[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd6 Qb6 14. Rfd1
Rd8 15. e3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Qf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Qe5 Qb6 22. h4 h6 23. Qd6 h5 24. Qd7 g6 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Qc8 a5 27.
Qa8 Qc7 28. Qa6 f5 29. Qa8 e5 30. Qe8 Qd6 31. a4 Kf6 32. Qa8 f4 33. exf4 exf4
34. gxf4 Kf5 35. Qxa5 Qe7 36. Kf1 Qd6 37. Kg2 Qe7 38. Qa8 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40.
Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Rd8 15. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Kd7 17. Kc2 Kc7 18. Rd1 h5 19. Rd3 c5 20. h3 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. h4 Bb7 23. Kd3 Be7 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Ke4 Kc6 26. f3 Kd7 27.
Be1 Kc6 28. Bf2 Kd7 29. Be1 Kc6 30. g4 g6 31. Bg3 Kd7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. f4 f5+
34. exf6 Bxf6 35. f5 Bd8 36. Be1 Bf6 37. Bf2 Ke7 38. a4 Kd6 39. Be1 Kd7 40. Bg3
Bd8 41. Bf2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Qc2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qc2 a5 16. b3 a4 17. bxa4 Qa5 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. Bg5 Qxa4 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 h6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. exf6 Rxc4 25. Rb6 Kh7 26. Reb1 Kg6 27.
Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Kg3 Rxa2 31. Rb4 Ra5 32. Rc4 Rg5+ 33.
Kf3 c5 34. Ra4 Kxf6 35. Ra7 Rd5 36. Rc7 h5 37. Ke3 h4 38. g3 hxg3 39. fxg3 Kg6
40. g4 f5 41. Rc8 Kg5 42. Rg8+ Kh4 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 Rd4+ 45. Kf3 c4 46. Re8
c3 47. Rc8 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Kxh3 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Kxf5 Kg2 51. Ke4 Rh3 52. Kd4 Kf2
53. Rxc3 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. e4 Nxd4 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Bg5 Nf5
15. g4 Nd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Ne4 Qa5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. b4 Qxa2 21.
Nc5 Bb5 22. Bxe7 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qd4 b6 25. Ne6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Be8 27. e7
Rf7 28. Bd5 Nb5 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qe5 Qg7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Qd5+
Qf7 34. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd6 Qb6 14. Rfd1
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Be7 16. Rd2 d6 17. Nd3 Nc6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 f5 20. f4 Kf7 21.
Nb2 h6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh1 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Raf8 27. Rh7+
Ke8 28. Rh6 Kf7 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Rh6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. e3 Nxf4 14. exf4 O-O 15.
Nc3 d6 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 20. R4d2 Bb7 21. Qb3
Rf8 22. Ng6 Re8 23. Ne5 Rf8 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. d5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Bg7 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc1 Na5 14. Rd1 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Bxd5 17. Qxc5 Nb3 18. Rxa8 Nxc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc6 Bxc6
21. Rxd8+ Bf8 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. b4 Ne4 24. Nf5 Nc3 25. f3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. Bc2
Rfd8 15. Ba4 c6 16. Rad1 Rdc8 17. Qa3 Ba6 18. Ne5 Nb8 19. d5 c5 20. Nc6 Nxc6
21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. Qc3 e5 23. f4 exf4 24. e5 Rf8 25. b3 Bb7 26. Ba4 Bc8 27. exd6
Qxd6 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 f6 30. Re4 Kf7 31. Rde1 f5 32. Rxf4 Re7 33. Rff1
Rxe1 34. Rxe1 g5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. g3 Rd8 37. a3 h6 38. Bc6 Kf7 39. Re2 Kf6 40.
b4 axb4 41. axb4 cxb4 42. Rb2 Bd7 43. Rxb4 Ke5 44. Rxb6 Kd4 45. Bxd7 Rxd7 46.
Rc6 Ra7 47. d6 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ke3 49. Kd1 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Kc1 Ra8 52. c5 Rd8
53. Rc7 f3 54. Rf7 Kd4 55. c6 Rxd6 56. Rd7 Ke5 57. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 g6 10. bxc5 Bg7 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Nd5 Ned4 14. Nxd4
Bxd4 15. h4 h5 16. d3 e6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Bb2 Qe5 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21.
Nc2 Qxc5 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 b6 25. Ke2 Bd7 26. Rc1 Rdc8 27.
Rbc2 a5 28. d4 Ba4 29. Rc3 b5 30. Bd3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 b4 32. Rc4 Kf8 33. Kd2 Be8
34. Rc7 a4 35. Bc4 b3 36. Kc3 bxa2 37. Bxa2 Rb8 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Rb6 40.
Ra7 Kg7 41. Bc4 Bb5 42. Ba2 Rf6 43. f3 Bf1 44. Rxa4 Bxg2 45. f4 Kf8 46. Kd3 Bh3
47. Ke3 Bd7 48. Ra7 Ke8 49. Bc4 Bh3 50. Bb5+ Kf8 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Ra6 Bc8 53.
Rc6 Bb7 54. Ke4 Bxc6 55. dxc6 Rf5 56. Kd4 Rxf4+ 57. Kc5 Rf5+ 58. Kb4 Rf4+ 59.
Kc5 Rf5+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4
Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Red1 Nxe4 18. Ba4 Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh2
Nxa5 22. Qe4 Bb6 23. Rd5 Nb7 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4
Ba7 28. b3 Rb4 29. Bc6 Rxf4 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. Rxa6 Bc5 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4
34. Re2 h5 35. Ra4 Rfd8 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bc6 h4 40.
g4 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 ({Karjakin is a big expert on the line} 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 (5... e6 6. Nc3 {is a Hedgehog proper and transposes into
the game.}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 {The Double
fianchetto was the topic of an opening survey in CBM 160; since mid-2014 he
has managed to add some more practical examples. The latest is} Nc5 (10... Rc8
11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. g4 e6 16. Bd4 $146 ({
A novelty, but hardly better than} 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd4 Ba8 18. Ne4 Qd8 $5 $13)
16... Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne4 Ne8 $5 (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21.
Qe3 dxc4 $11 {is simpler, but less enterprising.}) 20. Qf4 d5 21. Nf6+ Ndxf6
22. gxf6 dxc4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 (24. Ne5 $142 $5 Rf7 25. Rd7 Qxe5 26. Qxe5
Rxd7 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Rxc4 Rd8 29. Rd4 Rc8 $11 {and the defence holds}) 24...
Rf7 $1 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Kxf6 28. Rxc4 h5 $13 {/=/+,
Caruana,F (2791)-Karjakin,S (2771)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 11. Rac1 ({An interesting
idea is} 11. b4 $5 Ne6 12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 {[%cal Yc3d5]} Bxf3 $6
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qb7 {Vaganian,R (2645)-Tatai,S (2430)/Reggio Emilia/1994/} {/\
} Nxc4 17. Nb5 $36) 11... O-O 12. Qh4 Nce4 $5 $146 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd4 Re8
15. b3 (15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Qf4 f5 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. b3
Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Rab1 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Rab1 {1/2, Ftacnik,L (2557)
-Hracek,Z (2646)/Bundesliga/2014/}) 15... Bc6 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2
Rac8 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qf4 Be5 22. Qe3 e6 23. a4 Bg7 24. Rd3 h5 (
24... a5 $5 25. Na2 d5 $132 {/=}) 25. h4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Bh6 27. e3 Bf8 28. Na2 $11
{/+/=, Caruana,F (2801)-Karjakin,S (2777)/Bilbao 2014/ White has a slight edge
here, but Black defended well to hold the game.}) 2... c5 3. Nf3 e6 {If Black
aims for a Hedgehog, this is the best move order.} ({After} 3... b6 {he must
reckon with both} 4. e4 $5 ({and also} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3)) 4. g3 b6
5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 ({After} 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 {a reliable
road to equality remains} Nb4 $5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 (12. Be3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Re2 Nc6 15. Be3 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Ne5 $11 (16... Ba6 $5 17.
