1 (10.
Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qd4 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Rd3 a6 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. f4
b5 $15 {Szopieraj,D-Shipov,S/Katowice op 1993/0-1(40)}) 10... O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
(11... bxc6 $6 12. e5) 12. Qd3 Rfd8 13. Qb5 $11 {Veselovsky,S-Dragomarezkij,E/
Moscow op 1989/1/2-1/2(20)}) (9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7
13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc6 16. Rd3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Gizynski,T-Gralka,
J/POL-chT (Lubniewice) 1993}) 9... Be7 10. Kh1 (10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Kh1 a6 12. f5
O-O 13. Bf4 exf5 14. exf5 Qa5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxf5 $11 {Galego,
L-Estremera Panos,S/Cordoba op 1994/1/2-1/2(34)}) 10... O-O (10... Nxd4 $5 11.
Qxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Qc6 $11) 11. Be3 {The game transfered to Scheveningen
structure with no light-square bishops which leaves black without any opening
problems.d6-d5 break is available any time with equality.} Rac8 $146 (11... a6
{Tyomkin,D} 12. Qf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Rad1 Qb7 $6 (14... Qc6 $142 {[%cal
Gc6d6]}) 15. e5 $6 (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. f5) 16. Rxd6 Bxc3 17. bxc3
) 15... Qxf3 16. Rxf3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 $15 {Montes de Oca,J-Bielicki,C/Villa
Ballester op 1996/1/2-1/2(35)}) 12. Qf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 $5 {This active move
shows that black plays for a win.} (13... Qc6 14. Bxa7 $6 b6 15. e5 Qxf3 16.
Rxf3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7) 14. a3 a5 15. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Re4e5]} (15. Qd3 b4 (15...
Qc6 $5 16. e5 Nd5) 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nb5 {[%cal Ga1a7]} (17. Ra7 Rc7 18. Rxc7
Qxc7 19. Nb5 Qc6) 17... Rb8 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Ra7 Qe8 19. Rxe7) 18. Nxd6 Qxd6
19. e5 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6) 15... b4 16. e5 bxc3 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
b3 (19. Rd3 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4h4,Yd3h3]} Qb5 $1 (19... cxb2 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4
Rg8 22. Qxf6+ Rg7 23. Rg3 Rcg8 24. Qxb2 $36) 20. a4 $1 Qxb2 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22.
Qh4 Rg8 23. Qxf6+ Rg7 24. Rg3 Rcg8 25. Rxg7 Rxg7 26. Qd8+ $11) 19... Kh8 {
[%cal Gf8g8]} 20. f5 Rc5 $1 (20... e5 $2 21. Qd5 $16 {[%csl Rc3,Rd6]}) 21. Qg3
{[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg3h4]} (21. Qe3 {[%cal Re3c5]} Qe7 22. Qh6 Rxf5) 21... Rg8 $1
22. Qh4 (22. Rxd6 Qb7 23. Qh3 Re5 $36 {[%cal Ge5e2]}) (22. Qxd6 Qb7 23. Rf3
Rxf5) 22... Rg5 {Suddenly the pair of black rooks controls all the board from
the 5th rank.} 23. fxe6 Qxe6 {Because of mutual time-trouble draw was agreed.
Active position of black pieces compensates the weekness of black pawns.During
the game I couldn't evaluate this position,but in the analyse after the game
it became clear that black has better chances.} (23... Qxe6 24. Qh6 (24. Qd4
Rgd5) (24. h3 $142 $15) 24... Rce5 {[%cal Ge5e2]} 25. Qf8+ (25. Qxf6+ Qxf6 26.
Rxf6 Re2 $17) 25... Rg8 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Re2 28. g3 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"e2c2","",10]} Rxc2 29. Rdxf6 Rc8 $1 $17 (29... Rd2 30. Rxf7 Rc8 31. Rc1 c2 32.
Kg1 Rcd8 $19) (29... Rb2 30. Rc6 (30. Rxf7 Rc8 $17) 30... c2 (30... Rxb3 31.