Red2 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bf6 $11)) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd6 Rd8 16.
e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxd6 18. exd6 f5 19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Rc7+ Rxc7 22.
dxc7+ Nd5 23. Nxa7 Kxc7 24. Nb5+ Kd7 25. Nd4 Rf8 26. Re1 Rf6 27. a3 g4 28. h3
h5 29. b4 Kd6 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31. Nd4+ Kd6 $11 {Conquest,S (2529)-Milliet,S (2369)
/Aix-les-Bains 2011/}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O {Castling is again becoming more
fashionable lately.} ({The popularity of the whole Hedgehog concept was since
the mid seventies based mainly on} 8... d6 {However, the text move often only
transposes and in some cases even enables Black to save a move, if he
advantageously plays d7-d5 in one go. Now} 9. e4 ({After} 9. Bg5 {Black can
also play} O-O $5 {, which we will analyse in the following note.} (9... a6 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 $11 {/+/= is more
standard, but perhaps the time has come to change this.})) 9... a6 10. Qe3 Qc7
11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd4 {leads to a setup introduced by Uhlmann almost
40 years ago. White's plan is to avoid exchanges, keep the tension and prevent
any liberating breaks by concentrating his forces in the centre, followed by
gradually expanding and building up a kingside initiative. However,
successfully implementing this demanding strategy in practice is much harder
than just describing it. The reason is Black's position is very flexible:} Rfe8
14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Re2 (16. Rad1 g6 17. Qc1 Nc5 18. Nc2 (18. Qa1 h5
$5 $13) 18... Bg7 19. Na3 Re7 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Na4 Ne8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc3 Kg8
24. Qe3 Ne5 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. f4 Nd7 27. Kh2 Qb8 28. Rcd1 Qc7 29. Bf1 Ng7 30. Qd4
Ne8 $132 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6,Re4] Sykora,J (2530)-Pakenas,P (2423)/email/2005/})
16... Qb8 17. Rae1 g6 18. Qd2 Bg7 (18... Nc5 19. Qd1 Qa8 20. Nc2 Bg7 21. Ba1 h5
$5 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Qxd6 h4 24. g4 Nc5 25. Qxb6 Nd3 26. Qe3 $5 Nxe1 {Uhlmann,W 
(2515)-Adorjan,A (2515)/Budapest /1982/} 27. Rxe1 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 19. Qd1 Nc5
20. Bc1 Rc8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bc1 Red8 23. Bb2 b5 $1 24. cxb5 d5 $1 25. exd5 Nxd5
26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. b4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 e5 $36 {Huebner,R (2640)-Kasparov,G (2630)/
Tilburg /1981/}) 9. Rd1 ({A good example of a well-timed d7-d5 break is} 9. Bf4
Nc6 10. Qd1 Na5 $1 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qxd5
Bxd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Nf3 e5 $11 {Eljanov,P (2707)-Korobov,A (2715)
/Kiev rpd/2013/}) 9... d6 (9... Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 {is the older continuation,
played already in the fifties by the likes of Smyslov, Geller and Keres. Even
here it's not so simple to get a tangible edge, but after} 11. e4 d6 12. b3 a6
13. Bb2 Qc7 14. h3 Rac8 15. Qe3 {Black anyway transfers his knight to the
better d7-square with} Ne5 $5 16. Nd4 h6 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Ned7 {, once
again reaching an Uhlmann-like position:} 19. f4 Bf8 20. Rf1 Qb8 21. g4 Nh7 22.
Rdf2 (22. h4 $142 $1 $36 {[%cal Yg4g5]}) 22... Ba8 23. Qg3 g6 24. f5 $6 Bg7 25.
Nce2 Nc5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qe3 e5 $1 28. Nc2 b5 $36 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Leko,P 
(2743)/Budapest rpd/2001/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM
081.}) 10. b3 (10. Bg5 {is currently topical:} Nc6 ({The standard} 10... Nbd7 {
might be even more to the point:} 11. Nb5 (11. Qd2 Rc8 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Rac1 Qe7 15. b4 Bxc3 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxd6) 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17.
Qa3 a5 18. bxa5 Ra8 19. Qe3 Rxa5 20. Nh4 {Kovalyov,A (2598)-Ynojosa Aponte,F 
(2361)/San Cristobal/2012/} f5 $11) 11... d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Qc4
Qc8 15. e4 h6 16. Bf4 Bb7 (16... b5 $5 17. Nxb5 Bxe4 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 $132) 17.
Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Ne1 Bxg2 $1 $11 {Laznicka,V (2591)
-Sulskis,S (2572)/Dresden olm/2008/} {/\} 21. Rxd7 $2 Bc6 22. Rxe7 Kf8 {
[%csl Re7]}) 11. Qd2 $5 ({Black builds a fortress after} 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Nb5
Ne5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18.
c5 Qc7 19. Qe4 Qxc5 20. Rbc1 Bxd6 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd3 (22. Rd7 Rfd8 23. Qb7
Rxd7 24. Qxd7 a5 25. a4 g6 $11 {Bacrot,E (2723)-Nisipeanu,L (2665)/Linares/
2013/}) 22... a5 23. a4 Rae8 24. Kg2 e5 25. Qe4 Re6 26. Rd5 Rfe8 27. g4 h6 $11
{Giri,A (2768)-Jakovenko,D (2747)/Tashkent/2014/}) 11... Qb8 12. h3 Rd8 13.
Rac1 h6 14. Be3 Rd7 15. b3 Qf8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 (16... d5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa4 $14) 17. Bxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. e4 Ne8 20. Qe2
Bf6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rdd8 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. f3 Be5 25. a4 a6 26. Rd1 Bf6 27.
h4 Rc6 28. Bd4 $14 {Eljanov,P (2702)-Jakovenko,D (2724)/WCup Tromsoe/ 2013/
Although Black is still quite solid, he is limited to passivity and went on to
lose after a long fight.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 ({The more refined} 11. e4 {
can be met with the equally sophisticated} Qc8 $1 ({The stereotyped} 11... a6
$6 {leads to an unpleasant endgame after} 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 $1
Rfxd8 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rdc8 17. Na4 $1 $36 Rab8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd3 Rb7
20. f4 g6 21. g4 Rcc7 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. g5 Nh5 24. Kf3 Ke8 25. Nc3 f6 26. gxf6
Nxf6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Kxe4 a5 29. Rh3 Bf8 30. Ng4 $1 Rf7 31. Rxh7 $1 $16 {
Stohl,I (2515)-Hoffmann,M (2460)/Bundesliga/1996/}) (11... Qb8 12. Ba3 Nc5 13.
e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 $14 Qc8 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nb5 Nce4 $6 (16... Nfe4 $142 $1) 17.
Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne5 Qb8 19. Qd4 h6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Qd6 $36 Qf8 $2 22. Nxa7 $1 Rxa7
23. Qxb6 $18 {Stohl,I (2560)-Plachetka,J (2395)/SVK-chT/1999/}) 12. Bb2 (12.
Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 {is less effective here due to} dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+
16. f3 a6 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Nd3 h5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22.
Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Re5 25. Qd3 Rc8 $11 {Shimanov,A (2658)
-Durarbayli,V (2580)/Minsk/2014/}) 12... a6 13. h3 Re8 ({Another interesting
move is} 13... Rd8 14. Nh2 Qc7 15. Ng4 Ne8 16. Rac1 (16. Ne3 $142) 16... h5 $1
17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Qd2 h4 19. b4 Nd7 20. gxh4 Bxh4 21. f4 d5 $6 ({Recalling
Polugaevsky is not ideal, Black seems fine after} 21... Rac8 $13 {/=/+ and
White's pawns are exposed.}) 22. exd5 Qxf4 23. dxe6 Ne5 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Ncd5
Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Qg2 $14 {Janssen,R (2524)-Ftacnik,L (2571)/Bundesliga/
2009/}) 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Nh2 (15. Qe3 {is more in the Uhlmann spirit}) 15...
Rad8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. h4 Qb8 20. g4 Ba8 21. g5 b5 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Ne2 {Bu,X (2708)-Adams,M (2729)/Yerevan rpd/2008/} b4 $5 24. Nf4
Nc5 $13 {<=>}) 11... a6 12. e4 Qb8 {[%mdl 32]} ({This toys with the idea b5,
but glancing ahead, Black could have saved time with the more usual} 12... Qc7
{Connecting the rooks immediately is more logical. However, the Hedgehog
doesn't stand, or fall due to a tempo or two - more important is the general
strategic understanding!} {After} 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. h3 ({An older example is} 
14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h3 Qb8 16. g4 Nc5 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nde2 e5 (18... b5 $5 $132)
19. Nd5 (19. g5 $142 $1 Nh5 20. h4 $14) 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 a5 21. f4 Ba6 22.
fxe5 dxe5 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. Ng1 Bc5 25. Qg3 Qd6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Ba3 28.
Bxa3 Qxa3 $11 {Vogt,L (2500)-Smejkal,J (2560)/Trencianske Teplice/1979/}) 14...
Bf8 ({Even here} 14... Rac8 {[%cal Yc7b8] is an alternative.}) 15. Rac1 Rad8
16. Qf4 Qb8 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nd2 g6 19. Re1 Bg7 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Ba1 Bc6 (21...
d5 $142 $5 $11) 22. Nf3 Ned7 23. b4 Bb7 24. a3 Nh5 25. Qd2 Nhf6 26. Re3 Qa8 27.
Qe1 Bf8 28. Nh4 Rc8 29. f4 Rc7 30. e5 $14 {Granda Zuniga,J (2675)
-Solodovnichenko,Y (2574)/LLucmajor/2014/ Black didn't manoeuvre too well and
White created some pressure.}) 13. Qe3 {Uhlmann starts with putting his
queen's rook on d1, but White is also not interested in counting tempi -
Karjakin subsequently shifts his rooks to the central files and we will
transpose to positions examined in the note to move 8.} ({A famous chapter of
Czechoslovakian chess was born after} 13. Nd2 Rd8 ({Also} 13... Rc8 14. Qe3 b5
$5 15. cxb5 axb5 {illustrates Black's tactical chances:} 16. a3 (16. Nxb5 Rc2
$44) 16... Bc6 17. b4 $6 {[%csl Rc4]} Nb6 18. Rac1 Ng4 19. Qf4 $6 (19. Qe2 $142
) 19... Ne5 20. Bf1 Nbc4 $1 21. Nxc4 Bg5 $1 $17 {Uhlmann,W (2535)-Ljubojevic,L
(2615)/Amsterdam/1975/ It was only after this game that Uhlmann started
playing his setup!}) 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 h5 $1 18. f4 $6
(18. Nf3 $11) 18... Ng6 19. Nf3 d5 $1 20. cxd5 h4 $1 21. Nxh4 Nxh4 22. gxh4
Qxf4 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. e5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 $1 26. Qxh5 Qg3 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. Rf1
Qxg2+ $1 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ {0-1, Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Ftacnik,L (2475)/Luzern olm/
1982/}) 13... Re8 {A typical manoeuvring struggle commences.} ({Lysyj didn't
like} 13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Yf3d4] as} e5 $5 $13 {
seemed to committal to him.}) 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. Qd2 Nc5 $146 {Formally a novelty
in this specific position, but the knight move is fairly standard for this
line.} ({Black has mostly preferred} 15... Qa7 16. Re1 Rad8 (16... Rac8 17.
Rad1 Qb8 18. h3 Qc7 19. g4 Ne5 {is provocative, but Black couldn't complain
after} 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 Ne5 22. g5 Nfd7 23. Rf1 Nc5 24. Ba1 Rcd8 25. h4 g6 $5
26. fxe6 $6 (26. h5 $142 $5) 26... fxe6 27. Bh3 Bc8 28. Nde2 Rd7 29. Nf4 Rf7 {
Firsching,G (2119)-Oehler,R (2062)/email/2005/} 30. b4 Rxf4 $1 31. Rxf4 Ncd3
32. Rff1 Qxc4 $44) 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. h3 Qa8 19. Qc2 g6 20. f3 Bg7 21. Kh2 h5 $5
({This advance is more ambitious than} 21... Qb8 22. Qf2 Nh5 23. Bc1 h6 24.
Nde2 Ba8 $132 {Rotstein,A (2480)-Gostisa,L (2410)/Maribor/1994/ For more
details about this game see the notes in CBM 040.}) 22. h4 Qb8 23. Qd2 Ncd7 24.
Nc2 Ne5 25. Ne3 b5 $1 {Again this typical blow, with his more exposed king
White must fight for equality after} 26. cxb5 (26. Ba3 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Yd6d5]})
26... axb5 27. Nxb5 Bxe4 28. Qe2 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Ng4+ 31. Nxg4
hxg4 32. Qe2 Bxb2 $15 {[%csl Rh2] Velikov,P (2470)-Ribli,Z (2590)/Baile
Herculane/1982/}) ({Black's play must be the right blend of patience and
activity, after} 15... Qc7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Re2 {the aggressive} h5 ({Full
passivity is also not advisable, the following game illustrates the merits of
Uhlmann's plan:} 17... Qb8 18. Rd1 Qa8 19. Qe1 Qa7 20. Kh1 Ba8 21. f3 Qc7 22.
g4 h6 23. Qg3 g5 24. Nc2 Ne5 25. Red2 Ng6 26. Ne2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nde5 28. f4 gxf4
29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Bg7 31. Qg3 Qc5 32. Bd4 Qc7 33. g5 $40 {Uhlmann,W (2505)
-Schneider,A (2420)/Debrecen/ 1988/}) 18. Kh1 h4 $6 19. gxh4 $1 {could have
misfired:} Ne5 20. Rg1 Qb8 21. Qg5 Be7 22. Bh3 g6 23. Qe3 d5 24. f4 Nc6 {
Shmirin,A-Zaid,L (2365)/Nikolaev/1983/} 25. Bxe6 $1 Nxd4 (25... fxe6 26. Qg3)
26. Qxd4 dxe4 27. Bd5 $18) 16. Re1 Qc7 17. h3 {This can weaken the kingside,
but it's difficult to imagine how White can make any progress without it:} (17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Re2 Qb8 19. Qe1 Qa8 {and what now?}) 17... Rad8 18. Rad1 Qb8 19.
Qe3 g6 (19... d5 20. e5 Nfe4 21. cxd5 exd5 (21... Nxc3 $6 22. Bxc3 Bxd5 23. Nc6
Bxc6 24. Bxc6 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Gc6]}) 22. b4 (22. f4 f6 $132) 22... Nxc3 23. Bxc3
Ne4 24. Bb2 $13 {/\} Bxb4 $6 25. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Gf5]} Bc5 (25... Bxe1 $2 26.
Bxe4 $18 {[%cal Re3g5]}) 26. Bd4 $44) 20. g4 {Double-edged, but this seems to
be the best way to start kingside action.} (20. f4 e5 $1 21. Nde2 (21. fxe5 $2
{runs into} dxe5 22. Nc2 Nd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf8c5]}) 21... exf4 22. Nxf4 Bg7 $13
{[%csl Re4][%cal Yb6b5] /=/+}) (20. f3 d5 $5 21. cxd5 (21. e5 dxc4 $1 {/\} 22.
exf6 $2 Nd3 $17 {[%cal Rd3b2,Rd3e1,Rd8d4,Re6e5]}) 21... Qxg3 22. b4 $13) (20.
Kh1 d5 $5 21. e5 Nfe4 {is a better version of the previous note:} 22. cxd5 Nxc3
23. Qxc3 Bxd5 {/\} 24. Nc6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qb7 $11) (20. Nc2 Bg7 (20... d5 $2
21. b4 $1 Ncxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. cxd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga1h8]}) 21. b4 Ncd7
22. f4 e5 23. f5 gxf5 $5 24. exf5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 b5 $132) 20... Bg7 21. f3 ({
Karjakin spurns the more active} 21. f4 e5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 $5 (22... dxe5 23.
Nde2 $14 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 23. b4 (23. Nd5 Rde8 $132) {is a better version of
the previous note.} 23... Ncxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 (24... Rxe4 $5 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 $44)
25. Nc6 Bxc6 (25... Nc3 $6 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Nxb8 Nxd1 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Bxb7
Rxb8 30. Bxa6 $36) 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Bc3 $11 {[%csl Rg1]})
21... Ba8 22. Ba1 {This turns out to be rather counter-productive.} (22. Rd2) (
{or} 22. Bc1 $5 {are possibly more to the point.}) (22. Nc2 b5 $1 23. cxb5 axb5
24. b4 Na4 25. Nxa4 bxa4 $36 {[%csl Rg1]}) 22... e5 $5 {[%csl Rf4][%mdl 64]
The bishop withdrew further from f4 and Lysyj decides to act. This advance
leads to more concrete play and the tactical element becomes increasingly more
important.} 23. Nc2 b5 $1 ({Black is not interested in the restrained} 23...
Ne6 24. Bf1 $13 {and shows willingness to sacrifice material.}) 24. cxb5 axb5
25. Nb4 (25. Bf1 b4 26. Nb5 Ne6 $5 27. Nxb4 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30.
Rxd5 Bxd5 $44 {[%csl Rg1] /\} 31. Bxe5 Nc7 $1 32. f4 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Nxb5 $15)
25... Ne6 26. Qf2 (26. Bf1 Nd4 $132) 26... Bf8 {[%cal Rd6d5,Rf8c5]} (26... Nd4
$143 27. Ncd5 $5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qa7 29. f4 $14 {[%csl Rd4] and the position of
Black's knight is shaky.}) ({More to the point is} 26... Nf4 {or even}) (26...
d5 $5 27. exd5 Nf4 $44 {|^}) 27. Ncd5 $5 (27. Nd3 {is too passive:} b4 28. Na4
Nd7 $15 {[%csl Ra4]}) 27... Nxd5 28. exd5 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rc8 (29... Bh6 30. h4 f6
$5 $13 {/=/+}) (29... h5 $5 {[%cal Yf8h6] also deserves attention}) 30. Bb2 {
[%cal Yb2c1]} Qc7 {Black's knight is powerful, but the prospects for his
bishops remain vague, therefore the position is not fully clear. He should
have probably chosen between the 2 aforementioned moves, the queen manoeuvre
is not ideal.} 31. Bc1 Qa5 32. Bd2 Qa3 $6 (32... Bh6 $142 $1 33. h4 Qa3 34. Rc1
f6 $13) 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nc6 b4 {Natural, but possibly not
ideal.} (35... Re3 $5 36. Bxb5 Qc5 37. a4 Qc3 $132) 36. Rd4 $2 {White repays
the favour, the text fails tactically.} (36. Qd2 $1 Re3 (36... Bxc6 37. dxc6
Qa7+ 38. Kg2 Qb6 39. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Gc6]}) 37. Nxb4 Rxf3 38. Bg2 Qa7+ (38...