Rxf7 {[%cal Gc6c7]}) 31. Rc1 Rxb3 32. R1xc2 Rxa3 33. Rc7 {and this position is
draw about.})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thiel, Thomas"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Nf6 (10... Nd6 $5 11. Rxe5 g6 {Main line}) 11. Rxe5
(11. c4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bg5 (13. Rxe5 {see-11.Rxe5}) 13... Be7 14. Rxe5 h6
15. Bh4 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxh4 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rxc5+ Kb8 20. h3 Bd4
21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Rc4 e5 $15 {Egin,V-Makarichev,S/Tallinn rapid Cup-URS (04) ;
EXT 88 1988 (34) 0-1}) 11... e6 12. c4 Bd6 (12... O-O-O 13. Nc3 exd5 (13... Bd6
14. dxe6 Qc7 15. e7 Bxe5 16. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 17. Qf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Be5 19. Qf5+
Nd7 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Qxh7 Qe6 (21... Nf6 $142) 22. Bg5 Re8 $13 {Sosna,J-Voller,
J/CZE-ch (04) ;TD 94\03 1994 (30) 1/2-1/2}) 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 $2 (14...
Ng4 15. Re1 Bd6) 15. Rxd5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Rxd7 Rxd7 18. Qh5 $16 {/+-
Balinov,I-Gruszka,H/Donau op (02) ;TD 92\04 1992/1-0 (55)}) 14... Bd6 15. Re2 (
15. Re1 {-see12..Bd6}) 15... Qf5 16. Qc2 $6 (16. Be3 $5) 16... Qh5 17. h3 Nxd5
18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Qc4 Bc7 20. Be3 $132 Nd5 21. Bxc5 Nf4 22. Rc2 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 24. Kh2 b5 25. Qb3 Rd8 26. Be3 Ne2+ 27. f4 (27. Rxc7+ $5 Kxc7 28. Qxf7+
Qd7 29. Qf3) 27... Rd7 28. g3 (28. Rxc7+ $1 Kxc7 29. Qxb5 $40 Qd3 $140 $2 30.
Qe5+) 28... Kd8 29. Nc5 $2 (29. Qb4 $1 $16) 29... Qe1 30. Ne4 $4 (30. Nb7+ $142
Kc8 31. Bxa7) 30... Rd1 31. Rxe2 {0-1 Turner,M-Coleman,D/BCF-ch (04) ;TD 94/03
1994}) 13. Re1 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 O-O-O (14... O-O 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8
17. Qc2 Kh8 (17... Qf7 $142 18. Bg5 $14) 18. Bg5 Rde8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Rd2 e5
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Red1 Rd8 23. Qe4 $16 {Curdo,J-Buehl,W/US op Chicago (02) ;
EXT 94 1994 (40) 1-0}) 15. Nc3 $14 {Shirov,A-50/215}) 13... O-O $146 (13...
O-O-O 14. Nc3 exd5 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 (16. Qxd5 Rhe8 17. Rxe8
Qxe8 $1 (17... Rxe8 18. Be3 Re5 19. Qd2 (19. Qd3 $6 Rh5 20. f4 Rxh2 21. Rd1 Rh6
) (19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Rd1 Bc7 21. b3 $14) 19... Re6 20. Rd1 $14) 18. Qf5+ Kb8 19.
Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Curdo,J-Davin,P/Philadelphia World op (03) ;EXT 95op 1995} (19.
Be3 g6 20. Qf6 (20. Qf3 Qe5) 20... Be5 21. Bf4 $10)) 16... Rhe8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8
18. Be3 Re5 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. g3 Qe7 21. b4 cxb4 22. Qc2 Qd7 $2 (22... Qe8 $1)
23. Qxh7 $16 {Nadyrhanov S-Bigaliev Renat/It (open), Moscow (Russia) (6) 1995 
(49) 1-0}) 15... Rhe8 $5 (15... Qf5 16. Be3 Rhe8 (16... Ng4 $5 17. h3 Bh2+ 18.
Kh1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Be5 $132 20. Rf3 Qd7) 17. h3 (17. Nb5 $5) 17... Re5 $6 (17...