Re3 39. Nc2) 39. Qd4 $14 {wins a pawn and Black must fight for a draw.}) 36...
Bg7 37. Rc4 (37. Rxf4 Bxc6 38. dxc6 d5 39. Qc5 (39. g5 Be5 40. Rg4 Qc1 41. Rxb4
Qxg5+ 42. Rg4 Qc1 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Yc1c6]}) 39... Bh6 40. c7 (40. Qxb4 $2
Qc1 $19) 40... Bxf4 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Qxc8+ Kg7 $15 {/-/+ The endgame is very
pleasant for Black, the dark squares are vulnerable and he can play on without
any risk.}) 37... Bc3 38. Qc2 $2 {And this loses.} ({A more resilient move was
} 38. Kg2 $15) 38... Bxc6 $1 {Well-timed and decisive.} 39. dxc6 (39. Rxc6 Qa7+
40. Kg2 Qe3 41. Qf2 Qc1 $19 {[%cal Re8e1,Re1d1,Rd1d2] invades powerfully})
39... d5 $19 {[%csl Rc4] Now the poor rook is trapped.} 40. Rxc3 (40. Rc5 Bd4+
(40... Qa7 41. Qf2 Bd2 $19) 41. Kh1 Bxc5 42. Qxc5 Qxa2 43. c7 Qa1 44. c8=Q (44.
Kg2 Qc3 $19) 44... Qxf1+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ $19) (40. Rxf4
Qa7+ 41. Qf2 (41. Kg2 Qe3) 41... Qc7 $1 $19) 40... bxc3 41. Qxc3 Qa7+ (41...
Re3 42. Qc2 Rxf3 $19 {[%cal Ra3a7]}) 42. Kg2 Qxa2+ 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kg2 d4 ({
Black already has a wider choice here and} 44... Qe3 {also wins easily.}) 45.
Qc2 Qa5 46. Bc4 Qc3 47. Qf2 d3 48. c7 d2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. e5 Nfe8 13. a5 Bh8 14. Be3 Ng7 15. Qd3
Rb8 16. Bf2 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. b3 Nb5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Qd2 Bg7
22. Bh4 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rb8 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. exd6 exd6 27. Be7 b4 28.
f5 Bd7 29. Qf4 Nf6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxd6 Rbd8 33. Bxf8 Bxf8 34.
Ne5 Bb5 35. Ne4 Ne8 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Nxc5 Rc8 38. Ncd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 Ne8 12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Kg2 Bf6 16. Be1 Ne7 17. b3 Rc7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Rc7 21.
Nd3 Nc6 22. h4 Qc8 23. Nf4 Be7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Nd3 Nb8
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. b4 Nd7 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Bh5+ g6 32. Be2 Be7 33. a4 Nd6 34.
Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Qc2 a6 36. a5 h5 37. Kf1 Nb5 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Be2 Nb5 40. Bd3 Nd6
41. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. a3 Nxc2 13. Kxc2 Qc6 14. Nd2 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Nxc3 17. Qxc6+ Rxc6 18. bxc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd5
Be7 21. Rb1 Rc7 22. Rxe5 O-O 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Rbe1 Bf6 25. R5e4 h5 26. c4 Kh7
27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Rc8 29. Kc2 Kg8 30. Kb3 Kf8 31. a4 Be7 32. c5 Ke8 33. Kc4
Rc6 34. Re5 g6 35. Ba5 Rf6 36. Bb4 Kd7 37. f3 Rc6 38. Rd5+ Ke8 39. Bc3 b6 40.
Bb4 Rc8 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rc6 43. g5 f6 44. f4 fxg5 45. fxg5 Re6 46. Kd3 Rc6
47. Kd4 Re6 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Rd7 Ke8 50. Ra7 bxc5+ 51. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 52. Kxc5 Re5+
53. Kd6 Rxg5 54. Rxa6 Kf7 55. a5 Rg1 56. Rb6 Ra1 57. a6 Kf6 58. Kc7+ Kf5 59.
Rb5+ Kf4 60. Kb6 Rxa6+ 61. Kxa6 g5 62. Rb8 g4 63. Kb5 g3 64. Kc4 g2 65. Rg8 Kf3
66. Kd3 Kf2 67. Rf8+ Ke1 68. Re8+ Kf2 69. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 c5
15. Nxc5 Bb7 16. b3 Ba8 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. f3 Ng4 21. Bf4
g5 22. Bg3 h5 23. Rc2 h4 24. Nxg4 hxg3 25. Rd2 gxh2+ 26. Kh1 Rfd8 27. Ne4 Qf5
28. Nef6+ Kf8 29. Nh5 Bh8 30. Qe2 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rc1+
34. Rd1 Rc2 35. Rd2 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Qb1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kxh2 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+
40. Nh2 Bg1 41. Qe5 g4+ 42. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 43. Ng3 Bf2 44. Nhf1 Qxf3+ 45. Kh3 Bd5
46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Bh6 Bg7 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2 d5 14. Rfe1 Ne7
15. Bd3 c6 16. h3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Kh8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qh4 Neg8 20. Ne2 Kg7 21.
Nf4 Bd7 22. Re5 Qb6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. b3 Qd8 25. Qg3 Re7 26. h4 Ng4 27. Nge6+
$2 (27. Rxe7 $1 {Was correct. White msut keep pushing his attack instead of
trading pieces.} Nxe7 28. f3 $1 (28. h5 $5) 28... Nf6 29. Re6 $1 {A
spectacular blow forcing Black back.} Neg8 $8 (29... fxe6 30. Ngxe6+ Bxe6 31.
Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Nxd8 $18) (29... Ne8 30. h5 {is too much pressure.})) 27... Bxe6
28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxg4 {Now Black has almost nothing to worry
about.} Qf6 31. Re2 Nh6 32. Qxe6 Qxd4 33. g3 Ng4 34. c3 Qxd3 35. Qxg4 Qxc3 36.
Re7+ Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qd6+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ndb5 Nxc3
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. O-O Ke8 14.
Rfd1 f5 15. Na4 Kf7 16. Bc3 b6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nc3 Rc5 20. Rd4
Rb8 21. f4 b5 22. a3 a5 23. Kf2 Bb3 24. Rd3 Rc6 25. Re3 Rb7 26. Nd1 Bf7 27. Rc3
Rd6 28. Ke1 e5 29. fxe5 Rd5 30. Rac1 Rxe5 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Kf6 33. Kd2
Rd5+ 34. Ke1 Re5 35. Kd2 Rd5+ 36. Ke1 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Nf2 Ra5 39. Nd3 Ra1+
40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Nxc1 Bc4 42. b3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 {A rare
guest in top level chess nowadays, the Shirov-Shabalov attack against the
Semi-Slav has lost ground in popularity, but it is still an interesting way to
play.} h6 8. Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 e4 13. Bd2
Nb6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nc7+ Bxc7 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Rc8 18. Rxb7 Rc2 19. Bb4 {
The novelty of the game, actually but not something that will revive the line.}
(19. Rb8+ $6 Bc8 20. Bb5+ {Aleksandrov-Yakovich, 2008.} Nfd7 $1 $17) 19... Rxb2
20. Bc5 Rb1+ 21. Ke2 Rb2+ 22. Ke1 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Bb5+ {Already Jakovenko thinks
about winning this game.} 24. Kd2 Nfd7 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 27. Bxb6
Ke6 28. Rxg7 Nxb6 29. Rbe7+ Kd6 30. Rxa7 {The piece is compensated. Not by the
pawns, which are weak and isolated, but by the rooks activity and Black's weak
king.} Rh6 31. Ra6 Rxh2 32. a4 Rb2+ 33. Kc1 Rhxf2 34. a5 Rbc2+ 35. Kd1 Rcd2+
36. Kc1 Rc2+ 37. Kd1 Rcd2+ 38. Kc1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bd3 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. Ned4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
Rb1 Nxf4 21. exf4 Rd8 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. b3 Rd2 24. Re1 Bd4 25. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1
Kf8 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Bc5 29. a4 Bd6 30. Kf3 e5 31. fxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Rf7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Rad1 h6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. e4 Rd8 15.
Bd3 f4 16. Nd5 Bg4 17. Be2 Nh7 18. Bb2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ng5 20. c5 Kh7 21. Qc4 Qe6
22. Rd3 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rfd7 24. Rd3 Nb8 25. Red1 a5 26. Qc2 Na6 27. Qc4 Nb8 28.
Qc2 Na6 29. Qc4 Nb8 30. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 {Morozevich is certailny known for
his unusuual s tyle, even in the openings. This move has been played almost
200 times in grandmaster gamers, compared to the thousands of times Qe7 and a5
have been essayed.} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 {overly cautious, there was nothing wrong
with the immediate e4.} b6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 $14 {
This structure must favor White.} Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {
White retains an advantage with either capture on c3 as his center is
bolstered, but it seemed to make more sense to take with the pawn.} c4 14. Bf5
Bc8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Na6 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Qh5 {White still
retains a lot of pressure through-out the board. The kingside and the d5 pawn
are weak for Black who is struggling to regroup.} Nc7 20. Rc6 {The rook is
almost trapped on c6, but not quite. It is difficult to deal with its activity,
actually!} Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nb5 22. Rd1 Rc8 $6 {A dubious move in an already
difficult position.} (22... d4 23. Rxc4 (23. a4 $1 $16) 23... Qd5 24. Rcxd4
Nxd4 25. Rxd4 $14) 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Qd1 $1 {Very precise, any
other move would fail to give White the advantage.} (25. Rd2 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Qe4
{and the threat of e1 is not so easy to parry.}) 25... Nc7 26. Rd7 Ne6 27. Bb4
Re8 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. Bc3 Nf4 30. Qg4 Nd5 31. Rd7 {Now, on top of everything,
the position in the kingside is unsustainable.} g6 32. Qh3 h5 33. e6 Re7 34.
Rd8+ Re8 35. Qf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 c5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. h3 e6 10. Bd3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be3 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. bxa6 Nxa6
15. O-O Nb4 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. a3 Nc2 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd3 Bxb2 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 Bxd5 25. Rb1 Qf6 $2 {This is a
serious mistake as Black has no good answer to Be3.} (25... Be5 26. a4 {
gives Black chances to draw this with his powerful pair of bishops, but White
still is the one in the drivers seat.}) 26. Be3 Bd4 (26... Ba2 27. Rxb2 Qxb2
28. Qxd6 {is too dangerous for Black. His dark squares around his king are
almost impossible to hold.}) 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Ra1 (28. Rb4 Rxa3 29. Qxd4 Qxd4
30. Rxd4 Ra5 31. Red1 Bb3 32. Rb1 Bd5 {is probably a win but Lysyj wants to
keep his last pawn on the queenside alive.}) 28... h5 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. a4 Bc4
31. a5 d3 32. Rab1 h4 33. Re4 Be6 34. Rf4 Bf5 35. Qb4 Rc8 36. Rd1 Qe5 37. Rxh4
d5 38. Qd4 Kf6 39. Qxe5+ Kxe5 40. Ra4 Bd7 41. Ra3 Ra8 42. Rdxd3 Bb5 43. Re3+
Kd6 44. Rf3 Ra7 45. a6 Kc5 46. Rfb3 Rxa6 47. Rxa6 Bxa6 48. f3 Kd4 49. Kf2 Bc8
50. h4 Be6 51. g3 Kc4 52. Rb6 Kc5 53. Ra6 Kd4 54. Ra4+ Ke5 55. Ke3 Bd7 56. Ra5
Be6 57. g4 Bd7 58. f4+ Kd6 59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 Bf5 61. Kd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. b3
Nd7 15. Bf4 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. c4 Rd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bg3 g6 22. Bc4 Bb7 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxf6 Nxc4 26. Nb3 Qd3 27. Nc5
Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Nf1+ 31. Kg1 Nd2+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. g4
h6 9. Qg3 d4 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O h5 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 (
15. gxh5 $1 O-O-O 16. c4 $1 $13) 15... h4 $1 16. Qf3 Nb4 $1 17. a3 $1 {A well
calculated sequence! White sacrifices two pawns but he will get them back.}
Nxe5 18. Qe4 Nbxd3 19. b4 $2 (19. Nc1 {right away was considerably stronger.}
Nxc1 20. Qxe5 f6 21. Qxe6 Nd3 22. Rbe1 $1 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Qc7 24. Bb4 c5 25. Ba5
Qd7 26. Qxf6 {and White crashes through.}) 19... O-O 20. Nc1 Nxc1 21. Qxe5 Nd3
22. Qe4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 {White now regains his material but nothing
more.} Qd8 $1 25. b5 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Bg5 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd4 Rfd8
30. Rbd1 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Be7 33. Rd7 Bxa3 34. Rxa7 Bb2 {Now the
endgame is obviously drawn.} 35. c5 Bd4 36. Ra4 Bxc5 37. Rc4 Be7 38. Rxc6 Rxc6
39. Bxc6 e5 40. Kg2 Bg5 41. Kf3 e4+ 42. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Bd3 Qb7 16. Rae1 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Ng3
Nxg3+ 22. hxg3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Bb4 24. Bf6 Be7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. f5 Rfe8 27. f6
Qc5 28. Rf4 Qg5 29. Rh4 h5 30. Rf1 Rad8 31. Bxg6 Rd2 32. Bxh5 Bxg2+ 33. Qxg2
Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Qd2+ 35. Rf2 Qc1 36. Be2 Qe3 37. Bd3 e5 38. Rg4+ Kh8 39. Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Na5 g6 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Rhe1 exf4 18. gxf4 O-O 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bh3 Rc7 21.
Rd3 g5 22. Red1 Re8 23. a3 h5 24. Rxd6 $5 {An intrepid exchange sacrifice, but
it was probably both unnecessary and incorrect.} Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb8 (25... Nc8
$1 26. Rxa6 Rxc3 $1 27. bxc3 Rxe4 {and White's position is in serious problems.
Once h2 falls the kingside paw ns start rolling down the board.}) 26. Bf1 Kg7
27. Bd3 Be8 28. e5 Rd7 29. Rf6 Rdd8 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rdc8 32. Rd6 Rd8 33.
Rc6 Nd7 34. e6 Rb6 $2 35. Rc7 $2 (35. f6+ $1 {A devastating move!} Nxf6 (35...
Kh6 36. e7 Rdb8 37. Rxb6 Nxb6 {and the passed pawn on e7 is too po werful.})
36. Rxb6) 35... fxe6 36. Ne4 Kh6 37. fxe6 Rxe6 38. Nc5 Re1+ 39. Ka2 Nf8 {
Black is slowly stablizing. Once his king is completely safe he will collect
h2 and push his pawns.} 40. Rc6+ Kg7 41. Ne4 Rh1 42. Nxg5 Rxh2 43. Rxa6 h4 44.
Rb6 Rd5 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Nf3 Rh3 47. Be4 Rh5 48. Rb6+ Ne6 49. Bb7 Rc5 50. c3
Ke7 51. Kb3 Nf4 52. Rh6 Rh5 53. Rxh5 Nxh5 54. Kb4 Rg3 55. Kxb5 h3 {Black only
needs his h-pawn to win. The three passed pawns on the queenside are trouble,
b ut they can be handled.} 56. a4 Kd6 57. Ka6 $2 (57. a5 {White had to at
least keep pushing.} Kc7 58. a6 Rg2 59. b4 Nf4 $1 (59... h2 60. Nxh2 Rxh2 61.
Bf3 {actually loses for Black.}) 60. Be4 Ra2 61. c4 Ne2 $19 {Black should
somehow be winning this endgame.}) 57... Rg2 58. b4 h2 59. Nxh2 Rxh2 60. c4 Nf6
61. c5+ Kc7 62. Ka7 Rh4 63. b5 Rxa4+ 64. Ba6 Nd7 65. c6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 {Nothing like a good old
poisoned pawn Winawer French to add some drama in Vitiugov's games.} 12. h4 {
A line that some sources say is the most dangerous way to play nowadays,
though it is far from the most popular. The line is sharp and Vitiugov is a
well known theoretician in these waters.} Bd7 13. Qd3 d4 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Rb1
Kb8 {So far we have been following a Palac-Berg game, which Berg mentioned was
dangerous to him. Nepomniachtchi however is the first to deviate.} 16. g3 (16.