Qe5 $5 18. f4 $140 Qf5) 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rac1 Nxd5 $2 (19... Kb8 $142 20. Qa5 Rc8
21. Na4 $1 (21. b4 Nxd5) (21. Qb6 Bf8 $1) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxc5 Nxe3 (22... Bxc5
23. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $14) 23. Nxa6+ Ka7 24. Nc5+ Kb8 25. Na6+ $10) 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. b4 c4 (21... Kb8 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. g4 Qc8 24. Qf4+ Ka8 25. Qxf7 $16)
22. Bb6 Rd2 23. Rxc4+ Kb8 24. Qe8 $1 Bc5 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxc5 Qd7 27. Bxd8
Qxd8 28. a3 $16 {Kalegin,E-Benderac,S/Novi Sad op (03) ;EXT 89op 1989 1-0}) 16.
Bg5 (16. Be3 $6 Ng4) 16... Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qf5 $5 (17... Re8 18. Qd2 Be5 (18...
Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Rc1 Kb8 21. Be3 $14) 19. Rc1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qxg7 (
21. Qa3 $2 Nxg5 (21... Re5 $5 22. Rxc5+ (22. Qxa7 $2 Rxg5) 22... Nxc5 23. Qxc5+
Qc6 $1) 22. Qxa7 Qb5 $17) 21... Qxd5 22. Be3 Rd8 23. h3 $14) 18. Qd2 Be5 $132
19. Rc1 $140 $2 Bxc3) 14. Bg5 $1 (14. Nc3 $6 exd5 (14... e5 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Ne4
f6 (16... f5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qe2 h6 19. Bd2 e4 $14) 17. Bd2 (17. Be3 b6 {
with the idea f5}) 17... f5 18. Ng5 (18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxe5 $2 (19. b3) 19...
Nxc4) 18... Nc7 $15) 15. Nxd5 (15. cxd5 $6 Rfe8 $15 16. Bg5 $140 Be5 (16... Ng4
17. h3 Bh2+ $2 18. Kf1 Nxf2 19. Qf3 $16)) 15... Nxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. cxd5 $6 Rfe8
{xPd5} (16... Rfd8 17. Qf3) 17. Be3 Re5 18. f4 Re7 $17) 16... Qc7 17. h3 Rfe8
18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Be3 $14) 14... e5 (14... Ne8 15. Qg4 $1 Qc7 (15... f5 16.
dxe6 Qxe6 $1 17. Rxe6 fxg4 18. Nc3 Rf5 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. Be7 $16) 16. dxe6 Bxh2+
(16... f6 17. Bd2 Bxh2+ {-see16..Bxh2}) 17. Kh1 fxe6 (17... f6 18. Bd2 Be5 19.
Nc3 $16) (17... f5 18. Qh5 (18. Qe2 $5) 18... Be5 $16) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nc3
$16) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc3 (16. Qh5 $1 Kh8 (16... f5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ Kg8
19. Nc3 $16) 17. Nc3 (17. Re3 Rg8 18. Rh3 Rg7 19. Nc3 f5 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. d6 (
21. Rf3 f4 $1) 21... Rd8 (21... a6 22. Nc7 Rd8 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Ne3) 22. Rf3 f4
$1) 17... Rg8 18. Ne4 (18. Re3 Rg6) 18... Rg6 19. b4 $1 $16 (19. Qh4 Qe7) 19...
cxb4 20. c5 Bf8 21. Rad1 (21. Red1 $5 Rc8 22. Rac1) 21... Rc8 (21... f5 22. Ng5
h6 23. Nf3) 22. d6 $16 f5 $140 23. Ng3 (23. Ng5 f6)) 16... f5 (16... Kh8 17.
Qh5 (17. Ne4 f5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qf3 (19. Qh5 Qf6 20. Rad1 Rad8) 19... f4 (
19... Qf6 20. Qe3 $16) 20. Re2 $14 {Black's position is still strong.}) 17...
Rg8 $16 {-see16.Qh5} (17... f5 {-see the game})) 17. Qh5 (17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Qh5
f6) 17... Kh8 $2 (17... f6 $142 $1 18. Rad1 a6 19. b3 b5 $132) 18. Nb5 Bb8 19.
Qh6 (19. d6 f6 20. Rad1 a6 21. Nc7 Bxc7 22. dxc7 Qxc7 (22... Qe6 23. Rd5) 23.
Qxf5 Rad8 $14) 19... Rg8 (19... Rd8 20. d6 $1 (20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. d6 Bxd6 22.
Nxd6 (22. Rad1 Be7 $1) 22... Qxd6 23. Qxf5 f6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Rad1 $14) 20...
e4 (20... a6 $2 21. Rxe5) 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rad1 $18) (19... Re8 20. Re3 $16)
20. Qf6+ Rg7 21. d6 $1 $16 a6 (21... Qc6 22. g3 a6 23. Rxe5 $1 axb5 24. Rd1 Ba7
25. cxb5 Qf3 26. Rde1 $18) 22. Nc7 (22. Rxe5 $6 axb5 23. Rd1 Ba7 (23... bxc4
24. Re7 Qc6 25. g3 Ba7 26. Rxf7 Rag8 27. Re1 $18) 24. Re7 (24. cxb5 $5) 24...
Qc6 25. g3 Rf8 26. cxb5 Qf3 27. Rde1 c4 $17) 22... Bxc7 $2 (22... Qc6 23. Nd5
Bxd6 24. Qxf5 Rag8 25. g3 $16) 23. dxc7 Qxc7 (23... e4 24. Rad1 Qxc7 25. Qxf5
$18) 24. Rxe5 $18 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Rxf5 Rd8 27. g3 Rd2 28. b3 Kg8 29. Re1
Kf8 30. Rfe5 Rg6 31. R1e2 Rgd6 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Rxc5 Rxa2 34. Rxc6 Rb2 35.
Rxa6 Rxb3 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Rh8 Rc3 38. Rxh7 Rxc4 39. Rh8 Kf6 40. Rg8 Ke7 41. h4
f6 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. h5 Rc8 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt SK"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Rc8 $6
{[%csl Ra7,Rb7][%cal Gd1a4,Gc8c1]} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2
Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 (12... Be7 13. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd7][%cal Gd8b6] That
weakened a7 pawn again!}) 13. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc8]} Rc6 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Be7
16. Rc1 Nb8 17. Rc3 $6 {I don't like this. Indeed, as I implied in the text,
if black could actually force the freeing ...c5 against best play, then 7...
Rc8?! would be redeemed. But really, the c6 pawn should be weak, and I think
the thematic way to prove it is} (17. b3 $1 O-O (17... h6 18. Ne1 $5 (18. a3
O-O 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4 {is less clear. The b-pawns carry their own
problematic baggage too.}) 18... O-O 19. Nd3) 18. Bg5 $1 f6 $140 19. Bf4 fxe5
20. Bxe5 {[%csl Rc6,Ye5]}) 17... O-O 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Nd7 21.
Qb7 Rc8 22. Ne1 c5 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. dxc5 h6 25. Nd3 Nxc5 26. Rc3 Na6 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. g4 g6 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34.
f5 Kc6 35. Nf4 exf5 36. Nxh5 Ne6 37. Nf6 d4+ 38. Kf3 Kc5 39. h5 Ng5+ 40. Kf4 d3
41. Ke3 Kc4 42. b3+ Kc3 43. Nd5+ Kb2 44. Kxd3 Kxa2 45. Kc3 Nf3 46. Nb4+ Ka3 47.
Nc6 f4 48. Nxa7 Nxe5 49. Nb5+ Ka2 50. Nd4 f3 51. Nxf3 Nxf3 52. h6 Ng5 53. b4 f5
54. b5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
Rhe1 g6 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Rxe5 $1 {Tactics for positional ends. Black will
have two isolated pawns for precious little compensation. A 'pure' case for
the author, and a nightmare for the defender!} Bg7 (16... Bh6 $2 17. Bxh6 Nxe5
18. Bg7 $18) 17. Ra5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]} Rb7 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rb7 19. Be3 $18)
18. Na4 {[%csl Ra7,Gc5,Rc6][%cal Ga4c5] Familiar stuff - the square in front
of the pawn is the focus.} O-O 19. b3 f5 20. Be3 Ra8 21. Ra6 Rc7 22. Rxd7 $1 {
A simple conversion. Isolated pawns do not guarantee dynamic compensation..}
Rxd7 23. Nb6 axb6 24. Rxa8+ Kf7 25. Bxb6 Bh6+ 26. Kc2 1-0