Ng3 {was played before.}) 16... Bc8 17. Bg2 b6 {The typical retransfer of the
bishop gives Black good play here. Relative to other variations Black's pieces
have good hope of activating well.} 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. g4 Na5 {Already it is
clear that Black's coordination will be a headache for White. His pawns are
not so far advanced on the kingside yet where they would become a headache,
and right now they are a bit of a target.} 20. Rh3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nb7 22. h6 Nc5
23. h7 Rh8 $17 {The pawn made it to h7, but now it is blockaded. Meanwhile
there is the looming threat of a d3 break in the center. Black is much better.}
24. Qg2 Qd7 25. f5 d3 {Black crashes through.} 26. Nxc3 Qd4 27. Kd2 (27. Bd2
dxc2 {is curtains.}) 27... Nd5 28. Nxd5 Ne4+ 29. Kd1 Qxd5 (29... Rxd5 {was
more precise, but the move in the game is good enough.} 30. Rb4 Qf2 $1 {
is the pretty point.}) 30. Ke1 Qa2 31. Rxb6+ axb6 32. Qxe4 Qb1 33. cxd3 Qxc1+
34. Ke2 {The rook is a nice amount of material to have, but also the fact that
White is getting mated is important.} Rc8 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Rf2+
38. Kg5 exf5 39. Rh1 fxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 d6 10. e4 a6 11. b6 Nbd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc3 Nxb6 14. Rad1 a4 15. Rfe1
Nc4 16. e5 Nxd2 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd6 e6 (18... exd6 $2 19. Bg5 {
attacks the queen and the bishop on d5}) 19. Bc3 $14) 17. Rxd2 Ng4 18. exd6
exd6 19. Nxa4 Bc8 $44 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nc3 Bf5 22. Qd1 Bd7 23. Bf1 Bxc3 24. bxc3
Qf6 25. c4 Ra3 26. Rd3 Rxa2 27. Qc1 Kg7 28. g4 Ng8 29. Nd2 Qb2 30. Qxb2+ Rxb2
31. Ra1 Nf6 32. Ra7 Bc8 33. Nf3 h5 34. Ng5 hxg4 35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. dxe6 gxh3 37.
Rxh3 Ng4 38. Rd3 Rb6 39. Rd7 Ne5 40. R7xd6 Rxd6 (40... Rb1 $1 $15) 41. Rxd6
fxe6 42. Rxe6 Rf5 43. Be2 Kf7 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Kg2 Rf4 46. Ra7+ Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kd7
48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 Bh4 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Rad1 Nf6
15. h3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qh2 Ra7 18. Na4 Re8 19. Be3 Ra8 20. c4 Bb7 21. Bc2
Bf6 22. Kh1 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Nc3 Bf8 26. Qf2 dxc4 27. Qe2 Nb6 28.
a4 Rad8 29. a5 Nd7 30. e5 c5 31. Ba4 Bc6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxc4 Rb8 34. Qe4 Qc7
35. Rf2 Rb4 36. Qc2 Qb7 37. Rfd2 Nb8 38. Ne2 Rb5 39. Kh2 h6 40. Ng3 Nc6 41. Rd7
Rxb2 42. Qe4 Qa8 43. Qf3 Nd4 44. Qxa8 Rxa8 45. Bxd4 cxd4 46. R1xd4 Rc8 47. Ne4
Rcc2 48. Rd2 Rxd2 49. Nxd2 Rb5 50. Nc4 Bb4 51. Ra7 Bxa5 52. Rxa6 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. d3 d4 7. Ne4 Nd7 8. c3 Nf5
9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nc5 Nd5 15.
Qa4 Nc7 16. Rf2 Ne6 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Qa3 Nc7 19. Nc5 Nb5 20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Bd2 b6
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. b4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Bc3 Be3 27. Re1 Qd3
28. Be5 Ra8 29. Qb3 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxb3 31. axb3 b5 32. Bd4 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5
34. Rxe7 c5 35. Bf6 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 c4 37. Bh3 Rf8 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rc7 Rxh2 40.
Bf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({Zvjaginsev is a very original player, who introduced the
extraordinary} 2. Na3 {into high-level chess. Even his opponent played this in
a couple of blitz games, but right now Svidler was eager to finally win a game
and chooses a traditional approach.}) 2... Nc6 ({Even with Black we will yet
see some orginal play by Vadim. An earlier example went} 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 {combines the Dragon and Najdorf (or
Dragadorf- the name stems probably from aficionad S.Williams):} 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9.
g4 b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 b4 12. Nce2 e5 13. h6 Bf8 14. g5 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16.
O-O-O Nfd7 17. Qxb4 $44 Qc7 (17... Rb8 $5) 18. Bh3 Rc8 $6 (18... Rg8 $142 $13)
19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Qa4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 f6 22. Kb1 (22. gxf6 Bxh6+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. e5 $1 Bxe5 26. Rhe1 {[%cal Rf3f4,Re1e5,Rd4d6]} O-O 27. Rxe5 Rxf6
$14 {/<=>}) 22... Qc5 23. Qa4 Bc6 24. Qb3 Be7 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Ke7 30. Rhd1 Rhd8 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Red6 $11 {
Ni,Hua (2607)-Zvjaginsev,V (2675)/Ergun/2006/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3
Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 {The most principled follow-up. Developing simply f3 and
Qd2 like in a normal Dragon with 2...d6 would allow Black a swift d7-d5 thrust.
} ({The alternative} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 {led to a release of the tension after}
Ng8 9. f4 f6 10. Bd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5) 11... fxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. Be3
Bxe5 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bxc5 d6 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bd4
Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 e5 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Rab8 $11 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Ivanchuk,V
(2711) Prague rpd/2002/ See the notes to this game by Tsesarsky in CBM 089.})
7... O-O 8. Bb3 (8. f3 $6 Qb6 {[%cal Rf6e4] is something White should avoid.})
8... a6 {Once again the Najdorf move...} (8... Qa5 9. f3 e6 (9... d5 10. exd5
Nb4 11. Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. c4 e6 16. Be4
Bxd4 (16... f5 $142 17. Bd3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Kc3 $14) 17. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18.
Kc3 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8 22. f4 Kf8 23. b4 Ke7 24. b5 b6
25. a4 Rc8 26. Kb3 h6 27. a5 f5 28. Bf3 g5 29. g3 Rc5 30. Kb4 e5 31. fxe5 Rxe5
32. axb6 axb6 33. Bd5 Re2 34. Ra1 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Ra6 $16 {Svidler,P 
(2713)-Lutz,C (2610)/Frankfurt/1999/}) 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Re8 13.
Rad1 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxd2 Bxb2 18. Bc3 Bxc3
19. Rxd7 Rf8 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Rb7 $36 {Carlsen,M (2877)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2768)/Saint Louis/2014/ White's advantage is beyond doubt, but still not easy
to convert - for details see the notes by Roiz in CBM 162.}) ({If Black wants
to avoid heavy Dragon theory with the standard} 8... d6) ({, another
interesting try is} 8... Re8 $5 {However, this would have been no surprise, as
Zvjaginsev has already played it in the past:} 9. O-O (9. f3 e6 $1 10. O-O d5
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 Qg5 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. c3 Be5 16. Bg1 Nxd4 17.
cxd4 Bf4 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qf1 Kg7 21. Re1 Rc8 $15 {Leko,P (2734)
-Vitiugov,N (2742)/EUCup Bilbao/2014/}) (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. f3 b6
12. Kf2 Ba6 13. Rhd1 Nd7 14. h3 Kf8 15. Rd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Rxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nc4 18.
Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bd4 f6 20. b3 Ba6 21. Ne2 Ke8 22. Be3 Rd8 $11 {Vavulin,M (2377)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) St Petersburg/2013/}) 9... d6 10. h3 Na5 11. Qe2 (11. f4
b6 12. e5 Nxb3 13. exf6 Nxd4 14. fxe7 Ne2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1
Qc7 18. Qf2 Qc6 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Kh2 Rae8 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] Gabrielian,A 
(2541)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659)/St Petersburg/2013/}) 11... b6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13.
axb3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. b4 a6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. b5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Rc4 e6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd3 Qc5
26. Rd1 Qb4 27. b3 Re1+ $11 {Feher,A (2398)-Georgiadis,N (2438)/Porto Rio/2014/
}) 9. f3 e6 {And now the Paulsen set-up...} (9... d6 {is far more common,} 10.
Qd2 (10. h4 $5) 10... Na5 {is far from clear:} 11. g4 $5 (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
e5 13. Nde2 b5 $5 (13... Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. h4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 b5 17. h5 Qe7
18. Kb1 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. g4 Qc7 22. Ng3 Rxc2 23. Nf5 Rxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qc3+ $11 {Manyakhin,A-Petrov,Y (2236)/email/2007/}) 14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 (
15. Nd5 Nxb3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. axb3 a5 $11) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. O-O-O
Ra6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. f4 $2 (21. Kb1 Rc6 $132) 21... Bxg4
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nf6 $17 {Hou,Yifan (2603)
-Nakamura,H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 11... b5 12. h4 e5 (12... b4 $5 13. Na4
Rb8 14. h5 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bd7 $13) 13. Nde2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Rc8 16.
Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 b4 18. Rb6 $1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bf2 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 f5 22.
gxf5 gxf5 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Nc4 $16 {Savchenko,B (2602)-Belous,V (2554)/Moscow
blitz/2013/}) 10. f4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A surprising novelty from Svidler,
especially if one recalls his last move was 9.f3. However, it's not so simple
to prove White has an edge:} ({After} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... dxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. a4 $14 {with a riskless pull}) 11. Bc5 {Zvjaginsev probably intended} d5 $5
({A miserable example from Black's point of view was} 11... Re8 12. Bd6 Qa5 13.
Qd2 Kh8 14. O-O-O Ng8 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ra7 17. c3 Bf8 18. Kc2 Bxd6 19.
Rxd6 Nf6 20. Rhd1 Re7 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. c4 Bb7 23. e5 $18 {Darling,S-Mithran,M 
(1675)/Istanbul/2012/}) 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {/+/= I'm not 100% sure Black has
full compensation, but he has play on the dark squares and the Bb3 is offside.}
) ({There is a lack of more relevant practice after the possibly more promising
} 10. Qd2 b5 $5 (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O (13.
O-O-O $142 $5 $36) 13... Qd6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Be5 16. f4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4
Be6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Qf6 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. c3 {½, Koetters,M (1231)
-Ingelaere,A (1645) /Blankenberge/2014/}) 12... bxc6 13. O-O-O Bb7 (13... a5
$142) 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. f4 {Turtiainen,T (2098)-Sofiev,A 
(2126)/Helsinki/2009/} a5 18. Bc4 Ba6 $132) 11. O-O-O (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. O-O-O
Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nd7 14. Rhd1 c5 15. a3 Ra7 $132) 11... Na5 12. g4 (12. e5 b4
$132) (12. h4 $5) 12... Bb7 $13 {[%cal Yd7d5]}) 10... d6 {And finally we have
all Sicilians rolled into one - Dragon, Najdorf, Pauslen and Scheveningen as
well! Black looks quite OK here.} (10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nce2 $13 {[%cal
Yc2c3,Yb3c2] /+/= transposes into a strange French - it seems to me Black
should be worse here.} (12. h4 Nxd4 $13 {[%cal Yf7f6]})) 11. Qf3 (11. O-O Qc7
$11 {seemed too tame to Svidler.}) 11... Nxd4 ({Black could (or rather should)
have played} 11... Na5 $1 12. O-O-O b5 $132) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O-O $6 ({
More consistent and dangerous for Black was} 13. e5 $142 dxe5 14. fxe5 $1 (14.
Qxa8 $2 exd4 $40) (14. Bxe5 Ra7 $15 {[%cal Ya7d7,Yc8b7]}) 14... Nd5 (14... Qxd4
15. exf6 Qh4+ (15... Bxf6 16. Qxa8 Qe3+ 17. Kf1 $16) 16. g3 Qxf6 17. Qxa8 Qe5+
18. Qe4 $5 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Bb7 20. Nf2 $16) 15. Bc5 (15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O $14 (
16. Bxd5 $2 Be6 17. Bxa8 Qxd4 $36) (16. Qxd5 Bb7 $11)) 15... Re8 16. Rf1 $5 (
16. O-O Qc7 17. Bd6 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 a5 $132) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxf7+ (
17. Qxa8 Bxe5 18. Qf3 Qh4+ 19. Rf2 Qe4+ 20. Kf1 $14) 17... Kh8 18. bxc3 $36) (
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Bh4+ 15. g3 Rb8 16. gxh4 (16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Ne4 Be7 $11 {
/=/+}) 16... Bb7 17. Ne4 Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxh1 20. Nxh1 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Rfd8 $13 {[%csl Re5,Rh2] /=/+ If anyone is better here, it should be
Black.}) 13... Bb7 14. Rhe1 a5 $6 {Black is getting ambitious as well, but
this is too impatient.} (14... b4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Qd3 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yd4f6]}) (
14... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Ra6a4]} 15. g4 a5 16. g5 Nh5 $132) 15. Nxb5 a4 16. Bc4 Rc8
(16... d5 $5 17. exd5 Rc8 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g3 $14)
17. Nxd6 $5 {[%mdl 64]} ({Svidler opts for a tactical solution, but White
could have played also} 17. Bd3 $14) 17... Qxd6 18. Bxf6 Qb4 (18... Qc7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $5 (19... Qxc4 {is just a transposition}) 20. Rd4 (20. Bd3 a3 $1 $44)
20... Ba6 21. b3 e5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 $14) 19. Bxg7 Qxc4 (
19... Kxg7 20. Bf1 f5 21. a3 Qc5 22. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Yf3e3,Yc2c3]}) 20. Bc3 Qxa2
(20... a3 21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Rb4 axb2+ 23. Kxb2 $16 {[%csl Gc3]}) 21. Rd4 Ba6 (
21... a3 $2 22. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yc1d2,Ye1a1]}) (21... Rc6 22. Red1 $16
{[%cal Yc1e3,Ye3g1]}) 22. Kd2 (22. Red1 $5 a3 23. b3 Be2 24. Qe3 $1 Bxd1 25.
Rxd1 $40 {/\} Rc7 26. Rd6 Rfc8 27. Qd4 Rxc3 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30.
Qd4+ $18) 22... Rfd8 23. Qe3 $6 (23. Qf2 $1 f6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 25. Ke3 Qc4 {
[%cal Rd8d3]} 26. Kf3 $16) 23... f6 24. Rd1 (24. e5 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 f5 $14 {
keeps an edge, but closing the long dark diagonal is nevertheless a concession
Svidler doesn't want to make.}) 24... e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 27. Ke1
Rf8 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 a3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 28. Qc5 Qc4 $6 (
28... Qf7 $142 29. Qd5 Bb7 $1 (29... Qxd5 $6 30. Rxd5 {is the game}) 30. Qxf7+
Rxf7 31. Ra1 (31. Rd2 Bxe4 32. Re2 Bc6 33. Bxe5 Bb5 $11) 31... Bxe4 32. Rxa4
Bxc2 $11) (28... Rf1+ 29. Kd2 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qf7 {is also better, than the
text-move:} 31. Qd5 (31. Qxe5 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qe2+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ $11) 31... Qxd5+
32. exd5 Bb7 33. d6 Kf7 34. Bxe5 Bxg2 $14 {/=}) 29. Qd5+ $1 (29. Qxc4+ Bxc4 30.
Bxe5 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Bf1 $14 {and Black wins a pawn back without
the rooks on board - this could still be a draw.}) 29... Qxd5 30. Rxd5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] The complications have resulted in an endgame, in which White has
winning chances.} ({We have already seen} 30. exd5 $143 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rxd1+ 32.
Kxd1 Bb7 33. d6 Kf7 34. Bxe5 Bxg2 $14 {/=}) 30... Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rf2+ 32. Ke3
Rxg2 33. Ra5 Bf1 34. Bxe5 Rxc2 35. Rxa4 Rc4 $6 ({Black should first and
foremost activate his king with} 35... Kf7 $1 $16 {/+/=}) 36. Ra7 $36 Bg2 37.
Bd4 Rc1 38. Bc3 $1 (38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Bc5+ Kg8 $14)
38... Rf1 39. b4 $6 {Now White has to work for the point again.} (39. Rg7+ $1
Kf8 40. Rxh7 {was simpler, after} Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Rh3 42. Rxh3 Bxh3 43. b4 $18 {
White wins - the Bc3 controls h8.}) 39... Rf7 40. Ra8+ Rf8 41. Ra5 Re8 42. Be5
Kf7 43. Rc5 Ra8 44. Rc6 (44. Rc2 Ke6 $5) (44. Bg3 $5 $16) 44... Ra3+ 45. Kd4
Ra1 46. Kd5 (46. Bg3 Rb1 47. Rb6 $16) 46... Rd1+ (46... Re1 $1 47. Rc4 (47.
Rc7+ Ke8 48. Rxh7 Bxe4+ $14) 47... Rd1+ 48. Bd4 Re1 {was more resilient.}) 47.
Bd4 Re1 48. Re6 $16 {[%cal Yb4b8]} Rf1 (48... Bf1 49. Rf6+ Ke8 (49... Kg8 50.
e5 $18) (49... Ke7 50. Rf2 Rd1 51. Ra2 $16) 50. Bc5 Bg2 51. Kc6 $5 Rf1 (51...
Bxe4+ 52. Kc7 {[%cal Rf6f8]}) 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Ke5 Re1 55. Re7+
Kg8 56. Kd5 $16) (48... Rb1 49. Rf6+ Kg8 50. Rf2 Bh1 51. Bc3 $16) 49. Bc5 g5
50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Re7+ Kf6 53. Rxh7 Rf5+ 54. Kd4 Rf4 55. Re7 $18 {
White has won and retained a second pawn and the game is decided.} Rf1 56. Bd6
(56. b5 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Rc1 58. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Rc5e7,Yb5b8]}) 56... Rd1+ 57. Kc5
Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rc4 59. e5+ Kf5 60. Rf7+ Ke6 61. Rf6+ Kd5 62. b5 Bh3 63. Ka7 Ra4+
64. Kb8 {[%cal Rb5b7]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. d3 Bb7 4. e4 g6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e6 9. c4 bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. b3 d6 14. Bg5 Qc8 15.
Bf6 Bxf6 16. exf6 Qd8 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Nfg5 Nd4 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qd1 e5 21. Nf3
Ne6 22. h4 Rb8 23. Nfg5 Nd4 24. f4 Nxf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Nxa6 Qxa6
28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Re1 Rbd8 30. Qd3 Qb6 31. Kh1 Nf5 32. Qc3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. h3 d4
9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nc4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. c3 e6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nde7 15. a4 Ba6
16. Nce5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5
Qd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. b4 b5 25. Ra1 Rc7 26. a5 f6 27. exf6+ Kxf6
28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Ke1 e5 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Bd7 33. h4 g5 34. Kd2
g4 35. Be4 h6 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. e4 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Ke2 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nc6 10. d3 Ned4 11. Nb5 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Be3 e6
15. b4 Nxb4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Ke8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 f5 21.
Rxb4 cxb4 22. exf5 Bd6 23. Nc4 Be7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qb5 26. Qxe6 Qc6 27.
Qe5 Qf6 28. Qb5+ Qc6 29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qb5+ Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. d3 a5 10. Rb1 h6 11. a3 Bb6 12. h3 Ne7 13. e4 c6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. d4 a4
16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. Bf3 Nf8 22.
Bg4 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Bxd7 Nfxd7 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. f3 Rec8 27. Kg2 Nb3 28. Qf2 Qd8
29. Rbd1 Qe7 30. Nc2 Kg7 31. Rd3 Nc5 32. Rdd1 Nfd7 33. Qe2 Nb3 34. Rd3 Nbc5 35.
Rdd1 Kh7 36. Rf2 Rg8 37. Rh1 f5 38. exf5 gxf5 39. f4 Qf7 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Rhf1
f4 42. Rf3 Ra6 43. Kh1 Rag6 44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. Qxe4 Kh8 46. Ne1 Qf6 47. Ng2 Rxg3
48. Rxg3 Rxg3 49. Rf3 Qg6 50. Qxg6 Rxg6 51. b3 Rd6 52. bxa4 Rxd5 53. Rb3 Rd1+
54. Kh2 Nf6 55. Nxf4 exf4 56. Rxb7 Ng4+ 57. Kg2 Rd3 58. Rf7 Rg3+ 59. Kf1 f3 60.
a5 f2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qb6 14. Qb4
Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxa4 Nbd7 18. Nc3 Rfb8 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nc4
Nc5 21. Ne5 Be8 22. Ra5 Nb3 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Nc5 25. Bc4 Rxb2 26. Rc1 Kf8
27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Rb7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Ra7 31. h3 h6 32. Rb1 Ke7 33.
Rb7+ Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Bd7 35. f4 f6 36. Kf2 Bb5 37. h4 Bc4 38. Be4 Bb5 39. Bb7 Bc4
40. Be4 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. h3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. e3 d5 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rc8
15. Ba5 Qa7 16. Rd1 h6 17. Kf2 Nd5 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rhd1 Be8 21.
g3 f5 22. Bd3 Bf7 23. Ke2 h5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. e4 Rxc1 27. Qxc1
fxe4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Bxe4+ g6 30. Bd2 a5 31. Qf8 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Bxg6 Nf6 35. Bd3 Qd4 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. Bxf4 Nd5 39. Bd6+ Kg7
40. Be5+ Kh6 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Be7 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 Qxb2 12. Bd6 Be7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qd3+ g6 15. Rfb1 Qxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxd6 17. c4 b6 18. Re1 Ba6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5
Bb4 21. Re4 Kg7 22. h4 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. h5 Re7 25. Qg5 Re6 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. Qg4 Be7 28. Qf4 Bf6 29. Qd2 Re7 30. g4 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. f4 Re4 33.
Qxd7+ Re7 34. Qd3 g5 35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Qd4+ Bf6 37. Qd3 Bb7 38. g5 Bxg5 39. Qf5
Bf6 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qf4 Kf7 42. c5 bxc5 43. Qc4+ Kg6 44. Qxc5 Re1+ 45. Kh2
Be5+ 46. Kh3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Bf4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. a4
b4 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Bc5 a5 20. g3 Be7 21.
Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. Nd7 Ra7 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Rc7 28. c4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rxc3 31. Ra1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 exd5 33.
Rxa5 Rb3 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. Rb7 d4 36. Rd7 Rxb5 37. Rxd4 h5 38. Kg2 Ra5 39. Rc4
Rb5 40. Rd4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Bc7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Nb3 g6 14. Bd2 Ne3
15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qd6 18. g3 Re7 19. Nc5 Kg7 20. Ne4 Qd5 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f5 23. Nc5 Bd6 24. b4 b6 25. Nb3 Rf8 26. Raf1 a5 27. b5 Nd8
28. Na1 Nf7 29. h4 Nh6 30. Be2 Ng4 31. Nc2 h5 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Ra1 Rf8 34. Ra4
f4 35. gxf4 Re4 36. Ra1 Bxf4 37. Bd3 Re7 38. Re1 Ref7 39. Re2 g5 40. hxg5 Bxg5
41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. Bc4 Rf6 43. Bd5 h4 44. Bf3 Nh2 45. Ne1 Bf4 46. Kh3 Nf1 47.
Nd3 Bg5 48. Ne5 Nd2 49. Bg2 Rf2 50. Rxf2 exf2 51. c4 Be3 52. c5 Bxd4 53. Nd7
bxc5 54. b6 c4 55. b7 Ba7 56. Ne5 Bb8 57. Nc6 Bg3 58. Nxa5 Kf6 59. Nc6 f1=Q 60.
Bxf1 Nxf1 61. b8=Q Bxb8 62. Nxb8 Kg5 63. Nc6 Ne3 64. Ne5 Kh5 65. Nf3 Nd1 66.
Nxh4 Nxb2 67. Nf3 c3 68. Nd4 Kg5 69. Kg3 Kf6 70. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. d4 c4 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bd2
Qb6 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Re1 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qb5 26. Bxa7 Be6 27. Qb7
Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Ba3 29. Ra1 Re7 30. Bb6 Rb8 31. Bg2 Bxb3 32. Be3 $1 {A very
unusual precision. Despite the symmetrical pawn structure Black has to be very,
very careful because of the unique positioning of the pieces represents some
dangers due to pins.} Bd6 $2 (32... Bb2 $1 33. Rab1 Ba4 $1 (33... Ba2 34. Ba7
$1 Bxb1 35. Rxe7 Rd8 36. Rb7 $1 {The king is also in danger!} Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Be5
38. f4 $1 Bd6 39. Rd7 {And black loses due to the pin down the d-file. He has
no time for bc2:} Bc2 40. Rd8+ Bf8 41. Bd5 $1 {and Bc5 is coming. Black loses
the exchange and the game.}) 34. Re2 Be5 35. Rxb8+ Bxb8 36. Ra2 Bd7 $1 {
And Black keeps all his pieces adn should draw relatively comfortably.}) 33.
Ra6 $1 Bc7 (33... Be5 34. Rb1 g5 $1 {the least evil.} (34... g6 35. Ra3 Be6 36.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 37. Ra8 Re8 38. Bf4 $18) 35. Ra3 Be6 36. Rxb8+ Bxb8 37. Ra8 Re8 38.
Ba7 Bxa7 39. Rxe8+ {is losing.}) 34. Rb1 {Black has no good way of preventing
Ra3 followed by a trade on b8 and a pin down the eighth rank!} Be5 (34... Ree8
35. Ba7 {forces the rook to a square where it is not defended.} Rb4 36. Ra3 {
and to add insult to injury Black cannot attack the bishop on a7, which would
be his saving resource (for example, with Ra8) because of the bishop on g2.})
35. Ra3 Bc4 36. Rxb8+ Bxb8 37. Ra8 {A study-like position!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Qe2 c4 10. Bc2 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Na3 cxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Nc4 Nxc4
15. bxc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Be4 Bxc4 20. Bxb7 Rab8
21. Ba6 Bxa6 22. Rxa6 Rb7 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rd8 25. Ra2 Rbd7 26. Kf1 Rxd2
27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Rxe7 Rc2 29. Rxa7 Rxc3 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rb7 Rc6 33.
Ra7 Rd6 34. Rb7 Rc6 35. Ra7 Rd6 36. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Qf5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe5 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qd4 b6
15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bf4 1/2-1/2

